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 "GRIP'S" 
 
 4istorical Souvenir of Seneca palls, jM.Y, 
 
Twc,<Jopies Received 
 
 , APR 12 1904 
 Copyright Entry 
 
 CLASS C^XXc. No. 
 
 c< — ■ 
 
 HisTORicAu Souvenir Series Ko- 17 
 
 SiNECflpflLiLtS,f4.Y.A^°VlGmiTY 
 
 Copyrit^htfd, 
 '(iri))", 1(H* Cornintir Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 [IUUUSXRAXEE>J 
 
 Prudeii, Photo. I'AKK AND SOLDI!- 
 
 First Waiii School. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF SENECA FALLS 
 
 Sl'.Xl'XW I'Al.l.S, a village "f (',,300 population, 
 of Ijcautiliil homes, modern ami substantial 
 business blocks, ilelightfulK- shaded streets, is the 
 largest \'illag(^ in Seneca couutw Located on a 
 plateau considerab]\- higher than Ca\uga lake 
 (which is but two miles east), cut i)v natural ravines 
 trending to the Seneca river which tlows through the 
 village and divides it into two almost equal parts — 
 the village possesses .advantages in natural drainage 
 which the citizens ha\'e awiiled tliemsehi's of for 
 sewerage; and the place is therefore liealthful. 
 l'".ight miles to the west is Seneca lake and iS miles 
 north Lake ( )ntario. 
 
 'Two com]ieiing railroads insure shippers reason- 
 able freight rates, the Auburn divisiou of the New 
 York Central oxer which the distanci- to SxTacuse is 
 40 miles and to Rochester 00 miles, ami a spur of 
 the Lehigh "\'alley railroad connecting with the 
 main line of th;it svstem in this state at Cicneva^ 
 ten miles west. Its terminus is now in Seneca 
 l-'alls, but as this article is loeing writt<'n ])lans are 
 
 RS' MOXT'MENT. 
 
 Mynderse Academy. 
 
 uncler wa\" to continue the construction of the line 
 oil t(i Auburn, ifi miles east, thence bevoiid to 
 S\Tacuse. 
 
 Two e\j3ress companies, the .Vnierican and the 
 I'nited States, and the two telegraph companies, the 
 Western Union and Postal, aHord all of the facilities 
 for express and telegrajdiv that am- interior coin- 
 munitv possesses. There are three widl conducted 
 hotels. 
 
 A trollev line connects this \illage with Waterloo 
 and Geneva, and before this work is published it will 
 \)c continuous on bevond (iene\a to Rochester, the 
 road being now nearlv c-ompleted. The gap between 
 Seneca kails and Auburn, from which latter place 
 tr(dle\- cars arc" running into Sxracuse, is to be occu- 
 pied in the course of another vear. A trolley to the 
 towns in the south end of the county, connecting 
 Seneca l'"alls with Ithaca is also projected. 
 
 On the shore of Cavuga lake, connected with 
 Seneca kails by trolley, is an attractive resort where 
 there are maiiv summer homes as well as places 
 for public amusement. Cayuga lake offers the 
 best fishing, principally bass and pickerel, many 
 of large size being caught e\erv vear. 
 
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 'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOU\'ENTR OF SEXKCA FALLS. 
 
 3 
 
 TlVe social and educational advantages of Seneca 
 alls are not in the least inferior to any inhmd vil- 
 
 i^e and are in fact superior to many. Tliere is a 
 ubiic school system which ranks hioh, comprising 
 n academy, the far-famed Mynderse, and three 
 raded schools, managed bv a hoard of education 
 finsisting of men selected lor their al)ilit\-, and imder 
 If tutorship of a carefully chosen, able faculty; and 
 lere is also a high grade boarding school for boys, 
 lumsey Hall, conducted by a lady eminently fitted 
 ) give the boys who are recei\ed in her school the 
 est advantages. The large Catholic jiarish sup- 
 oj"ts a parochial sihool of eminent standing which 
 
 in charge of the Sisters of St. .losepli. 
 
 Society in Seneca I'alls surrounds the home life of 
 le village with an atmosphere of culture anil retme- 
 lent, its encompassing lines drawing into mutual 
 
 Three banking institutions provide an abundance 
 of capital, loaned and invested in a conservative HraJi, ■ 
 gi\ing to the business man ample banking facilities, 
 and the small savings a safe place of deposit. They 
 are the Fxchange National and the State liank of 
 Seneca I'"alls, and the Seneca I'alls S;i\-ings liank. 
 
 There are two old and well i-stablislicd \\('(-kl\' 
 newspapers, the Seneca Count\ L'ourifr-.loLii ii.il and 
 the Seneca Falls Re\'eille, both edited and puhlislicd 
 bv men whose social and business relations witli the 
 community inspire them to support such |niblirmcas' 
 lu'es as will best advance and maintain tlir intcn-sts 
 of the \illage. These papers ha\e a wide cireidation 
 through Seneca and adjacent counties and wield an 
 influence that onl\- the long established and largely 
 read newspa|)ers of the country connnand. 
 
 The \illage is go\erned hv a president and a Ijoard 
 
 Pruilen, Photo. FALL STREET, NOKTH SIDE, LOOKING WEST KHO.M CAVLGA STliEET. 
 
 mpanionship the people of the community as they of eight trLis 
 
 The natural advantages 
 
 iturally gravitate towards the several circles into 
 hich a large community resolves itself. 
 
 Nearly ever}' fraternity is represented by a large 
 id prosperous lodge or chapter, e.xtending a wel- 
 une to the members of their respective orders, from 
 hatever section thev may come, who bring sufficient 
 edentials of their good standing in tlie order. 
 
 The connnunitv is favored by church influences as 
 -oad and Christian like as the doctrines they pro- 
 
 macadamized streets and for surface drainage has 
 delayed the ( (instruction of pa\'ements and sewers, 
 without unfa\'orably affecting the health of the 
 community or its convenience. But these improve- 
 ments are projected and will undoubtedly come in the 
 near future. 
 
 Real estate in which Seneca I^'alls has always dis- 
 played an enterprising activity is generally in good 
 demand. During the past fourteen months more 
 
 ss. The clergy are liberal minded and intelligent than a score of dwellings have been constructed, and 
 id earnest in their efforts to uplift the morals of the are generally paying good rentals. At the present 
 
 immunity. Tiiere are seven well constructed,spacious 
 luses of worship, some of tiiem very tasteful and im- 
 )sing architecturally. They are of denominations, 
 piscopalian, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Meth- 
 list, Catholic, Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist. 
 
 writing new business blocks are approaching com- 
 pletion. The main business street is well built, of 
 new and with some imposing structures. ,\t tiie 
 same time business is overflowing into lateral avenues, 
 and stores are being opened in some of the resi dental 
 
•GRIPS' HISTORICAL sr)L-\-l-:\IR OF SEXFXA FALLS. 
 
 quarters of the town convenient to the homes. 
 
 The retail trade of Seneca Falls includes no small 
 ■part of a prosperous farming community encircling 
 the village, in some directions to a distance of eight 
 or ten miles. Large and small tradesmen, depart- 
 ment stores and emporiums, all get their share of a 
 prolitable trade and as shown by the reports of the 
 banks and the reporting agencies are most of them 
 in good linancial condition. .A conservative estimate 
 bv one familiar with condi"tions of trade i"i.\es the 
 volume of retail business in Seneca I'"alls armuall\- 
 over a million of dollars. 'Fhe products of the sur- 
 n.iunding country most largely l)rought to Seneca. 
 l-"alls lor shipment consist of grain, apples potatoes, 
 ha\- and vegetables. 
 
 This village, the home of the rotary steam fire 
 ens.{in(> and its inventor Fiollv of Hollv writer svstem 
 
 through the center of the village, and descends by a 
 series of falls at least forty feet within the village 
 "limits. Three principal falls afford as many levels 
 with adequate construction of raceways f(.r a great 
 amount of water power. The Cayuga and Seneca ' 
 canal also passes through the village affording water 
 shipments east into the Frie canal and west into 
 Seneca lake. 
 
 What Seneca Falls has more reason to feel proud 
 of are its large manufacturing plants which run the 
 vear around and give employment to 1500 people, men 
 women and youth, a great deal of which is skilled, 
 labor, (iood authoritv fixes the amount of weekly 
 wages ])aid to the residents of tlie village at approx- 
 unatclv 820,000. This village is without question 
 the largest pump manufacturing place in the world. 
 While power pimips have almost wholly superceded 
 
 fllji^'iiii*? 
 
 PrudiMi, I'lKito. KAl.L STHKET, NORTH SIDE. LOOKING WEST FROM OVID STUEE'l', 
 
 fame, is well jirotected from hres so far as a capable 
 lire department can give it protection. The depart- 
 ment, equip])ed with modern lu'e apparatus and well 
 housed, is a paid department, supplemented by vol- 
 unteer companies, governed l.iy a fire board and 
 operated under the direction of the chief and two 
 assistants. 
 
 The village is well lighted bv arc and incandescent 
 lamps and the telephone service is furnished by two 
 separate companies. It has also a good water sys- 
 tem. Unlimited power for generating electric cur- 
 rents for both trolley and lighting purposes is 
 obtained cheaplv bv means of the river and its great 
 falls. 
 
 In this respect Seneca Falls is especially favored. 
 Seneca river connecting Seneca and Cayuga lakes — 
 about ten miles apart — as has been stated flows 
 
 liantl pumps, the output here has ever continued to 
 grow in volume, so that it is greater than ever. 
 
 Pumps of all sizes from a pitcher spout for indi- 
 vidual use to the innnense triplex pump used in 
 mines, elevators, water works and power stations, 
 also fire boat pumps, are manufactured by the Goulds 
 Manufacturing Co., Runisey Manufacturing Co. and 
 the American Fire Engine Co., the Goulds being the 
 largest single institution of its kind in this country. 
 
 The Goulds works consist of two, large, separate 
 groups of buildings known as No. i and No. 2. The 
 pumps are shipped all over the world and in large 
 numbers to the great mining regions. This institu- 
 tion also manufactures sprinklers and iire extin- 
 guishers, large and small. This company employs 
 about 500 operatives, the greater number being 
 skilled mechanics. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 The American Fire Engine company, tlie nins; 
 p.\tensi\'e steam fire engine works in the ci^untry is 
 lucated here. They manufacture several kinds of 
 steam fire engines, the .Metrnpolitan being the prin- 
 cipal lue engine thev are now building. 
 
 The Seneca I'alls Manufacturing Co. tiirns out 
 fciiit and power lathes; the Seneca Wnnlcn Mills, 
 woolen cloths; the Climax Specialty Co., bicycle 
 parts and iron noselties; the National .\dvertising 
 Co. and the Westcott .lewell Co., wooden novelties; 
 H. W. Knigiit and .'\. W. P>rini, separate establish- 
 ments, metal letters and numerals; the Cileason, 
 Bailey, Sciple Co. elbows and "T's" for gas and 
 steam fitting. The village has three flour and feed 
 grinding mills. 
 
 Old Town of Junius.— [liy Diedrich Willers.] 
 In the year 1700, a large tract of land acquired by 
 
 .lunious of 60,000 acres and the Skoiyase Reservation 
 of (]()o acres at Waterloo with about 7,500 acres in 
 addition soutii of Seneca river. In i82(), March 26, 
 the legislatiuT divided .hmius into four towns, Seneca 
 Falls, \\'aterloo, T\re anfl .lunius as now omstituted. 
 Spafford's (ia/etteer of New York state, published 
 in iNi 5, from material collected a few years previous 
 (before the erection of the town of Cialen in 1^12) 
 contains the following interesting sketch of the town 
 ol .lunius: ".lunius, a post townsliiji of Senei^a 
 count}', 20 to 33 miles north of 0\'id and icS2 miles 
 northwest from .\lbany on the great road to Niagara, 
 is bounded ncjrth bv the town of Wolcott; east bv 
 Cayuga lake and the Seneca river and the town of 
 Cato; south by the Seneca lake and river and a part 
 f)f Fayette; west by the county of Ontario, (ialen 
 post (jffice is also in this town (at Galen Salt \\()rks). 
 The town is about fifteen miles long, north and south, 
 and about twehe miles wide. The face of the coun- 
 
 Prnden, Photo. FALL STREET, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING WEST FROM OVID STREET. 
 
 treatv with the Cayuga and Onondaga Indian tribes, 
 was surveyed and laid out into twenty-eight town- 
 ships calLd the Military Tract [See "Military Tract" 
 elsewhere in this workj. It wa^ not until Feb. 12, 
 1803. that .lunius was erected as a town from the 
 militarv township of Romulus and included all of 
 the territory of Fayette lying north of the present 
 boundaries of Fayette and extending to Lake Ontario. 
 This territorv of old Junius embraced the four north 
 towns of this county with the present towns of Galen 
 
 try level and soil good and well watered. The inliabi- 
 tants are mostly emigrants from the eastern states 
 and New .lersev. There are se\enty-(.>ne looms in 
 families which produce annually 20,-74 y'^rds of 
 cloth. There are some indications of iron ore and 
 several salt springs have been found on the banks of 
 the Seneca river. A manufactory of salt in this town 
 vields a daily average of 150 bushels and an enlarge- 
 ment of the works is contemplated. Junius contains 
 one merchant mill, two grain mills, five or six saw 
 mills, a fulling mill, two distilleries and two cardinc 
 
 and Savannah, Wokx)tt, Butler, Rose and Huron m machines and enjoys very good advantages for the 
 Wavne countv. This large territorial area of the erection of extensive water works of every description 
 town of Junius comprised about 210.000 acres of land 
 
 In the vear 181 2, Feb. 14, the legislature set off from 
 Junius and organized the town of Galen and reduced 
 Junius to the territory comprising the four north 
 towns of this county— the old military township of 
 
 The village of West Cayuga, situated on the west 
 bank of the Cayuga lake about two miles above the 
 outlet, is a pleasant place with sixteen or seventeen 
 houses and stores, formerly connected with Cayuga 
 by the Cayuga bridge of one mile in length. The 
 ferrv is revived and well regulated. Seneca village, 
 
'CldP'S- IllsroK'ICAI. SOrVKNll^ OV SI'M'CA I'AI.I.S. 
 
 ill the falls of the Senera river, ii. fast improving and 
 nmsl hccome a bri^k trading place as the country 
 populates. Here i^ a carrying place and Mynderse's 
 nnlls with lifteen hoLises. Junius is happily rircuni- 
 >tanc<'d in regard to hoat.able waters. The Seneca 
 turnpike runs through the town and other public 
 roads tra\ersc it in various directions. There are a 
 coni])Ptent ni.ind)er of ( onnnon school h(nises and 
 schools, two congregations of Presbyterians and one 
 of HafUists but no houses for public worship have yet 
 been erected. In 1810 the populaticm was 2,231 and 
 the number of \oters authorized to \-ote for state 
 senators was 177. The outlet of Canandaigua lake 
 cTo'^ses this town eastward." 
 
 The comparisons in this sketch of West Cayuga - 
 the \illage at the east end of Cayuga bridge —with 
 the village of Seneca k.alls, showing the hrst ont- in 
 the lead, reads \er\- strangeK' now as do also the 
 icferenco-. to salt springs which th(" Indians iound 
 
 flowing currents of the old Eagle at Waterloo and 
 of the Globe at Seneca kails met and were e\'er at 
 high tide of social and con\i\'ial lile. 
 
 In its strong, sturd\' and able men, The Kingdom 
 had much to coniLiiend it. Those who fostered it 
 belie\ed in its future, belie\ed that it was destined 
 to be the center of the legal and com't business of the 
 coimtv. Tliev mapped out portions of it intocil\ 
 lots ;md awaited t-onhdently its gi'owth. lUit the 
 re\'olutions that soon followed in industrial and 
 manufacturing conditions, the destruction of the 
 Cireat Western Distillery in 1^4(1 and the introduc- 
 tion of travel by steam, all forced The Kingdtjm to 
 gi\"p wav to other points of trad^ and business. 
 
 The growth of the place fell under three periods. 
 Xow and then a trapper or venturous e.vplorer would 
 row his (-anoe up the ri\er, but the first travel through 
 the section of an\- im[)ortance w'as after the construr- 
 tion of the CaNiiga Lake bridge and the organi/atiou 
 
 I'ludcD. I'hoto. FALL STREET, LOOKING EAST FKOM MVNDEKSE STKEl.'J' 
 
 near the Lree bridge and between there and Moiit''- 
 /uma or Saxamiah and probabh include the localit\ 
 ol manukicture referred to. 
 
 The Kingdom.— [I')y Harrison ChainberlainJ — 
 This little hamlet, boastful and pretentious in the early 
 years of the ]iast century, was located about two 
 miles west of our village. Its christening is wrapped 
 in m3-stery, some claiming that it was so called after 
 a man named King, who built a dam in the outlet or 
 in an adjoining creek and hence from King's dam 
 the place came to be called "The Kingdom". This 
 is a happy, ingenious theory but unfortunately lacks 
 the evidence to sustain it. Others explain that it 
 was so called in very much the same wav that Devil's 
 Half- Acre and Whiskey Hill had received theirs, 
 purely out of jest and in \ iew of well known customs 
 and habits. There is no doubt of the fact that the 
 Kingdom was a jolly, happy place, where the out- 
 
 stage Coach pe iod 
 
 I this iiK^thod of 
 lit had no rixal. 
 
 II iSoS built the 
 \- .lames Lawrence. It 
 house in the county; 
 
 whi 
 
 am 
 
 of the stage coach line, i lencf> tli 
 <aiiie lirst, from i.Soo to iSi^, 
 tra\el and means of de\-p 
 Lewis Hirdsall settletl here 
 brick house now occupied 
 was said to be the hrst brick 
 that the sand and clay of which the brick were made 
 were taken out of the lot and the kilns or pits in 
 which the brick were burnt may still be seen. Just 
 west lived John Knox and John Burton, well known 
 in our history. These men held high positions in the 
 county and state. They were able and brilliant and 
 of their wit and humor many excellent stories are 
 told today. West of the tavern. Col. Jacob Chamber- 
 lain lived. He came into this section with teams of 
 oxen, transporting over the long bridge heavy pieces 
 of cannon, and was so pleased with the country that 
 he took up some two hundred acres of land and 
 actively identified himself with the place. On the 
 south side of the river there was a settlement, though 
 very small and scattering. The place known today 
 
'•GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 as the Sweet place was owned by Thomas and Frank 
 Carr. Later on the Carrs sold to Mathew Sisson and 
 then removed to Seneca Falls, where Thomas Carr 
 was for years the owner and manager of the Carr 
 hotel, occup\'ing the site of the present H(iag house. 
 West of the Carr property were the homes of S. Dim- 
 mick, John Babcock, John Perry and others. These 
 men had taken up the land immediately south of the 
 river and thriftv and industrious in their habits they 
 had already developed fine farms with large clear- 
 ings for raising wheat, oats, rve and corn. 
 
 The second period came down to 1840. During it 
 the growth on the north side was large. Many new 
 residents had come in, the Lawrences, Reamers, Hers, 
 1' itts, Harrises, Scotts, Whitmores, Pease, Denistons 
 and others, and some of these people continued to 
 live there down to a time that I can well remember. 
 I particularly recall Thomas R. Lawrence, who came 
 to The Kingdom frtjm Long Island and bought the 
 I'irdsall house He was a mrm well cultured and 
 
 line, far more comfoirtable and expeditious than the 
 Sherwood stage became the popular mode of travel. 
 At the lock Stephen Smith built a house and grocerv 
 and large barns for the accommodation of the boat- 
 men, and his son, Reuben Smith, built a house next 
 to him. ,Iohn Babcock put up a grist mill, plaster 
 and clover mill and adjoining was a yard for build- 
 ing boats. Deacon John Fitts, who was now land- 
 lord of the tavern, with a Mr. Gilbert, erected a wool 
 carding and cloth factory. Matthew Sisson was 
 operating a brewery and malt-house and supplving 
 all the country about with beer. The effect of these 
 industries was immediate in attracting both people 
 and capital. The population about the locks doubled 
 manv times. There were the JoUeys, Colwells, Alle- 
 mans, Warners and many other new comers. It was 
 towards the close of this period, or late in the year 
 183 1, when my father, Jacob P. Chamberlain, moved 
 down from Varick and settled on the Dimmick farm 
 immediately south of the river bridge. He remained 
 
 Piuden, Photo. FALL STREET, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING WEST FROM OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFICE. 
 
 inifiniiPfi, of stateK' bearing and always dressed 
 neatly in black. He was ver\' fond of hshing and on 
 pleasant days it was his habit of coming to the river 
 bridge with his pole and line. 
 
 The important additions, during this period, on 
 the nort^ side, were the building of a saw mill and 
 turning shop, a cooper shop and grist mill. This was 
 made possible by changes in the navigtion of the 
 river. A lock had been constructed with a fall of 
 4 to 5 feet of water. On the berm side a strip of 
 land had been extended up the river, thus dividing 
 the canal from the river and creating hydraulic sites 
 that gave a stimulus to the in\'estment of capital in 
 manufacturing enterprises. On the south side of the 
 river, about the locks, the effect was even more 
 marked. The free navigation of the river, opening a 
 water carriage all along eastward to tide water was 
 an era in the development of this section. Boats 
 were built for freight and passengers. The packet 
 
 here till the year 1843 when he bought the lower 
 Mynderse mills and moved to Seneca F'alls. 
 
 The third period, from 1840, was notable for the 
 construction of the Great Western Distillery. If I 
 should describe to you its size, the ground it covered 
 and the number of bushels of wheat, rye, oats and 
 corn consumed daily you would admit that even in 
 comparison with our great enterprises of today it 
 would stand out in grand proportions. At that day 
 it was simply a wonder and there was nothing like it. 
 Its original promoters were Col. Jacob Chamberlain, 
 Pickney, Lee and Dodge. It was erected in 1841, 
 after the most approved plans. The large boilers 
 were made of copper and also the large pumps, used 
 for supplying the fermenting vats and for conducting 
 the spirits. The cost of such appliances, when you 
 consider the value of the material may be readily 
 imagined. In fact to install this plant and put it 
 into operation, the expenditure ran so high that it 
 
'C.KII'S- HlSTOIxMCAI. SOIX'IAIK OF Sl'AI'.CA I'AI.I.S. 
 
 tlic carh- Ikhiic ( if ,I( i^cpli 
 Smith, the fciiiiclcr nl' Mer- 
 lin nii'-m, and w as w hire he 
 hi'st [irdmiil^atpd liis "in- 
 sjiircd ciortiincs" and "in- 
 ti rpi'ctfd" thi' "d 1 \ i II f 
 wdiil" from the ,t;iiklrii 
 platrs \\hi<h iihIxkK' excr 
 saw. Just cast 111 till' 
 ta\pni and adjnininf,' the 
 Ivramer hL'i('l\sm i t li shop, 
 there stood in tlle tiftli's 
 a small story and a hall 
 house. I re nember it very 
 well, and can recall the 
 fact that th(> neighbr)rs 
 spoke of it as the house 
 where .losejih Smith, the 
 lounder of Mornionism, 
 lived lor a while m the 
 fall I if iNj ]. .\ more com- 
 plete description of Sniitli 
 IS ,t;i\en elsewhere. 
 
 Military Tract.- Ihe 
 
 leL;isla tLire 1)\' the act of 
 .lul\- Jt, 17S2, created the 
 Oh'l.Military Tract as it was 
 
 w as lorn 111 ne( 1 ssar\ to hriui^ mlo the sclirme I Immas 1 a lied. It 1 1 mla lued 1 .Soo.ooo acres anil included the 
 and l.e\i I' at/mf.;'er and .losi-jih Wright III \\'ateiioo. present loLinties of Onondaga, Cortland, Ca\uga, 
 It was the crowning business, effort carrying the, Tomjjk-ins .ind Seneca (e.xcept a strij) across the 
 plai e, dLiriiig the hirties, to its height of piospcrity. southern end of Cortland ciumt\', west from the 
 .\laii\ new families had come here. Thisc were the lioughnioga n\i-r, about a mile and a half wide), 
 llo]ikins, C'linkeys and others. The tavern had and all of Wavne count\ east of Oreat Sodus }^a\- 
 grown; it had become in a true s-nse a hotel with and ( )sw'ego count\ west of the ( )swego ri\-er. 
 iirst-cl.ass accommodations, and its landlord, (ieorge '" this tract there were jN townships, called "Mili- 
 
 ta\- towns" to distinguish them from the towns after- 
 wards created in erecting the counties enclosing them. 
 In 178(1 the legislature created a new niilitar\- tract, 
 Within a stone's throw of the ta\ern was the builil- 7(i.S,o(X) acres in the coimties of Clinton, l''ranklin 
 mg usrd fill a school during the week and on Sunda_\- and Esse.x which was laid out in twcKe towns, 
 alternoons lor sacred service, 'i'he plan of thrashing bringing the total number up to f'O. bach was laid 
 ideas into obstinate and dull br.inis at tliat time was out as nearU' -quare as practical, a\-eraging about 
 rather hard upon the scholar, yet w onderfully sue- 'rj mile,s square and containing each 100 lots of boo 
 
 I'nulen, I'hiiln. 
 
 SI'ATK STKKKT, LAWNS ON THE WEST SIDE, l,()(»KIN(i SOI TH NEAR 
 I'OKTEH STKEET. 
 
 :\une\', had constructed a hall mile rai 
 ■Ncelled in Central New ^'ork. 
 
 uirse, not 
 
 ^ful. I want to introduce to \oli our who t.iught 
 in this school for a term, 
 not even m intimation 
 that the birch ]>la\ed a 
 greater part than the test 
 book, but for the fact that 
 Amelia |enks, alterwards 
 Mis. j'lloomei-, connected 
 
 I he K ingdom with 1 me 1 if 
 the great progressiN (' and 
 social mo\-emenls of the 
 centurv. Soon b\' contri- 
 butions of her jKMi she 
 came to be known far iind 
 wide as a strong thinker 
 on questions of dress, social 
 
 and temperance reforms. 
 She was active in the 
 Washingtonian Temper- 
 ance movement in 1840; 
 and later on with I.ucretia 
 .\liitt and I'di/abeth Cad\ 
 Stanton and Susan li. 
 Anthony in secLiring the 
 modilications in the law 
 by which woman was 
 given in her own ritrlit a 
 
 to the lot 
 
 total of (id, (x:o acres. Tb.e towns 
 
 legal standing. 
 
 The Kingdom was als 
 
 I'l-vulcn, Plioto. 
 
 STATE .-^TKEET LAWNS, (»N THE WEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTH 
 NEAR CHAPEL STREET. 
 
SOrX'l'AIU OF SKNia'A FAIJ.S. 
 
 'fiiden. Plif^to. 
 
 FALL STKEET, LAWNS ON THE NORTH SIDE, NEAR UPPER BRIDGE 
 LOOKING EAST. 
 
 verc nuinbcred and ^M\en flassical names all ol' 
 vhich have been retained (as far as tlie supplv would 
 ^u) in the re-t'(.)nstituted towns. I'^xcept where thev 
 ■oincided with county lines, none oE the original 
 boundaries were preser\'ed, each "'niilitarv" town 
 supplying territory for two or three re-organized 
 owns. The onlv "niilitarv" town overlapping a 
 'ountv line is that of Sterling which contributed 
 erritory for both Wayne and Cayuga counties Th- 
 lumbering of the towns began with Lvsander (in 
 )nondaga county) near the north-east corner of that 
 ract (the second "military" town south of Lake 
 )ntario) and was carried south going from east to 
 A'est. 
 
 riie touns, placed in the order in which thev were 
 lumbered, together with the counties which ha\e 
 dnce absorbed them, are as 
 ollows: No, I, Lysander, 
 )nondaga; 2, Hannibal, 
 3swego; 3, Cato, Cayuga; 
 [., Brutus, Cax'uga; 3, 
 Janiillus, Onondaga; (>. 
 Jicero, Onondaga; 7,Man- 
 ius, Onondaga; 8, Amc- 
 ius, Cayuga; 9, Manellus, 
 .)nondaga; 10, Pompe\ , 
 Onondaga; 11, Romulus, 
 Seneca; 12, Scipio,Cavuga; 
 
 13, Senipronious, Cayuga; 
 
 14, Tally, Onondaga; 15, 
 Fabius, Onondaga; 16, 
 3vid, Seneca; 17, Milton, 
 wayuga; 18, Lock e, 
 Jayuga; ig, Homer, Cort- 
 and; 20, Solon, CV>rtland: 
 !i. Hector, Scfiuyler; 22, 
 LMysses, Tompkins; 25, 
 Dryden, Tompkins;. 24, 
 ^'irgil, Cortland; 23, Cin- 
 'innatus, Cortland; 2(1, 
 lunius, Seneca; 27, tialcn, 
 Wayne; 28,Sterling, Wayne 
 ind Cayuga. 
 
 The Federal government 
 having ofl'ered lands in 
 the west to the soldiers of 
 the revolution, the state 
 laid out the nnlitar\- tracts 
 to ke(4) as man\- here as 
 possible, offering a bonus 
 i>r 100 acres to privates 
 who wc )uld relinquish thei 1 
 western claims and accept 
 this oiler of hoo acres of 
 land in this state before 
 July I, 1790. The state 
 reserved in each town two 
 lots for schools, two for 
 churches and two to be 
 distributed among com- 
 missioned officers. The 
 allotment of lands was U) 
 be made by drawing. 
 
 In default of a settlement 
 on each 600 acres within 
 seven years the land was to 
 revert to the state. Fiftv 
 acres of each lot called the 
 "survey iifty" was subjec-t 
 lit shillings ($6.00) to pav 
 
 to the charge of I'ortx 
 for sLU"\'eving, and if that were not paid in two vears 
 the "sur\e\- liftv" was to be sold. Compliance -\\ith 
 these two main conditions ga\(' the patentee full 
 title to the whole boo acres. 
 
 The distribution of lots occurred July 3, 1790, under 
 the direction of the governor, lieutenaiit-go\'ernor 
 and four state ofhcers. The names of the claimants 
 of the land were placed on ballots in one box and 
 numbers corresponding to the allotments were placed 
 on ballots in another box. The person appointed b\' 
 the commissioners first drew the ballot containing a 
 name and then the ballot containing the immber of 
 the lot; in which manner each claimant's allotment 
 was dete'mined. 
 
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 Piiideu, Photo. 
 
 CAYUGA STREET, NEAR PROSPECT STREET— LAWNS ON THE WEST 
 SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Jesuit Missions: their Beginning Among the 
 Savages of Central New York; the Adventures 
 of the French Priests who Attempted to Chris- 
 tianize the Indians: 
 
 On Sunday Sept. 12. 1(13,5, there was lield a great 
 cDunril between the Frencli and the Iroquois Indians 
 at Ouebec. Monsieur de I.auson was the French 
 governor who claimed for I'rance all of the territory 
 now comprising Central and Western New York. 
 I'jghteen Indian chiefs from the ( )nondagas, Oneidas, 
 Cavugas and Senecas (wliich with the Mohawks 
 were known bv the I''rench as the Iroquois and by 
 the English as the five nations) had come to Ouebec- 
 to give assurance that afti-r two years of war with 
 the F'rencdi, those four nations were peaceably 
 inclined. The Mohawks had refused to join in 
 
 the "black robes" should bring these Indians with 
 them, and in fact began their address to the French 
 governor by directing their remarks to them. 
 
 '■"^'ou ha\e wept too much," the Iroquois chief 
 said, addressing the converted savages who sat about 
 liim. "It is time to wipe away the tears shed so 
 plentifull\- by vou over the death of those whom you 
 have lost in war." This was a subtle reminder of 
 the powTr of the speaker's naticm and the helpless- 
 ness of those whom he addressed; a sort of hint as to 
 what the latter might expect were they to oppose 
 the plan which the Iroquois ambassadors had come to 
 present to their protectors. This cunning speech he 
 followed with a proffer of peace — "Here is a hand- 
 kerchief," said the wilv chief, "to wipe awav thi^se 
 tears." The handkerchief w-as the hrst present thi-x- 
 offered these poor tribes thev had so cruellv sacrihced. 
 It was followed b\- se\en <ither presents- -to wipe out 
 
 I'nideu, Photo. 
 
 N. Y. C. Station. 
 Lehlg-h Valley Station. 
 
 RAILWAY STATIONS AND LANDMARKS. 
 
 Ovid Street, lookin 
 Bayard Street, 
 
 g- North from Bayard Street, (oldest building in town.) 
 looking West from Ovid Street, (old engine house.) 
 
 proffers of peace. These savages were gathered at 
 the council with the request that the French should 
 send to their country "the black robes" [Jesuit priests] 
 and bring them their Huron and Algonqum converts 
 — two northern tribes which the Iroquois had con- 
 quered and had been fully determined to exterminate. 
 I he custom of the Iroquois was often to incorpora:e 
 into their (jwn tribes those which they had defeated. 
 Parkman attributes their strange request in this 
 instance to their desire to get the Algonquins and 
 Hurons in their power and massacre them. These 
 two unfortunate nations were the first to profit bv 
 the Jesuit teachings and had become accustomed to 
 looking to the priests and their soldiers for protec- 
 tion from the Iroquois which the former were unable 
 to give. 
 
 .At this coimcil thr Iroquois chiefs demanded that 
 
 the l)lood of those nations, to take away all thoughts 
 of war, to wrest from their hands hatchets, bows and 
 arrows, to expel from their hearts bitterness, to open 
 their ears to words of peace, to give assurance that 
 the Iroquois were peacefully inclined. 
 
 Having paid his respects to the Indian wards of the 
 French this Iroquois statesman turned his attention 
 to the latter, to whom he presented 22 presents. One 
 among them was to accompany a request for the 
 Jesuit fathers to teach their children and bring with 
 them their Huron and Algonquin converts. 
 
 The French distrusted these professions — and with 
 good reason — but it was decided that to v\in all they 
 nmst venture all, so just seven days later the Iroquois 
 ambassadors set out upon their return accompanied 
 bv two of the bravest and most unselfish of these 
 
'C.RIPS" HIS roRICAL SOUVEXIR OF SEXECA EAELS. 
 
 fjood missionaries. Fathers Joseph Chaumonot and 
 Claude Dablon. 
 
 Theirs was the \er\- hrst of Jesuit pravers and 
 offices offered up midst the dark and distant recesses 
 of a country infested by a treacherous people, such as 
 were then the Onondagas and their sister nations on 
 the west the Cayugas and Senecas. 
 
 It was on Sept. 19, 1655, that the party in canoes 
 began the ascent of the St. Lawrence river. After 
 meeting with many adventures in which their lives 
 were often in danger, they, on Oct. 26, entered Lake 
 Ontario and on the 29th reached the mouth of the 
 Salmon river. On Nov. i they started overland, hd- 
 lowing the Indian trail to the Oneida river which 
 they reached on the 3d, near Oneida lake. Thence 
 they proceeded southeast to the main \illages of the 
 Onondagas called by them Onontague [near Man- 
 lius] which they reached on the 5th. 
 
 Here thev were recei\-ed with ro^■al welccMue and 
 
 that the Jesuits began to believe that "God's pro- 
 vidence " had appeared "most wonderful". 
 
 vStill mistrusting the savages the French had held 
 back all winter; but now they must act. A journey 
 to Quebec — a long, fearful journey through the 
 wilderness in mid-winter — must be made to bring 
 over the people and means for a settlement or the 
 mission must be abandoned. 
 
 Father Claude Dablon volunteered the perilous 
 trip and accompanied by Jean Baptiste and other 
 converted Indians the party on March 2 set out on 
 foot. On reaching Oneida lake thev attempted to 
 cross on the ice, which they finally succeeded in dr)ing 
 near the west end where the distance from shore to 
 shore was five miles. They stumbled along north- 
 ward until they reached Salmon river. There they 
 followed the shore of Ontario lake north to Hender- 
 son bay which thev crossed on the ice. But the. 
 mouth (if Black river was open and they ascended 
 
 Pruden. Photo. 
 
 Lawns, East side, looking North. 
 East side, North from Fall street. 
 
 STATE STREET VIEWS. 
 
 At Hoag- House, looking- North. 
 West side, looking South from the railroad. 
 
 here they spent the long winter months that ensueil. 
 Thev received every token of fidelity from the four 
 nations, representatives of the Oneidas, Cayugas and 
 Senecas coming hither to offer homage and invoke 
 the presence of the missionaries with those nations. 
 But seemingly the expectations of the Iroquois had 
 not been fulfilled. They soon began to question why 
 the French had not brought the great number of 
 northern Indians with them and made a settlement. 
 Late in February 1656, at a notable council, the 
 Iroquois declared that at last they were tired of post- 
 I ponements. "If the affair were not settled now," 
 they said, "it would be needless to think any more 
 about it, for they would break with us [the French] 
 entirely." They even declared that they were 
 "believers," and so effective were their protestations 
 
 that stream three miles before they found it ice-bound 
 where they were able to effect a crossing. Then they 
 returned to the lake and finally ventured to pursue 
 their course on the ice which they found they could 
 do by not getting more than three leagues from land. 
 Xine days they had been tra\eling mostly in rain 
 storms which had come with the approach of spring. 
 For eight days they traveled on the ice of the lake 
 and St. Lawrence river. On March 30 they reached 
 Montreal and safety. 
 
 After hardships tod severe to be portrayed one of 
 the brave Jesuits had got back to his friends. But 
 he was yet to encounter greater perils. He must 
 return with recruits for the new mission. What then! 
 The Iroquois were sworn enemies of the French and 
 yet they had begged them to settle among them. 
 Until Dablon's return there were mystery and apprp- 
 
Piiiden, Photo. PRETTY RESIDENTIAL STREETS. 
 
 Garden, North side, hxiking- West. Water, looking- West from Pall Street. 
 
 Hridg-e, looking North from Bayard Street. 
 Bayard. East from Ovid Street. 
 
 Walnut, West side, looking South. 
 Bayard, West tnini Miiniford Street. 
 
 East Bayard, South side, h)oking- East. 
 
 Ovid, East side, looking- South. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 13 
 
 hension at Quebec regarding the two Jesuits buried 
 in the midst of hostile pagans hundreds of miles 
 inland, whith their superiors at Quebec hoping for 
 the best must wait to solve. At last Dablon nearlv 
 dead from hunger and exposure totters in among 
 them and they must decide at once to send more 
 brave men perhaps to a horrible death, or abandon 
 the brave Chaumonot to a terrible fate. 
 
 But the die is cast and as soon as plans can be 
 effected Father Dablon must return to his lonely 
 companion at Onondaga bringing with him Fathers 
 Francois le Mercier, Rene Menard and Jacques 
 Fremlin with two Jesuit lay brothers and hftv 
 I'Venchmen attending. 
 
 They left Quebec iMay 17, 1656, returning by the 
 usual route as far as Salmon river. There they 
 were laid up three days waiting for food which thev 
 had sent to the Onondagas to procure, and hnallv in 
 a famishing condition took their departure bv water 
 for Oswego so as to follow that river. This is what 
 gave to the Salmon river the name la Famine — a 
 place of famine. 
 
 That was the beginning of a series of trials which 
 overtook the founders of the first mission among the 
 Onondagas and terminated in disaster by v^hich they 
 narrowly escaped destruction. Xot strong enough the 
 to follow the trail and keeping to the water, party, 
 ascending Oswego river, reached Onondaga lake 
 July II, 1656. "On an eminence commanding the 
 lake and all surrounding places", is the most detmite 
 manner in which they describe where the mission 
 was located. But historians are agreed that it was 
 near Liverpool near which were an abundance of 
 fresh water springs spoken of by the Jesuits. 
 
 Near the Jesuit chapel which they erected the 
 French soldiers put up a residence for the Jesuits 
 which they named Sainte Marie of Oannenta [the 
 name they gave to the lakej. This became the par- 
 ent mission for those that were established among 
 the Cayuga and Seneca Indians. 
 
 Here in July, 1656, was planted the seed that 
 sprang forth and lor a time grew. Here was the 
 stem. The branches reached off among the Oneidas, 
 Cayugas and Senecas. None of these missions, how- 
 ever, endured any length of time. The English 
 claimed the country and becoming more powerful 
 than the French, secured the alliance of the savages 
 who iinally drove out the Jesuits. .\ wierd, romantic 
 event was that of the desertion of the Onondaga 
 mission and consequently of the outlying missions. 
 The fathers on the banks of Onondaga lake, during 
 a clear freezing night, got the Indians to partake of 
 a feast, during which by means of flat boats which 
 the French had constructed in the seclusion of their 
 mission house, they embarked on the waters of 
 Onondaga lake and paddled away. In the morning 
 the Indians encamped outside of the palisades, or 
 pickets, which surrounded the mission houses, after 
 waiting long for the inmates to appear, suddenly 
 discovered they had gone. All that greeted them 
 was the crowing of a lonely cock which had been 
 left behind. The priests had learned that waiting 
 another day they would have been massacred. After 
 a toilsome journey by water the fugitives reached 
 Quebec, "ladened," as one of the fathers writes, "with 
 some spoils wrested from the powers of Hell •■■ * five 
 hundred children and many adults, most of whom 
 died after baptism." 
 
 Jesuit Priests, the I'irst A\'hite Men Near Seneca 
 
 Falls in 1656; How They Made a Futile Attempt 
 
 to Preach the Faith; Scenes in an Indian \'illage 
 
 on Cayuga Lake: — 
 
 The first visit of the French Jesuit Priests to the 
 
 Cayuga and Seneca Country was in if>56, though no 
 
 stablished mission was made there until twelve 
 
 years later when Fathers Charles Gamier and 
 Estienne de Carheil, in Nov. 1668, located near Union 
 Springs [see St. Josejih's on another page], and Father 
 Jacques Fremlin the same month located near the 
 town of Victor. 
 
 About the end of August, 1636, Fathers Chaumonot 
 and Menard after two days" journey reached Oiogouen, 
 the principal Cayuga village, where St. Joseph's was fin- 
 ally established by Fathers Garnier and de Carheil, and 
 were received with "cold welcome". They distributed 
 presents which they reported were not well received; 
 but the "lilders" [chiefs] did not desire to "break with 
 them" and so upon their request, four days after 
 their arrival, built a chapel. "After having carpeted 
 it with the finest mats," writes Father Menard, who 
 was left in charge, "I hung up in it the picture of Our 
 Lord and Our Lady. The novelty of the spectacle so 
 astonished the barbarians that thev came in crowds 
 to gaze at it." 
 
 The Cayugas had many sla\-es including prisoners 
 they had captured from the Hurons north of the 
 Great Lakes, where the Jesuits had first made con- 
 xerts. Although the missionary induced many to be 
 baptized, the Hurons in their superstition had 
 reported that the baptizing had killed a good many 
 of their nation and this aroused the suspicion and 
 ill will of the Cayugas. This was because of the 
 fact that a majority of the baptisims were usual 1\- 
 those who were at the point of death, but this the 
 Indians could not understand. Father .Menard for 
 two months continued the mission at Oiogouen, 
 living in hourly peril from the treachery and sus- 
 picions of the savages. The children he soon 
 succeeded in winning and they materially aided him. 
 "They introduced me into their cabins," he writes, 
 "they waited for me at the places where 1 stopped, 
 and thev told me the names of the children whom I 
 baptized as well as those of their parents. These 
 names the barbarians are in the habit of carefully 
 concealing from us because they think we write them 
 down to send them to I*" ranee and there procure their 
 death by magic." 
 
 The zealous Father won several to baptism, his 
 first adult being past 80 years of age. .An(jther was 
 a maimed warrior who had unsuccessfully attempted 
 to save the lives of Brebeuf and I'AUemaut, the two 
 Jesuits who were tortured to death by the Mohawks. 
 
 But the priest \\a^ frequently threatened with 
 death, although he was baptizing daily. At last he 
 was called to Onondaga and although he later 
 returned to his work, it was finally suspended. 
 
 The Cayugas, however, like the Senecas, ne\er 
 became as firm adherents to the Jesuits as the Onon- 
 dagas and the Oneidas. The Cayugas, as the priests 
 said, were arrogant and the Senecas were for war. 
 The Onondagas, they declared, were their most 
 faithful allies. The Mohawks they had very little 
 or nothing to do with because of their determined 
 hostility to the French and brutality to all from that 
 nation who placed themselves in their power. 
 
 F'ather Chaumonot, continuing across Cayuga and 
 Seneca lakes, founded the mission of St. Jacques at 
 Gandagan, or Gandagare [\'^ictor, N. Y.]. Withie 
 two or three miles was a village of Huron captivns 
 where he founded the mission of St. Michael and 
 divided his time preaching and laboring at the two. 
 He was accompanied to this Mission by David le 
 Moine, a lay Jesuit [not the noted priest, le Moine] 
 who was taken with a bloody dysentery and while 
 trying to make his way back to Onondaga, thence 
 to Ouebec, died en route on the shore ofC ayuga 
 lak?. 
 
 It appears that Fathers Chaumonot and Menard 
 were the same fall recalled from the west to preach 
 among the Oneidas but then left no mission there. 
 
H 
 
 'CRIPS" H1S'1"()I>:ICAI. S()UVJ':XIR OI' SKNKCA FALLS. 
 
 Cayug^a Missions "f the Jesuits: Where They 
 were Linally Established; Cayuga X'iUage nf 
 2000 PopuLation Near the Lake. — 
 
 .Vbout the middle of the seventeenth century there 
 were located among the Cayuga Indians four .lesuit 
 missions, all east of Cayuga lake. There the Jesuit 
 fathers from France, under the protection (jf the 
 .t'Tench Governor, toc;k up their abode and attempted 
 to Christianize the Cayugas; barbarians as they 
 called them. Starting from Quebec, they as(^ended 
 the St. Lawrence ri\er and lake Ontario in canoes, 
 sometimes crrjssing the country o\er Indian trails 
 and at other times following the Oswego ri\er. 
 Their paths alwavs led lirst to Onondaga, whence 
 thev pushed west over the several trails leading :nto 
 the country of the Senecas and Cayugas. 
 
 P.eginning at the earliest period of their missions 
 
 baptized si.xty dying persons "of whom 33 died a 
 hol\- death and are beliexed to ha\'e gone to Heaven." 
 
 The northernmost of the Jesuit missions among 
 the Cavugas was that of St. Rene at the Indian vil- 
 lage of Onontare. It was located on the east shore 
 of Seneca ri\er,two and a half miles east (jf Savannah, 
 X. Y. .Vt this mission was a salt spring wliere the 
 Cavugas drew brine and made their nwn salt. iln- 
 Senecas also came here for salt. 
 
 St. Stephen's mission was in the village of I'hiohero 
 which stood DU the east sitle of Cavuga outlet, near 
 the east end of the present railwax' bridge. 
 
 St. .Iose])h's mission at the Indian \-illage of 
 Oiogouen was located about three and one-half miles 
 sc^uth of I'nion Springs near Clreat (iullv brook and 
 about (jne and one-half miles from the lake. This 
 was the largest to\^•n and the seat of the Jesuits 
 
 Prudcn, Photo. WELL SHADE 
 
 Chapel Street, looking West from State Street. 
 ]}arker Street, North side, looking East. 
 
 with the .Mohawks, they gradually extended their 
 held to each of the I'"i\'e Nations further west tmtil 
 they began to come into the beautiful countr\- nt the 
 Cayugas and Senecas. The beginning in this section 
 was made among the Cayugas over near LTnion 
 Springs. Father Jacques Fremlin, with his seat of 
 government at Oiumdaga, was the superior of the 
 missions among the Iroquois ('•"i\e Nations thev 
 were then called, comprising the Mohawks on the 
 east, the Oneidas, Onondagas and Cayugas and 
 Senecas on the w^est). 
 
 On No\'. I, 1668, Father Fremlin re-established one 
 of the Seneca missions, and five days later Fathers 
 Gamier and de Carheil restored one of the Cayugas. 
 Ten years earlier the Jesuits had been driven away. 
 During the space of four months I'";ither I'remlin 
 
 D A\ EM KS. 
 
 Green Street, West side, from White street. 
 West Fall Street, looking East. 
 
 among the Cayugas. It was the nearest to the 
 Onondagas on the trail leading hence and here were 
 received those sent out from Onondaga to establish 
 the other missions among the Cayugas and Senecas. 
 The Jesuit history says the \iHage at this place in 
 1668, when Father de Carheil arrived, had 2000 pop- 
 ulation and over 300 warriors. It is probable that 
 it was the group of villages clustering about St. 
 Joseph's [see Indian villages on another page] that 
 was meant. 
 
 The fourth mission was near the \'illage of .Maple- 
 ton, east of St. J<'iseph's. 
 
 The First Clerk of Seneca count\- was Dr. Silas 
 Halsey who ser\ed from April 2, 1804, the date of his 
 appointment (with the interval of one year) to some 
 time in i8iq. 
 
"GRIPS" HIS rORICAL SOUVENIR 01-" SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Loaaed by H. C. Sllsby. 
 
 NEW YORK CENTRAL R. R VIADUCT. 
 
 Recollections. Leaiuler Ciir\- in 1843 came to 
 Seneca Falls with his lather. He was then onlv a 
 lov nine years old. His father and family came 
 rom New Jersey. The railroad was then constructed 
 "roni .\iihurn to Rochester. 1 hev were intending to 
 )cate in Syracuse, hut there were no houses tn be 
 lad at that time so they came Ijy boat to Seneca 
 '"alls. The Clinton House stood then where the 
 rioag House now stands. The plot of ground 
 aounded by State, Fall and Clinton streets was sort 
 f a public common, \yhere the circus held forth. 
 Mr. Cory remembers the 
 oaloon ascension from this 
 olace by Ouinc\' ,\ndrews. 
 The baloon landed near 
 horning. He remembers 
 he great western distillery 
 it the Kingdom and of 
 unning to the fire when it 
 X'as burned. The firemen, 
 le says, broke in the heads 
 \>i barrels oi high wines 
 md used their leather 
 )uckets for dippers, and 
 general hilarity followed. 
 The Waterloo Fire Depart- 
 nent came to their assist- 
 ince and in the hurry to 
 fet a stream on the fire, 
 )neof the engines being 
 )acked down to the riyer, 
 jot the start of the firemen 
 ind ran off the bank. It 
 vas not pulled out until 
 he next day. He also 
 emembers another distill- 
 Ty which stood just below 
 jvhere the Rumseys" shop 
 
 now stands. There were at that 
 time four flouring mills along the 
 ri\-er and one of them, the .Arnett's, 
 used to turn out ^00 barrels per 
 day. The canal boats brought in 
 loads of \\h(\-it and carried away 
 loads of flour. 
 
 A man 1)\' the name of .1. C. 
 Chapman kept a general stcjre in the 
 forties at the corner 'of C)yid and 
 I'^ill streets, the only business block 
 of that time which is still standing. 
 An hotel standing near where the 
 Stanton house now stands, was after- 
 wards torn down and rebuilt. 
 
 .\ Mr. Morehouse kept a cabinet 
 shop on the corner of Clinton and 
 Miller streets. He made furniture 
 and caskets. 
 
 .1. W. Dickinson kept a harness 
 store where .Mrs. Heck's music store 
 is now located. 
 
 The only school house besides the 
 academy, stood on the site of the 
 present schof)l building. It was a 
 one-story, one room building, and 
 the desks were arranged around the 
 room next to the wall, the center of 
 the room being used for recitations. 
 .\Ir. James liellows taught the school 
 which Mr. Cory attended. This 
 school building was afterwards 
 remoyed to make wav for more 
 modern buildings and is now used as 
 a dwelling house on Mynderse street, 
 
 occupied by Mrs. L. Twist. There vyas a feeling of 
 
 jealousy between the academy and public school 
 
 boys and the commons was the scene of main- a light 
 
 between the two factions. 
 
 With the exception of the Congregational church 
 
 there were as many churches as at present, biit each 
 
 one has been rebuilt or renKjdeled. 
 
 Mr. Cory remembers the building of the Wesleyan 
 
 Methodist church which was the year he came here, 
 
 Two old fashioned fire engines, Nos. 2 and ',, were 
 then used for fighting the fires. They were of the 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 WHITE STREET LAWNS. EAST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTH. 
 
Id 
 
 -CRll'S- lllsroRICAI. SOUVF.XIR OF SFAT.CA FALLS. 
 
 old goose neck style which were afterwards replaced 
 bv the Button machines which were capable of 
 throwing three streams each. These machines were 
 then the pride of the town and ligunti in manynf 
 the tournaments of the state held at that time. 
 
 The Ken\on Hat Store on F'all street. as remembered 
 by -Mr. Corv, has- been continuous in this line of 
 business for over 60 years. 
 
 There was a paper mill run li_\- a man by the name 
 of Sackett, which stood where the Cowing shops 
 afterwards were. There was a cotton mill when- 
 cotton cloth was manufactured, standing just below 
 the Cowing shops. 
 
 P>riggs & Jones ran a sash and bbnd factory, and 
 there was a tannerx' where the (iould sho])s are now, 
 run bv a Mr. Tillman, who also had a saw mill u]) 
 the stream. There were then three saw mills in the 
 village. Mr. Briggs bnilt the first house on th(" 
 common. It now stands in Mynderse street and is 
 known as the Hav is jimperty. 
 
 Boundary Changes; Countx and Town — [P>y 
 Diedrich Wdlcrs].- -When the county of Seneca was 
 erected March 29, 1804, its area north and south 
 extended from Lake Ontario at the north to the head 
 of .Seneca lake and about four mdes south ol Ithaca 
 at the head of Cavuga lake— including at the soutli 
 rnd the oUl towns of Hector and Llvsses, a distance 
 of about 63 miles and an axerage of 11 mdes in 
 width, east and west. .\t the time of the erection of 
 this countv it was di\ ided into six towns, .lunius, 
 I'ayette, Konudus, ( )\id. Hector and Llysses. 
 
 In 1810 the town of W'olcott having been fulK 
 organized as a town, was lirst lejiresented in the 
 .Seneca countv board of super\isors and in iSjj tin- 
 new town of (lalen \\;is added to the ninnber of 
 Seneca county towns. 
 
 In 1812 however, the town of W'olcott was anniwed 
 to Cayuga county l)ut was ie-anne\f<l to Seneca 
 county in 1817. 'I'he legislature of iSi 7, bv act of 
 .\pril 17, ha\ing erected the comity of Tompk'ins, 
 the towns of Hector and Llvsses were taken from 
 Seneca county and added to the new coinit\- and the 
 town of Co\i'rt was hira few \-ears also annexed to 
 'I ompkins coLuitw hut was in iSiij re-annexed as 
 a tow n, to Seneca coLuitx . 
 
 The legislature of iSj.;, April 1 i.erei ted the county 
 of Wayne and .annexed thereto the towns of Woliutt 
 and Galen. 
 
 In 1824 the mnnber ot towns in Seneca count\' 
 became rethu-t'd to Iim', .Junius, f ,i\ i.'tte, Ronudus, 
 (^vid and Covert. The town of l.odi w.is organized 
 by the legislature januarv 27, iS2fi. In i.S2g three 
 additional towns were erected by the division of 
 ,Iunius (the towns of Waterloo, Seneca Falls and 
 Tyre) and in 1830 the town of \'arick was added, 
 completing the number of ten towns now existing, 
 live in the north district and the same number in the 
 south district, the county now extending >2 miles 
 north and south. 
 
 Civil List, i8o3-'2<): the ( )ld 'Fcwn of .hmius--- 
 [By Diedrich Willers.J ~ 
 
 State Senators. — i8iti-'2o, .lolm Knox; 182^25, 
 Je^se Clark both of Waterloo. 
 
 Members of Assembly — 1815-Tfi, ,lac<ib L. Larzelere, 
 Seneca I*"alls; 1828, Andrew Glover, Waterloo. 
 
 County Judges — i8i5-"i8, John Knox, i8i8-'2^, 
 John Mcl.ean, Jr., both of Waterloo; iSj^-':;^. Luther 
 F. Stexens, Seneca I'alls. 
 
 Surrogates — i8i9-'23, Luther !■'. Stevens, Seneca 
 I'alls; i827-'37, Samuel Birdsall, Waterloo. 
 
 District .Attorneys— i8i8-"2i — Lemuel W. Ruggles; 
 i82i-'3i, Jesse Clark, both of Waterloo. 
 
 Sheriffs — i8o8-"i3, T5-T7, Lewis Biulsall. Seneca 
 Falls; 1813-T5, John \'an Tuyl, Waterloo; 1817-T1), 
 
 Jacob L. Larzelere, i823-'28, Israel W. Squires, both 
 of .Seneca kails. 
 
 It will be noticed that none of the above named 
 officials residetl within the territory of the present 
 town of Junius and none of them in the town of Tyre. , 
 
 INDIAN CLASSICS OF SENECA | 
 
 .Seneca Coimtv is in the heart of a legion whicdi is 
 fast becoming (lassie for its rich Indian lore and 
 legends, historv and mythology. Here, between the 
 two Lakes — Seneca on the west and Cayuga on the 
 east — a strip thirt\-l'i\e miles long and ten mile-, 
 wide--lies the gently rolling, highly cultivated 
 plateaus of Seneca count\-, watered by streams How - 
 iiig east and west into the two lakes, and north into 
 Seneca riser. I'",xtrenie cold is not the a\'erage 
 temperature, owing to the large bodies of water on 
 each side. In the summer cooling breezes from the 
 laki's modulate tlii' temperature. 
 
 In the mitldle of the seventeenth century, the 
 I' reiKJi Jesuits found the Cavugas in p(.)Ssession ol 
 tins CI )untr\'. 
 
 .\ centur\- lat(^r, about the last of the i8th, during 
 which interim white man has not written of this 
 land, Cien. Sulli\,in came in from the south and 
 circuni -tr,i\ ersed it, marching u[) one side, across the 
 top, down the other side and across the bottom. 
 
 He found the C'axugas and Senei as di\iding the 
 territor\- between them, the former occupving both 
 shores of Ca\Liga lak'e and the l.atte-r those of Seneca 
 laki'. 
 
 On the west, then, was \ T'N-I )A-W.\-0-XO-G(), 
 the territor\- of the Senecas. i. e., big ojienings, large 
 prairies, land of the sun. 
 
 On the west w.is GW L-L-GWI'lH-O-XO-G.X, the 
 nuu k lands \vhere Hags grow out of marshes 
 
 The two nations of Indians came together, hnally, 
 in this countv and here both at times planted then- 
 lodge poles, lished, hunted and made war. 
 
 Niounds and curious traceries of stones and trenches 
 were found here in the beginning of white settle- 
 ments. F\en traces of pre-histori( races. 
 
 So Seneca Countv deser\'es all that a historian can 
 do for her — and that to be done in writing up the 
 histor\- of her leading town- her metropolis. 
 
 Allofwliieji is (Jearh" descritied on the pages of 
 this work. 
 
 Supervisors of the old town ol Junius, 1803- 
 1828; — i8o3-'o4, Lewis P)ir(lsall; iN()3-'o7, "ocj-'ii. 
 Col. Daniel Sayre; 1808, 1814, Jesse .Southwick; 1812- 
 13, '16, Jacob L. Larzelere; 1815, Hugh W. Dt)bbin; 
 1N17, John Burton; i8i8-'22, Dr. Thomas C. Magee; 
 i823-'23, Israel W. Squires; i82f>-'28, Henry Moses. 
 
 ( )f this list .[esse Southwick was a resident 
 in the present town of Junius, Dr. Thomas C. Magee 
 in the present town of Tvre and John Burton and 
 Hugh W. Dobbin in the present town of Waterloo. 
 -All of the others named resided within the limits of: 
 the tow^n of Seneca Falls. Hon. Jacob L. Larzelere 
 served this county several terms in the state legisla- 
 ture and as an Associate Judge of the Court of 
 Common Pleas. Lewis I^irdsall, Israel W. Squires, 
 Henry Moses and Jacob L. Larzelere served as sheriffs' 
 of Seneca countv. L'pfni the division of the town 
 of Junius by act of the legislature, March 26, 1829, 
 the towns of Seneca F'alls, Waterloo and Tyre were 
 erected from part of its territory. In 1829 these four 
 towns were represented in the Board of Supervisors 
 as follows: — Junius, Allen Hammond; Seneca Falls, 
 Ciarry V. Sacket; Waterloo, Richard P. Hunt; Tyre, 
 Dr. 'i'liomas C. Magee. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 17 
 
 St. Joseph's; a Chapter of Jesuit Experiences on 
 the East Shore of C'avuga Lake in ibhS; Ach'en- 
 tures of Missionaries at Oiogouen, near Seneca 
 Falls, the Capital of the Cayuga Indians: — 
 Priestly experiences among the Cayuga Indians in 
 the 17th century form some of the most interesting of 
 historical reading. The Jesuit Fathers in their robes 
 of black penetrated the deepest forests, taking their 
 lives in their hands, and living midst filth and pagan- 
 ism, with the purpose only of spreading the gospel. 
 The chapter which touches \'erv close to Seneca F'alls 
 describes their earliest mission among the Cayugas — 
 St. Joseph's at the Indian town of Oiogouen, three 
 and one-half miles south of L^nion Springs. Oiogouen 
 was the name also used to indicate the Cayuga 
 nation and Cayuga lake. "Father Estienne de 
 Carheil arrived there [the mission of St. Joseph] on 
 the sixth day of Xovember in the year ibfi.S; and 
 offered to Heaven as first fruits of his labf)rs," writes 
 the Jesuit historian, "a slave woman from .Vndas- 
 togue. He had come in her company from Onon- 
 tague [Onondaga]: and this journey that they made 
 together was put to use bv him in making her enter 
 on the road to Paradise, for having been instructed 
 and baptized during this journev (tf t\\"o davs. she 
 
 approach of an enemy to besiege the village and the 
 people were frantic with fear. I'ather de Carheil 
 pointed out to them that those who had hope in 
 Heaven would not fear to die and he calmed his 
 hearers h\' his own fearless attitude and religious 
 faith. 
 
 The churi-h prospered, taking to its bosom manv 
 women, children and warriors. "Praver is not held 
 in contempt in Oiogouen," adds the priest, "as it is 
 in some other places." lUit the good father had 
 some queer and fateful experiences: he found that "in 
 an infidel and barbarous country a missionary must 
 always carry his soul in his hands." Having gone 
 to Tiohero [mission of St. Stephen at the foot of the 
 lake] he was invited to an "eat-all feast" for the 
 recovery of a sick woman — whom he was going to 
 visit with the intention of baptizing her after having 
 gi\en her instruction. He was told he must eat all 
 tliat was placed before him or she would not get 
 well. He replied that he could not see how he could 
 cure a sick person by doing himself an injurv, "a 
 remedy which the Master of our lives forbids." ".Ml 
 were surprised at tliis answer." The woman then 
 rejected the superstition of her people, was baptized 
 and died "full of profound consolation at learning 
 tiiat she would be happy after death." 
 
 I''ather de Carheil hapti7(^d ^'^ peM|ilr"iif wIkmii 
 
 Loaned by W. H. Valentine. 
 
 Cayuga Lake Park Landing-. 
 Cayuga Lake Pai-lc— the Mall, 
 
 CAYUGA LAKE AND SENECA RIVER. 
 
 Old Free Bridge over Seneca River. 
 Seneca River. South from Old Free Bridge. 
 
 was as so(m as she arrived at Oii>gouen, burnt and 
 eaten by these barbarians on the sixth of Xovember. 
 lather Oarnier, who had escorted Father de Carheil, 
 made his presents upon his arrival in the village. 
 ( )ne of these was to ask for a chapel, and another t(.) 
 invite to the Christian faith." The barbarians 
 agreed to this and on Xov. 9, three days after his 
 arrival, the chapel was completed and dedicated to 
 St. Joseph bv Feather de Carheil. 
 
 ( )n Saint Catharine's day, the good father writes, 
 lie "had evidence that that great saint was working 
 III Heaven, both for him and those poor barbarians: 
 there came on that day a considerable number of 
 persons who asked to pray and to be instructed. 
 When he arrived he found few who came and received 
 instruction, most of them being engaged in fishing 
 or hunting. Father de Carheil found the Oiogouens 
 regarded some created thing as master of their lives, 
 those among whom he had located holding the 
 beaver as such; and that he could get them to prayers 
 only by permitting them to address their prayers 
 through that master. "So little by little," say the 
 chronicles, "he introduces the knowledge of the true 
 Ciod, and teaches them His commandments which 
 {l,ev find very reasonable." 
 
 Just about this time there was a rumor of the 
 
 one-half have already died in a disposition tiiought 
 to be such as to ensure their going to Heaven." 
 
 During his ministrations among these people his 
 life was often in danger. He had gone to a cabin to 
 baptize the voung daughter (.)f a Huron captive who 
 was ill. Reasoning as only a beniglited mind could, 
 she told the good father that he had come "to make 
 people die bv pouring water on their heads" [baptiz- 
 ing]. Soon a juggler entered the cabin to apply the 
 remedies of superstition and he drove the missionary 
 out. The girl died and the juggler attributed it to 
 the priest. A plot was soon formed to take his life, 
 but he had friends who were almost constantly in 
 the council to arrest the plot. The report of the 
 affair reached adjoining missions and considerable 
 anxiety was felt for a time over the good father's sit- 
 uation, messages being sent from C)nondaga to 
 inquire into the affair. 
 
 At another time a young warrior drove him from 
 his cabin because de Carheil would not "allow him 
 to say that in roasting Indian corn in tiie ashes he 
 would roast the master of his life." But these were 
 the only two instances of ill treatment that were 
 offered him in the village of Oiogouen. 
 
 The good father came to no harm. His labors 
 were not unfruitful. "Several warriors and a great 
 
1^ 
 
 'CI^II'S- HISTORICAL SOUM'-XIR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 manv women came to pray to Ciod, and even the 
 children already know their prayers liy heart. The 
 knowledge of Cjod's ((jmmandmenth has become 
 oonimon in the families, and there is such an inclina- 
 tion to learn them that people ask to pray to CJod on 
 the open street." \t the same time he was greatly 
 troubled at the drunkenness that prevailed and 
 "wrought great havoc" there. It liecame so com- 
 mon that some were heard op.-nly to shout before 
 drinking, "I am going to lose my head; I am going 
 to drink of the water that takes away one's wits." 
 
 Cayuga Indians; 'I'oungcr !',rot!u'rs of the 
 Iroquois \<iti(in.- -The fourth of the Fi\e Nations of 
 Indians, the earliest proprietors ol all of what is now 
 Xew York state, were the Cayugas to whom f>elonged 
 what is now included in Seneca county. Iron the 
 sale of then- huids to tlic state, ill- bounds of which 
 were never whollv defined, the CayLigas received, in 
 the coLirse of four treaties, -Si, 025 in cash, and an 
 amuiitv of .Sj,3()(). The treaties pro\ided f.ir paying 
 them more. i'inalK', after se\ en vears nf 'lewing 
 
 Iroquois before the latter had time to learn more 
 than the vices of civilization which hrst penetrate a 
 savage region with the tradn' and rum. The priests 
 lived in their wigwams and studied their character- 
 istics. Of the Mohawks the Jesuits said: "'i'liey are a 
 cruel and herce people with whom we have no com- 
 munication." The Oneidas they called a weak 
 nation; the Onondagas the most influential, faithful 
 allies of the .lesuits: the Senecas the most nLunerous 
 and powerful. 
 
 Of the Cayugas, who were sometimes called arro- 
 gant, the Jesuits said: "This tribe is quite peacable 
 for the Iroquois; they h:ive never, properly speaking, 
 borne arms against the French. They are sufhciently 
 susceptible to good impressions made upon them as 
 we found bv experience: and the late T'ather .Menard, 
 who was their pastor, alwavs praised their docility." 
 
 Cayuga Flatterers; Clever and Cunning 
 I'liliticians — .\n Inst i nee. — 
 
 Tlie Chief Deputv from the Cayugas, wdio was at 
 a council of treatv with the iM'ench and Onondagas, 
 is spoken of b\- the Jesuits as making a speecfi ol 
 
 Priiden, Photo. SEXFCA KIVEK AM) CANAL, FROM HI'MSKV S PRKKT BKlD(iK, L(t()Kl.NL! EAST. 
 
 if the Indians, the w hites got 
 S^.Soo spot cash and get out 
 
 down the |)os'essions 
 the L'ayugas to accep 
 [See K'ese|-\ atlons, et( ., elsewhere. 
 
 The most ])owcrkil ol all Indian i-oufederaiaes, the 
 Mohawks, ( )nt'idas, ( )non<lagas, L axugas and Sen"cas 
 were a ( onfederatioii cilled i)\' the 1' reuch the 
 Irofjuois. In 17IS the\ adopted IIk^ Tuscaioras from 
 the Carolinas and settled them among the Oneidas. 
 Considerably earlier, tlies- had adopted the Pawnees 
 and the Catawbas ami settled them among the 
 Cayugas — at the head (jf Cayuga lake. The Oneidas 
 and Cayugas were called the "\-ounger brothers" and 
 other nations treated them as younger brothers are 
 sometimes treated. They were also burdened with 
 the support ol ])risoners or capti\-es. The Tusca- 
 roras retained a tribal organization suBicient to gi\'e 
 the name Six Nations to the confecieration. The 
 remnants of Pawnees and Catawbas were too small 
 to be considered. 
 
 The earliest and most penetrating students of the 
 I oquois were the ITeni-h Jesuit Priests who came to 
 Ouebec and thence into this country to establish 
 missions [see Jesuits]. They li\ed in the midst of the 
 
 niiieli wit and elocpieiice. This was in I(lV^^■llen 
 fatlieis I) \blon :md Chaumonot began the Jesuit 
 missions at ( )iii indaga. The pith of his address was 
 an expressiiiii of the honor that the I'rench had 
 be'stowed upmi his nation in adopting it as brethren, 
 and tile assurances that the Ca\'ugas would nex'er 
 become unwortin' of that high distinction or fail to 
 do honor to so illustrious a connection. 
 
 Nor was this diplomatist, clex'er in llattering, 
 lacking an\- in impressing the whites with the honor 
 such a connection bestowed upon them, since his 
 people, the Cayugas, had never been adopted except 
 by people of rank, he said; "yet," the chief added, 
 "this adoption of them bv Onnontio [French Gov- 
 ernorj crowned all the glory wdiich thev[the Cayugas] 
 derived from all their j)re\-ious ties and alliances." 
 '1 o show his joy o\-er tfiis glory the deputy began a 
 song which was as pleasing as it was new. All 
 present sang with him. •■■ the man, himself, 
 
 danced in the midst of them all, performing strange 
 antics — keeping his whole body in motion; making 
 gestures with his hands, feet, head, eves and me)uth; 
 
'GRIP'S' HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR OF SFA'ECA FALLS. 
 
 19 
 
 Loaned by H. C. Silsby. 
 
 SENECA RIVER AND CANAL-SODUS R. R. BRIDGE IN 
 THE DISTANCE. 
 
 marshes — the Seneca and the ( )s- 
 wego ri\Trs were known In- the 
 Jesuits as onlv f)ne stream, railed the 
 Oehdueguen]: and at intervals are 
 \er\' pleasant and somewhat de<^p 
 inlets which are preserxcs for game. 
 I fmd the inhabitants of (ioiogouen 
 [tlie Cavugas] more tractable and 
 less haughty ^than the Onontagues 
 [Onondagas] and Onneiout [Oneidas] 
 and if God had humbled them as he 
 has the Anniee, I belie\e the faith 
 could be planted here more easil\- 
 than in any of the other Iroqimis 
 nations. There are estimated to he 
 more than 300 warriors here, and a 
 |irodigious number of little children." 
 
 Sleep Gods, Worshipped by tlie 
 Indians near Seneca I'alls in the 
 17th Centurv; Perils of Jesuit 
 Missionaries. — 
 
 and all this so exacth- to the time of both his singing 
 and that of the others, tliat tlu^ result was admirable. 
 Then this wih' and exceedingly cle\er saxage pre- 
 sented the .lesuits with presents: one to adopt the 
 Oneidas, twin brothers of the Cavugas; another to 
 receive faithful covenant: the third to secure the 
 Mohawks; the fourth the Onondagas: the hfth the 
 northern nations and the sixth as an earnest of action. 
 
 Seneca County in the 17th century: I'eautiful 
 Countr\- .\bountling with Gamt^: h'ather Ralieix 
 was sent to OiogouiMi, the cajiitnl of the Cax'ugas, to 
 temporarilv take the place of l''ath=r de Carheil 
 ifi7i. He writes: "G )iogouen [Spelled two 
 wavs bv the .lesuits] is the fairest coimtry that I 
 have seen in America. It is a tract situated 
 between two lakes and not exceeding foui leagues in 
 width, consisting of almost uninterrupted {>lains, the 
 woods bordering whit'h are extremely beautiful. 
 Anniee is a verv narrow \alle\- often abounding in 
 
 stones and .ahvavs covered with mists 
 tains hemming it in seem to mr to 
 be of ve'v poor soil, .\round Goio- 
 gouen there are ki.Ied annually more 
 than a thousand deer, h'ish - sal- 
 mon, as well as eels and other kinds 
 — are as plentiful here as at ()nnon- 
 tague [OnondagaJ. I'Dur leagues 
 from here I saw by the side of a ri\-er 
 [Seneca river near Caxuga lake out- 
 let] within a ver\ Hunted sjiace, 
 eight or ten extremely hue salt 
 springs. Manv snares are set there 
 for catching pigeons, from se\en to 
 eight hundred being taken at once. 
 Lake Tiohero [Cayuga] one of the 
 two adjoining our vidage [the other 
 was Owasco lake], is fuih' fourteen 
 leagues long bv one or two wide. 
 Swans and busards are \ery aljund- 
 ant there during the entire winter; 
 and in spring one sees nothing but 
 continual cdouds of all sorts of wild 
 fowd. The Ochoueguen [Oswego 
 river, now the Seneca river] which 
 flows from this lake divides in its 
 upper waters into several channels, 
 bordered bv prairies [Mcmtezuma 
 
 I'Ih 
 
 heather de Carheil in .lune, 1670, at 
 Oiogouen writes; "This nation has 
 .onl\- three villages — Goiogouen [in the vicinitv of 
 L'nion Springs] to wdiich we ha\'e gi\en the name of 
 St. Joseph, patron of the whole [Cayuga] mission; 
 Kiohero [at Cayuga outlet] which we call St. 
 I'^stienne: and Onnontare [2J miles east of Savannah 
 wdiich was c;illed the village of St. Rene.] 
 
 "Since last autumn I have baptized 25 children and 
 12 adults. * ■■ ■■■■ I have strenuously op])osed 
 their superstitions and especi:dl\- tlu- divinity of 
 dreams. The dream that thev worship as thcniaster 
 of their lives [is] but a certain one of the spirits 
 called bv them .^gatkonchoria — who, as they think, 
 sometimes speaks to them in sleep, and commands 
 them to obey their dreams exactly. The principal of 
 the spirits is Taronhiaonagnn, wdiom they acknow- 
 ledge as a divinity, and obey as the Great Master of 
 their lives; and when they speak of dreams as of .a 
 God, thev mean nothing else than that it is 1)\- this 
 means that thev gain knowledge of the will ol God, 
 and of wdiat is needful for the preservation of tlk'ir 
 li\es, and that the doing of what thev ha\-e seen in 
 
 111 ] if^ 
 
 Loaned bv H. C. Silsby. 
 
 RIVER SCENE ABOVE THE UPPER FALLS, LOOKING EAST. 
 
'(".RIP'S" HISTORICAL S01\'1:NI1^ OF SriXi'-CA FALLS. 
 
 niDrc like high\va\nien than soldiers; 
 and their expeditions are made more 
 1)\- means i>f surprises than by regu- 
 lar Fatties. 'Fhey rest all their glory 
 in coming home accompanied by 
 capti\es — men, women and children 
 — or loaded with the scalps of those 
 
 whom the\- ha\-e ]<il]ed 
 
 in 
 
 Fat. 
 
 Loiine<] bv H. C. Silsby. 
 
 SENECA RIVER IN THE REAR OF FALL STREET. 
 (Business blocks on the light arc seven stories over the river and tw 
 in front.) 
 
 Six Nations- -Origin <il' 'Fheir 
 Race:- Re\-. ^h^ PvrFeus resident 
 amnng the Six Nations in 1743 
 (]U(>tes the Muhawk chief, S(]Li;n'atly, 
 \ 1/: 'l'he\- dwelt in the e-arth \\here 
 nil Sim shone. 'I'hough the\- lol- 
 lowed liunting they ate mice which 
 thev caught with their own hands, 
 (ianawaghha ha\'ing foimd a hole 
 went out and found a dt er. In con- 
 sequence of the meat tasting good 
 their mother contluded it Fest lor 
 them all to go out which they did, 
 except the groimdhog. They con- 
 sider the earth as their uni\ersal 
 mother. 'I'hev l)clie\'e they were 
 created \\ithin its Fosom \\'here for a 
 long time tliev had their abode 
 Fefore thev (.'ame to li\'e on its 
 surface. 'I'hev sav the grand and 
 good spirit had prepared all things 
 for their reception Fut like an infant 
 in the womF of the natural mother 
 their first stage of existence was 
 wis(dv ordained to Fe within the 
 earth'. 
 
 dreams is a means which contriFutes to the estaFlish 
 ment of their health and of their good fortune 
 Sometimes, too, they give this same name, 'Master c) 
 their Lives,' to the suFject of their 
 <h'eam for example, to a liearskin 
 or deerskin, and to otlier like oFjects 
 that thev ha\-e seen in their sleep, 
 because thev regard them as reme- 
 dies to which Ciod has attached the 
 good fortinie of a long life. -\nd, in 
 fact, thev take marxelous |)ains to 
 preserve these things, with this in 
 view; and, when they are ill, the\- 
 ( ()\-er themselves with these, or put 
 them near at hand, as a defense 
 against the attack of the disease. 
 ■:.:■ •:;:■ Tfiev Fecoiiie persiKided 
 that it [the soul] leavi-s tlu^ Fod\ 
 when the latter is asleep, and itself 
 goes in quest of these oFjects, during 
 the dream, to the places where it 
 sees them — returning into the Fod\- 
 when all the dreams are dissijiated. " 
 
 Cayuga ^^'arriors and Hunters. — 
 " 1 he ideas of all these triFes," writes 
 a .Jesuit .Missionarv of the Cavuga 
 Indians in i(«7 1 , "prompt them to 
 the pursuit of nothing Fut liLinting 
 and warfare. .Among them are seen 
 onlv parties of tweiitv, thirtv or 
 liftv men — of a hundred and some- 
 times of two hundred; rarely do 
 they go to the nuniFerof a thous uid 
 in a single band. These Faniis are 
 di\'ided, to go some in quest of men 
 and others of Feasts; the\' make war 
 
 First Mills. — The first saw 
 and grist mills erec tell Ijetween Cayuga and Seneca 
 lakes were Fuilt \<\- Dr. Silas Halsey three miles east 
 of Lodi Landini;' on Seneca lake. 
 
 Loaned by H. ('. Silsby. 
 
 LOOKING UP THE RIVER FROM FALL STREET, LAST 
 OF THE VILLAGE. 
 
"GRIP'S'" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 A VILLAGE IMMORTALIZED. 
 
 Seneca Falls is distinguished by four great histori- 
 cal events, only one of which had no permanent 
 effect, but all of them greatlv impressing themselves 
 
 on society. 
 
 The writer refers to tiie transient fad in dress, hrst 
 introduced at Senri'a Falls bv a Seneca Falls ^voman 
 and known as IMoomers: tn the permanent and 
 radical reform in political economy. Woman's Rights, 
 which secured to women a voice in local government, 
 hrst promulgated here; to what is known as the 
 HolI\- Inventions, a water system for municipalities 
 and the rotary steam fire engine now in use the 
 world over, conceived and perfected by a resident of 
 this village; and to tlie Mormon religion which was 
 first promulgated a mile west of this village l)y a 
 clever, scheming and illiterate day laborer, Joseph 
 Smith. 
 
 What more could a community ask to make itself 
 imnrortal? 
 
 The history of each is given elsewhere more fully. 
 
 Reservations. — Skoiyase and Cayuga — Pass- 
 ing of the I\ed Man — Cayuga Reserxation 
 Boundaries. — 
 
 By treaty ratified at .\lbany, Feb. 25, 1789, the 
 Cayugas ceded to the state all of their lands, e.xcept 
 specified reservations, in consideration of $500 in 
 silver paid down, '$1,625 to be paid on June i follow- 
 ing, and S500 annually to them or their posterity. 
 The largest of their reservations was a tract embrac- 
 ing "e.\clusi\e nf the water of Cayuga lake, the 
 quantity of 100 square miles" [so it reads] on the 
 west shore of Cayuga lake and south of the Seneca 
 river also enclosing a considerable tract along the 
 river east and north of Cayuga outlet. The western 
 boundary was to run at the mean distance of three 
 miles west of the west shore of Cayuga lake and the 
 eastern boundary to follow the east shore of the lake. 
 The northern boundary was Seneca river. 
 
 The northeast corner of this reservation was des- 
 cribed as "the Cayuga Salt spring on Seneca ri\-er." 
 
 One squar"e niile of the above tract at Cayuga ferry 
 was granted to Peter Ryckman, "the adopted child" 
 of the Cayugas." 
 
 .■\ tract of 16,000 acres on the west shore of Seneca 
 lake was also set aside, 325 acres of which was to be 
 granted "to a white person married to a daughter of 
 a Cayuga man named THANOEWAS," and the 
 balance to Peter Ryckman. 
 
 The same treaty also pro\-ided for the Skoiyase 
 reservation, viz: "also the place in the Seneca river 
 at or near a place called Skayes, where the Cayugas 
 have heretofore taken eel, and a competent piece of 
 land on the southern side of the river at the said 
 place sufficient for the said Cayugas to land and 
 encamp on and to cure their eel." 
 
 The Cavuga Chief Fish Carrier was also to have a 
 mile square for the separate use of himself and his 
 family which was not located, however, until at a 
 later treaty. 
 
 The Cayugas and their pt)sterity were to forever 
 be granted the right of hunting and fishing in every 
 part of said ceded lands. 
 
 Chief Steel Trap (Kanistagia) signed for himself 
 and eight chiefs, with the signatures of eleven other 
 chiefs, besides. 
 
 Maj. Abraham Hardenbergh in the latter part of 
 1789, surveyed the tracts intended for the two reser- 
 vations, at Cayuga lake and Skoiyase, under the 
 
 protection of the militia, there being threats of vin- 
 lence by the two parties oppejsed to and demanding 
 the reservation south of Seneca River at Skoiyase. 
 
 On June 22, i7<)o, at Fort Stanwix the Cayuga 
 chiefs confirmed the .\lbany treaty, some of the chiefs 
 ha\ing preached repudiation, .hiseph Brant sustained 
 the treaty, his signature appearing as one of the 
 witnesses. 
 
 On July 27, 1795, at Cayuga Ferry, by treaty a 
 third time between the State and the Cayugas, "in 
 order to render the said reservations more productive 
 of animal income to the said Cayuga nation," the 
 reservations were reconstructed. This time it cost 
 the State .f 1,800 more, paid down, with additional 
 payments of a like sum the following June and each 
 year thereafter. This was in addition to what the 
 Cayugas had already received and to the f^oo in 
 annual payments provided by the treaty of 1789, as 
 well as the §1,000 "benevolence," stipulated and 
 paid by the treaty of 1790. The third treaty reduced 
 their reservation entire, to two tracts only; first, the 
 reservation proper, two miles square near the foot of 
 the lake (taken from the big reservation), and the 
 "Mine reservation," so-called, one mile square. Fish 
 Carrier by this treaty was granted one mile square at 
 Canoga creek, the state to control the lease of his 
 grant and pay him the cash at Canandaigua, where 
 the Cayugas were to receive their payments. By this 
 treaty all other lands including the Skoiyase reserva- 
 tion went to the State or individual purchasers. 
 
 But the Cayugas, like all other wards of the state, 
 wanted money rather than lands — or it may be that 
 thrifty and designing white people who coveted the 
 lands made them think so. At least, on May 30, 
 1807, nine Cayuga chiefs received "f 4,800 in hand" 
 and signed away all rights and titles to all lands in the 
 State, including their reservations. They were then 
 removed to Sandusky, O. Most of them subsequently 
 went to Indian Territory, about 160 settling with 
 the Senecas and the balance, a very few, at Tona- 
 wanda. 
 
 General Sullivan's expedition to the Seneca 
 and Genesee cduntries in 1779, made to chastise 
 Seneca and Cayuga Indians for the barbarities they 
 were perpetrating upon the colonists then engaged 
 in war against Great Britian, resulted in nearly 
 exterminating both tribes. He laid in waste thous- 
 ands of acres of standing crops and orchards, and 
 destroyed 40 Seneca and Cayuga towns, besides great 
 quantities of potatoes and other vegetables. Nine 
 Indian towns in Seneca county and seven 01 hers on 
 Cayuga and Seneca lakes were burned. The Seneca 
 Indians then occupied the east and west shores of 
 Seneca lake and a considerable region in the Genesee 
 country. The Cayugas were on both shores of 
 Cavuga lake and in the interior of what is now Seneca 
 county. The Senecas had allied themselves openly 
 with the British and had carried through the.^merican 
 frontiers the torch and scalping knife. The Cayugas 
 professing friendship for the colonists were not open 
 enemies but were culpable. Washington appointed 
 Maj. -Gen. John Sullivan of New Hampshire, to com- 
 mand the expedition. It consisted of two divisions. 
 The main army under the commander, 3,500 men, 
 was formed of three brigades commanded respectively 
 by Brig. -Gen. Maxwell, Brig.-Gen. Enoch Poor and 
 Brig.-Gen. Edward Hand. The other division, 1,600 
 troops, was commanded by Brig.-Gen. James Clinton. 
 They were united at Tioga, Aug. 22, 1779, and on 
 the 29th fought and defeated the British and Indians 
 under Butler and Brandt, at Newtown. On Sept. i, 
 they destroyed the Indian village of Sheaquaga, or 
 Catharines Town, at the head of Seneca lake. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTOIUCAI. SOU\-EXIR OF SEXECA PALES. 
 
 Tlieii thcv entered what i^ now Seneca county. 
 SullivanV march north ah)nf< the east shore of that 
 lake occupied Sept. }-i\ h-avint;' in ruins the Indian 
 towns of Con-daw- haw (at Xorth Hector), (iestroyed 
 Sept. 4, and Kendaia or .Xpijletown, Sept. j. Their 
 camps on the march were; 'i'he ni<jht of the 3d, nine 
 niih-s from the head i>f the hd<e, near Peach Orchard; 
 .on tlie 4th, eight miles north of Xorth Hector, on the 
 5th, at .\ppletown and on the Mli, three miles north of 
 Kendaia, at Indian Hollow. 
 
 .\t Appletown, Luke Sw(>atland, captured several 
 months before by the Indians at Wyoming and 
 adopted bv the Senecas, was found hearty and well 
 and released from captivity. 
 
 \i the foot of Seneca lake Sullivan destroyed a 
 small village on the east side of the outlet known as 
 {Sutler^, Sept. 7, and the same day crossed to Kanada- 
 saga (Geneva) where his army rested on the Sth. (^n 
 the same dav Col. John Harper, with a small com- 
 mand marclied east along the Senna river and des- 
 troyed the Cavuga village (if Skoiyase on the site of 
 Waterloo, hurnincr iS houses on the north side of the 
 ri\cr and destroying large rieliE of (dm, which with 
 the oi'chanK were ripening. .\ L"a\Liga capti\ e taken 
 there declared that the L"a\Ligas had not supposed 
 that the\- wen- to be punished luitil tlie\ learned ot 
 
 men, was detached from Butler's command, and he 
 destroyed what Harper, 13 days before had over- 
 looked, doing his work well, 
 Cayuga outlet, where Cjanse\i 
 Butler turned his steps south, 
 town of Choharo [TioheroJ. 
 
 id rejoining Butler at 
 irt proceeded east and 
 rst burning the Indian 
 In the vicinit\' of Lnion 
 
 Springs he laid waste to imnKMise crops and Ijurned 
 four towns,Gewa\vga on the site of Lnion Springs, the 
 upper and lower towns at Gully Brook and Old 
 town two miles northeast; and where Aurora 
 now stands he destroy'ed the town of Chonodote. 
 From there the party proceeded to the head of the 
 lake, tinding only scattered wigwams and reached 
 the settlemeid of the Catawabas, Co-re-or-go-nel 
 soon after Di^arborn's party had laid it in ashes. 
 
 Col. Dearborn, following the trail through the 
 woods between the lakes, burned a small town at the 
 phu'e near where the Seneca I'"alls and kayette road 
 now crosses tl e R(jse Hill road. At the present site 
 of (^'anoga he burned three Indian villages and a 
 large lioLise farther south. Opjiosite .\urora he came 
 upon the ruins of the town of Swah-ya-wa-nah, 
 wliK h the (ia\ liefore had f)een burned by a party 
 from Col. Ciansex'oort's command uln had got 
 astrax . ( )nl\ a few isolated Indian encampments 
 were eneiiLmt( red until he reached Co-re-or-go-nel, 
 
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 Loaned bv (ieDrsre IJ. Dayis. 
 
