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 HISTORY I 
 
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 Cohocton 
 
 1905 
 
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HISTORY 
 
 of 
 
 Cohocton, New York 
 
 Prepared by 
 Wii<LiAM A. Field, President and J. Leonard Waugh, Secretary 
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 the other 
 
 Members of the History Committee were F. W. Snyder, 
 
 M. F. WeIvD and N. J. Wagner 
 
 AND read by 
 
 J. Leonard Waugh at the Centenniai, Celebration 
 OF Cohocton, New York, in 1905 
 
 PRESS OF TIMES-INDEX 
 1916 
 
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History of Cohocton 
 
 The following history was pre- 
 pared by the late William A. Field 
 and J. Leonard Waugh, and was 
 read by J. Leonard Waugh at the 
 100th anniversary ot the settle- 
 ment of Cohocton, which celebra- 
 tion was held in 1905; 
 
 PHELPS AND GORHAM PUR- 
 CHASE 
 
 The freeholders of Steuben 
 county generally derive their title 
 from Sir William Pulteney of Eng- 
 land and his heirs: 
 
 He acquired his title from Rob- 
 ert Morris — Morris from Phelps 
 and Gorham. They from the state 
 of Massachusetts and that state 
 held under the Royal Charter of 
 James I, King of Great Britain. 
 
 Now I do not know how he got 
 it unless in a legal term he "cas- 
 ually found iit" — but as his reign 
 was in 160 3-1625 there are prob- 
 ably no disputants living. 
 
 On the 21st day of November, 
 1788, the state of Massachusetts 
 for the consideration of three 
 hundred thousand pounds in the 
 consolidated securities of that state 
 actually worth then about 50 cents 
 on a dollar, conveyed to Oliver 
 Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham all 
 its right, title and interest to lands 
 in western New York, which now 
 constitute the counties of Steuben, 
 Yates, Ontario, part of Wayne, a 
 small part of Genesee and Living- 
 ston and about one-half of Alle- 
 gany. 
 
 But there was more: There were 
 the Indians to deal with: The Mo- 
 hawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, 
 and Seneca tribes were bound to- 
 gether in a confederacy or Warfare 
 League, called by themselves, "The 
 Mingoes or United People." 
 
 Oliver Phelps visited the Sene- 
 cas and after several day's parley 
 at Buffalo Creek, succeeded is pur- 
 chasing two milliion six hundred 
 thousand acres (2,600,000), for 
 which he was to pay $500 annual- 
 ly thereafter. I do not find that 
 the $500 is still paid, but rather 
 think it has gone the way of many 
 other white men and Indian deal- 
 ings or was settled in the treaty 
 soon after made. 
 
 The deed is as follows: Begin-* 
 ning on the boundary line of the 
 state of Pennsylvania in parallel 
 42 degrees at a point S2 miles west 
 from the north corner of Pennsyl- 
 vania on the Delaware river as said 
 line has been run and marked by 
 the Commijssioners of New York 
 and Pennsylvania, and from said 
 point or place of beginning running 
 west as said line to a meridian 
 which will pass through that cor- 
 ner or point of land and by the 
 confluence of the Kanahasguicon 
 (Canaseraga) Creek with the wa- 
 ters of the Genesee river, thence 
 north along said meridian to the 
 corner or point last mentioned; 
 thence northward along the waters 
 of the said Genesee to a point two 
 miles north of Canaseraga village, 
 as called. , Thence running in a 
 direction due west twelve (12) 
 miles; thence in a dirction north- 
 westerly so as to be twelve (12) 
 miles distant from the north- 
 westerly bounds of said Genesee 
 river to the shore of Ontario Lake; 
 thence east-wardly along the 
 shores of said lake to the meridian 
 which will pass through the first 
 point or place of beginning afore 
 mentioned; thence south along srjid 
 meridian to the first point or place 
 
of begiuing afore mentiouovl. 
 
 Tils deed is signed by liftj-uine 
 (59) chiefs and warri-n vs as fol- 
 lows: Three Moha\vic.=. thrt'c 
 Oneidas, eight O-nondagas, tvveu- 
 ty-two Senecas, and by sev^en 
 Squaws or Governesses, for the 
 Indians respected a dower right of 
 their wives in their real estate. And 
 it is attested by the signature of 
 John Hancock, the Governor of 
 Massachusetts, and signer of the 
 Declp-ration of Independence. By 
 the terms of this deed the town of 
 Cohocton became the property of 
 *he Phelps and Gorham Company. 
 Being unable to deal further with 
 the Indians the balance of the 
 original bargain was surrendered 
 back to the state of Massachusetts, 
 which it is said, relies ed them of 
 two-thirds of the. contract price 
 and what they actually became 
 possessed of cost them aside from 
 the annuity about four cents per 
 acre. 
 
 Messrs. Phelps and Gorham by 
 deed dated the 18th of November, 
 1790, conveyed to Robert Morris 
 of Philadelphia the residue of 
 their lands unsold, about a million 
 and a quarter acres. Robert Morris, 
 on the 11th day of April, 1792, 
 conveyed to Charles Williamson 
 two hundred thousand acres. Mr. 
 Williamon held the estate in sacred 
 trust for Sir William Pulteney, an 
 English Baronet and others. In 
 March 1801, Mr. Williamson con- 
 veyed the estate formally to Sir 
 William Pulteney. 
 
 Cohocton stands in the northern 
 part of Steuben county, and at first 
 extended from near the Dansville 
 line down to a line between W. H. 
 Cotton's and Thomas Cotton's 
 farm above Avoca. 
 
 A part of Avoca was taken off in 
 
 184 3. Part of Way land in 1848. In 
 1874, we got a strip from Pratts- 
 burg. 
 
 From the best authority Con- 
 hjocton meau^si — "Log acroea the 
 river — or as generally accepted — 
 "Crossing river on a log". What 
 effect the dropping of the "N" in 
 first syllable — I leave you to guess. 
 The name originally commenced 
 with a "K" — Konhocton. 
 
 As at present constituted it has 
 3 4,600 acres and ranks fourth in 
 size — Bath, Troupsburg and How- 
 a,rd exceeding it in aci'eage. 
 
 As to assessed value total of 
 personal and real in 1904 report, 
 had it accordiing to assesisor's 
 valuation, $1,599,552 ranking 5th. 
 Horncllsville city, Corning city, 
 Bath and Urbana ranking it in 
 wealth. 
 
 Could we have stood upon some 
 massive hill or an exceedingly high 
 mountain, as a writer has said — ■ 
 Look over as far as the eye can 
 reach : 
 
 "It is a vast solitude — What a 
 noble forest is this? — Covering 
 the valleys and its high rounded 
 hills, the steep sides of the wind- 
 ing gulleys and the crests of the 
 successive ranges that rise above 
 each other until the outline of blue 
 and curving barrier is traced 
 against the sky." 
 
 For ages upon ages has this 
 land been a wilderness. Savages 
 have hunted itt. Winter's storms 
 and summer's heat have passed 
 over it. Bears set growling in the 
 windows of their hollow trees. Cat- 
 amounts lurk in the glens. Pan- 
 thers crouch under yon sturdy tree. 
 Deer, browse in the thickets or 
 stand stamping in the stream and 
 myriads of smaller animals and in- 
 sects dance and play all the day. 
 
The valleys of the Couhocton and 
 Canisteo were of old, one of the 
 best hunting grounds belonging to 
 the six nations. The destruction of 
 the forest has caused the gradual 
 drying up of many of these streams 
 and weakening of others. 
 
 In the early days the Conhoc- 
 ton was navigable from its mouth 
 to the 22 mile tree (Atlanta or 
 more definitely Wm. Rowe's farm 
 above), a large portion of the 
 year and many a raft of lumber 
 and graiffi has gone down to the 
 Chespeake. Freshets can be had on 
 shorter notice but they are of short 
 duration. Even in our day people 
 have been known to paddle their 
 own can,oe in the streets of Painted 
 Post. I remember about 1890, a 
 citizen of that place saying to me: 
 "I had always wanted a piano, but 
 when we had been forced up stairs 
 by water and upon rising in the 
 morning and going down stairs I 
 siaw my melodeon floating around 
 in the parlor I concluded a jews- 
 harp would do for me." 
 
 But this land must be con- 
 quered. Its ancient tenants did not 
 yield it without a struggle. A long 
 battle fought inch by inch with fire 
 and steel. Dumb and obstinate* 
 these hills were stripped of their 
 rainment. They were burned. They 
 were flayed. They were torn with 
 plow and harrow. Today we stand 
 in possession of this noble heri- 
 tage and are gathered here to re- 
 call the history of those who set 
 the march of Steuben or more 
 limited the civilization of the town 
 of Cohocton in progress. 
 PIONEERS 
 
 From the best information ob- 
 triinable Richard Hooker, about 
 1791, a Southern planter at the 
 time, near Baltimore, quite a 
 
 wealth;y man, and owner of slaves, 
 and of 900 acres of land, before 
 leiaving he having become a mem- 
 ber of the Society of Friends or 
 Quakers as they were commonly 
 called, became convinced in his 
 own mind that it was not right to 
 keep slaves, gave all he had (re- 
 port says 100), their freedom 
 and choice to remain in Maryland 
 or migrate with him to the north- 
 ern country — all but two decided 
 to remain. 
 
 He set out equipped with two 
 as good four horsie teams as could 
 be found, with his wife, four sons 
 and seven daughters and a colored 
 man and womjan. 
 
 Thomas Hooker, one of the sons, 
 and who was five years old at the 
 time, and who died in Naples in 
 1879, relates that his father had at 
 the time of leaving one-half bushel 
 of gold and silver and expected to 
 buy forage. 
 
 Richard Hooker's destination 
 was to strike the Genesee river at 
 General Wadswprth's. settlement 
 near Geneseo. Cold weather coming 
 on, horsess jaded and poor, for 
 lack of forage not purchasable; 
 wife i.nd children tired and home- 
 sick, roads non est. How far from 
 his destination he did not know, as 
 he had no way of knowing in the 
 wlLdernes, he decided to go into 
 quarters for the winter. He built 
 the first log house on the present 
 Wing (Waite) farm, with no 
 neighbors nearer that he knew 
 of than Painted Post or Bath, ex- 
 cept Indians. Thomas Hooker says 
 there was no white child at that 
 time for him to play with and that 
 his only outside companion was 
 an Indian child. 
 
 SpriJng Game on, four of his 
 horses had died of starvation. His 
 
money could not buy forage, for 
 there was none to buy. The remain- 
 ing four horses so weak and feeble 
 from almost starvation, he de- 
 cided to remain and Cohocton rei- 
 ceived its first settler. 
 
 These words came to me by 
 words left with David S. Waits by 
 his son, Thomas Hooker. 
 
 A sad part of the Hooker history 
 seems necessary. The eldest sou 
 was left behind in Baltimore, 
 where he was studp^ing law. There 
 was considerable still due from the 
 plantation, and it was understood 
 that when it was paid young 
 Hooker was to take it and bring it 
 north. But instead he lost it all by 
 gambling, thus beggaring his par- 
 ents and blighting their hopes. 
 The father struggled along for a 
 few years then sank into an early 
 grave, dying February 10, 1801, 
 aged 71, and was buried on Naples 
 hill. He was not oniy the first 
 settler but the first white man who 
 died in the town. 
 
 Selling out to James Woodard, 
 hi,s wife Rachel Conley Hooker, 
 moved to Naples where she died 
 July 23, 1809. 
 
 Pioneers! Thou art remember- 
 ed though thy lives ended in a 
 cloud. 
 
 Joseph Bliven was sent in 179 4, 
 by the agent of the Pulteney Land 
 Office, Charles Williamson, to build 
 a house to be used as a tavern for 
 the accommodation of settlers and 
 whatever tradei*s there luight be, at 
 the 22 mile tree, near the present 
 William Rowe's farm. Some years 
 after in 179 8, he was married to 
 Sarah Hooker, one of the daugh- 
 ters of Richard Hooker. This was 
 Cohocton's first marriage, and 
 their daughter, Bethuel Hooker, 
 
 born in 1800, was the first white 
 child born in town. 
 
 About the time of Bliven's mar- 
 riage he sold out at the 22 mile 
 tree and built a double log house 
 at the corner of what is now the 
 Naples and Wayland street at 
 North Cohocton, opposite what is 
 now the North Cohocton Hotel. 
 This was sold to a Mr. Havens, who 
 in 1815, sold it to Samuel Hart- 
 well. 
 
 James Woodard, born in Ver- 
 mont, car.ie into the town in 1802, 
 and bought the Hooker, (Wing) 
 farm. His son, James Woodard, 
 Jr., was married M!ay 10, 1807, to 
 Elizabeth Hooker, another of 
 Richard Hooker's daughters, and 
 settled on what is known as the 
 Moulton farm near the present 
 farm of their son, the late Ephri- 
 am Woodard. 
 
 Aruna Woodard, another son of 
 the original James Woodard, set- 
 tled on the present David S. Waite 
 homestead, and kept a tavern call- 
 ed the Half Way House between 
 Bath and Dansville. From a de- 
 scription left the building was an 
 L-shaped log house, log barn and 
 frame lean-to shed. 
 
 This location is about two miles 
 south of the great water divide be- 
 tween Lake Ontario on the north 
 doa Chesapeake Bay on the south. 
 
 There was no nearer way to 
 travel between Bath and Dansville, 
 and the shaded rough and muddy 
 log paths — no state roads — made 
 travel so difficult that the journey 
 culd not be made in one day. Said 
 tavern shed and sign post are pre- 
 served until this day en the D. S. 
 Waite farm. 
 
 Duty Waite, born in Rhode 
 Island in 1785, came to this town 
 in 1814, and acquired the proper- 
 
ty. He soon turned the Aruna 
 Woodard tavern — one part into a 
 pioneer dwelling and the other into 
 a neighborhood school house, sup- 
 ported by subscriptions, while he 
 taught, no school districts having 
 as yet been designated. 
 
 Permit me further to say of 
 Duty Waite, that I have ha-d in my 
 possession a book containing Rules 
 in Equation of Payments, Barter, 
 Loss and Gain,, Simple and Com- 
 pound Inte'ji'e^st, Exchange, Comi-i 
 parison of Weights and Measures, 
 Double Rule of Three, Allegation, 
 Medeal and Alternate, Arithmetic- 
 al Progression, Geometrical Pro- 
 gession. Reduction of Vulgar Frac- 
 tion. He had 16 scholars. 
 
 There being no books for use, 
 he was accustomed to make rules 
 on these and kindred subjects, give 
 examples under each; give them to 
 hi scholars today and next school 
 day they would recite upon that 
 subject. The book I had was whei-e 
 he kept copies of them. 
 
 Frederick Blood settled on the 
 farm now owned by Carnot Tyler, 
 north-west of Atlanta. He came 
 from Balston, Saratoga county, but 
 was born in Germany. His sons 
 were: Asa, Avery, Zeba and Fred 
 Jr. 
 
 He early built a mill on a creek 
 on the Tyler farm. With this mill 
 he sawed out timber for a frame 
 barn, built across the road from 
 the house, which is said to have 
 been the first frame building in the 
 tOAvn, or in this part of the coun- 
 ty. Storms beat upon it. The sun 
 shone upon it for half a century — 
 theai it was moved back of the 
 house. 
 
 In ISin, he bought lands at 
 North Cohocton and built what I 
 l:nov; a? the YanRiper Hotel. It 
 
 was the first fi-ame building at that 
 point and the place was named 
 Bloods Corners, and so kept the 
 name until the coming of the Erie 
 railroad in 18 52, which appropriat- 
 ed the name "Bloods" until July 1, 
 1892, when it had lost its charm 
 and surrendered, some think, 
 sweeter, Atlanta. 
 
 The postoffice has from 1828 to 
 date, been known as North Cohoc- 
 ton. 
 
 Among some of the later pro- 
 prietors of the hotel, I wuld re- 
 call the younger Fred Blood, Lis- 
 eomb Nichols, William Hyatt, Ed- 
 mund Fbwler, Walling, VanRiper, 
 Wagner, Bailey, Smith. 
 
 Daniel Raymond and sons came 
 to this part of the tcwr from 
 Wheeler in 1816 and seetled on ibe 
 Hoag-Marsh farm. His sojie were: 
 Daniel, Roswell, Silas and Alva 
 Roswell. They first settled on the 
 S. F. Woodworth farm. Alva set- 
 tled on the Healy place. Silas first 
 settled at Kanona or Kennedyville, 
 but coming to this town in 1823, 
 settled on the Clayst3n-G*ardner 
 farm. Silas and Roswell were each 
 Quaker preachers and held meet- 
 ings in the school house of now 
 District No. 4. This fact and the 
 further one that Richard Hooker 
 was a Quaker accounts for the fact 
 that that street has ofien been call- 
 ed Quaker Street. 
 
 Henry and Richard Crouch set- 
 tled early on the farm of Joda M. 
 Crouch. Henry went to the war of 
 1812, but did not live to return. 
 His widow bought the Hooker 
 place of James Woodard in 1818, 
 and was afterwards married to 
 Elnathan Wing, and now you 
 know why it is called the Wing 
 place. I have not much question 
 that the Walden place, next north. 
 
was in au early day part and par- 
 cel of the same place. 
 
 James Moultou came from Sara- 
 toga County as early as 1815, and 
 after a few yeaiT's settlement took 
 up a farm on or near the now 
 Wayland road in the northern part 
 of the town. Richard Moulton, a 
 son came in 1818, and purchased 
 of Frederick Blood, part of his 
 land, settled near his father on 
 what is now known as the O'Con- 
 nell place. 
 
 Ashel Tyler, some years later 
 became possessed of part of the 
 Blood farm, known todajy as Mil- 
 an Tyler farm, and became a resi- 
 dent of the town. John Bush of 
 Pompey, Onondaga county, was an 
 early settler in town. He made a 
 clearing where the school house in 
 District 4 now stands.. He is said 
 to have built the first frame house 
 in town, and to have bought the 
 first hayrake. 
 
 Mrs. W. W. Miller was a daugl\- 
 ter by his first wife and Mrs. H. V.'. 
 Hatch, his second wife. Nor; is 
 Bush and Wesley Unsh a,Tj his 
 isons. There are a number of other 
 children. 
 
 Abijah Fowler cam:; from Onei- 
 da county to North Cohocto,i ir 
 1816, where he engagv?d in far.jli.g 
 and renting oxen, sheop and cows. 
 He died in 1849. 
 
 Samuel G. Fowler was liis son 
 and the only son, who spent ills 
 his life in Steuben county. He was 
 ■a trustee of the M. E. church at 
 North Gohocton, and contributed 
 largely to the erection of a church 
 building in 1846. He was also one 
 of the School trustees for many 
 years. He was the father of Noyes 
 K. Fowler. He died in 1877. 
 
 I would be glad, did time per- 
 mit, to tell you of Chauncey At- 
 
 well, John Watt, John Nichosou, 
 Dr. F. H. Blakely and others, all of 
 whom were early pioneers of the 
 north part of the town. 
 
 At Atlanta up to the time of 
 the coming of the Erie railroad in 
 1852. There were but two houses — 
 those of Caleb Cross and Darwin 
 Kimball, so that the place took its 
 boom then. 
 
 Asa Watkins built the Mountain 
 View Hotel, burnt a few years 
 ago. Hodgeman built the first 
 store; at the same time as hotel, 
 John Oakly had a mercantile busi- 
 ness a few years and sold out in 
 1859 to J. W. Pierce. 
 
 W. W. Waite was, an early and 
 progressive citizen of Atlanta, but 
 dying eai"./ his career was shorten- 
 ed. He was the eldest son of Duty 
 Waite, before mentioned. 
 
 Wm. A. Gilbert v/as merchant at 
 North Gohocton fr ra 1846 until 
 his death in 1878. 
 
 Dr. A. L. Gilbert c:ime to North 
 Gohocton direct from Medical Col- 
 lege in Vermont, and spent his life 
 there in a noble v/ork, dying in 
 1906. 
 
 PERKINSVILLE AND PATGHIN- 
 VILLE 
 
 Benjamin Perkins established 
 his family and saw mill at Pevkins- 
 ville about 1812, and cajne there 
 possibly a year earlier, as the vil- 
 lage cemetery at that place, vrhich 
 was named after him, contained a 
 head-stone, "Bridget", daughter of 
 Benjamin and Lydia Perkins, died 
 July 14, 1812, aged three months 
 and eight days." 
 
 Walter Patchin was born in Nor- 
 walk. Conn., July 24, 176 4. He 
 joined the Gontinential Army and 
 took part in defense of the town 
 (Cowen) against the British 
 and Indians. Young Patchin was 
 
injured and later, pensioned by the 
 Government for the injury he re- 
 ceived. 
 
 Later he settled in Marcellus, 
 Onondaga county, and in 1814, 
 moved to Patchinville, giving a 
 name to the place. He settled near 
 the present residence of Hon. Gor- 
 don M. Patchin. Walter Patchiii 
 was twice married. His first wife 
 was the mother of Dr. Warren 
 Patchin. Myron W. Patchin was 
 the nijuth of eleven children of his 
 second wife. 
 
 "When Walter Patchin moved to 
 town," sajys Jarvis in his history of 
 Wayland "he transported his goods 
 with an ox teiam and in coming 
 dov/n the East Patchin hill over 
 which the old road led, one of his 
 oxen fell and broke his neck. A 
 most serious loss for a Pioneer 
 farmer. On inquiring of Bejamin 
 Perkins he learned of a settler 
 near Dansville, of whom an ox 
 could be obtained. r>ut Mr. Pat- 
 chin was not prepared to pa^y just 
 then, and being a stranger was in 
 a predicament from which Mr. Per- 
 kins relieved him by picking up a 
 chip, on which he scratched his 
 initials, "B. P." and gave it to Mr. 
 Patchin to. hand to the settler, 
 which he did and came back with 
 his bovine. This is the first record- 
 ed bank check in town." 
 
 Probably no man had a more 
 strenuous life than did Dr. Warren 
 Patchin, a son of Walter Patchin, 
 who saw service in the war of 1812 
 to 1814. He came to Patchinville 
 shortly after his father and was 
 the most noted practitioner in all 
 this locality and there were other 
 grand ones. He was an active 
 member of the Steuben Medical 
 Society from its organ inzation in 
 1S18. and its first President. He 
 
 fetill found time to do other 
 things than practice medicine. In 
 1820 he built the Patchinville saw- 
 mill, which burned in 1821, and 
 in. 1822, he erected the Patchin- 
 ville grist mill, which stands to- 
 day. 
 
 The tax roll for 1829 gives War- 
 ren Patchin 409 acres valued at 
 $12 per acre, the highest on the 
 list. 
 
 The long time famous Patchin 
 Hotel was built by him in 1824. 
 For many years it was a typical 
 country tavern, where the young 
 men of the day brought cheir sweet 
 hearts, in that early da,y to the 
 s.well dances. It stood where now 
 the residence of John P. Morsch 
 istands. 
 
 There were four of the Hess 
 brothers who settled on farms near 
 Patchinville in 1818. They came 
 from Herkimer county. All had 
 large families. Denies or Dennis 
 Hess had two sons to whom the 
 then Wayland part of this town 
 owes much. 
 
 .John Hess v/as Supervisor of 
 Cohocton in 1840, 1841, 1843, 
 1844, 1848. Then he was serving 
 his fifth term as Supervvisor when 
 Wayland was formed. Did much 
 for its formation, and according to 
 agreement being in office, became 
 the the first Supervisor of the town 
 of Wayland at its formation, April 
 12, 1848. 
 
 Myron M. Patchin being one of 
 the Justices of Peace of Cohocton, 
 and living in that territry became 
 one of the firt Justices of Peace of 
 Wa.yland for the same reason. The 
 late Solomon F. Hess of Rochester 
 was a son of John Hess. 
 LOON LAKE 
 
 I would be glad to stop longer 
 over members of this town, in its 
 
northern portion, but we must look 
 westwai-d. 
 
 Rev. Salmon Bronson must have 
 settled on Loon Lake as early as 
 1811. He wa<s the first settler in 
 that portion of the town. I quote 
 from his tomb-stone, which I am 
 sorry to say, lies broken upon the 
 ground at the front portion of Loon 
 Lake cemetery. 
 
 Rev. Salmon Bronson, first 
 settler at Loon Lake. Died July 29, 
 1839, aged 67 years." "Mary, 
 wife of Salmon Bronson, died 
 June 21, 1859, aged 80 years." 
 
 His sons were Elisha, James, 
 Charles, Salmon, William and Da- 
 vid. 
 
 At an earl,y day he ov/ned nearly 
 if not quite all the land about Loo^^ 
 Lake. 
 
 Salmon Bronson se*:tled on what 
 is now known as the Faulkner 
 place, occupied by Mrs. Sarah 
 Flaulkner. It was, after his father's 
 death, ocupied by Rev. James 
 Bronson, one of Salmon Bronson's 
 sons, who transferred it to James 
 P. Clark and he to William 
 Faulkner. 
 
 Elisha Bronson, who like his 
 father and brother James were lo- 
 cal Metholist ministers, built an 
 overshod Avater saw-mill where 
 the present Didas cider and vine- 
 gar mill iis in Bonesville, in com- 
 pany with his son-in-law Carpen- 
 ter. 
 
 Charles Bronson, another son of 
 Salmon's lived on the Griswold- 
 Cooley place on the corner of the 
 highways. The Bronsons were 
 strong, energetic men in their day. 
 
 The cemetery at Loon Lake has 
 this early stone, "Mary, wife of 
 Elisiha Bronson, died December, 
 1813. Thils is probably one of the 
 earliest deaths in the Loon T^ake, a 
 
 former section of the town of Co- 
 hocton. 
 
 Elisha Bronson died April 17, 
 1871, aged 83. I do not know of 
 one of the family in tov.'n or in 
 this immediate section. 
 
 One of the early settlers at Loon 
 Lake was Amos Halliday, who 
 died April 1853, aged 106 years. 
 He settled in that portion of the 
 part of Cohocton about 1815, on 
 the farm yet in possession of the 
 family. 
 
 Osgood Carleton came from the 
 West Portland plantation in Massa- 
 chussetts to the Wadamus phu:e 
 south of Loon Lake early in 1813. 
 The Wadamus place, as it was 
 known, included lands owned by 
 Warren Briggs, Bert Wagner and 
 Lester Ingalls. After living there 
 two or three years he moved to the 
 Gaiss (Worth) farm where he lived 
 many years. He vas n surveyor as 
 well as farmer. Carleton Hill was 
 named after him February 17, 
 1810. tinder an act of the United 
 States to encourage leasing, he was 
 issued a certificate for Carleton's 
 Compendium of Arithmetic by the 
 State of Massachusetts. Also on 
 Januaray 5, 1790, the Boston 
 Marine Society, "We recommend 
 Mr. Osgood Carleton as a person 
 of good character and well ac- 
 quainted with the Mathematics." 
 
 Signed, W. Smith, Sec. 
 
 He was grandfather of Mrs. 
 Monroe Clayson and Mrs. C. C. 
 Newcomb. 
 
 Reuben Clayson settled in the 
 town at an early day on a farm 
 just east of his grandson's MonroO' 
 Clayson's present farm, and clear- 
 ed a large tract in that section. 
 Wheeler Clayson is also a grand- 
 son and Lewivs and Smith Clayson, 
 nephews. 
 
Loon Lake, always a fine body of 
 water, was made even more attrac- 
 tive, when in 1870, Thomas War- 
 ner purchased a tract of land on 
 the west side of the lake and erect- 
 ed thereon a fine hotel and one or 
 two cottages. For a number of 
 years thereafter and down to the 
 burning of the hotel in October 
 1888, it was a much sought resort, 
 especially for miles around. One of 
 the original cottages, saved from 
 fire, is now occupied by Crouch, 
 who has tenants. 
 
 About the time of the dedication 
 July 14, 1871, occurred there a se- 
 vere accident. Parties were out in 
 boats all over the lake. A cannon 
 was loaded with gravel and about 
 anything handy and when fired 
 killed Llewellyn Rynders, son of 
 Hiram Rynders, instantly and se- 
 verely injuring A. T. Parkhill, a 
 young attorney then practicing 
 here. Young R^ynders was 15 years 
 old at the time. 
 
 Jonas Cleland, accompanied by 
 his family, among whom was a son 
 James, then seven years of age, 
 rame here from Pompey, Onondaga 
 county in 1805. Having purchased 
 a parcel of land equal to a mile 
 square just south of the present 
 south Hne fence of the fair grounds 
 for 12 shillings per acre, built a 
 log house on the north side of the 
 Davis creek nearly opposite the 
 present residence of William Cragg. 
 
 In 180 8, he built the first saw 
 mill. It was built on the bank of 
 the Conhocton just west of the 
 present barn on the farm of Jonah 
 Cleland. The irons used in the saw 
 mill were got by Charies William- 
 son, Pulteney agent at Bath, who 
 it is said, was preparing to build a 
 mill here prior to his sale. The 
 
 irons were manufactured in England 
 
 A short time later he built a 
 grist mill, s«me 20 rodo south and 
 east in reality, on the other side of 
 the road, which then ran along the 
 bank of the river. That grist mill 
 was a great boom to the inhabi- 
 tants then living within a radiusi 
 of ten miles. Before its erection 
 they had to go to Naples or Dans- 
 ville on horse-back, with whatever 
 grist they had. The roads not then 
 admitting, at least in comfortable 
 shape of v/heeled vehicles. 
 
 One of the mill stones of said 
 mill is on the Jonah Cleland farm. 
 
 Before building the grist mill he 
 had sold to Albertus Larrowe, 
 great-grandfather of Charles Lar- 
 rowe, the northern half of the land' 
 included in his purchase and buiFt 
 for himself a house en the bank 
 of the river some 20 rods south 
 of the present residence of Jonah 
 Cleland, his grandson. 
 
 Jonah Cleland was evidently a 
 strong, enegetic man, and without 
 doubt a man of some means. The 
 saw mill built by Mr. Cleland was 
 for a long time known as the Da- 
 vis mill and afterward owned by 
 Thomas Warner. 
 
 I now come to Samuel Chamber- 
 lain. The county histories say Joseph 
 Chamberlain and others speak of 
 Levi Chamberlain, the county his- 
 torians putting Joseph here in 1805 
 to 1808, according to which you 
 are reading. Both these men are in 
 name, at least, creatures of imag- 
 ination as neither ever lived, 
 breathed or had an existence. Sam'l 
 Chamberlain was born in Ipswich, 
 Mass., in 1787, and came to this 
 town about 1809, and did service in 
 the Jonah Cleland Company of the 
 v^ar of 1812. He settled on the Da- 
 vis farm. 
 
The story goes and with part at 
 least, correctness, that his effects 
 consisted of a pack carried, and a 
 cow and dog. His mode of living was 
 primitive in the extreme, imitating 
 Diogenes, who is said to have lived 
 in a tub. Chamberlain did not have 
 even a tub, so taking a log he cut a 
 hole in the upper side near the end 
 as it lay on the ground, taught his 
 cow to step astride, milked her in 
 that opening, put his bread, when he 
 had any, in and ate it with an iron 
 spoon. 
 
 In 1820, he sold out to Daniel H. 
 Davis and commenced the erection 
 of the VanWormer house on North 
 Main street, but before finishing sold 
 out to Paul C. Cook, and built a 
 dwelling on the Ezra Mathers place 
 on South Main street. Here he resid- 
 ed for quite a number of years, but 
 sold out to Lewis Kimball. Then he 
 built a building that stood not far 
 west of the present Wilcox & Son 
 office. 
 
 The Erie road, about 1850, want- 
 ing the room he went, building and 
 all, across the river and located on 
 th present site of the Cohocton 
 (Drum-Bush) hotel. Here he died 
 in 1860. He was for a number of 
 years the town collector and is said 
 to have sold the first yard of calico 
 sold in town. 
 
 Conrad Shults, when he built the 
 hotel he moved the building acrooS 
 the street and is now owned by 
 Cassius Mathers. 
 
 Daniel H. Davis was born in New 
 Haven, Conn., his mother being Ly- 
 dia Allen, sister of Ethan Allen of 
 Ticonderoga fame. Mr. Davis' father 
 was her second husband. Her first 
 husband was a half brother of Jonas 
 Cleland. 
 
