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HISTOKV 
 
 Original Town of Concord, 
 
 BEING THE PRESENT TOWNS OF 
 
 CONCORD, COLLINS, N. COLLINS AND 
 SARDINIA, 
 
 Erie Couni^v, new. York, 
 
 BY ERASMUS BRIGGS. 
 
 ROCHESTER, N. Y.: 
 
 UNION AXI) ADVERTISER COMPANY'S PRINT. 
 1883. 
 
50422 
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1S83. 
 
 BY ERASMUS BRIGGS, 
 
 In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
 
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 INDEX, 
 
 Chapter I. pa(;e. 
 
 From 1534 to 1(355. 
 
 Cartier's and Champlain's Expe- 
 dions 3 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 From 1655 to 1679— Indians, 
 Dutch, French, &c 9 
 
 Chapter III. 
 
 DeNonville-La Houton— Queen 
 Anne — the Iroquois, &c 13 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 Pontiac' League — tlie Senecas — 
 the Devil's Hole, &c 17 
 
 Chapter V. 
 
 The Revolution — the Indians' 
 Ho?tiUty — Wyoming— Clierry 
 Valley. &c 20 
 
 Chapter VI 
 
 The Treaty of Fort Stanwix and 
 subsequent Treaties 24 
 
 Chapter VII. 
 
 Land Titles — Various Grants — 
 Conflicting Claims — Robert 
 Morris 29 
 
 Chapter VIII. 
 
 A curious fact — the First Crop 
 raised on the Holland Pur- 
 (;hase . 32 
 
 Chapter IX. 
 
 Agents of Holland C'ompany. 
 Theophilus Cazenova & Paul 
 
 Bustle 48 
 
 Joseph Ellicott 49 
 
 Jacob S. Otto, David E Evans. 51 
 A sketcli of others. 
 
 Robert Morris 52 
 
 Mary Jemison, the White Wo- 
 man 57 
 
 Chapter X. pa«e. 
 War of 1812-15 60 
 
 Chapter XI. 
 Campaign of 1813 66 
 
 Chapter XII. 
 Burning of Buffalo, &c 74 
 
 Chapter XIII. 
 
 Campaign of 1814 81 
 
 Discipline at Butf alo— the Death 
 
 Penalty 82 
 
 Capture of Fort Erie by the 
 
 Americans 83 
 
 An Indian Battle 84 
 
 The Battle of Chippewa 87 
 
 Battle of Conjockety Creek. ... 91 
 
 Battle of Fort Erie 92 
 
 Sortie at Fort Erie 95 
 
 News of Peace 98 
 
 Chapter XIV. 
 
 Early Settlers 100 
 
 Early Organization of County 
 
 and Towns 102 
 
 Date of Settlement and Organi- 
 zation of Towns in Erie Co. . . 104 
 
 Old Town of Concord 105 
 
 Coming to the country 106 
 
 Log Houses — Dutch Cliimneys 
 
 and Log-raising "106 
 
 Clearing Land 109 
 
 Sugar Making 113 
 
 Pioneer Wells 116 
 
 Pioneer Fencing 118 
 
 Frame Barns 120 
 
 Primitive Household Furnitm-e, 
 
 &c , &c 121 
 
 Carding, Spinning and Weaving 124 
 Raising, Dressing and Spinning 
 
 Flax 127 
 
 Bull Plow and Crotch Drag 128 
 
 Milling 129 
 
 Manufacturing of Clothing, 
 
 Boots and Shoes I3i 
 
 Making Black Salt . . . v 132 
 
 Husking Bees, &c . .'. .-',. . . ... . . 134 
 
 Schools •••,■>.. 136 
 
 '•■_ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Spelling Schools 139 
 
 Reaping with a Sickle, &c 143 
 
 Militia Training .-. 144 
 
 Wrestling 146 
 
 Snow Shoes 146 
 
 Dancing 147 
 
 The Great AVolf Hunt 148 
 
 Droves and Drovers 150 
 
 The Lost Boy lol 
 
 Pigeons l^^ 
 
 Thanksgiving 153 
 
 Chapter XV. 
 
 History of Concord 156 
 
 Names of persons previous to 
 
 Jan. 1. 1815 158 
 
 Names of persons Buying Land 
 of the Holland Company, 
 
 Township 6, Range 6 159 
 
 Township 7. Range 6 . 160 
 
 Township 6, Range 7 163 
 
 Township 7. Range 7 : . . . . 165 
 
 Copy of an Original Article of 
 
 Land 168 
 
 Copy of the First Deed in Con- 
 cord 172 
 
 Early Roads 173 
 
 Springville & Sardinia Railroad 175 
 Rochester & Pittsburgh Railro'd 175 
 Names of one or more of the 
 First Settlers on each Lot in 
 
 Concord 176 
 
 Hotels — Mills — Manufactories . 17S 
 Professional Men — Merchants — 
 
 Tradei-s and Mechanics 185 
 
 Banks 192 
 
 Manufacturers — Merchants and 
 
 Tradesmen 193 
 
 " Fiddler's Green' 196 
 
 Mail Routes— Post Offices 197 
 
 Commission of the First Post 
 
 Master in Springville 199 
 
 A list of the Owners of Farming 
 Lands in the Town of Con- 
 cord in 1845 200 
 
 Concord Soldiers' Record 205 
 
 Presbyterian Church 209 
 
 Metliodist Episcopal Church of 
 
 Springville 213 
 
 First Baptist Church of Spring- 
 ville 214 
 
 Free Baptist Church of Spring- 
 ville 216 
 
 Roman Catholic C h u r c h o f 
 
 Springville 217 
 
 Universalist Church 218 
 
 Free Baptist Church, East C!on- 
 
 cord 218 
 
 Free Baptist Church, West Con- 
 cord 219 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 
 West Concord 219 
 
 Springville Academy 220 
 
 Semi-Centennial Celebration of 
 the Opening of Springville 
 
 Academy 223 
 
 Teachers' institutes 230 
 
 List of Accidental Deaths in the 
 
 Town of Concord 235 
 
 Names of Streams in Concord. . 237 
 
 The First Liberty-Pole 238 
 
 The Springville Mill 239 
 
 Local Names in Concord 240 
 
 The Springville Rifle Company 241 
 
 Town Officers of Concord 242 
 
 Town Accounts, 1830 245 
 
 Names of Early Settlers 246 
 
 Soldiers of Concord in 1812. . . . 247 
 
 Vosburg Murder 247 
 
 Otis Murder 248 
 
 The Old Springville Hotel 248 
 
 Panther Stories 250 
 
 Bear Story 251 
 
 Lands Deeded in Concord 252 
 
 Societies 265 
 
 Newspapers 267 
 
 Chapter XVI. 
 
 Family Histories of the Town of 
 Concord in Alphabetical Or- 
 der 
 
 A, 269 : B. 277 ; C, 303 ; D, 341 ; 
 E. 348 ; F, 353 : G, 369 ; H. 
 376 : I, 386 : J, 387 ; K, 391 : 
 L. 399 : M, 404 ; N. 417 : O. 
 422 ; P. 423 ; Q, 435 : R, 436 ; 
 S, 450 : T. 487 ; Urich, 502 ; 
 V, 502 ; W, 509 : Z, 532. 
 
 Eliza Reynolds 
 
 Springville 
 
 Chester Spencer 
 
 C. C McClure 
 
 Goddard Family 
 
 Christopher Stone's House 
 
 269 
 
 533 
 541 
 534 
 535 
 536 
 542 
 
 Chapter XVII. 
 
 History of C^ollins 543 
 
 First Settlers 544 
 
 Articles 545 
 
 Assessment Roll, 1823 553 
 
 Act Creating the Town 559 
 
 Defining Boundaries 560 
 
 Zoar 563 
 
 Deeds 569 
 
 List of Town Officers 577 
 
 Schools 583 
 
 Religious Meetings and Church 
 
 Organizations 584 
 
 ••East District." Town of Col- 
 lins Center 585 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Collins Center 585 
 
 Physicians 586 
 
 C'oilins C'enter Merchants 586 
 
 Tanneries 587 
 
 Mills 587 
 
 '• Society of Friends" 588 
 
 Soldiers' Record 589 
 
 Settlers of 60 and 70 years ago. . 593 
 
 Town Account. 1830 593 
 
 Societies 594 
 
 John Millis and his grist 595 
 
 Wild Animals 596 
 
 Business Directory of Collins 
 
 Center for 1882 596 
 
 Cowanda Directoiy for 1882... 597 
 
 Mrs. CJiarlotte Seymour's letter 598 
 
 Statement of S. W. Soule 600 
 
 Mrs. Stoddard's Statement 604 
 
 Statement of Joseph Plumb, Esq 617 
 
 Statement of S. Carv Adams . . . 624 
 
 Statement of David Wilber 696 
 
 Letter of Wm H. Parkinson. . . 675 
 
 Augustus Smith's Statement. . . 683 
 
 Statement of Benj. Albee. 2d. . 637 
 
 Blackney Murder 641 
 
 Chapter XVIII. 
 
 Family Histories, Collins 635 
 
 A, 635^ B. 639 ; C. 647 : F. 655 ; 
 G, 656 ; H, 657 ; J, 661 ; K, 
 663 ; L. 666 : M, 668 : N, 674 ; 
 O. 674 : P, 675 ; R, 682 ; S, 683 : 
 
 T, 691; V, 695; W, 696 
 
 Chapter XIX. 
 
 North Collins 707 
 
 Names of those who Purchased 
 Lands of the Holland Com- 
 pany 708 
 
 Deeds 714 
 
 First Settlers on each Lot 725 
 
 Assessment Roll of 1823 734 
 
 List of Town Officers ; . 728 
 
 Societies 731 
 
 Soldiers' Record 733 
 
 First Congregational Chui-ch . . . 737 
 Job Southwoi-th's Statement. . . 738 
 
 Statement of Isaac Hale 740 
 
 Statement of Noel Conger 743 
 
 'Statement of Isaac Woodward . 745 
 
 ClIAPTKR XX. 
 Family Histories, North Collins 749 
 
 B, 749 ; C, 750 ; D, 753 : F, 752 ; 
 G. 753 : H, 754 ; J, 755 : K. 
 756 ; L, 757 , P, 759 ; R. 761 : 
 
 S, 762 ; V, 766 ; W, 766 
 
 Chapter XXI. 
 General Historj^ of Sardinia. . . 769 
 Early Settlers 770 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Articled Land 771 
 
 Deed of the Holland Comi)any. 776 
 Early Reminiscences — Nott. . . . 784 
 
 Fourth of July Party, 181 1 789 
 
 Soldiers" Record 794 
 
 First Baptist Church 797 
 
 Beneficiary Orders 798 
 
 Town Ofticers 798 
 
 Assessment Roll, 1843 813 
 
 Reminiscences by Dr. B. H. Col- 
 
 RToye 823 
 
 Statement of A. W. Shedd 839 
 
 Statement of L. D. Smith 832 
 
 Statement of Cyrus Rice 835 
 
 Business Places. &c 845 
 
 Notes from the Old Town Book 
 
 of 1821, &c 848 
 
 Chapter XXII. 
 
 Family Histories in Alphabet- 
 ical Order — Illustrations 851 
 
 A, 851 ; B. 854 : C. 857 : F. 860 : 
 G, 861 : H, 862 ; J, 868 : L, 
 868 : M, 870 : N, 871 ; O, 873 ; 
 P. 873 ; R, 875 : S, 878 ; T. 
 885 ; V. 885 ; Sterling Titus, 
 886; W, 886 
 
 OUTSIDERS. 
 
 Adams, J. C 892 
 
 Brooks, John 893 
 
 Brooks. Andrew J 894 
 
 Briggs, A. H , M. D 894 
 
 Briggs, George W 895 
 
 Foster, Harrison T 895 
 
 Field, William 897 
 
 Field. ]\Iarvin 898 
 
 Drake, Allen 898 
 
 Hammond, Wm. W 899 
 
 Hastings. Chancey J 900 
 
 Hastings, Sej'mour P 901 
 
 Koch, Harry H 901 
 
 Miller. Frederick 903 
 
 Nott. S. E. L. H 903 
 
 Nichols, George W 904 
 
 Wilev. William 904 
 
 Wiley, John M 905 
 
 Jliller, Christian 905 
 
 Oatman, David 906 
 
 Williams, George 907 
 
 Stowell, ( "harles 908 
 
 Ewell, Joseph E 908 
 
 Tanner, Aukxs B 1)09 
 
 Per.sons, Daniel H 910 
 
 Emery, Joseph, (,'ol 910 
 
 Scott.' Justus. 91 1 
 
 Smither, R. R 913 
 
 Spencer, H. S 912 
 
 Tanner, Alonzo, Esq 913 
 
 Wil)ert Family 913 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Cutler, Caleb 915 
 
 Ransom. Asa 915 
 
 Ransom, Asa. Jr. ... : 916 
 
 Ransom, Harry B 917 
 
 Titus, James B 917 
 
 Kent, Joseph 919 
 
 Kent, Jonathan 919 
 
 Cooper, Joseph 920 
 
 Young, Charles E 930 
 
 Lockwood, Ebenezer 921 
 
 Stickney, David, Jr 922 
 
 White, Aimer 928 
 
 Tucker, Harvey J 924 
 
 Lockwood, A. U 925 
 
 Preston, A. G 926 
 
 Lawson, W. W 927 
 
 Bartholomew, A 928 
 
 Sampson, Joseph P 929 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Bensley, John R 930 
 
 Bensley, George E 931 
 
 Haight, Albert 982 
 
 Coit, George 935 
 
 Humphrey, Arthur 935 
 
 Humphrey, J. M 936 
 
 Lockwood, D. N 937 
 
 Green, O J. & Sons 938 
 
 Reading, Richard 939 
 
 Canbee, Joseph 940 
 
 Kerr. Patterson 941 
 
 Scoby. M C 941 
 
 Bartlett, Marcus 542 
 
 Calkins, AC 544 
 
 Coit, Chas. T 944 
 
 Coit, Frank S 945 
 
 Eustaphive. HA 945 
 
 Masonic 947 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 Page 105, read " Lawton " for Lanton. 
 
 Page 106, read " Big Tree " for Fitr Tree. 
 
 Page 126, read " Scarn " for Scam. 
 
 Page 131, 9th line, read " difticuU '" for different. 
 
 Page 152, read " Morton's Corners" for Morton's Creek. 
 
 Page 174, line 38, read " at lot 32 " for at lot 52. 
 
 Page 180, read '" Theodore Frew " for Theodore Trevv. 
 
 Page 188, read " Perigo " for Brigo. 
 
 Page 189, read " Shoutz " for Shontz ; same page, read " Barnhart " for Ramhart ; same 
 page, read " Post " for Past. 
 
 Page 190, read " Parmeter " for Bameter. 
 
 Page 192, read " F. K. Davis " for T. K. Davis. 
 
 Page 195, read " Frew " for Trew. 
 
 Page 208, read " 1862 " for 1892. 
 
 Page 218, read " Morris Hall " for Horris Hall. 
 
 Page 275, read " Auwater " for Anwater. 
 
 Page 253, 3d line from bottom, read " 1819 " instead of 1809. 
 
 Page 293, read " 1869" for 1899. 
 
 Page 294, read " 1880 " for 1810 ; same page, read " 1882 " for 1822. 
 
 Page 332, read " 1839 " for 1849. • 
 
 Page 338, read " 1877" for 1878. 
 
 Page 359, read the name " Benjamin Fay " for Benjamin Frye. 
 
 Page 360, read the name " Nemiah Fay '" for Nemiah Frj-e. 
 
 Page 369, line 16, read " Ruth Briggs" for Bertha Briggs. 
 
 Page 391, read " Benjamin Gardner" for Benjamin Gordon. 
 
 Page 305, read " Otis Morton " for Otis Horton. 
 
 Page 400, read " Mary Hufstader " for John Hufstader. 
 
 Page 433, read " 1832 " for 1882. 
 
 Page 452, read"' William T., " for William G., and "' W. T. Lincoln " for William F. 
 
 Page 468. read " Orrin Baker " for Owen Baker. 
 
 Page 484, line 20, read " Council Bluffs " for Dakota. 
 
 Page 476, read '" Marcy " for Mercy. 
 
 Page 478, line 6th, read " 1761 " for 1861. 
 
 Page 496, 2d line, leave out "Boston"; same page, read 4th line from bottom p;»ge 
 ■' near" for new. 
 
 Page 498, 2d line from top, read "1792 " for 1702. 
 
 Page 519, in the account of Levi and Isaac Woodward, read "• married " for the capital M. 
 
 Page 566, i2th line, read "her family" for his family. 
 
 Page 618, read " Parthenia" for Perthenia. 
 
 Page 623, read " Parthenia " for Pathenia. 
 
 Page 632, last line, read " Methodist Preacher " for teacher 
 
 Page 659, 12th line, read " born 1831 " for 1871. 
 
 Page 672, line 14, read " 1850 " for 1859. 
 
 Page 743, read " Noel Conger " for Noah Conger; page following 770, read " 77I " for 
 781 ; page following 872, read " 873 " for 783. 
 
 Page 827. read " Reuben B. Heacock " for Reuben B. Hancock. 
 
 Page 861, ^4th line, " TuUer " for I'uller. 
 
 Page 889, " Brewer " for Brower. 
 
 Page 894, " John Jr., 2d " for John Jr.. Son. 
 
INTRODUCTION, 
 
 " Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield 
 
 Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke, 
 How jocund did they drive their team a-field, 
 
 How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. 
 Let not ambition mock their useful toil, 
 
 Their homely joys and destiny obscure." 
 
 The motives that prompted the author to attempt the com- 
 pilation of a work of this nature were, that bein^ himself to 
 the " manor born," and having enjoyed an intimate personal 
 acquaintance with many of the early settlers of these towns, 
 and knowing that very little had ever been said of them in any 
 history that had been heretofore published, he felt that all 
 former attempts of the historian to portray the.se early tijnes 
 and scenes were lacking in detail and did not accord to the 
 brave pioneers of these towns the mead of pra'ise that their 
 self-sacrificing labors and privations entitle them to, and he 
 departs from the rule generally pursued by writers, of record- 
 ing only the acts of those whom fortune or favor has raised to 
 positions of prominence, and he feels that the lives and deeds 
 of the pioneer, though their destiny may have been obscure, 
 are worthy of being remembered and perpetuated upon the 
 pages of history; for the pioneer, like the great forests that 
 once surrounded his humble cabin, is passing awa)- ; onl)' here 
 and there you find them, and soon, very soon, there will not 
 one remain, and it is but a simple acti of justice to the living 
 and an honor that we owe to the dead, who now rest from their 
 toils on fields their hands helped to clear, that a record of their 
 lives should be put into some tangible form and the multitude 
 of facts in the possession of those who are yet with us be res- 
 cued from oblivion, for soon these witnesses will pass away, and 
 there will be none left to tell the story of the olden time. 
 
X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 For this reason the author has undertaken the task of com- 
 piling a vohime, and he finds that there has been an ahiiost 
 endless amount of labor to collect and arrange facts and dates 
 to incidents that transpired so many years ago, and much of it 
 may appear commonplace and non-interesting to some, but the 
 author belives that the task he has undertaken is a laudable 
 one, and that the few pioneers now remaining and their de- 
 scendants for generations to come, will be interested in the 
 work, and will properly appreciate the undertaking. 
 
 To the many who have aided him in this undertaking and 
 were induced to, at his earnest request, he is under many obliga- 
 tions, and though their names may appear elsewhere, in con- 
 nection with articles contributed, still he takes pleasure in ren- 
 dering a personal acknowledgment here : J. H. Plumb, Esq., of 
 Westfield, Mrs. Stoddard of Iowa, S Gary Adams, Esq. of 
 Buffalo, S. W. Soule, William H. Parkinson of Collins, Mrs. Sey- 
 mour of Chautauqua, L. B. Cochran, Esq., Hon. C. C. Sever- 
 ance, W. G. Ramson, Dr. G. G. Stanbro of Concord and L. D. 
 Smith and Cyrus Rice of Sardinia, have placed him under a debt 
 of gratitude. Of those who rendered valuable aid in soliciting 
 subscriptions and encouraging him in his undertaking, he will 
 ever remember the names of James Hopkins, Addison Whee- 
 lock, Cyrus Rice, Welcome Andrews, Alden J. McArthur and 
 many others. Christfield Johnson, Esq., author of the Centen- 
 nial History of Erie county, courteously allowed him the free 
 use of his book, and the first one hundred pages of this work 
 are taken from his book, and Turner's History of the Holland 
 Purchase. Nearly the whole of the remaining pages are original. 
 The amount of matter in this volume in relation to the family 
 histories of each of these respective towns will be accounted for 
 by the number of subscriptions that the author has received in 
 said towns to aid in the publication of this work. Of course a 
 work of this nature, containing the amount of matter that this 
 one does, must necessarily be expensive, and every page added 
 must necessarily also increase the expense to be borne by the 
 author who has to depend for the funds to defray the cost most 
 entirely upon local patronage, and most certainly he cannot do 
 as his inclinations would otherwise naturally lead him, if he 
 were not confined to limited means, and in the present under- 
 
INTRODUCTION. xi 
 
 taking he wcnild feci himself am[jl\- rewarded if lie were to re- 
 ceive the bare expense of preparing and publishing this work. 
 But he is well aware nozo that the expense will far exceed all 
 such hopes, and the author regrets too that there is a single 
 thing omitted that will detract from the general interest of this 
 volume, and yet he knows that there are names of those who 
 were early identified with the settlement of these towns, whose 
 histories would have been of interest and were worth)- of being 
 preserved, that are now lacking, which can only be accounted 
 for by the indifference of those who should have taken some 
 interest in a work of this nature. 
 
 Following appears the number of subscribers of each town, 
 together with those who are not residents : 
 
 Concord 260 
 
 Collins 125 
 
 North Collins 35 
 
 Sardinia 65 
 
 Buffalo and others localities ■ 80 
 
 E. B. 
 
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Autobioijraphy of the Author. 
 
 The author of this work was born on the ^ist thi)- of August, 
 i8i8, on Townsend Hill, in the town of (Joncord, where he 
 remained with his parents until after he was seventeen years of 
 age. As soon as old enough, he was put to work to assist in 
 clearing up a heavily-timbered farm ; and the scenes and inci- 
 dents appertaining to pioneer life jjortrayed in the several 
 articles in chapter xiv. of this work are from his own knowl- 
 edge and experience. 
 
 His education was principally obtained in the district school, 
 on Townsend Hill, supplemented by a few terms at select 
 school and Springville Academy. • 
 
 The Winter after he was eighteen years of age, he taught a 
 term of school, and the Spring following, he took Greeley's 
 advice and went west. This was before the advent of railroads, 
 and was quite an undertaking. The journey across the State 
 of Michigan, and from Chicago to Racine, from Racine to 
 Janesville, from Janesville to Galena, and from Galena to Ful- 
 ton, a total distance of over six hundred miles, was made on 
 foot. At that time, the prairies of Northern Illinois and 
 Southern Wisconsin were unoccupied; the onl\- settlers to be 
 found were located in or near the timber. Chicago at that 
 time was a small town, whose buildings and improvements 
 were confined to a narrow belt of dry land along the lake-shore 
 and river-bank ; the ground back being low and covered with 
 prairie-grass and water. Racine was a straggling little hamlet, 
 and the city of Janesville was yet in embryo, its site being 
 occupied by two or three small log farm-houses. He remem- 
 bers stopping there a few days, and planting corn on the land 
 where the city now stands. Beloit was named, but Freeport 
 was unknown, and Galena was a very small village. The jour- 
 ney for the last two days was made on a single meal. Fulton 
 was surveyed and named, but contained but one log-house. 
 He remained in Fulton two and a half years, putting up build- 
 ings in the Summer, and getting out timber and cutting steam- 
 boat wood in the Winter. He built the first frame-house in 
 Fulton, and continued to work at the business until prostrated 
 by sickness. 
 
When sufficiently recovered to travel, he returned to his 
 native town, where for the next eleven years his time was 
 divided between working at the carpenters' trade Summers, 
 teaching school Winters, and attending to the duties of the 
 office of Superintendent of Common Schools. 
 
 In 1850, he went to the town of West Seneca, and invested 
 in timbered land, which had formerly been a part of the Indian 
 reservation. For the next fifteen years, this town and the ad- 
 joining town of Elma was his home. During these }'-ears, he 
 was quite extensively engaged in the wood, bark and lumber 
 business. In 1852, while a resident of West Seneca, he was 
 elected Justice of the Peace, and also town Superintendent of 
 Common Schools. He was also chosen to represent them on the 
 Board of Supervisors, in 1853-54-55. He afterward held the 
 office of Justice of the Peace in the town of Elma. Since his re- 
 turn to Concord, in 1865, he has worked at building several Sum- 
 mers, and taught school occasionally Winters. For the last 
 five years, his time has been principally spent in procuring 
 facts and preparing this work. Since his return to Concord, he 
 has been several times elected Supervisor, although the party 
 with which he affiliates is in the minority ; and it is a source of 
 gratification to know^ that wherever he has resided, he has, 
 enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ORIGINAL TOWN OF CONCORD. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 FROM 1534 TO 1655. 
 
 George Cartier's Expedition — Champlain's Expedition — King James' Grant — 
 Henry Hudson — French Traders — The Jesuits— Chaumonot and Bre- 
 boeuf — Hunting Buffalo — Destruction of the Kahquahs and Eries — 
 Seneca Tradition — French Account — Their Sysiem of Clans —Its Import- 
 ance — Sachems and War-Chiefs — Method of Descent — Choice of 
 Sachems — Family Relations. 
 
 In the year 1534, forty-two years after the discovery of 
 America, George Cartier, a French explorer sailed up the St. 
 Lawrence to Montreal and took possession of all the country 
 round about on behalf of the King of France, Francis the P'irst, 
 and called it New France. 
 
 He made some attempts to colonize, but in 1543 they were 
 all abandoned, and for more than half a century no further 
 progress was made. 
 
 In 1603, the celebrated French mariner, Samuel Champlain, 
 led an expedition to Quebec and made a permanent settlement 
 there, and, in fact, founded the Colony of Canada. Montreal 
 was founded soon after, and communication was comparatively 
 easy along the course of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario, 
 and, with a portage around the Falls, to Lake Erie. And 
 
4 KING JAMES GRANT. 
 
 mainly for this reason, the French fur traders and missionaries 
 reached this region of country long before any other Europeans. 
 
 In 1606, King James, of England, granted to an association 
 of Englishmen called the Plymouth company, the territory of 
 New England, but no permanent settlement was made until the 
 9th day of November, 1620, when, from the historic Ma}'flower, 
 the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock. 
 
 In 1628, Charles the F"irst, of England, granted a charter for 
 the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. It 
 included the territory between latitude 40° 2' and 44° 15' north, 
 extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, making a colony a 
 hundred and fifty-four miles wide and four thousand miles long. 
 The County of Erie and Western New York were included 
 within its limits. 
 
 In 1609, the English navigator, Henry Hudson, while in the 
 employ of Holland, discovered the river that bears his name, 
 and the Hollanders established fortified trading posts on Man- 
 hattan island and at Alban)% and commenced trading with the 
 Indians. They also made an indefinite claim of territory west- 
 ward. 
 
 All European nations at that time claimed title to lands in 
 America by the right of discovery, and they granted them away 
 to individuals and companies in small and large tracts, as they 
 saw fit, when, as a matter of right and justice, their title was no 
 better than was the title of that character we read of, to all the 
 kingdoms of the world, which he offered to give Christ if he 
 would fall down and worship him. 
 
 In 1623, permanent Dutch emigration for agricultural pur- 
 poses first began upon the Hudson river. 
 
 In 1625, a few Catholic missionaries arrived on the banks of 
 the St. Lawrence. 
 
 About 1620, the first white men visited the country about the 
 lower end of Lake Erie and the Niagara river ; the}' were French 
 fur traders in search of furs. 
 
 In 1626, Father De La Roche Daillon, a French missionary, 
 visited the Neuter Nation and passed the winter preaching the 
 gospel among them. The Neuter Nation occupied the countiy 
 about the east end of Lake Erie and on both sides of the 
 Niagara River. They had their villages in Canada and in Erie 
 
riiK jKsri r missk ixariks. 5 
 
 count)'; there was one at or near the mouth of I'LiL(hteen-Mile 
 creek, and perhaps others further west. Hut the south shore of 
 Lake Erie was occupied principally by a tribe called the Eries. 
 The French called the. tribe occupying the countrx- hereabouts 
 the Neuter Nation, because they dwelt in peace with surround- 
 ing tribes, but they were kno\\n among the other tribes as the 
 Kahquahs. 
 
 The Jesuit missionaries, fired with unbounded zeal and unsur- 
 passed valor, traversed the wilderness, holding up the cross 
 before the bewildered pagans. They soon had flourishing sta- 
 tions as far west as Lake Huron. One of these stations was St. 
 Marie, near the eastern extremity of the lake, and it was from 
 St. Marie that Fathers Breboeuf and Chaumonot set forth in 
 November, 1640, to visit the Neuter Nation. They returned in 
 the Spring, having visited eighteen Kahquah villages, but hav- 
 ing met with very little encouragement among them. They 
 reported the Neuter Lidians to be stronger and finer looking 
 than the Hurons, and that their food and clothing were but little 
 different ; that the}' had corn, beans and some other vegetables, 
 and plenty of fish ; that they were much employed in hunting 
 deer, bears, buffalo, beavers, wolves, wild-cats and other animals; 
 that there was also an abundance of wild turkeys. They esti- 
 mated the whole number of villages of the Neuter Nation at 
 forty, and that the most eastern was but one day's journe}' from 
 the country of the Senecas. The Senecas, when first \isited by 
 the whites, had their villages east of the Genesee river. 
 
 Up to this time, the Kahquahs had succeeded in maintaining 
 their neutrality between the fierce belligerents on either side. 
 What the cause of quarrel, if any, arose between the peaceful 
 possessors of Erie county and the powerful confederates to the 
 eastward, is entirely unknown ; but sometime during the next 
 fifteen years, the Iroquois fell upon both the Kahquahs and the 
 Eries and exterminated them, as nations, from the face of the 
 earth. 
 
 The precise years in which these e\ents occurred are uncer- 
 tain, and it is not known whether the Kahquahs or the Eries 
 were first destroyed. French accounts go to show that the 
 Neuter Nation were first destroyed ; while, according to Seneca 
 tradition, the Kahquahs still dwelt here when the Iroquois 
 
6 THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. 
 
 annihilated the Eries; but it is certain that, somewhere between 
 1643 and 1655, the fierce confederates of Central New York 
 "put out the fires" of both the Kahquahs and the Eries. 
 
 From the destruction of the Kahquahs down to the time the 
 Iroquois sold to the Holland Land company (or, rather, to 
 Robert Morris), they were, by right of conquest, the actual 
 possessors of the territory composing the present County of 
 Erie, and, a few years before the sale, the largest nation of the 
 confederacy made their principal residence within the county. 
 Within its borders, too, are still to be seen the largest united 
 body of their descendants. For two hundred and thirty years, 
 the Iroquois have been closely identified with the history of 
 Erie county, and it is proper to give a short account of the 
 interior structure of that remarkable confederacy. 
 
 The name Iroquois was never applied by the confederates to 
 themselves ; it was first used by the French. The men of the 
 five nations called themselves He-do-no-saunee, which means 
 literally " They form a cabin," describing in this expressive 
 manner the close union existing between them. The Indian 
 name just quoted is more liberally and more commonly ren- 
 dered "The People of the Long House," which is more fully 
 descriptive of the confederacy. 
 
 The feature that distinguished the people of the Long House 
 from all the world beside, and which, at the same time, bound 
 together all these ferocious warriors as with a living chain was 
 the system oi c/ans extending through all the different tribes. 
 
 Many readers doubtless have often heard of the warlike suc- 
 cess and outward greatness of the Iroquois confederacy, but one 
 unacquainted with the inner league, which was its distinguish- 
 ing characteristic, and without which in all probability have met 
 at an early day with the fate of numerous similar alliances. 
 
 The people of the Iroquois confederacy were divided into 
 eight c/aHS, or families, the names of which were as follows: 
 Wolf, Bear, Beaver, Turtle, Deer, Snipe, Heron and Hawk. 
 
 Each clan formed a large artificial family modeled on the 
 natural family. All the members of the clan, no matter how 
 widely separated among the tribes were considered as brothers 
 and sisters to each other, and forbidden to intermarry. This 
 prohibition was strictly enforced b}' public opinion. 
 
SAC'IIKMS AND \VAR-{ 1 1 1 KKS. J 
 
 The clan.bciiii^ thus tauL;lU from earliest infanc)' that tliey 
 belonged to the same famil\-, a bond of the strongest kind was 
 created throughout the confederac)-. Hie Oneida of the Wolf 
 clan had no sooner appeared among the Cayugas than those of 
 the same clan claimed iiim as their special guest, and admitted 
 him to the most confidential intimac}'. The Seneca of the 
 Turtle clan might wander to the country of the Mohawks at the 
 further extremity of the Long House, and he had a claim upon 
 his brother Turtles which they would not dream of repudiating. 
 
 Thus the whole confederacy was linked together. If at any 
 time there appeared a tendency toward conflict between the 
 different tribes, it was instantly checked by the thought that 
 if persisted in the hand of the Heron would be turned against 
 Heron, and the hatchet of the Bear would be raised against 
 his brother Bear, and the bow of the Beaver would be drawn 
 against his brother Beaver. And so potent was the feeling 
 that until the power of the confederacy was broken by over- 
 whelming outside force, there was no serious dissension between 
 the tribes of the Iroquois. Aside from the clan-system just 
 described, which was an artificial invention expressly invented 
 to prevent dissension among the confederates, the Iroquois 
 league had some resemblance to the great American Union 
 which succeeded it. The central authority was supreme on 
 questions of peace and war, and on all others relating to the 
 general welfare of the confederacy, while the tribes, like the 
 states, reserved to themselves the management of their ordin- 
 ary affairs. In peace, all power was confided to " Sachems," 
 in war, to " Chiefs." The Sachems of each tribe acted as its 
 rulers in matters which required the exercise of civil authority. 
 The same rulers also met in congress to direct the affairs of the 
 confederacy. There was, in each tribe, the same number of 
 War-chiefs as Sachems, and these had absolute authority in 
 time of war. But in a war-party the War-chiefs commanded 
 and the Sachem took his place in the ranks. 
 
 The congress always met at the council-fire of the Onon- 
 dagas. The Senecas were unquestionably the most powerful 
 of all the tribes, and as the\' were located at the western 
 extremity of the confederac}-, they had to bear the brunt of 
 war when it was assailed by its most formidable foes, who dwelt 
 
8 P'AMILV RELATIONS. 
 
 in that quarter. It would naturally follow that the principal 
 War-chief of the league should be of the Seneca Nation, and 
 such is said to have been the case. 
 
 As among many other savage tribes the right of heirship was 
 in the female line. Titles, as far as they were hereditary at all, 
 followed the same law of descent. The child also followed 
 the clan and tribe of the mother. Notwithstanding the modi- 
 fied system of hereditary power in vogue, the constitution of 
 every tribe was essentially republican. Warriors, old men, and 
 even women, attended the council and made their influence 
 felt. Neither in the government of the confederacy nor in the 
 tribes, was there any such thing as tyranny over the people. 
 
ENGLAND CONQUERS NEW AMSTERDAM. 9 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 FROM 1655 TO 1679. 
 
 The Iroquois Triumphant— Obliteration of Dutch Power — French Progress — 
 La Salle Visits the Senecas — Greenhalph's Estimates — La Salle on the 
 Niagara — Building of the Griffin — It Enters Lake Erie — La Salle's Subse- 
 quent Career — The Prospect in 1679. 
 
 From the time of the destruction of the Kahquahs and 
 Eries, the Iroquois went forth conquering and to conquer. 
 This was probably the day of their greatest glory. They 
 stayed the progress of the French into their territories; they 
 negotiated on equal terms \\ith the Dutch and English, and 
 having supplied themselves with the terrible arms of the pale- 
 faces, they smote with direst vengeance whomsoever of their 
 own race were unfortunate enough to provoke their wrath. 
 
 At one period, the sound of their war cry was heard along 
 the Straits of St. Marys and at the foot of Lake Superior. At 
 another, under the walls of Quebec, where they defeated the 
 Hurons under the eyes of the French. They spread the terror 
 of their arms over New England — Smith encountered their 
 warriors in the settlement of Virginia, and La Salle on the 
 discovery of Illinois. They bore their conquering arms along 
 the Susquehanna, the Allegheny and the Ohio, and farther 
 south. In short, they triumphed on every side, save only 
 where the white men came, and even the white man was for a 
 time held at bay by their fierce confederates. 
 
 In 1664 the English conquered New Amsterdam, and in 
 1670 their conquest was made permanent. 
 
 Charles the Second, then King of England, granted the 
 conquered province to his brother James, Duke of York, from 
 whom it was called New York. This grant comprised all the 
 lands along the Hudson, with an indefinite amount westward, 
 thus overlapping the previous grant of James the First, to the 
 Plymouth company, and the boundaries of Massachusetts by 
 the charter of Charles the First, and laying the foundation for 
 a conflict of jurisdiction, which was afterward to have import- 
 ant effects on the destinies of Western New York. 
 
lO LA SALLE S ARRIVAL. 
 
 By 1665, trading posts had been established by the French at 
 Mackinaw, Green Bay, Chicago and St. Joseph. In 1669 La 
 Salle, whose name was soon to be indissolubly united to the 
 annals of Erie county, visited the Senecas with only two com- 
 panions, finding their four principal villages from ten to twenty 
 miles southerly from Rochester, scattered over portions of the 
 present Counties of Monroe, Livingston and Ontario. 
 
 In 1673, the Missionaries Marquette and Joliet, pushed on 
 beyond the farthest French post and erected the emblems of 
 Christianity on the shore of the Father of Waters. 
 
 In 1677, Wentworth Greenhalph, an Englishman, visited all 
 the F'ive Nations, finding the same four towns of the Senecas 
 described by the companions of La Salle. Greenhalph made 
 very minute observations counting the houses of the Indians 
 and reported the Mohawk as having three hundred warriors, 
 the Oneidas two hundred, the Onondagas three hundred and 
 fifty, the Cayugas three hundred and the Senecas a thousand. 
 It will be seen that the Senecas, the Guardians of the western 
 door of the Long House, numbered, according to Greenhalph's 
 computation, nearly as many as all of the other tribes of the 
 confederacy combined, and other accounts show that he was not 
 far from correct. 
 
 In the month of January, 1679, a Frenchman of good 
 family, Robert Cavalier de La Salle, arrived at the mouth of 
 Niagara. He was one of the most gallant, devoted and ad- 
 venturous of all the bold explorers, who under many different 
 banners, opened the new world to the knowledge of the old. 
 In 1678 he had received from King Louis a commission to 
 discover the western part of New France. He made some 
 preparations the same year and in the Fall sent the Seuer de 
 La Motte and Father Hennepin (the priest and historian of 
 the expedition) in advance to the mouth of the Niagara. As 
 soon as La Salle arrived he went two leagues above the Falls, 
 built a rude dock at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, in Niagara 
 county and laid the keel of a vessel with which to navigate the 
 Lakes. Hennepin distinctly mentions a small village of Sene- 
 cas at the mouth of the Niagara, and it is plain from his whole 
 narrative that the Iroquois were in possession of the country 
 along the ri\er. 
 
THE FIRST VESSEL IS BUILT. II 
 
 The work was carried on throu<;h the Winter, and in the 
 Sprin^^ the vessel was launched. It was a small vessel of sixty 
 tons burthen, completely furnished with anchors, and other 
 equipments, and armed with seven small cannon, all of which 
 had been transported by hand around the cataract. The vessel 
 was named the "Grififin," and there were thirt)--four men on 
 board, all Frenchmen with a single exception. 
 
 For several months the Griffin remained in the Niagara, 
 between the place where it was built and the rapids at the head 
 of the river. When all was ready, the attempt was made and 
 several times repeated, to ascend' the rapids above Black Rock. 
 At length on the 7th day of August, 1679, a favorable wind 
 sprung up from the Northeast; all the Griffin's sails were set, 
 and again it approached the rapids. A dozen stout sailors 
 were sent ashore , with a tow-line, and aided with all their 
 strength the breeze that blew from the North. Those efforts 
 were soon successful; by the aid of sails and tow-line, the 
 Griffin surmounted the rapids, and the pioneer vessel of these 
 waters swept out on to the bosom of Lake Erie. As it did so, 
 the priests led in singing a joyous Te Deum, and all the cannon 
 were fired in a grand salute. On board that vessel was the 
 intrepid La Salle, a man fitted to grace the salons of Paris, 
 yet now eagerly pressing forward to dare the hardships of 
 unknown seas and savage lands. 
 
 A born leader of men, a heroic subduer of nature, the gallant 
 Frenchman for a brief time passes along the border of our 
 county and then disappears in the far West, where he was 
 eventually to find a grave. 
 
 There w^as Tonti, the solitary alien, amid the Gallic band 
 exiled by revolution from his native Italy, who had been chosen 
 by La Salle as second in command, and who justified the choice 
 by his unswerving courage and devoted loyalty. There, too, 
 was Father Hennepin, the earliest historian of these regions, one 
 of the most zealous of all the zealous band of Catholic priests 
 who at that period undauntedly bore the cross amid the fiercest 
 pagans of America. 
 
 This was the beginning of the commerce of the upper lakes 
 and like many another first venture it resulted only in disaster 
 to its projectors, though the harbinger of unbounded success by 
 
12 LA SALLE RETURNS TO FRANCE. 
 
 others. The (iriffin went to Green Bay where La Salle and 
 Hennepin left it, and started on its return with'a cargo of furs, 
 and was never heard of more. It is supposed that it sank in a 
 storm and all on board perished. 
 
 After the Grif^n had sailed. La Salle and Hennepin went in 
 canoes to the head of Lake Michigan. Then, after building a 
 trading post and waiting many weary months for the return of 
 his vessel, he went, with thirty followers, to Lake Peoria, on the 
 Illinois, where he built a fort and gave it the expressive name 
 of " Creve Cceur," Broken Heart. But notwithstanding this 
 expression of despair, his courage was far from exhausted, and 
 after sending Hennepin to explore the Mississippi, he, with three 
 comrades, performed the remarkable feat of returning to Fort 
 Frontenac on foot, depending on their guns for support. 
 
 From Fort Frontenac he returned to Creve Coeur, the garri- 
 son of which had in the meantime been driven away by the 
 Indians. Again the indomitable La Salle gathered his follow- 
 ^ ers, and in the fore part of 1682 descended the Mississippi to 
 the sea, being the first European to explore any considerable 
 portion of that mighty stream. He took possession of the 
 country in the name of King Louis the Fourteenth, and called 
 it Louisiana. 
 
 Returning to France, he astonished and gratified the Court 
 with the story of his discoveries, and in 1684 was furnished with 
 a fleet and several hundred men to colonize the new domain. 
 Then everything went wrong ; the fleet, through the blunders 
 of its naval commander, went to Mattagorda bay, in Texas ; the 
 store ship was wrecked ; the fleet returned ; La Salle failed to 
 find the mouth of the Mississippi ; his colony dwindled away, 
 through desertion and death, to forty men, and at length he 
 started with sixteen of these on foot to return to Canada for 
 assistance. Ere he reached the Sabine he was murdered by two 
 of his followers and left unburied on the prairie. France knows 
 him as the man who added Louisiana to her empire ; the Mis- 
 sissippi valley reveres him as the first explorer of its great river, 
 but by the citizens of this county he will best be remembered 
 as the pioneer navigator of Lake Erie. 
 
TIIK Kki:( ri(>\ ol" lOKT MACAkA. 13 
 
 CHAPTKR 111. 
 FRENCH DOMINION. 
 
 De Nonville's Assault — Origin of Fort Niagara — La Honlan's Expedition — The 
 Peace of Ryswyck — Queen Anne's War — The Iroquois Neutral — The 
 Tuscaroras — Joncaire — Fort Niagara Rebuilt — French Power Increas- 
 ing — Successive Wars — The Line of Posts— The Final Struggle — The 
 Expedition of D'Aubrey — The Result — The Surrender of Canada 
 
 For the next forty-five years after the adventures of La 
 Salle, the French voya<^eurs traded and the missionaries labored, 
 and their soldiers sometimes made incursions, but thev had no 
 permanent fortress this side of Fort Frontenac (Kingston, 
 Canada). 
 
 In 1687, the Marquis de Nonville, Governor of New France, 
 came with an army and attacked the Senecas at their village 
 near Avon and Victor, and after giving battle the Senecas fled. 
 De Nonville destroyed their stores of corn and retired to Lake 
 Ontario, and then sailed to the mouth of the Niagara, where he 
 erected a small fort on the east side of the river. This was the 
 origin of Fort Niagara, one of the most celebrated strongholds 
 in America, and which, though a while abandoned, was after- 
 wards for a long time considered the key of Western New York. 
 
 Detroit was founded by the French in 1701 ; other posts were 
 established far and wide. 
 
 About 17 12, an important event occurred in the histor}- of the 
 Iroquois. 
 
 The Five Nations become Six Nations. The Tuscaroras, a 
 powerful tribe of North Carolina, had become involved in a 
 w^ar with the whites, originating, as usual, in a dispute about 
 land. The colonists being aided by several other tribes, the 
 Tuscaroras were soon defeated, many of them killed, and many 
 others captured and sold as slaves. The greater part of the 
 remainder fled northward to the Iroquois, who immediately 
 adopted them as one of the tribes of the confederacy. 
 
 Not long after this, one Chabert Joncaire, a Frenchman, who 
 had been captured in \-outh by the Senecas, who had been 
 
14 WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. 
 
 adopted into their tribe, and had married a Seneca wife, but 
 who had been released, was employed by the French authorities 
 to promote their interests among the Iroquois. Pleading his 
 claims as an adopted child of the nation, he was allowed by the 
 Seneca Chiefs to build a cabin on the site of Lewiston, which 
 soon became a center of French influence. 
 
 About 1725, the French began re-building Fort Niagara on 
 the site where De Nonville had erected his fortress ; this was 
 their stronghold for many years. To this, and forts that were 
 already built, they added Presque Isle (now Erie), Venango 
 (Franklin, Pa.), and Fort Du Quesne, on the site of Pittsburgh, 
 designing to establish a line of forts from the Lakes to the Ohio, 
 and thence down that river to the Mississippi. 
 
 Frequent detachments of troops passed through along this 
 line. Their course was up Niagara to Buffalo, thence either by 
 bateaux up the lake or on foot along the shore to Erie, and 
 thence to Venango and Du Quesne. Gaily-dressed French 
 officers went to and fro ; dark-gowned Jesuits traveled back and 
 forth receiving the respect of the red men even when their 
 creed was rejected. 
 
 In 1756, war was again declared between England and France, 
 being their last great struggle for supremacy in the New World. 
 More frequently sped the gay officers and soldiers of King 
 Louis from Quebec, and Frontenac, and Niagara — now in 
 bateaux, now on foot, along the western border of our county. 
 
 At first the French were everywhere victorious. Braddock, 
 almost at the gates of Fort Du Quesne, was slain, and his army 
 cut in pieces. 
 
 Montcalm captured Oswego. The French line up the lakes 
 and across to the Ohio was stronger than ever; but, in 1758, 
 William Pitt became Prime Minister, and then England flung 
 herself in dead earnest into the contest ; that year Fort Du 
 Quesne was captured by an English and provincial army. Fort 
 Frontenac was seized by Colonel Bradstreet. The cordon was 
 broken, but Fort Niagara still held out for F'rance. In 1759, 
 still heavier blows were struck. Wolfe assailed Quebec, the 
 strongest of all the French strongholds. 
 
 Almost at the same time General Prideaux, with two thous- 
 and British and Provincials, accompanied by Sir William Johnson 
 
SIR WII.I.FAM JOHNSON" AND D'aI'HRKV. I5 
 
 with his faithful Iroquois, sailed up Lake Ontario and laid 
 siege to Fort Niagara. Defended by only six hundred men, 
 its capture was certain unless relief could be obtained. Its 
 commander was not idle. Once again along the Niagara and 
 up Lake Erie, and away through the forest, sped his lithe red- 
 skinned messenger, to summon the sons and the allies of 
 France. D'Aubrey at Venango heard the call and responded 
 with his most zealous endeavours. Gathering all the troops 
 he could from far and near, stripping bare with desperate 
 energy the little French forts at the west, and mustering every 
 red man he could persuade to follow his banner to set forth to 
 relieve Niagara. 
 
 Thus it was about the 20th of July, 1759, that the largest 
 European force which had yet been seen in this region at any 
 one time, came coasting down the lake from Presque Isle, past 
 the mouth of the Cattaraugus and along the shores of Brant and 
 Evens, and Hamburgh, to the foot of the lake. Fifty or sixty 
 batteaux bore near a thousand Frenchmen on their mission of 
 relief, while a long line of canoes were freighted with four 
 hundred of the dusky warriors of the west. 
 
 History has preserved but a slight record of this last struggle 
 of the French for dominion in these regions, but it has rescued 
 from oblivion the names of D'Aubrey, the commander, De 
 Lignery, his second, of Monsieur Marini, the leader of the 
 Indians, and of Captains De Villie, Pepentine, Martini and 
 Basonc. 
 
 The Seneca warriors, snuffing the battle from their homes 
 on the Genesee and beyond, were roaming restlessly through 
 Erie and Niagara counties and along the shores of the river, 
 uncertain how to act, more friendly to the French than the 
 English, and yet unwilling to engage in conflict with their 
 brethren of the Six Nations. 
 
 D'Aubrey led his flotilla past the site of Buffalo and past 
 Grand island and only halted on reaching the shores of Navy 
 island. After staying there a day or two, to communicate with 
 the fort, he passed over to the main land and marched forward 
 to battle. But Sir William Johnson, who had succeeded to 
 the command on the death of Prideaux, was not the kind of 
 man likely to meet with the fate of Braddock. Apprised of 
 
1 6 THE FREN'CH DEFEATED. 
 
 the approach of the French, he retained men enough before 
 the fort to prevent an outbreak of the garrison, and stationed 
 the rest in an advantageous position on the east side of the 
 Niagara, just below the whirlpool. After a battle an hour 
 long the French were utterly routed, several hundred being 
 slain on the field, and a large part of the remainder being cap- 
 tured, including the wounded D'Aubrey. 
 
 On the receipt of this disastrous news, the garrison at once 
 surrendered. The control of the Niagara river, which had 
 been in the hands of the French for over a hundred years, 
 passed into those of the English. For a little while the 
 French held possession of the fort at Schlosser, and even 
 repulsed an English force sent against it. Becoming satisfied, 
 however, that they could not withstand their powerful foe, 
 they determined to destroy their two armed vessels laden with 
 military stores. They accordingly took them into an arm of 
 the river separating Buckhorn from Grand island, at the very 
 northwesternmost limit of Erie county, burned them to the 
 waters' edge and sunk the hulls. 
 
 Soon the life-bought victory of Wolfe gave Quebec to the 
 triumphant Britons. Still the French clung to their colonies 
 with desperate but failing grasp, and it was not till September, 
 1760, that the Marquis de Vaudreuil, the Governor-General of 
 Canada, surrendered Montreal, and with it Detroit, Venango, 
 and all the other within his jurisdiction. This surrender was 
 ratified by the treaty of peace between England and France 
 in February, 1 763, which ceded Canada to the former power 
 and thus ended the long- contest. 
 
PONTIAC S CONSI'IRACV. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 ENGLISH DOMINION. 
 
 Pontiac's League — The Seneca's Hostile — The Devil's Hole — Battle Near Buf- 
 falo — Treaty at Niagara — Bradstreet's Expedition — Israel Putnam — Lake 
 Commerce — Wreck of the Beaver — Tryon County. 
 
 The celebrated Indian Chief Pontiac, united several western 
 tribes against the British soon after their advent. In May, 
 1763, the league surprised nine out of twelve English forts and 
 massacred their garrisons. Detroit, Pittsburgh and Niagara 
 alone escaped surprise and each successfully resisted a siege. 
 There is no positive evidence, but there is little doubt that the 
 Senecas were involved in Pontiac's league and were active in 
 their attack on Niagara. 
 
 In the September following occurred the awful tragedy of 
 the Devil's Hole, when a band of Senecas, of whom Honaye- 
 wus, afterwards celebrated as Farmers Brothers, was one and 
 Cornplanter probably another, ambushed a train of English 
 army wagons, with an escort of soldiers, the whole numbering 
 ninety-six men, three and a half miles below the Falls, and 
 massacred every man except four. 
 
 A few weeks later, on the 19th of October, 1763, there 
 occurred the first hostile conflict in Erie county, of which 
 there is any record, in which white men took part. It occurred 
 probably at or near Black Rock. Si.x hundred British soldiers, 
 under one Major Wilkins, were on their way in boats to rein- 
 force their comrades in Detroit. A hundred and sixty of them, 
 who were a half mile astern of the others, were suddenly fired on 
 by a band of Senecas in a thicket on the shore. So close was 
 their aim that thirteen men were killed or wounded at the first 
 fire. Yihy soldiers landed and attacked the Indians. Three 
 more soldiers were killed and twelve badh- wounded. It does 
 not appear that the Indians suffered near as heavily as the 
 English. 
 
 In the Summer of 1764, General Bradstreet, with twelve hun- 
 dred British and Americans came bv water to Fort Niagara. 
 
l8 INDIAN' COUNCIL AT FORT NIAGARA. 
 
 accompanied by the indefatigable Sir William Johnson. A grand 
 council of friendly Indians was held at the fort, among whom 
 Sir William exercised his customary skill, and satisfactory treaties 
 were made. But the Senecas held aloof, and were said to be 
 meditating a renewal of the war. At length General Bradstreet 
 ordered their immediate attendance, under penalty of the 
 destruction of their settlements. They came, ratified the treaty 
 and thenceforward adhered to it pretty faithfully, notwithstand- 
 ing the peremptory manner in which it was obtained. In the 
 meantime a fort had been erected on the site of Fort Erie, the 
 first ever built there. 
 
 In August, Bradstreet's army increased to nearly three thou- 
 sand men, came up the river and proceeded up the south side of 
 the lake, for the purpose of bringing the western Indians to 
 terms, a task which was successfully accomplished without blood- 
 shed. (The journey was made in open boats rigged with sails.) 
 Now there was peace for awhile. The British coming up the 
 Niagara usually landed at Fort Erie, where a post was all the 
 while maintained, and going thence in open boats to Detroit, 
 Mackinaw and other western forts. 
 
 The commerce of the upper lakes consisted of supplies for the 
 military posts, goods to trade with the Indians and furs received 
 in return. The trade was carried on mostly in open boats, pro- 
 pelled by oars, with the occasional aid of a temporary sail. 
 There were, however, at least two or three English trading ves- 
 sels on Lake Erie before the Revolution. One, called the 
 Beaver, is known to have been lost in a storm, and is believed 
 by the best authorities to have been wrecked near the mouth of 
 Eigteen-Mile creek, and to have furnished the relics found in 
 that vicinity b)' early settlers. 
 
 All the western part of the Colony of New York was nomin- 
 ally a part of Albany county up to 1772. In that year a new 
 county was formed embracing all that part of the colony west 
 of the Delaware river, and of a line running northeastward from 
 the head of that stream through the present Count}' of Scho- 
 harie, thence northward along the east line of Montgomer)', 
 Fulton and Hamilton counties, and continuing in a straight line 
 to Canada. It was named Tryon in honor of William Tr\'on, 
 then the Royal Governor of Ne\\' York. Guy Johnson, Sir 
 
DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. I9 
 
 William's nephew and son-in-law, was the earliest " first Judge" 
 of the Common Pleas, with the afterward celebrated John But- 
 ler as one of his associates. Sir William Johnson, an able mili- 
 tary commander and Indian agent long in the employ of the 
 British government, died suddenly, at Johnstown, near the 
 Mohawk in 1774. Much of his influence over the Six Nations 
 descended to his son, Sir John Johnson, and his nephew. Col. 
 Guy Johnson. The latter became his successor in the ofifice of 
 Superintendent of Indian Affairs. 
 
20 TREATY BETWEEN THE INDIANS AND HRITISH. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Four Iroquois Tribes Hostile — The Oswego Treaty — Scalps — Brant — Guien- 
 gwahtoh — Wyoming — Cherry Valley — Sullivan's Expedition — Senecas 
 Settle in Erie County — Gilbert Family — Pence. 
 
 In 1775, the Revolution began. Tlie new Superintendent 
 made good his influence over all of the Six Nations except the 
 Oneidas and Tuscaroras. John Butler established himself at 
 Fort Niagara and organized a- regiment of Tories, known as 
 Butler's Rangers, and he and the Johnsons used all their influ- 
 ence to induce the Indians to attack the Americans. The Sen- 
 ecas held aloof for a while, but the prospect of both blood and 
 pay was too much for them to withstand, and in 1777 they, in 
 common with Cayugas, Onondagas and Mohawks, made a treaty 
 with the British at Oswego, agreeing to serve the King through- 
 out the war. 
 
 Fort Niagara became, as it had been during the French war 
 the key of all this region, and to it the Iroquois constantly 
 looked for support and guidance. Their raids kept the whole 
 frontier for hundreds of m.iles in a state of terror, and were 
 attended by the usual horrors of savage warfare. 
 
 Among the celebrated Iroquois Chiefs in the Revolution was 
 Theyendenega (or Joseph Brant), a Mohawk, and Guiengwah- 
 toh and Honayewus (or Farmer's Brother), Cornplanter, and 
 Governor Blacksnake, of the Senecas. 
 
 The slaughter and devastation in the \\'\-oming valley, in 
 Pennsylvania, and the massacre at Cherry Valley, in the State 
 of New Yot"k, and other events of a similar kind on a smaller 
 scale, induced Congress and Cieneral Washington to send an 
 army against the Six Nations in the Summer of 1779. General 
 Sullivan, the commander, marched up the Susquehana to Tioga 
 Point, where he was joined by a brigade under Gen. James 
 Clinton (father of DeWitt Clinton), and then with a force of 
 about 4,000 men, moved up the Chemung to near the site of 
 Klmira- There Colonel Butler, with a small body of Indians 
 
THK SKNF.CAS IX l-.RIK (■()rNI\'. 21 
 
 and Tories, x'ariousK' estimated at from six lumdred to fifteen 
 hundred men, had thrown up intrenchments, and a battle was 
 foui^ht. Butler was defeated, retired with considerable loss, and 
 made no further resistance. Sullivan advanced and destroyed 
 all the Seneca villages on the Genesee and about Cieneva, burn- 
 iuL;- wii^wams and cabins, cuttint;^ down orchards, cuttint:^ up 
 <;"rowin;^ corn and utterl)' clewistatins^ the country. 
 
 The Senecas fled in great disma\' to fort Niagara. The 
 Onondaga village had iti the meantime been destroyed by 
 another force, but it is plain that the Senecas were the ones 
 who were chiefly feared, and against whom the vengeance of 
 the Americans was chiefly directed. After thoroughly lading 
 waste their country, the Americans returned to the east. 
 
 The Senecas had not only cornfields, but gardens, orchards 
 and sometimes comfortable houses. They were the most pow- 
 erful and warlike of all the Six Nations, but their spirits were 
 much broken by this disaster. It was with difficult}' that the 
 British authorities procured sufficient rations to sustain the 
 Indians through the severe Winter of 1779-80, at Niagara. 
 
 As Spring approached the English made earnest efforts to 
 reduce the expense, by persuading the Indians to make new- 
 settlements and plant crops. 
 
 In the Spring of 1780, a considerable body of Senecas came 
 up from Fort Niagara and established themselves on Buffalo 
 Creek, about four miles above its mouth. This as far as known 
 A\as the first permanent settlement of the Senecas in Erie 
 county. They had probably had huts here to use while hunt- 
 ing and fishing, but no regular villages. In fact, this settle- 
 ment of the Senecas in the Spring of 1780, was probably the 
 first permanent occupation of the count}' since the destruction 
 of the Neuter Nation, a hundred and thirty-five years before. 
 The same Spring another band located themselves at the 
 mouth of the Cattaraugus. 
 
 The Indians who settled on Buffalo creek brought with them 
 several members of a Quaker family b}' the name of (iilbert 
 who had been captured a few months prexious on the borders 
 of Pennsylvania. After the war, this family published a narra- 
 tive of their capti\'it}', which gives valuable information regard- 
 ing this period of our history. 
 
22 SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 
 
 Immediately on the arrival of the Indians the squaws began 
 to clear the land and prepare it for corn, while the men built 
 some log huts and then went out hunting. In the beginning of 
 the Winter of 1780-81, two British officers. Captain Powell and 
 Lieutenant Johnston, came to the settlement on Buffalo creek 
 and remained until toward Spring. They were probably sent 
 by the British authorities at Fort Niagara to aid in putting the 
 new settlement on a solid foundation. They made strenuous 
 efforts to obtain the release of Rebecca and Benjamin, two of 
 the younger members of the Gilbert family, but the Indians 
 were unwilling to give them up. This Lieutenant Johnston 
 afterward located at Buffalo, and was known to the early settlers 
 as Capt. William Johnston. It must have been about this time 
 that Johnston took unto himself a Seneca wife, for his son, 
 John Johnston, was a young man when Buffalo was laid out, in 
 1803. Captain Powell had married Jane Moore, a girl who, 
 with her mother and others of the family, had been captured at 
 Cherry Valley. 
 
 Captain (afterwards Colonel) Powell is frequently and honor- 
 ably mentioned in several accounts as doing everything in his 
 power to ameliorate the condition of the captives among the 
 Indians. Through his influence and exertions, several of the 
 Gilbert family were released from captivity and sent to Mon- 
 treal. In the Spring of 1781, Captain Powell was sent to dis- 
 tribute provisions, hoes and other implements among the 
 Indians. At the distribution, the Chiefs of every band came 
 for shares, each having as many sticks as there were persons 
 in his band, in order to insure a fair division. In October, 
 1 78 1, Cornwallis surrendered, and thenceforth there were no 
 more active hostilities. 
 
 Rebecca Gilbert and Benjamin Gilbert, jr., were released the 
 next year. This appears to have been managed by Colonel 
 Butler, who, to give him his due, always seemed willing to 
 befriend the captives, though constantly sending out his sav- 
 ages to make new ones. Not until the arrangements were all 
 made did the Indians inform Rebecca of her approaching 
 freedom. With joyful heart she prepared for the journey, 
 making bread and doing other needful work for her captors. 
 
PEACK l••()RM.\I.I.^■ DKCl.ARKI). 23 
 
 Then by canoe and on foot she aiid her brother were taken to 
 Fort Niai^ara, and, after a conference, the last two of tlie ill-fated 
 Gilbert family were released from captivity in June, I7<S2. 
 
 In the fall of 1783, peace was formally declared between 
 Great Britain and the revolted colonies henceforth to be 
 acknowledt^ed by all men as the United States of America. 
 
24 PHELPS AND GORHAM PURCHASE. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784 — Phelps and Gorham's Purchase in 17S8 — 
 Council at Buffalo Creek in 178S — Phelps' Large Mill Site on the Genesee 
 River — Robert Morris — The Holland Land Company— Treaty of 1826 — 
 Treaty of 1842 — Buffalos and Buffalo Creek. 
 
 In October, 1784, a treaty was made at Fort Stanwix (Rome) 
 between three Commissioners of the United States and the 
 Sachems of the Six Nations. 
 
 The eastern boundary of the Indian lands does not seem to 
 have been in dispute, but the United States wanted to extin- 
 guish whatever claim the Six Nation: might have to the west- 
 ern territory, and also to keep open the right of way around the 
 Falls of Niagara, which Sir William Johnston had obtained for 
 the British. 
 
 In 1788, Massachusetts sold all her land in New York, about 
 six million acres, to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham act- 
 ing on behalf of themselves and others, for one million dollars, 
 in three equal annnal payments, the purchasers being at liberty 
 to pay in certain stocks of that State, then worth about twenty 
 cents on the dollar; the purchase was subject to the rights of 
 the Indians. 
 
 Phelps procured the calling of a council at Buffalo Creek, 
 which met July 5, 1788. Phelps had secured the influence of 
 Butler, Brant, and other influential persons, and the proceed- 
 ings were very harmonious. The east line of this purchase ran 
 from Pennsylvania due north to Lake Ontario and crossing 
 •Seneca lake ; the west line ran from Avon south, along the 
 Genesee river to the mouth of Canaseraga creek, thence due 
 south to the Pennsylvania line. This was " Phelps and Gorham 
 purchase." It included about two million six hundred thousand 
 acres, for which they paid five thousand dollars in hand, and five 
 hundred dollars annually for e\^er; this was about equal to half 
 a cent an acre. During the negotiations, Phelps suggested that 
 he wanted to build some mills at the falls of the Genesee (now 
 Rochester), which would be very convenient for Indians as well 
 as whites; and he wished the Indians to give him a mill site 
 
HOLLAND PU RCIL\SE. 25 
 
 and the necessary aiiKHint ()f land to l;<) with it. The red men 
 thought mills woidd be a good thing, and their white brotlier 
 should have a mill-site — how much land did he want for this 
 purpose? Phelps replied that he thought a strip about twelve 
 miles wide, extending from Avon to the mouth of the river, 
 tw^enty-eight miles, would be about right. The Indians thought 
 that a pretty large mill-site, but they gave him the land. The 
 mill-site contained about two hundred thousand acres. 
 
 The adoption of the Federal constitution had caused a great 
 rise in Massachusetts stocks, so that Phelps and Gorham were 
 unable to make the payments they had agreed on and Massa- 
 chusetts released them from their contract as to all the land 
 except that to which they had extinguished the Indian title, to 
 wit, " Phelps and Gorham Purchase;" of that the State gave 
 them a deed in full. 
 
 Massachusetts then sold the released lands in five tracts to 
 Robert Morris, the merchant prince of Philadelphia, and the 
 celebrated financier of the revolution. ' The easternmost of 
 these tracts Mr. Morris sold out in small parcels. The remain- 
 ing four constituted the " Holland Purchase." Mr. Morris sold 
 it by conveyances made in 1792 and 1793, to several Ameri- 
 cans, who held it in trust for a number of Hollanders, who, 
 being aliens, could not hold it in their own name at that time. 
 These Hollanders were known as the Holland company after- 
 wards. In September, 1797, a council was held at Geneseo, at 
 which Robert Morris bought of the Indians the whole of the 
 remaining Seneca lands in New York, except eleven reserva- 
 tions of various sizes. 
 
 At a council held in August, 1826, the Senecas ceded to the 
 Ogden compan)- thirt)--three thousand six hundred and thirty- 
 seven acres of the Buffalo Creek reservation, thirty-three 
 thousand four hundred and nine acres of the Tonawanda reser- 
 \-ation, five thousand one hundred and twent}' of the Catta- 
 augus reser\^ation, besides one thousand fi\e hundred acres in 
 the Genesee valley. 
 
 From the Buffalo Creek reser\-ation, a strip a mile and a half 
 wide was sold off on the north side commencing at a point 
 one and one half miles east of where the Cayuga creek crossed 
 the reservation line in the town of Chautauqua, thence to the 
 
26 THE ( ;attakau(;us reservation. 
 
 east end of the reservation, also a strip three miles wide across 
 the east end. And finally a strip a mile wide extending the 
 whole length of the south side of the reservation called the 
 " Mile Strip." 
 
 Of the Cattaragus reservation, there was ceded in Erie 
 county a strip six miles long and a mile wide from the north 
 side called the " Mile Strip," and a mile square called the 
 " Mile Block," south of the east end of that strip. Both are 
 in the present town of Brant. 
 
 In the year 1838, the Ogden company made strong efforts 
 to obtain possession of all the Indian lands in Western New 
 York. A treaty was made and sanctioned by the President and 
 ratified by the Senate to accomplish that object. The Indians 
 were to receive nearly two million acres of land in Kansas, 
 and a considerable amount of money in exchange for their 
 reservation. But the facts brought to light in regards to the 
 means used to obtain the signatures of some of the chiefs 
 caused so much popular feeling, and the determination of 
 the Indians was so strong not to go west, that the company 
 did not try to remove them. 
 
 In May, 1842, a new agreement was made by which the 
 Ogden company allowed the Senecas to retain the Cattaraugus 
 and Allegany reservations and the Indians gave up the Buffalo 
 creek and Tonawanda tracts on condition of receiving their 
 proportionate value. This was satisfactory to the Buffalo 
 Creek Indians, but not to those on the Tonawanda reservation. 
 Arbitrators duly chosen decided that the proportionate value 
 of the Indian title to those two reservations was seventy-five 
 thousand dollars, and that of the improvements on them fifty- 
 nine thousand dollars. They also awarded the portion of the 
 fifty-nine thousand dollars due to each Indian on the Buffalo 
 creek reservation, but could not do it on the Tonawanda one, 
 because the inhabitants of the latter refused to let them come 
 on the reservation to make an appraisal. After some two years 
 one of the claimants undertook to expel one of the Tonawanda 
 Indians by force, whereupon he sued him and recovered judg- 
 ments, the court deciding that the proper steps had not been 
 taken to justify the claimant's action. 
 
 Finally to end the controversy the United States Govern- 
 
BUFFALO CREEK. 2/ 
 
 ment bought the claim of the O^den Company to the Tona- 
 wanda Reservation and gave it to the Indians residing there. 
 They now hold it by the same title by which white men own 
 their lands, except that the fee is in the whole tribe and not in 
 any individual members. 
 
 Meanwhile the Buffalo Indians quietly received the money 
 alloted to them and after a year or two allowed them for prep- 
 aration, they in 1843-4 abandoned their reservation. Most 
 of them joined their brethren on the Cattaraugus reserva- 
 tion, some went to that on the Allegany, and a few removed 
 to lands allotted them in Kansas. 
 
 The treaty of Fort Stanwix was the first public document 
 containing the name of Buffalo creek, as applied to the stream 
 which empties into the foot of Lake Erie. The narrative of 
 the Gilbert family, published just after the war, was the first 
 appearance of the name in writing or printing. 
 
 The question has been often debated, whether the original 
 Indian name was "Buffalo" creek. This almost of necessity 
 involves the further question, whether the buffalo ever ranged 
 on its banks; for it is to be presumed that Indians would not 
 in the first place have adopted that name, unless such had 
 been the case. 
 
 Numerous early travelers and later hunters, mention the 
 existence of buffalo in the vicinity, or not far away. A strong 
 instance is the account of the Missionaries Chaumonot and 
 Breboeuf, which declares that the Neuter Nation, who occu- 
 pied the County of Erie, and a portion of Canada across the 
 Niagara river were in the habit of hunting the buffalo, together 
 with other animals. 
 
 Mr. Ketchum in his history of " Buffalo and the Senccas," 
 says that all the oldest Senecas in 1820, declared that buffalo 
 bones had been found within their recollection, at the salt licks 
 near Sulphur Springs. The same authorities produce evidence 
 that white men had killed buffaloes within the last one hundred 
 and twenty years, not only in Ohio, but Western Pennsylvania. 
 Albert Gallatin who was a surve}'or in Western Virginia in 
 1784, declared in a paper published by the American Ethno- 
 logical Society, that they were at that time abundant in the 
 Kenhawa \'alle\-, and that he had for eight months lived 
 
28 THE NEUTER XATKJN. 
 
 principally on their flesh. This is positive proof and the Kenhawa 
 valley is onl)' three hundred miles from here and oni\- one hun- 
 dred miles further west, and is as well wooded a country as this. 
 
 The narrative of the Gilbert family is very strong evidence 
 that from the first the Senecas applied the name of Buffalo to 
 the stream in question. Although the book was not published 
 until after the war, yet the knowledge then given to the public 
 was acquired in 1 780, '81 and '82. At least six of the family 
 were among the Senecas on Buffalo, creek. Some of them 
 were captives for over two years, and must have acquired con- 
 siderable knowledge of the language. It is utterly out of the 
 question that they could all have been mistaken as to the name 
 of the stream on which they lived, which must have been con- 
 stantly referred to by all the Senecas in talking about their peo- 
 ple domiciled there, as well as by the scores of British ofificers 
 and soldiers with whom the Gilberts came in contact. 
 
 If then the Neuter Nation hunted buffalos across in Canada 
 in 1640, if they were killed by the whites in Ohio and Penn- 
 sylvania within the last century, if Albert Gallatin found them 
 abundant on the Kenhawa in 1784, if the old Senecas of 1820 
 declared they had found their bones at the salt licks, and if the 
 Indians called the stream on which they settled in 1780, Buffalo 
 creek, there can be no reasonable doubt that they knew what 
 they were about, and did so because that name came down 
 from former times when the monarch of the western prairie 
 strayed over the plains of the county of Erie. 
 
KARI.V LAND (i RANIS. 29 
 
 C H A P r E R VII. 
 
 LAND TITLES. 
 
 King James' Grant — Grant of Charles [. — Conflicting Claims — Phelps and 
 (jorham's Purchase — Sale to Robert Morris. 
 
 James the b'irst, Kin<;" of Great Britain, in the year 1620, 
 granted to the Ph'inouth company a tract of countr\' called 
 New Ent;iand. This tract extended through several degrees of 
 latitude north and south, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific 
 ocean, east and west. 
 
 Charles the First, in 1663, granted to the Duke of York and 
 Albany the province of New York, including the present State 
 of New Jersey. The tract thus granted extended from a line 
 twenty miles east of the Hudson river westward indefiniteh'. 
 
 By these grants, each of the colonies (afterward states) laid 
 claim to the jurisdiction as well as to the pre-emption right of 
 the same land, including a portion of the State of New York, 
 and a tract farther west sufficiently large to fornj several states. 
 
 The State of New York, how^ever, in 1781, and Massachu- 
 setts in 1785, ceded to the United States all their rights, both 
 of jurisdiction and of proprietorship, to all the territor)' l}'ing 
 west of the meridian line running south from the westerly end of 
 Lake Ontario. This left about twenty thousand square miles 
 of territory in dispute, but this controversy was finall\- settled 
 by a convention of commissioners appointed by Massachusetts 
 and New York, held at Hartford, Conn., on the i6th day of 
 December, 1786. 
 
 According to the stipulation entered into by the convention 
 Massachusetts ceded to the State of New York all her claim to 
 the government, sovereignt}' and jurisdiction of all the terri- 
 tory lying west of the present east line of the State of New- 
 York, and New York ceded to Massachusetts the pre-emption 
 right or fee of the land, subject to the title of the Indians, of 
 all that part of the State of New York lying west of a line 
 beginning at a point in the north line of Pennsylvania, eighty- 
 two miles west of the northeast corner of said state, and 
 
30 LAND PURCHASES. 
 
 running from there due north through Seneca lake to Lake 
 Ontario ; excepting and reserving to the State of New York a 
 strip of land east of and adjoining the eastern bank of Niagara 
 river, one mile wide, and extending its whole length (called the 
 state mile strip). The land, the pre-emption right of which 
 was thus ceded, amounted to about six millions of acres. 
 
 In April, 1788, Massachusetts contracted to sell to Nathaniel 
 Gorham and Olivier Phelps, of said state (who were acting for 
 themselves and their associates), their pre-emption right to all 
 the lands in Western New York, amounting to about six 
 million acres, for the sum of one million dollars, to be paid in 
 three annual installments, for which a kind of scrip Massa- 
 chusetts had issued, called consolidated securities, was to be 
 received, which was then in the market much below par. 
 
 In July, 1788, Messrs. Gorham and Phelps, purchased of the 
 Indians, by a treaty at a convention held at Buffalo creek, the 
 Indian title to about two millions six hundred thousand acres of 
 the eastern part of their purchase from Massachusetts. This 
 purchase of the Indians being bounded west by a line running 
 due south from the mouth of Canaseraga creek to the Pennsyl- 
 vania line, and northerly from the mouth of said creek along 
 the waters of the Genesee river to a point two miles north of 
 Cannawagas village, thence running west twelve miles, thence 
 running northwardly so as to be twelve miles distant from the 
 west side of said river to the shore of Lake Ontario. 
 
 On the 2 1st day of November, 1788, the State of Massachu- 
 setts conveyed and forever quitclaimed to Gorham and Phelps, 
 their heirs and assigns forever, all the right and title of said 
 state to all that tract of country of which Messrs. Phelps and 
 Gorham had extinguished the Indian title. This tract, and 
 this only, has since been designated as the " Phelps and Gor- 
 ham purchase." 
 
 Messrs. Phelps and Gorham, who had paid about one-third 
 of the purchase money of the whole tract purchased by Massa- 
 chusetts, in consequence of the rise of the value of Massach- 
 setts consolidated stock (in which the payments for the land 
 were to be received) from twenty per cent, to par. were unable 
 further to comply with their engagements on their part and 
 Massachusetts commenced suits on their bonds. After a long 
 
TlIK MORRIS RKSKRVK. 3 1 
 
 negotiati()n between the parties, the v\ hole transaction relative 
 to the purchase of those land was settled and finally closed on 
 the loth day of March, 1791, Phelps and Gorham relinquished 
 to Massachusetts that portion of the land since known as the 
 "Holland Purchase" and the "Morris Reserve," and Massa- 
 chusetts relinquished to the said Phelps and Gorham their 
 bonds for the payment of the purchase money therefor. 
 
 The whole of said lands, released by Phelps and Gorham to the 
 State of Massachusetts, as above stated, were sold by said state, 
 to Robert Morris on the i ith day of May, 1791, in five different 
 deeds. The first deed included all the land on said tract l>'inij 
 east of a meridian line beginning at a point in the north line of 
 Pennsylvania, twelve miles west of the southwest corner of 
 Phelps and Gorham's tract and running due north to Lake 
 Ontario, supposed to contain about five hundred thousand 
 acres. The above tract took the name of " The Morris 
 Reserve." from the fact that he retained that tract in the sale 
 which he afterwards made to the Holland company. 
 
32 THE HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Historical Deduction of the Holland Company's Title — A Curious Fact — 
 Indian Council at Geneseo — Indian Reservation^Joseph Ellicott the 
 Principal Surveyor — Other Surveyors — The Transit Instrument — Run- 
 ning the East Transit Line — Running the Mile-Sirip Line a ong the 
 Niagara River — Buffalo Creek — Williamsburg — "Transit Store House" 
 — The First Wagon Track on the Holland Purchase— Buffalo in 179S — 
 First Crops Raised on the Holland Purchase —The Three Taverns 
 Located — The First Woman on the Holland Purchase. 
 
 The last four tracts described in the conveyances of the 
 land purchased of Massachusetts, by Robert Morris, were con- 
 veyed by him, by four separate deeds, as follows: First deed 
 from Robert Morris and wife, to Herman Le Roy and John 
 Linklaen, for one and a half million acres, dated December 24, 
 1 792. Second deed from Robert Morris and wife, to Herman Le 
 Roy, John Linklaen and Gerrit Boon for one million acres, 
 dated February 27, 1793. Third deed from Robert Morris and 
 wife, to Herman Le Roy, John Linklaen and Gerrit Boon, for 
 eight hundred thousand acres, dated July 20, 1793. Fourth 
 deed from Robert Morris and wife, to Herman Le Ro}% William 
 Bayard and Matthew Clarkson, for three hundred thousand 
 acres, dated July 20, 1793. 
 
 These tracts were purchased with the funds of certain gen- 
 tlemen in Holland, and held in trust b\' the several grantees 
 for their benefit, as they, being aliens, could not purchase and 
 hold real estate in their own names, according to the then 
 existing laws of the State. After several changes in the trus- 
 tees, and transfers of portions of the land, sanctioned b}' the 
 Legislature, the whole tract was conveyed by the trustees, by 
 three separate deeds to the Holland compan\', or rather to the 
 individuals in their own names, composing three separate 
 branches of the company. 
 
 Although these deeds of con\'e\'ance were given to three 
 distinct companies of proprietors, their interests were so closely 
 blended, several ot the same persons, having large interests in 
 each of the three different estates; they appointed one general 
 
'11 1 1'-. DITCH I'kol'RIKl'okS. 33 
 
 agent for the whole, who manaj^ed the coneerns of the tract 
 generally, as though it belonged to the same proprietors, 
 making no distinction which operated in the least on the settlers 
 and purchasers, but sinii)l\- keeping the accounts of each separate, 
 when practicable, and apportioning /n^ /v^/c?, all expenses when 
 blended in the same transaction, for the benefit of the whole. 
 The general agent likewise appointed the same local or resident 
 agent for the three companies owning this tract in Western 
 New York. The onl)- difference between its consisting of one 
 or more tracts discernable by the purchaser of lands, was, in 
 executing contracts or conveyances, the agents used the names 
 of the respective proprietors of each tract. Under this state 
 of things, we shall denominate the whole of the proprietors 
 holding under these three deeds, "The Holland Company," 
 and the lands conveyed by those deeds the "Holland Purchase.'' 
 It is a curious fact that when the Dutch proprietors were par- 
 celing out the tract among the three different branches of the 
 company, it was mutually agreed among the whole, that 
 Messrs. Wilhem Willink, Jan Willink, Wilhem VVillink the 
 younger, and Jan Willink the younger, should have three 
 hundred thousand acres, located in such part of the whole tract 
 as they should select. In making their selection they located 
 their three hundred thousand acres in nearl)- a square form, in 
 the south-east corner of the tract, for the reason that it was 
 nearest Philadelphia, the residence of their general agent. 
 This selection contained the territory now comprising the towns 
 of Bolivar, Wirt, Friendship, the east part of Belfast, (ienesee, 
 Clarksville and Cuba, in Allegany county; Portville and the 
 east parts of Ischua and Hinsdale, in Cattaraugus county. 
 This location will give the reader who is acquainted with the 
 geography of the country, some idea of the knowledge, or 
 rather want of knowledge, of the Dutch proprietors, of the 
 situation and relative advantages of the different portions of 
 their vast domains. 
 
 This sale by Robert Morris to the Holland company was 
 made before the Indian title to the land was extinguished, 
 accompanied by an agreement on his part to extinguish that 
 title, with the assistance of the company, as soon as practicable ; 
 therefore at a council of the Seneca Indi.uis, hekl at Geneseo, 
 
 2 
 
34 
 
 I NDI AN RESERV ATION.'^. 
 
 on the Genesee river, in the month of September, 1797, at which 
 Jeremiah Wadsworth attended as commissioner for the United 
 States, and William Shepherd as agent for Massachusetts, 
 Robert Morris in fulfilment of his several contracts with the 
 Holland company, and to other persons to whom he had sold 
 land on this tract, acting by his agents, Thomas Morris and 
 Charles Williamson, extinguished the Indian title to all the 
 land, the pre-emption right of which he had purchased of Mas- 
 sachusetts, except the following Indian reservations, viz ; The 
 Cannawagus reservation, containing two square miles, lying on 
 the west bank of Genesee river, west of Avon. Little Beard's 
 and Big Tree reservations, containing together four square 
 miles, lying on the west bank of the Genesee river, opposite 
 Geneseo. Squakie Hill reservation, containing two square 
 miles, lying on the north bank of the Genesee river, north of 
 Mount Morris. Gardeau reservation, containing about twenty- 
 eight square miles, lying on both sides of Genesee river, two 
 or three miles south of Mount Morris. The Canadea reserva- 
 tion, containing sixteen square miles, lying each side of, and 
 extend eight miles along the Genesee river, in the county of 
 Allegany. The Oil Spring reservation, containing one square 
 mile, lying on the line between Allegany and Cattaraugus 
 counties. The Allegany reservation, containing forty-two 
 square miles, lying on each side of the Allegany river and 
 extending from the Pennsylvania line northeaswardly about 
 twenty-five miles. The Cattaraugus reservation, containing 
 forty-two square miles, lying on each aide and near the mouth 
 of the Cattaraugus creek, on Lake Erie. The Buffalo reserva- 
 tion, containing one hundred and thirty square miles, lying on 
 both sides of Buffalo creek, and extending east from Lake 
 Erie about seven miles wide. The Tonawanda reservation, 
 containing seventy square miles, lying on both sides of 
 Tonawanda creek, beginning about twenty-five miles from 
 its mouth, and extending eastwardly about seven miles wide ; 
 and the Tuscarora reservation, containing one square mile, 
 being about three miles east of Lcwiston on the Mountain 
 Ridge. 
 
 Theophilus Cazenove, the general agent of the Holland 
 company, resident at Philadelphia, in July, 1797, had engaged 
 
11 IK srK\ i:\' Co.MMKXCKI). 
 
 Mr. loscpli ICllicott, as principal surveyor of the conii^any's 
 lands in Western New York, whenever their title should be 
 [jcrfected and possession obtained, and likewise, to attend the 
 before-mentioned council, and assist Messrs. W. Bayard and J. 
 Linklaen, who were to attend and act as assents for the corn- 
 pan}' [sill) rasa) for the purpose of promoting- the interests of 
 their principals in an\- treaty which mi<;ht be made with the 
 Indians. Mr. Ellicott attended the council accordingly, and 
 rendered valuable services to the purchasers. This period was 
 the commencement of upwards of twenty years" re<;ular active 
 service rendered by Mr. Ellicott to the Holland company, in 
 conducting their affairs and executing laborious enterprises for 
 their benefit. 
 
 As soon as the favorable result of the proceedings of this 
 council was known, Mr. Ellicott proceeded immediately to 
 prepare for the traverse and survey of the north and northwest 
 bounds of the tract. As soon as the necessary preparatory 
 steps could be taken, Mr. Ellicott, as surveyor for the Holland 
 company, and Augustus Porter, in the same capacity, for 
 Robert Morris, for the purpose of estimating the quantity of 
 land in the tract, started a survey at the northeast corner of 
 Phelps and Gorham's tract, west of Genesee river, and trav- 
 ersed the .south shore of Lake Ontario to the mouth of Niagara 
 riv^er, thence up the eastern shore of Niagara river to Lake 
 Erie, thence along the southeast shore of Lake Erie to 
 the west bounds of the State of New York being a meridian 
 line running due south from the west end of Lake Ontario, 
 which had been previously established by Andrew Ellicott, 
 Surveyor-General of the United States, assisted b\- Joseph 
 Ellicott. All which was perfected by the middle of Novem- 
 ber following. 
 
 Before Mr. Ellicott left Western New York for Philadelphia, 
 he contracted with Thomas Morris to deliver on the Genesee 
 river or shore of Lake Ontario near the mouth of that river, 
 one hundred barrels of pork, fifteen barrels of beef, and two 
 hundred and seventy barrels of flour, for the supply of the 
 surveyors and their assistants the ensuing season. Mr. Ellicott, 
 at the request of the Agent-General, made a list of articles to 
 be provided for the next .season's campaign, consisting of a 
 
36 SUBDIVISION OF WWNSHIPS. 
 
 diversity of articles, from pack-horses to horse-shoes, nails and 
 gimlets — from tents to towels — from barle}' and rice to choco- 
 late, coffee and tea, and from camp-kettles to teacups ; esti- 
 mated to amount to $7,213.33. This statement, however, did 
 not include medicine, " or wine, spirits, loaf-sugar, &c., for 
 headquarters." Mr. EUicott likewise calculated the wages of 
 surveyors and other hands, for six months of the next season, 
 at $19,830. 
 
 Although the great divisions of the Holland Purchase was 
 intended to consist of townships six miles square, the division 
 of the tract among the three sets of proprietors, the Indian 
 reservations which were not included in the townships, as well 
 as the offsets and sinuosities existing in most of the boundaries, 
 prevented a large portion of the townships conforming to this 
 standard. The townships are situated in ranges running from 
 south to north. The townships in each range of townships 
 beginning to number one at the south, rising regularly in 
 number to the north, and the ranges of townships beginning 
 to number one at the east, and proceeding regularly west, to 
 fifteen. 
 
 The first plan of the Agent-General of the compan}-, relative 
 to the subdivision of the townships, was to divide each town- 
 ship, which was six miles square, into sixteen portions one and 
 a half miles square, to be called sections, and each section 
 again subdivided into twelve lots, each lot to be three-fourths 
 of a mile long (generally north and south), and one-fourth of a 
 mile wide, containing about one hundred and twent}' acres 
 each ; presuming that a wealthy farmer would buy a section, 
 whereon to locate himself and his progeny. Twenty-four 
 townships were surveyed or commenced to be surveyed in con- 
 formity to that plan, although the uniformity of the size and 
 shape of lots was often departed from, where large streams, 
 such as the Tonawanda, running through the townships, were, 
 for convenience, made boundaries of lots. From experience, 
 however, it was ascertained that, in the purchase of land, each 
 individual, whether father, son, or son-in-law, would locate him- 
 self according to his own choice or fancy. That this formal 
 and regular division of land into farms, seldom was found to be 
 in conformity to the topography of the country, nor to the 
 
■|"IIE SUR\ KNORS. 37 
 
 different iXHjuireinents as to ciuaiitit}', likewise that tlie addition 
 of sections to townships and lots, rendered the description of 
 farms more complex, and increased the liability to err in defin- 
 ing any particular location ; for which reasons, the practice of 
 dividing townships in sections was abandoned, and thereafter, 
 the townships were simply divided into lots of about sixty 
 chains or three-fourths of a mile square, which could be divided 
 into farms to suit the topography of the land and quantity 
 required by the purchasers. In those townships which the sur- 
 veys had commenced to divide into sections, and not com- 
 pleted, the remaining sections were divided into four lots only 
 of three-fourths of a mile square each. These lots conse- 
 quently contained about three hundred and sixty acres each, 
 but could not be laid off exactly uniform in shape and area, for 
 the same reason heretofore given in a note, why the townships 
 could not be laid off exactly uniform. 
 
 Early in the Spring of 1788, Mr. Ellicott dispatched Adam 
 Hoops, jr., a nephew of Major Adam Hoops, from Philadelphia, 
 to Western New York, with general powers to prepare for 
 opening the approaching campaign of surveying the Holland 
 Purchase, and to co-operate with Augustus Porter, who had 
 previously been engaged to procure horses, employ hands, and 
 transport stores from the places of their delivery by the con- 
 tractor, Mr. Morris, to the places where they would be required 
 for consumption. 
 
 The principal surve)^ors engaged during the active season of 
 1798, in township, meridian line and reservation surveys, and in 
 lake and river traverses, were as follows: Joseph and Benjamin 
 Ellicott, JohnTompson, Richard M. Stoddard, George Burgess, 
 James Dewey, David Ellicott, Aaron Oakford, jr., Augustus 
 Porter, Seth Pease, James Smedly, William Shepherd, Geo. 
 Eggleston. In addition to these, were two P'renchmen, MM. 
 Haudecaur and Autrechy, who were employed in some surveys 
 of Niagara river and the Falls. The last were rather engineers 
 than surveyors. Mr. James Brisbane, then in his minority, 
 came from Philadelphia, with Mr. Tompson, as clerk and store- 
 keeper. 
 
 Mr. Ellicott and his assistants having arrived on the territory, 
 his first business was to ascertain and correctly establish the 
 
38 Till-: "TRANSIT IXSTRrMKXr." 
 
 c;ist line of the Purchase. He caused the PennsyKania Hne to be 
 accurateh' measured from the southwest corner of Phelps and 
 Gorham's purchase, on the eighty-second mile-stone, twelve 
 miles west, and there erected a stone monument for the south- 
 east corner of the Holland Purchase. The whole company 
 was then divided into parties, to prosecute the undertaking to 
 advantage. The principal surveyor, Joseph Ellicott, assisted 
 by Benjamin Ellicott, one other surveyor and the requisite 
 number of hands, undertook to run the eastern boundary line. 
 The other surveyors, each with his c[uota of hands, were 
 assigned to run different township lines. 
 
 A line running due north from the monument established as 
 the south-east corner by Mr. Ellicott, to the boundary line 
 between the United States and the dominions of the King of 
 Great Britain, in Lake (3ntario, according to the deeds of con- 
 veyance from Robert Morris to the company, constitutes the 
 east line of their purchase. To run a true meridian by the sur- 
 veyor's compass Mr. Ellicott knew to be impracticable, he there- 
 fore determined to run this line by an instrument, having for 
 its basis the properties of the " Transit instrument " (an instru- 
 ment made use of to observe the transits of the heavenly 
 bodies), improved for this purpose by a newly-invented manner 
 of accurately arriving at the same ; to effect this object, an 
 instrument possessing all these qualities, was manufactured in 
 Philadelphia by his brother, Benjamin Ellicott, as no instru- 
 ment possessing all the qualities desired, was then to be found 
 in the United States. 
 
 This instrument had no magnetic needle attached to it, but 
 its peculiar qualities and prominent advantages are, that by 
 means of its telescopic tube and accurate manner of reversing, 
 by it, a straight line can be correctly, and comparatively speak- 
 ing, expeditiously run. But such an instrument, by reason of 
 its magnifying powers, is as ill calculated to run a line through 
 the woods and underbrush, as would be a microscope to observe 
 the transits of the satellites of Herschel. Therefore it became 
 necessary to cut a vista through the woods on the highlands 
 and on level ground, sufficient!}' wide to admit a clear and 
 uninterru})ted view. 
 
 Mr, Ellicott having provided himself with such an instrument. 
 
SUKVKV(JRS ARRIN'K .\r \V1 LMAMSliURO. 39 
 
 caused the vista to be cut, some three or four rods wide, 
 ahead of the transit instrument, in a north direction as indi- 
 cated by the compass, which sometimes led the axmen more 
 than the width of the vista from the meridian sought ; there- 
 fore the true meridian hne, called the transit line, from the 
 name of the instrument with which it was run, being of no 
 width, runs sometimes on one side of the middle of the vista 
 cut in advance, and sometimes on the other. 
 
 Thus prepared with' a suitable instrument, Mr. Ellicott 
 assisted by his brother, Benjamin Elllicott, together with sur- 
 veyors and their assistants, established a true meridian line north 
 from the corner monument, by astronomical observations, and 
 pursued it with the transit instrument, taking new astronomical 
 observations at different stations, to guard against accidental 
 variations. 
 
 The progress in running this line was slow, as it could not be 
 otherwise expected, considering the great amount of labor nec- 
 essary to be performed in clearing the vista, and taking other 
 preparatory measures, and, above all, the vast importance of 
 having it correctly established, which rendered anything like 
 precipitance or haste, an experiment too hazardous to be per- 
 mitted. June 1 2th, the party on this line had advanced so far 
 north, that they established their store-house at Williamsburg 
 (about three miles south of the village of Geneseo), and soon after 
 Mr. Ellicott made it his headquarters at Hugh M'Nair's, in that 
 vicinity. On the 22d day of November, following, eighty-one 
 and a half miles of the line was established, which brought them 
 within about thirteen miles of the shore of Lake Ontario. The 
 precise date of its completion is unknowns. 
 
 This line defined the west bounds of Mr. Church's one hun- 
 dred thousand acres, but passed through the Cotringer, Ogden 
 and Cragie tracts, about two miles from their west boundaries, 
 as described in the deeds of conveyance from Robert Morris to 
 the several grantees ; but as their titles were of a later date than 
 the conveyance to the Holland Company, no deviation from the 
 first established meridian was made by Mr. Ellicott. 
 
 On arriving at the south line of the one hundred thousand 
 acre tract, conveyed by Robert Morris to Leroy Bayard and 
 M'Evers, now called the Connecticut tract (the conveyance of 
 
40 DIFFICULT WORK Acro.MI'LISHK] ). 
 
 which, from Robert Morris, claimed seniority over that to the 
 Holland Company). Mr. Ellicott found that his meridian inter- 
 sected the south line of that tract, one hundred and sixty-six 
 chains thirty links east of its southwest corner, on which he 
 moved his position that distance to the west, from which point 
 he ran the transit due north to Lake Ontario. 
 
 Although the eastern bank of the Niagara river had been 
 traversed, the east bounds of the New York mile strip had not 
 been ascertained, and the state would participate in it no 
 further than to give the proprietors of the land adjoining, to 
 wit : the Holland Company liberty to run the line at their own 
 expense, and if so run as to be approved by the Surveyor Gen- 
 eral of the state, it should be established as permanently located, 
 and passed a law to that effect. This was undoubtedly the 
 most difficult piece of surveying ever performed in the state. 
 
 At the north end where the river disembogued itself into the 
 lake, at almost right angles with its shores, there could no 
 doubts arise, but at the south end of the straits or river, a dif- 
 ferent state of things existed, Lake Erie narrowed gradually and 
 became a river ; where the lake ends and the river begins may 
 be considered a difficult question, but it was finally agreed 
 between the parties interested, the river should be deemed to 
 extend to where the water was one mile wide and there cease ; 
 the line of the strip east of this point extending to the shore 
 of Lake Erie, on an arc of a circle of one mile radius, the center 
 being on the eastern bank at the termination of the lake and 
 head of the river, giving to the strip all the land lying within 
 a mile of the river, whether east or south. 
 
 For this arc of the circle, which could not be practically run, 
 a repetition of short sides, making a section of a regular poly- 
 gon, was substituted. Seth Pease, a scientific surveyor and 
 astronomer, was engaged in the fall of 1788, to run this line, 
 who executed the survey in a masterly manner, and to the satis- 
 faction of all the parties concerned. 
 
 During the year 1799 and 1800, few events transpired relative 
 to the settlement of the Holland Purchase, which require a cir- 
 cumstantial detail, or would admit of one which would be inter- 
 esting to the reader. The surveyors and their assistants, under 
 the direction of their principal, Joseph Ellicott, continued the 
 
CAl'l'. WILLIAM J( )II\S'r( )\. 41 
 
 same stead}- routine of encamping in the woods, pitchinL( their 
 tents, transportini,^ provisions, surveyin^r lines and striking their 
 tents and removing to new positions ; and although at times 
 many individuals, undoubtedly, suffered pain and endured hard- 
 ships, such incidents must have been caused by accidental 
 occurrences, unforeseen events or carelessness and imprudence 
 in themselves or their companions, as the well-supplied coffers 
 of the company, accompanied by their liberality, furnished 
 sufficient means, and the provident care of Mr. Ellicott kept 
 their storehouses well supplied with the best kind of provisions 
 for that service, as well as other necessaries and many of the 
 comforts of life. 
 
 This might be seen from Mr. Ellicott's catalogue of items 
 for the outfit of the first campaign, and its cost, heretofore 
 referred to, which was adopted and its contents provided. 
 
 (3f those events, however, the following deserve notice: 
 
 The Indian treaty of 1797, in which the Indian title to the 
 Holland Purchase was extinguished, except to certain reserva- 
 tions, as has been before stated, prescribed the quantities con- 
 tained in, and general shape and location of each reservation, 
 leaving the precise locations of the boundary lines to be deter- 
 mined thereafter. 
 
 The Indians reserved 200,000 acres, one indefinite portion of 
 which was to be located on Buffalo creek, at the east end of 
 Lake Erie, and the remainder on Tonawanda creek. 
 
 As the New York reservation excluded the Holland com- 
 pany's land from the waters of Niagara river, and from the 
 shore of Lake Erie one mile southerly from the river, it became 
 very important to the company to secure a landing place and 
 harbor at the mouth of Buffalo creek, and sufficient ground 
 whereon to establish a commercial and manufacturing village 
 or city. 
 
 Capt. William Johnston, an Indian trader and interpreter, 
 settled himself at the mouth of Buffalo creek at an early period 
 under the auspices of the British government, and remained 
 there until the Holland company had effected their purchase. 
 His dwelling house stood south of Exchange and east of Wash- 
 ington streets. Captain Johnston had procured of the Indians, 
 by gift or purchase, two square miles of land at the mouth of 
 
42 I'KEI'ARATIUNS FUR THE CAMPAIGN. 
 
 Buffalo creek, including a large portion of the territory on 
 which now stands the City of Buffalo. He had also entered 
 into an agreement with the Indians which amounted to a life 
 lease of a certain mill site and the timbered land in its vicinity, 
 on condition of supplying the Indians with all the boards and 
 plank they wanted for building at and near the creek. This 
 site was about six miles east of the mouth of the creek. Al- 
 though Johnston's title to this land was not considered to have 
 the least validity, yet the Indians had the power and the inclina- 
 tion to include it within their reservation, unless a compromise 
 was made with Johnston, and, taking into consideration his influ- 
 ence with them, the agents of the company concluded to enter 
 into the following agreement with him, which was afterwards 
 fully complied with and performed by both of the parties : 
 
 Johnston agreed to surrender his right to the said two square 
 miles and use his influence with the Indians to have that tract 
 and his mill site left out of their reservation, in consideration 
 of which the Holland company agreed to convey by deed to 
 said Johnston, 640 acres, including the said mill site and adja- 
 cent timbered land, together with forty-five and one-half acres, 
 being part of said two square miles, including the buildings and 
 improvements, then owned by Johnston, four acres of which 
 were to be on the "point." 
 
 These lands, as afterward definitely located, were a tract of 
 forty-one and a half acres, bounded : north, by Seneca street, 
 west by Washington street, and south by the Little Buffalo 
 creek ; the other tract was bounded, east by Main street, south- 
 westerly by the Buffalo creek, and northwesterly by Little 
 BulTalo creek, containing about four acres. 
 
 This matter will again be referred to, in connection with 
 some further notice of early events in Buffalo. 
 
 Mr. Ellicott, before leaving Philadelphia — in the time that 
 intervened between his appointment and his departure — was 
 activel}^ engaged in making all the necessary preparations for 
 the campaign. David Rittenhouse, the eminent American 
 philosopher, was then of the firm of Rittenhouse & Potts, 
 mathematical and astronomical instrument makers, in Philadel- 
 phia; orders were given for compasses, chains and staffs — all 
 things in their line necessary to surveyors' outfits. Letters 
 
i)i;i'.\Kri'i<i-. iRoM i'iiii.Ai)i:i.nii.\. 43 
 
 were written to AuL;ustus Porter, at Canandait;ua, to have 
 ready such provisions, pack horses, axe-nien and chain-men, as 
 lie had been ordered to provide; to Thomas Morris, at the 
 same place, recjuestin^ his promj^t performance of some agen- 
 cies that had been entrusted to him; to different persons at 
 New York, iVlbany, h'ort Schu)der and Oueenston, containing 
 orders to facilitate the transportation of stores and aid the sur- 
 veying [)arties in getting upon the ground, and in supplying 
 themselves with all things necessary for going into the woods. 
 All things requisite were remembered and provided for. Clark 
 and Street, at Chippewa, were ordered to have read\- two yoke 
 of oxen and a stout lumber wagon (that was undoubtedly the 
 pioneer ox team upon the Holland Purchase, other than such 
 as had been used upon the portage); even axe-handles and 
 tent-poles were not forgotten. 
 
 To each principal surveyor or sub-agent starting from Phila- 
 delphia or elsewhere, written orders were issued what route to 
 pursue, where to first rendezvous, where to draw his supplies 
 and where to commence operations. P'ormulas were made out 
 for each surveyor prescribing definitely the manner of his 
 duties, of marking lines, keeping field notes and generally 
 embracing all the minuta,' of his operations. It was as if the 
 general of an army was acting as his own commissary and put- 
 ting a force into the field, distributing it and making all things 
 ready for a campaign, and the records of our war department 
 would hardly furnish better examples of systematic and well 
 ordered enterprises. 
 
 Embraced in these preliminary proceedings, was a corre- 
 spondence with Mr. Williamson, in reference to a road from 
 the west branch of Susciuehaiinah to the " Genesee country ;" 
 and with the Surveyor-General of this state in reference to the 
 laying out of towns at Lewiston and Fort Schlosser. 
 
 Mr. Ellicott arrived at Canandaigua on the 12th of June, 
 1798. 
 
 The reader will best be enabled to catch glimpses of early 
 events — those that attended the surveys and preceded land 
 sales and the commencement of settlement — by occasional 
 references to and extracts from his correspondence, the only 
 existing records. 
 
44 BUFFALO CREEK AND \VILLL\MSBUR(;H. 
 
 A letter from Mr. Thompson to Mr. Ellicott, dated Buffalo 
 Creek, states the stores had all arrived safely at Schlosser. 
 except what had been left with Mr. Brisbane, at the " Chene- 
 see" river; that Mr. Hoops, who had arrived in advance of 
 him, had gone on to "Chetawque," where he had been joined 
 by Mr. Stoddard ; that he himself was engaged in getting 
 " axes ground and handled, and in sundry other things, prepara- 
 tory to going to the woods." 
 
 Letters followed this very soon, by which it would seem 
 that the camp was erected at "Chautauqua Creek," and all 
 things prepared for active operation as early as the 19th of 
 June. 
 
 Messrs. Smedley and Egleston were located at Buffalo 
 Creek with surveying parties. In a letter to Mr. Ellicott, writ- 
 ten from there, under date June 27th, Mr. Egleston says the 
 goods have arrived, and that the " family in the house on the 
 hill" are about to move out to make room for the surveyors. 
 Mr. Ellicott, it would seem, had arrived at Schlosser. Antici- 
 pating his arrival at Buffalo, Mr. Egleston very providently 
 suggests that he had better bring with him room boards to 
 make a mapping table, as there were none to be had in their 
 new location, " Mr. Winne having carried off those that were in 
 the partition." 
 
 The first principal stations of the surveyors — their head- 
 quarters or depots — were at Buffalo Creek and Williamsburgh ; 
 before the close of 1798, however, the principal establishments 
 were located at the Transit Line (Stafford, the locali^ty desig- 
 nated as "Transit Storehouse"). 
 
 Mr. James Brisbane, moving his quarters from Williams- 
 burgh, continued as the principal Clerk or Agent. 
 
 While upon the purchase, in 1798. Mr. Flllicott's time was 
 principally spent at Buffalo Creek, Williamsburgh, and upon 
 the Transit Line. 
 
 In the Spring of 1798, when the surveys of the Holland Pur- 
 chase first commenced, all the travel between the Phelps and 
 Gorham tract and Buffalo was an old Indian trail. The Win- 
 ter previous, however, the Legislature of this State passed an 
 act appointing Charles Williamson a Commissioner to la}- out 
 
Bn-'IAI.o IN ITS I'.Akl.N' D.WS. 45 
 
 and open a State road from C'anncwagus on Genesee river to 
 Buffalo Creek on Lake Krie and to Lewiston, on the Niagara 
 river. 
 
 To defra\' the ex]:)ense of cutting;- out these roads, the Hol- 
 land Compan}' subscribed fi\'e thousand dollars. Mr. William- 
 son laid out and established the roads in 1798, generally 
 adhering" to the course of old Indian trails; but they were not 
 opened throughout according to contract, under his superin- 
 tendence. The first wagon track opened upon the Holland 
 purcha.se, was by Mr. Ellicott, as a preliminary step in com- 
 mencing operations, early in the season of 1798. He employed 
 a gang" of hands to improve the Indian trail, so that wagons 
 could pass upon it, from the east transit to Buffalo creek. 
 
 In 1 801 he opened the road from transit line as far west as 
 Vandeventer's". The whole road was opened to LeRoy before 
 the close of 1802. But little reference can be had to the order 
 of time in noting the events of this period; up to the period 
 of the commencement of land sales and settlements, our 
 sketches must necessarily be desultory. 
 
 Mr. Brisbane first saw Buffalo in October, 1798. There was 
 then the log house of Middaugh and Lane — a double log house 
 — about two squares from Main street, a little north of the 
 present line of Exchange street. Captain Johnston's half log 
 and half framed house, stood a little east of the main building^ 
 of the present Mansion House, near Washington street. There 
 was a two-story hewed log house, owned by Captain Johnston, 
 about where Exchange street now is, from six to eight rods 
 west of Main street, where a tavern was kept by John Palmer. 
 Palmer afterwards moved over to Canada and kept a tavern 
 there. 
 
 Asa Ransom lived in a log house west of Western Hotel. 
 Winne had a log house on . bank of Little Buffalo, south of 
 Mansion House. A Mr. Maybee, who afterwards went to 
 Cattaraugus, kept a little Indian store in a log building on west 
 side of Main street, about twenty rods north of Exchange 
 .street. There was also a log house occupied by a man named 
 Robbins. 
 
 The flats were open ground ; a portion of them had been 
 cultivated. Such was Buffalo, and all of Buffalo in 1798. 
 
46 FIRST CROPS ON THE IK »1. 1. AND I'ljRCIIASE. 
 
 The first crojis raised upon the Holland purchase, were at 
 the transit store house. In the spring of 1799, Mr. James 
 Dewey was waiting there with a gang of hands, to start upon a 
 surveying expedition as soon as the weather would permit. At 
 the request of Mr. Brisbane, he cleared ten acres upon either 
 side of the present road, twenty rods west of the Transit, which 
 was mainly sowed with oats ; though some potatoes and garden 
 vegetables were planted. The early tavern keeper there — Mr. 
 Walthers — reported by letter to Mr. Ellicott, that the yield 
 was a good one, and fully demonstrated the goodness of the 
 soil of the region he was surveying for a settlement. 
 
 In the summer of 1799, there not being a house on the road 
 from the eastern Transit line to Buffalo, Mr. Busti, the agent 
 general of the company, authorized Mr. Ellicott by a letter 
 dated June ist, 1799, to contract with six reputable individuals 
 to locate themselves on the road from the eastern Transit to 
 Buffalo creek ; about ten miles asunder, and open houses of en- 
 tertainment for travelers, at their several locations, in considera- 
 tion of which they were to have a quantity of land, from fifty 
 to one hundred and fifty acres each ; " at a liberal time for pay- 
 ment, without interest, at the lowest price the company will 
 sell their lands, when settlements shall be begun." 
 
 Three persons accepted of this offer, to wit : Frederick Wal- 
 thers who was then residing on the land, took one hundred and 
 fifty acres in township number twelve, range one, west of and 
 adjoining the eastern Transit, including the Company's store 
 house, and being where the village of Stafford now stands. Asa 
 Ransom located himself Sept. ist, 1799, on one hundred and 
 fifty acres in township number twelve, range six. at what is 
 now known as Ransom's Gro\e or Clarence Hollow. Garrett 
 Davis located himself Sept. 16, 1799, in township number thir- 
 teen, range two, on one hundred and fifty acres, on the south 
 line of said township; (the Buffalo road then run through the 
 reservation, some distance north of its present location.) These 
 lots were severally laid out and surveyed for the purchasers, 
 before the several townships in which they are located were 
 surveyed. These three persons erected and furnished comfort- 
 able houses for the purposes intended, as soon as practicable ; 
 which although not as splendid, yet were more eagerly sought. 
 
rill-. 1'1()m:i;i< womiix. 47 
 
 and cheerfully cnj(i}'ccl b)- the forest traxeler and land explorer 
 than any of the " Astor Mouses," " Americans," or " Mansions" 
 of the present day. 
 
 With the exceptions of those residint:^ at Buffalo, Mrs. Gar- 
 rett Davis and Mrs. Walthers, were the pioneer women upon 
 the Holland Purchase. In 1800, Asa Ransom and Garrett 
 Davis raised summer crops, which were second to those raised 
 at the Transit store house the vear before. 
 
4<S a(;exts of the Holland (■o^^^\^'v 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Biographical Sketches or Agents of the Holland Company, and others. 
 
 Theophilus Cazenove. 
 
 He was the first agent of the Holland Company ; but little 
 is known of his personal histor}^- When the company made 
 their first purchases of land in this state and Pennsylvania, soon 
 after 1790, he had arrived in this country, and acted as their 
 agent. In all the negotiations and preliminary proceedings 
 connected with the large purchase of Mr. Morris, of this region, 
 the interest of the company were principally confided to him 
 His name is intimately blended with the whole history of the 
 title. When the purchase was perfected, he was made the 
 general agent, and under his auspices the surveys commenced. 
 
 In all the embarrassments that attended the perfection of the 
 title, he would seem to have been actuated b}' honorable and 
 praise-worthy motives, and to have assisted with a good deal 
 of ability, the legal managers of the compan\-'s interests. He 
 returned to Europe in 1799, ending then his connection with 
 the company. He resided for a considerable period after this 
 in London, after which he lived in Paris, where he died. 
 
 Paul Bustl 
 
 He was a native of Milan, in Italy; was born on the 17th of 
 October, 1749. After receiving his education in his native 
 country, he entered the counting-house of his uncle, in Amster- 
 dam, where he afterwards established himself in business, mar- 
 ried, and acquired a high reputation for business talents, indus- 
 try and integrity. 
 
 About retiring from commercial life and connected with one 
 who was interested in the Holland Company purchase, he was 
 induced to accept the general agency at Philadelphia, in the 
 place of Mr. Cazenove; and most faithfully and satisfactorily 
 did he perform its duties for a period of 24 years, up to the day 
 of his death, July 23, 1824. He left no children. 
 
 The original proprietors — the eleven who constituted the 
 
I'AUi. ijus'ii. 49 
 
 priniitix'c Hollaiul Company, were merchants in the City of 
 Amsterdam (then in the RepubHc of Batavia). They had little 
 of the spirit of speculation ; had acquired wealth by careful 
 investments and fair profits. They had spare capital and wished 
 to invest it ; their highest anticipations were perhaps a realization 
 of something near the per cent, interest which was generally 
 fixed upon money in this country, instead of the then low per 
 cent, money yielded in Europe. And here it may be remarked, 
 that considering the period of investment — 1792 and 1793, — 
 but ten years after the close of the Revolutionary war — these 
 Dutch merchants were far in advance of the prevailing senti- 
 ment in Europe, as to the success and permanency of the experi- 
 ment of free government. We should respect their memories 
 for such an earnest, at that early period, of confidence in the 
 stability of our system. 
 
 Mr. Busti's agency, as will be observed, commenced before 
 the completion of surveys and the opening of sales ; conse- 
 quently it was under his auspices that settlements began. In 
 his early instructions to Mr. Ellicott, he proposed liberal meas- 
 ures — seems to have started on the basis that the interests of 
 his principals and the interest of the settlers were mutual. 
 While he guarded strictly and with rigid economy the one, his 
 views and munificence were liberal in reference to the other. 
 
 Mr. Ellicott acted under general instructions from him as to 
 the opening of roads, building of mills and public buildings; 
 but when he advised, as he often did, additional measures of 
 improvement or increased outlays, he was quite sure to be sec- 
 onded by his principal. 
 
 Next to Mr. Ellicott Mr. Busti was more closely identified 
 with the settlement of the Holland purchase than any other 
 individual. His administration of the general agency, embraced 
 almost the entire period of pioneer settlement. The records of 
 the company furnish conclusive evidence of clear judgment, 
 great integrity of purpose and a disposition to promote the 
 interests of the wild region he was aiding to settle and improve. 
 
 Joseph Ellicott. 
 No man has ever, perhaps, been so closely identified with the 
 history of any region, as he is with the history of the Holland 
 
50 j')si:i'ii Kr.Licoir. 
 
 rurcliasc. He was not onl}- the land-ag^cnt, superintending 
 from the start, surve\-s and settlement — exercising locally, a 
 one-man-power and influence — but for a long period, he was far 
 more than this. In all the early years of settlement, especially 
 — in all things hax'ing reference to the organizing of towns, 
 counties, erection of public buildings, the la\'ing out of roads, 
 the establishment of post-offices — in all that related to the 
 prosperit}' and convenience of the region over which his agency 
 extended, he occupied a prominent position, a close identity, 
 that few, if any, patrons of new settlements have ever attained. 
 
 As early as 1770, Joseph Ellicott's father and his brothers 
 purchased a tract of wild land on the Patapoca, in Maryland, 
 and erecting mills and machinery, became the founders of what 
 was long known as '• Ellicott's Mills," now, for the sake of 
 brevity, termed " Ellicott's." 
 
 Andrew, the eldest brother, became an eminent surveyor ; 
 surveyed the Spanish boundary line under the administration 
 of Mr. Jefferson : \\as afterwards Surveyor-General of the U. S.: 
 and died the Professor of Mathematics at West Point, in 1 820 
 or '21. 
 
 Bexjamix, entered the service of the Holland Company at 
 an early period, as the assistant of his brother Joseph. He 
 was at an early period, one of the Judges of Genesee county, 
 and a representative in Congress, from the district. He was 
 a bachelor; died a resident of W'illiamsville, Erie count}-, 
 in 1827. 
 
 David, the )-ounger brother, a somewhat erratic genius, was 
 in some of the earliest \-ears, a sur\e\-or upon the Purchase. 
 He went south and no tidings ever came of him. 
 
 There were five sisters, three of whom married three brothers 
 by the name of Evans. In this circumstance, the reader will 
 find the explanation of the numerous heirs of Joseph Ellicott. 
 bearing that name. 
 
 Joseph Ellicott's earh* lessons in surveying, were gi\-en him 
 by his elder brother, Andrew. His first practical surveying, 
 was as an assistant of his brother, in the survey of the City of 
 Washington, soon after that site had been selected for the 
 national capital. In 1791, he was appointed by Timothy 
 Pickering, then Secretary of War, to run the boundary line 
 
JOSEI'lI KL1.I(()|-|-. 51 
 
 between Geoi-oiu and the Creek Indians. After completini;- this 
 survey, he was employed by Mr. Cazenove, to survey the 
 Holland Company's lands in Pennsylvania. 
 
 This completed, he was engaged for a short time in Maryland, 
 in business with his brothers, and then enlisted in the Holland 
 Company's service in this region. 
 
 The active years of his life were those, principally, inter- 
 vening between the years 1790 and 1 821 — a period of about 
 thirty years. At least ten or twelve years were spent in the 
 arduous duties of a surveyor ; and when he left the woods and 
 settled down in the discharge of his duties as local agent, his 
 place was no sinecure, as the records of the of^fice will abund- 
 antly testif)^ He was a man of great industry; careful, system- 
 atic in all his business, and recjuired of all under his control a 
 prompt and faithful discharge of all their duties. 
 
 Jacob S. Otto. 
 
 This gentleman was the successor to Mr. Ellicott in the local 
 agency. He was previously a resident of Philadelphia ; had 
 been engaged in mercantile and commercial pursuits. 
 
 The period of his agency was from 1821 to his death, in 1826. 
 
 It was during Mr. Otto's administration, that the plan of 
 receiving cattle and grain from the settlers, that had previously 
 been entertained, was effectually commenced. Depots were 
 designated in different parts of the Purchase, for the delivery 
 of wheat; where the settler could carry it, and have its value 
 endorsed upon his contract. Agents were appointed to receive 
 cattle. They advertised yearly, the times and places, when 
 and where the cattle would be received, fixed upon their price, 
 and endorsed it upon contracts. It was one among the 
 measures of relief, and its operation was highly beneficial. 
 
 David E. E\'ans. 
 During the administration of Mr. Otto, Mr. Evans had been 
 appointed as his associate, to give the incumbent the advantage 
 of his long experience and familiarity with the details of the 
 business. Yet he did not to any considerable degree partici- 
 pate in the joint administration proposed, his time being chiefly 
 occupied with his own private affairs, and the duties of a mem- 
 ber of the Senate of this state. 
 
52 D.WIl) K. KNAXS. 
 
 Upon the death of Mr. Otto, he entered upon tlie dischart^e 
 of the duties of the local agency. Earl\- in life he had been 
 a clerk in the office, under his uncle, Joseph Ellicott, and had 
 for a long period occupied the desk of the cashier and accountant 
 of the agency. Few, therefore, could have been more familiar 
 with the wants, interest and welfare of the settlers. They were 
 old, familiar acquaintances, and his interests were identified 
 with theirs. 
 
 It was during the second year of Mr. Evans' administration 
 (in September, 1827,) that a general plan for the modification 
 of land contracts was adopted. It was regarded at the time as 
 a very decided measure of relief to the settlers, and its opera- 
 tions were highh' beneficial to a very large class of the debtors 
 of the Holland compan\'. 
 
 Mr. Evans' agency continued until 1837. It embraced the 
 large sales of the Holland company's interest ; in fact, before 
 it closed the entire business and interests of the company had 
 progressed nearly to a termination. 
 
 Having served one term as State Senator, Mr. Evans had 
 been elected a Representative in Congress at the period of Mr. 
 Otto's death. He resigned to take upon himself the duties of 
 the agency. 
 
 R(^BERT Morris. 
 
 A short biography of one eminently useful in our revolution- 
 ary struggle is suggested by his after-identity with our local 
 region. He was, as will have been seen, at one period the pro- 
 prietor of the whole of Western New York west of Phelps and 
 Gorham's purchase, by purchase from Massachusetts and the 
 Seneca Indians. 
 
 In the attempt of feeble colonies to throw off oppression 
 there was work to be done in council as well as in the field — at 
 the financier's desk as well as in the more conspicuous conflicts 
 of arms. If raw troops called from the field and workshop 
 were to be enrolled and disciplined, upon a sudden emergency 
 provisions were to be made for their equipment and sustenance ; 
 J^oth were tasks surrounded with difficulty and embarrassment; 
 both required men and minds of no ordinary cast. Fortun- 
 ately they were found. Washington was the chief, the leader 
 
RoiiKki' MORRIS — i:aki.n I. hi:. 53 
 
 of our armies, the master-spirit that conducted the stru<j^le to 
 glorious termination. Morris was the financier. The}' were 
 heads of co-ordinate branches in a i^reat crisis, and e(|uall}- well 
 performed their parts. 
 
 Robert Morris was born in Lixerpool, in 1733. His father 
 emif^rated to the United States in 1745, and settled at Port 
 Tobacco, in Marylanci, en<^af^intr extensively in the tobacco 
 trade. 
 
 Previous to the death of his father, Robert Morris had been 
 placed in the counting-house of Mr. Charles Willing, an 
 eminent merchant of Philadelphia, where he soon acquired a 
 proficiency in mercantile afTairs that recommended liim as a 
 partner of the son of his employer. 
 
 When the first difficulties occurred between the colonies and 
 the mother countr}-, though extensively engaged in a mercan- 
 tile business that was to be seriously affected by it, he was one 
 of other patriotic Philadelphia merchants who promoted and 
 signed the non-importation agreement, which restricted com- 
 mercial intercourse with Great Britain to the mere necessaries 
 of life. 
 
 When the news of the Battle of Lexington reached Philadel- 
 phia, Mr. Morris was presiding at a dinner usuall}^ given on the 
 anniversary of St. George. He participated in putting a stop 
 to the celebration in honor of an English saint, and helped to 
 upset the tables that had been spread. His resolution was 
 fixed ; it was one of devotion to the cause of the colonies, and 
 well was it adhered to. 
 
 In 1775 and '76, he w^as a Member of Congress, and became 
 a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 When Washington had re-crossed the Delaware for the 
 second time, in December, 1777, the time of service of nearly 
 all the Eastern troops had expired. To induce them to engage 
 for another si.x weeks, he promised a bounty of ten dollars 
 each, and for the necessary funds applied to Mr. Morris. In 
 the answer of Mr. Morris accompanying the sum of fifty 
 thousand dollars, he congratulated the Commander-in-Chief 
 upon his success in retaining the men, and assured him that 
 " if farther occasional supplies of money are wanted you may 
 depend upon m)' exertions either in a public or private capacity." 
 
54 ELECTED MEMISER OF (( ).\( IRESS. 
 
 In March, 1777, he was chosen, with l-5enjamin Franklin and 
 others, to represent the Assembly of Pennsylvania in Congress, 
 and in November following was associated with Mr. Gerry and 
 Mr. Jones to repair to the army and confidentially consult with 
 the Commander-in-Chief upon the best plan of conducting the 
 Winter campaign. 
 
 In August, 1778, he was appointed a member of the stand- 
 ing Committee of Finance. 
 
 The years 1778 and '79 were the most distressing periods of 
 the war. The finances were in a wretched condition, and Mr. 
 Morris not only advanced his money freely, but put in requisi- 
 tion an almost unlimited individual credit. 
 
 In 1781 (a period of despair), in addition to other contribu- 
 tions of money and credit, Mr. Morris supplied the almost fam- 
 ishing troops with several thousand barrels of flour. This timely 
 aid came w^ien it was seriously contemplated to authorize the 
 seizure of provisions wherever they could be found ; a measure 
 which would have been unpopular with the whole country, and 
 probably turned back the tide of public feeling flowing in favor 
 of the Revolution. 
 
 There is upon record a long catalogue of transactions simi- 
 lar to those which have been related. Not only the Comman- 
 der-in-Chief but Generals of divisions found Mr. Morris the 
 dernier resort when money and provisions were wanted. To 
 private means, which must have been large, and a large credit, 
 he added astonishing faculties as a financier. When he had 
 no other resources, he would compel others to use their money 
 and credit. In financial negotiations, with him, to will a thing 
 was to do it. 
 
 He was appointed to the office of Financier, or what was 
 equivalent to the now office of Secretary of the Treasury. 
 Never, perhaps, in any country, was a minister of finance placed 
 over a treasury, the conditions of which were worse. To use a 
 phrase of the play-house, it was 
 
 " Beggarly account of empty boxes." 
 
 It had not a dollar in it and was two millions and a half in debt. 
 Those who have seen Gen. Washington's military journal of the 
 first of May, 1781, can form some idea of the condition of the 
 army and the finances'. 
 
Ai'i'oiN ii:i) iiN.\\( ii;r. 55 
 
 It was the proxincc of Mr. Morris to financier for Con<^rcss 
 and a coiintr\- and cause in such a crisis. He be<^an by restor- 
 in<;' credit and estabHshin^' confidence; promuli^ated the assur- 
 ance that all his official enL^a^ements would be punctuall)' met, 
 and j)ut in rccjinsition his ])ri\'ate means, the means of his 
 friends, to fulfill the promises he iiad held out. When apprised 
 of his ap|)ointment to the manat^ement of financial affairs, he 
 replied : " In acceptini;; the office bestowed upon me, I sacrifice 
 much of m\- interest, my ease, nn- domestic enjo\-ment and 
 internal traiK[uilit)'. If I know m}" own heart, I make these 
 .sacrifices with a disinterestetl \iew to the ser\ice of m\- countr\-. 
 I am willing to go further, and the United States ma)' com- 
 mand everything I have e.Kcej)t my integrity, and the loss of 
 that would efTectualh' dissable me from serving them more." 
 Among his financial expedients to resuscitate public credit, was 
 the establishment of the Bank of North America. Collateral 
 security was given for the ])erformance of engagements of the 
 institution, in f(M-m of bonds, signed by wealth}- individuals. 
 Mr. Morris heading the list with a subscription of iJ"io,000. 
 
 In a private interview with Washington, the subject of an 
 attack on New York was broached. Mr. Morris dissented, 
 assuming that it would be too great a sacrifice of men and 
 mone)- ; that the success of the measure was doubtful; that 
 even if successful the triumph, as to results, would be a barren 
 one ; the enemy having command of the sea could, at anytime, 
 land fresh troops and re-take it, &c." A.ssenting to these objec- 
 tions, the Commander-in-Chief said : " What am I to do? The 
 country calls on me for action ; and moreox-er, m\- arm}- cannot 
 be kept together unless .some bold enterprise is undertaken." 
 To this Mr. Morris replied: "Why not lead \-our forces to 
 Yorktown ? There Cornwallis ma}' be hemmed in b}- the 
 French fleet b}' sea and the American and French armies by 
 land, and will ultimately be compelled to surrender." " Lead 
 ni}- troops to Yorktow n I" said Washington, appearing sur- 
 prised at the suggestion, " How am I to get them there ? One 
 of my difficulties about attacking New York arises from the 
 want of funds to transport them thither. How, then, can I 
 . muster the means that will be requisite to enable them to march 
 to Yorktown ?" " You must look to me for funds," rejoined 
 
56 MORRIS AND HANCOCK. 
 
 Mr. Morris. ''And how are you to provide them ?" said Wash- 
 ington. " That," said Mr. Morris, " I am unable at this time to 
 tell you, but I will answer with my head, that if you will put 
 your army in motion, I will supply the means of their reaching 
 Yorktown." After a few minutes reflection, Washington said: 
 "On this assurance of yours, Mr. Morris, such is my confidence 
 in your ability to perform any engagement you make, I will 
 adopt your suggestion." 
 
 When the army arrived at Philadelphia Mr. Morris had the 
 utmost difificulty in furnishing the supplies he had promised, 
 but at last he hit upon the expedient of borrowing twenty 
 thousand crowns from the Chevalier de Luzerne, the French 
 Minister. The Chevalier objected that he had only funds 
 enough to pay the French troops, and could not comply unless 
 two vessels with specie on board for him arrived from France. 
 Fortunately, about the time the troops were at Elk, preparing 
 to march to Yorktown, the ships arrived, the money was pro- 
 cured and especial pains taken to parade the specie in open 
 kegs before the army. The troops were paid, and cheerfully 
 embarked to achieve the crow^ning triumph of the Revolution. 
 
 John Hancock, President of Congress, writing to Mr. Mor- 
 ris in a severe crisis of the Revolution, says: " I know, how- 
 ever, you will put things in a proper way ; all things depend 
 upon you, and you have my hearty thanks for your unremitting 
 labor." Gen. Charles Lee said to. him in a letter, when he 
 assumed the duties of Secretary of an empty treasury: " It is 
 an office I cannot wish you joy of ; the labor is more than her- 
 culean ; the filth of that Augean stable is, in my opinion, too 
 great to be cleared away even by your skill and industry." 
 
 During the Revolution, the commercial house in which he 
 continued a partner, was prosecuting a successful business. 
 The close of the Revolution must have found him in possession 
 of immense wealth, exceeding by far that of any individual cit- 
 izen of the United States. But he was destined to a sudden 
 reverse of fortune. There followed the revolution a mania for 
 land speculation. Mr. Morris participated largely in it, in- 
 vesting in large tracts of wild land as they came into market 
 in different parts of the United States, realizing for a time vast 
 profits up(^n sales. A reaction ensued, which found him in 
 
ii.i.-iouruNK AM) i»i;.\iii. 57 
 
 possession of an immense landed estate, and lart^ely in debt 
 for purchase money. Trom the opulence we ha\e been speak- 
 ing of, he was reduced to poverty ; and ultimately some mer- 
 ciless creditors made him for a long time the tenant of a 
 prison. 
 
 Upon Mr. Morris had devolved the financiering for our coun- 
 try in a period of peril and embarrassment. When the army 
 of Washington, unpaid, were lacking food and raiment, mur- 
 muring as they well might be, it was his purse and credit that 
 more than once prevented its dispersion and the failure of the 
 glorious achievement of independence. His ships were upon 
 the ocean, his notes-of-hand forming a currency, his drafts hon- 
 ored everywhere among capitalists in his own country and in 
 many of the marts of commerce in Europe. 
 
 A reverse of fortune occurred, which is saddening to those 
 who are now enjoying the blessings to which he so eminently 
 contributed, and who wish that no cloud had gathered around 
 the close of his useful life. 
 
 Mr. Morris died at Morrisiana, N. J., Nov. 6, 1806, aged sev- 
 enty-three years. 
 
 Makv Jemison. 
 
 In the Summer of 1755, during the P^rench and Indian wars, 
 Mary Jamison's father's house, situated on the western frontier 
 of Pennsylvania, was surrounded by a band, consisting of six 
 Indians and four Frenchmen. They plundered and carried 
 away whate\-er the)' could that was \'aluable, and took the 
 whole family captive, with two or three others, who were stay- 
 ing there at the time. They were all immediately hastened 
 away into the wilderness, murdered and scalped, with the 
 exception of Mary and a small boy, who were carried to Fort 
 Du Quesne. Little Mary was there given to two Indian sisters, 
 who came to that place to get a captive to .supply the place of 
 a brother that had been slain in battle. They took her down 
 the Ohio to their home, and adopted her as their sister, under 
 the name of Dehhewamis — a word signifying " a beautiful girl." 
 The sorrow and regret which so sudden and fearful a change in 
 her condition produced, gradually yielded under the influence 
 of time ; and she began to be quite reconciled to her fate. 
 
58 MARY JEMISOX AND INDIAN SISTERS. 
 
 when an incident occurred, wliich once more revix'cd her hopes 
 of being redeemed from captivit}- and restored to her friends. 
 When Fort Pitt fell into the possession of the British, Mary 
 was taken with a part)^ who went there to conclude a treaty of 
 peace with the English. She immediately attracted the notice 
 of the white people, who showed great anxiety to know how 
 one so young and delicate came among the savages. Her 
 Indian sisters became alarmed, and fearing that they might lose 
 her, suddenly fled away with her, and carried her back to their 
 forest home. Her disappointment was painful and she brooded 
 over it for many days, but at length gained her usual cheerful- 
 ness and contentment. As soon as she was of sufficient age, 
 she was married to a young Delaware Indian named Sheninjee. 
 Notwithstanding her reluctance at first to become the wife 
 of an Indian, her husband's uniform kind treatment and 
 gentleness, soon won her esteem and affection, and she says: 
 " Strange as it may seem, I loved him ! " and she often spoke 
 of him as her "kind husband." About 1759, she concluded to 
 change her residence. With a little child, on foot, she traveled 
 to the Genesee river, through the pathless wilderness, a distance 
 of near six hundred miles, and fixed her home at Little Beard's 
 Town. When she came there, she found the Senecas in alliance 
 with the French ; they were making preparation for an attack 
 on Fort Schlosser ; and not a great while after, enacted the 
 tragedy at the Devil's Hole. Some time after her arrival, she 
 received intelligence of the death of her husband, Sheninjee, 
 who was to have come to her in the succeeding Spring. They 
 had lived happily together, and she sincerely lamented his 
 death. When the war between England and France ended, 
 she might have returned to the English, but she did not. She 
 married another Indian, named Hiakatoo, two or three years 
 after the death of Sheninjee. When General Sullivan invaded 
 the Genesee country, her house and field shared a common fate 
 with the rest. When she saw them in ruins, with great energy 
 and perseverance, she immediately went to making prepara- 
 tion for the coming W^inter. Taking her two youngest children 
 on her back, and bidding the other three follow, she sought 
 
Till': (;.\Ri)i;.\i' ki':sKk\Ari()\. 59 
 
 cniploynicnt. She found an ()j)|)()rlunit\- to husk corn, and 
 secured in tliat way t\\ent\'-fi\'e busliels of slielled corn, which 
 kept tliem through the Winter. 
 
 After the close of the Revolution, slie obtained the ^rant of 
 a lar^^e tract of huul, called the " Gardeau Reservation," which 
 was about six miles in length and five in breadth. 
 
 In 1 83 I, preferrin<^ to i)ass the remainder of her da}'s in the 
 midst of those with w^hom her youth and middle age had been 
 spent, she sold the rest of the land at Gardeau Flats, purchased 
 a farm on the BufTalo Reservation, where the Senecas, among 
 whom she had li\ed, had settled some five years j^revious. She 
 passed the remainder of her days in peace and Cjuietness, 
 embraced the Christian religion, and on the 19th of Sept., 1833, 
 ended a life that had been marked by vicissitudes such as it is 
 the lot of but few to experience. 
 
6o ■ PREPARATIONS OF WAR. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 WAR OF 1812-15— CAMPAIGN OF 1812. 
 
 War Declared — Troops Called For — Colonel Swift — First Detachment of Mili- 
 tia — Council with the Indians ■ — Excitement, Bustle, Confusion and 
 Flight —Active Preparations on the Canada Side — General Brock — Fear 
 of the Indians — The Caledonia and Detroit — The Defeat of General 
 Van Rensselaer— General Smyth and His Failures — Disgust of the Sol- 
 diers and the Public. 
 
 After a debate of several days" duration, an act declaring 
 war against Great Britain was passed by Congress, and was 
 approved by the President on the i8th of June, 1812. On the 
 19th the President issued a proclamation declaring that war 
 existed between the United States and Great Britain and her 
 dependencies. 
 
 Congress authorized the President to enlist 25,000 men for 
 the regular army, to raise a force of 50,000 volunteers, and to 
 call out 100,000 militia. 
 
 On the 17th of May, Colonel Swift, of Ontario county, came 
 to Buffalo to assume command on the frontier. On the i8th, 
 the first detachment of militia marched through that village on 
 their way to Lewiston. They were from the south towns, and 
 were commanded by Major Benjamin Whale}'. 
 
 On the 26th of May, Indian-Superintendent Granger held a 
 council with the Chiefs of the Six Nations of Indians, living on 
 this side of the Niagara. He did not seek to enlist their ser- 
 vices in the war, but urged them to remain neutral. To this 
 they agreed. 
 
 On the 23d of June, Colonel Swift, whose headquarters were 
 at Black Rock, was in command of 600 militia ; besides there 
 was a small garrison of regulars at Fort Niagara. There was 
 no artillery except at the fort. 
 
 The preparations for war on the other side were somewhat 
 better, there being six or seven hundred British regulars along 
 the Niagara and a hundred pieces of artillery. 
 
 . On the morning of the 26th of June, a small vessel, which had 
 just left Black Rock, was noticed entering Lake Eric b\' some 
 
\.\\ ri;nssi;i,.\i;r iaki^s ((i.m.m.\m». 6i 
 
 of the citizens of Buffalo, aiul preseiitK' a British armed xx-ssel 
 from Fort Kric was seen makint^ its \va\- toward the /Vmerican 
 ship. The hitter was soon overtaken and boarded, and then 
 both vessels turned their prows toward the British stron<^hold. 
 The vessel was captured, and a few hours later an express-rider 
 from the east arri\'ed bearing the President's proclamation of 
 war. The Canadians had received the news the earliest. The 
 express-riders spread the news as they passed upon the main 
 roads; thence it spread rapidh' in every direction from settle- 
 ment to settlement. 
 
 The usual avocations of life w ere temporarily suspended ; 
 here and there in all the detached neighborhoods were small 
 collections of citizens deliberating and consulting upon meas- 
 ures of safety, defense or flight. Many made hasty prepara- 
 tions and were soon on their wa\' seeking asylums beyond the 
 Genesee river. Many families who left, returned after a few 
 weeks' absence. All was bustle and confusion ; soldiers were 
 mustering, volunteers and drafted militia were marching to the 
 frontiers from the back settlements in small squads and larger 
 companies. By the 4th of July, the aggregate militia force 
 upon the frontier was about three thousand. Soon after the 
 declaration of war, Gen. William Wadsworth, of Geneseo, 
 assumed command. On the 28th of July, the command 
 devolved upon Gen. Amos Hall, of Ontario count}', and on the 
 I ith of August upon Major-General Van Rensselaer, of Albany 
 (these were not officers of the regular army but of the New 
 York State militia). General Van Rensselaer established his 
 headquarters at Lewi.ston. 
 
 War preparations were as active in Canada as upon this side 
 of the lines. The militia in the Upper Province were ordered 
 out en masse. P"ort Erie was put in repair; a redoubt was 
 thrown up opposite Black Rock, a battery erected at Chippewa 
 and another below the falls ; defences were also erected on 
 Oueenston heights directly opposite Lewiston village, and Fort 
 George was strengthened. One of the incipient steps in Canada 
 was to secure the services of the Indians in the Pro\-ince. This 
 had been too long a favorite policy of England to be aban- 
 doned. General Brock, the acting Governor of the Province, 
 assumed the immediate command of the troops. 
 
62 CAPTURE OF BRITISH VESSELS. 
 
 After the first turmoil and bustle were over, there succeeded 
 comparative quiet — weeks and months of inactivity upon the 
 lines. The usual avocations were partially resumed in the 
 settlements, though frequently disturbed by militia drafts and 
 harrassing, unfounded rumors of actual or contemplated incur- 
 sions of the British and Indians. 
 
 There was little real cause for anticipating danger of this 
 nature, for the preparations on the other side were wholly 
 defensive, and the state of alarm among the inhabitants there 
 was as great as here. Among the inhabitants on each side 
 of the lines there was mutual fear of invasion. 
 
 One of the most fruitful sources of apprehension and alarm 
 in the earlier stages of the war was the fear that the Seneca 
 Indians would become allies of the British and Canadian 
 Indians. Their neutrality, however, was early secured by a 
 talk in council. This position of neutrality, taken in the first 
 stages of the war, was not long maintained. The Senecas 
 rightly determining their true position and interests, soon 
 became fast friends of the United States, and useful armed 
 allies. On the 8th of October, a detachment of sailors arrived 
 on the frontier from New York, and were placed under the 
 command of Lieut. Jesse D. Elliott, stationed at Black Rock. 
 Two British armed vessels, the brig Detroit and the schooner 
 Caledonia, had just come down the lake, and were at anchor 
 near Fort Erie. About one o'clock, on the morning of the 9th 
 of October, three boats put out from the American shore with 
 their prows directed toward Fort Erie. The first contained 
 fifty men under Lieutenant Elliott in person ; the second forty- 
 seven, under Sailing-Master Watts, while the third was manned 
 by six Buffalonians under Dr. Chapin. The boats moved 
 stealthily across the river in the darkness. Arriving at the side 
 of their prey, the three crews boarded both vessels almost at 
 the same time. In ten minutes, the enemy was overpowered, 
 the cables cut, and the vessels on their way down the river. 
 The Caledonia was brought to anchor near Black Rock, but the 
 Detroit was carried by the current on the west side of Squaw 
 island, and ran aground. The prisoners taken in this gallant 
 affair numbered seventy-one officers and men ; besides these, 
 the captors released about forty American prisoners who were 
 
DKKKAI' Oh' \A.\ KllNSSKl.Al'.k. 63 
 
 ca])turctl at the I\i\cr Raisin, and were on their \va)' to (.)ue- 
 bec. This was the first hostile enterprise which took phice in 
 or started from Flrie count}' during- the War of 1812. 
 
 If the settlers on the Holland purchase were somewhat 
 cheered by the achiex-ement of Lieutenant Klliott and his com- 
 mand, the}' were at once cast down attain b}- the news of the 
 defeat of General \'an Rensselaer at Oueenston. He had col- 
 lected a force, i)rincipally New \'ork militia, at Lewiston, on 
 the Niagara ri\er. At Oueenston, on the opposite side of the 
 river, a British force was stationed. On the 13th of October 
 (ieneral Van Rensselaer crossed a force under Col. Solomon 
 Van Rensselaer (his nephew), and attacked the British fort and 
 captured it. General Brock now arriv^ed with a reinforement 
 of 600 men and endeavored to regain the fort, but was defeated 
 and killed. General Van Rensselaer hastened back to the 
 American side to bring over more troops, but his men refused 
 to obey his orders, alleging that they could not be ordered out 
 of the state without their consent. The British were heavily 
 reinforced, and the Americans were attacked and defeated, all 
 who crossed to the Canada side being killed or captured. 
 
 General Van Rensselaer was succeeded in command on the 
 Niagara frontier by Brigadier-Gen. Alexander Smyth, of the 
 regular army, who had been on the lines a short time as Inspec- 
 tor-General. Immediatel}' on taking command he began con- 
 centrating troops at Buffalo and Black Rock, preparatory to an 
 invasion of Canada. On the 1 2th of November, he issued a 
 flaming address to the men of New York, calling for their ser- 
 vices and declaring that in a few da}'s the troops under his 
 command would plant the American standard in Canada. A 
 considerable force came to Buffalo ; a brigade of militia arrived 
 from Pennsylvania; three or four hundred New York militia 
 reported themselves. Peter B. Porter was assigned to the com- 
 mand of these New \'ork volunteers. On the 27th of Novem- 
 ber the General commanding issued orders to cross the river 
 the next da}'. There were then about four thousand men at and 
 near Black Rock, but as a large portion of them were militia, it 
 is not certain how man}- he could ha\'e depended on to enter 
 the enemy's countr}-. There were boats sufficient to carry at 
 least 3,000 men. 
 
64 (APTAIX KIXC; AXl) MEN TAKEN PRISONERS. 
 
 About one o'clock the next morninij two detachments were 
 sent across the river, one under Lieutenant-Colonel Boerstler 
 and the other under Captain King, with whom was Lieutenant 
 Angus of the Navy and fifty or sixty seamen. Bcerstler 
 returned without accomplishing anything of consequence, but 
 the forces of King and Angus behaved with great gallantry. 
 They landed at three o'clock in the morning. Angus attacked 
 and dispersed a force of the enemy stationed at what was called 
 "The Red House," spiking two field-pieces and throwing then,i 
 into the river. The sailors and some of the soldiers then 
 returned, bringing a number of prisoners, but througli some 
 blunder no boats were left to bring over Captain King, who 
 with sixty men remained behind. King and his men then 
 attacked and captured two batteries, spiked their guns and took 
 thirty-four prisoners. Having found two boats, capable of hold- 
 ing about sixty men, the gallant Captain sent over his prisoners, 
 half his men and all his officers, remaining himself with thirty 
 men. He doubtless expected Smyth's whole army in an hour 
 or two, and thought he would take care of himself until that 
 time. The general embarkation commenced but went on very 
 slowly. About one o'clock I'. M., the regulars, the twelve- 
 months volunteers and a body of militia, the whole making a 
 force variously estimated at from fourteen hundred to two 
 thousand men were in boats at the navy-yard, at the mouth of 
 Scajaquada creek. General Smyth then ordered the troops to 
 disembark and dine. He then called a council of war, to see 
 whether he had better cross the river or not. It is not surpris- 
 ing that, with such a commander, several of the officers con- 
 sulted were opposed to making the attempt. It was at length 
 de'cided to postpone the invasion until more boats could be 
 made ready. Late in the afternoon the troops were ordered to 
 their quarters. The gallant Captain King was left to his fate 
 and was taken prisoner with all his remaining men. 
 
 The next day was spent in preparation. On Sunday, the 
 30th, the troops were ordered to be ready to embark at nine 
 o'clock the following morning. General Porter advocated post- 
 poning the expedition till Monday night, when the troops 
 should embark in the darkness and land about five miles below 
 the navy-yard, where the stream and the banks were favorable. 
 
CF.NKKAI. SMVTIl'S RESICXATION. 65 
 
 These views were seconded by Colonel Winder and adopted 
 by General Smyth, his intention being to assault Chipi)ewa and 
 march through Oueenston to Fort George. 
 
 Then it was found that the Quarter-Master had ncjt rations 
 enough for two thcnisand five hundred men for four days. Never- 
 theless, the embarkation commenced at three o'clock on Tues- 
 day' morning. Again some fifteen hundred men were placed in 
 boats. It was arranged that General Porter was to lead the 
 van and direct the landing, on account of his knowledge of the 
 river and the farther shore. 
 
 Hut the embarkation of the regulars was greatl}' delayed and 
 daylight appeared before the flotilla was under way. Then the 
 redoubtable Smyth called another council of war, composed of 
 four regular officers, to decide whether Canada should be in- 
 vaded ihat season. They unanimously decided it should not. So 
 the *'fH>»ps were again ordered ashore and the militia and most 
 of th^' volunteers sent home, and the regulars put into winter 
 quarters. 
 
 The breaking up of the command was attended by scenes of 
 the wildest confusion ; four thousand men firing off their guns, 
 cursing General Smyth, their officers, the service, and every- 
 thing connected with their military experience. The disgust 
 of the public was equally great. Smyth became the object of 
 universal derision. The mere fact of his twice waiting till his 
 men were in boats for the purpose of invading Canada before 
 calling a council of war to decide whether Canada should be 
 invaded, showed him to be entirely deficient in the qualifica- 
 tions of a general. 
 
 On the 22nd of December, Smyth resigned his command to 
 Col. Moses Porter, and retired to Virginia on leave of absence. 
 Before his leave expired. Congress legislated him out of office. 
 4 
 
66 ARRIVAL OF PERRY. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 CAMPAIGN OF 1813. 
 
 Arrival of Captain Perry, of the Navy — Fitting out a fleet — General Dearborn 
 in command of the northern frontiers — Toronto captured— Fort George 
 evacuated by the British — Americans occupy it — Americans occupy the 
 whole Canadian side of the Niagara — Fortifying in Holland, Hamburg 
 and Boston — Chapin's gallant exploit — The Senecas take part in the war 
 — Battle at Black Rock, the British defeated — Perry's victory on Lake 
 Erie — Harrison's victory on the Thames — General McCiure — Fort 
 Niagara captured — General Hall. 
 
 Early in March, Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry, of the United 
 States Navy, a young man twenty-six years of age, of hand- 
 some features and gallant bearing, arrived in Buffalo from the 
 East, and after a brief stay, went forward to Erie to superin- 
 tend the fitting out of a naval armament there. During the 
 Winter, the Government had purchased a number of merchant 
 vessels, for the purpose of converting them into men-of-war, 
 and the construction of several new ones had been begun. 
 Erie, from its comparatively secure harbor, had been selected 
 as the naval headquarters. 
 
 Five vessels, however, were fitted out in Scajaquada creek, 
 and for several months Perry flitted back and forth between 
 the two places, urging forward the work. 
 
 In the fore part of April, soldiers began to arrive on the 
 frontier. On the 17th of that month, Major-General Lewis 
 and Brigadier-General Boyd arrived in Buffalo to assume com- 
 mand according to their respective ranks. General Dearborn 
 took cominand on the n'hole northern frontier. The British 
 force on the other side of the Niagara was very weak. 
 
 The campaign in the north was commenced by an expedi- 
 tion from Sacket's Harbor, under General Dearborn and 
 Commodore Chauncy, by which York (now Toronto) was cap- 
 tured b\- a dashing attack, the gallant General Pike being killed 
 by the explosion of the enemy's magazine. This triumph pre- 
 vented the sending of re-enforcements to the British forts on 
 
AMERICANS OCCUPY FORT GEORGE. 67 
 
 the Niai^ara. and when our fleet appeared off Fort George, 
 about the 25th of Ma)', it was immediately evacuated. The 
 Americans, under General Lewis, crossed and occupied it. 
 
 The same day, the commander at Fort Erie received orders 
 under which he kept up a heavy cannonade on Black Rock 
 until the following morning, when he blew up his magazines, 
 destroyed his stores, and dismissed his men. All other public 
 stores, barracks, and magazines, from Chippewa to Point Abino, 
 were likewise destroyed. Lieutenant-Colonel Preston, the 
 commandant at Black Rock, immediately crossed over and 
 took possession. So at length the Americans had obtained 
 possession of the Canadian side of the Niagara, and it would 
 not seem that it need to have been difficult to retain it. 
 
 But the lack of success in this respect, and in fact the greater 
 part of the disasters of the war of 1812, were attributable no 
 doubt to the blundering of the Government, the weakness of 
 the Commanders, to loose dicipline and to the excessive short 
 term of service of the drafted men and volunteers. As a gen- 
 eral rule, if a volunteer of 18 12 stayed on the line three months 
 he thought he had done something wonderful. 
 
 In the fore part of 18 13, the inhabitants on the upper part 
 of Cazenova creek combined and built a stockade of consider- 
 able magnitude, on the farm of Arthur Humphrey, in Holland. 
 About the same time Captain Bemis' barn, in Hamburg, was 
 surrounded by a similar stockade. There was also a block- 
 house built in that vicinity. Job Palmer's barn, in Boston, was 
 likewise stockaded, and there may have been other fortifica- 
 tions of the kind in the county. 
 
 On the 23d of June, 18 13, a force of Americans started up 
 the river from Fort Geoi-ge. It consisted of four or five hun- 
 dred regular infantr\-, twenty regular dragoons and Chapin's 
 company of forty-four mounted riflemen, the whole under 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Bctrstler. On the 24th, when nine miles 
 west of Queenston at a place called Beaver Dams, it was 
 attacked by a force of British and Indians. After some skir 
 mishing and marching, accompanied with slight loss, the assail, 
 ants sent a flag to Colonel Bcerstler, and on the mere statement 
 of the bearer that the British regular force was double the 
 American, besides 700 Indians, that officer surrendered his 
 
68 SIX NATION INDIANS ENROLLED. 
 
 whole command. Chapin and his Erie county volunteers were 
 sent to the head of Lake Ontario (now Hamilton), whence the 
 Colonel, two officers and twenty-six privates were ordered to 
 Kingston by water, under guard of a Lieutenant and fifteen 
 men. They were all in two boats. When about twenty miles 
 out on Lake Ontario Chapin and his comrades arose, captured 
 the guard and rowed them to Fort George and delivered them 
 as prisoners to the commandant. The British men-of-war still 
 commanded the lake. About the 15th of June the five vessels 
 which had been fitted up in Scajaquada creek, stole out of 
 Black Rock and joined Perry at Erie. 
 
 The Queen Charlotte and other British vessels, this year as 
 last, hovered along the lake shore and occasionally sent a boat's 
 crew ashore to depredate on the inhabitants of Hamburg and 
 Evans. 
 
 In the earl}' part of July, a skirmish took place near Fort 
 George, in which an American Lieutenant and ten men were 
 captured, who were never heard of more, and were supposed to 
 have been slain by the savages. Then General Boyd accepted 
 the services of the warriors of the Six Nations. Those then 
 enrolled numbered 400, and there were 550 in the ser\'ice in all. 
 
 General Dearborn had withdrawn all the regular soldiers from 
 Buffalo and Black Rock, leaving a large amount of public stores 
 entirely undefended. Being advised, however, of the danger 
 of a raid, he ordered ten artillerists to be stationed at the block- 
 house at Black Rock, and called for 500 militia from the 
 neighboring counties. Between a hundred and fifty and two 
 hundred of these arrived at the threatened point earl}- in Jul)-, 
 and were stationed at the warehouses at Black Rock, being 
 under the command of Maj. Parmenio Adams, of Genesee 
 County. They had three pieces of field artillery and near by 
 was a battery of four heavy guns. Nearly a hundred recruits 
 for the regular infantry and dragoons on their way to Dear- 
 born's headquarters, under Captain Cummings, were ordered 
 to stop at Buffalo. Judge (Granger was directed to engage as 
 many Seneca warriors as he could, and General Porter who 
 was then staying at his residence at Black Rock, was requested 
 to take command of the whole. By the loth of July Judge 
 Granger had received such positive information of an immediate 
 
GENERAL PORTER's ESCAPE. 69 
 
 attack, accompanied by sjiccial threats a^^ainst himself, that 
 he iinited some Indians to come to his house north of the 
 Scajaquada creek. Thirt\'-seven of them arrived at II o'clock 
 that (Saturday) ni<^dit under the lead of I^\'u-mer's Brother. As 
 the\- were not all armed, and as the Judt^e was confident that 
 the enemy would be over the next day, he sent to the village 
 and yot a full supply of arms and ammunition for his braves 
 that niL^ht. The British headcjuarters were at Lundy's Lane, 
 close by the Falls, where their expedition was fitted out. The 
 commander was Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop. He had under 
 him a part of the forty-first regiment of the British army, and 
 a detachment of Canadian militia, commanded by Colonel 
 Clark. They took boat at Chippewa, on the night of the loth, 
 and after rowing against the current in the darkness several 
 hours, landed just after daylight a mile below the mouth of the 
 Scajac]uada. Forming his men, Colonel Bishop led them 
 rapidl)^ up the river bank. There was a single sentinel at the 
 Scajaquada bridge ; he flung away his musket, dodged into the 
 woods, and took a bee-line for Williamsville. Major Adams' 
 men attempted no resistance, but fled. General Porter had 
 barely time to escape from his house, and without his arms. 
 The victors, supposing no resistance would be made, set to 
 work burning the block-houses and barracks, while the ofificers 
 ordered breakfast at General Porter's. But a storm was gather- 
 ing. When the militia first began to retreat, a messenger was 
 sent to Buffalo, on whose arrival. Captain Cummings mustered 
 his recruits and marched towards the scene of action. On his 
 wa)' he met (General Porter, who ordered him to proceed to a 
 piece of open ground not far from the site of the reservoir, 
 and await re-enforcements. 
 
 Taking a horse, sword and other eciui{)ments from one of 
 Cumming's dragoons, the general galloped down to the village, 
 where he found everything in confusion ; the women and 
 children in a state of terror, and the men in the streets with 
 arms in their hands, but doubtful whether to fight or flee. 
 Being assured there was a chance of success, forty or fifty of 
 them formed ranks under Caj)tain Bull, the commander of the 
 Buffalo volunteer company, and marched to join Cummings. 
 About a hundred of the retreating militia had been kept 
 
70 farmer's brother and his warriors. 
 
 together by Lieutenant Phineas Staunton, the adjutant of the 
 battalion. Meanwhile, Major King, of the regular army, who 
 was accidentally at Black Rock, on seeing the sudden retreat of 
 the militia, hurried through the \\-oods to Judge Granger's 
 (who lived beyond Cold Springs, on Main street), \\hence the 
 alarm was speedily carried to the scattered inhabitants of 
 " Buffalo Plains." F"armer's Brother at once gathered his war- 
 riors and made them a little speech, telling them that they 
 must now go and fight the red-coats ; that their country was 
 invaded ; that they had a common interest with the people of 
 the United States, and they must show their friendship for 
 their American brethren b}' deeds, not words. The old chief- 
 tain then led his little band to join his friend, General Porter. 
 Volunteers, too, came hurrying to the village from the Plains 
 and Cold Springs, until about thirty were gathered, who were 
 placed under the command of Capt. William Hull, of the militia. 
 
 General Porter now felt able to cope with the enemy. 
 Bringing together his forces, numbering but about three hun- 
 dred all told, at the open ground before-mentioned, he made 
 his dispositions for an attack. As the foe held a strong 
 position at Major Adams' encampment. Porter determined to 
 attack him on three sides at once, to prevent the destructive 
 use of artillery on a column in front. 
 
 The regulars and Captain Bull's Buff volunteers formed the 
 center. The Genesee militia, under Staunton, were on the left. 
 Captain Hull's men and the Indians were in the woods on the 
 right front. Farmer's Brother and his braves prepared for 
 action ; they cjuickly ranged themselves in line with their chiefs, 
 a few yards in front. At eight o'clock the signal for attack was 
 given. The militia, gallantly led on by Staunton, and ashamed 
 of their recent flight, dashed forward against the enemy. A 
 fight of some fifteen or twenty minutes ensued, in which the 
 militia stood up against the British regulars without flinching. 
 The right flank of the Americans came up ; the Indians raised 
 the war-whoop and opened fire. Colonel Bishop was severely 
 wounded, and fell from his horse ; his men became demoral- 
 ized, and when the regulars appeared in front, the enemy fled 
 towards the water's edge. The whole American force then 
 pressed forward together, the Indians making the forest resound 
 
GENERAL WILKINSON TAKES COMMAND. 7 1 
 
 with Scivage yells. The chief, Younc^ ^i'li^- 'intl another warrior 
 were wounded. Part of the British wounded were carried off, 
 but part were left on the field. 
 
 .\t the Black Rock landing, the British rallied, but on the 
 approach of the Americans, hastily retreated into some boats 
 which they found there, leaving fifteen prisoners in the hands 
 of their pursuers. Many were killed and wounded after enter- 
 ing the boats, but tlie chief loss fell on the last one. It contained 
 sixty men and most of the officers, including Colonel Bishop, 
 who, notwithstanding his wounds, had insisted on remaining to 
 the last. The whole American force came up to the bank and 
 opened fire on this boat inflicting terrible injury. Two or three 
 Indians even sprang into the water, siezed the boat by the gun- 
 wale and endeavored to direct it ashore, but were compelled 
 to desist by the fire of their friends in the rear. Captain 
 Saunders, of the British Forty-first, was severely wounded at 
 the water's edge and left a prisoner. Colonel Bishop was pierced 
 with several bullets, receiving wounds of which he died, and 
 several other ofificers were killed or wounded. The enemy were 
 said at the time to have acknowledged a total loss in killed, 
 wounded and prisoners of nearly a hundred. The Americans 
 lost three killed and seven wounded. 
 
 The militia were in the front of the fray throughout, and 
 gallanth" retrieved their tarnished reputation. Their good 
 conduct was doubtless due largely to the example of Adjutant 
 Staunton, who also distinguished himself on several other oc- 
 casions in tlie war of 1812. All accounts speak in high terms 
 of the conduct of the Seneca warriors. iMthough the numbers 
 engaged in this affair were not large, it was cjuite an exciting 
 conflict, and is of importance as showing the value of one or 
 two resolute ofificers, in rallying and inspiriting a body of raw 
 troops, utterly demoralized by less ef^cient leadership. 
 
 Just before this event. General Dearborn had resigned the 
 chief command on the northern frontier, and soon after General 
 Wilkinson was appointed in his ])lace. General Porter and 
 Colonel Chapin gathered up another bod\' of volunteers and 
 went down to Fort (ieorge, taking a hundred or so Indians 
 with them. 
 
 A plan was concerted to cut off one of the enemy's pickets 
 
72 PERRY AND HARRISON S SUCCESS. 
 
 on the morning of the 17th of August, Chapin and Porter went 
 out west from Fort George for the purpose. A heavy rain re- 
 tarded their progress, so the picket was not captured, but a fight 
 ensued in wliich the volunteers and Indians captured sixteen 
 prisoners and killed a considerable number of the enemy who 
 were left on the field. Chapin and his volunteers and most of 
 the Indians continued to operate in the vicinity of Fort George 
 until the 7th of September, when they returned to Buffalo. 
 
 A few days later came the news of " Perry's Victory" on 
 Lake Erie, which caused great rejoicing among the people. 
 Immediately succeeding Perry's victory, came that of Harrison 
 over Proctor and Tecumseh. It being supposed that the upper 
 peninsula was pretty well cleared of foes, General Wilkinson's 
 forces were nearly all withdrawn to the lower end of Lake 
 Ontario. 
 
 The force left behind by Wilkinson, was under the command 
 of Gen. George McClure, of Steuben county, a brigadier- 
 general of the New York militia, who made his headquarters 
 at Fort George. On the 6th of October, Colonel Chapin had an 
 all-day skirmish with some British outposts near Fort George. 
 
 On the 24th of October, Harrison and Perry with their vic- 
 torious army and fleet, came down the lake to Buffalo. On 
 the 25th a dinner was given to the two commanders at " Pome- 
 roy's Eagle." The next day Harrison and his army crossed 
 the river and went down to Fort George and thence in a short 
 time to Sackett's Harbor. General McClure was thus left with 
 about a thousand militia, two hundred and fifty Indians and 
 sixty regulars. The terms of the militia were fast expiring, and 
 they would not stay a day longer. 
 
 Another draft was ordered about the middle of November 
 of six hundred men from Hopkins' brigade, under Lieutenant 
 Colonel Warren. These marched to Fort George and remained 
 nearly a month. 
 
 When the term of Warren's regiment was about to expire, 
 McClure determined to abandon Fort George. In this he was 
 unquestionably justifiable, as his remaining force would have 
 been entirely inadequate to defend it. But he, at the same 
 time, took a step cruel in itself and fraught with woe 
 to the American frontier. He ordered the burning of the 
 
CAl'TURK OK FDRl" \lA(,.\kA. 
 
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 lloun'sliin^" xilla^c of Newark, situated close to the fort aiul 
 containin<^ about one hundred and fift\' liouses. 'Ilie inhabit- 
 ants were turned out in the snow, and the torch ai)j)hed to 
 every buildini;" in tlie phice. McClure nio\ed tlie remnant of 
 his force across tlie river, closely ])ressed b}- the enrai;ed British, 
 leavin<^ Fort Niagara defended by a hundred and fift)' ret^ulars, 
 he called two hundred others from Canandaigua to Buffalo 
 On the morning of December 19th, h\^rt Niagara was surprised 
 and captured by a small British force through the criminal 
 negligence of its commander, who was at his residence four 
 miles away. 
 
 Before leaving Buffalo, McCIure called out the men of Gen- 
 esee, Niagara and Chautauqua counties en masse, and on arriving 
 at Batavia, on the 22d of December, he turned over the com- 
 mand to Major General Hall, the commander of this division 
 of militia. That ofificer who manifested no lack of zeal, 
 sent forward all the troops he could raise and proceeded to Buf- 
 falo himself, on the 25th, leaving McClure to organize and for- 
 ward r e i n f o re e m e n t s . 
 
74 I'RErARATIOXS FOR DEFENSE. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 BURNING OF BUFFALO. 
 
 Number of Troops — The Enemy's Approach — Movements in Defense — Attack 
 and Repulse — Battle of Black Rock — The Retreat — The Flight — Univer- 
 sal Confusion — The Indians — Chapin's Negotiation — Mrs. St. John — The 
 Village in Flames - Murder of Mrs. Lovejoy — The Enemy Retire - The 
 Slain — Calvin Cary^McClure to Blame — The Flight in the Country — 
 The Buffalo Road— The Big Tree Road— Exaggerated Reports — Return 
 of the British- — More Burning — The Scene at Reese's — Building Relief. 
 
 On the 27th of December, General Hall reviewed the forces 
 at Buffalo and Black Rock, \\hich were thus described in his 
 report. At Buffalo there were a hundred and twenty-nine 
 mounted volunteers under Colonel Broughton, of Ontario 
 county, four hundred and thirty-three Ontario county volun- 
 teers under Colonel Blakeslie, one hundred and thirty-six Buf- 
 falo militia under Colonel Chapin, ninety-seven Canadian vol- 
 unteers under Colonel Mallory, and three hundred and eighty- 
 two Genesee county militia under Major Adams. At Black 
 Rock there were three hundred and eighty-two under Colonel 
 Warren and Churchill, thirty-seven mounted men under Captain 
 Ransom, eighty-three Indians under Colonel Granger, one piece 
 of field artillery under Lieutenant Seeley. The aggregate 
 force at both places according to the re[)ort was about seven- 
 teen hundred. Colonel Warren lived in Aurora and his regi- 
 ment was from the south towns of Erie county. On the 29th, 
 there arrived a regiment of Chautaucjua count}' militia under Col- 
 onel McMahan, numbering about three hundred men, bringing 
 the aggregate force to about tw^o thousand. 
 
 Besides Seeley's field-piece, there were seven other cannon 
 at the two villages, but none of them mounted on carriages. 
 Several of them were in a battery at the top of the hill over- 
 looking Black Rock, and with them was May Dudley with a 
 part of Warren's regiment ; the rest, \\ ith Churchill's detach- 
 ment, were in the Village of Black Rock. >\bout midnight of 
 the 29th, a detachment of the enemy landed a little below 
 
r.HNKRAi, iiAi.i, ()KI)i;rs ax at tack. 75 
 
 Scajaquada creek. The news was at <Jiice carried to Colonels 
 Warren antl Cluircliill at IMack Rock, and tlien to (ieneral Hail 
 at Buffalo. Tiie i^eneral ordered out his men, but,fearinir tliat 
 the enemy's movement was a feint, and that he would land in 
 force above Buffalo and march down, he did not send an\- con- 
 siderable force down the river. Colonels Warren and Churchill 
 endeavored to reach Scajaquada creek before the invaders and 
 hold it ai^ainst them, but the J-^ritish arri\'ed there first and got 
 possession of the bridge. Warren and Churchill deemed it 
 impracticable to dislodge the enemy in the darkness but deter- 
 mined to take a position at a small run between the village and 
 the bridge, and there oppose his further advance. The enemy 
 did not advance, but in the course of an hour or so Colonel 
 Chapin arri\-ed with a body of mounted men, and delivered 
 General Hall's order that they should immediately make an 
 attack. Chapin led the way, Warren and Churchill followed. 
 All was silent as death. Suddenly from the darkness flashed 
 a volley of musketry almost in the faces of the head of the 
 column. They instantly broke and fled, rushing back through 
 the ranks of Warren's men, who became utterly demoralized 
 withcHit receiving a shot. As the horsemen stampeded through 
 them they broke up, scattering through the woods or retreat- 
 ing toward Buffalo. Warren retired to the main battery to 
 endea\'or to ralh' some of the fugitives ; Churchill, with at 
 least part of his men, remained below the village. When 
 General Hall received news of this failure, he ordered Major 
 Adams, with his Genesee militia, to march against the enemy. 
 This movement was equally futile. The general then ordered 
 Colonel Blakeslie, with his Ontario County militia to ach'ance 
 to the attack. Hall then gathered his remaining forces and 
 started for Black Rock. .Vs he approached that village the 
 day began to dawn, and he discovered the enemy's boats cross- 
 ing the river in the direction of General Porter's house. 
 Blakeslie's command was ordered to meet the approaching 
 force at the water's edge. That force consisted of the Ro}'al 
 Scots under Colonel Gordon, and was estimated at four hun- 
 dred men. The invasion was under the general superintendence 
 of Lieutenant-General Drummond, but the troops were under 
 the immediate command of Major-General Riall. The artillery 
 
76 THE AMERICAN RETREAT. 
 
 in battery fired on them as they advanced, and Blakeshe's 
 men opened fire when they landed. They returned it, and a 
 battery on the other side sent shells and balls over their heads 
 among the Americans. For half an hour, the forest and river- 
 side re-echoed with the thunder of artillery and ceaseless rattle 
 of small arms. 
 
 All accounts agree that Blakeshe's men did the most of the 
 fighting, and sustained the attack of the Ro\'al Scots with con- 
 siderable firmness. Had all the regiments been kept together, 
 and met the enemy at his landing the result might have been 
 far different. 
 
 Meanwhile, the hostile force at Scajaquada creek, consisting 
 of regulars and Indians, moved up the river, easily dispersing 
 Churchill's meagre force, and marched against Blakeshe's right. 
 It is not believed there were then over six hundred men in our 
 ranks, and these thus assailed on two sides were entirely unable 
 to maintain their ground. Large numbers were already scat- 
 tered through the woods toward home, when General Hall 
 ordered a retreat, hoping to make another stand at the edge of 
 Buffalo. This, as might be supposed, was utterly hopeless ; 
 once the men got to running, there were few that thought of 
 anything else. In a few moments all were in utter route. A 
 part hurried towards Buffalo ; others rushed along the Guide- 
 board road (North street) to Hodge's tavern, and thence took 
 the Williamsville road, while many fled through the woods 
 without regard to roads of any kind. Fugitives were rushing 
 through Buffalo and striking out for Williamsville, Willink or 
 Hamburgh. The Buffalo volunteers came hurrying up to take 
 care of their families. They declared that the Americans were 
 whipped, that the British were marching on the town, and, 
 most terrible of all, that the Indians were coming. Then all 
 was confusion and dismay. Teams w^ere at a premium ; horses, 
 o.xen, sleighs, sleds, wagons, carts — nearly everything that had 
 feet, wheels or runners, were pressed into service. Many who 
 neither had nor could obtain teams, set forth on foot. Men, 
 women and children by the score were seen hastening through 
 the light snow and half-frozen mud in the bitter morning air 
 up Main street, or out Seneca, or up the lake shore. 
 
 A crowd of teams and foot-men, and foot-women too, were 
 
THE FLAG OF TRUCE. T"] 
 
 hurr\-in<4" up Main street, when suddenlx' tlie head of a cohinm 
 stopped and sury;ed back on the rear. " I'he Indians I" was the 
 cr\- from the front, "they are coming" up the Guide-board road." 
 \\\.\c\< down Main street rolled the tide. Teams were urged to 
 their utmost speed and people on foot did their best to keep 
 u[j with them. Turning down Seneca street, the crowd sped 
 on, some going straight to the Indian village and thence across 
 the reservation to Willink, others making for I'ratt's ferry and 
 thence up the beach to Hamburg. 
 
 There was good reason for the sudden retreat of the Main 
 street fugitives. While the main bod\' of the enem\' marched 
 along Niagara street, the Indians on the left pressed up the 
 "Guide-board road" (North street). Here it was that Job 
 Hoysington, a resolute volunteer, said to his comrades, with 
 whom he was retreating, that he would have one more shot at 
 the red-skins, and in spite of remonstrance waited for that pur- 
 pose. He doubtless got a shot at them, but they got a shot at 
 him too, as he was found with a bullet through his brain. His 
 wife waited for her husband's return at their residence at the 
 corner of Main and Utica streets, and finally set out on foot 
 with her children. She was soon overtaken by two cavalrymen, 
 who took two of the little ones on their horses. For a long time 
 she did not hear of them, but at length discovered them, one in 
 Clarence and one in Genesee county. (Many interesting inci- 
 dents of a similar nature might be mentioned, but for want of 
 space they are omitted.) 
 
 As the British came u[) Niagara street, se\'eral men, appar- 
 ently without any organization, manned an old twelve-pounder 
 mounted on a pair of trucks at the junction of Main and Niag- 
 ara streets, two ^^\■ three shots were fired and then it was dis- 
 mounted. 
 
 Colonel Chai)in then \\ent forward with a white handkerchief 
 tied to his cane, as a flag of truce, asked a halt, which was 
 granted, and began a parley. In a statement published by 
 himself shortly after, he speaks of "attempting a negotiation," 
 claiming that while this was going on the people had a chance 
 to escape. 
 
 The Indians came to Main street before the I^ritish troops 
 which were draw n up near the corner of Morgan, Mohawk and 
 
78 THE FIRE — KILLED AXD WOUNDED. 
 
 Niagara streets. The savages had apparent!}- full license to do 
 what the\- pleased in the way of plundering, though some 
 British officers went ahead and had the casks of liquor .stove in 
 to prevent their red allies from getting entirely beyond control. 
 
 Presently flames burst forth from the houses in the main part 
 of the village near the corner of Main and Seneca .streets. A 
 Lieutenant with a squad of men went from house to house 
 applying the torch. By 3 o'clock in the afternoon all of the 
 lately flourishing village of Buffalo, save some six or eight 
 structures, was smouldering in ashes. What few houses there 
 were at Black Rock were likewise destroyed, and the enemy 
 then retired across the river. The foe took with them about 
 ninety prisoners, of whom eleven were wounded. Forty of the 
 ninety were from Blakeslie's regiment. Besides these a con- 
 siderable number of American wounded were able to escape — 
 probably fift}' or sixt}-. Forty or fifty were killed ; most of 
 them lay on the field of battle, but some were scattered through 
 the upper part of the village. Among the slain the officer of 
 the highest rank was Colonel Boughton, of Avon. In Erie 
 county, reckoning according to present division of towns, the 
 killed were Job Noysington, John Roop, Samuel Holmes, John 
 Trsket, James Nesbet, Robert Franklin (colored), Mr. Myers 
 and Mr. Lovejoy, of Buffalo ; Robert Nilland, Adam Lawfer, 
 of Black Rock ; Jacob Vantine, Jr., of Clarence ; Moses Fenno, 
 of Alden ; Israel Reed, of Aurora; Newman Baker, Parle}^ 
 Moffat and William Cheeseman, of Hamburgh and Ea.st Ham- 
 burgh ; Maj. William C. Dudley, and probably Peter HofTman, 
 of Evans, and Calvin Cary, of Boston. 
 
 Calvin Cary, oldest son of the pioneer Deacon Richard Cary, 
 though only twenty-one years of age, was a man of gigantic 
 stature and herculean strength, weighing nearly three hundred 
 pounds. Pursued by three Indians, he shot one dead, killed 
 another with his clubbed musket, but was shot, tomahawked 
 and scalped b}- the third. His broken musket, which was found 
 by his side and testified to his \'alor, is still preserved b)' his 
 kindred. 
 
 During all that day (the 30th of December), the road through 
 Williamsville and Clarence was crowded with a hurrying and 
 heteroijcnous multitude — bands of militiamen, families in 
 
THE ENEMY RETIRES. 79 
 
 sleighs, women dri\in^ ox-sleds, men in watj^ons, cavalrymen on 
 horseback, women on foot bearing infants in their arms and 
 attended by crying- children — all animated by a single thought, 
 to escape from the enemy and especially from the dreaded 
 Indians. 
 
 On the Big Tree road (running cast through Hamburg and 
 Aurora to the Genesee river) the scene was still more diversi- 
 fied, for in addition to the mixed multitude which poured along 
 the northern route, was the whole bod}' of Indians from the 
 Ruffalo reservation. Mr. Turner, the author of the " Histor\- 
 of the Holland Purchase," then a youth residing in Sheldon, 
 Wyoming county, gives the following picture of the scene from 
 personal recollection : 
 
 " An ox-sled would come along bearing wounded soldiers, 
 whose companions had perhaps pressed the slow team into their 
 service ; another \\-ith the family of a settler, a few household 
 goods that had been hustled upon it, and one, two or three 
 wearied females from Buffalo, wdio had begged the privilege of 
 a ride and the rest that it afforded ; then a remnant of some 
 dispersed corps of militia with the arms they had neglected to 
 use ; then squads and families of Indians, on foot and on pon- 
 ies, the squaw with her papoose on her back, and a bevy of 
 juvenile Senecas in her train. Bread, meats and drinks soon 
 \'anished from the log taverns on the routes, and fleeing set- 
 tlers divided their scanty stores with the almost famished that 
 came from the frontiers." 
 
 When it was found that the enemy had retired, curiosit}- 
 induced many men from the nearest towns to visit the ruins. 
 
 Others went to render what assistance the\- could, and still 
 others, alas, to take advantage of the unixersal confusion and 
 purloin whatever might have been left by the invaders. A few- 
 went on the 31st of December, more on the ist of Januar\-. 
 On the former day everything was quiet, (^n the latter, as 
 the few remaining citizx-ns and some fron-i the country were 
 staring at the ghastly ruins, a detachment of the enemy sud- 
 denl}- appeared, making prisoners of most of them. They then 
 fired all the remaining buildings except the jail, which would 
 not burn, Reese's blacksmith shop and Mrs. St. John's cottage. 
 
 A day or two after the second raid the people assembled and 
 
8o RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS. 
 
 picked up the dead bodies and brou<^ht them to Reese's bhick- 
 smith shop. The number is variously stated, but the most 
 careful account makes it forty-two killed, besides some who 
 were not found (Hoysington was not found until Spring), and 
 some prominent persons like Colonel Boughton, who were taken 
 care of earlier. At the shop they were laid in rows, a ghastly 
 display, all being frozen stiff and most of them stripped and 
 scalped. After those belonging in the vicinit}' had been taken 
 away by their friends, the rest were deposited in a single large 
 grave in the old burying ground on Franklin Square (where the 
 city and county buildings now are), covered only with boards, 
 so they could be easily examined and taken away. 
 
 On the 6th of January, just a week after the main conflagra- 
 tion, William Hodge brought his family back, it being the first 
 that returned ; Pomeroy came immediately afterwards and 
 raised the first building in the new Village of Buffalo. Soldiers 
 were stationed in the village and as time wore on people began 
 to feel more safe ; but the Winter was one of intense excite- 
 ment and distress. Twice during the Winter, small squads of 
 the enemy crossed the river but were driven back by the 
 soldiers and citizens without much fighting. Most of the 
 people who came back had nothing to live on save what was 
 issued to them by the commissary department of the army. 
 The suffering would have been even greater than it was had 
 not prompt measures of relief been taken by the public author- 
 ities and citizens of more fortunate localities. The legislature 
 voted $40,000 in aid of the devastated district, besides $5,000 
 to the Tuscarora Indians, and $5,000 to residents of Canada, 
 driven out on account of their friendship for the United States. 
 The city of Albany voted $1,000, and the city of New York 
 $3,000. The citizens of Canandaigua appointed a committee 
 of relief who raised a considerable amount there and sent com- 
 munications soliciting aid to all the country eastward. They 
 were promptly responded to, and liberal contributions raised 
 throughout the state. With this aid, and that of the Commis- 
 sary department, and the assistance of personal friends, those 
 who remained on the frontier managed to live through the 
 woeful Winter. 
 
AUKi\Ai. <)i' \viMn:i.i) scorr. 8i 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814. 
 
 Soldiers' Graves — Scott and Brown — Discipline at Buffalo— The Death Penalty — 
 Capture of Fort Erie — Approaching Chippewa — An Indian Battle — A 
 Retreat — \'ictory — Scalps — Advance to Fort George — Return— Lundy's 
 Lane — Retreat to Fort Eric — Bridgewater — Battle of Conjockety Creek — 
 Assault on Fort Erie — The Explosion — Call for Volunteers— The Res- 
 ponse — The Sortie — Gallantry of the Volunteers — General Porter 
 — Peace. 
 
 As Spring approached, the frontier began to revive. More 
 troop.s appeared, and their presence caused the paying out of 
 considerable sums of money among the inhabitants. There 
 was a ready market for produce at large prices. 
 
 Williamsville was the rendezvous for the troops. There was 
 a long row of barracks, parallel with the main street of that 
 village and a short distance north of it, and others used as a 
 hospital, a mile or so up the F],leven-Mile creek. 
 
 Near these latter, and close beside the murmuring waters of 
 the stream, rest several scores of soldiers who died in that 
 hospital, all unknown, their almost imperceptible graves 
 marked onl}' by a row of ma])les, long since planted b)' some 
 reverent hand. 
 
 On the lOth of .April there arrived on the frontier a state!}' 
 young warrior, whose presence was alread)' considered a har- 
 binger of victory, and whose shoulders had latel)' been adorned 
 by the epaulets of a brigadier-general. This was W'infield 
 Scott, then thirt\' \-ears old, and the hcau ideal of a gallant 
 soldier. 
 
 Immediatel}- afterwards came his superior officer, Major- 
 General Brown, who had been rapidl}' advanced to the highest 
 rank, on the strength of the vigor and skill he had shown as a 
 commander at the foot of Lake Ontario. 
 
 Bodies of regular troops and some \olunteers continued to 
 concentrate at Williamsville and Buffalo. Scott removed his 
 headquarters to the latter place toward the last of May, where 
 5 
 
82 THE PENALTY OF DESERTION. 
 
 the troops were encamped amid the ruins. Great efforts were 
 made to introduce rigid discipHnc. The men were under con- 
 .stant drill, and desertion was mercilessly punished. 
 
 Among the reminiscences of that era, no scene appears to 
 have been more vividly impressed on the minds of the relators 
 than the one which was displayed near the present corner of 
 Mar}'land and Sixth streets, on the 4th of June, 18 14. 
 
 I'^ive men, con\-icted of desertion, knelt ^\'ith bandaged eyes 
 and pinioned arms, each with an open coffin before him and a 
 new-made grave behind him. 
 
 Twenty paces in front stood a platoon of men, detailed to 
 inflict the supreme penalty of military law. The whole arm}^ 
 was drawn up on three sides in a hollow square, to witness the 
 execution, the artillerymen standing by their lighted matches, 
 ready to suppress a possible mutiny, while Generals Brown, 
 Scott and Ripley sat upon their horses, surrounded by their 
 brilliant staffs, looking sternly on the scene. Then the 
 firing party did their deadly work, four men fell in their coffins 
 or their graves, but one youth under twenty-one was unhurt. 
 He sprang up, wrenched loose his pinioned arms, and tore the 
 bandage from his eyes. Two men advanced to extinguish the 
 last remains of life in those who had fallen. 
 
 He supposed they were about to dispatch him, and fell 
 fainting to the ground. 
 
 He was taken away without further injury. Doubtless it 
 had been determined to spare him on account of his \'outh, 
 and therefore his supposed executioners had been furnished 
 with unloaded muskets. 
 
 The work of preparation went forward not very rapidl}-. 
 On the 28th of June a statement appeared in the Gazette that 
 the rumors of an immediate advance which had been in circula- 
 tion were not true, and that the transportation of the army 
 was not ready. This was not inserted by order, for on the 3rd 
 of Jul\- the advance began. Brown's force consisted of two 
 brigades of regulars, under Generals Scott and Ripley, and one 
 of volunteers under General Porter. This was composed of 
 five hundred I'enns)-lvanians, six hundred New York xolun- 
 teers, all of whom had not arrived when the movement began, 
 and near!)' six hundred Indians. 
 
SliRRKNDKR Ol' llli: FORT. J^3 
 
 Six huiulrcd was almost the entire strength of the Six 
 Nations, and these liad been L^atliered from all reser\'ations in 
 Western New \'ork. It is i)robable that the i,n-eat a^c of Far- 
 mer's Brother prevented him from crossini^. Actinij^ as a pri- 
 \ate in the ranks was Red Jacket, the i)rincii)al and leader of 
 the Six Nations, who, notwitlistandin^^ the timidity usually 
 attributed' to him, was unwilling' to stay behind Avhile""his 
 c<Hmtr}-men were winning;' i^"lor\' on the field of carnage. 
 Col. Robert P'lemini;- was (|uartermaster of this peculiar bat- 
 talion. 
 
 Fort Erie was garrisoned b}- a hundred and se\'enty l^ritish 
 soldiers. The main bod}' of the enemy was at Chippewa, two 
 miles above the falls and eighteen miles below the fort. 
 
 On the 2nd of July, Brown, Scott and Porter reconnoitred 
 Fort P^rie and concerted the plan of attack. Riple}', with a 
 part of his brigade, was to embark at Buffalo in the night and 
 land a mile up the lake from the fort. Scott, witli his brigade, 
 was to cross from l^lack Rock, and land a mile below Fort Erie, 
 which, in the morning, both brigades were to invest and 
 capture. 
 
 Scott and Ripley both started at the time appointed, but as 
 in most military operations depending on concert of action be- 
 tween separate corps, there was a difificulty not foreseen. Rip- 
 ley's pilot was misled b\- a fog on the lake and his command 
 did not land until several hours past time. Scott, however, 
 cro.s.sed promiUl}- and was able to invest the fort with his brigade 
 alone. At sunrise the artillery and Indians crossed at the fer- 
 ry, and after some parle>-ing the fort surrendered, without 
 awaiting an attack. 
 
 The afternoon of the ^rtl, Scott marchetl sexeral miles down 
 the Niagara, and on the morning of the 4th, drove in the 
 enemy's advanced posts. He was followed by Brown and Rip- 
 ley, and both brigades established themselves on the south side 
 of Street's creek, two miles south of Chippewa. On the left, 
 three-fourths of a mile from Niagara, was a dense and some- 
 what swampy forest on both sides of Street's creek, extending 
 to within three-fourths of a mile of Chippewa creek, which was 
 bordered for that purpose by a level cleared plain. On the 
 north side of that creek, the British arm\'la\- inlrcnclud. The 
 
84 ADVANCING TOWARD THE ENEMY. 
 
 two armies were concealed from each other's sight by a narrow 
 strip of woodhind, reaching from the main forest to ^\•ithin 
 a hundred yards of the riv^er bank. 
 
 During the night of the 4th, the Americans were much an- 
 noyed by Indians and Canadians lurking in the forest, who 
 drove in their pickets and threatened their flanks. 
 
 Late that night General Porter crossed the river with his 
 Indians and Pennsylvanians, and in the morning marched to- 
 ward Chippewa. He was met on the road by General Brown, 
 who spoke of the manner in which he had been annoyed by 
 lurkers in the forest, and proposed that Porter should dri\'e 
 them out, declaring confidently that there would be no 
 British regulars south of the Chippewa that da)\ Still, he said, 
 he would order Scott to occupy the open ground beyond 
 Street's creek in support of Porter. The latter accepted the 
 proposition of his chief, and at three o'clock started to put it 
 in execution. 
 
 The Indians assumed their usual full battle-dress, of mantur- 
 nipline, breech-clout, moccasins, feathers and paint, and the war- 
 chiefs then proceeded to elect a leader. Their choice fell on 
 Captain Pollard, a veteran of Wyoming and man}^ other fights. 
 
 Porter left two hundred of his Pennsylvanians in camp, think- 
 ing their presence needless, and formed the other three hun- 
 dred into one rank on the open ground, half a mile south of 
 Street's creek, their left resting on the forest. The whole five 
 or six hundred Indians were also formed in one rank in the 
 woods, their right reaching to the left of the whites. General 
 Porter stationed himself between the two wings of his com- 
 mand, with Captain Pollard on his left. He was also attended 
 by two or three stafT ofTficers, by Hank Johnson, the interpreter, 
 and by several regular officers, who had volunteered to see the 
 fun. Ked Jacket was on the extreme left of the Indian line. 
 A company of regular infantry followed as a reserve. The war- 
 chiefs took their places twenty yards in front of their braves, 
 and a few scouts were sent still further in advance. 
 
 Then, at a given signal, the whole line moved forward, the 
 whites marching steadily \\ith shouldered arms on the plain, the 
 naked Indians gliding through the forest with cat-like treatl, 
 their bodies bent forward, their rifles held ready for instant 
 
rXDlAX M.Wd'.UVRINC. 85 
 
 use, their feathers nocUlini; at every step, their fierce eyes 
 llashiiiL;- in every direction. Suddenly one of the cliiefs made 
 a sii,mal, and tlie whole line of painted warriors sank to the 
 i^round as quickly and as noiselessly as the sons of Clan Alpine 
 at the command of Roderick Dim. This manceuvre was a jKirt 
 of their primitive tactics, and the chiefs rapidly assembled to 
 consult over some rei)ort broui^ht back by a scout. At another 
 sit;nal the warriors spranc;- up and the feather-crested line 
 again moved through the forest. The manctuvre was repeated 
 when the scouts brought back word that the enemy was await- 
 ing them on the north bank of Street's creek, General Porter 
 was informed of this fact and made some slight changes in his 
 arrangements, and again the line advanced with increased speed. 
 
 As the Indians approached the creek, they received the fire 
 of a force of British Indians and Canadians stationed there. 
 They instantly raised a war-whoop that resounded far over the 
 Niagara, and charged at the top of their speed. The foe at 
 once fled. The Iroquois dashed through the little stream and 
 bounded after them, whooping, yelling, shooting, cleaving sculls 
 and tearing off scalps like so many demons. Many were 
 overtaken, but few captured. Occasionally, however, a Seneca 
 or Cayuga would seize an enemy, unwind his maturnipline, bind 
 him with surprising quickness and then go trotting back to the 
 rear, holding one end of the maturnip as a man might lead a 
 horse by the halter. 
 
 Such speed and bottom were displayed by the Indians that 
 neither the regulars nor volunteers were able to keep up with 
 them. For more than a mile the pursuit was maintained in the 
 words of General Porter, " through scenes of frightful havoc." 
 
 At length the Indians who had got considerable in advance, 
 emerged upon the ojien ground three-quarters of a mile from 
 Chippewa creek, where they were received with a tremendous 
 fire from the greater part of the British regular army, draw-n in 
 line of battle on the plain. 
 
 It looked as if General Riall had determined to attack the 
 Americans, and had sent forward his light troops to bring on a 
 battle, expecting, probably, that the whole American force 
 would get exhausted in pursuit, and become an easy prey to his 
 fresh battalion. 
 
86 f]j-:ei\(; ix confusion. 
 
 The fact that the pursuit was carried on by the American 
 h'l^ht troops and Indians alone broke up, and, in fact, reversed 
 this programme. The warriors c|uickl\' fled from the de-^truct- 
 ive fire in front. 
 
 General Porter, supposing that it came from the force they 
 had been pursuing, rallied the greater part of them, formed 
 them again on the left of his volunteers and moved forward to 
 the edge of the woods. Again the long red-coated battalions 
 opened fire. 
 
 The volunteers stood and exchanged two or three volleys 
 with them, but when the enemy dashed forward with the bay- 
 onet, Porter, seeing nothing of Scott with the supports, gave 
 the order to retreat. 
 
 Both whites and Indians fled in the greatest confusion. On 
 came the red-coats at their utmost speed, supposing they had 
 gained another easy victory, and that all that was necessary 
 was to catch the runaways. 
 
 The Indians being the best runners and unencumbered with 
 clothing, got ahead in the retreat as they had in the advance, 
 but the whites did their best to keep up with them. The flight 
 continued for a mile, pursuers as well as pursued becoming 
 greatly disorganized, and the speed of the fugitives being acceler- 
 ated by the constant bursting of shells from the enemy's artillery. 
 
 Approaching Street's creek, Scott's brigade was found just 
 crossing the bridge and forming line. They took up their posi- 
 tions with the greatest coolness under the fire of the British 
 artillery, but Porter claimed that through the fault of either 
 Scott or Brown, they were very much behind time. 
 
 The former General was always celebrated for his prompt- 
 ness, and the fault, if there was one, was probabh' with Brown. 
 Perhaps he didn't expect Porter's men to run so fast, either 
 going or coming. 
 
 The result, however, was as satisfactory- as if this precipitate 
 retreat had been planned to draw forward the foe. Ripley's 
 brigade was at once sent off to the left, through the woods, to 
 flank the enemy. The fugitives as they ran also bore to the 
 w estward, and Scott's fresh battalion came into line in perfect 
 order, making somewhat merry over the haste of their red and 
 white comrades. 
 
TiiK Kn.i.ED AND \V( )r M )i:i ). 87 
 
 Some of ihc Iiulians had taken tlicir sons, from twelve to 
 sixteen years old, into battle to initiate them in the business of 
 war. One of these careful fathers was now seen running at his 
 best speed, with liis son on his shoulders. Just as he passed 
 the left flank of Scott's brigade, near where the General and 
 his stafT sat on their horses, superintending the formation of 
 the line, a shell burst directly over the head of the panting war- 
 rior. " Ugh," he exclaimed in a x'oice of terror, bounding sev- 
 eral feet from the ground. As he came down he fell to the 
 earth, and the lad tumbled off. Springing up, the older Indian 
 ran on at still greater speed than before, leaving the }'oungster 
 to pick himself up and scamper away as best he might. The 
 scene was greeted with a roar of laughter by the young ofificers 
 around Scott, who rebuked them sharply for their levity. 
 
 In a few moments they had plenty of serious work to occupy 
 their attention. The Americans reserved their fire till the 
 encm\- was within fift\- }'ards, when they poured in so deadly 
 a voile}' that the British instantly fell back. They were quickly 
 rallied and led to the attack, but were again met with a terrific 
 fire, under which they retreated in hopeless disorder. Scott 
 pursued them beyond the strip of woods before mentioned, 
 when the}' fled across the Chippewa into their intrenchments 
 and tore up the bridge, Scott's brigade then lay down on the 
 open plain north of the woods. 
 
 By order of General Brown, who was in the midst of the 
 fight. Porter took his 200 reserve Pennsylvanians to the left of 
 Scott's brigade, where they, too, lay down under the fire of the 
 l^ritish artiller}'. 
 
 After a while Ripley's brigade came out of the woods cov- 
 ered with mud, having had their march for nothing, as the 
 enemy they had attempted to flank had run away before their 
 flank could be reached. It not being deemed best to attack 
 the foe in his intrenchments, directl}- in front, the Americans 
 returned at nightfall to their encampment. 
 
 The battle of Chippewa w;is the first, during the war of 1812, 
 in which a large body of British regulars were defeated in the 
 open field, and the Americans w ere immensely encouraged by 
 it. Enlistment thereafter was much more rapid than before. 
 The total British loss, as officially reported, was 514, of whom 
 
88 INDIANS RETURNING To TIIKIK HOMES. 
 
 between one and two hundred were found dead on the held by 
 the victors. About two hundred and fifty were taken prison- 
 ers, mostly wounded. The Americans had about fifty killed, a 
 hundred and forty wounded and a few taken prisoners. The 
 number of American re<^ulars engai^ed was 1,300. General 
 Porter estimated the British regulars in the fight at 1,700. 
 
 The Canadian Indians were so roughh' handled that they fled 
 at once to the head of Lake Ontario, and ne\'er after took any 
 part in the war. 
 
 On the 7th of July, the 600 volunteers frtmi Western New 
 York joined Porter's brigade, I have found no account of how 
 they were organized nor of the localities from which they came. 
 
 On the 8th, Ripley's brigade and these New York volunteers 
 forced a passage of the Chippewa, three miles up, quickly driv- 
 ing back the force stationed there. General Riall, finding 
 himself flanked, destroyed his works and retreated rapidly to 
 Oueenston and then to Fort George. Brown pursued and took 
 up his quarters at Oueenston, but did not deem his force suffi- 
 cient either to assault or besiege the fortress. 
 
 On the 1 6th, Porter's brigade skirmished around the fort, to 
 give the engineers a chance to reconnoitre, but nothing came 
 of it. 
 
 Meanwhile, the British received reinforcements and Brown 
 determined to return to Fort Erie. Riall followed. Before 
 arriving at the Falls, most of the Indians, through the arrange- 
 ment of Red Jacket, obtained permission to retire to their 
 homes, agreeing to return if the British Indians should again 
 take the field. But the latter were perfectly satisfied with 
 that terrible cirubbing in the Chippewa woods, and never again 
 appeared in arms against the Americans. Nevertheless, some 
 forty or fifty of our Indians remained with the army through- 
 out the campaign. 
 
 On the 25th of Jul}', Brown's ami)' encamped near Chippewa 
 creek. Riall was pressing so closely on the American rear that 
 Brown sent back Scott's brigade to check him. Scott met the 
 enemy at l^ridgewater, just below the P"alls ; sending back word 
 to his sujierior, the impetuous Virginian led his columns to the 
 attack. 
 
 For an hour a desperate battle raged between Scotts single 
 
CAI'TUKK OK MAJOR ( il'.MlKA I, KIAI.l.. 89 
 
 bi'ii;a(.lc aiul Riall's army, neither Ljainini; an\' decided advan- 
 tai4'e. At the end of that time and but a h'ttle before niL;lit, 
 l^rown arrived with the brii^ades of Ripley and Porter. 
 
 Determinini^" to interpose a new Hne and diseni^a^e Scott's 
 exhausted men, he ordered forward the two fresh brigades. 
 The enemy's line was then near " Lundy's Lane," a road run- 
 ninij^ at right anii^les with the riv^er, wliich it reaches a short 
 distance below the h^alls. Mis artillery was on a piece of risini^ 
 y^round which was the key t)f the position. 
 
 Colonel Miller commanding a regiment of infantr)-, was 
 asked by Brown if he could ca})ture it. "I can try, sir!" 
 was the memorable response of the gallant officer. 
 
 Though the regiment which should have supported Miller's 
 gave way, yet the latter moved steadily up the hill. Increas- 
 ing its pace, it swept forward, while its ranks were depleted at 
 every step, and, after a brief but desperate struggle, carried the 
 heights and captured the hostile cannon at the point of the 
 bayonet. At the same time, Major Jessup's regiment drove 
 back a part of the enemy's infantry, capturing Major-General 
 Riall, their commander, and when General Ripley led forward 
 his reserve regiment the l^ritish fell back and disajjpeared from 
 the field. 
 
 It was now eight o'clock and entirely dark. In a short time 
 the enemy rallied and attempted to regain his lost artillery. 
 
 Seldom, in all the annals of war, has a conflict been fought 
 under more strange and romantic circumstances. The dark- 
 ness of night was over all the combatants. A little way to the 
 northeastward rolled and roared the greatest cataract in the 
 world^wonderful Niagara. Its thunders subdued, yet dis- 
 tinct, could be heard whenever the cannon were silent. And 
 there in the darkness upon that solitary hillside, within sound 
 of that mighty avalanche of water the soldiers of the young 
 republic, flushed with the triumph w hich had given them their 
 enemy's battle-ground antl cannon and commander, calmly 
 awaited the onslaught of Mnglaml's defeated but not disheart- 
 ened veterans. 
 
 At half-past eight the .Americans saw the darkness turning 
 red, far down the slope, and soon in the gloom were dimly 
 outlined the advancing battalions of the foe. The red line 
 
QO AMERICANS RK'l'URNINC WITH TIIKIK TRISOXHRS. 
 
 came swiftly, silently and i^allantl)' up the hill, beneath the 
 banners of St. George, and all the while the subdued roar of 
 Niagara was rolling gently over the field. 
 
 Suddenly the American cannon and small arms lighted up 
 the scene with their angry glare, their voices drowning the 
 noise of the cataract. The red battalions were torn asunder, 
 and the hillside strewn with dead and dying men, but the line 
 closed up and advanced still more rapidly, their fire rivaling 
 that of the Americans, and both turning the night into deadly 
 day. Presently the assailants ceased firing and then with thun- 
 dering cheers and leveled bayonets rushed forward to the 
 charge. But the American grape and canister made terrible 
 havoc in their ranks, the musketry of Scott and Ripley mowed 
 them down by the score, and the sharp-cracking rifles of Por- 
 ter's volunteers did their work with deadly discrimination. More 
 and more the assailants wavered, and when the Americans in 
 turn charged bayonets, the whole British line fled at their 
 utmost speed. The regulars followed but a short distance, 
 being held in hand by their officers, who had no idea of plung- 
 ing through the darkness against a possible reserve. But the 
 volunteers chased the enemy down the slope and cai)tured a 
 considerable number of prisoners. Then the Americans 
 reformed their lines, and then again the murmur of the cataract 
 held sway over the field. Twice during the next hour the 
 British attempted to retake their cannon, and both times the 
 result was the same as that of the first effort. For two hours 
 after the Americans remained in line awaiting another onslaught 
 of the foe, but the latter made no further attempt. Having no 
 extra teams the victors were unable to take away the captured 
 guns, with one exception. Accordingly, with this single tro- 
 phy, with their o\\n wounded and with a hundred and sixty- 
 nine prisoners, including General Riall, the iVmericans at mid- 
 night returned to their encampment on the Chippewa. Their 
 loss was 171 killed, 449 wounded and 1 17 missing. I^oth l^rown 
 and Scott were wounded, the latter severely, and both were 
 removed to Buffalo. 
 
 The condition of the two armies is plainly shown by the 
 fact that the next day the enemy allowed Ripley to burn the 
 mills, barracks and bridges at Bridgewater without molestation. 
 
I 111, i;.\rii,K OK coNjocKKrv ( ki;i;K. 91 
 
 The Americans then pursuetl their untroubled march to Vovt 
 Kric. On their arrixal the most of the xohmteers went lionie 
 havini;' served the remarkably loni^" time of three or four months. 
 Nevertheless they had done i^ood service and were entitled to 
 a rest accordin;4' to the views of volunteering;" then in voL;"ue. 
 The regulars had been reduced by various casualties to some 
 fifteen hundred men. The British, on the other hand, had 
 recei\-ed reinforcements, and felt themselves stroni; enough to 
 besiege the fort, if fort it might be called, which was rather a 
 partially intrenched encampment. 
 
 General Drummond's ami)- for two weeks steadily worked 
 their way toward the American defences at Fort Erie. These 
 consisted principally of two stone mess-houses and bastion 
 known as " Old Fort Erie," a short distance east of the river 
 bank, antl a natural mound half a mile south and near the lake 
 which was surmounted with breast-\\orks and cannon, and 
 called "Towson's batter}-." 
 
 Between the old fort and the batter\- ran a parapet, and 
 another from the old fort eastward to the river. On both the 
 north and west, a dense forest came within sixty rods of the 
 American works. The British erected batteries in the woods 
 on the north, each one farther south than its predecessor, and 
 then in the night chopped out openings through which their 
 cannon could play on our works. At this time the commander 
 at Fort Erie was in the habit of sending across a battalion of 
 regular riflemen every night to guard the bridge over Scaja- 
 quada creek, who returned each morning to the fort. 
 
 About the loth of August a heavy British force cro.ssed the 
 river at night at some point below the Scajaquada, and just 
 before daylight they attempted to force their way across the 
 latter stream. Their objective ])oint was doubtless the public 
 stores at Black Rock and Buffalo. Being opposed by the 
 riflemen before mentioned, under Major Lodowick Morgan, 
 there ensued a fight of some imi)ortance, of which old men 
 sometimes speak as the " l^attle of Conjockety Creek," but of 
 which I have found no printed record. Even the Buffalo 
 (hizctic of the da\' was silent regarding it, though it afterwards 
 alluded to Major Morgan as " The hero of Conjocket)-." The 
 planks of the bridge had been taken up and the riflemen lay in 
 
92 DHUMMONl) REI'UI.SKl) THE THIRD TIMP:. 
 
 wait on the south side. When the enemy's column came up 
 Morgan's men opened a destructive fire. The EngHsh pressed 
 forward so boldly that some of them, when shot, fell into the 
 creek and were swept down the Niagara. 
 
 They were compelled to fall back, but again and again they 
 repeated the attempt, and every time they were repulsed with 
 loss. A body of militia, under Colonels Swift and Warren, 
 were placed on the right of the regulars, and prevented the 
 enemy from crossing farther up the creek. 
 
 Several deserters came over to our forces, having thrown 
 away their weapons and taken off their red coats, which they 
 carried rolled up under their arms. They reported the enemy's 
 force at seventeen hundred, but that was probably an exagger- 
 ation. 
 
 After a conflict lasting several hours, the enemy retreated, 
 having suffered severely in the fight. The Americans had 
 eight men wounded. 
 
 Early in the morning of the 15th of August, 18 14, the Eng- 
 lish attempted to carry Fort livic by storm, under cover of 
 darkness. 
 
 At half-past two o'clock a column of a thousand to fifteen 
 hundred men moved from the woods on the west against Tow- 
 son's Battery. Though received with a terrific fire they pressed 
 forward, but were at length stopped within a few )'ards of the 
 American lines. They retreated in confusion and no further 
 attempt was made at that point. 
 
 Notwithstanding the strength of this attack, it was partly in 
 the nature of a feint, for immediately afterwards two other 
 columns issued from the forest on the north. One sought to 
 force its way up along the river bank, but was easily repulsed. 
 The other, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, advanced 
 against the main bastion. It was defended by several heavy 
 guns and field-pieces, by the Ninth United States infantry, and 
 by one company each of New York and Pennsylvania volun- 
 teers. Received with a withering discharge of cannon and 
 musketiy, Drummond's right and left were driven back. His 
 center, however, ascended the parapet, but were finalK- repulsed 
 with dreadful carnage. Again Drummond led his men to the 
 charge, and again they were repulsed. A third time the 
 
T.Rl riSII \AI,()K — DEATH OK I )kr M M( iM ). 93 
 
 unclaiintctl I'!,n<_;Hshmfn acKanccd o\'cr i^n'ound strewn thick 
 u ith the bodies of their brethren, in the face of flame from tlie 
 walls (^f the bastion, and a third time they were driven back 
 w ith terrible loss. 
 
 This would have satisfied most men of any nation, and one 
 cannot refrain from a tribute to Ent^lish valor of the most des- 
 perate kind, w hen he learns that Drummond again rallied his 
 men, led them a fourth time over that pathway of death, 
 mounted the parapet in spite of the volleying frames which 
 enveloped it, and actually captured the bastion at the point of 
 the bayonet. 
 
 Many American officers were killed in this terrible struggle. 
 Drummond was as fierce as he was brave, and was . frequently 
 heard crying to his men, " Give the damned Yankees no 
 quarter." But even in the moment of apparent victory he 
 met his fate — a shot from one of the last of retreatin^T Ameri- 
 cans laying him dead upon the ground. Reinforcements were 
 promptly sent to the endangered locality by Generals Ripley 
 and Porter. A detachment of riflemen attacked the British in 
 the bastion but were repulsed. 
 
 Another and larger force repeated the attack but also failed. 
 The Americans prepared for a third charge, and two batteries 
 were playing upon the heroic band of Britons. 
 
 Suddenl)- the whole scene was lighted up by a vast column 
 of flame, the earth shook to the water's edge, the ear was deaf- 
 ened by a fearful sound which re-echoed far over the river. 
 
 A large amount of cartridges stored in one of the mess- 
 houses adjoining the bastion had been reached by a cannon 
 ball and exploded. One instant the fortress, the forest, the river, 
 the dead, the dx'ing and the maddened li\ing were revealed 
 by that fearful glare ; the next all was enveloped in darknes.s, 
 while the shrieks of hundreds of Britons in more terrible a<Ton\' 
 than e\-en the soldier often suffers, pierced the murk}- and sul- 
 phurous air. 
 
 The Americans saw their opportunity and redoubled the fire 
 of their artiller)'. For a few moments the conquerors of the 
 bastion maintained their positions, but half their number, 
 including most of their officers, were killed or wounded, their 
 commander was slain, and the\- were da/ed and o\ erwiielmed 
 
94 AMERICANS AflAIX VICTORIOUS. 
 
 by the calamity that had so unexpectedly befallen them. After 
 a few volleys they fled in utter confusion to the friendly forest. 
 
 As they went out of the bastion, the Americans dashed in, 
 snatching a hundred and eighty-six prisoners from the rear of 
 the flying foe. Besides these there remained on the ground 
 they had so valiantly contested, two hundred and twenty-one 
 English dead, and a hundred and seventy-four wounded, nearly 
 all in and around that single bastion. Besides these, there were 
 the wounded who were carried away by their comrades, includ- 
 ing nearly all who fell in the other two columns. The Ameri- 
 cans had twenty six killed and ninety-two wounded. 
 
 Seldom had there been a more gallant attack, and seldom a 
 more disastrous repulse. During the fight the most intense 
 anxiety prevailed on this side. 
 
 The tremendous cannonade a little after midnight told 
 plainly enough that an attack was being made. Nearly ever\- 
 human being who resided among the ruins of Buffalo and Black- 
 Rock, and many in the country around, were up and watching. 
 All expected that if the fort should be captured, the enemy 
 would immediately cross, and the horrors of the previous Win- 
 ter would be repeated. Many packed up and prepared for in- 
 stant flight. Then the explosion came, the shock startled even 
 the war-seasoned inhabitants of Buffalo. Some thought the 
 British had captured the fort and had blown it up, others im- 
 agined that the Americans had penetrated to the British camp 
 and blown that up ; and all awaited the coming of morn with 
 nerves strung to their utmost tension. 
 
 It was noon-day light when boats crossed the river from the 
 fort, and the news of another American victory was soon scat- 
 tered far and wide through the country. 
 
 A day or two afterwards the wounded prisoners wei'e sent to 
 the hospital at Williamsville, and the unwounded to the depot 
 of prisoners near Albany. Mr. William Hodge relates that 
 when the wagons filled with blistered, blackened men halted 
 near his father's house, the\' begged for liquor to drown their 
 pain, but some of the unhurt who marched on foot, were saucy 
 enough. Looking at the brick house rising on the ruins of the 
 former one, the)' declared they would burn it again within a year. 
 The)' could not, however, have been ver)' anxious to escape, for 
 
(;knkka[. r.isowx kf.sumes command. 95 
 
 tlic}- were escorted b\- onl)' a \'er)- small i^^uard. Man\- of the 
 prisoners were Hijjjhlanders, of the Glen<,^arry regiment. 
 
 Having failed to carry the fort by assault, the Hritish settled 
 down to a regular siege. 
 
 Closer and closer their lines were drawn antl their batteries 
 erectetl, the dense forest affording every facilit)' iov uninter- 
 rupted api^roach. Reinforcements constantly arrived at the 
 I^nglish camp, wliilc not a solitar)' regular soldier was added 
 to the constantly diminishing force of the Americans. 
 
 B}- the latter part of August, their case had become so des- 
 perate that (jovernor Tompkins called out all the militia \\est 
 of the Genesee r// j/iasse, and ordered them to Buffalo. The}' 
 are said by Turner to have responded with great alacrity. 
 
 Arriving at Buffalo, the officers were first assembled and 
 General Porter called on them to volunteer to cross the river. 
 There was considerable hurrying back, but the General made 
 another speech, and under his stinging words most of the 
 officers volunteered. 
 
 The men were then called on to follow their example, and a 
 force of about fifteen hundred was raised. 
 
 The Forty-eighth regiment furnished one company. Colonel 
 Warren volunteered and crossed the river, but was sent back 
 with other supernumerary officers and placed in command of 
 the militia remaining at Buffalo. 
 
 The volunteers were conveyed across the river at night, 
 about the loth of September, and encamped along the lake 
 shore above Towson's battery, behind a sod of breast-work 
 hastily erected by themselves. They were commanded by 
 General Porter, who bivouacked in their midst, under whom 
 was Gen. Daniel Davis, of Le Roy. General J^rown had 
 resumed command of the whole American force. 
 
 At this time the enemy was divided into three brigades of 
 fourteen or fifteen hundred men, each one of which was kept 
 on duty in their batteries every three days, while the other two 
 remained at the main camp on a farm a mile and a half west of 
 the fort. 
 
 Immediately after the arrival of the volunteers, a plan was 
 concerted to break in on the enemy's operations b}' a sortie. 
 
 The British had openctl two batteries and were nearl)- read)- 
 
96 MARCHING ON BA'rTF:RV NU.MHER THREE. 
 
 to unmask another still nearer and in a more dangerous posi- 
 tion. This was called battery " No. 3." the one next " No. 2," 
 and the furthest one "No. i." 
 
 It was determined to make an attack on the 17th of Sep- 
 tember, before battery No. 3 could be completed. 
 
 On the 1 6th, Majors Fraser and Riddle, both of^cers of the 
 regular army acting as aides to General Porter, each followed by 
 a hundred men, fifty of each party being armed and fifty pro- 
 vided with axes, proceeded from the camp of the volunteers, 
 by a circuitous route through the woods to within a short dis- 
 tance of battery No. 3. Thence each detachment cut out 
 the underbrush so as to make a track back to camp over the 
 swampy ground, curving, when necessary, to avoid the most 
 miry places. The work was accomplished without the British 
 having the slightest suspicion of what was going on. This was 
 the most dif^cult part of the whole enterprise. 
 
 In the forenoon of the 17th the whole of the volunteers were 
 paraded, the enterprise was revealed to them, and a handbill 
 was read announcing the glorious victories won on Lake Cham- 
 plain and at Plattsburg a few days before. The news was jo}'- 
 fully received, and the sortie enthusiastically welcomed. The 
 volunteers not being uniformed, every one was required to lay 
 aside his hat or cap and wxar on his head a red handkerchief or 
 a piece of cloth which was furnished. Not an officer or man 
 wore any other head-gear except General Porter. 
 
 At noon that commander led forth the principal attacking 
 body from the volunteer camp. The advance consisted of two 
 hundred volunteers under Colonel Gibson. Behind them came 
 the column designed for storming the batteries, composed of 
 four hundred regulars followed by five hundred volunteers, all 
 commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Wood. These took the 
 right-hand track, cut out the day before. Another column of 
 nearly the same strength, mostly volunteers, under General 
 Davis, intended to hold the enemy's reinforcements in check and 
 co-operate in the attack, took the left-hand road. At the same 
 time a body of regulars under General Miller was concealed in 
 a ravine near the northwest corner of the intrenchments, pre- 
 pared to attack in front at the proper time. The rest of the 
 troops were held in reserx'c under General Riplc)-. Just after 
 
CAPTURE ()!• THE THREE liATTERIES. 97 
 
 the main column startctl it bcL;'an to rain and continued to do 
 so throughout the afternoon. Tlie march was necessarily slow 
 along the swampy winding pathway, and had it not been for 
 the underbrushed tracks the columns would probably have lost 
 their way or been dela\x'd till nightfall. 
 
 At nearly 3 o'clock Porter's command arrived at the end of 
 the track within a few rods of battery No. 3, entirely unsus- 
 pected b)' its occupants. The final arrangements being made, 
 they moved on, and in a few moments emerged upon the 
 astonished workers and their guard. With tremendous cheer, 
 which was distinctly heard across the river, thoi men rushed 
 forward, and the whole force in the battery thoroughly sur- 
 prised and overwhelmed by numbers, at once surrendered 
 without hardly firing a shot. The attack was the signal for the 
 advance of Miller's regulars, who sprang up out of their ravine 
 and hurried forward, directing their steps toward battery No. 2. 
 Leaving a detachment to spike and dismount the captured can- 
 non, both of Porter's columns dashed forward toward the same 
 object, General Davis leading his volunters and co-operating 
 closely with Wood. They arrived at the same time as Miller. 
 They were received with a heavy fire, but the three commands 
 combined and carried the battery at the point of the bayonet. 
 Leaving another party to spike and dismount the cannon, the 
 united force pressed forward toward battery No. i. But by 
 this time the whole British army was alarmed and reinforce- 
 ments were rapidly arriving. Nevertheless, the Americans 
 attacked and captiu'ed battery No. I after a severe conflict. 
 
 How gallantly they were led is shown by the fact that all of 
 Porter's principal commanders were shot down — Gibson at bat- 
 tery No. 2 ; Wood while approaching No. i, and Davis while 
 gallantly mounting a parapet between the two batteries at the 
 head of his men. In the last struggle, too, General Porter him- 
 self was slightly wounded by a sword cut on his hand, and tem- 
 porarily taken prisoner, but was immediately secured b}' his 
 own men. 
 
 Of course in a sortie the assailants are not expected to hold 
 the conquered ground. The work in this case had been as 
 completely done as in any sortie ever made, and after battejy 
 No. I had been captured a retreat was ordered to the fort, 
 
98 HONORS TO GENERAL PORTER. 
 
 where the victorious troops arri\ed just before sunset. The 
 loss of the Americans was sevent)'-nine killed and 214 wounded; 
 very few, if any, captured. Four hundred British were taken 
 prisoners, a large number killed and wounded, and what was 
 far more important, all the results of nearly two months' labor 
 were entirely overthrown. 
 
 So completely were their plans destro}'ed b)- this brilliant 
 assault that only four days afterwards General Drummond 
 raised the siege and retired down the Niagara. After the 
 enemy retreated the volunteers were dismissed with the thanks 
 of their commanders, having saved the American army from 
 losing its last hold on the western side of the Niagara. 
 
 The relief of Fort Erie was one of the most skillfully planned 
 and gallantly executed sorties ever made. Gen. Napier, the 
 celebrated British soldier and military historian, mentions it as 
 one of very few cases in which a single sortie had compelled 
 the raising of a siege. 
 
 Very high credit was given to General Porter, both for his 
 eloquence in engaging the volunteers and his skill in leading 
 them. 
 
 The press sounded his praises, the citizens of Batavia ten- 
 dered him a dinner, the governor breveted him a major-general, 
 and Congress voted him a gold medal, he being, I think, the 
 only ofificer of volunteers to whom that honor was awarded 
 during the war of 1812. The raising of the siege of P\~)rt Erie 
 was substantially the close of the war on the Niagara frontier. 
 A few unimportant skirmishes took place, but nothing that 
 need be recorded here. 
 
 All the troops except a small guard were withdrawn from 
 Fort Erie to Buffalo. It was known during the Winter that 
 commissioners were trying to negotiate a peace at Ghent, and 
 there was a universal desire for their success. 
 
 In this vicinity, at least, the people had had enough of the 
 glories of war. On the 15th of Januar\', 1S15, the news of the 
 victory of New Orleans was announced in an extra of the Buf- 
 falo Gazette, but although it occasioned general rejoicing, }'et 
 the delight was by no means so great as when, a week later, the 
 people of the ravaged frontier were informed of the signing of 
 the treaty of Ghent. 
 
CLOSE OF TIIK WAR. 99 
 
 I'ost-ridcrs, as they dclivcrctl letters, doctors, as thev' visited 
 their patients, ministers, as they journej'ed to meet their back- 
 woods con<jre<^ations, spread everywhere the welcome news of 
 peace. General Nott, in his reminiscences, relates that the first 
 sermon in Sardinia was preached at his Jiouse by " Father 
 Spencer." early in 181 5. There was a large gatherint,r. The 
 people had heard that the good missionary had a newspaper 
 announcing the conclusion of peace, and the}' were, most of 
 them, probably more anxious to have their ho[)es in that respect 
 confirmed than for ought else. 
 
 h\'ither Spencer was not disposed to tantalize them, and im- 
 mediately on rising to begin the service, he took the paper 
 from his pocket, saying: "I bring you news of peace." He 
 then read the official announcement, and it may be presumed 
 that the gratified congregation afterwards listenqd all the more 
 earnestly to the news of divine peace, which it was the minis- 
 ter's especial province to deliver. 
 
 In a very brief time the glad tidings penetrated to the most 
 secluded cabins in the country, and all the people turned with 
 joyful anticipations to the half-suspended pursuits of peace- 
 ful life. 
 
lOO ENTERING UPON THE HOLLAND PURCHASE. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 GENERAL PIONEER HISTORY, 
 
 THE EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 As a rule, the pioneers of the Holland Purchase were men of 
 splendid pJiysiquc\ intelligent, self-reliant and possessed great 
 strength, courage and endurance, which stood them well in 
 hand in the herculean task they had in rescuing this fair 
 domain from a savage state They came of a noble race and 
 could trace tl^ieir lineage back to the pilgrims who landed on 
 Plymouth Rock, through the bloody times that tried men's 
 souls during the dark days of the Revolution. And they had 
 come here actuated in part by the same bold spirit that had 
 prompted their ancestors to leave the comfortable abodes of 
 civilization and to seek new homes in the Western world, 
 across three thousand miles of trackless ocean. They had left 
 the homes and scenes of their childhood and bid good-bye to 
 early associates and friends, turned their faces toward the 
 setting sun, and with their wives and little ones had started 
 forth on their long and weary journey towards their future 
 homes. P'or weeks and weeks they continued their course 
 with slow and toilsome progress, sometimes compelled to camp 
 in the wilderness, and cook and sleep beside some fallen tree. 
 And when at last arrived at their destination, within the dense 
 forests of the Holland Purchase, hundreds of miles away from 
 any city or large village, and without post offices or mails to 
 aid them in communicating \\\\.\\ their Plastern friends, the\' 
 selected lands and built their log cabins, without lumber or 
 nails, and entered upon a new mode of life. They had health, 
 strength, energy and perseverance, and soon the sound of their 
 axes and the crashing of falling trees were heard in every 
 direction. And as the great forest receded year by year before 
 their sturd}' blows, smiling fields of grass and grain appeared in 
 
THE HOME OF THE I'lONEER. lOI 
 
 its stead. The loi^" cabins aiul lunels that they were com- 
 pelled at first to occupy, in due time gave place to commodi- 
 ous barns and comfortable dwellings. 
 
 And if the sons inherited the wisdom, courage and valor of 
 the sires, what shall be said of the daugliters? Endowed with 
 tile s[)irit and fortitude of the Spartan mothers, who. in times 
 of extremit}-, became trul\- heroic ; still possessing" the gentle- 
 ness, tender solicitude and undying love, that has ever distin- 
 guished the pure \\'oman from the sterner sex. They cheer- 
 fully shared all the toils, trials and dangers, incident to that 
 period, and they were the guardian angels that watched over 
 the pioneer's log cabin, ministering to him and his in sickness 
 and caring for their comforts in health. Their thrifty and 
 diligent hands, with wheel and distaff, supplied most all the 
 creature-comforts that were enjoyed in their humble homes. 
 And it was their province and mission to smooth the rugged 
 pathwa)' of progress ; commencing' in the great primeval forest 
 and in the lowly bark-covered cabins and carried forward step 
 by step and )'ear by year, up to its present state of luxury and 
 refinement, which many of them lived to enjoy. Those dear 
 old mothers! their useful li\es may have given them but few 
 opportunities for culture and accomplishments. They may 
 have know n but little of letters or of the sciences, but there 
 were two problems, that these sainted mothers had solved, 
 that proved a benison to those around them — i.e. a sweet accept- 
 ance of the life that is, and an unfaltering assurance of the life 
 to come. This rendered them cheerful at all times, and made 
 them a tower of strength in the darkest trials, and their toil- 
 worn hands have smoothed many a sufferer's d\-ing pillow, 
 and their plain manner of speech has sustained many a sinking 
 soul when called to meet " the hour and article of death." 
 The deeds of the mothers should be hallowed in memory 
 above all things else and ma)- (jod bless them ; for most of 
 them have fulfilled their mission ; and the wheels havx^ ceased 
 their turning, and for them the brittle thread on life's distaff has 
 been broken. But ne\er let the memory of them depart, in the 
 glitter and glow of modern days. Give them the warmest 
 place in your hearts, and whenever you breathe their names, 
 let it be in the hoh' and sacred dei)ths of affection. 
 
I02 FORMATION OF COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 THE PIONEER SETTLER UPON THE HOLLAND PUR- 
 CHASE AND HIS PROGRESS. 
 
 " Through the deep wilderness, where scarce the sun 
 Can cast his darts, along the winding path 
 The Pioneer is treading. In his grasp 
 Is his keen ax, that wondrous instrument, 
 That like the talisman, transforms 
 Deserts to fields and cities. He has left 
 The home in which his early years were past, 
 And, led by hope, and full of restless strength. 
 Has plunged within the forest, there to plant 
 His destiny. Beside some rapid stream 
 He rears his log-built cabin. When the chains 
 Of Winter fetter Nature, and no sound 
 Disturbs the echoes of the dreary woods, 
 Save when some stem cracks sharply with the frost ; 
 Then merrily rings his ax, and tree on tree 
 Crash to earth ; and when the long keen night 
 Mantles the wilderness in solemn gloom. 
 He sits beside his ruddy hearth, and hears 
 The fierce wolf snarling at the cabin door, 
 Or through the lowly casement sees his eye 
 Gleam like a burning coal." 
 
 EARLV ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 All the Colony of New York west of the river countie.s, was 
 nominally a tract of Albany county up to 1772. In 1784, 
 Tryon county, of which Erie was nominally a part, was changed 
 to Montgomery. In 1789, the County of Ontario was erected 
 from Montgomery, including all west of Seneca lake — a territory 
 now comprising thirteen or foui"teen counties. 
 
 The Town of North Hampton covered all the Western part 
 of the State. In the Spring of 1802, the County of Genesee 
 was erected, comprising the whole of the State west of the 
 Genesee river, and of a line running south from the mouth of 
 the Canaseraga creek to the Pennsylvania line. The Town of 
 North Hampton was divided into four towns; one of them was 
 Batavia, which contained all of the Holland Purchase. The 
 county seat was fixed at Batavia, a village that was to be. In 
 1804, Batavia was divided into four towns. The first, second 
 and third ranges were called Batavia; the fourth, fifth and sixth 
 ranges were called Willink, and the seventh, eighth, ninth and 
 
CONCORD AND OTHER TOWNS. IO3 
 
 tciitli raiii^cs were called Erie; the reniaiiuler of the I'urcha.sc 
 WcsJ was called Cliautauc]ua. These raii<(es were six inilcs 
 wide and running- from the Pennsv'lvania line north to Lake 
 Ontario, about one hundred miles in lent^th. March 11, i!So7,the 
 Counties of Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautau(|ua were taken 
 from Genesee count}-. 
 
 In 1807, the Count)- of Niagara was divided into three towns. 
 All that pnvi north of the Tonawanda creek was called Cambria; 
 all the territor}- between the Tonawanda creek and the center 
 of the I^ufTalo Creek reservation was called Clarence; all 
 between the center of the Buffalo Creek reservation and the 
 Cattaraugus creek was called Willink. 
 
 March 20, 1812, the Town of Willink was divided into four 
 towns — Willink, Hamburg, Eden and Concord. The Town of 
 Willink then comprised the Towns of Aurora, Wales, Holland 
 and Colden. The Town of Hamburg comprised the present 
 Towns of Hamburg and East Hamburg. The To\\n of Eden 
 comprised the present Towns of Eden, Evans and Boston. 
 Concord comprised the present Towns of Concord, Sardinia, 
 Collins and North Collins. March 16, 1821, Concord was 
 divided into Concord, Collins and Sardinia. April 2, 1821, 
 Erie county \\as formed from Niagara, comprising all that part 
 of Niagara count)- K'i ng between the Tonaw^anda and Cattarau- 
 gus creeks. On the 24th day of November, 1852, the Town of 
 Shirley \\-as formed from Collins, and the next Spring it was 
 changed to North Collins. 
 
I04 
 
 PIONEER SETTLERS 
 
 THE NAMES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, THE Tl ME OF SETTLEMENT AND THE 
 TIME OFTHE ORGANIZATION OFTHE SEVERAL TOWNS IN ERIE COUNTY. 
 
 Name ok Town. 
 
 Buffalo . . . . 
 Clarence . . . 
 Amherst. . . 
 *Newstead . 
 Hamburg.... 
 
 Boston 
 
 Evans 
 
 East Hamburg 
 
 Lancaster 
 
 Aurora 
 
 Tonawanda . . . 
 
 Wales 
 
 Holland 
 
 Concord 
 
 Collins 
 
 Eden 
 
 Cheektawaga 
 Sardinia .... 
 
 North Collins. . 
 
 Colden 
 
 Alden 
 
 1810 
 1810 
 
 Brandt 
 
 West Seneca. . . 
 Elma 
 
 1817 
 1826 
 1827 
 1829 
 
 Manila 
 
 Grand Island. . . 
 
 
 
 1789 
 1799 
 1801 
 1802 
 1803 
 1804 
 1804 
 
 1804 
 
 1804 
 
 1804 
 
 1805 
 
 1806 
 
 1807 
 
 1807 
 
 1807 
 
 1808 
 1808 
 1809 
 
 I81O 
 
 Names of the FujstSettlek.s in each 
 Respective Town in Ekie County. 
 
 King 
 
 Cornelius Winney 
 
 Asa Ransom 
 
 John Thompson 
 
 Peter Vandeventer 
 
 ■i'Dydimus Kinne}' 
 
 Charles Johnson 
 
 Joel Harvey. 
 
 \ Ezekiel Smith, David Eddy ) 
 
 ( and others \ 
 
 James and Amos Woodward. 
 Jabez Warren, Taber Earle ) 
 
 and Henry Godfrey \ 
 
 Alex. Logan, John 
 
 and John Hershey. 
 Oliver Pattengil and William ) 
 
 Allen \ 
 
 Arthur Humphrc}^ and Ab- I 
 
 ner Cumer \ 
 
 Christopher Stone and John / 
 
 Albro ( 
 
 Jacob Taylor and others of I 
 
 the Quaker Mission \ 
 
 Benj., Joseph and Sam'l Tubbs 
 
 Apollus Hitchcock 
 
 Geo. Richmond and Ezra Nott 
 I Stephen Sisson, Abram 
 I Tucker s 
 i wick 
 
 Richard Buffom 
 
 Moses Fenno 
 
 Moses Tucker 
 
 Reuben Sackett 
 
 Taber Earle 
 
 Jerry and Joseph Carpenter. . . 
 Unknown 
 
 and Enos South- 
 
 C 5 
 
 > « 
 
 1810 
 1808 
 1818 
 1823 
 1812 
 1817 
 1821 
 
 1850 
 
 1833 
 1818 
 
 1836 
 
 1818 
 1818 
 1812 
 
 1821 
 
 1812 
 1839 
 1 82 I 
 
 1852 
 
 1827 
 1823 
 
 1839 
 1851 
 1857 
 
 1853 
 1852 
 
 * Organized as Erie ; changed to Ncwstead-, 1831. 
 
 t Dydiraus Kinney was the first while settler in the South Towns ; his house stood on Jere- 
 miah Pierce's farm, on the left hand as you go towards While's Corners, and northwest of 
 the orchard on a low ridge of land in the meadow. 
 
i:.\Ki.\' lowN ()1'I1(i;ks. 105 
 
 rilK OLD TOWN OK CONCORD. 
 
 The original Town of Concord was orL;ani/.cd b\- tlu; legis- 
 lature March 20, 1812. It comprised the present towns of 
 Sardinia, Concord, Collins, North Collins and part of Brant. 
 It is to be regretted that there is no record of this town in 
 existence. The great fire that occurred in Spring\ille in the 
 Summer of 1868, destroyed the old town book, and the author 
 has to reh' upon his menior)' of the records made in this book. 
 and also the recollections of the old settlers. He is certain that 
 the first record was, that the town meeting was held at the house 
 of John Albro, in the Spring of 1812 ; that Thomas M. Barrett 
 was chosen Supervisor, Amaziah Ashman, Town Clerk, 
 Solomon Field, Collector, and Jonathan Townsend, Overseer 
 of the Poor. The town bounds remained unchanged up to 
 1821 ; and the place of holding the town meetings was subject 
 to the will of the electors. For four or five years these meet- 
 ings were held at Springville, but the author learns from talking 
 with some of the venerable men who have a di^itinct recollec- 
 tion of those times, that it was once held on Townsend Hill. 
 After a time, quite a spirit of dissatisfaction was manifested by 
 those living in the east and west parts of the town, for Spring- 
 ville and vicinity not only monopolized the place of holding 
 these meetings, but it enabled them to secure also, the most of 
 the important offices. This led to a fusion of the electors of 
 the east and west parts, and upon one occasion they rallied 
 their forces and \'Oted the town meeting to Taylor Hollow, in 
 the extreme west part of the town, and from thence it was 
 adjourned to Sardinia, near the east bounds of the town, for 
 the next year. The action of the electors in carrying these 
 extreme measures caused those living in the central part of the 
 town to consent to a division, which was soon after effected. 
 For the first eight consecutive years after the organization of 
 the town, there is no evidence that there was any other man 
 except Thomas M. Barrett, who held the ofifice of Supervisor. 
 The author, in looking o\'er the first records of the Town of 
 Collins, bearing date 1821, finds it recorded, that a committee was 
 appointed "to settle with Frederick Richmond, late Supervisor 
 of the town," so it appears, that he at least held the office one 
 year. During this time he learns that John Lanton, " Gen." 
 
I06 THE TIDE OF IMMIGRxVTION. 
 
 Knox, " Dea." Russell, and Mr. Abbey held the important 
 office of Commissioner of Highways; and he also learns that 
 Harry Sears succeeded Fields as Collector. The Justices of 
 the Peace, were not elected by the people, but were appointed 
 by the authorities at Albany. 
 
 COMING INTO THE COUNTRY — LOG HOUSES AND DUTCH 
 
 CHIMNEYS. 
 
 Most of the early settlers in these towns came from the New 
 England states and the eastern part of the State of New York, 
 but few came from New Jersey or Pennsylvania. More in pro- 
 portion came from Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and 
 Connecticut than from New Hampshire or Maine. The route 
 generally taken was through the Mohawk valley by Utica, Can- 
 andaigua, Avon and Batavia to Buffalo, then out here. Some 
 turned off near the Genesee river and came through on the 
 " Fig Tree Road," that passes through Wales, Aurora and Ham- 
 burg. Others turned off the main route near the Genesee and 
 came through by Pike and Arcade. Others again came by the 
 way of New York, across New Jersey and a corner of Pennsyl- 
 vania to the Susquehanna river, and by different routes made 
 their way here. Many came on foot, sometimes one alone and 
 sometimes two or more in compan}\ Some came with horses 
 and sleighs, or horses and wagons, but more came with oxen 
 and sleds, or oxen and wagons than any other way. It generally 
 took them about twenty-five days to come from the New Eng- 
 land states here. 
 
 " New-comers were always warmly welcomed b)' their prede- 
 ces.sors, partly, doubtless, from motives of kindness, and parth' 
 because each new arrival helped to redeem the forest from its 
 forbidding loneliness and add to the value of improx'cments 
 already made." If there were already a few settlers in the 
 locality, the emigrant's family was sheltered by one of them 
 until notice could be given of a 
 
 LOG RAISIN(;. 
 
 P'or log houses, the logs used were general!}- from eight to 
 eighteen inches in diameter and twelve, fourteen, si.xteen, eight- 
 een and twenty feet in length. It required the assistance of a 
 
lUll.DlM. •nil'. 1.0(i CAIJIN. 107 
 
 ckjy.cii <ir more ahlc-hodicci men to put up the bod)' of such a 
 house, ami, at first, the country had to be scoured for many 
 miles to obtain that number (and sometimes half of that num- 
 ber had to suffice). " The hands '" were in\ited to come to 
 the raising;- on a specified da\' — the lo^s were cut in ad- 
 \ance — and were drawn to the desired spot by oxen and four 
 of the Iart;"est ones selectetl for the bottom logs. Four of the 
 most active and experienced men were chosen to cut the cor- 
 ners." The\- bet^an b)' cutting;" a saddle at the ends of the two 
 lo^q,s, a space tweKe to eii;hteen inches long, shaped like the 
 roof of a house. Notches to fit these saddles were cut near the 
 ends of two other loi;"s and then they w ere laid at right angles 
 upon the first two. The operation was repeated again and 
 again, the four axe men rising with tlie building and cutting 
 saddles on the top near the end of the side logs and cutting 
 notches in the end logs to fit them, as they were handed up to 
 them b\' their comrades. After the building was up five feet or 
 so, ropes or chains would be attached to the ends of the logs, and 
 the men on the building would pull while the others lifted or 
 pushed from below. And if they had no ropes or chains, the\' 
 sometimes would cut a bush ten or twelve feet high and form 
 a loop by withing the twigs together and slip it over the end 
 of the logs and pull on that. They also, sometimes, used what 
 was called a " horse," which was a crotched stick six feet or 
 more long with the crotch at the upper end, and strong pins 
 through the lower end to lift by. 
 
 Having arrived at the height of six or seven feet, notches 
 were cut on the top of the two top side logs and poles six or 
 seven inches in diameter laid across to serv^e as joists for the 
 chamber for the chamber floor. General!}' the building was 
 raised one, two or three tiers of logs higher than the chamber 
 floor. After the body of the house was raised to the required 
 height, sometimes rafters made of jjoles from the forest were 
 placed in position, and sometimes the gable ends were built up 
 with logs, with poles running lengthwise of the building and 
 about three feet apart, and fitted into them (the gables) for the 
 support of the roof. Most of the earliest roofs were made of elm 
 or other kinds of bark, laid rough side up, and held in its place by 
 the weight of poles resting on top of it and running lengthwase 
 
I08 FIRE-l'LACES AND DUTCH CHIMNEYS. 
 
 of the building. Some roofs were made of " shakes, " that is, 
 rough shingles three or more feet long, generally made of white 
 ash, pine or oak. Another kind of roof was made by cutting 
 small-sized basswood logs the desired length and splitting them 
 through the center, and then digging out the inner side from 
 end to end. "trough fashion."' Then placing them on the roof 
 one-half of them with the hollowed side up. and the other half 
 with the hollowed side down and placed over the first in such a 
 manner that the water that fell on the rounding side of the top 
 ones would run into the grooves in the lower ones and from 
 there to the ground. A place for a door was then sawed out 
 and another for a window, and sometimes places for two win- 
 dows. A blanket frequently served for a door in the Summer 
 time the first year, and doors were sometimes made of plank or 
 boards split out of white ash or basswood and hewed down, and 
 hung on wooden hinges and held closed with a wooden latch 
 and catch, with a " latch-string hanging outside the door." 
 Sometimes they had one or more windows with four or six 
 lights of glass, but they were frequently compelled to use 
 greased paper as a substitute for glass. Floors were made of 
 "puncheons" split out of basswood logs and hewed down with 
 a narrow axe. Cook stoves had not then been invented, and 
 fire-places were universally used ; brick were not to be had. and 
 chimneys were made of stone, wood and mud. " Dutch chim- 
 neys " were the most common among the early settlers ; they 
 consisted of a stone back built up about six feet high, more or 
 less, and of about the same width. Instead of jams wooden 
 arms, either straight or curv-ing downwards, were fastened at 
 their lower ends into the logs on each side of the stone back, 
 about three feet from the floor, with their upper ends resting 
 against the beam overhead on which the chamber floor was 
 laid. On and from these arms the chimney was built up and 
 topped out with sticks and mortar, and when thoroughly plas- 
 tered from top to bottom was considered finished. 
 
 Some chimneys were built entirely of stone, and had jams to 
 the fire places. A pole called the " lug pole " was put into 
 and through all the early chimneys. It was placed directly 
 over the fire and five or six feet above the hearth, which was 
 made of flat stone. Sometimes a wooden hook from three to 
 
 4 
 
PREPARING FOR THE FIRST CROP. 109 
 
 four feet long was hooked over the "lug pole," and which had one 
 or more notches near the lower end in which to hang the bails 
 of pots and kettles. And sometimes a chain would be used for 
 the same purpose, and sometimes families that could afford the 
 e.xpense would ha\e " trammels."' The\- were made of two 
 bars of iron, one thin and flat, and about two inches wide, with 
 the top end bent over in a half circle, so as to hook over the 
 "lug pole," and the remainder perforated with holes about half 
 an inch in diameter and two or three inches apart. The other 
 bar was about half an inch in diameter, with a hook at the 
 lower end. and an inch or two of the upper end bent at right 
 angles with the bod>' of the bar. and made to fit into the holes 
 in the flat bar so that the hook could be raised or lowered as 
 occasion required. 
 
 The cracks between the logs were generally chinked up with 
 three-cornered pieces of timber, split out of small basswood 
 trees, fitted in and plastered with mud both outside and inside. 
 Sometimes the cracks between the logs would be closed up 
 with moss gathered in the woods. Occasionally houses were 
 built with logs hewed on both sides before they were raised ; 
 these were called " block houses." 
 
 CLEARINi; I. AND, CHOPPING TIMBER, BURNIN(. BRUSH, LOG- 
 GIN(; AND LOGGING BEES. 
 
 After the pioneers had a house or shanty built, and had got 
 rigged up ready to commence housekeeping, the next task was 
 to clear some land. If the settler arrived very earh- in the 
 season he would be able, and generally did, clear off a small 
 piece in time to plant some corn and potatoes and sow some 
 turnips; but his greatest ambition was to get several acres 
 ready for Winter wheat in the Fall. To do this he worked hard, 
 early and late, unless interrupted b)- sickness. The first business 
 was to cut down the trees — in this man}- of the pioneers ac- 
 quired great skill : the}' would so cut and guide a tree as to 
 have it fall in most cases, exactly where the}- wanted it. In 
 cutting timber for the purpose of clearing land, several differ- 
 ent methods were practiced by the early settlers. One was to 
 cut down the trees, then trim out the tops, that is, cut off the 
 limbs and pile the brush into large heaps, then cut the bodies 
 
110 BURNING A FALLOW. 
 
 up into lo^s of from twelve to twenty feet in length, depend- 
 ing upon the size of the trees. This method was generally 
 pursued when they intended to clear the land the same year. 
 
 Another method was to "windrow" the timber; this was 
 done by cutting all the trees on a strip of land four, live or six 
 rods in width so that their tops would all fall from both sides 
 of the strip into the center, and form a row the whole length of 
 the strip, while the bodies of the trees on the right hand and 
 left hand sides laid angling and at different angles with the 
 center of the row. After the trees were felled, the limbs on 
 the top side were generally cut off or lopped down. Windrows 
 were made parallel to each other and w^ere from four to six- 
 rods apart from center to center. 
 
 Another method of cutting timber for the purpose of clear- 
 ing land, was "slashing it down." This consisted simpl)' in 
 cutting down the trees and letting them fall in any direction 
 without trimming them out, or cutting up the bodies. Some- 
 times choppers when slashing timber down would cut what was 
 called a "drive" where the timber was thick and large, and the 
 lay of the land and the range of the trees was favorable. They 
 would commence at a certain point and cut all the trees partly 
 down for a considerable distance and sometimes over an extent 
 of several acres, and each successive tree was so cut that when 
 it fell it was so guided or drawn as surel}' to strike the next 
 intended tree, whether it stood straight ahead or sometimes to 
 the right or left. When all was ready the large tree, which for 
 its size and location had been selected for the "driver," was cut 
 and fell against the next tree and that against the second, and 
 the second against the third, and the third against the fourth, 
 and so on, until they all went thundering and crashing down 
 together. 
 
 After the timber on a piece of land had been cut down for 
 the purpose of clearing the land, and left to lay a considerable 
 time, it was called a " fallow," and when the brush was burned 
 it was called " burning a fallow." After the timber had lain a 
 sufficient length of time and the brush had become sufficientl}' 
 dry to satisf}' the owner, a day was selected when the weather 
 was favorable to set on fire and " burn the fallow." " Fallows" 
 were burned during a dry time, and on a day when the sun 
 
 J 
 
CHOPJMN(; AXD L()(;(;iN<;. iii 
 
 shone bright, and i^encrally set from 12 to 2 o'clock V. M. 
 The}' wore iisuall}' set in several places about the same time ; 
 and presently the blaze would shoot up here and there in dif- 
 ferent parts all o\'er the fallow; and rapidly extendini^ and in- 
 creasini;" the flames would swa\' to and fro, and at times rise 
 nearl\- to the hei«^ht of the tallest trees ; the heat, the ^lare, the 
 crackling, the swaying, and the roar of the fierce and consum- 
 in<; flames, as witnessed at the burning' of a large "fallow" 
 ])resented a grand and exciting scene. 
 
 Timber that was slashed or windrowed was left a year and 
 a half or two years or more, until it became very dry, before 
 the brush was burned. And sometimes the brush and timber 
 became so dry that when it was fired the brush was all burned 
 up, and a considerable portion of the timber, besides the soil 
 of the land being burned and materiall)' injured b)' the fire in 
 some instances. 
 
 After the brush had been burned on a piece of land where 
 the timber had been "slashed" or "windrowed" the bodies of 
 the trees had to be cut up the proper logging length before the 
 logging commenced. The bodies of the trees were generally 
 considerably seasoned and quite hard. A custom prevailed to 
 some extent with the choppers to " nigger off" the largest logs 
 while they were chopping up the smaller ones. It was done 
 in this way : Notches were cut at proper distances on top of 
 the large trees and places hollowed out, coals put on, a fire 
 started and sticks laid across at right angles with tlie log and 
 when the}' burned up other sticks of wood, brands or poles were 
 laid across, and renewed from time to time until the large logs 
 were burned through and off. After the fire got well started 
 it was not much trouble to keep it going, and a man could at- 
 tend to and "nigger off" twenty or thirty large logs while 
 he was chopping up the remaining smaller ones in the 
 \icinit}'. 
 
 After the brush had been burned and the trees cut into logs, 
 the next business in order was the logging. When the piece to 
 be logged was small and the pioneer owned a yoke of oxen, he 
 would hire or change works with two or three helpers, and if 
 he did //ot own a yoke of oxen he would hire or change works 
 with some man that did, and with two or more neighbors, and 
 
ii2 THE LOGGING BEE. 
 
 they together would " log " about an acre a day. Sometimes 
 small pieces of land were so far cleared of timber as to produce 
 crops without the use of any team whatever. Frequently land 
 would be chopped and cleared by the job at a specified price 
 per acre. Jobs of from five to ten acres were frequently let. 
 and jobs of fifteen or twenty acres were let less frequently, and 
 occasionally, but not often, jobs of from thirty to forty acres 
 were cleared. 
 
 In pioneer times the practice of having "logging bees" was 
 quite common. When a large tract was to be logged, the 
 settlers for several miles around were invited to a " bee." At the 
 appointed time^from fifteen to thirty men would be present. 
 About half a dozen would bring ox teams and the balance 
 would be provided with hand-spikes or cant-hooks. To do the 
 business up properly and expeditiously it required three or four 
 hand-spike men to each team. 
 
 The owner of the land, or some other experienced man, 
 would select places to build the different heaps, and the work 
 began and the bee commenced. 
 