 FALL STREET ABOUT IHV:.'; BUSINESS SECTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE NEAR OVID STREET. 
 
 the approach of Harper to their nearest village. 
 This statement was conlirmcd later, and the Oneidas 
 who had accompanied the expedition and pleaded 
 for theii" brothers, the Cayugas, were shown evidences 
 that the Cayugas had \'iolated their treaties with the 
 Americans. 
 
 After Sullivan had destroyed Little Beards town 
 on the Genesee river and upon his return to Kanada- 
 saga, Sept. 19, he sent Col. Peter Gansevoort with 
 100 men on an invasion of the Mohawks and Col. 
 William Butler with 600 men to destroy the Cayuga 
 towns and crops. On the 21st, after the army had 
 recrossed Seneca outlet, Col. Henry Dearborn with 
 200 men, detached to carry war along the west shore 
 of Cayuga lake, plunged into the wTjods upon the 
 trail leading east to Canoga creek, and crossing the 
 present town of Fayette. His course passed partly 
 over the route of the present Rose Hill and Canoga 
 road between three and four miles south of Skoiyase. 
 
 On Sept. 20, Cols. Gansevoort and Butler, march- 
 ing in company, reached Skoiyase and went into 
 camp. In the morning Maj. ^^'illiam Scott with 200 
 
 f the lake, which he 
 and Dearborn both 
 
 hve miles south of the head ( 
 completely devastated. Butler 
 rejoined Sulli\Tin farther south. 
 
 Photography, Auld Lang Syne. When 
 \'ou stop to consider the difference between the wet 
 and the dry plate process," said a photographer, 
 "you can appreciate what giant strides photography 
 has taken in the past few years. Wc formerh- took 
 a clear plate of glass and soaked it in Ive, washing 
 thoroughly in clear water. Then we passed it 
 through diluted nitric acid, and after washing again, 
 passed it through diluted ammonia and then again 
 washed it. We prepared our own albumen, taking 
 the white of an egg and beating it thoroughly in 
 water by- shaking it with broken glass in a bottle. 
 Then we flowed the plates bv hand and placed them 
 in a dust proof closet. When we were to make a 
 sitting we took one of the plates from the closet and 
 flowed the albumenized side with collodion. The 
 plate was then placed in a solution of silver, resting 
 edge up. This gave us about three-quarters of a 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 2.^ 
 
 Loaned by Jauet Cowiuy. 
 
 SENECA FALLS IN 1815 (from a rare old print) 
 
 minute ami we hurried out and seated the subject 
 aufl fiH'used the instrument. Think of posing a 
 sitter now davs in three quarters of a minute! The 
 pulilic woidd not tolerate it. They would say the 
 sitter had been slighted. Rut the plate must not be 
 permitted to stand in the siber anv longer and when 
 once taken out we had ncj time to waste. A wet 
 plate would dry in ten minutes, and when drv would 
 be of no use. Some times it might be longer drving 
 and other times sh(.)rter, acc(M"ding to the condition 
 of the atmosphere. ikit vou remember how the 
 photographer in those days went to and from the 
 dark room on a jump and how, after making the 
 sitting, he developed the negative while the sitter 
 waited and then came out and showed it to the latter 
 for his appro\al or disapproval. No proofs were 
 then shown. The photographer held the negative 
 against a dark background — his sleeve, the tlap of 
 his coat or something else for the customer to look 
 at. But I left the plate in the silver bath. It was 
 hshed out with a dipper and placed in an f)ld fash- 
 ioned plate holder, which had a swing door. It was 
 wet and dripping when it came from the silver and 
 we always wiped the edges and back with bilbulous 
 paper and allowed the plate to drain on a blotter. 
 Still it dripped silver until 
 dry and as silver is not to 
 be wasted we had a trough 
 in the bottom of the plate 
 holder whieh caught the 
 dripping which we 
 emptied into a bottle. It 
 was also necessary to de- 
 velop quickly and this we 
 did Ijy flowing the plate in 
 the hand, instead of in a 
 tray as is done now; that 
 is holdmg up the plate bv 
 one corner and tu:ning it 
 about so as to direct the 
 flow of the solution to all 
 ^arts of the surface. This 
 was not easilv acquired by 
 an apprentice. The plate 
 was dried by artilicial 
 heat. In those days a 
 sitting occupied from ten 
 seconds to three-quarters 
 of a minute; now from 
 one-quarter of a second to Loaned by Janet Cowing. 
 
 three or four seconds, de- 
 pending not only upon the 
 light but upon the color of 
 the drapery to be taken. 
 But in those days a pho- 
 tographer was not expect- 
 ed to make a sitting in verv 
 cloudy weather, and many 
 photographers advised 
 their patrons to wait for a 
 sunny day. 
 
 Indian Tow^ns near 
 .Seneca I' alls where the 
 Cayugas and Senecas li\ed 
 in the seventeenth and 
 eighteenth centuries: — The 
 Cayugas, the fourth of 
 the Five Nations, and the 
 Senecas, the fifth, at the 
 earliest period after the 
 white man's arrival occu- 
 pied — the first, b(jth sides of Cayuga lake; the Senecas, 
 the Genesee and tributary valleys. The eastermost 
 town of the Senecas was 20 miles west of Geneva. 
 .\ century or more later, about the time the pioneers 
 arrived in Seneca county, the Senecas had extended 
 their village to Seneca lake and they then occupied 
 both sides of that lake. 
 
 The chief Seneca towns were: 
 
 Tsonnouan, the capital of the Senecas, stood on 
 the west bank in the westerly bend of Honeoye creek 
 two miles north of Honeoye Falls, town of Mendon, 
 Mtmroe countv. The Jesuit mission of La Concep- 
 tion was here. 
 
 Ciandagara the other chief town of the Senecas, 
 St. Jacques or St. James mission, was then on Bough- 
 ton Hill, one mile south of Victor, Ontario countv. 
 
 Cjandougaroe, St. Michel's mission, was three and 
 one-half miles south of Boughton Hill. 
 
 Gandachiragon, St. Jean's mission, on the west 
 bank of Hemlock creek near Lima, N. Y. 
 
 The chief Cayuga towns in the seventeenth centurv 
 were: — 
 
 Oiogouen, three and one-half miles south of Union 
 Springs, was the earliest known capital of the Cay- 
 ugas. Here was located the Jesuit mission of St. 
 Joseph. Cayuga Castle, which was in fact the name 
 
 FALL STREET IN 18T0. 
 
•^4 
 
 'GRII'-S- HISTORICAL SOU\-ENTR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 for a group of villages, was the name afterwards 
 given to the site of Oiogoueii. 
 
 'I'liioiicro, St. Stephen's .lesuit mission, an hulian 
 town of imjiortanee, occupied tlie east slmre <if 
 Cavuga outlet, near tin- end of the ])resent railroad 
 bridge. Near this place were sal' springs where the 
 Cavngas, and a century later the Senecas came lor 
 salt. This town was where the Cayugas kept their 
 prisoners taken from thi' Hurons and .Vndastogues, 
 the northern tribes, !)y whom it was laigely settled. 
 
 Onontare, St. Rene's mission, was on the west 
 bank of Seneca river, two and (ine-half nnles directly 
 .east from the \illage of Sa\annah. This, like 
 Skoivase a century later, was the fishing village of 
 the Cayugas. 
 
 Thiohero then consisted of two large houses and 
 several smaller ones. Its name, "place of the rushes" 
 was also a]>plied to the lake. It was also called 
 Choharo and Srmnio. 
 
 Gew.'iwga (I'nion Springs) was the ne.vt smith, and 
 bevond was the Cayuga groui), viz: 
 
 Cayuga Castle, on the north shore of (iull\- broid<. 
 Upper Cavuga across the str(>am and Cayuga or ( )ld 
 Town (Oiogouen) northeast a hall a mile nr nunc 
 
 Swah-\a-wa-nah was the ne.\t town south of this 
 Skanavutenate group of villages. 
 
 Clionodcite, consisting of hfteen house-s, stoi kI (in 
 the site of .Aurora, opposite, across the lake, fmm 
 
 Swali-\a-\\ a-nah. 
 
 C"o-re-or-gci-ncl nr r)e-lio-Riss-Kanadai, at the 
 he.ad of the lakr (Tompkins count}), 2^ houses 
 occui)ynig l)oth sidi-s of the inlet a"t Ithaca, like 
 Thiohero, was a settlement of ]irisoners, or rather 
 conquered nations, whose [jeople were selected to 
 become part of the Cayugas and were given places 
 in which to li\e. Other captives were made slaves 
 and scattered throLigh the towns of the nation. 
 Those at the upfx-r end of the lake were from south- 
 ern natir)ns, j)rincipall\- renniants of the Catawbas. 
 At Thiohero were the northern nations, principallv 
 Hurc)ns. These extremes were connected by trails 
 following both shores of the lake and passing through 
 immense helds of corn and vegetables as well as 
 iipple orchards. 
 
 The Senecas, at the beginning of the last century, 
 occupied the head and loot of Seneca lake. Their 
 towns were: 
 
 Kanadasaga ((iene\-a), the chief town and one of 
 the i-aiiitals, at the outlet, containing 50 houses. 
 
 Loaned by Janet Cowing. FLOOD SCENE FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
 
 Downs & Gould's Pump Factory, ( )vid and Green Street.s; Cowiug's shop in tlie fort-ground (from a very poor photo.) 
 
 '. These were all 
 
 from the laKe. t nese were all made iirmcipal 
 from hewn logs and com]irisetl (in 177'^), with scat- 
 tering houses along the trail north to Thiohero about 
 100 dwellings. Here the main trail from the 
 Onondagas crossed the lake to a similar group of 
 Cayuga towns on the west shore. They were: 
 
 Skanavutenate, or Ge-no-gah, on the north bank 
 of Canoga creek (the birthplace of Red Jacket, see 
 sketch of Red Jacket on another page). One mile 
 north was a smaller town (the birthplace of Logan. 
 See sketch elsewhere) and south was the village (on 
 the Disinger farm) called Newtown. Not the New- 
 town of Gen. Sullivan's famous battle with the 
 Indians. Between the sites of the present villages of 
 Canoga and Rose Hill at the head of a stream flow- 
 ing north and emptying into Seneca river at Waterloo, 
 was the fourth of this group of villages, occupving 
 the trail which led northwest to the outlet of Seneca 
 lake. 
 
 Skoiyase, the fishing village^the market place of 
 the Cayugas, terminated a diverging trail, occupying 
 the north shore of Seneca river, now the site of 
 \\'aterloo. [See Skoiyase elsewhere.] 
 
 Shcaquaga or Catharines Town, qcj liouses on both 
 sides of the inlet, was a large poirt for stock and 
 crops. 
 
 Con-daw-haw (North Hector) consisted of along 
 house surrounded by smaller ones. 
 
 Kendaia or Appletown (twxi miles north of Kendaia 
 postofiice, town of Romulus, one-half mile from the 
 lake) having 20 houses of hewn logs, was remarkabh^ 
 for many tombs found there, made of oblong boxes 
 with slits ill the top, painted bright colors. 
 
 County Treasurers — (Dates given are when 
 elected; years in service include following \-ears and 
 year of election of successor.) .\ndrew Dunlap, jr., 
 1848; Daniel H. l',ryant, 1851: .lames Ferguson, 1854: 
 Charles Sentell, 1837; .Tames B. Thomas, i860; Reu- 
 ben D. Hulbert, 181.3: \Vm. Dunlap, 1866; Geo. M. 
 (iuion, i8bg; James M. .Martin, 1872; Wm. .\. Swabv, 
 1875: Walter H. Allen, 1878; Wm. Walker, i.SNi : 
 Jonathan D. Thomas, 1884; Horace N. Rumsev, 
 1887; Wm. W. Boyer, 1890; ALunard T. Corkhiil, 
 1893; Augustin S. Parish, 1896, '99 (re-elected by 4 
 votes) I'"red G. Smith, 1902. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Red Jacket [Sa-i^^o-ya-wat-ha] — This rernark- 
 ahle chief and sachem of the Seneca Indians, distins^- 
 lislied as an orator among the Iro(]uois anct a leader 
 f marked influence among his people, was born onlv 
 I few miles from Seneca Falls. The Waterloo 
 iistorical Society with impressive ceremonies 
 LinxciJetl a munimicnt, whicli this societv had patri- 
 itically erected to his memory on the site of his 
 lirthplace, Oct. 14, i8qi. The site <if the wigwam 
 in which Red Jacket was Ijorn, was del'mitelv located 
 the indian town of Skanayutenate on the west 
 shore of Cayuga lake. The location of this town is 
 described as follows: "On the road following 
 generall}- the west bank of Cayuga lake, about a 
 mile nortli cif the jiresent \ illage of Canoga, and a 
 If a mile from the lake, near the outlet of the 
 stream known as Canoga creek, rurming from the 
 springs to the lake, is located Canoga cemetery, a 
 beautiful and picturesque spot. Between the ceme- 
 tery and the lake and about forty rods from the lake 
 on the south bank of the creek was the Indian town 
 if Skanayutenate." 
 
 Across the creek (the north side) under an oak tree 
 and close to a large spring which fed the creek, and 
 near the ridge upon which the lake road runs, stood 
 the wigwam in which Red Jacket was born. 
 
 It was under the same oak tree that the greatest of 
 historical characters among the Indians, the great 
 Ming<^ chief Loga was also born [See sketch of Logan 
 in next column]. 
 
 Red Jacket, known as such because he wore such a 
 garment, w-as the son of a Cayuga warrior and a 
 Seneca woman. He derived his rank as sachem of 
 the wolf clan of the Senecas from his mother, accord- 
 ing to the custom of the Iroquois. Red .Tacket v,as 
 born in 1750 and died in 1830. He was not onlv an 
 irator, but a fierce warrior who led his people during 
 the revolution to espouse the cause of the British. 
 He was a swift runner and physically a powerful 
 lan, and was employed as a messenger by the ofKicers 
 at the Niagara fort. 
 
 At the close of the war he sullenly accepted peace, 
 but participated in the Fort Stanwix treaty with the 
 Americans in 1784. From that time he faithfully 
 stood with the whites and always opposed the upris- 
 ing of the red men. It was he who gave Erastus 
 Granger, the Indian agent, warning of the Tecumseh 
 league against the government. In 1810 he visited 
 Washington and in 1829 went to New York city 
 where his portrait was painted by Robert W. Weir. 
 Hart afterwards copied it — and his work is now in 
 possession of Dr. Bellows of Waterloo. 
 
 It was said of Red Jacket that at least in his later 
 years he held a rigid and honorable course in his 
 relations with the whites. He predicted that his 
 people would at last disappear and often spoke in 
 contempt of the white people because of their treat- 
 ment of the Indians. 
 
 In 182 1 he was called as a witness in Buffalo 
 against Tommv Jemmev, a Seneca chief who was 
 charged with murder for cutting the throat of an 
 Indian woman condemned thus to die by the Seneca 
 nation on the charge of witchcraft. When he was 
 asked if he believed in future rewards and punish- 
 ments and the existence of a God, "with a piercing 
 look into the face of his interrogator and with no 
 little indignation of expression he replied, 'Yes, much 
 more than the white men if we are to judge bv their 
 actions.' " 
 
 He was not slow at the trial to "turn the point" 
 against the prosecution in the following words: 
 "What! do you denounce us [the Senecas] as fools 
 and bigots because we still believe that which vou, 
 yourselves, believed two centuries ago? What have 
 our .brothers done more than the rulers of yr)ur 
 people have done and what crime has this man com- 
 mitted by executing in a summary \\av the laws of 
 his country and the command of theGreat Spirit?" 
 
 Logan [ Tall-ga-yee-ta], the Indian whose llucnt 
 tongue was the wonder of his day, was born — strange 
 and scarcely credible as a co -incident of that sort 
 may seem — on the very spot where the famous chief. 
 Red Jacket, first saw light. It was under the same 
 oak and beside the same spring, on the west shore of 
 Cayuga lake [See sketch of Red Jacket] in the year of 
 1752, two years after th(> birth of the Seneca chief. 
 Logan, the son of the Cayuga chief, Shik-elli-mus, 
 was the Iroquois statesman without rank through 
 birthright, whose natural gift was that of a strong 
 orator, and who by inherent wisdom made for him- 
 self the first place as an historicid character. 
 
 In the border wars of Ohio Logan's entire family, 
 wife and children, had been murdered bv a partv of 
 whites who decoyed them from their camp for that 
 purpose. At the treaty made by Lord Dunsmore at 
 Camp Charlotte on the Sciota river, some months 
 later, occurred that famous speech of Logan's of 
 which Thomas Jefferson said, 'T may challenge the 
 whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of 
 any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished 
 more eminent, to produce a single passage superior 
 
 Copied from Painting- owne-i by Dr. G. A. Bellows. 
 Loaneri bv Olisfrvpr. Wnt^rlnn 
 
 RED JACKET, FAMOUS SENRCA CHIEF. 
 Born near Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 to that speech of Logan's." Logan, towering head 
 and shoulders above the assembled councillors — Iris 
 was a majestic figure — said: "I appeal to anv white 
 man to say if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungrv 
 and he gave him not meat, if he ever came cold and 
 naked and he clothed him not. ■'■■■ •■■• For mv 
 
 country I rejoice at the besom of peace! But do you 
 not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. 
 Logan never felt fear! He will not turn on" his heel 
 to save his life! Who is there to mourn for Logan? 
 Not one." 
 
 When young, Logan fell in with the Moravians in 
 Pennsylvania and for some time lived in .Miftfin 
 county. Pa., four miles from Reedsville, where for 
 years afterwards was pointed out the famous Logan 
 spring. Then he moved to Juniata and married a 
 Shawnee woman. He was buried on a bluff near 
 Steubenvilie, O., overlooking the Ohio river and 
 Mingo creek, the grave now being covered with 
 bowlders. At Yovt Hill cemetery, Auburn, N. Y., 
 stands a monument erected to his memory by Wil- 
 liam H. Seward. 
 
26 
 
 'GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 i 
 
 l,oaned bv H. C. Silsby. 
 
 OLD HOAG HOTTSE-FALL STREET, LOOKING EAST. 
 
 "Ittormon Joe," as he was called— -josejih Smith, 
 tlic fiiundiT of Ml iiiiKiniMU, lirst niade kiinun liis 
 "divinf^ diM'overv, " the "golden plates," which none 
 hereabouts ever saw, to s(.>me of the prominent resi- 
 dents of Junius. He located at Kingdom, a mile 
 
 Roiiudus. 
 here when 
 follower. 
 
 aroused jiarticular interest in him- 
 self. Then he claimed that he had a 
 singular and mysterious missi(.)n. It 
 soon was noised about that Smith 
 had received some spiritual re\el,i- 
 tion, and the place was wild t(j learn 
 more a])out it. I'nder apparently a 
 simple and innocent manner, Smith 
 must have been a keen judge of 
 human nature, understanding well 
 how to excite curiosity and make 
 converts. 
 
 His earliest "baptisms" — by im- 
 mersion — were at Silver Creek, south 
 of Kingdom. He then resided in the 
 house of Peter Whitmer, three miles 
 south of Waterloo, where he gathered 
 his few followers about him and 
 preached to them. 
 
 It was while here that Smith at- 
 tracted th(> attention of Brigham 
 ^'ouug, who was then a lad, one of 
 the hve sons of .lolm Y(jung, who 
 li\ed in the town of Tryone, Schuy- 
 ler count\-. Levi Halsey says that 
 John Young was a revolutionary 
 soldier from Whittingham, Wind- 
 ham county, Ct., who had taken land 
 gi\en to the soldiers in the "military 
 tract," and who finally became "a 
 tra\-eling tinker and mender rnd a 
 poor farmer," and that his sons spent 
 most of their time hunting and lish- 
 ing, usually in harvest tiipe crossing 
 Seneca lake to work for farmers in 
 That was what brought Brigham over 
 he met Smith and at once became his 
 
 west of StMif 
 hand for any kind 
 linding water with 
 custom in those dav 
 
 jeneral 
 
 d ch 
 
 hand, a 
 Pompe\- 
 
 I'alls, about iSji 
 v\ (irk: hut 
 
 witch carried in th 
 He came here fron 
 and li\-ed chiefly by his wits. I'rom this place h 
 went over into the town of Fayette, about 1830, wheri 
 in April of that year he organized the first Mormm 
 church and baptized the first converts. Mr. Harrism 
 Chamberlain well remembers much told about hi 
 personality by his father 
 and grandfather. 
 
 Strangely he procured 
 financial assistance from 
 wealthy mcMi living here- 
 abouts to whom he in con- 
 fidence lirst made known 
 his "di\ iue inspiration^." 
 Some of these men sacri- 
 ficetl a good deal to furnish 
 him funds, hie had with 
 him an assistant or secre- 
 tary, Olivei Cowt'erv, who 
 transcribed what .\io:nion 
 Ji)e, standing behind a cair- 
 tain, professed to read from 
 the golden plates, the "in- 
 spired Word of Cjod." as 
 Smith said. 
 
 He was a peculiar, odd 
 looking man, dressed in the 
 plainest homespun, and 
 rather an object of wit and 
 pleasantry. It was not un- 
 til the fall of 1823 that he 
 
 Mail Carriers mi horseback in the early 
 "twenties" of the past centurv delivered at Seneca 
 I'alls the earliest overland mail pouches coming 
 across the state of New York. Their task was neither 
 easy or prijfitable and the roads they followed, some 
 of them nothing but bridle tracks, were execrable. 
 The mail on arriving at Albany bv boat was placed 
 in charge of a character known as "dum your skin," 
 (his favorite expression) Sprague. .At Amsterdam 
 (then Port Jackson) Sprague's wife took the mail 
 going west as far as Fort Davton, where Jason Parker 
 
 Loaned by Hammond & Hamnioufi. 
 
 CARR'S HOTEL AND ARNETT MILL, ABOUT I.H.-1O (from a poor photo). 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 received the mail and carried it safely to Onondaga. 
 Isaac Sherwood and his wife carried it west to Can- 
 andaigua. Sherwood put on the first post and 
 passenger coaches running between Fayetteville, 
 Onondaga countv, and Geneva, Ontario county, 
 which passed through Seneca ?"alls. 
 
 Rumsey Protectives. — In June, 1882, the Fire 
 Department nf Seneca Falls had a parade and in- 
 spection and among the companies in line was that 
 comprising thirty-five of Rumsey's men drawing a 
 piece of apparatus that the company had in its 
 shipping room. \\'ith a uniform consisting of dark- 
 pants, white shirts, neckties alike and caps, the boys 
 made quite a respectable appearance. They did so 
 well that on their return to the works Mr. Eugene A. 
 Rumsey, then manager and afterwa-^ds president of 
 the firm, told them to organize and drill and he would 
 uniform them and send them to the 
 State Convention of firemen held at 
 Rochester that year. At Rochester 
 the firm furnished them a large tent 
 to sleep in and boarded them at tin- 
 Waverly House, paying all expenses 
 both ways and free cigars; and the 
 next pav day every man received full 
 
 pa\- for the three days he was away. 
 The company organized as the 
 
 Rumse\' Protectives, Fire and Pro- 
 tection Company, and were received 
 
 into the department, being assigned 
 
 to draw Steamer No. i until 
 
 thcv had a wagon, blankets, 
 
 i^uckets, chemicals, etc. completed 
 
 and ready for their duties as Pro- 
 tectives. As soon as they were 
 
 equipped Rumsey & Co. hired rooms 
 
 for them, got them admitted to the 
 
 state association and sworn in a-- 
 
 special police at fires. Mr. Rumsev 
 
 ordered a fancy parade carriage, and 
 
 while it was being built the boys 
 
 held a fair for one week and cleared 
 
 over S 1,000. They used this mcjnev 
 
 to pay for the carriage and equip 
 
 their parlor and bunk room, which 
 
 was done in handsome style. Six 
 
 men volunteered to bunk in the 
 
 rooms, and from that time until 
 
 they disbanded they were one of the 
 
 most elBcient companies in the 
 
 department. They always attended 
 
 the state conventions and from their 
 
 fine carriage, plush banner and 
 
 natty uniforms they received the 
 
 name of "The Famous Rumsey Pro- 
 tectives." Rumsey &• Co. always 
 
 gave largely toward the expense of 
 
 attending state conventions, and in 
 
 several cases furnished them sleeping 
 
 cars without any cost to the firemen. 
 
 Mr. Rumsey had photographs taken 
 
 of the members and sent them to the Forbes Litho- 
 graph Co. of Boston, who arranged them in the shape 
 of a pyramid. Mr. Rumsey ordered several thousand 
 of the photos and sent them to nearly every company 
 in the United States; and every piece of fire apparatus 
 sold by the company, foreign or domestic, had a copy 
 of the picture enclosed. Many foreigners sent letters 
 acknowledging receipt of the picture. Mr. Fred 
 Pierce, editor of the "Fireman's Herald," said they 
 were the best advertised company on the globe. It 
 cost Runsev &- Co. nearly $5,ooo_; but Mr. E. A. 
 
 Rumsey said it was mone\' well expended. The 
 Protectives were good firemen and received many 
 good uords of praise from the board of engineers for 
 their faithfulness and efficiency. At the organization 
 of the cfMTipany William T. Smith was made foreman 
 and drill master, George H. Amidon, ist assistant 
 foreman, and Charles Graham, 2nd assistant foreman. 
 
 The Fortnightly Club was organized in 1887 
 by twfbe women who wished to study history and 
 literature. Meetings were held fortnightly from 
 October to April, inclusive, and the first years of its 
 existence were devoted to the English poets. Its 
 programs consist of papers prepared by members 
 readings from authors giving side-lights on the sub- 
 ject under consideration, translations of timely 
 articles from the French, and the recitation of poems 
 bearing on the topic of the daw The Club tries to 
 
 Borrowed Photo. KIMSEY PROTECTIVES. 
 
 Center— Eugene A. Rumsey, trustee. 
 
 Apex— W. T. Smith, foreman. 
 
 Next Row— S. Woods, left; Henry Playford, right. 
 
 Third Row down— James Keajian, Frank Perkins, Juo. O'Hare, Frank 
 Shane, Charles Garlinji-, L. Cuiiniii«-I)ani. 
 
 Fourth Row— H. W. Freehtnd, Heni. Fetter, Wm. Hall, IJyron Latti- 
 mer. F. A. Curtis. „ , „ 
 
 Fifth Row— Norman Gott. John Esmack, Wm. Teller, Ed. Page, Henry 
 , Wm. Alien, Jos'-ph McKeon, (Jharles Payne. 
 
 Sixth Row— Geo. W. Murphv, Geo. H. Amidon, first asst. foreman; 
 Frank ■'oliins, James McKeon, Thomas Ginaity, Charles Graham, second 
 asst. foreman; Frank Dain, Joseph Nugent. . 
 
 Lower Row— David Crumb, Wm. Durnin, Marion Perkins. . 
 
 stimulate and keep alive the spirit of poetry, believ- 
 ing that it will aid the rising generation immeasur- 
 ably by helping to secure to it that inheritence of 
 poetry which is the heart of all literature. 
 
 The Fortnightly has social meetings to close the 
 vear's work, and special meetings devoted to public 
 interests are occasionally held. It has grown steadily 
 in numbers and strength, and is registered at Albany 
 as one of the Study Clubs of the state. Its constitu- 
 tion limits the number of members to 25, and since 
 its organization it has had but one president, Mrs. S. 
 .•\. Wetmore. The officers for i903-'4 are as follows: 
 
SKNRCA FALLS. 
 
 ti/ui^d Bridge 
 
 Loant'd bv Janet Cowing. 
 
 CAYUGA BRIDGE, 1800 (old print). 
 
 View from West bank— Cayuffii Villsige in the distance— Titus tavern on the 
 lel't-This bridfie was begun May, 1799, and eompleted September, ISUII, costing' 
 $i:>0,0(l(i— 1'4 mile long. 
 
 \'u-e President, Mr 
 K. Sniithwick; Trea 
 
 Presid<^nt, Mrs. S. .V. Wetmore; 
 A. U. .lewell; Secretary, .Mrs. M 
 urer, Mrs. H. W. Yawger. 
 
 The active members are: Mrs. Llizabctli \V. .Xddi- 
 son, Mrs. Ella R. Carmer, Mrs. Fanny M. ( iay, .Mrs. 
 Margaret T. Glen, Mrs. Helen K. Haiiinuind, .Miss 
 .\nna !'",. Henion, Mrs. Annetta R. .lewell, .Mrs. Kath- 
 erine M.Van Kleeck, Mrs. Mary L. Knight, Mrs. Louise 
 E. Lathnip, Mrs. Camline F. Lester, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 C.Lester, Mrs. .lane Orton Mead, Miss Charlotte E. 
 Pollard. Mrs. Minnie D. H. Rogers, Miss. Stella E. 
 Sharp, Mrs. .\melia Ci. Swaby, Mrs. Evelvn Severson, 
 Mrs. Mary R. Silsby! Mrs. Mabel K. Smithwick, Mrs. 
 Nellie Conner Smith, Mrs. Sarah C. Wayne, Mrs. S. 
 Adeline \\'etmore, Mrs. Harriet W. Yawger. 
 
 Bridges at Cayuga Lake, — [By Mrs. .S. A. 
 Wetmore.] — The act incorporating the Cayuga 
 Bridge Company was passed March 28, ijijj, when 
 John Jay was governor. It ga\e the 
 company the right to build a bridge 
 "over the lake or the outlet thereof," 
 and limited the issue of stock to five 
 hundred shares of fifty dollars eacii. 
 Two of the fi\e directors, Charles 
 Williamson and Thomas Morris, 
 were large owners of land in the 
 "Cireat Genesee Country," as all 
 Western New Yt)rk was then 
 termed. Mr. Williamson had built 
 the road from liath to Gene\a. 
 Two other directors were ,lose[)h 
 .\nnin of the town of .\urelius, and 
 Colonel John Harris of Cayuga, wIki 
 had established a ferry, but wlm 
 now relinquished his rights to the 
 association. The fifth director was 
 Wilhelmus Mynderse, agent for the 
 Bayard Company, which three years 
 previous had purchased of the state 
 lands on the north side of the Seneca 
 outlet. The first treasurer of the 
 Bridge company was .Jacob Hallett. 
 All persons were forbidden to build 
 other bridges or establish ferries 
 within three miles of the proposed 
 bridge; and after its completion all 
 persons were forbidden to cross said 
 lake within three miles thereof with- 
 out paying the legal toll to the 
 corporation; but "it shall be lawful 
 for any person to pass in his own 
 boat without being subject to such 
 toll." All inhabitants residing 
 within three miles of said bridge 
 
 )e 
 1 , 1 80 1 , 
 oini)an\- 
 ■( mtiniicd li ir the 
 73 years." Now 
 larter was satis- 
 r\-, work began in 
 I 7(^9, and the bridge 
 iiiished Sept. 4, 1800. 
 Migth was line mile, 
 it rods, witli 22 feet 
 between tlu.- trestles and 
 sufficient si_>ace in the r( 
 wav to allow three wagons 
 to ni(i\e abreast. W'hen it 
 was opened for traffic the 
 exent was celebrated by thf» 
 firing of cannon, speech(^s 
 )n o\er the new highway, 
 the t'urrent and the force of 
 
 and a grand jjroccss 
 l^\'identlv the action of 
 the ice had not entered into the caicrdations of the 
 ])uilders, for in 1807 the bents began to settle and 
 to lean towards the west. Finally the whole mass 
 ga\e way and floated down to the marsh. Now for 
 several vears tra\-elers were dependent on the ferry 
 and on a bridge, often out of repair, which was built 
 across the outlet a few rods abo\e the present Mud 
 Lock. 
 
 THE SECOND URIlx.E 
 
 There were numerous petitions beltjre the legis- 
 lature from the inhabitants of the western C(junties 
 of this state praying for the grant of a lottery to 
 raise funds to erect a bridge across the outlet at the 
 same place, and the attorney-general was directed to 
 take legal measures to tr\- the validity of the com- 
 pany's charter rights. The compan\' then petitioned 
 
 Loaned by H. ('. Silsbv. 
 DONALDSON'S BALLOON RISING FROM FALL STREET THIRTY 
 YEARS AGO. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 29 
 
 the legislature, requesting an extension of their 
 capital stock, and agreeing to build without delay 
 a "good and substantial bridge," to be completed in 
 a reasonable time. They secured the passage of an 
 act which extended their rights. It allowed them to 
 issue 1,000 shares of stock at S50 each in addition to 
 the fjresent stock of the company. AH persons living 
 within one mile were to pass over on foot at all 
 times free, and all persons going to or from public 
 orship t)n the Sabbath at either East or West Cay- 
 uga were to be exempt from the payment of toll, and 
 there was tlie same exemption for the passage of 
 troops and artillery. Through the courtesy of Deputy 
 Secretary of State, Mr. Mongin, I ha\'e been able to 
 
 (ive the facts concerning the Bridge Companv thus 
 far from records in his office. I now turn to the 
 company's own records, their day book, antl a book 
 in which are entered "The Resohes of the Directors 
 of the Cayuga Bridge Companv," by their secretary, 
 John Haggertv: Isaac Pierson held 500 shares and' 
 was doubtless president of the company. James 
 Bennett, a pioneer at the lake, and Daniel Mcintosh 
 
 )f Cayuga, each held 50 shares. Col. .Mynderse and 
 Stephen N. Bayard together held 85 and Elijah 
 Miller of Auburn, held 40. Mr. .Miller was the com- 
 pany's lawyer and the dav book shows that he 
 received a fee of -^loo for going to Albany in March, 
 1814, on "business relating to the bridge charter." 
 In the early fall of i8r2. Col. Mynderse made con- 
 tracts for lumber with John Richardson and with 
 Phelps, Joy & Co. The master builder arrived and the 
 labor began. Piles were driven from the east shore 
 one third of the way across, the pile driver being 
 worked on the ice. When the ice went ont a scow- 
 was built and anchored at the work. Men received 
 f 1.50 per (lav, and rations of a half-pint of whiskey 
 each, to ward off the ague. .\s the structure 
 approached completion the New York directors 
 journeyed hither to inspect it and the next meeting 
 was held at West Cayuga, Sepit. 28, 1813. .'Vmounts 
 due contractors were now paid, William Britton, the 
 superintendent, receiving in all .f 15,580; Richardson, 
 >v lumber, .$10,000. The whole outlay for the 
 bridge amounted to $36,630. The toll received at 
 the bridge across the outlet \vas small, for four weeks 
 in September, 1815, only $14.48, while the receipts at 
 the long bridge from Dec. 18, 1814, to Sept. 23, 1815, 
 inclusive, were •$11,376.10!. 
 
 THE THIRD lUJUJC.E 
 
 In 181 J, when work on the Erie canal began, the 
 Bayard C(jmpany sent out circulars advertising their 
 fine property at Seneca Falls for sale. They had 
 read the handwriting on the wall and Icnew that the 
 canal when finished would turn the tide of travel 
 away from Cayuga Bridge and the lands which they 
 had held at stich extra\agant prices. It was too 
 true; the long line of wagons disappeared and the 
 ta\'erns found their occupation gone. The bridge 
 had a life of twent\- years, and in 183^ a thiril was 
 luiilt which found a rival in the New York Central 
 Railroad. Mr. ]>. I'". Beach of our \illage relates 
 that in the latter part of May, 1853, he crossed this 
 structure with a heavy load of plaster which made it 
 shake \iolentIy. The night following several sec- 
 tions fell into the lake, so that he was probably the 
 last person to cross it in a vehicle. After the bridge 
 was closed to traffic it became the resort of the Honest 
 I'ishermen of that dav; indeed, fishing from the 
 bridge was the chief source of entertainment f(5r 
 \isiting strangers. Many can remember the row of 
 decaying piles which for years marked its route 
 across the lake, but now few traces remain of that 
 structure which formed the crowning glory of the old 
 Alban\- turnpike. 
 
 Bloomers ; the Idea Originated at Seneca Falls ; 
 Suggested by a Male editor ; The Costume First 
 Worn by Gerritt Smith's Daughter; Curious Cir- 
 cumstances for which Mrs. Bloomer is Authority. 
 
 It was Mrs. Amelia Jenks Bloomer who gave the 
 name that is popularly attached to the costume of a 
 short skirt and Turkish trousers which once excited 
 both .\merica and Europe. Mrs. Bloomer disclaims 
 credit for originating or first using it. She charges 
 the idea t(j the editor of the Seneca County Courier 
 — or the writer of an editorial in that paper. In 
 January or February, 1851, she says, in an editorial 
 on "Female Attire" the writer "showed up the incon- 
 \enience, unhealthfulness and discomforts of woman's 
 dress, and advocated a change to Turkish pantaloons 
 and a skirt reaching a little below the knee." Mrs. 
 Bloomer was at the time publishing a monthly paper, 
 "The Lily." [See more extended sketch of it in 
 "W(.)man's Rights" article.] 
 
 ".\s the editor of the Courier was opposed to us on 
 the woman's rights question," writes Mrs. Bloomer, 
 "this article of his gave me an opportunity to score 
 him on having gone so far ahead of us as to advocate 
 our wearing pantaloons, and in my next issue I 
 noticed him and his proposed style in a half-serious, 
 half-playful article of some length. He took up the 
 subject again and expressed surprise that I should 
 treat so important a matter with levity. I replied to 
 him more sericmslv than before, fully indorsing and 
 approx'ing his views on the subject of women's cos- 
 tume. 
 
 "."Vbout this time," continues Mrs. Bloomer, "when 
 the readers of the 'Lily' and the 'Courier' were inter- 
 ested in and excited over the discussion, Elizabeth 
 Smith Miller, daughter of Hon. Gerritt Smith of 
 Peterboro, N. Y., appeared on the streets of our 
 village dressed in short skirts and full Turkish 
 trousers. She came on a visit to her cousin, Eliza- 
 beth Cady Stanton, who was then a resident of 
 Seneca Falls. Mrs. Miller had been wearing the 
 costume some two or three months at home and 
 abroad. Just how she came to adopt it I have for- 
 gotten, if I ever knew. But she wore it with the full 
 approval and sanction of her father and husband. 
 During her father's term in Congress she was in 
 Washington, and the papers of that city described 
 her appearance on the streets in the short costume. 
 
 "A few days after Mrs. Miller's arrival in Seneca 
 Falls," Mrs. Bloomer goes on to say, "Mrs. Stanton 
 came out in a dress made in Mrs. Miller's style. She 
 walked our streets in a skirt that came a little above 
 the knees, and trousers of the same material — black 
 satin. Having had part in the discussion of the 
 dress question it seemed proper that I should practice 
 as I preached, and as the Courier man advised; and 
 so a few days later I, too, donned the new costume, 
 and in the next issue of my paper announced that 
 fact to my readers. At the outset I had no idea of 
 fully adopting the style; no thought of setting the 
 fashion; no thought that my action would create an 
 excitement throughout the civilized world, and give 
 to the style my name and the credit due Mrs. Miller. 
 This was all the work of the press. I stood amazed 
 at the furor I had unwittingly caused." The press 
 at once took it up, she says. Someone — she doesn't 
 know who — wrote "the Bloomer" costume which 
 continued to cling to the dress in spite of her efforts 
 to have credit attach to Mrs. Miller. "Had she [Mrs. 
 Miller] not come to us in that style," says Mrs. 
 Bloomer, "it is not probable that either Mrs. Stanton 
 or myself would ha\'e donned it." 
 
 Hundreds of women all over the country, Mrs. B. 
 savs, wrote her asking for the pattern; and the sub- 
 scription list to "The Lily" ran up amazingly. 
 
 ]\Irs. Bloomer wore the dress "some six or eight 
 
30 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 years, or so long as I remained in active life and until 
 the papers had ceased writing squibs at my expense," 
 she sa\s. She wore it "on all occasions, at home and 
 abroad, at church and on the lecture platform, at 
 fashionable parties and in my business office." In 
 all of her travels, she sa\'s, she met with nothing dis- 
 agreeable or unpleasant, but was universally treated 
 with respect and attention b\- both press and people 
 wherever she appeared. 
 
 .•\fter she had remo\-ed to the west, and had got 
 out of lecturing, she donned long skirts for parties 
 and entertainments. On the streets the high winds 
 that prevailed there frequently mortified her by 
 turning her short skirts over her head. But she per- 
 severed in their use generally until hoops came into 
 vogue and she found them more comfortable — "light 
 and pleasant to wear and doing away with the 
 necessity of heavy underskirts, which was her greatest 
 objection to long dresses;" so she gradually left off 
 the short dress. She also found, she sa\s, that she 
 
 half way between the knees and ankles. Lnderneath 
 this skirt trousers made moderately full, in fair, mild 
 weather coming down to the ankles (not instep) and 
 there gathered in with an elastic band. The shoes 
 or slippers to suit the occasion. I'nr winter or wet 
 weather the trousers, also full, but coming down into 
 a boot, which should rise at least three ov Unn inches 
 about the £inkle. This boot should be gracefully 
 sloped at the upper edge and trimmed with fur or 
 fancifully eniliroidered, according to the taste of tlu' 
 wearer. The material might be cloth, morocco, 
 mooseskin, etc.. and made waterproof if desirable." 
 
 Benjamin F. Beach, who taught school on Wash- 
 ington street about 1833, ret-alls seeing Mrs. Stanton 
 and Mrs. P>lof)mer pass in the short costume. Mrs. 
 Stanton then li\'ed on the east side of Washington 
 steeet in a house that has since been entirely remod- 
 elled. He remembers .Mrs. Stanton as "somewhat 
 short and thick-set" and Mrs. Pdoomer "as spare and 
 a trifle taller." 
 
 IKON MOILDEKS' I'.NIO.N |{.\N(,»I KT. 
 
 had greater inthiencc 111 her work in thr dress ordi- 
 narily worn by women. .\nd she also llxiiiglit that 
 the dress was drawing attention from subjects of 
 greater importance. 
 
 Mrs. Stanton continued to wear t!ie dress for two 
 or three years, when, according to .Mrs. Bloomer, the 
 pressure brought to bear upon her bv her father 
 [Judge Cady] and other friends was so great that she 
 hnally returned to long skirts. 
 
 The impression gi\-en by Mrs. Bloomer's personaliity 
 is best described by Mrs. Russell Sage: "Her manner 
 was unpretentious, quiet and delicately feminine. 
 Her cf)stume showed total disregard for effect, and 
 was mannish only to the extent of practicability." 
 
 The description of Mrs. Bloomer's costume, gixen 
 b\' herself, is as follows; ".\ skirt leachiny; nearl\- 
 
 .Mrs. Bloomer (maiden name .ieiiks) was bi:irii 111 
 Homer, Cortland Co., X. Y., Ma\- 27, 181S, and at 17 
 years of age taught sch<i(.il near Clyde, N. Y. She 
 then lived with her sister at \\'at('rloi), X. Y., and 
 afterwards was governess in the family of Oren 
 Chamberlain near that village. On .April 15, 1840, 
 she married Dexter C. Bloomer, a practicing lawver. 
 politician and at the time one of the proprietors of 
 the Seneca County Courier. She is described as then 
 being "five feet, four inches tall and weighed about a 
 hundred pounds." The next day they took up their 
 residence at Seneca Falls. She very soon began 
 writing for the press on current topics and was 
 active in temperance work. In 1842 .Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bloomer were baptized and confirmed in the Episc-o- 
 pal church by P>ishop D'^lancev. Pioth became 
 prominent workers in that societw 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 31 
 
 In Decpmber, 1S53, tliev removed to Mt. \'ernon, 
 >)., speeded hence by a public farewell of manv friends 
 it I'nion Hall. Iher.^ she finally sold out "The 
 y." In 1S35 they took up their residence, at 
 Council ISlidts, la., when' .Mrs. I'.lnonier died Dec. 30, 
 1X44. 
 
 Postmasters; the hjcations they se\-erally 
 selected for the office. — It was not until 1816 that a 
 Siovernnient postoflice was established at Seneca 
 
 lis, a]thou,<;h it is probable that letters had been 
 received prior to that time. The list of postmasters 
 and dates of their appointment, obtained from W'ash- 
 
 ;ton bv .Mr. C. \V. Combs (who also furnished for 
 this work the record of the several locations of the 
 postoifice herein described), is as follows: — 
 
 .\bijah Mann, jr,. Mar. 15, 1816. 
 
 Wilhelmus Mynderse, Mar. 2, 1820. 
 
 John Morgjan, I'>b. 17, 1831. 
 
 Isaac Fuller, Julv 26, 1841; second app. Mar. 27, 
 1861. 
 
 Josiah T. Miller, Mav 16, 1845: second app. Mav 4, 
 
 1853- 
 
 Dexter C. Bloomer, April 10 
 
 1849- 
 
 Simeon Holton, .Vpril 15, i86g. 
 
 .fohn P>. Murray, Mar. 13, 1871- 
 
 Stephen W'eatherlow, Feb. 2, 
 1880; re-appointad for second 
 ^erm Feb. 19, 1884. 
 
 Henry Stowell, Nov. 28, 1885; 
 second term .lune 17, 1893. 
 
 [asper N. Hammond, Apr. 2^, 
 1888. 
 
 Charles T. .Vndrews, Apr. 4, 
 
 postoffice, his law office furnished temporary quarters. 
 The ne.xt and last remo\al of the postoffice was to 
 its present convenient location, also selected during 
 Mr. Hrmimond's term. 
 
 Jr. O. U. A. M. — Cieneral .Murray Council, No. bS, 
 Junior Order of I'nited American .Mechanics of the 
 state of New '^'ork, incorporated, was organized 
 .March 20, 1896, with 42 charter members and the fol- 
 lowing oHicers: .lunior Past Councilor, Henr\- 
 I'rquhart; Councilor, Clarence F. Sut'ton; \'ice 
 Councilor, William W. Wicks; Recording Secretary. 
 Howard C. Lewis; Assistant Recording Secretary, 
 .loel F. Troutman; Financial Secretary, Fdward 
 lobes; freasurer, Lewis W. Johnson; Conductor, .1. 
 Frank Marsden; W'arden, Charles J. Evans; Inside 
 Sentinel, Warren M. Leland; Outside Sentinel, Jesse 
 M. Smith; Trustees, George H. .Vmadon, tieorge N. 
 Peck and J. Deming l^ioardman. The officers we.e 
 installed by State Deputy Jenkins of Syracuse. The 
 first place of meeting was G. .A. R. Hall, which was 
 occupied until November, 1902-, when the order 
 m'i\ed to til'' Raddr-r block where thev have fitted up 
 
 Harry M. Glen, July i, 1898. 
 
 The first authentic record we 
 have of the location of the post- 
 office was during the term of John 
 -Morgan who located it in a one- 
 storv building that stood where 
 the grocery store owned by S. L. 
 iMonrv)e now stands. Isaac I'TiIIer, 
 his suct'essor, removed the cffice 
 to a two-storv brick building 
 which occupied the site of the 
 present Seneca House, and later 
 to a brick building across the 
 street now owned bv R. Golder 
 and occupied by .Mrs. F. M. Cox 
 •ralick, where it remained until 
 the expiration of the term of his 
 successor Josiah T. Miller. De.xter 
 C. Bloomer, who followed Miller, 
 removed the office to a small 
 frame building on Cayuga street 
 just north of the present C. L. 
 Haskins building. The next 
 change in postmasters, the appointment of Josiah T. 
 Miller a second time, saw the office back where Mr. 
 Miller had placed it during his first term. Again a 
 change of postmasters, also a change of location. 
 Isaac Fuller, appointed the second time, moved the 
 office to the Sliipp building on the south side of fall 
 street, now occupied by George & Co. Here it 
 remained during two incumbencies — Fuller and 
 Simeon Holton, when Gen. John B. Murray, receiving 
 the appointment of postmaster, mo\-ed the office to 
 the Phoenix block, where it remained until 1890 when 
 it was burned out in the great fire of that year, 
 during the term of Jasper N. Hammond. Until new 
 quarters could be prepared for it in the \'an Cleef 
 building which Mr. Hammond first selected for the 
 
 Priulen, Photo. 
 
 GEN. MURRAY COUNCIL, NO. tj.s, JR. O. U. A. M. 
 Top Row (left to rit;ht)-C. G. Evans, P. C; Robt. Mills, O. S.; George H. 
 Amsdon, P. ('.; Filmore Harper, I. S.; Clarence I. Coons, P. C. Second Row 
 (left to ritjht)— Clarence E. Sutton, P. C, trustee; Edward O.Moore, J. P. C ; 
 Fred G. Rorison, F. S.; Fred B. Burling-, Con.; Harry B. Soper, P. C, trustee: 
 Fred Clark, P. C. Third Row (left to right)— A. C. Sackett, treas.: William W. 
 Wicks, V. C; Charles Sabin, councillor; Claude Palmer, R. S.; William F. 
 Moore, A. R. S. Lower Row— (left to right)— William U. Hibbard, warden: 
 William H. Barton, P. C. 
 
 club rooms. After having paid over Si 200 in sick 
 benefits and over S2000 in funeral benefits the order 
 has a substantial balance in the treasury. 
 
 The order now has 109 members, the following 
 deaths having occurred: Andrew C. Henion, Fred 
 S. Brignall, I*"rank Bridenbecker, Nathaniel S. Bailey, 
 C. Herbert Facer, Fred C. Hedges, Charles H. Palmer, 
 Norman C. Leslie and George Hibbard. 
 
 Cayuga Indian Names. 
 
 Cavugas countrv — ( iwe- L- g\\eh-o- no- ga, the 
 mucky land. 
 
 Ithaca— Ne-o-dak-he-at, at the end of the lake, 
 
 Cavuga lake — Gwe-u-gweh f (i. e. fe-car-na-o-di, 
 a lake), meaning lake at the mucky land. 
 
 .Aurora — De-a-wen-dote, constant dawn. 
 
32 
 
 'CRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SKNECA FALLS. 
 
 Canoga [and its site] — Ga-no-geh, oil tloating mi 
 the water. 
 
 Cayuga bridge- -Was-gwas, long bridge. 
 
 Montezuma — [also Sa\aiiiiah village] -Te-car-jik- 
 ha-do, place of salt. 
 
 Waterloo — Skoivase, place of Wlmrtleberries. 
 
 Seneca River — Swa-geh Ci, (i.e. (ia-liini-da, a ri\er, 
 creek or stream), meaning flowing <iut. 
 
 Clyde river — Cia-na-gweh (1. (river), river at a 
 \illage suddenly sprung up. 
 
 .\uburn — Dvvas-co, floating britlge. 
 
 Otter lake — Squa-yen-na T (lake), a great ways. 
 
 Muskrat creek — Squa-yen-na (i (riser), same. 
 
 Owasco outlet — ])e-a-go-ga-ya (i, place where men 
 were killed. 
 
 Owasco lake— l)was-co T, lake at tlu- floating 
 bridge. 
 
 North Sterling creek — I)ats-ka-lic (i, hard talking 
 stream, from a grinding noise. 
 
 Sodus Bay creek— Te-ga-hone-sa-o-ta. a child in a 
 baby frame. 
 
 L'nion Springs- — (ii'-wa-gn, (promdntory) land 
 pushing into watca'. 
 
 County Clerks. — (Dates given are when elected; 
 years in ser\ice inckuie following year and year in 
 which successor w.as elected.) Silas Halsey, 1804,' 13; 
 .\l\-ah Ciregory, i^ij; .leliiel \l. Halsey, iSkj; .hihn 
 Ma\nard, I'^-iji, '.;-:. k^nest .\. Dunlap, 1823; .Mather 
 .Marvin, 1828; .bilm H. Sabine, 1830; Seba MLuplu-, 
 
 : \\'m. .\. Strung, 1N33; Halsey Sanford, i<'^-;N; 
 
 Cvius I). Hanks, 1841, ])aniel H. Bryant, i''^44; 
 I'^benezer Ingolls, 1847; Hugh .Montgomery, i.S^ii; 
 Isaac I''uller, 1853; Charles W. Ingersoll, 1856; Win. 
 U. Smith, 1854; .lared Sanford, 1862: John B. Mur- 
 ray, 1865: Calvin Willers, 1868; Hugh Montgomir\-, 
 1871: Samuel S. Ciulick, 1874; Edward Nugent, i'^77, 
 "8y: Peter D. Post, 18S0: Chauncey L. Becker, iSn ;: 
 .\bram Wilson, i88(.; Hugh McCdian, i8q2: Charks 
 1). Becker, 181)5; Patri(d\' Saxage, i8()S, i()f)i. 
 
 Surrogates, jared Sanio 
 Sa\re, li^ii: W'ni. Thompsdn, 
 Ste\'ens, i8iq; Samuel Birdsall, 
 se\-, 1837: John Morgan, 1843. 
 Surrogate then we're combined. 
 
 (1, 1804, '13; .lohii 
 
 181 3, '21; Luther 1' 
 
 1S27: .lehiel H. Hal- 
 
 Count\- .ludge and 
 
 Pruden, Photo. CROSS POST, NO. 7S, G. A. R. 
 
 Top Row (left to right) -.lames 15arton, O. M. Serst.; E. E. Waldo, Senti- 
 nel; M. L. Waldo, O. I).; R. S. Ganoung, ('hup. Lower Row (lel'T to riarlit) — 
 William Marion, S. V. Com.; George F. Stevenson, Com.; William Durjiin, .1. 
 V. Com.; P. W. Bailey. Adit. 
 
 Ontario lake — I'Vontenac, k'rench; Cadarquai, 
 DliIcIi; ( )shwakee, Onondaga; ()hndeara, Seneca; 
 Lac ( )nlario on des ir(K]nois, k'rench .lesuits: Lake of 
 I'.n lord ion rous, C'lianqila m. 
 
 Sodus l'>a\' (ianantio, C'aviigas. 
 
 The Hang"ing of Cieorge Ctia])man and Charles 
 .lohnson were the only occasions 
 \\hen ca].)ital punishment was 
 inflicted in Senec-a county. Both 
 to(d< place at Waterloo. The 
 hanging of "Indian John" lor a1 
 murder coiiiiiii tied in the present! 
 limits of this count\' [See sketch i 
 elsewhere I was o\-er in Aurora.! 
 .Ml of this territory was then ' 
 Cavuga county. Chapman was 
 hanged hv Sheriff .lames Rori'-on 
 on the ri\cr 1 ank in Waterloo 
 May 28, iS2(), for killing Daniel 
 \\'right. It was a line s]>;iiil; 
 dav earlv in the morning that the 
 kayette RiHes, a local (ompan\, 
 escorted the pristmer from the 
 jail across the pubkc square to 
 what is now^ Locust street to the 
 gallows erected near the river. 
 He walked erect up the steps to j 
 the platform, although he was • 
 inliim. .Aaron I). Lane was the 
 minister who gave him spiritual 
 comfort. I'dnally the sheriff 
 handed Cha|)man a red t^andanna 
 handkerchief anti when he 
 dropped it hisbiKb' shot down 
 through the tra[) and he was 
 soon dead. Thousands of people 
 came t(.> town in all sorts of 
 \ehicles, a pirocession from tlie 
 adjacent t'ountry which was kept up all night. They 
 thronged the banks of the river and the bridge, and ' 
 the roofs and windows of nine stores on .Main street 
 were black with people. .\ big locList tree standing 
 the gallows was black with peoj 
 
 ile in its 
 
 County Judges. (Dates given are when elected; 
 years ol si>r\ ice are follow ing vears including year in 
 wdiich successor was elected.) Conii-lius llumphre\-, 
 1804; lienjamin Pelton elected in iNoi;; ()li\(>r C. 
 Comstock, 1812: John Kiio.v, 1813; John .McLean, jr., 
 1818; LLither !•'. Ste\ens, 1823; Jesse Clark, 1833- 
 James K. Richardson, 1847; John E. Seelev, 1851; 
 Sterling Ci. Hadley, 1855; Cieorge Franklin, 1839; 
 Josiali T. Miller, 1863; Oeorge k'ranklin. 1867; (Gil- 
 bert Wilco.xen, 1871; Cjeorge Franklin, 1877; Peter 
 H. \'an.\uken, 1883; Win. C. Hazelton, i88q; John 
 E. Richardson (present incunibent), i8c)3: re-elected 
 1 90 1 . 
 
 near 
 branch 
 
 Johnson in more recent years was hanged .Nov. 15, 
 1888, in the jail at Waterloo (or killing the keeper's 
 assistant, John Walters, in that place, while he and 
 other prisoners were trying to escape by rushing by 
 him. 
 
 State Senators from Seneca Co. — (Years n! 
 servuei Silas Halsi'y.Lodi, 180.,; John Knox, Waterloo, 
 i8i7-'2o; Jesse Clark, Waterloo, i823-'5; Jehiel 11. 
 Halsey, Lodi, i832-'3; John .Maynard, Seneca Falls, 
 i838-'4o; Henry B. Stanton, Seneca Falls, 1850-1; 
 Truman Boardman, Ccyert, i858-'l); Wm. Johnson, 
 Seneca Falls, i872-"3; David H. Evans, Tyre, iS82-'8; 
 William L. Sweet, Waterloo, i888-'4, ' j 
 
'GRIP'S' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 M 
 
 Cross Corps, Xo. lo, W. R. C. — Prominent 
 
 anions the foremost ranks of the State Department, 
 VVomans Relief Corps, stands Cross Corps No. lo, of 
 Seneca Falls. In June, 1S83, Mrs. Charles Randolph 
 caused to be put in the county papers a call for the 
 assembling of soldiers' wives and daughters which 
 resulted in the organization of Cross Corps No. lo, 
 auxiliary of Cross Post Xo. 7<S. We received our 
 I'harter and worketl utuler Xational orders until the 
 State Department was formed in iHH^. The charter 
 members of Corps Xo. 10 were; Imogene L. Ouion, 
 \'irginia X. Ha\ens, .lennie P. Shepard. Emma 
 Ruthrauff, Ruth Perry, Xellie Sherman, .lennie Tim- 
 merman, Elizabeth .\dams, Celia I'l. Ramiolph, 
 Libbie T. Demorest, Susan E. Tra\tir, Jennie C. 
 .McDutTe, Hannah E. Waldo, \'ashti E. Smith, Fred- 
 rica Brown, Cornelia Fegley and Helen Ciiriou.x. 
 
 Both Post and Corps were named in honor of 
 William Cross and his five sons, all of whom ser\ed 
 in the civil war. The ladies who have held the ofiice 
 
 its fornintion are 
 
 of president of Corps Xo. 10, since 
 as follows; Imogene L. Ciuion, 
 i«S3-',s8; Libbie Demorest Eck 
 iSHq: Imogene I.. Ciuion, 1840 
 '41: Jenftie (i. Scott, i8c^2, '(^3; 
 .lennie P. Shepard, i844-,()S: 
 Ennna Ruthroff, i^^q: Hannali 
 Ste\-enson, i(joo-'c)5. This Corps 
 has been honored e\er\' vear with 
 high jjositions among the state 
 oRit-ers, .Mrs. .lennie P. Shepard 
 ha\ing ser\ed 15 vears in the 
 \arious positions of state treas- 
 mer, state secretary, state presi- 
 dent and other minor offices; 
 Mrs. Imogene L. Ciuion, state 
 seni<ir \ ice president, junior vice 
 president, department chaplain 
 and \'arious minor ofiices; .Mrs. 
 riissa P. .McDonald as state 
 secretarv during the vear of looj; 
 and many other members as 
 national and department aids. 
 The Corps ,mmbers about i>2 
 members. Its officers are; Presi- 
 dent, Hannah Stevenson; S. \'. 
 President, Mary E. Springsted; J. 
 y. President, Phene Morehouse; 
 Secretary. Jennie B. Rhodes; 
 Treasurer, Imogene L. Ciuion; 
 Chaplain, Jane Coons; Con- 
 ductor. Elizabeth Johnson; 
 Guard, Harriet Humphrey; .\sst. 
 Con., Francis Easton; Asst. 
 Guard, .\nnie Royston; Color Bearers. Samantha 
 Relfe, Rose Lotherington, Helen Race and Maria 
 Phalen: Musician, Alice Johnson; Press Correspond- 
 ent, Mary E. Springsted; Patriotic Instructor, Julia 
 Newland (under whose administration the flags ha\e 
 been placed in our public schools and the flag salute 
 adopted in some of the school rooms). Another 
 feature of our work is the placing of Independence 
 charts in the various schools of the village. Through 
 the aid and efforts of Corps. Xo. 10, hve aged and 
 dependent wives or mothers of veterans have been 
 I^rovided with homes in their old age and a demented 
 daughter of a soldier has been placed in the State 
 Home for the I'Veble Minded. 
 
 Skoiyase was the name (jf the intlian \illage 
 which stood upon the site of Waterloo. The Eng- 
 lish and Dutch terms were respectively Skaigee, long 
 
 falls, and Shaiyus, large falls. Other orthographv 
 used are Schoyerre, Scawyace, Scauwaga, Schuyers 
 and Skawayes. Skoiyase, place of whortleberries, 
 was the most generally accepted name (pronounced 
 Skoies.) It was the great fishing market town of 
 the Cayugas, a cluster of wigwams partly concealed 
 in a large tract of berry bushes, with clearings here 
 and there where corn and vegetables were raised, and 
 on the north orchards of apples and peaches. 
 
 During the fishing seasons Indians from neighbor- 
 ing tribes built their fires on the flats south of the 
 river. Councils of the several tribes were frequently 
 held here, where under a group of trees, which were 
 standing when the settlers first came, the Senecas 
 and Cayugas took council for defense against Cham- 
 plain who attacked them in 1615. Traces of fish 
 ponds made in the sand beds of the river channel 
 and the soft mucky shores, by Indians, were seen as 
 late as 1815, and remains of eel weirs used bv the 
 Indians were found later. The great numbers of 
 various kinds of fish that were caught here, included 
 salmon, catfish, bass and eel. Salt from the springs 
 
 Pruden, Photo. AVOMAN'S RELIEF COUPS, CKOS.^ CORPS, NO. 1 1. 
 
 Top Row (left to right)— Maria Phalon, Color Bearer; Rosellen Lothering-- 
 ton, Color Beater; Minnie Royston, Guard; Helen Gould Race. Color Bearer; 
 Samantha Kelfe, Color iJearcr. Middle How— Jane Coons, Chap ; Jeni.ie P. 
 Shepard, P. Dept. I're.-;.: Hannah Stivinson, Pres.; Mary Sprinjcs'ed, Sen. 
 Vice-Pres.; Phena Moorhou.se, .Ir. \iee-Pres. Lower Row— Jenni<' Tinimer- 
 man. Con.; Alice Johnson, Pianist. 
 
 near the foot of Cayuga lake was used for curing, 
 the fish then being strung on poles and hung in the 
 sun, after which they were ready for transportation 
 with the families returning home. 
 
 District Attorneys — (Years of service) Lemuel 
 W. Ruggles, i8iS-'ji: Jesse Clark, i822-"36: John 
 .Maynard, 1837; Elisha Foote, Jr., i838-'43; Joseph 
 Herron, i844-'6; Samuel Birdsall,i847; David Herron, 
 i848-'5o, ■54-'6; Wm. H. Burton, 1850 (not in office); 
 Josiah T. Miller, 185 1 -'3, '6o-'2; James K. Richardson, 
 i857-'9; Addison T. Knox, 1859 (not in office); Wm. 
 C. Hazelton, i863-'5, '8i-'3; Fred L. Manning, 
 i866-'7i; Patrick J. Rogers, i872-'4, '78-'8o; Wm. V. 
 Bruyn, i875-'7; Corydon Rood, i884-'6; Francis C. 
 Allen, i887-'9, '93-'5; Geo. W. Pontius, i890-'2; 
 Charles C. Johnson, i896-'8; Daniel Moran, 1899- 
 lyoi; Wm. H. Hurley, 1902 -'4. 
 
34 
 
 •CUII'-S' HISIOUICAI. SOr\-K\"IR Ol' SI'lXl'CA lAIJ-S. 
 
 W. C. T. U.- -When the work of <)r°:anizing the planted a tree at tlie home of one of our members 
 
 WomanV Cliristian Temiieranre ['nion reached and nam-d it 'Ah-raeler after our president who was 
 
 Seneca l-'alls there was a ready response. At a tlien sick at the hos])ital m l^.chester. We observe- 
 
 meeting held in the Presbvterian church Mrs. Crum, ,1 une m, .hnine I'assidy's birtiidav, th ■ national da\ 
 the pastor's wife, presided. The association was „ for decoi-atmg white ribboners' gra\cs , ,1' uhoni there 
 
 represented at the slate coincntion lirst at Syracuse, are eleven in tin- cemetery. ( )ur superintendent ol 
 
 andiater at the national coin-eiitKui held in Cleve- Hower and rebef work has been an iii\al id for over 
 
 land, e'oaimittees api)ointed for that pLirpose visited si \teen y.-ars. riiroiigh the "Shut In Society," she 
 
 the saloons where thev pra\ed and enl reated saloon correspon.led wUh .hnnie Cassidv and aft.'rwards 
 
 ,1 1 ' I- ■ i < \t ,,,. ,,|.„-,. sent her a beaulifiil silk (Uiilt which she had pieced 
 
 men to stop the sa e ol iiitox k aii1s. At one pla( e ' i i i ■ i 
 
 ^ , ,, , and emhroidered. .h-nnu L assidx laid aside her 
 
 tlu' proprietor met them willi these words: "1 erhaps ^,.,.^,|,|,.^ ,■, „. ,„,|,. ..[.n,. ;,,,,! ;„-,epled the -ifl. .\fter 
 
 \(iu think me the worst man on earth. 1 sold my hi'r death it was sent to the hospital. Mary 1, owe 
 
 farm and bou-lil lliis hotel iniendm-- to keej) a 1 )i< kersoii, the authoress, who was deeplv touched at 
 
 temperanre hotel. The public demanded drinks. this inciden; wh icli she reported in th" "Silver Cross, ' 
 
 To make 1 1 |)a\ 1 \ lehled." .\nd, said hepatheti- s.iid she would lo\e to lie under the quilt umler 
 
 (■ally, "If 1 could rei-.ill the past and be placed back whn h jeniiie Cassidv la\ when dMii-. Her 
 
 on the farm, 1 would be willing to he skinned from wish was gratified s..oner than she e.xpirtrd, lor she 
 
 mv head to m\ heels rather th.in eiigag.- Ill It." \Nas taken sick- at l.ouisxille where she was to 
 
 '.\t one time we had oxer a luiiidr((l indictments lectuie, and at the hospital bi\ three weeks sick 
 
 against the saloons. I'.leclion (ia\ an all-da\ praver under this precious meiiion.il. 
 
 meeting was held. riirough the inlhu iice of a fironi- We \e;irl\ send couilorl bags .nid literaliire to boys 
 
 inent bLisiness man who, acted out of s\iiip;itli\ for ill the ,inu\- and ua\v and supplies |o t he temp raiice 
 
 "those women" niebidiiie- his wile and d.iughlers, the hospital at e'hicauo. 
 
 I'rudeu, Photo. WOMAN'S CHHISTIAN 
 
 Top Row (left to right) -Mrs. Etta VanDyke, Mrs 
 Kviingelistic; Mrs. Parnielee, Press Siipt.; Mrs. Jane ( 
 Lower Row (left to right)— Mrs. Hattie Enos; Mrs. 151 
 Cooper, See.v.; Mrs. Seott, Supt. Curfew. 
 
 town went dr\ . More s\steiiiatic plans were then 
 lormulated to carrx on the contest .against thejiowers 
 of darkness and death. K'ooms wi're furnished and 
 a public librar\- begLiii, forming ,an incentive for a 
 town librarx' which is now established. Thf- lire ol 
 iSijO, which destro\-ed so nmch ])ro])ertv in ball 
 street, broki' out ma saloon |ust abo\a' our rooms. 
 We lost oLir furmtLire, but nothing daunted we 
 began oxer again. We li.id 1*. .\. liurdick here to 
 lec'ture for two w(M'k-s on temperance and our bill w.as 
 ninetv dollars. He was followed bx other lecturers. 
 We ,ire engaged in nine br.iuches of xx'ork out of tlu- 
 tliiiix -eight. ()urx\(irk for t he .\ucliorage at Klmira, 
 the home for (rieiidless ,ind billeii xxdiiiauhood, is in 
 connection xxitli oui I'ouiitx xxurk. We are to help 
 build and furnish a room to be named Seneca, and 
 ,inx one XX e max (if necessarx) choose to S(Mld trom 
 Senei'a countv xxill be cared lor. 
 
 At the fair grounds ,at W.aterloo last x-ear we dis- 
 tributed over ^ooo jiages of temperance literature 
 xxitli knoxxii u;"r,iiid results. Oil .Xrbor Dax xxc 
 
 J'EMFI'JiA.NCi: I'NION. 
 
 . Olmstea'l, White Kibbon Snpt., Mrs. Timmeniniii, 
 'oons, iSniit. Parlor Meeting; Mrs. Norton, Literatuic, 
 lin, Siipt. Noii-Aleoholie: Mrs. Meraele, T'res.; Mrs. 
 
 Wecanxassed the town, got oxer sex-enteeil hun- 
 dred iia.mes to our pelitiim and seiaired the (Llrf^'xx 
 law. 
 
 (.)ur present ollicers are Mrs. V.. Meraide president, 
 Mrs, lUaiiie xice president, .Mrs. (.'ooper recording 
 secretarx', Mrs. luios corresponding secretarx- and 
 .Mrs. Donna hreelantl treasurer; the superintendents 
 are .Mrs. I'annie Hudson-Parnielee press work, Mrs. 
 Olnistead xxliite ribbon, .Mrs. \'andyke non-alcohol 
 medication, Mrs. \ovton literature, Mrs. Bcmcher 
 lloxx'er and rebel xxurk, Mrs. \\'in. Scott curfexx', Mrs. 
 Nellie Smith Suiidax s( liool, .Mrs. L'oons parlor meet- 
 ing and Mrs. Tmimerman exangelistic. 
 
 Assemblymen (Sir names in alphabetical order; 
 xears in serxdce.) — .\rinstrong, Thomas, 1S20. 
 
 Bostxxick, Daniel \\'. iiSag; Blain, Samuel if^V'- 
 i'.ockhox-en, Peter 1S54; Harnum, Caleb 1N35; Bige- 
 low, .folm b. 1.S57; I'.ascom, .\nsel 1.S47; Bolter, .Mf'red 
 iSso. 
 
"GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Comstock, Oliver C. 1810, '12; Coe, John D. 
 i834-'5; Chamberlin, Jacob P. 1859; Childs, A. L. 
 1877; Clark, Wm. B. 1885; Crosby, Dr. J. F. elected 
 igo^ for 1904. 
 
 Dox, Mvndert M. 1818; Dickson, James 1822; De 
 Mott, James 1825; De Motl, J(jhn 1833; Dodge, 
 Reuben D. 18^,2-'^: Daniels, Cieo. I'. i8fi5; Dunham, 
 W. H. 1880, -(ji. 
 
 l^vans, Septimus 1829-' ^o; I'lvans, !)a\id 11. 
 i.S7,,-'8o. 
 
 ( ireen, Archer 1N17; (il(i\er, Andrew 182.S: Cilen, 
 Harr\- M. i844-'3, \tj; Cicjuld,. Moses C. i8qq. 
 
 Humphrey, Cornelius i8o6-'7; Halsey, Nichol i8i(): 
 Hendricks, l^enjamin 182^); Holman, Daniel 1841; 
 lladley. Sterling Ci. 1853; Hall, John C. 1800; Ha/le- 
 lon, Wm. C. 1874; Hogan, Wm. 1873. 
 
 Johnson, Wm. i8fii; Johnson, W'. T. i8f)4: Jones. 
 C.eo. W. 1884. 
 
 Kellev, Wm. C. 1842; Kennedy, John 1848; Kendig, 
 Daniel S. 1833: Kinne, \\'ni. II. i8q2; '()(>■ Kaiser, 
 John ii-)Oi. 
 
 l.arzelere, Jacob L. i8i6-'i7; Lefler, David D. 1868; 
 Lott, Peter 1872; Leverich, Stephen D. i88f): Lar- 
 /elere, Israel Y. 1900. 
 
 McCall, James 1809, i8r3-'i4; 
 .\Iavnard, John [822; Markell, 
 Jacob G. 1841); M(J.ean, James 
 iNfi3: Martin, James M. iSsS; 
 Moran, D. W. i.,o2-'3: Miller. 
 Josiah T. i8f>9. 
 
 Owen, Benson 1837. 
 
 Post, Lewis i8fi6, 76: Patterson, 
 Albert M. 1882. 
 
 Rose, Robert S. 181 1, '2o-'i; 
 Rhoad, Daniel, 1823, '27: Rogers, 
 P. .]. 1883. 
 
 Saver, John 1803, '08, "31; Sut- 
 ton, .iohn 1818; Seely, Jonas [823- 
 '4; Scott, Daniel i82fi-"27, '24: 
 Simpson, Henry 1836; Sutton, 
 Helim 1844; Ste\enson, Robert 
 L. 1845; Southvvick, Orrin 1831; 
 Steele, Robert R. 1832, "70; S.-c'.tt, 
 David D. 1834; Sweet, Wm. L. 
 1887; Stevens, John H. 1840. 
 
 Thompson, William i8:t)-'i9, 
 '21: Tubbs,John Ci. 1836; J'homas, 
 James B. 183^; Ten Eyck, San- 
 ford R. 187 1. 
 
 \'an Meet, Peter J. i8fi2-'8: ^'an 
 Deniark, Wm. W. 1873; Wan De 
 Mark, Henry 18^3; \"an Rensse- 
 laer, Wm. y. i8c)8. 
 
 Woodcock, David 1813; Wells, .\nanias 181.,, 'ly. 
 
 Woodworth, l':rastus 1824, ' 2X, ' }2; WoodrulT, l'>enj. 
 1831; Wakeman, Nathan 1838; Welles, Ciardner 1839; 
 Wilkinson, Orange W. 1840; West, Mathew 1843; 
 ■WV)odworth, .\lanson 184?.; Woodworth, .\ugustus 
 1858; Welles Samuel R. i8f.7, '81: Willersjr,, Died- 
 rich 1878. 
 
 Liberal toward reform movements was Sene,a 
 Falls in its earlv historv and it became widely known 
 throughout the United States as tlie home of the great 
 liberal thinkers- Lucretia Mott, the Ouakeress 
 preacher, Kli/abeth Cady Stanton, Ameli.i .leaks 
 Bloomer, .Ansell Bascom and I'rancis Feilman. Its 
 liberalitv in all reform movements had becomi- widely 
 known. Hence the conventions that were Irequently 
 held here. "WtMiien's Clubs" hrst became the most 
 active at this place between 183 1 and ';^>,. The 
 ladies above mentioned getting their ideas from the 
 life of Margaret Fuller Ossoli who had conducted 
 women's clubs in Boston, \erv largeK- i-arricd out the 
 
 plan of club work in Seneca Falls as it was then 
 done in Btjston. Woman's clubs — but of a literarv 
 and musical (Jiaracter — have since flouiished in 
 Seneca Falls. 
 
 Seneca Grange, .\'o. 44, P. of H., ^vas organizerl 
 Dec. 23, 1873, at the home of the late Lyman V. Crow- 
 (Jl, with the late Wm. G.Wayne the ist master and the 
 following charter members: Mr. and Mrs. M. 1'^. lUu'l- 
 less, Mr. and Mrs. I . V. Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 
 Saxage, Mr. ami Mrs. Ste])hen Sawige, .\Ii-. ;ind .\iis. 
 Ciias. Seekell, Mr. and .Mrs. David King, Mr. and Mis. 
 N. H. Me';calf, Misses i'dizabeth Wayne, Jubn Wavnr, 
 (leorgie Crowidl and .Messrs. Har\e\' ISenham, llenrv 
 ISull, S. T. P.eatli, Wm. H. Wa\-ne and C. .\. ISenham. 
 The Cirange now has 82 members. The following 
 are the otilicers: Master, Wm. T. Beach; Overseer, 
 Remington Hill; Lecturer, L. l'"oster CrowelL Chap- 
 lain, Mrs. Susanna King; Treasurer, Joel I'uller; 
 Secretarv, Mrs. C L. Seekell; Steward, Mrs. Thomas 
 Morgan; A. Steward, I), G. Ste\enson; L. .\. Steward, 
 Mrs. L. P>entlev; Gate Keeper, Mrs. Joel I'uller; 
 
 SENECA GRANGE, No. 44, P. of H. 
 
 Pomona, Mrs. J. W. King; f lorn, Mrs. J. 
 L'eres, Mrs. Remington Hdl; I'.xecutise Com 
 I '.each, N. G. Seekell 
 
 .\. King: 
 , Wm. . I' 
 
 aid I. \'. Larzelere. 
 
 Seneca countw and town 
 
 Genealogy of Seneca county, and town and vil 
 lage of S;mu'(;i fads. [See Towns, their erection.] 
 
 Nov. I, iti8^, Ne\\- York proxirce erecied mto the 
 counties of .\lbany, Dut(Jiess, Kings, New ^'ork. 
 Orange, Queens, l\ic hniond. Suflolk, Lister and \\'est- 
 (Jiester. 
 
 .March 22, 1772, Tryon countv was erected from 
 .\lbanv countv. I.Xpril 2, i7''^4, changed to Mont- 
 gomery county.) 
 
 ManJi 8, 177^, Kingsland district -vas erected from 
 J'rvon county. 
 
 March 7, 1788, Whitestown erected from Kingsland, 
 incJuthng all of the state west of I'tica. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1791, Herkimer county erected from .Mont- 
 gomery [formerly Tryon] county. 
 
 March 5,' 1794, Onondaga erected from Herknner. 
 
 .March 8, 1799, Cayuga trom Onondaga. 
 
 March 2<}, 1804, Seneca from Cayuga with tiie fob 
 
3 
 
 •c;kiF'S' msioKiCAi, souvknir of sknkca falls. 
 
 lowing named towns: Junius, Fayette, Romulus, 
 Ovid, Hector and Ulysses. 
 
 July 12, 1782, military tract laid out, includinji 
 niilitarv town of .Tunius, Xo. i i. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1803, the county township of .luniuv 
 erected from the military town of Junius. 
 
 March 26, 1829, Seneca Falls erected from the town 
 of Junius. 
 
 April 22, 18^1, Seneca Falls village nic<)rp<jratf'd. 
 
 Powhatan Lodge No. 310, L O. O. F. — Installa- 
 tion of Odd Fellowship in Seneca F'alls was lirsl 
 attempteil o\cr half a century agiv In 1843 Hy[ier- 
 ion lodge, No. iSo, was brought into existence with 
 the following oHicer^; W. M. ( ir.iud, William Lang- 
 worth; \'ice (baud, Horace C. SiLby; Secretary, 
 .\bee P.owcn; W., P.. Owens; C, M. L. i^ellows; O. G., 
 C. Hibbard; I.O., 'Ihonias Carr; R. S. N. O, Isaac 
 fuller; L. S.N. (;.,\\'Mliam Arnett; R. S. \'. ('.., H. H. 
 Heath; L. S. W ("..,. I. \V. \Vhalen;R. S. S.. f.. (i. Tyler; 
 all of whom, with the exception of H. C. Silsby, 
 liaxe long since "jc lined that innLunerable caravan 
 
 M. Fox; R. S. N. G., B. S. Nichols; L. S. N. G., Chas. 
 N. \'an Cleef; R. S. V. G., Ira L. Nichols; L. S. V. G., 
 .Asa Tinni'erman; R. S. S., Isaac B. Race; L. S. S, C. J. 
 \Villiani; Secretarv, Robert Sickle. The hrst fiydaws 
 were drawn up bv the followin<i connnittee appointed 
 for till' purposr: Charles \V. \'an Ideef, Lyman T. 
 Moore and Lewis \V. I.idl. Ihe lod^e like all others 
 lias had its seasons of prosperit\- and adversity, but 
 through it all it has maintained its standmg and 
 during the ^i vears of Its e-sistence has exerted an 
 intlueiu'e loi' good 111 the community, and as an 
 e\itlence mI this it ina\ be statfd th.it it has bri-ii 
 instrumental in iiisti tulniK '-'■v f'U lodges. These arr; 
 Willard Lodge No. 311, of Ovid, 1873; Lodi Lodge 
 Nm. 4^1, of '!'o\\s..-nd\ ille, iS7(,: Seneca L.nlg,' No. 
 Ci.)4, 111 Farmer, iN.,4; l)el])liian l.odue .No. 731,0! 
 Waterloo, i8i)(); Juuiiis Lodge No. 7N7, of Junius, 
 i8()7; l'>anner Lodge N11.S41, of Townsendville, iqoj. 
 Its first home was in the lioskins block where it 
 icmaiui'd but a short time w hen it was nio\'ed to the 
 MilliT building o\er WalU-r store imw occuijied by 
 the L. G. 1'). -\., when- it remained until iS,S2, when 
 it was again mo\ed to its present (oimnodious 
 and pleasant quarters in the Cham- 
 berlain block ill fall street, where it 
 meets e\ im\ l'rida\' exeuing, its 
 latchstring being alwa\s out to 
 members of the order who are gi\en 
 ;i h<-art\- \\ th 1 -me. 
 
 The present olliceis are: Noble 
 ( iraiid, Claude C. Sanderson: \'ice 
 (iraiid, William H. Russell; Record- 
 ing Secretary, William W. liding- 
 toii; financial Secretary, John .Mon- 
 anln; Treasurer, (ieo. W. Drew; 
 R. S; N. G.. William M. 11 nil; L. S. 
 N. (;., William H. l'.)wers; 1^ S. V. 
 (;., Trank l'.<-rrv; L. S. V. G., Charles 
 W. Combs; ■ Warden, .\rchibald 
 Woiidward; Conductor, .\ndiew 
 l'.a\iii'; R. S. S., ihomas H. 
 Groucutt; L. S. S., George \:. Rice; 
 Chaplain, .\sa Timinernian; S. I' 
 G., .MbertLis N. ^Iaxson; I. G.. 
 Charles H. Stearns; O. G., Jacob 11. 
 Cigler; Trustees, F'rank L>auer, I )e 
 .\rc\ I'nrritt and Frederick (i. 
 ^'ouui.;. 
 
 l^iiiden, I'lioto. POWHATAN LOUGH, No :ilO, L O. o. K. 
 
 Top How (left tn rlj,'bt)— Charles Baldwin. VVilliani Hntt', (ieortre Rice, 
 
 , Cbas. W. Combs, William Kerry, Tboiiuiri Grocutt. Second 
 
 Kow— Asa Timmermau, Joseph Babeock, Claud Sanderson, Wm. Hnssell, 
 
 John Monareby. Lower Row— George W. Drew, Andrew Bayne, Frank 
 
 Bauer. 
 
 and nio\i-d to that in\"sterious realm where each has 
 taken his cli.iinlier in the silent halls of death." 
 This lodge was disbanded in 1830 and from IIhmi 
 
 until iS7_> tlier" was no lodge of tl rder in .8eneca 
 
 T.alls. ( )n M.irch 7th of tliat \eai I 'ow hatan lodge, 
 No. 310, was instituted under ,1 dis|if-nsation from 
 the (h-aii.l Lodge by n. I). G. .M., C. .\. Runyan, of 
 C.inandai^fua lodge No. 32(1 assisted by members of 
 Clifton Springs lodge No. jSf, and Old Castle lodge 
 No. 2>)') oj Geneva. The charter was not granted 
 howevt-r until the 221! of the following .August, after 
 the annual meeting of the State (irand Lodge. 'Tlu' 
 I barter mend^ers of the i'owJiatan lodge were: Lewis 
 W. Lull, L\inaii T. .\ I Ml lie, Maurice F". O'Connor, Chas. 
 11. Moore, Chas. T . I'.rady and Robert Sickle. The hrst 
 officers were: Noble Grand, Tlujnias ]. Crosbv; \'ice 
 Cirand, Charles F. Brady; Secretarv, NLaurice V . 
 O'Connor; Treasurer, Lewis W. Lull; W., L. 'T. 
 Moore; C, C. FL Moore; O. (',., Loraii Denionce; 1. G., 
 
 ^'Indian John"Tragedy.— < ^n 
 
 1 )e(\ 12, 180^, on the west bank of 
 
 1 Slack- brook, in the present town of 
 
 I vre, near where Traver's saw mill 
 
 was afterwards built, (on the trail 
 
 from Hridge])ort to the Bhick House 
 
 which stood near Clyde) occurred 
 
 the mLirder<.f Fzekial Crane bv a Cayuga Indian 
 
 iJiaracter of those times which was probably the last 
 
 "brush" the white settlers had with the red man in 
 
 this locality. Crane owned a farm and a distillery, 
 
 both of which he carried cm. 
 
 Indian John and a white man named George 
 Phadoc built a cabin of logs covered with bark and 
 entered into an arrangement to divide the season's 
 hunt, consisting at that time of deer and small game. 
 .\fter a while the Indian became nioodv and sullen 
 and complained of the aggressions of the whites. 
 He grew suspicious of Phadoc who he charged with 
 bewitching his gun. 
 
 ( )n the morning of the date above gi\en Phadoc 
 went to the cabin to bring in a deer wddt'h he had 
 killed and dressed the day before. On reaching the 
 door which was closed lie w^as startled by the report 
 of a gun from the inside of the hut. The door was 
 made of a frame of light sticks covered with bark, 
 through winch a shot would easil}' pass. 'The ball, 
 in fact passed through Phadoc's hunting frock. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 3/ 
 
 Cireatlv alarmed at the suddpnness of the attack and 
 his narrow escape, Phadoc turned and fled seekinj^ 
 safety at the nearest fiouse, that of Asa Sniitli, whose 
 son Jason is aiitlioritv for the details here given 
 Mr. Smith, a soldier of the revolution, was that dav 
 threshing out wheat at Asher Halse\'s log barn, his 
 wife with six children, at home. Phadoc \\ab appre- 
 hensive lest the Indian should follo\\- him and so he 
 and the family kept indoors during the remainder of 
 the daV until more tragic events brought others 
 there. 
 
 Later in the dav Ezra Degarnio arrived in hot 
 haste direct from Indian John's cabin where he had 
 left his companion Ezekial Crane lying in front of 
 the door wounded. Th > two men had (-ailed to pro- 
 cure some venison and had received the same sum- 
 mary and deadly reception. Degarmo left the house 
 to procure assistance and soon after Crane dragged 
 himself in faint and bleeding. The shot of the Indian 
 had entered his right side and lodged in his shoulder 
 higher u]). The news that quickly spread through 
 the settlements represented the whole Cayuga tribe 
 as having begim a massacit- of the wfiites. and there. 
 
 way. It was not desired to shoot him down and so 
 strategy was resorted to. Three friendly Indians 
 gaining his cabin under pretence of friendship and 
 alliance with him, secured his weapons and giving a 
 signal brought in the whole posse who soon had the 
 Indian securely bound. 
 
 The old fellow was brought a prisoner to Smith's 
 house led with a thong by Robert Gould and guarded 
 by the rest of the party. There he raved and 
 "gnashed his teeth" declaring that it was his pur- 
 pose to exterminate all pale faces. 
 
 That night or early the next dav the Indian was 
 placed in the basement of the toll house at Cayuga 
 bridge which occupied the east abutment of the 
 bridge and was then kept by a Mr. Buckley. But as 
 the weather became cold the Indian was removed to 
 the log jail at Canandaigua. In July, 1804, he was 
 taken to Aurora where he was convicted of murder, a 
 judge from the eastern part of the state presiding, 
 and there executed the following month — August. 
 He is said to have sold his body to Dr. Delano for a 
 gallon of whisky and that it was dissected. The 
 Indian went to the scaffold with indifferrnce. .\fter 
 
 Pruden, Photo. WIN-ON-A REBEKAH, No. 83, L O. O. F. 
 
 Top Row (left to right)— Eliy,al)etli Young-, O. G.; Kate Day, Chaplain; Jennie Maxson, R. S. N. G.; Rosa 
 Lotherington, Treas.; Nancey (iay; yainantha Relte, L. S. N. G.; Lillian Thorn. Middle Row (left to right)— 
 Camilla Messluger, Sec; Jen'nii' Tiniinerman, P. N. G.; Lucy Cuddeback, N. G.; Jessie Sanderson, V. G.: 
 Albina Ritter, Fin Sec.; May Bacon, Pianist. Lower Row (left to riglit)— Etta Nichols, Warden; Jane Coons, 
 Conductor. 
 
 was an immediate preparation by all who had 
 weapons to repel the savages. 
 
 The village of Seneca Falls, then a mere hamlet 
 was in great excitement. Col. Mynderse at once 
 began moulding bullets while his messenger went 
 the rounds calling out all who had arms. Benjamin 
 Winans, among the first to reach Smith's house 
 "down in the woods", left the cobbler's bench in 
 such a hurrv that he carried his knife in his hand. 
 This was used to rip open Crane's garments in order 
 to dress his wound. That night a large gathering 
 of men having arri\ed Crane was taken to his home 
 on an ox sled where hve days later he expired. 
 