 About 1820, he came to Cohocton, 
 and purchased of Samuel Chamber- 
 lain the farm now known as the Da- 
 vis farm below the village. He also 
 
 owned the saw mill built by Jonas 
 Cleland, which was afterwards 
 known as the Warner mill, now des- 
 troyed. He also at one time was the 
 owner of the mills on the site of the 
 Larrowe Milling Co., mills. 
 
 Near where is the present Kiefer 
 mill he built a woolen factory, which 
 was operated by a Mr. Willis, an 
 Englishman. All sorts of woolen 
 goods, blankets, flannels and broad- 
 cloths were manufactured. It was 
 afterwards owned by Pedmore & 
 Dantz. 
 
 He had at one time a lumber yard 
 at Canandaigua. He was Major of 
 the local military that drilled on the 
 square that ran from S. D. Parmen- 
 ter's house to the Beehive, (Printing 
 office building) on Maple Avenue. 
 He was at one time interested in a 
 general store, and was postmaster 
 and Justice of the Peace. 
 
 Joseph Shattuck, a soldier of the 
 Revolutionary war, and a pensioner 
 at the time of his death in 1819, 
 who was buried in Maple View ceme- 
 tery, came from Onondaga county 
 in 18 06, and settled in the then 
 southern part of the town (now 
 Avoca) on the Henderson farm. He 
 ran a hotel there. 
 
 His sons were Joseph, Lucius 
 (father of S. D. Shattuck,) Truman, 
 (father of Harvey S. Shattuck), Ze- 
 buna and Alfred. 
 
 Joseph came to the now village of 
 Cohocton about 1809 and built the 
 fist original Steuben House (smaller 
 than at present), the oldest building 
 in the village, which he occupied a 
 few years, then sold to Jonathan 
 Danforth who sold to Constant Cook 
 in 182 2, who with others, owned and 
 operated a line of stages between 
 Bath and Dansville, a branch from 
 here going to Canaiidaigua. The two 
 large barns stood west of the hotel 
 and occupied nearly down to the 
 ' present bank building, the last of 
 
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which Henry Schuster tore down in 
 1907, to make room for his large 
 new barn, using much of its timber, 
 were the stage barns. Horses were 
 changes here and dinner eaten. 
 
 The following have been the hotel 
 proprietors and about the years of 
 their occupancy. 
 
 Horace West; Calvin Blood, 1838- 
 1848; Jacob Walling, 1848-1852; 
 Chauncey Chandler 1853-1854; 
 Daniel Ward, 1854-1858; Jacob 
 Walling, 2d time, 1859-1860; Jacob 
 Townsend, 18 61-18 62; George F. 
 Mead, 1862-1864; A. J. Pinch, 1864- 
 1865; Amos Halliday for a short 
 time; Hatch St. John for a year; 
 George P. Mead, 2d, for anoother 
 year. 
 
 Prom 1867 to 1870, it was rented 
 to tenants, one being Walter N. El- 
 dred, who while living there kept the 
 postofRce and a feed store. John 
 White going in in 1870, reopened it 
 as a hotel and continued until 1875. 
 That year it was bought by Shepard 
 Rowell who raised it to three stories, 
 as it now is, and continued in pos- 
 session until he moved into the War- 
 ner House in 1885, having sold out 
 to Jacob L. Barthleme, who manag- 
 ed t until 1900, when it came into 
 the possession of Henry Schuster 
 and so remains. 
 
 In 1909, it will have reached a 
 century of existence. In spite of 
 dire predictions both insurance and 
 otherwise, men have come and men 
 have gone. Its history stretches be- 
 yond all its surroundings in build- 
 ing3 or people. Elections, dances, 
 meetings for business interests of 
 the community have been held with- 
 in its walls. 
 
 This digression for the Shattuck 
 history seemed necessary. I now 
 resume on Joseph Shattuck's, Sr. 
 sons. 
 
 Lucius Shattuck, the father of the 
 late Stephen D. Shattuck, came to 
 
 this place not far from 1812, and 
 built a house on the present site of 
 S. D. Pamenter's house on South 
 Main street. He was a shoemaker 
 by trade, which business he followed 
 many years. He also engaged in 
 farming. He was first elected Town 
 Clerk in 1822, and held the office 
 with the exception of the year 1831 
 nutil 1838. He was elected again 
 in 1852, but died soon after. So 
 Lucius and his son Stephen D. Shat- 
 tuck died while holding the office of 
 Town Clerk. 
 
 Truman Shattuck settled in the 
 north part of the town, and was the 
 father of Harvey S. Shattuck who 
 died November 9, 1903. He at one 
 time owned the Barney-E. E. Stan- 
 ton farm on Lent Hill. Zebuna and 
 Alfred Shattuck settled near their 
 father in the then southern part of 
 the town. 
 
 Alvin Talbat came into town at 
 an early age and settled near the 
 present south line of the town. In 
 1808, he sold out to Gabriel Deusen- 
 bery. His log house stood between 
 the present highway and the Jacob 
 Stanton farm house, for that was the 
 Deusenbery farm. In 1863, Deusen- 
 bery sold out and later purchased 
 the A. VanRiper farm. He was 
 grand-father to Merritt Deusenbery. 
 
 The first school house in the town 
 was a log building that stood on 
 the Deusenbery farm. There was 
 built by Mr. Deusenbery in 1823, a 
 saw mill. Its site was that of the 
 present Tierney mill. It was later 
 converted into a paper mill by 
 Stoning & Brown, then run by Mer- 
 rill H. and Lucius Brown and was 
 quite successful, until it was burned 
 in 1850. 
 
 Benjamin S. Hoag then bought 
 the property and built a saw mill on 
 the site of the paper mill. This was 
 burned and he built a third mill 
 which was burned in 18 75. Still he 
 
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built another. Later the Tierney 
 mill was built. 
 
 William Walker had the first tan- 
 nery in town where the former 
 Green-Noble home occupied by Bellis 
 is. It was operated for nearly 25 
 years and finally removed. The old 
 house the other side of the street 
 was a part of it. 
 
 Lawrence VanWormer came from 
 Montgomery county in 1816. He had 
 traded his farm there for a tract in 
 this county — Bound Tract — some 
 eighteen hundred acres. Here he 
 purchased some 250 acres more. His 
 home was the present farm of J. D. 
 Flint. Some 600 acres of this land, 
 he is said to have cleared and made 
 ready for cultivation. He like his 
 son, Valentine, VanWormer, was a 
 prominent member of the M. B. 
 church and the early quarterly 
 meetings, for want of a more com- 
 modious place, are said to have been 
 held in his barn. He died August, 
 1852, aged 84. 
 
 Most of the histories make Horace 
 Fowler a resident of this town in 
 1806 This is too early, as he did 
 not come until about 1808. He 
 built a house on the present home 
 lot of Charles Larrowe. 
 
 He was the father of O. S. and 
 L. N. Fowler and Charlotte Fowler 
 Wells, the noted Phrenologists 
 
 Many of the earlier meetings of 
 the Congregational, now Presbyteri- 
 an church, were held at his resi- 
 dence. He was elected Commissioner 
 of Highways in 1815, and was 
 prominent in town affairs in other 
 offices. 
 
 Byron Haight and son, Peter 
 Haight came aboue 1814, and settled 
 on the Theobold Neufang farm. 
 Peter Haight was one of the early 
 collectors of the town of Cohocton, 
 and was the father of Mrs. Albert H. 
 Weld. 
 
 David Parmenter came to this 
 
 town at an early day and settled on 
 the place owned by the Larrowe 
 Milling Co., and owned now by 
 Charles Aldous. He built in 1825, a 
 grist mill and saw mill above where 
 the present plant of the Larrowe 
 Milling Co., stands. It was burned 
 in 1829. 
 
 Isaac Morehouse who settled on 
 the Thorp farm opposite the present 
 residence of Mrs. Sarah Thorp, 
 Timothy Sherman who lived 
 
 on the N. J. Wagner farm, James 
 Barnard, Samuel Rhodes, Jesse At- 
 wood, Charles Burlingham, Samuel 
 Leggett, Cornelius Crouch were all 
 early settlers in and about the vil- 
 lage of Cohocton. 
 
 Caleb Crouch was a settler in 
 1828, built a hotel on the present 
 site of the Warner House. He occu- 
 pied and owned the property until 
 his death in 1842, and by his heirs 
 for some years later the following 
 were among the occupants and in 
 about the following order. 
 
 J. P. Brace, Lawrence Borden, 
 Jas. A. Arnold, Mr. Simpson, 1851- 
 1853; Gardner Mason, 1854; Calvin 
 E. Thorp, James Elliott, Samuel S. 
 Rosenkrans, S. Farnsworth, 1867- 
 18G:; Samuel S. Turn, 1864-1875; 
 Cha,J. Densmore, 1875-1876; Shep- 
 ard Rowell who moved back to 
 the Steuben House, March 1S79, af- 
 ter being away from there but a 
 short time. 
 
 It was the intention of Mrs. Dens- 
 more to open the hotel the next mor- 
 ning, but it took fire and was burned 
 to the ground. Thomas Warner 
 purchased the lot in 1880, and mov- 
 ed a building known as the evapora- 
 tor building upon the corner and 
 turned it into an evaporator and so 
 occupied it until IS S3. That was 
 moved back and stands next to the 
 barn and that year Mr. Warner 
 commenced the erection of the War- 
 ner House. That building is an or- 
 
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nament to the place but has never 
 been particularly profitable. 
 
 Since then its occupants have been 
 as follows: 
 
 Van Vleck and son until 1885; 
 Shepard Rowell 1885-1891; Charles 
 King for about six months; O. F. 
 Leiders 1892 to February 1894; 
 Austin H. Twining March 1894- 
 August 1894; Lake & Perault 
 August 1894-August 189 5; William 
 Perault August 1895-September 
 1896; William H. Taylor September 
 189 6 until his death, May 1899; 
 Mrs. W. H. Taylor from May 1899 
 until December 1899; Smith H. Hill 
 Dcember 1890-March 1901; Richard 
 Kirby March 1901-March 1904; 
 J. P. Brace February 1905-June 
 1905; Luther S. Veeder September 
 1905-1909; A. F. Adams March 
 1909. 
 
 Thomas C. Chase came to Cohocton 
 about the year 1812. He purchased 
 a tract of land, most of which was 
 wilderness, in the village. He built 
 a log house on the site of the present 
 Stone residence in this village. His 
 land extended from his residence 
 east half way to the four corners and 
 west including the flats west of the 
 river. Later about 1828, he erect- 
 ed a frame house on the same 
 ground which is now the back part 
 of the Stone r-esidence. 
 
 Levi C. Chase, one of his sons, 
 about 183 6, built the present Link 
 house at end of the street in Trip- 
 nock. Mr. Chase was under Cook and 
 Magee in the construction of the 
 Rochester division of the now Erie 
 railroad and was its first Superin- 
 tendent for a few years. Afterward 
 he moved to LeRoy and died in Min- 
 neapols, Minn. 
 
 Nathaniel B. Chase, another son 
 of Thomas C. Chase, at one time 
 owned the Larrowe Mill site and 
 sold in 1850 to David H Wilcox. 
 Amos W. Chase, another son, was a 
 
 merchant of this place and lived on 
 the Slayton-Wager place on South 
 Main street. 
 
 Phillip Cook settled in this town 
 on the farm now owned by Haskins- 
 R. W. Miller and which stands near 
 the Erie railroad south of the pres- 
 ent south town line. 
 
 He was the father of Constant and 
 Paul C. Cook. He was a former resi- 
 dent of Warren, Herkimer County, 
 and came to this town about 1815. 
 When he came he had slaves, but 
 not long afterward they were freed. 
 
 Constant Cook came here in 1820, 
 engaged a few years in farming and 
 in 1822 became interested with the 
 late John Magee, then of Watkins, 
 formerly of Bath, in numerous mail 
 and stage routes. He purchased the 
 Steuben House of Jonathan Dan- 
 forth that year and thus began the 
 large fortunes which both of these 
 men built up. He moved to Bath in 
 1843, and later was engaged in the 
 construction of the now Erie rail- 
 road, and then known as the Buffalo, 
 New York and Corning, from Corn- 
 ing to Buffalo by way of Batavia and 
 Attica. Later he was interested in 
 the Bloss Coal Co., near Blossburg, 
 Pa. 
 
 About 1854, he established what 
 was known at the time of his death, 
 February 24, 1874, as the First Na- 
 tional Bank of Bath, over which he 
 presided for twenty years as its 
 president. 
 
 Constant Cook, even while a hotel 
 proprietor, was a Justice of the 
 Peace. The followng facts are re- 
 lated: 
 
 "One day an old gentleman and a 
 young lady alighted from one of his 
 stages as it drove up before the now 
 Steuben House, and stopped for 
 dinner. While waiting the old 
 gentleman informed Mr. Cook that 
 he desired the services of a justice, 
 as they desired to be married. His 
 
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host informed him that he had the 
 honor of being one of these officials 
 and would gladly accommodate 
 them. He accordingly tied the nup- 
 tial knot and they went on their way 
 rejoicing. 
 
 They went to Bath and returned 
 the next day. The young lady had 
 evidently become dissatisfied with 
 her old, new-made husband, for she 
 quickly called the Justice — Land- 
 lord Cook to one side, asking him if 
 he could not unmarry them as she 
 had regretted the step she had taken 
 adding, "Mr. Cook, it does seem 
 to me that as you have performed 
 all the ceremony in this matter, 
 that you might unmarry us." Jus- 
 tice Cook assured the young lady, 
 that he would gladly accede to her 
 request if it were in his power to do 
 so. The law that empowered me to 
 so. The law that empowered him to 
 tie the nuptial knot did not provide 
 any means by which he could un- 
 tie it. She turned away with evi- 
 dent disappointment and reluctant- 
 ly joined him, whom she had in a 
 foolish moment chosen for her hus- 
 hand." 
 
 The father of Moses Saxton lived 
 here and drove the stage from here 
 to Canandaigua for Cook & Magee. 
 
 Paul C. Cook, another son of Phil- 
 ip Cook, was a prominent man in 
 town affairs. He was a merchant. 
 About 1828, be built what is known 
 as the "Beehive" — Times-Index 
 office. This building with the house 
 that stood on the Fred Wittig dwell- 
 ing lot, known as the Winters' 
 house and was burned about 1883, 
 and an old building that stood where 
 Jacob Stein's house is, were the only 
 buildings then on that side of Ma- 
 ple Avenue until the building of the 
 Lichius house, a year or two later, 
 which makes the "Beehive" the 
 oldest building on the south side of 
 Maple Avenue today. He was Super- 
 
 visor of the town thirteen years, 
 town clerk 3 years. Member of As- 
 sembly 1827-1831. In the fall of 
 1844 he was elected County Clerk, 
 and re-elected in 1847, holding the 
 office six years. He moved to Bath 
 upon his election as County Clerk. 
 
 Albertus Larrowe came from New 
 Jersey to the town of Reading, 
 Schuyler County, and from there to 
 the town of Wheeler. From there he 
 came to Cohocton about 1806, hav- 
 ing bought of Samuel S. Haight, 
 then agent of the Pulteney etate, the 
 land from the south line of the Fair 
 ground north to Mill St., in this vil- 
 lage and purchased the northern 
 portion of the Cleland land as before 
 mentioned. 
 
 John Larrowe, his oldest son, 
 came here and bought the Haight 
 property of his father. He built a 
 house which stood near the location 
 of the present Larrowe farm house, 
 which was afterwards removed and 
 is now known as the Wemple house 
 on Hill street. He erected the pres- 
 ent Larrowe farm house. He had 
 four sons, Franklin, Albertus, Mar- 
 cus Dwight and William Wheeler. 
 Franklin died in 18 G2; William W., 
 at an earlier date. 
 
 John Larrowe died in 1SG7. His 
 land was left to his two surviving 
 sons, Albertus and Marcus Dwight. 
 
 Albertus bought his brother out. 
 In 18 66, he bought the present site 
 of the Larrowe Milling Co., of Da- 
 vid H. Wilcox and operated it as a 
 custom mill until 1889, when the 
 Larrowe Milling Co., was formed. 
 
 The Weld family, which figures 
 in the early history of Cohocton, are 
 an off-shoot of the vigorous parent 
 stock, which so long had its root in 
 Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 Captain Joseph Weld with other 
 
 brothers. Rev. Thomas and Daniel, 
 
 were in Roxbury as early as 16 35, 
 
 \and was undoubtedly one of the sub- 
 
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stantial men of Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 His great-grand-son, Lieut. 
 
 Daniel Weld, settled in Carlton, 
 Mass. His second son Noah, had 
 three sons, Isaac, Luther and Calvin. 
 These three sous in their turn be- 
 came pioneers of Guilford, Vt. — Lu- 
 ther and Calvin were twins, and 
 married sisters, Eunice and Betsey 
 Rogers of Guilford, Mass., who were 
 said to be descendents of John Rog- 
 ers. The Martyr Four of Luther's 
 sons at one time or another resided 
 in this section. 
 
 David Weld, one of his sons, born 
 in 1796, moved to Cohocton in 1816, 
 but went back to Vermont in 1818, 
 and married there September 2, 
 1819, Mary Taylor, daughter of 
 Jonathan Taylor, who was a mem- 
 ber of the famous Boston Tea Party. 
 In 1820, he returned to Cohocton 
 with his bride and was a deacon in 
 the Congregational (now Presbyteri- 
 an church) and supervisor of the 
 town 1827, 1828, 1831. In 1844 he 
 moved to Illinois in a wagon. He 
 lived on the farm now owned by 
 H. W. Schwingel. 
 
 Abigal R. Weld born in Guilford, 
 Vermont, moved with his brother 
 David, to Cohocton and lived here 
 until his death October 4, 1873. He 
 lived in the house on the Schwingel 
 farm after his brother moved west. 
 One of his daughters, Fanny R., was 
 the first wife of Benjamin W. Tamb- 
 ling. She died December 1874. Mr. 
 Tambling died January, 1908. 
 
 Luther Weld was born in Guilford, 
 Vermont, and married Fannie Sar- 
 geant of Bookbury Maine, where he 
 lived until 18 51, when he moved to 
 Cohocton, where he died December 
 5, 1861. He was the father of the 
 late Albert H. Weld. One of Luther 
 Weld's daughters, Laura E., was at 
 one time connected with W. W. War- 
 ner in establishing the first paper 
 published here, and wrote much for 
 
 the Rural New Yorker. 
 
 Arnold Weld was born in Guilford, 
 Vermont, moved to Cohocton and 
 lived in what was known as the Rex- 
 sicker place, a house that stood just 
 north of St. Paul's Lutheran church, 
 but which has been torn down. He 
 moved to Illinois a number of years 
 ago. 
 
 James Reynolds came from Wat- 
 kins in 1828, wih his brother-in-law 
 Job Tripp. He removed to Patchin- 
 ville, where in 183 3, he purchased a 
 saw- mill of Daniel Totten. After 
 ten years' residence there he came 
 back to this town and purchased 
 what is known as the Reynolds place 
 on Loon Lake road, and built a saw- 
 mill thereon. This was burned and 
 he built another and operated it for 
 many years. Mr. Reynolds died, 
 February 7, 1871, aged 79. He was 
 the father of James M. Reynolds. 
 
 Job Tripp born in Washington 
 county and, as before said, came 
 here in 1828 and settled on the Haag 
 — M. H. Wilcox place, which then in- 
 cluded the Tripp — G. I. Shoultice 
 farm. 
 
 His sons were Ira M., James F., 
 David N., Francis Granger, Henry 
 Clay and Sidney R. He was Commis- 
 sioner of Highways, Excise Commis- 
 sioner and held other town offices. 
 He died September 3, 1870, aged 74 
 years. 
 
 Many of the histories give one of 
 the early settlers at Tripnock as 
 Charles Tripp. His son, Charles 
 Tripp, did settle here in 1847, but 
 Charles Tripp, Sr., was never a resi- 
 dent of this town, but of Dansville, 
 where he lived at South Dansville, 
 and was a farmer. His father, James 
 Tripp, coming from Clyde to Patch- 
 inville in 1835, and moved to South 
 Dansville in 1839. 
 
 Charles, Tripp, Jr., is said to have 
 been quite a wrestler in his day 
 whether from that came the name of 
 
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the place — Tripnock — I would not 
 be sure. Many say so, and I have no 
 reason to dispute. 
 
 Another son of Charles, Sr., Dan'l 
 Tripp, settled on the Graser place, 
 and was a practicing physician here 
 and in the surounding country for 
 many years. 
 
 In passing I will mention that a 
 man by the name of Borden kept a 
 hotel just above the Clark-Link farm 
 on land about where the present 
 residence of Charles Oliver now 
 stands. 
 
 There was also a brewery on the 
 present Eugene Thorp place. Paul 
 C. Cook and Daniel H. Davis owned 
 an interest in it. 
 
 LENT HILL 
 
 Abram Lent, the first settler of 
 Lent Hill and from whom it received 
 its name, settled there in 1809. His 
 land was the south side of the road 
 as you leave the valley to climb the 
 hill west of the Lent Hill church and 
 before you get to the cemeteries on 
 each side of the highway, east of the 
 school house of School District No. 
 12. He had a large family. He died 
 January 17, 1880, aged 88 years. 
 
 His first wife was Betsey, oldest 
 daughter of Samuel Hartwell, who 
 was a nephew of Roger Sherman of 
 Revolutionary times. Mr. Hartwell's 
 wife Elizabeth Wilkinson, sister of 
 the noted Germania Wilkinson, "The 
 Prophetess". 
 
 Samuel Hartwell, according to 
 history, had an exciting life in his 
 early years and passed through 
 many adventures during the 
 war of 1812. He was taken by the 
 British and carried to Kingston, 
 where he was confined in jail. He 
 succeeded in escaping and fleeing to 
 the United States. He made his way 
 to the town of Jerusalem, Yates 
 county, to the home of his sister-in- 
 law, Jemima Wilkinson, and after- 
 ward came to North Cohocton where 
 
 he kept, if he did not build, the pres- 
 ent building on grounds of Blivin's 
 hotel, a hotel in the building stand- 
 ing on the opposite corner of the 
 street from the VauRiper hotel, from 
 1815 to 1830. Later it was kept by 
 son, Elijah. 
 
 Matthew Hatch settled on Lent Hill 
 in 1812. He is said to have been the 
 third family to settle on Lent Hill. 
 His land was what is now the site of 
 the M. E. church and the W. James' 
 farm in the town of Prattsburg, but 
 what Cohocton got in 1874. 
 
 Mr. Hatch's wife was a daughter 
 of Abram Lent. They were the par- 
 ents of five sons and one daughter, 
 Mrs. Wm. Hyatt. 
 
 Matthew Hatch died on Lent Hill, 
 and was the first person buried in 
 the Hatch burying ground on the 
 north side of the Lent Hill road 
 
 Mr. Hatch once took forty bushels 
 of oats worth 12^/^ cents to Dans- 
 ville, and brought home a barrel of 
 salt. Farmers of this day, what say 
 you to that? 
 
 One of his sons, Barnabas C. 
 Hatch, early settled in Michigan and 
 became County Judge and a Member 
 of the Legislature. 
 
 Another son, Sylvanus C. Hatch, 
 was a successful farmer on Lent 
 Hill, dying in 1874, at the residence 
 of his son, Hiram W. Hatch and was 
 buried on Lent Hill. 
 
 Hiram Ketch, a native of Vermont, 
 a fife Major in the war of 1812, 
 came from Vermont in 1818, and 
 settled in Italy, Yates County. The 
 next year he came to Lent Hill and 
 settled on the Mattice-Totten farm, 
 where empty-handed he managed to 
 become quite a landed proprietor. 
 After his death in 1875, the land was 
 owned by Cyrus Ketch, his son. 
 
 Jacob Smith was an early comer, 
 settling on the north end of he 
 Avery farm, later owned the A. L. 
 Rynders, Jr., farm. 
 
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Jacob Barney settled on Lent Hill 
 in 1814 on the Samuel Wheaton, 
 now E. E. Stanton farm. Robert 
 Stanton, father of Abel, Jacob, John, 
 now all dead, Elijah, who died dur- 
 ing the Civil war, Stephen T., who 
 also served in the Civil war and died 
 in September, 1905, came from 
 Schoharie county in 1820, and set- 
 tled on what we know as the John 
 Tyler farm, when he took up 50 
 acres of land on Lent Hill, and which 
 was then a thick pine forest. They 
 used to cut the timber, hardly ever 
 preserving above the first climb, took 
 it to the mill at Lyons Hollow, gave 
 one-half for sawing, then took one 
 thousand feet with an ox team to 
 Naples Landing and got the magnif- 
 icent sum of four ($4.00) dollars 
 per 1000. 
 
 Mr. Stanton was one of the found- 
 ers of the M. E. church on Lent Hill, 
 and its first class leader. 
 
 Eleazer Tucker, born in Connecti- 
 cut, came to the town of Cohocton, 
 now Avoca, about 1816, and settled 
 on the farm today known as the 
 Tucker farm just north of Twelve 
 Mile Creek on the Wallace road. 
 
 He built a mill on Twelve Mile 
 Creek near his home and cleared a 
 large tract of land. At the coming of 
 the Erie railroad all trains stopped 
 at his place for some time. Smith 
 Tucker, his son, was a prominent 
 farmer. 
 
 Ebenezer Keeler was also an early 
 settler and a man of influence on 
 Twelve Mile Creek and in the early 
 politics of the town. 
 
 A narrator tells me that in the 
 early 3 0's there were as many as a 
 dozen houses from Lent Hill church 
 to Pine Hill. 
 POTTER HILL AND BROWN HILL 
 
 Gideon Potter, who settled on the 
 farm now owned by the Walther 
 family, and from whom Potter Hill 
 received its name, was one of the 
 
 earliest settlers on that hill. 
 
 Darius Crosby came from Hart- 
 wick in 1827, and settled on the 
 Henderson farm, now in the town of 
 Avoca, then in this town, and later 
 moved to Potter Hill. He was the 
 father of Thomas S. Crosby. 
 
 I quote from an early history. 
 "On the road leading from Potter 
 Hill to the Flint farm may be seen 
 the ruins of an old structure. This 
 was Jonah Cleland's bear pen. Such 
 structures were often built by the 
 pioneers and baited with mutton or 
 some other kind of meat for the pur- 
 pose of decoying bears to. enter at a 
 trap door in the pen. When once in 
 the bear found himself a prisoner. 
 Mr. Cleland built the pen in 1815, 
 but did not complete or use it for a 
 Mr. Robbins, a hunter, brought from 
 the east, a large fine spring iron trap 
 which was substituted for the primi- 
 tive method. 
 
 Valentine VanWormer is said to 
 have caught a deer in the same trap. 
 
 On the Deusenbery farm, there 
 was at an early date, a famous bear 
 path along the bank of the river. 
 Jonah Cleland once set a "dead fall" 
 in this path, in which history says 
 he caught thirty or forty bears 
 
 One other bear story and I dismiss 
 the subject and diversion. One 
 night a pig was heard to squeal vig- 
 orously down on the bank of the 
 river near Cleland's. Upon going out 
 to examine they found a bear stand- 
 ing upright and holding Mr. Pig in 
 his front paws, and trying to jump 
 out of the pen. Every time he jump- 
 ed the pig squealed. No gun was 
 handy, so clubs were resorted to, but 
 with all his clubbing the bear got 
 away, swam the river with pig, and 
 as pig is a dainty meal for a bear 
 you have the result." 
 
 John Brown, wih his sons, Wil- 
 liam, Abram, Mainville, Sylvanus 
 and Richard, were the first settlers 
 
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on Brown Hill and on the farm own- 
 ed by E. V. Brown. They came there 
 in an early day. 
 
 Charles Oliver, grandfather of the 
 late Charles Oliver settled in the 
 present town of South Dansville in 
 1816, coming from Athol, Mass. He 
 bought 200 acres known as the Pot- 
 ter farm near Loon Lake, and built 
 a blacksmith shop near the lake 
 where he remained about ten years, 
 then moving to Rogersville. 
 
 During his residence near Loon 
 Lake, then in Cohocton, he held the 
 office of Overseer of the Poor in the 
 years of 1820-21, 22, 24, and that of 
 Assessor 1818-1819. After his re- 
 moval to Rogersville he continued 
 in the same business of blacksmith. 
 He died February 20, 1866. 
 PIONEER LIFE 
 
 I could still recall many and other 
 names. Some of them early in the 
 history of some portion of the then 
 town, but your patience and my 
 energy have limits, which I must 
 obey. 
 
 Let me now strive to picture be- 
 fore you the early life and homes 
 of these sturdy ancestors whom we 
 honor today. 
 
 We will try and call at their home 
 — You might have entered a forest 
 road traveling along, if in a very 
 early day you would have observed 
 that they lack regularity of even 
 straightness for this custom was ob- 
 served. The settler got his land, 
 found the best spring of water upon 
 that lot, built his log house near the 
 spring and the road then was laid 
 out by the nearest cut to the next 
 neighbor's, unless some impassable 
 barrier intervened and they did not 
 hesitate at any small obstacle. You 
 travel on and soon you come to a 
 break in the woods, as you approach 
 you hear a dog barking. They were 
 part and parcel of a pioneer's life. 
 Nearby is his master — a stal- 
 
 wart man clothed in a tow frock and 
 trousers. If he has shoes they are 
 not Crossett, Douglass or Emerson. 
 His hat lies on the ground beside 
 him. He stands on the butt of some 
 majestic monarch of the forest. He 
 appears to have muscular arms and 
 shoulders and a full chest of the 
 very athlete. He meets us with 
 cordiality and invites us to his 
 home. 
 
 While standing a few moments 
 let us look about — A fine yoke of 
 oxen and some cows are browsing 
 not far away while a few hoge are in 
 a pen near. There are sheep, not 
 many, as they have to be housed 
 nights for fear of bears, wolves, etc. 
 Part of the land cleared shows a 
 good crop of oats and potatoes — the 
 land cleared showing the potato 
 crop and corn already up. There is 
 also some wheat growing near this 
 clearing and is protected by a fence 
 of logs and brush. 
 
 May I quote from another the des- 
 cription of the inside of the house. 
 But first let me say a well made log 
 barn stands near, in which all live 
 stock is enclosed at night, for the 
 early denizens of the forest have not 
 all ueparted and many a former wild 
 beast of that region had a pecular 
 liking for pork and mutton. 
 
 But we will enter the house. "The 
 wife is young and dressed in a wool- 
 en or fiax dress and bare footed. I 
 do not think she was particularly 
 pleased at our intrusion, ■ but she 
 soon overcame that and greeted us 
 cordially, but no apology for her 
 house or costume. As we entered 
 she sat near the door spinning flax, 
 and a babe lay near her in a cradle 
 made from the bark of a birch tree, 
 resting on rockers, home-made, and 
 the babe did not feel any compunc- 
 tions about lying there. I took notes 
 of the house. It was 20x26, con- 
 structed of round logs linked with 
 
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pieces of split logs, and plastered on 
 the outside with clay. The floors 
 were made of split logs with the flat 
 side up, the door of a thin piece split 
 out of a large log, and the roof of the 
 same. The windows were open 
 places unprotected by glass or sash. 
 The fire place was made of stone and 
 the chimney of sticks and clay. On 
 one side of the fire place was a lad- 
 der leading to the chamber. There 
 was a bed in one corner, a table and 
 half a dozen chairs, and against the 
 wall on one side, a few shelves made 
 of split board, on which v/ere a few 
 articles of crockery, some tin ware 
 and three or four books. Behind the 
 door was a spinning wheel and reel. 
 
 In some of these dwellings we 
 might have found a frame for weav- 
 ing. Overhead, fastened on pegs, 
 were a gun, rifle, power horn, bullet 
 pouch, tomahawk and hunting knife. 
 Everyhing looks nice and tidy. 
 
 Soon dinner was ready. It con- 
 sisted of corn bread and milk, eaten 
 with a horn spoon. The man ate 
 with us, but the woman was employ- 
 ed sewing on what appeared to be a 
 child's dress. This was a common 
 home. But let us stay longer and 
 watch the daily life. 
 