 The logs were rapidly drawn or " snaked " alongside the 
 heap, and then the hand-spike men quickly rolled them to the 
 proper place. Another and another was snaked up in rapid 
 succession, the handspike men being always ready to unhitch it 
 if it caught against a root or stump. As it tore along the 
 ground, the black dust flew up in every direction. Soon every 
 man was covered with a black coat of coal-dust and soot, 
 involving clothes, hands and face in " outer darkness." But 
 the work went on still more rapidly. The several gangs caught 
 the spirit of rivalry, and each strove to make the quickest trips 
 and the largest pile. The oxen would sometimes get as excited 
 as the men, and would " snake " their loads into place with 
 ever-increasing energy. Teams that understood their business 
 would ' stand quiet while the chain was being hitched, then 
 spring with all their might, taking a bee-line to the log heap^ 
 and halt when they came to the right spot. Faster and faster 
 sped the men and teams to and fro, harder strained the hand- 
 spike men to increase the pile, higher flew the clouds of dust 
 and soot, reckless of danger, men sprang in front of rolling logs 
 
PROCESS OF MAKINO SUGAR. [I3 
 
 or boiiiulcd over them as the}- went \\hirHn<^ amoiii;" the stumps. 
 Accidents sometimes happened, but it was a wonder that the 
 number was not increased tenfold. 
 
 As the day draws to a close a thick cloud covers the field, 
 through which are seen a host of sooty forms, four-legged ones 
 with horns, and two-legged ones with hand-spikes, pulling, run- 
 ning, lifting and shouting, until night descends, and the tired, yet 
 still excited laborers clothed in blackness, return to their homes. 
 
 If the weather was favorable, the log heaps were frequently 
 set on fire that evening, and, within a few hours, the thirty or 
 forty brightly blazing piles glimmered in the darkness and illu- 
 minated the heavens similar to the burning buildings of a vil- 
 lage or city. If left alone while burning the heaps would all 
 burn out in the center, leaving some parts of logs and brands 
 at the sides and ends that would not burn up, so it was neces- 
 .sary for men to go around and " put up " the heaps, that is, roll 
 the logs in together and throw on the brands. After the several 
 heaps had burned all they would, there would still be a fe\v 
 brands remaining, and the " fallow " had to be " branded up." 
 and the)' were drawn from all parts of the fallow into one or 
 more places and re-piled and set on fire and kept burning until 
 entirely consumed. 
 
 SUGAR-MAKING. 
 
 The very earliest settler followed the practice of making 
 more or less sugar every spring. All over the country grew the 
 sugar-maple and there was hardly a lot large enough for a farm 
 on which there was not a "sugar bush." The first thing the 
 pioneer had to do when preparing for sugar-making was to make 
 a lot of " sap-troughs," they were generally made of cucumber, 
 basswood, ash, butternut or cherry timber. Trees from twelve 
 to eighteen inches in diameter were cut down and logs from 
 two and a half to three feet in length cut off, and split 
 open through the center, then the inside portion was dug out, 
 leaving the sides and bottom an inch or an inch and a half 
 thick, and the ends two or three inches thick and each trough 
 large enough to hold from one to two pails full of sap. " Store 
 troughs," for storing sap were generally made from large cu- 
 cumber trees, from two to three feet in diameter and from 
 7 
 
114 
 
 GATHERIN(; THE SAP. 
 
 twelve to twent}' feet in length, and it required from one to 
 three to each " sugar bush." Trees were tapped b)' cutting a 
 notch in the side of the tree inclining downwards and inwards 
 with a narrow axe and drix'ing a wooden spout about a foot 
 long into an orifice made by a tapping gauge, just below the 
 lower end of the notch. The sap was boiled b\- the early set- 
 tlers sometimes in cauldron kettles, but mostly in kettles hold- 
 ing fi\^e pails or three j^ails, and of smaller size generally made 
 of iron, but sometimes of brass. The boiling place was rigged 
 b}' setting two posts into the ground ten or tweh'e feet apart 
 
 SnCAR-MAKINC. 
 
 and se\-en or eight feet high with crotches at the top, and la\-- 
 ing a strong pole into the crotches from one post to the other, 
 then hanging chains to the pole or hanging on large wooden 
 hooks with notches cut near the lower ends, in which to hang 
 the kettle bails. Sometimes a half dozen or more kettles of 
 different sizes would hang in a row, with a large log ten or' 
 twelve feet long, rolled up on the back side, and another on the 
 front side until the)' touched or nearh- touched the kettles, 
 then fine split wood was placed under and around the kettles 
 and a fire started, and shorth- the boiling would commence. 
 
CLOSE OF THE SUGAR SEASON. II5 
 
 The sap was " gathered " or brought to the boiUng place in sap 
 buckets carried by the aid of a sap-yoke, wliich was made to fit 
 the neck and shoulders of the person carrying it. 
 
 Sugar-making sometimes commenced when the snow was two 
 feet deep in the woods, and then gathering sap with a sap- 
 )'oke was a \'ery laborious and difficult job. Sometimes there 
 would be a crust on the snow in the morning and the sap- 
 gatherer would start out fort)' or fift\' rods and fill his buckets 
 and walk carefulK' and slow towards the boiling place on the 
 crust, when sutidenl)' one foot would break through and go 
 down to the ground in a twinkling and the sap would fly in 
 ever)' direction, and give the bearer a wetting down. 
 
 Such accidents happened quite frequently, and it is feared 
 that in some instances the)' might have called forth exclama- 
 tions that would hardly be proper to repeat in a Sabbath School 
 or print in a book. 
 
 After fifteen or twent)' v'ears from the time of the first set- 
 tlement, wooden sap-buckets began to be used in place of 
 troughs ; and the number of cauldron kettles was increased, 
 and trees began to be tapped with a small auger or bit instead 
 of an axe, and the sap began to be gathered with a team instead 
 of a sap-yoke. 
 
 The glory of sugar-making was in the great bush, where 
 hundreds of trees were tapped, where a shant)- was erected, 
 where the sap was brought to the central fires in barrels or 
 casks on ox-sleds, where cauldron and smaller kettles boiled 
 and bubbled night and day, where, after a sufficient quantit)' 
 had been " syruped down " a day was set to " sugar off." When 
 the boys and girls and young men and maidens would gather 
 in, and with dishes and spoons or a flattened stick, 
 
 " Would taste and eat, and lap and lick," 
 
 and if any part of a snow bauK rcmanicd in striking distance, 
 chunks of it were procured and the warm sugar spread on and 
 made into wax and then eaten. 
 
 About thirty or forty years ago, large flat-bottomed sap-pans, 
 with low sides and made of sheet iron, and set in arches, began 
 to be used for boiling sap. And about the same time tin 
 
ii6 
 
 THE FIRST WELLS — THEIR FIXTURES. 
 
 buckets began to take the place of wooden buckets and 
 troughs for catching sap, and large tubs were made and used for 
 storing it, instead of store "troughs." 
 
 PIONEER WELLS. 
 
 The early settlers were n(^t alwa\'s successful in finding a 
 location for their cabins near a spring, and in such instances a 
 well had to be dug, which like almost everything else was done 
 by the proprietor himself, with the aid of his boys if he had 
 any large enough, or a neighbor, to haul up the dirt. Its 
 depth of course depended on the location of water, but that 
 was generally to be found in abundant quantity, and of good 
 
 PIONEER WELL. 
 
 quality at from ten to thirt}- feet, but occasionalh' a well had 
 to be dug to the depth of forty or fifty feet. Plent\' of stone of 
 good quality was to be found all over the country; and the 
 pioneers here were not compelled to do what the pioneers of 
 some parts of the western country have been ; to stone up their 
 wells with Cottonwood or other plank. 
 
 The well being dug and stoned up, it was completed for use 
 by a superstructure, then almost uiuxcrsal, but is now almost 
 entirely a thing of the past. A post ten <~>r twehe inches in 
 diameter and some ten feet high, with a crotched top was set 
 in the ground a few feet from the well. On a stout pin run- 
 ning through both arms of the crotch, was hung a heavy pole 
 
 i 
 
WINDLASSES AND I'UMI'S INTRODUCED. 11/ 
 
 or "sweep," often twent)' feet or more lon^r. the lar^^er end 
 resting on the <;rouncl. the smaller end rising in air, directly over 
 the well. To this was attached a smaller pole, reachin<^ to the 
 top of the well ; at the lower end of this pole huni;" the bucket, 
 the veritable " old oaken bucket, that huny; in the well," and 
 the process of drawini;- water consistetl in takintr lu)ld of the 
 small "well-pole" antl pulliiii;' down the small end of the 
 "sweep" till the bucket struck the water and was filled, and 
 then letting;" the butt end pull it out with some assistance. A 
 board curb about three feet square and nearK' the same heiL,dU 
 was placed around the top of the w ell to pre\ent children antl 
 others from fallint^- in. 
 
 The whole formed, for a lons^' time, a picturescjue antl far- 
 seen addition to nearl)- every dooryard in this section of coun- 
 tr\-. Once in a L;reat while some wealth}' citizen would have a 
 windlass ft)r raisin<;- water, but for over a tpiarter of a century 
 after the first settlements, a farmer nexer thought of having a 
 pump. St)metimes there was no well-sweep erected, but the 
 water was drawn up by hand with a pail, and a small pole with 
 a crotch or hook on the lower end. And st)metimes it was 
 drawn up with a pail and rope. At a later date water was 
 sometimes raised with a long rope running over a pulley with a 
 bucket attachetl to each end, and when one bucket came up 
 the other went down. At the present time water is nearl)' all 
 raised from wells b\' pumps of diflerent kinds. 
 
 THE OLD OAKEN BL'CKET. 
 How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood ! 
 
 When fond recollection presents them to view ; 
 The orchard, the meadow, the diep-tangled wild-wood, 
 
 And every loved spot which my mfancy knew; 
 The wide-spreading pond and the mill that stood by it 
 
 The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell. 
 The col of my father, the dairy house nigh it, 
 
 And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well; 
 The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — 
 
 The moss-covet 'd bucket which hung in the well. 
 
 That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure — 
 For often at noon, when return'd from the field, 
 
 I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure. 
 The purest snd sweetest that nature can yield. 
 
 How ardent I seized it with hands that were glowing, 
 
Il8 THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. 
 
 And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell : 
 Then soon, with the emblem of truth overfiowing. 
 
 And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well; 
 The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — 
 
 The moss-cover'd bucket arose from the well 
 
 How sweet from the green, mossy brim to receive it. 
 
 As poised on the curb it inclined to my lipsl 
 Not a full, blushing goblet could tempt me to leave "it, 
 
 Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. 
 And now, far removed from the loved situation. 
 
 The tear of regret will intrusively swell. 
 As fancy reverts to my father's plantation. 
 
 And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well; 
 The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket — 
 
 The moss-cover'd bucket which hangs in the well. 
 
 I'lONEER EEXCIN(;. 
 
 As the pioneer had more or less stock when he commenced 
 growing crops, some sort of fence was required. Probably the 
 records of ex^ery town organized in the Holland Purchase, down 
 to 1850, would show that at its first town meeting an ordinance 
 Avas passed, providing that horses and horned cattle should be 
 free commoners. Hogs, it was usually voted, should not be 
 free commoners ; while sheep held an intermediate position, 
 being sometimes allowed the liberty of the road, and some- 
 times doomed to the seclusion of the pasture. These ordi- 
 nances were changed from time to time as circumstances 
 seemed to require. The fence that was constructed the easiest 
 and cheapest by the pioneers and one that was frequently used 
 was a brush fence, or a "slash fence." It was made b\' felling 
 trees in together in a line in the desired direction. Where the 
 timber was thick and the trees large a brush fence could be 
 made that wt)u1c1 answer a good purpose for two or three 
 years. Another style of fence used was a log fence, which was 
 made by laying the logs one above the other in a line with the 
 ends lapping by each other, and resting upon sticks four to six- 
 inches in diameter, and three or four feet long, laid cross-wa\s 
 under the ends of each tier of logs. Log fence \\-as sometimes 
 made b}' cutting logs the proper length and la\'ing them after 
 the fashion of the common crooked rail fence. But as settle- 
 ments increased, the crooked rail fence or the " Virginia rail 
 
RAII., i;0.\Rr) AM) WIRF. FENCES. II9 
 
 fence," became the standanl protection for the L;"ro\\inn[ crops. 
 Rail spHttin_<( constituted an important part of the pioneer's 
 work. Equipped with ax, beetle and wedi^es, he would spend 
 weeks and months in transforminL;' the noble ash and cherr\- 
 into rails twehe feet loni;. 
 
 In the Spring; these were laid in fence, the bi^yest at the 
 bottom, one end of each rail below and the other abo\e, and 
 each " lengtli " of fence formin^^ an obtuse antj^le with that on 
 eitlier side. Four and a half feet was the usual height pre- 
 scribed b\' the town ordinances, but the farmer's standard of 
 efTicienc)' was a seven-rail fence, staked and ridered. Two 
 stout stakes were driven into the ground and crossed above the 
 sixth rail, at each corner, while on the crotch thus formed, was 
 laid a large rail, serving to add to the height and to keep the 
 others in place. Such a fence would (^ften reach the height of 
 six feet. This fence, somewhat modified, forms to this da)' a 
 considerable portion of the fence on man\- farms in the south 
 part of the county ; but the adoption of other styles of fence 
 and the scarcity of timber is fast driving the rail splitter and 
 his occupation from the field (or rather from the forest). The 
 kinds of timber from which rails were made, were chestnut, 
 oak, cherry, white ash, black ash, pine, hemlock, elm, basswood, 
 and sometimes beech and maple. 
 
 About 1830, board fences began to come into use; they were 
 generally made of boards sixteen feet long and six or eight 
 inches wide. The posts were six and one-half or seven feet 
 long, and set in the ground ab(jut eight feet apart, and the 
 boards nailed on. I'osts were sometimes made from small 
 trees hewed on one side, sometimes the\' were sawed, anci 
 sometimes s])lit out. The kind of timber used for posts was 
 generally cedar, oak, hemlock, cherry, chestnut and red beech. 
 .Another kind of fence was made of posts and rails; rails being 
 used instead of boards. Holes were mortised through the 
 posts and the ends of the rails fitted in. 
 
 Within the last few years wire fence has been introduced and 
 used to some extent. Posts are set in the ground and the wire 
 strung from post to post and fastened. Wire fence is made of 
 plain and barbed wire. The amount of barbed wire fence in 
 use is being increased considerabh- at the j)resent time. Cattle, 
 
I20 THE OLD-FASHIOXEl) BARNS. 
 
 horses, and other domestic animals are not now allowed by law 
 to run loose and feed aloni;" the highways, consequenth' fences 
 along the roads in front of meadows and cultivated fields are 
 frequently dispensed with. 
 
 FKA.Mt: BARNS. 
 
 After the pioneer had built his log house and had a piece of 
 land cleared and fenced, the next thing he needed was a barn. 
 Log barns were sometimes built but it was difficult to make 
 them large enough to store any considerable amount of wheat, 
 oats, rye and hay, and frame barns were generalh' built as soon 
 as lumber could be procured, anywhere in reasonable distance, 
 to enclose them. 
 
 Plenty of excellent timber was growing in the forest near b\', 
 and was quickly " got out," that is, cut down, scored and hewed 
 by the pioneer and his boys or hired help. The kinds of tim- 
 ber used in barn frames were generally rock elm, cherr}\ red 
 beech, ash, cucumber and pine. The timber was draw n on the 
 spot, and framed, and raised, and enclosed with hemlock or pine 
 boards, all running up and down. 
 
 There are several pioneer barns still standing and in use that 
 are more than sixty-five years old and the frames are "just as 
 good as new%" the beams in which are fourteen inches deep 
 and twelve inches thick, and the size of the sills and posts and 
 other timbers are in proportion. They are still covered with 
 the same old boards that first enclosed them, which are held on 
 by the same nails first driven. These barns were generally 
 forty feet long and thirty feet wide with posts from fourteen 
 . to sixteen feet high, and the roof put on with a " quar- 
 ter pitch." They were nearh' all constructed after the same pat- 
 tern, with a threshing floor and drive-wa\' near the center run- 
 ning crosswise of the building, being generalh^ twelve feet wide 
 by thirty long, with a stable at one end from ten to twelve feet 
 wide and thirty feet long, and about seven feet high, with a 
 scaffold overhead for grain, and on the other side of the thresh- 
 ing-floor was a bay, sixteen or eighteen feet wide and thirty feet 
 long, used for storing ha)-. In those days, horse-forks had not 
 been invented, and hay and grain were pitched on and off by 
 hand-forks, and when the barn was nearly full it had to be 
 
noUSKlIolJ) KU RN I ri'KK, KTC. 121 
 
 ])itchctl up ()\cr the " bi^ beam," which was about twelve feet 
 abo\e the floor. 
 
 A ii^c'At inan\' of those old-fashioned barns are still standin<r 
 and in use, but w itliin the last twenty-five years — since dairying 
 has l:)econie the princi[)al business of the farmers here and man\' 
 of the farms have been enlarged, and the number of cows kei)t 
 has been s^reatly increased — new and lar<^er barns have been 
 built, some of them one hundred feet loni;" and fort}' feet wide: 
 large enough to stable fifty to one hundred cows, and to hold 
 fodder enough to Winter them. The old-fashioned barns were 
 single-boarded, but barns built now are generalh- double boarded 
 or battened. 
 
 PRIMITIVE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AM) COOKING UTENSILS. 
 THE OVEN — THE OPEN EIRE-PLACE — THE OLD KITCHEN. 
 
 Household furniture was oftentimes limited as to variety, and 
 all told would show but a meager invoice. The first, an indis- 
 pensable article, was bed and bedding. Cooking utensils were 
 next in order, and these were at first chiefly such as the family 
 brought with them, with such additions as the skill and resources 
 of the head of the family could improvise. Beds and bedding 
 consisted of one or more feather beds and straw ticks filled with 
 straw, husks or fine boughs, with such covering as the family 
 means would permit. In many cases the feather bed was want- 
 ing and the straw tick filled with straw, husks or the boughs 
 of hemlock or pine were substituted, and in some cases the 
 straw ticks were wanting. In such a case the boughs were 
 skillfull}- prepared and spread in some convenient locality that 
 the tenement would permit. Often times the sleeping room for 
 the younger members of the family was located in the loft or 
 upper story of the house, and access was had by means of a 
 ladder. This upper lodging room was enjoyed only by those 
 whose building was high enough between the floors and roof. 
 Sometimes some other or less expensive room was provided. 
 The trundle bed was in frequent use, and when not being used 
 was pushed under the bed occupied b}' the older members of 
 the famil}-. Bedsteads were of various patterns; small poles 
 were cut of suitable length for the purpose, and an axe and 
 auger in skilful hands did the work. Cooking utensils were 
 
122 DOi\[ESTIC LMl'ROVE-MEX'lS. 
 
 limited in numbers. The " Johnnx'-cake board '" was a board 
 about ^tw'o feet lonj^ and from ei^ht to ten inches in width and 
 about one and one-fourtli or one and one-lialf inches in thick- 
 ness spHt out of some hard wood, generally white ash, and 
 planed smooth, set up obliquely before the fire. On this the 
 dough, which had been mixed ver\' thick so that it would sta}- 
 on, was spread and kept there until it baked sufficiently. There 
 were cast-iron kettles of \arious kinds with legs three inches in 
 length, the tea kettle, the spider with three legs, to keep the 
 bottom above the ashes when set upon the coals on the heartli, 
 sometimes the long handled frying pan and the iron bake ket- 
 tle. This kettle when in use was placed on a bed of coals and 
 coals piled on the iron cover, did the family baking. Some- 
 times when the weather permitted a hole was dug in the ground 
 out of doors and a fire made in it. When the ground was 
 properly heated the coals and ashes were removed in part and 
 the kettle with its contents placed therein and hot ct:)als piled 
 upon the co\'er, and in due time the baking was done. Some- 
 times a stone oven was built out of doors, and this became a 
 favorite family institution. After brick could be liad they were 
 built of this material, and sometimes tliey would be used in 
 common by the near neighbors. Other houseliold utensils 
 were of similar primitive patterns. Wooden dishes, bowls 
 and plates of rude construction were often used and some" 
 times pewter plates, basins and platters. Chairs and tables were 
 of various patterns. A seat made of boards with a high back 
 some fi\'e or six feet long and called a " settle," was used 
 frequently for children. Shelves arranged along the walls 
 of the house performed the work of cupboards, closets aiul 
 bureaus. And sometimes, where there was no stand, the 
 old famih' Hible ku' on the shelf. Hut as the years went by 
 the bus\' hands of the pioneer tolci upon his surroundings. 
 Broad and fertile fields took the place of j^atches. and large 
 frame barns that were burdened from foundation to ricige-pole 
 with the products of the soil had supplanted the log hovels. 
 Meantime the good wife's thrifty hands had not been idle_ 
 The flock of geese that she had reared and cared for, had sup- 
 plied her with the materials for several "spare beds," and the 
 loom and wheel had been the means of her laying up a goodh' 
 
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'I'liK L().\(i wixiKR i:\ K\i.\(;s. 123 
 
 store of woolens and linens to furnish a nioi'e comfortable 
 abode. 
 
 Sixty )'ears a_n"o frame houses be^an to take the ])lace of tile 
 log ones. In structure the}' differed l)ut little from those of 
 to-da\' — sa\e in one feature — e\"er\- main room in the house 
 whether parlor, sitting-room or kitchen, was supplied with an 
 open fire-place. That in the kitchen was much lari^er and 
 alwa\'s so arrans^ed that it contained a brick o\en in one of the 
 jambs. This o\'en was used as often as once a week to do the 
 family bakintjj, and around the kitchen fire, usually, the famih- 
 ])assed the lonq; winter evenin_<^^s. The children in readinij; or con- 
 ninij lessons that must be recited to the district pedai^ot^ue the 
 "followini^ day. in peelini^ beech nuts or roastinL( chestnuts in the 
 embers, or crackiuL;' butternuts in the corner. 
 
 Perhaps an elder member of the famih' would read aloud 
 "Tales of the Arabian Ni<;'hts,"" "Thaddeus of Warsaw," or 
 the fate of ])ot)r " Charlotte Temple." But change, inexorable 
 change is stamped on e\-er}'thing that pertains to kitclien life 
 of 60 years ago. The range and cook sto\e ha\'e supplanted 
 the fire place of our father's time, with its rudd}' and welcome 
 cheer, and in its banishment vanished many of the fondest 
 joys that belong to childhood's home anci years. The good 
 wife's household burdens may have been greatly ameliorated by 
 the new order of things, but when modern improvement 
 invaded the old-fashioned kitchen, and banished the " ingle 
 side," we felt it to be sacrilege, and as a descendant of the pio- 
 neers, we feel called upon to earnestly protest against the 
 change. Think of listening to '• folk-lore," or fair\' tales b)- 
 the side of a coal stove, or playing "blind man's buff," and 
 "hunt the slip|)er" around a range. No. we say it, and with- 
 out fear of contradiction, that when the fireplace was banished 
 from (Hir yXmerican homes, one of its sacred and most endear- 
 ing altars was destroyed. The old fireplace with its endearing 
 associations has attuned many a lyre, and poets have sung its 
 praises. No fool of a poet ever attempted to immortalize a 
 coal stove or cooking range in verse; nor ever will. Coal 
 and cast-iron are too practical and onl\' used to "save fuel." 
 We are not in enmit}' to the cook sto\-e in its proper place, but 
 the family sitting-room should be supplied with an open fire. 
 
124 THE DYE-HOUSE OF EARLY Tr^rES. 
 
 cither of wood or coal. It is far healthier and a thousand 
 times pleasanter. 
 
 (ARDINO. SI'INXIXO AND WEAYINCi. 
 
 The first process in manufacturing wool into cloth, after 
 proper cleansing, was to pick and card it, or prepare it for 
 spinning. This work had to be performed by hand for there 
 were no carding-machines in operation at the time we speak of. 
 Hand-cards were of simple construction ; similar in shape to 
 the horse-card of the present day, only larger and of finer wire. 
 Two cards were required, a right and left, and the wool was 
 worked or manipulated between these into rolls. The mother, 
 or the grandmother, or the maiden aunt generally performed 
 this duty, and these rolls were spun into threads on the "big 
 wheel." After which the )'arn was reeled from the spindle into 
 skeins, again scoured, and it was ready for coloring. The 
 domestic colors were of different shades. If " sheep's grey," 
 the color was obtained b\' taking two fleeces of white wool and 
 mixing it \\'ith one fleece of black. If brown was desired, it 
 was obtained by boiling the yarn in a solution of butternut 
 bark, copperas and alum. If purple, Nicaraugua wood obtained 
 at the store entered largeh- into the composition of the dye. 
 If blue, it was immersed in " }'e " ancient dye-tub, and was 
 called coloring " indigo blue." What juvenile of those days 
 can ever forget the odors that arose when the process of wring- 
 ing out the }'arn was going on. Madder red was one of the 
 favorite colors, a color that was more or less worn by the 
 famih' during the winter. The materials for producing this 
 color had to be obtained at the village store. Flannel cloth of 
 different colors, wo\'en after the manner of " Scotch plaid," 
 was much worn b\' women and girls. The noise of the spin- 
 ning wheels would commence in early fall, and its low , busy, 
 humming drone would be heard far into the Winter. A mother 
 or an elder sister's bus\' feet usualh- trod to and fro to its music, 
 and generally her voice in "Silver Street," or "Camden," or some 
 other of those dear old melodies of the olden time would 
 accompan\' it. .Vh ! ye boys and girls w ith siKer locks, who 
 number the seasons that have come and gone to \'ou in the 
 sixties, at the mention of thi.s, do not your thougiits turn back 
 
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126 THE OLl) SPINNINC; WHEEL. 
 
 through the great gap of years to that fairy-lancl, "mother's 
 kitchen, and her spinning-wheel." and do not the thoughts that 
 linger around the old open fire-place, the glow of the embers, 
 and the giant shadows of the revoK'ing wheel upon the wall 
 on those long Winter excnings, burn brighter in memory than 
 aught else. This labor, like all the handicraft performed about 
 the household in those days, was long and tedious. Just imagine 
 the countless number of steps that would be required to form 
 the warp and woof for ninety or one hundred yards of flannel, 
 drawn out at a single thread at a time. Ikit this was the only 
 way the pioneer mothers had of protecting those who were 
 dear and near to her from Winter's chilling reign, and the 
 spinning was not the only work that had to be performed 
 before it ^\■as ready for use. The yarn must be reeled from 
 the spindle — the operator holding the thread with one hand 
 while the other turned the reel, and the bus}- brain numbered 
 the revolutions into "knots" and "skeins." The warj) was 
 then spooled on the " quill wheel," and the si)0()ls were placed 
 in the " scam," and the \'arn warped onto the " bars." From 
 here the warp was wound or beamed onto the beam and then 
 passed through the harnesses and then through the reed. The 
 woof or filling was quilled on the same little w heels into bob- 
 bins or quills, and was then read}- for the shuttle and the 
 weaver. I^^rom fort}- to fift}' }'ari,ls was the custt)mar}' length 
 of the webs. Perhaps the same hands that picked the wool 
 performed the rest of the labor, and the fabric was termed 
 " home-made," or " home-spun," a definition literally true. 
 
 THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL. 
 Broken, dismantled ! would that it were mine : 
 
 I would not keep it in that dusty nook, 
 Where tangled cobwebs cross and interwine, 
 
 And grim old spiders from their corners look. 
 
 From distaff, band and polished rim, ere hung 
 
 The dusty meshes. Black the spindle is, 
 Crooked and rusty — a dead, silent tongue. 
 
 That once made whirring music — there it lies. 
 
 Oh. dear to me is this forsaken thing ! 
 
 1 gaze upon it and my eyes grow dim ; 
 For I can see my mother, hear her sing, 
 
 As winds the shining thread and whirls the rim. 
 
IHK FI.AX IM>rS'Ik\. 127 
 
 So sweet she sang ! her youngest on her knee — 
 
 Now a warble, now some fine old hyiin. 
 Sublime, exultant, full of victory. 
 
 Triumphant as the songs of seraphim. 
 
 Sweet toiler 1 through her life of crowded care, 
 While grief came oft, and pain and weariness 
 
 Till swelled the anthem, still was breathed the prayer, 
 Till death came clasping with his cold caress. 
 
 She sings no more ; beside the chimney wide 
 
 No more she spins. Years come and go ; 
 Above her grave upon the lone hill side 
 
 The snow drifts lie, the summer grasses grow. 
 
 RAISIN(;, DRESSING AND Sl'INNIN(; I l.AX. 
 Flax was an indispensible necessity to the pioneer, and its 
 culti\ation was observed by all. This commodit)' was never 
 raised for commerce or barter b\' the pioneer, but its uses were 
 purely domestic, suppl}'ing all the sewinj^' thread and it took the 
 place of cotton for all purposes that this staple article is used 
 in to-da\'. It furnished a g'ood share of the summer clothini.>' 
 of the famil}-, and entered largely into the comforts and con- 
 veniences of the household. Its cultivation was simple and 
 easN', and required no more attention than the raising of oats or 
 wheat, or the rest of the cereals sa\e in its harx'est. Instead of 
 being reaped it was pulled up, the dirt shook out of the roots, 
 and laid in " ga\els." When sufficiently dry it was bcnmd into 
 bundles and "shocked," where it would remain until perfecth- 
 cured. Then it would pass to the threshing floor and be sub- 
 ject to a sex'ere "head-beating" that removed all the seeds 
 from the "bell" or "heads." After this it was taken to some 
 convenient grass plot and spread upon the ground in swaths 
 and left to the action of the elements until the wood\- portion 
 of the stalks had become thoroughh* rotten and brittle. Then 
 again it was bound into bundles and taken to the barn where it 
 was ready for the brake. By the aid of this implement the 
 operator would commence and continue the breaking process 
 until the wooden substance of the stalk was broken or loosened 
 from the outside fiber or bark. After passing through this 
 process it is "swingled," b\' taking as much as you can conven- 
 iently hold in the hand, hanging it across the sharp edge of a 
 board fixed for the [Hirpose, while with the other hand you beat 
 
128 ACRICULTUKAL IMl'LEMKXTS. 
 
 it with a wooden knife some two feet long, this is done to 
 remov^e all the " shieves." After it has been thoroughly 
 swingled, it is taken to the " hetchel," where the silken fibers 
 of the flax is combed into " hanks," with the same ease that 
 one of our modern belle combs out her " switch," and this flax 
 is ready for the " distaff." This is a very simple affair, gener- 
 ally cur. from the top of a little maple, not over half an inch in 
 diameter with four little protruding branches, which are bent 
 together and fastened at the top. This distaff is set in a socket, 
 which allows it to turn, the flax is loosely bound around, a few 
 of the fibers are attached to the spindle of the little wheel, the 
 foot is placed upon the treadle and the spinning has com- 
 menced, the thread that runs through the flyers to the spindle 
 turns the distaff and supplies the spindle with flax. The tow 
 was carded and spun as you would wool, on a big wheel. 
 
 THE HULL PLOW AND CROTCH DRAG. 
 
 In pioneer days, farming implements were of rude construc- 
 tion and most of their parts were the works of the farmer's 
 hands. The " bull plow" that was in common use sixty years 
 ago was made mostly of wood. The plow-share and land-side 
 were made b}' the blacksmith out of wrought iron, with the 
 point laid with steel and all in one section. The mold-board 
 was of wood and split out of a winding log or tree, and worked 
 clown to about one and one-half inches in thickness, and in size 
 and shape similar to the mold-boards of cast-iron plows. The 
 crotch-drag was almost entirely a natural production, and a 
 description of which may be found in the article on milling, 
 was used, only this drag must be furnished with nine or eleven 
 teeth, some twelve inches in length and one inch in diameter. 
 The capital " A " will give a good idea of this drag. One of 
 the teeth is set in the apex, or point, where the draught is 
 attached while each right and left arm is pierced by an equal 
 number of teeth, which were of steel or iron. 
 
 The author, then a lad of some dozen years, has a \i\'id 
 recollection of the practical workings of this drag upon a 
 newl)'-burned fallow: how il would jerk and tip, hop and skip 
 along until it would find something to fasten upon, when things 
 would be brought up standing; then there would be a season 
 
'JHE .\E\VLV-CLEAR1£1) [.AND. \ 2i) 
 
 of tugging and liftiiiL; <ind hallowing, and the drag would be 
 tided over the obstacle only to be lifted again and again to 
 clear its teeth of roots, sods or brush, or to remove it again 
 from its anchorage on some treacherous root or stum]). In a 
 few years the plowing of his ground must be performed, and 
 that was a task which, to be full)' appreciated, one must ha\'e 
 had some practical experience, great patience, forbearance, and 
 an unfaltering faith in a bountiful Providence. Oh. )'e modern 
 tillers of the soil who ride at careless ease upon your improved 
 " sulky plows," could you ha\e witnessed the breaking of this 
 self-same sod by '' Old (jrimes " sixty or seventy years ago 
 with that same old " bull plow ," all your fine-spun theories of 
 scientific farming and performing this work b\' inanimate force 
 w ould ha\e departed as " \-anishes the dew before morning's 
 sun !" And could \ou have heard the language employed b\' 
 " Old Grimes " w hen that plow anchored under the big roots 
 of a stump and he undertook to "gee" "them" steers and 
 the\' " hawed," and in doing so, traveled on one of his corns, we 
 fear that your faith in the native goodness of that old gentle- 
 man would liave been terribK' shaken. Instances of the remark- 
 able patience of Job under trying circumstances are given but 
 it is not recorded anywhere that he ever dragged with a " crotch 
 drag " or plowed with a bull plow among the roots and stumps 
 on a newh'-cleared piece of land. 
 
 " He that by his plow would thrive 
 llimself must either hold or drive," 
 
 Is an adage that t(j-day wi)uld be questionable, but the pioneer 
 not onl)- was comjielled to //<>M, but it was ///_if, ///'/, p//s/i and 
 />//// until e\er\' bone had its own ])eculiar ache. There are 
 very few to-da\' who look upon the practical working of the 
 machinerx' now employed in farming who ha\e any just con- 
 ception of the toils, trials and hardships that w ere endured b)- 
 the pioneers who (icvotcd tluir lives to making the countr)- what 
 it now is. 
 
 MILLINC;. 
 
 The first mill south of the reservation was built by Daniel 
 
 Smith in 1805. It was of rude construction, built of logs 
 
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I30 
 
 ADVENT OF THE CiRIST MILL. 
 
 with wooden gearing and had a capacity of grinding only 
 from five to six bushels of corn per day. This mill was located 
 on a small stream in the Town of East Hamburg. The follow- 
 ing year, John Cummings erected a grist mill on the Eighteen- 
 Mile creek, a mile or so below Water Valley, in the Town of 
 Hamburg. This was the first mill built, that did a general 
 business of grinding, south of the Reservation. 
 
 In 1809, Joseph Yaw built a grist mill in the town of Boston. 
 In 1812, Jacob Taylor erected another at Taylor Hollow, in 
 the town of Collins, and in 18 14 Benjamin Gardner built one 
 in S.pringville. These mills supplied the pioneers for a few 
 years with the necessary material for bread, and the task of 
 doing the family milling was no slight one. The roads were 
 
 GOINi; TO MILL. 
 
 but little better than a bridle path, and sometimes three days 
 would be consumed in coming and going where the pioneer 
 lived remote. The task was performed in various ways. When 
 the distance would allow, the head of the family would sling a 
 grist across one shoulder, and by occasionally resting and shift- 
 ing it was transported in this way; or again the grist would be 
 placed upon the back of a horse and a boy set upon this and 
 sent to mill ; sometimes several boys would come to the same 
 mill in this way on the same day, but more often where the 
 distance was of any consideration, the " drag" was used. This 
 conveyance was almost a natural production and called but little 
 skill in its construction. 
 
 The first to be done was to select a tree that threw out two 
 main branches, seven to eight inches in diameter and as many 
 
CLOTHINC ()]•■ TllK l'I().\Ki:i<. I3I 
 
 tcct in length. These branches formed a " dra^;," or the letter 
 V. Now champer the under side of the "drai^" at tlie nose, 
 where the draft is to be attached, upwards and to a point. 
 This gives it the shape of a sled runner and allows it to slide 
 over all obstacles without hindrance. Across the top of the 
 dray place split planks and fasten them; aflix two stakes at 
 the rear to prexent the load from slipping off and you have it. 
 This could be used in all seasons and was niuch more conveni- 
 ent than the ox sled where the ways were different. On this 
 the grist was put. the oxen attached, and the jMoneer set out 
 for the mill, almost through an unbroken wilderness. If tlie 
 distance was great, rations for himself and team would be 
 carried. Sometimes the drag would carr}- grists for the entire 
 neighborhood and the milling would be done by turns. 
 
 THE MANUFACTURE OF CLOTHINC;, BOOTS AND SHOES. 
 
 A marked change has taken place in everything that apper- 
 tains to the production of wearing apparel. Such a thing as 
 ready-made clothing, or even boots and shoes was unknown sixt}' 
 or seventy years ago. The good housewife received the cloth 
 for the Winter's clothing (mostly, perhaps, the work of her own 
 hands) from the fuller and dresser, and then she was ready for the 
 tailoress, who came and remained until the garments for the 
 family were cut and made. Their services were always in good 
 demand during Fall and early Winter. These sewing girls (usu- 
 ally two worked in company) would cut and fit and ba.ste and 
 prepare, and then push forward the garments to final completion. 
 They passed from home to home, and comfort and good cheer 
 was sure to accompany them. The very nature of their calling 
 afforded them opjjortunities of becoming well qualified to con- 
 verse on all subjects of general interest, and rendered them 
 agreeable and interesting compan\% and their advent in the 
 family, was hailed, more especialh' by the younger members, 
 with feelings akin to gratitude; for perhaps it was their skilled 
 fingers that were to improvise for the first time " those pants," 
 and " that roundabout"with caudal appendage, that makes ever\- 
 bo\- feel that he has reached a certain stage where his impor- 
 tance is recognized and acknowledged. 
 
 Pants and vests were made up for all the male, members of 
 
132 BOOTS AND SHOES FOR THE WINTER. 
 
 the family old enough to wear them, and for the father and 
 young men, these were fashioned according to the prevailing 
 styles, " cutaways," or else high collared, straight bodied, or 
 swallow-tailed coats, " all buttoned down before," with metal 
 buttons which perhaps had done service for several years on 
 one or more preceding coats. The boys were all provided 
 with roundabouts of fulled cloth or Linsey-Wolsc}', and fre- 
 quently with cloth caps of various styles made at home. 
 
 And it was the custom in early times to have the itinerant 
 shoemaker visit the pioneer homes and there to remain and 
 labor until the family were supplied with boots and shoes. 
 Generally the pioneer furnished his home for the Winter with 
 beef of his own raising, and the skins of the animals were usually 
 taken to the tanner and made into leather upon shares, and fur- 
 nished the family with boots and shoes. The luxury of wearing 
 boots was not often indulged in by the boys, but a compromise 
 was effected and high shoes with knit leggings sufficed for all 
 occasions, and when attired in these with " roundabout " and 
 pants to correspond, there was just about as much importance 
 done up in the small boy of sixty ot seventy years ago as 
 there is to-day. 
 
 The women and girls were supplied with boots make of calf 
 skin, while boots and shoes for men and boys were made of 
 cow-hide Sometimes the boots and shoes for the family would 
 not be made up until after the snow had covered the ground 
 for several weeks, and a few instances are mentioned when boys 
 had neither boots or shoes and went without either all Winter, 
 and even attended school barefooted. 
 
 MAKING BLACK SALTS. 
 
 In the early settlement of the Holland Purchase, as Western 
 New York was called, " black salts " was one of the valuable 
 productions of this portion of the country. As it was for the 
 most part heavily timbered and the necessity of clearing up the 
 land for farming purposes furnished wood ashes in abundance. 
 These ashes were either sold at the ashery and there converted 
 into potash or were worked up by the owners and made into 
 "black salts." The ashes were carefully housed, protected from 
 the wet and put into leaches, made in various ways as the 
 
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THE BLACK SALTS TRADE. 
 
 133 
 
 means at the command of the owner's permitted. By a con- 
 tinuous hberal wetting with water soon the lye began to run, 
 which was boiled down in iron kettles until it became a mass of 
 black salts, which had a cash value at the nearest point where an 
 ashery was located. The money thus obtained was very largely 
 the only resources from which money could be had by the 
 early settlers. And not only in the clearing of the farms was 
 black salts manufactured, but very often, when other employ- 
 ment was wanting, the new-comer, the mechanic and others, who 
 
 MAKING BLACK SALTS. 
 
 were not otherwise employed, would go to the nearest un-. 
 claimed land, cut and burn timber for the ashes it would pro- 
 duce and make black salts. The ashes from the elm were the 
 best, sugar maple, beech, birch and other hard wood were next, 
 while hemlock, pine and other soft wood was nearly useless. 
 Black salts were manufactured into "pearl ash;" the ashes pur- 
 chased at the ashery were manufactured into potash, which 
 were commodities for export and enter largely into the numer- 
 ous preparations of potash in use for medical and mechanical 
 purposes at the present da\'. There was a great deal of laborious 
 
134 THE MIRTHFUL HUSKING BEES. 
 
 work about this industr}\ as it took twenty bushels of ashes 
 to produce lOO pounds of salts, and these when hauled to the 
 market would bring only about $2.50 or at the highest $3.00 
 per cwt. Great care had to be used in boiling or evaporating 
 this lye to the proper consistency lest it should be burned, 
 but, as we said before, it was about the only industry that sold 
 for cash and early pioneers were compelled to lay by a little 
 money to satisfy the demands of the tax gatherer. 
 
 HUSKINC BEES, APPLE BEES AND QUILTINGS. 
 
 When the ripened corn had been cut and marshalled into 
 shocks, "husking bees" were common to the season. These 
 gatherings like the other "bees" of pioneer days, were when 
 the work performed was paramount, and when the honest, 
 hearty good will of the participants entered largely into the 
 joy of the occasion. These gatherings were participated in by 
 nearly all. If the corn was to be husked in the field, prepara- 
 tion would be made by drawing all the shocks that stood con- 
 veniently near, around one common center. This formed the 
 buskers' arena, and here they would assemble upon some moon- 
 lit night designated, and strip the yellow corn of its covering;, 
 meanwhile stories would be told, farming discussed and songs 
 sung. After husking a sufficient amount the host would invite 
 his guests to the house, where a collation awaited their coming, 
 consisting of pumpkin pies, doughnuts, cider and cheese. 
 After doing ample justice to these refreshments, the fragments 
 would be picked up, chairs and tables would disappear, the en- 
 livening strains of a violin would fall upon the ear, perhaps in 
 the " Monnie Musk " or the " Opera Reel." As by instinct, a 
 new life seemed to possess the buskers: the old forgot their 
 years and the weary their toils; partners were chosen; two 
 columns stood facing across the old kitchen floor that were soon 
 keeping step and time to those grand old melodies, and which 
 would be kept up until near the hour of morning. If the 
 husking was to be done indoors, the great threshing floor would 
 be filled to overflowing with shocks of corn. Chairs would be 
 furnished the aged and punij:)kins sufficed for seats for the 
 young, and the work would go on as " merry as a marriage 
 ell," until the floor was cleared of its burden of shocks, and in 
 
APPLK BEES AND QUII/riNGS. 1 35 
 
 tlicir place was a heap of <^oIden cc^rii. The (jld-fashioned tin 
 hmterns were arran<^cd along the great swing beam, and fur- 
 nished the workers with light. 
 
 One of the first things that occupied the attention of the 
 pioneer here was the planting of an orchard ; in a few years 
 these orchards yielded an abundance, and " apple bees " were 
 in order, and, like the huskings, they brought out a full house. 
 The fruit would be stored conveniently near and brought into 
 the old kitchen by the basketful, where an active, busy scene 
 would be witnessed — some paring, some quartering and coring, 
 some stringing and all talking, laughing and enjoying them- 
 selves. Paring machines were not known, and this work was 
 done with a knife the same as you would pare potatoes to-day. 
 There is nothing but the stringing that needs an explanation. 
 The stringer was armed with a long needle, most generally 
 improvised out of a knitting needle, with an eye large enough 
 to carry a strong string of linen twine. The needle was held 
 in the right hand and the quarters were placed upon its sharp 
 point with the left, and when it was full it was drawn through 
 the apples, leaving them upon the string as you would string 
 beads. This operation had to be repeated until the string was 
 full ; then the ends were tied and it was ready to be hung up to 
 dry. Most generally this work would continue until the walls 
 or ceiling of the old kitchen were deeply festooned with the 
 drying fruit. Then would follow the repast to be closed with 
 playing or dancing and sometimes both. 
 
 Quiltings were fashionable at all times, and differed but ver\- 
 little from the rest of the merry makings save in this : the mat- 
 rons and maidens would most generally meet in the afternoon 
 and the "quilt" would be finished and taken from the frames 
 before the swains put in an appearance. When this was the 
 case the dance would commence at early candle light and be 
 continued for three or four hours; then an intermission of half 
 an hour or so for rest and refreshments ; the latter would be 
 passed around, and again on would go the dances, sometimes 
 closing at midnight and sometimes not until the "dawning of 
 the day." Sometimes these quiltings forestalled a wedding, 
 and many of the spectacle-wearing grandamesof this age, though 
 for them the nightingale's song of love ceased long ago, and 
 
1.0 THE I'RIMITIVE SCHOOL-HOUSES. 
 
 the flowers of }'Outh have faded and been swept awa}- , \'et with 
 them still lingers some of the bright hopes of their sweet 
 maiden years, and they will pause and ponder with fond recol- 
 lection at the mere mention of these " merry-makings." 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 It is a credit that is due to the earl)- pioneer to say that he 
 realized the benefits to be derived from an education that has 
 been of vast importance to the succeeding generations, for 
 whenever there were scholars enough to form a class a school 
 was organized, a teacher secured and the Summers and Winters 
 were devoted by the young to acquiring an education. This 
 was the case in the earliest days of the settlement, and before a 
 saw-mill had been built. Sometimes the pioneer's humble 
 abode contained more space than was actually needed b)' tlie 
 famih', and this was used as a school room. Sometimes the 
 log barn sufficed for the Summer's term, and sometimes several 
 terms would be taught in this way before the building cf a 
 school house or the organization of a school district, and per- 
 haps in good time a central site would be secured, a day named 
 when the whole neighborhood would turn out and the body of 
 a log school house would rise, as by magic, and another day 
 would witness the covering, and perhaps the labor of another 
 day would be all that was required to fit it for occupation. 
 Generally egre.ss was had at one end, while the stick chimne)' 
 and Dutch fire-place occupied the other. Two or three single 
 windows (according to the size of the room) on a side admitted 
 the light ; a single row of desks was arranged along the walls 
 with benches to correspond. These were occupied by the 
 older or more advanced scholars, while the inner circle was 
 occupied by the juveniles on benches to correspond. Perhaps 
 some patron would supply the teacher with a splint-bottomed 
 chair, and he or she would keep ward and watch over the 
 "young idea" from the center of the room. 
 
 These teachers were supposed to be proficient in the com- 
 mon English branches and most all that our venerable ances- 
 tors knew of these rudiments were acquired in these log school- 
 rooms. 
 
 At times more pains would be taken in the erection of these 
 
KARLV SCHOOL RECORDS. I 37 
 
 buil(liiiq;s. Tlic lo^s that were to form the walls were squared 
 to the desired thickness by scoriiiL;- and hewini^, and when care 
 was used in jilaciiii;" them into the walls they formed a very 
 comfortable and substantial building". These were termed 
 "block houses," and when adorned with brick chimne)'s and 
 double windows they were cjuite imposin^^ in appearance and 
 spoke well of the public si)irit and liberality of the patrons. 
 Just as sooji as sawed lumber could be i)rocured the log school 
 house was supplanted by the framed one. Those differed but 
 very little from those of the present, save in the modern im- 
 provements that ha\-e been made b\- the introduction of the 
 box stox'c in heatint;" and the patent desks and benches now- 
 used in the most ot our schools. 
 
 The uliool fund at the time we s|)eak w as but a mere pit- 
 tance, being less than thirt}'-seven cents per scholar, and most 
 of the teachers' wages were raised by a rate-bill. The teachers 
 were also required to board around among the patrons of the 
 school, and the amount of board was regulated by the number 
 of scholars sent by the several families, and the wood was also 
 furnished for the school by the patrons in the same manner. 
 
 Unfortunateh' we have no records that extend farther back 
 than 1832-3, and this record is not only worthy of preserva- 
 tion, as a period in the history of our schools, but it gives us a 
 true idea of the character and ability of the inen who were the 
 prominent actors of half a century ago. \V'e give the report 
 vcrbati}>L, dated I<S33 : 
 
 " To the Commissioners of Common Schools of the Town of 
 Concord: We the trustees of school district number five in 
 said town in conformity with the statutes for the support of 
 common schools, do certif\- and report. That the whole time 
 any school has been kept in our district during the \'ear 
 ending on the date hereof, and since the date of the last 
 report, such schools has been kept by teachers duly appointed 
 and approved in all respects according to law, is seven 
 months, that the amount of money received in our district 
 from the commissioners of common schools during the said 
 year and since said last report is tii<cnty-)ii)ic dollars and fifteen 
 cents, and that the same has been expended in paying the 
 wages of teachers, who were duly appointed and approved 
 
i^S 
 
 REPORT OF SCHOOr. TRUSTEES. 
 
 in all respects according to law. That the number of children 
 taught in said district during said year and since said last report 
 is ninety. 
 
 " And that the number of children residing in our district on 
 the first day of Januar}% instant, who are over five and under 
 sixteen years of age is s ev c tit y -nine, and that the names of the 
 parents or other persons with whom such children respectively 
 reside and the number residing with each are as follows, viz.: 
 
 NAMES OF PATRONS, NUMBER OF SCHOLARS AND AMOUNT OF 
 WOOD FURNISHED. 
 
 Calvin Blake 
 
 Abiel Blodgett. . . 
 Sylvester Russell . . 
 
 Phineas Scott 
 
 Enoch Sinclear . . . 
 
 — Green 
 
 Amasa Loveridge. 
 James Anthony . . . 
 George A. Stewart 
 Jarvis Thompson. . 
 Orrin Loveridge. . 
 
 John House 
 
 Harry House 
 
 James Flemings.. 
 
 3 
 
 3 ! 
 
 2 ! 
 
 4 ii 
 
 2 i 
 
 2 I 
 
 3 i 
 
 2 
 
 4 |i' 
 
 3 ; ; 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 |i 
 3 • 
 
 Va cord 
 
 Ebenezer Blake . . 6 
 Benjamin Fay. ... 3 
 Amos Stanbro. . . 5 
 Ebenezer Ferrin.. 4 i 
 Printis Stanbro. ..41 
 Ephram A. Briggs 4 i 
 Noah Townsend. . i 
 Constant Trevitt. . 2 
 Asa Phillips, Jr. . . i 
 Barzilla Briggs. . . i 
 
 Isaac Russell 2 
 
 Amasiah Ashman., 4 li 
 Samuel Twichell.. I 2 I 
 Metzgar i 
 
 !79l 
 
 13^ cords 
 
 3/ " 
 
 " And we further report that our school has been visited by 
 the Inspector of Common Schools during the year preceding 
 this report twice, and that the sum paid for teachers' wages 
 over and above the public moneys apportioned to said district 
 during the same year amounts to $35.00. 
 
 " Dated at Concord the first day of January, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand eieht hundred and thirt\--three. 
 
 Benjamin Fav, j 
 
 Enoch Sinclear, - Trustees. 
 
 Amasiah Ashman. \ 
 
 Noah Townsend, Clerk." 
 
INNOCENT PASTIMES OF LONG A(;o. 1 39 
 
 THE SPELLING SCIIOOF,. 
 
 There is not one scholar of fifty or sixt\- \'ears ago Hving 
 to-day but what has a \'ivid recollection of the " spelling 
 school," and though it was a " long spell " ago, and many a sad 
 "spell" since then has cast its shadows over the hearts of 
 scholars and teachers, still these lines will bring to memory one 
 of the brightest "spells" on life's pathway. 
 
 Word had been given out a week or so beforehand. The 
 invitation was made general, not only to those who belonged 
 t(^ the district, but those of other districts were welcomed, and 
 their presence was sure to add greater interest to the occasion. 
 The elder scholars in several households had been requested to 
 bring candles to give light while some of the older girls would 
 stay over to give the school-house an extra sweeping, and to 
 see also that the fire was kept brightly burning. Their busy 
 hands were never idle, — the door, the windows and the walls 
 of the room would be deeply festooned with evergreens that 
 grew abundant and near, and when the room was all ablaze 
 with light from the great open fire, and the burning candles 
 fixed all along the walls, the sight, to the youthful imagination, 
 was truly enchanting. Then, as the appointed time drew near 
 and the scholars began to assemble, some on foot and some on 
 sleds and sleighs, what shouts of joy would greet the ear as 
 these vehicles drew up to the door and turned out their loads 
 of happy, merry-hearted boys and girls. These sleds and 
 sleighs were great institutions of their time, and they performed 
 an important part in the Winter's merry-makings. Like the 
 omnibus, there was always room for one more, and upon these 
 occasions the great box would be filled with clean, bri"-ht 
 straw, and then they would start out and gather them in as 
 they passed from house to house until they had reached their 
 destination. Perhaps the driver wielded an ox gad and the 
 pace was slow, but it was free from danger and full of innocent 
 fun. In good time all would be assembled before the great 
 log fire. Hats and hoods, capes and cloaks, would be placed 
 upon shelves or hung upon the wall, and after all had become 
 sufificiently warm, the teacher would step to the desk, the 
 laughing and talking would cease. Two of the best spellers 
 were generally selected to choose sides. " Cuts " were drawn 
 
I40 FRIENDSHIPS FORMED AT 'SPELLING SCHOOL. 
 
 for the first choice, and the choosers would take their places 
 on the opposite sides of the room face to face. Then the one 
 who had won first choice would call out the name of a favorite 
 speller, and he or she would be marshalled on that side, and 
 likewise the second choice would be made by the other chooser, 
 and this alternate choosing would go on until ever}^one 
 present had been invited to take a part, and two long columns 
 sat facing each other. 
 
 Now some of the spectators present would be chosen to keep 
 " tally." The master would step to the head, with book in 
 one hand and candle in the other, a word would be pronounced 
 to the right, then to the left, and so on, until everyone in the 
 lines had spelled in turn. A word missed by a speller on the 
 right, and passed to the left and corrected, was scored a point 
 for the left. A word missed by a speller on the left, and 
 passed to the right and corrected, was scored a point for the 
 right. A word missed on the left, passed to the right and 
 missed again, and passed back and corrected, was termed 
 saved and no score made, and vice versa. 
 
 What a conflict of emotions filled the hearts of those young 
 spellers as the words were dealt out right and left. How when 
 the words grew hard there might have been a little blue-eyed 
 divinity in pink frock and cheeks in that row of spellers, that 
 made your boyish heart tremble every time she undertook to 
 wrestle with a hard word. How you longed to be by her side, 
 if only to prompt her, for you know there were friendships 
 formed at those spelling-schools of fifty and sixty years ago 
 that burn brightl}- to-day, and will continue to burn until the 
 hands are folded across the peaceful breast, and you feel that 
 life's brightest spell for you has gone, when these same loving 
 blue eyes are forever closed. 
 
 As the spelling began at " Baker " to give the younger ones 
 a chance, nearly half the evening has gone. The book is closed 
 and fifteen minutes are given for intermission, when all is fun 
 and frolic. Fhe master would snuff the candles and brand up 
 the fire, aiid at times he too would enter into the merry-mak- 
 ings. The fifteen minutes are up and teacher and scholars 
 again take their places, and two more scholars, perhaps 
 \'ounger. are selected t<^ choose up, and the same programme 
 
 i 
 
CONCLUSION OF TIIK SI'KI.I,I\(; MAICFl. I4I 
 
 is carried out as before, aiul should it be your fate to be clioseii 
 next to " your girl," the enjo)"nieiit of the occasion would be 
 i^reatl)- heightened. 
 
 The teacher is perhaps assisted b\- a teacher from some 
 neighboring school ; or perhaps b}- some competent citizen of 
 the district present ; or by some one of the more advanced 
 scliolars, and the spelling would proceed for a while as before, 
 and the evening's exercises would be brought to a cU^se 
 by " spelling down."' The. teacher recjuests the school to 
 rise, and then the spelling proceeds as before, from right 
 to left, and from left to right, with this difTerence, that 
 when a scholar missed a wf)rd, they took their seats, and 
 those only who remained standing continued to spell. The 
 words simple at first grew harder and harder, and these spellers 
 go down as grass falls before the mower's scythe, and as the 
 ranks of the spellers decrease, the interest in the contest 
 increases ; and so close was the attention, and so great the 
 interest, that the falling of a pin might have been heard, and 
 even the trembling limbs and voices of the spellers added 
 more and more to the intense interest of the occasion. The 
 master has exhausted all the hard words in the common les- 
 sons ; the tallow candles burn low; the younger scholars stretch 
 and yawn in their drowsiness, and the master's voice has a 
 wear}' husky tone, still the gladiators keep their places. Then 
 the master closes his book and drops his head as if about 
 to retire x'anquished, but he was only preparing strateg)' and 
 he pronounces out a word not found in the spelling-book. The 
 speller is taken by surprise, and he spells out the word with 
 trembling and fear. " Next ! " cries the master in a defiant 
 tone. There is a longer pause ere the next speller attempts 
 for the letters have got mixed up in the brain and confidence 
 has fled ; then the word is hesitatingly drawled out. "Wrong ! " 
 cries the master with nuich relief, as he correctl}- renders the 
 word. Then school is dismissed and there is a hurrying to and 
 fro for the wrappings, candles are taken from the walls and 
 blown out. the sleds and sleighs are read)' at the door to 
 receive their loads of merry, happy-hearted boys and girls. A 
 few of the larger lads and lassies linger around the flickering, 
 dying embers; then the master or some one who has it in 
 
142 thp: sickle and hand-scythe. 
 
 charge, covers with ashes the great bed of coals, that will keep 
 for the morrow's fire, and almost total darkness reigns. Then 
 there is a low, whispering consultation b}^ the lingerers, and 
 the shouting waiting loads at the door are told to move on 
 by these same lingerers as they choose to walk, and the old 
 school-house that stood on the hill is left to the silent watches 
 of the night. 
 
 REAPING WITH A SICKLE, THRESHING WITH A FLAIL AND 
 CLEANING GRAIN WITH A HAND FAN. 
 
 When the country was first settled farming in its various 
 branches was conducted in a primitive manner. The machinery 
 now in use was then unknown, and had it been it would 
 have been of but very little use to the pioneers, whose fields 
 were covered with great stumps that required years to decay. 
 The sickle that had been in use from time immemorial, for 
 Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz after the reapers a thousand 
 years or more before the Christian era, made its appearance 
 here with the landing of the pilgrim fathers, and its use had 
 been indispensable until some "Yankee genius" invented the 
 hand-scythe or cradle, with bended snath and wooden fingers. 
 So the sickle here was used by the pioneer fathers to cut all 
 small or sown grain, such as wheat, oats, barley or rye. It was 
 similar in construction to the one now in use for cutting grass 
 from shrubbery, only it carried a fine serrated edge, made by 
 finely ribbing the lower side of the blade similar to one side of 
 a mill-file, and only grinding or sharpening it upon the smooth 
 or upper side. 
 
 The skillful reaper would thrust this implement into the grain 
 with the right hand, which did the most of the gathering ; then 
 with a dextrous movement of the left, the grain would be' 
 held bv the thumb and forefinger, the three remaining fingers 
 falling upon the back of the blade, holding it to its work, while 
 the implement would be drawn by a quick motion upwards 
 and to the right and the work was accomplished. Great care 
 had to be exercised in the use of this implement, for its fine 
 serrated edge was as keen as a razor's blade, and the novice was 
 almost certain to receive an ugh- gash on the fingers or ball of 
 the left hand. The cut grain would be laid to the right rear in 
 
THE RAIM'INC ()¥ THK II. All.. 1 43 
 
 " gavels," and these would be bound in bundles and " shocked." 
 A skillful reaper would cut from a half to an acre per day, and 
 would handle his sickle with as much dexterit}- as the mower 
 could swini^ his bended snath. 
 
 The threshini^ was chiefly done with a flail upon a threshing 
 fltior. Wlien the farmers had progressed so far in affluence as 
 to be able to build a barn, this floor was the main one in the 
 building. If otherwise, this floor was constructed out of doors 
 by placing "sleepers" on the ground and covering these with 
 two-inch plank, the grain stacked conveniently near and the 
 grain beaten from the chaff and straw with flails. A diligent 
 man could thresh from twenty to twenty-five bushels of oats 
 per day, and from eight to ten bushels of wheat, and it might 
 have been laborious, but it was not an unpleasant occupation 
 in the cold days of winter where it was performed indoors. 
 The big barn floor would be made perfectly clean by a free use 
 of the splint broom; a flooring would be thrown from the scaf- 
 fold, consisting most generally of twenty-four bundles, these 
 placed in two swaths across the floor, with the heads of the 
 grain resting together; then the threshers, for company's sake, 
 generally two, would step to one end of the flooring, and the 
 work would begin, one to advance and the other to retreat 
 across the grain to the alternate music of the flails. Then the 
 grain would be turned over and another advance and retreat 
 had across the grain and this flooring was finished. Then 
 the straw^ was gathered up and the grain carefully shaken from 
 it, and bound into bundles, the threshed-out grain pushed to 
 one side and the threshers were ready for another flooring. 
 Most generally the threshing season would begin at the com- 
 mencement of cold weather, and would be continued far into 
 the winter, and the alternate rapping, rapping, rapping of the 
 flails heard throughout the land from early dawn until evening, 
 was not disagreeable to the ear, but rather pleasing. Here we 
 wish to diverge a little and then we are done with threshing. 
 
 In these times men would follow some calling and make a 
 specialty of it, such as "chopping," "logging" or "threshing." 
 A man b\- the name of Carr, and an original of the times, 
 moved into the settlement in indigent circumstances. He pro- 
 fessed to be a great thresher, and talked a great deal of what 
 
J44 CLEANING GRAIN WITH THE HAND-FAN. 
 
 he was able to accomplish in this peculiar line. Finally he 
 took a job of " Square " Frye to thresh out sex-eral hundred 
 bushels of grain. The first day Carr"s efforts, when measured 
 up, were very meager, being onh' about one-third what an}- 
 active man would hax'e accomplished in the same time, and 
 this fell so far short of Carr's professions and the "'Square's" 
 expectations that there might have been something said. How- 
 ever Carr, at the supper table that night, all of a sudden, 
 dropped his knife and fork, and looking the old man in the face 
 said, " ' Square,' you need have no fears about my not being 
 able to thresh your grain ; I shall do a great deal better to-mor- 
 row, for I have got the hang of your barn." This excited the 
 old man to a hearty laugh, and ever after if he undertook a task 
 that did not savor of success, he would always say to those 
 about him, " Wait until I get the hang of the barn." 
 
 As the grain has been cut and threshed, it must be separated 
 from the chaff by "winnowing" in the wind. This was done 
 by a "hand-fan," an implement, semi-circular in shape, bottom 
 composed of thin, light wood, with sides of same material, 
 about eight inches high. The shape of this fan would be similar 
 to a large semi-circular dustpan, made of wood, with the handles 
 on the sides. The operator filled the fan with the grain to be 
 cleaned, and stood with his back to the wind. Then by a 
 quick and skillful movement of the fan, the grain would be 
 thrown into the air, the light chaff caught by the wind and 
 carried away while the grain would fall back again into the fan, 
 to have the operation repeated until it was free from all chaff. 
 A skillful man would clean from thirt)- to fort}' bushels ot 
 grain per da}- in this manner. 
 
 MIMTIA IRAINTNCi. 
 
 Although the year 1776 had been numbered v\ ith the [)ast. 
 and most of the active participants in the stirring events ot 
 that period in our nation's history-, rested from their toils 
 " where heaves the turf in man}' a mouldering heap." still that 
 spirit which formed a lodgment in the hearts of the ]\iritan 
 Fathers had been transmitted to their descendants, and not onl}- 
 this, but the Statutes of the State made it imperative on ever}- 
 male citizen who had attained the age of eighteen years, and 
 
MIIITAKV KECJULATIONS. 145 
 
 who was of sound boil}' aiul mind lo do niilitar\' duty until 
 he had reached the ai^e of forty-five. This law was strictly 
 enforced and there was no way of evading it unless prevented 
 by some temporar\- sicknes... The law required that the rank 
 and file should drill two days in each year. These " drills " 
 were termed traininy;s, and were held in June and September. 
 The former was termed comixun- training;-, when only the mem- 
 bers of eacli individual compan)' a.ssembled and were instructed 
 in the manual of arms, or the science of war, by the captain, 
 or his under officers. The latter, or that held in September, 
 was termed General Training, or more properly General 
 Muster, when the companies of one or more Regiments, would 
 assemble upon one common parade ground, and where they 
 would be under the command of some field officer, accompan- 
 ied by a full staff. 
 
 Aside from these drills there was another drill held by the 
 officers and musicians in the month of August, and continued 
 for two days. This was termed an "officer's drill," and most 
 always the occasion would be honored by the presence of a 
 Colonel, who with all the rest would appear in full dress, and 
 as may be readily inferred, this band of plumed heroes were 
 much ob-served by all the small boys wdio were out in full 
 attendance. But the day of all others for Young America, and 
 those who loved the pomp and circumstance of glorious war, 
 was general muster. The ear-piercing fife and the spirit-stirring 
 drum would call the a.ssembled hosts to order. Then there 
 would be a hurrying to and fro on prancing steeds, who at the 
 sound of fife and drum seemed to possess the military .spirit 
 and zeal of the occasion, and would proudly keep step and 
 time to the martial strains, as rank upon rank was being formed 
 in line Then the officer in com.mand accompanied by his staff 
 would take charge of the field, and the troops would be drilled 
 in the manual of arms. These officers would be mounted on 
 richly caparisoned horses. Their bright uniforms were tasty, 
 and made of the most costly material ; their flashing sabers 
 hung from silken sashes; their heavy plumed caps and the 
 shimmer of their epaulets, reminded one of the splendor of 
 Oriental pageantry. 
 
 Sometime during the da)' the troops would be marshaled into 
 9 
 
146 ATHLETIC SPORTS — SNOW SHOES. 
 
 line where the}- would be reviewed by the Brigade Inspector, 
 whose duty was to give to each soldier's arms, a personal 
 inspection. 
 
 The day would close with a solemn invocation to the Lord 
 of Hosts. The troops would be formed into a hollow square, 
 with the commanding officers and staff in the center, dis- 
 mounted. Then the Regimental Chaplain would step forth, 
 arms would be brought to rest and heads uncovered, while the}' 
 attentively listened to the brief religious exercises, and the 
 order w^ould be given to break ranks. 
 
 WRESTLIN(i. 
 In early times, the }'oung men at the most of the gatherings 
 indulged more or less in athletic sports, such as jumping, run- 
 ning and wrestling. Wrestling was the favorite, as it displayed 
 the skill, strength and agility of the contestants. A ring would 
 be formed and two of these modern gladiators would step in. 
 " Collar and elbow" or " square hold " was the favorite, and a 
 very exciting and spirited contest would be witnessed, until 
 one or the other had won a fall, then it was the dut}- of the 
 defeated to select some wrestler from those present to take his 
 place in the ring, and the sport would continue, and, as 'before 
 stated, the result depended on the strength, skill and agility of 
 the contestants. It has been known for one of these to enter 
 the ring and by his own personal prowess vanquish all com- 
 petitors. In such an event, he was accorded the champion, an 
 honor he had to maintain in all future rings and against all 
 aspiring competitors. 
 
 SNOW SHOES. 
 Hard as it was and rough as it ma}- appear to us of the pre- 
 sent day, the life of the pioneer during the long drear}- Winter 
 was not w-ithout its attractions. The log house had been made 
 comfortable b\' chinking it with moss and mud. and the great 
 open Dutch fire-place always lent its welcome cheer. If the 
 weather was severe the great forests shielded his abode from 
 the chilling winds that blow now so keenly from the North. 
 If his larder was supplied with a plenty of breadstuff, an exist- 
 ance more conducive to robustness, more free from artificial 
 worries and more hostile to disease in all its forms, cannot be 
 
THE MERRY, OLD-FASIirONED DAN'CES. 
 
 ^^7 
 
 conceived, and it was not witliout its creature comforts either. 
 What if the Winters w ere loni^ and the snows were deep, his 
 wood pile was near and in abundance. An liour's chopping or 
 thereabouts suppHed his stock with plenty of "browse." and if 
 his store of meat was ji^ettiui^ low, he knew tlie range of the 
 deer, and deep as the snow was he could reach them on his 
 trust}' " snow-shoes." These shoes were an indispensable arti- 
 cle to the earh' pioneer, and were made b\' bendin_L( two sticks 
 of any strong, fje.xible wood, about half an inch in thickness 
 and five feet long, as you would shape an ox-bow, by bringing 
 the ends together and firmh- fastening them. Two of these 
 formed the skeleton work for a right and left shoe. The skele- 
 tons were fineh' interlaced with strings of " moose wood." elm 
 bark, or more often the rawhide of the deer, in ever\- direction. 
 
 SNOW SHOES. 
 
 Straps were affixed in the center of these shoes similar to those 
 on skates, and the}' \\'ere read}' for use. These shoes brought 
 over three superficial feet of surface to the }-ielding snow, and 
 they enabled the hunter to trax'cl wherex'er he willed without 
 sinking: man}- times with his trust}- rifle across one shoulder 
 a deer across the other. 
 
 DAXCIXC. 
 
 Dancing in early times was a favorite pastime and was more 
 or less indulged in by old and young. Frequently during the 
 Winter, as the shadows of cx'ening deepened the gloom of the 
 forest, a sound of merriment would be heard at the home of 
 one of the settlers, perhaps on the occasion of a quilting or 
 
148 THE"MONNIE MUSK " AND "SCOTCH REEL." 
 
 wedding, that would be kept up until near the hour of morn- 
 ing. There was a great deal of innocent hearty enjoyment in 
 one of these old fashioned dances. The old fashioned tunes 
 were rich in melody and the figures, though not so intricate as 
 some of the modern dances, yet they were more graceful, and, 
 perhaps, some might say, moral. The exercises frequently would 
 begin with the " monnie musk " and close with the " Scotch reel " 
 or " hunt the squirrel," where all could join in the dance. The 
 mode of traveling during the Winter through the woods, was 
 with ox team and sled and horses and sleigh, reference to this 
 has been made in another place, while in Summer, riding horse 
 back was common upon such occasions. The saddles of those 
 times most always had a " pillion," or padded cushion afifixed 
 to the rear of the seat. The rider would mount and if a part- 
 ner was to bear him company she took a seat in the rear upon 
 the " pillion " and away they would gallop through the woods 
 and "o'er hill and dale," withthegrace and ease of the ancient 
 cavaliers. Buggies were entirely unknown in those days. If 
 the occasion was a public dance, upon a holiday, the young 
 men would assemble three or four weeks previous and choose 
 three managers, whose duty was to make all the arrangements. 
 They issued the cards of invitation and no one was entitled to 
 join the dance unless formally invited. These managers con- 
 ducted the exercises in every respect ; secured the music, and, 
 if wines or liquors were to be used, they also obtained these 
 and fixed the price of admission. The dancing generally com- 
 menced sometimes in the afternoon and continued until near 
 morning. The landlord's duty was to furnish supper and a 
 hall and to see that the teams were properly cared for. The 
 friendliness and hearty good will existing among the families 
 of the early settlers added greatly to the interest and enjoy- 
 ment of the old fashioned pioneer dances. 
 
 THE GREAT WOLF HUNT OF 183O. 
 
 One of the greatest annoyances to the early settlers, and that 
 which occupied his night thoughts with the gravest concern, 
 was the depredations of the wolf upon the sheep fold. These 
 depredations were always to be found where deer and other game 
 abounded, and when impelled b}- the pangs of hunger, the 
 
 I 
 
WOLVES AMONG THE SHEEP. I49 
 
 blood}- instinct of the cowardly animal was brought out in all 
 ferocity and a pack of them became a dangerous foe to man or 
 beast. They usually betook themselves to the fastness of some 
 great forest, where they would lay concealed until night had 
 drawn her sable curtain and then they would sally forth, and 
 woe unto the luckless farmer who had neglected to have his 
 sheep safe in the fold — for a bloody field of carnage would meet 
 his gaze the next morning — sheep with their throats torn open, 
 sheep with their sides bitten through, their vitals laid bare, and 
 their entrails dragging upon the ground ; some dead and some 
 in the last agonies of dissolution. This particular field might 
 be but a small part of the bloody work done that night, and 
 the day would perhaps bring the news that the floocks for 
 miles around had suffered from these same blood-thirst}' fleet- 
 footed marauders. Of course, this general slaughter of the 
 flocks aroused a just indignation in the breasts of the farmers, 
 and, on this particular occasion (1830), it was resolved upon to 
 turn out and surround them in their lair. Their retreat was 
 known to be in the west woods, a tract of land lying west and 
 northwest of Morton's Corners, some three miles square, extend- 
 ing north and south from the Morton's Corners road that leads 
 due west into Collins, to the old Genesee road three miles 
 north, and thence running west on these respective roads about 
 three miles, making an unbroken wilderness of about twelve 
 miles in circumference. This tract embraced the Reaver Mead- 
 ows and all that now known as New Michigan, which was at 
 that time very densel}- timbered. A day was designated and 
 word sent to the people of Concord, Collins and North Collins, 
 and they did not require a second bidding, but at the time 
 named, came flocking in b}' the scores. Leaders were chosen, 
 the territory in question surrounded, and the siege began from 
 all quarters, the objective point being the Beaver Meadow. 
 The lines were formed and those who carried arms were placed 
 in shooting range of each other. Horns were used as signals 
 and cow bells indicated the line of march, and every inch of 
 the ground was carefully patrolled, but for some cause no wolf 
 scalp was secured. The onl}- man that secured any trophy 
 that day was Windsor King. The noise startled a big buck 
 and he undertook to run the guard, but was " caught on the 
 
1^0 DRIVING STOCK TO MARKET. 
 
 fly" and killed dead by King's unerring aim. It was claimed 
 by some that the wolves ran the guard on the south side and 
 made good their escape into the Otto woods. Be this as it 
 may, there was something at that time that gave them a terri- 
 ble fright tor they have never disturbed the flocks here since. 
 As to the numbers that were present at this hunt it has been 
 variously estimated, but it is safe to say that there were between 
 five and six hundred. The author, then twelve years of age, 
 was there. 
 
 DROVES AND DROVERS. 
 
 It is not more than thirty-five or forty years ago, since our 
 highways and thoroughfares used to teem with great herds of 
 horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. These " droves," as they were 
 usually termed, were mostl}' bred west of here and were 
 bought up by the local and eastern dealer, and driven hun- 
 dreds of miles to market, weeks being consumed on the way. 
 Of those who drove from this town we remember the names 
 of Augustus G. Elliott, John Van Pelt, Seth W. Godard, Geo. 
 Richmond and Aimer White, &c. At times as high as two or 
 three hundred head of cattle would be contained in one drove and 
 would require the assistance of three or four men to take charge 
 of them. Usually the proprietor would be mounted and as 
 the day waned he would gallop in advance and look out for a 
 stopping place for the night. The most favorable times for 
 "driving" was after the haying season had passed, as the 
 " rowen " or " aftermath " on the meadows, afforded the travel- 
 worn stock a fresh and bountiful repast for the night. Fifteen 
 and twenty miles a da)' would be usuall}' made by the cattle 
 droves, while those whose droves were made up exclusively of 
 horses and mules nearly double that distance would be accom- 
 plished. If the drove were hogs, usuall)' a team would accom- 
 pany them and feeci would sometimes be carried from one 
 station to the next one ahead, but as a general rule the farmers 
 along the way were abundantly able to entertain man and beast 
 for one night. Sheep would be driven in herds of several 
 hundred and after driving a da)' or so, they would become so 
 tractable that two men and a shepherd dog would take charge 
 of the largest flocks. Usually the drove would be supplied with 
 
 
HUNTING I-'OR THE LOST CTHLD. ' 151 
 
 one " bell weather," which took the lead and the rest were cer- 
 tain to follow. After the introduction of steam and the advent 
 of the stock car, a great change has taken place in supplying 
 the Eastern markets with stock. Hardly as many hours are 
 now required under the new order of things as days were con- 
 sumed under the old. 
 
 THE LOST HOY. 
 
 Some time in the Fall of 1828 or '29, Arey Smith, a farmer, 
 lived on a farm south of the Jones place, some three miles south 
 of Springville, across the Cattaraugus creek. His family con- 
 sisted of a wife and a son by another woman, a bright little lad 
 some ten years old. The story goes that the last that was seen 
 of the boy his stepmother sent him with a basket to the log- 
 ging field where his father and several men were at work. His 
 basket was afterwards found on the way, but never after was a 
 trace of the missing boy found. "One touch of nature makes 
 the whole world kin," and when it became known that a little 
 boy was missing the great public heart for many miles around 
 was touched, and men came in from all directions to join in 
 the search. By sunrise on the following day the child hunters 
 were formed in line and the search began and extended for 
 man)' miles and was continued for more than a week. Every 
 conceivable spot and place where the boy might be concealed 
 was closely examined. It was understood that should any 
 traces of the lost one be found a signal should be given by the 
 firing of a gun. One day the welcome signal was heard, and 
 soon the cry of "child found" was raised, and the hunters 
 rushed to headquarters ; but it was a mistake due to one of the 
 searcher's over zeal, taking the tracks of a young bear for 
 those of the missing child. It is said that the search was so 
 thorough that all the missing cow-bells were found. The shores 
 of the streams were examined for ten or fifteen miles for the 
 foot-prints of the little wanderer, but without avail. In the 
 course of time, everybody gave up the search as hopeless, and 
 many theories were advanced concerning his disappearance. 
 Some held that the little boy had been stolen by the 
 Indians ; others that he had fallen a prey to the ravenous 
 appetites of wild beasts; while suspicion pointed strongly to 
 
152 LARGE FLOCKS OF WILD PIGEONS. 
 
 Smith or his wife or both as the ones responsible for his dis- 
 appearance. Be this as it ma}-, the father and mother have 
 long been dead, and the grave has set its seal forever on the 
 solution of this mystery. 
 
 PIGEONS. 
 
 In early times every year that the beech forests produced 
 their fruit, this bird flocked here in countless numbers and they 
 were hailed as were the quail by the famishing Israelites in the 
 wilderness. Their nesting grounds and roost were chosen in 
 the fastness of the great forest, awa)' from the settlers. To- 
 wards evening they would commence winging their way from 
 their feeding grounds to the roost and for hours one ceaseless 
 stream of birds would pour into this retreat. After dark the 
 hunter \\ould repair to this ground armed with a shot gun and 
 in a very short time he could secure more than he could carry 
 away by a promiscuous firing into the tops of the trees. Those 
 who had nets and a tame pigeon for a deco}-, secured them 
 alive by the thousand. During the nesting season the old 
 birds became a great pest to the settler as they were sure to 
 forage upon the crops of early-sowed grain. The Indians used 
 to secure them in great numbers b)- watching the nesting 
 grounds and just before the young bird had learned to use its 
 wings, they would camp upon these grounds and make a gen- 
 eral harvest. The pigeon roost at night was a wild and weird 
 field of action and excitement, especially after the hunters (I 
 have known five and six different parties in the same woods at 
 once) had begim to stir them up all over the nesting grounds 
 by the noise and blaze of their guns. The woods were literally 
 alive with them and a light would be instantly extinguished by 
 the current of air set in motion by the m}-riad of wings. These 
 birds would rise with the morning sun above the tops of the 
 trees and wing their way for miles and miles out to the feeding 
 grounds. The noise they made when leaving the roost resem- 
 bled that of distant thunder or the roar of mighty waters, and 
 so dense would be their flight at times that the sun for many 
 minutes would be hid as beneath a cloud. At one time they 
 nested on the Buttermilk; another, between Frye hill and Mor- 
 ton's creek. One year upon the Smith brook, and again in 
 
THE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST, ETC. 1 53 
 
 tlic north [)art of the town, west of the Eighteen mile creek. 
 Tlie}- also nestetl in tlie Otto woods. 
 
 •rnANKS(;rviNG. 
 
 The pioneers of these towns were mostly from New Eng- 
 land and came of Puritan stock, and they observed Thanks- 
 giving day to a considerable extent after the manner of their 
 forefathers, and although the fields did not, in every instance, 
 produce in fruit and grain in such abundance as they might 
 desire, still the early settler felt when the harvest moon waned 
 that there was a great deal in his wilderness home to be grate- 
 ful for. The seed that he had planted and sowed on his newly 
 cleared grounds had not been barren of results. Health and 
 strength had been vouchsafed during seed-time and harvest, 
 and he could look forward to the coming winter and feel 
 assured that his wx'll-garnered store was abundant and as the 
 appointed day drew near when the grateful hearts join in a 
 general thanksgiving to Him who causeth the out-going of the 
 morning and maketh the evening rejoice, and "who appointeth 
 the seed-time and the harvest," appropriate preparations were 
 made for its observance. It was a season when the family 
 circle and kindred were expected to meet beneath some famil\- 
 roof-tree and there to partake of the bounty of the land. 
 
 The out-door oven was made to contribute its share of good 
 things in the way of cakes, puddings and the immortal pump- 
 kin pie, while the great open fire-place with its back-log and 
 fore-stick piled high with beech and maple not onh' sent out 
 its welcome and ruddy cheer but its broad and open bosom 
 was made the receptacle for various dishes that needed the 
 generous heat to prepare them for the feast. Fhe iron dinner- 
 pot hung from the chain or trammel on the lug-pole and boiled 
 and bubbled while the tea-kettle simmered and sung in the 
 corner and by its side was the earthern or Britannia tea-pot in 
 readiness to dispense " the bcxerage that cheers but not ine- 
 briates." 
 
 Rut the crowning glory of all and that which occupied the 
 good wife's greatest care was the roasting turkey that was sus- 
 pended by a string in front of the fire and so near that in the 
 course of two or three hours, by continual turning and basting. 
 
154 THE THAXlCSGIVlXd DIXXER. 
 
 it was ready for the table. A dripping-pan was placed on the 
 hearth beneath the turkey and a ladle or a large spoon length- 
 ened by the addition of a wooden-handle, was used to dip the 
 gravy from the dripping-pan and pour it over the turkey as it 
 was constantly turned by the string. 
 
 When all was in readiness, and with appetites made keen with 
 waiting, around the generous board were gathered old and 
 young and a bountiful dinner was enjo)'ecl. After which per- 
 haps pipes and tobacco for the aged would be introduced and 
 the day would be passed in social intercourse, and we young- 
 sters of fifty or sixt}' years ago always felt like blessing 
 the man who first invented roast turke\'s and Thanksgi\'ing 
 dinners. 
 
 The following lines, describing the accidental meeting of a 
 family, although penned many years after the scenes described 
 above were enacted, are eminent!}' fitting and suggesti\e of the 
 old-time Thanksgiving re-unions: 
 
 We are all here I 
 
 Father, Mother, 
 
 Sister, Brother, 
 All who hold each other dear. 
 Each chair is filled—we're all a/ home ! 
 To-night let no cold stranger come ; 
 It is not often thus around 
 Our old familiar hearth we're found ; 
 Bless, then, the meeting and the spot ; 
 For once be every care forgot ; 
 Let gentle Peace assert her power, 
 And kind Affection rule the hour ; 
 
 We're all — all here. 
 
 We're not all here ! 
 Some are away — the dead ones dear, 
 Who thronged with us this ancient hearth, 
 And gave the hour to guiltless mirth. 
 Fate, with a stern, relentless hand, 
 Looked in and thinned our little band ; 
 Some like a night-fiash passed away, 
 And some sank, lingering, day by day : 
 The quiet grave-yard — some lie there — 
 And cruel Ocean has its share — 
 
 We're tiot all here. 
 
" we'rk ai.l— ALi, Hp^.rk." 155 
 
 We on- all here ! 
 Even they— the dead— though dead, so dear • 
 Fond Memory, to her duty true, 
 Brings back their faded forms to view. 
 How life-like, through the mist of years, 
 Each well-remembered face appears I 
 We see them as in times long past. 
 From each to each kind looks are cast ; 
 We hear their words, their smiles behold, 
 They're round us as they were of old — 
 
 We are all here. 
 
 We are all here ! 
 
 Father, Mother, 
 
 Sister, Brother, 
 You that I love with love so dear. 
 lliis may not long of us be said ; 
 Soon must we join the gathered dead ; 
 And by the hearth we now sit round. 
 Some other circle will be found. 
 Oh ! then, that wisdom may we know, 
 Which yields a life of peace below ; 
 So, in the world to follow this, 
 May each repeat, in words of bliss: 
 
 We're all — all Jiete ! 
 
156 CHRISTOPHER STONE AND OTHERS. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 HISTORY OP CONCORD. 
 
 The First Settlers — Land Sales — The First Deed — Early Roads — The First Set- 
 tlers on Each Lot — Hotels, Mills aid Manufactories — Professional Men, 
 Merchants, Traders and Mechanics— '' Fiddlers Green" — Mails, Mail 
 Routes and Post-Offices— Land Owners in 1S45— Concord's Soldier 
 Record — Churches — Societies — Springville Academy — Schools and 
 Teachers— Miscellaneous. 
 
 THE FIRST SETTLERS OF CONCORD. 
 
 This honor belongs to Christopher Stone, and, although the 
 author has made diligent research for records concerning the 
 birth, nativity and early histor)' of the man, still his efforts 
 have been in vain and from whence he came or whither he went 
 is an unsolved mystery. The records of the Holland Land 
 Company show that Christopher Stone, on the 2nd day of De- 
 cember, 1807, articled lot 3 containing 357 acres, also on the 
 same day articled lot 9 containing 245 acres, and on the follow- 
 ing day, December 3d, articled lot 14 containing 185 acres, all of 
 T. 6, R. 6. The greater portion of the Village of Springville is 
 located on the two former lots. His cabin was on Buffalo 
 street, on a lot now owned and occupied by William Joslyn, 
 and stood very near the latter's residence. Stone must have 
 sold the north part of lot 3 to John Albro prior to 1810, on 
 which the latter built a log house and barn, for, in the Summer 
 of 1 8 10, we learn that the said barn was used as a school room. 
 The south part of lot 3 was sold to Rufus Eaton, and posses- 
 sion was given in the Spring of 18 10. After selling out here. 
 Stone did not remain but a short time. In the Summer of 
 18 10, he lived up b\' the big spring and his children attended 
 .■!.chool. His son, Lucius, was the first white child born in the 
 town. It is conceded by all that John Albro was the next set- 
 tler, and that Stone and Albro with their families, were the sole 
 inhabitants that passed the Winter of 1807 in the Town of 
 
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN I5URIAI.. 157 
 
 Concord. Tlic imagination of the reader will naturally turn 
 back to that period in our histor\-, to these pioneer families 
 and their immediate surroundings. It was fully ten miles to 
 the nearest settlement and the way was rendered almost im- 
 passible by the snows of Winter and the obstacles to be sur- 
 mounted in journeying through an unbroken wilderness. And, 
 again, will the reader's thoughts go back to the infant settle- 
 ment on the following Summer, when death, the unwelcomed 
 guest at all seasons and places, had invaded the home of John 
 Albro, and rendered it desolate by removing his wife. The oc- 
 casion of that burial in the woods must have been one of ex- 
 treme solemnity, as the hardy pioneers who had come from a 
 distance, gathered around that cofifined form and bore it away 
 to rest beneath the deep shadows of the mighty forest. This 
 was the first Christian burial in the town. In the Fall of 1808. 
 the population of the new settlement was augmented by the 
 families of Deacon John Russell and Samuel Cochran. The for- 
 m-cr articled the whole of lot i, upon which he built a log cabin. 
 This stood on the northeast corner of the lot north of Franklin 
 street, near where it turns to the northwest up the hill. Samuel 
 Cochran articled one hundred acres on the south part of lot 2. 
 His cabin stood on the north part of his claim, at the foot of 
 the hill near Miss Goddard's residence. Albro went east and 
 the families of Stone, Cochran and Russell were the only inhabi- 
 tants in the town in the Winter of 1808. From 1808, up to the 
 declaration of war, 1812, settlers came in cjuite fast and we find 
 by the records and by further investigation, that previous to the 
 first of January, 181 5, about eighty-five settlers had located in 
 the present limits of the Town of Concord (although some of 
 them did not remain permanently) but the list on the following 
 page docs not include their families. 
 
158 
 
 KAMES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN CONCORD. 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS SETTLING PREVIO 
 
 IN SPR.INGVILLE. 
 
 Christopher Stone 
 John Albro. 
 Samuel Cochran. 
 Joseph Yaw. 
 Rufus Flaton. 
 
 David Stickney 
 David Leroy. 
 Isaac Knox. 
 Samuel Burgess 
 
 EAST AND NORTHEAST OF 
 SPRINGVH-LE. 
 
 Chris. Douglas. 
 Benj. Douglas. 
 Asa Cary. 
 
 Joshua Mathewson. 
 Hale Mathewson. 
 Xoah Culver. 
 Deacon Jennings. 
 James Bascom. 
 
 Benjamin Gardner. James Henman. 
 Elijah Perigo. .Doctor Rumsev. 
 
 David Stannard. 
 Jery L. Jenks. 
 
 Wm. Wright. 
 Nathan King. 
 Almon Fuller, 
 
 SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE. 
 ON THE CREEK. 
 
 David Shultus. 
 George Shultus. 
 William Shultus. 
 Moses White. 
 Frances White. 
 Truman White. 
 Enoch Chase. 
 Abner Chase. 
 Henry Hackett. 
 
 IN THE NORTHWEST COR- 
 NER OF THE TOWN. 
 
 Isaiah Pike. 
 James Pike. 
 Lewis Trevitt. 
 John Ures. 
 Je.ssie Putnan. 
 Thos. M. Barrett. 
 Reuben Metcalf. 
 Sylvenus Kingsley. 
 Comfort Knapp. 
 Arad Knapp. 
 
 NORTH OF SPRtN(;V(LLE. 
 
 Giles Churchill 
 Luther Curtis. 
 Luther Hibbard. 
 John Drake. 
 Jacob Drake. 
 Elijah Dunham. 
 Seneca Baker. 
 Benj. C. Foster. 
 
 ON TOWNSEND HILL. 
 
 Jonath'n Townsend 
 Uzial Townsend. 
 Amaziah Ashman. 
 Benjamin Fay. 
 Solomon Field. 
 James Stratton. 
 Samuel Stewart. 
 Thomas McGee. 
 
 IN THE CHAFFEE NKIGH- 
 RORHOOD. 
 
 Julius Bement. 
 Elihu Bement. 
 
 us TO JAN. I, 1815. 
 
 j IN THE COOPER NEIGH- 
 BORHOOD. 
 
 I Samuel Cooper. 
 
 Smith Russel. 
 i Cary Clemens. 
 < James Brown. 
 
 Obadiah Brown. 
 
 Channing Trevitt. 
 
 James Armisteatl. 
 j John Clemens. 
 I Isaac Lush. 
 
 Hira Lush. 
 
 Ezra Lush. 
 
 Daniel Lush. 
 
 Capt. J. Hanchett. 
 
 NORTH PART OF TOWN ON 
 EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK. 
 
 Lyman Drake. 
 Geo. Killom. 
 James Thurber. 
 
 NORTHWEST UF VILLAGE. 
 
 John Russell. 
 Gideon Parsons. 
 Mr. Stevens. 
 
 DOWN THE CREEK SOUTH- 
 WEST OF SPRINCIVILLE. 
 
 Wm. Smith. 
 Elijah Pamenter. 
 Luther Pratt. 
 
 NICHOLS CORNERS. 
 
 Sylvenus Cook. 
 Nehemiah Paine. 
 
 NORTHEASTERN PART OF 
 TOWN. 
 
 There were no set- 
 tlers in this part of 
 the town. 
 
THE EAKLV LAND r)WM:RS. 
 
 '59 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND FROM THE HOLLAND 
 COMPANY. 
 
 The followini; tables show the name of each person who 
 
 boui^lit land of the Holland Comi^an)' within the limits of the 
 
 present Town of Concord, the number of the lot, the number 
 
 of acres purchased, ;ind the price paid : 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SIX. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Christopher Stone . 
 Christopher Stone. 
 Christopher Stone . 
 (rcorge Richmond . 
 Samuel Cochrane. . 
 
 Joseph Yau 
 
 John Russell 
 
 Benjamin Douy;lass 
 Calvin Doolittle. . . 
 David Shultus. . . . 
 .Vpollos Hitciicock 
 
 Moses White 
 
 Klihu Bement 
 
 .Vlmon Fuller 
 
 Isaac Knox 
 
 Cijors^'e Shuhus . . . 
 Truman White. . . . 
 
 Moses White 
 
 \o.ih Culver 
 
 Samuel Burgess... 
 
 Rufus Eaton 
 
 Hale Mathewson. . 
 (ieorge Richmond. 
 
 (Oliver Dearth 
 
 .\lva Plumb 
 
 Benjamin Rhodes. 
 Benjamin Rhodes. 
 Luther Austin . . . . 
 
 Alva Plumb 
 
 .Moses Wiiite 
 
 -Silas Rushmore. . . 
 William Weeden . . 
 
 1807. 
 
 1807, 
 1807, 
 
 1807, 
 
 1 80S, 
 
 1808, 
 
 1 80S, 
 
 1 809. 
 1809, 
 I8I0, 
 
 1810. 
 
 I8IO, 
 
 I8I0, 
 
 I8I0, 
 
 i8ro. 
 
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 1 8 10, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1811, 
 
 1811. 
 
 1812. 
 
 18 1 3. 
 1813. 
 
 1 8 14. 
 1815. 
 1815, 
 1815. 
 1 8 1 5 . 
 
 181 5, 
 1 8 16, 
 
 18 16, 
 
 1820. 
 
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 Oct. 29. 
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 Dec. 31 
 July 12. 
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 100 
 
 75 
 60 
 
 325 
 262 
 
 240 
 
 '50 
 
 577 
 
 91 
 loS 
 
 341 
 488 
 
 100 
 82 
 
 450 
 
 369 
 
 1 
 
 Pau) 
 Down. 
 
 $3600 
 4 00 
 
 15 00 
 34 00 
 10 00 
 
 ' 5 75 
 
 I 00 
 
 12 00 
 
 1875 
 
 12 GO 
 
 16 GO 
 16 GO 
 19 GO 
 2G GG 
 19 GG 
 
 16 GG 
 
 17 GG 
 
 17 GO 
 17 GO 
 
 15 GO 
 17 GO 
 17 GO 
 
 9 GG 
 
 16 GO 
 
 16 GO 
 13 00 
 12 GO 
 
 28 GO 
 
 17 GO 
 24 GO 
 22 GO 
 15 GO 
 
i6o 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 
 * By Deed . But very few of the old settlers took deeds of their land al the time of pur- 
 chase, but took instead a contract, or, as it was then called, an " article," by which they were 
 allo.ved to pay for their land in six equal annual installments, after which they received a 
 deed. It was the custom, however, of the Holland Company to give a second article al the 
 end of the six years if any of the money remained unpaid, providing^ there was a prospect of 
 its being finally paid. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SIX. 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Luther Hibbard 
 
 John Albro 
 
 Ehjah Dunham 
 
 Jedediah Cleveland.. . 
 
 Gideon Parsons 
 
 James Vaughan 
 
 Samuel Cooper 
 
 Benjamin Foster 
 
 Seneca Baker 
 
 Philip Van Horn 
 
 John McAllister 
 
 Luther Curtis 
 
 *Luther Curtis 
 
 Josiah Fay 
 
 Jonathan Townsend . . 
 
 Benjamin Fay 
 
 Fred. Richmond 
 
 William Wright 
 
 Benjamin Sibley & 
 
 Joshua Agard 
 
 David Cunningham. . . 
 
 James Miller 
 
 Samuel Bunnell 
 
 Calvin Warren 
 
 Timothy Moors 
 
 William Smith 
 
 Calvin Warren 
 
 Ebenezer Ferrin 
 
 David Leroy 
 
 David Leroy 
 
 Orrin Sibley 
 
 Giles Churchill 
 
 James Downs 
 
 Simeon Bishop, jr. .. . 
 
 Luther Landon 
 
 William Southworth . . 
 
 1807, 
 
 1808. 
 
 1808, 
 
 1808, 
 
 1808, 
 
 1809, 
 1 809, 
 I8I0. 
 
 1 8 10, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1 8 10, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1810, 
 
 1811, 
 
 1812, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 181 I, 
 
 1815, 
 1815, 
 1815, 
 1816, 
 
 i3i6, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816. 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816, 
 
 Date. 
 
 Dec. 2. 
 Jan. 14 
 Jan. 14 
 Aug. 2-] 
 Nov. I 
 Oct. I I 
 Oct. I 1 
 Mav 3. 
 May 3. 
 June 19 
 Aug. I. 
 Aug. 31 
 Aug. 31 
 Oct. I . 
 Oct. I . 
 Nov. 9 
 May 6. 
 May 9. 
 
 May 15 
 May 15 
 May 23 
 June 5 
 Sept. 3( 
 Nov. 4 
 Oct. 30 
 Oct. 30 
 Nov. 28 
 Mar. 12 
 Mar. 12 
 April 25 
 Oct. 26. 
 Aug. I . 
 Oct. 23. 
 Oct. 28. 
 Oct. 26. 
 
 La.M). 
 
 n pt 1 41 
 s pt 1 50 
 n pt 1 50 
 1 49 ... . 
 
 157.... 
 
 I25.... 
 
 l33--.. 
 \\ pt 1 5 I 
 e pt 1 5 I 
 w pt 1 58 
 1 28 ..^. . 
 n pt 1 42 
 s pt 1 42. 
 
 159--- 
 1 60 ... . 
 e pt 1 58 
 w pt 1 27 
 e pt 1 34 
 
 1 63 ... . 
 e pt 1 64 
 w pt 1 56 
 s pt I 35 
 
 1 54 ■ • • • 
 w pt 1 26 
 pt I34.. 
 n pt 1 62 
 
 wpt 1 52 
 n pt 1 35 
 e pt 1 36 
 
 s pt 1 55 
 s pt 1 41 
 1 29 ... . 
 e pt 1 26 
 w pt 1 47 . 
 pt 1 56 . . . 
 
 AcuES. Price 
 
 165 
 165 
 
 341 
 300 
 360 
 
 374 
 252 
 100 
 
 145 
 350 
 
 273 
 100 
 
 301 
 293 
 145 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 295 
 266 
 200 
 100 
 366 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 
 !20 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 60 
 376 
 245 
 125 
 100 
 
 $666 
 
 330 
 
 ' 330 
 
 ; 683 
 
 600 
 
 720 
 
 i 748 
 
 I 567 
 
 22--, 
 326 
 
 :. 787 
 682 
 200 
 
 752 
 732 
 
 , 435 
 360 
 
 325 
 
 I 958 
 734 
 I 700 
 i 350 
 1 1 260 
 300 
 
 375 
 350 
 450 
 
 375 
 375 
 400 
 
 ; 285 
 
 . 846 
 
 1102 
 
 562 
 
 450 
 
FROM THE II(M,I,AM) COMPANV. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SIX— Coniinuec/. 
 
 l6l 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Jcdcdiah Cleveland. . . 
 
 C}'rus Cliene\' 
 
 ICphraim Need ham . . . 
 
 William Chapin 
 
 William Yaw 
 
 John Pratt 
 
 John Rector 
 
 Abraham Middaugh. . 
 Christopher Douglas . . 
 
 Sillick Canfield 
 
 Aaron Cole 
 
 William Southworth, jr 
 
 Nathan Goddard 
 
 E. A. Briggs 
 
 David Smith 
 
 Stephen Pnitt 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Orrin Sible\- ! 
 
 Reuben Thurber [ 
 
 Ethan Fember 
 
 Sala W. Barnes 
 
 Prentis Stanbro. .'....] 
 Henry J. Vosburg. . . . 
 
 Calvin Smith 
 
 Jonathan Mayo j 
 
 Elam May 
 
 Andrew Pember 
 
 Sala W. Barnes 
 
 Henr)' Ingalls 
 
 William Wright 
 
 William A. Calkins. . .' 
 
 W. Smith 
 
 Josiah Wheeler 
 
 Constant Trevett 
 
 Jonathan Griffith 
 
 S\-lvester Frink 
 
 Jabez &HoratioChapin 
 Franklin Twichcll .... 
 
 Robert Flint 
 
 Ezra & Homer Barnes 
 
 Hezekiah Griffith 
 
 William Baker 
 
 lO 
 
 8i6 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 817 
 818 
 818 
 819 
 819 
 820 
 822 
 823 
 
 824 
 826 
 827 
 827 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 828 
 830 
 S31 
 
 «^3> 
 831 
 
 832 
 832 
 832 
 
 8^,2 
 
 Aug. 7 . . 
 April 14 
 June 5 . . 
 June 16. 
 July 17.. 
 Aug. 5 . . 
 Oct. 8. . . 
 Nov. 29. 
 Dec. 24. 
 May. 29, 
 Jan. 31. 
 Feb. 26 
 Nov. 5 . 
 Oct. 2. . 
 Oct. I . . 
 May 22 
 
 Sept. 23 
 Sept. 9. 
 Ma}' 8. . 
 June 10 
 Mar. SI. 
 Mar. 24. 
 Mar. 24. 
 Mar. 24. 
 Mar. 12. 
 Mav 13. 
 Oct. 15. 
 Dec. 5 . 
 April 21 
 Oct. 10. 
 Dec. 25. 
 Dec. 25. 
 Oct. 7.". 
 Sept. 2S 
 Mrv 16. 
 Feb. 24. 
 April 23 
 Feb. 10. 
 Feb. ]0. 
 Dec. 3 I . 
 Dec. I 7. 
 
 Acres. Price 
 
 w pt 1 1 8 . . 
 pt I35.... 
 pt 1 45 . . . . 
 pt I45. ... 
 n pt 1 39 . . 
 pt 1 47 . . . . 
 n pt 1 40. . . 
 w pt 1 34 . . . 
 
 pt I35 
 
 n i)t 1 46. . . 
 
 pt 1 46 
 
 e pt 1 56. .. 
 
 n pt 1 26 . . . 
 
 e pt 1 68 . . . 
 
 pt I45 
 
 1 13,30, 31 & 
 
 pt 1 39 . . . 
 
 s-e pt 1 55.. 
 
 pt 1 46 
 
 n pt 1 56. . . 
 n-w pt 1 39 . 
 n-w pt I 43. . 
 s-w pt 1 29 . 
 
 pt 1 43 
 
 pt 1 43 
 
 e pt 1 44. . . 
 n-w pt 1 64 . 
 
 pt 1 40 
 
 .s-w pt 1 64 . 
 n-e pt 1 29 . . 
 
 pt 1 56 , 
 
 n-e pt I34. •! 
 e pt 1 56. . .i 
 n-w pt 1 60. 
 n-w pt i 37 . 
 pt 1 46 . . ^. . . 
 
 pt 1 45 
 
 s pt 1 6 1 . . . . 
 
 pt 1 39 
 
 n i)t 1 32 . . . 
 n pt I38...' 
 
 pt 1 37 ; 
 
 260 
 100 
 100 
 1 00 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 
 155 
 
 78 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 90 
 
 50 
 
 123 
 
 100 
 
 1391 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 94 
 50 
 
 75 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 
 54 
 90 
 
 50 
 50 
 90 
 50 
 60 
 50 
 100 
 
 75 
 164 
 100 
 116 
 
 50 
 
 800 
 450 
 450 
 
 475 
 475 
 475 
 455 
 738 
 390 
 475 
 475 
 427 
 226 
 525 
 475 
 
 3823 
 
 275 
 225 
 225 
 500 
 400 
 376 
 200 
 300 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 216 
 352 
 225 
 i 212 
 I 382 
 217 
 240 
 200 
 420 
 300 
 664 
 448 
 
 537 
 , 200 
 
l62 NAMES OF PERSONS HUVING LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SlX — ConUnmc/. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Purroy Wilson 
 
 George D. Williams. . . 
 Elijah B. Williams.. . . 
 
 John Wilson 
 
 Abel Merryman 
 
 Caleb Abbott 
 
 Frances Ferren 
 
 William Judd 
 
 Milan Holly 
 
 * William Judd 
 
 James L. Bacon 
 
 Smith & Horatio Buys 
 
 Richard Luddick 
 
 Jesse Ferren 
 
 Samuel Haines 
 
 Bela Graves 
 
 Silas Wheelock 
 
 John Griffith 
 
 William Smith, jr 
 
 William Smith, jr 
 
 William Griffith 
 
 William Field 
 
 William Olin 
 
 *Sylvester Abbott . . . 
 
 Arnold Cranston ' 
 
 Joseph Cottrell I 
 
 John Cottrell 
 
 John Philips 
 
 Peter Kinner 
 
 Abram Gardinier 
 
 Sylvester Abbott 
 
 Calvin Smith > 
 
 Samuel A. Jocoy 
 
 David Campbell 
 
 Prentis Stanbro 
 
 Edward Cram 
 
 Henry Akely 
 
 David Meeker 
 
 Henry J. Vosburg. . . . 
 *Rebecca Putnam .... 
 
 Barney Graff ] 
 
 E. A. Briggs 
 
 832 
 832 
 832 
 832 
 
 832 
 832 
 832 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 833 
 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 835 
 835 
 835 
 
 835 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 836 
 
 837 
 
 837 
 
 837 
 
 837 
 
 837 
 
 839 
 841 
 
 Date. 
 
 P\'b. 10 . 
 Feb. 24 . 
 Feb. 24 . 
 Feb. 24 . 
 Aug. 1 1 . 
 Jan. 31 . . 
 Dec. 18 . 
 July 20. . 
 July 20. . 
 July 8... 
 Nov. 8. . 
 Nov. 8 . . 
 Nov. 8. . 
 Dec. 17 . 
 Dec. 18 . 
 Jan. 14. . 
 Feb. 8. . 
 May 22.. 
 May 21.. 
 Jan. 8. . . 
 Dec. 25 . 
 Jan. 22 . . 
 Dec. 30 . 
 May 5... 
 
 June 16 
 Sept. 16. 
 Sept. 16. 
 Oct. 6.. . 
 Oct. 6... 
 Sept. 13. 
 Dec. I . . 
 Dec. 31.. 
 Dec. 6. . . 
 Dec. 6. . . 
 Oct. 13. . 
 Nov. 13. 
 Jan. 6. . . 
 Aug. 1 1 . 
 April 12 
 June 19.. 
 Feb. 2.. . 
 Mar. 10. 
 
 pt 1 40 . 
 pt 1 40. 
 pt 1 40. . 
 pt 1 40. . 
 pt 1 40. . 
 w pt 1 48 
 s-e pt 1 29 . 
 n-\v pt 1 31 
 s-w pt 1 3 1 . 
 w pt 1 32 
 pt 1 32.. 
 pt 1 32. . 
 pt 1 32 . . 
 pt 152.. 
 w pt 1 36 
 w pt 1 38 
 ptl38. ... 
 s-e pt 1 38. 
 ptl 44. ... 
 s-\v pt 1 75 
 s-\v pt 1 38. 
 s-w pt 1 62 
 pt 1 29. . 
 
 ptl 56.. 
 pt 1 44. . 
 pt 130.. 
 
 e pt 1 30 
 s e pt 1 3 1 . 
 s e pt 1 62. 
 n w pt 1 29 
 n e pt 1 55 
 n e pt 1 43 
 n e pt 1 44 
 s e pt 1 44 
 w pt 1 44. 
 pt 1 36. . . . 
 n w pt 1 61 
 pt 1 36. . 
 pt 1 57- 
 pt 1 37- 
 pt 1 37- 
 pt 1 53- 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 58 
 
 100 
 
 47 
 66 
 
 34 
 50 
 50 
 
 100 
 56 
 60 
 
 100 
 62 
 
 100 
 
 3f 
 qo 
 
 45 
 67 
 50 
 
 47 
 
 90 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 98 
 
 94 
 100 
 96 
 70 
 70 
 100 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 75 
 
FROM rilH HOl.LAXl) COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE ^\\—Conli,nuJ. 
 
 163 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 1 84 1, Mar. 10.. 
 1 84 1, Oct. 23.. 
 1 841, Nov. I . . 
 1837. Jan. 5...' 
 
 Lanu. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 Albert Sliippy 
 
 Edward (loddard 
 
 Henry Dye 
 
 Wheeler Drake 
 
 spt I 53... 
 
 pt 1 53---- 
 
 pt 1 61 
 
 w pt 1 47 . . 
 
 90 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 
 125 
 
 451 
 250 
 100 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 Ephraim Hall 
 
 Ahaz Allen 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 Amiah Rogers 
 
 Geori^e Hicks 
 
 Nathan Hicks 
 
 Jessee F"rye 
 
 Enoch N. Frye 
 
 Simeon Bishop, jr . . . . 
 
 David Bowen 
 
 Zina Fenton 
 
 Moses M. Frye 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 Elijah Richardson. . . 
 Chandler C. Foster. . 
 
 Day Knii^ht 
 
 John Battles 
 
 Simeon Holton 
 
 Alanson Richardson. 
 
 Price F. Kellogi,^ 
 
 Nathaniel Knight ... 
 
 Simeon Holton 
 
 Elijah Richardson.. . 
 
 Stephen Kni^^ht 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson 
 
 James Field 
 
 Joshua Steele 
 
 Enoch X. I'Vye 
 
 Elias Van Camp 
 
 Elijah Richardson . . . . 
 
 J essee Frye 
 
 Giles H. Newton 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson 
 James Tyrer 
 
 809 
 8 10 
 811 
 811 
 815 
 815 
 816 
 817 
 816 
 823 
 821 
 825 
 815 
 815 
 816 
 816 
 815 
 823 
 823 
 815 
 
 <^23 
 815 
 816 
 816 
 827 
 830 
 831 
 «32 
 
 «34 
 829 
 
 835 
 835 
 '^35 
 «35 
 
 May 2 . 
 Dec. 3 . 
 Oct. 8.. 
 Jan. 19. 
 Feb. I T 
 1-^eb. 1 1 
 July II. 
 Oct. 31 . 
 Sept. I . 
 July 1 1. 
 Dec. 24. 
 Dec. 13 
 Nov. 28 
 Nov. 28 
 Aug. 27 
 Aug. 13 
 Oct. 26. 
 Mar. 10 
 June 1 1 
 April 17 
 Aug. 14 
 Dec. I 5 
 
 July 15- 
 Sept. 20 
 Jan. 10. 
 Sept. 7. 
 Aug. 19 
 Feb. 21. 
 Oct. 25. 
 Dec. 24 
 July 28. 
 April 15 
 May 2.. 
 Sept. 2 . 
 
 D/ 
 
 1 56 
 1 58 
 1 46 
 e pt 
 I 47 
 
 148 
 
 ^\' pt I 49 
 pt 1 49 . . . 
 
 1 59 
 
 1 60 
 
 pt 1 49 . . 
 w pt 1 61 
 s-e pt 1 9 1 
 e pt 1 91 
 pt 1 81 . 
 n pt 1 8 1 
 n pt 1 82 
 pt 1 8 1 . 
 s pt 1 81 
 n pt 1 72 
 pt 1 
 pt 1 
 
 pt 1 
 spt 
 pt 1 
 pt 1 
 pt 1 
 pt ■ 
 
 81 . 
 90. 
 90. 
 I 90 
 91. 
 
 49- 
 82. 
 
 62. 
 
 w pt 1 73 
 n-e pt 1 9 
 pt 1 62. 
 w pt 1 89 
 w pt 1 91 
 pt 1 89. 
 
 114 
 
 79 
 102 
 
 50 
 
 138 
 
 175 
 100 
 150 
 172 
 
 159 
 70 
 
 75 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 140 
 
 50 
 
 65 
 
 160 
 
 60 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 142 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 
 50 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 80 
 60 
 
 342 
 
 357 
 150 
 
 517 
 656 
 
 400 
 750 
 688 
 686 
 
 315 
 300 
 
 350 
 350 
 400 
 400 
 490 
 200 
 260 
 520 
 240 
 420 
 400 
 603 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 300 
 200 
 220 
 200 
 300 
 320 
 240 
 
164 NAMES or PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SE\Y.^—ConCinueii. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Lyman Steele 
 
 John Van Pelt. . . . 
 Luther Thompson . 
 Robert Trumball . . 
 Stephen Kniijht .. . 
 
 Amos Stanbro 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson 
 
 Charles Printjle 
 
 Thomas Davis , 
 
 *James S. Frye 
 
 EHzor Stocking 
 
 Tristram Dodge 
 
 Austin Pratt . .^ 
 
 Stephen Williams. . . 
 
 John A. Williams . . . . 
 Heman W. Williams. . 
 Stephen Churchill . . . . 
 
 Mason Hicks 
 
 Simeon Holton 
 
 Alanson P. Morton . . . 
 
 Matthias Heath 
 
 Milo M. Baker 
 
 David German 
 
 Isaac Nichols 
 
 Isaac Nichols 
 
 James Wheeler 
 
 Stephen Ingersoll . . . . 
 Joseph Hammond, jr. . 
 George W. Richardson 
 
 *Eleanor Curtis 
 
 James Wheeler 
 
 David Witherel 
 
 Hosea P. Ostrander. . . 
 William Smith 
 
 Asahel Nye 
 
 Ephraim Hall 
 
 John Williams 
 
 Otis Buttervvorth 
 
 Jedediah Cleaveland.. 
 
 Date. 
 
 835 
 836 
 836 
 836 
 836 
 
 837 
 837 
 837 
 843 
 824 
 
 839 
 831 
 824 
 829 
 
 819 
 
 843 
 842 
 832 
 836 
 838 
 836 
 842 
 830 
 829 
 838 
 836 
 
 831 
 836 
 
 844 
 832 
 836 
 
 837 
 842 
 Si I 
 
 812 
 809 
 825 
 816 
 816 
 
 Oct. 27. 
 Sept. 3. 
 Aug. 31 
 Aug. 17 
 Nov. 2. 
 
 P'eb. 20 
 July 8.. 
 Dec. 7 . 
 July 17. 
 July 10. 
 Feb. 28. 
 Jan. 19 . 
 Dec. 
 Jan. 
 
 -/ 
 
 May 3.. 
 May 30. 
 Jan. 15. 
 June 5. 
 Aug. 12 
 Feb. 7 . 
 Dec. 29 
 June 25 
 Dec. 31. 
 Dec. 29. 
 Dec. 24. 
 Dec. 29. 
 June 2 . 
 Aug. 31 
 April 23 
 June 29 
 Dec. 29. 
 Oct. II. 
 Jan. 15. 
 June 27 
 
 April 9. 
 May 2.. 
 Nov. 26 
 May 30. 
 Aug. 7. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres 1 Price 
 
 Pt 
 Pt 
 pt 1 
 pt 1 
 w pt 
 
 1 90. 
 1 87. 
 1 72. 
 1 82. 
 
 79 & 
 
 e pt 1 80 
 
 pt 1 80 . . . 
 n pt 1 7 1 . . 
 w pt 1 80. 
 pt 1 73... 
 n-w pt 1 49 
 pt 1 49 ... . 
 
 159 
 
 158 
 
 1 56 & e pt 
 
 57 
 
 1 56 
 
 w pt 1 6 1 . . 
 n-e pt 1 72. 
 pt 1 48 . . . . 
 n-w pt 1 72 
 n pt 1 8 1 . . 
 
 pt 1 81 
 
 pt 1 81 .. .. 
 s pt 1 8 1 . . 
 pt 1 91.... 
 n-w pt 1 90 
 pt 1 91.... 
 n pt 1 90. . 
 pt 1 72 . . . . 
 n-e pt 1 91 . 
 e pt 1 90 . . 
 pt 1 90. ... 
 n-w pt 1 82 
 pt 1 81.. .. 
 
 e pt 1 53 
 s pt 1 66 
 w pt 1 67 
 w pt 1 67. 
 s pt ] 68 . 
 n pt 1 68 . 
 e pt 1 86. 
 
 & 
 
 30 
 50 
 50 
 30 
 
 1 00 400 
 1 00 400 
 240 
 100 
 50 
 
 74 
 
 70 
 
 172 
 
 79 
 
 175 
 125 
 
 75 I 431 
 130 I 715 
 
 95 I 433 
 
 30 172 
 100 615 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 65 
 
 45 
 
 60 
 
 45 
 60 
 60 240 
 
 55 
 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 100 
 
 158 
 50 
 
 141 
 70 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
FROM THE HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SLX. RANGt SEVEyi—Cou/i/irtec/. 
 
 l6: 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 Stillman Andrews. . . . 
 
 1828, Aug. 21 . 
 
 n pt 1 66 . . . 
 
 ^o 
 
 200 
 
 loel Chaffee 
 
 1828, Nov. 26. 
 
 s pt 1 77 .. . 
 Ptl 77 
 
 FOO 
 
 400 
 200 
 
 Veter Bost 
 
 1831, July I... 
 
 50 
 
 Alanson Loveless .... 
 
 1832, Jan. 9. .. 
 
 e pt 1 67 . . . 
 
 61 
 
 244 
 
 Ebenezer Dibble 
 
 1832, Jan. II.. 
 
 pt 1 77 
 
 40 
 
 178 
 
 Almar White 
 
 1833, Sept. 7.. 
 
 pt 1 77 
 
 65 
 
 260 
 
 John Van Pelt 
 
 1836, Sept. 3.. 
 
 pt 1 87 
 
 .SO 
 
 200 
 
 John Van Pelt 
 
 1836, July 25.. 
 
 n pt 1 78 & 
 
 
 
 
 
 s pt 1 87.. 
 
 100 
 
 400 
 
 Kichard Dowd 
 
 1836, Aug. 5.. 
 
 pt 1 87 
 
 100 
 
 400 
 
 Nancv Harkness 
 
 1837, Feb. 27.. 
 
 pt 186 
 
 so 
 
 200 
 
 Charles Watson 
 
 1837, March 15 
 
 pt 1 78 
 
 2S 
 
 100 
 
 John Williams 
 
 1837, Sept. 21. 
 
 s pt 1 69 . . . 
 
 70 
 
 282 
 
 Edward Blodgett 
 
 1841, Oct. 14.. 
 
 n pt 1 69 . . . 
 
 100 
 
 
 Lansing Tooker 
 
 1841, Sept. 15 . 
 
 w pt 1 86 . . . 
 
 184 
 
 735 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 James Brown 
 
 John Clemens 
 
 George Killom 
 
 John Stewart 
 
 Amaziah Ashman . . . . 
 
 Solomon Field 
 
 Thomas M. Barrett.. . 
 Sylvenus S. Kingsley. 
 
 Ebenezer F. Pike 
 
 Jessee Putnam, jr 
 
 Samuel Abbott 
 
 John H. Cuming 
 
 Benjamin C. Pratt. . . . 
 Joseph Yaw 
 
 1809, 
 1809, 
 1806, 
 1809, 
 1809, 
 1809, 
 1810, 
 1 8 1 o, 
 1810, 
 1 8 10, 
 1810, 
 1 8 10, 
 1810, 
 1 8 10. 
 
 Oct. 16 
 Oct. 16 
 Sept. 3c 
 Oct. 24 
 Oct. 24 
 Sept. 8 
 Jan. 1 1 
 Jan. 18 
 June 7 
 Jan. 10 
 June 7 
 Sept. 7 
 April 23 
 Jan. 18 
 
 1 8 10, Aug. 2 
 1 8 10, Mar. 5 
 18 10, Nov. 29 
 
 Obadiah Brown .... 
 ■"Thomas M. Barrett 
 Comfort Knapp. . . . 
 
 Joseph Hanchett i 181 1, Feb 20 
 
 James Pike 18 10, June 7 
 
 Thomas McGec. . . . 
 
 Smith Russell 
 
 Lyman Drake 
 
 1 8 10, April 23 
 
 1 8 10, May 5. 
 
 181 1, May 27. 
 
 w pt 1 20. . . 
 
 167^ 
 
 e 1/ 1 201 . < 
 
 67 
 
 n y, 1 24 . . . 
 
 168 
 
 e pt 1 4. ... 
 
 168 
 
 w pt 1 4. . . . 
 
 169 
 
 1 3 
 
 3^7 
 
 n-e pt 1 40.. 
 
 93i 
 
 1 31 
 
 409 
 
 1 22 
 
 319 
 
 w 14 1 23... 
 
 203 
 
 1 39 
 
 424 
 
 n ><138... 
 
 172 
 
 e pt I 21..-. 
 
 164 
 
 1 19 & n pt 
 
 
 1 18 
 
 492 
 
 e>^ 1 28 . . 
 
 191 
 
 s-e pt 1 40 . . 
 
 . 50 
 
 n-e pt 1 48. . 
 
 100 
 
 w >^ 1 21 .. 
 
 164 
 
 1 30 
 
 330 ; 
 
 1 II 
 
 343 . 
 
 w pt 1 I 2 . . . 
 
 177 
 
 n pt 1 16. . . 
 
 1 100 
 
 377 
 375 
 378 
 422 
 422 
 792 
 280 
 920 
 717 
 456 
 954 
 387 
 369 
 
 1 107 
 429 
 
 90 
 
 250 
 
 410 
 
 742 
 
 1029 
 
 531 
 300 
 
l66 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LANt) 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEK—Contin/w,/. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Richard Stevens i8ii. Au 
 
 Timothy Stevens. 
 Samuel Cooper . . 
 Samuel Cooper . . 
 Hall & Metcalf. . 
 Israel Clark 
 
 James Brisbane \ 
 
 Reuben Metcalf \ 
 
 James Willson ! 
 
 Channing Trevett . . . . ; 
 
 Arad Knapp ; 
 
 Ezekiel Cook ' 
 
 Nehemiah Paine | 
 
 Andrew Clemens | 
 
 David Cunningham ... 
 
 Isaac Drake 
 
 Wheeler Drake 
 
 Amos Thompson 
 
 Jacob Thompson 
 
 Amos Thompson , 
 
 David Stanard j 
 
 David Stanard i 
 
 Joel Gillet.. . ." 
 
 Jireh Phinney 
 
 Andrew McKlen 
 
 Jane Thompson 
 
 William Dye 
 
 John McKlen 
 
 Joseph Potter 
 
 Justus Hinman 
 
 John Horton 
 
 Benjamin Fay 
 
 Ebenezer Ferrin 
 
 Daniel Persons 
 
 Emery Sampson 
 
 John S. Newell 
 
 Jonathan Townsend.. 
 
 Ezekiel Cook 
 
 James Pike 
 
 Charles C. Reynolds. . 
 
 i8ii. 
 
 1811, 
 
 1811, 
 
 1811, 
 
 181 1, 
 
 & I 
 
 1811, 
 
 1811, 
 
 18 1 2, 
 
 1812. 
 
 1813, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815. 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 [Kl^. 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1S17, 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 1817. 
 
 1817, 
 
 1817, 
 
 1817. 
 
 182 1. 
 
 1821, 
 
 1815, 
 
 1815, 
 
 i8i,S, 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816, 
 
 1816. 
 
 1817, 
 
 1817, 
 
 1816, 
 
 Aug. 5 . . 
 Dec. 12.. 
 Dec. 12.. 
 April 19. 
 Feb 27 
 March 6. . 
 
 July 7... 
 Dec. II.. 
 Feb. 7. . . 
 June 13. 
 March 6. 
 April 6. . 
 April 6. . 
 July 10. . 
 May 29.. 
 Oct. 26.. 
 June 12. 
 Dec. 6. . . 
 Dec. 6. . . 
 Dec. 6.. . 
 Sept. 8. . 
 Sept. 8. . 
 Dec. s- • • 
 Mar. I... 
 July 16.. 
 Jan. 18.. 
 April 17. 
 Sept. 5 . . 
 July 28. . 
 July 28. . 
 Oct. 18. . 
 July II.. 
 Nov. 28. 
 April 19. 
 July 20. . 
 Aug. 7 . . 
 Dec. 31.. 
 Jan. 22. . 
 Mar. 7 . . 
 Sept. 30. 
 
 Acres. 1 Price 
 
 n pt 1 I & 
 pt 1 2 . . . 
 
 pt 1 2 
 
 n-e pt 1 12. 
 s-e pt 1 12 . 
 n pt 1 29. . 
 s-e pt 1 48 & 
 w pt 1 40 
 w pt 1 27. . 
 s pt i 29. . 
 s pt 1 32 . . 
 pt 1 18... 
 n ])t 1 47 . . 
 s pt 1 i^.. 
 e pt 1 41 . . 
 pt 1 28 . . . 
 s pt 1 7 . . . 
 pt 1 7 . . . . 
 w pt 1 16. 
 p 1 10.... 
 
 pi 10 
 
 w p 1 10. . 
 s p 1 16... 
 
 pi 7 
 
 n p 1 7 . . . 
 n p 1 6. . . 
 spt 1 13 
 pi 13... 
 s p 1 8 . . 
 p 1 I . . . , 
 pi 15.. 
 n p 1 I 5 . 
 n-w pt 1 48 
 s pt 1 26 
 s pt 1 1 8 
 e i)t 1 44 
 pt 1 35- 
 pt 1 33- 
 n pt 1 17 
 s pt 1 25 
 s-w pt 1 24 
 n pt 1 33.. 
 
 TOO 
 TOO 
 
 77 
 
 ICO 
 
 202 
 
 267 
 200 
 148 
 100 
 bo 
 
 75 
 120 
 100 
 100 
 
 TOO 
 100 
 100 
 114 
 114 
 114 
 106 
 100 
 104 
 100 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 
 83 
 120 
 200 
 120 
 
 TOO 
 100 
 100 
 129 
 
FROM THE Holland co.\rpANY. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN— Coniinue(/. 
 
 167 
 
 Name. 
 
 Emery Sampson 
 
 William Hcrrick 
 
 Lewis Trevett 
 
 Rebecca Lush 
 
 Masury Giles 
 
 Zebedee Simons 
 
 Daniel Ingalls 
 
 Daniel Putnam 
 
 Jonathan Townsend . . 
 
 James Coh'ille 
 
 Robert Curran 
 
 Samuel Fosdick 
 
 Francis Koiser & Jean 
 
 Chappy 
 
 Elias M. Chapel 
 
 Charles Mosier 
 
 David Heath 
 
 Rufus Thurbur 
 
 Irena Drake 
 
 Jehiel Mitchel 
 
 Jasper Thompson. . . . 
 
 Oliver Needham 
 
 ^Lemuel Twitchell. . . 
 
 Samuel Lake 
 
 George A. Stewart . . . 
 
 Obadiah Russell 
 
 Hosea L. Potter 
 
 Barzillai Briggs 
 
 Amos Stanbro 
 
 *Reuben C. Drake . . . 
 
 Fllam Booth 
 
 John Brooks 
 
 Hosea E. Potter 
 
 Ebenezer Drake 
 
 Zebedee Simons 
 
 James Coh iile 
 
 Truman V^anderlip .... 
 
 Michael Haas, jr 
 
 Stephen Churchill. . . . 
 
 Phineas Scott 
 
 Pliny Wheeler 
 
 Laban A. Needham . . . 
 
 D.\TE. 
 
 816 
 816 
 818 
 820 
 820 
 820 
 818 
 818 
 822 
 827 
 830 
 830 
 
 833 
 834 
 836 
 836 
 824 
 825 
 826 
 828 
 818 
 829 
 831 
 831 
 834 
 835 
 838 
 
 837 
 838 
 838 
 838 
 837 
 837 
 836 
 
 ^37 
 838 
 
 838 
 838 
 841 
 841 
 
 Oct. 16.. 
 Sept. 19. 
 Jan. 12. . 
 P'eb. 21.. 
 Nov. 17. 
 Nov. 17. 
 Sept. 8 . . 
 Sept. 8. . 
 Dec. 7.. . 
 Dec. 19.. 
 Jan. 21 . . 
 Jan. 21 . . 
 
 Oct. 16.. 
 Oct. 27. . 
 July 16. . 
 Nov. 2. . 
 April 8. . 
 July II.. 
 Oct. 31.. 
 Dec. 25.. 
 Nov. 5 . . 
 Jan. 20. . 
 April 27. 
 Oct. 3... 
 Feb. 25.. 
 Oct. 14.. 
 Nov. 19. 
 Feb. 8... 
 Nov. 22 . 
 Nov. 22 . 
 Nov. 27. 
 April 12. 
 Aug. 20. 
 Dec. 21.. 
 Mar. 9. . 
 Oct. 10. . 
 Mar. 21 . 
 Dec. 13.. 
 Dec. 14.. 
 Nov. 7. . 
 Oct. 28. . 
 
 Land. 
 
 e pt 1 36. 
 w pt 1 28 
 
 -S-W pt 1 2 
 
 c pt 1 27. 
 
 s pt 1 34. 
 
 pt 1 34 • • 
 pt I 38 
 n-w pt 1 
 26 
 
 35 
 n-e pt 1 24 
 
 pt 1 24. 
 
 38 
 
 pt 
 pt 
 
 n pt 1 32 . 
 w pt 1 36, 
 w pt 1 41. 
 pt 1 42 . . 
 pt 1 8 . . . 
 n-w pt 1 8 
 n pt 1 9 . . 
 pt 16... 
 pt 1 6. .. 
 pt 1 15.. 
 s pt 1 I . . 
 n pt 1 2 . . 
 n pt 1 1 3 . 
 n pt 1 14. 
 s-w pt 1 I 5 
 spt 1 5.." 
 pt 1 5 . . . 
 pt 1 5 . . . 
 n pt 1 5 . . 
 pt 1 14.. 
 n-e pt 1 8 
 pt 1 42 . . 
 w pt 1 44. 
 n pt 1 45 . 
 pt 1 47 . . 
 .s-w pt 1 48 
 pt 1 44. . 
 n-e pt 1 25 
 s pt 1 6. 
 
 Acres, 
 
 100 
 
 91 
 153 
 145 
 100 
 100 
 
 59 
 
 60 
 
 107 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 41 
 
 60 
 80 
 56 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 52 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 60 
 
 75 
 106 
 
 100 
 38 
 50 
 50 
 
 IOC 
 
 50 
 50 
 70 
 40 
 
 45 
 50 
 50 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 71 
 
 Price 
 
 450 
 388 
 736 
 688 
 450 
 400 
 232 
 
 234 
 428 
 
 2 I 2 
 106 
 
 174 
 
 240 
 320 
 200 
 200 
 212 
 22 1 
 460 
 2 12 
 
 525 
 150 
 240 
 300 
 424 
 
 444 
 152 
 200 
 200 
 400 
 200 
 200 
 282 
 163 
 182 
 200 
 200 
 268 
 200 
 275 
 375 
 
1 68 REAL ESTATE DOCU^rE^•TS. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN— Cofi/i/iue</. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. IAcres. Price 
 
 John Hcaland i 1841, Nov. i . . 
 
 Isaac Woodward i 1841, Nov. I . . 
 
 Thoma.s Pound | 1842, July 1 . . 
 
 Harvey Twichell. . . . j 1841, Nov. i . . 
 
 Mary Bement I 1841, Nov. i . . 
 
 Phineas Peabody 1841, Sept. 10.' pt 
 
 Zacheus Preston 1838, Dec. 26. .| pt 
 
 e pt 1 43 . . . 
 pt 1 44 . . . 
 pt 1 38.... 
 s-w pt 1 14. 
 s-e pt 1 14. . 
 
 34 ... . 
 
 45 
 
 Isaiah Pike 1836, Oct. 6. . . s-e pt 1 2^. 
 
 63 
 
 lOI 
 
 107 
 58 
 
 52 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 430 
 380 
 406 
 520 
 299 
 287 
 400 
 200 
 
 The following copy of a land article taken by Samuel Cooper, 
 father of Varnum Cooper, a resident of Concord, will show 
 something of 'the manner of dealing in and transferring real 
 e.state during the first j^ears that settlements were made : 
 
 "ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, indented, made, con- 
 cluded and fully agreed upon, this 12th day of December, in 
 the }'ear of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eleven, 
 between WlLIlEL.M WiLLiNK and Jax Willlnk, VVilhel.m 
 WiLLINK the younger and J.VN VVlLLIXK the younger, all of 
 the City of Amsterdam, in the Republic of Batavia, b}- Jo.SEl'H 
 Ellicott, their attorney, of \.\\c first part and SAMUEL Cooi'ER, 
 of the County of Niagara and State of New York, of the second 
 part. Whereas the said party of the second part is justly 
 indebted to the said parties of the first part in the sum of two 
 hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fift)- cents, New York 
 currency, to be paid to said jiarties of the first part, their 
 executors, administrators or assigns, in manner following, that 
 is to say, the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents immediatel)- 
 upon the execution of these presents, and the remaining two 
 hundred and fifty-seven dollars in six eciual \-earh' instalments 
 with the interest from the date hereof, to be [)aid \early and 
 every year (together with the said instalments) upon such part 
 of the said last-mentioned sum as shall, at the time of such 
 respective payments be due and uni)aid. The first of said 
 instalments and annual pa}'ments of interest to commence on 
 the 12th da}' of December, in the \ear of our LokD one thou- 
 sand eight hundred and fourteen. 
 
ARriCt.KS 01-' ACREf^NtKXT. 169 
 
 " Now, rili;KKl'( )Ri;, in consideration thereof, the said parties 
 of the first part, for themselves, tlieir heirs, executors and 
 administrators, do b)' these presents covenant, promise and 
 a^i^ree. to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs, 
 executors. athninistrat(M-s or assigns, and e\'er)' of them, that 
 if the said part}' of the second part, his heirs, executors, 
 athninistrators or assigns, or any of them, shall and do, well 
 and truK- {)a}- or cause to be paid unto the said parties of the 
 first part, their executors, administrators or assigns, the afore- 
 said several sums of money, at the times hereinbefore men- 
 tioned for payment thereof, according to the tenor and effect 
 of the covenant and agreement hereinafter contained, on the 
 part of the said party of the second part, that then and in such 
 case, the said parties of the first part, their heirs and assigns, 
 shall and will well and sufficiently grant, bargain, sell, release, 
 convey, confirm and asssure to the said party of the second 
 part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, or to whom he or 
 the\' shall appoint or direct — 
 
 "Arxthat certain tract of land, situate, lying and being in the 
 County of Niagara, in the State of New York, being part or 
 parcel of a certain township, which on a map or surve}' of 
 divers tracts or townships of land of the said parties of the 
 first part, made for the proprietors by JoSEl'H ElJJt'O'iT, sur- 
 veyor, is distinguished b}' township No. 7 in the se\-enth range 
 of said townships. And which said tract of land on a certain 
 other map or surve)' of said township into lots made for the 
 proprietors by the said Joseph PVlliCOTT, is distinguished b\- 
 the north-east part of lot No. 12 according to the following 
 plan, containing se\enty-se\'en acres, be the same more or less. 
 
 •• PRoxiDEl) AI. WANS, that if default shall be made in the per- 
 formance of the coxeiiant ne.xt hereinafter contained, on the part 
 of the said party of the second part, for the punctual payment 
 ot the said instalments and annual pa}'ments of interest in 
 manner hereinafter mentioned, then the said covenant next 
 hereinbefore contained on the part of the said parties of the 
 first part shall become void and of no effect. And the said 
 party of the second part, for himself, his heirs, executors 
 and administrators, doth covenant, promise and agree, to and 
 with the said parties of the first part, their heirs, executors. 
 
1^0 ARTICLES Oi^ AGREEMENT. 
 
 administrators and assigns, that he will well and truly pay to 
 the said parties of the first part, their executors, administrators 
 and assigns the said remaining sum of two hundred and fifty- 
 seven dollars, in six equal yearly instalments, together with the 
 lawful interest to grow due thereon from the date hereof, 
 yearly and every year, in manner hereinbefore mentioned, the 
 first of the said instalments and annual payments of interest to 
 commence on the I2th day of December, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. And the 
 said parties of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, execu- 
 tors and administrators, do hereby further declare and agree, 
 that if the said party of the second part shall on or before the 
 1 2th day of December next erect or cause to be erected, on the 
 tract of land and premises hereinbefore described, or some part 
 thereof, a messuage fit for the habitation of man, not less than 
 eighteen feet square, and shall live and reside or cause a family 
 to live and reside therein during the term of three years from 
 thence next ensuing, and shall, on or before the 12th day of 
 December next, clear and fence or cause to be cleared and 
 fenced, not less than five acres of the said tract of land to the 
 satisfaction of the said parties of the first part, that then and 
 in such case they the said parties of the first part, shall and will 
 relinquish and release to the said party of the second part, all 
 the interest which shall have accrued upon such principal sums 
 of money for the period of two years. 
 
 "■ In testimony whereof, the parties to these presents have 
 hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and 
 year first above written. 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered J 
 in the presence of 
 
 David Goodwin. ) 
 
 WiLHELM WiLLINK, [ L. S.] 
 
 Jan Willink, [l. s.] 
 
 WiLHELM Willink. the Younger, | L. s. ] 
 
 Jan Willink. the Younger, [l. s.] 
 
 By their Attorney. 
 
 Joseph Ellicott, [l. s. | 
 Samuel Cooper, [l. s.]" 
 
TXT)nRSE^rE\T AMD ASStGNMENtf;. 1/1 
 
 riic followiiii^' is the iiuloi'scmcnt and the assii^nments that 
 ai)pear on the back of tlie article : 
 
 " Receivetl. December I2th, i.Sii, of Samuel Coo[)er, twelve 
 dollars and fift\' cents, bein;^ the first paj'ment within men- 
 tioned. I^'or Joseph PLllicott, 
 
 $12.50. David Goodwin. 
 
 " F"or value received, I sign over all my right and title to the 
 within article of agreement, with all the rights and privileges 
 thereunto belonging to Nicholas Armstead. 
 
 Samuel Cooper. 
 
 " For value received, I sign over all my right and title to the 
 within article of agreement, ^\'ith all the rights and privileges 
 thereto belonging, to Samuel Cooper. 
 
 Concord, May 9th, 18 16. NICHOLAS Armstead. 
 
 " For \alue received, I sign over all my right and title to the 
 within article of agreement, with all the rights and pri\-ileges 
 thereunto belonging, to Stephen Russell. 
 
 Aug. 21st, 1816. Samuel Cooper. 
 
 " For value received, I ' sine' over all my ' wright' and title 
 to within article of agreement, with all the rights ' privalege' 
 ' thereonto' belonging, to Sylvester Russell. 
 
 Januar>- 14th, 1 82 I. STEPHEN RuSSELL. 
 
 " For value received, I ' sine' over all my 'wright' and title to 
 within article of agreement, with all the ' wrights' and ' pri\a- 
 leges' thereunto belonging, to Tracy J. Russell. 
 
 March 17. 1833. Sylvester Russell. 
 
 " This may certify, that we assign all of the land on the west 
 side of the road, it being the west part of the northeast part of lot 
 12, R 7, T. 7, said land to be fifteen or twenty acres, to Pliin- 
 eas Scott, his heirs and assigns forever, for a valuable consider- 
 ation in hand paid, and give the said Scott peaceable possession 
 of the same, this 13th da}' of October, 1842. 
 
 Tracy J. Russell, 
 Sylvester Russell. 
 April the 28th, 1843. 
 
 " For value received, I assign this article and all "mi" 'wright' 
 and title to the w ithin contract, 
 
 Sylvester Russell." 
 
172 THK FIRST DEED GIVEN FOR LAND 
 
 COPY OF THE FIRST DEED GIVEN FOR LAND IN THE TOWN 
 
 OF CONCORD. 
 
 " THIS INDENTURE, made this Fifth day of March in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand ei^^lit hundred and ten, bctz^een 
 Wilhem WiUink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, 
 Rutger Jan Schimmelpcnnick, Wilhem WilHnk the younger, 
 Jan Willink, the younger, son of Jan, Jan Gabriel Van Stapf- 
 horst, Cornelis Vollenhoven and Hendrik Seye, all of the City of 
 Amsterdam, in the Republic of Batavia, hy Joseph Ellicott, their 
 attorney, of the first Part, and Thomas M. Barrett of the County 
 of Niagara and State of New York of the second Part: — WIT- 
 NESSETH, that the said parties of the first part, for and in con- 
 sideration of the sum of NINETY Dollars, to them in hand 
 by the said party hereto of the second part, the receipt whereo- 
 is hereby acknowledged, and themselves to be therewith fully 
 satisfied, contented and paid, Have granted, bargained, sold, 
 aliened, released, enfeoffed, conveyed, confirmed and assured, 
 and by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, 
 enfeofT, convey, confirm and assure unto the said party of the 
 second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, ALL that cer- 
 tain tract of land, situated, lying and being in the County of 
 Niagara in the State of New York, being part or parcel of a 
 certain Township, which on a map, or survey of divers tracts or 
 Townships of land of the said parties of the first part, made by 
 the Proprietors by Joseph Ellicott, surveyor, is distinguished by 
 Township number seven, in the seventh range of said Town- 
 ships, and which said tract of land on a certain other map or 
 survey of said Township into lots, made for the said Proprie- 
 tors, by the said Joseph Ellicott, is distinguished by the south- 
 east part of lot number fort)' in the said Township. 
 BecHNNING: — 
 
 " Bounded east by K)t number thirt\'-two, t\\ ent\'-seven chains, 
 sixty-seven links; south by lot number thirt)'-nine, eighteen 
 chains seven links ; west by a line parallel with the west bounds 
 of said lot number 32, twenty-seven chains, sixt}'-seven links ; and 
 north by a line parallel with the north bounds o{ said lot num- 
 ber thirty-nine, eighteen chains seven links, containing fifty 
 acres, be the same more or less, according to the plan laid down 
 in the margin hereof: TOGETHER with all and singular the 
 
signaturp:s of tiif. iwrtiks, ktc. 173 
 
 Appurtenances, Privileges, Advantages and Hereditaments 
 whatsoever, unto the above mentioned and described i)remises 
 in any wise appertaining or belonging, And the Rex'crsion and 
 reversions. Remainder and remaindjrs. Rents. Issues and Profits 
 thereof, and also all tli;: estate. Right, Title, Interest. Proi)ert\'. 
 Claim and Demand whatsoever, as well in law as in ecjuit)', of 
 the said Parties of the first Part, of. in, or to the same, and ever\- 
 Part and Parcel thereof, with the Appurtenances; TO HAVK AND 
 ro noi,D the above granted, bargained and described premises, 
 with the Appurtenances, unto the said party (^f the second 
 part, his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper Use, 
 Benefit and Behoof forexer. A\l) the said parties of the first 
 i'art, for themsehes, and their and each of their respectixc 
 Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do hereb}- covenant, 
 promise and agree to and with the said part}' of the second 
 part, his Heirs and Assigns, that the}-, the said parties of the 
 first part, the above described, and hereb}' granted and bar- 
 gained premises and every j^art thereof, with the Appurte- 
 nances, unto the part}' of the second part, his Heirs and Assigns, 
 against the said parties of the first Part, and their Heirs, and 
 against all other persons whatsoever lawfully claiming, or to 
 claim the same, or any part thereof, shall and will warrant, and 
 b}' these presents forexer Dl'.KKND. 
 
 " Ix Witness whereof, tlic parties to these presents have here- 
 unto interehaiigeably set their Hands anel Seals the Day and 
 Year first above written. 
 Scaled and delivered in j 
 
 the presence of | 
 
 James W. Stevens. | 
 
 William Peacock. | 
 
 Wilhelm Willink, | L. s. | Jan Gabriel V'an Staphorst, [l.S] 
 
 Peter Van Eehhen, | L. s. ] Cornelis Vollenhoven, [i,. s.] 
 
 Hendrik Vollenhoven, j L. s. | Hendrik Seye, [ L. S. | 
 Rutger Jan Schimmelpennick, | r.. s. | B}' their Attorney, 
 Wilhem Willink, the Younger, | i.. s. ) Jose):)h P^Uicott. | l,.s.| 
 Jan Willink, the Younger, Son of Jan. | [,. s.] 
 
 KARI.V ROADS. 
 The first road laid out in town was the Genesee or Cattaraugus 
 road. It was laid out by the Holland Land Company. It 
 
174 ROAD P^ROM BUFFALO TO OLEAX. 
 
 commences at the east side of the Holland Purchase and 
 extends westward through Wyoming county and Sardinia, 
 Concord and North Collins to near Lawton station. The east 
 part of the road in Wyoming count)' and a portion in Sardinia 
 was cut out by men employed by the Holland Compan\'. The 
 rest of the way the work was done by the settlers and inhabi- 
 tants. A portion of the way the lots are bounded by the out- 
 side limits of the road. The intervening space being a gift 
 from the company for the purpose of a road. 
 
 In i8io, a road from Buffalo to Olean Point was laid out; 
 passing through Hamburg, Boston, up the valley of the Eigh- 
 teen-mile creek, through what was formerly called the Sible}' set- 
 tlement, past the farm of H. M. Blackmer to East Concord ; 
 thence to Richmond's, on the Cattaraugus creek ; from there 
 through Yorkshire and Machias and on to Olean. The commis. 
 sioners appointed to locate the road were David Eddy of East 
 Hamburg, Timothy Hopkins, of Williamsvilleand Peter Vande- 
 venter, of Newstead. The expense of opening this highway 
 was borne in equal parts by the State and the County of 
 Niagara. In earh' times it was called the State Road. The 
 travel from Springville to Boston at first went up Franklin 
 street, past where John A. Wilson lives and over Townsend 
 hill. 
 
 The first laid-out road from Springville to Boston passed 
 over Townsend hill. It was the same road now traveled. It 
 was a mail route, a four-horse Troy coach being driven o\'er it 
 daily at one time. 
 
 In early times the principal travel east and west through this 
 section passed over the road leading from Arcade westward 
 along the course of the Cattaraugus creek through Springx'ille 
 and Zoar to Gowanda. It was a mail and stage route and a 
 post ofifice was located at Zoar. 
 
 It was as much as fifteen or twent)- years after the first set- 
 tlement of Concord before the road from Springville to Mor- 
 ton's corners was cut-out ; previous to this the jieople of Mor- 
 ton's corners and \icinit}' reached Springville b}' w a}' of l\")wns- 
 end hill. 
 
 About 1830 the road commencing as lot 52 and ending on 
 l(^t 6, passing along the main branch of the Eighteen-mile creek. 
 
SPKIN(;\ ll.I.K \- SARDINIA RAILROAD. I 75 
 
 in Concord, was laid out. Vov nian\' \-(jars the principal traxel 
 from Sprini(\'illc to Buffalo pas.scd over thi.s road. 
 
 About 1852 a plank-road was constructed from Sprin^ville to 
 Hamburg. It was built in the public highway and extended 
 along the valley of the Eighteen-mile creek through Concord 
 and Boston. It was kept in repair ten or twelve years when it 
 ceased to be a toll-road. It connected at Hamburg with a 
 plank-road leading into Buffalo. 
 
 S1'RIN(;\I1.I.K \- SARDINIA R. R. 
 This railroad compan)' was organized May 6th, 1878. The 
 capital stock was fift)' thousand dollars. Amount of stock sub- 
 scribed was thirty thousand two hundred dollars, 
 
 The length of road from Springville, N. Y., to Sardinia 
 Junction, N. V., was eleven and -^^^j^ miles ; weight of rail per 
 yard, twenty-five pounds , gauge of track, three feet. 
 
 The cost of the road and ec}uipment was sixty-one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-fi\'e cents. This 
 road makes connection w ith the Buffalo, New York & Phila- 
 delphia R. R. at Sardinia Junction. Two passenger trains are 
 run daily, and, as appears from the State Engineer's report on 
 railroads for the year 1880, which is the latest report published, 
 that the capital stock subscribed was $30,400 ; and that the 
 amount paid in was $30,087.24; and the funded debt was 
 $25,000, and the unfunded debt was $6,73035, and the names 
 and directors of the corporation were C. J. Shuttleworth', Spring- 
 ville, Bertrand Chafer, Springville, Alonzo L. Vaughn, Spring- 
 ville, James Hopkins, Sardinia, Charles Long, Sardinia, New- 
 ell Hosmer, Sardinia and Franklin B. Locke, Buffalo. 
 
 The officers were Bertrand Chafer, President, James Hopkins, 
 Vice-President, L. M. Cummings, Secretary, Charles J. Shuttle- 
 worth, Treasurer. 
 
 ROCHESTER i<c PITTSBURGH R. R. 
 The construction of the Buffalo branch of the Rochester & 
 Pittsburgh R. R., has given a great impetus to the prosperity 
 of Concord, more especially to Springville. After a prelimi- 
 nary survey of routes the company adopted Jan. 7, 1882, the 
 route now in use. The route was surveyed by C. E. Botsford, 
 of Springville. 
 
176 
 
 NAMES OF FIRST SETTLERS. 
 
 Work was commenced at West Valley, Cattaraugus Count}-, 
 in June. 1882 The first locomotive over the road entered 
 Springville May i8th, and track-laying was completed June 9th. 
 at the bridge across Cattaraugus creek, over which the first 
 locomotive passed on that day. This bridge or viaduct is an 
 imposing structure. It is 150 feet in height, 575 feet in length, 
 2,777 tons of stone, 280 tons of iron and 90 tons of wood were 
 used in its construction, making a total of 3,147 tons. The 
 total co.st was $90,000. 
 
 The names of one or more of the first settlers, on each of the 
 several lots in Concord. 
 
 Lot I John Russel. 
 
 2 Samuel Cochran. 
 
 3 Christopher Stone. 
 
 4 Asa Cary. 
 " 5 Noah Culver. 
 
 7 Charles Chaffee. 
 
 8 Isaac Knox. 
 
 9 Benjamin Gardner. 
 " 10 Benjamin Douglas. 
 " II Julius & Elihu Bennett 
 " M William Weed en. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, ran(;e six. 
 
 Lot 14 Eaton Bensley. 
 " 16 Francis White. 
 " 17 Truman White. 
 " 18 Moses White. 
 " [9 George Shultus. 
 " 20 Enoch Chase. 
 " 21 William Shultus. 
 " 22 David Shultus. 
 " 23 Christopher Douglass. 
 " 24 Abner Chase & Henry 
 Hackett. 
 
 Lot 25 Almon Fuller. 
 TOWNSHIP seven, RAN(iE SIX. 
 
 Lot 
 
 5 
 26 
 
 ^7 
 28 
 
 29 
 30 
 53 
 34 
 35 
 36 
 37 
 38 
 39 
 
 William Vaughan. 
 Nathan King. 
 Mr. Willard. 
 Henry Gardinier. 
 William Wright. 
 John & Joseph Cotrell. 
 Capt. Charles Wells. 
 William Wright. 
 Archibald Griffith. 
 Dustin & Saw}"er. 
 William Baker. 
 George Killom. 
 Robert G. Flint. 
 
 Lot 40 Sala W.& Homer Barnes. 
 " 41 Giles Churchill & Seele\- 
 
 Squires. 
 " 42 Luther Curtis & John 
 
 Gould. 
 " 43 Calvin Smith. 
 " 44 Elam May. 
 " 45 Plphram Needham 
 
 William Chapin. 
 " 46 Aaron Cole. 
 " 47 Luther Landon &W1 
 
 er Drake. 
 " 48 Caleb Abbott. 
 
 61' 
 
NAMES OF FIRST SFTTLF.RS. 
 
 // 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX— (V'///?y///,v/. 
 
 Lot 49 William Smith. 
 " 50 Elijah Dunham, 
 •' 51 IkMijamin C. Foster & 
 
 Seneca Baker. 
 " 52 Ebene/er l^Y-rrin. 
 " 53 Albert Shipp)- M- Star\- 
 
 Kin^". 
 '' 54 Kint^sle)- Martin. 
 " 55 Orrin Siblew 
 " 56 William Southworth & 
 lames Miller. 
 
 Lot 57 Gideon Parsons. 
 " 58 Benjamin Wheeler. 
 " 59 Benjamin Fay & J. Strat- 
 
 ton. 
 " 60 Uzial Towiisend & F. A. 
 Brigo-s. 
 
 " 61 Whitman Stone. 
 
 " 62 William Field. 
 
 " 63 J. Agard, B. Sibley .Sr A. 
 
 Sibley. 
 " 64 Da\'id Cunningham. 
 
 Lot I 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 TO 
 I I 
 
 12 
 
 LS 
 
 •5 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN 
 
 Richard Stevens. L 
 
 Timothy Stevens. 
 Solomon Field. 
 Amaziah Ashman & Jona- 
 than Townsend. 
 Reuben Drake. 
 Oliver Needham & Steph- 
 en Needman. 
 John Brooks Cs: I'Llam 
 Booth . 
 
 William D>e. 
 Mr. Michel']. 
 Amos Thompson. 
 Thomas McGee. 
 Smith Russell. 
 Andrew McLen. 
 Joseph Potter. 
 L\'man Drake. 
 Samuel W. Al<4"er. 
 Channing Trevett. 
 Samuel Cooper. 
 James I^rown & John 
 Clemens. 
 
 Joseph 1 lanchett. 
 I 
 
 , RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 ot 22 Lsaiah Pike. 
 
 '^ 2T) Jesse Putnam. 
 
 " 24 George Killom. 
 
 " 27 Samuel Eaton. 
 
 "' 2'i Ichabed Brown. 
 
 " 29 Reuben Metcalf. 
 
 " 30 James Pike, Ezekiel Ad- 
 ams & T. Heacock. 
 
 " 31 John L^res. 
 
 " 33 Sylvenus Cook. 
 
 " 34 Zebedec Simons. 
 
 "35 Samuel Sampson. 
 
 " 36 Emer}' Sampson. 
 
 '' T,"/ Truman Vandcrlip «.^' Ja- 
 cob Rice. 
 
 " 38 Daniel Putnam. 
 
 •' 39 Samuel Abbott. 
 
 '' 40 Thomas M. Barrett. 
 
 " 41 Nehemiah Paine. 
 
 " 42 David Heath. 
 
 •' 43 John Healand. 
 
 " 44 Daniel Persons. 
 
 " 45 Henr\- Stearns & Zacheus 
 Preston. 
 
178 THE HOTELS OF SI'RINC;VILLE. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEK— Con finurt/. 
 Lot 46 Mr. Huff, William Hor- Knapp. 
 
 ton & Daniel Horton. Lot 48 John Horton, Truman 
 " 47 John Reecher & Arad Horton & C. Knapp. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 Lot 46 Peter Pratt. Lot /2 Luther Thompson. 
 
 '* 47 George Hicks. " 73 Lewis Cox. 
 
 " 48 Nathan Hicks. " j/ Simeon Holton, 
 
 " 49 Jesse Frye & Enoch N. " 78 Chas. Watson. 
 
 Frye. " 80 Stephen Knight. 
 
 " 66 John Holdridge. " 81 Simeon Holton, Day, 
 
 " 56-67 William Smith. Knight & C. C. Foster. 
 
 " 57 Elijah Palmerter. " 82 John Battles. 
 
 " 58 Austin Pratt. " 86 Abiel Gardner. 
 
 " 68 John Williams. " 87 Dickey Doud. 
 
 " 71 Thomas Richardson. " 90 Simeon Holton. 
 Lot 91 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 
 HOTELS. MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES. 
 
 HOTELS AND HOTEL-KEEPERS IN CONCORD. 
 
 The first hotel in town, a small, double log house on Frank- 
 lin street, near the opera house, was opened by David Stickney. 
 in 1 8 10. There is a tradition that here the name of " taking a 
 horn " first originated. The house was supplied with liciuor 
 and a bar, but not a glass to meet the wants of the thirst}'. 
 Stickney improvised one out of the horn of an ox, hence " tak- 
 ing a horn" of whiskey, in those days, was literalh' true. 
 
 Second Hotel — By John Albro, in a log house on the east 
 side of Buffalo street, on the north confines of the corporation, 
 just south of the forks on Sharp Street and Townsend Hill 
 roads; opened about 181 1. 
 
 Third Hotel — Amaziah Ashman, in a log house on Town- 
 send hill; opened about 1812. 
 
 Fourth Hotel — In a log house on Morton's Corners, by John 
 Battles. He was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner. 
 Opened in 1817. 
 
 Fifth Hotel — Framed building on Franklin street, opposite 
 the park. Built b}- David Stannard in 1817 or 1818 ; kept, first 
 
 Jl 
 
nil", ii()Tf:i,s ok si>ri.\(;vii,i.e. 179 
 
 b\- Harry Scars, tlicn h)- a Mr. Wright, as^ain b\- Harr)- Scars, 
 t(i be succeeded b\' Seth Allen, tlien b\- l)a\'i(l Hensle\' and 
 James F. Crandall, and lastly by Mr. Bentley. 
 
 Sixth Hotel — By Jonathan Townsend, on Townscnd hill ; first 
 in a frame buildinL;', in 1S19, tlien in a brick building;-, in 1822. 
 
 Seventh Hotel — Isaiah Pike commenced on the Pike home- 
 stead in 1821, and kept for sixteen years. 
 
 Flighth Hotel — 15\- Samuel Cociirane, on Main street, Sprin^;-- 
 \'ille, in a frame building on the (Cochrane homestead, wliere 
 V. K. Davis now is; opened in 1822. 
 
 Ninth Hotel — The (Md Springville Hotel on Main street, 
 where the Leland House now stands; built in 1824, by Rufus 
 C. Eaton, and kept b}' him for a time ; he was succeeded b\' 
 Jonson Bensley, Richard Wadsworth and others. 
 
 At one time, Daniel Peck ran a hotel at Morton's Corners. 
 I'or many }x'ars the Morton Brothers entertained the traveling 
 public. In 1843, they erected a very creditable two-stor\- 
 frame building, with a suitable hall, that is in a good state of 
 preservation at the present. 
 
 Another hotel was conducted on Townsend hill, first b\- a 
 Mr. Currier, to be succeeded by Mr. Mitchel. 
 
 Henry Ingalls conducted a hotel for a while in the north 
 part of the town in the valle\'. 
 
 The American Hotel was built b\- Phelps Hatch, in 1843 and 
 '44. He conducted it for a few years, then leased it to James 
 F. Crandall, then Smith and Beebe purchased the property and 
 for man\- x'ears the\' were the landlords. Afterwards, the 
 property was rented and run b\' Gaston D. Smith ; soon after 
 the property j^assed into the hands of Theodore Smith; in 
 i860, he sold to E. S. Pierce, who conducted the house until 
 1863, when he sold to Clinton Hammond, who occupied it one 
 \'ear and then sold it back to E. S. Pierce, who, in turn, after 
 running it two \'ears, in 1866, sold it again to Hammond: 
 Davis & lladlc)' ran it a short time. In 1874, A. E. Torre\' 
 bought the j)ropert\' and for a time he remained the proprietor; 
 then he associated himself with his brother, A. R. Torrey, \\ho 
 after a time bought the propert\- and conducted it until the 
 Spring of 1880. when he sold to the present jiroprietor, Peter 
 Nenno. 
 
I So HO'l'ELS AND SAW MILLS. 
 
 Phineas Scott kept a liotcl on Townsend Hill for sex'eral 
 years. Jedediah Starks and a Mr. Parker kept a hotel on the 
 V^osburg place, a mile and a half east of Springville. Fox- 
 hotel was first opened by Carl 'Ludeman, to be succeeded by L. 
 Rrenckle. Fred P'ox bought the hotel, and after conducting it 
 a few years he sold to Andrew Oyer, who sold after a time to 
 his brother Augustus, who kept the house a while, and then 
 sold to Clinton Hammond, who soon after sold to Fred Fox. 
 This was in 1874; in 1883, Fox sold out to Theodore Trew, 
 who now conducts the house. 
 
 The Farmers' Hotel was first opened by George Kopp, then 
 Phillip Herbold, then Louis Fiegel, then William Biegel, Phil- 
 lip Newbeck, John Haut, Martin Bury, Michael Miller, Peter 
 Nenno, Jr., Charles Miller, and, lastly, by Henry Saltzer. 
 
 Delevan House — Fred Miller, Chester Priggs, Albert C. 
 Michael, George. A. Richmond, Crawford & Green, Crawford 
 & Norton, and, lastly, by Webster Norton. 
 
 SAW MILLS. 
 
 The Eaton mill was built about 18 13. It stood on the west 
 bank of Spring brook, a short distance north of Franklin street. 
 
 Channing Trevitt put up the frame for a saw mill at Wheeler 
 Hollow in 18 1 3. He died that Fall and the mill was not com- 
 pleted until a year or so after, by Capt. James Tyrer. 
 
 The Bloomfield mill in Springville, was built in or about 1816. 
 
 The Bensle}' mill at the mouth of Spring brook was built in 
 1816 or 1817. 
 
 The Phillips saw mill was commenced in 1 8 16 or 18 17 b)- 
 Nicholas Armstead, who sold out to Asa Phillips, who com- 
 pleted the mill in 1818. This mill was on the Smith brook just 
 below the cross road at the John Martin farm. 
 
 Robert Auger built a saw mill on Spring brook in the south 
 part of the village of Springville in 1822. This mill stood near 
 the tannery of Jay Borden. Auger had an oil mill also. 
 
 Joseph McMillan built a saw mill in 1828 ; it stood on the race 
 just back of Victor Collard's wagon shop on Mechanic street. 
 
 Lemuel Twichell built a saw mill on the east branch of the 
 Fighteen-mile creek, in the north part of the town, in or about 
 1827. 
 
SAW MI 1,1. l-ROI-RIKIORS. I Si 
 
 l)anicl ami Isani Williams commcncctl the erection of a mill 
 on the Smith brook, near its mouth in 1825 or US26. They 
 were both taken sick soon after with tyi^hus fe\er and died. 
 The mill was not finished until .some time after, but b\- whom 
 the writer is ignorant. 
 
 John and Masur\- Ciiles built a mill three-fourths of a mile 
 south of Morton's corners, in 1824. 
 
 W'm. Potter built a mill on the east branch of the I'"Jghteen- 
 mile creek, at i'\)wler\ ille, in 1829. 
 
 Homer Barnes built a mill at \\'ater\ille, on the BufTalo 
 creek, about 1830. This mill stood on the same site of the 
 Vance mill to-day. 
 
 Henj. Crump built a mill that stood further down the stream 
 
 A short distance above the Vance site, Paris A. Spray;ue 
 built a mill. 
 
 Treat Brothers built a mill on the same stream. This mill 
 stood on the Treat farm. 
 
 Still farther up the stream Lewis Wheelock built a mill on 
 the Wheelock farm. 
 
 Lewis janes built a mill on the PLiL^hteen-mile creek, on lot 16. 
 
 Sellick Canfield built a mill on the P^ighteen-mile creek, on 
 lot 6, in 1845. 
 
 Theodore Potter built a mill on the same site, in 1857. Orrin 
 Baker re-modeled this mill some time after and put in a steam 
 entwine. 
 
 Mr. Clark owns a steam-mill at P'owlerville. 
 
 At quite an earh' day a saw-mill was erected at Woodsward 
 Hollow. This mill or a mill that stood on the same site, was 
 burned down two or three years ago. Philo Woodsward built 
 a steam-mill there several years ago, which is in active opera- 
 tion at the present time. 
 
 Many years ago a water-mill was erected in Spooner Hol- 
 low, b\' Simeon I lolton, on the Smith brook. This site was 
 abandoned some years ago. 
 
 A saw mill was built by Sellew &: Popple on the east branch 
 of the Darby Brook. This mill is now owned by N. Bolander, 
 Jr. & Bro. 
 
 A mill was built at the mouth of this brook some time in 
 1865 or 1866. The frame was put up by Daniel Pierce, and 
 
1 82 SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS. 
 
 then passed into the hands of Jacob Rush. This mill is in 
 good repair, having been rebuilt, and is owned b}' James O. 
 Coon. 
 
 Three or four }'ears ago a mill was erected b}' D. \\' . Bensley 
 on the Smith brook above Spooner Hollow. 
 
 Charles J. Shuttleworth built a mill on the Wells brook, sev- 
 eral years ago. This mill is located half a mile south of the 
 Liberty Pole corners, and is in acti\e operation at the pres- 
 ent time. He also built a mill near his foundry and machine shop. 
 
 Gaylord and Watkins in 865 erected a steam mill one-fourth 
 of a mile east of Gaylord's Corners, ^\'hich is in actixx- operation 
 to-day. 
 
 About fifty )-ears ago a small mill was built on a little stream 
 since known as the Dry Brook. This mill was built b}' the 
 citizens of Townsend Hill for their own convenience, and stood 
 on the southeast corner of the old Fay farm. 
 
 Lewis Trevitt bought the frame of the old Phillips mill and 
 moved it on to the little brook that runs just south of his place. 
 
 GRIST MILLS. 
 
 First — Benjamin Gardner built a grist mill in Springville in 
 1814. It was the first grist mill built in Concord, and was 
 located about t^\•enty-f^ve rods south of Main street, on Spring 
 brook and opposite the bend in Mill street. 
 
 Second — Jonathan Townsend built the second grist mill in 
 1 8 16, on the south part of lot eighteen, township seven, range 
 seven, now known as Wheeler Hollow. 
 
 Third — Rufus Eaton built the third grist mill in Springville, 
 about 18 1 8. It stood on the race just back of the Leland 
 House barn, on Mechanic street. 
 
 Fourth — About 1832 Barnes & Wilson built a grist mill on 
 lot thirty-nine. 
 
 Fifth — About 1830 a grist mill, or corn mill, was built three- 
 fourths of a mile south of Morton's Corners, by Simeon Holtoii. 
 
 Sixth — In 1835 Manley Colton built the mill on Main street. 
 
 Seventh — E. W. Cook built a mill on the site of the old 
 (iardner mill. 
 
 Eighth — W. G. Ransom changed the Cook woolen factory 
 into a grist mill. It commenced business in February, 1877. 
 
r)IS'l'f[J-KRIES AND WOOLEN FA("^()K^■. 1S3 
 
 DISTILLERIES. 
 
 J.'ii-st — Frederick Richmond built the fust distillery iiear 
 where Franklin street crosses Sprin<;- brook. He made whisky 
 out of potatoes as well as corn. It was burned down after a 
 few x'ears. 
 
 Second — Silas Rushniore built and run a distiller)- on the 
 east side of SpriuLj- Hrook a short distance north of (ieorgx- 
 C'randall's house. 
 
 Third — AuL;ustus d. h'dliotl had a distiller}- on the .Shuttle- 
 worth lot east of the railroad antl south of I'^'anklin street. 
 
 Fourth — George Shultus had a distiller}- down near the Cat- 
 taraugus creek. 
 
 l^'ifth — Townsend & 'r}-rer had a distiller}- in Wheeler Hollow. 
 
 Si.xth — There was a ilistiller}- on lot forty-nine, township 
 seven, range six, on the farm now owned by Fred Clark. 
 
 Seventh — John Van Pelt had a distillery back of A. F. Rust's 
 grocer}' between Main street and the creek. 
 
 Eighth — David Williams had a distillery on the Cattarau- 
 gus, do\\-n towards Fr}-es. 
 
 wool, EN FAOTORV, CARDINC AND CLOTH DKESSTNO. 
 
 The first \\oolen factor}- comprising carding, spinning and 
 cloth-dressing, was built b}- a company of towns' people, con- 
 sisting of Maj. Samuel Bradley, Deacon John Russell, Silas 
 Rushman and George Shultes. The date of the erection of 
 this building can not be ascertained, but it was at an early day. 
 Its location was on the west side of Buffalo .street, about equally 
 distant from W. G. Ransome's flouring mill and the residence 
 of Sanford Mayo. This building was quite large for the 
 times, and w as two stories high. The lower story was divided 
 into suites of roonis for residences, and the upper story was ar- 
 ranged for factor}- purposes, the basement was used for color- 
 ing and other purposes requiring heating apparatus. .\ con- 
 siderable time elapsed before the building was finished and sup- 
 plied with machinery, and during this interval the upper part 
 was used for school, church and Sunday school purposes. The 
 first Sunda}- scht)ol was organized by Deacon John Ru.ssell and 
 Major Samuel Bradle}'. Religious meetings were also held 
 here for some time and a common school was taught in this 
 
1 84 WOOI,EN FACTORY AND TAXXKRIES. 
 
 buiklin^-. Subsctiucntl}- the upper part of the buildini;- was 
 furnishccl with machincr\- for manufacturing woolen cloth, 
 wool carding was done near at hand with a full mill attached 
 to water power. Machinery for spinning and weaving was pro- 
 pelled b)' hand, this manufactory was operated for several 
 years. David Seymour and a Mr. Silsbee were the bosses for 
 a time and Isaac White — a brother of Francis White, now of 
 Springville — was one of the spinners. Other buildings were 
 erected, utilizing the water power now owned by G. W. Ran- 
 som, and at a subsequent date the flourishing mill now owned 
 by him, built and operated as a woolen factor)-, where all the 
 machinery was run by water power, and at the present time 
 wool carding is done by Mr. Harvey Spaulding in the basement 
 of the Ransom mill. This propert}' comprising the factory 
 buildings, water power, including the old grist mill, was pur- 
 chased by Elbert W. Cook and owned and occupied b}' him 
 for many years. 
 
 TANNERIES AND TANNERS. 
 
 Mr. Bascomb did the first tanning in Concord, on the Dodge 
 place, about one and one-half miles east of Springville. 
 
 Second — The first tannery in Springville was built by Jacob 
 and Silas Rushmore in 1817, on the lot fronting on Main street, 
 lying between Elk and Pearl streets, and known as the Mc- 
 Aleese lot. Lexinus Cornwell owned and operated it afterwards. 
 
 Third — The second tannery was built about 1823 or '24, by 
 Hoveland & Towsley. It stood on the Shuttleworth lot, east 
 of the mill race, and between Franklin and Main streets. After- 
 wards Augustus (j. Elliott owned and operated this tannery; 
 also Joseph D. Hoyt, and Hoyt & McEwen. 
 
 Fourth — About 1830, Willard and Josiah Algar, built and 
 afterward run a tajiner\- on Lot 18. T. 7. R. 7, in Wheeler 
 Hollow. 
 
 i^^ifth — .About 1832, a tannery x\as built in the north part of 
 the town at Fowlerville by Towsle\- and Tuttle. 
 
 About 1836, Joseph McMillan and Wm. Watkins built a tan- 
 ners- on the east side of .Spring brook, about thirt)- rods north 
 of iM-anklin street. Mr. McMillen died in 1846, but Mr. Wat- 
 kins carried on the leather and shoe business many years. 
 
TA X X I". K I l':S AX D ASH 1". R I KS — I , A W \' K RS . I S 5 
 
 111 1861, rcrcL;i'inc Maton niotlclctl t)\'cr the woolen factoi-y that 
 stootl down the creek near the corporation hne. into a tanner)'. 
 After about a \'ear he sokl to Sampson & Wilcox. In 1866 .S. 
 II. McKwen bought in, and remained ten months. Wilcox 
 died, and Sampson & Sexerance ran the business some years. 
 In 1873, Ja}' Borden bous^ht the tanner}-. It burned uj) in 
 1877, and the present tannery was built. 
 
 ASHERIES. 
 
 First — Samuel Lake built an asher\- on h'ranklin street on 
 the north side and near the creek. 
 
 Second — A. G. Fllliott built an asher\- north of I-~ranklin 
 street and near where S. R. Smith's barn stands. 
 
 Third — John Van Pelt had an ashery on Franklin street, 
 south side of creek, about where Orvil Smith's barn stantls. 
 
 I'oiu'th — Moses & Asa .Saunders had an asher\- on land now- 
 overflowed by the north-west part of Shuttleworth's pond. 
 
 h'ifth — Hallady & Shepherd run an ashery on the east side 
 of the pond near Pearl street. 
 
 .Sixth — At one time there was an ashery at Morton's Corners, 
 near where the cheese factor)- stands. 
 
 PROFESSIONAL MEN, MERCHANTS, TRADERS 
 AND MPXHANICS. 
 
 LAWYERS. 
 Earl)- Pettifogj^ers — Dax'id Stickney, " Jack" \'aw, Nehemiah 
 Waters, Wales Emmons. 
 
 First — The first attorney and counselor, Thomas T. Sherwood, 
 came to this town about 1823 or '24, staid a short time and 
 removed to Buffalo, and practiced there man\- )'ears, where he 
 died. 
 
 Second — rile second law)-er was Elisha Mack, who remained 
 here twent)- years or more when he removx'd to Illinois, where 
 he died. 
 
 Third — Wells Brooks practiced here fifteen or twent)- years 
 then removed to Buffalo. 
 
 Fourth — C. C. Severance has practiced here over fifty years. 
 
 I*"ifth — Morris Fosdick practiced here many years and died 
 in Springville. 
 
1 86 LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Peter V. S. Wendover staid a short time and went back to 
 Columbia county. 
 
 Merrill & Treadwell staid a short time and went away. 
 
 Wales Emmons went to Wisconsin and died there. 
 
 Miner Strope went to Chatauqua count)'. 
 
 Sydenham S. Clark died in Springville. 
 
 Seth W. Godard died in Springville. 
 
 Alonzo Tanner lives in Buffalo. 
 
 A. W. Stanbro lives in Buffalo. 
 
 Hosea Heath lives in Hamburg. 
 
 L. Le Clear lives in Buffalo. 
 
 Augustus Hanchett died in Michigan. 
 
 PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE LIVED AND PRACTICED IN CONCORD. 
 
 Giles Churchill doctored some in early times. 
 
 Dr. Rumsey was a young man and in a year or two died here. 
 
 Drs. Woodward and Reynolds were young men and remained 
 but a short time. 
 
 Dr. Daniel Ingals remained several years and then went 
 away and has since died 
 
 Dr. Varne}' Ingalls practiced several years and died here. 
 
 Dr. Carlos Emmons died in Spring\'ille alter a residence here 
 of over fifty years. 
 
 Dr. John Allen died recenth' on Long Island, at an advanced 
 age. 
 
 Dr. Alden S. Sprague removed to Buffalo and died there. 
 
 Dr. H. H. Hubbard removed to Wisconsin and died there. 
 
 Dr. Alexander Hubbard removed to Wisconsin and died 
 there. 
 
 Dr. D. V. Folts removed to Boston. Mass., anci lives there. 
 
 Dr. Morrell, Dr. B. A. Battle and Dr. Simeon Pool, went away. 
 
 Dr. E. C Pool died in Springville, after practicing sometime. 
 
 Dr. Wm. Van Pelt resides at Williamsville, this county. 
 
 Dr. John ("i. House removed to Independence, Iowa, and 
 died there. 
 
 Dr. Charles House died here; Dr. Daniel Nash died here. 
 
 Dr. U. C. Lynde lives in Buffalo: Dr. W. Gillett died here. 
 
 Dr. Lyman Packard lives in Michigan. 
 
 Dr- George Abbott lives in Hamburg, 
 
 I 
 
J'lIVSICIANS, MERCHANTS, 'rRADHRS. i;'rc. 1 87 
 
 ])\\ W . S. I ones dic'il in California. 
 
 Dr. Joseph Sibic)- died in Colden. 
 
 Dr. Win. W'atkins lives in Orei^on. 
 
 Dr. Wnison remained one year. 
 
 Dr. Ru---. Dr. Crawford, Dr. Nichol, Dr. K-er)-, Dr. llib- 
 bard. Dr. Manninn', Dr. .S])err\-, Dr. SoNerit^n and Dr. Brewer, 
 went aua\'. 
 
 Dr. Lane, Dr Habcock and Dr. Buckingham lived at Mor- 
 tons Corners. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS IN CONCORD, IN DRY GOODS, 
 GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES. CLOTHING, .S:< . 
 
 About 1 814 David Stannard and Jerr\' Jenks came from Boston 
 to Spriny;\ille (or "Fiddler's (ireen"), and commenced trading- on 
 a small scale ; about the same time Frederick Richmond started 
 in the same business on a still smaller scale. .Some authcjri- 
 ties claim that Richmond started first, while others are quite 
 as sanguine that ".Stannard & Jenks" were the pioneers. 
 Their business was carried on in a log building east of the 
 park, and afterwards they moved to a building that stood be- 
 tween the Methodist and Baptist churches on Buffalo street. 
 
 Rufus C. Faton was the next trader, he occupied a building 
 back of the opera house, near the pond. 
 
 In i<S2i, Samuel Lake built a small store on the corner o{ 
 Main and Buffalo streets, where the American hotel now 
 stands. This was the first store on Main street. Two or three 
 \-ears after he built the store now occupied b}' R. W. Tanner 
 and mox'ed into it. 
 
 Varney Ingalls traded on Franklin street, whei'e the k'ree 
 liaptist church stands at the present time. 
 
 August G. FUiott, in 1826, commenced business in a store on 
 the Peter Weismantel lot on l^ranklin street, near the race. 
 
 In 1828, William Smith, Jr., built a small store on the corner 
 of Main and Buffalo streets, where the First National bank 
 now stands and traded a short time. 
 
 Rufus C. Faton «^ Otis Butterworth formed a partnership 
 and commenced trading in i830on Mechanic street, to be soon 
 after followeil b\' Moses and Asa Sanders, Jolm \'an I'elt, 
 Plin\- and Theodore Smith and Manly Colton. In 1S34, Henry 
 Bigelow sold goods here. 
 
l8(S NAMES OF MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 
 
 M. L. Hadi^el}' came to Spring\'ille in 1835 and was enij;ai;cd 
 in the mercantile business many \'ears. These have been suc- 
 ceeded by the foUowing" : 
 
 EHsha Mack, S. & E. C. Pool, O. C. Morton, Badgely & God- 
 dard, Rufus C. Eaton, Butterworth & Fox, Smith & Richmond, 
 C. Osgood, McCall, Long, Spencer & Nash, Eaton & Blake, 
 Spencer & Blake, J. G. Blake. Abbott Frye, Robbins & Cronk- 
 hite, Levi Wells, E. N. Brooks, l^lemings & Baily, Jewett & 
 Cochran, Gardner Brand, Hallida}^ & Shephard, George Drul- 
 lard, Asahel Field, J. H. Ashman, John F. Sibley, Edwin 
 Wrig-ht, Edward Godard, D. C. Bloomfield, Philetus Allen, 
 Chester Spencer, Charles Hcnise, Joseph Tanner, John Hedges 
 &; Son, Vosburg & Son, Clinton Hammond, Daniel Nash, Lake 
 & Tabor, Taber Brothers, A. R. Taber, Richmond & Griswold, 
 Richmond & Holman, Richmond & McMillen, Richmond & 
 Shaw, Cyrus (jriswold, James F. Crandall, G. W. Canfield, 
 Frank Thurber, Stanbro Brothers, George R. Bensley, Jacob 
 Widing, J. Chaffee & Son, Kilburn & Parmenter, Frederick 
 Clarke. William Weber, Agard & Co.. O. S. \\:ard. G. W. 
 Spaulding, C. J. Lov\e, C. J. Lowe & Co., Horace Spencer, 
 Thomas Spencer, Thomas Prowler, Mrs. Prowler, C. C. Smith, 
 Jr.. I'errin Sampson, Graves & Shaw, Walter P'ox, Tanner & 
 Bensley, Nichols & Gardinier, Eaton &: Hall, M. L. Hall, \V. 
 H. P'reeman, Holland & Prior, P^rank Clark, J. O. Churchill, 
 Rust Brothers, John Ballon, PY-rrin & Guardinier, I^'errin is: 
 Jones, Joseph Capron, Judson Wiltsee, Reed & Stanbro, John 
 Reed, Reed & Holman, Holman & Mayo, Smith & Chandler, 
 Mr. Weinberg, Albro & Freeman. R. J. Albro. 
 
 BLACKSMITHS. 
 
 Elijah Brigo,Abel Holman, Lothrop Beebe, Reuben Holman, 
 Elijah Richardson, Jonathan 'Pownsend, Suel Townsend, Joel 
 Holman, Hiram McMillen. Mr. Hawkins, Esdel F. Wright, 
 C. G. P. T. Goss, William Hull, Stoel Collins, Mr. Bunnel, 
 (William K. Blasdell, Henry Blasdell and William Holmes were 
 edge-tool makers, Mr. Curtis was a sc)'the maker, and Mr. Bur- 
 nam and Constant 'Previtt were auger makers), John Robinson, 
 Levi Ballou, Ebenezer Darling, George Shultus, Jr., Albert Oyer, 
 George Kopp, Stoel Collins, Jr., E. Burlinbach, Sylvester P^itch, 
 
lU.ACKSMI rilS. WAl.ONMAKKKS, I! IC I Sq 
 
 C'aKin Tuincr. llcnr}- Tease, (^rson Tease. Charles Iloldeii, 
 ]ohn McAleese, Harrison Cobleii^ii, Thoii Cook, Mr. (luin. 
 A. Trest(Mi. Henr\' F\-ke, Charles Conrad, Mike Tender^rass, 
 Mr. Towers. Nathan Ihiniphry, John Hull, Sjiencer Fay, John 
 Morrison, Le\ant Stanbro, Mike Carmody, F^u<i^h McAleese, 
 Nicholas Weaver, Victor Rider, John Miller, (ieor^e Neff, 
 Henry Benthusen, Richard Blaisdell, Kdwin Smith, Charley 
 T' raiser, William Morrison, John Twichell. i^eter Shontz, 
 
 WAGONMAKERS. 
 
 Joel White, I-'rederic White. Tat ,McCaul\-. Mr. Bristol. 
 Martin .Vspland. lulson Terkins, Thilo and Edward Herini^^ton, 
 [oel Cobleij^h, Hiram Cobleigh, Henr\- Watson, Elea/.er 
 W'eeden, Jehiel Tast, William McMillen (a brother of Hiram 
 made the first buij^y made in Springville), Mr. Swain, P. Trube, 
 T>ed Rider, Morris Freeman, William Woodbur\', B. A. Fay, 
 M. Cornwall, J. T\dler, Nick Brass. 
 
 HARNESSMAKERS. 
 
 O. D. Tibbitts, Robert Bidleman, Johnson Bensley , L. B. 
 Towsley. William Darrow, H. T. Wadsworth, Abner Chase, 
 ^Vindsor Chase, Geor<j^e Kin<^man, Ray Green, Miles Hayes, C. 
 Van\'alkenburi;h, John and Huel Blakelw J. D. Blakely, Frank 
 Ga}'lord, C. R. Wadsworth, Thilip Newback, Alonzo Blake, Clark 
 T'erren. A. W. Blackmar, Henr}' Bay, James Thomas, Charles 
 BallcHi. H. N. Shreider. S\l\ester Bamhart, William Josl\-n. 
 James Blake, T'rederick Williams. 
 
 SHOEMAKERS. 
 Ira Eddy, Jacob Rushmore, Levinus Cornwall, Stephen Al- 
 bro, Towsley and Tuttle, Jacob Frank, Kingsbury and Hove" 
 land, George C. Graham. C. C. McClure, John Loomis, Noah 
 Townsend, Enoch Sinclair, Ik-njamin VanName, John Reed, 
 T. L. Tyler, Nathan Shaw, Christian HutTstader. Mr. Bibbins, 
 L. IC. B. McClure, William Watkins, Terrin Sampson, Peter 
 Huffstader, R. l-^. Iluffstader, Samuel Wheeler, Seth \Mieeler. 
 John McEwen, William l^ierce, George McClure, Seth \\\ 
 Godard. Julius McClure, C. C. McClure, Jr., Henr}- Welling, 
 William Stone, H. (). Tuckerman, John Groin, H. H. Harris, 
 Tryon Smith, Benjamin Bartlett, Philander E. M}-ers, Abner 
 
190 siiof:makers, hit-rhkrs, tailors, etc. 
 
 Pettitt, (jorham Newcome, William Brown, S. B. La)'t()n, C. 
 C. Smith, Henry McEwen, Amanzo Rcecl, Henry Wilcox, Mr. 
 Jones, Mr. Cady, Austin Graham. E. N. Er\'e, Mr. Gedne\', 
 Chi'i'^topher Beardsley Wiltsee. 
 
 BUTCHERS. 
 Amo.s Melvin, Pamenter & Kilburn, Freman Baily, Barmen- 
 ter & Andrews, Edwin Wright, Hamper & Sweet, William 
 Beagle, Damon Dodge, Dodge & Pamenter, Clinton Hammond, 
 Hedges & Crandall, Windsor King & Son, J. D. Blakely, 
 Thomas Davis, Jacob Widrig, Widrid & Palmer, Palmer & 
 Smith, Calvin Smith, Jr., Philetas Widrig, Norman Crandall. 
 Mayo & Cox, A. J. Blakely, Nicholas & Foster, William 
 Schlacter, Nicholas Rassel, Spencer Widrig, Matthew Pitts, 
 J. Morrison, Ezra Vasburg, George Hibeck, Horton & Wandall. 
 
 TAILORS. 
 Mr. Thompson, Mr. Botsford, Thomas Nicholson, Jeremiah 
 Schallen, David Bensley, Mrs. Mahlem, tailoress, Sylves- 
 ter B. Peck, Samuel Shaw, B. B. Mason, L. B. Hibbard, C. 
 Vandenburgh, P. Fitzgerald. Jonathan Bloomfield, Constant 
 Graves, Eugene Ciraves, John Dodge, Daman Dodge, E. L. 
 . Norris, T. B. Norris, Mr. McCormick, Henr}- Jerns, Peter Hein, 
 T. G. Murphy, Hiram Beardsle)'. 
 
 CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. 
 Charles W'ells. Eliakim Rhodes, Charles C. WT-lls. William 
 Chapin, Whitman Stone, Car}- Clemens, Ben Eaton, Orren 
 Lewis, James P^lemming, Stillman Andrews, Joseph D. Evans, 
 Abial J. Vary, Thomas Var\-, Robert (i. Flint, (ieorge Mat- 
 thewson, Frederick Matthewson, Ephraim T. Briggs, William 
 Field, Camden C. Lake, Volney l-Jelden, J. (1. Blake. William 
 McMillin, Marcus McMillin. Dexter Rhodes. Cyrus Rhodes. 
 James Curtis. Ste])hen Hooker, Marvin I^^cld. Charles Field. 
 Manl)- iMeld. Abijah Sible\-, Levi W\'lls, Wesley Demon, 
 . Era.stus Lake, Mike J^rass, 'I"rac\- J. Russell. Asa R. Trevitt, 
 James Drury, Edward Churchill, Ambrose Upson, L}'man 
 Shepard, Comfort Knapp, Chester Loveridge. (iifford Pierce, 
 Joshua Steele, Alva Dutton, Hiram Donalson, (). D. Curtis, E. 
 Briggs, Chester Holt, joiner and cabinet makers : Benjamin 
 Knight and Caleb Knight. 
 
'I'lNSMrrns. Mii.iAVRicins, m.\( iiinists. ktc. 191 
 
 TIXSMITHS. 
 II()(l<;c Brothers. l'criL;i'in Eaton. Judson I^aton. J^cnjaniin 
 l'\ Joslin, Thomas Spencer, David Bloomfield. J. Chaffee & 
 Son, Ferren & (iuarchnier, h'errin & Jones. \\\ I). Jones, I). W. 
 Hensle)', \\ . 1). Jones. Albert Pierce. 
 
 MILLWRIGHTS. 
 
 Jar\-is BlooniCield. Janies T)'rcr, L. M. Kellos^i:^. Mr. Good- 
 sell, Geori^-e Walker. Benjamin V. Joslin. L. (i. Vnvd. James 
 Titus, Morris Williams. 
 
 MACHINISTS. 
 
 Mr. Marshall. C". J. Shuttleworth, Homer Bloomfield, Wal- 
 lace McMaster, Theodore Baker, Milton Yount,^ 
 
 GUNSMITHS. 
 
 H. M. Waite, Alva King, Wm. French George E. Crandall, 
 Nathan Shaw, A. (loodell, Welcome Sprague, Langdon Steele. 
 
 JEWELERS. 
 
 Abial Var\-, (iec^rge E. Crandall, Cieorge (iliddon, William 
 Nash. William \\Y>ber, (). S. Ward, James Weber, Weber ,S: 
 Holland, H. P. Spaulding. 
 
 COOPERS. 
 
 Icabod ]-5ro\vn, Samuel Cooper, Lewis Childs, John Peabody, 
 Sylvester Peabody, Emery Sampson, Alanson Wheeler, Isaac 
 Childs, Mr. Titus, Gates Brothers, James Fay, vMford .Shi])py, 
 Mr. Pratt, Chester Wheeler. 
 
 CABINETMAKERS. 
 
 Wales Emmons. ()tis Butterw orth, Wales Butterworth, Wal- 
 ter Wadworth, Mr. Holt, M. L. Arnold, P. G. Eaton, Daniel 
 Shaw, Shaw & Brothers, William Sherman, E. Rundall, Major 
 Wells. William Barclay, Mr. Rider, M. W. Douglass, S. B. 
 Gaylord, Joel Norton, Robert Shultus, Philip Herbold, Her 
 bold & Prior. L. D. Chandler, Hiram Thomas. 
 
 CHAIRMAKERS. 
 
 Lemuel Twichel, Richard Wads^\■orth, l^enjamin Nelson, 
 Jonathan Nelson. Mr. Hill, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Gates. James 
 Bovles. 
 
192 BUSINESS MEN IN CONCORD AT PRESENT. 
 
 Among' the business and professional citizens of Concord in 
 I<S<S3, are the following: 
 
 CLERGYMEN. 
 Rev. \V. A. Robinson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church ; 
 Rev. Mr. Williams, Pastor of the Methodist Church; Rev. A. 
 F. Bryant, Pastor of the Free Baptist Church of Springville 
 and Fast Concord ; Rev. Mr. (3wen, Pastor of the Baptist 
 Church ; Rev. Mr. Fromholzer, Pastor of the Catholic Church ; 
 Rev. Mr. Baker, Pastor of the P'ree Baptist Church of Morton's 
 corners; Rev. Mr. Jackson, Pastor of the M. E. Church at 
 Morton's corners and Rev. Mr. Weiderman, Pastor of the 
 Lutheran Church at Morton's corners. 
 
 LAWYERS. 
 
 Hon. C. C. Se\'erance. W. H. Tichnor, PVank Chase, A. F.. 
 Scott, D. J. Wilcox, Lowell M. Cummings and Scott Cum- 
 mings. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. George G. Stanbro, Dr. W. H. Jackson, Dr. W. E. Long, 
 Dr. M. M. Sperry and Dr. L C. Blakeley, Nichols' corners ; Dr. 
 T. Calkins, Woodwards Hollow. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 Leland House, li. S. Pierce, Proprietor; Poorest Hotel, T. K. 
 Davis, Proprietor ; P^armers' Hotel, Theodore Trew, Proprietor; 
 American Hotel, Peter Neno. Proprietor ; Delavan House, 
 Webster Norton, Proprietor; Miller's Hotel, Henry Saltzer, 
 Proprietor. 
 
 BANKS. 
 
 P^irst National Bank of Springxille — Cash capital paid in, 
 $50,000. Wm. O. Leland, President; H. G. Leland, Vice-Pres- 
 ident ; E. O. Leland. Cashier. Directors — Hon. C. C. Se\'er- 
 rance. Almond D. Conger, Joseph Demmon, Wm. O. Leland. 
 Geo. W. Oyer, Wm. Z. Lincoln, F. O. Leland. Morris L. Hall. 
 H. G. Leland. 
 
 Farmers' Bank of Springville — Capital stock, $30,000. .S. R. 
 Smith, IVesident ; B. Chafee, Vice-President; P". (). Smith, 
 Cashier. Directors — S. R . Smith, B. Chafee, J. 1). Larribee, 
 A. D. Jones. 
 
KKriicisis, mii.i,ini;ks, \c. iq.i 
 
 MANUFACITRIIKS, M ERCII AN'IS AND IR ADKSMKN, 
 
 r. Ilci"l)i)l(.l, niainifacturcr ami dcak-r in rurniluic ami uiukr- 
 takcr. 
 
 L. 1). Chaiullcr, (-iealL-r in turnilurc and undertaker. 
 
 C. J. Sluittlcw'orth. furnace, machine shop, saw-nnll and 
 builder. 
 
 W. G. Rawson. mill owner and farmer. 
 
 lUnl Chafee. mill owner and farmer. 
 
 E. L. Hoopes, miller and dealer in floor and ^ccd. 
 
 S. R. Smith, manufacturer and farmer. 
 
 JEWELERS AND WATCH MAKERS. 
 
 George E. and Nel.son Crandall, M. P. Spauldiny and E. If. 
 
 En<^cl. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 
 
 S. H. and X. K. Thomson, Bcebe and M\-ers, dr\- L;oods, 
 •groceries and L;eneral store; C. AI. Hadley. J. D. Hlakele\-, R. 
 \V. Tanner, A. F. Rust, E. A. Scott, groceries and pro\isions; 
 J. O. Churchill, groceries and provisions and dealer in dr\- 
 goods; William Briggs and J. S Tarbox, general store in Mor- 
 ton's Corners, Maltb)' and Parmenter general store in Wocxl- 
 uard's Hollow ; B\'ron Walters, general store in East Concord. 
 
 DRUGGISTS, .tc. 
 Frank Prior, L. B. Nichols and E. C. Smith, drugs, medicines, 
 paints and oils. 
 
 HARDWARE AND TINWARE. 
 
 .Mien and Weber, A. D. Jones, 13. W. Jones, and J. Wheeler, 
 
 BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS. 
 
 .\. L. Ilolman and J. W. Reed. 
 
 BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURES. 
 
 W. Stone, J. W. Reed, Antliony Lei.ser. A. L. Molman, C. C. 
 AlcClure and George McClure. 
 
 CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS. 
 
 Harris Cohen, Peter Hein and I Ienr\' Jerns -Tailor. 
 
 MILLINERS. 
 
 Mrs. O. Smith, Mrs. L. M. Cummings, Mrs. George Myers, 
 fancy .store. Miss Clara WHieeler and Mrs. L. U. Hcmstreet. 
 
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194 I'AIX'J'KRS. I'klN'IKKS AND 1!I .\( KSM ITl IS. 
 
 DRESS-MAKERS. 
 Airs. S. Sweet. Mrs. I'erkins. Mrs. H. Palmer. Mrs. R. U. 
 Ticbnor, Mrs. (Xstrander, Mrs. A. E. Torrey. 
 
 PAINTERS. 
 
 Thomas H. Prior. James Prior. Marshal Kingsley. Peter H. 
 Prior, Levi Prior. P^red Childs, Robert Yates. Ryron Bristol. 
 David Hernden, Lemuel Parker, William P>ye, Nicholas Dcet, 
 PVank Span Id iiiL;', John Pratt, Lyman Covel. Morris Harnett. 
 
 MASONS, 
 
 S. Swertz, M. Colin, Charles Colin, J^'rank Thurber & Sons. 
 Dell l^inney, Mr. Ouigle)', Gideon Matthewson, Mr. Doane. 
 
 PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. 
 
 \V. \V. Blakeley, job printer and proprietor of Jounuxl and 
 Herald, Melvin & Myers, job printers and proprietors of Local 
 Ncivs, Nelson Thurber, printer. Charley Briel. printer, William 
 Lowe, printer, William P>\'e, printer. 
 
 TANNERS. 
 
 Jay Borden, proprietor of Sprin<;ville Tanner}-. I'atrick Flan- 
 igan and Mr. Philips, tanners. 
 
 WOOD AND COAL. 
 
 V . O. Smith, coal and wood dealer. 
 
 BUTCHERS AND DEALERS IN MEATS. 
 
 Nicholas Rassel, Spencer Widri<^r and Cook Brothers. 
 
 WAGON-MAKERS. 
 
 Victor Collard, Matthew Metzler and Mr. Hassett. I'eter 
 Collard. 
 
 BLACKSMITHS. 
 
 Frank Weismantel. Peter Weismantel. Samuel Wheeler. Jr.. 
 Jacob Wcnzel, Charles Thurber, William hVase. llenry Krepjis. 
 John h'ink and Cie(.)ry;e Beaumont. 
 
 HARNESS-MAKERS AND CARRIAGE-TRIMMERS. 
 
 C. R. Wadsworth. Clark Fcrrin, S. PL Barnhart. .\. Thillen. 
 llenry Bay. 
 
i'i;i;i.ic iMii.DiN'cs, iiAi.Ls, I ii . 195 
 
 DIINTISTS, 
 Carlos W'aiicaiul A. I,. X'au^hn. 
 
 daguerri:()tvim;rs. 
 
 S. I',. SpauldiiiL;- ami Miss Ann 11. Pierce. 
 LIVKRV-STAHLE KEEPERS. 
 E. S. iS: J. Pierce and K. 1). Henient. 
 
 RE.STATRANT. 
 M. I). Scoby. 
 
 WOOL CARDING. 
 ! Iar\-e)' Spauklin^-. 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HALLS. 
 
 ( )l)era Iliuise, I'resb)'tei'ian, Methodist. l''ree l)a])tist. Baptist 
 and Catholic churches, Ciriffith Institute. Masonic Hall and the 
 E. A. U.llall. I'"ree Ba])tist. Methodist and Lutheran churches 
 at Morton's Corners, and h'ree Baptist chui'ch at Ivist Concord. 
 
 MILLWRIGHTS. 
 
 1.. M. KelloL;\L;. Jesse i""r)'e. James B. Titus, Benjamin Josl)'n 
 and Morris Williams. 
 
 MACHINISTS. 
 
 C. J. Sluittleworth and Wallace McMaster. 
 
 CABINET MAKERS AND SASH, DOOR AND BLIND MAKERS. 
 
 John Demuth. Anson J. MeminLj;, Campbell Hu^eland Lewis 
 (loodbread. 
 
 BARBERS. 
 
 K. 1). Bement, (jeori^e Identic}- ami Herbert P'errin. 
 
 CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. 
 
 Thomas Lincoln. William McMillen, Joseph Flcmin<^, Wil- 
 liam IMackmar, Benjamin Joslyn, Lbenezer S. Cady, J. L. Steele, 
 Ransom Davis, Morris Williams. William Josh-n. ]). O. Bab- 
 cock, Carlos Co.x, .\. J. Moon. I'eter Zimmer. James Titus, 
 I'Vank Spauklin^-. (ieort;e 11 Clark, Kutloli^h Rust, Ward F'crrcn, 
 Waldo Morton. William Widriti^, lliram Laffcrty, James Rey- 
 nolds, David (iritfith, (jeorL;e Wood, Theron (ireen. Albert 
 Davis, Cypher Haas, (ieori^e Norton. Met. Lincoln. Charles 
 
\()6 " fii)1)1,i;k's crkkn." 
 
 Laffcrty. Artluir Churchill, Alfred Churchill, Will Stanbrci. 
 O. D. Curtis. Will Griffith, Mr. Shaw. Perry Scott. Tom Wil- 
 liams. Mr. Grace. Lee Rider. Gottlieb Krantz. James Cranston. 
 Mr. Huyck. Edward Beaver. 
 
 "FIDDLER'S GREEN.' 
 
 It has been a query, even among those to the " Manor born.' 
 iL'/ic/i or by ivhoiii this name of " Fiddler's Green " was first 
 <^iven. But it has now become a pretty well established fact, from 
 the testimon)- of persons now living, and who lived here at thai 
 time, that the name was applied as early as 1815 or 1816. And 
 it is also equally as well ascertained by the testimony of the 
 same old settlers that the person who first applied the name 
 was Uavid Stickney, who then kept a log tavern w here the 
 Opera House now stands, and adjoining the "Green. " 
 
 The plot of ground where the park now is, in early times was 
 larger, smoother and much more beautiful than it is at present 
 and was at first called "The Green." The theory that there 
 were several fiddlers living adjoining or near there at the time 
 the name was given is not sustained by evidence. It is true 
 that at one time there were several fiddlers living in the vicinity, 
 but it was many }-ears after it had received its title : but the 
 following are well established facts: — 
 
 First — That David Leroy came here about 1 812. 
 
 Second — That he was a famous and inveterate fiddler. 
 
 Third — That he lived a few rods north of the present park, 
 and adjoining the " Green." 
 
 Fourth — That his house was the favorite resort of other fiddlers 
 who frecjuently came some distance to practice with and learn of 
 him, and that the sound of his fiddle almost nightly floated out 
 upon the evening air, and all the villagers listened to its rich 
 melody. From these facts we have become satisfied after due 
 investigation, that from David Leroy anci the music of his and 
 other fiddles at his house, the " Green " by which he lived took 
 the name of " Fiddler's (ireen," and that there were )io other 
 Jieidlcrs living tJiere at that time. 
 
 From this the little village took the same na//u\iind for man\' 
 years it was know n as " Fiddlers (ireen " from New England 
 to the 1^'ar West. Fifty and sixty years ago the name Spring- 
 ville was seldom applied to the village, and it was only on 
 
MAM. KOi'lKS .Wn I'osi 1)1 KICKS. I97 
 
 special (occasions ami when (inc wished to be \ery ])recise in his 
 language that the full name " Fiddler's Green " was used, but 
 among the surrounding farming communit\- the name almost 
 universally applied was the "Green." If you went to a neigh- 
 bour's house and enquired of the wife where her husband was, 
 the answer would be he has gone to the " Green." If }-ou 
 called at another house and asked the children if their father 
 was at home, the answer might be no, he has gone to the 
 "Green." And even to-day the name of the "Green " remains 
 indelibly stamped upon the minds of sivut of our \enerable 
 men and women whose first and earliest recollections of the 
 place was the little hamlet that nestled in the midst of nature's 
 richest verdure around that spot, and this impression remains 
 to-day on their minds, and they speak of it as the " Green " and 
 call it by no other name. 
 
 In early times the " Green " was used as a parade ground b}' 
 the military companies that trained in Springville. Sometimes 
 caravans and other traveling shows exhibited there. Some- 
 times exciting games of base ball were played there. In the 
 memorable political campaign of 1840 a log cabin was erected 
 on the south-west corner of the " Green," and a large political 
 mas.s-meeting was held there on that Fourth of Jul)-. In 1880, 
 at the Semi-Centennial celebration of the opening of the Spring- 
 \ille Academy, the large compau}' present on that occasion 
 took dinner from tables erected on the " Green." 
 
 MAILS, MAIL ROUTES AND POST OFFICES. 
 
 The first post-offices established in this county were at Buf- 
 falo and Clarence. There were no post-offices or mail-routes 
 in the south towns before the war of 181 2 -15. 
 
 The earliest method adopted b}- the settlers for communi- 
 cating with their friends east was by watching their oppor- 
 tunity and sending letters by some one who might ha\e occasion 
 to return to the section of countr\- the\- came from. And their 
 friends east would send letters whenever they knew of an\' 
 person coming from that part of the country- here, and such 
 person sometimes brought a dozen or more letters and they 
 would be distributed to the owners who sometimes lived man\- 
 miles apart. .\t one time a man by the name of Wm. Earl 
 
iqS I'os tmastkrs ai" si'ki\(;\ ll,I,l•".. 
 
 \\as employed b\- the settlers to l^o to Buffalo once a week to 
 cany the mail and brin;4 that of the settlers and distribute it to 
 whom it belonged. At first the country extendin^^ for t\vent\- 
 five miles north and south and thirty-fi\'e east and west, was 
 all included in the one town of Willink, and a letter addressed 
 to a person in Willink mi^ht ne\er reach its destination, there- 
 fore the\' were addressed to persons in the township and ranj^e 
 in which the}' lived. In this w a\- the\' coidd be distributed 
 w ith measurable accurac}'. 
 
 In the Spring" of 1820, a new mail-route was established, 
 running from Buffalo to Olean, with three new offices in this 
 county: one at Hamburg, formerly called Smith's mills; one 
 at Boston, formerh* known as Torrey's corners, and one at 
 Springville, Ralph Shepard was the first post-master at Ham- 
 Inirg, Krastus Torr\- at Boston, and Rufus C. Eaton at Spring- 
 cille, who held the office nine \'ears. Since that time the 
 post-masters at Sj)ringville ha\ e been — 
 
 In i828,Klisha Mack, under Andrew Jackson, two terms, 
 Martin Van Buren, one. 
 
 In 1840, Samuel Lake, under Harrison aiui p.art of T\-ler's 
 administration. 
 
 In 1842, Dr. Hubbard, under part of Tyler's and [)art of 
 Polk's. 
 
 In 1846, Major Blasdell, under Polk's administration. 
 
 In 1848, Morgan L. Bacigiey, under 'ra}-lor and h'illmore. 
 
 In 1852, Camden C Lake, under Pierce. 
 
 In T856. Camden C. Lake, under Buchanan. 
 
 In i860, Perrin Sampson, under Lincoln. 
 
 In T864, Perrin Sampson, under Lincoln and part of John- 
 son's. 
 
 In 1866, Luther Killom, under Johnson. 
 
 In 1868, Carlos Emmons, under Grant. 
 
 In 1872, Carlos Emmons, under part of Grants 2d term. 
 
 In 1872, T. B. Norris, under part of Grant's 2tl term. 
 
 In 1876, T. B. Norris, under Hayes. 
 
 In 1880, T. B. Norris, under (iarfield, who i.. post-master ;it 
 the present time. 
 
 Aliout fift)' )-ears ago a post-office was establisiu'd 011 Tow ns- 
 end Mill, with .Ama/.iah Ashman as postmaste'i". At the jjresent 
 
ro.M MISSION ol II! K II RSI I'oS I'M AS TKK. 199 
 
 time there are four post-offices in the town of Concord — Sprini;- 
 ville, Morton's Corners. Wooclward's Hollow and Mast Concord. 
 •At first tlu- mail was carried o\-er Tow nsend llill to Boston 
 and on to Jkiffalo ; then it was carried down the east branch of 
 Ei<4'hteen-mile creek to Boston, then to Buffalo. And it has 
 been carried past I-last Concortl ami tlirouLi'h Coklen to Buffalo. 
 It is now carried on the cars from SprinoviHe to Sardinia and 
 to Buffalo ; and also through Boston to Buffalo. 
 
 In early times there was a mail from the Kast carried through 
 Springville, Zoar, and on West. Afterwards there was a mail 
 from Pike through Springville, Morton's Corners, Collin's 
 Center, and on West. At the present time there is a mail 
 route from Collin's Center, througli Morton's Corners, Wood- 
 ward's Hollow, New Oregon, &c. There is a mail route from 
 Springville to Cattaraugus Station. There is also a mail route 
 from Springxille t(> Ashford Station. 
 
 COMMISSION OF THE FIRST POST-MASTER IN SPRINGVILLE. 
 
 '^Ri'tuni /. A/n]<^\\\ Jr., Posf-i/instrr (jciirrol of the ( 'nitctf S/a/cs of 
 
 America. 
 To ALL who shall see these presents, greeting: 
 
 " Kxow VE, that confiding in the Integrit}-. Abilit\- and 
 Punctuality of Rufus C. Katon, P^scp, I do appoint him a Post- 
 master, and authorize him to execute the duties of that Officu 
 at Springville, Niagara Count)', and State of New \'ork. 
 according to the laws of the United States, and such Regula- 
 tions conformable thereto as he shall receive from me. 
 
 To HOLD the said office of Post-master, with all the Powers. 
 Privileges and Flmoluments to the same belonging, during the 
 pleasure of the I'ost-master (ieneral of the L^nited States for 
 the time being. 
 
 In TESITMONN' whereof, 1 have hereunto set m\- hantl and 
 caused the Seal of my Office to be affixed at Washington Cit\ , 
 the thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thou- 
 sand eight lumdred and twent}-, and of the indej)endence of the 
 United States the fort>'-fourtli. 
 
 Registered 19th day of Jul)-, 1820. R. J. Mek.S. 
 
 Tiios. Aruuckle, Clerk. 
 
200 NAMKS ()]•■ OWM'.RS OK 1-AKMS 1\ 1S43. 
 
 /\ list of tlie owners of farms and farvninL;- lands in the town 
 
 of Concord in 1S45 : 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX. 
 LOTS. 
 
 25. Calvin Blake, L. C. X'ani^han, lames V^aui^han, Epenetus 
 
 Vaughan. 
 
 26. W. W. Cornwell, Asa W'ells, J. X. Yates, H. Freeman, 
 
 J. Mayo. 
 
 27. John Gardinier, J. Bloodgood, W'm. Smith, Archibald 
 
 Griffith. 
 2(S. Jared Davis, John Vaughn, Wm. Smith. 
 29. H. J. Vosburg, Abram Gardinier, \Vm. Olin, G. Newcomb. 
 :^o. Wm. Foot, 'Levi Finch, James Wood, Joseph Coteral, John 
 
 Coteral. 
 
 31. James Wood, R. Foote, R. Matthewson, John Philips. 
 
 32. R. F^oote, Sam. Hains, Mrs. Beaver, R. Matthewson. 
 
 33 Asa Wells, Healy ?^reeman, Charles Wells, Mr. Kilburn. 
 
 34. James Bloodgood, J. N. Vates, Vincent Cole, Weston 
 
 Waite, Moses Griswold. 
 
 35. Archibald Griffith, M. \Wample, S. Gardner, J. Ma}'o, 
 
 C. Smith. J. Wilson. 
 
 36. J. & A. South, Wm. Smith, E. Cram, L. Killom, J. Ila\-nes, 
 
 L. Needham. 
 
 37. H. Stanbro, Wm. J^aker, Henr}- Vosburg, 1^. Graff. C. 
 
 Vaughan, David Clark, Levi Finch. 
 
 38. J. Griffith, Louis Wheelock, H. Griffith, R. Drake, Bela 
 
 Graves, C. Killom. 
 
 39. R. Foote, John Treat, P. A. Sprague, S. P. Field, Bela 
 
 Graves. 
 
 40. Abner Wilson, B. Crump, P. A. Sprague. 
 
 41. Josiah Graves, Ashle)' Holland, Gardner Stanbro, Seic)- 
 
 Squires. 
 
 42. Seley Scjuires, J. C. Cranston, Justin Miner, Hiram Mayo, 
 , D. Sweet, J. McMillen. 
 
 4V L. Davis. E. Mayo, James Curtis, J. Mayo, P. Stanbro, 
 
 C. Smith. 
 44. 7\. Cranston, Wm Smith, Jr., Wm. Smith, S. A. Jocey, 1'. 
 
 Stanbro, C. Stanbro. 
 15. W'm. Smith, Wm. Smith, jr., Patrick Hogan, Ej^jhraim 
 
 Neeilham. 
 
KAKIA' FARM oWMlKS IN l( »\\ \ ()!■ ( ■().\( OKI i. 20 1 
 
 46. Philip l\)ttcr, P. (^s<,H)od, Josiah CanfR-Id, Mr. Flint. C. A. 
 
 Wilson. 
 
 47. Wheeler Drake, (non-resident). 
 
 48. Samuel Abbott, Alonzo Cross. 
 
 49. Mrs. Reynolds, Varne\' Installs. 
 
 50 K. E. Williams. Daniel Tice. Peter ]^radle\-. Zimri Inj^alls, 
 Caleb Ingalls. 
 
 51. James Flemings, Ephraim T. Briggs. Amos Stanbro. 
 
 52. Philip Ferrin. Nathan Godard. l^Mijamin South, Lsaac Knox. 
 
 53. Albert Shippy. Ephraim A. Hriggs, Star}- King, C. Need- 
 
 ham, E. Godard. 
 
 54. K. Martin, Jr., Mr. Mason. A. Martin. J. Agard. Orrin 
 
 Sibley. 
 
 55. Orrin Sible\-. S\-lvester Abbott, Harrison Calkins. 
 
 56. Henry Smith. Wm Calkins. C. Abbott, S. Abbott. D. 
 
 Lewis. 
 
 57. Carlos Emmons, V. Ingalls, Allan Drake, Alanson Wheeler. 
 
 58. J. House, Orley Perkins, Benjamin WHieeler, Sen. 
 
 59. Benjamin Fay, Ebenezer Blake. 
 
 60. Noah Townsend, Constant Tre\'ett, Philip Ferrin, Mr. Ste- 
 
 phetison. 
 
 61. Orrin Baker, Jonathan Canfield, Orvil Canfield. 
 
 62. Wm. Field, Almon Perkins, Joshua Agard, H. E. Potter. 
 
 63. Benjamin Sibley, Joshua Agard. Abijah Sibley. 
 
 64. Moses Leonard, Oliver Dutton, O. Wells, J. P)artle\-, Mr. 
 
 Curran, Mr. Calkins, E. Twichell. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 LOTS. 
 
 46. Mrs. Prudence Williams. 
 
 47. Mrs. Prudence Williams. 
 
 48. Roswell Alcott. 
 
 49. Jesse Frye, Enoch N. Fr)e. 
 
 56. Henry Weber. 
 
 57. Non Resident. 
 
 58. Michael Smith. 
 
 59. Michael Smith. 
 
 60. John Wells. 
 
 61. David Williams. 
 
 62. E. N. JM-ye, L. P. Coxe. 
 
202 i:arlv concord farmers. 
 
 60. Luther Austin, V. 11. Can-, John Ilovcland. 
 
 67. Henry Weber, II. S. Post. 
 
 68. John Wilhanis, Le\i Pahiier. 
 
 69. John Williams. 
 
 70. Non Resident. 
 
 71. Thomas Richardson. 
 
 /2. Abram Hammond, Luther Thompson, Mr. Newman, S. G. 
 Churchill, J. G. Stor\-. 
 
 JT,. Thomas Daxis, Mr. Trumball, S. A. Morton. 
 
 JJ. Elisha Eaton, Joel Chaffee, Charles Chaffee. 
 
 /^. Charles Watson. 
 
 79. Mrs. Knii^ht. 
 
 So. Mrs. Knii^ht. Amos Stanbro, Geory;e Thompson, Charles 
 Trindle. 
 
 81. A. P. Morton, A. K. ( )strander, Ambrose J(_)hnson, Widow- 
 German, Milo Paker. 
 
 ^2. A. P. Morton, Pomro\- Johnson, Jose[)h A^^ard Ostrander, 
 Mr. Harxe}'. 
 
 86. Samuel Churchill. 
 
 i>/. Pelei^ Cranston, AL-. \'an Hurau. 
 
 88. J. Agard, W. Agard, S. Agard. L. (jerman. 
 
 89. Horace Ga\'lord, Amos Stanbro, Washington T\-rer. Charles 
 
 Prindle. 
 
 90. Isaac Nichols, (jeorge \\'oodbur\-, James Wheeler, P. C. 
 
 Holt, Mrs. Tyrer-Ostrander. 
 
 91. Jeremiah Richardson, James Wlieeler, Widow Richardson. 
 Parts of lots 61, 62, 71, 79, 80, i>j ;ind /^, and lot 70 were 
 
 wild or unoccu[)ied land. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN. 
 LOTS. 
 
 1. Carlos Lmmons. \'. Ingals. 
 
 2. V. Ingals, Mrs. L )veridge, S. Wheeler, Mr. Ilutchins. 
 
 3. Mr. Hutchins. 
 
 4. P. Scott, A. /Vshman. Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Ste\enson, Mr. 
 
 Canfield. 
 
 5. R. C. Drake, lUam Booth, Parle\- Marten. 
 
 6. Sillick Canfield, A. Gra\\ C)li\er Needham, Laban A. Need- 
 
 ham. 
 
•ni.i.i'.ks (»K nil' son. i\ 1S45. 203 
 
 7. Ilosca I'otttr. i.. II. Twichcll. II. lii^als, A. (icnsnian, Mr. 
 
 I lorton. 
 
 S. William l)>-c. Ira Wooclwanl. Whcclcr iJrakc. 
 
 9. Jonas Pcrhani. 
 
 \o. r. Cook. V. liiL;als, John I'^'cnch. 
 
 11. V. Scott, Widow Scott, .\. LoNcridL^a-. 
 
 12. r. Scott, J. Shears. 
 
 13. ThacklLMis I licock, Abial BloclL;"ctt. 
 
 14. T. II. and II. Potter, Charles Xeedham, A. C. Adam-;, 
 
 Widow Bement. 
 
 15. T. li. Potter, William Twichell, Samuel Tuichell, Joseph 
 
 Potter, Ira Drake, H. Drake. 
 
 16. William Potter, Widcnv Drake, Wheeler Drake, G. W. 
 
 Thurber, H. Drake-BridLi'inan. 
 I 7. W. H>-de, S. W. Alger. 
 iS. W. Hyde. Klder Carr, James Tyrer, O. Spaulding, A. Hall. 
 
 B. Trevitt, S. Stevens. 
 \(j. J. M. Spauldinu-, B. Alby. 
 
 20. A. Hall, Hicock and Trevitt, E. Sampson, Jeremiah Louk. 
 
 21. Benjamin Trex'ett, Benjamin Trevitt, Jr., Hiram C. i re\ itt, 
 
 William Adams, E. Adams. 
 
 22. Eron Woodward, Isaiah Pike, William Adams. 
 2:,. S. Trevett, I. Pike, D. Janes, P. Thurber, H. Burt. 
 
 24. R. Curren, J. Fosdick, E. Ellis. S. Trexett. 
 
 25. L)-man Joslyn, Mr. Josl\-n. 
 
 26. S. Stexens. 
 
 2J. r. M. Brings, E. Eush, Daniel Persons, James Colwell. 
 
 28. S. Cooper, H. C. Trevett, B. Fisher. l\. Sampson. 
 
 29. J-5enjamin Trevett, lienjamin Trexett, Jr., Trex ett & l^illou. 
 
 30. Ezekiel Adams, A. C Adams. 
 
 31. H. Babcock, Mr. Brush, J. Haxxkins. R. Hawkins, Al})honso 
 
 Cro.ss, L. Trevett. 
 
 32. D. Janes, P. Roach, Joseph Roach. W. Burt, P^-ancis Tat- 
 
 too, John Goffinett, Francis Wiser. 
 ^T). Calvin Johnson, John Nichols, A. Nichols, J. Steele, Ezekiel 
 
 Goodell. 
 34. E. Simons, Z. Simons, John Martin, John PealxKlx , Phiu- 
 
 eas Peai)od)'. 
 
204 HUSBANDMEN OK CONCf)RI) IN 1845. 
 
 35. Peril! Sampson, Emery Sampson, William Sampson, T. D. 
 
 Tiffany, P. Payne, S. Briggs. 
 
 36. Emer)' Sampson, LeGrand Douglass, Haw & Douglass. 
 
 37. J. Rice, A. Becker, — F"rancisco. 
 
 38. Joseph Hawkins, Levi Knap, P2. Adams, Mr. Blakeslc}-. 
 
 39. Benjamin Dole, Alph(^nso Cross. 
 
 40. Mrs. Barrett, G. M}'er, H. Perkins, H. Rathburn, George 
 
 Barrett, F. fiammond. 
 
 41. A. Nichols, M. J. Steele, William Fessenden. Eli/.er Stock- 
 
 ing, L}'man Steele, Charles Mosier. 
 
 42. Luke Simons, Z. Simons, William Fisher, Nehemiah Heath, 
 
 Joseph Tabor. 
 
 43. J. L. Douglass, D. Rice, Jarcd Tiffany. 
 
 44. J. L. Douglass, Waters & Rice. E. Sampson, Jarcd Tiffany. 
 
 J. Colvin. 
 
 45. William Beckwith. Ra\- Beckwith. Mr. Stearns, (iilbert 
 
 Sweet. 
 
 46. Chockly Lynde. Ira Stebbins, Mr. Lj-nde, William Horton, 
 
 L. Barrett. 
 
 47. John Becker, George Myers, Zenas Perkins, P. Hucklebury. 
 
 M. Hucklebury. 
 4S. H. Jefferson. D. Horton, B. Rathburn. F. Hammond. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SIX. 
 LOTS. 
 
 1. Eaton Bensley, John Russell, Joseph Harkness. 
 
 2. Samuel Cochran, Mrs. Yaw, D. Evans. 
 
 3. George Holland, Sylvester Eaton, W. Watkins. Wells 
 
 Brooks, William McMillen. 
 
 4. J. Van Pelt, James Hinman. Charles Wells. \'. Ingalls, 
 
 Christopher Green. 
 
 5. 1^. Nelson, E. Matthewson. G. W. Kingman, Parker & 
 
 Barton. 
 7. Ahner White, William Weeden. Charles Chaffee, Joel 
 
 Chaffee, J. Russell, E. Bensley. 
 S. Bloomfield, Shepherd. White. Shultus. William Weeden. S. 
 
 Cochran. 
 9. E. Mack, William l^allou, J. Rushmore, I'Ltlmonds I'\ White. 
 10. J. Van Pelt, Selem Sears, Isaac Palmei-. 
 
coNcoRi) S()I.iiii;ks RiicokD. 205 
 
 11. II. S. I'osl, Julius Hcmcnt, Ihirvcy Aiulrcws. Luther 
 
 Austin. 
 
 12. Jarvis Bk)onificlcl. 
 
 13. (iilcs Churchill, Jacob Rushniorc, Luther Austin. 
 
 14. I'^. W. Cook. 
 
 15. E. W. Cook, Mr. Stearns. 
 
 16. David Wiley, Mr. Stearns. 
 
 17. Ebcnezer Dibble, P'rancis White, Mr. luhiiunds. 
 
 18. Mrs. Otis, William Ballou. 
 
 19. William Smith. 
 
 20. James Kini^sle)-. 
 
 21. L. R. Shultus. 
 
 22. David .Shultus. 
 
 23. David Shultus. Abel llolman. Mr. Kini;man. 
 
 24. Abel Holman. 
 
 2^. Nathaniel Howen. Mr. Dodi^e, Parker & l^arton. 
 
 CONCORD SOLDIERS" RECORD. 
 
 'I\) that (irand Arm\' which preserved the L^nion, Concord 
 contributed her full share of volunteers, a larg'e percentage of 
 whom were either killed or died in the service. When future 
 generations lift the \eil from b)-i;"one years in their search for 
 fitting themes of eulogy, let their finest tributes fall upon the 
 heads of the soldier boys of Concord. 
 
 More than half of those who entered the service went out in 
 two companies — Company A of the 100th N. Y. .S. \\, and 
 Company E of the 1 r6tli N. Y. S. V. 
 
 Company A of the lOOtli was recruited b}' Capt. Daniel D. 
 Nash, of Springville, and was the first offering toward the for- 
 mation of the "Eagle Hrigade." being raised b)' (ieneral 
 Scroggs, of Buffalo. Of their service in the field we need not 
 speak, as its history has already been written b\' an able pen. 
 Company E of the 1 i6th was organized by Drs. U. C. Lynde 
 and Cicorgc G. Stanbro, of Springville, in 1862. Dr. George G. 
 Stanbro was commissioned as its captain. The\- reported for 
 duty in August, 1862, at Eort Porter, Buffalo. Earl\- in 1863 
 they were sent to Louisiana, where, after particij^ating in a 
 series of hard fought battles, the regiment was ordered to Vir- 
 ginia. But a history of the 1 i6th has also been written and 
 
2o6 II 1 1; r.KAVK s( )I.1)Ii:ks ok coxcoRn. 
 
 wc need not tuilher refer to it. ( )f those wlio were members 
 I if the various other reL;'iiiients. their records are ecjuallx' deserx- 
 iiiL,^ of a phice on the ilhistrious scroll of the nation's lionoretl — 
 soldier heroes. 
 
 The following;" list of the soldiers includes some who enlistetl 
 in other places but whose homes were really in Concord : 
 
 ■ Died in the service ; the person's name will also be found in a list of the dead. 
 
 n\K HUXDRKDIH RK(;i M KNI' ^'E^\ \()KK \()1.U.\ rKllR^. ( i >.M- 
 
 I'AW A. 
 
 Major Daniel D. Nash, h'rancis L. Arnold, 
 
 Capt. Wm. L. Mayo, Nathan J. Arnold. 
 
 Serg. Carlos H. Richmond. (ieorge Arnold, 
 
 Scrg. Thos. W. Small, Thos. Dillon, 
 
 Scrg. Byron Bristol. Hiram M. Fisk. 
 
 *Corp. Charles B. Kellogg. "Jacob l^^-iednicUi. 
 
 Corp. Thos. M. Allen, Ed. (i. (iibson, 
 ■'•'Corp. Charles H. Flanders. Henr)- S. (joodman. 
 
 Corp. |. S. Bibbens, Nicholas (ieorgen, 
 
 Emerson Gates, James L. Gaylord. 
 
 Daniel Hicks, "Uriah F. Hill. 
 
 Marion Eincoln, John Roller, 
 
 ■■^Roswcll Merrifield. Ebenczer Spooner, 
 
 Nicholas Streit, Frank Smith, 
 
 Wm. H. Sill, Daniel H. Stebbon. 
 
 "Thos. C. Sweet, Sylvester Wiser, 
 
 "Geo. Bishop, -'^'hillip Wiser, 
 "Clark C. Dickerman. 
 
 OXli IIUXDREI) AXl) SIXTKE.Xril KKGIMEXT, NKW ^•()RK \()L- 
 UNTEERS, COMPAX'Y F. 
 
 Capt. (ieorge .S. Stanbro. Rollin J. Albro, 
 
 Capt. Charles S. Crary, George Annaerter, 
 
 Lieut. Clinton Hammond. "'Peter Brooks. 
 
 Scrg. John Ci. Dayton. Morris Barnett. 
 
 *Corp. Samuel A. Mayo, Martin Bui)-, 
 
 Corp. Anthou)' Reiser, Edward Bement, 
 
 William A. hV-rrin, Marshall K. Davis. 
 
 Stephen E. .S[)aulding, Jacob Earner, 
 
 Benjamin S. Goddard. Alonzo Hilliker, 
 
rill'. \f)i.iN ri-.i:k s(ti.i)ii:K>. 
 
 20: 
 
 I'l'edcrick I li >\\'i'laiul. 
 ■■'Marl<s 1 ,ouk, 
 "•■'Jolin 1 1. Mayo, 
 Julian 1 1. KIkhIcs, 
 "••■John 1 1 . Tluirher, 
 Carlos Waitc, 
 Cornelius (iraft. 
 Scrq;. James 1^. Webber, 
 Uriah C. L)'nde, Surgeon. 
 Jacob Chiefferle, 
 "•^■Daniel Wriehl, 
 
 Julius A. MeClure. 
 Theron Alatthewson, 
 Cornelius ( )strancler, 
 llenr\- W. Shultus, 
 h'ranklin C. Shultus, 
 •■'I^'abian Warner, 
 Lorenzo Johnson, 
 Marion Johnson, 
 Joseph S. W'.irner, 
 ■■'■John W. rwichell, 
 ■■'Hiram H . Tvrer. 
 
 Theotlore B. Norris. 
 
 .MIS(i;i.l,ANE()L^S LIST. 
 
 "Eugene Walker- 44th Re^., Inf. Co. A,(i'eoi)le's Rllsworlh. ) 
 ■"Irvini,r l^ike — 44th Re^., Inf.. Co. A, (l'eo[)le's Mllsworth.) 
 ■•■'Jerome Myer.s — 44th ReL;., Inf., Co. .\, ( l'eo|)le's T'Jlsw orth.) 
 "•■"ilenr)- C. Hammond — 44th Ke^., Inf., Co. A, (People's I^lls- 
 
 worth.) 
 Tyler H. Stearns 44th KeL;.. Inf., Co. A, ( l'eoi)le"s Kllsworth.) 
 Lan.son A. Stanbro — i 16th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 Alonzo v. Killom — 1 i6th X. Y. V., Co. K. 
 William Woodward— 64th X. Y. V., Co. A. 
 (ieort^e Smead — 64th X. Y. V., Co. A. 
 Elmore Hement — 2d Rey;. California Ca\'., Co. (i. 
 Frank I'. S])auldin<,^ — 36th Re-. X. Y. \'., Co. A. 
 Col. H. V. .Spauldin^- — 7th Rey;. U. S. colored troo[)s. 
 James McRea— ist Ret;-. 111. Li^ht Artiller\-, Batter\- I. 
 Nathan Humphrey — 1st l^atalion, N. Y. sharj) shooters, 8th Co. 
 .\lonzo I^ooth — 97th N. Y. \. iConklin Rifles), Co. K., drafted. 
 Corp. John P. L'nderhill lolh X. Y. Caw 
 Capt. William II. Warner--4th .\rk. Cav., Co. V. 
 Serg. Humphrey Drake — i i6th N. Y. Cav., Co. H. 
 ■^'Leroy Coo[)er — 187th X. Y. V. 
 Henry Himes. 
 
 Elnathan (Griffith— 1 16th X. Y. V., Co. K. 
 EuL^ene I', h'.llis. 
 William Henry Sprai^iie. 
 William Vannatta— 64th X. Y. V. 
 
208 LIST ()1- Till-. KII.LKI). 
 
 "'^FJias Vannatta — 64th N. Y. V. 
 
 I'rcston Richardson. 
 
 Tctcr Prior — 147th, Co. D. 
 
 Job Woodward. 
 
 Martin Miller— 21 st N. Y. V. 
 
 W. B. Jcwett— 2ist N. Y. V. 
 
 William Black— 45th, Co. I. 
 
 AmericLis Lincoln — 147th, Co. I). 
 
 *Jame.s Darling. 
 
 *Joseph Y. Gardinier — 2d Minn. Cav. 
 
 Serg. George W. Pierce — 187th N. Y. V., Co. E. 
 
 *Jacob F. Goodbread— i.^7th N. Y. V., Co. 15. 
 
 *Thoma.s Page. 
 
 *Philip Mentz—iooth N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 *Chauncey Joslin — 64th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 ^Alfred Shippy. 
 
 LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE EITHER KILLED OR DIED IN THE 
 
 SERVICE. 
 
 Corp. Charles B. Kellogg — killed in Virginia. 
 Corp. Charles F. Flanders — killed in the attack on Fort Wag- 
 ner, July 18, 1883. 
 Roswell Merrifield — killed June 28, 1892, at Bottom Bridge. 
 Thomas C. Sweet — killed June 28, 1862, at Bottom Bridge. 
 Jacob P'riedman — killed. 
 
 Uriah F. Hill — died at Andersonville prison. 
 Phillip Wiser — killed May 26, 1862, at Seven Pines. 
 Corp. Samuel A. Mayo — died Aug. 8, 1862. 
 Mark Louks— killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. 
 John H. Mayo — died of wounds received, Aug. 11, 1863. 
 John H. Thurber — lost at sea, July 10, 1864. 
 F'abian Warner — died at Baton Rouge, July 26, 1863. 
 Eugene Walker — killed at second battle of Bull Run. 
 Irving Pike — died in the service. 
 Jerome Myers — killed at Malvern Hill. 
 
 Henry C. Hammond — killed at second battle of Bull Run. 
 Leroy Cooper — died in the hospital at Washington, in 1864. 
 Elias Vannatta — shot. 
 
 James Darling — died in Andcrsonxille prison. 
 Joseph Y. Gardinier — died at St. Louis, P^eb. 7. 1862. 
 
■niK i'RKsii\ri:Ri.\N chircii oi' si'ri.\(;\ii,lk. 209 
 
 lacob V. Goodbrcad — starved to death in Andersonville prison. 
 Daniel Wright — died of wound. May 17, 1863, in Louisiana. 
 Peter Brooks — died Aug. 13, 1863, in Louisiana. 
 John W. Twichell — died Sept. 22, 1863, at Cairo, Illinois. 
 Hiram H. Tyrer — died May 9, 1864, at New Orleans, 
 (ieorge Bishop — died of wounds received at Bull Run. 
 Thomas Page — died Sept. 27, 1863, of wounds received at 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 Philip "Mentz — died on Morris Island. 
 Chaunce\' Joslin — died of camp fcxer, at Versailles. N. Y., 
 
 Jan. 12, 1863. 
 Alfred Shipey — died in the hospital. . 
 Clark C. Dickerman — died July 18, 1863, at Fort Wagner. 
 
 Owing to the destruction of valuable records, the above rec- 
 ord is imperfect and contains omissions and doubtless errors 
 which are seemingh' unavoidable. 
 
 THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SPRINGVILLE. 
 
 The Presbyterian Church of Springville was first organized 
 as a Congregational Church Nov. 2nd, 1816, by Rev. John 
 Spencer, consisting of but nine members of whom John Russell 
 was chosen its first deacon and was ever after looked up to by 
 the church as its father and truest friend. Rev. John Spencer 
 was a character that deserves more than a passing notice. He 
 was a missionary sent out by the home board to labor on the 
 Holland Purchase. His labors and toils were abundant in this 
 county but more particularly in Cattaraugus and Chatauqua 
 counties. He was wonderfully full of vivacit)', a rare wit and 
 a genial companion. In all the anecdotes related of him, and 
 they are very man>', I have never heard of but one instance of 
 his failing to ha\e a read\' response. He was once walking 
 through the streets of Fredonia leading his old gray mare, 
 which as ever seemed inclined to hang back. Passing a tailor 
 shoj) where a couple of tailors sat sewing b)- the open window, 
 one called out to him, " Friend, are you traveling far?" He 
 answers " No." " Ah, I thought if you were, I would advise 
 \-ou to swap off \'our old horse for a bob-sled and get some- 
 thing you could draw easier." He stopped, took off his hat 
 
 and bowed, saying, " Gentlemen, I have not a word to fit the 
 
 13 
 
2IO TWENTV-ONE MEMBERS IN 1820. 
 
 occasion," and passed on enjoyin<^ the joke hugely, which he 
 often repeated. Deacon Russell once said with his eyes humid 
 with emotion, " That anecdote always brings good old father 
 Spencer with his old gray mare visibly before me." Father 
 Spencer was always ready for every good word and work, a 
 great worker, sowing the seed unsparingly, and was very suc- 
 cessful in securing an abundant har\est. So kind, loving and 
 spiritual that he, under God, succeeded in drawing together 
 and organizing more churches, it is said, than any other man 
 that ever labored in these three counties. He was pastor of a 
 great number of churches at the same time and for many years. 
 The place where this little band met to worship and encourage 
 one another's hearts to stem the tide of worldly influences was 
 the old school-house standing in the rear of the Presbyterian 
 Church which was burned down about fift}'-five years ago. 
 There they met every Sabbath, whether they had a preacher 
 to lead them or not. If they had they rejoiced, if not 
 they felt the command was " worship God." Some brother 
 read a hymn and the)' all joined in the hoh- song with 
 grateful hearts. No doubt there would have been some 
 harsh, grating discords had the song of this little band fell on 
 the ears of some of the fashionable quartettes of the present 
 time (w'hose artistic displays seem more in keeping with the 
 gymnastics of the day than as a part of religious service). But 
 the business of this little band here in the w ilderness was to 
 worship and please God, and the}- needed none to lead them 
 save the Spirit in this most delightful and impressive part of 
 Christian worship. The h}'mn sung, another brother prayed 
 and then some minister in heaven preached to them b)' his ser- 
 mon being read to them here on earth. Thus they continued 
 about five years, when a Mr. Fitch, a son of Dr. Fitch, of W^il- 
 liams college, was sent to them. The first subscription ever 
 drawn up in the Town of Concord for the support of the Gos- 
 pel was for his benefit in the}-ear 1820. The numbers of mem- 
 bership had now increased from the original nine to twenty-one. 
 as follows: John Russell, John Ewers, George W. Robinson, 
 Hannah Ewers, Silas H. Clexeland, Ruth Morrill, Anna Robin- 
 son, Sergeant Morrill, Thomas McGee, Hannah Green, Cath- 
 rina Cochran, Betse\' h'rye, Asa Phillips, Rhoda Phillips, Cath- 
 
THK FIRST RKVIVAl, I\ SPRIN( ;VII,I,F.. 211 
 
 rina Knox, L\'dia Russell. John M. Richards, I^Hzabcth Austin, 
 William Hcrrick and Mary Hcnick. Mr. Fitch remained but 
 one year, and was succeeded in 1821 or 1822 by l^'ather Ingalls, 
 who remained four or five years, preachin^^ one-half the time 
 here and receivins;' his missionar\- aid for a part of his supi)ort. 
 Under his ministry the church and community was blessed with 
 its first revival, and this was a i^eneral one throuLjhout the com- 
 munity, and here man}' of the first prominent settlers took a 
 stand for Christ. The fruits of this revival went in part to 
 start the other churches. The Methodists had organized a class 
 about 1820. The Baptists organized a society from the fruits 
 of this revival in 1824 and a church several years later. The 
 Methodists were so ^strengthened by this revival that the)- com- 
 menced building a church edifice in 1827. The house was 
 enclosed, except glazing, and remained so for some \'ears. 
 Through the kindness of the Methodists, the Congregational 
 church was permitted to meet in their house occasionally. 
 There they worshiped on slab seats laid on blocks of wood, 
 their worship being in no way incommoded thereby, but as a 
 board from the windows, or places for the windows, had to be 
 removed to let in light iov the singers ; use was found for the 
 old bandana handkerchiefs to cover the heads of the worship- 
 ers. All the religious meetings held statedly in the place 
 up to this time were held b)- this little band, others oiil\- 
 having occasional meetings, while they met every Sabbath. 
 
 The next minister who labored with this church was Kliphalet 
 Spencer, of Middlebury academ\-. who commenced his 
 labors in the Winter of 1828-9. ^ ^''^ number since the revival 
 had increased to fifty-one. Mr. Spencer's labors were not suc- 
 cessful, as the Masonic excitement was then at its height and 
 absorbed the public mind. Mr. Spencer being a Mason found 
 it impossible to do much good in a community where so many 
 were incensed against the institution. The walls of the academy 
 were now up and the church met w ithin them at anotlier time in 
 the ball chamber of the Johnson Bensley Hotel, later known as 
 the Sjjringville House. They worshiped here for sometime un- 
 der the ministrations of Re\'. S. H. Gridley, since known as Dr. 
 (iridley. He was from Clinton, Oneida count\% and preached 
 his first sermon to this church — a man of talent and ardent 
 
212 THE CHIRCH DKHKATKI > IN 1 832. 
 
 piety. He was the first man who exer preached in this phice 
 all the time. He left in 1830, the church still weak but united 
 and happy and was succeeded by Father \\ ilcox, an aged man. 
 who labored a few months without any special engagement, 
 and left in 1S31. At this time the erection of the old house of 
 worship was commenced, under very embarassed circumstances, 
 but few to put their shoulder to the wheel and the land-debts 
 resting very heavily upon them In June. 1832. this meeting- 
 house was finished The dedication took place on the 6th day 
 of June. The ministry present to assist were Revs. Abial Parme- 
 lee and T. S. Harris The church had now conveniences and 
 comforts, of which it had known nothing in its previous exist- 
 ence. It had Avorshiped in the old log school-house, the unfin- 
 ished walls of the academy, the old factory where Deacon Rus- 
 sell furnished dinner or lunch for all who came, in the ball- 
 chamber, in the unfinished Methodist edifice, sitting on slabs of 
 the roughest material, and never were privileges prized higher 
 than these. Xow the\- had a comfortable and commodious 
 house of worship and the celebrated union-meeting of the Bap- 
 tist and Congregational churches was entered into by previous 
 arrangement. Following this dedication the ministers were 
 Parmelee and Harris. Congregationalists; Loomis and Med- 
 calfe. Baptists. This meeting continued for several weeks ; as 
 the result, twenty-one were added to the church on profession 
 and fourteen by letter, increasing the number to seventy. Par- 
 melee remained five years, closing his labors here in Januarj', 
 1839. Number of communicants had increased one hundred 
 and fifty-three. He was succeeded by Re\ . A. P. Hawley, who 
 became the first pastor of the church : was installed Jan. 30, 
 
 1839. '^ \ery ardent attachment soon sprung up between 
 pastor and people with promise of good results. But Mr. Haw- 
 ley was laid aside from the pulpit by the fall of a tree in the 
 winter of 1840, from which he ne\"er recovered, and in August, 
 
 1840. the pulpit was again declared vacant. 
 
 The church has now reached a point within the recollection 
 of most of our citizens and we will onh' give the names of 
 pastors and other facts in a condensed manner. Rev. Z. Edd\- 
 commenced his labors in the winter of 1840 and '41. and closed 
 in October. 1844. Number of communicants reported at the 
 
I UK MKIHODIST CHURCH OF S1'KIN(.\ Il.LH. 213 
 
 next meeting of Prt'sb\tcr\- was ^22. March. '45, a call was 
 jjiven to Hiram Eddy, who became the third pastor of the 
 church and durin<^ his stay the church built the church edifice 
 in which it nowworships. The pastoral relation wasdissolved in 
 June, 1850. The pulpit has since been supplied by ministers and 
 pastors in the following order: Rev. Benj. F. Millan, i year; 
 Rev. Isaac E. Curr}-, 3 years; Rev. Robert L. Conklin. 1 year; 
 Rev. Claudius B. Lord, 3 years : Re\ . Nathan Allen, 5 \'ears ; 
 Rev. J. T. Manning. 3 years: Rev. John A. Wells, 11 years. 
 Under his pastorate the church members increased fifty per 
 cent., and the house of worship was re-modeled at an expense 
 of over $6,000. Rev. \V. A. Robinson is the present pastor. 
 
 METHODI5T EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SPRIXGVILLE. 
 
 From the best information that can be obtained, it appears 
 that as early as 1814 and 1815. Methodist meetings were held 
 by a Methodist preacher named " Jenkins," at the house of 
 Ezekiel Smith, in the town of Sardinia (then Concord), on 
 Lord's hill, eight miles east of Springville. Subsequentlv 
 Methodist meetings were held at George Richmond's, thre^' 
 miles east of Springville. About the year 1820. a Methodist 
 church was organized at the school house of Liberty pole cor- 
 ners, one mile east of Springville, by a Methodist preacher 
 known as Father Hall. So far as can now be ascertained, the 
 members of the church thus organized were James Hinman 
 and Phebe Hinman, his wife : Charles C. Wells and Susan 
 Wells, his wife ; Samuel Shaw and Phebe Shaw, his wife. No 
 other names of members can be ascertained. In the year 1823, 
 this conference district was know n as the Erie district, Gleazen 
 Fillmore, Presiding Elder, and the circuit was known as Boston 
 circuit. Andrew Peck and John Copeland were the cir- 
 cuit preachers connected with the charge, and meetings were 
 held by them alternately once in two weeks. At a later date, 
 meetings were held at a school house in Springville, that stood 
 just west of where the Presbyterian church now stands. In the 
 year 1825, this was known as the BufTalo district, Loring Grant. 
 Presiding Elder, under whose leadership a church edifice was 
 erected. Orrin Lewis was the builder. The church edifice 
 thus built stood on the north side of the public square, and was 
 
214 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SPRINGVILLE. 
 
 used as a place of worship by the Methodists until 1863, when 
 the present church edifice was completed, which was built under 
 the supervision of the Rev. S. Y. Hammond, the preacher then 
 in charge. The edifice is built of brick and of modern .style 
 and finish, located upon a lot of ample size, with a commodious 
 parsonage of appropriate style, in close proximity. A fair 
 estimate of the value of the property could not fall short of 
 $10,000. The present membership, at this date of 1883, is 110. 
 Sunday school teachers and children, seventy-five. The present 
 Board of Trustees are: Stephen E. Tefft, W. H. Pingey, Byron 
 Wells. B. A. Lowe, H. G. Leland, L. M. Cumming.s, Frank 
 Thurber, Newcomb Churchill, William McMillen. Rev. Will- 
 iams, present pastor. 
 
 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SPRINGVILLE. 
 
 In January, 1827, the first Baptist church in Springville was 
 organized. The articles of faith now held by the church were 
 adopted, and Rufus C. Eaton was chosen Deacon. At the time 
 of its organization the church was composed of eighteen mem-' 
 bers, eight males and ten females. Their names were as 
 follows : Zebulon Stratton, Levinus Cornwell, R. C. Eaton, 
 Almon Fuller, Sylvester Eaton, W. W. Cornwell, Chauncey 
 Pond, Elisha Eaton, Thankful White, Betsey P\iller, Sally 
 Weeden, Sally Eddy, Eunice House, Juda Rhodes, Waitee 
 Richmond, Eliza H. Eaton, Susannah Pond, Louisa Cornwell. 
 
 About this time Elder Eliab Going was solicited to visit 
 Springville, to preach and baptise a few persons. In January, 
 1828, the church numbered thirty-five members, and Whitman 
 Metcalf became its nominal ]:)astor, intending to preach one- 
 fourth of the time. 
 
 In 1832, Elder Loomis preached to the church. 
 
 In June, 1833, Elder David Searle became pastor of the 
 church. 
 
 On the 14th of December, Daniel Parsons was chosen Deacon. 
 
 In 1834, a new meeting house was built and dedicated Janu- 
 ary 27, 1835, the dedicatory sermon being preached b)' IClder 
 Elisha Tucker, of Buffalo. 
 
 On the 27th of March, 1836, Elder Searle, who had labored 
 successfully as pastor for three years, was dismissed witli a 
 
NAMES OF I'ASrORS. 21 5 
 
 letter of commendation, and soon after, the Rev. W. T. Crane 
 became pastor of the church and remained one year. 
 
 In the Spring- of 1S37, Rev. G. W. Warren assumed the jias- 
 toral charge of the church. June i/th, Lansing Waugh was 
 hcensed to preacli. In August, 140 communicants were pres- 
 ent. In November, R. D. Campbell was inxited to improve his 
 gifts of preaching (and was afterward licensed), and Thomas 
 Pierce was chosen Deacon. 
 
 In December, the following resolution was adopted by the 
 church, viz : 
 
 "' Rcsoh'cd, That we will not admit to fellowship any indi- 
 vidual who will not abstain from the use of ardent spirits, 
 except as a medicine." 
 
 In August, 1838, Elder Searle united with the church and 
 became its pastor the second time. He continued to labor in 
 that capacity till 1841. In 1841, Rev. Newell Smith became 
 the pastor of the church. In September, 1842, he asked for a 
 dismission. In October, Harry A. Sears w as licensed to preach. 
 Twenty-seven had been baptised and twent\-five received by 
 letter. 
 
 In October, 1842, Fllder Anson Tucker became pastor of the 
 church. On the iithof August, 1844, 'i*-' preached his fare- 
 well sermon, having been dismissed at his request. In the Fall, 
 A. H. Danforth, a student from Hamilton, preached during 
 vacation. His brother, H. M. Danforth, was invited to preach, 
 but he remained but a short time. Elder E. G. Hatch supplied 
 the church a few months. Elder Orsamus Ta)'ntor, from the 
 Free Will Baptist, united with this church at this time and was 
 licen.sed to preach. Edwin Saunders and Alvin T. Cole were 
 licensed also. 
 