 After a council of war in which leaders were 
 chosen, the march to Indian John's cabin was taken 
 through the dark woods, the way lighted by torches. 
 The old warrior w;is found standing in the door 
 
 being pronounced dead, Jason Smith writes, the 
 doctors applied a galvanic battery to the body which 
 showed signs of life. So to make sure, according to 
 the same authority, they severed the head which "a 
 young student from Galen" lifted from the ground 
 by the top-knot (scalp-lock) and "made towards the 
 crowd. The under jaw fell, " the same account 
 says, "and gave a ghastly appearance to the whole 
 face, while the student slapping the chin with his 
 hand made the teeth so to chatter as to cause the 
 ladies to scream and the people to beat a hastv 
 retreat." It is also stated that according to tradition 
 Indian John during the revolution assisted in 
 torturing prisoners of the Cayuga Indians "on 
 Frontenac the lone island of Cayuga lake, whose 
 bones were still visible when this country was first 
 settled." 
 
'Ci^ip'S" llls^c)l^;ICAI. S()i\'i':\iK ni si',\ia"\ !■ Ai.is. 
 
 Old Cemetery |iisi m|| d' ()\i(l street was used 
 as a hiinal place h < mi al>Miit iSjd until 1S4S, ulnn 
 ihr ceairterx on l-'.as) I'.avard slre;-t was (,|ifiic(l. 
 Man\ 111' ihc msi lijitams mm the tniiihsti mes 111 t he 
 ..1(1 , caK tei \ arc- liard In decipher hut the hilh>.\ in- 
 is a lisl 1)1 names with \ e u' i>! d -.it h and ai;e in 
 
 ■r t'l. 
 
 d th 
 
 Ma'inil;!, wife of WiHlMiii 
 
 1». .lohnsoii: (lied 1«M; 
 
 iljif 'S~ yeai-. 
 .lane 1$, wf 'I'hoinas Hci- 
 
 I). rf. ISil; Hiic not de- 
 
 eiplici'able. 
 I'h'cl.e. wi .lalM/. Mnils- 
 
 Icv; l.'^iti: x'L'. 
 ('(.rii.lia I'errv. dan l» 1! \ 
 
 M .1 Cady; 1S4.S: IL'. 
 I'tances Starkweather, w t 
 
 Daiih 1 T): ]M\; <iT. 
 Enii'v. wf .1 ( ' ('liai)iiiaii, 
 
 is:{ti; :.>ii. 
 .latie/, ('.Iter; ls4r>: SS. 
 Delia, wIThoinas lielhiws: 
 
 \XU: Sit. 
 hitiiel IJreok-; IS^JT; :.'.'>. 
 l<'raiices I., dati 1! <! .lelili- 
 
 son; 1S4(I; infant. 
 Naiiev T, wl ficvi OlaiU: 
 
 Stel)hen Wakelee; \X\\: 4.'). 
 Jam. s Uennett; ls:.'V; (;s. 
 Sarah IJeimett; 1S2!); .".5. 
 .lonislia Jane Dnnnint;: 
 
 18;«: n. 
 Nicholas H I'eekhani; ISlit; 
 
 ~5. 
 Xatu'N Shei man, wl .lolui 
 nndeeipiienilik'); ls:.'(i; S.l 
 Hiehar.l \V. IJotx-rts, son 
 
 (d- He/.( kiali: is;!!!; Iti. 
 Sarali Croueh.dan Samuel 
 
 and Elizabeth: 1S41; r.:i. 
 Daniel Starkweatber; \XW: 
 
 63. 
 Asa Stai-kwoather; lS4;i; :». 
 Rm( line.wf .losiah HDun- 
 
 ninj;:; 1.H34; 35. 
 ( 'atlierine. wf A r n o I d 
 
 Mor.v; IS4:!: :i',t. 
 Kli/.a. wf Daniel Kell\; 
 
 IS41: ;ir.. 
 Marv Kiimslev: 18;{;!; 37 
 IJariiarv Kinuslev: l«:i:i; :i!i. 
 Barney' Kirley; is:j;J: :«). 
 Steklania, wf Kenjainin 
 
 Hudson: l.s:!9: 33. 
 Miirr Blacker; l,s:{l; 3:!. 
 Daniel Marohare; is:{4: V.K 
 Marv .lane, wf John Hud- 
 son; IKii); -M. 
 John W. West; l.slJS; :{'. 
 Joseph Failins'; ItvU; 53. 
 Martha.wf Jospph Failing-; 
 
 1833; 47. 
 Jermiiia. wf Joseph Brew- 
 er; 1H31; 53. 
 John West; 184ti; 84. 
 Mary, wf Wm. Wood; 1.843; 
 
 75. 
 Betsey B. wf David Dni- 
 
 rand; 18:^4; 45. 
 Li/,ett Shaw; 1833; 3. 
 
 LnoSliaw; 1.S33; infant. 
 Mviider-^e Sackett; 1830; lyr 
 Henrv JnsiiiMs; 1830: 37. 
 Kli/,aliethHamiltoii:l843:07. 
 Margaret l/anus; 1849; 33. 
 Marv t.anjis; 1.S47: 8. 
 ('has ('(inipson: 1.^35; 3(1. 
 l<>lward i^inipson: 18;)(i: r:.i, 
 Waltei- (iarPek: 1.S35: 1. 
 Will MeCov: 1838; infant. 
 S\ Ivest. rMeC iv; 1835; inf't 
 Klilihalet Carlick; l.s34: 4(i. 
 Sarali Barniiin; 1841; 73. 
 S M I'a\ne; 1.S37: infant, 
 [{eiilien T'ayne; l.s;!0: 3. 
 Samuel Pa\ lie; 1830; ]. 
 Vary W Potter; 18;;0; 10. 
 MarV (" Potter; I.S37: 31. 
 Kmilv Potter; l.s37; 3. 
 lA'dia Potter; 1.^39; inf-uit. 
 Hariiel Potter; 1833; 31. 
 Matilda Polter; 1837: 13. 
 Clias Th'irston: 1834; ! 
 Henrv B -ment; 1.S30: 11. 
 l)eiiisonl!cm« lit; 1.835;in'ft 
 Ch-.iritv laiiii; 1.S30: 05 
 l,onisa N'iele; 1.S33: 35. 
 Lewis M.'lealf; 1.S3S; (aLre 
 
 not decipherable.) 
 l-:iliiina Sai;-e: 1S30: :.'8. 
 .laii" Pobinsen: I.S39: si. 
 l!'-i(l^-e1 l^nvev ; 1.S4S: 35. 
 .Albert Coleiuan; 1833: ti. 
 Matilda Coleman: l.s33: 3. 
 John Hartncn: 1837: 30 
 yathaniel Wells; 1.833; in- 
 fant. 
 ('h;irl.s Poller; 1.833; 1. 
 Hi^nn ill Wo >1«.'V; 1.837; 35. 
 Isaac Baker: ls:!(i; Iti. 
 ('.||. 1,'Mnbert VanAlstyne; 
 
 1847; 70 
 Klizalieth VanAlstyne, wf 
 
 Pamliert; 1,84-': 08 
 Aliuira f-ono-don; 1837; 31. 
 .loliil 1! Wlic 1 -r; 1841; 07. 
 Jenislia.wl .lohn B Wliee)- 
 
 er; 1837; (i '. 
 B^tscv, wf Kev S Matti- 
 
 son; 1.84''; 35. 
 Simeons Elliott; 1.838; 17. 
 E/.ekiel Beehe; 1.S44; 90. 
 Atrn's. wf Ezekiel Beebc: 
 
 l.'<44; ,84. 
 Alhcrt Klin.': 1853; I. 
 (has. Wheeler; '.,S47: 1. 
 F;innv Shof>inakcr: 1840:34. 
 Mar\ Conklin; 184ii: 58. 
 Azai-iah (irant; l.s35: 37. 
 Marcusjones; 1.S40; 5. 
 Sarah Liim; 1.8;!3, Infant. 
 Svlvester Savaae; 1.83t); 38. 
 Hannah Kellev;18;5;^; Infant 
 Mary (^hitten'ton; 1843; 35. 
 
 Early Preachinjcy lu Junius and \icinit\. 
 1 111- lust I'laptlst cliLU'ch s.iciel\ ill SeU(-i a cnuiltx was 
 .iri;ani/e(i at I\(iiiiulus 111 17.13: tli(- llaplist cliurcli at 
 I". i\ ( rt in \Xn ]. 
 
 \ I'reshxterian cliurcli w as . ir,i;aiii/ed in Rmiiulus 
 \illaL;,i- ill i.^dj; aii.itlier . d' the same den(.iniinatii >u 
 ;it ( )\ id in iSd ;. 
 
 'I'he ixelornied cIiukIi ;it l.odi was organized in 
 ]. '800 and the (ieriiian Ueioniipd church at Bearv- 
 town in i.S(J4. 
 
 !n 1813 Hozial I'.aker, a .Methodist exhorter, 
 preached in prixate residences. 
 
 (^ne of the sermons preached bv Charles Stewart 
 during that year, in tlie bar room of Pontius Hooper's 
 tavern at Kingdom, is described as being midst the 
 following surroundings. Men were seated about the 
 room, occasionally going to the bar for a drink, and 
 Hooper, who waited on his customers, although it 
 
 was Simda\, did a •■baud office business." .\ party 
 of tlirei-, who li.id bi-eii hunting, came in duiiug tin- 
 seriiioii, stacked their arms 111 one comer of the room, 
 
 drank at the 1)11- .llld then se.ited thelllsi-K es ailiollg 
 Stew art's auditors, coiisislmg ol tweiil\ Scot, h I'res- 
 b\ leriaiis. 
 
 Siiiphw \\'<-lls whose sou, lleiirx, was the louiider 
 of Wells Seiiiiuarx ;it .\urora, prea In 1 at Waterloo 
 ,.c(-asioii;ill\ , and ;i!)out l.SiS kept a ta\eru at 
 Waterloo. 
 
 l,oren/o How, a (-oiispii-uous ligtire with his long 
 ruM-u h.iir. swartlu figLin- and ill fitting .lotlies, was 
 a I'.aptist circuit rider who was iKM'e ;is e:irly as lSjo. 
 Ml- is re uembeii-d ;is preaching a \ igorous, "( iod- 
 leariug" sermnii at a campmeetiug on tin- west slmre 
 <if C'a\uga lake iu the summer of i.^ji. I'.eing pbiin 
 sp.d<eu and earnest, his rein;ud<s being emjihasized 
 with uiaiu gestures, his sermons cut to the m.irrow 
 all of his godless heart'rs. 
 
 Bridg^eport; farliest Patentees ol the band; a 
 famous Stage riruimal; ( )ld lime lbistelri(^s 
 when- news from the ( )utside World was We- 
 
 1 fr..m facts compiled b\ I \>-'\ deller. 1 
 
 l.otXo. 3 Ij^o aires ol the West l'a\ UL;a iv.-ser- [ 
 x.ltlou', where the \illage id' West C'axug.i 01 
 I'.i idgepoil w.is afterw.iids liLiilt, w .is sidd b\ the 
 Sui \e\.ir ( 'Telli r.ll, \o\ . I, IJ')'', to .loseph Aliuiil, 
 
 l.uther 1 rob; i(lg(- and Wdhelmus .Myiuh-rse h.r 
 $i,2'><). I'liexgaxe .a bond of!Si,J33. .Vnnin, and 
 John bbirris the ferrx'mau and trader on the east 
 shore . il the lake, were among the incor])orator^ of I 
 the L'avug.i ISridge Co. .[ohn Harris w;is a|)poiiited 
 sherill of ( )uoiidaga countx' wdien in i7()4 it was 
 erected. He servctl two x'ears and during tint time 
 establishi-d ;it 1 '.ridgeporl a general store, aii as'iery i 
 and ;i distiUerv. Cajit. Samuel Harris, his father, ■ 
 patented lot 3'" north of the .\iimn pah-ut. 
 
 Lot No. 3 w .as di\-ided into si\ly-si\ o;- more sub- 
 di\ isions. .\mong till- transfers of the sLib-di\ ismns 
 occur the names ol a number that ran I,-iuiolis taverns 
 at th(- I'.ridge and recall a host of reci dlectioiis that 
 ha\-e h>r iie.irK a century clung around that qu.arter 
 of ohl .lunius. '["here was the Daniel Sayre taxeru: 
 .lohn Stone's, hithir of the late Col. John R. Stone of 
 l'ax(-tti-; the old taxern, north-xxest of the 
 I'.ridge, kept bx the old Kexdiut ionary patriot, Ck-u. 
 Christopher I'.aldx, in i.'^io; the Roberts taxerii of 
 1.S12011 the north side .if the I'.ridge; and that ol 
 Heurx- Moses oil the south side. It xvas at Roberts 
 taxi-ru tli;it C.ipt. .loliii Richardson's company put 
 up on the liisi d;ix's man h to the frontier in the war 
 of |S|J. riiex- were attired, an old i-hroiiich-r ti-lls 
 us, ill hunting friKd\S of green worsted with yelloxx 
 fringe :ind eeiuipped xvith flint lock rifles, hunting 
 kiiixcs, bullet pouches and jiowder h(.)rns. 1 Ik- 
 g.illaut C;i|)tain then and there surrendered to the 
 charms of Landlord Roberts' daughter and married 
 her. There were also the Olivers, John and .\mos, 
 and the Jacob Stahl tavern where state election^ 
 were held. There were a host of other xxell nigh 
 forgotten places around \xhich our fore- fathers used 
 to gather when the stages drove up, to learn the news 
 from Xexv York, that xvas only seven days old and ] 
 not quite three months ancient history from the Old Jj 
 C<juntr}-. I 
 
 First Postmaster of Junius vxas Lewis Birdsall 
 who luul his ohice in his tavern, two miles east ol 
 Wati-rloo. 
 
"CiRIP'S" HISIOHICAI. SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 3y 
 
 The Goulds MutLial lienefit Association was 
 organi/ed Aug. f>, iS<)7, as "'riic (ioulds Benefit .Xsso- 
 ciatioii," lia\ing lor its ohjcn;! the assistance of its 
 members in cas" of accident or sici<n(>ss. ()ii Dec. ;, 
 18(^7, tlie name of the organization was changed to 
 the jiresent name. 
 
 The hrst oflii'ers of the societ\' were; .Xoianan (ias- 
 ton president, Thomas l'lLnd<ett \-ice jiresident, .hdm 
 Wentz treasurer, .Viciici' r)aih'\- recording secretar\- 
 and Thomas Sherman Imani ial secretary. 
 
 Th(.' present officers ar(>: Harohl T. Duff picsidcnt, 
 Edward L. Ouion vice president, .lohii Went/ trea- 
 surer, .\. Ci. Withers recording secretar\- and Wm. 
 \'an Dyke fmancial secretary. 
 
 The present membership is 430 and is steadily 
 increasing. Only employes of the ( Ioulds Mfg. Co. 
 are eligible for membership ujion reconmiendation of 
 their room t-ommittee. Disablement hv accident 
 entitles a member to immediate benefit at the rate of 
 S>5. 00 per week for a ma.ximum term of i^ weeks: 
 
 Sta^e Coaches in the Early Days; List of 
 laNerns \\ here thev Stopped; Postage Twenty- 
 four Cents. 
 
 riie hrst stage coach to lumber along the old 
 Cienesec highway from the east —the lirst to enter the 
 land of the Cayuga Indians — and draw up to .Tohn 
 Harris's ferr}- at Cayuga lake, on the opening of the 
 road in 1707, left Fort Schuyler, September 50. 
 and arrived in Ciene\a on the afternoon of the third 
 da\' with foLir passengers. The stage taverns at 
 which passengers for some time afterwards obtained 
 refreshments were: 
 
 From Fort Schuyler to Lairds, 10 miles; to \'an 
 I'^pps', near Oneida reservation, 6 miles; to Wemps' 
 at Oneida Castle, 6 miles; to Sill's, at Deep Spring 
 (Chittenango), 11 m.; to Keeler's 12 m.; to Tyler's 
 (Onondaga FHll), 10 m.; Rice's (Nine Mile Creek), 10 
 m.; Harris's (Cavuga ferry), 20m.: Powell's ((ieneva), 
 13 m. 
 
 Piudeu, I'liuto. UOFLl) BENEFIT ASSUCl ATION. 
 
 Top Kow (left to rif^bt)— ispencer Royston, David C. Ayres, Hugh Miirplij , Joseph P. Casey, VV. C. Meyer, 
 Trustees. Lowei- Row— John Wentz, Treasurer; Alfred Withers, Recording Secretary; H. T. Duff, President: 
 E. L. Guion, Vice-President; Wm. Van Dyke, Financial Sdcretar.y. 
 
 sick benelit commencing with the seconti week of 
 disablement for the s<anu-Mength of time and at the 
 
 j same rate. During the life of the organi/.cition the 
 sum of •I'o.oij.'jh has been paid out in benefits. 
 
 The company realizing the usetulness of this societ\' 
 contributes annually to its treasury; and it ga\e the 
 use of the large triple.x building upon its completion 
 in October, iqoo, for a grand ball which from point 
 of attendance and receipts was the largest undertak- 
 ing <jf its kind e\er attempted in Seneca I'alls, the 
 net sum of S413.00 being added to the treasury. 
 
 The present balance on hand is nearly S500.00 
 and under the same careful and efficient manage- 
 ment now accorded it The Cioulds Mutual Benelit 
 
 I .Association has before it a useful future. 
 
 The First Death at Seneca Falls, so far as is 
 known, on Dec. 13, 1792, was that of the wife of Job 
 Smith. 
 
 During the w intt'r i>f i747-'8 two stages, one of 
 llieiii a stage wagon, made weekly trips between 
 Alban\- and Canandaigua. In 1804 Jason Parker 
 and Levi Stevens secured by legislatiye enactment, 
 the exclusi\-e' right to run stage wagons for se\en 
 years on this new turnpike between I'tica and Can- 
 andaigua. These stages made two trips per week. 
 
 In 1809 Isaac Sherwood became a partner with 
 Jason Parker in the stage lines through this country, 
 carrying the United States mail. 
 
 In 1816 the fast line of stages made the run be- 
 tween Canandaigua and Utica in thirty-six hours. 
 The projectors of the line were Isaac Sherwood & 
 Co., Aaron Thorp, I. 'Whitmore, Jason Parker and 
 Thcjmas Powell. 
 
 Somewhere "in the twenties" a splendid new line 
 of stage coaches was placed on the pike by J. M. 
 Sherwood & Co., of Auburn. This was a most 
 
4° 
 
 "(;rips- historical souvenir of senega falls. 
 
 popular line in charge of experienced and careful 
 drivers and fleet horses. It ran day and night. 
 
 .Miss lanet Cowing has a ticket which entitles the 
 holder to a passage in one of their way coaches from 
 .\uburn to Geneva, which it, states is to be given up 
 when called for. She also has a letter which was 
 posted bv mail coach from Manchester, N. H.. to 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y., on which the postage is twelve 
 pence, which is about twenty-f<.)ur cents. 
 
 Wm. A. Sackett I Henry Stouell, in Seneca 
 lalls Reville]— Hon. Wni. .\. Sackett, a former 
 |in>inment and well known citi/.en of Seneca halls, 
 <lic(l \erv suddenly at his home in Saratoga Springs 
 of a|)oplexy on I'riday, Sept. fi, iS.)^. aged 84 years. 
 The deceased was born in tlu' town of Aurclius, Cay- 
 uga countv, and after being graduated from the 
 .\urora .\cademv, he caiiK^ to Seneca Falls and read 
 law in the ofhce of .ludge Luther i''. Stevens. He 
 was admitted to the bar in iN;,i and practiced here 
 until MS50, when he moved to Saratoga Springs 
 where he was emjiloyed as counsel for the plaintiff in 
 
 man of commanding personal appearance, and ,1 
 striking figure wherever he appeared. His lo\ e for 
 his old home and his old neighbors and friends never 
 waned, and it seemed like the renewal of his age to 
 re\isit the scenes of his early manhood, which he did 
 as often as circumstances would permit. He was 
 one of the earlv and prominent citizens who ga\e 
 character to the town and whose good name he 
 always tenderlv cherished. With (larry \. Sackett. 
 Luther I'. Stevens, John Mavnard, .\nsel Rascom. 
 Wm. .\. Sackett, John Morgan, Elisha Foote, Dexter 
 C. I'loomer, Stephen S. \'iele, Josiah '". Miller, Henr\ 
 H. Stanton and others Sene.-a Falls had an arra\- of 
 legal talent at an earlv day that was not surpassed 
 bv more pretentifius villages. With his contempor- 
 aries fudge Sackett was an able lawver, an excellent 
 speaker, a good citizen and a genial and kind hearted 
 friend. We shall not see his like again. 
 
 L avuga fVrrv as 
 lirst ( oLmt\- sea t of 
 
 I'liiden. IMiuto. SE.NIXW FAM<S BASE BALL TEAM, I'.HC!. 
 
 Top How (lelt to right)— Frank Fariell, C. ^^; Austin Fhuiaffaii, P.; Lewis, 
 K. F.; Leo Smith 1st B.; Easton, L. F. Lower ttow— Jolni (,)uinn,:i(l 15.; Frank 
 Woods, 3d B.; Wm. Chappeh, P.; J. C. Doyle, M^r.; Franlv Crawford, (.'.; 
 Samuel McGraw, S. S. 
 
 the celebrated "Spike" suit of the Troy Iron and Nail 
 factory against Erastus Corning and others. Chan- 
 cellor Walworth being referee in the case. While in 
 practice at Seneca Falls he was successively the law 
 partner of Judge John Maynard and Charles H. 
 Weed. He represented the 27th district in Congress 
 from 1850 to 1854, being elected by the Whig party. 
 After going to Saratoga he was appointed Register 
 in Bankruptcy under the administration of President 
 Lincoln, and it was while in the discharge of the 
 duties of the office that he acquired the title of Judge, 
 by which he was so familiarly known in Saratoga 
 and adjoining counties. He was a brother of the 
 late Garry V. Sackett of this village, and Mrs. Fannie 
 Dickinson who resides in Bridge street. He was 
 also father of Edward Stanley Sackett of this village 
 and of Mrs. Charles L. Stone and Mrs. Charles H. 
 Duell of Syracuse. His third wife, who was Miss 
 Marvin of Saratoga Springs survives him. He was a 
 
 Cayuga Bridge Village < > 
 
 it was tlieii called, was made th 
 Ca\iiga counts' at the time that countv' was ere' ted 
 ill 171)')- I'i'i" a time, until a "goal" could be erected 
 at Cayuga I'>rry, prisoners were 
 taken to the jail at CanandaigLia. 
 i'he law also provided that the 
 courts shouhl be held at Cavuga 
 1' err\ . The courts a short tune 
 after must lia\e been held at 
 .\Lirora as it was there that 
 Indian John was tried for nuirder 
 111 1804 [See "Indian John Tra- 
 gedy" on another page]. B\- an 
 enactment of the legislature of 
 March 2^, iSoo, "the log house 
 erected by the Cayuga Bridge Co. 
 at or near the eastern end of said 
 bridge, on the margin of Cavuga 
 lake, shall be considered as the 
 Common goal." 
 
 .\t alxiut that time there had 
 spirung up a settlement of ii>ii- 
 siderable importance including 
 ta\erns and dwellings on both 
 sides of the lake. Simeon 
 DeWitt, Surveyor General of the 
 State, deemed it of sufliieui 
 importance in his survey to p\;\< >• 
 its latitude on his map of i<Soj. 
 It is north latitude 42 degrees 54 
 minutes 14 seconds. The Cayuga 
 f5ridge Co. surveyed and plotted 
 considerable land about the east 
 end of the bridge, evidently con- 
 templating .'I conmiercial importance for the place. 
 
 The Bayard Land Co., the i>riginal owners of 
 the site of Seneca Falls and the water power, was 
 formed at .\lbany in 1794 and included Robert 
 Troup, Nicholas (iouverneur, Stephen N. Bayard, 
 Elkanah Watson and Wilhelmns Mynderse, the latter 
 locating here as its agent. The company at first 
 purchased 100 acres north of the river which had been 
 a matter of contention between Job Smith and Law- 
 rence Van Cleef the two original settlers, and also 
 500 acres from Elkanah Watson. Subsequent pur- 
 chase increa,sed its holdings to 1,450 acres. Until 
 the company dissolved, in 1825, it held land at high 
 prices and restricted local enterprise. Owing to the 
 failure of some of the members it divided its property 
 and the village thereafter had a healthy growth. 
 
'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVFAIR OF SFNF.CA FALLS. 
 
 4' 
 
 Early Roads and Ferries; The denesee High- 
 wav and Old Idll Road: Senera Turnpike; 
 State Rnad; Cavuga I'errv. 
 
 [by FRED teller] 
 
 The waterways were the easiest known earlv 
 methods of travel in the interifir of New York state, 
 and the\- were romparati\ely unknown when (iow 
 Wni. Tryon of Nev\' York m 1771 caused a map to 
 he made of that territory. If then tiie waterways 
 were so little known, it follows that the land pas- 
 sages were few and unfamiliar. ihis region lav in 
 the verv heart of the innermost recesses of the Iro- 
 quois territories. Along the north bank of what was 
 then termed "The Great Seneca Ri\er " were onlv 
 Indian paths which led from the chief \illage of 
 the Cayuga tribe of Indians residing east of the 
 Cayuga lake, westward to Canadasaga, one of the 
 important towns or castles of the Seneca tribes of 
 Indians, to the northwest of Seneca lake. .Mong 
 this old Indian trail worn by the moccasin of the red 
 man and perchance the captives thev had adopted 
 into their tribes, the only white travelers were the 
 trader, the Indian agent, the half breed, the squatter 
 and the earlv f rench Jesuit missionaries. 
 sii.liv.an's Ro.\n 
 
 \\ hen Gen. Sullivan marched into this region, he 
 was obliged to prepare an opening through the 
 heavy growth of timber for his battalions and artil- 
 lery to advance. The axe then for the first time, cut 
 a road into this woodland solitude, over which the 
 emigrants from the German and other settlements in 
 Pennsylvania and other places to the south of us, 
 came and settled in this vicinity. Fhe early records 
 of the town of Romulus show that in June, 1795, this 
 track was then laid out into a highway from the 
 south bounds of Romulus north to the Seneca outlet. 
 smith's ro.\i> ay phe f.m.ls 
 
 In the year 1788, or a little later, w-e hear of a 
 roadway something over a mile in length, that led 
 around the rapids in the Seneca river. Over it 
 traveled the rustic conveyance of Job Smith, as he 
 carted the belongings of the trax'eler around the 
 falls. This route was over the same ground that a 
 roadway, continued from the south side of the river, 
 laid out Oct. 18, 1796, covered. In L^ecember, 1792, 
 Dr. Alexander Coventry, the first physician in this 
 section, has recorded in his journal that "Job Smith 
 is putting up a bridge over Seneca outlet below the 
 falls (Seneca Falls).'" 
 
 C.\VU(;.\ L.\KE To SKOIV.\SE 
 
 In the year 1789 two bridle paths had been blazed 
 through the woods, from in front of the log cabin of 
 James Piennett, on the west shore of Cayuga lake, at 
 a point near where the Wavne cobblestone house 
 now stands, a short distance north of Cayuga Lake 
 Park. One ran south and west.. The other ran 
 north and then west, and then north-west diagonally 
 across the country to the ri\er. 1 have the survey of 
 the latter, dated "'I'own of Romulus, Onondaga 
 Countv, Oct. 18, 179b, " which describes the new 
 highway to be opened o\er this trail as follows: 
 "Beginning at Mr. Bennett's ferry, on the bank of 
 Ciuga (so spelled in the original) Lake, running 
 thence by twenty-seven different variations of the 
 compass, a distance of a little over two miles, to Mr. 
 Mynderse's mill, thence by three additional variations 
 to the lower landing. Thence to be continued up 
 the Seneca outlet, on the north side as near the said 
 outlet as the ground will admit, to .Mr. Chapman's 
 at Scoyes." It is recorded Oct. 24. 1796, and signed 
 John Fleming and tieorge Bailey. Commissioners of 
 Highways. 
 
 BEN'NETT-HARRIS FERRY 
 
 James Bennett, coming from Northumberland 
 county, Pa., built the cabin in 1789 and conducted 
 the ferry across Cayuga lake, above referred to, in 
 connection with John Harris who was on the eastern 
 shore. Harris came from Harrisburg, Pa., and 
 settled over there in 1788, erecting a store and trad- 
 ing house and establishing the ferry. In 1789 Harris 
 married Mary Richardson of Frederick City, Md., and 
 in 1790 built a tavern, the first at Cayuga Ferry. 
 When the Cayuga Indians in 1795 ceded their reser- 
 vations to the state of New York, and the ceded 
 lands were surveyed by Joseph Annin and John J. 
 Cantine and plotted, B'^nnett's piece became lot No. 
 13 and his partner's across on the east side of the 
 lake No. 57. These lots, each containing 250 acres, 
 were patented bv the two men. 
 
 .\N' E.\RLY INCIDENT 
 
 We learn from an entrv in Dr. Coventry s Journal, 
 under the date of July 7, 1791, some particulars in 
 regard to this ferry, as well as the fact that the road 
 we have just described, even then, five years before 
 the road commissioners laid it out, had become pass- 
 able for horsemen. The Doctor writes: "Got to 
 Cayuga ferry about half-past eight in the evening. 
 It was about two and one-half hours from Geneva. 
 When we got to the ferry the scow was on the other 
 side and no one to fetch it, also the wind blew hard. 
 Howe\er, got a young fellow to go over in a canoe 
 along with me. He was confounded lazy and I had 
 to steer. When we got over, the master of the ferrv 
 would not start off under an hour, .^t last we got our 
 horses over and paid five shillings and six pence for 
 ferriage at this ferry and two shillings and nine 
 pence at the other ferry (referring to the ferry at 
 Seneca outlet near Cieneva) and seven shillings and 
 six pence for lodging." 
 
 THE GENESEE RO.'M) 
 
 The Road Township act was passed in 1789, for 
 the purpose of opening a roadwav west from Old 
 Fort Schuyler to Seneca lake. The Legislature set 
 aside a township of land in what is now Madison 
 county, the proceeds of which were to be applied for 
 that purpose, .\bout the close of the year 1789, a 
 contract was made with Fphraim Blackmer, for the 
 cutting out of a road two rods wide, from Old Fort 
 Schuvler to Seneca lake. The work was commenced 
 in the winter and early spring of 1790 and was com- 
 pleted late in the fall of the year to Cayuga F>rry 
 and during the winter to Geneva. I say completed — 
 the timber was cut off but the stumps were still in 
 the road. 
 
 THE LOTTERY .\CT 
 
 The improvement of the new road east of Geneva 
 and its extension beyond were provided for in an act 
 of Nov. 22, 1794. Then came the law- of Nov. 28, 
 1797, providing for a lottery of ^45,000 with three 
 drawings from two of which should be appropriated 
 the aggregate of $13,900 for the Great Genesee road. 
 Capt. Charles Williamson, agent for the lands of 
 Robert Morris and others in Ontario county, helped 
 the act along as a member of the legislature and 
 personally obtained four thousand days subscriptions 
 along the route which he says was performed with 
 fidelity and cheerfulness, so that "with some other 
 contributions the state commissioners were enabled 
 to complete the road of nearly one hundred miles, 
 opening it sixty-four feet wide and paving wnth logs 
 and gravel the moist places of the low country 
 through which it was carried. Hence the road from 
 Fort Schuvler — from being in the month of June. 
 1797, a little better than an Indian path, was so far 
 improved that a stage started from Fort Schuyler on 
 the 30th of September of the same year, and arrived 
 at the hotel in Geneva in the afternoon of the third 
 dav, with four passengers." This was considered 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENFXA FALLS. 
 
 r(>marka1ilc time ,inil a cause fnr tjrpal con^ralu- 
 latiun. 
 
 i^tiAii IN si-;m-;l\ i-ai.i.s 
 
 In t"(il. Williclimis M\n(lerM-V aicniiiil hooks in 
 June and |li1\ oI iy<ij arc lound a ULnnbci ol cnlrics 
 for suni^ paid Ini' l.ixiiiL; mit and work upon tins 
 road to Capt. \\'illiains( m. 
 
 Tlip cc)ni|)lctinf; of this liii,di\\a\ and hridi^c turned 
 the i,M-pat tide of tra\'el that had set ni innnc(hatel\ 
 after the war through our county. 
 
 The road jiassed throu^di our xilli^c, liy wa\- of 
 Seneca street, crossi'd tile river at or near where thi' 
 lower hridf^e near the Runise\- sho|)s is now. lollow- 
 ini; the jiresent line of hall street, westward. 
 (;i.;i',.\r toli. koaii 
 
 In the \ear iSoo an act passrd the f,eL;'isla- 
 ture incor|ioratiu,<;' the Seneca Road or Turnpike 
 (."ouipaiu. riii^ road was to luu helvveen the house 
 of .h.lni I louse ni the \ ilhi-e of I'tu a and the i-oin t 
 house in C'anandaiL,nia. I he route w.is piactitally 
 the same as the ("rreat ( liuesee Hii^hwa). 'i'lie trus- 
 tees were L'harles W'dliamson, llenjamm W'a I kei', 
 .l(-dediah San^ei' and Israel L'hapiii. I he road was 
 to Ik- SIX rods in width and the center to he lilled 
 with hrcdxcn stone, the center to he not less t ha n 
 tweiit\' inches hin'llei than t lu' e(l<_;es, a t least ei!j,iiteell 
 feet 111 center to he heddcd with Wodd or stone to 
 s( cLire a soliil foundation. doll hoLises were to he 
 ten miles from each otliia*. \e> ])eisoiis passing to or 
 from puhlic worsliip on Sundax', ".Joiinj; to their com- 
 mon lahor on farms, carrviu!;' lire wood, <,'oint( to or 
 from mill for the t;riiidiiii;' of !.;rain lor tainiK^ use, 
 j^fiinj,' to or return iiij;' frorii an\' luneral, shali pa\" 
 any tcdl in the town in which the\- nsidc. I'p to 
 iSj^ there were twelve dillereiit amendments to this 
 conipiany's charter passed h\- the Legislature, dliis 
 road opened the western countrv to a flow of travel 
 that hnilt u]i a chain of pn ispei olis \ dlagi's. 
 sr.vrr; k'oad 
 
 In iSoS the State r<^ad, two miles noj-th o| us. was 
 laid out, .lohn Sayre, .loshua \'an\'leet and Samiud 
 Lawrence acting as commissioners. This was the 
 vear the Ca\Liga hridgt' across the lake went down 
 the hrst time. S("\eiiteen years later action was 
 taken which resultetl in the huilding of a road 
 directly east through the Monte/unia marshes and 
 the erection id' what has sine*- heen known as the 
 Free I'ridge. 
 
 THE RESERVATION KOAP 
 
 hounding thi^ west side of West Cayuga reserva- 
 tion was laid out as a public liighwa\- and the 
 survey recorded .\ug. J^, i8oS. 
 
 The Free Bridge [I'~rom facts compiled hy Fred 
 Teller.] — In 1825 action was taken to build a road 
 through the Monte/.uma Marshes wdiich led to the 
 erection of the "h'ree Bridge", as it was called, in 
 contradistinction to the toll bridge at Cayuga ferrv. 
 Mr. Teller has in his possession the original docLi- 
 ments relating to this bridge, in the erection of which 
 the towns of Pheljis, Manchester, Mentz, Aurelius and 
 Tyre were interested. On the building committee 
 Tyre was represented hy Thomas C. Magee. On two 
 subscription lists to raise means for the project is 
 shown but one cash contribution, $5. .Among the 
 contributions were sixteen dollars in produce, four 
 fur hats. 1500 feet of bridge planks, "six days whisky 
 found," by a distiller and several days of labor. In 
 a memoranda of agreement Samuel Tripp and Nel- 
 son Roosevelt agreed to make alternate sections of 
 the causewav containing fortv rods in a section. 
 
 The Cavuga P>ridge Company obtained an injum - 
 tioii restraining Thomas Magee and assocuates from 
 erecting any bridge within three miles of either of 
 the bridges Iniilt or kept hv the lomplainants across 
 Ca>uga lake or outlet. .\ survey bill showed that 
 the" distance lielween the South Cayuga and the 
 Moiite/uiiia bridges was six miles, seventy-se\eii 
 chains and sixtv-t\\'o links and the injunction was 
 vai-ated. .\. P. Compo was the surveyor. The 
 chain and ( onipass hfdonged to Squire Burton of 
 Waterloo. 
 
 THE FIRST FOUR SETTLERS 
 
 Sha-se-onse (sw ift running wate-rs) was the Indian 
 name 1 d Seiiec;;. V alls. 
 
 .lob Smith, so far as is known, was the lirst white 
 settler here. He came from Lister iduntv in the 
 spring of 1787 and built a log house near the present 
 localioii of the I .ittle|oliii marble works. The entii' 
 |oiiinev wasmadi' in a llatboat down the Mohawk 
 river, through ( )iieida lake .nid river and up Senec.i 
 rivi'r. Lringing along an ( e\ team he made himsidl 
 a rude cart .md est.'dil isln-d a "carry for goods of 
 scithrs aroiiiiil tin' falls; also trallicking with the 
 liid:.iiis. While Smith was the liist to loiisiruct an 
 habitation here lie remained oiilv .ibout seven years, 
 going lo Waterloo, where he married a .Miss Ciorham 
 and a \ear later leaving this section. 
 
 Lawrenci' \'an Cleid, who served in the hrst New 
 "N'oik regiment through the rev olut nuiarv war, hrst 
 V isited the falls with a detachment of Cn-n. Sullivan's 
 army in I77>)- So stronglv was lie ini})ressed with the 
 locality that at the close of the war or some time 
 later, in the s|iring of 1780, he came directly here and 
 purchased Snuth's 1 hum to a hundred a.cres, bringing 
 his family hither in the lall of the same year. On 
 the Hats ne,u Sniith's house he erected a double log 
 lioiisr vvliiih he ,il terw ards improvised for a tavern 
 .and in which he lived live \ears. But he afterwards 
 continued a resident ol Seiun-a halls until his death, 
 Ldv 13, 1830. at 73 years of age. So Van Cleef was 
 the real lounder of the settlement here. Van Cleef 
 and Smith for some time shared the p)rof"its of the 
 "carry" about the falls. Ihe former also plaied 
 considerable lantl under cultivation. When Smith 
 disappeared \'an Cleef continued carrying and haul- 
 ing goods until the locks were built in 1815. Van 
 Cleef also erected tlie lirst frame house here, in 1794, 
 which stood on Fall street near the west end of the 
 present King block. Into this he moved his family. 
 
 .\ Mr. Parkhurst who bought Van Cleef's tavern 
 on the flats in 1794, was the second man to bring his 
 family here, the third settler. Parkhurst afterwards 
 built a tavern on the site of the present Stanton 
 house. 
 
 Smith's claim to the 100 acres whitdi \"an Cleef 
 l)ought was not admitted by the State, and the land 
 in 1794 was sold to the Bayard Land Co., for -f 2,100, 
 which later settled with Van Cleef. There are manv 
 of his descendants still living, some in Seneca 
 county. There were six children, Jane, the eldest of 
 the daughters, being the first white person and George 
 C, one of his sons, the first whith male born here. 
 
 Wilhelmus Mynderse [described elsewhere] was the 
 fourth settler — the first to locate industries in Seneca 
 Falls. 
 
 An incident related of \'an Cleef, who generally 
 managed to maintain peace with his neighbors, is 
 that he was shot at by an Indian while standing in 
 the doorway of his house, the bullet passing near 
 his head. He caught the Indian, took his gun awav 
 and broke it over his head. Then he threw him into 
 his canoe and set it adrift, the Indian afterwards 
 being discovered dead at the outlet of the lake. 
 
"GRIP'S"' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 43 
 
 The First Congregational L'liiir< li was nr- 
 (ani/.cil I )(■( . 1.^, iSfic), witli a iniiiibcrship nf 80. Its 
 )niccrs were, al the time nf its ()rj:(aiii/a tu m: Pastor, 
 
 IJorruwcd I'lioti 
 
 KEV. A. W. TAYLOK. 
 
 Sheriffs l\'t'ais of StTsice.) -In the rase of Messrs. 
 Camp aiul Larzelere records only show that h<ith 
 were elected in iSi-. It is presumed there was a 
 vacancy alter Camp's election. Wm. Smith iSc)4-'o(S, 
 i(Si()-"ii; Lewis Birdsall i8o9-"io, i8i2-'i3, i8i6-'i7: 
 »hn \'an Tuyl, i8r4-'i5; Heman Camp elected .Ian., 
 i8iy, and Jacob L. Larzelere elected .\u.t;;., 1817, 
 served i8i8-'nj; .losiah ]'>. Chapman iS2u-"2i. i8j^- 
 
 j (the I'lrst of the ^,-vears term); Thomas .\rmstronfi 
 elected i8ji, ser\ ed not more than one \-ear as .Tosiah 
 1). Chapman's second election for sheriff was in i8j2. 
 -Armstrong may have been legislated out of ofhce 
 when the legislature changed the term to three years): 
 Israel W. Squires i826-'28, i835-'37; James Rorison 
 i82q-'3i: Henry Moses i832-'34; .lames Stevenson 
 i838-"4o; Nathaniel N. Hoyt i84i-'43; Benj.W. Adams 
 i844-'6; Hugh Chapman i847-'4q, i834-"6i; Aaron U. 
 Wheeler i850-'52; Horace C. Tracy i833-'55; Stephen 
 Compsrm i85f)-'58; Abram B. Slauson 1862-'.]., i874-'fi: 
 Myron R. Cole i8()3-'7; J(jsiah Rogers i868-"7o; .lohn 
 T. Stout 187 1 -'3; Cornelius Bodine i877-'9; Solonion 
 Carman i88(j-'82: Charles H. Swarthout i883-"3; 
 Warren L. Lerih i886-'8; .lohn Woods i88g-'9i: 
 Charles W. \'an Cleef i892-'4; John E. Purcell 1893- 
 '7: Albert C. Clark 1898-1900; Hugh McGhan igoi- 
 03; Thomas E. Mills elected 1903 to serve from Jan. 
 I, 1904, for three years. 
 
 Congressmen from Seneca Co. — (Years of 
 service) Silas Halse\-, l.odi, iNo3-'7; (Oliver C. Corn- 
 stock, Ulysses, !8i3-'i7: Robert S. Rose, Fayette, 
 i823-"26: John Maynard, Ovid, 1827: Jehiel H. 
 Halsey, Lodi, i829-'3i; Samuel Clark, Waterloo, 
 i"^33"'5- Samuel Birdsall, W'aterloo, i837-'9; John 
 Maynard, Seneca Falls, i84i-'3; John DeMott, Lodi, 
 i845-"7; Wm. A. Sackett, Seneca P'alls, i849-'33; 
 Jacob P. Chamberlain, Seneca Falls, i86i-'3; John 
 E. Seeley, Ovid, i87i-"3. 
 
 Sayre's Barn, the Cradle of the Church. — The 
 hrst Presbyterian church of the village of Seneca 
 Falls was organized in the barn of Col. Daniel Sayre, 
 then a supervisor of Junius, -Aug. 10, 1807. 
 
 Horace Seekell, Wm. 
 
 C lunch Conmiittee, 
 I,. I'. Crowell, Mrs. II. 
 
 -\. J. C.ardner: CliMk, 
 
 Kev. W. W. Lisle; Deacons, 
 Ci inkling;, Abraham failing; 
 Wm. Smalley, Fdw in .Medden, 
 Diiell. .Mrs. C. .Smalley, .Mrs 
 Horace W'. Knight; Treasurer, Wm. I., liellows: 
 Trustees, 1'^ Medden president, W. L. Bellows clerk, 
 Harvey Benham, R. C. Dunham, Wm. Sniallev, Chas. 
 Seekell. L. F. Crowell; Superintendent of Sundav 
 School, lulwin MeddiMi. The corner stone of the 
 ( hurch building was laid .Vug. 19, 1870, the \\c\ . T. 
 K. Beecher of Elniira making the address on the 
 theme, "Why am I a Congregationalist?" The cor- 
 ner stone was laid by .Mr. Childs and lies in the 
 northeast corner of the tower. The church was 
 completed at a cost of .1530,000 and formally dedi- 
 cated and opened for public worship Sept. 21, 1871. 
 The dedicatory sermon was preached bv Rev. I'.d- 
 ward Taylor, D. D., of B)inghamton, X. V., from 
 Psalms 96:6. The Inst jiastor of this church was 
 Rev. W. W. Lyle, from iHbq to 1873, who resigned 
 his pastorate because of ill health after four years of 
 faithful ser\ice. Re\-. Mr. Smith succeeded him in 
 
 1874 and then in regular line of succ'ession, either as 
 stated suppiv or as installed ])astor, wei"e the follov.'- 
 ing; Rev. M"r. .Minor, Rev. Dr. Bradford, Rev. A. !•:. 
 Kinmouth, Re\ . Mr. Bell, Re\'. Peter Lindsav, i^e\-. 
 Ci. .\. K'awson, Rev. H. Margetts, Rev. Dr. .\. 'Wilbi-r 
 
 laylor, the present pastor, who is now ('Mm])leting 
 the eleventh year of his pastorate. 
 
 The present Trustees: E. L. Bowell chaiiinan, Wm. 
 F. Medden, Chas. Knight, H. W. Knight, Chas. 
 Curtis, Wm. Russell; Church Clerk, (ieo. .Vnient: 
 Church Treasurer, H. W. Knight; Deacons, Win. L, 
 Bellows, Edwin Medden, Chas. Babcock, P>enjamin 
 1'". Ste\ens, "Wm. Frintig, Richard Please. 
 
 The "Woman's Reading Club was (ugani/ed 
 in i.S,S7. The club adopted lor its colois pink and 
 white, and for its fl(.)wer the carnation. The club 
 meetings are held Tuesday evenings, beginning the 
 first Tuesday in Octolier and ending April 23. 'I'here 
 were ten members at its organization. The memlier- 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
4^ 
 
 '(;rip's- historical souvfatr of seneca falls. 
 
 ifi:v. s. I'. i'i{.\zii;i{. 
 
 ■rs nineteen, I II '1 11 If 1 nil 
 
 (1 1.1 twelltx. 
 
 Mrs. M. I., 
 
 W" 
 
 ieiel\- 
 
 shi|i n< >\\ nnnil 
 
 ■| he (it'lieeis |(ir h )i 
 
 rnitiss; \'iee-l'resi(lent, -Mrs. I'. S. Ahieiis; Secretary 
 
 ,111(1 Treasurer, Mrs. 1.. C W'ihkI; .\ssist,int Seeretarw 
 
 .Mrs. L. L. Kaiser; h.xeentiNe C' immit ti'e. .Miss.A. .\. 
 
 .\riiistr.>nK. Mi^^ -M ■ I'-- Scutl anil Miss A. 1'.. ITiMci. 
 
 The First Wesleyan MetliMilist Church ..I' 
 Seneca I'alls was (irf.;ain/e(l \hinli Jj, i'"^!',, with tlie 
 lolliiwinf,' charter nienihers: .h.seph Metcalf, William 
 Metcalf, .lohn C. Kipk, L. .1. HiH, Lcreii/M i,aiiKcl<m, 
 Sanniel lavlnr, C. A. M.nris, Anhihald ( )(lell, .h.el 
 |',;irker, I'.. ('.. .lnhiis.,11, D.iMcl Cr..uell. William 
 I'MX. 1'.. I'arlrnlf^-e, 1 ). SkuliiK ire. C. S. ( irant^^er, Heiir\ 
 .1. I'urtiiii, Mar\ ill S. r>air<l, l.enuiel Stansl)ur\ 
 Piekmsdn, WillKiiii Russell .md R. 1'. limit. 
 
 .\t the first reu;ularU c.-illeil mei-tme; i il the ■ 
 .hihii L. iMiifi, H. L. Wiirdeii, .Mnaiii hailiii}; 
 Lindslev, .hisepli .Melialt aiui Will. I'u.v wtTc elected 
 trustees. 
 
 The church was composed in a lar^e part of those 
 wliii about that tune separated Ironi the Methodist 
 I'.piscopal church on the question of sla\er\-. 
 
 The lirst services were held in the old Senei'a I'alls 
 .\cademy building. The same year (1843) a repre- 
 sentative was sent to the Ctica convention and the 
 Rev. George Pegler was secured as the first pastor. 
 In 1845 the first church editice was completed on the 
 corner of Fall and Mynderse streets. This building 
 was subsequently sold and a new and much better 
 edilice erected on the corner of l-'all and Clinton 
 streets. It was in thie first church building (corner of 
 I'' all and Mynderse streets) that the first Woman's 
 Rights convention ever held in America had its meet- 
 ing, and prominent among those present at this 
 gathering were .\nna Dickinson, Elizabeth Cadv 
 Stanton, Susan 1'. .\ntliony, Mrs. Rloomer and others 
 who declared themselves at least the equals of tfie 
 "lords of creation." 
 
 The following is a list of those- who have ser\-ed 
 this church as its pastors: Re\-s. Cieo. Pegler, S. S. 
 Salisbury, S. Phillips, Benjamin Bradford, D. B. 
 Douglas, S. B. Loomis, J. .A. Swallow, H. B. Knight, 
 Wm. S. Bellas, Wm. W. Lyle, .\dam Crooks, C. V. 
 Hawley, A. F. Dempsey, A. H. Kinney, G. W. Hard\ , 
 .T. L. Benton, S. Beelfard, .\. T. Jennings, G. \V. 
 
 Story, 11. W. McDowell, Jas. 11. l'.owen and S. f . 
 Frazier, the present pastor. The present board m| 
 trustees are: David King, D. .\. Deniing, .1. H. 
 \\'inters, .A. W . Brim and (ieorge P). Crowi^l. 
 
 Union No. 41), Iron Moulders nf North .\merii ,1, 
 was one of tl.e first and oldest of lali. ndrganiza tu ms 
 ill Central New ^'ork. The first charter was granted 
 Sejit. 4, 1^(15, with the fiillowing officers and charter 
 members: President, f idel Tierney; \'ice President, 
 .leffersiin R.ibinsiin: Recording Sec., .lames Curran: 
 financial Sec., Justin Parmalie; Treasurer, Daniel 
 Cmraii; Door Keeper, .lames Mctiraw: Correspond- 
 iiie Sei ,, I'lioiiias .1. Crosb\'. None of these are resi- 
 dents of Seiieci falls ;it the present writing and but 
 three of tln-ni are living, |anies Cunan, Daniel Cur- 
 ran and, Instill Parmalie. .lames Cliit.'iii liecaiue a 
 resident of Roihester, N. ^'., several years ago. 
 Daniel L'urraii is now a priest living in Indiana. 
 I';iriiialie removed to Chicago years ago and has 
 been foreiii.in of ,1 large shop there for vears. 
 
 fills Inioii was in existence for several vears and 
 vv.is re-organized Feb. i, iSSi,with the following 
 o flic -ers ami members: President, .lolin Went/: \ ii e 
 President, .lolm McDonald: finamial Sec, fr.iiik 
 .\lc( luire: Reidrding Sec, Tfiomas McCiill : 'Ireasurer, 
 PatiH k Rvaii: Corresponding Sec., L'oriielius Sulb 
 v;in. 1 Wo of them arc dead, |oliii M( Dona Id and 
 frank .Mc(iuire. Mr. W entz, the lirst president ol 
 this re-organized Lnion isat present loundrv foreman 
 lor the Gould Manufacturing Co. 1 liomas Magill 
 has been several vears engaged in the grocerv busi- 
 ness, file others are still working at the trade. I he 
 present organization is in a healthv and prosperous 
 condition vvith a iiiembershi]) of 133, all in good 
 standing. 1 he Union has in the p;ist successtiilU 
 conducted niaiiv social atlairs, alwavs with credit to 
 the organization. The members have- alvv;ivs taken 
 an active' interest in the atlairs of the community and 
 
 THK WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH. 
 
■'GRIP'S". HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 45 
 
 lUorrowed Photo. 
 
 REV. S. M. NEWLAND. 
 
 many have ser\-ed as citizens in official life with 
 credit Ui themselves and their organization. The 
 Union has been a very conservative organization and 
 has had but few labor difficulties in its history. It 
 has paid out hundreds of dollars to its members in 
 Isick and death benefits, has ahvays met its obliga- 
 tions and stands to-day in high esteem with the 
 business community of Seneca Flails. The present 
 
 ifficers are: President, Joseph McKeon; Vice Presi- 
 dent, Thos. Kirk; I'^inancial Sec, Wallace Cushman; 
 Recording Sec, Cieorge Rice; Corresponding Sec, 
 Harrv Magill; Treas., Chas. .\shlev: Trustees, Joseph 
 Campbell, Michael McCiuire, James Rogers; Inductor, 
 
 Ihos. Weghiirn: Door Keeper, Jnhn Pow. 
 
 Rev. E. R. Pinny, two years; Rev. Nathan Baker, 
 four years, one month; Rev. W. H. Haff, one year, 
 three months; Rev. William Frary, one year; Rev. 
 William Leggett, one year, two months; Rev. J. B. 
 Pitman, two years; Rev. Ira Smith, eight months; Rev- 
 C. C. Hart, seven months; Rev. Wm. Rees, one year; 
 Rev. Ferris Scott, five years, four months; Rev. Ira 
 Bennett, two years, nine months; Rev. B. V. Garfield, 
 two years, three months; Rev. William R. Wright, 
 live years, two months; Rev. T. F.. Williams, six 
 months; Rev. R. B. Montgomery, one vear, two 
 months; Rev. John Ciilchrist, twt) vears, six months; 
 Rev. Seward Robson, four years, four months; Rev. 
 S. H. White, two years, two months. Rev. S. M. 
 Newland, the present pastor, began his pastorate 
 April I, 1892. 
 
 The present pastorate, that of Rev. S. M. New- 
 land, has already more than doubled that of any 
 other. There has been perfect harmony and a steadv 
 advance, the church having more than doubled its 
 membership and all departments of church work and 
 life. The Sunday school under the leadership of G. 
 I. Pruden, has reached the highest average attend- 
 ance within a period of more than 50 vears. The 
 present membership of the church is 240. 
 
 Town Meetings. — The earliest in the town of 
 Junius were as follows: 1804-05 at the house of 
 Stephen Hooper, at the Kingdom; 1806 to 1810, at 
 the house of Lewis Birdsall, at the Kingdom; 181 1 at 
 the house of Jacob Chamberlain at the Kingdom; 
 1812 to 1814, at the house of Ciilbert Roberts, at 
 Bridgeport; 1S13 at the liouse of Lewis Birdsall, at 
 the Kingdom; 1816, at the house of Pontius Hooper, 
 at the Kingdom; 1817 to 1821, at the house of Jere- 
 miah Decker, in the present town of Tyre; 1822, at 
 the court house in Waterloo; 1823, place not men- 
 tioned; 1824, at the house of Jedediah Southwell, in 
 the present town of Tyre. The places where town 
 meetings were held in 1825, "26, "27 and "28 have not 
 been ascertained. A special town meeting was held 
 on Nov. I, 1813, at the house of Asa Bacon northwest 
 of Waterloo \illasje. 
 
 — .\t a meeting held in 
 
 iSjS, the First Ba])tist 
 
 the following elected 
 
 Harris L'sher, John M 
 
 First Baptist Church. - 
 the school house, July id, 
 hurch was organized and 
 trustees: Ebenezer Ingalls 
 Wheeton, Jonathan Metcalf, Nathan Farnsworth, 
 Samuel Bradley, L. P. Noblr, .Vbram Pavne and 
 Fhomas Royston. Jonathan Metcalf was chosen 
 president, L. P. Noble clerk and Harris Usher treas- 
 urer. There were ten constituent members w hich b\ 
 .\ug. 14, was mcreased to fourteen. On Sept. 13, 
 Orsamus .A. Hen was ordained as pastor, salary 8200 
 per year and firewood. His pastorate, during whitJi 
 forty-five united with the church by baptism, c losed 
 March 25, 1832. 
 
 'I'he first church building of the society was erected 
 on Center street on the rear part of the lot now 
 occupied by the present church building. It was a 
 ' frame building, 36x44 feet, witli a basement. The 
 lot was purchased of G. \'. Sackett for .§200. The 
 Iniilding cost about S2000. The corner stone of the 
 present church building was laid in 1868 and the 
 building dedicated on March 4, 18(19, Re\-. W. H 
 Maynard, 1). 1)., preaching the sermon. 'I'he cost of 
 the lot with the house adjoining on the west \\as 
 !^2,3ooand the church building cost .§11,800. 
 
 I he following is a list of the pastors and vears of 
 service since the church organization to present date: 
 Re\-. Orsamus Allen, two years, nine months; Rev. 
 Henry C. \'ogel, two years, nine months; Rev. John 
 Jeffers, two vears: Rev. Zenas F^reeman, three vears; 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 THE FIRST BAPTIST CHCRCH. 
 
4f> 
 
 'Ckii's' HisrowicAL sor\'K\n'; ()!• skxI'X'a falls. 
 
 Cross Post, Xi'. 7'"^, <."i. A. R., Dept. nfX. v., was its existence averaged j.; lor the lnll()^ving lix.- 
 
 organized in i.S(>S. The charter members were: years, about V - ^'infl f'"" the past live years about 3 . 
 Chas. J. \Lartin. (ieo. ?>. Davis, !■'.. (inlder, Wm. FaiL 'Lhe present members nl' Cross Post are the sur\i\i>rs 
 
 iiig, W. H. Colder, i^.chard C.ohler, Loren/o I>.aker. "f «> li"^t that went out h-om home and friends to l,.-|,t 
 
 ,, '^ , , . , >, ,, . ,. I 1 M the liattles tor tile existence o| the I nion m mkIi iiuiu- 
 
 hdward Rml<er, Alex. Havit. ( ,eo. .S,„.,.r, John >h .r- i^^,, .,^ t,, „,.,,-,. Sen-ca j-alls the banner town, l,v 
 
 ris, I'dias Lester ami id. \'. Mattlirws. 'Ilie nanu I'urnislung a larger percent.ige of its penplc |',ir c.b 
 "Cross" was adopted in lionor (if a famiK- of that diers and sailors lor that war tlian any otlit-r town- 
 name which furnished SIX m.-mbers-^a lather and hve '^I'M' '■' "m" state. Xo battle was f,,nght on sea ,. 
 
 sons to the cause (if the union. I'liree of the nuni- 
 
 land during those fdur \ears but had its Seneca I'alls 
 representatix'e. Lhere was no prolession (ir trade 
 
 ber sealed their de\( iti( ni wi tli their lives. The ofli, ers t),;,, was dist inctix cK' di aw 11 upon all w ire e(]ual l\ 
 iif the I'ost for the \i-ar loo; were: C( unmander.C'ieo. p:iirioti(. 
 
 I'. Ste\ens(iii: S. \'. (.'oniinaiider, \\'illiaiii .Marion: 
 ,i. \'. (.■(Humander, William Durum: ( ). D.. .\l. I.. 
 Waldo: (). (i.. 1'.. S. L".im: L'hap. I\. S. (ienung: () 
 
 Supervisors of the town ol Seneca I'alK, |S_ 
 ii)0-(. ("larrx \'. Sackett, iNj,,: Jacob I., l.ar/eh r> 
 
 M.. IM. l)obs,,n, .\djt., I>. W. Lailey, Sergt. Major, ,^ _. ,,,„^,^,,^,„ ^,,^,.^,1^, .s,.: Isaac Smith, iSj, 
 
 1. I'.. K'ace: (). .M. Sergeanl, James I'.artoii: Lolor . ■' .^ , . , , , , ,, 
 
 p.,..,,,- 1, |,- ■\\'-.|(|,i ' ' *•'■ /.epli;iniah Lewis, i.S',7: .viisel l.ascnm, iNjS: K- 
 
 The lollowing named persmis have been the Post's rael W. Squires, i.S3(^-'4i; John MaLirice, i.S4_:: .lames 
 
 commanders: Chas. . I. .Martin, iShS-'(^, '72: ISriceW. Sanderson, 1N43; Cieorge I). Daniels, ii'~!44-; Sa;d:i W. 
 
 I'>ailev, 1N70: I'raiik . I. Silsbw iS;]; . I. Marshall Ciuioii, Ldwanls, iN.ps: Llorace C. Silsby, nS^d-';: I'.bsha 
 
 i,S7v''4, '7(1: C. II. Traxer. 1S73: Ira .\lmv, 1.S77: loiote, 1N4S; Oriii I'yler. iS4()-'3(i: William P. P..|- 
 
 Pruden, Plioto. SILVER LIGHT HIVE, No. 10:.', L. O. T. M. 
 
 Top Row (lelt to right)— Coi-a Bordner, Nellie Clark, Francis Harrison, Pianist; Rosa liOtherington, 
 Sophia Steigman, Sylvia Nlles, Emma Labvseliefsky. Second Row (left to rlg-lit)— Mary F. .Stowoll, Jennie 
 Mag-ill, Augusta Dolirer. Alaria Richards, Catharine French, Catharine Woods, Anna Case), Mar\- Callan. 
 Third Row (lett to right)— Rridget Fay, Ida A.Taylor, Lady F. K.; Mary A. Wood, Lady "Com.; Mary E. 
 Slsson, Lady Record Keeper; Emma Adkinson, Lady Sargent; Margaret Gillmore, Lady Picket. Lower Row 
 (left to right)— Celia M. Lindner, M. at A,; Anna Bordner, Lady laeut. Com.; Susie Kelley. 
 
 Win.. I. Dillon. i><->^-'q, i.'^SS-\,(): John B.Murray.i.SSo; 
 T. M. Durham. iNNi-'j; Chas. 1'.. Randolph, 1883-83; 
 .\sa I'immerman, i88ti: Chas. (.". Mosher, 1887; .las. 
 H. .McDonald, i8qi; Henry H. .huies, i8q2; Prvce W. 
 L>ailey, i.Sq3-'(j(> (resigned); W. L. (ioetchins. iHqd-'i^q: 
 Henry l''egle\-, Kjoo-'oj; deo. ]■". Stevenson, igov 
 
 All of the Post's records. Ilags, pictures and me- 
 mentoes of the civil war, together with its furniture 
 (all of inestimable sakie) were totally tiestroved in 
 the great lire of .luly, 30, i^')(k which burned both 
 sides of the main (hall) street of the \illage. 'lhe 
 membership of nearly three hundred iNdS, in which 
 embraced nearly all grades of rank and everv arm of 
 lhe service, has been reduced by death and other 
 causes to about one lumd-ed ;it the present time. 
 
 The ;miuial death late for lhe first twent\- \ears of 
 
 lard. 183 1 -"3: Sebastian (^diatliam. 1834; Fdw.ard 1. 
 Latham, 1833; Martin L. P.ellows, iS3f,; \\'i]|iam 
 Beary, 1837; .lolm .\. Ruinsey, iN3,S; Ceorge W. 
 Davis, i><39: Cieorge P>. Daniels. nSfio-'j; Hiram lUirt, 
 i8b4-'f>; (Gilbert Wilcoxen, iSf)7-"y; LeRoy C. Part- 
 ridge, 1870, [Mr. Partridge was re-elected in 1N71, but 
 resigned and .Mr. \'an Auken was appointed] ; Peter 
 H. Van Auken. 1X71-'^; Cieorge M. (iuion, i''~'7-|: 
 .lames D. Pollard, 1S73: William C,. Wavne, 1^70: 
 William Walker, i^77-'Si: M. De l.aiicev I'.eL.iws. 
 iSSj-';. I'.dward \\'. .Vtldison. 1.^84; I'rankliii Moses, 
 i883-'(i; I'.roiison .\. Wessidl. i,S,S7: William .1. Lol- 
 lard. i8<SvS-'ij: W. .\. Swabv Latham, iSqo; Marxiii 
 Purroughs, i8(-)i-'j; Horace X. Rumse\-, !.'-!()',; Win. 
 \'. \'an Rensselaer, i.Si.j4-'7; .Moses (.". Ciould, i^oN: 
 (jeorge W. Pontius. iSijij- ii)( )i ; ll.Delaneex knighl, 
 i(-)02-'3; William li. Ilar|)er, i ' /i > p 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAI. SOUVENIR OF SENF.CA FALLS. 
 
 4/ 
 
 Seneca Falls Tent, Xu. 24, Knights of the 
 Maccabees, was instituted March 4, iSSfi, b\- l)ci)ut\- 
 Supreme Commander Withers nF Culxi, Xew ^'nrk. 
 Tiie hical order started with a memhersliip of six, 
 i']\v of whom are members still:-- AVilliam H. Adkin- 
 son, William j. I'ollard, I'vvrr W. P.ailey. I'errv C. 
 Pontius and .1. I'.dwin I'.akcr. Maccabeeism was in 
 its infancv at tins time and the reviews in Seneca 
 I'aUs were lew and lar between. Lntil .lanufu'y of 
 i()02 the membership had increased to only eIo\'en, 
 but the first claim for pa\ nu'ut of insiu'ance — at the 
 death of W. \\'. WaiiKM"- was met so |)roniptl\- 1)\- 
 1h<> supreme tent that from then the local tent has 
 grown and prospered. 
 
 Work was done imder a dispensation mitil ( )ct. 
 2q, i>!<)J, when a charter was granted bv the supreme 
 ortler. 
 
 The lirst oflicers wire: Past Conmiander, Win. H. 
 .\dkinson: Connnaiider, Win. .1. Pollard; Lieutenant 
 Commande'r, [. !•'.. Paker: Record Keejier, C. M. flail; 
 I I'inance KeejuT, .\. ('. .Marsh; Chaplain, Louis jolin- 
 
 The reviews are held the first and third Wednes- 
 dav exenings of each month in Radder's hall where 
 e\erv x'isiting Sir Knight will receive a cordial 
 welcome. 
 
 The present officers are: Past Cc)nunander, Chas. 
 C. Johnson; Commander, Robert S. Gott; Lieutenant 
 Commander, Cieo. H. Durham; Record Keeper, P. H. 
 .Murray; Finance Keeper, M. I). Haines; Chaplain, 
 Wm. B. Bailey; Physician, J. F. Medden; Sergeant, 
 Lewis Cassort; Master-at-arms, C. H. Watson; First 
 Master of Guard, .1. H. Ceigler; Second Master of 
 Ginard, .lolm 1 lowerth; Sentinel, F. F. Hartwell; 
 Picket, ( "leorge Mav; Trustees, John L. Le \'an, 
 Charles C". .lolmson and 1'".. L. \\'arbois, 
 
 Rev. Dr. Diedrich Willers, who probably en- 
 gaged in the longest peril d of |>reac!iing of any preach- 
 er iii Seneca county, was a native of Bremen, (lermanv, 
 born l''eb. f), 1798, who served in the allied army four 
 \ears, ]>articipating in the memorable battle of 
 \\'aterloo, P)elgium, .lune iS, 1S13. He landed in 
 .Vmerica in iSiq and in .\jiril, 1S21, ha\'ing been ad- 
 
 I'ruden, Photo. 
 
 Top Kow (from left t 
 •lolm Howertte. 
 
 SENECA FALLS TENT, No. ~'4, K. O. T. M. 
 ) light)— Wm. Caniphell, Jolin Le Van. tJeorge Durham, Lewis Cassort. Georg-oMay, 
 MiiMle IJow— Edson Warbois. Thomas Kyan, Dr. .1. E. Medilen, Mathew Haines, Dr. .lohn 
 
 Crosby, George W. Morri.s, .lohn Crowe, fjowei 
 Robert Gott, William Pollard, P. H. Miirr:i.\ . 
 
 Ko\v-.l((.scpli I5a))eock, Charles Johnson, William Adkinson, 
 
 son; Physician, I.. ,!. Dawley; Sergt^anl, h'rank Ca\ri- 
 naugh; .Master-at-arms, Prvce Inailey; I'irst Master ol 
 Cjuard, James D. .Smith; Second Master of Guard, 
 R. Sherman; Sentinel, Perry C. Pontius; Picket, 
 
 Henry C. Royce. 
 
 There have been ten deaths from the tent with a 
 total of $21,500 paid in claims; §1,400 was also paid 
 in an old age benefit and large sums have, at various 
 times, been paid from the sick and accident fund. 
 Seneca Falls Tent No. 24 has now a good bank 
 account. 
 
 'idle Maccabees ha\e tiispensed charity with a 
 liberal hand not excelled by any like organization 
 ill ti>\\u. 'Lhev have a membership of three hundred 
 composed of some of the most influential and best 
 citizens of the village. The degree team prepared 
 with uniform regalia for initiatory work is one of the 
 best in the state. 
 
 mitted to the ministr\', located in Seneca county. 
 He pleached (in Cierman and later in English to the 
 (ierman Reformed church at Bearytown) for sixty 
 vears and eight months. During his long pastorate 
 he preached about five years in Hooper's school house. 
 Kingdom, and twenty years, beginning with 1834, 
 at the Seneca church, ime and a half miles south of 
 the Kingdom, in the town of Seneca l'"alls; also for 
 two years, 1849 and '50, at the Bridgeport school 
 house, and for twenty-five years, commencing with 
 1838, to the Germans in Seneca I-'alls village. He 
 also for various periods, preached at Jerusalem church 
 in I'avette and at Waterloo. Besides a twenty-five 
 years' pastorate in Tompkins county, he preached for 
 several years at points in Cayuga, Wayne and Li\ - 
 ingston counties. Most of his travel during the early 
 }ears of his ministry was performed on horseback. 
 "He died in \'arick May 13, 1883, in the 86th year of 
 his age. 
 
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 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Hid FlK.t. 
 
 KEV. A. W. 15K()AI)\VAV 
 
 Methodist I'-i-Msccipal Chiinli -Itim-raiit i)rparhers 
 li«-ld tlic lii>.t -^er^ici-s at Seni-ca I'alU in IJ'^J. I'rior 
 t(i iNjH the itinerant prt-acheis wlm lanie here were 
 l\e\s. l^ilev, liennett, Lainiin", Wni. Ikown, I'air- 
 c luld, l-'rincilf, (iilnmir, l\nnl)iiiaiii, |)ii(lsiin. Lciren 
 Cirant, Laliiier l^iherts, C'litstrr Al(lf:;ate, William 
 |(ines, Kelse\-, Sni>\\ and Sahms. In jNu a class 
 existed here and meetings were held in Case Ce)le's 
 log house corner of Ovid and Bayard streets. The 
 members were Mr. and Mrs. Case Cole. Mr. and Mi 
 Nathaniel Sweet and Mt'ssrs, W'itham and 
 I'lynn and their \\i\i-s. A class lormed m 
 182S included Mr. and Mrs. I'eter Marcehuis, 
 his sister Marv Ann, I'liocbc I'ftts, after- 
 wards Mrs. Schoonox er, .lane .Moore iMrs. 
 Stearns), .Mrs. I'ltcher and L'atharine Mead 
 (Mrs. McKee). .Meetings were then held at 
 the house of I'eter Marcelous on Bridge 
 street. !■ rom this and other classes which 
 united the lirst Methodist church was 
 organized Jan. f>, iSjij. Anstd Basconi, 
 James Esse.x, .losejih .Metcalf, Stephen !'>. 
 (lay and I'eter Marcelous were the lirst 
 trustees. Re\-. Wm. Kent was the preacher. 
 .\ subscription for a church building was 
 started, headed b\' .loseph Metcalf with 
 S200. On .lulv 30, ii^jo Wilhelmus 
 Mvnderse deeded the present site of the 
 church to the trustees, Joseph Metcalf, .Tohn 
 Isaacs, .\ndrew Brown, .lohn M. W'heaton 
 and Henry Marcelous. Work on the 
 structure was started in the summer of 
 1)^30 but it was not completed until the 
 spring of 1831. Before winter set in it hatl 
 been enclosed and roofed and seats had 
 been placed temporarily so that it was 
 used during the winter of 1830-'!. Peter 
 and Henrv Marcelous worked on the 
 interior until it was completed taking their 
 pay purely in contributions such as the 
 congregation provided for the support of 
 their families. The cost of the edifice wa- 
 $3,000. 
 
 In 1834 Levi Rogers and his wife Lorana 
 
 deeded the society a site for the parsonage. In 1837 
 the church was remodelled and enlarged at the cost of 
 nearly $^,000. In 1871 the old church was torn 
 down and the present edifice was erected at the cost 
 of Sji,oo(>. In 1882 the altar and pulpit were rebuilt, 
 the house refurnislied with seats and the lloor newly 
 car[ieted costing 81,500. In the spring of iSm the 
 voung lathes of the church started a subscription 
 paper for a pipe organ which was built with an 
 electric inotiir, the cost being §2, oo'o. In the spring 
 of iSi<4 .1. \'aii WA'ck l.ooniis presented the church 
 with a new bell, as a "soldiers' memorial." The 
 (luirch was dedicated Jul\- 24, \>^J2, Bishop (iilhert 
 Haven, Rev. Wm. L. Lloyd and Rev. R. Hogoboom 
 ( (inducting the ser\ices. Jaci'b I'. Chamberlain, a 
 large subscriber for the new building personally 
 supervised its erection and he brought to completion 
 a handsome building. 
 
 The pastors from the beginning are as fwllows: 
 Rev. Ebenezer Lattimer, i834-'5; Rev. Robert Parker, 
 i8\5-'6; Rev. Thomas Carlton, i836-'7; Rev. John 
 Faster, 18:57-'^: Rev. Seth .Mattison, i83q-'4o; Rev. 
 Ranslev Harrington, i840-'2, i849-'3o; Rex. 1). F. 
 Parsons, i842-'3: Rev. Calvin S. Coats, iS4.;-'4, 
 i859-'6o: Rev. .Alexander I'arrell, i844-'ti; \\r\. 
 Joseph T. .-\rnold, i846-'8; Rev. A. C. Ceorge, 184S. ,j; 
 Rev. Elijah Wood, i.S5o-'2; Rev. David Crow, i852-'4; 
 Rev. David P'erris, iN54-'(i; Rev. .\. .N. Eilmore, 
 i85h-'8; Rev. Wm. Ho'smer, i858-'q: Rev. J. W. 
 Wilson, 1860-2: Rev. .\. S. liaker, i8f)2-'5; Rev I. 
 Warts, i8f)3-'t.; Rev. Martin Wheeler, i8bt)-'y: Rr\. 
 F. P. Huntington, i86g-'72; Rev. Isaac N. Oibbard, 
 iS72-'4: Rev. Cieorge S. White, i874-'t.: R'ev. H. I'.. 
 Cassa\ant, i87G-'9; Re\-. Theron Cooper, iH-jq-'^i; 
 Rev. .\. N. Damon, i88i-'84: Rev. Thomas Tousr\, 
 
 A. Tuttle, iS,S7-'._,(); Rev. Ch; 
 i)^: Rc\. Arthur Copcland, iMiq- 
 
 PiuJeu, Pliuto. THE FIRST METHODIST CHL'RCH. 
 
•'(',RIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 49 
 
 Rev. l^zra Tinker, iSqg-igoi; Rev. H. E. I'Tohock^ 
 I 1901-03; Re\-. .\. \V. Broadway, 1903. 
 j The present nfficers of the church are: Official 
 j Board — Class leaders: Richard Cjolder, H. \V. Ciilbert. 
 Stewards: G. B. Nearpafs, D. B. Mosher, H. L. WiL 
 Hams, John Wentz; A. W. Ciolder district steward, 
 j J. B. Howell secretary and treasurer, A. M. Shepard, 
 ! A. H. Shrimpton, Samuel Kibbey, Lewis C. Johnson, 
 I S. A. S. Wormsted. Trustees: Ajah R. Palmer presi- 
 dent, Richard Ciolder treasurer, Albert P. Haney, 
 D. B. Mosher, George W. Barlow, Charles T. 
 Andrews, George H. Cushing, Marcus Pease, J. 1). 
 Boardman. Sundav school superintendent, A. W. 
 Colder. 
 
 The societies in the churcli and their otlicers are: 
 Ladies .\id Society —President, Mrs. H. O. Enos; 
 V'ce President, Mrs. D. M. Kellogg; Secretary, Mrs. 
 A. R. Palmer; Treasurer, Mrs. S. Kibbey. 
 
 Womans Foreign Missionarv Societ\' — President, 
 
 north from the point where the New York Central 
 railroad crosses the Seneca river, a short distance 
 east of Seneca Falls \-illage. 
 
 The Epworth Leag^ue of Seneca Falls was or- 
 ganized 111 thf I'irst M. !■".. Church of Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y., in January, 1892, during the pastorate of Rev. 
 C. E. Jewell. Before this time the young people of 
 the church were banded together in the society of 
 Christian Endeavor. The Seneca Falls League be- 
 longs to the .A.uburn District and two of the District 
 conventions have been held here; one in July, 1892, 
 and the other in June, 1903. The motto of the 
 League is, "Look up, lift up," and its ofjject to pro- 
 mote intelligent and vital piety in the young mem- 
 bers and friends of the church and train them in 
 works of mercy and help. The society organized 
 with a membership of 76 and its present roll of mem- 
 bers numbers 155. The officers elected in January, 
 iqo2, for the term of one year were: President, Ida 
 
 THE EPWORTH LEAGUE, M. E. CHURCH. 
 Top Row (from left to right)— L. J. Stronj;-, Marguerite Kibbey, Lee Howell, Minnie Briguall, Lillian 
 Ruthrautf, Sarab .Jolinson, Wilhelniina Eastman, A. W. Golder, Charles Scliuman. Second Row— Anna Hop- 
 per, Harry Sturgiss, Mrs. John Odell, Clara Mosher, Mrs. W. C. Moyer, B nilah .vlorehouse. Rev. A. W. Broad- 
 way, Mrs J. D. Boaidnian, Ollie Smith, Mrs. Claud Hamlin, Ni'llie Simpson, Beulah Vodir. Third Row— 
 Kdua Nearpass, Edith Pratt, Claud Hamlin, Fannie Amid'>n, H. \V. Gilbert, Ida M. Slahl, Ida M. Golder, Ray 
 Brignall, Flora M. Cox, \V. C. Moyer. Fourth Row— Jay M oyer, Ma.v Howell, Samuel Odell, Elliott Kibbey, 
 Vernon Wheat, Mrs. H. Sturgiss, Mildred Odell, Betli Fmho k, Laura Haney, Edna Nearpass, Bertha Bishop. 
 
 Mrs. S. Kil)be\-: Secretary, Miss I'annie Wi( kes; 
 Treasurer, Mrs. Harriet C. McMichael. 
 
 Womans Home Missi(jnary Society — President, 
 Miss I'ranc Guinnip; Vice President, Mrs. L. C. John- 
 ; Secretary, Miss Ida J. Golder; Treasiin>r, Mrs. 
 I'Ved Savage. 
 
 Epworth League — President, Miss May Stahl; 
 ^^ice President, Howard Gilbert; Secretary, Claude 
 riamlin; Treasurer, Miss l'"annie Amidon. 
 
 Kings Daughters — President, Mrs. Fred Shuman; 
 5ecretarv, Miss Clara Mosher. 
 
 The Salt Springs, known to exist when white 
 .ettlers first came to Seneca ctmnty, and spoken of 
 jy the Jesuit missionaries two and a half centuries 
 igo, were described (by Father I^affeix 1O72) as being 
 I mile and a halt north-west of Tiohero, an Indian 
 /illage situated at the h^ot of Cayuga lake nearly 
 opposite the present "Mud Lock." Gen. John S. 
 L^lark of Auburn, says the springs were located (lyyq) 
 )n the west side of the marsh about half a mile 
 
 M. Stahl; First Vice President, Howard W. Gilbert; 
 .Second X'ice President, Ida Golder; Third Vice Presi- 
 dent, Flora .\1. Cox; h'ourth \'ice President, Ray 
 Brignal; SeiTetary, Claude S. Hamlin; Treasurer, 
 l'~;mnie Aniidon. 
 
 102, L. (). T. .M.. was 
 Deputy Great Com- 
 
 Silver Light Hive, No. 
 organized July Ji, 1843, b 
 
 mander Lad\' liurtiend of Iiuftalo, with seven charter 
 members. Ihe growth of the Hive has been such 
 that it is among the largest in Central New York. 
 The first meetings were held in Grand Army Hall. 
 .Vfterwards the Hive removed to Pythian Hall where 
 they meet at the present time. The present officers 
 are P. L. C, Ida Hamill; Lady Connnander, Mary 
 A. Wood; Lieut. Com., Anna Bordner; Record 
 Keeper, Mar\- E. Sisson; I'inance Keeper, Ida A. 
 Tavlor; Chaplain, Mary A. Secor; Sargeant, Emma 
 J. Adkinson; Mistress-at-Arms, Celia M. Lindner; 
 Sentinel, Mary C. Radder; Picket, Margaret Gilmore; 
 Pianist, Frances Harrison. 
 
50 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 t (iIIrl-, in 
 rast corner 
 
 HDiTowcd I'liol 
 
 KKV. \VM. 1!. (I.AKKH. 
 
 Trinity I'lutislant l.piscmial cliurch was nr^an- 
 i/i"(l Jan. I i, i'^-^u, .it a nifctins;- liclil in Iranlviin 
 Institute. \\c\ . Riaihrn Ihihhard, liic Inst rectnr, 
 ]>rt'si(le(l. .Idlni Miiri^aii was sefn^tary. Tlif liist 
 wardens were Lewis I)i\ij\' and .Idlni Isaars: \estr\ - 
 men, C.arv \'. Saeket, .Xnthonv Dey, .loim Mcirj^an, 
 Samuel Payne, Senttr .\I. Giddings, GeorLjc li. I'ree- 
 nian, Stephen B. Gay and Chauncev 1- . Marshall. 
 
 Services were first held in Bi.xbv's school room, the 
 second story of Hill tS: Peck's huiidin,<,r, still standing 
 on Cayuga stn^et. While the first church edifice was 
 being built si'r\icrs were held o\ er the po 
 the building now standing at the north 
 of Bayard and ( )\ id streets. 
 
 '1 he certilicate of incorporation 
 was signed 1)\- the rector, .Vlnier 
 .\. lieardslew and .Stephen S. 
 \'iele. The first rite of conhrma- 
 tion was adiiiiiiistered -Vug. 7, 
 1N31, by Rt. Re\ . Benjamin T. 
 Onderdonk, \). !),, bishop o| thi> 
 dujcese of New York. Rev. Setli 
 Davis, the second rector, came in 
 1M32 and in November of that 
 year a subscription for a church 
 edifice was started. 'l"he site was 
 purchased of Ansel Basc(jm for 
 $500, half cash and half chun h 
 paper. Rev. Jesse Pound became 
 rector July, 1833, and on No\ . 
 18, 1833, the corner stone of the 
 first church building was laid, the 
 serx'ices being conducted bv Re\ . 
 J. C. Rudd of Auburn." The 
 cluirch was consecrated Julv 2j, 
 iS3_j., by Bishop Onderdonk, 
 assisted by the ret tor and Re\s. 
 William Lucas and Richard ,S. 
 -Mason, 1). 1)., a class of fifteen 
 being conhnned in the evening of 
 the same day. The new building 
 consisted of a basement o[ stone 
 and superstructure ot wood now 
 standing on East Bayard street 
 and used for factory purposes. It 
 served the ])urposes of the young I'mdeii, l'h<>t( 
 
 church well until the present beautiful church edifice 
 on East Fall street was opened, Easter Sunday, April 
 25, 1S86. The corner stone of this imposing structure 
 w\as laid June 2, i''^''~i3. The tower rising to a height 
 of 105 feet, was partly taken down during the sum- 
 mer of 1903 [the picture shown in this work wa5 
 taken prior thereto] for the f)urpose of changing its 
 general st\-le abo\-e the roc)f ol the building. It is 
 one of the prettiest and most tastefully finished of 
 church edifices in this part of the state. The extreme 
 length is 103 feet, wi(fth 73 feet and height 44 feet, 
 the material being native blue lime stone and the 
 trimmings of Onondaga limestone. The foundation 
 rests upon solid rock, prepared for it by blasting. 
 There are three entrances to the main vestibule 
 which is floored with stone and lined with white 
 brick. The entrance to the na\e is through three 
 arches closed with swinging panels of quartered oak. 
 All interior finishings are in natural wood, the ceil- 
 ing of white pine, the wainscotting of the nave and 
 and the pews of ash, the wainscotting of the chancel 
 quartered oak, the pulpit carved oak and the com- 
 munion rail polished oak supported by brass stand- 
 ards. The entire cost of site and building was $40,- 
 i)( 10. 
 
 It was during the pastorate of Re\-. Robert Ouen- 
 iicll, in iSX7^, the semi-centennial of the church, that 
 the Inst mo\'i' was made towards securing the new 
 buihling, and Linilcr the ]iastorate oF Rev. Fianklin 
 W. liartlctt that the corner stone was laid. Rev. 
 II. M. 1 )<iislow was rector at the time of the com- 
 [iletion ol the buihling, when the debt was wiped 
 out an 1 the church consecrated, the latter e\ent 
 occLuring Se[>t. 10, I Nv^o, conducted b\- Rt. Rev. 
 !■ . I). Huntington bishop of the diocese. 
 
 The old building, st'll standing as a monument to 
 the energ\' and faith ol the earliest pioneers in the 
 parish, was in iNoi the scene of a patriotic event, 
 when 1 riiiity parisliioiiers were gathered to speed the 
 departure of her sons enlisted in defense of their 
 country. Rev. John M. (iuion was then the rector 
 and his two sons, together with the members of the 
 
 
 I'UINITV EPTSCOPAL <'HrK('H. 
 
"GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 hic-h tlipv were about U> lea\e on 
 s call, bent upon their knees over the 
 hurch and received the 
 e two boys returned 
 1 and Maj. J. Marshall 
 
 compan\' with 
 their rountr\ 
 
 old Hag at the altar of th( 
 blessing (if their father. 
 home as (ien. Cieorge M. (iu 
 Ciuion. The c'.iurch is at present in a flourishing 
 condition and under the present rector's administra- 
 tion is an active ;igency for good works in the coiii- 
 munit\-. 
 
 The rectors of the church were Rev. Reuben Hub- 
 bard installed .Ian. 13, icSji; Rev. Seth Davis, in 
 1832: Rev. Jesse Pound, July, 1833; Rev. Robert 
 Campbell (missionary), 1835; Rev. Henry Tullidge, 
 October, 1836, retired in 1838; Rev. Charles (i. 
 Ackley, supply, in 1830, installed rector .April, 1840; 
 Re\-. IVnjaniin I''ranklin installed in 1844, served one 
 vear; Rew Uulus Murraw came in iX^fy. Rew Mal- 
 
 .\1. I'Ollett, Hamilton (iarnsey, .lohn .M. (iuion, Wni. 
 H. I harper, Cieorge H. I'Veeland. 
 
 riie following are the officers of the societies of 
 the church: Missionary Ciuild, .Mrs. A. G. Swaby, 
 vice president; Ladies Huilding I'und society, Mrs. 
 G. P. Rogers, president; Trinity Church Ciuild, Mrs. 
 \Vm. I). Clarke, president; St. Cecelia's Ciuild, Miss 
 I'.innia .Scheline, directress; the Rector's Ciuild, Mrs. 
 R. P. I.athrop and Miss N'ora Daniels, directresses. 
 Other ini]jortant and helpful parish agencies are: 
 I he Industrial societv. Sisters of Mercy and Sewing 
 School which nie^t weekly during the winter months. 
 
 First Civil Officers of Seneca County received 
 their commissions from a council of appcjintments 
 (Ciow Cief)rge Clinton, ,lohn Broome, Caleb Hyde 
 and Thomas TredwellJ \vhich met at .Albanv, April 
 2, 1804. Those appointed:- 
 
 Pruden, Photo. THE VESTED CHOIR OF TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 1, Rev. Wm. B. Clarke, Rector, 3, John Gulon, 3, George Lyke, 4, George Utley, .5, Tracey Wells, 6, Chas. 
 .Tohnson, 7, W. Errington, 8, Harriett Savag-e, 9, Tlargaret Latham, 10, Cora Beck, 11, Lucy Latham, 13, 
 
 Gertrude Someis, 13, Bertha Ljkc, U, Mary Withers, 1.5, .lennie Markle, 16. .leanette Errington, 1", 
 
 18, Romayn Urley, 19, Luln Morris, 3(1, Edith Fahrenwald, 31, Francis Emery, 33, Harry Mickley, 33, Jane 
 
 Adkinson, 34, Harry Davis, 35, Jane Wildberry, 36, Susan Seymour, 37, Crosby, 38, Latham, 39, 
 
 Olean Lyke, 30, Herbert Flemming, 31, Schoolmaker, 33, Develle Poilard, S5, E'ahrenwald. 
 
 com Douglass, 1849; Rev. Charles Woodward, 1851; 
 Uev. John M. Ciuion, 1855 (rector 21 years); Re\'. 
 Warren C. Hubbard (assistant rector i873-'6), rector 
 iNyh-'j; Re\-. D'Orville Doty, rector two months in 
 iNj7; Rev. C. .Mcllvaine Nicliolson, i877-.\ugust 1880; 
 Rev. S. W. Strowger, a short time in 1880; Rev. 
 Robert Ci. Ouennell, Decendjer i88o-'N4; Rev. 
 I'ranklin W. Bartlett, temporary for a short time; 
 Rev. H. M. Denslow, July 5, 1885-June 15, '93; Rev. 
 W. B. Clarke, present rector, installed Sept. 15, 1893. 
 The present wardens are Lansing S. Hosktns, 
 William B. Lathrop; \estrvmen, Stephen D. Mickley, 
 A. Seymour P(jllard clerk, Cieorge P. Rogers, Wm. 
 