 At one end of the room was a 
 large opening, some six feet, stoned 
 up and two large andirons in the 
 opening. Winter comes on. Storms 
 howl without, but in that opening 
 has been placed some large bull 
 loge, and the fire place glows with 
 its fervent heat. Over the windows 
 has been placed greased cloth or a 
 thin skin. If a cloth it has been 
 greased to make it more susceptible 
 to light. The mother has moulded 
 or dipped her tallow candles and has 
 a fine supply on hand for winter use. 
 
 The father and all sons old enough 
 are out logging, or if in the fall are 
 housing the crops. Perhaps one has 
 gone to Dansville or Naples with a 
 
 load of lumber or grain and will 
 bring back some provisions. He may 
 have taken his lumber to Naples 
 landing to get $4 per 1000 and take 
 even that in supplies for his home or 
 take his oats, 40 or 50 bushels to 
 Dansville and trade them for a bar- 
 rel of salt. He may have gathered 
 up his ashes from the log heaps and 
 taken them to one of the asheries to 
 be turned into potash and traded for 
 some needed supplies. There was a 
 good ashery near the Terry place on 
 North Cohocton road, or he may 
 have gathered his choicest wheat 
 and taken it to the land office at 
 Bath and turned it in to reduce the 
 land debt. Found the price of his 
 wheat lower or the debt higher than 
 expected and returned home dis- 
 heartened and discouraged and what 
 has the patient wife and mother 
 been doing? Dishes washed, chick- 
 ens fed, stock looked after. She 
 gathers the wool from the shearing, 
 cleans, cards, spins, weaves into 
 cloth, cuts and makes it into gar- 
 ments for her husband and sons for 
 the coming winter. Then she looks 
 after the flax, brakes it and. carries 
 it through all the processes of its 
 becoming linen for under and sum- 
 mer outer clothing. Perhaps she has 
 dyed and colored it, so that it may 
 blossom out into a checked linen 
 dress and when done it was dearer 
 than your silks and satins, for it had 
 in it the reward of labor well done. 
 
 I quote "Again one is taken sick. 
 They would make a bee, harvest and 
 secure his crops, while at the same 
 time their own work might be suffer- 
 ing. A settler's home burned by ac- 
 cident, his family would be provided 
 for by his nearest neighbor and all 
 would turn out, build and furnish a 
 house in a few days, so the man 
 could take his family back home." 
 
 It's a winter's evening. A large 
 bob-sled is in front of the door, and 
 
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before it are a fine yoke of oxen, per- 
 haps two yokes. The family are 
 loaded in and before a great distance 
 is traveled the large platform above 
 the bobs is crowded with a number 
 of pioneer families. If for an even- 
 ing's visit with a neighbor, no one is 
 left out. The 400 are not born yet — 
 at any rate not in this region. The 
 scripture is fulfilled — "Bear One 
 Another's Burdens." Gaiety, 
 
 love, friendship, kiss the evening 
 stars in that ride. As one family, 
 they journey on to enter the home 
 of some settler unbidden. Father, 
 mother, sister, brother, lover all 
 there. The settler's home is reached. 
 The father comes to the door. 
 "Mother, they have come." The 
 whole family is out with a greeting. 
 Even mamma has no perplexity or 
 dark clouds flitting across her face 
 because they did not tell her they 
 were coming. 
 
 The wraps are dumped in the cor- 
 ner. The table is shoved back. The 
 violin is brought forth. Swain and 
 sweetheart, lover and loved, are soon 
 ranged in the center of the room. 
 Money Musk and Virginia Reel are 
 masters of the evening with the 
 young hearts, while fathers and 
 mothers are ranged about the room 
 with the little ones, and all are hap- 
 py. Why? Because there is no cast. 
 All are poor. Each and all have the 
 same object — a home in the wilder- 
 ness. Not always poor. They are 
 seed sowers. They recognize the 
 fact. There has come soon, thirty, 
 some sixty, some 100 fold. 
 
 "Princess and Lords may flourish, 
 or may fade, 
 
 A breath can make them as a 
 breath has made, 
 
 But a bold Yeomanry — their coun- 
 try's pride. 
 
 When once destroyed, can never 
 be supplied." 
 
 These pioneers sleep in yonder 
 
 cemeteries. How many in rugged 
 and uncared for graves. 
 
 There is a picture of Liberty Cor- 
 ners before me. There is the Steu- 
 ben House, one store with probably 
 $150 stock, on the Beehive 
 stand, a postoffice, more in 
 name than reality, a dozen houses, 
 the daily line of stages. Whiskey at 
 three cents a glass, one of the staples 
 of the community. Contrast it with 
 today. So Hearer, contrast the life 
 primitive in its simplicity with today 
 yet we cry for strenuosity. 
 
 ANTI RENT TROUBLES 
 
 A dark picture always comes in 
 the history of this life, and it came 
 to our early settlers. The first forty 
 years of the county and town's ex- 
 istence were years of iron grit and 
 labor and discouragement and diffi- 
 culties were great. The facts were 
 that as they were beginning to pros- 
 per and felt that some of their hopes 
 in seeking a new home were to be 
 realized and they were becoming ac- 
 customed to existing surroundings. 
 As one says: "After IS 00 many who 
 might bought in Ontario or Mon- 
 roe counties were induced to come to 
 this section. Williamson's balloon of 
 promise had enticed them here and 
 they had commenced to clear the 
 land. Then came the construction of 
 the Erie canal, and these people 
 found those who had bought where 
 they might have gone, with naviga- 
 tion and shipment of their crops 
 brought to their very door while 
 here in Steuben, they had to travel 
 miles to dispose of what little they 
 did raise. The yield was not abun- 
 dant. The proprietary of the land 
 contributed to the distress of the 
 early purchasers. The price of the 
 land and the constantly accumulat- 
 ing interest on their contracts creat- 
 ed discouragement, and that bred 
 discontent with their conditions. 
 Titles were questioned, the land 
 
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office doubled and any way sought 
 to get out of the situation. They 
 began commiserating with one an- 
 other. Hence arose the Anti Rent 
 convention at Bath, January 19, 
 1830. The Cohocton delegates were 
 Paul C. Cook, David Weld, Elnathan 
 Wing, Peter Haight and Alfred 
 Shattuck. 
 
 The convention caused to be sent 
 to Col Robert Troup, then agent of 
 the Pulteney estate, that the pro- 
 prietary take some action for their 
 immediate and effectual relief. This 
 Memorial was dated January 20, 
 183 0, and on the 14th of March fol- 
 lowing Col. Troup replied at length 
 and suggested a plan of relief. While 
 this tended to lessen the burdens it 
 did not satisfy their desires. The 
 settlers later succeeded in obtaining 
 a moderate reduction in the price of 
 their lands and the products of their 
 farm was accepted as payment of 
 principal and interest. Still there 
 has ever been expressed a doubt as 
 to the propriety of the proceedings 
 or whether a substantial or lasting 
 gain or benefit was ever received." 
 
 Another dark picture of our an- 
 ceators lives is worth recalling. Rev. 
 Elisha Bronson, one of the early set- 
 tlers of th^ Loon Lake region, unti! 
 the formation of Wayland in 18 48, 
 a part of this town, who came wita 
 his father says: 'That in 1815, 
 there was a scarcity of bread. I 
 went through the towns of Springwa- 
 ter, Livonia and Sparia, and tiience 
 to Dansville in search of grain for 
 sale, and none was to be had in those 
 towns nor in western New York. 
 People had to mill green wheat and 
 rye for food. I found a field of rye 
 on William Perrine's farm, which 
 was thought nearly ready to cut. I 
 went home and got some neighbors 
 and, with oxen and cart, went and 
 cut some of it and took it to the mill 
 and had it mashed for it was too 
 
 damp to grind, and thought our 
 people the happiest people in the 
 world because we had bread." 
 
 This and similar incidents came 
 along to give to the life of our early 
 settlers a little more of life's reali- 
 ties. When we think times are going 
 against us let us recall some of these 
 experiences. 
 
 But other things combined to ef- 
 fect a change. 
 
 During the winter of 1851, the 
 Buffalo, New York and Erie rail- 
 road Company surveyed this route 
 for the Erie road as now known, that 
 passes through this village and town. 
 March 5, 18 52, the ground just south 
 of Wilcox & Son's office was broke to 
 commence grading. The work was 
 rapidly pushed forward, and on 
 January 27, 1852, the first train ar- 
 rived at what then was called Liberty 
 Station. Labor had been going on 
 then on this — now branch of the 
 Erie — for two years. On the 4th of 
 July 1852, the company gave the peo- 
 ple a ride from Corning to Wayland 
 or vice versa, on platform cars with 
 seats built around the sides and dec- 
 oratered with evergreens. 
 
 Some of the historians say the 
 road was opened in 1852. Others in 
 1853. I will not dispute either, but 
 the facts were that the road ran 
 regular trains from Corning to Way- 
 land — a turn table at Wayland dur- 
 ing the fall and winter of 1852, and 
 to Avon in 1853. 
 
 With the coming of this railroad 
 the prospects brigthened. Bloods, 
 Liberty, Wallace sprang perhaps, not 
 into being, but assumed good forms. 
 In fact, Bloods and Wallace were of 
 no particular growth until then. In 
 fact were nameless as children — and 
 it was a question whether the pres- 
 ent Wallace or Tucker's would final- 
 ly have the station and until Moses 
 Wallace offered not only the land 
 but the name did our child become 
 
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of importance in the commercial 
 world. 
 LUMBER BUSINESS AND MILLS 
 
 The clearing of the land and the 
 getting of these magnificent farms in 
 shape with all the buildings to erect 
 made the erection of saw mills at 
 one time a very common thing. Let 
 us look at a few of them. Would to- 
 day we had much of the timber that 
 was wasted, yet it was almost a ne- 
 cessity to get at the land and fit it 
 for crops out of which they could 
 pay for the acres they bought. 
 
 I have already spoken of the Cle- 
 land saw and grist mills, and of that 
 one at Tierney's mill, and at Patch- 
 inville and Elisha Bronson's at 
 Boneville. 
 
 Jesse McQuigg built a saw mill on 
 the Kirkwood stream in an early 
 day which he managed for a number 
 of years until 1844, when he sold out 
 that and his store at North Cohocton 
 and moved to Missouri. There was 
 at one time a saw mill on the oppo- 
 site side of the river from Kiefer's 
 mill operated by one Dubois. 
 
 There was built near the present 
 site of the Kiefer mill a woolen and 
 carding mill by Daniel H. Davis, 
 which was afterwards purchased by 
 the firm of Pedmore & Dantz. This 
 was purchased by Richard Trenman, 
 who had a tannery there for a time, 
 and in 1882, purchased by Charles 
 Kiefer, turned into a feed mill, and 
 now operated by him. 
 
 Franklin Larrowe built in 1854, a 
 large saw mill on the present site of 
 the slaughter house of Foults Bros. 
 It was operated by him and others 
 for a number of years, then stood va- 
 cant for a while, and now does ser- 
 vice as a slaughter house. 
 
 Eleazer Tucker had a saw mill on 
 Twelve Mile Creek opposite his 
 house. For many years he operated 
 the mill and ran a hotel. 
 
 Job Tripp built a mill where the 
 
 road which runs along the race 
 north east of the present residence 
 of M. H. Wilcox. Sixty years ago 
 there was a saw mill near the late 
 home of Chas. Ferris, south of 
 Veeder's, built by Benjamin S. Hoag. 
 
 Peter Martin built a mill about 
 one-fourth mile north, which was 
 later known as the William 
 Fogal mill at the foot of Brown Hill 
 near the farm house of Bion Slayton. 
 John Evans owned it at one time and 
 was killed there. 
 
 J. D. Peterson built a mill in 1858 
 on the Frank Wager farm. Aaron 
 Saxton the same year built a mill on 
 the present site of the Charles Mehl- 
 enbacher farm in Oil Well Hollow. 
 
 Joshua Miner built a steam saw 
 mill in 18 50, just beyond St. Paul's 
 Lutheran church near the present 
 residence of George Shoultice, Sr. 
 This mill Calvin E. Thorp success- 
 fully carried on for a number of 
 years. 
 
 After the David Parmenter mill 
 was burned in 1829, which stood 
 just north of the present Larrowe 
 Millig Co.'s site, there was a grist 
 mill built in 1840, by N. B. Chase. 
 It was sold to David H. Wilcox in 
 1850. Was at one time owned by 
 Daniel H. Davis. A carding mill in 
 the early days stood near. During 
 Wilcox's ownership a large addition 
 was built on the grist mill in 1854, 
 and the year before, in 1853, he built 
 just south of the grist mill a saw 
 mill. 
 
 In 18 66, Albertus Larrowe bought 
 both mills and made extensive re- 
 pairs on tne grist mill. Mr. Larrowe 
 operated it as a custom mill, making 
 also a specialty of buckwheat fiour, 
 which later became his only prdouct. 
 
 In 1890, the Larrowe Milling Co., 
 was organized and the mills 
 thoroughly overhauled and enlarged. 
 New anrl up-to-date machinery put 
 in. Now its capacity is 800 to 1000 
 
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barrels of flour every twenty-four 
 hours, with shipments extending to 
 the Pacific coast and all between. 
 
 Many other small mills were to be 
 found in an early day at different 
 points in the town, yet it was not 
 until about 1854, that the lumber 
 business took a boom. 
 
 In that year H. D. Graves, F. N. 
 Drake and Harrison Harvey came 
 from LeRoy to Cohocton and entered 
 into co-partnership for the manu- 
 facturing and dealing in lumber un- 
 der the firm name of H. D. Graves & 
 Co. Their first mill was built on the 
 Loon Lake road about 10 rods above 
 W. H. Clark's farm. Some time af- 
 ter Z. Waterman became a partner 
 and Graves and Harvey retired. Mr. 
 Waterman only remained a short 
 time, leaving F. Ni Drake the sole 
 owner. 
 
 In 18 61, he invited George W. 
 Drake and Thomas Warner to make 
 him a visit and join in their favorite 
 sport of trout fishing. This they 
 accepted and during the excursion 
 became satisfied that there was more 
 money in lumber than in the hard- 
 ware business, in which they were 
 then engaged at LeRoy. Mr. Warner 
 and Mr. Drake both became members 
 of the firm of F. N. Drake & Co., and 
 consited of Franklin N. Drake, Geo. 
 W. Drake and Thomas Warner. They 
 purchased the former Cleland mill, 
 then known as the Davis mill. They 
 also built a large steam mill at Wal- 
 lace, which was managed for a num- 
 ber of years by Dewitt Hill. 
 
 At one time in its history, the firm 
 of F. N. Drake & Co., operated six 
 mills and its annual output was over 
 fifteen million feet of lumber — pine 
 and hemlock. They were in business 
 during the Civil war and prices were 
 high. The mill near Clark's was 
 moved in 1862 to Newman's, and 
 later to Lent Hill near the Fronk 
 place. 
 
 In 1866, the firm was dissolved, 
 both the Drakes retiring, leaving 
 Thomas Warner the sole owner. In 
 1868, the mill was moved from Lent 
 Hill to the present site of the Wilcox 
 & Son mill, where Mr. Warner car- 
 ried on the business. During the 
 time of Mr. Warner's control of 
 these mills he disbursed large sums 
 of money, giving employment to 
 many men. All telling for the pros- 
 perity of Cohocton. 
 
 He built two stores, the building 
 on the corner of Maple Avenue and 
 North Main street, also the present 
 McDowell block occupied by the 
 T. R. Harris Co., in company with 
 Harris Bros & Co., who built the 
 hardware part, now owned by Ella 
 W. Harris and occupied by George 
 W. Peck Co. 
 
 MILLS AT ATLANTA 
 
 A mill was built at Atlanta in 
 1852, of which Jerry W. Pierce came 
 into possession about 1859. He 
 completed the grist mill which he 
 carried on until his death in 1866. 
 This was sold to O. Ingraham in 
 1880, and to David S. Waite in 1882. 
 It was burned in 1884. 
 
 Atlanta was then and until 189 6, 
 without a grist mill. In that year 
 John C. Spencer and Lester Hall, 
 under the firm name of Spencer & 
 Hall built the present Atlanta Roller 
 Mills. The firm was dissolved and 
 vv^as operated by John C. Spencer 
 until 1906, when it was purchased 
 by Floyd E. Adair, and has been 
 operated by him. 
 
 There was a small feed mill own- 
 ed by Byron Hayes before 1896, 
 then they got machinery from Rog- 
 ersville and put it in the building. 
 All was burned in 1900. In 1901, 
 he built the Hayes mill. 
 
 About 1876, Danks & Tucker built 
 a saw and planing mill near the 
 Brie railroad in the northern part of 
 the village. Later it was sold to 
 
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George Smith and finally came into 
 D. S. Waite's possession and prac- 
 tically in 1896 passed out of exis- 
 entce. 
 
 THE DISTILLERY 
 I have already told you of the 
 brewery that Cohocton had. But Co- 
 hocton has had at least one dis- 
 tillery. Soon after the erection of 
 the Cleland grist mill. Rudolphus 
 Howe and J. Danforth bought 
 an acre of land of Jonah Cleland and 
 built a distillery, about fifteen rods 
 south east of the grist mill, a little 
 back from the East river bank. Mr. 
 Howe then lived in Tripnock and was 
 ihe father of Paul C. Howe, who 
 moved years ago to Prattsburg and 
 started the Prattsburg News. Mr. 
 Danforth was proprietor of the Steu- 
 ben House and sold it to Constant 
 Cook. The distillery was built about 
 1815. Jonah Cleland owned an in- 
 terest in this distillery, which con- 
 tinued in businesss down to 1833. So 
 
 John inserted a stick, stirred it vig- 
 orously, succeeded in getting a 
 little out, which John admitted had 
 a slight whiskey taste, yet he ex- 
 pressed the opinion that it ought to 
 be boiled down in order to make it 
 what it should be. He accordingly 
 proceeded to boil a quantity of it 
 until it was about two-thirds boiled 
 away, when on tasting it he declared 
 it water pure and simple, even the 
 flavor of whiskey having entirely dis- 
 appered." 
 
 In that day whiskey sold for three 
 cents per glass, but probably all the 
 present decorations were not known, 
 and so your whiskey was not then 
 made in twenty-four hours. 
 
 When we take the fact that even 
 in Vermont a friend of mine, when a 
 boy, took saddle ba'gs and striding a 
 horse, went for whiskey for a minis- 
 ter's meeting, in addition to the kind 
 they had, it will account for much 
 of that kind of habits, many of the 
 
 the temperance element are to be old settlers had. Northern dis- 
 
 c'dratulated on its downfall, as a 
 search-light fails to reveal any at 
 this day. Yet, I halt, for in its day, 
 the whiskey was new and not forty 
 years whiskey, made within three 
 months. Evidently a better stock and 
 only cost three cents per glass. 
 
 I repeat a story told. 
 
 "Abram Lent, for whom Lent Hill 
 was named, and his brother, John, 
 were logging in the woods on the 
 Dewey farm, now owned by John 
 Schwingel, the weather being bitter 
 cold, it was proposed that one of 
 then should take a jug and get it 
 filled with Jonah's best whiskey. 
 This was done by Abram, but on his 
 return the whiskey refused to come 
 out of the jug and on examination 
 it was found to be frozen. John ac- 
 cused Abram of playing a joke upon 
 him of drinking up the whiskey and 
 filling the jug with water. Abram 
 insisted that it was "Cleland's best". 
 
 tilleries are today becoming a thing 
 of the past. 
 
 ASHERIES 
 
 Many of the younger generation 
 probably do not know much about 
 asher^jj. In my younger days I 
 used lJ see them and remember a 
 large box on a wagon in which a 
 man came and took all my mother 
 had of hard wood ashes, after mak- 
 ing her annual soap,, paying 10 or 
 12 cents per bushel. In the early 
 days the seller took the tree and if 
 sound generally preserved up to the 
 first limb and took the rest with all 
 the limbs and branches rolled into 
 an immense log heap, burnt until ail 
 was reduced to ashes. This heap 
 of ashes lead to the formation of 
 asheries in different parts of tlie 
 town. 
 
 One of the asheries stood on what 
 was known as the Monier farm just 
 west of North Cohocton highway 
 
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this side of the Terry place. 
 
 Another stood on the Deusenbery 
 farm on a line betwen Cleland and 
 Deusenbery in the southern part of 
 the present town. A pile of ashes 
 there reveal its location if you look 
 for it. Fred Henry used to gather 
 ashes and sell potash in an early day 
 tor this ashery. 
 ORGANIZATION OP THE TOWN 
 
 The town of Cohocton was formed 
 June 12, 1812, from the older towns 
 of Bath and Dansville and is des- 
 cribed as follows: Beginning at the 
 north west corner of the town of 
 Prattsburg; thence west to the north 
 west corner of township No. 6 in the 
 fifth range; thence to the south west 
 corner of said township; thence 
 south to the north west corner of 
 of Lot No. 7 0, in township No. 5 m 
 the fifth range; thence east to the 
 west line of township No. 5, in the 
 fourth range; thence north on said 
 west line to the center line of town- 
 ship No. 4 in the fifth range; thence 
 east to the south west corner of the 
 township of Prattsburg; thence 
 north on to the west line of Pratts- 
 burg to the place of beginning. This 
 included from the old toll gate near 
 Dansville, including Loon Lake 
 region to the New Mill road near 
 W. H. Cotton's residence in the now 
 town of Avoca. 
 
 Part of Avoca was later taken off 
 in 18 43, and Wayland in 1848. 
 
 In 187 4, we got a slice from 
 Prattsburg which included from the 
 middle of the hill William James' 
 west line to near Lyons Hollow or in 
 reality to Twelve Mile Creek. 
 
 The first town meeting was held 
 March 2, 1813, at the home of 
 Joseph Shattuck, Jr. — the now Stan- 
 ton house, or April 27, 1813, as the 
 county histories have it. My reason 
 for knowing this date is that I have 
 the town records from 1813 to 1839, 
 Vv'hich two histories of the county say 
 
 are lost and another that, they are 
 burned. All of which is another 
 brain creation. 
 
 The first town ofl^cers elected 
 were : 
 
 Samuel D. Wells, Supervisor. 
 
 Charles Bennett, Town Clerk. 
 
 Stephen Crawford, John Slack 
 and William Bennett, Assessors. 
 
 Jared Parr, John Woodard and 
 Isaac Hall, Commissioners of High- 
 ways. 
 
 John Slack and Samuel D. Wells,, 
 Poor blasters. 
 
 James Barnard, Collector. 
 
 James Barnard and Isaac Parmen- 
 ter Constables. 
 
 James Griffith, Jr., and Thomas 
 Rogers, Fence Viewers. 
 
 Samuel D. Wells, Pathmaster, 
 Beat 1, begins at town line and goes 
 to school house by Conley's. 
 
 Seth Kellogg, Pathmaster, Beat 2, 
 beginning at said house and goes 
 to South bank of Kirkwood Creek. 
 
 Daniel Raymond, Beat 3, begin- 
 ing at said creek and goes to the 
 bridge at Chamberlain's. 
 
 James Griffith, Beat 4. beginning 
 at said bridge and goes to north line 
 of Jonah Cleland's lot (taking in the 
 north and south main streets. 
 
 Jonah Cleland, Beat 5, beginning 
 at the said line and to the old mill 
 place south of Deusenbery's. 
 
 Jonathan Danforth, Beat 6, be- 
 ginning at said mill place and goes 
 to the town line. 
 
 Stephen Crawford, Beat 7. 
 
 Drake Beat 8. 
 
 Elisha Bronson Beat 9. 
 
 Levi Smith Beat 10, beginning at 
 town line and goes to school house 
 near Joseph Shattuck's farm. 
 
 The following resolutions were 
 passed at the said town meeting: 
 
 Voted that the town give $5.00 for 
 each wolf. Voted that the town give 
 310.00 for each panther. Voted that 
 hogs may run under the restriction 
 
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of the law. 
 
 Voted the Town Clerk shall pro- 
 cure books necessary for the town, 
 and pay for the same. 
 
 Voted that the town submit to the 
 Supervisors respecting the raising of 
 money for the use of the highways. 
 
 Voted that the next town meeting 
 be held at the home of Joseph Shat- 
 tuck. 
 
 These are all the resolutions and 
 the manner of their wording at Co- 
 hocton's first town meeting. 
 
 At a special town meeting held 
 October 2, 1813, Jonas Cleland was 
 chosen Town Clerk, and Darius Hill, 
 constable. 
 
 The records show that the regular 
 town meetings were held on the first 
 Tuesday of March down to 1840, 
 when they were changed to the sec- 
 Tuesday of Feby. The reason being 
 too many were liable to be away on 
 rafts down the river, that the date 
 was moved back a month. 
 
 The town meetings were held at 
 Shattuck's hotel (Steuben House 
 now) or at the school house, a few 
 times at Bloods' Hotel, North Cohoc- 
 ton. Later at Caleb Crouch's hotel 
 (or Warner House site) until the 
 erection of the Warner House in 
 1883, when they were held in the 
 Opero House for years down to the 
 erection of the Engine House and 
 the division of the town into dis- 
 tricts, since which time they have 
 been held in Engine House, Shults 
 Hall, and either Waite Opera House 
 at Atlanta or Wetmore Hall at North 
 Cohocton. Now with two districts. 
 Disrict No. 1, in the Engine House, 
 and District No. 2, in Waite Opera 
 House and Wetmore Hall alternate- 
 ly. 
 
 I quote a few of the resolutions 
 recorded in the town records. At 
 the town meeting in 1814, I found in 
 addition to bounties already quoted, 
 $5 offered for each wolf, and $10 for 
 
 each panther, there was a bounty of 
 $1 for each wild cat. 
 
 In 1814, I find another resoution 
 which I leave you to solve, knowing 
 the solution myself. "Resolved, that 
 no cattle be allowed to run within 
 15 rods of any public house or grist 
 mill from the 1st of December to the 
 1st day of April under penalty of $1 
 for each offense." 
 
 In 1825 this was extended to cover 
 in front of stores and the limit was 
 one-half mile. 
 
 In 1815, voted that swine shall not 
 be allowed to run without a good 
 and sufficient yoke and being proper- 
 ly rung. 
 
 Hogs taken up without a good and 
 sufficient yoke the owner shall pay 
 12 cents to the constable. 
 
 In 1819, voted that it shall be a 
 fine of $4.00 for any man to suffer 
 any Canada thistle or Tory weed to 
 go to seed on his land or in the high- 
 way adjoining his land in the town 
 of Cohocton. 
 
 In 1816, I found that $75 was vot- 
 ed for the support of the poor, and so 
 nearly every year, the amounts vary- 
 ing. 
 
 In 1818, voted that the town raise 
 as much money as the law will al- 
 low for the common school. 
 
 In 1819, voted we raise money to 
 build a pound and that it be forty 
 feet square. 
 
 In 1821, voted that if any person 
 suffer his cattle to run in the sugar 
 bush it shall be at his own risk. 
 
 In 1822, swine were forbidden to 
 run in the highways. 
 
 Until 1831, the records are barren 
 of the election of a Justice of the 
 Peace. At the town meeting that 
 year William Bennett was elected. 
 
 In 18G4, there seems to have been 
 some trouble over the highway la- 
 bor, as the town meeting that year 
 passed the following: 
 
 Voted that the Commissioner of 
 
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Highways be required to prosecute 
 every overseer of highways (path- 
 master) who fails to discharge his 
 duties according to highway law. 
 
 I could refer to many more town 
 actions that would be of interest. 
 Outside of the Civil war bounty acts, 
 I shall pass by the others. 
 
 1813, Samuel D. Wells, Super- 
 visor. Chas. Bennett, Town Clerk. 
 
 1814, Samuel D. Wells, Super- 
 visor. Jonas Cleland, Town Clerk. 
 Peter Haight, Collector. 
 
 1815, Samuel D. Wells, Super- 
 visor. James Barnard, Town Clerk. 
 Peter Haight, Collector. 
 
 1816, Samuel D. Wells, Super- 
 visor. John Bennett, Jr., Town Clerk. 
 Peter Haight, Collector. 
 
 1817, John Slack, Supervisor. 
 Peter Haight, Town Clerk. George 
 W. Haight, Collector. 
 
 1818, John Slack, Supervisor. 
 John Bennett, Jr., Town Clerk. John 
 Slack Justice of the Pe-.ce. Daniel 
 Cooley, Collector. 
 
 1819, John Slack, Supervisor. 
 Peter Haight, Town Clerk. John 
 Bennett, Justice of the Peace. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Collector. 
 
 1820, John Slack, Supervisor. 
 Paul C. Cook, Town Clerk. Lucius 
 Shattuck, Justice of the Peace. 
 
 1821, John Slack, Supervisor. 
 Paul C. Cook, Town Clerk. Caleb 
 Crouch, Justice of the Peace. James 
 Conn, Collector. 
 
 1822, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. Her- 
 man Bowen, Collector. 
 
 1823, Lucius Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk. Herman Bowen, Collector. 
 
 1824, Lucius Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk. Herman Bowen, Collector. 
 
 1825, Lucius Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk. Clark Kenyon, Collector. 
 
 182 6, Lucius Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk. Clark Kenyon, Collector. 
 
 1827, David Weld, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. 
 
 1828, David Weld, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. Con- 
 stant Cook, Collector. 
 
 1829, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. Clark 
 Kenyon, Collector. 
 
 1830, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. 
 Peter Haight, Justice of the Peace. 
 Herman Eggleston, Collector. 
 
 1831, David Weld, Supervisor. Ca- 
 leb Crouch, Town Clerk. W. Bennett, 
 Justice of the Peace. Herman Eggles- 
 ton, Collector. 
 
 1832, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. Paul 
 
 C. Cook, Justice of the Peace. Her- 
 man Eggleston, Collector. 
 
 1833, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. Job 
 Nichoson, Justice of the Peace. 
 Benjamin D. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1834, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor. 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. 
 Thomas A. • Bowles Justice of the 
 Peace. Samuel Chamberlain, Collec- 
 tor. 
 
 1835, Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk. 
 John Hess, Justice of the Peace. 
 Jesse P. Brace, Collector. 
 
 183 6,Alexander S. Palmer, Sup- 
 ervisor; Lucius Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk; Jesse P. Brace, Justice of the 
 Peace; Almon Eggleston, Collector. 
 
 183 7, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor; 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk; John 
 Nichoson, Justice of the Peace; Benj. 
 
 D. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1838, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor; 
 Benj. P. Abner, Town Clerk; Simeon 
 Holmes, Justice of the Peace; Hi- 
 ram Dewey, Collector. 
 
 183 9, Calvin Blood, Supervisor; 
 Paul C. Cook, Town Clerk; Myron 
 Patchin, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Noble, Collector. 
 
 1840, John Hess, Supervisor; 
 Thomas Hendryx, Town Clerk; Con- 
 stant Cook, Justice of the Peace; Al- 
 mon Eggleston, Collector. 
 
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1841, John Hess, Supervisor; 
 Jesse P. Brace, Town Clerk; Freder- 
 ick Blood, Jr., Justice of the Peace; 
 Lawrence S. Borden, Collector. 
 
 1842, Paul C. Cook, Supervisor; 
 Jesse P. Brace, Town Clerk; Dan'l 
 H. Davis, Juestice of the Peace; 
 Lawrence S. Borden, Collector. 
 
 1843, John Hess, Supervisor; 
 James Draper, Town Clerk; Myron 
 M. Patchin, Justice of the Peace; 
 Silas Hulburt, Collector. 
 
 1844, John Hess, Supervisor; 
 James Draper, Town Clerk; Jesse 
 McQuigg, Justice of the Peace; 
 Silas Hulburt, Collector. 
 
 1845, Calvin Blood, Supervisor; 
 James Draper, Town Clerk; Frank 
 Blood, Jr., Justice of the Peace; 
 Hiram Dewey, Collector. 
 
 1846, Sephman Flint, Supervisor; 
 Henry G. Blood, Town Clerk; C. J. 
 McDowell, Justice of the Peace; 
 Joseph Crouch, Collector. 
 
 1847, M. M. Patchin,. Supervisor; 
 James Draper, Town Clerk; Myron 
 M. Patchin Justice of the Peace; 
 A. W. Chase, Collector. 
 