 In September, 1845, 1"^*-'^'- ^^- W. Mills accepted an invitation 
 to the pa.storal office which he occupied till the year 1849, '^"^ 
 then supplied the desk till 1850. While Elder Mills remained 
 pastor, twenty-seven were baptised and thirty-five received by 
 letter. The church which had graduall}- increased since its 
 organization in 1827, now seems to have arrived at the height 
 of its numerical force, reporting to the association held at 
 Arcade in 1850 the aggregate number of 266. 
 
 On the 24th of Februarv. 1850, Rev. Whitman Metcalf 
 
2l6 FREE BAPTIST CHURCH SOCIETY. 
 
 became Pastor. On the 1st of May, 1853, twenty were bap- 
 tized. After four years' labor Elder Metcalf offered his resig- 
 nation which was reluctanth' accepted. 
 
 On June 24, 1855, Rev. John Smitzer became Pastor. 
 While he remained thirty-eight were baptized and added to 
 the church. 
 
 In April, 1857, Rev. John Pitman became Pastor and remained 
 two )'ears. 
 
 In January, i860, Rev. Clinton Colgrove became Pastor of 
 the church and continued to preach to the church till the P'all 
 of 1861. 
 
 In the Spring of 1862 the Rev. H. H. Phelps became Pastor. 
 He continued two years and was succeeded in July 1864, by 
 Rev. Ira W. Simpson, who had entered on the fourth year of 
 his pastorate when he died. 
 
 In June, 1868, an agreement was made with Professor Rogers, 
 of Griffith Institute, to supph' the desk for three monthes. 
 
 In April, 1868, Rev. Charles Wilkinson commenced his labors 
 as Pastor, and continued a year and a half, and was succeeded 
 by Rev. E. L. Benedict Nov. i, 1869. 
 
 In 1873, Rev. William Look became Pastor. He was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. B. E. Hillman in 1876. 
 
 Rev. E. T. Fox commenced his labors in 1879. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Owen, the present Pastor, commenced his labors 
 in 1882. 
 
 Since 1854, the church has declined in numbers, more, per- 
 haps, from emigration than any other cause, the youth and 
 the older members of many families seeking homes in the 
 West. 
 
 In the year 1871 the church edifice was repaired and enlarged. 
 L. M. Kellogg & Son had the job, and Thomas Lincoln was 
 the master builder, as he also was of the old church. The new 
 edifice was dedicated on the 28th of November, 1871. 
 
 FREE BAPTIST CHURCH SOCIETY OF SPRINGVILLE, 
 
 About fifty years ago the P'ree Will Baptist denomination 
 held regular meetings at Springville. They had no church 
 edifice and met in the Methodist church and the school-house. 
 The first local pastor was Rev. H. Whitcher, a young man who 
 
ROMAN-fAlIIOUr CIIUKCH ()1- Sl'KI \( i\ I I.LK. 21/ 
 
 attciulctl school at the Acadeni)- and prcachctl to his congrega- 
 tion on the Sabbath. He remained about two years and after- 
 wards became prominent!}' connected with an F.W. H. Seminar\- 
 in Oneida County. 
 
 After several )'ears it would seem meetings were discontin- 
 ued, and no society existed in Springville, organizations being 
 maintained at East and West Concord. 
 
 On the 26th of May. 1867, the present church society was 
 organized in Springville. The following were the principal 
 original members : — Mr. and Mrs. Albro, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh- 
 ton, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Gaylord, Mrs. Weeden, Mrs. Stanbro 
 and Miss Alice McClure. 
 
 On the iith of June, 1868, a permanent organization was 
 effected by the election of the following board of trustees : — 
 Emmons Jones, Emery D. Albro, Stephen R. Smith, Walter 
 A. Fox and Horatio A. Barker. S. R. Smith was elected 
 treasurer and H. A. Barker clerk. At a meeting of the board 
 June 15, a plan for building a church, drawn by Mr. Porter, 
 architect, of Buffalo, was adopted, and July 29th the contract 
 for building the church was let to S. R. Smith for eight 
 thousand dollars. Calvin Smith, Emery D. Albro, Emmons 
 Jones and S. R. Smith each subscribed one thousand dollars 
 toward the construction of the church. The church was dedi- 
 cated March 12th, 1870, Rev. G. H. Ball, of Buffalo, preached 
 the dedicatory sermon. Rew B. C. Van Duzee was first pastor, 
 he was succeeded by Rev. Charles Cook who remained until 
 1875, then Rev. B. F. Herrick ofificiated one year, followed by 
 Mr. Van Duzee. who preached one year, when Rew A. J. Hr}-- 
 ant who remains up to the present writing. 
 
 ST, ALOYSIUS ROMAN-CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SPRINGVILLE, 
 
 The church property was purchased of George Holland Oct. 
 22, 1856, formerly owned and occupied by the F^irst Pre.sby- 
 terian church of Springville. The Board of Trustees consists 
 of five persons, the Bishop and Vicar-General being ex-ojficio 
 Trustees, and also the Pastor, who appoints annually two lay- 
 men as Trustees ; the two laymen now acting as Trustees are 
 Victor Collard and Peter Saelzler. FVom 1853 to May 15, 
 1869, this was onl\- a missionar}- station: Ma\' 15 irf6Q a per- 
 
2l8 FREE BAPTIST CHURCH OF EAST -CONC* )RI >. 
 
 manent Pastor was appointed and a residence built. April 14, 
 1878 ground was broken for the new church edifice, which was 
 built during that season ; Thomas Lincoln was the architect and 
 builder. The church was dedicated Sept. 18, 1879. The church 
 edifice has a seating capacity of four hundred, has a bell weigh- 
 ing 506 pounds, the main building being \o6j4 feet in length, 
 having an audience n^om of 70x40 feet; in the rear, unparti- 
 tioned is a sanctuary 30x22 feet ; the cost of the church prop- 
 erty was about $8,000; number of church members, about four 
 hundred ; the present Pastor is Rey. F. X. Fromholzer. 
 
 FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPRINGVILLE 
 
 The P^irst Universalist Church Society of Springville was 
 organized in 1846. Rev. L George, Abram Dyrgert, I. B. Childs 
 and Jonathan Mayo, were the first trustees. 
 
 The following constituted the principal original male mem- 
 bers of the society : 
 
 Abram Dyrgert, Lewis Childs, L B, Childs, Benj. Wheeler, 
 Chester Spencer, Sewell Hakes, Baltus Goodemote, Philip 
 Goodemote, Michael C. Huffstader, Jonathan Mayo, Rev. L 
 George, C. C. McClure, Perrin Sampson, William Ballou, John 
 Ballou, Jonathan Briggs, Jacob Badgley, O. D. Curtis and Dr. 
 L. C. Pool. ^ . 
 
 The church was built in 1 847. Re\\ L George the first pastor, 
 preached the dedicatory sermon. Rev. L George was suc- 
 ceeded as pastor by Rev. C H. Dutton, he by Rev. T. J. Whit- 
 comb, and he by the Rev. J. B. Saxe, the last one who preached 
 regularly to the society. 
 
 In 1879 the church edifice was sold to Messrs. Horris Hall 
 and L B. Childs, who re-modeled it into the present Opera 
 House. The avails of the sale were given into the keeping of 
 the New York State Convention of Universalists, as a fund to 
 be used for the benefit of the denomination. 
 
 FREE BAPTIST CHURCH OF EAST CONCORD. 
 
 The societ)' was organized about sixty years ago by Elder 
 Richard Car)-, of Boston. For a number of years meetings 
 were held at the Block school house ; afterwards at the Sharp 
 street school house. The present church edifice at East Con- 
 cord was built in 1S52, previous to which Elder Cary preached 
 
KKKK ISAl'TIST CIll'KCIl OK WKSl lONCORD. 2ig 
 
 ;it intervals for many years; Elders Folsom, VVhitcher. Bab- 
 cock and Plumb also preached. Of the original members, Mrs. 
 Achsie Townsend, of Townsentl Hill, is the oiiK- survivin<,^ one. 
 Giles Churchill, Prentis Stanbro, Sen., Prentis Stanbro, Jr., E. 
 Steele, Woodruff Van Dusan. George L. Stanbro and Sterling- 
 Titus have been the deacons of the church from its organiza- 
 tion to the present time, in the order as stated above. 
 
 The following are the names of the ministers who ha\e 
 preached to the society since the building of the church in 
 1852: B. H. Damon, Elder Plyn, Ashly Ensign, B. H. Damon. 
 Elder Barker, Elder Van Duzee, Elder Stuart, Elder Starr. 
 Charles Cook, Elder Van Duzee, B. F. Herrick and A. F. Bry- 
 ant. The present membership is about one hundred. 
 
 WEST CONCORD FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 About 1818 a few churchmen organized a Free-VVill Baptist 
 Society at West Concord. Among the early members were 
 Jeremiah Richardson and wife. Elijah Richardson and wife. 
 Stephen Knight and wife, Simeon Holton and wife, Elijah, 
 Polly and Caroline Richardson. 
 
 The first meetings were held in the school-house, at Nichols' 
 corners. Elder Richard Gary was the first minister to preach 
 to the society and of^ciated as pastor for many years. Stephen 
 Knight, Elder Rindalls, Elder Plumb, Jonathan Canfield and 
 Elder Andrus were among the early ministers. 
 
 The church edifice was built about 1 845. The dedicatory 
 services were conducted by Elder Andrus. Jeremiah Rich- 
 ardson was among those who were most efficient in building 
 the church. 
 
 WEST CONCORD M. E. CHURCH. 
 
 In 1819 a Methodist Society was organized in West Con- 
 cord. Among the original members were Lewis Nichols and 
 wife, Abijah Nichols and wife, Isaac Nichols and wife, David 
 and Betsey Nichols, Lewis Nichols, Jr., Mrs. Hira Lush and Mrs. 
 Vernam Cooper. The first meetings were held in an old log 
 school house. 
 
 Elder Buell was the first to preach to the societ)'. Other 
 earh' ministers were Elder Parker, John Copeland, Elder Wiley, 
 Elder Bingham. Inkier Castleton and Re\-. Joseph Hines 
 
22C THE SPKIXCVILLE ACADEMY. 
 
 The church edifice was built about 1868. It was dedicated 
 by Rev. B. I. Ives, at that time chaplain of Auburn State prison. 
 
 While Rev. Thomas Castleton was preaching to the church, 
 a spirited revival took place, which resulted in many converts 
 joining the church. 
 
 THE SPRINGVILLE ACADEMY. 
 
 OUTIJXE HIST()R^". 
 
 The original subscription for raising means to build the 
 Springville Academy, was dated Dec. 14th, 1825, and among 
 other provisions contained the following: 
 
 " 3d. We hereby agree to pay to the trustees to be appointed 
 by us as above stated, the several sums set opposite our names, 
 as follows : One-third in grain or materials for building on the 
 first of March next, one-third in salable young stock on the first 
 of September next, and the other third in cash, half of which 
 is to be paid the first of June ne.xt, and the other half on the 
 first of Jan., 1827, all to be estimated at cash price." 
 
 It was a serious matter for the people of Springville and 
 vicinity to undertake at that early day to build an Academy. 
 The country was new and the people were poor, and when we 
 look back and consider the circumstances in which they were 
 [)laccd, we must admire and commend the wisdom and the 
 energy and perseverance with which they conceived and carried 
 out the difficult undertaking. In 1825 there was no great city 
 and no good markets within hundreds of miles of this place, and 
 people could get but xcxy little money for their products, 
 because there was ver}' little money in the country ; but it is 
 evident that if these old pioneers had but little money, they 
 had what is sometimes better than money — they had "sand." 
 
 COPY OF THE ORKilNAl. SUBSCRIPTION LIST. 
 
 Names Shares $15 v'ames Shares $15 Names Shares S15 
 
 ^^^^^- each. -^ame^. ^^^.[^ iNames. ^^^^_ 
 
 Samuel Lake 5 Luther .\ustin i Wm. Vaughn i 
 
 Henry Sears 4 Geo. Shultz 3 Archibald (irififith 2 
 
 Carlos Emmons 2 Wm. Shultz 2 Jeremiah Wilcox, half in 
 
 W. F. G. Lake 2 John Goodemotc 2 May next and half in 
 
 Frederick White 2 C. C. Wells i Feb., 1S27 4 
 
 Rufus C. Eaton 4 Samuel Cochran 4 Wm. Rouse i 
 
 Rufus Eaton 3 Jacob Rushmore 2 Isaac Palmer i 
 
 Liger & Herrick -: 3 Derius Palmer, by consent. 1 Otis Butterworth. Jr i 
 
 Lcvinus Cornwell 2 Robert .-Vngur i lohn Drake i 
 
ORKilXAI. SUHSCRIl'TION LIST 
 
 221 
 
 Joseph McMillan 4 
 
 John Russell 3 
 
 Otis D. Tibits 2 
 
 R. G . Murray i 
 
 David Furjiuson i 
 
 Varney In^^als 3 
 
 Wales EmniDns 2 
 
 Christopher Douf^las i 
 
 Jeremiah bcallin i 
 
 David Seymour i 
 
 Abel Holman 2 
 
 Jedediah Starks 2 
 
 Lewis ('hilds i 
 
 Isaac Bennett i 
 
 John Williams .. i 
 
 George R. Willard t 
 
 Johnson Bensley i 
 
 Eaton Bensley i 
 
 Sylvester Eaton 3 
 
 Truman White, on consid ■ 
 cration that lumber is re 
 
 ceived 2 
 
 Jarvis Bloomticld . 3 
 
 Stephen Albro, Jr i 
 
 John Albro 4 
 
 Giles Churchill 2 
 
 Elisha Russell, to be paid in 
 
 brick, at cash price 2 
 
 Seth Allen 2 
 
 Asa Wells i 
 
 Thomas Johnson 2 
 
 Alanson Lovelace i 
 
 Elikum Rhodes i 
 
 David Shultz, to be paid in 
 
 cattle 2 
 
 Augustus G. Elliott i 
 
 Silas Rushmore 2 
 
 Harvev Stephenson i 
 
 Lothrop Beebe i 
 
 Jairus Reynolds, to be paid 
 
 in stone and labor i 
 
 Phineas Scott 1 
 
 Samuel Lake i 
 
 Selah Squires i 
 
 Alden S. Sprajjue 2 
 
 Tousley & Tuttle 4 
 
 Wm. Wedon i 
 
 Eaton Bensley i 
 
 Justus Scott I 
 
 Charles Chaffee 1 
 
 Jacob Drake i 
 
 Samuel Cochran i 
 
 S . S . Ellsworth 2 
 
 Elisha Mack i 
 
 B. B. Mason i 
 
 Chauncy Lee i 
 
 M. L. Arnold i 
 
 Samuel Stewart, 3 
 
 Abial Gardner, to be paid 
 
 in brick, at cash price. ... 2 
 
 Nathan King i 
 
 Charles Wells 2 
 
 Joseph Jackson i 
 
 David Bensley i 
 
 Stukely Starks i 
 
 Geo. C. Grayham i 
 
 Isaac Knox 2 
 
 John Holdridge i 
 
 Truman Bensley i 
 
 The following were subscri- 
 bed in 1830, or subsequently : 
 
 Carlos Emmons 2 
 
 Samuel Lake 2 
 
 Brooks & Wendover 
 
 Elbert W. Cook 
 
 Samuel J. Church 
 
 Sylvester B. PecK 
 
 Eaton & Butterworth 
 
 Manly Colton 
 
 Elbert W. Cook 
 
 Kingsbury & Hoveland.. . 
 
 Carlos Emmons 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield 
 
 Pliny Smith, Jr 
 
 Joseph Harkness 
 
 Morgan L. Badgley 
 
 Geo. Shultus 
 
 Ebenezer Dibble 
 
 Amaziah Ashman 
 
 Samuel Cochran 
 
 STRIXCVILLK AtADE.Nn' 
 
 was incorporated by an act of the Ley;islature, March 19, 1827, 
 being the second academy incorporated on the HoHand Pur- 
 chase, Fredonia Academ)- having been incorporated in 1824. 
 
 The walls of the Acadeni}' were put up in 1827. 
 
 The first term of school held in the Springville Academy 
 commenced in the fall of. 1830. Hiram H. Barne}' was the 
 Principal and Miss Mary Elliot the Preceptress. 
 
 No record of the names of students could be found, but 
 according to the best recollection of several who attended at 
 that time, the following named persons were students, the whole 
 or a part of the first year : 
 
 Cephus R Leiand, 
 Marshall Leiand, 
 Sarah Leiand, 
 Marion Leiand, 
 Hannah Henman, 
 Patience Starks, 
 Julia Rhodes, 
 Emily Rhodes, 
 Lewis Hewitt. 
 
 Jacob White. 
 Dolphin Stevenson, 
 Chester Calkins, 
 ^hlrvin .Swain, 
 Sarah Clark. 
 Amy Huntly. 
 Hiram Bloomtield, 
 John Jackson, 
 Eliza Sampson. 
 
 Charles Sherman, 
 Sarah Ann Wells. 
 Rebecca Brooks. 
 William .McMillan, 
 Deljs E. Sillman, 
 Henry Radcliff, 
 Andrew Stevens, 
 Louisa Richm->nd, 
 Roderick White, 
 
 Smith and McKay, of 
 
 Manstield, 
 Miranda Bowen, 
 Timothy Lockwood, 
 Wells Brooks, 
 Sard is Wilco.x, 
 H. Lockwood, 
 Asa Piiillips, 
 Samuel Bradley, 
 
222 
 
 THE '' GRIFFITH INSTITUTE, 
 
 Harriet Swift, 
 Theodore Potter, 
 John Churchill, 
 Adaline Murray, 
 Caroline Cochran, 
 Orson Cochran, 
 Joseph Cochran, 
 Byron Cochran, 
 Sarah Ann Bensley, 
 Harriet White, 
 Frederick Alerrell, 
 Miss Merrell, 
 Martha Johnson, 
 Morris Fosdick , 
 Harriet Barney, 
 
 Caroline Gregory, 
 Alonzo Gregory, of 
 
 Ellicottville, 
 Wales Butterworth, 
 AppletonButterworth, 
 Mary Eaton, 
 Nelson Hopkins, 
 William Dibble. 
 Sarah Dibble, 
 Helen McMillan, 
 Selem Sears, 
 Otis Morton, 
 Mary Morton, 
 Anna Moulton, 
 Betsy Brooks, 
 
 Washington Shultu? 
 Lucy Shultus, 
 Julia Ann Shultus, 
 Elias Steele, 
 Roderick Simonds, 
 Harriet Evans, 
 Asaph Potter, 
 Oliver Canfield, 
 Orville Canfield, 
 Samuel Abbott, 
 Chauncy Abbott, 
 Stephen Chafee, 
 Utley and sister. 
 Hunt of Eden, 
 Roach of Buffalo, 
 
 Eliza Bradley, 
 Calex Calkins, 
 Almina Whitcomb, 
 John Lockwood, 
 A. A. Arm stead, 
 A. Pool, 
 Paul Nobles, 
 Franklin Spencer, 
 Calvin R. Davy, 
 Cyrenius Simmons, 
 Mr. Wright, 
 IVIr. Tiffany, 
 Mr. Conklin, 
 Mr. Ailen. 
 
 Mr. Barney was succeeded by Lorenzo Parsons, as Perceptor^ 
 in 1833 ; he was follow^ed in 1839, by Edwin E. Williams, he 
 by A. C. Huestis. 1841 to 1843 ^ E. C. Hall in 1844. October, 
 1845, \Vm. Mosheir. January, 1847, J. W. Earle came. He was 
 followed by Moses Lane in 1850. Ezekiel Cutler and Eden 
 Sprout taught next, each for a }'ear, in 1853 and 1854. In 1855, 
 Wm. S. Aumuck took charge. In the latter part of 1858, Rev- 
 David Copeland became Principal and continued to occupy the 
 position till 1865 ; he was followed b)' Charles R. Pomeroy, 
 and he by W. W. Mclntyre, and he by W. H. Rogers, in 1867. 
 A. R. Weightman was employed in 1870 and W. H. Rogers 
 again in 1872. J. W. O'Brien was the next principal, and he 
 was followed by Samuel W. Eddy in 1875. 
 
 The teachers of the female department of the Academy 
 have been : 
 
 Miss Starkweather, Miss Warner, 
 .Miss Versalla Barber, Miss Case, 
 
 Miss Marten, 
 Miss Emma Clark, 
 Mrs. Pomroy, 
 Mrs. E. B. Rogers, 
 
 Miss Mary Elliot. Miss Decker, 
 
 Miss Sayles. Sarah Houstis, 
 
 Miss Chamberlin, Lucretia Murray, Mrs. Aumock, 
 
 Miss North, Silena N. Johnson, Miss Field, 
 
 Miss Whitlock, Miss Hannah McClure, Miss Emmons. 
 
 Harriet N. Murry, Mrs. Carpenter, .Miss Copeland, 
 
 Miss O'Brien, Miss Libbie Mayo. 
 
 In 1867 the name of the Academy was changed to the 
 " Griffith Institute," in consideration of the liberal donation 
 given to the institution by Archibald Griffith, of the town of 
 Concord. 
 
 Mr. Griffith afterwards bequeathed o\'er ten thousand dol- 
 lars to the institution as a permanent fund, to be used mainly 
 for the free education of orphans and indigent children ot the 
 town of Concord. 
 
SKMI-CKNTKXMAl. (EI.KIJRATIOX. 223 
 
 In tlic fall of 1875, school districts Nos. 6 and 8 were united 
 and formed union school district No. I, of the town of Concord. 
 
 In (876, the l^oard of Education of Union School district 
 No. I, adoi)ted the "(iriffith Institute" as the academic de- 
 partment thereof, with the consent of the trustees of said 
 institute ; and the ofifices of the said Hoard of Trustees were 
 then declared \acant, as provided by statute. 
 
 The schools were united and ha\'e since been conducted as 
 one school with four departments, academic, senior, interme- 
 diate and primary. There are four teachers in the academic 
 department, and fwc teachers in the other departments. 
 
 Samuel W. Edd)' wasthe first principal, and Miss F. M. Sher- 
 man, the first preceptress; G. W. Ellis was the next principal, 
 and Miss Sherman the preceptress; Prof. E. \V. Griffith is now 
 principal, and Mrs. E. W. Griffith preceptress. 
 
 Many students of this institution have attained honorable 
 positions in societ}'. Some have been promoted to high official 
 positions in this and other states. Asher P. Nichols, Comp- 
 troller, State of New York ; Addison Gibbs, Governor of Ore- 
 gon ; Ualeson Smith, United States Senator, Oregon : Renj. 
 V. Rice, United States Senator, Arkansas; Romanzo Bunn, 
 Judge of the United States District Court, southern district, 
 Wisconsin; A. E.Carr, Brigadier General, United States army; 
 Henry V\ane Armen, M. C, Cattaraugus and Chatauqua counties ; 
 Albert Haight, Judge Supreme Court, N. Y. ; Timothy T. 
 Lockwood, E.x-mayor of Buffalo ; Stephen Lockwood, Ex- 
 judge of Erie County; Allen D. Scott, Ex-senator and Judge 
 Cattaraugus county ; C. P. Vedder, Ex-state Senator and State 
 Assessor; Charles H. Reed, District Attorney, Cook county, 
 Illinois, besides a large number not mentioned here. 
 
 THE SEMI-CENTENXIAI, CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF 
 THE SPKINOVILLE ACADEM\ . 
 
 The Semi-Centennial Celebration of the opening of the 
 Spring\'ille Academ}' — (iriffith Institute — was held at Spring- 
 ville, on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. i and 2, 1880. 
 
 Mr. E. Briggs first .suggested the idea of the celebration, and 
 circulated a paper for signatures, calling a public meeting to 
 consider the matter and take the necessary steps, and make the 
 proper arrangements, which meeting, when assembled, promptly 
 
224 EXERCISES OF THE FIRST DAY. 
 
 voted that such a celebration should be held and appointed a 
 President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and an 
 executive committee. The executive committee was empow- 
 ered by said meeting to appoint all other committees and 
 to make all necessary arrangements for the celebration. The 
 officers were : 
 
 President of the Day, - - Hon. C. C. SEVERANCE. 
 Vice-President, ... - W. G. RANSOM, 
 Secretary, - - - - A. R. Taber, 
 Treasurer, - - - - H. G. Leland, 
 
 executive committee. 
 
 Erasmus Briggs, - . Chainnan, 
 William McMillan, Henrv M. Blackmar. 
 
 George W. Weldon, Russel J. Vaughn. 
 
 Charles C. Stanbro, Byron Cochran. 
 
 George, G. Stanbro, Chain/iau of Coimnittee of Iweitatiou. 
 C. J. Shuttle worth, '* " Reception Committee. 
 
 M. L. Hall, " " Supper Conimittee. 
 
 Frank Prior, " " Finance Committee. 
 
 The executive committee authorized and empowered its chair- 
 man to proceed and make all such arrangements as he should 
 deem necessary and proper for the occasion which with the sanc- 
 tion of said committee given from time to time, he proceeded to 
 do, which duties occupied his time and attention constantl}', for 
 many weeks. 
 
 Mr. Taber also spent several weeks and faithfully performed 
 the laborious duties of the ofifice of Secretary. General invi- 
 tation was given and special invitations were sent to nearl}' all 
 the States and Territories and Canada, wherever it could be 
 ascertained a former student resided. The good people of 
 Springvillc and of th(p Town of Concord contributed all the 
 means necessary to make the celebration a success. When the 
 appointed time arrived, a large number of students and citizens 
 of this town and of other towns in this and adjoining counties 
 assembled — many old students coming hundreds of miles to 
 witness and take part in the proceedings. A rostrum was 
 erected in front of the academy and adjoining Franklin street, 
 and seats were provided and arranged for the accommodation 
 
KXKRCISKS OF rHK SIXOND DAN'. 225 
 
 of those present under the shade of the trees on the academy 
 Ljrounds. At two o'clock on the afternocMi of the first day, the 
 large concourse assembled, led by Lay's silver cornet band from 
 the Cattaraugus reservation, proceeded to the place prepared 
 for the exercises. 
 
 After a prayer by the Rev. I. George, of l^'redonia, the Presi- 
 of the Day, Hon. C. C Severance, congratulated the citizens 
 and the institution on the great number which had responded 
 to the call. In behalf of the citizens he then welcomed these 
 students home again to the institution " in wliose classic halls 
 they had received instruction." Several letters had been 
 received from those who, though, imited, were unable to be 
 present, which were now read by \V. H. Ticknor, Esq. 
 
 Two beautiful poems were received from Mrs. James Sweet, 
 of Nebraska City, and Mrs. Clark M. Carr, of Galesburg, 111., 
 and were read by Miss Sule M. Holland. 
 
 The Speakers for the afternoon were Samuel Lake, Esq., 
 Erasmus Briggs, who gave a brief outline history of the Acad- 
 emy, and David H. Cochran, President of the Collegiate and 
 Polytechnic Listitute, Brooklyn, N. Y. At the conclusion of 
 Dr. Cochran's address, the great throng, headed by the band, 
 proceeded to the park. Here they partook of a bountiful sup- 
 per prepared and served up by the ladies of the Town of Concord. 
 
 Wednesday evening the speakers were \V. G. Ransom, of 
 Springville, Ex-Judge Stephen Lockwood, of Buffalo; Judge 
 Haight, of Buffalo, Professor (i. W . Flllis. of Spring\ille, and 
 Dr. Van Pelt, of Williamsville. ■ 
 
 On Thursday afternoon at I o'clock a procession of students 
 was formed in the park and divided into sections of fi\-e }'ears, 
 each section bearing a banner on which was inscribed the date 
 of their student life in the Academy. Headed b\- the band, 
 they marched down Franklin street to Main, and up Main to 
 Academy street, and bringing up at last in front of their hon- 
 ored Alma Mater. 
 
 Thursday afternoon the speakers were: Judge A. D. .Scott, 
 of Flllicottville ; Rev. L George, of Fredonia; Charles H. Reed, 
 Esq., of Chicago; Samuel Lake, Esq., Alonzo Tanner, Esq., of 
 Buffalo; Col. Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg, 111.; Colonel Cook, 
 of Havana, N. Y., and Cyrus Rice. Esq., of Sardinia. 
 
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 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SFRINGVILLE ACADEMY 
 
 The speakers Thursday evening \\'ere Rev. A. F. Colburn, 
 Hon. Dolphin, Stephenson, of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y.; T. 
 S. Bunting, Esq., of Hamburg; select reading by Miss KateW. 
 Bensley, of Chicago ; (ieorge W. Spaulding, Esq., of Concord, 
 and Hosea Heath, Esq., of Hamburg, who was the last speaker. 
 
 A vote of thanks was then tendered to Mr. Briggs, who ear- 
 nestly labored to make the celebration a success, and also to 
 Mr. Tabor, who faithfully performed the duties of the office of 
 Secretary. All these united in singing '^Old Hundred " and 
 " Auld Lang Syne," after which Rev. A. F. Colburn pronounced 
 the benediction. 
 
 Thus concluded, to the entire satisfaction of students, citi- 
 zens and visitors, the greatest and b}' far the best celebration 
 Springville has ever witnessed. 
 
 The weather being warm and pleasant, the academ\' grounds 
 were lit up by a large number of Chinese lanterns, and the 
 exercises in the e\'ening, as well as in the da}' time, were held 
 there. 
 
 During the exercises the audience was entertained from time 
 to time with excellent vocal music furnished by a select choir 
 composed of the following persons: R. E. Hufstader and 
 daughter, W. W. Blakely, S. Fl. Spaulding 
 Miss Lucy Sherman, Mrs. Bordon, Mrs. H. 
 D. Jones. 
 
 A list of the names of those who attended the l^lftieth Anni- 
 versary of the Springville Academy placed under their Princi- 
 pals, and their present residences given. When the State is 
 not e"iven New York is to be understood : 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Pierce, 
 G. Leland, Mrs. A. 
 
 BARNEY. 
 
 Jacob White, Yorkshire Center. 
 
 Richard C. Johnson, Sardinia. 
 
 Charles Sherman, Springville. 
 
 Amos Dow, East Randolph. 
 
 John C. Jackson, Ashford. 
 
 Charles Arnold. Arcade. 
 
 Theodore H. Porter, Springville. 
 
 George Marsh, Sardinia. 
 
 Mary A. Sampson Bingham, Elkador, Iowa. 
 
 Anna Moulton Chafee, Springville. 
 
 Julia Rhodes Lincoln, Springville. 
 
 Emily Rhodes Britton, East Concord. 
 
 Mary Whitney Sherman, Springville. 
 
 Elmina Whitcomb Draper, Toledo, O. 
 
 HAKNEV AND TARSONS. 
 
 Dr. William Van Pelt, Williamsville. 
 
 Caleb Calkins, Peterboro. 
 
 Hon. Dolphin Stephenson, Phelps. 
 
 Samuel M Abbott, M. D., East Hamburg. 
 
 Col. Chauncey H. Abbott, East Hamburg. 
 
 John Churchill, Springville. 
 
 George Williams, Yorkshire. 
 
 Laban A. Needham, Concord. 
 
 Orson Cochran, Otto. 
 
 Peregrine G. Eaton, Springville. 
 
 Wil iam Ives, Buffalo. 
 
 Mrs. Altczeria Arnold Clark, Ashford. 
 
 PARSONS. 
 
 Cyrus Rice, Sardinia. 
 
 James Otis, Sardinia. 
 
 Calvin D. Melven, Cadiz. 
 
 Henry T. Wadsvvorth, Springville. 
 
 Samuel W. Pratt, North Collins. 
 
FIKTlKril AXMVKRSARN Sl'Rl N( A I I.l.K ACADKMV. 22/ 
 
 Eugene (Graves, Franklinville. 
 S. K. S. II. Nott, M. IX, Hambur^r. 
 Henry Simons, Sardinia. 
 Oliver P. Buffum, ("olden. 
 David C . Kingslcy, Sprinsjvillc. 
 Charles M . Wilder, Chicago, III. 
 Eunice Salisbury Notl, Hamburff. 
 Eliza Chafee Cole, East Hamburg. 
 Lydia Sherman McMillan, Springville. 
 Sarah L. Wilder, Van X'alkenburg, Hough- 
 ton Creek. 
 
 I'.AKSO.NS ANIl \VILLI.i\MS. 
 
 Salmon L. Johnson, Cattaraugus. 
 Charles Beebe, Sandusky. 
 Delia A. Sprague Prindle, Fredonia. 
 Minerva A. Miner Mayo, Springville. 
 
 l'.\RSONS, \VU.LI.\MS AND HIESTIS. 
 
 David C. Bloom field, Sherman, Chautauqua 
 county. 
 
 I'.ARSONS, HIKSTIS AND HAI.L. 
 
 Mary Bailey Weast, Waukegan, III. 
 
 EDWIX E. WILLIAMS. 
 
 Hubbard T. White, Jamestown. 
 
 I'Vancis AVhite, Springville. 
 
 Isaac Wilcox, Xorth Collins. 
 
 S. H. Nott, Holland. 
 
 Jeremiah F. Jackman, Marilla. 
 
 Rev. Isaac (reorge, Fredonia. 
 
 A. Judson W'iltse, Yorkshire Center. 
 
 Alon/.o Tanner, Buffalo. 
 
 V. R. Carey, Uoston. 
 
 Erasmus Briggs, Springville. 
 
 Aurelia Cary Davis, Boston. 
 
 Louise Jones Wadsworth, Springville 
 
 Maria Rice Finder, Lima, Livingston Co. 
 
 Sarah G. Bond George, Portersville, Cal. 
 
 Emily S. Clark Frost, North Evans. 
 
 Aurora A. Nelson Kingman, Springville. 
 
 WILLL-ViMS AND HIESTIS. 
 
 Almon Nichols, Morton's Corners. 
 
 WILLIAMS, HUESTIS, HALL AND MOSHER. 
 
 David H. Cochran, Ph. D., LL. D., Brooklyn. 
 Martin Wiltse, Yorkshire. 
 
 WILLIAMS, HALL A.\D HARI.E. 
 
 David S. Ingalls, Buffalo. 
 
 HlESllS. 
 
 Josiah Emery, .\urora. 
 
 F. Kidder Davis, Y^orkshire. 
 
 Hon. Arunah Ward, Ellicottvillc. 
 
 HIESTIS AND HALL. 
 
 Heman Andrews, Springville. 
 
 HUE.sriS, HALL, MOSHER AND EARLE. 
 
 W. G. Ransom, Springville. 
 
 HUESTIS, HALL AND EARLE. 
 
 J. Andrew Studley, East Ashford. 
 
 HUESTIS AND E.\RLE. 
 
 Julia A. French Andrews, Springville. 
 
 E. (.. HALL. 
 
 Sarah K. Brockway Earle, South Wales. 
 
 HAIL, MOSHEK, EARLE AND LANE. 
 
 Ivlizabcth J. Melvin Rogers, Holland City, 
 Mich. 
 
 HALL AND EAKLE. 
 
 Emily J. Lewis Whittemore, Marshtield. 
 
 MOSIIER, EAKLE .\ND LANE. 
 
 Phebe W. Starkweather Eaton, Springville. 
 
 HALL, EAKLE, LANE, SPKOl T AND AIMOCK. 
 
 Sylvia P. Joslin, Springville. 
 
 J. \\ . K.\KLE. 
 
 William H. Churchill, Maywood, 111. 
 Edward W. Stanclift, North Collins. 
 Clark C. Sibley, East Concord. 
 Philander II. Parker, Arcade. 
 Henry M. Blackmar, Springville. 
 Miss Mary Davidson, Buffalo. 
 Esther Cornwell House, Spi-ingville. 
 Harriet A. Pierce Low, Springville. 
 Gertrude E. Van Volkenburg Summer. 
 
 Springville. 
 Louise S. Marsh George, Yorkshire. 
 
 E.^KLE .\ND LANE. 
 
 Hon. Allen D. Scott, Ellicottville. 
 
 Heman W. Rugg, Olean. 
 
 Col. Clark E. Carr, Galesburg, 111. 
 
 Hon. Charles Harvey Reed, Chicago. 
 
 Seth A. Abbott, Abbott's Corners. 
 
 Frederick Eaton, Olean. 
 
 Rev. Alanson M. Richardson, Cowlesville. 
 
 Augusta I. Chafee Clark, Utica. 
 
 App. P. Scott, Allison, Otto. 
 
 Rosina S. Blake Rowley, Springville. 
 
 Helen A. Pierce Kellogg, East Pike. 
 
 EARLE, LANE .\ND CUTLER. 
 
 Maria Davidson Frye, Collins Center. 
 
 EARLE, LANE, CUTLER .^ND SI'ROUT. 
 
 Ann H. Peirce, Springville. 
 Laurette N. Lake Taber, Springville. 
 
 EAKI.K, LANK, Cl^TI.KR, SI'ROU T AND AUMOCK. 
 
 George P. Kellogg, East Pike. 
 
 MOSES LANE. 
 
 AbraT< Bartholomew, Buffalo. 
 Erastus L. Harris, Collins Center. 
 Daniel Spaulding, Concord. 
 Richard Frank Powers, Hamburg. 
 Heniy H. Wibirt, New York City. 
 Samuel E. Mritton, Lewiston. 
 Hosea S. Heath, Esq., Hamburg. 
 William S. Newton, Hamburg. 
 .Mary J. Beach Chase, Boston. 
 Mary Ann McLin Barnett, Buffalo. 
 Caroline A. Rice Schutt, Sardinia. 
 Phoebe J. Deuel Newton, Hamburg. 
 Mary Miner Brooks, Olean. 
 Marion Dutton Chilcott, Ea.st Hamburg. 
 .Amelia Huntley Lewis, Glenwood. 
 Susan O. Fowler Chandler. Springville. 
 
228 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SPRINC.VILLE ACADEMY. 
 
 Maryette Adams Mason, Marilla. 
 
 Ann Lincoln, Springville. 
 
 Edna J. Beebe, Arcade. 
 
 Melinda L. Newton, Holman, Hamburg. 
 
 Sophia S. Newton Eaton, Springville. 
 
 l..\NE, Cl'TLER AND SF'ROUT. 
 
 Asa R. Taber, Springville. 
 
 L.\N'E, CUTLER AND .\L'MOCK. 
 
 Rev. John Corydon Steele, Attica. 
 Russel J. Vaughan, Springville. 
 
 I.ANE AND AUMOCK. 
 
 "Byron A. Churchill, West Falls. 
 
 Susan A. Smith Backus, North East, Pa. 
 
 I.ANE AND COPELAND. 
 
 Lydia A. Post Powers, Abbot's Corners. 
 
 EDEN SI'KOUT. 
 
 Alexander Hale, North Collins. 
 
 SPROl'T AND AUMOCK. 
 
 Loren D. Smith, Sardinia. 
 Benjamin S. Godard, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Charles E. Boisford, Springville. 
 Laban W. Smith, Springville. 
 Sara Vail Kerr, CoUius Center. 
 
 SPROUT, AUMOCK AND COI'ELAND. 
 
 Theodoie B. Norris, Springville. 
 Adeline L. Scobey Warner, Springville. 
 
 W. S. .\UMOCK. 
 
 Frank M. Stryker, Castile, Wyoming county . 
 Seward Sears, Sardinia. 
 Bryant J Davis, East Concord. 
 Lucinda Reynolds Hopkins, Sardinia, 
 Mary L. Johnson Crosby, Sardinia 
 
 David D. Smith, Yorkshire. 
 Garrett W. Stryker, Castile 
 John C. Bump, Buffalo. 
 
 Charles M. Newton, Hamburg'. 
 
 Harrison L. Newton, Hamburg. 
 
 Clark C. Dart, Hamburg. 
 
 Bishop Cantield, Vandalia, Cattaraugus coun- 
 ty- 
 Albert Fuller, Ashford, Springville P. O. 
 
 Marion Lincoln, Springville. 
 
 Morris C. Freeman, Springville. 
 
 Se.xtus E. Smith, Union Mills, Indiana. 
 
 Joseph B. Stryker, Strykersville. 
 
 Frank A. Howell, Yorkshire Center. 
 
 Hon. Albert Haight, Buffalo. 
 
 Martin E. Williams, Bradford, Pa. 
 
 Cornelius Ostrander, Springville. 
 
 Ray H. Canfield, Concord. 
 
 S. N. Blakely, Glen wood. 
 
 Marshall D. Scobey, Sandusky. 
 
 Walter W. Blakeley, Springville. 
 
 Ellen Jewett Godard, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Louise Graves Bersee, Millington, Tuscola 
 county, Mich. 
 
 Alice M. Post Payne, Titusville, Pa. 
 
 Elizabeth L. Mayo Foster, Collins Center. 
 
 Alice Wells Vanatta, Springville. 
 
 Betsey Squires Vedder, Ellicottville. 
 
 Mary Jane Reed Stryker, Strykersville. 
 
 Emma P. Hall Crane, New Canaan, Conn. 
 
 Louise Williams Kenyon, West Falls. 
 
 Alice D. Marsh Emerson, Springville. 
 
 Ella Goodemote Greene, Springville. 
 
 Mary Bensley Price, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Eliza Hammond Hall, Bennington. 
 
 M. Louise Dayton CHUman, West Vorkshire.^^^.^ ^^ ^^.^^ ^j^,^.^^^^ Springville 
 
 Altheria Squires Treat, East Concord 
 Mary Curtis Churchill, Springville. 
 Eliza McLin, Springville. 
 Addie Greene Park, Fredonia. 
 Mary A. Pingrey Smith, Springville. 
 Mercy L. Newton, Hamburg. 
 
 AUMOCK AND COPEl.ANP. 
 
 Henry F. Norris, Pike, Wyoming county 
 William H. Warner, Springville. 
 Chester E. Norris, Rushford. 
 Chester C. Pingrey, Yorkshire Center. 
 
 Fanny M. Sherman, Springville. 
 
 Diana King, Springville 
 
 Mercy Canueld. Colden. 
 
 Eupheme E. Ayars Freeman, Springville. 
 
 Ann Johnson Ellis, Sardinia. 
 
 Ermina Colwell YanSlyke, Dunlap, Iowa. 
 
 Adella Thomas Scobey, Sandusky. 
 
 COPEl.AND, POMEROV, ROGERS AND WK.HTMAN 
 
 Asa L. Twichell, Springville. 
 
 COI'ELAND, POMEROV, MCINTVRE AND ROGERS. 
 
 Lucy Twichell Bensley, Springville. 
 
 PELAND AND MCINTVRE. 
 
 Harlan P. Spaulding, Springville. 
 
 DelosD. Crocker, North Branch Station, Minn. ^^^^^^ ^^ Hoiman.VnngviVle. 
 
 Maria L. Bowen, Yorkshire. 
 
 Carrie Squires Smith, Union Mills, Ind. 
 
 Addie McMillan McMaster, Springville. 
 
 Elvira Beebe Whitney, East Ashford. 
 
 DAVID COPELAND. 
 
 Millard S. Avery, North Collins. 
 Jonathan H. Smith, Clarksburg. 
 Chester C. McClure. Jr., Buffalo. 
 Daniel R. Newton, Bradford, Pa. 
 Addison M. Smith, Arcade. 
 Frank A. Smith, .Arcade. 
 
 COPEl.AND, MCINTVRE AM) ROGERS. 
 
 Rev. A. F. Colburn, Springville. 
 
 COPE1..AN1) AND KOCiERS. 
 
 Emmons D. Tefft, East Otto. 
 Daniel R. Newton, Hamburg. 
 
 C. R. POMEKOV. 
 
 Wm. H. Sherman, East Ashford. 
 Ellen A. Tefft Dunbar, East Otto. 
 pomerov, mcintvre, rogeks, wight.man and 
 o'hkien. 
 Charles Willis House, Holland 
 
KII' riF.ril AX\IVKKS.\I<\ STRINGVILLE ACADKMV. 229 
 
 MCIN1 VKK. 
 
 Libbic Hammond, East Otto. 
 
 Mt IN'I'NKE AND KIH'.KKS. 
 
 Klmer O. Leland, Springville. 
 J. Waldo Norton, Springvillc, 
 Addison G. Mattlievvson, Springvillc. 
 Philura L. Clark Bartholomew, Springvillo. 
 Sarah A. Sibley Baker, East Concord. 
 
 MCINTVRE, KOGEKS AND WIOHTMAN. 
 
 Alfred A. Churchill, Springville. 
 
 .MCINTVRE, KOGEKS, \VK;HT.M^N AND o'llKlKN. 
 
 Charles H. Albro, Springville. 
 
 ' \V. H. KDCEKS. 
 
 Seymour Rider, Sardinia. 
 H. A. Wightman, Eden Center. 
 . Herman VV'ightman, Clarksburg. 
 S. Clark Munger, Gowanda. 
 Charles C. Jewett, Spr.ngville. 
 Warren Worden, Yorkshire Center. 
 Charles E. Allen, Gowanda. 
 Elgin B. Cary Boston, Erie Co. 
 Owen L. Moss, Collins. 
 
 Clara Nichols Millington, Winfield, Kansas. 
 Helen Nichols Hatch, Morton's Corners. 
 Ella Chandler Shaffner, East Ashford. 
 Ida M. Rice Olmsted, Yorkshire 
 Ida Wilson Severance, Springville. 
 Horlense Lafferty Greene, Springville. 
 Libbie Churchill Clark, Morton's Corners. 
 Ella Brown, Manwaring, Elton. 
 Alice Stebbins Spaulding, Otto. 
 Fanny Norris Norton, Springville. 
 Hattie Sherman Nichols, Morton's Corners. 
 Mary J. Velzy, Machias. 
 Lucy Ide'.ia Burroughs, Collins, 
 Ilia M. Wright, Springville. 
 Mattie O. Wilco.x, Portersville, Tulare Co., 
 
 Cal. 
 Elsie M. Cornwall, South Wales. 
 Ina Woodbury, Hambuig. 
 
 ROGERS AND WKiH IMAN. 
 
 Perry B. Co.\, EUicottville. 
 
 Oliver Hammond, East Otto. 
 
 Javan Clark, Morton's Corners. 
 
 Jay Drake, Springville. 
 
 Augusta Potter Leland, Springville. 
 
 Laura E. .Morton, Morton's Corners. 
 
 Clara F Lord, Sardinia. 
 
 Alice Vedder Tefft, Ashford, Springville P, O. 
 
 Jennie A. Wilcox Whcelock, Springville. 
 
 Walter J. Allen, Springville. 
 
 ROGERS, WIGIIT.MAN AND O'UHIE.N. 
 
 Emma Bond House, Ashford, Springville P.O. 
 Kate W. Bensley, Chicago, 111. 
 Ell A. Churchi.l, Springville. 
 
 ROGERS AND o'liRIE.N . 
 
 ■ Cora C. Stanbro, Springville. 
 Mary A. Van Valkenburg, Springville. 
 
 Byron S. Tefft, East Otto, 
 John V. Cole, Springville, 
 
 R(k;EKS, WIGHIMAN, o'liKIEN AND KDDV. 
 
 James F. X'aughan, Ashford, Springville P. O. 
 Leonard H. Utley, East Otto. 
 Willis L. Wecden, Springvilie. 
 Charles D. Bigelow, Gowanda. 
 Frank E. Lowe. Springville. 
 
 ROGERS, o'ilKlEN AND KDD\ , 
 
 Edwin A. Scott, Hamburg. 
 
 ROGERS AND ICDDN . 
 
 Man' L. Murray, Glenwood. 
 Lucy C. Sherman, Springville. 
 
 ROGERS, EDDY AND ELLIS. 
 
 .Abbey C. Norris, Springville. 
 
 ROGERS, WIGHTMAN, o'bKIEN, EDDY AND ELLIS. 
 
 Clarence O. Clark, Springville. 
 
 A. K. WIGHT.MAN. 
 
 Clark E. Churchill, Arcade. 
 
 Charles A. Twichell, Springville. 
 
 Delavan B Reed, Sardinia. 
 
 Franklin Hovvland, Machias. 
 
 Ida A. Cutting Hakes, Springville. 
 
 Luella Bond Smith, Ashford, Springville 1', O . 
 
 Sella Wightman, 
 
 \vk;ht.man and o'ukikn. 
 Karlc R. Vaughan, Lancaster. 
 
 WKiHT.-MAN, f)'BK'IEN AND EDDV. 
 
 Rhinda M. Churchill, West Falls. 
 
 J. \Y. o'liKIEN. 
 
 Herbert M. Horton, .•\rcade. 
 
 Frank E. Oyer, Springville. 
 
 Ida I. Pike, Boston. 
 
 Clara Goodemote, Springville. 
 
 Emily Holland Cole, East Ashford. 
 
 Jennie Rosier House, Holland. 
 
 Emma Reynolds Lincoln. East Otto. 
 
 o'hkie.n .\nd edd\ . 
 Ward B. Wiitsie, Yorkshire. 
 Ernest F. Kruse, Springville. 
 George E. Reynolds, Collins Center. 
 Edward M. Shaffner, East Ashford. 
 W. C. Kruse, Ashford. 
 George A. Pierce, Springville. 
 Herbert D. Cole, East Ashford. 
 Mary E. Holt, Glenwood._ 
 Jennie V. Pool Bigelow, Gowanda, 
 Chloe R. Bates Pepperdine, Cattaraugus. 
 Sarah L. Eaton Allen, Springville. 
 
 o'nUIEN, EDDY ASD ELLIS. 
 
 A. Ulenna Hess, Elk City, Pa. 
 Myrtie G. Wells, Springville. 
 Anna F. Tanner, Springville. 
 Mary H. Bradley, Springville. 
 Elizabeth H. Shuttleworth, Springville, 
 Ralph W. Lowe, Springville. 
 Mary H. Lowe, Springville. 
 Florence A. Harrison, East Otto. 
 
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 TEACHERS INSTITUTES. 
 
 >;. W. EDUY. 
 
 Fred, A . Parmenter, Buffalo. 
 
 Elmer C. Sherman, Springville. 
 
 Paul Canfield, Boston. 
 
 Milton M. Trivett, Woodward's Hollow. 
 
 Miriam I. Craig, Colden. 
 
 Eva E. Multer, Ashford. 
 
 Mary Ticknor, Gowanda. 
 
 Lillie V. Cole Demmon, Ashford. 
 
 EDDY AND ELLIS. 
 
 S. G. Wightman, Clarksburg. 
 
 Sewell A. Brooks, Colden 
 
 Mark N. Brooks, Colden. 
 
 Carroll G. Morton, Morton's Corners. 
 
 Wendell J. Morton, Morton's Corners. 
 
 John J. k\'hittemore, Buffalo. 
 
 Elbert R. Sherman, Dansville, Liv. County. 
 
 Walter A. Clark, Springville. 
 
 Ella E. Bufifam, Colden. 
 
 Sarah M. Titus, Sardinia. 
 
 Mary L. Kellogg, Springville. 
 
 William A. Staffin, Collins Center. 
 
 Thomas A. Fay, Springville. 
 
 Albert L. Harrison, East Otto. 
 
 CiEuKGE \V. ELLIS. 
 
 Lucius I. Clark, Springville. 
 
 George A. Persons, East Aurora. 
 Luther D. Cary, Boston. 
 Edward D. Wightman, Clarksburg. 
 James Ellis, East .Aurora. 
 Henry T. Frank, .\shford. 
 William J. Bigelow, Ashford. 
 John W. Pratt, Collins Center. 
 Frank S. Larabee, Springville. 
 Lottie L. White, Springville. 
 Ida A. Beverly, Collins Center. 
 Estelle Earle, South Wales. 
 Lillie O. Smith, Springville. 
 Cora B. Backus, North East, Pa. 
 Lizzie Murphy, West Valley. 
 Mary Wells, Springville. 
 L. Lulu Hadley, Ypsilanti, Mich. 
 Matie B. Churchill, Springville, 
 Nancy M. Cary, Boston. 
 Mabel A. McDuffee, Springville. 
 Alice M. Eaton, Springville. 
 Louise E. Wadsvvorth, Springville. 
 Clara J. Pingrey, Springville. 
 Carrie H. McEuen, Springville. 
 Metiie H. Harrison, East Otto. 
 
 Some of the person.-, that were known to have attended the 
 Re-union, and failed to reg^ister their names: 
 
 Hosmer L. Agard, Willink. 
 
 Thomas L Bunting, Hamburg. 
 
 Charles B. Cochran, Rochester. 
 
 Arnold J. Emerson, Sardinia. 
 
 Norman A. Freeman, Glenwood. 
 
 Sidney D. Kingsley, Sardinia. 
 
 George L. Dayton, Buffalo. 
 
 Judge Stephen Lockwood, Buffalo. 
 
 David S. Reynolds, Buffalo. 
 
 Anson A. Stone, Sinclairville. 
 
 Almon W. Stanbro, Buffalo. 
 
 Frank Smith, Eden Center. 
 
 J. B. Vanduzee, Buffalo. 
 
 L. G. Ray Whiting, Boston. 
 
 Girvease A. Matteson, East Otto. 
 
 Carrie W. Andrews Bailey, Collins Center. 
 
 Olivia Ballou Reynolds, Buffalo. 
 
 Estella Batty Freeman. Glenwood, 
 
 Ella M. Crandall DePuy, Sea Cliff, L. I. 
 
 Mary E. Davis Briggs, Yorkshire. 
 
 Philena L. Ferrin Weber, Salamanca. 
 
 Maria L. Howell Bowen, Yorkshire. 
 Persis Harrison Potter, Buffalo, 
 Frank M. Mills Greene, Fredonia. 
 Betsy M. Newton Bunting, Hamburg. 
 Eunice J. Pratt Rogers, North Collins. 
 Emma S. Wiltse Brand, Yorkshire. 
 Mary Horton Sweet, Humphrey. 
 Charlotte McMillan, Gowanda. 
 Ella Holman Long, Hamburg. 
 Lora C. Albro McClure, Buffalo. 
 Luana L. Norris Kingsley, Sardinia. 
 Ella M. Vedder Crowell, Hamlet. 
 Rhoda A. Wheeler Norris, Pike. 
 Jennie C. Baldwin Collins, Colden. 
 Jennie Dygert Drake, Pike. 
 Mary Stowell Scott, Hamburg. 
 Sophia A. Bigelow, Chicago, 111. 
 Adella Brooks, Colden. 
 Grace Brooks, Colden. 
 Clara L. Wheeler, Pike. 
 Anna Nichols, Colden. 
 
 TEACHERS INSTITUTES. 
 
 The first Erie County Teachers' Institute was held in W'ill- 
 iamsville in 1844, second at Aurora in 1845. third at Springville 
 in 1846. fourth at Lancaster in 1847, fifth at Aurora in 1848, 
 sixth at Springxillc in 1 S49. These Institutes were largel}' at- 
 
CATALOOUK OF MALE MKMIJKRS. 
 
 !3' 
 
 tended b\' teachers from all parts of the count}-. The)- con- 
 tinued two weeks each, and were held for a number of years. 
 The foUowint^ is a list of the officers, instructors, lecturers and 
 members of the Institute lield at Sprinj^ville in 1849 • Flrasmus 
 Hrii;gs, of C(^ncord, President ; Samuel C. Adams, of Collins. 
 \'ice-President ; Louis \V. (iraves. of Aurora, Secretary. 
 
 IxsTRUCTORS — J.H. Karle, Principal of Springville Acade- 
 ni\-; J. H. Earle. Teacher of Mathematics; Miss Mary J. 
 Hartoo, Daniel Jones, of Aurora; Miss Cordelia Warner, of 
 S[)rint^\-ille, M. A. \\'liitne\-, of Aurora, and S. \\\ Craves of 
 Aurora. 
 
 Lecturers — Rev. L George, S. W. Graves, Rev. Milo 
 Scott, of Aurora, S. Sedwick, of Arcade, Samuel G. Love, of 
 Gowanda, Rev. H. I{,dd}\ of Springville, E. S. Eddy, of 
 Williamsville. 
 
 CATALOGUE OF MALE MEMBERS. 
 
 NAME AND RESmKNCK. 
 
 G. W. Andrews, Otto. 
 Jonathan Briggs, Concord. 
 Erasmus Briggs, Concord. 
 A. C. Buffmum, Colden. 
 E. M. Baily, Ash ford. 
 L. H. Bugbee, Persia. 
 Andrew J. Brooks, Boston. 
 Wm. C. Baily, Holland. 
 John R. Bensley, Concord. 
 .\lfred R. Bowen, Sardinia. 
 
 A. L. l^radley, Otto. 
 Romanzo Bunn, Mansfield. 
 P. S. Baker, Hamburg. 
 
 J. F. Brown, Aurora. 
 I iiram Clark, Collins. 
 .\lban Clark, Collins. 
 Lyman Clark, Collins. 
 Pones Cole, Aurora. 
 H.M.Carr, Concord. 
 C. E. Carr, Concord. 
 
 B. O. Carr, Concord. 
 Miles Chafee, Concord. 
 
 NAME AND RESIDENCE. 
 
 J. B. Colegrove, Sardinia. 
 Wm. W. Chilcott, Hamburg. 
 A. T. Cole, Ashford. 
 E. M.Clark, Eden. 
 Charles Clark, Aurora. 
 Elias Borland, Hamburg. 
 T. C. Estee, Hamburg. 
 J. H. Earle, Concord, 
 E. N. Ely, Cheektouaga. 
 Jesse Frye, Concord. 
 Wm. M. Field, Concord, 
 (leorge Kellogg, Concord. 
 S. B. Littlefield, Hamburg. 
 Nathaniel Lockwood, Boston. 
 Charles McCoy, Ellicottville. 
 J. McAvoy, Collins. 
 Sidney McBride, Persia. 
 James Moore, Aurora. 
 Lucius McBride, Persia. 
 Owen P. Marsh, Yorkshire. 
 L. H. Morris, Aurora. 
 John H. McAvoy, Collins. 
 
2^,2 
 
 CATALOGUE OF FEMALE MEMBERS. 
 
 Joseph S. O'Brien, Collins. 
 George Oswold, Otto. 
 A. E. Packard, Concord. 
 George Perkins, Concord. 
 Franklin Pike, Concord. 
 Asa Potter, Sheldon. 
 J. W. Porter, Sardinia. 
 Byron Pratt, Aurora. 
 Charles M. Plumb, Collins. 
 Abijah Perkins, Aurora. 
 L. W. Race, Evans. 
 H. A. Race, Evans. 
 Alan A. Richardson, Concord. 
 W. G. Ranson, Concord. 
 Joseph A. Rathbun, Persia. 
 Geo. W. Woodward, Concord. 
 
 D. M. Richardson, Concord. 
 H. W. Rugg, Concord. 
 
 J. T. Sykes, Sheldon. 
 C. C. Stanbro, Concord. 
 
 E. D. Stevens, Hamburg. 
 A. D. Scott, Springville. 
 Joseph Griffin, Collins. 
 L. W. Graves, Aurora. 
 Franklin Hodge, Buffalo. 
 Charles Howe, Persia. 
 
 Luke G. Harmon, PLllicottville. 
 I). H. Hopkins, Concord. 
 
 S. C. Horton, Boston. 
 David Hershey, Amherst. 
 Moses Ham, Amherst. 
 Daniel Harris, Aurora. 
 J. S. Hawley, Brant. 
 M. N. Jones, Boston. 
 
 D. G. Jones, Aurora. 
 A. H. Jones, Aurora. 
 
 L. A. Kennicut, New Albion. 
 
 E. R. Kingsley, Sardinia. 
 S. D. Kingsley, Sardinia. 
 Charles Scisler, Aurora. 
 J. H. Shearer, Aurora. 
 Geo. W. Sweet, Colden. 
 Ambrose Southworth, Boston. 
 E. A. Stebbins, Otto. 
 
 C. C. Sibley, Concord. 
 E. C. Sanders, Ashford. 
 Ferdinand Taylor, Collins. 
 Loomis J. Williams, Hamburg. 
 Darwin Wilcox, Sardinia. 
 P. F. Warner, Java. 
 Horatio Whittemore, Collins. 
 L. D. Weeden, Springville. 
 M. A. Whitney, Aurora. 
 Wm. W. Wilson, Concord. 
 James Wilkes, Sardinia. 
 O. Wilcox, Sardinia. 
 
 CATAL()(;UE OF FEMALE MEMBERS. 
 
 NAME AND RESIDENCE. 
 
 Laura A. Algur, Concord. 
 Demis Allen, Collins. 
 Malinda Arnold, Collins. 
 Sarah A. Baker, Hamburg. 
 Ann E. Bloomfield, Concord. 
 Almira Britton, Boston. 
 Jane A. Briggs, Concord. 
 Rosina S. Blake, Concord. 
 
 NAME AND RESIDENCE. 
 
 E. P. Bartoo, Hamburg. 
 Eveline C. Bois, Aurora. 
 Ann Eliza Bois, Aurora. 
 Mary J. Bartoo, Hamburg. 
 Mary J. Baker, Hamburg. 
 Selphina Bowen, Sardinia. 
 Lucinda J. Bement, Concord. 
 Roxaiia R. Bement, Concord. 
 
CATAL()(;uE OF i-i;mai.k MKMI'.KRS. 
 
 233 
 
 Vcstina BlmisIc)', Concord. 
 Amelia A. Hlakc, Concord. 
 Maryettc Curran. Concord. 
 Julia Ann Carey, Concord. 
 Mar\' Crawford, Concord. 
 Clara Clark, Ashford. 
 Esther Cornwell, Sardinia. 
 Amanda Canfield, Concord. 
 Annetta Clark, Aurora. 
 Adaline E. Button, Concord. 
 Hanna E. Dustin, Holland. 
 Mary E. Davidson, Holland, 
 -Sarah A. Button, Holland. 
 Phebe H. Borland, Hamburi;-. 
 Mary C. Estee, Eden. 
 Margaret Flemins^. Concord. 
 W. A. Fairbanks, Ashford. 
 Sophia A. Gardner, Concord. 
 Eudora Griffith, Concord. 
 Laura G. Grannis, Wales. 
 Amelia C. Grannis, Wales. 
 Martha Georj^e, Concord. 
 Carolina M. Griffith, Concord. 
 Adaline B. Gibbs. Otto. 
 Pamelia Guild, Ashford. 
 Calista Godard, Concord. 
 Lucinda Griswold, Concord. 
 Ellen J. Hyde, Concord. 
 Maria A. Ho\\e, Rice. 
 Maria Howe, Rice. 
 Mary E. Hicko.x, Hamburi^. 
 Elizabeth Holland, Concord. 
 Amelia Huntly, Concord. 
 Ann Ingalls, Concord. 
 S\'lvia Joslyn, Concortl. 
 Electa M. Jennings, Collins. 
 Mary E. Jenmngs, Collins. 
 Martha P. Johnson, Collins. 
 Mar\- E. jolmson, Collins. 
 
 H. A. Johnson, Otto. 
 Louisa A. Kennedy, Concord. 
 Prudence Kellogg, Concord. 
 Louisa Kellogg, Concord. 
 Eniil)' J. Lewis, Collins. 
 Sarah B. Mclvin, Concord. 
 P(^lly Merwin, Concord. 
 Helen Minor, Concord. 
 Luc)' A. Newton, \'orkshire. 
 Sarah Ann Newton, Sardinia. 
 Harriett A. Newell, Sardinia. 
 Lucy M. Nichols, Concord, 
 Harriet A. Peirce, Ashford. 
 Betsey Peirce, Concord. 
 Helen A. Peirce, Concord, 
 Ann H. Pierce, Ashford. 
 Julia M. Post, Concord. 
 Marian T. Perry, Aurora. 
 Jerusha Pratt, Collins. 
 Esther Pratt, Collins. 
 Gratia I'armenter, Yorkshire. 
 Lucinda W. Rundell, Alden. 
 Elizabeth W. Rundel, Alden. 
 Clara Richmond, Collins. 
 Mehala Rider, Sardinia. 
 Alice Sanderson, Portville. 
 Lurinda Southworth. Boston. 
 Martha Stewart. 
 Phebe Starkweather, Concord. 
 Olive Sleeper, Holland. 
 Harriet M. Taylor, Alden. 
 Ann R. Tuthill, Otto. 
 Cornelia Ta)-lor, Alden, 
 Sarah J. Vaughan, Concord. 
 Harriet N. Wellman, Napoli. 
 Cordelia Warner, Strykersville. 
 Jane A. Wolcott, Concord. 
 M. M. S. Watkins, Concord. 
 Helen M. White. Hamburo. 
 
234 I^IST OF TEACHERS IN CONCORD. 
 
 Mary Wood, Concord. C. M. Willett, Hamburg. 
 
 Almira Woodruff, Aurora. Phebe Wood, Concord. 
 
 Male teachers 191 
 
 Female teachers 93 
 
 Total 284 
 
 LIST OF TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT SCHOOL IN CONCORD, N. 
 v., DURINC; THE YEARS 1 844, '45, '46 AND '47 — 112 IN 
 NUMBER. 
 
 Jonathan Brings, Orville S. Canfield, S. L. Cary, Laura D. 
 Abbott, Milton House, Daniel Noteman, A. G. S. McMillain, 
 J. B. Sweet, John F. Morse, J. A. O. South, Nancy H. Salis- 
 bury, David Cochran, Philip Thurbur, Lysander Needham, E. 
 E. Williams, A. F. Hubbard, W. H. Freeman, B. F. Blake, 
 Mary Potter, Rosina Blake, Minerva Slosson, Maria Graves, 
 Lucy Hall, Margaret M. Watkins, Caroline Miner, Juliette 
 Sibley, Sarah E. Fisher, Desire Little, Mary Needham, Lua E. 
 Smith, Lucy Blake, Amanda Canfield, Lucretia Murry, Julia 
 M. Post, Miles Chafee, Apalonia Douglass, Calista Godard, 
 Roxana Bement, E. P. Kennady, D. M. Richardson, W. W. 
 P>ench, W. G. Ransom, Mr. Dunham, Daniel Wilson, Martin 
 Wiltse, Benjamin F". Rice, Mary Wood, Eudora Griffith, Charles 
 Treat, Mercy Canfield, Melissa Duttdn, J. G. Blake, Lyman 
 Packard, Russell P"rench, Margery J. Churchill, William A. 
 Sibley, Jacob Widrig, Suel Briggs, Orrin Baker, William R. 
 Philips, Mary E. Shaw, Enos Olden. Gilbert C. Sweet, William 
 Hudson, Cyrus Griswold, B. F. Cary, E. Briggs, A. C. Adams, 
 Sally Sampson, A. T. Cole, G. W. Richardson, Elizabeth Bloom- 
 field, Julia A. P'rench, Alpha C. King, Cornelia Holt, Bets)- 
 Pierce, Miner\'a L. Griswold, Hannah Agard, Hannah G. Parks, 
 Nancy Nichols, Luc}' E. Maklem, Hannah Parsell. Hester Ann 
 Martin, Julia E. Martin, Louisa White, Esther Pratt, Almond 
 Nichols, Lucinda J. Bement, Jerome E. Stac)', E. H. Drake, 
 Charles Needham, WMlliam H. Watkins, A. Parsell, P. H. War- 
 ner, Elizabeth Melvin, Mary L. Field, Maryette Curron, Helen 
 Minor, .Aurora Nelson, Irene Weber, Herma A. Johnson, Miss 
 Southworth, Mr. Spring, Ahira Loxelace. Miss Stiles, Helen 
 
rilK roWNSENI) HILL SCIIOOI.. 235 
 
 Hlods2jct, Jemima Treat, Miss Knaj), Atlaliiie Chafee, Miss 
 Richardson, Miss Rice, Miss Stewart, Miss Hail}', Kuiiicc 
 Maklem. 
 
 AliOU'l' rilK lOWNSKM) nil. I, SCIIOOI.. 
 
 A school-house was l)uilt on Townsent! Hill in the earl\- part 
 of 1S15 and a school taught therein that summer. It was a 
 framed house and locateci on land now owned b)' B. I*". Williams, 
 on the south side of the (ienesee Road, about ten rods west 
 of the transit road. The names of the teachers who taus^ht in 
 this school in early times were : 
 
 1815 — Summer, Waiter Eaton ; Winter, Sally Spaulding-. 
 1816 — Summer, Mar}- Torrey ; Winter, Benjamin Vi\y. 
 1817 — Summer, Abbie Cunningham; W^inter, Benjamin F"ay. 
 1818 — Summer, Rebecca Sawyer; Winter, Amaziah Ashman. 
 1819 — Summer, Lucy Chapin ; Winter, Enoch Sinclair. 
 1820 — Summer, Mar\' Chapin ; Winter, William Owen. 
 1821 — Summer, Patience Bowen ; Winter, Enoch Sinclair. 
 1822 — Summer, Olive Fuller; Winter, William Owen. 
 1823— Summer, Caroline Owen ; Winter, John Brooks. 
 1824 — Summer, Eliza Ayers ; Winter, Elam Booth. 
 1825 — Summer, Delia Torrey ; Winter, Elam Booth. 
 1826 — Summer, Lucinda Fry: Winter, Ezra Chaffee, Amaziah 
 
 Ashman. 
 1827 — Summer, Minerva Cochrane ; Winter, Clark M. Carr. 
 1828 — Summer, PolK' .Spaulding; Winter, Lucinda Fa}-. 
 1829 — Winter, Oliver Canfield. 
 1830 — Winter, Oliver Canfield. 
 1 83 I — Winter, Asa Philips. 
 1832 — Winter, Asa Philips. 
 1833— Winter, Asa IMiilips. 
 1834 — Winter, A.sa Philips. 
 1835 — Winter, Nelson Hopkins. 
 1836 — Winter, Nelson Hopkins. 
 
 LIST OF I'F.RSO.XS WHO HAVE .MET AX ACCH)ENTA1, DEATH BY 
 
 i)Ko\v.\i.\(; OR oiHKRWisr: ix the rowx of concord. 
 
 A man b}- the name of Re}-nolds was drowned in the " Big- 
 Bend," in the Cattaraugus creek — just below the P'r}-e crossing, 
 in 1839. 
 
236 ACCIDENTAL DKATHS IN TOWN OF C<.)NCORD. 
 
 An KiiL^lishman b\' the name of Dunkerh' was drowned in 
 the Cattaraugus, near the Shultus bridge, about 1852. 
 
 A young man was drowned in the Bloomfield mill-pond, in 
 Springville, in June, 1870; he was a Prussian, name unknown. 
 
 About 1848, two small children, one a boy named Rinhart, 
 and the other a little daughter of Stowel Collins, were drowned 
 while playing together by the race in Springville, near Frank 
 lin street. The same year, a boy named Edmonds was drowneci 
 in Auger's pond in Springville. 
 
 A boy named Melancton W'oodham was dro\\ned in Cook's 
 pond. 
 
 In Jul}', 1864, George Severance, a son of Hon. C. C. Sever- 
 ance, fourteen years of age, was drowned in the Cattaraugus, 
 midway between the Cook and Shultus bridges. 
 
 William Mimmick was also drowned near the Cook bridge. 
 
 Levant Stanbro was drowned in the Griffith pond, near East 
 Concord, in 1879. 
 
 About 1880, Theodore Pilger, a young man \\ as drowned in 
 the Cattaraugus near the Cook bridge. 
 
 Jonathan Mayo, Jr., was killed in 1825, \\hile chopi)ing with 
 his father. A falling tree slewed around as it struck, and 
 knocking him lifeless to the ground. 
 
 In 1832, Jacob McLen, a \-oung man, was killed b}- a falling 
 tree on Lot 20, Range 7, Township 7. 
 
 About 1873, '^ >'oung man named Cyrenus F"uller wa^- killed 
 \\'hile felling trees on the farm of John F. Morse. 
 
 In February, 1869, Arnold Cranston, father of James Crans- 
 ton, was killed felling trees. 
 
 June 22, 1877, Charles Krantz was killed while chopping on 
 his farm, by a limb falling do\A'n and breaking his skull. 
 
 'In 1883, Byron Swain, a resident of S[)ring\ille, was killed 
 while felling trees in Boston. 
 
 In 1852, Henry C. Horton was killed b\- saw logs rolling upon 
 him at the Janes saw mill, in the north part of the town. He 
 was 27 years old. 
 
 Amasa Loveridge was killed in the same manner, August 7. 
 1855, at Captain Tyrer's mill in what is now Wheeler Hollow. 
 He was 67 years of age. 
 
NAMKS OK Slki:AMS I\ COXC-Okl). 21'/ 
 
 Albert Ostrandcr fell from a scaffold to the barn tloor in his 
 barn near I^ast Concord, Jan. 8, 1871. and died April 21, 1871. 
 
 Samuel Bradley, an early settler and business man of Sprin<^- 
 ville, fell from the stairs in the Gardner mill in the niijht time, 
 and received injuries that caused his death soon after. 
 
 Cyrus C. Rhodes and Daniel P. Brown, residents of Spring- 
 ville, were killed by the cars at the Elk street crossing of the 
 L. S. & M. S. R. R. at Buffalo. June 28, 1856. 
 
 Peter Sampson was killed in 1836 by his sleigh slewing" 
 around on the ice, and sleigh, the load and team going down 
 the bank from the top of the hill this side of the Shultus 
 bridge. 
 
 Dexter Rlu)tles was killed b}- the bursting of a re\ol\-ing 
 drum attached to the machiner)- in the Scoby mills about 1878. 
 
 Sanford Mayo w;is killed b\' the cars at the Mills crossing 
 (one mile north of Springville), on the Buffalo E.xtension of the 
 Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Oct. 2, 1883. 
 
 namp:s of streams in concord. 
 
 The Cattaraugus creek runs along the south bounds of the 
 town in a southwesterh- direction. 
 
 Spring brook rises on Townsend liill and runs southeasterly 
 and southerly through Springville into the Cattaraugus creek. 
 
 The Cazenox'ia creek rises in Sardinia and runs through the 
 northeast corner of this town. 
 
 The east branch of the Righteen-mile creek rises on Town- 
 send hill and runs northwesterh- through this town, Boston and 
 Hamburg to the lake. 
 
 The west branch of the Eighteen-mile creek rises in the west 
 part ot the town and runs northwesterh- through Concord, 
 North Collins and Eden to the lake. 
 
 Smith brook rises north of the Genesee road near Mr. Coop- 
 er's and runs southerly through Wheeler Hollow and Spooner 
 Hollow to the Cattaraugus creek. This brook was named after 
 " (iovernor " Smith who settled at its mouth in 1810. 
 
 The Darby brook rises near Nichols' Corners and runs south- 
 erly near Morton's Corners and down to the Cattaraugus creek, 
 ((^ritrin of the name unknown.) 
 
238 THE ERECTION OF A LIBERTY POLE. 
 
 The Wells brook rises near the residence of B}'ron Wells and 
 runs south into the Cattaraugus creek. 
 
 There is also a pond of water near East Concord which has 
 been commonly called Griffith's Pond. 
 
 THE FIRS'l" LIISERTV POLE. 
 
 There is a tradition that the first liberty pole reared in the 
 town was at the Four Corners, a mile east of Springville, and 
 the place has ever since been known as Liberty Pole Corners. 
 The time was 18 19, or thereabouts, and on the 4th day of July, 
 that the pioneers assembled on these corners to celebrate the 
 day as become the descendents of patriotic sires. Officers 
 were chosen, a procession formed, an oration delivered, and the 
 immortal declaration rehearsed ; and in due time a tall and 
 graceful pole was raised, unfurling to the breeze the flag of our 
 countr)'. 
 
 This interesting ceremony was accompanied with the firing 
 of guns, the cheers of the crowd, and the sound of the spirit- 
 stirring fife and drum. Upon this occasion the pioneers were 
 jovial, and ready to engage in anything laudable for the sake 
 of having a good time. They saw at a glance how barren the 
 gathering was of tilted dignit}', anci possessing a faculty that 
 invented as necessity demanded, they bestowed upon many a 
 title that did great honor to the occasion. All men are not 
 trained in the same school, nor are their shining qualities of the 
 same order, but he who excelled in an}- special province, was 
 worthy of a title that accorded with it ; and upon this particu- 
 lar occasion, the gathering included names that were exalted in 
 the ci\il and military ser\-ice of the land, and had the reporter 
 been invented, this might have appeared: " General Knox and 
 President Adams drank from the same Gourd, to health of his 
 excellency, Governor Smith," etc , etc. 
 
 ^ To many of the pioneers these titles ever afterwards clung 
 and the\* became kno\\n to the rising generations by these 
 a[)pcllations antl no other, such as " General Knox " and " Gov- 
 ernor Smith." A stor}' is told of Governor Smith in connec- 
 tion with his title that is worthy of being repeated. The 
 Governor was a man of commanding appearance, and once 
 upon a time he happened to meet an old friend, a congen- 
 
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 ial spirit, at the old Stone Tavern on the hill. The two friends 
 became very convivial over their j^lasses, and an Indian who 
 hajjpened to be jjresent was asked to join them ; this was \ery 
 willinj^ly acquiesced in. After drainin^r their "lasses the Indian, 
 looking;- his excellenc)' square in the face, said : " Bc's you the 
 (lovernor of New York ?" The Gox'ernor replied in his usual 
 heavy gutteral voice : Not exactly the (iovernor of the State ot 
 New York, but I am Governor of Dutch Hollow." 
 
 THE SrRIxV(;VILLE MILL. 
 
 One of the most interesting,' chapters in the manufacturing 
 and business history of Springville, relates to the " Old Spring- 
 ville Mill," or " Colton Mill," as it is sometimes called. For 
 nearly fifty years it has faithfully performed a considerable part 
 of the milling business for a large section of the surrounding 
 country. It commenced b)' grinding the pioneer's wheat that 
 grew among the stumps, reaped with a sickle and threshed 
 out some keen Winter morning on the barn floor with a flail, 
 and has continued until the grists received at its doors grew in 
 the broad open field, and are harvested and threshed by the 
 approx'ed machinery of modern. times. 
 
 Manly Colton, of Buffalo, induced by the excellent water- 
 power afforded and rhe promises held forth by the productixx^- 
 ness of the surrounding country, decided to invest a poition of 
 his cajjital in a larg:; mill at Springville. Work was commenced 
 on Januar)- i, 1835, and the mill was completed and running 
 before the close of the year. Thomas Lincoln, of S[:)ring\ille, 
 was the architect, and Stephen W. Howell, of Buffalo, the mill- 
 wright. The framework of the mill was of massive proportions 
 and the " raising " was a memorable e\ent in the earlier histor\- 
 of the town. The workmanship and materials were of the best 
 quality, and w hen completed it was pronounced one of the fin- 
 est and best mills in Western New York. Its cost was $22,000. 
 The gigantic old water wheel was an object of interest to many 
 who have stood in the damp wheel-room and looked with some- 
 thing of a feeling of awe on its slow but certain movement. 
 This, as well as other jiortions of the machiner\- of the mill, 
 ha\'e from time to time been replaced b\- that more impnned. 
 The first miller was John T. Noye, late of the well-known 
 firm of I. T. N()\'e & Sons, of Buffalo. 
 
240 LOCAL NAMES IN CONCORD. 
 
 Soon after being built, through the financial failure of Mr. 
 Colton, the mill fell into the hands of Dart Bros., of New York. 
 About 1846 they sold to Rufus Eaton, of Springville, who con- 
 ducted it for about two years, when it again became the prop- 
 erty of the Dart Bros., who resold it about 1848 to M. L. 
 Badgley and Benjamin Joslyn. After a time Mr. Joslyn became 
 sole proprietor, and about 1854 he sold to C. J. Shuttleworth 
 and William Barclay, who continued together for about two 
 years, when Shuttleworth bought the interest of his partner, 
 which he soon sold to Stephen Churchill and rebought again in 
 i860. The subsequent year Mr. Shuttleworth sold his interest 
 to Madison Scoby, and in 1862 sold the other half to Abram 
 Dygert. Dygert & Scoby continued in partnership two or 
 three years, when they sold to Shuttleworth & Chafee, who 
 conducted the mill together until 1874, when Mr. Shuttleworth 
 sold his interest to Bertrand Chafee, the present proprietor. 
 
 LOCAL NAMES IN CONCORD. 
 
 " Townsend Hill" was so named from Johnathan Townsend 
 and family, who settled there at an early day. 
 
 " Morton's Corners" was named after Wendell Morton and 
 his sons, who bought a farm and built a hotel there, which still 
 stands. 
 
 " Nichols" Corners" was so called from Lewis Nichols, who 
 settled there at an early day, and some of his descendants still 
 live there. 
 
 " Woodward's Hollow" was named after the Woodward 
 family, some of ^\'hom still reside there. 
 
 " The Branch." This localit}-, along the creek, from \W^od- 
 ward's Hollow to the town of North Collins, is frequently called 
 " The Branch," from the fact that the west branch of the Eigh- 
 teen-mile creek flows through it. 
 
 " Wheeler's Hollow" was named from the Wheeler brothers, 
 who now reside there. 
 
 "Wheeler Hill" was so named from Benjamin Wheeler and 
 family, who were the first settlers there. 
 
 " Spooner Hollow," so called from the Spooner family, who 
 li\"ed there at an earl\- da\'. 
 
LOCAL NAMKS IN CONCORD. 24I 
 
 " Siblc}- Settlement," so named tiom the Sible)- brothers, 
 mIio were the first settlers in that neighborhood. 
 
 " Chafee District," named from the Chafee family, who w ere 
 early settlers there. 
 
 " East Concord," so called because it is situated in the east- 
 ern part of the town. 
 
 " Waterville," so called because two branches of the Buffalo 
 Creek meet there, and in former times there were several mills, 
 all within a mile of that place. 
 
 " Horton Hill," named from John and Truman Horton, who 
 settled there at an early day. 
 
 " Colden Mill," the south part of what is called " Colden 
 Hill," is in the town of Concord and is so named from the town 
 of Colden, into which it extends. 
 
 " Vaughan Street," named from several families of Vaughans 
 who were early settlers on tliat street, and their descendants 
 live there still. 
 
 " Liberty-Pole Corners," so called from the fact that the first 
 liberty-pole ever raised in the town was raised there at a \-ery 
 early day. 
 
 " Sharp Street." Tradition says that Sharp street was so 
 called from a house built by John Gould, which had a very 
 sharp or steep roof and at that time stood at the end of the 
 street, on the farm where Yates Gardinier now lives. 
 
 " Frye Hill," named from Enoch Frye and his father, the 
 first settlers there, and Enoch and descendants still live there. 
 
 " Shultes' Bridge," named from David Shultes, who owned 
 the land on which it was built, and lived there: 
 
 " Cook Bridge," so named from E. W. Cook, who owned the 
 land where the bridge stands. 
 
 " Scobey Bridge," named from Alexander Scobey, ^\■ho li\ ed 
 there and owned mills there at the time it was built. 
 
 " Frye Bridge," so named from the Frye's, who own the land 
 where the bridge crosses the Cattaraugus. 
 
 '* Block School-House," so called from the fact that the first 
 school-house ever built there was built of hewed logs. 
 THE Sl'RINGVILLK RIFLE COMPANY. 
 
 This was one of the finest companies raised on the Holland 
 Purchase. The rank and file was made up of the best of the 
 
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242 SPRINGVILLE RIFLE COMPANY. 
 
 young men. But few of the members are living to-day, and 
 they rank with our most honored and respected citizens. 
 
 The uniform of this company was green frock coats with 
 brass buttons, white pants with black velvet leggings that 
 reached half way to the knee, black hats ornamented in front 
 with a brass shield from the top of which rose a white feather 
 with a red tip, leather belt around the waist, with shields 
 affixed for knife and light tomahawk, Axhich every member in 
 the ranks carried. They were also armed with rifles. 
 
 This company was organized in 1820 or 1821, with Chris- 
 topher Douglass as captain, and Sanford P. Sampson as first 
 lieutenant. After serving a few years, Douglass resigned, and 
 by the death of Lieutenant Sampson, the command of the 
 company fell to Isaac Palmer. He, after serving several years, 
 was succeeded by Abram Starks, and Starks by Stephen Albro, 
 Albro by William McMillen, McMillen by Charles C. Bigelow, 
 and Bigelow by Ephraim T. Briggs, who had command of the 
 company when they were disbanded by law, and military train- 
 ing done away with. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS OF CONCORD. 
 A perfect list of the officers of the town of Concord can not 
 be given as the records of the town were burned up in the great 
 fire in Springville in 1868. The list of Supervisors and the 
 time each served is complete. The list of Justices is complete, 
 but their term of service could not in all cases be ascertained. 
 But a complete list of other town officers, or their terms of 
 service can not be made. But the names of such of the prin- 
 cipal officers as have been ascertained are gi\'en. 
 
 A LIST OF THE SUPERVISORS OF CONCORD FROM ITS FIRST 
 ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESEN T TIME. 
 
 1821, '22, '23, '24, '25, '26 and '27, Thomas M. Barrett ; 1828 
 and '29, Joshua Agard ; [830, Oliver Needham ; 1831, Thomas 
 M.Barrett; 1832 and '33, Carlos Emmons; 1834, '35, '36 and 
 '37, Oliver Needham; 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44 and '45, 
 E. N. P^rye ; 1846, '47, '48, '49 and '50, C. C. Severance ; 1851, 
 '52, '53 and '54, S. W. Godard ; 1855, Lucian B. Towsley ; 
 1856, J.N.Richmond; 1857, Morris P^osdick ; 1858, '59, '60, 
 '61, '62 and '63, S. W. Godard; 1864 and '65, Philetus Allen; 
 
OFFKKUS OK Till-; TOWN OF CONCORD. 243 
 
 1866, C. C. Severance ; 1S67, A. \V. Stanbio ; 1868, C. C. Sev- 
 erance ; 1869, A. W. Stanbro ; 1870 and '71, Bertrand Chafee ; 
 1874, Clark S. McMillan and Frank Chase; 1873, C. C. Sever- 
 ance; 1874 and '75, Erasmus Bri^ijs ; 1876 and '"jj, Henry M. 
 Hlackmar ; 1878, '79 and '80, William II. Warner; 1881, '82 
 and "^}t, Erasmus Briggs. 
 
 A LIST OF TIIF: JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR I'HE TOWN OF 
 
 CONCORD. 
 
 Ciirist()})her Douglass, Joseph Ilanchett, Rufus Eaton, Fred- 
 erick Richmond, William V . (}. Lake, Amaziah Ashman, Ben- 
 jamin Fay, John Brooks, Archibald Griffith, Elisha Mack, 
 Stephen Albro, Emory Sampson, John Griffith, Robert G. 
 Flint, Isaac Nichols, Wells Brooks, Seth W. Godard, C. C. Sev- 
 erance, Hiram G. Smith, Pliny Smith, Byron Cochran, O. S. 
 Canfield, Morris Fosdick, Fred Crary, Joseph Gaylord, William 
 Woodbury, Isaac Woodward, Almon Nichols, A. W\ Stanbro, 
 W. H. Freeman, Frank Chase, E. S. Cady, A. D. Holman, 
 Harry Foote, C. C. Stanbro, Willis G. Clark. 
 
 Town Clerks. — Amaziah Ashman, Noah Townsend, George 
 Arnold, Johnson Bensley, C. C. Severance, C. C. McClure, 
 McCall Long, A. W. Stanbro, A. G. Moon, A. R. Tabor, C. C. 
 Smith, T. B. Norris. 
 
 Collectors. — Soloman Field, Harry Stears, Roswell Olcott, 
 Isaac Palmer, James F. Crandall, N. A. Godard, Clinton Ham- 
 mond, Joseph Potter, George Thompson, Perrin Sampson, Orvill 
 Smith, C. J. Shuttleworth, L. P. Cox, A. J. Moon. 
 
 Assessors. — Joshua Agard, E. N. Frye, Emory Sampson, 
 Luther Austen, Truman White, Lsaac Palmer, Ebenezer Dibble, 
 Benjamin Trevitt, Oliver Needham, Charles Needham, Isaac 
 Nichols, J. L. Douglass, L. A. Needham. R. T. Foote, Isaac 
 Woodward, Perrin Sampson. 
 
 Commissioners. — Dea Russell, Isaac Knox, Emery Samp- 
 son, Amos Stanbro, Benjamin Fay, Jeremiah Richardson, 
 Harvy Andrews, Paris A. Sprague, Robert G. Mint, Abel Hol- 
 man, Rufus Thurber, Horace, Gaylord, Isaac Nichols, l\. K. 
 Ostrander, Elbert W. Cook. William W. Blackmar, Ira W'ood- 
 ward. 
 
244 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD. 
 
 The following are copied from the new town book which 
 commences in 1869 : 
 
 1 
 
 Year. 
 
 Town Clerks. 
 
 Assessors. 
 
 1869 
 
 A. E. Hadley, 
 
 John Nichols, 
 
 1870 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 Laban A. Needham, 
 
 1871 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 Edward Godard, 
 
 1872 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 John Ballon, 
 
 1873 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 Alfred Newcomb, 
 
 1874 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 Edward Godard, 
 
 1875 
 
 W. W. Blakeley, 
 
 William L. Mayo, 
 
 1876 
 
 Edwin L. N orris, 
 
 Isaiah Gardenier, 
 
 1877 
 
 W. H. Ticknor. 
 
 W. H. Stanbro, 
 
 1878 
 
 W. H. Ticknor, 
 
 Alfred R. Trevett, 
 
 1879 
 
 W. H. Ticknor, 
 
 George Weeden, 
 
 1880 
 
 W. H. Ticknor, 
 
 Isaiah Gardenier, 
 
 1881 
 
 Frederick G. Myers, 
 
 Alfred R. Trevett, 
 
 1882 
 
 Frederick G. Myers, 
 
 William H. Pingrey, 
 
 1883 
 
 Frederick G. Myers. 
 
 George Weeden. 
 
 Ykar. 
 
 Collectors. 
 
 Com's of Highways. 
 
 1869 
 
 George Mayo, 
 
 Henry Blackmar, 
 
 1870 
 
 George Mayo, 
 
 George D. Conger, 
 
 1871 
 
 George Mayo, 
 
 Benjamin A. Fay, 
 
 1872 
 
 Henry F. Norris, 
 
 William H. Warner, 
 
 1873 
 
 Benjamin A. Fay, 
 
 Nelson Scott, 
 
 1874 
 
 Frank Prior, 
 
 William Wiley, 
 
 1875 
 
 Frank P. Spaidding, 
 
 Samuel D. Vance, 
 
 1876 
 
 Frank 0. Smith, 
 
 Nelson Scott, 
 
 1877 
 
 Frank P. Spaulding, 
 
 
 1878 
 
 John H. Melvin, 
 
 
 1879 
 
 John H. Melvin, 
 
 Marcus B. Churchill, 
 
 1880 
 
 Edward D. Bement, 
 
 Marcus B. Churchill, 
 
 1881 
 
 Morris C. PVeeman, 
 
 A. C. Adams, 
 
 1882 
 
 Morris C. Freeman, 
 
 William H. Warner, 
 
 1883 
 
 Morris C. Freeman. 
 
 A. C. Adams. 
 
ACCOUNTS OK lOWN OF CONCORD FOR 183O. 
 
 H5 
 
 TOWiV ACCOUNTS AS AUDITED AND ALLOWED ACiAINST THE 
 TOWN OF CONCORD FOR THE YEAR 1830. 
 
 Names. 
 
 John Brooks 
 
 Joshua A^ard 
 
 Amaziah Ashman . . . 
 Stephen Needham . . . 
 
 A. G. EIHott 
 
 David Rensley 
 
 Abel Holman 
 
 Benjamin Sibley 
 
 Thomas M. Barrett. . 
 
 Homer Barnes 
 
 Emery Sampson 
 
 Luther Austen 
 
 Benjamin Fay 
 
 Noah Townsend 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 Archibald Griffith.. . . 
 
 Robert G. Flint 
 
 Samuel Cochran 
 
 William Smith 
 
 Widow Woodcock . . . 
 
 Robert Curran 
 
 L. B. Tousley 
 
 William Vaughan. . . . 
 
 Oliver Needham 
 
 Silas Rushmore 
 
 David Shultus 
 
 Roads and Bridi^es. 
 Common Schools. . 
 Contini^ent I'und . . 
 
 Rejected Tax 
 
 Collectors Fees. . . . 
 County Tax 
 
 Total Tax 
 
 Claims. 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 9 75 
 
 9 13 
 
 2 50 
 
 9 50 
 
 I 50 
 
 8 13 
 
 6 00 
 
 10 50 
 
 14 75 
 
 13 24 
 
 15 00 
 
 11 -'R 
 
 1 1 -,(-> 
 
 4 00 
 
 3 50 
 
 8 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 180 66 
 
 26 69 
 
 13 31 
 
 61 83 
 
 559 10 
 
 Total. 
 
 $206 88 
 
 1,091 59 
 11,298 47 
 
246 NAMES OF KARLV SE'I TLKRS. 
 
 THE NAMES OF PERSONS NOW LIVING WHO CAME TO AND SET 
 TLED IN THE TOWN OF CONCORD, SIXTY TO SEVENTY 
 YEARS A(;0, SOME OF WHOM HA\ K REMOVED TO OTHER 
 LOCALITIES. 
 
 Mrs. Ezekiel Adams, ai^cd 96; Mrs. William Ballou, ai:^cd 91 ; 
 Huldah Townsend Sinclair, aged 86; Lathrop Bebee, aged 87 : 
 Mrs. Lathrop Bebec, aged 82 ; Orrin Sibley, aged 85 ; Mrs. 
 Orrin Sible)-, aged i^], ; Silas Wheeler, aged 92 ; Pliny Wheeler, 
 aged 82 ; Mrs David Wiley, aged 83 ; Alvira Townsend Owen, 
 aged 80; Mrs. Boyles, aged 90; Mahala Eaton Butterworth, 
 aged 80; Enoch N. Frye, aged 83 ; M. M. Frye, aged 80; John- 
 son Chase, aged 82; Susannah Phillips Chase, aged 80 ; Mrs. 
 Truman Horton, aged 83 ; Sally Foster Needham, aged 82 : 
 Acsah Wheeler Townsend, aged 80 ; Eliza Shultus Reynolds, 
 aged 80 ; William Southworth, aged over 90 ; Col. Sylvenus 
 Cook, aged 88 ; Luke Simons, aged 85 ; P'anny Wheeler Gould, 
 aged 90; Windsor and Stary King, Mrs. Stary King, Windsor 
 Chase, Calvin Killom, Vincent M. Cole, Almira Chafee Black- 
 mar, Eliza Chafee Cole, Vernam C. Cooper, Betsey Cooper 
 Simons, Mrs. Calvin Smith, Erastus Mayo, Martha King- 
 Wheeler, Samuel Wheeler, P\anny P^ay Pleld. James P"ay, John 
 T. Wells. Mrs. John T. Wells, Mrs. Isaac Palmer, Samuel, 
 Joseph and Abram Hammond, Hosea W. Townsend, Asa R. 
 Trevett, Sally Trevett Clark. Hannah Philips l\vichell, Asa 
 and Marcus Philips, Henry Ackley, Cornelia Drake Wood, 
 Thomas M. and Jonathan Briggs, George Barrett, Jane Plem- 
 ing P'ield, Mary P'errin Barrett. William Sampson, Mrs. Isaac 
 Nichols, Saban A. Needham, Mrs. Marion Twichell Needham, 
 Mary King Vance, Mary Ann Sampson Bingham, Samuel 
 Shaw, Salmon Shaw, Mrs. Esther Pike 85 ; E. H. Drake, I. E. 
 Drake, Julia Rhodes Lincoln, P^mily Rhodes Britton, George 
 E. Crandall, William McMillan, T. H. Potter, Lucy Twicheh. 
 William Kellogg, T. H. Gary, Mrs. Martha Olcott Trevitt, Mrs. 
 Mary Wheeler Drake, John S. P\>sdick, Jesse Fosdick, Mar\- 
 P^osdick Getty, Alice P^osdick Andrews, Mrs. Harvy Andrews, 
 aged 82 ; Mrs. William Dye, about 90; Constant Trevitt, aged 
 96; Reuben Wright, 82, Stanbury Wright. 
 
THK V()Si;UR<; MURDKR CASK. 247 
 
 RKSIDENTS OF CONCORD WHO SliRNKD IN Illl': WAR OF l8l2. 
 
 Isaac Knox, Samuel Cochran, Benjamin Fay, Amaziah Ash- 
 man, Solomon Field, Isaiah Pike, Smith Russell, Nicholas 
 Armstead, Joseph Hanchett, Isaac I>ush, Chaniiing Trevitt 
 Thomas McGee, George Killom, Lewis Trexitt, Joseph Yaw> 
 Uavid Shultes, Charles C. Wells, FJijah Parmenter, William 
 Weeden, Samuel Burgess, William Shultes, John Drake, John- 
 athan Townsend, jr., Christopher Douglass, Gideon Parsons, 
 Hale Mathewson, T. M. Barrett, Comfort Knapp. 
 
 THK vosiJiJRc; murdkr cask. 
 
 FLarly in the Fall of 1S35. one Joseph Carter was conducting 
 an asher)- on what is now Fast Franklin street, near Main street, 
 Springville, for the manufacture of potash. At this time the 
 " Big Mill " was being built by Manly Colton. of Buffalo. Mr. 
 Colton had in his employ one — Vosburg, of Buffalo, as fore- 
 man of the mason work on the mill. Vosburg made the 
 acquaintance of Carter, and was accustomed after his day's 
 work was done to repair to the ashery, where Carter kept up a 
 fire during the night in the arch under the huge caldron in 
 which he prepared the potash. Heie the two men would 
 i.ndulge in card-playing by the light of the fire. On the night 
 of the supposed murder. Carter and Vosburg were joined in 
 their pastime at the ashery by a vagabond character named 
 Goodell, who had no fixed home or occupation. On the night 
 in question it api)ears the trio indulged freely in the ardent. 
 The next morning the lifeless bod}' of Vosburg was found out- 
 side of the asher\- building, his clothing saturated with the black- 
 salts from the boiling caldron, and signs that he had been 
 dragged from the inside of the building to the outside. At 
 once a very general impression [)re\'ailed that the man had 
 been murdered b}- his two companions either by striking on the 
 head with some murderous weapon and then throwing the 
 body into the. caldron to cover suspicion or b)- the more hor- 
 rible method of throwing him by force into the boiling salts. 
 
 Carter and Goodell claimed that Vosburg fell accidently into 
 the caldron and so met his death. They were arrested for the 
 murder, tried in Buffalo in the proper Court and acquitted. 
 
248 THE OTIS MUKDKR. 
 
 The evidence submitted b\- the prosecution being neeessarily 
 circumstantial. 
 
 The defence proved that it was possible for a man to fall into 
 such a place and get out before death would occur — such .m 
 instance ha\'ing occurred some time previous in Sardinia. 
 
 IIIE OTIS MURDER. 
 
 Ransford Otis came from Vermont to Sardinia, and in 1826 
 came from Sardinia to Concord; he lived on Lot 18, on the 
 Cattaraugus creek, south of Springville. April 21, 1840, he 
 was murdered by Major McEllery, an Irishman, who was living 
 at his house. He had lived there but a few weeks, but had 
 lived about the forks of the creek for some time. At that time 
 there was a grist mill up at Richmonds, and they had been up 
 to mill and returned and were at the barn putting out the team 
 in the forepart of the evening, when McEllery, who was a 
 larger and much stronger man than Otis, stepped up behind 
 him and grabbed him around the neck and choked till he 
 thought he had killed him, when he laid him on some boards 
 on the barn floor next the hay ; but Otis came to and said, 
 " Major, you don't mean to kill me ? " Then McEllery pounded 
 him till he was dead. He then set the barn on fire. Presently 
 the people on the creek and some from Springville saw the fire 
 and came running down, and McEllery was there, and they 
 enquired of him where Mr. Otis was, and McEllery said he had 
 gone over to Mr. May's, who was his brother-in-law. and lived 
 over across the creek where Warren Ransom lives now. And 
 some of those present went over to Mr. May's and found that 
 Otis had not been there, and when the barn had fallen in and 
 was burning fiercely, McEllery was seen to put his hands up to 
 shade his eyes and look sharply through the smoke and flames 
 at some object burning in the fire and on the hay. The people 
 mistrusted him and had him arrested then and there, and he 
 was committed to jail, and in due time tried and convicted and 
 made a confession before he died. He was hung on the 19th 
 da)- of January, 1841. 
 
 THE OEl) SPRIN(^.VILI,E HOTEL. 
 The old hotel was built in i<S24 b\' Rufus C. Eaton, assisted 
 by his brother, Elisha. At that time, Main street had not been 
 
riii'; oi.i) si'kiN(;vii,i.i-. iiori;!,. 
 
 249 
 
 opened but two or three years, and there was not a building on 
 the south side of the street, from the Liberty Pole west to 
 Waverly street, and forest trees were standing on the lots 
 opposite the hotel. Rufus C, kept the hotel several years and 
 then sold it to Johnson Bensley, who also run it a few years. 
 In the Sprino of 1833, Richard Wadsworth. father of H. t! 
 VVadsworth, bought it and kept it until the Spring of 1836, 
 when he sold it to Edwin Marsh, of Buffalo, who turned it into 
 a boarding house for a short time. Within a year, Marsh sold 
 it to Varney Ingalls, and the title remained with him and his 
 heirs about twenty-two years. During that time it was rented 
 and run by Mr. Wing and son, by Phelps and Tisdel Hatch, by 
 (iaston U. Smith, by James V. Crandall, William Olin, George 
 Shultus, jr. Constant and Abner Graves, Brand and Harrington, 
 Ballon and Stanbro, Miles Hayes, Mortimer L. Arnold, and 
 James Razee. In 1859, I'erigrine Eaton bought it of Mr. 
 Severance and SyKester Eaton's family kept boarders then, 
 afterwards Mrs. Rumsey kept boarders. In 1866, E. S. Pierce 
 bought it and kept hotel there, " Hat "' Holmes and George 
 Goodspeed each rented it and run it, and E. S. Pierce kept it 
 again. In i8;i, Rust and Dygert bought it, soon after Dygert 
 sold out to Rust, who kept it till the Spring of 1876, when it 
 went into the hands of E. Briggs, assignee, who sold it in 
 the Spring of 1877 to Alvo Axtell, and he sold it to 
 Joseph Capron, and he to H. G. Leland, in the P'all of 1877. 
 In 1879, ^Ir- Leland took down the old house and erected in its 
 stead the present new, enlarged and tasty hotel building. 
 When the old hotel was first built, there were no meetino- 
 nouses m Sprmgville, and religious meetings were sometimes 
 held in the hall. The lodge of F. & A. M., in this town, some- 
 times held their meetings there. There the )^oung people 
 occasionally had their social gatherings. The hall was occupied 
 in 1844, by the Whigs as a club room, there they held their 
 meetings, made their sjieeches, and sang their songs. The 
 post-office was kept there for a while when Major Blasdell was 
 postmaster. Town meetings were held there once or twice. 
 At various periods during its existence of over half a century, 
 many of the lawyers and doctors, and business men of the vil- 
 lage, made it their boarding place and their home for vears. 
 
250 PANTHER STORIES. 
 
 In early times, before the railroad days, there was considera- 
 ble emigration passing through Springville to the West, and 
 quite an amount of travel from Cattaraugus county through to 
 Buffalo. Frequently the hotel barn would be full, and the 
 ,beds all full, and sometimes the bar-room floor would be full, 
 (and occasionally a customer would be in the same condition). 
 
 Many and great changes have taken place since the old hotel 
 was built, not only in this town and county, but throughout the 
 world. Then no railroads for carrying passengers had ever 
 been built ; then no steamships were carrying passengers across 
 the ocean. The telegraph had not been invented. Then 
 there were no sewing-machines, mowing-machines or threshing- 
 machines in being. The Erie canal had not been completed ; 
 then the assessed value of the real estate of the town of Buffalo 
 was less than half what the assessed v^alue of the real estate of 
 the town of Concord is now. Then there was not a cook-stove 
 or a bugg}^ in this town. The old hotel has passed away and 
 will be seen no more, although it \\as small in size and inferior 
 in style and dingy in appearance, yet it abounded in good 
 cheer, and many a good time had been enjoyed there. And just 
 as good eatables and drinkables ha\'e been served up there as 
 in the great hotels of New York or Saratoga. 
 
 PANTHER STORIES. 
 
 A short time before David Shultus came and located on his 
 place on the C.attaraugus creek, an Indian family camped 
 down there on the flats, they had a child just old enough to 
 run around outside the wigwam. One day just at dusk, a 
 panther caught the child and killed it, about that time the 
 Indian, who had been out hunting, came home and shot the 
 panther. The Indian buried the child there on the flats and 
 put in its gra\e such articles as was their custom. The Indian 
 came there after ]\Ir. Shultus located there and related the cir- 
 cumstances of the case to him, and showed him the child's 
 grave, and the bones and claws of the panther. He had the 
 skin of one foot and part of the leg for a tobacco pouch, and 
 said he should have it buried with him when he died. 
 
 Soon after Truman White settled on what is now the John 
 Wells farm, within the corporation of Spring\'ille, and when there 
 
A Illkll.l.IXi; IJKAR Sl'ORV. 2$ I 
 
 was nothiiiL^ but a path throui^h the woods where the road is 
 now. His son. Tompkins White, then a boy, started from the 
 house to come north in the patli, and a panther came down 
 from the hill on the east side and confronted him, they faced 
 each other awhile and when the boy stepped forward the pan- 
 ther did the same. The boy concluded it was best to retreat 
 towards the house, which was close by, which he did without 
 beins^ molested by the panther. 
 
 In 1816, Da\-id Wiley, David Shultus and (jeorge Shultus 
 went over to the Heaver Meadows in Cattaraugus county, 
 twelve miles from Springville, after cattle on a pleasant day 
 about the 20th of Noxember, they had to stay ail night and as 
 there were no settlers there, the)' built up a rousing fire in the 
 woods and sta)'ed by it. In the night a furious snow storm 
 arose and the panthers screamed around them and one came 
 so near that the\- ccnild see his eyes glimmer in the darkness. 
 David Shultus went over bear-footed and in the morning the 
 snow was about a foot deep, and he had to dance around quite 
 lively to keep from freezing. At that time there were 
 several beaver dams and beaver houses along the creek on the 
 Beaxer Meadows. 
 
 A BEAR STORY. 
 
 The following bear story is related b}- the late David Oyer, 
 father of Jacob Oyer, of Springville : " It was some 60 or more 
 years ago since I went to the town of Ashford. Only a few^ 
 settlers were there at that time, and the few cows they po.s- 
 sessed were suffered to roam, through the woods. The few set- 
 tlers would take turns in looking them up at milking time. 
 The ex'ening in question it fell to my lot to bring the cows 
 home, and it being Sunday I did not take my gun along, as was 
 customar)- with me, but I coaxed all the dogs in the settlement 
 to accompany me, and I started out in an easterly direction, 
 and it was not long before I could hear the tinkling of the bells. 
 All at once the dogs set up a terrible outcry in the direction 
 that I was going, and I quickened my footsteps and soon came 
 up with the dogs, who had a bear at bay. He sat upright upon 
 his haunches with his back to a large tree, and whenever a dog 
 <jot within his reach it receixed a terrible bloxv from Bruin's 
 
252 
 
 NAMES OF PARTIES TAKING DEEDS 
 
 paw, and whenever he turned and attempted to climb the tree 
 the dogs would seize him and haul him back. What was to be 
 done ? My only arms was a pocket-knife, but this stood me 
 well in hand ; with it I cut a heavy cudgel, and by keeping the 
 tree between myself and the bear, I was able to approach near 
 enough, and by stepping to one side I dealt him a stunning 
 blow across the nose, and a few more over the head finished 
 him. That bear was dressed and divided up among the set- 
 tlers, who enjoyed a feast. 
 
 LANDS DEEDED IN CONCORD. 
 
 The names of persons who took deeds of land from the Hol- 
 land Compan}', the number of the lots and parts of lots, the 
 number of acres, and the date of- purchase : 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE SIX. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres ; Subdivision. ' Date of Deed. 
 
 140 
 126 
 100 
 123 
 I 22 
 217 
 140 
 
 60 
 100 
 lOI 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 125 
 
 76 
 
 63 
 
 48 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 TOO 
 
 75 
 70 
 
 9' 
 70 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 e pt . . 
 w pt . . 
 
 s pt . . . 
 m pt. . 
 n pt . . 
 spt. . 
 n pt . . 
 s-e pt . 
 n-e . . . 
 m pt. . 
 s-w pt. 
 n-w pt. 
 s-w pt. 
 n-e pt . 
 m pt. . 
 n-w pt 
 
 spt... 
 m pt. . 
 n pt . . 
 s-e pt . 
 s-w pt. 
 A\' m pt 
 e m pt 
 n-e pt . 
 
 Nov. II, 1841 
 Nov. I. 1840. . 
 Dec. 7, 1815 . , 
 Jan. 21, 1818. . 
 Jan. 21,1818, 
 Sept. 24, 1823, 
 Dec. 3, 1823 . . 
 Sept. 25, 1833, 
 Dec. 29, 1837 , 
 Jan. 13, 1834.. 
 Dec. 10, 1834 . 
 Mar. 8, 1833 . . 
 July 17,1827.. 
 Dec. 31, 1836 . 
 Sept. 29, 1831 . 
 Jan. 22, 1846. . 
 July I, 1839... 
 July 22, 1834.. 
 June 14, 1832. 
 Jan. 16, 1834. . 
 Sept. 20, 1838. 
 May 26, 1836. 
 Aug. 23, 1832. 
 Jan. 16, 1836. . 
 April 10, 1832. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Eaton Bentley. 
 Joseph Harkness. 
 Samuel Cochran. 
 Joseph Yaw. 
 Christopher Douglass. 
 Rufus Eaton. 
 John Albro. 
 Charles C. Wells. 
 Silas Rushmore. 
 James Hinman, Jr. 
 John Van Pelt. 
 Varne)' Ingalls. 
 Noah Cuher. 
 Jedediah Stark. 
 Benjamin Nelson. 
 Elijah Matthewson. 
 Marsena Ballard. 
 Joel Chaffee. 
 William Weeden. 
 John Russell. 
 Francis White. 
 Aimer White. 
 William Weeden. 
 Rob. Auger. 
 Jar\-is Bloomfield. 
 
FROM THE HOLLAND COMI'ANV. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE ?,\X—Conti,uied. 
 
 25; 
 
 25 
 26 
 26 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 8 
 
 100 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 14, 1834. . 
 
 Samuel Cochran. 
 
 
 8 
 
 100 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 14. 1834.. 
 
 Samuel Cochran. 
 
 
 9 
 
 245 
 
 w 1 
 
 Dec. 2, 1817 . . 
 
 Abraham Mid da ugh. 
 
 
 10 
 
 162 
 
 w 1 
 
 Mar. 18, 1823 . 
 
 Benjamin Rhodes. 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 50 
 
 s pt 
 
 Aug-. 31, 1830. 
 
 Elizabeth Austin. 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 2, 1829.. . 
 
 Harvev' Andrew. 
 
 
 II 
 
 75 
 
 m j)t 
 
 Aug. 30, 1 83 1. 
 
 Julius Bement. 
 
 
 II 
 
 75 
 
 n pt 
 
 Oct. 4, 1826.. . 
 
 Phineas Scott. 
 
 
 12 
 
 bo 
 
 ^^- 1 
 
 Oct. 31, 1832.. 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield. 
 
 
 13 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 July 15,1834.. 
 
 Thomas Johnson. 
 
 
 13 
 
 82 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. 30, 1837. 
 
 Giles Churchill. 
 
 
 13 
 
 50 
 
 n pt 
 
 Aug. 31, 1830. 
 
 Luther Austin. 
 
 
 14 
 
 185 
 
 \\- 1 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836 . 
 
 Elbert W. Cook. 
 
 
 15 
 
 50 
 
 •^ pt 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836 . 
 
 Elbert W. Cook. 
 
 
 15 
 
 58 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 3, 1857... 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield. 
 
 
 lb 
 
 ^7 
 
 •- pt 
 
 Jan. 29, 1842. . 
 
 David Wiley. 
 
 
 lb 
 
 42 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 3, 1837... 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield. 
 
 
 17 
 
 84 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 Oct. 25, 1838. . 
 
 Ebenezer Dibble. 
 
 
 17 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Mar. 25, 1837. 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield. 
 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 
 11 m pt . . . 
 
 June 17, 1828. 
 
 J. White. 
 
 
 17 
 
 69 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 23, 1837.. 
 
 Truman W'hite. 
 
 
 18 
 
 7« 
 
 s pt 
 
 Oct. 9, 1837... 
 
 Ransford Otis. 
 
 
 18 
 
 b9 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 23, 1836. . 
 
 Truman White. 
 
 
 19 
 
 126 
 
 w 1 
 
 Sept. 10, 1822 . 
 
 George Shultus. 
 
 
 20 
 
 150 
 
 w I 
 
 May 25, 1829 . 
 
 Orrin Ballard. 
 
 
 21 
 
 125 
 
 w 1 
 
 Oct. 21, 1819. . 
 
 William Shultus. 
 
 
 22 
 
 140 
 
 ^^• 1 
 
 Feb. 18, 18 14. . 
 
 David Shultus. 
 
 
 23 
 
 47 
 
 s c pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 14, 1836.. 
 
 Abel Holman. 
 
 
 23 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt. . . . 
 
 Sept. 6, 183 1 . . 
 
 David Shultus. 
 
 
 23 
 
 4> 
 
 n pt 
 
 May 22, 1835 . 
 
 Jabez Weeden. 
 
 
 24 
 
 79 
 
 M^t 
 
 Mar. 2, 1832. . 
 
 Abel Holman. 
 
 
 24 
 
 40 
 
 11 pt 
 
 Jan. 8. 1835... 
 
 Abel Holman. 
 
 
 25 
 
 80 
 
 ■M^t 
 
 Dec. 30, 1837.. 
 
 N. A. Bowen. 
 
 
 25 
 
 43 
 
 m pt 
 
 Aug. 13, 1838. 
 
 George Richmond. Jr. 
 
 
 25 
 
 34 
 
 11 pt ] 
 
 Jan. 7, 1835.. . 
 
 Nathan Hull. 
 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SIX. 
 
 365 
 
 95 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . 
 n-e pt . 
 
 Sept. 21, 1809. 
 Dec. 29, 1836. . 
 Dec. 29, 1836. . 
 
 James Vaughan. 
 Asa Wells. 
 Jonathan Mayo. 
 
254 NAMES OF PARTIES TAKING DEEDS 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SlX—Conlinued. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 50 
 
 Subdivision. Dai e of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 26 
 
 s m pt . 
 
 . Dec. 29, 1836. . 
 
 Willard W. Cornwell. 
 
 26 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 . Dec. 29, 1836. . 
 
 Hiram Mayo. 
 
 26 
 
 50 
 
 s-\v pt. . 
 
 . June 5, 1834. . 
 
 Mary Rouse. 
 
 26 
 
 50 
 
 n-\v pt . 
 
 . Oct. 9, I •'-32.. . 
 
 William Smith. 
 
 ^7 
 
 62 
 
 s-e pt . . 
 
 . July 18, 1839. • 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 2J 
 
 63 
 
 n-e pt . . 
 
 . Dec. 29, 1836.. 
 
 Archibald Griffiths. 
 
 27 
 
 62 
 
 s m pt . 
 
 . April 18, 1840. 
 
 James Bloodgood. 
 
 .27 
 
 62 
 
 n m pt . 
 
 . May 17, 1836.. 
 
 Archibald Griffiths. 
 
 27 
 
 88 
 
 .s-w pt . . 
 
 . June 19, 1837. 
 
 William B. Wemple. 
 
 .27 
 
 32 
 
 n-w pt . 
 
 . Nov. 22, 1830. 
 
 Archibald Griffiths. 
 
 28 
 
 175 
 
 s pt. . . . 
 
 . Oct. 14, 1 83 1 . . 
 
 John M. Bull. 
 
 28 
 
 175 
 
 n pt . . . 
 
 . Nov. 22, 1838. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 29 
 
 47 
 
 s-e pt . . 
 
 . Mar. I, 1838. . 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 29 
 
 47 
 
 e m pt . 
 
 . Dec. 29, iN36 . 
 
 William Olin. 
 
 ;29 
 
 94 
 
 n-c pt. . 
 
 . Auo-. 13, 1836. 
 
 Abraham Gardiner. 
 
 29 
 
 70 
 
 s-w ])t. . 
 
 . May 14, 1832.. 
 
 H. J. Vo.sburo-h. 
 
 29 
 
 24 
 
 vv m pt. 
 
 . April I, 1839. • 
 
 \W P. Powers. 
 
 29 
 
 94 
 
 n-w pt. . 
 
 . Sept. 13, 1836. 
 
 Abraham Gardiner. 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 
 e pt . . . 
 
 .. Oct. 12. 1842.. 
 
 John Cotrell. 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 
 m pt. . . 
 
 .| Oct. 12, 1842. . 
 
 Joseph Cotrell. 
 
 .30 
 
 154 
 
 w pt . . . 
 
 ., July 18, 1839. . 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 .31 
 
 65 
 
 m pt. . . 
 
 . Dec. 29, 1837.. 
 
 Arnold Wilson. 
 
 31 
 
 TOO 
 
 w pt . . . 
 
 . April I, 1839. • 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 32 
 
 TOO 
 
 e pt . . . 
 
 . Oct. 26, 1836. . 
 
 Alexander Butterfield, 
 
 32 
 
 7^:> 
 
 m pt. . . 
 
 . Julv 18, 1839. • 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 32 
 
 50 
 
 w pt . . . 
 
 ■ July 8, 1833- •■ 
 
 William L. J add. 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . . 
 
 . Sept. 25, 1837. 
 
 Charles Wells. 
 
 \ Seth W. Godard and 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 -S-w pt . . 
 
 . April 20, 1843 • 
 
 ( Eber Brooks. 
 
 33 
 
 137 
 
 m p . . . 
 
 . Oct. 17, 1837. . 
 
 Benjamin Freeman. 
 
 33 
 
 87 
 
 n-e pt . . 
 
 . June 7, 1836. . 
 
 Asa Wells. 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . 
 
 . Sept. 20, 1837. 
 
 Jo.seph McMillan. 
 
 34 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . . 
 
 . May 5, 1832. . 
 
 James Bloodgood. 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 n-e pt . . 
 
 . Dec. 30, US36. . 
 
 William Smith. 
 
 34 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt . 
 
 .; Mar. 11, 1S35. 
 
 James Bloodgood. 
 
 34 
 
 50 
 
 s-w m pt 
 
 . Dec. 27, 1836 . 
 
 Josiah Graves. 
 
 34 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . 
 
 . Dec. 21, 1838.. 
 
 Moses W. Griswold. 
 
 34 
 
 55 
 
 w pt . . . 
 
 . . Jan. IT, 1837.. 
 
 Seeley Squires. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 .s-e pt . . 
 
 . . June 19. 1837. 
 
 William B. Wemple. 
 
 35 
 
 89 
 
 e m i)t . 
 
 . Nov. 17, 1838. 
 
 William B. Wemple. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . 
 
 . . Jan. 17, 1828. . 
 
 A. Griffith. 
 
 35 
 
 139 
 
 n-w pt . 
 
 .: Feb. 15, 1834.. 
 
 Jonathan Mayo. 
 
FROM THE HOLLAND COM LAN V. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE S\X—Con(inued. 
 
 255 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt. . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 Jan. 3,1838... 
 
 James Wilson. 
 
 l^ 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 Dec. 28, 1837 • 
 
 Mor. L. Badgley. 
 
 36 
 
 59 
 
 em pt . . 
 
 Nov. 13, 1837. 
 
 P^dward Cram. 
 
 36 
 
 100 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Aug. u, 1836. 
 
 David Meeker. 
 
 37 
 
 127 
 
 spt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 37 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 June 19, 1837. 
 
 Rebecca Putman. 
 
 37 
 
 60 
 
 n pt . . . . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 37 
 
 1 10 
 
 5f npt... 
 
 Jan. 18, 1851. . 
 
 Phineas Scott. 
 
 3« 
 
 31 
 
 s-c pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 26, 1837. 
 
 John Griffith. 
 
 38 
 
 ICX) 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 38 
 
 116 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 27, 1837. 
 
 Hez. Griffiths. 
 
 38 
 
 62 
 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 April I, 1839. . 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 39 
 
 113 
 
 ^^ pt 
 
 June 16, 1843.. 
 
 George N. Williams.. 
 
 39 
 
 164 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 39 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 \ June 14,1837 
 ( or 1836.. . . 
 
 Homer Barnes. 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 Jan. 21, 1833.. 
 
 Abner Wilson. 
 
 40 
 
 200 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 Auo. 23, 1838. 
 
 Chauncey Dunbar. 
 
 41 
 
 60 
 
 ■'^ pt 
 
 Jan. 31. 1837.. 
 
 Josiah D. Graves. 
 
 41 
 
 233 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 3, 1837... 
 
 Ashley Holland. 
 
 41 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 Dec. I, 1823.. . 
 
 Samuel Bradley. 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 Aug. 31, 1 810. 
 
 Luther Curtiss. 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836.. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 42 
 
 47 
 
 n-e m . . . . 
 
 Feb. I, 1839.. ■ 
 
 David L. Sweet. 
 
 42 
 
 53 
 
 n w ni . . . 
 
 Nov. 6, 1838. . 
 
 John Gould. 
 
 42 
 
 73 
 
 n i)t 
 
 Mar. 7, 1857. . 
 
 Hiram Mayo. 
 
 43 
 43 
 43 
 
 20 
 
 
 Feb. I, 1839.. • 
 F^eb. 1 , 1856. . . 
 
 Erastus Mayo. 
 Weston Waite. 
 
 55 
 50 
 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 15, 1834.. 
 
 Jonathan Mayo. 
 
 43 
 
 75 
 
 w m pt.. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1836.. 
 
 James Curtiss. 
 
 43 
 
 96 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1836.. 
 
 Calvin Smith. 
 
 43 
 
 TOO 
 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 Dec. 20, 1837.. 
 
 Prentis Stanbro, Jr. 
 
 44 
 
 70 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 6, 1836... 
 
 Dax'id Campbell. 
 
 44 
 
 70 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 6. 1839.. ■ 
 
 Samuel Jocoy. 
 
 44 
 
 91 
 
 s m pt . . 
 
 Feb. 5, 1838.. . 
 
 Arnold Cranston. 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 Oct. 31, 1838. . 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt.. 
 
 April 7, 1838.. 
 
 Prentis Stanbro, Jr. 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 April 7, 1838. . 
 
 Prentis Stanbro. 
 
 45 
 
 30 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 21, 1837. . 
 
 Samuel A, Jocoy. 
 
 45 
 
 65 
 
 s-w pt. . . 
 
 1 June 9, 1838. . 
 
 William Smith, Jr. 
 
256 NAMES OF PARTIES TAKIXC; DEEDS 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SIX— Continued. 
 
 Lot. Acres. Subdivision. Date of Deed 
 
 Names. 
 
 45 
 
 100 
 
 45 
 
 100 
 
 45 
 
 100 
 
 46 
 
 133 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 46 
 
 100 
 
 47 
 
 143 
 
 47 
 
 100 
 
 47 
 
 125 
 
 48 
 
 288 
 
 48 
 
 75 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 
 66 
 
 49 
 
 75 
 
 49 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 
 100 
 
 50 , 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 
 50 i 
 
 40 
 
 50 I 
 
 100 
 
 50 ! 
 
 25 
 
 50 1 
 
 40 
 
 51 ! 
 
 42 
 
 51 i 
 
 90 
 
 51 j 
 
 100 
 
 51 1 
 
 102 
 
 5- 
 
 64 
 
 52 
 
 50 
 
 52 
 
 128 
 
 52 1 
 
 102 
 
 52 
 
 68 
 
 53 
 
 83 
 
 53 
 
 75 
 
 53 
 
 79 
 
 53 
 
 51 
 
 53 
 
 50 
 
 54 
 
 364 
 
 55 
 
 152 
 
 55 ! 
 
 100 
 
 s m pt . . . i Dec. 26, 1 833. . 
 n m pt. . . I Dec. 25, 1838.. 
 
 n pt I Nov. 21, 1837. 
 
 s pt I July i<S, 1839.. 
 
 s m pt . . . : A\n-'\\ 1, 1839. . 
 e m pt. . . I June 16, 1845 . 
 w m pt. . . I April 9, 1 828 . . 
 
 n pt I April i, 1839. • 
 
 c pt j July 18 1839. • 
 
 m pt 1 Aug. 23, 1838 . 
 
 w pt [ June 5, 1837. . 
 
 e pt , July 18, 1839.. 
 
 m pt j Sept. 22, 1855 . 
 
 w pt April I, 1839. • 
 
 s pt Dec. 28, 1836.. 
 
 .s m pt . . . Feb. 6, 1833. . . 
 
 m pt ! Oct. 10, 1829. . 
 
 n pt : Aug. 27, 1824. 
 
 s pt j Aug. 10, 1830. 
 
 s m pt. . . ! Feb. i, 1834.. . 
 
 m pt April 2, 1838. . 
 
 n pt Jan. 6, 1836. . . 
 
 n-e pt. . . . Dec. 27, 1838.. 
 n-w pt. . . Dec. 27, 1838.. 
 s-e pt . . . . ' April 2, 1838. . 
 n-n-e pt.. June 17, 1835. 
 .s-w pt. ..^ Oct. 17, 1833.. 
 \v m pt. . Feb. 28, 1831.. 
 
 e pt July 18, 1839.. 
 
 em pt. . . June 12. 1838. 
 n-e & m pt Mar. 26. 1853.. 
 n-w pt. . . t April 2. 1838. . 
 
 n-\v pt . . . Dec. 18. 1840.. 
 
 s pt Mar. 26. 1853.. 
 
 .s m pt . . . Mar. 10, 1841. . 
 
 n m pt. . . July 24, 1853.. 
 
 n-e pt.. . . ' Sept. 29, 1855 . 
 
 n-w pt. . . Oct. 23, 1841 . 
 
 Dec. 25, 1817.. 
 
 w m & -s-e . J une 8, 1 849 . . 
 
 n-e pt . . . . Jan. 4. 1839. . 
 
 David Smith. 
 Patrick Hogan. 
 I Ephraim Needham. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 ' W. P. Powens. 
 J George N. Williams. 
 ; Aaron Cole. 
 
 D. C. Chandler. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Chauncey B. Dunbar, 
 i Wheeler Drake. 
 i P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Julia Anne Abbott. 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 David Shultes. 
 
 Varney Ingalls. 
 
 Varney Ingalls. 
 
 Varney Ingalls. 
 
 Abraham Fisher. 
 
 Daniel Tice. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 Zimri Ingalls. 
 
 Zimri Ingalls. 
 
 Caleb Ingalls. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 James Flemmings. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 Philip Ferrin. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 i R. C. Eaton and 
 
 ( Otis Butterworth. 
 
 \\'illiam Smith, Jr. 
 
 Ephraim A. Briggs. 
 
 Stary King. 
 
 Stephen Churchill. 
 
 Edward Goddard. 
 
 Jonathan Sibley, Jr. 
 
 Orrin Sibley. 
 
 S}l\'ester Abbott. 
 
FROM rilK IIOI.I.AM) COMI'ANV. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE S\X- Continued. 
 
 257 
 
 Loiv 
 
 55 
 56 
 56 
 56 
 56 
 56 
 57 
 57 
 57 
 57 
 57 
 5« 
 58 
 58 
 58 
 59 
 59 
 59 
 59 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 61 ; 
 
 61 i 
 
 61 I 
 
 62 ! 
 62 
 62 I 
 
 62 j 
 
 63 I 
 <33 : 
 63 
 63 
 64 
 
 64 
 
 64 I 
 
 64 ! 
 49 
 
 Aches. Smnivi^iox. I Daye ok Deed. 
 
 Namf.s. 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 90 
 
 100 
 
 75 
 75 
 50 
 75 
 75 
 55 
 55 
 39 
 81 
 
 64 
 72 
 72 
 56 
 56 
 114 
 
 75 
 123 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 125 
 1 10 
 
 50 1 
 
 98 
 
 50 
 100 ! 
 
 50 ^ 
 125 
 
 56 
 
 54 
 
 59 
 
 75 
 
 57 
 
 47 
 
 47 
 104 
 
 j .s-w i)t. . . , 
 .s-w pt . . . 
 
 ^■pt 
 
 c m [)t . . . 
 I s m pt . . . 
 
 .s-w })t . . . 
 ! n-w pt . . . 
 
 .s-e pt . . . . 
 ! .s-w pt . . . 
 
 n-c pt. . . . 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 n-w i)t . . . 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 n-e ])t . . . . 
 
 m pt 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 m pt 
 
 M' pt 
 
 e pt 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 n-\v pt . . . 
 
 s pt 
 
 m pt 
 
 n-e pt . . . . j 
 
 s-e pt . . . . ' 
 
 s-w pt . . . . ! 
 
 m pt 
 
 n pt 
 
 s pt 
 
 n-e pt .... ; 
 n m pt. . . i 
 
 n-w pt . . . I 
 s-c i^t . . . . 
 c m pt. . . i 
 n-c pt. . . . 
 n m pt . . . I 
 w pt . . . . j 
 m 6v: s-c pt 
 
 Jan. 13, 1829. 
 
 Oct. 20, 1 84V 
 
 Mays, 1835^.. 
 
 June 4. 1834. , 
 
 Dec. 26, 1837.. 
 
 Dec. 26, 1837.. 
 
 Nov. 15. 1836. 
 
 Nov. 5, 1841 . . 
 ' Feb. 22, 1836.. 
 f Oct. 25. 1838. . 
 I Oct. 18, 1851 . . 
 I Sept. 14, 1836. 
 I Dec. 26, 1838.. 
 
 Dec. 2j, 1838.. 
 
 April I, 1839. . 
 
 April 19, 1837. 
 
 June 27, 1838. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1834.. 
 
 Jan. 9, 1829. . . 
 
 Feb. 6, 1837.. . 
 
 Mar. 26, 1853.. 
 
 June 6, 1836. . 
 
 April I. 1839. . 
 
 Oct. 3. 1836... 
 
 Nov. s, 1836. . 
 
 Feb. 7, 1838... 
 July 18, 1839. • 
 
 Feb. 24, r83i.. 
 Sept. 13, 1845 ■ 
 June 22, 1835 . 
 April 2, 1838. . 
 Dec. 27, 1831..! 
 Mar. 6, 1828.. .j 
 Dec. 1 3 or 30/36: 
 Dec.i2or3i,'36i 
 Dec. 13, 1836.1 
 Dec. 30. 1836. . I 
 July 20. 1836. .1 
 Dec. 30. 1 836. . I 
 Dec. 30. 1836. .j 
 April I, 1839. . 
 Mar. 22, 1854. 
 
 , Orrin Siblc}-. 
 j Trumbull Carey. 
 
 Sylvester Abbott. 
 
 Caleb Abbott. 
 
 William A. Calkins. 
 
 Henr)' Smith. 
 
 D. Lewis. 
 ! Carlos Emmons. 
 
 Carlos Emmons. 
 
 Alanson Wheeler. 
 ! Benjamin Wheeler, Jr 
 
 Varney Ingalls. 
 
 Benjamin \Mieeler. 
 
 Caleb In<Talls. 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 John House. 
 
 Ebenezer Blake. 
 
 Benjamin Fay. 
 
 Benjamin Fay. 
 ; Nehemiah Fay. 
 
 Philip Ferrin. 
 
 Noah Townsend. 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 Constant Trevitt. 
 
 Thomas Stephenson. 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 J. Southwick. 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 
 William Field. 
 Joshua Afjard. 
 H. E. Potter. 
 Joshua Agard. 
 Abijah Sibley. 
 Joshua Agard. 
 Benjamin Sibley. 
 Michael Curran. 
 Moses Leonard. 
 Oliver Dutton. 
 Orange Wells. 
 W. P. Powers. 
 Elnoch N. Frve. 
 
2 5« 
 
 NAMES OF PARriES TAKINCi DEEDS 
 RANGE SEVEN, TOWNSHIP S\X— Continued. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 30 
 
 Stbdivision. 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Date of Deeo. 
 
 Name. 
 
 49 
 
 Mar. 4, 1854 . . 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 49 
 
 75 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. 27, 1836. . 
 
 Enoch N. Frye. 
 
 49 
 
 75 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 June 12, 1834. 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 49 
 
 25 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 8, 1852.. 
 
 Jesse F'rye. 
 
 49 
 
 74 
 
 n-w pt. . . . 
 
 July 10, 1834.. 
 
 James S. Erye. 
 
 56 
 
 140 
 
 w 1 
 
 Dec. 4, 1833.. . 
 
 Isham & D. G. Williams 
 
 57 
 
 35 
 
 e pt 
 
 Dec. 4, 1833... 
 
 Isham & D. G. Williams 
 
 57 
 
 108 
 
 w pt 
 
 Oct. 15. 1852. . 
 
 William Weber. 
 
 58 
 
 100 
 
 w 1 
 
 April 18, 1838. 
 
 Michael Smith. 
 
 59 
 
 86 
 
 e pt 
 
 April 12, 1838. 
 
 Michael Smith. 
 
 59 
 
 86 
 
 w pt 
 
 July 23, 1839.. 
 
 Tristam Dodge. 
 
 60 
 
 159 
 
 w I 
 
 Dec. I, 1855 • • 
 
 Michael Smith. 
 
 61 
 
 193 
 
 e pt 
 
 Mar. 4. 1854. . 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 61 
 
 75 
 
 \\' pt 
 
 July I, [838... 
 
 Abraham Van Tuyl.' 
 
 62 
 
 132 
 
 s-e pt .... 
 
 March 4, 1854 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 62 
 
 100 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 28, 1854. . 
 
 Morgan L. Badgley. 
 
 62 
 
 125 
 
 w pt 
 
 March 22, 1854 
 
 Enoch N. Frye. 
 
 66 
 
 105 
 
 ' s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 27, 1838. 
 
 \ B. G. Kingsbury and 
 ( John Haveland. 
 
 66 
 
 104 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 28, 1837. 
 
 Luther Austin. 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt. . . . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1837.. 
 
 Jacob Hufstater, Jr. 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 
 n pt .... 
 
 Oct. 27, 1836. . 
 
 Jacob Hufstater, Jr. 
 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 12, 1839. . 
 
 T. B. Marvin. 
 
 67 
 
 
 
 Dec. 4, 1833... 
 
 \ Daniel G. Williams 
 
 141 
 
 w pt 
 
 ( and Isham Williams. 
 
 68 
 
 70 
 
 spt 
 
 Jan. 10, 1834. . 
 
 John Williams. 
 
 58 
 
 95 
 
 n pt 
 
 March 28, 1836 
 
 Aimer White. 
 
 69 
 
 70 
 
 s pt 
 
 Sept. 21, 1837 
 
 John Williams. 
 
 69 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 r. C. Sherman. 
 
 70 
 
 138 
 
 ^\' 1 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 71 
 
 123 
 
 s pt ...... . 
 
 Oct. 14, 1841 . . 
 
 Daniel Green. 
 
 71 
 
 240 
 
 " P 
 
 Feb. 16, 1854. 
 
 Morgan L. Badgeley. 
 
 72 
 
 60 
 
 ■^ pt 
 
 March 4. 1854 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 78 
 
 274 
 
 •^ pt 
 
 Jul}- 18, 1839 . 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 78 
 
 50 
 
 n-\v pt ... 
 
 Nov. 1, 1840. . 
 
 Charles Watson. 
 
 78 
 
 50 
 
 n pt 
 
 Oct. 23. 1840.. 
 
 Evert Van Buren. 
 
 79 
 
 223 
 
 ept 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 79 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Sept. 2, 1854. . 
 
 James S. P"rye. 
 
 80 
 
 50 
 
 e pt 
 
 Jan. 2, 1856.. . 
 
 Alexander M. Bruce. 
 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 6. 1838... 
 
 Amos Stanbro. 
 
 80 
 
 103 
 
 m pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Sept. 28, 1 841 . 
 
 Charles l^ringle. 
 
Vinni till'. IIOLI,AND COMPANY. 
 RANGE SEVEN, TOWNSHIP SIX— Co»/inue</. 
 
 259 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision 
 
 Datk of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 81 
 
 65 
 
 . Nov. 17, 1838. 
 
 David Jerman. 
 
 81 
 
 SO 
 
 s m i)t . . 
 
 . July 1. 1838 . . 
 
 Abraham Van 'l\n-l. 
 
 81 
 
 60 
 
 m i^t . . . . 
 
 . lunc 25, 1842. 
 
 Mile M. Baker. 
 
 81 
 
 100 
 
 n 111 pt . . 
 
 . Jan. 15. 1842. . 
 
 Hosea P. Ostrander. 
 
 81 
 
 100 
 
 n i)t . . . . 
 
 . Feb. 7. 1838. . 
 
 Alanson P. Morton. 
 
 S2 
 
 120 
 
 s pt 
 
 . Jul)- 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman 
 
 82 
 
 .SO 
 
 s m pt . . 
 
 . March 28. 1843 
 
 Moses T. Thompson. 
 
 82 
 
 so 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1838.. 
 
 Milo M. Baker. 
 
 82 
 
 91 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 March 10, 1838 
 
 Alanson P. Morton. 
 
 82 
 
 49 
 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 Oct. I I, 1837.. 
 
 David Witherel. 
 
 86 
 
 160 
 
 c pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836.. 
 
 Samuel Churchill. 
 
 86 
 
 50 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 Oct. 20, 1843. • 
 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 
 86 
 
 183 
 
 vv pt . . . . 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 87 
 
 105 
 
 ■'^ pt 
 
 . Oct. 23, 1840.. 
 
 Everet Van Buren. 
 
 87 
 
 100 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 Aui^. 4, 1856. . 
 
 Charles C. Empson. 
 
 87 
 
 131 
 
 n pt 
 
 . July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 88 
 
 2SS 
 
 \y\ 
 
 . March 15. 1851 
 
 Frederick Whittlesey. 
 
 8q 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 . June 2, 1838. . 
 
 John Van Pelt. 
 
 8q 
 
 97 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 Oct. 6. 1838.. . 
 
 Amos Stranbro. 
 
 89 
 
 30 
 
 s-w m pt 
 
 Ma)' 26, 1855.. 
 
 John Shear. 
 
 89 
 
 30 
 
 n-w m pt 
 
 . Oct. 15. 1853.. 
 
 L. V. Nicholas 
 
 89 
 
 75 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 . Nov. 18, 1839. 
 
 Charles Prini^le. 
 
 90 
 
 70 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 . June 29, 1832. 
 
 Eleanor Curtis. 
 
 90 
 
 72 
 
 s-w })t. . . 
 
 . Jul)- 1, 1838... 
 
 Abraham Van Tu\-1. 
 
 90 
 
 100 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 . Dec. I r, 1840 . 
 
 James Wheeler. 
 
 90 
 
 60 
 
 n m pt. . 
 
 . Sept. 27, 1854. 
 
 Levi Wheeler. 
 
 90 
 
 60 
 
 n pt . . . . 
 
 . Dec. 20, 1838. 
 
 Isaac Nichols 
 
 91 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 . Jan. 24 1843.. 
 
 Jeremiah Richard so n . 
 
 91 
 
 50 
 
 s-e m pt . 
 
 . Jan. 31. 1838.. 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 
 9< 
 
 45 
 
 n-e m pt. 
 
 . Dec. I I, 1840 . 
 
 James Wheeler. 
 
 91 
 
 55 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 . June 15, 1848. 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 
 91 
 
 SO 
 
 n-w m pt 
 
 . Dec. 29, 1836.. 
 
 Jeremiah Ricliardson. 
 
 81 
 
 83 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 .1 May 25, 1839.. 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 60 
 
 83 
 150 
 
 50 
 ISI 
 
 spt .. 
 s-w pt 
 m pt. 
 n pt . 
 s pt .. 
 
 Jan. 8. 1839.. 
 Feb. 22, 1836 
 April [, 1839. 
 Nov. 8, 1839 . 
 Jan. 28, 1837. 
 
 Carlos Emmons. 
 Carlos Emmons. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 Varney In gal Is. 
 Varnev Ingalls. 
 
26o NAMES OF PARTIES TAKINO DEEDS 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVE^—Coiilmiied. 
 
 OT. 
 
 1 
 Acres. 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 2 
 
 50 1 
 
 2 
 
 75 
 
 
 317 
 
 4 
 
 169 
 
 4 
 
 119 
 
 4 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 s 
 
 SO 
 
 5 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 S 
 
 116 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 121 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 60 
 
 6 
 
 90 
 
 7 
 
 60 
 
 7 
 
 40 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 52 
 
 7 
 
 52 
 
 <s 
 
 100 
 
 8 
 
 66 
 
 8 
 
 50 
 
 8 
 
 50 
 
 8 
 
 52 
 
 9 
 
 241 
 
 9 
 
 100 
 
 lO 
 
 26 
 
 lO 
 
 34 
 
 lO 
 
 33 
 
 lO 
 
 114 1 
 
 lO 
 
 114 ' 
 
 I I 
 
 100 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 n pt 
 
 \\- 1 
 
 e»2)t 
 
 m &n-w pt 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 .s-e m pt . . 
 e ni pt . . . 
 s-w pt . ... 
 s-w m pt. 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 n pt 
 
 •'^ pt 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 S-A\' pt . . . . 
 w m pt . . . 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 m pt 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 n pt 
 
 ■^ pt 
 
 c m pt 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 n-e m pt. . 
 n pt 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 n pt 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 m pt 
 
 n pt 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 ^■-e pt . . . . 
 
 Name. 
 
 March 10, 1824 
 
 March 10, 1824 
 
 March 16, 1836 
 June 17, 1835. 
 Feb. 24, 181 5.. 
 Dec. 20, 18^7.. 
 Dec. 21, 1848.. 
 Dec. 29, 1849 • 
 Nov. 22, 1838. 
 March 25, 1854 
 Dec. 30, 1854.. 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 March 25, 1854 
 Ma)^ 24, 1842. . 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 Dec. 29, 1835 . 
 Feb. 12, 1836 . 
 April I, 1839.. 
 Aug. 26, 1830. 
 Oct. 14, 1835 .. 
 Feb. 8, 1832.. . 
 Dec. 29, 1838.. 
 Nov. 7, 1836. . 
 March 27, 1846 
 Jan. 7, 1837.. ■ 
 Jan. 7, 1837... 
 Dec. 31, 1836. . 
 Dec. 31, 1838.. 
 June 14, 1839 ■ 
 June 20, 1849. 
 Jan. 5, 1837... 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 June 2},, 1855. 
 Feb. 23, 1853 . 
 Feb. 23, 1854 . 
 Feb. 23, 1853.. 
 Jan. 3, 1837... 
 March 14, 1842 
 Jan. 20, 1848. . 
 
 I Trustees of 1st Con- 
 
 - gregational Church, 
 
 ( Concord. 
 
 \ 1st Baptist Society 
 
 ( of Concord 
 Jedediah H. Lathrop. 
 Jedediah H. Lathrop. 
 Jonathan Townsend, 
 Amaziah Achniune. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 J. O. Canfield. 
 Reuben C. Drake. 
 Reuben C. Drake. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Elam Booth. 
 Parley Martin. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Oliver Needham. 
 Sellick Canfield. 
 Daniel H. Chandler. 
 Hosea E. Potter. 
 Hosea PL. Potter. 
 John Brooks. 
 Lemuel H. Twitchell. 
 P. B. Brush. 
 George Winship. 
 Peter Bradley. 
 George Winship. 
 William Dye. 
 Worcester Holt. 
 Palmer Skinner. 
 Ira Woodward. 
 Ebenezer Drake. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Abraham Van Tu\-L 
 Samuel Wheeler, 
 (i W. Hawkins. 
 Ely Page, Jr. 
 Varncy Ingalls. 
 Peter Cook. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 
FROM rilE HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN— CV«//««<.y/. 
 
 261 
 
 Lot. Acres Subdivision Date of Deed 
 
 3 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 7 
 7 
 7 
 7 
 8 
 8 
 8 
 8 
 8 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 20 
 
 131 
 
 90 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 lOI 
 
 33 
 100 
 
 143 
 106 
 
 107 
 58 
 50 
 
 100 
 8 
 
 3« 
 30 
 50 
 24 
 
 50 
 29 
 40 
 60 
 50 
 52 
 54 
 50 
 50 
 60 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 61 
 
 100 
 
 158 
 
 41 
 
 41 
 
 116 
 
 64 
 
 64 
 
 66 
 
 1 12 
 
 1 12 
 
 167 
 
 n-e pt . . 
 w pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . 
 .s-w pt . . 
 n-\\' pt . 
 n-c pt . . 
 s pt... 
 m pt. . . 
 
 II pt . 
 .s-\v pt . 
 .s-e pt . . 
 m pt . . . 
 n pt. . . 
 .s-e pt . . 
 .s-\v pt . . 
 s pt . . . 
 s m pt . 
 s m pt . 
 ni pt . . . 
 m pt . . . 
 n m pt . 
 n ni pt . 
 n pt . . . 
 .s-e pt . . 
 s-\v pt . 
 s m pt . 
 m pt . . . 
 n m pt . 
 n pt . . . 
 s pt... 
 s pt . . . 
 
 III pt . . . 
 n pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . 
 -s-w pt . 
 Ill &; n-e pt 
 n m pt . 
 n-\v pt . 
 e pt . . . 
 Ill pt . . . 
 w pt . . . 
 e pt . . . 
 
 Name. 
 
 March 17, 1855 
 Oct. 30, 1837. 
 Jan. 7, 1839.. 
 Jan. 7, 1850. . 
 Sept. 28, 1850 
 Dec. 24, 1836 
 July I, 1838.. 
 Nov. 26, 1842 
 Aug. 26, 1853 
 Mar. 18, 1852 
 Feb. I, 1849. 
 
 14, 1835. 
 
 14, 1835. 
 
 17- 1853 
 10, 1853 
 7. 1835. 
 21, 1838 
 20, 1829. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Sept 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29. 
 29, 
 29, 
 
 ■9' 
 
 1845 
 1836 
 1836 
 1836 
 1 84 1 
 
 29, 1836 
 
 3, 1839- • 
 28, 1836 
 4, 1854. 
 I, 1836. 
 8, 1856. 
 8, 1856. 
 I, 1853.. 
 June 28, 1855 
 Jan. 3, 1837. . 
 
 Jan. 
 Dec. 
 
 1837- 
 
 „i, 1836 
 Dec. 9, 1835. 
 April 26. 185 I 
 Nov 4, 1836. 
 Sept. 2, 1828. 
 Jan. 12, 1839. 
 May 10, 1839 
 
 Amasa Loveridge. 
 Lewis M. Trevitt 
 Phineas Scott. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 01i\'er Arnold. 
 Thadeus Heacocks. 
 Abial D. Blodgett. 
 Thadeus Heacocks. 
 William L. Adams. 
 Uriah D. Pike. 
 Theodore H. Potter. 
 Hosea E. Potter. 
 Hosea E. Potter. 
 T. H. Potter. 
 William Twichell. 
 Solomon P. P'ield. 
 H. E. Potter. 
 Lemuel Twichell. 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 Joseph Potter. 
 George W. Thurber. 
 Hezekiah Drake. 
 Christiana Bridgeman. 
 Lewis Janes. 
 William Potter. 
 William Potter. 
 George W. Drake. 
 Wheeler Drake. 
 M. D. Scott, 
 Marvin Hartman. 
 Amasa Loveridge. 
 Samuel W. Algar. 
 Clark Carr. 
 Josiah Alger. 
 James Tyrer. 
 Benjamin Trevitt. 
 Sally Martin. 
 Joseph M. Spaulding. 
 Jonathan Spaulding. 
 F. B. Marvin. 
 J. r. (j. .Spaulding. 
 
262 NAMES OF PARTIES TAKING DEEDS 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN— Con/im^ed. 
 
 Lor. 
 
 ACKES. 
 
 20 
 
 84 i 
 
 20 
 
 83 
 
 21 
 
 50 
 
 21 
 
 114 
 
 21 
 
 100 
 
 21 
 
 64 
 
 22 
 
 123 
 
 22 
 
 TOO 
 
 22 
 
 100 
 
 23 
 
 50 
 
 23 
 
 103 
 
 23 
 
 99 
 
 23 
 
 •53 
 
 23 
 
 50 
 
 24 
 
 50 
 
 24 
 
 50 
 
 24 
 
 41 
 
 24 
 
 50 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 24 
 
 50 ; 
 
 2S 
 
 100 i 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 
 71 
 
 26 
 
 150 
 
 26 
 
 so 
 
 26 
 
 107 
 
 26 
 
 50 
 
 27 
 
 45 
 
 27 
 
 79 
 
 27 
 
 100 
 
 27 
 
 100 
 
 28 
 
 1 1 [ 
 
 28 
 
 80 
 
 28 
 
 100 
 
 28 
 
 46 
 
 28 
 
 45 
 
 29 
 
 148 
 
 29 
 
 202 
 
 30 
 
 115 
 
 m pt. 
 w pt . 
 s-e pt 
 n-e pt 
 s-\v pt 
 n-\v pt 
 s pt . 
 m pt . 
 n pt . 
 s-e pt 
 e m pt 
 s-w pt . 
 w in pt 
 n-w pt 
 s m pt 
 s-w pt 
 e m pt 
 ^\^ m pt 
 n-c pt . 
 n-w pt 
 s pt.. 
 n-c pt . 
 n-w pt 
 n m pt 
 w m pt 
 s pt. . . 
 n-e pt . 
 m pt . 
 n-w pt 
 e pt . . 
 c m pt 
 m pt. . 
 w pt. . 
 s-e pt . 
 n-e pt . 
 m pt. . 
 s-w pt . 
 n-w pt 
 spt... 
 
 n ])t . . 
 
 s pt. . . 
 
 Names. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Apri 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Apri 
 
 July 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 July 
 
 Sept. 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 July 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Apri 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Auo. 
 
 3I; 1836 
 
 1 I, 1839., 
 
 2, 1839. 
 
 12, 1835 
 
 8, 1823. 
 
 1 I, 1839., 
 
 I, 1838., 
 
 26, 1839 
 
 24, 1823 
 
 4. 1838., 
 
 18, 1839 
 
 . 21, 1836, 
 
 I, 1838.. 
 
 I, 1838., 
 
 I, 1838., 
 
 I, 1838.. 
 
 3. 1837... 
 
 31, 1838, 
 
 15, 1 84 1 . 
 
 7, 1836. . , 
 
 12, 1839.. 
 
 1 , 1 84 1 . . 
 20. 1855. . 
 
 24. 1855. 
 
 9. 1844 •• 
 7, 1839... 
 12, 1851 . 
 
 2. 1855.. 
 
 17- 1855- 
 1, 1838... 
 26, 1856.. 
 7, 1839... 
 
 I I, 1812. 
 28, 1857.. 
 31, 1836 . 
 15,1835.. 
 6, 1836 .. 
 I I, 1839. . 
 
 14, 1820 . 
 
 15, 1842. . 
 23. 1851. 
 
 Hira C. Lusk. 
 Daniel H. Chandler. 
 Benjamin Trevitt. 
 Healey Freeman. 
 Benjamin Trevitt. 
 Daniel Chandler. 
 A. Van Tuyl. 
 Isaiah Pike. 
 Isaiah Pike. 
 Isaiah Pike. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Lewis Trevitt. 
 A. Van Tuyl 
 A. Van Tuyl. 
 A. Van Tuyl. 
 A. Van Tuyl. 
 Samuel Fosdick. 
 Wm. Curran. 
 John S Fosdick. 
 Ebenezer Ellis 
 ¥ B. Marvin. 
 Pliny Wheeler. 
 James Tyrer. 
 James Ouinn. 
 Joseph Dennison. 
 Horace U. Soper. 
 T. M. Briggs. 
 James Tyrer, Jr. 
 Benjamin Trevitt, Jr. 
 A. Van Tuyl. 
 Carlos Emmons. 
 H. U. Soper. 
 Samuel Eaton. 
 Carlos Emmons. 
 Asa R. Trevitt. 
 Everett P'isher. 
 Emery Sampson. 
 T. A. Canfield. 
 John Andrews. 
 \ A. R. Trevitt & Levi 
 ( Ballon, Jr. 
 Andrew Adams. 
 
FROM Till-; HOLLAND COM I'AW. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN— (Vw/Zw/W. 
 
 Names. 
 
 265 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 30 
 
 108 
 
 ni pt 
 
 lulv I, 1838.. . 
 
 30 
 
 53 
 
 n-c ])t . . . . 
 
 Dec. 18, 1835 . 
 
 30 
 
 53 
 
 n-w pi . . 
 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 3> 
 
 50 
 
 s-c pt . . . . 
 
 ; Sept. 21, 1836. 
 
 3' 
 
 50 
 
 s-c m pt. . 
 
 1 AiifT. I I. 1845 ■ 
 
 31 
 
 60 
 
 c m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 27, 1834.. 
 
 31 
 
 47 
 
 n-c pt. . . . 
 
 Jan. 23, 1839.. 
 
 31 
 
 51 
 
 s-w m pt . 
 
 Sept. 13. 1845 
 
 31 
 
 50 
 
 .<-\v pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 19, 1853. 
 
 31 
 
 100 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Auo-. ,. ,838.. 
 
 32 
 
 100 
 
 M^t 
 
 ' April I, 1839. • 
 
 32 
 
 49 
 
 .^ ni pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 10. 1857.. 
 
 32 
 
 60 
 
 n ni pt . . . 
 
 (Jet. 14, 1842.. 
 
 33 
 
 120 
 
 spt 
 
 Sept. 16, 1822. 
 
 33 
 
 60 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1836. . 
 
 33 
 
 60 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1836 . 
 
 33 
 
 129 
 
 n pt 
 
 Aui;-. 18. 1825 .; 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 •M^t 
 
 June 25, 1838. 
 
 34 ! 
 
 79 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 ' July 22, 1833..! 
 
 34 
 
 21 
 
 \\' \w i)t. . . 
 
 July 22, 1833.. 1 
 
 34 
 
 55 
 
 m pt 
 
 July I, 1838...; 
 
 34 
 
 52 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 10, 1840. 
 
 35 , 
 
 200 
 
 c & n-c pt 
 
 Nov. 29. 1836.' 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 .s m pt . . . 
 
 Julys, 1839...; 
 
 35 
 
 •15 
 
 w pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 36 ' 
 
 50 
 
 .s-c pt . . . . 
 
 Mar. 20, 1833 .' 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 20, 1843. • 
 
 36 
 
 100 
 
 c m pt . . . 
 
 July 18, 1839 ■ 
 
 36 
 
 101 
 
 cm pt . . . 
 
 July 1. 1842. . . 
 
 36 1 
 
 87 
 
 w m pt.. . 
 
 May 24, 1843. . 
 
 36 
 
 80 
 
 w pt 
 
 Dec. 17, 1839 • 
 
 37 ; 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 Feb. 2, 1855 . . 
 
 37 : 
 
 50 
 
 •'^ pt 
 
 Dec. 15. 1855.. 
 
 n 
 
 30 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 15. 1855 . 
 
 37 ^ 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 Sept. 8, 1855.. 
 
 38 i 
 
 122 
 
 .s-w pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 2. 1855. .' 
 
 38 1 
 
 52 
 
 n-e pt.. . . 
 
 Mar, 31, 1854. 
 
 ^l \ 
 
 119 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 April 1 1, 1845. 
 
 38 
 
 150 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. I, 1840. . 
 
 ] 
 
 A. Van Tu\l. 
 Ezek. Adams. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 Lewis Trevitt. 
 Joseph Hawkins. 
 Lewis Trevitt. 
 Alphonso Cross. 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 Truman Vanderlip. 
 \ D. Burr and T. T. 
 ( Sherwood. 
 Daniel H. Chandler. 
 Truman Vanderlip. 
 \ Francis H. Tattu and 
 ) M. M. Tattu. 
 Lewis Nichols. 
 Calvin Johnson. 
 Joshua Steel. 
 Ezekiel Goodell 
 Israel Sly. 
 Zeb. Simmonds. 
 Luke Simonds. 
 A. V^an Tuye. 
 Phineas Peabody. 
 Emery Sampson . 
 William Sampson. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Emery Sampson. 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Thomas Pound. 
 Lat^rand W. Douglass 
 Emery W. Sampson. 
 Ciilbert C. Sweet. 
 C hristopher Brick. 
 Thomas Thiel. 
 Jonathan Stearns. 
 Gilbert C. Sweet. 
 Truman Vanderlip. 
 Urial Torrey. 
 Ezekiel .Adams. 
 
.•264 NAMES OF PARTIES TAKIXCi DEEDS 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN— Con/inufd. 
 
 Lot, Acres Subdivision. Date of Deed 
 
 39 
 
 372 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 93 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 41 
 
 100 
 
 41 
 
 80 
 
 41 
 
 62 
 
 41 
 
 70 
 
 42 
 
 40 
 
 •42 
 
 40 
 
 42 
 
 10 
 
 42 
 
 307 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 43 
 
 87 
 
 43 
 
 32 
 
 43 
 
 63 
 
 43 
 
 107 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 44 
 
 52 
 
 44 
 
 121 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 100 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 46 
 
 55 
 
 46 
 
 58 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 46 
 
 75 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 46 
 
 52 
 
 47 
 
 235 
 
 47 
 
 50 
 
 47 
 
 50 
 
 47 
 
 75 
 
 48 
 
 67 
 
 e s & w pt 
 n-e pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 \v m pt . . 
 n-e j)t . . . 
 n-w pt . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 e m pt . . 
 \v m pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 s-c pt ... 
 .s m pt . . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 w m pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 e m pt . . 
 m pt . . . . 
 w m pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 e pt .... 
 e m JO t . . 
 
 m pt 
 
 s pt 
 
 s w pt . . 
 ni pt ... 
 m pt . . . . 
 n m ])t . . 
 n j)t .... 
 .s-e pt . . . 
 c m pt . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 .s-\v pt . . . 
 w ni i)t . . 
 n-w pt . . 
 s & w pt . 
 .s & m pt 
 n-e pt . . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 .s-e pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 3, 1834 .. 
 April I, 1839. . 
 March 5, 18 10. 
 Sept. I, 1855.. 
 Oct. 24, 1851 . . 
 Jan. 5, 1856. . . 
 Jan. 26, 1853 . . 
 July I, 1838 . . 
 Feb. 1 1, 1856. . 
 July 18, 1839. . 
 Nov. 5' 1855 .. 
 Dec. 21, 1836. . 
 Dec. 21, 1836 . 
 April 8, 1856. . 
 Oct. 5, 1853... 
 Dec. 21, 1841 . 
 Nov. I, 1841 . . 
 Nov. I, 1 84 1 . . 
 Nov. I, 1 84 1 . . 
 Feb. 19, 1853.. 
 Oct. 3, 1841 .. . 
 Nov. I, 1841 . . 
 April I, 1839. • 
 Dec. 27, 1837.. 
 Aug. 31, 1853. 
 Jan. 20, 1855. . 
 Sept. 6, 185 I . . 
 May 3, 1856 .. 
 Oct. I I, 1S56. . 
 Sept. 6, 1 85 I . . 
 Oct. 10, 1837. • 
 Sept. I, 1856. . 
 March 17, 1855 
 March 27, 1852 
 April 14, 1855. 
 Oct. 29, 1849. . 
 No\-. 1, 1841 . . 
 Jul)- 18, 1839. . 
 July 8, 1842 . . 
 Dec. 16, 1842.. 
 July I, 1838.. 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 Names. 
 
 Benjamin Dole. 
 Daniel H. Chandler. 
 Thomas M. Barret. 
 George Myer. 
 P. Hagelbergier & wife. 
 George Barrett. 
 Jacob Myers. 
 Abraham Van Tuyl. 
 William S. Fessenden. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 John Nichols 
 Luke Simonds. 
 Zebedee Simonds. 
 Ira N. Fuller. 
 Ezra H. Heath. 
 Jasper Tabor. 
 John Healands, 
 J. How. 
 
 Isaac Woodward. 
 William Bates. 
 James Collvil. 
 Alexander Richley. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 William Andre. 
 George Vance. 
 Jacob Heavy. 
 Zacheus H. Preston 
 Thomas Thiel. 
 John L Unger. 
 Jonathan Stevens. 
 Truman Vanderlip. 
 George Roth. 
 Ira Stebbins, 
 Ira Stebbins. 
 Nicholas Reading. 
 Orvilla Kirby. 
 William Horton. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Michael Hagelberger. 
 (jeorge Myers 
 Abraham Van Tuvl. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 I 
 
I'ROM Till'; IlOLl.AXD ('OMI'AW. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVENS— Co?innitfd. 
 
 265. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date ok D ed. 
 
 Names. 
 
 48 
 
 48 
 
 48 
 48 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 s-c pt . . . . 
 n-e 111 pt . . 
 n-\v m pt . 
 !1-\V pt . . . 
 
 April 5. 1839.. 
 April 5, 1839. • 
 Dec. 20, 1838.. 
 April I, 1839. • 
 
 Ira Woodard. 
 Benjamin Rathbun. jr. 
 Daniel Morton. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 SOCIETIES. 
 
 Concord has eight beneficiar}- and secret societies besides a 
 lodge of Free Masons located as follows: five at Springville, 
 two at Woodward Hollow and one at East Concord. The fol- 
 lowing statistics relate to the several lodges : 
 
 E. A. v., SPRIN(;VILLE UNION NO. 36. 
 
 This society was instituted in December, 1879, with twelve 
 charter members ; present membership, 112. The following is 
 a list of the original officers ; James N. Richmond, President ; 
 Mrs. A. Blackam, Vice-President ; Mrs. E. S. Van Valkenburg, 
 Auxiliary ; William Stone, Treasurer ; A. R. Taber, Secretary; 
 A. J. Moon, Accountant ; George R. Clark, Chanc; A. L. 
 Vaughan, Advocate ; Rev. E. T. Fox, Chaplain ; P. A \'an 
 \'alkenburg. Watchman ; William Blackam, Warden. 
 
 A (). U. W., SPRINCVII.LE LODGE, NO I 55 
 
 The lodge was organized Jan. 28, 1878, with seventeen orig- 
 inal members ; charter members, forty-one ; present member- 
 ship, fifty-seven. The following were the original officers : W. 
 H. Warner. M. W.; R. W. Tanner, G. T. R.; Philip Herbold, 
 O.; George H. Barker, R.; George B. Clark, T.; John P. Myers. 
 Receiver. 
 
 R. T. OF r., S1'RIN(;\ ILLE COUNCIL. NO. 5 I. 
 
 Organized June 21. i87iS. with fourteen charter members: 
 present membership, 135. The original officers were; J. W. 
 Reed. S. C; L. D. Chandler. V. C; W. H. Jackson. P. C; A. 
 F. Bryant, Chap.; Miss Ida Reed. Sec: X H. Thurber. Treas.; 
 J. B. Flemings. Herald ; Miss Lizzie Billings. (luard ; N. G. 
 Churchill, Sen. 
 
266 BENEFICIARY SOCIETIES. 
 
 C. M. B. A. (Catholic Mutual Benefit Association), LOCATED AT 
 
 SFRINGVILLE. 
 
 The Association was organized in the Spring of 1879, with 
 twenty-one charter members ; present membership, the same. 
 The original officers were: Peter Weismantel, Pres.; Frank 
 Weismantel, First Vice-Pres.; Nicholas Rassell, Second Vice- 
 Pres.; Fred Fox, Treas.; John Bolender, Cor. Sec; Camille 
 Hugel, F"in Sec; Marshall Demult, Marshal; Jacob Heire, 
 Guard ; Victor Collard, Nicholas Rassell, Peter Heire, Matthew 
 Metzler and Sigismund Schewrtz, Trustees. 
 
 G. A. R. — (T<ARY POST, NO. 87, LOCATED AT SPRIXGVILLE. 
 
 Organized Aug. 15, 1881 ; charter members, eighteen; pres- 
 ent membership, twenty. The original officers were: H. P. 
 Spaulding, Commander; J. P. Meyers, S. V. C; J. Oswald, J. 
 V. C; O. M. Morse. Adj't ; E. L. Hoops, Q. M. George H 
 Barker, O. D.; S. E. Spaulding. O. G.; W. H. Agard, Chap. 
 C. VVaite, Surgeon; E. D. Bement, S, M.; \V. H. Warner, Q. 
 M. Sergt. 
 
 E. A. C, EAST CONCORD UNION, NO. I 50. 
 
 Instituted Sept. 14, 1880; charter members, sixteen; present 
 membership, forty-six. The original officers were James Crans- 
 ton, Chan.; Sterling Titus, Advocate; George L. Stanbro. 
 Pres.; Charles Spencer, Vice-Pres.; B. E. VanSlyke, Aux.; L. 
 A. Stanbro. Treas.; Libbie M. Van Slyke, Sec; Amelia Hor- 
 ton, Acct.; Annis Titus, Chap.; Sarah Baker, Warden ; Morris 
 Baker, Sen.; Edward Bayless, Watchman. 
 
 E. O. M. A., LAST CHANCE LODGE, NO. 93, WOODWARD HOLLOW. 
 
 Instituted May 28, 1879; charter members, twenty-seven; 
 present membership, thirteen. Original officers ; George W. 
 Briggs, Pres.; Job Woodward, Vice-Pres.; Charles Hartley, 
 Rec Sec; Layton M. Goodcll, Fin. Sec; Philo Woodward, 
 Treas.; C. C. Alger, Chap.; Charles Kn()wles, C; Myron E. 
 Palmerton. 1. G.; Josiah Woodward, O. G.; W. M. Woodward, 
 P. P. 
 
 E. A. C, CONCORD C.NION NO. IO3, WOODWARD HOLLOW. 
 
 Instituted Ma\' 28, 1 880 ; charter members, twent}'; present 
 
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 niciTibcrsliip, thirty, (^n'^inal officers: William Woodward 
 Chan.; Isaac Woodward, Adxocatc ; l\rry T Scott, Pros, 
 (amcs L. Tarbox, Vicc-Pres ; Mianda Tarbox. Aux.; Philo 
 Wootluard. Trcas ; W. G. Clark, Sec ; Mrs. Viola Woodward. 
 Acct.; Mrs. Susan Scott, Chap; Albert Potter, Warden; Mns, 
 Anna Woodward, Sen.; Andrew Geif^er, Watchman. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The first newspaper in the town was the Springville Expriss, 
 l)ublished by E. H. Hough, commencing in 1844, continuing 
 four years. 
 
 The Springville Herald was started May 4, 1850, and had a 
 long and influential career, ardently advocating the principles 
 of tlie Whig and Republican parties. E. D. Webster & Co, 
 were the founders, but after the second week Mr. Webster 
 assumed the sole proprietorship, holding it until December, 
 1856, when he disposed of the establishment to J. B. Saxe. 
 The latter continued to publish the paper until 1863, when, on 
 account of the excessive cost of publishing in war times and to 
 devote himself to the ministr\- and to agriculture, he discon- 
 tinued the paper. 
 
 The American Citi'^cii, started in 1855, was published during 
 the presidential campaign of 1856 by E C Saunders. 
 
 The Poiiiy Weekly, a local paper, diminutix'e in size, was pub- 
 lished by W. A. P'errin several months in 1858. 
 
 In January, 1864, Augustine W. Ferrin, who formerl\' had 
 assisted Mr. Saxe in editing the Herald, returned discharged 
 from the army, in which he had served faithfully until physi- 
 cally disabled. Leasing Mr. Saxe's office and procuring con- 
 siderable new material, he started the Chro>neU\ wliich he pub- 
 lished until March, 1865, when he was attracted to Buffalo to 
 fill the position of city editor of the Express. 
 
 The establishment was then leased b)- N. H. Thurber, who 
 from March, 1865, until Januar\-, 1866, published the 'fribiine. 
 Mr. Ferrin then bought the material and took it to Plllicott- 
 \ille, founding the Cattaraitii^ns Repitblieaii. 
 
 W. W. Blakcly started the Springville Journal March 16, 
 1867, and has continued the publication ever since. Receiving 
 from Mr. Saxe the old files of the Herald, he resolved to per- 
 
268 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 petuate the name of the respected predecessor, and therefore 
 re-christened his "p^.'^er Journal and Herald. J. H. Melven be- 
 came a partner in the enterprise in November, 1867, and con- 
 tinued as such until March, 1873, v\hen he sold his interest to 
 his partner. 
 
 The Students Repository was for several months, be<^inning" 
 in 1867. published in the interest of Griffith Institute by W. R. 
 De Puy and J. H. Melven. 
 
 The Local Ncivs, edited and published by J. H. Melven, long 
 connected with the Herald 3.nd other papers, and F. G. Meyers, 
 was started in Springville, Nov. 9, 1879, ^'''<^ i"^ ^till jDublished 
 b)' the same parties. 
 
 The first power printing press arrived in Springville in 
 August, 188I, for printing the Journal and Herald. In Octo- 
 ber, 1883, Melven & Meyers procured one for the "Loeal Neivs. 
 
 The people of this and surrounding towns have shown their 
 appreciation of local papers by giving a generous support. 
 One of the strongest indications of the town's growth, prosper- 
 ity and intelligence is the fact that about three thousand copies 
 of these local papers, the Journal and Herald ?ind Loeal Neivs, 
 are issued every week. 
 
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 CHAPTER XVI. 
 FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD. 
 
 IAMIL\ II [STORIES. 
 
 The family histc^rics that fcjllow the general history of each 
 town in this volume have been compiled at an expenditure of 
 much time and labor. Diligent care has been exercised to 
 make them correct, but, notwithstanding, in some cases desir- 
 able data has not been obtainable, and some errors and omis- 
 sions seem unavoidable. 
 
 It has been the general aim not to indulge very much in 
 eulogy, but to present the facts and let the reader draw his own 
 conclusions. 
 
 Much space has been allotted to family records, not only to 
 furnish general information, but to enable successive genera- 
 tions to trace their genealogy. 
 
 Much of the matter relating to pioneer times and other 
 topics has been placed in connection with the family histories, 
 as the relations of the persons with it seems to make it a more 
 suitable ])lace to insert it. 
 
 Ainaziali A.shinaii. 
 
 Amaziah Ashman was born in Connecticut, in 1783. From 
 there, he removed to Ontario county, and resided in the Town 
 of West Bloomfield some years. He came from that place to 
 this town in 1809. and located land on lot 4, township seven, 
 range seven, on Townsend hill. He moved his family here in 
 May, 1 8 10. John Stuart and his wife, another young married 
 couple, came out with Ashman and remained one year and then 
 went back. It took them three da}-s to come from Buffalo to 
 Townsend hill. They had to cut their own road part of the 
 way. The\' built a small house or shanty, covered with bark, 
 and moved into it — -without floors, door or windows. 
 
 At that time, there were no families either east or west 
 nearer than ten miles, and the nearest on the north were at 
 
270 inOGRAl'HICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Boston, and, f)n the southeast, at or near Sprhigville. Mr. 
 Ashman taught school occasionally in earh' time. He also 
 kept hotel for a few years on his farm on Townsend hill. He 
 served as a soldier on the Niagara frontier in the war of 18 12- 
 15, and was in skirmishes and engagements on both sides of 
 the river. He was once taken prisoner. He was at the burn- 
 ing of Buffalo. He was Town Clerk the first year after the 
 Town of Concord was organized, and when it contained Con- 
 cord, Sardinia, Collins and North Collins, and was elected to 
 that ofifice si.xteen years in succession. He also held the oflfice 
 of Justice of the Peace for eighteen years, and frequently pre- 
 sided at town meetings. For the first twenty-five years after 
 its organization, he was one of the leading men of the town. 
 He cleared and owned a large farm, on which he resided until 
 he died, in i85i. He was seventy-eight years of age at the 
 time of his death. 
 
 His wife. Thankful Ashman, died March 14, 1881, in the 
 ninety-fourth year of her age. She was a resident of this town 
 about seventy-one years, which is a longer period than any 
 other person ever lived here who was twent}'-one years of age 
 when they came. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 John H., born 181 1 ; married Frelove King; for second wife. 
 Sally Turner, died in Illinois, September 1874. 
 
 Hannah, born 1813; married Augustus Bonnel ; lives in 
 Illinois. 
 
 Alonzo Curtis, born 1815; married Hannah Tj-rer ; lives in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Ariette, born 1818; married first, Thurber, second, Saunders; 
 died in 1854. 
 
 Malvina, born I820; married John V'^arren ; he is dead, she 
 lives in East Otto. 
 
 Sarah, born 1822; married Samuel Wheeler; lives in this 
 town. 
 
 Levi, born 1825; died young. 
 
 Alma, born 1828; married Cyrus Hurd ; lives in Kl.ma, this 
 county. 
 
 Alzora, born 1832 ; married Norman Cook ; died in 1855. 
 
 Helen, born 1834; died 1845. 
 
HKXiKAI'IUCAI. SKKICUKS. 2y\ 
 
 John Albi'o. 
 
 ]o\\\\ Alhi'o, one of the two first settlers in this town, was 
 born in Rhode Island, in 1776; in 1792, he remo\'ed to Sara- 
 toga count\% N. v., and from there he enii<^rated to the Town 
 of Concord, in 1807. He first located on lot forty-one, town- 
 ship seven, rant^^e six, b\' the bi^ sprin<j^ where Luzerne Katon 
 now li\'es. Wlien he first canie to this town, his famil}- con- 
 sisted of his wife and three children — Emery D., Malvina and 
 Maria. In the Summer of 180S, Mrs. Albro died ; at that time 
 there was only one other famil\- in the Town of Concord, that 
 of Chrif^topher Stone, who li\'ed about where Mr. Joslyn's 
 family Wvc now, and there were no families h'vn'ni^ in an\' of the 
 adjoining towns except Boston. At that time, there was no 
 minister living an}'where in this part of the country, and the 
 best that could be done to gi\e Christian burial to the departed 
 was to send to Boston for Deacon Richard Cary, who came ten 
 miles through the woods, accompanied b\- some of his neigh- 
 bors, to lead in the funeral serx'ices. 
 
 After the death of his wife, Mr. Albro went East and re- 
 turned the second Spring. He married a second wife in Pitts- 
 tord, Monroe county, N. V. He did not remain on lot number 
 lorty-one but a short time, when he purchased the north part 
 of lot eight, township six, range six, now within the corpora- 
 tion, and moved onto it. He built him a log house near where 
 the old hay-barn now stands, on the east side of BufTalo street, 
 just south of the forks of Sharp street and the Tounsend Hill 
 roads. He kept ta\'ern there and cleared up a farm. The first 
 town meeting lield in the Town of Concord, when it contained 
 .Sardinia, Concord, (^)llins and North Collins, was held at John 
 Albro's log tavern, in 1S12. The first school ever taught in 
 the Town of Concord was taught b}' Anna Richmond, in the 
 Summer of 18 10, in a small log barn of Mr. Albro's that stood 
 on the west side of Buffalo street, nearly opposite his house. 
 
 Mr. Albro lived in this town over twenty years, when he sold 
 out his farm to Mr. Jlewett and remoxed to Gowanda, where 
 he kept hotel several years, h'rom there he removed to Wayne, 
 Du Page county, Illinois, in 1S53, where he died Feb. 2, 1861, 
 at the age of eighty-five years. His second wife died at the 
 
2/2 BIOGRArillCAL SKETCHES. 
 
 house of her daughter in ]-5uffa!o, Jan. 4. 1862, aged sevent\- 
 five years. Her chikh'en were Ira, Ehza C, James R., Augus- 
 tus G., Almyra. Jerome B. and Harriet C. 
 
 Emory D. Albro resided in this town, but died in Wyoming- 
 county. 
 
 Malvina died in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Maria married Harry Keeny, and died in Warsaw, Wyoming 
 county. 
 
 Jerome B. went as a soldier, and died in the hospital in 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Ira Aibro is a prosperous farmer in Wa)'ne, Du Page county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 James R. is a farmer and lives in Clymer, Chautauqua county, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Augustus G. is a farmer and li\'es in New Brighton, Bea\er 
 county, Penn. 
 
 Harriet C. married John Benson and died in Buffalo. 
 
 Almyra died in Gowanda, Cattaraugus county. 
 
 Emory I). Albro. 
 
 Emory D. Albro was born in Saratoga county, in 1802, and 
 was brought to this town by his parents in 1807 ; he was married 
 to Polly Seymour, May ist, 1824, and removed to Warsaw, 
 Genesee count}\ In 1828 his wife died. He returned to 
 Springville in 1851; married Caroline C. Cochran, P"eb. 14 
 1847. She died April 1, 1879, aged sixt}'-six years, one 
 month and seventeen days. 
 
 Emory D. Albro's children were Elaenor, married to Mr. Bris- 
 tol. Lives in Gainsville, Wyoming count}'. 
 
 Hellen M., died in Buffalo, in 1854, aged twenty-five years. 
 
 Gary R., married Olive S. Smith, in Illiiu^is, in 1861 ; died in 
 1864 ; left one child. 
 
 Plumb Albro, born March 26, 1841 ; Dec. 25, [866, was mar- 
 ried to Ella L. Richardson, at West Concord, by Rev. B. C. 
 Vanduzee ; have one child — Ellen E. Albro. He died at 
 Gainsville, April 16, 1881. 
 
 Rollin J. Albro, was married to PVancena Barnett, May 5, 
 1 87 1. He died May 13, 1879, ''"• this village, aged thirty-six 
 years and six months. Left one child. 
 
BIO(;RAI'ni(AL SKETCHES. 2/3 
 
 Lora, married C. C. McClurc, Jr. Tlicy live in Buffalo. 
 Charles N., lives in Springville, at the old homestead. 
 Byron C , lives in Canada. 
 
 Joshua Aj^ard. 
 
 Joshua Al4.ux1 was born April i6, 1789, in Connecticut, where 
 he was married in March, 18 14, to Lucy Sibley, who was born 
 fune 18, 1792. lie came to Concord in 1816, and located on 
 lot sixty-three, township seven, range six, where he lived until 
 his death, Sept. 18, i860. His wife having died June 9, 1831 
 he married a second time, Nov. 15, 1831, Mrs. Electa Canfield, 
 who died Feb. 23, 1880, aged seventy-eight years. By his first 
 wife he had five children. 
 
 Maria, born July 12, 1818 ; married in 1840 to Ira E. Drake. 
 
 Mary, born Juh' 25, 1821 ; married in 1842 to Luman 
 Churchill. 
 
 Amelia, born Nov. 9, 1822; married 1847. to Horace Lan- 
 don ; 1861, to Judson Wait. 
 
 Austin, born Jan. 9, 1825 ; married in 1852 to Emily Field. 
 
 Hannah, born Oct. 21, 1828; married 1857 to John Hill; 
 1870 to Marvin Field. 
 
 By his second wife he had one daughter, Mellisa, born Apri[ 
 4; 1839 ; married Marvin Field in 1863 ; died April 27, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Agard was a prominent man in the early history of the 
 town. He was assessor for many years and was an officer in 
 the militia and Deacon of the Baptist church. He was also 
 Supervisor of Concord. 
 
 Kzekicl Adams. 
 
 Ezekiel Adams, son of Joseph Adams, was born in the town 
 of Old Salisbury, Mass., on the i6th -day of Oct.. 17 19. Piis 
 father was a ship-carpenter by trade, but dying when Ezekiel 
 was but fifteen years of age, he was left to shift for himself. 
 When he had reached the age of eighteen years he was appren- 
 ticed to a Mr. Hale, to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade 
 The terms of his services were that at the end of his apprentice 
 ship of three years he was to receive a freedom suit and a set of 
 tools. Both the agreement and the reward were faithfully 
 carried out. In the meantime his widowed mother moved to 
 
 Plymouth, Grafton county, N. H. As soon or soon after his 
 
 1=; 
 
274 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 term of service expired he joined her there. In i8i2,he\vas 
 married to Miss Mary Hickok. In 1816, on the first day of 
 May, he left Plymouth in company with a brother-in-law for the 
 Holland Purchase. They came through horse-back. After 
 their arrival here and after visiting a few days among friends, 
 both went to Buffalo to find employment Mr. Adams found 
 work at his trade on the old Court House, then in course of 
 construction. He received one dollar per day, x\fter his day's 
 work was done his evenings were spent in sawing wood for the 
 villagers, making nearly as much at this as he received for his 
 daily wages. Mr. Hickok hired out to work on the brick-yard 
 and by performing the work of two men he received double 
 pay. After the close of the building season they returned to 
 Concord and invested their summer's wages in securing a home. 
 They bought James Pike's claim of 200 acres on the north part 
 of lot thirty, paying him some $400 for the same (3n it a few 
 acres were cleared and he had built a small log-house. 
 
 That Fall both returned to Plymouth. Early in the new 
 year Mr. Hickok was married to Miss Roda Pike and soon after 
 they both set out for their home on the Holland Purchase, 
 where they arrived on the twenty-eighth day of Feb., 1S17. 
 They put their horses together and came through with a wagon. 
 Adams and Hickok divided their claim soon after tlieir return. 
 Adams taking north one-hundred acres and on this the remain- 
 der of his days were passed. He died Sept 2, 1847, aged fifty- 
 five years. His venerable wife survives, aged at the present 
 writing, nearly ninety-six years. The fruits of this marriage 
 were four sons and one daughter. Three are living to-da}-. \iz : 
 Abner C, born April 6, 1820 at Concord. 
 Andrew, born March 16, 1823, at Concord. 
 William L., born Sept. 13, 1824, at Plymouth, N. H, 
 Caroline, born April 28, 1826, at Concord ; died March 2, 1870 
 Ambrose, born Aug. 10, 1829, at Concord ; died Jul}-, 1882. 
 
 A. C. Adams. 
 
 A. C. Adams, son of Ezekiel Adams, was born April 6, 1820, 
 on lot 30, township 7, range 7, and lived with his parents until 
 he was twenty years of age, when he went to Black Rock and 
 hired out to drive team for ten dollars per month. In the Fall 
 
hto(;rai'iii(AL sketcfies. 275 
 
 of 1 84 1, li(j attended school at the Siblc}- settlement to Augus- 
 tine Sibley, teacher. In the VaW of 1842, he taught school at 
 Morton's Corners, after which he followed teaching Winters 
 and working at home Summers until 1850, when he married 
 Elsie A. Chase, of l^oston. He then moved onto the okl home- 
 stead and lived there two years, after which he moved to Bos- 
 ton, where, in company with Truman Vanderlip and Seth T. 
 Newell, he ran a tanner}' and dry goods store. In 1858, he 
 commenced surveying, which he has followed ever since. Soon 
 after he sold out and in company with George A. Moore, of 
 Buffalo, bought the William Adams place of five hundred 
 acres, where Norman Moore now lives, which place they ran 
 for eight years. This he sold and bought the Mills' place, 
 where he now lives. His children are: 
 
 John O., lives at home. 
 
 Alvin married Virgie Mason, anci li\es at home. 
 
 Jennie L., married Charles Churchill and li\es in Springville. 
 
 Carlton, lives at home. 
 
 Clinton, lives at home. 
 
 Ethan, died about 1872. 
 
 Andrew Atlams. 
 
 Andrew Adams was born in this town in 1823. His father's 
 name was Ezekiel Adams ; his mother's maiden name was 
 MaryHickok; his grandfather's name was James Adams ; his 
 grandmother's maiden name was Mary Currier. Ezekiel Adams 
 came to this town from New Hampshire in 1817. He settled 
 on lot 30, township 7, range 7, where he owned and occupied 
 land until his death, in 1847. Andrew Adams resides upon the 
 land which his father settled upon in 1817. He was married 
 in 1848 to Vanila Francisco. Their children are: 
 
 Lenna R. 
 
 Leona A., married Milton Trevett. 
 
 Clellie M. 
 
 Edwin Anwator. 
 
 Edwin -Vnwater was born in the town of Collins Oct. 1 1, 
 1854, lived in North Collins and came to Concord in 1857; his 
 father's name is David Anwater ; his mother's maiden name, 
 was Margaretta Basler. Thev emigrated from Wurtemburir 
 
2/6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH HS. 
 
 Germany, in 1854; his father and mother are now living with 
 him ; he is unmarried. The children are : 
 
 Edwin, born Oct. 11, 1854. 
 
 Mary, born July 18, 1858. 
 
 Charles, born Sept. 14, i860. 
 
 When Edwin was three years old, one afternoon he went out 
 into the fields and strayed into the woods. Night came on with 
 a snow storm, it being in the month of November, The family 
 and neighbors searched for him until 2 o'clock A. M., and did 
 not find him. In the morning the search was renewed, and his 
 mother found him under a log that rested on a stump, he came 
 out all right and gives this narrative. 
 
 Henry Ackley. 
 
 Henry Ackley was born in Guilford, Vt., April 26, 18 14. His 
 father's pame was Henry Ackley; his mother's maiden name 
 w^as Chloe C. Putnam. Mr. Ackley came to this town when 
 two years of age with his mother, and Uncle Daniel Putnam, 
 the latter locating on lot 38, range 7, township 7. Mr. Ackley's 
 grandfather, Jcssee Putnam, having precceded them in 1 808 or 
 '09, and located on lot 32, range 7, township 7. He died about 
 
 1834 at Pine Grove, Penn. He- was one of our very earliest 
 pioneer settlers. To illustrate the primitive condition of civil- 
 ization in the early days of our town, Mr. Ackley relates that 
 upon the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Putnam, about 1820, 
 at the residence of his son, Daniel Putnam ; her remains were 
 placed upon a rude bier and carried by men on foot through 
 the woods all the way to the Boston cemetery, to be interred. 
 Mr. Ackle}' has always resided in to\\n and been engaged in 
 farming, excepting five or six years subsequent to 1842, when 
 he was employed in Harvey & Weston's tannery, then situ- 
 ated at what is now known as Fowlerville. He was married in 
 
 1835 to Janette Drake. The\' had two daughters: 
 Eouise, died in 1861. 
 
 Emma, married to Alphonso Smith, in 1871. 
 
 01iv<M* E. Alger. 
 
 01i\er E. Alger was born in the town of Concord, Januarx' 
 12, 1842; is an engineer by occupation; was married May 10. 
 1864. to P'lorence J. Hinsey, of Pekin, Tazewell county. 111. 
 
I'.IOC.RAI'IIFCAI, SKKTCHKS. 277- 
 
 His father's name was S. W. Alt^cr, wlio was born in the \car 
 1803, came to Boston, Erie county, N. Y., in 1826, and served his 
 time as an apprentice with Hatch & Alger, tanners, and settled 
 in Concord in 1830. His mother's maiden name was Louisa 
 Carr, who was a dau<^hter of Elder Clark Carr. 
 
 David D. Barrett. 
 
 Mr. Barrett's father, Thomas M. Barrett, was born at Wood- 
 stock, Conn., March 20, 1777; from there he moved to the vil- 
 lage of Schenevus, Otsego county, N. Y., where he was mar- 
 ried to Hannah Chase, daughter of one of the first settlers of 
 Otsego, and sister of Judge Chase of that county. In 1810 he 
 removed with his family to Concord, settling on lot fort}', in the 
 northwest part of the town. He bought his land of the Hol- 
 land Company, paying $90 for fifty acres, and taking a deed, 
 his deed being the first one given for land in the territory com- 
 prising the present town of Concord, previous settlers simply 
 having their land articled to them as it was termed. Mr. Bar- 
 rett came with a span of horses and cut the first road through 
 from the Boston Valley road on to Horton Hill. When set- 
 tled in his new home he found himself surrounded for a con- 
 siderable distance on either side by the primeval forest, as yet 
 undisturbed by man. He related that in going in search of his 
 cows, he sometimes found them feeding quieth' in company 
 with a herd of five or six deer. 
 
 Although meager educational prixilcges found Mr. Barrett at 
 20 years of age with scarcel)' the rudiments of an education ; 
 his energy and perseverance secured sufficient education so that 
 he taught school and understood surveying. He brought a 
 compass with him to Concord, but ne\XM- practiced surve)-ing. 
 He was the first Supervisor of the original town of Concord, 
 and held the ofifice eight years. He was also Supervisor of the 
 present town of Concord eight years. The title of Major he 
 acquired from the position he held in the militia while a resi- 
 dent of Otsego count}'. He lived where he first located till his 
 death in September, 1844. His wife died in 1867 or 1868. 
 They had a family of twelve children, six girls and six boys. 
 The five oldest were born in Otsego county : their names were 
 Betsey, Clarissa, George, Liberty, Manly, Temperance, Josiah, 
 
278 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Hannah, Reuben, lH?iy, Elvira and David. They all lived to 
 years of maturity, but Reuben and David are the only ones 
 now living. 
 
 David D. Barrett was born March 20, 1829, in Concord, in 
 which town and Colden he has since been a resident. He is a 
 farmer by occupation, and in 1882 was the candidate of the 
 Greenback party for County Clerk. He married Sophina Pike, 
 daughter of Isaiah Pike. They have no children, except an 
 adopted daughter. 
 
 The Brigg-s Family. 
 
 MRS I A I.RIGGS 
 
 Captain Samuel Briggs li\-ed in Taunton, Mass., during the 
 time of the Revolution. In his \-ounger da}-s he was Captain 
 of a whaling vessel that sailed from New Bedford, Mass. His 
 wife's maiden name was Ruth Paul. In after years he removed 
 from Taunton to P'ranklin county, and bought a farm and mills 
 on Miller river in the town of Orange. On a certain occasion, 
 during a flood, he was attempting to save some logs which 
 were going over the dam, when he was struck by one of the 
 logs and knocked over the dam upon the rocks below and 
 killed. Captain Tyrer, an early settler in this town who was at 
 that time a young man and worked for Captain Briggs, ran 
 down and picked him up and carried him to the house. Cap- 
 tain Brigg's widow came to this town in 18 16, and lived until 
 1830, when she died at the age of eighty-five years. 
 
HIOdRAI'IIKAI. SKKTCHKS. 279 
 
 His children were five boys: John, Samuel, Shubel, Simeon 
 and Ephraim A., and three girls : Sylva, Nancy and Ruth. All 
 of the boys except the youngest lived and died in Massachu- 
 setts. Sylva married Sylvenus Bates. They moved here in 
 the winter of 181 1 and 18 12 on an ox-sled from Massachusetts 
 and settled in Collins where she died. Nancy married John 
 Cobb. About 18 16, John Cobb with his family came here, 
 went to Olean and floated down the Allegheny and (3hio and 
 went up the Wabash to Crawford county, 111., where they set- 
 tled and lived and died. They had a large family of children. 
 One of them, Amasa Cobb, enlisted in the time of the Mexi- 
 can war. After his return he studied law and was elected to 
 the State Legislature of Wisconsin, first to the Assembly then 
 to the Senate. When the late war broke out he raised a regi- 
 ment and was appointed Colonel, and served under McClellan 
 in the Peninsular campaign, after which he was promoted to 
 Brigadier General. When he came home he was elected to 
 Congress twice from Wisconsin. After a few years he removed 
 to Lincoln, Neb., where he is now one of the Judges of the 
 Supreme Court. 
 
 Ruth married Nathan Godclard. 
 
 Ephraim Alien Briggs. 
 
 Ephraim Allen Briggs was born in Taunton, Plymouth 
 county, Mass., in 1783. He went with his parents to Orange, 
 Franklin county. In 1806, he was married to Sally Townsend, 
 of the town of New Salem, Franklin county, and they resided 
 there until 18 15. They had five children born in Massachu- 
 setts. They came here with horses and wagon, and were four 
 weeks on the road, and settled on Townsend Hill on the east 
 part of lot sixty, township seven, range six, and cleared up a 
 farm. In 1839, they removed to the middle part of the unim- 
 proved lot fifty-three, township seven, range six, and cleared up 
 another farm on which the\- resided until his death, which 
 occurred on the 25th of February, 1 861. He was seventy-eight 
 years of age at the time of his death. After several years she 
 went west to visit her children in Wisconsin and Minnesota, 
 where she died at the residence of her daughter, Sally Briggs 
 Canfield, in Waseca county, Minn., June 25, 1869. 
 
28o BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 After a long life of useful toil they rest from their labors. 
 They came here when the country was almost an unbroken 
 wilderness, and they labored earnestly and continuously and 
 cleared up two farms, and reared a large family of children. 
 Although they never possessed a very large amount of this 
 world's goods, yet they were generous and free-hearted, and no 
 one in need who desired aid went away from their door empty 
 handed, and the same might be said of most of the old pion- 
 eers. My mother always enjoyed excellent health, and she 
 endured and accomplished very much, beside doing the neces- 
 sary household work and caring for a large family of children 
 she spun and wove and frequently consumed the mid-night oil 
 over her work. She carried us all safely through the measles, 
 scarlet fever and other ailments, and doctors were very seldom 
 seen at our home. Throughout her life of crowded care she 
 did not worry or scold, but quietly and pleasantly pursued the 
 even tenor of her way. She never spoke evil of others, but 
 always found something in the character of every one that was 
 entitled to a kind word. In life she "fought the good fight 
 and kept the faith," and she approached the grave " soothed 
 and sustained by an unfailing trust in the life to come." 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Mary Elvira, born May 9, 1 808. 
 
 Ephraim T., born June 8, 18 10. 
 
 Sylvia, born August 5, 181 1. 
 
 Thomas M., born March 23, 1813. 
 
 Jonathan, born Eebruary 12, 1815. 
 
 Erasmus, born August 31. 1818. 
 
 Suel, born Ajjril 7, 1820. 
 
 Sally, March 17, 1823. 
 
 Cindcrrella, born October 5, 1825. 
 
 Christopher, born March 21, 1828.. 
 
 Chandler C, born Jul}^ 20, 1830. 
 
 Mary Elvira married William Field and died March 19, 1847. 
 
 Ephraim T. married Jane Flemings. He was a carpenter and 
 joiner by trade and also a farmer, and was at one time Captain 
 of the Springville Rifle Compan)-. He died June 30, 1848, 
 aged thirty-eight years. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
bio(;rai'hical sketches. 281 
 
 Jane Ann, George W., Maria S. and Viola. 
 
 Jane Ann followed teaching for several years previous to her 
 marriage and was an excellent teacher. She married William 
 Baker of Buffalo, and died July 16, 1865, aged thirt\'-t\\o years 
 and four months. 
 
 Maria S. was also a teacher and died Januar)- 31. 1865, aged 
 nineteen years and nine months. 
 
 George W. died young. 
 
 Viola married Ira C. Woodward and resides in Springviile. 
 
 Sylvia married Stary King. 
 
 Thomas M. married Phcebe Spaulding ; he is a farmer, and 
 resides in La Crosse county, Wisconsin. They reared a family 
 of seven children — Allen, George, Morris, Adelia, Fayette, 
 Sarah and Chancey, who are all living in Wisconsin, except 
 Fayette, who died in 1870. 
 
 Jonathan is unmarried, and his principal business has been 
 teaching here and in the West, in which calling he has been 
 very successful. When gold was discovered in Colorado he 
 was among the first who went there to engage in mining. He 
 is now and has been for several years engaged in teaching in 
 Garnavillo, Clayton county, Iowa. 
 
 Erasmus lives in Springviile. 
 
 Suel married Phoebe Ballou ; he is a farmer, and li\es in La 
 Crosse county, Wisconsin. He has been elected Justice of the 
 Peace and Supervisor a number of times, and was also once 
 elected Assemblyman. 
 
 Sally married Orville S. Canfield, and lives in Wanseca 
 county, Minn. 
 
 Cindcrrella married William Smith, and died Jul\- 5th, 1874, 
 aged forty-eight years, nine months. 
 
 Christopher married Jane Colburn. He is a farmer, and 
 lives in West valley, Cattaraugus county. They have one child, 
 Charlotte, who married John West, and lives near West valley. 
 
 Chandler C. married IMioibe J. Woodward, in Concord, Oct. 
 5, 1853. She was born in North Collins in 1834. He is a far- 
 mer, and lives near Blue-earth City, Minn. They have two 
 children : 
 
 Arthur A., born July i8th, 1859. 
 
 Suel C, born Nov. 29th, 1865. 
 
^82 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Julius Benieiit. 
 
 Julius Bcment was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1789. 
 He came to this town from there in 181 1, driving a yoke of 
 oxen all the way. He stopped in Buffalo three months 
 and cut cord wood, reaching this town in August. He bought 
 land on lot 11, range 6, township 7, upon which he always 
 resided until his death, in 1876. He was married in 1824 to 
 Sallie Chafee 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Diana Bement, married Sherman Jacobs. 
 
 Roxana Bement, married Daniel Willson ; reside in Illinois; 
 farmer. 
 
 Lucinda Bement, married Franklin Blake ; reside in Orleans 
 county, N. Y.; merchant. 
 
 Elmore Bement. 
 
 Albert Bement, married Esther Twichell ; reside in Golden ; 
 merchant. 
 
 Edward D. Bement, married Sophia Wilson ; reside in 
 Springville; barber. 
 
 Elmore Beineut. 
 
 Elmore Bement was born in this town in 1834. At twenty 
 years of age Mr. Bement went to California via Nicarauga, and 
 engaged in gold mining, which he pursued for five years, when 
 he returned via Panama and engaged for two years in the grain 
 commission business at Chicago. In 1861' he again visited Cal- 
 ifornia, via the Isthmus, and remained about five years, devoting 
 his time to gold and silver mining, lumbering and the duties of 
 a soldier. He was sixteen months in the volunteer service of 
 the United States army, being attached to Company G, Second 
 regiment California cavalry. The movements of his regiment 
 led him into the wilds of Arizona and Nevada. Mr. Bement's 
 experience and observations on the Pacific slope have been 
 varied and extensive. He now resides in town and is a farmer. 
 He was married in 1867 to W'ilhelmina Splattar. They have 
 three children : 
 
 First — Frank C. 
 
 Second — George L. 
 
 Third— Carlotta M. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 283 
 
 Wells Brooks. 
 
 Wells Brooks was born in 1804. In an carl\- dax' his parents 
 came to the town of Boston. Subsequently tiiey removed to 
 this town. Wells, when a young man, taught school occasion- 
 ally. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced 
 his profession for eighteen or twenty years in this town. While 
 living here he held the office of Justice of the Peace, was twice 
 elected Member of the A.ssembly, and in 1849 was elected 
 County Clerk of Erie county, and removed to Buffalo. He 
 was afterwards elected to the office of Supervisor from 
 the Tenth ward for several terms. Mr. Brooks was a good law- 
 yer and possessed fine talents and sound judgment. In all 
 positions and relations of public life he enjoyed an enviable 
 reputation, and deserved praise for the fidelity and ability he 
 manifested in the discharge of his duties. Mr. Brooks married 
 Helen McMillen, daughter of Joseph McMillen of this town, 
 Jan. I, [833. 
 
 PARENTS. 
 
 Wells Brooks, born April 21, 1804: died Dec, 23, 1859. 
 Helen McMillen, born Nov. 30, 18 14; died Feb. 26, 1872. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 Imogene, born Sept, 4, 1835; died March 13, 1841. 
 Preston, born March 17, 1837; died Oct. 23, i860. 
 Sarah, born Dec. 21, 1S31 ; died June 6, 1^64.. 
 Howard, born Aug. 14, 1839. 
 Henry Wells, born Nov, 13, 1840. 
 Willis Herbert, born Jan. 12, 1843. 
 Helen McMillen, born Dec. 16, 1844. 
 
 Henry W. Brook.s. 
 
 Henry W. Brooks, son of Wells Brooks and Helen McMillen 
 Brooks, was born in Springville in 1841. When he was five 
 years of age his parents removed to Buffalo, where he lived 
 until 1875, when he became a resident of Springville. He was 
 one of a family of seven children, three of whom are living — 
 Henry W., the subject of this sketch, Willis H., who resides in 
 Kent county, Mich., and Helen M., who married Charles G, 
 
284 BKXiRAPHICAI. SKETCHES. 
 
 Coss, and resides in Glean, X. V. The three oldest, Imogene, 
 Preston and Sarah, are dead. Howard, the youngest, was 
 drowned near St. Louis, Jul}' 4, 1881. 
 
 Henry W. Brooks was married in 1863 to Amanda J. Hart- 
 man. They have five children living: Robert W., Lillian W., 
 Henry \\\ jr.. William M. and Charles \V. 
 
 They have lost two — Sarah A. and Loui.sa May. 
 
 Eaton Beiisley. 
 
 Eaton Bensley was a soldier in the war of 181 2. He came 
 to this town from Herkimer county, N. Y., in the Spring of 
 1 8 16, and built a saw mill near the mouth of Spring brook, and 
 engaged in farming. He resided in town until his death, in 
 1878. He was twice married, first to Sophia Russell, by wiiom 
 he had six children, as follows : 
 
 John R. Bensley, died when a child. 
 
 George E. Bensley, married Anna L. Tanner; is in the grain 
 commission business at Chicago. 
 
 D, Cytherea Bensley, married Rev. L. W. Olney ; reside in 
 Chicago. 
 ^ S. Vestina Bensley, married x\lanson Chaffee ; both are dead. 
 
 John R. Bensley, married Mary A. White, first wife ; Au- 
 gusta Euller, second wife ; is in the grain commission business 
 at Chicago. 
 
 ]-: Sophia Bensley, married Herbert Scoby ; reside in Union- 
 town, Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Bensley's second wife was Agne.s McCaa, by whom he 
 had seven children, as follows : 
 
 ^- Agnes L Bensley, married Madison C. Scob}', stock dealer in 
 Chicago. 
 
 Mary J. Bensley, married Elbert Cornwall, first husband ; M. 
 L. Price, second husband ; United States surgeon, in Texas. 
 
 David W. Bensle}', married Luc\- H. Twichell ; hardware 
 merchant at Springville. 
 
 Malona Bensley, died in 1.^59. 
 
 Louis K. Bensley, grain shipper at Denison, Iowa. 
 
 Katie W. Bensley, resides at Chicago ; is a teacher. 
 
1!I()(;rai'iii(AI. skktcmes. 285 
 
 J)jivi<l W. Bi'iishy. 
 
 David W. Benslcy was born Nov. 9, 1845, near Springville» 
 In 1864 he went to Chicay,"o and engaged for eleven years in 
 the grain business, when he returned to Springville and became 
 a hardware merchant. He was married in 1^74. They have 
 four children, as follows: Agnes H., William Iviton, Bernes L. 
 and Lucy. 
 
 Mr. Benslcy's mother, Mrs. Agnes Iknisley, died April 7, 
 1880, aged sixt)^-seven years ten months. 
 
 Mr. D. W. Henslc}- died in the Spring of 1883. 
 
 Slam Bootli's Statement. 
 
 I came to this town in February, 18 17, was not married at 
 that time. I came from Tolland county, Conn., with John 
 Brooks. We came with a yoke of oxen and span of horses, 
 and were five weeks on the road. We came in the Spring to 
 the Susquehanna river, Penn., staid there till the next Winter 
 and then came through by way of Painted Post, Cayuga lake, 
 Canandaigua and on to Buffalo. We staid at Heacox's tavern 
 and next day went out to the Indian village and staid over 
 night. We had to ford one branch of Buffalo creek, the ice 
 was running. We got stuck in the creek, had to unload part 
 of our goods, and wade out with them on our backs. Next 
 day we got as far as Green's tavern, two miles south of Potter's 
 Corners (Hadwin Arnold place) and staid over night. Next 
 day came to Boston Corners and staid at Torrey's. Next day 
 went up to where the State road and the valley road fork where 
 Brooks had made a location and put up a shanty. 
 
 I was born in May, i8oi,and was in mj- sixteenth year. I 
 taught the first school in the Sibley neighborhood in the Win- 
 ter of 1817-18, it was not an organized district school for there 
 was no district organized at that time. I think the Sibley 
 school house was built about 1821, and I think Mahala Eaton 
 Mrs. Butterworth) taught the first Summer school in the new 
 house, and Oliver Needham the first Winter school. I tausfht 
 the Liberty Pole school in the Winter of '22-'23, the Townsend 
 Hill school in the Winter of '24-'2 5, and in the Sibley district 
 in '26-'27. 
 
286 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mr. Booth died Nov. 2, 1882, aged eighty-one years, five 
 months and eight days. 
 
 Warren Booth. 
 
 Warren Booth was born in this town September 13, 1836, 
 His father's name was Elam Booth. His mother's maiden 
 name was Sibyl Ingalls. He has always resided in town, is a 
 farmer by occupation. He was married in 1864 to Dora Rob- 
 inson. Their children are : 
 
 Nettie L., born April 10, 1870. 
 
 Day E., born Aug. 26, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Booth is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Past Select 
 Counselor of Boston Lodge No. 79, Royal Templar of Tem- 
 perance. 
 
 Morgan L. Batlgley. 
 
 Mr. Badgley was born in Cortlandville, Cortland county, in 
 this State, December 29, 1808. In 1831 he removed to Buffalo- 
 and was employed in the drug store of Messrs. Pratt, Allen & 
 Co., and soon thereafter he became one of the proprietors. In 
 August, 1832, he was married to Miss Harriet A. Colton. In 
 1835 ^^^ removed with his wife and child to Springville and 
 entered into business. He came to Springville as the principal 
 clerk and manager of the business of his brother-in-law, Manly 
 Colton, then a merchant and the builder and owner of the 
 mill still known as the Colton mill, on Main street. In 1836-7 
 Mr. Colton failed as did many others at that time. Mr. Badgley 
 suffered much by the failure. However he was enabled soon 
 after to engage in the mercantile business. 
 
 By his ability and integrity he soon gained the confidence of 
 the citizens of this communit}' and prospered in his business to 
 such an extent that he in the course of time accumulated a 
 large property. He was in the mercantile business tor a long- 
 time, and at one time owned the Colton mill. In the latter 
 part of his life he loaned money and dealt in notes and mort- 
 gages. He was kind to the poor and persons in sickness and 
 distress. He and his wife suffered the great affliction of their 
 lives in the death of their only son Heniy, who died May 10, 
 1845, aged eleven years and seven months. The shadow cast 
 by his early death never departed from their lives. 
 
HIOCJKAl'IIU AI. SKETCMKS. 28/ 
 
 Mr. Badijlcy died March i8, 1878, in the seventieth year of 
 his age. 
 
 Mrs. Badi^ley continues to reside at her home in Springville 
 
 Henry M. Blackmar. 
 
 The ancestors of the Blackmar famil)' were of En<4iish descent. 
 The}- located at an early day near the Connecticut River, in 
 Connecticut, from whence Mr. Blackmar's grandfather, Martin 
 Blackmar, emigrated to Greenfield, Saratoga county, N. Y., 
 about 1780. He was a prominent and influential man and a 
 surveyor ; possessing talent and skill suflficient to manufacture 
 his own surveying instruments. He was accidentally shot in 
 181 2, while hunting bears with others, in the Green Mountains. 
 The bear-skin cap which he wore being mistaken for a bear, he 
 became the unfortunate target of a brother hunter. 
 
 Mr. Blackmar's father, William Blackmar, was born in Green- 
 field, Saratoga county, N. Y., Oct., 19, 1805. In Oct., 1825, he 
 came to Erie county, being a passenger on the first regular 
 packet-boat that passed over the Erie canal. He li\ed in Ham- 
 burg three years, where he learned the trade of carpenter and 
 taught school. In 182 1 he went to Buffalo and served two 
 years as jailor under Sheriff Lemuel W'asson. 
 
 He was married in 1831, to Almira Chafee and followed his 
 occupation in Buffalo and Hamburg until 1837, when he 
 moved to Concord, where he has since lixed. He now resides 
 with his son, Henry M. He has seven children li\ing, resi- 
 ding in different states. 
 
 Henry M. Blackmar was born in Buffalo, Oct. 24, 1831. 
 When six )-ears of age he came to Concord where he has since 
 resided. His occupation is farming. Mr. Blackmar takes an 
 active and prominent part in public affairs. He was Commis- 
 sioner of Highways eight or nine }'ears and twice, 1 876-1 877, 
 represented with energy and fidelit}' his town on the Board of 
 Supervisors. 
 
 He was married in 1862 to L\'dia Ferrin. The\- ha\e had 
 two children : 
 
 Helen May, born March 20, 1867 ; died May 31. 1879. 
 
 Roy, born June 29, 1872. 
 
288 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Lothop Beebe. 
 
 Lothop Beebe came from the town of Silasbury, Addison 
 county, Vt., to this town in 1816, and remained two years, then 
 started to return to Vermont. He stopped at East Bloomfield, 
 Ontario county, and remained there about three and a-half 
 years and worked at blacksmithing. He was married Feb., 
 1820 to Sally Bemus and returned to Springville in June, 1821. 
 He has lived in Concord about forty years of his life, and in 
 Ashford about twenty, and has followed the business of black- 
 smithing and farming. 
 
 In 1825, he built a blacksmith shop on Main street, in Spring 
 ville, extending from George E, Crandall's store to the west. 
 In 1826 he built a dwelling house where Richmond's brick store 
 stands, on the corner of Main and Mechanic streets. He car- 
 ried on the business of blacksmithing here several years. He 
 served as a soldier in the war of 181 2-1 5, in the eastern country 
 and after he came here he held different ofifices in the militia 
 and was made Colonel of the 248th Regiment, with Homer 
 Barnes, Lieutenant Colonel and David Bensley, Major. Mr. 
 Beebe and Mrs. Beebe are both living at East Ashford ; he is 
 eighty-seven years old and she is eighty-two. Their children 
 were : 
 
 Martha, born 1822; married Hiram H. House; she died in 
 1845. 
 
 Marshall, born May 1823,; married Caroline Fairbanks; 
 he died in 1877. 
 
 Maria, born Sept. 1826; married Hiram H. House ; she died 
 Aug., 1854. 
 
 Edward Cheever, born April, 1S23, he died Aug., 1861. 
 
 Norman, born May, 1834; married Susan Davis; lives at 
 Lake Christal, Minnesota. 
 
 Sally Ann, born Sept., 1836; she died August, 1861. 
 
 Elvira, born Jan. 17, 1840; married Jehiel D. Whitne)- ; li\"es 
 in East Ashford. 
 
 Dr. Moses Blakeley, 
 
 Son of Moses and Phoebe Blakeley, was born in Bennington^ 
 Vt., Jan. I, 1796, and in 1814 he was united in marriage to Miss 
 Irene Washburn, and fourteen children were the fruits of this 
 union. Nine of them, with the \'enerable wife and mother, are 
 
RTOCRAI'HICAL SKETCIIKS. 289 
 
 still li\inL(. He mo\-cd to the town of C^iilins in 1838, and for 
 sixteen years he very successfully practiced medicine in this and 
 the surrounding country. In 1854 he moved to the village of 
 Aurora, where he enjo\'ed a lucrative practice in his profession 
 up to the time of his death He served on the lines during the 
 war of 1 8 12 and 181 5, and his venerable widow now recei\'es a 
 pension for his services Dr. Blakeley acquired quite a local 
 reputation in the practice of medicine. He died at his home 
 in 1868. Family record : 
 
 Isaac C, born Oct, 31, 1817; married Anna Tanner, Oct. 30, 
 1S42. 
 
 Angeline, born 1820; married Nelson Hills; died in 1877. 
 
 Moses, Jr., born 1822 married Polly Beckwith ; lives in Mich. 
 
 Ansel W. born 1824; married Caroline Adams and Viola 
 Thompson. 
 
 Nancy, married Elijah Bull; died in 1862. 
 
 Melissa, married Schuyler Jones; li\'es in Nebraska. 
 
 Edgar, born 1827. 
 
 Julia, married John Wheeler; died in 1872. 
 
 Mary, married Robert Willett ; died in i8m. 
 
 Andrew J., married Almira Tyrer. 
 
 Wellington, married Emily Brandymore. 
 
 Maria, married Joseph Wiser. 
 
 Edgar and Edwin — twins. 
 
 Dr. Isaac V. Blakeley. 
 
 Dr. Isaac C. Blakeley was born Oct. 31. 1817, and came to- 
 Concord in the }-ear 1838. His father's name was Moses 
 Blakely, who died in 1868. He was a soldier in the War of 
 1812; was at the Battle of Plattsburgh ; he was a practicing 
 physician. His widow, surviving him, gets a pension. His 
 mother's maiden name was Irene Wasburn. His occupa- 
 tion is a doctor, has practiced medicine fort\'-two years. Was 
 married Oct. 30. 1842, to Anna Tanner, who is a descendant of 
 the Wilbur famih' of Collins. 
 
 Emma A., born Aug. 19, 1843 '- niarried to James Wells. 
 
 Mortimer C, born Nov. 10, 1845. 
 
 Araminta A., born March 8, 1847; died Oct. 18, 1862. 
 
 Ansel W., born Aug. 8, 1849. 
 
 John W., born Aug. 19. 1855 ; married to Suella Doniker. 
 
:2gO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Edgar Blakeley. 
 
 Edgar Blakeley was born Nov. ii, 1827, in the Town of 
 Java, Wyoming county, N. Y. His father's name was Moses 
 Blakeley ; his mother's maiden name was Irene Washburn — 
 both born in Burlington, Vermont. His father was a practicing 
 physician. Was married, Feb. 18, 1847, ^^ Miss Anna Knight. 
 His occupation is a farmer and dealer in live stock. The names 
 of his children are : 
 
 Alburtus E., born June 21, 1849; married to Annita Jones. 
 
 Galen E., born Sept. i, 1852 ; married to Rosa Blakeley. 
 
 Celia, born Oct. 22, 1855 ; married to Lindsey Thompson. 
 
 Addie, born Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 Chester H. Briggs. 
 
 Chester H. Briggs was born in the Town of Collins, April 25, 
 1849, and came to Concord in the year 1878. His father's 
 name was Oliver Briggs, who died April 30, i860; his mother's 
 maiden name was Keziah Berry, who died Sept. 2, 1870. He 
 is a farmer by occupation ; was married Oct. 22, 1873, to Mary 
 A. Carroll, daughter of Patrick Carroll, of Angola. 
 
 His brother Charles Briggs, enlisted in the Tenth New York 
 Cavalry and served three years, and then re-enlisted for the 
 war. 
 
 They have one child, Frankie Briggs, who was born June 15. 
 1874. 
 
 Ansel Blakeley. 
 
 Ansel Blakeley was born Oct. 30, 1824. His father's name 
 was Moses Blakele)' ; his mother's maiden name was Irene 
 Washburn. He was married Dec. 31, 1850, to Caroline Adams, 
 who died March I, 1870, and he was married to Viola Thomp- 
 son, June 4, 1871, His children are: 
 
 Ledra, born Dec. 25, 1855 ; died June 28, 1858. 
 
 Sophronia, born Feb. 7, 1857. 
 
 Duane S., born April 24, 1859. 
 
 Elmer E., born July 2, 1863; died Oct. 9, 1871. 
 
 Dee A., born Feb. 24, 1870. 
 
 AVilliain Ballon. 
 
 William Ballou, Sr,,was born in Richmond, Cheshire county, 
 New Hampshire, Dec. 26, 1792. From there he removed to 
 
BIOC.RAPIIICAI. SKETCHES. 29 1 
 
 Rutlaiul count}-, Vermont, and from there to Zoar in Collins, 
 in 1817, thus becoming one of our early pioneers. He resided 
 in Zoar until 1844. when he moved to Sprini(\Mlle, where he died 
 in 1866. He was married in Vermont, in 1813,10 Eunice Cook, 
 daughter of William Cook, who settled in Zoar about 1815, 
 where he kept tavern at one time. He died in 1853, Mrs. 
 Ballou was born in the same town that her husband was, and, 
 what is an uncommon coincidence, at the same date. They 
 had eight children, the three oldest being born in \"ermont. 
 \'iz : 
 
 Hetsc}-, born in 1814; died in 1 81 8. 
 
 Laura E., born in 181 7; married John T. Wells. 
 
 Lucy S., born 1820; married Clinton Hammond. 
 
 John, born 1822; married Mary Perigoo. 
 
 William, born 1826; married Louisa Evans. 
 
 Oliva, born 1828; married Da\id S. Reynolds. 
 
 Philana married Jerome Barnet, 
 
 Josephine, born 1837, died in 1863. 
 
 William Ballou is an extensive jeweler at De Kalb, 111.: he 
 has a famil}' of four children. 
 
 James BloodgooU. 
 
 James Bloodgood was born January 5, 1801, in the town of 
 Columbia, Herkimer count}', \. Y. ; occupation, a farmer. 
 Came to this town in June, 1827, was married (3ctober 10, 1830, 
 to Nancy Vaughan, who was born November 30, 18 10. Her 
 father's name was James Vaughan. Mr. Bloodgood has been 
 a resident of the town of Concord for a period of fifty-five 
 years. His history is part and parcel of the histor}- of many of 
 the early settlers of Concord. Perhaps an extract from a pub- 
 lication entitled. " The first fift}' years of the ^L^dison Uni- 
 versity," is appropriate : 
 
 " James Bloodgood, born in Columbia, Herkimer count}-, 
 January 5, 1801, came to the Seminar}- in '24 and left in "27; 
 settled as a farmer in Springville, Erie count}- ; married Nancy 
 \^uighan of Oueensburg, N. Y. ; taught school much in con- 
 nection with his farming. His only son graduated at Madison 
 University in 1852." 
 
 Referring to the same publication : 
 
:292 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Delevan Bloodgood, born at Springville, August 20, 1831, 
 entered in '48 and graduated '52. Married at Washington, D. 
 C, to Jennie, daughter of the late John Ruger. After study 
 of medicine in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Philadelphia, Pa., took 
 M. D. from Jefferson, Md., College. Studied at medical 
 schools in Pittsfield, Mass., New York city and Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Visited Europe in '55. In '57 Assistant Surgeon in United States 
 Navy." 
 
 His first cruise was of two and a half years in the flag .ship 
 of the Pacific squadron, the steamship Merrimac, afterward 
 the Rebel iron clad. Visited principal ports on western coast 
 of North and South America, and the islands of the" Pacific ; 
 in '60 ; at Boston Navy Hospital. Next in steamer Mohawk 
 captured two slavers. In arduous service during the war in the 
 Gulf. After battle at Port Royal, on transport Atlantic, con- 
 veying sick and wounded north. In '62 Surgeon on the Daco- 
 tah, watching the Rebel ram Merrimac ; cruised after Semmes 
 and other privateers ; two years on the coast of the Carolinas, 
 in chase of the Chesapeake. Detached from Dacotah, caught 
 by Rebel raiders at Gunpowder river, Md., but soon escaped. 
 Recruited in N(n\- York. In '65 made cruise on the lakes in 
 the Michigan. In '66, on receiving ship Vermont, New York 
 harbor. In '67 sent to the Jamestown at Panama, which was 
 suffering from yellow fever ; the passage of sixt\--six days 
 from Panama to San Francisco a terrible one, every sixth per- 
 son having died. Spent following winter in Alaska ; next 
 summer cruising on the coast of North America. Had a cruise 
 on coast of Mexico in Lackawana, then ordered to Na\'y Yard 
 New York, where he still remains. 
 
 The Blotlgett Family. 
 
 Abial D. Blodgett and famih- lived man\' \-ears and the chil- 
 dren attended school on Townsend Hill. They were all apt schol- 
 ars. They removed from this town about 1845 to McHenry 
 county, 111., and settled near Harvard. Albert, the eldest child, 
 enlisted in the army and went to Mexico during the Mexican 
 war, and came homesick. He did not recover and died in 1852. 
 Ellen married I'rank Diggins, Helen married I. E. Baklwin and 
 
lUoOKAl'llICAI. SKKTCHKS. 293 
 
 Hattic married H. C Jerome. The)- all li\e at or near Har- 
 \ard, McHenr\- c<)uiU\'. 111. 
 
 Abial D. Rlod^ett died in McHenry cinintw in 1861. Susan, 
 his wife, died in McHenr)- county, in i<S66. 
 
 Dolo.s A. I51«Klj'«'tt. 
 
 Delos A. l^lodi^ett was born in Otse<^o count}', X. \\ , and 
 was brouL^ht to the town of Concord by his parents, when a 
 child. He received his education in this town in the cominon 
 schools and Springville Academ}-. He removed with his par- 
 ents to McHenry count}'. 111. After he had started out for 
 himself and obtained some means of his own, he in\x'sted the 
 same in pine lands in Michiy^an, and continued to so invest for 
 many years. i(S48 he engaged in the lumbering business in 
 which he has continued ever since Besides a large lumber 
 manufacturing establishment in Muskegon and extensive pine 
 lands in the north part of the State, he has .several farms. Mr. 
 Blodgctt is a public spirited citizen, ready to assist in any need- 
 ful public enterprise. Though not a professor of religion, he 
 built a church and presented it. a free gift, to the people of 
 Hersey, the village in which he lived. His wife's maiden name 
 was Jennie S. Wood. 
 
 Their children are : 
 
 John \V., aged t\\ent}'-three, and Susie R., aged eighteen. 
 
 Mr. Blodgett has taken great pains to educate his children. 
 His son, besides receiving a good busidess education, has 
 attended the Militar}- Acadeni}- at Worcester. Mass.. two years. 
 
 J. S. Baruett. 
 
 Mr. Barnett's father, Gilbert Rarnett, was born in Bridge- 
 water, near Utica, N. Y., Dec. I2, 1791. He removed with his 
 family to Springville in 1833, and leased of Col. E. W. Cook, a 
 site for a foundry ^\hich he built and had in operation in 1834. 
 It was the first foundr}- in town, and the first work done was 
 making the castings for tlie "Big" mill. He operated the 
 foundry about four years then sold it to a Mr, Kennedy. Mr. 
 Barnett died in Wisconsin, June 14, 1899. He was married 
 November 16, 1812, to Betsey Dickinson, who was born near 
 Utica, N. Y., February 23, 1794. 
 
294 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 They had eight children, namely : 
 
 Jedediah S., born Nov. 15, 181 3. 
 
 Frederick M , born March 26, 1817, died, June 14, 1856. 
 
 William D., born Dec. 8, 18 19, died about 1870, 
 
 Gilbert, jr., born Sept. 4, 1822. 
 
 Elizabeth, born Nov. 29, 1824. 
 
 Miles A., born March 18, 1828. 
 
 Jerome B., born May 31, 1831. 
 
 Lucy A., born April 13, 1835. 
 
 Jedediah S. Barnett was born in Sullivan, Madison county, 
 N. Y., came to Springville in 1834, While engaged in the 
 foundry business with his father, he cast the first cook stove 
 and plow made in town. He was proprietor of the foundry at 
 Springville for a while and was employed for twelve years in 
 the foundry at Gowanda, N. Y. He was married Dec. 25, 1839, 
 to Lydia Demon. 
 
 Have had four children . 
 
 Morris D., born March 27, 1841 ; married Mary Hurd ; resides 
 in Springville. 
 
 Francena, born July 27, 1845 ; married Rollin J. Albro. 
 
 Agnes M., born Nov. 27, 1848 ; died Sept 19, 1853. 
 
 Albert M., born Sept. 2, 1859; married Lillian Davis, 
 
 X. Boleiider, Jr. 
 
 N. Bolender, Jr . was born in Varysburgh, N. Y., Oct. 7, 
 1853; came from the town of Sardinia to Concord in the \-ear 
 1876. His father's name is N. Bolender: his mother's maiden 
 name was Catharine Bensinger; his occupation is milling; \\as 
 married to Miss Julia Rose June i, 18 10. 
 
 N. Bolender, Jr., & Bro., are the owners of a farm of eighty- 
 seven acres, three-fourths of a mile south of Morton's Corners, 
 upon which was a saw mill and flouring mill of four run of 
 stones, with all appliances complete, and doing a good busi- 
 ness. March 22, 181 2, the flouring mill was burned with its 
 contents, consisting of grain of all kinds and seeds, with a 
 quantity of flour. The mill was valued at $5,000, and about 
 $1,000 in stock; A\as insured for $2,500. They have since 
 rebuilt their mill the same size as before. They are also own- 
 ers of a custom mill at Collins Center ha\^in<>' t\\\) run of stone ; 
 
I'.iocRAi'iricAi. SKi:T(.in:s. 295 
 
 are also running;" a cider mill and shinL;ie mill in connection 
 with the custom mill at Collins Center. There are three good 
 dwelling houses on their farm. 
 
 Anson lilasdoll. 
 
 Anson Blasdell was born March 30, 1S41, in the town of 
 Collins, Erie count)', N. V., and came to Concord in the )'ear 
 1864: was married Nov. 15. 1873, to Miss Juliette Gaylord. 
 I lis father's name was Ah'in Blasdell ; his mother's maiden 
 name was Al/ana Irish ; his grandfather's name was William 
 l^lasdell ; his grandmother's maiden name was Tamar Allen. 
 Mr. Anson Blasdell says: My grandfather, although seventy 
 years of age, enlisted in the late war in the State of Iowa, and 
 died in a hospital in Illinois. He was a soldier in the war of 
 18 12. The)' have two sons : 
 
 Ja)^ born March 5, 1875. 
 
 Lee, born July 22, 1876. 
 
 Byron E. Bristol. 
 
 Byron E. Bristol was born in Si^ringville in 1842 ; his father's 
 name was Adoniram Bristol ; his mother's maiden name was 
 Lucinda Harvey. Mr. Bristol enlisted Sept. 24, 1861, in Com- 
 pany A, One Hundredth Regiment, New York Volunteers. 
 He was Orderly-Sergeant of his compan)- ; he was first with 
 McClellan's army in the Peninsula campaign, and took part in 
 the battle of Fair Oaks ; he was afterwards transferred to Mor- 
 ris Island, under the command of General GihiKn'e, ^\•hich \\as 
 intended for the besieging of Charleston. In this siege he was 
 sexerely wounded, four balls striking and penetrating his breast 
 simultaneous!)', two of which have never been removed. From 
 Charleston he was removed to Virginia, where he participated 
 in the siege of Petersburg, at which place he was mustered out 
 of the service Sept. 24, i^'64. 
 
 Mr. Bristol was married in i860 to Julia E. Grover. They 
 have one child — Frank E. 
 
 AVarner Bond. 
 
 The Bonds came from New Salem, Mass., nearl)- sixty years 
 -ago, and settled in the north part of Ashford, Cattaraugus 
 
296 BIOGRAPHICAI, SKETCHES. 
 
 county, N. Y. Warner Bond's father, John P. Bond, bought 
 land of the Holland Land company, on which he settled and 
 lived until his death, Sept. 26, 1879. He was one of the first 
 settlers of the town, a hardy pioneer ^\■hose dexterity in wield- 
 ing the axe was rarely equaled. 
 
 He married Sally Shultus. Of their children three lived to 
 mature years : 
 
 Abbie J., married Adelbert Tainter, and died in Ashford in 
 1877. 
 
 Perry, died in 1871. 
 
 Warner, who was born Aug. 7, 1846, in Ashford, where he 
 has always resided as a farmer; was married in ib6g to Linda 
 Goodemote. They have three children — Carl, Lula M. and 
 Cliff. 
 
 tTosepli BrittOTi. 
 
 Mr. Britton's father, John Britton, came to Boston, Erie 
 county, from New Jersey, in 18 10. He served as a soldier on 
 the Buffalo frontier, in the war of 181 2. He died in Boston. 
 
 Joseph Britton was born in Boston, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1817; 
 removed from that town to his present home in Concord, in 
 1855. He was married in 1845, to Emily C. Rhodes. They 
 have one adopted daughter, Mrs. Carl Waite, of Springville, 
 
 Edward D. Benient. 
 
 Edward D. Bement was a son of Julius Bement, one of the 
 earliest pioneers of Concord, a mention of \\hom is made in 
 another part of this work. The subject of this sketch was born 
 in Concord, Aug. 8th, 1842, where he has since resided, except 
 two years residence in Buffalo — 1 870 and 187 1 — where he was 
 engaged in the flour and grain trade. 
 
 Mr. Bement enlisted Aug. 3, 1861, in the i T6th New York Vol- 
 unteers, Co. F. He left Fort Porter for the scene of the war 
 Sept. 5 ; went into camp at Fort Chapin, near Baltimore ; 
 left there Nov. 6, for Ship Island, off the coast of Mississippi. 
 On account of sickness he was left off at the hospital at Fort- 
 ress Monroe ; not recovering his health he was discharged on 
 account of reasonable disability, Dec. 11. 1861, and returned 
 home. 
 
lilOCRArillCAI, SKF/KHKS. 297 
 
 He was married Nov 21, 1866, to Miss Sophia 11. Wilson ; 
 they have one child, Burtic K., born May 21 1870. Mr. Be- 
 ment was Collector of the town of Concord in 18S1. He is at 
 present proprietor of a livery stable and a well equiped suite of 
 barber rooms in Sprint;ville. 
 
 IJlakcley Faiuily. 
 
 John D. Blakeley was born in Greenville, Cireene county, 
 N. Y., ini8i3, of New En<;^land parents, who, in 1815, when. he 
 was two \x'ars old, moved to the town of Willink, now Aurora. 
 He worked upon the farm near the village of East Aurora, 
 teaching school winters, until 1846. Four years he was con- 
 nected with a woolen-factory at West Falls. Moved to Spring- 
 ville, Sept. 10, 185 1, where he has since resided, for the first 
 few years in the harness business, then a spinner in a woolen- 
 factory and a carpenter. During the last twent)'-two years he 
 has been in mercantile life, and by steady industry and careful 
 management has acquired a fair competence His son 
 
 Walter W^ Blakeley, N\as born in Aurora, in 1846, is editor and 
 publisher of the Journal and Herald, a local newspaper which he 
 began publishing in 1867 as the Springi'illc Journal. He is also 
 proprietor of an extensi\'e and well arranged book and sta- 
 tionery store, and takes an acti\'e interest in movements that 
 tend to build up the moral and intellectual culture of his town. 
 
 flarvis Blooinficld. 
 
 Jarvis Bloomfield was an early settler here. He was a farmer 
 and owned until his death the mill now owned b}' C. J. Shut- 
 tleworth. He had four children : Hiram, the oldest, lives near 
 Rochester ; David C, lives in Sherman, Chatauqua county ; 
 Maria, married P'rank Fargo, and lives in Warsaw ; Homer, 
 when last heard from, lived in California. Mr.- Bloomfield died 
 Ma\' 12, 1856, aged si.xty-eight years and eleven months. 
 
 Samuel Bradley. 
 
 Samuel Bradle\' \\as an earh' settler in this town, and built 
 and managed the first woolen mills ever built in this town. He 
 afterward bought, in compan)' with his son-in-law, Silas Rush- 
 more, the Gardner grist mill. A few years afterward, while 
 tendintr the mill at ni<>"ht, he fell from the stairs and was 
 
298 HIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 injured so badly that he died in a short time. None of the 
 family or descendants have lived in this town for forty or fifty 
 years. 
 
 Charles E. Botsfoitl, C. E. 
 
 C. E. Botsford was born in Syracuse, N. Y.. in 1837. When 
 he was five years of age, the family moved to Yorkshire, N. Y,, 
 and to Springville in 1847, where he has ever since held a 
 residence. He attended school three years at the Springville 
 Academy, where he developed a rare proficiency in mathemat- 
 ics, which resulted in his becoming a professional civil engineer 
 and surveyor. 
 
 About 1856, he became assistant engineer in the construc- 
 tion of the Brooklyn city water works. He remained in this 
 position se\'en years, at the expiration of which time he gave 
 his attention to the locating and construction of railroads for a 
 period of ten years, principally in the States of New York, 
 Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Besides being actively engaged 
 in the building of railroads, he made a great many preliminary 
 surveys. Among the roads which he assisted in building are 
 the Rondout & Oswego, in New York ; the Sull'van & Erie in 
 Pennsylvania, and the New Haven, Middletown & W'illimantic, 
 in Connecticut. Of the last-mentioned, he was chief engineer, 
 and also of the Rochester & Pittsburgh. 
 
 Mr. Botsford has undoubtedly the largest prix'ate librar\- in 
 Erie county outside of Buffalo. His collection now numbers 
 one thousand volumes of standard works. 
 
 Mr. Botsford was married in 1876, to Roselia M. Parmenter, 
 a graduate of GrifTfith Institute. They have two sons, Charles 
 and Heman. 
 
 The Bhike Faiuily. 
 
 Ebenezer Blake came to this State from Canada about 1816, 
 and after stopping at several different places for a while, finally 
 settled on Townsend Hill, in 1829, He reared a large family 
 of children : 
 
 Adonirum J., the eldest, died in Cuba, N. Y.. in 1843. 
 
 John G. lives in Mount Carroll, 111. 
 
 Rosina (Blake) Rowley lives in Springville. 
 
 Benjamin F. lives in Gaines, Orleans county. 
 
HKJCRAPHICAL SKKTCHKS. 299 
 
 Chirinda died in 1848. 
 
 Louisa (Blake) Willis died in I <S6o. 
 
 Charles E. died in 1873. 
 
 Harn- li\'es in Rome, N. Y. 
 
 Cephas lives in Gaines, Orleans county, N. V. 
 
 Saphronia M. lives in Blaine, Porta<^e county. Wis. 
 
 Sylvester H. Barnhart. 
 
 Mr. Barnhart was born at Dickinson's Landin<^, Stormont 
 county, C. W., Sept. 19, 1842. His parents were of Canadian 
 birth. He received instruction in the hi^ijjhcr branches from a 
 private instructor, and tauLjht school four }'ears in his native 
 county, then relinquishcil the pursuit on account of his health; 
 in 1864 he went to St. Catharines, C. W., and worked for 
 three years at cabinet and undertaking' business ; from that 
 time up>.to the present he has mainly followed the occupation 
 of harnessmaker and saddler in \'arious places in New York, 
 Pennsylvania, and in the cities of Cleveland, Chica<^o, Detroit, 
 and Cincinnati. He is at present (1883) located in Springville. 
 While at Corr\', Pa., he was engaijed for a while in the electro 
 gold and silver plating business. He was also engaged for a 
 hardware firm in Cleveland, O., for some time. 
 
 In the manufacture of harness, Mr. Barnhart is a \-er\' skillful 
 workman, his wcM'k taking first premium when ])ut on exhibi- 
 tion. 
 
 <ir<M>rj»-e 1). I5ra<ltVn'd (Colored). 
 
 George D. Bradford was born in the cit}' of New Orleans, 
 La., June 8, 1850. At the commencement of the rebellion in 
 1861 he joined a division of Rebel-General Longstreet's army, 
 stationed in New Orleans, in the capacity of an officer's waiter. 
 He filled this position until the occupation of New Orleans by 
 the Union army, under General Butler in 1862, when he joined 
 the Union forces, and became an assistant in the One Hun- 
 dred and Si.xteenth regnnent New York volunteers, with 
 which he remained during all the hard-fought battles in which 
 it took part and until the close of the war in 1865, when he 
 came to Springville with Capt. Charles F. Crary ; after Captain 
 Crar}''s death he became an inmate of Mr, J. N. Richmond's 
 
300 lilOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 family, and expresses thanks for their kindness and the educa-- 
 tional privileges they gave him. 
 
 Statement of Mrs. Boyles. 
 
 I was born in Connecticut ; my father's name was Abel Ab- 
 bey ; my name was Melinda Abbey ; came from Connecticut 
 to Lyle. Broome county, this state, in 1803; my father came 
 to Sardinia in 181 3 and bought of Sumner Warren a saw mill 
 and a quarter section of land where Sardinia village now is; 
 he moved his family on in March, 1814; was about three weeks 
 coming through ; he came with two span of horses and a yoke 
 of oxen ; stayed the last night of our journey at Jackson's, east 
 of Arcade ; on coming into the town of Sardinia we passed 
 where a Mr. Eaton and another man had made a beginning 
 where Rice's Corners are now, but both had gone east on 
 account of the Indians, and one of them never moved back ; 
 we found General Knott on his place, and IVIr. Mariam and 
 Cartwright about where Thomas Hopkins and Mr. Hosmernow 
 live, and Godfrey and Palmer lived just west of Colgrove's Cor- 
 ners, on the Andrc\\s place. The saw mill that father bought 
 of Warren stood about where Mr. Simonds' mill is, and the 
 little log house stood about where Andrews' grocery stands 
 now ; there was no other house where Sardinia village now is, 
 nor nearer than Godfrey's west of Colgrove's Corners. 
 
 Mr. Warren had built a shant}' on the place where Hiram 
 Crosby now lives, but not long after he, Godfrey and others 
 were called out on the lines to serve as soldiers, and his wife 
 went up and stayed with Mrs Godfrey while they were gone. 
 Old Mr. John Wilcox lived on the Olen place, lot thirty-four, 
 township five, range seven. 
 
 Ezekiel Smith lived at the foot of the hill as you come down 
 towards Springville. 
 
 A man by the name of Wolsey lived on the old Carney place. 
 
 John Johnson lived oii lot fifty-six about where his son Rich- 
 ard now lives, and John and Jeremiah Wilcox had commenced 
 on the next lot below. 
 
 Morton Crosby was on the Jonathan Madison place, and Com 
 modore Rogers lived next this side ; then Capt. Charles Wells ; 
 then Jedediah Cleveland ; then Richmond's folks were next. 
 
iiloCRAl'lIKWl, SKF/ICIIKS. 
 
 ^OI 
 
 Horace Rider and the Sears fami!>- li\ed on the hill on lot 
 fifty-seven, a half or three-fourths of a mile nearly north of the 
 Hakes brids^e. 
 
 Ezekiel Hard}' li\'ed on lot fort\--two. 
 
 lacob Wilson, Benjamin Wilson and Daniel Hall lived in the 
 eart i)art of the town near where the railroad junction is now. 
 
 These are all the families that were in town at that time that 
 I can remember. 
 
 In June, 1814, Adelia Sears, a yount;' woman, luini,^ herself 
 with a skein of \-arn, in the barn, where she was at work wea\-- 
 ini^; her family and friends never knew what caused her to do 
 the act. I remember that Mr. Warren and his wife and four 
 more of us rode down on horseback fixe miles throu<^h the 
 woods to where the Sears family lived at the time. 
 
 In the Summer of 1814 I taught school in Sardinia. It was 
 in a log house east of Colgrove's Corners, that stood near New- 
 ell Hosmer's present residence. 
 
 All the men liable to do military duty had been called to the 
 frontier, only two or three who were exempt from age remained. 
 When in the school room that Summer we could hear the can- 
 non at Fort Erie, Chippewa and Lund)''s Lane distinctl)-. 
 We sometimes felt rather lonesome back in the wilderness and 
 most of the men gone to the war. 
 
 In 181 5, my father and Deacon Russell were highwa)' com- 
 missioners, and laid out the road through Springville on West. 
 In 1815, I was married to Jeremiah Wilcox b}' Christopher 
 Douglass. Escp, and moved down and commenced keeping 
 house on the creek, about t]iree-c]uarters of a mile east of the 
 Hakes bridge On the 29th of Februar\-, 1S16, there was 
 a caucus down at Richmond's, and m\- brothers and others 
 came down from the east part of the tt)wn to attend the cau- 
 cus ; I, too, went down to \isit with the Crosby folks, and left 
 the house alone, and before we returned, the house and every- 
 thing in it burned up. We went to the Barny Carny place and 
 staid one year, and then went back onto the creek and kept 
 tavern 
 
 The girls in the Richmond famil\- were Anna, Betsey, Sally, 
 and Louisa; the boys, George and Frederick. Richmond's 
 log house was used for various kinds of public gatherings. I 
 
 b 
 
302 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 remember that when the town meeting was held there once or 
 twice when the four towns were all in one ; militia trainings 
 were held there ; religious meetings were held there also, and 
 they had good meetings, too. I remember that when Mr. Fay, 
 of Townsend Hill was married, that for their wedding tour he 
 and his wife, each with a good horse, took a horseback ride in 
 good style down to Richmond's on Sunday to meeting. Social 
 gatherings were held there, when sometimes nearly all from 
 Sardinia village to Springville were present. 
 
 In those early days we had to endure many hardships and 
 privations, but the people were generally friendly and we 
 enjoyed ourselves very well, and had some very good times. 
 
 In 1820, we moved up on to lot thirty-three, township seven, 
 range six, where the brick house now is, on the west side of 
 Vaughan street. The families living on or near that street at 
 that time, are Archibald Griffith, at East Concord, Nathan 
 Godard and Cyrus Cheney, on the Steele place, William 
 Wright, on the Bloodgood place, Jonathan Mayo, west of the 
 road. Captain Wells, on south part of lot thirty-three, John 
 Henman, Elijah Matthewson, Hale Matthewson, on the Hor- 
 ton place, Abner Chase on road running west from Vaughan 
 street, Culver lived where William Pingry does, Douglass lived 
 down on the creek, old Mr Madison lived on the Byron Wells 
 place, Deacon Jennings lived where William McMellan does and 
 Ben Rhodes lived on the Jabez Weeden place. 
 
 When I first came to Springville, David Sticknex' kept hotel 
 in a small log house near the Opera House. W^hen we passed 
 from one room to the other had to step over a log. Fred Rich- 
 mond traded a little and Jinks and Stanard traded on Buffalo 
 street, between the Methodist and Baptist churches. Not long 
 after that Rufus C. Eaton kept hotel in the old yellow house 
 that stood back of the Universalist church near the pond. I 
 went to some shows there in 1819. The first frame house built 
 in Springville was by David Leroy ; it stood a little south of 
 the Presbyterian church. Dr. Daniel Ingals lived in it after- 
 wards. Don't know for certain what year the old hotel on 
 Franklin street opposite the park was built, but I remember I 
 went to a ball there in 1 82 1. Harry Sears kept it then. I 
 think the Eaton grist mill was built before 1820 I came here 
 
HIOGRAI'IIICAI. SKKTCHES. 303 
 
 and had wool carded in 1817. I think there niust have been a 
 carding machine before Bradley came. I think Elliott com- 
 menced trading in 1825 or '26. Dr. Churchill did some busi- 
 ness in early times. Dr. Rumsey was a young man and died 
 at Mr. Henman's house of consumption in the summer of 1816. 
 Dr. Woodward was next and Dr. Reynolds, then Drs. Daniel 
 and Varnc)' Ingals. My father sold out in Sardinia to Dudley 
 and Horace Clark and went to Elyra, 0.,and died there. Two 
 or three years after we moved to Vaughan street we raised a 
 fine crop of wheat, but could sell it for only three shillings, or 
 three and six per bushel ; we also had to sell sheep for fifty 
 cents a head. 
 
 Mr. Wilco.x died in Ashford, March 24, 1843. 
 
 My son John A. died in Minnesota. 
 
 Sardis, Abel and x\lfred died in Calif(^rnia. 
 
 Carlos E. died in Mexico. 
 
 Albert Tracy died in Kansas. 
 
 M\^ daughter, L. C). Wilcox, died in 1839, ^ged eighteen 
 years. 
 
 Maria married Janies Goodemote and lives in Ashford. 
 
 Lucy married Alden Kellogg and li\'es in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Mr. Boyles died in Nov. 1877. 
 
 Murray Cliaiirtlor. 
 
 Murra\- Chandler, son of Elam Chandler and Sail)- Fleming 
 Chandler, was born in Concord, Jan. I, 1847. He was married 
 March 29, 1876, to Filena Smith, daughter of Calvin Smith, 
 Esq. of Springville. They have one child, Robert Smith 
 Chandler, born Feb. 6, 1879. ^^^- ^- '^ '^ cheese maker and 
 farmer. His father came to Concord from Vermont, and was 
 engaged for a time in mercantile business at Ellicottville, N. 
 Y.; now lives at Yorkshire, N. Y. 
 
 Georg'e Cosliiie. 
 
 George Cosline was born Dec. 15, 1844, in the town of Bos- 
 ton, Erie county, N. Y., came to Concord in 1857; is a farmer 
 and was married Nov. 9, 1859, ^^ Janette Hickok, of the town 
 of Concord. They have one son, George S. Cosline, who was 
 born May 15, 1864. His brother, Henry Cosline, enlisted and 
 
304 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 served three years in the late war, and until discharged. George 
 Cosline was drafted and paid $300 for a substitute. He was in 
 the Mississippi Valley for seven years and cut two thousand 
 cords of steamboat wood. 
 
 Albert Crosby. 
 
 Albert Crosby was born June 28, 1853, in Sardinia. His 
 father's name was Hiram Crosby, and his mother's maiden 
 name was Susan Jackman. He has worked at the business of 
 farming and cheese making. He was married in 1874 to Miss 
 Ella Smith, daughter of William Smith and Cinderrella Briggs 
 Smith. They own and occupy a farm on lot fifty-three, town- 
 ship seven, range 6, in the town of Concord. 
 
 They have two children : 
 
 Alonzo Erasmus^ born June 18, 1875. 
 
 Elsie E., born March 30, 1877. 
 
 Statement of Vernain C. Cooper. 
 
 I was born in the town of Kingsbuiy, Washington county, 
 N. Y.; my father's name was Samuel Cooper; my mother's 
 maiden name was Betsey B. Armstead ; my father came to this 
 town in 1809, and took up lot thirty-three, township seven, 
 range six, but did not settle on it. and soon after sold it ; 
 he returned East. In May, 181 1, my father started from 
 Washington county to move to this town. The family con- 
 sisted of father, mother, myself and my younger sister Betsey. 
 My uncle Nicholas Armstead and a small boy, George Arm- 
 stead, came with us ; we came with two yoke of oxen hitched 
 to our wagon and drove two cows ; we were three weeks com- 
 ing through and were compelled to camp out nights, frequently 
 in the woods ; one or two basswood trees were cut for the cattle 
 to browse upon ; mother prepared something for us to eat and 
 we slept under the wagon ; I was so young that I cannot tell 
 for certain the route we came, or all the incidents that occurred, 
 but I think we came b\' w<iy of Pike and Arcade ; I remember 
 when we passed the Tice place in this town ; they were burning 
 brush on the sides of the road, and it was so hot that we could 
 hardly get through safely; we arrived on the 7th of June and 
 located on lot nineteen, township seven, range seven, on land 
 
r.KXikAl'IIICAI. SKKIIIIKS, 305 
 
 nf)\v owned b\' G. VV. Spauldin<4' ; our house was built some 
 distance west of liis house on the south side of the road ; there 
 was no saw mill in this town, and our house had to be built 
 without lumber; the bod\' was of logs, the roof was shingled 
 with bassu'ood bark, and the floor w<is made of plank sjjlit out 
 of basswood logs, called " puncheons," and all the planing, 
 matching and fitting they received was performed with an axe ; 
 the door for the first Summer was a blanket hung up. 
 