 Judges and Justices of the Peace — Cornelius 
 Humphrey, Grover Smith and John Sayre. 
 
 Assistant Justices — Jonas Whiting of Ulysses, 
 James Van Horn of Ovid, Asa Smith of Romulus and 
 l>enajah Boardman of Washington. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — James Jackson, Stephen 
 Woodworth and John Townsend, jr., 0\id; Thomas 
 Shepard, Ulvsses; Daniel Everts, Hector; John Hood, 
 Washington; Lewis Birdsall and Jesse South wick, 
 Junius. 
 
 Surrogate — Jared Sanford. 
 
 Countv Clerk — Silas Halsev. 
 
 Sheriff— Wm. Smith. 
 
 Coroner — Charles Thompson. 
 
'GI^IP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Wilhelmus Mynderse, the earliest resident Jan. 31, 1N3S, in the house he built and Icir years 
 
 jM'oprietor cil a \nr<^e jicirtmn cifthe site <if Seneca 
 I'alls — owninj,' a one-liftli interest in the I5avard 
 Land Cn., then the dwners of tlie land and water 
 power where Seneca I'alls xillaf^e stands ;ind of which 
 coinpanv lie was resident hiisuuss a^'iiit lor tlurtx' 
 years -located here [.)errnanenll\- in ijm.S- No other 
 sin^de indi\ idual had as nuich to do with the liegni- 
 ninLJ of the si-ttlrnient here, its subseciuent tjrowth to 
 a pros|ii-roiis villa^r and the location hereoleaaly 
 indnslrirs as Wilhi'hniis M\iidrrsc. 
 
 rile \car he came here he erected a grist and a saw 
 mill and a donhle jog honsi\ the latter being located 
 ni\t ti ' whi-rc Trinitx' cliLirch now stands. He lived 
 111 one end and kept store in the other. The mill 
 wIihIi was put in opi-ratioii in 17^'' stood on the 
 pri'scnt site ol L'hambei Iain's mill. In iSoj he 
 i-recte'd till' red mills on the lower rapids near Unm- 
 
 occupied. 
 
 Mr Mvnderse lived to see a flourishing village 
 spring from a forest. He did much to encourage its 
 growth, dhe \illage park was his gift to the village 
 and he was a generous patron of the .Academy which 
 bears his name— now part of the ])ublic school sys- 
 tem. He contributed the sitr and furnished the 
 greater pirt of the means lor building the original 
 building. 
 
 Recollections: Hiram \l. Uobei ts.- -"When I 
 lirst came to Seneca l'\ills alxait iS_j.o," says Hiram 
 M. Roberts, "llcre wer.- only two houses on the 
 south side of the river east of Ovid street, one of 
 them being known as the Mumford house now- occu- 
 ])ie(l l)v Mrs. ( )wen \V. Smyth. The other house 
 stood just Ixdow the present Ciouldsliop. U'illiam 
 (lavlord then conducted two meat markets, one on 
 Canal street near bridge street and the other on 
 ( )\ id just north of the bridge. 
 Three \'ears later myself and 
 m\' cousin Irunian !>. .lohn- 
 son, bought one of tlavlord's 
 markfts which we conducted 
 for about thirtx' \'ears. In 
 iS_j.o prai ticalh- all the busi- 
 ness was done on the south 
 side of the ri\er, on Lridge 
 street, and Canal was the 
 princi])al residence street. I 
 remember the first steam cars 
 that i)assed through here. 
 .\mong the earl\- business 
 men were |ohn Neyhart, Mrs. 
 Rofjcrts's brotlu'r, who con- 
 ducted a "l"'f' works" and 
 bowling alley on Canal street, 
 d'he late C.eorge P.. Daniels 
 conducted a grocer\' store on 
 Canal street near I'ridge. 
 \^ here the woolen nulls now 
 stand were several residences 
 and whrre the Seneca Falls 
 .\l a n u I a cturing Compan\-"s 
 building is X'inienl .Matthews 
 kr])t a meat market. A Mr. 
 1 illnian ( iw ned a ' aw mill 
 which stood at the south end 
 of the d.ain hiuk of the 
 National Advertising Com- 
 pany's works, wdiicdi was 
 
 PIONEERS OF TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 Toj) Row (left to rig-ht)— Lewis Bixby, First 8r. Warden isai; Jolni Fitch, operated by a man named 
 vir'.'f v" 't^^'"''' "iV^'ff;^- Blooraei;, AVarden mo. Bottom How-Samuel Payne, Samuel Smith who rolled the 
 t list \ .strynian; Carleton White Seeley, Vestryman, died Nov. l:i, IWJ.; Georire 1 . ^i n 1 . 
 
 Arnold, 40 years Warden, born Auf?. 1, 180:5, died in Wth year. '"gs to the mill, one by one, by 
 
 hand. Both sides of Rridge 
 
 sey's. He alscj erected a fulling mill and other small 
 industries. His various iinestments proved profitable 
 ;lnd he was a man of strict business metluids. His 
 was the \ cry lirst iiulustrx licie. d'he entries of his 
 milling and mi rchandise business date as early as 
 .\l)ril JO, I7i)fi. The lirst entry of sales from his grist 
 mill dates Oct. jj, ijcjd. In iSoi In- was appointed 
 lieulenaiit-i olonel in tlir militia of which he soon 
 became colonel. In 1S07 he was commissioned 
 brigadier-general. 
 
 During his residence here Col. .Mynderse lived in 
 lour towns .IS tliev were successively organized, 
 b'omulus (lirst III L'avuga county), Washington, 
 Junius .ind Seneca falls, and held manv jniblic 
 ofhces. 
 
 He was born at .\lbany, .Udv- ii, ij>>-, and died 
 
 street from the river liridge to Bayard street was built 
 u]) w itli stores wliieli did considerable retail business. 
 I he lirst bridge built on Ihddge street went down a 
 few years after I came hew, vvith a stage coach and 
 several passengers, one of whom was nearly killed. 
 I remember the hotid called Washington li.ill which 
 stood on the site of the ])resent Could shop \o. i on 
 Ovid street." 
 
 SENECA COUNTY CENTENNIAL 
 
 On .March Jijth next ( i(^c)_|_) is the looth anniver- 
 sary ol the otlicial organi/ation of Seneca countv, 
 Diedriidi Willars writes. "Now is a good time," he 
 adds, "to collet-t and preserve data as to its early 
 settlement and history for preservation in the several 
 towns." 
 
'GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 5?. 
 
 Horrowed I'liotd. 
 
 KEY. 
 
 H. (JRANT PERSON. 
 
 The Presbyterian rliuix-h i^ tlit- oltlest church 
 organi/ation in Seneca I'alls, being nearly a century 
 old. It was formed in iSoj, only three years after 
 the countv was organized. Rew .ledcdiali Chapman 
 of Cieneva, who was the pioneer missionarx" in these 
 parts, organized what was then known as "The First 
 Presbyterian Church of .Tunius" on Aug. lo, 1807. 
 The meeting of the presbytt-ry for this organization 
 was held in a barn owned by Col. ] )aniel Sayre which 
 stood south of the turnpike on the lull a short dis- 
 tance west of the old Cayuga bridge. There were 
 four elders ordained, namely, Peter Miller, Da\id 
 Lumm, Stephen Crane and .lolin Pierson, and 
 eighteen members %\ere recorded. The hrst pastor 
 was Rey. John Stuart who was not installed until 
 August 24, 1808. For some years the seryices were 
 held in a school house which stood on Cayuga street 
 just south of the present church on the lot occupied 
 by the residence of Mr. OTveefe. The present site 
 was giyen to the society by Col. Mynderse and on 
 Sept. 17, 1817, a wood building was built In 
 Jacob Hoyey and Jabez Stark. In 1842 this building 
 was remoyed to vState street where it was long known 
 as Concert Hall and where it still stands occupied by 
 Mr. E. J. Ryan as a furniture store. In that same 
 year a brick building was erected on the same site 
 by William Latham and occupied for nearly thirty 
 years. On Sept. 12, 1871, the corner stone of the 
 present handsome and commodious edifice was laid 
 during the pastorate of Rey. J. D. Krum, D. D. The 
 building was erected by Ruel Taylor, who was not 
 only a builder but had formerly been a minister. It 
 was tinished and dedicated on Jan. 4, 1873, the dedi- 
 catory sermon being preached by Rey. Anson J. 
 Upson, D. D., LL. D., then of Albany, and later 
 Chancellor of the Uniyersity of New York. The 
 cost of the building was about $60,000. It has been 
 thus described: "The edifice is built in moderr. 
 English Gothic style of pressed brick with cut stone 
 arches. The front is flanked by a large and small 
 tower, the large tower being 166 feet in height and 
 the small one 90 feet. The entrances in these 
 towers open into a spacious yestibule from which 
 are stairs to the auditorium and the basement. The 
 frcmt presents a Gothic gable with corbeled coping 
 and beam tracery corresponding with the interior 
 
 roof work. In the tympanum of the gallic is an 
 elegant rose winilow thirteen feel in dianii-trr and 
 fdled with intricate tracery. The auditoriLim is ^7 
 by 84 f(>ft, J4 feet high at th,^ sides, ihe wiiolc being 
 co\'eri'd with an opni timber gnthic rool hnishrd 
 with ash. The walls arc richly Irescocd and the 
 windows an' of rich stain "d glas,. The Iiascment 
 includes Simday school ronms, parlors and kitchen." 
 In iSq8 a large two-mauucl organ was placed by the 
 W. W. Kimball Co. <,f Chicago, which has 46 stops 
 and i()oS |)i])os an(j is linished in quartered oak and 
 inahiiganw In iijoj a memorial window \\a^ placi-d 
 in iMcinor\ of Mr. and Ms. S. S. ( 'lould by their 
 children. It u :i> made li\ j.cV l\. Lamb of New 
 Ynvk anil is e\c|uisite in design and color, represent- 
 ing the resuirection. 
 
 The following ha\e ser\ed the church as pastors 
 and stated supplies: Re\'. John Stuart 181 2, Rew C. 
 .Mosher 1813, Rey. Shiplev Wells i8i4-'rf>, Rey S. 
 M. Wheelock 181 7, Rey. William P.acon i-Si8-'22, 
 Rev. A. G. Orton, I). I), 1823-35, Rev. William Grav 
 i835-"38, Rev. Aaron Judson i838-'4o, Re\ . P. L. \'ail 
 i840-'43, Rev. H. P. Bogue i843-'48, Re\ . Alexander 
 McCall i84g-'5i, Rev. Josiah Hopkins, 1). I)., i>^,5i- 
 '55, Rey. Charles Rav i855-'56. Rev. William J. 
 Jennings i857-'62, Rey^ A. D. Eddy, D. D., i862-'fi4, 
 Rey. J. D. Krum, D. I)., i865-'79. Rev. L. H. Morey 
 i88o-"88, Rey. E. H. Dickinson, D. D., i889-\j7. The 
 present pastor", Rev. H. Grant Person, was installed 
 in June, i8g8. During long interims the pulpit has 
 been supplied by such men as Professors Hall, Con- 
 dit, Beecher and Riggs of Auburn Theological 
 Seminary and Rev. W, H. Webb, I). 1)., of Spring- 
 field, Mass. 
 
 The present elders are C. .\. Hawley, LL. 1)., 
 Joseph Kaul, F. J, Leonard, H. A, Carmer, Esq., II. 
 D. Knight, T. NL Sherman, H. Schoonmaker, M. D., 
 and P). N.Baker; Trustees, S. S. Gould President, 
 T. J. Yawger Sec'v, C. S. Hood Treasurer, H. C. 
 Silsby, E. W. Addison and L. C. Strong. 
 
 The church has long been noted in this region for 
 
 Pruden, Photc.. pj^^^gj^YTERTAN CHURCH. 
 
34 
 
 "(IRIPS" HISTORICAL, SOUVEXIR OF SPINI'XA FALLS. 
 
 its str(in<{ Sundav srhiKil. i'"i)r manv \'f\'irs it was 
 sLipcriiitriulcd li\ Mr. C. .\. Haw Im- and .Mr. S. S. 
 ( iciLild, and now Mr. II. \. CarnieM' is the sLiperin- 
 tcndcnt. 
 
 I he Woman's Missioiiarx' Socict\- ol ilir cluinli 
 was orijani/cd nt>arl\- thirt\ \ears atjo and is a strong; 
 missionary force at [)rcs('nt. Mrs. I'.lias Lrsti-r is the 
 president and the memhership is lari^^er to-da\' than 
 ever before. They yjvc to the snpport of a worker 
 in hoth the Home and I'orei^ni field and prejjare 
 boxes loi' schools. Theii' ^^'ifts some \ears reach 
 about Xso". 
 
 .\nother \ er\- ellicient societ\- in < onnection with 
 the ( hnrch is the Kind's Danjjhters. The history of 
 this organization is as follows: In 1882 the Sunda\- 
 school classes of .Mis. L. W. hrmcher and Mrs. K. W. 
 .Vddison formed a socjctv of Willing Workers for 
 service along the lines of practical Christianity. Ihis 
 society grew in luimbers and eHicie-ni-N- till iSNj 
 when .Mrs. C. .\. Hawle\- formed her (dass into a 
 circh- of Thi' King's Daughters which organization 
 had been started in Xe-w ^'ork the year pre\-ious. 
 Soon after this ihe Willmg Workers adopted the 
 same naiiie and joined the International Order of 
 The King's Daughters. .Mrs. [■'.. W. . Vddison was 
 clKisen the first president and ser\ ed in this capacity 
 till iNi),S; After this .Mrs. H. D. Knight ser\'ed three 
 years, Miss .Vnna'.Maier one \ear, Miss Mary Cham- 
 berlain two years, .Mrs. W. II. Scollin one year and 
 then in jijoj Mrs. .Vddison was elected again and 
 still serves. The Society has o\ er IJ5 members 
 divided into eight circles. The second State conven- 
 tion was held here under their auspices in njoj. The 
 Societx is a great force in the community, going 
 beyond denominational lines and doing mucdi prac- 
 tical ser\ ice in harmony with the motto, "Xot to he 
 mimstered unto hut to nunister" and the wati hword 
 "In His Xame." 
 
 I he ^ . 1'. S. C. I'.. o| the ciiurc h was organizeti in 
 1S87 and the junior C. I'., in 181)7. d'liis organ- 
 ization has done and is iloing much for the develop- 
 ment of (diristian (diaracter and is a line training 
 school for cdiurch membership and service. .Mr. I>. 
 R. Wells is the president at present. There are 
 several other societies such as the Cierman Siwving 
 S(.)ciety, the Churtdi .\id Society and bands that are 
 helpful and inspiring. 
 
 The choir of the church is directed by .Mr. C. S. 
 Sanderson who produces a hne tdass of music and is 
 constantly improving this department of the worship. 
 Miss W^ilhelmina Brown is the graceful and efficient 
 organist and the quartet are Mrs. F. M. Severson, 
 soprano, Miss Pauline Meehan, contralto, .Mr. James 
 Schoonmaker, tenor and Mr. C. S. Sanderson, baritone. 
 
 The church is to-day in a healthy condition and 
 strong in all it's departments. It has a membership 
 of 600, gave about $2,200 to benevolence last year 
 and about .§7,000 to all departments of work: is 
 constantly- having additions to membershi]) and 
 making improvements to property. It is grateful for 
 it's past and faces the future with an earnest courage. 
 
 Junius; Its Xame— [By Diedrich Will^rs]. — This 
 town received the name in conniion with classical 
 designations of the rest of the Military townships- 
 from the word so popular at Rome in its zenith of 
 power, and frequently the name of Roman celebreties: 
 Lucius Junius Brutus and Marcus .lunius Brutus for 
 e.xample. .Tunius was also the Latin for the si.xth 
 month of the year. 
 
 Cireat notoriety was obtained for "the letters of 
 .lunius," a series of forty-five political letters appear- 
 ing in the Public Advertiser, a London newspaper, 
 from 1769 to 1772, during the last vear of the admin- 
 istration of the Duke of Grafton "and the two first 
 years of Lord North's. Tfiese letters treated of the 
 "state, of the nation" and kindred subjects wliile 
 
 opposing the British ministry and favoring the caLise 
 of ci\il Iihert\" just prior to the .\merican revolution. 
 The authorship of the leltiM's was at the time a mat- 
 ter of conjectLire, cind even now the name of tli ■ 
 • iLithor has not been positi\'ely ascertained. 
 
 Early Industries; the Manufa( ture of Wooden 
 I'Limps; the first Iron I'umii; the first Rotarv 
 .Steam IT re Lngine: the Sto\ e Regulator Industrv . 
 
 WilheliiiLis .\l\iiderse started a saw mill 111 ij^i. a 
 lloLiniiL; mill in 170*' 'Hi'l ihe second Hour mill in 
 i'^o7. \ fulling mill near the pn>seiit RiimseN- shops 
 was built in iSod, Work uixui it beginning Ma\ 1 ;. 
 -Vndrew P. Tilhiian hiiilt the tannerx , afterwards 
 used hv Downs cV' Co. for manufacturing purposes, in 
 182^. .Vbram .-iiid Samuel Pavne erected a flour mill 
 I 111 the upper level in 1823. 
 
 I'.MM'R .MILLS 
 
 were run here in a building erected b\ L'liaunciw 
 .\farshall, Ci. W Sacketl and .Viisel I>ascom in 1827 
 until the fniilding was burned in the lir(> of 185^, 
 successively occupied In' Marshall tV Foreman, D. W'. 
 F'oremaii tx' Co., Sackett c'v: Ik-bee and Jonathan 
 Sackett. The site of the building was pLirchased b\ 
 Cowing & Co., who bLiill ujion it a six-stor\ build- 
 ing in i8f)i. 
 
 -fudge Sackett built on the site afterwards occuf)ied 
 bv the knitting mills, a cotton factor}- in i8jo which 
 Hezekiah Ixellv carried on until i'^34. It was after- 
 wards occLqiied b\ HeniW P. Weslcott <*< C"o. for a 
 sash facto; \. 
 
 Cool'I'RLVi. 
 
 was a large industrx m Seneca I' alls belore the 
 packet ser\ice on the canal was discontinued. Hun- 
 dreds of barrels were made weekly and shipped bv 
 canal as thev were ordered bv the salt men at Salina 
 who in those da\s drinv Lipon the entire stati' within 
 a radiiis of a hundred miles for salt barrels. The 
 earliest of i-oopers here were I'enjamin liates, Wm. 
 Peiiover, I'di .Vniold, I. Disbrow, John Crowell, W'm. 
 P)eav(M-, .lames Proiidfoot and .\sa P. Southwell. 
 The two last named got the cream of the business 
 from 1835 to I'^^.Tj. 
 
 r,o.\T nriLDiXG 
 
 With the conq)letion of the Seneca canal and 
 locks in this village in 1813 came the boat building 
 industry. The dry dock for launching and repairing 1 
 boats was built in 1836 by Isaac Smith & Son. Asa I 
 Starkweather in 1838 leased the dry dock which he I 
 controlled in connection with a boat yard until his ^ 
 death in 1842. Then Thomas H. Kerr carried on 
 the business until 1850, when it was conducted suc- 
 cessively by Ransom Minor and Joshua Martin until 
 183?). Boat building was then practically discon- 
 tinued: and the yard and dock were conx'erted into a 
 coal yard by J. B. Johnson and 1'.. 1'. Thomas. 
 
 George McClary and Mr. Halliday in 1830 erected 
 a machine shop on the north bank of the river near 
 Ovid street bridge (later the site of Durnin's grocery). 
 Henry Seymour bought out Halliday, and McCIary 
 (S: Seymour manufactured plows and threshing 
 machines there until the business was swept away 
 by the flood of June, 1830. .McCIary in 1837 with 
 .Vbram Pavne erected the stone machine shop and 
 furnace on the upper level. 
 
 John Sheather built the "City Mills" in 183 1. 
 
 The .\rnett stone mill was built in 1830. 
 
 WHEN' CLOCKS WERE NLXDE HERE 
 
 Marshall & Adams in 1832 erected a building for 
 the manufacture of clocks on the site afterwards 
 occupied by Gleason c'v: Piailey. They c-arried on the 
 industry selling the clocks through agents traveling 
 over the country until the death of .Marshall — sup- 
 posed to be suicide — in 1837. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 John S. and .lames Ciav in iJ^^j started the oil mill 
 in the building in whieli Winchester F,. Powell after- 
 wards for fiftv years manufactured sash and blinds. 
 
 Horace C. and William C. Silsby and William 
 \\'heeler in iSjh erected the building near the lower 
 bridge where they were associated in the manufactLire 
 of axes and mill pecks for si.\ years. Horace C who 
 then went into mercantile pursuits, afterwards 
 engaged more extensively in manufacturing, as will 
 be seen later on. 
 
 FIRST H.\Xn l-IRE KX(,1\K 
 
 Thomas 1. Payne, understood to be the fust luiilder 
 of pumps in Seneca Tails, began that industry w ith 
 Noah Caldwell in i"^3q in the liuilding afterwartls 
 known as "the cultivator shop." They got into 
 legal difficulties o\er the patents, and were put to 
 much trouble and unusual expense to market their 
 goods and in consequence discontinued the business. 
 In the same building, however, .lohn P. Cowing 
 ha\ing severed a previous partnership with Henry 
 Sevmour, engaged with Henry W. Seymour in 1847 
 in the manufacture of pumps. It was here also that- 
 Cowing & Co., the firm then including John .\. 
 Kumsey who entered in 1844, manufactured the first 
 hand fire engine in the village. Mr. C<iwing's earlier 
 enterprise is described farther along. 
 
 VVMP INDLSTRV ESIABI.ISHE li 
 
 Abel Downs in 1840 started the pump industr\- 
 and placed it on a firm footing, and to him is largely 
 due the credit for establishing that industry in this 
 \illage. He used the wing to the "old cotton fac- 
 i torv," afterwards calletf "the plaster mill," erecting a 
 I small furnace over the river, and emplo\'ing five 
 men. .lohn W. Wheeler was foreman of the wood 
 department and John Curtis the furnace. At the end 
 of two years he went into mercantile business being 
 succeeded by Wheeler & Kelly. 
 
 THE FIRST 1Rl)\ ITMI' 
 
 Mr. Downs, in 1844 in co-partnership with John 
 \V. Whealer and Smith I3riggs (Wheeler, Briggs c'^ 
 Co.), purchased "the old stone shop," corner of Ovid 
 and Green streets (built by Jeremiah Bennett (S: Co. 
 in 1835 and used by him for manufacturing carriages 
 until 1840), and resumed the manufacture of pumps, 
 using a steam engine, the first one employed by 
 manufacturers in Seneca Falls for driving the 
 machinery. Here in 1843 Mr. Downs made tfie first 
 iron pump, which was perfected by Mr. Wheeler. 
 Briggs about this time must have dropped out of the 
 firm for it was then known as Wheeler & Downs, 
 I which was next (about the same time) changed to 
 j Downs, Mynderse & Co., Wheeler retiring and H. C. 
 Silsby and Edward Mynderse coming in. In 184b, 
 previous to the last mentioned change in the firm, 
 Washburn Race introduced his patent stove regulator 
 j and became a partner with Wheeler and Downs in 
 its manufacture — Wheeler, Downs & Race making 
 stove regulators and W^heeler & Downs pumps, in 
 the same building. Then came Silsby & .Mynderse, 
 as already mentioned, taking Wheeler's and Downs' 
 interests in stove regulators and Wheeler's and Race's 
 interests in pumps, Wheeler retiring from both con- 
 cerns. Both firms continued in the same building 
 until the stove regulator works later went elsewhere, 
 as will appear farther along. Seabury S. Gould 
 purchased the interest of Mynderse in the pump 
 works early in 1852 and in the fall of the same year 
 that of Silsby, in the interim the firm being Downs, 
 Silsby & Gould and finally Downs & Co. 
 
 Such in brief is the history of the pump industry 
 in this village, in its infancy. Its greater develop- 
 ment — which is an interesting story continued from 
 this point in the history of Goulds Manufacturing 
 Co., that is told elsewhere- — had now begun. Sea- 
 bury S. Gould had come in to successfully inaugurate 
 an era of remarkable expansion on top of an already 
 
 phenominal growth which had been launched '^V 
 .\bel Downs. Beginning in 1840 with the employ- 
 ment of five men and the c(jnsumption of a ton or 
 two of iron a week, it had in a few years worked up 
 to the employment of 60 or 70 men and the consump- 
 tion of four tons of iron daily. Downs ('<: Co. 
 engaged with Henry P. Westcott in the >ash and 
 blind i)usiness in 1835. In 1838 \\'estcott retired. 
 The firm then began the manufacture of patent 
 zinc wash boards, and during the war of i8fii-'5 
 filled government contracts for knit goods which 
 were made here. Mr. Downs sulisequently moved to 
 New York City and died there. 
 
 The story of the Seneca woolen mill which was 
 built in 1844, is told in another article in this work. 
 
 riRST ROT.\RY STE.\M FIRE EXCiIXE 
 
 Horace C. Silsby, Washburn Race and I'irdsall 
 Holly, in 1831, erected the brick factory on the island 
 and resumed the manufacture of stove regulators, also 
 making rtjtary pumps. In this factory NIr. Holly, in 
 1833, supervised the manufacture of the first rotary 
 steam fire engine. The same year Mynderse pur- 
 chased Races's interest in the factory and John Shoe- 
 maker bought Holly's interest and the firm became 
 Silsby, .Mynderse & Co. 
 
 John P. Cowing and Henry Seymour in 1840, occ-u- 
 jning the old Marshal & Adams building, began the 
 manufacture of pumps. Mr. Seymour afterwards 
 erected a building on what is now the site of Rum- 
 sey <S: Co.'s shops, into which Cowing & Seymour 
 moved their plant in 1843. The firm was dissolved 
 in 1847, Mr. Seymour continuing the business three 
 years alone. 
 
 Henry and Elisha Seymour in i83i-'6 manufactured 
 trusses and supporters. John P. Cowing in the mean- 
 time had formed a partnership with Henry W. 
 Seymour, as already described. 
 
 John A. Rumsey, .Moses Rumsey and Warren .1. 
 Chatham entered into partnership Jan. 1864, and 
 erected new works for the manufacture of pumps and 
 fire apparatus — engines, hose carts, etc. These 
 works stand today and are being run on a large scale 
 by Rumsey & Co. 
 
 E. P. Gleason in 1876 purchased the knitting mill 
 property and orgrnized the Gleason knitting and 
 manufacturing Co. This was afterwards the Cowing 
 & Gleason Manufacturing Co.: then the Gleason & 
 Bailey Manufacturing Co., manufacturing fire appa- 
 tus and pumps. 
 
 Cayuga Bridge; a Political Barometer — [By 
 Diedrich Willers] — Old Cayuga bridge, crossing the 
 outlet of Cayuga lake, in its palmy days was a well 
 recognized landmark and in political circles long 
 assumed the distinction nf being the political mile 
 post — a distinguishing line at which "the verdict of 
 the people" at the elections was emphatically spoken. 
 As was the case for years afterwards with Harlem 
 bridge — a barometer of elections — so in the pioneer 
 days of Central and Western New York Cayuga 
 bridge figured. 
 
 The old eighth senate district with the greater part 
 of the seventh senate district, as the same existed for 
 twenty-five years prior to 1847, comprised that part 
 of the state known as W'estern New York and 
 embraced substantially the same territory as is now 
 included m the seventh and eighth judicial districts. 
 This part of the state gave a political majority 
 usually adverse to the rest of the state. 
 
 After any general elections if the stages— usually a 
 couple of days or so afterwards — brought in news of 
 an extra large majority west of Cayuga bridge, it 
 was likely to determine the result in favor of the 
 political party in the majority in Western New York. 
 
 The name Cavuga bridge was long a real terror to 
 
'GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Prudcii, I'lioto. 
 
 JiEV. .IAMBS (»'(()NN(tl{. 
 
 i-\il (Ini'is. 'Ilic rriuark \\;is nftcn lieaid: "If tlial 
 young lurin does not turn mmt ,i ite\\ Iraf he \\'\\\ l)c 
 taken acrciss Cayuga hndgc tull Irci-," rcfciring to 
 transportation of |irisoniis to Auburn [nison froui 
 the west. 
 
 St. Patrick's Catholic Cliurdi— 'I'lie first mass 
 ni SiMiiM a l-~alls was celclirateil hv Rrv. I''rancis 
 ( )'l )onoliiic, then located at Auburn, who had been 
 invited to visit this and other neighboring pLaces in 
 the county, Oct. 4, 1835. The sacrihce was being 
 offered in the house of Henry (irahani on Center 
 street, when the floor if the room which was small 
 and was crowded with attendants, gas'e wav and 
 prec ipitated all into the cellar. Nobody was badl\ 
 hurt. .\s soon as an opening could be made in the 
 cellar window Father O"l)onohoe, who still clung to 
 the cdudice, led the way out and across the street 
 where in .lames Hurley's house he Innished the mass. 
 At a meeting the same afternoon an organization 
 was perfected with Henry Graham, John McGurn 
 and Michael Flynn trustees, and James Hurley clerk. 
 .\ subscription of 8129 was immediately raised, 
 which was subsequently increased to §291.45 when 
 a small building on Swaby street was purchased. 
 Inuring the ensuing winter ser\ices were held 
 regularly, occasionally in the absence of leather 
 O'Donohoe the congregation saying prayers and 
 teaching the children the catechism. In .Vpril, iX^'^ 
 the church was dedicated as St. Jerome. 
 
 Father O'Donohoe, whose mission e.xtended 
 throughout Western New York, was succeeded by 
 I'ather Grace, who was followed bv Father Bradley, 
 during whose ministration, in 1841, the church was 
 enlarged. In 1845 Rey. Thomas O'Flaherty suc- 
 ceeded him. The foundation of the new church, 
 40x60 feet — the front part of the present edifice — 
 was laid by Father O'Flaherty, the structure being 
 completed by Rev. Wm. Carroll his successor who 
 came in 1851. Judge Sackett contributed the site of 
 the churcdi 
 
 In February, 1848, Rt. Rev. Joh.n Timon, bishop 
 of Buffalo, assisted by Fathers O'Flaherty and 
 Sheridan gaye a retreat to the people, lastng three 
 days. Father Carroll was the first priest to reside in 
 the parish. Father Welsh who came in 1854 
 remained one year and was succeeded by Father 
 Brady who was a young man and who gaye renewed 
 vigor to the new church. He started a debatin'^ 
 
 society, organized a sodality of young ladies and 
 founded a vSt. \'incent de Paul society which afforded 
 much relief to the poor. He ]iurchase(i the organ. 
 He was an ardent temperance man. When the ci\il 
 war brokt> out lie went to the front ;is chaplain where 
 Ins health gave wav and his death socm followed. 
 
 I\e\-. Charles McMullen w;is pastor Imm Jinie, iNy). 
 to \o\ember, i8ho and was succeeded 1)\" Rew ]ames 
 .McGlew who remamefl onl\' fi\e months, Re\ . 
 lulwMrd McCjowan, who followed Inm. remained 
 LUitil March, I'^f'S. <lurnig which tinie he puicha-.ed 
 llie ( i'meter\- and l)uilt an addition to the cliunli 
 winch theii'took tlie name St. Patrit k. Uew Michael 
 ()l'iiitn reiii.nned a few months and l\e\ . flugli 
 Miilholland a \iar. Re\ . .Martin l\a\anangli scMWi-d 
 Iroin ,\ugust, ]Xt.(., to .\pril, iNf,(^. Ue\ . L. .\. Lam- 
 bert was in cliarge a few months followed b\' l\e\ . 
 Terrance Keenan, who dieci while here, Aug. il\ 1S70. 
 Rev. Bernard .McCool came in the following Novem- 
 lier and remained until his death. February, 1871;. 
 Rev. Cieorge J. Osborne was here until March, 18S0, 
 and was succeeded by Rew Wm. .\. McDonald who 
 remained until Jul\', 1890. Rev. A. M. O'Neil was in 
 charge until I'>bruary, 1891, when lie was succeedetl 
 h\- Re\-. Jarnes (^'Connor the present pastor. The 
 jiarish supports a parochial school in charge of the 
 sisters of St. Jose[)li, whicli is ci| a high character. 
 
 Father ( )'Connor's assistant is Re\ . M. Dwyer who 
 caiiK" here from thi Catholic seminars- at Rochester 
 in May, 1898. 
 
 I'ather O'Connor was born in Wheatland, Monroe 
 county, N. Y., .April S, 1844. He was educated in 
 the district schools and in Niagara uni\'ersity where 
 he was graduated in iN()-. The same year he was 
 ordained priest and went to St. Mar\''s at Rochester 
 as assistant. He was pastor at \\'eedsport one year, 
 at Ovid o\er six years and at St. Bridget's church, 
 Rochester, hftecn years, coming to Seneca I-'alls from 
 that parish. 
 
 Newspapers of Seneca f 
 ■•[he Seneca falls |ournal," 
 1820, b\- O. r.. Clark and in 
 Wilson \. Brown. In 1X^2 "I'll 
 
 alls. -The first was 
 established .August, 
 1N31 transferred to 
 e lournal " and "The 
 
 Seneca Farmer" of Waterloo were consolidated and 
 the name changed to "The Seneca Farmer and 
 Seneca Palls Advertiser," thereafter published at 
 Seneca Falls by William Child until 1835, at which 
 time "The Seneca Tails Register" was started by I. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 REV. M. DWYEK. 
 
"GRIP-S" HISTC^RICAL SOUVENIR OF SEXFXA FALLS. 
 
 K. Hrown and published two vears. The "Seneca 
 Fnrmpr, almvc referrrd to was starfod bv Wiiliaiii 
 Cliild at WatrrlcH. in iSj:;. 
 
 "The Seneca Cminty Ciuirur" was established m 
 i.Sjh and cdntinued a jirii^[)enuis sheet under the 
 same name until absdiliei) ui ALlgU'^t. njoj, 1)\ tin- 
 Seneca I'alls Jdurnal," the histciry (}1 both of which 
 a[)[)ear in another article. 
 
 In iSjQ an "as^nciation of gentlemen" established 
 "The Seneca I'alk r)emo(rat," of which .losiali T. 
 .Miller was tlie editor. Dennis Card was the fore- 
 man and Stephen S. \'iele, Ebenezer Ingalls and .lolm 
 S. I'igelow were "the connnittee." It suspended in 
 1 850. 
 
 I'rom 1S40 to 1X4(1 .\nsel liascom conducted "The 
 Memorial," a legal home journal which was then 
 discontinued. 
 
 .Mrs. .\melia .lenks Uloomer established "The 
 Lil\'/' the first woman's journal in the United States, 
 .Ian. 1, 1S47, which was removed to Mt. \>rnon, O., 
 in 1S34. 
 
 X. J. Millikin in 1S48 established the "Free Soil 
 Union." 
 
 The .Seneca lalls Re\cille was established .Ian. 7. 
 1835, by Wilco.xen, Sherman &; Baker. Its histin\ 
 appears elsewhere. 
 
 "The Millenial Harbinger" was moved from i'Joch- 
 ester to Seneca Falls about i860 and published here 
 for a time by Thomas G. Newman. 
 I The "Seneca Falls Journal" was established in 
 18S3 b\- a stock' company. 
 
 Early Business. — [By Mrs. L. R. SanfordJ^The 
 first store of any kind opened in Seneca I'alls was in 
 1793 when Col. \\'ilhelmus Mynderse built a double 
 log house in the ravine just below the present residence 
 of H. C. Silsby. One half was used as a store and 
 the other half as a residence. Simon Chapman, a 
 clerk for Col. Mvnderse, afterwards became his suc- 
 cessor in a building on the river side of Fall street, 
 somewhere near the present site of the Episcopal 
 church, as shown on the map of Seneca F'alls made 
 in 181 7. This was the first store above the 'red mill. 
 In 1828 Simon Chapman had joo names on liis 
 ledger. He removed ti) Michigan in 1835 where he 
 died. 
 
 The second store was founded by Abijah Mann in 
 1814, and in that year he built Mechanics hall, which 
 stood on the lot now occupied by the business places 
 of W. B. Lathrop, Ferd. Isenman, Mr. ^'anderhoof 
 and George Norton. 
 
 The third store was kept by Henry Kellogg in the 
 vicinitv of the hall. Silas Dean Nlumford had a 
 store where the Seneca House now stands. He was 
 very rich for thcjse days and an influential man. He 
 lived across the street and later built the house where 
 Mrs. Owen Sniythe lives. John Isaacs succeeded 
 ! Kellogg. Isaacs afterwards occupied the old brick 
 building below the Chamberlain block, his family 
 living in the rear of the store. 
 
 In 1823 or 1824 Abram and Samuel Payne opened 
 a store in or near Mechanics hall. They built the 
 brick house still standing on Fall street next to the 
 rooms of the Silsby hose company, and moved into it 
 as scan as it was finished with their stock of goods. 
 Later they built the Clinton Mills. It is said that 
 the father of these brothers came here in an early 
 day, taking up a soldier's right of 640 acres, which 
 extended nearly to "The Kingdom." They were 
 interested in many early industries. One son, Henry, 
 went to Cleveland and afterward became United 
 States senator, his daughter marrying William C. 
 Whitney, secretary of the navy 
 Cleveland. His son, Oliver H. 
 
 known as a millionaire with interests in the Standard 
 ( )il Conipaiiv. .Another son, ,h seph Pavne lixed in 
 •SeiKM ,1 !■ :ilK iii.iiu' \'e,ii>. 
 
 ■lohii S. (i;iy was .mc of our eailv business men, 
 born in Sharon, Ci.nu., in iSo:,. ||c ( ame in this 
 pl.ice between I Sjo ,, nd J S J3. I le was in tere.sted in 
 the hai'dware Inisiness, in milling and had for maii\' 
 years one of the iiian\ drv goods stores here. It 
 occupied the site of Flanagan's bakery. 
 
 Gen. Senter.M. Giddings came to Seneca 1 alls with 
 his father in i8ji. He built the store now oi cupied 
 by Thomas P.. Sliar|i cK; Son and opened a grocer\- 
 and general store. He lived in the rear of the' build- 
 ing, th(- entranee lor the family being on Ovid street 
 as it is now. Gen. Giddings built the colonial house 
 on the Terrace which was afterwards owned by John 
 Shoemaker and then bought and torn dow-n bv John 
 .\. Rumsev. 
 
 While presitlent of the village. Gen. Giddings had 
 Fall street lowered si.\ fe/t, which created great 
 excitement w ith the jiroperty owners, as the cellars 
 became the lirst floor of their" buildings and neces- 
 sitated digging down into the bank to lav the 
 
 under President 
 Payne, ^yas well 
 
 Pinidcn, Photo. 
 
 ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
 
 h)undation for new cellars. The dirt taken from the 
 bank was deposited m the ravine back of Mr. 
 Hoskins store where the Masonic Temple now stands. 
 Gen. Giddings received his title from his connection 
 with the State Artillery. He had on his staff Major 
 Downs, Mr. Charles Mynderse, Mr. H. C. Silsbv and 
 Mr. Charles Thompson. Their duty was to inspect 
 the companies at Auburn, Geneva, Naples and other 
 places. They always traveled in carriages and their 
 baggage was taken in a wagon driven by Sol Butler. 
 Erastus Partridge, who lived here so many years 
 estabhshed a general store in Mechanics Hall in 
 .April, 1824, under the management of a Mr. Shaw, 
 who in 1826 became his partner. The store was 
 eighteen feet square and the rent was .$4. 00 a month. 
 In the spring of 1837 Mr. William B. Lathrop came 
 here to enter this store remaining five vears, when he 
 went to Montezuma and conducted a store for Mr. 
 Partridge a number of years finally returning and 
 buying the establishment. Mr. Partridge established 
 
'CRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOU\'KXIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 a hank in the (-(iriier nf his store ill i,S4.S. Up to that standing,'. In the eoriipr store Storrs <^ Pardee 
 
 time all hanking was (loiie in Waterloo or Ceneva. opened a \ery attractive and popular dry goods j 
 
 In iSyS he hiiilt the present hank and moved into it. store. Storrs did not remain ver> long. Pardee \ 
 
 1 lis hanking hiisiiiess cxpaiuled and finding his store carried on the husiness for some years. He hnallv 
 
 inadetiuate Mr. Partridge bought o| I'lbenezer Ingalls liecame greatlv interested in Sunday school work and 
 
 lot X.I. iho and in iSyS bui It the [)resent structuri' was known all o\cr the state. 
 
 and ino\cd into it. Lot \o. ido was deeded to .Mr. Dr. Prown bLiilt the brick store east of the .Monroe 
 
 Ingalls .March i, iSj^ bv .lames C. Robinson and grocery. No. ;, of his block was occu|):ed in iSj(j by 
 
 wile who also sold him lot \o. |f.| now owned by Ceorge F.. Frin-man cS: Co. who sent out large posters 1 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Peck. Mi. Partridge bought of Noah amiomicmg their adxeiit with a large stoi k of dry 1 
 
 and NancN .Morris, I'd). 17, iS',f>, lot No. 1 31), the g lods, cr< i(ker\', glass ware, drugs, liquors, boots and 
 
 IH-ojiertx- now occLipied 1)\ the McKeon hardware sli<ies, which tli w state was tlie largest stock in 
 
 store. .\s earlv as iN ;7 Mr. Pa; tridge built his home western New ^'ork. 'Fhe printing of the bill was , 
 
 on Ca\uga street where he lived until his death. It done by ( ). P>. Clark and is enibellishetl by the. god- j 
 
 is owned bv Mrs. Caroline Co. )k and is a fine speci- dess of fortune eniiitying her cornucopia of specie 
 
 men of earlv architecture. mto the colTcrs of the company. 
 
 rii(^ merchant whose miinor\- is greenest owing to Wilbani Pollard i-anie here when a child with his 
 
 the main- \ears he lixed with us, is .Mr. Charles L. lather's family m iXut and in earlx life engaged in i 
 
 lloskins, who came here m i,S_\S fj-om P(^ar\town and the grocer\ l>usiiiess in Mechanics hall and was there 1 
 
 oc(upied a little frame store on the present site o| when that knd mark was burned in i^y)- j 
 
 the lloskins lilock. 1 he store like all of that day In iSji |."dediali Coleman lived at the lake. He I 
 
 
 
 i 1 
 
 
 ^m 
 
 w as a j)i iinitiv e de|.iartment store. There was then 
 no stor.-s between .Mr. lloskins and the block after- 
 ward owned by Sidney .Monroe. His liouse was at 
 the rear of his store some distance from the street 
 lacing Cayuga street. His barn was down in the 
 raxine. There was a lawai aromid the house ami 
 store. This lawn was occasionally the resting place 
 for a day of Indians who lived down the river and 
 they always attracted the idlers of the town. 
 
 On his ledger of 11S2S, we liiid the lamiliar names 
 Halsey, 'Woodworth, Long, Ral[ih Summers, Samuel 
 Stowell, Gay. \;\n Cleef, Peiioyar, Larzelere, lUir- 
 roughs, Metcalf, Sackett, Seekels, Edwards, Sander- 
 son, Tyler, Babcock, Bfjardman, Crane, Chamber- 
 Iain, Bockoven, Beech, Usher, Pollard. Not a great 
 deal of money was in circulation. Purchases in the 
 majority of cases were paid for in trade. 
 
 .\t the corner of Ovid and I'all streets, where 
 stands one of our Raines hotels, was a blacksmith 
 shop; this was superseded by the lirick block now 
 
 LADIES' CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT ASSOC 1 xVTK »N. 
 
 was a saddler and harness maker. In iSjh his com- 
 
 petence was su 111 lent to enable him to come to 
 Seneca falls and build the first brick building on the 
 north side of the ri\er. In the front of the house he 
 had liis wori< and sli iw roimis; in tii" back part and 
 o\er it his faniil\- lived. The house was vellow 
 brick and stood on the site of the present store of 
 j. H. and i\. P). Crowell. 
 
 The first jeweler in town was .loliii P. Fairchilds 
 in iSjS. He was succeeded by \\'illiam (iarret and 
 tlieii W. v.. Williams. 
 
 The first drug store is credited to a Dr. Deming in 
 1N2S but in that same year Dr. Brown built a brick 
 block mcMitioned and had a drug store. 
 
 The first hardware store was kept by .lames Gav 
 and a Mr. ( )(lgen, in the store now occupied bv 
 McKeon's hardware business. James Ciav lived in 
 the house now occupied b\' the Sisters next to the 
 Catholic school, ^^'hen Mr. Hoskins built his second 
 store he wr.s joiiKnl by Charles and Fdwaid .Mvnde:se 
 
"GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 59 
 
 )ld Pbotos. JOHN PHILO COWING. 
 PHTLO COWING. MARSHAL COWING. 
 
 GEORGH COWING. 
 
 vim willi him Imill the l7l(iik wliic li prfirdecl the 
 )i"esfnt striK liiri'. (. h;irlcs Mxiidcrse upPiKnl in nnc 
 \i thr stores the h.'irdware trade, bill sodii snld uliI 
 |o Silsbv c*\; l)(i\\iis. tlieii it lieeame SiKhx cS; Smder, 
 hen Silsln- cK; Ikirt, then Laiii^wurthx', Uaniels t'v; 
 5urt, then Langworthy <S: HLut, then William Lang- 
 vdrthv and now StorviS: Strong. 
 
 \t one time Center street crossed Canal street 
 o the ri\er. Whiting Race, so far as I ran learn, 
 lad the Inst lumber yard in town, which occupied 
 he east side of Center street between Canal street 
 ind the riviT on land now owned bv the woolen 
 nills companw 
 
 In an early day Can^il street was used for business 
 purposes. It was there that Sackett & Van Rensselaer 
 jiad a general store, standing on lot No. y. This lot, 
 fontaining 600 acres, was originally a re\olution- 
 iry soldier's grant by the state to Abram ^'an 
 iVmburgh. 
 
 John P. Cowing was born in Seneca, Ontario 
 _o., I'eb. jfi, 1^07, the voungest of twenty-one 
 hildren. He was a lineal descendant of Thomas 
 Rogers who was a passenger on the good ship 
 tMavflower;" also of Henry Sampson, who came 
 vith his "cossens," the Tilleys on the same ship, 
 jiis father James Cowing, born in 1740, was in tlie 
 e\-olutionary war, enlisted 
 r o m old Phnifuith. He 
 jnoved to Seneca, Ontario Co., 
 n 1800, and ran a line of 
 jackets from Alban\- to 
 Buffalo from 1S33 to 1838. 
 ohn P. Cowing married 
 Elizabeth Malay of Ontario 
 , Jan. 1, 1833, and they 
 lad two sons and four daugh- 
 ers. Mr. Cowing came to 
 ieneca Falls in i8|o and 
 •ought out Paine & Caldwell, 
 nanufacturers o f w o o d e n 
 »umps. Soon after, Henry 
 Seymour became associated 
 vith Mr. Cowing and in old Print. THE 
 
 1847 was succeeded by Henry W. Seymour. In 1849 
 h)hn A. Rumsey was added to the firm. In 1851) 
 Henry ^^■. Seymour retired and .lohn P. Cowing took 
 into the partnership his sons, F^hilo and Ceorge. In 
 
 18(14 John .\. Rumsey retired. Father and sons 
 carrii'd on the business until 1875 when, through no 
 lault ol Mr. Cowing who managed the business, 
 Imancial reverses swept away the greater part of his 
 property forcing him to retire from active business. 
 
 1 he C<iv\ing shops were several times burned and 
 were again and again rebuilt. The lirst fire was in 
 April, 1849, and the ne.Kt in December following. 
 In January, 1851, their furnace was again burned. 
 
 They also suffered in the great hre of 1853. In 1858 
 Messrs. Cowing purchased the site of the old sash 
 lactory and erected a building in which they manu- 
 factured lire engines. The large six story building 
 on the paper mill site was erected in 1861 by John P. 
 Cowing. Rarely an enterprise ever met with so 
 manv dilhculties and reveises as that of Cowing & 
 Co. I)ut .Mr. Cowing with an indomitable will, 
 honesty ol pmpose and exceptional energy recovered 
 Irom each blow and each time builded ou a greater 
 scale. It was said to his credit that he took no 
 advantage of his creditors to save himself from 
 Imancial ruin. He died May 13, 1879. Two daugh- 
 ters living in Seneca Falls survive him, Miss Janet 
 and Miss l-dizrdjeth Cowing. 
 
 Luke Shetland's captivitv among the Seneca 
 Indians, a \-ery rare and remarkable experience, 
 possesses all of a local interest in Seneca county since 
 lie was most of the time kept at Kendaia (Apple- 
 town) near the east shore of Seneca lake. Not that 
 he was coulmed. ( )n the contrary. He had utmost 
 liberty. He went off through the woods long dist- 
 ances alone. Many of his trips -were to Skoiyase 
 I Waterloo] to procure hsh and to the salt springs at 
 Cayuga outlet for salt. Yet he was as helpless to 
 effect his escape as though placed behind bars. Hun- 
 dreds of miles of forest lay between him and his white 
 friends No one except the hardiest could venture 
 without supplies to traverse these broad, difficult 
 forests and hills. Swetland, midst fields and orchards 
 of ripening grain and fruit, was kept on meager sus- 
 tenance until his weakness was the effective barrier 
 to his escape. He was captured in August, 1778, and 
 released in September, 1779, by Gen. Sullivan. 
 
 Captured in Pennsylvania he was put through con- 
 siderable hardships until he reached .Appletown and 
 was adopted by an old Indian woman as her grand- 
 son. He soon became a fa\-orite with the village. 
 F'inally he was taken to the west of Seneca lake 
 where he twice started alone to make his way to the 
 settlements, once on horseback, but both times failed 
 for lack of strength and returned to his Indian grand- 
 mother where he was received with roval welcome. 
 
 OLD COWING PUMP FACTORY. 
 
ho 
 
 'GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVKNIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Hdirowcii Cut. H. C. SILSI5V. 
 
 Survivor of the Earliest of Seneca Falls Maiiufaelureis. 
 
 Horace C. Silsby came to Seneca I'alls in tlie 
 spi'ing of 18 5*) and engaged in the manufacture nf 
 axes, mill pecks and edge tfiols in company with his 
 brother William C. Silshv and his brother-in-law 
 William Wheeler, 'i'hey erected a building near the 
 lower l:)ridge for the main works, grinding and hnish- 
 ing in an old fulling mill on tlu' present 
 site of Littlejohn's marble works. H. C. Silsby dis- 
 posed of his interest in this plant in 184J and pur- 
 chased the dry goods store of Senter M. (jiddings. 
 Two or three years later he bought Charles 1). 
 Mynderse's interest in the hardware business which 
 he owned several years. Mr. Silsb)^ was also a 
 partner in the firm of Silsby, Mynderse <*^ Co. manu- 
 facturers of stove regulators; in the turn Downs, 
 .Mynderse & Co. manufacturers of pumps: also with 
 Washburn Race and Birdsall Holly in the manufac- 
 ture of stove regulators, rotary pumps and, later, 
 rotarv steam lire engines. 
 
 Henry istowell, editor and projjrietor ot the 
 Seneca falK Ke\eille, who has luihlislied and edited 
 a newspa[)er lunger than an\ other man in Seneca 
 count}', has to his credit a contnuious ser\ice m the 
 publication and editorshij) of the Re\eille of o\er 
 fortv-fi\'e vears. Mr. Stowell took' that [laper when 
 it was four years old and he has made it what it is 
 t(nla\'. a clean, sj)irited, inliuential lamib' jDuriird 
 with a circulatimi going intu e\er\- neighburhood in 
 the count\' and following hundreds of people all 
 o\er the country who are interested in the xillage. 
 The Rexeille has obtained that commanding influence 
 in home affairs which has eser been the purpose of 
 Mr. .Stowell to give it, through the pride he has taken 
 in making the journal a reliable, comprehensive and 
 lust (if all local newspaper; always positive and con- 
 servative in his editorial utterances: firm in a 
 conviction and active in support of the best interests 
 of town and county. 
 
 From the beginning his idea has been to dig out 
 and preserve all tbat is of value relating to the 
 history of the communitv and during the lirst vear 
 of his connection with the paper he ran a series of 
 articles on local historical subjects which from time 
 to time in later years he has continued. This has 
 taken a great deal of his time, always devoting his 
 personal efforts to making this work cr)niprehensi\'e 
 and accurate. It may be fairly stated that the 
 material he has gleaned has rescued from oblivion 
 
 much that is important and on the whole has fi.ir- 
 iiished the basis of abmit all of local histi'>ry that has 
 been written and priiiti'd. At the centennial I'elebra- 
 tion of the settlement at Seneca Falls, Mr. Stowell 
 was the historian. 
 
 \ historv of Seneca falls could not l)e written 
 without reference to Henr\' Stowell wlnise ])ersonal 
 efforts li,i\i' must geiieralU' been enlisted in public 
 aflairs. ( )iie purpuse has e\er actuated him m a 
 coimectiiiii (if i)\er a third of a centur)- with the 
 r>(iaiil of l'.(Uicali< 111, and that is to gi\e Seneca Falls 
 the best pul>lii s( hoi )1 sxstem that can \>t: obtained. 
 With this end in xiew he has worked earU' and late, 
 raising his x-nice and wielding his [)en lor modern 
 anrl ablv conducted schools. 
 
 Henry Stowell, the son of Samuel and .\iina Ciougli 
 Stowell who came to Seneca Falls and located in the 
 latter part of the "twenties," three-quarters of a 
 < entui'v' ago, was born in Bradford Co., Pa., in 1834, 
 during the short period of residence which his jjarents 
 look Li|) there. I'lUt they returned \erv sooii after to 
 Seneca Falls and from his earliest childhood Henry 
 Stowell has resided in this \illage. His father came 
 here from Rrainbridge, Chenango Co., N. "\'., as fore- 
 man on tlie construction of the canal locks. He was 
 one of the earh' public school teachers of the place. 
 In later vears he went into the lumliering business in 
 Pennsvh'ania where he died. 
 
 Henry Stowell attended the district school m 
 Seneca I'alls and, at an earlv age. worked as a 
 niachinist for Downs tS: Co., and later for Silsbx', 
 Mynderse & Co. When he was 17 years (jld he began 
 contributing articles on current tojiics to the local 
 papers. 
 
 On Jan 7, 1855, Wilcoxen, Sherman &: Baker 
 started the Seneca Falls Reveille and the following 
 year the first named bought out his partners. It was 
 about this time that "knownothingism" was ram- 
 pant, and the paper which bore the name of Ameri- 
 can Reveille was the organ of that party. On Jan. i, 
 1859, having bought the paper from Judge Wilcoxen, 
 Henry Stowell and A. P. Holly took possession, as 
 partners, the fornier taking the editorial chair. The 
 name was then changed to the Seneca balls Reveille, 
 the paper was enlarged from seven to eight columns, 
 the editorial and local pages were introduced as the 
 most imiiortant features of the publication and its 
 ])olitical policy, e\'er since faithfully maintained, was 
 that of a iirm and uncompromising deniocratic paper. 
 
 Frnden, I'lioto. 
 
 HENKY STOWELL. 
 Editor and Proprietor Seneca Falls Ueveil'e 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF'SENECA FALLS. 
 
 6 1 
 
 Prudeii, Photn. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 Horace Runisey, Chief. 
 
 A. C. Sackett, Second Assistant Chief. 
 
 M. E. Reagan, First Assistant Chief. 
 
 fthvays supporting the Inrnl, state and natinnal 
 tickt'ts (if that party withniit tlinching. In this 
 respect Mr. Stowcll and the l\e\eillp iia\'e obtained 
 an accorded jmsition in the councils of tiie party and 
 among the parly newspapers of the state. He has 
 freiiuently represented his party in state and national, 
 as well as local, con\-entions and was a delegate at 
 tlie con\'ention in ISaltiniore in 1872 which nomi- 
 nated Horace (treelev for president. He was a 
 member of the l^emocratic State committee from his 
 congressional district for two years. iMr. Stowell is 
 equally well known to the editorial f ternity, having 
 iDeen a member of the New '^'ork State Press Associ- 
 ation since 1859 and president of that bodv in i8qi, 
 frequently representing the asso- 
 ciation at National editoiaal 
 con\entions. President Clc\-e- 
 
 nd diuang his first term ap- 
 pointed Mr. Stdwcll postmaster 
 at Seneca kails, but at his own 
 request the ijresidmt withdrew 
 the nomination from the senate, 
 Air. .Stdwell ill tJR' meantime, 
 djout ten months, ser\ing in tlit' 
 position. During. Mr. Cleveland's 
 second term Mr. Stowell received 
 the appointment of postmaster 
 for the seccjnd time, Dec. ig, 
 18^5, and was confirmed, holding 
 the ollice during the full term of 
 four vears. 
 
 In 1893 Ciovernor Flower ap- 
 pointed him as one of three com- 
 niissioners to represent the 
 Seventh judicial district at the 
 World's J'^.vposition in Chicago. 
 
 He lias ser\'ed as a member of 
 the \illage board of trustees and 
 iin 1874 was elected president of 
 the village serving as such two 
 years. Since 18(18 he has ser\-ed 
 "f)ntinuousl\- on the board of 
 education, of which he was presi- 
 dent four terms, and during that 
 time two new schools and the 
 academy have been constructed. 
 
 Mr. Stowell is a member of the 
 -Masonic lodge with which he has 
 been connected since hi^ was 21 
 years old. Mrs. Stowell was Susan 
 H. Stone. .Mr. and Mrs. Stowell 
 have one daughter, Maud. 
 
 The Fire Department of Seneca Falls consists 
 iif three steamers, a hook'antl ladder and a fire patrol 
 iiinipany, besides the well organized force of lire 
 lighters and apparatus in the shops. Each company 
 is manned bv paid^nien. The executive control of 
 the department is lodged with three commissioners, 
 now Clarence Williams, M. Fi. Hanlin and John 
 heller. The work of the department is directed b\- 
 three coinpetent men. Horace Puniscx- the iliiel and 
 his t\\ o assistants. 
 
 Engine Go. No. 2. — "A company to lire engine 
 \(i. _'" was (irganized by the board of \illage trus- 
 tees Mil .lul\- ij, 1N37, to be known as Engine Co. No. 
 2, and the fullowing were named by resolution: 
 William Arnett foreman, Oliver S. Latham hrst and 
 Nathan S. Congdon second assistants foremen, Wil- 
 liam F.. Starr secretary and Charles L. Hoskins trea- 
 surer; including as first list of members James B. Ci. 
 Downs, John W. Dickerson, William R. Goetchins, 
 John T. .\ndrus, William A. Sacket, Henry Hayden 
 and lulwin M. Conklin. The names added to the 
 roll during the ensuing three months, July and 
 September, 1837, were O. R. Watson, Joshua .Martin, 
 George Stetcher, I. .\. McBaine, Jacob Smith, Gre- 
 gory J. Grant, Silas Hewitt, Win. Brett, Abel Downs, 
 I'". H. Marshall, George B. Foster, John Curtis, Henry 
 W. Seymour, Thomas J. Miller, Walstein Failing and 
 Edmund W. .\dams. 
 
 George H. McClarv at a subsequent meeting in 
 July, 18^7, was appointed (^hief engineer and Edward 
 S. r,atham and George l'>. Daniels, first and second 
 assistants. 
 
 Rescue Company No. 3 was 
 10, 1842, at a meeting where 
 elected oHicers: l'^)reman, W'ill 
 
 organized on July 
 the li illc isving were 
 iam .Vrnett: 1' irst 
 
 Old Pictures. 
 
 RKSCI'K ('< >., No. :{ (lop)— Jolin H. O'lirien, foreman, is on the step; John 
 Lacey, assistant, is lieliind liim. Artliur McGuire, at left of foreman; SVm. 
 McGraw at left of Meliuire. Richard Magill in the rear on tlie rig-ht. Joliii 
 McGuire next to Maj^ill; George Rice next to John McGuire; Wm. Barton, 
 driver. 
 
 STEAMER CO. No. 3— John Urquhart, engineer; Daniel Stahlnecker, 
 stoker; Charles Mathews, driver. 
 
•GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SKNRCA FALLS. 
 
 Assistant Foreman, \A'alslein lailhifi: Second 
 Assistant Foreman, (icurge Iv, Cliase; Sfcrrtary. \\ 
 Langvvortlu": TnTisurfr, A. L. Cbamlicrlain. I'lir 
 uniform then adopted and worn foi- sonu- time (nn- 
 sisted of a black hat hearint^ n hrass plate with 
 "Rescue" upon the i)late, a red llaniiel shirt with 
 \-elvet facin.tcs and dark hlue jiilot (loth pantalo.ms 
 trimmetl with India ruhher cloth. i'lie recurds sIkiw 
 the follow intj names of members, dates ot enlistment 
 and in some cases what becami- ol them. 
 
 Fnlisted |ul\, js. ^'^-^- — ^V. .\rnet1, W. !>. Maviiarn 
 (died March S^ i,S4(i), 1). i^ Could, 'riionias 'c'ass. 
 (leorge .A. \'an Cleef, llavard Miller (ilied .March .:. 
 iS^cj), Ste})lien I'aker, W'm. l.an},M\(irth\ (discharged 
 April 12, i.'^30), R. (i. N'o\-es, I. V. Chamberlain, A. 
 I.. I'urritt ((lis. .\j3ril, i''^43). C. KeiiviHi (expelled 
 Sept. 4, 1^4^), e'. B. i\uler! .lohn Lea. h (dis. Sept. 4, 
 rN45), \\'illiam Keith, W'm. Clark |e\p. .lune, i''~!4',). 
 Alfred W,Hi,], W.ishbuiu K'.K V. .lames Sandersmi, .Ir., 
 
 Coleman, ,1. X. Lnderhdl. k:nlist(Ml .lulv, 1.^4.^—'.' 
 John Millm (e.\p. ( )<tober, 1S43. ' " '' 
 
 kailisted .\pril 4, 1S44 -h'rancis 1'. Carr, Fdwin J. 
 r\ler, Isaac I'atchen. Lnlistetl .lune 3, 1S43 (iabiiel 
 S('ott. I'.nlisted .lulv 7, 1S43 — Peter .\. Dev. 
 luilisted Sept. T, 1S45 — |acob IL Cool. I'.nlisted 
 Julv, 1X41, -S. 1). Woodlmll. 
 
 Red Rover — ■•'I'he Uumse\-\ille I'ire D.q.iartment 
 i.f the \ illage of Seneca I'alls," was the name of an 
 orgam/ation, or fire c-ompany, organized Oct. JS, 
 i><74. I'he first officers elected were: l'"oreman. 
 William W'hitiiev; First Assistant Foreman, I'.d. 
 (i add; Second .\ssistant f'^oreman, M. L. Xichols: 
 Secretary, C. Morris; Treasurer, N. V. Mather. 
 
 ( >n l''eb. 3, 1873, the name was (diangetl to Wetl 
 Ro\i'r Fire Co. No. 2. 
 
 ( )n Nov. II, 1SS4, the name was again changed to 
 (ileason hire Patrol No. 2. In the preceding August 
 the (ileason Manufa(-turing Co. had paid the expenses 
 I if the ( 1 mip.iiu tn I'tie.i. !leur\ Case\- was lore- 
 
 Priidcn, Pluilo. STEAMER t 
 
 Joseph McKeoii, t'orenian; Hiig-h Gilniore, a.ssistant 
 Wallace Cu.shnian, Andrew McArdle, enjjintir; Daniel \A 
 Holben, Frank Hender.son, Charles Mathew8,(lrivci-. 
 
 Cieorge R. Chase, .lohn W. Cmiklin, Isaac \'an Tassel, 
 ■lames Denison (dis. .\pril, 1^4^), Flaxius |. .Mills 
 (dis. .lanuary, i''^4!, re-elected .lulv (>, 1S4-1), II. |. 
 h.Uiott, 1). e\ HloMuier, .V. !■:. I'hamberlain, Isaac II. 
 .\riii-tt, .lohn .lay Davis, Sanuiel llellows, Charles 
 Front, I'.dward Mynderse (dis.), Walstein l'\'iiling 
 (dis. September, 1N42), W. Magav (dis. September, 
 iS4i). I'.nlisted .\ug. 13, 1842— .loseph Osborn (dis. 
 .\pril, 1N43). I'.nlisted Sept. jo, 1842— Smith liriggs, 
 Oliver S. Latham, .\. Ouackenluish (dis. 1N47), I). V . 
 Sacket (dis. 1847). Fnlisted Nov. 3, 1S4J--A. K. 
 Townsend, Daniel Cole. Fnlisted .Ian., 1S4V M. .1. 
 Smith (dis. .\pril, 1843). Fnlisted l'"el)ruarv, iS.i ? — 
 C. F. Wfieeler, liarnev Traxis. 
 
 Fnlisted .\pril, 184; — Henrv L'arpenter, (.". C". 
 
 (). NO. 1. 
 foreman: Spencer Royston, hosenuni: W'm. Allinan, 
 halen, Patrick Ryan, Sloker: Patrick Liickei-, Frank 
 
 man at the time of the change (.)f name. I he com- 
 pany adopted black pants and red shirts in the 
 beginning which were worn some time. The first 
 members of the Rumsevxille compam in 1874 were 
 \V. H. Whitney, }. McP.ride, .Ir., 1). ITivens, .Ir., 
 (ieorge I'Vek, M. L. Nichols, N. !■ . .\la ther, N. F. 
 Schuyler, C. .Morris, Dasid Ward, .1. C. .Morns, Win. 
 f'Tutig, Peter I'jarrett, .lames I'arton, .lohn Tro- 
 liridge, Wni. Mill'ord, ( )rion Hawes, (1. (iregorv, 
 IF \'. Mathews, Robert Royston, Fd Could, S. Tro- 
 bridge, W^ I'". Crawford, .1. O. Lewis, Win. Faston, 
 C. M. 'Fimmerman, .Tames Holmes, 1'^. Addison, John 
 .1. Clark, Charles Taltlinger, F. Troutman, Charles 
 Harratt, Charles Ciraham, James Brocum, George 
 Barrett, H. Moshier, R. Place", G. Race, B. Green, P. 
 I^ilby, H. Hebner, C. M. Feek, Wm. King, Foster 
 Mepingham, .lames RiuhU. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
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 Borrowed Photo. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE COURIElt-JOL R\ AL CO. 
 W. J. Pollard, President. 
 Harry M. Glen, Vice-Prc^sident. 
 
 .lames K. Eastman, Secretary. 
 
 The Courier- Journal represents the consolida- 
 tion (if two of th(" best <if local newspapers in Seneca 
 countv whicli in its present form and manafjement is 
 the recognized leading Ucpublican pap:^r of this sec- 
 tion of the state; a newspaper (jf lorn, and character- 
 combining the reputation of the long ago established 
 Seneca l'"alls Courier with its firm hold on the aff'c- 
 tions of readers many of whom ha\'e hatl it in tiie 
 family for nearly three-quarters of a centurw with 
 the \-outhful, \igorous dash and enter[irise of tiie 
 more modern Seneca Falls Journal. The consolida- 
 tion of these journals was etfected in August, ii/)j, 
 when the .Journal Publishing Co. bought the 
 material, fixtures and good will of the \'eneral:)ie 
 Courier. It was plainly a step iii tlie interest of the 
 community as well as of the local Republican part\' 
 which both papers had faithfully supported, and the 
 result, showing a constant increase in its busmess 
 and a growing power upon the connnumtx", has 
 given evidence that the step was rightly taken. The 
 Courier-.Tournal Publishing Co. is composed of W'm. 
 J. Pollard, president and editor, Harry M. Cjlen, the 
 present postmaster of the village, treasurer and James 
 K. Eastman, vice president and secretary. The oJRce 
 is well equipped and has .an excellent jcib printing 
 plant. 
 
 William J. Pollard was i)orn in Seneca Falls Jan. 
 8, i8bi, antl was educated in the village school and 
 Union College, being graduated from the latter in 
 1882. The following year he marrietl .Mice !>. 
 Danii'ls of Seneca Falls. I'Or a few years he was 
 superintendent and foreman in the Rumsey Manu- 
 facturing Co. and later connected with the American 
 (ilobe and School Supply Co. In 1895 he and James 
 K. Eastman bought out the Seneca Falls Journal, 
 the former taking editorial management of the paper 
 in which position he has continued on d.jwn through 
 the consolidation. Mr. Pollard is recognized as one 
 of the active, zealous Republican workers in Seneca 
 Falls. He was appointed assistant postmaster in 
 1899 serving the usual term in that position. He has 
 filled the office of supervisor twf) terms and was for 
 five vears cme of the board of managers of the state 
 hospital at Willard. He is a member of the Masonic 
 lodge and Maccabees. 
 
 Harry M. Glen is one of the active Republicans of 
 the county whose services in behalf of his party have 
 covered a considerable period of time. The recogni- 
 tion f)f his activitv in the party came from the late 
 President McKinley who in 1899 appointed him post- 
 master at Seneca Falls, a position he has since idled 
 with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the 
 community. Mr. Glen represented Seneca county in 
 the assembly at Albany in i894-'5 and in 1897, at a 
 time when the county was regarded as democratic. 
 He was assigned to good positions on prominent 
 
 working committees, being the chairman of the com- 
 mittee on printing in the legislature of 1897. Mr 
 Cilen comes from an old New York city family. His 
 grandfather F. M. K. Glen also ser\ed in the state 
 legislature, an assemblyman in iH<\g-'~a. Mr. Glen 
 at one tin.e lived at Medina, O., and for some years 
 resided at Oshana, Canada, being associated in the 
 hardware business witli his uncle I''. W. Glen who 
 was a member of the Canadian parliament for fifteen 
 years. Harry Glen afterwards engaged in business 
 in Rochester and later in Binghamton, locating in 
 Seneca I'alls in the spring of 1890 where for a few 
 vears he was in the emplox' of (lOulds Manufacturing 
 Co. 
 
 James K. F.astman was born and educated in Seneca 
 I'alls. He is a practical printer, having learned his 
 trade in the old Courier and the Reveille offices. He 
 is a member of the Masonic order and the Knights of 
 Pythias and has been through all of the chairs in the 
 local lodge of the latter fraternity. 
 
 The Seneca Countv Courier was established in 
 1836 by Isaac Fuller and (). H. Piatt. Those who 
 since then ha\e been connected with that paper as 
 editors and publishers were N. J. Millikin, Dexter C. 
 Bloomer, John L. Davis, Svlvester Pew, Foster & 
 Judd, H. W. Knight, Simeon Holton, Col. .\. S. 
 Baker, State Senator Henry Marshal^ of lirooklyn, 
 A. H. Comstock-, Cliarles T. .\ndrews, Wm. V. Van- 
 Uensselacr and the late (ieii. Henry T. Noyes, of 
 Rochester, who was the principal iiwner of the 
 Courier for several years. 
 
 The Seneca k'alls Journal was established in 18S5 
 by a stock company. N. I). Stevens, the first editor 
 was a member of the companv. He was succeeded 
 at his death as editor by the late CcjI. A. S. Baker 
 who in turn was succeeded by Mr. Pollard with the 
 change in ownership of the [laper. 
 
 The Pre-emption Line, the jjresent western 
 boundary of Seneca coLint\- from Wayne county 
 nearh' to the head of Seneca lake, was so called as 
 defining the line west of which the state of Massa- 
 chusetts possessed the right to purchase from the 
 Indians. Two sur\eys, known as "the old'" and "the 
 new" pre-emption lines, were made from the state of 
 Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario. The first few miles 
 of the southern end the two lines were merged, 
 diverging in Chemung county and gradually separ- 
 ating, each keeping a direct course slightly inclined 
 respectiyelv east and west until, reaching Lake 
 
 Borrowed Phot(j. 
 
 HARRY M. GLEN, Postmaster. 
 
'Gl-ilP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF Sl-KECA FALLS. 
 
 Ontario, thev were j'J miles apart. The first survey, 
 the "old line" rested on the lake west of Sodus \"il- 
 lage, the other passed tlirnus^h the renter of Sodus 
 Bav. At the fnot of Seneca lake the\' were a mile 
 ami a quarter apart. 
 
 The histors' of these lines is briellv as follows: 
 Before the settlement of western New "^'ork Massa- 
 chusetts claimed title to all of that section of New 
 "^'orlv state west of Senin-a lake, comprising more 
 than six millions acMVs of land, now embracing all ol 
 thirteen counties and ])arts of three others. This 
 claim restecK.in a ch.arter granted I'l\"nioLith colon\ 
 bv the I'.nglish crown. New ^'ork- disputing the 
 claim, connnissioners v. ere named from bi>th states 
 and their xcrdict was derisive. They gave Massa- 
 chusetts the pre-empti\e right to proprietorship of 
 the land and New York territorial jurisdiction and 
 sovereignty o\er the same. The derision was made 
 and took' effect at Hartford, Ct., Dec. ib, i-Sfi. 
 Then followed the sale of most of this land to (Oliver 
 Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, subsequently trans- 
 ferred to Rol^ert Morris and then to Sir William 
 Pultenav, a resident nf (ireat Britian. .As aliens 
 could not hold lands in this (-ountry at that time, 
 Pultenas' sent (_)\er C"ol. Charles Walliamson, his 
 agent, who liecame naturalized ;ind took- title in his 
 own name. 
 
 In consequence of the Hartford <lecision a sur\e\ 
 was made in lySH-'c) — the "old line" — which was run 
 west of Seneca lake on the average of about a mile, 
 ihis surx'ev was rejected, on the ground that it had 
 been made west of the natural line through the 
 intrigues of Indian traders at the foot of Seneca lake, 
 and the new survev - "the new line" — was run m 
 
 The old line crossed into Yates county on the 
 boundary lin(- between the towns of Barrington and 
 Stark-ey and crossed the towns of Milo, Torrev and 
 IV'nton, passing into Ontario county and at the 
 hamlet of Bellona striking the highway which runs 
 directly north as far as Lyons in Wayne countv, 
 which it followed to that village, then proceeded 
 north to the lake. It passed through the \illage of 
 ( ieneva on the west. 
 
 I he new' pre-emption line entered ^'ates county in 
 the town of Starkey a half mile west of Barnes, then 
 |)assed through the west skirts of the villages of 
 Himrod and I )resden striking Seneca lake three 
 miles north of Dresden. Then it followed the west 
 shore to tilt' loot ui the lake and from there followed 
 the |)resent western bouudar\- of Seneca county, and 
 in \\'a\ne (dunty the boundary between the towns of 
 l,\i>ns ami Sodus on the west and Galen, Rose ancl 
 Huron on the e.ast, north to the lake. 
 
 Land Owners, originally, of Seneea Falls, were 
 chielly members of the so-called l'a\'ard Couq)an\-, 
 I described I'lsewhei'e]. Their hrst pm-chase was i no 
 acres of the st.ate on the north side of the river — 
 substantially the present l*'irst ward of the village, 
 the price paid l)eing .$.2,Soo. in 1 7<^N, four ve;irs 
 later, the compan\- piuchased lot No. (> of the C'a\aiga 
 reser\ ati(iu, l\ing on the smith side of the river, con- 
 taining JS'i acres. Then, in icSoi,, llie\- added U^n 
 acres, lot No. I), pre\ iousK- owned hv Aaron iUin-. 
 In iH]i) they jjurchased <if the heirs of Thomas Grant 
 450 acres, lot No. cSf), giving them the aggregate of 
 1450 acres — both sides of the rixer embracing all the 
 water |)ower. When in 1SJ5 the company dissolved 
 the land was ]>arcelled among the hve members, 
 Robert Trciii]), Nicholas Gou\erneur, Ste[)hen N. 
 L.ayard, I'.lkaiiah Watson and Wilhelmus Mynderse. 
 
 (iarry \'. Sacket, .\nsel Bascom .lad .\ndrew P. 
 I illman in i>^2j inatle an e.xtensixe purchase of land 
 on the soLith side of the river and cut it up iiit<i 
 \'illage lots. 
 
 SENECA FALLS CENTENNIAL 
 
 Citizens of Seneca I'alls celebrated the centennial 
 of the village, July 4, 1S87. Henry Stowell, the 
 historian of the dav, delivered a comprehensi\e and 
 carefullv [prepared address taking step by step the 
 historv of the communitv' from the beginning, (.-oni- 
 l.)rising about all kno\\n facts therein, and full\' 
 detailing the best and most important exents. Much 
 material has been drawn Iroiii this masterful efh irt 
 for The Sou\'enir, including e,irl\- industries and 
 proh^ssion,. 
 
 ( )n the occasion referred to the \illage was hand- 
 somely deccjrated. .\ "Pioneer procession" began 
 the (lav's programme which furnished nmch amuse- 
 ment. .\ii "Industrial parade" in the afternoon 
 brought out an elaborate exhibition of the products 
 of the \illage, of which .Maj. !'. .X. Wessell was 
 marshal. 
 
 The military and fireman's parade, Maj. Pryce W. 
 Bailey, grand marshal, consisted of five divisions. 
 Col. J. H. MacDonald was assistant grand marshal. 
 The aides were: Dr. L. Lester, Samuel Jacoby, Nelson 
 Duntz, W. M. W^ilcoxen, Charles Knight, Dr. L. B. 
 Dawle\-, .lolin Chamberlain, I'Tank Hammond, Frank 
 Westcott, I'.d. M. Rumsey, A. .S. Davis, Charles 
 Hoster, .lolm Kaiser, .losepji Swaby, W. S. .MacDon- 
 ald, Dr. R. B. Ci>\ert. Horace Silsby, I'Ted Swabv 
 and L. Wayne. 
 
 The literary exercises were at Daniels Opera House 
 in the afternoon. .1. N. Hammond was president of 
 the day. Rev. L. H. Morey and Rev. H. M. Denslow 
 were the officiating clergymen. J. D. Pollard read 
 the Decdaration of Independence, and Henry Stowell 
 his historical papers. George Raines of Rochester 
 delivered an oration. The dav's events closed with 
 out-d(.)or s[)orts, firemen's races and fireworks in the 
 ewiiing. 
 
 Towns iif Seneca c-ouutx', past and f)resent; their 
 erection; Seneca county was organized March jij, 
 iHo4-[By Diedrich W'illersJ. 
 
 Ovid, Romulus and Ulysses — Org. March 5, i7(J4. 
 Ulysses was annexed to Tompkins Co., April 17, 1817. 
 
 Fayette — March 14, 1800. Taken from Romulus. 
 
 Hector — March 30, 1802. From 0\-id. First an- 
 nexed to Tompkins county when that county was 
 organized, April 17, 1817. Now in Schuyler countv. 
 
 .lunius — Feb. 12, 1803. From I'ayette. 
 
 Wolcott — March 24, 1807. From Junius. Wolcott 
 in 1812 was annexed to Cayuga county. In 1817 it 
 it was re-annexed to Seneca eounty; and April 11, 
 1823, annexed to Wayne countv where it is now. 
 
 Galen-Feb. 14, 1812. From Junius. (lalen was 
 annexed to Wayne county upon the organization of 
 that county, .April 1 1, 1823 and is now a part of that 
 county. 
 
 Covert — April 7, 1817. I'Tom Ovid. That same 
 year Covert was annexed to Tompkins county. On 
 April 13, 1819, it was re-annexed to Seneca count}-. 
 
 Lodi — Jan. 27, 182b. From Covert. 
 
 Seneca T'alls — March 26, 1829. I'Vom Junius. 
 
 Tyre — March 26, 1829. From Junius. 
 
 Waterloo — March 26, 1829. IToni Jiuhlis. 
 
 \'arick I'eb. 6, 1850. From Roimilus. 
 
 Great Bells; the weight, viz: — "Great Bell," 
 Mos(iiw, 443.732 pounds; St. Ivans, .Moscow; 127,- 
 830 iiouiids: Pekin, 120,000 pounds; \'ienna, 40,200 
 ])ouiids; ()lmutz, Bohemia, 40,000 pounds; Rouen, 
 !■ ranee, 40, cjoo pounds; St. Paul's, London, 38,470 
 'T5ig Ben," Westminister, 30,350 pounds; Montreal, 
 28,560 pounds; St. Peters, Rome. 18, boo ptjunds; 
 Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, cast in London in 1752, 
 weighes 2,000 pounds. It was cracked the first tini^ 
 it was used in 1733 and was recast in Philadelphia 
 the same year. A few years after the Re\-olution it 
 was cracked again w liile being rung. 
 
"GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 6s 
 
 The Musical-Liiterary Society, which has for 
 
 its object the stinly of classical music, the history and 
 characterization of composers, the promotion of taste 
 for purity in music, was formed in iSijj, under the 
 direction of Mr. .\. F. C. .lohnson of Chicago, repre- 
 sentative of the Willnir .M. Derthick federation of 
 four hundred clubs. Sixteen charter nienibers were 
 enrolled and the following officers elected: 
 
 President, Miss Belle L. Palmer; Secretary and 
 Treasurer, Miss Wilhelmina S. ikown; Program 
 Committee, .Mrs. Ceorge H. Cusl ing. ^bss Mar\ 
 Cruise, Mr. .lames .\. Schoonmaker. 
 
 Enthusiasm has lieen the watchword and much 
 excellent work has been done with frequent recitals 
 by club members and assisting talent, including 
 several chorus recitals of a high order, under th(" 
 training of .Mr. Walter Baylis Crabtree. 
 
 .\fter three vears" connec:tion with the I'"fderation 
 
 being studied. The office of president has been fdled 
 since the organization of the club by Miss Palmer. 
 Miss Brown again ser\es as secretary and treasurer, 
 and Mrs. Adeline Cowing acts as historian. The 
 accompanying engraving represents the officers and a 
 few of the present mend^ers including several of the 
 ex -officers. 
 
 Cloth Dressing.— [By Mrs. L. R. Sanford].— 
 ( )n May 13, iNof., tlie first fulling mill for cloth dress- 
 ing and carding was established at the foot of h'all 
 street, where the Littlejohns now have their marble 
 shops. .\ ],air of carding machines were put in bv 
 ,Lii-ob and Louis Sherrill, of New Hartford. Col. 
 Mynderse reserved the right to purchase the machines 
 at 8900 which he did and leased the works at §200 a 
 year for three years to William Bruce. In 1814 Har- 
 ris Lsher conducted the same works, then Ansel 
 
 Priiden, Photo. THE MUSICAL-LITERARY CLUU. 
 
 Upper Row (left to ris'ht)— Miss Minnie Babcock, Miss B°rtha Hammer, Miss Gertrude Van Dj'ke, May- 
 nard Jacoby. .Mis. 15 lancliard Balder, Miss Flora Cox, Miss Cora Covert, Miss Jennie Wieks, Mrs. Maynard 
 Jacoby, Edward ISowlc Lower Row— Dr. Hubert Schoouraaker, Mrs. Philo Cowing-, Historian; Aliss Belle 
 Palmer, President; Miss Wilhelmina Brown, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. Hubert Schoonmaker. 
 
 the club reduced the expense of mendjership and 
 admitted associate members; assuming control of 
 the management thereby reaching the Derthick rela- 
 tions. The r<d! call was increased to sixty-li\e 
 names. At this date a change has been effected in 
 the requirements of the members regarding the study 
 undertaken. .Associates and chorus work are no 
 longer a featiu-e and twenty-li\e hard working stud- 
 ents are enjoying to a full degree the programs 
 given fortnightly at private houses instead of in the 
 public hall formerly used. Each member serves as 
 chairman and a friendly rivalry characterizes the 
 work. The (dd masters beginning with Bach are 
 
 I'itt'h, who was succeeded b\' Henrv and Ebenezer 
 Ingalls. 1 he second wool cjuding establishment was 
 opened l)y W. .1. Woodworth, of Tyre, in 1838, using 
 a building owned In- the Deys, where the first Dal- 
 ryniple nnll now stands, then it passed into the 
 hands of Smith & Son and was known as a wo(_)len 
 mill. \\'illiam Braman succeeded the .Smiths, run- 
 ning it as a carding mill for many years. Many of 
 us remember the old mill. Chester Braman, a grand- 
 son of William Braman, is now a member of the 
 successful firm of A. JuUiard & Co. of New York City. 
 There was a fulling mill in 1834, owned by Watson 
 & Terrell on Water street. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOU\"IiNIR OF SENFXA FALLS. 
 
 SBABrKY y. GOULD, 
 
 Founder of Gould's Maiuifactuiing' Co. 
 
 [Foi- view of his late rosidcnee see pag-e 99.] 
 
 The Goulds Manufacturing Company i^- tin 
 
 ' 'iitf.;r(i\\-tli I il till' liriii m| ] )( iw iis I'v: I'd., wliirh was 
 tlif lirst pLiiiii) fartiir\- cstahlislii- I m this ])lace in 
 1S4S at tin; "Old Siiiiir Slmi." at the cc .rncr of ( )vi(l 
 .iiiil ( irrcii sirff'ts. 
 
 Iriiin tliis small l)cf.;iiinm^ imii|>1m\ ins< onh" 
 t\\ iiil\ -li\(' to thirtv iiicii and uiidt-r the guiding' 
 iidlLicncf (il .Mr. S. S. (iiudd, who in 1832 became 
 coimeited with the r(ja:[)an\- its prosperitN' anil sur- 
 ress was continiioiis, and its hnsiness interests in- 
 creased until it was necessar\" that a larg(n" shoj) 
 should !)<■ pro\-idetl. The Company, tlierefore, 
 purchased the old Tillman hotel and tannerv ])rop- 
 i-rt\' on ( )\ ill street. Here were erected \\liat were 
 regarded at that time as large and extensue- works 
 in which the (..'omjiany continufd the manidacture of 
 pum])s which had accjuired a \er\- f\tensi\e reputa- 
 tion throughout the -\ hole countrx. 
 
 Ill iNfi4 the name oj tlie Compaiu was changed 
 IVom Downs c^ Co. to the Cioidds Mauuracturing Co. 
 The business was continued at the same location 
 with e\er increasing success; new buildings, machin- 
 ery, i-tc, were addrd to its |)lant; and the Conjpan\- 
 continued to dexelop untd 1N70, when its factories 
 were destroyed bv hre. Imniedia ti'l\- thereafter, how- 
 ever, the works were rebuilt and extended more 
 largely than l)i'fore. .\lmost each year since that 
 tune has seen some n(n\' bLiilding jnanned or e.\e- 
 luted, until The Cioulds .Manfai turing Company, 
 which had started from so small a beginning, now- 
 had increased so that every available foot of the 
 ground that it owned between the canal and river 
 had been built upon, as wtII as a large seven-storv 
 warehouse on Hayard street. In many instarces 
 buildings liad been erected e.xtending over both the 
 canal and the river, to such extremes was the 
 Conij)any subjected in ord(>r to provide manufactur- 
 ing facilities for their large and increasing business. 
 
 In 1900 the business of this company had increased 
 to such an extent that new property- was acquired in 
 
 the western part of the village, covering ten acrrs, 
 and here was erected another large and t'litireK 
 mdepriidciit plant for tin.- manufactu.'c of I'riiili-x 
 I'owi'r Luinps, lor which ttiis <■ uiipam" had in the 
 previous vears acquired a vi^r\- extensive and world- 
 wide reputation. 
 
 Huringall these \-e,-irs the business has I'ontinued 
 to g'dw; new bLiildings have been planned and po- 
 \ ided and new inachmerv has been [uirchased until 
 The (ioulds Manu'a turing Comp.inx' of the present 
 tiiiie i-inplo\'s h^e, hantis, and its wares are known 
 not oiiK in ever\' part of the I'nited States but in all 
 l)arts of tlu' world, the coiniianv having agents and 
 comie tions 111 ever\- important citv in the world. 
 
 rile allairs of the conipanv' are managed with a 
 large cor[>s of able engineers and eflicient and honor- 
 able men in its various exe iitivc dejjartments, and 
 the L'oinpanv is without doubt not onl\- the leading 
 industrv of this village, but one of the largest and 
 most |iromincnt manufacturing cont 1 ins of the statr, 
 and indeed, of the whole nation. 
 
 Seabury S. Gould, the founder of (ioulds Man- 
 ufacturing Co., was born in Sharon, Conn., .\ug. ^. 
 181 J. His lirst business venture was at I'dlenville, \. 
 ^'., and shortlv afterwards at Poughkeepsie. In i'^^4 
 he came to Seneca falls and began life as a mer- 
 chant, in i8:;j lie sold his mercantile interests and 
 engaged in the manufacture of ]:iunips at the "Old 
 Stone Shop. ' corner of ()vid and (.ireen streets. The 
 liriii was kiiovx'n at that time as l)owns i*^ Co. In 
 iS^3 tliev ])urcliased tlu- rillmrm hotel and tannerv 
 propertv (ill the site of the pre'sent (ioulds Manufac- 
 turing Coinpaiiv's No, i shops, Mr. (iould giving his 
 time and attention to the nianulacturing interests of 
 this companv . In 18*14, Mr. Howns having severed 
 his comiection with the company, the lirni name was 
 changed to i'he tioulds Manufacturing Companv, 
 \lr. ( iould being the president thereof and continu- 
 ing m this caj'jacitv until his death. 
 