 1848, John Hess Supervisor; 
 James Draper, Town Clerk; Nelson 
 Thorp, Justice of the Peace; A. W. 
 Chase, Collector. 
 
 1849, Sephman Flint, Sppervisor; 
 Walter M. Eldred, Town Clerk; 
 W. W. Waite, Justice of the Peace, 
 Levi C. Chase, vacancy; A. W. Chase, 
 Collector. 
 
 1850, C. J. McDowell, Supervisor; 
 Austin Hall, Town Clerk; Walter M. 
 Eldred, Justice of the Peace; A. W. 
 Chase, Collector. 
 
 1851, C. J. McDowell, Supervisor; 
 S. D. Shattuck, Town Clerk; Samuel 
 G. Fowler, Justice of the Peace, 
 E. L. Bradley, vacancy; Chas. J. 
 Rosenkrans, Collector. 
 
 1852, C. J. McDowell, Supervisor; 
 Lucius Shattuck, Town Clerk; Aus- 
 tin Hall, Justice of the Peace; Chas. 
 J. Rosenkrans, Collector. 
 
 1853, David H. Wilcox, Super- 
 visor; S. D. Shattuck, Town Clerk; 
 Frederick Blood, Jr., Justice of the 
 Peace; Minor T. Conley, Collector. 
 
 1854, C. J. McDowell, Supervisor; 
 A. W. Chase, Town Clerk; James F. 
 Blood, Justice of the Peace; Geo. A. 
 Haight, Collector. 
 
 1855, Albertus Larrowe, Super- 
 visor; Andrew W. Moore, Town 
 Clerk; Edmund Finch, Justice of 
 the Peace; George F. Mead, Collec- 
 tor. 
 
 18 56, Albertus Larrowe, Super- 
 visor; Andrew W. Moore, Town 
 Clerk; Thomas S. Crosby, Justice of 
 the Peace; George F. Mead, Collec- 
 tor. 
 
 18 57, Franklin Larrowe, Super- 
 visor; Austin Hall, Town Clerk; 
 I. H. Nichoson, Justice of the Peace; 
 George F. Mead, Collector. 
 
 1858, James Draper, Supervisor; 
 Lonard D. Connor, Town Clerk; 
 Asa Adams, vacancy, James F. 
 Wood, Justice of the Peace. 
 
 1859, S. D. Shattuck, Supervisor; 
 Austin Hall, Town Clerk; Edmund 
 Finch, Justicce of the Peace; Geo. 
 W. Haight, Collector. 
 
 ISGO, David H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; J. H. Stanley, Town Clerk; 
 Thomas Crosby, Justice of the 
 Peace; George W. Haight, Collector. 
 
 1861, David H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Austin Hall, Town Clerk; Asa 
 Adams, Justice of the Peace; Lyman 
 H. Day, Collector. 
 
 1862, David H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; E. S. Carpenter, Town Clerk; 
 S. G. Fowler, vacancy, James F. 
 Wood, Justice of the Peace; William 
 Washburn, Collector. 
 
 1S63, Franklin N. Drake, Super- 
 visor; E. S. Carpenter, Town Clerk; 
 W. W. Waite, Justice of the Peace; 
 S. D. Shattuck, Collector. 
 
 1864, David H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; E. S. Carpenter, Town Clerk; 
 Thomas S. Crosbv, Justice of the 
 
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Peace; William Washburn, Collec- 
 tor. 
 
 1865, John H. Butler, Supervisor; 
 Austin Hall, Town Clerk; Asa 
 Adams, Justice of the Peace; J. D. 
 Hendryx, Collector. 
 
 1866, John H. Butler, Supervisor; 
 Chas. H. Beyer, Town Clerk; James 
 F. Wood, Justice of the Peace; Chas. 
 Tripp, Jr., Collector. 
 
 1867, Calvin B. Thorp, Supervis- 
 or; Austin Hall, Town Clerk; G. W. 
 Hewitt, Justice of the Peace; Chas. 
 Tripp, Jr., Collector. 
 
 18 68, Stephen D. Shattuck Super- 
 visor; Marcus S. Harris, Town 
 Clerk; Ithel H. Nichoson, Justice of 
 the Peace; Samuel S. Rosenkrans, 
 Collector. 
 
 1869, Stephen D. Shattuck, Super- 
 visor; Marcus S. Harris, Town 
 Clerk; Asa Adams, Justice of the 
 Peace; Samuel Street, Jr., Collector. 
 
 1870, Stephen D. Shattuck, Super- 
 visor; Carl H. Wilcox, Town Clerk; 
 Marcus S Harris, Justice of the 
 Peace; Tyler J. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1871, Ira M. Tripp, Supervisor; 
 Rodney B. Harris, Town Clerk; 
 Albertus Larrowe, Justice of the 
 Peace; Tyler J. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1872, Stephen D. Shattuck, Super- 
 visor; Albert T. Parkhill, Town 
 Clerk; Aetna M. Davis, Justice of 
 the Peace; Francis G. Tripp, Collec- 
 tor. 
 
 1873, Thomas Warner, Supervis- 
 or; Edwin A. Draper, Town Clerk; 
 Asa Adams, Justice of the Peace; 
 James C Green, Collector. 
 
 1874, Thomas Warner, Supervis- 
 or; Edwin A. Draper, Town Clerk; 
 Hiram Wygant, Justice of the Peace; 
 James C. Green, Collector. 
 
 1875, James P. Clark, Supervisor; 
 Edwin A. Draper, Town Clerk; Jas- 
 per Partridge, Justice of the Peace; 
 James C. Green, Collector. 
 
 1876, Orange S. Searl, Supervisor; 
 H. C. Lddiard, Town Clerk; C. W. 
 
 Stanton, Justice of the Peace, Jasper 
 Partridge vacancy; Chas. E. Hall, 
 Collector. 
 
 1877, Myron W. Harris, Supervis- 
 or; J. M. Reynolds, Town Clerk; 
 Charles Sheldon, Justice of the 
 Peace; James H. Moulton, Collector. 
 
 1878, Byron A. Tyler, Supervisor; 
 J. M. Reynolds, Town Clerk; Thomas 
 S. Crosby, Justice of the Peace; John 
 Robinson, Collector. 
 
 1879, Myron W. Harris, Supervis- 
 or; Peter J. Rocker, Town Clerk; 
 Frank C. Fowler, Justice of the 
 Peace, E. Finch, vacancy; Wallace 
 Wagner, Collector. 
 
 1880, Myron W. Harris, Supervis- 
 or; Peter J. Rocker, Town Clerk; 
 George W. Cooley, Justice of the 
 Peace; Seth A. Hill, Collector. 
 
 1881, Calvin B. Thorp, Supervisor; 
 Samued D. Parmenter; Town Clerk; 
 George W. Ardell, Justice of the 
 Peace, F. ;B. Beecher, vacancy 
 Henry C. Tripp, Collector. 
 
 1882, Dwight Weld, Supervisor; 
 Edwin A. Draper, Town Clerk; Chas. 
 E. Hall, Justice of the Peace; John 
 VanAlstyne, Collector. 
 
 1883, Dwight Weld, Supervisor; 
 Henry Finch, Town Clerk; Frank C. 
 Fowler, Justice of the Peace, J. L. 
 Waugh vacancy; George E. Wagner, 
 Collector. 
 
 1884, James M. Reynolds, Super- 
 visor; Henry Finch, Town Clerk; 
 James B. Slayton, Justice of the 
 Peace, B R. Streety, vacancy; John 
 Partridge, Collector. 
 
 1885, Asa McDowell, Supervisor; 
 W. E. Adair, Town Clerk; Harrison 
 Briglin, Justice of the Peace; Murry 
 Tripp, Collector. 
 
 1886, William T Slattery, Super- 
 visor; Henry Maichle, Town Clerk; 
 J. Leonard Waugh, Justice of the 
 Peace; W. T. Cornish, Collector. 
 
 1887, Calvin E. Thorp, Supervis- 
 or; Jam.es Fox, Town Clerk; Noyes 
 K. Fowler, Justice of the Peace; 
 
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Burr Edmond, Collector. 
 
 1888, Hiram W. Hatch, Supervis- 
 or; Chas E. Crosby, Town Clerk; 
 Henry Maichle, Justice of the Peace; 
 John P. Cronk, Collector. 
 
 1889, Charles Oliver, Supervisor; 
 Chas. E. Crosby, Town Clerk; H. 
 Briglin, Justice of the Peace; Jacob 
 Schweitzer, Collector. 
 
 1890, Dwight Weld, Supervisor; 
 Charles E. Crosby, Town Clerk; 
 W. W. Jackson, Justice of the Peace; 
 James C. Wetmore, Collector. 
 
 1891, Albert H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Charles E. Crosby, Town Clerk; 
 Noyes K. Fowler, Justice of the 
 Peace; Harvey Noble, Collector. 
 
 1892, Albert H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Andrew E. Shults, Town Clerk; 
 J. Leonard Waugh, Justice of the 
 Peace; L. R. Partridge, Collector. 
 
 1893, Hyatt C. Hatch, Supervisor; 
 Samuel D. Parmenter, Town Clerk; 
 Joel J Crouch, Justice of the 
 Peace; Henry Finch, Collector. 
 
 1894, Hyatt C. Hatch, Supervisor; 
 Henry Finch, Town Clerk; Edwin A. 
 Draper, Justice of the Peace; Albert 
 L. Corey, Collector. 
 
 1895, Hyatt C. Hatch, Supervisor; 
 Henry Finch, Town Clerk; Chas. B. 
 Stoddard, Justice of the Peace; 
 Eugene B. Slayton, Collector. 
 
 1896, Albert H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Ira L. Goff, Town Clerk; Web- 
 ster Edmunds, Justice of the Peace; 
 Friend Bowles, Collector. 
 
 1897, Albert H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Henry C. Pierce, Justice of the 
 Peace; Fred A. Tobias, Collector. 
 
 1898, W. E. Otto, Supervisor; 
 Stephen D. Shattuck, Town Clerk; 
 Henry Maichle, Justice of the Peace; 
 Eugene R. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1899, W. E. Otto, Supervisor; 
 Stephen D. Shattuck, Town Clerk; 
 Henry Maichle, Justice of the Peace; 
 Eugene R. Briggs, Collector. 
 
 1900, Eugene B. Slayton, Super- 
 visor; Stephen D. Shattuck, Town 
 
 Clerk; J. Leonard Waugh, Justice of 
 the Peace; Henry Finch, Collector. 
 
 1901, Eugene B. Slayton, Super- 
 visor; Stephen D. Shattuck, Town 
 Clerk; L. R. Partridge, Justice of the 
 Peace; Henry Finch, Collector. 
 
 1902, Eugene B. Slayton, Super- 
 visor; Edwin S. Brown, Town Clerk; 
 F. A. Tobias, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Marsh, Collector. 
 
 1903, Eugene B. Slayton, Super- 
 visor; Edwin S. Brown, Town Clerk; 
 H. Wheaton, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Marsh, Collector. 
 
 1904, Willis E. Waite, Supervisor; 
 Edwn S. Brown, Town Clerk; Web- 
 ster Edmunds, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Marsh, Collector. 
 
 19 05, Willis E. Waite, Supervisor; 
 Edwin S. Brown, Town Clerk; Wes- 
 ley Bush, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Marsh, Collector. 
 
 1906, Willis E. Waite, Supervisor; 
 Fred W. Snyder, Town Clerk; J. 
 Leonard Waugh, Justice of the 
 Peace; Henry Finch, Collector. 
 
 19 07, Willis E. Waite, Supervisor; 
 Fred W. Snyder, Town Clerk; H. 
 Wheaton, Justice of the Peace; 
 Henry Finch, Collector. 
 
 1908, Albert H. Wilcox; Fred W. 
 Snyder; N. J. Wagner, Justice of the 
 Peace; Alpha H. Lewis, Collector. 
 
 lOCr-, Albert H. Wilcox, Supervis- 
 or; Fred W. Snyder, Town Clerk; 
 R. P. Moulton, Justice of the Peace; 
 Alpha H. Lewis, Collector. 
 
 1910-11 Albert H Wilcox. Super- 
 visor; Fred W. Snyder, Town Clerk; 
 J. Leonard Waugh, A. McWatters, 
 Justices of the Peace; Alpha H. 
 Lewis, Collector. 
 
 1813, Jared Parr, John Wood- 
 ard, Isaac Hall, Commissioner of 
 Highways; Stephen Crawford, John 
 Slack, William Bennett, Assessors. 
 
 1814, Samuel D. Wells, Isaac Hall, 
 William Bennett, Commissioners of 
 Highways; Samuel Rhodes, F. 
 Blakely, John Slack, Assessors. 
 
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1815, Edward Dunn, Samuel D. 
 Wells, Horace Fowler, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; Jared Parr, Jona- 
 than Parks, Edward Markham, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1816, David Fowler, Timothy 
 Sheman, Sylvester Halliday, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Jonas Cleland, 
 Jonathan Parks, Salmon Bronson, 
 Assessors. 
 
 1817, Blisha Bronson, David Par- 
 menter, Daniel Bacon, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; Salmon Bronson, 
 Benjamin Haight, Jonathan Parks, 
 Assessors. ^ 
 
 1818, Horace Fowler, W. Bennett, 
 Peter Haight, Commissioners of 
 Highways; Chas. Oliver, Benjamin 
 Haight, Samuel D. Wells, Assessors. 
 
 1819-1820, Horace Fowler, Geo. 
 Frederick, Sylvan us Brownell, Com- 
 missioners of Highways; Charles 
 Oliver, Benjamin Haight, Amos 
 Knowlton, Assesssors. 
 
 1821, Eleazer Tucker, Edward 
 Dunn, Abijah Fowler, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; Samuel D. Wells, 
 Sylvester Halliday, Isaac Hall, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1822, Jonathan Parks, Alexander 
 D. Wells, Horace Fowler, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Duty Waite 
 Constant Cook, Josiah Pond, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1823, Horace Fowler, Jacob 
 Wright, John Woodard, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; Duty Waite, Con- 
 stant Cook, Josiah Pond, Assessors. 
 
 182 4, Jonathan Parks, Abijah 
 Fowler, Thomas A. Bowles, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Duty Waite, 
 Constant Cook, Josiah Pond, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1825, Edw. Marcum, Abijah Fow- 
 ler, Thomas. A. Bowles, Commission- 
 ers of Highvv-ays; Duty Waite, Con- 
 stant Cook, Josiah Pond, Assessors. 
 
 182^1, Benona Danks, Eleazer 
 Tucker, Peter Haight, Commissioners 
 of Highways; Edward Marcum, Con- 
 
 stant Cook, Duty Waite, Assessors. 
 
 1827, James Barnard, Richard 
 Crouch, Edward Dunn, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; Duty Waite, Josi- 
 ah Pond, Isaac Hall, Assessors. 
 
 1828, Thomas A. Bowles, Horace 
 Fowler, Frederick Harter, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Constant Cook, 
 •Duty Waite, David Joslen, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1829, James Barnard, Eleazer 
 Monroe, George Frederick, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Thomas A. 
 Bowles, John Larrowe, John Hess, 
 Assesssors. 
 
 1830, James Wallace, Seth B. 
 Cady, Alfred Shattuck, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; John Hess, John 
 Larrowe, Thomas A. Bowles, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1831, Job Tripp, Jonathan Parks, 
 Alexander D. Wells, Commissioners 
 of Highways; Thomas A. Bowles, 
 John Larrowe, Janiel Jasper, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 18 32, Isaac Hall, Gardner Pierce, 
 Benona Danks, Commissioners of 
 Highways; Duty Waite, William 
 Walker, John Hess, Assessors. 
 
 1833, Gardner Pierce, Benona 
 Danks, Isaac Hall, Commissioners 
 of Highways; John Hess, Thomas A. 
 Bowles, Daniel H. Davis, Assessors. 
 
 1834, Gardner Pierce, W. Walker, 
 James Wallace, Commissioners of 
 Highways; John Hess, Stephen 
 Flint, Thomas A. Bowles, Assessors. 
 
 1835, W. Bronson, Benona Danks, 
 Barnabas C. Hatch, Commissioners 
 of Highways; Thomas. A. Bowles, 
 Gardner Pierce, Stephen Flint, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1836, Samuel Raymond, Abram 
 Lent, George Frederick, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Joseph Rosen- 
 krans, John Hess, Thos. A. Bowles, 
 Assessors. 
 
 18 37, Abram Lent, Benjamin War- 
 ner, Christopher Cooper, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Thomas A. 
 
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Bowles, Joseph Rosenkrans, Gardner 
 Pierce, Assessors. 
 
 1838, William Bronson, Job Tripp, 
 Richard Moulton, Commissioners of 
 Highways; John Hess, William 
 Walker, Hiram Spaulding, Assessors. 
 
 1839, James Wallace, Abram 
 Lent, Rodman Potter, Commission- 
 ers of Highways; William W. 
 Waite, William Walker, William 
 Bronson, Assessors. 
 
 1840, Rodman Potter, Hiram 
 Spaulding, Job Tripp, Commissioners 
 of Highways; Frederick Blood, Chas. 
 W. Bronson, Simeon Holmes, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1841, Job Tripp, Hiram Spaulding, 
 Rodman Potter, Commissioners of 
 Highways; Chas. W. Bronson, 
 Abram Waugh, Simeon Holmes, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1842, Abijah Fowler, Warren 
 Patchin, Jr., Abram Lent, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Stehen Flint, 
 Gardner Pierce, Abram Waugh, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1843, Jerry W. Pierce, Richard 
 Tucker, Salmon H. Palmer, Commis- 
 sioners of Highways; Abram Waugh, 
 C J. McDowell, Marcus Peck, Assess- 
 ors. 
 
 1844, Edwin A. Parmenter, Rod- 
 man Potter, Jackson Crouch, Com- 
 missioners of Highways; Hiram 
 Clayson, Dennis Connor, Robert M. 
 Patchin, Assessors. 
 
 1845, Darius Crosby, Hiram 
 Spaulding, Robert M. Patchin, Com- 
 missioners of Highways; E. A. Par- 
 menter, Abram Waugh, David Bron- 
 son, Assessors. 
 
 18 46, Benjamin S. Hoag, 3 years; 
 Highways; John Hess, 3 years, H. 
 Patchin, 1 year, Commissioners of 
 Highways; John Hess, 2 years, H. 
 Spaulding, 2 years, Darius Crosby, 1 
 years. Assessors. 
 
 1847, L. E. Day, Commissioner of 
 Highways; Darius Crosby, C. W. 
 Bronson, vacancy. Assessors. 
 
 18 48, Isaac Leggett, Commission- 
 er of Highways; Abram Waugh, As- 
 sessor, R. M. Patchin, vacancy, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1849, James Armstrong, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Abram Lent, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1850, Franklin Larrowe, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; James Arm- 
 strong, Assessor. 
 
 1851, Hiram Dewey, Commission- 
 er of Highways; Hiram Clayson, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1851, Hiram Spaulding, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; George Sager, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1852, Samuel Rosenkrans, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; George Sa- 
 ger, Assessor. 
 
 1853, D. S. Morehouse, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; John Kellogg, 
 Assesssor. 
 
 1854, Ashel Tyler, Commission- 
 er of Highways; Rice Moulton, As- 
 sessor, E. H. Slayton, vacancy. 
 
 1855, Samuel S. Rosenkrans, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Hiram 
 Dewey, Assessor, Benjamin Warner, 
 vacancy. 
 
 18 5 6, Samuel S. Rosenkrans, 
 Commissioner of Highways; Sepham 
 Flint, Assessor. 
 
 1857, Samuel S. Rosenkrans, 
 Commissioner of Highways; Jesse 
 Edmond, Assessor. 
 
 1858, Amos Stone, Commissioner 
 of Highways; John Kellogg, Assess- 
 or, Abram Waugh, vacancy. 
 
 1859, H. N. Tousey Commissioner 
 of Highways; Gardner Waite, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1860, H. N. Tousey, Commissioner 
 of Highvvays; William Rynders, As- 
 sessor; C. V. K. Woodworth, vacan- 
 cy. 
 
 1861, Amos Stone, Commissioner 
 of Highways; James B. Slayton, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1862, Isaac B. Hoagland, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Jonathan C. 
 
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Parks, Assessor. 
 
 1863, Jerome P. Sutherland, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Jesse Ed- 
 mond, Assessor. 
 
 1864, Daniel Raymond, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Stephen 0, 
 Phillips, Assessor. 
 
 1865, S. F. Woodworth, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Orlando Wet- 
 more, Assessors. 
 
 18 66, Bryan A. Tyler, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; William H. 
 Smith, Assessor. 
 
 1867, Ira M. Tripp, Commission- 
 er of Highways; William H. Smith, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1868, Wheeler Clayson, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Ashel Tyler, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1869, Eli Aspinwall, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Ashel Tyler, 
 Gorge W. Drake, Assessors. 
 
 1870, Ira M. Tripp, Commissioner 
 of Highways; James B Slayton, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1871, S. F. Woodworth, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Hiram Rynders. 
 Assessor. 
 
 1872, Philo Knickerbocker, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Samuel F. 
 Woodworth, Assessors 
 
 187 3, Grattan H. Wallace, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; James B. 
 Slayton, Assessor. 
 
 187 4, Ira M. Tripp, Commissioner 
 of Highways; Abner Gardner, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1875, Hiram W. Hatch, Comrnis- 
 soner of Highways; John Miller, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1876, Pliny F. Horr, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; M. J. Tyler, 
 Assessor, W. H. Smith, vacancy. 
 
 1877, Byron A. Tyler, Commis- 
 sioner; Milan J. Tyler, Assessor. 
 
 1878, Henry S. Clayson, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; W. W. Jackson, 
 Assessor. 
 
 18 79, Harvey F. Johnson, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; George Bol- 
 
 ster, Assessor. 
 
 1880, Jacob Wagner, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Harvey Lowell, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1881, Samuel M. Parks, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Jesse Edmond, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1882, Philip Folts, Commissioner 
 of Highways; Ezekiel Brown, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1883, Noyes K. Fowler, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; O. W. Hoxter, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1884, John Larrowe, Commission- 
 er of Highways; James P. Clark, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1885, Dwight Weld, Commissioner 
 of Highways; W. W. Jackson, As< 
 sessor. 
 
 188 6, Henry Folts, Commissioner 
 of Highways; Hollis H. Tyler, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1887, Oliver Hoxter, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Philip Folts, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1888, Eugene E. Stetson, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; W. W. Jackson, 
 Assesssor. 
 
 1889, Frank C. Fowler, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Hollis H. Tyler, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1890, Murry Tripp, Commission- 
 er of Highways; Philip Folts, As- 
 sessor. 
 
 1891, Stephen T. Stanton, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; George 
 Fronk, Assessor. 
 
 1892, Lorenzo M. Jones, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Darwin Marsh, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1893, Rice T. Moulton, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; Henry W. 
 Schv/ingel, Assessor. 
 
 1894, Martin H. Wilcox, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; William 
 Cragg, Assessor. 
 
 1895, Martin H. Wilcox, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; William H. 
 Hammond, Assessor. 
 
 189 6, William L. Rowe, Commis- 
 
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sioner of Highways; W. W. Jackson, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1897, William L. Rowe, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; William Cragg, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1898, Humphrey Courtney, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Beach 
 Drake, Assessor. 
 
 1899, Humphrey Courtney, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; John C. 
 Mattice, Assessor. 
 
 1900, Humphrey Courtney, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; Jacob Neu, 
 Assessor. 
 
 1901-1902, Martin H. Wilcox, 
 Commissioner of Highways; Beach 
 Drake, W. W. Jackson, William 
 Cragg, Assessors. 
 
 1903-1904, John G. Fritting, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; W. W. Jack- 
 son, Frank Rex, Assessors. 
 
 1905-1906, John G. Fritting, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; W. W. Jack- 
 son, Frank Rex, William Cragg, As- 
 sessors. 
 
 1907-08-09, Frank Rex, Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; William Cragg, 
 William J. Faulkner, Henry Field, 
 Assessors. 
 
 1909-10, H. A. Neufang Commis- 
 sioner of Highways; William Cragg, 
 William J. Faulkner, Henry Field, 
 Assessors. 
 
 1911-14, John G. Fritting, Com- 
 missioner of Highways; William 
 Cragg, William J. Faulkner, Henry 
 Field, Assessors. 
 
 CIVIL WAR FERIOD 
 
 I now come to the actions of the 
 town in reference to Town Bounties 
 during the Civil War. That time that 
 tried the best and stoutest hearts as 
 to what was best to do. That time 
 when men were called upon not only 
 of their means — but of their sons — 
 aye of themselves, when "It is sweet 
 and glorious for one's country to 
 die", became more than a beautiful 
 sentiment — but meant lonely fire- 
 sides, less help, struggles for life. 
 
 No, that was small. It meant more 
 taxes, the wife at the helm. Per- 
 haps and too often, the mother and 
 lover at the bier. 
 
 In December, 1863, the following 
 act was passed by the Board of Su- 
 pervisors. I give it in full as it is 
 the basis for other acts: 
 
 "Resolved, that the county of 
 Steuben will pay $3 00 to each and 
 every person who has voluuteered 
 since its last call of the Fresident 
 for 300,000 men made the 17th day 
 of October, 1863, or who shall here- 
 after volunteer into the service of 
 the United States and be credited to 
 their respective towns of this county 
 until the quotas of the respective 
 towns under the last call for volun- 
 teers be filled. 
 
 "Resolved, that the treasurer of 
 Steuoen County be directed to issue 
 negotiable bonds of the county in 
 amount not exceeding a sum sufl^ic- 
 ient to pay $300 to each volunteer to 
 the full numbers of the quota of the 
 county, under the last call, and shall 
 deliver such bonds to the Supervisors 
 of the respective towns in sufficient 
 amounts to enable them to pay the 
 sum of $300 to each volunteer from 
 that from that town up to the num- 
 ber of the quota of said town under 
 said call, upon his filing with the 
 treasurer a bond conditioned for the 
 faithful performance of the trust re- 
 posed in him by these resolutions of 
 such amount as the treasurer shall 
 require with sufficient sureties, and 
 in case the Supervisor of any town 
 shall neglect or refuse for twenty- 
 five days from the date of the pass- 
 age of these resolutions to file such 
 bonds or to act in pursuance of these 
 resolutions, then and in that case, 
 such County Treasuer shall appoint 
 some responsible citizen of such 
 cov/n who will file such surety to act 
 in place of said Supervisor in per- 
 forming the duties required by these 
 
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resolutions and shall deliver to him 
 such bonds in the same manner as to 
 the Supervisor when acting. 
 
 Other resolutions not copied. 
 
 The town held seven town meet- 
 ings between December, 1863 and 
 December, 186 4, and on only one oc- 
 casion that of offering $1000 to 
 volunteers did the town vote, nay. 
 
 I quote these meetings: 
 
 At a special town meeting held on 
 December 29, 186 3, the above reso- 
 lutions were adopted by the town of 
 Cohocton by a vote of 197 to 27. 
 
 At a special town meeting held on 
 March 8, 1864, in pursuance to a 
 resolution passed by the Board of 
 Supervisors, February 25, 1864, as 
 to paying $300 to each and every 
 person who has been mustered into 
 the service of the United States since 
 October, 1863, or who shall hereafter 
 volunteer into the service and be 
 credited to the respective towns un- 
 til the quotas of said towns of the 
 county under the call of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States for 500,000 
 made February 1, 1864, shall be fil- 
 ed. 
 
 "Resolved, that the resolutions 
 shall not apply or be binding upon 
 any town except upon a vote of a 
 majority of the electors of such town 
 present and voting at a town * meet- 
 ing at which the question shall be 
 submitted." 
 
 Our Supervisor, David H. Wilcox, 
 favored and voted for the resolution. 
 
 The vote of town at special meet- 
 ing March 8, 1864, was 144 to 3 for 
 the adoption by Cohocton. 
 
 On June 6, 1864, at a meeting of 
 the Town Board of Cohocton, it was 
 voted, "That if it shall be found im- 
 possible after due diligence and vig- 
 orous effort to fill the deficiency in 
 the quota of said town under the last 
 call of the President for 200,000 men 
 with volunteers obtained at an ex- 
 pense to said town of $300 before 
 
 the 12th day of June, 1864. Then 
 and in that case the Supervisor of 
 said town of Cohocton may and shall 
 pay to the Collector of Internal 
 Revenue in and for this district the 
 sum of $300 of the money provided 
 for volunteer bounty for each and 
 every person for which there shall be 
 a deficiency under said quota for the 
 procuration of a volunteer or substi- 
 tute." 
 
 Signed, 
 
 David H. Wilcox, Supervisor. 
 James F. Wood, 
 Thomas S. Crosby, 
 
 Justices. 
 E. S. Carpenter, 
 
 Town Clerk. 
 
 The Board of Supervisors on July 
 29, 1864, passed another resolution 
 to pay $200 additional which the 
 town, at a special meeting, held on 
 August 3, 1864, adopted for Cohoc- 
 ton, for, 105; 19 against. 
 
 The fourth special town meeting 
 held that year was August 23, 1864, 
 to ratify the resolution of the Board 
 of Supervisors held August 17, 1864, 
 authorizing an additional bounty of 
 $100 to all volunteers credited to the 
 town under the last call of the Presi- 
 dent for 500,000 more men made 
 July 18, 1864. For, 62; against, 6. 
 
 The fifth special town meeting was 
 held September 18, 1864, on the fol- 
 lowing: 
 
 "Resolved, that the Board of said 
 town be authorized to issue the 
 bonds of said town bearing annual 
 interest to pay said bounties this day 
 provided for volunteers and the 
 bonds issued by the Town Board be 
 divided into three classes. The first 
 class to be made payable on the 1st 
 day of February, 1865; 2d class on 
 the 1st day of February, 1866; the 
 3d class on the 1st day of February, 
 1867. 
 
 "Resolved, that the town of Co- 
 hocton shall raise by tax the sum of 
 
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six thousand ($6000) for each 
 man who shall volunteer under the 
 last call of the President for 500,- 
 000 more men made July 18,1864, to 
 fill the said quota of the said town of 
 Cohocton, N. Y.. being ($1000) one 
 thousand dollars each." 
 
 I give these resolutions as written 
 in the town records, although it 
 looks as if the first should be last 
 and the second be first. They were 
 the only ones voted down during 
 the bounty question actions. For, 
 147; against, 155. 
 
 The sixth special town meeting for 
 1864, was held September 19, 1864. 
 The whole number of votes given for 
 and against the bounty as per reso- 
 lutions offered and public notice, viz- 
 
 To vote for or against a bounty 
 to each person who shall or has vol- 
 unteered into the military service of 
 the United States to the credit of the 
 town of Cohocton under the call of 
 the President for 500,000 more men 
 made July 18, 1864, as follows: 
 
 Five hundred dollars to each per- 
 son who shall have volunteered on 
 and after the 1st day of September, 
 186 4, and $200 to each person who 
 volunteered as aforesaid previous to 
 the 1st day of September, 18 64, 
 which $500 may be used by any per 
 son to procure a substitue to the 
 credit of said town, all of which said 
 bounty shall be in addition to all 
 bounties now provided, but no more 
 bounties than that already provided 
 to be paid to volunteers who entered 
 previous to September 1, 1864, un- 
 less the quota of the town was 375. 
 For, 229; against, 146. 
 
 At a meeting of the Town Board 
 of Cohocton, September 24, 1864: 
 
 "Resolved, that the Supervisor of 
 the town of Cohocton, N. Y., have 
 discretionary power of apropriating 
 a sufficient sum of money for the re- 
 lief of the families of volunteers who 
 are credited tq the town of Cohocton 
 
 and are now in the service of the 
 United States of America, to supply 
 their present pressing wants accord- 
 ing to the provisions of chapter 8 of 
 Lav;s of New York passed February 
 9, 1S64. 
 
 D. H. Wilcox, Supervisor. 
 W. W. Waite, 
 Thomas S. Crosby, 
 James F. Wood, 
 Justices of the Peace. 
 E. S. Carpenter, 
 
 Town Clerk. 
 Thus it will be seen that the town 
 met these trying times with a spirit 
 of liberality and encouragement. So 
 the town, bravely passed one of the 
 trying years of its history. Names of 
 those who enlisted given at close of 
 history. About 230 went out from 
 this town. 
 