 Thomas McCx^e came in soon after we did and located on lot 
 eleven, the place that Laban Smith now owns. 
 
 James Brown came in soon after and settled on lot twenty, 
 township seven, range seven. 
 
 His son. Obadiah Brown, located on lot twenty-eight, town- 
 ship seven, range seven. 
 
 Isaac, Ezra, Hira and Daniel Lush, four brothers, came 
 and settled on lot twenty-seven, township seven, range seven, 
 where Hira C. Lush now lives. They came from Augusta. 
 Oneida count}'. 
 
 Smith Russell came and settled on lot twelve, townshij) 
 seven, range se\'en, on the north side of the Genesee road, on 
 land now (iwned by Henry Scott. 
 
 Channing Tre\itt came and located on lot eighteen, township 
 seven, range seven, and put up a saw mill in 18 1 3, where the 
 Wheeler Brothers now are. 
 
 Alexander Clements came and located where Samuel Stevens 
 now li\"es. 
 
 All the above-named families came in and located before, 
 and lived in this neighborhood during, the War of 1812-15. 
 Most of them were called out to serve as soldiers on the Nia- 
 gara frontier; some of them went more than once. My father 
 was drafted twice but hired substitutes each time. The first 
 time he hired his brother-in-law, Nicholas Armstead, who got 
 badh' wounded ; the second time, he hiretl Isaac Lush. Dur- 
 ing the fore part of the war. the settlers feared that the Indians 
 on' the Cattaraugus and Buffalo Creek reservations might side 
 with the British and make war on the settlers; but. when the}' 
 learned that those Indians took sides against the British and 
 assisted the Americans when desired, that fear passed away. 
 
 The Indians were always very friendly with us, and used to 
 
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306 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 stay at our house over night frequently, and mother, out of 
 friendship and matter of policy, went down to the reservation 
 visiting. 
 
 Immediately after the close of the war, settlers began to 
 come in quite fast, and within two or three years the following 
 families came to our neighborhood: Jonathan Spaulding, 
 Benjamin Trevitts, John Andrews, Everett Fisher, Daniel Per- 
 sons, Samuel Eaton, Asa Philips, Roswell Olcott, James Tyrer, 
 Ambrose Cram, Ebenezer Merrick, Frederick Wood, Cary 
 Clements, Samuel Sampson, Emery Sampson. 
 
 There was no grist mill in this town for several years after 
 we came, and we had to go to Boston to get our grinding done^ 
 until Jonathan Townsend built his mill on Smith brook, 
 in 1816. 
 
 People from Collins used to come to our house on their way 
 to Boston to mill, and stay over night, and take our wagon and 
 go on to Boston and get their grists ground, then come back 
 and stay another night at our house, then in the morning hitch 
 on to their drays and go winding through the woods with noth- 
 ing but a path to follow to their homes in Collins. 
 
 A great many people used to sta}' at our house over night, 
 some going to mill, some looking for land or moving, and fre- 
 quently there would be six or eight there at a time. Once, 
 father was digging a well, and, in order to prevent accidents, 
 laid rails over the top at night, but one of our oxen recklessly 
 walked onto the rails and went to the bottom ; but, by the use 
 of ropes and the assistance of travelers stopping there that 
 night, he was hoisted out and landed safely on terra firuta. 
 
 A wolf once killed one of our sheep and dragged her up onto 
 a big elm log, and was found there taking his breakfast in the 
 morning. 
 
 One time, a bear killed one of ni}- father's hogs, and he and 
 Mr. Brown took the remains of the hog down b}' the little 
 spring brook and baited a bear trap, which they constructed of 
 logs and pins or stakes, and they caught the bear by one hind 
 leg. 
 
 When we went to the trap, a large dog that had followed us 
 into the county rushed up and attacked the bear in the trap, 
 but the bear seized him in his fore paws, and would have hugged 
 
HKXiRAl'HICAI, SKKTCUKS, 307 
 
 him to death. We tried to pr)- his paws apart with liand 
 spikes to Hberate the dog, but could not do it, and finally had 
 to knock the bear in the head and killed him ; we then took 
 him up to the house and kept him several days for people to 
 look at. 
 
 My father's family were ; 
 
 Vernam C. Cooper. 
 
 Betsey Cooper married Luke Simonds; lives in Concord. 
 
 Julia Ann married Jonathan Swain; died in Colden. 
 
 Margaret died in this town twenty years ago. 
 
 Samuel died in Illinois twenty-seven years ago. 
 
 Phoebe died in Ohio eighteen years ago. 
 
 Elark}' Lodusky lives in Concord. 
 
 Ezra Lush's mother was sister to my father, and Ezra's wife 
 was sister to m}- wife. 
 
 Veriiani C. Cooper's Family. 
 
 He married Keziah Sampson, Jul)' 28, 1828. Their children 
 were : 
 
 Colvin Cooper. 
 
 Caroline married Job Woodward; lives in Concord. 
 
 Cary married Helen Gray; he died in Kansas, 1879. 
 
 Ann married Frank Perkins ; he died nineteen years ago. 
 
 Clementine died when a child. 
 
 Carlos died when a child. 
 
 Leroy died at Staunton hospital. District of Columbia, 
 Dec. 8, 1864, aged nineteen years, nine months and nineteen 
 da)-s. 
 
 William Wallace married Flora Stage ; lives in Concord. 
 
 John Wesley married Mariette Colburn ; lives in Concord. 
 
 The Cooliraii Family. 
 
 Samuel Cochran, who was one of the very first settlers in the 
 present Town of Concord, was born Jan. 21, 1785, in the Town 
 of Gifford, Vermont, and was married Nov. 6, 1805, to Catharine 
 Gallup, who was born Feb. 22. 1787, in the Town of Colrain, 
 Mass. He was descended from the Scotch Covenanters, who. 
 flying from the persecutions under King James, settled in the 
 North of Ireland ; while she was a descendant of a Hugenot 
 
308 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 family which had escaped from the massacre of St. Bartholo- 
 mew. Soon after marriage, the youthful pair moved to Tioga 
 county, N. Y., near the present Town of Painted Post, where 
 they remained until the Fall of i8o8, when, having found their 
 location to be destitute of water in the dry season, they 
 decided to go where living water was abundant. 
 
 At this time, the Holland Land company were distributing 
 their circulars and maps, and inviting settlers to visit their 
 lands. One of these fell into Cochran's hands, on which the 
 present location of Springville was named "Cold Springs," on 
 account of their abundance, coldness and purity. His late ex- 
 perience decided him to visit the place for himself. In the 
 month of September or October, 1808, in company with Joseph 
 Yaw, an uncle of his wife, he started on foot, equipped with 
 blanket, knapsack and staff, to visit Cold Springs, now Spring- 
 ville. He came through the southern tier of counties to 
 Angelica, and from there b}' what was known as the McClure 
 settlement, in the Town of Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, 
 Joseph McClure having cut to that place a sled road from 
 Angelica, which was barely a track indicated by blazed trees, 
 from which the logs had been cut and rolled awa\\ McClure 
 had been educated for the medical profession, but disliking it 
 he had left Belchertown, Mass., and moved to Angelica, N. Y., 
 in the Summer of 1804, when his skill and accuracy as a sur- 
 veyor had attracted the attention of the principal surveyor 
 and agent of the Holland Land company, Joseph Ellicott, by 
 whom McClure was employed, and sent into the wilderness to 
 survey the subdivisions of the Purchase, and appreciating the 
 loveliness and fertility of the broad valle}' of the Lschua, he 
 decided to make it his home and moved there in 1806. From 
 this point, Cochran and Yaw had onl}' blazed trees to guide 
 them down the south branch of the Cattaraugus creek to the 
 forks where the}' crossed to the north bank of the stream which 
 they followed down as far as the place kno^\■n as the George 
 Shultus place. P^rom this place, the\' came up the ravine to 
 what is now called Cattaraugus street, to the site of the present 
 Village of Springville. They found only the two families of 
 Christopher Stone and John Albro. Stone on Buffalo street 
 just south of- Eaton street, and Albro farther north. 
 
I'.IOCkAl'IIICAI, SKHTCIIES. 309 
 
 Cochran & Yaw took up lot 2 ; Cochran the south part. 
 With tlic help of Albro & Stone they cut logs and rolled up the 
 body of a house high enough to stand under the lowest side of 
 the roof. This structure was located at the point of the hill 
 about forty rods south-west of the Edward Goddard place, 
 where a few years later Yaw built a house and spent his days. 
 At first Cochran's house had no floor or window and not a nail 
 in it. Pins driven into augur holes in the logs furnished shelv- 
 ing, seats and table. The)- had what might be regarded as a 
 novelty at the present da)-, a bedstead with only one leg to it, 
 in which were two augur holes, receiving the two rails from the 
 sides of the house which furnished the other legs and side, 
 ready for bark cording, which, in those days, was considered 
 a rather extravagant and great luxury. As soon as the shant}' 
 was ready Cochran returned for his wife, by way of Buffalo and 
 Batav'ia, following only blazed trees as far as Boston, from 
 which place a sled-road had been cut out to Buffalo. The first 
 road or travelled path from Springville to Buffalo was up Frank- 
 lin street to the Russell orchard, then by the Wilson place, 
 Townsend Hill, Pike, Adams and Trevett's, to Boston. Coch- 
 ran was soon ready to return to his future home, where his life 
 was spent and where he and his wife rest in the beautiful cem- 
 eter\' on the farm they so long occupied. 
 
 All their effects were easily packed on a small sled drawn by 
 a yoke of steers, and the father, mother and child started for 
 this wilderness home, by the way of Batavia and Williamsville. 
 F^rom the latter place he was nine days in reaching Springville, 
 and this was only accomplished with the greatest exertion, 
 often being compelled to cut and roll the logs from trees that 
 had fallen across the track. Crossing the Buffalo creek on the 
 ice was a serious affair. After the ice had first formed the 
 water in the creek had fallen about a foot, the ice breaking 
 along the bank had formed again below, leaving a strip of the 
 first formation projecting from the bank. In crossing the run- 
 ner of the sled ran so firmly under the ledge that the steers 
 were unable to back it out. After \'ainl)' tr\^ing to extricate 
 the sled, it being quite dark, he took the child in his arms and 
 with his wife, walked nearly a mile, to the Indian Council House, 
 where the Indians were holding one of their wild dances, feath. 
 
3IO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 ers and paint giving them a hideous appearance. Here he left 
 his wife and child, while he with two or three Indians, returned 
 to extricate the sled, which delayed his return about two hours, 
 which, to the young wife, seemed an age, alone with the howl- 
 ing, painted savages. She had seldom seen Indians, but her 
 mind was filled with stories of their savage ferocity and memory 
 was faithful in bringing them all up fresh before her as they 
 danced, howling around their camp-fire. One of the squaws took 
 the baby in her arms and danced around the fire with it singing 
 their war songs, which seemed to please the child far more than 
 the mother, who expected every moment to see it tossed in the 
 fire. Another took her fur-trimmed overcoat, put it on and 
 followed in the dance and finally disappeared out-doors with it. 
 Her feelings can better be imagined than described. Her 
 child seemed safe but the thought that her fur-trimmed coat, 
 the bridal-gift of her mother, was gone forever and she could 
 not hide her tears. "White squaw, baby, cry," said one who 
 could speak a little English. 
 
 At last her husband returned with the Indians who had 
 accompanied him. All was right again, but that scene could 
 never be forgotten by the mother. They stayed at the Council 
 House all night. The Indians fed their steers and gave them 
 breakfast for which they would take no remuneration. The 
 only similar instance in their long journey. They obtained 
 shelter nights and food until they reached Boston corners. 
 Thence it took them two da}'s to reach Springville, camping 
 one night beside a fallen tree, between the Lewis Trevitt place 
 and the Pike school-house, about five and one-half miles from 
 their new house, which they reached on the following day. 
 
 When they left Boston they started very early with strong- 
 hopes to reach Springville that night, but a strong wind had 
 prostrated se\'eral trees across their track, which had given them 
 a day of the hardest labor to get through, but all in vain. The 
 bright hopes of the morning were all blasted and though it was 
 cold and blustering they were compelled to spend the night 
 beside a fallen tree near the roots which were turned up. Hem- 
 lock brush was piled on the ground and a covering of it on 
 poles overhead, a fire built before it which kept Cochran bus}- 
 through the night, to suppl)- with fuel and tend while the 
 
HIOGRAl'HICAL SKETCHES. 311 
 
 mother had a six-months' child to keep comfortable and quiet. 
 The steers had to make their supper and breakfast on browse. 
 They were all read}- for another early start and reached the 
 shanty of John Russell, on lot one, near the an<;le (just west of 
 the corporation line) on Franklin street, built since Cochran went 
 for his wife. It was a pleasant surprise for Cochran and wife 
 to come upon this, shanty in the wilderness, with its genial 
 occupants and they were made welcome there the first night in 
 Concord, and the wives formed a union that night, baptised 
 with many tears (but they were tears of joy) that lasted all 
 through their future lives. And their " pine-knot" torches 
 often guided them through the woods, half a mile, from shantv 
 to shanty, for a long winter evening's visit. The next morning 
 Russell and Cochran went down together to Cochran's house to 
 clear out the snow which they found abundant in it, as the roof 
 covered only about three-fourths of the top, no doors in it and no 
 chinking had been done. But the snow was soon ejected and fire 
 built at one end where there was not any roof and both wives 
 were soon there getting their two suppers together. With what 
 thrilling interest the survivors of these two families recounted 
 these scenes over fifty years after. 
 
 Though greath' surprised by the addition of Russell and wife 
 to the town since Cochran went for his family, he was disap- 
 pointed in finding that Albro had lost his wife and left for his old 
 home in the east. During the winter of 1808 and 1 809, Stone, 
 Cochrane and Russell were the only settlers within ten miles. 
 Cochran and Russell were the two first permanent settlers of 
 the town of Concord. Stone and Albro removing to other 
 parts of the country. The first money earned b}' Cochran was 
 by making ashes, boiling the lye into salts, in a two-pail iron 
 kettle, and carrying the salts in a trough he had dugout, on his 
 back to the asher}' in Hamburg, twenty-two miles distant. With 
 this mone)' he was enabled to pay his bill made in Boston when 
 moving into Concord. It is difficult to picture to ourselves the 
 hardships of pioneer life. The winter blasts penetrated the 
 hastily-built shanties. There were no fire-places and no chim- 
 neys save a big hole in the roof, through which all the heat as 
 well as the smoke escaped. The cattle lived on browse and for 
 a while these hardy settlers had to supply much of their provis- 
 
312 BIOGRArHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 ions from the game of the surrounding wilderness. They had 
 no neighbors within ten miles. The curling smoke from these 
 three humble but happy homes was all there was to cheer the 
 forest gloom. Never were neighbors more highly prized than 
 by those hopeful pioneers who where closely united by their 
 common experiences and the necessities of their forest life. 
 
 Much of their out-door labor w^as done in common. Together 
 they logged and cleared their land and soon each had three or 
 four acres burned and in condition to plant corn and potatoes. 
 They struggled hard under adverse circumstances to supph" 
 their actual wants. But sympathy and generous friendship 
 made their lot happ)- and often in later years they were heard 
 to call those early days of struggle and privation the happiest 
 of their lives. Cochran and Russell with their wi\-es, went on 
 foot to Gary's, in Boston, ten miles, on a visit, each of the men 
 carrying a bab)' in their arms. They did not start for the after- 
 noon visit at five P. M. Nor did they return the same evening, 
 but took two days for the trip and felt well paid. " This visit 
 was soon returned by Asa Gary and wife. 
 
 A few years later, when Peter Pratt had settled in Gollins, now- 
 known as Zoar, Russell, Gochran, and their wives, and Albro, 
 who had returned with a young wife, went with an ox sled 
 eight miles to spend an evening at his house. It took a good 
 part of the day to get there and all night to get back. Still no 
 doubt they worked lively and gossiped very little about their 
 neighbors. About this time Gochran heard that a man named 
 W^aterman had settled upon the Gattaraugus Greek, where the 
 village of Gowanda is now situated. As there were W'atermans 
 in his native town he determined to visit him in hopes to hear 
 from his eastern home again. To accomplish this he first went 
 eight miles to get Peter Pratt's old mare on which his wife could 
 ride and carr)- the baby, for he had come to the conclusion after 
 carrying the bab}' to Boston and back that baby had got big 
 enough to ride a horse, while he was needed to go ahead and 
 pick out the way, there not being any road. They travelled 
 over twenty-five miles, over the terrible breakers and ravines of 
 Zoar, along the Gattaraugus creek, then an unbroken wilder- 
 ness, to reach Waterman's. On their return the mare's colt 
 broke its leg, which caused another day's delay. The visit 
 
RIOC.RAPIIICAT, SKKTCIIKS. 313 
 
 which was returned by Waterman and wife on horse-back, 
 occupied five da\'s. Such incidents, trixial in themselves, 
 throw a clearer li<^ht upon the lives and feelings of our 
 ancestors and give us a better comprehension of the hardships 
 they endured, than can be obtained from the most eloquent 
 descriptions. These pioneers had no communication with the 
 outside world and the friends they left, except as intelligence 
 was brought to them from time to time by some new settler. 
 There were but few additions to the settlement until 1810, 
 when quite a number of families joined them. The next year, 
 and }'ear following, additions were so numerous through the 
 town that when troops were called for in the war of 1812, quite 
 a compan}- went from the limits of the present Town of Con- 
 cord. Cochran was appointed Ensign by Colonel Stevens and 
 had charge of the company from this town, and were placed at 
 the batter}- on foot at Black Rock the night Buffalo was burned, 
 and came near being taken prisoners in the morning. When 
 Buffalo was burning a company of Red Coats were sent down 
 the ri\er to silence the battery, which had been doing bad work 
 with their small boats, which had been continually crossing the 
 river during the night. And this companyof Red Coats were near 
 the battery when Colonel Chapin was seen coming at full speed 
 from another direction and in time warned them to make their 
 escape, when they all fled, some running but a few rods jumped 
 down the bank by the river side and were safe from their shots, 
 whilst others ran for the woods some forty or fifty rods on a 
 double quick, the balls whizzing by them, Cochran was among 
 this number and as he dodged behind a big hemlock tree a ball 
 struck the tree throwing the bark so sharph' in his face that he 
 thought certainly the bullet hit him. Cochran, in after \'ears, 
 often spoke of this as the most terrible event of all his life, for, 
 on the last fire, the cannon ran over his foot crushing off the 
 nails from his toes and he came near fainting and fallino- at 
 every step the pain was so terrible. Onh' one of the company 
 got hit b\- the enemy's bullets and that but a flesh wound in 
 his arm. When the British had spiked the guns they returned 
 to the city for plunder. At the close of the war, Cochran 
 received a commission from the Government as aide-de-camp 
 to Brigadier-general and afterwards to Major-general. Much 
 
314 l!I()(;RArHICAL SKKTCIIES. 
 
 of the time during his Hfe he held some town office, was one of 
 the first stockholders in the Springville Academy and a trustee 
 all his life. Most of the time its treasurer and during its darkest 
 days and most trying periods, one of its most firm and liberal 
 supporters. At its opening he was so anxious to see it start 
 full that he put in five scholars, though part of them were so 
 young as to more properly belong to the district school. He 
 was ever ready to aid in every benevolent and public enterprise 
 in the place. His second log house was built on the corner 
 of Central avenue and Franklin street, occupying the ground 
 on which the beautiful and stately mansion of D. \V. Bensley 
 now stands. In 1823, he built the house on Main street, in 
 which he spent the remainder of his days. When this house was 
 finished the traveling public pressed him so hard for accommo- 
 dation that in 1S24, he put up a sign and kept public house for 
 twenty years. Though he voluntarily abandoned the liquor 
 traffic and kept a temperance house for three or four years. 
 This house is again being fitted for a hotel by F. K. Davis. 
 Cochran died in 1845 "ot quite sixty-two years of age, leaving 
 a wife, five sons and four daughters, all of whom but the eldest, 
 were born in Springville. 
 
 His eldest son, Orson, was born Jan. 26, 181 5, and lived in 
 Concord till ^840, when he moved to Otto, near Waverh*. He 
 was elected Justice of the Peace in 1850, which office he has 
 held ever since, now over thirty-five years. Was town super- 
 intendent of Common School there till the office was aban- 
 doned. He still lives at Otto, near Waverly. 
 
 Joseph G., the second son, was born Feb. 5, 1817. He pre- 
 pared for College at Springville Academy and graduated at 
 Amherst College and Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., and 
 was sent by A. B. C. F. M., in 1847. ^o Persia, Asia, where 
 he died after twenty-five years of \'er)- successful labor in the 
 mission field. In 1847, ^^ ^^'^^^ married to Miss Deborah 
 Plumb, a daughter of Joseph Plumb, formerly of Gowanda. 
 She continued a missionary on the same field where her hus- 
 band died. Her son. Dr. J. P. Cochran, is laboring with heron 
 the same field. 
 
 Byron, the third son, was born Jan. 30, 1821. Has held 
 :several offices in the militia, was on Brigadier and Major-Gen- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 315 
 
 eral's staff. Was elected Justice of the Peace five times, was 
 deacon, elder and Sunday school superintendent of the Presby- 
 terian church, Springvllle, for over thirty years, till health 
 failed and he resigned. He still resides in Springville. 
 
 Augustus G., the fourth son, was born July i, 1825. He 
 served three years in the war of the Rebellion, was with Sher- 
 man in his grand march through Georgia, returned from the 
 hospital in poor health and is now living on a farm in the Town 
 of Great Valley, Cattaraugus county. 
 
 David H., the fifth son, was born July 5th, 1828; prepared 
 for college at Springville Academy. Graduated from Hamil- 
 ton College about the year 1849. Was principal of Fredonia 
 Academy about three years, from which place he went to the 
 State Normal school at Albany as Professor of Chemistry, &c. 
 Was soon chosen president of Albany State Normal school,. 
 where he remained till about 1861 or 1862, when he was elected 
 president of Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, 
 where he still remains as Ph. D., LL. D. 
 
 Colonel Elbert Willett Cook. 
 
 Elbert Willett Cook — familiarly known as Colonel Cook — 
 was a son of Paul and Jerusha Cook and grandson of Constant 
 and Isabel Cook, and in direct line with their ancestors who 
 came to this country about 1630. The ancestors of his mother. 
 Miss Jerusha Hatch, came over in the Mayflower, and landed 
 at Plymouth Rock. She was of the same family as Israel T. 
 Hatch of Buffalo and Judge Pringle of Batavia. 
 
 Elbert Willett was born April 2^, 1804, in Springfield. Otsego 
 county, N. Y. 
 
 Miss Thankful Plumb Murray, born in Orwell, Rutland 
 count)', Vt., was a daughter of Jonathan and Roslinda Murray. 
 Elbert Willett Cook and Thankful Plumb Murray were mar- 
 ried in Springville, Erie county, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1832. Their 
 children were : 
 
 Hiram Henry, born Oct. 17, 1835, and died unmarried July 
 18, 185S. 
 
 Harriet Maria, born Nov. 19, 1837, and died unmarried Sept. 
 18, 1857. 
 
3i6 hio(;raphical sketches. 
 
 Olive Bascom, born March 20, 1839 ^"^ died unmarried 
 August 31, 1868. 
 
 Elbert Plin}-, born Nov. 5, 1841 ; married, and living in 
 Havana, Schuyler count)', N. Y. Banker and miller. 
 
 Jonathan Paul, born Nov. 30, 1846; married, and lives in 
 Springville, Erie Co., N. Y.; a farmer. 
 
 Grace, born Oct. 11, 1855; unmarried, and lives in Havana, 
 Schuyler Co., N. Y. 
 
 Mrs. Thankful P., wife of Elbert W. Cook, died in Havana, 
 Schuyler Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1872. Elbert W. Cook and 
 Lucretia M. Batterson — a sister of the first wife — were married 
 Nov. 24, 1872, in Havana, Schuyler Co., N. Y. She died in 
 
 1883. 
 
 His father died in the service during the war of 1 8 12, leaving 
 his mother and six small children — four bo\\s and two girls — 
 destitute. 
 
 Elbert cared for himself after about ten }'ears of age. At 
 about fifteen, he went to learn the trades of tanning and curry- 
 ing, shoemaking and harness-making. During his apprentice- 
 ship, he earned b}' extra work enough to pay for such things as 
 he desired, which were not considered necessar}- for an appren- 
 tice in those days, and had by these extra earnings, when his 
 time was out, a light horse equipage, worth $80; a set of tools 
 for making shoes and harnesses, and $100 worth of leather. 
 He commenced business for himself by shoemaking, going 
 from family to family, as was the custom in those days. After 
 earning about $120, he commenced schooling himself, hereto- 
 fore having had very poor privileges. He spent o\'er three 
 years in school ; most of the time at Skancatlas, N. Y., mean- 
 while supporting himself. 
 
 Directly after, he, with his brothers, Charles and Hiram, 
 eno^aged in public works, obtaining contracts in Pennsylvania, 
 New Jersey and New York. The compan}- to which he be- 
 longed, built eighteen miles complete of the Chemung Canal, 
 in N. Y. 
 
 Soon after he came, in compan)- with his brother Hiram, to 
 Springville, N. Y., and purchased the grist-mill and woolen- 
 mills, with adjoining lands, deeds bearing date July 10, 1831. 
 He also purchased divers tracts of land, and improved them, in 
 
liloCKAl'lIKAI. SKKTCllKS. 317 
 
 all ab(iut six luiiulrcd acres. He li\cd in S])rinLj\ilIc about 
 thirty-six years, duriiii^ which time he rebuilt the grist-mill and 
 woolen-mills, enlarging their capacities. He also made man)- 
 other improvements. 
 
 Soon after coming to Spring\-ille, he was elected to office in 
 the militia and trained in the Fall as Captain, next year as 
 Adjutant, next as Lieutenant-Colonel, next as Colonel, which 
 office he held sexcral \-ears, although he twice tendered his 
 resignation. 
 
 lie was noted for his public spirit, doing alwa)-s what he 
 could to promote public welfare. Of a generous nature, he 
 was kind to the poor; as a rule furnishing employment to the 
 needy. Hard to refuse a friend, he often extended aid of a 
 nature that xxorked to his own disadvantage. 
 
 He was a staunch temperance man, freely spending time and 
 money for its benefit. His name was used by temperance men 
 for the Assembly, the Senate and for Congress. 
 
 In May, 1867, he moved to Havana. Schuyler county, N. Y., 
 in consequence of Xhe death of his brother Charles, who died 
 the preceding October. A constant hard worker through life, 
 he adhered to the old habit instead of living at ease. He set 
 about improving lands and buildings there as in his own home. 
 
 For years a professed infidel, without excitement, he quietly 
 experienced a change and found himself in full harmony with 
 Christians. From this time he commenced contributing to aid 
 the progress of Christianity, giving liberally to churches far 
 and near, frequenth" outside of his own denominatior, . He 
 furnished the lot, prepared the ground, and erected a fine 
 brick structure, costing in all over $30,000, and presented it a 
 free gift to the Baptist church to which he belonged. 
 
 Another monument of his generosity was utilizing the Peo- 
 ple's College building — main part six stories, with wings four 
 stories, standing unoccupied. Securing title thereto he pre- 
 sented it to the Baptist denomination — the building and nine- 
 teen acres of good land and about sixty thousand dollars in 
 cash. To-day it is heated \\Tth steam, supplied with warm and cold 
 water in all the rooms, has a boarding-house, dormitories and 
 chapel connected with the school. Although young, it ranks 
 among the highest in the State for its discipline of students. 
 
3t8 biographical sketches. 
 
 Colonel Cook, in Springville, N. Y., is as familiarly known in 
 Havana, N. Y., as Deacon Cook. W. v.. R. 
 
 Johnson Chase. 
 
 Johnson Chase lives in Machias. He says: My father, 
 Enoch Chase, came to Concord from Vermont in the Fall of 
 1810, and located on lot twenty, township six, range six, since 
 known as the Goodemote place ; he and his brother came 
 through with two span of horses ; C. Douglas had a log house 
 built on the creek above the Shultus bridge, and we lived in it 
 till our house was built. 
 
 During the war of 1812-15 there were living on the creek, 
 Christopher Douglas, David Shultus, William Shultus, Enoch 
 Chase, George Shultus, Moses White, Truman White, Frances 
 White. Within the Corporation I remember the Eaton fam- 
 ily, John Albro, Samuel Cochran, Joseph Yaw, Isaac Knox, 
 Samuel Burgess, Alva Plumb, David LeRoy, David Stannard, 
 Jerry L. Jenks, David Stickne}^ Dr. Daniel Ingals, Milo Ful- 
 ler, Elijah Perigo, Benjamin Gardner. Gardner's grist mill, I 
 think, was built in 1 8 14, and Milo P"uller, run a carding ma- 
 chine in connection with the mill. 
 
 The families east of the village were Deacon Jennings. James 
 Henman, the Madison family, Noah Culver on the Pingry place 
 and Bascom on the Dodge place. 
 
 In 1S16 we moved to Little Valley, Cattaraugus county; 
 there was no road south from Springville then ; we had to go 
 up to Richmond's, cross the creek, take the State road and go 
 beyond Machias, then to Ellicottville and on to Little Valley. 
 There was only one house between Richmond's and Franklin- 
 ville ; only two log houses in Ellicottx'ille, and three or four 
 settlers in Little Valley. 
 
 Enoch Chase, Sr., died in Little Valley in 1825. 
 
 Enoch Chase, Jr., died in Iowa in 1839. 
 
 Lyman died in Iowa. 
 
 Kimball lives in Iowa. 
 
 Statement ol" Joel Chafee. 
 
 ; My father's family started from Rutland count}-, Vt., Feb. 1, 
 1817, and came with a yoke of o.xen and a wooden-shod sled to 
 
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lUOCKAI'HICAL SKKTCIIKS. 319 
 
 ( )n()iRlai;a count}-; there we found bare ground and traded off 
 our sled and got an old wagon, and paid $20 to boot ; there 
 were father and mother and six children of us, and we carried 
 our own beds and took them in nights and laid them on the 
 floor and slept on them, and we carried and cooked our own 
 provisions and did not buy any meals on the road ; we were on 
 the road six weeks; some storm}' days we did not travel; we 
 left the Buffalo road somewhere near the Genesee river, and 
 came through by or near Pike and Arcade ; stayed at Peter 
 Sears', near Sardinia village, over night, and came down to 
 Richmond's the next da}- in the forenoon ; mother had walked 
 considerable of the wa}- and carried a child and was nearly tired 
 out, so father and mother and the younger children remained 
 at Richmond's that afternoon and night, but four of us children, 
 viz., Diana, Joel, Almira and Stephen, came on by ourselves, 
 and followed marked trees through the woods to Springville 
 and u}) through ^\-here we li\'e now (it was all woods here then), 
 and down where the Scoby bridge crosses the Cattaraugus 
 creek, and down a piece on the other side to Uncle Parmen- 
 ter's (Mrs. Parmenter was sister to our mother). When we came 
 to the Cattaraugus creek it was partly frozen over, but there 
 was a strip in the middle where the water was the deepest and 
 ran the swiftest that was not frozen, and there w-ere two small 
 poles laid across the open space. John Holdridge lived on this 
 side up a piece from the creek, and when we came to the house 
 we told Mrs. Holdridge that we w-anted to go over to Uncle 
 Parmenter's, and she went and called Mr. Holdridge, and he 
 came and took us over on the two poles, one by one, and we 
 went down a short distance to Uncle Parmenter's house ; if we 
 had undertaken to cross the creek alone, probabl}- some of us 
 would have been drowned. 
 
 At that time General Knox lived on the corner of Main and 
 W'averl}' streets. Mr. Burgess lived where George Weeden 
 does. Julius Bement lived on the place he so long occupied, 
 and kept " bachelor's hall." We lived in his house one and 
 three-fourths years. We had just three dollars in money when 
 we arrived here ; my father located on the farm we now occupy 
 in 1 8 19; at one time we lived on bran bread three weeks, and 
 we used to dig leeks and boil and eat them ; they constituted 
 
320 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 a considerable portion of our food. My father got money to 
 pay his first tax by putting up a leach in one corner of the 
 kitchen and boiling the lye over the kitchen fire into black 
 salts and selling them, which was the only way we could get 
 money; I got my spending money by burning down hollow 
 trees and making salts out of the ashes. 
 
 Sophia Russell taught the first school in this district in her 
 father's chamber, about 1819. Before that we went to the vil- 
 lage to school, kept in Widow Gardner's house on East hill. 
 The first school house in this district was built b}' subscription 
 and located on Main street on the corner of Deacon Russell's 
 land, about 1820; that school house was moved down to the 
 Chafee Corners about 1822; David Bensley taught the first 
 school in that house. 
 
 Once father and others clubbed together and hired Mr. Bur- 
 gess to go to Buffalo with his oxen after some provisions ; it 
 took him over a week to make the trip, and among other things 
 he bought a tierce of flour, and it was dix'ided up according to 
 the amount each paid. 
 
 The Bensley's built a saw mill on the Spring brook down near 
 the Cattaraugus creek in 181 7. 
 
 I worked for Samuel Cochran by the month in 1827 and 
 helped score timber and draw brick for the old acadenn-, whicli 
 was built that season. 
 
 Cliarles Cliafee. 
 
 Charles Chafee was born in Claridon, Rutland count)', \"t. 
 His wife's maiden name was Polly Miles. They came to this 
 town March 15, 18 17. 
 
 Betsey, born 1802; married Elisha Eaton. Died in Concord 
 1880. 
 
 Diana, born 1804; died in Concord 1818. 
 
 Joel, born May, 1807. 
 
 Almira, born August, 1809; ni'H'i'ied William Blackmar. 
 Lives in Concord. 
 
 Stephen, born November, 181 1 ; died in Wells\'ille. Ohio in 
 1838. 
 
 Alanson, born November, 1813 ; married Vestina Bensle\'. 
 and died in Concord 1874. 
 
 I 
 
hi()(;rai'iiical sketches. 321 
 
 Eliza, born March, 1816; married Edward Cole and li\es in 
 Hamburg. 
 
 Augustus, born August, 1818; married Alelinda Andrus. first 
 wife, and li\es in Concord. 
 
 Miles, born 1822; married Caroline Miner and li\-es in Iowa. 
 
 Adaline, born 1826; married Heman Andrus; tlied in Con- 
 cord in 1850, aged twenty-four. 
 
 Joel Chafee. 
 
 Joel Chafee was born in Wallingford. Vt., in 1807, came to 
 this town with his parents in March i8i7;'was married Oct. 
 II, 1832; his wife, Anna Moulton, was born in the tow 11 of 
 Spencer, Worcester county, Mass. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Augusta, born Sept. 1835 ; married Joseph Rumsey, Oct. 1855. 
 
 Bertrand, born Oct., 1837; married Jennie Richmond, 1871. 
 
 Ellen, born March, 1845 '• died, Jan., 1856. 
 
 Rurdett, born Aug. 1849; clied, Aug., 1849. 
 
 Carlos E., born July, 185 1; married, Sept., 1870, Hattie 
 Cochran. 
 
 Anna Chafee died Sept. 24, 1882, aged seventy years and one 
 month. Joel Chafee survived her but a few months, d}ing 
 March 14, 1883, aged seventy-five years, ten months and four- 
 teen days. 
 
 Bertrand Chafee. 
 
 Mr. Chafee was born in Concord, Oct. 26, 1837, where, with 
 the exception of two or three years' absence, he has since resid- 
 ed. He was reared on the farm and received his education at 
 the Springville Academ\'. In 1855, he engaged for a year in 
 the jewelry business, at Union Springs, Cayuga county N. Y. 
 The following two years he spent in Buffalo, first as clerk for 
 the Western Transportation Company, and then for the Ameri- 
 can Express Company. Leaving Buffalo, he returned to the 
 farm where he remained until 1863, when he engaged in the 
 general hardware trade in Springville, under the firm name of 
 J. Chafee & Son, which he continued for twelve years. In 
 1869, in company with C. J. Shuttleworth, he bought the 
 Springville mills, and the next year a one-half interest in the 
 
322 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 Pike, N. Y., mills. They afterward purchased the entire Pike 
 mills. They dissolved partnership in 1874, Mr. Chafee taking 
 the Springville mills which he carried on until 1880, when he 
 leased them to E. L. Hoopes, having previously disposed of 
 his hardware interests to D. W. Bensley in 1875. He is also 
 the owner of several farms. 
 
 In 1870 and '71, Mr. Chafee was elected Supervisor of his 
 native town, both years by precisel)- the same majority, sixty- 
 six. In 1865, he was elected to represent the fifth Assembly 
 District in the Legislature, and took an active part in the pro- 
 ceedings of that body. 
 
 He was instrumental in getting through the Legislature the 
 new charter of the village, and also the bill regulating the sala- 
 ries of Supervisors in Erie county. 
 
 He also presented to the Legislature the bill which changed 
 Griffith Institute into a union free school with an academic 
 department. Previous to this change he was for ten years — 
 1866 to '76 — one of the Trustees of the Academy and for eight 
 years was Treasurer of the Board. 
 
 Since the organization of the S. & S. R. R. in 1878, Mr. 
 Chafee has been its President and General Manager. 
 
 Mr. Chafee is a Knight Templar, and in 1875 and 'jG he was 
 Deputy Grand Master of the Masons of the State for the dis- 
 trict comprising Erie county. 
 
 Mr. Chafee was married May 17, 1871, to Miss Jennie B. 
 Richmond, daughter of George Richmond, Sr., one of the 
 earliest settlers of Sardinia. 
 
 Carlos E. Chafee. 
 
 Carlos Emmons Chafee, son of Joel Chafee, was born Jul}' 
 2, 1 85 1, in Concord, of which town he has always been a resi- 
 dent. He attended school several years at the Springville 
 Academ\-. He is. at present conductor on the Springville and 
 Sardinia Railroad. 
 
 Mr. Chafee was married Sept. i, 1870, to Hattie C. Cochran, 
 ■ daughter of Byron Cochran, Esq., of Springville. 
 
 They have two children : 
 
 Bessie E., born Aug. 1 1, 1876, and Jennie, born Sept. 28, 1880. 
 
(J bio(;rai'iikal sketches. 323. 
 
 «Tohn K. Cliafee. 
 
 John R. Chafee, son of Alanson Chafce and Vistina Bcnsley 
 Chafee, was born in Concord, July 2, 1857, where he has always 
 resided. He was educated at Griffith Institute. Mr. Chafee 
 has two sisters : Louella, who married Edwin Miller, and 
 resides near Minneapolis, Minn., and Emma, who also resides 
 near Minneapolis. 
 
 Angiistus Chafee. 
 
 Augustus Chafee was born in this town in i<Si8. His father's 
 name was Charles Chafee ; his mother's maiden name was 
 Polly Miles. Mr. Chafee is a farmer and has always resided 
 in town. He has been married four times ; b\' his second wife 
 he has two children : 
 
 Sarah M. Chafee married Warren Widrig. 
 
 George W. Chafee. 
 
 By his fourth and present wife he has one child : Ella R. 
 Chafee. 
 
 Elder Clarke Carr. 
 
 Elder Clarke Carr was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 
 in 1774, and was married to Patty Merwin, in the same state. 
 He moved to Durham, Greene county, N. Y.. in 1802, and com- 
 menced preaching about 1803. In 18 10, he moved to Ham- 
 burg, Erie county, N. Y.; was called out to serve on the Nia- 
 gara frontier in the War of 1812, and was at Buffalo at the 
 time it was burned. He moved to the north part of Concord 
 and settled in the valley of the Eighteen-mile creek, about 
 1 8 14. For years he was pastor of the Boston Baptist church, 
 and also founded several churches in the south towns of Erie 
 county. He died in the Town of Concord in 1854. His wife 
 died in 1879, aged ninet}--four years. They had three children : 
 
 Louisa, born in Durham, Greene county, N. Y., in 1803 '< ^"^'^^ 
 married to Samuel W. Alger in 1824, and died April 9, 1882, in 
 Concord. 
 
 Clark M. was born in Durham, (ireene county, N. Y., in 
 1805, a"d died at Galesburg, 111., in September, 1877. 
 
 Laura was born in Durham, Greene county, in 1807. She 
 was married to Ambrose Torre\- ; died in the town of Concord. 
 in October, 1881. 
 
324 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 The Carr Brothers. 
 
 The five Carr brothers, a brief mention of M'hich follows, 
 A\ere the sons of the late Clark M. Carr, of Galesburg, 111., a 
 former resident of Erie county, and <^randsons of Elder Clark 
 Carr, an early settler in this town, and an early preacher in this 
 and adjoining" towns. 
 
 Three of them attended Springville Academy and also 
 graduated at Knox College, 111. They all served with distinc- 
 tion in the Union army, and afterwards occupied prominent 
 positions of public trust. 
 
 Eugene A. Carr was born in Concord, N. Y.; at sixteen 
 years of age he went to the West Point Military academy ; 
 graduated high in his class ; was appointed second lieutenant 
 and sent to the Western frontier ; in a battle with the Sioux, 
 was wounded, and promoted to first lieutenant ; afterwards 
 received a captain's commission, which he held till the com- 
 mencement of the Rebellion, when he was promoted to colonel. 
 He served under Generals Lyon in Missouri and Grant at 
 Vicksburg, where he was wounded, and promoted to brevet 
 brigadier-general, ^\'hich title he held during the War. At the 
 close of the W^ar, he was sent b}- the Government to Europe to 
 inspect military fortifications. As an officer of the regular 
 army, he is now stationed in Arizona. He married Mary Mc- 
 Connel, daughter of General McConnel, of St. Louis. The}' 
 ha\e one son, Clark N. 
 
 B\'r()n O. Carr was born in Concord, N. Y. During the 
 Rebellion, he was quartermaster in the Arm}- of the South- 
 west, with the rank of colonel. After the War, he ^^•as 
 appointed superintendent of the Ogden division of the Union 
 Pacific Railroad, which he held four years ; subsequently, he 
 was government steamboat inspector on the Mississippi river; he 
 now resides in St. Helena, Cal. He was married in 1854 to 
 Mary E. Buck, of Galesburg, 111. 
 
 Horace M. Carr was born in Boston, N. Y.; after gradu- 
 ating at Knox College he graduated at Hamilton College; 
 entered the ministry ; served as chaplain in the Union army 
 during the War: is noA\- preaching at Parsons, Kansas. 
 
 Clark E. Carr was born in Boston, N. Y.; after gradu- 
 ating at Knox College, he graduated at the Poughkeepsie Law j 
 
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I!I()(;rai'iirai. skktciiks. 325 
 
 school : j)racticctl law at (lalcsburg, 111.; was a])])oiiUcd aide- 
 de-camj) on (io\crnor Nates' staff, and occuj)icd that position 
 durin^f the War; is now postmaster at (lalesburi;", which posi- 
 tion lie has held twenty-five years. 
 
 George P. Carr, son of Clark M. Carr. b\' his second wife, 
 was born in Buffalo, N. Y. He served as cajitain in the Union 
 ami}- during the War, and at its close was ajJiJointed by Presi- 
 dent Johnson parish judi;'e in Louisiana ; while occupying this 
 position he met his deatli in. a m\-sterious manner, jjrobabl)' a 
 victim of the intense political feeling" rife at that time. He 
 possessed literary talent and was the author of two books of 
 poems : "The Ri\er of Life," and " The Contest." 
 
 Clark Family. 
 
 Abraham Clark, Jr., father of Alanson Clark, Lsq., of this 
 town, was born in the town of (jloucester, Providence count)', 
 R. L, June 14, 1790, being the fifth in a family of ten children, 
 was married to Alice Blackmar, who was born in Thompson, 
 Windham count}'. Conn., AjM'il 24, 1795, Feb. 18, 1816; resided 
 in his nati\'e town till November, 181 8, when, with his family 
 consisting of his wife and one child, he emigrated " west " to 
 what was then the town of Concord, Niagara count}', N. \\ 
 "Taking up " a piece of land containing one hundred acres, 
 part of lot fourteen, range eight, township seven, being about 
 one mile from Langford postoffice, in what is now the town of 
 North Collins; he afterwards sold his claim and removed to 
 land situated in the the same town, part of lot twelve, township 
 se\'en, range eight; here he resided till his wife died, July 2, 
 1853; shortly after this he disposed of his farm to his sons^ 
 Lyman and Alanson. 
 
 April 29, 1854, he was again married to Mrs. Julia M. Wright, 
 and removed to the east part of the town on the Genesee road, 
 near the present Concord line; remaining here but a short time 
 he removed to Evans Center, Erie county, where he continued 
 to reside till his death, April 25, 1864; he and his first wife were 
 both active members of the F. B. church. 
 
 By his first wife he had ten children, as follows; 
 
 L}'man, born in Gloucester, R. L, Nov. 16, 1816; married to 
 Emih'. tlaughter of Abram Coneer, of Shirle\'; now lives at 
 
326 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Princeton, Green Lake' county, Wis.; previous to his removal 
 he was for some time Justice of the Peace, and was Supervisor 
 of the town of North Collins in 1856-7. 
 
 Anna, born in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., May 7, 1819; died 
 Oct. 16, 1822. 
 
 Emily, born March 6, 1822; died Nov. 13, 1838. 
 
 Alanson, born April 3, 1B24. 
 
 Hiram, born June 4, 1826. 
 
 Alban, born March 19, 1829; is married and lives at Prince- 
 ton, Wis. 
 
 William, born April 19, 1831 ; died in Princeton, Wis., Oct. 
 3, 1863. 
 
 Susan, born May 26, 1833; died Oct. 7, 1834. 
 
 Julia A., born Feb. 12, 1836; died Feb. 13, 1854. 
 
 Henry Clay, born July 13, 1839; died May 3, 1853. 
 
 By his second wife : 
 
 Julia Clayanna, born Aug. 3, 1855 ; lives in Buffalo with her 
 mother and half sister, Mrs. Eunice Dole. 
 
 Alanson, fourth child of Abraham Clark, has always resided 
 within the limits of this history, being the only one of his fath- 
 er's family now a resident of this State, except the half sister 
 just mentioned who resides in Buffalo. He was married at 
 Hamburg, N. Y., by Esquire White, Feb. 26, 1854, to Flora 
 Palmerton (born Aug. 6, 1831), daughter of William Palmer- 
 ton, a brother of Joshua and Henry Palmerton, all of whom 
 were early settlers of the town of Collins, Joshua having settled 
 near Collins Center in the Spring of 18 10, the others following 
 soon after. The Palmertons came from Danby, Vt., and are 
 supposed to be of English origin. 
 
 William Palmerton married Floranna Delezenne, who was, as 
 her name indicates, French descent ; they had eleven children, 
 four of whom, Betsey, Nathan, Flora and John, are residents 
 of this county. 
 
 Delezenne Palmerton, the eldest, lives at Muskegan, Mich. 
 
 George Edward Palmerton went to California during the gold 
 excitement, and has not been heard from in twenty-five years, 
 and is supposed to be dead. 
 
 The other members of the family not mentioned are now 
 deceased. 
 
HIOGRAI'lIICAl. SKETCHES. 327 
 
 Their children arc as follows : 
 
 Willis (iaylord, born Nov. 10, i«S54. 
 
 Riley Hiram, born Feb. 4, 1857. 
 
 George William, born May 26. i<S5<S. 
 
 Mr. Clark lixcs one-half mile east of W'oodward's Hollow 
 (which is his postoffice), on \\hat has ever been known as the 
 Genesee road, is a farmer, and owns a dair\- farm of 275 acres. 
 
 Willis Gaylord Clark graduated at the Oberlin, O., Commer- 
 cial college in August, 1874; has taught school considerable, 
 and in the Fall of 1881 was a candidate for School Commis- 
 sioner in the third district of Erie county. He holds the office 
 of Justice of the Peace, to which he was elected in 1882. 
 
 Joiiatlian O. Caiifield. 
 
 Jonathan O. Canfield, was born Sept. 30, 181 1, in Ulster 
 county, N. Y. His father, Jonathan Canfield, was a minister. 
 His mother's maiden name was M£.rcyJHolly. When Mr. Can- 
 field was nine years old, the family moved to Boston, N. Y., 
 where they lived twelve years ; they then removed to Genesee 
 count}-, where the}' lived six }'ears ; they next removed into 
 this town, where Mr. Canfield has since resided. The follow- 
 ing is Mr. Canfield's family record: 
 
 PARENTS. 
 
 I 
 
 Jonathan Canfield, born Nov. 6, 1765 ; married July 15. 1787 : 
 died Dec. 9, 1851. 
 
 Merc}' Holl}', born April 9, 1771 ; died Now 25, 1855. 
 
 BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
 
 Silvanus, born May 11, 1788; married Feb. 17, 1815, to 
 Abigail Wood; died June 7, 1848. 
 
 Josiah, born Sept. 14, 1789; married March 13, 1814, to Mary 
 Crosby; died June 22, 1854. 
 
 Sillick, born Sept. 12, 1791 ; married Jan. 22, 18 14, to Susan- 
 na Tousey ; died Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Wealthy, born Oct. 22, 1793 ; married Dec. 26, 1819, to Josh 
 Baker; died Dec. 21, 1824. 
 
 Mylo, born Oct. 7, 1796; married Jan. i, 1826, to Electa 
 Landon ; died March 13, 1826. 
 
328 BIOGRArHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Watee, born March 31, 1799; married Nov. 13, 1853, to 
 Hiram Moore; died December, 1855. 
 
 Sally, born May 31, 1801 ; died Au^. 27, 1826. 
 
 Rebecca, born June 18, 1804; married Nov. 11, 1827, to 
 John B. Landon ; died May 14, 1874. 
 
 Jane, born July 28, 1807; died Sept. 17, 1809. 
 
 Oliver, born Oct. 22, 1809; married May 17, 1837, to Lau- 
 rilla Hopkins; died May 10, 1865. 
 
 Jonathan O., born Sept. 30, 181 1; married first, Sept. 7, 
 1843, to Elvira Horton ; second. May 15, 1877, to Elizabeth 
 Waterman. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 *Ray H., born July 16, 1844; married 1873 to Lydia Booth. 
 Moses H., born Nov. 2, 1847; married 1872 to Melissa 
 McCullor. 
 
 G. l^ruce, born June 21, 1850; married 1874 to Kate Brooks. 
 Paul, born Sept. 21, 1855. 
 
 *Ray H., is a graduate of Eastman's Business College. 
 
 Vincent M. Cole's Statement. 
 
 I was born Sept. 19, 1814; came to this town in 1817; my 
 wife's name was Julia Squires, daughter of Seely Squires; she 
 was born in Concord, and died in 1840; I was married to my 
 present wife, Catherine Ostrander, in 1842 ; am a farmer. My 
 father's name was Aaron Cole ; m\- mother's maiden name was 
 Sarah C. Gates. My father was left an orphan at an early 
 date, and removed to Concord in 18 17, and lived with Orrin 
 Sibley one Winter, and then built a log house on a farm of 
 fift}' acres, one-half mile east of Orrin Sibley's. He moved into 
 the log house and went to Hamburg and got a pig and brought 
 him home under his arm, and put him in a pen near the house. 
 One night the pig squealed and mother went out and found a 
 bear at the pen. She got a fire-brand and threw at him and he 
 left. Soon after the bear came again and mother dro\-e him 
 off, and left some fire burning near the pen ; but the bear came 
 a third time and got the pig, and killed and eat him up. Some 
 of the neighbors built a bear pen of logs, near where the \'os- 
 burg cheese factory now stands, and caught two young bears. 
 The wolves used to kill our sheep and we could not keep sbeeo 
 
JJKjdRAl'IIICAI. SKKICIIKS. 329 
 
 unless wc put them in a close pen at nis^lu near the house. 
 There was j)lent}' ot wild s^anie in the woods, our dot^' killed 
 several deer alone, when the snow was deep and the crust would 
 bear the doi^. When he killed one he ^\■ould come to the 
 house and we would follow him back and t^et the deer. We 
 had all the venison and bear meat we wanted. We planted 
 and raised a good crop of corn among the logs and stumps, by 
 planting the corn w ith an old axe. The)' had three children : 
 
 Li/.ette, born in Concord in 1842, married Thomas Ui)ham. 
 
 Ella, married Addison Lonsbury. 
 
 Jolin is a dentist and li\es in Collins Center. 
 
 AIiiioii I>. Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger was born in Danb\', Vermont, Jan. 12, 1815 ; of 
 Quaker ancestr}'. He was a son of Noah Conger and Hannah 
 Griffith Conger. Mr. Conger came to Collins in 1838, where 
 he resided until 1877, when he removed to Springville. While 
 a resident of Collins he was engaged chiefl}' in farming, but for 
 some years past his business has been loaning money and buy- 
 ing and selling real estate. He was Assessor in Collins twenty- 
 one years. Mr. Conger was a brother of the Hon. Anson G. 
 Conger. He was married in 1839 to Sophronia Potter, daugh- 
 ter of Peter Potter, formerly of Granxille, N. Y. They have 
 had six children, xiz. : 
 
 Noah, born April 26, 1841 ; died, A])ril 27, 1873. 
 
 Hannah M., born Aug. 31, 1844. 
 
 Lydie E., born Now 7, 1847 ! ciied July 8, 1868. 
 
 Andrew W., born June 5, 1850; married Florence Clark, 
 daughter of Timoth)- Clark, and resides on the homestead farm 
 in Collins. 
 
 Albert PI., born Oct. 24, 1857. 
 
 Jessie M., born Dec. 15, 1859; married Russell F. Prjant . 
 resides in Spring\ille. 
 
 Mr. Conger is, in the full accejitation of the term, " a self- 
 made man." He began his successful career in humble cir- 
 cumstances, and b)' his own unaided efforts he has secured to 
 himself and posterity a \'ery handsome competence. He 
 informs the writer that the first jnone)' he possessed he earned 
 of a neighboring farmer by chopping by the month, and that 
 
330 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 in his early years he made it a rule to lay up something each 
 year over and above his expenses. 
 
 George D. Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger was a son of Abram Conger, who was one of 
 four brothers that came to Collins in the Spring of 1817. He 
 (Abram Conger) was married in June, 1830, to Anna Hunt. 
 Four of their children are now living, viz.: 
 
 Emily married Lyman Clark ; reside at Princetown. Wis. 
 
 Mary Jane married Charles Bartholomew ; reside in North 
 Collins. 
 
 Fidelia married John Goodell ; since died. 
 
 George D. Conger was born Dec. 10, 1842, in Collins. His 
 time until eighteen years of age was spent on the farm and 
 attending school. On the 8th of August, 1861, he enlisted in 
 the Forty-Fourth New York Volunteers, Company A ; was 
 corporal, and took part in every engagement in which his regi- 
 ment was engaged in, except an interval of six weeks in July 
 and August, 1862, when he was confined in the hospital. He 
 was slightly wounded at the Battle of Gettj'sburg ; was mus- 
 tered out of the service Oct. 12, 1864. He was married Feb. 
 16, 1865, to Diantha Sampson, and engaged in farming in Con- 
 cord. He has at present upon his farm fifty acres of apple 
 orchard. In the Spring of 1883, he moved to Springville, N. 
 Y., and became a dealer in carriages, wagons, agricultural 
 implements and farm produce. He has one daughter. Cora 
 May, born Aug. 10, 1869. 
 
 .Tames Curtis. 
 
 James Curtis was originally from W'illington, Conn. He 
 came to Concord in 1832, from Onondaga county, and located 
 on lot forty-three, township seven, range six, on Sharp street, 
 buying his land of Jonathan Mayo. He married Mar}- Marcy, 
 a cousin of Governor Marcy of New York. They had four chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Zebadiah married Lovice Hall, and died in Concord, about 
 1 840. 
 
 Nancy Maria married Erastus Mayo, and died about 1849, 
 
HIOCRAPHICAl. SKK'ICHKS. 33 I 
 
 leaving seven children, viz.: William, Louisa, James, Miner\a, 
 Rufus, Cornelia and Delia. 
 
 William T. married Charlotte* Williams first, and Angeline 
 Williams second. He died in 1882. in Aurora, Krie count)-; 
 no children. 
 
 Origin 1). Curtis. 
 
 Origin D. Curtis was born June 27, 18 1 8, in Onandaga 
 county and came to Concord in 1831 ; \\as married the Fall of 
 1839 t*^ Lucy Ma)'(). He li\'ed in Concord till the Spring of 
 1850, when he moved to Machias ; to Otto, N. Y., in 1864, and 
 back to Springville in 1872. hi the Spring of 1881, he went to 
 the Red Ri\'er \alley, Polk county, Minnesota, and purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land. He is a farmer and car- 
 penter by occupation. He has eight children, viz.: 
 
 Mar)- C. married L. B. Churchill. 
 
 Julia L. married James Jackson ; reside in Waupaca, Wis. 
 
 Dora married William H. Jackett ; reside in Mansfield, Cat- 
 taraugus count)-. 
 
 Jonathan V. married Adda Chase ; reside in Salamanca, N. V. 
 
 Henr\' married Estelle Stanbro ; reside in Concord. 
 
 Edwin married Ida W^idrig; reside in Springville. 
 
 Willis H. married Rosa Barse ; reside in Polk county, Minn. 
 
 George married Etta Widrig ; reside in Springville. 
 
 Mr. Curtis' father, James Curtis, died in Machias,, Cattarau- 
 gus county, in 1863. His wife died in Concord about 1878. 
 
 Robert Currau. 
 
 Mr. Curran was born in Dundalf, Ireland, in 1780: came to 
 Ulster count)', N. V., wlieti thirteen years of age ; from there 
 to Tioga county, N. Y., and to the nortii part of Concord in 
 182 1, where he resided until his death, in 1865. Mr. Curran 
 Avas one of a famil)- of seven. When he came to Concord, Bos- 
 ton corners was called Torrey's corners, and there were but 
 three frame houses on the Boston road in the vicinity of the 
 corners. Mr. Curran had five children : 
 
 Mrs. A. P. Ellis of East Concord. 
 
 Caroline, who died in 1861. 
 
 William Curran, Esq., of Boston. 
 
 Hiram and Mar)- Curran, also of Boston. 
 
332 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHP:S. 
 
 James F. Craiidall. 
 
 James F. Crandall was born March 20, 1797, in Newport^ 
 Rhode Island. His father, WilHam Crandall, followed the 
 ocean, and was captain of a merchant vessel that sailed from 
 Newport. James F. married Maria W. Edwards, who was born 
 in Newport, R. I., also. They came to Concord in 1821. Mr. 
 Crandall was a weaver by trade and worked in a factor}- in 
 Rhode Island. He worked in a factory after he came here, 
 and also kept hotel several years, and was engaged in trade in 
 this town and Aurora. He died in Spingville, April 20, 1873, 
 aged seventy-six years. His wife, Maria W. Edwards, died May 
 20, 1855. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 George E. 
 
 Sarah G., born Jul)' 16, 18 19, in Rhode Island ; married 
 Major Wells and died here about 1844. 
 
 Abajail P., born Feb. 13, 1822, here; married A. H. N\ ing, 
 lives in Chicago. 
 
 Emeline, born May 15, 1824, here.; married D. G. Vorce ; 
 died in Chicago about 1877. 
 
 Augustus, born June 2, 1831, here. 
 
 Augusta, born June 2. 1S31, here; married William Murray; 
 died in California about 1865. 
 
 George E. Crainlall. 
 
 George E. Crandall ^\'as born in Providence, R. I., Jul}- 16, 
 1 8 16. Came to this town with his parents in 1821. He was 
 married to Polly M. Harvey in Springville, Dec. 22, 1836. He 
 has resided in Spring\Mlle about sixt\--two years. He is a prac- 
 tical jeweler, and has carried on the business many years. He 
 has also carried on the gunsmith business, and has sometimes 
 been engaged in farming. 
 
 His children are : 
 
 James F., born Oct. 25, 1837; married Clara Tillotson ; 
 resides in New York city, is a jeweler. 
 
 Norman E., May 24, 1849; married Ursula Hammond; 
 resides in Ashford, is a farmer. 
 
 L.emuel G., born July 30, 1843 ; married Loretta Hunt ; she 
 died in 1877 ; is a jeweler. 
 
I'.KXiKAl'IlICAI, SKKTCIIKS. 333 
 
 Nelson H., born May 29, 1845 I married Antoinette Casey; 
 they have one child, Rianca ; resides in Sprin^ville and is a 
 jeweler. 
 
 Ellen M., born June 12, 1847 ; married Wilh'am R. l)e Pli}- : 
 resides at Sea Cliff, L. I. ; he is a la\\\xM-. 
 
 George A., born Sept. 17, 1847; married Sarah Dorse)-; 
 resides at Holland ; he is a jeweler. 
 
 William C, May 20, 1853. 
 
 Ebeiiezer S. (*a<ly, Statoinoiit. 
 
 Ebenezer S. Cady was born in the town of Chatham, Colum- 
 bia county, N. Y. Came to the village of Springville in 1858 ; 
 is a carpenter and joiner ; was married at Schu}-ler, Herkimer 
 county, N. Y., in 1840, to Miss Mary Oyer, who was born in 
 1817 at Schuyler, Herkimer county, N. Y. My father, Arnold 
 Cad)', was born at Chatham, Columbia county, and serx^ed as 
 volunteer of marines in defence of the New York harbor in 
 the war of 1812. My mother's maiden name was Sarah Hunt. 
 She was born in Washington, Vt. Grandfather's name was 
 Ebenezer Cady ; he was a Captain in the war of the Revolu- 
 tion. Grandmother's maiden name was Chloe Beebe. She 
 was born in Connecticut. The house my grandfather built in 
 Chatham in 1761 and '62, was built of pine timber, was taken 
 down in 1824 and the timber used in building the Presbyterian 
 meeting house in the village of Spencertown, Columbia county, 
 N. Y. In this house my grandfather's two sons and fi\'e daugh- 
 ters were born. The outside doors were made of pine boards, 
 two thicknesses, cut into horizontalh' about half-way of their 
 height, and at night barred on the inside with a stick. On the 
 farm was an oak grove where the people assembled on the Sab- 
 bath to worshi}) (they were Presbyterians), until the)' built a 
 church on his farm, the first church in Chatham. This building 
 was moved to Chatham four corners, a distance of one and one- 
 half miles. The building was put on runners and under the 
 runners small sticks were placed for rollers, and many ox teams 
 were hitched to each of the runners and in that way the build- 
 ing was drawn to the spot and for many years the followers of 
 the lowly Nazarene met at this humble church and offered 
 their devotions to the God of Abraham, till finally later gen- 
 
334 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 erations have sold the old church for a sheepfold. and built 
 another church exhibiting more pride than piety. 
 
 They had six children : 
 
 Lucy A., born in 1840 and died in 1872. 
 
 Sarah J., born in 1844; married Newela French. 
 
 Maryette, born in 1847 -^^^^ died in 1850. 
 
 Cassius M., born in 1850 and died in 1871. 
 
 Ellen G., born in 1853; married Gardner Berry. 
 
 William S., born in 1856 and li\-es in Kalkaska, Mich. 
 
 James A. Cranston. 
 
 Arnold C. Cranston, father of the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Rhode Island March 17, 1799, and was married about 
 1 82 1 to Miss Selinda, who was born in Massachusetts July 20, 
 1804. They came here from Madison county, N. Y., in 1834, 
 and settled a few miles north of Springville on the farm now 
 owned by his son, James A., where he lived until his death in 
 1869. which was caused by the falling of a limb of a tree which 
 he was felling. His wife died Aug. 2, 1877. They had four 
 children, all but one of whom were born in Massachusetts: 
 
 Monroe, born April i, 1822; died in 1822. 
 
 Almeda G., born Feb. 17, 1825 ; married Lysander Needham. 
 
 Harriet L., born Nov. 22. 1833; married Wilbur Stanbro. 
 
 James A. Cranston was born Aug. 27. 1828, in Massachu- 
 setts, and came with his parents to Concord in 1834. He is a 
 carpenter and joiner and worked at his trade a great many 
 years, but at the present time confines himself exclusively to 
 farming. He was married in 1857 to Miss Polly M. Wilcox, 
 They have four children : 
 
 Fred. A., born in 1859; married Jennie Widrig, and lives in 
 East Concord. 
 
 Mar\', born in 1865. 
 
 Nellie, born in 1867. 
 
 Lemuel, born in 1869. 
 
 Calkins Family. 
 
 Elisha Calkins and wife (Elizabeth Cross) came from Ver- 
 mont and settled in Clinton county, N. V. In the Fall of 1828 
 thev moved to Buffalo ; not liking the low lands in the vicinity 
 
HIOCRAI'HICAL SKETCHES. 335 
 
 they only .sta)'ed through the Winter, and in the Sprin*;' of 
 1829 came to the town of Golden and settled on a farm on 
 South hill. Their family consisted of eight children, 01i\'e, 
 Polly, William, Moses, Sally, Harrison, John and Hetse)-. The 
 girls married and settled in Golden ; two of them are still living 
 there, Mrs. Thomas BufTum and Mrs. Jesse Hedges. 
 
 Moses married Elizabeth Abbott, and settled on the hill : he 
 is now living at Golden village, but very feeble ; he has one 
 son, A. G. Galkins, living in Buffalo. 
 
 John married Susan Southworth, of Boston, and li\ed on a 
 farm on the hill. In the Fall of 1856 was kicked by a horse 
 and died of injuries received, leaving two sons, John D. and 
 Earl, who are now living at South Bend, Ind. 
 
 Harrison married Elizabeth Gunningham, of Goncord, and 
 lived on the hill near Glenwood ; he died of consumption in 
 1853, ^^^ 1^'ft one son, Hon. Elisha G. Galkins, now li\'ing at 
 Kearney Gity, Nebraska. 
 
 William A. cleared a farm in the town of Goncord, attending 
 the Springville academy in 1833, when Parsons was Principal 
 His health failing, he went down to Staten Island and taught 
 school one year, and married Eliza Randolph Rollo, of Staten 
 Island ; he came back and went to farming on his farm in Gon- 
 cord and lived there about five years, sold out and moved into 
 the town of Golden, where he is still living. He had fi\e chil- 
 dren, two sons (dying in infancy) and three daughters : 
 
 Jane Rollo married Harry Foote. 
 
 Maria married A. G. Galkins, and Ii\'es in Buffalo. 
 
 Julia married A. J. Swcetapple and li\es in Elma. 
 
 Frederick Crary. 
 
 Mr. Grary was born in Wallingford, Rutland count)-, Vt., in 
 1802. His grandfathers, William Grary and John Sweetland, 
 were both soldiers of the Revolution, the latter taking part in 
 the battle of Bunker Hill. Mr. G. first came to the region 
 then called Concord about 1819; subsequently, about 1820, in 
 the capacity of a showman, he accompanied the first elephant 
 that was ever exhibited in Springville. He was first mar- 
 ried in Scipio, Gayuga county, N. Y., to Wealthy Ann Durkee. 
 
336 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 She dying, he was married a second time to Louisa Richmond, 
 by whom he had children as follows: 
 
 Marion, who died at six years of age. 
 
 Charles S., who served as Captain of Compan)' F, One Hun- 
 dred and Sixteenth regiment New York State volunteers during 
 the Rebebellion he died in Springville in March, 1865. 
 
 Ann, married Andrew Neff; resides in Ashford, N. Y. 
 
 Charlotte, married Eugene Mills, and afterwards died, leav- 
 ing two daughters. 
 
 While a resident of Sardinia Mr. Crary served three terms as 
 Justice of the Peace, and one term in Springville. 
 
 Cyrus Cheney. 
 
 Cyrus Cheney came here from Massachusetts about 1816. 
 He married Rebecca Sawyer and lived here a number of years 
 and then went back to Massachusetts. When gold was dis- 
 covered in California he went there and remained a few years 
 and died soon after he returned. The\' had three children, 
 Abigail, Sally and .Vugustus. 
 
 Isaac B. Cliilds. 
 
 Isaac B. Childs was born Oct. 13, 1823, in the town of Con- 
 cord, and has always resided in this town, and b)' occupation a 
 cooper and farmer. Was married to Marsha A. Brown, who 
 was the mother of his two children : Ellen M., wife of" George 
 B. Baker and Charles F. Childs. She died Nov. 22, 1861. His 
 second wife, Mary Ann Jones, died March 12, 1866, leaving no 
 children. His third wife, PLmily Pratt, mother of Lowell 
 Childs, died Feb. 10, 1873. He was married to his present 
 wife, Catherine Oyer, March 10, 1875. His father's name was 
 Lewis Childs; his mother's maiden name was Deborah Starks, 
 daughter of Jedediah Starks. His father removed from Deerfield, 
 Mass., in 1832, and settled on the farm now owned by George 
 Weeden, one and one-half miles north-west from Springville 
 and worked at coopering. Her also opened and worked a stone 
 cjuarry on his farm and for many years furnished stone for a 
 large number of the buildings in Springville and surrounding- 
 country. He subsequentl}' sold his farm and removed to 
 
liiOdRAiMiicAi, sKKrciii<:s. 337 
 
 SprinL;"\'ilIc, where he continued to reside until the time of his 
 death, in 1853. His mother died July 5, 1873. 
 
 Ellen M. Childs was born March 2t, 1850. 
 
 Charles F. Childs was born June 18, 1854. 
 
 Lowell Childs was born Feb. 3, 1873. 
 
 Colburii Family. 
 
 Orlin Colburn was born at Charlestown, Montgomery county, 
 N. Y., June 13, 18 16. When a boy six years of age, he came 
 with his parents to Collins, May 20, 1822. The family moved 
 into an old log school-house, situated on what is now called 
 "Scrabble Hill;" In 1837 he was married to Miss Jane Pea- 
 body, who died in 1847, leaving a family of five children, all of 
 whom are dead except one. Erastus Colburn was born Dec. 
 25, 1841. He enlisted at the commencement of the war, served 
 four years and came home unhurt. In 1867 he married the 
 daughter of Captain Davis, of Erie, Pennsylvania, and in 1868, 
 emigrated to Marysville, Kansas, where he has since been 
 engaged in farming. 
 
 Ezra Colburn, the second son of the family, enlisted in 1 861, 
 was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and died 
 from starvation at Libby prison. 
 
 Orlin Colburn married his second wife, Sarah Ackley, of the 
 town of Persia, Cattaraugus county. Farming has been the 
 principal occupation of his life. Has five children by his sec- 
 ond wife, viz : John C, born May 2, 1850, married Mar)^ A. 
 Hawks in 1874. They have three children. 
 
 Caswell C. resides at Wheeler Hollow, N. Y. 
 
 O. J. Colburn was born May 6, 1852, in Concord, N. Y., was 
 married in 1:^79. ^^^ Mary E. Morton, who was born Sept. 3, 
 1856. 
 
 Peter Colburn was born April 29, 1854; married Mary A. 
 Sutherland, in 1868. 
 
 Lowell M. Ciiiiiniiiig's. 
 
 Lowell M. Cummings was born in 1847, ''^ the town of War- 
 ren, Mass. Came to Springville in 1870, where he was married 
 in 1870, to Miss Kate Emmons, daughter of Dr. Carlos Em- 
 mons. 
 
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338 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 His father's name was John F. Cummings ; his mother's 
 maiden name was JuHa Graves. His ^grandfather's name was 
 John G. Cummings ; his grandmother's maiden name was 
 Sarah Burroughs. , 
 
 Until the age of fifteen years he remained at home with his 
 father's family and attended the Alfred University. Then, in 
 the years 1863 and 1864, went to New Hampshire and attended 
 Phillips Academy at Exeter, during the years 1865 and 1866, 
 then came to Springville and engaged in mercantile business. 
 Subsequently read law and was admitted as an attorney and 
 counselor-at-law in 1877, leaving since practiced his profession 
 at Springville, N. Y. His children are: 
 
 Caroline J. Cummings, born April 29, 1878. 
 
 Carlos Emmons Cummings, born Aug. 7, 18/8. 
 
 Charles D. Cummings, born July 5, 1880. 
 
 Giles Clmrchill. 
 
 Giles Churchill was born at Cherry Valley, N. Y., March 12, 
 1786. His father Stephen Churchill was at the burning of 
 Cherry Valley by the Indians and Tories in 1778. His moth- 
 er's maiden name was Esther Loyd. 
 
 At twenty-one Mr. Churchill began the study of medicine at 
 Penfield, N. Y. He studied and practiced there until 18 12, 
 when he came to this town and bought land of the Holland 
 Company, where the late Calvin Smith lived at the time of his 
 death. He served as a soldier on the Niagara frontier in 1812. 
 He practiced medicine some in Springville, and taught school 
 twelve terms in the vicinity. But his principal occupation was 
 farming to which he gave his attention until his death in 1872. 
 He was married in 18 1 3 to Abigail Toocker. Their children 
 were : 
 
 Eliza Ann married Prentice Stanbro ; died in 1869. 
 
 Emeline died when young. 
 
 Stephen G. married Margaret W'idrig; reside in Wisconsin. 
 
 Marcus B. 
 
 Marons B. Churoliill. 
 
 Marcus B. Churchill was born in this to^\•n in 1825. He is a 
 farmer, and has always resided in town. He has filled the 
 
liKKiKAi'iiicAi. ski: r( I IKS. 339 
 
 office of 1 Ii<;"h\\a\' Commissioner two terms. Mr. Churchill 
 married Arminda VanCamp in 1849. Their children are : 
 
 Libbie, married Javan Clark, reside in tow n. 
 
 Charles W., married Jennie Adams, reside in tow n. 
 
 I'^mma, marrietl Spencer \\'idri<4\ reside in town. 
 
 Benjamin Criiinp. 
 
 Mr. Crump was born in Hereford count}. En^^land, May 28. 
 1800. He was married in 1830 to t{,lizabeth Lewis, in 1835, 
 Mr. C. and his wife .sailed from Liverpool, FLngland ; after a 
 voyage of thirt\" fi\e days, the}' landed June i6th, at Amboy, 
 N. J. They resided about four years at New Brunswick, N. 
 J., then about two years in Buffalo and Canada. In 1838, came 
 to the nortli part of Concord, where he located. He afterwards 
 moved onto the premises where he now resides, which is situ- 
 ated parti}' in Concord and partly in Colden ; the dwelling 
 house standing on the town line. He, and his son, Robert, 
 who resides with him, consider themselves residents of Colden. 
 They had a family of four boys and five girls : 
 
 John L., born in England in 1831 ; married Anna Johnson ; 
 resides in Concord. 
 
 Benjamin F., born in 1833 ; married Alanth}- Youngs ; resides 
 in Minnesota. 
 
 Samuel, born in 1835 : died in June, 1854. 
 
 Harriet, born in 1837; married William Brink; resides in 
 Colden. 
 
 Elizabeth, born in 1839; niarried John Corning; resides in 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Susan, born in 1841 ; married Charles Chandler ; resides in 
 Minnesota. 
 
 Kate, born in 1843; married Charles Cross; resides in 
 Sardinia. 
 
 Sarah, born in 1845 - niarried James E. King; resides in Iowa. 
 
 Robert, born in 1847; niarried Irene Williams; resides in 
 Colden. 
 
 Vi<-t<>r ('(>ll:ii'<l. 
 
 Victor Collard was born in Rambruck, Luxemburg, German}', 
 in 1832 ; came to this country in 1857 ; was fort}'-eight da}'s cross- 
 ing from Antwerp to New York. He came from New York to 
 
340 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Springville and went to work for Stowel Collins in a carriage 
 shop for one year. He had learned his trade and worked at the 
 business in the old country; he then went to Sardinia and 
 worked at the carriage business since that time ; he was drafted 
 into the army in 1862. but hired a substitute for three hundred 
 dollars to take his place; he Avas married Mayi i, 1865, to Miss 
 Barbara Hery, of North Collins (in which town she was born.) 
 Their children are : Carl Collard, Lizzie Collard, Victor Col- 
 lard, jr., and John Collard. 
 
 J. Li. Cohen. 
 
 J. L. Cohen was born in 1854, in Russia, Poland, near War- 
 saw ; came to Buffalo in 1861 ; is a merchant; was married in 
 1875, and came to live at Springville, August. 1871 ; his wife's 
 maiden name was Rebecca Gumbinsky ; he was naturalized in 
 1879. H^s brother, A. S. Cohen, was a soldier in the Russian 
 service for eight years ; was on duty most of the time in the 
 Calcassia mountains and now resides in Buffalo. His mother's 
 brother, Moses Vortensky, was taken by the Russian military 
 authorities, at the age of ten years, and kept in the military 
 service for twenty-five years. Mr. Cohen came direct from 
 Hamburg to New York, in the German steamship '• Cimbria." 
 His children are : 
 
 Betsey Cohen, born Oct. 14, 1876, at Springville. 
 
 Abe Cohen, born Jan. 16, 1879, ^^ Springville. 
 
 Anna Cohen, born Aug. 3, 1 881, at Springville. 
 
 Cliapiu Family. 
 
 William Chapin came here and took up land on lot 45 on 
 Sharp street, at an early date, and his father and mother's 
 sisters and brothers came to reside with him. William was a 
 carpenter and joiner by trade. His brother, Roswell Chapin, 
 was Surrogate of this county for several years, and his sisters, 
 Mary and Lucy, were early school teachers in this town, teach- 
 ing on Townsend hill and several other places. Thc\- lived 
 here fifteen or twenty years and then moved away. 
 
 W. H. (lose. 
 
 W. H. Close was born Nov. ij,, 1835. His father's name was 
 Clark Close ; his mother's maiden name was Jane Powell ; he 
 
HiodRAniUAr. sKi-yrciiES. 
 
 341 
 
 was married Jul\' 9, 1S57, to I. aura A. Burnai). Thc\- had six- 
 children : 
 
 JuHa .\., born June 14, 185S; married Nathan llilh 
 
 Lillie M., born Feb. 7, i ^6o. 
 
 Tracey B., born Dec. 11, i!^63. 
 
 Minnie B., born Sept. 12, 1S67. 
 
 Ada D., born Oct. 4, 1 870. 
 
 Emma A., born Au<;-. 3, 1^77; died Oct. 16, 1S77. 
 
 Ash Cary. 
 
 Asa Cary came to this town in the .Spring of 1 809. He 
 bought land on lot four, township six, range six, where Harri- 
 son Pingrcy now lives. He built a house and lived there with 
 his family that Summer. In the following Autumn he traded 
 lands with a man by the name of Calvin Doolittle and moved 
 to Boston, where he afterwards lived and died. 
 
 Truman, the eldest of his large family of children, Avas elected 
 Member of Assembly in 1839, besides holding many other 
 ofifices of trust during his life. He died at his home in Boston 
 in 1880. 
 
 Drake. 
 
 COAT OK ARMS OF THK AMIKNT FAMU.Y OF DRAKE. 
 
 Motto: — Aquila Xo)i Capit Miiscas. 
 
 The Drakes are of English origin, and. according to the old 
 English genealogists, the famil)- is one of great antiquit)-. As 
 early as the Norman conquest (1066) several families of the 
 name were possessors of large estates in the County of Devon, 
 
342 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 England. The coat of arms at the head of this sketch and 
 accompanying motto, would indicate an origin perhaps dating 
 back to the Roman invasion of Britain. 
 
 Of the EngHsh Drakes, Sir Francis, the distinguished naviga- 
 tor, was the most eminent. Of his descendants, two brothers, 
 R.obert and John Drake, came to America in 1630. From these 
 two brothers descended the Drakes of America. The)' were 
 members of the council of Plymouth, and came at first to Bo.s- 
 ton, Mass. John finall)^ settled at Windsor, Conn. Of his 
 numerous descendants in Connecticut was Ebenezer Drake, a 
 soldier of the old French and Indian war. He was born in 
 Windsor, Conn., and died there in .'776. He had a family of 
 eight children, as follows: Mehitable, Ebenezer, Hezekiah, 
 James, Lyman and Clarrissa (twins), Ira and Reuben. Of these 
 Hezekiah, Lyman and Reuben e\'entually settled in Concoid, 
 N. Y., and from them ha\'e descended all the Drakes now liv- 
 ing there. 
 
 The family of Drakes which lived in the earlier histor}' of Con- 
 cord, a short distance north of Springville, belonged to a dis- 
 tinct branch of the famil}'. 
 
 Lyman Drake came from Otsego county, N. Y., in 18 10, and 
 purchased two hundred acres of land near the Eighteen-mile 
 creek, in the north part of Concord. The to\\n line subse- 
 quently run left half of his purchase in the town of Boston- 
 He was an industrious and energetic pioneer ; he planted the 
 first orchard in that part of the town ; but his pioneer labors 
 Mere brought to a close in 18 18. He was born in 1772. His 
 widow whose maiden name was Irena Cole, survived him 
 many years. Their children's names were as follows : 
 
 Lyman, Jr., Isaac, Wheeler, Polly, Cordelia, Ebin, Daniel, 
 George and Eliza. Of these, Cordelia, Daniel, George and 
 Eliza, are the onh" surviving ones 
 
 Wheeler Drake was born Dec. 4, 1799. and came to Concord 
 with his father's family in 1810. For ten or fifteen }'ears pre- 
 x'ious to his death, which occurred in 1869, he resided on a por- 
 tion of his original homestead farm. He was married about 
 1833, to Mrs. Sarah Humphrey, daughter of Edward Church- 
 ill, Sen. They had three sons, Lyman, Edward C. and Mar- 
 .shall C, who reside near the old homestead. 
 
]U()C;RAriIKAI, SKKTCIIKS. 343 
 
 (ieor^c W. Drake was born March 22, 1S15. in Concord, 
 where he resided many years as a farmer. lie now resides at 
 {lambur<^, N. V. He married Jane Humphrey, wlio is now 
 dead. They had six children, \iz : Austin, married Margaret 
 Murrax'; IIumj)hre}', married Alice Mawle\'; Sarah, married 
 Walter Chubbuck ; Jennie, married William Olin ; George VV. 
 Jr., a talented young man, who died at Fargo, Dakota, in 1883, 
 and Ida. 
 
 Hezekiah Drake was born in 1767. Became from Oneida 
 count)', N. v., in 1821, to Concord, and located near the Eigh- 
 teen-mile creek, in the north part of the town, where he lived 
 until his death, in 1848. He was married in Vermont, in 1802, 
 to Judeth Prescott, b\- whom he had children as follows: 
 
 Freeman, L\'dia, John, Isaac, Rhoda, Ebenezer H., Ira E., 
 and Mar\'. All but the two youngest were born in Vermont. 
 Freeman, Isaac and Rhoda are dead. 
 
 Plbenezer H. Drake was born in Vermont, in 1812. When 
 a \-oung man he taught school successful!}' in the south towns 
 of Erie county, for a number of years and subsequently was 
 jailor at the county jail and an overseer in the Buffalo peniten- 
 tiar)-. He was married in 1843 to Marj- Goodrich. They have 
 two daughters : Amelia, married to Delos H. Townsend, resides 
 in Seneca county, N. Y., and Melinda. 
 
 Ira E. Drake was born in Oneida count}', N. Y., March. 
 1817, and was consequently four years of age when his parents 
 removed to Concord, where he has since lived. He was mar- 
 ried in 1840 to Maria Agard, daughter of Joshua Agard, of 
 Concord. They have a family of four sons and one daughter, 
 as follows; Lauren J., born in 1842, married Mary Anthony; 
 was for ten years a railroad conductor in Pennsylvania ; now 
 extensively engaged in business at Keokuk, Iowa. Emery A., 
 born in 1844, married P'rank Warrington; Walter, born 1846, 
 married Sarah Hlakeley ; Lucy, born in 1854, and John, born 
 1856, married Anna Williams. 
 
 Reuben Drake was born in 1776. He was married to Nabb}- 
 Coole}-, in Vermont, where he was for several years a Captain 
 in the Vermont state militia. He removed from Connecticut 
 to Jefferson county, N. Y., and from there to the north part of 
 Concord, in 1834, where he lived until his death, in 1865. He 
 
344 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 had a family of three sons and four daughters, as follows : Cy- 
 rena, Julia, Reuben Cooley, Jennet, Leonard, Orimul and 
 Chloe, all born in Connecticut but the two last. Cyrena and 
 Orimul are dead. 
 
 Reuben Coole}' Drake was born in the parish of W'inton- 
 bury, near Hartford, Conn., Oct. lo, 1814. When fifteen years 
 of age he removed with his father's famil)- to Jefferson county, 
 N. Y., and to Concord in the Spring of 1834. In 1838 he 
 bought wild lands of the Holland Company, on lot five, town- 
 ship seven, range seven, which be cleared up, improved and 
 built upon and where he now resides. 
 
 He was married in 1850, to Mary Wood, daughter of Robert 
 Wood (a native of W^eschester county, N. Y.), and grand- 
 daughter of Jesse How, a Corporal in the Revolution. They 
 have one son and one daughter, viz : Jay Drake, born June 
 30, 1854, is a teacher and devotes some attention to literary 
 work. 
 
 May Drake, born March 29, 1863, is a teacher. 
 
 COPY OF MILITARY COMMISSION, 
 Granted to Reuben Drake, by the Governor of Vermont. 
 By his Excellenc}', Isaac Tichenor, Esq., Captain-General, Gov- 
 ernor, and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of 
 Vermont — 
 To Reuben Drake, Greeting. 
 
 You being elected Ensign of the first company of light infan- 
 tr)', in the second regiment, second brigade, and fourth division 
 of the militia of this state, and reposing special trust and con- 
 fidence in your patriotism, valor and good conduct, / do, b}' 
 \'irtue of these presents, in the name and by the authority of 
 the freemen of the State of Vermont, full}- authorize and em- 
 power you, the said Reuben Drake, to take charge of the said 
 company, as their Captain. 
 
 You will, therefore, carefulh" and diligentl)- discharge the 
 said dut}% by doing and performing ever}- matter and thing 
 thereunto relating. You will observe and follow such orders 
 and directions as you shall, from time to time, receive from the 
 Governor of the State, for the time being, or any other your 
 superior ofificer. according to military dicipline and the laws of 
 
RIOCRArillCAI^ SKETCIIKS. 345 
 
 the state. And all officers and soldiers under your command 
 
 are to take notice hereof and yield due obedience to your 
 
 orders, as their Captain, in pursuance of the trust in you reposed. 
 
 /// Testimony Whereof, I ha\'e caused the Seal of this State 
 
 to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand in Council, 
 [l. s.| this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our 
 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, and of the 
 
 Independence of the United States, the thirty first. 
 
 Isaac Tichenor. 
 By His Excellency's command, 
 
 William Page, Secretary. 
 
 Cliristoplior Douglass. 
 
 The subject of this sketch came to this town in 1809. He 
 settled on lot twenty-three, township six, range six, and lived 
 there about twenty years. He is said to have been the first man 
 that ever held the office of justice of tlie peace in this town. He 
 was the first captain of the Springville Rifle company, and was 
 also a side judge when "The Three Thayers " w^ere convicted 
 of the murder of John Love. He removed from this town to 
 Wisconsin about 1830. The last knowledge the author has of 
 his whereabouts he was running a hotel in Wisconsin, in 
 1856. 
 
 Beiijainiu Douglass. 
 
 Benjamin Douglass came to this town and bought hind of 
 the Holland Land company in 1809. He lived here two or three 
 years and then removed to Fredonia, Chautauqua count}-. His 
 son, Daniel W. Douglass, was a member of assembh- from 
 Chautauqua count)' in the \'eai" 1 85 I. 
 
 F. K. Davis. 
 
 Mr. Davis' father, Zimri Davis, came from N. H., about 181 5, 
 to where the city of Rochester now stands. At that time, 
 scarcely a vestige of the city existed. He helped to clear away 
 the oak trees standing where the Powers block now is. and 
 opened the first meat market. He died in Rochester in 1828. 
 The next year the mother, ^hose maiden name was Joanna 
 Johnson, with her five small boys, emigrated to Sardinia and 
 
346 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 bought a small farm with slight improvements on the Cattarau- 
 gus creek. 
 
 By the exercise of rigid economy, industry and perseverance, 
 with the aid of her little boys, she cleared up and paid for her 
 land. Mr. Davis relates how his mother would stake out a 
 daily stint of chopping and clearing for each one, and would 
 frequently take her sewing work and sit among them to encour- 
 age them with their work. She died in Illinois, Sept. 19, 1875, 
 aged seventy-eight years; her sons' names were Jerome, David, 
 Kidder, Edwin and Clifton. 
 
 Francis Kidder Davis was born in Rochester, Oct. 22, 1822 ; 
 came to Erie county when seven years of age, and has been a 
 resident of the county most of the time since. His occupation 
 has been farming and hotel-keeping. 
 
 Mr. Davis attended school at the Springville Academy forty 
 years ago, in the old academy building, when students from a 
 distance occupied rooms on the lower floor and cooked their 
 own provisions, such as was not brought from home alread)' 
 cooked. In those days the principal, if unmarried, also lodged 
 and occupied rooms in the academy building. At that time, 
 money to pay tuition bills was not as easily obtained as now. 
 Mr. Davis speaks of cutting cordwood while attending school 
 from heaps of logs drawn up to the door, sled length, on what 
 is now Main street, to get money to pay his tuition. 
 
 Mr. Davis was master of the first boat that left Rochester for 
 a trip over the Genesee Valley canal. He was proprietor of 
 the Globe hotel at Yorkshire ten years, and is now proprietor 
 of the Forest house, a first-class hotel in Springville. 
 
 He was married Dec. 31, 1846, to Mary F. Goodspeed, who 
 was born March 5. 1830. They have six children, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Byron L., born March 21, 1849; married in 1866 to Dora 
 Bigelow. 
 
 Francis K., born Dec. 11, 1855, married in 1874 to Aggie 
 Wade. 
 p^Fred G., born June 30, 1858. 
 
 Willie H., born July 27, i860. 
 
 Nettie and Nellie (^twins), born Nov. 14, 1862. 
 
BIOGRAI'HirAI. SKKTCHES. 34pr 
 
 H. J. Davis. 
 
 H.J. Davis was born in the Town of Concord, Feb. i8, 1838; 
 he has always resided in this town; he was married Aug. 13,' 
 1863. to Frances M.Wells; they have one child, Archie B.' 
 Davis, born July 24. 1867 ; the)' own and occupy a part of the 
 homestead of the late Archibald GrifTfith, situated at East Con- 
 cord, on lot 35, township seven, range six. Mr. Davis, in com- 
 pany with A. E. Hardley, during the year 1872, rented and run 
 the American hotel in Springville. They also started and run a 
 daily stage line between Springville and Holland, the then ter- 
 minus of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad. 
 Mr. Davis is at present Deputy Sheriff of Erie count}-. 
 
 ♦Taoob Drake. 
 
 Jacob Drake located on the middle part of lot 50. township 
 seven, range six, where D. S. Ingals now lives, as early as 
 1810 or ■ 1 1, and lived there over twenty years, when he and 
 his son. Freeman, went back east where they both died. 
 
 ffohii Drake. 
 
 John Drake, son of Jacob Drake, settled on the south part 
 of lot 50, known as the Tice place in 18 10, and died of a fever 
 in 1814; his widow married Daniel Tice. His children were : 
 
 Allen, who married May Wheeler, and died in this town. 
 
 Angeline, who married a Mr. Williams, of Chautauqua 
 county. 
 
 John, who went to Michigan and died there. 
 
 Sarah Ann, who went to Micjiigan and died there also. 
 
 Kli.jali Diiiiliain. 
 
 Elijah Dunham came about 181 i, and settled on lot 50, on 
 the place Zimri Ingals so long li\ed afterwards, he remained 
 there about fifteen years and then went west. Those of 
 the family still living, reside in the northern part of Illinois, I 
 believe. I think the first religious meeting that I ever attended 
 was held in Mr. Dunham's new frame barn, between fiftv and 
 sixty years ago. There were no meeting houses in those days 
 in town, and the school houses were so small that they would 
 
348 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 not accommodate a large congregation. The barn is old now, 
 but it stands there yet. 
 
 Mr. Dunham's children were Edward, Elvira, Laura, Elmira, 
 Artemas and Alva. 
 
 Nicholas ^. I>einerly. 
 
 Nicholas R. Demerly, was born in the town of Collins, Erie 
 county, May I2th, 1853, and came to Concord to live in the 
 year 1856. His father's name was John Demerly, his mother's 
 maiden name was Louisa Root. Is a farmer by occupation ; 
 was married February 22, 1876, to Miss Mary Emerling. They 
 have no chidren of their own, but have adopted a boy, Frank 
 Demerly, who is eight years of age. 
 
 John Deiiiutli. 
 
 John Demuth was born in Eschette, Commune of Folschette, 
 Canton of Redingen, Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, July 14, 
 1843. Came to America in 1867, landing at New York, Decem- 
 ber 1st, of that year. He was married in 1879 ^^ Clara Selzer, 
 who was born in Baden, Germany, Aug, 11, 1855. They have 
 two children : 
 
 John, born Sept. 26, 1869. 
 
 Henry E., born Sept. 25, 1881. 
 
 Mr. Demuth is now a resident of Springville, where he is 
 emplo}'ed in a cabinet maker's shop. 
 
 Dr. Carlos Eniinoiis. 
 
 Dr. Emmons was born in Hartland, Windsor county, Ver- 
 mont, June 17th, 1799. He studied his profession in his native 
 State, and commenced practice in Washington county in this 
 State. In 1823 he came to this county and settled in Spring- 
 ville, and soon after married Harriet Eaton, daughter of Rufus 
 Eaton, Esq., one of the founders of the village anci for over 
 fifty years, and to the time of his death he continued to reside 
 in this village, and was one of its most respected, influential 
 and honored citizens. Over thirty-eight years of his life were 
 devoted faithfully and laboriously to the duties of his profes- 
 sion. His reputation as a physician was such that his practice 
 ■extended over a circuit of from ten to fifteen miles around the 
 
HIOCRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 349 
 
 village. No amount of labor, no scverit)- of weather, no sacri- 
 fice of bodily comfort i)re\-ented him from promptly answer- 
 ing the calls of professional dut)-. During the long time he 
 was in acti\e business no patient ever looked in vain for the 
 coming of Dr. Emmons, if previously promised. 
 
 By devoting mind and body to the welfare of his patients he 
 secured a competency, and the gratitude of those he attended 
 — of the fathers and mothers who lived and died — and their 
 children who represented them in the homes they had left. 
 
 In all matters of public improvement, educational, material 
 or moral, he was among the most active and influential, con- 
 tributing liberally of his means and laboring for the advance- 
 ment of all the interests of the village. The Academy found 
 in him one of its originators. During all the period of his 
 acti\'e life, he was foremost among those who sustained it 
 and labored for its success. 
 
 Dr. Emmons twice represented the town of Concord on the 
 board of Supervisors of Erie count}'. He was twice elected 
 member of the State Assembly from the south towns, and was 
 once elected State Senator from the eighth senatorial district 
 under the Constitution of 1822. He was also postmaster at 
 Springville for several years. 
 
 Dr. Emmons was twice married. By his first wife he had 
 three daughters who are residents of Nebraska. By his second 
 wife, who survives him, he had one daughter who is a resident 
 of Springville. All his daughters are married and have child- 
 ren. All his children and children's children were a blessing to 
 him in his declining years. 
 
 Dr. Emmons died at his home in Springville, Dec. 12, 1875, 
 aged seventy-six years, five months and twenty-five days. 
 
 Rufus £ntoii. 
 
 Rufus Eaton was born June 11, 1770. He came from Herk- 
 imer county, N. Y., to what is now Springville in 18 10, and 
 bought of Christopher Stone the south part of lot three. He 
 built the first saw mill in town and started other industries. 
 He gave the land for educational purposes where the Academy 
 now stands, and was one of the first Justices of the Peace. He 
 
350 iilOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 was married in 1791 to Sally Potter, who died Nov. 15, 1843, 
 aged seventy-six years, Mr. Eaton died Feb. 7, 1845. 
 
 They had eight children : 
 
 Sylvester married Lydia Gardner; died, June 4, 1863. 
 
 Waitee married Frederick Richmond. 
 
 Sally married first a Mr. Eddy, second, VVillard Cornwell. 
 
 Rufus C. married Eliza Butterworth. 
 
 Mahala married Otis Butterworth. 
 
 Elisha married Betsy Chafee ; died, Feb. 25, 1881, aged 
 eighty years. 
 
 Harriet married Dr. Carlos Emmons. 
 
 William died a young man. 
 
 Sylvester Eaton was born at Little Falls, N. Y., June 17, 
 1792. He had three children by his first wife, viz: 
 
 Peregrine, Judson G., now residing at Smithport, Pa., and 
 Mary L., who died young. 
 
 Mr. Eaton was married a second time to Nancy Wilkes, by 
 whom he had three daughters: 
 
 Waitee E. and Lucinda who are dead and Rosalie, who 
 married a Mr. Prime and resides at Osage, Iowa. 
 
 Peregrine G. Eaton was born July 28, 18 18. He has been 
 twice married; first to Alice S. Taylor, who ciied in 1849; a 
 second time to Phoebe ^^^ Starkweather. Mr. Eaton has an 
 only daughter, Cornelia L., b\' his first wife who married Ches- 
 ter Newman. 
 
 Henry Eaton. 
 
 Henry Eaton was born in Springville in the year 1844, and 
 was married to Hattie R. Mason, March i, 1882. His father's 
 name was Rufus Eaton ; his mother's maiden name was Eliza 
 H. Butterworth ; his grandfather's name was Rufus Eaton ; his 
 grandmother's maiden name was Sally Potter. 
 
 The Western New York Preserving and Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, limited, was organized in 1879, under the laws of the 
 State of New York, of which he was Secretary for the first 
 three years and in 1 881 was President. ]-5usiness was successful ; 
 amount paid farmers for products during the year of 1881 was 
 $36,504.09; amount paid for labor in 1881 was $21,675.10. 
 Mr. Eaton is also proprietor of a barrel factory in Springville. 
 
lUOCRAI'HICAL SKKTCHKS. 351 
 
 Rufiis C. Eaton died Ali<^. 15, 1876, aged eighty years. 
 Mrs. Eliza H. Eaton, the mother, died Aug. i, iS.So, aged 
 eight)-one years, six months and twenty-one days. 
 
 Samuel Eaton. 
 
 Samuel Eaton was a ver)' earl\' settler in this town. He set- 
 tled on the north side of the Genesee road on the toj) of the 
 hill \\'est of Woodward's Hollow. Here he cleared up a farm 
 and lived in the neighborhood until his death which occurred 
 about 1838. He was one of the earliest school teachers in this 
 town. 
 
 He had four children : 
 
 Fidelia married Stephen Conger and lives in North Collins. 
 
 Samuel W., lives in Rochester, Minn., and has been Judge 
 of the Probate Court in that county. 
 
 Dewitt died when a young man, and Horace, whose where- 
 abouts are unknown. 
 
 Williaiu L. Emerson. 
 
 William L. Emerson was born Feb. 16, 1809. His father, 
 William Emerson, was born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough 
 count}', N. H. He served as a soldier at Plattsburg in the war 
 of 1812 and '15. His mother, Lydia Pratt, was born in New 
 Hampshire. His grandfather's name was James Emerson. He 
 came from England and served as a soldier in the Revolution- 
 ary war. His grandmother's maiden name was Lydia Walker, 
 born in New Hampshire. William L. Emerson was married to 
 Maria Chase Feb. 17, 1835. She was born in Dummerston, 
 Vt., July 12, 1809. Her father's name was James A. Chase; 
 he was born in Guilford, Vt., June 11, 1786. Her grandfather, 
 James Chase, was born in Warren, R. I., Nov. 10, I75i» and 
 served as a soldier in the Revolution. William L. Emerson 
 came from Vermont to Ashford, Cattaraugus county, in 1842, 
 and bought of Jeremiah Wilcox, a farm adjoining the Sher- 
 man place. In 1850, he bought the Searls place or David 
 Goodemote place in the north part of Ashford near the Cat- 
 taraugus creek. In 1868, he sold out in Ashford and removed 
 to Concord. He has always been a farmer and has followed 
 the business successfully. Mrs. Emerson died July 18, 1879. 
 
 Their children are : 
 
352 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 William F., born April 14, 1836; married July 4, 1856, 
 Maryette Wiley ; second wife, Sarah Crawford ; lives in Ash- 
 ford and is a farmer. 
 
 Edward, born Aug. 3, 183 1 ; married Ellen M. Carman. Aug. 
 27, 1871 ; lives in Sardinia and is a farmer. 
 
 Hiram, born May 22, 1840; married Louisa M. Re}-nolds, 
 Sept. 21, 1864; second wife. Laura Wells; third wife, Alice D. 
 Marsh ; lives in Concord and is a farmer. 
 
 Mary E., born April 14, 1842, lives in Springville. 
 
 Sylvia A., born Sept. 15, 1845 ; married Levi M. Bond, Sept. 
 17, 1863 ; lives in Porterville, Cal. 
 
 Clara J., born March 24, 1841 ; married Origen A. Wilcox, 
 Aug. 23, i860; lives in Porterville, Cal. 
 
 Arnold J., born Feb. 4, 185 1 ; married Julia P. Carman. June 
 10, 1879 ' lives in Sardinia and is a hardware merchant. 
 
 Amos P. Ellis. 
 
 Mr. Ellis was born in Tioga county, N. Y., in August, 1814. 
 In 1835 he came from his native place to Gowanda and worked 
 one year at his trade (carpenter and joiner). He then came to 
 Concord, where he has since resided. For the last twenty-five 
 years his occupation has been farming. He was married in 
 1837 to Betsey Curran, who was born Nov. 4, 1 808. 
 
 They have had five children : 
 
 Louisa, born Feb. 5, 1839; married George Priel in 1867. 
 
 Elizabeth, born June 30, 1840; died Jan. 13, 1858. 
 
 Eugene P., born April 2, 1842; married Lizzie Bassett in 
 1864; was killed April 2, 1881, in a railroad tunnel at St. Louis. 
 
 Edwin (twin), born April 15, i844,married Irene Wheelock in 
 1865. 
 
 Edward (twin), born April 15, 1844. 
 
 Augustus G. Elliott. 
 
 Augustus G. Elliott was an early settler, and had a store on 
 the Weismantel lot near the race ; he also at one time managed 
 a distillery and ashery ; the ashery stood on the north side of 
 Franklin street, on Stephen Smith's lot, and the distillery stood 
 on the opposite side of the street ; he also bought cattle and 
 drove them to the eastern markets; he took an active part also 
 
hkh;raphkai. skhtciiks. 353 
 
 ill l)uil(linL;" the SpriiiL;\illc Academy. He was born in Kent, 
 Conn., Oct. 20, I77<S, and died Au^-. 26, 1834, at^ed fift)--six 
 years. 
 
 Cliarh's Kiiierliiijjj. 
 
 Charles luiierling was born July 31, I(S46. in the town of 
 Eden, Erie county. N. Y.; came to Concord in the v'ear 1(858. 
 His father's name was Philip Emerling ; his mother's maiden 
 name was Marian Lamm; he was married May 15, 1877. to 
 Mary Ann Belcher ; he owns the farm of 220 acres where he 
 lives. He has two daughters : 
 
 Caroline, born Feb. 14, 1879. 
 
 Sarah, born July 2/, 1881. 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 Eben Frye, the father of the subject of this sketch, was of 
 Welsh ancestry, his father coming here at an early da}', and 
 settled in what was then known as the Province of Maine. 
 Eben P'rye took an active jiart in the struggle for American 
 independence from the beginning to the close, serving as a 
 Captain, and was also promoted to the rank of a Major. After 
 peace was declared he also represented the Province of Maine 
 in the legislature when it was a dependency of Massachusetts. 
 
 Jesse P"rye, the subject of this sketch, was born at Fryeburg, 
 Maine, in the year 1772. Some time in the year 17S0 his 
 father moved to Andover, N. H., where he died four years 
 after. Jesse, then twelve years old, was ajiprcnticed to a 
 clothier and learned this trade, but he did not follow the call- 
 ing long. In 1794 he moved with his mother's family from 
 Andover to Bath, in the same State, and engaged in the manu- 
 facture of brick with a man b}- the name of Haddock. In 1797 
 he was married to Betsey Noyes. Six children were born to 
 this union, viz.: 
 
 Enoch Noyes, born March 30, 1800. 
 
 James Sanders, born June 10, 1802. 
 
 Moses McKinster, born Sept. 26, 1804. 
 
 Betsey, born Jan. 4, 1807. 
 
 Sarah, born December, 1809. 
 
 Jesse, born Feb. 18, 18 18. 
 
354 bioc;raphical skp:tches. 
 
 Of these children three are Hving, Enoch, Moses and Jesse. 
 Here he remained in business with Haddock until the year 
 1810, when he was compelled to sacrifice his business to satisfy 
 an obligation incurred by lending his name to a friend. This 
 left him but a meagre sum to start out again in life, but he was 
 young and full of energy. The Holland Purchase was attract- 
 ing much attention, and flattering intlucements were offered to 
 settlers. He purchased a span of horses and fitted up a lum- 
 ber wagon ; into this he placed his famih', consisting of a wife 
 and fi\'e children, and all the worldl}- goods he possessed, and 
 set out for the new Mecca, where he arrived some time in the 
 Fall of 1810. Buffalo was his first stopping place. Here he 
 began business as a green-grocer, occup}'ing a lot and house 
 rieht where Pratt & Letchworth's immense retail trade in the 
 hardware business on the terrace is carried on to-day. He 
 owned a sail-boat and the most of his stock in trade was pro- 
 cured in Canada, and much of his profit came from the Indians, 
 who were at that time largely in the ascendant. Here he 
 remained until the Spring of 18 12, although he had traded his 
 house and lot the Fall previous to John Pollc\- for an articled 
 claim of lots thirty and thirty-one, in Zoar. In July, the same 
 year, he moved his family to Zoar, having pre\'iously built a log 
 house for their reception. Here he remained some four}'ears, 
 when this claim was traded off to Luther Pratt for a similar 
 one on " Poverty Hill," in the Town of Collins. The soil did 
 not suit him, and this claim was sold to Phineas Orr, and he 
 made another and his last claim, that of P"rye Hill. 
 
 In August, 1 8 16, Enoch and Mack, then boys of twelve and 
 sixteen, began chopping just north of the great orchard; some 
 four acres were cleared and got into winter wheat that Fall ; 
 the )-ield was abundant, and ever since that time until the pres- 
 ent Frye Hill has dispensed that old-fashioned, open-hearted 
 hospitality that was proverbial among the early pioneers. They 
 lived to a ripe age, the wife dying Feb. 4, 1848, aged seventy- 
 six years, one month and twenty-one days; he surviving her 
 but a few months, and followed her March 27, 1849, aged 
 seventy-five years, four months and twelve days. They lie 
 buried side by side in the family burying-ground on PVye Hill. 
 
 Enoch N. P'rN'e, now over eight)'-three years old and still 
 
BKxjRAi'incAi, sKi-:r( MEs. 355 
 
 hale and hearty, occupies the old homestead, with some six 
 or seven hundred acres besides. He was married in i<S2i to 
 Margaret Wells ; she died Dec. 12, 1882. Ten children were 
 born to them, viz.: 
 
 James, born Dec. 17, 1822. 
 
 Ebenezer, born Nov. 27, 1824. 
 
 Louisa, born in 1826. 
 
 Abbott, born in 1828. 
 
 Jesse, born Aug. 20, 1830. 
 
 William, born, June 18, 1832. 
 
 Mar\' and Betse\-, born May 26, 1834. 
 
 John H., born Dec. 13, 1837. 
 
 Helen S., born Jul\-4, 1840. 
 
 Three of these children are dead : Betsey died Feb. 26, 
 1847; Abbott died Oct. 27, 1853, and Ebenezer Sept. 21. 1857. 
 Louisa married L. J. Vaughn, and now lives in Ashford. 
 Jesse married Miss Maria Davidson. William married Miss 
 Josephine L. Burgess ; she dying in 1870, in 1874 he was married 
 to Mrs. Amy C. Titus. Mary married John Murdock. John 
 married Miss Helen Fowler, and Helen, Daniel D. Nash. 
 
 E. N. Frye is a man of sterling character, and in his younger 
 days he took an active part in all that tended to advance the 
 .prosperity of the new settlement. At the age of sixteen years 
 he began teaching, which he followed more or less until other 
 cares absorbeci his attention. He also occupied the office of 
 Supervisor, and Assessor of the town for a term of years. 
 
 It is nearh' or quite sixt\'-seven years ago since he began 
 with an axe to let the sun-light fall upon that soil which has 
 ever since been his home. Hopefully toiling on, at first upon 
 the articled claim obtained in boyhood years, until he had 
 touched the meridian and found himself the possessor of many 
 broad acres, but still onward and upward, and now his years 
 are verging upon four-score and ten. and \'et each of these 
 many active, useful years have w itnessed some improvement in 
 his surroundings. 
 
 F<»s<lH'k Family. 
 
 Stephen Fosdick, the great progenitor of the family, was first 
 known in Charlestown, Conn., in 1635. His name appears on 
 
356 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 church records as one of the first to organize Harvard church. 
 He was one of forty to found New London, was proprietor of 
 Fosdick's Neck and Inlet, and participated in the sale of Bos- 
 ton Commons, with other privileges granted at that age to 
 noted men. History also says he was expelled from the church 
 and fined i,"20 for reading Ana-Baptist papers ; was afterwards 
 restored to the church by paying the fine. 
 
 Solomon Fosdick, a descendant of Stephen, was born in the 
 town of Oyster Bay, Queens county, L. L, April 8, 1776; was 
 married to Anna Thorn, a member of the Society of Friends, 
 at Coeyman's landing; after that resided at Rockaway, L. I., 
 \\here three of their children, viz., Samuel, Angeline and Pru- 
 dence, were born. He then removed to Amsterdam, where 
 two children, Alice and Elizabeth, were born. He then 
 removed to Rensselaerville, Albany county, where three chil- 
 dren, Mary T., John S. and Jesse T. were born. Morris was 
 born at Oyster Bay, L. 1. In November, 18 19, Mr. Fosdick 
 removed with his family to Boston, Erie county, renting and 
 living on a place owned by Aaron Adams, after by purchase, a 
 place on West hill, and in I^22 the place lately owned by Am- 
 brose Torr}', adjoining the town line of Boston, in the town of 
 Concord, where he lived until his death, Feb. 11, 1838. His 
 wife, Anna Fosdick, died in Springville, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1858 ; 
 both were buried at Boston, where a suitable monument was 
 erected by their son Morris to their memory. 
 
 Of their children. Prudence married Joseph Alger; she died 
 in Boston in 1848; her children, Rollin Alger, Mrs. Mortimer 
 Adams, Mrs. A. Oatman and Mrs. Miranda Steele, still reside in 
 Boston, where they were born. 
 
 Samuel Fosdick died in 11^64, and was buried in Youngstown, 
 N. Y.; his son Hiram resides in Salamanca and is cashier of the 
 Salamanca National bank ; his daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Ells- 
 worth, resides in Buffalo, and his daughter by a second mar-; 
 riage. Miss Dora Fosdick, resides \\ith her uncle, John S. Fos- 
 dick, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 
 Morris Fosdick died in Springxille in 1^72. 
 
 Angeline married Nicholas Bonsteel and li\ed and died at 
 ■Great Valley, N. Y., leaving four children. 
 
HIOGRArilK'AL SKKTCIIES. 357 
 
 One of them, Dr. A. S. Honsteel, of Cony, Pa., is w ell known 
 as a physician and surgeon. 
 
 Alice married Stillman Andrews, and li\'es in Jamestown. 
 
 Ehzabe'h married Camden Lake and lived and died in 
 Springville, N. Y., leaving one daughter, Mrs. Laurette Tabor, 
 who still resides there. 
 
 Mar\- T. married James Getty, and resides in East Ham- 
 burg, X. V. 
 
 John S. Fosdick was a teacher for forty-five )'ears, is now a 
 farmer and resides at Westfield, Chautauqua county, N. \'.; he 
 was at one time Superintendent of Education in Ikiffalo, and 
 for a number of years was Principal of Westfield academy. 
 
 Jesse T. Fosdick, the youngest, now sixt\--four years old, 
 resides at Salamanca, N. Y. He has been in the New York, 
 Pennsylvania and Ohio railway compan}''s employ (formerly 
 known as the Atlantic and Great Western Railway) for twent}'- 
 one years, and has been successful as a railroad man. He has 
 acquired the knowledge of controlling a large force of men, is 
 conceded honest and upright. Jesse T. Fosdick, in speaking 
 of his childhood, always brings to mind the fact that Louise 
 Carr (afterwards Louise Alger) taught him his letters, and he 
 has through Hfe cherished a friendly feeling, second only to 
 that of his mother, towards his early teacher. At their last 
 meeting, a few years since, they both showed this attachment, 
 and when Jesse became a lad again, and she almost fancied 
 herself again his teacher, it was with the utmost difficulty that 
 the pent up feelings of half a century were restrained. 
 
 Morris Fosdick, Esq. 
 
 Morris P'osdick, son of Solomon and Anna (Thorne) Fosdick, 
 was born Dec. 9, 1804, in the town of Oyster Bay, Queens 
 county, N. Y.; learned the trade of shoemaker, tanner and cur- 
 rier of Hatch & Alger, in the town of Boston ; afterwards 
 worked as a journeyman for Mr. Hoyt, of Buffalo, and Hall 
 Brothers (father and uncle of Judge Hall), of Wales ; later 
 entered into partnership with Griffin Swain, of Otto, Cattarau- 
 gus county ; the\- carried on the business to which he was edu- 
 cated several j^ears, sold out his in interest the tannery, and 
 became a student at Springville Academy under Professor Par- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL skp:tchf:s. 
 
 sons, teaching school several Winters of his student life ; entered 
 the law ofifice of Elisha Mack ; admitted an attorney in the 
 Supreme Court of New York July 13, 1838; commissioned by 
 Gov. William L. Marcy Adjutant of the Two Hundred and Forty- 
 eighth regiment of Infantry Nov. 9, 1838 ; admitted to practice 
 in both the District and Circuit Courts of the United States Oct. 
 II, 1842; appointed Judge-Advocate with the rank of Colonel 
 in the Twenty-sixth Division of New York State Infantry Feb. 
 28, 1843; admitted counsellor in the Supreme Court of New 
 York July 14, 1843 ; admitted as solicitor and counselor in the 
 Court of Chancery of New York, July 19, 1843; became a law 
 
 MORRIS FOSDICK, ESQ. 
 
 partner with Wales Emmons for a time, and continued to prac- 
 tice his profession in Springville up to the time of his death, 
 which occurred Feb. 3, 1872, aged sixty-seven years. 
 
 Although a Democrat and living in a town o\-er\\helmingly 
 opposed to him politically, he, on several occasions, was elected 
 to offices of trust and honor. Elected Justice of the Peace, 
 and in 1857, elected Super\-isor and served as Chairman of the 
 Board. Served one term as justice of the Sessions. 
 
 With peculiarities and eccentricities, which oftentimes proved 
 almost offensive, he, nevertheless, by reason of regard for truth 
 
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RIOf;RAPIII(AI. SKKTCIIKS. 359 
 
 and his strict intci;rit\', hardl)' ever failed in retainin<^ the re- 
 spect and confidence of those with whom he had business 
 relations. 
 
 In all official positions he was strictly and tenaciously obser- 
 vant of his own duties, and was equall)' tenacious in requirin<^ 
 from others a due and proper obserx^ance of relations and duties 
 toward himself. His fidelity to official trusts was proverbial, 
 but was not less so than was his faithfulness to priwate interests, 
 entrusted to his care. 
 
 A bachelor throuf;h life he was most eminenth' endowed with 
 the most peculiar characteristics of that honorable fraternit)-. 
 A good counsellor, an honest man. 
 
 Beii.jaiiiiii Fryo. 
 
 Benjamin Fa\' was born in Athol, Worcester county, Ma.ss., 
 Sept 14, 1783. He came here in the Fall of 181 1, to "see the 
 country," and settled here in 181 2. His brother, Josiah. had 
 been here before he came and selected land, and went back to 
 Massachusetts and nev^er returned. Mr. Fay settled on Town- 
 send Hill, on lot 59, township se\en, range six, and li\ed 
 there till the time of his death, when he owned the whole 
 quarter section. When, in his prime, he was an energetic and 
 successful farmer ; he served as a soldier on the Niagara frontier 
 in the war of i8i2-'i5; he was in several skirmishes and 
 engagements on each side of the river, on one occasion a can- 
 non ball killed his right hand man. On another occasion at 
 Fort Erie, where he and Isaac Knox, of this town, were not far 
 apart, a cannon ball passed between them and whirled them 
 both around ; he was at the burning of Buffalo, and was com- 
 pelled to flee with the others. After the close of the war he 
 held several high offices in the militia, was elected Colonel, but 
 did not ser\e. He also held several town offices, such as 
 School Inspector, Assessor, Commissioner and Justice of the 
 Peace. In early days he was one of the leading men of the 
 town. June lo, 1819, he was married to Polly Bowler, who 
 was born in Guilford, Vt. Mr. Fay died in this town Sept. 17. 
 1863, aged eighty years. Mrs. F'ay died in this town Jan. 2, 
 1870, aged seventy-one years. There children were: 
 
 Benjamin Albert, born 1820, died in 1822. 
 
360 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Amos F., born Jan 2, 1822, resides in Indianapolis, Ind. 
 B. A., born Sept. 29, 1823, resides in Springville. 
 Charles, born April 12, 1826, died Feb. 6, 1863, in this town. 
 Ward, born July 28, 1829, is in California. 
 Polly D , born Aug. 3, 1836, died June, 1837. 
 
 Neheniiah Frye. 
 
 Nehemiah Fay settled on Townsend Hill in 1816, where he 
 lived about twenty-five years, and then removed to Little Val- 
 ley, Cattaraugus county, where he and his wife both died, hav- 
 ing lived to a good old age. Their children were : 
 
 Nabby, who married Obadiah Russell, and moved to Little 
 Valley, where they both died. 
 
 Fannie married Asahel Field, and lives in Little Valle}'. 
 
 James lives in Cattaraugus county. 
 
 Alcander lives in Great Valley, Cattaraugus count}\ 
 
 Solomon Field. 
 
 Solomon Field was born in Uurfield, Mass., on the Connecti- 
 cut river, and came from there to Madison count}'. N. Y., 
 where he remained a few years. He took up lot three, town- 
 ship seven, range seven, in 1809, and located there in the Fall 
 of 1 8 10, where he resided until the time of his death. His 
 children were : 
 
 Ruth married Royal Twichell, and died several years ago. 
 
 Asahel married Fanny Fay, and died in Little Valle\', Cat- 
 taraugus county. 
 
 William married Mary E. Briggs, and died in this town in 
 1870. 
 
 Huldah married Isbon Treat, and died in Colden. 
 
 Porter married in this town and removed East. 
 
 James Flemmings. 
 
 James Flemmings was born in Massachusetts in 1786, and his 
 wife, Sally Loomis Flemmings, was born there in 1789. They 
 came to this country and settled first in Boston, in 181S, and 
 afterward came to Concord in 1822. Mr. Flemmings was a 
 farmer and carpenter and joiner, and built houses and barns, 
 many of which are still standing. He lived for a while on the 
 
lUoCRAIMIICAI. SKK'ICIIKS. 361 
 
 Genesee road, \vi;st of Townsend Hill, and afteward bought a 
 farm on the south part of lot fifty-one, townsjiip seven, range 
 six. His house stood near the foot of the hill which was for a 
 long time called h'lemmings Hill. The old house still stands. 
 After a while he sold his farm and removed to Springville, 
 where he was engaged in trade for some time, and then removed, 
 to Ashford, Cattaraugus county, where he died Dec. 19, 1866, 
 aged seventy-nine yeans and eight months ; his wife died March 
 14, 1854, aged sixty-five years. 
 
 Their children were: 
 
 Jane, James, Hannah, Sally, Joseph, Parker and Margaret. 
 
 Jane married E. T. Briggs ; after his death she married Will- 
 iam Field, who is also dead. She is living in Springville. 
 
 James married Nancy Norcott and died in Springville, Sept. 
 6. 1867, aged fifty-four years and eight months. 
 
 Hannah married Samuel Wheeler and died Sept. 24, 1841, 
 aged twenty-five )'ears. 
 
 Sally married first, Adoniram Blake; second, Elam Chandler 
 and died Feb. 25, 1880. 
 
 Joseph li\'es in Springville. 
 
 Parker married Susan Babbett and died in Ashford in 1873, 
 aged forty-seven. 
 
 Margaret married Horace B. Harrington and died in Ellicott- 
 ville in 186 1, aged 31 years. 
 
 .Tosepli B. Floiiiiiiiiigs. 
 
 Mr. Flemmings was born in Concord on Towsend Hill, March 
 1 1, 1822. He was a son of James Flemmings, one of the early 
 pioneers of the town. His mother's maiden name was Sally 
 Loomis. He attended school at the Springville Academy dur- 
 ing the year 1840. He was married in 1842 to Harriet Bisby. 
 They have one daughter, Mrs. Calvin C. Smith, born Aug. 4, 
 1844, and one son Ernest, born Feb. 27, 1856. Mr. Plem- 
 mings has resided principally at Springville and Salamanca. 
 His occupation is that of architect and builder, in which he is 
 ver\- skilled and proficient. Man}- of the finest residences and 
 structures in Cattaraugus county and Springville are of his 
 planning and building. Of those of which he was either the 
 architect or builder or both, ma}' be mentioned the Leland 
 
362 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 House and the residence of J. P. Meyers, in Springville ; the 
 residences of Hon. Commodore Vedder, EHicottville, and Syd- 
 ney N. Delap, Mansfield, and the large lumber mill of James 
 Fitts at Salamanca. 
 
 Abraiii Fisher. 
 
 Abram Fisher came from V'ermont to this town (Concord) in 
 1829, and bought of Peter Tice, brother of Daniel Tice, fifty 
 acres of land on the south part of lot fifty, township seven, 
 range six. About 1836, he moved from this town to Boston, 
 and from there he moved to the West Branch in the town of 
 North Collins, from there he moved to Pennsylvania, where he 
 died in i860. He was a farmer. 
 
 His children were : 
 
 Acsah, who died about 1850 in Vermont. 
 
 William, the stage driver and violinist, w ho died in Pennsyl- 
 vania about 1875. 
 
 Richmond died in North Collins about 1840. 
 
 Sarah Ann died in Buffalo about 1865. 
 
 Nelson died in North Collins about 1840. 
 
 Perry died in North Collins about 1840. 
 
 Roswell lives in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Erasmus lives in Springville. He was born in Concord, the 
 other children were born in Vermont. 
 
 Philip Forriii. 
 
 Mr. P"errin's father, Ebenezer Ferrin, came from Hebron, 
 Grafton county, N. H., to Concord ( Horton Hill), in the Fall of 
 181 5, with his family. The next Spring he located land in 
 Concord, where the Warner place now is, lot fift\'-two, range 
 six, township seven, where he lix'ed until his death, March 9, 
 1852. He was born in Hebron, N. H., Sept. 4, 1777, where he 
 was married Nov. 26, 1801, to Lydia Phelps, who was born 
 March 9, 1782. She died about 1855. 
 
 Fourteen children were born to them, all but one li\"ing to 
 mature years as follows : 
 
 Francis, born May 16, 1803; resides in Minnesota. 
 
 Samuel, born Nov. 12, 1804; resides in Utah. 
 
 Jesse, born Ma}- I, 1806; resides in Allegan}' county, N. Y. 
 
MIoCkAI'lIICAI, SKKICUKS. 363 
 
 Mary, born Aul;". i, uSoj; resides in Iowa. 
 
 Alice, born March 1<S, i<So<S ; died about i^S^q. 
 
 Unice, born Aug. 9, i.Sio; died about 1857. 
 
 Harvc}', born Aui;-. iS, i.Sii ; died Ma}- lO, 1840. 
 
 Lydia, born Jul\' 19, 1813 ; died about 1863. 
 
 Philip, born June 29. 181 5; resides in Sprin<^ville, N. Y. 
 
 Nathan, born Ju!_\- 12, 1818; resides in Indiana. 
 
 Adna P., born Jul\- 12. 1820. died about 1858. 
 
 Achsa, born Feb. i, 1822: died April 5, 1822. 
 
 Luc}". born l^\'b. 16, 1823 ; died March 7, 1849. 
 
 Lodica M., born jul\' ij , 1825 ; resides in Allegan}' county 
 N.V. 
 
 Mr. Philip hV'rrin has al\\a}'s been a resident of Concord, and 
 a successful and \er\- industrious farmer. He was married 
 Feb. II, 1841, to Kmeline Stanbro. 
 
 Ten children haxe been born to them, \i/,. : 
 
 Charles A., born March 21, 1842; married P^lizabeth Reed. 
 
 Andre\\- Clark, born Nov. 13, 1843; married. I 1st), Georgie 
 Long, (2d). Josephine Long. 
 
 Ann, born Dec. i i. 1845 ; died Jan. 30, 1846. 
 
 Ward, born Dec. 21. 1847; niarried. (ist). Lmeline Reed, 
 ■(2d), Mrs. Amelia Horton. 
 
 Alice L., born Ma}- 19, 1849; ^""^^ Sept. 28. 1850. 
 
 Ella L.. born Aug. 28, 1852 ; married Clark Churchill. 
 
 Horace Lee, born Aug. 21, 1854; married Kate Hurd. 
 
 Nelson A., born Jvd}- 2^^, 1857; married Ella Long-. 
 
 Carrie E., born June 20, 1859; died, 1863. 
 
 Herbert \V., born June 29, 1862 ; married kla J^lackmar. 
 
 .loliii Fe<l<li<*k. 
 
 John h'eddick was born in 1837, in Paris, P" ranee, and is a 
 farmer. His wife's maiden name was Margaret Her}-, born 
 also in Paris. Came to Buffalo in 1852; was married in 1858. 
 
 His father, Nicholas Feddick, settled in the town of Collins, 
 on a farm and lived there until the time of his death, in 1879. 
 His family consisted of t\\el\e children, si.\ (^f whom died at 
 an early age and a daughter died in 1878; five are now living. 
 
 John Feddick sa}-s : " My two surviving brothers live in the 
 town of Collins. One of \\\\ sisters li\es in the town of Flden 
 
364 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 and the other in Sauk count\% Wisconsin. I left Collins in 
 1859, ^^'ent to Iowa, from Iowa to Missouri, from Missouri to 
 Kansas, from Kansas to Omaha, Nebraska, thence back to 
 Davenport, Iowa. I enlisted in the 2d Iowa Ca\alr}-, Company 
 ' E,' Captain Kendrick, attached to Colonel Elliott's Regiment. 
 Continued in the service from 1862 to the close of the war. 
 Was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Juka, Port Hudson and 
 others of lesser note, including the Siege of Vicksburg. Was 
 discharged at Eastport, Mississippi ; returned to Gowanda, and 
 soon after came and settled in Concord." His children are : 
 
 George, born Dec. 10, 1859. 
 
 Nettie, born Nov. 19, 1861. 
 
 Mary, born Oct. 19, 1862; died April 24, 1876. 
 
 Emma, born Jan. 10, 1866. 
 
 John, born Aug. 2, 1868. 
 
 Peter, born July 5, 1870. 
 
 Victor, born June 16, 1873. 
 
 Helen, born June 21, 1878. 
 
 Lettie, born Jan. 8, 1881. 
 
 The Foote Family. 
 
 Ransford T. F"oote was born in Litchfield count}', Connecti- 
 cut, Jan. 6, 1806. Susan Foote, his wife, was born in the same 
 count}-, Dec. 2, 1805. They came to Otto, Cattaraugus county, 
 in 1826, and to Concord in 1838. In his younger days Mr. 
 Foote worked at shoe making as well as farming. He now 
 owns, occupies and conducts a large dair}--farm in the north- 
 east part of Concord. 
 
 They have one son, Harr}- Foote, who was born in Cattar- 
 augus county, March 22, 1832. He was married Feb. 11, 1864, 
 to Jane Rollo Calkins, who was born Aug. 23. 1838. They 
 have no children. He resides near his father. They are indus- 
 trious and prosperous farmers and are highh- esteemed in the 
 communit}'. 
 
 Mrs. R. T. Foote's father's name was Wheeler Atwood and 
 her mother's maiden name was Susannah Stoddard. I learn 
 from the history or her nati\e town in Connecticut, that her 
 ancestors on both sides, were among the earliest settlers in 
 Massachusetts and Connecticut. Some of them cominu" over 
 
BIOCIRAI'inCAL SKETCHES. 365 
 
 as early as 1639 ; and I also learn from the same book that 
 they were among the first families in the communities in which 
 they lived. Several of them were graduates of Harvard Col- 
 lege and some of them were ciergN'nicn, and some were doctors. 
 
 STATEMENT OF MRS. HANSFORD T. FOOTE. 
 
 We came to Otto, Cattaraugus count}-, from Connecticut, in 
 November, 1826. It took us four days to go from Buffalo to 
 Otto. Mr. F'oote went to Otto because he had relatives there. 
 The first winter we lived in a log-house with another family, 
 named Buttcrfield. The house was eighteen by twent)- feet. 
 The floor was split out of bass-wood logs, and there was but 
 one six-lighted window. The sash were small slats nailed 
 together and paper was pasted over the sash and then greased 
 and used as a substitute for glass ; and in the center there was 
 a small piece of glass, as large as the palm of your hand, fitted 
 so that we could look out. The chimney had a stone back 
 up a few feet but no jambs ; the top was finished out with 
 sticks. Some time during the first winter, about ten o'clock 
 one night I was up and at work hetcheling flax, all the others 
 in the house having gone to bed, when I heard my geese 
 squall fearfully outside, near the house. I went out and saw a 
 long, low animal near the geese. I tried to scare him awa}-but 
 he stood there some time, and when he turned up his head to 
 look at me, his eyes shown like two balls of fire ; he finall\- went 
 away. I told Mr. Butterfield what I had seen and he went the 
 next morning and examined the tracks and said it was a cata- 
 mount. The wolves then were \ery numerous. I ha\'e often 
 listened to their bowlings in the night and the}- \-er}- often 
 killed sheep in the neighborhood and in difl"erent parts of the 
 town, and the inhabitants generally turned out at different 
 times to hunt and destro}- or dri\'e them out of town. 
 
 Deer were very thick then. I have frequently seen them in 
 the fields and near the house. One morning I looked out and 
 saw five fine looking deer feeding beside the garden fence. 
 
 The second year after we came to Otto, we had managed to 
 get two cows, and I made butter and had saved up a consider- 
 able quantit}-. I wanted some groceries and Mr. Foote took 
 his oxen and carried me and several of the neighboring women 
 
366 bioc;raphicai. sketches. 
 
 to Lodi, ten miles, to trade. We started before daylight and 
 forded the Cattaraugus, and when we arrived at Mr. Plumb's 
 store he asked us what \\e wanted to get for our butter. I told 
 him I would like to get some groceries ; he said he could not 
 sell groceries for butter, but would let me ha\'c shelf goods; 
 hs said he was then paying six cents for butter (just previous 
 he had paid but five cents). So I had to sell my butter for 
 shelf goods and go home without an}' groceries. Since that 
 time we have sold butter for fifty cents per pound cash, and 
 have kept and milked between thirty-fixe and fort)' cows at a 
 time. 
 
 The second year after we came to Otto our tax was one dol- 
 lar and fifty cents, and when Mr. Allen, the collector, came for 
 it Mr. Foote told him he had no money and he knew of no 
 way that he could get any. Mr. Allen said to him that he had 
 some money that he had received from the town, and that he 
 would pay the tax, and Mr. Foote, who was a shoemaker, 
 might come over to his house and make up some shoes for 
 his family, which he did. One year in the time of the Rebel- 
 lion, Mr. Foote paid as much as $140 tax, and he said he 
 could pay that tax easier than he could raise that one dollar 
 and fifty cents in money at that time. 
 
 W. Wallace Fieiioli. 
 
 W. \\\ P^rench was born in the year 1828, in the Town of 
 Bennington, Vt.; came to Concord in 1831 ; is railroad agent; 
 was married to Celestia Pratt, who was born in Willink, Erie 
 county, N. Y., September, 1837. ^^'^ father's name was Rus- 
 sell French ; his mother's maiden name was Julia Catlin ; both 
 living at Waverly, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. His grand- 
 father's name was William French : his grandmother's maiden 
 name was Lydia Esterbrook : both buried in Springville ceme- 
 tery: grandfather died Jan. 27, 1840, aged sixty-one years; 
 grandmother died May 21, 1849, '^ged sevent}' )'ears. 
 
 They had one daughter, Nettie D. P'rench, born at Buffalo. 
 N. Y., Oct. 26, 1862 ; died at Springville, June 13, 1881. 
 
 Frecleriok Fox. 
 
 P'rederick P\)x was born in 1833, ''"' P^rlah-Baden. German)', 
 and worked at farming until he came to this count)'. He 
 
luocRAi'iiicAL SKi:r(M[i:s. 367- 
 
 started to come here Nov. 7, i860; his brother Leo and sister 
 Mary M.came with him. Tiiey embarked at tlie Cit)-of Havre, 
 in France, and were ft)rt)' da)'s on the ocean to New York. 
 They came from New York to Huffalo. and from Buffalo to 
 his brother Christian's, in Ashford. He worked for him one 
 year and for George Hughey three years. He was married 
 June 1, 1865. to Mary M. Utrich, of Ashford (her native place 
 was North Collins). They moved to Springville and com- 
 menced keeping hotel in 1865. The\' have since re-built and 
 enlarged the hotel, and continued to keep the same until 1883, 
 when he sold out to Theodore Frew. 
 
 Their children are : Frank G., Mary L., CTara L.. antl Fred- 
 erick William. 
 
 ("asiKT Faurliiij'". 
 
 Casper Faulring was born May 27, 1839. in the State of Sax- 
 ony, 'Germain' : is a farmer b}' occupation ; was married March 
 I, 1868, to Barbara Foster; his father's name was Frederick 
 Faulring; his mother's maiden name was Margaret Taff ; his 
 fatlier's famih' came all together frcMii Germany in 1854;. 
 shipped on a sail vessel at Hamburg, Germany, for New York, 
 and landed in New York Jan. 9, 1854; they were sixty-four 
 days in making the passage; it was a long, cold and rough time. 
 They settled on the farm where he now lives. 
 
 They have seven children : 
 
 John, born Dec. 9, 1868. 
 
 Frederick, born April 9. 1869. 
 
 Mary, born Jan. 1, 1871. 
 
 Ferdinand, born Sept. 4, 1873. 
 
 Chris, born March 6, 1876. 
 
 Casper, born Jan. r, 1878. 
 
 Louisa, born May 7. 1881. 
 
 fianu's l>. Fiilh'r. 
 
 Mr. b\iller's father, John (i. Fuller, was born in Drx'den, 
 Madison count}-, N. Y., ^Liy 11, 1805; from there he went to 
 Penns\-lvania ; from Penusyhania he came to Ashford, N. Y., 
 in 1825; he died in Sardinia Sept. 24, 1881. He was married 
 to Florilla Studley. 
 
368 BIOORAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 James D. Fuller was born in Ashford, Cattaraugus county, 
 N. Y., Feb. 28, 1845 ; about 1850 his father's family moved to 
 Sardinia. In 1868 Mr. Fuller moved to Concord, where he has 
 since resided; his occupation is farming. Mr. F. enlisted Aug. 
 9, 1862, in Company F, One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment, 
 New York State volunteers, and participated in all the battles 
 and campaigns in which his regiment took part ; he was mus- 
 tered out of the service June 26, 1865. Mr. Fuller was married 
 in 1866, to Emily N. Crosby. They have four daughters : 
 
 Alice M., born Feb. 10, i^yo. 
 
 Myrtie, born Feb. 3, 1873. 
 
 Gertie E., born Sept. 5, 1874. 
 
 Nettie, born March 29, 1876. 
 
 Benjamin C. Foster. 
 
 Benjamin C. Foster came and located on lot fifty-one, town- 
 ship seven, range six, before the war of 18 12, and was the first 
 on that lot ; he set out the orchard that still stands a short dis- 
 tance up the side-hill on the old Amos Stanbro place, and there 
 is where his log house was located. His children were Otis, 
 Susan, who married Stukely Stone, Polly, Adaline, Lucy, Delia, 
 Benjamin and Samuel. 
 
 Benjamin C. Foster and Stukely Stone went from this town 
 to Cambria, Niagara county, sixty years ago, and finally to 
 Hume, Allegany county. 
 
 John S. Foster. 
 
 John S. Foster, brother of Benjamin C, came here after the 
 close of the war and built him a house beside his brother's on 
 the same lot and remained a few years and then removed to 
 Hartland, Niagara county, where he died. His children were: 
 
 Frelove, who married Whitman Stone. 
 
 Lovica, who married Levi Palmer. 
 
 Sally, who married Ephraim Needham, and now resides in 
 Brant, this county. 
 
 Amanda, who married Uriah Chappel and lives in Kendall 
 county. 111. 
 
 John S.. lives in Brant. 
 
 George W., lives in Elkhart, Ind. 
 
 Amy and Alma, dead. 
 
BIOCRAl'llUAI. SKETCHES. 369 
 
 Theodore Frew. 
 
 Theodore Frew is a son of Joseph Frew and Christina (Bru- 
 der) Frew, who emigrated from Baden, Germany, in 1831. 
 Theodore was born Oct. 13. 1833. in Boston, Erie county, N. 
 Y.; at fifteen years of age he went to Boston, Mass.; was there 
 six \'ears, and in 1858 he went to New Orleans, where he 
 remained until the occupation of that city by the Union army, 
 under General Banks, in 1863, when he joined Banks' army as 
 member of the engineers' corps, and returned north at the 
 close of the war. Mr. F"rew was a merchant and Postmaster at 
 East Eden, N. V., for eight years, and removed from that place 
 to Springville, N. Y., in 1883, where he became proprietor of 
 the Farmers' hotel. He was married Jan. 10, 1865, to Frances 
 ^^'ebber; they have five children. 
 
 Seth W. Godard. 
 
 Seth W. Godard, a son of Nathan Godard and Bertha Briggs 
 Godard, was born in Massachusetts, in 18 14, and was brought 
 to this town by his parents in 1816. In his boyhood days he 
 worked at farming, and chopping and clearing land. He after- 
 wards learned the shoemaker's trade and worked at that several 
 years. He bought and sold cattle, and he also drove cattle to 
 the eastern market. He also owned and bought and sold 
 farms, and he was for a time in the dry goods trade. 
 
 He studied law, and was several times elected to the ofificeof 
 Justice of the Peace. He was elected to the office of Super- 
 visor of Concord for ten terms, and in 1855 he was elected a 
 member of the Legislature. He was a good financier and 
 acquired a good property. He was liberal and public spirited, 
 and was highly esteemed b\' all who knew him. He never 
 
 married. 
 
 James Ooodeiiiote. 
 
 The Goodemotes came to Ashford, Cattaraugus count}-, from 
 near Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., where James' 
 father, Philip Goodemote, was born in 1796. He came to Ash- 
 ford about 1816, and bought land of the Holland Land com- 
 pany near the Cattaraugus creek. He was then unmarried and 
 was accompanied by his brother John. In the Fall of 1820, 
 their father, John Goodemote, and their brothers, Baltus, Harry 
 and William came, all settling in Ashford. 
 
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370 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Philip, father of James, a soldier of 1812, was married in 
 1820 to Harriet Vosburg. They had four sons and four 
 daughters: James, EHza, PhiHp Jr., Ann, John, Sally, David 
 and Sophia. 
 
 James Goodemote was born in Ashford in 1821 ; was mar- 
 ried in 1846 to Maria Wilcox. They have two children living : 
 Linda married Warner Bond, and James P. Mr. Goodemote 
 lives on the first farm cleared in the Town of Ashford ; it was 
 cleared about 181 5 by Nathan Sanders. Mrs. Goodemote's 
 father owned the farm fifty years ago, and it has been in pos- 
 session of the family since. 
 
 C'orneliiis Ciraif. 
 
 Cornelius Graff was born in Concord, in 1837, where he now 
 resides. He enlisted August, 1861, in company F, One Hun- 
 dred and Sixteenth New York volunteers; was with the regi- 
 ment until he was mustered out at Washington, in December, 
 1863. He took part in the storming of Port Hudson, the Red 
 River expedition, etc. In August, 1863, while crossing the 
 Shenandoah river, he was wounded. 
 
 He was a son of Barney Graff, who was born in 1796, and 
 came to Concord from Montgomery county, N. Y., about sixt}-- 
 six years ago, and settled in the vicinity of East Concord where 
 he lived until his death, in 1867. 
 
 Aioliibald Griffith. 
 
 Mr. Griffith came to this town from Rhode Island in 1S15, 
 and located in the northeastern corner of lot thirty-fixe, and 
 was the first settler on that lot. Although he was by occupa- 
 tion a farmer he also taught school in early times and also sur- 
 veyed some for the settlers. He was a successful business man 
 and acquired quite a large property, and at one time held the 
 ofifice of Justice of the Peace. In 1867, he made a liberal dona- 
 tion to the Springville Academy, in consideration of \\'hich its 
 name was changed to Griffith Institute. Mr. Griffith after- 
 wards bequeathed over ten thousand dollars to the institution 
 as a permanent fund, to be used mainly for the education of 
 orphan and indigent children of the Town of Concord. 
 
 He had no children, and died Jan. 8, i87i,aged seventy-nine 
 
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HKXJRAi'IFKAI. SKKTCIIKS. 37I 
 
 years and four months. His wife Sarah died March 13, 1875. 
 aged eiy^hty x-ears and seven months. 
 
 I>avid E. Griffith. 
 
 David E. Griffith's father, Hezekiah Griffith was born in 1790 
 m Stephentown, Rensselaer county, N. V.. from which place he 
 came to Concord about 1830, and settled at Waterville, on lot 
 thirty-eight, where he lived until 1865. He died in West 
 Seneca, in 1872. 
 
 He was married in Stephentown to Millicent Beers ; she died 
 in 1870, aged seventy-seven years. They had ten children viz • 
 Jonathan, William, Esther, Lydia, Simeon, Robert, Electa 
 David E. Peter and Alvira. 
 
 Esther married Arnold Wilson, and died in Boston, Erie 
 county. 
 
 Lydia married Philander Flint ; died in 1843, aged twenty- 
 four years. 
 
 Simeon — dead. 
 
 Electa died in 1849, aged twenty-one years. 
 Alvira died in 1841, aged four years. 
 The remaining f^ve are living at the present time. 
 David E. Griffith was born Sept. 3. 1830 ; he has always b^en 
 a resident of Concord. He has been twice married ; first in 
 1857, to Sarah Ackerson, of Orleans county ; she died in 1869 
 aged thirty-four years, leaving two daughters. Flora and Alice' 
 I\Ir. Griffith was married a second time to Gelana Farman by 
 Avnom he has si.x children-Fred, Nina, James, Hattie, Robin 
 and Susie. 
 
 Yates Gardinier. 
 Vates Gardinier was born Dec. 12, 1839 ; his father's name is 
 Abram Gardinier; his mother's maiden name was Anna Yates 
 I hey came to Concord from Fultonville, Montgomery county' 
 V \. His wife's maiden name was Selinda Smith, dau-hter 
 of Calvin Smith; was married July 23. 1862. Their children'are 
 Stephen A., born June 16, 1865. 
 Hattie B., born Jan. 25, 1866. 
 Leslie, born Oct. 26, 1868. 
 
 Mr. Gardinier was called in the military service in the war of 
 the rebellion, at the time Gen. R. E. Lee invaded Pennsyl- 
 vania ; was on dut\- but a few weeks. 
 
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 Albert S. Oaylord. 
 
 Albert S. Gaylord, son of Horace and Rebecca Gaylord was 
 born in Broome county, N. Y., Sept. i. 1839. When young his 
 parents removed to Concord, where he has since resided, now 
 owning and conducting the saw mill west of Springville, known 
 as the Gaylord mill, and is also engaged in farming. He built 
 the mill in 1867. At one time the mill was principally used for 
 manufacturing cheese boxes ; a planing mill is now connected 
 with it. Mr. Gaylord was married May 8. 1861, to Mary Jane 
 Fuller, daughter of Ira H. Fuller. 
 
 They have a family of five children : 
 
 James G., born Sept. 8, 1862. 
 
 Vinton D., born May I'j, 1864. 
 
 Clinton D., born Oct. 7, 1869. 
 
 Albert, born June 7, 1872. 
 
 Mary Grace, born Oct. 21, 1878. 
 
 Stephen B. Gaylord. 
 
 Stephen B. Gaylord was born in Homer, Cortland county, N, 
 Y., April II, 1807. ^t seventeen he was apprenticed to the 
 cabinet makers' trade in his native town ; at the close of his 
 term of serx'ice he set up in business for himself, which he fol- 
 lowed until 1847, ^vhen he came to Springville and engaged in 
 an extensive cabinet and undertaking business which he carried 
 on until a few years since, when he relinquished it. He was 
 married in 183010 Huldah Brewer. 
 
 They have had six children : 
 
 Henry, married to Mary Belden ; is a book-keeper in Chi- 
 cago. 
 
 Caroline, died in Cortland county, N. Y. 
 
 Franklin S., married Louise Shankland ; is a farmer and fur- 
 niture dealer at Brighton, Mich. 
 
 Manlc)', married Maria liutterworth ; is a photograph artist 
 at Medina, N. Y. 
 
 Mary E., married liarry Townsend, a dentist at Pontiac, 111. 
 
 John B., married to Ella Webber; is a commercial agent in 
 Chicago. 
 
 Allen Goorteiiiote. 
 
 Allen Goodemote was born in .Xshford, Cattaraugus county, 
 
IJRXiRAl'llRAl, SKKIVHKS. 373 
 
 Feb. 12, 1 83 1. His father's name was David Cioodemote, and 
 his mother's maiden name was CaroHne V'osbur^h ; his Ljrand- 
 father came from Cokimbia count}', N. Y.; his fatlier died in 
 Ashford in 1S33 : his mother married J. G. Searle and went to 
 Ilh'nois in 1844. In i850he went across the phiins to Califor- 
 nia, and returned in 1862: went back in the I^^ill of 1863 and 
 came home in the Fall of 1864; he built the first mill in Ne- 
 vada for crushing the quartz of the Comstock lode ; he built a 
 steamboat at LaCrosse, Wis., on the Mississippi, in 1865, and 
 commanded it for a while, and then sold it and removed to 
 this place. In the Fall of 1865 he came to Springville and 
 bought the farm of W. P. Mills, lying south of the village and 
 moved on to it in July, 1866: in June, 1879, '""-' ''^ent to the 
 mining regions of Colorado ; returned in January, 1880. Was 
 married June 10, 1866, to Miss Aurelia I. Golden, of Hancock 
 county. 111. Their children are Jessie, Lysander C, Gracie and 
 Cora (twins), and Greeh' R. 
 
 Abram Garclinier and Family. 
 
 Abram Gardinier was born in Fultonville, Montgomery 
 county, N. Y., May 9th, i8oo. Piis father's name was Thomas 
 Gardinier and his mother's maiden name was Mar\' Harden- 
 burgh. In 1828 he was married to Anna Yates. Eight years 
 later he came to Concord and after casting about for some time 
 in search of a desirable location he purchased of Reuben Wright, 
 240 acres of land situated one and one-half miles north-east of 
 East Concord, on lot twenty-nine, township seven, range six. 
 about fift)' acres of which had been partially cleared. He set 
 vigoroush' to work, making impro\-ements, clearing land, etc. 
 He built what was considered in those days, a model residence, 
 in which he resides at the present time. Their children were : 
 
 Thomas, born Oct. 11, 1830. 
 
 Joseph Y., born Oct. 13, 1832. 
 
 Mary E., born Sept. 5, 1834. 
 
 Isaiah H., born May 3, 1837. 
 
 Yates, born Dec. 12, 1839. 
 
 Elias, born April 7, 1842. 
 
 Robert, born Jul\- 31, 1844. 
 
 John H., born Now 13, 1846, 
 
374 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Gardinier died Nov. 12, 1882, aged seventy-five 
 years, five months and eight days. 
 
 Isaiah Gardinier. 
 
 Isaiah Gardinier was born in the town of Concord, May 3, 
 1837. His boyhood days were spent in his native town, of 
 Avhich he was a resident until the year 1861, when he went 
 west and purchased land located near Blue Earth City, Fari- 
 bault county, Minn. In the Fall of 1862, occurred the mem- 
 orable Sioux outbreak, which was the signal for a general and 
 immediate exodus of the settlers from the scene of danger. 
 His description of the affair is very vivid. 
 
 This outbreak was the most bloody of any that ever occurred 
 in the United States. It is estimated that a thousand or more 
 whites were slain. Ten days after the outbreak a company of 
 Wisconsin soldiers were sent to the relief of the settlers and 
 under their protection Mr. Gardinier, with others, returned to 
 his and their farms. 
 
 After securing his crops Mr. Gardinier came to this town, of 
 which he has since been a permanent resident. He resides one 
 mile north-east of P^ast Concord, on what is commonl}- known as 
 the Freeman farm. He was married March 18, 1868, to Harriet 
 E. Hemstreet. They have two children, Annie and Allie. 
 
 Mr. Gardinier has been Assessor of Concord two terms. 
 
 George W. Goodell. 
 
 George W. Goodell was born Feb. 22, 1816, near Lake 
 George, N. Y.; came to Concord in 1823. He ^\•as a farmer 
 and was married Sept. 15, 1847, to Martha A. Luck, who was 
 born in Buffalo, May 7, 1829. His father's name was Ezekiel 
 Goodell ; his mother's maiden name was Lydia Carpenter. 
 George W. Goodell died March 30, 1879. His father came to 
 Concord in 1825, and lived there until the time of his death, 
 which occurred August, 1857. Mrs. Martha A. Goodell, his 
 wife, survives. Their children are : 
 
 Charlie E., born April 11. 1852 ; died July 28, 1878. 
 
 Ida L., born Oct. 25, 1855 ; died Nov. 5, 1862. 
 
 Leighton M., born Sept. 20, 1857. 
 
 Mary A., born April 18, 1859; died Oct. 24, 1862. 
 
 Henry, born Sept. 5, 1864. 
 
 John \V., born Feb. 5, 1865. 
 
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 Elijali (ii-jivi's. 
 
 Elijah Graves was born in Hatfield, Mass., in the year 1814, 
 and came to this state from Amherst, Hampshire count}-, 
 Mass.. in the year 1841. His father's name was KHjah Graves ; 
 his mother's maiden name was Eunice Smith. His occupation 
 isfarmin<,^; was married in the year 1837, to Miss Sally A. 
 Sanderson, who was born in Massachusetts. He removed to 
 the town of Burton (now Allegany) Cattaraugus county, N. 
 Y., forty-one years ago. It was then a wilderness. He says, 
 " my farm was all woods. Cleared a small place and built a 
 log-house. We had a hard time ; made shingles for a while 
 and then built a saw-mill, and after running it for a while sold 
 out and came to Erie county, where I now live." Family 
 record : 
 
 Jane E., born April 21, 1839, in Amherst, Mass. 
 
 Matilda A., born Nov. 29, 1845, '» Allegany, N. Y.; married 
 to Daniel Tarbox Oct. 16, 1866. 
 
 Hattie A., born April 26, 1853, in Concord, N. Y.; married 
 to Luzerne D. Hemstreet. 
 
 Horace Gaylord. 
 
 Horace Gaylord was born Nov. 15, 1847, i" the town of Con- 
 cord ; he is a farmer. Was married April 3, 1869, to Candace 
 M. King, who was born in the town of Collins, May 29, 1847. 
 His father's name was Horace Gaylord, his mother's naiden 
 name was Rebecca Powers, his grandfather's name was James 
 Gaylord, his grandmother's maiden name was E.xperience Law- 
 rence. He says: " My father, Horace Gaylord, came to Con- 
 cord from Broome county, N. Y., June, 1839. '^Vas married in 
 Broome county. May 20, 1829, to my mother, Rebecca Powers. 
 They had ten children, seven of whom survive. Father died 
 the 19th of August. 1880; m\- mother survives. My brother 
 James enlisted in the hundreth New York regiment ; served 
 three years ; was wounded at Fort Wagner, and also on Morris 
 Island. Died April 11, 1870, of consumption, induced by his 
 wounds and exposure in the service." 
 
 George H., born Aug; 9, 1830; married Jane Woodbury, and 
 resides in Missouri. 
 
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 Joel, born April 17, 1833 ; married Eupheme Louk ; resides 
 in Springville. 
 
 Charles, born Feb. 9, 1836 and died in the state of Kansas. 
 
 Albert S., born Sept. I, 1838 ; married Mary J. Fuller, 
 and lives in Concord. 
 
 Juliette, born Aug. 5, 1843 ! married Ansel Blasdell and 
 resides in Concord. 
 
 Mary E., born Aug. 27, 1850; died Nov. 15, 1865. 
 
 Paoli M., born Jan. 12, 1854; married Church Harris, resides 
 in Springville. 
 
 Jennie, born Sept. 30, 1858; married Court Harris, and 
 resides in Concord. 
 
 Horace has one child, James A., born March 5, 1872. 
 Beiijaniiii Garduer. 
 
 Benjamin Gardner came here at a ver)- early day and built 
 the first grist mill ever built in this town in 18 14. He lived 
 on East Hill on the south side of the street where Orange 
 Parmenter lived for a long time. He died about three years 
 after he built the mill. 
 
 John tirittitli. 
 
 John GrifTith was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer county, 
 N.- Y., in 1796. Came to Concord about 1833 and settled in 
 Waterville, where he died about 1864. He was Justice of the 
 Peace in Concord at one time. He was married in 1827 to 
 Harriet Sanford. 
 
 They had nine children : 
 
 Catharine, married Henry Stanbro. 
 
 Cyntha Eudora, born 1839, married Charles Cornell. 
 
 Nancy Eveline, born 1831, married John F. Morse. 
 
 ^lartha Esther, born 1832, married Fayette Treat. 
 
 Elnathan, born 1835, married Thankful Meyrs. 
 
 Sarah Ellen, born 1838, married Charles Spencer. 
 
 Caroline E., born 1841, married Corydon Steele. 
 
 William Henr}\ born 1844, married Cora Tabor. 
 
 Eugene, born 1850. 
 
 Hoi'toii Urotlier.s. 
 
 Truman and John Horton, brothers, came on foot from New- 
 Lebanon, Columbia count)', N. Y.. where they were born, to- 
 
mOGRAI'UKAL SKETCHES. 37/ 
 
 Concord in 1817. They located land on the northwest corner 
 lot in Concord, which had been articled at the land office sev- 
 eral years before by Jacob Horton, their father, who never 
 resided here, but returned to Columbia count)'. The brothers, 
 Truman and John, went back on foot, and on Feb. i, 1818. 
 they set out for Concord with their families, with two ox teams. 
 They were twenty-five days in making the journey, and it 
 snowed every day but one, the snow having fallen to such a 
 depth that the last stage of the journey was made with diffi- 
 culty. When they reached their destination they found by 
 measurement that the snow had accumulated on the fallen trees 
 to the depth of four feet. The only settler in Concord in the 
 neighborhood of their new home was Comfort Knapp, who 
 had been there four or five years. Sylvester and William 
 Knapp came the same year. William Owens lived just across 
 the line in Boston. The first school was taught on Horton hill 
 in 1823, in a log school house. The Hortons built log houses 
 on their land and lived there four years when they moved 
 across the town line into Boston. Truman died in Boston in 
 1869. He married Betsy Carr, who now lives in Boston. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Thurston, Hiram, Eliza A., Sabra, Spencer, Thomas, Mar\ . 
 Nathan and Asenath. 
 
 John Horton died in Eden about 1873. He married Mercy 
 Carr; by Whom he had children as follows : 
 
 John Jr., William. Mercy Ann, Jacob, Henry, Ira, Edwin, 
 Annis, Maria, Lorenzo, Lafayette. 
 
 Mercy Ann married Almon Perkins. 
 
 Annis married Sterling Titus. 
 
 Maria died unmarried. 
 
 By his second wife, Mrs. Rachel Lord, he had three sons : 
 
 Orando, Elgera and John. Jr. 
 
 William Horton, son of John Horton, was born March 18, 
 1 82 1, in Concord, and is by occupation a farmer. He was mar- 
 ried March 31. 1842. to Miss Amanda M. Chase, who was born 
 in Girard. Erie county. Pa. In 1823, with his parents, he 
 remo\ed to Boston and remained there twenty }'ears. He 
 married and lived in Concord, and after eleven years moved to 
 Boston and settled on the old homestead where he lived seven 
 
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 teen years. March \, 1869, removed to Concord and settled on 
 the farm where he now resides. 
 
 Family record : 
 
 Frank W. Horton, born Dec. 16, 1843 '' niarried Jan. i, 1866; 
 died Sept. 17, 1878. His wife's name was Sarah A. Fuller. 
 
 Irving M. Horton, born July 16, 1850; married Feb. 19, 
 1873 ; died Sept. 2, 1877. His wife's name was Amelia 
 Underbill. 
 
 Arthur B. Horton, born Oct. 19, 1859; died Oct. i, 1878. 
 
 Mary A. Horton, born May 4th, 1850, in Columbia county, 
 N. Y. ; married to L. G. Sweet, Dec. 24, 1874. Her husband 
 died Jul)' 15, 1 88 1, aged thirty-five years. 
 
 Thaddeiis Hickok. 
 
 Thaddeus Hickok was born at Ph'mouth, Grafton county, N. 
 H., in the year 1787, Oct. 14. He first visited the Holland 
 Purchase in company with a brother-in-law, in 18 16. That 
 Summer he worked in a brick yard in Buffalo. Being very 
 robust and athletic, his work was to wait upon the brick mould- 
 ers and carry the brick to the drying ground. In this he per- 
 formed double the work of any other hand on the yard and 
 received pay accordingly. After the season closed he again 
 came to Concord and he and his brother-in-law bought out 
 James Pike, who had located 200 acres on lot thirty. Soon 
 after he and his brother-in-law visited New Hampshire, and Mr. 
 Hickok was married early in the new year to Miss Rhoda Pike 
 and their bridal tour was made to their claims on the Holland 
 Purchase, both families took up their abode in the log cabin or 
 house built by Pike, but they soon after divided their claim. 
 Mr. Hickok taking 100 on the south side. A few apple trees 
 grew on the claim, and apples were so scarce and rare that the 
 two young housekeepers counted the apples and made an equal 
 division. After building a house and doing other work, he sold 
 this claim and bought another, on lot thirty-eight, of a man by 
 the name of Putnam. After living here a few )'ears his wife 
 w as taken sick and died. 
 
 He had two children by this wife, viz. : 
 
 Jacob P., and Rhoda Alvira. 
 
niO(;RAPHICAL SKETCHES. 3/9 
 
 A few years after he was married to Miss Polly Spauld- 
 ing, and he sold his farm to Ambrose Torrey. Again he 
 bought, this time on lot thirteen, and for about fifteen years 
 this place was his home. Then this place was sold to George 
 A. Moore, and he invested again in the farm just west of Ver- 
 non Cooper's. On this place the last days of the toil-worn 
 pioneer were passed. He died on the 20th day of February, 
 1875. His wife survived him only about a year. 
 
 By the last marriage three children were born, namely: 
 
 Emory P., Jennette and Charlotte. 
 
 Joseph J. Hakes. 
 
 Joseph J. Hakes was born in Washington county, N. Y., 
 May 23, 1809. His father's name was Josiah Hakes; his 
 mother's maiden name was Betsey Gennings ; they moved to 
 Madison county, N. Y., in 1813, and in the Spring of 1824 Mr. 
 Hakes came to this town, where he lived till the gold fever 
 broke out in California, when he went there and remained four 
 or five years ; he then came back and purchased a farm two 
 miles south of Springville, upon which he resided until six 
 years ago, when he moved into the village. Mr. Hakes was 
 first married in 1834 to Olive Crosby, who died in 1838, leaving 
 one son, Ira Hakes, who lives in Minnesota, where he was in 
 the midst of the great Indian massacre there. He was married 
 again to Mary Ann Barr, who died in 1877, leaving three chil- 
 dren, as follows: 
 
 Seraphine, married Benjamin Templeton ; resides in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Manley, engaged in sheep raising in California. 
 
 Orlando, married Ada Cutting; resides on the old home- 
 stead. 
 
 George Holland. 
 
 George Holland was born in Massachusetts, Sept. 27, 1805. 
 His mother's maiden name was Clarissa Ashley ; his father. 
 Luther Holland, was a distinguished inventor; among the 
 results of his inventive genius are : the first force pump ever 
 brought into use and the horizontal movement in fire engines; 
 he died in Springville about 1850, where he had resided a few 
 years with his son. 
 
380 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 George Holland was married in 1827 to Mary Ann Gra\'es ; 
 in 1835 they came to this town and Mr. Holland purchased a 
 large farm near what are now the corporation limits on North 
 Buffalo street. Springvnlle. In 1868 he sold his farm and 
 moved to the village, where he has since resided. Mrs. Hol- 
 land was born Feb. 5, 1804. They reared a famil)' of ten chil- 
 dren, viz.: 
 
 Nelson, born June 25. 1829: married Susan B. Clark ; resides 
 in Buffalo. 
 
 Elizabeth, born Feb. 5. 1831 ; died in 1850. 
 
 Dwight G., born Dec. 3, 1832; married Anna M. Nash; 
 resides at Saginaw. Mich. 
 
 George H.. born Jan. 28. 1835 ; married Sarah Cochran : 
 resides in Florida. 
 
 Eliza H., born June 28. 1837; married Charles J. Shuttle- 
 ^vorth. 
 
 Charles H., born April 2, 1839 ' married Sarah Turner: resides 
 at Saginaw, Mich. 
 
 Luther, born March 24. 1842 : married Nellie Blood; resides 
 at Saginaw, Mich. 
 
 Margaret E.. born Nov. 20. 1843: married Morris L. Hall. 
 
 Mar}' Ann Ursula, born Sept. 20, 1845. 
 
 Richard B.. born April 23. 1849. 
 
 Cliarles House, M. D. 
 
 Dr. House ^\'as born in Madison county. N. Y., Feb. 28, 1820. 
 He came to this town when four years of age and attended 
 school at Griffith Institute until the age of eighteen, when be 
 went to Washington and engaged in teaching for two years ; 
 he then commenced the stud}' of medicine with Dr. Barrett, of 
 Forestville, N. Y., teaching at intervals to defray expenses. 
 After completing his studies with Dr. Barrett he entered the 
 Alban}' Medical College, and graduated in the Spring of 1846. 
 He practiced medicine in Buffalo. Warsaw and Springville, 
 where he was also engaged in the druggist business. He was 
 married in 1851 to Esther Cornwall. He died in .Springville in 
 1854. Fie left one son : 
 
 C. Willis, born in 1852 in Springville; married in 1879 to 
 
BIOGRAlMIICAl, SKKTCIIKS. 
 
 ;8i 
 
 Jennie Rosier; the)' now reside in Holland, X. \'.. where Mr. 
 House practices dentistry. 
 
 Philip Herbold. 
 
 Philip Herbold was born in German}\ near h"rankfort-on-the- 
 Main, April 21, 1829. June 12, 1849, l^*-' embarked at the city 
 of Havre, in France, on a saiHng vessel, the (lovernor Marcey, 
 and was fifty-six days crossing to New York ; he came to Buf- 
 fahx went to Aurora and worked for Deacon Marrow six 
 months and came to Spring\-ille Jul\- 10. 1850: he went to work 
 
 "^V 
 
 PHII.ir HKRBOLD. 
 
 MRS. HERBOLD. 
 
 for William Barclay at the cabinet business, having worked at 
 that business in the old countr}- ; he worked for Barclay and 
 Barcla}', Da}-ton & Rider eleven years, and finally bought out 
 Dayton ; also the building the}' now occupy on Main street, of 
 Hiram Barton, who had become the (nvner. In the year 1861 
 he formed a partnership with James Prior, and since that time 
 the firm has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of 
 household furniture, and have also carried on the business of 
 undertakers, and in the last few years have extended their busi- 
 ness, and manufacture doors, sash, blinds, flooring, etc. In the 
 Spring of 1881 he dissolved partnership with Mr. Prior, and 
 since that time has carried on the same business as before in 
 
382 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 his own name, and also has been quite extensively engaged as 
 a builder, having built as many as fifty buildings in Springvillc. 
 In 1863 he went as a soldier to Harrisburg, Pa., his regiment of 
 militia having been called out by a proclamation from Governor 
 Seymour. Mr. Herbold says that when he came to this town 
 there were only two Germans living here, George Kopp, now 
 of Hamburg, and Andrew Burger now of Waverly. At that 
 time there was one German in Ashford, and all those living in 
 this town and Ashford have come in the last thirty years. Mr. 
 Herbold was married in 185 1 to Miss Ann Mary Eggart, of 
 Aurora, formerly of Baden, Germany. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Charles, M-ho died Nov. 29, 1861, aged 9 years and 2 months. 
 
 Julius, who died Nov. 8, 1864, aged 11 years and 4 months. 
 
 Cora, who died Nov. 8, 1866, aged 3 years and 4 months. 
 
 Margaret M., now living with her parents in Springville. 
 
 Clinton Haninioncl. 
 
 Mr. Hammond's father, Joseph Hammond, came from near 
 the Susquehanna river, in Northern Pennsylvania, to Concord 
 in 1 8 18, and located near the "Big Spring," north of Spring- 
 ville. He died in Kane county. 111. 
 
 He married Sarah Middaugh. They had a family of eleven 
 children, viz.: 
 
 John, Samuel, Betsy, Joseph, Abram, Robert, Clinton, Wash- 
 ington, Napoleon, Louise and Cordelia, four of whom are dead, 
 viz.; 
 
 John died in Kane county, 111. 
 
 Robert died in Iowa. 
 
 Betsy married first, Michael Oyrer ; second, John Morrer ; 
 she died in Ashford, N. Y. 
 
 Cordelia married William White and died in Collins, N. V. 
 
 Clinton Hammond was born in Concord, April 2, 18 19. His 
 occupation has been hotel-keeper, farmer and drover. He en- 
 listed in August, 1862, as Second Lieutenant of company F, 
 One Hundred and Sixteenth New York volunteers, and on 
 account of ill-health, resigned the following December. He 
 married Sophia Ballou. They have five children living and two 
 dead, viz.: 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 383 
 
 Ursula, born April 6, 1844; married Norman Crandcll. 
 Josephine, born May 30. 1H46; married Henry Deet and 
 
 since died. 
 
 Eunice, born Nov. 2, 1848; married Frank Chase. 
 P:ila, born Dec. 13, 18 15; married Charles Odell. 
 Clinton, Jr., born July 1853 ; dead. 
 William, born Aug. 5, 1856. 
 Agnes, born Nov. i, 1858. 
 
 Joel Holinan. 
 
 Joel Ilolman came to Springville. N. Y., from Brandon, Ver- 
 mont, in 1836. His father, Samuel Holman, a Revolutionary- 
 soldier, came to Springville the same year, where he resided 
 until his death, in 1840. 
 
 Joel Holman, upon locating in Springville engaged in 
 blacksmithing, which he followed successfully for about thirty- 
 f^ve years. In 1869, he bought a half interest in the Pike, Wy- 
 oming county, flouring mills, which he held about four years. 
 He died in Springville, June 16, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Holman was one of Springville's most substantial citizens. 
 Although frequently offered office by his townsmen, he declined. 
 Although not a member of the church, he contributed liber- 
 ally both of money and efforts in building the First Presbyterian 
 Church of Springville, and was one of the building committee. 
 Mr. Holman was married in Vermont to Mrs. Amelia Farring. 
 ton, by whom he had seven children— two died infants— as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Frank, born in 1836; he was one of the well-known firm of 
 Richmond & Holman, in Springville. He died in Springville, 
 
 in 1865. 
 
 Charles, born in 1839, died in Buffalo in 1S80. 
 
 Charlotte, born in 1844, died in 1866. 
 
 Ella, born in 1847, died 1872. 
 
 Alfred L., born in 1849, ^^^^ always been a resident of Spring- 
 ville, where, in 1877, he engaged in the boot and shoe trade, 
 which he pursues up to this date. In 1879, he was elected Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. Mr. Holman was married in 1874, to Addie 
 J. Mayo. They have one son, Mark, born in 1876. 
 
 Mrs. Amelia L. Holman, wife of Joel D. Holman, died May 
 2"], 1880, aged seventy years. 
 
384 ' BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Peter Heiii. 
 
 Peter Hein was born in Luxemburg, Germany, in the year 
 1847. His father's name was Peter Hein, and his mother's 
 maiden name was Barbara Wagner. His grandfather's name 
 was John P. Hein, and his grandmother's name was letronell 
 Gebell. He started to come to this country Feb, 14, 1868 ; 
 came to England, and from England to New York, and from 
 New York to Springville, where he arrived April 22, 1868. He 
 is a merchant tailor, and his place of business is Nos. 127 and 
 129 Main street, Springville. 
 
 He was married Dec. 24, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth M. Kneip, 
 from Luxemburg. Their children were : 
 
 Elise M., Adolph N., who died April 12, 1878, aged two 
 years, and Susan J. 
 
 A. E. Hartley. 
 
 A. E. Hadley was born in this town in June, 1845. In 184G, 
 his parents moved to the Town of Alexander, Genesee county, 
 where his boyhood days were passed. His father's name is 
 Clark M. Hadley ; his mother's maiden name was Alvira Love- 
 lace. In 1865, he was employed by J. Chafee & Son as clerk 
 and salesman in their hardware store in Springville. At one 
 time he, in company with B. J. Davis, ran the American hotel ^ 
 and a "tage line from Springville to Holland. He was at one 
 time conductor on the Springville & Sardinia R. R., and is at 
 present engaged in the grocery business with his father in 
 Springville. 
 
 He was married in 1868 to Miss Ella Wilson. They have 
 one child — Lottie. 
 
 Morris L. Hall. 
 
 Mr. Hall was born in Java, Wyoming county, N. Y., Oct. 
 28, 1845. Became a clerk in the dry goods store of J. N. 
 Richmond, in Springville, in May, 1861. and remained there 
 five years, when he engaged in the drug trade in Springville. 
 in company with Henr}- Eaton, The partnership lasted two 
 years, after which ivii. Hall mtinued the business alone until 
 January, 1874. Since which time he has been engaged in 
 building and real estate business. In 1876 he built a fine 
 structure on Main street, Springville, known as Hall's Opera 
 
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 House, which was burned in 1879. I" 1880, in coinpan\- witli 
 I. B. Childs, he re-modeled the old Universalist Church in 
 Springville, into a commodious Opera House. 
 
 Mr. Hall was married in 1868, to FAla. M. Holland, daughter 
 of George Holland, of Springville. 
 
 Joseph H. Holt. 
 
 Mr. Holt's grandfather, Joseph Holt, and Judge Cooper, 
 were the first settlers of Cooperstown, N. Y. His father, Ben- 
 jamin C, was born Jan. 14, 1793, and was the second child born 
 in Cooperstown. He married Betsy Graham and came to Con- 
 cord in 1820. His occupation was that of a carpenter and 
 joiner. 
 
 Joseph H. Holt was born in Concord, May 22, 1833, where 
 he has since resided. He is unmarried and lives with his cousin, 
 Abbie Graham. When eleven years of age he met with a sad 
 misfortune, by which he received injuries from which he never 
 recovered. In attempting to catch a ride on a land-roller he 
 fell off in front, the roller passing over him. 
 
 .Fohu House. 
 
 John House came to Townsend Hill in 1826, where he lived 
 about twenty-eight years. He lived in Yorkshire a short time 
 and then removed to Iowa, where he died. His children were : 
 
 John G., who was a physician and practiced medicine in 
 Springville and Buffalo, and also in Iowa, where he died. 
 
 Milton is a farmer and lives near Independence, Iowa. 
 
 Charles was a physician and practiced medicine in Spring- 
 ville and Buffalo and died in Spring\'ille. 
 
 Mrs. John House died Sept. 16, i860, aged seventy-eight 
 years. 
 
 K. 1j. Hoopes. 
 
 E. L. Hoopes was born in 1847, in the town of Bethany, 
 Genesee county, N. Y.; came to Springville in the year 1880; 
 was married in the year 1868, to Mary E. Roberts, who was 
 born in Trenton, Oneida county, N. \'. His father's name was 
 Lewis Hoopes, who w as a natixe of Delaware ; his mother's 
 maiden name was Clara S. Slay ton. His occupation is that of 
 a miller. Served in the war of the rebellion in the Army of 
 
386 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 the Potomac, in Hancock's Corps. Went through the penin- 
 sular campaign. Was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, 
 Virginia, and was present at Lee's surrender. Family record : 
 
 Charles L. Hoopes, born at Lima, Livingston county, N. Y., 
 March 3, 1869. 
 
 Florence E. Hoopes, born at Akron. Erie county, N. Y,, 
 Nov. 19, 1877; died Nov. i, 1881. 
 
 Deacon Riifus Iiigalls. 
 
 Deacon Rufus Ingalls came from Worcester, Otsego county, 
 N. Y., and settled in the valley of the Eighteen-mile creek, in 
 the north part of Concord at a very early day. Here he after- 
 wards lived and died. He had six children. 
 
 Betsey married William Dye. 
 
 Polly married Joel Gilbert, and died many years ago. 
 
 Jared died when a young man. 
 
 Sally married Martin Winslow. 
 
 Henry married Mary Bisb\', and both died in Minnesota. 
 
 Sibyl married Elam Booth, and died in this town in 1872. 
 
 Ziinri liig-alLs. 
 
 Zimri Ligalls was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1802. 
 He came from there to this town in 1825, and purchased land 
 of the Holland Company, two miles northwest of Springville, 
 which he always owned and occupied up to his death in 1872. 
 He was married to Patty Sprague, by whom he had four chil- 
 dren, viz.: 
 
 David S. 
 
 Hannah. 
 
 Ann married Edwin E. Smith ; resides at East Otto, N. Y. 
 
 Helen married Rev. Smith Williams, first husband ; Joseph 
 Chaddock, hardware merchant, at Allegan, Mich., second. 
 
 Oavid S. Ingalls. 
 
 D.i\'id S. Ingalls was born in this town in 1828. After reaching 
 his majority, Mr. Ligalls went to Buffalo and engaged in mer- 
 cantile pursuits, which he continued until 1862, when he 
 retired from business. He now resides in Concord, and is at 
 
KIO(;RArHICAL SKETCHES. 38/ 
 
 present a capitalist and real estate owner. He was never mar- 
 ried. His mother, Mrs. Patty Ingalls, died Oct. 25, 1882, aged 
 seventy-eight years, three months and seventeen days. 
 
 Daniel Ingals. 
 
 Daniel Ingals was a very early settler in this town. He was 
 a physician and practiced here several years and then moved 
 away. He lived in the first frame house ever built in this vil- 
 lage, it stood just south of where the Presbyterian church now 
 stands. He died a few years after he moved away and was 
 brought back to Springville for burial. 
 
 Dr. A'ariiey Ingals. 
 
 Dr. Ingals was also a very early settler here. He practiced 
 medicine here in early times and also kept a store where the 
 Free Baptist church now stands, and acquired considerable 
 property. He had three children : 
 
 Eunice, married Edwin E. Williams. 
 
 Selena, married C. C. Severance, and died June 7, 1856. 
 
 Marinda, married Moses Lane and lives in Milwaukee. 
 
 Dr. Ingals died Nov. 20, 1843 » aged forty-nine years. 
 
 William H. Jackson, M. D. 
 
 Dr. Jackson was born Aug. 26, 1841, in Clarkson, Monroe 
 county, N. Y. His father, William Jackson, was born in Her- 
 kimer count)', N. Y., in 18 10. His mother, Elizabeth Cornes, 
 was born at Kent, England, in 1816. The Doctor graduated 
 at the Albany State Normal school in 1861 ; at Eastman's Busi- 
 ness college in 1862, and at the medical department of the Uni- 
 versity of South Carolina, at Columbia in 1873, after which he 
 taught in the university and practiced in the city until 1877 
 when he came north. In 1878, he began the practice of medi- 
 cine in Springville. He was married in 1863 to Mary Hyde, 
 who died in 1870. 
 
 Their children were: Mabel, Willis H., and Lucien C. 
 
 Dr. Jackson was married again in 1877 to Frances Rockwell, 
 they have one child. 
 
388 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 Hiram Jeftersoii. 
 
 Hiram Jefferson was born June i8, 1807, in the town of 
 DoLU^lass. Worcester county. Mass., and came to the town of 
 Concord in the year 1825. his occupation is fanning. He was 
 married in 1832 to Matilda Hinman, who was born in Manhus, 
 Onondaga county. N Y., and died May 22, 1842. He was 
 married to Deborah Grover, in the year 1844, '^^lio died April 
 21, 1857. He was married to Clarinda Seward, March, 1858. 
 who died in October, i^'6i. His fourth wife was Sarah Ann 
 Bishop, 1863, who died Oct. 31, 1874. Mr. JefTerson came to 
 Concord in 1825, and has lived within half a mile of where he 
 now lives fifty-seven years. The entire country around was al- 
 most an unbroken wilderness. He could hear the wolves howl 
 ni^dits as they killed his neighbor's sheep, and bears and deer were 
 plenty. They had no roads nor wagons, and they went to mill 
 and to meetings with ox sleds, and often went to mill several 
 miles carrying the grist on their backs. 
 
 Mary, born Feb. 1 1, 1834 ; married to Abel Sweet. 
 
 Willis, born Feb. 7, 1838; married to Lydia Ann Hulburt. 
 
 Welcome, born July 4, 1846; died Sept. 8, 1862. 
 
 Sylvia, and Matilda, twins, born Feb. 27, 1850. Sylvia died 
 Aug. 26, 1862; Matilda died Sept. 18, 1862. 
 
 Hiram, born July 9, 1852 ; died Sept. 18, 1862. 
 
 Henry, born July 27, 1859. 
 
 John Jack.soii's Stateiueiit. 
 
 The first grist mill in Concord was built b)' Benjamin 
 Gardner, in the year 1814 He died three or four years 
 afterwards. 
 
 The first saw mill was built by Rufus Eaton. 
 
 The first distillery was built by Frederick Richmond, near 
 where Franklin street crosses Spring Brook. 
 
 The first merchants were Stanard & Jenks, their first store, a 
 hewed log building, stood north of the Opera House. 
 
 The first tannery, built by Jacob Rushm, a frame building] 
 stood where Hugh McAleese hou.se and shop is. 
 
 First bkicksmith, Elijah Perigo, 1814. log building where 
 Orville Smith's house is. 
 
 First shoemaker, Ira Eddy. He kept shop part of the time, 
 
IJlOCKArinCAI. SKK'RHKS. 389 
 
 part of the time took his kit and went amonc;' the farmers and 
 did their work. 
 
 WiUiam Earle brought the mail to SprinL;\ille from Buffalo 
 before there was a postof^ce, and distributed it to whom it 
 belonged. 
 
 Rufus C. Eaton was the first Postmaster. 
 
 William and George Shultus built the second saw mill in 
 Springv^lle on the site where the Bloomfield mill stands. 
 
 Mrs. George Shultus was the first Sabbath School teacher in 
 Springville. 
 
 Wales Emmons was the first cabinet maker; his shoj) stood 
 where the Baptist church now stands. 
 
 The first woolen factory was erected by Samuel Bradley. 
 The first tailor's name was Thompson. 
 
 Thomas T. Sherwood was the first lawj'er; came about 1823 
 or 1824. 
 
 David Lero)' and David Bensley were the first fiddlers that 
 played at " Fiddler's Green." 
 
 Ichabod Brown had the first cooper shop. 
 Abel Holman was the first axe-maker. 
 
 The first local preacher's name was Ingalls, a Presbyterian. 
 William Shultus, Peter Sampson and Urial Torry ran tiie 
 first stage to Buffalo ; coach and four horses. 
 
 P"rederick Crary was the first showman ; men, women and 
 children came on foot for miles around to see his elephant 
 came, 1823. 
 
 The first hatter's namew^as Herrick ; he lix'ed and kept shop 
 about where the post office is. 
 
 The first harness-maker's name was Tibbitts; shop stood 
 north of the park. 
 
 The first trip-hammer sho]), erected b\' David Kened)-, stood 
 opposite Ransom's Hill. 
 
 The first dentist's name \\as Gates. 
 Joel White was the first wagon-maker. 
 Samuel Lake the first insurance agent. 
 . A. G. Elliott the first cattle droxer. 
 Francis White built the first cider-mill. 
 
 Robert Augur manufactured linseed oil ; commenced about 
 1 82 I or 1822. Also owned and run a saw -mill. 
 
I!I()(;kai'Iikal skktchks. 391 
 
 Stary King's Statement. 
 
 My father and his family came from Rhode Island to this 
 town in the fall of 18 14. He came through with two span of 
 horses and located on the Steele place on lot twenty-six, town- 
 ship se\en, range six, on the east side of the road. (Jur shanty 
 stood back b)' the orchard ; it was built without boards and 
 without nails ; there were no glass windows and no door ; the 
 roof was of split logs hollowed out. The next year we 
 built a log-house on the west side of the road. At that time 
 there were no settlers in the north-east part of this town north 
 of us. There ^\■as no road cut out or laid out on Vaughan 
 street and the Genesee road was not cut out. William Wright 
 hved on the Bloodgood place and Hale Matthewson had put up 
 a log-house on the Horton place. Douglas lived on the corner 
 and old Mr. Matthewson lived on the Byron Wells place. 
 James Henman lived where Harrison Pingry does and Deacon 
 Jennings lived on the William McMillan place. In Springville 
 David Stickney kept taxern in a small log-house near where the 
 Opera House stands now. Benjamin Gordon's grist-mill was 
 built before w^e came. Besides Stickney and Gardner there 
 were the Eaton family. Stanard and Jenks, David Leroy, Dr. 
 Daniel Ingals, Samuel Cochran, Joseph Yaw, General Knox, 
 and Samuel Burgess. Deacon Russell lived a mile out Frank- 
 lin street. John Albro and (liles Churchill li\ed three-fourths of 
 a mile north. Father lived two years on the Steele place and 
 then sold out to Nathan Godard. We sold because our crops 
 were destroyed b}- the frosts. Wc then located on the Cattar- 
 augus side of the creek by the Hake's bridge ; remained there 
 four years and then bought Captain Wells' place on Vaughan 
 street. 
 
 After two years father sold out on Vaughan street and located 
 on the south-east part of lot fifty-one, since known as a part of 
 the Stanbro farm. Afterwards removed to lot forty-four on 
 Sharp street, and then to lot sixt}'-one, on the Boston road, 
 where hedied. 
 
 When we lived on the Steele place the cold seasons occurred 
 and our crops were destroyed b\- the frosts and there was little 
 or no grain to be bought here, and father went out to Geneseo 
 and paid five dollars for two bushels of corn and brought it 
 
392 bi()(;raphical sketches. 
 
 home from there on horse-back. The corn was of poor quaHty 
 but, under the circumstances, it rehshed well and helped us to 
 live throu<^-h. 
 
 A PANTHER STORY. 
 
 Soon after we came to the Steele place a school was started 
 down at the Liberty-pole corners and I and brother Windsor 
 used to go down through the woods to school. The road was 
 not cut out and it was woods all the way and only a path to 
 follow. We were about seven and nine years old at the time. 
 One morning we had got down about where Mr. Weber now 
 lives, when a panther rushed across the path ahead of us, going 
 from the east t*^ the west with a young deer in its mouth and 
 the old doe was following behind and bleating in great distress. 
 The panthc undoubtedly had young ones down by Spring 
 brook and Wd.. leading the old deer to her destruction. We 
 told our folks what we had seen when we went home and they 
 kept us out of school for some time, but finally allowed us to 
 go again by taking our large dog along for a protector. 
 
 BEAR PENS. 
 
 Bears were plenty and they often foraged on the pig-pens of 
 the settlers. Various means were used to trap them, but one 
 of the most simple ways adopted was to build a pen out of 
 poles some four feet wide, eight feet long and high enough to 
 allow a bear to stand. Now the bait, most generally a quarter 
 of a deer, was affixed in one end of the pen and ingress for the 
 game was had at the other, that was closed or shut by a falling 
 door. The bait was fastened to a spindle that communicated 
 with the door by means of a cord, and the moment the bear or 
 other game touched the bait it sprung the trap or door and 
 bruin was caged. 
 
 Father secured an old bear and her two cubs in one of these 
 pens near East Concord. The trap had been set for several 
 days, and it was my brother Windsor's duty to guard it ; for a 
 time he was very faithful to his trust, but after awhile it became 
 an old stor)% and the trap was not looked to for several days. 
 It coming to father's mind one morning, he spoke to Windsor, 
 saying, "You are not very anxious about your trap, but I guess 
 
BIOCKAl'IIICAI, SKKTCIIKS. 393 
 
 you had better visit it this niorniiiL;"." Brother started off very 
 reluctantl)-, but it was not h)n<4- before he came running back, 
 his hair all on end and so excited that he could hardly speak. 
 Why the woods or the trap was full of bears, he did not hardly 
 know which. Father. Windsor, myself and the old dog has- 
 tened back and sure enoui;h. we found an old bear and one cub 
 in the pen, and another cub on the outside, l^^ather soon dis- 
 patched, by shooting, the two in the pen and the other, which 
 l)ro\'ed so tractable that we concluded to spare its life, to meet 
 in turn an ignominious end. l^^ither took the cub down to 
 Dave Stickney's log-tavern, where it became a great favorite. 
 Upon a certain occasion, when a lot of boon companions were 
 having a conxixial time, the tempter's cup was placed to bruin's 
 mouth (rum and molasses). He tasted, liked and whined for 
 more, and it was given. The night waned and the fun grew 
 hilarious, but alas for poor bruin. When the morning dawned 
 he was not only dead drunk, but he was dead as a door nail. 
 When we lived on the same place an old bear came one night 
 imd killed a hog and ate it nearh" half up. The next day 
 father built a " dead fall " and baited it with the remains of the 
 hog, and the second night after he caught the old bear. 
 
 Father owned a large bull-dog that weighed some two hun- 
 dred pounds. He came home one night covered with blood 
 and terribl)' chewed up. We took his trail and followed him 
 back to the carcass of a horse that lay near the run at the top 
 of the Richmond hill. Here we found evidence of a deadl}' 
 struggle for he had encountered wol\-es and two of these la\' 
 dead upon the field. 
 
 Windsor and I often \isited the " deer licks" upon one occa- 
 sion we started out and became separated. I heard him shoot 
 and upon my going to him, I found he had killed a large bear. 
 
 Brother James also hunted a great deal here and in Pennsjd- 
 \;uiia. Upon one occasion, and while hunting in the above 
 named State, he had the good luck to kill three elk, and this 
 being done just as fast as he ccnild charge his rifle. He had 
 seated himself near a " lick " and their visiting the place sealed 
 their doom. 
 
394 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Family record of Nathan King : 
 
 Nathan King died Feb. 20, 1871, aged ninety-one years and 
 five months. 
 
 Polly, his wife died March 20, 1867, aged eighty-five years. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 James, who married Lucy Brooks and died in Golden in 1852. 
 
 Alva married Hannah Carney and died in Iowa in 1854. 
 
 Windsor married Nancy Carney and lives in Springville. 
 
 Stary married Sylvia Briggs and lives in Springville. 
 
 Martha married Pliny Wheeler and lives in Little Valley. 
 
 Mary married Samuel Vance. 
 
 Freelove married J. H. Ashman and died (3ct. 10, 1S40. 
 
 Nathan died in 1847. 
 
 Susan married Archibald Preston and died July 15, 1850.. 
 
 Enoch died in Concord in 1878. 
 
 Joshua lives in Little Valley. 
 
 Family record of Stary King : 
 
 Stary King, born F"eb. 21. 1808. 
 
 Sylvia Briggs King, born Aug. 5, 181 1. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Allen King, born April 4, 1834; died Sept. i, 1854, aged 
 twenty years and five months. 
 
 Diantha, born June 18, 1838; married Aaron Ostrander and 
 lives in East Concord. 
 
 Diana, born Aug. 29, 1844. 
 
 Calvin Killom's Stateineut. 
 
 My father's name was George Killom. He came to this town 
 from New Hampshire in 1809. built a house, slashed four acres 
 of timber, burnt the brush and raised some corn. The land 
 he located was on lot twenty-nine, township ssven, range seven, 
 where Hiram Curran now lives. My grandfather, Cal\-in Stev- 
 ens, moved our famih' here in 1810. He came through with a 
 span of horses in twenty-two days. He returned to New 
 Hampshire that Fall. I was about six years old when we came 
 to this town. My father served as a soldier on the Niagara 
 frontier in the war of 18 12. The first school I attended here 
 was kept in a house owned by Calvin Doolittle, half a mile 
 north of Boston Corners, where the road turns west and crosses 
 the creek. Then the school was kept at the Corners a while. 
 
HIOCKAIMIICAI. ski: ICIIKS. 395 
 
 till the school house was built up at Cobble hill. The first 
 school teacher I remember was Rider Cyrus Andrew ; after him 
 Robert Pike taught, also Joshua Ai^ard, Archibald Griffith, 
 Elder Clark Carr, Sophia Howard and a Mr. Conklin. Among 
 the scholars I remember Eri Beebe, Mary Torry, Calvin Cary, 
 Truman Cary, Richard Cary, afterward the preacher. Miss Rice, 
 who married Richard Car\-, \\ R. Cary, Charles Johnson, Elihu 
 Johnson, Alva Bump, Anna Chafee, Lyman Algar, Fanny 
 Algar, who married Truman Cary, Margaret Algar, Morris Fos- 
 dick, John ]*\:)sdick, Alice Fosdick, Eben Drake, Cordelia 
 Drake, Salena Swain, Mary Yaw, Patt)' Swain, afterwards mar- 
 ried Alanson Palmer, Jonathan Swain, Abagail Smith married 
 Benjamin Dole, Almira Smith married Dr. Bosworth. Mary 
 Clark married Otis Horton, Hannah Killom married J. L. Haw- 
 ley, Clark H. Carr, Louisa Carr married Willard Algar, Laura 
 Carr married Ambrose Torry, Delia Torry and Ethan Howard. 
 We moved over to Waterville about 1822 and located on 
 lot thirt}--eight, township seven, range six, on what has since 
 been known as the Whelock place. Our house was on a small 
 flat on the north part of the farm. There were no settlers in 
 the northeast part of the town when we came ; there was no 
 road along the creek nor in an\- other direction. Isaac Beaver 
 came two years after and located on Ransford Foot's flats. 
 Robert PTiut came in 1826 and settled on the Treat place. 
 Homer Barnes and his father came about 1830 and built a saw- 
 mill. Abner Wilson came, and he and Barnes built a grist 
 mill. Hezekiah Griffith came about 1832; John Griffith and 
 Lewis Whelock about '^^■. Joseph Lewis about '34: John 
 Treat in 1838. The first school-house was built in about 1833 
 or 1834. Paris A. Sprague came in '29 or '30, Bela Graves in 
 ■32. Homer Barnes went to Wisconsin, his father died here ; 
 Abner Wilson, Paris A. Sprague and John (iriffith tlied here ; 
 Jared Pratt worked for Aaron Cole making reeds; he was 
 coming over to our house one day and came across two bears 
 just west of where John Morse now lives ; he shot one and the 
 dog treed the other; he came to our house and we went back 
 and shot the other. 
 
 One time the wolves killed some sheep on the hill northwest 
 of John Morse's, and Pratt heard them howl and went up there 
 
396 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 with his dogs and gun and I went with him ; the dogs went 
 after the wolves, and the wolves turned upon the dogs and chased 
 them close to Pratt, who had his gun in his hands, but was so 
 excited that he did not attempt to shoot, but called to me to 
 bring him the axe. 
 
 One time we built a bear pen and caught two large cubs 
 alive ; the old bear did not go in, but she gnawed the poles 
 partly off of which the pen was made, trying to release her 
 cubs ; the old bear got away but the cubs were killed. One 
 time we tracked two large bears four miles northeast, but failed 
 to catch them. 
 
 David Kiiigsley. 
 
 David Kingsley was born in Massachusetts, in 1822. He 
 came to this country in 1834, with his parents; he came on the 
 Erie canal and was eleven days coming through ; he has lived 
 in this vicinity since that time, and has lived in Springville for 
 the last twenty-four years. 
 
 In the Spring of 1845, he was married to Rebecca Cooper. 
 Their children are Marshall Kingsley and David Kingsley. 
 
 David Kingsley's father's name was James, and his mother's 
 maiden name was Esther Canady. When they came to this 
 town they purchased and occupied for several years the Goode- 
 mote farm on Cattaraugus creek. In 1856, he soid it to Wil- 
 liam Ballou. In 1854, he built the brick house on the Rich- 
 mond place in the east part of the village. James Kingsley 
 died in 1868, and his wife died in 1853. 
 
 Their children were David and Nathaniel. 
 
 A BEAR STORY. 
 
 Not long after David Shultus had located on the Cattaraugus 
 in this town he had been up to Springville and was returning 
 home with several pieces of meat in a basket. He met a bear, 
 which stood up to greet him ; he threw a piece of meat towards 
 it and started on a run. After awhile he looked back and saw 
 the bear coming after him ; he dropped another piece of meat 
 and kept on. He continued to do so till he got home, when he 
 had but one piece of meat left. He lost his meat but " saved 
 his bacon." 
 
1!I(J(;rai'III(AI. skktciiks. 397 
 
 Jacol) Kern. 
 
 Jacob Kern was born Oct. 12, 1844, in the Town of Boston ; 
 came to Concord in 1868; is a farmer; was married Sept. 8, 
 1868, to Zelina M. Tatu, who was born in Concord Nov. 30, 
 1848. His father's name was Peter Kern ; his mother's maiden 
 name was Harbary Ineer. 
 
 Jacob Kern enHsted in company F, One Hundred and Six- 
 teenth rei^iment — Capt., Dr. U. C. Lynde, Dr. Geor<;e G. Stan- 
 bro, First Lieutenant. Served three years, and until discharged. 
 Was at the battle near Port Hudson ; made a chart^e on Port 
 Hudson May 27, 1863; was at the Battle of Donaldsonville, 
 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Battle of Winchester and Cedar Creek. 
 
 He has five children : 
 
 Emma L., born Sept. 20, 1870. 
 
 John W., born Feb. 4, 1873. 
 
 Mary E., born June 8, 1876. 
 
 Eugene L., born Jan. 15, 1878 ; died March 29, 1878. 
 
 Edward C, born May 28, 1881. 
 
 George Kiiiginau. 
 
 George Kingman came here with his parents in 1840, and 
 was married to Aurora A. Nelson, in 1852. The first two years 
 after his marriage he lived on the Richmond farm in Sardinia. 
 i^Vom here he moved to Ashford, Cattaraugus county, where 
 he lived a few years; he then moved to Springville, where he 
 now resides. 
 
 They have one child, George. Jr., who lives with his parents 
 in Springville. 
 
 " Cieii" I.saae Knox. 
 
 Isaac Knox came to this town in 1810. and bought 150 acres 
 of land of the Holland Land Company, on the north part of 
 lot eight, township six, range six, on which he settled ; here he 
 resided about twenty x'ears. This he then sold and bought 
 land on lot one, township seven, range seven, where he lived 
 several years ; from here he removed to the north part of lot 
 fift\--two, township seven, range six, where he died about 1856. 
 
 He was a nephew of Gen. Henr)' Knox, of revolutionary 
 fame, afterwards Secretary of War under Washington. Lsaac 
 Knox served as a soldier under General Anthony W'ayne, in 
 
398 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 his campaign against the Indians on the Maumee river, in 
 1794; he also served on the Niagara frontier during the War 
 of 1812-15. He was a brave, patriotic soldier, and public- 
 spirited citizen. 
 
 His son and daughter are both dead. There are some grand- 
 children living. 
 
 Charles H. King. 
 
 Charles H. King was born in Concord Aug. 27, 1845. His 
 father's name was Windsor King ; his mother's maiden name 
 was Nancy Carney Spencer ; his occupation is farming ; vv^as 
 married Sept. 19, 1875, to Althea Spencer; has two children: 
 
 Madge, born June 4, 1873. 
 
 Thomas, born July 29, 1876. 
 
 His father came to Concord with grandfather's family, from 
 the town of Foster, Providence count)', R. I., in the Fall of 
 I S 1 4. 
 
 William Kellogg'. 
 
 William Kellogg was born in Massachusetts Sept. 4, 1800; 
 his father's name was Benjamin Kellogg, and his mother's 
 maiden name was Amelia Trask ; his grandfather's name was 
 Samuel Kellogg; his grandmother's maiden name was Lucy 
 Snow. William Kellogg was married Feb. 23, 1826, to Rebecca 
 Brewster, in the Town of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., and 
 removed to Ashford, Cattaraugus county, Feb. 13, 1827, and 
 settled on lot fifty-two, at that time all wilderness, and from 
 that time to the present he has lived in Ashford and Concord, 
 except about four years which he passed on Grand Island 
 engaged in getting out ship timber. 
 
 His children were : 
 
 Polly, born Oct. 2, 1827 ; married Samuel Holman, who died 
 in the year 1848 in Erie county ; she married C. Fuller in 1850 
 and has since lived in Machias, Cattaraugus count}'. 
 
 Belinda, born April 30, 1832 ; married J. Wilcox and li\es 
 in Kansas. 
 
 Charles B., born Sept. 30, 1837; died at Petersburg, Va., in 
 the hospital in 1865, death being caused by a shell wound. 
 
Hio(;KArnuAL sketches. 399- 
 
 II. (;. l.olaiHl. 
 
 H. (i. Lcland was born Aug. ]8, 1847, at Hinsdale, Cattarau- 
 gus county, N. Y.; came to Springville in March, 1866; occu- 
 pation a banker; was married Oct. 3, 1 871, to Bianca Pierce, 
 eldest daughter of Kmmons S. Pierce, and has two children liv- 
 ing, Claude (i. and Guy H. 
 
 He engaged first in the banking business at Cuba, N. Y., in 
 the Cuba National bank ; organized the Springville bank ( Leland, 
 Chamberlain & Co., bankers,) May 12, 1866, which was suc- 
 ceeded, in 1877, by Leland & Co., banker, and, April 2, 1883, 
 by The First National Rank, Mr. Leland being Vice-President, 
 and one of its active managers. He has interested himself in 
 all public enterprises for the benefit of Springville, contributing 
 of his time and means liberally, having aided materially in giv- 
 ing Springville its telegraph lines and railroads. His father, 
 William O. Leland, President of the First National bank, 
 resides at Hinsdale, N. Y., and has been engaged in the mer- 
 cantile business nearly forty years. His grandfather came from 
 Vermont in an early day, and settled at Leland's Corners, in 
 the Town of East Otto. His uncles and aunts, Cephas R 
 Marshall, Sarah Ann and Marian Leland, all attended the 
 Springville Academy many years ago. 
 
 Cephas R. became a lawyer and died at Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Marshall became a Baptist clerg}^man and died at Rochester, 
 Minn. 
 
 Elmer O. Iceland. 
 
 Mr. Leland was born in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus count)-, N. Y., 
 Oct. 7, 1849; attended school at Griffith Institute during the 
 years 1866 and '67; was married June 7, 1876, to Augusta A. 
 Potter. Have two children living : 
 
 Lloyd, born May 17, 1880. 
 
 F'lorence, born May 5, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Leland has been connected with the Si)ring\'ille bank for 
 the last thirteen years; is now cashier of First National bank 
 of Springville. He was the chief projector of the Western New 
 York Manufacturing and Preserving company, organized in 
 1879, ^""^ 1^^^ been its treasurer ever since. 
 
 Mr. Leland takes an active part in Christian and benevolent 
 
400 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 work. Dating- from the present (1883), l"*^ ^^^^ been a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church in Springville fifteen years, 
 and for three years superintendent of its Sabbath School. In 
 1880, he was President of the Young People's Christian Asso- 
 ciation of Springville. 
 
 Jacob Lai))p»i<m* 
 
 Jacob Lampman was born in the Town of Ashford, Cattarau- 
 gus county, N. Y., Sept 25, 1827, and came to Concord in the 
 year 1844. His father's name was John Lampman; his 
 mother's maiden name was John Hufstader, daughter of Jacob 
 Hufstader, of Ashford. He was married June 30, 1848, to 
 Julia A. Nichols, daughter of Isaac Nichols, who came to Con- 
 cord at an early day, and settled at Nichols' Corners in West 
 Concord, where he continued to reside until the time of his 
 death, which occurred Dec. 8, 1864. 
 
 They have no children. 
 
 U. C. Lyiide, M. 1>. 
 
 Dr. Lynde was born in a log house on Townsend Hill, March 
 26, 1834. At the age of se\'en, he mo\'ed with his parents to 
 the northwest corner of the Town of Concord ; here he 
 attended school in a log school-house, and was taught the rudi- 
 ments of reading by Orville S. Canfield. His teachers here 
 were John Lynde, Gilbert Sweet, Almond Nichols and Alonzo 
 Pierce. He attended school here until he was fourteen ; about 
 this time, his parents moved to Townsend Hill, and he left 
 home and worked for a time in a pail factory at Niagara Falls. 
 Returning in the Fall, he attended school taught by Jonathan 
 Briggs, at what is known as the " Block School-house " in Con- 
 cord. Mr. Briggs was a student himself and a thorough 
 teacher, and took a warm interest in young Lynde's success. 
 At the age of sixteen, he tauglit at Machias, his first school ; 
 after the close of his school, he attended the Yorkshire Institute. 
 After leaving the Institute, he taught his second school at the 
 forks of the Cattaraugus ; he then taught at Paris, Kentucky; 
 returning, he taught in the institute wliere he had before 
 attended as a pupil. 
 
 While engaged as a teacher, and before he was twenty-one. 
 
hi()(;rai'iikal SKErciiHS. 401 
 
 he had read law one year and medicine one. h\)r a time lie 
 ijaxe up the study of both, but resumed the study of medicine 
 at the suggestion of Dr. (jroodyear, of Holland, now of Buffalo. 
 He attended lectures at the Geneva Medical College, and 
 clinical lectures in New York, where his time was mostly 
 spent at the hospital. After this he practiced medicine a 
 while at Glenwood, Erie county, where he again attended 
 lectures at the Buffalo University, graduating in 1859, ^^ 
 soon after located in Springville, N. Y., where he practiced 
 until the fall of 1862, when he recruited Co. F., Ii6th Regiment 
 N.Y. State Volunteers ; was commissioned first assistant Sur- 
 geon. In the Fall of 1863 his resignation was accepted and he 
 again commenced the practice of medicine in Springville, The 
 two following winters he spent at the Jefferson Medical College, 
 graduating in the Spring of 1865. He continued his practice 
 in Springville until the Fall of 1872, when he moved to Buf- 
 falo, where he has practiced ever since, making surgery a spe- 
 cialty. For some time he has had onejof the largest practices 
 of any surgeon in Western New York. 
 
 Alausou Lovelace 
 
 Came to this town about 18 16. He was, by occupation, a 
 farmer; he married Patience Chafee in 1819. He died in 
 April, 1878, aged eighty-four years. Patience Lovelace died in 
 1872, aged seventy-six years. Their children were : 
 
 Alonzo L., not known whether living or dead ; was a sailor. 
 
 Daniel M., died in Michigan, in 1863. 
 
 Alvira, born in 1824; married Clark M. Hadley, Sept. 5, 
 1844, and lives in Springx'ille. 
 
 Louisa M., married Allen Mott ; died in 1854, in .Vlexander. 
 
 Mary E., married Luther Chaddock : died in 1854, in Alex- 
 ander. 
 
 Samuel L,ake, Esq. 
 
 Samuel Lake was born in Vermont, in the year 1790, but 
 during the period of his boyhood his parents resided in Wash- 
 ington county, this state. His education was such as the com- 
 mon schools ot those days afforded, aided afterwards, however, 
 b\' acute powers of observation and a taste for reading. When 
 
 just entering upon manhood he came west to Batavia, Genesee 
 19 
 
402 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 county, where he taught school. When the last war with Kng- 
 land broke out he entered the army and participated in the 
 battle of Lundy's Lane and was at the memorable contest at 
 Fort Erie. 
 
 After the \\ar he was employed several years in the County 
 Clerk's office at Batavia, and in the office of the Holland Land 
 company. On the 6th of January, 1821, he married Helen 
 Phelps of Batavia, who still survives her partner of over sixty 
 years. About that time Mr. Lake sold off his property around 
 Batavia and moved to Springville, where nearly thirty years of 
 his life were passed. He built a small store where the Ameri- 
 can Hotel now stands, about 1 821, and about two years after 
 built the store now owned and occupied by R. W. Tanner. 
 He built the upright part of the Dr. Emmons' house, on Main 
 street, and also built the house where Sanford Mayo lives. He 
 had a general store and ashery and manufactured pot and pearl 
 ashes. 
 
 About this time he built the store now occupied by 3ates & 
 White, in Collins' Center, and stocked it with general mer- 
 chandise and gave the management of it to his clerk, H. H. 
 Matteson. But a time of adversity came. A period of finan- 
 cial depression found Mr. Lake with a considerable stock of the 
 articles of his manufacture on hand : values depreciated and he 
 failed. Mr. Lake removed to Buffalo in 1849, where he began 
 business as a pension agent, which business he followed until 
 his death, and during that time acquired a comfortable com- 
 petency. He was a public spirited man and took a very active 
 part in raising the means to build the Springville Academy, and 
 was always ready to assist in any work for the public good. 
 Mr, Lake died in Buffalo Nov. 26, 1882, aged ninety-three years. 
 
 Orriu Loveridge. 
 
 Orrin Loveridge came to Townsend hill at an early day and 
 settled on lot eleven, township seven, range seven, and from there 
 he afterward removed to lot two, township seven, range seven, 
 where he died Jan. 27, 1845, aged fifty-two years and five 
 months. His wife died April 2, 1857, aged sixty years and six 
 months. 
 
BIOGRAnilCAL SKETCHES. 403 
 
 They had three children : 
 
 Ames died April 16, 1 839, aged fifteen years and eight months. 
 
 Charles M. attended the Normal school at Albany and 
 taught school and died Aug. 13, 1849, aged twenty-three years 
 and two months. 
 
 Harriet M. married Harlow C. Perham. They had two chil- 
 dren. She died Feb. 2, 1854, aged twent)'-three years. 
 
 Amasa Loveridge. 
 
 Amasa Loveridge settled on Townsend hill at an early day. 
 He was killed in 1855 by a saw-log rolling over him. 
 He had seven children : 
 Austin, who married and died in Buffalo. 
 Edwin D. is married and lives in Buffalo. 
 Luana married Ward Fay and died in Buffalo. 
 Gary married Lucy Hall and died in Pennsylvania. 
 Chester was married and died in Minnesota. 
 Everett and Olney are living in Ohio. 
 
 Lorenzo 1). Lucas. 
 
 Lorenzo D. Lucas was born in the town of Cato, Cayuga 
 county, in the year 1S12. His father's name was William and 
 his mother's maiden name was Fanny Graves. His grand- 
 father Daniel Lucas, was a soldier in the Revolution and was 
 in the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga. He drew a sol- 
 dier's right for land of the Government, located it in Cayuga 
 county and settled on the same. His father was a physician 
 and settled in the town of Clarence, afterward Newstead, in 
 1816, and here Lorenzo spent his boyhood days and received 
 his education. When he lived in Clarence he lived in the same 
 neighborhood and was acquainted with Asa Ransom, Sr., 
 Archibald S. Clark, Peter Vandeventer, Col. James Cronk, Elias 
 Osburn, Stephen Osburn and Otis R. Hopkins, who were 
 among the most prominent men of the county at that time, 
 and he went to school with their children. Mr. Lucas remem- 
 bers seeing the old Revolutionary pensioners, when they came 
 to Mr. Clark's store to receive their pensions, which he obtained 
 for them, sitting in the store each with a small cup of spirits 
 
404 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 before him, the preacher among the rest. He came to Sar- 
 dinia in 1835, and was married in 1837 to Miss Mary Ann 
 Sherman, who died in 1842. 
 
 Her children were: 
 
 Theodore S., born March 14, 1838, went to Ohio and mar- 
 ried there. He entered the army, but was discharged a short 
 time afterward on account of sickness and died in 1864. 
 
 Ehzabeth F., born Nov. 3, 1839, ^'""^ ^^i^^ Dec. 23, 1858. 
 
 Mary L., born May 30, 1842, and was married in 1862 to 
 John C. Bump and hves in Buffalo. 
 
 His second wife was Poll)' Wilcox, who died July 14, 1853. 
 
 Her children were : 
 
 Sarah A., born Aug. 20, ic^5 ; married John M. Clo\er and 
 died in Minnesota April 2, 1867. 
 
 Charles W., born June 21, 1851, and died Oct. 25, 1863. 
 
 Alice B., born May 6, 1853, and married Frank H. Cratcy 
 and lives in Minnesota. 
 
 His present wife's maiden name was Caroline Stone. She 
 has had one child, Delila M., born July 19, 1864; married 
 Charles F. Timms and died Oct. 4, 1882. Mrs. Lucas is a 
 niece of Christopher Stone the first settler in Concord. 
 
 William McMilleu's Statement. 
 
 When we came to Springville in 1823, the families living 
 here according to my recollection were, Rufus C. Eaton, lived 
 near where Peter Weismantle does, there was another house 
 north of the Opera House. Wales Emmons and O. D. Tibbits, 
 lived north of the park ; Widow Tanner lived where Moon 
 does ; Sylvester Eaton lived on the Shepherd place : John 
 Albro lived on his farm, on north side of corporation ; Squire 
 Eaton was building a house where Joslin lives; the George 
 Arnold house, corner of Buffalo and Church streets was built; 
 a Mr. Wright kept the hotel on Franklin street, opposite the 
 park; Dr. Daniel Ingals lived just south of the Presb)'terian 
 church ; Varncy Ingals kept small store on Franklin street. 
 They were building the school house that stood near where 
 Mr. Tabor lives; Joseph Yaw lived up Franklin street at the 
 foot of the hill ; there was a house on the corner of West and 
 Main streets ; Samuel Cochran lived and kept hotel where 
 
HIOORAI'IIICAL SKKTCIIES. 405 
 
 Byron Cochran now lives ; General Knox lived in a log house 
 on Waveriy street, south side; Samuel Burgess lived in a log 
 house about where George Weeden lives now ; Samuel Lake 
 had a small store where American hotel is ; Samuel Bradley's 
 factory was built, he lived near it ; Jarvis Bloomfield lived down 
 by his mill ; Robert Auger had a saw mill and li\ed below 
 Bloomfield ; Truman White lived on the southwest corner of 
 the Well's farm ; Francis White lived on the Allen Goodemote 
 place ; the Shaw famih' li\-ed in that neighborhood ; Mr. Sim- 
 mons lived near where Mrs. Melvin lives now. There was a 
 log house where Orvil Smith lives, and a small house near 
 where George Crandalls now lives, no other house on north 
 side of Main street, east to Newman street ; Jacob Rushmore 
 lived in old yellow house on side hill, just above John P. 
 Myers's house ; Abel Holman had house and shop on the Shut- 
 tleworth lot; Joel White had shop and lived on the Badgeley 
 lot ; the Benjamin Gardner house stood about where Orange 
 Parmenter lives, no more houses east to corporation line ; 
 Samuel and William Lake were here. 
 
 The McMilleii Family. 
 
 Joseph McMillen was born Jan. 14. 1783. In i<Sii, he mar- 
 ried Betsey Haskins. He removed from Manlius, Onondaga 
 county, to this town in March, 1823. He had been here the 
 Lall before and jnirchased of Rufus Eaton the Eaton Grist- 
 mill, and the land on the north side of Main street, and from 
 Mechanic street and the park east to Newman street, except 
 three or four building lots that had been previously sold. The 
 land extended north from Main street about one hundred rods. 
 He paid for the mill and the land two thousand five hundred 
 dollars. He run the grist mill about fifteen years. About 
 1828, he built a saw mill a little south of, and near the grist 
 mill. The grist mill stood by the race and nearly east of the 
 Leland hotel barn, and saw mill stood nearly east of Victor 
 Collard's shop. During his life time he sold nearh- all the land 
 along Main street to Newman street out into village lots, 
 reserving the land back from the street. He ga\-e a piece to 
 his son-in-law, Wells Brooks, and two lots to his son, William. 
 About 1835 he, in company with William Watkins, built the 
 
406 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 tannery, which stood east of the Spring Brook, and north of 
 Frankhn street. He also bought of Jeremiah Willcox, fifty 
 acres of land on the southwest corner of lot thirty-three, town- 
 ship seven, range six, lately known as the Palmer lot. Mr. 
 McMillen died March 15, 1846; his first wife died March 29, 
 1823 ; his second wife was Rachel Jones, who died March, 1863. 
 His children were: 
 
 William. 
 
 Helen, died in Olean. 
 
 Henry, died in infancy. 
 
 Julia A., 
 
 Marcus G., died in Olean in the Fall of 1882. 
 
 Betsey R., died Oct. 30, 1845. 
 
 Stewart G., lives in Monticello, Miss. 
 
 Eugenia, died May i, 1843. 
 
 Williaiii McMillen'.s Family. 
 
 William McMillen married Lydia Sherman, Jan. 8, 1849. 
 Their children are: 
 
 Clark S., Adelaide E., Charlotte R., Sarah E., and Emma L. 
 
 Clark S., married Francena Eastwood and lives in Saginaw, 
 Michigan. 
 
 Adelaide E., married William McDuffie, her second husband 
 was Wallace McMaster. 
 
 Charlotte R., married George McMillen, of Gowanda. 
 
 Jonathan Mayo. 
 
 Jonathan Mayo came to Concord in the Fall of 18 16, from 
 Oxford, Worcester count)', Mass., with his family of six sons 
 and three daughters, four of whom are now living. His oldest 
 son, Jonathan, was killed while felling trees in 1825, and was 
 the first person buried in the " Block School House," cemetery. 
 
 Hiram, Orrin, George and Nancy are dead. 
 
 Erastus married Nancy Curtis. 
 
 Harriet married the late Calvin Smith, senior. 
 
 Lucy married Orra D. Curtis. 
 
 The first night after Jonathan Mayo arrived in town with his 
 famil)', he staid with Captain Wells on Vaughan street, then 
 
lUOCRAPniCAL SKKTCHES. 407 
 
 there was no road north to Griffith's Corners, except by follow- 
 ing a line of marked trees. After a year or two of pioneering, 
 he located on lot thirty-five, township seven, range seven, where 
 he lived until his death in 1859, aged eighty-two ; his wife hav- 
 ing died several years before. During the early days of Mr. 
 Mayo's residence in town, he one day captured, while walking 
 along, a young fawn, which he took home and domesticated. 
 It was given its liberty and used to associate with the wild 
 deer, which were very numerous. This fact lead to its being 
 used by hunters as a decoy to facilitate the approach to wild 
 deer, and as it wore something about its neck, it could be dis- 
 tinguished from its wild companions ; but one day a careless 
 hunter found it with two other deer and not recognizing it, shot 
 all three of them. 
 
 Sanford Mayo. 
 
 Mr. Mayo was born in Oxford, Worcester county, Mass., in 
 1812; came to this town with his father's family, as before 
 mentioned. He succeeded his father in the possession of the 
 homestead, which he now owns. *He was married in 1839 ^o 
 Lucy Stanbro, daughter of Amos Stanbro. 
 
 They have had six children : 
 
 Eveline, born Nov. 3, 1840; married in 1867 to Henry 
 Palmer; died in 1868. 
 
 Harry A., born Aug. 11, 1843; died in 1863. 
 
 Orrin D., born Oct. 8, 1847; married in 1872 to Emma J. 
 Titus. 
 
 Hattie, born July 18, 1850; died in 1865. 
 
 Addie J., born Aug. 14, 1856; married in 1S74 to Alfred 
 Holman. 
 
 Nellie P., born Dec. 28, i860. 
 
 Sanford Mayo died from injures received by being struck by 
 a railroad car Oct. i, 1883, aged seventy-one years, five months 
 and twenty days. 
 
 Cleorg"e Mayo. 
 
 George Mayo was born in this town in 1822; he was married 
 in 1845 to Minerva Minor. 
 They have two children : 
 Libbie L., who was a successful teacher ; she was at one time 
 
408 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Preceptress in Grififith institute ; she is now married to Mr. E. 
 J. Foster, and resides in Collins. 
 
 Charles Mayo, a cheese maker. 
 
 Mr. Mayo always resided in town, and nearly all of his ma- 
 ture years have been spent in some official capacity. He was 
 for twenty-five years a Constable, was Deputy Sheriff six 
 years, and has been Collector. George Mayo died Oct. 17, 
 i<S8o. aged fifty-eight years and two months. 
 
 William L. Mayo. 
 
 Mr. Mayo was born Dec. 10, 1832, in Concord, of which town 
 he has since been a resident, with the exception of four years 
 spent at Portsmouth, Ohio, from which place he enlisted April 
 25, 1 861, in the First regiment Ohio volunteers, Co. G. He 
 served four months in this regiment and then enlisted with the 
 commission of First Lieutenant in the One Hundredth regiment 
 New York volunteers. Company A; mustered into service Sept. 
 23. 1 861, his commission dating from October 1st of the same 
 year. He was in the hard fought battles in which his regiment 
 took part. At the battle of Fair Oaks he was slightly wounded ; 
 for gallant service he was commissioned Captain of Company A 
 Oct. 1 1, 1862 ; he resigned his commission May 25, 1863, and in 
 June following was mustered out of service and returned home. 
 Mr. Mayo has served one term as Assessor of Concord, He 
 was married in 1864 to Clarinda Williams; they have three 
 children. 
 
 Joshua Matliewson. 
 
 Joshua Matliewson was born in P'ebruar)', 1 771, in Massa- 
 chusetts; came to Sardinia from Vermont in 181 1; his occu- 
 pation was a farmer ; was married in 1 791, and died March 6, 
 1823 ; his wife's maiden name was Margaret Hale, who was 
 born about 1772 in Massachusetts, and died April 14, 1821. 
 
 They had twel\-e children : 
 
 Hale, was born in the }'ear 1798; was married to Pruda 
 Williams, and died in Aurora in 1875. 
 
 Elijah, was born in 1795 ; married to Polly Palmer in 18 18 ; 
 died in Orleans county, N. Y., Nov. 31, 1876. 
 
 Jonathan, was born in June, 1796. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 4O9 
 
 Joshua, was born in 1797; was married to Almira Flagg ; 
 died in March, 1864. 
 
 Bcthia, died youn<j^. 
 
 Anna, was born in 1801 ; married Asa Wells; died in June, 
 1820. 
 
 Laura, was born about 1804; married Asa Wells; died in 
 September, 1846. 
 
 Daisey, was born about 1809; niarried Delos Birdsley ; died 
 at Arcade in 1880. 
 
 Phebe, born in 1810; died in Illinois. 
 
 George, born in December, 1812; married Patience Starks ; 
 she died ; he married a Mrs. Damon ; he died at Springville. 
 
 Frederick B., born in October, 181 3; married Phoebe Squires, 
 who died ; he married for his second wife Eliza Gibbs ; he 
 lives in Concord. 
 
 May, born May 29, 181 5 ; married to George Baker, who died 
 in 1879; ^1^^' lives in Iowa. 
 
 Joshua Mathewson settled where Byron Wells now lives, in 
 1812. 
 
 S. H. McEwen's Statement. 
 
 My father Timothy McE\\en came to Buffalo in 1806 from 
 Utica, where he was married. My mother's maiden name was 
 Huldah Ho\'t. Father was a shoemaker and leather dealer, and 
 carried on that business in Buffalo on the east side of Main 
 street, between Seneca and Exchange, where he owned an acre 
 of land in the center of the block. He lived there and carried 
 on business until the burning of Buffalo. (3n tiie morning of 
 that day they packed up so much of their most valuable prop- 
 erty as they could load into a one-horse sleigh, and my father 
 bound me on his back with a blanket, and my mother took my 
 sister Susan — fourteen months younger than I — on her back in 
 the same way, and they drove the horse and walked in the 
 snow through the woods to what is now Abbot's Corners, in 
 Hamburgh. My father left his family at Mr. Titus' and 
 returned to Buffalo on the evening of the next. day and found 
 his propert)' all burned up. He set to work immediately col- 
 lecting materials for re-building. The next season he volun- 
 teered and went over to Canada and assisted in taking; Fort 
 
4IO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Erie. I was born Nov. 14, 1809. When I was six or seven 
 years old, the Indian chief Farmer's Brother came to our house 
 sick, and remained there sick till he died ; I used to carry 
 water to him. My mother died in the Spring of 1818; the 
 next Fall I went to live with my uncle, Joseph D. Hoyt, and 
 lived with him till I was twenty-one years of age. He carried 
 on the tanning business in a tannery between Exchange and 
 Carroll streets, and I learned my trade with him. I then went to 
 Chippeway, Canada, and carried on the tanning and leather busi- 
 ness during the years of 1834 and 1835. In the summer of 1836, I 
 carried on the pelt and wool business with John Bush, father 
 of Myron P. Bush. In the Fall of 1836 I came to Springville 
 and bought an undivided half of the tannery ai.J stock of J. 
 D. Hoyt. The tannery stood on the Shuttleworth lot, east of 
 the mill race and between Main and Franklin streets. We ran 
 the business together till 1845, ^vhen I sold out to the Hoyt 
 estate. I then bought the old Lake store on Main street and 
 ran the hide and leather business till 1 366, when I sold the 
 property to Ozro Churchill and went into partnership in the 
 tanning business with Sampson & Willcox, and remained 
 therein ten months, when I sold out to them and retired from 
 the leather business. Since then I have been in poor health, 
 and have occupied my time mainly on my small piece of land. 
 
 Mr. McEwen married Julia Ann Shultus; she died Dec. 5th, 
 1845. He married his second wife, Eliza Jane Smith, Jan. 5th, 
 1853. Their children are : 
 
 Ida Ann, born Dec. 22, 1853, and died Nov. 13, 1862. 
 
 Addie Jane, born Sept. 16, 1858, and died Sept. 21, 1872. 
 
 Blanche, born Jan. 14, 1862. 
 
 Carrie H., born Feb. 16, 1864. 
 
 Seth H., born April 2, 1866, 
 
 Earle S., born Feb. 10, 1872. 
 
 Stephen McEwen died March 26, 1882, aged seventy-two 
 years, four months and twelve days. 
 
 Joliii H. Melviii. 
 
 John H. Melvin was born in Springville, N. Y., [an 5, 1847; 
 at an early age he was adopted into the famil}' of Amos Mel- 
 vin ; in i860 he entered the ofTfice of J. B. Saxe. publisher of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 4I I 
 
 the Springville Herald, as an apprentice to the printers' trade. 
 After leaving the office of Mr. Saxe he worked as a journe)'- 
 >Tian printer in various localities in New York, Pennsylvania 
 and Virginia, and in the cities of Buffalo and New York, ex- 
 periencing during the meantime the vicissitudes incident to the 
 craft, until he associated himself witli W. W. Rlakeley on the 
 Springville Jour)ial mid Herald in November, 1867 ; sold out 
 his interest in 1873 and started the Pioneer printing office in 
 Hamburg; from there he opened a job office in Buffalo in 
 1876, which he conducted, together with engraving (he is also 
 an artist and engraver), until the Fall of 1879, '^vhen, in connec- 
 tion with T. G. Meyers, he commenced the publication of the 
 Local Neivs in Springville, N. Y. He was a member of the 
 Seventy-fourth New York State National Guard, and accom- 
 panied his regiment to Pennsylvania at the time of Lee's inva- 
 sion. Mr. Melvin was married in 1872 to Zelia ]\I. Smith, 
 daughter of Calvin Smith. They have one child : 
 
 Lizzie, born June 5, 1874. 
 
 Mr. Melvin's mother, Mrs. Amos Melvin, was born in Pl\- 
 mouth, N. H., June ii, 1797 ; her maiden name was Relief 
 Blodgett ; she was married in her native town in 1822 and five 
 years after removed to Wayne county, N. Y., and from there 
 to Spring\-ille in 1833, where she has ever since resided. She 
 retains her physical and mental powers remarkabl}' well, and 
 relates many interesting incidents connected with the pioneer 
 history of that part of her native state where she lived ; among 
 others she speaks of her father's going a distance of forty miles 
 to the cit\' of Concord to mill, with a hand-sled, it being the 
 nearest mill at that time — ^1760. 
 
 Weiidel Morton. 
 
 Wendel Morton was born May 1st, 1781, in the town of 
 Stoughton, Mass. Here the years of his minority were passed, 
 and after attaining his majority he was married to Miss Polly 
 G. South worth, of his native town, who was born April 14, 
 1779 ; iri 1804 he moved to Onondaga county, N. Y., where he 
 remained until the year 1826, when he disposed of his effects 
 there and came to the town of Boston, Erie county, N. Y.; 
 here he resided with his famil\- for ten y^ears, when he trans- 
 
412 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 ferred his property and bought again at West Concord, which 
 has since been known as Morton's Corners. 
 
 W endel Morton was a man far above mediocre, and possessed 
 much native abiHt}' that rather tended to the humorous, which 
 under more auspicious circumstances would have brought him 
 before the pubhc a prominent character. He was an own 
 cousin to the indomitable Governor Morton, who for twenty 
 successive years was the Democratic candidate for executive 
 honors in the Bay state before he succeeded, and then only 
 elected by one majority. Before leaving Onondaga county he 
 filled several positions of an official character, and among these 
 was that of Deputy Sheriff. During the preliminary examina- 
 tion of the Thayer brothers before a Justice for the murder of 
 John Love in the town of Boston, Dec. 24, 1824, Wendel Mor- 
 ton was their keeper ; one day the Court was adjourned for 
 dinner, leaving Morton, the prisoners and a few spectators in 
 possession of the room; Israel Thayer stepped to the Justice's 
 desk, and taking the Bible he presented it to Morton, saying with 
 much bravado, " Elder, you preach us a sermon from a text." 
 Morton received the book and deliberately opened it, when the 
 first thing that his eye rested upon was this impressive pas- 
 sage : which he rendered in a low and solemn voice " He 
 that sheddeth man's blood by man his blood shall be 
 shed." This fell upon the culprit's guilty conscience like a 
 clap of thunder from a clear and cloudless sky, all his assumed 
 stoicism fled at the just accusation, and he spitefully snatched 
 the Bible from Morton's hand, saying with an oath, " You are 
 a poor preacher and I don't want to hear any more of your 
 talk." Morton said, " From the very looks of the accused one's 
 face upon my reading this passage I became convinced that the 
 right ones had been apprehended, as the sequel proved." 
 
 During the later days of his life he became partially blind, 
 but this affliction did not destro}- his genial nature, and almost 
 up to the closing scene, he had alwa\'s recourse to a fund of 
 rich and racy anecdote to entertain his friends He died Oct. 
 4, 1868, after having compassed nearh' four score years and ten. 
 
 Mrs. Morton was of the old school of gentlewomen, whose 
 every day deportment made the humblest of homes a paradise, 
 and not onlv this but it carried consolation to the homes of 
 
BIOORAI'IIICAL SKKTC IIKS. 413 
 
 -cUhci's in life's darkest hours. She cheerfully accepted each 
 situation and made the most of it without a murmur. Mer 
 identic, uniform kindness, combined with a nature that entered 
 largely into the burdens and sorrows of others, won for her 
 hosts of friends who mourned her death as a mother. She 
 departed this life Aug. 7, 1858. 
 
 Five children were born to this union, v\z. : 
 
 Eliza S., born Sept. 14, 1804; died Dec. 28, 1877. 
 
 Otis C, bom 
 
 Alanson P., born April 14, 1811 ; died March 4, 1872. 
 
 Mary A., born 1816; died 1848. 
 
 Samuel A., born May 8, 18 18. 
 
 Saiuiii'l A. Morton. 
 
 Samuel A. Morton was born in the town of Manlius, Onondaga 
 county, N. Y., May 8, 18 18, and came to this town (Concord) 
 in the year 1830. For a term of years, he in company with 
 his brother Alanson, carried on the business of hotel keeping 
 at Morton's Corners together with that of farming. Mr. Mor- 
 ton held a commission as Postmaster at Morton's Corners, 
 under the administration of Franklin Pierce and also of James 
 Buchanan, Sept. 27, 1853. He was united in matrimon\- to 
 Miss Ursula P. Ostrander, who was born Nov. 5, 1827, in the 
 town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, N. Y., and he took his bride 
 to the very place that has since been their home. Mr. Morton 
 is what might be termed a progressive farmer, who, being fully 
 impressed with the belief that the comforts of life may be 
 enjoyed by those who till the soil as well as by those who live 
 at careless ease on an assured competence, has surrounded his 
 home with every convenience that the age affords, and thouo-h 
 his years now number more than three score, time has dealt 
 leniently with him and finds him in possession of health, 
 strength and vigor to prosecute the labors ef his favorite and 
 chosen calling. 
 
 Four children were born to this union, viz. : 
 
 Mar\' A., born Aug. 24, 1854; died Oct. 9, 1854., 
 
 Laura F., born Aug. 23, 1855. 
 
 Wendell J., born March 30, 1859. 
 
 Carroll G., born Dec. 25, i860. 
 
414 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 John P. Myers. 
 
 John P. Myers was born in the town of Hume, Allegany 
 county, July 4, 1843. He came to Springville in the year 1877 
 from Sardinia. He is a merchant and one of the firm of Beebe 
 & Myers, extensive dealers in dry goods. He was married in 
 the year 1870 to Miss Florence A. Beebe. They have had two 
 children both of whom died young. 
 
 In October, 1861, Mr. Myers enlisted in the one hundred and 
 fourth regiment, New York State Volunteers, to serve three 
 years. He was engaged in nearly all the battles of the Army 
 of the Potomac until the battle of Antietam, where he \\as 
 wounded by a musket-ball shattering the bone near the ankle. 
 The ball was taken out seven years afterward, which he has 
 preserved in remembrance of Antietam. Was in the hospital 
 five months A\hen he was offered his discharge, but refused it 
 preferring to rejoin his command. Was taken prisoner at Get- 
 tysburg, July I, 1863, and was taken to Belle Island near Rich- 
 mond, where he remained about seven months, from there to 
 Andersonville, where he remained until Sherman on his march 
 to the sea, came so near to them that they were taken to Camp 
 Millen, from there to Savannah, from there to Jacksonville, 
 Fla., and from there back to Andersonville on Christmas day, 
 where he remained until the close of the war, making him a 
 prisoner twenty-two months. What he suffered during his long 
 confinement in Rebel prisons, helps to make up one of the 
 darkest pages in our American history. 
 
 Elisha Mack. 
 
 Elisha Mack came to this town in 1827. He was a la\\}-er 
 and held the of^ce of Justice of the Peace in the town a num- 
 ber of years and also was Post Master in Springville twelve 
 years. He engaged to some extent in the mercantile business 
 and built a store and dwelling house where the Presbyterii.a 
 Church now stands. He was also a farmer and managed a farm 
 on the east part of lot nine. He sold out his business in this 
 town and moved to Illinois in 1846, and settled near Xauvoo, 
 where he died soon after. He had four children : 
 
 Sarah, James, Helen and Benjamin, who are all li\ing in the 
 west. 
 
BIOCrRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 415 
 
 Andrew McLin. 
 
 Andrew McLin settled on lot thirteen, on Townscnd Hill, 
 in 1 8 17. He died a few years afterwards, leaving three children. 
 
 Jacob, was killed when a young man, by a falling tree while 
 felling trees in the woods. 
 
 Polly, was a school teacher and married Asa R. Trevitt and 
 died in the town of West Seneca. 
 
 Martha, married Levi Ballou and died in Buffalo. 
 
 fJac'ob Mar.siolja. 
 
 Jacob Marsielja was born in Holland, Europe, Dec. 22, 1837. 
 Came to America when about eight years of age, and to Con- 
 cord about 1865 ; married Margaret C. Baker in 1866. They 
 have five children : 
 
 Sarah A., born May 22, 1872. 
 
 Charles E., born Feb. 26, 1874. 
 
 Ella M., born May 21, 1876. 
 
 Clyde J., born Aug. 27, 1877. 
 
 George A., born May 9, 1879. 
 
 Mrs. Marsielja's father, William Baker, one of Concord's 
 early pioneers, was born in Orange, Franklin county, Mass., 
 March i, iSoi. He came to Concord in 18 17, and located near 
 East Concord, and has been a resident of the town ever since. 
 
 He was married in Concord to Anstris Edwards, who was 
 born in Providence, R. L, Nov. 9, 1798. She had been pre- 
 viously married in New England, to Ansel Norcott, with whom 
 she came to Concord about 1820. Mr. Norcott died leaving 
 two daughters : 
 
 Nancy R., married James Fleming. 
 
 Catherine, married Dr. Henry D\'e and since died. 
 
 l-5y her second marriage, with Mr. Baker, they had eight 
 children : 
 
 Lyman P., born 1826; married Matilda Strickland. 
 
 Cynthia, born 1828; married Rev. Charles Shelling. 
 
 Ansel, born 1830; married Jennie P^irman ; died 1869. 
 
 Eldridge, born 1833 • died young. 
 
 Ovanda, i| . , n ) married Frank Kester. 
 
 „ . , ■ twms, born 1835, ,- . , ,w-,i- it-t 
 
 Uvmda, ', ) married William Wilcox. 
 
 Margaret C, born 1838 ; married Jacob Marsielja. 
 
 Mary E., born 1842; married William Power; died 1866. 
 
41 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 Frederick Meyer. 
 
 Frederick Meyer was born May, 1836, in the City of Buffalo, 
 and came to Concord in 1858. Was married June, 1856, to 
 Magdalena Derrinberger, who was born in 1837. He is a 
 farmer by occupation. His father's name is George Meyer; 
 his mother's maiden name was Magdalena Haas. His father 
 has lived in Boston seventeen years. Family record : 
 
 George, born March 27, 1857. 
 
 Frederick, born Aug. 13, 1859. 
 
 William A., born March 26, 1863. 
 
 Henrietta, born July 16, 1873. 
 
 Albert, born June 12, 1879. 
 
 William P. Mills. 
 
 William P. Mills was born Jan.. 8, 1822, in Middletown, 
 Orange county, New York. His father's name was Ebenezer 
 Mills ; his mother's maiden name was Maria Coleman. For 
 several years before reaching his majority, Mr. Mills was a mer- 
 chant's clerk in his native village. He was married in May, 
 
 1845, to Deborah Clark, and, in the following December re- 
 moved to this town with his father-in-law onto Townsend Hill. 
 He has resided at different places in town ever since, and has 
 been extensively engaged in farming, dairying and cheese-buy- 
 ing. They have three children, viz.: 
 
 H. Eugene, married in 1873 to Lottie Crary, ^\•ho has since 
 died. Mr. Mills' present business is selling carriages. 
 
 Frances M. married Ralph Greene, dentist ; resides at Fre- 
 donia, N. Y. 
 
 Clark W., drug clerk. 
 
 Saiiford Mathe"vi'SOii. 
 
 His father's name was Charles Mathewson ; his mother's 
 maiden name was Cordelia French ; his grandfather's name 
 was Jonathan Mathewson ; his grandmother's maiden name 
 Lucy Crosby. He was born in the Town of Sardinia, Aug. 3, 
 
 1846. He was married in the year 1874 to Miss Jennie L. 
 Otis, daughter of James Otis of Sardinia. He has resided in 
 Sardinia, Yorkshire and Concord, and has followed the business 
 of farming. 
 
 Their children are Gracie E. and James C. 
 
IJIOCKAI'IIICAI. SKETCHES. 417 
 
 Abraliaui Mi<ldeauj;Ii. 
 
 Abraham Middcaugh came here, bou<^ht and took a deed of 
 lot nine, consisting of the south part of theVillage of Springville, 
 in 1817. He also articled other lands and returned home and 
 began making preparations to move here. He had sent on a 
 part of his goods, and while preparing to follow himself with 
 the remaintler; he liad occasion to stay one night at a hotel ; he 
 got up early and went out to the barn to take care of his horse, 
 which kicked him, causing his death a short time after. Some 
 of his friends came here and disposed of the goods alread)' 
 bought and also the land he had bought. 
 
 He was a brother of Mrs. Daniel Tice and Mrs. Joseph Ham- 
 mond. 
 
 Hugh McAleese. 
 
 Hugh McAleese was born at Ballymana, County Antrim, Ire- 
 land, in 1832. His father's name was Daniel and his mother's 
 maiden name was Eliza Quinn. He came to this country on 
 a sailing vessel in 1848; w^as nine weeks and three days cross- 
 ing to New York ; went to Kinderhook, Columbia county, and 
 learned his trade in Kinderhook and Albany. He came to 
 Springville in i860, and has carried on the blacksmithing busi- 
 ness here since that time. 
 
 His brother, John who was killed by the cars in Canada in 
 1859, came here before he did and run a blacksmith shop. 
 
 Hugh was married to Miss Hannah Feigh in 1863. Their 
 children are John E., James, Hugh, Sarah and Jessie. 
 
 Lewis Nichols. 
 
 Lewis Nichols was born June 12, 1773. He married Betsy 
 Hovell, who was born July 18, 1774. They came to this town 
 from Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y. in 181 8, and located at what 
 has since been known as Nichols' Corners, where Mr. Nichols, 
 always lived until his death in 1862 ; Mrs. Nichols having died 
 in 1854. Their children were: 
 
 Abijah,born March 5. 1792; married Anna Pixly ; died about 
 1872, in town. 
 
 Lucy, born March 9, 1794; married Stephen Knight, F. W. B. 
 minister; died about 1871. 
 
41 8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Polly, born July 3, 1796; married Arza King; died about 
 1865, in Cayuga county. 
 
 Sally, born Sept. 3, 1798; married William Elliot; resides in 
 Cayuga county. 
 
 Isaac, born March 12, 1801 ; married Zilpha Ford; died 
 in town. 
 
 Betsy, born April 29, 1803; married Orrin Lewis; died 
 about 1844, at Dubuque, Iowa. 
 
 David, born May 28, 1805 ; was a M. E. minister; died about 
 1876, in Kansas. 
 
 Lewis, born Feb. 14, 1808 ; died in Illinois about i860. 
 
 Aner, born April 28, 1810; married Joshua Steele; died 
 about 1 87 1, in town. 
 
 John, born Aug. 11, 1817; married Clarinda Richardson in 
 1 840. 
 
 Nancy, born Sept. 5, 1820; married Orrin Lewis, resides in 
 Dubuque, Iowa. 
 
 John Nichols. 
 
 John Nichols come to town with his father and alwa}'s 
 resided upon the homestead until 1869, when he moved to 
 Springville, where Mr. Nichols died in 1875. He has held the 
 offices of Assessor and Overseer of Poor. Their children are : 
 
 Betsy, died when a child. 
 
 Charles H., married Elva Styles in 1870; resides on the 
 homestead. 
 
 Levi L., married Elizabeth Carroll in 1869; resides in Buf- 
 falo ; cattle dealer. 
 
 Carlos J., married Addie Campbell in 1870; resides at Rich- 
 wood, Ohio ; dentist. 
 
 Lawrence, married Addie Davis ; have one son, Arthur ; drug- 
 gist in Springville. 
 
 Isaac Nichols. 
 
 Isaac Nichols, son of Louis and Betsy Nichols, was born 
 March 12, 1801, in Huntington, Conn. When seventeen years 
 of age, he removed to Concord, where he resided until his 
 death, Dec. 10, 1864. He was married Dec. 24, 1820, to Zil- 
 
HIOCKAl'IIICyVL SKETCHES. 419 
 
 pah Ford. The following;" is the faniilx' record of their cliil- 
 dren : 
 
 Luther r\, born, Oct. 3, 1822; married, first to Juha Ann 
 Woodbur)' ; lives in Iowa. 
 
 Harriet P., born Nov. 5, 1823 ; married Dewe}' Tift ; died 
 June 1 1, 1882. 
 
 Martha H., born June 25, 1825 ; married Alanson Ford ; 
 h'ves in Iowa. 
 
 Julia Ann, born July 19, 1827; married Jacob Lampman. 
 
 Lucy M., born Nov. 21, 1829 ; married William Woodbur\- ; 
 lix'es in Hamburg-. 
 
 Alvin L., born June 26, 183 1 ; married, first to Lllen Hyde, 
 second, to Maria Styles. 
 
 David B., born Feb. 3, 1835 ; died July 23, 1856. 
 
 Isaac N., born Sept. 18, 1837; married Helen Smith; killed 
 by a falling tree March 7, 1862. 
 
 Mariette, born Nov. 5, 1841, married Jasj^er Luther; lixes in 
 Collins. 
 
 Aliuoii Nichols. 
 
 Almon Nichols was born March 12, 18 19, His father, Abi- 
 jah S. Nichols, was born in Connecticut, and removed to Scip- 
 io, Cayuga county, N. Y., and subsequently came to the town 
 of Concord in the year 1818; his mother's maiden name was 
 Anna Pixley. Almon Nichols is a farmer by occupation; was 
 married in the year 1842 to Melissa Griswold, who died in the 
 year 1847 ! "^"^'^^ married to Clarinda Webster Feb. 10, 1850, who 
 died April 15, 1851, and was married to Diana Richardson, his 
 present wife, Aug. 25, 1851, who was the daughter of Jeremiah 
 Richardson, and was born July 4, 1824. Mr. Nichols has taught 
 fifteen terms of school in this and other towns. He was elected 
 Justice in 1S70. 
 
 His children are : 
 
 Wallace, born Feb. 16, 1845 ; married Jenette Briggs. 
 
 Betsey Clarinda. born April 12, 185 i; married LcKo\- Mil- 
 lington. 
 
 Helen, born June 4, 1852; married I-Ldward Hatch. 
 
 Manley, born Aug. 14, 1854; married Ilattie Sherman. 
 
420 KIOCRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Beiijaiiiiii Nelson. 
 
 Benjamin Nelson came to this town from Brandon, Vt., about 
 1818; his wife's maiden name was Annie Morton. He settled 
 on the Cattaraut^us creek on the farm now owned by H. T. 
 Wadsworth ; from there he moved to the place where John 
 Vosburg now lives ; this he soon after sold and bought the 
 place where Charles Pingrey now lives ; he then moved to the 
 Horton place on Vaughan street, where his wife and three chil- 
 dren died ; he afterwards moved to Springville, where he died 
 April 14, 1861 ; Mrs. Nelson died Sept. 12, 1850. 
 
 They had ten children: 
 
 Wilbur A., died Sept. 21, 1850. 
 
 Jonathan M., died in 1846. 
 
 Aurora A., married George Kingman and lives in S[)ring- 
 ■ville. 
 
 Abercia, married Damon Dodge; lives in Minnesota. 
 
 Alberto O., lives in Michigan. 
 
 Franklin J., lives in Dansville, N. Y. 
 
 Wells C, lives in Machias. 
 
 Julius G.. died in 1850. 
 
 Maria A., married William Josh'n ; lives in Si)ringville. 
 
 Harriet M., died in 1850. 
 
 Labau A. NetMlham. 
 
 Mr. Needham's father, Oliver Needham, was born in Massa- 
 chusetts; was married there in 181 3, to Lodisa Green ; came 
 from there to this town in the Fall of 18 19, and settled on lot 
 six, range seven, township seven, where he always resided until 
 his death in 1873. In the earlier days of our town he was 
 Supervisor several )X'ars, and afterwards served as Assessor a 
 number of terms. 
 
 He had five sons, viz.: 
 
 Laban A. 
 
 Charles, married Eveline Martin ; resides in Boston. 
 
 Aaron (j., married Melissa Blanchard ; resitle in town. 
 
 Da\id, married Lovina F^ields; resides in Wisconsin. 
 
 Warren, resides in Florida. 
 
 Laban A. Needham was born Nov. 6, 181 3, in Massachusetts. 
 He came to this town with his ])arents w hen si.x years of age ; 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 421 
 
 in 1.S27 he i)iircliasccl land of the 1 lollaiul C(jmpan)- on the same 
 lot that his father localetl on, A\hich he has ever since owned 
 and occupied; between 1830 and 1840 he tau^^ht seven terms 
 of scliool in Concord ; he was Captain of Mihtia four )X'ars, 
 from 1839 to 1843. In 1843 !''<-' was married to Mariam Twich- 
 ell. Mr. Needham has served tlie town as Assessor tweh'e 
 years in succession, from 1859 ^*' 1871. 
 
 Theodore 15. Norri!-. 
 
 Theodore B. Norris was born Au^. 3, i8z^., in Oneida count)', 
 N. \'., and came to Springville in 1847 : he enlisted under the 
 call of Jul)- 2, 1862; was mustered into the service at RufTalo 
 Aug. 18, 1862, Compan)- F, One Hundred and Sixteenth regi- 
 ment. New York volunteers; left September 15th and went 
 into camp near Baltimore, under command of (leneral Wool ; 
 left for Louisiana November 5th ; on arriving at New Orleans 
 his regiment was transferred to General Banks' command, first 
 dix'ision of the nineteenth army corps, under Brig. -Gen. Wil- 
 liam H. Emory; he was a member of the volunteer stornnng 
 party known as " The Forlorn Hope," which was selected for 
 the storming of Port Hudson ; in this siege he lost an eye; he 
 participated in the Red river expedition and the battles result- 
 ing from it; he left Louisiana for Virginia July 5, 1864, arriv- 
 ing in time to take part in opposing General Early's raid upon 
 Washington ; his regiment next joined Sheridan in the Shen- 
 andoah Valley campaign, and took part in the battles of Win" 
 Chester, Cedar Creek, &c.; after doing three months guard 
 dut)' at the national capital, he was mustered out of the ser\-ice 
 June 5, 1865 ; he was Corporal of his compan)-. 
 