 .Mr. (iould was a familiar hgure in all the various 
 interesLS of this village. His wdse counsel was asked 
 bv manv, ;ind his unfailing goodnature and pleasant 
 manner gave him ;i host of friends. During his life 
 t!:e business of the (ioulds Manufacturing Com[>.uiv 
 
 .JAMES H. GOTLD. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 tiKAH! KV 
 
 (iitl LI), SECOND 
 
 liad increased from i>nr in whicii tluA- cinjjloved lorty 
 to liftv men U> oxer 400 w()ri<mi'n: and, instead of 
 their manufactured j^oods bring conlined simpK' to 
 thiscoimtry, their connections had been established in 
 every important citv of the world, and their business 
 had increased to such great proportions that large 
 and extensive buildings we e constantly added to 
 their manufactory, until it has outgrown its present 
 quarters and greater additions are yet contemplated. 
 Mr. Ciould died at Watch iiill, K. I., September 4, 
 1886, aged 74 years. He was a man of ceaseless 
 acti\'it\', untiring energy and excellent business 
 ability, which made him lor about fifty years a prom- 
 inent individual in our village and identified his 
 name with one of our large.' t industries. 
 
 James H. Gould was born in Seneca I'alls, \. 
 '\'., Oct. 21, i''>44. He was graduated from the \il- 
 lage schools, also from Dwight"s High School, 
 Clinton, N. 'S'. After leaving school he engaged in 
 l)usiness in New ^'ork Cit\-, where he remained until 
 i8f)j, when he returned to Seneca l'"alls to assist 
 his father in the management of his then extensive 
 pump business. He succeeded his father in the active 
 management of the business in iJ^jJ, after which 
 time he was the dominating and controlling spirit of 
 TheCioulds .\lanufai-turing C<jmpany, and in 1886, 
 after the death of his fatfier, was elected president of 
 tlie company. 
 
 Mr. Ciould developed great tact and ability in 
 iiureasing the business of the Goulds Manufacturing 
 Company and in addition to this he was always very 
 greatly interested in matters connected with other 
 interests of this village. He was a man of excellent 
 judgment and was often consulted by his friends in 
 regard to business and other matters in which they 
 might !)(• interested. His personal influence was 
 marked and his labors constant and unremittting. 
 The important business interests to which he gave 
 the best \ears of his manhood flourished to a marked 
 degree, and tiie business of the Goulds Manufactur- 
 ing Company under his leadership and guidance 
 in(-reased from \-ear to year until it is now one of the 
 largest jjump manufacturing houses in the world. 
 
 Mr. Gould, at the time of his death, was president 
 of the I'^xchange National Bank of Seneca Falls. He 
 was largely instrumental in establishing this bank 
 and its success was largely owing to his ability and 
 good judgment in the management of its affairs. Mr. 
 (iould (lied Dec. jS, iS(,(>. 
 
 Seabury S. Gould, Second, was born in 
 .Senri-a Falls, X. "\'., Dec. 10, 184N. He was educated 
 in the public schools of this village and at Dwight's 
 High School at Clinton, X. '^'. l.eaxing this school 
 he entered Hamilton College, graduating from that 
 institiition in 1868. 
 
 Immediately after leaving college Mr. Gould went 
 to Williamsiiort, Pa., to o\ersee a blast furnace 
 
 SEARFRY S. GOULD'S RESIDENPE. 
 
68 
 
 'CiRIPS' HISTORICAL, SOUVENIR OF SKNliCA FALLS. 
 
 which was the property of his father. It being found 
 unprofitable to manufacture iron so far from the iron 
 £infl coal interests, tlie jiropi-rt\ was sold and Mr. 
 (iciuld returned tn Seneca Falls in I^J2, when he 
 entered the emplov of 'I'lie C "k mlds Manufacturing 
 Cinn])an\- as its secretarv. He cdutinued in this re- 
 latiiin til the conipanv lor nian\' \-ears, and upon the 
 death of his father in iSSfi he was elected vice presi- 
 dent of the c<inipany. That ol'lice he retained until 
 i.Si)ii, when upon the tleath of his brnther he was 
 elected president nf the ciiin|iai'y, the imsitinn he 
 still occupies. 
 
 While the Cioulds Manufacturing Company has 
 been successful in prexious vears, its success has been 
 none the less marked under the present executi\e. It 
 was during Mr. (ioLdd's adininistrat ii m that the 
 ('nHilds Manufacturing Cnuipanv tnnk a new and 
 radical dejiruture, purchasing a large ijropertx- in the 
 
 Iroquois; The Six Nations, tht- Most Powerful 
 and L'rucI of .\merican Indians; They Ifecanir 
 the IVrroi' to all ( )ther Lastern Indians; The 
 Long House; The Riders and Tribes; The Indi- 
 ans as thc\- were ITrst Found in .-\merica. 
 'The white men coming to this continent early in 
 the sixteenth century found it peopled with two 
 great families of Indians. 'The larger were the- .\1- 
 gonquins who occupied nearly all f>f \'irginia, I'enn- 
 svh'ania. New Jersey, the south-rastcrn part of the 
 state of New ^'ork. New England, New I'ruuswick, 
 Nova Scotia and Lower Canada. I'aitireh- sur- 
 rounded b\' the numerous trilx^s of which these 
 -Mgontiuins were composed, were the Iroquois, then" 
 traditioTial foes, a wild and intractible people, who 
 from ])eing at that time the weaker and smaller of 
 the t\\<i families, at last becami^ the stronger; and in 
 
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 ^'i('^v of Goulds .MMniitaet uiin<; ( 
 
 (iOILlJ.-^ NO. 1 SHOI'S • 
 
 • Id Works with Present A<lditi()Qs Thereto 
 
 western part of the \illage and thereon erectmg an 
 extensive and entirely tiistinct ])lant for the manufac- 
 ture of its 'Trijilex Power Pump'-. .Mr. Could has 
 alwa\'s coiisidereti this decision on his part as [irob- 
 ably the nmst important thing that has come into 
 his business lih'. 'The tievelopmeait of the interests 
 ol llie(ioulds .Manufacturing Compan\- has alwavs 
 been Ins i oustant anil untiring aim and study, and 
 his efhirts, early and late have been devoted to the 
 fiu'therment i f the best interests of the company. 
 
 Mr. Coidd is a man highly respected in the com- 
 munity and is worthy of trust and confidence in 
 every walk and phase of life. He is \ice president 
 of the Exchange National P.ank of this place. 
 
 spile of tie I lencli hu.dh dispersed and nearly ex- 
 termin.ited the Algonquin race. S])eaking the 
 generic tongue of the Iroquois but never occupying a 
 place in their couik ils or holding any tribal relations 
 with them, were the .\ndastes on and near the Sus- 
 quehanna ri\er, the I'aaes or Cat nations, living 
 along the southern shore of Lake Erie, the neutral 
 nation north of Lake lu'ie and west of the Niagara 
 ri\'er, the ILirons, on the north and east shores of 
 Lake Huron, the W'innebagcjs, on the west shore of 
 Lake Michigan, and the 'Tuscaroras, situated in the 
 Carolinas. 
 
 The true Iroquois, consisting of the five nations 
 banded together only for defensive alliance, extended 
 through Central New Ytnd< from the Hudson to the 
 
'GRfP'S' HIStOl^ICAL SOU^'EXtR OF SEXECA FArxS. 
 
 6c)i 
 
 Genesee rivers. It is with tlieSe' lavages that the 
 history of this state, and in fact all local history of 
 Central and Northern New York state towns is inter-- 
 vvoven. Of all the savages on the face of the eartfi 
 they were tlie n"Jost barbarous and inhuman, making 
 war on all tribes the\- coidd reach for no other pur- 
 pose than to destroy them. Upon their prisoners 
 they practiced the most revolting forms of torture, 
 occasionally adopting the bravest of them in order 
 to fill up their constantly depleting ranks, but on no 
 other account sparing the life of any poiir creature 
 who happened to fall into their hands. The French- 
 man Cartier, in 1535, found the main body of the 
 Iroquois living along the northern shore of the St. 
 Lawrence river in the vicinitv of what are now Mon- 
 treal and Three Rivers whence thev were soon after 
 driven south bv tlie Alg(niquins. 
 
 Indian traditions relate that the Iroquois and the 
 Algonquins at one time traded peacably together. 
 The latter whose lodges were often pitclied on the 
 shores of the sea, were skilled fishermen as well as 
 
 who m return would teach tfiem bow to procure game.. 
 The pupils soon proved better than the tutors and so' 
 e.^cited the latter to en\-y that they turned upon and 
 massacred them. I'rcjm that tim^e began the Iroquois 
 scourge which not onlv swept the .Mgonquins fromi 
 the earth but destroyed the Hurons and the Eries and 
 carried the tomahawk and torch all over thecountrv 
 west of the Mississippi and north of Georgia and the; 
 Carolinas. In fact- it is known that the Iroquois 
 made the Indian tribes (jf the I'ennessees tremble 
 long before the white man had e\"er been heard of bv 
 them. 
 
 The Iroquc.iis, according to the Jesuits, were at the 
 height of their prosperity about the middle of the 
 seventeenth centurv, their numbers then being reck- 
 oned at about 25,000. including approximately 3,000 
 warriors. i'fiev were tfien hemmed in bv the twiy 
 white nations who were threatening to dri\e tfiem 
 from their lands but whose jealousies forbade a union 
 of effort against the savages and enabled the latter 
 to keep both at their distance. When (inallv their 
 
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 [From a Fii.it.] "GOL'LDS NO. 2 SHOPS.- 
 
 New Plant of The Goulds Miiuufacturing- Company for tht^ Maiuifatture of tluii 
 
 Power Pumps; erected 1901. 
 
 Celebrated TripU.x 
 
 liunters and they lived almost entirely by the chase. 
 They held the Iroquois, who were largely agricultur- 
 ists, in great contempt, treating them as beings far 
 inferior to themselves. For years the Iroquois were 
 subjected to everv sort of indignity at the hands of 
 their more numerous neighbors. At last the period 
 of retribution arrived and the weaker neighbor arose 
 in a vengeful furv and prosecuted a war against the 
 Algonquins wnth such fearful pertinacity and vigor 
 that that unfortunate nation changed from scorning 
 bullies to terror stricken fugitives, seeking safety by 
 dispersing to the remotest regions of the great Cana- 
 dian wilderness and was fmally almost e.xterminated. 
 Tradition, explaining the immediate cause of the 
 uprising of the Iroquois against their tormentors, 
 says that on an occasion when the Algonquins were 
 overtaken with a poor hunting season, they invited 
 several of the young Iroquois to assist their hunters, 
 
 struggle for supremacy had ceased the Iroquois, like 
 all of the other Indiain nations, were doomed, "it is 
 bv the most subtle policy,'" says Lafitau speaking of 
 the Iroquois, "that they have taken the ascendent 
 over the other nations, divided and overcoms the 
 most w-arlike, made themselves a terror to the most 
 remote and now hold a peaceful neutrality between 
 the English and French, courted and feared by both." 
 
 In 1715 the Tuscaroras were received by the Iro- 
 quois into their family and they were thereafter 
 known as the Six Nations. The Oneidas divided 
 their lands with the Tuscaroras whom they con- 
 sidered as brothers, i. e., equals, but who were 
 regarded by the other of the live nations as inferiors 
 who were to be tolerated but not considered. 
 
 The Long House, as the country of the Iroquois 
 was termed, was guarded on the east by the Mohawks, 
 who lived along the river of that name and possessed 
 
'C;RIP'S' HISTOFUCAl, SO("\'ENIR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 three strongly palisaded \illagps standing on its 
 banks. The western portals in the western extremity 
 of this state, were held In the Senecas, whose chief 
 towns wert- bcnttered thi'ough what are no^\- Seneca, 
 .Monroe and (ienesee coiinties. 1 h(>se were the war- 
 given nations, the most poiiuloLN and the most to be 
 feared h\ their enemies. The ( )iieifias defended the 
 'wa'cr-coLirses from the north and the south where 
 the headwaters of the Snsquehamia ojiened fa\oral)]e 
 highwavs (;f tra\-el towards the southern tribes and 
 where the Oneida laK'e broke down the wilderness 
 barriers towards the numerous red men on the north. 
 The\- had two palisaded towns l)ut a few miles apart 
 and their fields of maize and grain occupied the 
 largest portions of Oneida, Madison, Chenango and 
 I'roomi' counties. The ()nondagas held the water- 
 wa\'s ((he natural courses (,f traxid for war parties of 
 
 descended the chief of 
 .\totaharo, holding the 
 confederal^ . .\totaharo 
 sense the riiler ol the 
 
 the ( )nondagas known as 
 
 nost exalted place in the 
 
 was not in the civilized 
 
 six nations. His was the 
 
 most dignified j>lace and he was accepf-^d as the 
 wiseacre of the league. He was the chief of the 
 sachems, the wise men of all the tribes who gathered 
 to the mimljer of liltv at the great council house of 
 the ( )nondagas to discuss the affiairs of the league, 
 receive runners and diplomats from other Indian 
 nations and consider other matters wliicii might be 
 regarded as of concern to rdl of the six nations. The 
 Iroquois were not governed. Thev were absolutelv 
 controlled bv popular clamor. The old men who 
 had distingiiisfied themseUes were the ad\ isors of the 
 respecti\e ^nations anrl were l)\- tacit conseut.and not 
 
 GOULDS NO. 2 yHOP.S. 
 Interior view of one end of tlie'Miichin 
 
 savages) connecting Lake ()ntario, via the Oswego 
 river with the interior country adjacent to the inland 
 chain of New York lakes and the most western trib- 
 utaries of the Susquehanna river, their chief town the 
 geographical and political center of the confederacy, 
 being located on the slope of a range of hills fifteen 
 miles south of the present city of Syracuse. The 
 Cayugas, the smallest of the live nations, occupied 
 the country next west of the Onondagas. 
 
 The Mohawks and the Oneidas were divided into 
 the Bear, Wolf and Tortoise clans while the other 
 three nations consisted of eight, viz: Wolf, Bear, 
 Beaver, Tortoise, Deer, Snipe, Heron and Hawk. 
 Tradition alone is all the authority available for a 
 description of the formation of the league and.bv it 
 is ascribed to a celestial being from whom was 
 
 Shop. 
 
 hv an\' formalit\, permitted to gather at the council 
 lires of the nation and have a voice in the pif)ceed- 
 ings. These assemblies were dignified by the .Jesuits 
 who li\'ed among tfiem in their writings, Lahtau 
 calling the gathering of each nation a senate. 
 
 There were two hereditary war chiefs, both be- 
 longing to the Senecas, but any man of sufficient 
 personal credit might raise a war party when he 
 chose. War Vv'as not carried on at anv time so far as 
 is known, in unison bv the hve nations. During the 
 Iroquois campaigns against the French and Hurons 
 the .Mohawks were the chief aggressors and it was to 
 that nation that the Jesuit priest Isaac Jogues was 
 accredited by the French at tjfie time he made his 
 perilous journey to their palisaded towns on the 
 Mohawk river for the purpose of securing peace. 
 
'CRIPS'- HISTORICAL SOUNTATR OF SF.NECA FALLS. 
 
 The First Road into Seneca c-ounty is thus des- 
 cribed in D()cunientar\- Historv nf New York "by a 
 ijentlenian to a friend ": "To remedx- this iiic(inven- 
 ience as to roads, the legisLature of the state had, by 
 an art passed in tlie session df tjijy, tafcen the road 
 fidiii l'\irt Sctiiuter [now l-Joine] to Oeneva under 
 tlieir patronage" [granting a lottery]. The inhaiii- 
 tants of tlie country through which the road passed 
 subscril^ed four tliousand (L'lys of worl-:, "which the}' 
 performed with hdelity and clieerfulness." This 
 road 98 miles loug, 64 feet wide and "paved with 
 logs and gravel in the moist parts of the low country 
 through which it passed," was so far improved 
 beginning in the month of June 1797, that a stage 
 started from Fort Schuyler on the 30th of September 
 [1797] and arrived at the hotel in Geneva in the 
 afternoon of the third dav witli four passengers. 
 
 The Kingdom; its name. — Several theories have 
 been advanced as to how the Kingdom, an old settle- 
 ment west of Seneca I'^alls, obtained that name. Mr. 
 Harrison Ciiamberlain writes of it elsewhere. Mr. 
 P>. F. P>each writes as follows: It has been a question 
 as to wliv tiiishanilet -the "Kingdom" was so calletL 
 When I lived there, forty-six years ago, 1 asked some 
 of the old natives the question. They said that 
 when the distillery, stores and tavern were in a thii\- 
 ing condition, the day line of boats on tlie canal 
 either wav would head for the Kingdoiu and tie u]) 
 lor the night. The place in those days ha 1 the rep- 
 utation of sporting. There were chicken and dog 
 hghts, which always resulted in hstic altercations 
 between the native yeomanry (who styled themselves 
 kings of the place) and the boatmen, and as the latter 
 
 Piuden, Photo. SENECA COUNCIL, NO. 36, DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. 
 
 Lower Row deft to rig-ht)-Miss Jennie Woodrutf, Inside Sentinel; Mrs. Sarah Sacller A. V. Councillor: 
 Mrs Emma Sackett rouncillor; Mrs. Cyntha A. Norton, Recording- .^.H-ntary; Miss Camilla Alessinger A. R. 
 Secret^-^ Top Row-Mrs Lillian Brown, Warden; Miss Frances Sutt,,.,, Trustee; Mrs. Lou Durling, Finan- 
 cial Secretary; Mrs. Edna Brown, Outside Sentinel; Mrs. Lizzie Carter, Irustee. 
 
 "This line of road having been established by law," 
 continues the wTiter, "not less than hfty families 
 settled on it in the space of four months after it was 
 opened." 
 
 Two or three years afterwards two coaches were 
 running weekly over this road between Albany and 
 Geneva; and the following taverns, at indicated dis- 
 tances apart between Fort Schuyler and Geneva were 
 open: From Fort Schuvler to Laird's, 10 miles; Van- 
 Epps", near Oneida Reservation, 6; Wemps' m 
 Oneida Reservation, [Castle], 6; Sill's, at the Deep 
 Spring, [Chittenango], 11: Keeler's, Junior, 12: 
 Tyler's, Onondaga Hollow, 10; Rice's, Nine Mile 
 Creek, 10; Cayuga F^rry, [Cayuga Bridge], 20; 
 Powell's Hotel, Geneva, 13. 
 
 were outnumbered, were nearly always vanquished- 
 Hence the name Kingdom w'as applied to the place. 
 
 Packets in 1822 ran from Lhica to Montezuma, 
 and from the latter place passengers went to Bridge- 
 port in a row boat or by stage, where they took a 
 boat to Ithaca. Steam navigation was opened on 
 Cayuga lake between Bridgeport and Ithaca, prob- 
 ably a vear earlier. -W-'hen the Seneca canal was 
 finished in 1828 packets ran through between Sche- 
 nectady and Buffalo. The first boat navigating the 
 Seneca canal regularly was the "Adeline" in 1814. 
 Then in 1816 came the "Miller." The first canal 
 boat built ^in Seneca Falls was the "Merchant" 
 launched in'1823. 
 
"GRIPS" HIST(3RICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Jacob P. Chamberlain. Of tliost- who have 
 ciintributed to the ^n >\vth and prdsperity of Seneca 
 Falls the subject of this skcicli ilpserv«s to rank 
 aiiiong tlic forpiiiost. He was of English descent, 
 horn in the town of Dudley, .Mass., and his ancestors 
 were among the first settlers of the Bay State. He 
 came with his parents to Cortland, \. Y. when only 
 live years old, and two years later, or in 1S09, to 
 Waterloo, X. Y. His jjarents died in iSuj, when he 
 was seventeen vears of age. With a common school 
 ('duration and the courage and will inherited of a 
 sturdv ancestrv he soon set out to make his own way 
 Ml life. His taste was for teaching and farming. He 
 was fond of books; he Icncd the soil — loved to 
 in\'estigate its processes and study the best methods 
 of tilling it. In its pursuit there was a freedom that 
 appealed to him. He hrst accepted an engagement 
 to teach in one of the district schools of the town of 
 ^'arick and so satisfactory was his service to thi' 
 trustees that fie was continued at an increased salary. 
 He married Catharine, the daughter of Frederick 
 
 Copied from (.)td Print by Pruden. 
 
 J. P. CHAMI5EULA1\. 
 
 Kuney, and bought a small farm of se\enty-ri\ e 
 acres, upon which the only improxement, aside from 
 the clearings, was a story and half log house. Here 
 out of the income of tlie land and the earnings as a 
 school teacher he managed soon to pay for his farm. 
 \'arick recognized his worth and honored him with 
 positions of trust. 
 
 In the frdl of 1N31 Mr. C. moved, to the Kingdom, 
 buying the Dimmick farm of two hundred acres just 
 south of the river bridge. His object in making this 
 change was to be nearer his brothers, as well as out 
 of deference to the wish of his early and most trusted 
 friend. Judge Gary V. Sackett. " Here for twelve 
 years he pursued farming, upon a more extensive 
 scale, his interest in the soil deepening and continu- 
 ing during all his life, inducing him to invest largely 
 in lands and to prefer alvvavs to be regarded as a 
 farmer. 
 
 In 1843 Mr. C. was compelled much against his 
 wishes at the time to buy the "Lower Red Mills." 
 Though the business was entirely new to him he soon 
 
 mastereil it, making it a leading ami successful 
 industrv, the grain bought and the Hour shipped east 
 and to tide-water creating a market that materiallv 
 aided the agricultural and mercantile interests of the 
 place. 
 
 In i<S_|._|. he became one of the im-orporators and 
 directors of the Seneca Woolen .Mills. This enter- 
 prise was one of the largest and most adx'ancedof its 
 da\-. In i.S;,^ he sold out the "Lower Red Mills" to 
 k;d\vard .\l\-nderse and .Vlexander \'an Cleef and 
 l)ought the "I'pper Red Mills," then known as the 
 "])e\- Mills." This mill has clone a large business in 
 the jiast and still continues in the familv. 
 
 So disasterous usualh" had been the milling and 
 grain business to those who pursued it that it may be 
 well to refer to a rule that Mr. C. adopted and iieMr 
 departed from. .\ readv buver of grains at all times, 
 he was just as reach' a seller. If he bought \\\e 
 thousand bushels of wiieat toda\-, he placed the same 
 at once on the market, either in grain or flour, tak- 
 ing the margins, which though small were usually on 
 the right sifle. He ne\er speculated, nor held for 
 fancy prices, nor could he understand wh\' failure 
 should come if prudent business principles v\ere 
 observed, in i^^^tS he felt much chagrined o\er the 
 iorcetl liquidation of the Senei'a Woolen .Mills, but 
 still having unshaken faith in it he set to work and 
 re-organized it under the name of "The Ph(pni.\ Co.," 
 bec-oming its president and personally looking after 
 its management and making it prosperous down to 
 the time the ])roi)ert\ was sold to .\bel Downs and 
 Albert |e\\<tt in |N(i_). In 1S70 lie became president 
 o| The Seneca I'alls Saxings Lank, an institLition 
 miirli ueedeil at th(^ time to furnish luir laboring 
 people with a safe and conx'enient place to dejiosit a 
 part of tlieii' weekly earnings, and the success of it 
 has long ago conlu'med the wisdom of its foundeis. 
 In politics Mr. C. was originally a Whig, but in 
 iS^d, on the organization of the Republican |)artv, 
 he was among the most earnest and enthusiastic to 
 embark in the new movement. He felt that a new 
 ])arty was nec-essarv. He beliexed that our pulJic 
 domain should be consecrated to freedom, that 
 slavery should lie restrained within its existing state 
 limits and that under no condition whatever should 
 our national policy compromise or impair the declar 
 ation of principles upon which our government was 
 founded. In 1859 he was elected to represent this 
 county in the legislature, and two years later, he was 
 a representative in the 37th Congress, from this dis- 
 trict, then made up of the counties of Ontario, Yates 
 and Seneca. It was in the midst of a great crisis, 
 calling for the most loyal and de\-oted service to 
 save the country from its open and secret foes, and 
 the work of that congress stands out among the best 
 and noblest in all our historx-. 
 
 .Mr. C. was a member of the .Methodist Episcopal 
 church, for a long time at the head of its board of 
 trustees, looking after its finances. Nearly the last 
 active work of his life was to personally superintend 
 the construction of the present edifice, to which he 
 contributed liberally of his means. 
 
 To sum up Mr. C. was a self-made man, high- 
 minded and honorable, of large business capacities, 
 not without faults but whatever they were they 
 sprung from a strong and generous nature. He was 
 a conscientious school teacher, a good farmer, a pru- 
 dent, energetic miller, an enterprising manufacturer, 
 a benevolent churchman, a patriotic and public- 
 spirited citizen, and a kind, noble and generous 
 parent, — finding in all his activities the desire and 
 ability to contribute to the good of others both the 
 inspiration to and the ample reward for his efforts. 
 He passed away in 1S78 in the 76th year of his age, 
 leaving six children, of whom at present survive four. 
 
'■CRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOr\'KMR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 -3 
 
 HARRISON CHAMBERLAIN. 
 
 Cjeii. I'raiik Cliainherlain of W'asliiiifitnn, 1 ). C, 
 Mrs. L. C. .\\pr\- and Flarrisun Cliaiiiberlain of 
 Seneca I'alL, X. Y. and Mis. I . C. Noyes of 
 I\Och('ster, X. ^'. 
 
 The Seneca Woolen Mills built and organ- 
 ized in i''^-|4, \^■as on.e nf the most important enter- 
 prises of its da\' and for more than fialf a centiirv it 
 has pLayed a leading part in the growth and instor\- 
 of our \-illage. In I'^^St the parties conducting the 
 nulls re-organized under th.e name of "The Plicrnix 
 Co." .lacoh 1'. Chandierlain hec'oming president, Wil- 
 liam .lohnson agent and Harrison Chamberlain 
 secretar\-. I he line of manufacture was plain and 
 fancy men's wear, and though it was a time when 
 the country was laboring under free trade and when 
 it was swept by the panic of '57 the mills did well, 
 running full down to 1864, when they were trans- 
 ferred to .-\bel Downs and .Mbert Jewett. Under the 
 
 new management the business was enlarged and two 
 other large properties were tal-en in > onstituting 
 mills Xos. 2 and 3, m;iking by far the largest manu- 
 lacturing ctnicern in the place, in the help employed, 
 wages [)aid out and th(" \alue of output. Some 
 twenty years later the mills were again re-organized, 
 Xos. 2 and 3 properties were sold off and the original 
 plant, The Seneca Woolen Mills, rehtted and equip- 
 ped with new machinery; and since 1890 they have 
 been operated successfully. The essential need in 
 woolen manufacture is to ha\e the skill and mechan- 
 ical lacilities, enabling you to get out as desirable 
 fabrics and at as low cost as any other mill, hi 
 other words, under the law of the survival of the 
 fittest, the woolen mill to succeed must be a model 
 mill in all its appointments. 
 
 In i8qo when the present proprietor, Harrison 
 Chamberlain, took hold of the mills it was diihcult 
 to understand why the machinery, much of it hardly 
 worn, could not be operated successfully. But so 
 great had been the improvements and important the 
 new processes that it was found necessary to re-equip 
 and re-arrange the mills throughout, involving large 
 outlays of money, before they could be put on a safe 
 and profitable basis. 
 
 Today the mills are able to compete for the best 
 trade, and are doing so, employing about 175 hands 
 and a considerable portion of the works being com- 
 pelled to run during the nights. Over five thousand 
 dollars are paid out every month for wages, over two 
 thousand pounds of w<5ol go into the works every 
 dayando\'er twelve hundred \ards of six-quarter 
 cloth are produced daily, of a value of tlin^e himdred 
 and lift\- th<~iusand flollars a \'ear. 
 
 HENRY STOWELL, HISTORIAN 
 
 Of all writers who ha\e attempted to preser\e 
 local history in Seneca Falls, Henry Stowell deserves 
 a conspicuous place. Xot one has tlone more in this 
 way than he. In fact a great part of .Seneca F'alls 
 history is interwcnen with facts which he has 
 gleaned for his newspaper, The Keveille, or historical 
 addresses, considerable of which is used in this work. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 HARRISON CHAMBERLAIN'S RESIDENCE. 
 
'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOrVKN'lR OF SEXECA FALLS. 
 
 Court House; how located — [Bv Diedrich Wil- tiiuiation of a half-shire court house system, inaugu- 
 
 lers.] — In an historical paper read before the Waterloo 
 Library and Historical Society, l''el). 7, iSjS, Mr. 
 Charles 1). Morgan says that the site for the Court 
 House at Waterhio, con\-e\efi \>\ Hon. I'disha Wil- 
 liams, was selected and staked out ni i^ij, and that 
 Hon. Daniel \V. I'.ostw ick of that \illage fust Ijroke 
 ground for that bLuldnig. The coinnussioners 
 appointed to erect a court house and jad were Hon. 
 .lohn Knox (then state senator), Reuben Swift and 
 .lohn Watkins. Thex' re])orted to the board of super- 
 \isors in the fall of 1S17, that .S4,()0() had been 
 subscrilied bv \'oluntar\' contrd)ntions towards such 
 buildmgs. The super\isors were asked to raise a 
 like amount but refused to do so, and luiallx" befoie 
 
 rated in 1S22, in the double jur\' (bstrict svsteni, and 
 such half-shire svstein has been continu.xi until tins 
 day. 
 
 It is not tlu' purpose of this jiaper to refer to tin 
 rcitation svstem between the two jur\' districts long 
 practiced b\ the leading political [)arties of the 
 idunt\, in the selection ot candidates for count\ 
 oflicers, and which rotation during its continuance 
 ga\e good satisfaction, although o[ late vears much 
 de[)arted from. 
 
 Canal; when begun aiul completed — Lbsha Wil- 
 bams of Hudson, N. ^'., was among the first to 
 inipro\e Seneca ri\-er hv constructing an hydraulic" 
 canal for water [lower purposes at Waterloo, .\fter 
 
 adjourning \ot..,l the sum of five hun.hvd , I, .liars for tli^d ^^ork was completed m the year 1X13 the state 
 that purpose. .\t a sjiecial session ol Uii' board of legislature incf)rporated the Seneca Lock Navigation 
 sujierx'isors held .\la\- i s, iNi.S, the e.xjieiiditure of Company, a [iriwate comp;iny, to improve the navi- 
 
 Prudeu, Photo. 
 
 an additional sum ol fcjur liimdred dollars was auth- 
 orized, and at thi' fall session of the board in the 
 same year, $1,730 additional w'as voted, to which 
 $2,080.59 was added by the board in 1819, thus 
 amounting to more in the aggregate than the amount 
 originally asked for by the commissioners. 
 
 The people of the south end of the county, dissatis- 
 fied with the removal of the county seat from 0\id 
 where it was first located, to Waterloo in 1817, 
 procured the passage of an act in 1822, di\-iding the 
 county into two jury districts for the better accom- 
 modation of jurors, the division being made at the 
 south line of I'^ayette. Thus the county buildings at 
 Ovid were again brought into use. 
 
 By the erection of Wayne county the village of 
 Waterloo was located only eight miles from the 
 north line of the county, w-hich caused the people of 
 the south end of the county to insist upon the con- 
 
 THF; SENECA WOOLE.X MILI^S 
 
 ation of the 
 
 Seneca river hv (-'instructing locks 
 around the falls and rap cL therein, and these im- 
 provements were complete! so that in 1818 loaded 
 canal boats from the east could pass through the 
 Seneca river, as improved, up to Geneva. 
 
 The legislature, in 1825, authorized the construc- 
 tion of the Cayuga & Seneca Canal from Cieneva to 
 a junction with the Erie canal at a distance of 
 twenty-one miles, principally in the old town of 
 Junius. 
 
 The state succeeded l)y [nirchase, to all rights of 
 the Seneca Lock Navigation Company and completed 
 its canal in November, 1828, 
 
 The Erie canal, the construction of which was 
 commenced in 1817, was completed in October, 1825 
 passing through the northeast corner of Seneca 
 county. 
 
"GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENTR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Ladies' Aid Society Xo. 43, auxiliary to H. T. 
 
 Joyes Camp, Xo. iqg, Sons of \'eterans, was organ- 
 -ced May Ji. im()3, with a charter membership of >2. 
 ieing a comparati\'ely new sucietv, Xo. 4^ has of 
 ourse very little history. The fust and present 
 resident is Mrs. Lhena Morehouse who is assisted h\- 
 lH able and enthusiastic corps of oflicers and mem- 
 )ers. The objects of this association are to aid the 
 "i. A. R. in caring for disabled vetertms, soldiers' 
 v'idows and orphans, to assist in the proper observ- 
 nce of Memorial Day and especially to aid the Sons 
 f Veterans in both social and hnancial matters, 
 vieetings are held on the ist, 3rd and 5th Wednes- 
 lavs of each inonth at Sons of \'eterans' hall. 
 
 First Lords of the Soil. — Cadwallader Colden 
 n his hist(^ry of the li\e Xations speaks of them as 
 I "poor and generally called barbaious people, bred 
 
 fear. Every sudden repartee in a public treaty leaves 
 with them an impression of a light inconsiderate 
 mind; but in private conversation thev use and are 
 delighted with brisk, \vitt\- answers." 
 
 Greatest Fires. — London, Sept. 2-h. 1666, i ^,- 
 200 residences and 89 churches and public buildings 
 destroyed. Xew York, Dec. 16, 1833, 600 buildings: 
 loss !?i 20,000,000. Pittsburg, April 10, 1845, 1,000 
 buildings; loss Sb,ooo,o()o. Philadelphia, julv 9, 
 J^,5"' 35" buildings; loss f 1,500,000. St. Louis, Mav 
 4, 1831, loss $15,000,000. San F'rancisco, May 3-3, 
 1H51, 2,500 buildings; loss $3,500,000. Santiago, 
 Spain, Dec. 8, 1863, 2,000 persons killed. Portland, 
 Me., July 4, i8fi6; loss $15,000,000. Chicago, Oct. 8 
 and 9,. 1871, 1745 buildings destroyed; three and one- 
 half square miles of ruins: joo persons killed: (^8. 500 
 made homeless. rxist'ui, Xo\-. ')-ii, ]X-72, <So) build- 
 
 I'ruden, Photo. LADIES' AID, NO. «, AUXILIARY TO THE SONS OF VETERANS CAMP, NO. 199. 
 
 Lower Row (right to left)— Mrs. L. G. Morehouse, Chaplain; Mrs. Alice Johnson, Guide; Mrs. S. Relfe, 
 Asst. Guide; Mrs. F. Coous, Outside Guard. Second Row; above— Mrs. Rose Lothering-ton, Treas.; Mrs. 
 Humphrey, Past President; Mrs. P. Morehouse, President; Mrs. Jennie Timmerman, Vice-President; Mrs. 
 Nellie C. Higgins, Secretary. Third Row above— Miss P. Kennedy; Miss Lizzie Murphy; Miss Jessie Hum- 
 phrey, Inside Guard; Miss Laura Kennedy; Miss Magg'ie McGulre; Miss Mary Kennedy. Top Row— Mrs. 
 Cyntha A. Norton; Miss F. Larzelere; Mrs. Rose Myers; Mrs. James Crowley; Mrs. Frank McGulre. 
 
 under the darkest ignorance: and vet a bright and 
 noble genius shines from in under these black clouds. 
 None of the greatest Redman heroes have discovered 
 a greater love to their country, or a greater contempt 
 of death than these people, called barbarians,- have 
 done when liberty came in competition. Indeed, I 
 think our Indians have outdjne the Romans in this 
 particular. If sent with any message, though it de- 
 manded the greatest dispatch, or though they bring 
 intelligence of any imminent danger, they never tell 
 it at their hrst approach, but sit down for a minute 
 or two, at least, in silence to reflect before they speak, 
 that they may not show any degree of surprise or 
 
 ings; loss §73,000,000: 15 persons killed. St. John's 
 X. 13., June 21, 1876, loss $12,250,000. Brooklyn 
 theater, Dec. 5, 1876; 300 lives lost. Seattle and 
 Spokane, Wash., 1881; loss $10,000,000 each. 
 
 Old School cm the State Road.— Mr. B. F. Beach 
 
 thinks that the first school house built in the town 
 (if not in the county) was north of Seneca F'alls vil- 
 lage on the State road. The first teacher was Miss 
 Xancv Osman, adopted daughter of Moses March. 
 
 First School. — In a log house, built on the shore 
 of the mill race, June 16, 1801, was taught the first 
 school in Seneca Falls, Alexander 'Wilson being the 
 teacher. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 PocahontasLodge,No. 211,F. & A. M., has 
 
 brcii in existence i)\'er Uhv vt-ars. A petition tn the 
 (irand L(>(lf(e for the organization ol' the same was 
 acted upon Marrii ^, iS^i: a. warrant was issuetl clin-- 
 \\)ii that month and tlie Loji^e orji;ani/ed, its lirsl 
 tin"ee' j)rin(i])al ol'iicers i)em<,^ John Morse master, 
 L\inan T. Mooic si-nior warden and I)a\id M. Coy 
 junior warden. The Lodge >oon became pros[)erous 
 and numbered among its members men ol' inllu nee, 
 inailv of whom ha\e long since passed a\\a\. 
 
 The oldest iix'iiig members of tfle Lodge to-day 
 are; Horace C. Silsbv (1S52), Hon. (iilbert Wilcoxeii, 
 |!<S5f)) and Henry Stowell" ( 1S57). 
 
 Harmonv ])re\ailed during the mter\i-ning \ears 
 from its org-ini/.ation up to the tune ol the ci\il war, 
 when man\- went oLit in delence ol their Hag and 
 country. The Lodu-p roduis w<'re located at that 
 
 'I'emplars" Hall until 7'. ne, iSjfx The first meeting , 
 held under the w£irrant issued by the (irand Lodge 
 was .June S, 1870. On jun;" 14, 1870, the Lodge met : 
 in (i. .\. R. Hall and I'ontinued to do so until March 1 
 28. 1.S71, when it tcxjk possession of rooms fitted up 
 in tht' Mvnderse f)locl<, whicli had been rebuilt after 
 the lire, and the members set t(.) work with a will 
 and furnished the same, and the-,e surroundings were 
 accejitable until i(f)o, \\hen an effort was made by 
 the Leidge to get its own building. A committee 
 \\as appfiinted to obtain options and after examining 
 scN-eral sites and reporting upon the same, the Lodge 
 ])urchased the Mason [jropertv on the east side of 
 Ca\uga street. 
 
 The men who were foremost in this project bore 
 the stamp <if resolution and are to-day enjoying the 
 satisfaction that their labors are not in \'ain. The 
 |)rinie nio\-ers did not complete Init slKuild lia\e lull 
 
 Prurten. Photo. POCAHONTAS LODGE, NO. -'11, F. & A. M. 
 
 Lower Row (left to rig:ht)— Samuel Klbbey, Secretary; E. L. M. Guion, Sr. W.; W. S. McDonald, Master; 
 Rev. W. ]J. Clarke, Chaplain; George B. Davis, Treasurer. Middle Row— M. W. Jacoby, Jr. M. ('.; H. DeLan- 
 cey Knig-ht, Organist; W. B. Harper, Trustee; T. W. Pollard, Trustee: W. P. Campbell, Sr. M. C. Top Row— 
 E. .1. Forbes, S. D.; John C. Davis, Trustee; F. P. Odell, Tiler; J. F. Troutman, Jr. D. 
 
 time on the third floor of the Mvnderse block on F'all 
 street and the Lodge had about completed the fur- 
 nishing of the same when it met a serious disaster. 
 
 ( )ii .lanuarv i^, iSbq, at or near midnight, .M\n- 
 derse Block on Fall street was destroyed by lire, 
 which was first discovered in the third story (sup- 
 posed to be the work of incendiaries), and in the 
 conflagration all the properties and fittings of the 
 Lodge were destroyed and even the warrant bv 
 authoritv of which the Lodge had e.vistence was lost. 
 The brethren, undaunted by this blow, applied at 
 once to Grand Master James (iibsoii for a dispensa- 
 tion to resume labor as a Lodge, whicli was granted 
 Jan. 25, i86q. The hrst meeting after the hre was 
 held in the Cuddrback Hall and afterwards in Good 
 
 credit for the initial mo\ement and they vvere met 
 more than half wav bv the ofiicers and members of 
 iqoo and 1901. The funds for' the purchase of the 
 lit and the commencement of the erection of the 
 building were raised by a popular loan among the 
 members, represented by certificates at a low rate of 
 interest. The committee on sites consisting of Cieo. 
 1). Ha\is, C. A. MacDonald and Thomas W. Pollard, 
 after completing the purchase and removing the old 
 building from the lot, gave the propert_\- in charge of 
 a building committee composed of S. B. Hopkins, 
 Fred Maier, jr., C. H. Williams;. B. Frank Peck and 
 H. M. Heady, who accepted, . with some modifica- 
 tions, the plans of Joseph Blabv, of Palmyra, N. Y., 
 architect; and contracts were let to r)arlow & Wood- 
 
'GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 ork for the mason work and to Jacol) 
 Cavuga, N. Y., for the woodwork. 
 
 On .lune 13, 1901, the corner-stone was laid 
 ippropriate ceremonies by drand Master Charles W- 
 Mead, of Alliany, \. V. 
 ^and officers. This was 
 
 Masons in Seneca Falls. Lodges were present from .\u- 
 urn, Cayuga, Waterloo, 0\id and Cieneva and many 
 ther representatives from Lodges between Rochester 
 md Sviacuse, (iene\a Commanderv of Knigfits 
 Templar being also jjresent as an es'"ort to the 
 irand Lodge. ihe town was decorated for the 
 )Ccasion with Hags and bunting and nature gloriousiv 
 ;niiled upon Pocahontas Lf)dge on this, her jubilee. 
 
 From this time the building grew in svmmetrical 
 'orm and it now stands forth an o nainent to "the 
 l-"ifth .\venue" of Seneca 
 Falls — Cayuga street — 
 md a credit to the \illage. 
 It is two and one-half 
 itories high, with pressed 
 ^rick front and is of verv 
 imposing appearance and 
 design. The interior is a 
 model for those about to 
 Engage in a similar under- 
 taking. It has a large 
 .basement \\ith excellent 
 neating apparatus and on 
 the ground floor is an 
 assembly hall capable of 
 Seating twf) hundred per- 
 sons at tables, this room 
 being used for dancing 
 parties and ]5ublic enter- 
 tainments. Adjoining, are 
 ante-rooms, cloak-rooms 
 and toilet rooms. A small 
 ;tage is built in the rear 
 jf the hall; and there is 
 ■1 kitchen with apparatus 
 for the accommodation of 
 banqueting parties, a 1 I 
 fitted in modern style. On 
 the second floor are the 
 Lodge rooms, in which not 
 ;)nly the Blue Lodge holds 
 its meetings but thev are 
 also occupied bv Salem 
 Town Chapter, 183, R. .V. 
 M., and Sincerity Chapter, 
 O. E. S., the ladies of this 
 branch having materially 
 assisted the Lodge in 
 furnishing the same with 
 an elegant carpet for the 
 Lodge room. 
 
 Plans were subsequently made and the conmiittecs 
 appointed for a Masonic fair and as evidence of the 
 unity and good feeling existing among all branches 
 of the order each and every member helped to make 
 it a success, which it was in every sense cf the v.ord: 
 Salem Town Chapter donating largely to the same 
 and the ladies of the Eastern Star being untiring in 
 their elTorts. .Vfter holding the fair for a week, it 
 was clf)sed, netting the Lodge about §3,500, a grand 
 start towards the payment of its indebtedness. 
 Words would be wholly inadequate to express the 
 credit due the W. .\1. and various committees for the 
 success of the undertaking. The trustees set to work 
 to complete the furnishing of the building and 
 received several excellent donations of furniture for 
 the Lodge. The building was formally dedicated, 
 completely furnished, on Friday, Oct. 24, 1902, b y 
 
 I'reese of the (irand Lodge officers as follows: M. \\'. Elbert 
 
 Crandall, (irand Master of the State of New York: 
 
 ith \i.\\. S. Nelson Sawyer, Senior Grand \\'arden: R.W. 
 
 Charles .Smith, Junior Grand Warden; M. W. E. L. 
 
 issisted by his associate .M. F,hlers; (irand Secretary; R. W. (ieorge W. White, 
 
 indeed, a great day for Past (irand 'i'reasurer: R. \N'. .lohn R. (iardner. 
 
 (irand Marshall: R. W. A. W. Hillehrand, (irand 
 
 Sword Bearer: R. W. \\n\. (). Campbell, (irand 
 
 Sword Bearer; l\. W. (Ieorge Kent, (irand Steward; 
 
 R. W. Lorenz Zeller, (irand Director. 
 
 The presence (»f the (irand Lodge o liners for the 
 second time and of the (i.and Master for tlie third, 
 during the erection and completion of this building, 
 we:e honors more than ordinary to Pochontas Lodge 
 and the presence among us of a Mason of high staiul- 
 ing, a m;-mber of tliis, Lo;lge, has been a matter of 
 
 PriHen, I'hoto. 
 
 MASONIC TEMPLE. 
 
 high interest to those in authority. \\'or. I'ro. .lames 
 D. Pollard, Past Grand High Priest of the (irand 
 Chapter, a life-long resident of this place, was well 
 known throughout this state and was a man who 
 took great interest in the fraternity and, singular to 
 record, firo. Pollard was suddenly remoxed by death 
 within ten davs after this dedication at which he was 
 present. 
 
 A large number of brethren were present at the 
 final ceremonies connected with this Masonic Temple 
 and having given all the visitors present, including 
 the grand olhcers, a royal w'elcome, a banquet was 
 served and with toasts and speeches and entertain- 
 ment in music and song the brethren felt that this 
 splendid edihce had been well opened and dedicated 
 to Masonry. The Lodge is now in the height of 
 prosperity. The rooms are attractive and pleasant 
 
'GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SE\ECA FALLS. 
 
 tr) meet in, which is indicated by the generally large 
 attendance of its members and \isiting brethren. In 
 addition to the ordinarv furniture m the Li>dge rooin 
 is a l-iipe organ and in the assembh rooni below is 
 an elegant jjiami. At the head nf the hrst llight of 
 stairs a line tablet lias been erected, cominenioratixe 
 of the e\-ent, on whicli is inscrdied: 
 
 Pocahontas Lodge, _m i . F. cS; A. \l. 
 Charter,. d .\. I )., i.S^j. 
 
 .1. C. Davis, W. .M 
 !•,. Ci. Could, .1. \V 
 S. Kil)be\', Sec\ . 
 I. ,\. Rof)ertson, .1 
 [■red Corv, .1. .M. C 
 W. H. .\dkins,„i, M; 
 
 I). 
 
 Chas. e\ .Idhnson, S. W. 
 ( iec >. I'. I )a\is, '1 reas. 
 C- IS. Durham, S. D. 
 I'.. \Vm. Medden, S. M. C 
 K'e\-. \\'. I'l. Clarke, e'liap 
 f. 1'. < )drll. Tiler. 
 
 W 
 
 u-p 
 
 e' 
 
 \. MacDonald, 
 ildiiiL!' C< iiiimittt 
 
 \\' 
 
 ill; 
 
 It mav be of interest to the members of the frater- 
 nity and others U> note the ofliciarx- of the L(pdge 
 from its inception, a record of lilt\' \'ears, not al\\,i\s 
 iibtainable in man\' institutions. I'l) to the \iar 
 iSjo, immediateh' after the fire, we shall onl\- re|ire- 
 sent the first three nfiicers of the Lodge. 
 
 The officers for the \-ear ii)i\V most of whom are 
 represented in the illustration accoiii|ian\ing this 
 arti< le, are: \V. M.. Wni. S. M.icDoiiald; S. W.,' E. I.. 
 \l. Cuion: j \V., C.id\ I'.. DLirham; Treas., C.eo. I',. 
 Da\ is; S c. Sanur-1 K'ibbex-; Chap., Ue\ . W. P,. 
 Clarke: S. I)., I^dward .1. l'(,rbes: .1. D., Joel f. Trout- 
 man: S. M. C . Will. P. Camplxdl: ]. 'M. C, Mav- 
 iiar.l \V. j.icohv: Mar., |-rank C. I'.ebee: Org., H. 
 Del, aiice\- Knight; Tiler, Frank P. ( )<lell; Trustees, 
 Will. I',. Harper, John C. Davis. Ilios. W. i'.dlard. 
 
 rill' present membership of the I .odge is souietliing 
 ovcrtwii hundred brethren. Regular lomnuiiiica- 
 tions are held on tlif' second and fourth I uesd,-i\s of 
 
 S. 1',. lb 
 
 ■ pkms, 11. f 
 
 Peek, F. Maie 
 
 r, .Ir. each iiii mil 
 
 , c. 
 
 immenciiicr at 
 
 "■ V' p. m. 
 
 
 '. 11. Williams, 
 
 IF M. Ileadv, 
 
 The loll, 
 
 w ing is the list of 
 
 the 
 
 
 CHIEF ELK( 
 
 TIVE OFFICERS, POCAHONTAS LODGE 
 
 FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS: 
 
 VEAK 
 
 MASTER 
 
 SENIOR AVARDEN 
 
 .lONKIR WARDEN 
 
 
 
 
 
 1S51 
 
 l,Hr,2 
 
 •lolin Morse, 
 
 Lyman T. Moore, 
 
 David M. Coy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Edwin J. Tyler, 
 
 W. A. Swaby, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1854 
 
 Lyman T. Moore. 
 
 Wm. A. Swaby. 
 
 James Denison, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1H5.-. 
 
 Rdwin .1. Tyler, 
 
 .lames Denison, 
 
 R. Schuyler, 
 
 
 
 
 
 IS,"-)!; 
 
 •' 
 
 " 
 
 Wm. Gnnn, 
 
 
 
 
 
 i,H5; 
 
 
 Wm. Gnnn, 
 
 David M. Coy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ISfjK 
 
 Wm. Gwun, 
 
 Luther F. Veilie. 
 
 Gilbert Wilcoxen, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1«5<J 
 
 Edwin Tyler, 
 
 Nathan Riker, 
 
 Hiram H. Heath, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1S60 
 
 Aiig-iistus Gotte. 
 
 Hiram H. Heatli. 
 
 Pejry Stowell, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1861 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18ti2 
 
 Hiram H. Heatli, 
 
 Gilbert Wilcoxen. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18ti;! 
 
 Auffustiis Gotte. 
 
 Perry Stowell, 
 
 James H. Petty, 
 
 
 
 
 
 18(54 
 
 Perj-y Stowell, 
 
 .lames H. Petty, 
 
 Chas. Rake, 
 
 
 
 
 
 IStif) 
 
 " 
 
 .lames D. Pollard. 
 
 John Lynn, 
 
 
 
 
 
 18t)ti 
 
 .lames D. Pollard, 
 
 Wm. Walker, 
 
 S. B. Hopkins, 
 
 
 
 
 
 I8i;t 
 
 
 
 Edgar A. Brewer, 
 
 
 
 
 
 18(i8 
 
 Gilbert T. Taft. 
 
 W. F. Hoster, 
 
 Wm. Allen, 
 
 
 
 
 
 I8(i9 
 
 Wni. Walker, 
 
 " 
 
 A. H. Kittell, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1870 
 
 
 S. n. Hopkins, 
 
 J. F. Dalrymple, 
 
 
 
 
 
 From 
 
 the year iSyo, a in 
 
 ire complete record is 
 
 obtainable and ;i 1 
 
 ist 
 
 ,r th 
 
 = \\\e ele 
 
 ■ti\e ,itTit-ers is given 
 
 YEAR 
 
 MASTER 
 
 S. WARDEN 
 
 .1. WARDEN 
 
 
 TREASURER 
 
 SECRETARY 
 
 1871 
 
 G. Wilcoxen 
 
 H. H. Heath 
 
 T. C. Armitage 
 
 M 
 
 OSes Rumse.\ 
 
 Thos. Kerr 
 
 1872 
 
 S. ]}. Hopkins 
 
 .1. R. Little.iohn 
 
 B. F. VanCleef 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 1873 
 
 J. R. Little.iohn 
 
 D. H.Gordon 
 
 Geo. Reamer 
 
 
 •• 
 
 
 C. E. Wessell 
 
 1874 
 
 D. H. Gordon 
 
 Chas Gould 
 
 '• 
 
 J 
 
 D. P< 
 
 )l!ard 
 
 •' 
 
 1875 
 
 Wm. Walker 
 
 Geo. Reamer 
 
 H.J. Purdy 
 
 
 ■• 
 
 
 
 187ti 
 
 .1. D. Pollard 
 
 .1. R. Littlejolin 
 
 S. B. Hopkins 
 
 1) 
 
 . H. G 
 
 ordon 
 
 " 
 
 1877 
 
 H..I. Purdy 
 
 P. H. VauAuken 
 
 M. D. Sisson 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 " 
 
 1878 
 
 P. H. VanAnken 
 
 C. W. Riet?el 
 
 " 
 
 ti 
 
 en. B. 
 
 Davis 
 
 W. T. Runyan 
 
 1879 
 
 Chas. W. Riejrel 
 
 M. D. Sisson 
 
 Chas. T. Silsby 
 
 
 »• 
 
 
 
 1880 
 
 P. H. VanAuken 
 
 .1. C Reamer 
 
 '• 
 
 
 ii 
 
 
 •• 
 
 1881 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 " 
 
 1882 
 
 .I.e. Reamer 
 
 Chas. T. Silsby 
 
 H. C, Knickerbockt 
 
 M- 
 
 '> 
 
 
 " 
 
 188:5 
 
 Chas. T. Silsby 
 
 H.C.Knickerbocker 
 
 A. W. Worth 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 " 
 
 1884 
 
 " 
 
 A. W. Worth 
 
 J. N. Hammond 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 W. J. Pollard 
 
 1885 
 
 A. W. Worth 
 
 Chas. Randolph 
 
 Geo. M. Compson 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 188(i 
 
 '* 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 
 
 S. B. Hopkins 
 
 1887 
 
 " 
 
 H.C.Knickerbocker 
 
 Weed Barnnm 
 
 
 •' 
 
 
 
 1888 
 
 H.C.Kniokerbock 
 
 •r M. D. Sisson 
 
 James G.Armstrong- 
 
 " 
 
 
 C. H. Williams 
 
 188i) 
 
 .1 . (i. Armstrong- 
 
 S. n. Hopkins 
 
 Chas. Sanderson 
 
 
 
 
 G. M. Compson 
 
 18<)0 
 
 
 Weed Rarnum 
 
 Geo. Ament 
 
 
 
 
 
 1891 
 
 
 Geo. Ament 
 
 Wm. B. Harper 
 
 
 
 
 
 1892 
 
 Geo. Ament 
 
 Wm. B. Harper 
 
 C. A. Mac Donald 
 
 c. 
 
 H. W 
 
 dliams 
 
 Samuel Kibbey 
 
 i,s9;{ 
 
 " 
 
 C. A. MacDonald 
 
 R. G, Miller 
 
 
 >• 
 
 
 " 
 
 1894 
 
 Wm. B. Harper 
 
 " 
 
 H. A. Carmer 
 
 T. 
 
 W.P 
 
 )llard 
 
 " 
 
 1895 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 >. 
 
 
 
 
 .> 
 
 1896 
 
 C. A. MacDouald 
 
 H. A. Carmer 
 
 Chas. C. Johnson 
 
 t! 
 
 eo. 'M. 
 
 Compson 
 
 .. 
 
 1897 
 
 " 
 
 Thos. W. Pollard 
 
 Fred L. Story 
 
 Geo. B. 
 
 Davis 
 
 .> 
 
 1898 
 
 Thos. W. Pollard 
 
 John C. Davis 
 
 Wm M. Follett 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 1899 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Chas. C. Johnson 
 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 19U1 
 
 John C. Davis 
 
 Chas. C. Johnson 
 
 W. S. MacDonald 
 
 
 
 
 
 1901 
 
 '• 
 
 >' 
 
 E. G. Gould 
 
 
 
 
 
 1902 
 
 
 >• 
 
 >. 
 
 
 
 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SliNTXA FALLS. 
 
 79 
 
 Treaties involving Seneca F'alls Lands; Contest 
 ()\er Lands cif Cayuga Indians Between Specu- 
 lators and the State; Indian Traders, and Mission- 
 "The Ratification." 
 
 [\\y Fred Teller j 
 ; The lands upon which the \illage of Seneca I'alls 
 has been built were ceded to the State of \ew York 
 by the Cayuga tribe of Indians. The lands included 
 jin the boundaries of the first, second and third wards 
 jwere relinquished by the Cayugas in the treaty known 
 ■as the State Treaty with the Cayugas of 1789. Bv 
 this treaty they sold to the state the principal part 
 jof their lands, reserving only what was known as the 
 llv'ist and West Cayuga reservations, respectively, on 
 jthe east and west shores of Cayuga lake, which res- 
 {ervations contained, "exclusive of the waters of the 
 llake" practically one hundred square miles. It is an 
 interesting storv ending at thecoiuicil lire which was 
 
 The attendance of the Cayugas was not large or 
 representative, owing to the violent opposition of 
 the lessees. The lessees were two companies who 
 had leased from the Six Naticms practically all of 
 their lands for the period of 999 years. The Indians 
 were not allowed to sell their lands without the con- 
 sent of the state. The humane policv of (leorge 
 Washington and the government "of the 13 fires" 
 required the presence of United States commissioners 
 to safeguard the interests of their Indian wards, at all 
 treaties held by them for the conveyance of their 
 lands. To evade these precautions the lessees had 
 "leased" the lands of the Indians for such a length of 
 time that it practically constituted a sale. John 
 Livingston was the most prominent figure in this 
 movement which was for the purpose of erecting a 
 new state west of the pre-emption line, whicli, how- 
 ever, is not pertinent to this article. 
 
 To properly understand the condition of affairs 
 here at the time n{ this treatv it is necessary to go 
 
 Pruden. Photo. SINCERITY CHAPTER. EASTERN STAR. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Kellogg-, worthy matron, centre of middle row; Mrs. G. T. Pruden, associate matron, on Mrs. 
 Kelloj?g-'s left, and Mrs. .lohn Dcivis, treasurer, is on her right. Mrs. Dr. .1. F. Crosl)y, coiidiictress. is next 
 to Mrs Pruden and .Vlrs. John Crowed, assieiate conductress, is next to Mrs. Davis. Those sitting- are: Mrs. 
 W. P. Campbell, chaplain, in the center. Mrs. Moses Nearpass, marshal, at her right and Mrs. Sahler, 
 warder, at her left. Frank Odell, sentinel, with, next in order to him. Miss Bertha Munson, Ada, Miss 
 Harriet Beebe, Electa. Mrs. John Anient, Martha, and Mrs. E. Cooney, Ruth, appear in the upper row. 
 
 kindled in Albain on the 14th day of February, 1784. 
 The treatv was fmally ratified on the twenty-fd'th 
 af the same month by, on the part id' the state, 
 : — His excellency (jov Cieorge Clinton, Lieut 
 'SiO\. \''an Cortland and Commissioners I'>.ra L'Hom- 
 nedieu, .-Vbram Ten Broeck, John Hatborn, Samuel 
 [ones, Peter Gansevoort, jr., and Fgbert Benson. On 
 the part of the Cayugas, the treaty states, "with 
 several of the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the 
 :rihe or nation of Indians called the Cayugas, for and 
 m behalf of the said nation." On behalf of the 
 Jayugas this treaty was signed by fourteen Indians 
 ind twelve governesses, a very small proportion of the 
 lead men and women of the tribe. Most of the sig- 
 latures are noted as having been signed by Kanis- 
 :agia whose mark was a steel trap. 
 
 back a little and examine some e\ents that occurred 
 a lev\' months pre\ioLis. The late Cetirge Cono\'er 
 published a \ er\- interesting article covering these 
 e\-ents, from which 1 quote. After referring to the 
 treaty which the two lessee companies had held with 
 the Indians at Kanadesaga (beautiful waters, alscj 
 the former name of Seneca lake) a prominent castle 
 (jr town of the Seneca Indians located near the outlet 
 of Seneca lake, he says: 
 
 "It was finally determined to hold a council in 
 September, 1788, at Fort Schuyler, and agents and 
 runners were sent out by the Xew York State com- 
 missioners to induce the Indians to attend. Great 
 preparations were made for this embassy to the 
 Indian country. The board of commissions and 
 their retinue started from Albany on the 23d and did 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTOPvICAL SOU\'EXIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 not arrive at Fort Schuyler until the aSth of August. 
 A wild, r(.imantic scene was soon presented. Ciov. 
 George Clinton pitched his marquee and was sur- 
 rounded bv many who had l)een conspicuous in the 
 revolution, and were the leading men in the new 
 state. They were surrounded by the camp hres of 
 the numerous representatives of the Six Nations wiio 
 numbered thousands. Indian traders were there 
 from New York and Canada in large numbers witii 
 their showy goods, trinkets .and firewater, ready for 
 the sale of their goods [to the Indians] or the espousal 
 of either the interest of thi- state or the lessees [whose 
 interests lav in ]:)reventing the cession of the Indian 
 lands to the state by the proposed treaty]. I'nuni- 
 nent lessees from Albanv, Mudson and Canada w.-rr 
 in the crowd, secretly and insiduously endeavoring 
 to thwart the object of the council. Learning that 
 om- of thi'ir j)rinci|)a-ls, .lohn Lixingston, was present, 
 ("io\-. Clinton ordered him to leave in three hours and 
 retire to the distance of forty miles. I'"inding that 
 Ihf Cavugas and Senecas had held back, messengers 
 were sent to Kanadesaga, who found Dr. Burton, a 
 [irominent lessee, and his agents surrounded b\- In- 
 dians, dealing out liquors and goods and persuading 
 
 York] was dispatched to these tribes to inform them 
 what had been done and to prepare a wav for a ci )uncil. 
 Seth Reed, who was living at Old Castle, and Peter 
 Ryckerman, living upon the lake shore at Kana- 
 desaga, both noted Indian traders, were engaged to 
 aid in getting the attendance of the Indians to the 
 council. Reed and Ryckerman responded and sent 
 .lames Manning Reed to .\lbany with a letter saying 
 that thev would be at Albany the latter part of .Tan- 
 uar\- with the Indians, and adding that the lessees 
 kept the Indians 'so continually intoxicated with 
 liquor that it is inqx>ssible to do anything with 
 them.' It was not until Febriiarv, 1789, that Ryck- 
 erman was able to collect a suflicient number of 
 Indians and to reach Albanv." Rvcl^erman was well 
 repaid for this service as will be seen farther on. 
 
 On the ji-ith the council was opened (as abo\e 
 stated) with the Cayugas, Senecas. Onondagas and 
 Oneidas present. Good Peter, or Dominie Peter 
 was the principal speaker for the Cayugas. Present 
 at the council was a considerable nundjer of 
 their women, whom Good Peter called "governesses" 
 and of whom he said, "our ancestors considered it a 
 great 1r;nisgression to reject the council of the 
 
 Loaned by .laiiet Cowiufi'. 
 
 (Sit( 
 
 that .New York would either cheat 
 amis 01 else put them to death. 
 
 them [the Indian 
 them out of their 
 
 Manv of them were un(lecei\c(l and started on thei 
 journey, but so great had been the l)e;istl\- intoxica 
 tion, that but few went hirther than Scaw-vasi 
 [Skoiyase], South Waterloo, being uii;ibleto proceed 
 
 Cavuga thing 01 
 
 me 
 
 )ut few reached the 
 the road. 
 
 "On the Sth of September, 
 over's account, "the council w: 
 by Gov. Clinttm and after a few da\'s 
 concluded with the Onondagas whereb\ 
 
 I he\ con- 
 I'hev said: 
 iinds? Who 
 
 lands were pnicured [for the State] except certain 
 reservations. Negotiations with the Oneidas fol- 
 lowed and after simie days alike treatv was procured 
 from them. The council had continued for twentv- 
 five days. It now became important in order to 
 secure the balance of the Indian lands to procure a 
 treaty with the Cayugas and Senecas. Samuel Kirk- 
 land [the earliest English protestant missionarv 
 among the Six Nations in Central -md Western New 
 
 THE PARTRIDGE IJLOCK 
 
 f the Old Ariiett Mill), Burned Jvily 30, 18iiO. 
 
 women, p.iiticularlvof the governesses, 
 sidered them the mistresses of the soil. 
 Who bring us forth? Who cultivate our 
 kindle our lires" Who boil c)ur pots — but the women? 
 ()ur women sav let not the tradition of the fathers 
 with respect to women be disregarded; let them 
 not be despised; God is their maker." Six da\s of 
 negotiatit)ns completed the objects of the council. 
 
 The lands ceded reached west of the pre-emption 
 line, or boundary between this state and the "com- 
 monwealth of Massachusetts" claims [See history of 
 the pre-emption line on another page], and out of it 
 Peter Ryckerman received a mile square at the Cay- 
 uga ferrv and 16,000 acres i;)f land west of Seneca 
 lake for his services, less 320 acres reserved to a white 
 ])erson married to a daughter of a Cayuga named 
 Thonowas. The Cayugas als ) reserved the salt 
 springs on the Seneca river and "the place in the 
 Seneca river at or near a place called Skoyes (so 
 spelled in the treatvl where the Cayugas have hereto- 
 fore taken eel, and a competent |)iece of land on the 
 
 ntiimes Mr. Con- 
 
 [lened b\- a speech 
 
 1 treatv was 
 
 all of their 
 
■GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 8 1 
 
 Old Photo. 
 
 AMELIA JENKS BLOOMEK. 
 (See sketch "Bloomers" page 'M.) 
 
 southern side of said river at said place sufficient for' 
 the said Cayugas to land and encamp on and cure 
 their eel." 
 
 The consideration given to the Cayugas was $500 
 paid down, .$1,675 on the ist of June following, to be 
 paid at Fort Schuyler, and on June ist of every year 
 thereafter, to be paid at Fort Schuyler $500 in silver. 
 
 When, on the following June, the Indians came 
 forward to receive the payment of $1,675, the state 
 took the precautions to render the treaty more secure 
 by requiring the signatures of the more representa- 
 tive sachems, warriors and chiefs of the Cavuga 
 nation, by which they "fully, freely and absolutely 
 ratifv and confirm said treaty." The leading signa- 
 ture obtained at this time is that of the aged, 
 venerated and widely known Cayuga chief Ojageght, 
 commonly known as "Fish Carrier." For many 
 years, by reason of his age and renown, he had been 
 the headsman or leading sachem of the Cayuga tribe. 
 The next name signed to the treaty, or rather ratifi- 
 cation of tiie treatv, is the Seneca orator Shagoyegh- 
 watha, the well known "Red Jacket." Five names 
 follow which "in the absence of the above" are 
 signed by Fish Carrier. Then came eighteen Cay- 
 uga signatures followed by Gov. Clinton and the 
 commissioners. It is sealed in the presence of Samuel 
 Kirkland, missionary, Joseph Brant, the well known 
 Thayandenaga, the fighting chieftain of the Mo- 
 hawks, and four Oneida chiefs. These represented 
 the leading and influential men of the Si.x; Nations. 
 
 Woman Suffrage first Proclaimed at Seneca 
 
 Falls, the Home of the Leaders; Story of How 
 
 Four of the World's Distinguished Women First 
 
 Met; the Street Corner Introduction of Stanton 
 
 and .-Xnthony. 
 
 Drums beat to quarter in the village of Seneca 
 
 Falls the revolutionary army that waged the great 
 
 fight for woman suffrage. In the old Wesleyan 
 
 Methodist church which stood at the corner of Fall 
 
 and Mynderse streets, in this village on July 19, 1848, 
 
 the first public convention sent forth the "declaration 
 
 of independence," bearing to the world the names of 
 
 Mrs. Lucretia Mott and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
 
 Here it was first by proclamation declared that 
 
 women have the right — or ought to have — to vote 
 
 and hold office. 
 
 Frederick Douglass, seeking the emancipation of 
 the blacks — man as well as woman — was present at 
 this meeting, as were also many local celebrities. 
 
 Two days of conferences and discussions, com- 
 mittee sessions and reports gave birth to a "bill of 
 women's grievances" and the declaration that she 
 had the right and would become free. That was the 
 idea — not the language. Fifty women and nearly as 
 many men subscribed thereto and the proclamation 
 was published in the newspapers of all languages in 
 all parts of the world. But the president of that 
 ccjnvention and the chairman who reported the fate- 
 ful document were men, James Mi)tt and Henry B. 
 Stanton, respectively — husbands of the distinguished 
 female leaders of the convention. 
 
 Susan B. Anthony who became the Moses of Israel 
 [living at this writing Nov. 27, 1903] was not there. 
 She came into the cause of freedom later, and we 
 shall show, was recruited right here in Seneca Falls. 
 
 Mrs. Amelia Jenks Bloomer was in attendance at 
 this convention, but only as a listener. She did not 
 sign either resolution or declaration. She believed, 
 but at that time she had other work in hand; and 
 whereas women had already begun to acquire legal 
 right to property she was satisfied to let well enough 
 alone. How she came to take another step will also 
 be shown. 
 
 Ansel Bascom, a practicing lawyer of Seneca Falls 
 was crowned with glory in that convention. To him 
 and David Dudley Field were given all of the credit 
 for the most important measures of emancipation 
 woman had up to that time obtained. In the legis- 
 lature of 1845 the shell was cracked. Married women 
 for the first time had the right to hold property. 
 Then came the constitutional convention of 1846 and 
 the legislature of 1847 in both of which Mr. Basco m 
 was a member and which had given the cause of 
 woman greater speed. They had now a personality, 
 the right to earn money and to be the guardian of 
 their own children. All hail to .\nsel Bascom, a 
 Seneca Falls man who had driven the entering 
 wedge! The convention now demanded that the 
 splitting wedge should be driven. That women 
 should vote and hold office. 
 
 It is curious to note that at this time Seneca Falls 
 was in the throes of four reform movements. Th • 
 first now beinsT described, the second, third and fourth 
 
 Courtesy 
 
 i;icu.-.e Herald. 
 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. 
 
•GRIPS'- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 OKI I'lioto. ANSEL BASCOM, First Village President. 
 One ol' the earliest public men of Seneca Falls, wlio, 
 with David Dudley Field, was laiKel>' instrunieutal in 
 lefrislation s'iving- women of New York state the rif^ht 
 of ownership of property in theii- own name. 
 
 well' Iciiiperanci', dress icldnii .iiid ;inti-sl;i\'ery. 
 Mi's. i'>lcii>iiirr \\;is tlun h.i 1 ll iiif;' lor li'iliperance, Mrs. 
 l'.li/;il)ctli Suiitli Miller li.id alrculy hcgun work for 
 dress relorni | see article on "I >lo( Jiners" | ami Miss 
 Susan ]'. Anllion\ \\,is deli\crin>;' sledge liamnier 
 blow s loi- the eiiia Ml i| )at II m ol sonljiern sla\ i.'s. '1 lie\' 
 were \civ so(ir_ til lie drawn into the great work ol 
 woman sidlrage and rigiit here in this \ dlage make 
 ihi' iiinipait ol unimi and ]ierse\crenie. 
 
 And this is the stor\ uf hi i\\ the lour distingiiislied 
 wmnen eanie togellier — for the first time in this \-il- 
 lagc. ft imdoLihtetlly came ai)out through Mrs. 
 
 Ill ler. On .Ian. i, 1N41), slie issued the first num- 
 
 hei ol her moiithl}- paper, "I he Lilv.'" The only 
 iiip\ now know 11 to he in existence is in the state 
 lilir.iiv at Albany. .\ local feni]:)erance society ol 
 women had conceixcd and named it. At the last 
 moment tlie\ declined Im.incial responsil)ilit\' for the 
 
 \cnture; and so Mrs. Ill ner went on with it, 
 
 r.ither than to see it lad. "I could not so lightly 
 thri iw off responsibility, " Mrs. Illoonier said. "Our 
 word had gone to the public .nulwe had considerable 
 monev on subsrriptnm. " 
 
 "The I.ilv" of course attr.icted Mrs, Stanton's 
 attention. .\ woman's ]iaperl "published bv a com- 
 mittee of ladies," the de\ ice at tin- heatl of its 
 cokimiis; a fiction kept there the hrst \ear, though it 
 was Mrs. lUoomer's paper — probabK- for the influence 
 it woLild e.xert. Jnst what was needed — a paper lor 
 women. .So thought Mrs. Stanton. She sought out 
 the pul)lisher, that summer of '41), and foimd her in 
 the post ollice. Mrs. I'dooiner had that spring been 
 made de|nity hv the post master, her husband. Mrs. 
 Stanton introtlnced herself to the editor of "The 
 Lily" and was gladly accepted .as one of its volunteer 
 contributors. Her pen fed its cokimns with man\ 
 contributions, at hrst largeh- mi temperance, the 
 writer concealing jiersonal identitx- fnuu the public 
 under the signature ".Sunflower. " Next vear, 1850, 
 Mrs. Bloomer had placed her name at tiie head of the 
 paper and avowed it the champion of woman's 
 rights, also throwing into the scale for the cause her 
 personal talents — eloquence on the jilatform and 
 influence in e\'erv dav life. 
 
 "'{"he Lily" for March. iS^^o, made clear the 
 immediate cause lor Mrs. liloomer's open and acti\'e 
 alliance with female suffrage. The I'ennessee legis- 
 lature had decided ad\'erseh' woman's legal right of 
 property. It was more than Mrs. B. could stand. It 
 was accepted by her as an in\-itation to battle. So 
 her gun thundered an editorial response: "We think 
 it high time that women should open their eves and 
 
 lo(d< where they stand," she wrote. "It is quite time 
 that their rights shouKl lie discussed, and that wnman 
 herself should enter the contest." Thus was "The 
 l.ih 'Consecrated to a di\iue purpose. '1 his is a his- 
 torv of woman suffrage onl\' as it concerns Seneca 
 Fails. A com])lete afhrniatixe histurx- should ri>\)\ 
 all of that editorial. 
 
 Susan I'). Anthonv lamr' to Seneca I'.ills m the 
 spring iif iNv I" .itteiid an ant 1 -sla \ i'i"\' cmnention 
 (oiidncted l)\ (ieiirge I h.i ml psi m and William LIuncI 
 ('lairisoii, .111(1 was the guest ol Mrs. Filoomer. 1 he 
 Iwii I. lilies wi're returnin.t;' from mie uf the meetings 
 when tlie\- stiipped .ni a street corner tn wait U>r Mrs 
 Stanliiii. It was there ami then that .Mrs. Stanton and 
 Miss ,\ntliiin\ were introduced. 
 
 ■'.\ Iterw 11 ds we called together at Mrs. Stantuns 
 Imnse," Mrs. Filoomer later wmte, "and the wa\' was 
 iipeiied fur future intercourse between them. It was, 
 as Mrs. Stantiiii sa\s m her historw an eventtul 
 iiK-etmg that heiiciforth 111 a measure shapetl their 
 !i\i's. Xei'her would lia\e done what she did with- 
 out llie other. Mrs. Stanton had the intellectual and 
 Susan the execulixc abilit\' ti > carr\" lorward the 
 iio\emeiit then ri'ieutU' inaugLirated. Without the 
 push of Miss Anthoiu .Mrs. Stanton would pmbably 
 iie\cr ha\e gone .ibniad into actue lile or achieved 
 half she done, and w i thou t the brains of Mrs. Stanton 
 -Miss \iitliiiii\- wiHihl ni \ er liaxc been so largel\- 
 kimwii to the wiirld bv name and deetls. rhe\- 
 liel|)ed and strengthened each other and together 
 tlie\- accomplished great thin.gs for woman and 
 liumamtN . 
 
 I'.li/abeth Smith Miller, the daughter of the great ^ 
 aiiti-sla\('r\- agitator (ierritt Smith, coming to .Seneca 1 
 falls in iN^i, was introduced to Mrs. lUoomer b\- 
 Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Miller's cousin. | See article mi 
 "1 'ill 11 liners,' I lage J<). 
 
 Mrs. .Stanton was born at .lohiisti iw 11, N. ^'., \o\. 
 I J, iNl S- She was the daughter 1 if judge I )aniel and 
 Margaret Lixingston Cady. ( )ii Ma\- 10. 1^40, she 
 married Henrv li. Stanton. In 1^47 the\- iiio\-ed tn 
 Seneca Falls ,ind ri'sided there sixteen years. 
 
 Henry Seymour, in whose death mi .\ug. 3, : 
 iNjS, iiLir vill.ige lost one of its oldest and imist .ict- 
 i\(' citizens, was limn at St. .\lbans, \'t., .Ian. 10, 
 iSo;. Luring his childhood, until he was twent\ 
 ve.ars I lid, his home was in Sk.ineateles, (^iii inda'';i 
 
 Old Photo. HENllY SEYMOUR. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 B3 
 
 Pnidci). Photo. 
 
 MISS JANET McKAV COWING. 
 
 l{ejieiit Of Sa-go-ye-wiit-ha Ohnptei-, DanKl>t<''>' 
 
 American Revoliition. 
 
 I'OLinty, siHMuliii;^ a hrii-l periud nii a lariii at I'air- 
 lipLi, ()., and later as ii\il engineer in N'iruinia. 
 'I'lu'ii he fill- a time i iccupied the i)ositii>n nf turnke\- 
 at .\Liburn priso i. and in iS2<S located at Seneea 
 I'alls, lirst engaging in the l'(iundr\- lousiness, his 
 (lartners being sncressixt'K (ieorge H. McClar\-, 
 Hiram Cnrnell and his hrother, I'.lisha -Sev-niour. In 
 1840- '7 Henr\' Se\'miim- and .h ihn I'. Cow ing engaged 
 in inanulacturing pnmjis; then lor three nr IVmr \ears 
 .Mr. Seymour continued it alone. In 1.S51 and lor 
 five ensuing years Henrv and I'dislia Se\nioLii" nianii- 
 I'actured trusses ami supporters, and in i<Sj8-'q Henr\- 
 was engaged as a member of the lirm of Newell & 
 Co. at Jo.dan, in a large wheelbarrow manufactorv. 
 In i8fio he formed a co-partnership with H. C. Blod- 
 gett in the dry goods business and in i86^-"4 was 
 interested in a tub and pail 
 manufactorv with I'disha Se\- 
 mour at Toledo, ( ). Then m 
 iSSd he again went into trade 
 witli J. C. Woodworth, dispos- 
 ing of his interest in 187(1. 
 
 It was Henrv Sevmour who 
 planned and organized the Nat- 
 ional Yeast Co. of Seneca Falls, 
 of which he iiecame president. 
 This hasty resume of his career 
 shows that he was active, untir- 
 ing in business, seeking the 
 best opportunities where he 
 found them and that he did a 
 great deal, both in a general 
 way and as one of the original 
 pump men, fcjr Seneca Falls. 
 Mr. Sevmour was of retired 
 habits, reserved in intercourse 
 and always approachable, a 
 highly interesting man to meet. 
 He was a member of the Baptist 
 church and always exemplified 
 a christian spirit. Mr. Seymour's 
 benefactions were fre q u e n t 
 
 though unostentatious and quiet without a herrdd to 
 l)roclaim them. Manv families were made to l'e"l 
 the light of his generosit\- ( d' whom the world ne\er 
 knew: and when at last he died, on .\ug. ;, 1N7S, his 
 own familv were but a small [jarl of those w In > 
 mourned his loss. His tdiildren, still li\ iug. are Mis. 
 ( ). (i. Chamberlain, Maria V. SeyniMui- aiid Willis T. 
 Se\inour of Seneca Falls, and Mrs, Susan C_". Kniglil 
 of Troy, \. Y. 
 
 SA-GO-YE-WATHA CHAPTER D A. R. 
 
 , i;'i Mi^s (. I. \K'iia-j 11-11 IK' 
 
 Sa-go-ye-wat-ha Chapter, D. A. R., (No. 217), 
 was organized I'Vb. jo, iSijd. Sa-go-s-e-\\-at-lia (He 
 keeps them awake) the Indian name for Red |ackel, 
 was a pecidiarly a])[)ropriate name for this cha pter 
 becaLise he was born on the hanks of C'a\iiga lake 
 about four nules from Seneca Falls, where a Lmii]ue 
 monument marks his birthplace, and he rendered 
 xaluabU' serxice to the comitrv during the re\ o'.iil ii in. 
 Chapter l)a\' is April J^, the anni\ersai\ of \\'asii- 
 ington's ))reseiitatii)n of the medal to \\i:'i\ laekit. 
 Larl\' in its histor\ Mr. .lolin I'. C< iwing of Cle\ eland 
 presented to the chaiiter a line pi^-tiire of Ri'd .fack;(d, 
 a])propriatelv framed. 
 
 .\ charter was granted -\i)ril N, iSyo, the ilia'i t 1 
 members being Elizabeth Cowing, Janet .\I(Ka\ 
 Cowing, Lillies Rumsey Sanford, Claribel Tidier, 
 I'dizabeth Woodworth Addison, Harriet Weed '^'aw - 
 ger, Minnie Dunbar Huddleston Rogers, l'ho(d)e lUirt 
 Usher, Sarah Grace Mott, Florenc(> M. /.acharie, 
 l'".mma Carter Dickinson, Blanche l\. I )aniels, Nora 
 Daniels and Stella Elizabeth Burt. The cdlicers 
 elected at the first meeting were Mrs. Saiilord ii'geiit. 
 Miss Elizabeth Cowing treasurer, Mrs. I Jickiiisi m 
 secretary and Mrs. Rogers registrar. .Mis. Dickinson 
 being unable to perform the duties of the ollice, soon 
 resigned and .Miss Teller was (dected M':re1ar\'. 
 There was no change in these 1 ilhcers lor se\cral 
 \ears. .Miss Cowing, 1)\' the unamiiH us wish of the 
 chapter has ser\ed as treasurer cc mt iiiuousL siiiic iis 
 organization. In kjoo Mrs. .Xddison was chosi-n 
 regent serving until i^o ;, when Miss J. M. C: iw ing, 
 the present regent, was chosen. 1 he piesnit mem- 
 bership is fifty-five. 
 
 In October, 1896, the chapter, on in\itation, jiiiikhI 
 the State Federation of Women's Clubs, but it haxiiiij; 
 
 Prnden, Photo. 
 FALL STREKT. 
 
 NORTH SIDE LOOKING WKST, MI[)\VAV OF STATE 
 AND CAYUGA STREETS. 
 
84 
 
 'GRIPS" HISTORiCAl, SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 been decided that the 1). A. R. is a national and not 
 a state organization, it soon thereafter withdrew. 
 
 In June, ii)Oi, we were 
 the state rep'nt, Mrs. 
 opened her handsome 
 
 onored with a \-isit from 
 -r Planck. Miss Seymour 
 ^i(lence for a reception. 
 Among the guests were Mrs, Little, i^egent of Ironde- 
 quoit Chapter, Rochester, the present state regent: 
 Miss Hopkins, regent of Seneca Chapter, Geneva; 
 Mrs. Newman of Watkins and indi\idual members 
 from Owasco Chapter, Auburn, and Seneca Chapter. 
 On Jan. i, npi, the Chapter gave a Colonial Tea 
 to their friends at the library building, formerly the 
 residence of the late James H. Gould. The rooms 
 were warm and bright with color given b\ thr 
 American flags which were artistically draped, and 
 many quaint old woNcn coverlets of blue, red and 
 green; some of them very ancient were loaned by 
 different families who l<eep them as heir looms. The 
 
 dence of one of its members, awaiting the time when 
 either the Daughters or the library shall ha\-e a home 
 
 111 its own. 
 
 'i'he Chapter has been the recipient of many \alu- 
 ai)le books from personal friends and from our 
 member of assembly. 
 
 In March, 1896, the Chapter used its influence with 
 other chapters for an appropriation by Congress for 
 printing the continental records. It has offered for 
 several vears a iiri/e of h\-e dollars for the best essa\' 
 written bv school children. It sends to Washington 
 each vear a stated amount toward the building of 
 Continental Hall. During the Spanish-.American 
 war it did manv things tending toward the comfort 
 cif the soldiers, sending them clothing an.d literature 
 and ii!one\' to the National war fund. In short, it 
 contributes liberally to e\-ery patriotic object brought 
 to its attention. 
 
 Under the provision of Chap 411, laws of i8mG, 
 the Chapter has placed markers at the graves of 
 
 Pnideu, Photo. \lLLAUi: B()AUD OF TUUSTKES. 
 
 Lower Row (left to right)— John Kent, trustee; E. Guion, clerk; Ferd Isenman, president; C. Frank Ham- 
 moud, village attorney; Fred Clark, trustee. Top Row— Win. Ulrieh, Lewis C. Strong, Alvah Stahl, Will 
 Fruitig', Wm. H. George and Charles A. Curtis, trustees. 
 
 art gallery contained pictures of 
 prominent t-itizens taken long 
 exhibit proved ver\- interesting. 
 s(.)me of the guests were attired 
 
 The Daughters and 
 igo, and the loan 
 The Daughters and 
 in costumes of "\'e 
 
 olden time;" perhaps the oldest and most unique 
 costume was a wedding gown made in iSoi and 
 owned by one of the F)aughters. 
 
 The Chapter lias alwavs been spet'iallv interested 
 in the welfare of the \illage library, and has done 
 much to insure its success. While tlie library was in 
 a building where there was room, it maintained a 
 bookcase filled with mam- liooks on ancestral and 
 geneaological subjects, valued to-day at five hundred 
 dollars, and it is growing in volumes and value 
 every day. When the library association moved to 
 smaller rooms, the books, the picture of Red Jacket, 
 the flag and other possessions were taken to the resi- 
 
 manv re\olutionarv soldiers. It is its aim sometime 
 to erect a monument to these soldiers and to ha\e a 
 tablet inscribed with their names. 
 
 The following is a list, so far as tiiey could be 
 found, of the revolutionary soldiers, and towns to 
 which the\" belonged, and so far as possible tnwiis or 
 (.■emeteries in whic-h they are buried; 
 
 Co\ert 
 Noah Jennings 
 
 George Fachman 
 
 John Cowdry 
 
 Nicholas Disinger-buried 
 Reformed church ceme- 
 tery 
 
 John (iiiiiibee-Ket eh ccm 
 
 Philip Led(lielv-XV milltiii 
 
 James Mc( lung— died LSitt 
 aged 95 years— Pa Mil 
 
 James Scoby 
 
 \-ette 
 
 Nathan Cook— corporal— d 
 
 Feb 12 l.s;5.s-biiried on his 
 
 farm-N Y Mil 
 Philip Edington 
 Wm Camber 
 Heiirv Matthi'ws 
 Nathaiii.-l Prall 
 JoiKit nan Rogers 
 John Rumsey 
 Jacob Wicks- Waterloo cem 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENFXA FALLS. 
 
 8s 
 
 Lodi 
 
 Ri'V Aliraliam Rrokaw-N 
 J Mil 
 
 John Emmons 
 
 John Garrison-N Y Conti- 
 nental 
 
 Nicholas Giiilick-coi'p 
 AVilliara Stacy-Mass Line 
 Sylvaniis TravtTS 
 Peter Van Zaiidt 
 
 Ovid 
 
 Nathaniel IJallard 
 Cornelius Boriine 
 Thomas Covert 
 Andrew Dunlap-Penn line 
 
 -d May -'6 1851 
 Samuel Ferris-Serg-'t 
 Nicholas Hntt' 
 Richard Huff 
 Elijah Kinne, Senior 
 AViraham Low 
 
 R..1 
 
 Haynes Bartktt-DraKooi- 
 
 N J Con'l 
 Samuel Brasing:ton-team- 
 
 ster 
 David Depew-Serg-N J Mil 
 
 Abrara Pease 
 BeniaininScott-Serti-Punn 
 
 Mil 
 Folkard Sebring-N Y Mil 
 Peter Sherman 
 Peter Smith 
 Jopeph Stull-N Y Mil 
 William Taylor 
 Abraham Yan Doren, Sen 
 Ephraim Weed 
 
 ilus 
 
 Capt Abel Frisbie-USNavy 
 Degrorey Prowtt-Dnmimer 
 -McDutfytown-N \' line 
 William Wilson 
 
 David Dey-d July 27 1851 
 Skillman Doughty 
 John Gambee, Sen 
 Johnathan Pray 
 
 Waterlc 
 
 Col Varick 
 
 Bastlmus Williams — Life 
 
 Guard 
 Robert Wilson 
 
 Thomas Balch-U S Navy 
 John Chamberlain 
 John Greg-ory 
 James Hull 
 
 Others Xot I.ocated 
 
 William Smith 
 
 Nathan Teal-Conn Line 
 
 Josiah Taylor 
 
 Jacob Ackerly-N Y Line 
 Henry Barnes " 
 William Barney 3d- Penn 
 
 Line 
 William Bedeu-Corp-Coon 
 
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 JonathanBelcher-MassL'n 
 Thos Bellows-Conn Con'l 
 Wm Bilson-Lee's Leg'n 
 Joseph Bond " 
 Abraham Brokaw-NY'Con'l 
 Michael Buck-Mass Line 
 Solomon Burlingame-R I 
 
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 William Moulton— Lieut- 
 Conn Line 
 Barnabus Murray— Penn 
 
 Line 
 John Neal-Md Line 
 Jehia N'ilis-Conn Line 
 Ebenc/.cr I'icrce-MassLine 
 Joshua Sayre-Ensign-N \' 
 
 Con'l 
 Zedekiah F Randolph-N J 
 
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 Josiah Roeves 
 James Rice-Serg-N J Line 
 Thaddeus Russell-N J Mi 
 
 Pruden, Photo. VILLAGE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
 
 Lower Row (left to right)— Dr. J. Spencer Purdy, health officer; Harold Dull, 
 president; James Alderman, secretary. Top Row (left to right.— Johti Went/. 
 and Charles Coons, commissioners; Fred Hock, registrar of vital statistics. 
 