 THE VILLAGE 
 Cohocton has but one incorporated 
 village within its limits at the pres- 
 ent time. Atlanta and North Cohoc- 
 ton are both thriving settlements 
 in the northern part of the town. 
 
 At a meeting held at the law office 
 of Orange S. Searl, Tuesday evening, 
 March 24, 1891, for the purpose of 
 taking action on the incorporation of 
 the village of Cohocton, Stephen D. 
 Shattuck was chosen chairman, and 
 Andrew E. Shults, secretary. On 
 motion the following committee was 
 appointed to make a survey and map 
 or territory intended to be included 
 in the incorporation: 
 
 J. L. Barthelme, James Fox, 
 Henry Maichle, James M. Reynolds, 
 Hiram Wygant, W. J. Shults, Valen- 
 tine Graser, only one of whom, 
 Henry Maichle, is residing here. All 
 others dead. 
 
 At a meeting held April 9, 1891, 
 the committee on survey and map 
 reported. Report accepted and com- 
 mittee discharged. The following 
 were appointed on census and to 
 have map and census posted as re- 
 
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quired by law, and also to issue the 
 proper notice to the voters on the 
 proposed incorporation: 
 
 John F. Shults, John T. Lichius, 
 J. M. Reynolds, W. W. Jackson, 
 James Fox, W. J. Shults and Chas. 
 Wilder. 
 
 This committee reported, making 
 notice and call for election to be held 
 in rooms over the Fox drug store, 
 now back of M. A. McDowell's law 
 office, on Tuesday, the 14th day of 
 July, 1891, between the hours of 10 
 a. m. and 3 p. m., to determine 
 whether the proposed territory shall 
 be incorporated and be the village 
 corporation of Cohocton. This was 
 signed by thirty-two different citi- 
 zens within the proposed territory. 
 According, on July 14, 1891, the 
 election was held, Albert H. Wilcox, 
 Supervisor of the town, and Chas. E. 
 Crosby, Town Clerk of the town, act- 
 ing as inspectors of election. The 
 whole number of votes case was 230. 
 For corporation 141; against, 89, be- 
 ing a majority of 52 for incorpora- 
 tion. 
 
 The first village election was 
 held August 18, 18 91, and the offi- 
 cers elected were: James M. Rey- 
 nolds, President; James Fox, An- 
 drew E. Shults, Frank T. Baker, 
 Trustees. 
 
 William B. Adair, Treasurer. 
 
 Charles W. Godfrey, Collecctor. 
 
 The Board appointed Dr. Ira L. 
 Goff, Clerk. 
 
 John T. Lichius, Street Commis- 
 sioner; William H. Adair and Henry 
 C. Hart, Police Constables. 
 
 The water tax was voted Septem- 
 ber 7, 1893. Bonds for $22,500 
 were issued and the water system 
 was laid in the fall of 1893, by Sykes 
 Brothers of Buffalo. The tax for the 
 Engine House and Lockup was voted 
 and the building was built in the 
 winter of 1893-18 94. 
 
 The Presidents, Trustees and 
 
 Clerks since incorporation have been 
 as follows: 
 
 1891-1892, President, James M. 
 Reynolds; Trustees, James Fox, An- 
 drew E. Shults, Frank T. Baker; 
 Clerk, Dr. Ira L. Goff. 
 
 1893, Andrew E. Shults, Presi- 
 dent; Trustees, W. W. Jackson, one 
 year; Theodore R. Harris, two years, 
 Charles Oliver, two years; Clerk, Dr. 
 Ira L. Goff. 
 
 1894, William E. Adair, President; 
 Jacob L. Barthelme, Trustee; Dr. Ira 
 L. Goff, Clerk. 
 
 1895, William E, Adair, Presi- 
 dent; Thomas B. Fowler and Web- 
 ster Edmunds, Trustees; Dr. Ira L. 
 Goff, Clerk. 
 
 1896, C. W. Stanton, President; 
 Ard O. Dewey, Trustee; J. Leonard 
 Waugh, Clerk. 
 
 1897, Peter J. Rocker, President; 
 E. B. Slayton, W. J. Becker, Trus- 
 tees; Edwin S. Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1898, Peter J. Rocker, President; 
 
 E. B. Slayton, Henry Finch, Trus- 
 tees; Edwin S. Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1899-1900, Peter J. Rocker, Presi- 
 dent, E. B. Slayton, Henry Finch, 
 Trustees; Edwin S. Brown, Clerk. 
 
 19 01, Manley A. McDowell, Presi- 
 dent; E. B. Slayton, C. J. Mehlen- 
 bacher, Trustees; Webster Ed- 
 munds, Clerk. 
 
 1902, Andrew E. Shults, Presi- 
 dent; F. A. Tobias, Trustee; Edwin 
 S. Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1903, George E. Wagner, re- 
 signed, C. W. Stanton, President; 
 J. L. Barthelme, Trustee; Edwin S. 
 Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1904, C. W. Stanton, President; 
 C. C. Newcomb, Trustee; Edwin S. 
 Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1905, A. C. Westfall, President; 
 
 F. W. Snyder, Trustee; Edwin S. 
 Brown, Cle"k. 
 
 19 6, A. C. Westfall, President; 
 F. W. Snyder, Trustee; Edwin S. 
 Brown, Clerk. , 
 
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1907. Fred W. Snyder, President; 
 C. C. Newcomb, Manley A. McDowell, 
 Trustees; Edwin S. Brown, Clerk. 
 
 1908-1909, Fred W. Snyder, Presi- 
 dent; C. C. Newcomb. Manley A. 
 McDowell, Trustees; M. E. Weld, 
 Clerk. 
 
 1910, Andrew L. Shults, Presi- 
 dent; Manley A. McDowell, S. D. 
 Parmenter, Trustees; A. McWatters, 
 Clerk. 
 
 THE PRESS 
 
 In January, 1861, William Wirt 
 Warner with Laura E. Weld as as- 
 sociate editor, started a little paper 
 called the Cohocton Journal. It was 
 published for three months, so its 
 valedictory says. As Mr. Warner 
 took leave on closing out, he soon 
 after went west. This paper was 
 published on the present (McDowell) 
 Zeh farm. 
 
 Nothing further was done until in 
 April, 1870, when H. B. Newell start- 
 ed a paper at Cohocton called the 
 Cohocton Advertiser, so the paper 
 says. Histories say Herald. 
 
 A short time after he sold to 
 James C. Hewitt and the name was 
 changed to the Cohocton Tribune. 
 
 May 29, 187 3, William A. Carpen- 
 ter, when but 15 years old, son of 
 Ezra S. Carpenter, commenced the 
 publication of the Cohocton Times at 
 North Cohocton. In 18 74, he moved 
 to Cohocton, having purchased the 
 good will and material of the Cohoc- 
 ton Tribune of Mr. Hewitt, and the 
 paper became the Cohocon Vallej 
 Times — Carpenter and Fenton then 
 proprietors. This was purchased in 
 187 8, by Edgar A. Higgins, who, in 
 1889, sold to Stephen D. Shattuck. 
 who continued its publication until 
 his death, August, 1901. It was car- 
 ried on by his daughter, Mrs. Emma 
 G. Searl, until October, 1902. 
 
 The Atlanta News was founded at 
 Atlanta July 4, 1892, by Hyatt C 
 Hatch, who i^i October, 1892, sold to 
 
 V. L. and M. R. Tripp, and the name 
 changed to the Index. 
 
 In 1893, it was moved to Cohocton 
 and continued unil October, 1902, 
 Avhen V. L. Tripp, the firm having 
 bean dissolved, purchased the good 
 will and material of the Cohocton 
 Valley Times of Mrs. Searl, moved it 
 to his office in the Slayton Block and 
 has since continued its publication, 
 under the name of The Cohocton 
 Times-Index. In 1905, it was mov- 
 ed to the "Beehive" building built 
 about 1828, by Paul C. Cook, which 
 has an eventful history — now^ owned 
 by V. L. Tripp. 
 
 Once the western border of the 
 park, where in early days, took place 
 the early training. This park in- 
 cluded all the land east of the "Bee- 
 hive", and to the corner and down 
 South Main street to the Parmenter 
 reoidence. In this building. Liberty 
 Lodge, No. 510, was organized and 
 held its meetings from April, 1861 to 
 1872, eleven years. Prom this old 
 building now go forth items of joy 
 and sorrow, marriage and death. 
 Some of your good deeds, possibly 
 some of your bad. 
 
 Benj. A. Osborne in July, 18 97, 
 started the Steuben Times at Atlan- 
 ta. The 2 9th number was issued 
 P"'ebruary 11, 1898, and the office was 
 within a few days destroyed by fire, 
 and the good will and list purchased 
 by V. L. Tripp. 
 THE CIVIL LIST OF COHOCTON 
 
 Paul C. Cook, Member of Assem- 
 bly, 1827-1837. 
 
 Richard Brower, Member of As- 
 sembly, 1840. 
 
 Stephen D. Shattuck, Member of 
 Assembly, 1873-1.8 74. 
 
 Orange S. Searl, Member of As- 
 sembly, 1881-1882. 
 
 Hyatt C. Hatch, Member of Assem- 
 bly, 1898-1901. 
 
 Ira L. Goff, Coroner, 1880-1882. 
 
 Edgar A. Higgins, School Com- 
 
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missioner, 1882-1884. 
 
 Louis H. Barnum, School Commis- 
 sioner, 1885-1887. 
 
 George H. Guinnip, School Com- 
 missioner, 1876-1881, but he was not 
 a resident of the town at the time. 
 CHURCHES 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
 
 It was not until 1807, that we 
 have any record — that a sermon was 
 preached in the town of Cohocton or 
 in any of its present or former limits. 
 In that year Elijah Parker and 
 Stephen Crawford, New England 
 Congregationalists, came into town 
 with their families and at once laid 
 plans for religious services. 
 
 In 1808, the inhabitants met to- 
 gether and appointed Elijah Parker 
 and Stephen Crawford to lead in 
 public meeting. 
 
 In May, 1809, these few Christians 
 were visited by Rev. Aaron C. Collins 
 when about ten persons professed to 
 join in church fellowship and in 
 June they were visited by Rev. Abi- 
 gal Warren with whom they agreed, 
 he should preach for them and labor 
 among them for the period of one 
 year. The number was tlieu twen- 
 ty-five. 
 
 On October 8, 1809, they were or- 
 ganized into the First Congregation- 
 al church of Cohocton. 
 
 The original nine members were: 
 
 John Slack, Jerusha Slack, Martha 
 Parker, Elijah Parker, Mehitable 
 Parker, Stephen Crawfotd, Ruth 
 Crawford, Obadiah Woodward, Sybil 
 Woodward 
 
 Elijah Parker was elected the first 
 Deacon. 
 
 Horace Fowler, father of the 
 Fowler Brothers, Phrenologists came 
 in 1810, and was made a Deacon in 
 1816. 
 
 There was no church edifice for 
 about twenty years. The school 
 house and the residences of Horace 
 Fowler, and Stephen Crawford, Hor- 
 
 ace Fowler's most of the time, which 
 was on the grounds where the pres- 
 ent residence of Charles Larrowe is, 
 was used. 
 
 The officiating ministers of that 
 period included Rev. Robert Hub- 
 bard, Rev. Aaron C. Collins, Rev. 
 Joseph Crawford, 1823-1829, Rev. 
 Stephen Clancy, 1830, Rev. Lucius 
 W. Billington. 
 
 Pardon a digression, but Rev. 
 John Niles of Bath, Rev. David Hig- 
 gins of Bath, Rev. James H. Hotch- 
 kin of Prattsburg, Rev. Robert Hub- 
 bard of Angelica, the pinoeers of 
 Steuben and Allegany counties, all 
 began their ministry in the Con- 
 gregational church. Prattsburg 
 church v/as organized as a Congrega- 
 tional church in 1804. Bath church 
 in 1806, as a Congregational church. 
 The third oldest church, Cohocton, 
 was as I have said, organized as a 
 Congregational church, was received 
 into Bath Presbytery in 1820, on the 
 accommodating plan and did not be- 
 come thoroughly Presbyterian until 
 18 50. Some say it nearly went 
 back later, but since reorganization 
 in 1870, has had no weak knees. 
 
 Horace Fowler and Constant Cook 
 in 1829, were elected trustees and a 
 church built on lands of Horace 
 Fowler, just south of the present 
 residence of Samuel Hecox on South 
 Main street. 
 
 This building was dedicated as a 
 house of worship, February 3, 1830. 
 Sermon by Rev. Robert Hubbard 
 from Haggar 2-9. He was for many 
 years, 1812-1826, pastor at Angelica 
 and Almond, but his parish was the 
 whole of Allegany and western por- 
 tion of Steuben counties. 
 
 The church was, as I have remark- 
 ed, under union plan Congregational 
 in government, yet reporting to Pres- 
 bytery. 
 
 From 1832 to 1868, were rather 
 discouraging years for the church. 
 
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From 1833 to 1850, the records 
 were lost or more probably never 
 written. 
 
 But I am able to say that Rev. 
 Stalham Clary supplied for a while. 
 Rev. Asa Adams, who afterwards left 
 the ministry from 1846 to 1851. 
 Rev. Joseph Strough 1851, until his 
 death, 1854. Rev. W. L. Andrews 
 from February, 1855 to January 
 1856. 
 
 The following also served as 
 ministers in the Presbyterian 
 church: 
 
 Rev. A. T. Wood from January, 
 1856 to October 1857; Rev. J. Wood- 
 worth from January 1858 to May 
 1860. From 1861 to 1871, the pul- 
 pit was supplied by Rev. M. B. Gels- 
 ton, now dead. 
 
 The Society, about the time the 
 church was built, built and owned a 
 manse, which was sold to M. S. Har- 
 ris in 1865, occupied many years by 
 Mrs. Ann Polmanteer, and is now 
 owned by George C. Rocker. In 
 1870, the Society sold the church 
 building which stood on South Main 
 street to Frank Draper who sold it to 
 Albertus Larrowe, who moved it 
 down South Main street lower end 
 and converted it into a dwelling 
 house and it was so used for a while 
 and burned in 1886. 
 
 In 1850, the church became fully 
 Prsbyterian and elected Abram 
 Waugh, Dennis Connor and Abram 
 Terry, Elders. 
 
 In 1853 it got uneasy and swung 
 back to Congregationalism, but this 
 did not suit, and October 21, 1854, it 
 finally settled down under the Pres- 
 byterian form of government and re- 
 elected Abram Waugh, and also 
 elected Alfred Ingraham and Alfred 
 Slack, Elders, and Calvin Blood and 
 Austin H. Bacon, Deacons. 
 
 Now comes the erection of the 
 present church edifice on the corner 
 of Maple Avenue and Church Street, 
 
 mainly through the efforts of the 
 Ladies' Society and to funds received 
 from the sale of the old property. 
 
 This then new church was dedicat- 
 ed at 10 a. m., November 14, 1872. 
 Sermon by Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Knox, 
 pastor of the First Presbyterian 
 church of Elmira. In the afternoon 
 of that day, Rev. Charles B. Austin 
 was installed the first regular pastor 
 of the church. Sermon by Rev. W. A. 
 Niles of Hornellsville. February 27, 
 1876, Mr. Austin preached his fare- 
 well sermon and soon after moved 
 to New York Mills where he had ac- 
 cepted a call to be pastor. 
 
 Various supplies officiated until 
 September 1, 1878, when Rev. John 
 Waugh entered upon his labors and 
 upon November 8, 1878, was in- 
 stalled the second pastor of the 
 church and has by far the longest 
 record as pastor in its history. He 
 closd his labors September 18 93, 
 having celebrated the 50th anniver- 
 sary of his ministry here in July, 
 1890. 
 
 He was followed October 1, 18 93, 
 by Rev. Frank S. Swan, who was 
 not installed pastor, but served the 
 church faithfully until January 26, 
 1902, when he accepted a call to Al- 
 mond. Rev. J. Forbes Robinson 
 commenced his labors here the next 
 Sabbath, February 2, 1902, and was 
 installed as the third pastor Feby. 
 25, 1902j^ 
 
 Sermon by Rev. Arthur J. Waugh 
 of Phelps. Mr. Robinson closed his 
 pastorate November 20, 1904, and 
 moved to Hamburg. Rev. Samuel W. 
 Pratt became the supply of the pulpit 
 November 27, 1904, and continued 
 until July 30, 1906. 
 
 Rev. E. George Sarkeys became 
 stated supply September 9, 1906, and 
 continued until July, 1907, when he 
 returned to Tripoli, Syria. 
 
 In November, 1907, Mr. Robinson 
 
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having moved back to Cohocton be- 
 came the supply. 
 
 Rev. W. Francis Berger commenc- 
 ed his pastorate September 5 1909, 
 and was installed the fourth pastor 
 October 19, 1909. 
 
 The present manse was built in 
 1879, mainly through the efforts of 
 Thomas Warner and Mrs. Mary 
 Rosenkrans. It has a fine location on 
 North Main street and is a large 
 commodious house. 
 
 In 1895, mainly through the ef- 
 forts of Edgar A. Higgins, a fine 
 chapel was built on the south end of 
 the church. A fine piano and fur- 
 niture purchased. 
 
 Besides Elijah Parker and Horace 
 Fowler, the following were Deacons 
 under the Congregational domain, 
 Stephen Crawford, Allen Haight, 
 Calvin Blood and Alphonso Bacon. 
 
 Besides Abram Waugh, Dennis 
 Connor, Abram Terry, Alfred In- 
 graham, Alexander A. Slack, Elders. 
 Since then he Elders under the Pres- 
 byterian domain and year of election 
 have been: 1855, Calvin Blood; 
 1856, Calvin V. K. Woodworth; 
 1859, Charles W. Bronson and Mel- 
 vin H. Davis; 1864, Austin H. Ba- 
 con; 18G9, Phillip C. Hoag; 1881, 
 Samuel F. Woodworth, and Dr. 
 Thomas B. Fowler; 1879, Clifford M. 
 Crouch and Samuel J. Depew; 1902, 
 Edwin S. Brown and J. Leonard 
 Waugh; 19 08, W. Healy Clark and 
 Bert C. Brown. 
 
 1856-1858, J Woodworth. 
 
 1S60-1S69, M. B. Gelston, Naples 
 supply. 
 
 November, 18 72 to February, 
 187 6, Charles B. Austin, first pastor. 
 July 1878 to September 1893, Rev. 
 John Waugh, second pastor. 
 
 October 1893 to January, 19 02, 
 Rev. Frank S. Swan. 
 
 January, 1902, to November, 1904, 
 Rev. Jay Forbes Robinson, third pas- 
 tor. 
 
 November, 1904 to July, 1906, 
 Rev. Samul W. Pratt. 
 
 Septmber, 1906 to July, 1907, 
 Rev. George E. Sarkeys. 
 
 November, 1907 to July 1909, Rev. 
 Jay Forbes Robinson. 
 
 Septmeber, 1909 to May, 1912, 
 Rev. Francis Berger, fourth pastor. 
 
 September, 1912, Rev. S. Horace 
 Beshgetour, fifth pastor. 
 
 To 1825, the supplies were: Rev. 
 H. C. Collins, Daniel Nash, Enoch 
 Whipple, Mr Ransom, William 
 Stone, Noah Smith, Joseph Craw- 
 ford, Stalham Carey. 
 
 To 1830: Lucius W. Billington, 
 Jeremiah Pomeroy, James H. Hotch- 
 kin, Sidney S. Brown. 
 
 Records lost from 1835 to 1850. 
 1843 to 1847, Stalham Carey, sup- 
 plied. 
 
 1850 to 1856, Joseph Strough 
 1854 to 1856, Rev. A. T. Wood. 
 A Ladies' Missionary Society was 
 organized in 1878 with Mrs John 
 Waugh, President; Mrs. M. W. Har- 
 ris, Vice President; Mrs. Thomas 
 Warner, Secretary; Mrs. Dr. Sax- 
 ton, Treasurer. 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society has been 
 a strong factor in the work of the 
 church and many dollars and many 
 improvements have found their way 
 into its v/ork. 
 
 The new church, the extensive re- 
 pairs of 1889, when the hard wood 
 finish was put on the inside of the 
 j building, and plastered walls, a thing 
 of the past, the two former carpets, 
 I the present one being the gift of Mr. 
 I and Mrs. W. H. Clark are part of 
 i their willing efforts. 
 I I regret to say that forgetting the 
 I coming of histories, the minutes 
 i that were kept of the early Mission- 
 I ary Society and the Ladies' Aid were 
 consigned to the flames at hous- 
 ' cleaning time and up went in smoke 
 j the records and name of many a 
 I faithful worker and clearer of debt. 
 
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THE METHODIST EPtSCOFAL 
 CHURCH, COHOCTON 
 
 (Facts by Rev. R. E. Brettle) 
 
 The Methodist Itinerent must have 
 appeared ia Cohoctou at an early 
 date, though we have no definite 
 record of the first service held by 
 them in this place. 
 
 Some of the earlier services were 
 held by them in a barn on Lavreace 
 VanWormr's place (now J. D. Flint 
 farm). By 1S29, a class of eighteen 
 members was formed and on Feby 
 24, 1S29, the Society was legally in- 
 corporated. Cyi .:3 Strong and Syl- 
 vanus Calkins presided at the 
 meeting at which the following 
 were elected trustees: David Lusk, 
 Isaac S. Kidder, Ebenezer Connor, 
 Paul C. Cook and Cornelius Crouch. 
 
 In 1830, a subscription was cir- 
 culated for funds with which to 
 build a church. The subscriptions 
 were made, it seems with the condi- 
 tion that "Said meeting house if 
 built is to be free for all authorized 
 preachers of the gospel to preach in 
 when not wanted, to be occupied by 
 the Methodist Society." 
 
 The deed of the church lot is to 
 the trustees of the First Methodist 
 Episcopal church society of the town 
 of" Cohocton and their successors in 
 oflfice and to no others. 
 
 Evidently the lot was not bought 
 subject to the conditions under 
 which the funds to build the church 
 were collected. 
 
 The meetings of the young society 
 were held chiefly at the home of Ca- 
 leb Crouch (on present Warner 
 hous lot), until the completion of the 
 church some time in 1831, probably 
 the new house of worship was dedi- 
 cated on March 10, 1832. Rev. 
 Samuel Bibbins presided at the first 
 annual meeting, which is recorded 
 after incorporation. He is the first 
 minister mentioned in the local 
 
 records which are somewhat frag- 
 mentary. 
 
 The first annual meeting recorded 
 as held in the meeting house was 
 held April 26, 1836, Paul C. Cook 
 presiding. 
 
 From 1839 to 1845, there are no 
 records of annual meetings, though 
 doubtless, the society continued to 
 exist through this period. A reor- 
 ganization was effected January 13, 
 1845. 
 
 Until 1873, the society was a part 
 of the "Cohocton charge", which in- 
 cluded as late as 1871, three other 
 churches, the North Cohocton church 
 being among the number. 
 
 In 1873, a change was made and 
 this church was set apart by itself 
 and called "Liberty charge" to v/hich 
 the society at Loon Lake was at- 
 tached as an out appointment. This 
 arrangement remained in force until 
 1877, when Wallace was substituted 
 for Loon Lake. 
 
 A change was again made in 187S 
 and the present arrrangement went 
 into effect, Lent Hill church takes 
 the place oi: Wallace. 
 
 Among the earlier pastors, the? 
 name of Father Story is mentioned. 
 We also find that Revs. Beers, 
 Parker, Mandaville, Curtis, Knapp 
 and Spinks prior to 1871. 
 
 The following is a complete list 
 of the pastors who have served this 
 charge and dates of their incum- 
 bency prior to 1871. The dates read 
 from October to October of years 
 mentioned. 
 
 J. B. Countryman, 1871-1872. 
 
 Henry Vosburg, 1872-1874. 
 
 William Wardell, 1874-1875 
 
 Daniel W. Gates, 1875-1878. 
 
 Andrew Purdy, 1878-1881. 
 
 Henry Vosburg, 1881-1882. 
 
 James D. Requa, 1882-1883. 
 
 E. G. W. Hall, 1883-1885 
 . James B. Peck, 1885-1886. 
 
 Homer B. Mason, 1886-1888. 
 
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George S. Spencer, 1888-1891. 
 Benjamin F. Hitchcock, 1891-1894. 
 
 Thomas F. Parker, 1894-1895. 
 
 Carlos G. Lowell, 1895-1896. 
 
 Andrew W. Decker, 189 6-1897. 
 
 Thomas C. Bell, 1897-1898. 
 
 Harvy J. Owen, 1898-1900. 
 
 Chas. R. Morrow, 1900-1902. 
 
 Robert E. Brettle, 1902-1905. 
 
 John W. Torkington, 1905-1908. 
 
 lira K. Libby, 1908-1909. 
 
 Rev. E. A. Anderson, 1909-1910. 
 
 Rev. F. H. Dickerson, 1910-1911. 
 
 Rev. D. L. Pitts, 1911-1912 
 
 Rev. Chas. Collins, 1912-1913. 
 
 Rev. Wm. T. Harrington, 1913. 
 
 The church edifice was remodeled 
 and enlarged in 1872, at a cost of 
 $2,000. The year previous about 15 
 rods of land had been purchased 
 north of the old church to furnish 
 room for additional sheds. 
 
 Some eighteen years ago the Socie- 
 ty purchased of John B. Wirth his 
 new house on Wheeler street for a 
 parsonage and it has since been oc- 
 cupied as such. 
 
 During the spring of 1905, the last 
 
 remaining debt upon that building 
 
 had been paid, funds being raised 
 
 therefor, by the Ladies' Aid Society, 
 
 Epworth League and by subscription, 
 
 and the Society now rejoices in a 
 
 free elegant home for its pastor. 
 
 LADIES' AID OF THE M. E. 
 
 CHURCH 
 
 (By Mrs. C. W. Stanton) 
 
 Fifty years ago this Society was 
 organized, 1854. Its original fea- 
 tures, objects and aims, can perhaps 
 be best renewed by quoting from our 
 book of records some of its rules and 
 proceedings which were made and 
 recorded at the time. Upon the first 
 pages we find as follows: 
 
 "At a meeting v/hich was called 
 for purpose of organizing a benev- 
 olent Society, Rev. John Knapp was 
 appointed chairman of the meeting 
 and V. VanWormer, Secretary. 
 
 The meeting moved and voted that 
 the Society should be named the 
 Female Benevolent Circle of the 
 M. E. church at Liberty. 
 
 The Circle moved and voted that 
 the regular meetings be held once a 
 month. 
 
 Voted by the Circle that the 
 gentleman should pay one shilling 
 {i2y2 cents) and the ladies should 
 pay six pense at each meeting, and 
 the meetings should be opened by 
 prayer. 
 
 The Circle voted that the annual 
 contributions of each member be 
 two shillings. Voted that the chair- 
 man appoint a committee to draft 
 a constitution, and Rev. J. Knapp, 
 A. M. Spooner, Mary E. Spooner and 
 Julia Barton were appointed such 
 committee." 
 
 The meeting adjourned to Decem- 
 ber 16, 18 5 4. Pursuant to adjourn- 
 ment the Circle met and adopted 
 the constitution and by-laws and 
 the following officers were elected: 
 
 President, Susan M. Draper. 
 Vice President, Lucretia Rathbone. 
 
 Secretary, Julia A. Barton. 
 Treasurer, Mrs. Anna VanWormer. 
 
 Managers, M. E. Spooner, H. M. 
 Spooner, Ann M. Wheeler, Cynthia 
 Hagadorn, Anna VanWormer and 
 Minerva Huff. 
 
 It was voted that the first regular 
 meeting of the Circle be on the first 
 Tuesday in January, 1855, at V. 
 VanWormer's. Received in cash $7. 
 
 The names of the original mem- 
 bers were: Rev. J. Knapp, Mrs. J. 
 Knapp, Valentine VanWormer, Mrs. 
 (V) Anna VanWormer, Mrs. 
 (James) Susan Draper, Melissa El- 
 dred, Mrs. Huff, Mrs. Whiting, Hes- 
 ter Peck, Ann VanWormer, after- 
 wards Mrs. Polmanteer, Julia A.Bar- 
 ton, afterwards Mrs. Rathbone, 
 Cynthia Hagadorn, Mrs. Ann M. 
 Wheeler (Mrs. N. J.), Evelyn Hall, 
 afterwards Mrs. Hendryx, Lucretia 
 
 43 
 
Rathbone, Mrs. VanHouten, James 
 Farnsworth, N. J. Wheeler, Zilphia 
 VanWormer (Mrs. Mattison of 
 Michigan), Edwin A. Draper, T. 
 Hoag, James H. Barton, Wallace 
 Hendryx, S. H. Hagadorn, Hubbard 
 S. Rathbun, B. S. Johnson, Stillman 
 Fisher, Chas. Hagadorn, A. M. 
 Spooner, Mrs. A. M. Spooner, Char- 
 lotte Hendryx, Helen M. Davis (Mrs. 
 Rosenkrans of Wayland), Adella 
 Spooner (now Mrs. Way), A. J. 
 Brown, J. D. Hendryx, Helen Rath- 
 bone (Mrs. Higgins), L. D. Connor, 
 Daniel Ward, Luther Eldred, J. F. 
 Edmunds, Thom.. ^ Narcomb, Mary 
 Horr, Mrs. Myers, Wm. St. John, Jas. 
 Draper, Austin Hall, Ann W. Chase. 
 
 Thus you see that during the 50 
 years that have passed away since 
 the Society was organized by far in 
 fact, with three or four exceptions, 
 the original forty-nine, have finished 
 their earthly course and gone home 
 to their reward, and of five now liv- 
 ing, only two are members now. 
 
 The name Female Benevolent 
 Society was changed to the Ladies' 
 Aid Society on November 19th, 1867. 
 The constitution and by-laws which 
 were reported and adopted at that 
 time is not only a good business 
 document, but also bases the Society 
 on benevolence and doing good. 
 
 Those laws of our predecessors did 
 not, however, encourage excessive 
 luxury, but strictly prohibited the 
 furnishing of tea and coffee or of 
 more than one kind of cake at the 
 refreshment tables. 
 
 But the changes and experiences of 
 latter years have tended to some- 
 what modify the severity of this 
 provision and it is no longer enforc- 
 ed. 
 
 One of the other wise provisions 
 laid down in these original laws 
 obligates all members to respect each 
 other's characters and feelings in our 
 words and conduct both in the Circle 
 
 and out of it. 
 
 As this is a female Society it is of 
 course, unnecessary to say that this 
 particular rule has always been 
 stictly observed. 
 
 Although so few of our original 
 members now remain, yet the va- 
 cancies caused by death and change 
 of residence, have been filled by new 
 residents and new recruits and our 
 membership has always been kept 
 up, and has not been confined to any 
 creed. 
 
 Some other sections of our origi- 
 nal by-laws directed that the meet- 
 ings continue from seven until ten 
 o'clock p. m., and that the leading 
 object shall be to promote as far as 
 possible the cause of benevolence at 
 home and abroad. The meetings 
 have been habitually attended by 
 persons of all ages, and all forms of 
 religious belief, and as one active 
 worker after another has disap- 
 peared from our midst, others have 
 grown up or come among us to take 
 their places. As a result of their 
 labors, $6127.3 7 has been raised and 
 has been expended in doing good. 
 
 According to the dictates of jus- 
 tice, prosperity and benevolence, and 
 it has been from the friends of the 
 Society and the labors of its mem- 
 bers, that the rents have been met, 
 the church building furnished and 
 our treasury has often proved the 
 reserve fund from which many a 
 serious difficulty in the way of the 
 church has been tided over. 
 
 The ladies have always given their 
 labors and supplied refreshments 
 with bountiful hands. The Society 
 has always been social in its charac- 
 ter, and many and long are the 
 friendships which have grown up 
 and been maintained in and through 
 its influence. Many children and 
 young people have formed and re- 
 tained good habits for life through 
 its influences. 
 