 Mr. Norris was married in 1872 to Lucinda Hazard; they 
 have one child, Mabel Norris. Mr. Norris has been Town 
 Clerk and Collector, and on Jan. 9, J 875, he was commissioned 
 Postmaster at Springville, which position he has ever since ably 
 filled. 
 
 Ei»lii'aiiii Nee<lhain. 
 
 Ephraim Needham was born in Massachusetts in 1791 and 
 
 came to this town in company \\ith William and Lucy Chapin. 
 
 He settled on lot forty-five, township seven, range six, in 
 
422 bio(;raphical sketches. 
 
 1817. He was married to Sally Foster, April, 1820, and went 
 to Illinois in 1847 ^'""tl died there in 1855. They had five 
 children : 
 
 Huldah, Lysander, Albert, Roana and George, all of whom 
 are dead except Lysander and Albert; who live in Illinois. 
 Mrs. Needham is living with her son Lysander, in Brant. 
 
 Lysander Needham. 
 
 Lysander Needham was born in Concord, Jan, 12, 1823, and 
 was married to Almeda Cranston June 16, 1834. After her 
 death he was married to Catharine Tabor, Aug. 30, 1837. By 
 his first wife he had two children : 
 
 Roana, born Jan. 17, 1847; died Aug. 24, 1871. 
 
 Ephraim A., born .Sept. 18, 1853 ; is now^ living in Brant. 
 
 The children of his second wife are : 
 
 Josie, born June 16, 1868. 
 
 Emma, born April 3, 1874 ; died Sept. 12, 1874. 
 
 Mr. Needham was Captain of Co. E, 67th Regiment and was 
 at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1863. 
 
 Solomon Ostraiider. 
 
 Solomon Ostrander came to this town from Montgomery 
 county, N. Y., in 1848, and settled in East Concord on lot 
 thirty-five, township seven, range six, where Lyman Smith now 
 lives. Here he lived until his death, which occurred April 18, 
 1862. He had fourteen children, three of whom died acci- 
 dental deaths. 
 
 Tunis, married Alida Veder and lives near East Concord. 
 
 Margaret, married Christopher Bradt ; died east. 
 
 Maryctte, married a man by the name of Cool ; he died in 
 the east , she afterwards married Berlin Hurd, of Springville. 
 
 John, married Rachel Graff; after her death he married Kate 
 Odell. He died May 10, 1883. 
 
 Peter, lives in Montgomery count}', N. Y. 
 
 Albert, died April 21, 1871. 
 
 Catherine, married Vincent Cole. 
 
 Jacob, died June ii, 1864. 
 
 William, ilied in Montgomery count)', N. Y. 
 
 Solomon, Jr., married Margaret Williamson and lives in Ohio. 
 
lilOdRAl'IIKAI. SKKTCIIKS. 423 
 
 AarSn, married Diantho Kin^ and lives near East Concord. 
 Cornelius, died in Montgomery county. 
 Sarah, died in Montgomery county. 
 
 Jacob Oyer. 
 
 Jacob Oyer was born in the town of Ashford, Cattaraugus 
 county, in 1823. His father's name was David Oyer, and his 
 mother's maiden name was Mary Elizabeth P^-ank. His grand- 
 father, Jacob Oyer was taken prisoner by the Indians and taken 
 to Canada and sold for one crown. His great-grandfather was 
 killed at the battle of Oriskany. He has lived in Ashford, 
 Sardinia, Checktawaga, West Seneca and Concord. He has fol- 
 lowed the business of farming most of his lifetime. He was 
 Justice of the Peace in West Seneca for eight years. In 1847, 
 he was married to Amanda J. Spaulding. 
 
 Their children are : 
 
 Clara E., married to Dr. R. S. Hambleton and resides in 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Eddy Jay died in West Seneca, Nov. 5, 1867. 
 
 Margaret Ann lives in Basel, Switzerland, and teaches 
 English. 
 
 Frank E. 
 
 Ella De Emma. 
 
 Harlan E. is now in a drug store in Buffalo. 
 
 C'liaiio.s W. Piiigroy. 
 
 Charles W. Pingrey was born March 11, 1843, '" the town of 
 Sardinia, came to reside in Concord in 1866; is a farmer; he 
 was married to Sarah A. King, daughter of Alvah King, March 
 7, 1866, and now lives on the old Homestead farm one mile 
 east of Springville ; his father's name is William Pingry ; his 
 mother's maiden name was Mary Ann Wilder. For particulars 
 of his ancestry record is had to the record of his father, Wil- 
 liam Pingrc}-. 
 
 The}- had three children : 
 
 Albert L., born P^eb. 3, 1869. 
 
 Frank E., born Aug. 17, 1873; died Jan. 7. 1877. 
 
 Clarence A., bom Now 8, 1878. 
 
424 BIOCrRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 AVilliain Piugi-ey's Statement. ^ 
 
 I was born Aug. I, i8o6, in the Town of Mt. Holley, Rut- 
 land county, Vt.; came to the Town of Concord (now Sardinia) 
 in 1817 ; am by occupation a farmer; was married May 15, 
 1839; '"^"^y ^vife's name was Mary Ann Wilder, daughter of 
 Charles Wilder, late of the Town of Sardinia ; she was born in 
 Wendall, Franklin county, Mass ; my father's name was Jona- 
 than Pingrey ; he removed to Concord (now Sardinia) in 1816; 
 was born in Rowley, Mass., in 1765; died May 4, 1840; my 
 mother's maiden name was Eleanor Pease ; father and mother 
 were married in 1794; mother died June 4, 1850. 
 
 My ancestors removed from England as early as 1O41, and 
 settled in Ipswich, Mass., and engaged in active military ser- 
 vice in the several wars that occurred at their time, and what 
 was known as the French and Indian war and fighting Indians 
 generally as circumstances required, and in the Revolutionary 
 war one of my uncles was in command as colonel at the battle 
 of Lexington. 
 
 When my father moved from Mt. Holley, Vt., he came with 
 a two-horse wagon heavily loaded with furniture, farming tools 
 etc.; was twenty-one days on the road ; left part of his load at 
 Canandaigua, and returned afterwards for it. We moved into 
 a log house 18x20 feet, built by Horace Ryder; the floors 
 were made of split basswood ; the roof was made of shakes 
 rived from elm timber; this apartment accommodated the fam- 
 ily (nine persons) until we raised the upper story and made 
 sleeping room up stairs. Our furniture consisted of a cross- 
 legged table 3x4 feet, three chairs, some benches and a loom ; 
 we had two iron bake kettles ; these served us very well until 
 we built a stone oven on top of a hemlock stump that stood 
 near the house ; at one time for a few days we were out of 
 bread while father was gone to Canandaigua after provisions ; 
 but one of our neighbors, Mr. Charles Wells, furnished us with 
 flour and venison. 
 
 Our farming tools were better than those of most of our 
 neighbors, as we brought some with us. 
 
 The woods were full of deer, wolves and bears and other 
 smaller wild animals, so we had wild meat \-ery often ; and I 
 being the small boy, it was my business to bring in the cows. 
 
KIOGRAPIIICAI. SKETCHES. 425 
 
 and it was often after dark before I found the cows ; one nii^ht 
 I was dri\'in<^ the cows home and a wolf howled near me, and 
 then he went off a distance and howled to get other wolves to 
 come, but soon returned and followed me near the house; my 
 sister hearing the wolf howl, blew the tin horn to guide me 
 towards home. 
 
 We had raised a fine crop of r)X', and having one new-milk 
 cow we calculated to live well, but while our first grist of rye 
 was at the mill to be ground we lost our cow by an accident in 
 the woods; this made us rather short, and mother looked sol- 
 emn. 
 
 The cause which led father to leave Vermont and come to 
 the Holland Purchase was that to assist a young man to start 
 in business ; he became responsible pecuniarily and met with 
 such a loss as compelled him to sell his farm and leave his old 
 home, and his advice to me on a subsequent occasion perhaps 
 saved me from a similar disaster ; when father moved into the 
 Town of Concord the Town of Concord embraced ^vhat is now 
 Collins, North Collins, Concord and Sardinia, but when the 
 Town of Concord was divided our location \\as in the Town of 
 Sardinia ; before the division town meetings were held some- 
 times at one point and then at another, to suit the people. 
 
 Religious meetings were held by Methodist circuit preachers 
 at Ezekiel Smith's ; I recollect that the name of one was 
 Locke ; the Freewill Baptists held meetings at Uncle George 
 Richmond's ; Elder Richard Carey and a man named Patchin 
 and some others from Boston of^ciated at these meetings. 
 
 Two schools were kept about equi-distant from us — four and 
 half miles each wa}'- — one at Dr. Colegrove's Corners and one 
 at Liberty Pole Corners, one and one-fourth miles east of 
 Springville ; I first attended school taught by Patty Long in 
 Jerry Wilcox's horse stable, six miles east of Springville; my 
 next school, the Winter following, was kept by Benjamin 
 George, father of Rev. Isaac George, at Morton Crosby's, on 
 the Cattaraugus creek, five miles east of Springville ; the schol- 
 ars ranged from. fi\-e to twenty-five >'ears of age. 
 
 Ail my father's famil)' but two settled in Sardinia and one 
 settled in Yorkshire. My oldest brother, Jonathan, went to 
 Texas, and we ha\-e ne\er heard from him. 
 
426 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 I lived on the farm I first took up fifty years ; began with 
 sixty acres, and when I sold out I had three hundred ; I settled 
 where I now live in 1866. 
 
 My children are : 
 
 William H., born June 5, 1840. 
 
 Charles W., born March 11, 1843. 
 
 Orange Parineiiter's Stateiueiit. 
 
 Was born Sept, 4, 1817, in the Town of Concord; am a 
 farmer ; was married to Sally Andrews, daughter of Harvey 
 Andrews ; my wife died. My father's name was Elijah Par- 
 menter; my mother's maiden name was Sally Miles; my 
 father came from Rutland county, Vermont, in the year 18 10, 
 and made a beginning on the farm now owned and occupied by 
 Harrison Pingrey, three-quarters of a mile east of Springville ; 
 after living there about one year, he removed to what is now 
 the Stephen Tefft farm on Cattaraugus creek, about three miles 
 west of Springville ; he moved from Vermont with an ox-team ; 
 subsequently settled on a farm in Ashford, Cattaraugus county^ 
 near Scoby's mills, where he lived until the time of his death, 
 being a period of fifty years or more. He was drafted into the 
 military service and served in the War of 18 12 until dis- 
 charged. 
 
 Peter Prior. 
 
 Peter Prior was born at Back's Hill, in Sussex county, 
 PLngland, in 1831 ; came to this country in 1834, on the brig 
 Emma ; was nine weeks crossing the ocean. His father was 
 lost overboard on the voyage. Came to Buffalo on the canal, 
 and came to Springville in the year 1865. In 1863, enlisted in 
 the army, in the One Hundred and Fortjvseventh New York 
 volunteers, from Oswego ; afterwards was transferred to the 
 Ninety-first regiment ; was in the Army of the Potomac, and 
 was in most of the engagements from the Battle of the W^ilder- 
 ness to the close of the war; was in Wadsworth division, Fifth 
 corps, when he was killed. His occupation is carriage painting. 
 In the year 1852, he was married to Mary Ann Meachan, of 
 Mansfield, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. 
 
 Their children are: 
 
 Levi, a carriage painter; married to Loretta Pratt in 1879. 
 
 Mary, Emma, Lucy and Jennie. 
 
BIOCIKAl'lUCAI. SKKTCHES. 42/ 
 
 H. Evans Potter. 
 
 H. Kvans Potter's <,n-andfather, Ilosca Potter, married Mar- 
 cia Latten, and came from Cooperstown, Otsei^o county, N. Y., 
 to this town in the Fall of 1816 or '17, and located on lot seven, 
 township seven, ran^e seven. He resided here until his death, 
 in 1862. 
 
 H. Evans Potter's father, Theodore H. Potter, was born in 
 1813 ; he was first married in 1836 to Sarah Stancliff, by whom 
 he had two daughters : 
 
 Marcia P. married David P. Hale ; resides in Michigan. 
 
 Harriet married Osero Churchill ; resides in town. 
 
 Mr. Potter was married a second time in 1843 to Naomi Can- 
 field, by whom he had four children : 
 
 H. Evans. 
 
 Mary married Lorenzo Vaughan ; reside in town. 
 
 Augusta married Elmer O. Leland. cashier in Springville 
 bank. 
 
 Willie S. died in 1861. 
 
 H. Evans Potter was born in this town in 1844; he has 
 always lived in this town with the exception of five years that 
 he resided in North Collins. He was married in 1866 to 
 Eunice Hale. Their children are : 
 
 Eva M., Willie H.. Beulah N., Lizzie N. and Hugh E. 
 
 James Prior. 
 
 James Prior was born in the Village of Hollington, Sussex 
 county, England, in 1826. His father's name was James E. 
 l^rior, and his mother's maiden name was Babcock. He came 
 to this country in 1834, on the brig Emma ; was nine weeks on 
 the ocean to New York ; his father, during the voyage, was 
 lost overboard ; his mother being left with a family of nine 
 children. They came to Buffalo on the Erie canal, and, owing 
 to the death of his father and the circumstances of the family, 
 he was immediately put to work— at the age of eight years — 
 and was deprived of the privilege of attending school. When 
 of proper age, he learned the trade of carriage and sign paint- 
 ing. He came to Springville in 1849, ^"<^ worked at his trade 
 until 1861 ; in that year, he formed a co-partnership with 
 Philip Herbold, and since that time the firm has been engaged 
 
428 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 in the manufacture and sale of household furniture, and have 
 also carried on the business of undertakers. In 1874, they en- 
 larged their business, and have manufactured and sold doors, 
 sash, blinds, flooring, etc., and have also been engaged to some 
 extent as builders. 
 
 In 1848, he was married to Elizabeth Bath, who was born in 
 London, England. Their children are : 
 
 Frank H., who married Helen Wadsworth, lives in Spring- 
 viUe. 
 
 Thomas B. married Mary Stanbro ; carriage and sign painter, 
 Springville. 
 
 Edith. 
 
 Thomas Pierce. 
 
 The ancestors of our family came from England in 1634 and 
 settled in Massachusetts. My father came to this state in 
 1793 and settled in Fairfield, Herkimer county, in. 1807 ; he 
 removed to Frankfort a short distance east of Utica, where he 
 lived with his family of eight children until they became separ- 
 ated b}' marriage. I was born in the year 1800, and in 1829 
 married the daughter of Jacob Weber, late of Ashford. In 
 1837 we removed to a farm that I had purchased in Ashford, 
 where we lived nearh^ thirty years. My father and mother and 
 oldest sister, myself and wife and two daughters, became mem- 
 bers of the Baptist church in this village, where those of us still 
 living now retain our membership. My father died in Ash- 
 ford, in 1850; m}' mother in 1842. In April, 1865, I buried 
 my first wife in Ashford and in October, 1866, removed to 
 Springville and married Miss Maryette Scoby of this place. 
 My oldest daughter married B. A. Lowe, and resides in Spring- 
 ville. My second daughter, Ann H. Pierce, lives at home. She 
 is an artist and her place of business is on the south-west corner 
 of Main and Buffalo streets. My son Weber T., resides in Min- 
 nehaha county, Dakota Territory, near the village of Sioux 
 Falls, where he purchased a homestead of 160 acres. My old- 
 est brother, Chauncex', died in Ashford, in 1842 ; my youngest, 
 (jifford, resided in this town a number of years; he married, and 
 buried two wives in this town ; he married a third time and 
 remoN'ed to Kansas, where he died two \-ears ago. He left a 
 d.iughter, Helen A., who lives in East Pike, Wyoming county. 
 
iu(.)(;rai'Iii(Ai. sketciiks. 429^ 
 
 Joliii Prill. 
 
 lohn Prill was born in Schcrber, New Stcrlits, Mcchlcnbcrf,^, 
 Germany, in US26 and worked at farniin;^ in the old country. 
 He embarked at Hamburi,di, May i, 1850, and came on a sail- 
 vessel ; was seven weeks crossinL( to New York : went to East 
 Otto, CattarauL,ais ccninty, and staid two years ; came to Concord 
 and settled near Morton's Corners, in 1852, and lived there 
 twenty N'ears. He bought a small farm, improved it, and added 
 to it until he had 225 acres. 
 
 He sold his farm and cows to Emery D. Albro in 1872, for 
 $1 1, OCX), and came to Springville to live. In 1875, he purchased 
 the farm lying one and one-half miles east of Springville, on 
 which he has since resided. 
 
 He was married in 1859, to Miss Mary Tardell. in Hamburg, 
 Erie county. She was born in Germany in 1832, and came from 
 near the same place in the old country, that he did. Their 
 children were : 
 
 John, who died in 1852. an infant. 
 
 Mary, who died in 1867, aged twelve \ears. 
 
 Lena. 
 
 Emma. 
 
 Meina, died in 1863. an infant. 
 
 Albert G. 
 
 Lena, married Horace Van Slyke ; the}' have three children. 
 
 Emma, married George H. Kuchner; they live in Port Alle- 
 gan}- ; the}' ha\e one child. 
 
 The Pike Family. 
 
 Isaiah Pike was one of Concord's ver}- earliest pioneers. He 
 was born at Plymouth. N. H., Aug. 12, 1786. His father's 
 name was Uriah D. Pike, who came from England ; was a rev- 
 olutionar}' soldier, enlisting when sixteen }'ears of age. In 
 18 10, Mr. Pike walked all the way from his native place, with 
 knap-sack on his back, to this town and located lands on lot 
 twenty-two, range seven, township seven. Here he encoun- 
 tered those privations and incidents which only the pioneers 
 of a forest country experience. He was an active ]Darticipant 
 in that part of the war of 1812 which wasenacted in the vicinit}- 
 of Buffalo and the Niairara frontier. He was Ser<>:eant. In 
 
430 iilOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 1816 he returned to New Hampshire, married Charlotte Hickok, 
 and came back to his land, upon which he always resided up to 
 his death, in 1866. He kept hotel at the Pike homestead from 
 1821 to 1837. Their children were : 
 
 Almira, who died in 1843; Uriah D., Albert, Sofina, Cyrene, 
 Isaiah N. 
 
 Cyrene married Loran Vanderlip ; the}' now reside at Cedar 
 Falls, Iowa. 
 
 Isaiah N., married Isabclle Ross ; they now reside at Evans- 
 \-ille, Wisconsin. 
 
 Uriah D. Pike. 
 
 Uriah D. Pike was born Aug. 25, 1821, upon the farm which 
 his father took up in 18 10, and upon which he has ever since 
 resided. He was married in 1846 to Julia Chase, who died in 
 1869. Their children are: 
 
 Charles, Isaiah and Ida. 
 
 Charles was married in 1873 to Cornelia Doty. 
 
 Ida is a graduate of the Buffalo State Normal School and 
 was married in 1880 to Dr. E. A. Vaughan. 
 
 Mr. Pike was re-married in 1872 to Caroline Trevitt. Mr. 
 Pike is a farmer and in his chosen calling has been very suc- 
 cessful. 
 
 Mrs. Joshua Pike. 
 
 Whose maiden name was Esther Sharp, was born in Rutland 
 county, Vt., in the year 1799, and came with her father's family 
 to Wyoming county, N. Y., in the year 18 12. In 18 16, she 
 was married to Joshua Pike, came to Concord and settled on 
 the farm now owned by John Ballou. Mrs. Pike was the 
 mother of thirteen children, of whom there are but five liv- 
 ing. Her life has been a checkered one and if duly written 
 would fill a volume, gifted by nature, with a strong consti- 
 tution, she has far outlived the alloted span, yet posses- 
 sing a happy disposition and remarkable powers of memory, 
 she belongs to the past and \'et lives to enjo)- the present. 
 Hardly any incident of note has transpired ciuring the past 
 three-fourths of a century, but what she has some knowledge 
 of it, and upon local affairs she can recite incidents that belong 
 to another age, that there are but few who li\'e to remember. 
 
lUnCRAl'IIICAI. SKKTCIIKS. 43 1 
 
 Mrs. Pike tells of the first burial in the woods at Morton's 
 Corners. It was that of a youn<^ man that committed suicide. 
 His name for certain, was never ascertained, but it was sup- 
 posed to be White, and the son of a widow. This was some 
 time in May, 1822, for Mr. Richardson said the trees were in 
 full leaf. He came to Mr. Battle's and put up a few days. 
 There was nothing in his demeanor that would create any sus- 
 picion that he contemplated such a rash act. A day or so be- 
 fore he left here he made a trade with Battles, and became the 
 owner of a pocket knife, with which he scv^ered the veins of his 
 arms. This was done on the trail between this place and 
 Springville. There was no road then, only a bridle path and 
 he just stepped from the trail, and when found b\' Roswell 
 Olcott, he was bleeding profusely. He was discovered sitting 
 upon a log near where the steam saw mill of Watkin & Gay- 
 lord now is. Mr. Olcott aroused the settlement and he was 
 brought back to Battles' tavern and medical aid called, but the 
 flow of blood had been so great that he died of prostration. 
 He would not reveal anything of his history. A plain pine 
 cofifin was constructed by Caleb Knight. There were no under- 
 takers then, and even if there had been, it would have been 
 hard work for them to have reached here. The settlers gath- 
 ered and bore him through the woods up to the grave yard, 
 though it was not thought of as a church yard then. They 
 buried him at the foot of the great maple, which then was but 
 a sapling, not as large as a person's thigh. The)' thought if 
 his friends should be found, this tree would mark his grave. 
 
 The next the settlers were called upon to carr)' there was 
 Uncle Battles, mine host of the inn. The\- made his grave by 
 the side of the other, and they have kept on carr}'ing them 
 there until there is left out of that pioneer band only m\^self 
 and Uncle Luke Simmons, and it w ill not be long before you 
 will have to take us there. 
 
 Now I have to recite the darkest day of my life's history, for 
 it did appear as though the sun had been blotted out to me for- 
 ever. That morning I had been called upon to go a few miles 
 and visit the sick. My husband and three of the boys, Oliver, 
 Marsden and Franklin, were to engage that day in getting out 
 rails, and they had engaged the services of John Millis to assist 
 
432 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 them with his team. This was on the 23d day of January, 1845. 
 It was a clear bright day, with just snow enough to make sleigh- 
 ing good. Oliver and Marsden were splitting and Franklin and 
 his father were piling and also aiding Mr. Millis in loading to 
 haul out to the road. They were at work on lot eighty-three, 
 now owned by T. J. Kerr ; just how it happened it was so long 
 ago, it is hard for me to remember now. I know that a great 
 many supposed that Oliver glanced his axe, but this was not 
 so. The boys had quartered the cut, and Oliver, who was intent 
 upon his work, was cutting away the slivers ; his father had 
 taken an axe to cut a small sapling that stood in the way near 
 where Oliver was engaged, with his back towards Oliver, as he 
 struck low on the sapling, he threw his hips back just in time 
 to receive the fatal blow of Oliver's descending ax, in his left hip. 
 
 The wound was not large, but it was nevertheless fatal, for 
 it had severed the main artery. As he received the blow he 
 remarked to Oliver, " Look and see, I believe you have cut 
 me." Oliver, unconscious of what he had done, replied, " I 
 guess not." Mr. Pike was a man very easily affected at the 
 sight of blood, and he spoke up quickly and told the boys to 
 throw snow in his face as he was very faint. My boys hurriedly 
 laid him down and tried every means to staunch the blood ; 
 they put snow upon it, and then Oliver and Marsden pressed 
 the wound together with their hands, but the blood shot up 
 in a jet clear over their shoulders ; every means they tried were 
 fruitless. Mr. Pike made the remark, " Boys, now do not be 
 frightened, when I tell you this is my death blow." 
 
 By this time Mr. Millis had come for another load of rails, 
 and he was tenderly placed upon the sleigh and carefully 
 driven to the house. In the mean time a messenger had been 
 dispatched for Dr. Bruce, who arrived in due time and began 
 to sew up the wound, two or three stitches had been taken 
 when he fainted and was gone — yes, dead. I did not get home 
 in time to see him alive. He who had left me that morning 
 so full of life and hope would never speak again, and I full)' 
 realized that my heart was widowed. Since then the shadows 
 of death have crept thick and fast into my famih' of stalwart 
 sons and daughters. There were thirteen of them, and I spun 
 and wove and cared for them all once. 
 
15I()(;RAI'I1I( Al. SKETCHES. 433 
 
 Five are left now, eiglit having passed away. Jane went 
 first, then Marsden ; Irving I gave to my country, and he sleeps 
 where Southern vines creep o'er his grave. Oliver died in Illi- 
 nois ; the rest of them near me here, and they lie buried up 
 here. Yes, death is very cold and desolating. At times the 
 past conies back to me as though it were but yesterday. I 
 know it was the night that the Morton boys opened their new 
 house by giving a grand ball. For weeks had the event been 
 talked up and the young came from far and near, and I sup- 
 pose it was a grand affair for that time. But for me, \\hat a 
 night ; how I looked ahead into the great black future and my 
 heart cried out in the bitterness of its agony. How the tink- 
 ling of those old-fashioned sleigh-bells smote my heart as the 
 merry-makers went dashing by. I would not have anyone infer 
 that I was neglected in my sorrow. Mr. Morton's people were 
 more than kind, and they would have been glad to have post- 
 poned their ball if they could. All my neighbors and friends 
 stood by me then and tried to lighten my burden. 
 
 Harrison Piiigry. 
 
 Harrison Pingry was born in the Town of Sardinia, June 5, 
 
 1840. His father's name is William Pingry, and his mother's 
 maiden name was Mary Ann Wilder. He lived in Sardinia 
 until 1866, when he purchased what has long been known as 
 the Henman farm, on lot four, township six, range six, in this 
 town, on which he has resided ever since. This farm was 
 selected by Asa Gary, in 1809, who occupied it one season, and 
 then traded for land in Boston, with Calvin Doolittle. Gov- 
 ernor Smith occupied it in 1810; then it was owned and occu- 
 pied by James Henman for many years. 
 
 Harrison Pingry was married, in May, 1863, to Josephine E. 
 Wells, daughter of Asa Wells ; she was born in this town in 
 
 1841. Their children were: 
 Glara J., Mary E. 
 
 William Wells, who died in infancy. 
 H. Lee. 
 
 Nicholas Peters. 
 Nicholas Peters was born Nov. 29, 1882, in Luxemburg, 
 Germany; came to Concord in 1875 ■ '^ '^ farmer by occupa- 
 
434 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 tion ; was married in 1867 to Mary Zihen, who was born in 
 Prussia. His father's name was John Peters ; his mother's 
 maiden name was Margaret Oberlinkels. Nicholas Peters was 
 in the Luxemburg army from nineteen years old until he was 
 twenty-seven years of age ; previous to settling where he now 
 lives, he lived near Collins Center about nine years. 
 Has one child, Nicholas, born June, 1867. 
 
 Frank Prior. 
 
 Mr. Prior was born Jan. 31, 1850, in Springville, N. Y., of 
 which village he has always been a resident and where Jan. i, 
 1874, in company with Richard Holland, he engaged in the 
 drug business. After an interval of three years, he purchased 
 Mr. Holland's interest and still continues the business. He 
 married Helen Wadsworth. 
 
 They have three children: Benjamin, John and Elizabeth, 
 
 Isaac Palmer. 
 
 Isaac Palmer was born in the year 1800. His father moved 
 from Vermont to this town in 1 817. A few years after, Isaac 
 was married to Lucy Palmer, of Gowanda. They had five chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Helen married Joseph Tice and moved to Wyoming county; 
 after his death, she married Henry Thyng. 
 
 Hiram married Jane Mayo, and lives in Springville. 
 
 Harriet died young. 
 
 Henry married Eugena Briggs ; after her death, he married 
 Evaline Mayo ; she died, and he married his present wife, 
 Clemantine Hurd. 
 
 Marion married Jeremy Smith. 
 
 For a number of years, Mr. Palmer held the office of Town 
 Collector, and was also Assessor, and was Captain of the Spring- 
 ville Rifle company for many years. He died Dec. 2, 1869, 
 respected by all. 
 
 Daniel Persons. 
 
 Daniel Persons was an carh' settler in this town and lived on 
 the Genesee road, lot twent}'-seven, township seven, range seven, 
 for a great man)' years and here cleared up a good-sized farm. 
 
ItlOCKAl'inCAL SKF/rCIIKS. 435 
 
 After he ^ot to be an old man he sold the farm and moved to 
 Nichols Corners, bought a lot and lived there until his death. 
 He was a great many years Deacon in the Baptist church 
 of Springville. He died Aug. 28, 1877, aged eighty-seven years, 
 and his wife died Feb. 5, 1874, aged eighty years and ten 
 months. They had two children : 
 
 Truman, lives in Golden. 
 
 Mary E., died when a young woman. 
 
 AVilliaiii Speiioer Perigo. 
 
 Mr. Perigo's father, Lyman Perigo, was by occupation a 
 tanner, currier and shoe-maker, and served as a soldier in the 
 war of 1 8 12. He was born in Rutland county, Vermont, Oct. 
 I, 1792. He was married about 18 18, in Vermont, to Susan 
 Jones, who was born Feb. 3, 1798, in Rutland county, Vermont. 
 They had three sons and three daughters, all born in Vermont, 
 viz : 
 
 Susan A., born 1820; married P'rancis White ; reside in 
 Springville. 
 
 Martin A., born 1823 ; died in Iowa. 
 
 Mary V., born 1827 ; married John Ballou ; reside in Concord. 
 
 Alvira E., born 1830; married Abram Naudau. 
 
 William Spencer, born 1833 • unmarried ; resides in Concord. 
 
 Samuel W., born 1836; died Dec. 27, 1837. 
 
 The family removed to Springville, N. Y., about 1850, 
 where the father, Lyman Perigo, lived until his death, April 12, 
 1880; his wife having died July 3, 1877. 
 
 James Quinii. 
 
 James Quinn came to Concord from Vermont in 1848. He 
 was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland, Aug. 18, 1832. His 
 father's name was James Quinn, his mother's maiden name was 
 Sarah Butler. He was married in 1861, to Miss Charlotte Pal- 
 mer, who died Nov. 15, 1872, after which he married Mrs. Lydia 
 Perkins, April 8, 1880. He is a farmer and lives on his farm 
 one mile south-easterly from Morton's corners. His father died 
 nine days after their arri\-al in America. His mother lived to 
 eighty-four years of age and died in Wisconsin Nov. 28, 1881. 
 
436 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Life of Jereniiali Richardsou. 
 
 Jeremiah Richardson was born at New Port, N. H., Dec. 30, 
 1796. Here was his home until his fifteenth year, when, upon 
 the death of his father, he was sent to Hve with his grandfather 
 at Milford, Mass. The summers were devoted to the labors 
 on the farm and the winters to attending school. Mr. Rich- 
 ardson remained here until his seventeenth birth-da}', when he 
 went to the town of Hubbardton, Rutland county, Vermont, 
 where lived an uncle. This was in 181 3, and the country was 
 much disturbed over the prospect of a long and bloody con- 
 flict with the mother country. Mr. Richardson says when he 
 left the protecting care of his ancestors he left with the deter 
 mination of being the architect of his own fortune. The most 
 of young men at this age knowing that they were free agents, 
 would have been allured by the enchantments of pleasure to 
 have marked out a far different course of life, but his ambition 
 was to be independent, and his ambition was laudable, for in 
 after years it enabled him to build up every cause that was to 
 better the condition of men. Mr. Richardson says that he had 
 decided to follow the business of farming, and that the Hol- 
 land Purchase with its cheap lands and easy terms of payment 
 attracted his attention, and he left Massachusetts with the 
 intention, after his visit in Vermont, to go directly to Batavia, 
 the headquarters of the compan)'. Through the entreaties of 
 his friends there and the war-like aspect along the border, he 
 consented to remain two years. The first year he found a 
 home with his uncle, assisting him on the farm, and the next 
 year he served a neighboring farmer in a similar capacity ; and 
 he says, " At the end of my engagement, or when the Septem- 
 ber sun was ripening off the corn, I tied up my scanty ward- 
 robe in a pocket-handkerchief and set out on foot and alone to 
 accomplish a journey of three hundred miles. I was fourteen 
 days on the way, and every foot of it I had walked. At Bata- 
 via I could have secured land, but I found one great objection, 
 in almost every house I found a victim of the ague. Much of 
 the land in the immediate vicinity of the village was under cul- 
 tivation, and the crops far superior to anything I had ever seen 
 before, but the fever sickened me of that place, and I inquired 
 if there was not some part of the company's domain that was 
 
]UUt;RAriIlCAl. SKETCIIKS. 437 
 
 not afflicted with this scourge. I was told that there was in 
 the Cattaraut^us countr\', but it was only fit for Indians and 
 wild beasts to lixx- in. l^ut I feared the fe\'cr more than I did 
 these, and I went to the company's office, where, for the first 
 time, I met Ebenezer Mix. He was then a j'oung man, very 
 familiar and genteel in his manners. I made known to him 
 my business and asked him to show me a plot of the Cattarau- 
 gus region. This was readily done, and I selected one hundred 
 acres on the southeast corner of lot ninety-one, and I got a 
 contract by paying ten dollars, which was at that time all the 
 wealth I possessed. 
 
 I knew that it would not do for me to go out there penniless, 
 so I hired out to chop wood a few days for the distillery at 
 twenty-five cents per cord. I was something of a chopper, and 
 about the middle of October I had saved up a few dollars. I 
 bade my new-found friends good-bye and set out to find my 
 claim. I came by the way of Buffalo and Boston. I found a 
 very good road for footmen until I reached Townsend's mill, 
 now Wheeler Hollow. Here I was directed to a trail that led 
 me to Colonel Cook's, on lot thirty-three. Mr. Cook had been 
 in there some time, for he had improvements, and I helped 
 him to harvest some four acres of corn. At Cook's I was 
 greeted with a warm welcome, and the friendship we formed 
 then and there has been unbroken, and that was nearly or quite 
 sixty years. 
 
 A man by the name of Nehemiah Paine had made a begin- 
 ning on the corner of lot forty-one ; his log cabin stood near 
 the residence of Nelson Nichols. 
 
 The next morning after partaking of my new-found friend's 
 hospitality, I, in company with the Colonel, started out to look 
 over my claim. We found it very heavily timbered by beech, 
 maple and elm, and to most young men the task of redeeming 
 these acres to a state of cultivation would have appeared her- 
 culean ; but I was young and inured to toil and strong in hope 
 and determination. So after assisting Mr. Cook for a few days 
 I began work for myself right here where my house stands to- 
 day ; this will be sixty-fi\'e years in November ; the first tree I 
 cut was right here, and the first log-heap was down b}- the 
 barn ; my well was on the lowest place in the orchard ; I had 
 
438 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 only to dig eight or nine feet and I had an abundance of water. 
 That Fall I did not chop steady on my place, bi't lent a day 
 now and then to neighbor Cook, which he returned with his 
 oxen when I had got ready to log off ; I chopped two acres, 
 which we put into heaps ready for burning in the Spring. 
 During this time I had lodged and boarded in Mr. Cook's fam- 
 ily. He, though young, had a wife ; I saw that his house room 
 was limited, and thought it might be as well for me to look out 
 for another place to pass the winter. 
 
 About the last days of November I went back to Batavia 
 and engaged in my old occupation of chopping wooci for the 
 distillery at twenty-five cents per cord. I was very steady, and 
 though I could not cut so much per day as some, I generally 
 made out as well as any who followed chopping. I was there 
 about four months, and when we settled up I had over $50 my 
 due for my Winter's work. 
 
 About the first of April I again returned to my claim, and 
 about the first work I undertook for myself was to put up a house. 
 The fall before I had cut logs of a suitable length for this pur- 
 pose, and again I sought the aid of Cook's willing hands and 
 in three days' time I had a home; humble as it was, only 
 twelve feet square, with a bark roof, stick chimney and split 
 basswood logs for a floor. I was v^ery happy. About the first 
 of May I burned my fallow and planted corn and potatoes. 
 This proved to be the ever-remembered cold season, and ni}- 
 farming turned out to be barren and profitless. Every month 
 during the year had more or less frost in it, and one night in 
 July, I think it was the 13th, ice formed on a sap trough that 
 happened to have water in it, full half an inch. To add to my 
 other troubles, along about the middle of June I was taken 
 down with the ague. To one of less hope, the outlook of my 
 beginning would have been very discouraging. I was alone 
 and had just begun on land that I knew the best years of m}- 
 life would be consumed in making it habitable. I was sick 
 with a disease that all told me I must wear out. I began to 
 realize that there was a limit to my endurance, and I often 
 thought that the fever would wear me out first. Notwith- 
 standing I kept about onl)'when the chill was on and did chop 
 and girdle over some six acres. The girdling ma}- not be plain 
 
r.KXlRAl'IIICAI. SKF/I'CIIKS. 439 
 
 to all, now 1 (-lid not always when clcarinL^ cut the largest 
 trees; I would cut throuijh the bark clear around the big trees 
 when in full leaf, this would cause them to die and sometimes 
 these trees would remain standing for \'ears. I remember that 
 I left a large elm standing just below the upper orchard in the 
 swail. This tree was the largest I ever saw, being some seven 
 feet in diameter; )-cars after I gave it to John Millis, ^\•ho cut 
 it down and by placing smaller timber around it, he burned it 
 to ashes and made these into salts. We did not always chop 
 up the big trees after they were cut down. We would " nig- 
 ger " them ofT with fire brands ; that is, we would take the half 
 consumed brands and pile them across the big trees at the 
 desired length we wished them, and the torch would be applied. 
 In this way we saved a great deal of hard chopping. About 
 the middle of August I \'isited Squire Frye, who lived in Zoar, 
 while there I suffered a chill, this proved a blessing to me for 
 it enlisted the sympathies of Mrs. Frye's feeling heart and was 
 the means of my getting free of the. ague. I wish to say here 
 that Mrs. Jesse Frye was a noble woman, whose greatest 
 pleasure was in giving relief to the sick and sorrowing. She 
 induced me to remain all night and in the morning when about 
 to leave, I found she had prepared for me a bottle of medicine. 
 She took the inner bark of white ash and burned it to ashes, 
 this was put into w-hisky and by partaking of this freely I broke 
 the ague, though it had left my system in a weak condition. 
 The early frosts in September killed my corn and potatoes 
 dead. The corn had just reached the state suitable for boiling 
 and consequently was unfit for food, and my potatoes were but 
 little better. My corn I cut, but it was so green and badly 
 frozen that it decayed it a few days. My potatoes were not 
 much better and the result of my farming that year might be 
 summed up in four bushels of very small potatoes, but like 
 Crusoe on his lone island, " I had extended my domain and 
 taken more in m\' enclosure." Two acres were ready for the 
 next }'ear's crop and six more could very easily be added b}' a 
 little logging and burning, part of this I accomplished that fall 
 and after taking care of m}' potatoes, I set out again for Batavia 
 where I found a place with the same man I had served the 
 previous Winter. I engaged to chop for twelve dollars per 
 
440 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 month, hardly had a week passed before I was compelled to 
 give up. The fever had just about used me up ; I knew I must 
 make some arrangements to get through the Winter. I made 
 a proposition that I would remain until Spring, do what I 
 could and I would leave it all to him in regard to remunera- 
 tion. This he readily assented to. About the house I did 
 chores, took care of the stock, and, in fact, I made myself very 
 useful ; when I came to settle, he reckoned up my time and 
 paid me twelve dollars per month in full. This was far better 
 than I had anticipated, and it enabled me to pay up my 
 interest, and left me a small sum to begin my Spring's work with. 
 
 That Spring Uncle Battles took up one hundred acres on lot 
 eighty-two. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and a few 
 years before he died he obtained a pension. He had a family 
 of boys and girls. Battles put up quite an imposing log house 
 where he entertained travelers. His house stood a little to the 
 w^est of the present house built by the Morton brothers. 
 
 That Spring I cast my first vote. The town meeting was 
 held at Townsend's, on the hill. I think Barrett was up for 
 Supervisor, Gen. Knox for Commissioner. This made me 
 fully realize that I had commenced the years of responsibility, 
 and that I not only owed allegiance to my Country, but also to 
 a higher power whose protecting care had watched over me, in 
 my lonely cabin home. I began to read my Bible, and I verily 
 believe if it had not been for the promises, I should have given 
 up and gone back East. " If a man love me, he will keep my 
 word ; and my Father will love, and he will come unto him, 
 and make our abode with him." I began to realize that I was 
 not alone in the deepest of solitude, and I felt- that I was in 
 company with the Greatest of Beings. 
 
 All kinds of provisions that Spring, were ver}' scarce and 
 dear. Corn that would actually grow was worth one dollar per 
 peck. I planted six acres and used just a bushel. I had to 
 get through the Summer with some thirty pounds of meal, 
 twenty-two pounds of pork, and a small quantity of small pota- 
 toes, that I must eke out until the new crop got large enough 
 to use. I counted up the number of days and then I counted 
 my potatoes and knew how much meal and pork I could use to 
 make my scanty store last. But after all m}- caution. I fell 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 44I 
 
 short some two weeks ; during that time I had to subsist on 
 bassvvood and e\m leaves, and by scraping off the inner bark of 
 these trees. I actually suffered from the pangs of hunger. 
 That year, though the season was late, the crops were good and 
 I soon had an abundance with plenty to spare. Feelings of 
 great thankfulness took possession of me. 
 
 In August, Elder Folsom held a series of meetings in Bos- 
 ton. It was a good wa}' to walk but I attended and became 
 converted to the truths of Christianity. Since then I have 
 always done what was in my power to do, to build up the 
 cause. More than sixty years ago, I thought of a church and 
 parsonage here, and I have lived to see it done. 
 
 That year after securing my crops, I turned my attention to 
 digging sap troughs, and when the sugar time came I had over 
 five hundred of these ready to set. The season proved a good 
 one and I began earl)', I think I tapped a few trees about the 
 middle of Februar)% and made about forty pounds of sugar. 
 This I put into a bag and threw aci'oss my shoulder, and with 
 my dinner box in one hand, I walked to Buffalo the same da}', 
 sold my sugar for five dollars cash, and the next day I walked 
 home again. All I was out for expenses \\'as a shilling, for 
 lodging, at the old Eagle Tavern. This inspired me with 
 confidence in the profits of maple sugar, and I have since set 
 as high as 2,800 buckets in one season. These buckets were 
 the work of my own hands and were made during the Winter 
 months. When I began Sugar making, I used five-pail kettles 
 for boiling ; over fifty years ago I conceived the idea of evap- 
 orating in sheet-iron pans, and myself and brother Elijah, con- 
 structed the first one. Had I obtained a patent upon this it 
 would have been very profitable, for since then they have 
 come into general use ; but I did not think of making money 
 in any other way only by work. I have been thinking of my 
 life of sugaring, and 1 have been reckoning up. I have made 
 nearly, or quite one hundred tons of sugar, and upon an aver- 
 age I have received ten cents per pound. This would amount 
 to S-0,ooo, and I think I am safe in saying that the profits of 
 this industry have been as good as any that I have undertaken 
 and I have made it a rule never to destro\' a maple tree, unless 
 it grew directly in my path. The bo}'s that used to work for 
 
442 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 me in the bush, used to think me severe because I would not 
 allow them to cut maple hand spikes. Those maple hand 
 spikes to-day are large trees, and if put to use would make a 
 good amount of sugar. Yes my maple orchard was full as 
 profitable as my apple orchard, and I devoted a good deal of 
 attention to it. 
 
 Mr. Richardson tells me that the Spring and early Summer 
 of i8i8, he spent in clearing. He had nearly twenty acres 
 ready for cultivation, and that he began to think of visiting the 
 East and getting his brothers to come here and settle. After 
 talking with Colonel Cook, in relation to this period in Mr. 
 Richardson's life — a suspicion that there was another and a 
 stronger magnet that induced the young pioneer to take that 
 long weary journey, afoot, than kindred ties, and that the hazel 
 eyes of the gentle Anna Webster shone brighter and were 
 more cheering to the lonely hours of the young pioneer than 
 all the stars that shine in the vault of Heaven, for believe me, 
 in every life and its history, there has been a woman in it 
 sometime; be it so. 
 
 I learn that he went back that June, and I take the " old 
 family record," and I found it duly written out in his own bold, 
 plain hand, that Jeremiah Richardson was married to Anna 
 Webster, Nov. 29, 1818. Not much for one here to weave into 
 the warp of his stern, earnest life — the threads of romance ; 
 but I knew him so well : knew that he who was oak and rock 
 in storm, was in sunshine as gentle and tender as the flowers 
 that to-day bloom above his grave. 
 
 The next February I learn that he returned, bringing with 
 him Anna and his brother Elijah, who was a blacksmith ; he 
 located at Nichols Corners, and if I am informed right, he was 
 the first one of his trade here. 
 
 For nearly fourteen years, Anna Webster lived to bless his 
 home, when the star-light of his boyhood went out in the dark 
 night-clouds of death, Sept. 2, 1832. By this dispensation, 
 seven little children were left to his care, viz.: 
 
 Jeremiah T., born Jan. 8, 1821, 
 
 Clarinda, born July 10, 1822. 
 
 Dianah, born July 4, 1824. 
 
 David M., born Jan. 30, 1826. 
 
lUOCKAPHKAL SKK'ICI IKS. 443 
 
 Alansoii M., bom Jan. i~, 1S28. 
 
 Ann.i Jane, born Oct. 5, 1830. 
 
 Levi, born Jan. 23, 1832. 
 
 These chiKlren are all now lixinsj,- but Anna Jane, who died 
 June 1 1, 1869. 
 
 I learn that for nearh' two \'ear.s he was left alone with these 
 children. Then he found another Anna who would take the 
 l^lace of the lost one, antl on the third day of February, 1834, 
 he was married to Anna Jane Woodward, and she journeyed 
 on with him near unto thirty-five )'ears, when she too became 
 wear)- of the burden and lay down to rest. When death, the 
 friend of the sick and the sorrowing, kissed down her eyelids 
 still, May 26, 1868. She had borne him eight children, viz.: 
 
 Mary C, born March 8. 1837. 
 
 Eliza, born June 11, 1838. 
 
 Harvey W., born May 3, 1840. 
 
 Francis, born Aug. 11, 1842. 
 
 Preston C, born May 14, 1844. 
 
 Charles H., born March 11, 1846. 
 
 George, born June 4, 185 1. 
 
 Cornelia A., born Sept. 21, 1856. 
 
 These children are all living but Charles II., who died April 
 26, 1876. Previous to her death Mr. Richardson had enter- 
 tained thoughts of retiring from the acti\-e duties of his large 
 farm. 
 
 For o\'er fift}- \ears had he been on dut}-, and he felt that 
 the evening had come and he sought rest. Half of his real 
 estate was divided up among the children of Anna Webster. 
 Soon after he sold the remainder, and this will go to the chil- 
 dren of Anna Woodward. For four \'ears, the toil-worn jjio- 
 neer walked on alone with his two youngest children, but his 
 house was not the refuge of former years, and to fill it he 
 realized that he needed the love anti care of some good being 
 to cheer the latter days of his long and useful life. This being 
 he found in the person of Mrs. Selina Webster, to whom he 
 was married Nov. 14, ^872. This was a happy union. She 
 cared for him as tenderly as a fond mother does for her child, 
 and until his last sickness he enjoyed the comforts of a pleas- 
 ant and hapj)}- home. 
 
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 When he felt that his Hfe was drawing to a close, he called 
 his children about him and bade them good-bye, and such was 
 his faith that even in the hour and agony of death, he consid- 
 ered the pains of his dissolution nothing but the breaking down 
 of the partition that stood between his soul and the image of 
 his Creator. 
 
 At 5 o'clock P. M., Dec. 4, 1879, ^^- Richardson ceased to 
 breathe. On the seventh, his mortal remains were laid away 
 in the grave, and very soon all that the world will know of him 
 will be gleaned from a perusal of this short sketch. 
 
 Deacon John Russell. 
 
 Deacon John Russell, another of the pioneers of this town, 
 first came here but a few weeks after Samuel Cochran, in the 
 Fall of 1808. His history during the early settlement of this 
 town is so closely connected with the history of Cochran that 
 the history of one is to a great extent the history of the other, 
 and if written separately would prove but a repetition. But 
 there is so much of real worth, of moral greatness and true 
 herosim about the life and character of Deacon Russell that he 
 deserves more than a passing notice. It is true he was not a 
 great man in the worldly acceptation of that term. He was no 
 genius, but he was strongly marked as a man of strength. He 
 bore in his character and mental and moral physiognomy cre- 
 dentials showing that he was appointed by a high power. He 
 possessed the power of endurance, and was capable of pursuing 
 an undeviating course or line of conduct for years, never yield- 
 ing to discouragement, but patiently removing the obstacles 
 in the way anci rising superior to all opposition. The number 
 of men are very small who have left behind them so straight 
 and undeviating a line of conduct, and few men ever lived in 
 this town, to whose influence the communit}^ are more indebted 
 for their life-work for the good of society. 
 
 Deacon John Russell was born in New Hartford, Litchfield 
 county, Conn., Oct. 17, 1779. His father was an insane man 
 and consequently John, from early childhood, was compelled to 
 toil to the full extent of his ability. He often said he had 
 never known what it was to enjoy leisure hours and have time 
 for recreation and amusement. The insanit\' of the father 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 445 
 
 rendered the family hearth not only a place of dant^er but also 
 an undesirable place to rear children. This, to<^ether with the 
 poverty of the family, rendered it necessary to commit the 
 rearini;" of John to the hands of strangers, and at the at^e of 
 eigiit, he was indentured to a farmer till he should attain his 
 majority. He was, therefore, virtually fatherless from his 
 earliest recollection ; he enjoyed occasional interviews with his 
 mother, but of very short duration ; yet, he did not Icavx' the 
 man to whom he was indentured till a fortnight after he 
 was twenty-one, when, with his pack on his back, he started 
 a lonely, yet heroic wayfarer for Oneida county, N. Y., 
 where he arrived in the Fall of 1800. Here he remained nearly 
 two years, working by the month, and here he was married to 
 Miss Merinda Austin, the daughter of the man for whom he 
 labored. In 1802, he left Oneida county for Madison county, 
 and bought a piece of land, in company with one of his broth- 
 ers, near Cazenovia. He remained here, working upon his 
 land 'till the Fall of 1808, at which time, in the month of No- 
 vember, he removed to this place, where he resided until his 
 death. He, therefore, reached the place of his final destination 
 a few days after he was thirty years of age and on the month 
 he died. 
 
 This place was then an entire wilderness, with but one family 
 in the limits of the present town of Concord. A man by the 
 name of Stone had made a beginning a year before. John 
 Albro had also been here but had left a few days before on 
 account of the death of his wife, but returned again the next 
 year. Samuel Cochran had been here the month previous, 
 taken ujj land, cut and rolled up logs for a shanty, but had gone 
 after his family. On his return there were three families to 
 spend the winter of 1808 and 1809 together. Two of these 
 families only proved permanent citizens. Stone soon after leav- 
 ing for new scenes. 
 
 In the Spring af 1809, there were four families in town : Rus- 
 sell, Cochran, Stone and Albro, who had married again and re- 
 turned to his former place to remain a few years longer, Here 
 we have the foundation of our thri\'ing, growing, spreading and 
 prosperous community. These men labored for the building 
 up of society and both of them have long since gone to their 
 
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 rest, leaving not one of the first settlers of this town in our 
 midst, and but a fev/ of what may be called the early settlers. 
 They are all passingaway like the dew of the morning and soon 
 the marble and the sod will tell us that they are all gone. 
 
 The mother of Deacon Russell was a woman of very ardent 
 piety and her influence was felt on John, and as soon as there 
 were settlers enough to enjo}' the forms of religious meeting, 
 he collected them together and read to them sermons and 
 engaged in singing, although there were none among them that 
 could pray. The first religious impulse given to this commu- 
 nit}' was by Russell, although not a christian himself. The 
 first man who could be induced to pray was a Unitarian, whose 
 name is forgotten. So desirous were these pioneers to enjoy 
 religious service that Deacon Russell and wife went to Boston 
 on foot to attend a meeting and Russell worked hard to 
 gather together all the religious influence in this communit)' 
 until 1816, when the Congregational Church was formed and 
 he became its first Deacon and realh' its first pastor until his 
 death. 
 
 Deacon Russell lost his first wife several years before his 
 death and was married again. He had but two children: Mrs. 
 Deacon Eaton Bensley, the mother of George Eaton and John 
 Russell Bensley and Mrs. Joseph Harkins, the mother of Mrs. 
 R. W. Tanner and Mrs. Dighton Louck. 
 
 Silas Kiislmiore. 
 
 Silas Rushmore was a highly respected citizen of Concord 
 for many years. He married a daughter of Samuel Bradley 
 of this place. They had two sons — Chester and Charles. Ches- 
 ter lives in Illinois and Charles is dead. Mr. Rushmore resides 
 in Illinois and is nearl}- ninety years of age. At m}' request, 
 he sent me the follo\\ing statement. (Mr. Rushmore has since 
 died): 
 
 1. ]\Iy father's family li\'ed in Greene county, N. Y., until I 
 was ten or twelve years of age; moved from there to Oneida 
 county, near Utica ; lived there until I was of age. 
 
 2. I served in the war of 1812 ; went to Sackett's Harbor; 
 was gone from home about six weeks; went to Oswego ; was 
 gone but a few da}-s. At that time was li\-ing in Manlius, 
 Onondaga county. 
 
inOGRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 447 
 
 3. Came to Springvillc in the Fall of 18 16. 
 
 4. The families livin<^ in Springville and vicinity when I 
 came, according to my recollection, were Rufus Eaton, Benja- 
 min Gardner, Daniel Ingals, Varney Ingals (bachelor), David 
 Leroy (^the noted violinist), Samuel Cochran, Samuel Burgess, 
 Isaac Knox, Frederick Richmond, Truman White, Francis 
 White, Moses White (twin brothers), John Albro, Giles Church- 
 ill, John Russell, Benjamin Rhodes, Eliakim Rhodes, Julius 
 Bement, Phineas Scott and John Williams. 
 
 5. The first saw-mill built by Eaton ; first grist-mill by Ben- 
 jamin Gardner. 
 
 6. Gardner's mill was built before I came; so was Eaton's 
 saw-mill. 
 
 7. Eaton's grist-mill built about 1818. 
 
 8. The hotel on Franklin street, fronting the park, built by 
 David Stanard about 18 17. 
 
 9. The first woolen factory built by Samuel Bradley about 
 1820. 
 
 10. The first tannery built by Jacob and Silas Rushmore 
 about 1 81 7. 
 
 11. Second tannery built by Hoveland & Towsley about 
 1823 or 1824. 
 
 12. First distillery built by Frederick Richmond about 1818. 
 
 13. Second distillery built by Silas Rushmore. 
 
 14. First ashery built by Frederick Richmond before I came. 
 
 15. Rufus C. Eaton \\as the first postmaster. 
 
 The first town-meeting that I remember, was held in Collins. 
 At that time Concord included Collins, North Collins and Sar- 
 dinia. 
 
 A. F. Rust. 
 
 Mr. Rust was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1840. His ances- 
 tors followed the sea and were experts at their calling. He 
 came to America in 1854, on a sailing vessel which was forty- 
 five days in crossing the Atlantic. He came to Yorkshire, 
 N. Y., and worked two years for his uncle, Henry Butt, as pay- 
 ment for his passage from Germany ; his uncle having paid his 
 fare over, which was §42.00. He attended district school sev- 
 eral winters and three terms at the Springville Academy, under 
 the principalship of David Copeland. 
 
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 In 1861 he entered the store of Richmond & Holman, at 
 Springville, as clerk. After clerking three years he engaged in 
 the livery business with his brother Richard, which they fol- 
 lowed until 1870, when, in company with Abraham Dygert, 
 the}' bought the old Springville House of Em. Pierce. Rust 
 brothers soon bought Mr. Dygert's interest and conducted 
 the hotel until 1876, when the subject of this sketch engaged 
 in the grocery business at Springville. 
 
 Mr. Rust was married in 1868, to Miss Carrie Moore. They 
 have four children living: Lottie, Henry, Altha May and 
 Nettie, 
 
 George Renter. 
 
 George Renter, son of Adam and Magdela Renter, was born 
 in Baden, Germany, Sept. 12, 18 18. He landed in New York 
 city July 6, 1854; came to Concord the same year, where he 
 located, and now owns and occupies a farm three miles west of 
 Springville. 
 
 In July, 1849, ^'"^ married Elizabeth Smith, also a native of 
 Baden, Germany. Before emigrating to America Mr. Renter 
 served ten years in the German army. The following is the 
 family record of his children : 
 
 Lany, born Jan. 15, 1844; married Nicholas Street; died 
 Oct. 25, 1874. 
 
 William, born Oct. 18, 1849 ^ married Ellen Baily. 
 
 Frederick, born Nov. 19, 1850; married Lizzie Zimmerman. 
 
 Sophia, born March 17, 1852. 
 
 Lebold, born May 28, 1855. 
 
 Joseph, born June 24, 1859. 
 
 Mary, born Feb. 25, 1S62. 
 
 Louisa, born Nov. 30, 1863. 
 
 John, born Sept. 18, 1869. 
 
 He has two grandchildren living with him : 
 
 Mary Street, born Jan. 6, 1866. 
 
 Lizzie Street, born Nov. 8, 1868. 
 
 John Keed. 
 
 Mr. Reed's paternal grandfather was a sea captain and an 
 artist. His father Daniel Reed was born in Connecticut His 
 
KIOORAPIIICAL SKKTCirKS. 449 
 
 jTiother's niaitlcn name was Prudence Shephard. The}' re- 
 moved to the town of Glen, Montgomery county, N. Y., 
 where Mr. Reed was born, Oct. 22, 1829. The family came to 
 this town about 1S38, where Mr, Reed has resided most of the 
 time since. He has been cn<^aged for many years in the boot 
 and shoe and leather trade in Sprin^^ville. He was married in 
 1849 to Mary Jane Hicks. They have three children : 
 Edward T., hla L., John J. 
 
 Nicholas Kassel. 
 
 Nicholas Rassel was born at Brandenburgh, Canton of 
 Dikirch, Luxemburg, in 1837 ; came to this country in 1856. 
 Embarked at Antwerp and landed at New York. Lived in 
 Minnesota two years and in Illinois three years. In the Fall 
 of 1 86 1 he enlisted in the arm\- and served over three years and 
 was in eighteen different skirmishes and engagements. Was 
 at Island No. 10, Shiloh. Tannington, Corinth, Natchez, Mem- 
 phis, Cayuga, Jackson, Vicksburg and in the Red River expedi- 
 tions. After the close of the war he came to Buffalo, and in 
 1869 returned to the old country on a visit. Was in business 
 in Buffalo nine years. Came to Springville in the Spring of 
 1876. He is a butcher, and keeps a meat market at No. 112 
 Main street. He was married to Kate Winter in 1871 ; she 
 died in 1872. Was married to his present wife, Susan Hcin, in 
 1874. They ha\'e two children : 
 
 Nicholas F., 
 
 Barbara Ann Kate. 
 
 Oeorg'e A. Kii'linioiid. 
 
 George A. Richmond was born in the Town of Sardinia in 
 1854. His father's name was (jeorge Richmond ; his mother's 
 maiden name was Emily White ; his grandfather's name was 
 also George Richmond ; came here from Vermont in 1S07, and 
 selected land on the Cattaraugus creek in the southwest corner 
 of Sardinia, and in 1 809 moved his famil}- on to it and built a 
 log house, as all the settlers at that time were obliged to. and 
 commenced keeping ta\'ern and clearing up a farm. In early 
 times Richmond's log ta\'ern was wideh' known and was used 
 for public gatherings of xarious kinds. In after years (ieorge 
 
450 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Richmond, the second, kept hotel in a frame building near by, 
 and was also extensively and successfull}- engaged in farming, 
 and at the time of his death owned over fifteen hundred acres 
 of land. 
 
 George A. has been a farmer and also kept hotel in Spring- 
 ville. He was married in 1874 to Miss Cecelia Wilgus, of 
 Whitestown, N. Y. 
 
 Jacob Kusliinore. 
 
 Jacob Rushmore was a very early settler here. He and his 
 brother built a tannery in 18 17 between Elk and Pearl streets 
 in Springville. He built and lived in an old yellow house just 
 above the present residence of J. P. Myres. He afterward 
 built the house where Edwin Wright now lives, and during his 
 life-time acquired considerable property. 
 
 He had six children, all of whom are now dead except two. 
 who live in San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 He died April 5, 1855, aged sixty-six years. 
 
 His wife died March 13, 1S49, ^gt'd fifty-nine years. 
 
 Emory Sanipsoii. 
 
 Emory Sampson was born at Harvard, Mass., Oct. 31, 1791. 
 Here was his home until he had reached the years of manhood. 
 Some time in the year 181 3 he was united in marriage to Miss 
 Susannah Herrick, who was born at Northumberland, N. H., 
 Oct. 16, 1792. From here the young couple went to New 
 Hartford, N. Y., where the}' remained about one year, and 
 from thence to West Bloomfield, same state. The next we 
 learn of the )-oung pioneer he had taken a squatter's claim near 
 the village of Batavia ; the low, marshy grounds that sur- 
 rouncied the village at that time caused a great deal of sickness, 
 mostly of a malarial type, and the young adventurer after suf- 
 fering several "shakes" and doing considerable work, left his 
 claim and went to the Town of China, Wyoming county. In 
 the month of December, 1817, he located one hundred acres 
 on lot thirty-six, township seven, range seven, in the town of 
 Concord. This was the year after the ever-to-be-remembered 
 cold season, and Mr. Sampson, suffered in common with the 
 rest of the settlers ; he was a cooper by trade, but as there was 
 
lilOCkAIMIKAI. SKi;i(IIKS. 45 1 
 
 but little dcnuiiul for liis scrxiccs here he souglit for work in 
 Buffalo. Airs. Samjjson and her two Httle cliildren would be 
 left alone during" the week, but when Saturda\- night came the 
 young mechanic would receive his wages, and so strong was 
 his love for those who waited for his coming that he would set 
 out on foot and alone to make that night journey of nearly 
 thirt}' miles, through the woods, and he seldom failed to accom- 
 })lish it before sunrise the next morning. He lived in this 
 town about thirty years, and cleared up a good-sized farm. In 
 1S46, Mr. Sampson sold this place and moved to Wisconsin, 
 where he died Sept. 20, 1852. His wife survi\ed him a few 
 years and died July 18, 1859. 
 
 Thirteen children were born to them, of whom nine are now 
 li\ing. viz.; 
 
 Alar}- Ann, born Feb. 11, 1814. 
 
 William A., born Nov. 7, 181 5. 
 
 Perrin, born Dec. 15, 181 8. 
 
 Sarah M., born April 28, 1820. 
 
 John G., born Oct. 28, 1821. 
 
 Nancy S., born Oct. 15, 1825. 
 
 Henry W., born Sept. 25, 1827. 
 
 Aseneth S., born March 4, 1830. 
 
 Asa E., born Dec. 4, 1831. 
 
 Mr. Sampson held the ofifice of Justice of the Peace and other 
 town ofifiQes, and he served as a soldier in the war of 1812-15. 
 He also held the ofifice of Captain in the militia. 
 
 Ah'XJiiKlcr Sooby 
 
 Came to the town of Otto, from Herkimer count}', in 1824, and 
 found a home with his brother-in-law, Abram Gibbs, father of 
 ex-Governor Gibbs, of Oregon. Otto was then but little better 
 than a wilderness, and the yc^ung and strong adventurer proved 
 of inestimable \'alue to the pioneer in reducing his claim to a 
 habitable state. In 1827, he was married to Miss Sarepta Boss. 
 This proved to be a very congenial union, and their united 
 efforts established one of the happiest homes that ever falls to 
 the lot of mortals. A year or so after we find the }-oung couple 
 located on the Cattaraugus, in the Town of Ashford. at a place 
 known as the " Transit Falls." but since changed to the " Scoby 
 
452 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mills." Here he built a saw and grist mill, and, for nearly 
 forty years, he very successfully carried on these industries, 
 together with that of bridge building. Besides seeing to his 
 own concerns, he represented his town for several years on the 
 Board of Supervisors, was President of the Cattaraugus county 
 Agricultural Society one year, and also served in a like capac- 
 ity for the Springville Agricultural Society. He possessed to 
 the last an inexhaustable fund of wit and humor that drew 
 friends around him, and he also dispensed an open-hearted hos- 
 pitality that was inherent to his nature, and made him a favor- 
 ite of old and young, and scarcely ever was his home on the 
 creek without one or more guests. But hard work and the 
 exposure that he constantly endured in and about his mills, 
 impaired his health and induced him to sell out on the creek, 
 and take up his residence in Springville. Here he continued 
 to enjoy the society of his friends and the creature-comforts of 
 his happy home, but alas, like all things mortal, a great shadow 
 fell across his pathway, and the light and joy and sunshine of 
 that home was forever darkened by the death of Mrs. Scoby, 
 who had been his faithful companion for nearly half a century. 
 Her death occured June 30, 1874. Nine children were the 
 fruits of their union, viz : 
 
 Madison C, married Agnes Bensley ; Chicago. 
 
 Maryette, married Thomas Pierce ; Springville. 
 
 Emeline E., married E. Smith ; died 1870. 
 
 Emma Jane, married A. Oyer; died 1865. 
 
 William G., married Francis A. Eddy; Mansfield, Cattar- 
 augus county. 
 
 Louisa A., married \V. F. Lincoln ; East Otto, Cattaraugus 
 county. 
 
 Adaline L., married William H. Warner ; Springville. 
 
 Herbert D., married Sophia A. 'Bensley ; Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 Marshall I)., married Addella Thomas ; Springville. 
 
 The death of his wife left him alone, for his children all had 
 homes of their own. In view of this he rented his place in 
 Springville, and the remainder of his days were passed with 
 his younger son, Marshall D., who was then living at San- 
 dusky, N. Y. He died June 24, 1880, aged seventy-three 
 years and eleven days. 
 
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mOGRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 453 
 
 Pliiiy Smith. 
 
 Fifty-two years the loth day of September, 1883, fliny Smith, 
 wife and little son, came to this town on the lumbering old 
 stage coach, w Inch ran over Townsend hill. The}' stopped the 
 first night in a house where Mrs. Post now lives. Here they 
 stopped for a number of years. Mr. Smith came here as a 
 dry goods merchant and commenced business where the Meth- 
 odist church now stands. A few years afterwards he sold out 
 and bought a farm, after which he was part of the time 
 engaged in trade and the remainder in farming. Mr. Smith 
 was well educated for the times in which he lived, and what- 
 ever business or office of trust he undertook, he performed its 
 duties faithfully and well. He was for thirty years treasurer of 
 the Springville Academy, and was also Justice of the Peace 
 eight years. He was a faithful friend to the Academy and did 
 all in his power to aid and strengthen it. Mr. Smith was born 
 in Orwell, Rutland county, Vt., in 1804, and died in Spring, 
 ville Jan. 3, 1878. His wife, Rebecca (Murray) Smith died in 
 Springville, 1883. They had three children : 
 
 Orville, the eldest, born in 1828, married Chastine D. Sleeper 
 and lives in Springville. 
 
 Emeline, born in 183 1, married William Reed, a hardware 
 merchant, of Buffalo. After his death she was married to F. C. 
 Hill, of Buffalo, also a hardware merchant. 
 
 Ann, born in 1836, married Charles Vaughn, and lives in 
 Concord. 
 
 Albert Steele. 
 
 David Steel, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 
 Concord in 1823 ; he married Julia Hawks, who was born in 
 1 83 1 They had five children : 
 
 Solomon, David Jr., Albert, Sarah and Myron. 
 
 Albert was born in Concord in 1847, and married Nina Blake- 
 ley in 1874, and is at the present time farming in Concord. 
 They have four children : 
 
 Edna, born in 1875. 
 
 Lloyd, born in 1877. 
 
 Irene, born in 1880. 
 
 Julia, born in 1882. 
 
 Mr. Steele's father died in 1867; his mother died in 1875, 
 
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454 BioGRArmcAL sketches. 
 
 Luke Siiiioiuls. 
 
 Of that sturd)' band of heroic pioneers who sixty and sevent}' 
 years ago left their New Eni^land homes to come into this then 
 almost primeval forest to prepare the way for the harvest field, 
 the church spire and the scliool-house, Mr. Simonds is one of 
 but few that still survive. 
 
 The son of a Revolutionary soldier, he was born at Worcester, 
 Mass., July, 1798. In the Fall of 1820, he, in company with 
 his brother Zebedee and John and Masury Giles, came to West 
 Concord. The four walked the entire distance from Worcester 
 to Concord, averaging about thirty miles each day — each carry- 
 ing his worldly effects on hi-^ back. The}' were all young, un- 
 married men, and located on lot thirty-four, township seven, 
 range seven. On their arrival, they stopped at Lewis Nichols', 
 who had settled at Nichols' Corners, while they could build 
 them a log shanty ; in this shanty, Luke and his brother 
 Zebedee antl John Giles spent the Winter. The following 
 Spring, Zebedee built a house on his land and returned to 
 Massachusetts and was married. 
 
 Luke built a house on his portion about a year and a half 
 after coming. 
 
 The wild animals common to the country were then abun- 
 dant. Mr. Simonds .tells of following a panther from early 
 dawn one day till darkness prevented his taking aim on his gun, 
 when he abandoned the pursuit. He speaks of seeing wolves 
 in what is now his front yard. 
 
 Mr. Simonds r.;ives the following information relating to the 
 early history of his part of the town : First saw mill, built by 
 John and Masury Giles in 1825, near where the Bolender mills 
 now are; first grist mill, built by Simeon Holton in 1824; first 
 blacksmith .sho]), by Elijah Richardson in 1821 ; brick first 
 made by Pliny Wilson in 1820; first black .salts made by Luke 
 Simonds. who also made boots and shoes, and frequently went 
 to Buffalo on foot after the leather ; the first school was taught 
 by Philip Payne in the Winter of 1820 and '21. The first Sum- 
 mer school was taught by Rosamond Sampson. 
 
 As an evidence of the .scarcity and value of certain articles in 
 a new country might be inentioned a caldron kettle, in the 
 posse.ssion of Mrs. Simonds, which was brought from Albany all 
 
r.TOr.RAl'IIICAT. SKETCHES. 455 
 
 the way on a wagon, and when dcHvcred at Boston Corners 
 the total expense was forty dollars. 
 
 Mr. Simonds has always resided upon the same land upon 
 which he located in 1820. He was married in 1827, to Bets}' 
 Cooper ; has four children living : 
 
 Betsy married Thomas J. Richardson. 
 
 Mary — unmarried. 
 
 Alphine married Jeremiah Louk. 
 
 Albert married Mariah Sloan. 
 
 Mr. Simonds" brother Zebedeedied in Elma, Erie county, N. 
 Y., in 1871. 
 
 William Smith, Jr. 
 
 William Smith, Jr., was born in Vermont in January, 1802. 
 and came to this town in the Spring of 18 10. He attended 
 school that Summer to Miss Annie Richmond. He lived with 
 his father until he was of age and chopped for him and others 
 in company with his brother Calvin, and was considered one of 
 the best choppers in the country. After he became of age, 
 he taught several terms of school. In 1828, he built a store 
 where the First National bank now stands, and started the 
 first regular grocery store in Springville, which he ran for a 
 short time and then sold out. He located on the south part of 
 lot forty-five, township seven, range six, on Sharp street. He 
 commenced with sixt}'-five acres of wild land, but kept adding 
 on from time to time, till he had a farm of two hundred acres 
 which he afterwards sold to Seth W. Godard ; he then bought 
 a farm south of and joining the village, lately owned by Allen 
 Goodemote, which he soon after traded to William P. Mills 
 for his farm on Townsend Hill, consisting of all of lot three 
 and part of lot four, where Frank Williams now lives. Here he 
 died in March, 1870, at the age of sixty-eight. 
 
 He was a very industrious, hard-working man, and acquired 
 a good property. He once received a premium at a town fair 
 as the best farmer in the town. He reared a large family of 
 children. Those of his wife Emeline (Godard) Smith were : 
 
 Laban W., born March 8, 1835. 
 
 Abel W., born Februar\-. 1837; died Feb. 16, 1844. 
 
 Jane, born June 3, 1833 : married Chester C. Pingry. 
 
WILLIAM SMITH, JPJ. 
 
I'.KXikAI'Ilir.M, SKKICUKS. 457 
 
 Emogcnc, born March 22. i(S42: married A. L.-,Vau_L,^han. 
 and lives in Springvillc. 
 
 Wesley, born Sept. 30, 1S45 ; lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 Those of his wife Cinderrella (Briggs) Smith are : 
 
 Alphonse, born May 14, 1847. 
 
 Angerona, born Sept. 12, i<S48. 
 
 Charles E., born ]^\'b. 4, 1S50. 
 
 Loraine, born Feb. 14, 1852. 
 
 Lorette, born Aug. 26, 1853. 
 
 Ella, born Nov. 17, 1854. 
 
 Luzerne, born May 26, 1856. 
 
 Mary A., born Oct. 26, 1857. 
 
 Willie D., born May 1 i, i860. 
 
 Lillie O., born March 11, 1863. 
 
 Allen L., born Nov. 12, 1866. 
 
 Luzerne Smith. 
 
 Luzerne Smith, son of W'ilHam Smith, was born in Concord, 
 N. Y., Ma}' 26, 1856, where he has resided most of the time. 
 His occupation which he has successfully followed for several 
 years is that of cheese making. He was married in 1875 to 
 Anna Vosburg ; they have three children : 
 
 Lee, born April 2y, 1877. 
 
 Alta A., born in Februar)-, 1880. 
 
 Earl, born April 15, 1881. 
 
 ("liarles K. Sinitli. 
 
 Charles E. Smith, son of William Smith, was born Feb. 4. 
 1850, in Concord ; married Hannah Fuller. They have one 
 son, Charles. Ls a cheese maker and farmer ; is now and has 
 been for several seasons making cheese at East Concord. 
 
 Alyhon.so Smith. 
 
 Alphonso Smith was born in the town of Concord, May 14, 
 1847, lii-'' father's name was William Smith and his mother's 
 maiden name was Cinderrella Briggs. He has worked at farm- 
 ing, but for the last dozen years or more he has followed the 
 business of cheese making very successfully. He resides at 
 
458 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 the present time in the north part of the town of Concord. He 
 was married in the year 1872 to Miss Mary E. Acklcy. Their 
 children are: 
 
 Daisey, born July 18, 1874. 
 
 Dell H., born March 7, 1876. 
 
 Glenn A., born June 28. 1878. 
 
 Harlau P. SpaiiUliuji. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding was born at Otto, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., 
 Aug. 9th, 1839. His father, Harvej^ Spaulding, was born in 
 Middlesbur\% Vermont, in 1804. His mother Clarissa Hastings 
 was born at Fort Ann, Washington county, N. Y., in 1805. 
 They were married in 1824 and moved to Great Valley, N. Y., 
 and to Springville in 1826; afterwards resided at different 
 places until 1850, when they took up their permanent residence 
 in Springville. 
 
 Harlan P. Spaulding enlisted as a private Sept. 16, 1861, in 
 Company A, Forty-fourth Regiment New York State volun- 
 teers, and joined the regiment at Albany. The regiment 
 joined the Army of the Potomac in October, 1861 ; participated 
 in the battles of Antietam, F"redericksburg, Chancellorsville, 
 Gettysburg, &c. Mr. Spaulding served with the Forty-fourth 
 until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was commissioned captain in the 
 Seventh Regiment U. S. colored troops, and assigned to Com- 
 pany E. He was sent to Florida in the Spring of 1864, and 
 returned in August, and was with the Army of the Potomac 
 until Lee's surrender. On the 9th of April, 1864, Mr. Spauld 
 ing was breveted by the President, Major and Lieutenant-Col- 
 onel for gallant and meritorious services. 
 
 After Lee's surrender he was assigned to the command of the 
 Post of Matagorda, Texas, with companies E and G, of his regi- 
 ment. He remained there until Jan. i, 1866, when the companies 
 joined the regiment at Indianola, where he was a})pointed 
 U. S. Marshal for the sub-district of Victoria, Texas ; remained 
 there until April i, then went to Victoria with companies E 
 and G to relieve Colonel Colyer, of the Thirty-eighth Illinois 
 regiment ; remained at this poi^t until November, when he 
 came North and was mustered out of service at Baltimore. 
 
I'.iocKAi'iiicAi. ski; 1(1 IKS. 459 
 
 Frank I*. Spaiildin^-. 
 
 I'rank P. Spaukliiii^- was born in S[)rini;villc, N. Y., July I2, 
 1834. His father's name was Harvey Spaulding; his mother's 
 maiden name was Chirisa Haskins. When nineteen years old 
 Mr. S'paulding- went to sea. lie sailed froni New Bedford, 
 Mass., June 25, 1853, on board the bark 1^'ranklin No. 2, Cap- 
 tain Samuel Lee, Master, of Newport, R. I. Returned to the 
 same pnvt July 8, 1857. During;- this whaling- voyage of four 
 years in the Pacific ocean, they secured over one thousand bar- 
 rels of sperm oil. The first port made on the outward voyage 
 was the Azores; doubled Cape Horn P'eb. 20, 1854; made the 
 first port in the Pacific ocean at Talcahuano, in Chili ; visited 
 Conception, from which city they sailed in March for a cruise off 
 the coasts of Peru, California and the Galapagos Islands ; visiting 
 the ports of Payta and Tumbez, in Peru. At the latter place Mr. 
 Spaulding explored the ruins of one of those ancient cities 
 built previous to the discovery of America by Europeans. Off 
 the coast of Mexico they encountered a typhoon la.sting twenty- 
 four hours, carrying away several of their boats and damagmg 
 their ship. The voyage around Cape Horn was unimportant. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding embarked on a second whaling voyage on the 
 same vessel and for the same waters, Sept. 29, 1857, John S. 
 Howland, Captain. On reaching the La Plata River the vessel 
 sprunk a-leak and they put about for Rio Janeiro for repairs; 
 remained at that city five weeks ; during this time Mr. Spauld- 
 ing saw the Emperor Don Pedro review his troops. Leaving 
 Rio Janeiro they doubled Cape Horn in rough weather, stop- 
 ping at the Island of Juan Fernandez for sup[)]ies, after which 
 they cruised off the co ist of Peru, making the port of Hono- 
 lulu in Sept., 1858, where they staid five weeks. During this 
 time Mr. Spaulding saw much of the Sandwich Islan.ds and 
 their King, Kamahamaha IV. They left Payta, Peru, for 
 home in December, i;-6o. Off the coast of Juan Fernandez 
 they encountered a gale, damaging their vessel so that they made 
 for Valparaiso, where the vessel was condemned and the cargo 
 of twelve hundred barrels of oil sent home by another ship. 
 Mr. Si)aulding took passage on a steamer for Talcahuano, Chili, 
 with the Captain ; from there sailed for liome in the bark 
 
460 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Franklin No. i. Captain Gifford, Master, arriving at New Bed- 
 ford, June 23, 1861. 
 
 During his travels Mr. Spaulding was a shrewd and intelli- 
 gent observer, and if space permitted much might be related of 
 his observations that would be of interest. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding had been at home but a short time when he 
 entered the union army, enlisting Sept. 18, 1861, in Company 
 A, 36th Regiment New York State volunteers, which was 
 attached to McCIellan's command ; participated in the penin- 
 sula campaign, battle of Fair Oaks, the seven days fight to Har- 
 rison's Landing, the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, 
 Chancellorsville, etc. He was mustered out of the service July 
 15, 1863, at New York. While on duty in New York he saw 
 the attack on the Tribune of^ce and heard Gov. Seymour's 
 noted speech to the rioters. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding was married in 1866, to Isabelle L. Robinson. 
 They have had six children : 
 
 Lizzie C, Carrie F. (dead), Frank J., Alice M., Elois L., 
 Luzerne H. 
 
 AVilbur H. Stanbro. 
 
 Wilbur H. Stanbro, son of Amos Stanbro and Hannah Wil- 
 cox Stanbro, was born in Concord, Oct. 15, 1S30. He had 
 always been a resident of his native town ; his occupation was 
 farming until 1 870, when he removed to Springville and engaged 
 for a time in the harness business ; then for a while in the boot 
 and shoe trade. At present he is employed in selling nurser}- 
 stock. He was elected Assessor of Concord in 1877 and served 
 one term. 
 
 Mr. Stanbro was married Dec. 22, 1852, to Harriet L. Cran- 
 ston. They have a family of three sons and three daughters, 
 viz : 
 
 Mary F., married Thomas Prior. 
 
 Wilbur D. 
 
 Cora C, married Arther R. White. 
 
 Carrie G., Amos Karl and Charles B. 
 
 Fi'ankliu C Slmltes. 
 
 Franklin C. Shultes was born in Concord, N. Y.,Jan. 8, 1844, 
 of which town he has alwavs been a resident. He was married 
 
lUUC;RArHRAL SK Kiel IKS. 
 
 461 
 
 Jan. I, 1866, to Rebecca Holman. The\- ha\e one son and one 
 daughter, viz : 
 
 Franklin \V., born Nov. 20, 1867. 
 
 Cora B., born April 13, 1869. 
 
 Mr. Shultcs was a union soldier, enlisting in August, 1862. in 
 the ii6th New York X'olunteers. Company F, was mustered 
 out of the service in the spring of 1864. 
 
 Charles C Severance. 
 
 Charles C. Severance was born at Burlington, Vt., Oct. 
 17, 1807. His father's name was Consider Severance, who was 
 born at Shelbourn Mass., Dec. 21, 1771 ; his mother's maiden 
 name was Elizabeth Craig, born at Northampton, Mass., in 
 1774 ; his grandfather's name was Matthew Severance, born in 
 1735 in Massachusetts; his grandmother's maiden name was 
 Experience Nash, born in Massachusetts in 1745. Mr. Sever- 
 ance graduated at the University of Vermont in August, 1827; 
 studied law at Clinton count}', N. Y., and was admitted as an 
 attorne)' in October, 1833, and moved to Springville, N. Y., in 
 No\ember, 1833. He was married to Eliza F. Badgely at 
 Cortlandville, N. Y., Jan 10, 1842. who died Jan. i, 1843. He 
 was married at Spring\ille. N. Y.. Feb. 2 1, 1849, to Selena B. 
 
462 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Ingals, the daughter of Dr. Varney Ingals, who died Jan. 8. 
 1856, leaving two children: 
 
 George Spencer, born Dec. 13, 1850; died June 2, 1864. 
 
 Henry, born Feb. 10, 1852, who lives in Springville. 
 
 He was married again at Chazy, Clinton county, N. Y., to 
 Hannah M. Douglass, April 6, 1858, who died June 2, 1859. 
 
 Mr. Severance was a justice of the peace from 1840 to 1847, 
 inclusive; also from 1851 to 1859 inclusive; from 1864 to 1867 
 and from 1877 to the present time. He was Town Clerk from 
 1838 for nine years consecutively, and was Member of Assem- 
 bly for the years 1848 and 1851, and was Surrogate of Erie 
 county one term. In 1851 he was one of the Assembly com- 
 mittee appointed to visit the several state prisons of the state 
 and to make a report. He was Supervisor of the Town of Con- 
 cord for the years 1846, '47, '48, '49, '50, '66, '68 and 'y^,- He 
 has frequently been Trustee of Springville academy, and has 
 also frequently been Trustee of the Village of Springville and 
 President of the Board of Trustees, which position he occupies 
 at the present time. He has always been a free-hearted, liberal 
 and public-spirited citizen. 
 
 William Sliultes. 
 
 William Shultes came about the same time as his brothers, 
 and located next to David Shultes on lot twenty-one, township 
 six, range six. He cleared a farm on this lot and about this 
 time was married to Sally Sampson, daughter of Peter Samp- 
 son. He, in company with Peter Sampson and Urial Torre)', 
 of Boston, started the first mail coach ever run between Spring- 
 ville and Buffalo. It was a four-horse Troy coach, carrying the 
 mail and passengers ; the mail route at that time being over 
 Townscnd hill. He died July 6, 1849, leaving no children. 
 
 Carlton Spooiier. 
 
 Carlton Spooner was born in the Town of Nunda, Li\ing- 
 ston county, N. Y., July 28, 1820; came to Concord in 1822 ; 
 his occupation a farmer; was married Oct. 7, 1838; his wife's 
 name was Phebe Shippy, of Concord; his wife died in 1874; 
 was married to Polly Cox in December, 1872, who died Dec. 
 18, 1877 ; was married to his present wife, Emeiine .Shultus, in 
 
bi()(;rai'iiical sketches. 463 
 
 1878. His father's name was Ebcnczcr Spooner ; was born in 
 New Bedford, Mass.; his mother's maiden name was Polly 
 Newell; was born in the Town of Danb}-. Rutland county, Vt. 
 His father mo\ed to Nunda and from there to Concord in 
 1822; settled at Nichols Corners, West Concord, about 1828; 
 removed to Spooner Hollow, one and one-half miles west of 
 Sprini^'ville, and from there to Scoby's Mills, and li\'ed there 
 until the time of his death, in April, 1832. 
 
 Ebenezer, son of Carlton Spooner, enlisted in the One Flun- 
 dred and Sixteenth regiment when it was formed, served three 
 years in the War of the Rebellion, and until discharged; was 
 taken prisoner and kept three months ; now lives at Waverly, 
 Cattaraugus county, N. Y. W'as promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant for meritorious conduct while under fire. 
 
 The following is the family record : 
 
 Ebenezei", born Aug. 16, 1839; married Deborah Millington. 
 
 Druzilla. born in 1842; married to Dwight Perkins. 
 
 Phebe .\nn, born in 1844. 
 
 Gilbert, born in 1847; married to Julia Fairchild. 
 
 L. C, born in 1850 ; married to Ella Lord. 
 
 Maria, born in 1854; married to Howard Clark. 
 
 Emma, born in 1856. 
 
 Marilla, born in 1859. 
 
 George B., born in 1863. 
 
 Frauk O. Smith. 
 
 Frank O. Smith was born in the City of Buffalo in 1855; 
 came to Springville in 1859, "^^'^^ married in 1874 to Miss Ettie 
 ¥. Dygert, daughter of Abram D}gert ; his father's name is 
 Orville Smith, his mother's maiden name was Chastine D. 
 Sleeper ; his grandfather's name was Pliny Smith, his grand- 
 mother's maiden name was Rebecca J\Iurra\-. 
 
 He came to reside in Springville in 1859. His grandfather, 
 Pliny Smith, was one of the old settlers in Springville, where 
 he resided at the time of his death. His wife's father, Abram 
 Dygert, was one of the early settlers in Ashford, Cattaraugus 
 county, and was one of a large number who emigrated from 
 Herkimer county, N. Y. He came to li\e in Spring\'ille, in 
 1865. and with occasional temporar}- absence, continued to 
 
464 lilOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 reside here until the time of his death. They have one child, a 
 son, 
 
 Pliny A. Smith, born at Springville in 1875. 
 
 Joliu Squires. 
 
 John Squires, born March 1st, 1816, in Concord, is a farmer; 
 Avas married April, 22, 1838, to Caroline Stowell, who was born 
 in Wooster county, Massachusetts, June i, 18 16. His father's 
 name was Seely Squires, who came to Concord in 1814. His 
 mother's maiden name was Susan Drake. She died March 2, 
 1879, aged 83. The children of John and Caroline Squires are: 
 
 Thomas S. Squires, born in Concord, Feb. 27, 1839 - married 
 October, 1866, to Paraloxy Cornwell, daughter of Deacon Wil- 
 lard Cornwell, and now lives at Mt. Carroll, 111., where he is en- 
 gaged in the hardware business. Has one boy about sixteen 
 years of age. 
 
 Luthera E., was born Aug. 11, 1840 ; married June 7, 1868 ; 
 her husband's name is Cornelius Treat, have one son five years 
 old. 
 
 Caroline, born March 20, 1842 ; married to the Rev. Sextus 
 Smith, July, 1864; lives at Union Mills, La Port county, Ind. 
 
 Bettie E., born March 4, 1844; married August 4, 1864, to 
 Hon. C. P. Vedder ; lives at Ellicottville. Had one son, John- 
 nie C. Vedder, born Aug. 27, 1867, died Feb. 21, 1882. 
 
 Susan J., born Oct. 29, 1849; married Oct. 20, 1876, to 
 Charles McCoy. She died Feb. i, 1879. 
 
 Seely, born May 20, 1855 ; died Jan. 20, 1856. 
 
 George L. Staiibro. 
 
 Mr. Stanbro's grandfather, Prentis Stanbro, Sr., was born in 
 R. I.; married in 1 805, to Polly Beebe. He lived at Volling- 
 ton, Conn., and Plainfield, N. Y. From the latter place he 
 moved to Concord, N. "Y., in 1828, and located on lot 
 fifty-one, township seven, range six, where he lived until 
 his death. He had a family of eleven children ; Prentis, 
 Gardiner, Maria, Lucinda, Russell, Harriet, Angeline, Henry, 
 William, Charles and Hannah. The youngest was born 
 in Concord, the others in Plainfield, N. Y., except Prentis, 
 the eldest — father of Geor<je L. Stanbro — who was born in 
 
lUOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 465 
 
 Vollington, Conn., Oct. 31, 1806, came to Concord about 1827, 
 and located on lot forty-three, township seven, range six, 
 where he lived until he moved to Springville, where he died 
 June 14, 1881. He was married to Eliza Ann Churchill. They 
 had only one child who lived to mature years. 
 
 George L., who was born April 24, 1833, in Concord, where 
 he has always resided. He was married in 1853 to Sarah J. 
 Burnap ; they have three children : 
 
 Lucelia M., born Nov. 11, 1856; married in 1878 to Seth S. 
 Hawks. 
 
 Elmer L., born Dec. 31, i860. 
 
 Harley L., born Jan. 18, 1871. 
 
 Mr. Stanbro has always been engaged in farming, and for 
 eight years he has also been engaged in the life insurance 
 business. 
 
 Stephen E. Spaulding. 
 
 Stephen E. Spaulding, son of Harvey Spaulding, was born 
 in Ashford, N. Y., June 15, 1842. He has been a resident of 
 Springville since 1850, and where he has followed the pursuit 
 of photograph artist since 1867. 
 
 Mr. S. was a soldier in the Rebellion; enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, 
 in Co. F., 1 16 N. Y. S. Vol. He was a musician, but his energies 
 were not always devoted to furnishing music for his comrades. 
 He was often at the front of the line of battle using a weapon, 
 or assisting in other ways. He participated in all the battles 
 in which his regiment took part ; was discharged June 14, 
 1865. 
 
 Mr. S. was married, 1869, to Ellen S. Green, daughter of 
 Ray Green ; they have two sons, 
 
 Albert R.; born Oct. 17, 1870. 
 
 Eugene G.; born Sept. i, 1878. 
 
 C. J. Shuttlewortli. 
 
 Mr. Shuttleworth was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1834. 
 His father, Charles Shuttleworth, was a native of Essex county, 
 England. Mr. Shuttleworth removed to Springville with his 
 parents when he was eleven years of age. His father was a 
 miller and followed his occupation in the mill of Colonel Cook, 
 
466 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 where youn^ Charles learned to be a miller. He worked in the 
 mill and attended school in the Academy under the principal- 
 ship of Professor Jonathan Earle, until ninteen years of age, 
 when he commenced business for himself by renting of Ben- 
 jamin Joslyn, the "big mill." He soon bought an interest 
 in the mill, and from that time up to 1874, with the exception 
 of two or three years, he was sole or part proprietor of the mill. 
 
 In 1861, he entered into partnership with D. C. Bloomfield, 
 and built the Springville foundry, which he conducted until 
 its destruction by fire in May, 1876. He then erected a 
 foundry, machine shop, &c., on what was known as the Cook 
 mill site, where he now conducts business. , 
 
 Mr. Shuttleworth is also extensively engaged in building. He 
 is also largely employed in mill building. Mr. Shuttleworth 
 possesses rare natural mechanical talent, which, combined with 
 his great business energy and perseverance, and public spirit, 
 makes him an important factor in the growth and development 
 of his town. 
 
 Mr. Shuttleworth was married (3ct. 25, J 859, to Eliza H. 
 Holland, daughter of George Holland. They have a famih' of 
 six children as follows: 
 
 Elizabeth H., born Sept. 25, i860; married June i, 1882. to 
 Rev. Samuel W. Eddy. 
 
 Charles R., born Sept. 30, 1863. 
 
 Mabel B., born Sept. I, 1867. 
 
 James E., born May 24, 1872. 
 
 Luther J., born Aug. 1 1, 1865. 
 
 Maleska G., born March 16, 18/O. 
 
 The Shaw Family. 
 
 Samuel Shaw was born in Connecticut, Nov. 21, 1777. Re- 
 moved to the City of Utica, N. Y., at an early day; manufac- 
 tured the first brick for Nicholas Devereaux store, the first 
 brick building erected in Utica ; removed to the Town of Con- 
 cord, June, 1816; located one mile south of Springville on a 
 farm and lived there the greater part of his subsequent life. 
 His wife was Phoebe Rushmore, born in Orange county, N. Y. 
 April 19, 1784. Their children were: 
 
 Samuel, born Sept. 29, 1807; now living in Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
bi()(;rapiii(ai, sketches. 467 
 
 Joseph, born Au<,^ 12, 1810; died Aug. 20, 1846. 
 Nathan, born Aug. 25, 1812 ; died about Aug. 10, 1865. 
 Sahnon, born April, 15, 18 16. 
 
 Daniel, born June 27, 1818; died in Springville, Aug. 20, 1846. 
 Mary E., born Oct. 10, 1820; died in Springville, July 16, 1847. 
 Silas, born Oct. 11, 1822; died in Springville, May 19, 1849. 
 Emma T., born June 23, 1825 ; now Mrs. Morgan Merritt, 
 resides in San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Samuel Shaw, senior, died in Springville, Feb. 11, 1852. 
 Phoebe Shaw, his wife, died in Springville, May 30, 1847. 
 
 Salmon Shaw's Family. 
 
 Salmon Shaw married Julia Ann McMillen, daughter of the 
 late Joseph McMillen. They have now two children living: 
 
 Thomas S , and Abbie C. 
 
 Thomas S. Shaw was married Nov. 26, 1879, ^o Miss Ida 
 Reed, daughter of John W. Reed, of Springville. Salmon 
 Shaw was, for a while, a clerk in the County Clerk's ofifice, of 
 this county, and was also a Deputy Sheriff. He was the can- 
 didate of the Whig party for Sheriff of this county in 1855, and 
 was also the candidate of the Republican party in 1861. He 
 was for several years traveling and collecting agent of Pratt & 
 Co., the extensive hardware dealers of Buffalo. After that, was 
 partner in and manager of a large tannery in Olean. He was 
 also at one time engaged in mining at Leadville, Col. 
 
 Georg-e Smead. 
 
 George Smead was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1834. 
 Came to this country in 1852; was thirty-four days crossing 
 from Antwerp to New York. Came to White's Corners and 
 worked one year in a tannery. Came to Springville and learned 
 the cooper's trade of I B .Childs and worked for him altogether 
 about ten years. Went into the army in 1861 in the 64th 
 Regiment New York Volunteers ; was in the second corps of 
 the Army of the Potomac ; he was at Fair Oaks, the seven 
 days fight, Malvern Hill, the second Bull Run, Antictam, Fred- 
 ericksburgh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburgh, the Wilderness, 
 Spottsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor, where he was 
 wounded and lost an arm. He returned home in 1865. Was 
 
4^8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 married in the fall of 1867, to Miss Lana Mahl. Their children 
 are: George L,, Ada Louisa and Ira M. They live at No. 
 1 1 Elk street. 
 
 Whitman Stone. 
 
 Whitman Stone was the first settler on lot sixty-one, town- 
 ship seven, range six, where Samuel Twitchell and Owen Baker 
 lived afterwards, and where Mr. Snyder lives now. He was a 
 carpenter and put up some of the first frame barns built in this 
 town. He married Frelove Foster and went to Eden sixty 
 years ago. He was somewhat prominent as an ofificer in the 
 militia ; he afterwards went to Hanover and Ripley, Chautau- 
 qua county, and finally to Kendall county, 111., where he 
 died. 
 
 His eldest son, Marshall, is the only known survivor. 
 
 Phineas Scott. 
 
 Phineas Scott came to this town from Danby, Vermont, 
 about 1 8 16, and first settled on the Cattaraugus Creek, south 
 of Springville ; built him a shanty and kept bachelor's hall and 
 cleared up some land. Afterwards moved onto what has since 
 been called the Post place, on lot eleven, township six, range 
 six, and about that time married Polly Smith, of Chautauqua 
 county ; lived there about ten years when his wife died, leaving 
 four children, viz : 
 
 George W:, who became a merchant in Buffalo, and died in 
 1877. 
 
 Mary Matilda, who died in Minnesota in 1876. 
 
 William J. 
 
 Marcus D., who lives in Chautauqua county. 
 
 About 1830, he married Hannah Smith, sister of his first 
 wife and moved to Townsend Hill, where ho lived until his 
 death. He accumulated a large property and at one time 
 owned, free from encumbrance, over one thousand acres of 
 land. He died in May, 1872, aged about seventy-eight years. 
 His second wife's children are; 
 
 Lewis, who lives in Iowa. 
 
 Eliza, married David Pugsley and lives in Iowa. 
 
 Maryette, married James McClure, and lives in Boston. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 469 
 
 Amanda, married Elias Gould, and lives in Golden. 
 
 Angerona, married Merritt Pugsley, and died in Wisconsin. 
 
 Deles O., lives in Iowa. 
 
 Hiram lives in this town. 
 
 Oliver lives in Ashford. 
 
 David E. and Henry, live in this town. 
 
 William J. Scott. 
 
 William J. Scott was born in this town in 1824; was brought 
 up on a farm, and was used to hard work ; worked out several 
 years for different parties, afterwards rented farms in different 
 places. Bought farm on Townsend Hill in 1852. In 1876. 
 removed to Chautaucjua county, bought three cheese factories, 
 remained one year and returned to this town. In 1850 was 
 married to Hannah Parsell. Their children were : 
 
 Mary, who married Charles F. Williams and lives in Chau- 
 tauqua county. 
 
 Dennis, married Rachael Ritman of Hamburg and removed 
 to Chautauqua in 1876, and afterwards died with the typhoid 
 pneumonia. 
 
 Edwin 1 ves in this town. 
 
 David E. Scott. 
 
 David E. Scott was born on Townsend Hill, in this town, 
 April 26, 1849, ^"^ ^^^^ resided here all his lifetime, except 
 when absent on two hunting expeditions that he has taken to 
 the Far West. One in 1867, when eighteen years of age and 
 the other several years later. He hunted bufTalo, deer, elk, 
 antelope, etc., for over six months, in Nebraska, Kansas and 
 Colorado. Oct. 10, 1872, he married Loraette Smith, daughter 
 of W^illiam Smith. Jul}' 10, 1875, she died, leaving one child. 
 Edith, then about a year and one-half old. He purchased 
 land on Buffalo street, Springville, on which he built a house 
 in 1875, in which he resides. Sept. 5, 1879, ^^^ ^^'^^ married to 
 Clara B. Williams, by whom he had one son. He is a farmer 
 and owns a farm on Townsend Hill. 
 
 Fanny M. Sherman, A. M. 
 
 Fanny M. Sherman was born Jan. 12, 1842, in Ashford Cat- 
 taraugus county, N. Y. Her father's name was Charles 
 
470 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Sherman ; her mother's maiden name was Mary Whitney. Miss 
 Sherman graduated at the Springv^ille Academy in 1862, pre- 
 vious to which she had taught nine terms of school ; after 
 graduating, she taught one year at Lawrenceville, Pa., and at 
 different places in Erie and Cattaraugus counties, until 1865. 
 when she entered the Genesee College at Lima, as a student, 
 and remained about two years. In 1866, she became precep- 
 tress of the High School at Ypsilanti, Mich., which position 
 she occupied two years. From Ypsilanti, she went to Califor- 
 nia, and taught seven years in the high schools of San Fran 
 Cisco. In 1875, she returned to Springville and accepted the 
 position of preceptress of Griffith Institute, which position she 
 filled until 1882, when she accepted a like position at Hamburg, 
 N. Y. 
 
 While in California, Miss Sherman was granted a Teacher's 
 State Life diploma, and since her return she has had the hon- 
 orary degree of A. M. conferred upon her by Alfred University 
 and Allegany College. 
 
 Miss Sherman is one of a family of eight, who have all been 
 more or less engaged in teaching. 
 
 Her father, Charles W. Sherman, died April 2, 1883, aged 
 se\^enty-two years, eight months and twenty days. 
 
 Calvin C. Smith. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a brother of S. R. Smith, and was born near 
 Springville, Sept. 27, 1838, where he has ever since resided. 
 He was married Nov. 15, 1864, to Josephine Flemings. The}' 
 have two sons : 
 
 Grant, born Aug. 19, 1865. 
 
 IraW., born Oct. 12, 1871. 
 
 Mr. Smith has followed the occupation of farming, with the 
 exception of three years, when he was in trade in Springville : 
 one year, 1863, as grocer, and two years, 1864 and '65, in the 
 boot and shoe trade. 
 
 Stephen K. Smith. 
 
 Mr. Smith was a son of Calvin Smith, one of the earliest 
 pioneers of Concord, a sketch of whom will be found in an- 
 other part of this work. He was born June 27, 1830, in Con- 
 cord, on the farm now owned by him, and the one which he 
 
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HIOCiRAl'IIICAL SKKTCIIKS. 47I 
 
 has always either resided upon or occupied, with the exception 
 of three years spent in California — 1854 to 1857 — where he was 
 successfully en^^aged in mining in the Sierra Nevada moun- 
 tains. 
 
 Mr. Smith's farm of 225 acres is one of the finest in town 
 and under his careful cultivation has been made to yield suffi- 
 cient produce to maintain a dairy of sixty cows, while, when he 
 first commenced its supervision, only twenty-five were kept. 
 
 Mr. Smith was married in 1859 ^'^ Mary E. Gardinier. In 
 the Spring of 1865, he moved to Springville, and erected the 
 first cheese factory built in town. He continued to purchase 
 and build factories until he is now probably the largest i)idh'id- 
 iial cheese manufacturer in the world, being now sole proprietor 
 of sixteen factories: Five in Concord, six in Cattaraugus 
 county, four in Sardinia, and one in Colden. During the year 
 1880, nine hundred tons of cheese were made ; two hundred 
 cheese per day being made in the best of the season ; the pro- 
 ceeds of this immense product of cheese amounting to a quar- 
 ter of a million dollars. The Yorkshire Corners factory, now 
 owned by Mr. Smith, was the first cheese factory built in Cat- 
 taraugus county. In 1864 — it was then owned by D. J. Wood- 
 worth — it probably made the largest sale of cheese for the high- 
 est price that was ever recorded, the sale amounting to about 
 twenty-five tons, at twenty-six cents per pound. 
 
 Besides Mr. Smith's extensive cheese business, of which he 
 has the sole proprietorship and management from the time the 
 milk is received at the factory until the patron receives his 
 money ; he conducts a general business in furnishing building 
 materials, and also manufactures all the boxes used for ship- 
 ping the cheese, besides large quantities for others. 
 
 For the successful management of Mr. Smith's business, 
 much is due to his efficient clerk, F. O. Smith, who has been in 
 his office nine years. 
 
 Mr. Smith has made it a rule to expend all moneys earned in 
 improvements and the extension of his business. 
 
 He takes an interest in all industrial projects that have for 
 their object public improvement. 
 
 In 1883, he was elected President of the Farmers' Bank of 
 Springville. 
 
472 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Samuel 1>. Stevens. 
 
 Samuel D.Stevens was born March i, 1814, in Vermont, and 
 came to the Town of Concord in the year 1832; his occu- 
 pation a farmer; was married in 1838, to Sarah Philips, daugh- 
 ter of Deacon Asa Philips ; she was born in Salem, Mass., 
 Nov. 3, 1 8 14; his father's name was Levi Stevens; his mother's 
 maiden name was Rhoda Hazeltine. Deacon Asa Philips died 
 at the age of seventy-one years and eight months ; his wife 
 died at the age of seventy-one years and seven months. They 
 came to Concord in 1817 ; settled one mile south of where they 
 now live on a farm, and subsequently came to live at their pres- 
 ent location ; have no children. 
 
 Henry D. Sterns. 
 
 Henry D. Sterns was born Aug. 16, 1832, in Vermont; came 
 to Concord in 1837 ; is a farmer ; was married in 1856, to Barb- 
 ary Vance, who was born in Canada ; his father's name was 
 John Sterns; his mother's maiden name was Polly Preston; 
 his farm consists of one hundred and fifty acres ; it was all a wild- 
 erness when he came here, but he has cleared most of it. 
 Their children were : 
 
 Holland, born May 3. 1857; died June 28, 1863. 
 
 Ida A., born March 31, 1863. 
 
 Charles H., born Dec. 19, 1864. 
 
 Elmer J., born Aug. 12. 1869. 
 
 Alvin E., born March i, 1872. 
 
 Grace A., born March 22, 1874. 
 
 Ray W., born May i, 1876. 
 
 Eva M., born April 15, 1880. 
 
 We came to Vermont with horses and sleigh. When we 
 first came here the road was not cut out, and we had to follow 
 marked trees ; we sometimes went to meeting with oxen and 
 sled in the Summer time. 
 
 John Becker was the first settler on our street between 
 Woodward's Hollow and the town line. 
 
 Then came Truman Vanderlip, Zacheas Preston, Henry 
 Sterns and Mr. Dingman. 
 
 A Mr. Babcock came from Canada and located and was the 
 first man that died in our neighborhood. 
 
BIOC.RAl'IIICAL SKKTCIIES. 473 
 
 Ira Stebbins, John Lyndc, Daniel Horton and William Mor- 
 ton located here soon after. 
 
 Oiriii Sibley's Stateinent. 
 
 I came from the town of Wellington, Tolland count}', Conn., 
 in 1816. Benjamin Sibley and Joshua Agard came out in the 
 Spring and bought land and returned, and we all came out in 
 September. There was Joshua Agard, Benjamin Sibley, Abi- 
 jah Sibley, Mr. Cunningham and their families and myself; I 
 was nineteen, nearly twenty, when we came. Agard 's first 
 wife was my sister; her name was Lucy Sibley. Mr. Cunning- 
 ham settled on the hill north of us. The rest of us located on 
 lots sixty-three and fifty-five, township seven, range six, adjoin- 
 ing each other. We settled on what has been called the " State 
 Road." It was marked through when we came, but was not 
 cut out. We cut it through to GrifTfith Corners two or three 
 years after we came. When we came there was not a house 
 between the dye factory and East Concord. 
 
 Lyman Drake and Mr. Thurber lived down the valley tow- 
 ards the Boston line. I helped raise a log house for a Mr. 
 French in 181 7, where Orville Canfield now lives, near the dye 
 factory. 
 
 Aaron Cole came in about two years after we did, and so did 
 Ephraim Needham, and Mr. Chapin's people came about that 
 time also. 
 
 Mr. Cunningham did not live but a few years ; he left only 
 one child, Elizabeth Cunningham ; she married Moses Calkins 
 and died a few years ago. 
 
 Mahala Eaton taught the first school, I think in 1820 or 
 1 82 1. 
 
 I was awfully scared the first night we were here at the owls 
 hooting; I had never heard an owl before, and I thought they 
 were panthers. I heard a hog squeal one day in the woods not 
 far from my house, and I went to see what was the matter, and 
 found a bear killing and eating the hog ; I got a gun and shot 
 and killed the bear; it was a large she bear and very poor; I 
 sold the skin in Buffalo for five dollars ; the hog was not mine, 
 but belonged to my neighbor, Aaron Cole. I once chased 
 
474 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 three bears over to the Buffalo creek, but did not kill any of 
 them. 
 
 One night I heard a noise out in the woods resembling some- 
 what the crying of a child, and I imitated the noise as well as 
 I could, and the noise in the woods was repeated at intervals 
 and came nearer and nearer ; I supposed it to be a panther, and 
 concluded it was not best to call him up too close, and there- 
 fore stopped imitating him. 
 
 Marshall 1). Scoby. 
 
 Marshall D. Scoby was born Feb. 5, 1846, in Ashford, Catta- 
 raugus county; his father's name was Alexander Scoby; his 
 mother's maiden name was Sarepta Boss ; his grandfather, 
 Samuel Scoby, died in Springville in 1872, aged ninety-three 
 years. Marshall has been farmer, and in the flour and feed 
 business, clerk and salesman and hotel keeper. Dec. i, 1874, 
 he purchased the Sandusky House, in the Village of Sandusky, 
 Cattaraugus county, and has conducted the same successfully 
 since that time. Sept. 23, 1874, he was married to Miss 
 Adella Thomas, of Yorkshire. They have two children : 
 
 Edna J., and Lottie L. 
 
 Edwin A. Scott. 
 
 Edwin A. Scott was born on Townsend Hill in this town, 
 Dec. 26, 1858. His father's name was William J. Scott; his 
 mother's maiden name was Hannah Parsell. He attended 
 school at the Springville academy, Hamburg and Forestville ; 
 he studied law in the office of C. C. Severance, Springville ; he 
 taught school on Townsend Hill and in Waterville. He was 
 married to Miss Mary Stowell, of Ashford, Sept. 17, 1879, '^''"^ 
 is at present practicing law in Springville, N. Y. 
 
 Heury M. Scott. 
 
 Henry M. Scott was born in this town, Oct. 16, 1851. His 
 father's name was Phineas Scott, and his mother's maiden name 
 was Hannah E. E. Smith, daughter of James Smith, of Chau- 
 tauqua county. In 1867 he went West and remained one sea- 
 son in Wisconsin and Minnesota ; he also spent two years in 
 Buffalo ; the rest of his life has been spent in this town. He 
 
BIOC.RAPHICAL SKKTCHKS. 4/5 
 
 owns a farm on Townscnd hill, but his occupation at present 
 is selling marble for a firm in East Aurora. He was married in 
 the year 1871 to Miss Loraine Smith, dautrjiter of William 
 Smith. 
 
 Their children are : 
 
 F'loyd, born April 25, 1873. 
 
 Bianca, born Nov. 19, 1879. 
 
 Laiisoii A. Staiibro. 
 
 Lanson A. Stanbro, son of Henry C. and Catharine Griffith 
 Stanbro, was born in Concord in 1842, where he has since lived ; 
 by occupation he is a farmer; he enlisted in August, 1862, in 
 Company C, One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment New York 
 State volunteers. At the siege of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863, 
 he lost an arm, and the subsequent September he was dis- 
 charged from the service for reasonable disabilit}'. He was 
 married April 10, 1862, to Thyrsa Bryant. 
 
 They have five children : 
 
 Catharine E., born in March, 1863; married William Land. 
 
 Julius, born April 3, 1865 ; died May 2, 1883. 
 
 Frank, born in January, 1867. 
 
 Alice, born in September. 1872. 
 
 Clark, born in June, 1877. 
 
 Labau AV. Smith. 
 
 Laban W. Smith, son of William Smith, Jr., was born in 
 Concord, March 8, 1835. He was married March 27, 1862 to 
 Mary Pingry, daughter of Ezekiel Pingry, of Yorkshire, Cattar 
 augus county, N. Y., an early pioneer in this vicinity. Mr. 
 Smith has always been a resident of his native town and is a 
 farmer by occupation ; he is at present a member of the board 
 of education in Springville. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had five 
 children, viz.: 
 
 Wallace, born June 17, 1865. 
 
 Alice and Albert, twins, born March 10, 1868. Albent died 
 June 16, 1869. 
 
 Herbert, born Sept. 27, 1874. 
 
 Isidora, born Oct. 13, 1876. 
 
476 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Clark C. Sibley. 
 
 In 1816, Abijah, Benjamin and Orrin Sibley, brothers, came 
 to Concord from Willington, Connecticut, where they were 
 born, and bought land of the Holland Company on lots sixty- 
 three and fifty-five, range six, township seven. Here they 
 lived many years. Benjamin died at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 
 about 1850. Orrin lives in Boston, N. Y. Abijah, father of 
 Clark C. Sibley, was born Nov. i, 1788. He married Lucy 
 Mercy in 18 16. He always lived where he first located until 
 his death on June 3, 1856. 
 
 His wife died March 19, 1859 > they had a family of seven 
 children as follows : 
 
 Adaline and Edwin, twins, born Oct. 4, 1816 ; died 1880. 
 
 Joseph, born Dec. 19, 1817; died March 7, 1864. 
 
 Anson D., born July 2, 1819 ; died April, 1875. 
 
 William A., born May 3, 1822; died Jan. 17, 1867. 
 
 Clark C, born July 19, 1828, 
 
 Lucian G., born July 12, 1834. 
 
 Clark C. Sibley was married Oct. I, 185 1, to Sally M. Fris- 
 bee, by whom he had six children, viz.: 
 
 Sarah, born July 19, 1852; married Morris P. Baker. 
 
 Carlton, born Jan. 2, 1854; married Mattie Gardner. 
 
 Charles L., born July 17, 1855 ; married Adda Wilcox. 
 
 Anson, born March 16, 1857 • married Emma Hancock. 
 
 Clark E., born May 14, 1864. 
 
 Orrin, born Feb. 12, [868. 
 
 Mrs. Sibley died Jan. 9, 1869, and Mr. Sibley was married a 
 second time Nov. 12, 1873, to Miss Ella L.Smith, by whom 
 he has three children, viz.: 
 
 Bessie, born July 13, 1875. 
 
 Earl, born Sept. 26, 1877. 
 
 May, born May i, 1881. 
 
 With the exception of three years spent in Sardinia, Mr. 
 Sibley has always been a resident of Concord ; he moved from 
 the homestead farm to East Concord, in 1869. 
 
 Benjauiiii Sibley. 
 
 Benjamin Siblc)- came to this town in 1816, in compan}- with 
 his brothers Abijah and Orrin, and his brother-in-law, Joshua 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 477 
 
 Agard. Thc\' all settled on farms joining each other ; Benja- 
 min, Abijah aiul Joshua on lot sixty-three, and Orrin on lot 
 fifty-five. 
 
 In early times, this place was called the "Sibley settlement," 
 from the three brothers. 
 
 Me lived here about thirt)"-t\vo years, and cleared up a farm, 
 after which he sold out and moved to Sheboygan county, Wis., 
 where he died May i6, 1849. Anna, his wife, died March 10, 
 1876, at Sheboygan Falls, aged seventy-two. 
 
 Benjamin Sibley was a good neighbor, a good citizen and an 
 excellent man. 
 
 The)'^ reared a family of six children : 
 
 Jonathan, the oldest, married Louisa Hatch, of Boston ; he 
 died at Pentwater, Mich., March, 1875, in his sixtieth year. 
 
 Mary Ann married VV. H. Prentice, of Aurora. She is still 
 living, at Shebo}'gan Falls, Wis. 
 
 Amanda married John Shadbolt, and died at La Crosse, Wis., 
 March 23, 1882, aged sixty years. 
 
 Juliet married John Gardinier, and lives in Waupaca county. 
 Wis. 
 
 Charles is now living at Lind, Waupaca count}% Wis. His 
 first wife was Hattie Eels; his second, Ellen Crippen ; third, 
 Mar\- Rice ; fourth, Mrs. Anna French. 
 
 Clark married Martha Monroe, and is li\ing at Waldo, She- 
 boygan county, Wis. 
 
 John Oiirdiuier. 
 
 John Gardinier lived in this town when a young man for 
 a number of years. He married Juliet Sibley, daughter of 
 Benjamin Sibley. A few years after he mo\ed to Waupaca 
 county, Wisconsin, where he now resides. He is a farmer and 
 stock-raiser and has been Sheriff of Waupaca county several 
 years. Eight children were born to them : 
 
 Lucas, the eldest, was killed b\- liglitning June 23d, 1858, 
 aged ten years. 
 
 Julia, married Dr. Levi H. Pelton. of Sheboygan I'^alls. 
 
 Anna, died in Concord, Feb. 16, 1853. 
 
 Charley, lives in Lind. Wis. 
 
 May, married Pldward Jeffers and is li\ing in Ikiffalo, N. V. 
 
478 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Morgan L., died Oct. 21st, i860. 
 John, Jr., died March 11, 1877. 
 
 Hattie, is living with her parents at Lynd, Waupaca county, 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Epaphras Steele. 
 
 The Steeles are of EngHsh descent, In 1861, one George 
 Steele emigrated from Essex, England, to Cambridge, Mass. 
 He and his brother John soon after settled in Hartford, Conn., 
 where Epaphras Steele's father, Jonathan Steele, was born. 
 He died in Boston, N. Y., aged ninety-four years. Epaphras 
 Steele removed in 1806 from Hartford, where he was born Dec. 
 12, 1792, to central New York, where he resided in Cayuga and 
 Onondaga counties until 18 19, when he settled upon new land 
 in the east part of Boston, N. Y., where he became familiar 
 with pioneer life in its roughest forms. He had a good educa- 
 tion for those days and was highly respected by the; commu- 
 nity in which he lived, as is shown by the fact that he was 
 thirteen times elected Supervisor of Boston. He was also Cap- 
 tain of militia many years. While a resident of Boston he 
 became a member of the Free Will Baptist Church in that 
 town. In 1846 he moved to East Concord, where he lived 
 until his death, in 1876. He was married Feb. 15, "1819 to 
 Dimmis Blakeslee, from Massachusetts. The Blakeslees were 
 originally of Scotch-Irish origin. They had a family of five 
 children, all living, married and having families as follows: 
 
 Emily, married George Bridge and resides in Colden. They 
 have two daughters: Mary, married a man named Smith, and 
 Emily, married Edwin Isintrout. 
 
 Eliza, married Burroughs Norton ; lives at East Concord : 
 have one son living: Herbert, married Mary Fuller, and one 
 daughter, Ellen. 
 
 Esther, married Michael Hollister; lives at East Concord; 
 have one son : Byron, married Carrie Johnson. 
 
 James, married Sarah FitzPatrick ; they have one son and 
 one daughter. 
 
 James L., was a Lieutenant in the ist Regiment Oregon Vol- 
 unteers, serving three and one-half years, his Regiment doing 
 service in guarding the Oregon frontier. Here he became also 
 somewhat famous as hunter of elk, panthers and bears. 
 
BIOGRAIMIICAL SKETCHES. 479 
 
 Rev. John C. Steele, now of Dale, N. Y., married Carrie 
 (Griffith ; they have two daughters. Mr. Steele is a minister in 
 the Free Will Baptist Church. 
 
 (icorge Shiiltiis. 
 
 George .Shultiis. brother of David, came to tin's wilderness 
 soon after he did. He settled on lot nineteen, township six, 
 range six. clearing up his farm as soon as possible, where he 
 built and conducted a distillery. When the road from Wil- 
 liam Warner's place to the I'otter place, along the Eighteen-mile 
 creek was laid out he had the contract for cutting it out and 
 for building the bridges. He also was one of the parties that 
 built the Bloomfield mill and at one time was part owner and 
 manager of an iron foundry in the village of Springville. He 
 was the father of nine children : 
 
 Ann, the eldest, is dead. 
 
 Leonora, married a man b}- the name of Hulbert. and li\'es in 
 Minnesota. 
 
 Chaunce}-, is dead. 
 
 Jerome is dead. 
 
 George, is now living in Minnesota. 
 
 Jane, married A. Lambert, and lives in Illinois. 
 
 Perr\', Elmer and Ward, are now living in Springville. 
 
 George Shultes died Jan. 20, 1870. 
 
 Jouatliau Spauldiug-. 
 
 Jonathan Spaulding came to this town from Lancaster, Coos 
 county, N. H. His wife's maiden name was Abigail Meader. 
 The}- started from Lancaster Aug. 8, 18 15, and arrived at Con- 
 cord Oct. 9, 1815 ; they stopped about ten days at Bloomfield, 
 Ontario county. They came with horses and w^agon, and were 
 six weeks traveling on the road. For about two years after 
 they arrived here, times were extremely hard, and it was very 
 difficult to get enough to eat. Money would not buy provisions 
 because nobody had anything to sell. At one time, Mr. Spaul- 
 ding's family lived six weeks on pudding and molasses, with 
 nothing else to eat. At another time, the}- procured a 
 piece of pork, and Mrs. Spaulding abstained from eating any 
 of it herself, and did not allow the children to ha\-e any of it, 
 
48o BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 although they were all very hungry, but saved it all for her hus- 
 band so as to give him strength to chop. 
 
 They had seven children, who were all born before they came 
 to this town : 
 
 Sally, the oldest, married a Mr. Kibbie. 
 
 Daniel, the second child, in company with his sister Sally 
 and her husband, and Mr. Kibbie, Sr., went over to the Alle- 
 gany river and built an ark or boat, and lived in it through the 
 Winter, and in the Spring floated down the Allegany, Ohio 
 and Mississippi rivers to Alabama, where they all died soon 
 after with the yellow fever, except one child. 
 
 Jonathan Jr., was born in 1800, married Mary B. Higgins, 
 and died in this town Oct. 30, 1845. 
 
 Abigail married Samuel Fairbanks, and died in Ashford 
 about 1870. 
 
 Joseph Meader. 
 
 Adaline married Nathaniel M. Jones, of Boston, and died 
 about 1852. 
 
 John T. G. married Minerva Spaulding, and died at Wood- 
 ward's Hollow, April i, 1874, aged sixty-four years. 
 
 Joseph Meaclei* Spaulding. 
 
 Joseph Meader Spaulding was born in New Hampshire, Sept. 
 19, 1803, and came to this town with his parents in 18 15 He 
 was married to Betsy Wilson, June 17, 1832. He always lived 
 on the old farm which his father cleared up, from the time he 
 came here until his death, except two years, during which time 
 he went to Ashford Hollow and bought a saw-mill and grist- 
 mill, and built a store, and in company with his brother-in-law, 
 Daniel Wilson, he carried on business for two years, and then 
 returned to his farm in Concord. 
 
 He had three children : 
 
 George W^ 
 
 Abel A., born Dec. 28, 1834, and died Dec. 27, 1852, aged 
 eighteen years. 
 
 Mary J., born May 25, 1838; married Otis Davis in 1859, 
 and lives in New Auburn, Sibley county, Minn. 
 
 Mr. Spaulding died April 22, 1871, aged sixty-seven years, 
 seven months and two days. 
 
hio(;kapiiical sketciiks. 481 
 
 His wife, Betsy Wilson, was born in the Town of Putney. 
 Windham county, Vt., and died in Concord, April 25, 1876, 
 aged sixty-eight years, five months and sixteen days. 
 
 George W. Spaiilding'. 
 
 George W. Spaulding was born in Concord, July 21, 1833. 
 He has lived on the old homestead all his life except five years 
 — two years he served as clerk for Alanson King at Ashford 
 Hollow, after which he bought Robbins & Cronkhite's grocery 
 store in Springville, in which he carried on business for three 
 years, when he sold out to Drake & Stanbro ; he then taught 
 school four Winters, and lived at home with his father Sum- 
 mers. He was married to Orcelia O. Washburn, Jan. i, 1861 ; 
 she was born in North Collins in 1844. Since his marriage he 
 has conducted the old homestead farm. He has five children : 
 
 Allie M., born May 3, 1863. 
 
 Howard M., born Nov. 8, 1866. 
 
 Aba L., born June 20, 1869. 
 
 Bertha, born April 17, 1873. 
 
 Ralph Hoyt, born Sept. 19, 1875. 
 
 David Shultus. 
 
 David Shultus was born in Kinderhook, Columbia county. N. 
 N. Y., March 4, 1779; was one of the first settlers in this 
 town ; and moved here in 1810; he settled on lot twenty-two, 
 township six, range six, near what is now called " The Shul- 
 tus Bridge." He was a successful farmer and reared a large 
 family of children. When he first came here, and for many 
 years after, the forests were filled with bears, panthers, wolves 
 and other wild beasts, with which he had many an exciting 
 adventure. 
 
 His children were : 
 
 Flliza married J. Reynolds; he is dead and she is living in 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Emeline married Griffin Wiley, and died in Cattaraugus, 
 about 1848. 
 
 Adeline married Jacob Siebold ; she died in Buffalo, about 
 1878. 
 
 Washington is supposed to be living in Arizona. 
 
482 BIOCiRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Wellington married Jennette Grossman ; died about i860, in 
 the West. 
 
 Julia Ann married S. H. McEwen ; died in Springville, Dec. 
 5, 1845. 
 
 Harrison was shot by an Indian in North-west Wisconsin, 
 about 1865. 
 
 Charles died at sea, about 1850. 
 
 David Shultus died June 7, 1859, ^iged eighty years. Lucy, 
 his wife, died Jan. 16, 1848. 
 
 Amos Staubro. 
 
 The Stanbros are of English descent. Amos Stanbro was 
 born at Hopkinton, R. I., July 6, 1791. He lived in the New 
 England States until the Spring of 1825, when he came to 
 Concord, where he resided until his death, which occurred Jan. 
 20, 1864. The first year or two after coming to Concord Mr. 
 Stanbro lived where Frederick Clark now resides ; he then 
 bought land on lot fifty-one, range six, township seven, where 
 he lived until his death. Mr. Stanbro was a good neighbor and 
 a good citizen ; he was an active, industrious and energetic 
 farmer, and acquired quite a large property by hard work and 
 good management ; he sometimes held town offices, and he 
 also served as Captain in the militia. He married Hannah 
 Wilcox at Stonington, Conn., where Mrs. Stanbro was born ; 
 she died April 3. 1846 ; Mrs. Stanbro was a good woman. 
 
 Eleven children were born to them, as follows (the four old- 
 est were born in New England) : 
 
 Mary Ann, married Orley Perkins ; died Oct. 9, 1858. 
 
 Luc)', married Sanford Mayo ; lives in Springville, 
 
 Emeline, married Philip Ferrin ; lives in Springville. 
 
 Eliza, married Robert Yates ; lives at East Concord. 
 
 Charles C, married Aurelia Wilcox ; lives at East Concord. 
 
 Horace, died Sept. 25, 1853, aged twenty-five years. 
 
 Wilber H., married Harriet L. Cranston ; lives in Spring- 
 ville. 
 
 Jane M., died Nov. 22, 1855, aged twenty-two years. 
 
 Almon W., married Helen Weeden ; lives in Buffalo. 
 
 Clorinda, died Sept. 18, 1859, aged twenty-one years. 
 
BIOdRArillCAI, SKKTCIIKS. 483 
 
 Ursula, died Aug. 30, 1859, aged eighteen years and eight 
 months. 
 
 Mr. Stanbro was married a second time about 1850 to Mrs. 
 Amy Greene, by whom he had four children : 
 
 Loraine, married A. D. Jones ; Hves in Springville. 
 
 Estelle, married Henry Curtis; Hves at East Concord. 
 
 Warren H., Hves West. 
 
 May, married W. D. Jones, Hves in Springville. 
 
 Alinon W. Stanbro. 
 
 Almon W. Stanbro, son of Amos Stanbro, was born in Con- 
 cord April 6, 1S35 ; he obtained his education in the common 
 schools and in the Springville academy; he taught school, both 
 common anci select ; he studied law and was admitted to the 
 bar and practiced his profession in Springville and in Buffalo. 
 He held the ofifice of Justice of the Peace in Concord for sev- 
 eral years, and was elected Supervisor of the town for the year 
 1867, and also for the year 1869. He married Helen Weeden, 
 daughter of Jabez Weeden. They have one son living, and 
 they had a daughter who died young. Mr. Stanbro now re- 
 sides in Dakota. 
 
 " Governor " William Sniitli. 
 
 " Gov." William Smith came from Vermont to this town in 
 the Spring of 18 10, and moved into an empty log house that 
 he found standing on lot four on the farm where Harrison Pin- 
 grey now lives. The " Governor" selected land down on the 
 Cattaraugus creek on lots fifty-six and fifty-seven, where S. E. 
 Tefft now lives ; here he built a log house and did some chop- 
 ping and in the Fall he moved his family down. The " Gov- 
 ernor " was physically a strong man and a good worker, and in 
 a few years had quite large improvements. While he lived 
 here the bears and wolves were thick and committed many 
 depredations on his sheep and hogs. On one occasion a bear 
 came and was trying to get a hog out of the pen. The " Gov- 
 ernor" not being at home. Mrs. Smith and the hired man went 
 out and succeeded in driving him off and saved the hog. In 
 1816 or 1817 he sold out that place to Stephen Williams for 
 cash down, receiving his pay in sih'er, of which there was nearh- 
 
4^4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 one-half bushel. He then located on lot forty nine, where 
 Frederick Clark now lives ; while he lived here his son Stephen 
 died. He lived here a few years and cleared up a number 
 of acres of land ; he sold out to Varney Ingals, and located on 
 the south part of said lot forty-nine ; he staid there a few 
 years and then moved to lot forty-one, by the big spring, where 
 he lived a number of years ; after this he lived on the Catta- 
 raugus creek at Ashford Hollow, and on lot forty-five. Sharp 
 street. 
 
 Of his five children, Stephen, William and Calvin died in this 
 town. 
 
 Deborah married Samuel Wilcox and died Nov. 15, 1850, in 
 Concord , aged fifty years and five months. 
 
 Sally, married Clement Carney and moved to Michigan. 
 
 "Governor" William Smith died Oct. 9, 1857, aged eight}' 
 years. 
 
 Hannah, his wife, died Dec. 29, 1853. 
 
 Calvin Sinitli. 
 
 Calvin Smith was born in Vermont Sept. 30, 1803. His 
 father came to this town in the Spring of 1810; he lived that 
 Summer on lot four, where Harrison Pingrey now resides, and 
 his children, William, Calvin and Deborah, attended school to 
 Annie Richmond, which was the first school ever taught in this 
 town. As chopping was the principal business at that time. 
 3'oung Calvin and his brother became experts, and when onl\- 
 fourteen or fifteen \'ears of age, besides aiding their father, 
 took many jobs of the settlers ; they chopped a great deal of 
 the timber where the Village of Springville now stands. When 
 about twenty years of age he bought his time of his father and 
 located on the north part of lot forty-two, on Sharp street. 
 March 12, 1826, he was married to Harriet Mayo, and a few 
 \-ears after mo\ed to the northeast part of lot forty-three; here 
 he cleared up the farm where his son Stephen R. now lives, 
 where he lived twenty-five or thirty years ; he then moved to 
 the central part of lot fifty, now owned by David S. Ingals ; 
 afterwards he bought land on the west part of lot forty-one, 
 where he resided at the time of his death. He was a good 
 neiohbor, a good citizen and an honest man, and acquired a 
 
y 
 
 K. 
 
 \ 
 
 CALVIN SMITH. 
 
486 BIOGRAl^HICAI, SKETCHES. 
 
 good property by hard and honest toil ; he was a worthy mem- 
 ber of the Free Baptist church, and contributed liberally to the 
 fund for building" the house of worship for that denomination 
 in Springville. 
 
 They reared a large family of children, as follows : 
 
 Cynthia, born Jan. 20, 1827; married Abram Patch; died 
 Jan. 28, 1863. 
 
 Malvina, born Sept. 18, 1828; married Archibald Preston; 
 lives in Yorkshire. 
 
 Stephen R., born June 27, 1830; married Mary Guardinier ; 
 lives in Concord. 
 
 Lucy Ann, born Dec. 23, 1832 ; married A. J. Backus ; lives 
 at North East, Pa. 
 
 Jeremy, born March 3, 1836; married Mariam Palmer; lives 
 in Springville. 
 
 Calvin C, born Sept. 27, 1838; married Josephine P'lem- 
 mings ; lives in Springville. 
 
 Lorinda, born Dec. 29, 1840. died Oct. 28, 1842. 
 
 Celinda, born Nov. 6, 1842 ; married Yates Guardinier; live 
 in Concord. 
 
 Philena M., born Dec. 2, 1855; married Murray Chandler; 
 live in Concord. 
 
 Zelia M., born May 17, 1859 ! married John H. Melvin ; live 
 in Springville. 
 
 .James Stratton. 
 
 James Stratton settled on Townsend hill in 181 1. His wife's 
 maiden name was Betsey Wheeler ; they lived here a few years 
 and then removed to Little Valley, Cattaraugus county. They 
 were among the very first settlers in that town. The\- reared 
 a famih' of children and lived to a good old age. 
 
 Charles C. Staubro. 
 
 Charles C. Stanbro was born in Concord in 1826, and has 
 resided there ever since. He obtained his education in a com- 
 mon school on Townsend Hill and in the Springville Academy. 
 He afterwards taught several terms of school, both common 
 and select. He has been a farmer and cheese-maker, and has 
 kept a general store for several years in East Concord. He 
 never preached for pay, but formerly occupied the pulpit at 
 
HIOCRAI'IIU AI, SKKTCIIKS. 4S7 
 
 times aiul docs so still, especial!)- 011 funeral occasions, where 
 his serxices are ah\a\-s acceptable and satisfactory to his 
 audience. He has been twice elected Justice of the Peace, 
 which ofTfice he now holds. 
 
 TIm' Towiisoiid Family. 
 
 Jonathan Townsend, from whom Townsend Hill takes its 
 name, was born in 1765, in New Salem, Franklin county, Mass. 
 His father's name was Jonathan Townsend, and his mother's 
 maideii name was Huldah Newton. When he became of a<^e, 
 he married, accumulated property, and owned a farm in Massa- 
 chusetts. He came to this town and purchased land in 1810; 
 he mo\'ed part of his famil}' here in 18 ) I, and the remaining 
 portion in 1812. He came into town on the Genesee road, and 
 had to cut it out part of the weiy. He was about .forty-five 
 years of age when he came ; had a large family and more prop- 
 erty than the new settlers had generally. He built a frame 
 house on the southeast part of lot four, township seven, range 
 seven, on the spot where the frame part of R. F. Williams's 
 house now stands. 
 
 In 1 8 16, he built a grist mill on Smith brook, on the south 
 part of lot eighteen, township seven, range seven, in what is 
 now called Wheeler Hollow. It was located about eighty rods 
 below the Wheeler mills. This mill did quite a good business 
 and frequently had to be run night and day to accommodate 
 its customers, who sometimes came quite long distances. He 
 also built a distillery afterwards on the same lot, in the \icin- 
 it}- of the mill. 
 
 In 1 8 19, he commenced keeping hotel. 
 
 In those days, the mail route and main traveled road from 
 Spring\-ille to Buffalo was over Townsend Hill. 
 
 In 1822, he built a two-stor>' brick house, in front of and con- 
 nected with his frame one. This was the first brick house 
 built in town. The upper story contained a hall, which in 
 those early days was a new and rather desirable thing to ha\e. 
 Here for many years the town meetings were held, and the 
 voters old and young, met to elect town ofificers ; here the town 
 ofificers met to transact business for the town ; here the voters 
 of the vicinity voted at the Fall election. 
 
488 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 For ten or fifteen years succeeding 1815, Jonathan Town- 
 send undoubtedly did more business than any other man in 
 this town. Besides his farming operations, he run a hotel and 
 blacksmith shop on Townsend Hill, and built and run a grist 
 mill, blacksmith shop and, in part, a distillery in Wheeler Hol- 
 low. 
 
 In 1835, Mr. Townsend sold his farm to the great land specu- 
 lator, Alanson Palmer, of Buffalo. He removed from this 
 town and purchased and settled on a lot of wild land in the 
 Town of Collins, a mile and a half or two miles west of Wood- 
 ward's Hollow. 
 
 He died in the Town of Collins, Oct. 21, 1838, aged about 
 seventy-three years. 
 
 Mr. Townsend was twice married. His first wife, Mary Has- 
 kell, died in Massachusetts, at the age of twenty-four years, 
 leaving two children. Olive Finney, his second wife, came 
 here in 1812, and shared the privations and hardships of the 
 pioneers, and lived until June 4, 1862, when she died in this 
 town at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Alanson Wheeler, aged 
 about ninety-three years. 
 
 Three of their eleven children are still Jiving: Huldah, El- 
 vira and Hosea W. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Sally, born June i, 1785. 
 
 Jonathan, born May 15, 1787. 
 
 Uzial, born Nov. 2, 1790. 
 
 Suel, born Jan. 27, 1793. 
 
 Olive, born July 7, 1795. 
 
 Huldah, born Dec. 15, 1797. 
 
 Noah, born Feb. 12, 1801. 
 
 Elvira, born Aug. 30, 1803. 
 
 Hosea W., born March 30, 1807. 
 
 Diadamia, born May 13, 18 10. 
 
 Adin, born Aug. 16, 1813. 
 
 Jonathan Townsend, Jr., married Betsy Davis, in Massachu- 
 setts ; he died in this town, June, 1857, aged seventy years ; 
 she died in this town, June 1868, aged seventy-seven years ; no 
 children. 
 
BIOC.RAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 489 
 
 Uzial Townscnd married I'atty Wheeler in Massachusetts. 
 They came to this town in 181 1, and were here one Winter be- 
 fore the rest of the family came. They located on Townsend 
 Hill, and lived there about twenty-five years, when they 
 removed from town. They lived on the reservation near Buf- 
 falo several years, where she died in 1846. About twenty-five 
 years ago, he went to Illinois with his son, Gilbert W. Town- 
 send, where he died Aug. 13, 1864, aged seventy-four years. 
 He left one son and several grandchildren. He was a farmer. 
 
 Suel Townsend married Polly Wheeler. He was a miller 
 and blacksmith, and lived in Wheeler Hollow. He died fift}' 
 years ago ; they raised two sons. 
 
 Olive Townsend married Kendall Johnson, of Collins. He 
 lived near Mansfield. She died in 1826, aged thirty-one years; 
 she left five children. 
 
 Huldah Townsend married Enoch Sinclair in 1816, in this 
 town. He was a farmer and shoemaker, and lived on Town- 
 send Hill ; they left this town and moved to McHenry county, 
 111., in 1845, ^"d, in 1864, removed from there to Hampton, 
 Franklin county, Iowa, where he died in 1873 ^g^d eighty- 
 three years ; but she is still living, at the age of eighty-six 
 years. There were seven children in their family. 
 
 Noah Townsend married Acsah Wheeler, daughter of Ben- 
 jamin Wheeler, deceased. He was a farmer and shoemaker, 
 and lived on the farm where his widow now resides, on Town- 
 send Hill. He sometimes held town offices ; could ha\e held 
 more but declined. He was an intelligent and respected citi- 
 zen. There are six children in the famil)-. He died in 1853, 
 aged fifty-two years. 
 
 Elvira Townsend married William Owen ; she has not 
 lived in Concord for more than fifty years ; she now resides 
 in Crawford county, Penn. She has one son ; her husband is 
 dead. 
 
 Hosea W. Townsend lesides in Bufla'.o ; has six children ; is 
 seventy-six years old. 
 
490 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Diadamia Townsend married Alanson Wheeler. The\" both 
 died in March, 1883. 
 
 Adin Townsend married Electa Alichell ; he died in 1844, 
 aged thirty-one years; he left four children. 
 
 Asa K. Taber. 
 
 Asa R. Taber was born in the year 1833, in the Town of New 
 Bedford. Mass; came to the Town of Eden, Erie county, N. Y., 
 and settled in Springville in 1857; occupation a merchant ; was 
 married in 1857, to Laurette X. Taber, daughter of Camden S. 
 Lake. He received the greater part of his education at the 
 Springville Academy. 
 
 His father's name was Asa Taber; his mother's maiden name 
 was Sarah Washburn ; his grandfather's name was Joseph Taber ; 
 his grandmother's maiden name was Rebecca Mason ; his 
 mother was of French and his father of Welsh descent. All 
 settled at an early day in the old Town of Dartmouth, Bristol 
 county, Mass. His grandfather Lettice Washburn was a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary' war, and his uncle Lettice Wash- 
 burn was a clergyman and Chaplain in the War of the Rebel- 
 lion. 
 
 Benjamin C. Trevitt'.s Statement. 
 
 My father mo\-ed to this town in 181 7, from Bennington 
 count}-, Vt.; Joseph Hanchett had settled on the place where 
 I now live before the War; my father bought him out for four 
 hundred dollars, and he moved to Ohio. 
 
 M}- uncle, Channing Tre\-itt, settled where the Wheeler 
 brothers are, about 181 1, and built the first mill there in 18 12 
 or 1813; he was pressed into the service of the Go\ernment 
 with his team to draw cannon from Buffalo to Erie at the time 
 Commodore Perry was fitting out his fleet there, and was taken 
 sick and died soon after he returned home. 
 
 Jonathan Townsend built his grist-mill in 18 16. 
 
 Jonathan Spaulding mo\-ed here in 1815, and Asa Philip in 
 1817. 
 
 My sister Electa taught school one Summer in Cooper's barn : 
 I think it was the first school taught in the district. Mrs. 
 Persons taught two Summers in her own house. William Owen 
 
BIOGRArHIcAI, SKETCHES. 49I 
 
 tauL^lit two Winters; ] think Sinclcar tauglit one, then Da\'id 
 Bensley, and then a man by the name of Judson. 
 
 My father, Benjamin Trevitt, died in this town in 1857, aged 
 about seventy.six years; my mother died in this town in 1835. 
 aged fifty-nine. 
 
 Electa married Daniel Philips, and died in 1825, aged twenty- 
 four. 
 
 Asa R. married Poll}- McLen ; she died : he lives in East 
 Hamburg. 
 
 Amanda died in 1 851, aged forty-three years. 
 
 Acsah married P'lecher Fairbanks. 
 
 Hiram C. married Jane Cooper; he died in 1845, aged thirt)'- 
 three years. 
 
 Benjamin C. Trevitt's Family. 
 
 Benjamin C. Tre\'itt married Martha Olcott. Their children 
 are: 
 
 Amelia, married Frank Hoffman ; he died ; she lives at her 
 father's. 
 
 Electa Ann, married George Davis, and resides in the town 
 of Aurora. 
 
 Viola, married William Woodward, lives at Woodward Hol- 
 low. 
 
 Alfred lives at his father's. 
 
 Milton lives at his father's ; married Leona Adams. 
 
 Hattie S., married Adelbert Tyrer ; lives in this town. 
 
 Benjamin C. Trevitt died April 3, 1883, aged seventy-nine 
 years, six months and sixteen days. 
 
 Roswell Olcott. 
 
 Roswell Olcott came to this town in 18 17 from Pompey, 
 Onondaga county, and settled on lot twenty, township seven, 
 range seven. He afterwards lived on the Cattaraugus creek 
 near Fryes. He moved to McHenry county, 111., about 1847 
 He was constable and collector in this town for several years. 
 Mr. Olcott died in Illinois in 1876. His children were : 
 
 Mary Ann — she is dead. 
 
 Martha, married Benjamin Trevitt, and li\-es in this town. 
 
 Lebus died in consequence of a wound received in the army. 
 
 Acta L., Carlos and Fanny are married and live West. 
 
492 BIOC.RAFHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mrs. L. H. Tvvichel's Statement. 
 
 My father, Asa Philips, came out here intending to go out 
 farther West. He brought for Mr. Townsend's people and others 
 who came from the same place in Massachusetts that he did, let- 
 ters from their friends in the East, and Mr. Townsend and others 
 persuaded him to locate here, which he did. He bought of 
 Nicholas Armstead one hundred acres of land, with a few acres 
 improved, the frame of a saw-mill up but no house. Father's 
 family moved here in 1817, from New Salem, Mass.; came with 
 two yoke of oxen, a span of horses and two cows. They started on 
 the first day of October and arrived here on the last day of the 
 month. We first moved into a small log school-house that 
 stood on top of the hill, west of George Spalding's house on 
 his land. We remained there six weeks, when they wanted 
 school to commence and we moved into Mr. Townsend's black- 
 smith shop in Wheeler Hollow. Sometime in the Winter 
 father got a frame up, planked it, shingled part of the roof, laid 
 down loose boards for a floor, and we moved into it without 
 any doors or windows. A fireplace was built up as high as the 
 mantel-piece, and was used so till next Summer; the smoke 
 went up and out free and unconfined by any chimney. Next 
 Summer he bought brick of Samuel Cooper and finished up 
 the chimney, and finished sJiingling the housei. The settlers in 
 that part of the town when we came were, Frederick Wood, 
 Thomas Magee, James Russel, Ambrose Cram, Jonathan 
 Spaulding, Enoch Sinclair, Carey Clements, Roswell Alcott, 
 Ephraim Barker, Samuel Cooper, Mr. Mitchell, Joseph Herrick, 
 Sen., Asa Herrick, William Herrick, Samuel Eaton, Samuel 
 Sampson, Emery Sampson, Daniel Persons, Benjamin Trevitt. 
 John Andrews, James Tyrer and the Thompsons. 
 
 Sally Spaulding married Isaac Kibbie, and they, with old 
 Mr. Kibbie and his wife and Daniel Spaulding, eldest son of 
 Jonathan Spaulding, went over to the Alleghany river and 
 built what they called an ark, and lived in it during the Winter, 
 and in the Spring floated down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers, 
 and went to the far South, and before a year had passed word 
 came that they had all died with the fever except one child. I 
 remember that I was up at Mr. Spaulding's soon after and saw 
 
HIOGRArillCAL SKETCHES. 495 
 
 Mrs. Spauldin^ crjnnt; for the death of her children far away in 
 a strange hind. 
 
 The big swamp west of our place was a great resort for bears 
 and wolves. I have often laid and listened to the prolonged 
 bowlings of the wolves out there in the night time. Our cows 
 frecjuently went into the swamp and the boys, when they went 
 after them, would sometimes send the dog in to bring them 
 out. One time they sent the dog into the swamp, but instead 
 of bringing out the cows he drove out a large bear. The boys 
 were frightened and started to run ; one of them could not get 
 along very fast, and the others tried to assist him up a tree but 
 could not succeed ; they screamed and the bear changed his 
 course and did not molest them. 
 
 The Thompson children once found a small cub asleep beside 
 a log, and Unice took it in her apron and carried it to the 
 house, and made a pet of it. It would follow the children 
 around and play with them like a young dog. It was very 
 mischievous also. One day while the family were all out of 
 the house, he crawled up the ladder and found a tub of molas- 
 ses sitting up stairs, and being very fond of sweets he tried to 
 get some, and tipped over the tub ; the chamber floor was loose 
 boards, and when the family returned they found the molasses 
 mostly on the furniture and floor below. The cub had to die. 
 
 Some of the school teachers who taught in our district in early 
 times were Electa Trevitt, Sally Spaulding, Enoch Sinclair, 
 William F. Owen, David Bensley, Mr. Sweetland, Rebecca 
 Canfield, Wells Brooks, Morris Fosdick, Cephas R. Leland, 
 Dudly O. Stephens, Robert G. Flint, Elzra Chaffee, Elam 
 Booth, Mr. Gilbert, Henry Ackley, John G. House, Jonathan 
 Briggs, Laura Ann Carr, Mary Gardner, Laban A. Needham, 
 Mariam Twichel. William Twichel, Catharine Southworth, Mary 
 Ann Sampson, Warren Fisher, A. C. Adams, Mr. Pierce, Emo- 
 gene Smith. 
 
 Asa, died Nov. 13, 1842, aged seventy-one years, eight months. 
 
 Rhoda, his wife, died October, 1842, aged seventy-one years, 
 nine months. 
 
 Rhoda Herrick, daughter of Asa Philips, died in 1832, aged 
 thirty-two. 
 
494 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mary Chase, daughter of Asa PhiHps, died in 1874, in Little 
 Valley. 
 
 Arba, married Anna Russcl ; died in Ohio in 1844. 
 Susanna, married Johnson Chase ; lives in Machias. 
 Marcus, married Asenath Herrick ; lives in Ohio. 
 Hannah, married Lemuel H. Twichel ; lives in Concord. 
 Asa, married Sarah Ann Petton ; he lives in Lockport, N. Y. 
 Amos, died in 1831, aged twenty years. 
 Sarah married Samuel Stevens, and lives in this town. 
 
 Lemuel H. Twichel. 
 
 My father came from Massachusetts to Madison county, this 
 state ; remained a few years, then came to this town. My 
 brother. Royal and I, came here in 1821 with an ox-team, two 
 cows and ten sheep, and had but five dollars in money. We 
 paid our way mostly by selling wooden dippers that we made 
 before we started. Next year father and the rest of the family 
 came. We lived the first year in the Stratton house on the 
 lower part of the Fay farm, on the Genesee road. My father 
 bought of Mr. McLen, the land known as the Heacock farm, 
 on lot thirteen, township seven, range seven, and now owned 
 by N. B. Moore. We moved on to it and lived there eight or 
 nine years. Sold the farm to Calvin Blake and bought land on 
 lot fifteen, township seven, range seven, near the creek road to 
 Boston, and moved onto it. Besides working at farming my 
 father made spinning wheels for spinning linen and wool. 
 Also made rakes, sometimes made cabinet ware, &c. My 
 father's name was Lemuel Twichel, my mother's maiden name 
 was Esther Seaver. Father died in this town October 2, 1856, 
 aged eighty-two years ; mother died in this town August 7, 
 1870, aged about ninety- two. Their children were: 
 
 Royal, born 1801 ; married Ruth Field. She died. He is 
 also dead. 
 
 Lemuel H., born Dec. 31, 1804; married Hannah Phillips, 
 lives in this town. 
 
 Joseph S., born Oct. 8, 1806. Lives in Boston. 
 
 Adaline, born Feb. 24, 1809; married Moses Leonard, and 
 died about 1873, in this town. 
 
BIOflRAI'HICAL SKETCHES. 495 
 
 Lucy, born March, i8i i; married Franklin Twichel ; he died. 
 She Hves in Boston. 
 
 Mariam. born Jan., 1813; married L. A. Needham. Lives in 
 this town. 
 
 Enos, born Dec. 1814; married EHza Jones. He was killed 
 by the fall of a tree in Otto. 
 
 William, born Dec. 1816; married Mary Winship ; she died. 
 He died in the Fall of 1865. 
 
 Li 1823, I helped cut out the Genesee road, four rods wide, 
 from Mr. F'errens on East, towards Griffith's Corners. The 
 road had been traveled some years but was only cut wide 
 enough for teams to pass through. 
 
 One time when we lived on the Heacox farm, Joseph and I 
 found three bears, three-fourths of a mile north-east of our 
 house, in their den, under the roots of a tree which was turned 
 up in such a way as to form a suitable place for them. I went 
 for the gun but I had but one charge of powder. I could see 
 the old bear's white teeth as she growled in the dim light of 
 the den, and I took sight accordingly and fired and killed her. 
 Joseph went up to Mr. Ashman's for help, and Mr. Ashman 
 and Mr. Briggs, father of Erasmus Briggs, came down. One 
 of the bears came out and tried to escape but Mr. Briggs shot 
 and killed him. All three were killed. We let Mr. Benjamin 
 Fay have the skins, and Mrs. Fay made some muffs, capes. &c. 
 Some of those articles are in existence, now after the lapse of 
 over fifty years. 
 
 I moved down on the Eighteen-mile creek, near the \'alley 
 road to Boston, in 1826, and commenced building a saw-mill 
 that Fall. I lived there about thirt)- years, manufactured lum- 
 ber and carried on farming; kept dairy part of the time. I 
 moved to Little Valley, staid one year, came back, located two 
 miles south-west of Springville ; lived there till Spring of 1865 
 and then moved to Vaughn street where I now reside. Lem- 
 uel H. Twichel's children were : 
 
 Marcus E., born Oct. 2, 1839; died in 1855. 
 
 Erastus, born Aug. 22, 1841 ; married Francis Garlock, of 
 Auburn. Lives in Burdet, Schuyler county ; is a Presbyterian 
 clergyman. 
 
496 KIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 Esther, born June, 1846; married Albert Bement. Lives in 
 Colden, Boston. 
 
 Lucy, born, May 14, 1848 ; married D. W. Bensley. Lives in 
 Springville. 
 
 Asa, born March 7, 1850; married Carrie Palmer. Lives in 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Lemuel H. Twichel died June 30, 1881, aged seventy-six 
 years, six months. 
 
 Lewis Trevitt's Statement. 
 
 Lewis Trevitt is now living on his farm in the north-\\'est 
 part of the town on the road, over Townsend Hill to Boston. 
 He has lived on that farm about sixty-five years and he is over 
 ninety years of age. He says : 
 
 " I was born September 10, 1790. I came to this country in 
 1810 ; I was about twenty years old and unmarried. I worked 
 before the war in Boston part of the time, and part of the 
 time in Concord. I had a job of winrowing forty acres of tim- 
 ber for Captain Hanchet who lived on the south part of the 
 farm that Benjamin C. Trevitt now owns and occupies. I also 
 chopped a job for Samuel C"ooper, who then lived on the G. 
 Spaulding farm. The chopping I did was down on the flat, on 
 the south part of the farm. When I came, there was no saw- 
 mill, grist mill, grocery store or hotel, in town. 
 
 The settlers in the north-west part of the town, before or 
 during the war, were John Ures who lived on the farm I now 
 own, on the west side of the road north of my house. He 
 died before the close of the war. His wife was sister to Ben- 
 jamin Fay, and afterwards married Joseph Yaw, of Springville. 
 Jessie Putnam also lived on this farm, north of my house, on 
 the east side of the road. He and his wife afterwards lived 
 and died on the Heacockfarm, lot thirty-eight, township seven, 
 range i^even, west of Adams'. Isaiah Pike was here a single 
 man. Lyman Drake and family lived down on the creek, near 
 the town line. May Barrett lived about a mile north-west of 
 my place, and Mr. Killom down at the foot of the hill, New- 
 Boston. 
 
 In the early days provisions were very scarce and it was 
 sometimes very difficult for people to get enough to eat. 
 
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TilOGRAI'HICAL SKETCHES. 497 
 
 During the war many of the settlers were called out to serve 
 as soldiers on the Niagara Frontier. I remember one time 
 .several of us had been called out, and were walking down to Buff- 
 alo ; among the number was Smith Russell, who was a marks- 
 man. A hawk was discovered sitting on a tree a long distance 
 off and one of the company said to Smith, if he would shoot 
 that hawk he would eat it. Smith drew up his rifle and tired 
 and killed the hawk, but the other man failed to perform his 
 part of the contract. I returned to Vermont before the war 
 closed and married Sarepta Matthews, and not long after the 
 close of the war, returned and located on the farm where I 
 now reside, and have lived here ever since. 
 
 Wolves used to frequently kill the early settler's sheep. 
 They killed, or mangled in a shocking manner, thirty of mine 
 at one time. It was a pitiful sight to see the poor animals 
 mangled, bleeding and dying. They killed six for John An- 
 drews, all he had. A bear came and took a fat hog out of 
 Captain Hanchett's pen and carried him off. 
 
 When the Erie Canal was being built, I took two yoke of 
 oxen and went down and worked on the deep cut this side of 
 Lockport, until I got the ague, then came home and was sick 
 all Winter. Next Summer I had the bilious fever and was 
 sick a long time. My brother, Channing Trevitt, built a saw- 
 mill on the place where the Wheeler Brother's mill now is, 
 about 1813. I think the first school in this district was taught 
 by Nehemiah Waters, in a building that stood on land that I 
 now own. My father, Benjamin C Trevitt, was born in New- 
 port, R. I., March 10, 1749. My mother, Phcebe Carter, was 
 born in New Haven, April 10, 1750. 
 
 Their children were: 
 
 Polly, born May 19, 1778; married Erastus Spaulding ; died 
 1862, aged eighty-four years. 
 
 Benjamin, born March 17, 1788 ; died Jan. 4, 1857. aged sev- 
 enty-five years, nine months and eighteen clays. 
 
 Channing, born July 22, 1782; died Sept. 13, 1813, aged 
 thirtj'-one years. 
 
 Sally, born May 27, 1783 ; married Levi I3<illou ; died, 1863^ 
 aged seventy-nine years. 
 
 Constant, born June 24. 1787; still living in the west. 
 
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 Lewis, born Sept. lo, 1790; now living. 
 
 Eleazer, born Dec. 18, 1702 ; died in Minnesota. 
 
 Phoebe, born Oct. 21, 1796. 
 
 Lewis Trevitt's family record : 
 
 Sally C, born Sept. 11, 181 2 ; married Timothy Clark ; lives 
 in Collins. 
 
 Lewis M., born Nov. 16, 1816; married Mary M. Cross: 
 lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 Constant W., born Jan. 2, 1819; died Jan. 18, 1857, in this 
 town. 
 
 Jonathan M., born Jan. 20, 1821 ; died Sept. 18, 1826, in this 
 town. 
 
 Polly S., born Jan. 24, 1823 ; married John Howrey ; lives in 
 Wisconsin. 
 . Benjamin M., born F"eb. 26, 1825. 
 
 Mark M., born July 10, 1827; married L Sails; died April 
 21, 1878. 
 
 Caroline E., born March 22, 1829 ; married L^riah Pike ; lives 
 in this town. 
 
 Hyman J., born March 6, 1831 ; married Albina Trevitt ; 
 lives in Kansas. 
 
 Wesley O , born Nov. 9, 1833 ; married Eliza Amsby in 
 1879; li^'es in Kansas. 
 
 Christiana, born April 23, 1836. 
 
 Sarepta, Lewis Trevitt's wife was born April 23, 1792 ; mar- 
 ried Aug. 29, 1813, in Vermont; died P"eb. 16, 1867, in this 
 town. 
 
 Since the foregoing was written Lewis Trevitt died, (3ct. 30, 
 1880, aged ninety years, one month and twenty days. 
 
 Wesley Trevitt. 
 
 Wesley Trevitt was born in Concord, Now 9, 1833. He 
 attended the Springville Academy ; taught school several 
 terms in the town of Concord and in the town of Sardinia. He 
 served in the army in the time of the rebellion, in a Wisconsin 
 regiment. He removed to Highland, Kansas, in 1869, where 
 he has since resided. He married Eliza Amsb)'. He is a Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, and is also engaged in insurance, loan and 
 collection business. 
 
BIOCJRArillCAL SKKTCllES. .499 
 
 (Foscph Tanuer. 
 
 Joseph Tanner was born ia St. Lawrence county, N. Y,, in 
 1803. Was married in 1828 to Florilla Toolcy; moved to 
 Attica, N. Y., and from there to Springville in 1857. Their 
 children are : 
 
 Anna L.; married George R. Bensley ; resides in Chicago. 
 
 Richard W.; married Marinda Harkness. 
 
 Charles J.; married Louisa Bund}'; resides in Chicago. 
 
 Mrs. Tanner died in Spring\ille in 1872. 
 
 Hicliard AV. Tanner. 
 
 Richard W. Tanner was born at Attica', N. Y., June 5, 1832. 
 Came to this town in 1849, and has since followed the occupa- 
 tion of grocer. He is at present Secretary of the Board of 
 Trustees of Griffith Listitute. He was married in 1856 and has 
 five children, as follows : 
 
 Anna P.. Harry W., Grace H., Allen J. and Clark W. 
 
 AVillaid H. Ticknor, E.sq. 
 
 Mr. Ticknor is a son of Daniel W. Ticknor. His ir.other's 
 maiden name was Lucinda White. He was born April 21, 
 1853, in Concord, N. Y. Received the jMincipal part, of his 
 education at Griffith Listitute, Springxille, N. Y., but attended 
 school one term at the Hamburg Academy — Fall of 1874 ; two 
 terms — 1872 — at Forestville, N. Y., and one term — Spring of 
 1875 — at Bachtell College, Akron, Ohio. He taught school 
 five terms and was for six months Princii)a] of the graded 
 school at Otto, N. Y. 
 
 He studied law in tlie office of Hon. C. C. Severance and 
 was admitted to the bar in Buffalo, June 14, 1878. He is now 
 a successful practitioner in Springville. In 1880 he was one of 
 the L^nited States census enumerators for the town of Concord. 
 He was rmarried Nov. 21, 1876, to Alma S. Wheeler. They 
 have two daughters; Alma E. and Orphia S. 
 
 C'ornelins Treat's Statement. 
 
 In the year 1804, my father, John Treat, came from Ver- 
 mont and settled in the Town of Aurora, near the present Vil- 
 lage of Aurora. He built for himself a log cabin, hung up 
 
500 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 blankets for doors, and, in general with the early settlers, 
 shared the rudest privations incident to pioneer life. His 
 household goods were of the most primitive description, his 
 table consisted of a large chest, which is still preserved in our 
 family as a souvenir of the past. My father was married July 
 19, 1823, to Eunice Amidon. In the year 1838, he came to 
 Concord and purchased the farm where I was born, and now 
 resides at Waterville. Here my father died Jan. 10, 1864. My 
 mother survived him thirteen years. She died Nov. 25, 1877. 
 They had ten children, as follows : 
 
 Polly M., born April 26, 1824. 
 
 Jemima, born April 11, 1825. 
 
 Cyntha, born Feb. 19, 1827. 
 
 Almon H., born Nov. 28, 1828. 
 
 Fayette, born Jan. 8, 1831. 
 
 Erastus, born Dec. ii, 1832. 
 
 Charlotte, born Nov. 10. 1835. 
 
 Thomas, born Sept. 28, 1838. 
 
 Betsey A., born Feb. 27, 1843. 
 
 John C. born Dec. 20, 1844. 
 
 I was married June 6th to Ellen L. Squires. We have one 
 child, Thomas S. Treat, born Aug. 2, 1876. Sixteen years of 
 my life, or nearly that length of time, was spent in running the 
 saw mill formerly located on my farm, now a thing of the past. 
 
 James Titus. 
 
 James Titus was born in the Town of Eden, County of Erie, 
 May 23, 1826. He resided in that town until the year 1870, 
 when he went to Dunkirk, where he remained one year work- 
 ing at his trade, viz., that of a millwright, which avocation he 
 has followed almost uninterruptedly for twenty years. In the 
 Spring of 1872, he came to Concord and purchased of his 
 brother. Sterling Titus, forty acres of land, which was originally 
 a portion of the Ostrander farm, located one-half mile south of 
 East Concord, where he has since resided. He was married 
 July 4, 1849. to Phoebe Matteson. 
 
 Their children are : Emma J., and Frank J. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 5OI 
 
 Stephen Tefft. 
 
 Stephen Tefft was born Dec. 20, 181 3, in Newport, Her- 
 kimer county, N. Y., and came to Erie county in 1852 ; he is a 
 farmer; he was married March 20, 1850, to Caroline Jenkins, 
 who was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1828; his 
 father's name was Wilham Tefft, who served as a musician in 
 the war of 18 12, and received a land warrant for military 
 services, and subsequently received a pension. His mother's 
 maiden name was Ruth Ann Wheaton. William Tefit was 
 twice married, his second wife was Susan Wheaton, a sister of 
 his first wife, who still lives. He died at the age of eighty-six 
 years. Their children were : 
 
 Ruth Ann, born Sept. 30, 1850; died Aug. 27, 1863. 
 
 George E., born Nov. 10, 1851 ; married May 20, 1874, to 
 Alice Vedder. 
 
 Franklin, born June 7, 1853; died Nov. 8, 1862. 
 
 Alma, born Nov. 7, 1854; died Aug. 29, 1863. 
 
 Erastus, born Nov. 25, 1859. 
 
 Carrie, born Feb 2, 1861. 
 
 Alice, born Dec. 7, 1865. 
 
 James L. Tarbox. 
 
 James L. Tarbox was born May 5, 1847, ^^'^ came to Con- 
 cord in the year 1855, from Richford, Tioga county, N. Y. ; 
 his father's name was Benjamin Tarbox ; his mother's maiden 
 name was Rachael Eaton ; he is a merchant b)' occupation ; 
 was married June 24, 1869, to Mianda L. Rice, who was born 
 in the Town of Richford, Tioga county ; was in mercantile 
 business at Wheeler's Hollow three years before he came to 
 Morton's Corners. They have one child, Nellie M. Tarbox, 
 who was born Dec. 5, 1878. 
 
 Rollin 31. Tioheuor. 
 
 Mr. Tichenor was born in Bridport, Addison county. Vt., 
 March 26, 1831. Came to Springville in 1851, where he has 
 since resided. He was married in 1853 to Sylvia King, daugh- 
 ter of Winsor King. Mr. Tichenor enlisted February 15. 1865, 
 in Company K., Twenty-seventh N. Y, Cavalry ; was discharged 
 June following, on account of the close of the war. 
 
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 N. H. Thurber. 
 
 N. H. Thurber was born in Black Rock in the year 1840^ 
 and came to this town in 1843. ^^^ father's name was John 
 Thurber, and his mother's maiden name was Frances Howard, 
 His grandfather's name was John Thurber, and his grand- 
 mother's maiden name was Clorina Brown. He is a printer by 
 occupation. He pubHshed a paper here called the Springville 
 Tndunr ior i\early two years, viz: 1865-66. He was married 
 in the year 1864 to Miss Esther West. Their children are: 
 
 Eddie N.. and Mary E. 
 
 Riidolpli L rich. 
 
 Rudolph Urich was born in Switzerland, September 8, 1827,. 
 and came to the town of Collins in the year 1849, '^'"'^ removed 
 to Concord in the year 1855. His father's name was Rudolph 
 Urich ; his mother's name was Elizabeth Hoffminster. He 
 was married October 2, 1854, to Mariah Irish; is a farmer. 
 His father was held for military service for twenty years in 
 Switzerland. He has two children : 
 
 George, born May i, 1855. 
 
 Elizabeth, born December 30, 1859. 
 
 The Vaugliaii Family. 
 
 James Vaughan, Sr., came here in 1809, and bought a quar- 
 ter section of land on lot twenty-five, on what is now called 
 Vaughan street. A short time after he returned to Washing- 
 ton county, N. Y., where he died December 14, 1831, aged 
 fifty-seven years. His eldest son, William Vaughan, came here 
 and settled on the south j^art of lot t\\cnt\'-fi\'e, where Asa 
 Twichell now lives. Here he lived se\eral years, when he re- 
 turned East where he died January, 1882, aged eighty years. 
 
 Pauline Vaughan married a l\Ir. Bcadleston. .She lived here 
 a few years in earl)- times, and then removed from this town, 
 and died in 1877. E|)inctus came to this town about 1825, and 
 cleared up a farm on the north part of lot t\\ent\'-fi\e. He 
 reared a famih- of children, and died in this tow 11 in 1854, aged 
 fifty-one years. James, jr., cleared up a farm on the same lot. 
 He mo\-ed to Wisconsin nearl)- thirt)' \'ears ago, and died in 
 1877. His wife still li\es in Waupaca. W'isconsin. 
 
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HKUiRAI'HICAI. SKKICHHS. 503 
 
 Alonzo and John are still living at Waupaca, Wisconsin. 
 Mrs. James Vaughan, sr., died in this town in 1842. L. C. 
 Vaughan died in this town August 31. iS/.S, aged sixty-five 
 years. Mrs. Nancy Vaughan Bloodgood still lives in this town 
 at the age of seventy-three years. 
 
 Saiuuol ('. P. Yaiisliii. 
 
 Lemuel C. P. Vaughn was born Sept. 9, 181 3, in the town of 
 Queensbury, Warren county, N. Y.; came to Concord May 16, 
 1832; he was by occupation a farmer; was married May i, 1832 ; 
 died Aug. 31, 1878 ; his wife's maiden name was Acsah Twiss, 
 was born in the State of New Hampshire ; his father's name 
 was James \'aughn ; his mother's maiden name was Nancy 
 Moon. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. P. Vaughn says: My husband's father, James 
 Vaughn, bought the farm we now live on in 1809 of the Hol- 
 land Land company; we have occupied the farm since 1832; 
 our farm was all woodland; we first built a log house 20x26 
 feet ; it was called a good house ; lived in it ten years and then 
 built a frame house, and cleared our land by degrees. My 
 husband's father, James Vaughn, was in the military service in 
 the war of 18 12. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Julius J., born March 21, 1833: married to Amos W'ickham 
 June 5, 1867 ; lives in Michigan ; is a doctor. 
 
 Russell J., born A])ril 6, 1835 ; married Theresa Green April 
 27, 1858. 
 
 Alonzo L., born March 26, 1837; married Emma Smith 
 Feb. 15, 1865. 
 
 Jennie A., born Jul}- 4. 1840 ; resides in New York city: is a 
 stenographer. 
 
 Covell S., born Jan. 2, 1843 : li\es in Michigan ; is a dentist. 
 
 Lorenzo A., born Jan. i 1, 1S45 : married Mary Potter March 
 24, 1869. 
 
 Achsah D.. born Oct. 28, 1847: married Daniel Lewis Oct. 
 10, 1870. 
 
 Riissoll .J. Vaush". 
 
 Russell J. Vaughn was born April 6, 1835, in the Town of 
 Concord. He was married in 1858 to Miss Theresa Green, who 
 
504 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 was born in 1836. His father's name was L. C. P. Vaughn 
 his mother's maiden name was Acsah Twiss ; he is a farmer 
 and owns a farm of 180 acres on Vaughn street, ninety acres of 
 which was formerly owned by his uncle, James Vaughn. Mr, 
 Vaughn was elected school commissioner of the third district 
 of Erie county in the Fall of 1872, and served one term. 
 
 They have six children : 
 
 Earl R., born in 1859; married Ida Pike in 1880; he is a 
 dentist ; lives at Falls City, Neb. 
 
 Eloise, born in 1864. 
 
 Hoyt, born in 1866; died in 1872. 
 
 Ray, born in 1872. 
 
 Covell. born in 1875. 
 
 Mabel, born in 1878. 
 
 Alonzo Vaiiglin. 
 
 Alonzo Vaughn, the subject of this sketch was born in the 
 Town of Concord March 26, 1837; he attended school at 
 Springville academy until he was seventeen years of age when 
 he commenced teaching ; he continued teaching winters, 
 attending school at the academy in the Fall and working at 
 home Summers until he was twenty-two years of age. In the 
 Summer of 1859 he studied dentistry with Dr. Strait, of Buf- 
 falo ; the two years following he practiced at Warsaw and Le- 
 Roy ; in the Fall of 1861 he moved to Springville, where he 
 has practiced ever since. In 1865 he was married to Miss 
 Emma Smith, of Concord. 
 
 They have four children : 
 
 Herbert. 
 
 Acsah. 
 
 Edward. 
 
 Calista. 
 
 Saiimel I>. Vaiioe and Family. 
 
 Samuel D. Vance was born in Quebec, Canada, Jan. 14, 1841 • 
 he resided in the Dominion until seven \-ears of age, when he 
 went to Boston, Mass., to reside with his uncle, with whom he 
 remained one year. He came to Concord in the year 1849; ^^^ 
 has resided in this town ever since with the exception of the 
 year 1871 and a portion of 1872, when he went to LaCrosse 
 
liIOC;RAriIICAL SKETCHES. 505 
 
 county, Wis., hoping thereby to improve his health which had 
 become seriously impaired ; change of climate having produced 
 the desired effect, he returned to Concord in the Spring of 
 1873, and purchased what is usually known as the Sprague 
 farm, situated midwa)- between East Concord and Glenw(K)d, 
 on which he now resides ; he also owns the sawmill heretofore 
 under the management of .S. Clark, which is situated near his 
 present residence. He was married Jan. i, 1 863, to Julia A. 
 Wilcox. 
 
 They have two children : 
 
 Cora M. 
 
 Nellie M. 
 
 Isaac A'o.sburgli'.s Stateineut. 
 
 My father, Henry J. V^osburgh. first came to this town from 
 Kinderhook, Columbia county, this state, in the year 1822 ; that 
 portion of this town lying north of East Concord was at that 
 time an unbroken wilderness. He first worked land on shares 
 near the present residence of Luzerne Eaton and improved the 
 leisure time he was afforded in chopping and clearing on the 
 farm where I now reside, which he purchased of the Holland 
 Land Company. He also built the house in which I now 
 reside, which was the first frame house built in this vicinity. 
 After a four years' stay in Concord he removed to Columbia 
 county, where I was born Oct. 11, 1830. About the year 1831 
 he returned to Concord and took possession of his farm which 
 had been rented during his absence. 
 
 We came into town by the way of Boston, the Colden road 
 being then a thing of the future. He assisted in laying out the 
 roads of this vicinity. He was, after the year 1831, a perma- 
 nent resident of Concord, until his death, which occurred Sept. 
 25, 1877. My earlier life was spent in this town and was un- 
 eventful save an occasional rafting voyage down the Alleghany 
 and Ohio rivers. In the year 1852 I went to California and 
 engaged in mining where I remained nearly four years, when I 
 returned to Concord and worked my father's farm six seasons. 
 I then purchased land located one-half mile north-west of East 
 Concord, where I resided until the Spring of 1879, ^^'hen I 
 bought a portion of the old homestead, one mile north-east of 
 
5o6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 East Concord, where I now reside. I was married April iQthy 
 1857, to Miss Anna Smith. My children are : 
 
 Carrie A., Ella A., James M., Allie L., Ida M., Effie J., 
 Thomas C, Jessie and Myrtie. 
 
 Harrison Vaiitlerlip's Statement. 
 
 My father came to Concord from Vermont previous to the 
 year 1840. His name is Truman Vanderlip and mother's 
 maiden name was Caroline Presson. He first settled at Spring- 
 ville, from there he removed to a farm located about midway 
 between Woodward's Hollow and New Oregon, where I was 
 born July 12, 1840; this in turn, was soon disposed of, when 
 father removed to New Oregon. Two years later he bought 
 what was known as the Ford farm, located on lot thirty-nine, 
 township seven, range seven. In 1853 he removed to Boston 
 Corners. In the Spring of i860 I went to Illinois. 
 
 In the year 1861 I enlisted in the 25th Illinois Infantry; I 
 participated in ten of the most severe engagements of our civil 
 war, conspicuous among which were Pea Ridge, Stone River, 
 Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. After the latter fight 
 Ave were sent to the relief of Burnside and raised the siege of 
 Knoxsville, Tennesee. I was with Sherman during his famous 
 march to the sea as far as Atlanta, Ga., when my term of enlist- 
 ment expired Aug. 4, 1864. I was mustered out of service at 
 Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 7, 1864; from there I went to the 
 Pikes' Peak country, Colorado ; I remained in Colorado during 
 the Winter of 1864 and 1865 inclusive, when I returned to 
 Illinois, where I remained during the summer of 1865 and came 
 back to Boston during the ensuing Winter. I was married Nov. 
 2d, 1868, to Mary L. Jones of Boston. We resided in that 
 town until the Spring of 1876, when I came to Concord and 
 bought what is commonly known as the Wheelock farm, at 
 Waterville, on which I now reside. Our children were four in 
 number, three of whom are still living, viz : 
 
 lola M., Nellie M. and Harrison L. 
 
 My father, Truman Vanderlip, lives in Michigan. 
 
 My brother Loren lives in Iowa. 
 
 My brother John S. lives in Denver, Col. 
 
 My brother Henry lives in Iowa. 
 
lUOCRAPHICAI, SKETCUKS. 507 
 
 Mary S. lives in Michigan. 
 
 Jenny lives in Iowa. 
 
 Truman, Jr. and Caroline live in Michigan. 
 
 James Vaunata. 
 
 James Vannata was born Feb. 13, 1842, in the Town of Con- 
 •cord, and is by occupation a farmer ; was married Veh. 25, 
 1863, to Miss Alice A. Wells, who was born June 13, 1846. 
 She was the daughter of As^ Wells ; her mother's maiden 
 name was Gertrude Widrig, who was born in Herkimer county, 
 N. Y., June 14, 1809; was married to Asa Wells,. Jan. 19, 1840, 
 and died Aug. 20, 1875. Asa Wells was born in Rutland 
 county, Vt., July 6, 1798; came to the Town of Concord in 
 1816, and lived here until the timeof his death, which occurred 
 July 30, 1864. Their children were; 
 
 Josephine S.. born Sept. 3, 1841. 
 
 Clark C, born Sept. 10, 1844. 
 
 Alice A., born June 13, 1846. 
 
 Newell G., born April 6, 1848 ; died March 6, 1863. 
 
 James E., born March 5, 1868. 
 
 Elmer A., born June 23, 1870. 
 
 Alice S., born July 8, 1876. 
 
 Wells, born May 26, 1879. 
 
 Peter Van Valkenbiirgh. 
 
 Peter Van Valkenburgh was born Oct. 16, 1820, in Columbia 
 county, N. Y,, and came to Concord in 1836; is a farmer; was 
 married Sept. 22, 1842, to Miss Almira A. Austin, daughter of 
 Luther Austin ; she was born Oct. 12, 1823 ; his father's name 
 was Richard Van Valkenburgh ; his mother's maiden name was 
 Polly DeVoe. His father came to Ashford, Cattaraugus 
 county, in 1837 ; next year he removed to Springville, remained 
 there several years and then moved to Troy, N. Y., and lived 
 there until the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
 1868 ; his mother still lives at Troy. His wife's father, Luther 
 Austin, came to Concord in 1816; was married October, 1818 ; 
 he served in the army in the war of 18 12 as a soldier, and sub- 
 sequently received a land warrant, and, had he lived a few 
 
508 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 years longer, would have been entitled to a pension. He died 
 in 1858. There children were : 
 
 William A., born July 29, 1843. 
 
 Herman D., born May 27, 1846. 
 
 Rosalia S., born May 19, 1848; died Oct. 7, 1862. 
 
 Horatio G., born May 29, 1852; died Oct. 14, 1862. 
 
 Charles H., born April 9, 1854. 
 
 Mary A., born Oct. 30, 1856. 
 
 Johnnie R., born Feb. 11, i860; died Oct. 24', 1862. 
 
 Emily E., born May 23, 1863. 
 
 Jennie C, born Oct. 21, 1868. 
 
 John Van Pelt. 
 
 John Van Pelt was for many years an active business man 
 in Springville. He carried on a general store and also built 
 and managed a distillery and ashery. He also bought cattle 
 and drove them to the eastern market. He had several chil- 
 dren, the oldest of whom, William Van Pelt, is a physician and 
 lives in Williamsville, N. Y., where he has a large practice and 
 is a respected citizen. 
 
 Augustus A'anuatta. 
 
 Philip Vannatta, father of the subject of this sketch, was 
 
 born in . He was married in 1829 to Miss Cath- 
 
 rine Spoors, of Cortland county, N. Y. They had nine chil- 
 dren, viz : 
 
 David, born in 1830, lives in Vandalia, Cattaraugus county, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Maria, born in 1832, married C. B. Parkinson and lives in 
 Collins. 
 
 Nicholas, born in 1833. 
 
 Elias, born in 1835, was killed in the battle of P'air Oaks. 
 
 Phillip, born in 1837, '^^'^•^1 i" 1854. 
 
 William, born in 1839, served through the civil war and lives 
 in Canadaigua, N. Y. 
 
 James Augusta, married Austin Balls and lives in Cattarau- 
 gus county. 
 
 Augustus, was born in 1843, in the Town of Concord, where 
 
 he has ever since resided. He is unmarried and owns a 
 
BIOGRAl'IIICAL SKETCHES. 509 
 
 farm near Morton's Corners, where he lives and cares for his 
 a^ed parents. 
 
 Byron Wells. 
 
 Byron Wells was born in 1817, in the Town of Sardinia ; 
 came to Concord in 1821 ; occupation a farmer. Was married 
 July 12, 1855, to Mary Ann Dodge, who died June, 1861. 
 Subsequently was married to Mary Munsell, who died March 
 6, 1870, and was married to ijis present wife, Sarah Sherman, 
 April 5, 1 87 1. His father's name was Charles C. Wells, and 
 lived in Buffalo at the beginning of the War of 181 2 ; was in 
 the military service and taken prisoner at the time Buffalo was 
 burned. He was taken to Montreal and kept a prisoner until 
 exchanged, and remained in the service until the close of the 
 war. Subsequently he was married and settled in Buffalo — 
 himself and wife being two of the eight members of the first 
 Methodist church in Buffalo. This church was organized by 
 the late Gleazen Fillmore, then a young man, who, when he 
 came to Buffalo, met a minister of another denomination, who 
 told him that one minister was enough for the place. After 
 the church organization, they were deprived of a place of wor- 
 ship and went to work and constructed a church edifice, in six 
 weeks ready for occupation (probabl)- not quite as expensive as 
 the Delaware Avenue church of this day). After living in Buf- 
 falo three years, he removed to the Town of Sardinia and sub- 
 sequently removed to Concord, where they continued to reside 
 until the time of his death. 
 
 Among the relics of "ye olden times " in the Wells family is 
 an account book, once the property of Capt. Levi Wells, great- 
 grandfather of Byron Wells, which contains the account of 
 money paid by Captain Wells to the offlcers and soldiers of the 
 Colonial army. The first date or entry is May ye iBth, 1775. 
 Pasted inside the cover of the book is a commission issued to 
 " First-Lieut. Levi Wells, dated March 24th, 1760, in the thirty- 
 third year of the reign of his majesty King George the Second, 
 by order of Thomas Fitch, Captain-General and Governorin- 
 chief of his majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New 
 England, in America." It also appears from this book that 
 Levi Wells served as Captain and Paymaster subsequently in 
 the Continental Army during the Revolution. 
 
510 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Family record : 
 
 Frank S., born May 30, 1857. 
 
 Mary A., born June 5, 1861. 
 
 Jennie E., born Aug. 18, 1867. 
 
 Jessie M., born Nov. i, 1869. 
 
 Mary A. Wells died April 15, 1883, aged twenty-one years 
 and ten months. 
 
 Mrs. Wells died March 29, 1885, aged eighty-five years and 
 nine months, and five days. 
 
 Colony of ) ^, ,, r- 
 
 ^ /• ^ • Thomas Pitch, Eso., 
 
 Connecticut. ) ' ^ < 
 
 Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, in and over his 
 majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in 
 America. 
 To Levi Wells, Gent., greeting — 
 
 By virtue of the power and authority to me given, in and by 
 the Royal CHARTER, to the Governor and Company of the said 
 Colony, under the Great Seal of England. I do by these pres- 
 ents, reposing especial trust and confidence in your Loyalty, 
 ■Courage and Good Conduct, constitute and appoint you, the 
 said Levi Wells, to be First Lieutenant of the second 
 company of a Regiment of Foot, raised within the Colony, to 
 proceed and co-operate with a body of the King's British forces, 
 and under the supreme command of his majesty's Commander- 
 in-Chief; in America, against Canada, in order to reduce Mon- 
 treal and all other posts of the French in those parts, and fur- 
 ther to annoy the enemy in such manner as his majesty's Coin- 
 mander-in-Chief, of which regiment Nathan Whitinc, Esq., 
 is Colonel. You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to dis- 
 charge the dut)- of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exer- 
 cising said company in arms, both inferior officers and soldiers 
 in the service aforesaid, and to keep them in good order and 
 discipline ; hereby commanding them to obey \'ou as their 
 Lieutenant, and yourself to obser\'e and follow such orders and 
 instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me, or 
 the Commander-in-Chief of said Colony, for the time-being, or 
 other of your superior officers, according to the rules and dis- 
 cipline of war, pursuant to the trust reposed in you. 
 
 Given under my hand and the public seal of the said Colony, 
 
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 at Norwalk, the twenty-fourth day of March, in the thirty-third 
 year of the rei<^n of his majesty Kiny GEORGE the Second, 
 Ainioqiic Domini 1760. 
 
 By His Honor's conuiiand. THOS. FITCH. 
 
 (}K()K(;e Wviil.vs, Secretary. 
 
 William Waite. 
 
 WilHam Waite, born in the Town of Alexander, Genesee 
 county, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1830 ; is a farmer and came to Concord 
 in 1834; his father's name is Weston Waite; liis mother's 
 maiden name was Cahsta Snow. Wilham Waite was married 
 in 1852, to Sarah Mayo, daughter of Hiram Mayo, who wasone 
 of the old settlers. She died in 187 1. Two of Mayo's sons, Sam- 
 uel A. Mayo and John H. Mayo, enlisted in the army Aug. ii 
 1862, both w^ere wounded at the battle of Donaldsonville and 
 died soon after. Mr. and Mrs. William Waite have four 
 children, vaz : 
 
 Henry E., born Aug. 24, 1850. 
 
 William W., born July 21, 1854. 
 
 Elmer M., born March i, 1859. 
 
 Luzerne C, born Nov. 10, 1862. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Waite died July 19, 1882, aged fifty years. 
 
 William J. Wiley. 
 
 William J. Wiley was born in Concord, April i, 1831 ; his 
 wife, Lucretia Vosburg, was born in Kinderhook, Columbia 
 county, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1831 ; her father came to Concord in. 
 1856; his father's name was David Wiley, he came to Concord 
 in 1813; lived in the town until his death, which occurred 
 June 9, 1879 ! '"''•'^ mother's maiden name was Alyda Vosburg, 
 she is still living, aged seventy-nine years. W^illiam J. Wiley was 
 married Aug. 2, 1865, to Lucretia Vosburgh. His wife's father, 
 Matthew Vosburg, who now lives on the old " Saxe " farm, 
 one and one-half miles east of Springville, fell and injured him- 
 self on the 15th day of March last, and is seriously ill. His 
 eighty-third birthday occurred on the previous day. Her 
 mother was sevent}'-threc years of age Jan. 13, 1882. Their 
 children were : 
 
 William V., born Nov. 13, 1857. 
 
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 Thomas S., born Dec. 23, 1859. 
 
 Alyda J., born Nov 20, 1862 ; died in September, 1863. 
 
 Nelson E., born Sept. 15, 1867. 
 
 Carlos Waite. 
 
 Carlos Waite was born in Concord, in the year 1840; his 
 father's name is Weston Waite and was born in Washington 
 county, in 1802 ; his mother's maiden name was Calista Snow, 
 she was born in Connecticut in 1804; he learned the profession 
 of a dentist and commenced business in 186S, in Springville, 
 and has carried it on to the present time. He enlisted in the 
 One hundred and sixteenth Regiment, N. Y. Vol., Aug. 11, 
 1862, E. P. Chapin, Colonel, and served till the close of the 
 war. He was" at Port Hudson, in the Red River expedition, at 
 Winchester and Fisher's Hill, and in the Shenandoah Valle)' in 
 1864. He was married in 1862 to Miss Augusta Wilcox. 
 
 Their children were Allie, Ralph and Angle, who died at the 
 age of two years. 
 
 Allie is married to David Hernden, of Bennington, W)'oming 
 county, N. Y. 
 
 William H. AVarner. 
 
 Mr. V\"arner was a son of Samuel Warner and Mary (San- 
 ders) Warner. He was born in Collins, N. V.. in 1840 and 
 came to Concord in 1867, where he engaged in farming until 
 1 88 1, when he removed to Springville. His maternal grand- 
 father, Joseph Sanders, was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. 
 Warner entered the army as a private, July 20, 1861. In 1864, 
 he was promoted to Captain, which position he held until 
 he was mustered out of the, service July i, 1865. He has three 
 times represented the Town of Concord on the Board of 
 Supervisors, 1878, '79 and '80. He was married in 1866 to 
 Adeline L. Scoby, who was born in Ashford, N. Y., in 1840. 
 They have four children living: 
 ^ M. Alice, born in 1867. 
 
 Fred S., born in 1873. 
 
 Glenn S., born in 1871. 
 
 William 11.. born in 1881. 
 
HIOGRArintAI. SKETCIIKS. 513 
 
 .Tohii K. Wriffht. 
 
 John Fl. Wright was born in the town of Durham, Greene 
 count)', N. Y., April 2, 1808. His father's name was Ambrose 
 Wright and his mother's maiden name was EHzabeth Patterson, 
 He resided with his parents in his native town until he had 
 attained his twenty-third year, when he went to Canada and 
 purchased land situated at or near Niagara Falls. Here he 
 resided between seven and eight years. During that time the 
 Patriot war occurred, in which he participated. In the year 
 1839 he disposed of his farm ])roperty in the dominion and 
 returned to New York State and located in the town of Boston, 
 on "West Hill," where he resided until the year 1850, when he 
 came to Concord and purchased of Levi Vaughn one hundred 
 acres of land, located at East Concord, where he resided until 
 his death, which occurred Feb. 26, 1883. He was married July 
 5th, 1831, to Betsey Buehntr. Their children are : 
 
 Mary J. and Peter B 
 
 Samuel Warner. 
 
 Samuel Warner was a son of Roswell Warner and Lorain 
 Randall. His grandfather, Plinj' Warner, came from England 
 and was one of the first settlers in Massachusetts. 
 
 Mr. Warner was born in the year 1808, in Barneston, Mass. 
 He came to Collins in 1830 and to Concord in 1868, where he 
 now resides. He was married in 1829 to Mary Sanders, who 
 was born in Vermont in 1810 and died in Collins in 1864. 
 The}' had a famil)' of eight children : 
 
 Hannah M., born Jidy, 1829 ; married in 1853 to Arthur 
 White ; died. 1875. 
 
 Ezra N., born Feb., 183 1 : married in 1852 to Lucy A. Pratt; 
 died, 1863. 
 
 Mary J., born Oct., 1833 ; married in 1858 to H. V. Hicks; 
 died, 1859. 
 
 Sumner C, born Jan., 1836; married in 1856 to Jeanette Mun- 
 ger ; died in 1865. 
 
 Cynthia P., born Oct., 1838; married in 1865 to Albert H. 
 Cary. 
 
 William H., bornjul)-, 1840: married in 1866 to Adalin L. 
 Scob)'. 
 
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 Alfred S.,born Oct., 1843; married in 1864 to Louisa Col- 
 burn. 
 
 James L., born Aug., 1846; married in 1868 to Mary Rolfe. 
 Mr. Warner's children were all born in Collins, N. Y. 
 
 David J. AVilcox, Esq. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox's father, Elihu Wilcox, was a Vermonter of 
 Puritan stock, as was his mother also. They came from Ver- 
 mont to Leon Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1827, being some 
 of the earliest settlers of that town. Here the subject of this 
 sketch was born Oct. 27, 1848. 
 
 He attended school eight terms at Chamberlain Listitute, 
 Randolph, N. Y., after which, during the years 1872 and 1873, 
 he was three terms at the Fredonia State Normal School, and 
 the three succeeding years at Cornell University. Li 1877 he 
 began the study of law with King & Montgomery, at Ithaca, 
 N. Y. He remained there one year and then entered the 
 Albany Law School, graduating with the class of 1878. 
 
 He was admitted to the bar as Attorney and Counselor, at 
 Buffalo, June 14, 1878, and began the practice of law in Spring- 
 ville, N. Y., the subsequent December. 
 
 Before entering the legal profession he taught school eight 
 terms and during the year 1873 was President of the Cattarau- 
 gus county Teachers' Association. 
 
 In 1878 he was Clerk of the apportionment committee of the 
 State Assembly. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox was married in 1878, to Miss Happie Stowell, 
 daughter of Charles Stowell, Esq., of Ashford, N. Y. She is a 
 graduate of Chamberlain Institute and P^emale College. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox was elected to the State Legislature in the Fall 
 of 1882. 
 
 P. H. Warner. 
 
 Mr. Warner's father, Milo Warner, was born in Ira, Vermont, 
 about 1790; was married to Lucina Sikes, about 1812 and 
 moved to Strykersville, Wyoming county, N. Y., in the winter 
 of 1813, with two yoke of oxen. He resided on the land he 
 first took up until his death, in his eighty-second year. He 
 organized the Congregational Church at Strykersville and 
 served as a soldier on the Niagara frontier. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 515 
 
 He had a family of eleven children, nine of whom arc now 
 living and married — five brothers and four sisters. Two of the 
 brothers are graduates of Yale College. One sister, Mrs. Mor- 
 ril, was educated at LeRoy Seminary, taught twelve years in 
 Packard Institute, Brooklyn, and has since traveled in Europe 
 two years. 
 
 Philetoii H. WariKT 
 
 Was born in Strykersville, Wyoming county, N. Y., Jan. 31, 
 1822. He taught school eleven terms in his native town and 
 Concord. Was married in 1845, to Allathea H. Mann. They 
 came to Springville in 1847, and engaged '" t^^*-' millinery trade, 
 which the)^ continued until 1867, when they retired from busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Mrs. Warner was a daughter of Nathan M. Mann, Esq., one 
 of the most prominent and respected citizens of Aurora and 
 Wales at an early day. He was for many years Supervisor 
 from the town of Wale? and was a personal friend of Millard 
 Filmore. He had a family of ten children — three sistjrs and 
 one brother only are living : 
 
 George Mann, resides at Aigora, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Alice Sanders, of Sheridan, Mich., (she is now, 1881, 
 Vice-President of the Michigan State Bee-keepers' Association). 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Eddy, of Aurora and Mrs. Warner. 
 
 William Mann, one of the brothers, who died in Buffalo, Oct. 
 31, i8^'o, aged forty-four years, was a very enterprising and suc- 
 cessful business man. He was for several years extensively 
 engaged in the drug business in Buffalo. At the time of his 
 death he was conducting the business at the Black Hills, where 
 he was also engaged in mining. 
 
 Edward Wyatt. 
 
 Edward Wyatt was born in Somersetshire, England, July 
 31, 1844. His father's name was Joseph Wyatt ; his mother's 
 maiden name was Martha Light. When fifteen years of age, 
 Mr. Wyatt was apprenticed to a wheelwright. In 1865 he was 
 married to Sarah Jane Davey. He came to the United States 
 in 1869 for the benefit of his health ; his first year was spent 
 4n the Michigan pineries. The ne.xt year he sent to England 
 
5l6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 for his family, and located on Townsend Hill, where he has 
 ever since been engaged in farming. Their children were : 
 
 Edwin, born in England. 
 
 Joseph, born in England. 
 
 Arthur P., born and died in England. 
 
 George and Frank. 
 
 Mcses White. 
 
 Moses White came from Connecticut to this town about i8i i, 
 and located on lot eighteen, township six, range six, by the " 
 Cattaraugus creek. He remained about twenty-five years, and 
 then removed to Jamestown, Chautauqua county. His first 
 
 wife's name was Tuttle ; his second wife Sally Cheeny. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 Daniel, who died in Tennessee. 
 
 Almira, Hiram, Frederick, John and Welles, all of whom are 
 supposed to be living. 
 
 Joel White. 
 
 Joel White, brother of Moses, Truman and Frances, came to 
 this town from Connecticut, and located in Springville. He 
 was the first wagon-maker in the town of Concord. His wife's 
 maiden name was Phoebe Blakesly. They had no children. He 
 removed to Ohio many years ago, and died there about [872. 
 
 Frederick White. 
 
 Frederick White, younger brother of the others, came to 
 this town with his parents. He married Malvina Albro, and 
 removed from here to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his wife died. 
 He was a soldier in the Mexican war, and is supposed to be 
 dead. 
 
 Joliii AVells. 
 
 John Wells was born Dec. 25, 1807, in the town of Sharon, 
 Schoharie county, N. Y., came to Concord April 19, 1816 ; is a 
 farmer. He was married Jan. 24, 1836 to Laura E. Ballou, 
 who w^as born in Tinnemouth, Vt., April 10, 181 7. His father's 
 name was Azzan Wells ; his mother's maiden name was Anna 
 Turner. 
 
 John Wells has lived in Concord sixty-six years, and if he 
 
inOCJRAl'IIKAl, SKKTCIIES, 51/ 
 
 was given to story-tclling he could tell much of the trials and 
 hardships endured by the early settlers of the present thriving 
 and wealthy portion of the Holland Purchase, then a wilderness, 
 inhabited largely by wild animals. He tells only one bear 
 story : " They had a pig and a pig pen, and a bear came for 
 the pig. The famih', armed with fire-brands, shovels, pitch- 
 forks and other implements, made a vigorous attack on his 
 bearship and put him to flight, and the pig was saved. Family 
 record : 
 
 William J., was born April 24. 1838; was married July, 1863, 
 to Calista Wilson ; is a farmer. 
 
 John B., was born March 2, 1840: married March, 1864, to 
 Annie Pierce. 
 
 James F.. was born May 16, 1842 : married in 1866 to Emma 
 Blakeley. 
 
 Cornelia O., born August 18, 185 i : died Nov. 23, 1852. 
 
 Ambrose Wriglit. 
 
 P'ather of Edwin Wright, was born at Saj-brook, Conn., Oct. 
 2, 1773. He came of Revolutionary stock, his father serving 
 in the Continental army, during the struggle for American 
 Independence. After reaching the years of manhood he was 
 united in marriage to Miss Betsy Pattison, who was born in 
 the town of Barrington, Conn., June 12, 1779. Soon after this 
 event he migrated to the town of Durham, Greene county, N. 
 v., and was one of the early pioneers of that place. He loca- 
 ted on the very farm that proved ever after to be his home. 
 Here he devoted his energies to the improvement of his own 
 surroundings, and the building up of every cause that tended 
 to better the condition of his fellow beings. He was a man of 
 generous and liberal views and for a few years he permitted the 
 Presb}'terian Society of his town to occupy his dwelling upon 
 the Sabbath for religious meeting. Under these circumstances 
 he too became convinced of the truths of Christianity, and 
 soon after he united with the M. E. Church and for over forty 
 years he was an active, zealous lay-member and class-leader in 
 that church. Mrs. Wright died April 4, 1835, aged fifty-five 
 years, nine months and twent}--two days. He survived her 
 
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 nearly sixteen years, dying January 12, 185 1, aged seventy- 
 seven years, four months and sixteen days. Thirteen children 
 were the fruits of this union, viz : 
 
 Phila, born March 12, 1795. 
 
 Caroline, born Sept. 5, 1797. 
 
 James, born Oct. 29, 1799. 
 
 Patterson, born Sept. 4, 1801. 
 
 Wealthy, born Nov. 19, 1803. 
 
 Ambrose, born Jan. 19, 1806. 
 
 John Ely, born April 2, 1808. 
 
 Mary Jane, born June 20, 18 10. 
 
 William Clinton, born Aug. 25, 181 2. 
 
 Zelia Diana, born Jan. 6, 1815. 
 
 Edwin, born March 11, 18 17. 
 
 Betsy, born May 12, 18 19. 
 
 Ezra, born Oct. 27, 1821. 
 
 Edwin Wright. 
 
 Son of Ambrose and Betsy Patterson Wright, was born in 
 the town of Durham, Greene county, N. Y., March 11,1817. In 
 the year 1835 he was married to Miss Catherine Schultes, and 
 in the year 1840, the young couple migrated to the town of 
 Boston, Erie county, N. Y. After a residence there of four 
 years, Mr. Wright and family came to the town of Concord, 
 and this has been their home ever since. He owned and con- 
 ducted a farm for several years at East Concord. And he was 
 engaged for a while in trade in Springville, but for many years 
 past he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. 
 
 He is a public spirited citizen, and takes an active interest in 
 the political affairs of the town and the county. He is an 
 agreeable associate and companion, and lives to enjoy the soci- 
 ety of his friends and the comforts of his pleasant home. Six 
 children have been born to them, viz: 
 
 Ezra, born July 19, 1836; died Sept. 24, 1852. 
 
 Isabella, born Aug. 17, 1842; died Dec. 30, i86(. 
 
 Edna, born Aug, 25, 1847; married C. R. Wadsworth. 
 
 Edwin, born Aug. 25, 1850; died Dec 4, 1855. 
 
 Ida M., born July 27, 1854. 
 
 Ward, born Oct. 6, 1858; died Jan. 28, 1863. 
 
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BIOCKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 519 
 
 Daiiiol Shultiis. 
 
 Was born in the town of Rincbec, Dutchess county, N. Y.,. 
 Dec. 26, 1786, and consequently is in the ninety-eighth year of 
 his age. February 10, 1810, he was united in marriage to Miss 
 Isabella Griffin, who was born in Rensselaerville, Albany county,. 
 N. Y., Dec. 2, 1793, and died in Springville, April 26, 1881, 
 after a wedded life of seventy-one years and two months. 
 Nearly forty-two years ago they came to this town and up to^ 
 within two or three years, this venerable couple had been active 
 and useful members of Mr. Edwin Wright's home ; but death 
 called the venerable wife, and now the aged and devoted hus- 
 band only awaits the summons that will unite him again with 
 the bride of his \-outh. 
 
 Isaac Woodward. 
 
 Isaac Woodward's father, Levi Woodward, came in 181 1 to 
 what is now North Collins, and located one and one-half miles 
 south of Shirly postoffice. He came from W^arren county, N. 
 Y., where he was born in 1788 ; he moved to Woodward Hol- 
 low in 1849, where he died in 1876. He was married in 1812 
 to Hannah Southwick. 
 
 They had eleven children : 
 
 Eliza M., James Roberts, William, Isaac, Josiah. L)'dia M., 
 Jesse Taft, George, Stephen, Joseph, Job, Phcebe, Jane M., 
 Chandler Briggs and James. 
 
 They are all living but W'illiam, who died in 1862, and Job, 
 who died in 1882. 
 
 Those living reside in some part of the West, except James, 
 in Pennsylvania, and Isaac and Lydia, in Woodward Hollow\ 
 
 Isaac Woodward was born Sept. 19, 18 16, in what is now 
 North Collins. He came to Woodward Hollow in 1842. Dur- 
 ing the administration of Franklin Pierce a postofifice was insti- 
 tuted at the Hollow, and Mr. Woodward appointed Postmaster, 
 wdiich position he has since held with the exception of about 
 six years. 
 
 Mr. Woodward was married in 1840 to Emeline Morehouse, 
 who was born in Warren county, N. Y., in 1820. 
 
 They have three sons and three daughters : 
 
 William, Jennie M., P^red. Warner, Philo, Josiah, Melissa M.,. 
 Henry Fathy and P^lorence M. Forest Matthews. 
 
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 All reside near the Hollow except William, now a resident 
 of Dakota, and Florence, who resides in Collins. The three 
 sons all serv^ed in the Union arm)'. 
 
 Mr. Woodward has served two terms as Justice of the Peace 
 and has been Assessor. 
 
 George W. Weeden. 
 
 George W. Weeden, son of William Weeden, was born May 
 26, 1832, in a log house standing" on the same spot where his 
 present residence now stands in Springville; this is the home- 
 stead farm where Mr. Weeden has always lived. He was mar- 
 ried in 1854 to Cornelia Stone, by whom he had one son : 
 
 Willis L., born Nov. 22, 1855. 
 
 He was married a second time, in 1863, to Jane Eaton, who 
 was born Aug. 7, 1837. 
 
 Mr. Weeden has been Assessor of Concord one term, and 
 also Assessor and Trustee in Springville four years. 
 
 His son, Willis L., graduated at Griflfith institute in 1878, 
 and at Hamilton college in 1882. 
 
 Mr. W. L. Weeden is Principal of the Leonardsville Union 
 School and Academy, the duties of which he discharges with 
 credit and ability, and he has won by his gentlemanly and 
 scholarl)' deportment the cordial support of the entire com- 
 munity where he is teaching. 
 
 Willard Weecleu. 
 
 Mr. Weeden was born in Rutland county, Vt., July i, 1792. 
 When the war of 181 2 began he enlisted in the service and 
 was sent to the Niagara frontier, where he took part in the 
 battles of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, Queenston Heights, and 
 was at Buffalo while its ruini^ were yet smouldering from the 
 effects of the torch applied by the British and Indians. One 
 morning after he had stood sentinel all night, for a very trivial 
 offense he was struck with a sword by one of his superior of^- 
 cers. Deeming himself grossl\- misused he thought as did 
 Hamlet : 
 
 " Who would bear the whips and scorns of time, 
 The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely 
 The insolence of office, and the spurns 
 That patient merit of the unworthy takes." 
 
in(M;KAriii(Ai. skktciiks. 521 
 
 And he decided, "rather than bear those ills we have, to fly- 
 to others that we know not of." 
 
 He became a deserter and made his way southward from Buf- 
 falo into the almost unbroken wilderness which stretched south- 
 ward to Olean, then called Olean Point. A reward was offered for 
 his capture, and when he reached Hamburg he and two fellow 
 deserters were overtaken and captured. And while stopping at 
 a hotel on their return Mr. Weeden escaped the vigilance of the 
 sentinel, and being a swift runner he secreted himself in the 
 forest before he could be recaptured. Hunger would some- 
 times compel him to ask for food at the scattered log cabins of 
 the pioneers ; he was at one time about to stop at a cabin what 
 is now Boston, when the woman came out, who recognized his 
 true character, with a loaf of bread, which she gave to him and 
 admonished him to exercise caution in his movements, as a 
 large party were in pursuit of him, her husband among the 
 number. He acted upon the advice. Several days afterwards 
 he took dinner at a Mr. Plumb's, who had settled in the Chafee 
 neighborhood near .Sjiringville. on land which Mr. Weeden 
 afterwards located on. From Mr. Plumb's he made his way 
 eastward up the Cattaraugus creek, when near the vicinity 
 where George Richmond, Sr.. grandfather of Nelson Rich- 
 mond, of Springville, had located ; he climbed a bluff to get a 
 better view of his surroundings ; looking down on to the flat at 
 his feet, he saw Mr. Richmond's clearing and Mr. Richmond 
 engaged at work, and recognized him at once as a man he had 
 known well in W-rmont, but he dare not make himself known 
 for fear of being apprehended. He continued eastward along 
 the creek until he struck the Indian trail leading from Olean 
 Point to Buffalo; he took this and directed his steps south- 
 ward ; after several days he came in companv- with a per- 
 son dressed in full uniform ; the\- became boon companions, 
 but each said nothing to the other of their past life ; doubtless 
 they both thought as did Hamlet when he said to his friend 
 Horatio : , 
 
 " Nor shall ^ou do mine e ir that violence. 
 To mak; it truster of your own report 
 Against yourself." 
 
 Reaching Olean they bought a boat in company and rowed 
 
522 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 •down the river to some point in Ohio where they sold their 
 boat for a quart of rum which they drank and then separated. 
 Mr. Weeden remained in Ohio until a proclamation was issued 
 declaring deserters free from further molestation, when he 
 returned to Vermont, where he was married in 1815, to Amy 
 Chafee, by whom he had three children : 
 
 John W., who died young. 
 
 Deliza J., married Elikum Shultes. 
 
 Alzina S., married Peter Widrig. 
 
 Early in the Spring of 18 17, Mr. Weeden loaded his family and 
 all his effect.-^ on an ox sled and started for Concord. He found 
 good sleighing all the way. After a year's pioneering he located 
 on lot thirteen, township six, range six. In 1830 he moved 
 into a log-house on the premises now owned by George Weeden, 
 where he lived until his death. 
 
 His first w^ife died in 1822, at the age of twenty-four and he 
 was married a second time to Anna Paine, in 1827, by whom 
 he had one son, George W. Weeden. She died Oct. 28, 1878, 
 aged seventy-three years. Mr. Weeden died March 18, 1867. 
 
 As before mentioned, Mr. Weeden brought all his effects 
 when he came to Concord upon an ox sled ; he added to his 
 meagre foundation until at the time of his death he had prop- 
 erty probably worth $30,000. 
 
 Mr. W^eeden was for a number of years Captain of militia. 
 
 Willaid White. 
 
 Mr. White's father, Nehemiah White, was born in Vermont, 
 Aug. 6, 1775, where he died Sept. 27, 1816; he was a farmer 
 by occupation. 
 
 Willard White was born in Vermont, June 24, 1806 ; he came 
 to Zoar, in Collins, when fifteen years of age; he resided there 
 and in East Otto, until 1863, when he moved to Springville, 
 where he lived until his death, July 16, 1882. Mr. White had 
 five brothers, all of whom died in Vermont, and four sisters ; 
 two are still living, (1882): 
 
 Mrs. Sophia Pine, who resides near Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 Mrs. Cynthia Wilber, of Danby, Vermont. 
 
hio(;rai'I1ical skhtciiks. 523: 
 
 Mr. White was married Nov. 25, 1827, to Mary Cox. They 
 had four daughters : 
 
 Cynthia, born Au<^. 30. 1828; married in 1852 to Leonard 
 Utley. 
 
 Lorinda, born Oct. 8, 1830; married in 1865 to Clark Wells. 
 
 Lucinda, born March 6, 1833; married in 1852 to Daniel W> 
 Ticknor. 
 
 Lucy J., born March 8, 1837; married in 1868 to Lorenza 
 Cook. 
 
 Willard White died July 15, 1882, aged seventy-six years and 
 two months. 
 
 William Wilcox. 
 
 William Wilcox, son of Samuel and Deborah (Smith) Wilcox,, 
 was born in the town of Sardinia, Sept. 8, 1826, but the family 
 soon moved to Concord and after some shifts located on the 
 east part of lot forty-four, township seven, range six, which he 
 (William) now owns and occupies. He was married to Miss 
 Avina Barker in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are both mem- 
 bers of the Free Baptist Church, Mrs. Wilcox having joined 
 that church in 1854 and retained her membership ever since. 
 The}- have five children, v\/, : 
 
 Jennie A., born Feb. 23, 1846; died Dec. 18, 1874. 
 
 Octavia A., born Oct. 18, 1857: died Dec 29, 1875. 
 
 Etta Ann, born June 2, 1864. 
 
 F'rank W., born March 28, 1869. 
 
 Samuel J,, born ^Larch 8, 1871. 
 
 Matthew Weber. 
 
 Matthew Weber was born in the town of h^-ankfort, Herki- 
 mer county, \. y , Dec. 4, 1818 ; came to the town of Ashford,. 
 Cattaraugus count)-, in 1836; is a farmer. Was married in 
 1841 to Betsey Hemstreet. He has lived in Concord about 
 twent)' years. His fatlier's name was Jacob Weber; his 
 mother's maiden name was Margaret Williams He .'^ays : "At 
 the beginning of the rex-olulionai}- war m}- grandfather, John 
 Weber, was in the Continental arm\-, and at an early period in 
 the war was killed with hisi)arty by Indians in ambush. After 
 killing grandfather the same band of Indians went to his house- 
 and drove urandmother, with the famil\- of seven children, out 
 
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 of the house ; they allowed grandmother to go into the cellar 
 to get a loaf of bread. She got the bread and a kettle and 
 some meal in the kettle and they went to the woods and staid 
 that night and next morning their cow came to them and they 
 had milk. The Indians took all that was of use and burned the 
 Jiouse. Grandmother and the children were taken to Fort 
 Herkimer, near Little Falls." They had four children : 
 
 Ellen Elizabeth, born Nov. 8, 1842. 
 
 Ann Eliza, born May 22, 1843 ^ married Sept. 24, 1868 to A. 
 W. Ferrin ; died Feb. 14, 1872. 
 
 Blanchard B., born April 16, 1848 ; married Dec. 28, 1868 to 
 Phalena L. Ferrin. 
 
 Lucretia N., born May 4, 1865 ; died April 28, 1865. 
 
 The Wheeler Family. 
 
 The Wheelers came here in the Spring of 18 16, and Joshua 
 Sr. died nine years after. The\' located at the foot of Town- 
 send Hill. 
 
 The children of Joshua Sr., were : 
 
 Benjamin, who married Sally Perry, and died May 19, i860, 
 aged eighty-two ; his wife died Feb. 16, 1865, aged eighty 
 years. 
 
 Joshua died man)' years ago. 
 
 Pliny married Martha King, and is now living in Little Val- 
 ley, Cattaraugus county. 
 
 Silas is living in Little Valley, Cattaraugus county. 
 
 Clarissa married a man by the name of Collar. 
 
 Betsy married James Stratton ; is dead. 
 
 Patty married LTzial Townsend ; is dead. 
 
 Polly married Suel Townsend ; is dead. 
 
 Fanny married John Gould and is living West. 
 
 Hittia married John Loomis ; is dead. 
 
 The children of Benjamin Sr. were : 
 
 Acsah married Noah Townsend, and li\es on Townsend Hill. 
 
 Alanson married Diademia Townsend ; both died in the 
 Spring of 1883. 
 
 Mary married Allan Drake and lives in Milwaukee. 
 
 Sally married Hosea Townsend, and died soon after her mar. 
 riaee. 
 
bio(;kafiiical sketches. 525 
 
 Samuel married Hannah Flemmings; after her death, he 
 married Sarah Ashman and Hves in this town. 
 
 Betsy married N. A. Godard, and died Nov. 17, 1845, aged 
 thirty-two years. 
 
 Benjamin Jr. married first Sally Yaw ; after her death he mar- 
 ried Mary Childs, and lives in Concord. 
 
 Porter lives in Springville. 
 
 Almeda lives in Springville. 
 
 John B. Wells. 
 
 John B. Wells, son of J. T. Wells was born March i, 1840, in 
 Concord, of which town he has always been a resident ; his 
 occupation is farming. He was married March i, 1863, to An- 
 nis M. Pierce. 
 
 They have six children, viz.: 
 
 George M., born June i, 1864. 
 
 Maggie L., born July 28. 1865. 
 
 Ida, born Jan. 8, 1868. 
 
 James E., born Aug. 17, 1871. 
 
 Leslie J., born June i, 1873. 
 
 John, born Aug. 20, 1878. 
 
 Saimiel Wheeler. 
 
 Samuel Wheeler was born in Massachusetts, July 12, 18 10. 
 Came to this town with his parents in 18 16; has resided in town 
 since that time ; is a farmer and mechanic. He was married 
 Nov. 14, 1833, to Hannah Flemmings. 
 
 Their children living are : 
 
 Maryette, born 1835; married Horace Wilson ; lives in Min- 
 nesota. 
 
 l^enjamin, born 1838. 
 
 Samuel, born 1840; lives in this town. 
 
 His wife died and he afterwards married Sarah A. Ashman, 
 in 1842. Their children are: 
 
 Albert T., born 1844. 
 
 Sarah A., born 1848: married, in 1866, to Harvey Richard- 
 son ; lives in Aurora. 
 
 Helen M.. born in 1850; married, in 1875, to G. W. Wilson ; 
 lives in this town. 
 
526 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Alma S., born in 1853 ; married in 1876, to W. H. Tichenor ; 
 lives in Springville. 
 
 AmaziahA. married Dolly Waite ; lives in Concord. 
 Ellen T. 
 
 Hiiram Wickham. 
 
 Huram Wickham was born in Montgomery county, N. Y.,. 
 Aug. 30, 1865. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, 
 and came to the Town of Collins in 1825 ; here he followed his 
 trade for several years. But for the last thirty years his atten- 
 tion has been directed more or less to farming. 
 
 In 1833, he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Irish, and 
 three children were born to them, viz : 
 
 Marinda, born Nov. 25, 1833. 
 
 Chauncy L., born Aug. 11, 1839. 
 
 Matilda, born July 2, 1848. 
 
 In his younger days, Mr. Wickham had a great taste for 
 hunting, and he relates the incidents of a squirrel hunt that took 
 place in Collins in 1830. Two sides were chosen, coi\sisting of 
 eight hunters on a side, and the party that scored the most 
 points by producing the tails of the game secured, were de- 
 clared the victors. Timothy Clark was one of the captains and 
 his brother William the other. The men who were with Tim- 
 othy were as follows : Hiram Wickham, Ralph Cohley, Ben- 
 jamin Albro, Howard Albro and three others. Those who 
 were with William Clark were: Jake Palmer, Rufus Col- 
 burn and five others, making eight on a side. About 
 4 o'clock P. M. the hunters came in and the scores counted up, 
 and it was found that Timothy Clark's side were victorious by 
 over one hundred counts, and the day's sport wound up by an 
 o.ld fashioned game of base ball, in which Timothy Clark's 
 men again came off victorious. He was also one of those who 
 engaged in the great wolf hunt of 1830. 
 
 In the Spring of 1880 Mr. Wickham sold his farm in Collins 
 and bought the old Morton homestead at Morton's Corners. 
 Here he and his venerable companion expected to pass the 
 evening of their life together, but man proposes and fate dis- 
 poses. Mr. Wickham was taken sick in the Fall of 1882, 
 which resulted in death a few weeks after. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 52/ 
 
 Samuel Wheeler, Jr. 
 
 Samuel Wheeler, Jr., son of Samuel and Hannah Wheeler, 
 was born Jan. 25, 1840, in Concord, where he has since resided. 
 At present he is proprietor of a blacksmith shop at Morton's 
 Corners. Mr. Wheeler at a very early age displayed rare tal- 
 ents for the mechanical arts, and though he never learned a 
 trade, yet there is scarcely anything but what he can construct 
 out of wood or metal. His shop is a model of neatness and 
 convenience ; the most of his tools being the work of his own 
 hands. He was married April 25, 1863, to Miss Caroline Bea- 
 sor, daughter of Christian Beasor. 
 
 They have one child ; 
 
 Alta F.. born Jan. 19, 1877. 
 
 Frank AVeismaiitle. 
 
 Frank Weismantle was born in Bavaria in 1842. His father's 
 name was George Weismantle ; his mother's maiden name was 
 
 Margaret K. . He came to this country in the year 
 
 1861. In the year 1865 he went in company with his brother 
 Peter, and they carried on the blacksmithing business together 
 for nine years. In 1874 he built the shop No. ii Mechanic 
 street, where he has since conducted the business alone. In 
 1865 he was married to Miss Mary M. Fox. 
 
 Their children were : 
 
 George F. 
 
 Frederick William, who died, aged one year. 
 
 Edward, who died in 1877, aged seven years. 
 
 Lottie, Clara, Frankie S., John. 
 
 AVilliain AVriiiht. 
 
 William Wright was born in Vermont in the year 1767, and 
 came here in the .Spring of 1814 and settled on lot thirty-four, 
 township seven, range six, where Mr. Bloodgood lives. He 
 lived there until 1827 and then moved to lot twenty-nine, where 
 Abram Gardenier now lives. He sold out to .Vbram Gardenier 
 in 1837 ^^^^ went to Sardinia to live with his son Reuben. 
 They all went away from this town about forty years ago, most 
 of them going West. William Wright died in Sardinia in 
 1841 ; his wife died in 1839; they were buried in the old ceme- 
 tery in Springville. 
 
528 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 William Wright's children were : 
 
 Oliver, dead. 
 
 Reuben, lives in Fredonia, N. Y., aged eigty-two. 
 
 Rebecca, dead. 
 
 Stanbury, lives in Morrison, Col., aged seventy-eight. 
 
 Charles, dead. 
 
 Stephen, dead. 
 
 Mary lives at Gardner, 111., aged seventy. 
 
 Sally, dead. 
 
 John A. Wilson. 
 
 John A. Wilson was born in Brattleboro, Vt.. in 1805. He 
 married Miss Rebecca Minott, who was born in Brattleboro. in 
 1810. About 1835, they moved to Ashford, Cattaraugus 
 county, N. Y., and settled there. In 1849, the)- removed to 
 Concord, where he has since resided. 
 
 They had ten children : 
 
 Warren W. married Susan Metcalf, and lives in Bath, Steu- 
 ben county, N. Y. 
 
 Horace married Mariette Wheeler, and lives in Minneapolis, 
 Minn. 
 
 Mary married Augustus Chafee, and lives in Springville. 
 
 John married Carrie Bull, and died in Bath, Steuben county, 
 N. Y. 
 
 George married Hattie Moore ; she died, and he married 
 Helen Wheeler; he lives in Concord. 
 
 Charlie married Hattie Blanchard, and lives in Gicncoe. 
 Minn, 
 
 Wallace married Mollie Blossom, and lives in Buffalo. 
 
 Sophia married Edward Bement, and lives in Springville. 
 
 Ella married Alonzo Hadley, and lives in Springville. 
 
 Ida married Henry Severance and lives in Springville. 
 
 Mrs. Wilson died in Concord in 1876. 
 
 Mr. Wilson is now living with his son Cieorge, in Concord. 
 
 The Wadswoith Family. 
 
 William Wadsworth came from England in 1632, and settled 
 in Hartford, Conn., 1635, and died there in 1675. 
 
 Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, son of William, preserved the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 529 
 
 Charter of Connecticut in the historic oak, Oct. 31, 1687. He 
 died in 1729. 
 
 Sergt. Jonathan Wadsworth, son of Joseph, died 1739. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Wadsworth, Jr., was killed at the Battle of 
 Saratoga, Sept. 19, 1777. 
 
 Henry Wadsworth, son of Jonathan, died Oct. 13, 1821. 
 
 Richard W'adsworth, son of Henry, married Ann McLean. 
 They moved from Connecticut to Canandaigua, and from there 
 moved to Buffalo in 181 5, and to Springville in 1833. He was 
 a cabinet-maker by trade. Richard Wadsworth died April i, 
 1861 ; his wife died Oct. 15, 1859. 
 
 Their children were: Walter, Henry T., Anna Maria, Fred- 
 erick, John B., Cornelius, Richard. 
 
 Walter, brother of H. T. Wadsworth, lives in Dixon, 111. 
 
 His sister, Anna Maria, lives in Dixon, 111. 
 
 Frederick lives in Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 John B. was born in Buffalo Dec. 25, 1823; was brought up 
 in Buffalo and Springville ; was in California and Oregon sev- 
 eral years ; was Commissary-General in the forces raised in 
 Oregon to fight the Indians ; was sutler to the army at Wash- 
 ington and other places, in the War of the Rebellion. He accu- 
 mulated a good property ; he traveled extensively in foreign 
 countries, and he came to the home of his youth to die and 
 rest by the side of his parents. His respect for his ancestors 
 incited him to provide for the erection of the fine and costly 
 family monument which stands in the rural cemetery in Spring- 
 ville. 
 
 Cornelius died in Illinois. 
 
 Richard lives in Red Oak, Iowa, and is prosperously engaged 
 
 in trade. 
 
 H. T. Wadsworth and Family. 
 
 Henry T. Wadsworth was born in Canandaigua, Nov, 6, 1813. 
 His boyhood days were spent in Buffalo; he came to Spring- 
 ville with his parents in the Spring of 1833 ; he was then about 
 twenty years of age ; he has lived in this town since that time. 
 He carried on the harness business in Springville successfully 
 for forty years. 
 
 In 1855, he purchased a farm on lots thirty-three and thirty- 
 four, township six, range six — a mile east of Springville, on 
 23 
 
530 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 which he resided. He now resides at his pleasant home on 
 East hill in Springville. 
 
 In 1843, he married Louisa Jones. They have four children : 
 Charles R., Morris, Helen and Louisa. 
 
 Charles R. Wadsworth was born in Springville, Sept. 27, 
 1845. I'l 1862, "63, '64, he was with his uncle, John B. Wads- 
 worth, who was engaged in the business of sutler to the army 
 in Washington and elsewhere. He now, and for several years 
 past, has carried on the harness business in Springville. He 
 has also built and owns several dwelling houses in the village. 
 
 He married Edna, daughter of Edwin Wright. They have 
 two daughters : 
 
 Mary and Lena. 
 
 Morris, son of H. T. Wadsworth, was born in Springville, 
 July 25, 1849. He attended school at Springville Academy, 
 and Eastman's Commercial College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For 
 several years, he held the position of salesman for Richmond 
 & Co., of Springville. 
 
 In 1873, hs went West, and is now doing an extensive busi- 
 ness in company with his uncle, Richard Wadsworth, in Red 
 Oak, Iowa. 
 
 Williaii» J. Wiley. 
 
 W^illiam J. Wiley was born in Concord April i, 1831. His 
 wife, Lucretia Vosburgh, was born in Kinderhook, Columbia 
 county, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1831 ; her father came to Congord in 
 1856. His father's name was David Wiley; he came to Con- 
 cord in 1813 ; lived in the town until his death, which occurred 
 June 9, 1879; ^^i^ mother's maiden name was Alyda Vosburgh ; 
 she is still living, aged seventy-nine years. 
 
 William J. Wiley was married Aug. 2, 1856, to Lucretia Vos- 
 burgh. 
 
 Mrs. Wiley's father, Matthew Vosburgh, who now lives on 
 the old " Saxe " farm, one and one-half miles east of Spring- 
 ville, fell and injured himself on the 15th day of March last 
 and is seriously ill ; his eighty-third birthday occurred on the 
 preceding day. Her mother was seventy-three years of age Jan. 
 13, 1882. 
 
 Family record : 
 
 William W, born Nov. 13, 1857. 
 
BIOORArmCAl, SKETCHES. 53 1 
 
 Thomas S.. born Dec. 23, 1859. 
 
 Alyda J., born Nov. 20, 1862; died in September, 1863. 
 
 Nelson R., born Sept. 15, 1867, 
 
 Ira C. Woodward. 
 
 The Woodwards are of English origin. Benedict Wood- 
 ward, grandfather of Ira C, was born in the eastern part of New 
 York, Feb. i, 1756, and died there Dec. 20, 181 3. His wife, 
 Elizabeth, was born July 15, 1763, and died Sept. 14, 1841. 
 
 Ira, father of Ira C, was born in New Lebanon, Columbia 
 county, N. Y., March 28, 1795. He married Anna Carr in 
 1817; about 1830, he removed to Concord — Horton Hill — he 
 lived there about ten years, and then moved into Concord 
 Valley, where he died Aug. 23, 1863. His wife died April 26, 
 1869. 
 
 They had a family of nine children : 
 
 Eliza A., born Nov. 8, 1819; married Joseph C. Whiting; 
 died May 29, 1 870. 
 
 Ordelia, born Sept. 11, 1821 ; died Aug. 5, 1837, on the ocean 
 on his way to California. 
 
 Benedict C, born Aug. 21, 1823 ; married Mary A. Potter; 
 died April 14, 1852. 
 
 Amanda M., born June 26, 1845 ; died Oct. 23, 1841. 
 
 William L., born Dec. 25. 1827; married Harriet li. Rector. 
 
 Fred L., born Aug. 8, 1830; died Oct. 27, 1850. 
 
 Ambrose K., born Aug. 9, 1835 ; married Mary J. Jones. 
 
 Nelson V. B.. born Sept. 27, 1837; married Anna Zwipp ; 
 died May 30, 1872. 
 
 Ira C, born May 3, 1847 '■> married Viola A. Briggs. 
 
 Ira C. Woodward was born in Concord, N. Y., he remained on 
 his father's farm until sixteen years of age, when he went to 
 Buffalo and entered the paper warehouse of V. B. Nelson. In 
 1868, he entered into partnership with Charles Baker and con- 
 ducted the paper business under the firm name of Baker & 
 Woodward He sold out his interest and engaged as traveling 
 agent in selling furniture, which business he has since followed. 
 
 He now represents large firms in New York, Boston, Chicago, 
 Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and is one of the most success- 
 ful salesmen on the road. 
 
532 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 In 1883, he removed to Springville, where he now resides, 
 several years previous to which he Hved at Boston, Erie county, 
 where he was engaged in mercantile business, under the firm 
 name of Woodward & Churchill, 
 
 Mr, and Mrs, Woodward have one daughter, Mattie I., born 
 Aug. 12, 1871. 
 
 Joseph Yaw^. 
 
 Joseph Yaw came to this town with Samuel Cochran, and 
 took up land in what is now the village of Springville. Coch- 
 ran took one hundred acres on the south part of lot two and 
 Yaw took all the remainder. Soon after he married the widow 
 of John Ures. His house stood where Miss Goddard's now 
 stands. Here he lived about twenty years and cleared up a 
 farm He died in 1829. The widow went to Minnesota many 
 years after and died there. 
 
 They had four children : 
 
 Sally, married Benjamin Wheeler and died soon after. 
 
 Aurelia, went to Minnesota and died there. 
 
 Marietta, is married ; lives in Minnesota. 
 
 Joseph, enlisted in the army during the Rebellion and was 
 killed. 
 
 Peter Ziniiner. 
 
 Mr. Zimmer was born in Sardinia March 5, 1838, where he 
 lived until 1876, when he removed to Concord, where he has 
 since resided. He has been farmer, carpenter and the owner 
 of saw mills in Sardinia and Concord. 
 
 He was a soldier in the Rebellion, enlisting Aug. 1 1. 1862, in 
 Company C, One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment, New York 
 State volunteers ; first went into camp at Fort Chapin, near 
 Baltimore ; from there his regiment was transferred on board 
 the steamship Atlantic for Ship Island, but on account of sick- 
 ness he was left ofi at Fortress Monroe, where he remained in 
 the hospital two months, at the expiration of which time he 
 sailed to join his regiment ; at the mouth of the Mississippi his 
 ship lay in quarantine sixty days ; he met his regiment at Baton 
 Rouge in April, 1863. He participated in every action in 
 which his regiment took part throughout the war, being 
 
i?io(;rai'hi( Ai. sKi:r( HKS. 533 
 
 wounded in the last one, Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. He was 
 mustered out of the service June 8, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Zimnier was married June 14, 1866, to Miss Mary K. 
 Brink. 
 
 One dau<;hter livini^ : 
 
 Hattie A., horn Feb. 28, 1868. 
 
 Au!:^usta, born in 1878: died in November, 1880. 
 
 Stjitoiiiout of Mrs. I'^liza t*<\vnul<ls. 
 
 My father, David Shultus, walked from Vermont to the town 
 of '. oncord in Junc\ 1810, located land and then walked back 
 again ; he moved to Concord from the town of Salsbur\-, Addi- 
 son county, Vt., Oct. i, 1810. We were three weeks c^etting to 
 BufTalo and one week gettine^ to Springville. We had to cut 
 our road as we went along, and we frequently camped out 
 nights. We came with a team, consisting of two yoke of o.\en 
 drawing along-reached covered wagon; the cover was of tow- 
 cloth of mother's making; I was six years old, past ; when v\e 
 come we found George Richmond living on the Cattaraugus 
 creek, and Esquire Eaton lived in Springville; soon after Stick- 
 ney and a blacksmith came; 1 think the latter's name was 
 Plumb. 
 
 I attended school at Spring\-ille in 1812: Waitec Eaton, 
 teacher; I also attended school at the Libert)- Pole Corners; 
 Waitee Flaton, Eliza Buttcrworth and a young doctor from Ver- 
 mont were the first teachers that 1 remember. 
 
 A man by the name of Stannard opened the first store, but 
 so long ago that I cannot name the \ear. 
 
 1 think Eaton built a saw- mill about 1812. 
 
 Abial Gardner was the first miller I remember. 
 
 The houses were all of logs with stick chimne\s and bark 
 roofs, with open. Dutch fire-place. Father made a table out of 
 part of his wagon box ; chairs were mostl\- benches and bed- 
 steads were made of poles interwoven with elm bark, similar to 
 the seat of a splint-bottomed chair. Father brought our cook- 
 ing utensils, together w-ith his farming utensils, from N'ermont. 
 We used to hear the wolves howl almost every night for many 
 years after we came to Concord ; they were so destructive to 
 the sheep that the earh- settlers were compelled to build log 
 
534 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 pens, and the sheep would have to be put into these nights and 
 the pens had to be covered with logs, and even then the wolves 
 would come nights and try to gnaw the logs ioff to get at the 
 sheep. Bears were also plenty ; u'pon one occasion I met one as 
 I was coming from school on the path. There was also plenty 
 of deer and now and then a panther would be seen. 
 
 We had no post route or post system, and the only Avay we 
 communicated with our friends was to send letters by those 
 who were going and letters would be received by us in a like 
 manner by those who would come here. 
 
 Grapes and wild plums were of spontaneous growth along 
 the banks of the Cattaraugus, while the woods would yield an 
 abundance of beech and butternuts. 
 
 The streams were also full of fish, just such fish as are caught 
 in the lake to-day. Our people made a net and we caught an 
 abundance; sometimes we supplied our neighbors, though they 
 were not very numerous or near. 
 
 We lived in the wagon until father built us a house. 
 
 Chester Spencer. 
 
 Mr. Spencer was born in Hartford, Conn.; from there he 
 came to Cortland county, N. Y., where he was married to Abi- 
 gail Badgely, sister of the late Morgan L. Badgely ; from Cort- 
 land county he removed to Augusta, Me., and engaged in 
 trade; from Augusta he came to Springville, N. Y., in 1840 or 
 1 841, and entered into the mercantile business, which he pur- 
 sued for many years; at different times he was in company 
 with Morgan L. Badgely, J. N. Richmond and his son, Hor- 
 ace C. He was a successful merchant and a highly respected 
 citizen; he died in Springville July 26, 1868; his wife died 
 aged fifty-four. 
 
 They had five children, viz: 
 
 Frances, married Rev. George Button ; resides at Saginaw, 
 Mich. 
 
 Horace C, married Miss Kate Morris; he has been ver)- suc- 
 cessful as a merchant ; he now resides at Flint, Mich. — a person 
 of wealth and influence. 
 
 Thomas \\, is a hardware mcrchaiit at Saginaw, Mich. 
 
lilOCKAl'llICAl. SKETCIIKS. 535 
 
 Cornelia, married Lorenzo Colt ; died in S]:)rin<^ville, aged 
 nineteen. 
 Charles. 
 
 C. C. McClure. 
 
 C. C. McClure son of John McClure, is of Scotch origin 
 and was born March 6, 1812, in Cazenovia, Madison count}', N- 
 Y., and removed with his father's family to Griffin's Mills, Erie 
 county, in 1825. At the age of fifteen years he began the 
 trade of shoe-making, which, together with farming, he has 
 folhnved more or less since. On the 24th day of Nov., 183 1, 
 he was united in marriage to Miss Laura Thompson and the 
 fruits of this marriage were seven children, four of them sur- 
 viving at the present, viz : 
 
 Olive, born Feb. 21, 1836. 
 
 George W., born Feb. 22, 1838. 
 
 C. C, Jr., born Feb. 12, 1845. 
 
 L. Alice. 
 
 In 1836 Mr. McClure settled in Springville, which has been 
 his abiding place since. For forty-six years he has lived upon 
 the same lot. At one time he quite extensively carried on the 
 business of boot and shoe making, but of late he has more or 
 less lived at his own leisure, his attention being divided between 
 farming and his shop. He lives to enjoy the society of his 
 friends without ostentation and the steady, even course of his 
 life has secured to him the respect of the communit}' where he 
 has so long resided. 
 
 C. C. McClure, Jr., 
 
 Son of C. C. McClure, was born in the village of Springville, 
 Feb. 12, 1845. Soon after gaining his majority he engaged 
 with a mercantile house in Buffalo as salesman and afterwards 
 as traveling salesman and several years he passed upon the 
 road. A short time since he entered into co-partnership with 
 another young man, and they are at present engaged in the 
 manufacture of boots and shoes in the cit}' of Buffalo. 
 
 Some time in the year 1872, he was married to Miss Lora 
 Albro, of his native village. 
 
536 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Gencalogry of tlie Godard Family. 
 
 Edward Godard, farmer, was born about the year 1595, in 
 Norfolk county, England, where he continued to reside; was 
 once very wealthy but afterwards much reduced by oppression 
 during the civil war. 
 
 Being on the Parliament side his house was beset and demol- 
 ished by a company of cavaliers, who also plundered his sub- 
 stance. He escaped through the midst of them in disguise, but 
 died soon after. 
 
 EDWARD GODDARD'S WRITINGS. 
 
 Second Generation. William Goddard, seventh son of Edward 
 a citizen and grocer of London, was born in 1625. Traded 
 largely at wholesale, met with great losses at sea ; came to New 
 England in 1665, and settled at VVatertown, Mass. 
 
 Third Generation. Edward Goddard, twelfth son of William, 
 was born at Watertown, Mass., March 24, 1675 ; became teacher 
 in a Boston school. He was many years in commission for the 
 peace ; nine years chosen and served as Representative of the 
 town in the General Court, and also chosen and served three 
 years in his Majesty's Council for the Province. 
 
 Fourth Generation. Edward Goddard, eldest son of Ed.vard, 
 2d, was born at Watertown, May 4, 1698; was one of the first 
 proprietors and owned five rights in the town of Shrewsbury, 
 Mass. 
 
 Fifth Generation. Nathan Goddard, eldest son of Edward 
 3d, a farmer. Orange, Mass., born Jan. 18, 1725; was for several 
 years a prominent of^cer in the Congregational Society of 
 Orange; died Feb. 12, 1806. aged eighty-eight years. 
 
 Sixth Generation. Nathan Goddard, son of Nathan ist, was 
 born about 1760, and resided in Orange, Mass. 
 
 Seventh Generation. Nathan Goddard. son of Nathan 2d, 
 was born in Orange, Mass., Aug. 31, 1786; married Ruth 
 Briggs, of Orange. Children born in Massachusetts : 
 
 Nathan A., Emeline B., Seth W., and Lemuel. 
 
 Nathan with his family, moved from Massachusetts to Erie 
 
 county. N. Y., in 1816 ; purchased and settled on what is known 
 
 as tile Steele farm, at East Concord. Five or six years after 
 
BKXiRAl'HICAI, SKKTCHICS. 537 
 
 bought the Hcnjamiii Whjjlcr fariii at the foot of Townsend 
 Hill, south-east slope, to which he removed, where the family 
 lived many years. Children born after coming to New York : 
 
 Calista, Edward. Silenus A., Elmina R., Emily R. and Lem- 
 uel. Ruth, the m )ther, died Nov. 19, 1846. In 1848, Nathan, 
 the father, moved to Springville ; lived with his son Edward, 
 and died July 27, 1854. 
 
 Nathan A. Goddard, eldest son of Nathan 3d, was born in 
 Orange, Mass., in 181 1 ; was in his 5 th year when his father came 
 to the HolKmd Purchase. At an early age hired out, and as the 
 country was then a comparative wilderness, chopping trees and 
 clearing Ian 1 formed a very important branch of farming and with 
 most sc:tlers it was the first business; of course young Nathan 
 shared with other farmer boys in the then common, hard and 
 laborious work. Being young and ambitious, he over-worked, 
 which resulted in impaired health, from which he never fully 
 recovered. He afterwards learned the trade of boot and shoe 
 maker, which avocation was pursued a number of years, or 
 until a further decline in health, when he quit the shoe-bench, 
 and went into the grocery trade, which was carried on for 
 several years either alone or in partnership. He was for several 
 terms Town Collector, discharging all business put into his 
 care, whether public or private, with fidelity. His wife's 
 maiden name was Betsy Wheeler, fourth daughter of Benjamin 
 Wheeler. Tiiey had two children : Nathan A. jr.. and Benja- 
 min S. Betsy, the mother, died Nov. 17, 1845, aged thirty- 
 two years. Nathan A., the father, died Sept. 23, 1878, aged 
 sixty-seven years. 
 
 Ninth Generation — Nathan A. Goddard, jr., son of Nathan 
 A. 4th, born in Concord, N. Y., followed teaching in the Win- 
 ter season for several terms ; lived in Vermont and Massachu- 
 setts ; graduated at the Boston Normal and Training School of 
 Physical Culture, in 1868; returned to Springville in 1872- 
 went to Philadelphia in 1874; making it his home till 1879; 
 returned the same year and is now living at Springville. 
 
 Benjamin S. Goddard, second son of Nathan A. 4th, also 
 born in Concord, N. Y., married Ellen Jewett, of Springville. 
 
 Their children are : Jessie and Edna, born in Concord, N. 
 Y., and Mamie, born in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
538 ■ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Benjamin S. Goddard, enlisted in the Union army, Aug. 12, 
 1862, and served three years. He now resides in Philadelphia. 
 
 Edward Goddard, one of the first business men of Spring- 
 ville, in his day, and a brother to Seth W.. was born in Con- 
 cord, N. Y., April 25, 1820. His services were required at 
 home when very young. The older brothers having left the 
 parental roof to cut their own way through the world, his 
 father in poor health, and work that must be performed, Ed- 
 ward could not be spared; had little time for school; in fact 
 such an institution was no place for him. affording no adequate 
 field for the exercise of his ambitious and stirring nature ; with 
 him it was work, action, and business practically ; this passion 
 was then, and ever after, uncontrolable. He began when a 
 mere boy to assume the care and duties of the farm at home, 
 and a few years later, he would hire, or take a neighbor's farm 
 on shares, working them both. When twenty-one years of 
 age, his health failed, was compelled to abandon actual farm 
 labor. At the age of twenty-eight, he came to the village with 
 the small capital of five hundred dollars, and became partner 
 in a grocery store, in which business he continued with but one 
 or two short interruptions for six or eight years; meanwhile he 
 commenced buying cattle in a small way, from one to five or 
 six heads at a time ; soon after these had been disposed of, he 
 would replace them with others, continuing the traffic till at 
 length he was able to purchase a farm, on which he could keep 
 a dairy of twenty or thirty cows. Thus his business and its 
 profits gradually increased, until thirty years later (1879) ^^^ 
 possessed farming lands amounting to about fifteen hundred 
 acres. For many years he was one of the Town Assessors, 
 and his judgment of the value of real estate was highly re- 
 garded. He died Dec. 12, 1879. 
 
 Calista Goddard, the third daughter of Nathan 3d, and at 
 this time the only surviving member of her father's famil}', was 
 born in Concord, N. Y. When quite young she commenced 
 teaching in the district school, teaching Summers and working 
 at the tailoress trade during the Fall and Winter season ; this 
 double avocation was followed a number of years. In addition 
 to her own means, which she had acquired by diligence and 
 economy, she inherited a portion of her brother Seth W.'s 
 
bi()c;kai'1iicai. sketches. 539 
 
 property, and at his decease she came in possession of her 
 brother Eldward's estate. She immediately assumed the man- 
 agement of the business and its attendant responsibiUties, 
 which was conducted the same as before for two years, at which 
 time she decided to distribute among her heirs a portion of her 
 landed property; this she accordingly did, giving to them six 
 or seven farms, amounting in the aggregate to some eleven 
 hundred acres. This act on her part was deemed wise by those 
 disinterested, as she was relieved of a burden of care, affording 
 a period for rest, an opportunity which she is improving by 
 living in comparative ease and quiet. Within the last forty 
 years she has faithfully watched over, cared for and ministered 
 to the wants of father, mother and several brothers and sisters 
 during their last sickness. 
 
SPRINC.VILLE INCORPORATED. 54I 
 
 SPRINGVILLE. 
 
 This village was incorporated by an act of the legislature 
 passed April 11, 1834. 
 
 As early as 181 8 Rufus Eaton, one of its principal founders^ 
 caused a map or survey of the village to be made by one 
 George VV. Robinson, a surveyor, in which a portion of his 
 lands were divided up into lots, numbering as high as thirty- 
 nine (see map published). For many years lots were sold and 
 conveyed by him by a reference to said map. 
 
 Mr. Eaton may be said to have given the name "Spring- 
 ville " to the village, though undoubtedly it was suggested, 
 very appropriately, from the numerous large springs in its imme- 
 diate neighborhood, which made the creek known as Spring 
 brook, on which at an early day were erected mills and manu- 
 factories. 
 
 The village, as incorporated, included lots two, three, eight 
 and nine of township six, range six, of the Holland Land com- 
 pany's surveys. The improvements as early as 181 8 were 
 mainly confined to lot three, as appears on Mr. Eaton's map. 
 
 We have spoken elsewhere of its once popular name, " Fid- 
 dler's Green," and of its origin. 
 
 The first election of village officers under its charter was held 
 May 6, 1834, and the officers elected were: 
 
 Trustees — Carlos Emmons, Ebenezer Dibble, Jacob Rush- 
 more, Joseph McMillen, Samuel Cochran. 
 
 Assessors — Johnson Bensley, Richard Wadsworth, Theodore 
 Smith. 
 
 Clerk — Peter V. S, Wendover. Collector — Mortimer L. Arnold. 
 Treasurer — Pliny Smith. Constable — Freeman Baily. 
 
 Pound Master — Abial Gardner. 
 
 The Hon. Carlos Emmons was duly appointed President of 
 the Board of Trustees. 
 
 Mr. Emmons was a member of the State Legislature in 1834 
 and was the author of the act of incorporation. 
 
 One of the first acts of the Board of Trustees of the village 
 was to cause a resurvey of the several streets within its limits 
 and naming them. 
 
 The following are the names given to the several streets 
 within the limits of the village at the time of its incorporation . 
 
;42 
 
 NEW CHAKTEK. 
 
 Main, Buffalo, Franklin, Cattaraii<jus, Mill, Water, W'averly, 
 West, Church, White and Smith streets. 
 
 In 1836 two new streets were laid out — Elk and Academ)-. 
 
 In 1843 Chapel street was laid out on the north and east side 
 of the old park. Both streets and park were donated to the vil- 
 lage by Rufus Eaton. The park had been donated as early in i S 1 8 
 
 In 185 1 was laid out Eaton street, and Smith street was 
 continued north to Eaton street, 
 
 Amendments were made to the charter of the village frcMii 
 time to time up to 1876, when an entire new charter was made 
 under the supervision of Hon. B. Chafee, who was Member of 
 the Assembly that year, and sundry amendments have since 
 been made. 
 
 In 1864 the Springville Rural Cemetery association was or- 
 ganized and the remains within the old burial ground in said 
 village, on the corner of Franklin street and Central avenue, 
 (formerly West street), have recently been removed and re-in- 
 terred in the new cemetery, pursuant to an Act of the Legisla- 
 ture, passed in 1883, and the village has decided to take and 
 hold the old burial ground for village purposes. 
 
 The recent Rail Roads, Springville & Sardinia Narrow 
 Guage and the Buffalo Extension of the Rochester & Pitts- 
 burgh Rail Road, has given to the village an impetus to growth 
 and prosperity which will soon place the village second to none 
 of the villages in Western New York. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER STONE'S LOG-HOUSE— The lirst house buili in Spnnfe\illi- in ito?. 
 
HISTORY OV THE TOWN OF COLLINS. 543 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF COLLINS. 
 
 General History— Names of the Settlers of each Lot— Names of persons 
 who took Land of the Holland Company— Copy of the Assessment Roll 
 for 1S23— Act Creating the Town and Extracts from the Records— Local 
 Names — "Zoar"— Deeds given by the Holland Company, etc. 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 Nearly eighty years ago The Friends Yearly Meeting sent a 
 mission to Cattaraugus Reserve, for the very laudable purpose 
 of instructing the untutored red-man in the arts of civilization. 
 That mission was composed of Jacob Taylor, Stephen Twin- 
 ing and Hannah Jackson. The exact date of their advent 
 there is not definiteh' known. They came as members of one 
 family, under the management of Jacob Taylor. He located 
 on lot seventy, adjoining the Reserve; this was in 1806 or 
 1807, '^rid consequent!}' the wild state of this rich and prosper- 
 ous town must far exceed all our pre-conceived ideas. It is true 
 that the Indians had a trail that led the indomitable Taylor 
 and his two co-workers to their new home that for years must 
 necessarily be shut off from civilization by the vast forests that 
 environed it on all sides. Many a stouter heart would have 
 quailed and turned back, but Jacob Taylor was a God-fearing 
 man, who fully believed in the good old Quaker doctrine of 
 universal brotherhood, and even to this day, the influences im- 
 parted by him are felt and followed. For years he was sole 
 arbiter of all contentions that arose in the settlement, and 
 his decisions, though some of them were novel, hardly ever 
 failed to satisfy. 
 