 Seneca 
 
 Cristopher Baldy-buriedat 
 
 Bridgeport 
 Ezekiel Bebee— buried at 
 
 Old South 
 J abez Carter 
 William Chatham- buried 
 
 at Biidgeport-d 1854 age 
 
 96yrs , . ^ 
 
 Capt SamuelHarris-bnried 
 
 at Bridgeport 
 John Harris— buried 
 
 Bridgeport 
 
 at 
 
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 Randell Hewitt-buried at 
 
 Metcalf 
 Alfred Hozier 
 Needham Maynard 
 John Metcalf— buried at 
 
 Metcalf 
 WmSackett-Serg-ReEtvale 
 
 Cem-N Y Mil 
 Lawrence Van Cieef-Pros- 
 
 p ct Hill Cem-N Y Line 
 Gershom Vanderlyden - d 
 
 March '39, 1840 
 
 Henry Brink-N Y Con' 
 Nathaniel Burchard 
 Anthony Morgan 
 
 Samuel Corwin 
 Amos Denton-buried 
 Romulus-N Y Line 
 
 Ty: 
 
 Asa Smith-d Nov 11 1841- 
 
 Mass Line 
 Richard Thoiuas 
 \'arick 
 
 John W Prouty-Conn Mil 
 in Lewis Sharp 
 
 Alex Steele-N J Mil 
 
 John Caywood - N J Mil 
 Samuel Clark 2d-Serg " 
 Daniel Clark-Conn Line 
 Luke P Covort-F'e ma.1-N 
 
 Y Mil 
 Benj Crocker-Mass Line 
 Nathaniel Cutler-Serg-NY" 
 
 Con'l 
 Sqr Davenport-Conn Line 
 John Davenport 
 Peter Day-Serg-N J Mil 
 Matthew Dennisou— Bom- 
 bardier 
 John W Dewey-Conn 
 Moors Diinmick-MassCou'l 
 Jonathan Doll3ee-R I Line 
 Cornelius Duuham-NY^Mil 
 John Featherly 
 Benj Ford-Conn Line 
 Joseph Hager 
 Thomas Hale-Conn Line 
 Joseph Hall-Penn Mil 
 
 Ezekiel Scott-Conn Line 
 Abnre Sc bring 
 Abrather Seekel-R I Line 
 Matthias Siaight 
 John Selfridge-N Y Line 
 John Se.\ton-Conn Line 
 WilliHui Shatf-Ma«s L ue 
 Silas Stiepard-N Y Linn 
 Anilrew Smith-N J Mil 
 William Stage-Penn Line 
 John Sutton 
 Ebenezer Thompson- Penn 
 
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 Philip Stout-Sergeant 
 John Van Arsdale-NJLine 
 John VanTuyl-N Y Mil 
 Orra Vredenbu'gh- N Y 
 
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 Abram Vreeland-Fifer 
 Jacob Ward-Conn Line 
 Paul Wellman " 
 Jacob Whiter-Mass Line 
 
•GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 IJoir.iwed Photos. 
 .lOHN A. KTMSEV. 
 
 Slcplicn Hulbcrt — Dniin- 
 
 iiitM-('(inn Rcg't 
 BiifkUn.Iohnson-Mass l/n 
 .lacoh k.ii.ii-X Y CoiiM 
 .lohn Maiidfvillf-l.i.Mit 
 IJeiij Maniiinji- X .1 Mil 
 Paul McKinstry-( "onnLinc 
 Tiniotliv Mcintosh 
 John McNallv-Mass f-ino 
 
 EUGENE A. KUM8EY. 
 
 Amos \Vhii)lt_\v-Mass Liuc 
 Silas Winaiis-N Y Line 
 Kjihraiii White 
 ,lanifS\Vhitliaiii-Mass Line 
 Clark Woodiii-Coiiii Mil 
 Tints Wood worth 
 Simeon Wright 
 Sol()mon\Yrisht-MassLine 
 
 John RLinisc\-. grancUather <il the siil)jeit df this 
 sk(t( h, was he 111! in ( )rangc ic>Lmt\', 17^], and inai- 
 rifd NLiix , (lau,i<htrr ( >l Tin )nias l\Lissell i il XCw hurj^di, 
 N. ^'. I'hcx cain<> tn l'a\ette in ijmv Ilr hi'Lij^hi 
 hit Nil. J ;, ( ( Mitamiiit; 'i(K ) acres nf Lainlnl Wilhaiii 
 I hi iiii|isi ,n, ( )( t. f 1, i~'ti- This tract was nc\ t ti i wiia t 
 IS known as the Swan larni on Scneia laki' in the 
 tow n of !■ a\rtte. I liiw it ad a lari;i' hiin:l\- ol' chihi.en 
 all of whom went wcht at an eail\ da\- cMept Na- 
 than. Nathan i\iiinse\- married his owi, coLisin, Ma.\, 
 ikiiiijhtcr of Mose^ Rumse\- and L\dia Miller. iSoth 
 .lohn and Moses l^unii-ev were Re\dlutionar\ scildieis. 
 John A. l\Liinstw was the son of Nathan ami Mary 
 Uimisev. lie was horn in ha\'ette, .Ian 20, iSnj. 
 lie had onh' such limiteil educational advantai^es as 
 were ]iro\ idid in the pioneer settlements of those 
 da\ s, i)ut he made the most of his time-. He remained 
 on the larm until he was twent\-one \f-ais old and 
 earned eiioLiL^h iiiiine\- to ,<(o out into the world. 
 Ihen 111 went to()hio'to m-11 pumps hira .\lr. KelK, 
 where he sta\ed a \ear: aiul to lurther mirease his 
 |)rohts he returned with his waf.,^1111 load'd with 
 tmiothx seed which he sold to the farmers. In the 
 lollowin,!^ vear he a])i:ilietl to Cowiiii.; c^ Se\iiioLir lor 
 a position and was fortunate m liein<; able to ^M\e 
 them a most laudator\- letter from the fimiK- ph\si- 
 cian and friend, l)r.()akle\. In after \ears when Dr. 
 ( )akle\ came from the Last to \isit .Mr. Runisev. he 
 would tell with pride how he had earlv i.)redicted for 
 .Mr. Kuiiist'v an linnoiahle career. Cowing & Se\- 
 iiioLir en^fa,L,'ed -Mr. l\umse\- as salesman and collector. 
 .\t the end of two \-ears, in i''~^44. he made an 
 ai rangemenl watli Cowing <S: Se\inour to sell pumps 
 oil commission in the New England states, canvass- 
 ing the territorv from Springfield .Mass., to l)ang()r 
 Me. He was thus engaged for nearh live \-ears, 
 residing in Sjtringheld and Haverhill, Mass, and Ho-, 
 ver, N. H. .\t lirst he canxassed personalh, then with 
 a few tt'ams ;ind agents; hut during the last \-ear he 
 had tw'eiitv-four teams and agents on the road and 
 made nioiiex both for himself am! the compaiu. 
 
 John A. Rumsey. \\ c read m the History of 
 l-.nghind that I'ldgar .\theling, uncle of M.itilda of 
 Scotl.ind, sent her to the "Nmmeix oj Uunisew" .\s 
 M.itilda's coronation took place in 1100 it shows 
 Ih.il the Umnse\ lamiK had a local haliitatioii and 
 a n.imc pre\ ions to this date m I'.iiglaild, hut how 
 iimi'h earlier has iiol \et been discovered. .\ branch The agents would report in |)erson at Mr. Rumsey's 
 of the familv lived in Wales in i J33 and one William lieadi|uarteis once a month or six weeks, accf)rding 
 l\'uinse\-Twas a barrister ol slicIi great ingenuitv and to the terrilorx tliev had to co\er. The latter part of 
 kuowlrdge that he was 1 ailed the "j)i(d<lock of the i''^43 lie retLirned, and .Tan. i, 1S46, married Miss .\iiiia 
 i.iw." Tlie name l\oiiisie, l\umsie and I^iumsey, as it l''reeland, d.iugliter of Peter I'Teeland and .\nn,i 
 Is xaiiinisK' spelled, is louud in "I'roisart's Chronicdes Demarest, of havette, N. "\'. I he\' started at once for 
 ofh.xrnts, \ \2<^ to 141 ID," in "Caiiuleirs Ilrittanica" .Massachusetts, dri\ing there, hollowing the turn- 
 aiid ill "R\nier's l'~oldera." I loi to 1*134. ■'^^ early ])ike to .\lban\- the\- crossed the Hudson riser at 
 ,is 1(1(15 Charles, I'.dward 
 ,ind William U uiiisia run - 
 grated from Wales and 
 aiiiMil at Ldiarlestoii. S. (.'. 
 \ 1 t lie lime ol I'laci Ill's war 
 with 1 he Indians the\' re- 
 illo\ 1(1 to New ^'l Ilk, wliere 
 tlie\ separatt'd, Idiarles 
 going to Cecil comil\, Md. 
 I' 1"! nil Ins branch came L ' d. 
 Cliailcs l\Lmise\', a per- 
 sonal friend of (Ten. Wash- 
 ington, lienjaniin Rumsev, 
 and |,imes Rumsey who 
 invented the lirst steam- 
 boat and whose name is 
 iec( irded in the .lournal of 
 Congress as "one of the 
 henefact'irs ofj mankind." 
 I'rom lulward and Wil- 
 liam, who reni'iined in 
 New "i'ork, sprang the 
 Connecticut branch and 
 the. Orange count}', N. Y., 
 f''m''>es. Borrowed Cut. RESIDENCE OF THE LATE .JOHN A. RUMSEY. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Old Plioto. THE OLD BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 Cirefiihush on a tcrr\- and tlien went to Pittsfiekl, 
 Mass. At this time Mr. l\unise\" tnoktliree agents 
 and tiiree teams nf horses witii him. He was very 
 successful in business and imested his surplus in the 
 stock of a Boston bank. In 1849 he returned to 
 Seneca l'~alls, when a re-organization of the lirm 
 took place and he became a member of the firm of 
 Cowing & Co., with John P. Cowing and Henry W. 
 Seymour. Tin- company had been manufacturing 
 puni])s under \\ hat was known as the Miner patent. 
 The in\entory of the niachinery, goods, etc., put in 
 by Cowing & Seymour showed less than $10,000. 
 ' ^Ir. Rumsev put in §5,000, the amount he had made, 
 over and above e.xpenses, while selling on commission 
 in the Fast. I'ifteen thousand dollars made up the 
 capital stock of the company. In i860 Mr. Seymour 
 sold his interest to Philo and George Cowing, and 
 in 1864 Mr. Rumsey retired from this firm and organ- 
 ized the firm of Rumsey & Co., having as partners 
 his brother, Moses Rumsey, and Warren J. Chatham, 
 each of whom had a one-lifth interest. 
 
 The erection of new work's and the building up of 
 a new business was something of an undertaking but 
 it was accomplished through the foresight, the in- 
 domitable will and energy of John A. Rumsey. .\ 
 small brick building and a fair sized furnace was the 
 arena of the first year's experience. The trade of the 
 \-oung company was phenomenal and where once 
 stood the little shop and furnace .soon were reared 
 large buildings. When the company took possession 
 of the site in 1S64 the buildings could accommodate 
 less than fifty workmen. Mr. Chatham retired in 
 1874. In 1876 the c-ompany was re-organized as 
 Rumsey & Co., Limited, being one of the first in 
 New York state to take advantage of the "limited" 
 law, with a capital stock of S 100,000 all paid in. 
 Moses Rumsey retired in 1878 and from this time 
 until his death .Ttihn A. Rumsey was sole owner. The 
 success of the company, its rapid increase in build 
 ings, quantity and quality of goods manufactured, its 
 enviable reputation the world over, was the work of 
 this one man's brain guiding the hands of skill which 
 were e\er so loyal to him. Between Mr. Rumsey 
 and his employees there was unusually good feeling. 
 He knew his men personally and had an interest in 
 the prosperity of the workman and his family. He 
 had an intuitive sense of right which enabled him to 
 
 draw an even lin(\ His men held him in iiigh esteem 
 and there are many yet living who speak with pride 
 of the number of years they worked for him, and 
 had always received justice. Under his quick speech 
 they knew there was a tender heart. He had strong 
 convictions that f\ ery man should own a iiome 
 and that the house should stand in the wife's 
 name; and to encourage this idea and build up the 
 town he, in 1857. bought a tract of land from Dr. 
 Heath, laid it out in lots, built twelve to fifteen 
 houses and sold them to his employees and others 
 who wanted a home, on easy terms. In some cases 
 he advanced money to men who wished to build, and 
 in a short time Humseyxillc was an established fact, 
 the families of David Ward, ,lohn .Mcl'ride, Richarcl 
 (iolder, Edward Short, .lohh Bowers, Wni. Frutig, 
 John Suter, John Gilmore, Patrick Ward and .Mrs. 
 Sophia Walters having homes there. He built the 
 first school house in Rumseyville. Mr. Rumse\- was 
 a great lover of trees. He remembered with jjleasure 
 the streets of New England villages where the foliage 
 formed an arch over the roadway. He wished the 
 same state of affairs to exist in Senrca Falls and 
 offered a prize of mone)- each year to the person wiio 
 planted the most trees. .\lr. Rumsey was essentially 
 a business man. His ambition was to found a busi- 
 ness of such magnitude that it would reflect credit 
 upon himself and commemorate his name: and 
 who will not say "he builded better than he knew," 
 for have we not with us the fruit of his labcirs in the 
 success of Rumsey & Co., Ltd.' It still runs in the 
 full tide of prosperity under the skillful management 
 of Mr. Henry R. Micks, (son-in-law of .Mr. Rumse\,) 
 who is president and manager of the company. .Mr. 
 Rumsey was a man of generous impulses, true to his 
 friends, kind and just in his judgment of men. He 
 was above petty jealousies and always expressed 
 pleasure when he learned of the success of his quon- 
 dam employees. He never selfishly held a man bac-k 
 from taking something better outside because he was 
 of \alue to him, but encouraged them as he did his 
 cousins, Messrs. Lewis Miller and .Moses Runise\-,whii 
 became two of St Louis' millionaires. He had a 
 frank, cordial manner. His hearty greeting, his total 
 freedom from cant and affectation svere an open 
 sesame to every circle. Honesty of purpf)se marked 
 his whole life. His reputation was due to his 
 
 Old Photo. THE OLD METHODIST CHURCH. 
 (Stood on the Site of the Present Edifice.) 
 
'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 cliisplv identili 
 ind it^ progress f^ 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 DR. D. (). BLACKBURN. 
 
 straij^'htforward plnddiiii,'' industry, unswerving in- 
 tegrity and good will ti) all. 
 
 He was a director nf the Xatinnal Lxcdiange Rank 
 Ironi its organization and also o| the l-.xchange 
 National I'auk. At the tnue the hank was founded 
 he was strongK u ged h\ Mr. .L ]'>. .Johnson to give 
 u\) iiianufaelunng and enter hatd<nig with him as his 
 luturi' worl\. 
 
 Mr. ,ind Mrs. Kunisev had six children: Eugene .\, 
 UiinisiA': .MarieUa (.Mrs. I It-nry Luther Whitman ol 
 St. Louis, Mo): Lillies (Mrs. Leonard Ciibbs San- 
 ford); Howard Dehdrest: .\riana (Mrs. Henry Rath- 
 l)one Micks); Elizalx-th Cowdng (Mrs. .Andrew (i. 
 .Mercer). Like a bright star .Mr. Runisey's home lile 
 shone aboNc all othiT \ irtiu s. I'rii.'nd and stranger 
 were e\er wrieome, the lateli string w:is always out. 
 He loved his home. His de\-otion to his landly and 
 his domestic \ irtues were an open book. Indulgent 
 to a fault he ga\e his children every advantage they 
 w^ere willing to grasp and responded generously to 
 an expressed wish. To his family his memory is an 
 inspiration. He died in the early morning of Memor 
 ial Dav. May 30, 1.S8S. He wassi 
 with the historv of Seneca I'alls 
 forty years that his name will 
 linger nianv vears in the memory 
 of man with ha[)p\' recollection. 
 
 Eugene A Rumsey, son of 
 
 .lohn .\. and .\nna I'reeland 
 ULinisty, was born at South 
 Lrookliidd, .Mass., (),t. i i, 1X41,. 
 ( )n his mother's side his ancestors 
 came from Holland and h'rance 
 and were men who held honora- 
 ble positions in Manhattan in 
 the old colonial days. They 
 embrace the names of Michael 
 Vreelandt, Jan Strycker, Jean Des 
 Marest, Simon De Ruine, Jan 
 Haringh, Simon .lacobse \'an 
 Winkle, Jan Romeyn, Jan Cor- 
 nelise Hougaert, Joost de liaene, 
 etc. .Mr. Rumsey attended the 
 Seneca Falls .Academy, Dwight 
 School at Clinton, N. Y., and 
 Oberlin College. He was, it might 
 be said, born and bred in the 
 IHimp business of wl icli his fathrr 
 
 was one of the fonnders. He represented the hrm in 
 different parts of the country as tra\eling agent, and 
 was \ice president ol RumsevcK; Co., L't'd. During 
 the closing \ears of the li'e of his father, who was bat- 
 tling with an insidious disease, the mantle of busi- 
 ness was substanlialK' |)ut oil his shoulders, ('jhui 
 the death of .lohn .\. Rumsr\-, m i SSS, fu^ bca me 
 president and manager, and it was a cause for con- 
 gratulation to the army of workers and extended 
 business interests that the works would continue 
 without interruption. He resigned and retired from 
 the business in 1890. 
 
 .Mr. Rumsevs di\'ersiou was politics. He became 
 a leading spirit in town and county meetings. He 
 was a Democrat. He represented his ward in the 
 board of trustees, was president f)f the \illage and a 
 member of the board of education, the duties of 
 which offices he discharged with energy, intelligence 
 and discretion. In all departments or counsel his 
 judgment was excellent, as in all obligations of ser- 
 \ice his time, work and resources could be confidently 
 commanded. He was direct and outspoken, some- 
 times almost to the ])(.)int of brusqueness, but he was 
 a man to whom one could appeal in an emergency, 
 ami his sympathetic nature and kindly ways made 
 him many warm personal friends. No man in Seneca 
 h'alls was more generally known or bore a more 
 acti\-e or conspicuous part in local affairs. He was 
 generous to a fault and his kind deeds will be long 
 remembered. Mr. Rumsey died -Aug. 17, 189(1. He 
 was married twn i\ His cliildren are Luella Rumsey, 
 John .\. Ruin^ix and llow.n-d I'lariumi Rumsew 
 
 Dr. D. O. Blackburn, the ()>teopath, is the 
 pioiirer m the praiiicf of that profession in Seneca 
 1 alls. !■ indiiig that hereabouts was a held in 
 whicli osteo])athy was not being practiced, he ob- 
 tained a lavorable location for n sid nce .and office at 
 .\<>. 20J West hall street, and locat-d there in Sep- 
 tember, 1903. The tloctor came with an experience 
 and education in his chosen ]irofessio:i that ver\- soon 
 obtained for him that sur(c->s in h:s treatment of 
 casLS which L)eiame known throughout the i-ommun- 
 ity and the result was that he secured a much better 
 business than he had reason to expect in so short a 
 time. He hatl the advantage of not onl\- a thorough 
 (iiurse in the study iif (istropatln lait in the associ- 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 MYNDERSK 8T 
 
 RRRT, WEST SIDE LOOKING 
 FALf- f-Tl'TF. 
 
 NORTH FROM NFAR 
 
"GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 89 
 
 Pruden, Photo. H. S. WALDORF. 
 
 ation in practice witli experienced osteopaths. Lie- 
 sides, he has the furtlier advantage <if bavins;" a 
 valued assistant in his wife wlin is able to properh' 
 and scientilically treat I'einale patients. Dr. lUack- 
 burn is also educated in electrojjathv, which he is 
 practicing with good results. He was at one time 
 the vice president of the New York School of Elec- 
 tropathy, from which he was graduated, and is also 
 a graduate of the New York School of ( )steopath\'. 
 The doctor is a native Pennsylvanian, but was edu- 
 cated at Waverly, N. Y., where he resided many 
 years. He and his wife have made manv friends in 
 Seneca Falls and obtained high recognition in the 
 profession. 
 
 Dr. H. S. Waldorf is a native of Wolcott, 
 N. Y., where lie rei eued his earh' eclucation, graduat- 
 ing from Leavenworth Institute of tiiat place, .\fter 
 one year's experience in teaching school his studv 
 was resumed at Cazenovia Seminary. Having com- 
 pleted his course at Cazenovia, teaching was resumed 
 for a few years. He then took a course in dentistry 
 at the University of Buffalo, after the completion of 
 which he was taken in partnership with an estab- 
 lished practitioner of his profession in his native 
 town. In the early part of 1901 he located in Seneca 
 Falls fitting up dental parlors in the l-^ailing Block 
 over Waller's hardware store where he has since con- 
 ducted his practice. He is identified with the M. 1'^ 
 church and is a member of the .Masonic order and 
 the Knights of Pvthias. 
 
 Early Banking.— Erastus Partridge in 1848 
 opened a private bank, the first in Seneca Falls. In 
 January, 1854, he established the Bank of Seneca 
 Falls, capital 850,000, and in 1858 erected the Part- 
 ridge building which was alterwards burned. The 
 Partridge bank was reorganized as the F^irst National 
 Bank of Seneca Falls, capital $50,000, Sept. 14, 1863, 
 and was discontinued Feb. 7, 1881. 
 
 Mechanic's Hall was erected in 1816 by Ci. \'. 
 Sacket, L. F. Stevens, Abijah .Mann and Col. Myn- 
 derse. The building burned down Dec. 14, 1859. In 
 i8if) there were 27 frame buildings in Seneca Falls. 
 
 The Shakespeare Society of Seneca Falls was 
 loLinded in December, 18S2, its primary object being 
 the study of Shakespeare and the drama. During 
 the 21 years of its existence all the plays of Shakes- 
 ])eare lia\e been read and studied several times and 
 1)\- \ arious nietiiods. i'dr a few vears questions on 
 the p]a\s wrre proposed and (lis<-ussed; then topics 
 ill Connection with the pjavs, such as Tradition anil 
 folk-Lore, Classical and .Mythical, .\llusions. His- 
 torical References, etc., were assigned, and papers not 
 to exceed hve minutes were prepared b\- members. 
 .Again, one long paper was furnished after the play 
 was read, followed by discussion. 
 
 Though so much has been written, there is always 
 "one more new word " to say about Siiakespeare, and 
 paptM's have been read before the society, which 
 proved to be new criticism and original in conception. 
 Some of these appeared in Shakesperiana Magazine, 
 and manv others are worthv of a permanent place in 
 Shakesperiana. 
 
 During the first fourteen years the study was de- 
 voted entirely to Shakespeare. Since then some time 
 has been given to Book Reviews, Current Events or 
 some new voice of to-da\'. 
 
 The meetings were held weekly from Oct. i to Mav 
 I, for seventeen years, when they became fortnightlv. 
 This I'liange was made on account of the increased 
 number of clubs in town. 
 
 I'he niembershiii is liinitei! to lhnl\-fi\e active 
 meniJHn's. I'lie Society has had practically the same 
 oHicers siiic(^ its organization: .Mrs. Silsbv president, 
 and Mrs. Lester, Mrs. Randell, Mrs. Lathrop, Miss 
 Henion,Miss I^oot and Miss Lormore who have served 
 as first and second vice presidents, corresponding 
 and recording secretaries and treasurer. 
 
 Ihe Shakespeare Society of Seneca Falls is the 
 oldest Shakespeare Club in the United States, com- 
 posed exclusivelv of women. It joined the New York 
 State Federation of Women's Clubs in No\-ember, 
 1894, as charter member. 
 
 Though it turns aside occasionally to other sub- 
 jects — the studv of Shakespeare stimulates the mind, 
 broadens and uplifts it and inspires an interest in all 
 \-ital questicjns — to the greatest study of all it always 
 returns with renewed enthusiasm. .And so, after 
 twenty-one years of Shakespeare study, the society 
 still commends it to other clubs as an inexhaustable 
 theme, and one to hold the interest. 
 
 Pi uden, PI oio. 
 
 MK,S. M. R SILSBY. 
 President of the Shakespeare Society. 
 
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 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 PriKlen, Plioto. MILTON H(»AG. 
 
 Milton Hoa^. Mufli of the histniv i>l' Sene-ra 
 I'alls IS iiitiT\\M\rii with thai nl' Miltdii 1 l(iag, tlic 
 pi'csidi'nl. 1)1 tlir l^\iliaiiL;r Xatniiial I'laiik, atiuii' 
 liiuc tlic iiwiiiT 111' a L;ri'a( deal nl km! cstati' in Scn- 
 <"ca I'allsaiid nnc of tlicimii wIki dunii;;' his tinif 
 has ddiH' \ci'\- nuuh in liLiildiiii; up the \illa!j;f. Mr. 
 IliiaK, the son ,,l' juhii .1. and Sarah Cmnlis Hoag, 
 whii were pi'i uniiiint rrsidcnts of Montgomery 
 county, \. v., was jjorii at I'latt Crcik.town .il'l^oot, 
 Montgomery c-oLintx, .iul\ jm, iX',<<. It was at Pala- 
 tine IJridge, town of P.iialiuc, in that countw that 
 his father, after a lins\ life, and his mother Ixith 
 died. .\t si.xteen years of age, after the' training in 
 farm life that hoys ol those da\s I'eeeued, Milton 
 Hoag learned tlu- tiadc of Imtchrr, which he followed 
 for three years, wlirn he cuihailscd ni the grocers 
 business at Spraker's Piasin near Cana|oharie. In 
 l''el)rnary, 1N51, he came to Seneca i'alls and entered 
 
 the em]ilo\' of .\dams & Hoag, rectiliers o[ \\hiske\-, 
 one of the linn hcmg his brother, l)rla\an Hoag. At 
 the c\])iratioii of three vears Milton Ihiag bought 
 out the linn and for twelve vears earned on the busi- 
 ness, in winch he im^t with linancial success. .Milton 
 Hoag soon became the most wideh^ kaiown rectiher 
 of whiske\ 111 this section of the state. .Vmoiif^r his 
 customers were large grocer\' houses in the chief \il- 
 lages antl laties for miles around and he d(di\ered 
 considerable quantities to customers by means of 
 wagons sent across the countr\' north and south. 
 Those were the da\s when wdiiskev of the stani]) li<' 
 rectified was regarded as a household necessitx' and 
 it was sold b\' him to such large I'oncerns as tin; 
 Crouses of S\rai use, to whom he shippeii main- bar- 
 r(ds annually. It is the fact, neither coinmoii nor 
 uncommon among men engaged in producing .ardent 
 sjiirits, that Mr. Hoag never tasted a drop of licjuor or 
 spirits ill an\- lonii nor used tobacco, .\lthough he 
 |o\-ed horse ra( ing and was a patron of that sport he 
 ne\ i-r 1)1 luglit a poi il m his lite. 
 
 Mr. Hoag was one of the original stockholders and 
 founders of the National I'.xcliange Hank of Seneca 
 halls, and it was during the paliin da\s of that 
 institution that he largely increased his holdings 
 until at one time he held nearl\- one-third of its cap- 
 ital stock. Wh<-ii that bank 'was succeeded by the 
 present i'.\change National ]^)ank', Mr. Hoag became 
 one of Its sto(d< holders. Hi^ is now i ts j)resident and 
 has been for the ])ast seven \ears. 
 
 It w.as in iS()(i that he sold out his business as a 
 rectiher to Charles .\. Parsons who was at the time 
 the cashier of the National Exchange (old) I'.ank. 
 Then began that active life of real estate transactions 
 which has identified him so closely with Seneca 
 I'"alls. Ikiying, remodeling and impro\-ing business 
 blocks Ik; m vears that followi'd carried lait plans 
 that ga\e the \illage a considerable impetus in 
 growth and resulted in his inxestment of thousands 
 of dollars; all ol which proved profitable until tin' 
 big lire ol I'^^iijo which swept awa\' ;i large portion of 
 th(> business section of Seneca halls and in which Mr. 
 Hoag lost o\er St^.ooo, oxer and aboxeall insurance. 
 
 .\t the time he sold out to Mr. Parsons the same 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 MILTON HOAGS -RESIDENCE. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 gi 
 
 Carr's hotel, cnrner nl" 
 
 spent a lar<ie sum of 
 
 the hiiildiiif:;. It \va^ 
 
 the Hoatr House, tlie 
 
 Inion hall 
 
 \entLires, 
 
 homestead 
 
 veai" — Mr. Hua^ purclia 
 l'"all and State streets, and 
 nmnex" in i^reatlv inipr<i\in 
 jjractnalK the hefjmnini; nf 
 well kniiwii hcistelry \\hi( h liassince jjorne that name. 
 .\l)i)ut the time he arquiit-d the Imtel he bought 
 md the Cuddehai k hits. I'ridr to thesi- 
 >\ve\er — in i-'^f'^-- he l)ouj.rht the Kin^^ 
 \o. 21 Ca_\uga street, which has from 
 that time to the present been his home. On the site 
 of the King house he hnally began the erection of a 
 palatial residence which was cximpleted in 1890, and 
 has since furnished the family a spacif)us and beauti- 
 fully furnished home. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Hoag purchased the Siiringbrook hirni, 
 a highly cultivated and well equipped plaie twn 
 miles north of the village where for some \ears 
 he engaged in breeding and training trotting horses. 
 He was led intn it by the desire to engage in a con- 
 genial occupation. Under his jaersonal direction on 
 this farm was bred and trained the liest stock for 
 speed and equine beauty. In 1899 he bought the. 
 adjacent property, the Metcalf place, and combined 
 the two, afterwards breeding horses on a larger scale. 
 His stock finally obtained considerable prominence. 
 Among the best known bred by Mr. Hoag was 
 Roseolo. the great prize winner at Madison Square 
 Garden, N. V., in 1900, which at that time carried 
 oflf several prizes and was the winner of the grand 
 prize in comjietition with the other prize winners 
 at that horse show-. 
 
 On I'Vb. 12, 1901, Mr. Hoag sold the farm and 
 retired from horse breeding but he has never become 
 the less a lo\er of high grade horses. 
 
 In 1885 he purchased Maurer's interest in Maurer 
 ^ Carpenter's drug store and four years later bought 
 I Hit Carpenter. This business he carried on until it 
 w as burned out, but never resumed it. In 1886 lie 
 purchased the two stores on the south side of Fall 
 street, known as the King block and the store adja- 
 cent thereto. A few days later he bought the Daniels 
 Opera House block (jn the north side of Fall street 
 which he reconstructed and remodelled at a large 
 expenditure of money, making it by all odds the 
 prettiest and best opera house of its time between 
 Syracuse and Rochester. In 1877 Mr. Hoag took 
 personal charge of his hotel, the Hoag House, and 
 conducted it until it was burned in the fire of 18(^0. 
 This conflagration also swept away pretty much all 
 I if his other business properties, including the opera 
 hduse and drug store, and unff)rtimately for the \il- 
 lage cut off his resources and revenues to the extent 
 that permanently chec-ked his activity in real estate 
 \entm-es. But he has now reached that age in which 
 speculations are no longer practicable, although he 
 is never entirely out of active transactions, still hav- 
 ing his eyes on the main chance. 
 
 Mr. Hoag, who is an enthusiastic sportsman and a 
 crack shot both in trap and field shooting, was the 
 pioneer of trap shooting in this state. He jiartici- 
 pated in the New York state sportsmen's annual 
 I onventifins twelve consecutive years and won many 
 prizes for his marksmanship. Hut his favorite sport 
 was with his gun and dogs. The latter, "Lou" and 
 "ITank," were well known and much admired among 
 his sporting friends throughout the state. 
 
 Mr. Hoag, a democrat, has given little or no 
 attention to politics. He was wedded to Miss Rose 
 .\. Finnegan and they have two daughters. Irene F., 
 who has attended the Manhattan School in New 
 York, and Ethel M., a graduate of Yates Castle Clas- 
 sical school of Syracuse. 
 
 Early Flour Mills -[By Mrs. L. H. Sanfordj— 
 The Bayard Co. built the first red flour mill on the 
 site of the present Chamberlain mills in '!^ 1798. In 
 1807 it erected the red mill where the Rumsey & Co. 
 
 jiower house now stands. These two mills gave to 
 tlit> settlement the name, -Mynderse Red Mills. In 
 the di\ ision of property made by the members of thi> 
 liayard Co., in i'"s25, tlii> first r(>d mill fell to the lot 
 of .\inlion\-, Charles rmd Saimicl Dcv. In iS^o it 
 Ix-came the propert\ of .lacob 1'. L'hamberlain. The 
 lower Kill Mill was owned honi 1850 to 1M45 b\ 
 William and Samuel liavard who vver(~ residents of 
 the village. Tliev sold to Tower iK: CompaiU' who 
 tame from l.s'ons. Later Mr. Chamberlain bought 
 and optTated the mill, and it was finalh' sold lor a 
 distiller\' in which several were interested. 
 
 In il^2j a Houring mill was built b} .\bram (S; 
 Samuel Payne called the Clinton Mills. This mill 
 was a wrioden structure and stood next to the Cit\ 
 .Mill or what is now known as the National Adxer- 
 tising Company. Lewis B. How-ell, father ol Mrs. 
 Cornelius Hood afterwards owned the mill. 
 
 The largest and most jirosperous mill, in the 
 estimation of some of the old inhabitants was the 
 Stone Mill at the foot of State street where the Part- 
 ridge block now stands. The land was bought in 
 1831 for $g,ooo by Eleazer Hill of ^'incent Mathews, 
 guardian for the children of josiah H. Bissell, Jr. 
 'Fhe mill was erected in 183J. The Stone Mill w^as a 
 very substantial building the construction work 
 being done by the grandfather of W. A. S. Latham 
 and Mrs. Imogene Guion, who came from Connecti- 
 cut. Mr. Hills, the grandfather of Mrs. W. A. S. 
 Latham lost a large fortune in the Stone Mill. It 
 had a capacity of 300 barrels of Hour a dav. Hill, 
 sold one half interest in the property in i83f) to .lohn 
 Sheather for 822,000, later he foreclosed' the mort- 
 gage on it and formed a partnership with Peter 
 Robinson which was dissolved in 1840. It then 
 became the property of Cary & Downs who were 
 .\lbany and New York men. William .\rnett was 
 their agent until 1854 when he purchased the mill. 
 In 1863 it was bought by Albert Jewett. 
 
 The City Mill was built in 1837 by John Fitch, the 
 father of Mrs. Philo Cowing. It is still a massive 
 building, showing little, if an\-, of the ravages of 
 time. Its history is not an open book, but at one 
 time it was under the management of John Shoe- 
 maker and John Holmes, who put the mills in suc- 
 cessful operation, turning out 400 barrels of Hour .a 
 dav. (ieorge B. Daniels was at one time a partner. 
 
 The land between the river and canal ruiuiing 
 from the present mill of Roberts & Briggs to the end 
 of the factories of Cileason & Bailey has ever been a 
 busy spot owing to its water facilities, .■iiid on the 
 first lot beyond Roberts & Briggs was liuilt in iS ; ; 
 the Cjlobe Mills which were run until 1833 bvJohii 
 Fitch and Ansel Bascom. In 183') they sold the 
 mills to Richard M. Bailey and Henry Woolsey, who 
 mortgaged the property for $10,000, which was later 
 foreclosed by the Seneca County Bank. The mills 
 were then bought and run bv Walter Oatman. 
 
 I he Empire Mills and Distilling Comjiany, situ- 
 ated at the foot of Water street, on the ci^rner of 
 Bridge, has gone through more than the usual \icis- 
 situdes of business. The land was sold in 1830 by 
 Judge Luther Stevens to William A. Smith and 
 Stephen Hamblin. Isaac Smith bf)ught an interest 
 in it, then Gilbert Bodine. In 1847 it bei ame the 
 property of John and Jacob Shoemaker. At one 
 time it was owned by John S. (jay, then by Daniel 
 L. Haas, who committed suicide. The mill finally 
 became the property of Jacob Shoemaker and George 
 B. Daniels. The latter was succeeded by George O. 
 Daniels who with Mr. Shoemaker ran the mills to 
 the time of the latter's death. 
 
 The New York mills were built in 1843 by John 
 Fitch and John Leach; later the firm was Leach & 
 Blain; in 1836 it became Southwell & Roberts; then 
 Roberts & Briggs. 
 
9-^ 
 
 '(;rip'S' historical socvenir of seneca falls. 
 
 Old Photo. JAMES H. MAC DONALD. 
 
 James H. MacDonald w.i-^;! n'sidcut nf Senera 
 i\l\ M'.iis .111(1 Inr ahmit 50 vcars 
 cpt (hiriii!.,^ tlir 
 
 (■cJUlltr\-. He 
 
 ImIL l..r nrarl 
 
 was i'ii;4aj.;('(i ill I )usi iir^s pii I'sii 1 1 
 
 war when lir was 111 the scixitr ci 
 
 was a man ot sterliiin (|Lialities, nuich attached tci his 
 h(im(.' \ ilhif^e, fiireiudst iri pujjlic ini|ir(i\ riiirnt and 
 acti\i' in nian\' dinTticuis that jirnxrd his unscUisli 
 dc\iiti(in t(i tlic bcttciinciit (d' the i-nmiiumitw CmI 
 MarDdiiaUl was a man whu made inaiu' hriii h'if'iuls 
 tuuhciin he was de\iitcdl\- attarhcd, and who were 
 sincere 111 their hi\altv tn him. llis was a rom. 
 inaii(hii^nicrs(iiialit\ - -a iKit.ilile ri<.,mri' in tlie daily 
 life 1)1 the ei iininuiiitw <il which he was as much a 
 part as any other single in(li\idual. .Although imt 
 endowed with an abundance of means he wasalwavs 
 lending a haiul ti 1 the sLilfering and hel])less. It was 
 an unostentatious charity that he dispensed, giving 
 liberally from slender resources and e\en seeking for 
 those wliom he might relie\e. Going about among 
 the si( k whom he cond'orted with timely help and 
 cheery words he left memories of a generous, open- 
 iiearted benevolence which will never fade. 
 
 I3eing of an active and optimistic disposition he 
 engaged in several business pursuits until in the later 
 years of his life when he settled down to that of 
 insurance. In this he made up in a great measure 
 for his lack of earlier successes. So strong a hold 
 had he possessed in the good will and confidence of 
 the ((immunity that after his death a considerable 
 clientele insisted on keeping up their insuran(.-e 
 through his sons. 
 
 Col. iMacDonald was born m Whitehall, X. Y., 
 in 1828 and it was about 1844 when he located at 
 Seneca I'alls. To obtain means for a medical educa- 
 tion he clerked and taught school. At Ann Arbor 
 University he followed a course in medicine until his 
 funds gave out then returned to Seneca Falls intend- 
 ing to recuperate his means and complete the course. 
 But he ne\'er returned to his medical studies. He 
 gradually drifted into a mercantile life hnally enter- 
 ing into partnership in the dry goods business, the 
 firm being Wheeler cS: MacDonald. Then the war of 
 '61 broke (Jut and he enlisted, beingmade hrst lieuten- 
 ant in Col. Charles B. Stuart's regiment of Indepen- 
 
 dent \'oluntecrs, which subsequeiitl\- became the 30tli 
 I^ngineers. .lolm B. .Murra}-, captain of his compaiu 
 was finally transferred to the i4Sth regiment and 
 C<d. .Ma(d)onald was made capUaiii. d'hrough Faith- 
 ful und heroic serxice he was promoted to major and 
 afterwards bicxcted lieutenant-colonel and then 
 colonel of the I'niteil States \'ohniteers. 
 
 Col. Ma(T)oiial(l upon his return from the anii\ 
 engaged in tlilTereiit pursuits, as has been statetl. 
 I'Vom 1875 to 1884 he was a member of the board of 
 education and during his last term in the board was 
 president. I'Or some vears he served as justice of tin- 
 peace. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, Xo. 
 jii. F. t^ A. .\I., Cross P,,st Xo. 78, C,. A. R. and of 
 the Loyal Legion. He died (.m Jan. 3, iqo]. 
 
 MacDonald Bros., the law firm which was 
 orgaiu/eci in iSSS by the two sons of .lames H. .Mac- 
 Donald. Messrs. C. .\. and William S., although 
 engaged in a large practice that is constanth grinv- 
 ing, upon the death of their father lifteen vears after 
 tlie\- had become associated in law, felt incuiiib(Mit 
 upon themsehes to take care of the business lie had 
 worked so hard to establish — that of insurance. So 
 it is that while the latter is necessarih' subordinate 
 to their jiractice as lawvers, it is after all a business 
 *o w hi('li the\- are gixiiig considerable time and which 
 is one III the well kiiowiiol tliese\cral local business 
 enterprises. I'xitli 111 the partners were burn in Seneca 
 Falls, C. .\. Mai Donald on .\pnl ;, 1X3(1 and Wil- 
 liam S. MacDonald on Xo\-. 14, iSfii. Both were 
 students at the uni\ersitv of F'iochester of which the\' 
 were graduates, the elder of the Uvn in 1880 and the 
 other two years later, the former being admitted to 
 practice in 1884 and the latter in 1883. Then the\- 
 formed a co-partnership with .1. X. Hammond, the 
 lirm Hammond, Ma d)onald c*v: M k Donald, con- 
 tinuing four years, i884-"8. 
 
 d'he .Messrs. MacDonald are both acti\e in sexcral 
 fraternities as well as in village allairs generalK'. 
 riie\- are stroiigK' attached to the \Lasonic order, both 
 having occupied high positions in the local lodge. 
 
 Mr. C. A. MacDonald ser\-ed as clerk of the board 
 of education i883-'7 and in April, 1902, was elected 
 ineinlier of thnt hoard for three \Tar~. He w.'i^ \iL 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 W. S. MAC DONALD. 
 
 C. A. MAC DONALD 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENFXA FALLS. 
 
 93 
 
 Old Photo. 
 
 WILLIAM PETTIS POLLARD. 
 
 lage attornev three years, and is a direc-tor of the 
 Seneca I'alls Sa\ings I'anK'. In iSSq he married 
 ,\gnes J. Dav is. 
 
 Mr. William S. MacDonald was clerk 
 roffate's court i<S84-'(i and is a mendjer 
 
 of managers 
 
 He is Ihe master 
 
 F. c'v: A, M. 
 
 if the siu'- 
 
 f the board 
 
 f the State hospital at Wiliard, N. Y. 
 
 )f Pocahontas Lodge Xo. 2ti, 
 
 William Pettis Pollard may be said to have 
 "grown up" with the \illage of Seneca I'alls, and 
 was one of the earliest of its business men wliose per- 
 sonality brightly illuminates the pages of local 
 history. Coming here when a bov six years old, in 
 i8iq, he stepped upon the stage of a career of seventy 
 \ears in the connnunit\' wliich, when he came here, 
 had hardlv more than begun. When his life was 
 hnished the frontier settlement of his youth had be- 
 come the conmiercial and manufacturing center of a 
 thrifty and w ealth\- rnun- 
 ty. Mr. pollard, during 
 that time distinguished 
 himself in many ways, but 
 especi;dly as a friend antl 
 helper of the public sch(}ols. 
 It was largely due to him 
 as trustee and treasurer of 
 the Seneca Falls .\cademv 
 that the finances of that 
 
 institution were nic'ide to 
 render an accounting of 
 great value to the district 
 and by careful investment 
 on his part were increased 
 from a funtl of .f i,6oo to 
 S 10,000. .\s trustee, ad- 
 ministrator and custodian 
 of public and private funds 
 he established the reputa- 
 tion of a sagacious, safe 
 and painstaking business 
 man. Mr. Pollard was 
 once super\'isor of the town 
 and for years was consulted 
 in regard to its finances, 
 his judgment being regard- 
 
 oflices and was active both in and out of office in 
 promoting the welfare of the community. He was a 
 frequent contributor to the newspapers of his own 
 village and neighboring cities, always expressing 
 himself in a felicitous manner, with a delicate 
 humor that found a hearty response in the readers of 
 his contributions. His activity in local matters was 
 untiring. He assisted in establishing the boundaries 
 and in drawing up the last special charter of the vil- 
 lage of Seneca Falls, and strenuously opposed the 
 bonding of the town for the Sodus Bay railroad. 
 
 Mr. Pollard was born in Bainbridge, Chenango 
 Co., \. Y., Aug. 19, 1813, and his death occurred at 
 Seneca Falls, March 30, i88q. He was the third son 
 of Thomas and Lovicy Church PoLard, who moved 
 to this village in i8iq. In early life he learned the 
 carpenter's trade and was a skilled workman. I ater 
 he engaged in the shoe business and afterwards in 
 the fancy dry goods business, carrying on stores 
 for several years and accumulating a competency 
 which enabled him to retire from business about ten 
 years prior to his death. Mr. Pollard was a man 
 who made a large circle of close friends. His intel- 
 lectual culture, sunny disposition and frank and 
 crjrdial manner, the heartiness of his greeting and his 
 sympathetic nature attached to himself at once those 
 whom he met and who ever afterwards remained his 
 admirers. In his family he was the truest of hus- 
 bands and the tenderest of fathers. No man was 
 fonder of his fireside and the loved ones gathered 
 about it. His widow, now in her goth year, his 
 daughter, Mrs. S. .\. Wetmore, and his granddaugh- 
 ters. Miss Edith Wetmore and Miss Jessie Pollard, all 
 living in Seneca I'alls except the lalter who resiiles 
 in Brooklyn, X. ^'., are all of the famih' who sLU"\i\'e 
 him. 
 
 The Sanford Preparatory School, a board- 
 ing school for boys under fourteen years of age, was 
 founded by Mrs. Leonard Gibbs Sanford, September, 
 iqoi, in the Rumsey homestead on "The Terrace." 
 Mrs. Sanford is a daughter of the late John A. Rum- 
 sey. The school is familiarly known as Rumsey 
 Hall. Though comparatively new it is very sue- 
 
 
 #4 .-^ 
 
 
 ed as the very best on bus- 
 iness questions. He held 
 various village and town 
 
 SANFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL, RUMSEY HALL. 
 
 Rumsey St. John Wildman Mayer Wise 
 
 Oakes Fundenberg Calviu Cushin^ Steinmetz 
 
 Murdock Ford Flag-g 
 
94 
 
 'GRIP'S". HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 GEN. .roUX ]{()V( E MURRAV. 
 
 crsshi I .'11111 1^ l:i\ I ii;i l)l\ InIimw ii. I'xix s ;ii i- in ,it tiinl- 
 :iiii r 111 nil I l;i li, Ml^si iiii i, A l;i I ;ii ii.i, X. h t li I an il mki, 
 Maivland, I 'iiiiis\ I \ ,1 111,1 ,111(1 New ^'mk. lliiTcaic 
 
 l\\"rlll\ sclli il:irs ;| 11(1 three lllslril(t( 11"--. S(ll(i(il (ipclls 
 llic tllll'il week III Si'] ilcllll icr ami ck (SI'S the sc('( Hill 
 week 111 |liili' 
 
 Gen. John Boyce Murray was uiic dl Scmi ,i 
 
 I'alls 111(1,1 (Ilslllli;'ulslli'(| (I t l/clls, ll Is s( r\ H'fs ill llic 
 
 war l(ir llic | ncscrx a t k m nl tlu- Liilhiii linii^ i,. (-,,;_,_ 
 lll/c(l IhiIIi ;it llullic ,111(1 llll'( III ijh( lilt the ('(lUIltlW <|s 
 
 lutitlcd 1(1 till' iiidst I ir( i|( lUiid ('( nisiijcrat i( 111. Ndt 
 .|l(iiic 111 W,'ilcrl(i(i, \. ^'., hut 111 (hst.'iiil states rccd^- 
 iiitidii dl Ills st.'iniliii^; as an hIIk aa' (if the iinidii in 
 t he n-l M'll K 111 dl I Sf 1 1 -■ ^ lias t ,ikrii tin- Idnii i d' iiaui inj;' 
 siiiiii' dl the ( 'ii-,iiul .\rni\ I'dsts ,'iltci' liini. '. icii. 
 Miiir.iv spiaiiL;" Irdiii ii'diul ancfstiw ; Scdtcli -Irish 
 tlii'du^di Ills 1,'itiicr I'.ilwarcl Miirr.i\ w hd alsd uniird 
 w-illi the ^'aiika-c thrdu^'li his I I'.dw ,'ird's| indtlii r ,i 
 i'r<-stdii, tra'-ed liack td the M,'i\- 
 lldwcr and I'ri-nch 1 1 u<4'iii'iidt 
 hdiii Ills nidtlicr I'lidi'lx' Man- 
 cliestfr, the wife dl' I'.dward 
 -Murray. I'lic fruit dl' tlu- iiiar- 
 ria{.(e dl j'.dward ,'ind I'hoehe was 
 scxaai ihildrcu df w lidiii tlu- sole 
 siir\'i\(ir is Mrs. EniiK- 1'. I'ldiihaiii 
 df ()s«(nila, I'a. Ellas, diic ol' the 
 sdiis, s^■r\■l■d with the Icdt-ral 
 arni\' in the r(:'l)(dlidn in the 
 (','i\ ,'ilr\' and dii the st.-il'l df (len. 
 Hanks, ,ind he i iccnjnes ;iii un- 
 marked (;ia\(' dll the held df the 
 battle df the \\'il(lerness. Like 
 his hrdther, Cieu. .lnhn 1'. .Murra\', 
 his career as a soldier was dis- 
 t iiif^uished with br'uerv. 
 
 (ien. Murra\' was hdin (ni a 
 lann in the town of .Xrlin^tdU, 
 r>eiiiiin,ii;tdn county, \'t., in iNjj. 
 When h' was nine \-ears did his 
 parents nidxcil td Scijiid, L"a\u,tia 
 C(i., \. ^'.. when- l)dth df "them 
 spent the balance df llieir lives. 
 With the aihantages onl\- of a 
 
 district school .Idhn B. Murra\' lartjeh- acquired his 
 educatidn h\' his own mdnstrw .\t nj xears df af^je 
 he liet/an teachiiiL; schddl m Wf-st kas'ette, S uei a 
 Cd., which furnished him the means td prosecute the 
 stud\- df kiw , I List ice \\'il kinsdii dl I'learvtdwn assist. 
 iiiL; hull. I'di" SIX dr sexcii ncii's Ins tune was 
 divided helweeii leachint; scIkkiI and e\p(iiindin^f 
 law 111 justices ('(iiiits ill tlieldwilsdf kavetteanl 
 N'.ii'K k. In A|iril, i'^4''s, he married Angelina Sava<<*, 
 wild was ,1 pupil in the lirst schddl tli.it he taught, 
 kdi' live v.'.'irs tliea' lidiiie was in I'n-arvtdvvn where 
 I he L;'eneral Cdiitimied his pleadings m |List ices cdurts. 
 In the spriiij^" df i^^Si lhe\ iiKivt'd td Seneca I'alls 
 w'lieic Mr. Miirrav v\ as a law student in the dihce ol 
 ludye .Miller until Sejitember >> xf the s,'ime \ear 
 when he was admitt'-d td the liar. .MreaiK he had 
 .i( (]uired Idc'il celebritv in ]iirv trials. Sddu after 
 Ills .idiii issidii t(i the bar he Idiined a ( ( i-partnershi| > 
 with I'. II. \ an .\uken, afterwards (duntv jndfje, 
 wliiili ('(intinued until Mr. ,Miiira\ enlisted. ( )n his 
 return Iriuii the war he Idled v.'iridus public dllices. 
 In iS.'sj he Idiiued ,1 c(i-p,irtnerslii[i with |.iiues Har- 
 iiidii wlii( h ( (intinued up tii the tune < A' (ien. Mur- 
 rav's death. 
 
 1 he pr(i|(ii;iie td (ien. .Muirav s militarv career 
 be,i;,'in with Ills cdinmissi( HI as ca[itain in the i^tli 
 ii'Ljinient, J'^lh brigade df the state militia, dated 
 Sejit. 17, i'"^3i. He was cdimni^sidiied brigade 
 inspectdi'. Jfith brigade, .liilv 17, \>^^^. ( )n the 
 diitbreak of the rebellidii he" spent the first few 
 iiKHitlis Ilia king speiM lies in beliall dl the unidU and 
 (IK ( lur.'iging enlistments tlir(iugli this sect k m dl the 
 st.'lte. 
 
 ( )n Se]it. ;i ), iS'i I , he w as cdiiunissidued captain in 
 the y)tll \. ^■. State X'dluilteers, and dll Sept. 3, 
 iStij, majdi III the 14S1I1, with which regiment he 
 Cdntinued 111 active service t(i the cldse of the war. 
 ()n()ct. Jfi, iS'i;, he u.is cduimissidnecl lieiitenant- 
 cdldiiel .111(1 dll ( )ct. III, i.Sfi_(, cdlduel. ( )n his return 
 lidine, .'liter being mustered (Hit df service, he fdund 
 .iw.iitmg him the cdUimissidii ni bievet brigadier- 
 g( neral, iii.ide (Uit .lune i ^, 1 S» 1:;, and dated .March 
 I ; preceding, signed bv I'residiait .\iidrew .IdhnsdU. 
 It was a cdinplete surprise td hini. The lirst twd 
 
 the earliest C( Hi dll issh ms bcir the s|gii,'i ture df (idV. 
 
 I'.. 1). .Morgan .iiid the dtlua- two th.it df (idv. 
 1 |drati( 1 SevuK iiir. 
 
 The J4.Sth w.is (Hie df the Imest (liscii)lined and 
 best light ing regiments that went intd the war .iiid 
 
 I'liidi'ii, Photo. 
 
 CL[\T(»X 
 
 TREET. EAST SIDE L()OKIX(i XoKTH FROM 
 WESLE^AN CHURCH. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 95 
 
 every survivor came home at the close of service a 
 veteran. It was commanded successively by Cols, 
 .luhnson, (iuion and Murray, and participated in 
 many of the hardest fought engagements, remaining 
 in the ht hi until the end and taking part in the 
 grand review at Washington. 
 
 While the regiment was in tlH> \'irginian cam- 
 paign on Jan. 24, iSl.^, the enlisted men presented 
 their conmiander, then Col. MLn'ra\-, witii a l)eauti- 
 ful and expensive sword, sash and belt, a tropiiv of 
 their regard and affection which his familv cherisii 
 abo\e all material mementos he has left theni. 
 
 Previous to i8(>4 the i4<Sth did garrison dut\- at 
 Norfolk and "^'orktcnvn. Its banners are inscribiHJ 
 with the battle roll for iXh4 as follows:— Clover Hill, 
 May S: Swift Creek, .\iav 12; Drewrv's Bluff, May ib; 
 Port Walthall, .May j6; Cold Harbor, .lune i and 2; 
 Rowletts House, June 15; Petersburg, June i5-.\ug. 
 25 (inclusive); I'ort Gilmer, Sept. 29; Fair Oaks, Oct. 
 27. Col. Murray commanded the regiment at I'air 
 Oaks and in the following engagements in 1865: 
 Hatchers Run, March, 31: l'"ort Gregg, April 2; 
 
 [the sword] your beautiful gift, upon the walls of my 
 home and point my children to it as the proudest 
 memento of which 1 am possessed. " The sword 
 hangs upon the walls of iiis widow's home, as lie 
 promised. 
 
 Gen. Murray's interest in his comrades continued 
 to the last. He was one of the lir>t to respond to the 
 mo\-enient for the organization of the Grand .\rmv 
 of the Republic, and one of tiie fu'st of such organi- 
 zations was that of Cross Post at his own lionie 
 which he helped to organize. Tiie friends and com- 
 rades of Gen. Mmray claim for him the honor of 
 being the originator of Memorial day in the nortii, 
 \\liich was inaugurated imder his auspices at Water- 
 loo, N. v., in the spring of i8f)<s. 
 
 After the war Gen. Murray not onl\- took an active 
 part in politics but was a consincuous figure in all 
 public events. His family still keep a [jrize, the 
 bronze medal which he received as one of "the old 
 guard," the 306, who stood stubbornh- for the nom- 
 inati(ni of Gen. Grant for president for the third term 
 at the republican national convention at Chicago. 
 
 Pruden, I'lioto. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
 
 Lower How (left to rig-bt)— Thomas McGovern; Henry Stowell; J. N. Hammond, President; C. Wiilard 
 Rice, Supt; Norman J. Gould. Top Row— Fred Isenman; F. A. Siegrest; Clarence A. MacDonald. 
 
 Rices Station, April in Appomattox Court House, 
 .\pril 1-), forming a part of the iron cordon which 
 brought Gen. Lee and his armvto bay and compelled 
 them to surrender. At the head of his regiment he 
 proudly marched in the grand review at \\'ashington 
 of the victorious army ol the north that followed. 
 Gen. Murray in receiving the beautiful sword from 
 the hands of Private Henry J. Peck replied in chosen 
 language that exhibits the beautiful side of his 
 character. "You have written vour record in blood," 
 said he, among other things, "and have received 
 from those high in connnand your full meed of praise 
 for the heroic deeds that you have performed. Go 
 then, comrades, as you have begun, and when you 
 have completed your mission here and have witnessed 
 the complete overthrow of this rebellion, by the 
 humiliation of the last rebel in arms, then may you 
 return to your homes and your firesides to receive 
 from a grateful country the praise which you have so 
 richly earned." In closing lie said: "I will hang this 
 
 He was even before the war a stirring politician tak- 
 ing part in the organization of the republican partv 
 in Senet'a countv and the Lincoln campaign which 
 followed, in i860. He was a stalwart in 1872, sup- 
 porting U. S. Senator Roscoe Conkling of whom he 
 continued to be a strong admirer. He was also a 
 strong friend of U. S. Senator Thomas C. Piatt. In 
 the Blaine campaigns he was one of the firmest 
 adherents to the "Plumed Knight." 
 
 It was W'hile engaged in a public ceremony, mak- 
 ing the presentation of a banner to the local political 
 organization, "the Plumed Knights, " in the Blaine 
 campaign, which occurred at the residence of 
 Harrison Chamberlain, Seneca Falls, that he was 
 stricken with apoplexy and in four short hours 
 expired. After delivering the speech he sat down, 
 and his imminent collapse was quickly apparent to 
 the practiced eye of Dr. Elias Lester who was sitting 
 near to him. Midst the cheering of the assemblage 
 for "the old veteran Republican Gen. John B. 
 
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 "GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Murray" which he recognized with a wa\ e of his hand 
 and a smile, he was tenderi\- lifted up and carried 
 out. The immense crowd made it necessary to 
 remo\'e him through a windijw, the confusion conse- 
 quent of a public gathering making it desirable to 
 get him to a place of quiet. He was carried into 
 the hiinie of his ohi friend and comrade-in-arms, 
 (ien. (jeorge M. (iuinn. At lirst apparently- uucmu- 
 scious, he rallied upon the arri\al of his w; te wIim 
 had been called from her home, and recognizt-d bnih 
 her and some of his friends v\ho stood about Inm. 
 The lirst stroke had come at q'.y) p. m.: the second 
 aTid his death at 1:30 a. m., Oct. S, iSS_|.. 
 
 Cien. Murra\''s burial was attended bv 500 veteran 
 soldiers, a larye number of familv friends and se\tM'al 
 
 The Schools; History of the Seneca Falls and 
 .\Ivnder>e Academies: and the Public Schools. — The 
 first public school liouse in the \illage of Senei^a 
 l'"alls was erected of logs ne.xt to the present site of 
 Trinitv Fpisi'opal church, June 13, iSoi. In 1807 
 the old Wilhelmus Mynderse residence on the terrace 
 was taken down and put together on Cayuga street. 
 In 181 7 the l)uilding was remo\'ed to the site of the 
 [iresent First Ward school on North Park street — a 
 lot donated by \\'ilhelnius Mynderse for that pur- 
 pose, and tfiis answered for the schools of the \illage, 
 excepting pri\'ate schools, until the erection of the 
 old .-Vcadeniv building. ( )n .Mav 12, 1832, a sub- 
 scription for an .Academy was opened, .\bout 100 
 shares, $23 each, were taken, of whii'h Col. Mvn- 
 
 I'l viilen. Photo. 
 
 distinguishe<l men from diflerent ]iarts of the ci iuntr\-. 
 AH business m the \ illage was sus|iended. 
 Telegr;ims rfcci\"d from all o\ir the I'nited States 
 attested the jtrofound esteem in which he was held. 
 I he escort to till- remains com|)rised grand army 
 posts hum man\" adjoining towns. Floral decora- 
 tions in abundance were presented. The funeral 
 consisted of the Episcopal church service and the 
 solemn burial rit("s of the Cjrand .Army of the Repub- 
 lic. T'vo thousand people witnessed the interment 
 of the remains at Restvale. Cien. Murray is survived 
 at this writing [[an. 22, 1904] by his widow and two 
 children, Maud .Marv (Mrs. Charles Wolcott Hubbell) 
 of Chic-ago, and William S. Murrav of Waterloo, 
 N. Y. 
 
 THE MYNDEK8E ACADEMY. 
 
 derse sul)S(~ril 
 were ,\sher T 
 
 1 for twentw The other subscribers 
 -r, .Anthony Dey, Richard K. (lay, Wil- 
 liam H. King, Matthias B. liellows (the first trustees), 
 and Samuel Day, C. L. Hoskins, j,,hn S. C.ay, D. W. 
 I'oreman, Wilson N. I'rown, .lonathan Metcalf, 
 .losepli l''ailing, Samuel (iarli<.'k, .Abiaham Pa\-iie, 
 John P. Fairchild, Seeley c^ Stockman, Samuel Brad- 
 ley, Sadoc Nash, Jabez Lindsley, (iars- \'. Sacket, 
 .lohn L. Bigelow, Jeremy Bement, S. D. .Mumford, 
 Oeorge .\rnold, H. S. \''an Rensselaer, John M. 
 Wheat(in, Hezekiah Kelley, L. Smith, .loscph C. 
 Payne, Ansel Basconi, Samuel Payne, Charles W. 
 Day, David Durand, E. Partridge, Ci. Isaacs, Shekhm 
 Wood, -Amherst Childs, R. G. Pardee, Maynard cS: 
 Sackett, J. K. Brown, W. M. Bayard, Bayard & Foote, 
 Samuel J. Bax'ard, Get)rge ^V.Towar, James S. Shetli- 
 
'■GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 97 
 
 er, D. C. Bloomer and C. C. \'ance. Not one of this 
 n Limber is now living and only one, C. L. Hoskins, 
 lixpti to see the present Academy building occupied. 
 
 ( )n .June 23, 1.S32, Wilhelmus Mynderse donated 
 ;nul transferred the lot for the .\cademv to the trus- 
 tees — the first li\-e stockholders named in the 
 foregoing list. 
 
 The tirst recorded meeting of the stockholders was 
 held July 12, 1S33, at 1). Watkins' tavern. Jonathan 
 Mctcalf was idiosen chairman and Charles L. Hoskins 
 ~~i cretar)-. To this meeting the trustees reporter! that 
 Col. Wilhelmus Mynderse had deeded them the lot 
 on which the Acadenu- now stands, th.at on this thev 
 had erected a ii^-irly completed building at a cc)st of 
 .Si,f)r)f).2o, and that they liad 830880 in uncollected 
 ■subscriptions. They were directed to collect w"hat 
 was possible from the subscriptions and expend 
 it in their discretion in hnishing the building and 
 improving the grounds. The building, a brick 
 
 should participate in the literature fund when the 
 Regents should be satisfied that it had complied with 
 the requisitions. Two years later, 1839, these con- 
 ditions were complied with and it was admitted 1)\- 
 the Regents to share in their distributi<jns. In 184 1 
 it received 81,500 from the Rochester & Auburn 
 Railroad Co. for damages in appropriating a portion 
 of its grounds. 
 
 From its early beginnings until r86i, Charles L. 
 I ioskins was the secretary and treasurer and \irtuall\' 
 lh(> business manager of the institution. He man- 
 aged it S( successfully that there was a continual 
 prolit from the school. In 1839 its assets were 
 
 '5-.v».T' ' 
 
 n 1849, .f 7,790 and in 1859, .18,796. 
 
 The growth of LIni.on High Schools, in connection 
 with the public school system of the State, however. 
 t)egan to diminish the prosperity of private schools, 
 and the Seneca Flails Academy suffered with others, 
 until finally, the breaking out of the war for the 
 union completed its prostration. 
 
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 y 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 s 
 
 J«/5 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 THE THIRD WARD SCHOOL. 
 
 structure, 3-!x5o feet, two stories high, was so nearly 
 finished that school was opened in it the same year 
 by Cotton M. Crittenden, the first principal. 
 
 Asher Tyler and Charles L. Hoskins drafted a 
 petition to the Regents of the University of the State 
 of New York asking that the Academy be incorpo- 
 rated under the name of the Seneca Falls Academy. 
 The Regents, however, refused the petition on the 
 ground of insuflicient endowment. In 1837 Col. 
 Mynderse died, bequeathing by his will §2,000 to the 
 .\cademy. The same year it was incorporated as 
 Seneca Falls Academy by special act of the legis- 
 lature. By this act the {ive original trustees, to- 
 gether with Wilhelmus Mynderse, Samuel Dey, C. L. 
 Hoskins, John S. (lay, Daniel W. F'oreman, Abraham 
 Payne, John P. Fairchild, Sadoc Nash, Gary "\'. 
 Sacket and Isaac Smith were made trustees of the 
 corporation, and it was provided that the .Academy 
 
 was elected treasurer, 
 had already been im- 
 were spent in a vain 
 
 1. Then the building 
 
 In i8f,2, Wm. P. Pollard 
 'Fhe funds of the corporation 
 paired, and fi\'e years n\tn-v 
 struggle to maintain a scho 
 and appurtenances were turned over at a nominal 
 rental to the Board of lufucation of the newly organ- 
 ized district, and the treasurer gathered together the 
 remaining funds, investing them for future educa- 
 tional benefits with great advantage and profit to 
 the .\cademy. 
 
 In 1867 the legislature enacted the law creating 
 the present Educational District by the consolidation 
 of se\eral common school districts. This act author- 
 ized the Academy board of trustees to transfer to tl e 
 board of education "on such conditions as they 
 jointly shall deem most conducive to the cause of 
 education, the right, title and interest in and to all 
 the estate, real and personal, and all bequests be- 
 
9S 
 
 'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 longing to said Academy, to be by them used in the 
 ])un-hase of a site, the erection of suital)le buihlin^s, 
 tlic oi'ijani/ation of an academic or liigh school 
 department, or for the niaintenence of an academy 
 in connection with the general free scliool system.' 
 
 I'rom tlie passage of this act of iS('7 to the time of 
 the erection of tlie present building the Hoard of 
 j'lducation leased the academy building from the 
 l)oard of trustees for the high school of the district, 
 which was known as the Seneca h'alls High School. 
 
 The ]5oard of lukicaliou was confronted with the 
 ]iroblem as how to a( (|Liire ownership <if the build- 
 ing, it being onl\ lessee, '{lie .Seneca i'alK Academy 
 was a corporation with shares of stock. iMnanciallv 
 It had been successful. The revenues liad lieen care- 
 fidl\ husbanded and mxcsted. The treasurer had 
 e.\ercised faithful < are and supervision o\er tlie lunds 
 and so judicious wiTe his investments that at the 
 time of the transfer the projierty amounted to nearly 
 Sjo.ooo. \\'hether the funds could be divided 
 
 .N'ew York Citv, son of Edwarci and grandson of 
 C'ol. W'ilhehnus .Myndsrse. 
 
 ( )n .Unie 1, 1SS3. this board of trustees passed for- 
 mal resoUitions tendering the i)roi)erty of their 
 cori)oratiou to the Educational District on C(jnditiou 
 that a smtable building be erected with the funds 
 supplemented bv monev of the district, and that a 
 school of .\cadeinic grade be forever maintained, said 
 school to bear the corporate name of .Mynderse. 
 ( )ii .lune 4th the Hoard of Education by formal reso- 
 lution, accepted the gift and proceeded to call a tax 
 meeting lo raise sullicient ad(btional lunds to laei I 
 the re(]uire(l building. 
 
 ( )n .lime jj the ta.\ meeting was held and legallv 
 .uithori/ed the issue of bonds of the district in an 
 amount not I'.xceeding •Si^.ooo. In accordance with 
 these pieinises the I-ioard of I'.ducation proceeded to 
 erect and fLirnish a building at a cost ol 830,000, 
 designating it as "Mvnderse .Vcademv." 
 
 n^/ 
 
 ^* 
 
 v^ 
 
 ^^w. 
 
 ■d.'lMf 
 
 Pruden, Phot( 
 
 among the origiii.d stockholders, their hens and 
 assigns, or whether thev must be held m trust lor 
 educational purposes was a i|iiesii(iii about which 
 lawvers differed. Tin- l'>o,ird of lubication pi rsist- 
 
 eiitlv held the latter v 11 
 
 In thi' meantime the demand for a new building 
 beiame pressing. i'erp!e\mg i ompl ica t lous arosi 
 and controversv was luimmeut. liualK, in the 
 winter of i.'sS4-'^, steps Were taken lor the reorganiz- 
 ation of the b. .ard ol trustees (if the .\cademy, that 
 coi'poration not having held a meeting in some ten 
 vears, and Mav i, i.^^S^, a legally constituted Ijoaid 
 was formed. The object of this reorganization was 
 
 'II 1: ii nirrii w \ lilt scip (mi.. n 
 
 ( )n Iridav, Se|it. i.S, I.'^S^, the work of tearing 
 lovvn the old brick l)Liilding began. 
 
 ( )n ( )ct. J, iS.S:;, the trustees of Seneca h'alK .\cad- 
 ■mv, .It a didv called meeting, passed resolutions 
 
 deidarmg that the P.oard of Education had fulhlled 
 till' conditions imposed in the resolutions of .lune ist, 
 so f.ir as ]irov iding funds and approved plans for ;i 
 building, and the treasurer of the .Seneca Falls 
 Acadeinv was din (ted to place the checks and other 
 .ipprojtriate instruments of ti'ansfer in the hands ol 
 .Mbert Cook, in escrow, to be by him transferred to 
 the P.oard of lulucation, as the building progressed 
 to coin[)letion. it being hiund necessary, in order to 
 the transfer of the .\cademv property to the Pioard of comi)lete the title to the real estate, the courts, upon 
 I'.ducation (jf th.- lulucitional District of Seneca joint petition of the trustees of Seneca Flails Academy 
 kails. In the preliminarv and subsequent move- and of the Board of Education, appointed Charles 
 inents to this end, one of the most earnest and L. Hoskins trustee in place of the trustees named in 
 efiicient agents was W'ilhelnuis Mynderse. l^sq., of the original gift, and he executed the proper instru- 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OK SENECA FALLS. 
 
 <J9 
 
 REV. SAMUEL SALTSRimV. 
 
 First Preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist ch\neh. 
 Seneca Falls, N. Y., 1H44. (See sketch paye 100.) 
 
 |il;i('c(! with the dtlins 
 
 th 
 
 nients, which wer( 
 hands of Albert Cok. 
 
 On Decembei' ], it^N^, lnniial aiiplicaticm was made 
 to the Regents of the I'nixersitv to change tlie name 
 of the Seneca I'alls High School to Mynderse 
 .Academv, and at the regular meeting of the Board 
 of Education, March j, 1886, a communication from 
 the Regents was read stating that thereafter the 
 academic department of the I'nion i'ree S.-hool of 
 Seneca Falls should he designated and recognized by 
 the Regents, b\- and under tl.e name of M\nderse 
 .\cademy. 
 
 Upon the 20th da\- <if March, icSSh, the trustees of 
 Seneca F'alls /Vcademv held a fmal meeting, i'or- 
 mally reciting the fact that all the conditions pre- 
 cedent to the gift had been complied with, they 
 directed that the deeds and instriunents placed in 
 escrow with Albert Coo'<, he deiixercd td the iii.ard 
 
 of Education — and, having thus completed their 
 mission, adjourned sine die. The deeds were dulv 
 delivered and properly recorded, and the Educational 
 District fif Seneca Falls came into legal possession of 
 the property dedicated to Higher Education in 1832. 
 
 The new building was completed in the summer 
 111 1886 and thrown open for public inspection on 
 1 uesday afternoon, August 31. On the evening of 
 the same day dedicatory exercises were lield in the 
 assembly hall. Mr. Henry Stowell, editor of the 
 Reveille, presided and addresses were made b\' Mr. 
 Stowell, Hon. Chas. R. Skinner, of the Department 
 of l*id)lic Inst'-uction, Hon. Wni. H. iiogart of .\urora, 
 X. '\'., Chas. A. Hawley, Esq., .1. X. Hammond, Est] , 
 and Prof. .\. C. .Mcl.achlan. I'l' the completed 
 building a bell weighing 1000 jiounds was presented 
 bv Mr. 1'^. \'an W'vck l.oomis. Id-dav. eighteen 
 \ears after its con^^tructlun, the building is as modern 
 as when built and answers admirabK the uet-ds of 
 the town. 
 
 The graduating classes since the organi/iticju of 
 Mvnderse .Academy have ax'eraged o\er twentv grad- 
 uates to each class, w'hich is unusual in a town of 
 this si/- and speaks well for the conlidence and 
 interest wliich the people ha\e had in the schools. 
 
 IHK W.\RU SCHOOLS 
 
 In the Third Ward a brick school house was bmlt 
 on Williams street in 1833. In the later bo's, owing 
 to the rapid growth of tliis section of the village it 
 became inadequate. On .\pril 30, 1870, a tax meet- 
 ing was held which authorized the Hoard of Ivduca- 
 tion to purchase the lot of (ieorge I'. Daniels on 
 Seneca Lane and issue bonds to the extent of §8,f)oo, 
 [or the construction of a new Third Ward school 
 building, which was ojiened m April, iSji.and is 
 the building still in use. 
 
 -.\bout 1830 a brick school buildiuj^ was erected in 
 the Fourth Ward. This was Inirned on Aiig. 2, i8(>S. 
 A tax meeting held Sept. |, iN iM directed the I'xiard 
 of lulucation to relniihl the building and asane.\- 
 tension to the grounds, to purchase tlie arljoining lot 
 from Mrs. Murray and to issue bond. {<< the extent of 
 .S_|.,() )) l'(ir that purpose. This building w.is oj)eiied 
 lor school ill tfie spring of iSfH) and is still in use. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 THE GOrLD HO.MESTEAU— KKSIUENCK t»F THE LATE 
 (See portrait and sketch on pa^e 66.) 
 
 GOULU. 
 
•GRIPS" HISTORICAL. SOUVENIR OK SKNtXA FAL1,S. 
 
 In the I''irst War(i the frame building erected in 
 1817 WIS later rejjlaced by a brii-l< building which 
 has been enlarged and repaired nian\- times ami 
 to-day stands as a relic (if the ]iast; improperly 
 lighted, heated and \Tntillated and entirely inade- 
 quate for the needs of the I'irst and Second Wards 
 which it has to acconnnodate. 
 
 In 187 I a school was ojjened m Rumse\\ die in a 
 small frame building erected hn- that purpose, bul 
 was ab.andoned three vears lati'i'. 
 
 Mil': scnooi.s <ii' io-i).\~i 
 
 At present three' of the four sidiocil buddings ale 
 in excellent cuiulition, being well lighted and 
 equi))[)f-d with modern furniture and lira ting ap{)li - 
 ances. Liberal ])ro\ision has been made for libraries, 
 maps and globes. The chemical and phssical labor- 
 atories are supplied with apparatus so that mdi\idual 
 instruction is oflerrd to the students. 
 
 Courses of mstructi'iii .ire ollered m ttu- lligli 
 School department which will admit studtMits with- 
 out examination to ncarh' all the .\meric;ui colleges. 
 .\t present there ;ire students from this school in 
 twehe dillerent institLitious ol higher learning. 
 
 In igoj Mr. Louis H. HoikI ga\'e, in memorv of his 
 wife, a per])etual sc'holarship in .S\-racuse Lniversit}', 
 known as the Linda Coolidge Hood Memorial 
 Scholarship. 'I'his ga\e another opportunitv and a 
 new impetus to those looking cf)llegeward. 
 
 Since the organization of the f^oard of Kducation 
 the members have always taken an active interest in 
 the management of the schools. Many of the com- 
 missioners ha\e served for long terms and because of 
 this lia\e l)een able to intelligently know and supph- 
 the needs and requirements of the schools. In point 
 of ser\'ice Commissioiu-r Stowell has ser\ ed longer 
 than any other man who ever held the office, having 
 been continuously a member of the Board since icSbS. 
 Commissioner Hammond has been president of the 
 Hoard since i8qN. 
 
 The present Commissioners of l^ducation of the 
 Lducational District of Seneca Falls are: President, 
 .lasper N. Hammond; Commissioners, Henry Stowell, 
 In (1 A. Siegrest, Norman J. (lould, Clarence A. Mac- 
 Lonald, Lerd Isenman and 'I'homas McGoxern; Clerk 
 and Superintendent, C. Willard Rice. 
 
 CIS 1 Ol- L o.MMlSSloNERS 
 
 The members of the Hoard of Kducation since its 
 organi/ation in iShj have been: .losiali L. .Miller, 
 Ideceased], iXfij-'S; ' i,Sj,,.f,. j,,hn Cuddeback, | decj, 
 iSt)7-"8. Gilbert Wilcoxen, iNhj-'N. Burnett B. 
 I'xtardman, i><bj-'-;n. Simeon 1 loltoii, [decj, iHhy-'-ji. 
 William Beary, fdecj, iShj-'.s. ( ). s. Latham, [dec|, 
 iNf)7-'8. Hiram Hurt, ; del- j, i,Sf,7-'7o. James D.Pof- 
 l.ird, Mecj, iSh,S-'7(): 1.S77; rss^-h; i8(S7-'<)i. Henr\ 
 Sto'vell, iShS to ' l-'eb. i87f,, and froii'i .\pril 1^7;, 
 to the present till. e. William L. I'x-llows, iShS.'j^, 
 ■Limes .\. i'lanagan, idicj, i8(h,-',,j; iN(,7^ k^uj. 
 George 1'.. Daniels, jdec|, i87o-'_.. .\lhert Jewett, 
 [dec], 1870-';,. jasjier \. Hammond, \f<jj.-'^: iSqS 
 to the present time. I'rvce W. P>ailev, \Hj2-'^: 1877- 
 '83. Hurtoii II. Hi nhaiii, [dec], i.S7^"'f.. .1. Marshall 
 ^ '"'""■ '^^''-i- i''^74-'7- Lvman I'. Crowell, [decj, 
 i-74-'7. .lames H. Ma(d)oiiahl, [dee], i875-'84. 
 I.erov C. I'ar'iidge, [decj. iS7f,--,S. i^.hert I'.ickford, 
 ]dec!, iS-h-'.j. Peter H. \'an .\uken, i877-'«4. 
 William H. Pollard, [decj, iS7S-'82 Henrv T. 
 \'o_\es, iSr4-'S4. Philo Cowing, [d cj, iSS2-'v 
 Harrison Chamberlain, iMN4-'7. William Walker, 
 i884-'g5. C. S. Hood, i.sS4-'(,. Chas. T. .\ndrews, 
 i88v''j7- George Shandley, iSSf,-'s. Albert S. Gay, 
 i8,St,-'^. Wm. \'. \'an Rersselaer, i888-'go. Thos" 
 .[. Geer, iHS^-'ms: 1.^(^7- i^cjj. Kugene \. Rumsev, 
 idee], 1890-'^. Dr. ,lohn K. Cro.sbv, 1892-4; iSg^-'S. 
 Chas. S. Sanderson, i8y2-'6. Johii H. Jones, [dec], 
 i8.i2-'7. T. .1. Y.'!wg«r, tSc^-V,. Samuel Waller! 
 
 i8q5-'8. P. W. P.ailey, t896-"8. S. .V. Wormstead, 
 ]S<.,f,-'n. Dr. Will. M. I'ollett, i.So,S-i.j()2. j,>lm M. 
 Went/, iNqS-i.)()2. Dr. .1. S. Piirdv-, ii)o2-'o;. 
 
 LIS i OF I'RINCII'.M.S 
 
 The prim i|i;ils troiii the organization ol the Seneca 
 halls .\c,ideni\ down ti^ the prt'sent time have been: 
 Seneca {''alls ,\ca(leiii\ L'otton M. Crittenden, 
 i8:iv'44; Rutger \'aii Hruiit. i''^44 to .\|iril '43: Mar- 
 tin L. Hell, ,ws April ti. julv 1N43; ( )ren Root, 1843- 
 o; Ldias. .\. .\\cry, i>!4w-3;; Mxroii ILHeach, 183V 
 '(.; Samuel G. Williams, iS-,(,-'7: \<r\. |,,|iii .\L 
 Guion, |S^7 i(, .Ian. '(hi; Ldias. 1). \' nl. April iSho to 
 \)r, . ■(!]; \a|.(,leoii Palmer, .\pril t.i Dec. 't'2; S. .\de- 
 
 lllie P( >llard, |an. 1 Nh ;-'.j ; C lee ir; 
 i,St,4-'(,; C'has. \. Wetmore, Inn 
 
 M. 
 
 (an. t.i .\Iai-. i8f.7; \|in:i S. i 
 'iS(,7. 
 
 Senee.i Kails High School W 
 
 t.. Mav 'I'X; \if\. Krancis D. Ho 
 H. l-aixher, iS74-'S2; Geo. I 
 
 i8(.f,--7: .1. .\. 
 lascom, .\|)ii I li 
 
 .Ian. 
 
 kice, 
 
 .lulv 
 
 W. Nelies, lSf,7 
 ^on, i8f),S-'74; Kzra 
 Sawver, i8,S2-">: 
 .Xrcliibald C. McLa'chhm, iSS j-^. 
 
 Myiiderse .\cadem\ .\ii liibald C. .M.Lachlan, 
 iSS^-\y. Linda 'L. Drake, iSSy . 
 
 I'lie superintendents of the I'.ducational i)istriit 
 have been:--.\rchibald C. Mfd.achlan, iXHii-'qz; V . S. 
 Porter, i^q--'7'^ Chas. 'L. Andrews, i8(_)7-\); C. Wil- 
 lard Rice, iSijq — present incumbent. 
 
 Lhe teachers in the schools at present are: — 
 
 .Mynderse .Academy -Linda T. Drake, Princijjal, 
 L.inguages and Geometr\ ; Pilanche R. Haniels, Liter- 
 .iture, .Vlgebra, h'rench: Carrie M. .\llen. Science; 
 Cirace I'dower W'illiams, I'^nglish, ('. S. Histcjrv: .Mav 
 \Teeland, luiglish, .Arithmetic; Mary 1^. \'iele, Eighth 
 Grade; Ida .M. Stahl, Sexenth (jrade; M. Saliina 
 Casey, Sixth Grade; .Anna L. Ward, Drawing. 
 
 Kirst Ward Building — Harriet S. Chatham, Prin- 
 cipal; Martha K^. ^'reeland, .Mice C. Casey, Bertha 'L. 
 Leland, .Maude H. Easton, Bessie M. Wickes, Barbara 
 George, Anna Hooper. 
 
 Third Ward Building — \'ina S. Deming, Principal: 
 .Margaret Flanagan, Teresa McKeon. 
 
 I'Ourth Ward Building — Fannie M. I^errv, Princi- 
 pal; Teresa Farron, Bessie Miller, Marv Harmon. 
 
 Samuel Salisbury was born at Herkimer in 
 ill 1N04. In cliildlmod he remoxed with his parents 
 to ( )rleaiis countv, \. ^ . There he recei\'ed a com- 
 mon school education, and taught in the district 
 schools of the countx' for sexeral vears. He identified 
 himself with the Methodist Episcopal church in his 
 ea rl\ manhood and at the age ot twcnts -h\ e \ears 
 he liegaii th(> actix'e work of the ministr\- in that 
 church, in the \-ear 1845 he l)ecaine indentified with 
 the anti-sla\er\- nioxcmeiit and withdrew from the 
 W. K. eliurch and united with others in forming 
 the ^^'esle^■,■lll .Methodist church. In 1844 he became 
 the pastor ol th;it societ\ in Seneca I' alls, being the 
 second pastor and the .irst to occupy the ne\\^ church, 
 wliieh had just lieen erected. He was noted for his 
 line qualities both as a pulpit orator antl for his 
 genial, noble and manix wa\s as a citizen and 
 gentlenian. He was the father of 1 1. S. Salisburv 
 one of Seneca balls law\'eis, and attorney f(jr the 
 state excise commission. 
 
 Five Nations; then relati\e rank AMien Hia- 
 watha, the wise in.in ol the bdciLuns, brought 
 his people together and demanded that they should 
 mute in one great confederacy, which they did - 
 forming the ki\-e Nations — he in the h)llovving wortis 
 assigned to each nation its relati\e rank in the con- 
 federacy; "A'ou, the Mohawks, who are sitting under 
 the shelter of the great tree whose branches spread 
 
"GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 iL% 
 
 .^Hf^'.aJ^^ 
 
 WILLIAM A. SWAHV. M. I). 
 
 wide ;irciLm(l and whose root^ sink deep into tin- 
 earth, shall be the first nation, because vou are war- 
 liki- and mighty. "\"ou, the Oneidas, who recline 
 vdur bodies against the everlasting stone that cannot 
 be nio\'ed, shall be the skcoxd nation because vou 
 aK\a\s give wise ci >i.nisi'ls. "^'cili. the Onondagas, 
 wild ha\'e your habitatiiiu at the h)ot of the great 
 hills and are overshadowed bv their crags, shall be- 
 the IHIRD nation, becruise you are greatly gifted in 
 speech. "\'ou, the Senecas, whose dwellings are \v 
 tlu- dark forest and wdiose honie is all o\er the land, 
 shall be tlie I'Iukth nation because of \-our sujjerior 
 cununit;" ni hunting, .\nd \du, the Cayugas, the 
 pi'fiple who li\e in tlu' diien cnuntry, and p'jssess 
 much wisdom, sliall be the i-ii-Tii nation because you 
 understand better the art of raising corn and beans 
 ;ind making hidges." 
 
 William Arthur Swaby was l)orn of I'.nglish 
 parents at Espy, C<>luml)ia Co., Pa., on March i j, 
 I'^^jS, and was the youngest son of Frederick 1), and 
 Ann Haigh Swabw His earlv education was ob- 
 tained in the academies of Catavvissa and I^loomsburg. 
 In 1S43 he went to Philadelphia and entered the 
 oihce of Dr, .losliua M, Wallace and soon after became 
 a student in Jefferson .Medical College from which 
 institution he was graduated with honor in iX-\q. 
 lie then returned to Bloomsburg and began the prac- 
 tice of his profession, remaining there two vears, 
 when he came to Seneca I'alls and joined in practice 
 with Dr. John S. Clark, where he liecame one of the 
 leading physicians. 
 
 In the treatment of all diseases, he brought to the 
 discliarge of all his duties a degree of intelligence and 
 skill rarely surpassed. As a surgeon he was conspic- 
 LiMLisly skillful and successful. For his profession he 
 was eminently qualified. In it he became widely 
 kiiiiwn. His mind was stmed with general know- 
 ledge, and in all things he w .-is a studious, thoughtful 
 and intelligent man. 
 
 He was especially the friend of the poor and suffer- 
 ing, and no dem;ind was ever made upon him 
 whether for material aid or professional ser\ices to 
 which he did not cheerfullv respond. 
 
 In i86q (lov. Hoffman appointed him a member of 
 the board of trustees of Willard .Vsvluin, and in 11S75 
 he was elected county treasurer. For twentN' vears 
 he was one of the coroners of the countv. He was a 
 member of the Seneca Countv Medical Society of 
 which he was the president in 1871, In June, 1858, 
 he was married to Miss Amelia S. Gould, who with 
 two sons and the daughter survive him. 
 
 Hat Making was an industry in 1817, when 
 .Messrs. Stout, Crum & Comptiui, at Xo. 2 Mechanics 
 Hall employed ten men and made hats. In those 
 days a beaver hat brought $10. After three years 
 Crum tof)k the business and was succeeded by Clark 
 cS: Rogers, then b\- the Luins. D. 15. Lum was a 
 hatter from 1827 to 1842. In 1833 he ad\-ertises as 
 follows in the "Seneca Falls Democrat:" M\- tender 
 
 Pruden, Plioto. 
 
 THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE DR. W. A. SWABY. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 atect with honnrs at Haniiltdii Ci)llt'gf. Possessing 
 a taste I'M- literature in wiiich he obtained the 
 highest degree at conege, he afterwards l)efanie a 
 gn:at reader and well informed on all suhjects. 
 rpon linishin.L; his college rours • he taught lor a 
 time in W'hitestowii Seiiiinary. In that \ illage he 
 obtained his first e\|)enen(e in banking, being for a 
 short time einploNcd in one of the banks there. ( )n 
 
 NORMAN HAVNES KECKER. 
 
 friends, I write these feu lines to let vou know that 
 1 rontinue \o work at my trade (as in dutv bound 
 these hard times) at the Seneca Falls hat and cap 
 store, oppc.isite C. L. Iloskins, where 1 keep con- 
 stantly on hand a large assortment of hats and caps 
 of the best quality, latest fasfiion and lowest price. 
 My shop is full, I hope your poc kets are. I hope 
 they will soon run over lor our mutual benefit, 
 ■^"ours respcctfulK , Daxid IS. Liim." 
 
 Norman H. Becker, foi- tliirl\-li\e vears en- 
 gaged in banking in Si'iieca falls and finally becom- 
 ing one of the most prominent Ijankers in this 
 section, was b(.)rn in the town of I'^avette, Seneca Co.. 
 X. v., in 184:;. He was the oldest son of .fohn and 
 [Barbara Beefier, who lived several vears in the village 
 of Waterloo, X. ^■. Xornian Becker had the best 
 opportunities for getting an education and he tof)k 
 advantage of them. In his joth vear lie was gradu- 
 
 liis return home he was appointed teller of tlu' 
 National i''.\i liange Bank in Seneca Falls, taking that 
 position at the time of the organization of the bank 
 111 I'Sh^. Sc)on after, he became cashier, the jiost 
 which he occupied until that institution was suc- 
 <eeded bv the i'^xchange Xational Bank, in which he 
 was alsii made cashier and was the principal manager 
 of its affairs until the (dose of his life. Cemducting 
 the business of the bank wiseh' and taking an act- 
 i\e part in the State Bankers' ,\ssociation, where he 
 was regarded as a man o| marked abilit\, he Lilti- 
 niateh' made a high reputation both as a manager 
 and a hnaiicier. .Mr. flecker possessed a great deal 
 of influence in the community, which was recognized 
 outside of his own business circles. He was a stead- 
 fast friend of e\cr\' deserving business venture that 
 looked to him for supp irt, helpful to all and often 
 consulted relative to matters in which he had no 
 direct [jcrsoiial interest, hlis ad\'icf- was frequenth 
 sought and alwa\s given with frankness and assur- 
 anci' of its being safely hdlowed. True to Ins 
 com ictions, steering his course in all matters without 
 waiting to see what others were going to do, and 
 then shouldering the responsibilities as the\- came 
 uijon him, he hirged ahead with absolute confidence 
 in the results. 
 
 In iSjo Mr. Becker married Miss Catherim- .\. 
 Watkins of \\'aterloo, N. Y. dheir children are 
 Eliza (Mrs. Cieorge Iwle \"an Sickle of .Xuburn, X. 
 ^'.), the .Misses Katlierine ^^'., .Vima M., florence and 
 Cora P>ecker and Xorman W. Becke-r. 
 
 Mv. I>eck<'r went abroad I'eb. i, iqoo, and died at 
 Pera, a suburii of Coiistantinciple, rurk(w, the lol- 
 low mg month. March i 1 . 
 
 Merchants; l".arl\- in Seneca Falls — Col. Wil- 
 lielnuis M\iiderse, Simon Chapman, .\bijah Mann, 
 .\nthon\ I )e\ , Hemw Kellogg, .Abrani and Samuel 
 Payne, David B. Luni, Charles L. Hoskins, Erastus 
 
 Partridge, Richard E. Gay, Wm. H. King, John S. 
 
 Gav, .lohn Isaacs, Stephen W'akelv. Storrs <'<: Gilbert, 
 
 RESIDENCE OF MRS. NORMAN H. BECKER, 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 I "3 
 
 Kdward Lyon, Jnhn West, Sacket & \'an Rensselaer, 
 Hezekiah Kelly, Senter M. (Sicklings, H. C. Silsbv, 
 Henry l'",lli<itl, (lenrue Shoemaker, Abel Downs, 
 Henry Seyniour, Seahur\- S. (iould, k. (i. cV .1. I'>. 
 Johnson, R. (i. Pardes, Henry Pollard, Wni, Keith. 
 John C. Chapman, T. X. L'hapnian, Josiali I.. Stoek- 
 nian, k. V. khonias. Win. P. Pollard, Job Turner, 
 Hiram Twist, .lames H. McDonald, W'ni. k. Wheeler, 
 Charles (). Whartenbv, Dwight H. Wilson, Henry C. 
 Wisewell, K. J. Tyler, Howanl Underhill, Ciiarle^ 
 .McDonald, Wm. Ik" kathrop, H. C. Blodgett, 'khomas 
 P.. Baird: James R. Hair. 
 
 Seneca Lodg:e No. 104, K. of P. I h, 
 
 Knights of I'ythias ofSeneia halls was organi/etl 
 under a charter issued bv the (irand Lodge of the 
 State of Xew ^'ork, Sept. i8, 1S73. It was to be 
 known as Seneia kodgc No. 104. 
 
 'khe first meeting was held .lune Hj. 1N7 ;, in the 
 then Ciood 'kemplars' hall on the third llooi" of the 
 Daniels building. The officers elected at the first 
 meeting were: C. kr:mk Rrad\- p,-isi ( h.-mct'li ii, • 
 
 quarters in an endea\-or to e.vemplif\- the principles 
 of the order. i'Tiendship, Charity and Bene\olence. 
 
 I'lic |)resent officers are: (leo. ktle\- master of work, 
 .\lbert P. Hanev chancelor commander, Joel fuller 
 \ ice ( hancelor. Harr\- (irosbetd^ |;n'elat(\ Dr. fk S. 
 W aldorl niastiT-at-aniis, Clias. Collis kee|)er of 
 records and seals, lulward W. .\ddisoii mastei of 
 liuance, kred 'I'eller master of excheciuer. Win. Deii- 
 iiisoii inner guard. Chas. !■'.. Coons outer guard, 
 |;is, K. luistman delegate to Cirand kodge and Dr- 
 J. S. Purch- pln-sician. 
 
 The Early Physicians in Seneca kails and 
 \ icinit\- k)r. Reuben Long was here in i8o'i and the 
 same \'ear Dr. Pitne\" settled at the Kingdom where 
 he practiced two \ears and then remo\ed tc) .Vubiuii. 
 Dr. Mathias B. Bellows opened an office in Seneca 
 kails ill 1S12 ;nid practiced here until his death in 
 18^4. Dr. Silas Keeler practiced here from 1.S20 
 until i8()j and died here. Dr. karnswdrth, coming 
 Ill-re in iSj,| riMiiained but a few \-i\-irs. About rS:;:; 
 
 Pruden, Photo. SENECA LODGE, NO. 104, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 
 
 Top Row (left to rig-ht)— J. C. Simmons, Fred Teller, J. E. Fuller, Dr. J. S. Purdy, H. E Brimm, E. W. 
 Addison. Mkldle Row— Dr R. V. Covert, Charles Colliss, T. H. Utley, J. K. Eastman, W. A. S. Latham. 
 Lower Row— Dr. H. S. Waldorf, H. W. Grobeck, Charles Curtis, Wm. Dennisou, A. P. Haney. 
 
 Nathaniel k. I'enh.am (diancelor commander, Chas. 
 T. Silsbv \ice commander, Reuljen V. lUitts prelate. 
 Nelson Duntz master of e.xchequer, fk W. .\ildison 
 keeper of records and seals, Fred M. Bellows master 
 of finance, C. H. Nkjore master-at-arms, W. S. Mur- 
 ray inner guard, .\dolplius (loodman, outer guard, 
 C. H. Mo(jre trustee si.\ months. Chas. k. Silsby trus- 
 tee for twel\"e months and C. k. Brady trustee for 
 eighteen months. 
 
 The Pythian Hall for a number of years occupied 
 the fourth floor of the Hoskins block, corner of Fall 
 and Cayuga streets. After the big fire the Knights 
 of Pythias leased the fourth floor of the Daniels 
 block before the building was completed. It was 
 finished off particularly as lodge and entertainment 
 rooms by the owner, Mr. George O. Daniels. The 
 lodge rooms, ante- rooms and banquet rooms are 
 admirably adapted for their use. Since that time the 
 Knights ha\-e been at home to their friends in those 
 
 or soon after, Drs. C. G. Williams, Dayton, Hiram H- 
 Heath and Amherst Childs began practice here. Dr' 
 J. K. P)rown came in 1S34 and Dr. John S. Clark in 
 183(1. Dr. 'khomas Swaby came in 1840 and prac- 
 ticed here until his death in 1843. His brother Dr- 
 Will. .\. Swaby arrived in 1852 and practiced here 
 tliirt\- 3'ears. Dr. George W. Da\is, coming in 1856, 
 was here several years, kater physicians here were 
 k^r. ]ames Bellows, a surgeon in the army during the 
 ci\il war who died in .\pril 1864: Dr. C. B. Howe 
 who began practice in 1853 and several years later 
 went into trade here: Dr. Elias Lester who began 
 practice here in 1863 and is still "in the harness," 
 Dr. Hiram J. Purdy who came in 1870; Dr. Rufus C. 
 Dunham, beginning practice here in i860 and died 
 here; Dr. Rynear B. Covert who came in 1870 and is 
 now in practice; and Dr. Alfred Emens who came in 
 1S72 and died here. 
 
I04 
 
 "GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENFXA FALLS. 
 
 Seneca Falls Historical Society. I'lidi ti> 
 iSi^'>. llicir exislrcl 111 Seneca l-'alls a society for tin- 
 sUuI\- of iiolitlcal rcononiw wliicli ha\iiig coniiiletfcl 
 its sturh- and il-^ members, together wilfi others, 
 desiring to engage in study along historical lines, and 
 (Spec iall\- suljjects of local h'storical interest, a meet- 
 ing was liidd, Oct. S, i8ij6, at the residence of Mrs. A. 
 M. Teller, K) Clinton street, for the organization of a 
 s()ciet\ lor such pLn"i)(.>ses. 
 
 In perfecting the permanent organization the fol- 
 lowing olllcers were (dected: President, Mr. ,lohn I'. 
 Chamberlain; First \'ice President, Miss Claribel 
 Teller: Si^-ond \'ice President, Mr. W. W. Cowles; 
 SecretaiN, Mr. II. \. Carmer; Treasurer, .Mr. (leorge 
 IT Cushing. .\ committee was appnjintetl to draft a 
 constitution and by-laws for the societ}-, and the 
 membership was limited to fiftw I)\' the constitu- 
 tution as adopted, the nann^ of the organization is 
 the Seneca F;ills Historical S< icietv: " its objects: 
 
 lecture b\' out of tow n talent has been gi\-en under 
 its auspices: and its educational influence upon its 
 members and the public h.:is been large and beuelicial. 
 Application has been made lor a charter under the 
 Cni\'ersit\- Law, and it is expected to be incorporated 
 in the near future. Its present olficers and directors 
 are as follows: President, Mr. Harrison Ch:imberlain, 
 \'ice President, Mr. F. \Ym. Medden; Secretary and 
 Treasurer, Mr. .\. \\'. (iolder; Directors: Mr. H. .\. 
 Carmer, Miss Teller, .Miss Janet Cowing, Hew H. 
 Grant Person, Mrs. L. R. Sanford and Re\-. Sheldon 
 !•". Frasier. 
 
 Pioneers, Distinguished m ( )ld .luiiuis m its 
 flarl\- Historw — Lewis P)irdsall, a pioneer at "The 
 Kingdom." the hrst supervisor of .Umins, condLicted 
 an inn there where town elections were frequentb 
 held. In iSo_|. he was apjMiinted justice of the fjeace 
 and March _], 1808, sherill. He served three alternate 
 terms in that office. In 1807 he was ajipointetl Major 
 
 OFFICERS AM) DIKECTUliS SENECA FALLS HISTORICAJ. SOCIETY'. 
 President, Harrison Chamberlain (centre portrait lower row); Vice-Presiflent, E. Wm. Medden (upper 
 left hand); Secretary and Treasurer, A. W. Golder (upper rig-ht hand); H. A. Carmer, (lower left hand), Miss 
 Claribel Teller (next to Mr. Carmer), Miss Janet Cowing (next to Mr. Chamberlain), Rev. H. Grant Person 
 (next to Miss Cowing-), Rev. Sheldon F. Frazier (centre of top row). 
 
 (ij The study of local history: (2) The acquirement 
 and preservation of papers and articles of local 
 historic interest; (3) The systematic studv of histor- 
 ical subjects for mutual benefit and instruction. 
 
 The society began its work by the study of the 
 history of the aboriginees of th's section (The Senecas 
 of the Six Nations), whi(di was followed Iv,- an eve- 
 ning devoted to pre-historic America, followed by a 
 study of this country from its earliest known historv 
 to the present times. The work at present consists 
 of the preparation of local history for publication 
 and discussions of current topics.' The meetings 
 were held at first bi-monthly and now monthly. The 
 society has had a flourishing career. It has held 
 many public meetings and has written and published 
 much of our local historv: an occasional public 
 
 in Col. Daniid S;i\re's regmieiit. He erected a brick- 
 residence at The Kingdom in 180-, which he sold to 
 I'homas R. Lawrence in i8:;(i. He came from 
 C(Tlumbia count\- and was here as earlv as 1801. 
 The dates of his birth and de:ith are not gix'en. 
 
 Daniel Sayre, on the Romulus town records as 
 earlv as 1798, removed over to a farm near We'^t 
 Cavuga in 1804. He ser\'ed, step bv step, as captain, 
 nr.ijor, lieutenant-colonel and i-(jlonel in the militia 
 antl was second super\'isor of .lunius. He was born 
 in Orange Co., X. Y., ijb2. and died near Cavuga ^ 
 ILidge, iTb. 22, 1813. ■ 
 
 Jesse Southwick came to a farm near Dublin, now " 
 in the town of Junius, in 1798. Jpsse, Samuel and 
 David, three brothers, appear on the roll of voters, 
 town of I'^avette, in 1801. He served as third super- 
 
'GRIP'S'' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA 1 ALLS. 
 
 ■THE LONE F18HER.MAN' ON CAVrOA LAKE. 
 A St'MMER IDYL. 
 
 \ i-^'T 111 .luiiiiis ami 111 scv'ImI nthcr (iriices. He was 
 \<"n\ ill Spnn.i^rifld, Mass., Ml i7tS, and dird in .hinuis 
 "-I I .tcailxT, iNj'i. 
 
 jacdl) Lar/tderr, in iNoj, settled nii a larni near 
 W I st C lyii^a. He was elected town elerk of Junius, 
 I's)^; su])ervis<ir iSij, iSi:; and i8ifi; member of 
 .issriiibly iSiti-'ij; and ser\ed as sheriff iSiS-'kj; fur 
 -I \ 'ral years associate judfie of Common I'leas; and 
 -'Mial times suiier\'isor of Seneca Falls. He jierson- 
 .ill\ managed a large farm and sur\e\'ed manv tracts 
 ol land and hi,gliwavs. He v.as horn at Morristown, 
 Morris Co., N. j., I'eh 27, 1774, and died at West 
 (."a\uga, Dec. i, 1N4 v 
 
 ( ien. Flugh \\'. Dohbins settled north of Seneca 
 lake p; ior to rNoo, ser\ed as colonel of the 102nd 
 ri'i^iment <if infantry in the war of 1812, and was 
 ad\ anced to brigadier-general. Before his enlist- 
 ment he kept a public inn. In icS^o he remo\-ed to 
 ( ienexa, where hi- died Sept. 20, 
 h^T T, in his S<Sth \ear. 
 
 John Liurton can'e to JLinius in 
 I -I'' and tau.ght school near Tn re 
 1 \\ o \t'ars. He ser\"ed on the 
 Niagara frontier in i<Si2 — six 
 \cars after coming from .Man- 
 chester, Lng.: and in 1813 settled 
 It Waterloo village, where he 
 |nMcticed law and sur\'eved. He 
 died .March 6, 1847. 
 
 Mr. Thomas C. Magee was a 
 Mteran member of the board of 
 sLipervisors, ser\-ing some years 
 from Junius and many years from 
 1} re. He came from Washington 
 iounty, X. Y., about 181 2. He 
 was born Jan. 17, 1780, and died 
 1 '11. 10, i860. 
 
 Israel W. Squires served three 
 terms as supervisor from Junius 
 nid three terms from Seneca 
 I', I lis. He served as sheriff two 
 terms of three years each. He 
 ,vas born at Chatham, Morris 
 
 Co., N. J., i''eb. 13, lyqo, and died in Seneca Falls, 
 .Ian. 2^, 183 r. 
 
 Henry Moses was one of the earliest settlers (180S) 
 near the west end of Cayuga bridge, where he fanned, 
 did blacksmithing and for twentv vears conducted a 
 taxern. He was supervisor from Jumns at different 
 tunes and was sheriff i832-'4. He was born in Ches- 
 ter i-ount\. Pa., .\ug. iti, 1784, and died in the town 
 of favette, \)cr. 13. iSSo, at the \enerable ago of ((fi 
 \"i';i rs. 
 
 A. 'W. Golder opeiird Ins optical parlors in the 
 (lolder budding, si.\ years ago. The e.xamination 
 loom IS well equipped with optical instruments and 
 espei iaily arranged for scientific fitting of the eves. 
 A complete lense grinding department makes it pos- 
 sible tf) replace complicated lenses on short notice. 
 Mr. (lolder enjoys the distinction of having the onlv 
 exclusively optical office in the city and has won aii 
 enviable reputation for careful and accurate work, 
 his mailing list e.xtending over a large territor)-. Mr. 
 Ciolder has held the offices of secretary and president 
 ol the New '\'ork State Association of Opticians and 
 IS now the \ice president of the Optical Society of 
 
 the State of New York. 
 
 "Venerable Newspaper — Next to the oldest 
 newspaper published in Seneca county is the Water- 
 loo Obserxer, whicdi was hrst issued in 1826, and has 
 been pLiblished continuouslv ever since. It has 
 alwaxs been a sterling democratic new spaper, as well 
 as an excellent recorder of local happenings of the 
 county seat and the county in general. On Sept. i, 
 j8(^u, the office was purchased of Hon. William H. 
 Clark by S. H. & L. W. Ferenbaugh, experienced and 
 practical newspaper men, and at once took rank as 
 one of the leading Democratic weeklv papers of this 
 state. Louis W. Ferenbaugh, the editor of The 
 Observer, was one of the organizers of the New York 
 State Democratic Editorial Association and is at 
 present senior vice president of that organization. A 
 well equipped job printing department is connected 
 with the offiiv. 
 
 First Canal Boat.- -( )n .Ume 14, iSi8, the locks 
 of the Seneca Lock Navigation Co. at Seneca Falls 
 were lirst thrown open for boats and the passage of 
 the hrst loaded boat was witnessed bv several people. 
 
 
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 [NTERIOR VrEW OF A. W. GOLDER'S OPTICAL PARLORS, 
 ESTABLISHED 1898. 
 
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 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 JOSLXH T. MILLHIl. 
 
 Hr was cinintv jucige and surrogate in i8f)3, and 
 niind)cr of assend)l\" and fliairnirui of tlie judiriars- 
 (cMimiittee in i8fiS, hidorf whicli time ht- had held 
 llii' onicc of district attorney. He had also been thr 
 candidate of his jiartx for justice of the supreme coint 
 in the seM-nth judicial district of ttie state, P)pfore 
 his retirement lie was a Lnited States commissioner 
 fi ir several vears. 
 
 ( )n Sept. I, i'^47, he married Augusta Ciay King, 
 daughter of William H. Kmg, whose family origi- 
 iialK from Sharon, Conn., traces its ani'estors haid< 
 to U<u'i. from inscriptions on the grave stones still 
 standing in the old homeste.id burying ground in 
 that |ilace. In 1S83 .ludge Miller removed to Water- 
 loo, and in the h)llo\ving year was stricken with 
 apopli'-w on his return from a cherished trip to the 
 home of his l)(.\ hood. He died in September, 1SS4. 
 His runeral was held from St. l^aul's church in 
 Waterloo \\ith interment at Rest\ale cemetery in 
 Seneca I'alls, during which time the business }>laces 
 were 1 lose'd as a mark of resj.)ect. 
 
 He was largeK- inteiested in Seneca I'alls propertv, 
 and besides owning the Citv Mills and the Clinton Mill 
 water power at his death, his holdings on Fall street, 
 included the brick blocks known as the Seneca House 
 and Skidmore buildings at ') ;, wS 'I'ld 'tj Fall street, 
 the I'ailing building, orcii|iied by Waller's hardware 
 stor( ,it llJ I'all street, and the .\rmitage block al 
 (.| 1' .ill street. riiese | iro| leit les still remain 111 the 
 
 Josiah T. Miller was born i;i jmiiata. Pa., .\piil |;iiiiil\, and oiu^ ,,f Ins sons ,iiid iiaiiK saki', .Mr. I. I 
 l.jSjd. \itei completing a course 111 instruction .\l 1 Her, l)U 1 1 1 the Miller I ilo( k a 1 io'.-ioS;ind iioFall 
 
 111 the .\c lili-lll\ at Idoimiflehl, I'a., lie , ;ime t<' New 
 Y,,rk anil al the age of nineteen istablished the 
 .Seneca i'alls j).' 110 rat, of winch for nine years he 
 was the soli' editor. When heattaiiie<l his majority 
 h(> was elected ,1 jListice of the peace ,ind for eight 
 \('ars disch:ir};ed the duties of Ins Inst public trust. 
 
 Huring till- period he applied himself to the stiidx 
 i>f law and took an a( ti\ I' p.-irt m pnlilKs. In iNjj 
 he lirst s.it as a delegate m tin" I )eil loci a t ic Coineii. 
 tioii of InscoLintx, ami for more than tliiitx" years 
 was regularK a member of th;it liod\. He had like- 
 wise been a delegate to mailV ol the Congressional, 
 
 street, adjoining the I'ailing liuildng, in 1S7N. 
 
 .\fter the big hre of .lul\ ;o, iN lo, that destrox I'd 
 so main- line luiildings on I'.dl ,md State streets, 
 iiii'luding the Haniels ( )per;i llouo' and kloag s 
 
 Hotel, his son, .1. r. Miller, (datimied m the loot- 
 steps of Ins hither l)\- erecting m I ."-m ) I the King l*>lock 
 occup\ing till' siti's of the ( )peia House ,in(l \or<dtt 
 hlock'at Xos. I iN to IJS I'.ill street. In the follow - 
 iiig vear, \X<)2, he built the ( ipera house hhukal 
 \'os J lo lo State street. 111 the construction of which 
 ;i fire proof passage w;is liiiib 111 the center. 111 the 
 hope of utili/ing the le.ir lot for a new opera house 
 .it in > distant date. 
 
 In the \-ear 1^1)4 he built the substantial steel frame 
 building at Nos. i kj to 1 -'7 I'all street, know n as tin 
 
 Senatorial and .ludicial Conxentioiis of his party, and Columbus blo( k, and in looi the CentLiry bloi k at 
 was .1 prominent member of the National Coiueii- Nos. 14S to i^j kail street, the site of the old street 
 tions held :it Cincinnati and Chicago In iNf 1 1 ( iox - car depot on the corner of kail and .Mynderse streets, 
 i^riior Se\iiiour ap]iointed him Inspector-tieneral of .\t the present time, 11)04, '"' '^ Imilding a business 
 
 the State and during his term of ser\ ice (o\erin^ two block" on the site of the 1 )esky Imilding that col- 
 momi'iiloLis years, he perlo;mc'd. 
 theardiioiis (pities of that office 
 with rare al,'ilit\- and intf-lligeiici- 
 
 He was a truslef> of the Seneca 
 Falls .\cadem\' and drafted the 
 statute creating the Poard ol 
 k'jlucation of Seneca kails, ol 
 wdiich he was the lirst president 
 and for se\'eral terms an actixe 
 member. 
 
 He was a devdted adherent of 
 the Episco|)al church and .'icted as 
 \estr\man of TrinitN' church Irom 
 his twent\-lirst \ear until the 
 time of his d(-atli. 
 
 He was one of the original 
 incorporators of St. John's School, 
 Manlius, N. ^'., and hir many 
 years a trustee. 
 
 He was active in organizing 
 the Seneca Woolen Mills, and one 
 of the incorporators of the Na- 
 tional Exchange Bank of Seneca 
 Falls, and a director and its legal 
 adviser until his death. SENECA HOUSE. 
 
 SKIDMORE nriLDING. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 107 
 
 J. T. MTLLEK. 
 
 apsed in iqoi, at \<l'^. 11 i and 11; I'all street. 
 These stores will be models <if tlieii kind, having tn'e 
 sroof vaults biult from the native rock fr)undation, 
 team heat and power elevator to reach the several 
 jasements. In the construction oi Mr. Miller's build- 
 ngs the file hazard has always been considered with 
 
 view of securing a minimum rate of insurance. 
 
 In 1897 Mr. Miller installed a private electric plant 
 vith duplicate dynamos, run by water or steam, with 
 
 capacity of 1000 lights, that enables him to furnish 
 urrent for light and power independent of the local 
 ompany. He also has a central heating plant and 
 vater system that reaches the various properties. 
 
 Mr. Miller has unlimited confidence in Seneca Falls 
 ind believes that with its now constant water power 
 md permanent factories continually being enlarged, 
 t will increase in population sufficient to enable it 
 o apply for a city charter long before the next 
 ederal census. 
 
 Curious Relic. — Miss 15asci 
 on a curious souvenir relating to 
 he tragic fate of "Indian .Tohn, " 
 history of which appears on 
 mother page. It is a sheet (jf 
 )rinted verse; as the headlines 
 ay: "Poetr}- on the death of 
 Lzekial Crane and Execution of 
 mdian John,' Composed hv .Tason 
 imith; and Sung by him at a 
 
 oncourse of Young Persons 
 'onvened at a House near the 
 pot where the Tragic Scene was 
 ",nacted: .Tune, 181S." 
 
 Old Postoffice building. — In 
 836 the postoffice had its quar- 
 2rs in a one-storv building, with 
 illars supporting its front, f)n 
 he ground where now stands the 
 tore of Sidney L. Monroe. There 
 rere five steps from the street to 
 door. The postmaster was 
 ahn Morgan, a lawver. 
 
 1 has Ml lu'r 
 
 Pre-Historic: Ancient Civilization in Seneca 
 Co.; Old Forts in Ovid and Tyre; Immense 
 Works at Cross Lake; Traced to the Ninth Cen- 
 tury. 
 
 Civilized occupation of Seneca county as well as 
 all of New York state bordering Lake Ontario and 
 including central and western portions has been 
 traced to a large colonization of P'inns, Danes and 
 Welshmen, who in the eighth and ninth centuries 
 gradually moved south from Iceland, Greenland and 
 Laborador to the St. Lawrence, and crossing that 
 river spread themselves out along the south shores of 
 Lakes Ontario and Erie. 
 
 Hr. Mitchell (Archa?. Amer.j from whom the fol- 
 lowing facts are largely taken, calls this the countr\- 
 of the ( )ntario — that region especiallv described b\' 
 him as the Antipodal Regions of the eighth and 
 ninth centuries, where the Scandinavians crossing 
 from Europe to north eastern America and migrat- 
 ing southwest, and the fierce Tartars crossing from 
 .\sia to northwestern America and migrating to the 
 southeast met in bloody conflict which resulted in 
 the extinction of the Si'andanavians. Seven cen- 
 turies later, the French sent their .lesuits down into 
 this country and found the American Indian, who 
 had descended froni a race of Mala\'s, which thev in 
 a sense resemble. 
 
 The earliest settlers in Seneca countv, and in fact 
 through all of this section, found mounds and earth- 
 works; strange implements of .war and crocker_\' 
 which they sometimes e\en plowed up in their fields. 
 Particularlv along Seneca river large earth- 
 works, from which had sprung trees se\'eral centuries 
 old, were discoxered. 
 
 "( )n the eastern shore of Seneca river si.x: miles 
 south of Cross lake," says a writer, "the remnant of 
 ancient defence was discovered ' as late as 1791." 
 'There was found a fort described as "220 yards in 
 length and 35 yards in breadth. The bank and cor- 
 responding ditch [moat] were remarkably entire, as 
 were two aperatures [in the enbankment] opposite 
 each other in the middle of a parallelogram, one 
 opening to the water and the other facing the forest. 
 .Vbout one-half mile south of this was a large half- 
 moon supposed to have been an outwork. The 
 banks and ditch of both these works were covered 
 
 FAILING BUILDING. 
 
 MILLER:BL0CK, 106-112 Fall Street. 
 
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 with trrcs th;it cxliilntrd cv trcni 1 1\ (il'.ii;'!'." Iiim(I 
 
 of Si-ner,! !■ nils tli;it a ^linrt distance i'rnni his hoiiK 
 there was a similar "nld I'drt:" that the tindier f:;r(i\\ - 
 iiiL;' within and witlmut the einhankinent was nl' the 
 same sixe and e\ identh' <il the same age: that at 
 the ii]>enint;s there were h"a\ \" stun ■ abutments, a> d 
 lii'a\\' gates had been paade 1)\- masunrv. and that 
 e\ca\atiiins imearthed the same kinds ol pi)ttei-\- as 
 had been lnLmd at < ir near ()\id. Mr. Smith s.iid 
 iLirther that he unce \nsited a lik'e h u'tihcatii m near 
 Savannah, on a bkdl M\t>rli h ikdng the .Senec.i ru'er as 
 well as the sLni'iiLmding cduntrv: that the same cnn- 
 diti'Mi-- existed then' .as at ( )\id and lyre. 
 
 Early Lawyers, (i. \". Sac ka-tt, whu is sketched 
 elsrwhert', was the hrst lawwer here. Luther !' . 
 Stevens came m iSih anrl was Sack'ett's partner fur ,-i 
 tune. I, i<i\ . "N'ates ai>])i)inte(l hmi the hrst judge nf 
 the C'lurt iif Cdnmion I'lea--. \nsi-l P>as('i)m and 
 Aslirr lAler lame m \>^2J .and were partners I'c ir ,i 
 few \ear>. I'l.asccim was a large hand cwner luri . 
 ()i\ill 11. I'latt ( ame in iNji) and with Isaac I'ulhr 
 Inunded the Seneca L'iuint\- Cdin'ier in iS;c. 
 Ste])lien S. \'iele came here in iX:;o and ]ira<'ticed 
 until his death in iNdo. lolm .Murgan, wIm was for 
 a tinie\'iele's partner, cann m l'^;j. He was I'M 
 .awhile the surrogate of the < wunt\ . \\"m. A. Sackett. 
 sLiccessi\ eh' law jiartner nf .Uidge .Ma\ nard .and 
 
 . .^ Charles IL Weed, served in Congress from this di^i- 
 
 of the larger work was found ,a Hat '-tdiie, live' feet rict. Ldward I'ayard and Llislia kHote, partners 
 I, ,ng, three and onedi.ilf h^et wide and six inches several years, came in I S34. Judge ko,,te scaved ,is 
 . '"^ , ,. ,. , . .Ill- commissioner ol patents uiuler I'resident .lohnsini. 
 
 I nek On the sur ace ol this stone w.is the delinea- ., . ,. ,,, *• 1 1 r o < v - 
 
 '" Dexter L. IWoomer practiced here Irom i<S^5 to i-^sj- 
 
 Hon .f all shaped figures supposed t.. have Ijeeii ,1, ,hn .Maynard. established here in m 1X33," was a fter- 
 liierogKphical and engraved as with a chisel." ( )ne wards .lustii-e of the Sujireme Court, josiali T. 
 of the visiting party [ 171)1] "dug U]) with his cane a .Miller, coming here when lifteen ye.irs old attended 
 piece of earthen vessel which from the convexitv" of the. Seneca halls pLiblic schools and was admitted to 
 the fragment he supposed might h.ave contained twn the bar in i.S_|_'. .ludge .Millei, who was County 
 gallons; it was well burned, of a red color and h.id .ludge in iNdj-'N jirocured the passage of the act "f 
 its upper edge indented as with the linger in its the incorporation ol the [ireseiit school distriii. 
 impressionable state. These remain^ were con- Charles H.W'eed began the study ol law here m 
 sidered unecjualled bv the greatest discovered anv- 1S4N. Heiirv L. Stanton came here to practice 111 
 where in the I'nited States. iS_|^,S. .hihii l'>. Murrav studied law here and was 
 
 In l'oin])e\- were discovered vestiges of a tow 11 admitted ti> practice in 1X3J. Samuel 1). lilhnan 
 (dvering 300 acres, protected bv three circular or came here when a bov about 1X34. Benson ()weii 
 eliptical forts eight miles distant from e.icli other. came here in 1S4.S and died at lis resideme here m 
 
 In CamiUus were Iwn forts mie ciivering three 1X75. ^^"illl,lm lUirrnughs practiced here ,as|;iteas 
 acres nil a high hill. Remains of great lorts wcie 1.S71. 
 
 alsn fiiLind near Manlius, as well as in the tov\n of Simon hLilton came here in i'~^3J, studit-d with S. 
 
 ( )nondaga, one in Scapio, two ne.ir \iibiini, and .is S. X'iide.and was admitted to tin; b.ir m 1X33. Ih 
 the writer savs, sever.al between 
 Seneca .and Ca\ aiga laki s. 
 
 Ill the town of ( )vid are the re- 
 uiaiiis of an am ieiit forti hcation, 
 the liiiib(a- on the inside being 
 of the same si/e and ap|iarent age 
 of that in the immense trees in 
 the surrounding forest. Lpon 
 the bank and in the diti h large 
 oak trees were standing. In tin 
 embankment were s(weral open- 
 ings a few feet in width, wdiich 
 were probably once used for gates 
 or entrances. Inside of the em- 
 bankment were found pieces ol a 
 coarse kind of pottery, ornair.en- 
 tal pipes, etc. HeWitt Clinton, 
 governor of New York, visited 
 this place in 1810, and his theory 
 was similar to that above 
 described. 
 
 Rev. Pulaski Smith, residing in 
 the town ofTyre stated at a ]inblic 
 meeting of tlie Historical Societv KING BLOCK. llH-138 Pall Street, Iniilt 18iiL (Site of Daniels Opera House.) 
 
SENECA FALLS. 
 
 109 
 
 OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. rMd State Street, bviilt ISH:.' 
 
 was assistant principal nl tlic aracimu- and alter 
 waixls pi'uuijj.il (if the inuDn sclinuls 
 member of tilt' first hoard nl edncation. 
 
 the superintendent 
 master in iSf)i,, for 
 l'"ebruary, I'^jj. 
 John A. Annas 
 
 of the district. I 
 about loLir x'ears. 
 
 ! le w as ,'i 
 Its clerk and 
 
 e was post- 
 lie died ill 
 
 il L'azeno\ia practiced here in 
 i862-"4 and then went bat k. Sanlord i\. Ten LN'ck 
 was admitted to practice here in Decendier, icS6i, 
 and practiced only a year. John A. \\'aller, Nathan- 
 iel L. Benham, William K. Miller, I'rank C. .\\er\- 
 and William J. Hughes were among the practicioners 
 who were here later. 
 
 William Clark came to Seneca Falls in 1831), 
 studied wnth Bayard & I'oote, was admitted in 
 1844 and practiced law here for years. He was cre- 
 ated .Master of Chancery by Chancellor \\'alworth. 
 
 Gilbert Wilcoxen wvas a child when he first saw- 
 Seneca county. He was graduated at Hamilton, 
 studied with Judge Miller and was admitted in 1N34. 
 He served as County .Tudge. 
 
 Peter H. VanAuken in i8fii came to Seneca Falls 
 and was a partner with (len. Murray in i8f>j-'4. He 
 served as County .fudge. 
 
 Charles H. Hawlev, one of the (ddest of the present 
 practicioners in law^ began here, 
 Jan. I, 1864, and was a partner 
 with Judge Miller until 1877. 
 He defended in several suits for 
 canal claims against the state 
 years ago. 
 
 Jasper N. Hannncjnd, also one 
 of the veteran lawyars at present 
 enjoying a large practice, came 
 here in 1866, studied with C. H. 
 Weed and was admitted in i8bg. 
 
 Patrick J. Rogers and George 
 W. Pontius were admitted to 
 practice here in i8f)q. 
 
 The Church Edifice of the 
 First Congregational Society; 
 How Money w-as Raised to Build 
 It; A I'Jesort to Life Insurance 
 on its Members. — [See general 
 history of the Society on page 
 43]. — The following facts are 
 taken from an interesting paper 
 written by Mr. F^. Medden: — After 
 the incorporation of the societv. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1869, it was decided to 
 build at once. A lot was pur- 
 chased from Dr. Davis for .$3,500, 
 he donating S500 of that amount. 
 After the church was hnished and 
 dedicated, Sept. 21, 187 1, the fol- 
 lowing committee was appoint- 
 ed to secure funds: Re\ . W. W. 
 Lyle, Wm. L. Bellows and Dr. R. 
 Dunham. A loan was obtained 
 from the Berkshire Life Insurance 
 Company, of .Massachusetts, on 
 condition, first, that the members 
 o| the society should secure se\'e- 
 ral individual life insurance 
 policies, second, that an endow- 
 ment policy of .$3,000 shoLild be 
 secured upon some indixidual for 
 the church. 'Fhis amount was to 
 be used to help cancel the debt. 
 The bondsmen were Charles 
 Seekell, Horace Seekell, William 
 Bellows, William King and 
 Edwin Medden. 
 Sj)eakers obtained at different times for that jiur- 
 l)r)se succeeded in securing pledges sullirient toi^x- 
 tingLiisli the debt, but .1 large number of them failed 
 to nial<e good, and lor three \ears the bondsmen paid 
 the interest, .$g8o, on the loan. Finally, by previous 
 agreement, the mortgage was l'oreclos,-d and at the 
 sale held at the Hoag House the bondsmen bid it in, 
 giving the Berkshire company a new mortgage for 
 ■$10,000 without a bond and making over the prop- 
 erty to the church society. .At the same time the 
 bondsmen paid what \\;as due on the first mortgage, 
 nearly .S7,ooo. 
 
 -Vfter another struggle the churches of the Congre- 
 gational body of the New York state and se^■eral of 
 our most prominent citizens came to the rescue. 
 .\mong these kind friends were H. C. Silsby, .Albert 
 Jewett, J. B. Johnson, H. W. Knight and others. .\t 
 last the society succeeded in freeing the church from 
 debt, July 3, 1881. It is so to-day. Shortly after, 
 Mr. J. B. Johnson in his will donated .$2,000 for the 
 support of the ( hurch. I'liis is now invested in a 
 parsonage. 
 
 County Stenographer. — In 1884 .Miss Teller 
 entered the law oHice of Hon. Charles A. Hawley as 
 a stenographer, being the hrst stenographer employed 
 
 rOLr.MBT^S RLOCK, 119-127 Fall Street, built 1804. 
 
'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 FRED TELLElt, 
 
 Histuiifitl Contributur to "Grip's" Histmifal 
 Souvenir of Seiuca Falls. 
 
 ill ;i l;i\\(iHi'C 111 till- iMUIllv. As till- il lIKllul I'lir 
 slinrtliaiiil work in tlir cc miilx \\;is i timIciI. she \\;is 
 .ihlc to ;issis1 ihc ,itl<irii(\s, and In a 1 iin i ted ex tent 
 soiiii' (if tlir niniuilai tnrin;.; cslalil isliniiiiN. W'lii-n 
 n-lcri'iu fs ami tibtinioiiN in patent snit-- wrrctol 
 
 five weeks and :!00 people publiclv professed ronver- 
 siim. This building afforded the sncietv a conifortablt' 
 home ftir abnost fi>rtv vears when it was replaced hv 
 the present structure, dedicated March 4, i8fH_). 
 
 Fred Teller was born in Seneca l'"alls and at- 
 tcndctl tile xiUage schools. He is a member of a 
 number of societies and organizatidus, and takes 
 d(^e]) interest in documentar\-, colonial and earl\- his- 
 tory. Mr. Teller has quite a library as well as nian\- 
 cLirii IS and .articles pertaining:; to those subjects. He 
 < i\\ lis the historic buildirif; < m a ]" lint 1 if land juttinjj 
 mill Cavuga lake, kiinwn as "Stdiu L(Hlf.;e," which 
 buildin<( was part mI the nhl tnll hiaise oftlu-Cavuga 
 Hridge Cm. On .\ug. 2, 1S7:;, Mr. Teller established 
 the KirmtLire busiiu'ss in an Lin]iretenliiius wa\', liax- 
 ing thill, at the age of eighteen, just h'arned the 
 trade 111 Liphiilsterer. Two years later, in the s]iring 
 III I '^74, he leased tlie secmid tlo;ir nf the \'reelan(l 
 huihling. SLibsequentK- lie increased the accominu- 
 dations 1>\ leasing fur a term nf years of Dr. C. 1). 
 (.'lawsiui the \acant lot between the Vreeland F)uild- 
 ing and the I'^xchange National I'ank on which was 
 erected the building Mr. Teller now occupies. He 
 niii\i'd intii it in Decenif^er, 1877, filling the big 
 sti Lictui'e \\ ith a ciimplete line nf furniture, cabinet 
 w.ire, eti ., iiiak'ing the largest furniture sti)re in the 
 \ill,age. F.\eii then niin>' rnnni was sunn after needed 
 and a brick building was (Tet'ted 111 the ri>ar fur 
 
 nrt.-d h 
 
 ;-r\'ices \\er( 
 
 , ,„ ,i,.,„,,„,l, and sn well 1"^ "^'-^ then still aiinther one ,n the rear^ nf the 
 
 was her work apprei i.ited that during the terms nf 
 .Judge \'aii .\iikeii and .liidge Ha/eltnii she did all of 
 the reporting for the Surrogate's Court. In iSgO, 
 when Judge Richardson took ol'hceshe \\ asappninted 
 official stenographer for the County and Surrogate's 
 Cf)urts. Under Mr. Hawley's appointment as referee 
 in bankruptcy, she rejiorts contested cases in this 
 
 county and alsn in Wavne ;iiid Yates 
 
 coLinties. 'i'hese diff -rent pnsilinus she has 
 
 held cnntilUlnusly. Such IS Miss Teller's 
 reputatinn nutside the cnunt\ that she has 
 been called upnii tn sLijiplx' the ]ilace nl 
 Supreme Cnurt steniigra]iher. .\iiss Irdlir 
 is a member nf the New "I'luk State Sten- 
 ngraphers' .\ssnciatinu (the Tiri-nmst nrgan- 
 i/atimi in the cnuntrx ) and alsn nl the 
 Natinnal Simrthand Kepnrters' \ssi ici.a tinii. 
 
 The Old Edifice nf the first F.aptist 
 
 cluirch sncietw a \ lew nf \\ hiili is nil page 
 .S7, was cnmi)leted and d ■dicated Ma\' ]n, 
 iS^n, a little less than twn years a fler the 
 first step was taken tn mgani/e the socK-tv. 
 'The cost c'i the building was ^2,000, nf 
 which there remained an mdebteilness nl 
 •S ^00. The building had a basenieiil, 
 which I'nr a time was lirst used Inr a 
 schnnl, a steeple and an Imiic frniit with 
 fnur [lillars. 'The interinr cnutamed Idly 
 pews and there' were elexat-d g.illenes 
 ,n-nund three side's. Here m the suniir.er 
 nf iM^7 was held a nmuster re\i\,il wh.cli 
 even clnsed the stores at night. Altlmngh 
 530 l^enple could Iin d seats in the church 
 an oul-of-tlnor platform erected against 
 the south side accommodated a great many 
 more for whose benefit the windows were 
 remoyed. The re\iyal, whicti was conducted 
 by T'.yangelist .Jacob Knapp, continued 
 
 ithers was limit. Adding main new line's in drap- 
 eries, uplinlster\' gnnds, rattan ware, cabinet hard- 
 ware, rnniii and picture mnuldings, window shades, 
 etc.. Ills accnmmodations were still inadequate and 
 sn he purchased the building and secure.'d additional 
 inom 1)\ making alterations and farther additions, 
 until imw he has a business secmiil 111 si/e to iin other 
 I U the CI uiiitx . 
 
 DESKY BLOCK RUINS. 
 Building- collapsed in 19111 (photo taken the da> it telh 
 
•GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 CdKlMS i;. STKARXS. 
 
 Gordis R. Stearns \^ as huni in WCsi L'hcstcr- 
 held, \. II., \m\. jo, iS.|(i. Ills i'arl\- Ni^ais wvn- 
 spent ini a lann dunnt;" which he rcrcixcd a cdmnKin 
 sch( Hil fduiatiiin. Alti-r n )iii| ili-t nij:( his stiulr-s hr 
 spent sdiiif tune in the South, then i'<'tni'ned to his 
 nati\-e \iUa<^e and married I'dla C, the ihuiLfhter of 
 ]'. r>. Alliee, in the year iSjj. Sixui alter, the\- 
 incixed til I'lostou, Mass., wiiei'e Mr. Steams loLnid 
 einpl(i\nient. .\ Iter li\in,t; there iiearK' lilteen vears 
 lhe\' nio\ed to Seneca I'alls. .Mr. I'.. I'. Cileason, a 
 wealthy nianulacturpr, who was an Lincle of .Mr. 
 Stearns, owning tliP Cileason knitting mill, appointed 
 him superintendent wiiirh position he held until the 
 mills were closed at the time of the great I'mancial 
 panic. Mr. Stearns was then appointed manager of 
 the (ileason coal yard and he hlled that position up 
 to the time of the death ol' Mr. C.leason which 
 occurred Se[)teml)er, Hjoi. .\lr. Stearns then became 
 proprietor of the wirds and carried on the ( oal busi- 
 ness to the time of his death, which occLirred Jan. i), 
 JQ03. Since that time his widow and their adojjted 
 daughter lia\e continued the business. Soon after 
 coming to Seneca I'alls Mr. and .Mrs. St arns Lmited 
 with the Congregational churc-h, and soon alter Mr. 
 Stearns was elected trustee, the duties of which he 
 faithfully performed untd his death. hie was a \er\- 
 Conscientious man, a great lo\er ol his home and 
 church and oiu> who alwavs had a good wurd .iiid 
 smile for e\er\l)od\. Ih- was honorable in all his 
 dealings. 
 
 David Budd Lum was born m Chathaui, .Morns 
 counlv. \. .1., Si pt. ]',, iNo^. His lathei", l)a\id 
 Lum, came to this ])lac(- with his I'amiK m .Ma\-, 
 I. Sof), crossing Ca\uga lake on the first bridge. He 
 settled on the land le \\ lsn(M\n as the M\nderse 
 farm, lot number S:;, nn the Spring Lrook road. 
 I'.arh' in life \-ouiig I'udd learned the hatters' trade, 
 and in ()ct,, i^2j, he began business for him^ell. 
 from that date until 1842, he indivitiually, or in 
 <dmpanv with Crandall Kenyon, furnislied the head 
 gear for the whole male population. He then retired 
 from active business, and for nearly hfty years was 
 not engaged in anv special pursuit. Cienial, kind 
 hearted, alwavs looking on the bright side, possess- 
 
 ing an exhaustless fund of humor and anecdotes, Mr. 
 Lum was a welcome companion for Noung and old 
 alike. Proud of his acquaintance with our earlv 
 settlers, he was ever ready to picture the life of those 
 pioneers, basing his statements on personal know- 
 ledge or on the best evidence obtained from other 
 sources. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Lum organized the hrst Historical 
 Society of Seneca Falls, and was elected its president. 
 Associated with liim were Josiah T. Miller, William 
 P. Pollard, .\bram Failing, Henry Henion and a few 
 others. For this society .Mr. Lum wrote a series of 
 \aluable articles called "Olden Times in Seneca 
 I'alls," the storehouse from which all succeeding 
 writers have drawn their material. Mr. Lum's know- 
 ledge of local history frequently, prompted the saying 
 that he could give the date that the water was let 
 into Cayuga lake. 
 
 In 1831 Mr. Lum married Fllen Perrine, of Canoga, 
 and in .lanuary, 1881, on the fiftieth anni\ersar\' of 
 his w(^dding, his old-time friends and neighbors 
 assendjled at his residence on Cavuga street to tender 
 their congratulations. Xo couple in the conn7umit\- 
 had a wider circle of acquaintances and their (L)ors 
 were always hospitably opened to former residents 
 visiting their old home. All else might change with 
 Lum remained e\er \-oung. 
 landmark that all gladly 
 
 the passmg years but Mi 
 1 le was the one f imiliar 
 recognized. 
 
 In the summer of iSSij Mr. Lum becam 
 ill and was taken to the cit\ hosijital in 
 lor treatment. There on fridav, .\ug. c 
 died —the last of his family. The funer.- 
 held in the Presbsterian church of Sen 
 
 Monday, 
 I illiciat ins 
 
 .\ug. I-', the L't 
 
 f;(K 
 
 M. 
 
 .eriously 
 
 Rocdiester 
 
 ^, 1889, he 
 
 service was 
 
 •a Falls on 
 
 l.)ickins( m 
 
 "The Countryman," a semi-monthly paper, 
 was publislird at Seneca I'alls dLiring 18(10. .\ coj.n- 
 dated ( )ct. 20, iNOo, \'ol. 1, \o. 4, gives .\nsel Has- 
 com as editor and pro]irietor and sa\sthat it is "pub- 
 lished semi-monthl\- until after the ne.xt election." 
 from an editorial in this issue it appears evident that 
 Its aim was a reform in taxation and incident 
 thereto opposition to inllueno' of railroads in legis- 
 lation. 
 
 DAVTD B. LUM. 
 
'duip's- HisroKiCAL sol:\'knir of skneca falls. 
 
 enterprise. He was full <if sympathetic heliifulncss. 
 a'stauncb friend, and many were the hdurs rnatie 
 brighter li\- his kindness ard benefactions. Xidhing 
 hinnan or of human interest was alien to his lei-lini^s 
 or his s\ iiipathies. Lie was an active and \;ikicil 
 citi/en as well as a kind and <j;enerous townsman. 
 Ill his intercourse ^\"ith the wcirld he was frank, 
 maiil\- and outspoken. He was jniblic spirited and 
 jiossrsscd that rectitude of spirit and straightforward 
 wa\ of accomplishing his objects w lii<h dist inguishid 
 liaii- manhood and absolute moral woith. 
 
 Incorpora^ted SeiiKa falls i(.cci\<-(l a\ill,i-' 
 I h. liter, A|)ril jj, i^ii, and on the hrsi Monda\ iii 
 Max following, Aiis(d i'lascoin w.is cliosi-n piesidi'Ul- 
 IIm- cli.irlir w as aiiii-ndrd I \ an act of tin- lcgisl;i t nrc, 
 \piil _'4, i"^",". w liicli prox idrd lor ;i pri-sidiMit, si\ 
 tiListci" — three Irojii I'.icii ward two assessors, our 
 police constal>le and two street commissioners elected 
 l)\ the ])eople, ;ind a cler]< and a treasurer ajipointed 
 1)\' the trustees, .lohn L. P)igelow- was Inst prc-sideut 
 afterwards. I he board o| trustees were then I'.beii- 
 e/er Ingalls, Whiting Race and .\s,i Starkweather, 
 first ward, and I'ranklin 1'. Latham. I'arleton W. 
 Seele\- and .lereuu' Ileiinett, second ward; police con- 
 stable, l)a\id l'>. Lum: assessor, Isaac Smith: stn et 
 commissioners, ( ieorge R. ]!)aniels, li'st ward, and 
 riii'odo]-e L'hapin, second ward. 
 
 In ]S(>i)a new charte-r was enacted l)\' the legisla- 
 ture b\ whidi the \ illage was divided into lour 
 wards, each w.ird to elect two tiustees. When the 
 \ illage .idopied the general charter for villages o| the 
 state, l)\ ,111 act of the legislature in iHqf), the Ihlii 
 w.irds were .ibojished so far as the election of trustees 
 ,ire concerned, the board thereafter being elected, two 
 each \car b\ the \ ill.age at large. ( ieograpihically, 
 howexer, the x illage has at each subs' ijiieiil election 
 chosen trustees pr.acticallx' on the xxard plan xxithout 
 lioxxexer, SI 1 designating them. 
 
 Musicians in earh' d.ixs. Music was lurnished 
 
 , , , , ,. , lire iu earix- daxs hx Kalpli Somers, father ol lleurx' and 
 
 several lunuh-ed sciuare leet ol space capable ol dis- , ' ' ' ,, ,,■,,' 
 
 playing to advant.ig.' the i.arge stock tli.it is always Ix^ilp'i Somers, the sons as xvell as the lather hax in- 
 carried. On the main lloor are dr_\- goods, notion-, musical talent. With Mr. Somers wi're associat'd 
 and fanc\- goods, coni|ilele in stxle and xarietx, and .Mr. kairciiild, the jexxeler, \x ho plaxed a xiojin, and 
 on the other lloor is the department lor c.iipets, mat- .Mr. Wheeler, partner and brother-in-law of Mr. 
 ting, rugs, etc. SiKiix, xx as e.\]>irt on the x lolom ello, the trio was 
 
 Mr. Baird was born in L'axuga comity m i'^',;, and alxxaxs m demand. 
 came to Seneca balls in iNyS. 
 He entered the store of Win. I'. 
 Lathrop where he was a clerk 
 until iS('i4. Then he enlisted m 
 the i4.Sth Regiment and serxcd 
 in till campaigns ol his ri-gimeiit 
 until the close of the war. Three 
 \-ears ensuing he lived in W'l ilcott, 
 X. Y., then returned to Seneca 
 falls and fiecame a partner \xith 
 Wm. 1'.. Lathi-op. In 1S7:; he 
 (^stal)lished the business of his 
 own and in Dec, iSSo, he jmr- 
 chased the l')lo(lgett building 
 which he fitted Lip .iiid moxi-d 
 into in April, iNi)o, the pri'siait 
 location of his store. Here he 
 carried on trade, an actixe and 
 capable business man to the time 
 of his death, which occLirred Max 
 30, 1898. 
 
 The Rexeille speaking in the 
 highest terms of Mr. I'>aird at 
 the time of his death said: "He 
 was a man of excellent hafiits, 
 tireless indu'^trv and reni;irk;ible T. B. BATRD'S DKY GOODS STORE. 
 
 T. I! 1{.\IK1). 
 Thomas B. Baird w , IS for sexeral xe.irs one of 
 the best knoxx n and most siieci'ssfiil merch.mts ol 
 Seileci f.llls. The drx' gomls business which he 
 
 I'st.abbslied and iiiadi' oui' of the leading mer- 
 e.intili istablishrneiits of tin- xillage, w.as li-lt at 
 the t line of his death on a sduiid and jiaxing b.asis, 
 so well and lirmly rooted in the good xvill of the 
 public that it has since been conducted on the same 
 high plane at No. - ; led! street, b_\- his estate under 
 the management of his former einplovees, who haxe 
 increased the business to its present large pro])or- 
 tions. It is a large stole with two Ik lors comprising 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 113 
 
 an attorney. Men who afterwards became successful 
 lawyers l^oth here and elsewhere, read law in his 
 
 r. H. WKKl). 
 
 Charles H. Weed was Ixnn 111 tlic town of 
 Springport, Cayuga Cn., in iSjj, and was married 
 at the age of twenty-one to .Miss Sarah .Miller of the 
 same town. Thev had one cliihl, a daughter, now 
 Mrs. T. J. Yawger of this village. .\bout 1S50 
 Seneca Falls became the residence of Mr. Weed 
 where he afterwards resided until the time of his 
 death, Nov. 15, 1S83. Nine years after coming here 
 he married .\nna Walley of Lister county. Mr. 
 Weed's bovhood was chielly spent on the farm, his 
 onlv advantages for obtaining an education being 
 the district schools. In later years he earned means 
 lor prosecuting law study by teaching school in the 
 town of r\avette, until he was able to devote his 
 entire time to reading law, first entering the law 
 office of J. T. Miller. In the early period of practice 
 he was a partner with W. .\. Sackett. But later on 
 and during most of the time he was in practice he en- 
 gaged alone, making for himself a high reputation as 
 
 office, 
 and o 
 
 to Ih 
 fcatur 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Weed was a man of force and character 
 ;ondi'rrul indiistrv and energ\-. His devotion 
 caLisc of his clients was a distinguishing 
 if his charai-ter. In all business transactions 
 he was close, prudent and careful — jirompt in the 
 discharge of his obligations and exacting the same 
 promptness from others. Socially he was pleasant 
 and companionable. He was temperate in all 
 things ancf of a cheerful disposition. 
 
 Mr. Weed, a republican, was active in the support 
 of his party tickets and attended party conventions 
 both state and national. He was a member and 
 x'alued supporter of. the Presbyterian church and an 
 active friend of Sunday school work. .\t the time of 
 his death he left a liberal bequest to be divided 
 equally among the, Sunday schools of the village. 
 
 S. S. Palmer, for nearlv twenty years engaged 
 in the coal business in this \'illage, was born in 
 Seneca Falls, Now u), 1851. .lohn S. Palmer, his 
 lather, wlio came from Cortland county here when a 
 who subsequently married 
 .Mrs. Rurritt, one of the 
 
 tin 
 
 \oiiiig mail 
 daughter ol Mr. and 
 Seneca I'^dls families, was in charge of the South- 
 well cooper shops for se\eral years. He died in 1875. 
 S. S. Palmer, at the age of thirteen years, began 
 working for his living. Two years later he went 
 into the Cioidds shops where he learned the trade of 
 machinist and was employed si.xteen years. Com- 
 pelled to leave the shop on account of poor health, 
 he entered the coal office of C. S. Hood, where he was 
 employed two years and then bought out Hood's 
 railroad yards, in April, 1885. With little capital 
 but plenty of pluck and perseverance he built up a 
 large and paying trade. From time to time he made 
 many impro\'ements and he now has buildings and 
 yards with the latest modern conveniences, in which 
 he keeps a large supply of coal, wood, cement, sewer 
 pipe, hay and straw. Philadelphia and Reading is the 
 coal which he handles and his yearly sales aggregate 
 better than 3,000 tons of hard coal. With the best 
 equipment in steam power he is able to convey 200 
 tons of coal a day, besides cutting up what wood his 
 trade calls for. This is one of the oldest yards in the 
 village and under Mr. Palmer's management is 
 giving his large trade satisfaction in promptness of 
 delivery and quality of coal. 
 
 S. S. PALMEK. 
 
 THE COAL YARD OF S. S. PALMEK. 
 (Showing interior of yards and coal pockets.) 
 
^u 
 
 "GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 lioard of Directors was as follows; Nor- 
 man H. Becker, James H. Gould, Milton 
 lli'ai^, Harrison Chamberlain, Charles A. 
 Ilaule\', Henrv Hoster and John A. Rum- 
 ^<v. Harrison Chamberlain was chosen 
 ]iii'sident, James H. (lould vice president, 
 Xiirmaii H. Becker cashier and Ajah R. 
 rahiier teller. 
 
 Ml". I'ecker brought to the 
 cashier his large experience in 
 
 bank, and a genius fo 
 lie was during all his 
 strcngtti to the instituti' 
 known far and wide as 
 accomplished cashiers ii 
 
 iffice of 
 the old 
 financial affairs, 
 life a tower of 
 m, and became 
 ;>ne of the most 
 Central New 
 
 oFFICEKf^ EXCHANGK NATIONAL I'.ANK. 
 
 Miltun Hoag-, President. 
 
 S. 8. Gould, Second, Vice-President. A. R. Palmer, Cashier. 
 
 .\Ir. Palmer was married to Miss Ella A. Butts of 
 Seneca Kalis, in 1874. The children are three b(>ys 
 and two girls. Harrv S. Palmer is a jeweler, his 
 place of business being with his father. Claud L- 
 Palmer is the manager of the yards and the book- 
 keeper. Corydon J., Mr. Palmer's youngest son, is 
 in the United States service on the torpedo boat 
 Chauncey, one of the flc-)tilla of five torpedo boats 
 accompanying the cruiser Buffalo, in the first trans- 
 ocean vovage made bv Cncle Sam"s torpedo boats. 
 
 The Exchange National Bank is the suc- 
 cessor to the National E.xchange Bank which w as 
 organized in 1855 with a capital of $100,000 and a 
 circulation of $Qo, 000. Its first Boarfi of Directors 
 was: Justus P). Johnson, .iosiah T. .Miller, josiah t'. 
 Woodworth, Charles L. Hoskins, John A. Runiscy, 
 Henrv Hoster and Charles A. Parsons. Justus I'>. 
 Johnson was its first president and continued to be 
 president during all its chartered e.vistence. Charb-- 
 A. Parsons was its first cashier and Norman 11 
 Becker its teller. Mr. Parsons served for about a 
 vear and a half and was then succeeded by Norman 
 H. Becker, wlio continued to be the cashier of tin 
 original bank, and of the Exchange National l')ank. 
 its successor, down to his death, which occurreil 
 March 1 1, lyoo. 
 
 The bank was originally opened in the lower 
 rooms of the old Sanderson residence located where 
 the present bank building stands, on the north side 
 of Fall street, and of which building a cut is pre- 
 sented. The old building was removed in 1869, and 
 the present handsome and convenient brown stom 
 front hanking house was erected during the follow- 
 ing year, of which an exterior and au interior \iew ai' 
 herewith exhibited. Its dimensions are 22 feet b\ 
 b5 feet deep. The office is supplied with ample con- 
 \-eniences for business and the safes and vaults are 
 provided with the most modern burglar proof appli- 
 ances and time locks. 
 
 The charter of the original bank expired in 1885, 
 and immediately upon such expiration the present 
 Exchange National Bank was chartered, starting 
 with a capital of $100,000, and a surplus of $50,000 
 N'oluntarily paid in by its subscribers. Its original 
 
 ^drk, ami continued m the administration 
 of Ins office down to his sudden and un- 
 timelv death, when he was succeeded by the 
 ]iresent cashier, Ajah R. P-almer, whose 
 whole business life has been spent in the 
 aflairs of the bank. No diminution in 
 the prosperity of the bank has been ob- 
 ser\t-d liv this change in its cashier. The 
 office of president has been occupied suc- 
 cessively by Harrison Chamberlain, James 
 H. Gould and bv Milton Hoag the present 
 incumbent. 
 Its present Board of Directors is as follows: Miltc)n 
 
 Hoag, Seabury S. Gould, A. R. Palmer, Lansing S. 
 
 Hoskins, Wilhelmus Mvnderse, C. A. W. Becker, M. 
 
 \'. Sevmour, Josiah T. Miller and Clarence H. 
 
 Williams. 
 
 The Hon. Charles .\. Hawley is now and has been 
 
 since the beginning, the attorney for the bank. The 
 
 bank has a line of deposits averaging between S500,- 
 
 THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 FIRST HOME OF EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK. 
 
 (Old Sanderson Residence; removed 1869.) 
 
 ooo and .$600,000, and its line of discounts averages 
 about .$500,000. The policy of the bank has always 
 been as liberal as was consistent with sound business 
 principles, its purpose being to sustain and assist 
 every legitimate local business enterprise. The bank 
 is, and ever has been, more than ordinarily watchful 
 over its securities and property. It not tjnly holds 
 monthly meetings of its directors, at which the busi- 
 ness of the bank is carefully scrutinized, but it calls 
 upon its attorney to attend the meetings of the board 
 so that he keeps in touch with all of the details of its 
 business. It has, and has continued to have from 
 the beginning, an examining committee composed of 
 three of its directors who are 
 not serving in the actual man- 
 agement of the bank, who make 
 periodical examinations of all its 
 securities and business, going 
 over them in detail and actually 
 seeing and counting the cash and 
 securities and figuring up the 
 books with the care and attention 
 which is given bv an official 
 bank examiner, and it then 
 renders a written report to tin 
 Board of Directors. If any error 
 is discovered it is brought to thi 
 attention of the Board and cor- 
 rected. 
 
 The bank also has a standing 
 discount committee, of which its 
 attorney is a member, which in 
 all important cases adds its 
 judgment to that of the cashier 
 before paper is accepted. Neither 
 this bank nor its predecessor 
 from 1865 to the present time 
 has ever passed its semi-annual 
 dividend. 
 
 The present official force of the bank is as follows: 
 Milton Hoag president, Seabury S. Gould vice presi- 
 dent, .\jah R. Palmer cashier, Maynard W. Jacoby 
 teller, W. T. Usher bookkeeper, Elbert W. Freeland 
 assistant bookkeeper, Norman W. Becker clerk. 
 
 "Concert Hall" on State street is probably the 
 ■ lUlesl building m Seneca Falls. The original build- 
 ing is the rear part of the present structure the whole 
 ot which is occupied by Undertaker Ryan. The 
 front was erected in 1872 by James Sanderson at 
 that time owner of the building. The old part, 
 which had several times been repaired and altered 
 still contains beams and sil s which were hewn out 
 by hand and put together in 1816. It was then the 
 "First Prcsbyte ian church of Junius," the first 
 church structure in the village. It was erected on 
 the site of the Presbyterian church of today and the 
 builders were Jabez Starks and Mr. Hovey. In 1842 
 when the church decided upon a new building, this 
 old edifice was bought by AUport & Gill, coopers, 
 and moved on rolieis to where it now stands. Mr. 
 Flenrv Stowell from whom these facts are taken says: 
 ".Ml of tne coopers in the village with many others 
 numbering in all about 150 men, were employed in 
 moving it, and the building was the sensation of the 
 time as it went slowly through from Cayuga to State 
 streets and down to its present position." 
 
 The firm used the building for a cooper shop until 
 they failed, alter which it was occupied by lamilies. 
 
 It then became an amusement hall. In 1851 
 Charles G. Milk the purchaser fitted up a stage and 
 opened up "Conceit Hall," which until i86y, when 
 Daniels' hall was opened, was the only place for pub- 
 lic gatherrngs except Union hall. It was the place 
 where many famous shows were given and most of 
 the political meetings were held. There the assem- 
 bled populace looked upon "Tom Thumb" with 
 amazement and drank eloquence from the lips of 
 Henrv Ward Beecher. In 1866 Milk sold the pro- 
 perty to James Sanderson. It since passed into 
 other hands. 
 
 First Lawyer.^Gary Y. Sacket, the first attor- 
 nev to locate here, came in 1805, when fifteen years 
 old. He studied law with Mr. Mum ford in Fast 
 Cayuga, was admitted to th° bar in 18 12 and after 
 practicing at East and West Cayuga hung out his 
 shingle here in 1815. 
 
 EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK: PUBLIC ROOM. 
 
n6 
 
 "GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Principals uf the Old Academy; Oren Root and 
 the Phrenologists; Crittenden's Noiseless Slip- 
 pers; Athletic Walker and His Raw Hide. 
 
 Miss Anna E. Henion writer interestingly of the 
 early principals in the old academy: — 
 
 "Cotton Mather Crittenden (how that smacks of 
 Puritanism) was the first principal and an able man. 
 He used to wear slippers, walk noiselessly alK)ut the 
 room and suddenh' appear at the side of some boys 
 and girls who were doing everything but study, and 
 those boys and girls came to grief. 
 
 "Rutger X'anBrunt, a tall, handsome, athletic man, 
 afterwards became a Dutch Reformed minister. 
 
 "Oren Root was a hue all-round teacher and 
 superior mathematician, versed in mineralogv and 
 geology. While he was here, Messrs. l''owler and 
 
 He was an enthusiastic Latin scholar, and owing to 
 that fact and also that the more Latin the more 
 public monev, he soon had a very large number of 
 students studying that fundamental language and 
 "hie, haec, hoc." and "amo, amas, amat" were flying- 
 through e\'erv corner of the building. He was the 
 tirst i>rincipal to whom 1 recited, and we went 
 through Ca^sar,\'irgil, Horace, Cicero at a rapid rate. 
 Mr. A\-erv was a model of neatne>s and order He 
 offered a prize to the scholar whose books at the 
 close (jf the term were m the best condition and a 
 cop\ of Tacitus won b\ nuself is still a cherished 
 jiossession. 
 
 "Myron Beach, motlerate in speech and action, 
 unruffled in temper, clear in statement, had the gift 
 of making pupils see things and winning their affec- 
 tions. He went to Dubuque and aficrward Chicago, 
 and is a successful lawver. He took with him as his 
 wife (ine of his best scholars. Miss Helen Hoskins. 
 
 "When tile Re\-. Dr. .lohii M. (iuion was jirincipal 
 
 CATHOLIC MUTCAL 15KNEFIT ASSOCIATION, HRANCH NO. 2><. 
 I'ppor Row (left to right)— Peter Ferjiuson, TliomiLS Rice. Huk'i Mu71)1i.v, Patrick MeGniw, Kelley. 
 
 Middle Row— Hermird O'Connor, Rice, Edwaid Davy, John H. OHritn. Mieliael McCarthy, Edward 
 
 Byrne, .loscph Casey. Lower Row— Patrick Hamil, Emmet Ryan, Michael Ferguson, Patrick Sullivan. 
 
 Wells came to Seneca I'ails and delivered a lecture 
 on the new science of phrenology. .\t tliC conclnsioii 
 some of the audience, all strangers to the lecturers, 
 were invited to come forward and h.iNc their heads 
 examined. V'owler fingered Prof. Ivoot's head a 
 minute and said, 'Mathematics.' Root afterwards 
 became professor of that science at Haniiltt)n college. 
 It is pleasant to know that his ability descended to 
 the second and third generation. Oren l^oot, .Ir., is 
 professor, I think, of mathematics at Hamilton, 
 Elihu Root was secretarv of wai in President Roose- 
 velt's cabinet, and Oren Root, the 3d, is president of 
 the greatest railway system on earth, the Metropoli- 
 tan of New York cit\ . 
 
 "Chas. Augustus Aver\, than whom no teacher 
 was ever more popular or belo\ed, literally governed 
 l")v love, never having been known to strike a blow. 
 
 of the acadeiiiv, the scholars, who h.id the privilege 
 of his iiistructiou, ne\er forgot the recitations enli\-- 
 eiied h\ his rare scholarship and w it. The academy 
 had four teachers, and the principal assistants were 
 good men. Saulsburv Burlinghame, who could 
 make that abstruse study, grammar, luminous and 
 interesting. lUiiidy, Lindi-mami, Walker, all Hamil- 
 t<m graduates. 
 
 •'He.ore the advent of the last named gentleman a 
 b"ligerent and ungovernable element had crept in 
 among the boys and they opeiiiv boasted they would 
 turn any teacher out; luit when one Monday morn- 
 ing .Mr" Ciilbert Walker walked in, a tall, athletic 
 six-footer, with a big raw hide in his hand, Quaker 
 meeting reigned throughout the school room and a 
 permanent peace descended on all parties. Mr. 
 Walker was afterwards governor of Virginia at the 
 close of the Civil war.' 
 
'•GRIP'S- HISTORICAI. SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 GEOKGE \V. DAVIS. GEORGE I{. DAVIS. 
 
 George W Davis, M. I)., was one of the best 
 k'uowii Mit.'dical piMcticioners and pharmacists in 
 Seneca i'alls of half a century ago. He prominentl\- 
 identilietl himself for years with public affairs and 
 was widely known in the central and western parts 
 of the state, espiecialh- in Cavuga and Seneca coun- 
 ties. It was during the war that I.)r. Davis was the 
 examining surgeon on the board of enrollment for 
 this congressional district with his headquarters at 
 Auburn. At home he was distinguislied as a most 
 acti\e anil progressi\e citizen, both in his profession 
 and in societ\', an intluential man. At one time fie 
 was on the board of super\isors and for one or two 
 terms served as president of the \illage. On March 
 b, i86b, the old Mundv drug store [a picture of which 
 
 as it tlien appeared with adjacent business places, is 
 printed on page 22] passed into the hands of Dr. 
 ( ieo. W. l)a\is& Son. I'Our vears later the senior 
 partner took up his residence in .Iackson\illf, k'la., 
 where he li\("d 2j \i'ars, until the time of his death, 
 spcndmg his siunmcrs in Seneca I'alls. Since liShfi 
 the drug store has been in the same hands- -a period 
 ol nearly _(o y(\ars — and it is one of the best known 
 business places in the \illage and vicinitw Dr. 
 l).i\is was born in Mari-ellus, Onondaga county, beb. 
 22. 1S2J, and was educated at the Medical College at 
 I'mcinnati where he was graduated when 25 years of 
 age. The first year of his practice was at Dansville, 
 \. '\'., after which he practiced at Buffalo. Auburn 
 lud Syracuse, coming to Seneca I'alls in June, 1853. 
 His remox'al to Jacksonville was occasioned by fail- 
 ing health, but he lived to the \'enerable age of 73 
 \ cars, his death occurring Oct. 9, 1895. 
 
 The doctor and lietsey Pollard of Marcellus, were 
 married in 1848. She li\'ed until the day before last 
 Lhristmas '1903) when she passed away in her 75th 
 \'ear. 
 
 George B. Davis, the druggist, was born at 
 DaiissiUc, N. "'i'., .March 28, 1849, and was educated 
 in the schools in this village. When a mere boy, in 
 .\pril, 1865, he enlisted for serx'ice in the war for the 
 union, being accepted as a recruit for the 8th New 
 ^'ork Cavalry, but as the W£U" was closed about that 
 time he saw no arduous service. Being fmt sixteen 
 years old at the time of his enlistment the event 
 attracted considerable local attention. He was one 
 of the charter members of Post Cross, No. 78, G. A. 
 R., of which he has been a zealous supporter. On 
 Oct. I, 1875, he bought the doctor's interest in the 
 drug business. In October 1881, he married .loan 
 Goodman of Seneca Falls. Mr. Davis has one son, 
 George M. Davis, a bookkeeper, residing at Syracuse. 
 George B. Davis is an active Mason, a member of 
 Pocahontas Lodge since 1870, and now its treasurer, 
 a post he has held 25 years. 
 
 GEORGE B. DAVIS'. DRUG STORE. 
 
'C;RIP'S- historical souvenir of SENECA FALLS. 
 
 .1. C. DAVIS. 
 
 The Climax Specialty Company began busi- 
 iit'ss in January, i8q-, and were at that time located 
 m the basement nf the I'artrid.Lje hldck. They were 
 incorporated under the hiws "i the State of New 
 York, and their charter calls for the manufacture of 
 leather goods, plumbers' supplies, bicycle pumps, etc. 
 At the time of starting up their plant they employed 
 eleven operators, and by making high grade goods 
 their reputation spread rai.Mdly, and their business 
 increased far beyond their expectations. About one 
 year later, having outgrown the capacity of their old 
 quarters they bought the water power and factory 
 which they now occup\- and began to increase their 
 line of goods. They built ad<btions to their ne\\- 
 
 plant, such as a brass foundry, nickel plating depart- 
 ment, etc., and at the present time have on their 
 pay roll about one hundred employees. 
 
 By the aid of traveling salesmen their goods have 
 been introduced and are now shipped to all parts of 
 the world. Their factory is equipped with all of the 
 latest improvements in machinery and other facilities 
 and thev operate several machines of their own 
 in\ention. The washers and leather goods are made 
 lor e\erv purpose known to sanitary science, and in 
 their line of goods they are the largest manufactur- 
 ers in the world. 
 
 Their brass goods, while being strictly specialties, 
 are models of beauty and perfection, and it can with 
 truth be said that this company has been the means 
 of producing sanitary appliances whereby people of 
 moderate means can enjoy what were formerly lux- 
 uries and intended only for the wealthy. 
 
 The founder of this company, John C. Davis, is the 
 in\entor of the celebrated Climax adjustable rubber 
 elbow for use in connection with lavatories, and this 
 invention has done much toward making him and 
 his company famous. There are over one million of 
 these elbows in use, and there is an ever increasing 
 demand for them. 
 
 Mr. Davis, the president of the company, is a pro- 
 gressive, vigorous man of thorough business ideas, 
 practical in all respects and entitled to a great deal 
 of credit for the success which the Climax Specialty 
 Co. deserves as well as enjoys. Of an inventive turn 
 of mind he has evolved and put into practical use 
 many ingenious contrivances which the company is 
 manufacturing. 
 
 The First Physician m the territory now com- 
 prised in Seneca county was Dr. Alexander Coventry, 
 who brought his family and settled at Rose Hill, the 
 town of Fayette in June, 1792, and removed toUtica, 
 subsequently serving as president of the State Medi- 
 cal Association, i.S23-'4. His death occurred at 
 I'tica, r)ec\ 0, r'^ji. 
 
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"GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 ng 
 
 "GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIRS 
 
 Aggregate Population of the \'illages for wfiicfi they 
 
 were Published, 40,600 
 Aggregate Circulation of all of these works 41,000. 
 They Reach all Parts of the World 
 All of the following places Published are in New 
 York State: — • 
 
 -Middleburgh, Schoharie Co. Population 1,100 
 -Cobleskill, Schoharie Co. " 2,000 
 
 4,000 
 
 " 1,900 
 
 " 1,800 
 
 1,300 
 
 " 9,000 
 
 700 
 
 " 1,200 
 
 2,500 
 
 1,500 
 
 1,500 
 
 1,200 
 
 4,200 
 
 6,700. 
 
 1895- 
 
 1896 — Oneonta, Otsego Cf). 
 1897 — Delhi, Delaware Co. 
 1897 — Oxford, Chenango Co. 
 1899 — Groton, Tompkins Co. 
 1899 — Cortland, Cortland Co. 
 igoo — DeRuyter, Madison Co, 
 1900 — Marathon, Cortland Co 
 1902 — Camden, Oneida Co. 
 1902 — Pulaski, Oswego Co. 
 1902 — Phoenix, Oswego Co. 
 1903 — Mexico, Oswego Co. 
 1903 — Waterloo, Seneca Co. 
 1904 — Seneca Falls, Seneca C<i 
 
 Preceptresses, Old Academy: 
 the Few Interesting Traits 
 Teachers. 
 
 Pen Pictures of 
 
 )f Distinguished 
 
 The early preceptresses ol the old academy men- 
 tioned by Miss Anna E. Henion were Miss Lucretia 
 Wilson, the first, then Miss Butterick, afterwards the 
 wife of the Hon. Wm. A. Sackett. "But the time 
 most fondly remembered m those days," Miss Henion 
 writes, "was when that position was filled by respec- 
 tively the three daughters of Mr. Chas L. Hoskins, 
 the Misses Frances, Laura and Annette Hoskms. 
 Miss Laura taught only a short time, marrying and 
 going away, but I affirm it was a liberal education 
 to go to school to either one of these ladies. Miss 
 Frances Hoskins afterwards Mrs. Thos. Fatz.nger, 
 taught a number of years. She was very thorough 
 in her teaching of reading, writing, spelling and 
 grammatical language. Woe to the scholar that 
 talked incorrectly in her presence. She took great 
 pains to advise us about books to read, good poetry, 
 history, biography and standaid fiction, always the 
 best. Miss Annette Hoskins, who taught manv 
 
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 From Print. 
 
 THE CLIMAX SPECIALTY WORKS. (View from Pall Street.) 
 
 Youngest W. C. T. U. — .A.nnie L., the daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Norton, and Marion, 
 the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Enos, two of 
 the several bright young girls for which Seneca Falls 
 is noted, are the youngest life members of the 
 Woman's Christian Temberance Union in the State. 
 They are eight years old and neither has been known 
 since she became a life member of the order, which 
 was about a year ago, to permit her doll or tea 
 dishes to interfere with her work in getting mem- 
 bers of the Juvenile temple. They would as soon 
 tliink of going without their clothes as going with- 
 out the white ribbon. 
 
 First Brick Building--]. -M. Coleman in 1826, 
 erected the first brick structure on the north side of 
 the river for a residence and harness shop. It was 
 bought in i860 by Henry Seymour and John Cudde- 
 back and torn down to give place to a business 
 block. 
 
 years was of the same rare type, a grand teacher in 
 every sense of the word and dozens of boys and girls 
 owed what was best in their intellectual life to her 
 teaching. After leaving the academy she had pri- 
 vate classes in her own home for a number of years. 
 
 "Miss Caroline Bull, afterwards Mrs. Dr. Cook of 
 Canandaigua, was preceptress for a year. She was 
 an elegant and accomplished lady, very dignified in 
 language and demeanor. One day a discouraged 
 girl exclaimed in school girl fashion, '.Mercy on us, I 
 can never get this lesson, it is so hard.' Miss Bull 
 looked up, 'Young ladies,' said she, 'don't throw out 
 such ejaculations.' 
 
 "Miss Mina Bascom, afterwards Mrs. (Dr.) David 
 Gordon, was preceptress for a number of years. Miss 
 Addie Pollard, afterwards the wife of Rev. Chas. A. 
 Wetmore held the same position. Miss M. L. Patti- 
 son was preceptress for ten years. 'To name them is 
 to praise.' The longest periods of service are Miss 
 M. A. Leach between 30 and 40 years. Miss Jennie 
 Wicks between 30 and 40 years. Miss Mary Fairchild, 
 25 years. Miss Failing, now Mrs. C. L. Story, sixteen 
 years." 
 
•GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVFAIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 ALVAH F. STAHL'S RESIDENCE. 
 
 The Seneca Roofing Co. i'- the name adopted 
 \)\ Mrssrs. I't't'T A. and Ahali ¥. Staid, fnr carrying' 
 iin the business of roofing, \vlii< h the\- recenth- pur- 
 (diased of tlie Peter l''etter estate. It is well known 
 that the slate, gra\'el and tar roofs that were con- 
 structed by Mr. Fetter are among the best of the kind 
 in the market, and it is proposed by the Messrs. Stahl 
 to largely increase the business and to keep up the 
 standard of this work, they ha\-ing planned to carry 
 it along on a large scale. Ijoth gentlemen are car- 
 penters by trade and are largely engaged as builders, 
 having erected many fine residences in tlie village. 
 
 Peter A. Stahl was born in Seneca county Nr)\-. 19, 
 1851, and at an early age he learned the trade of car- 
 
 penter. After mo\ing to Seneca Falls he engaged in 
 contracting and building. He married Harriett Hil- 
 kert by whom they have three children, two sons and 
 one daughter. 
 
 .\1\ ah V. Stahl, who is one of the leading ccmtrac- 
 tors and l)uilders of Seneca I'' alls, the son of Peter A. 
 Stahl, was born in Seneca Falls, March 24, 1876, and 
 obtained his education in the public schools of this 
 \illage. Six years ago, after learning the carpenter's 
 trade, he entered into contracting and building and 
 has been successlul in the erection of many fine resi- 
 dences. He married Irene M. Russell, June 20, 1901. 
 Mr. Stahl is one of the trustees (jf the village, elected 
 in March, I'-jnj, and is a member of the Masonic 
 order. 
 
 PETEU A. STAHL'S RESIDENCE. 
 
'GRIPS' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENI'XA FALLS. 
 
 CORNELIUS HOOD. 
 
 LEWIS B. HOWELL. 
 
 Cornelius Hood, for many years a resident of 
 Seneca falls and distinguisfied for his activity in 
 church wurk as an elder in the First Presbyterian 
 church (il this village for fortv-two vears, was born 
 at New Paltz, Ulster Co., X. v., Aprif u, 1810. In 
 1817 his parents mo\'ed to Bellona, Yates Co., N. Y., 
 six miles south of Geneva. Mr. Hood was then a 
 small boy and in later years he remembered many 
 incidents of that trip to their new home, made 
 through a new and sparsely settled country, over 
 scarcely opened roads, passing through the then 
 little settlement of Seneca Falls by water, when there 
 was but one house on the south shore of the river. 
 It was his privilege afterwards to see the place ex- 
 pand into a large village. In 1841 he married .\gnes 
 MacDonald of Rellona, and they took up their home 
 in Seneca I'alls, where he always displayed a 
 great deal of interest in the welfare of the com- 
 munity. Ccimini' fnini I)i'll.)na where he was an 
 
 elder in the church five years he at once took the 
 same place in the church here in which his services, 
 uninterrupted to the time of his death, were valuable 
 in several ways to that society and attached to him 
 a circle of many warm friends. Mr. Hood died at 
 his home in this village, .Tan. 18, 1883. His children, 
 i>l whom only the two last named survive, were 
 Cornelia Agnes Hood, William .\ngus Hijod, who 
 lost his life in the Union army during the civil war; 
 Cornelius S. Hood and .Vnna F. Hood both residing 
 in .Seneca I'alls. 
 
 liCvi^is B. Hovi^ell was one of the large flour mill 
 owners in this village when this was a large shipping 
 point for Hour. .Although he took no prominent 
 part in politics he displayed more than common 
 interest in village matters and was a friend of the 
 schools. Living here the last forty years of his life 
 his was a familiar figure in business circles and his 
 business energy and activity were distinguishing 
 traits of his character. Parsippany, X. J., was his 
 liirthplace, .Tune 6, 1818. W^hen a young man he 
 went south and engaged in business in New Orleans 
 with his brother, .\bram in i844-'6. Then he took 
 up milling with his brother, Stephen.W., at Black 
 Rock, now North Buffalo, N. ^'., and eight or nine 
 years later, in 1855, the two bought the City Mills in 
 this village. They also, in connection with the City 
 Mills, conducted the old stone mill and were large 
 producers of flour for twelve or thirteen years. 
 When their connection with these mills ceased, Mr. 
 Lewis B. Howell sold flour on the road which occu- 
 pation he followed until a few years prior to his 
 death — Oct 26. 1896. He was married in 1847 to 
 Georgiana Stone Callendar of Buffalo. Their child- 
 ren are Georgiana .\lice (Mrs. C. S. Hood) and Louis 
 .1. Howell, a resident of California. Mary F. and 
 Hattie Howell are dead. 
 
 Easter Sunday; dates for the ensuing twentv- 
 livc years. 11)04 - .\pl 3; 'oj — Apl 23; '06-— Apl 15; 
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 RESIDENCE OF C. S. HOOD. 
 
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 The Fire of 1890— 
 
 At 3 : 15 o'clock Wednesday morning, July 30, 1890- 
 the first peal of alarm awoke the village to the be- 
 ginning of an awful conflagration, which in a short 
 space of time destroyed eighty-seven places of busi- 
 ness and residences and devoured property to the 
 amount of thousands of dollars. Fire was discovered 
 at the same time in the Pew building and the west 
 end of the Johnson block. In a distance of 360 feet 
 on the south side of Fall street, 300 feet on the north 
 side and 360 feet on State street was left a mass of 
 ruins. Chief O'Malley and the Geneva fire depart- 
 ment and the Waterloo fire department responded to 
 appeals for help. Chief H. N. Rumsey of Seneca 
 Falls was out of town, but Assistants McCartin and 
 Williams, and President of the village E. A. Rumsey 
 ably directed the local firemen, finally surrendering 
 command to Chief O'Malley. The list of losses 
 published two days later in the Reveille is as follows, 
 herein given for historical reference: 
 
 P.\RTRIDGE BLOCK. 
 
 Loss. 
 Partridge Block, $ 75,ooo 
 
 Seneca Electric Co. & E. R. R. 100,000 
 American Express Co., fixtures 
 Seneca Falls Reveille, 
 Western Union Telegraph Co. 
 Courier Printing Co. 
 G. W. Shewman, machinery, 
 Seneca Plating Co. 
 W. H. Sanderson, furniture 
 C. S. Sanderson, undertaking 
 P. H. Van Auken, law office, 
 Dr. J. Cronin, 
 
 300 
 
 15,000 
 
 250 
 
 15,000 
 
 600 
 
 2,500 
 
 8,000 
 
 7,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 1,000 
 
 Unknown 
 
 500 
 
 4,000 
 
 800 
 
 T. Jennings, tailor 
 
 School of Stenography, 
 
 Prof. McLachlin, 
 
 Hattie Slauson, millinery, 
 
 Postoffice 
 
 J. E. Medden, newstand, 
 
 Maurer Bros. 
 
 J. H. Crowell, meat market, 
 
 PEW BLOCK. 
 
 S. Pew, building, 3,500 
 
 J. Allen, confectionery, 1,000 
 
 J. Allen, household, 500 
 
 Sutherland & Squires, saloon 1,000 
 
 Brice & Peck, fish market 450 
 
 C. W. Banks, plumbing, 500 
 
 Mrs. H. M. Hadley, millinery, 1,500 
 
 JOHNSON BLOCK. 
 
 .Mrs. Johnson, block, 22,000 
 
 T. R. Lawrence, saloon, 3,000 
 
 : N. M. Jennings, millinery 3,000 
 
 Owen Smyth, grocery, 300 
 
 R. C. Wayne, bookstore 4.500 
 
 N. B. Stevens, J. P. 150 
 
 GOULD BUILDING 
 
 Mrs. H. B. Gould, building, 10,000 
 
 Nunnold Bros., clothing, 18,000 
 
 N. P. B. Wells, household 4,000 
 
 Journal Publishing Co. 7,000 
 
 HOWE BUILDING. 
 