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In receiving and reviewing the 
 situation and the work which has 
 been accomplished we become more 
 fairly convinced that the origina- 
 tors of this Society, "Builded better 
 then than they knew". Now let us 
 brethren and sisters, to continue and 
 perpetuate the good work already 
 so well begun that when another 
 hfty years have passed and when so 
 few shall be there in attendance, the 
 remembrance of many pleasant and 
 profitable works, associations and in- 
 fluences through the intervening 
 years will call together many people 
 who will thank us as we, now thank 
 those who have gone before us and 
 show that our labors have continu- 
 ed to bear good fruit. 
 
 E. V. S. 
 THE M. E. CHURCH, LENT HILL 
 
 In 1831, a class was organized 
 which resulted in the formation of a 
 Society known as the First 'Jnion 
 Society of Cohocton and PraLtjburg. 
 For a time they worshipped in a log 
 school house that stood on the cor- 
 ner nearly opposite the present 
 church building, which was erected 
 in 183 4. Its first trustees were: 
 Philip Hatch, Hiram Ketch, Darius 
 Field, Robert Stanton, E. Holcomb 
 and J. D. Smith, with Hiram Ketch 
 as class leader. 
 
 This charge for a time belonged 
 to the Cohocton charge which then 
 iu'jluded North Cohocton, Cohocton. 
 Lent Hill and Loon Lake churches. 
 
 In 18 73, the Lent Hill church was 
 attached to the North Cohocton 
 charge. Up to 1878, since which time 
 it has belonged to the Cohocton 
 charge, and regular services are held 
 there each Sabbath under the charge 
 of the Cohocton pastor at two p. m. 
 At other hours on the Sabbath day 
 there is preaching of the Wesleyan 
 and at times others from different 
 denominations. 
 
 The Society has a fair church 
 
 building on a sightly place on Lent 
 
 Hill. 
 
 ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH 
 
 The original members of St. Paul's 
 Lutheran church formerly belonged 
 to the Lutheran church at Perkins- 
 ville. On account of the distance 
 which they had to go to attend wor- 
 ship it was decided to establish a 
 church at Cohocton, which was done 
 in 1860, under the ministry of Rev. 
 Mr. Strobel. 
 
 The original members were Jacob 
 Neu, Theobold Neufang, Franz Sick, 
 Fred Zimmer, Jr., Phillip Sick, 3d. 
 Fred Zimmer, Sr., Adam Neu, Philip 
 Zimmer, Adam Drum, J. A. Schwin- 
 gel, Carl Volz, Peter Ebersold, Fred- 
 erick Neu, Jacob Zimmer, George 
 Wagner, John P. Groff, John Paul, 
 J. N. Drum, Philip Voltz, John Voltz, 
 Jacob Voltz, Carl Fishner, Christian 
 Klein, Frederick Wittig, Christian 
 Drum, Christian Fuchs, George 
 Voltz, John Benschneider, Frederick 
 Land, Jacob Schwitzer, Jacob Sick, 
 Harriet Ebersold, George Voltz, Jr., 
 Jacob Drum, Frederick Kerserman, 
 George Shoultice, John Beechner, 
 Philip Bartz, Philip Sick, 2d. 
 
 The original church building 
 erected in the early history of the 
 church was 30x40. Since then an 
 enlargement of sixteen feet has been 
 added to the rear of the church and 
 but a few years ago extensive im- 
 provements were made. 
 
 In 1869, came a division, a portion 
 of the members going to form Zion's 
 Lutheran church. 
 
 The following ministers have serv- 
 ed the church in the order named: 
 
 Rev, Hascal, Rev. Edward Werner, 
 Rev. M. Dunning, Rev. P. Spindly. 
 
 Rev. Edward Barnam, June 18 69- 
 December 1869. 
 
 Rev. August Weisel March 1870- 
 May 1872. 
 
 Rev. Hin.bler June 187o-Decem- 
 ber 1873. 
 
 45 
 
Rev. Herr January 1874-October 
 1879. 
 
 Rev. E. J. Sander February 1880- 
 May 1886. 
 
 Rev. H. Nauss May 1886- 
 June 1893. 
 
 Rev. J. L. PfeifEer October 189 3- 
 (died) November 189 6. 
 
 Rev. H. Koch August 1896-August 
 1900. 
 
 Rev. W. F. Malte November 1900. 
 
 The church is in a flourishing con- 
 dition and maintains a school taught 
 by the pastor. It has a fine parson- 
 age near the church. 
 
 ZION'S LUTHERAN CHURCH 
 
 This Society was organized in 
 1869, by those who separated from 
 St. Paul's Society that year. 
 
 The church building is a 30x50 
 main, with a school room attached 
 18x30 and stands in the south wes- 
 tern portion of the village. Rev. 
 Beauregard was the first pastor of 
 the Society under whom the church 
 building was erected and dedicated 
 •January 2, 1871. Since then the pas- 
 tors and service have been: 
 
 Rev. Otto Tele 1869-1873. 
 
 Rev. Koemer 1873-1874. 
 
 Rev. Hourlin 1874-1875. 
 
 Rev. Jacob Buckstahler 1875- 
 October 1877. 
 
 Rev. Jacob Steinheizer 1877- 
 1878. 
 
 Rev. Louis Guber December 1878- 
 December 187 9. 
 
 Rev. John Schaefer July 1879-May 
 1880 
 
 Rev. T. H. Becker June 1880-Feb- 
 ruary 1886. 
 
 Rev. J. Roesch May 1886-March 
 1891. 
 
 Rev. Otto P'osselt September 1891- 
 May 1893. 
 
 Rev. W. E. Rommel August 1895- 
 1898. 
 
 Rev. Leo Gross 1898-1900. 
 
 Rev. Josph Rechsteiner October 
 1900-August 1902. 
 
 Rev. Henry Hansen October 1902- 
 March 1908. 
 
 Rev. C. F. Tieman November 
 1908. 
 
 The first officers of the Society 
 were Godfrey Dantz, Chairman; Com- 
 rad Mehlenbacher, David Fleishman, 
 George Bolster, Daniel Sick, Elders; 
 John Fritting, Secretary; Godfrey 
 Fleishman, Treasurer. 
 
 The officers of the church August, 
 1905, were Louis Mehlenbacher, 
 John Strobel, Jacob Harvey, Elders; 
 H. W. Schwingel, Fred Rowe, Chris. 
 Miller, John Schwingel, Fred Pries, 
 Christian Strobel, Trustees; Chris. 
 Miller, Treasurer; Fred Pries, Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 H. W. Schwingel, John Schwingel 
 and Christian Strobel, Collectors. 
 
 The membership at first was 58. It 
 is now over 70. 
 
 The Society has a parsonage near 
 the church. 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society was or- 
 ganized January 8, 1880, by Rev. J. 
 Schaefer with the following officers: 
 
 Mrs. Bergman, President. 
 
 Mrs. George Bolster, Vice Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 Mrs. Strob-3l, Secretary. 
 
 There were twenty-three members, 
 many of whom are dead. At the 
 present time the membersnp is 
 about the same. 
 
 In 1905, the officers were: 
 
 Mrs. Rose Wittig, President. 
 
 Mrs. Christina Radance, Vice 
 President. 
 
 Mrs H. Hansen, Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Pries, Treasurer. 
 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 
 COHOCTON 
 (Mrs. Albert H. Wilcox) 
 
 As to the earliest services held by 
 the Universalist Society, Rev. A. H. 
 Curtis writes: November 25, 1830. 
 as follows: 
 
 "At Cohocton (Liberty Corners) 
 our regular congregations are large 
 
 46 
 
and attentive. I commenced labor- 
 ing among them about the first day 
 of May last. Universalism is a new 
 thing here. I believe that not more 
 than two or three discourses had 
 ever been delivered here by ministers 
 of our faith until the commencement 
 of my labors among them. I think 
 God has lighted a candle here which 
 the people are determined not to 
 conceal under a bushel. A spirit of 
 free inquii'y prevails to a great ex- 
 tent and I firmly believe the time is 
 not far distant when they shall be- 
 come conspicuous as a Christian 
 Society." 
 
 Be it remembered that at a meet- 
 ing of the Universalist Society held 
 at the school house in School District 
 No. 5, in the town of Cohocton on 
 the 28th day of January, 1833, pur- 
 suant to public notice and according 
 to the statute incorporating roMgious 
 societies in such case made ji.n i pro- 
 vided, Caleb Crouch and Peter 
 Haight were duly nominated and 
 elected to preside at such meeting 
 and to certify and return the pro- 
 ceedings therof to the Clerk of said 
 County. 
 
 That at said meeting it v/as unani- 
 mously resolved and agreed that said 
 Society should forever thereafter be 
 known as the First Universalist 
 Society of the town of Cohocton. 
 
 That the following persons were 
 then and there duly elected trustees 
 of said Society, to wit: 
 
 Daniel H. Davis, Br;nona Danks 
 Caleb Crouch, Paul C. Cook, Eleazer 
 Tucker and Levi Smith, and that said 
 trustees and their successors shall 
 forever hereafter be known and 
 called by the name of the Trustees of 
 the First Universalist Sosiety of Co- 
 hocton. In witness whereof we have 
 set our hands and seals the day and 
 year above written. 
 
 Peter Haight. 
 Caleb Crouch, 
 
 They were among the earlier set- 
 tlers of Cohocton and with many 
 more of the most respectable and in- 
 fluential citizens were firm believers 
 in the doctrine of the final salvation 
 of all men. 
 
 Such men as Peter Haight, Levi 
 Smith, Simeon Holmes, Eleazer 
 Tucker, Benjamin Warner, Lucius 
 Shattuck, David Parmenter, John 
 Larrcwe. Darius Crosby and many 
 others were of the class. 
 
 Although they did not organize as 
 a church they often held meetings 
 and had preaching either at their 
 own houses or at some school house 
 in town until after the M. B. church 
 was built by the united efforts of all 
 denominations with the understand- 
 ing that it shoud be free to all. They 
 worshipped there until 1858, when 
 one Sunday afternoon upon going to 
 the church to hold meetings as usual 
 they found themselves shut out, the 
 door being locked, and no one know- 
 ing where the key could be found 
 they had to adjourn their services 
 for this time. This was the begin- 
 ning of the feeling which resulted 
 finally in the building of the First 
 Universalist church of Cohocton. 
 
 A meeting was held September 19, 
 18 59, at which David H. Wilcox was 
 made chairman. At this meeting 
 Franklin Larrowe, Amos W. Chase 
 and David H. Wilcox were elected 
 trustees and a regular church or- 
 ganization formed as required by 
 statute. A subscription was circu- 
 lated and money enough subscribed 
 to warrant the commencement of 
 erecting a church at once. Among 
 the most liberal in giving for this 
 purpose we find such men as John 
 Larrowe and his sons, Franklin and 
 Albertus, F. N. Drake, N. J. Wheeler, 
 u. H. Wilcox, E. A. Parmenter, T. S. 
 Crosby, I. M. Tripp, Benjamin War- 
 ner, A. W. Chase, P.F. Horr, Stephen 
 Philips, John Kellogg, C O. Smith, 
 
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G. E. W. Herbert, L. D. Shattuck, 
 Austin Hall, Israel Hoagland and 
 others. 
 
 The church was commenced in 
 1860, but was not completed until 
 September 1863. It is located on 
 Maple Avenue, is a fine building and 
 cost about $3000. The dedication 
 sermon was preached by Rev. J. M. 
 Austin of Auburn, N Y. Soon after 
 the erection of the church the Socie- 
 ty engaged the services of Rev. J. H. 
 Tuller, who remained with them 
 about two years Then Rev. Mr. 
 Cheney and Rev. O. B. Clark were 
 also settled pastors. But the old 
 church book being lost there is no 
 way of knowing the length of time of 
 their stay, or names of others that 
 held services here after which they 
 had no settled pastor and only oc- 
 casional services until the year 1891, 
 Rev. B. B. Fairchild settled here 
 and remained for three years, the 
 first to settle here on opening the 
 church after being closed for many 
 years. It was his first charge after 
 graduating from the Theological 
 School of the St. Lawrence Universi- 
 ty at Canton, N. Y. He was ordained 
 in this church. Rev. I. M. Atwood 
 preached the ordination sermon from 
 James 5-20. 
 
 A Sunday School was started 
 with a good attendance, also a 
 Young People's Christian Union, and 
 a Ladies' Aid Society, which was a 
 great help to the Society financially. 
 
 In December, 189 3, Rev. Herbert 
 P. Morrell settled here until the year 
 1896. In June 1897, Rev. Charles 
 F.Bushnell was engaged and remain- 
 ed until May 1899. Then after a few 
 months Rev. Isaac K. Richardson 
 was engaged and stayed about three 
 years. 
 
 July 1, 1904, Rev. Clara E. Mor- 
 gan came and was pastor, preaching 
 every other Sabbath evening, when 
 she accepted a call to Perry, N. Y. 
 
 Her morning service the day here 
 was at So. Dansville. The alternate 
 Sabbath she preached at Conesus. 
 She was a resident of Cohocton dur- 
 ing her pastorate here and the Socie- 
 ty deeply regretted her departure. 
 She had good congregations and did 
 good work here. She had the help 
 of M. Louise Blanchard, the lady 
 who lived with her, who was a fine 
 musician and singer. The church 
 has since been closed. 
 
 In talking with a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Universalist Society, he 
 said: "Our Society has a fine church, 
 well finished and furnished, free 
 from debt. We are happy to furnish 
 a respectable place for worship to 
 any who believe in God — the Maker 
 and Ruler of all things for the doors 
 of the church are always open cheer- 
 fully to their Brethren in Christ, no 
 matter by what name." 
 
 During the years 1872 and 187 3, 
 the Presbyterian Society being with- 
 out a house of worship, they had the 
 free use of the Universalist church 
 until their present church was com- 
 pleted and again in 1878-187 9, also 
 in 1889, during repairs on their 
 church building. 
 
 ST. PIUS' CATHOLIC CHURCH 
 (Rev. S. B. Englerth) 
 
 Before the year 1860, the few 
 Catholics who settled in and around 
 Cohocton (Liberty) went to church 
 to Perkinsville (that church having 
 been built in 1850. The long dis- 
 tance and rough roads however, of- 
 tentimes compelled people to remain 
 at home away from divine service 
 and the holy sacrifice of the mass — 
 who would gladly have gone. It was 
 a heroic act on the part of many to 
 walk several miles to church on Sun- 
 days, for it was a common occur- 
 ance to see women back and forth 
 between Cohocton and Perkinsville, 
 and there are those living today who 
 I either did themselves or saw others 
 
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pushing baby carriages with one or 
 two passengers in them from here to 
 Perkinsville. 
 
 Certainly worthy examples to en- 
 courage the present generation ever 
 to make sacrifices for the honor and 
 glory of God. It is known that many 
 walked from ten to twenty miles to 
 church. 
 
 It was in 1860 that the Catholics 
 here received permission from the 
 Rev. Bishop Timon of Buffalo to 
 erect a church at Liberty (now Cos- 
 hocton), and the Rev. Michael Steger 
 of Dansville, N. Y., was appointed to 
 undertake the seemingly difficult 
 task. For the first time he celebrat- 
 ed the holy sacrifice of the mass in 
 the home of Urban (John) Gehrig 
 and in 18G1, built the first frame 
 structure which was 34x48 at a cost 
 of about $1400, and for the erection 
 of which the few Catholics living in 
 this vicinity and the non-Cat'iolics 
 contributed most generously, aj, the 
 records show. We would gladly 
 publish the list but space does not 
 permit, and we hope to do so on an- 
 other occasion. 
 
 In October 1861 the first public 
 worship was held in the new edifice 
 by Rev. Steger, who then lived in 
 Bath, having gone there from Dans- 
 ville. On the 6th of May, 1863, the 
 Rev. Bishop Timon administered the 
 sacrament of Confirmation for the 
 first time and gave the church its 
 present name in honor of St. Pius, 
 the Fifth. 
 
 The first Board of Trustees con- 
 sisted of Conrad Shults, Urban 
 Gehrig, J. Theodore Lichius. 
 
 The parsonage was built in 1880. 
 Rev. Finger was the first resident 
 pastor. By reason of the increase of 
 Catholics the church was enlarged 
 in 1883, and in the same year the 
 first bell, which did service nineteen 
 years, was donated to the church by 
 Mrs. Mary A. Shults. 
 
 The members of St. Pius' church 
 being desirous to have a little school 
 in which their children could receive 
 religious instruction built a school 
 house near the church in 1889. The 
 school was conducted by some 
 sisters of St. Joseph from Buffalo 
 and later on by a lay teacher, but 
 owing to the scarcity of children, it 
 was discontinued in 1898. 
 
 In December 1894, the church was 
 free from indebtedness when a final 
 payment of $527.75 was made on 
 the mortgage held against the 
 church. 
 
 In November, 1896, the sum of 
 $1500 was borrowed to pay for im- 
 provements made during that year. 
 This sum was paid in full April 1904, 
 by a payment of $513.87. 
 
 In June 1902 the new bell pur- 
 chased from the Meneely Bell Co., of 
 Troy, was blessed by the Right Rev. 
 Bishop McQuaid and placed in the 
 tower. This bell weighs a little over 
 900 pounds and cost $350, which 
 amount was raised by subscription. 
 
 In the latter part of the year, 1896 
 the counties of Steuben, Schuyler, 
 Chemung and Tioga were added to 
 the diocese of Rochester, and since 
 that time is under the jurisdiction of 
 the Bishop of Rochester. 
 
 He administerd the sacrament of 
 Confirmation here for the first time 
 June 19, 1898. 
 
 The following are the priests who 
 have served the church as pastors: 
 
 Rev. Michael Steger, June 1860- 
 June 1864. . 
 
 Rev. F. R. Mazarel June 1864- 
 January 1868. 
 
 Rev. L. Vanderpool January 1868- 
 January 1869. 
 
 Rev. M. J. Darcy January 1869- 
 August 1872. 
 
 Rev. Sebastian B. Gruber August 
 1872-July 1873. 
 
 Rev. Aloyosius Bachman July 
 1873-May 1874. 
 
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Rev. J. Nibling May 1874-March 
 1875. 
 
 Rev. A. Geisenroff March 1875- 
 June 1878. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Finger June 1878- 
 August 1881. 
 
 Rev. George Zaicher August 18 61- 
 September 1885. 
 
 Rev. G. H. Gysen September 1885- 
 July 1886. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Fisher July 18 8 6- 
 Geptember 1888. 
 
 Rev. A. Geyer September 1888- 
 November 1891. 
 
 Rev. M. Krischel November 1891- 
 July 1897. 
 
 Rev. John F. Bopple July 18 97- 
 June 1901. 
 
 Rev. Sebastian B. Englerth June 
 19 01- January 1907. 
 
 Rev. P. A. Erras January 1907- 
 June 1908. 
 
 Rev. F. Scheid June 1908. 
 
 UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH 
 
 OF BROWN HILL 
 
 (By Rev. R. E. Wilson) 
 
 This church was organized in 
 1893. The building was erected 
 and dedicated in 1894. The organi- 
 zation of the class and the prepara- 
 tion for building was under the 
 leadership of Rev. S. E. Koantz, the 
 pastor. The completion of the build- 
 ing and its dedication the following 
 year (1894) was under the pastorate 
 of Rev. J. W. Thompson 
 
 The first trustees were W. H. 
 Boardman, Frank Harwood, Leon 
 Mattoon, Cornelius Calleghan, E. L. 
 Fairbrother and Bion E. Slayton. 
 
 From the dedication the following 
 is a list of pastorates and dates of 
 
 service: 
 
 
 
 I. K. 
 
 Dayton 
 
 March 1895-July 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 R. E. 
 
 Wilson 
 
 July 18 9 5-March 
 
 1897. 
 
 
 
 C. W. 
 
 Guinter 
 
 March 18 9 7- July 
 
 1900. 
 
 
 
 H. C. Guthrie July 19 00-March 
 1904 
 
 R. E. Wilson March 1904. 
 
 The pastors here also preach at 
 the South church, Loon Lake, built 
 for a Union church. 
 
 The South Loon Lake church has 
 been served by the pastors of the 
 United Evangelical church since 
 1875. 
 
 NORTH COHOCTON AND ATLAN- 
 TA CHURCHES 
 (By Dr. A. L. Gilbert) 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal church of 
 North Cohocton seems to have been 
 a pioneer in this section and the first 
 class was formed in 1816, by Chester 
 Y. Adgate and Mica Segan. Those 
 uniting at that time were Eleazer 
 Dewey and wife, James Moulton, 
 Mary Moulton, Abigal Moulton, 
 Timothy Dewey and wife. David 
 Lusk and Caleb Boss and wife. 
 
 From this time it appears that 
 meetings were held at stated seasons 
 weekly and with preaching every 
 two, four or six weeks, usually at the 
 River school house situated at the 
 north east corner of the four corners 
 just east of the river bridge. In af- 
 ter years prayer meetings with an 
 occasional preaching service were 
 held at the Parks (now Moulton) 
 sciiool house one mile west of North 
 Cohocton. 
 
 Meetings were also held at the 
 County Line one and one-fourth 
 miles and Quaker meetings in the 
 Raymond district two miles south of 
 North Cohocton (District No. 4.) 
 
 As there was no church building, 
 quarterly meetings were held in 
 barns and in the woods, people com- 
 ing from many miles around to re- 
 main over the Sabbath, subjecting 
 themselves and their entertainers to 
 great inconveniences and discomfort 
 but cheerfully endured on both sides, 
 that they might receive the joy of 
 . the Lord. 
 50 
 
As far as I have been able to as- 
 certain Bath and Dansville circuits 
 at one time, and afterwards Cohoc- 
 ton and Naples circuit, embracing all 
 tho. surrounding smaller points 
 where classes had been formed, en- 
 joyed the ministry in the due order 
 of appointments of Revs. Fowler, 
 Arnold, Cummings, Pingree, Pindar, 
 Cyrus Story, George Wilkinson, 
 Robert Parker, Benager WilUams, 
 Stephen Tromly, William Jones, 
 Henry Wisner, Theodore McElhar- 
 ney, Joseph Ashwort, Veramus 
 Brownell, Alkinson, A. C. Haywood 
 and J. B. McKenney. 
 
 Early in the summer of 1842, a 
 camp meeting was held in the woods 
 owned by William Shepard about one 
 mile west of North Cohocton. It was 
 
 house of worship. Rev. Joseph 
 Chapman was at that time the 
 Methodist leader. 
 
 On January 26, 1846, a meeting 
 was held at the River school house 
 for the purpose of organizing a 
 church society — that could legally as 
 a corporate tody perform church 
 functions. There were present. Rev. 
 Joseph Chapman, Henry Morehouse, 
 David SpauMing, Rice Moulton, 
 Richard Moulton, Ashel Tyler, Henry 
 Totten and William Terry. They pro- 
 ceeded in due form to organize a 
 Methodist Episcopal Society for 
 North Cohocton. 
 
 Thre had been a simiar organiza- 
 tion before, but it had fallen to 
 pieces through neglct, death and re- 
 movals. At a second meeting held 
 
 in charge of Rev. William Babcock — July 16, 1846, Dr. Eleazer Hall and 
 
 presiding Elder and Theodore Mc- 
 Elharney preacher in charge of the 
 circuit. I think at that tims may 
 have embraced Cohocton, Loo-i Lake, 
 Lnt Hill, North Cohocton, Naples 
 and possibly Italy. 
 
 Soon after the removal of William 
 A. Gilbert and wife to North Cohoc- 
 ton in 1846, who were active mem- 
 bers of the M. E. church at Dansville, 
 they keenly felt the lack of church 
 privileges. 
 
 There had already been talk of 
 building a church. It was then en- 
 tered into with earnestness. One ob- 
 stacle was what kind of a church it 
 should be — there being Methodist 
 Episcopal, Wesleyans, Universalists, 
 Presbyterians and Baptists, the M. E 
 and Wesleyans constituting about 
 onehalf. The M. B. among whom 
 were: W. A. Gilbert, Rice Moul- 
 ton, Ashel Tyler, Hiram Spaulding 
 and Joseph C. Green pressed the 
 Methodist project with such energy, 
 the Presbyterians and Baptists 
 joined them and finally all personal 
 desires and prejudices were sub- 
 ordinate to one purpose of having a 
 
 W. A. Gilbert were elected trustees. 
 August 27, 1846, a contract was 
 signed with Virgil W. Kimball for 
 building a church according to 
 plans submitted. The trustees at 
 that time being Dr. Eleazer Hall, 
 Ashel Tyler, Richard Moulton, Wm. 
 A. Gilbert tind Joseph Crouch. 
 
 At the annual trustee meeting 
 held at the store of Wm. A. Gilbert 
 July 6, 1847, Rice Moulton was elect- 
 ed a trustee in place of Joseph 
 Crouch whose term: had expired. 
 Joseph L. Green in the place of 
 Eleazer Hall, removed, and Samuel 
 G. Fowler in place of Richard Moul- 
 ton, removed. The record is signed 
 J. B. McElharney as president and 
 W. A. Gilbert as clerk. 
 
 The church was dedicated in the 
 summer of 1847, by Rev. Jonas 
 Dodge, Presiding Elder. 
 
 The M. E. Society had preaching 
 here every second Sabbath morning 
 and evening. The Presbyterians had 
 preaching every second Sabbath 
 morning, and the Baptists on the 
 evening of that Sabbath. The Uni- 
 versalist Advents, Unitarians, Swed- 
 
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enborgians held meetings occasion- 
 ally on some week day evening. 
 
 As North Cohocton had no par- 
 sonage Rev. Mr. McKinney lived at 
 Cohocton charge, as it was known 
 embracing the whole town until 
 1S71, North Cohocton and Lent Hill 
 being then made one charge, and Co- 
 hocton and Loon Lake another. In 
 1878, Lent Hill was added to Cohoc- 
 ton and Ingleside added to North Co- 
 hocton. 
 
 The church has been thoroughly 
 repaired, sheds added and is today a 
 fine commodious church building. 
 
 Since Mr. McKinney the pastors 
 and years of service counting from 
 month of September, time of confer- 
 ence are the dates: 
 
 1848 Hiram Sandlord. 
 
 1849 John Spinks. 
 
 1850 James Hall. 
 
 18 52 William Potter. 
 1853, Robert Parker. 
 1854 John Knapp. 
 
 1857, Henry Wisner. 
 
 1858, Henry Harpst. 
 1859 A. D. Edgar. 
 
 1861 William W. Mandeville. 
 
 1863, Stephen Brown. 
 
 1865 James Duncan. 
 
 During this pastorate twenty-two 
 withdrew frorr the M. B. church to 
 form the Free Methodist church. 
 
 1867 Rev. Nathan N. Beers. 
 
 1868 William Merritt. 
 
 1869 Claudius G. Curtis. 
 1871 J. B. Countryman. 
 1874 J. E. Tiffany. 
 
 1876 J. E. King. 
 
 1877 George W. Terry. 
 1879 Isaac Everett. 
 1882 A. F. Countryman. 
 1885 John H. Martin. 
 1889 Albert Norton. 
 1891David A. Parcells. 
 1892 David C. Nye. 
 
 1898 Albert W. Decker. 
 
 1899 W. Irving Janes. 
 
 1900 O. A. Retan. 
 1904 Elmer E. Jones. 
 
 1908 George W. Richmire. 
 
 1909 Rev. A. O. Taylor. 
 
 THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF 
 
 NORTH COHOCTON M. E. 
 
 CHURCH 
 
 (Mrs. F. A. Wetmore) 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the 
 M. E. church of North Cohocton was 
 organized in 1882. The first offi- 
 were: 
 
 Mrs. Frank A. Wetmore, President 
 Mrs. A. L. Gilbert, Vice President 
 Mrs. Rufus Waite, Secretary 
 Miss H. M. Moulton, Treasurer 
 We have endeavored with the help 
 of God to create a more social ele- 
 ment in our community and assist in 
 raising money for the current ex- 
 penses of our church. We have al- 
 ways furnished a comfortable home 
 for our pastor's family to reside in, 
 it being well furnished by yearly 
 adding to it such articles as were 
 useful. We have always paid in- 
 surance on the church property. We 
 paid largely on the repairs to the 
 church in 1887, and have newly car- 
 peted it since that time. 
 
 As we look back over the past 
 twenty-three years we feel that we 
 have made advancement in the way 
 of sociability and helping to fur- 
 nish money for everj' needful pur- 
 pose. 
 
 We wish to speak of Mrs. Emily J. 
 (Mrs. A. L.) Gilbert, our deceased 
 sister who so ably assisted in our 
 work and who is sadly missed in our 
 Society. 
 
 The officers in 1905 were: 
 Mrs. Martha Stanton, President 
 Mrs. Eliza Wheaton, Vice Presi- 
 dent 
 
 Mrs. (Frank) Mary L. Wetmore, 
 Secretary 
 
 Mrs. E. L. Bloom, Treasurer. 
 
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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
 
 ATLANTA 
 
 (Mrs. H. C. Hatch) 
 
 As Dr. Gilbert in his reminiscenses 
 says: The Presbyterians had 
 
 preaching in the new M. E. church 
 after its dedication in 1847, every 
 other Sabbath forenoon. Before that 
 they had occasional preaching in the 
 school house, with Rev. Mr. Chitten- 
 den for about a year; Rev. Asa 
 Adams for something over a year. 
 About 1850 these services were 
 dropped. 
 
 Not until April 8, 1894, when the 
 first church services of the present 
 church were held in the Waite Opera 
 House, Mr. W. P. Wisewell of Naples, 
 having secured the services of Rev. 
 H. P. McAdams of Rochester, who 
 preached from the text, Rom. 10-17, 
 "Faith Cometh by Hearing and 
 Hearing the Word of God", and he 
 read the lesson to us. "How can they 
 hear unless they have a preacher"? 
 The words sank deep into our hearts 
 and we felt that indeed we must be 
 up and doiag ihe Lord's work. 
 
 There were 133 present at thio 
 meeting and 100 of them were peo- 
 ple who could not be or wem noc 
 regular attendants at any church 
 service. There were nearly as many 
 present in the evening, and it 
 has been estimated that 150 differ- 
 ent people were present during the 
 day. A collection was taken morn- 
 ing and evening to defray the ex- 
 penses which amounted to a trifle 
 over $11.00. 
 
 At the close of the morning ser- 
 vices the question was discussed 
 whether or not services should be 
 continued. Several remarks v.'ere 
 made in favor of so doing. Pledges 
 were taken for the payment of a cer- 
 tain sum each Sabbath until July 1st, 
 and nearly enough was raised to de- 
 fray the expenses of a supply. One 
 week before this service the canvass 
 
 of the town had been made by Mrs. 
 Edith A. Hatch and Mrs. Lucretia D. 
 Wetmore (these with Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Pierce, Mrs. Sarah Conderman and 
 Mrs. Judith A. Clayson, who were 
 connected with Presbyterian 
 
 churches elsewhere.) 
 
 In almost every house we heard: 
 "Oh, we should be so glad to have 
 regular services here". One lady 
 with tears in her eyes said: "Oh, I 
 am so hungry to hear a sermon and 
 I can not go to church, it is so far to 
 walk." From house to house they 
 went and the same answer came 
 from Chrisitian and non-Christian, 
 "We need a church here." The com- 
 mittee came home with a feeling of 
 awe. They had been face to face with 
 God's work of preparation. The 
 answer was so august and so ready 
 from every heart — "Let us have the 
 gospel preached where we can as- 
 semble ourselves together". 
 
 "Show thou which way the wind 
 blows" — and right heie we wish to 
 relate one incident which occurred a 
 short time before the canvass was 
 made. 
 
 A gentleman not then a Christian 
 one who had not known that this 
 project had been planned, came 
 down the street one Sabbath evening 
 and dropped into an office where he 
 saw an open door, "I say this is a 
 great way to live — a man wanders 
 along the street Sunday and stops 
 wherever he sees a door open, we 
 ought to have a church." 
 
 On April 22, 1894, a Sabbath 
 School was organized. Mr. Wisewell 
 of Naples being present to help. 
 Hyatt C Hatch was elected Superin 
 tendent. There were fifty-five pupils 
 The next Sabbath 65, the next 80. 
 During the winter 1894-1895, our 
 banner Sunday attendance was 103. 
 The school has now an enrollment of 
 175. 
 