 He built the first saw and grist-mill south of the Eighteen- 
 mile creek, and at one time he owned a great deal of land which 
 upon his death was divided among his nephews and nieces. 
 
 Of those who were next to follow, we find the names of Tur- 
 ner Aldrich, Stephen Lapham, Joshua Parmeston, Stephen 
 
544 EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLINS. 
 
 Peters. Arad Howard and Aaron Lindsley. All of these entered 
 land in 1809, but did not actually settle there until 18 10. In 
 181 1 the new settlement received the following acquisition: 
 Stephen Wilber, Sylvenus Bates, Luke Crandall, Benjamin 
 Albee, Allen King, Arnold King, John King, Nathan King, 
 (the father), and Warren Tanner. In the meantime a begin- 
 ning had been made in " Zoar," in the south-east part of the 
 town, which will appear hereafter. 
 
 LIST OF NAMES OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS 
 ON EACH LOT IN THE TOWN OF COLLINS: 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 LOT. LOT. 
 
 30. Jesse Frye. 64. Erastus Colburn. 
 
 31 and 32. Peter Pratt. 65. William Clark. 
 
 33. Isaac Belote. 75. John Millis. 
 
 34. Tristam Codin. 76. William Hazard. 
 2S- Stephen Peters. 84. Jonathan Irish. 
 36. Com. Boutwell. 85. Henry Palmerton. 
 27. Com. Boutwell. 92. Joshua Pike. 
 
 38. Samuel Hill. 93. Enoch Albee, 
 
 52. David Beverly. 94. Erastus Mack. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANOE SEVEN. 
 
 LOT. LOT. 
 
 .49. Levi Canfield and W. H. 57. Jehial Albee. 
 Loveland. 65. Isaac Hunt. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RAN(;E EIGHT. 
 lOT LOT. 
 
 9. Jehial Hill. 29. David Beverly. 
 
 14. Daniel Prindle. 30. Job Irish. 
 
 15. Ahaz Allen. 3i- James Nichols and Mr. 
 18. Adam Ballard. Silver. 
 
 ig. Nathaniel Ballard. 32. Arad Howard and Aaron 
 
 20. Luther Pratt. Lindsley. 
 
 21. Luther Town. 33. Ira Lapham. 
 
 22. Isaac Allen. 34. Hadwin Arnold. 
 
 23. Arunah Eaton. 37. Turner Aldrich. 
 
 24. Jonathan Eaton. 39. Sylvenus Parkinson. 
 
 25. David Brand. 40. Reuben Parkinson. 
 
EARLY SKTTLKRS OF COLLINS, 
 
 545 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT— Con/inm;/. 
 
 LOT. 
 41. 
 42. 
 
 43- 
 44. 
 
 45- 
 46. 
 
 47- 
 .48. 
 49. 
 
 50. 
 
 5'- 
 
 .52. 
 53- 
 54- 
 55- 
 56. 
 
 S7- 
 
 Amasa Bates. 
 Arnold King. 
 Truman B. Payne. 
 Eli Laphani. 
 Stephen Lapham. 
 Sylvenus Cook. 
 Warren Tanner. 
 Stephen Peters. 
 Stephen Wilber. 
 Joshua Pahnerton. 
 Angustus Smith. 
 Benijah Hallock. 
 David Pond. 
 Cary Clemens. 
 John Gibbons. 
 John and Allen King. 
 Philetus Crandall. 
 
 LOT. 
 
 58. Smith Bartlett. 
 
 59. John Smith. 
 
 60. William Sisson. 
 
 61. Abel Hallock. 
 
 62. Obadiah Brown. 
 
 63. William Crandall, Benjamin 
 Albee, Jr. and Adolphus 
 Albee. 
 
 64. Benjamin Albee and Luke 
 Crandall. 
 
 65. Eli Heath. 
 
 66. Lyman Steele. 
 
 67. Benjamin Godfrey. 
 
 68. George Morris and Mr. 
 Cleveland. 
 
 69. Mr. Gleason. 
 
 70. Jacob Taylor. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE EICillT. 
 
 LOT, 
 
 I. Robert Riley. 
 
 9. Jamt's Goodell and Ken 
 
 dall Johnson. 
 17. Sidney Smith. 
 25. David Healy and George 57. Smith Bartlett 
 Southwick. 
 
 33. Joseph Woodward. 
 41. John Lawton. 
 49. Nathaniel Sisson and .Moses 
 Tucker. 
 
 LIST OF THE PERSONS WHO BOUGHT LAND OF THE HOLLAND 
 COMPANY IN THE TOWN OF COLLINS, NUMBER OF LOT, 
 NUMBER OF ACRES, AND THE AMOUNT PAID AND DATE 
 THEREOF. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT, 
 
 Na.mk. 
 
 Datk. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 Turner Aldrich 
 
 Abram Lapham 
 
 1809, Aug. 12. 
 1809, Oct. 12. . 
 
 1 27, 28, 36, 
 
 37 & 38... 
 I45&n^l34 
 
 &s^l44. 
 
 702 
 747 
 
 1930 
 1306 
 
546 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Con/muec/. 
 
 Joshua Palmerton . . . 
 
 Stephen Peters 
 
 *Thomas Stewardson 
 
 Arad Howard 
 
 Stephen Wilber 
 
 Ethan Howard 
 
 Joshua Pahnerton. . . 
 
 Peter Boss 
 
 Ira Lapham 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 ■'•Jacob Taylor 
 
 Luke Crandall 
 
 Luke Crandall 
 
 Seth Blossom 
 
 Silas Howard 
 
 Ahaz Allen 
 
 Arad Lindsley 
 
 George Morris 
 
 Stephen Peters 
 
 Turner Aldrich 
 
 Warren Tanner 
 
 Benjamin Albee 
 
 '"^ Jacob Taylor 
 
 Smith Bartlett 
 
 Turner Aldrich 
 
 Cary demons 
 
 Obadiah Brown 
 
 Henry Palmerton . . . 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Jonathan Eaton 
 
 Daniel Hull 
 
 Joseph Button 
 
 John Lapham 
 
 Benijah Hallock 
 
 Wheeler B. Smith . . . 
 
 Joseph Nobles 
 
 Philogus L. Pratt.. . . 
 
 Date. , Land. Price 
 
 809 
 
 809 
 809 
 809 
 O 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 Oct. 12. . 
 Oct. 12. . 
 Oct. 4. . . 
 Sept. 29. 
 June 19,. 
 July 3... 
 May I.. . 
 Sept. 19. 
 Aug. 10. 
 Feb. 27.. 
 June 8. . 
 
 P^b. 27.. 
 Sept. 3.. 
 May 22.. 
 March 2 1 
 Aug. 15. 
 Oct. 18.. 
 Oct. 17.. 
 Feb. 7. . . 
 June II.. 
 March 10 
 Mav 12.. 
 July 28.. 
 March 9. 
 April 25 . 
 Jan. 26. . 
 Sept. 28. 
 Sept. 18. 
 P'eb. 26. 
 April 10. 
 
 Oct. 7. . . 
 Nov. 18. 
 March 9. 
 Nov. 28. 
 Sept. 7. . 
 June 28. 
 July 17.. 
 Oct. 25. . 
 Nov. 22. 
 Nov. 29. j 
 
 w pt 1 48. 
 e pt 1 48 . 
 I/O 
 
 1 32 
 
 w pt 1 49. 
 w pt 1 53. 
 e pt 1 50. 
 w pt 1 64. 
 
 1 53 
 
 m pt I 49. 
 e pt 1 56 & 
 
 ptl5-.- 
 m pt 1 49. 
 s-w pt 1 42 
 n pt 1 69. 
 pt 1 64. . . 
 ptl 56... 
 n-e pt 1 31 
 s-e pt 1 31 
 
 1 15 
 
 w pt 1 3 1 . 
 n pt 1 68 . 
 pt I 50. . . 
 n-w pt 1 44 
 w pt 1 47 . 
 e pt 1 64. 
 n pt 1 62 . 
 s pt 1 58. 
 n-w pt 1 42 
 s pt 1 54.. 
 s pt 1 62 & 
 pt 1 54. 
 m pt 1 48. 
 w pt 1 35. 
 w pt 1 23 . 
 n pt 1 60. 
 s pt 1 46. 
 n-e pt 1 52 
 w pt 1 52. 
 m pt 1 54 
 n-e part 1 44 
 pt 1 20 
 
 125 
 100 
 
 364 
 362 
 120 
 200 
 120 
 120 
 
 354 
 100 
 
 2CO 
 100 
 100 
 140 
 140 
 80 
 130 
 100 
 169 
 
 100 
 50 
 100 
 100 
 lOI 
 
 206 
 
 176 
 96 
 
 140 
 
 108 
 100 
 
 170 
 
 322 
 
 200 
 
 60 
 198 
 
 134 
 
 94 
 140 
 
FROM llll'; HOLLAND CO.MI'AW. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT— Co„/,nuet/. 
 
 547 
 
 N' AMI.. 
 
 Nathaniel Ballard. 
 
 Daniel Sis.son 
 
 Jacob Taj'lor 
 
 Abraham Gifford . . 
 
 Date. 
 
 1815, 
 1816, 
 1816, 
 I 8 16, 
 
 June 27. 
 Nov. 2. . 
 June 6. . 
 April 2/ . 
 
 Land. Acres. Price 
 
 e pt 1 19. . 
 e pt 1 53.. 
 pt 1 68 . . . . 
 \v pts 1 67 & 
 
 Nathaniel Hanson. . . . 
 
 1816, 
 
 Sept. 27. 
 
 Timotlu- Clark 
 
 1816, 
 
 March 26 
 
 Alexander Brown .... 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 Dec. 6... 
 
 Phineas Orr 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 May I.. . 
 
 Jonathan Eaton 
 
 1 8 1 6. 
 
 May 25.. 
 
 Fred A. Redfield 
 
 1816. 
 
 Jan. 12. . 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 1815, 
 
 June 24. 
 
 Pet^r Pratt 
 
 181S, 
 
 Nov. 18. 
 
 Job Irish 
 
 18 1 5. 
 
 June 27. 
 
 David Brand 
 
 1815, 
 1 8 1 5 , 
 
 July 8... 
 March 10 
 
 Jonathan Eaton 
 
 Isaac Allen 
 
 1815, 
 181 s. 
 
 July 11.. 
 Aut,^. 3 . . 
 
 Phineas Orr 
 
 Luther Town 
 
 1815, 
 
 June 7. . 
 
 Luther Town 
 
 1815, 
 
 Nov. 2. . 
 
 John Albro 
 
 181 5. 
 1817, 
 
 Nov. 9. . 
 April 24. 
 
 Jonathan Eaton 
 
 William Crandall 
 
 1817. 
 
 Julv 18.. 
 
 Adolphus Albee 
 
 1817, 
 
 July 17.. 
 
 Abel Hallock 
 
 1817, 
 
 Jan. 8. . . 
 
 John Thurston 
 
 1817, 
 
 Jan. 26. . 
 
 John J. Harrington . . . 
 
 18 1 7, 
 
 Nov. 27. 
 
 Timothy Clark 
 
 1817, 
 
 July 16.. 
 
 William Boyce 
 
 1817 
 
 April 21 . 
 
 Truman B. Payne. . . . 
 
 1817 
 
 March 14 
 
 John White 
 
 1817 
 
 Oct. 4... 
 
 Hadvvin Arnold 
 
 1817 
 
 June 26. 
 
 Ben Albee, Jr 
 
 1 8 1 8 
 
 Oct. 20.. 
 
 James Cook 
 
 1S18 
 
 Nov. 7. . 
 
 John Thornton 
 
 1820 
 
 July 29.. 
 
 Jahial Hill 
 
 1821 
 
 Aug. 2 . . 
 
 Charles M. Bardcn . . . 
 
 1822 
 
 , April 17. 
 
 William Sisson 
 
 1823 
 
 , Nov. 20. 
 
 pt 1 67 
 
 m & e i^t 47 
 e pt 1 49. . . 
 e pt 1 20. . . 
 e pt 1 23 & 
 w pt 1 19. 
 w pt 1 13... 
 
 W pt 1 ^0. . . 
 
 e & w pt 1 2 1 
 
 pt 1 30 
 
 1 25 
 
 1 24 
 
 w & m pts 1 
 
 250 
 160 
 
 254 
 
 250 
 209 
 210 
 •23 
 63 
 
 309 
 
 100 
 261 
 100 
 
 135 
 237 
 
 e pt 1 22 . . . 
 pt 1 14 
 
 W pt 1 2 1... 
 
 w pt 1 20. . . 
 ept 1 35... 
 s-\v pt 1 63 . 
 s-e pt 1 63. . 
 s pt 1 6 1 . . . 
 w pt 1 59. . . 
 
 pl 55 
 
 .s-e pt 1 55 & 
 
 1 39 
 
 pt I50 
 
 pt 1 43 
 
 e pt 1 43 • • • 
 s pt 1 34.. . . 
 n-e pt 1 63.. 
 n pt 1 46 . . . 
 n-w pt 1 44. 
 ept 1 9 ... . 
 n-w pt 1 63 . 
 s-w pt 1 60 & 
 s-e pt I60. 
 
 220 
 1 22 
 
 237 
 
 100 
 
 180 
 
 217 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 661 
 100 
 
 ICO 
 
 130 
 
 184 
 
 50 
 
 139 
 
 60 
 
 84 
 157 
 
 161 
 
 875 
 
 720 
 1016 
 
 1000 
 
 940 
 
 393 
 
 555 
 252 
 
 1236 
 352 
 350 
 978 
 
 350 
 506 
 808 
 
 770 
 427 
 888 
 375 
 675 
 1085 
 
 315 
 315 
 54> 
 500 
 262 
 
 2420 
 500 
 450 
 650 
 920 
 262 
 695 
 255 
 315 
 745 
 
 573 
 
548 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Coniinufd. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Samuel D. Green 
 
 Joshua Palmerton . . . . 
 William L. Mosher. . . 
 
 Amasa Bates 
 
 William C. Cross 
 
 Abel Colburn 
 
 Sam. Gunnand James 
 
 Sampson 
 
 Reuben Parkinson . . . . 
 
 Martin Potter 
 
 Sylvenus Cook 
 
 Adam Ballard 
 
 David White 
 
 David Wilber 
 
 Amherst Hopkins. . . . 
 
 Abel Hallack 
 
 *Arnold King 
 
 John Thornton 
 
 *Smith Bartlett 
 
 Smith Bartlett 
 
 Worcester Holcomb. . 
 
 Michael Bader 
 
 *Ezra Southwick 
 
 John Colburn 
 
 Elisha Roberts 
 
 Martin Perrin 
 
 Thomas B. Sowle . . . . 
 
 Hosea White 
 
 ^Stephen Southwick. . 
 
 Zoeth Allen 
 
 David Grannis, Jr. . . . 
 
 Allen King. . . 
 
 George ¥. King 
 
 John Griffith 
 
 Charles Peters 
 
 John Conklin 
 
 John M. Potter 
 
 David Strang 
 
 Daniel Potter 
 
 Joseph Waldren 
 
 Dorous Pain 
 
 Stephen Sowle 
 
 823 
 823 
 824 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 824 
 824 
 824 
 824 
 825 
 825 
 
 835 
 828 
 829 
 830 
 826 
 826 
 826 
 826 
 827 
 828 
 828 
 829 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 
 April 24 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 30 
 Oct. 20. 
 Sept. 22 
 Sept. 22 
 
 July 22. 
 April 2 1 
 Feb. 15 
 Mar. 24 
 May II 
 Nov. 13 
 Feb. 13 
 June 14 
 June 14 
 Feb. 20. 
 Dec. 5 . 
 Jan. 3. . 
 Nov. 8. 
 June 15 
 Sept. I . 
 Nov. 10 
 Nov. 22 
 April 27 
 Mar. 14 
 Mar. 14 
 Oct. 15. 
 April 24 
 June 18 
 Dec. 5 . 
 Dec. 24. 
 Dec. 24 
 Jan. 9.. 
 Jan. 9.. 
 Jan. 15. 
 Feb. 16 
 July 17. 
 Oct. 13. 
 Oct. 19. 
 Nov. 16 
 Nov. 30 
 
 pt 1 61 j 120 
 
 w pt 1 50 . . . 66 
 
 Ptl48 1 58 
 
 e pt 1 41 . . 
 w pt 1 40 . . 
 pt 1 40 . . . . 
 
 pt 1 40. . . . 
 pt 1 40 . . . . 
 e pt 1 40 . . . 
 n-e pt 1 31. 
 pt I41.... 
 
 pt 1 46 
 
 n-w pt 1 42. 
 ptl 52.... 
 s-w pt 1 52 
 s-e pt 1 43 . 
 n-e pt 1 46. 
 ptl58.... 
 n pt 1 58. . 
 n-e pt 1 18. 
 pt 1 29.. . . 
 e pt 1 51.. 
 n-e pt 1 29 . 
 ptl 51.... 
 pt I23.... 
 n-w pt 1 23 
 s pt 1 34 . . 
 pt I23.... 
 n-w pt 1 22 
 pt 1 46 
 
 ptl 33 
 
 pt I33 
 
 pt I35 
 
 ptl 35 
 
 ptl 59 
 
 pt 1 29 
 
 s-w pt 1 43 . . 
 
 Ptl56 
 
 s-w pt 1 61 . . 
 wpt 1 56. . . 
 n-e pt 1 23. . 
 
 190 
 
 87 
 50 
 
 50 
 50 
 80 
 
 65 
 100 
 200 
 96 
 50 
 50 
 
 73 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 55 
 
 91 
 
 50 
 
 184 
 
 55 
 59 
 79 
 28 
 42 
 
 139 
 28 
 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 60 
 
 63 
 89 
 
FROM rilK HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Con/inueJ. 
 
 549 
 
 Name. 
 
 Warren Foster 
 
 * A very Knight 
 
 Ezra Bull 
 
 Horace Palmer 
 
 Ira Waterman 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson 
 
 Joel Phillips 
 
 Sylvester Pierce 
 
 Harriet Lindsley 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Andrew Hopkins 
 
 Elisha Hopkins 
 
 Joel Smith 
 
 David Wilber 
 
 Daniel Lee 
 
 Peter Cook 
 
 Timothy Smith 
 
 Charles S. Straw 
 
 Curtis F. Camp 
 
 Hiram Hazard 
 
 Samuel E. Day 
 
 Joseph Plumb 
 
 John S. Dean 
 
 Elisha B. Page 
 
 Howard Albee 
 
 Benjamin P. Wells. . . 
 William Palmerton . . . 
 
 Garritt Polhamus 
 
 Henry D. Barnhart .. . 
 William S. Herrick. . . 
 *William S. Herrick. . 
 
 *Abner Taft 
 
 William Potter 
 
 Philander H. Crandall 
 
 Hiram Hunt 
 
 Eli Heath 
 
 Christian Parkinson.. . 
 
 Philip Guile 
 
 Stephen Wilber 
 
 Date 
 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 830 
 830 
 830 
 
 828 
 
 829 
 
 829 
 
 830 
 
 830 
 
 830 
 
 830 
 
 830 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 832 
 
 832 
 
 834 
 829 
 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 831 
 836 
 823 
 817 
 
 Dec. 3 . . 
 Dec. 3 . . 
 Dec. 21 . 
 Dec. 25. 
 Julyi;.. 
 Dec. 31 . 
 Jan. 4. .. 
 Jan. 6. . . 
 May 7.. . 
 
 Mar. 29.. 
 Nov. 18. 
 Dec. 30 . 
 Aug. 28. 
 Aug. 28. 
 Sept. 15 . 
 Sept. 22, 
 Nov. 30. 
 Jan. 17. . 
 Feb. 16 , 
 Mar. 31 , 
 April 18, 
 May 16. 
 June 21 . 
 May 30. , 
 Sept. 26 
 Oct. 29. 
 Dec. 6 . 
 Dec. 15 
 Mar. 9 . 
 Oct. ly. 
 Feb. 19., 
 June II 
 June 6. 
 Aug. 7. 
 Sept. 18 
 Sept. 20 
 Dec. 5 . 
 Jan. 28. 
 Aug. 24 
 Dec. 31. 
 Feb. 7.. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. Price 
 
 pt 152.... 
 pt I53.... 
 s-e pt I 43 . 
 s-w pt I 67 
 n-w pt 1 43 
 pt 1 68 . . . 
 pt I30. .. 
 n-e pt 1 54 
 w pt I41 & 
 pt I 42 . 
 s-e pt 1 46. 
 
 I25 
 
 n-e pt 1 13 
 w pt 1 66. 
 ptl58... 
 ept 1 57. 
 pt I57... 
 pt 1 30. . . 
 n-e pt 1 55 
 n-e pt 1 1 1 
 s ptli3. 
 pt 1 29. . 
 ept 1 65 . 
 pt 166.. 
 pt 1 1 1 & 1 
 pt 166.. 
 pt 1 66 . . 
 pt 1 63 . . 
 pt 1 21 . . 
 pt 166, . 
 pt 1 20. . 
 pt 1 10. . 
 e pt 1 64 
 pt 1 65 . . 
 e pt 1 10 
 ptl65.. 
 pt 1 57.. 
 pt I9... 
 pt I 64 . . 
 n-w pt 1 
 n pt 1 61 
 w p 1 43 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 97 
 73 
 50 
 90 
 
 65 
 50 
 50 
 
 252 
 147 
 
 135 
 123 
 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 62 
 20 
 105 
 61 
 
 75 
 
 50 
 
 920 
 
 50 
 100 
 
 57 
 80 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
 200 
 
 lOI 
 
 100 
 
 75 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 120 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 82 
 
 140 
 
 212 
 407 
 312 
 212 
 382 
 276 
 212 
 212 
 
 [1008 
 
 I 594 
 ; 573 
 
 ! 369 
 
 ! 200 
 
 200 
 
 I 200 
 
 ] 200 
 
 200 
 
 248 
 
 80 
 
 420 
 
 244 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 i 253 
 
 I 200 
 
 I 400 
 
 I 268 
 
 379 
 200 
 
 396 
 800 
 
 i 429 
 ! 300 
 225 
 400 
 200 
 480 
 210 
 212 
 348 
 630 
 
550 NAMES OF I'KRSONS HUVINC LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT— Coniinuecf. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Aui^Listus Smith . . . . 
 
 John R. Smith 
 
 John Wilber 
 
 Michael Bader 
 
 Wilham S. Hcrrick. 
 
 Truman Paine 
 
 John R. Smith 
 
 Job Irish 
 
 John J. Harrington. 
 George F. King.. . . 
 
 Timothy Clark 
 
 Sylvenus Cook 
 
 Adam Ballard 
 
 Harvey Hunt 
 
 Datk. 
 
 Sept. 25 
 May 28. 
 Feb. 22. 
 May 5.. 
 Nov. 16 
 Dec. 12. 
 Apr. 28. 
 June 23. 
 May 19. 
 May 24. 
 Apr. 29. 
 Jan. 30.. 
 Nov. 30. 
 Nov. 22. 
 
 Land. 
 
 ptlsi. 
 s-e pt 1 59 
 pt I42. . 
 pt I56.. 
 
 pt 1 57- • 
 ptl 57.. 
 e pt 1 59. 
 pt 1 59. . 
 w pt 1 65 
 e pt 1 66. 
 pt 1 40 . . 
 pt I30.. 
 w pt 1 18 
 pt 1 1 8 . . 
 
 Ac kes.IPrice 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 148 
 162 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 75 
 
 300 
 
 37 
 
 148 
 
 SO 
 
 200 
 
 70 
 
 280 
 
 84 
 
 336 
 
 49 
 
 196 
 
 75 218 
 
 50 : 277 
 
 5u I 212 
 
 60 ! 255 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. [-lANGE EIGHT. 
 
 David Woodward 
 David Woodward 
 David Woodward 
 Warren Foster. 
 David Lawton . 
 Jacob Taylor. . 
 Henry Tucker. 
 Abram Tucker. 
 Stephen Twining 
 
 Thomas Stewardson 
 & Co 
 
 John Goodell 
 
 John Arnold 
 
 Robert Riley 
 
 James Goodell 
 
 James Goodell 
 
 Daniel Healy 
 
 John Goodell 
 
 Sidney Smith 
 
 George Lomax 
 
 814, June 18 
 
 815, May 23 
 815, May 23 
 815, Sept. 19 
 813, Dec. 15 
 6 16, June 6. 
 5 1 6, Nov. 29 
 
 810, Nov. I . 
 
 811. May 22 
 
 809, Oct. 4.. 
 
 815, Nov. 7. 
 
 816, Mar. 5. 
 816, Oct. 25. 
 811, April 2. 
 811, May 7.. 
 819, Mar. 19 
 815, Nov. 7. 
 833. Aug. 21 
 832, April 30 
 
 n-e pt 1 37, 
 s-e pt 1 33. 
 n-w pt 1 33 
 w pt 1 41.. 
 s-e pt 1 41 . 
 n-e pt 1 41. 
 n pt 1 49. . 
 s-e pt 1 49 . 
 ( s-w pt 1 I 
 
 ( &sptl58 ' 
 w pt 1 I . 
 e pt 1 1 . . 
 pt' 1 1 . . . . 
 w pt lot 9 
 e pt 1 9 . . 
 w pt 1 17. 
 e pt 1 17. 
 pt 1 1 7 . . . 
 pt 1 17... 
 
 359 1077 
 100 350 
 
 80 
 181 
 100 
 130 
 129 
 100 
 
 150 
 120 
 
 72 
 200 
 177 
 
 60 
 150 
 
 91 
 50 
 
 280 
 678 
 300 
 520 
 580 
 
 209 459 
 336 524 
 
 562 
 450 
 3^4 
 550 
 486 
 300 
 562 
 
 364 
 200 
 
FROM TIM-; HOLLAND COMl'AXV. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 551 
 
 Namk. 
 
 William H. Loveland 
 
 Levi Canfield 
 
 John Arnold 
 
 Rut us Col burn 
 
 Isaac Hunt 
 
 Dennison C. Pierce. . 
 Charles Pierce 
 
 Date. 
 
 1831, Mar. 2. 
 
 1831, Mar. 2. 
 
 1 8^1 6, Mar. 5. 
 
 1S37, June 7. 
 
 1838, Dec. 10 
 
 1 84 1, Nov. I . 
 
 1 841, Nov, I . 
 
 Land. 
 
 s-w pt 1 49 
 s-e pt 1 49 
 
 w pt 1 57. 
 
 pt l49- •• 
 w pt 1 65, 
 
 pt 1 65 . . . 
 pt 1 65 . . . 
 
 AcRKS. Price 
 
 50 
 50 
 120 
 100 
 80 
 50 
 65 
 
 200 
 200 
 
 450 
 400 
 240 
 250 
 325 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 Samuel Nichols. . . . 
 
 John Hinman 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 Stephen Peters 
 
 Samuel Hill 
 
 Isaac Belote 
 
 John Polle)^ 
 
 Joseph Bartlett . . . . 
 
 David Beverh' 
 
 John Millis .' 
 
 Timothy Clark 
 
 Henry Kimball . . . . 
 Jonathan Irish, Jr. . 
 
 Wilbur Irish 
 
 Wilbur Irish 
 
 Joshua Pickens 
 
 Austin Graham . . . . 
 
 William Clark 
 
 David Wilbur 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 James B. Parkinson 
 
 Aver)' Knight 
 
 Truman Colburn . . . 
 Nathaniel Knight. . 
 Nathaniel Knight . . 
 
 Avery Knight 
 
 Abel Colburn 
 
 Erastus Colburn . . . 
 Nehemiah Heath . . 
 John C. Adams. . . . 
 
 809 
 810 
 811 
 814 
 815 
 815 
 814 
 816 
 817 
 816 
 817 
 815 
 817 
 817 
 823 
 819 
 820 
 821 
 822 
 815 
 824 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 823 
 824 
 
 May 2 
 
 July3- 
 Sept. 6 
 Dec. 8 
 Apri 
 Mar. 
 Oct. 
 Jan. 
 Dec. 
 June 4. 
 July 16 
 Nov. 21 
 Sept. 13 
 Sept. 25 
 April 19 
 Sept. 28 
 Mar. 24 
 Nov. 9. 
 April 25 
 June 24 
 Feb. 12 
 May 14. 
 Aug. I 4 
 Feb. 15. 
 Mar. 3.. 
 April 19 
 Sept. 2 . 
 Sept. 23 
 Oct. 29. 
 July 12. 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 10 
 
 23 
 
 5 
 
 1 32 
 
 I31 
 
 ^37 
 
 I35 
 
 w pt 1 38. 
 
 I 33 & 34- 
 s pt 1 30 . 
 ept 1 38. 
 w pt 1 52 
 e pt 1 75 . 
 pt 1 85 . . . 
 w pt 1 76 
 pt 1 76. . . 
 pt 1 76. . . 
 n-\v pt 1 75 
 s pt 1 85 . 
 w pt 1 74. 
 n-e pt 1 6; 
 pt 1 65 . . ."^ 
 \v pt 1 65. 
 pt I52... 
 s-e pt 1 84 
 s-w pt 1 84 
 s-w pt 1 75 
 s-e pt 1 84 
 pt I75... 
 w pt 1 64. 
 pt 1 64 . . . 
 pt 1 65 . . . 
 s-e pt 1 65 
 
 140 i 
 182 I 
 
 193 I 
 
 143 : 
 
 100 i 
 
 278 
 
 125 
 
 104 I 
 
 100 
 
 175 
 
 120 ! 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 65 I 
 
 39 I 
 100 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 100 
 
 50 ' 
 
 49 
 60 
 no 
 50 
 40 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 90 
 
 420 
 546 
 627 
 536 
 
 375 
 1042 
 
 437 
 416 
 
 500 
 700 
 600 
 
 525 
 500 
 
 341 
 156 
 500 
 600 
 350 
 200 
 350 
 200 
 196 
 240 
 440 
 200 
 160 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 360- 
 
552 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE S^WE^i— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Morgan Leak 1 826, 
 
 1826, 
 1826, 
 1827, 
 1828, 
 1828, 
 1829, 
 
 David Heath 
 
 George C. Tripp. . 
 
 Job Howland 
 
 Daniel Pratt 
 
 Jehial Hill 
 
 Wells Ji. Atwood . 
 
 William Beebe j 1829, 
 
 Jasper Tabor I 1829, 
 
 John J. Borst | 1829, 
 
 Enos Woodward 1831, 
 
 1831, 
 1832, 
 1832, 
 
 William Crandall . 
 Samuel Merrill .... 
 
 Titus Roberts 
 
 Joshua Pike | 1835, 
 
 Austin Fuller 1835, 
 
 Joshua Pike 1835, 
 
 Isaac Brown 1837, 
 
 Gilbert Salnave j 1837, 
 
 Na haniel Knight . . . . | 1837, 
 
 Francis Knight j 1838, 
 
 Jason Hopkins i 1839, 
 
 Aug. 14 
 Feb. 3.., 
 Dec. 21 , 
 Jan. 13.. 
 June 18. 
 Aug. 22. 
 Feb. 20. 
 Aug. 21 . 
 Nov, 10. 
 Dec. 3. . 
 May 31. 
 Aug. 23. 
 Jan. 26 . . 
 Nov. 19. 
 Aug. 4.. 
 Sept. 1 1 . 
 Oct. 27. . 
 April 5. . 
 June 30. 
 
 July 5-- 
 Mar. 2 . . 
 F"eb. 20. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. Price 
 
 pt I64 
 
 pt I52.... 
 n-e pt 1 64 . 
 e pt lot 76. 
 
 pt I 32 
 
 n-w pt 1 38 
 n-e pt 1 30. , 
 s-w pt 1 94 
 e pt 1 52. . 
 
 Ptl85 
 
 \Y pt 1 63. . , 
 n pt 1 85. . . 
 e pt 1 74. .. 
 n-w pt 1 94. 
 pt 1 92 
 
 Pti 74 
 
 s-e pt 1 92 . . 
 s-w pt 1 93 . 
 n pt 1 b'4 . . . 
 
 pt 1 63 
 
 pt 1 14 
 
 pt I93 
 
 100 
 160 
 90 
 70 
 42 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 76 
 
 75 
 50 
 
 57 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 100 
 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 84 
 50 
 
 400 
 640 
 270 
 
 297 
 90 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 306 
 
 200 
 228 
 400 
 200 
 100 
 400 
 150 
 187 
 200 
 200 
 
 200 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SIX. 
 
 William Ballou 
 
 Charles Boutwell 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 Phineas Orr 
 
 Sylvenus Bates, Jr. . . 
 Huram Wickham . . . . 
 John D. Beverley. . . . 
 
 Jonas Howe 
 
 Stukely Hudson 
 
 Nehemiah Reynolds.. 
 
 Abram Hodges 
 
 William Stephenson. . 
 
 John T. Johnson 
 
 Daniel Newel 
 
 Norman Reynolds. . . 
 William Stephenson. . 
 Henry W. Palmerton. 
 
 1828, Sept. 22. 
 1819, Sept. 7. . 
 1 8 19, May 3 . . 
 1827, Feb. 21 . . 
 1842, Jan. 15 . . 
 1839, Mar. 13.; 
 1830, Jan. 6. . . 
 1836, Dec. 30.1 
 1830, Dec. 30.! 
 1842, Jan. 15. .j 
 1842, Jan. 15.. i 
 
 1829, Jan. 4. . . ! 
 
 1830, Jan. 6. . . t 
 1842, Jan. 15 . .j 
 1842, Jan. 15. .! 
 1836, Dec. 8. .1 
 1829, Jan. 7. . . t 
 
 w pt 1 34. . . 
 
 1 ?>7 
 
 e pt 1 32. . . 
 
 1 30 
 
 s-e pt 1 65 . . 
 
 pt 1 14 
 
 w pt 1 52. . . 
 w pt 1 65 . . . 
 
 pt 1 65 
 
 w pt 1 64 . . . 
 
 Ptl76 
 
 pt I75 
 
 s-w pt 1 74. 
 
 pt 1 76 
 
 s-w pt 1 75 . 
 t pt 1 75... 
 s-w pt 1 15. 
 
 100 
 
 193 
 
 100 
 
 I 12 
 90 
 
 55 
 100 
 100 
 50 
 50 
 90 
 60 
 60 
 
 75 
 50 
 40 
 50 
 
 400 
 916 
 350 
 519 
 495 
 21 1 
 
 425 
 
 727 
 
 293 
 275 
 500 
 228 
 
 255 
 412 
 
 275 
 233 
 212 
 
FROM TllK HOI. LAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SnVEN. RANGE Sl"^— Continued. 
 
 553 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 William Skeggs ' 1828, Sept. 4. 
 
 Orton J. Knight 1837, April 28 
 
 Jason Hopkins ! 1839, Feb. 20 
 
 Edward Vail , 1837, Dec. 12 
 
 Francis Matthews. . . . 1842, Jan. 15 . 
 
 William Warner 183.S. Oct. 18. 
 
 Moses Blakeley 1842, Nov. 3. 
 
 Joseph Jenkins 1842, Jan. 25 . 
 
 Edward Brown 1838, Oct. 22. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres Price 
 
 s-e pt 1 I 5 . . 50 183 
 
 Pt 1 15 135 77^ 
 
 pt 1 93 50 200 
 
 pt 1 52 1 10 674 
 
 pt 1 64 50 280 
 
 s-w pt 1 94. 50 317 
 
 pt I92 : 25 128 
 
 pt 1 74 60 219 
 
 n-w pt 1 93. 45 182 
 
 Copy ov the Assessment Roll of the Town of Col 
 llns for the year 1 823, 
 
 township seven, rancie eight. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Da\\d Conger w pt 1 33 
 
 Josj^jh Woodward 
 William Sisson. . . . 
 William Sisson. . . , 
 
 David Healy 
 
 George Southwick 
 Gilbert Bardon. . . 
 John Sherman . . . , 
 James Goodal. 
 
 n-e pt 1 33 
 
 n-e pt 1 49 
 
 n-e pt 1 29, in N. C . 
 
 w pt 1 1 7 
 
 I25 
 
 s-e ptl 33 
 
 e pt 1 33 
 
 n pt 1 9 
 
 Kendall Johnson s pt 1 9 
 
 Jacob Taylor .s-eptsls49&4i & 1 70' 
 
 VVillink & Co i ptl 17 
 
 IAckes. 
 179 
 
 Val. 
 
 $ 627 
 
 98 
 
 254 
 
 54 
 
 233 l| 
 
 97 
 
 2461' 
 
 59 
 
 147 , 
 
 347 
 
 II35 i 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 3« 
 
 95 
 
 '74 
 
 7^7 
 
 196 
 
 597 
 
 141 
 
 352 1 
 
 Tax. 
 
 I 95 
 
 3 67 
 
 I 13 
 
 8 73 
 
 77 
 
 73 
 
 5 88 
 
 4 63 
 
 2 71 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT. 
 
 John Mack ! s pt 1 68 1 123 
 
 Philander Hanford . . . | m pt 1 68 1 24 
 
 Mo.ses Kimball | n-w pt 1 60 ■ 59 
 
 Benjamin Godfrey . . . . ! w pt 1 67 99 
 
 n pts ls62, 68&69,^■ 
 Jacob Taylor 1 70T. &V. together 785 
 
 J ulius Perry m pt 1 69 99 
 
 356 
 328 
 127 
 207 
 
 2 74 
 2 52 
 
 99 
 I 60 
 
 7589 58 43 
 260 2 00 
 
554 
 
 copy OF EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Jonathan Sowle n-e pt 1 60. 
 
 Hopkins m pt 1 52 
 
 Land. 
 
 lACRES. 
 
 95 
 
 48 
 
 58 
 
 95 
 80 
 
 97 
 Smith Bartlett ! .s-w pt 1 58 116 
 
 Asa Lapham ; n-e pt 1 52 . 
 
 Augustus Smith w pt 1 5 i . . 
 
 Augustus Smith s-w pt 1 6l 
 
 Joel Matison j s-e pt 1 52 
 
 Smith Bartlett 
 
 Luke Crandall 
 
 Luke Crandall .... 
 Christian Parkerson 
 John Blancher. . . . , 
 Jonah H. Smith . . . , 
 
 David Pound 
 
 Benajah Hallock . . 
 Powell Hallock . . . , 
 William Sisson . . . . 
 Lemuel Sisson .... 
 
 Peter Gile 
 
 Sylvanus Strang. . . 
 Elisha Roberts. . . . 
 
 Philip Gile 
 
 John R. Smith .... 
 John Blancher. ... 
 
 Asa Smith 
 
 David Wilber 
 
 John Wilber 
 
 Oliver Reese 
 
 Allen Kins 
 
 Daniel I^rindle 
 
 Joseph Kibbe 
 
 Joseph Lapham .... 
 
 Joel Phillips 
 
 Job Irish 
 
 Nathaniel Ballard.. . 
 
 Harry Dairy 
 
 Adolphus Albee. . . . 
 
 Benjamin Albee, Jr. 
 
 James B. Parkinson. 
 
 Sylvanus Parkinson 
 
 Robert McNeal m pt 1 40 
 
 m pt 1 67 1 50 
 
 m pt 1 64 ! 137 
 
 m pt 1 56 ! 15 
 
 s-e pt 1 58 60 
 
 n pt 1 54 i 97 
 
 m pt 1 54 j 63 
 
 w pt I53 195 
 
 m pt 1 5 2 46 
 
 n-w pt 1 52 ' 47 
 
 s-w pt 1 60 j 81 
 
 s-e pt 1 60 48 
 
 n-w pt 1 59 j 6S 
 
 s-w pt 1 59 I 29 
 
 s-e pt 1 61 I 39 
 
 n pt 1 61 200 
 
 s pt 1 69 1 119 
 
 m ptl 53 j 42 
 
 n-w pt 1 1 113 
 
 n-w pt 1 1 93 
 
 m pt 1 42 [ 46 
 
 e pt 1 43 128 
 
 .s-w pt 1 43, n-e pt 1. 
 
 34, w pt 1 35 
 
 e pt 1 I4&s-e pt 1 23. 
 
 m pt 1 43 
 
 m pt 1 33& w pt 1 22. 
 
 w pt 1 30 
 
 m pt 1 30 
 
 e pt 1 19 
 
 mpt 1 55 
 
 s-e pt 1 63 
 
 n-e pt 1 62 
 
 e pt 1 39 
 
 126 
 184 
 
 48 
 464 
 
 96 
 
 96 
 142 
 
 48 
 
 56 
 
 46 
 
 60 
 
 m pt 1 39 j 140 
 
 73 
 
 Val. Tax. 
 
 $259 
 120 
 167 
 362 
 200 
 242 
 
 379 
 125 , 
 
 450 
 
 37 
 120 
 264 
 202 
 891 
 
 137 
 130 
 100 
 120 
 170 
 72 
 
 97 
 
 513 
 297 
 
 105 
 
 367 
 
 232 
 
 115 
 
 320 
 
 368 
 420 
 120 
 
 1265 
 242 
 267 
 
 395 
 128 
 160 
 124 
 
 150 
 550 
 182 
 
 > 95 
 
 93 
 
 I 29 
 
 4 32 
 
 1 87 
 
 5 41 
 3 86 
 
 93 
 
 2 03 
 
 I 55 
 
 6 85 
 I 65 
 I 00 
 I 77 
 
 92 
 I 31 
 
 D3 
 
 74 
 3 94 
 2 28 
 
 80 
 2 82 
 
 1 78 
 89 
 
 2 40 
 
 83 
 23 
 92 
 
 72 
 86 
 06 
 04 
 98 
 23 
 95 
 15 
 24 
 40 
 
COrV OK KAKI.V ASSESSMKNT ROM- 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Con/inue^/. 
 
 55S 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Reuben Parkinson . 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Arnold King 
 
 Joseph Peters 
 
 William Mosier. . . . 
 
 Joseph Wood 
 
 Daniel Burbank. . . 
 
 Nathan King 
 
 Stephen Wilber . . . 
 
 Ezra Nichols 
 
 William O'Brien . . 
 Joshua Palmerton . 
 Aaron Lindsley. ... 
 
 James Nichols 
 
 Amasa Bates 
 
 Sylvanus Bates. . . . 
 
 Samuel Hill 
 
 William O'Brien . . 
 
 Piathaway . . . 
 
 Darius Crandall . . . . 
 
 John J. Harrington. . 
 
 Luke Crandall 
 
 Benjamin Albee 
 
 Charles Barden 
 
 Timothy Clark 
 
 John Gibbons 
 
 Isaac Wickam 
 
 \\ arren Tanner 
 
 Martin Potter 
 
 John C. Adams 
 
 John Griffith 
 
 Hadwin Arnold 
 
 Eli Lapham 
 
 John Horton 
 
 Gabriel .Strang 
 
 William Parmerton.. 
 Stephen Lapham . . . . 
 Stephen Lapham . . . . 
 W^illiam Lapham . . . 
 Archelaus Harwood., 
 
 Sylvanus Cook 
 
 Hosea Stewart 
 
 m pt I 40 
 
 s-w pt 1 42 
 
 n-wpt 1 35 
 
 e pt 1 48 
 
 m pt 1 48 
 
 w pt 1 48 
 
 e pt 1 49 
 
 m pt 1 49 
 
 w pt 1 49 
 
 m pt 1 50 
 
 n-e pt 1 50 
 
 m pt I 50 
 
 e pt I32 
 
 \^- pt 1 3 1 
 
 n-e pt 1 8 1 
 
 s-e pt 1 3 1 
 
 e pt 1 9 
 
 s-e pt 1 62 
 
 m pt 1 48 
 
 m pt 1 56 
 
 s-e pt 1 56 
 
 m pt 1 56 
 
 e pt 1 64 
 
 n-\v pt 1 63 
 
 ^' pt 1 47 
 
 ^-^ pt\ 55 
 
 m pt 1 47 
 
 v\- pt 1 47 
 
 e pt 1 40 
 
 m pt 1 4^ 
 
 n-w pt 1 24 
 
 s pt 1 34 & n c pt 1 23 
 
 m pt 1 44 
 
 n-\v pt 1 44 
 
 ^-^' pt 1 53 '■ 
 
 e pt 1 44 
 
 s pt 1 44 
 
 n pt 1 45 
 
 M^t 1 45 ■... . 
 
 n pt I 46 
 
 s pt 1 54 
 
 n pt 1 37 
 
 ACKES 
 
 Val. 
 
 120 
 
 4S 
 
 95 
 
 259 
 
 64 
 
 160 
 
 97 
 
 320 
 
 56 
 
 158 
 
 62 
 
 164 
 
 124 
 
 314 
 
 97 
 
 505 
 
 117 
 
 576 
 
 122 
 
 339 
 
 19 
 
 75 
 
 115 
 
 524 
 
 235 
 
 1334 
 
 145 
 
 39« 
 
 126 
 
 552 
 
 96 
 
 340 
 
 77 
 
 192 
 
 69 
 
 2CO 
 
 47 
 
 94 
 
 44 
 
 130 
 
 92 
 
 260 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 
 96 
 
 340 
 
 155 
 
 410 
 
 100 
 
 280 
 
 108 
 
 288 
 
 103 
 
 275 
 
 97 
 
 260 
 
 75 
 
 187 
 
 57 
 
 155 
 
 258 
 
 685 
 
 254 
 
 720 
 
 49 
 
 144 
 
 49 
 
 135 
 
 69 
 
 150 
 
 43 
 
 107 
 
 182 
 
 546 
 
 143 
 
 740 
 
 217 
 
 I 130 
 
 128 
 
 320 
 
 114 
 
 294 
 
 7' 
 
 240 
 
 Tax. 
 
 93 
 2 00 
 
 1 23 
 
 2 46 
 I 21 
 
 1 26 
 
 2 44 
 
 3 89 
 
 4 44 
 
 2 61 
 
 59 
 
 4 03 
 10 28 
 
 3 06 
 
 1 94 
 
 2 62 
 I 48 
 
 I 54 
 
 72 
 
 I 00 
 
 1 9Q 
 38 
 
 2 61 
 
 3 16 
 2 16 
 2 22 
 2 1 2 
 2 00 
 
 I 45 
 I 18 
 
 5 27 
 
 5 53 
 I 1 1 
 I 04 
 
 1 16 
 82 
 
 4 36 
 
 5 70 
 8 68 
 
 2 46 
 12 26 
 
556 COPV OF EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Land. 
 
 John Strang 
 
 Sabina Adams 
 
 Isaac Aldrich 
 
 Chancey Mammord.. 
 
 Parker Dailey 
 
 Joseph McMillon. . . . 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Turner Aldrich 
 
 Turner Aldrich 
 
 David Brand 
 
 Enos Southwick 
 
 Tibbet Sowle 
 
 Tibbet Sowle 
 
 Daniel Hunt 
 
 Isaac Allen 
 
 Oliver Harris 
 
 Erastus Harris 
 
 Solomon Dunham . . . 
 
 Eseck Harris 
 
 P. L. Pratt 
 
 Luman H. Pitcher . . . 
 
 Noah Scovell 
 
 Eron Thatcher 
 
 Enoch Palmer 
 
 Alvin Bugbee 
 
 Archelanus Harwood. 
 
 Amasa L. Chafee 
 
 Chafee & Bugbee.. . . 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Ralph Plumb 
 
 Sarbat & Bugbee. . . 
 Jonathan O. Irish . . . . 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink &Co 
 
 Wiilink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 m pt 1 37 
 
 ! m ptl37 
 
 |s-w pt 1 37 
 
 m pt 1 36 
 
 m pt 1 36 
 
 s-w pt 1 36 
 
 mptl37 
 
 w pt 1 38 
 
 s-e pt 1 36 , 
 
 ■ npt I35 
 
 I25 
 
 w pt 1 24 
 
 e pt 1 24 
 
 n-vv pt 1 23 
 
 s-vv pt 23 
 
 m pt.l 22 
 
 w pt 1 20 
 
 m pt 1 20 
 
 m pt 1 20 
 
 e pt 1 10 
 
 m pt 1 10 
 
 1 38 — village lot. 
 
 1 22^village lot . 
 
 1 37 — village lot . 
 
 1 16 — village lot. 
 
 1 4 — village lot. . . 
 \ 1 5 — village lot . . 
 I 1 49, village lots. . 
 
 Acres i Val. 
 
 Tax. 
 
 1 3, village lot 
 
 1 48, village lot . . . . 
 1 60, village lot ... . 
 1 59, village lot . . . . 
 
 m pt Its 76 & 55 
 
 w pt 1 9 
 
 e pt 1 42 
 
 w pt 1 50 
 
 e pt 1 51 
 
 n-c pt 1 65 
 
 w pt 1 56 
 
 1S7 
 
 n pt 1 58 
 
 63 
 66 
 69 
 H 
 54 
 
 i 
 40 
 
 10 
 
 57 
 100 
 130 
 121 
 
 9' 
 
 49 
 
 59 
 106 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 78 
 
 60 
 
 120 
 
 100 
 220 
 141 
 
 66 
 244 
 
 61 
 163 
 
 342 
 130 
 
 288 
 295 
 
 633 
 115 
 
 55 
 200 
 220 
 
 80 
 807 
 250 
 
 334 
 300 
 280 
 120 
 
 147 
 300 
 100 
 100 
 
 195 
 130 
 
 333 
 30 
 
 15 
 10 
 
 15 
 15 
 15 
 20 
 
 59 
 40 
 
 150 
 25 
 15 
 
 246 
 
 550 
 352 
 165 
 610 
 152 
 407 
 
 855 
 ^20 
 
 14 
 
 27 
 
 87 
 
 89 
 
 43 
 
 54 
 
 69 
 
 62 
 
 21 
 
 92 
 
 2 57 
 
 2 31 
 
 2 15 
 
 92 
 
 1 13 
 
 2 31 
 
 77 
 
 77 
 
 I 51 
 
 I 00 
 
 I 56 
 
 12 
 
 15 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 15 
 39 
 31 
 16 
 
 19 
 12 
 
 90 
 
 23 
 72 
 27 
 70 
 18 
 
 3 13 
 6 60 
 
 2 46 
 
Cf^PY OF EARl.V ASSKSSMKNT ROLL. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— ConiinueJ. 
 
 557 
 
 Namf. 
 
 Willink& Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Land. 
 
 e pt I 59. 
 n pt 1 61 
 
 I65 
 
 1 66 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Val. 
 
 220 
 
 $540 
 
 202 
 
 515 
 
 359 
 
 897 
 
 349 
 
 872 
 
 Tax. 
 
 k 24 
 
 3 88 
 6 91 
 
 6 72 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 J. T. Johnson 
 
 Austin Graham 
 
 John Millis 
 
 Nathaniel Knight . . . . 
 
 Avery Knight 
 
 Wilber Irish 
 
 Wilber Irish 
 
 Truman Colburn 
 
 William Skeggs 
 
 Jonathan O. Irish . . . . 
 
 Henry Kimball 
 
 Henry W. Palmertcn. 
 William Beckwith . . . . 
 
 William Clark 
 
 Samuel Hill 
 
 John Boutwell, Jr. . . . 
 
 Charles Boutwell 
 
 Charles Boutwell 
 
 Silas Cook 
 
 William Cook 
 
 William Ballou 
 
 Daniel Pratt 
 
 Daniel Pratt 
 
 Daniel & Peter Pratt . 
 Daniel & Peter Pratt . 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 Peter Pratt 
 
 Elijah Campbell 
 
 Elias Bowen 
 
 Phineas Orr 
 
 David Beverly 
 
 James B. Perkinson . . 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 s-w pt 1 74 
 
 n-w pt 1 74 
 
 e pt 1 75 
 
 m & .s-w pt 1 75 . . 
 
 m pt 1 75 
 
 n-w pt 1 75 
 
 m pt 1 76 
 
 s-w pt 1 84 
 
 .s-e pt 1 85 
 
 m pt 1 76 
 
 w pt 1 76 
 
 s-w pt 1 85 
 
 e pt 1 65 
 
 n-e pt 1 65 
 
 w pt 1 38 
 
 w pt 1 37 
 
 e pt 1 38 
 
 t-'Pt 1 37 
 
 wptl35 
 
 e pt 1 35 
 
 pt 1 34 
 
 e pt 1 32 
 
 e pt 30 
 
 w pt 1 33 
 
 e pt 1 2 1 
 
 e pt 1 35 
 
 w pt 1 32 
 
 ^^■ pt 1 3 1 
 
 n-e pt 1 3 1 
 
 s-e pt 1 3 1 & n pt 1 30 
 
 w pt 1 5 2 
 
 w pt 1 65 
 
 n pt 1 30 
 
 1 -.6 
 
 60 
 
 154 
 
 59 
 
 150 ' 
 
 49 
 
 190 
 
 165 
 
 565 i 
 
 55 
 
 137 i 
 
 35 
 
 87 ; 
 
 20 
 
 68 
 
 56 
 
 140 
 
 47 
 
 126 '• 
 
 97 
 
 240 
 
 144 
 
 400 
 
 48 
 
 124 ; 
 
 48 
 
 120 
 
 96 
 
 224 
 
 98 
 
 330 1 
 
 53 
 
 175 ; 
 
 102 
 
 268 
 
 135 
 
 365 
 
 18 
 
 45 
 
 117 
 
 373 
 
 146 
 
 460 
 
 96 
 
 380 
 
 60 
 
 150 1 
 
 59 
 
 150 
 
 96 
 
 240 
 
 5« 
 
 327 
 
 39 
 
 97 
 
 80 
 
 276 
 
 60 
 
 150 • 
 
 75 
 
 424 
 
 96 
 
 270 
 
 98 
 
 259 1 
 
 1 10 
 
 275 
 
 118 
 
 315 
 
 19 
 16 
 
 47 
 35 
 05 
 67 
 52 
 I 08 
 
 97 
 I 85 
 3 08 
 
 95 
 92 
 
 54 
 36 
 06 
 2 81 
 
 35 
 
 2 87 
 
 3 54 
 92 
 
 15 
 15 
 84 
 
 51 
 74 
 13 
 16 
 
 27 
 08 
 98 
 12 
 
 43 
 
558 
 
 COPY OF EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE SEVEN— Coniinm-d. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Land, 
 
 Willink & Co 1 50 
 
 Willink &Co 1 51 
 
 Willink & Co e pt 1 52 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co.... ., 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 Willink & Co, 
 Willink & Co, 
 Willink & Co, 
 Willink & Co. 
 Willink & Co. 
 Willink & Co 
 Willink & Co. 
 
 63 
 1 64 
 
 .s-e pt 1 65 
 
 e pt 1 74 . 
 
 e pt 1 76. 
 
 1 83 
 
 pt I 84. .. 
 n pt 1 85. 
 1 92 
 
 •93 
 
 1 94 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Val. 
 
 232 
 
 $ 580 
 
 220 
 
 550 
 
 186 
 
 465 
 
 4C9 
 
 1022 
 
 37» 
 
 927 
 
 133 
 
 332 
 
 285 
 
 712 
 
 70 
 
 175 
 
 392 
 
 980 
 
 281 
 
 700 
 
 132 
 
 330 
 
 i 3«7 
 
 967 
 
 , 336 
 
 840 
 
 361 
 
 902 
 
 Tax. 
 
 47 
 24 
 
 58 
 86 
 
 14 
 2 55 
 5 49 
 
 1 35 
 7 55 
 
 5 39 
 
 2 53 
 7 44 
 
 6 47 
 6 94 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN. 
 
 Willink & Co i I65 
 
 Willink & Co 1 49 
 
 Willink & Co i 1 57 
 
 367 
 
 917 
 
 358 
 
 892 
 
 380 
 
 950 
 
 7 06 
 
 6 90 
 
 7 32 
 
 The Assessors for the year that the above tax was levied 
 were Nathaniel Knight, John Stancliff, Jr., and John Arnold. 
 Luke Crandall was Collector. The total valuation of the town 
 as shown by the assessment roll was $74,019; the valuation of 
 the real estate was $71,451 ; personal property, $2,568; tax. 
 $705 ; Collectors' fees were $20.69. The above figures refer to 
 the present Town of Collins. North Collins and Collins were 
 then one town. 
 
 The following are the names of the Supervisors who signed 
 the assessment roll: 
 
 James Green. 
 Morton Crosby. 
 Stephen White. 
 Ebenezer Holmes. 
 James W. Grififin. 
 Oziel Smith. 
 
 Edmund Badger. 
 Lemuel Wasson, 
 James Aldrich. 
 Simeon Fillmore. 
 John Twining. 
 Thomas M. Barret. 
 John Boyer. 
 
TOWN OF CON'CORI) ])I\ II )i:i-). 559 
 
 •COPY OF THE ACT CRKATING THE TOWNS OF COLLINS ANlJ 
 
 SARDINIA. 
 
 An Act to di\ idc the Town of Concord, in the County of 
 
 Niagara. 
 
 Passed March i6, 1821. 
 
 Section i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
 New York represented in Senate and Assembly, That from and 
 after the Jhirty-first day of March, instant, all that part of the 
 Town of Concord, in the County of Niagara, comprehending 
 township No. 7, in the eighth range, and all that part of town- 
 ship No. 6 in the eighth range lying within the County of 
 Niagara together with three tiers of lots on the west side of 
 township number sexen in the seventh range, and three tiers of 
 lots on the west side of township number six, in the seventh 
 range, within the County of Niagara, of the Holland company, 
 shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town by the name 
 of Collins, and that the first town meeting shall be held at the 
 dwelling house of George Southwick in said town. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further enacted that from and after the 
 Thirt}'-first day of March, instant, all that part of the said Town 
 of Concord comprehending township number seven in the fifth 
 range and three tiers of lots on the east side of township num- 
 ber seven in the sixth range, and all those parts of township 
 number six in the sixth range of the Holland company's lands 
 h-ing within the County of Niagara, shall be and is hereby 
 erected into a separate town by the name of Sardinia, and the 
 first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Giles 
 Briggs, in said town, and that all the remaining part of the 
 Town of Concord shall be and remain a separate town by the 
 name of Concord, and that the next town meeting shall be held 
 at the dwelling house of Harry Sears in said town. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further enacted that as soon as maybe 
 after the Thirt)'-first day of March, instant, the Supervisors and 
 Overseers of the aforesaid towns shall by notice to be given by 
 the Supervisor and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Con- 
 cord, meet together at the dwelling house of Harry Sears, in 
 said town and apportion the poor maintained b)' the said Town 
 of Concord and the poor mone\' belonging to the same previous 
 
560 TOWN MEETING RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 to the division thereof agreeably to the last tax list, and that 
 each of the said towns shall forever respectively support their 
 own poor. 
 
 SUBSEQUENT ACT DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN 
 OF COLLINS — REVISED STATUTES, VOLUME 3, TITLE 4, 
 PAGE 114. 
 
 The Town of Collins shall contain all that part of said county 
 comprising township number seven, in the eighth range of 
 townships in the Holland company's purchase, together with 
 all that part of township number six in the same range included 
 within the bounds of the county, and also three tiers of lots off 
 from the west side of township number seven in the seventh 
 range, and off from the west side of that part of township num- 
 ber six in the last range included within the bounds of the 
 county, and also that part of the Cattaraugus Indian Reserva- 
 tion which is included within the bounds of the county. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT COLLINS 
 TOWN MEETINGS DURING THE FIR.ST YEARS OF THE TOWN. 
 
 The first year, 1820, it was 
 
 Reso/ved, That the Collector have but three per cent for col- 
 lecting taxes. 
 
 Rcso/vcd, That hogs and sheep shall not run as free com- 
 moners. 
 
 Risoh'cd, That all rams running at large from the loth of 
 September to the loth of November be forfeited to the captor. 
 
 Resolved, That horses shall not be free commoners. 
 
 Resolved, That oivncrs of stud horses shall pay a fine of one 
 dollar if found at liberty for more than twenty-four hours at one 
 time. 
 
 Resolved, That the names of Nathaniel Knight and John 
 Grififith be sent to the Council of Appointment to be commis- 
 sioned as Magistrates. 
 
 Resolved, That the next annual town meeting be held at the 
 house of John Lawton on the first Tuesday of April next. 
 
 In 1822 it was 
 
 Resolved, That the Collector have but three per. cent, for col- 
 lecting taxes the ensuing year. 
 
TOWN MKK'IIXC, KKSOl.riloNS. 561 
 
 Ri'soh'id, That John Lawton shall serve as a Commissioner 
 to meet the committee from Concord and Sardinia to settle 
 with Harry Sears, Collector. 
 
 Risohid, That this meetini^ be adj(nirned to meet the first 
 Tuesday of April next at the house of John Lawton. 
 
 In 1823 it was 
 
 Kcso/vcd, That a fine of ten dollars be imposed upon any per- 
 son that shall suffer what is called a Canada thistle to go to seed 
 on his improved lands after notice from any person. 
 
 Rcsflhtd, That Inspectors of common school shall have no 
 fees for their services. 
 
 Rcsohi'd, That all the money collected or to be collected 
 from Frederick Richmond, late Supervisor of the original Town 
 of Concord, shall be added to the poor fund of the Town of 
 Collins. 
 
 In 1824 it was 
 
 Rcso/vcd, That this meeting be adjourned until the first 
 Tuesday of March next, at the dwelling house of Smith Bart- 
 lett. 
 
 NOTK. — The time of holding the annual town meeting of 
 Collins changed to the first Tuesday in March by an act of the 
 Legislature of the state, passed Feb. 6, 1824. 
 
 In 1824 it was 
 
 Resolved, That double the amount of money be raised from 
 the town that we receive from the state for the use of schools. 
 
 Resolved, That a bounty of ten dollars be given on full-grown 
 wolves and five dollars for whelps killed within the Town of 
 Collins. 
 
 Resolved, That the Collector's fees shall be three per cent. 
 
 In 1826 it was 
 
 Resolved, That the next annual town meeting be held at the 
 house of William Sisson. 
 
 In 1827 it was 
 
 Resolved, That orderly, neat cattle have free use of the com- 
 mons from the 1st of March to the 1st of November. 
 
 Resolved, That a bounty of twent>'-five dollars be gi\en for 
 each full grown wolf and twehe dollars and fifty cents for each 
 whelp caught in the Town of Collins. 
 
562 TOWN MEETING RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 In 1828 it was 
 
 R('so/i'e(/, That the Collector shall have five per cent, for col- 
 lecting taxes in this town. 
 
 Resok'cd, That the authorities of this town be authorized to 
 petition the Legislature to pass an act to authorize the town to 
 raise a bounty not exceeding fifty dollars on wolves caught and 
 killed in this town. 
 In 1829 it was 
 
 Rcsoh'cd, That the next annual town meeting be held at the 
 house of John C. Adams. 
 In 1830 it was 
 
 Risohid, That a fence made of boards, logs or rails five feet 
 high shall be considered a lawful fence. 
 
 LOCAL NAMES IN THE TOWN OF COLLINS. 
 "Zoar" is of scriptural origin, and is said to have been given 
 by Ahaz Allen, one of the first settlers there. 
 
 " Poverty Hill," another name, given by Jesse Frye, was 
 conceived from the fact that in an early day he was the owner 
 of a lot on which grew the huckleberry. This berry is of spon- 
 taneous growth, and only found upon rocky, .sterile soil. When 
 Frye was working upon his claim his attention was called to 
 the huckleberry by one of his sons, who said, " Father I have 
 always heard it said that huckleberries grew on very poor land." 
 ''Yes," said the pioneer, ''this is 'Poverty hill,' and I shall sell 
 this claim the first chance," and he never worked there another 
 day, although the soil proved the very best for grazing and the 
 growing of wheat. 
 
 Gowanda first took the name of Aldrich's Mills ; then the 
 name of Lodi, after one of Napoleon's famous battles in Italy. 
 It is said to have been given by Ahaz Allen. 
 
 " Bagdad " was named b}- Bcnard Cook, after an ancient 
 city of Asia. 
 
 A tub factor}^ gave the name of " Tub Town." 
 " Taylor Hollow " took its name from Jacob Taylor. 
 " Lawton Hollow " from John Lawton, who built mills there, 
 and "Scrabble Hill" from the fact that the early settlers had 
 to scrabble pretty hard to get a living. 
 
 The name of the Town of Collins was said to be given in 
 honor of Mrs. Turner Aldrich, whose maiden name was Collins. 
 
IIIK FIRST SKITLKR IN /OAK. 563 
 
 ZOAR. 
 
 Zoar lies in the southeast corner of Collins, and the north- 
 east corner of Otto, the valley being divided by the waters of 
 the Cattaraugus. In its primeval state, this valley was beauti- 
 ful, and when looked upon by the early pioneers from the sur- 
 rounding hills, it caused in thein a feeling of wonder and sur- 
 prise, as it appeared to them a new Canaan, and the)- entered 
 into the valley as did the Israelites of old. with thoughts of 
 rest and thanksgiving. 
 
 In the Spring of 18 10, Joseph Adams, with a family con- 
 sisting of a wife and three children, came b\' way of Boston, 
 over Townsend Hill, down the transit with an ox sled, to near 
 the Scob}' mills ; embarked his family and chattels in a large 
 canoe, pushed out into the waters, turned the prow down 
 stream, and landed his family in Zoar. He built a log house 
 on the Otto side of the creek, covered it with elm bark, and 
 this was the first house in Zoar, and he was \-irtually the first 
 settler in Zoar, though a man by the name of Yaw, from Bos- 
 ton, had slashed four acres, but remained only a short time. 
 Peter Pratt and family, who were pioneers of Clarence, having 
 come from Taunton, Mass., in 1806, to that town, were the 
 next settlers, and I cheerfully allow m)- venerable friend, 
 John Pratt, of Bagdad, to tell his story: " In the F'all of 1810, 
 my father and brother, Luther, came out from Clarence and 
 built a log house on the Derby lot (this is now part of the 
 Emer\' Bond farm in Concord), and the next PY'bruary follow- 
 ing, he moved his family out by way of Boston and over 
 Townsend Hill, through by Uea. Russell's, to near the Chaffee 
 school-house, thence across the Beech Plains and clown Will- 
 iam's Hill, and followed blazed trees very near where the road 
 is located to-day, until we reached father's cabin. The only 
 settler we found on our way from Russell's, was William Smith, 
 since known as the " Governor." We onh" remained here two 
 months, when father sold his claim to brother Luther. Father 
 bought of " Squire " I-'" rye, his articled claim of lot thirty-one, 
 but the query was how to get his family into Zoar. He had 
 built a double log house there and had departed from the 
 accustomed mode of shingling, which was usuall\- done by 
 
564 " JOHNNIE CAKES." 
 
 peeling bark, but had rived out "shakes" of pine (shingles 
 three feet long and not shaved), and nailed poles to the rafters, 
 and those long shingles were nailed to them. We had a pun- 
 cheon floor, and, upon the whole, our house was considered 
 quite aristocratic for those days. As I said before, the query 
 was how to get into Zoar. There was no road or trail across 
 Frye Hill; but the Adam's boys, Bina and Wilson, by lashing 
 two large canoes together, helped him out ; they floated his 
 goods to our new home, while we picked our way over Frye 
 Hill. 
 
 That Summer, brother Peter was born. This was the second 
 event of this kind in the Town of Collins. Then my father's 
 house in Zoar, and brother Luther's house on the " Derby " 
 lot, were the only houses on this side of the creek from Turner 
 Aldrich's, near where Dr. Shugart's house now stands in 
 Gowanda, until you reach "Governor" Smith's, on the old 
 William's farm (now the Tefft tarm), some twelve miles distant' 
 On the other side was Joseph Adams and Thadeus Austen, 
 who canoed in the same way that we arrived. Father got a 
 good burn on the Yaw slashing that Spring, and as we had a 
 yoke of oxen we logged it off, planted it to corn and potatoes. 
 It proved a good crop, and we had an abundance for the next 
 Winter, such as it was. 
 
 I am an old man now, of four score years, and I A\"ant to say 
 something to m\' )'oung friends, A\ho think the\- are living 
 very hard because they cannot have " new process " flour 
 bread and pound cake every day. You never saw a "Johnny 
 Cake" board and don't know what it is? Well I have, and 
 must explain. Now the larger the family the greater the 
 board. Our board was about two feet long and eight inches 
 wide; this was split out of clean white ash, the surface was 
 polished smooth, and it was read}- for use. 
 
 It came into use every day, and I presume my dear old 
 mother baked " Johnnie Cakes " enough on one of these during 
 her lifetime, to cover a good-sized farm. The meal was mixed 
 into stiff dough and firmly pressed upon the board, then set 
 before the fire to bake until done. Sometimes we had baked 
 l)otatoes, but they had no stoves to bake them in ; the}- used 
 a low, flat-bottomed kettle with an iron lid, w hich thc\' placed 
 
A SCHOOL ORGANIZED. 565 
 
 in one corner of the Dutch fire place, and then Hterally buried 
 it in coals. This kettle was also used to bake beans and bread. 
 Potatoes were sometimes roasted in the coals, and sometimes 
 boiled in the kettle hung over the log fire by a chain attached 
 to the " lug pole." The first Summer w^e lived in Zoar, our 
 milling was done at Taylor Hollow, and I was the mill-boy. 
 Father went with nic the first time to show me the way, as 
 it was an unbroken forest. We followed an Indian trail down 
 the creek, and still kept the Indian path up over Poverty Hill 
 to Aldrich's in Lodi, thence up Clay Hill and on to Taylor's 
 mill. The way we then went it was nearly eleven miles, and I 
 had to make it every week on horseback, with a grist of corn 
 behind me, for there were twelve hungry mouths in my father's 
 family to feed. Wild cats, bears and deer, were not an uncom- 
 mon thing to be seen on my way, and, though never molested, 
 still at times it was hard work for me to keep my hat on my 
 head when I saw these creatures creeping through the under- 
 brush." 
 
 To show our modern belles and beaux the styles of those 
 days, I must tell you that the first year of the war, I wore 
 ■"nettle cloth " for shirts, and my pants were made of buck- 
 skin. On the " Jockey lot " nettles grew abundant and thrifty; 
 we mowed them down and let them la}% as you would flax, 
 until the stalks become thoroughl)- rotten, then they were 
 taken to the brake and then spun and woven as }'ou would 
 flax ; most all the thread mother used the first year of the war 
 was of this material. 
 
 The next year others began to settle ; Jesse Frye came from 
 Buffalo, bringing two young men with him. Samuel Cronch 
 and Samuel Rose, whom he hired to assist him in building a 
 log house on his lot. He returned to Buffalo and on the 20th 
 of July he came back with his famih'. Soon after came Wood- 
 ward Stevens, Ira Watterman, Simeon Watterman, Phineas 
 Orr, Joseph Bartlet and Otis Wheelock. As there were several 
 children now in the new settlement in need of education, a 
 school was organized and Simeon Watterman was hired to 
 teach it. The school was held in the west end of Peter Pratt's 
 house ; from the Fr}'e famiK' there were four scholars, namely : 
 Enoch, James, Mack and Bcts}' ; from the Pratt famih- five, 
 
566 WAR \KSSKLS IN BUFFALO HARBOR, 
 
 Daniel, John, Hopy, l^hilip and Susy; from the Adams family, 
 two, Wilson and Electa; this was seventy-two years ago, and 
 but four of these scholars are alive to-day ; little " Phil " is a 
 gray-haired )'outh of eight)' ; Enoch and John are sober boys 
 at eighty-tliree, while red-haired and fun-loving Mack is the 
 same old six-pence in his eightieth year. 
 
 The next year many events took place in the little settlements 
 the war bugle had been sounded and all but two were subject 
 to draft, " President " Adams and " Captain " Pratt, by reason 
 of their age, were exempt from military duty. The " Captain " 
 went back to Clarance, by the way of Buffalo, after an invalid 
 daughter and his family, and was in Buffalo the day that the 
 British war vessels, the Royal George and Queen Charlotte 
 sailed up in front of Buffalo harbor and lay there all day. Not 
 a pound of powder was there in the town to load a gun, and, 
 had there been any disposition on the part of the Red Coats 
 to have taken the place they could have done so without meet- 
 ing with any resistance. 
 
 The people were so filled with fear, that they betook them- 
 selves to their cellars and remained there until these vessels 
 had hoisted sail and passed out of sight up the lake. The bat- 
 tle of the Raisen had been fought, and Mr. Pratt, in detailing 
 some of the incidents that took place, spoke of three orphan 
 children whom he found in Clarance, whose mother was dead 
 and their father had been killed in that battle. Those children 
 had in some way got back to Clarance from the west, and were 
 homeless and without friends ; as soon as Adams heard this, 
 tears came to his eyes, and he persuaded the Captain to return 
 to Clarance immediately and bring those children back with 
 him, which he did, and they ever afterwards found a kind home 
 in the Adams family. The names of those children were Tan- 
 ner. Polly, Hannah and James; Mr. Pratt would have willingly 
 cared for these children, but he had already taken charge of 
 three orphans, the children of Mrs. Cox, who died that Sum- 
 mer — this was the daughter he moved from Clarance, and this 
 was the first death in Zoar. She lies buried back on the rise 
 of land under the hill, on the old Peter Pratt farm. 
 
 As the season advanced, the war clouds grew darker and 
 
RKrRp:A'r of i?ina adams. 567 
 
 more threatening. Levies were made for new troops to pro- 
 tect the borders. The men that were drafted in Zoar, were 
 Bina Adams, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt and 
 Ehsha Cox. These soldiers with their wives, sweet-hearts and 
 friends, met at the liouse of Peter Pratt on the morning of 
 their departure, and the final leave-taken was quite affecting, 
 one incident in particular will show that humor will out, let 
 the heart he ever so sad — Mrs. Frye hallooed after the " squire," 
 as his fat form lessened in the distance, "that if wounded, she 
 ne\'er \\anted to hear that he was hit in the back." 
 
 (^ur school continued through the Winter, w^ith Otis 
 Wheelock as teacher, with the addition of four new scholars, 
 the three Tanner children, Polly, Hannah and James, and Eli 
 Cox. The school was kept in a shanty, built by Mr. Pratt for 
 his married daughter, Mrs. Cox, and then made vacant by her 
 death. Nothing tran.spired that Winter worthy of note, until 
 the news came of the burning of Buffalo, Bina Adams, when 
 •ordered to retreat had done so, not making a halt until he 
 reached Zoar. He came out by way of Williamsville. and then 
 through to Yorkshire ; from there he followed the creek down 
 to Zoar. 
 
 Mr. Pratt tells of l^ina coming into school on his retreat, and 
 the first words spoken by him were " Buffalo's burnt." School 
 was out, and \\e did not wait to say "by your leave " to the 
 teacher, but hurried home as fast as our legs would carr)^ us 
 with the news, but Bina had been there before us and he not 
 only told of the burning, but he told a great deal more besides 
 that was interesting, he said " all that saved my scalp was that 
 my legs did their duty," and that the " British had hired all 
 the Senecas to scalp all the Americans ; and that they were on 
 their way then with barbarous intent, and that we might expect 
 a li\'ely time when the}' did come." The next day the settlers 
 held a council at my father's, says Mr. Pratt, and it was decided 
 that our safety lay beyond the " Genesee," and the settlers 
 went so far as to dig pits to store their goods in ; Mr. Pratt 
 tells that his father was the possessor of a horse, and that he 
 prevailed upon the settlers, not to flee until he rode to some 
 place and received something more definite. He set out to- 
 \wards Buffalo, b\- wa\- of l\)unsend Hill. ;nul through by 
 
568 HKiriSIl INVADERS liURX BUFFALO. 
 
 Boston and Hamburg, when he arrived at the latter place he 
 learned that the Seneca Indians, if anything, were more fright- 
 ened than the whites, and that was needless : that they had 
 hurriedly left the reservation and gone, bag and baggage, be- 
 yond the " Genesee." 
 
 The British invaders, with their hair-raising allies, after burn- 
 ing Buffalo and killing several persons, had returned to their 
 own country. * "- "•^' * '^ ■^" 
 
 No longer does the tri weekly stage swing to and fro through 
 this valley from the " Green " to " Lodi," as it used to, and 
 Bill, the driver, is Old Bill now, if alive, but I suspect he has 
 gone to the higher sphere and drives a golden chariot. He 
 was as regular as vibrates the pendulum of a clock, and we used 
 to know just when to look for his coming ; sometimes his 
 coach would be loaded down, and then again it lumbered along 
 empty, but it made no difference to him, he carried the mail 
 and that was enough. Sometimes he brought us a letter 
 directed to Zoar, one of those old-fashioned letters done up in 
 itself and fastened with a blotch of red sealing wax. Flnvelopes 
 had not been born, yet these were good letters, though the 
 writers knew nothing of the spencerian system, or had never 
 studied composition or the art of letter writing, but were full of 
 loving kindness and told of an absent brother or sister, or friend 
 in the far East or West, and they had been so long in coming- 
 and the postage cost so much that they seemed riper and bet- 
 ter than letters do now-a-days. ■'^" '■ '''^' -^ 
 
 And no longer does the pomp of mimic war awake the echoes 
 that dwell among these sleepy hills ; for the last " general 
 training " was held years ago, and those were glorious days for 
 old and young ; I never hear the drum beat but what they 
 come back to me like the dim recollection of a bright and 
 fading dream. "Hills "was the rendezvous, and we small fry 
 looked weeks ahead for the coming of the peddler's cart and 
 the plumed troop with eager expectation, for it was a season 
 of sweet cider, pumkin pies and hard ginger-bread. With 
 miserly care had our pennies been hoarded for these occasions- 
 
DKKDS (;i\i:.\ 15V llIK llol.l.AM) I < ).\1 1'A.W 
 
 569 
 
 COLLINS. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision 
 m pt 
 
 Date ok Dk.kd. 
 July 18. 1839.. 
 
 Name. 
 
 9 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 9 
 
 84 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 Oct. 20, 1843. . 
 
 Jacob LeR.oy. 
 
 9 
 
 140 
 
 \v pt 
 
 Oct. 13, 1855.. 
 
 Abel Taft. 
 
 18 
 
 39 
 
 s-c i)t 
 
 July 18, 1839. • 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 18 
 
 119 
 
 C 111 & 111 . 
 
 Oct. 20. 1843. . 
 
 Jacob LeRov. 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 7, 1854. . . 
 
 D. Beverly. ' 
 
 18 
 
 90 
 
 w pt 
 
 April 4, 1839. • 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 29 
 
 60 
 
 •^ pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Oct. 21, 1851 . . 
 
 John D. Beverly. 
 
 26 
 
 15 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 21, 1851 . . 
 
 Svlvanus Cook. 
 
 29 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 July II, 1842. . 
 
 F. L. &. T. Co. 
 
 29 
 
 50 
 
 e 111 pt . . . . 
 
 April 2, 1855. . 
 
 D. Beverly. 
 
 29 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 1 1, 1842 . 
 
 J. D. Beverly. 
 
 29 
 
 50 
 
 n-\v pt. . . . 
 
 Jan. 15, 1849. • 
 
 C. B. Parkinson. 
 
 39 
 
 187 
 
 e pt 
 
 Jan. 2, 1822. . . 
 
 Sylvanus Parkinson. 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 15, 1828 . 
 
 Sylvanus Parkinson. 
 
 39 
 
 H7 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Ncv. 6, 1830. . 
 
 C. B. Parkinson. 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 w pt 
 
 Feb. 15. 1828 . 
 
 C. B. Parkinson. 
 
 47 
 
 103 
 
 ^^ pt 
 
 Nov. 15. 1823- 
 
 Tinioth}- Clark. 
 
 47 
 
 105 
 
 m pt 
 
 Feb. 25, 1823 . 
 
 Isaac Wickham. 
 
 47 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Mar. 5, 1819. . 
 
 Warren Tanner. 
 
 55 
 
 100 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Feb. 5, 1829.. . 
 
 John Gibbons. 
 
 55 
 
 31 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 9, 1831 . . 
 
 H. Dailey, 
 
 55 
 
 30 
 
 n-c {)t .... 
 
 April 4, 1839. . 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 11 111 pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 24. 1838. 
 
 Isaac White. 
 
 55 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Mar. 19, 1819. 
 
 John J. Harrington. 
 
 63 
 
 30 
 
 .s-e pt 
 
 May 20, 1837. 
 
 Adolphus Albee. 
 
 63 
 
 30 
 
 s-e 111 pt . . 
 
 Jan. 7, 1829 . . 
 
 Adol])hus Albee. 
 
 63 
 
 55 
 
 S 111 pt. . . . 
 
 Jan. 4. 1839.. . 
 
 Enoch Randall. 
 
 63 
 
 55 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. I, 1835 .. . 
 
 Stephen White. 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 1 1, 1842. . 
 
 Charles D. Pierce. 
 
 63 
 
 57 
 
 n-e 111 pt . . 
 
 Nov. 13, 1837. 
 
 Howard Albee. 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 n-\v pt. . . . 
 
 Nov. 19, 1838 . 
 
 Morgan L. Bailey. 
 
 10 
 
 75 
 
 ^- pt 
 
 Aug. 7, 1834.. 
 
 Abner Taft. 
 
 10 
 
 105 
 
 e 111 pt. . . . 
 
 Mar. 24, 1855 . 
 
 Abraham Taft. 
 
 10 
 
 50 
 
 S 111 pt.. . . 
 
 Nov. 3, 1845 . . 
 
 John B. Peasley. 
 
 10 
 
 45 
 
 S-w pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 8, 1851. . 
 
 William Barnhart. 
 
 10 
 
 45 
 
 n-w pt. . . . 
 
 Nov. 8, 1851 . . 
 
 Henry Button. 
 
 19 
 
 125 
 
 e pt 
 
 Mar. 13, 1852.. 
 
 Sylvanus Cook. 
 
 19 
 
 125 
 
 Ill pt 
 
 Oct. 21, 1854.. 
 
 Daniel Irish. 
 
5/0 DEEDS GIVEN BV THE HOLLAND C()^^'A^V. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Con/himui. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 IQ 
 
 61 
 
 19 
 
 61 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 74 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 100 1 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 sO 
 
 40 
 
 75 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 43 
 
 40 
 
 43 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 48 
 
 58 
 
 48 
 
 50 
 
 48 
 
 125 
 
 56 
 
 165 
 
 56 
 
 35 
 
 56 
 
 30 
 
 S6 
 
 50 
 
 56 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 
 lOI 
 
 64 
 
 140 
 
 64 
 
 60 
 
 64 
 
 60 
 
 20 
 
 63 
 
 20 
 
 80 
 
 20 
 
 60 
 
 20 
 
 80 , 
 
 20 
 
 50 ' 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 
 SI 
 
 100 i 
 
 31 
 
 6S 
 
 31 
 
 65 
 
 31 
 
 150 
 
 41 
 
 130 
 
 41 
 
 50 
 
 41 
 
 100 
 
 41 
 
 114 
 
 Subdivision. Date of Deed, 
 
 Name. 
 
 s-w pt. 
 n-w pt 
 s-e pt. . 
 n-e pt . 
 e m pt. 
 m pt . . 
 w ] m pt 
 w pt . . 
 e pt . . . 
 e m pt. 
 m pt . . 
 s-w pt . 
 n-w m . 
 s-w pt . 
 n-w pt. 
 e pt. . . 
 s m pt . 
 n m pt 
 w pt . . 
 e pt . . . 
 s m pt . 
 n m pt. 
 w m pt 
 w pt. . 
 e pt . . . 
 m pt. . 
 w m pt 
 w pt . . 
 e pt . . . 
 s-e m pt 
 n-e m pt 
 m pt . . . 
 w m pt. 
 w pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . 
 em pt . 
 n-e pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 s-e pt. . . 
 n-e pt . . 
 m pt . . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 Aug. 16, 1836 
 May 3, 1837.. 
 Dec. 10, 1845. 
 May 28, 1839 
 Jan. 30, 1839., 
 April 4, 1839. 
 July 17, 1835.. 
 Dec. 4, 1844 . , 
 May 28, 1839 ■ 
 May 26, 1847., 
 Oct. 13, 1846. . 
 Oct. 13, 1846. , 
 May 10, 1854., 
 Oct. 13, 1846. . 
 Nov. 17, 1836. 
 Jan. 1 1, 1819. . 
 Aug. 19, 1 83 1. 
 Nov. 17, 1836. 
 Sept. I, 1819. . 
 Jan. 18, 1838. . 
 Jan. 17, 1838. . 
 Jan. 9, 1835 . . . 
 Oct. 28, 1835. . 
 Dec, 9, 1836 . . 
 Mar. 27, 1833. 
 Mar. 16, 1819.. 
 Jan. 28. 1834. . 
 Jan. 17, 1838. . 
 Aug. 16, 1836. 
 Mar. 18, 1840. 
 Nov. 18, 1854.. 
 Feb. 1 1, 1836.. 
 Jan. 1 1, 1839. . 
 Feb. 1 1, 1836.. 
 Oct. 18, 1819. . 
 July 7, 1830... 
 June 2, 1835 . . 
 Feb. 26, 1818.. 
 Dec. 8, 1855.. • 
 Dec. 29, 1837.. 
 Feb. 1 1, 1842.. 
 Sept. 13, 1845. 
 
 Eli Page. 
 Daniel Irish. 
 S. Cook. 
 Timothy Clark. 
 Sylvanus Cook, Jr. 
 D. A. Chandler. 
 Joel Phillips. 
 Erastus Harris. 
 Martin Potter. 
 T. J. Kerr. 
 Betsey Robbins. 
 Smith Phillips. 
 J. A. Griffin. 
 Sylvanus Cook. 
 John C. Adams, 
 Stephen Peter. 
 W. L. Mosher. 
 John C. Adams. 
 Joseph Wood. 
 John J. Harrington- 
 John J. Harrington. 
 Isaac White. 
 John J. Harrington. 
 Stephen White. 
 W. S. Herrick. 
 Luke Crandall. 
 Eli Heath. 
 John J. Harrington. 
 Timothy Smith, Jr. 
 Gideon Barnhart. 
 S. Bates, Jr. 
 William W. Holcomb. 
 Joseph Plumb. 
 Michael Barnhart. 
 Sylvanus Bates. 
 Sylvanus Cook. 
 Oliver Harris, Jr. 
 James Nichols, Jr. 
 Albert Becker. 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 Jonathan Sowle. 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 
DKKDs (;i\i:\ i{\' riiK hoi.i.and c;().mi'.\.\v 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX. RANGE EIGHT— ConOnitei/. 
 
 571 
 
 Lot Acres., Subdivision. Datf. of Dekd. 
 
 Mame. 
 
 
 
 49 
 
 123 
 
 49 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 
 120 
 
 57 
 
 60 
 
 57 
 
 roo 
 
 57 
 
 50 
 
 D/ 
 
 -'5 
 
 57 
 
 50 
 
 57 
 
 :^7 
 
 57 
 
 30 
 
 65 
 
 75 
 
 ^5 
 
 100 
 
 6=; 
 
 100 
 
 65 
 
 84 
 
 y 1 
 
 
 11 i 
 
 940 
 
 21 
 
 100 
 
 21 
 
 80 
 
 21 
 
 80 
 
 21 
 
 100 
 
 32 
 
 362 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 42 
 
 40 
 
 42 
 
 50 
 
 42 
 
 1 10 
 
 42 
 
 96 
 
 50 
 
 120 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 32 
 
 50 
 
 3^ 
 
 5« 
 
 176 
 
 5« 
 
 50 
 
 5« 
 
 94 
 
 66 
 
 49 
 
 66 
 
 so 
 
 66 
 
 SO 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 
 13 
 
 123 
 
 13 
 
 143 
 
 13 
 
 50 
 
 22 
 
 122 
 
 e ])t 
 
 m ])t . . . . 
 \v pt . . . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 c m pt. . . 
 S 111 pt.. . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 n 111 pt . . 
 n-\v m pt 
 ii-w pt . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 e m pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 \v pt . . . . 
 
 both . . . 
 
 c pt 
 
 e m pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 N\- 1 
 
 e pt 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 m pt . . . . 
 s-vv pt . . . 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 cm pt . . 
 m pt . . . . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 •M^t 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 n pt. . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 cm pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 e pt 
 
 July 5, 1826. . . 
 Feb. 5. 1819 . . 
 Feb. 7, 1817. . . 
 May 24, 1842.. 
 Dec. 30. 1836.. 
 Nov. 5, 1855... 
 Dec. 14, 1837. 
 Feb. 19, 1842 . 
 Sept. 17, 1853. 
 Dec. 1 1, 1852.. 
 Dec. 5, 1837,.. 
 June 6, 1834 . . 
 Sept. 21, 1835. 
 D ecus, 1839.. 
 
 July 14. 1837. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1853. 
 Dec. 14, 1837. 
 Dec. 14, 1837. 
 Dec. 29, 1837. 
 May 25, 1 818. 
 Dec. 26, 1839. 
 Dec. 26, 1838. 
 Feb. I. 1836.. 
 July 15, 1819.. 
 Nov. 15, 1830. 
 Jan. 5, 1818. 
 Oct. 18, 1 8 19 
 Mar. 9. 1825 
 July 1, 1839 
 Feb. 5, 1829 
 April 14, 1821 
 Jan. 3, 1829. . 
 May 12, 1855. 
 May 27, 1853. 
 Oct. 20, 1853. . 
 Dec. 28, 1838.. 
 Oct. 3, 1850. . . 
 Jan. 17, 1834. . 
 Oct. 10, 1835. . 
 Feb. 17, 1846.. 
 Oct. 24, 1835.. 
 
 Stephen Wilbur. 
 Nathan Kint^. 
 Stephen Wilbur. 
 Stephen White. 
 David Wilbur. 
 G. F. Kin^. 
 Stephen Wilbur. 
 Joseph Potter. 
 T. B. Payn. 
 V. Heath. 
 Jared C. King. 
 William S. Herrick, 
 William Potter. 
 John J. Harrington. 
 
 Joseph Plumb. 
 
 Benjamin P. Wells. 
 Benjamin P. Wells. 
 Samuel Wells. 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 Aaron Lindsley. 
 Benjamin Boyce. 
 Samuel Warner. 
 Benjamin Boyce. 
 Arnold King. 
 Benjamin Boyce. 
 Joshua Palmerton. 
 Joshua Palmerton. 
 Ezra Nichols. 
 Joshua Palmerton. 
 S. Bartlett. 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 S. and S. Harrington. 
 Isaac Brown. 
 Jacob LeRo)-. 
 Smith Sherman. 
 T. R. Stafford. 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 Phineas Taft. 
 Isaac Allen. 
 
572 
 
 DEEDS GIVEN HV THE HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE EIGHT— Coniim/ed. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed 
 
 Name. 
 
 22 
 
 IIO 
 
 m pt 
 
 Nov. 7, 1834.. 
 
 Isaac Allen. 
 
 22 
 
 no 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. 6, 1834. . 
 
 Zoeth Allen. 
 
 33 
 
 354 
 
 
 July 3, 1820. .. 
 
 Joseph Lapham. 
 
 43 
 
 73 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 20, 1835. 
 
 Arnold King. 
 
 43 
 
 46 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1838. 
 
 Gilbert P. Smith. 
 
 43 
 
 60 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 21, 1838. . 
 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 
 43 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1839. 
 
 Royal Strang. 
 
 43 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1836. 
 
 Allen King. 
 
 43 
 
 90 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 April 4, 1839. • 
 
 D. C. Chandler. 
 
 51 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 Nov. 10, 1826. 
 
 Ezra Southwick. 
 
 51 
 
 30 
 
 em pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 9, 1836. . 
 
 Ezra Southwick, 
 
 51 
 
 50 
 
 em pt . . . 
 
 May I, 1841 . . 
 
 Caleb Tarbox. 
 
 51 
 
 30 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 25, 1832. 
 
 John Randall. 
 
 51 
 
 30 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1836. 
 
 Augustus Smith. 
 
 51 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Mar. II, 1818. 
 
 Augustus Smith. 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 May 28, 1827.. 
 
 J. R. Smith. 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 June 8, 1855. . 
 
 Nancy Brace. 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 n-e m pt . . 
 
 Dec. 27, 1833. 
 
 Thomas J. Kerr. 
 
 59 
 
 70 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 10, 1846. 
 
 Eli Rice. 
 
 59 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 May 28, 1827. 
 
 John Rice. 
 
 67 
 
 105 
 
 e pt 
 
 Nov. 30, 1838. 
 
 Charles E. Potter. 
 
 67 
 
 76 
 
 s m jjt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 2, 1856. . . 
 
 S. C. Schoonover. 
 
 67 
 
 30 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 9, 1850. . 
 
 0. Allen. 
 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 May 27, 1839. 
 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 
 67 
 
 100 
 
 n-H' pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 9, 1835.. 
 
 Smith Sherman. 
 
 14 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 Oct. 21, 1836. . 
 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 
 14 
 
 ^37 
 
 \v pt 
 
 Dec. 29, 1837. 
 
 Jacob Becker. 
 
 23 
 
 67 
 
 s-e pt .... 
 
 Dec. 9, 1845 . . 
 
 Abraham Patch. 
 
 23 
 
 91 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 June 13, 1835. 
 
 Martin Perrin. 
 
 23 
 
 ^7 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 30, 1835. 
 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 
 23 
 
 55 
 
 A\" m pt . . . 
 
 April 24, 1828. 
 
 Stephen Southwick. 
 
 34 
 
 184 
 
 s pt 
 
 Oct. 6, 1835. . . 
 
 Hosea White. 
 
 34 
 
 184 
 
 n pt 
 
 Sept. 19, 1819. 
 
 Abram Lapham. 
 
 44 
 
 190 
 
 s pt 
 
 Sept. 7, 1 819.. 
 
 Abram Lapham. 
 
 44 
 
 48 
 
 em pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 9, 1837. . . 
 
 Hunnewell Hathaway. 
 
 44 
 
 46 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 25, 1834. 
 
 Warren Foster. 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 July 29, 1820. 
 
 E. Lapham. 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 n-A\- pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 19, 1836. 
 
 H. Hathaway. 
 
 52 
 
 50 
 
 -S-e pt . . . . 
 
 Sept. 13, 1834. 
 
 Elijah Pratt. 
 
 52 
 
 49 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 25, 1834. 
 
 Warren Foster. 
 
 52 
 
 60 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 June 6, 1822. . 
 
 Asa Lapham. 
 
 52 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 13, 1830. 
 
 Betsey Kinne. 
 
DEEDS (;IVE.\ I!V THE HOLLAND COMPANY. 573 
 
 TOWNSHIP SL\, RANGE EIGHT— Continue,/. 
 
 Lot. Acres. Subdivision. I Date of Deed. 
 
 52 
 52 
 52 
 60 
 60 
 60 
 68 
 68 
 68 
 68 
 
 15 
 24 
 25 
 35 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 45 
 
 53 
 
 53 
 
 53 
 
 53 
 61 
 
 61 
 
 61 
 
 61 
 
 61 
 
 69 
 
 69 
 
 69 
 
 69 
 
 36) 
 
 37' 
 
 38J 
 
 46 
 
 54 
 54 
 54 
 
 Name. 
 
 50 
 
 47 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 I I I 
 
 161 
 
 124 
 
 65 
 
 65 
 
 100 
 
 169 
 
 223 
 
 135 
 
 50 
 50 
 
 28 
 42 
 28 
 29 
 
 397 
 65 
 42 
 29 
 
 200 
 60 
 40 
 60 
 60 
 82 
 
 100 
 60 
 60 
 
 140 
 
 423 
 
 389 
 100 
 
 134 
 
 50 
 
 Feb. 15, 1839. 
 
 Aug. 22, 1831 . 
 
 Feb. 12, 1829. 
 
 May 28, 1827. 
 
 Sept. 26, 1828. 
 
 npt I Jan. 9, 1836. . . 
 
 s pt { Nov. 10. 1835 • 
 
 m pt I Dec. 10, 1836. 
 
 n m pt . . J Sept. 28, 1836. 
 
 npt j Nov. 27, 18 17. 
 
 I Nov. I, 1832 
 
 Oct. 15, 1822 
 
 : Jan. 17, 1834 
 
 Jan. 6, 1837. 
 
 Jan. I, 1840. 
 
 June 7, 1838 
 
 n m pt . 
 w m pt . 
 n-w pt . 
 s-e pt . . 
 s-w pt 
 
 s-e pt . 
 n-e pt . 
 
 89 I s m pt 
 
 n m pt. . . April 2, 1838 
 m pt \ Oct. 29, 1834 
 
 w m pt 
 w pt . . 
 
 s-e pt . . 
 em pt . 
 n pt . . . 
 vv pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . 
 s-w pt . . 
 e m pt. 
 w m pt . 
 n pt . . . . 
 s pt . . . . 
 s m pt . 
 n m pt. 
 n pt . . . . 
 
 s pt . . . 
 m pt . . 
 n-\v pt , 
 
 July 5, 1838 
 Feb. 20, 1835 
 Oct. 13, 1819 
 Nov. 16, 1835. 
 Dec. 3, 1829 
 Oct. 6, 1835. 
 June 6, 1 8 18 
 Oct. 6, 1835. 
 Dec. 8, 1836 
 Aug. 7, 183s 
 Dec. 20, 1838. 
 Nov. 1 1, 1836. 
 June 13, 1831. 
 Sept. 6, 1834. . 
 Nov. 1 1, 1836. 
 May 22, 181 1.. 
 
 Thomas J. Kerr. 
 B. Halleck. 
 John W'ilber. 
 John Rice. 
 William Sisson. 
 Orton J. Knight. 
 Smith Barton. 
 Jolin Lawton. 
 John Lawton. 
 Jacob Taylor. 
 Ahaz Allen. 
 Enos Southwick. 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 Amos Pearson. 
 David Goldshwait. 
 \ Chester Howe and 
 ( Amasa A. Chaffee. 
 H. Hathaway. 
 George F. King. 
 James Lock. 
 Arnold King. 
 Stephen Lapham. - 
 Orton J. Knight. 
 Avery Knight. 
 Avery Knight. 
 David Pound. 
 John W'ilbor. 
 John W'ilbor. 
 Thomas G. Kerr. 
 Thomas Kerr. 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 Asa Lapham. 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 Smith Bartlett. 
 Jacob Taylor. 
 
 Aug. 2r. 1819. Turner Aldrich, 
 
 Jan. 17. 1834.. Ralph Plumb. 
 
 Jan. 18,1834.. Ralph Plumb. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1837. Nathan Cass. 
 
 Jan. 5, 1836. . . Hart Rice. 
 
574 DKKDS (ilVKN l',\ IIIK HOLLAND (OMl'AW 
 
 TOWNSHIP SLX, RANGE EIGHT— ro;iii>nm/. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Acres. 
 
 75 
 206 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date ok Deicd. 
 
 Name. 
 
 
 62 
 62 
 
 s-c pt . . . . 
 n pt 
 
 Dec. 8, 1836.. 
 Jan. 26, 1813. . 
 
 John Vosburt^h. 
 Jacob Ta\'lor. 
 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RAN(iE EIGHT. 
 
 I 
 
 50 
 
 I 
 
 72 
 
 • 
 
 150 
 
 9 
 
 177 
 
 9 
 
 200 
 
 17 
 
 150 
 
 17 
 
 120 
 
 17 
 
 60 
 
 25 
 
 120 
 
 25 
 
 200 
 
 33 
 
 85 
 
 34 
 
 40 
 
 35 
 
 100 
 
 35 
 
 45 
 
 35 
 
 90 
 
 41 
 
 130 
 
 41 
 
 45 
 
 41 
 
 84 
 
 41 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 
 209 
 
 49 
 
 56 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 57 
 
 57 
 
 e pt 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 w pt 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 \v pt . . . . 
 -s-e m pt . 
 e m pt . . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 s-e pt. . . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 n m pt . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 s-e pt. . . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 lot 
 
 Sept, 
 
 June 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 July 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Sept 
 
 Nov, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Sept 
 
 May 
 
 Aug, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 , 26, 1836. 
 28, 1836. 
 
 19, 1 8 16.. 
 23, 1S15.. 
 
 20, 181 8 . 
 
 23, 1821 . . 
 28, 1855.. 
 
 24, 1836 . 
 26, 1838.. 
 31. 1836 . 
 13, 1840. . 
 22, 1831 . . 
 
 7. 1835 ■■ 
 
 12, 1838 . 
 22, 1836.. 
 
 . 5, 1821 . . 
 
 13, 1827, 
 
 21, 1836. , 
 . 13, 1820 
 
 22, 1811 
 
 , 15, 1 82 1 
 24, 1809. 
 24, 1809. 
 
 Oiiver Pcrr\-. 
 Elisha Washburn. 
 John Goodell. 
 James Goodell. 
 Kendall Johnson. 
 S.M. Goodell and others. 
 George Lenox. 
 Daniel Healy. 
 George Southvvick. 
 Hudson Ansley. 
 Hiram Pratt. 
 Stephen Sisson . 
 Elijah Pratt. 
 George Sisson . 
 Charles C. Sherman. 
 Jacob Ta\'lor. 
 R. C. Sherman . 
 Nathaniel Sisson, Jr. 
 John Lawton. 
 Stephen Twining. 
 William Sisson . 
 Thomas Stewardson. 
 Thomas Stewardson. 
 
 TOWXSIHl' SIX, KAXCiK SEVEN. 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 63 
 
 250 
 
 63 
 
 50 ' 
 
 64 
 
 80 
 
 64 
 
 90 
 
 64 
 
 50 : 
 
 64 
 
 100 1 
 
 64 
 
 50 
 
 e pt Oct. 20, 1843. 
 
 m pt July 18, 1839. 
 
 w i)t April 20, 1839 
 
 s-e pt j July 18, 1839 
 
 n-e i)t . . . . i Dec. 21, 1826 
 
 m in j Jan. 15. 1842 
 
 w m pt . . . j Jan. i 5, 1842 
 w pt I Jan. I 5, 1842 
 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 P C. Sherman . 
 William \\ Powers. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 George C. Tripp. 
 Erastus Colburn. 
 Erastus Colburn. 
 Nehemiah Reynold.s. 
 
DEKDS (;IVKN DV 11 IK HOLLAND COMrANN'. 575 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE SEVEN— CouiinueJ. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 ACRKS. 
 90 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date ok Dked. 
 
 Name. 
 
 65 
 
 s-e pt 1 
 
 Jan. 15, 1842. . 
 
 Sylvanus liites, Jr. 
 
 65 
 
 50 
 
 s-e m pt . . j 
 
 May 11, 1837. 
 
 David Tay. 
 
 65 
 
 50 
 
 e m pt . . . : 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836. . 
 
 Stukeley Hudson. 
 
 65 
 
 100 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 26, 1835. . 
 
 William Clark. 
 
 65 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. 4, 1836. . 
 
 Jonas Howe. 
 
 50 
 
 232 
 
 w 1 
 
 Nov. 8, 1852. . 
 
 Jesse Frye. 
 
 51 
 
 218 
 
 wl 
 
 July 18, 1839. • 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 52 
 
 76 
 
 ept 
 
 Jan. 28, 1854.. 
 
 Peter Beverly. 
 
 52 
 
 I 10 
 
 s m pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 12, 1837 . 
 
 Edward Vail. 
 
 52 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 15, 1842. . 
 
 Seba Nichols. 
 
 52 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 6, 1832. . . 
 
 John D. Beverly. 
 
 52 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Oct. 6, 1836... 
 
 John D. Beverly. 
 
 30 
 
 125 
 
 ept 
 
 Jan. 7, 1839.. . 
 
 H. U. Soper. 
 
 30 
 
 60 
 
 w pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 31 
 
 156 
 
 w 1 
 
 Nov. II, J841 . 
 
 Phineas Orr. 
 
 32 
 
 118 
 
 w 1 
 
 June 2, 1S30. . 
 
 Peter Pratt. 
 
 33 
 
 64 
 
 c pt 
 
 Aug. 29, 1822. 
 
 Peter Pratt. 
 
 33 
 
 70 
 
 w pt 
 
 Oct. 29, 1853. . 
 
 Michael C. Hufstater. 
 
 34 
 
 40 
 
 e pt 
 
 Oct. 29, 1853.. 
 
 Michael C. Hufstater. 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Jan. 15, 1836.. 
 
 William Ballou. 
 
 35 
 
 143 
 
 ^v\ 
 
 July I, 1838... 
 
 Abram Van Tuyl. 
 
 37 
 
 93 
 
 ept 
 
 July 18, 1839. • 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 37 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 3« 
 
 50 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 May 12, 1855 . 
 
 Joseph Bailey. 
 
 3H 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . ... 
 
 Oct. 20, 1843.. 
 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 
 3« 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 6, 1837 . . 
 
 Jehial Hill, 
 
 83 
 
 391 
 
 w 1 
 
 July 18, 1839. • 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 84 
 
 53 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 Sept. 24, 1834. 
 
 Nathaniel Knight. 
 
 84 
 
 60 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. I, 1836.. 
 
 Tracy Burnap. 
 
 84 
 
 84 
 
 e m pt... . 
 
 Mar. 10, 1 841 . 
 
 Francis L. Knight. 
 
 84 
 
 40 
 
 ^\• m pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 14, 1843.. 
 
 Tracy Burnap. 
 
 84 
 
 54 
 
 n-w m pt . 
 
 May 6, 1854 . . 
 
 H. Wickham. 
 
 84 
 
 50 
 
 n pt 
 
 Dec. 10, 1853. • 
 
 Huram Wickham. 
 
 85 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 July 4, 1835... 
 
 William Skeggs. 
 
 85 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 8, 1833... 
 
 H. W. Palmerston. 
 
 85 
 
 60 
 
 s m pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 6, 1842.. . 
 
 H. W. Palmerston. 
 
 85 
 
 135 
 
 m pt 
 
 April 28, 1837. 
 
 Orton J. Knight. 
 
 85 
 
 57 
 
 n pt 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 74 
 
 109 
 
 e pt 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 74 
 
 40 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 May 20, 1842 . 
 
 Nehemiah Reynolds. 
 
 74 
 
 60 
 
 e m pt. . . 
 
 Jan. 25, 1842. . 
 
 Joseph Jenkins. 
 
 74 
 
 87 
 
 m pt 
 
 Nov. I, 1841 . . 
 
 Hiram B. Clark. 
 
5/6 DEEDS (ilVEN HV THE HOELAM) COMl'AXV 
 
 TOWNSHIP SIX, RANGE S¥NY.^— Continued. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 74 
 
 60 
 
 74 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 75 
 
 175 
 60 
 
 75 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 
 40 
 
 75 
 7^ 
 76 
 76 
 
 39 
 70 
 
 165 
 
 150 
 
 92 
 
 50 
 
 92 
 
 25 
 
 92 
 
 50 
 
 92 
 
 75 
 
 92 
 
 100 i 
 
 93 
 93 
 
 50 I 
 
 84 ' 
 
 93 
 
 70 
 
 93 
 
 21 
 
 93 
 
 50 
 
 93 
 
 15 I 
 
 94 
 
 74 
 
 94 
 
 1 10 
 
 94 
 
 30 
 
 94 
 
 30 
 
 94 
 
 50 
 
 94 
 
 40 
 
 94 
 
 30 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 s-w pt . . 
 n-w pt . . 
 e pt . . . 
 s m pt . . 
 s-v\' pt . . 
 w m pt . 
 n-w pt . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 m pt . . . 
 w pt . . . 
 s-e pt. . . 
 s-e m pt 
 e m pt . 
 n-e pt . . 
 \w m pt . 
 s-c pt. . . 
 s-c pt . . 
 m pt . . . 
 n-e ni pt 
 s-w pt . . 
 e in pt . 
 s-c pt. . . 
 n-w pt . . 
 s-w m pt 
 s m pt . . 
 s-w pt . . 
 n-e pt . . 
 n ni pt . 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Dec. 26, 1836 . 
 July I, 1836. . . 
 July 2, 1822 . . 
 Jan. 4, 1829. . . 
 Jan. 15, 1842 .. 
 Dec. cS, 1836 . . 
 Dec. 7, 1836 . . 
 Feb. 26, 1839.. 
 Jan. 15, 1842 .. 
 Nov. 6, 1816. . 
 Oct. 27,1835.. 
 Nov. 3, 1842. . 
 Nov. I, 1 841 . . 
 May 25, 1839.. 
 Nov. I, 1840. . 
 Sept. 9, 1853. . 
 Feb. 20, 1856.. 
 Aug. 12, 1854. 
 Jan. 20, 1855 . . 
 Apr.5 or6, 1837 
 May 12, 1855 ■ 
 Mar. 10, 1841 . 
 Feb. 6. 1857 . . 
 Oct. 27, 1835. . 
 Oct. 23, 1848. . 
 Oct. 1 8, 1838 . 
 Jan. 15, 1855.. 
 Mar. 15, 1853 ■ 
 
 Name. 
 
 John F. Johnson. 
 Abraham V'an Tuyl. 
 Nathaniel Knight. 
 William Stevenson. 
 Norman Reynolds. 
 William Stevenson. 
 Wilber Irish. 
 William Skeggs. 
 Daniel Newel. 
 Henry Kimball. 
 Joshua Pike. 
 Moses Blakeley. 
 Orin Randall. 
 Jeremiah Richardson. 
 Hiram Hazard. 
 Jacob Burnap. 
 J. A. Randall. 
 David Roberts. 
 E. Randall. 
 Isaac Brown. 
 S. and S. Harrington. 
 William Crandall. 
 G. T. and A. Potter. 
 Lyman Steele. 
 Norman Reynolds. 
 William Warner. 
 Joseph Baile)'. 
 William A. Sibley. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, R.\NGE SEVEN. 
 
 49 
 
 160 
 
 s pt 
 
 1 
 
 1 April 1, i.''39. . 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 49 
 
 150 
 
 e pt 
 
 Mar. 31, 1842 . 
 
 Alpheus Aldrich. 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . 
 
 June 7, 1842. . 
 
 Allurus Harris. 
 
 49 
 
 57 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 13, 1845. 
 
 Jacob Le Roy. 
 
 ^7 
 
 64 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 5, 1856. . . 
 
 Lewis R. Giles. 
 
 57 
 
 53 
 
 s m pt . . 
 
 June 16, 1848. 
 
 Philander Pierce. 
 
 S7 
 
 62 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 Jan. 6, 1855 .. . 
 
 Oliver Briggs. 
 
 57 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 June 16, 1848 . 
 
 N. K. Albee. 
 
 57 
 
 44 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 31, 1855 . 
 
 John Staff in. 
 
I'KRsoNs i:i.!;c ii;i) lo town of kicks. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVES—CoMiinuc,/. 
 
 577 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Aires. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 65 
 65 
 65 
 65 
 65 
 65 
 
 80 
 70 
 
 ■0 
 
 25 
 30 
 
 w pt 
 
 n-w m pt . 
 S 111 pt . . . . 
 n-c IT) pt . . 
 n m pt . . . 
 n ni pt . . . 
 
 July 28. 1855.. 
 Oct. 7. 1854.. . 
 Sept. 25, 1854. 
 Mar. I, 1855. . 
 Oct. II, 1851.. 
 Nov. I, 1841 . . 
 
 Isaac Hunt. 
 D. C. Pierce. 
 Vernam Godfrey. 
 John Staffin. 
 William Briggs. 
 A. D. Conger. 
 
 NAMES OK I'KKSOXS WHO IIA\K KILKKD lOWN OKKICKS 
 from the formation of the town ( 1821 ) up to the present date: 
 
 1821. 
 
 Supervisor — John Law ton. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — Lemuel M. White. John Griffith, Luke Cr .n- 
 dall. Jr. 
 
 Commissioners of Hi^^hways — Levi Woodward, John Law- 
 ton, Arnold Kino- 
 Collector — Luke Crandall, Jr. 
 
 1S22. 
 
 Supervisor — Henry Joslin. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — Levi Woodward, Stephen Hussey, John (jriffith. 
 Commissioners of Hio;]iw.iys — John Lawton, Nathaniel King, 
 Abram Gifford. 
 
 Collector — Luke Crandall. Jr. 
 
 1823. 
 
 Super\isor — Ste;)heii White. 
 Town Clerk — Jo'.in Lawton. 
 
 Assessors — Nathaniel White, John Arnold, John Stancliff, Jr. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Jonathan O. Irish. Horace Lan- 
 don, Phineas Orr. 
 
 Collector — Luke Crandall, Jr. 
 
578 PERS(^NS ELFXTED TO TOWN OFFICES. 
 
 1824. 
 
 Supervisor— Nathaniel Knight. 
 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — John Arnold, Soloman Dunham, Lemuel M. 
 White. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — John Lawton, Horace Lan- 
 don, Enos Southwick. 
 
 Collector — Luke Crandall, Jr. 
 
 1825. 
 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Knight. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — John Arnold, Enos Southwick, Lemuel M. White". 
 Commissioners of Highways — John Lawton, Soloman Dun- 
 ham, Horace Landon. 
 
 Collector — Luke Crandall, Jr. 
 
 1826. 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Knight. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — John Lawton, Horace Landon, Enos Southwick. 
 Commissioners of Highways — John Lawton, Horace Lan- 
 don, Soloman Dunham. 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 1827. 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Knight. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — John Arnold, Enos Southwick, John Stancliff, Jr. 
 Commissioners of Highways — John Lawton, Horace Lan- 
 don, James Parkinson. 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 1828. 
 
 Supervisor — -Nathaniel Knight. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — John Arnold, John Stancliff, Jr., Enos Southwick. 
 Commissioners of Highways — James Parkinson, Benjamin 
 Hussey, Enos Southwick. 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
TERSOXS KI.KCIKI) \n loWN ol' KICKS. 579 
 
 1829. 
 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Kni<jht. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors — ^Enos Southwick, John Arnokl. John .Stancliff. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Jolm Lawton, Warren Tan- 
 ner. Lemuel M. White. 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 1830. 
 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Kniijht. 
 Town Clerk — Stephen W^hite. 
 
 Assessors — John Arnold, Richard Rodgers, John Ciriffith. 
 Commissioners of Highways — W^arren Tanner, John Lawton, 
 Lemuel M. White. 
 
 Collector — Asher Aver\'. 
 
 1831. 
 
 The people failed to elect town officers in that \'ear, and 
 they were appointed by three Justices of the Peace : 
 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Knight. 
 
 Town Clerk — Stephen White. 
 
 Assessors- — Benjamin W. Pratt, Lsaac Allen, John Stan- 
 cliff, Jr. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Samuel Rodgers, Lemuel M. 
 White, Warren Tanner. 
 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 1832. 
 
 Supervisor — Nathaniel Knight. 
 Town Clerk — Zemri Howx*. 
 
 Assessors — ^Richard Rodgers, John C. Adams, Isaac Allen. 
 Commissioners of Highways — -Jehial Hill, Samuel Rodgers, 
 Warren Tanner. 
 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — Lemuel M. White, John Stancliff, Jr. 
 
 1833- 
 Supervisor — Ralph Plumb. 
 Town Clerk — Zemri Howe. 
 Assessors — Stephen White, Nathaniel King, Lsaac Allen. 
 
58o PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Jehial Hill, Elisah Ward, John 
 Lawton. 
 
 Collector — Asher Avery. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Horace Landon. 
 
 1834. 
 Supervisor — Ralph Plumb. 
 Town Clerk — Zemri Howe. 
 
 Assessors — Stephen White, Nathaniel King, Isaac Allen. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Jehial Hill, Kendall Johnson,. 
 Elisah Ward. 
 
 Collector— Asher Avery. 
 
 1S35, '36, '?,7' '38. '39. 40, '41, '42, 43' 49' '50. 
 SUPERVISORS. 
 Ralph Plumb. John L. Henry, 1844-45. Thomas Russell, 
 1846, '47, '48, '51. Samuel C. Adams, 1832, '53. James H. 
 McMillen, 1854, '55. Benjamin W. Sherman, 1856. James H. 
 Plumb, 1857, '58, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67. Anson G. Conger, 1859, 
 '60, '77. E.W. Henry, 1861. Marcus Bartlett, 1862. Stephen 
 T. White, 1868, '69, '70. Stephen A. Sisson, 1871, '72, '73- 
 John H. White, 1874, '75- William A. Johnson, 1876, '7'?>. C. 
 C. Torrence, 1879, '^O' '^^- William H. Parkinson, 1882. John 
 T. Johnson, 1883. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 Zemri Howe, 1835, 37. Stephen White, 1836. Leman H. 
 Pitcher, 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44. Thomas Russell, 1845. 
 Benjamin W. Sherman, 1846, '47. E. W. Godfrey, 1848, '49, 
 '50. George H. Hodges, 185 1, '53, "54, '55, '58. Paul H. 
 White, 1852. William W. Russell, 1856, '57. Henry S. Steb- 
 bins, 1859. S. C. Warner, i860, '61. Z. A. Bartlett, 1862, '64. 
 '71, '73, '74. P. H. Perry, 1863. Joseph Mugridge, 1865, '66. 
 Curtis I. Bates, 1867. L. H. De Wolf, 1868, '69. S. T. Knight, 
 1875, '76, '77. Plyn Holton, 1878, '79. A. W. Fish, 1880. M. 
 B. Sherman, 1881, '82. David H. Davis, 1883. 
 
 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
 Zimri Howe, 1835, '43, '55. John Sherman, 1836, '40. 
 Humphry Smith, 1837. James Parkinson, 1838. Warren Tan- 
 ner, 1 841. Nathaniel Frank, 1842, '46. Isaac Potter, 1844. 
 
I'KRSOXS EI.ECTKD TO lOWX OFl'ICES. 581 
 
 Harvey Hicks, 1845. Lcman H. Pitcher, 1845, '47> '5'- J^"- 
 nin<;s B(nvcn. 1846. '48. Chas. C. Kirby, 1849. Benj. VV. 
 Sherman, 1850, '54. L}'nian Clark, 1852. W'ilham Dickenson, 
 1850. Philip II. Perr)', 1853, '62, '64. '65, '69, '74, 'yj. Anson, 
 Tanner, 1853, '57. John Wilber, 1853. Marcus Kartlett, 1856. 
 E. W. Henry, 1857, '60, '64. Hiram Gibbons, 1858. S. W. 
 Soule. 1859. J^^li" ^'- Allen, 1859. ^- B. Parkinson, 1862, '67. 
 Samuel C. Warner, 1863. Arnold Chase, 18C6. \V. W. Rus- 
 sell, 1866, '67, '71. William Peacock, 1868, '72, '80. Edward 
 Vail, 1873. Erastus Harris, 1874. L. Van Ostrand, 1875,79- 
 H. J. Brown. 187 .-. J . Knight, 1878. M. P. Kellogg 1881. 
 H. A. Rej'nolds, 1878, '82. 
 
 COI.LKCTORS. 
 
 Asher Avery, 1835, '36, '^7, '38. '39. 40, '4i> 4^. 43. 44- 45, 
 '46, '47. Piatt Rogers, 1848, '49. David Roberts, 1850. Nor- 
 man Re}-nolds, 185 1, '52, '60. Ezra Bull, 1853, "54, '55, '56. 
 Enoch Randall, 1857. George McMillan, 1858. Nathan F. 
 King, 1859, '61. Arus Hall, 1862, '63. Rufus Washburn, 1864, 
 '65. Benjamin Smith, 1866. Ransom G. King, 1867. Joseph 
 A. Smith, 1868, '69. A. B. Pierce, 1870. Henry Statts, 1871. 
 Adam Clark, 1872. James Matthews, 1873. J. G. Van Ostrand,. 
 1874. Milton B. Sherman, 1875, '76, '79, '80. Otis Wheeler, 
 1877. Edward E. White, 1878. Charles C. Clark, 1881. 
 Eewis Soule, 1882. 
 
 ASSESSORS. 
 
 Stephen White, Nathaniel Knight, Lsaac Allen, 1835. John 
 Arnold, Isaac Allen, Eemuel M. White, 1836. Nathaniel Rich- 
 mond, Enos Southwick, Nathaniel Knight, 1837. Nathaniel 
 Richmond, Enos Southwick, W'arren Tanner, 1838. Enos 
 Southwick, William Herrick, John Stancliff, Nathaniel Rich- 
 mond, 1839. Enos Southwick, Warren Tanner, Benjamin W. 
 Sherman, Martial Judson, 1840. Enos Southwick, Martial 
 Judson. B. W. Sherman, Warren Tanner, 1841. Enos South- 
 wick, B. W. Sherman, Warren Tanner, Martial Judson, 1842. 
 Constant Southwick, Enos Southwick, Warren Tanner, John 
 Stancliff, 1843. Martial Judson, Constant Southwick, Warren 
 Tanner, S. T. Munger, 1844. Enos Southwick, V. L. Knight 
 Jennings Bowen, Horace Landon, 1845. Horace Landon, 
 
582 PERSONS ELECTKI) TO TOWN OFFICES. 
 
 Humphry Smith, Timothy Bigelow, 1846. Gideon Webster, 
 1847. Edwin P. Pahner, Giles Gifford, 1848. Giles Gifford, 
 1849. Samuel T. Munger, 1850. Francis L. Knight, 1851. 
 Wilson Rodgers, 1852. Samuel T. Munger, Anson G. Conger, 
 1853. Norman Reynolds, Almon D. Conger, 1854. Almon 
 
 D. Conger, 1855. Samuel T. Munger, 1856. Marcus Bartlett, 
 1857. Joseph Gifford, 1858. Samuel T. Munger, 1859. John 
 
 E. Moss, i860. Almon D. Conger, 1861, Joshua Allen, 
 George Sisson, 1862, '63, Almon D. Conger, 1864. Joshua 
 Allen, 1865. Stephen A. Sisson, 1866. Almon D. Conger, 
 1867. John H. White, 1868. E. R. Harris, 1869. Almon D. 
 Conger, 1870. J. H. White, 1871. E, R. Harris, 1872. John 
 H. Johnson, 1873. Joshua Allen, 1874. George Sission, 1875. 
 John H. Johnson, 1876. John H. White, 1877. S. B. Wash- 
 burn, 1878. J. H. Johnson, 1879. J- H. White, 1880. S. B. 
 Washburn, 1881. Joshua Allen, PVancis Brown, 1882. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF HICHWAVS. 
 
 Jehial Hill, Darius Crandall, George Davold, 1835. Jehiai 
 Hill, George Davold, Darius Crandall, 1836. George Davold, 
 Samuel Rodgers, Darius Crandall, 1837. Samuel Rodgers^ 
 Jehial Hill, George Southwick, 1838. Jehial Hill, Samuel 
 Rodgers, Darius Crandall, 1839 Jehial Hill, C. B. Parkinson 
 George Davold, 1840. C. B. Parkinson, George Davold, Gid- 
 eon Webster, 1841. C. B. Parkinson, George Davold, Gideon 
 Webster, 1842. Daniel P. Wing, John Jennings, Gideon Web- 
 ster, 1843. Joseph Sisson, Smith Bartlett, Gideon Webster. 
 1844. J. H. McMillen, Enoch Randall, Joseph Sisson, 1845. 
 Humphry White, Enoch Randall, John Vosburg, 1846. John 
 Vosburg, 1847. Elisha W\ashburn, 1848. Aaron Parker, 1849. 
 J. H. McMillen, 1850. Stukely Hudson, 185 1. Rufus W. 
 Stickney, 1 852. Barnard Cook, David Roberts, 1853. (None 
 elected in 1854.) Elisha Washburn, 1855. '56. Jeremy Bart- 
 lett, 1857, '58. Stukely Hudson,'! 859. James Mathews, i860, 
 •61. R. N. Mo.ss, 1862. W. T. Popple, 1863. E.R.Harris, 
 1864, 65. R. W. Moss, 1866. C. B. Colburn, 1867. John E. 
 Moss, 1868, '69. Seth F. Bartlett, 1870. J. E. Moss, 1871. 
 Joseph H. Parmerton, 1872, 'yX).' J. B. Andrews, 1874, '75. 
 
TKRSONS Kl-KCTHK I' > 'lOWN OKKK KS 583 
 
 Charles Trunk, 1876. Daniel Wilber, 1877, '78. John Mathews, 
 1879. Jesse Frye, 1 880, '81. Joseph H. Parmerton, 1882, '83. 
 
 LIST OF TOWN SU I'ERINTKNDKN TS OF SCHOOLS L\ COLLLNS,. 
 DATING FROM 1 844. 
 
 1844 — John V. AWcn. 
 1845 — ^^ illson Rof^ers. 
 1846 — John F. Allen. 
 1847 — Samuel C Adams. 
 
 o r Samuel C. Adams. 
 1S49 \ 
 
 1850 ( 
 185 I \ 
 
 Samuel C. Adams. 
 
 ^^52 ' William A.Sibley. 
 1853 * ^ 
 
 \m I William A. Sibley. 
 
 1856— William A. Sibley. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 Our young people of the present time can but faintly pic- 
 ture to themselves the contrast between our first district 
 schools and those of the present day. Rude log buildings with 
 bark roofs and puncheon floors, heated in Winter by a fire- 
 place that occupied the entire end of the building, often con- 
 stituted the" temple of knowledge" in pioneer times. Instead 
 of our modern patent seats, benches rived from the trunk of 
 some free-splitting ash or basswood were often used ; school 
 books were scarce, the course of instruction very limited, and 
 the methods of the pedagogue who presided meager and arbi- 
 trar\'. 
 
 Among the earh^ teachers in Collins were the following : 
 
 TIIOSK WHO TAU(;HT fifty to SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AOO.. 
 
 Simon Waterman, Leman H. Pitcher, 
 
 Otis W'heelock, Jonathan O. Irish, 
 
 John Adams, John C. Adams, 
 
 Joseph Woodward, Stephen Parsells, 
 
 Benjamin Waterman, Betsey Knight, 
 
 Ruth Knight, Avery Knight, 
 
584 EARLY TKACHKRS. 
 
 Marie Luthers, Patience Parkinson, 
 
 Almond Lindsley, Isaac Allen. 
 
 Elsler Pratt, John Pratt. 
 
 Frank Bsmont, Diadama Vosburg, 
 
 Polly Russell, Philander Havens. 
 
 Eliza Palmerton, E. N. F'rye. 
 
 THOSE WHO TAUfiHr TinRrV-FI\'E TO FIFTV YEARS AGO. 
 
 Caroline Beckwith. Lydia McMillain, 
 
 Aurora Waterman, Augustus Hanchett. 
 
 Eli Heath, Edward Vail, 
 
 Sophronia Brewster. Mrs. Barnum, 
 
 Isaac White. Alanson Clark, 
 
 Elias Van Court, Henry Reynolds, 
 
 Laura Rice, Alonzo Pierce, 
 
 Lydia A. Sloan, Wilder Plsher, 
 
 Aaron Fenton, Matilda Fritz, 
 
 Philena Annis, James Mathews. 
 
 S. W. Soule, Jonathan Briggs, 
 
 Diadama Vosburg. Charles Woodward, 
 
 Chester Howe, Thibbet Soule. 
 
 Martha Nichols, William S. Herrick. 
 Henry Reynolds, 
 
 Fn<ST REEIOIOUS MEETINGS AND CHURCH ORC;ANIZATIONS. 
 
 The first religious meetings in Collins, aside from the mis- 
 sionary work of Father Taylor, were held at the house of Wil- 
 liam King. Talcott Patchin. Richard and Sylvester Cary of 
 Boston, Elder Bartlett of Zoar, preaching. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church at Collins Center, was 
 organized about 1823, by the Rev. John Copeland forming a 
 class in the school-house, on lot sixty-five. John Adams was 
 leader. Among the members of the class were Mrs. John 
 Adams, Nehemiah Heath and wife, Mr. Tabor and wife and a 
 few others. 
 
 The present church edifice was built in 1834. Rev. William 
 R. Babcock first preached in it. 
 
KARLV HISTOKV OF " KAST DISIKICT." 585 
 
 EAKI.V IIIST()R^■()FTIIK " KAST DIS'IRKT" OF (( )I,rJNS CEXTHK. 
 
 For the following \\c arc indebted to Isaac VV. Tanner, Esq., 
 always a resident of the district and a pupil of the first schools - 
 
 In the Winter of 1823 and 1824 a school was kept in a log 
 building standing near where the F'ree Methodist Church now 
 stands. The teacher was Caroline Beckwith. The school the 
 next Summer was taught hy Diadama Vosburg in a log-shop 
 belonging to Stephen Wilber. The Winter school of 1825 and 
 1826 was taught by Almond Lindsley, in a log school-house 
 situated at the corner of the road east of the Timothy Clark 
 homestead. The school was kept here until the Winter of 
 1830 and 1 83 1. After Lindsley the teachers were: 
 
 Mrs. Barnum, Elias Van Court, Sophrona Br-ewster, Avery 
 Knight, Ruth Knight, Avery Knight, Statira Cross and Will- 
 iam S. Herrick. The above names are in the order of their 
 teaching. 
 
 In the Summer of 1830 a school-house was built where the 
 present one now stands." The first school taught in it was by 
 Chester Howe, afterwards Judge of Cattaraugus county. The 
 next Winter term was taught by Henry Reynolds. The next 
 two Winter terms were taught by Arnold Mann. He was fol- 
 lowed by Benjamin Stearns, Augustus Hanchet, Charles Wood- 
 ward, Wilder Fisher and Tibbit Soule, uncle of Ex-Com. Soule. 
 
 COLLINS CKNTKR SCHOOL. 
 
 The first school was in the vicinity of Cc^llins Center, was in 
 a log-house built in iSi 1, by Nathan King or his sons. This 
 house was located on lot forty-nine, near the Center and the 
 school was taught by John King. The scholars from Stephen 
 Wilber's were David. John, Paulina and Alma; from Nathan 
 King's, Isaac, (ieorge, Angeline and Phila ; from Benjamin 
 Albee's there was Benjamin, Hannah and Enoch, and Isaac 
 Aldrich from Lodi. The first school-house built at Collins 
 Center expressly for school purposes was located somewhere 
 about thirty rods north-east of Hodges' Corner. This was 
 about 1817. It was made of logs and covered with boards and 
 
 *NoTE After the new school-house was built the names of only the Winter 
 teachers are given. 
 
■586 COLLINS CENTER SCHOOL. 
 
 slabs; a dutch fire-place, topped out with a stick chimney. The 
 door was of rough boards with wooden hinges and wooden latch 
 and a latch-string hanging outside. The benches were made of 
 slabs with holes bored in for legs as you would construct a milk- 
 ing-stool. Our desks were a little better, being boards planed 
 and for their support pins were driven into the sides of the 
 house at a suitable height, and when we wished to write we 
 faced around to the wall where the light was shed from one 
 small window on each side. 
 
 The next school was kept in a work-shop of Nathan King's. 
 The next school after that was taught in a building built by 
 my father for a blacksmith shop and occupied as such and 
 afterwards changed to a work-shop. The next school was 
 taught in a small framed building that stood by the four cor- 
 ners, near Ezra Nichols', and was built by Stephen Wilber, 
 Joshua Parmenter, Smith Bartlett and Augustus Smith. This 
 house was moved up to the Center and is now occupied as a 
 dwelling. The next school-house is the one that now stands 
 in the corner between the two roads. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. McDaniels was the first regular physician to practice 
 medicine in Collins. He remained there but a short time and 
 w^as succeeded by Dr. Harwood ; he to be followed by Dr. 
 Congden, who died there in 1846. Dr. Alexander Bruce prac- 
 ticed medicine there until a short time previous to his death 
 and Dr. W. A. Sibley was located there for many years. 
 Then Dr. Robinson and Dr. Henry. Dr. Letson and Dr. Harley 
 Atwood are practicing medicine there at the present. Dr. 
 Moses Blakeley (botanical), practiced there for sex-eral years at 
 quite an early day. Dr. M. M. ' Sperry (alopathyj, practiced 
 medicine there in 1878 and 1879. 
 
 COLLINS CENTER. 
 
 MERCHANTS. 
 
 The first merchant who sold good'^ at Collins Center was 
 Samuel Lake. He built a store here about 1830 ; he did not 
 attend to the business himself, but he emplo)'ed a man b\' the 
 
I-IKSr .MF.kCllAN rs OK COLLINS CIINIKK. S^7 
 
 name of Harry Matthcwson to conduct it for him. The front 
 part of Bates & White's store is the building that he put up. 
 He was also engaged in the ashery business here. He was suc- 
 ceeded by Chancey Bigelow and his son Frank. They were 
 succeeded by Cornelius Smith who afterwards sold out to 
 Thomas Russell who was succeeded by his son William, who 
 sold out to Bates & White. Benjamin Sherman was also in 
 trade here at one time. A man by the name of Johnson once 
 si^ld goods here also. 
 
 TANNERIES. 
 
 Smith Bartlctt came from Danby, Vt., in 1815, and settled 
 on lot fifty-eight and commenced tanning. He dug out large 
 troughs such as were used for storing sap, and used them for 
 tan vats. He finished off his leather in a log barn. He ground 
 his bark in the following manner: He constructed a circular 
 platform about twenty feet in diameter, with a rim around the 
 outer edge, like an inverted cheese-box cover. He procured a 
 large circular stone in the form of a grindstone, which was over 
 six feet in diameter, and put a horizontal shaft through the 
 center, and hitched a horse to a swivel on the outer end, while 
 the other end was attached to an upright revolving shaft in 
 the center of the platform ; when the horse went around the 
 stone rolled over the bark and crushed it by its weight. About 
 1828, after he got able, he' built quite a good tannery on his 
 place. In 1835, he moved to lot sixty-nine, and built a tan- 
 nery there. His son, Allen Bartlett, run the tannery on lot 
 sixt\--nine for a while, and then he built a tannery of his own 
 at Collins Center. He afterwards sold out to a Mr. DeWolf, 
 and he sold to Popple & Harris. 
 
 MILLS IN COLLINS. 
 
 Jacob Taylor built mills at Taylor Hollow in 1812; Joseph 
 Adams built a mill in Zoar, 1814; Stephen Lapham built a 
 saw mill at Bagdad, in 1814; John Lawton built a mill in 
 Lawton Hollow, in 1816; Turner Aldrich built a mill in 
 Gowanda, in 181 7 or '18 ; David Pound built a mill at what is 
 called Tub Town, 1820; Job Sherman built a mill just below 
 Pound's soon after; Dax'id and John Wilbcr built a mill on 
 
588 THE SOCIETV OF FRIENDS. 
 
 the Harris site, in 1824; James Parkinson built a saw mill at 
 Collins Center, in 1835. This mill is a part and parcel of the 
 present mill owned by' the Balander Brothers, and has seen 
 many transformations. It was once used as a carding machine 
 and tannery, then again employed as a shingle and cider mill. 
 C B. Parkinson built a mill about one-half mile east of Collins 
 Center, in or about 1840; S.C.Adams and Francis Knight 
 built a mill on the Yaw brook, about 1837 ; Jesse P^ye built a 
 mill on the same stream about 1852 ; Jacob Rush built another 
 mill on this brook about 1858 ; Joseph Doty built a steam saw 
 mill west of Morton's Corners, about 1864 or '65 ; Ralph Plumb 
 built a saw mill on the south branch of Clear Creek about 
 1840. A steam saw mill has been built this year ( 1883) b\' A. 
 J. Setter, on the Yaw brook. 
 
 SOCIETY OF FRIEX1).>. 
 
 The Friends had a church organization in Collins and North 
 Collins, at an early day, probably in 181 3 or '14. They had a 
 log meeting house just o\'er the line in North Cc^llins, on Na- 
 thaniel Sisson's land, and then another about half a mile south- 
 east of Bagdad. The meeting house on Augustus Smith's land 
 was built about 1840. 
 
 The following list contains most of the names of the men 
 and women, who were members of that church, to wit: Jona- 
 than Southwick and wife, George Southwick, Abram Gifford 
 and Lucy his wife, Rufus Gifford, Ezra Southwick and wife, 
 Hugh McMillen and Lyda his wife, Benjamin Stowell and 
 Hannah his wife, Stephen Sisson and wife, Perr}' Sisson and 
 wife, Nathaniel Sisson and \\ife, Samuel Tucker and wife, 
 Abram Tucker and Phebe his wife, John Strang and Elizabeth 
 his wife, David Pound aiitl famih', Elisha Russell, Augustus 
 Smith and Elizabeth his wife, William Sisson and Lydia his 
 wife, Peter Potter and Rachel his wife. Lsaac .\llen and wife, 
 Levi Tafft and wife, Jonathan Soule and Temperance his 
 wife, Asa Lapman. Barnabus Robinson, Eli Lapham and 
 Rachel his wife, Joshua Palmerton and Hannah his wife, 
 Ezra Nichols and Sally his wife, Warren Tanner and Hannah 
 his wife, Barak Smith and Mar\' his wife, Nathan Smith and 
 Rachel his wife, Gilbert Smith and Lxxlia his wife, Addison 
 
COLLINS S()L|)li:U KLC'ORI). 589 
 
 Smith and Mary Jane his wife, Asa Smith and Lydia his wife, 
 Joseph Lapham and .Ann liis wife, Haduin Arnold and wife, 
 Turner Aldrich and wife, Isaac Wilber and wife, Ohver Keys 
 and wife, Jacob Taj'lor, Mordica Sherman and wife, Henry 
 Tucker and wife. Nehemiah Hull and wife, Powell Hallock, 
 Benijah Hallock, Benjamin l^t)ice and wife, Lewis Varney and 
 wife, Lorenzo Mabbitt, Daniel Sisson and wife, George Sisson 
 and wife, Royal Strang, Edwin Mabbitt and wife and mother 
 Hannah, William Palmer, Stephen White and wife, William 
 O'Brian and Ann his wife, Daniel Healy and wife, David Lap- 
 ham, Abram Lapham, Nathan Cass, Ambrose Haight (Judge 
 Haight's grandfather), David Corbin, Amherst Hopkins, Eliza- 
 beth Foster, Rhoda Tarbox. 
 
 SOLDIER REC(3RD OF COLLINS. 
 
 Collins has just reason to be proud of the part her sons 
 performed in the War of the Rebellion. One hundred and fif- 
 teen enrolled their names for the service, twent}'-six of whom 
 were either killed in battle or died from other causes while in 
 the service. Collins was represented in twelve different regi- 
 ments. More than half of her soldiers were in the Sixty-fourth 
 regiment New York State volunteers, Compan)' A., and the 
 Tenth New York cavalry. The Sixty-fourth rjgimcnt was 
 under command of Col. Thomas J. Parker, of Gowanda, and 
 Avas in all of the principal battles in which the Army of the 
 Potomac participated. The Tenth New York cavalry also did 
 gallant service in the field. The Excelsior Brigade saw 
 constant ser\Mce from ^'orkt()wn to Petersburg. The People's 
 Ellsworth acted a prominent part in Vincent's brigade in occu- 
 pying a position on Wolf hill at Gettysburg, and were in the 
 other hard-fought battles of the army of the Potomac. Those 
 who were members of the Second Mounted Rifles, the One 
 Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Eight}'-seventh 
 regiments, as well as those who were nearly or quite the sole 
 representatives of their town in their regiments, acted no holi* 
 .da)' part in the great rebellion. 
 
590 
 
 COLLINS SDLDTER RECORD. 
 
 The following is a list of those who entered the service : 
 
 SLXTV-FOURTH RECIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Note. — A star indicates death in the service, and the person's name will be found at the 
 close in a list of the dead. 
 
 Capt. Rufus Washburn, Jr., 
 
 Lieut. William W. Rus.sell, 
 
 *Harrison Clark, 
 
 *Foster B. Ross, 
 
 Read F. Clark, 
 
 Brev.-Maj. Arnold R. Chase, 
 
 *Alexander Oglevie, 
 
 James M. Wilco.x, 
 
 Bethel W. Camp, 
 
 Albert Cowdrey, 
 
 John C. Hupfield, 
 
 John Board way, 
 
 Maj. D. W. Hurdley, 
 
 John Hurdley, 
 
 *Jacob Saunders, 
 
 Lewis W. Henry. 
 
 Theodore Tyrer, 
 
 Ira B. Stewart, 
 
 Hudson Ainsley, 
 
 Noah Twoguns ( Indian i. 
 
 Henr\- L. W'ilber, 
 *Henry S. Young, 
 *John G. Young, 
 Benjamin H. Smith, 
 Ezra Colburn, 
 *George Palmer, 
 Capt. Peter Boardwax', 
 Lieut. John Tocpp. 
 *\Villiam Burns, 
 Daniel Allen, 
 Michael Boardway, 
 *Andrew Reagles, 
 *Lawrence Reagles, 
 James Walker, 
 Lieut. William W. Roller, 
 Orson Mclntire, 
 Charles L. Mair, 
 James M. Clark, 
 Hiram Henry, 
 George Howard. 
 
 TENTH RECilMENT NEW YORK CAVALRY 
 
 Joseph J. Mabbitt, 
 Erastus Colburn, 
 Joseph Matthews, 
 George Rudd, 
 Fred Tillintrhast, 
 
 William Briggs, 
 
 John Matthews, 
 
 Daniel Warner, 
 
 Charles Briggs, 
 
 Lieut. William Potter, 
 
 Ledr)- Sherman. 
 
 Company A. 
 
 "■^William H. Hathaway, Ransom G. King, 
 
 John T. King. Edwin M. Page, 
 
 Seret. Lewis A. Colburn. 
 
COLLINS SOLDI KK KKCORD. 591 
 
 Company />'• 
 
 Corp. Frank W. Taylor, Lieut. Marion Smith, 
 
 *Sergt. John W. \'ail. 
 
 Company O. 
 
 Lieut. James Matthews, *George B. Pratt, 
 
 *Sergt. WilHam S. Lenox, Caleb J. Randall. 
 
 Cotfipany H. 
 
 Daniel Auwater. 
 
 Company L. 
 
 Eugene A. Colburn, Corp. David S. Morrell, 
 
 Daniel Brown, *Kimball Persons, 
 
 Lieut. Nelson Washburn. 
 
 SECOND REOIMLNT MOUNTED RIFLES, COMI'AXV D. 
 
 Eugene Haliday, Robert Wilber, 
 
 Sergt. Edward M. P'arnsworth, George ¥. Vail, 
 Orrin W. Sayles, *Wilber C. Perry, 
 
 Tibbits Soule, Thomas Morrill, 
 
 Luzerne Clark, Sidney Barnhart, 
 
 Gilbert S. South wick, Morenca J. Bl.akely, 
 
 Hiram Stage. 
 
 SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY (Excelsior Brigade), 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 George \V. Baily, Richard Lindsley, 
 
 George V. Smith, *James Wilber, 
 
 Charles J. Wilber. Corp. Jesse Walker, 
 
 "■p'rank Matthews, Ensign Skinner. 
 
 FORTY-FOURTH RFCIMENT (People's Ellsworth) Co. A. 
 
 Lieut. Erastus L. Harris, John C. Robbins, 
 
 *01iver K. Irish, Frank Decker, 
 
 George Persons. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND EICHTY-SEVENTH RECIMENl" LXFANTRY, 
 NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 Capt. Geo. H. Hodges, Co. B, Corp. Millard F. Randall. Co. G, 
 Franklin G. Hawkins, Co. G, George Pierce. 
 
592 
 
 COLLINS SOLDIKR RECORD. 
 
 ONE HUNDRKI) AND SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INEANTY NEW 
 YORK VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY F. 
 
 *Marshall Bickford, 
 *Oscar Ralph, 
 *Franklin B. Stewart, 
 *WilHam Ferris, 
 
 Cassius Grannis, 
 George Auvvater, 
 Joseph Doty, 
 *Lieut. Charles Bowsk}' 
 
 PROMISCUOUS. 
 
 Franklin Foster, 9th N. Y. Cav , Co. G. 
 Sergt. Edward J. Daggett, 21st Reg. Inf., Co. G. 
 *Casper Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B. 
 Noah Doty, Jr., 145th Reg. Inf., Co. A. 
 Corp. John J. Brown, 13th N. Y. Cav., Co. C. 
 Sergt. Jacob Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B. 
 Sergt. John Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B. 
 *John A. Wiesmantle, 49th Reg. Inf. 
 
 LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED IN THE SERVICE, 
 
 Harrison Clark, killed in the battle of Fair Oaks June I, 1862, 
 
 Foster B. Ross, contracted disease in the service ; died at 
 home Jan. 24, 1863. 
 
 Alexander Oglevie, killed in the battle of Fair Oaks June 5, 
 1862. 
 
 Jacob Saunders, killed at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Henry S. Young, died in the hospital Oct. 6, 1862. 
 
 John G. Young, died in the hospital at David's Island. 
 
 George Palmer, killed in the battle of Fair Oaks June 5, 
 1862. 
 
 William Burns, killed in the battle of Auburn Hill. 
 
 Andrew Reagles, killed at Coffee Hill. 
 
 William H. Hathaway, died at Baltimore Aug. 5, 1862. 
 
 Sergt. John \V. Vail, killed in the battle of Hanox'ertown, 
 Va., May 28, 1864. 
 
 George B. Pratt, died in Anderson\'ille prison. 
 
 Sergt. William S. Lenox, killed at Bristow Station, Va., Oct, 
 14, 1863. 
 
 Capt. Kimball Persons, killed at Travillion Station June 1 1, 
 1864. 
 
 Wilber C. Perry, died in Andersonx'ille prison Sept. I, 1864, 
 
 I 
 
COLLINS SOLDIER RECORD. 593 
 
 James W'ilbcr, died of wounds received June 4, 1862. 
 
 Oliver K. Irish, killed at battle of Hanover Court House. 
 
 Marshall Bickford, died in the hospital at Baton Rous^e in 
 August, 1863. 
 
 Oscar Ralph, died in the hospital at l^aton Rouge in May, 
 1863. 
 
 Franklin B. Stewart, died in the hospital at Baton Rouge 
 May 10, 1883. 
 
 William Ferris, died at Cairo, 111., Oct. 2, 1863. 
 
 Lieut. Charles Boursk)-, died of wounds in June 1863. 
 
 Casper Levack, died in the hospital at Alexandria, Va., in 
 the Fall of 1862. 
 
 John A. W'iesmantle, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. 
 
 Frank Matthews, died at Camp Wool in April, 1862. 
 
 Lawrence Reagles, killed at Auburn Hill, Oct. 13, 1863. 
 
 LIST OF PERSONS NOW LIVIN(; WHO WERE RESIDENTS OF 
 COLLINS SIXTY OR MORE YEARS AGO. 
 
 David Wilber, John Wilber and wife, John Beverly, Elisha 
 Washburn, Augustus Smith, Benjamin Albee, Isaac Hunt and 
 wife, Mrs. Rachel Palmerton, Mr. Burnap, Huram Wickham, 
 Aaron Lindsle}- and wife, Sylvanus Cook, Joseph H. Plumb, 
 Mrs. Maria Stewart, Joshua Wilber, Lewis Hopkins, Samuel 
 Lumbard, John Pratt, Philip Pratt, Mr. Hokum, Abram South- 
 wick and wife, George Southwick, Mrs. Sylvenus Bates. 
 
 TOWN ACCOUNT oF THE TOWN OF COLLINS FOR 183O. 
 
 No. I, John Lawton $1725 
 
 No. 2. John Arnold 17 88 
 
 No. 3. R. Rogers 1 1 25 
 
 No. 4. E. Southwick 8 50 
 
 No. 5. Thos. Stancliff 62 
 
 N6. 6. A. Knight 10 00 
 
 No. 7. O. Hathaway 8 50 
 
 No. 8. Warren Tanner 24 25 
 
 No. 9. J. C. Adams 13 50 
 
 No. 10. John Stancliff 10 00 
 
 No. II. John Griffith 22 63 
 
 No. 12. Isaac Palmer 3 00 
 
 25 
 
594 TOWN ACCOUNTS FOR 183O. 
 
 N°-^3- (^ r TT- u ] Gabriel String $3000 
 
 XT ] Lorn. 01 Highways, ' t- t i 
 
 No. 14. • ^ ^ .- E. Lapham 12 00 
 
 TVT - / Damages, \ ,,7 t^ , , _ 
 
 No. 15. ' ^ ' \\ m. Parmcrton 5 50 
 
 No. 16. Stephen White 22 00 
 
 No. 17. Byron W. Pratt i 50 
 
 No. 18. Horace Langdon and John Griffith 4 00 
 
 No. 19. John Stancliff i 00 
 
 No. 20. Thomas B Soule 17 00 
 
 No. 21. L. M. White 18 00 
 
 No ■■7'y { ] Jurors' fee for 6 Jurors / 
 
 - Com. ot Highways, - sworn m 3 cases, \ 
 
 No. 23. ( \ Jurors fees not sworn.. 7 50 
 
 No. 24. Nathaniel Knight 1 3 45 
 
 Due the Treasury 8 63 
 
 Rejected Fees 3 97 
 
 Interest on Received Fees , 27 
 
 Roads and Bridges 250 00 
 
 Commissioners of Schools 100 65 
 
 Contingent 31 80 
 
 Collectors' Fees, 3 per cent 46 09 
 
 County Tax 852 00 
 
 Amount raised $1 584 24 
 
 COLLINS SOCIETIES. 
 
 Collins Center has four secret societies or beneficiary orders, 
 as follo\\'s : 
 
 ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 Friendship Lodge, reinstated in February, 1882. It has a 
 membership of about seventy. The officers are as follows: 
 
 Humphre)- Russell, N. G.; James Mathews, V. G.; Milton 
 B. Sherman, Secretary ; Philander Pierce, Treasurer; Joseph 
 Mugridge, Acting P. G. 
 
 A. o. u. w. 
 
 Lodge organized in February, 1877. Membership about 
 fifty. Officers are as follows : 
 
 A. S. Warner, M. W.; E. A. Bartlett. Recorder ; M. W. Bai- 
 ley, Treasurer. 
 
COLLINS SOCIKTIKS. 595 
 
 R. T. OK r. 
 
 Harvest Council No. 62. Number of charter members twenty ; 
 present membership about fifty. The following is a list of 
 the original ofificers : 
 
 Edwin R. Harris, S. C; Butler Potter, V. C; Krastus B. 
 Letson, P. C; David Empson, Chaplain ; Seth T. Bartlett, 
 Secretary; Philander Pierce, Treasurer ; William Wilbur, Her- 
 ald ; Joseph Kiefer. Guard ; Nathan Pierce, Sentinel. 
 
 E. A. U. 
 
 Eureka Union No. 76 ; instituted April 14, 1880. Charter 
 members, twent^^ Present membership, thirty. The original 
 officers were : 
 
 George H. Hodges, Chancelor ; Joseph Mugridge, Advocate ; 
 James Matthews. President ; Mrs. George Hodges, Vice-Presi- 
 dent ; B. M. Briggs, Secretary; Edwin Mugridge, Acc't ; Ed- 
 gar Shaw, Treasurer; Mrs. William Popple, Aux.; Mrs. James 
 Matthews, Warden ; John Schneider, Watchman. 
 
 JOHN MILLIS AND HIS CRIST OF WHKAT. 
 
 Active out-door life and constant contact with nature in her 
 rougher forms, often developed, in our pioneers, powers of 
 endurance and herculean strength that would be hardly credited 
 at the present time. John Millis was a good example of this 
 fact. It was about the }'ear 1820 and Millis had been logging 
 and chopping a few days for Samuel Tucker ; finishing his 
 work on Saturday night he was paid with two bushels of wheat. 
 His family being out of provisions when he left home he real- 
 ized the necessity of transforming his bag of wheat into material 
 for replenishing his pantry as soon as possible. Notwithstand- 
 ing the next morning was the sabbath, he started with the 
 wheat on his back, on foot, through the woods, to Tax'lor's 
 mill, three miles distant. On reaching the mill the miller 
 refused to grind on Sunday. Undaunted, he shouldered his 
 grist and directed his steps towards Lawton's mill, farther on. 
 At this mill the water was so low that grinding could not be 
 done. The ne.xt mill to whicii he might appl)- was Townsend's 
 mill, in Concord, k)cated in what is now known as Wheeler 
 
596 WILD AXIMAI.S. 
 
 Hollow. To reach this mill he would have to retrace his steps 
 back home and then proceed five miles farther on. 
 
 Millis was determined that his wheat should be flour before 
 the dews of evening fell and to Townsend's mill he went, get- 
 ting his grist ground and returning, making a distance of twenty- 
 two miles traveled, carrying the two bushels of wheat the entire 
 distance. 
 
 WILD ANIMALS 
 
 When the first settlers came to Collins, wild animals were 
 quite numerous. Deer were very plenty, wolves made sad 
 havoc with the sheep and a panther occasionally made his 
 appearance. One of the latter-named animals came to the 
 house of Joshua Palmerton one night and attacked his dog. 
 The panther soon left and Mr. Palmerton going out found his 
 dog alive, though bitten through by the savage teeth of the 
 panther. 
 
 Black bears abounded and annoyed the settlers by commit- 
 ting depredations on their fields of corn. In the F'all of 1822 
 Nathaniel and Avery Knight and John T. Johnson, after hav- 
 ing their corn fields badly mutilated by what appeared to be a 
 company of three bears, set a dead-fall and caught two of them 
 alive; the third one, escaping, was shot at and wounded, not 
 captured. Two years after a bear was caught in a wolf-trap, 
 but escaped by leaving one of his feet in the trap as an evi- 
 dence of his capture. Fourteen years after, when it was sup- 
 posed that the last bear had disappeared from town, a lonely 
 Bruin was found snugly ensconced among the ledges on the 
 banks of the Cattaraugus creek. After he was killed it was 
 found that he was minus a foot, and a scar appeared on his 
 shoulder ; evidently the same bear that evaded capture in the 
 dead-fall sixteen years before, and amputated his foot in the 
 wolf-trap. 
 
 BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF COLLINS CENTER FOR THE YEAR I 882 
 
 H. L. Atwood, physician. 
 
 Bates & White, general store, 
 
 Joseph Mugridge, general store. 
 
 James Matthews, groceries and provisions. 
 
 Milton H. Sherman, groceries and provisions. 
 
HUSINKSS DlkKCTORIKS. 597 
 
 H. A. Reynolds, groceries and provisions. 
 
 N. Bolander, Jr., & Hro., custom mills. 
 
 W. H. Parkinson, saw mill. 
 
 E. L. Harris, saw mill. 
 
 W. W. Baily, cider mill. 
 
 M. J. King, pumps and planing mill. 
 
 H. B. Wood, cooper and joiner. 
 
 Albert A. King, furniture. 
 
 John Haas, wagon maker. 
 
 John Au water, wagon maker. 
 
 Frank Gornikiswies, blacksmithing. 
 
 Peter Schaus, blacksmithing. 
 
 George Frink, blacksmithing. 
 
 D. H. Davis, harness maker. 
 Peter Bies, shoemaker. 
 Adolphus Rothfus, shoemaker. 
 Merrit A. Palmerton, meat market. 
 J. C. Hupfeld, tailor. 
 
 J. V. Cole, dentist. 
 Smith Bartlett, hotel. 
 
 GOWANDA BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR THE YEAR I 882, OF THAT 
 PORTION OF THE YILLAtlE LOCATED IN ERIE COUNTY. 
 
 C. C. Torrance, law office. 
 J. S. Shugert, physician. 
 
 T. M. Kingsley, drugs and medicines. 
 
 R. P. McMillian, groceries and provisions. 
 
 A. R. Sellew & Co., Gowanda Agricultural Works. 
 
 Romer Bros., axe factory. 
 
 Torrence & White, flour and custom mill. 
 
 L. P. Dean, lumber and planing mill. 
 
 L. P. Bestrup. furniture. 
 
 Joseph Straub, carriage manufactor}-. 
 
 Chauncey M. Grannis, carriage manufactory. 
 
 J. W. Dauber, carriage manufactory. 
 
 E. V. Slait, hardware. 
 
 D. E. Jacobs, jewelry. 
 Peter Rink, boots and shoes. 
 Peter Erback, shoemaker. 
 
598 TI-IE PETERS FAMILY. 
 
 G. E. Rooker, groceries and provisions. 
 
 Michael Molls, meat market. 
 
 Christian Stetzer, meat market. 
 
 G. H. Henry, harness maker. 
 
 Frank Taylor, Marble. 
 
 Mrs. Delsell, millinery. 
 
 Frank Briminsthol, billiards. 
 
 A. F. Conger, Grand Central hotel. 
 
 Aman Fischer, hotel and brewery. 
 
 Henry Eagle, Farmers' hotel. 
 
 In response to a request to give some information concerning 
 the family of Stephen Peters, his eldest daughter wrote as fol- 
 lows , 
 
 Kennedy. Jan. 21, 1881. 
 E. Brkics, Es(^).: 
 
 Dear Sir: — Stephen Peters was the }'oungest of three boys ; 
 his brothers' names were Joseph and John ; his sisters' names 
 were Naomi, Lydia and Anna. When Stephen was eighteen 
 years of age he left his home in Farmington, Ontario county, 
 N. Y., for what was called the " Far West." I think it was in 
 the Winter of 1810; took with him a sled loaded with pro- 
 visions, clothing, and everything which was essential for such a 
 journey ; hitched a yoke of oxen and left one bright morning 
 in December, mother and sisters all in tears, thinking he would 
 be killed by Indians. I think he found Joshua Palmerton some- 
 where on the road ; have heard my father sa}- he and Joshua 
 went together to buy their land ; they also kept bachelor's hall 
 together; he used to say it was the worst hall he was ever in. 
 The following winter he went back to Farmington, after his 
 sister to keep house for him. Joshua also went to Bennington, 
 Vt., after his sister Sarah to keep his house. After a while 
 Stephen took Sarah awa\- from Joshua ; they were the first 
 couple married in town ; it was then called Concord. Then 
 Joshua went to V^ermont after a wife; her name was Hannah 
 Nichols. 
 
 I don't know when Stephen Wilbur did come ; think it was 
 soon after Joshua and Stephen came. I understand they made 
 the first brush heap near Collins Center. 
 
 Some time after, Stephen's father, Benjamin Peters, was 
 
IHK I'KTKKS lAMIIA. 599 
 
 taken sick at the East and sent for father to come back and 
 take the homei-tead by paying the heirs something. He let 
 his brother Joseph have his farm in CoUins for his share ; took 
 care of his father and mother the remainder of their days. 
 
 In regard to my father's family : he raised three children by 
 his first wife, \'iz.: 
 
 Henry, born Oct, 14, 1813. 
 
 Charles, born Aug. 12, 18 1 5. 
 
 Cliarlotte, born Aug. 28. 18 17. 
 
 My mother died with consumption, July 15, 1822. The next 
 father married Tryphenia Ridwell ; she lived only one year 
 four months. Then, after living a widower one year, father 
 married Huldah Springer. By her he had six children, viz.: 
 
 Sarah, born Oct. 29, 1828. 
 
 Myron, born Jul)- 16, 1830. 
 
 Eliza, born Aug. 6, 1832. 
 
 Stephen, born Aug. 15, 1834. 
 
 Julia, born Aug. 9, 1836. 
 
 Silas, born Feb. 12, 1842. 
 
 In 1843, father went to Iowa; took a span of horses and 
 wagon ; his son Myron wentwdth him. He bought him a farm, 
 put up a house, and got things ready for the rest of the family. 
 They went down the Ohio river on a raft as far as Louisville ; 
 took boat there to the Mississippi river, up that river as far as 
 Bloomfield, Iowa; there father met them with team, and took 
 them to his place in Yalton, Iowa. 
 
 He died in 1847; two of the children died years before. 
 The rest are living in the Western country— Colorado, Oregon, 
 and Washington territory. 
 
 I forgot to mention that after father crossed the Genesee river, 
 in coming to Collins he had to make his own road part of the 
 way. camp out nights, make his bed of hemlock boughs, start 
 a fire with flint and steel, and chop down trees to browse his 
 oxen on, which was their supper. 
 
 Henry was married to Sarah Dearman, in 1841 ; died Oct. 16, 
 
 1845. 
 
 Charles married Mar\' Ann Rice, in 1841 ; he lives m Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Charlotte married S. H. Sevmour. 
 
6oO THE PETERS FAMILY. 
 
 I remember the first term of school just east of Collins Cen- 
 ter ; I went ; school was kept in a small log school-house on 
 father's farm ; the teacher used to get asleep Monday morn- 
 ings ; during one of her naps, I and another girl got into trou- 
 ble ; result, the other girl got her hand bit and I took a whip- 
 ping. At another time, she let the boys out ; they all went down 
 to father's spring after water and forgot to come back ; after a 
 long time I was sent after them ; when they came, she made 
 them all stand half bent with their heads under the writing 
 desk awhile ; they looked comical. 
 
 Yours &c., 
 
 Charlotte Seymour. 
 
 At the earnest solicitation of the author of this work, I pen 
 the following lines of recollections of the by-gone times of Col- 
 lins and its inhabitants ; 
 
 To think or write of times fifty or sixty years ago is like 
 visiting dreamland, so indistinct and vapory do all things seem. 
 Yet memory recalls some events very distinct and real, some of 
 which may possibly be of some interest to the reader. 
 
 Sixty years ago, Collins was a wilderness, with here and 
 there a clearing. Log houses were universal ; wagons were few; 
 roads primitive and almost impassable, crooking round hills and 
 knolls, roots and through the mud. Little do the young of 
 to-day know of the labor toil and hardships of the early settlers 
 of this now flourishing Town of Collins. 
 
 A few lines in regard to society as it then existed. 
 
 The Quakers or Friends composed almost the entire popula- 
 tion of the town ; no other meeting, no other society and no 
 other associates : all was " thee and thou," and "yea and nay." 
 But a more friendly society I belive never existed in this part 
 of the world : no rich, no poor, no jarrings and contentions, 
 strife or discord ; but one law ruled, and that law was the law 
 of universal brotherh(K:)d. 
 
 Thus society appears to me at that early date. To attend 
 meeting seemed a pleasure as well as duty, for all went, and 
 the log meeting-house was every day filled full of sober and 
 dignified Quakers. Quiet reigned ; no noise to disturb the 
 deep thoughts of the pious worshipers, but all were giving heed 
 
KECOLI.F.CriONS OF COLLINS. 6oi 
 
 to the influence of the spirit, and anon some dijjjnitary arose, 
 took off his hat (the hat was always worn in church), and the 
 words came : first slow and measured, then more rapid, till the 
 whole house resountled with the echoes of the speaker's thun- 
 dering- tones, and then all was ai^ain still, silent and solemn, 
 till perhaps a \-oice in the other part of the house arose, a few 
 words said, and again silence reigned. After one hour's wor- 
 ship, they began to shake hands and a universal shaking took 
 place. Then all retired to their several homes, generally on 
 foot. 
 
 Such was a meeting in early times. 
 
 Tibbitts Soule came to Collins I think in 1823, and located 
 on lot twenty-four, township six, range eight, one mile east 
 of Gowanda, amid a forest of as noble pines as could be 
 found in Western New York, and died there in KS37, aged 
 seventy-three years. His family consisted of five sons and two 
 daughters, all of whom have passed away. Jonathan, the eldest, 
 died in 1849. Stephen Soule died in 1880, at the ripe old age 
 of eighty-one. Luther, the third son, settled at Pontiac, in the 
 State of Michigan, in 1822, took up a large tract of land on 
 which the city now stands ; built mills on the same, cleared up 
 a farm, and soon after was taken sick with that fatal scourg-e 
 of the new west, the fever, and died. Mrs. Lydia Ann Palmer- 
 ton, of Collins Center, is the only one remaining of the family. 
 Thomas B. Soule, the surveyor and teacher, settled on lot 
 twenty-three, township six, range eight, and removed from there: 
 in 1838, to the Town of Aurora, this county, and died there 
 soon after, Charles E. Soule, now of Kansas, is his only son. 
 Abram H. Soule, settled in Hamburg one and one-half miles 
 north of the village, raised a large family. Hon. Oscar H, 
 Soule, his eldest, now resides near the old homestead. Jona- 
 than, the eldest son, came to this town some three or four years 
 prior to his father's coming, and settled on lot sixty, township 
 six, range eight, now known as the Peter Potter farm. Tib- 
 bits, the father, was an exemplary and consistent Christian 
 and before that fatal division among friends ; was at the head 
 of society and truly did he merit the exalted position. Equal 
 and exact justice seemed his ruling trait of character, and his 
 
6o2 RECOI.LECTIONS (~»F COLLINS. 
 
 counsel and advice was seldom gainsayed or laid aside ; Jona- 
 than was an exception in the family, religion seemed to him 
 his all in all. He began preaching young, first in sleep and 
 afterwards in public, and continued to preach until his death 
 in 1849. Not a flowery speaker, but a plain, straight-forward 
 honest man ; he gained the confidence of all ; especially sought 
 for in the trials of sickness and death, whose talk b}' the sick 
 bed and to mourners, always seemed to heal the wounds of 
 sorrow and cheer the drooping spirits. Such I believe to be 
 an imperfect but true sketch of the prevailing traits of charac- 
 ter of Jonathan Soule 
 
 In 1828, came the division among friends, and from that date 
 the society graduall}' lost its moral standing, till now but little 
 remains save its name, and that too will soon be lost (I speak 
 only of Collins). Riches came, pride of position took a strong 
 hold of the many, and Quakerism was swallowed up in the 
 vanities of this world. Now and then may be seen one of the 
 old t}'pes with his low hat and straight coat, his kindly ways 
 and simple habits, but he walks the street as one lost in 
 thought ; he lives long ago ; the world knows him not, and he 
 is only waiting for the summons that calls him to a more con- 
 genial clime. A stranger amid his own ; a traveler in a strange 
 land, for all things are to him new. The mighty engine goes 
 howling through his own quiet fields. Religion once sacred, 
 now a thing of traffic, a nonentity; no vitalit\', no heart, no 
 life, nothing but a cold form, that kills the good (if there be 
 anv) and builds a fabric rotten to the core, whose fate is cer- 
 tain and destruction sure. This much of the ancient Quaker, 
 once glorious, now gone, such (to me) appears the mind of the 
 ancient Quaker. His ideas and ways of thought are not ours, 
 and I leave him with the thoughtful reader to judge whether 
 the old man's views are right or wrong. Permit me to give 
 an illustration (^f the state of society, as it existed sixty years 
 ago among the Quakers in Collins. It was customar)- in early 
 times to cut and fit a few acres of the sturdy forest for a crop 
 of wheat. Well, Jonathan .Soule had his fallow (some five acres) 
 all read)- to log up, having had what was called a good burn, 
 being <Hit of health he could not clear it off, and, of course, 
 unable to hire. So the "iM-iends" went to him, ad\-ised him 
 
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RECOLLECTIONS OF COI^LIXS. 603 
 
 to ^o to Hambur<; and make a week's visit, it would, they 
 thon<rht, do him good. He went, staid one week, came home, 
 found his fallow cleared all off, not a brand left and sowed 
 with wheat and harrowed nicely in and fenced. This illus- 
 trates full)' and directly the claim I give to that era of 
 good and friend]}' times, in glaring contrast to the selfish 
 and greedy rapacity of the present world. Give us sim- 
 plicity, give us plain religion, give us plain talk and plain faces, 
 and we ask no more. Though at meeting the whole congre- 
 gation wore a solemn and staid countenance, yet at home and 
 hi converse with their neighbors, they had their jokes, told their 
 stories, and, if some were well grown, were well received, and 
 amid roars of laughter the social cup was filled, and good will 
 and a friendly spirit prevailed. Life to them, they believed, 
 "is what we^nake it"" and well did they act up to that 
 true and often slighted maxim; visiting with them was a busi- 
 ness; 12 o'clock was an early hour to break up; often 2 or 3 
 w^as the hour to retire ; my young mind received and stored 
 away their quaint and mirthful stories; witchcraft and the 
 mysterious were set forth in glowing light; hobgoblins and 
 ghosts were to me a living reality. A yoke of oxen and a sled 
 with a high box would start out at sunset and stop at the first 
 house, load in its occupants, go to the next and do the same 
 till the sled was loaded with women, the men on foot, and then 
 go for some friends' house, pile in and a glorious time was in 
 
 store. 
 
 Jacob Taylor occupied a kind of elevated position. Rich in 
 this world's goods, and a man of good judgment and sense, 
 was often appealed to in matters of difference between Friends 
 and decisions were never appealed from. The Friends had 
 their black sheep, as all societies do. Of course I do not wish 
 to claim them exenii)t from human frailties. A case to illus. 
 
 trate : 
 
 A Friend took from another Friend a bushel of corn. Now 
 that was a glaring offense against their laws ; the meeting took 
 the matter up; a committee of investigation was appointed- 
 The committee finally proposed to the parties to refer the 
 whole case to " Friend " Taylor for settlement. Well on the 
 first day after the meeting, the parties and a large portion of 
 
6o4 RECOr.LECTIONS OF CCM.I.IXS. 
 
 the meetiiii^" repaired to Taylor's to hear the suit, for they 
 knew that Jacob would make an interesting^ case of it. The 
 trial began. Plaintiff called. 
 
 Jacob says: Friend , did thee lose a bushel of thy 
 
 corn ? Ans. I did. 
 
 Where did thee keep the corn? Ans. In my crib. 
 
 Jacob says : Thee may sit down. 
 
 Defendant called. 
 
 Did thee take a bushel of corn from Friend ? Ans. 
 
 I did. 
 
 Jacob says : Thee may be seated. 
 
 Now what would Jacob do was the exciting theme of whis- 
 pering ; but Jacob was ecjual to the emergency; he recalled 
 plaintiff ; says he : 
 
 Friend , did thee have thy crib locked ? Ans. I 
 
 •did not. 
 
 " Well," says the arbitrator. " the case is proven ; my decision 
 is this : The crib being unlocked, the temptation too strong 
 and an erring brother too v.eak ; therefore I must give a ver- 
 dict of no cause of action — and friend, thee must keep thy crib 
 locked." And amid roars of laughter in which both parties 
 joined, the meeting adjourned and quietly went to their several 
 homes, commenting on Jacob's novel decision and wondering 
 if there ever was another such man as Friend Jacob in the 
 world. 
 
 The postoffice was at Taylor's Hollow, named Angola. A 
 letter came from Vermont to Elijah Pratt, directed thus: 
 
 To N. Y. state I am bound, 
 
 Erie county, Collins town, 
 
 To Elijah Pratt, among the hemlocks, 
 
 A little above young Caleb Tarbox's. 
 
 I ask pardon of the reader and will leave the subject for 
 abler pens than mine. There is enough of early life that I 
 have only touched to fill a volume ; I hope to see it filled and 
 well filled too. 
 
 E. R. S. W. S. 
 
 In 1815, while the tide of emigration was setting towards the 
 Holland Purchase, Isaac Allen, leaving his newly-married bride 
 
RECOI.I.l-X rioxs OK COLLINS. 605 
 
 in Daub}-, \'t., where they had both been brought up, started 
 to seek a liome in the West. 
 
 He hired a man to accompany and work for him, and the two 
 performed the journey on foot, carrying their knapsacks and 
 axes. 
 
 Passin<^ through Buffalo they " found the land dear, it being 
 ten or twelve dollars an acre, and that in the vicinity of the 
 creek and lake, swampy, covered with alders and black birds." 
 They went on to tlie south part of the county, and there within 
 one range of the Cattaraugus creek my father located land, and 
 while his hired man was felling trees he walked to Batavia to 
 make his purchase. 
 
 That Summer the two men cleared off the timber from sev- 
 eral acres and built a log house. 
 
 To that house early the next spring he brought his wife and 
 there., in the wilderness, the young couple commenced their 
 humble house-keeping. He was twenty-two and she was 
 twenty. 
 
 Besides seeds for a vegetable garden a little corn was brought 
 for planting, nor were the flower seeds forgotten. 
 
 The house was unfinished, still wanting the chimney and 
 door. A blanket was hung up to supply the place of the latter. 
 
 My mother would sometimes be startled by a " ugh !" and, 
 looking round, would see an Indian peering in where he had 
 raised the corner of the blanket. Indians and squaws were the 
 most frequent callers. 
 
 Aaron Lindsley was the nearest neighbor — more than a mile 
 away. 
 
 The first year no corn ripened, it being "the cold year," 
 remembered so well by all the old settlers. At that time live 
 stock was very scarce, and it was with the greatest difficulty 
 and by paj-ing the high price of seven dollars, that a small, raw- 
 boned shoat was procured, which soon met with an untimely 
 end. 
 
 I have heard my mother relate that one day her husband 
 was chopping down trees she heard one fall and listened, as 
 was her custom, for the renewed sound ot the ax, by which 
 token she knew that no accident had befallen the chopper, as 
 sometimes happened to people in such work. But not hearing 
 
6o6 RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLINS. 
 
 any sound she ran out and called, " Isaac, is anything the mat- 
 ter?" "Yes," came the answer: "matter enough, the tree 
 has fallen on the pig and killed it." 
 
 The loss of one small pig seems so small a matter now as to 
 be hardly worth mentioning, but it was more of a calamit}- to 
 them than the loss of ten cows would have been in after years. 
 
 My father bought his first cow of Peter Pratt. His son John, 
 now an old man, thus tells of it : 
 
 " Isaac Allen came and looked at my father's cows, seven or 
 eight in number, and offered thirty-five dollars to be allowed 
 his choice. The offer was accepted and Isaac walked up and 
 laid his hand on the very best cow. I had never seen a cow 
 sold for so high a price." 
 
 The first year, the one hen hatched seventeen chickens, but 
 several were destroyed by a weasel, which in turn, met his fate 
 in a dead-fall set for him. 
 
 For the first year or two much of the meat set upon the table 
 was game from the woods. Pigeons and turkeys abounded ; 
 one of the latter frequented the vicinity of the house and 
 became so tame she would fly down and pick up corn thrown to 
 her, but unfortunately she perished in the burning of a " fallow." 
 
 One piece of game I have heard my father say, was a rac- 
 coon, caught two or three years after he came to the country. 
 The fowls, which were roosted in the log-barn were being taken, 
 one by one,^until to save the rest he made a small fowl-house 
 near his own, constructed of bass-wood logs, notched at the 
 ends and^fitted so closely together that no animal larger than 
 a cricket could get between. One night he was awakened by 
 a great commotion among the poultry and running out was 
 just in time^^to lay hold of the hind legs of a raccoon as he was 
 escaping through a hole he had made in the thatched roof. 
 Calling the^hired-man to assist the creature was soon killed and 
 when dressed proved to be so plump and nice he was cooked 
 and eaten^with a relish, as a substitute for the chickens he had 
 fattened on. But^ father added to the story: "When I got 
 better acquainted^with the animal I never wanted to eat another 
 coon." 
 
 One of the first labors, after getting the ground prepared,, 
 was to set out an orchard. The watch was traded for a gua 
 
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 607 
 
 and one hnndrcd apple trees. They were a 1 small. '- /•' ^^^ 
 not hiuher than a man's head, bi,t the see,.nd .,r thnd year thc> 
 bore the first apples my mother tasted in the country. 
 
 M;- father wai always very successftd in his tree.plantn,,.and 
 fruit cnlturc, and until he was more than three score and ten 
 vears of age, I think ver>- few seasons passed that he chd o 
 ■.„, ,„ „,,,,,,,, a single tree, or . bush of some so t that 
 Luld bear fruit. Writing to me when he was fi ft>-e„h ye s 
 old. he said -I have planted some two or three hnnd,e<l funt 
 trees during" the last two years." 
 
 The first" orchard was seedlings, but grafts of many excellent 
 varieties were soon set, and bore before my remembrance. One 
 varie.v was a curios.ty I never saw elsewhere-an apple part 
 Greening and part Tolman Sweeting. 
 
 He ba'd many varieties of peaches, plun,s, cl---.P-- -<^ 
 all the fruits which before the country was denuded of ,ts forests 
 grew and bore so abundantly. I have seen as A"-' 1'-'^-=^ 
 From his trees as I ever saw offered in the Buffalo nrarke.s from 
 the Delaware orchards .since. I might add t.-t h.s -a,, was 
 raised for home consumption ; there was no market to whrch 
 "could have taken it had he desired, but .t was g.ven away 
 o^t freely, and while he gave he exhorted '- -'^'^^0- J" 
 cultivate for themselves, and when gnang a basket o caches 
 I have heard him say. "Now be s„n- thee plan s the stones 
 I remember hearing an elderU- man. in answer tj, my athe 
 recommendation to plant an °-"-d- ->■' ^^^J,' ':f; ^^ "", 
 
 .1 1..." Tlif^ renV was. v\ e 1. no mailer II 
 
 live to eat the apples. 1 he repi) wa». 
 
 thee don't : somebody else will." ,,,:|Jr,.n from 
 
 Father used to say that the best way to keep ^"f ' '"; 
 
 stealing fruit was to give then, plent>- at home, and that par- 
 ents were at fault who did not strive to do so. 
 
 Though at firs, ncghbors were so scattered and far apart 
 opportnmties were found for kn,dly offices towards each oth . 
 M . mother always spoke in the warmest terms of he k ,1- 
 ness anil pleasant ways to her. In speakmg of those early 
 "mes. ".Aunt Susie." as every one called her, used to say, 
 " I and ' we was all like sisters them days. 
 
 Thou.dr m^■ mother w as so young when she began her house- 
 keepingrshe 'took to her new home the best linen tablecloths and 
 
6o8 RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLINS. 
 
 towels of her own manufacture, coverlids and blankets of her 
 own spinnin<^ and weaving. 
 
 In all this work of the wheel and loom she was veryr skillful, 
 and for many years all the wearing apparel as well as the bed- 
 ding for her increasing family was home-made. 
 
 Any financial success to which my father achieved was as 
 much due to his wife's industry, frugality and economy as to 
 his own out-door management. 
 
 At first, there must have been some scarcity in the larder, 
 but my mother possessed a peculiar knack to make her plainest 
 dishes savory. Garden or wild herbs were made to serve for 
 spices. " Greens " and wild berries were found in their season. 
 The candles, the soap and almost everything used for food as 
 well as clothing were home products. A substitute for soda 
 was found in the lye made from cob-ashes, and if any one now 
 has nicer short-cake or soda biscuits, more delicious butter or 
 finer Linden honey " in the honey-comb," than was seen on m)- 
 mother's table, may I be there to cat. 
 
 Before my remembrance the days of scarcity had passed. 
 Poultry, fresh mutton and veal, besides beef and pork, made 
 variety through the year. Fruit was abundant and though 
 canning was unknown, there were such changes of dried and 
 preserved as left no lack. Of milk and cream, the food of all 
 foods for children, and for the \\ant of which they grow up 
 puny and small-boned, there was neither lack nor stint — neither 
 of butter and cheese. 
 
 One who was a boy in 1816, told the following in 1881 : 
 
 " I went with an elder brother to lay a stick-chimney, the 
 lower part of stones, for Mr. Allen. His wife was a little mite 
 of a woman but she got us the best dinner I had ever seen, and 
 it was always a mystery to me how she did it when every one 
 had so little to do with." 
 
 No doubt the lad's appetite was good sauce, but there are 
 others who can testify to my mother's good dinners when she 
 had a greater variety to select from, and to the open-handed, 
 generous hospitality that characterized both of my parents, 
 whether in the log-house or in the larger house next built. 
 
 The friend, the wayfarer and the stranger found a welcome ; 
 the homeless and the fugitive from slavery rejoiced to enter. 
 
RECOI.LKCTIONS OF COLLINS. 609 
 
 I never saw but one person turned from the door and he was 
 an " old codger," in present parlance, a tramp. My father had 
 ridden up on horse-back just in time to see tlie man enter the 
 house. Finding it occupied only by women and children, he 
 commenced to use profane and obscene language, which father, 
 coming in quickh', oxerheard. Walking towards the man and 
 making some significant gestures with his riding-whip, he said : 
 " Thee sees that door; walk out of it." My father was not a 
 small man, and he was strongly and well built. The fellow did 
 not " stand upon his going." 
 
 Medicinal herbs and roots were ahva}-s kept on hand for use, 
 and the doctor was seldom seen. 
 
 The next year after house-keeping began the first child was 
 born, and nearly e\'er\- two years another was added to the 
 family until the eighth and best beloved. Two sons and five 
 daughters lived to marr}- and find homes of their own. 
 
 The log-house which sheltered the young couple, held the 
 family for more than a dozen years. True it was a little en- 
 larged by a stoop which served for a dining-room in Summer 
 and the chamber of an outside cheese-house made more room for 
 beds ; but I have often marveled since how we were all made 
 so happ}' and comfortable in such close quarters, though then 
 we seemed to have room enough. 
 
 Not least among the remembered pleasures are the Winter 
 evenings spent around the great open fire-place. The making 
 of those fires was a work of labor as well as skill. The late after- 
 noon was the time for renewing, after the fire had been allowed 
 to burn down. Then the andirons were pulled forward and all 
 the brands, coals and ashes scraped from the chimney in a close 
 heap. Out of doors a clevis, an iron instrument, shaped like a 
 deep U, with sharp ends, was driven into the prepared back-log 
 four to eight feet long and eighteen inches or two feet in diam- 
 eter ; a chain was hooked into the clevis, the log hauled into 
 the house and with the aid of a hand-spike rolled close to the 
 chimney. On top of that a back-stick of smaller dimensions 
 was placed, and frequently a third stick was added to the 
 top of that. The andirons were put in place, a large, green 
 fore-stick laid on, and the wood piled on cob-fashion most 
 
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 unstintingly, the brands and coals ])ut under and the hearth 
 swept with a sphnt broom. 
 
 (3, those glorious fires I Children of the present da}- warm- 
 ing their feet over a black hole in the floor or sitting b}' the 
 most artistic base-burner, can have little idea of the pleasure 
 and cheer that filled the room and glowed upon all its occu- 
 pants. That great pile all aflame, the smoke and sparks float- 
 ing up the wide-mouthed chimney, the pictures that came and 
 went in the glowing coals, ever changing, ever renewing them- 
 selves in brighter forms, were sights that never i)alled on the 
 eyes of children. 
 
 On the wide, stone-hearth we cracked our \\alnuts and but- 
 ternuts or roasted our chestnuts in the embers. 
 
 The great pewter platter flanked on either side by plates of 
 the same metal, shone like burnished silver on the cupboard 
 shelf as the}' were turned up edgewise, displaying their largest 
 surfaces. 
 
 Little need was there b\' that fire of lamp or candle to read 
 the newspapers, of which there was one in the da}'s of my 
 earliest remembrance. I cannot remember its name, but I 
 know it was printed in Buffalo ; was Whig in politics, and was 
 wonderfull}' entertaining from the President's message to the 
 last advertisement in doggerel rhymes. 
 
 During the first years of my father's residence in the coun- 
 try he was captain of the militia compan}' of Collins, but his 
 ideas of war and militar}' life altogether underwent a decided 
 change, when his heart was renewed b}' grace, and he appre- 
 hended the teaching of Christ. This change took place among 
 a band of devoted Methodist people, though he never united 
 with them, but joined the Friends and lived and died a mem- 
 ber. The wife had been born of Quaker parents, and 
 brought up a Friend. My father talked \-er}' little about his 
 religious opinions, and was very charitable towards the opinions 
 of others, saying, " He can't be wrong whose life is in the 
 right." 
 
 " By their fruits ye shall know them." His honest, upright 
 dealing, his generous sympathy for the need}- and suffering- 
 were among his strong characteristics. The willingness to suf- 
 fer wrong rather than resent it, or even to defend his own 
 
RKCOl.I.KCrinNS OF C( )I.I.I.\S. 6l I 
 
 ri<;hts was sonicthini;- rciiKirkablc. lie was the friend and 
 counselor of peoj)le in very different circumstances and ranks 
 in life. Tlie business man sought his opinion of crops, cattle 
 and lands. Parties in domestic trouble came to him for coun- 
 sel, while the )-oung entrusted him with their l<jve secrets. 
 
 Several times during my father's first years in the countr)^ he 
 taught Winter schools with such decided success as to show 
 that he might have been \ery useful had he made a profession 
 of teaching. He possessed in an eminent degree the four most 
 important natural gifts for a teacher : An agreeable presence ; 
 a more than ordinary love and fondness for the young; an in- 
 tense and abiding love of knowledge, and ability to cc^mmuni- 
 cate what he knew to others. 
 
 I have always been thankful that he was ni)- first instructor. 
 Teaching in his own district when I was four }'ears old, I was 
 carried in his strong arms or rode pick-a-back, while my brother 
 and sister older walked before, through the tall pine forest, and 
 as we thee 'd and thou 'd by the wa)- the lessons I learned 
 were, 1 have no doubt, as profitable as what in school extended 
 from A B C to "crucifix" in Webster's old spelling book. 
 
 My father was a ver)- close observer of nature. I used to 
 think he could most truh' forecast the weather from the morn- 
 ing's observations. He knew all the trees of the forest, the 
 plants of the fields, and the birds and ]i\ing things were a study 
 and a delight to him. I never knew one who seemed to live as it 
 were in sympathy with all God's creation more than he. 
 
 When very old and feeble, he would sit for hours on the \-er- 
 andah feeding the birds w ith crumbs or looking^out upon the 
 trees and fields. 
 
 I once asked him what he saw there to amuse him so long. 
 Pointing to the fir-trees, he answered in Whittier's words, I see 
 
 " How the robin rears her young, 
 And how ihe oriole's nesi is hung. 
 
 The house was built before an}' roads were laid out, and the 
 nearest was finally made half a mile away, but the quiet life 
 was not altogether wanting in stirring incidents. 
 
 On one occasion, my mother had sent her eldest child eight 
 or nine years of age, to a neighbor's on an errand. He" went 
 
6l2 RECOLLECTIONS OE COLLINS. 
 
 by a "blazed " path through the woods. When it was about 
 the time he would be likely to return there came up the most 
 terrific storm of wind and rain that had been known there- 
 Large trees were torn up by the roots and blown down in all 
 directions. The father was away and not expected home. 
 After the storm subsided the mother looked anxiously for the 
 absent boy's return, but darkness set in without any tidings 
 of him. 
 
 The hired man was urged to go and ascertain whether the 
 child had started for home before the storm commenced, but 
 he declared the path must be so blocked up with fallen trees, 
 it would be impossible to find the way by night. 
 
 But to the mother there was no rest, and no impossibility to 
 finding the way, along which her first-born might lie crushed 
 and bleeding under a fallen tree, or having lost his way, might 
 be exposed not only to the damp chills of night, but to wolves 
 or panthers. So leaving her other children asleep she took her 
 lantern — -not the glass globe of the present day, illuminated 
 with kerosene — -but a lantern of perforated tin enclosing a sin- 
 gle tallow-dipped candle, liable to be blown out by a too sud- 
 den gust of wind, and there were no lucifer matches to take 
 along for relighting. Thus equipped she went through the 
 woods along the path, climbing over fallen trees, searching 
 under their broken branches, stopping ever and anon to call 
 Daniel I Daniel ! but only the echoes and the night sounds of 
 the great forest replied. The woods passed, the open fields 
 were soon crossed, to find the child detained by the kindly- 
 meaning neighbors who realized the dangers of the way more 
 than the mother's anxiety. The return was more quickly per- 
 formed, and midnight found her quieting her hungry baby. 
 
 For a long time after the settlement of the country the 
 cleared land formed a very small part of its area, and wild ani- 
 mals continued to be troublesome. My father had several hogs 
 carried off by bears. One night when a cow had been shut in 
 a high log pen with the sheep, the inmates of the house were 
 startled by the noise of the cow-bell. Father reached the pen 
 in time to hear a great scrambling as of some large animal get- 
 ting^'over the logs, but it was impossible to see anything in the 
 pitch darkness. The creature threw off some of the logs as it 
 
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 went, aiul the C(nv. as if beside herself with frii^ht, jumped out 
 and ran with all her niiii^ht off into the woods, until the sound 
 of her bell died away in the distance. Morning- lii^ht revealed 
 the tracks of a ver)- Iari;"e bear. 
 
 When speakin;j; of wild animals, I ha\'e heard father lau^h- 
 in^i}' sa\- that thi)LiL;li he had met with woK'es, bears and many 
 other denizens of the woods, his t^reatest fright was from a 
 screech-owl that suddenly called out just over his head as he 
 was walking alone under the trees one dark night. The first 
 thought was of a panther. 
 
 Year by year the clearing of the land went on, sometimes let 
 out by the job at a fixed price per acre. Often a chopper was 
 hired by the month, and worked all winter. I remember lis- 
 tening to the regular strokes of the axe as it was laid not to 
 the roots, but to the trunk of the tree two or three feet from 
 the ground, and it was with no little interest that I watched for 
 that unmistakable quivering and crackling in the top that be- 
 tokened the " tottering, crashing, thundering to the ground." 
 What was not made into saw-logs and firewood w\as left for the 
 burning, which usually took place the latter part of May when 
 the adjoining forest had put on its full panoply of leaves. 
 Then on a still, clear da}' fires were set, and smoke and flame 
 went up as from a burning city. I once saw twenty acres 
 burned over at once, part of it on a farm adjoining my father's, 
 and wood enough was consumed to ha\'e brought quite a little 
 fortune if it could hava b^en weighed out and sold by the 
 pound for firew^ood, as I have since seen it in other countries. 
 
 I do not remember much of my father's hunting except of 
 bees. This was a quiet pastime which he seemed to enjoy long 
 after he had many hives full at home. He was very successful 
 in raising bees, and great quanties of honey were consumed on 
 his table, but in those days people had not learned how to pro- 
 cure the honey without killing the bees, and this was done by 
 loosening the surface of the ground a yard square and inserting 
 four pine sticks, to the upper ends of which were inserted rags 
 dipped in melted sulphur. 
 
 A cool evening was the time chosen. Two men, stopping 
 up the holes in the hive quietly lifted and set it down over the 
 prepared place, just as a third person had ignited the sulphur. 
 
6l4 RFXOLLECTIONS OF COLLINS. 
 
 The earth was thrown up a little around the edges of the hive 
 and it was knocked and thumped until the poor bees fell down 
 suffocated with the gas. This was called "taking up a swarm 
 of bees." 
 
 When the older children were young we were accustomed to 
 use the plain language and at the same time we were trained t:) 
 show proper respect to superiors and elders; we were not 
 allowed to use vain compliments — No, sir, or ma'm to our yes 
 and no. 
 
 When my elder sister and myself were just entering our 
 teens, a dancing-master, who was organizing a class in Gowanda, 
 in canvasing for pupils, called at our house, Making known 
 his errand, his statements were politely listened to, while he 
 dwelt upon the great improvement in manners likely to result 
 from his instructions. Father replied : " No doubt thee thinks 
 so, but can thee engage that their morals will be improved 
 also?" We were not sent to dancing-school. 
 
 I have heard persons of. the first generation brought up in 
 Collins, bewail their want of advantages as compared with the 
 present youth. But was there not some compensation? Phys- 
 ically, in the abundance of fresh, unadultered food and the more 
 simple habits of life, and, mentally, in the necessity of doing 
 something for themselves ? 
 
 True, the young men and maidens could not take the evening 
 train for the city, hear the last new Prima Donna and be home 
 before morning. But who shall say that their pleasures were 
 not as keenly enjoyed, or as conducive to happiness ? Mayhap 
 they rode to a " paring bee," after a yoke of oxen ; their toilets 
 probably gave as little anxiety as is now experienced b}' the 
 wearers of more expensive ones. But did they not fall in love 
 and marry without ever thinkino^ of diamond engagement-rings 
 or bridal veils, " imported for the occasion"? 
 
 By the time the family exchanged the log-house for a new 
 one on the public road the tillable land had increased both by 
 clearing and purchase, until much work was to be done ; and 
 as the mowers, reapers and cultivators and other labor-saving 
 machines of the present day were not in use, many more hand.s 
 were required than would' be necessary for the same work now. 
 
KECOIJ.KCTIONS OF COI.I.IXS. 615 
 
 Six or cit^ht men suingin^^ their scythes together is a ])leas- 
 iint si>4"ht to look upon, whatever it ina\' be to the actors. 
 
 Indoors, cheese and bvitter-makinL;- went on : there were hired 
 spinners and wea\'ers to make up the wool from tlie flock and 
 workers to cook and spread the table for all. And besides 
 these there were visitors, comers and Ljoers more in those times 
 u hen e\er\' one traxelcd in his own con\-e}\'ince, than now. 
 
 To partake in tliese labors, to plan and direct either in-doors 
 or out made drafts upon nerve and brain. But I forbear to go 
 on in what was but the common life of so man\^at that ]:)eriod. 
 
 Towards the closing x-ears of m)' father's life I asked him to 
 write out his early e.xperience. He said there was nothing 
 worth writing ; there were no startling incidents, no important 
 events, that he had merely gone on from da}- to da}- trying to 
 do the best he could and that was all. Rut for some years 
 before his death his trembling hand refused to guide the pen 
 and rhe writing was carried on b}- my mother who kept 
 up cjuite an extensi\-e correspondence with absent children, 
 grandchildren and others. This with the culti\ation of flowers 
 occupied much of her time. 
 
 My parents lived to see great changes in their own and other 
 lands, of which their fondness for reading kept them informed. 
 They greatl}- rejoiced in all reforms for the benefit of mankind. 
 Father said, "The world is growing better, this or that evil is 
 being done away." Always interested in politics, he went to 
 the polls until the last election day of his life, when four gener- 
 ations cast in Rej:)ublican tickets. 
 
 Rejoicing in all that brought peace and good-will to man- 
 kind, my parents went down the hill of life and finished their 
 course in 1879: carried to their graves from the same farm 
 where had been their home sixty-four }-ears. Mother was 
 eighty-four and father, who died two months later, near eighty- 
 six. 
 
 Ma}- those who remain cherish their memory and emulate 
 their virtues. 
 
 Mrs. D. C. A. St()1)I>.\ri). 
 
 Isaac Allen, the subject of the above sketch, was born Aug. 
 26. 1793, in Uanby, Rutland count}-, Vt. His father, Zoeth 
 
6i6 
 
 THE ALLEN FAMILY. 
 
 Allen, served in the Revolutionary war. His mother was Jane 
 Harper. He was married May 25, i8i5,to Lydia Bartlett, 
 who was born in Cumberland, R. I., April 25, 1795. 
 
 In June, 181 5, he came to Collins, then Concord, Niagara 
 county. In July of the same year, he walked to Batavia, and 
 took an article of 220 acres of land, on which he built a log" 
 cabin. He then walked back to Vermont, and in the Winter 
 of 1 8 16, moved his wife and goods with a wagon and two 
 horses to his new home — the journey occupying twenty-three 
 days' actual travel. 
 
 In this home, their first child, Daniel, was born April 28, 
 
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 ISAAC ALLEN. 
 
 1 8 17. He married Eleanor Wells, whom he survives. They 
 had four children : Sarah Jane, who died at the age of fourteen 
 years; Walter W. and Alice, who died April, 1881, and 
 Leonard D., who moved to the State of Michigan, where he 
 now lives. 
 
 Mary Allen, born April 11, 1819, was married to Benjamin 
 P. Wells, who survives her. They had three children : Isaac 
 A., Arestene C, and Mary Josephine. 
 
 Drucilla C. Allen, born June 18, 1821, married Rev. Ira Stod- 
 dard. They went to the Province of Assam in India, as 
 
TIIK ALLEN FAMILY 
 
 6l7 
 
 missionaries, where they remained about nine years. They then 
 returned and after a few years went back to their missionary 
 Avork. Mrs. Stoddard stayed three years and Mr. Stoddard six 
 years, their health not permitting;' them to remain Ioniser in 
 that warm, unhealthy climate. They have three chiklren : 
 Bertha, Klla and Ira J(>\-, all born in India. They now live in 
 Pella, Iowa. 
 
 Jane Allen born March 13, 1814. Died at about two years 
 of age. 
 
 Joshua Allen, born March 10, 1826; attended select school 
 in Gowanda and Gowanda Union school ; was married to Eme- 
 linc Etsler, daughter of Archibald Etsler. She was born in 
 
 Liberty, Frederick county, Md., Nov. i, 1830. They have five 
 children : Charles E., Myron H., R. Harper, Eva and Clara M. 
 Mr. Allen is a dair\' farmer, lix'cs on the old homestead of three 
 hundred acres ; has been Assessor ten }-ears. 
 
 Westi-ikli), N. Y., Aug. 10, 1882. 
 Erasnms Briggs, Esq. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Agreeable to \'our rec]uest, I write to sa}- that 
 my father, the late Ralph Plumb, was born in Sauquoit, Onei- 
 da county, N. Y., in the \ear 1795, and was the si.xth child in 
 
6l8 THE LATE RALPH i'LUMH. 
 
 a family of seven sons and three daughters. His father, Joseph 
 Plumb, with his mother Mary, came from Middletown, Conn., 
 a short time previous to his birth, and were among the first 
 settlers of Oneida county. His father died, I think, in 1807. 
 and left him with four others, with their mother on a small 
 farm, the older children having previously left home. 
 
 My father was thus at twelve years old left with the care of 
 out-door matters. He remained at home, working the farm 
 Summers and attending school Winters, until fifteen or sixteen 
 years old, when he entered a small country store in his native 
 town as clerk. 
 
 During the War of 18 12-15, Seth Grosvenor, of the firm of 
 Grosvenor & Heacock, doing a general dry goods business in the 
 then Village of Buffalo, while on his return from New York, 
 stopped at New Hartford, near Utica, and there met my father 
 and made a bargain with him to come to Buffalo and engage 
 with the firm of which he, Grosvenor, was a member. After 
 the close of the War, he established himself in trade on his own 
 account in Buffalo, on the northeast corner of what is now Main 
 and Seneca streets. After a successful year of business, he was 
 induced by his older brother Joseph to leave Buffalo and go 
 with him to Fredonia, where they went into the goods business- 
 as partners. This was in 181 7. 
 
 In 18 18, my father was married to Perthenia Hudson at the 
 residence of her brother-in-law, Hon. Daniel G. Garnsey, in 
 Fredonia. About a year later — 1819 — I was born at Akron, 
 Ohio, where my father was temporarily attending to a branch 
 of the firm's business there. Some time in 1821 or 1822, the 
 business of J. & R. Plumb was closed up at Fredonia, and in 
 March, 1823, my father came to the present village of Gowanda, 
 then known as " Aldrich Mills." He purchased a lot of the 
 Aldrichs, upon which a frame had been erected. This he fin- 
 ished for a store with an addition for a residence ; while build- 
 ing he occupied a small log house, which had been used for a 
 cooper shop by the owner, John Strang, on the farm now 
 owned by Dr. John F. Allen, opposite the old cemetery. The 
 Summer or Fall of 1823, the first store of goods was opened on 
 the lot on Perry street now owned bj' the heirs of Brazil Coon. 
 At this time, the population consisted of the old man Turner 
 
TllK I.AIK RAI.l'll IMAM 15. 6ig 
 
 Aldrich,, Turner Jr., Merrill and Isaac, sons. Subrina Adams, 
 Horace Stewart and James West, sons-in-law, with their fami- 
 lies, and a few others, amon^ whom were Wilson Adams, John 
 Strang, Parker Dailey, ElncKMi Palmer, on the east side of the 
 creek, and Thomas b^irnsworth, Dan Allen, Benjamin Water- 
 nian. (iabriel Strani^, and Daniel Wheeler on the west side. 
 The old man Aldrich had, previous to my father's coming, 
 given each of his sons and daughters a farm. I should have 
 previously stated that Turner Aldrich, Sr., came to this place 
 about 1810, from the Connecticut valley, and purchased of the 
 Holland Land company seven hundred acres of land, embrac- 
 ing nearly all of the valley now included in the Village of 
 Gowanda, on both sides of the Cattaraugus creek. Merrill had 
 what is now known as the Slocum farm, on the west side ; Tur- 
 ner Jr., the south part of lots thirty-six and thirty-seven ; Isaac, 
 the central part of thirt}--eight fronting east on Buffalo street, 
 his first house standing on the lot north and adjoining L. M. 
 Pitcher's, and he after vvards built the brick and stone house 
 now occupied by U. Ribbel. James West had the land oppo- 
 site Isaac, known now as the old distillery lot on lot thirty-six ; 
 .Subina Adams, the land immediately north of Isaac and West's ; 
 Horace Stewart, the north part of lots thirty-seven and thirty- 
 eight, now owned by his son Freeman. Uncle John Strang was 
 located between Adam and Stewart's. Thomas Farnsworth 
 settled on a small farm located between Merrill Aldrich and 
 Dan Allen, his house standing near the railroad depot, fronting 
 the creek. Gabriel Strang had the grove, and lived in a log 
 house fronting the creek, near where Albert G. Barker's family 
 reside. Benjamin Waterman had the farm now bearing his 
 name, in the northwest part of the village, and built his first 
 house of logs, near the mouth of Thatcher brook. 
 
 Before m}' father's ccvming, the Aldrich's had built a brush 
 ■dam near the present one, and erected a grist and saw-mill 
 near where the axe factory is now located. The grist-mill was 
 .a mere shell with one run of rock stone, without bolts, smut- 
 ting or other appendages of a flouring mill. My father soon 
 purchased the mill j^roperty and the contiguous land, so as to 
 ■control the entire water power. He at once entered upon the 
 M'ork of building a j)ermanent dam, the work of which is still 
 
620 THE LATE RATJ'H I'LUMH. 
 
 standing, digging the race, finishing the flouring mill, putting" 
 in good machinery, with two run of French buhr stone. Zimri 
 Howe, then a young man employed in a mill at Rochester, 
 was hired to come on and take charge of the mill, which he con- 
 tinued to do for nearly forty years. 
 
 Soon Amasa L. Chafee and his brother-in-law Alvin Bugbee 
 came on from Attica, and started a carding and cloth-dressing 
 establishment near the ruins of the woolen factory which they 
 run for some years, and then sold out to father and Asahel 
 Camp, who subsequently built the woolen factory which was 
 burned in the great fire of 1856. 
 
 The present furnace and foundry owned by Sellew & Popple 
 occupies the site of Vosburgh & Locke's blacksmith shop and 
 Elisha and Thomas Henry's tub and pail factory. 
 
 The first school-house was built on the site of Peter Rink's 
 block, in 1824, and the first school opened in that year, taught 
 by Noble VVeller. My education was commenced in that school 
 at its opening, at the age of five j'ears. 
 
 During the year 1823, religious meetings were held in the 
 chamber of father's store, by traveling Methodist ministers. 
 with an occasional sermon from a Congregational and Presby- 
 terian minister. After the school-house was finished, in 1824, 
 that was used on the Sabbath for religious meetings by the dif- 
 ferent denominations for several years. The Methodists soon 
 organized a church, and the Presbyterians another about two 
 years later, I think in 1827, of which my father and mother be- 
 came members ; both societies continued to occupy the school- 
 house for their meetings until they both built churches, in 
 1834, the first Presbyterian church having been built on the 
 site of their present one. The first was burned in 1842, 
 and the present one was erected the same year. The Metho- 
 dists built the one now occupied by the old society known as. 
 the M. E. Church. The Baptists had an organization for a 
 time, but they never built a church'. The F"ree Methodist 
 society is a comparatively new organization which was effected 
 mainly by the efforts of Titus Roberts, who paid most of the 
 expenses of erecting their meeting-house. 
 
 The old man Aldrich antl his son Turner sold the most of 
 their lands to my father, as did James West; Isaac sold outta 
 
I III-: i.AlK RAl.l'lI I'l.LMI!. 621 
 
 various parties, and Merrill soon followed, all i^oing to Michi- 
 gan, where they all died. 
 
 My father, soon after starting his store, built an ashery where 
 the ashes of the timber of the new settlement was made into 
 pot ash and the black salts into pearl ash. This was a large 
 business in the carl\- days. When the farmers were clearing 
 their farms, and black salts the only thing at one time that 
 would command cash; Later, he built a distillery to work up 
 the coarse grain, which he was obliged to take for goods for 
 years he received but little money for goods, but was obliged 
 to take all kinds of produce, cattle and hogs. The coarse grains 
 were worked into whisky and the refuse and slop fed to the 
 stock. The wheat was floured and all sent to New York and 
 Canada, where it was turned into money. His business was 
 very laborious. For years, he was the first man up in the vil- 
 lage and the last in bed. In addition to his own business he 
 was the pack-horse for the whole community — doing much of 
 the conveyancing, drawing of contracts, filling out applications 
 for pensions and collecting pensions for most of the pensioners 
 of the Revolution and War of 181 2. 
 
 He was Supervisor of Collins for fifteen years, during which 
 time he was several times chairman of the board, and Member 
 of Assembly in 1835. Later, he was Sheriff of Erie county. 
 
 From about 1842, to the time of his death, which occurred 
 Feb. 7, 1865, the business was done in the name of R. Plumb & 
 Son ; the last ten years of his life, he gave the most of his time 
 to the improvement and management of his farms, the most 
 of which were stocked with cows. At the time of his death, 
 the firm owned, rented to tenants ten dairy farms, stocked with 
 about four hundred and fifty cows. After my father's death, I 
 sold the flouring mill to John H. White, who now owns and runs 
 it in connection with C. C. Torrance. The saw mill, carding 
 machine, planing mill, and the balance of the water power, 
 with the land connected with it ; I sold to Ansel F. Conger 
 later sales; sold my father's old residence to Mr. Conger, who 
 has recently sold it to E. W. Henry. In the Spring of 1870, 
 after having sold the most of my other village property, I sold 
 my residence to C. C. Torrance, Esq., and removed to Buffalo, 
 
■622 THE LATE RALI'H PLUMB. 
 
 where I continued to reside until the Spring^ of 1873, when 1 
 came to .Westfield, where I now reside. 
 
 The great fire occurred April 30, 1856, commencing;" in the 
 tub and pail factory, on the east side of the creek, where Sellew 
 & Popple's foundr)' is now located, communicating with the 
 old furnace adjoining on the north, thence to the woolen fac- 
 tory on the south, burning the buildings named and the factory 
 boarding house, the old store formerly owned and occupied by 
 R. Plumb & Son, the old grist mill, and the saw mill adjoin- 
 ing, E. W. Henry's residence and store, the bridge crossing the 
 Cattaraugus creek, all the buildings fronting on the square west 
 of the bridge, including the two hotels known as the Mansion 
 House and the Baker House, continuing up West Main street, 
 as far as the brick and stone ofifice on the north side of 
 the street, and on the south side as far as Delia Waterman's 
 residence, thus destroying in its course, all the stores, hotels, 
 and places of business in the village, except the Plumb block 
 of stores on the east side of the creek, and the old Eagle tavern 
 now occupied b)' Fisher, on the corner of Buffalo and Perry 
 streets. The value of the property destroyed, buildings, goods, 
 furniture, machinery, &c., was estimated at one hundred thous- 
 and dollars, a small part of which was covered b}' insurance. 
 The names of the owners of the property burned, were as fol- 
 lows as near as I remember : On the Erie county side, furnace, 
 
 A. E. Sellew & Co. ; pail and tub factory, ; woolen 
 
 factory, Asahel Camp ; Plumb's store, Gideon Webster ; mills, 
 R. Plumb & Son ; Henr}''s residence and store, li. W. Henry ; 
 west side, or Cattaraugus side, stores : Porter Welch, Zimri 
 W^arner, Dr. J. S. Shugart, Amasa L. Chaffee, A. R. Sellew, 
 Charles Rollinson, H. N. Hooker, D. W. Brown, W. H. Sun- 
 derlin, Leander Orr, Mr. Badger, Hiram Palmer, do not recollet 
 all. Barker House, kept by Michael H. Barker: Mansion House, 
 kept by Seley Blackney ; several machine shops, including 
 Henry Dawnsons wagon shop and William Danber's black- 
 smith shop; also the residences of H. Morgan, Ji^hn Pierce, 
 and one built b}- Alfred Johnson. The first village name was 
 ^' Lodi," after the one in Flurope. The present name " Gowan- 
 da," was applied to the \alle\- b\- the Indians at an earl\- da)% 
 .-ind signifies "a valle\' among the hills. J. H. Pr.UMH. 
 
nil-; I'l.iMi; iamiia'. 623 
 
 Joseph H. I'lunibwasniarriccl in tlic Cit\- of Buffalo, Aug. 10, 
 1842, to Lorctta J. Runisc)-, they have four children, three sons 
 and one daughter, name and time of birth as follows: 
 
 Ralph H., born Sept. 20, 1S45. 
 
 Fayette R., born Ma\- 10, 1848. 
 
 Kllen Josephine, born Feb. 10, 1851. 
 
 (ieorge E., born April 13, 1862. 
 
 Ralph H. riumb is a resident of Buffalo, engaged in the 
 business of manufacturing carriage bolts, nuts, &c.. under the 
 firm name of Plumb, Hurdick & Barnard. 
 
 Fayette R. Plumb is engaged in the business of manufact- 
 uring hammers, hatchets, edge tools. &c., in the City of Phila- 
 delphia, and is of the firm of Yerkes & Plumb. 
 
 E. Josephine Plumb is now the wife of William Dodman, of 
 New York city, who is in the hardware business, of the firm of 
 Dodman & Burke. 
 
 George E. Plumb is a minor, and at present employed by 
 Plumb, Burdick & Barnard, in Buffalo. 
 
 Mrs. Pathenia Plumb, widow of Ralph Plumb, died at the 
 residencj of her son, J. H. Plumb, in Westfield. N. Y., July 
 22, 18^2. aged eight}'-five years. 
 
 About 1840, J. H. Plumb, was elected Colonel of the 169th 
 Regiment, of the New York State Militia, with Samuel Bab- 
 cock. Lieutenant-Colonel, and Mr. Willett, Major. A few years 
 later a Brigadier-General was to be elected, and Mr. Plumb 
 recjived a large majority of the votes cast for that ofificc, but 
 being present he declined to accept the position on account of 
 his youiili (rather an uncommon thing for a young man to do). 
 He represented the Town of Collins on the Board of Super 
 visors seven years, and was Member of Assembly in i860, and 
 again in 1867. 
 
 The Gowanda grist mill was built about 1847, ^^as sold to 
 John H. White. May i, 1868, and in June the same year, 
 White sold it to Torrance & Allen Clark, Torrance bought out 
 Clark in 1867. Torrance sold to De Witt C. Hoover in 1879, 
 and he run it about a year and sold to White & Torrance, who 
 now own and run it. 
 
624 THE FIRST FRAME HOUSE. 
 
 FACTS AS TO HISTORY OF COLLINS AND VICINITV. 
 
 Collins Center is situated principally on lot forty-eight, 
 township six, range eight, and on the westerly part of the lot. 
 
 In the year 18 10, Stephen Wilbur, Joshua Palmerton and 
 Stephen Peters, built a cabin at Collins Center and went to 
 keeping bachelor hall. Stephen Wilbur located and settled on 
 the farm about a mile west of Collins Center, now owned and 
 occupied by his grandson, Robert Wilbur. 
 
 Peters located and settled on the hill just above the school 
 house, about a half mile east of Collins Center, the shanty built 
 and temporarily occupied by Wilber Palmerton and Peters 
 being abandoned. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Wood bought the westerly 125 acres of lot forty- 
 eight, and took his deed from the Holland Land company 
 Sept. I, 1 8 19. On that parcel subsequently grew up what has 
 become Collins Center, though of late years it has been grow- 
 ing easterly and westerly from it. Wood sold the east sixt)- 
 acres of his farm soon after to Yeomans Merritt, and Merritt 
 ■on the 17th day of June, 1822, sold out the same to John C. 
 Adams. The latter was a blacksmith, and at once built his 
 shop and commenced doing work for the settlers about him. 
 That was undoubtedly the germ from which has grown the 
 present thriving village, the shop serving as a magnet to draw 
 business to itself and make its location a central point. Adams 
 rented his farm and carried on his trade at Lodi, now Gowanda, 
 in the years 1826 and 1827, but went back to his farm in 1828, 
 and again started his business there. 
 
 James Parkinson had purchased Wood's farm, and in 1828 
 built the dam and erected a saw mill there. 
 
 A postoffice was established there in 1828; John C. Adams 
 was made the postmaster, and the ofifice took the name of Col- 
 lins Center, which name the village has since borne. 
 
 About this time Parkinson built a fulling mill near his saw 
 mill, and Mr. Daniel Shepardson, a retired, worn-out Metho- 
 dist minister, bought a lot and built the first frame house in the 
 village, the one now owned by Mrs. Perry. 
 
 In 1829 Mr. Samuel Lake, then seemingly a man of middle 
 life, though now a resident of Buffalo and still giving some 
 
OUKJINAl. INHAIU TANTS OK COI.I.INS. 625 
 
 attention to business, built a frame store for Harry H. Matte- 
 son, now of Buffalo. Matteson moved into the store and 
 opened trade Jan. I, 1830. The store built by Lake is a part 
 of the store now occupied by Bates & White. Matteson con- 
 tinued in business there about two years and then moved away. 
 Adams then (juit liis blacksmithing, formed a {partnership with 
 Nathaniel Kniijht and opened there a general country store, 
 • Knight retiring from the partnership after about a year. 
 
 About 1H35 Chauncey Bigelow, backed up by Phineas Spen- 
 cer, of Lodi (now Gowanda), purchased the Matteson store and 
 lot, and opened up a general country store, and in 1836 Adams 
 sold out to Bigelow & Spencer his farm, and removed firsi; to 
 Wayne count}', N. Y., and soon after to Kent. Ohio, where he 
 died in 1847. 
 
 Bigelow continued trade there several years, then removed to 
 Wisconsin. His successors in trade in the Matteson store were 
 Nathaniel F"rank, then Cornelius Smith, then Thomas Russell, 
 then S. C. Adams and S. T. White, then S. T. White, S. T. 
 White & Co., and Bates & White, which brings the old original 
 store down to the present date. During this time and about 
 1848 George H. Hodges built his store. Mr. Mugridge built 
 his store about 1848, and other places of business have since 
 crept in to make the village what it now is. 
 
 James Parkinson converted his saw mill over into a grist mill ; 
 from that has merged a tannery, in its present shape. 
 
 The original inhabitants of Collins Center, those who made 
 up. the town when in its incipient stage, were the families of 
 John C. Adams James Parkinson, Lemuel H. Wood, Jona- 
 than Irish. Erastus B. Mack, Joseph B. Mack, Mr. Randall, 
 William L. Mosier, Daniel Shepardson, Dr. Israel Congdon, 
 Edmund P. Palmer and John B. Peasle\-. 
 
 Of the Adams family, all sons : 
 
 G. R. C, a farmer, resides at Galesburgh, Mich. 
 
 Samuel C, an attorney, resides at Buffalo. 
 
 Ezra C, a physician, resides at Alamo, Mich. 
 
 Chauncey C, a farmer, resides at Riley Center, Kas. 
 
 Of James Parkinson's family : 
 
 George, a farmer, resides near Gowanda. 
 
 Daniel, his oldest, is dead. 
 26 
 
626 EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 E. B. and J. B. Mack moved West, and Joseph B. Mack 
 resides at Kent, O. 
 
 Randall was an old man, a revolutionary soldier and pen- 
 sioner, and died long ago. 
 
 Mosier had sons and daughters : 
 
 Charles, the oldest, a farmer, resided in Collins until his 
 death, which happened recently. 
 
 His other sons died or went west and settled. .Shepardson 
 sold out to Congdon and removed years ago. 
 
 Dr. Congdon was the first physician of the place ; died there 
 about 1845 ^nd left no children. 
 
 Palmer carried on boot and slioe-m iking there for a number 
 of years; now is a farmer in Evans, in this count}'. 
 
 Peasley sold out to Palmer and located on what is known as 
 the Breakers, on Cattaraugus creek ; died some years ago, leav^- 
 ing daughters ; one a widow Beverly, now of Collins Center, 
 and one, the wife of Mr. Seth Bartlett, just below Collins 
 Center. 
 
 Jonathan Irish died a long time ago. His eldest daughter 
 was John B. Peasley's wife. (3ne of his daughters is Mrs. 
 Tracy Burnap, of Collins. A son, Allen Irish, resides in Cat- 
 taraugus county. 
 
 Lemuel H. Wood had sons at Collins Center : Gabriel, Cor- 
 nelius, John and Daniel T. John removed to Leon, Cattarau- 
 gus county and died there. 
 
 Gabriel and Cornelius married in Collins, but removed to 
 Leon and both died there. 
 
 John and Daniel T., both tanners, <md reside in Leon. John 
 married a daughter of Augustus Smith, of Collins. 
 
 Collins, in its earU' history had men residing in it who were 
 pointed out to children as heroes of the '• Revolution." Among 
 them were Cromwell Luther, whose daughter, the widow of 
 Mr. James Nichols, still resides at Collins. Also, Luke Cran- 
 dall, a Vermonter, the father of Lnke Crandall, Darius and 
 Philetus Crandall, all of whom, with their families, were among 
 the earl)' pioneers of the town. Also, Abraham Reynolds, the 
 father of Norman Reynolds and Nehemiah Re>'nolds, whose 
 families are still residents of Collins Center and vicinity. 
 
 But few farms of the town are still held by the earl}' pion- 
 eers, or their descendants. 
 
EARLY SE'l TLF.RS. 627 
 
 Some of the exceptions arc as follows : Trac)' l^urnaj) still 
 resides on the farm he cleared up from a dense forest. 
 
 Isaac W. Tanner resides on the farm located and cleared up 
 by his father, Warren Tanner. 
 
 Timothy Clark's widow and famil)' occupy the farm he 
 cleared up. 
 
 The heirs of Geori^e Kint^" occu]))- the farm settled upon and 
 cleared by their t^randfather. 
 
 The grandson of Stephen Wilber owns his old homesiead. 
 
 Ezra Nichols, lately deceased, remained upon his old home 
 stead through his entire life. 
 
 There are a very few of the original ])ioneers left. Augustus 
 Smith, Col. Sylvanus Cook, John VVilber, David Wilber, 
 Tracy Burnap, Elisha Wa.shburn and David Beverly, are all of 
 them men who redeemed their farms from the native woods. 
 
 Church-going, in the early days of the town, was under many 
 difficulties. Under ordinar\' circumstances, " meetings" would 
 be held at the cabin or house of some "settler." After school- 
 houses had begun to be built services would frequently be held 
 in them. Large gatherings, like Methodist quarterly-meetings, 
 would be held in some barn, in moderate weather. The 
 " Friends" were among the earliest to erect "meeting-houses" 
 or churches. 
 
 One was erected at an early date near Augustus Smith's, 
 where one stands at present. The Methodist denomination 
 had an early standing in the town, and in the eastern part of 
 the town there was what is known as a " class," under the lead- 
 ership of the late Nathaniel Knight, Esq., one of the early 
 residents and pioneers, and in the early history of the town a 
 man of very prcnninent standing. His class usually had meet- 
 ings at what was known as the Re\'nolds school-house. At 
 Collins Center was another class, under the leadership of John 
 C. Adams. About 1832 c|uite a " revival" took place, under 
 the labors of a Methodist minister by the name of Babcock. 
 C. B. Parkinson, or " Burke" Parkinson as he was familiarly 
 known, and Reuben Parkinson, his brother, were among the 
 prominent accessions to the Methedist society at that time. 
 
 As a result of the " revival " it \\as found that more room 
 ^vas needed and must be had to accommodate the congregation, 
 
628 THE FIRST CHURCH ERECTED. 
 
 and after consultation it was agreed to build a church, not dis- 
 tinctively Methodist, as general contributions for it had to 
 be asked for. As in all like cases, the question of location be- 
 came a serious one. Collins Center with its one store, its saw 
 mill, its blacksmith shop, postofifice and four or five families, 
 urged strongly that the " meeting house " should be located 
 there. The class at the Reynolds school house, more modest 
 than the Collins Center class, did not claim its location at that 
 point, but urged a compromise. The question of reaching 
 church services in those early days was a serious question. 
 There were then no spring carriages, and but few of the set- 
 tlers had horse teams and lumber wagons. The teams they 
 did have were worked hard through the week, and needed rest 
 over Sunday for the work of the coming week As a result 
 the popular way of going to meeting was to go on foot. But 
 three miles on a hot day, on foot, after a hard week's work, 
 aside from the question of duty, was not pleasant to think of, 
 and as a result a compromise was necessary and was had. The 
 Parkinsons, living intermediate between the points, suggested 
 their neighborhood as the suitable place for the church, and a 
 Mr. Martin Potter, a good Presbyterian, whose wife was a sister 
 of the Parkinsons, offered a lot for the site on the hill near 
 " Burke " Parkinson's residence, and the same was accepted, the 
 work begun, the foundations laid, the frame work built, the 
 roof put on, the sides clapboarded, windows and doors put in, 
 a rough floor laid and then the work stopped, the subscription 
 exhausted and the fever heat for a new church cooled off. 
 Temporary rough board seats were placed in the building, and 
 occasionally it was used, generally for Methodist meetings, often 
 for anti-slavery or other meetings of like character. The build- 
 ing stood many years like a monument of mistaken zeal of the 
 times when it was erected. Finally about 1844, Collins Center 
 having made some little growth, and it being conceded on all 
 hands that the church where it stood was but little better than 
 a mockery, it was unanimously agreed that it ought to be 
 removed to the Center. A big " bee " was made, the old 
 church was lifted from its foundations, and placed on long log 
 runners; all in the vicinity were there with their ox 
 teams; they all hitched on, and the old church started on its 
 
CHURCH NfATTERS. 629 
 
 journey across lots, and after a two days' ride brought up and 
 settled down for life, no doubt, on the little hill at Collins Cen- 
 ter, which was first thought of as the place where it should have 
 first been erected. Contributions were again called for, and the 
 old church was worked ov^er finally into its present condition, 
 and became the church of the Methodist-Episcopal society of 
 Collins Center, with its modest little bell tower and more mod- 
 est bell, which on Sunday mornings wakens the echoes of the 
 modest little village, calling the people to religious services. 
 Thus has been traced the history of the oldest " meeting house" 
 of Collins, in the neighborhood of Collins Center. There was 
 another meeting house, however, that was built that has passed 
 away, and which, unless embalmed in history, will soon be for- 
 gotten. 
 
 Among the prominent religious denominations of the town 
 in its early years was one known as the " Christians." The 
 society was quite numerous and earnest and honest in their 
 convictions. The main portion of the society lived easterly of 
 Collins Center. One of its earliest ministers, in fact the princi- 
 pal pillar of the church for years, was Elder Bartlett. He 
 resided for years near the banks of the creek just southerly of 
 the present Collins Center school house, and not far distant 
 from where the old church whose history has just been given, 
 was first erected. 
 
 The Elder, as he is now remembered, was a man of large 
 stature, finely formed, of iron constitution, zealous at all times 
 in the interest of religion, and especially interested in building 
 up his own church. As his society grew it outgrew the meager 
 accommodations found in the dwellings of its members or of 
 the school-houses that were occasionally utilized for church 
 services. The members of the congregation and church being 
 largely scattered, the question of a central point, with proper 
 accommodations became of serious importance. 
 
 At an early day in the history of the town the corners of the 
 road near the late Timothy Clark's farm and the Uncle "Sam. 
 Hazard" farm, now occupied by W. H. Perkinson, was deemed 
 a central point ; and there had been erected a log school-house 
 of ample pattern and pioneer accommodations. It had out- 
 lived its usefulness, fallen down and been removed, but its 
 
630 . EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 recollection as a central point remained in the minds of the 
 people, many of whom had graduated from it with all of the 
 instruction that in early days could be obtained from a back- 
 woods school-house. 
 
 It was determined to erect a church at this point for the 
 " Christians" and one was erected ; a frame church, of respect- 
 able proportions, quite comfortably finished and furnished. In 
 it for many years the congregations gathered and held their 
 services. 
 
 As in individual lives so in church and state, there is no one 
 permanent, continuous period of existence, and this church 
 being no exception to the rule, its period of activity seemed to 
 go down and out and its church, once so flourishing, has dis- 
 appeared from off the face of the earth, leaving scarcely a trace 
 to show where it once stood, and history now steps in to save 
 its memory from utter forgetfulness. In latter years the Free 
 Methodist church or society erected a church at Collins Center, 
 which has escaped the ups and downs of its neighbor on the 
 little hill across the little valley. It was built without orna- 
 ment of tower or spire and has no bell, serving without 
 the least pretense, the purposes of the society for which it was 
 built, as a place for their religious services. 
 
 Still another church was erected at Collins Center, b)'theUni- 
 versalists. That, however, has been changed to other purposes. 
 The old log school-house on the corner of the cross-roads, 
 near the Timoth)- Clark farm has been mentioned. The cor- 
 ners were in early days four corners instead of three, as now, and 
 the school-house accommodated a very large extent of country 
 the ^r^'j'-trict being very large. Its heating accommodation was 
 very ample. It consisted of an open fire-place occupying one 
 entire end of the house, with its large, rough, stone hearth, and 
 freedom from mantel and jambs, its broad and open stick-chim- 
 ney slanting from the chamber floor, offering an opportunity at 
 night of studying astronomy by looking upwards through the 
 chimney as the stars moved by on their travels. The seats con- 
 sisted of what are known as slabs, the rounded side downwards 
 with legs of split billets of wood inserted in auger holes to sup- 
 port them. The desks consisted of a series of boards, one edge 
 resting against the wall and slanting downwards. The desks 
 
EARLV SF/nr.KRS. 63 1 
 
 were continuous around the room and were for the older and 
 more advanced classes. The seats in like manner, were con- 
 tinuous, and the young man or young woman who wanted 
 to change position from or to the desk, found the work attended 
 with more or less embarrassment. The younger portion, those 
 who were not old entjugh to write or cipher, were accommoda- 
 ted on an inner tier of seats. Those nf)W living who had occa- 
 sion to occupy them, still have vivid recollections of going to 
 school. It was a seat upon a hard board, the feet dangling in 
 the air, inches from the floor, with no back and no support for 
 the feet, and through the long monotonous hours of the fore- 
 noon and afternoon, relieved only by the few minutes of recess 
 and the short exercises of reading and spelling, which 
 constituted the sole labors of the little folks of the school. 
 The text books consisted of Webster's spelling book, Murray's, 
 or the old English reader, and Daboll's arithmetic. The step 
 in reading from Webster's spelling book to Murray's reader, 
 would be considered rather abrupt in these days, nevertheless, 
 that is the way the}' did it then. There are many, no doubt^ 
 of that day, who have no recollectioii of a transitive state be- 
 tween the speller and reader, but recollect only the English 
 reader, as their text book for reading. While the present gen- 
 eration might not survive school privileges of that kind ; the 
 young men and women of that day, felt especially blest if they 
 could get a three months' schooling during the year, and grow 
 up to manhood and womanhood, strong and healthy men and 
 women, worthy to be the fathers and mothers of the present 
 generation. Of arithmetic, in that early day, he or she who got 
 as far as the Rule of Three, was deemed qualified for any of 
 the ordinary business occupations of life. As to geography 
 and grammar, they were deemed outside of and beyond the 
 reach of acquirement in the early school history of the town. 
 The introduction of these and other and higher branches into 
 the schools, has been the wc^rk of the years that have gone by, 
 each making its additions, until the schools of the town became 
 what they are, equal to those of other portions of the state, 
 which have been built up, no doubt, in like manner. The old 
 school house on the Corners, when first built, accommodated 
 all that portion of Collins, eastward of (and including) the 
 
632 EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 residence of the late George F. King, and the school house was 
 not over-crowded. The next school house to the eastward was 
 at Morton's Corners. Lodi furnished the one on the west. 
 The population of the town increasing, school houses soon 
 began to be built. A small frame school house was built about 
 1829, in the Joshua Palmerton and Smith Bartlett school dis- 
 trict, and stood at the present four corners, then three corners, 
 between the Moses Conger and Ezra Nichols farms. About 
 1830 and 1 83 1, the people of that district indulged in the 
 luxury of a man teacher, for summer school. A Mr. John 
 Pratt, on account of ill-health, and for want of other occupa- 
 tion, to which he could adapt himself, accepted the meager pit- 
 tance that the farmers found themselves able to pay and taught 
 "the young ideas how to shoot." In those days, and for years 
 afterwards, the teacher " boarded around," the dollars and cents 
 paid and received, was practically net gain. A frame school 
 house was soon after built in the "Crandall " district, as it was 
 called, and located near the site of the present cheese factory, 
 just cast of Mr. John H. Johnson's, about a mile north of 
 Collins Center. That district soon followed the example of 
 the Palmerton district, and had the services of a man, Mr. 
 Franklin Bement, for some two summers. The old log school- 
 house on the hill at Clark and Hazard's corners, having served 
 its day, it was determined to build a new school house, and one 
 Avas built on a site obtained of Mr. Warren Tanner, near 
 the present residence of Mr. Isaac Tanner. The first teacher 
 of the school the Winter after the house was built was 
 
 Howe, of Lodi, then studying law, afterwards Judge 
 
 Howe, of Cattaraugus county. A Mr. Arnold Mann, an old 
 bachelor, taught the school two Winters. Augustus Hanchett, 
 then studying to be a physician, taught the school one Winter. 
 Hanchett was afterwards admitted to practice, married a wife 
 in Springville, and moved west. He was a man of superior 
 natural abilities, coupled with other characteristics, that greatly 
 neutralized them, and prevented him from reaching an emi- 
 nence in his profession, to -which his friends believed he was 
 fully entitled. Charles Woodward, who since then became a 
 Methodist teacher, taught the school some two or more Winters. 
 
KARLV SKI'ir^EKS. 
 
 633 
 
 111 the early history of the town, its school matters were man- 
 aged by three school commissioners and three school inspectors. 
 
 Among those who served as Commissioners and Inspectors 
 were John Lawton, John C. Adams, Dr. Noyes, Stephen White 
 Leman II. Pitcher, John F. Allen and Edward Vail. The 
 plan was changed to that of Town Superintendent ot 
 Schools in about 1846, and Dr. John F. Allen became the 
 Superintendent for the first year. The Town of Collins 
 then comprised what is now^ Collins and North Collins, 
 and had some twenty-five school houses located within the 
 town, with more or less joint districts connected with other 
 towns. Dr. Allen was succeeded as Town Superintendent by 
 S. C. Adams, who continued in the of^ce some six years, until 
 he was elected Supervisor of the town. 
 
 Adams was succeeded as Superintendent by Dr. William A. 
 Sibley, who held the ofifice until it was abolished, and super- 
 ceded, in 1855, by the office of School Commissioner, including 
 several towns in one Commissioner's district. Since then, S. 
 W. Soule, of Collins, has served as School Commissioner. 
 
 Among those engaged in the town as teachers, not before 
 mentioned are the following : 
 
 Eli Heath, 
 Edward Vail, 
 Harvey Hicks, 
 S. W. Soule, 
 
 Alanson King, 
 S. C. Adams, 
 Hosea S. Heath, 
 Joseph O'Brien, 
 
 Lewis Varney, 
 Wilson Rogers, 
 Erastus Harris, 
 Charles C. Wilson, 
 
 William H.Johnson, Ferdinand Taylor, Horatio Whittemore, 
 
 David Woodward, Hiram Clark, 
 
 Asahel Sloan, Clark Sibley, 
 
 Joshua C. Ticknor, C. Vosburgh, 
 
 Z. F. Parks, William Potter, 
 
 George Richardson, Ahaz Paxon, 
 
 William Pierce, A. T. Brown, 
 
 Amos S. Willett. 
 
 Among the lady teachers were : 
 
 Ruth Knight, Jane White, 
 
 Sarah Henry, Rhoda Smith, 
 
 Ann Palmerton, Amanda Herrick, 
 
 Ann Tifft, Laura D. Abbott, 
 
 Lyman Clark, 
 Joshua Allen, 
 James Matthews. 
 Lyman Wright, 
 Alonzo B. Pierce, 
 Lewis Rogers, 
 
 Mariette Perry, 
 Emily Brown, 
 Esther Pratt, 
 Mary W. Brown,. 
 
634 
 
 FORMER LADV TEACHERS OF COLLINS. 
 
 Julia E. Martin, 
 Lydia Ferris, 
 Ruth Blanchard, 
 Eunice I'almerton, 
 Sarah McMillen, 
 E. L. Rogers, 
 Mary Johnson, 
 Sophia S. Clark, 
 Lydia A. Sisson, 
 Harriet A. Watson, 
 Jane Arnold, 
 Mary E. Jennings, 
 Ellen Richmond, 
 Elizabeth Wilson, 
 
 Mary A. Clough, 
 Apalonia Douglass, 
 Polly Rogers, 
 Maria Irish, 
 Lydia McMillen, 
 Phebe J. Wilcox, 
 Caroline Etsler, 
 Lydia Ferris, 
 Hannah Warner, 
 Mary Jane Warner, 
 Emily Lewis, 
 Amanda M, Avery, 
 Martha Johnson, 
 Paulina Wheeler, 
 
 Julia A. Smith, 
 Louisa A. White, 
 Lucy Clough, 
 Phebe McMillen, 
 Betsy A. Hathaway. 
 Mary E. Wiiber, 
 Jane Arnold, 
 Maria Conklin, 
 Jerusha Pratt, 
 Malinda Arnold, 
 Emeline Palmerton, 
 E. Jennings, 
 Lucy B. Randall, 
 Sarah Vail. 
 
 Note. — The above communication was written at the request of the author 
 by S. C. Adams, Esq., formerly of Collins, now of Buffalo. 
 
HIOCRAPHKAl. SKETCHES. 63: 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF COLLINS, ETC. 
 
 Hudson Aiusley. 
 
 Hudson Ainsley, son of Joseph and Polly Ainsley, was born 
 in Palmyra, Pike county, Penn., Sept. 20, 1799. He has 
 been twice married — first to Matilda Davis, daughter of Gabriel 
 and Matilda Davis, by whom he had three children, two sons 
 and one daughter : 
 
 Emily, born Dec. 8, iSii ; married William Davis. She died 
 in North Collins, Jan. 4, 1875. 
 
 Ira, born Dec. 8, 1823; married Emily White; lives in 
 Aurora, 111. 
 
 John, born, Feb. 20, 1827; married Harriet Wood, and lives, 
 in the Town of Eden. 
 
 In 1 83 1, he came to what is now North Collins, and located 
 on a farm formerly owned by Frederic Smith, where he resided 
 until 1838, when he removed to a farm in Collins known as the 
 George South wick farm, at which place he has ever since 
 resided. 
 
 His first wife died Feb. 13, 1828. Oct. 17, 1830, he married 
 Mary M. Heaton, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca rfeaton, 
 by whom he had eight children : 
 
 Joseph, born Sept. 29, 1831 ; married Harriet Jones, and 
 resides in Gowanda. 
 
 Laura E., born in 1833 ; married Leander Stafford, and 
 resides in Perrysburg, N. Y. 
 
 William, born Aug. 7, 1834 ; married Elmira Wood ; lives in 
 North Collins. 
 
 George, born Jan. 29, 1836; married Ella M. Rogers; lives 
 with his father on the old homestead. 
 
 Hudson and Heaton, twins, born Jan. 15, 1838. Heaton 
 married Electa Hussey ; he died in North Collins, April 18, 
 1879. Hudson married Alzina Hanford, and lives at Sala- 
 manca. 
 
636 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Ann M,, born March 2, 1841 ; married Frank Moss and re- 
 sides in Collins. 
 
 Mary R., born May 21, 1844 '' is unmarried and lives with her 
 father. 
 
 Mr. Ainsley is one of the oldest inhabitants of the Town of 
 Collins, being eighty-two years of age ; yet he is still a healthy 
 robust old man, with physical and mental powers unimpaired. 
 He has been an industrious farmer, and by well-directed efforts 
 has acquired a competence which he now enjoys. He has been 
 a skillful marksman and a successful hunter, especially when 
 the country was almost an unbroken forest, and the haunts of 
 wild beasts were more numerous than the habitations of man. 
 One season he killed forty-four deer and many bears. He en- 
 joyed with a keen relish the excitement and dangers of these 
 sports. 
 
 He has living nine children, sixteen grandchildren and two 
 great grandchildren. His second wife died Jan. 8, 1871. 
 
 Harley M. At wood, M. D. 
 
 Dr. Atwood was born at Danby, Vt., in 1847. His father's 
 name was Harley Atwood ; his mother's maiden name was 
 Amelia Chase. When an infant, his parents removed to Provi- 
 dence, R. I., where young Harley 's father became a wealthy 
 shipping master; dying at Providence in 1857, 
 
 In i860, the family removed to Collins, N. Y. Soon after, 
 the do*ctor attended school at the Springville Academy one or 
 two years. Inclining toward the medical profession, he en- 
 tered the Buffalo Medical College, graduating from that insti- 
 tution in 1872. The doctor soon had professional honors con- 
 ferred upon him. He was appointed physician to the peniten- 
 tiary in 1874 and '75, and was appointed post-mortem examiner 
 for the county one year, and during the same three years he 
 ■was examiner in lunacy. He commenced the practice of medi- 
 cine at Collins Center, in 1877. 
 
 The Doctor descended, on his mother's side, from English 
 sea-faring people, among whom were traders and mariners of 
 note. Some of them settled at Pawtucket, R. I., where one of 
 them was a slave-holder and the first Baptist minister in the 
 
mOGRArillCAL SKETCHES. 637 
 
 place. The Doctor has two brothers, two sisters and one lialf- 
 brother, as follows : 
 
 Clarence, in mercantile business in Buffalo. Frank, salesman 
 in Buffalo. Emma married Hiram Brown ; resides in Collins, 
 Louise, at home. Half-brother Etlward I. Vail resides in 
 Collins. 
 
 Statement of Beiijainiii Albee, 2<l. 
 
 My father, Benjamin Albee, ist, was born on the Connecticut 
 river, in Vermont, in 1771 ; my mother's maiden name was 
 Abigail Thompson. I had four brothers and three sisters ; we 
 were all born in Danby, Vt., from which place my father and 
 mother and their eight children came to Collins in March, 181 1 
 and located on lot sixty-four. We drove through with two 
 teams, my two older brothers, Jehiel and Adolphus went 
 ahead driving an ox team which drew our goods and the rest 
 of us followed with a horse team. 
 
 When we arrived in Collins I think Stepher Wilber, Joshua 
 Palmerton, Stephen Peters, Arad Howard, Aaron Lindsley, 
 Turner Aldrich and Jacob Taylor were the only settlers. We 
 built a rude log-cabin, without any floor, and I slept on hem- 
 lock boughs thrown down on the floorless cabin, for a bed 
 until fall. Oats were so high that m}' father considered it 
 cheaper to buy wheat to feed his teams, and did so. When 
 operations beganon the Niagara Frontier, in the war of 181 2, 
 many of the settlers left for what they considered safer quar- 
 ters. Of our family father and I were the only ones that 
 remained, the rest were gone six weeks and we had no bread to 
 eat during that time. Later, when the services of the settlers 
 were needed as soldiers, my father, brother Jehiel, Darius 
 Crandall, James Tyrer, Henry Palmerton, Luke Crandall, Ste- 
 phen Peters, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt, 
 Phineus Orr, Elisha Co.x and others, went out on the "lines" 
 and I was about the only man (and I was only sixteen) left 
 in our neighborhood to look after things. 
 
 I first went to school in Collins in a log school-house which 
 stood a short distance north of the Free Methodist church at 
 Collins Center. When we came there was no road cut out in 
 town. I think John Lawton, as Commissioner, and Stephen 
 
638 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 White, Surveyor, located the first road which now leads from 
 Colhns Center to Marshfield. 
 
 At this early day John Lawton was a prominent man i:n this 
 region; he was proprietor of the mills at Lawton's Hollow and 
 in the fall of the " cold season" (18 16), he gave notice that all 
 grists brought to the mill on the backs of women would be 
 ground free. One day the wife of William Sisson appeared at 
 the mill with two bushel of wheat on her back ; but it was sur- 
 mised that she had carried it but a short distance. At one 
 time Mr. Lawton had some bags of wheat stolen ; he put up a 
 notice that if the thieves would return the bags they would be 
 welcome to the wheat ; when he arose the next morning he 
 found the bags hanging on his door-yard fence. 
 
 During the earlier years of our pioneer life wild animals were 
 very numerous, especially deer, of which I have killed many ; 
 wild turkeys were frequently seen. Otters were to be found 
 also. A party of four, consisting of Luke and Darius Cran- 
 dall and two Flint brothers, caught four on the stream that 
 flows near the present residence of John H. Johnson. At 
 another time Nathaniel Knight and others captured three on 
 the first brook crossing the road north of Collins Center. Black 
 bears were also plenty. In the month of April, a party of us 
 followed the trail of a large bear to the vicinity of Cattaraugus 
 Creek ; we wounded her but failed to effect her capture ; we 
 found her cubs, however, and secured three of them alive, one 
 of which was tamed by David Brand and kept by him a long 
 time. On one occasion, while coming from the Cattaraugus Creek, 
 carrying a young pig in my arms, secured by thongs of moose- 
 wood bark, I was suddenly confronted in my path-way by a 
 large bear that rose on his haunches and surveyed me and my 
 pig ; as I didn't show a disposition to retreat he turned and 
 disappeared in the woods. 
 
 My father died Dec. 30, 1858, in Concord, to which place he 
 moved from Collins. My mother died in Nov., 1861. Of my 
 brothers and sisters, Jehiel died in Collins ; Adolpheus in Indi- 
 ana ; Howard in Michigan, and Enoch in Wisconsin. My 
 sisters are living : Mrs. Rachel Palmerton in Collins ; Mrs. 
 Clarissa Wright in Avon, N. Y., and Mrs. Diantha Hunt, in 
 Collins. 
 
HIOCRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 639 
 
 I was born in Vermont, in 1798; married Rhoda Wlieeler 
 and ha\e reared a family of eii;ht children. 
 
 Sylvt'ims Bates. 
 
 Sylvcnus Bates was b(jrn in the town of Munson, Mass., Jan. 
 29, 1786. His parents were poor and at the a^e of eight years 
 he was bound to service until he should become twenty-one 
 years of age. At the age of twenty, a difficult)^ arising be- 
 tween him and his master, he ran away and went to Vermont, 
 where he worked a short time. He then went to Orange, 
 Franklin County, Mass. There he hired out to a man by the 
 name of John Kriggs, to goto New Hampshire and work on the 
 turnpike. In a few months he returned to Orange and engaged 
 to labor for one \'ear for Sable Metcalf. While there he formed 
 the acquaintance of Sylvia Briggs, wiiom he afterwards married. 
 
 After his marriage he remained three or four years in Orange 
 and then removed with his famil\- to what is now Collins, Erie 
 county, N. Y. Mr. Bates was the father of eight children, 
 se\en boys and one girl : 
 
 Briggs, born in Orange, Franklin county, Mass.; married 
 Drucilla Bartlett. Tryphena, born in Orange, Franklin county. 
 Mass ; married Aaron Lindsle}'. Sylvenus, born in Collins. 
 Erie count}-, N. V.; married Marrietta King. Taylor, born in 
 Collins, Erie Co., N. Y.; married widow Randall. Stephen, 
 born in Collins, Erie county, N. Y.; unmarried ; died about 
 1855. William, born in Collins, Erie county, N. Y.; married 
 Paulina Bates, lives in Springville. Joseph, born in Collins, 
 Erie county, N. Y.; unmarried; lives in Collins. Franklin, born 
 in Collins, Erie county, N. Y.; married Polly Mathews; lives 
 in Collins. 
 
 A Portion of the Stutemeut of Sylveuus Bates. 
 
 In April, 181 1, 1 walked from Orange, Franklin county, Mass., 
 to Uncle Townsend's, on Townsend hill, in this town. I staid 
 there a few days, and then started out to look for land ; I went 
 west through the woods ; there was no guide except marked 
 trees, and no settlers from Cooper's to near Collins Center ; I 
 selected a piece of land south of Clear creek, near Marshfield ; I 
 built me a shanty about eight feet square, on a side-hill near 
 the creek, the lower side about eight feet high and the back 
 
640 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 side about two ; I drove down four crotches and laid some 
 sticks across for a bedstead, and measured myself and peeled a 
 piece of ash bark the proper length and laid it on, and that, 
 with a blanket, composed my bed. 
 
 That Summer I chopped and cleared four acres and sowed it 
 to winter wheat ; I worked all Summer, early and late; I had 
 no meat to eat except a hog's leg, which I bought of Samuel 
 Cooper. I planted some potatoes in the Spring, and when the 
 new ones got to be as big as walnuts with the shucks on, I used 
 to dig and eat them, the new and old ones together. I would 
 eat a half a dozen for my dinner, and would take as many more 
 out and lay them on a stump for luncheon ; sometimes I became 
 so weak that I staggered as I walked about ; on the 6th day of 
 October I started to go to Massachusetts: I \\ent afoot and 
 alone. 
 
 On the II th of February, 18 12, I started back with my fam- 
 ily, consisting of my wife and two small Lhildren. Kendall 
 Johnson, a young, unmarried man, came in company with me; 
 each of us had a pair of oxen, which we drove as one team. 
 We were on the road twenty-five days, when we arrived at 
 Uncle Townsend's in this town ; before I went east I had put 
 up the body of a log house with a bark roof; when I arrived 
 there with my family there was no door, no windows, no floor; 
 the gable ends were open and holes between the logs large 
 enough for the children to crawl through ; had no bedstead, no 
 table, no chairs ; I drove down four crotches and laid poles 
 across for a bedstead, and split a basswood log of proper 
 length and laid the split side up for a table ; made a couple of 
 stools for myself and wife, split logs and laid them down for a 
 floor; bored holes in the side of the house and drove in pins 
 and laid on boards split from logs for my wife to put her dishes 
 on. I had no hay or other feed for my cattle and they had to live 
 on browse ; they were so anxious to get at the browse that I 
 had great trouble to keep them from under the falling trees ; 
 one ox was knocked down two different times by trees, but 
 he was tough and lived through. 
 