 Dr. C. B. Howe, building, 13,000 
 
 Dr. C. B. Howe, office & household, 3,000 
 
 Insurance. 
 
 f 10,000 
 
 None 
 
 300 
 
 2,000 
 
 Unknown 
 4,000 
 None 
 None 
 2,500 
 3,000 
 None 
 None 
 None 
 None 
 
 Unknown 
 500 
 
 Unknown 
 
 None 
 
 1,000 
 
 350 
 
 None 
 None 
 None 
 500 
 None 
 None 
 1,000 
 
 10,000 
 1,000 
 2,000 
 None 
 2,200 
 None 
 
 M. Hoag, drug store, 
 D. V. Hall, shop, 
 David Eldridge, tools, 
 
 5,000 
 
 500 
 
 50 
 
 DESKY BLOCK 
 
 
 I. Desky, block, 
 
 E. M. Hemmil, saloon, 
 
 A. Gay, agent, clothing. 
 
 20,000 
 1,500 
 6,000 
 
 5,000 
 
 8,000 
 
 500 
 
 4,000 
 
 5,000 
 
 None 
 5,000 
 None 
 None 
 
 9,000 
 
 700 
 
 5,000 
 
 DANIELS B 
 
 Geo. O. Daniels, block, 
 P. Van Kleek, drug store 
 E. Hill, grocery. 
 Cross Post, G. A. R. 
 Christadelphian Society, 
 .'V. S. Pollard, insurance, 
 
 E. Sackett, insurance. 
 Dr. Nelson, 
 
 Dr. H. M. Lowe, office, 
 J. K. Ciilmore, drug store, 
 George Demorest, pension, 
 
 NORCOTT BLOCK. 
 
 Mrs. Shipp, block 
 
 F. Howe, hats and caps 
 Phillips & Hawlev, hardware, 
 J. M. Guion, J. P.' 
 
 CROWELL BLOCK. 
 
 .Mrs. E. L. Crowell, building, 
 Mrs. E. L. Crowell, household, 
 H. C. Blodgett, dry goods, 
 
 MC CARTIN BUILDING 
 
 12,000 
 
 4,000 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 100 
 
 300 
 
 300 
 
 400 
 
 300 
 
 6,000 
 
 250 
 
 5,000 
 
 6,000 
 
 5,000 
 
 200 
 
 9,000 
 
 2,500 
 
 12,000 
 
 F. P. McCartin, building, 
 F. P. McCartin, harness store 
 Mrs. William Lake, furniture. 
 M. Hoag, hotel and contents 
 
 OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. 
 
 Milton Hoag, block, 
 Garnsey & Waller, hardware, 
 E. W. Addison, shoe store 
 Telephone office, 
 Anna Curran, household. 
 
 8,000 
 
 6,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 30,000 
 
 35.000 
 8,500 
 
 12,000 
 2,000 
 1,300 
 
 STATE STREET. 
 
 Mrs. Johnson, house & B. S. shop, 3,000 
 
 David Hudson, household, 500 
 
 Peter George, building, 600 
 
 Peter George, barber shop, 500 
 
 Charles P'orneisi, confectionery, 400 
 
 Mrs. William Norcott, block, 5,000 
 
 William Comber, liquor store, 2,500 
 
 William Comber, household, 500 
 
 A. M. Hall, cigar manufacturer, 1,500 
 
 Chinese Laundry, 400 
 
 William Dennison, repair shop, 50 
 
 George Hanna, household, 1,000 
 
 George Hanna, store and stock, 1,000 
 
 Thomas Smith, household, 800 
 D. M. Kellogg, livt;ry, partial 
 
 Daniels Estate, livery barn, 1,500 
 
 Daniels estate, house, 1,000 
 
 Horace Knight, two houses, 2,000 
 
 Sanderson, barn, 600 
 
 4,000 
 2,000 
 1,000 
 
 400 
 None 
 
 100 
 Unknown 
 
 200 
 
 None 
 
 3,000 
 
 50 
 
 3.500 
 3,000 
 2,100 
 None 
 
 2,000 
 
 1,600 
 
 10,000 
 
 5,000 
 
 4,100 
 
 250 
 
 7,600 
 
 10,000 
 
 5.500 
 
 5.000 
 
 Unknown 
 
 1,200 
 
 2,000 
 
 None 
 
 Unknown 
 
 250 
 
 X)0 
 
 3,000 
 
 None 
 
 250 
 
 500 
 
 None 
 
 None 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 400 
 
 2,500 
 
 1,000 
 
 800 
 
 800 
 
 None 
 
 Seneca Falls Library Association. — 
 
 Through the kind offices of Hon. Charles A, Hawley 
 the Seneca Falls Library Association was incorpo- 
 rated in September, 1891. Suitable rooms were 
 secured in the Partridge Block and the reading room 
 was opened Nov. 16, 1891, with the best magazines 
 and periodicals on the reading table, and these have 
 always been furnished and have drawn many readers. 
 
 The books, about 1,200 in number, were catalogued 
 and put in circulation, Jan. i, 1892. It has grown 
 rapidly and there are now about 5,000 volumes, the 
 reference department being of especial value. It has 
 changed its quarters three times; once in December, 
 1893, owing to the fire which destroyed the block, 
 and a second time in February, 1897, and the last 
 removal in February, 1903, to the store it now 
 occupies. 
 
 It has no endowment, receives no appropriation 
 from the village and is supported entirely by volun- 
 
124 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 trA'- 
 
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 JAMES D. l'()LI;ARD. 
 
 tary contributions. 'I'lie Slate ,L;i\L's Sioo per year. 
 Under the circumstances, its growth and success has 
 been remarkable. Tlie nee<l of a buihling for the 
 library is great. At some da\' nut \-ery far distant it 
 is hoped that this great want will be supplied. With 
 more spacious accommodatii ins and shelf rnoni, the 
 value of such an institution wnuUl be increased. 
 
 The Westcott-Jewell Co., "ne of the largest 
 manufacturers of desk and school rulers in the worhl, 
 had its beginning as far hacl< as iSjj, when tin- 
 company, C. H. and 1''. Westcott, brothers, in associ- 
 ation with their father, H. 1'. Westcott, began the 
 manufacture of printers' supplies, 'riic latter who 
 
 was an ingenious man, was largely responsible lor the 
 success which the company then achieved. He devised 
 and made special machinery for manufacturing the 
 products of the conipanv and was associated with 
 the concern until iS()0. It was then incorjiorated as 
 Westcott I'lids. Co., and branching out into nian\ 
 hnrs of s])ecialties manufactured a numlier of usefLil 
 articles including largely toy blocks and games. In 
 I S(^ the company was re-incorporated by C. H. 
 and I''. Westcott aiid C. E. and M. R. Jewell'. Then, 
 ;is till- business was quickly extended the several 
 s|)fci;i!ties were laid aside until now the product of 
 tile works is niainlv rulers, made in all sizes and 
 tmishes, both h)r the trade such as are used in offices, 
 and lor advertising purposes. Not the smallest part 
 of the business is the export trade and it also extends 
 through all parts of the United States. 
 
 The plant is one of the largest of its kind, so far as 
 buildings and hicilities go, in this ( (juntry. There 
 are tlu'ee groups of structures. The picture accom- 
 ])anying this sketch gives only one view — that from 
 llavard street. There is besides this building, a 
 structure of three stories fronting on Spring street, 
 and another of two stories fronting on Green street. 
 The three groups are connected by a central structure, 
 giving a total floor space of 45,000 square feet. The 
 Bavard street building comprises the offices, the 
 linishing, stock, shipping and storage rooms. The 
 machinery and general work rooms are in the other 
 buildings. Power is obtained by the use of three 
 steam engines. About 73 to 100 hands are regularly 
 employed. 
 
 The Westcott-Jewell Co. may be said to be the 
 pioneers in manufacturing and marketing rulers for 
 advertising purposes. This company is composed of 
 men who are in high business standing, progressive 
 and pushing, and in touch with approved modern 
 methods. Such concerns as this, many of which 
 Seneca I''alls boasts of having, is what has introduced 
 the place to manv [)arts of the world. 
 
 James D. Pollard, youngest sou of the late 
 Ihnrv pollard, u as b. un July J2, iS4(). His father 
 was born at Painbridge, Chenango Co., X. V., Marcli 
 10, 1X0^, .111(1 came to Seneca F'alls in iSk). ()nAug. 
 
 Pruden, Photu. 
 
 THE WESTroTT-.IEWHLL C< >. 
 (Showing only the Main Building-, fronting on Bayard street.) 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENllR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 125 
 
 Fruden, Pliot< 
 
 Edward Byrne. 
 
 Financial Secretary 
 
 Bernard Connors. 
 
 President. 
 
 DTVrSTOX No. 1, ANCIENT OHDKU HIBEllNIANS. 
 
 J. H. O'Brien, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Micbael Reag-au. 
 
 Co. President 
 
 .Tohn Reagan, 
 Recording' Secretary. 
 
 Michael McCarthy, 
 Second Vice-President. 
 
 C< 
 
 3, 182b, lie married Anna HdIIv, ol' Wyoming 
 N. Y. Henrv Pollard, whose sterling qiialities of 
 character are interwoven with the early history and 
 social and connnercial progress of this village, died 
 suddenly Sept. 13, 1853. His son, .lames I). Pollard, 
 graduated from the Seneca Falls .\cademy at an 
 early age and became a clerk in the post office. 
 
 He was the first secretary of the Seneca I'alls Sa\ - 
 ingsRank, and suhsequenth', for about twenty \e,-irs. 
 
 was interested in the Partridge 
 P«anking House at that place. 
 
 He had very little ambition for 
 the honors and emoluments of 
 pubic life, yet he was elected 
 and served as supervisor of the 
 town, clerk of the village fourteen 
 \ears, a member of its board of 
 I'uucation and cliairman of the 
 iii"st board of managers of the 
 |ohnson Home for indigent 
 females. In all these positions 
 his record for an intelligent, con- 
 scientious and diligent discharge 
 of duty, is an enviable one. 
 
 .lames D. Pollard was made a 
 Mason in Pocahontas Lodge No. 
 jii at Seneca Falls on June 3, 
 iStij, and at once took a lively 
 interest in Masonic matters. He 
 was .Master of that lodge in the 
 \ears 186(1, 1867 and 1876, Dis- 
 trict Deputy Grand Master in 
 i8f)6. He was also a member of 
 the Masonic \'eterans Association 
 of Syracuse. He was exalted to 
 the degree of Royal .\rch in 
 Salem Towm Chapter, Xo. 173, at 
 Seneca Falls on Nov. 28, 1862, 
 ;md was High Priest of that 
 Chapter in the years 1866, i86q, 
 1870 and 11^71. He was also an 
 Central Citv Chapter No. 70, of 
 
 Honorary mem her o 
 Syracuse. 
 
 He was greeted a Select Master of the Cryptic 
 Rite in Gebal Council No. 5, at Trenton, N. .1., Jan. 
 ifi, 1864, created a Knight Templar in Palestine 
 Commanderv No. 4 at Trenton, N. J., Sept. 6, 1864, 
 and subsequently affiliated with Geneva Command- 
 erv No. 2q. 
 
 He entered the (irand Chapter in February, 1866, 
 as the representative of his Chapter, and from that 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 R()I5ERT TEARS RESIDENCE. 
 
'GRIP'S" HlStOKlCAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 citizens, the church service was conducted bv the 
 recti ir, the Rev. William Bours Clarke, and he was 
 buried in Rest\-ale cemetery, with the funeral 
 hi)n<irs of Masonry, by his lodge. He was married 
 ^4, i88r, to Miss Ellen I). Latham, who with 
 
 CHARLES S. SANDERSON. 
 ROBERT S. GANOUNG. 
 
 JAMES SANDERSON. 
 WARREN M. LELAND. 
 
 time, through all the intervening years to the last 
 annual convocation, because of his nobility of char- 
 acter and his rare intelligence as a Royal Craftsman, 
 he was most cordially welcomed and highly esteemed 
 by his companions. He was appoinied Grand Mas- 
 ter of the First Veil 1867, Grand Master of the 
 Second Veil 1868, served as Grand Principal 
 Sojourner in 187 1 and 1872, Grand Scribe i873-'6. 
 Grand King i877-'9. Deputy Grand High Priest 
 i88o-'i, Grand High Priest in i882-'3, and since his 
 retirement from the latter office he was annually 
 appointed a member of the committee on Jurispru- 
 dence. In 1876 he was commissioned representative 
 of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky, near New York. 
 Companion Pollard was of a commanding presence, 
 a most genial and friendly disposition — well 
 informed, thoughtful and considerate, an able and 
 convincing speaker, always true 
 to his convictions of the right, he 
 had created for himself in the 
 hearts of his conipanii'iis an 
 enduring monument (jf their 
 implicit confidence in his integ- 
 rity, and of their unbounded love 
 for him as a man, a brother and 
 a companion. In all these dute- 
 ous services his zeal never abated, 
 his eloquence never palled, and 
 his abiding interest in Capitular 
 Masonry never ceased. 
 
 He was suddenlv stricken with 
 apoplexy on the morning of \'o\ . 
 4, 1902. When medical aid ar- 
 rived he was beyond human 
 assistance, and painlessly passed 
 from peaceful slumber into 
 eternal day. His remains were 
 escorted by his lodge and com- 
 mandery from his late residence 
 to Trinity Episcopal church, of 
 which he was ^a member, where 
 in the presence of his brethren 
 and a large concourse of his fellow 
 
 Oct. 
 
 his daughter Miss .Aliee F. Pollard sur\'ive him. 
 
 Ancient Order of Hibernians. - The Carder 
 was organized in Seneca Falls, Aug. 3, 1893 ^^^ h'*^ 
 a membership of 125. Its rooms are centrally located 
 and its membership increasing graduallv. There is 
 a substantial sum in its treasury. It has paid out of 
 its fund §1,900 for sick and death benefits. The 
 officers of Division Xo. i. A. O. H., of Seneca Falls 
 are: President, Bernard O'Connor; \'ice President, 
 .\1. .1. McCarthy; Recording Secretary, John A. Rea- 
 gan; l'"inancial Secretary, Edward. P. Bvrne; Treas- 
 urer, John H. O'Brien; County President. M. F. 
 Keagan. 
 
 James Sanderson, one of the oldest residents 
 of Seneca l-alls and one of the few among the early 
 luisiness men of this village who survived the passing 
 away of the last century, came here with his parents 
 in iiSt<_). His father, James Sanderson, was one of 
 the hrst undertakers in the village. He started a 
 cabinet shop on Fall street where he conducted the 
 business of cabinet making in conjunction with that 
 of an undertaker for twentv-five 3'ears. As was cus- 
 tomary at that time he made all of the coffins and 
 burial cases that his business called for in his own 
 shop and largely with his own hands. In time he 
 accumulated considerable property. His son James, 
 the subject of this sketch, worked in his father's shop 
 about ten years. He was born in New York in 1821, 
 and consequently was about eight years old when 
 the family came to Seneca Falls. After working for 
 his father he occupied a position at his trade in New 
 York for fourteen months, after which he was em- 
 ployed for five years at McGrawville, Cortland Co., 
 where he married Charlotte McGraw in 1846. In 
 1S56 he went into business on Fall street about where 
 .Vddison's shoe store is now located. In 1-^66 he 
 purchased the old concert hall building of Charles 
 G. Milk, who occupied the ground floor as a resi- 
 dence, the upper part consisting whollv of a public 
 hall. Mr. Sanderson subsequentlv traded the prop- 
 
 Pruden, Photo, CHARLES S. SANDERSONS UNDERTAKING PARLORS. 
 (Buildiug- arehitecturally designed by Robert S. Gauouujf.) 
 
'•GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 SHOWROOM OF C. S. SANDERSON S UNDERTAKING PARLORS. 
 
 wholly by Mr. Sanderson. The 
 appurtenances to the business — 
 hearses, etc., are complete and 
 modern. Mr. Sanderson, on 
 March 28, 1883, married Isabella 
 Bowen, of Tyre, X. Y. He has 
 been active in village affairs, 
 having served two years as village 
 trustee and thr^e years on the 
 hoard of education. He is at the 
 present time president of the 
 remetery commission and is high 
 in Masonry, being a member of 
 the Lodge and Chapter of Seneca 
 I'ails, the Geneva Commandery 
 and Damascus Shrine of Roch- 
 ester. Mr. Sanderson has for 
 vears been the musical director 
 in the Presbyterian church in this 
 village. 
 
 His business requires the 
 assistance of two good men and 
 he c-ould have obtained no better 
 than those who are associated 
 with him, Mr. Robert S. Ganoung 
 and Warren M. Leland. 
 
 erty and hnally obtained the building and site on 
 Fall street now occupied by the Enos cSc Whitney 
 store. It was there that he was in trade when he 
 retired from business life in 1885. For some years 
 he was a member of the school board, an active 
 member of the volunteer fire companies when "the 
 boys ran with the machine," and was otherwise act- 
 ive and zealous in village affiairs. 
 
 C. S. Sanderson, the leading undertaker, was 
 born in Seneca Falls, Sept. 23, 1836, and he was 
 educated at the Normal school at Whitewater, Wis., 
 dividing his time between getting 
 ' an education and teaching school 
 In 1879 he returned to Seneca_ 
 Falls, t-^aching school here for a^ 
 while and later at McGrawville 
 N. Y. Then he served as super 
 intendent of schools at Cortland 
 N. Y., and in 1885 returned to 
 Seneca Falls, going into business 
 here with his brother William 
 H. Sanderson. They bought the 
 furniture and undertaking busi- 
 ness of their father, in the McCar- 
 tin block and soon after moved 
 into the Partridge block where 
 the fire of 1890 cleaned them out. 
 After that the brothers separated, 
 William H. taking the furniture 
 business and Charles S. that of 
 undertaking. The latter bought 
 the lot on which his place of bus- 
 iness, No. 24 State street (shown 
 in the accompanying cut), now 
 stands, and in 1891 erected the 
 very finely appointed and spacious 
 building, which upon completion 
 proved as completely arranged 
 for undertaking as any place of 
 business in this section of the 
 state. It has two stories with 
 very pleasant office in the front, 
 ware rooms in the rear and a 
 morgue in the basement. There 
 is also an ambulance service 
 connected with it conducted 
 
 Cayuga Park; Opening of the Railway. — On 
 Mav 24, i8<Sb, was filed a certificate of incorporation 
 of "Cayuga Lake Park Co." with a capital stock of 
 .§20,000 — 200 shares. The incorporators were George 
 H. Stavnor, John D. Haines and W^m. J. Townsend 
 and its five trustees were George H. Stavnor, and 
 Messrs. C. D., A. G., D. S. and J. D. Haines. 
 
 On June 10, 1886, work on the extension of the 
 street railwav to the lake was begun in Bridge street. 
 
 The road was opened to the park on Aug 19, 18S6. 
 
 I'rudcu, I'buto. ^ ^ ^ ^^ ,, 
 
 WILLIAMS & SON, JEWELERS. SENECA FALLS, N. \. 
 
 (Established 1845) 
 
128 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 AMOS (;. KKNYON. 
 
 Amos G. Kenyon was Imni in liidDkKn, Ct., 
 Nc)\. It., 1853. and tlif earlic r part nl his nianhdcid 
 wasspenton hi:i fatlier's faiin. \aturalKi)l an active 
 and progressive teniperanu-nt the jilodtling life of 
 an agriculturalist was not to his taste and so at the 
 age of 21 he went to Hartford, Ct., and entered the 
 hat store of his brother, R. 1'. Kenyon. Part of the 
 time during the ensuing few years he spent as a 
 salesman on the road On May 10, 18S1, he married 
 Miss Ella Rockwell of that city and in August, 1883. 
 they located at Seneca Falls. Here he bought the 
 gentleman's furnishing goods store from Mr. Wood- 
 ruff, which he conducted down to the time of his 
 death and which Mrs. Kenyon has since continued 
 under the personal management oi Mr. W. .1. .Mackin. 
 It is a fact worthy of note that as the same business 
 had previously been t~arried on for manv years by 
 Mr. Crandall Kenyon, the predecessor of Mr. Wood- 
 ruff — the latter having had it but a comparatively 
 short time — it may be said to have been running 
 
 under the name (jf Kenvon, with this short break, for 
 a period of about si.xtv \'ears. Since the death of 
 Amos Kenvon it has been conducted, as it was then, 
 
 on a scale commensurate with a progressive up-to- 
 date fully equipped haberdashery. 
 
 :\mos Kenyon was a man of integrity and excellent 
 business capacity. His death occurred Sept. 11, 
 icSq9, when he was in his prime and cut short a 
 promising career. He was full of \-im and ccjurage 
 and enjoyed the confidence of all. 'l"he Knights of 
 l'\ thias to which he belonged and in which he was 
 honored with high positions, greatly regretted the 
 loss of so zealous a member Mrs. Kenyon has two 
 children, Jennie and .Amos Rockwell Kenyon. 
 
 Cayuga Bridge; Dismantling the Old Struct- 
 ures, [l.'y |- reil TcUerJ — It is singular that the e.xact 
 date of the final abandonment of the old bridge 
 should be an e\fnt of so much 
 many ])eo[ile now li\ing who can 
 ber it, but cannot lix the time, 
 pieces all at once, 
 there would be n< 
 
 doubt. There are 
 distinctly reineni- 
 If it had gone to 
 like the deacon's one horse shaw 
 trouble to establish the time at 
 which it took place. The bridge was going to decay 
 for se\eral years before it was sold by the Bridge Co., 
 and was used for several years after it passed out of 
 their hands. The people using it after 1856 paid no 
 toll and passed over it at their own risk. Mr. Alfred 
 (ireenli'af informed the writer that his brother, mar- 
 ried in December, 1854, dro\e o\-er the bridge a few 
 days later and upon returning shorth- after he found 
 that tw(j sections had dropped from their place and 
 the bridge was impassable, and he had to cross by 
 the free bridge. They were repaired and the bridge 
 was used for several years. 
 
 Upon the sale of the effects of the Hridge Co. the 
 timber in the bridge was purchased by Mr. Scoby of 
 Union Springs. Mr. John Stor\' of liridgeport 
 attended and rememljers the sale. Mr. Scobv re- 
 nifived the timber as he sold it. The planking from 
 the north side was sold first and removed. A little 
 girl, a Miss Burroughs, was drowned by falling 
 through the north side, in iS^fi. There are a number 
 of buildings yet standing in Cayuga and Union 
 Springs that were built from the timbers of the 
 Cayuga bridge. .\ notable one was the building 
 from which one of the last stage lines in the 
 State started. This was a four-horse Concord 
 coach that ran between Cavuga and Kings Bridge 
 with a relay of horses at .\urora. The building \\-as 
 
 J. W. MAf'KTN, Manajjer. 
 
 GENTLEMAN'S FURNISH liNti liouUt. >l(iKK. 
 Established by Amos G. Kenyon. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 129 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 E. C. DAVIS & COS BICYCLE SIORE 
 
 near the landing of the ferry that succeeded the 
 bridge company. The roacli was hist run In- C^apt. 
 Candee. 
 
 The timbers from the south side of the bridge were 
 not removed until after 1858, as a number of persons, 
 including the writer, remember driving o\er as late 
 as the summer of that year. 
 
 State appropriation was secured by the Hon. H.M. 
 Glen in 1894, for removing the spiles and cribbing. 
 The amount appropriated was 83,000, to be ex- 
 pended under the direction of the Superintendent of 
 Public Works. The appropriation was insufficient 
 and some of the spile and the cribbing yet remain in 
 the lake. 
 
 Mrs. E. M. Cox-Fralich has 
 
 been in business in the spire 
 store she now ciccupies, No. 92 
 Fall street, over nineteen years. 
 I'ntil two years ago she engaged 
 wholh' as a milliner, occupying 
 onlv part of the store. U.Golder, 
 her father, carried on a \ariety 
 goods business there and wiien at 
 the time referred to he retired, 
 Mrs. Fralich enlarged her busi- 
 ness, taking full possession of the 
 premises and stcjcking up with 
 e\ervthing in the line of ladies" 
 wear. It is one of the largest 
 stoes in town and in consequence 
 of the completeness and variety 
 ot goods Mrs. Fralich handles, it 
 is favored with an extensive trade 
 exclusively in the very best line 
 of goods. Here it is that the 
 ladies are supplied with the ]:)est 
 including tailor made suits, 
 ordered by measurement from 
 French tailors in New York and 
 guaranteed pierfect fit. Mrs. Fralich has had an ex- 
 perience of 25 years as milliner and is regarded as 
 competent and up-to-date. 
 
 Great Lakes, Area — Superior, 360 miles long; 
 32,000 square miles. Barkal, 370 long; 17,750 sq. m. 
 Michigan, 340; 22,400. Great Slave, 300; 8,000. 
 Winnipeg, 264; 8,500. Huron, 250; 21,000. Erie, 240; 
 9,600. Athabasca, 230; 4,600. Ontario, 190; 6,300. 
 Nicaraugua, no; 2,830. Maracaibo, 100; 7,500. 
 Great Bear, 150; 14,000. Ladoga, 120; 6,804. 
 Champlain, 126, 1,500. Lake of the Woods, 
 85; 7,650- Great Salt Lake, 90; 2,290. Constance, 
 44; 200. Geneva, 53; If 490. George,^ 36; no. 
 Cayuga, 38; 104. lUah, 24; 130. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. MRS. E. M. C( »X-FKAL[CH S LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS STORE. 
 
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 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIii Ol' SENECA FALLS. 
 
 
 
 
 
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"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 131 
 
 Rumsey & Co., Limited.— The history of 
 Ruinsey & Co., Limited, is the history of the iron 
 pump business of the worki. Founded bv John A. 
 [■Jumsey, a pioneer in th- manufacture of iron pumps, 
 the factory was started at the eastern end of the vil- 
 lage on the Senera canal, employing at the begin- 
 ning less than forty m^n. Tiv- lirni consisted of 
 
 commerce, and always employing the best mechani- 
 cal skill, the company has originated and placed on 
 the market a greater variety of pumps than all the 
 other manufacturers combined, and although their 
 styles have been copied largely by some forty odd 
 .Vmerican, and many foreign manufacturers, . the 
 name of "Rumsey" has always been pre-eminent, and 
 
 PART OF THE PRODUCTS MANUFACTFRED BY Rl^VISEY & CO., LIMITED. 
 
 .lolm A. Rumsey, MnseN Rumsev and Warren .1. 
 Chatliam. The growth of the industry was phenom- 
 enal, and to the original plant was added building 
 after building to supply the rapidly increasing busi- 
 ness, each being equipped with the best machinery 
 obtainable at that time for the production of the 
 goods. Ever alert to meet the growing demands of 
 
 the trade throughout the world knows that that 
 name on a pump is a guarantee ('f its excellence. 
 
 In addition to hand pumps of which the company 
 manufacture over one thousand different styles and 
 kinds for every conceivable purpose, they make a full 
 line of Power pumps, Centrifugal, Rotary, Double 
 Acting and Triplex, both belt and electric dri\en, 
 
1 3-' 
 
 "GRIPS" HISTORICAL. SOUVENIR OF StNECA FALLS. 
 
 and were the first makers of Triplex pumps in this 
 country. This department alone of their business 
 has grown so rapidly that they have recently erected 
 a large new building to be dev(jted solelv to that 
 work, and it is now l:)eing equipped with travelling 
 cranes and the hea\iest and most impro\ed inachin- 
 erv. One machine alone, the largest e\er fjrought to 
 Seneca Falls, weighs nearly thirty tons and is used 
 for boring and machining the frames of heavy pres- 
 sure and water wtirks pumps. Their line of Triplex 
 pumps ranges From one and oneTialf gallons per 
 minute to o\er lifteen hundred gallons per niinute, 
 and in pressures from one hundred pounds per 
 square inch to eight tlujusand pounds j)er square 
 inch, or sufficient to raise a column of water to a 
 height of three and one-half miles. 
 
 The original partnership of Runise\- tv: Co. was 
 succeeded in 1875 by the present organization of 
 Rumsey & Co., Limited, its hjunder John .A.. Kumsev 
 being the president and sole owner until his death in 
 1888. The company ov\n all the land extending for 
 nearly a half a mile ahmg what is known as the 
 lower level, from which their power is obtained. 
 They have three turbine wheels giving a combined 
 capacity of two hundred and I'lfty horse power, the 
 best and most reliable water power in the village. 
 The buildings large and attractive in appearance 
 c-over more then two acres and ha\'e a combined floor 
 area of three hundred thousand square feet. The 
 foundry an important part in a plant of this kind, 
 has been equipped in the past few years with the 
 most modern molding machinery^ operated bv com- 
 pressed air and all the smaller work through the fac- 
 tory is handled by compressed air travelling hoists. 
 
 The export trade of Rumsey & Co., Limited, is pro- 
 bably larger than that of any other factory of its 
 kind in the world. .V visitor to their export depart- 
 ment will hnd goods being packed for shipment to 
 all quarters of the globe and it is a fact that there is 
 not a civilized country in the world where T'iumsey 
 pumps are not well known and regularly sold. The 
 company give employment to several hundred of the 
 most skilled mechanics and their tool equipment is 
 the finest and most modern monev can purchase. 
 The present officers of the company are Henry R. 
 Micks president, Mrs. .\nna Rumsey vice president, 
 15. A. Wessell treasurer, and L. Rumsey .Sanford, 
 secretary. 
 
 A pleasant incident at the recent annual meeting of 
 Rumsey & Cri., Limited, was the presence of Mrs. Rum- 
 sey, widow of the founder of the company. Although 
 over eighty years of age she was able to participate 
 in the business meeting and to be especially impres- 
 sed and pleased with the continued growth and 
 |>rosperity of the company. 
 
 Fires of Years Last; Froin the Diary of an Old 
 I'u-rman; Old Kngine Houses; I5urial of Fore- 
 man Cioetchus; Hose Cart Lsed for a Hearse. 
 
 from recollection and data in a diary kept by 
 Henry Churchill, a prominent and active fireman for 
 42 years, his daughter and son, Laura and James, 
 furnished the following: In 1852 Henry Churchill, a 
 mould-r with Downs & Co., became a member of 
 Seneca Chief Co. No. 2, whose quarters were in the 
 blacksmith shop on liridge street, which disbanded 
 in 1862. VVm. Cioetchus, the foreman, was drowned 
 in the raceway near the Lewis shops and his remains 
 were taken to the grave on the hose cart draped for 
 the occasion. Henry Churchill was next a member 
 of Rescue Fngine Co. No. 3, house on Cavuga street, 
 (south of the Daniels estate and within a few months 
 past torn down), and in 1863 became foreman. Then 
 a new brick hcuise was built on Bavard street %yhich 
 
 was burned in 1880. The company moved in with 
 the old Buttrin hand engine which was replaced in 
 July, i8f)8, by a Silsby engine. No. i company had 
 a steamer as early as 1800. The old engine was 
 stored in a barn and afterwards used bv lied Trovers 
 and later by the Cileason Patrtjls. 
 
 In iS'h^ the paid Fire department was organized. 
 Mr. Churchill for miiiv yf^ars was lire warden, 
 going about through the shops and village generallv, 
 looking for dangerous hre traps. 'Tfie fire in 185^ 
 burned a clock factorv, cotton mill, sash and blind 
 factorw 'The heat was so fierce firemen jumped into 
 the raceway. Sparks spreading abnut town set 
 small lires that were quickly extinguished. 
 
 The first big lire on Fall street, burning tlu' south 
 side, was Dec. iti, iS=,q, beginning at the Skidmore 
 building, where the Seneca house now stands, and 
 sweeping through to the Seeley shoe store, about 
 wfiere CrowelTs market is. .\b<jut i860 or "61 the 
 old stone shop, Ovid and Green streets, was burned, 
 the ruins standing for a number of years. 
 
 (3n Jan. 16, 1869, the Hoskins block, at Fall and 
 Cayuga streets, and the building east, a hardware 
 store occupied by Mr. Pontius, burned — a hot fire, 
 difHcult to fight. The weather was intensely cold 
 and the hose burst or was cut, covering the firemen 
 with water that froze upon them. 
 
 liescue Co. No. 3 on the night of July 3, 1868, the 
 same day they received the new' steamer, were called 
 to the old red mills fire, and for the next ten weeks 
 there was a fire every Saturday night, one of them 
 being the old fourth ward school house. 
 
 In 1870 came the fire of the machine shops of the 
 Goulds Manufacturing Co., which threw many men 
 out of employment. The Johnson coal and lumber 
 yards on Bayard street caught fire, Jan. 6, 1873. No. 
 3"s steamer worked from g o'clock in tlie e\'ening 
 until II a. m. the next day. 
 
 On May i, 1873, three old wooden landmarks 
 which stood about (m the present site of the .Miller 
 block, and an old barn occupied by Plattner, the 
 hackman, were burned. On March 2, 1875, the old 
 American hotel, northwest corner of Ovid and Bayard 
 streets, was burned. It was a brick structure built 
 about the time of the Cuddeback block across the 
 street, and was once the "best" hotel in town. On 
 Jan. 5, 1880, the old "Crystal Palace" on Bayartl 
 street was burned. Four or five families lived there, 
 including a character called "the fortune teller." It 
 was rebuilt and used as a repair shop by Mr. Cross 
 and was again burned down. No. 3's engine house 
 and barn, together with the jail on Bayard street 
 were burned Nov. 28, 1880. 'The present engine 
 house was built as soon as possible. 
 
 'The fire of July 30, 181^0, the most destructi\e (an 
 account is published on page 123) burned with such 
 force and rapidity that the firemen had no chance. 
 When the iJames leaped across Fall street the firemen 
 barely escaped, leaving behind 300 feet of hose which 
 was destroyed. At 7:13 in the morning the fire was 
 under control but the firemen worked all that day 
 and the following night and most of the ne.xt da\ 
 on the smouldering ruins. Chief Jew-hurst of .Auburn 
 sent a quantity of hose which he gave to the village. 
 'The Partridge block was rebuilt very soon after and 
 was again burned, in the winter of 1893. The Shel- 
 don block, left standing by the fire of i8go, was 
 burned July 11 or 12. iN(^4. 
 
 First Meeting: House- On Sept. 17, 1817, a 
 small, unprett ntious building on tlie site of the Pres- 
 byterian church Cayuga street was dedicated to the 
 "worship of the Triune God." Rev. Stephen Porter 
 of Ovid preached the sermon and Rev. Moses Young 
 of Romulus offered the prayer. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Ui 
 
 Knights of Columbus. — This order is a society 
 of CatJKjliis founded about jo years ago and has a 
 membership of upwards of 100,000. Seneca Falls 
 Council, Xo. J22, was instituted May 9, 1897, by 
 Rochester Council, Xo. 17S. It has thrived from the 
 start having a large membership with large, com- 
 modious and well appointed quarters, is entirely free 
 from debt and has a substantial bank account. Its 
 membership is composed of representative citizens 
 who have done much to further the interests of the 
 order throughout the state. 
 
 Presidents of Seneca FalU. Senter M. Ciid- 
 dings 1S3S; Sheldon Wood 1839; M. P,. Bellows 1^40, 
 '44: Edward S. Latham 1841: Whiting Race 1842,48; 
 Wm. Arnett 1843, '59; Klisha Foote 1843; John 
 Maynard 1846; J. K. Ikown 1S47; Silas Reeler 184^: 
 John S. Clark 1850; Edward Mynderse 1851; Samuel 
 D. Tillman 1852; Ebenezer Ingalls 1853; Carlton W. 
 Seely 1854: Martin I.. Bellows 1855; Elijah F. 
 Thomas 1836: John P. Cowing 1857; Jacob Shoe- 
 maker 1838; Geo. W. Davis i86o-"i; Le Rov C. Part- 
 ridge i862-'3; Wm. Bearv i864-'7; Hiram Burt 
 
 MARCH 24, 1804. 
 
 Under date of February 11, 1904, Diedrich Willers 
 writes the Editor of this Souvenir that he has learned 
 officiall5' from Albany that the date of the organiz- 
 ation of Seneca County is March 24, 1804, instead of 
 March 29, which is the date heretofore generallv 
 given — an error which appears in this work in the 
 following articles: Boundary Changes, page ib; 
 Genealogy, page 33; Seneca County Centennial, 
 page 32: Towns of Seneca County, page 64. 
 
 Old Academy: Public Exhibitions: Distin- 
 guished Men who were Students. 
 
 Writing of school exhibitions in the old academy 
 Miss Anna E. Henion says: — "They were held in the 
 old Presbyter: an church. The students taking part 
 were seated on a platform in front of the pulpit, 
 while the brass band held forth in the gallerv. It 
 was a time of wild enjoyment. An interesting one 
 was held in Union Hall in 1859, under the direction 
 of J. Marshall Guion. There were essays by young 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 SENECA FALLS COUNCIL, NO. 232. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. 
 
 Middle Row (from left to rig-ht)— Charles S. FeKle.>-, Recording- Secretary; John H. O'Brien, Grand Knight; 
 Edward S. Gurry, District Deputy; Joseph P. Casey, Deputy Grand Knight; James G. McKeon, Financial 
 Secretary; Thomas J. Clary, Past Grand Knig-ht. Lower Row— Patrick J. Rvan, Trustee; Frank J. Durnin, 
 Warden; Thomas McGovern, Trustee. Top Row— William Flanagran, Lecturer; James Fay, Treasurer; 
 Charles S McBride, Chancellor; Ambrose Casey, Trustee; Wm. S. Casey, Organist. 
 
 i8fa8-'9; George 15. Daniels 1870-'!: Pryce W. Bailev 
 i872-'3, i89b-"7. [In 1896 the regular election re- 
 sulted in a tie between P. W. P)ailev and John Kaiser, 
 necessitating a special election at which the former 
 was elected.] Henrv Stowell 1874-3: Llclancev E. 
 Partridge i87t.-'7; Wm. H. Pollard i878-'8i; Henry 
 T. Noves i882-'3; Cornelius S. Hood i884-'5, George 
 Shandley i88G-'7; Wm. \'. Rensselaer' i888-'9: 
 Eugene .\. Rumsey 1890-':: John F. Crosby i892-'3; 
 
 J. T. Y 
 
 ■r i8i 
 
 »4-5: 
 
 Wm. M. Follett 1898- 1901: J. 
 
 Spencer Purdy 1902. [Dr. Purdy was twice elected 
 that year, Jan. 14 and Niarch 18, making him the last 
 president under the special charter for Seneca Falls 
 and the first president under the general charter for 
 N'illages which was adopted at the January election, 
 and giving him two terms aggregating fourteen 
 months.] 1' red Isennian 1903. 
 
 The First Clerk of Seneca county was Dr. Silas 
 Halsey, who ser\ed from April 2, 1804 the date of his 
 appointment (with the interval of one year) to some 
 time in 1819. 
 
 ladies and gentleman, an address bv^Wm. H. Bogart 
 of .\urora, music and a collation. The first com- 
 mencement proper was during the administration of 
 -Mr. I'ancher and diplomas were given to six gradu- 
 ates, four girls and two boys." 
 
 Of the students in the old academy Miss Henion 
 mentions such distinguished men of recent years as 
 "Rear Admiral .\. S. Crowninshield who went from 
 the academy to Annapolis; Lieut. Com. Henrv B. 
 Seely; Edward Zalinski of dynamite gun fame; Hon. 
 Diedrich Willers, formerly secretary of state of New 
 York; Wilhelmus Mynderse a lawyer of note in New 
 York city; Hon. Frederick S. Gibbs of New York, 
 who has done so much to elevate artistic taste 
 among our students by giving them fine pictures to 
 look at, and several successful ministers. In our own 
 town today several of the merchants, lawyers, editors, 
 business men, manufacturers and five of the medical 
 fraternity were educated at ouracademv." 
 
i;>4 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 WM. .1. .T(IHNS(»X. ('. .]. .JOHNSON. 
 
 William Johnson was best l<ni>\\n to a large 
 circle (if acquaintances throughdut tlu- state as a 
 ])r(iniinent member of the state senate in the early 
 seventies, an eminent statesman who was conspicu- 
 (jus in public alfairs ol that time, and as a war demo- 
 crat a x'alued supporter of the L'nion cause when the 
 states \\rre threatened with disruption. ( )f English 
 descent, the son of Da\'id and ( )H\"e S. Johnson, he 
 was born in Williamstown, licrkshire county, Mass., 
 Dec. S, 1S21. During his childliood his parents 
 located at i'rankfort, Herk'imer Co., X. Y. There 
 his father died while the subject ol our sketch was a 
 
 ^mall bov, leaving a family with inadequate means 
 of support, and the bov William thrown on his own 
 resources. Rv pluck and perse\'erance he made his 
 own way to a high position. At 14 vears of age he 
 entered upon the study of mechanics and before he 
 had obtained his majority he had become engaged as 
 ;i contractor on public ^yr)rks, which when he was 25 
 \e;irs old, brought him to Seneca Falls. 
 
 In 1S83 he married Angeline, the daughter of.Iacob 
 1'. Chamberlain, bv whom there were born five sons. 
 I )uring the years of 1849 and 185b inclusive, he was 
 a large contractor on the canals and railroads of the 
 state. Then he entered into the manufacture (.)f 
 wiiolen goods in Seneca l~rdls, in which he was 
 engaged when in i8fio he was elected member of the 
 state assembly. A democrat in politics, he was able 
 .ind \ igorous in upholding the best doctrines of his 
 paity and w.is a strong supporter of the Union cause. 
 
 At the outbreak of the rebellion in 1861 Gov. Mor- 
 gan appomti^d him representative of Seneca county 
 on the wrir committee and commissioned him to raise 
 troops and sui^jilies in this section with headquarters 
 at (ieuexa, N. V. In a remarkably short time he had 
 established the r(>cruiting camp, known as Camp 
 Swilt and with wonderful ])ush and prom]>tness had 
 mustered in and started for the seat of war in si.x- 
 teen days a regiment with the full complement of 
 1200 men, the 148th regiment. He v/as not the man 
 to say go. Selected as colonel of the regiment he 
 led the men to the front and for a year and a half, 
 until poor health compelled him to resign, he was 
 their c<)mmander. Returning home, he was not 
 idle, for diu'ing the remainder of the war he gave to 
 the cause of perpetuity of federal goxernment, both 
 his personal influence and means. 
 
 In the fall of 187 1 he was elected by the democrats 
 to represent the 26th senatorial district (Ontario, 
 Seneca and Yates counties) in the state legislature. 
 In a large district which was normally republican by 
 1000 niajoritv his brilliant services for liis country 
 
 Pruden, Plioto. 
 
 CLARK BROTHERS' GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE. 
 
'GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 135 
 
 C. M. BILLS. 
 
 gave him a majority of 1500. In tiie state senate he 
 was chairman of the Tweed investigating committee, 
 and so vigorous was lie in pnisecuting the inquirv 
 that the conmiittee brought out a full report of one of 
 the greatest public scandals of the time. Col. John- 
 son was re-elected and served the second term with 
 equal brilliancy and ability. 
 
 For several years he was engaged in active busi- 
 ness in N'ew York as well as at home. He was 
 generalh a promoter of public utilities in Seneca 
 Falls and was highly esteemed for his many per- 
 sonal qualities. He was possessed of a kind and 
 generous nature, a warm social disposition and a 
 frankness that made him a large circle of close per- 
 
 sonal friends. He was eminently successful in his 
 \entures which was largely owing to his breadth of 
 intellect, indefatigable zeal and rare devotion to his 
 projects. 
 
 His death which occLu-red ()ct. 11, 1S73, v\as com- 
 I'arativfcly sudden. Returning from New ^'ork. he 
 \\ as taken ill at 4 o'chjck in the afternoon ;md dii-d 
 at 3 o'clock the ne.xt morning. 
 
 Charles Chamberlain Johnson, the only sur- 
 \i\ ing son of Col. William and .Vngeline Chamber- 
 lani .lohnson, was born in Xew York citv, then the 
 home of Col. Johnson. In the early seventies he 
 became a resident of Seneca Falls and has since lived 
 here, in the handsome famil}' residence on Cavuga 
 street. Mr. Johnson, who is a practicing lawyer, is a 
 graduate of Mynderse Academy, class of 1888, and 
 Cornell Universitv, class of 1892, and he has taken a 
 post graduate course in law at the Columbia College 
 1 .nw School, New York city. Mr. Johnson is active 
 in public affairs. In i8qo-T) he was owner and 
 manager of the Johnson Opera House. He was 
 admitted to the bar in June, 1892, and served as dis- 
 trict attorney of Seneca county in iSqb-'q. 
 
 He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion, of the Masonic Order, the Sons of ^'eterans, 
 the Maccabees, the college fraternity .'\lpha Delta Phi, 
 the .Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York City and 
 other clubs and societies. 
 
 The Hoag House which under the present man- 
 agement stands today on a level with the best 
 appointed and most abh' conducted of hotels, is com- 
 paratively a new house, built in 1895, and possessing 
 all modern improvements. Trolley connections 
 between Geneva, Waterloo and Seneca Falls 
 makes it an easy matter to get between the three 
 towns on half-hourly cars, and the result is that the 
 Hoag has been largely favored with the transient 
 trade, catering as it does exclusively to that class, 
 and is generally made the headquarters for travelling 
 men having business in those three towns. Mr. C. 
 M. Bills, the proprietor, is a New York man and 
 
 THE HOAG HOUSE. 
 
136 
 
 'GRIPS" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 JOHN O'BRIEN. 
 
 u]i(in taking piissessiim of the Ikhim' Alii,', i, I'-joj, he 
 intrddiiced those features throLi<;hout wliii'h people 
 who lil'Ce to li\e well ajipreciate. 
 
 The Iniildiiig, an imposing structure of brick witli 
 stone trinnnings and entrances on two streets, is 
 finished throughout in oak graining, the main floor 
 being laid with tile. The ofhce. lobbies, \estibules, 
 writing room and barber shoj) are lighted with plate 
 glass windows. I'here are hfty rooms in the house 
 and a seating capacity of a hundred in the dining 
 room. The furnishings as well as the Imishings, are 
 Lii)-to date. 
 
 Mr. I'ills has the facidty and good s(mse to keep a 
 
 competent oflice staff and the best help throughout 
 the house. JNIr. W. B. Harper is the bookkeeper and 
 Mr. R. A. Schindel the clerk. The barber shop is in 
 the hands of good workmen. The chef is up to the 
 latest in the cuisine and the dining room attendance 
 could not be improved. Those who have visited the 
 house will not consider the above statements exag- 
 erated and Seneca I'^alls which in the beginning 
 contributed so liberally to secure the erecti(3n of a 
 first class hotel building has not been disappointed 
 in getting the man wh(3 was needed to make the 
 house what the travelling public wanted. 
 
 John O'Brien, one of the largest coal dealers in 
 Senei'a county, was l)orn in Marcellus, Oct. 13, 1838, 
 and attended school until ig years (if age, linallv 
 being graduated at old Xo. 3 school, class of '7-, 
 Geddes, to which place his parents moved in i8bL). 
 Engaging in the produce business with his brother 
 Adelbert, Mr. O'Hrien made his home in Lyons, N. Y., 
 three \ears. Then, in 1880, he accepted the posi- 
 tion of buyer of raw material for the Penfield, N. '\'., 
 paper mills, conducted In- his brother-in-law. 1). 'i". 
 Lawless, afterwards learning the trade of paper 
 maker and taking the foremanship of the mills. 
 During the same time, i883-"f), he was a partner in 
 the hotel business at Penfield with his brother. On 
 June if). 1886, he married Catherine, the daughter of 
 Michael Gilmore of Seneca Falls and in the spring of 
 1887 they moved to this village, where for four years 
 Mr. OT5rien, whose health required out-door exer- 
 cise, delivered groceries for C. L. Story. On the 
 recommendation of the bank which recognized his 
 careful business methods, he was five successive times 
 appointed collec^tor of town and village taxes. 
 
 In i8()i Mr. ( )'l^)rien leased the small coal yard of 
 P. H. Burns on Oak street where he carried on the 
 business three years. Then, enjoying a large trade 
 which he had drawn to him, he leased the large 
 yards of the Gould Manufacturing Co. at Lock and 
 Canal Streets. This ga\-e him facilities for expanding 
 the business considerably. C^n Aug. 2, 1896, the 
 
 Prudeu, Photo. 
 
 JOHN O'BRIEN'S RESIDENCE. 
 
■GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 137 
 
 — airfciea^fefci 
 
 From a drawing- by Fred Teller. 
 
 THE OLD TOLL GATE AND BRIDGE CROSSING CAYUGA LAKE. 
 
 [See History of Bridj?e, page 38; also "Toll Gate House" paj^e 143.] 
 
 liuildingb, standing on the bank (if the canal, col- 
 lapsed and emptied 300 tons of coal into the water, 
 lining up a part of the short level at that point. P>\- 
 rigging up derricks and perforated buckets he sa\-pd 
 the coal, a thoroughly washed lot of coal which 
 everybody wanted. Then he purchased the propert\ 
 and built ele\ated yards with the capacity of 2500 
 tons, accessible both by water and rail. Here he 
 handles both the Lehigh \^allev and the Philadelphia 
 & Reading coal. 
 
 .\Ir. O'Brien is an active member of several local 
 orders- — the district deputy in the Catholic Mutual 
 Benefit association, the grand knight in the Seneca 
 Falls Council, Kniohts of Columbus and the trea- 
 
 surer of the Seneca Falls 
 Division, .Ancient Order of 
 Hibernians, being a charter 
 member of the two latter 
 organizations. 
 
 Seneca Falls; Ilo-v 
 the Town was Fret'ted and 
 What it Comprises- [Bv 
 Diedrich Wallers] — The 
 town of Seneca Falls, while 
 the most populas town in 
 Seneca county has, with a 
 single e.xception, the small- 
 est territorial area and 
 acreage. It comprises lots 
 71-76 (inclusive), lots 83-86 
 (inclusive) and lots 99 and 
 100 of the Military Town- 
 ship of Junius — twel\-e lots, 
 640 acres each, aggregat- 
 ing 7,680 acres, on the 
 north side of Seneca river. 
 On the south side of the 
 river it comprises 7,564 
 acres, viz: Lots 6-9 (in- 
 clusive) — 2,560 acres — of 
 the Military Township of 
 Romulus lying west of the 
 reservation road running 
 of Seneca Falls, and lots 
 in the West Cayuga 
 reservation lying east of the reservation road. The 
 acreage for both sides of the river is 15,244 acres. 
 
 When the question of the division of the town of 
 Fayette (old Washington) was submitted to the town 
 meeting of that towm in 1802, a committee of five 
 citizens was appointed to petition the legislature for 
 a division by the waters of the Seneca outlet (river). 
 This committee consisted of .Tames McClung, Wil- 
 helmus Mynderse, Josiah Crane, Da\id Southwick 
 and Amasa Sherman, all of whom, with the excep- 
 tion of .McCIung, resided north of Seneca river. 
 
 The legislature of 1S03 in dividing the town of 
 
 south from the \-illa 
 
 1-2 t (inclusive) - 5,004 acres 
 
 Pruden, Photo, 
 
 JOHN H. O BRIEN'S COAL YARD. 
 
138 
 
 'GRIP'S- HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 I). M. KELLdGG. 
 
 Fayette and erectin.L;" the t<i\vn df Junius, u,nk 7,3'>4 
 acres from l"~avette scuth mF the Seiipca ri\cr and 
 added the same til tlie entire area nf the Military 
 township of Junius, and other hinds north of the 
 Seneca river, in erecting:; tlie new town ol Junius 
 which then extended north to f.akr ( )ntario. 
 
 Kvidently the wholr matter was skillfull} man- 
 A^ed in the selection at town meetinj,' of the com- 
 mittee on legislation division, and the master hand 
 of Col. Mynderse and his associates of the Piayard 
 Land Co. in securiiifx this division is plainly manifes'. 
 l*"or several vears the town of fayette endeaxured to 
 recover the 7,564 acres, hut always failed. 
 
 Dwight M. Kellogg was li 
 
 .Moravia, C'a\uj^a Co., N. \ ., 
 father, David \V. Kellou-g, h^ing 
 the same countw Mr. Kellogg 
 
 irn in the town of 
 
 |an. iS, 1852, his 
 
 I nati\'e of Lock, m 
 
 after reaching 21 
 
 vears of age, startt-d in the livery business at Moravia 
 which he conducted successfulK- for a \ear, then 
 moved to Port lUroii, \. '\'.. engaging in huvingand 
 selling horses in connection with a livt-rv. In the 
 spring of iSlSs he opened ;i lixerv m stables standing 
 on the present site of Charles S. Sandersim's building 
 where he was burned out in the big lire of i.Sqo. '{'he 
 next four vears he occupied the old Hoag housc> 
 stalile which was not burned with the hotel. Then 
 he ])urchased the old building, and the vacant |)rop- 
 ert\- extending front and rear to .State and Mvnderse 
 streets, together with the ihri'e story brick stabh^ of 
 A. C. (libbs on till- north whi( h had been an old 
 livci'v stand lor a liaU ceiitu'v. Then he erected his 
 ]ireseiit im|iosmg bnrk stable connected with the old 
 buildings and a new strir'ture extending t >wartl 
 Mxnderse street. It is a \ er\ line edilice without 
 aii\' superior for its purpose in Central New 'I'urk, 
 fort\' feet from ground to roof and surmounted with 
 a ventilating tower. The new and the Ciibbs build- 
 ings together ha\e a front of 85 feet and the greatest 
 depth is 175 feet. They are lighted with electricity 
 and modern in all respects. Here can l^e regularh 
 accommodated 100 horses, although double the num- 
 ber have been cared for. The office is hnely hnishi'il 
 and there is also a ladies" waiting room. Every con- 
 venience for a hitching stable is proviiled. The 
 floors are connected bv an elevator and above are 
 jirovided public storage rooins. The important part 
 of Mr. Kellogg's business is buying and selling fancv 
 horses; and he also deals in hay and straw. In all 
 respects he keeps pace with the times in li\-ery equip- 
 ments. Mr. Kellogg is a inemlnr of the Masonic 
 order. On March 22, 1877, he married Miss Ida Ci. 
 Mattoon of Moravia, X. Y. Bert R. Kellogg, their 
 son, is connected with the manag-ment of the 
 business. 
 
 1). M. KELI.OGGS LI VERY ANO SALE STABLES. 
 
■GRIP'S' HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 13Q 
 
 CAPT. OREN TYLER. - 
 
 George F. Clark, the stationer and book dealer, 
 Xo. 137 Fall street, came to Seneca Falls, April i, 
 igo3, after a ser\-ice of ^5 years with the Lehigh Val- 
 ley railroad. 'I'he business, which he purchased of 
 Charles H. Knight, has been running several years. 
 Mr. Clark has greatly increased his trade by close 
 attention to the wants of his patrons. His business 
 comprises ncit onlv everything in the line of books, 
 school and stationers' supplies, but patent medicine^ 
 at cut rates. 
 
 Capt. Oren Tyler. — Comfort and .b.ib Tyler, 
 two of se\en sons nf Puritan and Re\()lutionar\' 
 stock, were born in Ashford, Conn., and shortly after 
 the close I if the war for independence emigrated to 
 
 the then New York wilderness, .lob T\-ler tirst set- 
 tled in llridgewater, Oneida Co., where Oren Tvler, 
 the subject of this sketch, was born on the 21st dav 
 I if August, 1795. He afterwards with his familv 
 imixed to Onondaga Valley, where On n Txlcr in 
 c.irK manhood started in business for himself. .\n 
 Miiccdote of him is apropos here. Having but a 
 small ca[iital he went to New "\'ork to purchase a 
 stock of goods. I'nknown in that citv, he fmallv 
 selei ted a merchant whom lie thought was the right 
 nian for his purp(jsc, as the event pro\etl. To this 
 total stranger he made known his wishes. The old 
 merchant eved him sharpl}-, then said: ""\'oung man, 
 what is your way of doing business?" Ouicklv came 
 the repK', "I would rather crv o\er niv goods than 
 crv attei them. Would rather have them left 
 over than to mourn their loss on credit. " "You can 
 have all the credit vou wish." He succeeded in busi- 
 ness, but caring more for agricultuie than merchan- 
 dise, he mo\ed to the town of Seneca l''alls in 1833, 
 attracted bv the fame of the rich soil of that sec'tion, 
 which was peculiarK adapted for raising wheat, 
 where he jiurchased the Soule farm on Cavuga 
 lake, al)out one mile north of the celebrated 
 bridge of that name. This bridge, over a mile long. 
 Comfort Tyler, his uncle, a noted engineer and 
 soldier, had much to do with in the surveys, and in 
 its construction. The farm was a fertile f)ne which 
 under Captain Tvler's management produced boun- 
 tifully. 
 
 As his family increased and grew up he realized 
 the necessity of obtaining better educational advan- 
 tages, and purchased the Goodwin farm in the village 
 of Seneca Falls, about the vear 1844. There he 
 lived until his death. 
 
 He was contemporaneous and persona llv associ- 
 ated with the prominent men of Onondaga, Cayuga 
 and Seneca counties, among his friends being Gov. 
 Seward, Thurlow Weed, Dean Richmond, Judge 
 Sackett and manv others. In politics he was a zeal- 
 ous Whig until that party was merged into' the 
 Republican, he remaining true to his convictions to 
 the end. Feeling his responsibility as a citizen, he 
 counted it a privilege to vote, being often the hrst 
 one at the polls. In the heated campaign of i8(So he 
 
 Pruden, Photo. 
 
 G F. CLARK'S NEWS ROOM AND STATIONERY STORE. 
 
140 
 
 'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 HENRY P WESTCOTT. 
 
 t(H)k an active and aggressive p:irt, and <>n the da\- 
 (ilelertiun was constantly at the polls, in one hantl 
 he held the Republican ballots, and in the other the 
 Democratic. As the voters came u]> he said to them, 
 
 th. 
 
 right, 
 jr ch( 
 
 md here 
 -e." He 
 
 Cod and 
 mg; mak 
 of a nulitia conipanv in his 
 lis patriotism ne\'er flagged. 
 1' the r(d)elli()n broke out, re- 
 old to shoulder the musket in 
 he did all he could for the 
 
 "Here is the ticket of 
 the de\il and the \\r 
 was elected captain 
 younger days, and 1 
 "When the great war 1 
 gretting he was tr)o 
 defense of his countr\- 
 Uni'on cause, and was represented in the Union forces 
 by two sons, two sons-indaw and nephews. Modestly 
 retiring, he never sought office, and declined man\- 
 positions of trust offered to him. Cautious in thr 
 extreme, he hever accumulated wealtli, but had a 
 sufficiency for his large and growing family, gi\ing 
 them every facility in his power for their advance- 
 ment in knowdedge and social standing. Honest, 
 upright, courageous, respected 1)\- kins'olk and 
 friends, he commanded the esteem of the old, and 
 attracting the \'oung, his lioiisr and iir muds hccainc 
 
 the rendezvous for children from far and near, whosr 
 sports he watched with keen interest. Fond of music, 
 he plaved the flute, entertaining many a friend with 
 old time melodies. Singing was his delight and his 
 \(iicc was heard manv years in the choir of tlie 
 Presbvterian (diurch, he standing side b\" side with 
 Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Cicjuld and -Mrs. C. L. Hoskins. 
 
 He was a true disciple of Isaak Walton and often 
 in the glt)aming, for recreation after a hard day s 
 work, this "lone fisherman" could be found on the 
 bank of the river, rod in hand. UareK- he returned 
 home without a "catch." 
 
 While in Onondaga he became interested in and 
 had friendly dealings with the Indians of the Onon- 
 daga tribe -who were then quite numerous. He was 
 adopted by them and spoke their language fluentl\ . 
 \\'lien parties of them roamed the country, IjeiiiL; 
 provided with free transportation, thev often passed 
 through Seneca I'alls selling bead work and baskets. 
 Frequently stopping, as suited their ctjnvenieni e, 
 they sought out their "brother," as they called Capt. 
 Tv-ier, who always befriended them, .\sher I'yler, 
 his brother, and himself educated the Indian, l.a 
 I-'()rte l)y name, at Geneva College, .\shtr Tyler was 
 also at one time a resident of Seneca I'alls, moving 
 from there to Cattaraugus countv-. He was elected 
 .Member of Congress from that district. I h' was 
 commissioner with the Hon. A. Dixen in obtaining 
 land titles for the lirie railroad and kn^-w exerv foot 
 of the land surveyed from start to linish. 
 
 Captain Tyler vas three times married, his tust 
 wife being Huldah W. Marsh, to whom two thildreii 
 were born, Edwin .lol), who attained the rank of cap- 
 tain in the late ci\"il war and was distinguished for 
 bra\ery, and Ellen. His second wife was Elizabeth 
 Uongstreet, granddaughter of Comfort Tyler, who 
 left cine child, Celia r)oborah. His third wife was 
 Xancv Bliss, of Hartford, Conn., to whom six I'hil- 
 dreii were born, Darwin, Caroline lUiss, Charlotte, 
 Mar\ I'dizabeth, Seneca, who serx'ed th^e," years in 
 the war, and Welthea Ikitler. Ccapt. Tyler died the 
 13th of January, 187^, in his both \ear. .A pione( i" 
 of known abilitv, a faithful citizen, a strong charai - 
 ter, he left behind him a memor\' and an ex;imple 
 wortlix' ( if emulati< m . 
 
 Roy W. Yawger, owner of the large lumber 
 and iiial business located at the foot of Water street, 
 was lioin ill Union Springs, -\. Y., Oct. i, 187(1. 
 When he was twd x'ears old his parents moved to .1 
 larm 111 Seneca countx', wliiidi was his home until lie 
 was twelve \-ears old, when thev moxed into the \ ih 
 
 ROY \Y. YA^YGER. 
 
 ROY ^Y. YAWGER'S COAL AND LUMBER Y'ARDS. 
 
'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 141 
 
 ALBERT COOK. 
 
 lage f)f Seneca I'alls. While on the farm he worked 
 summers and attended school winters. Faithful to 
 his studies while at school in the village, he was 
 graduated the president and valedictorian of the class 
 of '95 in Mynderse Academy. Then he went to 
 Hamilton College, where he was graduated with the 
 class of '99 with the degree of A. B. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. The next year 
 and a half he w-as clerk in a bank in Seattle, Wash. 
 On account of ill health he shipped on board a sail- 
 ing vessel to the Hawaiian Islands and from there to 
 SanJFrancisco, returning to Seneca Falls via Mexico 
 and New Orleans. In March, 1901, at the age of 
 24, he purchased the old Latham & Osborne coal 
 business, which he has conducted in a manner that 
 has largely increased the trade and has given it a 
 good standing among the business enterprises of the 
 \:illage. 
 
 Henry P. Westcott. — Among the earliest man- 
 ufacturers of Seneca I'alls none was more progressive 
 than the subject of this sketch, Henry P. Westcott. 
 .Mr. Westcott was born in Newport, R. I., in i8o8> 
 where he learned the sash and blind makers' trade 
 and later started in business for himself in 
 Tru.xton, N. Y., from which ]ilace he removed 
 to Seneca Fads in 1847. Here, in company 
 with his brother, I'.dwiii j. Westcott, and 
 Hiram Miller, both of Philadelphia, he 
 engaged in the manulacture ol sash, doors 
 and blinds on an extensive scale. The old 
 cotton factory, a fi\e-story building, standing 
 on the site f)f the present Gleason Mills, was 
 occupied for the business and was fitted up 
 with machinery in\ented and made by Ah". 
 Westcott. Almost the entire product of the 
 factory was shipped in hulk to Philadelphia 
 where it found a ready market. Previous ti' 
 this time these goods had been made entirely 
 by hand and to him the industrial world is 
 indebted for many improvements in machinerv 
 in general use today. The factory was de- 
 stroyed in the fire of 1833, but was soon re- 
 built and the business continued under the 
 firm name of Westcott, Downs & Gould. Re- 
 tiring from the partnership a few years later 
 he erected the original brick building, now a 
 
 part of the Rumsey & Co. works, in which were pro- 
 duced the first Venetian blinds made by machinerv, 
 which he invented and put into successful operation. 
 The business was carried on here until the breaking 
 out of the civil war when, owing to the greatly ad- 
 vanced cost of materials used, it was found impossible 
 to continue it profitablv. 
 
 With H. C. Silsby he next embarked in the manu- 
 facture of an improved churn aild butter pail on 
 which he had secured patents, in a well equipped 
 factory built for the purpose on the site of the old 
 fork factory east of the present marble works. On 
 the removal of tfie business to Belmont, N. Y., in 
 1868, he sold his interest and in 1872, in company 
 with his sons, Charles H. and Frank Westcott, he 
 established the firm of Westcott Brothers, manufac- 
 turing a variety of wood specialties. 
 
 Here, too, his experience and inventive genius were 
 invaluable in making successful the business which is 
 still carried on by the incorporated Westcott-jewell 
 Company. 
 
 His death, which occurred on Oct. 29, 1896, at the 
 ripe age of 88 years, closed a life <jf earnest, intelli- 
 gent work and upright citizenship. 
 
 Albert Cook was born in Cortland countv in 
 1823. He came to Seneca I'alls v.'hile quite a voung 
 man and entered the emplov of the late Frastus 
 Partridge, whcj was then engaged in the mercantile 
 trade. It was here that he acquired a knowledge of 
 the business and business methods which served him 
 so successfully in after life. In 1847 he was married 
 to Caroline, eldest daughter of Mr. Partridge, after 
 which he engaged in trade at Wolcott, Wayne Co., 
 \\ here he remained until the close of the war, when 
 he disposed of his business and removed to Lockport, 
 where he again took up and continued the mercantile 
 business. In .-Vugust, 1873, after the death of Mr. 
 Paitridge, he returned to this village and became 
 vice president of the First National Bank of Seneca 
 Falls. On January 14, 1876, he was elected president 
 of the bank to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
 death of Le Roy C. Partridge. Upon Mr. Cook as 
 executor and trustee mainly devolved the responsi- 
 bility of the care and settlement of the estate of 
 Frastus Partridge, which was the largest estate ever 
 administered or settled in Seneca county. In the 
 discharge of this duty he exhibited the same caution 
 and tact and honesty of purpose that characterized 
 him in his business as a painstaking and successful 
 merchant. He was conser\-ative in his views and 
 diligent and faithful in the performance of every 
 
 T'fiF. BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 (jlai-dnce H. Williams Michael E. Hanlin 
 
 John M. Lefler. 
 
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 •'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 trust. The First National Bank of which Mr. Cook- 
 was president, chised in November, 1880, and the 
 banking business was continued by him as executor, 
 under the name of the Partridge Banking'House. 
 In October, 1882, Mr. Cook purchased the bank of 
 the estate and continued it as an individual enter- 
 prise until the time of his death which occurred in 
 October, 1885. I 
 
 Mr. Cook was a man who formed strong ties of 
 friendship that were steadfast and lasting. His 
 domestic virtues, personal excellence of character and 
 e.xemplary life, endeared him to those who knew him 
 and most to those who knew him best. He appreci- 
 ated and admired uprightness and nobility of char- 
 acter, and in all his dealings and various business 
 enterprises he was guided ever by those estimable 
 qualities and a hne sense of honor. His mind was 
 imbued with a deep love for his country, and he 
 often spoke in terms of tendere^t gratitude of the great 
 devotion shown by those who risked and lost their 
 lives in the great struggle for its preservation by the 
 civil war. 
 
 For some time before his death Mr. Cook took 
 much interest in the question as to what he could do 
 for the people of Seneca Falls that would be a per- 
 petual benefit and pleasure to them. He finallv 
 settled upon the idea of erecting a niduument to the 
 memory fif the brave soldiers and sailors who gave 
 up their li\es for their country in the war of the 
 rebellion. He instructed his legal counselor to pre- 
 pare a change in his will which should devote a 
 large sum of money out of his estate to that purpose. 
 His declining health continued so steadily that he 
 did not have an opportunity to put his wishes in 
 formal legal shape to be carried out. His wife and 
 only daughter, now Mrs. Waldo G. Morse, however, 
 being aware of his wishes, with a generosity that 
 entitled them to and won them the everlasting grati- 
 tude of the w'hole communitv, and regardless of the 
 fact that they were under ncj lawful obligation to do 
 so, determined to and did devote a very liberal por- 
 tion out of his estate for the fulfilment of his worthy 
 benefaction. The stately and beautiful soldiers and 
 sailors monument that adorns the public park of 
 Seneca Falls, which is the pride of the citizens of the 
 village, will ever stand as a lasting record of his 
 goodness and patriotism and also of the respect 
 shown his memory by a devoted wife and daughter. 
 Mr. Cook was a man who believed in the sentiment 
 contained in the old couplet, "Let vour good deeds 
 be your prayers to your God." He was the kind of 
 man who left a community better and happier for 
 ha\ing li\'ed in it. 
 
 Toll Gate House of the Cayuga Bridge Co., 
 Tilt' i'ortal tn the West in Pioneer Davs; On 
 the Great Western Highway: The Method .if 
 Ci instructing Pioneer Homes; The Buried Road 
 and its Rare Relics of a Motley PrcxTssion 
 Resurrected. [See view on page n7|. 
 
 [by FRED TELI.KRJ 
 
 A little o\-er a mile east of the outskirts of Seneca 
 I'alls on the west shore of Cayuga lake, stands an 
 old building, weather beaten bv the storms of almost 
 a century and still bearing its time worn contour on 
 the lake side of the village park at Bridgeport. It 
 was formerlv the toll house of the Cayuga Bridge Co. 
 and in its early days was surrounded by quite a set- 
 tlement of taverns, trading and relay houses and 
 other buildings. What a vast procession, what an 
 eager, motley throng of pioneers, emigrants and 
 early settlers have passed by its portal ■f''^^ Seijgca 
 Falls, the (ienesee country, and the Olr'^ ternl-j^v 
 
 beyond. Each of necessity was obliged to stop long 
 enough at this old house to pay for the privilege of 
 using the bridge. The tribute levied was measured 
 by the affluence of the passerby. If he had but one 
 h(.irse and two wheels to his conveyance he paid fifty 
 cents. Had he four wheels and four horses he paid 
 accordingly, one dollar and twenty-five cents. 
 Nothing escaped that could ride or walk. 
 
 The lower part of this building, the stone base- 
 ment was built about the year [800 and it stands 
 today practically as it did when it was first erected. 
 The act incorporating the Bridge Co. passed the 
 legislature March 28, 1797. The amended charter 
 was .March i, 1800. The bridge structure was com- 
 pleted in the fall of 1800, or early spring of 1801. 
 The toll house must have been completed for use by 
 the time traffic began. The first bridge that was 
 built was a little to the south of the later ones, and 
 the roadwav to it ran to the south of the house, true 
 as a surveyor's line directly west through the center 
 of the park to the top of the hill, as you find it laid 
 nut on the earlv maps. 
 
 In grading the lawn I ran across this old roadway 
 and as I uncovered it I found it just as it had been 
 abandoned when the new road came into use. In 
 removing the st(_ine w-ith which it was embedded I 
 picked up many a relic of those bv-gone days. 
 Besides horse shoes and the metal parts of harnesses 
 were split ox shoes. O.xen and ox carts were the 
 common mode of travel in those days. The carts 
 were mounted on wheels which were simplv solid 
 cross sections of a tree trunk with a hole bored 
 through the centre to receive the axle. Each pair of 
 oxen and a cart paid into the bridge treasury fifty- 
 six and a quarter cents. Other articles which I 
 found buried in this road were arrow and flint spear 
 heads, German silver spoons and other things drop- 
 ped from emigrant wagons. 
 
 The first bridge not having proved a durable 
 structure, another one was built tw^o years later, 
 parallel to and a little north of the first. The ori- 
 ginal bridge was built on mud sills and some of the 
 sections were carried away by the ice the first winter. 
 The new bridge was constructed by driving spiles 3 
 and was not as high above the water as the other. ' 
 The early authorities state tliat the old bridge was 
 dismantled to furnish material for the new one. The 
 entrance to the last bridge and the road leading to it 
 ran along the north side of the house as vou see it in 
 the pen sketch illustrating this article. 
 
 The basement of the toll house was built of stone 
 and remains substantially at the present time as it 
 was in the year 1800. Th^ toll office proper was the 
 west riiom connected with the apartments above bv 
 a dark interior stairway and opening to the north 
 into the toll shed. Beside this door is a window fit- 
 ted with wooden shutters and iron bars. Views of 
 the entire length of the bridge (jn the east and of the 
 road on the west to the top of the hill now in front 
 of Mrs. Sarah Moses' residence, were commanded b\- 
 windows fitted wdth y\q panes of window glass. 
 Here is also the large fire place taking up most <il 
 the south side of the basement with its swinging 
 crane for the kettle, and l<eside it the bake oven 
 which for proportions ri\-als a fair sized bakery of 
 today. Both are today about the same as they were 
 originally. There are also a pantry and a store 
 room, and a number of fire places throughout the 
 building. 
 
 When the upper part of the house was destroyed 
 by fire somewhere about 1815 to 1820 (1 have never 
 been able to learn the exact date) in the midst of a 
 severe old fashioned winter, a large barn belonging 
 to the Christopher Baldy tavern was moved on to the 
 old foundation which was lengthened to the south to 
 receive the structure. I am indebted to the late 
 Rensselaer Schuyler for much informatinn in regard 
 t<i the neighborhood. 
 
"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 143 
 
 I find a record in the c-ounty clerk's office in regard 
 to the purchase by Christopher Baldy on June 14. 
 181 1, of lot No. 5 of a sub-division of great lot No. 5. 
 Gen. Baldy, the landlord of the tavern was of Huge- 
 not descent and canie from Pennsylvania. His 
 drinks and tavern mixtures, such as "flip" and the 
 Pennsylvania drink "mathigulum" were widelv 
 known. His skill with the toddy stick and the red 
 hot iron logerhead was of something more than local 
 renown. He acquired considerable propertv but on 
 the 14th of Jan. 1820 it was sold at forclosure sale. 
 Nothing now remains but the old well that was in 
 front of his tavern on the village green. It would be 
 a fine thing if funds could be placed in the hands of 
 the Bridgeport improvement society so that the well 
 could be cleaned up and equipped as it formerlv was 
 with an old fashioned well sweep. 
 
 The old building purchased by the Cayuga Bridge 
 Co. was fitted up into a toll and dwelling house. 
 Its construction was of the early style of carpentry, 
 known as fit and try. A tree was cut down trimmed 
 of its limbs and squared with a broad axe. A hole 
 was cut in it to receive another timber which was 
 cut away until it fitted the hole. In construction' 
 such a quantity of timber was used as in modern 
 times would be considered a prodigal waste of lum- 
 ber. The sills in the old toll house are of solid oak 
 f(jurteen inches square. The plates such as are now 
 made 4x4 are in this house se\-eral times that size. 
 The siding none of which is less than a foot wide 
 and a great deal of which is more than two feet wide 
 was split with wedges, and as a consequence some of 
 the boards are in f)ne place one-half inch thick and 
 in other places an inch and a half thick. 
 
 In the closing up of the affairs of the Bridge Co. in 
 1856 the building and premises were bought by the 
 last toll collector, William .Marsh who used it as a 
 residence until 1861 when he sold it. After passing 
 through the hands of a number of owners it was pur- 
 chased by mvself, about twelve years ago. 1 fitted it 
 up and am using it as a summer residence. 
 
 Treaty of 1795; Finally Stripping the Cayugas 
 of all their Lands.- The treaty of 1793 released the 
 balance of the lands now occupied by the \illage of 
 Seneca Falls to the State of New York. Six years 
 had elapsed since the treaty of 1781), which had 
 released to us the lands contained in the other three 
 wards (the first, second and third) and conditions had 
 materially changed. At the time of the first named 
 treaty there were few settlers in this \icinity. The 
 few that had made a clearing or traded with the 
 Indians, or engaged in other pursuits, owned no land 
 as it still belonged to the Cayuga or Seneca tribes of 
 the Six Nations. Since that time, however, the lands 
 already obtained from the Indians had been surveyed 
 into a part of "The Military Tract." Fmigration 
 had set in and the actual settlement of our com- 
 munity had begun. Lands had been cleared, log 
 cabins erected, and the previous year, 1794, the first 
 frame building had been erected on our present Fall 
 street by Lawrence Van Cleef. Nor was settlement 
 confined to land already ceded by the Indians. By 
 means of agreement with the Indians and temporary 
 leases, quite a number of white people had made 
 their homes upon the lands of the e^ast and west Cay- 
 uga reservations which, by the terms of the former 
 u?aty were to be retained for their own use and 
 cultivation. , Among others w^as James Bennett, the 
 ferryman, who lived on the shore of the lake just 
 beyond the st)utheast bounds of our village. .Another 
 had a cabin just beneath the knoll on the bank of 
 the Seneca river just below where the old Chamber- 
 lain homestead residence still stands, on the north 
 side and west end of Seneca street. The man who 
 occupied this cabin was George Bailey. We know 
 that he was the stepfather of James Bennett. We 
 know that he was Commissioner of Highwavs in the 
 
 latter part of 1796. We know that in 1793 Dr. 
 Alexander Coventry, the first physician to locate in 
 this county, stayed over night at his house and at 
 that time he was squaring up logs to build a foot 
 bridge across the river at that point. That com- 
 prises our knowledge of the man who must have been 
 the first settler in the fourth ward. 
 
 There were a number of other characters who came 
 along and squatted upon the landsof the red man, 
 who were not at all desirable. There were squatters 
 who came in and took forcible possession, blazed a 
 square of trees, built a shack or lean to, and settled 
 down. Among them were desperadoes and outcasts 
 in all degrees of crime. 
 
 This clause occurs in the treaty of 1789: "The 
 people of the State of New York may in such man- 
 ner as they shall deem proper prevent any persons 
 except the Cayugas, from residing or settling on the 
 lands so to be held by the Cayugas' and their pos- 
 terity for their own use and cultivation, and if any 
 person shall, without the consent of the people of the 
 State of New York, come to settle on said lands, the 
 Cayugas shall give notice of such intrusion to the 
 Governor of the State for the time being." And fur- 
 ther, "The Cayugas and their posterity forever shall 
 at the request of the Governor of the said State be 
 aiding to the people of the State of New York in 
 removing all such intruders and apprehending, not 
 only all such intruders, but also all felons and other 
 offenders who may happen to be on the said ceded 
 lands, to the end that such intruders, felons, and 
 other offenders may be brought to justice." 
 
 Under the terms of the abo\e clause the Ciovernor 
 was obliged on two occasions to call out a sheriff's 
 posse to rid the Cayuga reservations of these unde- 
 sirable acquisitions. Notwithstanding this it was 
 hard to keep out the horde that hung like leeches 
 around the Indians and their lands in the Cayuga 
 Reservation. 
 
 After the treatv and the lands had been surveyed 
 into lots bv those who patented the different plots, 
 many of them had a similar trouble. 1 will cite an 
 instance: Lot No. 10 was patented by Daniel Larza- 
 lere in the west Cayuga reservation. Upon taking 
 possession of it he found that it was already occupied 
 by a squatter who had felled a square of trees, built 
 a cabin and refused to be dispossessed. It was 
 thouglit l)est to settle peaceably with him, and he 
 was paid fifty dollars for his impro\'ements and for 
 vacating the premises. 
 
 The treaty of 1795 was held at the Cayuga Ferry 
 and the Cayugas released all lands they had retained 
 in previous treaties except the Cayuga reservation of 
 one mile-square on the west shore t)f the lake. .\lso 
 a certain tract of land two miles square on the east 
 shore of the lake, known as the Residence Reserva- 
 tion, and the .Mine Reser\-ation, a little back from the 
 lake as well as "the mine within the same if any 
 there be. " 
 
 New York succeeded a few years later in getting the 
 Cayugas to release even these two small reservations 
 which completely stripped the Cayugas of all their 
 lands. The lands thus acquired were surveyed into 
 lots bv John Cantine and Joseph Annon, of about 
 250 acres each. Lot No. 6, now comprising the 
 fourth ward of Seneca Falls, was patented by Stephen 
 N. Bayard which gave the Bayard Co. control of all 
 the water power on both sides of the river. 
 
 .Ml titles and searches to real estate go back to the 
 subdivision of these great lots formerly a part of the 
 Cayuga Reservation tract. For instance, lot No. 10, 
 above referred to, came down by inheritance from 
 father to son until quite recently it came into the 
 possession of Hon. Israel Y. Larzalere, who, owning 
 sufficient other land, sold it. In order to give a 
 search of the property he was obliged to go to the 
 original patent on file in the archives at Albany as 
 ther^ are no .^gf-Qj^js of transfers in the county clerk's 
 offices. — Frijd Teller. 
 
 
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 144 
 
 "GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF SENECA FALLS. 
 
 SENECA FALLS BUSINESS. 1904 
 
 Attorneys — C Act WSMacDonald; CliarlesCJuhn- 
 son; Hammond & Hammond; Hawley & Carmer; 
 Gilbert & W M Wilcoxen; George W Pontius: O A 
 Coons: F W De Mott: Ernest Gould: R G Miller: 
 Daniel Moran; Samuel H. Salisbury. 
 
 Banks — Exchange National; State: Savings. 
 
 Bicycles — E C Davis & Co; J W McGarvey; M i". 
 Lynd. 
 
 Boots & Shoes — Vosburg & Corey: E W .■Yddison; 
 Miles Fitzsimmons; John M Walport, Orestes Roffo, 
 Antinio Forzato and I'Vank P'itzsimmons cobblers. 
 
 Bees — John Suiter. 
 
 Bakers & Confectioners — Wm M Cirone; Ferd 
 Isenman; George Norton; John Humphrey; N Poolos. 
 
 Barbers — G C Adkinson; Nicholas Durnin; Peter 
 Gerritv; Fred Habel; Wm Lotz; F J Mackin; J G 
 McKeon; T H O'Connor; W A Richards: Patrick 
 White. 
 
 Bl.^cks.miths — Wm O .Vrnuld; i'radley Ikos; S .\ 
 Kellogg; .Andrew Mattison; Bradv Bros; Thomas 
 Moonan; W W Williamson. 
 
 Baggage — Owen Burns; J B Johnston. 
 
 Bottling — Michael McDermott; James .Anglim. 
 
 Clothing — Clary Ikos: \\' P Campbell; M\-ers 
 Tadtman. 
 
 Coal & Lumber — John H O'Brien: S S Palmer; R 
 W Yawger; G R Stearns; F Maier; A P Haney. 
 
 Contractors — A F & P A Stahl; Charles McKevitt; 
 Bernard McKevitt; GWBarlow; CharlesSmith; Gilbert 
 Follett; Morehouse & Son; J Flickinger; B F Peck. 
 
 Cigar Mfrs — Frank leaner: H H Jones; .\ E Gra- 
 ham. 
 
 Cream & Milk — James Souhan; Patrick Mansell; 
 L F Compson; Elizabeth Van Dyne; H Demun; L 
 Markle: Fitch Williamson; M Johnson; Josiah Thorpe; 
 Wm Youngs; Wm Lane; D Boardman. 
 
 Cafes — G R Moore; E McConnell; Xeal Dovle 
 (ieorge McCue; Geo Salcman; Wm H .\dkinson. 
 
 Carpet Cleaning — John H Winters. 
 
 Drugs— G B Davis: P Van Kleck; T B Sharp c'v 
 Sons; M R Casev. 
 
 Dry Goods— J' H Anderson; T B Baird; L S Hos- 
 kins; W B Lathrop & Son; Stephen Monroe: .\ M 
 I'eltus. 
 
 De\tists~H S Waldorf; | H Sahler; l'. E Horton: 
 Willard Hoster. 
 
 Express — .Vmerican, J .\ .Anient, agt: I'nited States, 
 (t Russell, agt. 
 
 Furniture — Fred Teller; E J Ryan; C H Powers. 
 
 Florists — DH Ruthrauff; WmPowell; EWHudson. 
 
 Flour Mills — Roberts cK; I'riggs; A'awger C<i; P 
 H Smith. 
 
 PT'rrier— Mrs .A L Gale. 
 
 Grocers — Clark I5ros: C W l')ro\\ii; Carraher 
 liros; O'Niel, Wilkinson cSc McCarthy; J H & G B 
 Crowell; Elizabeth Ferran; W E Kennedy; E J Leon- 
 ard; Thomas Magill; A M Shepard; P H Murray; C 
 L Story; C H Papworth; M Nearpass; Owen .Mc- 
 Ciuire; John McKeon; Thomas Smith; Fred Ward: 
 .Michael Eck; W E Walter; Norman Beach. 
 
 Gentlemen's Goods — AGKenyon; Heald& Forbes. 
 
 Hardware — }ames McKeon; Story tS: Strong; G .A 
 Waller; W J Dillon. 
 
 Harness — Enos & Whitne\-; E ¥ Simmons. 
 
 Hotels — Hoag; Stanton; Hanlin; Franklin;Seneca. 
 
 Insurance or Real Estate — Charles W Combs; 
 M Burroughs; A S & J S Gay; J T Miller & Co; J P 
 (iaynor; T M McGovern; Sidiiey WSmith; .A S Pollard, 
 
 Ice Men — John Hanlin; George Vreeland. 
 
 Jewelers — Williams <S: Son; H S Palmer: H W 
 K adder: H R Sellick. 
 
 Lighting— Seneca Edson Co, F C Bloodgood, Mgr. 
 
 Ladies' Ciooos — Mrs E .M Co.x-Fralich: Bee Hive: 
 Mrs F M Shayler. 
 
 Ladies' Hair Dressing — .Mrs W H S.oUin. 
 
 Livery — D M Kellogg: Stanton House; George 
 Sullivan. 
 
 Laundry — City Steam; Seneca Falls. 
 
 Liquor Stores^-D A O'Keefe; Thomas Carroll. 
 
 Manufacturers — Goulds Mfg Co, pumps; Rumsey 
 cS: Co L't'd, pumps; American Fire Engine Co, Ro- 
 tary Steam fire engines; Seneca Woolen Mills, woolen 
 cloths; Climax Specialty Co, specialties; Westcott- 
 Jewell Co, rulers; Gleason, Bailey & Sciple Co, fittings: 
 Seneca Falls .Mfg Co, machinery; H W Knight & Son 
 and'.A W Brim, metalic letters; Lowe Mfg Co, plat- 
 ing; E S Ingersoll & Son, paper: D Boardman, wood- 
 work; National .Advertising^Co, advertising special- 
 ties; Waldorf Mfg Co, skirts. 
 
 Millinery — Miss Moran; M .A I'laniiigan: N M 
 Jennings; Harriet Slauson. 
 
 Markets— W H .Arnold; De .Arcy Burritt; J Cud- 
 deback; F C Fisher; J Fisher; George ^<S: Co; Wm 
 Sickford; G W Ward; W J Peck. 
 
 Monuments — W & J Littlejohn Granite Co. 
 
 Osteopath — D O Blackburn. 
 
 Opticia.n — A W Golder; Williams & Son. 
 
 Oil — James Lacey; Francis Lynn. 
 
 Photographers — G I Pruden; Bush"(S: Plain. 
 
 Physicians— R B Covert; Wm M Follett; Elias & 
 F W Lester: J E Medden; Adolph Letellier; J S 
 Purdy; V M Severson; C .Anna J Brown; F H Schoon- 
 maker. 
 
 Pension .Agts — S Weatherlow; 
 
 Printers - C ourier- Journal L\ 
 Parmelee. 
 
 Pianos -Miss Anna K Smith: 
 Crandall. 
 
 Painters — Curtis Paint Co; George Shandley; E 
 Cook; W W Smith; Gus Smith; D D Gibbs; C Evans; 
 W Van Dyne; Lucius Waldo; Wm Smith; J Kellev. 
 
 Pool and Billiards — John F .McKeon: W N Pres- 
 ton; Fred A'oung. 
 
 Stationery— G F Clark: W L Hull; R C Wayne. 
 
 Stenographers & Typewriters — Fannie Amidon- 
 Kate P .Arundell; Elsie .Armstrong; Edith V Avery; 
 .Alice Bocker; Lula B Cone; Lillian A Cruise; Jennie 
 Fisher; Edna Hall; Mabel Henion; Jessie E Hopkins; 
 M W Jacoby; Mary C Kirk; Jessie Kline; Emma 
 Maier; Teresa E McBride; Ella Norton; Anna L 
 O'Connell; Florence Parmelee: Katherine Sullivan; 
 Loren Strong; Belle Teller; Ora \Teeland:|May 
 A'oung. 
 
 Tailors — T .\ Jennings: I'red Hock; .A Goodman; 
 Horace Safelv. 
 
 Telegraph — Western Lnion, Cora .A Curtis, .Mgr; 
 Postal, G F Reilly, Mgr. 
 
 Teamsters — Wm Burns; E Brobst; P Reily; P 
 () Rourke; James Rourke; George MacDougall; Wm 
 Woods; Stephen Woods; Hugh Gilmore; George Sul- 
 livan: Hugh McKeon; F.Anderson; WmMalone;Charles 
 Harris; Thomas Kennedy; Henry Singer; A Freeland: 
 Egbert Watson; Clayton Maxson; Joseph Dyson; 
 James McKeon. 
 
 Upholsterer- -John W. Swaisland. 
 
 Undertakers — Chas S Sanderson: Chas S l>gley. 
 
 \'ariety Store — -Fred' l*'enn; Win Vanderhoof; 
 Stowell; A S Hughes. 
 . \'eterinarian — J B Hill. 
 
 )hn \'an Cjorder. 
 Re\eil!e: .Alver 
 
 .Mrs S. Beck; .Mr 
 
 MRS. A. U. G A U E MISS AININA K. SMITH 
 
 Fur Gai'ments made and repaired. 
 
 Orders taken for Fur Dyeing and Blending 
 
 Skinner Satin for sale. 
 
 VOCAL .AND PIANO TEACHER 
 .Agent for new and second-hand Pianos. Studio aud 
 
 residence No. 6 Walnut St. 
 Home Phone, i 51. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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