 On May 17, 1894, the first regular 
 
 53 
 
prayer meeting was held, eleven per- 
 sons being present, led by Mrs. H. C. 
 Hatch. July 22, 1894, a committee 
 from Presbytery, Rev. H. P. Mc- 
 Adam, D. D., Rev. Geo. W. Warren of 
 Prattsburg, Charles Hamlin and 
 W. P. Wisewell of Naples were pres- 
 ent and the church was organized 
 with a membership of twenty-four, 
 fourteen joining by letter, ten on 
 confession of faith. Elders were 
 chosen and ordained. 
 
 Hyatt Hatch for three years. 
 J. J. Crouch for two years. William 
 Carter for one year. 
 
 Rev. Mr. McAdam with an occa 
 sional exchange with Rev. N. J. 
 Conklin of Rochester, was the regu- 
 lar supply until October 1894, when 
 Rev. S. W. Pratt of Campbell took 
 his place. 
 
 Rev. Mr. McAdam left among uc 
 many warm friends, and God only 
 knows the reward awaiting him in 
 Heaven for the precious seed he 
 sowed. 
 
 About November 1, on a stormy 
 Sabbath afternoon, a Young Peoples' 
 Society of Christian Endeavor was 
 organized. Rev. Mr. Pratt and Mr. 
 Wisewell being present. Active mem- 
 bers 26; Associate 8; Junior 9. 
 
 December 2, 189 4, the Society was 
 incorporated as the Presbyterian 
 church of Atlanta and the following 
 trustees were elected: Harrison 
 Briglin and Hiram W. Hach for three 
 years; Willis E. Waite and Edwin H. 
 Wetmore for two years; Elias W 
 Lent for one year. 
 
 The Sabbath School gave an enter- 
 tainment at Christmas time, at which 
 there were 350 people present. 
 
 The year, 189 5, was opened by aii 
 observance of the week of prayer and 
 the meetings were continued about 
 three weeks longer and conducted 
 by Dr. Pratt. Wonderful, indeed, 
 were the blessings bestowed upon us. 
 On February 1, thirty were received 
 
 into the church and on March 10, 
 seven more. 
 
 On March 7, 189 5, the congrega- 
 tion met and gave a unanimous call 
 to Mr. Thomas Kerr, who was to 
 graduate the coming May at Auburn 
 Theological Seminary, and on June 
 6, he was ordained and installed the 
 first pastor. 
 
 The church has been self-support- 
 ing from the start. 
 
 The corner stone of the new church 
 building was laid September 19, 
 189 5, and the beautiful and conveni- 
 ent house of worship dedicated Mar. 
 19, 189 6, costing furnished $8000, 
 all of which was paid 1 y 1905. 
 
 George S. Fowler and William E. 
 Otto were ordained Elders. 
 
 The Woman's Missionary Society 
 was organized December 10, 1895 
 
 Rev. Thomas Kerr resigned March 
 1, 189 8, and Dr. S. W. Pratt again 
 oecanie the supply until November 1, 
 1898. 
 
 Rev. Dr. E. R. Evans of Canasera- 
 ga, was called to the pastorate Nov. 
 1, 18 98, and was installed November 
 9, 1898, and still holds the fort. The 
 present membership is about 100. 
 
 Rev. W. H. Simmons has since 
 
 been chosen pastor". 
 
 LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF THF 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
 
 ATLANTA 
 
 (By Mrs. H. C. Hatch) 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the At- 
 lanta Presbyterian church was or- 
 ganized August 15, 1894. The first 
 President was Mrs. Edwin Wetmore; 
 First Vice President, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Pierce. The next year Mrs. Pierce was 
 elected President. She was a most 
 efficient worker and served faithfully 
 for live years. She was discouraged 
 by nothing and worked with untiring 
 zeal and devotion. The next was 
 Mrs. Wm. F. JolleJ^ who served two 
 and one-half years. Mrs. H. C. 
 Hatch, the present President (1905) 
 
 54 
 
has held the office since 1903. 
 
 In the eleven years since Its or- 
 ganization the Sociey, though exist- 
 ing in a small village, has accom- 
 plished wonderful things. The ladies 
 ga^e $500 besides decorating the in- 
 terior of the church, purchasing the 
 carpet and helping towards the 
 salary of the minister. 
 
 In May, 1899, they borrowed $1000 
 and freed the church building from 
 debt Such unbounded faith in 
 themselves has not been misplaced. 
 
 The $1000 has been paid in full 
 with interest. The money of the 
 Society has come little by little. No 
 large amounts but mostly from teas 
 served every two weeks. Since its 
 beginning in August, 1894, the Socie- 
 ty has raised $2,981.11, which has 
 been used to aid the church. 
 THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH, 
 ATLANTA 
 (By Mrs. Lovilla Moore 
 
 Rev. Anthony N. Moore an.l Hora- 
 tio C. Corey were the first preachers. 
 A class was organized at the church 
 known as the County Line Cliurch, 
 1867. In the winter of 1867, the 
 Wsleyans having preaching there 
 every alternate Sabbath, Rev. B. T. 
 Roberts, who was also General 
 Superintendent of the F. M. church 
 in the United States, came to North 
 Cohocton and with Rev. Levi Wood 
 and Rev. and Mrs. Cooley organized 
 the F. M. church of North Cohocton 
 and Atlanta. The charter members 
 were: 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Moore, widow of 
 Daniel Moore, Rev. Anthony N 
 Moore, her son, Horatio C. Corey 
 Charlotte Stanton, Leonard Wilson, 
 Elisabeth Wilson, Retta Allen, Robt. 
 Allen, Mrs. Rodney Boone, Mrs. 
 James Barnes, Mrs. Puff, Emily 
 Puff, her daughter, Samuel Corey, 
 Mrs. Samuel Corey, Miss Hettie Lit- 
 tlefield, Mrs. Lovilla Moore, Myron 
 Parks, Eliza Ann Parks, Myron At- 
 
 well, Sally Atwell, Silas Lyon, Mary 
 Lyon, David Cronk, Lidda Cronk, be- 
 sides others on probation. 
 
 The pastors have been: 
 
 Rev. J. K. Freeland. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Edwards. 
 
 Rev. J. B. Newton. 
 
 Rev. A. H. Stilwell. 
 
 Rev. J. W. Sawyer. 
 
 Rev. J. C. Tholens. 
 
 Rev. O. S. Baker. 
 
 Rev. D. W. Clark. 
 
 Rev. D. C. Johnson. 
 
 Rev. Macklin. 
 
 Rev. F. Dunham. 
 
 Rev. W. Crowman. 
 
 Rev. M. S. Babcock. 
 
 Rev. J. D. Jenkins. 
 
 Rev. G. D. Baker. 
 
 In the year, 1868, we bought the 
 wagon shop at North Cohocton on 
 the site of the present Cottrell office, 
 fitted it up for preaching. Rev. An- 
 thony N. Moore and his colleague. 
 Rev. H. C. Corey preaching for them 
 about tv/o years. Services were af- 
 terwards held in Wetmore Hall to 
 accommodate the people. Under the 
 Rev. James A. Tholens the church 
 was removed to Atlanta at the ur- 
 gent request of the people. 
 
 Squire Adams was at the head of 
 the request. 
 
 Rev. Benj. Wingett, District Elder, 
 assisted in the change. 
 
 Squire Adams fitted up a build- 
 ing and donated its use until the 
 present church was built. 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Shepard. donated the 
 lot T. J. Cornish, Martin Ferguson 
 Rev. Eugene N. Jenks, Mrs. Loretta 
 Mcore, Rev. and Mrs. John V. Lyon 
 Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Elias Riker giving the largest dona- 
 tion and nearly all people of Atlanta 
 and North Cohocton, all they felt 
 able until the church debt was paid 
 and the building dedicated, free of 
 debt. 
 
 The present church was commenc- 
 
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ed in the summer of 1887, but was 
 not dedicated until August, 1889. 
 
 THE WESLEYAN METHODIST 
 CHURCH 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodist church 
 was organized and a church building 
 erected by Solomon Corey as a Union 
 church at the County Line in 1863. 
 It was erected on the Cronk estate 
 and used for many years, but going 
 by a short time ago, I found the 
 building in a very dilapidated condi- 
 tion and abandoned. 
 
 In 1881 a lot was purchased of Dr. 
 Carpenter and a church built at 
 North Cohocton, which was dedicat- 
 ed January 10, 1882. 
 
 The pastors have been Rev. 
 Suffery, who was a missionary to 
 South America at one time and held 
 a letter of recommendation from 
 President Filmore. 
 
 Rev. Bedford first in the new 
 church. 
 
 Rev. William W. Miller 2 or 3 
 times. 
 
 Rev. Scribner, Sweet, Fitch, Bab- 
 cock, Saulsbury, R. F. Dutcher, L. L. 
 Cole. 
 
 BAPTIST <;HURCH, ATLANTA 
 The church building was lirsi binl': 
 for a school house. A Baptist 
 Society was organized in 187 6, by 
 John A. S'jhultz, Monroe Llarris of 
 Cohocton, Wheeler Clason, Mr. an'l 
 Mrs. J. J. Crouch and Mrs. H. W. 
 Hatch, and the building given to 
 them. Rev. Mr. Dean and others sup- 
 plied. 
 
 Upon the organization of the Pres- 
 byterian Society in 1894, the build- 
 ing was given to them, has since been 
 sold and is now converted into a 
 private dwelling. Many of those left 
 joined the Presbyterian church, 
 many have died, some moved away 
 and others are still lingerng on this 
 side, but the organization has passed 
 out of existence. 
 
 CHURCHES AT LOON LAKE 
 
 The M. E. church at Loon Lake 
 was organized at an early day and 
 services were held for a number of 
 years in the school house. 
 
 The nearest information that I 
 have been able to get, the present 
 M. E. church was built about 1849, 
 and has been extensively repaired 
 since. 
 
 Among its earlier preachers were: 
 Rev. Elisha Bronsou, Rev, Simon 
 Berge and Rev. Wm. Jones. 
 
 Upon the formation of the Cohoc- 
 ton circuit, it was attached to that 
 circuit. Upon the divisions it was at- 
 tached to Cohocton charge up to 
 18 77, then it became part of the 
 Wayland charge, and so remained 
 until 1903. It is now a part of the 
 South Dansville charge. The pastor 
 of those churches have been the pas- 
 tors of this church. With places as 
 mentioned its pastors have been: 
 
 1877, S. M. Dayton. 
 
 .l878, S. M. Da} ion. 
 
 The date commencing in October 
 each year: 
 
 1901, G. A. Bond. 
 
 1902, Geo. A. Bond. 
 
 1903, Geo. W. Richmire. 
 19 04, Arthur J. Wat.son. 
 
 1905, Arthur J. Watson. 
 
 1906, F. A. Peterson. 
 
 1907, Guy Lawton. 
 
 1908, Maurice V. Wright. 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT 
 
 Upon the organization of the two 
 companies — Cohocton Hook & Lad- 
 der Co., and C. H. Stone (Now Inde^- 
 pendent was organized by the elec- 
 tion of the following officers: 
 
 Thomas C. Cherubim, President. 
 
 Andrew L. Shults, Vice President. 
 
 Louis F. Drake, Secretary. 
 
 Chas. E. Crosby, Treasurer. 
 
 The first public appearance of the 
 
 Fire Department was at the Fourth 
 
 of July celebration in 1887, at which 
 
 . time Hon. J. Sloat Fassett was ora- 
 
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tor. 
 
 The celebration was held in the 
 Larrowe grove. The receipts after 
 paying all bills were $260.40. The 
 Department was organized under the 
 laws of New York in 1888, and in 
 September, 1900, held its first par- 
 ace. 
 
 After the fire on the Drake (now 
 Mattice) farm July 27, 1893, James 
 A. Drake gave to each company of 
 the Fire Department $50. 
 
 The equipment of the company at 
 first consisted of one Rumsey hand 
 engine and hose, one fire hook and 
 ladder truck with equipments. 
 
 After the putting in of the water 
 works in 1893, the hand engine was 
 traded for a large hose cart, so that 
 we now have the hook and ladder 
 truck and its equipments and two 
 hose carts and hose, one being kept 
 at the Engine House and the other at 
 the pump station at the depot. 
 
 The chiefs and assistant chiefs of 
 the Fire Department have been: 
 
 Chiefs, 1887-1888, G. E. W. Her- 
 bert; 1888-1889, Jas. M. Reynolds; 
 1889-1890, William Perault; 1891- 
 18 93, James M. Reynolds; 18 9 4- 
 1898, Geo. E. Wagner; 1899-1900, 
 John C. Robinson; 1901-1902, M. E. 
 Weld; 1903, J. W. Saunders. 
 
 Assistant Chiefs, 1887-1888, Chas. 
 W. Godfrey; 1888-1889, Chas. W. 
 Godfrey; 1889-1890, C. H. Stone; 
 1891-1893, N. D. Kirkmire; 1894- 
 1898, Valentine Graser; 1899-1900, 
 M. E. Weld; 1901-1902, J. W. Saun- 
 ders; 1903, Elmer Sick. 
 
 THE HOOK AND LADDER CO. 
 
 On the 10th day of December, 
 1886, an organization called the Co- 
 hocton Hook & Ladder Company, 
 No. ] , was formed and the following 
 officers elected: 
 
 Thomas C. Cherubim, President. 
 
 Andrew L. Shults, Vice President. 
 
 George P. Snyder, Secretary. 
 
 Charles E. Crosby, Treasurer. 
 
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 Louis F. Drake, Foreman. 
 
 E. L. D. Knapp, Assistant Fore- 
 man. 
 
 The charter members were: 
 
 A. L. Shults, John Groff, George 
 P. Snyder, N. D. Kirkmire, William 
 J. Shults, William Herbert, C. J. 
 Mehlenbacher, George E. Wagner, 
 John A. Hoyt, Grant Slayton, A. E. 
 Shult3, Sebastian Adam, T. C 
 Cherubim, L. F. Drake, H. H. Her- 
 bert, George C. Rocker, Chas. P. 
 Drake, E. L. D. Knapp, Henry C. 
 Hart, C. W. Godfrey, Fred A. Wy- 
 gant, Charles E. Crosby. 
 
 The Presidents of the company 
 have been: 
 
 18S7-18S8, Andrew L. Shults. 
 18S8-1892, Andrew E. Shults. 
 189 3, George E. Wagner. 
 1894-1897, Andrew L. Shults. 
 
 18 98, Frank C. Krug. 
 
 1899, M. Ernest Weld. 
 
 1900, Jesse L. Edmond. 
 1901-1904, John G. Pritting. 
 
 19 05, Charles Kiefer, Jr. 
 1905-1909, John G. Pritting. 
 The Foremens have been: 
 
 188 7, Charles Larrowe. 
 
 1888, Geo. E. Wagner. 
 
 1889, Fred A. Wygant. 
 1890-1894, Walter Robinson. 
 1895, Henry H. Herbert. 
 189G, Frank P. Seeley. 
 
 189 7, M. Ernest Weld. 
 1898-1899, Elmer L. Sick. 
 1900-1902, Eugene B. Slayton. 
 1903-1905, Robert M. Stanton. 
 
 THE HOSE COMPANY 
 
 The Hose men, that is those who 
 had chosen to belong to that com- 
 pany met the first Tuesday in Decem- 
 ber (4), 1886, in the rooms over the 
 Jackson-Hoyt meat market and elect- 
 ed the following officers: 
 
 Orange S. Searl, President. 
 
 Dr. I. L. Goff, Vice President. 
 
 J. Leonard Waugh, Secretary. 
 
 John Werth, Treasurer. 
 
James M. Reynolds, Foreman. 
 
 Eugene E. Stetson, Assistant Fore- 
 man. 
 
 Chris. J Shafer, G. E. W. Herbert 
 and E. E. Stetson, Trustees. 
 
 The following were the charter 
 members, together with the forego- 
 ing officers: 
 
 Nelson M. Tripp, John H. Lyon, 
 Valentine Graser, Sherman Phillips, 
 Frank M. LaRue, C. J. Flint, John 
 Fronk, John H. Schneider, Jacob 
 Stein, Jacob Strobel, Albert H. Weld, 
 Henry Strobel, John Holtzmire. 
 
 It was voted that he who would 
 give the most to the company should 
 have the naming of the company. 
 E. E. Stetson paid $10 and named 
 the company, the Cyrus H. Stone 
 Hose Company. 
 
 The first suits purchased were a 
 maroon shirt, belt and blue pants 
 and a blue cap. 
 
 Until the building of the Engine 
 House in 1895, when the quarters 
 were moved to the second story of 
 that building they occupied rooms 
 ovr the Jackson meat market, 
 
 Nelson Tripp has been foreman of 
 the company since 1880. 
 
 On November 16, 189 3, after the 
 water works were put in, the com- 
 pany voted to change its name and 
 on vote the name "Independent 
 Hose Company" was adopted. New 
 suits consisting of navy blue coats, 
 pants and caps and a fine banner 
 were purchased. It was said to have 
 been the finest company banner in 
 parade at Buffalo in 1901, at the 
 New York State Fireman's Associa- 
 tion. Since then they have been in 
 many parades. 
 
 In 1894, the company joined the 
 Steuben County Firemen's Associa- 
 tion. In 1898, they joined the 
 New York State Firemen's Associa- 
 tion and sent C. O. Jenks as dele- 
 gate. 
 
 LIBERTY LODGE, F. & A. M., 
 No. 510 
 
 Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & A. 
 M., was organized April 3, 18G1, by 
 a dispensation received from the 
 Grand Lodge of the State of New 
 York, Finley M. King being Grand 
 Master and James M. Austin, Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
 On June 15, 18 61, after the an- 
 nual meeting of the Grand Lodge in 
 New York, a charter was granted, 
 the same officers signing it. 
 
 The charter member'? and the 
 date of their death were as follows: 
 
 Albertus Larrowe, July 27, 1899. 
 
 Stephen D. Shattuck, August 13, 
 1901. 
 
 John Kellogg, March 29, 1884. 
 
 James Draper, December 28, 1875. 
 
 Hiram Dewey, May 3, 1881. 
 
 Asa Adams, January 11, 1895. 
 Benjam.in Warner, December 1877. 
 
 I give you the firt-t recorded meet- 
 ing as it appears in the minutes: 
 
 Cohocton, April 3, 1861. 
 
 "Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & 
 A. M., having been duly organized in 
 accordance with the requirements 
 of the Grand Lodge of the State of 
 New York met for the transaction of 
 business and opened in due form on 
 the 3rd degree of Masonry, Brothers 
 A. Larrowe, S. D. Shattuck and John 
 Kellogg filling of W. M., S. W., and 
 J. W., respectively. 
 
 The following persons presented 
 applications for initation: 
 
 J. H. Butler, A. M. Spooner, F. N. 
 Drake and William Washburn, 
 which was recorded and the follow- 
 ing committee on investigation ap- 
 pointed. The same persons being 
 appointed committees in each case: 
 Brothers, John Kellogg, S. D. Shat- 
 tuck and F. Larrowe. The lodge ad- 
 journed in due form to April 5th". 
 
 Let me here say that when Frank- 
 lin Larrowe joined (yet it must have 
 been by demit) but the minutes are 
 
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as blank. His was the first funeral 
 the lodge as a body attended. 
 
 The first officers of the lodge were: 
 
 Albertus Larrowe, W. M. 
 
 Stephen D. Shattuck, S. W. 
 
 John Kellogg. J. W. 
 
 James Draper, Treasurer. 
 
 John H. Butler, Secretary. 
 
 Franklin Larrowe, S. D. 
 
 William Washburn, J. D. 
 
 The Masters of Liberty Lodge 
 have been: 
 
 Albertus Larrowe, Stephen D. 
 Shattuck, John Kellogg, Rev. N. N. 
 Beers, Samuel Street, Jr., J. Dwight 
 Hendryx, Clarence W. Stanton, Dr. 
 Ira L. Goff, Edwin A. Draper, Clay- 
 ton S. Scott, Charles Larrowe,, Al- 
 bert H. Wilcox, Samuel D. Parmen- 
 ter, M. Ernest Weld, Edwin S. 
 Brown, L. Roy Partridge, C. Gilbert 
 Lyon. 
 
 The Treasurers and Secretaries of 
 Liberty Lodge have been: 
 
 1861, James Draper, Treasurer; 
 John H. Butler, Secretary. 
 
 1862, James Draper, Treasurer; 
 John H. Butler, Secretary. 
 
 1S63, David H. Wilcox, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 18 64, Calvin E. Thorp, Treasurer; 
 E. S. Carpenter, Secretary. 
 
 1865, F. N. Drake, Treasurer; 
 Calvin E. Thorp, Secretary. 
 
 1866, E. S. Carpenter, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1867-1870, C. E. Thorp, Treasur- 
 er; Chas. H. Beyer, Secretary. 
 
 1871, B. W. Tambling, Treasurer; 
 Chas. H. Beyer, Secretary. 
 
 1872, C. E. Thorp, Treasurer; 
 Frank M. Conley, Secretary. 
 
 1873-1877, John Kellogg, Treas- 
 urer; Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1878, S. D. Shattuck, Treasurer? 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1879, Monroe Harris, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1880-1884, S. D. Shattuck, 
 Treasurer; Thos. Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1885, S. D. Shattuck, Treasurer; 
 J. Leonard Waugh, Secretary. 
 
 1886-1887, Asa McDowell, Treas- 
 urer; J. Leonard Waugh, Secretary. 
 
 1888, Asa McDowell, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1889, A. McDowell, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1890, G. E. Wagner, Treasurer; 
 Thomas Warner, Secretary. 
 
 1891-1892, G. E. Wagner, Treas- 
 urer; Charles Oliver, Secretary. 
 
 1893, Asa McDowell, Treasurer; 
 Charles Oliver, Secretary. 
 
 1894-1908, Chas. Oliver, Treasur- 
 er; J. Leonard Waugh, Secretary. 
 
 19 09, Charles Oliver Treasurer; 
 M. Ernest Weld, Secretary. 
 
 1910-1912, Charles Oliver, Treas- 
 urer; S. D. Parmenter, Secretary. 
 
 1913, Charles Oliver, Treasurer; 
 S. D. Parmenter, Secretary. 
 
 Its membership January 1, 1912, 
 was 102. 
 
 From the granting of the charter 
 to January 1, 1872, they had rooms 
 in the "Beehive", now the Times-In- 
 dex building. Then they moved to 
 their fine quarters in the block then 
 erected by Thomas Warner, corner of 
 Maple Avenue and North Main street. 
 O. E. S. 
 
 Liberty Chapter, No. 394, Order of 
 Eastern Star, was instituted October 
 2, 1906. Its officers were: 
 
 1906, Worthy Matron, Harriet C. 
 Larrowe; Worthy Patron. E. S. 
 Brown. 
 
 1907, Harriet C. Larrowe, Worthy 
 Matron; E. S. Brown, Worthy Pa- 
 tron. 
 
 1908, H. 
 tron; H. P. 
 
 1909, H. 
 tron; H. P. 
 
 1910, Ida E. Cuff, Worthy Matron; 
 S. D. Parmenter, Worthy Patron. 
 
 1911, Katherine E. Folts, Worthy 
 Matron; S. D. Parmenter, Worthy 
 Patron. 
 
 May Weld, Worthy Ma- 
 Wilcox, Worthy Patron, 
 May Weld, Worthy Ma- 
 Wilcox, Worthy Patron. 
 
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I. O. O. F. 
 
 A dispensation was granted by 
 the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., of 
 Northern New York to form a lodge 
 at Cohocton, June 15, 1850, and in 
 August of that year a lodge was 
 formed known as Liberty Lodge, No. 
 3 49, I. O. O. F., with the following 
 charter members: 
 
 C. J. McDowell, James A. Arnold, 
 Nathaniel B. Chase, B. D. Henry, 
 James Draper, Amos W. Chase. 
 
 This was the first beneficial organi- 
 zation in town, and many of the lead- 
 ing men belonged to the society. 
 
 C. J. McDowell was the first Noble 
 Grand and Asa Adams the first Vice 
 Grand. 
 
 Among its members were: Frank- 
 lin Day, W. A. Field, Ward S. Hoag- 
 land, .^ustin Hall, Eleas L. Hoadley, 
 Dr. W. T. Stillwell, D. H. Wilcox. 
 E. S. Carpenter, Darwin Kimball, 
 Frederick Henry, Wm. B. Hall, Har- 
 vey Dewey, Albertus Larrowe, Geo. 
 W. Hoagland, Philo T. Higgins, 
 Minor T Conley, W. R. Hill, A. G 
 McDowell, Calvin E. Thorp, John 
 Larrowe. John Kellogg, Franklin 
 Larrowe. Geo"ge W. Haight, Stephen 
 C. Phillips, Chas. E. Hall. 
 
 The meetings were held over the 
 store known as the "Beehive", now 
 Times-Index building. The lodge 
 held weekly meetings and was well 
 attended and it flourished for some 
 years, but for some reason, now not 
 known, the interest began to de- 
 cline and members failed to attend 
 and before the lodge had reached its 
 first decade the few remaining mem- 
 bers decided to close up and did so, 
 selling the carpets, furniture, etc. 
 None of these so far as known can 
 be found except the dispensation, 
 initiation book and bible. The dis- 
 pensation was in possession of 
 Lindsley Adams, son of Asa Adams 
 at Atlanta, a former member of 
 Liberty Lodge. The initiation book 
 
 was in possession of M. A. McDowell, 
 son of C. J. McDowell, a former 
 member of Liberty Lodge. The bible 
 was in possession of W. A. Field, 
 being bought by him when the lodge 
 closed. All of these are now in pos- 
 session of Nebula Lodge, having been 
 presented to them, and all are highly 
 prized by the members of that lodge. 
 
 Nebula Lodge, No. 7G6, I. O. O. F., 
 was organized and a dispensation 
 granted November 17, 189 6, by t-ie 
 following: 
 
 Valentine Graser, Frank V 
 Folts, M. E. Weld, Fred W. Snyder 
 J. L. Edmond, E. B. Slayton, Samuel 
 J. Depew, Webster Edmunds, who 
 withdrew from Kanawha lodge of 
 Atlanta, and Christian Miller ana 
 George Lake, who came from Way- 
 land lodge. 
 
 The new lodge was instituted on 
 January 6, 1897, in Masonic Hall by 
 District Deputy Grand Master Har- 
 vey S. Pettibone of Ilcrnell. The 
 following members in addition to 
 those already given are: 
 
 Elmer E. Ackley, John Adair, 
 George D. Slayton, Frank B. Peck, 
 Edwin S. Brown, Morris D. Hill, Wm. 
 E. Adair, Smith H. Hill, Vv^illiam S. 
 VanKeuren, Frank E. Carnes, Murry 
 Tripp, C. W. Stanton, Henry Fincli, 
 J. Merton Sprague. 
 
 The first officers were: E. B. Slay- 
 ton, N. G.; J. L. Edmond, V. G.; 
 S. J. Depew, Secretary; F. W. 
 Snyder, Treasurer. 
 
 The Noble Grands have been: 
 (Elected every six months) 
 
 1897, E. B. Slayton, J. L. Ed- 
 mond. 
 
 189 8, V. Graser, Christian Miller. 
 
 1899, M. E. Weld, Samuel J 
 Depew. 
 
 1900, Jacob Strobel. H. W. Noble. 
 
 1901, Frank V. Folts, Lyman J. 
 Ward. 
 
 1902, William S. VanKeuren, Wm. 
 D. Folts. 
 
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1903, 
 Fritting. 
 
 1904, 
 Strobel. 
 
 1905, 
 
 Up to 
 
 Murray Tripp, John G. 
 
 Christian Miller, Jacob 
 
 D. L. Edmond. 
 January 1903 they had 
 rooms in the Masonic Hall. Since 
 then they have had rooms in the 
 Barthelme Block. 
 
 I. O. O. F. AT ATLANTA 
 
 Kanawha Lodge, No. 566, I. O. 
 O. F. of Bloods, now Atlanta, the 
 dispensation was granted January 
 27, 1890, to five members: J. B. 
 Young, John Jacqua, Jacob Butter- 
 fus, W. T. Slattery, Edwin H. 
 Boulan. The lodge was organized at 
 Mountain View Hotel (since burned) 
 and instituted at Wilson Hall, North 
 Cohocton, February 7, 1890 with: 
 
 John Jacqua, N. G. 
 
 Jacob Butterfus, V. G. 
 
 W. T. Slattery, Treasurer. 
 
 J. E. Young, Secretary, who re- 
 signed February 28, 1890, and F. B. 
 Beecher was elected. 
 
 A copy of the constitution. By-laws 
 drafted and a Code of Procedure 
 adopted and printed. 
 
 Later the lodge leased the Hodg- 
 man Hall at Atlanta, which after oc- 
 cupying several years moved to the 
 Borden Block, where the lodge is 
 now held. 
 
 The Noble Grands have been: 
 
 John Jaqua, W. T. Slattery, Farj 
 B. Beecher, L. R. Partridge, C. M. 
 Tyler, Willis E. Waite. Darwin 
 Marsh, A. T. Hoxter, S. M. Parks. 
 D. C. Boone, Rufus Clement, G. C. 
 Wolfanger, C. E. Boone, Albert L. 
 Corey, Jacob Wolfanger, John C. 
 Spencer, James E. Jones, E. W. Rob- 
 inson, W. L. Rowe, Monroe Clayson, 
 Frank D. VanWormer, Luther A. 
 Beecher, Frank B. Curtis, W. T. Cor- 
 nish, Ross H. Swartz, Harvey Steph- 
 enson, Merton Stephenson, B. Swartz, 
 G. T. Kester, Fred D. Crouch. 
 
 1905, Frank Mitchell, L. Rome 
 
 Clayson, E. S. Briggs. 
 
 1906, W. H. Corey, Aaron Wright. 
 
 1907, Arthur Tyler, Theodore 
 Warner. 
 
 1908, Charles Honan, C. A. Stan- 
 ton. 
 
 1909, C. A. Stanton, Kirk M. War- 
 ner. 
 
 1910, John Richardson, William 
 T. Miller. 
 
 1911, Frank R. Saunders,. Floyd 
 E. Adair. 
 
 1912, Charles H. Corey. 
 REBEKAH LODGE 
 
 Riverside Rebekah Degree Lodge, 
 No. 139, was instituted at Atlanta, 
 N. ¥., February 19, 1892, and con- 
 tinued until February 9, 1900 when 
 the charter was surrendered to the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Two surviving members of old 
 Riverside Lodge, Past Noble Grand, 
 Addie M. Tyler and Nettie Hoxter, 
 with their husbands, Carnot M. 
 Tyler and Allen T. Hoxter, with six 
 other citizens of Atlanta, viz: G. T. 
 Kester, Annie O. Kester, Marcus 
 Wright, Minerva Wright, Aaron 
 Wright and Jennie Wright, who 
 went to Bath and joined the Bath 
 Lodge for the purpose of applying 
 for a charter for a lodge of Atlanta, 
 applied for a charter of Atlanta 
 Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 204, in 
 1903. 
 
 The charter was granted by the 
 Grand Lodge, December 7, 1903, and 
 delivered to the officers of Atlanta 
 Lodge, No. 204, on the night of the 
 institution of the lodge, January 11, 
 1904, by District Deputy President 
 Mrs. Flora Jones of Hornell, who in- 
 stituted the lodge and installed the 
 officers with the assistance of the Re- 
 bekah Degree team of Bath lodge, 
 starting the lodge with ten members, 
 who applied for a charter and thir- 
 ty-four new members who were 
 initiated on the night of the installa- 
 tion of the lodge, making a total 
 
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membership of 44. 
 
 The lodge has initiated and taken 
 in 13 members (to 1905) and has a 
 membership of 57. 
 
 The lodge is out of debt, having 
 money in the treasury, fine regalia, 
 and is in a flourishing condition. 
 
 Meetings are held the second and 
 fourth Wednesdays of each month in 
 Odd Fellows' Hall in the Borden 
 Block. 
 
 The first officers were: Addie M. 
 Tyler, N. G., 1905. 
 
 Nettie Hoxter, V. G. 
 
 ALHAMBRA TENT 
 
 Alhambra Tent, Knights of the 
 Maccabees of Cohocton, was organiz- 
 ed August 14, 1902, by Deputy Com- 
 missioner J. V. Hess of Rochester. 
 At the first review eighteen appli- 
 cations were handed in for member- 
 ship. 
 