 In June, 18 12, war was declared against Great Britain, and 
 the settlers in Collins were afraid to remain for fear of the In- 
 dians, and several moved away ; I moved away also ; I took 
 
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BIOCRAl'inCAI, SKKTCHES. 64I 
 
 ni)' family and cattle and came cast as far as Mr. Lush's and 
 stopped over night, turned out my oxen and cows, and they 
 strayed away, and 1 looked three weeks, with others to help, 
 before I found my oxen ; did not find one of my cows till 
 some time later ; after about three weeks I returned to my 
 place in Collins; others returned also. 
 
 'niK l!LAtKNK\' MIJRDKK. 
 
 On Sept. 9, 1875, the people of Gowanda and vicinity were 
 thro\\-n into a state of intense excitement by the murder of 
 Charles W. Blackney, a talented and promising }'oung lawyer 
 of that place, by Lewis Darby, a young farmer residing in Col- 
 lins about a mile south of Gowanda ; the murder was evidently 
 the result of trouble bet\\'een the two years before, although 
 for some time previous there had apparently been friendly rela- 
 tions existing between them. 
 
 Darb}- was unmarried and lived with his brother on a farm ; 
 he made arrangements with Blackney to come to his brother's 
 house on the day of the murder to draw^ up some legal papers. 
 Darby secreted himself in a clump of willows by the roadside 
 at the foot of an incline in the road near his brother's house. 
 As Blackney came down the hill with a horse and buggy and 
 neared the clump of willows, Darby fired four shots, the four 
 balls all taking effect in the body of his victim. Blackney fell 
 from his carriage, and though terribly wounded, commenced 
 crawling up the opposite hill calling for help. The murderer 
 leaped o\'er the fence and ran toward the woods ; looking back 
 and seeing his \'ictim still alive, he returned and beat in his 
 skull and ran toward the house. 
 
 The murder now attracted the attention of a party of men 
 threshing near b\', who found Blackney still alive and able to 
 name his murderer. He died in a short time, and the excited 
 party which had gathered :^'tarted in pursuit of Darby. He 
 was followed to his room, where he was found in a pool of 
 blood, having cut his throat from ear to ear. 
 
 Mr. Blackney w as the son of N. Blackney, Esq., an old resi- 
 dent of Gowanda ; was married and twenty-nine years of age. 
 
642 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Burleigh M. Briggs. 
 
 Mr. Briggs was born in Collins in 1854. His father, Isaac 
 Briggs, was born in the town of Hamburg and came to Collins 
 about 1S40; was one of the first settlers in that part of the 
 town, frequently designated as New Michigan. His mother's 
 maiden name was Margaret McMichael. Mr. B. is a brother 
 of George W. Briggs, of Concord. He was married in 1875 to 
 Esther Burnap ; they have one child. Glen Ira. 
 
 Mr. Briggs is a teacher, and at present (October, 1880,) is a 
 Deputy Supreme President of the Empire Aid Union, and en- 
 gaged in organizing lodges of that order. His present resi- 
 dence is Collins Center. 
 
 Henry Beverly. 
 
 Mr. Beverly's father, John D. Beverly, came to Collins from 
 Schoharie county, N. Y., in the Spring of 1817, driving an ox 
 team. He located on lot fifty-two, range seven, where he has 
 always resided except four years" residence in Otto, N. Y. 
 
 Henry Beverly was born on the farm his father settled on in 
 1817, Sept. 6, 1834, where he has ever since resided. He was 
 married in 1880 to Idelia Burroughs. 
 
 John Beverly. 
 
 Mr. Beverly was born in Collins, in 1827; always resided in 
 the town of his birth and been engaged in farming. His fath- 
 er's name was John D. Beverly; his mother's maiden name was 
 Susan Chichester. Mr. Beverly was married in 1848 to Lucy 
 Johnson. They have had two children : Clementine and I>ucy, 
 both of whom are dead. Clementine dying at twelve years old 
 and Lucy while an infant. 
 
 Matthew Beverly. 
 
 Matthew Beverly, a brother <^f John Beverl)', was born in 
 Collins in 1832, where he has since resided in the capacity of a 
 farmer. He was married in 1857 to Mary Smith. They have 
 two children ; Frank, born in 1859 '^'^*^^ Susan L., born in 1868. 
 
 Bartlett Family. 
 
 Smith Bartlett was born April 11, 1790, in Vermont ; mar- 
 ried Sarah Allen, in 181 5, who was born Ma}- 16, 1796. They 
 
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lUOCiUAI'IllCAl, SKKTCHES. 643 
 
 came to Collins from Danby, V^t., in 18 15 and located on lot 
 fifty-ei<^ht, where Mr. Bartlett commenced the tanning of 
 leather in a very primitive manner. About 1828 he built a tan- 
 nery on the same lot. In 1850 he moved on to lot fifty-seven, 
 where, notwithstanding" his advanced age, he displa^'ed his usual 
 energy and i)erseverance in modeling a farm from the wilderness. 
 He died at this place Sept. 1 1, 1859 ! Mrs. Bartlett dying Aug. 9, 
 1 86 1. Mr. Bartlett's ancestry were related to Josiah Bartlett, 
 one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bartlett reared a family of nine children, as follows : 
 
 Z. Allen, born April 23, 1816; married, 1838, Ruth White; 
 died Sept., 1874. Mary, born Jan. 14, 1817 ; married, 1835, 
 John G. Pratt ; reside in North Collins. Jane, born Nov. 9, 
 1819; married, 1838, George Lawton ; died in Evans. Seth, 
 born Jan. 4, 1822; married, 1847, Marietta O'Brien, 1849, 
 Aurilla Peasly ; reside in Collins. John S., born Sept. 14, 
 1825; married, 185 1, Mary Kelley ; banker in Gowanda. Silva, 
 born Jan. 29, 1828; died young. Richard, born Nov. 28, 
 1829; married, 1851, Phoebe Smith; reside in Pontiac, Mich. 
 Silva, 2d, born May 7, 1832 ; married 1850, Elijah Willit,;. 
 farmer in Collins. Sarah, born Sept. 24, 1834; married, 1854 
 Andrew Allen; died in 1876, in Michigan. Ann C) , born Oct. 
 26, 1837; married, 1864, George Taylor; reside in Collins. 
 
 Seth T. Bartlett is a wealthy farmer of Collins. Up to twenty- 
 three years of age he worked at tanning, carriage aad shoe- 
 making. He has two daughters, Julia and Alice. 
 
 Curtis I. Bates. 
 
 Mr. Bates was born in Collins, in 1843. He was a son of 
 Jacob Taylor Bates and his mother's maiden name was Mary 
 Nichols. In the Fall of 1859, ^^'^ became a clerk with S. T. 
 White, engaged in general mercantile trade at Collins Center. 
 He remained until he became a member of the firm, now 
 known as Bates & White. He was appointed Post-Master in 
 1872 and has occupied that position ever since. He was mar- 
 ried in 1867 to Calista E. Briggs ; they have two children' 
 Alton C. and Mary E. 
 
■644 BIOGRyM'HICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 r>aiiiel Brown. 
 
 Daniel Brown, son of Isaac C. and Judith A. Hopkins Brown, 
 was born Nov. 12, 1837, in Collins, where he has always resided, 
 except five years residence in Allegany county. He was 
 married to his present wife, Betsey C. Conger, in 1867. 
 
 Mr. Brown was a union soldier and the manner in which he 
 performed the duties of a soldier reflect great credit upon him. 
 He often performed service that entitled him to promotion, 
 but he preferred to remain a private. 
 
 He enlisted Sept. 8, 1862, in Compan)- L, loth New York- 
 Cavalry, and was mustered out of the service Aug. 5, 1864. 
 He took part in all the battles in which his regiment partici- 
 pated except those which occurred during the interval from 
 May 2d to Nov. 27, when he was in the hospital sick with yel- 
 low fever, besides the battles of Spottsylvania Court House, 
 Bloody Run and the surrender of Appomattox Court House. 
 At the last named place a lucky incident placed him in a posi- 
 tion in which he overheard the terms of the capitulation between 
 Generals Grant and Lee. 
 
 Nathan M. Bailey. 
 
 Nathan M. Bailey, son of Morgan L. and Marj' Ann Bailey, 
 is a native of Collins and was born April 7, 1838. He was 
 married Jan. i, 1862, to Esther Burke, daughter of Cortland 
 and Ann Burke, of Collins. Shorth* after his marriage he 
 moved on to his father's farm which he now owns and occupies. 
 For the last two or three years he has also rented William A, 
 Johnson's farm. 
 
 The names of their children are : Ellis C., born Dec. 23, 
 1863 and died Sept. 24. 1865. Ella M., born April 20, 1S66. 
 Preston L., born Feb. 4, 1868. Arthur W.. born Jan. 28, 1871. 
 Alvin H., born Feb. 18, 1876. Cora E., born Feb. 3, 1880. 
 
 As a farmer he is prudent and industrious, but has labored 
 under pecuniary disadvantages, b\- being left at an early age 
 with the care and responsibilit\- of his father's large and de- 
 pendent family. 
 
 His father, Morgan L., was born in 1804 ^"d passed his 
 early life in Clarence, N. Y. In 1830 he removed to Collinsand 
 bought a farm formerly owned by Charles Bar.ien. at which 
 
HKXJRArillCAI. SKKTCMKS. 645 
 
 place he resided to the time of liis death, wliich occurred March 
 16, 1850. He had a family of ten ciiildren : Maria, born May 
 6, 1833, and lives in Michi<^an. Emmons, born Jan. 24, 1835, 
 and lives in Wisconsin. Nathan M.,born April 7, 1838. Eme- 
 line, born Vch. 12, 1840, and li\es in Pennsylvania. Cynthia, 
 born Au^. 17, 1843 and died in Collins in 1874. Minerva, born 
 in 1845 and lives in Michii^an. Rosette J., born in 1847 ^^^ 
 lives in Michigan, and Lucinda, Morgan and Monroe, who died 
 young. 
 
 Emily Borkor. 
 
 Emil}- Becker, daughter of Austin and Maria Shav\-, was born 
 in Danb\-, V't., Doc. 23, 1832. When young she remo\'ed with 
 her people to Erie count}', N. \'., and also to Washington 
 Township, Erie county, ]^i., and in 1846 removed to Collins, 
 their present place of residence. In 1854 she married Jacob 
 Becker, son of Isaac and Nancy Becker. The names of her 
 children are as follows : 
 
 Charlotte M., born Feb. 13, 1855 and died Dec. 3, 1871 
 Isaac, born Oct. 9, 1857, unmarried and lives with his parents 
 Ella R., born April 28, 1859 ''^nd died May 31, 1859. Helen 
 R., born April 22, 1872. 
 
 Margaret liecker. 
 
 Margaret Becker, daughter of IJr. Levi Goldsburrow, of 
 Waverly, N. Y., was born in Waverly, Dec. 13, 1831. July 22, 
 1849, s^^'^ married John Becker, son of Isaac and Nancy 
 Becker. 
 
 The names of their children are as follows : Laura, born 
 Oct. 3, 1855, and died April 17, 1861. Ettie, born Dec. 12, 
 1856; married Vird Button, and resides in Collins. Frank, 
 born March 19, 1862, and died July i, 1865. Levi G.. born 
 July 9, 1867. Charles, born Sept. 5, 1868. Clarence, born June 
 10, 1870. 
 
 Savid Bartlett. 
 
 Savid Bartlett was a machinist and edge-tool manufacturer. 
 In 1810, he established himself in this business at Danby, Vt., 
 and carried on the business there for nearly thirty years. In 
 1846, he removed with a large family to Collins, and com- 
 menced the manufacture of sc\'thes, axes and hoes, near where 
 
646 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Collins Station now is. Mr. Bartlett claims to have made the 
 first cast-steel scythe in America. He had the reputation of 
 being the best scythe manufacturer in the country. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett died in 1856, his wife, Prussia Allen, dying in 
 1868. Of the children, six are now living: 
 
 Marcus resides in Buffalo. Pliny married Susan Chase ; 
 resides in Collins. Ruth married Albert Wilber. Smith is 
 proprietor of the Collins Center Hotel. David A. resides at 
 Tarport, Penn. Jeremy resides in Collins. 
 
 Daniel T>. Barnliart. 
 
 Daniel D. Barnhart, son of Stephen A. and Hester Barnhart, 
 was born at Hoosic Falls, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1831. When three 
 years of age, his people removed to Collins, where he resided 
 until the Spring of 1854, when he went to California, and 
 was there engaged in farming until the Fall of 1859, ^vhen he 
 returned to Collins, where he has since resided, owning and 
 occupying a farm located two miles northeast of Gowanda. 
 
 Oct. 30, 1868, he married Sarah Pratt, widow of Cyrenius 
 Pratt, and daughter of Jonathan and Temperance Soule, of 
 Collins. He has no children. 
 
 Cliaiincey Beckei'. 
 
 Chauncey Becker, son of Isaac and Nancy Becker was born 
 in Dansville, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1826. In about 1833, he came to 
 Collins, where he has ever since resided, now owning and occu- 
 pying a farm located three miles southwest of Collins Center. 
 
 Oct. 2, 1852, he married Hannah Poland, daughter of Tru- 
 man and Sally Poland. They have a family of two sons : 
 
 Adelbert R., born Aug. 25, 1853; married Mary O'Brien, 
 and lives with his father. Willis A., born March 24, i860. 
 
 Sarah E. Beverly. 
 
 Sarah E. Beverly, daughter of Henry and Rachel Palmer- 
 ton, was born in Collins, March 14, 1829. In July, 1879, ^^^ 
 married James F. Beverly. In July, 1879, ^^^^ purchased a farm 
 of 107 acres, formerly owned by George Valentine, which 
 place she now owns and occupies. Her father, Henry Palmer- 
 ton, was born in the eastern part of New York, in 1794, and at 
 
lilOOKAl'lIlCAL SKlilt IlKS. 647 
 
 the a<;c of seventeen he came with his brother Joshua to what 
 is now the town of Colhns, where he remained for one year 
 when he returned to Vermont for two )-ears. DurinLj these 
 two years he served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and was 
 present at the burning of Buffalo, at which time he narrowly 
 escaj)ed being killed. He and a companion, Calvin Car\', of 
 Boston, Erie county, N. Y., were pursued by the Indians. 
 Car}', being a large, hea\'\' man, became exhausted and was 
 not able to keep up with Palmerton, who was encouraging him 
 to run, when the Indians came up and Cary was killed but 
 Palmerton succeeded in escaping. 
 
 His widow, who still survives him, receives a government 
 pension. In 1S14, he returned to Collins, and No\' 28, 1816, 
 he married Rachel Albee, daughcer of Benjamin and Abigail 
 Albee. Soon after his marriage he took an article of land in 
 Collins where he resided to the time of his death, which 
 occurred Sept. 9, 1870. They have four children : 
 
 Julia Ann, born Jan. 15, 1819; married Medad Towilegar, 
 and li\'es in Angola, Erie count}', N. Y. Warren A., born Dec. 
 4. 1S20, and died Sept. 25, 1822. Sarah E., born March 14, 
 1829. Albert T., born Feb. 17, 1833, and died Nov. 19, 1852, 
 and they also adopted a son, David Akins, who was born Sept. 
 18, 1822, and died in 1876. 
 
 i\A. Sylvenus Cook. 
 
 I was born in Richmond, Mass., Jan. 14, 1795. M}' father 
 moved to Danby, f^utland county, Vermont. I came to thi;; 
 county in February, 1814, cameto Hamburgh first, then to 
 Collins, and finalh' located at Nichols' Corners, on the John 
 Nichols place. In April, 1814, Jehiel Albee and I went from 
 his father's house, near Collins Center, to Nichols Corners, in 
 Concord, and built a log house or shanty on my lot and finished 
 it all off and returned the same day. We used no boards, no 
 nails and no shingles. When I located at Nichols Corners 
 there was no other settler in that part of the town of Concord. 
 The next settler was Nehemiah Paine, who located on the next 
 lot west of mine, the same Spring and .^oon after I did. Jere- 
 miah Richardson came in the Spring of 1815. He was not 
 married then, but said he liad a wife picked out He sla}-ed 
 
648 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 and chopped, and put up a house that Summer, and boarded 
 with me most of the time. We frequently assisted each other 
 by exchanging work. He went to Batavia in the Fall, and 
 worked through the Winter and returned in the Spring. John 
 Battles came about 181 5 and located on the Morton place. Mrs. 
 Pike came about two years after I did. Simeon Holton came 
 and settled on the lot south of me. Luke Simons came not 
 many years after I did. Seymour Newel settled north of me, 
 up toward Goodels. While I lived there I went to Townsend 
 Hill to training, and sometimes to Springville to town-meet- 
 ings. Four or five years after I came I sold out to Levi Nich- 
 ols, father of John and Isaac Nichols, and I removed down 
 below Bagdad in Collins. 
 
 COMMISSION OF COL. SYLVANUS COOK, JR. 
 
 TJic people of the State of Neiv York, to lo/uvn all these pres- 
 ents shall eoiiie : 
 
 Know ye, That pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of 
 our State, we have appointed and constituted and by these 
 presents do appoint and constitute Sylvanus Cook, Jr., Colonel 
 of the 198th Regiment of Lifantry of our said State, (with 
 rank from July 28, 1838), to hold the said ofifice in the manner 
 specified in and by our said Constitution and Laws. 
 In testimony whereof, we have caused our seal for mili- 
 [l. S.] tary commissions to be hereunto afifixed. 
 Witness, William L. Marcy, Esquire, Governor of our State, 
 General and Commander-in-Chief of the militia, and Admiral 
 of navy of the same, at our city of Albany, the 24th day of 
 August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred 
 and thirty-eight. 
 
 Passed the Adjutant General's office. 
 
 William L. Marcy. 
 Allan MacDonald, Adjutant General. 
 
 State of NE^Y York, ) 
 Erie County, \ '"' 
 I hereby certify that on the 3d day of September, A. D. 
 1838, the within-named Sylvanus Cook, Jr., personally appeared 
 before me and took and subscribed the oath required by law to 
 
HlOC.KAI'IIICAl. SKKTCIIES. 649 
 
 qualify him to discharge the duties of the office to whicli he is 
 commissioned. JKIIIEI. Hll.l,, 
 
 Brig. Gen. 54th Brig. N. Y. S. Inf. 
 
 Norman Cook. 
 
 Mr, Cook's father, I'eter Cook, came to ColHns from Ver- 
 mont, in 1825. lie was married at the residence of Hosea 
 White, in Collins, in 1827, to Lydia White. He died in Ham- 
 burg, in 1873, aged sixty six. His widow resides in Buffalo 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Johnson. 
 
 Norman Cook was born in Collins in 1 828, where he lived 
 until nine years old, when his parents moved to Concord. He 
 lived there until twenty-two years of age, when he returned to 
 Collins, where he has since resided, a farmer. 
 
 Mr. Cook was married in 1852 to Alzora Ashman, who died 
 in 1854, leax'ing a daughter, Eva, who died in i87i,aged seven- 
 teen. He was again married, in 1857, to C)'nthia Bartlett, by 
 whom he has had two daughters: Helen and Clara; Helen 
 died when three years old. 
 
 Mr. Cook came onto his present farm of two hundred and 
 three acres in 1862. 
 
 John V. Cole. 
 
 John V. Cole, son of Vincent M. and Julia Squires Cole, was 
 born in Concord, N. Y., May 2, 1857. He attended school at 
 the Springville Academy, and in 1879 studied dentistry with 
 E. R. Vaughan, of Lancaster. In June, 1881, he established 
 himself in the dentistry business at Collins Center. 
 
 He was married in December, 1881. to Jennie E. Beverly. 
 
 They ha\'e one child. 
 
 Nicholas J. Coon. 
 
 Mr. Coon was born in Otsego county, N. Y., July 26, 1815. 
 He afterwards lived in Susquehanna county. Penn. He came 
 to Zoar in Collins in 1846, where he has since lived. He has a 
 family of three daughters and one son. 
 
 He married Sarah Fitch, in Otsego county, a lineal grand- 
 daughter of Capt. Isaac Da\'is, of Re\olutionary fame. Mary 
 Fitch Coon has just reason to be proud of her ancestry. She 
 was born Feb. 22, 181 1. in Hancock, N. H., and came to Otsego 
 when ele\-en }'ears old. Her father, Noah h'itch, was a native 
 
650 BIOCiRAPHICAL SKE'ICIIES. 
 
 of Acton, Mass. He married Mary Davis, youngest child of 
 Capt. Davis. History relates that Captain Davis was a gun- 
 smith of Acton — which was a village near Concord and Lex- 
 ington, Mass. He was Captain of the Acton company of 
 Minute men, being at that time about thirty years of age — 
 brave and thoughtful, and having a wife and four children, one 
 of whom was afterwards the mother of Mrs. Coon. Captain Davis 
 and his company led the way in the march to meet the British 
 at Concord Bridge, exclaiming as he drew his sword, " I haven't 
 a man that's afraid to go." At the first volley from the British he 
 fell, shot through the heart, being the first one killed in the 
 Revolutionary War. His remains now rest under the Bunker 
 Hill monument. In the language of James Russell Lowell : 
 
 " The Concord Bridge which Davis, when he came, 
 Found was the bee-line traclc to Heaven and fame." 
 
 Herbert Clark. 
 
 Mr. Clark, son of Adam Clark and Margaret Bennet, was 
 born June 14, ICS54, in Collins, N. Y. He has been a mercan- 
 tile clerk in SpringviUe, Belfast, Allegany county, and Gowanda, 
 N. Y. He is a druggist by occupation. He was married Oct. 
 28, 1878, to Lillian F. Emmett. 
 
 James Colvin. 
 
 Mr. Colvin was born in 1816. He is the second son in a fam- 
 ily of four sons and one daughter; the daughter being the 
 oldest. His father's name was John Colvin, his mother's 
 maiden name was Lucy Frink. His grandfather, Luther Col- 
 vin, settled in Danby, Vt., in 1765 ; he was a Quaker and a 
 noted hunter and trapper. 
 
 Mr. James Colvin married Lydia Gilbert. They resided in 
 Vermont until February. 1873, when they moved to Missouri, 
 remained there until December of the same year when they 
 came to Collins and located on their pre.sent farm ; they have 
 had nine children, viz : 
 
 Lucy Ann, married Jared L. Cook ; reside in Danby, Vt.. 
 Lucinda, married Wesley J. Leach; reside in Pawlet, Vt. 
 David, married Ursula Kelly; reside in Collins, N. Y. Emma,, 
 died at fourteen years of age. Nora, married J. C. Williams,. 
 
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lUOCkAI'HICAI. SKKICIIF.S. 65 I 
 
 author of a history of Danby, Vt., wlierc the)- now reside. 
 Merrit L., dead ; Noah, dead ; Henry, Willie, died }-()un<^f. 
 
 Ahsoii a. Conger. 
 
 Anson G. Coni^erwas born at Danby, Vt., on the 26th of Oct. 
 181 2, and was consequejitl)^ in the sixty-eighth year of his age 
 at the time of his death, which occurred Feb. 12, 1880. He 
 was born of Quaker parentage, his father, Noah Conger, having 
 been a preacher in that denomination. When quite young he 
 was left in the care of his father's family. He taught school 
 in Vermont when a )'oung man and afterwards engaged in sup- 
 plying district school libraries in this state with books. 
 
 He was married to Miss Portia White, daughter of Isaac 
 White, in September, 1845, '^''"-' then settled in Collins, where 
 he resided until his death. 
 
 He was Supervisor of Collins in 1859 ^^^^ i860 and again in 
 1878. In 1862 he represented his district in the Legislature, 
 and in whatever body he appeared he made himself felt. He 
 actix'ely engaged in business up to the time of his death, and 
 was known for his shrewdness, industry and enterprise. 
 
 Soon after taking up his residence in Collins, he entered upon 
 the business of buying and selling lands and negotiating loans, 
 and possessing a speculative turn of mind, together with a sound 
 judgment, soon succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune. 
 
 Mr. Conger was a man of character and force and had the 
 qualities of a leader. His brain was large and active and he 
 was knf)wn as a man of quick antl am|)le resource. He was a 
 man of gentle ([ualities. a kind husband and a most indulgent 
 father. 
 
 Mr. Conger had a son, J. Anson, who died in 1864. aged two 
 years, and two daughters, Ella P. and Emma M., born repect- 
 ively in 1853 and 1857. 
 
 Ella P. was married in 1876 to Charles W. Goodyear. Esq., 
 of Buffalo, where the\' now reside. They have a son and 
 daughter, Anson C, born June 20, 1877 and Esther, born May 
 20, 1 88 1. Emma M. was married in 1880 to Charles W. Lap- 
 ham, of Chicago. The}' ha\'e one son, Anson G., born JuK' 14, 
 J 88 1. 
 
652 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Noah Conger. 
 
 Noah Conger, son of Almond D. and Sophronia Conger was born- 
 in Collins April 26, 1841. He was married May 8, 186410 Mary 
 Ann Heath, of Collins, N. Y. Shortly after his marriage he 
 bought and occupied a farm situated one and a half miles north 
 of Collins Center, and formerly known as the Stephen White 
 farm, at which place he resided up to the time of his death, which 
 occurred April 27, 1873. He was by nature a very ingenious 
 mechanic, possessing a mind gifted with more than ordinary 
 intellectual and originating power, which, with the limited means 
 and opportunities afforded him, he had improved to the best 
 advantage. 
 
 As a farmer he was thrifty and industrious and commanded 
 the respect of the community in which he was known. His 
 widow still resides on the farm. He had a family of three 
 children: Willie H., born Aug. 30, 1866 and died April ii,. 
 1870. Ada, born May 4, 1871 and died July 27, 1875. Almon 
 N., born March 27, 1873. 
 
 David B. Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger was born in North Collins in 1847. His father's 
 name was Noel Conger; his mother's maiden name was Bet- 
 sey Sherman. Mr. C. resided in his native town until twenty 
 years of age, when he moved to Collins, where he now resides- 
 on a farm of 160 acres. He was married in 1867 to Angeline: 
 Foster. 
 
 Joseph H. Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger is a brother of David B.; was born in North Col- 
 lins in 1830; came to Collins in 1861, where he resides on a 
 farm of 102)^ acres. He was married in 1853 to Amanda M. 
 Foster. 
 
 They have two sons : Burt M. and Charlie F. A daughter,. 
 Elnora G., died when seven years old. 
 
 Sally C. Clark. 
 
 Sally C. Clark, daughter of Lewis and Serrepta Trevett, was 
 born in Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., Sept. ii, 1814; while 
 young she removed with her parents to the Town of Concord, 
 where she resided till 1849, when she married Timothy Clark. 
 
HIOCRAI'IHCAL ski: TCI IKS. 653 
 
 of Collins, in which place she now lives; her husband died 
 Aug. 7, 1873. She raised a family of fi\'e children : 
 
 Florence, born Now 14, 1850; married Andrew W. Conger 
 and resides in Collins. Fillmore, born July 14, 1852; died 
 Dec. 3, 1873. Charles, born Oct. 25, 1855; married Jennie 
 Canfield ; lives in Collins. Arthur, born March 21, 1857; mar- 
 ried Antoinette Spaulding and resides on the old homestead. 
 Douglass, born Sept. 21, i860, and lives in Collins. 
 
 Tli«MMl<)r<' A. Caiifielcl. 
 
 Mr. Canfield was a son of Sillick Canfield, who was born 
 in Armenia, Dutchess county, N. Y. The following is Sillick 
 Canfield's famih' record : 
 
 I'AREXTS. 
 
 Sillick Canfield, born Sept. 12, 1791 ; married Jan. 22, 18 14, 
 to Susanna Tousy : died Sept. 20, 1865. Susanna Tousy, died 
 March 4, 1857. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 Orrin S., born Now 29, 1814; died Dec. 6, 1816. Orville S., 
 born March 29, 18 16; married in 1841 to Sally Briggs ; resides 
 in Minnesota. Lyman D., born April 28, 1818; died March 
 28, 1822. Jane E., born April 20, 1820; married in 1839 to 
 Bijah Gray: died Feb. 5, 1844. Theodore A., born Feb. 13,, 
 1823; married in 1848 to Nancy S. Sampson. Newmon O., 
 born Nov. 26, 1825 ; died July 8, 1829. Sarah A., born Feb. 
 II. 1828: married in 1846 to A. G. Needham ; died Oct. 3, 
 1 85 I. Helen M. (twin), born Jan. i, 183 i ; married in 1851 to 
 Warren Gates; resides in Minnesota. Fllen S. (twin), born 
 Jan. I, 1831 ; married in 1848, to John Sampson; resides in 
 Missouri. Cecelia, born June 21, 1834; died Sept. 26, 1855. 
 
 Theodore A. Canfield was born in Concord. When three 
 years old the family moved to Boston, and back to Concord 
 again in 1833. Mr. Canfield moved to Collins in 1866, where 
 he has since resided ; has alwa\-s been a farmer. The follow- 
 ing is his family record : 
 
 Florence, born in February, 1850; married in 1872 to Frank 
 Hunt. Walters., born Dec. 31. 1852; married in 1876 to Ida 
 
^54 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 May Potter. Jennie L., born Dec. 15, 1857; married in 1876 
 to Charles Clark. Mary A., born Aug. 7, i860. 
 Mrs. Canfield was born Oct. 15, 1825. 
 
 Craiirtell Family. 
 
 Luke Crandell, Sr., a soldier of the Revolution, came to Col- 
 lins from Vermont about 181 5, with three sons — Darius Wil- 
 liam and Philander, another son, Luke, Jr., having come several 
 years before and ser\'ed in the war of 18 12. They were promi- 
 nent among the early pioneers of Collins. They all resided in 
 Collins till their death, except Luke, Jr., who died in Illinois. 
 
 William Crandell was born in Danby, Vt., in 1795, and died 
 in 1 861 or 1862. He married Betsey Harrington, also a native 
 of Vermont ; she died in 1855 o^' 1856. The}- had nine chil- 
 dren, all living : 
 
 Three of the sons, Watson, James and Delos, settled in Mis- 
 souri. W'atson was a Major in the Union army, and was twice 
 a prisoner in Libby prison. Jefferson lives in Collins and Phi- 
 lander in Steuben county. There are four daughters : Rachel 
 livee in Wisconsin. Phoebe in Illinois, Sophia in North Collins, 
 and Olive, who married Hiram Stage in 1843, and resides at 
 Collins Center. 
 
 Mr. Stage served in the war of the rebellion. They liave 
 four children : 
 
 Three sons, living in Buffalo, and one daughter, Mrs. Flora 
 Cooper, of Concord. 
 
 Moses Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger was born in what is now North Collins, Feb. 12. 
 1826. He now resides on his farm near Collins. Mr. Conger 
 has undoubtedly the largest herd of thorough-bred Ayrshire 
 cattle in the southern towns of the county. At present ( 1881), 
 he has thirty-four head. 
 
 Mr. Conger was married in 1851, to Martha Wood. The}^ 
 have one son, Lawton M., born April 5, 1865. 
 
 Amasa L.. Chaffee. 
 
 Amasa L. Chaffee, son of .Stephen Chaffee, was born in Rut- 
 land, Vt., December, 1797. He had four brothers — Kingsley, 
 James, Oliver and Ambrose, and three sisters — Lucy, Alzina 
 
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ni()(;RArnKAi, sKirrciiKs. 655 
 
 and Ruba. Stephen Chaffee moved to Cazenovia, Madison 
 count)', N. v., when Amasa was three years old, and when he 
 was some twelve or fifteen }-ears old they moved to Attica, N. 
 Y. At the age of seventeen years, he enlisted in the War of 
 1812. At the close of the war, he learned the trade of wool 
 carding and cloth dressing, and at the age of tuent\'-four he 
 married Lydia W^ade, and moved to what is now Gowanda. in 
 May, 1 82 1, carrying on the wool carding and cloth dressing 
 business some ten years, building the first establishment of the 
 kind in that ])lacc, it being cntircl}' new. He built the first 
 frame house in that village having a brick chimney. He carried 
 on the mercantile business from 1836 to Dec. 5, 1869, when he 
 died, aged se\ ent\'-two \'ears. 
 
 He held the office of Ju-tice of the Peace and Supervisor, 
 and was also nominated for the office of Legislator and Con- 
 gressman of his district. 
 
 Mis wife died in Jul}', 1879, aged seventy-six years. 
 
 WarrtMi X. Fish. 
 
 Warren N. Fish, son of Royal and Harriet Fish, was born in 
 Danby, V^t., Feb. 11, 1834. In 1847, ^^^ came with his parents 
 to the Town of Hamburg, Erie county, N. V., and soon after 
 removed to the Town of Rrant ; in 1851, he came to Collins, 
 where he was engaged in farming until 1855, when he removed 
 to Sauk county. Wis., where he remained for nine }'ears, being 
 there emplo\'ed in farming, and, lasth', in 1864, again returned 
 to Collins Center, where he now^ resides. 
 
 His occupation has been various: Farm labor, photograph}', 
 clerk in the store of Rates & White, and for several Winters 
 taught school, and was also book-keeper and pa}'master for 
 William A. Johnson. 
 
 Mr. Fisk is a man of sound judgment and undoubted integ- 
 rity. He is quiet and unobtrusive, contenting himself with his 
 own concerns. 
 
 April 15, 1855. he married Delia Harris, daughter of Esek 
 and Susannah Harris of Collins. They have two children : 
 Albert W., born Oct. 21, 1857, and Marion, born Sept. 3, 1869. 
 Albert W. is a stenographer and is in the employ of I. L.Wood 
 &Co. 
 
656 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Ainaiid Fischer. 
 
 Amand Fischer, son of Amand and Mary Fischer, is a native 
 -of Germany and was born in 1848. In 1868, he came to 
 America and engaged in teaching German for three years ; 
 after which he became employed in the brewery business, and 
 at the present time he owns and runs a brewery and hotel, 
 situated in Gowanda, N. Y. 
 
 In 1869, he married Isabelle Goldcamp, who was born in 
 •Ohio in 1847. He has a family of three children : 
 
 Mary, born in 1870. Sophia, born in 1872. Adele, born in 
 1874. 
 
 William C iioUn. 
 
 William C. Golm, son of John and Christian Golm, was born 
 in Germany, March 22, 1855. He immigrated with his parents 
 to America in the Fall of 1861. He resided with his parents 
 at Aurora, Erie county, until 1876, when he came to Collins, 
 where he has ever since resided, being engaged as a carpenter 
 and builder, and is considered an excellent workman. While 
 in Collins, he has been superintending workman in the build- 
 ing of William A. Johnson's storehouse for cheese, situated at 
 Collins Station, and also in the building of the dwelling-houses 
 ■of George Potter and George Waite. He is now engaged in 
 building a residence for himself at Collins Station. He is 
 moral and industrious. He has improved his mind to the best 
 advantage with the limited means and opportunities which he 
 possessed. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1 88 1, he was married to Ruth Joslin, daughter of 
 Henry Joslin of North Collins. 
 
 Joseph Griftord. 
 
 Joseph Gifford, son of Philip and Charity Gifford, was born 
 in Hartford, Washington county, N. Y., Feb. 13, 181 3. W'hen 
 two years old he was taken to live with his uncle, with whom 
 he resided until he was twenty-two years of age. October 12, 
 1834, he married Mary Ann Goodell, daughter of John and 
 Ruth Goodell. In 1835, he came to Collins and located on 
 one hundred acres of unimproved land, which was left to his 
 
HiO(;RAi'nicAi, ski; i( J IKS. 657 
 
 wife b\- her father, to which Mr. (iiffortl lias acUietl fifty acres, 
 which tarm he still owns and occui)ies. His children are: 
 
 Ruth C, born Vcb. 2, 1836, who is unmarried and lives with 
 her father. Mary E.. born Feb. 2, 1839, who married Avery 
 Kniy^ht, and died in Collins October 18, 1873. Lovinda and 
 Melinda, who are twins, and were born July i, 1841. Melinda 
 is a maiden lad}- and lives with her father. Lovinda married 
 Martin Lewis, Jan. 13, 1863, and resides at Jamestown, X. \'. 
 She has two chiklren ; Am\- G., born Oct. 12, 1S74. and (irace 
 M., born April 6, 1878. Mar}' E. had one son, Irwin A., born 
 April 6, 1870, who, since the death of his motlier, lives with 
 his i;randfather. 
 
 Isaac Hunt. 
 
 Isaac Hunt, son of iJaniel and Merc)' Hunt, was born in 
 Pittstown, Rensselaer county, X. Y., June 14, 1808. In 1817, 
 he came with his parents to what is now the town of North 
 Collins, and located near where Lawton's Station now is. 
 When he was seventeen \-ears of age, he was bound out to 
 Smith Rartlett, of whom he learned the trade of tanner and 
 currier. In 1831, he married Diantha Albee, daughter of Ben- 
 jamin and Abigail Albee. Shortly after his marriage he took 
 an article for fift)- acres of land in Collins, upon which he built 
 a tannery and followed his trade until 1852, when he went to 
 California, where he was engaged as a merchant, keeping a 
 miner's store. In 1854. he returned to his family in Collins, 
 where he has since resided, being engaged in farming. Mr. 
 Hunt is among the early settlers of Collins, and has encoun- 
 tered all the obstacles and prixations necessarily experienced 
 during the establishment of a home in an unsettled country. 
 He came to Collins when it was but thinly settled, but he has 
 had the pleasure of seeing the town become populous and 
 sujiplieci with nearly all the needful ad\antages for domestic 
 comfort. He is a quiet, industrious and unobtrusive man, con- 
 tenting himself with his own affairs. When Mr. Hunt was a 
 young man, w ild beasts were still to be found in Collins, espe- 
 cially bears and wolves of w hich he tells many capital stories, 
 one of which happened about hft\-fi\e years ago, is worthy of 
 notice. One of his neighbors. Mr. Cadwcll, observed that his 
 
658 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 corn was being destroyed, as he thought, by his neighbor's 
 large black hogs, which were allowed to run at large. Mr. Cad- 
 well told his neighbor of the ravages which his hogs were mak- 
 ing in his corn field and that if he did not keep them out of 
 his field he would shoot them. On going to his corn field a 
 few days later he saw that the same ruin was still going on, 
 whereupon he loaded his gun and told his son,, a boy of twelve 
 years to go to the field, and if he saw his neighbor's hogs 
 there to shoot them. The boy took his stand in the field, and 
 after watching until near sunset, was about to go home when 
 he heard the intruder crashing through the corn which \vas so 
 tall as to prevent the boy seeing the animal until it came very 
 close to him, when it arose upon its hind-feet upon which the 
 boy fired, and without waiting to see the effect of his shot ran 
 home and informed his father that he had shot the neighbor's 
 largest black hog. On going to the field the}' found dead, not 
 the neighbor's hog, but a very large black bear which had 
 ravaged the corn. The names of his children are : 
 
 Warren P., born March 23, 1832, and lives in Idaho. Ciar. 
 issa, born June 2, 1836; married Reed Clark and resides in 
 Collins. Benjamin F., born May 18, 1850; married Florence 
 Canfield and resides with his father on the old homestead. 
 The names of Benjamin's children are : 
 
 Ira B , born in 1874, and Coridan ¥., born in 1877, and died 
 in Sept. 1881. 
 
 Plyii Holteii. 
 
 Mr. Holten was born in Dorset, Bennington county, Vt., in 
 1832. He studied medicine two years but never practiced. He 
 wasmarriedin 1858 to Francis A. Williams. In 1856 Mr. Holten 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits at Danb}', Vt., which he con- 
 tinued at that place for twenty years. He was Post-Master at 
 the same place fourteen years and Justice of the Peace three 
 terms. In 1876 he removed to Collins Center, N. Y., and 
 engaged in trade at that place where he now resides. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Holten have three children : Carrie F., Herbert P. and 
 Lillie May. Nellie Gay, twin sister of Lillie May, died an 
 infant. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 659 
 
 John Heiii. 
 
 Mr. Hcin's ancestors were natives of Alsace, France, from 
 which place his father, Clemens Hein, his mother, Elizabeth 
 Beekman Hein, and his {grandfather, came to this country. His 
 grandfather was a soldier of Napoleon. 
 
 John was born in Aurora, N. Y., April 21, 1852. He fol- 
 lowed the occupation of gardener in Hamburg, for three years. 
 In I.S59 he became an employee of the Hon. A G. Conger and 
 has continued in his service and that of his family since. 
 
 Erastus L. Harris. 
 
 Erastus L. Harris, son of Esek and Susanna Harris, is a 
 native of (Collins and was born Jan. 4, 1871. He resided in 
 Collins until 1854, at which time he went to California and there 
 engaged in mining until the Fall of 1857, when he returned to 
 Collins. In the F'all of 1858 he went to Iowa, where he bought 
 land and engaged in farming until the breaking out of the late 
 rebellion in the Spring of 1861, when he returned to Collins 
 where he was chosen to represent the famous Ellsworth Regi- 
 ment, the 44th New York Volunteers. On the 8th of August, 
 1861 he was mustered into service at Alban)' and joined the 
 Army of the Potomac under General McClellan, in front of 
 Washington, in November of the same year. While serving 
 in this regiment he was appointed Corporal and Sergeant. He 
 served in this regiment until No\-ember, 1863, at which time he 
 was promoted to second Lieutenant in the ninth United States 
 colored troops, and in the Spring of 1865 he was promoted to 
 first Lieutenant, which position he occupied until the close of 
 the war, when he resigned August, 1865. He was in all the 
 battles in which his regiment was engaged, participating in 
 the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Hanover Court House, 
 Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam, Shepardstown F^ord, 
 P'redericksburg, December, 1863, Chancelorsville, Middletown 
 and Gettysburg. He was in the above-named battles while in 
 the 44th Regiment. While Lieutenant in the United States 
 colored troops he was engaged in the operations about Charles- 
 ton until August, 1864, when he went to Virginia, and was 
 here engaged in the siege of Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, 
 besides numerous severe skirmishes, and was also in the lines 
 
66o BIOGRArHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 before Richmond when that last stronghold of the rebellion 
 surrendered and was among the first to enter it after its sur- 
 render. 
 
 At the close of the battle of Malvern Hill he was the only 
 officer in his company who was not either killed or disabled, 
 and for a short time after this battle he was in command of his 
 compan}', and for his meritorious conduct in this battle he was 
 mentioned in general orders by Gen. Daniel Butterfield, Brig- 
 ade Commander, and recommended for promotion. 
 
 In February, 1863, he was married to Emily A. Smith; 
 daughter of Gilbert P. Smith, of Springdalc, Cedar county, 
 Iowa, and Lydia Smith, then deceased. At the close of the 
 war he returned to Collins. He has a famih- of five children : 
 
 Howard L., born Oct. 22 1864. Earl W., born April 28, 
 1868. Alice, born March 13, 1871. Mary, born March 18, 
 1873. Gilbert P., born Nov. 12. 1875. 
 
 Elizabeth Hudson. 
 
 Elizabeth Hudson, daughter of Stephen and Mary Wilber, 
 was born in Scipio, N. Y., Sep*. 25, 1810 ; when }'oung she 
 came with her parents to what is now the Town of Collins 
 Marcii 8, 1832; she married Stukeh' Hudson, who was born 
 March 21, 18 12, and died in Collins in February, 1868. After 
 the death of her husband Mrs. Hudson removed to Collins 
 Center, where she now resides. She had but one son, Stephen, 
 born Ma\' 23, 1834, and died in Collins Nov. 3, 1866. Stephen 
 was twice married ; his second wife still survives him, and is 
 now the wife of Charles Russell. Mrs. Hudson has three 
 grandchildren : 
 
 Grace, born March 11. 1859; married Herbert Reynolds and 
 resides at Cc^llins Center. Elmer and Louisa, who live with 
 their stepfather, Charles Russell. 
 
 Orra L. C Huj»lies, Kscj. 
 
 Mr. Hughes was born in York count}'. Pa., Oct. 14, 1836, of 
 colored parents, and is a notable example of what indomitable 
 perseverance and indefatigable energy will do for a person in 
 the struggle for talent and position. Not onh' his color, but 
 unpropitious circumstances and ad\'ersc surroundings, hav^e 
 
I!I()(;K.\!'1II> AI, SKI;|( IlKs. 661 
 
 S()UL;"lit to letter his success. Tlidt his struL;"L(lcs h;i\'e achieved 
 for liini an eiU'iable |)ositioii in life is ex'ident from the respon- 
 sible positions he has held and the auto^i^raph letters he has 
 from men jirominc-nt in the ])o]iticsand literature of the nation. 
 He began life as a farm laborer, then scliool teacher and printer. 
 He has edited and published sexeral newspapers in different 
 parts of the United States, has delivered lectures and always 
 been foremost in movements tendinis" to the elevation of his 
 race. He was at one time Superintentlent of I-lducation in 
 Tennessee, and was appointed by President Hayes Consul to 
 St. Marc, Ha}-ti, but never entered ui)on the duties of his office 
 on account of the prex.dence of )'ellow fe\er at that ]jlace. He 
 was admitted to the bar, and is now a lethal practitioner at Col- 
 lins Center. 
 
 i\('ll<i(']l rloIUISOII. 
 
 Kendell Johnson, father of the late Hon. William .V. John- 
 son, was born in 1786 in Wendell, Mass., from which place he 
 came to Collins in i<Si i and located on lot nine, township seven, 
 ranj^e eight. Mr. Johnson was one of the earliest pioneers 
 whose hardihood and energ\- lead the wa)' from the unbroken 
 forest to the productive fields and fine homes that constitute 
 the Collins of to-day. He made the mill-stones for Taylor's 
 mill at Taylor Hollow and Aldrich's mill at Gowanda. the first 
 grist mills built in town. After chopi)ing on his newl\' acquired 
 estate all Summer, he walked to Massachusetts and back. 
 When he came to Collins he was single, but in 1813 he married 
 01i\e Townsend, daugliter of Jonathan Townsend. b\- whom 
 he had fi\x children : 
 
 Kendell, born Jan. 21. 1S14; married Lucinda Washburn; 
 died in Wisconsin about 1870. .Sarah, born fan. 29, 1816; 
 married first,. Jared King, who died in 1846; second, Hiram 
 Lindsley. David, born March 12, 1818 ; married Nanc\' Ouinn; 
 lives in Wisconsin. Charles, born May 29, 1829; married Lu- 
 cinda Carle}-; lives in Kansas. Ruth, born Now 25, 1822; 
 married Hiram Hathaway; died in Vermont. 
 
 His first wife having died in 1826, he was married a second 
 time to Julia Ford, by w honi he had four children : 
 
 Eli, Martha, Mary K. and William A. 
 
662 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mr. Johnson died Feb. 26, 1834. His second wife died in 
 September, 1877, aged seventy-eight years. 
 
 W^illiaiii A. Johnson. 
 
 VVilham A. Johnson, son of Kendall Johnson, was born in 
 Collins, May 26, 1834, on the farm his father located in 181 1, 
 He succeeded his father on the old homestead and lived there 
 until 1877, when he removed to Collins Center. His education 
 was attained in the district school, with the exception of one 
 term at Westfield Academy. He taught several terms in the 
 district schools ; was twice elected Supervisor of his town (in 
 1876 and '78), and twice represented the Fifth Assembh' dis- 
 trict (in 1875 and '79) at Albany. 
 
 He was, perhaps, the most extensive cheese manufacturer in 
 the world, being at the time of his death sole and part owner 
 in fifty-nine factories, that during the best of the season turned 
 out seven hundred cheese daily, each weighing some sixty 
 pounds. He erected an immense storehouse for his business 
 at Collins Station, three stories, with basement ; 150 feet long- 
 by sixty feet wide. 
 
 In 1862, he was married to Miss LucindaA. Potter, by whom 
 he had four children, viz.: 
 
 Curtis A., Elton E., Grace E. and Edith A. 
 
 Mr. Johnson died at Collins Center, July 19, 188 1, \'ery sud- 
 denly, and his loss was felt to be a great calamity at the time, 
 but Mrs. Johnson and her two eldest sons took hold of his 
 immense business, and have very successfulh' carried it on 
 since. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was a man of great cnerg\' and whate\"erhe un- 
 dertook was carried forward to completion, and he was 
 possessed also of good business ciualifications, which rendered 
 his undertakings remunerative, and luid he been spared the 
 allotted span of life, he would ha\'e acquired a great fortune. 
 As it was, he left his family in independent circumstances. A 
 kind and indulgent father, a loving husband, a true friend and 
 a safe counselor, can be truthfull)- said of William A. Johnson. 
 
 Kli F. ffoliusou. 
 
 Mr. Johnson has always been engaged in farming and owns 
 a fine farm about two miles south of Collins Center. 
 
 I 
 
RIOCK.M'inCAI- SKKTCllKS. 663 
 
 About , he married Miss Dimmis M. Allen. They have 
 
 four children : Lillx' E., Mary V., who died Dec. 27, 1865, 
 Jessie R. and Allen K, 
 
 / 
 
 floliii 11. tlohiisoii. 
 
 Mr. Johnson's father. John T. J(ihnson, referred to in an- 
 other part of this work — was one of the earh' pioneers of Col- 
 lins. John II. Johnson was born in Collins Ma)' 29. 1835, 
 where he has since resided. Heis a successful farmer and has 
 been assessor of this town for nine )'ears, and is now (1883) 
 Supervisor of Collins. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was married in 1858 to Helen White. They 
 liax'e two sons : Daniel, born Feb. i. 1863, and Frank, born Nov. 
 23, 1866. 
 
 Francis Joheiigen. 
 
 Francis Johengen was born in North Collins, Jan. 18. 1847. 
 His father, Michael Johengen, was of Prussian birth. His 
 mother, Margaret Culp, was born in h' ranee. Mr. Johengen 
 was married in 1869 to Susanna Lackas. They have three 
 children, viz.: 
 
 Rachel L., Margaret M. and Lucell M. Mr. Johengen is a 
 mechanic. 
 
 KiiiU'lit Family. 
 
 Nathaniel Knight was born in Chatham, Columbia county, 
 N. Y., Jan. i, 1792, where he was married to Polly Chadwick, 
 three )-ears his junior. They mo\-ed to Middlefield, Otsego 
 county, N. Y., about 18 14, and from there to Collins about 
 1 8 19, locating on lot seventy-five, about three miles east of Col- 
 lins Center, where he always resided up to the time of his 
 death, Oct. 7, 1864. His wife having previously died Nov. 15, 
 1857. Mr. Knight was the second Supervisor elected in the 
 town of Collins, holding the office for eight )-ears in succession, 
 from 1822 upwards. He was elected Member of Assembly in 
 1830, being the first Assembh'man elected south of the Reser- 
 vation. The following is Mr. Knight's family record : 
 
 Francis L., born Aug. 6, 1815, in Otsego county; married, 
 first wife, Marie White, second wife, Nanc\' Dunham. He died 
 
664 BIOGRAI'IIICAl, SKETCHES. 
 
 in March, 1873. Deborah J., born June i, 181 7, in Otsego 
 county; married Job Wilber. John, born Feb. 13, 1821 ; died 
 May 29, 1880, in Colhns. Sarah Ann, born March 16, 1823; 
 married James Neiper; died on the old homestead, March 29, 
 1859. Ruth A., born Aug, 7, 1827 ; married Humphrey Rus- 
 .sell and resides in Colhns. Caleb, born Aug. 8, 1828; resides 
 in Kansas. Betsey died when a child. William S., born Jan. 
 10, 1833 ' married Maryette Sherman and resides in Kansas. 
 
 Stephen T. Knight was a son of Francis L. Knight. He 
 was married tf) Fmma Parkenson in 1865. He resides in Col- 
 lins Center, and is a Justice of the Peace. 
 
 flolui Kiii.i>']it. 
 
 John Knight was a nativ^e of Collins and was born in 1829. 
 He married Silvia Ann White, daughter of Stephen and Sally 
 White. He owned and occupied up to the time of his death, 
 which occurred in 1880, a farm known as the Herrick farm. 
 At about 1870, while riding on the New York and Erie Rail- 
 road, the train was thrown from the track, by which he received 
 injuries, from the efTects of which he never fully recovered and 
 which ultimately resulted in his death. At the time of his 
 accident he received a severe wound on the head from which 
 his memory and intellect ever after seemed to be dazed. 
 
 He raised but one son, Reuben, who married Miss Palmer- 
 ton, daughter of Evans Palmerton of Michigan. Reuben 
 occupies and works the old homestead. 
 
 Monroe Kelley. 
 
 Joseph Kelie}', Monroe's father, was born in 1807. in Danby, 
 Rutland county, Vt. His wife's maiden name was Harriet 
 Rudel, and she was born in Danb}' in 1 809. They came to 
 Hamburgh, Erie ccninty, N. Y., in 1834. and to Collins in 1838, 
 and now reside in Zoar. Their children are : 
 
 P^rancis, born in I)anb>-, V^t., and married Abagail Bates, and 
 is a farmer and lives in Zoar, Collins. Nanc\-, born in Danby, 
 Vt., and married George Bates and lives in Otto, Cattaraugus 
 county. Monroe Kelley was born in Plamburgh in 1835; came 
 to Collins with his parents in 1838, where he has ever since 
 resided. He married Rosaltha Babcock. He has been engaged 
 in farming and has also followed the business of buying and 
 
lUOCKAl'lllCAI. SKKTCIIKS. 665 
 
 scllini;- stock to a consitlcrablc extent for several years past. 
 He has no chiUlren. Delinca married Daniel Bridenbecker, 
 and lives in Arcade, Wyominj^^ county, N. Y. Marxin married 
 Alice Kelley, and lives in Collins. He is a farmer. 
 
 Caleb KiiifAlit. 
 
 Caleb Knio-ht is a son of Nathaniel Kni^dit. He was born 
 in Collins Aug-. 8, 1828. He has been twice married. First to 
 Fanny Matthews, second to Mary Rush, by whom he has two 
 dauL^hters: Laura A. and Emma. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. Knight removed to Effingham, Atchison 
 county, Kansas, where he is engaged in farming. 
 
 Kiii.&r Family, 
 
 In the Spring of 181 1, Allan, Arnold and John King came 
 in company with others from Danby, Vt., to Collins. They 
 located on lot forty-nine, near Collins Center. They built a 
 log-house and in the Fall, their father, Nathan King, and the 
 rest of the family came. Allan, the oldest who was married 
 then moved on to lot fifty-six, from there he moved to Zoar ; 
 from Zoar on to the farm now owned by John Becker, in Col- 
 lins, where he lived until his death in 1851. He married Rezina 
 Thompson, who died in i860. They had eight children, as 
 follows : 
 
 Mariette, born April 27, 1812 ; married Sylvenus Bates, Jr.; Mr. 
 Bates died April 7, 1874. Lydia, born Dec. 28, 181 3; died in 
 1855. Harlan, born Oct. 2, 181 5 ; married Phoebe Irish; he died 
 in 185 I. Emily, born Jan. 6, 1818 ; died in 1822. William T., 
 born Aug. 17, 1820; married Lucy Cook. Alvin J., born May 
 1 ] 1824; married Susan A. Southworth. Charlotte, born May 
 18, 1828; married George Southworth. Amanda, born April 
 18, 1832 : died in 1834. 
 
 Mrs. Bates, the oldest, had two children : Melissa A., born 
 in Nov., 1835; died Nov., 1872; she married Hiram Cook. 
 Sarah W.,born in Dec, 1844; married Butler Potter. 
 
 Arnold was married in Vermont to Candace Cook and had a 
 large family of children. He died in Cattaraugus county 
 about 1870. 
 
666 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 John married Tryphenia Pratt. He died in one of the west- 
 ern states about 1872. 
 
 The father, Nathan King, died in ColHns in 1830, aged sev- 
 enty-six. He married Mary Viol, who died in 1842, aged 
 seventy-four. The following are the names of their children : 
 
 Allan, married Rezina Thompson. John T., married Try- 
 phena Pratt. George, married Betsey Hazard. Lydia, married 
 Ira Waterman. Polly, married Adolphus Albee. Phila, mar- 
 ried Edwin Farnsworth. Chloe, married Hiram Hazard. Ar- 
 nold, married Candace Cook, Isaac, married Emily Allan. 
 Jared, married Sarah Johnson. Charlotte, married Jared Can- 
 field. Sally, married Thomas Farnsworth. Angelinc, married 
 William Farnsworth. 
 
 Henry Kouard. 
 
 Mr. Konard was born in Mecklenberg. Germany, Jan. 21, 
 1843. He came from thereto Otto, N. Y., the December after 
 he was twenty-three years old. He remained there six years then 
 came to Collins. He has always been a farmer. He was mar- 
 ried in 1865 to Kate Hahgolstone, who was born March 26,. 
 1833. They have had five children, viz: 
 
 Mary and Minnie, born April 21, 1866. Henry, born March 
 5, 1869. Charles, born Aug. 5, 1871. Louise, born July 30,. 
 1875 ; died Aug. 15, 1881. 
 
 Aaron Lindsey. 
 
 Aaron Lindsey was born in Connecticut. He came to 
 Madison county in this State and remained a few years. He 
 came to Collins to look for land in 1809, and located on lot 
 forty-two, township six, range eight, and moved his family on 
 in March, 1810. His brother-in-law, Arad Howard, came with, 
 him and located on the same lot. They had to cut their own 
 road part of the way from Boston. , 
 
 His children were : Almond, who married Rachel Smith.. 
 Aaron, who married Tryphena Bates. Sally married Wright 
 Jewel. Ira I., died young. Betsy married Jeremiah Smith. Moses 
 married Hannah Bates. Norman married Lucretia Bates. 
 Hiram married Sarah Johnson. Simeon married Mary Eaton- 
 Lucy married Asa Patch. 
 
 tf 
 
hi()(;rai'IIIca[, sketches. 667 
 
 Aaron Liiidsey, .Tr. 
 
 Aaron Liiuisc}-, Jr., was born in the Town of Nelson, Mad- 
 ison county, N. Y., April 19, 1807, '^'^^^^ ^^''^^ married to Try- 
 phena l^ates, in the Town of Collins, Nov. 23, 1828. 
 
 Tryphena Bates was born in Orant^e, Franklin county, Mass., 
 Aug". 4, iSii. The}' have resided in Collins about seventy 
 years. Their children were: 
 
 Sylvia, born Nov. 30, 1829. Sylvenus, born Oct. 18, 1831. 
 Daniel F., born Aug. 21, 1833. Orissa, born May 15, 1836. 
 Richard C, born April 8, 1838. Luc}', born Jan. 9, 1842. 
 Mary Loretta, born Sept. 20, 1846. 
 
 Sylvia died Sept. 14, 1849. Orissa married William Barn- 
 hart, and died Jul}- 28, 1 856. Daniel died in December, 1877. 
 Richard married Malora Chafee, and died May 2, 1877. Syl- 
 x'enus married Dorcas Bartlett, since died. Lucy married Albert 
 Halcomb, and resides in Collins. Mary Loretta married Nathan 
 Peasley, and resides in Collins. 
 
 When Mrs. Tryphena Lindsey was a small girl four or five 
 years old, her father, Syh'enus Bates lived at Taylor Hollow. 
 One day she undertook to walk across the mill race there on a 
 couple of poles, and fell into the water. David and John Wil- 
 ber, then fourteen and sixteen years of age, happening to be 
 at the mill, saw her fall in and ran and rescued her from drown- 
 ing. This happened sixty-five years ago, and the ])arties are 
 all still living in Collins. 
 
 Georji*' Lenox. 
 
 George Lenox, a native of Ireland, was born in 1 809. In 
 about 1830, he came to America and bought a farm in Collins, 
 situated three miles north of Collins Center, where he was en- 
 gaged in farming, until the time of his death, which took place 
 May 16, 1871. 
 
 In 1832, he married Elizabeth Skeggs, daughter of William 
 Skeggs. His widow survives him and resides at Collins Cen- 
 ter. They raised a family of nine children : 
 
 Jane, who married Rufus Washburn, and lives in North Col- 
 lins. William S., who was a Sergeant in Company D, Tenth 
 New York Cavalry, and died in 1862, at Alexandria, from the 
 effects of a wound received at Bristol Station. George H.,who 
 
668 BKXIRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 was also a soldier of his country in the darkest days of her tri- 
 als and dangers ; he died in a rebel prison ; his friends were 
 unable to learn the particulars of his capture and death. Ljxlia 
 M., who married Charles Potter, and lives in Collins. Francis, 
 who married Lucy Washburn, and lives in Collins. Johanna, 
 who married John Sherman, and resides in Collins. Chauncy 
 B. and Selam, who own and occupy the old homestead, and 
 Ellen, who married Charles Ottenbacher and lives in Collins. 
 
 The Liiphaiii Family. 
 
 Abram Lapham came to Collins in 1809, from Genesee 
 county. He was formerly from Ames, Mass. He purchased 
 in the vicinity of what is now known as Bagdad, one thousand 
 acres of fine timber land. The next year his son Stephen 
 came, who, in 18 14, built a saw-mill where the m^ll now stands 
 at Bagdad. Stephen was married in Genesee county to Mar- 
 garet Robinson. His brothers were John, Daniel, Savery and 
 Ira. None of the family reside in Collins at present. Their 
 descendants are living in Oakland county, Mich. 
 
 Samuel Lumbard. 
 
 Samuel Lumbard, an old and respected citizen of Collins^ 
 was born in the Town of Wells, Rutland county, Vt., in 1820. 
 He married Aurelia Hopkins and came to Collins in 1836. He 
 owns and occupies a farm known as the Hopkins farm. He 
 has one son : 
 
 Albertus, who married Matilda Wickham, daughter of Hu- 
 ram and Louisa Wickham. Albertus resides with his father and 
 assists in working the farm. 
 
 Mr. Lumbard has also an adopted daughter : 
 
 Ida, who married Walter Canfield, and lives in Collins Center. 
 
 John 3Iilli.s. 
 
 John Millis and wife came to this country on foot, some 
 three hundred miles. He brought a gun and pack upon his 
 back and an axe in his hand, and she carried a child nearly two 
 years old. Millis located some two hundred acres on lot sev- 
 enty-five, township seven, range seven, which is now in the 
 Town of Collins. The first night he built a fire by the side of 
 
J5|()(.KArilI(;A[, SKK'I'CHKS. 669 
 
 a tree, aiul witli tlic aid of his axe he constructed a shelter for 
 his wife and child. The next day he set about preparinj^ a 
 more substantial abode for his family. He built a cabin, but 
 had no door, this necessarj' article was improx'ised out of hem- 
 lock boughs. Mrs. Millis, when in after years she related these 
 experiences, often spoke of the wolves. W'hen pressed with 
 hunger the\' would often gather near the cabin, and nights 
 would be weird and hideous by their bowlings. She tells of the 
 boldness of one old she-wolf; her husband was away; she 
 was performing her usual household duties; her child was 
 about the cabin ; she raised her eyes to the door ; a sight was 
 there that would shock the nerves of almost any one ; the ugly 
 and gaunt form of an old slie-wolf stood peering in. She said 
 " its eyes shone like balls of fire, and when it met her gaze it 
 showed its cold, murderous teeth, then turned and slowly 
 walked off." 
 
 John Millis was a character that pertained to that period, 
 and one would almost infer that nature, at the start, had de- 
 signed him for the very position which he occupied. Of low 
 stature, broad shoulders and possessed of the strength of an 
 ox, he had a constitution that never wearied, a will that never 
 yielded until the object sought . had been attained. Uncle 
 David Wilber says that he has often met John with two bush- 
 els of corn upon his back, which would be carried to Aldrich's 
 mill at Lodi and would be returned to his home in meal the 
 .same day, making the task in coming and going fully sixteen 
 miles. He was a great chopper, and day in and day out, early 
 and late, Summer or Winter might be heard the echo of John 
 Millis' sturdy and telling blows, and they were truly telling, 
 and the dense, heavy forest soon crept away from his cabin 
 door and its place was supplanted by broad, fruitful fields. 
 A large family of stalwart sons and daughters (thirteen in num- 
 ber) who partook largely of their parent's industrious habits, 
 lent their willing hands in aiding John Millis to clear his farm. 
 Scarcely had a score of years gone by before he sold one-half 
 of his cultivated claim to Esquire Nathaniel Knight, who gave 
 as a consideration enough to secure a clear title to the other 
 half; and he found the great aim of all his bitter toils and pri- 
 vations accomi)lished. He held in fee-simple a deed to his 
 
670 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 home, a home that \\'as bei^un that dismal April ni'jht by the 
 side of a tree in that great wilderness with onl}- the compan- 
 ionship of the wolf, whose weird howl often disturbed his slum- 
 bers. A neat and tasty cottage had taken the place of the 
 rude log structure, fruits and flowers grew, bloomed and ma- 
 tured about its door, and ere this honest, industrious couple 
 had attained the summit of life, -they were enabled to spend 
 the remainder of their days in comparative ease. John gave 
 up the making of black salts, and Mrs. Millis did not toil as 
 busy and constant with her loom and distaff. 
 
 Some thirty years ago Mrs. Millis died, and though this made 
 a broken home and was a truly a great sorrow to the toil-worn 
 pioneer, still he remained on the farm until all his large family 
 of boys and girls had gone out into the world for themselves. 
 The most of them had gone WY-st. Some twenty-five years 
 ago he sold the old homestead and followed them ; then he had 
 reached more than the allotted span of three score and ten, 
 still he was hale and acti^'e. and devoted his time and means in 
 establishing each of his children in a home; he ga\'e to each a 
 deed of fifty acres of land and he passed his days in visiting 
 alternately among them. 
 
 Georg-e J. Motzger. 
 
 George J. Metzger, son of George and Catharine Metzger, is 
 a native of Germany, and was born Feb. 26, 1832.. In 1842 he 
 came to America with his parents, and in 1852 he was married 
 to Catharine .Scott, daughter of Robert and Lucina Scott, of 
 North Collins. He is engaged in farming, owning a farm in 
 North Collins, upon which his son Millard resides, and also one 
 in Collins which he occupies. The names of his children are 
 as follows : 
 
 Millard G., born March 30, 1855, who married Kmma Al- 
 drich and lives in North Collins. Caroline, born May 19, 1858, 
 who married Ernest Valentine and lives in North Collins. 
 Emma, who died young. Alice, born Aug. 11, 1861. John, 
 born Jan. 18, 1863, Leonard, born May 15, 1864, and died 
 March 15, 1866. Sylvester, born March 6, 1867, and died May 
 30, 1867. 
 
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 Saiiiiiel Ttiliiias*' Mmij;or. 
 
 Samuel Talmagc Muiit^cr was born at Roxbury, Conn., 
 Feb. 6, 1805, and in the year 1816, his father, Samuel Monger, 
 removed to Warsaw, Wyoming county, and soon after bound 
 out his son Samuel to his brother, Deacon John Munger of 
 Warsaw to learn the trade of tanner and shoemakx-r. After 
 his majority he carried on the shoe business at W^arsaw till 
 the year 1829. In Jul}' he came to Gowanda, then Lodi, and 
 engaged in the tanning and shoe business in connection with 
 Nathaniel Frank, under the firm name of Frank & Munger. 
 Subsequently Gideon Webster purchased the interest of Mr. 
 Frank and the firm name became Munger & Webster, who for 
 several years carried on — for those times — a large and success- 
 ful business in which he achieved success. In 1839, ^^^- Mun- 
 ger retired from mercantile business and engaged in farming, 
 having purchased the farm of Thomas B. Sowle, one mile east 
 of the village, where he continued to reside until 1853, when 
 he purchased the farm and built the house where he died. In 
 the fall of 1829, Mr. Munger returned to Warsaw and married, 
 October i, Miss Cornelia Clark, daughter of Daniel Clark, Esq., 
 of Pawlet, Vt., with whom he lived pleasantly until her death, 
 June 19, 1852. In 1853, he married Eliza Haskell of Sandy 
 Hill, N. Y., who survived him. Of his seven children, three 
 sons died in infancy and William in Oct., 1863, at the age of 
 twenty-five years, leaving a wife, Rachel, daughter of George 
 Sisson, and a son. Milton H. Munger, now of Glens Falls, N. 
 Y. Jennette, his only daughter, married Sumner C. W'arren, 
 and after his death in Oct., 1865, was married to George Kirby, 
 Jr., of New Bedford, Mass.. Oct., 1869, where she now resides. 
 Charles, his eldest son, went to Kansas in 1868 and married 
 Mary Walters of Effingham, Kan., where they now reside. 
 Samuel Clark, his youngest child, succeeded to the homestead. 
 
 In all the relations of life Mr. Munger hds acted well his 
 part having been a kind husband and father and a good citizen. 
 It is not too much to say that few if any shared more largely 
 in the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow- 
 citizens. 
 
 He died April 14, 1875, ^.ged seventy years, after a lingering 
 illness, and his funeral was attended at his late residence, where 
 
672 ki()(;rai>iii(AI skktches. 
 
 a large number leathered to show resj^ect for the dead andsj'm- 
 pathy for the Hving. Trul)' it may be said of him. " The 
 remembrance of tlie just shall not pass away.'" 
 »i allies Mattlu'w.s. 
 
 Mr. Matthews' father, Francis Matthews, mo\'ed to Collins 
 from Essex county, N. Y., (formerlx' from Vermont), in 1833, 
 where he lived until his death. He married Roxena Aldrich. 
 
 James Matthews was born in Irasburg, Orleans count}', Vt., 
 Feb. 3, 1823 ; came to Essex county when fi\e \'ears old and 
 from there to Collins with tiie family. Has always claimed a 
 residence in Collins and North Collins since. 
 
 In the .S])ring of 1849, Mr. Matthews went to Illinois, 
 remained a } ear, then started for California and reached Salt 
 Lake City in July, 1859; remained there until the subsequent 
 Spring, teaching school during the Winter. In July, 1851, he 
 reached California and was engaged in mining there until 1853, 
 when he returned to Collins and engaged in lumbering until 
 the Fall of 1861 when he enlisted, Sept. i6th, in Company D, 
 Tenth N. Y. Ca\-alry. He participated in nearly every battle 
 in which the Army of the Potomac took part. He was ne\-er 
 wounded, sick, or excused irom duty a minute during his ser- 
 vice. He was commissioned second Lieutenant Dec. 22, 1862, 
 and first Lieutenant July 16, 1864. He was mustered out of 
 service at Petersburg, Ya.. Nov. 22, 1864. At the close of the 
 war he returned and engaged in farming in \orth Collins 
 where he resided until 1880, when he moved to Collins Center, 
 where he is now engaged in the general grocer\- trade. 
 
 James H. McMillain. 
 
 Mr. McMillain was born in Aug., 1806, in Onondaga count)-, 
 N. Y., from which place he came to Gowanda in 1821, where 
 he resided until his death Sept. 26, 1879, which was occasioned 
 by the running awa\- of his horse in the streets of (Gowanda. 
 Vov several \'ears afte-' coming to Gowanda Mr. McMil- 
 lain was in the employ of the Plumbs who were exten- 
 sive real estate owners and business men. Afterward he 
 engaged in the grocery trade for hiniself which he continued 
 until his death. His sons Robert and George continue the 
 business. 
 
l!|()(iUArillC.\L SKKK'IIKS. (ij I 
 
 Mr. McMilhiin was Constable, Collector and Deputy Sheriff 
 t..r thirteen years in succession, and Supervisor of Collins in 
 1854 and 1 855. He received the appointment of Commissioner 
 to locate and build the road throui;h the Cattarau<,ais Indian 
 Reservation, which occupied a period of four years. 
 
 He was married in 1832 to Clarissa Grannis, dau^ditcr of 
 David Grannis. Of their children there are iivini;- Robert and 
 (George, who are successfully conducting the grocery and pro- 
 vision trade at Gowanda, and iM'ances, who married Henry 
 
 Russell. 
 
 Their great-grandfather, James McMillain, was a resident of 
 Perthshire, Scotland. Their grandfather was the youngest son 
 by the last wife of their great-grandfather, which last u ife was 
 the sister of James Alexander, who figured in the war of the 
 revolution in this country as Lord Stirling. He died in Phila- 
 delphia before the war ended. The AicMillains who came to 
 this country were Peter, Jane and Joseph. The latter was their 
 •Tandfather. }ane was married in the old country to a man by 
 The name of James Miller. They all first stopped in Provi- 
 dence, R. 1. Joseph was married in Rhode Lsland to A\is 
 Howen .md followed the sea some few years and afterwards 
 moved to the State of New York, Town of Galway, Saratoga 
 county. He was with James Alexander, or Lord Stirling, in 
 his last sickness, in Philadelphia, but went home on business 
 and Lord Stirling died in his absence and was buried before he 
 
 returned. 
 
 Mr. McMillain was appointed to superintend the construction 
 of a road across the Lulian Reserv.ition from Lodi to the mouth 
 of Cattaraugus Creek. The following extract from a letter ex- 
 plains itself : 
 
 HlM'l'Al.o, Sept. 22, 1843. 
 
 James II. McMilUun, lisq. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Having tra\eled the road across the hidian 
 Reservati(Mi from Lodi to the mouth of the Cattaraugus Creek, it 
 affords us great pleasure to say that it is wisely located and better 
 constructed than any public road we have examined for many 
 years. We think it as perfect as it could have been made 
 
674 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 with the sum expended, and that the Superintendent of the 
 work is well deserving the public thanks. 
 
 Thomas L. \^()\'Yl, Judge of Eric county. 
 
 Ira Cook, 
 
 .fosepli Mugridge. 
 
 Mr. Mugridge was born in Kent county, England, April 8, 
 1822. He came to America in 1833 and settled in Utica, N .Y.; 
 removed to Buffalo in i84i,and became a member of the firm 
 of Mugridge & Son ; he remained a member of the firm a short 
 time. In 1852 he went to California and engaged in mining 
 for about two years when he returned to BulTalo and engaged 
 in business, where he remained until the Spring of 1864, when 
 he came to Collins Center and entered into the mercantile 
 trade which he still pursues. He has been Justice of the Peace 
 and Town Clerk. Mr. Mugridge was married to his present 
 wife in i860; her maiden name was Susanna Hill; they have 
 one child, Edward C. 
 
 Ezra Nichols. 
 
 Mr. Nichols' ancestry can be traced back to the 17th century 
 when three brothers emigrated from Wales and settled in 
 Rhode Island. His father, James Nichols, was born in Rhode 
 Island in 1768, and removed to Danby, Vt., in 1780, where Ezra 
 the oldest of a family of eight, was born Jan. 19, 1795. He 
 came to Collins in 1816 and located on lot fifty, where he lived 
 until his death, Aug. 31, 1881. 
 
 He was married June 6, 18 19 to Sarah Curtis, who died May 
 30, 1863, aged sixty-seven. They never had any children. By 
 strict industry and perseverance he accumulated quite a large 
 property. He was a man of exact honor and business integrity. 
 It is said he never was in debt a dollar or paid a cent of interest 
 during his life. Mr. Nichols was a Quaker, as were his ances- 
 tors, and he was reared under rigid Quaker discipline. 
 
 Charles E. Otteiibacher. 
 
 Charles E. Ottenbacher, son of Charles and Sarah Otten- 
 bacher, was born in North Collins, on the 21st of April, 1858. 
 Jan. 29, 1878, he married Elli Lenox, daughter of George 
 
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 and Eli/.abcth Lenox. Soon after his marria^^c, he purchased 
 a farm formerly owned by GeorL^e Valentine, on which farm he 
 now resides. He has no children. 
 
 C. B. Parkinson. 
 
 Mr. li. Brii^gs. 
 
 Dear Sir ;— Vou requested me to write a short sketcii of 
 my father's, C. B. Parkinson, life, to be published in your forth- 
 coming; history of Collins. In reply, I would say tliat father, 
 in company with his brothers, came to Collins in 1816. being 
 then si.xteen years old, and from that time until a short time 
 prex'ious to his tleath, he was actively engaged in helping to 
 make Collins and the surrounding country what we now see it. 
 The greater and earlier portion cjf his life was spent in building 
 barns, bridges and mills; while later he turned his attention 
 more or less to farming. 
 
 He lived a temperate, peaceful and orderly life. 
 
 I suppose that you. in canvassing this country for informa- 
 tion, find a great many men and women who can say the same, 
 \'iz.: "They passed a busy, toilsome and honest life," you find 
 that they "acted well their part." The\^ are now passing 
 rapidly away, and your efforts to perpetuate the memory of 
 these old settlers should meet with the hearty support of their 
 descendants. We scarce!}' realize the great work that they 
 have accomplished so successfully. What are now fine farms 
 was then a wilderness. Giant hemlocks, pines, beech and 
 maples occupied the places where now we see orchards, barns 
 farm houses and villages. 
 
 They were resolute men who could hew out a ci\-ilization in 
 so short a time and u'ith such limited means. Wolves were 
 encountered in the woods, and the wolf of hunger in the house 
 but their spirits never failed. 
 
 Difficulties were encountered onl}- to be o\'ercome. Mills 
 were to be built. The irons to be brought from Albanj' by 
 teams — so they used but very few irons. Father's bill for 
 blacksmithing on the Gowanda bridge was only .$18. The 
 plows had wooden mold-boards ; the sleighs were shod with 
 wood, and their houses were built of logs; their clothing of 
 flax and wool made at home, carded, spun and woven. In 
 
6/6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Summer, they went barefooted and walked four and five miles 
 to church or to " raisings " and " loggings." Then they had 
 fun, and it was lively fun. After they had worked all day roll- 
 ing the big logs into heaps to burn, and our mothers in the 
 house had been quilting, a supper was prepared and eaten 
 with relish ; then log heaps were set on fire for light and warmth^ 
 and the deck was cleared for a" dance." If they had no fiddler 
 some one would sing ; where there was a will to dance there 
 was a way. 
 
 The old log houses have vanished. The " logging fallows " 
 have disappeared, and the old times have long since passed 
 away, and with them passed many of the old folks. Their work 
 has been well done, and we, their descendants, should feel a 
 great pride in them. 
 
 We have a great national pride in the Puritans, whose 
 achievements did not much surpass the deeds of the Pioneers 
 of the Holland Purchase. 
 
 I hope your book will be a simple story of how our fathers 
 and mothers lived, and of what they have done. It will be 
 prized by us and the generations to come, and now, as these 
 few remaining " old settlers " are silently and unostentatiously 
 passing away, let us uncover and reverently bow to their " old 
 fashions " as a record of a glorious past, and as the old gentle- 
 man's eye lights up as he recites the "stories of the old times," 
 let us tell him that we are proud of his achievements, and that 
 his deeds shall not be forgotten, and after their footsteps are 
 silent and that " old, old-fashioned " death has kindly helped 
 them across the river, let us drop a tear over the grave of the 
 "old pioneer." Very respectfully, 
 
 W. H. Parkinson. 
 
 Philip H. Perry. 
 
 Philip H. Perry was born in Washington county, N. Y., 
 April 26, 1816. His father, Philip Perry, was in the war of 
 18 1 2. Mr. Perry came to Erie county about 1823. When six- 
 teen years of age he went to Gowaiida, where he learned the 
 harness maker's and saddler's trade ; about 1845 he established 
 himself in this business at Collins Center, and pursued it up to 
 his death. Nov. 12, 1877.- 
 
liKXikAlilK AL SKKTCIIKS. 677 
 
 Mr. rcny was a man who always sou<;ht the best interests 
 of the community in which he hved. lie was an ardent advo- 
 cate of the temperance cause, and for many years occupied 
 some position of public trust ; he was Postmaster at one time, 
 and filled the office of Justice of the Peace twenty-five years in 
 succession, and Justice of the Sessions one term, while Roswell 
 VV. Burroughs was County Judge. He was married in 1839 to 
 Mariette Perry, by whom he had one son, Wilber C, who per- 
 ished in Andersonville prison ; and one daughter, Alice (i., who 
 married A. R. Chase, and resides in Collins. 
 
 Mr. Perry was married a second time, in 1865, to Elizabeth 
 Willson, daughter of Gideon H. Willson. of Mansfield, Catta- 
 raugus county, N. Y., by whom he had one daughter. May. 
 
 Triiinaii B. Payne. 
 
 Mr. Payne was born in 1797 in Essex county, N. Y., where 
 he lived at the time of the war of 1812, in which he served as a 
 soldier. He came to Collins in 1816 and located on lot forty- 
 three. He remained four years ; then returned to Essex county 
 and lived ten years, when he again returned to Collins and 
 resided until his death, Sept. 30, 1872. He married Betsey 
 Sampson in 1821 ; she was born in 1794 and died Feb. 18. i860. 
 They had a family of nine children, viz.: 
 
 Lucinda, born Sept. 13, 1824. Hamilton, born May 16, 
 1826; died in 1826. Rozilla, born July 30, 1827; married Al- 
 vin Hopkins. Joseph, born May 11, 1829; married Wealthy 
 Canadey. Emery, born Nov. 13, 1830; married Angeline Sin- 
 gleton. Ira, born April 24, 1832 ; died in 1844.. Almeda, born 
 March 12, 1834: died in 1839. Truman W., born Nov. 2, 
 1835 ; married Mary A. Mason. Amos G., born April 19, 1838; 
 married Sarah A. Mason. 
 
 Joseph Paluierton. 
 
 Mr. Palmerton's ancestors were a long-lived New England 
 people of English descent. His paternal grandfather was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. Mr. P.'s father, Joshua Palmerton, was 
 born in New England March 3. 1785; he came from Danby, 
 Vt., in 1899 to Collins, from Farmington, Ontario county; he 
 came in company with Stephen and Abram Lapham and 
 
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 h[()(;raphk-ai. sketches. 
 
 Stephen Peters. After inspecting and selecting lands, Mr. 
 Palmerton and Peters returned to Batavia and articled their 
 land. They went on foot, carrj'ing the articles necessary for 
 the journey in knapsacks. Mr. Palmerton in 1809 selected 
 lands on the west part of lot forty-eight, and Mr. Peters selected 
 lands on the east part of the same lot, and they both took con- 
 tracts for the same. In 18 10 Mr. Palmerton took a contract' 
 for lands on the east part of lot fifty, on which he settled, and 
 where he cleared up. improved and owned a fine farm, on which 
 
 %'l< 
 
 Joshua Pai.mkkion 
 
 he lived from that time forward during the remainder of his 
 life. He died July 12, 1870. He was married Jan. 26, 18 12, 
 to Hannah Nichols, who was born Feb. 18, 1793, and died Dec. 
 19, 1870. He was a prominent member of the Society of 
 Friends, or Quakers. He was what is known among them as a 
 recommended minister, and for many years after coming to 
 Collins he preached much, over a wide extent of country. He 
 usually traveled on horseback, and was often sent for from long- 
 distances to preach funeral sermons. He was a man of unlim- 
 ited hospitality, his doors being always open. 
 
lUOCRAI'IIUAI. SKETCHES. 
 
 679 
 
 The followiiiL,^ is the faniil)- record of his cliilch-eii : 
 Joel, born Sept. 4, KS14; died Au^. 2-], 181 5. Elisa (twin), 
 born Sept. 12, 1816; married in 183910 Louis V'arney. Elisha 
 (twin), born Sept. 12, 1816; married in 1843 to Lydia Ann 
 Soule ; died Oct. 10, 1849. L>dia, born Dec. 8, i8l8; married 
 in 1837 to Gilbert P. Smith; died Dec. 25, 1848. Joshua E., 
 born Dec. 11, 1820; married in 1846 to Cliarity Bennet.. 
 Phueba, born Sept. 13, 1822; married in 1847 to Chauncey Bal- 
 lard. Joseph, born Oct. 8, 1824; married in 1854 to Ruth 
 
 Mrs. Joshua Palmkrion. 
 
 Allen. Eunice N., born May 5, 1827; married in 1851 to John 
 J. Gurnsey; died Aug. 7, 1852. Hannah, born Oct. 16, 1829; 
 died Dec. 27, 1848. James W., born Dec. 4, 1S31 ; married in 
 1854 to Henerette Roberts; died Oct. 3, 1859. M'^iiy- born 
 April 4, 1836; married, first, in i860, to Daniel Johnson; sec- 
 ond, in 1865, to Thomas G. Paxon. 
 
 Joseph Palmerton was born in Collins, where he has always 
 resided in the capacity of a farmer. He has been three times 
 elected Commissioner of Highways of Collins. His wife, Ruth 
 Allen, daughter of Isaac Allen, a prominent pioneer of Collins. 
 They have three children : 
 
 Durant A., Eunice A. and Frank. Durant is proprietor of 
 
6<So HKJCRAl'IIICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 the " Linden Lawn Apian," which has produced some seasons 
 as high as four thousand pounds of surplus honey, Eunice is 
 a teacher. Frank, at the present writing (October, 1882), is a 
 student of the college at Lima, N. Y. 
 
 David Pound. 
 
 Mr. Pound was a Quaker and came to Collins from New Jer- 
 sey in 181 1, locating where the Collins railroad depot stands. 
 He erected a saw-mill on his lot. Mr. Pound and his wife died 
 in Collins years ago, as did four of their children, a remaining 
 one d\ing since at the west, leaving the family extinct. 
 
 AVilliam P. Pratt. 
 
 William P. Pratt, son of John and Lovinia Pratt, was born 
 in the town of Concord, Oct. 6, 1847. When about nine years 
 of age he removed to Collins with his parents where he has 
 ever since resided, living at the present time at Bagdad, where 
 he owns and occupies a farm. June 15, 1870, he married Flora 
 Rolfe, daughter of Reuben and Rachel Rolfe of Collins. His 
 wife was brought up by Augustus Smith. They have no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Natliaii Pierce. 
 
 Nathan Pierce, son of Charles and Flliza Pierce, is a native 
 of Collins and was born Jan. 12, 1843. March 12, 1868, he 
 married Julia A. Bartlett, daughter of Seth and Aurilia Bart- 
 lett. Since his marriage he has mostly been engaged in 
 the manufacture of cheese for William A. Johnson, being now- 
 employed in the Collins Center cheese factory. He has but 
 one child. Lena May, born Sept. 13, 1870. 
 
 Merritt K. Paliiiertoii. 
 
 Merritt R. Palmerton, son of Elisha and L)'dia Palmerton, 
 was born in the town of Sheridan, Chautauqua county, X. Y., 
 March i, 1847. Nearly his whole life has been passed in Col- 
 lins, where he has been engaged in farming and the manufac- 
 ture of cheese. He now owns and conducts a meat-market at 
 Collins Center. In Sept., 1864, he married Hattie Tanner, 
 daughter of Anson and Lucy Tanner. The names of their 
 children are as follows : 
 
Hin(;KAI'IlI( AI. SKE'K HKS. 68 r 
 
 Anson P., born Au<j. 13, iiS68; James M.. born Jan. 31. 1S71, 
 and Kdith. born March 13, i<S77. 
 
 Joseph Pottor. 
 
 Joseph Potter, an old and highly respected citizen of Colh'ns. 
 was born in the Town of Providence, SaratOLja county. X. Y., 
 in 1804. He married Persus Hayden and came to Collins in 
 1836 and bou<^ht the farm which he now owns and occupies of 
 the Holland Land Company. Mr. Potter is a man of quiet and 
 domestic habits, spending his time almost wholh- with his 
 famil)\ He has many \-ears been a worthy member of the 
 Free Methodist Church. His name should ever be remembered 
 as being associated with those who encountered so man\" diffi- 
 culties and hardships in subduing the great forest to prepare a 
 home for themselves and their descendants. 
 
 His children are three: Moses, Charles and William. Moses 
 married Helen Ferris and lives in Collins. Charles married 
 Lydia Lenox and lives in Collins. William married Dora 
 Knight and resides with his parents and works the farm. His 
 oldest son, Moses, has for many years been afiFiicted \\ith the 
 consumption and has for the greater part of his sickness been 
 confined to the house. 
 
 Joseph AV. Potter. 
 
 Mr. I'otter was born in Collins, in 1844, where he has ever 
 since resided, a thriving farmer. His father, Peter Potter, came 
 to Collins from Vermont in 1843. 
 
 Joseph W. Potter was married in 1872 to Ann Fliza Ha\i. 
 land The)' ha\e two children, viz: (icorge H.and Herbert L 
 
 George Parkinson, 
 
 George Parkinson, son of James and Sarah Parkinson, was 
 born in Collins, Dec. 24, 1826, where he has e\er since resided, 
 now owning and occupx'ing a farm located three miles south of 
 Collins Center. Oct. 28, 1848, he married Prusha Allen, daugh- 
 ter of Lsaac and Lydia B. Allen, of Collins. They have a famil\- 
 of three children : James, born April 22, 1850, married Sarah 
 Ann Tyrer, and lives in Collins. Horace, born Jan. 13, 1855, 
 married Ida Adams, and resides in Colden, Erie count}-, X. V., 
 and Nellie, who is an adopted daughter, born March 22, 1863. 
 
682 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Philander Pierce. 
 
 Philander Pierce, son of Charles and Betsy Pierce, was born 
 in the Town of Hamburg, Eriecounty, Aug. 31, 1818. In 1836 
 he came to Collins and engaged in farming until 1877, when he 
 removed to Collins Center, where he now resides. Jan. 10, 1841 
 he married Rhoda Albee, daughter of Adolphus and Polly 
 Allen. The names of their children are as follows : Lyman, 
 born Jan. 22, 1842, and died young. Myron, born Oct. 26, 
 1842; married Abbie Ford, and now owns and occu])ies the 
 farm formerly owned by his father. Abigail, born April 11, 
 1847 ! married Luzerne Clark and resides in Collins. They also 
 have an adopted daughter, Alice, \\'ho was born Dec. I, 1853, 
 and married Milton B. Sherman and lives in Collins Center. 
 He is a peaceable, quiet citizen, a kind and obliging neighbor. 
 
 Xeheiniah Keyuolds. 
 
 Nehemiah Reynolds, son of Abram and Hannah l\c\nolds, 
 was born in Oswego count)', N. Y., April 14, 1810. When 
 eighteen years of age he came to Collins, where he has since 
 resided and is now living with his son-in-law, William H. Vail. 
 In the Fall of 1836, he married Julia Woodward, daughter of 
 Enos and Anna Woodward. His children are : 
 
 Sylvester, born Dec. 16. 1838; married Fanny Gould, and 
 resides at P^jrestville, N. V. bVancis, born Sept. 30, 1841 ; 
 married Lola (iilson ; is a dentist and resides in Pleasantville, 
 Pa. Byron, born Jan. 3, 1845 '■• niarried Amelia Vail, and lives 
 in Ohio. Alice, who married William H. Vail, and resides in 
 Collins. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds is respected by all u ho know him, and he has 
 been among the' worthy and useful inhabitants of the town. 
 He came to Collins at a time \\hen it was but thinh' settled, 
 but he has had the pleasure of seeing the town become thickly 
 populated, and sujjplied with the adx-antages of an enlightened 
 and prosperous communit)-. 
 
 Huniplirey Kiis.sell. 
 
 Humphrey Russell is a son of ThcMiias Russell, who was born 
 in Easton, Washington county, N. Y., of Quaker parentage. 
 At an early age, his parents removed to Scipio, Cayuga county, 
 
liKKiKAI'IIICAI. SKKTCIIKS. 6S3 
 
 and after rcsiclin!4' iIki'c awhiK' the)- rciiioxcd, about 1S17, to 
 Collins, antl located on lot thirty-nine. He lived here until 
 1869, when he moved to Farmin^ton, Mich., where he died 
 a<4ed sevent\'-tw(). He was a member of the Baptist church 
 fort\'-five years. While a resident of Collins, he was school in- 
 spector and justice of the peace, and also supervisor in 1846, 
 "47 and '48. 
 
 Humphrey Russell was born in North Collins, Feb. 13, 1828, 
 where he has always resided as a farmer, with the exception of 
 four \'ears — 186910 1872, when he became a merchant; two 
 years at Collins Center and two years in Michigan. 
 
 He was married in 1848. to Ruth A. Knight. They have 
 one son Casper L. Russell, wlio married Ivllen L.Harris. 
 
 Aii.nustus Smith's Statt'uu'iit. 
 
 I was born in Uanby, Rutland county, Vt., April 27, 1792. 
 M}- father's name was Nathan, and resided in Massachusetts, 
 and in the fore part of the Revolutionary War he served as a 
 soldier. He afterwards removed to Vermont. My mother's 
 maiden name was I^lizabeth Rogers. 
 
 I and m}' wife and twf) children came through from Danby, 
 V't., to Collins in March, 1816, with horses and wagon, and 
 landed at Stephen Wilber's. We haci made preparations to 
 come with a covered sleigh ; had victuals cooked up and the 
 neighbors came in to make a farewell visit, and that night it 
 rained and the snow all went off, and we had to make different 
 arrangements and come in a wagon. 
 
 My wife's maiden name was Elizabeth White, sister to Isaac 
 White. P^zra Nichols, then a y(Hmg man, came into the coun- 
 tr\- with us. I took an article of my farm in April, 1816, 
 and built a house on it that Summer, and mo\-ed into it 
 in the Fall. 
 
 At that time, there was no road past nu' place or near it, 
 I have resided on this farm from that time to the present, being 
 a period of about sixt\'-seven )-ears. 
 
 The first Summer after I came to Collins I Ii\-ed in Stephen 
 Wilber's ok! log house, w ith a bark roof and puncheon floor. 
 He had built him a new log house. I cleared off an acre of 
 land on .Stephen Wilber's lot that Spring and had the use of it, 
 
684 I'.IOGRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 and also of another acre that was already cleared. 1 raised 
 corn enough that Summer to keep my family. Job Irish and 
 wife and one child came into the country when we did from 
 Vermont. He had been here the Summer before and located 
 some land over near Poverty Hill. i<Si6 and 1817 were very 
 hard years. Many families in Collins had no bread to eat for 
 weeks together. Sometimes the children went into the woods 
 and dug roots to eat. 
 
 In 1817, Stephen Wilber had corn to sell, and asked seventy- 
 five cents per bushel. A man came over from Perrysburg and 
 offered to take all he had at that price, and Mr. Wilber refused 
 to let him have it because he wanted to take advantage of the 
 necessities of the people and speculate on it. 
 
 When I came to Collins, the Friends had a church organiza- 
 tion and a log meeting-house just over the line in North Col- 
 lins on Nathaniel Sisson's land. Afterwards, they had a log 
 meeting-house near Bagdad. The Friends never had any hired 
 preachers. The Friends' meeting-house standing on my place 
 was built about 1840. During the first five years after I came 
 .to Collins, I spent one hundred days attending raisings and 
 the}' were mostl}- log raisings. There are abcnit one hundred 
 and twenty persons now li\'ing entitled to call me father, 
 grandfather or great grandfather. I had four grandsons and 
 grand sons-in-law in the Union Army in tlie time of the Rebel- 
 lion, and one of them was killed. 
 
 Augustus Smith born April 2"], 1792; married Elizabeth 
 White, Oct. 29. 1812. Elizabeth White, born Sept. 2j, 1793; 
 married in the Order of Friends, Danby, Vt ; she died April 
 .27, 1875. in Collins. He is still living. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN, 
 
 Rhoda, b(jrn ()ct. 9, 1813, in Danb}' ; married Caleb Tarbox, 
 who died ; she lives in Collins. Rachel, born Oct. 20, 18 14, in 
 Danb\'; married Isaiah Monson ; lives in Iowa. Maria, born 
 May 13, 1819, in Collins; married Abram Southwick ; died in 
 Farmington I"eb. 19, 1840. Reuben, born Sept. 11, 1821, in 
 •Collins; married Mary White; died in Leon, Cattaraugus 
 •county. April 19, 1S68. Lydia, born Aug. 7, 1823, in Collins. 
 Amy W., born June ro, 1825, in Collins; married William 
 
IJIOCRAIMIICAI, SKF/rcIIKS. 685 
 
 Tyrcr ; lives in Pontiac, Midi. Ilannah, born Sept. 26, 1S27, 
 in Collins; married Joiin Wood; lives in Leon, CattarauL;"us 
 county. Stephen W., born Sept. 6, 1829, in Collins; married 
 
 Mahala Dou<;las ; second, Mary Knight; third, Knight, 
 
 resides on the old homestead in Collins. Phcjebe L.. born 
 March 8, 1832, in Collins; married Richard Bartlett ; lives in 
 Pontiac, Mich. 
 
 Si.ss«>n Family. 
 
 Nathaniel .Sisson, Sr., was a Quaker who came from Dart- 
 mouth, Mass., and settled in Cilens Falls, Warren count}', N. 
 Y. From there his two sons, Stephen and Nathaniel, Jr., and 
 son-in-law, Moses Tucker, started for Western New York 
 in 1814. with their wives. Their outfit and mode of convey- 
 ance consisted of a wagon and a single 3'oke of oxen. Arriv- 
 ing at Buffalo, the}- followed the lake shore until Silver Creek 
 was reached, when they struck out boldh' through the Indian 
 Reserwition for what is now North Collins; they were three 
 days wending their way through the wilds of the Reservation, 
 their broad brims (the}' were Quakers) affording them a safe 
 pass through the Indian country. Stephen located on lot fifty, 
 where he always lived until his death, Aug. 17, 1869. Nathan- 
 iel, Jr., and his brother-in-law. Tucker, located on lot forty-nine. 
 The}' brought w ith them apple seeds, which the}' i:)lanted on 
 their new possessions, and at the present writing (October, 
 1880,) ajiples are growing upon some of the identical trees 
 which grew from those seeds. 
 
 George Sisson was born in Collins in 181 7, where he has 
 always resided. He was married in 1838 to Huldah Potter. 
 They have had nine children, \iz.: 
 
 Stephen L. Peter P., died in 1865. Rachel, married Wil- 
 liam Munger; after his death she married Charles R. Eddy. 
 Caroline, died in 1844. Reuben, George F., Annie H. Emma 
 J., died in 1846. Ambrose D. 
 
 George Si.sson, in company with James Wilber. Ansel F. 
 Conger and Enoch Taylor built the first cheese factory in Erie 
 county. Messrs. Sisson and Taylor went to Herkimer county 
 and Rome to obtain information from the best dair}men of 
 that section on the manufacture of cheese. In 1862 a factory 
 
686 biuc;raphical sketches. 
 
 was built on the north-east corner of lot sixty-one, Collins ; its 
 dimensions were one hundred feet in length by thirty-three in 
 width, consisting of a basement and two stones ; it was opened 
 for the reception of milk May 5, 1863; it was called the Sisson 
 factory. By the middle of the Summer, twenty-five cheese, 
 weighing io<S pounds each were manufactured daily. The fac- 
 tory is now owned by William A. Johnson. 
 
 Stephen L. Sisson, son of George Sisson, was born in Collins 
 March 4, 1840. He is a farmer. Was married in 1863 to 
 Anna H. Haviland. They have three children, viz.: 
 
 Lydia A., Anna E. and Alice. 
 
 HOW STEPHEN SISSON WENT TO MILL. 
 
 Soon after Mr. Sisson located in Collins he had occasion to 
 go to mill. The mill easiest of access to him was situated a 
 mile or two below what is now Water Valley, distant fifteen 
 miles. He loaded his grain on to a conveyance which was 
 termed a crotch or drag, constructed by cutting off the body 
 of a tree just below the forks and rounding up one side so that 
 it would pass over obstacles. On to this V-shaped contrivance 
 Mr. Sisson hitched his oxen and went to mill. Returning the 
 next da\', following the Indian trail along through the wilder- 
 ness, night overtook him within four or five miles of home; 
 fearing he would lose his way if he attempted to proceed in 
 the darkness and not wishing to remain over night in the 
 woods, he resorted to this novel plan : Relieving that his o.xen 
 would instinctively follow the trail home, he unyoked them and 
 placed them one ahead of the other, the leader ahead, and 
 seizing the hindmost bovine by the tail, Mr. S. was piloted 
 safely home, returning next day for his grist. The very owls 
 must have laughed from their perches to see the good Mr. Sis- 
 son conducted along through the darkness in this manner. 
 
 Stephen A. Si.ssoii. 
 
 Mr. Sisson's father, William Sisson, a brother of Stephen 
 Sisson, came to Collins from Washington county, in 18 18, and 
 located on lot sixty, where he resided until his death m 1863. 
 aged seventy-eight years. He was married to Lydia Lapham. 
 
 She died in 1873 aged eighty-si.x. They had a family of six, as 
 
 follows : 
 
i;I()(;r.\I'1I1c:ai. skktciies. 
 
 687 
 
 Clarinda. born i8w,: married Thomas J. Kerr and resides m 
 Collins Charles L.. born iSif, ; died in 1876 in North Collms. 
 Amanda, born 1820; married Abram Foster and resides in 
 North Collins. Stephen A., born 1822 ; married Irene Wilson, 
 
 and died in I an. 1875. 
 
 Stephen A. Sisson was a man of no ordinary business capac- 
 ity Earlv in life he resolved to be the architect of his own 
 fortune, ami Ion- before he had touched the meridian of hfe 
 he had bv judicious management, surrounded himself by afflu- 
 ence These sterling business qualifications were recognized 
 by the electors of his town and for three years he represented 
 Collins on the Hoard of Supervisors. In 1852, he was united 
 in marriage to Miss Irene Wilson, and two children were born 
 to them, viz. : 
 
 Laura A., and Herbert S. 
 
 Mr. Sisson died in January, 1875. and Mrs. Sisson still resides 
 on the homestead with her two children. 
 
 Edwin T. Slaiglit. 
 
 Edwin T. Slaight was born near Sodus Bay at a place called 
 Sodus Corners, March 22, 1828. His father moved to Otto, 
 Cattaraugus county, when he was two years old. His father 
 was a carpenter and joiner and also worked at clearing land and 
 farming. His father was born on the Mohawk and was Cap- 
 tain of^a militia company in the war of 1812, and served at 
 Sackett's Harbor. His father moved to Buffalo in 1837, where 
 his mother died in 1839. Edwin peddled newspapers five or 
 six years, and in the meantime was bound out to learn the 
 cooper's trade to a man by the name of Stevens, in Dunville, 
 Canada. Stayed a vear in Dunville, then Stevens took him 
 across the lake to Dunkirk, in a yawl boat, and coasted up the 
 lake to Ashtabula, and when they arrived there the waves rolled 
 so high that thev were carried right over the top of the pier. 
 After leaving Dunville. he came to Buffalo and engaged in 
 selling and delivering newspapers. In 1846, went to learn the 
 tin smith's trade of Varrum Hodge of Buffalo; remained with 
 him till 1850, then went to Springville and worked with P. G. 
 Eaton ten years. He married Waitee Eaton, in 1851. She 
 died in 1870. Had two sons and three daughters, two are 
 
688 HIOCiRAPHICAL SKPnCHKS. 
 
 living. Was married in 1 871 to Hattie A. Springer, daughter of 
 Samuel C. Springer of Gowanda. Have three children, two 
 dead. In 1861, Mr. Slaight opened a tin shop at Otto, and 
 remained there until 1865, when he removed to Jamestown and 
 engaged in the same business until 1870, when he came to 
 Gowanda and engaged in the tin and hardware business. Mr. 
 Slaight, in 1850, made the first apparatus for manufacturing 
 cheese put up in Cattaraugus county. Mr. Slaight has one 
 brother living in Buffalo ; one sister, Mrs. George W. Shultus, 
 now resides in Carson, Minnesota ; another sister, Mrs. E. W. 
 Allen, resides in Persia, Cattaraugus county. 
 
 J. A. Southwiek. 
 
 Abram Southwiek, brother of J. A. Southwiek, was born 
 in Mount Holly, on the Green Mountains, in 1809, where he 
 lived until seventeen years old, when he came to Collins. He 
 came o\'er the Erie canal and was twenty-one days making the 
 trip. He has resided in Collins ever since, except four years 
 spent in Michigan. His wife, Elizabeth Smith, came from 
 Danb}', Vt., the same year with her father, Berrick Smith ; she 
 was then six years old. Her father settled where Harris' mills 
 now are. He was a Quaker, and a noted Abolitionist. He 
 made it a point to assist fugitive slaves in their escape, and his 
 house was a wx^lkknown refuge for the pursued negro on his 
 way to Canada. Mr. Smith was a mechanic and built many of 
 the oldest residences in Collins. He died in Iowa in March, 
 1869. His wife, Mary Calmer, died in 1874. 
 
 Mr. J. A. Southwiek is a farmer and prominent citizen of 
 Collins. In the Fall of 1S81 he was the candidate of the 
 Greenback party for State Senator. 
 
 Solomon 1j. Soule. 
 
 Solomon L. Soule, son of William and Ruth Soule, is a 
 native of Collins, and was born June 26, 1852. In 1872, he 
 married Amelia Van Slike, daughter of John and Sally Van 
 Slike, of Sardinia, Erie county. He is a carpenter and builder 
 and resides in Collins Center. He is a man of quiet and indus- 
 trious habits, being sociable and amiable in all his relations. He 
 had one son, William J., born Oct. 19, 1873, and died Jan. 
 4. 1874. 
 
inocjRAi'iiRAi, ski:tc iiHs. 6?9 
 
 Milton li. Sheriiiau. 
 
 Milton B. Sherman was born in Evans, X. Y., Oct. 22, i<S48. 
 He was a son of Benjamin W. Slierman ; his motlier's maiden 
 name was Anna C. Shaw. When lie was a child the family 
 moved to Collins Center, and when ten years of at^e to Buf- 
 falo, remainiiii^" there three years. They removed to Ham- 
 buri^h, N. v., and back to Collins aijain about 1864. 
 
 Milton attended school at the Hamburg Acadeni}- two \'ears. 
 He has been a very successful teacher, having taught twenty- 
 four terms, all in the Town of Collins except the first, which was 
 kept in the Park's district, Hamburg, in the Winter of 1864 and 
 1865. He has been Collector of his town four years. Mr. 
 Sherman was married in 1870 to Allie Pierce. The}' have one 
 child, Elma A. Mr. Sherman is at present engaged in trade at 
 Collins Center. His father came herefrom Dartmouth, Mass.. 
 and settled at first in what is now North Collins. He was at 
 one time Supervisor of the Town of Collins. 
 
 Silas Schooiiover. 
 
 Silas Schoonover was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 
 
 1820. He married Elizabeth Hopkins and came to Collins in 
 
 1846, and now owns and occupies a farm formerly owned by 
 
 Amos Hopkins. He has but one daughter, Alida, who married 
 
 Wallace Wood, who lives with his father-in-law and assists in 
 
 running the farm. 
 
 Liions Studley. 
 
 Mr. Studley was born in PVanklin count}-, X. Y.. Jan. 5, 
 1829; moved from therewith his parents to Yorkshire, when 
 five v'ears old. Came to Collins in 1857 and located on the 
 farm he now owns at Bagdad. Mr. Studley was married Jan. 
 12, 1854 to Olivia H. Pratt, b}- whom he has four children, viz : 
 
 Lovina L., born March 12, 1855. John D., born March i, 
 1858; married Hortense Parsells. Sumner W.. born July 10, 
 1861. George E., born Jan. 16, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Studley was married a second time, Nov. 13, to Sally S. 
 Bump, by whom he has two children: Lois ()., born Eeb. 21, 
 1874; Lucie L., born June 3, 1879. 
 
 Mr. Studley's father, Jonathan Studlc}-, died in ^'orkshire. 
 N. Y., in 1878, aged ninety-one }'ears. 
 
690 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mrs. Studley's brother, George Bump, was one of the patriotic 
 number that did excellent service in the rebellion. He enlisted 
 from Yorkshire in the Ellsworth Zouaves; was in three years; 
 was Commissary-Sergeant of his compan)- and participated in 
 twenty-seven engagements. 
 
 A. J. Setter. 
 
 Mr. Setter was born in Eden, N. Y., in 1847. His paternal 
 ancestors were from Prussia. His grandfather lived to the age 
 of ninet}'-eight. His father, Antoinette Setter, is a mill-wright 
 residing in Eden. Mr. A. J. Setter is one of a family of eleven 
 children, ten of whom are living, all brothers and mechanics. 
 
 Mr. Setter lived in Eden until eighteen years of age when he 
 traveled about two years in the western states ; returning in 
 
 1866 he was emplo}^ed b}' Sellew & Popple, foundry proprietors 
 at Gowanda, to manufacture mowing machines. At the expi- 
 ration of two years he moved to Brant and was employed by 
 the Erie Preserving Company, as machinist; remaining there 
 a while he next bought the mills at Taylor Hollow in 1873. 
 While there he invented a mill-wheel known as Setter's Tur- 
 bine Wheel, which is quite generally used. From Taylor Hol- 
 low Mr. Setter removed to Fenton's Mills, where he is now 
 engaged (1882) in general mill business. He was married in 
 
 1867 to Angeline Averell. They have two children : Joseph A 
 and Alonzo G. 
 
 John Schoos. 
 
 Mr. .Schoos was born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1826; re. 
 sided there until twenty-seven years old ; then came to Collins^ 
 where he has since resided ; has always been a farmer. Was 
 married in 1857 ^'^ Catharine Babbinger. They ha\e three 
 children, viz.: 
 
 John, born July 8, 1862. Rosa, born Aug. 7, 1 863. Mary, 
 born March 2, 1869. 
 
 Anthony Shiuover. 
 
 Anthony Shinover is a native of Prussia, and was born in 
 1834. He came to America in 1857 and located in North Col 
 lins, where he resided four years, after which he removed to 
 Brant, Flrie county, where he lived six years, and in 1867 he 
 
BIOCRAI'HICAL SKETCHKS. 69I 
 
 came to Collins, and now owns and occupies a farm formerly 
 owned by Orton J. Knight. In i860 he married Mar\- Ritter. 
 They have a family of six children, namely: 
 
 Francis, Joseph, Lena, John, Louise and Anna. 
 
 Francis displays a marked mechanical ability. 
 
 C. C. TorraiH't'. 
 
 Cyrenus C. Torrance, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Go- 
 wanda, Erie county. N. Y., was born at Mt. Clemens. Mich., 
 July 21. 1825. His parents were from East Middlebury, Vt., 
 and settled in the Town of Lancaster, Erie county, in 1808. 
 they removed from there to Michigan in 1824, and returned 
 again in 1826 to Western New York, settling near Gowanda. in 
 Cattaraugus county. Mr. Torrance studied with Hon. Chester 
 Howe, and was admitted to practice as a lawyer in 1848, and 
 then associated himself with Mr. Howe as a partner in the law 
 business at Gowanda, N. Y.. where he has ever since continued 
 in the successful practice of his profession as a lawyer. He 
 was married in 185 1 to Miss Mary Curtiss. They have now 
 three children living : 
 
 Jared S. and Lewis C, sons, both in business at (iowanda, 
 and Jennie, a daughter. 
 
 C. C. Torrance was appointed by the Governor as Attorney 
 for the Seneca Nation of Indians in 1852, for three years. He 
 ran upon the Democratic ticket for County Judge of Erie 
 county in i860, but was defeated with his party in the county. 
 In 1862 he again ran upon the Democratic ticket for District 
 Attorney of Erie county, and was elected by about 2,200 ma- 
 jority, and he very ably discharged the duties of that office for 
 three years. He again ran upon the Democratic ticket for the 
 office of State Senator for Erie county in 1875, but was de- 
 feated, the whole Republican ticket being elected. In 1879 
 Mr. Torrance was elected Supervisor of the Town of Colhns, 
 and was again re-elected in 1881, representing his town on the 
 Board for three years, at the end of which time he declined to 
 serve any longer. 
 
 As a lawyer, Mr. Torrance stands in the front ranks of the 
 profession in Erie county. 
 
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692 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Jndsoii Li. Tolnian. 
 
 Mr. T()linan's ancestors were of English descent. His grand- 
 father, Nathaniel Tolman, came from Stockbridge, Mass.. in 
 1805 to Lincoln, Chenango county, N. Y,', and bought a large 
 tract of wild land which he divided among his four sons Mr. 
 T.'s father, Nathaniel Jr., lived on his portion eight years ; then 
 in March, 18 14, having previously married, he moved with an 
 ox team and sled to Evans, Erie count)-, N. Y., via Buffalo; 
 there being no road cut through the forest, he reached Evans 
 by traveling on the beach of the lake ; he located near what is 
 now Evans Center. At that time he had three children : 
 
 Altana, Elisha and Orrin : the last two died young. Altana 
 married Dr. Marvin, now of Grand Rapids, Mich., and since 
 died. 
 
 Four more were born in Evans: 
 
 Aurelia, who became the second wife of Dr. Marvin. Ann 
 Eliza, married Orrin Cathin. Judson N. Mary, married Spen- 
 cer Ikillock. 
 
 Judson N. Tolman was born Aug. 27, 1S27, in Evans, where 
 he resided until the Fall of 1868, when he moved to Zoar, in 
 Otto. N. Y., where he is extensively engaged in farming. He 
 attended school at the Springville Academy under Principal 
 Earle. He was married in 1853 to Lucy Hard, who died the 
 subsequent year ; married a second time, in 1858, to Eugenia 
 Bunda}-. They have five children : 
 
 Cora E., Howard N., Mary F., Ra\- and Altana F. 
 
 Eiioeli Taylor. 
 
 Mr. Taylor was a son of Joseph Taylor and Margaret Root. 
 He was born in Frederick county, Md., Jan. 18, 1809, where 
 he lived until three }'ears old ; then his father having died, 
 and his mother having re-married, he was t<d<en to Fincas- 
 tle, Va. When thirteen years old he learned the saddlers' 
 trade at Salem, Va., and then went back to Mar\-land and 
 engaged in that business for two years. He then sold out 
 and attended school at Alleghany college, Meadville, Pa., two 
 years, 1834 and 1835. He then spent about two years at 
 the West, after which he came to Gowanda, where he re- 
 sided five years. His next move was the purchase of the 
 
BIOCRAriirCAL SKKTCHliS. 693 
 
 homestead of Uncle Jactjb Taylor, the old Quaker missionary, 
 who was an uncle of Mr. Taylor ; he occupied it several years, 
 when he attain became a residen; of Gowanda for eight years, 
 at the expiration of which time he removed to his present fine 
 farm, in i860, where he has since resided. He was married in 
 1845 to Louise M. Ward. Tiic}' ha\'e a family of five sons and 
 three daughters. 
 
 Th«' TaiiiHT Family. 
 
 Warren Tanner was born Ma}' 4, 1786, in Vermont. His 
 father Joseph Tanner, a Revolutionary soldier, died when War- 
 ren was four years old. His mother moved to Fort Ann, 
 Washington county N. V.. and re-married. Mr. Tanner lived 
 in Washington count}' until the Fall of 1810, when he came on 
 foot to Collins. He went back, but returned again the follow- 
 ing Spring, stopping at the land office at Hatavia on his way 
 and locating land on lot forty-seven, township six, range eight, 
 where he li\^ed until 1853. ^^^ <-^i^'^^ ''^ Ashford, N. Y., Oct. 30, 
 1864. He was married in 1817 to Hannah Wilber, sister of 
 Stephen Wilber; she died March 20, 1 857. They had five 
 children, as follows: 
 
 Isaac W., born Feb. 24, 18 18. Anson and Anna (twins), 
 born .Vpril 6, 1819 ; Anson married Lucy A. Hawkins in 1845 '- 
 died Nov. 7, 1861 ; Anna married Dr. L C. Blakel}-. Joseph 
 D., born Sept. i, 1823; married Betsy Knight in 1855. Sophia, 
 born Dec. 23, 1832; died in October, 1853. 
 
 Isaac W. Tanner, oldest son of Warren Tanner, was born in 
 Collins, where he has always resided. He is an extensive land 
 owner and a successful farmer. He was married Nov. 13, 1839, 
 to Betsey A. Beverly. They have had four children : 
 
 Susan, born May 16, 1844; died Sept. 16. 1870. Eveline, 
 born June 27, 1850. Warren and Hannah (twins), born Aug. 
 13, 1855 ; Warren married Blanche Bosworth in .Sejitember, 
 1876. 
 
 ii. W. Taylor. 
 
 Mr. Ta}'lor is the }'oungest of a family of thirteen — seven 
 sisters and six brothers, whose names are as follows : 
 
 Darius, Marie, Hannah, Samuel, Simeon, Abigail, Rhoda 
 
694 15IOGKAP1IICA1. SKETCHES. 
 
 Ann, Benjamin, Mary M., Joseph \V., Ann Eliza. Rosimer and 
 George W. 
 
 Mr. Taylor was born in Essex, Esse.x county, N. Y., March 
 27, 1832. His father's name was Samuel Taylor; his mother's 
 maiden name was Lydia Castle. Mr. Taylor came to Evans, 
 N. Y., with his parents when four years of age ; lived there 
 until 1852, when he went to North Collins and engaged in farm- 
 ing, tanning and currying in com{)any with two of his brothers 
 Remained there until 1864, when he removed to Collins, lot 
 fifty-seven, old Barlett homestead. He was married in 1864 to 
 Ann O. Bartlett, youngest daughter of Smith Bartlett. They 
 have three children, viz.: 
 
 Joseph B., born Aug. 16, 1865. Marion B.. born March 27,. 
 1867. Benjamin Grant, born Dec. 27, 1872. 
 
 Mr. Taylor is a prominent friend of [progression, and speaks- 
 to the people on funeral and other occasions. He is a man of 
 fine intellect. 
 
 Kliccla Taibox. 
 
 Rhoda Tarbox, daughter of Augustus and Elizabeth Smith,, 
 was born in Danby, Vt., Oct. 9, 1813. In 1S16, she came to 
 Collins with her people, where she has ex'cr since resided. In 
 1833, she married Caleb Tarbox, son of Benjamin and Huldah 
 Tarbo.x. She had a family of eleven children, two of whom 
 died when young, the names of the others are as follows: 
 
 Chester, born Sept. 29, 1834, and resides in Collins. Stephen, 
 born Dec. 20, 1835 ; married Julia Ann Clark, and lives in Col- 
 lins. Francis, born July 12, 1839; in^i'-ried Mary Baldwin, and 
 lives in East Otto, Cattaraugus county. Leonard, born April 
 10, 1845 ' married Addie Stone, and lixes in Evans, Erie 
 county. Emily, born Jan. 27. 1847: married Hiram Cook and 
 lives in Collins. Alvin, born Nov. 17. 1848; married Martha 
 West, and resides in Morris count}'. Kan. Reuben, born 
 March 18, 1851; married Eva Stewart and lives in Collins. 
 Hannah, born Jan. 29, 1853; married Charles Babcock and 
 lives in Collins. ()li\'e, born Oct. 29, 1854; married James 
 Parkcson, and died in Collins, Aug. 30. 1878. 
 
 Caleb Ti rbox died Oct. 21, 1874. 
 
iiiocRAriiu Ai. sKi:rc:iii:s. 695 
 
 William H. Vail. 
 
 William li. Vail, r.on of Ira H. and Mary Vail, was born in 
 Danby, Vt., INIarch 26, 1845. ^'^ the Spring of 1869, he came 
 to Collins and i)urchased a farm located t\\ (1 miles cast of Col- 
 lins Center, where he has ever since resided. 
 
 Se])t. 22. 1869, he married Alice Reynolds, dauc^hter of Nehe- 
 miah and Julia Reynolds. The)' have two children: Ira H., 
 born July 20, 1870. Josephine, born April i, 1879. 
 
 His father, Ira H. \\'iil, married Mary Chase, daughter of 
 Ephraim Chase. He is a man of integrit}' and industr\-, and 
 has accumulated a good proi:)erty. He possesses the confidence 
 of his fellow-townsmen, and has been called to fill various 
 offices of trust and honor in the P^astern States, ha\'ing been a 
 Selectman two }-ears, a Justice of the Peace five years, and was 
 a Member of the Legislature in 1859. 
 
 He raised a famiK' of seven children : Edward I. married 
 Julia Fish. Amelia. William H. married Alice Reynolds. 
 Semantha. Lydia died in 1864, aged eleven. Jennie and Ada. 
 
 .ToliiJ Y<)sl)m-g-. 
 
 John X'osburg was born in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1799. His 
 parents moved to Palmyra when he was four years old. He 
 lived at Palm}'ra until twenty-two years of age, when he was 
 married to Miss Rets)' Fillmore, and moved to P211icottville. 
 where he bought four hundred acres of timbered land ; he 
 cleared up about two hundred acres of it. P>om Ellicottville, 
 Mr. Vosburg moved to Gowanda about 1825, and engaged in 
 blacksmithing, and also built a foundry and plow manufactory 
 in compan)' with James Locke. He sold out his interests in 
 Gowanda about 1837, and bought three hundred acres of land 
 on Clear Creek in the west part of Collins, which has since been 
 frequently designated as Tub Tow n, because of Mr. Vosburg's 
 building, on his purchase, a tub factory and saw mill which he 
 operated until the)' were destroyed by fire in 1849. 
 
 Mr. Vosburg was for fourteen years Highway Commissioner 
 in Collins, and many of the roads in that town were laid out 
 under his supervision. He moved to Perr)'sburg in 1854, and 
 resided there until his death in 1872. 
 
 Mr. Vosburg had eight children as follows : Charles resides 
 
696 hio(;kaphical sketches. 
 
 in Waupaca, Wis. William resides in Gowanda. Laura 
 resides in Gowanda. Frank resides in Waupaca, Wis.; hotel- 
 keeper. Annette married Robert , and died in i860, in 
 
 Perrysburg. Caroline married Frank Campbell ; resides at 
 Perrysburg. Norton, half-brotlier of the others, resides at 
 Gowanda. George L. 
 
 Geors»<* \j» \osln\r^. 
 
 George L. Vosburg is a son of the above-named. He 
 was born in Collins — Tub Town — in 1838. Mr. Vosburg 
 first commenced business at Gowanda as stage and liv^ery pro- 
 prietor, and subsequently engaged in the hotel business, which 
 he has since followed. He is at present, 1882, the genial land- 
 lord of the Commercial Hotel at Gowanda. While a resident 
 of Persia, Cattaraugus county ; he was for two )x^ars Deputy 
 Sheriff under Cooper. 
 
 Mr. Vosburg was married in 1859, ^o Eliza A. Campbell. 
 They have two children : John C. and Nettie. 
 
 Statement of David Wilder. 
 
 My father, Stephen Wilber, came from Danby, Rutland 
 county, V^t.. to .Scipio. Cayuga count)-, N. Y., in May, 1810. 
 where the family remained until November. In June, 1810, 
 my father and Joshua Palmerton followed an Indian trail 
 through the woods from Ezekiel Cook's, in East Hamburg, to 
 Turner Aldrich's, where Gowanda now is ; the)' had to lay in 
 the woods one night. Turner Aldrich, Jacob Taylor, Aaron 
 Lindsey, Arad Howard, (brother of Ethan Howard of Boston) 
 and Stephen Lapham, on lot fortv'-five, at Bagdad, were here 
 before he came. 
 
 Stephen Peters came immediate!)' after my father and Pal- 
 merton came ; he took land on the east j)art of lot fort)'-eight, 
 township six, range eight. My father took land on the west 
 part of lot forty nine and Palmerton on the east part of lot 
 fifty, in same township and range. My father, Palmerton and 
 Peters lived together and kept bachelor's hall that Summer. 
 They chopped three acres of timber and jiut up a log-house or 
 shant)- for each one. In the P'all father went to Ca)'uga county 
 and brought his familv on as far as HambuiLr aiul lixed in one 
 
mO(;KAl'IIICAL SKKTCIIKS. 697 
 
 part of Rzckiel Cook's log-house through the Winter until the 
 first of March. 181 1, when we moved to Collins. 
 
 It took us three days to move from Hamburg to Collins : we 
 staid the first night at Jesse Putnam's, who lived on part of the 
 farm that Lewis Trevitt has since so long owned and occupied. 
 We came by the way of W^oodvvard Hollow and the Genesee 
 road. Besides father's family there were in the company Mrs. 
 Luke Crandall, Allan King and wife, Arnold King, John King, 
 Henry Palmerton, Jahiel Albee and John Williams. 
 
 When Mrs. Crandall started from Vermont, her father, in 
 accordance with olden custom, presented her with a bottle of 
 rum, directing her not to uncork it until they reached "The Hill 
 of Difficult}-." referring to Pilgrim's Progress. At Woodward's 
 Hollow they had to chain the sleds to trees to get down safely. 
 At the foot of the ascent on the other side Mrs. Crandall said : 
 " Here is The Hill of Difficult}-; let us drink." and o})ened her 
 bottle and presented it first to Mrs. Wilber. Any one \\-ho has 
 beeii up that hill will appreciate her remark. 
 
 We staid the second night at James T}'rer's, whose house or 
 shanty stood on the Genesee road, on lot three, township seven, 
 range eight, and was the first one we had seen since leaving 
 Putnam's. The shant}' was so small that the whole company 
 could not sleep inside, so Jehiel Albee proposed that he and 
 the other young men should sleep up-stairs. Accordingly 
 Jehiel Albee, John King, Arnold King, Henry Palmerton and 
 John Willianis slept on top of the shant}'. There was no road 
 and our progress through the woods was necessarily slow-, but 
 on the afternoon of the third day we arrived at the house tliat 
 father had built, which was located on the west j^art of lot forty- 
 nine, some distance north of where the road runs now. 
 
 Our house was built of logs and poles and the ends of some 
 of them stuck out two feet beyond the others. There was no 
 lumber and no nails used in its construction. The roof was 
 made of bark and the first Summer we had no chimney, no 
 ■doors, no windows, and the house was not muded. We built 
 the fire against the side of the house until it burnt through. 
 Father said that was the rule. In the P'all father built a stick- 
 chimney, with a stone back, and cut window holes and made 
 sash after his fashion and put in greased paper instead of glass 
 
698 
 
 TUOCKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 for window li<^hts ; he split and hewed out basswood plank or 
 " Puncheons," for a floor below — had no floor above. My 
 mother did most of her cooking out beside a stump during the 
 warm weather that Summer. 
 
 In my father's family there were then six children : David,. 
 John, Paulina, Alma, George and Betsey. I was the oldest and 
 was born Dec. 16, 1800. My father and mother and the six 
 children, and all the household goods we had were brought 
 from Vermont in one wagon load. 
 
 Our table was a box that we brought some of our things in. 
 I cannot remember whether father and mother had any chairs 
 or not, but I know that we children had no chairs and after a 
 little I made some stools for myself and the others. My father 
 cleared off the first Spring about three acres for corn, half an 
 acre for oats and one-fourth of an acre for potatoes. 
 
 That Summer we chopped and cleared three acres and sowed 
 it to Winter wheat. That Fall father went to Hamburg and 
 bought one hundred apple trees and brought home two cherry 
 trees in his pocket. 
 
 We had a yoke of o.xen and two cows and a calf. We had 
 no hay and we cut the heads of the oats off and gave them to 
 
HIOCRAIMIICAI. SKKTCIIES. 699 
 
 the calf, and the straw and corn-fodder we i^ave to the oxen 
 and cows but the most of their Hving was browse. 
 
 The first Summer after we came to Collins my father and 
 mother and their six children, and Allen King and his wife, and 
 Arnold King, and John King, two young, unmarried men, all 
 lived in our small log-house, and how they all managed to live 
 there I cannot tell. 
 
 When we first came to Collins it was sixteen miles to the 
 nearest grist-niill. We frecjuently got out of meal and then 
 sometimes we would eat potatoes and milk several days and 
 sometimes we would grind or pound corn into coarse meal in 
 our "plumping mill." This consisted of a large log of the 
 proper length, squared off at both ends and set upright and a 
 ca\it}' made in the top in the shape of a round bottomed 
 basket, and a spring-pole fastened to the corner of the house 
 with a pestle attached and suspended over the cavity in the end 
 of the log. 
 
 Tile first grinding we had done at a grist-mill was at Boston. 
 When father went to Boston to mill, he carried grists for the 
 neighbors, and when .'\aron Lindsay went he also carried grists 
 for the neighbors, and when Benjamin Albee went he also did 
 the same. Once when father went to Boston to mill he had to 
 stay over night; and he had no money, and he drew up wood 
 for Mr. Butterworth with his team to pay for his keeping. 
 
 Benjamin Albee located on the east part of lot* sixty-four, 
 township six, range eight, in the Spring of 181 1, and Luke 
 Crandall located on the middle part of the same lot the same 
 year. Warren Tanner came and located on lot forty-seven 
 same township and range, in 1811. Allen King located on lot 
 fifty-six. and Nathan King, father of Allen, Arnold and John 
 King, came in the Fall of 181 1 and settled on lot forty-nine. 
 Abram Lapham came out in 1809 or 18 10, and bought lot 
 forty-five at Bagdad and other lands in the vicinity, which lots 
 were covered with nice pine and other valuable timber. 
 Stephen Lapham, his son, settled there in 18 10 and built a 
 saw-mill about 18 14. The first saw-mill built where R. L. 
 Harris' mill now is, was built in 1824, by my brother John and 
 myself. David Pound came in at an early day and located on 
 lot fiftv-three, near Collins station. 
 
700 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 In the war of 1S12 and 1815, Luke Crandall, Jehiel Albee^ 
 Benjamin Albee, Darius Crandall, Rex Brown, David Nivers 
 and Henry Palmerton and probably others, went from Collins 
 to the Niagara frontier and served as soldiers. In the time of 
 the war people were afraid of the Indians, and some of them 
 left. Mr. Lindsay took his famih' out to Warsaw. Albee's 
 family went away, he and his son Benjamin remained. I and 
 my brother John dug holes in the ground to bury our iron 
 ware. We had our other things loaded up to start, and had 
 victuals cooked to take along, but father final!}- changed his 
 mind and we remained. When I was eleven years old, I had 
 to go out with my father and work, chopping and clearing land. 
 My brother John and I worked clearing land bare-footed among 
 the stubs and fire. 
 
 Jacob Taylor built the first grist-mill at Ta\'lor Hollow in 
 1 81 2. John Hanford kept the first store in town at Taylor 
 Hollow. 
 
 One time, Kendall Johnson was at Hanford's store and 
 wished to purchase a saw, but had not the money to pay for it, 
 and Hanford refused to trust him. He went out into the field 
 and stated the case to Taylor, and he picked up a flat stone and 
 wrote on it an order for the saw, and Johnson went back and 
 got it. 
 
 Smith Bartlett ,was the first tanner and currier and shoe- 
 maker. He came in about 181 5 and located on lot fifty-eight. 
 Dr. McDaniels was the first ph}'sician in town. The first card- 
 ing machine was at Gowanda, owned by Bugbee & Chaffee. 
 James Parkinson built a saw-mill in the village of Collins 
 Center about 1830. Samuel Lake built the first store at Collins 
 Center about 1830. Harry Matthewson managed it. 
 ISAAC WILBER'S family. 
 
 Isaac Wilber, born Dec. 24, 1748 ; married Elizabeth Badgley 
 and died July 27, 1835. Elizabeth Badgely, born Dec. 5, 1758 ; 
 died Aug. 13, 1846. Stephen Wilber, born July 27, 1777, (son 
 of Isaac); died Aug. 21, 1862. Mary King, his wife, born 
 March 6, 1782 ; died Oct., 1866. Their children were : 
 
 David, born Dec. 16, 1800. John, born Sept. 27, 1802. 
 Paulina, born June 20, 1804; married Robert Arnold; died 
 about 1875. Alma, born April 25, 1806; married Tompkins 
 
r.IOC.RAI'HICAI, SKKTCIIES. 7OI 
 
 White. Gcori^c R.. born Auy;. 7, 180S ; married Jane Lapham ; 
 died in 1867 in Wayne county, Michii^an. Elizabeth, born 
 Sept. 25, 1810; married Stukcly Hudson. James, born Jan. 
 25, 1813; died Feb., 1815. Job, born Jan. 18, 1815, is dead. 
 Daniel, born April 12, 1817; died Oct., 1826. Joshua, born 
 June 19. 1819, lives in Dayton Cattaraugus count}-. Stephen, 
 born July 14, 182 1, lives in northwest part of Michigan. Mary,. 
 born July lO, 1820; died Oct. 22, r868. 
 
 DAVID W I leer's family. 
 
 David Wilbcr married Polly H. Russell, born 1808. Their 
 children were : 
 
 Daniel born May 31, 1830; married Hazard and lives 
 
 in Collins. Lucy R., born May 22, 1835 ; married Thomas 
 Russell, and lives in Farmington, Oakland county, Mich. 
 Robert A., born July 12, 1844; married Eunice Allen and lives 
 in Collins. 
 
 John Wilber. 
 
 John Wilber, son of Stephen W^ilber, was born Sept. 27, 
 1802, on North Hero Island, in Lake Champlain. He came to 
 Collins with his parents in 181 1, where he has ever since resided 
 a wealthy farmer and an energetic and capable man of busi- 
 ness. He has resided on his present farm fifty-four years. 
 Mr. Wilber is one of the few that remain, who have taken 
 active part and witnessed the transformation from the unbroken 
 wilderness to the beautiful farms and rural abodes that consti- 
 tute the present town of Collins. 
 
 Mr. Wilber was married in 1826 to Christiana Strang, whose 
 paternal ancestors were long-lived and sturdy French Hugue- 
 nots, who fled from France to England on account of religious 
 persecution. From England some of them came to New 
 York. Mrs. Wilber's father, John Strang, was born at Fort 
 Ann, N. Y., where, when a young man, he was engaged in lum- 
 bering. He came to Collins 181 2, where he resided until his 
 death in Feb. 1879, at the remarkable age of 10 1 years and 
 three months. Mr. and Mrs. W^ilber have reared a family of 
 six children, viz : 
 
 Emily, born Nov, 24, 1827; married William T. Popple and 
 resides at Collins, Mary E., born April 18, 1839; married 
 
702 BKJGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 William C. Potter and resides in Waupaca county, Wisconsin. 
 Albert, born Feb. 28, 1832 ; married Ruth Bartlett and resides 
 at Collins. James, born Feb. 20, 1835; married Lydia Chase, 
 and resides at Collins. Paulina, born Aug. 16, 1840; married, 
 first, Albert Bruce; second, PVank P.Johnson; died in 1879 i" 
 Collins. Eugene, born Jan. 24, 1844; married Mar)' Barry and 
 resides at Collins. 
 
 J. H. White. 
 
 John H. White was born in 1833, in the Town of Collins. 
 His father's name was Hosea White; his mother's maiden 
 name was Anna Keese. He was married in October, 1859; ^••'^ 
 wife's maiden name was Martha Jane McMillan ; she was born 
 Sept. 22, 1840, in the Town of Otto, Cattaraugus count}'. 
 
 Their children are: Georgiana, born July 20, i860. Frankie 
 E., born Nov. 28. 1861. Jesse Maud, born April 18, 1867. 
 James H., born P'eb. 10. 1873. Ethel M., born May 16, 1877. 
 
 Mr. White has always lived in Collins, except one year, when 
 he lived on the Hadwin Arnold place in East Hamburg. He 
 has always followed the business of farming, and now owns 
 a large dairy, and in addition he has also been engaged in 
 the milling business for several years. He owned and run the 
 Gowanda mill in 1865, then sold it ; bought the mill in Bag- 
 dad, in 1878, and sold it in 1880 ; again purchased theGowanda 
 mill and sold one-half U) C. C. Torrance, and they are now 
 ( 1882) running the same together. He formerly dealt quite 
 largeh' in stock. He brought, for his father, the first mowing 
 machine into Town of Collins, in 1853 or 1854. He brought 
 the first Holstein cattle into Collins in 1879. ^^ ^'^'^^ ^^"^' ^^^ 
 the Assessors of the Tow n of Collins for twelve )'ears. He 
 was elected Supervisor in 1874 and also in 1875. 
 
 Smith 13. Washhiirii. 
 
 Mr. Washburn, son of Elisha Washburn and Frances Ballard, 
 Avas born Sept. 21, 1834, in Collins, where he has resided most 
 of the time. He traveled six years as salesman for a Cle\eland 
 firm; he was also connected with William A. Johnson in first 
 starting and operating the Marshfield factories. 
 
 lie has been Assessor in Collins two terms. 
 
BIO(;RAriIK AI, SKETCHES. 7^3 
 
 Mr. Washburn was married Sept. 4, 1855. to Marinda Wick- 
 ham, who was born in Collins, Nov. 25, 1S34. They have two 
 children: Louisa F., born Dec. 18, 1857. George E., born 
 June 10. 1864. 
 
 Isaao A. Wells. 
 
 Mr. Wells' grandfather, Rev. Asel Wells, was a Baptist minis- 
 ter, and occasionally preached to the early settlers of Collins, 
 to which place he came about 1826, with his son Benjamin 
 Wells, father of Isaac A. Benjamin Wells, was bom in Halifax. 
 Nova Scotia, in 1808 or 1809; came to Rochester, N. Y., when 
 four years of age, and to Collins about 1826. where he set- 
 tled on lot 21, on land bought from the Holland Land com- 
 pan\-, where he lived until 1 876. when he sold his farm and 
 moved to near Meadville. Pa. He married ^Lir\-. daughter of 
 Isaac Allen. 
 
 Isaac A. Wells was born in Collins, June 6, 1858, where he 
 lived until 1867, when he moved to Persia, Cattaraugus county. 
 N. v.. where he now resides in the capacity of a farmer. He 
 was married in 1857. to Mar\- L. King, daughter of Jared King. 
 They have two children : Jared U. and Cora. 
 
 Elisha AVaslibiiru. 
 
 Mr. Washburn was born Oct. 7, 1S07, in Wendell, Mass., 
 came to Collins from there in 1821, driving a team through for 
 Everett Fisher — twenty-eight days on the road. He chopped 
 and cleared land — an acre in six days was about the progress 
 he made in chopping. 
 
 He was married in 1826, to Frances Ballard : they located on 
 the farm of James Goodell. on lot nine, township seven, range 
 eight. Collins. Mr. Goodell died in 1851. and they succeeded 
 to the homestead where Mr. Washburn now lives, his wife hav- 
 ing died in February, 1881. 
 
 Mr. Washburn has held the office of Commissioner of High- 
 ways several terms. He was Commissioner when the second 
 Gowanda bridge was burned, and when the Zoar bridge across 
 the Cattaraugus was built. About 1842. he built a saw-mill on 
 the north branch of Clear Creek. 
 
 Mr. Washburn has four children : Mary married George 
 
704 HIOGRAPMK'Al, SKETCHES. 
 
 Valentine, who died. Smith H. married Marinda Wickham. 
 Rufus (2d} married Ruth Leno.\. Israel, twice married, first to 
 Eliza E. Goodell,by whom he had one daughter. Dora; second 
 time to Eliza Chafee, by whom he has three children: Jessie, 
 Dean and Ira Verne. 
 
 StepliJ^ii Tliorii Wliite. 
 
 Mr. White's grandfather, Reuben White, was a leading- mem- 
 ber of the Quaker Society ; he died in Collins at the age of 
 seventy-two. His father, Isaac White, was born in Danb\-, 
 Vt., in 1794. He married Hannah, daughter of Judge Thorn, 
 of Granville, N. Y. He removed to Collins about 1833, his son 
 Stephen Thorn, being then a }'Oung lad, ha\'ing been born in 
 Danby, Vt., Sept. 28, 1826. He remained on his father's farm 
 until 1858, when he engaged in mercantile business at Collins 
 Center, which he pursued until his death, March 26, 1872 He 
 was a man of honor and abilit)'. He was Postmaster most of 
 the tmie while engaged in trade, and was Supervisor of Collins 
 three years in succession — 1869, '70 and 71. Mr. White was 
 married in 1853 to Eucy B. Randell, b}' whom he had three 
 children : 
 
 J. Herbert, w ho \\as for a time in compan\' with C. I. Bates 
 at the old stand where his father had conducted business. 
 Myra and Charles Car\-. 
 
 Kob( It A. Wilbor. 
 
 Robert A. Wilber, son of David and Polly Wilber, was born 
 in Collins July 12, 1844, where he has ever since resided, now 
 owning and occupying a farm formerly owned b\" Stephen Wil- 
 ber. Sept. 4, 1866, he married lumice Allen, daughter of 
 Ahaz and S}-l\'a Allen, of Collins. In 1865 he enlisted in the 
 Second New \'ork volunteers, Compan}- (j. Mounted Rifle- 
 jnen, and w as honorabl)' discharged at the close of the war. 
 
 Steplioii B. AVhito. 
 
 Stephen B. White, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Beckwith, 
 is a native of Collins, and was born Nov. 15, 1848. His mother 
 dying soon after his birth, he was adopted by his grandfather, 
 Stephen White. March 20, 1867. he married Julia Puller, 
 
i!i< )(:i<Ariii(\i, ski; !( I IKS. 705 
 
 dauyj^htcr ot Ira ami Lucinda I^ullcr. lie now owns ami occu- 
 pies the farm formerly owned b\' iiis grandfather, Stei)hen 
 White. He has a famil)- of three children : 
 
 Warren, born Aui^. 23, i86(S. Carrie, born March 11, 1872. 
 Charles, born Oct. 23, 1879. 
 
 <ir«M>rf»*' V. Waito. 
 
 (jcor^e C. W'aite, son of Isaac and Mar\' Waite. was born in 
 the Town of Eastern, Wasliin^ton count}', N. Y., in 1825. He 
 has been twice married, first to Elizabeth Potter, daui^hter of 
 Peter and Rachel Potter; second to Mar\- Lockwood, daugh- 
 ter of Philo and Poll}- Lockwood. He came to Collins in 1850 
 and located on a farm formerly owned b\- George Lindsle)-. 
 In 1871 he remo\ed to East Hamburg, and in 1877 he again 
 removed to Collins and n(n\' owns and occupies the farm known 
 as the George Lawton farm. He is a man of toil and industry 
 and alwa\\s contents himself with his own concerns. By well- 
 directed efforts he has acciuired a good property. He lias three 
 children : 
 
 Henr\-. born .April 4, 1861. Jennie, born Jul\- 19, 1877. 
 Ra\-mond. born Aug. 16, 1879. 
 
 Hosea White. 
 
 Hosea White was born in the j'ear 1798. in the town of 
 Mount Holly, Vermont. Plis father's name was also Hosea 
 White. His mother's maiden name was Susanna Thompson. 
 Hosea White, the second, father of John H. White, was married 
 in this county to Anna Keese, March 12, 1825. He purchased 
 of Hadwin Arnold the land on lot thirt\--four, township six, 
 range eight, on which John H. now li\es. and cleared up and 
 improved it and built the buildings and resided there until his 
 death. He at one time kept hotel at the mouth of Cattarau- 
 gus Creek for two years. Hosea White died in Collins June 
 2/, 1873, aged sevent>'-five years. Anna Keese White, his 
 wife, died in Collins, June 3, i87i,aged sixt\'-four years. Their 
 children were : 
 
 Eliza Jane, who married Ransom Moss and died in Collins, 
 Oct. 25, 1880. (Oliver H. married Nancy Bartlett and lives in 
 Michigan; is a farmer. John H. Hannah Maud married 
 
7o6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Silas Taft and resides in Collins. Paulina died young. Phebe 
 A. married Albert Southwick and lives at Silver Creek. Silas 
 W. died March 30, 1865, in Collins, aged twenty years. Cyn- 
 thia E. married Byron Kimball and died Oct, 6, 1873, in the 
 town of Persia, Cattaraugus county. 
 
(;HNKRAL ills TORY OK NDRIll (OI.IJNS. 707 
 
 CHAPTKR XIX. 
 
 NORTH COLLINS-GENERAL HISTORY. 
 
 It was in May or June, in the year 1810, tliat Encxs South- 
 wick, Abram Tucker and Stephen Sisson, passed throuy;h the 
 village of Buffalo on their way to make a home. They were 
 members of the Society of Friends and it is reasonable to infer 
 that they were attracted to the settlement made b}' Jacob Tay- 
 lor some three years previous, although they did not follow the 
 Indian trail of their predecessor but took the more feasible 
 route up the lake shore to the mouth of the Cattaraugus Creek 
 and then struck out due east through an unbroken forest and 
 brought up near Lawton Station, a mile and a half north of 
 Taylor's settlement. Here they pitched their tents and made 
 a beginning. The next Fall Nathaniel Sisson, a brother of 
 Stephen, came. In the meantime James and Luther Tyrer, 
 (brothers) from Franklin county, Mass., came and located (^n 
 lot three, near Marshfield, some five miles east. These were the 
 only white inhabitants that wintered in what is now known as 
 North Collins, that year. In the Spring of 1811 Levi Wood- 
 ward, Jonathan Southwick and Job Southwick joined the little 
 settlement near Lawton Station and Sylvenus Bates made a 
 claim on lot ten, near Marshfield. So coming with our subject 
 up to 1812, we find the following settlers located in the Town 
 of North Collins, viz : 
 
 Abram Tucker, Ste})hen Sisson, Nathaniel Sisson, Samuel 
 Tucker, Moses Tucker, Henry Tucker, Enos Southwick, Jona- 
 than Southwick, (ieorge Southwick, Jr., James Tyrer, Luther 
 Tyrer, John Strang, Stephen White, Stephen Twining, Noah 
 Tripp, Hugh McMillen, Levi Woodward, S>l\enus Bates and 
 Job Southwick, 
 
7o8 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS HUYINC. LAND 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS WHO PURCHASED LAND IN NORTH COL. 
 LINS OF THE HOLLAND COMPANY, THE DATE OF PURCHASE, 
 . THE QUANTITY OF LAND AND THE PRICE PAID. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE EIGHT. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Sylvanus Hussey. . . . 
 Isaac Hathaway. ... 
 
 Thomas Bills 
 
 Moses Eddy 
 
 George Southvvick. . , 
 George Southwick. . . 
 George Southwick . . , 
 
 James Goodale 
 
 James Goodale 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson. . . . 
 
 Stephen Sisson 
 
 Stephen Sisson 
 
 Abram Tucker 
 
 Abraham Gifford.. . . 
 
 Henry Tucker 
 
 Henry Tucker 
 
 Jonathan Townsend. 
 Kendall Johnson. . . . 
 Kendall Johnson. . . . 
 
 Isaac Leggett 
 
 Benjamin T. Leggett 
 
 Levi Woodward 
 
 Stephen Jenkins 
 
 Stephen White 
 
 Stephen White 
 
 Stephen White 
 
 Stephen White 
 
 Gideon Lapham. . . . 
 
 Noah Tripp 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson, Jr. 
 Nathaniel Sisson, Jr. 
 Nathaniel Sisson, Jr. 
 Elkanah Sherman . . . 
 David Lawton 
 
 Date. 
 
 1 , 
 
 1 Land. 
 
 1 
 
 Acres. 
 328 
 
 Price 
 
 1809, Oct. 10. . 
 
 1 62 . . 
 
 $6;6 
 
 1809, May 18.. 
 
 npt 1 58 &s 
 
 
 
 
 ptl59---- 
 
 400 
 
 800 
 
 1809. Oct. 19.. 
 
 m pt 1 61.. . 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 1809, Oct. 19. . 
 
 n pt 1 61 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 1 8 10, Sept. 5. . 
 
 1 44 
 
 520 
 
 1 170 
 
 1 8 10, Aug. 4. . 
 
 I42 
 
 316 
 
 711 
 
 181 1, June 10.. 
 
 I35 
 
 .305 
 
 838 
 
 1810, Oct. I.. . 
 
 e half 1 3. . . 
 
 161 
 
 402 
 
 181 1, March 6. 
 
 w half 1 3 . . 
 
 162 
 
 44,S 
 
 1809, Nov. TO. 
 
 n-w pt 1 50 
 
 
 
 
 & s-w pt 1 5 1 
 
 182 
 
 398 
 
 1809, Nov. 10. 
 
 e pt 1 50. . . 
 
 216 
 
 432 
 
 1 8 10, Nov. II . 
 
 Ptl 50 
 
 106 
 
 406 
 
 1 8 10, Nov. I . . 
 
 s-w pt 1 ^ . 
 
 100 
 
 22s 
 
 1 8 10, Sept. 19. 
 
 pt 1 61 & i 
 
 
 
 
 1 60 
 
 217 
 
 488 
 
 181 1, April 25 . 
 
 n-w pt 1 5 1 . 
 
 182 
 
 363 
 
 1 8 14, Jan. 13.. 
 
 s-w pt 1 34. 
 
 70 
 
 210 
 
 1811, April 30. 
 
 e half I 18.. 
 
 169 
 
 464 
 
 181 1, May 7.. . 
 
 s pt 1 10. . .. 
 
 100 
 
 275 
 
 18 18, Mar. 20. 
 
 pt 1 10 
 
 60 
 
 315 
 
 18 II, June 10. 
 
 n-wpt 1 34. 
 
 100 
 
 275 
 
 181 1, June 10. 
 
 e pt 1 42 . . . 
 
 100 
 
 275 
 
 181 1, June 19. 
 
 e pt 1 5 I . . . 
 
 102 
 
 280 
 
 181 1, Oct. 10.. 
 
 spt 1 39... 
 
 100 
 
 300 
 
 181 1, Dec. 23 . 
 
 w pt 1 42. . . 
 
 117 
 
 351 
 
 181 1, Dec. 23 . 
 
 s pt 1 52... 
 
 150 
 
 450 
 
 1 8 14, Nov. 16. 
 
 n-w pt 1 53. 
 
 60 
 
 195 
 
 1 8 16, Sept. 12. 
 
 s pt 1 30. . . . 
 
 149 
 
 ^33 
 
 181 1, Dec. 5 . . 
 
 e pt 1 54... 
 
 200 
 
 600 
 
 18 1 2, May 17.. 
 
 s-w pt 1 54. 
 
 ICO 
 
 300 
 
 1811, Dec. 4 . . 
 
 pt 1 40 & 32. 
 
 350 
 
 1050 
 
 18 12, Sept. 19. 
 
 n pt 1 52. . . 
 
 98 
 
 294 
 
 1819, Nov. II . 
 
 s-e pt 1 50. . 
 
 bo 
 
 230 
 
 1813. Nov. 8. . 
 
 s pt 1 60 . . . 
 
 207 
 
 569 
 
 1819, Dec. 24. 
 
 s-w pt 1 42.. 
 
 50 
 
 238 
 
FROM IllK IIOI.IAND COMrANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE EIGHT— Coniinuet/. 
 
 7C9 
 
 Name. 
 
 David Woodward 
 John Woodward. 
 William Oatis. . . 
 Benjamin Cornell. 
 Jesse Standi ff. . . . 
 Willard Stancliff. 
 Nathaniel Potter 
 Hueh McMullen. 
 
 Da IE 
 
 Land 
 
 Levi Parker 
 
 Lemuel M. White. . . 
 
 Lemuel M. White. . . 
 
 Pardon Brown 
 
 Pardon Brown 
 
 Thomas Shrouds. . . . 
 Lilly Stafford, Jr. . . . 
 
 Lilly Stafford, Jr 
 
 Lilly Stafford, Jr. . . . 
 Benjamin H. Smith. 
 Benjamin H. Smith. 
 Daniel Hull, Jr.... 
 
 Thomas Cole 
 
 Edmund Tucker. . . 
 Penderon Barton. . . 
 Humphrey White. . 
 
 Oliver Tripp 
 
 Stephen Smith 
 
 John Train 
 
 Humphre}' Russell. 
 Abner Bri^^gs 
 
 Samuel Hall. 
 
 Nathan Starks 
 
 *John A. Lewis 
 
 James Starks 
 
 James Goodale 
 
 James Goodale 
 
 *Caleb Woodward . . 
 Jonathan Woodward. 
 
 Lewis Hall 
 
 James Bray ton 
 
 Jonas Bray ton 
 
 1815, May 23 
 
 1814. Nov. 16 
 
 1815, May 23. 
 181 5, Mar. 30 
 181 5, April 24.': 
 1815, April 24. 
 181 5, April 14. 
 1815, July 3. . .1 
 
 181 5, June 30. 
 181$, June 26 
 
 1817, Sept. 25. 
 
 1815, May 26.. 
 
 1816, Sept. 13. 
 
 1815, Oct. 20. . 
 181 5, Nov. 4. . 
 
 1816, Aug. 2. . 
 1816, Sept. 12. 
 1815, Oct. 20. . 
 1815, Oct. 20. . 
 1815, Nov. 28. 
 1815, Dec. 2. . 
 
 1815, Oct. 4. . . 
 
 1 816, May 7.. . 
 1816, March 23 
 1816, April I . . 
 1 8 16, April 3. . 
 1 8 16, April 30. 
 1816, Mar. 7.. . 
 1 8 16, Mar. 7 . . 
 1816, Oct. 19. . 
 1824, March 4. 
 
 1835, Oct. I... 
 1832, Dec. 1 1 . 
 
 1 8 10, Oct. I. . . 
 
 181 1, March 6. 
 
 1832, June 22. 
 
 1833, Aug. 20. 
 1842, Nov. 3. 
 1837, Nov. II . 
 
 1836, Aug. 18. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 w pt I 26. 
 n-e pt I 53 
 e pt I 34 . , 
 pt I53..., 
 w pt 1 64. 
 
 1 63 
 
 w pt I 37... 
 
 n pt I 59 & 
 
 pt I 26. . . 
 
 pt 1 31 
 
 m pt I 37 & 
 s pt I 45 . . 
 
 pt I 21 
 
 w pt I 40. . . 
 n pt I 47. . . 
 
 s pt 1 47 • • • 
 e pt 1 36 . . . 
 
 pt 1 51 
 
 PI36 
 
 e pt I 46. . . 
 w pt 1 46. . . 
 
 pt 1 59 
 
 w pt 1 55... 
 
 n pt 1 30. . . 
 
 w pt I 38. . . 
 
 e pt I 37... 
 
 w pt I 29. . . 
 
 n pt 1 39 . . . 
 
 n pt I 3 1 . . . 
 
 I pt I 48 
 
 I s pt I 48 . . , 
 
 ; W pt I 2. . . , 
 
 |ptl 2 
 
 1 pt I 2 
 
 i e pt I 2 . . . 
 
 ' e pt I 3 . . . 
 
 : w pt 1 3... 
 
 ; w pt I 4. .. 
 
 pt I 4 
 
 pt 1 4 
 
 pt I4 
 
 s-e pt 1 4. . 
 
 Price 
 
 125 
 60 
 160 
 242 
 200 
 316 
 100 
 
 2CXD 
 250 
 
 100 
 120 
 I 10 
 150 
 200 
 
 47 
 100 
 180 
 
 177 
 141 
 
 100 
 100 
 
 ICO 
 
 100 
 100 
 
 150 
 116 
 
 120 
 120 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 112^ 
 
 437 
 '95 
 560 
 786 
 70Q 
 1 106 
 325 
 
 700 
 S74 
 
 892 
 500 
 420 
 467 
 562 
 750 
 190 
 425 
 
 675 
 663 
 528 
 
 375 
 375 
 400 
 
 375 
 375 
 600 
 464 
 
 450 
 450 
 450 
 212 
 
 75 
 
 300 
 
 161 
 
 402^ 
 
 162 
 
 445 
 
 65 
 
 2iii 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 
 249 
 
 65i 
 
 278 
 
 75 
 
 319 
 
JIO NAMES OF TERSOXS I5UYING LAND 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN', RANGE EIGHT— Cot!tt>/ucc^. 
 
 Elias Twist 
 
 John Grant 
 
 Greenfield Bates 
 
 Greenfield Bates 
 
 John Jennings 
 
 Barney McDonald.. . . 
 
 Andres Demerle 
 
 John Weeks 
 
 Josiah Whittemore. . . 
 
 Lemon Cole 
 
 Adam Behringer 
 
 David Shrouds 
 
 Nathaniel A. Williams 
 
 Carolus Ball 
 
 Peter Bloch 
 
 Jacob Bricks 
 
 Nathan Wightman. . . 
 
 George Young 
 
 George Young 
 
 Ambrose Schaller. . . . 
 
 Kendall Johnson 
 
 Kendall Johnson 
 
 James Starks 
 
 William Palmer 
 
 William Culver 
 
 James Starks 
 
 Richard Willits 
 
 Chad B. Clark 
 
 Abraham Clark 
 
 John L. Barden 
 
 John L. Barden 
 
 Caleb Woodward .... 
 
 Nathan Hawlev 
 
 Simon M. Hall 
 
 Ephraim Darling 
 
 John Kirby, Jr 
 
 Erastus Clark 
 
 Willard Slocum 
 
 Asa Jennings 
 
 Abraham Clark 
 
 John G. Potter 
 
 Adam Clark 
 
 U.VIE. 
 
 828 
 833 
 833 
 
 833 
 825 
 820 
 
 837 
 817 
 
 836 
 816 
 
 816 
 836 
 
 833 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 834 
 
 833 
 842 
 
 811 
 
 818 
 
 824 
 
 833 
 829 
 
 827 
 835 
 833 
 836 
 
 833 
 817 
 835 
 835 
 835 
 835 
 816 
 
 830 
 818 
 822 
 823 
 
 June 13 . 
 June 8. . 
 Oct. 14. . 
 Oct. 14. . 
 Jan. 20. . 
 July 14., 
 Sept. 13. 
 May 3. . , 
 Aug. 18, 
 Sept. 16. 
 July 16. 
 Sept. 16, 
 Aug. 4., 
 Oct. I... 
 Oct. 6. . , 
 Aug. 25. 
 April 23, 
 Jan. 2. . , 
 Dec. 10 . 
 June I.. , 
 May 7. . . 
 Nov. 20. 
 March 8. 
 Oct. 18., 
 April 25 . 
 Jan. 3.., 
 Oct. 23. 
 Nov. 21 , 
 Oct. 27. . 
 Oct. 10 . . 
 Nov. 5 . . 
 June 13, 
 June 16. 
 Sept. 15, 
 Sept. 29, 
 Sept. 23. 
 Oct. 19. , 
 Sept. 16. 
 June 17. 
 April 16. 
 Nov. 16. 
 Oct. I... 
 
 Land. 
 
 n i)t 1 
 pt 15 
 s-\\' pt 1 5 
 n pt 1 4 . 
 s-w pt 1 I 
 pt 16... 
 s-e pt 1 6 
 n pt 1 6 . 
 pt 16.. . 
 n pt 1 7 . 
 pt I7... 
 s pt 1 7.. 
 
 / • 
 
 s pt 1 
 pt I7 
 pt 18 
 pt 1 8 
 pt 1 8 
 pt 1 8 
 pt 1 8 
 s pt 1 8 . 
 s pt 1 10 
 pt 1 10. . 
 n pt 1 10 
 pt 1 10. . 
 pt I II.. 
 pt 1 II.. 
 n-e pt 1 II 
 n-e pt 1 12 
 n-w pt 1 12 
 pt 1 12 
 pt 1 12 
 s-e pt 1 12 
 n pt 1 13 
 pt 1 13.. 
 
 pt 1 13- • 
 s pt 1 13 
 pt 1 i3.\ 
 e pt 1 14 
 w pt 1 14 
 pt 1 14. . 
 pt 1 14. . 
 s pt 1 15. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 150 
 
 590 
 
 100 
 
 400 
 
 50 
 
 162 
 
 81 
 
 344 
 
 .SO 
 
 212 
 
 64 
 
 262 
 
 58 
 
 246 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 SO 
 
 212 
 
 178 
 
 756 
 
 100 
 
 425 
 
 178 
 
 758 
 
 79 
 
 335 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 50 
 
 275 
 
 100 
 
 27s 
 
 60 
 
 315 
 
 125 
 
 531 
 
 ! 86 
 
 365 
 
 175 
 
 575 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 108 
 
 459 
 
 50 
 
 162 
 
 120 
 
 523 
 
 45 
 
 191 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 55 
 
 1 78 
 
 TOO 
 
 500 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 55 
 
 218 
 
 75 
 
 300 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 425 
 
 54 
 
 22y 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 100 
 
 425 
 
 72 
 
 306 
 
FROM rill'. llol.l.ANI) (.OMPAW. 
 TOVVN'SHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— C'^;///««.V. 
 
 711 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Rcbckah Hamlin . . . 
 Crampliin Tcwel . . . . 
 John McDonald. . . . 
 Batson McDonald . . . 
 George Wit^htman.. 
 *Rachael Conf^er. . . . 
 
 William Smith 
 
 George Barney 
 
 David W. Hunt 
 
 *Silas Kirby 
 
 Teleg Tripp 
 
 *Rachel Conger 
 
 Abraham Conger. . . . 
 
 Eli Barney 
 
 Henry Holiday 
 
 Henry Potter 
 
 Erastus Clark 
 
 Asa Jennings 
 
 Samuel Bowen 
 
 John H. King 
 
 Charles De Vol! 
 
 John Train 
 
 John Train 
 
 Wheeler Birdsley. . . . 
 
 Samuel Brooks 
 
 Aaron Parker 
 
 Elijah Leach 
 
 Cromwell Luther. . . . 
 Nehemiah Heath. . . . 
 Timothy Russell . . . . 
 
 Joshua Pickins 
 
 John P. Willit 
 
 Aaron Hanson 
 
 Amos S. Willit. . .. 
 
 Asa B. Kinyon 
 
 Henry Potter 
 
 Nathaniel Smith . . . 
 James Andrews. . . . 
 Wheeler Birdsley . . 
 
 John Perkins 
 
 Joshua Perkins 
 
 Lemuel M. White. . 
 
 1818. Nov. 3. . 
 1817, Dec. 26.. 
 
 181 7, Aug. 28. 
 1816, Aug. 8. . 
 1 8 16, July 12 . . 
 1829, May II.. 
 1829, July 6.. 
 
 1829, Jan. 15.. 
 
 1830, Jan. 4.... 
 
 1829, Apr. 25.. 
 1838, Jan. I . . . 
 
 1830, Feb. 4.. . 
 
 1838, June 16.. 
 
 1839, J^"- ^^- • 
 1816, July 25.. 
 
 1818, Jan. I.. . 
 1816, Oct. 14. . 
 18 1 8, April 14. 
 
 1823, June 5.. 
 
 1824, July 7... 
 1816, Oct. -J ... 
 1818, Feb. 20 . 
 1833, April 24. 
 1816, July 24 . 
 1 81 8, Apr. 29.. 
 1833, June 17. 
 1824, Sept. 21 . 
 1824, P^eb. 19 . 
 1820, Dec. 17 , 
 1824, Jan. 19.. 
 
 1823, Nov. 12., 
 1831, Oct. 28. . 
 1816, Nov. 14 
 1 83 1, July 22 
 
 ! 1827, Sept. 24 
 i 1832, April 30 
 
 1835, Oct. 15. 
 
 1816, July 25. 
 
 1816, July 24. 
 
 1824, Nov. 4. 
 1822, Dec. 21. 
 181 5, June 26 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 Pt 1 '5 
 
 Pt 1 15 
 
 pt 1 15 
 
 n pt I 15... 
 
 1 16.... ;... 
 
 n-w pt 1 18. 
 s-w pt 1 18.. 
 w ])t 1 19. . 
 
 pt 1 19 
 
 e pt 1 19. . . 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 w pt 1 20 . . . 
 e pt 1 2 1 . . . 
 w pt 1 21... 
 s pt 1 22. . . 
 
 pt 1 22 
 
 n pt 1 22. . . 
 s-w pt 1 23 . . 
 e pt 1 2 3 ... . 
 ptl 23 .\-., 
 n-w pt 1 23 
 s pt 1 24 . . . 
 pt 1 24 . . . . 
 n pt 1 24. . 
 ept 1 26. . . 
 e pt 1 27 . . 
 ptl 27.... 
 pt 1 27. . . . 
 w pt 1 27. . 
 ept 1 28. . . 
 w pt 1 28. . 
 
 pt 1 28 
 
 pt 1 29. . . . 
 pt 1 29. . . . 
 e pt 1 29. . . 
 
 pt I30 
 
 e pt 1 32.. . 
 n-w pt I 36. 
 s-w pt I 36 
 pt 1 37. . .. 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 342 
 
 100 
 
 69 
 
 50 
 
 7ii 
 
 200 
 
 70 
 
 50 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 
 104 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 130 
 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 TOO 
 
 79 
 150 
 100 
 
 66 
 
 93 
 
 lOI 
 
 75 
 100 
 
 75 
 
 80 
 
 200 
 
 TOO 
 TOO 
 100 
 
 61 
 100 
 
 84 
 
 66 
 60 
 
 155 
 
 325 
 500 
 262 
 400 
 1368 
 300 
 240 
 200 
 286 
 600 
 297 
 
 150 
 206 
 648 
 600 
 520 
 450 
 500 
 558 
 340 
 450 
 500 
 
 335 
 600 
 500 
 280 
 279 
 428 
 318 
 
 425 
 318- 
 320 
 750 
 396 
 400 
 340 
 244 
 400 
 
 336 
 297 
 270 
 
 542 
 
712 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS HUVINC LAND 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE ElGUl— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Price 
 
 Thomas Russell 
 
 1828, 
 
 Oct. I... 
 
 |ptl38 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 John Whiting 
 
 1828, 
 
 Oct. I... 
 
 ptl38 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 Truman Reed 
 
 1829, 
 
 July 18.. 
 
 |ptl38 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 Moses Martin 
 
 1829, 
 
 Aug. 22. 
 
 i ept 1 38... 
 
 97 
 
 388 
 
 Jonathan Potter 
 
 1822, 
 
 Feb. 22.. 
 
 pt I39 
 
 100 
 
 4SO 
 
 Matthew West 
 
 1 8 1 6, 
 
 Sept. 14. 
 
 1 pt 1 40 
 
 104 
 
 442 
 
 George Southwick .... 
 
 1820, 
 
 Aug. 5 . . 
 
 I e pt 1 43 . . . . 
 
 200 
 
 766 
 
 Enos Southwick 
 
 1 820, 
 
 Aug. 5 . . 
 
 s-\\' pt 1 43 . . 
 
 48 
 
 184 
 
 Aaron Davis 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 Jan. 29. . 
 
 i pt 1 45 
 
 100 
 
 375 
 
 Samuel Tucker 
 
 1 8 16, 
 
 Julv 1. . . 
 
 1 n pt 1 45 . . . 
 
 153 
 
 612 
 
 John Boughton 
 
 I S16. 
 
 Oct. 7... 
 
 1 pt 1 47 
 
 95 
 
 427 
 
 Jedutham B. Taber. . . 
 
 1834, 
 
 July 5... 
 
 n pt 1 48 . . . 
 
 94 
 
 399 
 
 Marshall Judson 
 
 1827, 
 
 Feb. I . . 
 
 s-e pt 1 53.. 
 
 60 
 
 285 
 
 John T. Huson 
 
 1^33. 
 
 Jan. 23. . 
 
 |ptl53 
 
 50 
 
 212 
 
 William Sisson 
 
 1828, 
 
 Dec. 22 . 
 
 !ptl53 
 
 31 
 
 124 
 
 William Hulls 
 
 1828, 
 
 Dec. 22.. 
 
 1 pt I53 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
 Charles Wood . 
 
 1816, 
 
 Jan. 20. . 
 
 n-w pt 1 54. 
 
 66 
 
 247 
 
 Samuel Tucker 
 
 1816, 
 
 Nov. I . . 
 
 ' ept 1 55... 
 
 ^55 
 
 1 147 
 
 Samuel Rogers 
 
 1817, 
 
 April 15 . 
 
 Ptl 56 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 Michael Rogers 
 
 1817, 
 
 Feb. 5 . . 
 
 e ptl 56 
 
 100 
 
 450 
 
 Seneca Corbin 
 
 1830, 
 
 June 21 . 
 
 pt 1 56 
 
 70 
 
 297 
 
 John Whiting 
 
 1830, 
 
 Dec. 1 . . 
 
 wpt 1 56. . . 
 
 64 
 
 274 
 
 *Donation for church 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 purposes by Land Co 
 
 1823, 
 
 Dec. 27. 
 
 e pt 1 64 . . . . 
 
 100 
 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANCiE SEVEN. 
 
 Ebcn'r & JoshuaHeath 
 
 Solomon Heath 
 
 Hosea E. Potter 
 
 Moses Leonard 
 
 Matthias Whitney 
 
 Alexander Hopkins.. 
 
 Robert Arnold 
 
 Jirah Tunney, Jr 
 
 John Lawton 
 
 Thurston J. Goseline. 
 Ebenezer Cheney. . . . 
 
 *John Hall 
 
 Josiah F. Coy • . . 
 
 1810, 
 1810. 
 1816, 
 1816, 
 1816, 
 1816, 
 1817, 
 18 1 7, 
 1819, 
 1830, 
 1831, 
 1H31, 
 1832, 
 
 Sept. 1 1 
 Oct. 31. 
 June 25 
 Oct. II. 
 Oct. 16.. 
 Oct. 16. . 
 Nov. 1 1 . 
 Nov. 12. 
 June 29. 
 Nov. 20. 
 Jan. 7... 
 Dec. 9 . . 
 Oct. 22. . 
 
 ptl 56 
 
 332 
 
 747 
 
 e pt 1 64 . . . 
 
 100 
 
 250 
 
 w pt 1 55. . . 
 
 2 CO 
 
 800 
 
 pt 1 64 
 
 100 
 
 450 
 
 e pt 1 67 
 
 100 
 
 450 
 
 pt I67 
 
 95 
 
 427 
 
 w pt 1 68. . . 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 spt 1 55 ... 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 pt I 68 . . . . 
 
 50 
 
 250 
 
 n pt 1 54--- 
 
 75 
 
 300 
 
 pt I54 
 
 125 
 
 500 
 
 s-w pt 1 60 . 
 
 40 
 
 149 
 
 e pt 1 58. . . 
 
 60 
 
 220 
 
KROM 11 IF. HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEN— Coniinur,/. 
 
 Name. 
 
 *Hcnry Hall, Jr 
 
 Andrew Hall 
 
 Cyrus Coy 
 
 Samuel Heath. ...... 
 
 *Asahel W. Field .... 
 
 Jonathan Townsend . . 
 
 David Harkness 
 
 Jonathan Townsend. . 
 ""Kendal Johnson .... 
 "'■•'Jar\'is Thompson. . . . 
 
 Rial Crouch 
 
 ■^"Nicholas Feade 
 
 Calvin Matterson 
 
 James Cooper 
 
 Matthew Grover 
 
 Philip Bartholomew 
 
 ami others 
 
 John Shoe and Geori^e 
 
 Smith '. . 
 
 Mans & Boardwin . . . . 
 
 Francis Mitchell 
 
 Smith Scwartz 
 
 "Flbenezer Chene)-.. . . 
 Heman H. Annis 
 
 *Jacob Tamerle 
 
 Flveret Fisher 
 
 Frederick Hoffman. . . 
 
 ■-■•John Schneider 
 
 Nicholas (jier 
 
 Andrew Nenno 
 
 Alexander Bettini^er. . 
 
 Maj^dalena Hund 
 
 Lansiny," Tooker 
 
 Jacob HodLje 
 
 Moore & West 
 
 John Simon 
 
 Samuel Burchill 
 
 Crandall L. Hodges... 
 
 Peter Thiel ' 
 
 Milo Lewis 
 
 .Abel Cushin<r 
 
 Dati:. 
 
 833, 
 834, 
 834, 
 835, 
 835, 
 835. 
 835. 
 
 836, 
 836, 
 
 836, 
 836, 
 836, 
 
 Jan. 8.. . 
 Feb. 13.. 
 Nov. 13. 
 June 26. 
 Aug. 22 . 
 Aug. 28. . 
 Oct. 12.. 
 Oct. 12. . 
 July 9... 
 July 19. 
 June 29, 
 Aug. 18 
 July I... 
 July 19. 
 July 19. 
 
 St,6, Aug. 19 
 
 8^,6, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18 
 
 836, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7- 
 
 836. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5- 
 
 836, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 29 
 
 836, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 ^37^ 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1 1 
 
 837- 
 
 Dec. 
 
 1 1. 
 
 837- 
 
 Oct. 
 
 IQ. 
 
 838, 
 
 Jan. 6. . 
 
 838, 
 
 July 
 
 13- 
 
 S38, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 13 
 
 838, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 838, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 838, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21. 
 
 842, 
 
 Sept 
 
 >5 
 
 841, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I . 
 
 841, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I . 
 
 840, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 20 
 
 842, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I . 
 
 841, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 r. 
 
 841, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I . 
 
 837, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9- 
 
 Lamj. 
 
 Acres 
 
 837, April 26. pt 1 
 
 pt 1 66 3 1 
 
 s-w pt I 66. . I 66 
 
 w pt 1 51 . . ., 100 
 
 s-e pt 1 59. . 86 
 
 pt 1 60 80 
 
 pt 1 5 I 150 
 
 pt 1 5 I 50 
 
 ptl52 50 
 
 e pt 1 60. . . . 80 
 
 pt 1 59 50 
 
 s-w pt 1 50. . 100 
 
 n-w pt 1 70. . 25 
 
 n pt 1 72. . . 100 
 
 n-e pt 1 59. . 50 
 
 w pt 1 64. . . 100 
 
 pt 1 70 75 
 
 s-w pt 1 70. . 25 
 
 pt 1 7 1 63 
 
 ptl52..... 50 
 
 s pt 1 7 I . . . . 50 
 
 pt 1 62 50 
 
 w pt 1 60 & 
 
 e pt 1 68 . . , 200 
 
 vv pt 1 69 . . . ! 1 50 
 
 e pt 1 62 . . . 98 
 
 pt 1 69 ! 50 
 
 w pt 1 62. . . 25 
 
 pt 1 62 50 
 
 pt 1 63 60 
 
 w pt 1 63 . . . 50 
 
 pt 1 62 78 
 
 ls6i & 53.. 713 
 
 e pt 1 50. . . 82 
 
 s-e pt 1 66. . 76 
 
 s pt 1 54. . . . 42 
 
 wptl56... 88 
 
 n-w pt 1 58. 50 
 
 sptl72.... 30 
 
 pt 1 67 45 
 
 pt 1 56 150 
 
 713 
 
 Prick 
 
 100 
 
 264 
 400 
 844 
 240 
 600 
 200 
 200 
 320 
 200 
 400 
 100 
 
 425 
 200 
 400 
 
 300 
 
 100 
 252 
 200 
 200 
 I 200 
 
 j 80a 
 562 
 
 392 
 I 200 
 [ 100 
 I 200 
 ' 240 
 200 
 312 
 2852 
 
 I 413 
 418 
 22 J 
 
 395 
 260 
 
 180 
 
 i 144 
 I 600 
 
.714 
 
 DEEDS (;IVEN F.V THE HOLLAND COMPANY. 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE TAKEN DEEDS OF THE HOL- 
 LAND COMPANY L\ NORTH COLLINS — DATE OF PURCHASE, 
 ETC. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 2 
 
 75 
 
 2 
 
 IT2 
 
 2 
 
 SO 
 
 2 
 
 ICG 
 
 3 
 
 6o 
 
 3 
 
 50 
 
 3 
 
 5« 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 100 
 
 4 
 
 140 
 
 4 
 
 50 
 
 4 
 
 50 
 
 4 
 
 65 
 
 4 
 
 100 
 
 .5 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 34 
 
 5 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 5« 
 
 •6 
 
 5B 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 SO 
 
 6 
 
 64 
 
 6 
 
 SO 
 
 6 
 
 2S 
 
 6 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 79 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 7 
 
 31 
 
 .7 
 
 27 
 
 8 
 
 SO 
 
 ^ 
 
 100 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 e pt . . . 
 m pt . . 
 w m pt 
 w pt . . 
 s-e pt. . 
 n-e pt . 
 n m pt 
 s-w pt . 
 n-w pt. 
 s-e pt . 
 s m pt . 
 w m pt 
 s-^v pt . 
 n pt . . . 
 
 s-e pt. . 
 s-w pt . 
 s m i)t . 
 m pt . . 
 m pt . . 
 n m pt 
 n m pt. 
 n pt. . . 
 s-e pt. . 
 s-e m pt 
 s-w pt.. 
 m pt . . 
 n m pt 
 n m pt 
 n pt. . . 
 s pt . . . 
 s m pt. 
 m pt. . . 
 e m pt 
 w m pt 
 w m pt 
 s pt . . . 
 s m pt. 
 
 D.\TE OF DEKD. 
 
 Jan. 27, 
 Oct. I, 
 Nov. 9, 
 Mar. 14 
 Oct. 16, 
 July 15, 
 Dec 30, 
 Dec. 30, 
 Dec. 29, 
 Sept. 17 
 Nov. 3, 
 Jan. 1 1, 
 June 22 
 Nov. 5, 
 
 184T . 
 «35-- 
 
 ^^37- 
 , 1836 
 
 1837- 
 1822. 
 
 1835- 
 1836. 
 
 1837 
 , 1853 
 1842. 
 1851 . 
 , 1832 
 1 841. 
 
 July 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 July 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Aug". 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Aug". 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 1839. 
 14, 1833. 
 
 21, 1839. 
 
 5, 1839.. 
 
 7, ^838. 
 
 17, 1838 
 
 7, 1838. 
 7, 1838. 
 16, 1842. 
 24, 1838 
 24, 1834. 
 
 18, 1 83 1 
 12, 183S 
 26, 1838 
 
 12, 1838 
 4. 1836. 
 
 13, 1841 
 10, 1 84 1 
 20, 1839 
 20, 1839 
 20, 1840 
 
 I, 1842. . 
 1 , 1 842 . . 
 
 Name. 
 
 Harry Hall. 
 John A. Lewis. 
 John A. Lewis. 
 Hiram Lewis. 
 Henry Hall. 
 John Arnold. 
 Andrew Hall. 
 Josiah Rice. 
 James Starks. 
 Wilham T. Popple. 
 Lewis Hall 
 John Goodell. 
 Caleb Woodward. 
 John Benedict Stuhli- 
 
 millar. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 G. Bates. 
 
 Benjamin Turner. 
 Andrew Regel. 
 Lawrence Wolf. 
 Jos. Anthony Geiger. 
 Lawrence Wolf. 
 Francis Geiger. 
 Andrew De merle. 
 George L. Unger. 
 Jacob Huntzeiger. 
 Josiah Whittemore. 
 Martin Beach. 
 Adam Messerle. 
 Peter Koutzler. 
 Nathaniel D. Williams. 
 Louis Poullain. 
 Anthony Kuhn. 
 John Jennings. 
 Jacob Ratzel. 
 \\m. Haswell Schwert. 
 Ambrose Schaller. 
 (leorue Voung. 
 
I>Ki:i)S CIVKN HV IHF, HOI. I, AND C().MI'AN\'. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Contimic^/. 
 
 7'5 
 
 Lot. 'Acres. Subdivisio.n. Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 <S 
 
 S 
 
 8 
 
 S 
 
 10 
 
 lO 
 
 lO 
 
 lO 
 
 lO 
 
 i I 
 1 [ 
 I I 
 
 I I 
 
 I I 
 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 
 '3 
 '3 
 "4 
 
 '4 
 14 
 15 
 15 
 15 
 15 
 15 
 16 
 16 
 16 
 16 
 16 
 18 
 18 
 
 50 
 50 
 
 50 
 20 
 100 
 60 
 86 
 
 40 
 50 
 ;o 
 62 
 62 
 125 
 55 
 45 
 50 
 
 H3 
 120 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 104 
 
 50 
 54 
 ^o 
 
 100 
 100 
 
 53 
 72 
 
 65 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 142 
 50 
 20 
 
 43 
 
 33 
 169 
 
 69 
 
 m ])t . . . 
 n 111 pt . . 
 n ni pt . . 
 n pt 
 
 •^ pt 
 
 s m pt. . . 
 m pt . . . . 
 n-c pt . . . 
 n-\v pt. . 
 s-e pt . . 
 s-e 111 pt 
 ii-c m i)t , 
 n-e pt . '. . 
 \v pt . . . 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 s-e m pt . 
 s-w ni pt . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 n-e pt. . . . 
 
 M^t 
 
 c m pt. . . 
 n-e i)t . . . 
 s-w m pt . 
 w m pt . . 
 n m i^t . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 e pt 
 
 e m j)t. . . 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 ■^ pt 
 
 s m i)t . . . 
 n 111 pt . . 
 n-e pt . . . 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 M^t 
 
 ni pt . . . . 
 n m pt . . 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 n pt 
 
 e pt 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 25, 1854.. 
 
 Aui^. 29, 1838. 
 
 Sept. 12, 1853. 
 
 June 4, 1842 . . 
 
 Feb. 12, 1854.. 
 
 Mar, 22, 1842.. 
 
 Oct. 20, 1843.. 
 
 Oct. 28, 1835 . 
 
 July 6, 1838. . . 
 
 Jan. 20, 1836. 
 
 July I. 1839... • 
 
 June 5, 1837... 
 
 April 9, 1845. . 
 
 April 24, 1829. 
 , June 13, 1833.. 
 
 Dec 8, 1842. . . 
 
 Dec. 8, 1842.. . 
 
 July 8, 1839. . . 
 
 Oct. 25. 1835.. 
 
 Nov. 21, 1827. 
 
 Dec. 8, 1855.. . 
 Sept. 4, 1843.. 
 Aug. 10, 184 I . 
 Oct. 25. 1835 . 
 April 3, 1843. • 
 -Jan. 28, 1852. . 
 Sept. 17, 1853. 
 Sept. 9, 1824. . 
 Dec. 29, 1838.. 
 Oct. 30, 1835.. 
 Dec. 12, 1837.. 
 Dec. 27, 1836.. 
 Oct. 26, 1835.. 
 Dec. 22, 1838.. 
 Oct. 10. 1837,. 
 July 7, 1824. . . 
 April 7, 1846. . 
 N()\-. 15, 1841 . 
 Nov. 15, 1841 . 
 Nov. 15. 1841 . 
 June 19, 1818. 
 Feb. 18, 1836.. 
 
 George Young. 
 
 Peter Greiner. 
 
 Peter Bloch. 
 
 Leonard Clark. 
 
 William Palmer. 
 
 Rufus Washburn, Jr. 
 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 
 John J. Harrington. 
 
 Samuel C. Goodell. 
 
 Eber Rogers, Jr. 
 
 H. Ballai-d. 
 
 John Potter. 
 
 Garner Potter. 
 
 William Culver. 
 
 Caleb Woodard. 
 
 J. L. Barden 
 
 J. L. Barden. 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman.. 
 
 Abraham Clark. 
 
 Chad. B. Clark. 
 
 Michael Sucher. 
 
 Josiah Wittemore. 
 
 Nich. Tienimerlc. 
 Abraham Clark. 
 
 Erastus Clark. 
 
 H. Clark. 
 E. Clark. 
 John Jennings. 
 Nicholas Beaver. 
 Jennings Bowen. 
 James Brown. 
 James Brown. 
 M. & A. Kuhn 
 Andrew Hepperer. 
 George Wighrmans. 
 George Wightmans. 
 Adam Gartner. 
 Ignatz Daul. 
 Nich. Roesser. 
 George A. Herman. 
 Ezekiel Goodel. 
 William .Smith. 
 
7l6 DEEDS GIVEN 15V THE HOLLAND COMPANV. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Con^ium-d. 
 
 Lot. Acres 
 
 l8 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 '9 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 22 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 71 
 
 50 
 
 70 
 50 
 48 
 
 50 
 lOO 
 lOO 
 
 104 
 
 ^O 
 
 22 
 
 50 
 
 22 
 
 50 
 
 22 
 
 =;o 
 
 22 
 
 65 
 
 23 
 
 100 
 
 ^3 
 
 TOO 
 
 23 
 
 80 
 
 23 
 
 49 
 
 23 
 
 50 
 
 23 
 
 30 
 
 24 
 
 75 
 
 24 
 
 75 
 
 24 
 
 100 
 
 24 
 
 66 
 
 26 
 
 38 
 
 26 
 
 55 
 
 26 
 
 125 
 
 26 
 
 125 
 
 27 
 
 50 
 
 27 
 
 51 
 
 27 
 
 50 
 
 27 
 
 50 
 
 27 
 
 75 
 
 27 
 
 75 
 
 28 
 
 80 
 
 28 
 
 100 
 
 28 
 
 100 
 
 28 
 
 100 
 
 Subdivision. Date of Deed. 
 
 Name-. 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 s-\v m pt . 
 n-w m pt . 
 
 e pt 
 
 e m pt . . 
 w m pt . . 
 
 w pt 
 
 s-e pt. . . . 
 s-w pt . . . 
 e m pt. . , 
 w m pt . . 
 n-w pt 
 
 n-\v pt.. . . ; May I i, 1829.. 
 
 e pt April 24, 1829. 
 
 s-w pt .... Dec. 28, 1836.. 
 
 n-w pt ... Dec. 28, 1836 . 
 
 e pt July 18, 1839. -I 
 
 Mar. 14, 1843 •' 
 Feb. 4, 1830 . . : 
 June 16, )838. 
 Nov. 25, 1854. 
 Jan. 28, 1854.. 
 Mar. 8, 1839.. • 
 Dec. 22, 1837 . 
 Aug-. 19, 1829. 
 Nov. 3, 1824. .' 
 Oct. 5, 1832. . . 
 Oct. 5, 1832.. .; 
 Sept. 15, 1836. 
 
 e pt I Oct. 28. 1838. . 
 
 m pt ! May 30, 1833.. 
 
 s-w pt . . . . I Dec. 31, 1836 
 I or 1837 
 
 w m I April 14, 1840. 
 
 w m I Sept. 16, 1854. 
 
 w m j April 14, 1840. 
 
 s pt ] Oct. 18, 1838... 
 
 s m pt.. . . ! F"eb. 28, 1839.. 
 
 n m pt ... 
 
 n pt June 29, 1 840. 
 
 s-e pt j Dec. 20, i S36 . 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 1 Dec. 20, 1836. . 
 
 m pt ! Sept. 21, 1824 
 
 w pt 1 Jan. 22, 1824. . 
 
 s-e pt ; Dec. 27, 1836. 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 s in pt . . . 
 n m pt . . 
 w m pt 
 
 Mar. 31, 1834. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1832. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1832 . 
 
 Nov. 5, 1841 . . 
 
 w pt ; Feb. 28, 1827.. 
 
 e j)t j April 29, i 844 
 
 e ni pt . . . . May 29, 1839. • 
 w in pt...i Dec. 27, 1838.. 
 w pt ! June 22, 1 83 1 . ' 
 
 Rachel Conger. 
 Silas Kirly. 
 George M'cMillen. 
 Silas Kirly. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Philip Bartholme. 
 Rachel Conger. 
 Abraham Conger. 
 Aug. Cook. 
 Allen Clark. 
 George C. Kerr. 
 George C. Valentine. 
 Erastus Clark. 
 Erastus Clark. 
 Erastus Clark. 
 A. W. Lawrence. 
 Elisha Train. 
 Abel F. Avery. 
 John TaN'lor. 
 N. Richmontl. 
 
 John Train. 
 Alfred Jennings. 
 Erastus Morgan. 
 Asa Jennings. 
 Isaac Hoeg. 
 Elliot Hoeg. 
 Asa Harkness. 
 William Smith. 
 George Conger. 
 Elijah I>eech. 
 Fllijah Leech. 
 Noel Conger. 
 Richard Willett. 
 E. Russell. 
 T. Russell 
 W. R. Willett. 
 John Pickins. 
 Stephen H.Southwick 
 John H. Paddleford. 
 Joseph Manchester. 
 Thomas Baker. 
 
DKKDs c;i\i;n r.N nii: Holland ('().mi'.\.\\'. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE FAGUT—0»i/i>iiu</. 
 
 717 
 
 Lot. 
 
 ACKKS 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 1 
 
 ' D.'VTK OF Deed. 
 
 29 
 
 61 
 
 ^' Pt 
 
 June 30, 1855.. 
 
 29 
 
 40 
 
 c m pt. . . . 
 
 Mar. 12, 1840.. 
 
 29 
 
 60 
 
 m pt 
 
 April 30, 1832. 
 
 29 
 
 100 
 
 ^^' m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 23, 1 841 . 
 
 29 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Jan. 15, 1839.. 
 
 30 
 
 149 
 
 s pt 
 
 Feb. 14, 1822 . 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 e m pt. . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1838.. 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 1 Dec. 31, 1838. 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 22. 1836 . 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 1 Dec. 24, 1835 • 
 
 31 
 
 50 
 
 s-c pt 
 
 June 16, 1835 . 
 
 31 
 
 50 
 
 -S-W pt . . . . 
 
 ! June 22, 1839-. 
 
 31 
 
 250 
 
 m pt 
 
 June 16, 1835. 
 
 31 
 
 60 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 April 4. 1828. . 
 
 32 
 
 84 
 
 ^^Pt 
 
 Feb. 1 1, 1842 . 
 
 32 
 
 150 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 June 10, 1828 . 
 
 32 
 
 98 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1839.. 
 
 32 
 
 44 
 
 n-w pt. . . . 
 
 j June 19, 1828. 
 
 34 
 
 86 
 
 s-c pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 27, 1836 . 
 
 34 
 
 30 
 
 c m pt. . . . 
 
 Aui;-. 10, 1829. 
 
 34 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 1 1, 1829 . 
 
 34 
 
 70 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Mar. 31, 1835. 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 April 2 , 1 8 19. 
 
 
 3' 
 
 s-c pt. . . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1837 . 
 
 35 
 
 ')5 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 1 1, 1836 . 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 n-c jjt . . . . 
 
 Nov. 5, 1838.. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 n ni pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 29, 1835. 
 
 35 
 
 70 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. I, 1836. . 
 
 36 
 
 100 
 
 s-c pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 4, 18^8. . 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 4, 1838. . . 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 n-c ni pt . . 
 
 Jan. 4, 1838. . . 
 
 36 
 
 5^^ 
 
 n-w m ])t . 
 
 Nov. 14, 1832. 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 n-^v i)t . . . . 
 
 Feb. I I, 1842 . . 
 
 36 
 
 60 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 , Feb. 16, 1828 . 
 
 36 
 
 66 
 
 s ni jjt . . . . 
 
 j Dec. 10, 1836. 
 
 57 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 1 Sept. 4, 1835.. 
 
 57 
 
 50 
 
 n-c pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 9. 1835... 
 
 37 
 
 '55 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 Mar. 22, 1823.. 
 
 57 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Mar. 2. 1819. . 
 
 3<S 
 
 97 
 
 ^' pt 
 
 Dec. 29, 1837. 
 
 38 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt. . . . 
 
 Jan. 20, 1836. . 
 
 38 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 16, 1841 . . 
 
 Name. 
 
 Geori^e Mennikhcim. 
 Jo.seph Woodward. 
 Henry Potter. 
 Francis Leach. 
 Darius Anthony. 
 Henry Joslin. 
 G. R. Godfrey. 
 Latham Avery. 
 Thomas N. Ferris. 
 Latham A\'er\'. 
 N. Richmond. 
 Con. Southworth. 
 Theodore Ferris. 
 Richard Rogers. 
 Peter Hoeg. 
 Horace Landon. 
 Horace Landon. 
 Abijah Smith. 
 Benjamin VV. Pratt. 
 John Sherman. 
 John Sherman. 
 Noel Conger. 
 Jonathan Russell. 
 Charles K. Sherman. 
 Moses W. Griswold. 
 Mordecai E. Sherman. 
 Mordecai E. Sherman. 
 Joseph Sherman. 
 Joshua Winner. 
 William R. Winner. 
 P'red. Howland. 
 Roba Pickens. 
 Pel eg Wood. 
 Joshua Pickens. 
 Jonathan Southw ick. 
 David White. 
 Humphrcx' White. 
 David PL' White. 
 Lemuel M. White. 
 Hubbard W. Arnold. 
 Humphrc}" White. 
 William labor. 
 
7l8 DKHDS CIVEN K^" THE HOLLAND COMl'AXV. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Cojiiuiued. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 38 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1836. 
 
 Sylvester Hanks. 
 
 38 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . 
 
 June 4, 1835. • 
 
 Caleb Bryant. 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt. . . . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1835. 
 
 John B. Landow. 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 em pt . . 
 
 June 8, 1835 . . 
 
 Aaron Parker, Jr. 
 
 39 
 39 
 
 50 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 
 Richard Rodgers. 
 Charles Davol. 
 
 s-^v pt . . . 
 
 June 9, 1835.. 
 
 39 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . 
 
 Mar. 6, 1837.. 
 
 James Davol. 
 
 39 
 
 100 
 
 n-w pt. . . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1838. 
 
 Wilson Rodgers. 
 
 40 
 
 58 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1838. 
 
 Park Avery. 
 
 40 
 
 140 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 19, 1832.. 
 
 Lois Sherman. 
 
 40 
 
 120 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 May 31, 1819. 
 
 James Marvin. 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 May 1 1, 1829. 
 
 Silas Kirby. 
 
 42 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 5, 1825. . . 
 
 John Lawton. 
 
 42 
 
 67 
 
 n-w pt. . . 
 
 Aug. 13, 1822. 
 
 Stephen Sisson. 
 
 43 
 
 200 
 
 e pt . . . . 
 
 April 20, 1826. 
 
 Elijah Pratt. 
 
 43 
 
 48 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 7, 1827.. . 
 
 Oliver Russell. 
 
 43 
 
 68 
 
 n-w pt.. . 
 
 Sept. 6, 1823.. 
 
 Perrv Sisson. 
 
 44 
 
 200 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 Mar. 29, 1834. 
 
 Hugh McMillin. 
 
 44 
 
 100 
 
 m pt. . . . 
 
 July 31, [834.. 
 
 Stephen Randall. 
 
 44 
 
 100 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 Dec. 18, 1836 
 or 1835 
 
 Jonathan South wick. 
 
 44 
 
 120 
 
 n pt 
 
 Dec. 21, 1837. 
 
 Jonathan Southwick. 
 
 45 
 
 60 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 26, 1839 • 
 
 Stephen Randall. 
 
 45 
 
 40 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 30, 1835. 
 
 M. Judson. 
 
 45 
 
 100 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 20, 1837 . 
 
 Abijah Smith. 
 
 45 
 
 53 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 23, 1836. 
 
 Daniel Allen. 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1841 . 
 
 Daniel Allen. 
 
 45 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 21, 1835 . 
 
 H. Smith. 
 
 46 
 
 80 
 
 s-e pt. . . . 
 
 Sept. 25, 1832. 
 
 Joseph Sisson. 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 em pt . . 
 
 Sept. 26, 1828. 
 
 Joseph Sisson. 
 
 46 
 
 125 
 
 n pt'. . . . 
 
 Oct. 16, 1829. . 
 
 Ebenezer Avery. 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . 
 
 Aug. 19, 1828. 
 
 H. Smith. 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt'.. . 
 
 Nov. 23, 1841 . 
 
 H. Smith. 
 
 47 
 
 75 
 
 ^Pt 
 
 Sept. 20, 1847. 
 
 Daniel Shourds. 
 
 47 
 
 75 
 
 s m pt . . 
 
 . May 2, 1838. . 
 
 Daniel Shourds. 
 
 47 
 
 95 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 . June 4, 1833. . 
 
 Luther Rice. 
 
 47 
 
 60 
 
 n-e pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 27, 1835. 
 
 Horace Landon. 
 
 47 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 . Nov. 27, 1835. 
 
 Horace Landon. 
 
 48 
 
 60 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 . Oct. 20, 1830. . 
 
 Julia Spaulding. 
 
 48 
 
 1 60 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 . June 3, 1836. . 
 
 Ira Stetson. 
 
 48 
 
 T 20 
 
 m pt . . . . 
 
 . Feb. 21, 1 83 1 . 
 
 Allen Davis. 
 
 48 
 
 94 
 
 n pt 
 
 . Dec. 31. 1838. 
 
 Elias Morgan. 
 
COPY OK KARLV ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Cot: /inueti 
 
 719 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 60 
 
 Subdivision 
 
 Date ok Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Nov. 2, 1825. . 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson. 
 
 50 
 
 106 
 
 em pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 5, 1825. . . 
 
 Stephen Sisson. 
 
 50 
 
 45 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 5, 1825... 
 
 Obed Hathaway. 
 
 50 
 
 ti 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 May 15, 1823 . 
 
 Moses Tucker. 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 22, 1824. 
 
 John Lawton. 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 22, 1815 . 
 
 John I>awton. 
 
 51 
 
 1 1 1 
 
 s-c pt 
 
 Aug. 2, 1816. . 
 
 Lilly Stafford. 
 
 51 
 
 100 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Aug. 2, 1816. . 
 
 Levi Woodward. 
 
 51 
 
 132 
 
 s-w pt .... 
 
 Feb. 22, 18 1 5 . 
 
 John Lawton. 
 
 51 
 
 66 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 31, 1836 . 
 
 Amos S.Willet. 
 
 51 
 
 66 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 26, 1836.. 
 
 William Wilcox. 
 
 52 
 
 150 
 
 •'^Pt 
 
 Jan. 24, 1817. . 
 
 Stephen White. 
 
 52 
 
 98 
 
 n pt 
 
 Feb. 7, 1821.. . 
 
 Stephen White. 
 
 53 
 
 60 
 
 .s-e pt 
 
 July 31, 1834.. 
 
 Martial Judson. 
 
 53 
 
 31 
 
 .s-e m pt . . 
 
 Dec. 20, 1837. 
 
 Abijah Smith. 
 
 53 
 
 50 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 26, 1836. 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson, Jr. 
 
 53 
 
 60 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 July 31, 1834.. 
 
 William Potter. 
 
 53 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 23, 1835. . 
 
 Samuel Tucker. 
 
 53 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 8, 1833.. 
 
 Samuel Tucker. 
 
 53 
 
 60 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 14, 1822 . 
 
 William Potter. 
 
 54 
 
 200 
 
 '-pt 
 
 Mar. 7, 1817 . . 
 
 Nicholas Rowland. 
 
 54 
 
 100 
 
 s-w pt 
 
 Mar. 28, 1820. 
 
 Noah Tripp. 
 
 54 
 
 23 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 April 22, 1838. 
 
 Jesse Stanclift. 
 
 54 
 
 43 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 5, 1838. . 
 
 Ebenezer Smith. 
 
 55 
 
 55 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Oct. 12, 1835. . 
 
 George C. Valentine. 
 
 55 
 
 55 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 June 7, 1832 . . 
 
 L. W. Se\'mour. 
 
 55 
 
 95 
 
 n-e pt 
 
 Dec. 31,1836 or 
 1837 
 
 Andrew Davis. 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 n in pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 12, 1836. . 
 
 Reuben Stanclift. 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 21, 1836. 
 
 Sherman & Hale. 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 21, 1836. 
 
 Sherman & Hale. 
 
 56 
 
 100 
 
 ^'Pt 
 
 Oct. 16. 1835. . 
 
 John Davis. 
 
 56 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. 10, 1837. • 
 
 Dudley O. Stevens. 
 
 56 
 
 70 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 22, 1838. 
 
 Stephen Smith. 
 
 56 
 
 64 
 
 w pt 
 
 Dec. 31. 1836. 
 
 John & Patterson Kerr, 
 
 58 
 
 336 
 
 l57&spt5<S 
 
 Oct. 24, 1809. ■ 
 
 Thomas Stewardson. 
 
 58 
 
 70 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. 26, 1838. 
 
 Daniel Pierce. 
 
 58 
 
 62 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 10, 1835. 
 
 Peter Crapo. 
 
 58 
 
 40 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 10, 1835. 
 
 Elijah Pratt. 
 
 58 
 
 25 
 
 n-e pt .... 
 
 Dec. 23, 1835. 
 
 David P. Fuller. 
 
 59 
 
 145 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. 2^, 1835. 
 
 Israel Wilson. 
 
 59 
 
 35 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 June 6, 1844. . 
 
 Daniel Pierce. 
 
720 DKKDS CIVKX l;V TWE IIOI.I.AM) COMrAXN' 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE EIGHT— (lV«/m//,</. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 1 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 59 
 
 70 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 29. 1837. 
 
 Ralph Plumb. 
 
 S9 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 Dec. 30, 1837. 
 
 William Culver. 
 
 59 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 s m pt . . . . 
 
 
 Job Sherman. Jr. 
 
 T. T. & H. D. Laing. 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Aug. II, 1834. 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 M^t 
 
 Sept. 24, 1844. 
 
 Job Sherman. }r. 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt. . . . 
 
 Sept. 20, 1837. 
 
 John Smith. 
 
 60 
 
 57 
 
 n m pt. . . . 
 
 Oct. 19, 1839.. 
 
 John Smith. 
 
 60 
 
 no 
 
 n pt 
 
 Mar. 23, 1819 . 
 
 Abraham Gifford. 
 
 61 
 
 TOO 
 
 m pt 
 
 Mar. 4, 1818 . . 
 
 Samuel Tucker. 
 
 61 
 
 . 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 Mar. 23, 1819 . 
 
 Abram Gifford. 
 
 61 
 
 100 
 
 '1 pt 
 
 Oct. I, 1819. . . 
 
 Charles Wood. 
 
 6^ 
 
 328 
 
 
 Nov. I''. 1 8 16 
 
 Benjamin and Stephen 
 Husse\'. 
 
 
 
 
 
 63 
 
 66 
 
 M^t 
 
 Aug. 18, 1835. 
 
 John Stancliff. Jr. 
 
 63 
 
 100 
 
 s ni pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 18, 1829. 
 
 Jes.se Stancliff. 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 April 4, 1823. . 
 
 John Sherman, 
 
 ^3 
 
 ■ 50 
 
 n 111 pt . . . 
 
 Sept. 28, 1829. 
 
 Elijah Kerr. 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 n pt 
 
 Nov. I ^, 1828. 
 
 Reuben Stanclift. 
 
 64 
 
 100 
 
 ^ pt 
 
 Dec. 29. 1823. 
 
 First Congregational 
 Society of Collins. 
 
 64 
 
 120 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Sept. 30, 1833. 
 
 William Stanclift. 
 
 64 
 
 80 
 
 n-w" pt . . . 
 
 Aug. 3, 1833. . 
 
 Charles Wood. 
 
 
 
 TOW.NSH 
 
 II' SEVEN, RAXC 
 
 ;E SEVEN. 
 
 51 
 
 90 
 
 e pt 
 
 Oct. 15. 1838. . 
 
 Ezra Chase. 
 
 51 
 
 50 
 
 e m i:)t . . . 
 
 Dec. 24. 1839. 
 
 Heman H. Annis. 
 
 51 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 April 24, 1840. 
 
 Adin Townsend. 
 
 51 
 
 53 
 
 ,\v m pt . . . 
 
 June 30, 1855 . 
 
 H. J. Metzger. 
 
 5' 
 
 50 
 
 S-AV pt . . . . 
 
 June 27. 1843. 
 
 William \\\ Luck. 
 
 U 
 
 50 
 
 n-\v m pt . 
 
 Oct. 7, 1854... 
 
 Seymour Lewis. 
 
 52 
 
 q8 
 
 e pt 
 
 June 25, 1840. 
 
 Silas W. Fisher. 
 
 S2 
 
 164 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. I, 1855 . . 
 
 Cornelius H. Smith. 
 
 52 
 
 1 6' 
 
 m pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 Nov. 30 or 13, 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 S2 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 ^^37 
 
 Warren Tyrer. 
 
 53 
 
 150 
 
 s pt 
 
 June 2, 1855 . . 
 
 Ansel W. Stickney. 
 
 S3 
 
 50 
 
 1 s ni pt . . . 
 
 Aug. 16, 1856. 
 
 Jacob Rose. 
 
 53 
 
 25 
 
 j m pt 
 
 ' Aug. 16, 1856. 
 
 Balzer Lalming 
 
 53 
 
 25 
 
 11 m pt . . . 
 
 Aug. 16, 1856. 
 
 Peter Meyer. 
 
DKKDS CIVKX liV TlIK 11; )I, LAND (O.Ml'ANV. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE SEVEH—Condnued. 
 
 •2F 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 s pt 
 
 Date ok Deed. 
 
 Namk. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 
 54 
 
 84 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 
 54 
 
 250 
 
 n pt 
 
 April I, 1839. . 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 M^t 
 
 Oct. 18, 1849.. 
 
 John Harton. 
 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 s pt 
 
 Dec. 2, 1836. . 
 
 Jacob Becker. 
 
 
 55 
 
 52 
 
 m pt 
 
 May 30, 1833. 
 
 Samuel C. Sweet. 
 
 
 55 
 
 200 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 10, 1839. • 
 
 F. B. Marvin. 
 
 
 56 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 May 13, 1833.. 
 
 S. C. Sweet. 
 
 
 56 
 
 150 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 22, 1842. . 
 
 Barak Gushing. 
 
 
 56 
 
 87 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. I, 1842. . 
 
 Samuel Burchill. 
 
 
 5S 
 
 60 
 
 ^M3t 
 
 Jan. 19, 1839. . 
 
 Nathaniel Starks, Jr. 
 
 
 5H 
 
 40 
 
 s ni pt .... 
 
 Aug. 19, 1854. 
 
 Samuel Heath. 
 
 
 5« 
 
 70 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 April 14. 1855. 
 
 Peter Nenno. 
 
 
 58 
 
 150 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. I, 1853.. . 
 
 Alexander M. Bruce. 
 
 
 58 
 
 25 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 1 1, 1854. 
 
 John Michel. 
 
 
 59 
 
 36 
 
 .s-e pt . . . . 
 
 April 28, 1855. 
 
 J. Gasper. 
 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 c m pt . . . 
 
 July 26, 185 I.. 
 
 J. G. Whitney. 
 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 2, 1854 . . 
 
 Stephen Conger. 
 
 
 59 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 July 19. 1836.. 
 
 Jarvis Thompson. 
 
 
 59 
 
 38 
 
 m pt 
 
 Nov. 25, 1854. 
 
 Peter Jonas. 
 
 
 59 
 
 44 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 25, 1854. 
 
 Andrew W'ever. 
 
 
 59 
 
 25 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. 25, 1854 . 
 
 Michael Clasen. 
 
 
 60 
 
 80 
 
 s-e pt . . . . 
 
 July 9, 1836.. 
 
 Kendell Johnson. 
 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 
 60 
 
 70 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 20, 1855. . 
 
 Joseph Jennings. 
 
 
 60 
 
 3 
 
 m pt 
 
 July 7, 1855.. 
 
 Joseph Jennings. 
 
 
 60 
 
 80 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Aug. 22, 1835. 
 
 Asahel \V. Field. 
 
 
 60 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Nov. II, 1837. 
 
 Heman H. Annis. 
 
 
 61 
 
 355 
 50 
 
 
 July 18. 1839. 
 Dec. 14, 1834 . 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 
 62 
 
 e m pt . . . . 
 
 Ebenezer Sherman. 
 
 
 62 
 
 68 
 
 m pt 
 
 July 2, 1840. . 
 
 Martha Hund and 
 Magdalena Hund. 
 
 
 62 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 19. IS' 44.. 
 
 Michael Haberer. 
 
 
 62 
 
 25 
 
 ^\• m pt. . . 
 
 May 28, 1845 . 
 
 Nicholas Gier. 
 
 
 62 
 
 25 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Oct. 4, 1844... . 
 
 John Gier. 
 
 
 62 
 
 25 
 
 \v pt 
 
 July 13. 1S38.. 
 
 John Schneider. 
 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 Ill pt 
 
 Dec. 16, 1854.. 
 
 Amb. Schaller. 
 
 
 63 
 
 30 
 
 \v m pt.. . 
 
 May 28, 1 8"$ 3. 
 
 Michael Nenno. 
 
 
 63 
 
 30 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 May 28, 1853. 
 
 Alexander Bettinger. 
 
 
 63 
 
 50 
 
 ^\' pt 
 
 Nov. 25, 1842. 
 
 Alexander Bettinger. 
 
 
 64 
 
 100 
 
 ^"Pt 
 
 Aug. 16, 1853. 
 
 Uri Clark. 
 
 
 64 
 
 100 
 
 1 m pt 
 
 Mar. 17, 1846. 
 
 L. S. Clark. 
 
 
 64 
 
 43 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 29 
 
 April 8, 1854.. 
 
 L. S. Clark. 
 
 
'22 DEEDS GIVEN BV THE HOLLAND COMPANY 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SEVEN— Continued. 
 
 Lot 
 
 Acres. 
 100 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed, 
 
 Name. 
 
 64 
 
 w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 27, 1845 . 
 
 H. J. Redfield. 
 
 66 
 
 120 
 
 s-e pt . . . 
 
 Oct. 15, 1856. . 
 
 Samuel W. Pratt. 
 
 66 
 
 54 
 
 n-e in pt . 
 
 Nov. I, 1841 . . 
 
 Sylvester Hawks. 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 8, 1855 . . 
 
 A. B. Pierce. 
 
 66 
 
 16 
 
 w m pt . . 
 
 Dec. 15, 1855. . 
 
 H. Hall. 
 
 66 
 
 46 
 
 n-w pt . . . 
 
 Dec. 9, 1831 . . 
 
 John Hall. 
 
 66 
 
 31 
 
 n m pt . . 
 
 Jan. 8, 1833. . . 
 
 H. Hall, Jr. 
 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 e pt 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836. 
 
 John Arnold. 
 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 em pt . . 
 
 Nov. 1 1, 1837. 
 
 Thomas Annis. 
 
 67 
 
 45 
 
 m pt 
 
 Nov. 9, 1837. • 
 
 Milo Lewis. 
 
 67 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Oct. I, 1835... . 
 
 John Arnold. 
 
 67 
 
 120 
 
 w pt 
 
 Aug. 29, 1822. 
 
 John Arnold. 
 
 68 
 
 54 
 
 em pt. . 
 
 July 18, 1839. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 68 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. 30, 1836. 
 
 Robert Arnold. 
 
 68 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Mar. 5, 1827. . 
 
 Robert Arnold. 
 
 68 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Aug. 22, 1831 . 
 
 Hiram Arnold. 
 
 68 
 
 100 
 
 ept 
 
 Nov. II, 1837. 
 
 H. H. Annis. 
 
 69 
 
 59 
 
 ept 
 
 June 8, 1844. . 
 
 Mark Smith. 
 
 69 
 
 59 
 
 e m pt . . . . 
 
 June 8, 1844. . 
 
 Jacob Smith. 
 
 69 
 
 50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Feb. 13, 1844. 
 
 Philip Hoffman and 
 others. 
 
 69 
 
 150 
 
 w pt 
 
 April 2, 1838.. 
 
 Jacob Tammerle. 
 
 70 
 
 65 
 
 ept 
 
 Dec. 7, 1840.. . 
 
 John Heavy. 
 
 70 
 
 75 
 
 e m pt . . . . 
 
 Sept. 24, 1841 . 
 
 Jacob Johnges, Jr. 
 
 70 
 
 75 
 
 m pt 
 
 Nov. 30, 1840. 
 
 Adam Stephan. 
 
 70 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt. . . 
 
 Jan. 24, 1844. . 
 
 Peter Rincas. 
 
 70 
 
 25 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 18, 1842 . . 
 
 John Shoe. 
 
 70 
 
 25 
 
 n-w pt. . . . 
 
 Aug. 18, 1836. 
 
 Nicholas F'eade. 
 
 71 
 
 50 
 
 M^t 
 
 Nov. 13, 1841 . 
 
 Peter Schmidt. 
 
 71 
 
 31 
 
 s-e m pt . . 
 
 Sept. 16, 1 841 . 
 
 Frederick Dicker. 
 
 71 
 
 31 
 
 .s-^\' m pt . 
 
 Sept. 16, 1841 . 
 
 Zaccheus T. Prince. 
 
 71 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt. . . . 
 
 July 13. 1838.. 
 
 Nicholas Hoardway. 
 
 71 
 
 168 
 
 n pt 
 
 July 13. i8<9. . 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 72 
 
 194 
 
 s pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 72 
 
 100 
 
 n pt 
 
 July 10, 1839.. 
 
 Calvin Matteson. 
 
 NAMES OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FH^ST SETTLERS ON EACH OF 
 THF LOTS IN THE TOWN OF NORTH COLLINS. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE EIGHT. 
 Lot 2, Samuel Hall, Nathan Starks and J. A. Lewis; lot 3, 
 James Tyrer and Luther T}Tcr ; lot 4, Matthew Clark; lot 5, 
 
XA.MKS OF FIRST SKITLFRS I\ NOR! II COLLINS. 723 
 
 Granficld Gates; lot 6, Mr. Conklin ; lot 7, Kzra Brown ; lot 8, 
 Geor^-e Miller ; lot 10, Sylvanius B.ites ; lot 1 1. Gardiner Potter 
 and John Potter; lot I2, John L. Harden; lot 1 3, Ghad B. 
 Clark; lot 14, Abram Clark, Willard Slocum, J. G. Potter; lot 
 15, Stephen Jewell, J.Brown; lot 16, George W'ightman ; lot 
 18, William Smith ;• lot 19, llijah Smith: lot 20, Abram Con- 
 ger and Mr. Barry; lot 21, I'Vanklin W'ightman ; lot 22, Asa 
 Jennings, Erastus Clark; lot 23, John Train ; lot 24, Wheeler 
 Beardsley, Samuel Brooks ; lot 26, B. W. Pratt ; lot 27, Corn- 
 wall Luther; lot 28, Joseph Willet, Mr. Baker; lot 27, Noah 
 Bump; lot 30, George De Voll ; lot 31, Samuel Richmond; 
 lot 34, Henry Tucker; lot 35, Jonathan Russell ; lot 36. Mr; 
 Pickins ; lot ^J, Lemuel Wliite ; lot 38, Humphrey White ; lot 
 39, Aaron Parker; lot 40, Horace Landon ; lot 42, Stephen 
 White, Benjamin Leggett and George Southwick ; lot 43, Job 
 Southwick ; lot 44, Hugh iMcMiller and Jonathan Southwick; 
 lot 45, Daniel Allen, John L. Edd)-, Asher Aver}- ; lot 46, 
 Joseph Sission ; lot 47, Asher Avery; lot 48, Humphrey Rus- 
 sell, Abner Briggs ; lot 49, ; lot 50, Stephen 
 
 Sisson ; lot 51, Levi Woodward, Lilly Stafford ; lot 52. Stephen 
 White, Daniel Hunt ; lot 53, John Woodword, William Potter ; 
 lot 54. Noah Tripp; lot 57, Thomas Hunt; lot 60, Abram 
 Gifford, Samuel Tucker, John Ray ; lot 63, Jesse Stancliff, 
 John Stancliff ; lot 64, Willard Stancliff, Lyman B. Harris. 
 
 TOWXSHIl' SFN'EX, RAXCF: SEVEN. 
 
 Lot 50, William Soule, Samuel Heath; lot 51, Seymour 
 Lewis, Adam Townsend ; lot ^2, Jonathan Townsend ; lot 53, 
 Mathew Brewer, Amos Patridge ; lot 54, Stickney & Thomp- 
 son ; lot 55, Samuel Sweet ; lot 58, J. F. Coy, C. F. Hodges ; 
 lot 59, Cooper & Thompson; lot 60, Robert Scott; lot 61, 
 Jacob Smith, Mark Smith ; lot 62, M. Haberer ; lot 65, T. 
 Thiel ; lot 64, Samuel Clark ; lot 66, Henry Hall, Jr., lot 67, 
 John Arnold ; lot 68, Robert Arnold ; lot 69, John Demerlex' ; 
 lot 70, Nicholas Ferdick ; lot 71, George Decker; lot 72, Calvin 
 Matthewson. 
 
724 
 
 COPY OF EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 
 COl'Y OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF THE TOWN OF NORTH 
 COLLINS (then COLLINS) FOR THE YEAR 1823. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEYEN, RANOE EKiHT. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Timothy Stancliff 
 
 Mose.s Tucker 
 
 Jonathan Southwick.. 
 
 Asher Avery 
 
 Lennuel M. White 
 
 Humphrey Smith 
 
 Charles Devol 
 
 Noah Tripp 
 
 W'iUiam Potter 
 
 Daniel Allen 
 
 David White 
 
 Humphrey White. . . . 
 
 William Pickins 
 
 Joshua Pickins 
 
 Job Southwick 
 
 Job Sherman 
 
 Charles Sherman 
 
 Jonathan Russell 
 
 David Conger 
 
 David Conger 
 
 Lilly Stafford, Jr 
 
 Noel Conger 
 
 Jonathan Sherman.. . . 
 
 Henry Joslin. 
 
 Jacob Bardin 
 
 John Bardin 
 
 Leonard Reed 
 
 Levi Parker 
 
 Levi Parker 
 
 Horace Landon 
 
 Richard Rogers 
 
 Elisha Train 
 
 James Marvin 
 
 Humphrey Russell. ... 
 
 Luther Rice 
 
 Daniel Shord 
 
 n-w pt 1 64. 
 s-\V pt 1 50. 
 n pt 1 44 . . . 
 m pt 1 45 . . 
 w pt 1 37 . . 
 s-w pt 1 46. 
 s-e pt 1 46. . 
 s-vv pt 1 54. 
 n-w pt 1 5 3 . 
 n pt 1 45 . . . 
 m pt 1 37.. 
 e pt I37.. . 
 m pt 1 36. . 
 e pt 1 36 . . . 
 e pt 1 43 . . . 
 n-w pt 1 35 . 
 s pt 1 35~. . . 
 n-w pt 1 34 . 
 e pt 1 42 . . . 
 w ptl 33... 
 s-e pt 1 34. . 
 s-w pt 1 34 . 
 n-e pt 1 34. . 
 s pt 1 30 . . . 
 n-e pt 1 30. . 
 n-w pt 1 30. 
 s pt 1 
 
 m pt 1 3 1 
 
 m pt 1 40 
 
 s-e pt I40& s-w pt 1 
 
 " pt 1 31 i 
 
 n-e pt 1 40 
 
 s-w pt 1 40, n pt 1 39j 
 
 & " pt 1 47 1 
 
 s pt 1 48 I 
 
 "1 pt 1 47 i 
 
 S pt 1 47 : 
 
 Acres. 
 
 70 
 50 
 310 
 98 
 96 
 
 56 
 70 
 98 
 
 58 
 
 144 
 
 152 
 
 94 
 
 99 
 
 59 
 
 195 
 
 68 
 
 124 
 
 96 
 
 97 
 179 
 
 78 
 66 
 80 
 
 145 
 48 
 48 
 96 
 
 1451 
 102 1 
 
 144 
 
 100 
 
 67 
 
 269 
 
 234 
 
 94 
 
 148 
 
 Val. 
 
 $191 
 
 177 
 740 
 258 
 
 344 
 162 
 
 175 
 385 
 145 
 382 
 
 488 
 
 244 
 260 
 
 147 
 
 527 
 
 •74 
 261 
 
 253 
 
 627 
 
 160 
 165 
 213 
 
 443 
 141 
 136 
 262 
 
 427 
 
 295 
 190 
 
 Tax. 
 
 ;i 47 
 
 I 
 I 
 I 
 
 36 
 98 
 98 
 
 2 64 
 I 22 
 
 1 35 
 
 2 96 
 
 1 II 
 
 2 93 
 7^ 
 84 
 
 13 
 08 
 
 33 
 
 2 00 
 I 96 
 
 4 82 
 
 I 23 
 I 26 
 1 63 
 
 3 42 
 I 08 
 
 1 05 
 
 2 01 
 
 562 i 4 34 
 
 3 30 
 
 2 23 
 
 I 43 
 
 679 5 24 
 
 486 I 3 75 
 
 197 ! I 51 
 
 388 2 98 
 
cow OF FARI.V ASSr,SSMi:N 1- ROLL. 725 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN', RANGE EIGHT— G'liiiiiiM/. 
 
 Name. 
 
 James Rathbonc. . . 
 James Rathbone. . . 
 Frederick Smith. . . 
 Darse Roberts. . . . 
 
 Josepli Sisson 
 
 Jesse Stanclift 
 
 John Stanclift 
 
 Lyman B. I'rancis 
 Stephen Smith . . . . 
 Stephen Wliite. . . . 
 Le\i Woodw arc! . . . 
 Hui^h McAIiUain. , 
 
 Lilly Stafford 
 
 Obed Hathaway.. , 
 
 Perry Sisson 
 
 Geori^e Lapham . . . 
 Stephen Sisson. . . . 
 Stephen Sisson. . . . 
 John Lawton 
 
 Land, 
 
 n-w pt 1 38. 
 m pt 1 39 . . 
 n pt 1 46 . . . 
 .s-wl 38.... 
 m pt 1 46 . . 
 
 pt I63 
 
 n pt 1 63 . . . 
 n-e pt 1 64. 
 m pt 1 56. . 
 
 John Davis 
 
 Jolm Stanclift. Jr 
 
 Willard Stanclift 
 
 Thomas Stancliff 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson 
 
 Nathaniel Sisson 
 
 Elkanah Sherman . . . . 
 
 Klkanah Sherman . . . . 
 
 Llkanah Sherman, / 
 
 VillaL;elot No. 28, \ 
 
 John Ra}' 
 
 Thomas Hunt 
 
 Cromwell Luther 
 
 Anna Howland 
 
 Isaac Gifford 
 
 John L. Edda 
 
 Thomas W. Howland. 
 
 Josiah Crath 
 
 Geori^c W'ii^htman. . . . 
 .Stephen Jewel 
 
 n-e pt 1 51 
 
 s pt 1 44 
 
 s-e pt' 1 51 
 
 n-e pt 1 50 
 
 n-w pt 1 43 
 
 s-w pt I 43 
 
 pt 150...^ 
 
 ^^•pt I55 
 
 w pt 1 4 1 , s-w^ pt 1 5 I 
 n-w pt 1 50 & s-w 
 
 pt 1 4:^ 
 
 c pt 1 56 
 
 s ptl 63 
 
 s-w pt 1 64 
 
 n-w pt 1 63 
 
 s-e pt 1 50 
 
 n-w pt 1 42 
 
 s-w pt 1 62 
 
 n-w pt 51 
 
 m pt 1 23 •. . . 
 
 471 i 
 98f 
 96 
 
 47 
 96 
 
 94 
 
 46 
 
 6 
 
 99 : 
 243 ' 
 
 97 
 
 193 I 
 109 
 
 43 
 66 
 
 45 
 lool 
 100 1 
 
 s pt 1 60 . . . 
 n pt 1 59.. . 
 n-w pt 1 59, 
 n-w pt 1 50 . 
 
 Ptl58 
 
 s pt 1 58 . . . 
 
 Ptl58 
 
 m pt 1 15... 
 
 1 16 
 
 m pt 1 15 . 
 
 $375 
 
 267 
 117 
 
 244 
 
 304 
 148 
 
 56 
 
 314 
 
 797 
 264 
 
 7^5 
 
 389 
 116 
 264 
 133 
 
 320 
 
 2000 
 
 89 
 
 61 
 
 211 
 
 180 
 
 104 
 
 48 
 
 340 
 ■54 
 
 59 
 6S 
 
 339 
 162 
 
 48 
 65 
 59 
 
 120 
 
 139 
 146 
 
 
 5 
 
 49 
 99 
 69 
 
 39 
 69 
 69 
 80 
 64 
 
 337 
 99 
 
 102 
 21 1 
 142 
 
 87 
 172 
 172 
 200 
 169 
 887 
 260 
 
 Acres. Val. Tax 
 
 52 88 
 
 2 06 
 
 89 
 
 1 84 
 
 2 34 
 
 1 14 
 
 43 
 
 2 44 
 6 14 
 2 04 
 5 88 
 2 00 
 
 89 
 
 2 04 
 I 02 
 
 705 5 42 
 
 15 40 
 
 62 
 
 36 
 61 
 18 
 
 - d3 
 I 25 
 
 93 
 I 07 
 I 12 
 
 04 
 
 78 
 
 162 
 
 I 08 
 
 66 
 
 I 33 
 I 33 
 I 54 
 1 23 
 
 6 84 
 I 99 
 
726 COPY OF EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Co;, tinm;/. 
 
 Name. 
 
 John McDaniel . . . 
 Abraham Clark . . . 
 William Sisson, Jr. 
 Stephen Hussey .. . 
 Benjamin Hussey . 
 
 Charles Wood 
 
 Charles Wood 
 
 Samuel Tucker. . . . 
 Abraham Gifford.. 
 
 Rufus Gifford 
 
 Rufus Gifford 
 
 Joseph A. Gifford . 
 John Woodward . . 
 
 Erastus Clark 
 
 Isaac Hoag 
 
 Eliott Hoag 
 
 John Train 
 
 Asa Jennings 
 
 William Palmer. . . 
 James Goodell .... 
 Nathan Starks .... 
 
 Luther Tyrer 
 
 Andrew Hall 
 
 Henry Hall 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink &Co 
 
 Wilhnk &Co 
 
 Willink &Co 
 
 Willink &Co 
 
 Willink &Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Willink & Co 
 
 Land. 
 
 m pt 1 I 5 
 
 m pt 1 14 
 
 m pt 1 21 
 
 n pt 1 62 
 
 s pt 1 62 
 
 n pt 1 51 
 
 n-w pt 1 54 
 
 m pt I61 &s-wpt 1 53 
 
 pt Its 60 & 61 
 
 pt 1 60 
 
 m pt 1 44 
 
 s-w 1 60 
 
 11-c pt 1 53.- 
 
 w pt 1 22 
 
 pt 1^4 
 
 m pt 1 24 
 
 m pt 1 23 
 
 m pt 1 22 
 
 pt 1 10 
 
 pt 1 10 { 
 
 •^-^v pt 1 3 
 
 n-w pt 1 3 
 
 n-e pt 3 , 
 
 •^-e pt 1 3 
 
 e pt 1 2 
 
 1a 
 
 s pt 1 6 
 
 18 
 
 n pt 1 10. . . 
 
 In 
 
 e pt 1 64 . . . 
 n pt 1 56. . . 
 n pt 1 48 . . . 
 e pt 1 38. . . 
 n pt I 36. .. 
 e pt 1 29 . . . 
 
 I 27 
 
 e pt lot 26. 
 n pt 1 24 . . . 
 w pt 1 23 . . . 
 n pt 1 22 . . 
 
 \CRES 
 
 \^A1.. 
 
 49 
 
 247 
 
 98 
 
 245 j 
 
 99 
 
 247 1 
 
 160 
 
 694 
 
 i5« 
 
 695 
 
 81 
 
 549 : 
 
 66 
 
 132 
 
 T 1 -y 
 
 1223 ! 
 
 167 
 
 493 1 
 
 128 
 
 310 
 
 65 
 
 139 1 
 
 5« 
 
 149 
 
 47 
 
 155 
 
 96 
 
 277 
 
 149 
 
 37^ 
 
 99 
 
 247 1 
 
 99 
 
 256 1 
 
 99 
 
 265 
 
 94 
 
 257 
 
 59 
 
 147 
 
 61 
 
 122 
 
 78 
 
 196 
 
 106 
 
 310 \ 
 
 58 
 
 116 , 
 
 237 
 
 592 1 
 
 386 
 
 945 
 
 350 
 
 875 
 
 223 
 
 557 
 
 330 
 
 765 
 
 21 1 
 
 557 
 
 n n "> 
 
 832 
 
 113 
 
 282 
 
 132 
 
 330 
 
 100 
 
 250 
 
 247 
 
 617 
 
 66 
 
 i6s 
 
 261 
 
 652 
 
 351 
 
 877 
 
 118 
 
 290 
 
 66 
 
 165 
 
 159 
 
 397 
 
 141 
 
 3^7 
 
 I 
 
 88 
 
 I 
 
 87 
 
 I 
 
 88 
 
 . 
 
 
 :> 
 
 JJ 
 
 5 
 
 
 4 
 
 23 
 
 I 
 
 01 
 
 9 49 
 
 3 
 
 80 
 
 2 
 
 39 
 
 I 
 
 07 
 
 I 
 
 16 
 
 1 12 
 
 2 13 
 2 88 
 
 I 
 
 90 
 
 I 
 
 97 
 
 2 
 
 04 
 
 I 
 
 98 
 
 I 
 
 13 
 
 
 94 
 
 r 
 
 51 
 
 2 
 
 39 
 
 
 90 
 
 4 
 
 56 
 
 7 
 
 28 
 
 6 
 
 75 
 
 4 
 
 29 
 
 5 
 
 89 
 
 4 
 
 06 
 
 6 
 
 41 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 2 
 
 54 
 
 I 
 
 93 
 
 4 
 
 75 
 
 I 
 
 20 
 
 ■> 
 
 02 
 
 6 
 
 75 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 I 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 06 
 
 2 
 
 52 
 
COPY OF EAKiA' ASSESSMENT ROLL. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE EIGHT— Continued. 
 
 727 
 
 Name. 
 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Hiram Arnold . . 
 Robert Arnold . , 
 
 John Lewis 
 
 John A. Lewis. . 
 
 Orin Servis 
 
 John Arnold . . . . 
 Amos Stickney . . 
 Samuel C. Sweet 
 Edson Putnam . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 W' illink & Co . . . 
 Willink &Co . . . 
 Willink &Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 W' illink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . .. 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink &Co . . . 
 Willink &Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 Willink & Co . . . 
 W^illink & Co . . . 
 Willink &Co ... 
 
 Land. 
 
 A( KEs. Val. Tax. 
 
 1 20 
 
 1 19 
 
 w pt 1 1 8 
 s pt 1 I 5 . 
 w pt 1 14 
 
 1 I 
 
 pt 
 
 1 12 
 
 pt 1 68 
 
 pt lots 67 and 68 
 
 m pt 1 67 
 
 m pt 1 67 
 
 e pt 1 67 
 
 .s-w pt 1 67 
 
 m pt 1 5 5 
 
 m pt I55 
 
 nptl 55 
 
 ■ 59 
 
 1 60 
 
 1 61 
 
 1 62 
 
 I63 
 
 w pt 1 64, 
 
 1 66 
 
 e pt 1 68 . 
 
 1 69 
 
 I/O 
 
 I71 
 
 1 72 
 
 1 50 
 
 I51 
 
 153 
 
 153 
 
 154 
 
 158 
 
 405 
 
 33^ 
 169 
 
 72 
 
 54 
 
 284 
 
 403 
 
 lOD 
 
 66 
 93 
 49 
 50 
 102 
 
 47 
 98 
 98 
 
 345 
 381 
 355 
 355 
 415 
 146 
 320 
 205 
 318 
 315 
 
 349 
 294 
 
 333 
 341 
 359 
 340 
 334 
 340 
 
 1012 
 827 
 422 
 180 
 
 135 
 710 
 1007 
 260 
 162 
 236 
 102 
 100 
 
 ^22 
 130 
 263 
 250 
 862 
 952 
 887 
 887 
 1037 
 
 365 
 800 
 512 
 
 79=; 
 787 
 872 
 
 735 
 832 
 852 
 897 
 850 
 
 835 
 850 
 
 7 80 
 
 6 36 
 3 25 
 
 I 39 
 
 1 04 
 
 5 47 
 
 7 75 
 
 2 00 
 I 25 
 
 1 79 
 78 
 
 77 
 
 2 47 
 
 1 90 
 
 2 02 
 
 1 92 
 663 
 
 7 IT 
 / JJ 
 
 6 83 
 
 6 83 
 
 7 98 
 
 2 81 
 6 16 
 
 95 
 13 
 06 
 
 71 
 
 5 66 
 
 6 40 
 35 
 91 
 54 
 42 
 54 
 
 The total valuation of the present Town of Nortli Collins 
 (Collins and North Collins were at that time one town) accord- 
 ing to the above assessment roll, was $61,437 ^ the valuation of 
 the real estate was $61,121 ; personal property, S3 16; tax, 
 $585 ; Collectors' fe:s, $17.16. 
 
728 town officers of north collins. 
 
 List of the Principal Town Officers of North Col- 
 lins FROM THE Organization of the Town in 1853, 
 UP TO the Present Time: 
 
 supervisors. 
 
 1853 — Edwin \\\ Godfrey. 1868 — Daniel Allen. 
 
 1854— Edwin W. Godfrey. 1869 — Edwin \V. Godfrey. 
 
 1855 — Edwin \V. Godfrey. 1870 — Edwin W. Godfrey. 
 
 1856 — Lyman Clark. 1871 — Edwin \V. Godfrey. 
 
 1857 — Lyman Clark. 1872 — Michael Hunter. 
 
 1858— Charles C. Kirby. 1873— 
 
 1859 — Charles C. Kirby. 1874 — Michal Hunter. 
 
 i860 — Charles C. Kirby. 1875 — Charles C. Kirby. 
 
 1861^ — Wilson Rogers. 1876 — James Matthews. 
 
 1862— Wilson Rogers. 1877 — Charles C. Kirb}'. 
 
 1863— Giles Clifford. 1878— Heman M. Blasdell. 
 
 1864— Giles Gifford. 1879— Heman M. Blasdell. 
 
 1865— Daniel Allen. 1880— Heman M. Blasdell. 
 
 i86(^Thomas Russell. 1 881— Charles H. Wood. 
 
 1867— Daniel Allen. 1882— Charles H. Wood. 
 18S3— Jacob Staffen. 
 
 TOWN CLERKS. 
 
 853— Paul H. White. 1868 -Andrew Hurley. 
 
 854 — Paul H.White. 1869 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 855 — Paul H.White. 1870 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 856 — Charles C. Kirby. 1871 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 857 — Charles C. Kirby. 1872 — Andrew Burle}'. 
 
 858— Paul H. White. 1873— 
 
 859 — Paul H. White. 1874 — Joseph Naber, Jr.. 
 
 860 — Michael Hunter. 1875 — Joseph Naber, Jr. 
 
 861 — Michael Hunter. 1876 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 862 — Michael Hunter. 1877 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 863 — F^rancis Leach. 1878 — Andrew Burle)-. 
 
 864 — Francis Leach. 1879 — Andrew Burle}'. 
 
 865 — Henry Beveir. 1880 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 866 — George Barringer. 1881 — Andrew Burley. 
 
 867 — George B;irringer. 1882 — Andrew Burley. 
 1S83 — Joseph Naber, Jr. 
 
TOWN OFIICKRS OF XORI'II CO], I. INS. 
 
 729 
 
 SUI'FRINIKXDKXTS OF SCHOOLS. 
 1853 — Willi. 1111 11. Train. 1855 — Stephen Williani Soulc. 
 
 1854— 
 
 1856 — Alon/.o H. Pierce. 
 
 lUSTICES OF niK I'KACE. 
 
 1^53 • 
 854 
 
 856 
 
 «^57 
 
 858- 
 
 859 
 
 860 
 861 
 
 862 
 
 86:; 
 
 865. 
 866 
 867 
 868 
 
 1 Charles C. Kirb}'. 
 Samuel 1 leath. 
 
 f Thomas S. Hibbard. 
 — Samuel Heath. 
 
 -William A. Fish. 
 
 — I.yman Clark. 
 
 \ Charles C. Kirb}\ 
 
 ( Matthew Brewer. 
 
 —Michael Hunter. 
 
 \ William A. Fish. 
 
 I Matthew Brewer. 
 
 —Ansel W. Stickney. 
 — Charles C. Kirby. 
 
 \ Michael Hunter. 
 
 f Thomas Russell. 
 — Thomas Russell. 
 — .\nsel W. Stickne}-. 
 — Francis Leach. 
 John Potter. 
 Da\id A. Avery. 
 Ansel W. Stickney. 
 
 1869- 
 1 870- 
 1871- 
 1872- 
 
 1873- 
 1 874 
 
 1875 
 1876 
 1877 
 
 1878 
 
 1879- 
 18.S0- 
 1881- 
 1882- 
 1883- 
 
 -PTancis Feach. 
 -Milton Roeller. 
 -H. M. H ark n ess. 
 -N. Lollman. 
 
 Milton Roeller. 
 Thomas S. Hibbard. 
 Charles C. Kirb\-. 
 Charles C. Kirby. 
 Charles Stuhlmiller. 
 N. Lollman. 
 Charles H. Wood. 
 T. S. Hibbard. 
 Henry Joslin. 
 Henr}- Joslin. 
 Edwin W. Stanclift. 
 Charles W'hitney. 
 Clarence F. Lawton. 
 -Perry T. Scott. 
 E. B. Austin. 
 Charles C. Kirb\-. 
 
 853 i 
 .S54-; 
 
 856- 
 
 857- 
 858- 
 
 859-1 
 
 (jeorj^e Burnett. 
 Giles (jifford. 
 Sanuu;l Sweet. 
 William Hathawa)'. 
 Loren/o D. Palmer, 
 ALirshall Judson, 
 Fsaac A. Hale. 
 ■Daniel Sisson. 
 AVilliam T. Popple. 
 -Henry Joslin. 
 Fsaac A. Hale. 
 Matthew Brewer. 
 
 ASSESSORS. 
 
 I 860- 
 1861- 
 
 1862 
 
 1863 
 
 1864 
 
 1865 
 
 1866- 
 
 1867 
 
 — Benjamin Salts. 
 -Daniel Allen, Jr. 
 \ Isaac A. Hale, 
 I Daniel Sission. 
 \ S. B. Patridge, 
 I Lewis Rogers. 
 
 — Olney P. Harkness. 
 \ E. W. Stanclift. 
 / John Staffin. 
 —John Staffen. 
 \ S. W. Lawton. 
 / Nicholas Beaver. 
 
730 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS OF NORTH COLLINS. 
 
 1868 
 
 \ Nathan Sisson. 
 
 ( Henry Joslin. 
 1869 — Nicholas Beaver. 
 1871 — 
 
 1872— James Lenox. 
 1873- 
 „ \ WilHam H. Willett. 
 ^'^74 , jgaac Wilcox. 
 
 1875 — James Lenox. 
 
 1876 — Isaac Wilcox. 
 1877— William H. Willett. 
 1878— John Staffen. 
 1879— W. ^^- Taylor. 
 1880 — Edwin W. Stanclift. 
 1 88 1 — Nicholas Beaver. 
 1 882 — Peter Winter. 
 1883— H. S. Kirby. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS. 
 
 1853 I 
 
 1854— 
 1855- 
 
 1856- 
 
 1857J 
 
 1858— 
 1859- 
 1860— 
 1861 — 
 1862— 
 1863— 
 
 1864 I 
 
 1865 ( 
 
 William Smith, 
 Benjamin Hussey. 
 Benjamin Hussey. 
 
 John J. Jennings, 
 Rufus W. Stickney, 
 Daniel Allen, Jr., 
 Stephen Conger, 
 Luther Landon, 
 George P. Sipple. 
 Stephen Conger. 
 Luther Landon. 
 
 Isaac Russell. 
 
 Stephen Conger. 
 Stephen Conger. 
 
 Isaac Russell. 
 
 1866 
 1867 
 1868 
 1S69 
 1870 
 1871 
 1872 
 
 1873- 
 
 1874 — John Thiel. 
 
 1875 — John Thiel. 
 
 1876— Augustin Smith. 
 
 1877 — Jacob Staffen. 
 
 1878 — Jacob Staffen. 
 
 1879 — J. J. Pickens. 
 
 1880 — Jacob Staffen. 
 
 1 88 1— George H. White. 
 
 1882— H. S. Bebee. 
 
 1883— 
 
 COLLECTORS. 
 
 1853 — Isaac Russell. 
 1854 — Isaac Russell. 
 1855 — Sherman Avery. 
 1856 — Sherman Avery. 
 1857 — Alanson Clark. 
 1858 — Joshua J. Pickens. 
 1859 — Joshua J. Pickens. 
 i860 — Joshua J. Pickens. 
 1861— Elias A. Morgan. 
 
 1862 — Elias A. Morgan. 
 1863 — Daniel Allen, Jr. 
 1864 — Daniel Allen, Jr. 
 1865 — Isaac Wilcox. 
 1866— 
 
 1867 — Harvey J. Tucker. 
 1868— Michael Roeller. 
 1869— Milton Roeller. 
 1870 — Milton Roeller. 
 
SOCIKTIKS OF NDRTII COLLINS. 73 1 
 
 1871 — George H. Dana. 1878 — John Pflecger. 
 1872 — Thomas S. Hibbard. 1879 — Jolm Pflceger 
 
 1873 — 1880 — William Hyde. 
 
 1874 — Milton Rocllcr. 1S81 ^ 
 
 Ij^j5 . 1882 • Paul J^antle. 
 
 1876 - Paul Bantle. 1883 \ 
 
 1877 ^ 
 
 NoiK. — In 1S73, owing to a fenr of spreading small pox, no town meeiing 
 was held, and the officers elected the previous year held over. 
 
 NORTH COLLINS SOCIETIES. 
 
 North Collins has eight secret societies or beneficiary orders, 
 all with headquarters at North Collins x'illage, except a lodge 
 of Good Templars at Lavvton's Station, and a Catholic order 
 at Langford. The following statistics relate to the respective 
 orders : 
 
 A. O. U. W., NORTH COLLINS L0D(;E, NO. 96. 
 
 Organized June 9, 1877 ; number of charter members, twenty- 
 seven ; present membership, fifty. Original officers : — 
 
 L. B. Shaw. P. M. W.; M. Hunter, M. \V.; W. H. Estes, 
 Recorder; David Sherman, G. F".; E. H. P''oster, Financier ; 
 E. S. Hibbard, Receiver; E. E. Ensign, O. \V.; James Huzzy, 
 G.; Frank Russell, O.; Horace Wood, I. W. 
 
 E. O. M. A., LINCOLN LODGE, NO. 87. 
 
 Instituted Ma}' 8, 1879. Charter members, twcnt\--two ; 
 ])resent membership, sixteen. Original officers : — 
 
 Job Southwick, Jr., President ; George W. Spaulding, Vice 
 President; A. F". Mason, Recording Secretary; Plllmore Rogers, 
 Financial Secretar}- ; George Barringer, Treasurer; George 
 Sucher, Chaplain; A. T. Huson, Conductor ; Hiram Pease, I. 
 G.; Emmonds Hunter. O. G.; Enos S. Hibbard, Past Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 K. T. OF T., NORTH COLLINS COUNCIL. NO. J^. 
 
 Instituted Now 17, 1879; charter members. thirt\' ; present 
 membership, fifty-five; original officers: — 
 
 S. H. Shaw, S. C; E. A. Morgan, V. C; E. W. Godfrey, 
 P. C; A. W. F"ranklin, Chaplain ; E. G. Ellinwood, Secretary 
 E. Ensign. Financial Secretar\- ; A. H. Welch. Treasurer; 
 
732 SOCIETIES OF NORTH CoLLIXS. 
 
 Warren Needham, Herald ; Joseph P. Barr, Guard ; Philip' 
 Knopp, Sentinel. 
 
 E. A. v., JEFFERSON UNION, NO. ■/$. 
 
 Instituted April 12, i8So. Charter members, thirty ; present 
 membership, fifty-three. Original officers : 
 
 Michael Hunter, Chairman ; Stephen H. Shaw, Advocate ; 
 Berton S. Partridge, President; Dora J. Baldwin, Vice-Presi- 
 dent ; Adelia Sprague, Auxiliary ; George Barringer, Treasurer ; 
 Edwin W. Godfrey, Secretary ; Dewitt E. Hibbard, Account- 
 ant ; William G. Webber, Chaplain ; Lydia Hunter, Warden ; 
 George W. Sallman, Sentinel ; Orange Sedwell, Watchman. 
 
 (r. A. R., S. C. NOYES POST, NO. 22. 
 
 Organized June 20, 1881. Charter members, sixteen ; pres- 
 ent membership, thirty-three. Original officers : 
 
 A. Hilliker, Commander ; E. S. Hibbard, S. V. C; Harvey 
 Smith, J.V. C; Andrew Bearly, Adjutant; M. M. Speny, Ser- 
 geant ; Isaac E. Stedwell. Chaplain ; Charles Beach, O. D.; 
 John Robinson, O. G.; E. J. Foster, S. M.; George Davis,. 
 Q. M. S.; Peter Bowers, Guard. 
 
 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMl'LARS, MC KILLOP LODGE, 
 
 NO. 516. 
 
 Organized June 29, 1882. Charter members, thirteen ; pres- 
 ent membership, thirty-two. Original officers : 
 
 A. W. Franklin, W. C. T.; Ida Ensign, W. V. T.; Miss M. 
 Van Epps, W. C; W. W. Ransom. W. S. E. C; Hattie E. 
 Burnham, W. A. S.; Herbert I. Burnham, W. T. S.; Eva Estes, 
 W. Treasurer ; Cortney Brown, W. M.; Fanny Franklin, 
 W. D. N.; Santford Bundy, W. I. G.; May Stanclift, W. O. G.;: 
 Jennie Stanclift, W. R. H. S.; Lottie Rankin, W. L. H. S. 
 
 I. O. OF G. T., LAWTON LODCIE. NO. 519. 
 
 Organized July l, 1872. Charter members, thirty-eight. 
 Original officers : 
 
 Leroy Sherman, W. C. T.; Gladry Lawton, W. V. T.; Lucy 
 Sherman, W. S.; G. O. Dillingham, W. F.; George Burgott, 
 W. F. S.; George Taylor, W. C; Fred WiUett. W". M.; Fred 
 Stage, W. S.; Marion Taylor, W. G.; Helen Sherman, W. A. S.; 
 Mrs^ Carl WiUit, W. D. M.; Florence Lawton, \\\ R. S.;. 
 
NORTH COI.I.IXS SOI.DIKKS RECORD. 733 
 
 Eunice Palmcrton, W. S. S.; Uuran A. Palmcrton, V.. W. C. T.; 
 Willie Law-ton. L. 1). 
 
 C. M. H. A., MARTINS BRANCH, NO. 35. 
 
 Ortjjanized May 25, 1879. Charter members, thirteen. Oric^i- 
 nal officers were : — 
 
 Jacob Staffen, President ; Paul Bantle. first Vice-President ; 
 John Smith, second Vice-President ; George A. Sipplc, Record- 
 ing Secretary ; Jolm Junker, Assistant Recording Secretary; 
 Peter Hearye, Treasurer- Lewis Andres, MarshaL, George 
 Schneider, Guard ; Fred Rider, Charles ThieJ, P^rank Johengen, 
 Michael Hoepfinger and P'rank Menges, Trustees. 
 
 NORTH COLLINS SOLDIERS' RECORD. 
 
 The following is believed to be a nearly correct list of those 
 from North Collins who serv^ed in the war of the Rebellion. 
 Some names have perhaps been unavoidaibly omitted. 
 
 North Collins was represented in thirty different regiments. 
 More than half her soldiers, however, were in the following 
 regiments : — 
 
 Tenth New York cavalry. One Hundred and Sixteenth New 
 York volunteers, P^orty-fourth (People's Ellsworth), Forty- 
 ninth New York volunteers, and the Sixty-fourth New York 
 volunteers. 
 
 Of the gallant service which her soldier boys performed as 
 members of these regiments it is needless to recount, as they 
 have been well portrayed in regimental histories and other 
 works, and form a permanent part of the brave and patri- 
 otic deeds of the War. Doubtless the same may be said of the 
 various other regiments, some of which had but a single repre- 
 sentative from the town. 
 