 The following were the charter 
 members: 
 
 Christian Miller, John G. Fritting, 
 Fritz J. Land, William G. Zimmer, 
 S. H. Green, Chas. P. O'Brien, M. R. 
 Ackley, George P. Mehlenbacher, 
 Peter Strobel, Fipp Hunt, Fred Zim- 
 mer, William C. Zimmer George D. 
 Slayton, Charles Bucksthaler, Wil- 
 liam Sauerbier, Edward Sauerbier, 
 Adam Drum, Adelmer Wagner. 
 
 Its first officers were: 
 
 P. C, George Mehlenbacher. 
 
 Lieut. Com., S. H. Green. 
 
 Com., Christian Miller. 
 
 Record Keeper, F. T. Stein. 
 
 It has grown and increased in 
 membership. 
 
 C. M. B. A. 
 
 The Catholic Mutual Benefit As- 
 sociation, Cohocton Branch, was or- 
 ganized May 4, 1887, with the fol- 
 lowing officers: 
 
 Charles Kiefer, President. 
 
 Sebastian Adam, Vice President. 
 
 A. E. Shults, Recording Secretary. 
 
 Peter Gehrig, Financial Secretary. 
 
 Benjamin Rocker, Marshall. 
 
 John Golden, Assistant Financial 
 Secretary. 
 
 John Dorenbecker, Guard. 
 
 The first Board of Trustees were: 
 
 M. Wager, Chas. Kiefer, Jacob 
 Weiand, Charles Schiefen, Jacob 
 Kurtz, and Philip Gehrig. 
 
 In 1905, it had thirty members. 
 COHOCTON GRANGE 
 
 Through the efforts of Jacob 
 Strobel Cohocton Grange, No. 974, 
 Patrons of Husbandry, was organized 
 March 21, 1903, by A. S. Soper of 
 Rathbone, with eighteen charter 
 members. 
 
 KNOW NOTHING 
 AMERICANS 
 
 There was a political organization 
 whose last political nomination was 
 made in 1856, then called American, 
 but whose real principle was that of 
 the old Know Nothing Party — "Put 
 None but Americans on Guard." 
 
 Cohocton had such an organiza- 
 tion. The moving spirlto of which 
 are said to have been: 
 
 Albertus Larrowe, Dr. Hagadorn, 
 Valentine VanWormer, and Austin 
 Hall. 
 
 This organization had at one time 
 unprecedented popularity but went 
 down in the campaign of 1854, on 
 Governor of this state, and its coun- 
 sels shattered to the four-winds of 
 Heaven and there remains, neither 
 track, trace and hardly a remem- 
 brance of this once imposing or- 
 ganization. 
 
 They met over the Adair shop 
 (now 1912) on North Main street. 
 
 A few days before the election in 
 1854, a District Deputy by the name 
 of Underbill, predicted the election 
 of Daniel Ulman as Governor, giving 
 the exact majority of his election and 
 said every man of this organization 
 was expected to vote the American 
 ticket, pure and simple. There were 
 a number at the meeting infused 
 with strong temperance principles 
 
 62 
 
and proposed to vote for Myron H. 
 Clark. 
 
 John Kellogg in a general discus- 
 sion which followed, said he should 
 vote for Clark and immediately left 
 the room followed by a large number 
 of those present. A general break- 
 up followed. Clark received the 
 election, and the Know Nothing 
 Party in Cohocton ended then and 
 there. 
 
 SCHOOLS 
 
 On the first survey of school 
 districts, the commencement was 
 made at the North town line and so 
 on down through the town and in- 
 cluded seven districts. Eight, nine 
 and ten included the western portion 
 of the town. Before the division of 
 the town and taking off of Wayland 
 and part of Avoca, there were at one 
 time twenty-five districts in town. At 
 time of a report in 183 9 there were 
 fourteen wholly in the town and 
 seven joint districts. There are now 
 twelve in town and two joint dis- 
 tricts. 
 
 The first school taught in town 
 was taught by Sophia Turnbull in a 
 log dwelling built by Jonas Cleland, 
 and the second was undoubtedy the 
 one taught by Duty Wate in 1814, in 
 the North end of the town not far 
 from the D. S. Waite homestead. 
 
 The first school house was a log 
 school house built on the Deusen- 
 bery-Stanton farm near Avoca line. 
 In 1810, it stood on the bank near 
 Avoca-Cohocton's present town line. 
 I will take the districts as they 
 are divided and give a brief history. 
 
 In the early days a log school 
 house in District No. 1, stood on tlie 
 Wallace farm about one-half mile 
 west of the present school house. 
 Then there was a frame one built on 
 the present site. The present one 
 was built about 1885. 
 
 The earliest school house which I 
 have any information was on the 
 
 land where Godfrey Marshall's stone 
 house stands in District No. 2. 
 Later the present one was built and 
 stands east of the old site. 
 
 In District No 3, Atlanta-North Co- 
 hocton. There is a statement given 
 that there was a log school house 
 built in an early day on or near the 
 present site of the Cottrell 
 Block. After a few years it was de- 
 serted and a frame school house 
 built on the Waite Shepherd cor- 
 ner near the river bridge. This must 
 have been built as early as 1812. 
 Here were held the earlier services 
 of the M. E. church down to the dedi- 
 cation of church building in 1847. 
 The next school house stood on the 
 Wetmore-Wixom property, just north 
 of the present M. E. church. In 1874, 
 the foundation was laid on the pres- 
 ent site of the building. 
 
 Among the early teachers of the 
 school were: 
 
 Partridge, John Waite, Krug Cole, 
 Plarmon Maconi, Levi Thrall, Dwight 
 Skeels, Lewis Polmateer, perhaps not 
 in order. 
 
 Since that time and the opening of 
 the Union School in 1874, the follow- 
 ing have been employed: 
 
 George D. Atwood 1874-1876. 
 
 I. M. Boothe 1876-187S. 
 
 H. W. English 1878-1879. 
 
 A. B. Davis 1879-1880. 
 
 T. S. Barto only a few weeks. 
 
 F. B. Beecher 1880-1881. 
 
 T A. Caswell 1881-1883 
 
 R. E. Salisbury 1883-1889. 
 
 M. E. Plough 1889-1897. 
 
 A. H. Watkins 1897-1898. 
 
 A. O. Tucker 1898-1903. 
 
 W. W. Bullock 1903-1905. 
 
 O. E. Page 1905. 
 
 Earlier in the history I have 
 spoken of the first school taught in 
 District No. 4, by Duty Waite, open 
 in 1814. By contract says D. S. 
 Waite in his history, "Duty Waite 
 agreed to teach the school for $12 
 
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per month. The maximum number of 
 scholars was sixteen. Those sending 
 were: Duty Waite, two; Abel Far- 
 mington, three; Thomas Rogers, 
 three; Benjamin Rogers, one; 
 A. Woodard, two; William Woodard, 
 one; Daniel Raymond, Sr., one; 
 Daniel Raymond, Jr., two; Cornelius 
 Crouch, one; Chauncey Atwell, one. 
 The present school house was built 
 in 1870. 
 
 At an early day Cohocton was call- 
 ed the Four Corners. Then about 
 182 6, we took the name of Liberty, 
 probably owing to the establishement 
 of the postofRce which would mean 
 1826. At the time the postoffice 
 was called Cohocton. The Erie sta- 
 tion. Liberty, until the coming of the 
 D. L. & W. in 1881, when by petition 
 the Erie changed and all became Co- 
 hocton. 
 
 Built in 1820 for a school house, 
 which was taken down a few years 
 ago, but was part of the blacksmith 
 shop that stood in front of the ceme- 
 tery. In that building as District No. 
 5, J. H. Hewitt, D. L. VanWormer 
 and others handled the birch and 
 there taught the alphabet dispen- 
 sary. 
 
 There they held sway until 1869, 
 when a square frame building, two 
 stories high, was built on the present 
 site. That and some other buildings 
 were built by contract. They evi- 
 dently were not securely fastened, 
 by the way, they shook in hard 
 winds 
 
 I find such names as: Prof. Skeel 
 one term; Z. L. Parker one year; 
 G. E. Ackerman two years; W. A. 
 Dawson here at two different times; 
 C. R. Buck three years; A. O. Tuck- 
 er; E. A. Higgins and W.H. Johnson. 
 Also the record of one who stayed 
 three days and left to the gratifica- 
 tion of the scholars. 
 
 The building was burned in 
 February, 1889. Rooms were provid- 
 
 ed for the remainder of the year. In 
 the meantime the present brick 
 building was erected and ready for 
 the fall term. 
 
 In 1880, the school became a Union 
 Graded School and the following 
 have been the principals: 
 
 Thomas F. Pangham 1879-1882. 
 
 Clayton S. Scott 1882-1885. 
 
 Hiram C. Horton 1885-1887. 
 
 Ralph A. Stewart 1887-1889. 
 
 George H. Guinnip 1889-1904. 
 
 Robert L. Weaver 1904-1905. 
 
 George H. Guinnip 1905-1908. 
 
 Clarence C. Rogers 1908-1910. 
 
 Earle E. Champ 1910. 
 
 I know of no earlier building in 
 District No. 6 than the present one. 
 It was there in 1814, at the coming 
 that part of the town from Pratts- 
 burg. 
 
 The first school house in District 
 No. 7, was the log school house on 
 the Stanton-Deusenbery farm spoken 
 of above. There was afterwards a 
 frame building built east of the 
 river near the Dunn place in 1868. 
 Later it was moved to its present 
 site. 
 
 The first building as a school 
 house in District No. 8, stood on the 
 opposite side of the road near where 
 St. Paul's Lutheran church now 
 stands. The present building was 
 built in the early sixties. 
 
 District No. 9, school house has al- 
 ways stood near where it now stands, 
 south of the M. H. Wilcox farm. 
 
 In District No. 10, the earlier 
 building stood below the road about 
 15 rods east of the present one. 
 
 There was once a building used as 
 a school house in an early day, stood 
 on the L. M. Jones farm west of the 
 old house but later moved on Brown 
 Hill, and is now District No 11. 
 
 We have spoken of a school house 
 that stood near the Mattice woods 
 on Lent Hill. This was evidently 
 the first school building in District 
 
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No. 12. The second was bulit on a 
 lot nearly opposite the present one, 
 which was built in the eighties. One 
 of the first teachers was Susan Henry 
 who became the wife of James 
 Draper and the first President of the 
 Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church. 
 POSTOPFICES 
 
 The postoffice was established 
 about 1826, and as far as I have been 
 able to learn the first three occupants 
 were: 
 
 Paul C. Cook, Daniel H. Davis, 
 Henry Blood. 
 
 Walter M. Eldred 1850-1861. 
 
 James Draper 1861-1866. 
 
 Walter M. Eldred 1866-1869. 
 
 Myron W. Harris 1869-1885. 
 
 Stephen D. Shattuck 1885-1889. 
 
 Andrew J. Hyland 1889-189 6. 
 
 James McLean 189 6-February 
 1900. 
 
 Henry P. Wilcox February 19 00- 
 1914. 
 
 Fred J. Land 1914. 
 
 The North Cohocton postoffice was 
 established in 1828, with Elijah 
 Hartwell as its first occupant. 
 
 The other postmasters were: 
 
 Jesse McTingg. 
 
 Samuel Conn. 
 
 James Nichoson 1845-1849. 
 
 W. A. Gilbert 1849-1852. 
 
 Asa Adams 1852-1871, 
 
 A. G. Jackman 1871-1876. 
 
 E. S. Carpenter 1876-1882. 
 
 F. A. Wetmore 18 82-18 85. 
 John A. Partridge 1885-1890. 
 J. Riley Wetmore 1890-1894. 
 George Last 1894-1898. 
 
 E. S. Carpenter 1898-1901. 
 
 D. D. Cottrell 1901. 
 
 The Atlanta office was established 
 in 1876, with Asa Adams then in the 
 postoffice at North Cohocton as its 
 first occupant. He continued until 
 IS 76. The other postmasters were: 
 
 J. Dwight Hendricks 1876-1885. 
 
 George W. Marts 1885-1889. 
 
 William T. Cornish 1889-1894. 
 
 William T. Slattery 1894-1897. 
 
 William T. Cornish 1897-till his 
 death, June 1903. 
 
 Rufus Clement June 1903. 
 W. C. T. U. 
 
 A great organization of women 
 known as the Woman's Christian 
 Temperance Union composed of lo- 
 cal societies, and in 1884, a society 
 was organized at Cohocton by Miss 
 Hazardette. 
 
 The secretary's report shows that 
 thirty women were in attendance and 
 the follov/ing officers elected: 
 
 Mrs. I. G. Saxton, President. 
 
 Mrs. T. R. Harris, Mrs. E. G. W. 
 Hall, Vice Presidents. 
 
 Mrs. Charles Larrowe, Correspond- 
 ing Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Amanda E. Perry, Recording 
 Secrotary. 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Draper, Treasurer. 
 
 The object of the organization is 
 to place and carry forward measures 
 which, with the blessing of God, will 
 result in the suppression of intem- 
 perance in our midst. 
 
 The membership consists in sign- 
 ing the pledge, Constitution and by 
 the payment of 50 cents per year. 
 
 The badge is a knot of white rib- 
 bon and the motto, "For God, Home 
 and Native Land". 
 
 The charter members were: 
 
 Mrs. H. Lyon, Mrs. Thomas War- 
 ner, Mrs. E. M. Edmunds, Mrs. I. L. 
 Goff, Mrs A. Goss, Mrs. E. W. Harris, 
 Mrs. Charles Larrowe, Mrs. S. D. 
 Shattuck, Mrs. George Wraight, Mrs. 
 T. R. Harris, Mrs. Cole Beach, Mrs. 
 Julia Streety, Mrs. I. G. Saxton, Mrs. 
 N. P. Roberts, Mrs. H. M. Runyan, 
 Mrs. R. Fleyellyn, Mrs. E. G. W. 
 Hall, Mrs. P. M. Conlcy, Miss Louisa 
 McDowell, Mrs. M. Leahy, Miss Ida 
 Higgins, Miss Harriet Wilcox, Miss 
 A. E. Perry, Mrs. M. H. Morgan, Mrs. 
 James Moulton, Mrs. Peter Vanda, 
 Mrs. N. C. White, Mrs. A. Larrowe, 
 Mrs. Dr. T. B. Fowler, Mrs. John 
 
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Waugh, Mrs. Benjamin Horr. 
 
 Meetings were held once in two 
 weeks, consisting of devotional and 
 library exercises with a short time 
 for business. 
 
 The following have served as 
 Presidents: 
 
 Mrs. I. G. Saxton, Mrs. Thomas 
 Warner, Mrs David Lyon, Mrs. C. S. 
 Scott, Mrs. H. B. Mason, Mrs. S. F. 
 vVoodworth, Mrs. B. S. Healy, Mrs. 
 F. M. Conley, Mrs. Celia (John) 
 Miller, Mrs. Mabel Moulton, Mrs. 
 F. S. Swan, Mrs. A. H. Jenks, Mrs. 
 R. D. Waite. 
 
 sates have been sent to Coun- 
 ty and State conventions. State and 
 National dues have been paid. The 
 County convention has been enter- 
 tained. Noted speakers have given 
 free lectures to large audiences. 
 Ernest work has been done for no 
 license. Many signers of the pledge 
 have been obtained. Many Sunday 
 School and day scholars have their 
 names on the roll of honor. Much 
 charitable and educational work 
 has been accomplished. Later 
 
 -ears the work has been divided into 
 
 ""erent departments, each depart- 
 ment having a Superintendent. T^e 
 p-ctivG and silent work has been an 
 uplift for the community. 
 
 W. C. T. U. OF LENT HILL 
 
 The W. C. T. U. of Lent Hill was 
 organized by the North Cohocton 
 Union November 6, 1901, with the 
 
 : lowing officers: 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Wheaton, President. 
 
 Mrs. Louisa Caward, Vice Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 Mrs. Zema Wheaton, Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Lottie Jackson, Treasurer. 
 
 The Treasurer and Secretary soon 
 resigned and Mrs. Louise Caward 
 was elected Secretary and Mrs. Helen 
 Edmond, Treasurer. 
 
 Three officers joined at the first 
 meeting. These officers held down 
 to 1906. 
 
 W. C. T. U. AT NORTH COHOCTON 
 AND ATLANTA 
 
 This Society was organized on 
 August 10, 18S8, with the following 
 charter members: 
 
 Mrs. Cynthia Corey, Mrs. Celestia 
 B. (H. W. Hatch), Mrs. Ursula Moul- 
 ton, Mrs. Mary A. (J. S.) VanDoren, 
 Mrs. Ida (W. L.) VanDoren, Mrs. 
 Malissa Thomas, Mrs. Nellie Spauld- 
 ing, Mrs. Hattie Spaulding, Mrs. 
 Hannah Moulton, Mrs. S. Watkins, 
 Mrs. H. C. Pierce, Mrs. Frank Wet- 
 more, Mrs. Martha Stanton, Mrs. 
 
 A. L. Gilbert, Mrs. Zellah Borden, 
 Mrs. Helen Marsh, Mrs. Belle Shat- 
 tuck, Mrs. Mary Gardner, Mrs. Retta 
 Finch, Mrs. Mary Arnold, Mrs. 
 Esther Fish, Mrs. Alice Baker, Mrs. 
 
 B. A. Tyler, Mrs. Helen Bellis, Mrs. 
 Rufus Waite, Mrs. Fanny Sheperd. 
 
 The first officers were: 
 
 Celestia B. Hatch, President; Mrs. 
 Emily J. Gilbert, Corresponding 
 Secretary; Mrs. Mary L. Wetmore, 
 Recording Secretary; Mrs. Ursula 
 Moulton, Treasurer. 
 
 The following have been the Presi- 
 dents: 
 
 Mrs. Celestia B. Hatch 1888-1891. 
 
 Mrs. Alice Baker 1891-1895. 
 
 Mrs. Isadore Nye 1895-189 8. 
 
 Mrs. Emily J. Gilbert 1898-1900 
 CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 
 
 The following enlisted to serve in 
 the Civil War 1861-65 from Cohoc- 
 ton. The figures after the names in- 
 dicate age at enlistment. 
 
 Parley Abbott, 18; John Adair, 
 34; Robert Allen, 38; Edward C. 
 Avery, 24; John A. Avery, 19; Aus- 
 tin H. Bacon, 21; Gilbert T. Avery, 
 34; William Bailey, 26; William 
 Bartholomew 25; Orlando Barber, 
 20; Norton Beckwith, 24; Charles 
 H. Berger, 33; Gregory Blackrick, 
 18; George Blackrick, 18; James H. 
 Blood, 27; Wm. M. Booth, 25; Eze- 
 kiel Brown, 25; Fernando C. Brown, 
 21; Gaylord Brown, 24; Calvin 
 
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Burlingham; John Wesley Bush, 21; 
 Rufus J. Bush, 34; John H. Camp- 
 bell, 20; William Y. Garner, 21; 
 Frank Carpenter, 18; Simeon O. Car- 
 penter, 17; Delos D. Clark, 
 37; Monroe Clayson, 21; Henry Clay- 
 son, 18; W. Henry Chapman, 19; 
 Luther Cleland, 23; Ardin Cobin, 21; 
 Nathaniel B. Cobin, 26; Nelson Co- 
 bin, 21; Samuel L. Cole, 42; Chris- 
 tian Conrad, 37; Albert L. Corey, 21; 
 James Cornish, 20; William Cragg, 
 23; Harvey B. Cramer, 18; James N. 
 Crawford, 32;, J. J. Crouch; George 
 Cunningham, 29; George H. Ben- 
 nett. 
 
 Aetna M. Davis, 29; Leman H. 
 Day, 42; Horace Dean, 22; Nelson 
 H. Demorest, 17; Edwin A. Draper, 
 25; Frank M. Draper, 21; Daniel B. 
 Dunn, 19. 
 
 Jacob Eckerman, 18; Frederick 
 Edmond, 21; John F. Edmond; 
 Luther B. Eldred, 24; Albert Em- 
 hart; Franklin Eply, 21; John H. 
 Farley; Luther J. Ferris, 21; Ed- 
 ward J. Finch, 18; Charles B. Finks; 
 Slittman S. Fisher, 28; Nicholas 
 Folts, 31; Holister Foster, 25; 
 William Francis; Willard C. French, 
 33; Joseph Fronk, 43. 
 
 Jacob Garger, 21; James Geer, 44; 
 Wiilam H. GGeer, 22; John Gill, 36; 
 George Glover, 30; Jacob Green, 22; 
 William Graves; John Graves, 20; 
 Charles Grieves, 21; Charles C. 
 Gross; Rudolph R. Grover, 23; 
 Robert C. Guernsey, 45; Charles B. 
 Hall, 31; Edgar S. Haight, 18; Wil- 
 liam H. Hammond; James Harris, 
 38; Theodore R. Harris; Rodney 
 E. Harris; Leonard Harter, 38; 
 Aaron Hartwell, 24; Charles H. 
 Hattas; David J. Huganir, 41; Ben- 
 jamin F. Herrick; James C. Hewitt, 
 22; Charles M. Hewitt, 19; Julias 
 Hewitt, 21; Dewitt Hill, 23; Benja- 
 min F. Hill, 21; Peter Hoffman, 35; 
 William W. Hoagland, 26; Benjamin 
 Horr, 22; Isaac Hurlburt, 36; Jacob 
 
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 Hultz; Philip Hunt, 18; Andrew J. 
 Hyland, 21; Samuel Jaqua, 44; 
 James D. Jenks, 40; Joseph Jenks, 
 37; Franklin Jones, 18; Oscar John- 
 son, 22; Charles M. Johnson. 
 
 David S. Katner, 44; Murry 
 Kellogg, 19; Luther M. Kimbell, 23; 
 Elbert E. Kimbell, 21; Myron Knapp, 
 32; John Knodle, Sr., 44; John 
 Knodle, Jr., 18. 
 
 Charles M. Leggett, 23; Jonah B. 
 Lyon, 40; Wesley Martin, 23; Da- 
 vid H. Mattice, 28; Theodore H. 
 Mattice, 19; William H. McDowell, 
 23; James McClarrie, 19; William 
 McClarrie, 44; Lewis Mehlenbacher, 
 23; William Miles, 28; Chester 
 Moore; Robert S. Moore, 27; Ira 
 H. Morehouse, 32; James H. Moul- 
 ton, 18; George Morrison, 20; 
 Charles. Nickson, 18; Samuel Nara- 
 cong, Jr., 29; Solomon Noble, 23; 
 Samuel Nostrand, 41. 
 
 Myron J. Parks; Silsbee Peck, 20; 
 Stephen J. Partridge; Elmer Peter- 
 son, 23; Orrin J. Peterson, 19; 
 Thaddeus W. Petrie, 23; Charles M. 
 Pierce, 29; John Pierce, 24; Silas N. 
 Pierce, 22; Jerry A. Polmanteer, 18. 
 
 Amza C. Raymond, 19; George 
 Randolph, IS; John S. Randolph, 22; 
 William Randolph, 18; George H. 
 Reeves, 22; Vincent L. Reynolds, 20; 
 William H. Rex, 19; Joseph T. Rec- 
 tor, 18; Andrew Rexsicker, 25; 
 Nicholas Rexsicker, Jr., 18; Nicholas 
 Rexsicker, Sr., 43; Robert W. Riddle, 
 25; Lorenzo Roberts, 29; Elias 
 Riker, 40; Hiram Roberts, 27; John 
 Rhine, 22; George Rocker; Christian 
 Rowe, 38; Lemuel Roe. 
 
 Bolster Sauerbier, 20; Royal Saw- 
 yer; L. Brace Shattuck, 27; Andrew 
 Shults; Philip Sick, 21; Roswell 
 Slayton; Walter C. Slayton, 17; 
 Duane or Daniel Smith, 21; Hugh 
 Smith, 35; John Snyder, 19; Henry 
 Spike, 44; James H. Spike, 25; Perry 
 Spike, 21; Oliver P. Spike, 19; 
 Thaddeus Spike, 25; Clarence W. 
 
Stanton, 15; Horace Stoddard, 37; 
 Elijah Stanton, 31; Stephen T. Stan- 
 ton, 20; William H. St. John; Cyrus 
 H. Stone, 33; Jacob Stein, 23; 
 Reuben E. Stetson, 30; Lysis Stov/, 
 32. 
 
 Benjamin W. Tambling, 36; John 
 W. Terry, 23; George H. Tompkins; 
 William H. Tompkins, 24; James H. 
 Totten, 19; Chester Townsend, 34; 
 Sidney R. Tripp, 19; Milan J. Tyler, 
 23. 
 
 John Van xUten, 21; Fayette M. 
 VanWormer, 20; George VanKleck, 
 22; Morris VanRiper, IS; Henry 
 Velder or Felder, 44; Benjamin F. 
 Waite, IS; Jonn Wager, 43; Jacob 
 Wagner, 19; Nicholas J. Wagner, 21; 
 John Walder, 24; Clinton 
 
 Walling; Samuel A. Walling, 30; 
 John Warring, 39; William Wash- 
 burn, 39; Caleb M. Weaver, 34; Ly- 
 man Webster, 35; William B. Web- 
 ster, 30; James Welch; Kimball 
 Wellington, 31; Ephriam V. Wemple, 
 Edwin H. Wetmore, 18; Alvin S. 
 Wheaton, 22; George Wheaton, 21; 
 Herbert M. Wheaton, 18; Wesley 
 Wheeler; Haskell Williamson, 17; 
 Carlos H. Wilcox, 21; George W. 
 Williamson, IS; Edwin F. Watkins, 
 18; Charles Wilson; Jerry Wilson; 
 Rudolphus Wise, 18; Benj. Wise, 3G; 
 Fred Wittig, 18; Hiram T.Wood, 26; 
 Reuben W. Wood, 21; Andrew J. 
 Wood, 23; James Wood; Henry P. 
 Woodworth, 23; Joseph Young, 28; 
 William Ziegenfuss, 19. 
 G. A. R. 
 
 R. E. HARRIS POST, NO. 240, 
 This Post was organized in October 
 1881, with eighteen charter mem- 
 bers, as follows: 
 
 Cyrus H. Stone, Clarence W. 
 Stanton, Hiram T. Wood, Ira L. Goff, 
 Charles H. Beyer, Charles E. Hall, 
 Samuel H. Leavitt, Jacob Stein, Os- 
 car Johnson, Burr Edmond, Theo- 
 dore R. Harris, B. W. Tambling, 
 Jacob Wagner, Lewis Mehlenbacher, 
 
 Philip Zimmer, John Snyder, Her- 
 man C. Cole, Shepard Rowell. 
 
 Clarence W. Stanton was elected 
 the first commander and served dur- 
 ing the years of 1881-1882. He has 
 been followed as given: 
 
 1883, Ira L. Goff. 
 
 1884-1885, Cyrus H. Stone. 
 
 18S6-1896, Nicholas J. Wagner. 
 
 1SD7, Ephriam V. Wemple. 
 
 1S9S-1902, Nicholas J. Wagner. 
 
 1903, Edwin A. Draper. 
 
 1904-1909, Nicholas J. Wagner. 
 
 The Post in 1895, was composed 
 of seventy-one members. 
 
 This Post was named after Rodney 
 E. Harris, who enlisted and muster- 
 ed into Company A., i 
 Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, August 
 13, 1862, under the command of 
 Colonel R. V. VanWalkenburg. He 
 was in the following battles: 
 
 Antietan, Chancellorville, Atlanta, 
 Beutonville, and others, and was 
 honorably discharged at Washington, 
 D. C, June 5, 1865. He died at Na- 
 ples, April 21, 1877. 
 
 At the formation of the C. M. 
 Pierce Post at North Cohocton our 
 membership was reduced so that by 
 death and those members joining 
 that Post, that in 1905, we had only 
 twenty-six members. 
 
 Since the charter was obtained the 
 follov/ing charter members have 
 died: 
 
 Cyrus H. Stone, Hiram T. Wood, 
 Charles H. Beyer, Samuel H. Leavitt, 
 Oscar Johnson, Theodore R. Harris, 
 Herman C. Cole, Charles E. Hall, 
 Benjamin W. Tambling. 
 THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS 
 
 The Rodney E. Harris Woman's 
 Relief Corps, No. 105, was organized 
 October 31, 1887, by Mrs. Ada Sher- 
 wood and Mrs. Leatha Seeley of 
 Hornellsville Corp, No. 39, with the 
 following charter members: 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta Goff, President. 
 
 Mrs. Rose Wittig, Senior Vice 
 
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President; Mrs. Mary Werth, Junior 
 Vice President; Mrs. Ida Wertli, 
 Secretary. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Shafer, Treasurer. 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Wagner, Chaplain. 
 
 Mrs. Esther Reynolds, Conductor. 
 
 Mrs. Malinda Wagner, Guard. 
 
 Miss Anna Wagner, Assistant Con- 
 ductor. 
 
 Mrs. Wealthy Stone, Assistant 
 Guard. 
 
 Prom that time to the present, 
 Mrs. Rose Wittig has held the office 
 as President, followed by Mrs. 
 Fannie Wilcox, Mrs. Harriet John- 
 son, Mrs. Mary Chapman. 
 
 C. M. PIERCE POST, NO. 640, 
 G. A. R., ATLANTA AND 
 
 NORTH COHOCTON 
 
 This Post was chartered April 14, 
 1902, at North Cohocton. Many of 
 its members had been already mem- 
 bers of other Posts. 
 
 The names of the charter members 
 were: 
 
 George W. Gifford, Commander. 
 
 J. W. Wiley, Senior Vice Com. 
 
 Monroe Clayson, Junior Vice Com. 
 
 S. J. Merrill, Chaplain. 
 
 Albert L. Corey, Adjutant. 
 
 Charles H. Donley, Officer of the 
 Day. 
 
 Stephen T. Stanton, Officer of the 
 Guard. 
 
 George Wheaton, Quartermaster. 
 
 D. H. Robbins, Sergeant Major. 
 Harrison Agard, Surgeon. 
 Rudolph Grover, Guard. 
 
 J. Wesley Bush, Color Bearer. 
 
 The other charter members were: | 
 
 Henry Wightman, Thaddeus Spike, \ 
 
 Delos L. Avery, A. C. Owen, Martin I 
 
 Tenney, Byron Hayes, David Har- I 
 
 rington, E. D. Armstrong, William ' 
 
 Mattison, Solomon Noble, Edwin J. 
 Finch, Hiram Lyon, Royal Sawyer, 
 William Terry, Leroy Demorest. 
 
 Since the organization of the Post, 
 1902, Albert L. Corey, Solomon 
 Noble, Charles H. Donley, Stephen T. 
 Stanton, Geo. Wheaton (have died). 
 Charles H. Donley were the other 
 Commanders of the Post. 
 
 WILLIIAM H. HAMMOND CIRCLE 
 NORTH COHOCTON 
 
 Through the instrmentality of 
 George W. Gifford and W. H. Ham- 
 mond, Circle No. 45, Ladies of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, was 
 organized at North Cohocton, July 
 1, 1905. It was instituted by Mrs. 
 Adeline L. Titus of Penn Yan, De- 
 partment President. 
 
 The following were its first offi- 
 cers: 
 
 Delia H. Wells, President. 
 
 Mary M. Hammond, Senior Vice 
 President. 
 
 Margaret C. Hayes, Junior Vice 
 President. 
 
 Mary E. Gifford, Chaplain. 
 
 Belle Shattuck, Secretary. 
 
 Rachel Sawyer, Conductor. 
 
 Mary Bennett, Assistant Conduc- 
 tor. 
 
 Sarah Wightman, Treasurer. 
 
 Celia W. Rex, Assistant Treas. 
 
 Julia Deming, Guard. 
 
 Avilla Shaffer, Assistant Guard. 
 
 Mrs. S. Parks, Color Guard. 
 
 Mrs. I. N. Baker, Assistant Color 
 Guard. 
 
 The other charter members in 
 1905, were: L. D. Clark, Laurentia 
 Carpenter, Emily Owen, Ella Stan- 
 ton, Helen Haynes, Kate Briggs, Ida 
 Clark, Mrs. D. Harrington. 
 
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