 " Up many a fortress wall 
 
 They charged ; those Boys in Blue ; 
 'Mid surging smoke and volleyed ball, 
 The bravest were the first to fall, 
 To fall for me and you." 
 
 Put what of those that fell ? 
 
 " On Fame's eternal camping ground. 
 Their silent tents are spread ; 
 And glory guards with solemn sound 
 The bivouac of the dead." 
 
734 NORTH COLLINS SOLDIERS' RECORD. 
 
 Noi'E. — A star placed opposite the name indicates death in the service, and the person's 
 narae will be found at the close in a list of the dead. 
 
 Allen, Daniel, Sergt. 64th N. Y. V. 
 "Baker, Samuel K., loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Barring, George, Corp. Lst Reg. N. Y. S. sharp shooters, 
 8th Co. 
 
 Burleigh, Andrew, 116 N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Bar, Joseph P., " 900th Scott Cav." 
 
 Brim, Adam, i i6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Blakeley, Sylvester N., ii6th N. Y. N. 
 
 Bettinger, Nicholas, 2d Mounted Rifles. 
 
 -"Bennett, Ferdinand, 44th N. Y. V., Co. 7\. 
 
 Brown, John S., 9th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Brown, David H., 9th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Buckmer, Henry, 155th N. Y. V. 
 
 Beaver, Henry, 24th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Ballard, Joseph, 49th Battery. 
 
 Ballard, Sebastian, 187th N. Y. V. 
 
 -Cook, John, 1 1 6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Cook, Adam, U. S. V. Army. 
 
 Conger, George D., Corp. 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Clend, Ebenezer R., looth N. Y. V. 
 
 Clark, William, Artillery. 
 
 Cooper, John looth N. Y. V. 
 
 Curtis. Charles H., i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Doanc, William, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Davis, George H., ii6th N. Y. V., Co. K. 
 
 Day, Nelson V., i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Deyre, Henry, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Demerl}', Charles, 33d Batter)'. 
 
 Dean, George. 
 
 Fisher, Jacob, 28th N. Y. V. 
 
 Foster, Oscar E., 2d Mounted Rifles. 
 
 Fuller, Frank, 11 6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Farnswick, William K., loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Cuyger, Lawrence, 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Gearnie, Matthias, U. S. V. Army, Light Artillery. 
 
 Gray, William F., 72d Reg. (Excelsior Brigade). 
 
 ■'•"Harmatinger, John, ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
NORTH COLLINS SOLDIKRS' RLCORL). 735 
 
 Holcomb, I'ranklin. loth N. V. Cav. 
 
 Hinman, Byron C, 13th N. Y. V, 
 
 Huzzy, James, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 llibbard, luios S., Sergt. loth N. Y. Cav., Co. D. 
 
 Heltmcr, Jacob, Jr., "900th Scott Cav." 
 
 Heltmyer, John, Corp. 97th Reg. 
 
 Harmon, Godfrey, 21st N. Y. V. 
 
 Hanson, John, U. S. Artiller}-. 
 
 Hancs, William H. H., i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 ■^'•'Haberer, George, 33d Battery. 
 
 Hanes, Clements, 15th Artillery. 
 
 Hosford, Hiram ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Jennings, Asa C, 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Johnson, John B., 155th X. Y. V. 
 
 Konklin, John C, looth N. Y. V. 
 
 *Leach, Stephen H., loth N. Y. Cav. Co. E. 
 
 L}'nde, Thodore. 
 
 Lynde, Myron, ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Laveter, Stephen W. 
 
 Lollman, Nicholas, 27th Light Battery. 
 
 Lighe, Charles, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 McCarty, Michael, i6th U. S. Cav. 
 
 Miller, John, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Madison, John, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 O'Connor, Patrick. i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 O'Brian, Daniel, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Prince, Leonartl, loth N. Y. V. 
 
 Parker, Harrison, 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Pfleger, John, 10th N. Y. Cav. Co. E. 
 
 *Palmer, Thomas, 64th N. Y. V. 
 
 Pratt, Samuel W., 64th N. Y. V. 
 
 Petrie, George, 19th U. S. Cav. 
 
 Robinson, John, 83d Pa. Reg. 
 
 Ro.ss, William, Corp. ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Rogers, Samuel S., loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Rogers, Jacob W'., loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Rogers, William A., Sergt. 44th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Russell, Isaac H., 44th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Roeller, Milton. 
 
736 NORTH COLLINS SOLDIERS' RECORD. 
 
 Randall, Byron, " Sidnay's Reg." 
 
 Randall, Hair}-, " Sidna}''s Reg." 
 
 "Rogers, Jerome B., loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Ritter, Francis, 49th N. Y. Inf. 
 
 Sherman, Job B., i i6th N. Y. V., Co. K. 
 
 *Smith, Chester, 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Smith, Egbert, Corp, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Staffin, Peter. 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Staffin, Jacob, 90th N. Y. V. 
 
 Smith, Marcus, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 "Smith. Philip, U. S. V. Navy. 
 
 Smith, William, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Stimpson, John, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Soloman, James, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 Skinner, Nelson S., 12th N. Y. V. 
 
 Stanclift, Edwin J., 10th N. Y. Cav., Co. E. 
 
 Smith, Henry C, 44th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Secrist, Jacob, 97th Reg. 
 
 Smith, Augustin, 27th Battery. 
 
 ''■\Shaller, Joseph, 15th Artillery. 
 
 Saunders, James. 
 
 Taylor, John, 19th U. S. Cav. 
 
 Terhams, Gilliam, 12th N. Y. V. 
 
 Uhls, Silfrey, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Uhls. Frank, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Wysinger, David, Corp. ii6th N. Y. V., Co. K. 
 
 Willett, Homer B., ii6th N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 "Whittemore, Hor^itio G., ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Wolf, Frank, 11 6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Wolf, Andrew, 11 6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Walker, John, 94th N. Y. V. 
 
 West, Francis, 49th N. Y. V. 
 
 Warner, Reuben, 9th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Wood, Charles, looth N. Y. V. 
 
 Way, Elijah, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 '"Winter, John, "900th Scott Cav." 
 
 Zahm, Jacob, U. S. V. armv. 
 
NOK'l'II (Ol.l.IXS SoI.DIilKS KiiCOKD. -^j 
 
 [.isr OK IIIOSI'. WHO W KRK KII.I.Kl) OR I)Ii:i) [ X J 1 1 1-; SKRXICK. 
 
 ]iakcr. Samuel K.. shot in the head and killed at tlie battle 
 of the Wilderness. 
 
 Bennett, PY'rdinand. killed b)- the burstin-^ of a shell at the 
 battle of the Wilderness. 
 
 Cook. John, shot in the head and killed at the battle of Win- 
 chester. 
 
 Harmatin^er, John, died in the hospital at Morj^ans, La. 
 
 Haberer, Georije, died in the hospital near New York, Oct. 
 30. i<S64. 
 
 Leach, .Stephen VI., died of starvation at Anderson\-il]e 
 prison. 
 
 Palmer. Thomas P.. died in New York of wounds receixed at 
 h'air Oaks. 
 
 Rof^ers. Jerome B.. died at home Nov. 15, 1863. 
 
 Smith, Chester, killed July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg. 
 
 Smith. Philip, died in the hospital at the Portsmouth nav\' 
 yard. 
 
 .Shaller, Jose})h, died at home Jan. 18, 1865, of wounds re- 
 ceived at Petersburg. 
 
 Whittemore, Horatio B , died at Baton Rouge. 
 
 FIRST c()N(;ri-:(;a'1'Ion.\l cihrcii of north colfixs. 
 
 The societ}' was organized June 11, 1818. The ori<^inal 
 members consisted of John Stanclift, Sr., a Revolutionary .sol- 
 dier, his sons Timothy, John, Jr., Willard, Jesse, and Sarah, 
 Lucy, Mary and Phebe Stanclift. Being the first church soci- 
 ety organized in township seven, range eight, it recei\ed a gift 
 of one hundred acres of land from the Holland Land compan\-. 
 The land now comprises a part of the farm of Edward Stan 
 clift. The first mention on the records of preaching to the 
 society was b)- Rev. John Spencer. No mention is made of 
 an}' other minister until 1826, when the names of Rev. Lot 
 Sullivan, Rev. Bawlden and Rev. Hiram Smith appear. The 
 church ne\"er had a regular installed p.istor. The societ\- was 
 reorganized Jan. 4, 1881. The present church edifice was 
 built in 1844, Daniel Van Arnem being the builder. 
 
738 THE SOUTHWICK FAMILY. 
 
 Job SoutliAvick's Statement. 
 
 I was born in Queensbury, Washington county, N. Y., Feb. 
 12, 1796. My father's name was George and my mother's 
 maiden name was Lydia Sargent : they were natives of Smith- 
 f^eld, R. I. 
 
 I came to North ColHns in March, 181 1. Enos Southwick, 
 Abram Tucker and Stephen Sisson came in May or June, 
 18 10, and settled near Lawton Station. Nathaniel Sisson, 
 brother of Stephen Sisson, settled here in the Fall of 18 10. I 
 and my brother Jonathan came in March, 181 1. I was fifteen 
 years of age at that time ; we were on the road twenty-eight 
 days ; came with an ox team ; from Buffalo we followed up the 
 beach of the lake to the mouth of the Cattaraugus creek, and 
 from there we came to Taylor's Hollow. 
 
 When we first came to North Collins the nearest mill was at 
 White's Corners ; we went there to mill generally with oxen 
 and sled ; there were no roads and we had to follow Indian 
 trails. At one time I carried a small grist for each of nine dif- 
 ferent families. 
 
 Abram Tucker, Stephen Sisson, Nathaniel Sisson and Enos 
 Southwick were all the white inhabitants in North Collins in 
 1 8 10. The settlers who had located in North Collins up to 
 and including 18 12 were Stephen Sisson, Nathaniel Sisson, 
 Abram Tucker, Samuel Tucker, Moses Tucker, Enos South- 
 wick, Jonathan Southwick, George Southwick, Jr., James 
 Tyrer, Luther Tyrer, John Strang, Stephen White, Stephen 
 Twining, Noah Tripp, Hugh McMillen, Levi Woodward, Syl- 
 venus Bates and myself. 
 
 One time all of us about or near Lawton Station went over 
 to Springville to town meeting on foot ; we went up the Gen- 
 esee road by Woodward's Hollow, and over Townsend hill ; 
 when we came back a dozen or more of us stopped at Cooper's, 
 stayed all night and slept on the floor. Once we had the town 
 meeting at Taylor's Hollow ; the town was twenty-four miles 
 long, east and west. 
 
 I have known wheat to be sold at Taylor's mill at Taylor 
 Hollow for twenty-five cents per bushel. 
 
 The Friends (or Quakers) would not voluntarily pay taxes 
 for war purposes ; some of them would leave money lying on 
 
TiiK sor riiwicK iamilv. 739 
 
 the mantel shelf or some other place where the Collector could 
 <^et it ; others would let their property be levied u[)on. When 
 Harry Sears was Collector, he took a nice yearlinj^ colt of mine 
 up to Springville and sold it for $12 ; my tax was four dollars 
 which he took and returned me eii^ht dollars. 
 
 I settled on lot fort\--three in North Collins, and remained 
 there till 1826, when we moved here where we now live. 
 
 Father died in North Collins in 1824, and mother in 1845. 
 i\I\- oldest sister, (irace, married John Bragg, and died in Au- 
 rora. George married Jane Bowson ; he settled in the Town 
 of Collins ; then sold out and went to Meadville, Pa., where he 
 died. Royal married Christina Langdon ; lived in North Col- 
 lins; sold out, went to Wales and died there. Lydia S. mar- 
 ried Hugh McMillen ; lived in North Collins, where he died, 
 but she died in Iowa. Jonathan married Martha Irish, and 
 they both died in North Collins. Enos married Pauline Bar- 
 ker ; they both died in Gowanda. Hannah married Levi 
 Woodward; she died in Illinois; he died in Concord. 
 
 Job Southwick married Sophia Smith at Tub Town, in Col- 
 hns, in 1816; she is dead ; he lives in the north-east corner of 
 Brant. Mr. Southwick has been Highway Commissioner in 
 the Town of Evans, and Supervisor of the Town of Brant. 
 His children were : 
 
 Phebe, born in 1817; married \\'alter Kimball, lives in Brant. 
 Richard, born in 1819 married Amelia Pound; li\'es in Eden. 
 Wheeler B., born in 1821 ; married Sarah Stafford; died in 
 1864 in the army. Edmond Z., born in 1823; married Mari- 
 etta Clough ; lives in Evans. Priscilla, born in 1825; married 
 Thomas Brunell ; died in 1855. Josiah H., born in 1828; 
 Huldah Ann Hawley ; lives in Evans. Sophia, born in 1835. 
 Stephen, li\es in Evans. Job, Jr., born in 1837; married 
 Phebe A. Smith: li\es in Brant. 
 
 Job Southwick, Jr., attended school at Westfield academy. 
 He was Deput\- clerk under Remington, and "vvas elected Mem- 
 ber of Assembh' from the fifth assembh' district in 188 1. His 
 children are : 
 
 Grace, born in No\-ember, 1865. Georgiana, b(jrn in June, 
 1857. L\-nn, born in October, 1875. 
 
 Job Southwick, Sr., died in 1882. 
 
740 1!I()(;rai'hical sketches. 
 
 Statemeut of Isaac A. Hale. 
 
 My parents came from Connecticut to York state. I was 
 born in 1S03, in the Town of Schoharie, Schoharie count}-, N. 
 Y. My mother died when I was but three years old ; there 
 were four in the family that were not able to take care of 
 themselves. My father broke up house-keeping — the children 
 that were eld enough took care of themselves; father bound 
 one brother to a man by the name of Furguson, two he gave 
 away to two of his neighbors, and I went from place to place 
 for two years, then went to live with a man by the name of 
 Lamb, a hatter. They were a couple of old people, conse- 
 quently I was their pet. The old lady was a weakly woman 
 and I worked in the house part of the time an'd part of the 
 time in the shop and doing chores; lived there for three years 
 when the old lady was taken sick and died ; then Lamb broke 
 up and sold out. I was nine years old at that time and was 
 then bound out to John Lawton until twenty-one years of age, 
 when I was to have a horse, saddle and bridle, to be worth 
 sixty-six dollars, two suits of clothes and a certain amount of 
 schooling. 
 
 In October, 181 5 we moved to North Collins, then a part of 
 the town of Concord and Niagara county. The country then 
 was very new and my chances for schooling were very small. 
 Mr. Lawton had been out to this county in 181 3 and purchased 
 two hundred acres of land, then returned and married a worthy 
 woman by the narru: of Eunice Kimball, and w^hen they moved 
 here in 181 5, they had one child. About 18 17 they moved on 
 to a place on the N orth Clear Creek where there was a mill- 
 seat and where he built a saw-mill and a grist-mill. The 
 year he built his mill was a very wet season and he was put to 
 o-reat expense and everything went wrong. I had to work very 
 hard, but I was well fed and well clothed. I had as good amis- 
 tress as ever was and my master used me well when not excited. 
 I was advised to leave him, but I lived in hopes of better times, 
 and in a few years it was better, and I have the consolation of 
 thinking that I attended strictly to his business as far as cir- 
 cumstances would allow. When the mills were finished he 
 sawed and ground for the whole country far and near. He was 
 a thorough-going man and kept the mills going night and day 
 
lUOGRAl'IllCAL SKKTCIIKS. 74 I 
 
 when there was sufficient water. Had a great run of custom. 
 He sawed for money when he could get it, and he sawed for work, 
 and lie sawed on shares. After main' years the country was 
 cleared up, the water failed and the mills went down. 
 
 Mr. Lawton held most of the different town offices in town. 
 He was the first Supervisor of Collins when that town was 
 organized in 182 I. But the office he liked the best was High- 
 wa\' Commissioner. He did a great deal for the town in that 
 capacity — got what money the town would allow him, cut out 
 the underbrush, girdled the large timber, and through swamps 
 made causeways, as they were called in those days ; now they 
 are called corduroy. This wcn'k was generally let to the lowest 
 bidder, and I have known the corduroy to be built for a shilling 
 a rod. People were poor and would take the jobs to get a 
 little money to pay their taxes. " '■'' " '-^ "" 
 
 One day a man came to the mill and said there was a bear's 
 track across the road. I soon raised five or si.x men and 
 started ; the track bore southwesterly towards the South Clear 
 Creek ; in abcnit two miles we came to a large basswood — the 
 track circled around and went up the tree, wdiere a large prong 
 was broken off there was a hole. W'e went to work and cut the 
 tree almost down. I had no gun and was selected to fell the 
 tree. The men pecked their flints, saw that their priming was 
 all right, and placed themselves so that they would not shoot 
 each other, and said all read}' — and down went the tree with a 
 crash. Up jumps a bear, half bewildered, took a few rounds, 
 came partly towards one of the men who stood posted with gun 
 in hand, and he cries out at the toj) of his voice, '' S/ioot / 
 Shoot/ Shoot.'" The bear took another turn, took her back 
 track and left. Not a man fired a gun. All rushed for the top 
 of the tree and there found one bear stunned and another fast 
 under a shell of a tree. One says " Why didn't \'ou shoot?" 
 another says, " Why d'\d\\\ yon shoot?" "Oh, I was afraid of 
 shooting the dog," but that dog had not molested the bear at 
 all. I went home with m}- axe on my shoulder, and the men 
 with their guns in their hands and dragging the two bears. 
 
 The people here were greatly annoyed by an old she-w^olf ; 
 she haunted us by night and by da\-. killing the sheep and 
 
742 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 carrying off the lambs. She avoided all the hunters and trappers 
 for a long time ; some dogs she mated with, others she whipped 
 severely. One day a neighbor, passing through the woods, 
 saw her with a rabbit in her mouth and concluded that she had 
 young ones. The next day we rallied out, fourteen of us, and 
 strung out in a line in hearing of each other, and started forth ; 
 after a while orders were given to halt, and present!)' the word 
 rung through the line — "We have found the young ones!" 
 Just at that time a man on the farther end of the line saw the 
 old wolf and drew up his gun ; she heard the clamor on the 
 line and wheeled and fled. We took out the young ones, seven 
 in number, and then set spring-guns about the log for two 
 weeks, but none of them were discharged. At that time there 
 was a bounty of thirty dollars a head for young wolves. John 
 Lawton took the scalps to Springville and the Supervisor raised 
 two hundred and ten dollars for us. I received fifteen dollars 
 for m}' share. 
 
 One dark, lowery morning, between daylight and sunrise, I 
 was going throughthe woods with the dog, looking after cows 
 that had lain out over night. I saw the dog was uneasy, but 
 thought no harm of it. All at once the dog gave a yelp and 
 darted between my legs; I looked around and there was the 
 old wolf within ten feet of me. I threw a club and started to 
 run ; she soon came in ahead of me three times before I got to 
 the clearing. That was the first time and the last time that I 
 ever was scared that I remember of. At the time I thought 
 she meant me, but since, I have thought perhaps she meant 
 the dog more than me, but I was scared just the same. 
 
 Now I was one and twent}-. I got up in the morning and 
 breathed the free air and invoked the Higher Powers to help 
 me to be a man. My mistress often gave me good counsel — 
 she sowed good seed in my bosom, which I believe has brought 
 forth more or less good fruit ever since. I settled up with my 
 master in good friendship and remained so through his life. I 
 did not want the horse so he gave me a yoke of steers and a 
 \'earling heifer and some money that he had paid on a piece of 
 land that I had taken of the Holland Company. 
 
BiO(;RAriricAi, skktciies. 743 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 Isaac Hale, born Oct. 16, i<Sc)3; married in North Collins, 
 (then Collins), Sept. 4, 1827; died March 29, 1882. His wife, 
 Phcjcbe Pratt, born in Ontario count}', Au^:^. 21, 1807; died 
 March 26, 1872. Elizabeth, born July 21, 1828; married E. 
 W. Stancliff in 1848. Alexander, born Jan. 22, 1883; married 
 N. Kimball in 1856. David P., born Oct. 24, 1836; married 
 Mercia Potter in 1858. Eunice L., born June 26, 1844; married 
 Evans Potter in 1866. 
 
 Statement of Noah Conger. 
 
 M\' father's name was David Conger; my mother's name was 
 Rachael Wilber ; I was born in Danb\', Rutland county, Vt,, 
 in 1802. Our family consisted of father, mother and eight 
 children ; came from Vermont to North Collins, (then Con- 
 cord), in the Spring of 18 17. We brought a span of horses, 
 a yoke of oxen and two cows ; came through in twenty-one 
 days. Brought our provisions and cooked our own victuals and 
 slept in our own beds made upon the floor; we stopped on the 
 Mohawk river, got the use of a big Dutch oven and baked a 
 bushel and a half of flour into bread which lasted us to near 
 Batavia. There we bought a bushel of wheat (all the miller 
 had), got it ground and made it into bread. We had a barrel 
 of pork, and the pork and bread and the milk of the two cows 
 furnished us our living. When we arrived in North Collins we 
 purchased of Henry Tucker one hundred acres, six acres im- 
 proved. The log-house which ^ve first occupied had no win- 
 dows and but one door. We brought no furniture with us and 
 father set about making certain articles ; his kit of tools con- 
 sisted of an axe and auger. I made a cross-legged table; the 
 top was split and hewed out of a whitewood tree, made stools 
 for seats; and one-legged bedsteads to sleep on, with elm or 
 basswood bark for bed-cords. 
 
 At the time we came to this county there was for a year or 
 two a great scarcity of provisions, and it was with the greatest 
 difficulty that some families managed to live through. 
 
 Among our neighbors who endured the greatest privations 
 was one Joseph Woodward, '\vhose family consisted of a wife 
 and three small children. That Spring Woodward went to 
 
744 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Hambui'ij and bought some seed-corn, and after planting had 
 a peck left ; he then went to Jacob Taylor's to buy some more 
 corn and all that Taylor would spare him was another peck. 
 They had no meat and all the provisions they did have from 
 that time until their Winter wheat was so far advanced to be 
 eatable was the half bushel of corn. They lived mostly on 
 leeks, ground nuts and other roots that they dug in the woods, 
 and on buds and the bark of birch, basswood and other trees. 
 Mrs. Woodward spent much time in procuring roots, bark, &c., 
 from the woods, without which they would have inevitably 
 starved, as what few neighbors they had were unable to aid 
 them materially, being but little better off themselves. Mr. 
 Woodv/ard was not strong and sometimes became so weak for 
 the want of food as to be unable to work and felt almost like 
 gixing up in despair, and it w^as only through the great energy, 
 courage and perseverance of Mrs. Woodward that the famil)- 
 survived their many hardships. After their wheat began to 
 ripen they fared much better. They cut off the heads and 
 rubbed out the wheat with their hands, even while it was in 
 the milk and scalded with birch-bark and basswood buds and ate 
 it. Mrs. Woodward is still living at a ver\' great age. She 
 resides with her granddaughter, Mrs. Clark Alger, in the Town 
 of Concord. 
 
 In i8i8 we raised some oats and we threshed them with a 
 flail ard cleared them with a hand-fan. I went and worked 
 two days for Lemuel White for the use of his wagon and father 
 Avent to Buffalo and took fort\' bushels of oats and some buck- 
 wheat, etc. He was gone four days, took his own feed with 
 him and slept in his wagon. He could not sell his oats for 
 money, so he traded the forty bushels for a barrel of salt, sold 
 his meal and buckwheat and bought a piece of sole leather for 
 tapping boots and shoes, and half a pound of tea which lasted 
 a long time, for we only used it on special occasions. 
 
 At this time, and years before and afterward a large she-wolf 
 infested this part of the town, and did great damage b\- killing- 
 sheep and carrying off lambs. One evening I went over to 
 Mr. Woodward's, about a mile from our house, and on my 
 return through the woods and in the darkness, I suddenly heard 
 the terrible and prolonged howls of the old wolf near by. In- 
 
I 
 
 lilOCRAlMlICAL SKKTCIIKS. 745 
 
 stantly my hair was on end. ai.d my hat elevated. I had no 
 weapon of anv kind to defend myself with, and I thought run- 
 ning was the' wisest as well as the most natural thing to do. 
 I d\d not stand on the order of my going but ran at once. I 
 think I made better time that night than I ever did on any 
 other occasion; I doubt if the professional runners now-a-days 
 could better it. When 1 got within hailing distance of the 
 house I made an outcry and some of the family came out with 
 a light, and as I scaled the fence into the yard by the house, 
 the^old wolf went o\'er at the same time near by me. I went 
 back the next day and looked over the ground. As a race it 
 was about an even thing, and I saw where I jumped over a 
 small ravii^.e, and the distance was twice as far as I could jump 
 under ordinary circumstances. 
 
 In the Fall of 1819, when about eighteen years of age, I 
 started to go to Vermont on foot. I went through in twelve 
 days a.;d it rained or snowed every day. On the nth day of 
 February. 1 started to return on foot with a pack of cloth weigh- 
 ing forty-three and a half pounds on my back, and came through 
 ii^ten days, being a distance of four hundred miles or more. I 
 spent only three dollars and fifty cents on the route both ways, 
 and did not beg anythii^g either. 
 
 Mr. Conger is a very respectable and well-to-do farmer of 
 North Colli'i^s. Physically, he is large, and has been a strong, 
 athletic and powerful man. 
 
 Family Record: Moses married Miss Wood and lives m 
 Collins.' Joseph married Miss Foster and lives in ColHns. 
 .Ansel F. married Miss Sisson, and lives in Gowanda. Noel 
 married Miss Bartlett, and lives West. David married a 
 daughter of Stephen Foster; lives in Collins. Sarah Ann mar- 
 ried'' a Mr. Flowers, and lives in Versailles. Rachel married 
 Henrx- W. Curtis and lives in Brant. Zubia married Oba- 
 diah 'Edmonds and lives in Ripley. Betsy married Daniel C. 
 
 Brown and lives in Collins. Helen married Mr. .and 
 
 lives on the old homestead with him. 
 
 Statement of Isaiu- AVo<mUv:u<1. 
 
 Though my father settled in North Collins in 181 i, and was 
 the first^ man ever married in that town, but being his third 
 
746 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 child, my recollections do not dat-e back as far as some men 
 who are still living and who might have written something 
 more interesting than I can. 
 
 I was born in the year i8ii, and my earliest recollections 
 date back to the Summer of 1819, when I was first sent to 
 school. My recollection is not clear enough to describe the 
 old school-house, which was situated at the western terminus of 
 the Cattaraugus or Genesee road, and was soon after pulled 
 down to give room for quite a respectable frame house. The 
 mode of punishing scholars at that time was somewhat peculiar 
 and I must say in cases very cruel. I remember in my own 
 case, for some slight offence, I was placed between two girls, 
 which so frightened me that I set up such a hallowing that the 
 teacher was glad to let me go back to my own seat (but I do 
 not suppose that my " hollering" had anything to do with the 
 naming of " Woodward's Hollou.' " 1. 
 
 Our immediate neighborhood was settled mostly by Quakers 
 — as sober, honest and industrious a people as ever lived. They 
 all went to meeting twice a week, viz., on Sundays and 
 Wednesdays, or as they called them the first and fourth days, 
 for by their rules they were not allowed to speak the names of 
 the days of the week ; they frequently held sessions of two 
 hours' duration without a word being spoken, as no one was 
 permitted to speak in their meetings who was not moved upon 
 by the spirit to do so. They never drank any of the ardent, 
 but those not belonging to the Quakers always kept a jug of 
 whiskey in the house with which to treat a neighbor or friend, 
 and I have heard my father say that he would have been 
 ashamed not to ha\e had whiskc\- in his house to treat his 
 minister when he called on him. 
 
 I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with 
 bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well 
 thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in 
 the woods, but I remember having seen James and Luther Tyrer 
 carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do 
 not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive but I frequently 
 heard them howl. One old wolf in particular was the pest of 
 the neighborhood ; for one whole season she mated with a 
 large dog belonging to my father. They ran together killing 
 
BIOCKAl'llHAI. SKKTCHKS. 74/ 
 
 sheep, aiul when the cIol; came home at n'\<^h{ the wolf woultl 
 follow nearl\' to tlie house aiul m;ike the m"L;ht hideous with 
 her howlini;'. The dog" was suffered to Ii\'e for a long time, 
 hoping" b}- that means to capture the wolf, but he was finally 
 hanged b)- ni}- indignant grandmother. The wolf was after- 
 wards caught in a trap by Samuel Tucker and the neighbor- 
 hood again enjox'ed a season of rest. 
 
 Though the west part of the town was settled before my re- 
 membrance, the eastern portion was not much settled before 
 the year 1830, and when it began to be settled in earnest that 
 portion south of the Cattaraugus or Genesee road was called 
 New Michigan, and that portion on the north was called New 
 Oregon. New Oregon was settled mostly by Germans, and it 
 was as great a sight for children at that time to see a lot of 
 these men and women, dressed in their uncouth manner, with 
 a bag of grain on their heads going to mill as it was to see a 
 circus. They passed my father's house and some of them 
 went as far as eight miles to Lawton's mill, in that primitix'e 
 manner. 
 
 It is \-er}' common to hear old people speak of the hardships 
 and i)ri\ations of the earl\' settlers, but as far back as m}' ex- 
 perience goes and my recollection serves me, farmers and their 
 wives enjo\'ed themselves better than they do now. The\' 
 lived on what they raised : most e\ery man's \-ard was filled 
 with fowls, and eggs and chickens were no rarity on the poor- 
 est man's table : pork was but poorly fattened and but few- 
 kept it the year round ; but sheep were plent\' and cheap, and 
 mutton w as the poor man's meat through the Summer ; where 
 now only the wealthiest can indulge in that luxur\-. Most 
 everybody kept a few cows, nuiking butter and cheese, which 
 they ate at home, but dair\-men now can scarce e\en afford to 
 eat cheese. 
 
 People were more friendl}- and si)ciable with each other then 
 than now, and on Winter exenings would yoke their oxen and 
 such glorious sleigh rides we had — no snow-drifts then — and 
 such glorious times we had at spelling-schools and bussing bees. 
 Young people enjo\-ed themsehes much better than they do 
 in the ball-room to-da\', and were I \-oung again. I could think 
 
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748 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 of no happier place on this earth than to be placed again far 
 in the wilderness, with a few generous souls to keep me com- 
 pany, surrounded by everything again as I was in my youth, 
 with nothing left out but profanity and whiskey. 
 
HKXiKAI'lllCAL SKK'I'CIIKS. 749 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF NORTH 
 
 COLLINS. 
 
 The town of Shirlc)-, now North Collins, was erected b)- the 
 Hoard of Supervisors, No\^ 24, 1852. The first town meeting 
 was held at the house of Henry \V. Curtis, March I, 1853. 
 Lyman Clark, Edwin W. (lodfrey and Charles C. Kirb)- were 
 appointed to preside at this meeting. The next year the name 
 of Shirley u^as changed to North Collins. 
 
 Nicholas Boardway. 
 
 Mr. Boardwa}' was born in South Buffalo, Eeb. 13, 1835, and 
 came to North Collins when five years old, where he has since 
 resided. He now owns and cultivates a farm of two hundred 
 and three acres. 
 
 He was orderly sergeant of company G, — th Regiment, 
 National Home Guards, and was a member at the time the 
 regiment was disbanded. Mr. B. was married in 1858 to Kate 
 Landman, who was born August 27, 1838. The\- ha\'e eight 
 children, viz: 
 
 George N., born May 13. 1839. Michael H., born h\'b. 15. 
 1 861. Mary V., born Eeb. 14, 1863. Joseph, born May 13, 
 1866. Hannah H., born Sept. 17, 1868. Albert B., born March 
 17, 1 87 1. Emma ^L, born June 24 1875. Clarence E., born 
 Dec. 18. 1879. 
 
 Xioliolas IBoaver. 
 
 Mr. Beaver was born March 3, 1824, in 1"" ranee. twent\--four 
 miles from the city of Strasburg. When six years old he 
 removed with his parents to Eden, Erie county N. Y. When 
 twent\--three years of age he located on the Genesee Road, in 
 the west part of Concord, where he li\ed until 1864, when he 
 
750 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 disposed of his farm and moved to his present farm in North 
 CoHins. He has been twice married, first in 1844, second in 
 1868. He has eleven children ; eight b}-his first wife and three 
 by his second wife. 
 
 Mr. Beaver's paternal grandfather was a soldier of Napoleon, 
 and was with him through his campaigns, from the burning of 
 Moscow, to his final defeat at Waterloo. He died at the age 
 of one hundred years. 
 
 George Barriuger. 
 
 Mr. Barringer was born in the town of Wurtemburg, Ger. 
 many, Jan. 24, 1831. He came from there to Buffalo, Aug. 27, 
 1847, and worked at chairmaking in that cit\' about fifteen 
 months. He then removed to Shirh", in the tovvn of North 
 Collins and engaged in wagon making, which he followed at 
 that place for twent}-six years, when he moved to North Col- 
 lins village, where he still follows the same business. 
 
 He was married in 1854, to Emih' A. Randall. They have 
 had three children, viz : 
 
 Henrietta died in 1S73. Ella E. died in 1868. Jennie, born 
 June 5, 1872. 
 
 Mr. Barringer has a good war record. He enlisted Sept. 10. 
 1862, Compan}' eight, first Regiment, New York State Sharp 
 Shooters ; went into camp for the Winter at Washington and 
 Arlington Heights. In the Spring of 1863, he took part in the 
 siege of Suffolk under General Peck. In July of the same 
 year he joined the Army of the Potomac at Waterford, Va., 
 and during the following year he took part in the battle of the 
 Wilderness, Spottsylvania, C. H., Laurel Hill, mine explosion 
 at Petersburg and capture of Welden R. R., where he was taken 
 prisoner, Aug. 19, 1864, and taken to Libby and Belie Isle 
 prisons, but was paroled at the expiration of forty-nine days. 
 He was then transferred to the hospital at Annapolis, Md., 
 where he was discharged in June, 1865. 
 LiOAvis S. Clark. 
 
 Lewis S. Clark was born in Hamburg, Erie count}-. N. Y.^ 
 Jan. 2, 1823, has resided in North Collins since 1836 and is a 
 farmer. He was married July 4, 1848, to Louisa A. White, and 
 has ten children : 
 
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 Gcortre A., Frank L., Mary. Charles, Albert. Henry. Harri- 
 son, Emma. Ella and William Henry. 
 
 Mr. Clark's i;reat grandfather, Henry Clark, came from 
 Danb\'. Vt., in 1806, his grandfather, Nathan Clark, accompany- 
 ing him. Each purchased of the Holland Company two hun- 
 dred acres of land for which the\' j^aid $2.25 per acre. The 
 r^rie county fair grounds now occupy a portion of their pur- 
 chase. They built three log cabins and returned to Vermont. 
 In March, 1807, the}- came back wilh their families. Elisha 
 Clark, another member of the family came with them. Henry 
 Clark had a family of ten children. Nathan also had ten, one 
 of whom, Samuel, the father of Lewis, was born in Danby, 
 Vt., June 4, 1796, and died in North Collins 1870. He served 
 in the war of 1812. He married Sylvia Foote, a native of 
 Connecticut and a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher's mother. 
 She was born in 1780 and died in 1852. She had three chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Eliza Ann married Ansel \\\ Stickney. Lewis S. and L^ri. 
 
 David Conger. 
 
 David Conger, son of Ruth and Enoch Conger, was born in 
 Danby, Vt. He came to North Collins in June, 1817, where 
 he died in 1823. He married Rachel Wilbur. Their children 
 are as follows : 
 
 Marion, born in 1801, married James Ray and died in Min. 
 nesota in 1880. Noel, born June 30th, 1802, and has been 
 twice married ; first, to Betsey Sherman, second, to Susan 
 Ogden, and resides in North Collins. Sally, born in 1804, mar. 
 ried Stephen White and lives in California. Moses, born in 
 1806 and died when twelve years of age. Ann, born in 1.808, 
 married Ansil Ford and reside in Michigan. George, born in 
 1810, married Eliza Hoag and lives in Michigan. Abram,born 
 in 1812, married Anna Hunt and resides in North Collins. 
 Stephen, born in 1813, married Adelia Eaton and died in North 
 Collins in 1S75. 
 
 Stoplit'ii "\V. Connor. 
 
 Mr. Conger was born in North Collins, March 12. 1847. His 
 father's name was Stephen Conger. His mother's maiden name 
 was Fidelia Eaton. He was marneci in 1866 to Marv E. 
 
752 i;i()GRAPHRAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Landon, daughter of Luther Landon. Mr. Coni^^er has always 
 resided in North CoHins, is a successful farmer, an occupation 
 which he has always followed. 
 
 Stephen Conger. 
 
 Mr. Conger was a son of David Conger. He was born in 
 Tinmouth, Vt., Jan. 28, 18 14, and came to North Collins with 
 his father's family when fi\'e \'ears old. When fifteen years 
 old he went into the unbroken forest on lot eighteen, and 
 carved out for himself a farm, experiencing during the time 
 those incidents and hardships connected with early pioneer 
 life. His brother, George, aged nineteen, and Abram, aged 
 seventeen, took land adjoining at the same time. Mr. Conger 
 lived upon the farm he transformed from the wilderness in his 
 youth, until his death Jan. 25, 1877. He was married in 1834 
 to Fidelia Eaton, who was born Feb. 25, 181 3, in Springville. 
 
 They had three children: Rachael, born June 24, 1838; 
 Stephen W., mentioned elsewhere; Portia, born Sept. 8, 1850. 
 
 Dennis Dillingham. 
 
 Mr. Dillingham was born in North Collins Oct. 6, 1852. His 
 father's name was James Dillingham and his mother's maiden 
 name was Beulah Willet. Mr. Dillingham has always resided 
 in North Collins and vicinity, except about six years spent in 
 Michigan. He is a farmer by occupation and was married in 
 1871 to Ella Philbrick. He has two brothers, William a tobac- 
 conist, living in Buffalo, and Gurney O., the present School 
 Commissioner of the third district of Erie county. 
 
 Abram Foster. 
 
 Mr. Foster's grandfather, William Foster, came over from 
 England during the Revolution as a captain in Burgoyne's 
 army, and was taken prisoner at Saratoga. Mr. Foster was 
 born in Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept 3, 1816, and came from 
 thereto what is now North Collins in November, 1824, with his 
 father, Warren Foster, who drove an ox team the entire dis- 
 tance. Mr. Forter has always resided in North Collins and pur- 
 sued the vocation of farming. He was married in 1839 to 
 Amanda Sisson. Mr. Foster served in the capacity of coroner 
 
BIOGKAPHlCAT, SKETCHES. 753 
 
 ■one term and from 1S41 to '45, he held a commission from 
 Governor Seward as captain of a rifle company, attached to the 
 96th Regiment of the state militia. He was also enrollinc^ 
 officer for the Town of North Collins during; the draft in time 
 of the Rebellion. 
 
 Hen jam in iiortlory. 
 
 Benjamin (iodfery was born at W'estport, Conn., m 1782. In 
 about 1 8 14, he came to Taylor Hollow, formerly called Angola 
 and kept a grist mill for five years, after which he removed to a 
 farm known as the Smith Sherman farm, where he was engaged 
 in farming up to the time of his death, which took place in 
 1828. His widow survived him many years dying in 1869, at 
 the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His children are as 
 follows: George R., born in 1804, married Lydia Hudson and 
 died in North Collins in 1843. CHiarles, born in 1806, married 
 Polly Wells and resides in Nebraska. Mary Ann, born in 1808, 
 married James Kerr and died in North Collins in 1833. Eleanor, 
 born in 181 1, married P^lijah Kerr and died in 1833. She raised 
 one daughter, who married Dr. John D. Arnold. Esther, born in 
 1813 and died young. Leander, born in 181 5 and died in 1839. 
 Edwin, born in 18-0, married a Stratton and lives in North 
 Collins. 
 
 Ertwin AV. Oortfery. 
 
 Edwin W. (iodfery was born in Angola. Erie county, N. V. 
 in 1820. When tw'elve years of age he entered the employ of 
 Abner and John Sherman, with whom he remained until he 
 was eighteen, receiving for his services $100 and a new suit of 
 clothes. In 1842 he entered into partnership with John Sher- 
 man, with whom he continued until 1 865, after which he car- 
 ried on business with otliLM' parties until 1872, when he was 
 appointed Postmaster of North Collins, which office he now 
 holds. 
 
 Mr. Godfery has for nian\- years been one of the most useful 
 and active men of North Collins, taking a deep interest in 
 everything promotive of the welfare of the community. He 
 has largely enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens, having 
 been called to represent his district in the Legislature in 1864, 
 
754 BIOCRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 and we also find his name associated with many of the town 
 offices of North Collins, he bjing Supervisor for six years and 
 also filling various other town offices, all of which he filled with 
 honor to himself and credit to his constituents. The names of 
 his children are : 
 
 Theron, born Dec. lO, 1845, '^'id resides in North Collins- 
 George, March 23d, 1856, and died Sept. 16, 1S56. 
 
 Eiios S. Hibbard. 
 
 Enos S. Hibbard was born in North Collins, April 24, 1841,. 
 where he has ever since claimed residence. His father, Thomas. 
 S. Hibbard, was an old resident of North Collins, and died in 
 1881. His mother, Clarinda South wick, was a daughter of 
 Enos Southwick, Esq., of Gowanda. 
 
 Mr. Hibbard was married in 1867 to H. Josephine Hall, of 
 Rochester, N. Y., who was born Aug. 14, 1846. They have six 
 children, as follows: 
 
 Hoyt R., born March 30, 1871. Howard G., born March 19. 
 1873. Irene, born April 4, 1875. Clarinda, born July 3, 1876. 
 Fred L., born Oct. 21, 1878. Edgar H., born Sept. 11, 1880, 
 
 Mr. Hibbard did his country good service during the Rebel- 
 lion. He enlisted Sept. 24, 1861, in Company D, Tenth New 
 York cavalry. He lay in camp at Gettysburg during the Win- 
 ter of 1861-62. The first engagement he took part in was at 
 Brandy's Station, June 9, 1863. He participated in the battles 
 of Upperville, Gettysburg, Sheridan's raid (May 9th to 25th), 
 Cold Harbor, Sheridan's raid to Travillion Station, June 7th to 
 28th, 1864, Lee's Mills, Roynton Plank Road, Spotts)'Ivania 
 Court House, mine explosion at Petersburg, and the final sur- 
 render at Appomattox Court House. He was mustered out of 
 service at Washington Jul}' 1, 1865. He was Commissary Ser- 
 geant of his company. 
 
 Mr. Hibbard is and has been for three years past Secretary 
 of the Republican County Committee. His residence at North 
 Collins is undoubted!}' the finest in his town. 
 
 Michael Hunter. 
 
 Michael Hunter, a native'^^of France, was born in 1831, and 
 came to North Collins in 1836, where he now resides. In 
 
KIOGRArillCAL SKKTCUKS. 755 
 
 June, 1852. he married Lyclia Potter, daui^rhter of Henry Pot- 
 ter, who was born in Now Bedford, Mass. and died in North 
 ColHns in 1845. ^^^'- 1 1 uiiter is engai^ed in farniini;- and hotel 
 keeping, being proprietor of the North Colhns House. 
 
 Mr. Hunter has possessed the confidence of his townsmen, 
 and has from time to time been honored with various offices of 
 trust and responsibility. He was elected to the Board of 
 Supervisors in 1S72-73-74. and officiated as Justice of the 
 peace for eight consecutive years, and also as Town Clerk for 
 three \'ears. 
 
 He attended school at Marshfield, where the school was 
 taught by Dr. William A. Sibley, he being the only scholar of 
 foreign birth in attendance at that time. His children are as 
 follows ; 
 
 Emmons, born Vch. 28, 1853; married in 1873 to Libbie 
 Hussey. Millard, born Sept. 4, 1854; married in 1875 to Cora 
 Rogers. Henry, born Aug. 19. 1856, and died April 8, 1859. 
 William, born Oct. 25, 1858 Alice, born Nov. 26, i860. Em- 
 ma, born June 3, 1863. Harvey, born Aug. 2, 1872. 
 
 Henry Josliii. 
 
 Three brothers named Joslin came from England about two 
 hundred years ago ; two of them settled in Boston, Mass., and 
 the other, who was Mr. Joslin's ancestor, in Newport, R. I. 
 He had seven sons and two daughters, and those seven sons 
 each had seven sons and two daughters ; each generation was 
 named after the one preceding, so there were forty-nine sons 
 and fourteen daughters having only nine names. One of those 
 seven sons, named Henry, great-grandfather of Mr. Joslin, 
 married and lived to be ninety years of age, .md his wife 104, 
 His seven sons were: 
 
 John, Henry and Thomas, wlio wore ministers ; Thomas was 
 also a lawyer, and was sent from East Cireenwich, R. 1., to the 
 Legislature three times. Treeborn, a doctor. Benjamin, a 
 farmer, who owned 1,150 acres of land in White Creek, N. \. 
 Potter, also a farmer, and Clark. 
 
 Henry, grandfather of Mr. Joslin, was born at Flxeter, R. I., 
 in 1757, and died at Broadalbin, now Inilton county, X. V., 
 
756 BIOtiRArHICAI. SKETCHES. 
 
 ill 181 3. He married Mary Tift, of Rhode Island, who died 
 about 1834. They had three sons and two daughters, viz.: 
 
 J. T., a minister. Dutee and Henr\', farmers, and Patt\' and 
 Betsy. 
 
 Henry, father of Mr. JosHn, was bo -n Jan. 28, 1788. in Hop- 
 kinton, R. I. He came from what is now P\ilton county, N. 
 ^^, to what is now North ColHns, in the Summer of 18 1 7, and 
 purchased two hundred and fift)' acres of hmd on lot thirty, 
 township seven, range eight. He moved his family the subse- 
 quent Spring. He had a good education for those days and 
 kept school. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1823, and 
 held the office until his death, Dec. 23, 1827; he was also 
 elected Supervisor in 1827. He married Ruth Jennings in 
 1810, who died in 1866, aged seventy-two years. They had five 
 children : 
 
 Mar\' married Thomas Hendr}- ; resides in Canadea, N. Y. 
 Cornelia married James Paxson ; resides at Richmond, Ill- 
 Nancy married Whiting Howland, and died in 1843 i^i Wiscon- 
 sin. Jane married James H. White ; resides at Port Allegany, 
 Pa.; and 
 
 Henry, the subject of this sketch, who was born Nov. 
 25, 1 8 19, in what is now North Collins, where he has resided 
 most of the time since. He helped build the mills at Clarks- 
 burg in 1839, ''^^1^ subsequentl}' followed the occupation of car- 
 penter fourteen years : now a farmer ; he has been Assessor of 
 his town eleven years, and Justice of the Peace two terms ; he 
 was married in 1846 to Emeline Clark. The}' have had si.x 
 children, viz.: 
 
 Helen, born March 20, 185 i ; died July 13, 1852. Hortense 
 Josephine, born June 20. 1854; married in 1874 to William L. 
 Elderkin. George Henry, born Aug. 28, 1856. Ruth Geannie, 
 born Dec. 31, 1858; married in 1881 to W'illiam Golm. Eugene 
 Monroe, born Dec. 8, i860; died Sept. 3, 1862. Mary Eme- 
 line, born Aug. 10, 1866. 
 
 Charles C. Kirby. 
 
 Charles C. Kirby, of Shirley, North Collins, N. Y., was bont 
 in the Town of Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y., May 29, 1823 
 His parents were from Dartmouth, Mass.; his father, Silas. 
 
r.ioGRAi'iiuAi, sKi:rcin:s. 757 
 
 Kirby, who died in 1861 at the a^^e of scvcnty-ninc years, was 
 of Scotch descent, and his mother, Deborah Crapo Kirby, wli<> 
 died in the year 1866 a^^cd eighty years, was of Kn^rlish descent . 
 In 1S2S, the family moved to Erie county, and settled m the 
 Town of Collins (now North Collins), on lot forty-two, town- 
 ship seven, ran^-e eight, and, in 1835, moved to the village now 
 called Shirley, and engaged in the business of store and tavern- 
 
 keei:)ing. 
 
 In 1843, the subject of this sketch commenced for himself 
 in the mercantile business at Shirley; in 1845, was a partner 
 with Lemuel M. White. 
 
 In 1846, he was married to Patience G. Sisson, daughter ot 
 Joseph Sisson . Have had four children : Alice Rebecca who 
 died in 1855 ; Charles Wentworth, Alice Jane and Carrie May. 
 In 1847, was a partner with Paul H.White, and continued with 
 him in the mercantilebusiness until 1855. In i845,was appointed 
 and commissioned by Governor Wright, as Quartermaster of 
 the One Hundred and Ninety-eighth regiment, N. Y. S. militia, 
 and served in that capacity for four years. In 1849, was elected 
 Justice of the Peace, held the office twenty-four years ; was 
 elected Supervisor of North Collins in 1858, '59 and '60, and 
 '75 and '-JT^ has -erved as Town Clerk, Overseer of the Poor 
 and Collector, and as School District Clerk for thirty-four years 
 in succession, and now holds the office of Notary Public. _ In 
 1867, was appointed Postmaster at Shirley, and held the office 
 for thirteen years. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. Kirby moved onto his farm and commenced 
 farming, and has ever since continued in that business. In 
 1867, he built a cheese factory at Shirley, and engaged in the 
 manufacture of cheese, after which he owned and occupied a 
 number of factories in North Collins, Brant and Eden, and still 
 continues the dairy and cheese-making business. 
 
 .Tames Leu«x. 
 
 Mr. Lenox's father, (ieorge Lenox, came to Collins from the 
 North of Ireland, between 1825 and '30. He died in 1871. 
 
 Mr. Lenox was born in Collins, April 16, 1834; has always 
 lived in Collins and North Collins; is a farmer and has been 
 
758 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Assessor in North Collins six years. He lost two brothers in 
 the late War : 
 
 William, a member of the Tenth New York Cavalry, com- 
 pany D, was shot at Bristow Station, and George, who entered 
 the service with an infantry regiment from Ohio, and was 
 wounded and taken prisoner in Sherman's march to the sea; 
 died of starvation in Libby prison. 
 
 Mr. Lenox was married, in 1S54, to Ruth Washburne. They 
 have three children : 
 
 Sarah, born Dec. 8, 1858; married Sumner Taylor; resides 
 in North Collins. Elwin, born Oct. 14, 1862. Francis, born 
 Oct. 16, 1866. 
 
 E. H. Lawtoii. 
 
 Mr. Lawton was born in what is now North Collins, Jan. 31, 
 1829 : has alwa}'s been a resident of the town and engaged in 
 farming, and for the past four or five years has been a mer- 
 chant. He is also Postmaster and Station Agent at Lawton's 
 Station. He is a son of John Lawton, an early pioneer of 
 Collins, referred to in another part of tl-is work. 
 
 Mr. Lawton was married in 1850 to Lydia M. Sisson, daugh- 
 ter of W. M. Sisson. They have three children living, viz.: 
 
 Clarence F., born Sept. 9, 1853 ; married in 1881 to S. Ella 
 Sperry. Edwin G., born Aug. 29, 1857; died Juh- 17, 1864. 
 Willie S., born May 29, i860. Florence, born Jan. 3, 1866. 
 
 NiolioUjs LaAVinam. 
 
 Nicholas Lawman, son of Baltz and Margaret Lawman, a 
 native of Prussia, was born .Sept. 23, 1843, '^''"^' came to America 
 in 1850. Li 1 87 1, he married Frances Dengel, who was born 
 in PufTalo, Nov. 26, 1854. After marriage he followed farm- 
 ing for several years, but now runs a meat uiarket at North 
 Collins. Mr. Lawman is an acti\'e, industrious man, com- 
 manding the respect of those with whom he associates. In 
 1872, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which ot^ce he held 
 for eight years. His opportunities for an early education were 
 very limited, but by applying" himself diligently to study, he 
 acquired a good practical education. When twent}'-fi\'e \-ears 
 of age he attended school at Collins Center and Gowanda, after 
 
lUOCRAIMIICAI. SKKTCIIKS. 759 
 
 which he taught school. He enlisted Dec. 26, 1863, under 
 Captain John H. Eaton, in the Twenty-sexeiith New York Regi- 
 ment, and was discharged June 22, 1865. He participated in 
 the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and the siege of 
 Petersburg. His grandfather was a soldier under Napoleon, 
 and witnessed the burning of Moscow. The}- ha\'e four chil- 
 dren, viz.: 
 
 William G., born Oct. 4, 1873. Loui.sa, born No\-. 18. 1876. 
 Mary J., born Oct. 14, 1878. Fred G., born July 9, 1880. 
 
 Xelsoii Paliuor. 
 
 Mr. Palmer's grandfather was from England. His father, 
 William Palmer, came from Danby, Vt., and located on lot ten, 
 range eight, North Collins, in the Spring of 1815, where he 
 lived until his death in 1859. He took at first an ar:icle for one 
 hundred acres, and afterward addeci to it by purchase. 
 
 Nelson Palmer was an infant when his father came to Col- 
 lins. He has lixed in the town most of the time since and has 
 always been a farmer. He was married in i846to Emily Raid- 
 win, daughter of Jeremiah Baldwin, one of the first settlers of 
 I'Vedonia, N. Y. They ha\-e two children, viz.: 
 
 Alanson, born April 30, 1848. Julia, born March 5, 1851. 
 
 Siuith B. Pratt. 
 
 Mr. Pratt's father, John G. Pratt, was born Aug. 2, 1813, in 
 Macedon, N. Y., and came to Collins when twelve years of age 
 where he had always resided until his death in March 20, 1869 
 He was one of Collins hardy and respected pioneers. He was 
 married in 1835 to Mar)- Bartlett, daughter of Smith Bartlett. 
 
 .Smith B. Pratt was born in North Collins, June 6, 1844, 
 where he has always resided. Is a farmer. He was married in 
 1868, to Mary Foster. The}' ha\e one child, viz.: 
 
 Jesse, born Dec. 19, 1874. 
 
 Gilbert Pratt. 
 
 Gilbert Pratt, son of Asa and Sarah Pratt, was born May 15, 
 1834. In 1868 he married Mary Orr, daughter of Leander and 
 Alvira Orr. He ncnv owns and occupies the farm formerly 
 owned b\- his father. He had a famil\- of five children, of 
 
760 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 whom two died in infancy, the names of the remaining three 
 are: W'ilhe, born August I, 1869; Lucy, born Aug. 18, 1874; 
 George, born July i, 1877. 
 
 Samuel W. Pratt. 
 
 The Pratt famil\- were among the very earliest settlers' of 
 Buffalo. Capt. Samuel Pratt and his family having come from 
 Vermont and settled at Buffalo, then called New Amsterdam, 
 in 1804. W'hen they arrived in Buffalo, Main street was not 
 even fenced in. It was filled with stumps and only here and 
 there on the present site of Buffalo were patches of clearing. 
 Altogether there was not a dozen houses, and only a few of 
 these were framed. There was mereh' a path or wagon track 
 down the river to Black Rock. The terrace was an open spot 
 covered with green turf, and was a favorite sporting place and 
 play ground of the Indians. On this spot soon after coming, 
 he built his log cabin. Captain Pratt and several of his sons 
 became conversant with the Indian language. The Indians 
 considered them their true friends and it is said Red Jacket 
 frequently came to counsel with Pascal P. Pratt, a son of Cap- 
 tain Pratt. After coming to Buffalo the Pratts became at once 
 prominently identified with the interests of zhc place and ha\-e 
 continued so up to the present time; having occupied various 
 positions of public trust. Hiram Pratt, son of Captain Pratt? 
 was mayor at one time and Samuel F. Pratt, a grandson of Cap- 
 tain Pratt, was the first president of the Female Acadeni)'. Ben- 
 jamin Wells Pratt, son of Captain Pratt, and father of Samuel 
 \V. Pratt, was born Oct. 8, 1796. in Vermont, and was conse- 
 quenth' eight }'ears of age when his father with his famih' 
 mo\-ed to Buffalo. At tlie time Buffalo was burned, he was 
 at Brattleboro, \'l., pursuing a couse of studies preparatory to 
 entering college. The embarrassment which the burning of 
 the embryo city brought upon the Pratt family, obliged him to 
 give up his cherished plan of self-improvement. He returned 
 to Buffalo where he married Fann\' Metcher in 1824, the \-ear 
 following he took up his residence on a farm in Collins, where 
 he lived till his death, aged se\-ent}--one \-ears. He had five 
 children \iz. : .Samuel W., married Eunice K. Lord; Fied. 
 
bi()(;rapiiical sketches. 761 
 
 married Eliza Stratton, resides at Titusvillc, Pa. ; Esther, mar- 
 ried George Sherman, resides at Marietta, C). ; Jcrusha, married 
 Wallace French aiul is now dead; h'ann)-, married Nathan 
 Sisson, resides at Marietta, O. They were all born in Collins 
 except Samuel W., the eldest, who was born in Buffalo, Oct. 8 
 1826, he was married Jan. 5, 1858, and has always been a resi- 
 dent of Collins. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. A. 64th 
 N. V. v., and served three years. He was wounded May 10, 
 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness by a shot in the right 
 thigh, rendering him unfit for further service during the war. 
 He had six children, viz. : John W., born Nov. 4, 1858, is a 
 teacher; Frederick L., born April 10, i860, died Feb. 3, 1862; 
 Robert M., born Dec. 5, 1865; Ettie L., born Feb. 4. 1868; 
 George E., born Feb. 22, 1871 ; Fannie, born June 30, 1874, dead. 
 
 Fillmore Rogers. 
 
 Mr. Roger's grandfather, Richard Rogers, came from Ver- 
 mont about 1825 and located on lot thirty-one. North Collins, 
 where he resided until his death, about 1850. His son and 
 father of Fillmore Rogers, Hon. Wilson Rogers, was born in 
 Vermont in 1813, and came to Collins with the family. He 
 received a common school education and taught school twenty- 
 six terms, fourteen of which were in one district, No. 22, North 
 Collins, known as the Roger school-house. He was supervisor 
 of his town during the year, and Member of Assembly from 
 the 5th district during the year 1859. He was also assessor of 
 internal revenue at the time of his death. Mr. Rogers 
 was a strong advocate of temperance and took an active part 
 in movements of that kind. He was married in 1833 to Sally 
 Ann Avery. They had four sons and one daughter, viz.: 
 Thomas, who enlisted from Iowa and died near Vicksburg from 
 exposure; William, was the first one to enlist from North Col- 
 lins. He enlisted in the 44th N. Y., Ellsworth zouaves, now 
 resides near Bradford, Pa. ; Avery, died when a child ; Clara, 
 married Millard Hunter, resides in North Collins. Fillmore 
 Rogers was born Nov. 22, 1834, on the farm he now owns in 
 North Collins. Mr. Rogers was engaged in farming thirteen 
 years in his native town and then entered the mercantile busi- 
 ness at North Collins in 1869, and has continued it ever since, at 
 
762 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 that place and Shirly — now at Shirly. He was married in 
 1855 to PLunice Pratt, daughter of Groten Pratt. They have 
 four children, viz. : Emily A., born Aug. I, 1856, married Charles 
 Stewart; M)'ron, born Jan. 22, 1858; Jennie AI., born Dec. 2, 
 1864; Nellie M., born April 2, 1868. . ' 
 
 Abel P. Sweet. 
 
 Abel P. Sweet, son of Samuel C. and Hannah Sweet, was 
 born Sept. 20, 1833, in North Collins, where he has ever since 
 resided, now owning and occup}'ing a farm situated two miles 
 north of New Oregon. In P'eb., 1854, he manied Mary J. 
 Jefferson, daughter of Hiram and Matilda Jefferson, of Con- 
 cord. He has a family of five children, viz.: 
 
 Ella M., born May 20, 1856; married Jerome Partridge and 
 resides in Boston, N. Y. Cora A., born Feb. 1 1, 1858 ; married 
 Pearl Partridge and resides in North Collins. Hattie M., born 
 Oct. 8, 1863. Arthur VV.. born Dec. 28, 1871. Blanch J., born 
 I-^eb. II, 1875. Three childred died young. 
 
 His father Samuel C. Sweet came from Otsego county, N. Y., 
 to North Collins in 18 17, where he resided until his death, May 
 20, 1863. His mother died May 2, 1871. The grandfather of 
 Abel was Rufus Sweet. His great grandfather, Job Sweet 
 lived in Rhode Island, where he acquired the reputation of 
 being the best bone setter of the state. Mr. Sweet was one of 
 a family of ten children, as follows: 
 
 Gilbert C, born March 15, 1818 ; married Abigail H. Presson. 
 Sylvester D., born March, 1820; married Julia P^iirbanks and 
 died in 1876 in Humphrey, Cattaraugus county. Susan, 
 born 1822 ; married William H. Crandall and died in 1843. 
 Mary A., born June 8, 1824; unmarried and resides with her 
 brother Abel. Rufus, born 1826; died young. Eliza M., 
 born 1830; married P'ranklin Holton and resides in Evans. 
 James J., born Aug. 22, 1835 ; married Mary E. Horton and 
 resides in Boston, N, Y. 
 
 R. J. Stewart, M. D. 
 
 Dr. Stewart was born in Dundee, Scotland, Jan. 23, 1821. 
 His father was Scotch and a soldier having served fifty }'ears 
 in the British ami)'. He held the position of Brevet Major. 
 
inoCKAl'IIICAI. ski: TCI IKS. 763 
 
 His mother was of English descent. From Dundee, the Stew- 
 art family moved to the town of Portsmt)uth, Hampshire, 
 England, where at sixteen years of age \H:)ung Stewart com- 
 commenced the study of medicine, with a pri\-ate practitioner. 
 After studying two and a half years he entered the medical 
 school of the London hosi)ital, where he remained two and a 
 half years, taking two full courses of lectures and graduating 
 in 1844. In Sept., 1845, he landed in the United States and 
 came to North Collins, then Collins, and located as a practicing 
 physician of the regular school. He has ever since resided in 
 North Collins and practiced his profession and is consequently 
 one of the oldest resident physicians of the town. 
 
 Dr. Stewart was married in Collins in 1849 ^o Diana Eggle. 
 ston. They have two children living, viz.: 
 
 Charles, born Sept. 16, 1850; married Emily A. Rogers, 
 daughter of Filmore Rogers ; is a farmer residing in North 
 Collins. Emily, born Feb. 22, 1852 ; married Egbert Foster 
 and resides in North Collins. 
 
 Reuben C. Sherman. 
 
 Mr. Sherman was born in Taylor's Hollow, town of Collins, 
 April 24, 1826. Has resided in North Collins most of the time. 
 Has resided in Evans and Hamburg. Ls a thrifty farmer, and 
 had previously followed the occupation of carpenter and 
 joiner. His father, Job Sherman, born in 1793, came from 
 New Bedford, Mass., in 1831, and located on lot forty-one or 
 thirty-three, Collins. He died in Michigan in 1867. Mr. Sher- 
 man was married in March 15, 1854, to Phoebe J. Tucker, born 
 March 15, 1833; daughter of Elijah Tucker, who was born in 
 Queensbury, N. Y., in 1807, and came to Collins with his 
 father, Moses Tucker, in 18 13, and located on lot forty-nine. 
 Mr. Tucker is one of the oldest living pioneers of Collins. He 
 was for four years Captain of militia. He had six children, 
 four of whom are now living, viz.: 
 
 Moses Tucker, resides in North Collins. Chloe M. married 
 George Van Every, and resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. Elijah 
 P. resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have six children, all born in North 
 Collins, viz.: 
 
764 IJIOfJRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Luc}-. born Sept. 26, 1856. Leroy, born March 21. i860. 
 Elihu, born Sept. 17, 1865. Arthur born April 22, 1868, and 
 died Dec. 28, 1878. May, born Dec. 25, 1870. AlHe, born 
 Jan. 20. 1875. 
 
 3Irs. Kachol H. Sinitli. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel H. Smith, daughter of Daniel and Susanna 
 Healy, was born Dec. 24, 1815. Her father, Daniel Healy, was 
 born in 1777 in Connecticut ; lived some time in Rhode Island, 
 came to Danby, Vt., where he married Lucy Kell}' ; they had 
 four children : 
 
 Joseph, Lydia, Anna and Samuel, of whom only Samuel is 
 now li\'ing. 
 
 After the death of his first wife he married Susanna Spauld- 
 ing, and soon removed to Eastern New York. They had four 
 children : Lucy, Rachel, Hannah and Mary, with whom they 
 came to Collins, then Concord, in the Winter of 1819-20, and 
 he engaged in tanning, currying and shoemaking, in connection 
 with farming on sixty acres of wild land. His family, in com- 
 mon with all new settlers, endured man\' pri\'ations, among 
 which was scarcit}' of school privileges. Mrs. Smith sa\'s : I 
 \vas four years of age when we moved into our unfinished 
 i8.\24 log house; we could look up through the opening left 
 in the slab roof for the escape of smoke, and see the tree tops, 
 and for some years mother would not allow us to go out of 
 sight of the house for fear of bears, which infested the woods 
 and sometimes destroyed sheep, &c. Of course improvements 
 were made; the floor, which had lain loose, was fastened down 
 with wooden pins; a chimney built of stone as far as the first 
 story, and from that up c^f split hemlock sticks, and plastered 
 inside with clay ; in time the slab roof was replaced by shin- 
 gles, and the woods gave way to cleared fields. 
 
 The forests also abounded with deer, and the Lidians used to 
 come and build their rude camps near us, to hunt, and they 
 often came to ask for salt or some trifle which the\' did not 
 have. Sometimes they brought whole families, and the Indian 
 box's would slide down hill in our fields on sleds made o( a 
 .stri[) of basswood bark turned smooth side down, tapered at 
 one entl, to which a striuLi' of the bark was attached and held 
 
lUOCRAl'IlK Al, SKi:'l( IIKS. 765 
 
 by the bo)- stanclint;- on liis primitix'c sled to form n cur\e. 
 On these tliey would glide o\'er and throiiL;h the snow till 
 their track became too slipper}', when they woidd make a new 
 I'oad. 
 
 Daniel and Susanna }{eai\- both died in the earh* i)art of 
 KS44; he was about sixt)--three and she sixty-two years of age. 
 (^f the four daughters, Lucy and Hannah died unmarried. 
 
 William Smith, husband of Mrs. Rachel H. Smith, and son 
 of David and I'hebe Smith, was bcirn in Macedon, \\'a\'ne 
 count}-, X. v., Oct. 31, 1807; he came to North Collins; then 
 Collins. In 1838 he married Mary Healy, who died in 1841, 
 leax'ing a son, Robert, who died in 1842. 
 
 In March, 1842, he married Rachel Healy; they began 
 housekeeping in a log house and had a log barn. The}- had 
 seven children : 
 
 Chester, M}-ra, Albert L., Herbert, Chloe, Annie and Susie. 
 
 Chester enlisted in Septemb&r, 1862, in Compan}- A , Forty- 
 fourth New York volunteers, and was killed in the battle of 
 Gettysburg, Jul}- 2, 1863, and was buried in the National cem- 
 etery at Gettysburg. Albert L. died in October, 1864. Her- 
 bert married Rosie Clark; has one son, is a farmer. Myra 
 married S. Clay Torrance, a farmer; has four children. Chloe 
 married E. Ellis Twining, a farmer and teacher. Annie mar- 
 ried Charles J. Ellis, a dentist; has three children. Susie mar- 
 ried J. Ouinc}- Tucker, a farmer; she died in Januar}-, 1883, 
 leaving one child. The daughters had all been teachers before 
 marriage. 
 
 William Smith died in March, 1870. He was a farmer, and 
 his widow, Rachel H. Smith, still occupies the homestead, a 
 fine farm of about 165 acres. 
 
 fToIin Stalicn. 
 
 His father, Adam Staffen, emigrated from Sarrlouis, Prussia, 
 about 1840. He sailed with his family from Havre, France, 
 and w-as fifty-three days on the vo}'age to New York. He was 
 among the fir.st Germans to locate in North Collins, and was 
 -among the foremost to erect the first church at Langford, in 
 1841. He always lived in North Collins until his death in 
 .November, 1869. aged sixty-five years. His wife, whose maiden 
 
768 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 elected Supervisor of his town. He was married in 1869 to- 
 Lorania Goodel, daughter of John Goodel, an early settler of 
 North Collins, who came in 1820. Mr. Wood has two 
 daughters : 
 
 Mabel, born Oct. 9, 1871 ; W. Lorania, born March 13, 1880^ 
 
1 1 IS TORY (M-" SARDINIA. 769 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 SARDINIA— GENERAL HISTORY, ETC. 
 
 Among the names prominently identified with the early his- 
 tory of this town are thoie of George Richmond and Ezra 
 Nott. The former with a family consisting of a wife and six 
 children, settled on lots twenty-nine and thirty, near the Cat- 
 taraugus Creek, in the south-west corner of the present Town 
 of Sardinia, sometime in the Spring or Summer of 1809, and 
 the old homctead is to-day still in the possession of a grand- 
 daughter. While abDut the same time Ezra Nott, a young, 
 unmarried man took of the Holland Company the east part of 
 lot eighteen and the west part of lot ten, upon which he com- 
 menced work that Summer. The following year (18 10) Giles 
 Briggs and Elihu Rice came from Rhode Island and the former 
 settled on lot three, the latter on lot two. Briggs was a mar- 
 ried man and Rice was single. So following our subject up to 
 the Spring of 18 14, we find in addition to the four settlers and 
 their families above mentioned, the following settlers located 
 in the town : 
 
 On the east and north, near the Railroad Junction, were Jacob 
 Wilson. Benjamin W^ilson and Daniel Hall. On the Genesee 
 road, beside Nott, were Sumner Warren, Henry Godfrey, Mr. 
 Merriam and Mr. Cartright. And where Sardinia Village is 
 Abel Abbey had located. On lot thirty-four, or what is now 
 known as the " Olin place," lived the Wilcox famil)-. On lot 
 thirty-five or the " Carney place," lived a man by the name of 
 Woolsey, while at the foot of the hill, on the creek road that 
 leads from Sardinia to Springville, lived Ezekiel Smith, and 
 farther down John Johnson, while still farther down on lot 
 sixty-four were John and Jeremiah Wilcox, two young un. 
 married men ; next on the same lot Morton Crosby. Then 
 came " Comodore" Rogers, John Godding, Charles Wells 
 and Richmonds. West from the latter, on same road, 
 Dennis Riley and Bethuel Bishop. On lot fifty-seven, about 
 
768 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 elected Supervisor of his to\\n. He was married in 1869 to- 
 Lorania Goodel, daughter of John Goodel, an early settler of 
 North Collins, who came in 1820. Mr. Wood has two 
 daughters : 
 
 Mabel, born Oct. 9, 1871 ; W. Lorania, born March 13, 1880^ 
 
HISTORY OF SARDINIA. 769 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 SARDINIA-GENERAL HISTORY, ETC. 
 
 Among the names prominently identified with the early his- 
 tory of this town are thoie of George Richmond and Ezra 
 Nott. The former with a family consisting of a wife and six 
 children, settled on lots t\venty-nin2 and thirty, near the Cat- 
 taraugus Creek, in the south-west corner of the present Town 
 of Sardinia, sometime in the Spring or Summer of 1809, '^'^^-^ 
 the old homctead is to-day still in the possession of a grand- 
 daughter. Wnile abnit the same time Ezra Nott, a young, 
 unmarried man took of the Holland Company the east part of 
 lot eighteen and the west part of lot ten, upon which he com- 
 menced work that Summer. The following year (18 10) Giles 
 Briggs and Elihu Rice came from Rhode Island and the former 
 settled on lot three, the latter on lot two. Briggs was a mar- 
 ried man and Rice was single. So following our subject up to 
 the Spring of 18 14, we find in addition to the four settlers and 
 their families above mentioned, the following settlers located 
 in the town : 
 
 On the east and north, near the Railroad J unction, were Jacob 
 Wilson, Benjamin Wilson and Daniel Hall. On the Genesee 
 road, beside Nott, were Sumner Warren, Henry Godfrey, Mr. 
 Merriam and Mr. Cartright. And where Sardinia Village is 
 Abel Abbey had located. On lot thirty-four, or what is now 
 known as the " Olin place," lived the Wilcox family. On lot 
 thirty-five or the " Carney place," lived a man b}' the name of 
 Woolse)\ while at the foot of the hill, on the creek road that 
 leads from Sardinia to Springville, lived Ezekiel Smith, and 
 farther down John Johnson, while still farther down on lot 
 sixty-four were John and Jeremiah Wilcox, two young un- 
 married men ; ne.xt on the same lot Morton Crosby. Then 
 came " Comodore" Rogers, John Godding, Charles Wells 
 and Richmonds. West from the latter, on same road, 
 Dennis Riley and Bethuel Bishop. On lot fifty-seven, about 
 
770 FIRST SETTLERS OF SAKDIXLV. 
 
 half a mile north of the " Hake's Bridge," hved the Sears 
 family and Horace Rider, and on lot forty-t .vo lived Ezekiel 
 Hardy. There might have bsen others that had settled in the 
 more remote parts of the town, but the names given are all that 
 the author has been able to ascertain. 
 
 IVAME OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FIRS I SETTLERS ON EACH 
 OF THE SEVERAL HJTS IN SARDINIA : 
 
 T(^WNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE FIVE, 
 
 Lot 2, Elihu Rice and Joseph Rice ; lot 3, Giles Briggs and 
 David Calkins; lot 4, Benjamin Wilson; lot 5, Daniel Hall; 
 lot 6, Erastus Graves and Hezekiah Colb}' ; lot 7, Varney 
 Childs ; ; lot 10, Ezra Nott ; lot 11, H. God- 
 frey, J. Wilson; lot 12, Henry Bovven ; lot 13, Elihu Graves; 
 lot 14, George Brown; lot 15, Jamjs Bond, Benjamin SI}-; lot 
 17, Sumner Warren; lot 18, Giles Briggs and others; lot 19, 
 Merriam and Cartright ; lot 22, Ezekiel Ballard ; lot 23, John 
 Dake ; lot 25, Sumner Warren; lot 26, Reuben Long; lot 27, 
 Henry Godfrey ; lot 28, Ephraim Briggs & Sons: lot 29, Ste- 
 phen Pratt; lot 38. L. B. Keth, E. Graves; lot 31. Thomas 
 Ryan ; lot 33, Richard Smith, A. Carpenter, S. Carpenter; lot 
 34, Oliver Wilcox; lot 35, Mr. Woolsey; lot 36, Pollard Stone, 
 James Goodrich ; lot 37, Mann & Freeman ; lot 38, Andrew 
 Shedd, Warren Fay, Joseph Gillson ; lot 39, A. Briggs, R. Goff ; 
 lot 40, Samuel Russell; lot 41, Warren Wilcox ; lot 42, Ezekiel 
 Hardy; lot 43, Samuel Butler, Josiah Goodrich; lot 44, Flint 
 T. Keth, Mr. Tuttle ; lot 45, Almon Jewett ; lot 46, A. C. 
 Tiffany; lot 47, David Bigelow ; lot 48, Obadiah Mathewson ; 
 lot 49, Isiac Smith ; lot 50, P. Chamberlin, P. Snyder; lot 51, 
 Samuel Sheppard ; lot 52, Jonathan Thomas, Thomas Ward 
 Josiah Tiioaipson ; lot 53, Edward Scott ; lot 54, J. Thompson 
 
 Martindale ; lot 55, Thomas McGuire, William Loree, R. 
 
 Rutledge; lot 59, John Weller, Alvah Wilson: lot 57, Horace 
 Rider; lot 58. Reuben Rider; lot 59, Richard Sheppard, Thos. 
 N. Hopkins ; lot 62, E. Scott, lot 63, Roswell Frisbee ; lot 64, 
 John Wilcox. 
 
EARLY SETTLERS ()F SARDINIA. 
 
 78 r 
 
 TOWXSHII' SEVEN, RANCiE SL\. 
 Lot I, Harry Scars; lot 2, Robert Hopkins, J. Wiiks ; lot 5^ 
 P.Pierce; lot 7, J. H. Vosburg, F.Osborne; lot 8, Stephen 
 Wright; lot 9. Henry Thomas, Daniel Pierce; lot 10, Norman 
 Bond; lot 11, Nathaniel Brown and brothers; lot 12, Edward 
 Cram and Mr. Rosebrook^ ; lot 15, John Van Dusen ; lot 17. 
 Jonas Perhann ; lot 18, Abram Stark's, " Jack " Vaw ; lot 17, 
 W. P. Smith ; lot 20, James Flemmini;s, Major Wells; lot 22, 
 Stephen Pratt. 
 
 roWXSIIIl' SIX. RAXGE SIX. 
 Lots 26 and 27. Bethuel Bishop; 28, Dennis Riley; lots 29 
 and 30, George Richmond ; lot 31, Charles Wells ; lot 32, John 
 Godding ; lot 34, Nemiah Rogers. 
 
 TOWXSHIP SIX, RAXCE IIVE. 
 Lot 64, Morton Crosby, John Wilcox ; bt 56, John Johnson ; 
 lot 48, Mr. Bishop; lot 40, R. Smith. 
 
 THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO PURCHASED LAND BV COxXTRACT 
 OF THE HOLLAND COMPANY IN THE TOWN OF SARDINIA— 
 THE DATE OF PURCHASE, ETC. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE FIVE. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Sumner Warren 
 
 William S. Warren.. 
 William S. Warren . . 
 William and Sumner 
 
 Warren 
 
 Sumner Warren 
 
 William and Sumner 
 
 Warren 
 
 William and Sumner 
 
 Warren 
 
 Ira Paine 
 
 Ebenezer Warren. . . . 
 Ezra Nott 
 
 Porter Wright.. , 
 Timothy Paine. , 
 Sumner Warren , 
 
 Daie. 
 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 18 10, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 1809, Aug. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acr's 
 
 14. 
 14. 
 
 14. 
 
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 s pt 1 25 . 
 Is 4 & I 2 . 
 
 14. 1 17 
 
 14. 
 14. 
 
 14 
 •4. 
 
 13 
 
 1 2 
 
 Price. 
 
 1 80 $360 OQ 
 
 325' 568 75 
 7261 1270 50 
 
 441 
 369 
 
 771 75 
 738 00 
 
 15 
 
 s j/^ lot 47.. 
 14. w pt 1 19. . . 
 14. !e pt 1 18 & 
 w pt 1 10. 
 14. e % I27... 
 14. jm pt 1 19. . . 
 19. |e pt 1 19. . . 
 
 5561I 1 12 00 
 
 35ij ^14 25 
 166I 373 50 
 176 00 
 
 259 519 00 
 216 432 00 
 189' 378 00 
 100 200 00 
 
NAMES OK l'i:;^S<)XS HUVINC; LAND 
 TOWN-SHIP SEVF.X, RANGE FIVE— C< ';///«//.•</. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Dah:. 
 
 Land. Acu's Price 
 
 Sumner Warren. .... 1809 
 
 Timothy Paine 1809 
 
 Sumner Warren 1809 
 
 Sumner Warren 1809 
 
 Francis Dorchester.. 18 11 
 
 Henr)- Godfrey 1 8 11 
 
 F'rancis Dorchester.. 181 1 
 Francis Dorchester. . i ■^ 1 1 
 
 Gilbert Waldron 18 11 
 
 Michael Angus 1 8 1 i 
 
 Gilbert Waldron 181 1 
 
 Horace Rider 181 1 
 
 Benjamin Pearson. . . 181 1 
 Benjamin Pearson ... [811 
 
 Morton Crosby 181 ! 
 
 +John Wilcox 181 1 
 
 Dennis Riley 181 1 
 
 Ik'thuel Bishop i8i i 
 
 John Johnson 181 1 
 
 Richard Smith 1 1 8 1 3 
 
 "Giles Briggs ! ' 813 
 
 Richard Smith '18 13 
 
 1 8 14 
 1814 
 181 5 
 
 181 5 
 1815 
 1815 
 1815 
 1815 
 1815 
 1815 
 
 Alba Carpenter 
 
 Cornelius Sn)-dcr . . . . 
 Simon Carpenter. . . . 
 
 John Wilcox, Jr 
 
 Elias Bond 
 
 Lyman W'aikins 
 
 Ezekiel Hardy 
 
 Leonard Brillard .... 
 Phineas Chamberlain . 
 Jeremiah Wilcox ... 
 
 Reuben Rider ^ ^ ' 5 
 
 Pollard Stone 1 8 16 
 
 Hiram Wilcox 18 16 
 
 Thomas Carney 18 16 
 
 Daniel Hall 1816 
 
 Daniel Hall 18 16 
 
 Ezekiel Ballard 1816 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 29 
 
 30. 
 
 .5- • 
 
 3- • 
 
 6. 
 
 , Aug. 14 
 , Aug. I 
 . Aug. 
 , Aug. 
 , Apr. 
 , Apr. 
 , May 
 , Mav 
 , Nov. 
 , Nov 
 , Nov. 
 , Now 
 , Nov. 
 , Nov. 22 
 , Mar. 28 
 , Mar. 28. 
 , July 8... 
 , April 3. . 
 , April 20, 
 , Dec. 22, . 
 , Sept. 23 . 
 , Oct. 30. . 
 , Aug. 30. 
 , Aug. 2 . . 
 , Jan. 23. . 
 , Mar. 10. 
 , Apr. 1 1 . 
 . Apr. 10 . 
 , June 12 . 
 , Dec. 6 . . 
 . Oct. 17.. 
 , Nov. 9. . 
 , Oct. 17. . 
 , Ma\- 7 . . 
 , Ma>- 7 . . 
 . Apr. 9 . . 
 , May 28 . 
 , May 28 . 
 , June 6. . 
 
 . i half 1 28. . 
 . n pt 1 25 . . . 
 . [ 26 . 
 , \v pt 1 II... 
 . e half 1 10. . 
 , e pt 1 II... 
 , vv pt 1 9 . . . . 
 
 -pt I9 
 
 MJt 1 6 . . . . 
 
 w pt 1 I ■; . . . 
 
 ^ pt 1 13.... 
 
 \v pt 1 S7- ■ 
 
 \v pt 1 27. . . 
 
 n pt 1 28. . . 
 
 1 64 
 
 : pt 1 64. . . . 
 
 3t 1 56 
 
 Jt 1 48 . . . . 
 
 J pt 1 -:,6. . . 
 n-e pt 1 40. . 
 pt 1 18..... 
 s-w pt 1 33 . 
 
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 optl yy... 
 
 n-wpt 1 33. 
 
 e pt 1 34 . . . 
 
 n pt 1 13. . . . 
 
 e pt 1 ^y. . . 
 
 s pt 1 42 . . . 
 
 s pt 1 29. . . 
 
 w pt 1 50. . . ' 
 
 w pt 1 34. . . 
 
 eptl 58.... 
 
 w pt 1 36. . . 
 
 w pt 1 41. . . 
 
 e pt 1 3 3 . . . 
 
 s pt 1 20 . . . 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 \v pt 1 56, e 
 pt 52 &pt 
 1 20 
 
 167 
 198 
 
 317 
 50 
 •13 
 319 
 177 
 184 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 140 
 108 
 167 
 217 
 108 
 66 
 89 
 
 TOO 
 
 ^4 
 
 5C 
 IOC 
 
 100 
 ?o6 
 674 
 100 
 170 
 
 TOO 
 TOO 
 
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 ICXD 
 169 
 
 looi 
 
 100 
 150 
 100 
 100 
 100; 
 
 292 00 
 346 00 
 
 634 oo 
 
 100 CO 
 
 310 00 
 
 S77 00 
 
 531 
 
 55^ 
 275 
 
 ^7S 
 -V5 
 420 00 
 297 00 
 
 459 00 
 596 00 
 286 00 
 264 00 
 267 00 
 300 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
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 i>2 
 
 ^7S 
 325 
 
 00 
 50 
 00 
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 50 
 50 
 
 669 
 202 
 300 00 
 5 10 00 
 300 00 
 325 00 
 600 00 
 375 00 
 ^33 75 
 375 00 
 400 00 
 600 00 
 400 00 
 400 00 
 
 400 CO 
 
 f Bought of Mr. Crosby. 
 
 Deed. 
 
 35011400 00 
 
OF rilK IK )1.I..\.M> (OMI'AW. 
 TOWNSHIP SrVEN, RANGE ¥lVE—Conthnie,f. 
 
 m 
 
 N'ami; 
 
 Datk. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acu's; Pkke. 
 
 Ezekicl Ballard. . . . 
 
 Kzckicl Ballard \ 
 
 Samuel Shepherd.. . . 
 
 Henr_\- SiU'der 
 
 Philip Cram 
 
 Suell Butler 
 
 John Butler 
 
 John W. (ioodrich... 
 Tcrrence IMcGuire. . . 
 Terrence McCniire. . . 
 Josiah Thompson.. . . 
 Josiah Thomp.son.. . . 
 Stephen & John Pratt 
 
 James Bond 
 
 John W'eller 
 
 Obediah Matteson. . . 
 Benjamin Saunders.. 
 Robert Rut ledge. . . . 
 
 James Bradshaw 
 
 Uavid Bigelow 
 
 David Bigelow 
 
 Abner Colby 
 
 Clark C. Carpenter. . . 
 Da\id }. Conkling. . . 
 Roswell G off.. .... .. 
 
 Flint T. Keith. 
 
 Josiah Goodrich 
 
 Alv-ah Wilson 
 
 Samuel P'risbee 
 
 1829, 
 1829, 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 iS 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18; 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
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 I18 
 118 
 :i8 
 
 !i8.8. 
 
 Jan. 6. . . 
 Aug. 26. 
 Nov. iS. 
 Nov. I I . 
 Sept. 5. . 
 Oct. 5.. . 
 Oct. 5. . . 
 Aug. 8 . . 
 Ma)^ 1 . . . 
 
 Mays... 
 Mar. 20. 
 Oct. 24.. 
 
 Apr. 2S. 
 Mar. 5.. 
 Mav 12. . 
 May 14 . 
 June 20. 
 June 16. 
 Aug. 25. 
 Nov. 12. 
 Jan 31.. 
 Nov. t . . . 
 Oct. 27. . 
 Nov. 14. 
 Nov, 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Apr. 
 Ma\- 
 
 24. 
 
 '7 • 
 1 1 . 
 8 .. 
 1 . . 
 
 Isaac Smith 1818. Ma\- 15 , 
 
 William Loree 1818, Apr. 16 , 
 
 Andrew W. Shedd. . . 11818, June 6.. 
 
 Warren Fay |i8i8, June 6. 
 
 Thomas Ward I1818, Aug. 25 
 
 William Howe {1818, Aug. 25 
 
 Avery C. Tiffany 181 8, Oct. 3. . 
 
 Edward Scott , 1818, Nov. 4. 
 
 Stephen Pratt 18 18, Nov. 4. 
 
 Benoni Tuttle 18 18, Oct. 19. 
 
 Job Thomas, Jr i8r8, Oct. 19. 
 
 Thomas Mann ,1818, July 25. 
 
 s-e pt 1 2 1.. 
 pt 1 22 . . . . 
 e pt I 31... 
 n-\\- pt I 42 . 
 n-e pt 1 42 . 
 
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 w pt I 43.. . 
 
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 s pt 1 56 ■ 
 
 n pt 1 55. . . 
 s pt 1 54. . . . 
 
 pt 1 5^ 
 
 n pt 1 29. . . 
 pts 1 15. ... 
 
 pt 1 56 • 
 
 pt 1 48 
 
 pts 1 3 3 . • • • 
 
 pt I 55 
 
 s jjt 1 30. . . 
 n pt 1 47 . . . 
 n-w pt 1 39 . 
 
 pt 16 
 
 pt 1 6 
 
 pt 1 5 1 
 
 s pL 1 39.. . 
 
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 e pt 1 43 • • • : 
 n pt 1 56. . . 
 n-e & n-w pt 
 
 1 (^3 
 
 s ptl 49. .. 
 spt 1 55... 
 n pt 1 38 . . . 
 spt 1 3«.. 
 
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 s pt 1 53. .. 
 Ipts 1 46. . . . 
 
 Ipts 1 62 
 
 wpt I35... 
 e pt 1 44. . . 
 
 pt I44 
 
 ptl 37.... 
 
 40 
 lOOj 
 
 I23I 
 123 
 
 100, 
 
 lOOi 
 1 001 
 120^ 
 120! 
 125 
 
 o - 
 
 166 
 
 200 
 100 
 100 
 
 250 
 100 
 100 
 
 166 
 
 147 
 ;6 
 60: 
 
 100 
 
 160 
 
 30 
 
 ■35i 
 146 
 
 200; 
 100' 
 146; 
 140, 
 1 18; 
 100. 
 
 '1/1 
 200 
 200 
 100 
 119 
 60 
 100 
 
 160 00 
 200 00 
 425 00 
 522 75 
 492 00 
 425 00 
 425 00 
 400 00 
 570 00 
 570 00 
 531 25 
 100 00 
 747 00 
 830 00 
 475 00 
 00 
 
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 475 
 '17 . 
 475 00 
 475 CO 
 
 788 
 698 25 
 380 00 
 300 00 
 475 00 
 760 00 
 250 00 
 643 63 
 693 50 
 
 950 00 
 475 00 
 693 50 
 630 00 
 531 00 
 475 00 
 555 75 
 
 950 CO 
 
 950 00 
 475 00 
 5''^5 25 
 300 00 
 475 00 
 
774 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE Yl\Y.— Contit!Ufd. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Amasa Freeman. . . . 
 
 Peter Snyder 
 
 Amos Gould 
 
 Amos Dan 
 
 Job Thomas. Jr. . . . 
 James Sherwood . . . 
 Giles Briggs 
 
 Francis Eaton 
 
 Daniel Ashley 
 
 Andrew Crocker. . . 
 
 Almon Jewett 
 
 Elijah Smith 
 
 Reuben Hudson . . . 
 Jonathan Headley. . 
 
 Aquilla Pingry 
 
 Andrew Crocker. . . 
 
 Horace Rider 
 
 Richard Sheppard. . 
 
 Peter Hauver 
 
 Benjamin Wilson. . . 
 
 Allen Briggs 
 
 Josiah Goodrich . . . . 
 Nathaniel Simons. . 
 Jonathan Thomas. . 
 Thomas N. Hopkins 
 David Stickney. . . . 
 
 Jonathan Cook 
 
 Philemon Pierce . . . 
 
 James Marston 
 
 George Snyder 
 
 Esek Briggs 
 
 Esek Briggs 
 
 Alanson Rogers. . . . 
 
 Charles Sears 
 
 Leland Crocker. . . . 
 Andrew Crocker... 
 Benoni Hudson .... 
 
 Elihu Rice 
 
 Pollard Stone 
 
 Benjamin Odell. . . . 
 
 Date 
 
 Land. 
 
 8i8 
 819 
 819 
 819 
 819 
 819 
 819 
 
 819 
 820 
 820 
 821 
 825 
 825 
 827 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 828 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 829 
 830 
 830 
 830 
 832 
 830 
 830 
 830 
 831 
 831 
 831 
 831 
 831 
 
 July 25., 
 Jan. 3.. , 
 Oct. 15. . 
 June 12 
 June I . . 
 April 21 . 
 Aug. 16. 
 
 May 4.. . 
 Oct. 19. . 
 Oct. 14.. 
 Oct. 29. . 
 July;... 
 Dec. 23.. 
 Jan. 24. . 
 March 6. 
 Aug. 26. 
 Aug. 26. 
 Sept. 16. 
 Oct. 29. . 
 Jan. 6.. . 
 Jan. 15.. 
 Feb. 9. . . 
 Feb. 25.. 
 Mar. 10 . 
 April 8.. 
 June 2 . . 
 Aug. 20. 
 Oct. 22. . 
 Jan 27.. 
 Jan 27. . 
 Nov. 22. 
 July 3... 
 Dec. 7.. 
 Dec. 28.. 
 Dec. 28.. 
 Feb. 26.. 
 May 3.. 
 June 17. 
 Sept. 10. 
 Sept. 20. 
 
 49 
 
 pts 1 37. 
 e pt 1 59 
 s pt 1 14 
 
 pt 154-. 
 ptl 51.. 
 
 Ptl35-- 
 n-w pt 1 lo 
 & n-e pt 1 1 8 
 s-w pt 1 9 
 w pt 1 59 
 e pt 1 36. 
 n pt 1-45. 
 pt I49. 
 n-e pt 1 
 n pt 1 6 
 n-w pt 1 
 ptl 25 
 ptl 25 
 ptl 59 
 s-e pt 1 
 pt 1 21 
 n-e pt 
 pt 1 20 
 pt 1 20 
 w pt 1 
 pt I59 
 ptl 38 
 n pt 1 22 
 pt 1 58 
 s-e pt 1 
 
 ptl 33 
 pt 1 47 
 n pt 1 20. 
 pt 1 50 
 s-e pt 1 
 pt 1 38 
 
 ptl 35 
 s-e pt 1 20 
 
 pt I9 
 
 s w pt 1 45 
 n-e & n-w pts 
 1 21 
 
 Acr's 
 
 39 
 
 51 
 
 33 
 
 42 
 
 Price. 
 
 21 I 1002 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 60 
 
 75 
 
 109 
 119 
 100 
 192 
 
 75 
 50 
 
 100 
 50 
 90 
 
 100 
 48 
 
 145 
 25 
 
 TOO 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 47 
 
 131 
 
 80 
 
 TOO 
 
 100 
 78 
 78 
 50 
 81 
 
 100 
 50 
 
 100 
 67 
 50 
 69 
 
 150 
 
 171 
 
 2S 
 
 475 00 
 
 475 OQ 
 
 475 oa 
 
 285 00 
 
 35 
 
 6 00 
 
 453 00 
 509 00 
 
 475 
 768 
 
 ZZ7 00 
 212 00 
 627 00 
 
 oa 
 00 
 
 22 ^ 
 S82 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 402 oa 
 192 oa 
 542 oa 
 100 oa 
 400 oa 
 400 oa 
 200 oa 
 160 oa 
 188 oa 
 526 oa 
 320 oa 
 
 375 00 
 400 oo 
 
 331 GO 
 
 331 oa 
 200 oa 
 326 00 
 400 oo 
 208 oo 
 416 oo 
 270 oo 
 200 oa 
 296 oa 
 525 oa 
 
 684 oa 
 
FROM llll': in HI. AM) (OMI'ANV. 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE FIVE— Co>i/i,iuc</. 
 
 775 
 
 DA I K. 
 
 Josepli Gilson 
 
 Jonathan Cook 
 
 Rufus I lawks 
 
 Klias Rogers 
 
 Joshua Sl\- 
 
 Kbenezer l-arrington . 
 
 Moses Wheeler 
 
 Moses Wheeler 
 
 Perry Hard)- 
 
 l)a\id Murra}' 
 
 Thomas N. Hopkins. 
 
 Stowell Collins 
 
 Josiah Andrews 
 
 Levinus Cornwell . . . 
 
 Horace Clark 
 
 Stukeh' Hudson .... 
 
 Philip 'Mericle 
 
 Robert Hopkins.... 
 
 Joseph Long 
 
 "■'Andrews & Cornwell 
 Chauncey Hastings. . 
 
 Harry Sears 
 
 Nathaniel Brown . . . . 
 
 Beriah Brown 
 
 Simeon Bishop 
 
 Henry Thomas 
 
 Daniel Pierce 
 
 Edward Cram 
 
 Jonas Perham ...... 
 
 Jabez Weeden 
 
 George Brown 
 
 Stephen Pratt 
 
 Robert Hopkins. . . . 
 
 Plenry Thomas 
 
 Reuben Wright 
 
 John M. Bull 
 
 Anna Van Dusen... 
 John M. Bull 
 
 i<S3i 
 Hi' 
 «3> 
 B31 
 832 
 
 >^33 
 H35 
 «35 
 «35 
 835 
 830 
 
 ^37 
 ^39 
 «35 
 830 
 8^0 
 832 
 
 ^37 
 ^33 
 ^35 
 ^3S 
 811 
 
 8is 
 815 
 810 
 816 
 816 
 816 
 817 
 819 
 818 
 820, 
 
 824 
 82G) 
 828^ 
 830 
 
 830 
 830 
 
 Oct. 5.. . 
 Nov. II. 
 Nov. 23 . 
 Dec. I 5 . 
 March 5 . 
 Aug. 29. 
 Feb. 27. . 
 Feb 27. . 
 June 15. 
 Sept. 5.. 
 June 29. 
 March 13 
 Jan. 26. . 
 Now 10. 
 Dec 6... 
 Sept. 22. 
 P"eb. 22.. 
 Dec. 8. . 
 Mar. II.. 
 Nov. 27. 
 Oct. 28.. 
 Nov. 6. . 
 April 9. . 
 April 9. . 
 April 9. . 
 June c) . . 
 Aug. i 2 . 
 Aug. 21 . 
 June 23. 
 Jan. 6 . . 
 Aug. 24. 
 Oct. lO. . 
 
 June 29. 
 Sept. 9. . 
 Aug. 30. 
 Jan. 25. . 
 
 P'eb 4. . 
 Feb 3.. 
 
 Land. 
 
 s-e pt 1 45 
 
 !s pt 1 23 . 
 Ipt 1 2V ■ . 
 ipt I23. .. 
 
 'S-W pt 1 i: 
 in pt 1 2^. 
 pt I23. .. 
 Ipt 1 23. . . 
 
 ept I57.. 
 \\n 1 48 . . . 
 'pt 1 60. . . 
 pt 1 41 ... 
 
 'pt 143- • ■ 
 pt I36... 
 IS pt 1 54.. 
 n-w pt 1 29 
 j)t 1 56 
 
 w pt 1 58. 
 pt I44. . . 
 s-e pt 1 2 1 
 pt I35... 
 e pt 1 1 . . 
 e pt 1 II. 
 
 w J)t 1 II. 
 
 s pt 1 17.. 
 n pt 1 9 . . 
 pt I9 
 
 e pt 1 12 
 
 pt 1 17. . 
 e i)t 1 9 . 
 pt 1 I I . . 
 Is 14 15 22 
 
 2:^.. .'.. . 
 
 e pt 1 2. . 
 pt 1 18. . . 
 s-w pt 1 I. 
 pt Is 14 15 
 
 Ipt 1 15 
 Ipt 123 
 
 'Ack's 
 
 ii6i 
 
 5c! 
 50: 
 
 5C! 
 
 100: 
 50' 
 50 
 50: 
 5o| 
 
 ICO 
 lOOi 
 
 501 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 56 
 
 59 
 401 
 67- 
 
 160! 
 
 looi 
 
 IOC 
 
 150, 
 
 IOO| 
 lOO; 
 IOC 
 
 7C 
 
 0.1 
 
 Price. 
 
 466 CO 
 2CO 00 
 2CO 00 
 2C/0 00 
 400 00 
 225 00 
 150 CO 
 2CO 00 
 200 00 
 4CO 00 
 400 00 
 200 00 
 607 
 22 ^ 
 269 00 
 260 CO 
 
 CO 
 CO 
 
 5-/ 
 
 00 
 
 224 00 
 
 278 00 
 
 204 00 
 
 243 CO 
 
 480 CO 
 
 375 00 
 375 00 
 600 00 
 
 600 CO 
 
 400 00 
 400 00 
 
 500 CO 
 
 350 00 
 
 3 M CO 
 
 1 22c 3929 00 
 
 IOC 400 00 
 
 50 200 00 
 
 5c 200 CO 
 
 303} 1 288 00 
 50' 200 00 
 
 IOC 425 CO- 
 
 *Deed. 
 
'J']^ DEEDS^GIVEX BY THE HOLLAND COMIWSX . 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE YW^E— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Land. 
 
 Acr's 
 
 Price. 
 
 John Vosburg 
 
 1830, Jan. 
 
 26.. 
 
 pt I23 
 
 2 12 oa 
 
 Jonas Perham 
 
 1 83 1, July 
 
 I . . 
 
 pt 1 17 
 
 116 
 
 464 OQ 
 
 Joseph Wilkes 
 
 1 83 1, June 
 
 7-- 
 
 pt 1 2 
 
 SO 
 
 200 00 
 
 Norman Bond 
 
 1 83 1, Apri 
 
 I26. 
 
 e pt 1 10. . . 
 
 200 
 
 800 00 
 
 Joseph Thurber 
 
 1 83 1, Apri 
 
 I26. 
 
 e pt 1 18... 
 
 so 
 
 200 00 
 
 John Van Pelt 
 
 1833, Feb. 
 
 26. 
 
 1 21 
 
 374 
 
 1589 OQ 
 
 William Smith 
 
 1834, Dec. 
 
 18. 
 
 n-wpt 1 23.. 
 
 68 
 
 270 ca 
 
 Mahties Kelsie 
 
 1835, July 
 
 10.. 
 
 pt 1 15 
 
 SO 
 
 200 00 
 
 Martin Keller 
 
 1835, Oct. 
 
 s... 
 
 pt 1 16 
 
 120 
 
 480 OQ 
 
 Philemon Pierce 
 
 1837, Oct. 
 
 8.. 
 
 e pt 1 5 . . . . 
 
 8S 
 
 300 OQ 
 
 John M. Bull 
 
 1837, May 
 
 
 
 s-w pt 1 19.. 
 
 100 
 
 400 OQ 
 
 James Flemings 
 
 1837, Nov. 
 
 i.v 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 44 
 
 178 00 
 
 Major Wells 
 
 1837, Nov. 
 
 13 • 
 
 n-e pt 1 20. . 
 
 44 
 
 178 00 
 
 William Park 
 
 1837. Feb. 
 
 2L. 
 
 n pt I 14 & s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 pt 1 15.... 
 
 200 
 
 105 I OQ 
 
 Asa Carv 
 
 1838, Sept. 
 
 1839, Feb. 
 
 18 
 
 n pt 1 24. . . 
 pt 1 15 & n 
 
 100 
 
 405 00 
 
 Nathan Follett 
 
 2S. 
 
 
 
 
 
 pt 1 22 . . . . 
 
 100 
 
 600 00 
 
 Elijah Wheelock .... 
 
 1839, Jan 8... 
 
 pt I 12 
 
 100 
 
 400 00 
 
 Truman Starks 
 
 1839, Jan. 2. .. 
 
 w pt' 1 10. . . 
 
 SO 
 
 200 00 
 
 Lewis Reed 
 
 1 84 1, Nov. 
 
 I . . 
 
 pt 1 20 
 
 25 
 
 125 oa 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE TAKEN DEEDS OF THE HOL_ 
 L.^ND COMPANY IN SARDINIA, DATE OF PURCHASE, ETC. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 4 
 
 319 ' 
 
 s 
 
 85 
 
 5 
 
 64 { 
 
 6 
 
 319 
 
 7 
 
 324 
 
 8 
 
 321 
 
 9 
 
 170 
 
 9 
 
 70 
 
 9 
 
 75 
 
 9 
 
 75 1 
 
 10 
 
 200 
 
 10 
 
 129 
 
 Name. 
 
 July 18, 1839 . 
 
 e pt Dec. 8, 1837 . . 
 
 m pt ! 
 
 July 18, 1839, 
 
 July 18, 1839. 
 
 July 18, 1839, 
 
 s-e pt June 16, 1845 ■ 
 
 n-e pt.... July 18, 1839, 
 s-w pt . . . . Mar. i, 1839. • 
 n-w pt . . . . Feb. i, 1839 • ■ 
 
 e pt April i, 1839 .. 
 
 w pt July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Philemon Pierce. 
 James Edington. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 George N. Williams. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Charles Wilder. 
 Phineas Scott. 
 William P. Powers. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
DHKDS (IIVF.N I'.V Till". HOLLAND (OMl'ANV. nJ 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE %\^—Conlinued. 
 
 Lot. Acrks. Suhdivision. Date ok Di:f.I). 
 
 Name. 
 
 1 1 
 1 1 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 13 
 
 H 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 i6 
 
 i6 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 i8 
 
 i8 
 
 i8 
 
 i8 
 
 i8 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 27 
 ^7 
 28 
 :>8 
 
 120 e pt I July 18, 1839.. 
 
 266 w pt Feb. 28, 1837.. 
 
 150 cpt Jan. 8. 1839. . . 
 
 100 m pt Jan. 7, i8^o .. . 
 
 127 \v pt luly iS, 1839. . 
 
 381 Alio-. 23, 1838. 
 
 ^50 s-w pt. . . . June 2. 1S38. . 
 
 215 m.\;s-ept. Mar. 31, 1843. 
 
 200 s pt Feb. 21. 1831 . 
 
 50 s m pt. . . April i, 1839. . 
 
 50 m pt Feb. 4. 1830 . . 
 
 50 n m pt. . . Mar. 31, 1843 • 
 
 155 s pt July 18, 1839.. 
 
 50 11 pt July 18, 1839.. 
 
 150 s pt Oct. I, 1838... 
 
 116 m pt April i, 1839. . 
 
 100 n pt Jan. 18, 1837.. 
 
 50 e pt Vpril I, 1837. . 
 
 54 e m pt . . . July 18, 1839. . 
 
 -j-j m pt Oct. I. 1838. . . 
 
 100 w m pt. . . Feb. 21, 1838 . 
 
 100 w pt. ... July !, 1838.. . 
 
 268 n & s-e pt . J uly 1 8, 1 839. . 
 
 100 s-w pt Dec 29, 1840 . 
 
 44 n-e pt April 2, 1838.. 
 
 44 n pt ! April 2, 1838. 
 
 267 n-w & s pt.s J uly 1 8, 1 839. . 
 
 314 April 1, 1839.. 
 
 25 1 s pt April I, 1839.. 
 
 100 npt Mar. 31. 1843 . 
 
 150 e pt April 1. 1839.. 
 
 136 .s-w pt July 18, 1839.. 
 
 68 n-w pt Oct. 20, 1 843 . . 
 
 279 s pt July 18. 1839.. 
 
 100 npt Sept. 18, 1838. 
 
 129 w 1 Feb. 18. 1 814.. 
 
 87 si Oct. 20, 1843.. 
 
 20 n-e 1 Nov. 12, 1836. 
 
 SO n-w 1 Dec. 2 1, 1833 
 
 )■] el )une 20, >837. 
 
 -j-j w 1 Oct. I, 1838... 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 S. S. Fllsworth. 
 Klijah Wheelock. 
 Flijah Wheelock. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Chauncey B. Dunbar, 
 John Van Pelt. 
 H. J. Redfield. 
 William Park. 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 Anna Vandusen. 
 H. J. Redfield. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Simeon Cummin<j;s. 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 Ira Reynolds. 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 Abraham Starks. 
 
 Abraham Van Tuyl. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 William Smith. 
 
 Major W^ells. 
 
 James Flemming. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 D. H. (handler. 
 
 D. H. Chandler. 
 
 H. J. Redfield. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 Asa Bary. 
 
 Almon Fuller. 
 
 Jacob LeRoy. 
 
 Orin Lewis. 
 
 Marinda Bowen. 
 
 Fred Richmond. 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
778 DEEDS CIVEN BY THE HOLLAND COMPANY 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX— Contitiuai. 
 
 Lot 
 
 ACKKS. 
 
 29 
 
 I26L 
 
 30 
 
 1 1 
 
 31 
 
 84 
 
 32 
 
 79 
 
 33 
 
 75 
 
 34 
 
 62 
 
 34 
 
 39 
 
 I 
 
 i62 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 67 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 80 
 
 2 
 
 100 
 
 2 
 
 171 
 
 2 
 
 100 
 
 w 1 
 
 w 1. 
 
 w 1, 
 
 ^\' 1 
 
 w 1 
 
 \v 1 
 
 w 1 . . 
 e pt . . 
 n-e pt 
 m pt . 
 s-w pt 
 n-w pt 
 e pt . . 
 m pt . 
 w pt. 
 
 Name 
 
 May 
 
 May 
 
 Nov. 
 
 June 
 
 July 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 July 
 
 April 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 July 
 
 26, 1819.. 
 26, 1819. . 
 
 i7» 1837. 
 
 1 6, 1 845 . 
 
 18, 1839. • 
 
 1, 1838. . , 
 
 2, 1855.. 
 I, 1838.. , 
 16, 1854., 
 18, 1839., 
 
 1 I, 1839.. 
 22, 1836 , 
 
 25- 1835 
 14, 1839., 
 18, 1839., 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 George Richmond. 
 Chauncey Pond, 
 (jcorge N. Williams 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 Mabel Smith. 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 James Hopkins. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 W. P. Powers. • 
 Reuben Wright. 
 Robert Hopkins. 
 Joseph Wilkes. 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 TOWNSHH^ SIX, RANGE FIVE. 
 
 40 
 
 24 
 
 48 
 
 18 
 
 48 
 
 39 
 
 48 
 
 48 
 
 .S6 
 
 100 
 
 ^6 
 
 35 
 
 S6 
 
 35 
 
 S6 
 
 66 
 
 64 
 
 217 
 
 64 
 
 1 1 1 
 
 I Oct. 3, 1826.. 
 
 e pt 1 Feb. 4, 1839. 
 
 m pt I F"eb. 4, 1839. 
 
 w pt j Jan. 18, 1836. 
 
 e pt j Dec. 1, 1836 . 
 
 e m pt .. . . ! Dec. 22, 1841. 
 w m pt. . .1 Dec. 22, 1841. 
 
 w pt ! Oct. I, 1838.. 
 
 e pt I Oct. I, 1838.. 
 
 w pt Dec. 13, 1 85 1. 
 
 Archibald Randall. 
 
 Parley Crosby. 
 George Bigelow. 
 Samuel S. Ellsworth. 
 John Howard. 
 Richard C. Johnson. 
 Joanna Davis. 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 George Richmond. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANCiE FIVE. 
 
 2 
 
 556 
 
 3 
 
 100 
 
 3 
 
 119 
 
 3 
 
 150 
 
 A 
 
 356 
 
 5 
 
 351 
 
 6 
 
 100 
 
 6 
 
 60 
 
 6 
 
 7^ 
 
 6 
 
 64 
 
 Flihu Rice. 
 Benjamin Parson. 
 Samuel Hawkins. 
 David Calkins. 
 Benjamin Wilson . 
 Daniel Hall. 
 Jonathan Cooke. 
 Benjamin W'ilson. 
 Jonathan Cooke. 
 Pardon C . Sherman 
 
DKKDS CINKN IJV IIIK HOLLAND COMPANY. 779 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE ¥lVE—Cofiiiniu-J. 
 
 Lot. I AcKEs 
 
 6 I 50 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 I ' 319 
 
 1 I 50 
 
 2 370 
 
 357 
 
 184 
 
 69 
 
 50 
 
 5<^ 
 
 113 
 
 IM 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 96 
 
 100 
 
 70 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 170 
 
 86 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 81 
 
 100 
 46 
 30 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 •9 
 
 25 
 
 '9 
 
 75 
 
 •9 
 
 94 
 
 19 
 
 94 
 
 19 
 
 88 i 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 
 40 
 
 n pt 
 
 Datk o\- Dei:i). 
 
 Namk 
 
 e pt. . . 
 -s m pt . 
 s-w pt . 
 n-\v pt 
 e pt .. 
 w pt . . 
 e pt. . . 
 w pt . . 
 
 s-e pt . 
 s-w pt . 
 m pt . . 
 n pt. . . 
 n m pt 
 s-e pt. . 
 s-w pt . 
 s m pt . 
 n pt. . . 
 s-e pt. . 
 s-w pt . 
 m pt . . 
 n i)t . . . 
 O ]Jt . . . 
 m pt . . 
 w m pt 
 w pt . . 
 
 .s-e pt . 
 s-w pt . 
 m pt . . 
 s-w pt . 
 n-w pt . 
 s-e pt . 
 s pt . . . 
 e in pt. 
 w m pt 
 w pt. . . 
 .s-e pt. . 
 s-w pt . 
 s-c m . . 
 
 A\n\\ 20, 1839 
 July 18, 1839. 
 Mar. 17, 1 8 19 
 ]unc 16, 1835 
 Sept. 10, 1832 
 Miir. 6, JS35.. 
 April 30, 1825 
 Nov. 9, 1835 . 
 Mar. 3, 1817. . 
 April 11, I ,-^I4 
 Aug. 14, 1819 
 Jaif. 15, 1839. 
 Jan. 13. 1834. 
 Dec. 2^', 1836 
 Aug. 10, 1832 
 Jan. 13, 1834 
 Jan. I, 1842. 
 Jan. I, 1842. 
 Oct. 20, 1843 
 Jul\' 18, 1839 
 July 18, 1839. 
 April 20, 1839. 
 Oct. 15, 1838. . 
 Jan. 7, 1839... 
 Aug. 16, 1 8 19, 
 April 2],, 1824, 
 April 23, 1824 
 Ma\- 18, 1824 . 
 
 July 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 J u n e 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Jan 
 
 April 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 5, 1820.. . 
 10, 1835-, 
 23. 1813. 
 16. 1825, 
 29, 1825. 
 21, 1833. 
 21, 1832. 
 1, 1836.. 
 8, 1837... 
 15. 1023.. 
 20, 1839. 
 16. 1839. 
 10, 1839 • 
 
 William V. Powers. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Caleb Nichols. 
 Joseph Rice. 
 Horace Clark. 
 Nelson Hyde. 
 John Colb}-. 
 Ezra Nott. 
 Jacob Wilson. 
 Jacob W'ilson. 
 Benjamin Wilson. 
 Jonathan Cook. 
 Ezekiel Ballard. 
 Elias Rogers. 
 ■Lewis Farrington. 
 Joseph Ballard. 
 George Bigelow. 
 Jonathan Cook. 
 Jacob H.Schermerhorn 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 William P. Powers. 
 S. Cummings. 
 Horace U. Soper. 
 Allen Green. 
 Daniel Clarke, Jr. 
 Horace D, Clark. 
 Willis W. and Willard 
 
 W. Cornwell. 
 Ezra Nott. 
 Ezra Nott. 
 Giles Briggs. 
 Chancey Hastings. 
 Daniel Need ham. 
 Peter Hauver. 
 Thomas Hopkins. 
 John B. Hosmer, 
 Bela H Colegrove. 
 B. H. Colegrove. 
 William P Powers. 
 Bela H. Colegrove. 
 N. Simons. 
 
78o I)Kp:i)s (;ivex hv iiik hoi. i. and comtaxv. 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE YWE— Continued. 
 
 Lot. Acres Suhdivision. Date ok Deed. 
 
 20 
 20 
 
 20 
 20 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 7-7 
 
 -J 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 25 
 25 
 25 
 25 
 
 -D 
 2D 
 26 
 
 27 
 27 
 28 
 28 
 28 
 29 
 29 
 29 
 29 
 
 29 
 30 
 30 
 31 
 
 33 
 
 60 
 50 
 50 
 100 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 63 
 1 1 I 
 106 
 100 
 
 175 
 
 150 
 
 46 
 
 43 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 162 
 
 162 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 49 
 158 
 158 
 216 
 108 
 83 
 «3 
 167 
 
 100 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 66 
 
 ICO 
 
 239 
 
 350 
 
 78 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . , 
 n-c m pt 
 n-w m . . 
 n pt . . . . 
 s-e pt . . 
 
 s m pt . . , 
 s-\v pt . . 
 n [)t . . . . 
 s pt. . . . 
 m pt ... 
 
 n j)t. . . . 
 s pt, . . . 
 m pt . . . 
 n m pt . 
 e m pt. . 
 
 W 111 pt . 
 n pt. . . . 
 -s-e pt . . 
 s-\v pt . . 
 e m pt. . 
 n-w m . . 
 n pt . . . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 w pt . . . 
 e pt . . . . 
 w" pt . . . 
 s pt . . . . 
 m pt . . . 
 n pt . . . . 
 m pt . . , 
 
 •'^cPt 
 
 n-c pt . 
 n m pt , 
 n-w pt 
 
 Oct. 27, 1831 . . 
 Sept. 5, 1835.. 
 Aui^. 22, 1831 . 
 July 3. 1832.. . 
 Nov. 27, 1835. 
 
 Jan 7, 1834.. . 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 April 20, 1839, 
 Jan. 23. 1839. . 
 Oct. 22, 18^8. , 
 
 Name. 
 
 Dec. 30. 1836. . 
 
 April 20, 1839 
 
 July 1, 1855 .. 
 
 July 1,1855 ... 
 
 Feb. 27, 1835. . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1838 . 
 
 Dec. 28, 1838 . 
 
 Oct. 4, 1827. . . 
 
 Oct. 5, 1830... 
 
 Dec. 16, 1825 . 
 
 June 25, 1836. 
 
 Aug. 22, 1834. 
 
 Feb. 4, 1825 . . 
 
 June 5, 1822. . 
 
 Oct. 5, 0819 . ! 
 
 June 14, 1824^ 
 
 Dec. 18, 1829 
 
 May 21, 1835 . 
 
 Jan. 1 I, 1825. _ 
 
 June 26, i835] 
 
 April 16, 1839! 
 
 Feb. 21, 1837 . 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 May 28, I834-. 
 
 s pt Jan. 12, 1839. . 
 
 n pt July 18, 1839. • 
 
 July 18, 1839. ■ 
 s-e pt . . . . ; Feb. 6, 1838 . . 
 n-e pt. . . .1 Jan. 2-, 1836. . 
 
 Daniel Hall, 2d. 
 
 Josiah Goodrich. 
 
 Solomon Burbank. 
 
 E. Briggs 
 
 W. \V. Cornwell and 
 Josiah Andrews. 
 
 Benjamin Wilson. 
 
 Pardon C. Sherman. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 Orson D. Simonds. 
 
 St. Clement's Church 
 of Wethersfield, Gen- 
 esee. 
 
 Seth Kingsley. 
 
 W. P. Powers. 
 
 Henry Child, Jr. 
 
 O. F. Crocker. 
 
 M. R Wheeler. 
 
 M. R. Wheeler. 
 
 Nelson Richards. 
 
 Horace Rider. 
 
 Charles Sears. 
 
 Horace Rider. 
 
 Andrew Crocker. 
 VVillard W CornwelL 
 
 Benjamin Pearson. 
 
 Thomas Tillinghast. 
 
 Benjamin Pearson. 
 
 Albey Briggs. 
 David Briggs. 
 Ephraim Briggs, 
 
 David Sticknc}', Jr. 
 
 E. Briggs. 
 
 W. P.>owers. 
 Stukeley Hudson. 
 
 F. B. Marvin 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 P. C Sherman. 
 Jesse Randall. 
 Charles Sears. 
 
DKKDS CIVKN 1!\' JIIK ilollAXD CnMV.WW 781 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN. RANGE Fl\'E—Coii/ijiucc/. 
 
 Loi. 
 
 ACKKS. 
 
 SUHIJIVISION. 
 
 Date ok DiiEU. 
 
 1 
 
 Name. 
 
 33 
 
 30 
 
 n-e ni pt . . 
 
 Jan. 28, 1836. . 
 
 Chancey Hastings. 
 
 33 
 
 48 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 June 30, 1841 . 
 
 Hiram Hutting. 
 
 33 
 
 100 
 
 s-m pt .... 
 
 Alar. 30, 1842 . 
 
 Alba Carpenter. 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 \v m pt . . . 
 
 Oct 24, 1829. . 
 
 Isaac Smith. 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 s-w i)t .... 
 
 Oct. I, 1838.. . 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 33 
 
 33 
 
 n-w m pt . 
 
 Feb. 16, 1839. • 
 
 B. Hudson 
 
 33 
 
 33 
 
 n-\v pt . ... 
 
 Feb. 16, 1839 • 
 
 J. \V. Fegles. 
 
 34 
 
 100 
 
 ^' pt 
 
 Sept. 25, 1832. 
 
 M R. 01 in 
 
 34 
 
 30 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. 4, 1837... 
 
 M. R. Olin 
 
 34 
 
 139 
 
 \v pt 
 
 Oct. 4, 1837.. . 
 
 Barnabas Carney. 
 
 35 
 
 100 
 
 ^' pt 
 
 Feb. 14, 1839.. 
 
 Thomas Carney. 
 
 35 
 
 67 
 
 s m pt. . . . 
 
 Oct. 28, 1835. . 
 
 Chancey Hastings. 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 n m pt. . . 
 
 Mar. 20, 1823. 
 
 First Baptist Society 
 of Sardinia. 
 
 35 
 
 75 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. 27, 1834.. 
 
 Chancey Hastings. 
 
 35 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Aug 9, 1834.. 
 
 George Bunn. 
 
 36 
 
 32 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Mar. 14, 1839 . 
 
 Flisha Hudson. 
 
 36 
 
 60 
 
 .s-e m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 14, 1839 • 
 
 Silvenus W. Hudsc^n. 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Sept. 24,1 835. 
 
 Stephen Wait. 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Jan. 9, 1837. . . 
 
 Daniel P. Shedd. 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Jan 22, 1831 . . 
 
 William Putman. 
 
 36 
 
 50 
 
 \v m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 10, 1835 . 
 
 Levinus Cornwell. 
 
 35 
 
 80 
 
 \v pt 
 
 April 26, 1849. 
 
 Ashwell and H. D. 
 Cornwell. 
 
 36 
 
 20 
 
 s-\\- pt . . . . 
 
 Mar. 29, 1856.. 
 
 H. D. Cornwell. 
 
 37 
 
 75 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Dec. 22, 1830. 
 
 Stephen Wait. 
 
 37 
 
 25 
 
 n-e pr . . . . 
 
 Nov. 30, 1836 . 
 
 A. and Ira Briggs. 
 
 37 
 
 100 
 
 e m pt. . . . 
 
 Oct. 5, 1820 . . 
 
 Dut}' Briggs. 
 
 37 
 
 21 1 
 
 \\" pt 
 
 Oct I, 1S38 . . 
 
 Simeon Cummings 
 
 38 
 
 120 
 
 M^t 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 38 
 
 .So 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. I, 1844.. . 
 
 Julius R. Fuller. 
 
 38 
 
 60 
 
 e m pt. . . . 
 
 Aug. 31, 1832. 
 
 A . W. Shedd . 
 
 38 
 
 100 
 
 n m pt . . . 
 
 Aug. 31, 1842. 
 
 Joseph Ballard. 
 
 38 
 
 40 
 
 n pt 
 
 Apr. 20, 1839. 
 
 \\'illiam P. Powers. 
 
 39 
 
 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 Dec. 23, 1854 . 
 
 William Hyde. 
 
 39 
 
 100 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Apr. 20, 1839. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 39 
 
 147 
 
 n-w m pt . . 
 
 July 18,1845.. 
 
 A. VanGuilder. 
 
 40 
 
 416 
 
 
 July 18, 18^9.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 41 
 
 . 50 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 41 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt. . . . 1 
 
 Aug. 4. 1852. . 
 
 J. H. Ladoit. 
 
 41 
 
 55 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Jul)- I, 1842. . . 
 
 George Bigelow. 
 
 41 
 
 47 
 
 n m i)t . . . : 
 
 Nov. 14, 1843 ■ 
 
 B. Carney. 
 
782 
 
 DEEDS CIVEX BY THE HOLLAND COMPANY, 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE YIVE— Continued. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Subdivision. 
 
 Date of Deed. 
 
 Name. 
 
 41 
 
 150 
 
 w pt 
 
 Jan. 18, 1836. . 
 
 Samuel S. Ellsworth. 
 
 42 
 
 50 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Jan. 24, 1837.. 
 
 George Snyder. 
 
 42 
 
 123 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Aug. 29, 1833. 
 
 Hor. Rider. 
 
 42 
 
 50 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Dec. 22, 1836. . 
 
 Ezekiel Hard}^ 
 
 4^ 
 
 123 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Jan. 24,1835.. 
 
 Hor. Rider. 
 
 43 
 
 135 
 
 e pt 
 
 Oct. I, 1838. . . 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 43 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 26, 1837.. 
 
 Josiah Andrews. 
 
 43 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Jan. 18, 1838. . 
 
 John Butler. 
 
 44 
 
 119 
 
 ept 
 
 Dec. 20, 1837. 
 
 Joseph Long. 
 
 44 
 
 60 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. 28. 1838. 
 
 Charles Long. 
 
 44 
 
 150 
 
 w pt 
 
 Aug. 20, 1829. 
 
 Sewell Butler. 
 
 45 
 
 116 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 Sept. 6, 1855. . 
 
 Josiah Andrews. 
 
 45 
 
 75 
 
 n pt 
 
 Mar. 15, 1839. 
 
 Almon F. Jewett . 
 
 45 
 
 150 
 
 s-w pt .... 
 
 July 18, 1838. . 
 
 Pollard Stone. 
 
 46 
 
 71 
 
 s-e pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 46 
 
 60 
 
 s-w pt . . . . 
 
 Oct. 14, 1837.. 
 
 Luther Putman. 
 
 46 
 
 200 
 
 n pt 
 
 Jan. 12, 1839. • 
 
 F . B. Marvin. 
 
 46 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 Oct. 2, 1856.. . 
 
 Sewell Butler. 
 
 47 
 
 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 April 20, 1839. 
 
 William P. Powers. 
 
 47 
 
 '^3 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 Aug. 6, 1840. . 
 
 George Bigelow. 
 
 47 
 
 83 
 
 n-w pt ... 
 
 June 19, 1849. 
 
 Stephen Carney. 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 Nov. 22, 1833. 
 
 Obadiah Matteson . 
 
 48 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 ¥th. 5, 1849.. . 
 
 G. N. Cutler. 
 
 48 
 
 129 
 
 n pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 49 
 
 100 
 
 s pt 
 
 Jan. 14, 1842. . 
 
 George Marsh, Jr. 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. I, 1838. . . 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 49 
 
 118 
 
 n-e pt . . . . 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 49 
 
 40 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 19, 1839 • 
 
 Jonathan Pingrey. 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 n-w pt . . . . 
 
 Feb. 19, 1839 • 
 
 William Pingre}'. 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 Oct. 4, 1838. . . 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 s m pt. . . . 
 
 Nov. 12, 1835 • 
 
 Noah Johnson. 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 April 20. 1839. 
 
 VV. P. Powers. 
 
 50 
 
 58 
 
 s-w m pt . . 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman . 
 
 50 
 
 40 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Feb. 19, 1839.. 
 
 William Lafferty. 
 
 50 
 
 60 
 
 w pt 
 
 Feb. 19. 1839.. 
 
 Jacob M. Marston. 
 
 51 
 
 lOO 
 
 e pt 
 
 Feb. 14, 1834.. 
 
 Samuel Sheppard. 
 
 51 
 
 100 
 
 e m pt . . . 
 
 Oct. I, 1838. . .1 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 51 
 
 60 
 
 w m i)t . . . 
 
 April 28. 1855. 
 
 Fred West . 
 
 51 
 
 50 
 
 w m pt . . . 
 
 Nov. 22, 1823. 
 
 First Congregational 
 Society of Sardinia. 
 
 51 
 
 47 
 
 w pt 
 
 Aug. 29. 1S36. 
 
 William Willson. 
 
 52 
 
 250 
 
 e pt 
 
 Aug. 24, 1838. 
 
 Bela H . Colcgrove. 
 
DKKDS (ilVKX U\ TI IK lloLLAND (OMl'AXY. 783 
 
 TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE VIVE— Con/inucii. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 AcKKS, 
 
 5« 
 
 SiMsnivisioN 
 W [Jt 
 
 Daik ok Dkko. 
 
 Namk. 
 
 S2 
 
 Sept. 27, 1834. 
 
 Josiah Ihompson . 
 
 S2 
 
 25 
 
 w pt 
 
 Sept. 28, 1837. 
 
 Josiah Thompson . 
 
 53 
 
 267 
 
 M)t 
 
 Au<:^. 23, 1838. 
 
 C. B. Dunbar. 
 
 5^ 
 
 25 
 
 n m })t . . . 
 
 Mar. 15, 1839. 
 
 John B. Ho.smer. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 75 
 
 n pt 
 
 Nov. 30, 1835. 
 
 Edward Scott . 
 
 S4 
 
 65 
 
 M^t 
 
 Oct. 27, 1835.. 
 
 Horace Clark. 
 
 S4 
 
 160 
 
 m pt 
 
 Jan. 26, 1839. • 
 
 Josiah Andrews. 
 
 S4 
 
 131 
 
 n pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P . C. Sherman . 
 
 ss 
 
 146 
 
 ^Pt 
 
 Aug. 23. 1838. 
 
 C. B. Dunbar. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 220 
 
 11 pt 
 
 Oct. I, 1838... 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 S6 
 
 120 
 
 s pt 
 
 June 16, 1845 . 
 
 George N. Williams. 
 
 S6 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 Mar. 21, 1837. 
 
 Caleb Butler, Jr. 
 
 =;6 
 
 146 
 
 n pt 
 
 Aug. 23, 1838. 
 
 C. B. Dunbar. 
 
 57 
 
 16s 
 
 m pt 
 
 Julv 18, 18^9.. 
 
 B.C. Sherman . 
 
 57 
 
 140 
 
 w i)t 
 
 Dec. 28, 1837 • 
 
 Jonathan Pingrey. 
 
 5cS 
 
 100 
 
 t-- pt 
 
 Oct. 7, 1833... 
 
 Reuben Rider. 
 
 58 
 
 60 
 
 c m pt . . . 
 
 Jan 8, 1834. . . 
 
 William Pingrey. 
 
 58 
 
 '50 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec. 28, 1837 . 
 
 Dudley Hopkins. 
 
 58 
 
 ^6 
 
 w pt 
 
 Dec. 8, 1837 . . 
 
 Robert Hopkins. 
 
 5Q 
 
 50 
 
 e pt 
 
 Sept. 16, 1828. 
 
 Richmond Sheppard. 
 
 SQ 
 
 95 
 
 c m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 7. 1834 . . 
 
 Richmond Sheppard . 
 
 5q 
 
 80 
 
 s m pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 12, 1835 . 
 
 D. & J. M. Hopkins. 
 
 59 
 
 51 
 
 n 111 pt . . . 
 
 Mar. 12, 1835. 
 
 T. N. Hopkins. 
 
 5Q 
 
 100 
 
 w pt 
 
 Oct. I. 1838.. . 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 60 
 
 100 
 
 e pt 
 
 June 20, 1837. 
 
 William Thomas. 
 
 60 
 
 100 
 
 m pt 
 
 Dec 28, 1837. . 
 
 Nehemiah Hopkins. 
 
 60 
 
 172 
 
 w pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P. C. Sherman. 
 
 61 
 
 394 
 
 
 Sept. 15, 1842. 
 
 Lansing Tooker. 
 
 62 
 
 100 
 
 c pt 
 
 Oct. I, 1838 .. 
 
 Simeon Cummings. 
 
 62 
 
 lOS 
 
 Ill pt 
 
 Jan. 12, 1839.. 
 
 F. B. Marvin. 
 
 62 
 
 184 
 
 w pt 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P . C . Sherman . 
 
 63 
 
 209 
 
 ■M^t 
 
 July 18, 1839.. 
 
 P . C . Sherman . 
 
 6^. 
 
 2uO 
 
 n pt 
 
 fan. 12, 1839. • 
 
 Fred. B. Marvin. 
 
 64 
 
 412 
 
 e pt 
 
 luly 18, 1839.. 
 
 P . C . Sherman . 
 
 64 
 
 50 
 
 \v pt 
 
 June 27, 1857. 
 
 Michael Shea. 
 
7^4 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 EARLY REMINLSCEXCES OF SARDINIA, AS RELATED BV THE 
 LATE GENERAL NOTT, AND GIVEX THE COMPILER BV 
 MR. S. H. NOTT, A S)N, TOGETHER WITH HIS OWX RE- 
 COLLECTIONS OF THOSE TIMES. 
 
 n the Spring of 1809, the Holland Land company engaged 
 Uncle Sumner Warren to open a wagon road from the Eastern 
 limits of the town, beginning on lot three and extending six 
 miles west, to lot sixty. The survey had been previously made 
 and marked by blazing the trees along the route. This road 
 was afterward called "The old Genesee Road," and Uncle's 
 duty was to cut the timber and clear it off wide enough to 
 allow a wagon to safely pass along without hindrance from 
 these obstacles, and no grading was done. 
 
 Early in June, 1809, Uncle began his work with a part}- of 
 four to assist him . The party consisted of Sumner Warren, 
 Jabez Warren, Asa Warren and myself. Our headquarters 
 were at Aurora, and Monday morning we left that little ham- 
 let armed with axes, handspikes and sufificient provisions to 
 sustain us two weeks. Our tools and commissary were stowed 
 into a cart improvised out of the forward wheels of a wagon. 
 Bread and baked pork and beans were to be chiefly our daily 
 rations, while our shelter was to be improvised wherever night 
 overtook us. 
 
 All being in readiness, Uncle's oxen were hitched to the 
 cart and we took our way southward ; after the first two miles 
 we were compelled to cut our way through an unbroken wil- 
 derness. Uncle would act as pilot ; two of us would handle 
 the axes, while the other would fetch up the rear with the o.xen 
 and cart . This would appear to man\- now-a-da)s as almost 
 an impossibilit}', to undertake to cut their wa\' through the 
 forests, yet we did and made nearly twelve miles the first day, 
 camping out that night on lot forty-seven, in the Town of Sar- 
 dinia, now owned by J. D. Carney, better known as the Cap- 
 tain Bigelow place. We pitched our tents, the blue heavens 
 o'er us, and built our camp-fire right where the orchard now 
 stands, and this was nearly three-quarters of a century ago. 
 We made our beds upon the ground and passed a very comfort- 
 able night, for our exertions that day had given us all a keen 
 
RECOI.LKCTIONS oF SARDINIA. 785 
 
 relish for rest. The iie.xt morning-, all were up with the sun, 
 and after a hearty breakfast of bread, pork and beans, we broke 
 camp and proceeded on our way. About eleven o'clock that 
 day, we struck the line survey one mile west of Cole^rove's cor- 
 ners ; there we remained that day, doing our first work. The 
 ne.xt morning, we supplied ourselves with two days' rations, 
 and set out for the east end of the line, with the intent of work- 
 ing westward . 
 
 At that day and time of year, we found camp life very agree- 
 able. The woods abounded in game and the little streams 
 were filled with the most delicious of all the finn\- tribe — the 
 speckled trout. The game law was unknown, and wc were 
 not always compelled to confine ourselves to prepared rations. 
 We progressed nicely with our work, and the following Sab- 
 bath was ob.served as a day of rest ; although that night one 
 of the boys caught a splendid string of trout out of the little 
 brook that runs across lot three, and we enjoyed them for din- 
 ner. 
 
 On the second Saturday out we all returned to Aurora, to re- 
 plenish our stock of provisions, which was getting rather low. 
 The following Monday, all returned with the exception of my- 
 self. I was taken down with the mumps and tarried at home 
 until the next Saturday, when I started back for the camp 
 with fifty pounds of provisions across one shoulder and a six- 
 teen-pound rifle across the other. I had no difificult}' to find 
 the camp of the party, but it was unoccupied, and where the 
 boys had gone I did not know. In looking around 1 found a 
 piece of birch bark, that had this written across the smooth 
 surface with a sharpened stick : " Stay here until we return." 
 I had made up my mind to do as bidden, for I was somewhat 
 tired, having' traveled nearly twenty miles. 
 
 In stepping to the cart my eyes fell upon another piece of 
 bark with this legend written upon it : " Follow the trail west 
 until you overtake us." I heeded this and came upon them 
 just as they had got ready for supper. After doing this meal 
 ample justice, and being informed that there was a "deer-lick" 
 on the little brook just west of us, I again shouldered my rifle 
 and set out for it; I found that the Indians had constructed a 
 " bough house " or blind, where the hunter could watch the 
 31 
 
786 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 " lick " and himself not be seen. I took possession, but my 
 vigil was short and richly rewarded, for just as the sun was 
 sinking beneath the western horizon I shot the largest buck I 
 ever saw. It was but a short distance from the camp, and the 
 report of my rifle brought the rest of my companions to the 
 rescue, and we had that " monarch of the forest " dressed and 
 in camp. The next day (Sunday) was spent in "jerking" the 
 venison, which, happily for us all, would be a change from salt 
 pork. That day we had a venison pot-pie for dinner. At that 
 day this kind of game was so abundant and tame in the forests- 
 that often they would come and feed with our oxen when 
 turned loose for rest and food at noon time. 
 
 Our camp cooking utensils consisted of one bake kettle, one 
 tea kettle that was used for a two-fold purpose, that of boiling 
 water and then brewing the tea, and a skillet or frying pan. 
 Each one was supplied \\'ith a tin cup and plate and knife 
 and fork. There was no washing dishes, for each one took 
 care of his own. The following day (Monday) we finished the 
 job, and then we turned back to where we had made our claims. 
 On the 27th day of June, 1809, at about 11 o'clock A. M., on 
 lot nineteen, near the road just south of the house of Newell 
 Hosmer, I made my first brush heap, and on the same day 
 Uncle Sumner and the boys, after partaking of dinner, went 
 east to Rice's Corners, near the brook, and went to chopping 
 on his claim. 
 
 INCIDENTS IN THE WAR OF l8l2. 
 Father was often called to the " lines," as he termed it. '\ith- 
 out a moment's' warning. Like Cincinnatus of old, he would 
 leave the plow standing in the furrow, or the crops of hay and 
 grain would be left suffering for the Avant of a gleaner. Just 
 east of the barn there grew six acres of winter wheat, ripe for 
 the sickle. Upon three successive Saturdays had father come 
 home to care for those who looked to him for protection, and 
 to secure the crop tiiat was to bread them through the long, 
 bleak winter, and as many Sabbaths had he been called back to 
 the field of duty. Even in those early days the Sabbaths were 
 observed with Puritan strictness. Religious meetings were held 
 in the log school house, or, weather permitting, in the woods 
 
RECOLLECTIONS OF SARI)IXL\. 787 
 
 just below where the Baptist church now stands. Two ser- 
 mons each Sabbath were customary, one in the morning and 
 the other in the afternoon Upon one occasion mother says, 
 " after the morning sermon she saw all the people wending their 
 way homeward, and she concluded that the preacher was sick. 
 Awhile after she, having occasion to go to the door, was greatly 
 surprised to see the meeting folks reaping the wheat. Soon 
 one of the reapers visited the house for water, and she re- 
 quested him to return after performing his intended mission. 
 In the meantime she secured the fatling of the flock, and when 
 he presented himself she enjoined secresy and bade him dress 
 it. This was quickly done, and by the time he had the lamb 
 prepared she had the old stone o\'en ready to give it a warm 
 reception. About the time the reapers were gathering the last 
 sheaves mother visited the field 10 thank the men for their 
 kindness, and she also requested them to come to the house 
 as she had a little work to do that required united strength. 
 This they cheerfully promised. After assembling at the house 
 mother came to the door and requested them to step just back 
 of the house. Some seized hand-spikes, while others levied 
 upon the wood pile for instruments for assistance, and then 
 went bounding around the corner of the old log house. Imag- 
 ine their surprise, for instead of some ugly knotted log, mother 
 had fixed a table beneath some trees, and had as bountiful a 
 spread of goodies as the land afforded, with the fat lamb in the 
 center done beautifull}* brown. The cheers from those honest- 
 hearted men fairly made the dishes on the table tremble as they 
 gathered around the board. This little incident in after )-ears 
 Avas the connecting link in procuring my venerable mother her 
 pension." 
 
 On page two hundred and eighty one, of Mr. Johnson's 
 history, will be found a reference to the battle of Conjockety 
 Creek. As I have often heard my father relate the scenes 
 there, I will give them as he related them one night, while we 
 were boiling sap or making sugar. " In the afternoon we dis- 
 covered the British coming over to Squaw Island. We antici- 
 pated their movements, and that afternoon we took up all the 
 planks (we suppose meaning planks of bridge) and brought 
 them on this side, cut oak timber and hewed it on two sides, 
 
788 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 then built breast works in front of the string pieces (meaning, 
 we presume, that the fort was built in front of the bridge, that 
 they had stripped of planks, and that the fortifications were to 
 prevent the British from crossing the creek, which the}- had to 
 do to lay siege to the village — Ed.) higher than our heads. 
 Turned a wing on each side of the bank of the creek about 
 breast high. Loop holes were cut that would just admit the 
 muzzle of a gun, ranging with the stringers, and we could also 
 bring a cross fire from the wings. After dark our spies dis- 
 covered the British landing down the ri\'er. Morgan's men 
 were stationed at the breast works ; I, with my men, about one 
 hundred — fifty or sixty rods below — guarding the road, we w^ere 
 in the woods just back from the road. About lo o'clock firing 
 commenced : could hear the British officer say : ' rush on my 
 brave boys ; ' could hear one after another tumble into the 
 water. They imagined they were firing too low, order was 
 given to elevate their guns. Soon the bullets went whizzing 
 through the limbs over our heads, they would cut off quite 
 large limbs. At about ii o'clock. Green, the Yorktown hero, 
 as he was called, stood by my side with his drum. A stray 
 buckshot struck me here (pointing to the place where he was 
 wounded) father carried that shot to his grave, at the same 
 time another struck the lower hoop of Green's drum, cutting 
 it nearly in two, and badly shattering the shell. Green was a 
 volunteer, although he had been in the regular service during 
 the Revolution, and played upon this drum at the surrender of 
 Cornvvallis at Yorktown. (This drum came into my possession 
 nearly fifty years ago, and I have it now just as it came out of 
 that battle). About 3 o'clock I- received orders to go to Mor- 
 gan's relief, soon after we got in position the firing ceased. No 
 negroes were ever blacker than Morgan's men, with the burnt 
 powder, as we discovered when daylight came. The famous 
 drummers, the Streeter brothers, John, Tom and Elia?, were 
 with Morgan during the battle. Between Elias and Morgan 
 there had been some misunderstanding. After passing that 
 night Elias stepped up to Morgan, raised his hat with his left 
 hand as he grasped Morgan with his right, giving it a hearty 
 shake, saying with much feeling, ' the old sore is all healed 
 now.' The next morning our breast works were found to be 
 
RECOLLKCTIOXS OF SARDINIA. 789 
 
 one mass of lead. The trees back of the battery were all 
 seared and cut up by the balls. The night was exceedingly 
 dark." 
 
 A FOURTH OF JULY PARTY IX 1811. 
 
 THE FIRST OXF I\ SARDINIA OR THE ORKJIXAF TOWX OF 
 COXCORD, AT RICHMOND'S — GOIX(; WITH OXFX AND 
 SLEDS — AXOTHER FOURTH OF JULY I'ARl'V SEVENTY 
 YEARS LATER. 
 
 The Richmond famiK- and the Richmond farm and tax'ern 
 were well known to the settlers hereabouts, but many changes 
 have taken place and some explanations are necessary. The 
 Richmond famih' came here from Vermont in 1809, and located 
 on lots twenty-nine and thirty, township six, range six, which 
 lots are bounded south by the Cattaraugus creek. Their house 
 was built of logs and stood down near the creek, and as there 
 were no saw-mills in this region in 1809, it consequently was 
 built without lumber. The roof was of bark, and the floor was 
 split oat of basswood logs and hewed and fitted down. The 
 old Richmond place is now in the southwest corner of the 
 town of Sardinia. In 181 1 it was in the town of Willink and 
 in Niagara county. At that time there were about fifteen fam- 
 ilies in the present town of Sardinia, located mostly along the 
 Cattaraugus creek, and on or near the Genesee road, east of 
 Colgrove's Corners. At that time in the present town of Con- 
 cord there were about twenty families, located mosth' along 
 the Cattaraugus, on Townscnd hill, and in Springville. The 
 number either on the Cattaraugus or on Townsend hill was 
 greater at that time than it was in the present village corpora- 
 tion. In the present town of Collins there were then about 
 fifteen families and they were located mostly at or near Collins 
 Center, in Zoar, Gowanda, and Taylor Hollow. 
 
 A majority of the early settlers were young married people 
 whose children were few and young, but in the Richmond 
 family there were grown up sons and daughters. The father's 
 name w^as George, and he was about forty-five years of age. 
 The oldest child Frederick was twenty-three or twenty-four 
 years old — then there was Anna, Betsey, George, Jr., Louisa 
 and Sallv. 
 
790 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 In 1811 the few roads here were cut out only wide enough 
 for teams to pass through, and they generally wound hither 
 and thither wherever they could get along most conveniently, 
 without regard to lot lines or points of compass. All the 
 settlers owned and used sleds, for they could make them, them- 
 selves, and could get through the v/oods easier with them than 
 with wagons. Only a few of the earliest settlers owned wagons. 
 They came to this 4th of July party in 181 1, with oxen and 
 sleds, some of them came at least ten miles. On the 4th of 
 July, 181 1, Fiddler's Green was unknown to fame and unnamed. 
 There were no fiddlers here then, and no green — that was be- 
 fore the event of the boss fiddler, David Leroy. David Ben- 
 sley, Truman Bensley and Mortimer Arnold had not yet ar- 
 rived. Tom Jennings, the fiddling shoemaker, had not yet put 
 in appearance. On the 4th of July, 1811, there was not a grist 
 mill, nor a saw mill, nor a store, nor a grocery, nor a school- 
 house, nor a meeting house, nor a lawyer, nor a doctor, nor a 
 preacher, nor a post-of^ce, nor a mail route, nor a newspaper 
 taken in the four towns whereof we write. There was only one 
 paper published west of the Genesee river, and that was a small 
 sheet at Batavia. 
 
 At that 4th of July party in 181 1, there were present besides 
 the Richmond family, Morton Crosby and wife, Christopher 
 Douglass and wife, David Shultes and wife, Bethuel Bishop 
 and wife, John Godding and wife, James Hinman, Sr., and 
 wife, Elijah Parmenter and wife, Giles Briggs and wife, John 
 Johnson and wife (from Arcade), Luther Thompson and wife, 
 Nehemiah Rodgers and wife, Capt. Charles Wells (his family 
 was not here), George Shultus, unmarried, William Shultus, 
 young bachelor, Dennis Riley, young bachelor, two other mar- 
 ried couples from a distance, names not remembered, John 
 Wilcox, a large boy or young man, and Miss Lovina Johnson. 
 The fiddler on that occasion was John Haskell, a brother of 
 Jonathan Townsend's first wife. He had arrived from Massa- 
 chusetts that Spring and was rusticating on Townsend Hill. 
 John was patriotic and liberal, and held himself in readiness at 
 all times when called upon, to " lay down the shovel and de hoe, 
 and take up the fiddle and de bow," and go and play for a 4th 
 of Jul)- part}' for a moderate compensation. '" '^' ''■' 
 
RECOLLECTIONS OF SARUINLA. 79I 
 
 Some may feel disposed to doubt whether all the persons 
 named above would attend a 4th of July dance, but the fact 
 that they were there is obtained from an eye witness, and 
 while it is not claimed that they all danced, yet under the cir- 
 cumstances it was the most natural and reasonable thint^ in the 
 world for them to wish to assemble together on tiiat national 
 holiday and visit and have a good social time. Some of them 
 lived miles away from any neighbors, in the lonely forest where 
 for days, and perhaps weeks they saw no persons except mem- 
 bers of their own household. And there were then no religious 
 meetings, and no political meetings and no public gathering 
 of any kind, except log raising, and no newspapers to read. 
 
 Let us in imagination move back the hands of time just 
 seventy years, and remand the countr)- and the people here,, 
 back to their then condition. We are supposed to be young 
 men and stopping here. The morning of the 4th of July, 181 1, 
 has come. We have heard of the party down at Richmond's 
 and have concluded to attend. We have no horses and we 
 start on foot, through the woods, up the East Hill and on to 
 where Harrison Pingry now lives ; there is the first house and 
 James Hinman lives there His wife is ready and he is hitch- 
 ing up his cattle to go. We pass on through the forest and the 
 next house we come to is Bethuel Bishop's, located on the top 
 of the "breakers" where a few apple trees still stand, halfway 
 between the railroad and the wagon road, (railroads have not 
 been invented yet, but all the roads hereabouts are narrow- 
 gauge). Mr. Bishop and his wife are going to walk down. We 
 pass down the breakers, down the hill, out onto the flats, and 
 then near the banks of the " raging Cattaraugus," we arrive at 
 Richmond's house and tavern. Capt. Charles Wells lives next 
 east of Richmond's, John Godding on the next lot east of him, 
 and Commodore Rogers on the next lot further east. They 
 live near by and all walked down. John Johnson comes down 
 from Arcade with his oxen ; Giles Briggs from Rice's Corners, 
 in the east part of Sardinia, and another couple living further 
 east came down with their steers and sled ; David Shultus and 
 Christopher Douglass came up from near the Shultus bridge 
 (that is to be); Elijah Parmenter comes up seven miles from 
 
792 RFXOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 down towards Frye's ; Morton Crosby comes down from his 
 place a mile or two above. Some of them were acquainted with 
 each other " down east " and they meet each other with cordial 
 and heart-felt greetings. 
 
 About 4 o'clock P. M., they form on for a dance. The}' do 
 not dance round dances, but form in lines and " face their 
 partners." They do not dance the Spanish dance, nor the 
 Maznrka, nor the Schottische, nor the Zingarilla, nor any other 
 of those dances with jaw-breaking names, but they dance those 
 good old-fashioned down-country figures, such as the Monnie 
 Musk, Opera Reel, Crooked S, &c. They have no "calling," 
 but " dance to the music." John Haskell has tuned up his 
 fiddle and " rosined the bow." All is ready and the Opera Reel 
 is the dance — the music strikes ?// and they strike /;/, the first 
 couple pass down the outside and back again, then join hands 
 and lead the center and back again, cast off next couple and 
 right and left first four, first couple balance and swing partners. 
 The first couple is Geo. Richmond, Sen. and wife ; he is older 
 than the others but dances well. That couple that comes to 
 the head is Morton Crosby and wife ; he is a strong and pow- 
 erful man but dances well. Now comes to the head George 
 Shultus ; he is tall and slini and not as heavy as the others, but 
 dances prett\' well. Now look at that couple see how lightly 
 they move, how supple they are, that is young Dennis Riley 
 and his partner is Anna Richmond ; Dennis is as limber as an 
 eel and Anna dances as nice as any ''school marm." Now look, 
 see, that small, nervous man that comes to the front now, is 
 Christopher Douglas ; watch him, he is excited, see him shave 
 it down, see him put in the double-shuffle. Look at those two 
 large boys, or young men over there ; see them watch the 
 dancers ; see how eager they look, and how anxious to have a 
 hand (or foot) in the dance. One of them is George Rich- 
 mond, Jr,, (not 0//?- George, but his father), and the other one is 
 John Wilcox. That small, eleven-year-old bo}- is Pearl Crosby, 
 and that little nine-year-old girl is Lucy Crosb\-, and mentally 
 she is taking notes, and they will be printed seventy years 
 afterwards. Over yonder sits Capt. Charles Wells, Mr. Hin- 
 man, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Parmenter and others, and converse of 
 the past and the prospects of the future. And thus while some 
 
RFXOLLECTIONS OF SARDIXFA. 793 
 
 of them dance, others converse and visit, and <^// stay and enjoy 
 themselves till " daylight doth appear." All of that goodly 
 company that attended that Fourth of July party that Rich- 
 mond had in i8ii, have undoubtedly passed away, except the 
 two children mentioned above. Most of them lived and died 
 in this vicinity. Some of them were afterwards promoted to 
 responsible positions. 
 
 John Haskell, the pioneer fiddler of those parts, afterwards 
 lived in Collins a few years and from there went west where he 
 died. Dennis Riley was a Captain and served on the Niagara 
 frontier in the war of 1812-15 ; he moved away after a few 
 years. Morton Crosby served in that war, and afterwards held 
 the office of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. Frederick 
 Richmond served in that war, was an officer, and was wounded, 
 afterwards was a Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and Brigadier- 
 General. Christopher Douglas was the first Justice of the 
 Peace hereabouts, and was side Judge and sat on the bench 
 when the " three Thayers" were tried for murder in Buffalo in 
 1825; he moved west nearly fifty years ago; twenty-three 
 years ago he was farming and keeping hotel in Wisconsin. 
 
 Seventy years after there was another Fourth of July party 
 in Sardinia. 
 
 First. This last party was not held at the house of George 
 Richmond on the Cattaraugus creek, but at the house of 
 George Andrews in Sardinia village. 
 
 Second. The first dance was in the lower and only story of a 
 lo'T-house with puncheon floor and bark roof. The last dance 
 was in the third story of a framed house with matched pine 
 floor and Mansard roof. 
 
 Third. They went to the first party through the forest, on 
 foot or on ox sleds. They went to the last party in buggies, 
 carriages and railroad cars. 
 
 Fourth. The musicians at the first party was oncX^zw Yankee, 
 sitting in the corner by the big Dutch fire-place. At the last 
 party there were six Germans, both fat and lean, sitting in a 
 row on the elevated platform. 
 
 Fifth. At the first party the music was made with a single 
 
794 soldiers' record. 
 
 fiddle. At the last party they had first fiddle, second fiddle, 
 cornet, clarionet, trombone and bass viol. 
 
 Sixth. At the first party only eight or ten couples could 
 dance at a time, and only a dozen couples did dance at all. 
 At the last party ten times that number could dance at a time, 
 and more than two hundred and twenty-five c/zV/ dance in all. 
 
 Seventh. At the first part}- the attendants were mostly 
 youngerly married people. At the last part}' the}' were mostly 
 young and unmarried. 
 
 Eighth. At the first part} they danced old-fashioned dances 
 only, without calling. At the last party they had calling and 
 danced old-fashioned figures, quadrilles, fancy dances, etc. 
 
 Ninth. The bill of fare at the first party has not come down 
 to us, and of that we are not prepared to speak. But at the 
 last party the refreshments were excellent and abundant; and 
 were prepared and served in a proper and satisfactory manner. 
 
 Tenth. Seventy years hence there will undoubtedly again be 
 a Fourth of July party in Sardinia, but at whose house it will 
 be, or who will make the music, or who w ill participate in the 
 dance, or who will be there to report, this deponent sayeth not. 
 
 SARDINIA SOLDIERS' RECORD. 
 
 When disunion threatened the supremacy of the "old flag," 
 
 '• Flag of the free hearts, hope and liome. 
 By angel hands to valor given" — 
 
 Sardinia sent out a goodly number of her sons to protect the 
 welfare of the nation. She was represented in twenty-eight 
 different regiments, although over one-third (33) of her soldiers 
 were in Companies C, F and D, of the i i6th New York Volun- 
 teers, The service which this regiment performed is perhaps 
 sufficiently familiar to the reader to need no relating here. 
 
 Many other regiments in which Sardinia was represented 
 also took an active part in the Rebellion. 
 
 The following list was compiled from a record in the Town 
 Clerk's office, prepared in 1865, for the bureau of military 
 record : 
 
soldiers' record. 795 
 
 Note. — A star placed opposite a name indicates death in the service, and the person's name 
 will be fo.nd at the ilose in a list of the dead. 
 
 Andrews, Judson, i i6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 Baker, Joshua, Serg't, i loth N. V. V., Co. F. 
 
 Baker, Amander, 8th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Baker, RusselL 5th N. Y. V. 
 
 Baker, David, drummer, i6oth N. Y. V. 
 
 *Beasor, Peter, 21st N. Y. V. 
 
 *Bond, Harrison, i i6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 Clark, Edwin, loth N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Case, John, 140th N. Y. V. 
 
 Crocker, Thomas B., 44th N. Y. V., Co. H. 
 
 Champiin, James H., Cor., 44th N. Y. V., Co. H. 
 
 Clair, Conrad, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 *Childs, Henry, 94th N. Y. Inf. 
 
 "Crosby, Morton, 24th N. Y. Battery. 
 
 ■"Crosby, David, ii6th N. Y. V., Co.F. 
 
 Davis, Byron, i i6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 Davis, LeRoy \V., ii6th N. Y. V. 
 
 Davis, Cyrus, 9th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Davis, , 
 
 Eddy, William, 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. 
 
 Eddy, Veloral, Cor., 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Eddy, A. C, 44th N. Y. V. 
 
 Eddengton, Charles, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 Ellis, Richard, 
 
 Freeman, Samuel, 78th N. Y. V. 
 Furman Silas, 169th Pa. Inf., Co. C. 
 *Furman, Ebenezer, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 Fuller, James D., i i6th N. Y. V., Co, C. 
 Goodspeed, George C. 
 
 Gill, Wallace, Serg't., 44th N. Y. V., Co. H. 
 *Gill, Carlton. 90th N. Y. Inf. 
 Guyger, Ignots, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. I. 
 Hopkins, Emory C, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 Hooker, Charles, i i6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 Hover. Jonathan, i88th N. Y. V. 
 James, Edwin, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 Joslyn, Frederick, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
796 soldiers" record. 
 
 Joslyn, Willis VV.. 104th N. V. V.. Co. C. 
 
 *Judd, George H., 4th N. V. V. 
 
 Kingsle)-. Jacob, 78th N. Y. V. 
 
 King, Philemon, ii6th N. Y. V., Co, F. 
 
 King, Chauncey, icoth N. Y. V., Co. A. 
 
 Nichols, Ira, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 *Newton, Charles E.. 105th N. Y. V. 
 
 Nichols, Reuben, "Scott's 900th'" Cav. 
 
 Orr, George W., musician, 44th N. Y. V., Co. H. 
 
 Owens, David, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 Pingrey, Edwin R., Ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 Pingrey, Robert H., ii6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 Pollitt, William, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. I. 
 
 Reynolds, Madison, Ser. ii6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 -"Rogers, Harry, 11 6th N.Y.V.,Co.F. 
 
 Runyan, Elbert, 11 6th N.Y.V., Co.F\ 
 
 Stokes, James N., 185th N.Y.V., Co.H. 
 
 Stokes, Chauncey G., 187th N.Y.V., Co.E. 
 
 '-^Shultes, Stephen D., 54th N.Y Cav. 
 
 Sillenay James, 1 1 6th N.Y.V., Co.C. 
 
 Starkweather, Wallace, looth N.Y.V., Co. A. 
 
 Thomas, C. H., 5th N.Y.V. Cav. 
 
 *Thomas, Santford, 11 6th N.Y.V., Co. I. 
 
 Thomas, Andrew J., i i6th N. Y. V., Co. F. 
 
 Titus, Thomas J., 78th N. Y V., Co. G. 
 
 Van Slyke, "William, Lieut. 11 6th N. Y. V., Co.C. 
 
 Wilkes, Abram, 121st N. Y. V. 
 
 Wiser, John, ii6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 White, Dennis, i i6th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
 Wilber, Ebcnezer, 72d N. Y.V. 
 
 Wilber, Clark, looth N. Y. V. 
 
 Weatherlow, John, 28th N.Y.V., Co. I. 
 
 White, Theodore, looth N.Y.V., Co. A. 
 
 Weatherlow, John F., 28th N. Y. V., Co. P\ 
 
 Zimmer, Peter, i 15th N. Y. V., Co. C. 
 
SOLDIKKS KKCOKI) — ISAl'lIST ClirKCII. 797 
 
 LIST OF 'riiosr: who \\va<k kii.i.kd or dtkd in thk skrnick 
 
 Beasor, Peter, died in Sardinia, March 20, I S64. 
 
 Bond Harrison, died in hospital near Port Hudson, La. 
 
 Childs, Henr\-, killed Dec. I3tli, 1862, at l^attleof Fredericks- 
 burg^. 
 
 Crosby, Morton, died of starvation in .\nderson\ille prison, 
 July 14, 1864. 
 
 Crosby, David, died at Chicago, 111., July 10, 1864. 
 
 Firman, Ebenezer, died at F^ortress Monroe, Va., Dec. 4, 
 1862. 
 
 Gill, Carlton, killed Oct. 19, 1864, at the Battle of Cedar 
 Creek. 
 
 Judd, Cieorge H., died in Virginia, April 9, 1865. 
 
 Newton, Charles E., killed Aug. 30, 1862. 
 
 Rogers, Harry, died in Sardinia. Nov. 5, 1863. 
 
 Shultes. Stephen D., died at Macon, Ga., April 3, 1863. 
 
 Thomas, Santford, killed at Battle of W'hite Stone Plains, 
 La. 
 
 FIRST HAI'TIST CHURCH OF SARDINIA. 
 
 The society was organized March I, 1820, with twenty con- 
 stituent members. Meetings were held at different places 
 until 1829, when the present church edifice was built ; it was 
 dedicated Jan. 27, 1830; Rev. Elisha Tucker preached the 
 dedicatory sermon. 
 
 Stukley Hudson and Henr}- Bowen were tlie first deacons of 
 the society. 
 
 Revs. C)'rus Andrews, Mr. Blake and Thomas Baker preaclied 
 to the church until an engagement with regular pastors, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Whitman Metcalf, from 1825 to '33 ; Alfred Hand)- '33 to 
 '36; Anson Tucker, '36 to '^y ; Whitman Metcalf, '38 to '41 ; 
 Elbert W. Clarke, '41 to '45 ; Walter W. Brooks, '46 to 49; 
 R. P. Lamb, '50 to '53 ; O. J. Sprague, '53 to '55 : Ebenezer J. 
 Scott, '55 to 57; Walter G. Dye, '58 to '62; Clinton Colgrove, 
 '62 to '65 ; Joy Huntington, '65 to '67; E. L. Bejiedict, '68 to 
 '69; A. S. Kneeland, '70 to '74; D. Morse, '75 to '76; J. S. 
 Everingham, '76 to 78; E. C. Piamilton, '79 to '80 ; S. M. 
 Wheeler, '80 to '81 ; E. Burroughs, '81 to '83. 
 
798 BENEFICIARY SOCIETIES. 
 
 BENEFICIARY ORDERS. 
 
 Sardinia has two beneficiary secret orders, as follows : 
 A. O. U. W., SARDINIA LODGE, NO. 238. 
 
 Organized May 10, 1879, with about twenty-five charter 
 members. The original officers were : 
 
 J. A McPhee, P. M. W.; M. A. Hopkins, M. W.; E. A. 
 Newton, G. F.; Clark Crosby, O.; Seward Sears, Recorder; D. 
 C. Williams, Fin.; Eugene Long, Receiver; W. Prester, G.; G. 
 E. Wood, I. W.; R. D. House, O. W. 
 
 Present membership, twenty-seven. 
 
 E. A. U., SARDINIA UNION, NO. 42. 
 
 Instituted Jan. 20, 1880, with twenty-five charter members. 
 The original officers were : 
 
 S. D. Kingsley, President ; George W. Strong, Vice-Presi- 
 dent ; M. W. Lankton, Sec: Russell Wells, Acct.; A. J. Adams^ 
 Chan.; George P. Martin, Advocate; A. D. Dennison, Aux.; 
 O. P. Goodspeed, Treas.. Melvin Eastland, Chap.; W. B. An- 
 drews, Warden ; Samuel Lord, Sen.; Morris Goodrich, Watch- 
 man ;^Thomas Andrews, Conductor; Newel Osmar, Asst. Con- 
 ductor. 
 
 Present membership, 106. 
 
 SARDINIA. 
 
 LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAVE HELD TOWN OFFICE FROM THE 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN IN 1 82 1 UP 
 
 TO THE PRESENT. 
 
 182I. 
 Supervisor — Elihu Rice. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham . 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, John M, Adams, Morton Crosby. 
 Highway Commissioners — Giles Briggs, Benjamin Sanders, 
 Horace Rider. 
 
 Collector — Oliver Wilcox. 
 
 1822. 
 
 Supervisor — Benoni Tuttle. 
 Town Clerk — Ezra Nott. 
 
'lOWN OKMCKKS. . 799 
 
 Assessors — Morton Crosb\', Willis W. Cornwall, Benjamin 
 Sanders. 
 
 High\va\' Commissioners — J. Lock, Horace Rider, David 
 Bigelow. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cot)k. 
 
 1823. 
 
 Super\Msor — Morton Crosby. 
 
 Town Clerk — Bela H. Coli^rovc. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Frederick Richmond, Josiah Good- 
 rich. 
 
 Hii^hway Commissioners — Andrew VV. Shedd, Samuel Searles, 
 Benoni Hudson, Jr. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1 824. 
 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Willis W. Cornwall, Thomas N. Hop- 
 kins. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Ezra .Smith, Reuben Rider, 
 Richard Smith. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1825. 
 Supervisor— Bela H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Horace Clark. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Dudley Clark, Thomas Hopkins. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Stephen Wait, David Bige- 
 low, Jabez Wecden. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1826. 
 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Benjamin Sanders, Frederick Richmond, Daniel 
 Hall. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Flint T. Keith, Stephen Waite, 
 Reuben Rider. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
800 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 1827. 
 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Lemuel Leland, Benjamin Sanders. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Frederick Richmond, Flint T. 
 Keith. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1828. 
 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Lemuel Leland, Daniel Hall, Benjamin Saunders. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Edward Cram, Reuben Rider, 
 George S. Collins. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1829. 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Lemuel Leland, Benjamin Sanders. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Chauncey Pond, George Col- 
 lins, Suel Butler. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1830. 
 
 Supervisor — Horace Clark. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel Needham. 
 Justice of the Peace — Benjamin Sanders. 
 
 Assessors — Benjamin Sanders, Daniel Hall, Lemuel Leland. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Samuel Butler, George S. Col- 
 lins, Robert Hopkins. 
 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 1831. 
 
 Supervisor — George S. Collins. 
 
 Town Clerk — Henry Bowen. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Frederick Richmond. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Benjamin Sanders, Lemuel Leland. 
 
TOWN OFIICKKS. 8oi 
 
 Commissioners of Ilii4li\vays — Klias Rodgcrs, Alba Briggs, 
 Robert Hopkins. 
 
 Collector- Duty Hudson. 
 
 1832. 
 
 Super\isor — George S. Collins. 
 
 Town Clerk — Henr)' Bowen. 
 
 Assessors — Jonathan Cook, Benjamin B. Jewett, Fred Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Stephen Wait, Alba Carpen- 
 ter, Ezra Rodgers. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Horace Clark. 
 
 Collector — Ezekiel Ballard. 
 
 1833- 
 Supervisor — Henry Bowen. 
 Town Clerk — George S. Collins. 
 Justice of the Peace — Thomas Collins. 
 Assessors — Jonathan Cook, Suel Butler, Mathew R. Olin. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Benoni Hudson, Reuben 
 Rider, Clark Nichols. 
 
 Collector — Ezekiel Ballard. 
 
 1834. 
 
 Supervisor — Henry Bowen. 
 Town Clerk — George S. Collins. 
 Justice of the Peace — Benjamin Sanders. 
 Assessors — Jonathan Cook, Mathew R. Olin, Suel Butler. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Reuben Rider, Benoni Hud- 
 son, Clark Nichols. 
 
 Collector— Ezekiel Ballard. 
 
 1835- 
 Supervisor — Henry Bowen. 
 Town Clerk — George S. Collins. 
 
 Justices of the Peace (to fill vacancy) — Daniel Stickney, Jr., 
 Orrin Lewis. 
 
 Assessors — Suel Butler, Mathew R. Olin, Philip Miricle. 
 
802 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Commissioners of Highwaj-s— Daniel Hall, Clark Nicho Is 
 Reuben Rider. 
 
 Collector — James Cohvell. 
 
 1836. 
 
 Supervisor — Mathew R. Olin. 
 Town Clerk — George S. Collins. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — David Stickney, Frederick Crary. 
 Assessors — Suel Butler, Reuben Rider, Elias Rodgers. 
 Commissioners of Highways — D.ivid Hall, John Wilson, 
 John Howard. 
 
 Collector — James Cohvell. 
 
 1837. 
 
 Supervisor — Mathew R. Olin. 
 Town Clerk— -George S. Collins. 
 Justice of the Peace — Thomas Collins. 
 Assessors — Suel Butler, Elias Rogers, Reuben Rider. 
 Commissioners of Highwa}-s — Henry Bowen, Z. VV. F"uller, 
 John Howard. 
 
 Collector — James Cohvell. 
 
 1838. 
 
 Supervisor — Elihu Rice. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel P. Shedd. 
 
 Assessors — Elias Rogers. Benjamin Sanders, Robert Hopkins. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Horace Rider, William Pin- 
 grey, George Decker. 
 
 Collector — Alfred Briggs. 
 
 'fc)t>' 
 
 1839- 
 Supervisor — George Bigelow. 
 Town Clerk — Henry Bowen. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — PVed Ci'ary, Elias Rogers. 
 Assessors — David Hall, Andrew W. Shedd, Mathew R. Olin. 
 Commissioners of Highways — John W. Forgles, John Wilson, 
 George Richmond, Jr. 
 
 Collector — Horace Bailey. 
 
TOWN OFFICERS. 805 
 
 1 840. 
 
 Supervisor — Bela H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Zaccheus W. Fuller. 
 Justice of the Peace — ^David Stickney. 
 
 Assessors — Klihu Rice, Fred Richmond, Benjamin Saunders, 
 Commissioners of Highways — Horace Rider, Seth Kings- 
 ley, George Decker. 
 
 Collector — Benjamin Johnson. 
 
 1841. 
 Supervisor — Bela H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Z. W. Fuller. 
 Justice of the Peace — Obediah J. Green. 
 
 Assessors— Seth Pomeroy, Roswell Frisby, Fred Richmond. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Horace Rider, George Decker,. 
 Seth Kingsley. 
 
 Collector — Benjamin Johnson. 
 
 1842. 
 
 Supervisor — Fred Richmond. 
 
 Town Clerk — Z. W. Fuller. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — David Stickney, Jr., to fill vacancy, 
 Moses R. Wheeler. 
 
 Assessors — Roswell Frisbee, Stephen Wait, Thomas Hopkins. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Eli Long, Josiah Andrews 
 Chancy C. Furman. 
 
 Collector — Hiram Crosb)\ 
 
 1843. 
 Supervisor — George Bigelow. 
 Town Clerk— Z. W. Fuller. 
 Justice of the Peace — Fred Crary. 
 
 Assessors — Daniel Hall, Mathew R. Olin, Dudley Hopkins. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Joseph J. Hakes, Eli Long, 
 Suel Butler. 
 
 Collector — Hiram Crosby. 
 
 1844. 
 Supervisor — Fred Richmond. 
 Town Clerk — A. C. Needham. 
 
804 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — A. C. Needham. 
 
 Assessors — Roswell Frisbee, William Pingre)', Samuel 
 Weatheiiow. 
 
 Commissioners of High\\a}-s — J. J. Hakes, Charles Morse, 
 Thomas Hopkins. 
 
 Collector —Alfred Briggs. 
 
 Town Superintendent of Common Schools —Reynolds Til- 
 linghast. 
 
 1845- 
 
 Supervisor — -Bela H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Joseph Candee. 
 Justice of the Peace — O. J. Green. 
 
 Assessors — Roswell Frisbee, Horace Rider, Robert Hopkins. 
 Commissioners of Highways — Orson D. Simons, Charles 
 Morse, Joseph J. Hakes. 
 
 Collector — Nehcmiah Hopkins. 
 
 Superintendent of Common Schools -R. Tillinghast. 
 
 1846. 
 
 Supervisor — B. H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Joseph Candee. 
 Justice of the Peace— Amasa Porter. 
 
 Assessors — Nathan S. Parks, Robert Hopkins, Caleb Cutter. 
 Commissioners of Highways— O. D. Simons, Anson D. Sib- 
 ley, Joseph J. Hakes. 
 Collector — Ira Briggs. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools — R. Tillinghast. 
 
 1847. 
 
 Supervisor — Thomas Hopkins. 
 Town Clerk — Joseph Candee. 
 
 Justices of the Peace — To fill vacanc}', Alfred Briggs ; long 
 term, Chauncey Pond. 
 
 Assessors — Horace Rider, James Hopkins. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Warren Andrews. 
 Collector — Charles Long. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools — Edwin Kingsley. 
 
'1()W\ OFFICKKS. 805 
 
 1848. 
 
 "Supervisor— Thomas Ho[)kins. 
 Town Clerk— Joseph Candee. 
 
 Justices of the Peace— H. Crosby, Benjamin Johnson. 
 Assessors — N. S. Parks, James Hopkins. RHhu Rice. 
 Hii^hway Commissioners — Anson 1). Sibley, Hiram Crosby, 
 Stephen Carney. 
 
 Collector — W'ilber Tillin^hast. 
 
 1849. 
 Supervisor — Joseph Candee. 
 Town Clerk — Welcome Andrews. 
 Justice of tile Peace —Roderick Simons. 
 Assessor — -James Hopkins. 
 Commissioner of Hit^hways — Hiram Crosby. 
 Collector — N. Hopkins. 
 Superintendent (^f Common Schools — none elected. 
 
 1850. 
 
 Supervisor — Henry Bowen. 
 Town Clerk — Andrew J. Adams. 
 Justice of the Peace — Seth Kingsley. 
 Assessor — Elihu Rice (three years). 
 
 Commissioner of Highways- -Stephen Carney (three years). 
 Collector — Phineas Golden. 
 
 Superintendent of Common Schools- -Alfred R. Bowen 
 (two years). 
 
 1851. 
 Supervisor — Joseph Candee. 
 Town Clerk — A. J. Adam.s. 
 Justice of the Peace — O. J. Green. 
 Assessor — Abram South. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — Philemon Pierce. 
 Collector — Orson D. Simons. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools — none elected. 
 
 1852. 
 Supervisor — Joseph Candee. 
 Town Clerk — Clinton Col<rrove. 
 
8o6 TOWi\ OFFICERS. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Benjamin Johnson. 
 Assessor — George Marsh. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Hiram Crosby. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools — Alfred Bovven. 
 Collector — Phineas L. Golden. 
 
 1853- 
 Supervisor — Mitchel R. Loveland. 
 Town Clerk — O. P. Goodspeed. 
 Justice of the Peace — Roderick Simons. 
 Assessor — Ira Cook. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — Royal Green. 
 Collector — P. L. Golden. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools — Cyrus Rice. 
 
 1854. 
 Supervisor — B. H. Colgrove. 
 Town Clerk — Daniel K. Whitaker. 
 Justice of the Peace — Amasa Porter, 
 Assessor — Franklin W. Wheelock. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Hazon Childs. 
 Collector — Lewis Hall. 
 Superintendent of Common Schools —none elected. 
 
 1855. 
 
 Supervisor — Seymour P. Hastings. 
 
 Town Clerk — William W. Loveland. 
 
 Justice — O. J. Green. 
 
 Assessor — George Marsh. 
 
 Commissioners of Highways — Hiram Crosby. 
 
 Collector — O. D. Simons. 
 
 Superintendant of Common Schools — J. F. Jackman. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Supervisor — M. R. Loveland. 
 
 Town Clerk — Clinton Colgrove. 
 
 Justice — Charles E. McCoy. 
 
 Assessor — Alfred Briggs. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — A. D. Sibley. 
 
 Collector — P. L. Golden. 
 
TOWN OFirCERS. 807 
 
 1857. 
 
 Supervisor — James Hopkins. 
 Town Clerk — Reuben Andrews. 
 Justice — Roderick Simons. 
 Assessor — F. W. VVheelock. 
 Commissioner of Highways — William Hall. 
 Collector — Jonathan Cook. 
 
 185S. 
 Supervisor^James Hopkins. 
 Town Clerk — Reuben Andrews. 
 Justice of the Peace — Seth Kingsley. 
 Assessor— B. Carne)'. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — Ethan Olin. 
 Collector — Charles Rosier. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Supervisor — George Bigelow. 
 
 Town Clerk— R. Andrews. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Stephen Shutts. 
 
 Assessor — Warren Andrews. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — F. K. Davis. 
 
 Collector — David Butler. 
 
 i860. 
 
 Supervisor — George Bigelow. 
 
 Town Clerk — H. W. Simons. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — Benjamin Johnson. 
 
 Assessor — F. W'heelock. 
 
 Commissioner of Highwa}'s — No election. 
 
 Collector— George Andrews, 
 
 1861. 
 
 Supervisor — James Rider. 
 Town Clerk — H. W. Simons. 
 Justice of the Peace — S. Hobart. 
 Assessor — WMlliam Hopkins. 
 Commissioner of Highways — H. Bigelow. 
 Collector — Madison Reynolds. 
 
8o8 TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Supervisor — James Rider. 
 Town Clerk — Jacob Weatherlow. 
 Justice of the Peace — Seth Kingsley. 
 Assessor — W. B. Andrews. 
 Commissioner of Highways — L. Briggs. 
 Collector — Charles Spencer. 
 
 1S63. 
 
 Supervisor — Welcome Andrews. 
 
 Town Clerk — J. H. Golden. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — O. P. Goodspeed, 
 
 Assessor — R. W. Vandusen. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — O. D. Simons. 
 
 Collector — James B. Andrews. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Supervisor — W. Andrews. 
 Town Clerk — J. W. Weatherlow. 
 Justice of the Peace — John Reed. 
 Assessor — William Hopkins. 
 Commissioner of Highways — James Colwell. 
 Collector — Addison Wheelock. 
 
 1865. 
 Supervisor — W. Andrews. 
 Town Clerk — J. W. Weatherlow. 
 Justice of the Peace — S. Hobart. 
 Assessor — W. B. Andrews. 
 Commissioner of Highways — E. H. Stickney. 
 Collector — J. J. Colwell. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Supervisor — George Bigelow. • 
 
 Town Clerk— J. W. Wetherlow. 
 Justice of the Peace — S. D. Kingsley. 
 Assessors — R. W. Vandusen. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Alfred Rice. 
 Collector — R. Cutler. 
 
TOWN oi"i<ri:rs. 809 
 
 1 867. 
 
 Supervisor — Gcoi\i;e Bigclow. 
 
 Town Clerk — Charles; C. Proctor. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — G. Bri<^^,s, to fill \'acanc}- ; William 11. 
 Cheeseman, long term. 
 
 Assessor — William Hopkins. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways— Alonzo G. Reynolds. 
 ■ Collector — W. Graves. 
 
 1868. 
 Supervisor — W. Andrews. 
 Town Clerk — C. C. Proctor. 
 Justice of the Peace— G. Briggs. 
 Assessor — H. W'. Phelps. 
 Commissioner of Highways — N. Hosmer. 
 Collector — -W. Graves. 
 
 1869. 
 Supervisor — W. Andrews. 
 Town Clerk — C. C. Proctor. 
 Justice of the Peace — A. D. Sibley. 
 Assessor — A. Cornwell. 
 Commissioner of Highways- Alfred Rice. 
 Collector— H. Butler. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Supervisor — G. C. Martin, resigned; George Bigelow ap- 
 pointed to fill vacancy. 
 
 Town Clerk — J. Wetherlow. 
 
 Justice of the Peace— S. D. Kingsley. 
 
 Assessor — Jerome Rider. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways— Alfred Rice. 
 
 Collector — Edwin Carney. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Supervisor — Roderick Simons. 
 Town Clerk — M. Smith. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — James Rider to fill \acancy : G. Briggs 
 Ion*: term. 
 
llO TOWN OFFICERS. 
 
 Assessor — Hiram Crosby. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways— Avery Briggs. 
 
 Collector — George Andrews. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Supervisor — Roderick Simons. 
 
 Town Clerk — J. Wetherlow. 
 
 Justice of the Peace — L. D. Smith. 
 
 Assessor — Asher Cornwell. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — Peter Zimmer. 
 
 Collector — E. M. Sherman. 
 
 1873- 
 Supervisor — George Andrews. 
 Town Clerk — Marland Smith. 
 Justice of the Peace — L. D. Smith. 
 Assessor — Edwin Ward. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — B. L. Johnson. 
 Collector — Clark Rider. 
 
 1874. 
 Supervisor — George Andrews. 
 Town Clerk— M. Smith. 
 Justice of the Peace — William Eastman. 
 Assessor — Clark Rider. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Eli Stone. 
 Collector--- P. Andrews. 
 
 1875- 
 Supervisor — Addison Wheelock. 
 Town Clerk — O. A. Tillinghast. 
 Justice of the Peace — R. Kingsley. 
 Assessor —Charles Russell. 
 Commissioner of Highways — D. S. Shedd. 
 Collector— Elbert Holmes. 
 
 1876. 
 Supervisor — A. Wheelock. 
 Town Clerk— A. W. Colgrove. 
 Justice of the Peace — Sidney D. Kingsley. 
 
TOWN OFITCKKS. 8 1 I 
 
 Assessor — Samuel H. Howell. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Hiram Crosby. 
 ■Collector — Charles D. Hopkins. 
 
 1877. 
 Supervisor — Hiram D. Cornwell. 
 Town Clerk — O. P. (joodspeed. 
 Justice of the Peace — A. Cutler. 
 Assessor — Joseph Gearfield. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Charles Long. 
 Collector— Albert Hall, 
 
 1878. 
 Supervisor — H. D. Cornwall. 
 Town Clerk — M. F. Hopkins. 
 Justice of the Peace — E. M. Sherman. 
 Assessor — H. A. Russell, 
 Commissioner of Highways — Luther Briggs. 
 Collector — Willarci Brink. 
 
 1879. 
 Supervisor — A. Wheelock. 
 Town Clerk — M, F. Hopkins. 
 Justice of the Peace— E. Ward. 
 Assessor — A. Hall. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — C. Starkweather. 
 Collector— C. M. Rider. 
 
 1880. 
 Supervisor — None elected. 
 Town Clerk— M. Smith. 
 Justice of the Peace — S. I). Kingsley, 
 Assessor — Joseph Gearfield. 
 Commissioner of Highways — Alden Crosby. 
 Collector— Silas Smith. 
 
 1 88 1. 
 Supervisor — Luther Briggs. 
 Town Clerk — C. E. Bigelow. 
 Justice of the Peace — Asher Cutler. 
 
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 THE TAX PAVERS. 
 
 Assessor — Aaron Carney. 
 
 Commissioner of Highways — Alden Crosby. 
 
 Collector — Ambrose L. Young. 
 
 1882. 
 Supervisor— Luther Briggs. 
 Town Clerk — Judson Andrews. 
 
 1883. 
 Supervisor —Charles M. Rider. 
 
 NAMES OF TAXABLE INHABITANTS. 
 
 Names of 
 Taxable Inhabitants. 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Josiah 
 
 Andrews, Robert (personal 
 
 Amidon, Simeon 
 
 Amidon, Simeon 
 
 Andrews & Cornwell 
 
 Butler, Sewel 
 
 Butler, John 
 
 Blakeley, David 
 
 Blakele}', David 
 
 Briggs, Esek 
 
 Briggs, Esek 
 
 Briggs, Esek 
 
 Briggs, David 
 
 Briggs, Gardner 
 
 Briggs, Allen 
 
 Briggs, Allen 
 
 Ballard, Joseph 
 
 Ballard, Misael 
 
 Ballard, Misael 
 
 27 
 26 
 
 43 
 45 
 
 20 
 
 43 
 
 15 
 17 
 44 
 43 
 20 
 20 
 28 
 29 
 
 55 
 28 
 
 37 
 28 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 216 
 47 
 65 
 
 116 
 
 59 
 
 89 
 
 100 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 16 
 
 205 
 
 97 
 21 
 
 50 
 81 
 
 50 
 72 
 80 
 
 TOO 
 81 
 
 25 
 
 97 
 97 
 84 
 
 $1646 
 
 432 
 285 
 
 434 
 236 
 500 
 560 
 500 
 232 
 22 1 
 500 
 
 1135 
 
 588 
 
 89 
 
 200 
 
 636 
 
 175 
 313 
 665 
 
 535 
 646 
 
 ; 100 
 
 I 458 
 
 I 752 
 
 ! 43"^ 
 
 $17 78 
 
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 3 08 
 
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 2 55 
 
 5 40 
 
 6 08 
 
 5 40 
 2 50 
 
 2 39 
 
 5 40 
 13 34 
 
 6 35 
 96 
 
 2 16 
 
 6 87 
 I 8q 
 
 3 38 
 
 7 18 
 
 5 71 
 
 6 97 
 I 08 
 
 4 95 
 
 8 12 
 
 4 73 
 
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 Bigelow, George 
 
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 Bosworth, John 
 
 Bosworth, R. S 
 
 Bowen, Nathaniel 
 
 Blakelex', Stephen 
 
 Blakeley, David 
 
 Ballou, Levitt 
 
 Brewster, William 
 
 Barns, Hannah 
 
 Curtis, Joseph 
 
 Cutting, Hiram 
 
 Cornwell, Levinus 
 
 Carney, Elisha 
 
 Carney, Barnabas 
 
 Carney, Barnabas 
 
 Carney, Barnabas 
 
 Carpenter, Alba 
 
 Crosby, Parley 
 
 Crosby, Hiram 
 
 Crosby, Hiram 
 
 Crosby, San ford 
 
 Crosby, Charlotte 
 
 Colwell, James 
 
 Chamberlain, Phineas 
 
 Crocker, Andrew 
 
 Crary, Frederick 
 
 Crary, Frederick 
 
 Clark, Horace 
 
 Clark, Horace 
 
 Clark, H. & D 
 
 Child, Jacob 
 
 Child, Samuel 
 
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 12 
 
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 436 
 
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 360 
 545 
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 250 
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 THE TAX PAVERS. 
 TAXABLE INHABITANTS— C^w/Zm?/^./. 
 
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 Colby, Winthrop ' 7 
 
 Colby, Giles , 7 
 
 Child, Hazen i 15 
 
 Crocker, Oscar F 15 
 
 Crawford, Franklin 23 
 
 Colby, Marvin 23 
 
 Child, Henry 23 
 
 Child, Henry 15 
 
 Conner, John 13 
 
 Conner, John 21 
 
 Carpenter, Lorenzo P 17 
 
 Carpenter, Lorenzo P 26 
 
 Colby, Ezekiel 23 
 
 Cornwell, Willis VV 17 
 
 Cornwell, Willis W 36 
 
 Collins, Thomas 17 
 
 Carney, Stephen 47 
 
 Carney, Stephen 36 
 
 Cheney, 48 
 
 Cutler, G. N 56 
 
 Cutler, Caleb 56 
 
 Colgrove, Bela H 52 
 
 Col<^rove, l-5ela H 3 
 
 Corbin, Hiram 22 
 
 Cotrel, John 22 
 
 Capwell, John G 20 
 
 Cook, Jonathan 4 
 
 Cook, Jonathan 6 
 
 Cook, Jonathan ' 43 
 
 Cook Jonathan 44 
 
 Cook, Jonathan 45 
 
 Dustin, Moses 7 
 
 Dake, John 23 
 
 Dawley, Albert 13 
 
 Dimmons, Truman 47 
 
 Davis, Manley 12 
 
 Davis, Jerome 57 
 
 
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 60 
 
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 75 
 
 350 
 
 140 
 
 217 
 
 58 
 
 28 
 
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 60 
 
 80 
 
 140 
 
 217 
 
 427 
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 1 10 
 
 745 
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 309 
 
 304 
 
 492 
 
 1215 
 
 375 
 
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 349 
 414 
 
 788 
 370 
 366 
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 625 
 225 
 
 153 
 222 
 190 
 90 
 157 
 
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 3 78 
 
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 3 77 
 
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 3 95 
 
 1 62 
 
 6 75 
 
 2 43 
 
 1 65 
 
 2 40 
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 97 
 I 70 
 
THK TAX I'AVKRS. 
 TAXABLE INHABITANTS— C';///;//^v/. 
 
 815 
 
 Names of 
 Taxaiu.e Inhauitanis. 
 
 Edington, James. . . . 
 Eldridge, William . . . 
 EldridL,^e, H olden. . . . 
 Eldridge, H olden. . . . 
 
 Ellis, Francis 
 
 Ferrin. Francis 
 
 Frisbee, Roswell.... 
 
 Ferrin, Francis 
 
 Ferrin, Francis 
 
 Firman, C. C 
 
 Firman, George 
 
 Firman, George 
 
 Fairchild, Horace. . . . 
 
 Farington, S. D 
 
 Farington, S. D 
 
 Freeman, Amasa. . . . 
 
 Fegies, John W 
 
 Ganfield, Isaac 
 
 Gibson, Parley 
 
 Gibson, Parley 
 
 Green & Candee . . . 
 Green & Candee .... 
 Green & Candee .... 
 Gleason, Cyrenus. . . 
 Goodspeed, Oliver. . 
 Goodrich, Josiah . . . 
 Goodspeed, Oliver. . 
 Goodemoote, John . 
 Goodemoote, Harr\' 
 Goodspeed, Prince. . 
 
 Gates, Labac 
 
 Graves, Erastus 
 
 Hickes, Chancey. . . . 
 
 Hardy, Ezekiel 
 
 Hardy, Perry E 
 
 Hardy, Perry E 
 
 Hopkins, Robert . . . 
 
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 48 
 
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 74 
 24 
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 229 
 80 
 30 
 
 38 
 80 
 
 84 
 
 25 
 
 147 
 6 
 
 25 
 21 
 
 78 
 
 8 
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 17 
 87 
 
 49 
 
 100 
 
 96 
 
 9 
 
 50 
 75 
 30 
 40 
 
 59 
 
 49 
 106 
 
 150 
 154 
 157 
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 100 
 222 
 676 
 166 
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 255 
 105 
 114 
 240 
 422 
 
 75 
 638 
 150 
 
 90 
 
 74 
 264 
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 275 
 200 
 850 
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 454 
 340 
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 303 
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 365 
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 155 
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 181 
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 3 67 
 
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 3 94 
 
 2 83 
 
 1 67 
 
 2 76 
 
 1 95 
 
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 THE TAX PAYERS, 
 TAXABLE INU ABIT ANTS— Coniinued. 
 
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 Hopkins, Dudley 
 
 Hurd, Burlin 
 
 Hopkins, James M 
 
 Hopkins, Nehemiah 
 
 Hopkins, Thomas N.. . . 
 
 Hopkins, Thomas j 19 
 
 Hopkins, Thomas | 43 
 
 Hill, Laura 
 
 Hall, Daniel 
 
 Hall. Daniel.., -. 
 
 Hall, William 6 
 
 Hall, William i 14 
 
 Holmes, Thomas 10 
 
 Hastings, Chancey 18 
 
 Hastings, Chancey ' 35 
 
 Hastings, Chancey | 35 
 
 Hastings, Chancey { 17 
 
 Hudson, William ^6 
 
 Hudson, Silas W | ^6 
 
 Hubbard, Frederick 26 
 
 Hosmer, John B 19 
 
 Hosmer, John B | 53 
 
 Hopkins, Hannah | 26 
 
 Hauver, Peter j 28 
 
 Hauver, Peter I 37 
 
 Hauver, Peter 36 
 
 Hauver, Philip > 37 
 
 Hudson, H euben | 29 
 
 Hyde, William 1 38 
 
 Hudson, Samuel 20 
 
 Hardy, Stephen 46 
 
 Johnson, Benjamin 55 
 
 Jewett, Almond V 45 
 
 Johnson, Mordecai 56 
 
 J ohnson, Richard : 56 
 
 Jones, Daniel C , 18 
 
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 5 13 
 
 220 
 
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 TAXABLE INHABITANTS— rV/iZ/M/^iY/. 
 
 Namks ok 
 Taxahle Inhabitants. 
 
 Kietsby, Martin . . . . 
 Kietslcy, Andrew . . 
 
 Kinder, Jacob 
 
 Kingsly, Fanny 
 
 Kin^^sley, Seth 
 
 Kietli, Luke 
 
 Kimball, John . . . • . 
 Lafferty, Daniel. . . . 
 
 Long, Eli 
 
 Long Eli 
 
 Ledoit, James 
 
 Long, Joseph 
 
 Long, Joseph 
 
 Long, Charles 
 
 Long, Reuben 
 
 Long, Reuben 
 
 Longmaid, William. 
 Morse, Charles. . . . 
 
 Morse, Charles 
 
 Madison, Obediah.. . 
 
 McCoy, John 
 
 Madison, George. . . . 
 McKeen, David . . . . 
 Marston, James 
 Marston, James C. . . 
 
 Mar.ston, Levi 
 
 Marsii, George 
 
 Marsh, George, Jr. . . 
 
 Nott, Ezra 
 
 Nott, Ezra 
 
 Needham, Daniel. . . 
 
 Nichols, Clark 
 
 Nichols. Clark 
 
 Nichols, Caleb 
 
 Nichols, Caleb 
 
 Nichols, Amos 
 
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 Feasor, Christian 
 
 Feasor, Christian 
 
 Park, William 
 
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 Fomeroy, Seth 
 
 Plucker, Daniel 
 
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 Porter, Amasa 
 
 Putnam, William 
 
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 Feavee, Israel 
 
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THK TAX I'AVKKS. 
 TAXABLE INHABITANTS -Contitnud. 
 
 819 
 
 Names of 
 Taxaulk Iniiabhants. 
 
 Reed, Lewis . 
 
 Reed, Daniel 
 
 Randal, James 
 
 Rider, Reuben 
 
 Rider, Horace 
 
 Rider. Horace 
 
 Rider, Horace 
 
 Richmond, Frederick 
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 Randal. Jesse 33 
 
 Randal, Lewis 40 
 
 Rosier, Alonzo 5^ 
 
 Rosier, Charles 57 
 
 Sears, Charles 25 
 
 Smith, Isaac 33 
 
 Smith, Richard 33 
 
 Snyder, George 4^ 
 
 Snyder, George 42 
 
 Snyder, Peter 5^ 
 
 Starks, Abraham '8 
 
 Simons, Roderick | 53 
 
 Simons, Orson D | 3 
 
 Simons, Jonathan 1 H 
 
 Simons, Jonathan 23 
 
 Scott. John 1 15 
 
 Streeter, Elias 23 
 
 Simons, Nathaniel i 20 
 
 Simons, Nathaniel j 53 
 
 Shedd, Daniel ? j 9^ 
 
 Strong, Henry ' '7 
 
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 THE TAX PAVERS. 
 TAXABLE I NHABITANTS— C^«//«w^^. 
 
 Names of 
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 Strong, Henry 
 
 Strong, Henry 
 
 Shedd, Andrew W 
 
 Shedd, Benjamin 
 
 Stickney, David 
 
 Speas, Henry 
 
 Spencer, Asaph 
 
 Spencer, Asaph 
 
 Stafford, Stuckley 
 
 Scott, Ed\yard 
 
 Scott, Edward 
 
 Shepherd, Richard 
 
 Shepherd, Samuel 
 
 Stone, FrankHn 
 
 Smith, Wilham P 
 
 Smith, William P 
 
 Sibley, Anson D 
 
 Thompson, Josiah 
 
 Thomas, William 
 
 Thomas, William 
 
 Tillinghast, Gideon W. . . . 
 
 Thompson, Andrew 
 
 Tillinghast, B. W 
 
 Thurber, Allen 
 
 Thurber, Seymour 
 
 Thomas, Joseph 
 
 Thomas, James 
 
 Vandusen, John 
 
 Vandusen, John 
 
 Wilson, Benjamin. Jr 
 
 W'ilson, Benjamin, Jr 
 
 Wilson, Benjamin, Jr 
 
 Wilson, Benjamin Jr 
 
 Wilson, Benjamin, Jr., per 
 
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Till". TAX PAVERS. 
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 821 
 
 Namus of 
 
 TaXAIU.K INIIAIUTANTS. 
 
 Wetherlow, Samuel | 1 i 
 
 Wetherlow, S., personalty 
 
 Wood, Monroe. . . ^ 
 
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 White William 
 
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 Wetherbow, J. W 
 
 Winchel, Jacob 
 
 Wilkes, John 
 
 Wilder, Charles 
 
 Wright, Reuben 
 
 Wilkes, Joseph 
 
 Wilkes, Joseph 
 
 Wilkes, Rufus 
 
 Wilcox, Charles 
 
 Worthington, Squire 
 
 Wilson. Stephen 
 
 Wilson, John 
 
 Wlielock, P:iijah 
 
 Whiting, Joseph H 
 
 Wilson, William 
 
 Wait, Stephen 
 
 Zimmer, Daniel 
 
 Zimmer, Peter 
 
 Boyd, James and Harlow. 
 
 Boyd, James and Harlow. 
 
 Burbank, Fbcnezer 
 
 Burt, R. S 
 
 Bond, Eleanor 
 
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 THE TAX PAYERS. 
 NON-RESIDENT TAXABLE INHABITANTS. 
 
 Non-Resident, 
 
 North side 
 
 South-east part. . 
 South-west corner 
 
 North side 
 
 East middle part . 
 
 North part 
 
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TIIK TAX TAVKKS. 823 
 
 NON-RESIDENT TAXABLE INHABITANTS— C^«//«m/</. 
 
 Non-Rksident. 
 
 South-west part 12 
 
 South-east part 14 
 
 South-east part 16 
 
 Middle part j 17 
 
 North part I 19 
 
 South-west part ! 20 
 
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 BI0(;RAPHV of dr. B. H. COLGROVE and INCIDENTS RELATING 
 TO THE HISTORY OF SARDINIA, COMPILED FROM DISCON- 
 NECTED EXTRACTS FROM THE DOCTOR'S DIARY. 
 
 "According to the record preserved in my father's family 
 bible, and copied into my own, I was born in Coventry. R. I., 
 April 2, 1797. 
 
 '' My parents were farmers, and after I attained a proper 
 age my Summers, till I reached the age of sixteen or seven- 
 teen, were occupied in the employments usual on a farm, and 
 my Winters in a good district school. I remember, however, 
 to have engaged to teach a Winter school at the rather early 
 age of fifteen years, for which I was judged qualified by pass- 
 ing that ordeal— an examination before the Trustees by the 
 School Inspector. My father permitted me to use the money 
 earned by teaching in the Winter to defray my expenses in the 
 ensuing Fall at an academy. In addition to my common 
 school education, this gave me the benefit of something like a 
 year of academic study. My first efforts in school teaching 
 were in a district comprising within its boundaries several of 
 the best and wealthiest inhabitants of my native town. My 
 wages were about twelve dollars a month — very few teachers 
 
824 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 
 
 received more at that time. I was able to so acquit myself 
 that I was engaged for the next Winter in the same place. with 
 an addition of two or three dollars a month to my wages. 
 
 At the age of fifty-fi\-e years and five months I resolve to 
 keep a diary; wonder if I shall keep m\- resolution! I regret 
 now that I did not begin when young to keep a record of daily 
 occurrences through a period of nearly three score years, many 
 of which are doubtless obliterated from the mind by time's in- 
 cessant and resistless current. Methinks these would now pos- 
 sess much of interest to myself if not to others. 
 
 A few manuscript fragments left by my venerable mother 
 have for me thrilling interest. How these relics of maternal 
 piety, now scarcely legible, carry me back to the scenes of my 
 infancy and boyhood, where she taught me to lisp my earliest 
 prayer as I knelt beside her old arm chair ; and I love to in- 
 dulge the thought that the spirit of my sainted mother has 
 ever hovered about my pathway through life, and been God's 
 agent in preserving my life in seasons of imminent peril. Am 
 I to believe that maternal love, which has no parallel on earth, 
 is annihilated at the spirit's transition from earth to heaven ? 
 My mother's maiden name was Nancy H. Corwin ; she was the 
 second wife of my father, and I her only child ; she was a most 
 amiable and pious woman ; She came to the care of five moth- 
 erless children of my father by his first wife, whose ages ranged 
 from two to eight or nine years. I can ne\'er think without 
 deep emotion of the wise counsels, the deep and intense ma- 
 ternal affection and solicitude with which my most excellent 
 mother assiduously sought to impress on my young mind 
 moral and religious truth, and e.xcite in me noble aspirations 
 for honorable distinction in the world. 
 
 My father was a good man ; was for many }'ears Justice of 
 the Peace, and my youthful impression of him was that he was 
 not so decidedly pious as was my mother. My father died in 
 1811, a little before I was twenty years old. 'Sly mother died 
 some three years after. " " " * "^ - 
 
 Archibald Grififith, of Concord, who has recently ver\' gener- 
 ously endowed the Springville academy, by which it has 
 acquired the name of Griffith Institute, was a companion of 
 
RKCOI.I.KCTIONS OK SARDINIA. 825 
 
 my schc)ol-b()}' days, aiul was a nati\'c of Foster, a town adjoin- 
 ing Coventi}-. 
 
 About 1 8 16 I commenced to learn the medical profession in 
 the office of Dr. Thomas Hubbard, of Pomphret, Conn. Dr. 
 H. at that time was at the head of the profession in all that 
 region of countr)', especiall\' as a surgeon. He was one of the 
 noblest specimens of manhood, ph)\sically as well as mentally, 
 that I remember ever to have seen. In the latter period of his 
 life he receixed the appointment of Professor of Surgery in 
 Yale college, where he died about 1840. I had a fellow-student 
 in his office, George McClellan, father of the present Gen. 
 George B. McClellan. and with him was a member of the med- 
 ical class in the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia in 
 the session of 18 18-19. ^ received tlie degree of Doctor of 
 Medicine the Spring following from the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons in the Cit}' of New York : a cop\- of my diploma, 
 which was in Latin, was recorded in the County Clerk's office 
 in Buffalo by Jacob A. Barker, Clerk. I attended two courses 
 of medical lectures, one at Philadelj^hia in 1818-19, and New 
 Haven, 18 17-18. The old Universit)^ of Pennsylvania at this 
 period was regarded as the fountain head of American medical 
 literature. M}- fellow-student. McClellan. grew to be a \'ery 
 distinguished surgeo n ; wrote a book on surgery, but died be- 
 fore he finished it, leaving behind a name and fame surpassed 
 b}' few in the profession. His success was the result of indom- 
 itable perseverance and a most happy power to surmount and 
 remove obstacles. I remember and record with pleasure many 
 acts of personal kindness and courtesy from McClellan while 
 we were fellow students at Philadelphia. 
 
 I came to this town (Sardinia) Jul\' 3, 1820, at the instance 
 principally of my friends, Elihu and Joseph Rice and Henry 
 Bowen ; we had been neighbors in Rhode Island. Joseph Rice 
 and I emigrated at the same time, and for several days we tra\-- 
 eled in company on our journey hither, he with a pair of 
 horses, wagon-load of goods and wife, and I with a single horse 
 and buggy and no wife. The country was very new, the first 
 settlement being made about 1810; the roads bad, houses 
 mosth' log cabins and the prospect, as I first thought, rather 
 
826 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINL\. 
 
 cheerless as a location for a doctor. The news that a new doc- 
 tor was expected had spread somewhat extensively, and on the 
 4th, Independence Day, I had a call or two. My first patient 
 was a son of Ezekiel Smith ; he had fever, and was in charge 
 of Dr. Varney Ingals, of Springville, then called " Fiddlers' 
 Green." The doctor and myself disagreed as to the treat- 
 ment. He was giving him tonics. I thought he ought to be 
 bled and have a cathartic. The consequence was that the 
 patient was entrusted exclusively to me; he soon recovered. 
 My calls multiplied rapidly and within a few years my circle 
 embraced a territory about thirty miles in diameter, with occa. 
 sional trips into Northern Pennsylvania, a distance of seventy- 
 five miles. It required almost herculean strength to meet with 
 anything like decent promptness the incessant demands of pro- 
 fessional labor, and for much of the time the use of two or 
 three horses. 
 
 I had the good fortune to buy a black horse brought from 
 Otsego county by Mr. Horace Rider, called the " Captain," a 
 most extraordinary animal. For speed, capacity of endurance 
 and uninterrupted health and intelligence I have never seen 
 his equal. He was, beside being my family horse, the compan- 
 ion of my professional travels for about twenty years, and for 
 his fidelity as my servant deserves a better monument than this 
 hasty tribute to his memory. He died on the farm at the 
 advanced age of near thirty years after serving as m)' locomotive 
 for the distance in the aggregate of some 150,000 miles." * * 
 
 I think I must have treated during the almost fifty years that 
 I have practiced, some twenty-five or thirty cases of fractured 
 skull ; many of them as bad as was Wetherel ; all but two or 
 three of which recovered. I must have amputated as many 
 arms and legs, with nearly the same success. 
 
 By an imperfect list which I preserved for a good while I 
 must have aided professionally at the birth of over three thous- 
 and children. Among the number was one case of four living 
 children at one birth. Neither of the infants had sufficient 
 vitality to live. "'•" "^' * 
 
 In my professional and formal intercourse with m}- medical 
 brethren I ever aimed to preserve the Esprit dc corps of the 
 profession. That I sometimes gave offense I fear and now 
 
RKrOLI.F.CTIOXS OV SARDIMA. ^^7 
 
 regret. Some of the warmest and most enduring personal 
 friendship grew up between myself and some of my medical 
 brethren. A nobler man than Dr. Carlos Kmmons I never 
 knew. From our respective locations we were necessarily 
 rivals for patronage, yet for forty long years not a jealous or 
 unkind thought ever marred an uninterrupted and fraternal ex- 
 change of kind offices, and I can never, while life lasts, cease to 
 remember with the deepest emotion his tntc; faithful and 
 unfaltering support through evil as well as good report. 
 
 1 bought the farm where I have since resided of Mr. Andrew 
 Crockerrin 182 1. There were on it at that time two log 
 buildings— one a dwelling house near where my son Clinton 
 now lives, the other a joiner shop near where my office is, The 
 latter was for sometime on Sundays the Baptist meeting-house, 
 in which Deacon Stephen Pratt, Deacon Colby and Elder Ham- 
 mond used to preach. About 1823 or 1824. I built a small one. 
 and-a-half story house where the shop stood. 
 
 I was married to Elvira Ives Oct. 26, 1825, and commenced 
 house-keeping soon in that house. There my two eldest 
 children, Clinton and Eliza, were born. About 1827 or '28 I 
 had made the acquaintance of Doctors Marshall and Trow- 
 bridge, of Buffalo, and they invited me to a partnership with 
 them in the village of Buffalo. We signed the articles and I 
 moved to that place and commenced business with themunder 
 auspicious prospects. But after about six or eight months- 
 residence there my companion with failing health and depressed 
 spirits preferred to return to our country home, and the arrange, 
 mentson which I had staked high hopes of distinction were 
 abandoned by the mutual consent of the parties. 
 
 About this time I was twice a candidate for the office of 
 Member of Assembly and fortunately, as 1 now think, was 
 defeated at both trials. My f^rst competitor was Calvin Fil- 
 more, my second Reuben B. Hancock. I felt myself suffi- 
 ciently complimented in receiving every vote in my own town 
 and large majorities in three adjoining towns where I was best 
 known.' In 1841 I was elected to that office and have served 
 the town as Supervisor for some six years. And in my poor 
 way filled the office of Associate Judge for several years ; yet my 
 political honors and preferments furnish me little satisfaction 
 
828 RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDLMA. 
 
 in review, having never felt myself at home in any station or 
 employment, save the practice of my profession. Those who 
 are yet alive — ^alas, how few — by whose sick couch I have stood 
 or sat and watched o'ut the weary hours of painful nights in 
 humble but earnest and anxious efforts to mitigate and assuage 
 their sufferings, will bear testimony to my fidelity and good 
 intentions, and with them I am content to leave it. "" - * 
 
 I think my conclusion to settle in Sardinia for life was not 
 fully attained for the first twenty years' residence there. I felt 
 conscioi^s, whether justly or otherwise, that I stood at the head 
 of my profession in a quite large district of country. I was 
 aware that I was depriving myself and a rising family of the 
 advantages of more refined society in a larger place. But a 
 better-hearted community of plain country farmers could not 
 be desired and I always felt that I shared largely, perhaps too 
 largely, their confidence and respect. Many of my patrons 
 were emigrants from the same town where I was born and I 
 cannot refrain from recording some names here, where many will 
 soon, with my own, be in oblivion: as Elihu Rice, Joseph Rice, 
 Henry Bowen, Benoni Hudson and his sons Ephraim, Benoni, 
 Samuel and Giles. Giles Briggs, whose eldest son now dead, 
 was the first male child born in the Town of Sardinia. E. 
 Briggs and his sons, David, Ezekiel, Allen, Ira and Alba ; Reu- 
 ben Nichols and his sons Caleb, Amos and Clark ; Obadiah 
 Madison, Thomas Tillinghast and his sons Gideon, Reynolds, 
 William and Thomas; Edward Scott, Stephen Wait, Benjamin 
 Wood, Benjamin Johnson, Robert and Josiah Andrews: these 
 where all from Rhode Island, and though now mostly dead, 
 have left descendants who make a large element of the present 
 population of Sardinia. A few of these were here before I 
 came and all soon after. 
 
 Other names of my early associates and patrons crowd on 
 my mind as I pass. Among them are Jacob W^ilson, Daniel 
 Hall, Benjamin Wilson, John Colby, Reuben Long and Ezra 
 Nott, who is said to liave struck about the first blow in this 
 part of the town. Horace Rider and Reuben Rider, also Peter 
 Sears, Ezekiel Smith — my first patron — Thomas Hopkins, 
 Robert Hopkins, W. and S. Cornwell, Horace and Dudley 
 Clark, John Hosmer, Andrew Crocker — of \\hom I bought my 
 
RECOLLKCTIONS OF SARDINIA. 829 
 
 homestead — Natlianiel Simons, Capt. Samuel Shepherd, Suel 
 and John Butler, with larj^e families ; Da\id Stickney, Daniel 
 Needham, Jonathan Cook, Francis Katon, Roswell Goodrich 
 and his son Josiah; D. Shcdd, D. Hopkins, Mathew R. Olin, 
 Christopher Brown, George Brown, and others whom I might 
 name. I remember them all with respectful gratitude and 
 interest. 
 
 Dr. Colgrove's wife died Sept. 20, 1852, aged fort)'-five years. 
 Dr. Colgrove died March 19, 1874, aged seventy-seven years. 
 . One case is so remarkable of the Doctor's skill, we publish it 
 in detail. Col. Josiah Emory, father of Josiah Efriory, Esq., 
 of Aurora, in descending from a hay mow in his barn, early 
 one morning, came upon the handle of a hay-fork that stood 
 nearly perpendicular. The Colonel was a heavy man, and his 
 weight drove the fork-handle nearly a foot into his body, 
 through the perineum, rupturing his bladder, and on being 
 withdrawn it left in his bladder a piece of his pantaloons an 
 inch and a half in diameter. The Doctor did not reach the 
 patient until some twelve hours after his receiving the injury, 
 and not until after the case had been abandoned by Dr. Chapin, 
 of Buffalo, as hopeless. The wound of the perineum, through 
 which the urine had been passed for several hours, was so 
 firmly closed now by the increasing swelling of the part, as to 
 be impervious to an instrument without great pain, and he 
 could void no urine by the urethra. Against the remonstrances 
 of Dr. Chapin, Dr. Colgrove passed a catheter into the blad- 
 der, through the natural passage, which allowed over a quart 
 of bloody urine to escape and gave the patient instant relief. 
 This inspired the Doctor with hope, and by using this instru- 
 ment, some two weeks and keeping the bladder empt)', the 
 torn edges healed and in the course of a few months a perfect 
 cure was accomplished. But as strange as anything connected 
 with this case, was the passage of the piece of woolen cloth, 
 a thread or two at a time, through the urethra while the patient 
 was urinating. Colonel Emory lived near unto half a century 
 after this experience. 
 
 Stateineut of Andrew W. Shedd, of Sardinia. 
 
 In the Spring of 18 18, in company with Warner Fay and 
 Joseph Gilson, I started from Albany on foot, with packs on 
 
830 RECOLLECTIONS OE SARDINIA. 
 
 our backs, for some part 'of what was then termed the " West." 
 Chautauqua was the principal point we had in view. 
 
 When we got as far as Sardinia, we stopped at the log hotel 
 kept by David Calkins. While here, the settlers persuaded us 
 to inspect the land in the vicinity, with a view to locating. 
 Among them was Deacon Pratt, a Surveyor, who li\ed where 
 E. Stickney now lives. He took us on lot thirt\--eight, where 
 I now live. We there took an article of the lot. Fay taking 
 the south part, one hundred and twenty acres ; Gilson the 
 north part, one hundred and forty acres, and I the middle part, 
 one hundred and forty acres. 
 
 We built us a small log house, about ten by twelve feet, and 
 covered it with bark and cut a hole through the west side for a 
 window. We had no glass, but used a board when we wished 
 to keep the storm out ; had no chimney only a " Dutch back," 
 and a hole through the roof to emit the smoke ; made a 
 floor of basswood plank, split out and hewed a little to level 
 and smooth them. Our bedstead was the floor, which held a 
 straw bed — I slept the fore side, Gilson the backside, and Fay 
 in the middle. 
 
 After completing our cabin, we began to consider where our 
 provisions \\ere coming from. We finally got General Nott's 
 oxen, and Mr. Calkins' cart, and I went to Aurora in search of 
 provisions ; finding none, I went on to Buffalo — found but lit- 
 tle there ; was directed to a man named Folsom as the only 
 one likely to have any on hand. I purchased some beef and 
 pork of Mr. Folsom, which I put in a barrel and bound onto 
 the ex. of the cart, there being no box on it. I came home via 
 the beach of the lake, Hamburg and Aurora. I stayed one 
 night in Hamburg — fourth of July — and could hear the cannon 
 in Buffalo ; the ne.xt night in Holland, at Mr. Humphrey's, 
 father of James Humphrey, Esq., of Buffalo ; the ne.xt day I 
 reached home, having been gone si.x days. I was tired and 
 discouraged, and told the boys they could have all the meat 
 but I was going to some other parts. 
 
 In the Fall Fay and I went to Middlebury, in what is now 
 Wyoming county, and engaged in teaching. Fay going into an 
 adjoining town, and I remaining at Middlebury, where I taught 
 three terms: two Winters and one Summer. Gilson remained 
 
BIOCRArilKAI. SKKTCHES. 83I 
 
 at the shantN- whilst we were gone. Fay and I returned the 
 next Summer after the close of our Summer terms of school. 
 1 was taken sick with typhus fever at Deacon Pratfs, and was 
 attended bv Drs. Prindle of Sardinia and Frank of Warsaw ; 
 recoverino'late in the 1-aIl. I returned to my school at Middle- 
 
 The next Sprim;, 1 returned to my farm in Sardinia, where I 
 have since resided. Gilson went to Adrian, ^lich.; Fay settled 
 at Pavilion, Genesee county, and became wealthy. 
 
 Previous to going to Michigan, Gilson went to Genesee on 
 purpose to get, and did get, a quantity of apple seeds and we 
 planted a nursery-many of the orchards in the neighborhood 
 were from that nursery. 
 
 Andrew AVilkins Shedcl. 
 
 Mr. Shedd was a son of David and Sarah Putnam Shedd. 
 His father was a soldier of the Revolution, and took part at 
 the Battle of Saratoga. An uncle on his mother's side— Put- 
 nam— was also a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the 
 Battle of Bennington, Vt. 
 
 Mr. Shedd was born Dec. 23, 1791. i" the Town of Ballston, 
 Saratoga county, N. Y., and came to Sardinia in 1818. He 
 was married Dec. 11, 1820, to Lydia E. Harris, who was born 
 m Trenton, N. Y., June 14, 1/99; died April 27, 1820. They 
 had a family of eight children, who were all born m Sar- 
 dinia : r \ -1 Q 
 
 Warren F., born Nov. 6, 1821 ; twice married, first, April lb, 
 1848, to Emily Wilcox ; second, to Mary Fuller, Sept.. 1855. 
 
 Sarah E., born Dec. 29, 1822 ; resides in Sardinia. 
 
 Mary E., born April 11, 1824; married Rodney S. Nichols, 
 Oct. I, 1850; died at Millport, Pa., Aug. 11, 1871. 
 
 Eunice I., born Aug. 14, 1826; married R. S. Hudson, Oct. 
 14, 1850 ; lives at the West with a second husband. 
 
 Ira P., born Feb. 19, 1829; died April i, 1846. 
 
 Daniel I., born Dec. 20, 1831; married Octavia S. Hyde, 
 Aug. 19, 1866 ; resides on the homestead . his wife died April 
 
 I, 1872. 
 
 Lyman H., born Oct. i, 1833 ; married Lucretia Rice, Jan. 
 27, 1856; resides at Yorkshire. 
 
8^2 HKXiRAPllICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Emily A., born Sept. 30, 1838 ; married Thomas J. Titus, 
 Feb. 7, 1867; died Dec, 1876; Mr. Titus died Sept. 17. 1880 
 
 Isaac Siiiitli. 
 
 Isaac .Smith was born in the Town of Litchfield, Herkimer 
 county, N. V., March 2~, iyg6; removed with his parents, 
 Ezekiel and Hannah Smith, to the Town of Concord, Erie 
 county, N. Y., in the month of February, 1813. The family 
 located at the foot of the hill, where the road leading" to Sar- 
 dinia village branches off from the main Cattaraugus Creek 
 road, in what is now the Town of Sardinia. 
 
 Mr. Smith was married March, 182 1, to Miss Phila Palmer, 
 and located on a farm one and a half miles south-west of Sar- 
 dinia village, where he died Nov. II, 1876, and was buried in 
 the Sardinia cemetery. Mrs. Phila Smith, his wife, was born in 
 Canada, near Montreal, Jan. 20, 1803 ; resides at her home in 
 Sardinia, where she has lived nearly sixty years. The family 
 consists of : 
 
 Mrs. Sarah U. Davis, born Sept. 27, 1823; married D. J. 
 Davis Feb. 18, 1847 ' '"'o^^ resides at Yorkshire, Cattaraugus 
 county, N. Y. She has one daughter, Mrs. L. B. Nichols, of 
 Springville, N. Y. 
 
 Maland Smith, born F"eb. 28, 1826; married May 28. 1853, 
 to Miss Zilpha Loomis . now resides at Sardinia, Erie county, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Emeline Smith, born June 26, 1831 ; unmarried ; resides in 
 Sardinia. 
 
 Loren D. Smith, born July 2, 1834 ; married July 2, 1866, to 
 Miss Emma L. Curtiss ; resides at the old homestead in Sar- 
 dinia. 
 
 David D. Smith born March 5, 1841 ; married June 27, 1877, 
 to Miss Libbie S. Daly ; resides at Yorkshire, Cattaraugus 
 county, N. Y. 
 
 Sketch of the IJie of Mrs. Phila Smith. 
 
 Mrs. Phila Smith, the subject of this sketch, was born Jan. 
 20, 1803, near Montreal, in what is now the Province of Que- 
 bec, Canada. Her father and mother, Darius and Elizabeth 
 Palmer, came from Coeymans, N. Y., by the way of Albany, 
 
HlOCkAl'IIIC.Vr. SKKTCIIKS. 833 
 
 where the\' li\cd sexeral \'ears. to Montreal about the year 
 i(Soo. Locatin<4- on a farm near the latter place the)- li\ecl there 
 till the war of 181 2 broke out. when their quiet home was ilis- 
 turbed b}' the excitement, expectation, fear and sus])ense inci- 
 dent thereto. The territor\- of Canada borderini^- 011 the States 
 which was popuhirl\- known as the "lines," was filled with 
 British soldiers, and became the scene of much individual suf- 
 fering. Mr. Palmer was ])ressed into the 13ritish service, but 
 being a New ^^)rker by birth, he left his post and came back 
 to his famil)'. He was arrested and taken back to camp, but 
 eluding the vigilance of his guard, he again reached home in 
 safety, and taking his wife and famil)- he secured a canoe and 
 they smuggled themselves across the river St. Lawrence. 
 Phila, then a girl of nine )'ears. recollects well the trials of that 
 dark, cold and cheerless night of Autumn when the famil)- 
 were taken from their home, hurriedly placed in a boat and 
 pushed out on the dark, rushing w-aters of the St. Law-rence. 
 Getting swamped in the bull-rushes that lined the stream, the 
 boat was pulled a little out of the current ; the children laid 
 down in the bottom and co\-ered with a bundle of straw to 
 sleep, while the watchers waited the morning light to show 
 them their whereabouts. Poinding the)- had drifted in the 
 darkness on one of the man)- islands that fill the ri\-er at this 
 p(Mnt, the)- pushed on across the stream and landed in safet)-. 
 An unbroken wilderness confronted them, but the father with 
 his children to care for and a wife to protect, toiled on. Hun- 
 ger .stared him in the face, but a big .stout heart supplied the 
 place of provisions. At last a log house was found in which 
 several families of refugees like his own had taken shelter. 
 After staying in this log house a while, the famih' moved into 
 a log school house in which a short time before the teacher, 
 surrounded by his little flock, had been shot down by British 
 bullets. P'rom this school house the family removed to Dan- 
 b)', Rutland count)-, Vt. 
 
 In the year 1817, as nearly as Mrs. Smith can recollect, Mr. 
 Palmer came with his family, in company with a famil)- by the 
 name of Williams, to the Tow-n of Concord, Erie county, N. 
 Y. Besides his own family was the wife of Stephen Williams, 
 who had, with her husband, removed to the town of Concord 
 
834 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 some years before, and had made the journey back to Vermont^ 
 a distance of over four hundred miles, on horseback. Mr. John 
 WilHams and two hired men by the names of Sillsbury and 
 PhiUps, John Scott and Justus Scott, father of the Hon. 
 Allen Scott, of Cattaraugus county, also came at the same 
 time. Two ox teams brought the families and goods, and they 
 were on the road four weeks. It was late in the Fall, the roads 
 were rough and rooty, and the girls, Phila and her sister Linda, 
 walked a large part of the way. A herd of cows and sheep 
 were driven along at the same time. Stephen Williams had 
 preceded them and settled on the Cattaraugus flats, below 
 what is now the Village of Springville, in the Town of Con- 
 cord, where he had erected a log-house. This place was the 
 destination of the travelers, wearied with their long journey. 
 Mr. Palmer worked for the Williamses one year to pay them 
 for moving his family and goods. Phila Palmer, then about 
 fourteen years of age, as a member of the family, endured all 
 the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, such as 
 living in houses without floor or chimney, with no chairs, tables 
 ,or bedsteads except such as could be fashioned from logs with- 
 out the aid of saw or chisel ; with no clothing except what was 
 made from cloth spun, wove, colored and made ready for use 
 by the aid of the rudest utensils ; with no food except such as 
 might be called native to the country, and prepared in the most 
 economical way and with no means of tilling the soil except 
 with wooden plows and drags of the same material. 
 
 At the age of eighteen Miss Palmer was married to Isaac 
 Smith, Horace Clark ofificiating in the ceremony, he being Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. Mr. Smith then lived on a farm now owned 
 by George Marsh, but soon after purchased a part of what is 
 now known as the Smith farm, one and one-half miles south- 
 west of Sardinia village, in the Town of Sardinia, where Mrs. 
 Smith now resides. Mr. Smith, her husband, died Nov. ii, 
 1876, in his eighty-first year. 
 
 The family, consisting of three boys and two girls, are all 
 living, and hold the property which was purchased by their 
 father, the title coming direct from the Holland Land com- 
 pany, and has not since been transferred. 
 
15IO<iRArHUAI, SKETCUKS. 835 
 
 Darius Palmer, whose name occurs on the original subscrip- 
 tion list for buildiiii^- the Sprin^-ville Academy, and Elizabeth 
 I'almer, Mrs. Smith's father and mother, lie in the Sprint^ville 
 cemetery, and also a sister, Mrs. Polly Matthewson. 
 
 A brother, Isaac Palmer, is buried in a cemetery north of 
 Sprin<^\^ille. 
 
 One older sister, Mrs. Belinda Wilcox, still survives, and is a 
 resident of E\ans\ille, Wis. 
 
 Statement of Cyrus Rice, Esq. 
 
 Klihu Rice came to the Holland Purchase in compan\' with 
 Giles Brii^tj^s. The\' were nati\-es of Coventry, Rhode Island, 
 but prexious to locating- in Sardinia, then Willink, Niagara 
 county, they had passed several years in Cazenovia, N. Y. 
 Elihu Rice bought lot two, township seven, range five, extend- 
 ing south from the old Genesee road to Cattaraugus creek, con- 
 taining 556 acres. He afterwards sold 256 acres of the south 
 part to his brother Joseph, upon which he erected the widely- 
 known " Cherry Tavern," in that year of important events, 1825. 
 
 Elihu Rice, prexious to the opening of Hastings' store at 
 Sardinia, dealt considerably in cotton goods, black salt and 
 potash. He married Elizabeth B. Nott, of Canandaigua, Dec. 
 1S16, and soon began keeping-house. The journey from Can- 
 andaigua was made on horseback. It would be a fatiguing 
 journey for a couple now, but it was not thought much of 
 then. The original house has been repaired, but not as exten- 
 sively as the " old logical knife," for the cellar of 1816 still 
 remains. 
 
 Dr. Priiulle made his home there, as did Dr. Colgrove after- 
 Avard. While residing at this house, the Doctor successfully 
 treated those cases which gave him an enviable reputation as 
 a surgeon. As the rain falls on the just and the unjust, so the 
 old house has sheltered divines, honorables and scamps. 
 
 Elihu Rice held a commission in the army in 1812, and was 
 on the lines with the militia. He was in no battle, but had 
 some narrow escapes. Once when on service in a row-boat, he 
 had just left the oar for the relief to take his place, when a 
 cannon ball from the enemy took off the relief's head. He 
 Avas in command of the .scjuad at Schlosser when the sentinel 
 
836 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 was killed. He held the office of Brigade Inspector in the 
 Fifty-fourth Brigade, and was widely known as Major Rice. 
 He took an interest in public affairs, was always in the advance 
 in the issues of the day, and his influence was always exerted 
 in favor of justice, without regard to expediency. He was 
 rigid in his views, yet his children know nothing of him of 
 which to be ashamed. He died on tli>e farm where he first 
 bought, and it still remains in the hands of his descendants. 
 The favorite book of his wife was the Bible. Her greatest 
 earthly interest was her children, and those she knew to be 
 needy were never turned empty away. Mr. Rice was identified 
 with several societies, notably the temperance society, joining 
 the first one organised in his vicinity and remaining faithful to 
 his pledge through life. He was also a pioneer in the anti- 
 slavery movement, and long before the Rebellion, predicted 
 that the slave-holders, by their aggressions, would bring on a 
 war which would end in the overthrow of slavery. 
 
 rice's corners. 
 
 Giles Briggs started a tavern on the north side of the road, 
 near the southwest corner of lot three. He was one of those 
 jolly, genial men, fond of sport and good horses. The tavern 
 was built of logs, and had two rooms below, a stone chimney 
 in the middle, with a wide, open fire-place for each room, and a 
 pantry or bar on one side of the chimney. In 18 14, Giles 
 Briggs gave place to David Calkins, who was afterward the 
 trusty miller in Bump's mill, afterward known as Hurd\'ille, 
 near Arcade station. He was for several years Justice of the 
 Peace in the Town of China. 
 
 About the year 18 1 8, Samuel Hawkins and his father came 
 into possession, with a small lot of goods, and engaged Capt. 
 Andrew Crocker to put up the upright of the building for a 
 store and tavern. It is now the farm-house of the Nichols 
 estate. They did not complete the building. In 1820, Mr. 
 Hawkins and wife deeded the farm to Reuben Nichols, late of 
 Rhode Island, and in 1821 Nichols gave his son Clark 119 acres. 
 After the transfer to Nichols, Deacon Stukely Hudson took 
 possession of the tavern until he moved to his farm, opposite 
 Andrew Shedd. About 1821 or 1822, he put up a cooper shop 
 
nK^C.KArilUAl. SKETCHES. 837 
 
 and for several )-cars did ciuitc a business in supplying ashcries 
 with potash barrels. 
 
 After the Deacon left, the lo--house was never a-am used as 
 
 '' Reuben Nichols was a widower; his son Clark was single. 
 Geonxe Brown and family occupied the house a short tinne with 
 them" and then moved on to a place about a mile south of 
 Protection. David Stickney, a man of varied abilities, being a 
 pettifo-crer, horse-dealer and musician; moved in with his wife 
 •md tw^daughters. Mrs. Stickney kept the house untd Clark 
 Nichols married Miss Howell, in 1826. A frame house was 
 erected about this time and the old log-house, after being a 
 tarrying-place for transient families for a time, entirely disap- 
 peared. . • n D 
 
 Reuben Nichols received a pension for services m the Revo- 
 lution He enjoved relating amusing anecdotes and had a 
 remarkable memory of events. He and his son Clark, by 
 industry and economy, increased their landed possessions to 
 about four hundred acres, most of which is still m the pos- 
 session of their descendants. Clark Nichols was an intelligent 
 and energetic farmer, with exact business habits. He died at 
 about eighty years of age. 
 
 Amon- the events that deserve notice at the log-tavern, was 
 the birth'of Wray Briggs, in 1811, the f^rst white child born in 
 the Town of Sardinia. 
 
 There also was the birth-place of Hannah Calkins, a very 
 estimable ladv, now the wife of Dr. Henry Shepard, of Iowa. 
 There too, Rebecca and Mary Brown, girls then in their 
 teens 'boast of taking as much comfort as if they had lived in a 
 palace, in dressing up and walking out with and taking care of 
 Uvo very small children that belonged over the way. There 
 General Nott, when Justice of the Peace, united Jehial Backus 
 and Nancy Stickney in marriage, and there the children of the 
 neighborhood enjoyed themselves turning the quill-wheel and 
 win'ding the bobbins for Susan Colby and Mrs. How, a couple 
 of weavers on hand-looms. 
 
 THE LOG SCHOOL-HOUSE. 
 In the Spring of 1818, "Uncle Daniel Hall," the man that 
 whipped to death with beech sticks the wolf he had caught in a 
 
838 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 trap, started out one morning with axe and square and other 
 tools, to put up a school-house. He was joined by enough of 
 the neighbors to cut the logs and put up the body of a log- 
 house, about twenty-four by t\vent\'-six feet, the same day. 
 The site selected was about one hundred and eight rods north 
 of Rice's corners and near the north-west corner of the Nichols' 
 farm and just south of the second pond-hole north of the cor- 
 ners. The door and entry were on the south side, near the 
 east end. A large stone chimney was next, fronting west, and 
 in the north-east corner was a closet for the children's dinners, 
 hats and over-clothes. The other sides had each a small win- 
 dow and a shelf for writing and holding books and slates, and 
 for scholars to lean against, and a stout hemlock slab on legs 
 served for seats. Three smaller slabs near the center of the 
 room nearly completed the outfit. 
 
 On one of the lower benches were cut drawings for three- 
 men-Morris, fox and geese, checkers, &c. Of course these 
 games afforded amusement and disciplined the mind to con- 
 centration of thought ; but the fact is undeniable that the 
 children that took most interest in games took the least interest 
 in books. Under the floor was a hole three or four feet square 
 where unruly children were sometimes dropped by taking up a 
 short board. The terrors of darkness, or internal spunk some 
 times made it a difficult matter to keep the child's head below 
 the floor. It once required the weight of the teacher and two 
 of the largest girls to keep a girl, ElviraCook, from putting her 
 head through the floor. That was an episode that relieved the 
 school-room of monotony while it lasted. That girl afterwards 
 made the trip across the continent without the aid of railroads 
 and made crack-shots with a revolver. She became the wife of 
 Capt. U. P. Munro. 
 
 The old school-house was sometimes used as a temporary res- 
 idence by families seeking homes; some one of whom doubt- 
 less, dug the hole under the floor, in which to store vegetables. 
 
 A levy was made upon the pond for amusement both in Sum- 
 mer and Winter. To wade in the water and climb the trees, 
 some of which still remain, to hunt for bird's nests, to stone 
 frogs, and catch blood-suckers and let them suck the blood 
 from the foot until they became bloated and sluggish, were 
 
r.IOGRArillCAL SKETCHES. 
 
 839 
 
 some of the sports of the Summer. Sliding- on the ,ce n 
 w" ter was a favorite pastime, though not a boy n. schoo had 
 'air of skates. The nearest appr<,ach to them was a hand- 
 slid One-old-cat. two-old-eat, base-ball, with stumps for bases 
 were favorite sports. Sometimes when the teacher was absen 
 for dinner (the teacher boarded around,, the benches would be 
 pJt out of the way, and some ,.rl with a good yo>ce would s.ng 
 1- Monnie Musk," "Molly put the Kettle on 'Lake Ene or 
 " The Girl I Left Behind Me," the sets would form and shake 
 out reels, jigs and French fours, with enthusiastic if not with 
 graceful mcn-ements. Anna Hall or her sister Sally, Caroline 
 and Tane Eaton furnished the music. 
 
 In the Summer season, the Indians from near Buffalo, m 
 their travels to Canadea, Allegany county, would pass the 
 school house in squads of from two or three to forty Of 
 course they were a terror to the children, and the female teach- 
 ers always seemed to breathe easier after they had passed 
 Our school book, " The American Preceptor," gave account of 
 Indian atrocity and the prowess of Mrs. Dustan in braining 
 her captors when they were asleep, and of the man who, when 
 attacked by the Indians, fought them from his house, while his 
 family sought shelter elsewhere, and when they came too close 
 mounted his horse with the intention of taking one of his 
 children and escaping, but could make no choice so stayed 
 with them and defended them. all. The Indians seldom carried 
 anything except a rifle and tomahawk. The squaws often 
 carried a large pack on their backs, or a papoose lashed o a 
 board with all but the little fellow's head and neck covered by 
 the blanket. This gave the little follow the appearance o 
 standing up in his mother's blanket, with a good view of all 
 that passed. Every stout, burly, copper-faced old fellow was 
 believed by the children to be the old Chief, Shongo. He and 
 his band used to make a halt near the site of the Cherry 1 avern, 
 both before and after it was built. One of the teachers once 
 told us " There goes the old white woman." She was .not as 
 stout-built as the squaws, but carried a pack. Her face^ was 
 well-bronzed, but had none of the Indian features. This was 
 the cause of the teacher's recognizing her. After school the 
 scholars had the satisfaction of learning that the teacher was 
 
840 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 right, as the band stopped at the Cherry Tavern, and it was 
 reported as an important event that the " old white woman " 
 was along. 
 
 The old school house was used for prayer and conference 
 meetings, and some of the best ministerial talent of that time 
 was reverently listened to there b)- crowded congregations. 
 Among the preachers were Elder Harmon, of Aurora, Elder 
 Carr, of Boston, Elder Baker, Elder Andrus. Elder Pratt, Elder 
 Metcalf, Eliab Going and Deacon Colb)', of the Baptist church, 
 and Priest, Ingals and L}-man of the Presbyterian church. 
 Methodist prayer and conference meetings were held there at 
 an early day. Old Father Mann, the shouter, with his staff, 
 would make it a ^\•ide-awake time ; nor would P'ather Benoni 
 Hudson, Alba Briggs or Stephen W'aite allow a meeting to 
 grow dull. They were men of irreproachable character, and 
 exerted a salutary influence. 
 
 Miss Betsy Doane is said to have taught the first school in 
 the log school house. Miss Eunice Shedd, now Mrs. Hubbard 
 of Arcade, taught several terms. She was a seamstress and 
 was a very useful member of society. Miss Miranda Powell, 
 now Mrs. Charles Sears, taught during one summer ; also Miss 
 Charlotte Nott, sister of Gen. Ezra Nott, and Widow Case, a 
 member of the Humphrey family of Humphrey Hollow, in the 
 Town of Sheldon, and Miss Lucy Bigelow, now Widow Carney. 
 She was the last female that taught in the log house. Elihu 
 Rice was the first male teacher and taught two Winter terms. 
 The next teacher was Pardon Jewell, of Franklinville, then Isaac 
 Humphrey, afterward Associate Judge of Erie county. Andrew 
 Shedd taught two Winters, Dr. Shedd one Winter, then Dr. 
 Berymin Osgood, afterward Judge of Probate in St. Joseph 
 county, Michigan. John Lancton followed. He had formerly 
 attended the school several terms as pupil. He afterward 
 became Elder Lancton of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Lot eleven was taken up by one of the Warrens, Henry 
 Godfrey, who married a daughter of Col. Jabez W'arren, built a 
 log house near the south- .vest corner of the lot, just west of 
 the burying-ground, and north of the tansy bed in the road. 
 By the way, it may be safely said that every tansy bed marks 
 the place of a pioneer's cabin. Tans\' bitters was the early 
 
lilOCRAl'lIirAL SKKTCIIKS. H^ 
 
 settler's panacea, but the temperance reform drove from the 
 cabin the essential ingredient, and "patent medicine" f^ndmg 
 it vacant has taken possession to stay. It was in the log house 
 put up by Cxodfrc)- that Major Rice and (iiles Hriggs spent 
 their first night on their arrival in town in 1810. 
 
 In 181 1, Jacob Wilson, who was familiarly known as Uncle 
 Jacob, bought the claim on lot eleven and built the inevitable 
 log hut of Uiat dav by the road near the pine tree that now 
 stands in front of John Weatherlow's house. The log house 
 gave way to the red frame house about 1823. 
 
 Mr. VVilson possessed those characteristics so essential to a 
 successful farmer. He died on his farm in 1832 
 
 To show the scarcity of money in those days, I will relate an 
 incident. Mr. Wilson one year raised four hundred bushels of 
 grain of various kinds, for which he received but thirty cents in 
 money, and that was from a traveler who stopped, took dinner, 
 fed hi's horse, and paid thirty cents for a bag of oats to take 
 
 with him. 
 
 (3ne of the first enterprises undertaken on " Hardpan or 
 West hill, was to bargain with Uncle Jacob for the forward 
 wheels of a wagon, to be converted into the rolling stock of a 
 cart, which afterwards became famous as the nine partner cart. 
 Flint Keith, Sewell Butler, John Butler, Allan Stevens, Samuel 
 Shepard, Jonathan Thomas, Joseph Thomas, Thomas Ward 
 and David Conklin agreed to cut the timber on an acre of land 
 ready for logging for the wheels, which they did, and returned 
 home five miles the same day. When one of the stockholders 
 had used the cart, he left it in the road for any other one to 
 
 hitch to. 
 
 In the year 1824, Mr. Wilson executed a deed to the mhabi- 
 tants of the Town of Sardinia of two acres of land as a com- 
 mon place to inter the dead, which is the present burying- 
 
 ground. 
 
 Lewis Wilson sold the farm to Samuel Weatherlow in 1834, 
 and it has since been known as the Weatherlow farm. Lewis 
 Wilson also sold to Weatherlow fifty acres of the north part of 
 lot three, which is now in the possession of his daughter, the 
 widow Simons. 
 
 It was about 1824, that Leacon John Colby shot the two 
 
^42 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 year-old bear that John Houvee, who worked for Wilson, chased 
 from the ground now occupied by Newton's hop yard, up a 
 tree north of Newton's house. John had never seen a bear, 
 and made considerable sport by telling the Deacon he had run 
 a wolf up a tree. It took three balls from the Deacon's rifle to 
 induce his bearship to leave the tree. A portion of the meat 
 was given to the neighbors. It was sweet and acceptable, but 
 what was smoked in the Deacon's log house stone chimney 
 was delicious. 
 
 Francis Eaton came in possession of the east 1 13 acres of lot 
 ten in 181 1. Eaton was stalwart in form and had great muscu- 
 lar power, and was very energetic. He was a carpenter and put 
 up many of the farm houses and barns that were built in the 
 east part of the town previous to 1824. He took pride in hav- 
 ing every part of the frame work an exact fit, and the hand 
 that did not work to the line would hear the gruff voice of the 
 "General" (a nick-name) without delay. Ponderous rocks at 
 the corners and points of greatest pressure, formed the under- 
 pining. Walls for underpining were hardly thought of in 
 those days, but timbers ten b}^ twelve, or twelve by twelve, or 
 twelve by fourteen, were not unusual, as the fram.es still stand- 
 ing attest. The sills were usually put in place in the forenoon 
 or the day before the raising. Men were invited for miles 
 around, for the heavy timbers used required a corresponding 
 amount of bone and muscle, and all responded to the call, for 
 each in turn might require help. When the timbers for the 
 bents were put in place, the " General " called for the pikes to 
 be put in place ; next for two sturdy, careful hands, with iron 
 bars or levers, to hold the foot of the posts. " Now men to 
 your places." Hold! Hold I some called out, bring <mi that 
 bottle. The bottle or its partner, the jug. full of vim and snap, 
 passes from hand to hand and lip to lip. New determination 
 lights each eye and telegraphs each muscle to be read}-, and 
 the " General " inquires, " Are you all ready?" Then comes 
 the caution, " There are not men enough at that corner." 
 When the men are fairh- distributed, the word is given, " All 
 lift together. Yo, heave I Yo, heave I " What animation 
 thrills each nerve when those tones peal forth from an old com- 
 mander. Yo, heave I If helj) is plent\- the bent rises at the 
 
liiocKAi'iFicAi. ski: rciFKS. 843 
 
 words, Vo, hccue I " Man youv pikes I"' It moves up and 
 soon is heard the command, " Set her up I " and, " Pikes on the 
 other side!" The bent is soon in its jilace and stay-kithed. 
 Now the ^irts are placed for the next bent, the next bent is 
 put up, and the le\-el-headed young men climb the posts, mount 
 the beams, enter the girts, dri\-(.' the pins, and the body is soon 
 put together. Next putting up the phites require attention. 
 Coolness and daring command a premium. While some can 
 walk a stick eight inches square, high in the air, other's heads 
 will swim at the same height, on a platform four feet wide. 
 The latter are of use below in getting rafters, braces, pins and 
 plank read}- to go uj) when needed. When the rafters are on 
 and the raising done, then the building had to be named. The 
 bottle went up to those above, who ranged themselves on a 
 plate, if there was a ridge-pole, and there was one with nerve 
 enough to stand on that, the frame was named from it ; if not, 
 it was named from the plate. When each had tried the bottle, 
 the namer would repeat (or something like it), " Harry's 
 delight I framed in two weeks and raised before night." Then 
 a general " Hurrah " would follow while the bottle was hurled 
 high in the air, and all retired to luncheon, which co isisted of 
 bread or white biscuit and butter, cheese, doughnuts and sev- 
 eral varieties of sweet cake, pies and baked beans, all seasoned 
 with as man}' jokes as the compan}- could supply, and washed 
 down with water, tea, or home-made beer. After lunch, if 
 there was time, the \-ounger and more athletic would pla\' base- 
 ball, while the older men would discuss crop prospects, logging 
 bees and the news of the da)'. 
 
 When Buffalo was burned, Eaton has the credit of running 
 home in three hcnirs, and alarming the settlers along the,route, 
 with the cry that the Indians were coming and they must 
 leave. Arriving at home he hastened to Captain Nott's. The 
 Captain had gone to Rushford. Eaton took the Captain's ox- 
 team and sled, the Captain's wife, his own wife and three or 
 four small children, and started toward Rushford. Others fol- 
 lowed. When near Rowleys mills, Arcade, they met Captain 
 Nott on his return, who inquired what it all meant. Eaton 
 related his story but the Captain was incredulous as to the 
 danger. " Well," said Eaton. " What are \-ou uoino- to do?'» 
 
844 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 *' I shall take my family and go home, you can do what you 
 like with yours." About, face, was the order, and the first 
 night of the fugitives was spent at home. For a day or two 
 families from beyond Holland, came hurrying to escape, but 
 soon the alarm passed away and they returned to their homes. 
 
 Eaton, the stalwart carpenter, turned his place over to Dea- 
 con John Colby, in 1815 or !8i6, and moved on to Hemlock 
 Hill, one mile east of Sardinia village. His grown-up children 
 are: Jehial, Elihu, Curtis, John P., Roswell, Jane, Emily and 
 Harriet. 
 
 Deacon Colby was a strong-built man, a good marksman and 
 skillful hunter. 
 
 He once shot a buck on Nichols' flats, not a half mile from 
 the corners ; the deer fell, the Deacon ran up to cut his throat 
 when the deer rose and put in a remonstrance with hoofs and 
 horns, and tore ever}' vestige of clothing from the Deacon before 
 he could cut the deer's throat. After that encounter he always 
 re-loaded his rifle before approaching a fallen deer. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Major Rice and Giles Briggs were the first settlers on the 
 corners. The Major said repeatedly that there were but three 
 families in what is now Sardinia, when he and Briggs arrived, 
 viz: The Richmond famil)-, Sumner Warren's and Henry 
 Godfrey's. Eaton, in company with Benjamin Wilson and 
 Daniel Hall, came into town in 18 10, before purchasing. 
 
 In the Fall of 1832 or 1833, Jacob Wilson, the son of Lewis 
 Wilson, a boy about ten years of age, had his skull broken in 
 and his brains kicked out by a horse that he had just taken the 
 halter "from and was picked up for dead. Dr. Colgrove took 
 out several pieces of skull from the brain and worked out the 
 loose brain, and healed up the wound. The boy lived to be a 
 man and moved west. This occurred on the farm now owned 
 by John Weatherlovv. Elisha Pomeroy was the victim of a 
 similar accident and the doctor was equally successful in his 
 treatment of the case. 
 
msiNKSS AM) MANUl-ACl irRIXd INTKRKSTS. 845 
 
 RELATING TO TIIK BUSINESS AND MANUFAC- 
 TURING PLACES OF SARDINIA. 
 
 The first place opened for public patronage in the Town of 
 Sardinia was the tavern of George Richmond, Sr., on the Cat- 
 taraugus creek in 1809. Giles Hriggs opened a tavern the next 
 year at Rice's Corners, antl in i<S2i he kept a tavern near Col- 
 grove's Corners. It was at this tavern that the first town meet- 
 ing in Sardinia was held, in 1821. John and Jeremiah Wilcox 
 kept tavern in 1815. on the Cattaraugus creek, three quarters 
 of a mile east of '' Hakes' bridge " Joseph Rice kept tavern 
 at an early day near Rice's Corners." It was widely known as 
 the " Cherry tavern," on account of numerous cherry trees 
 growing near by. Norman Bond also kept a tavern at an early 
 day on lot ten on the middle road. Parley Crosby kept a 
 tavern on the Cattaraugus Creek road, some two miles and a 
 half west and south-west of Sardinia \illage, called the "Sar- 
 dinia Valley house ;" for that time, it was quite imposing, be- 
 ing a frame building, two stories high, and finished with a coat 
 of white paint ; the old building still stands, a silent memento 
 of departed days. 
 
 .Vt quite an early da)' a second tavern was opened on the old 
 Richmond homestead iarm at the foot of the hill, and it was 
 occupied by different ones and run for se\'eral years. The 
 original log tavern built by George Richmond, did not 
 stand on the site of the hotel that is still standing; that was 
 built by his son George, but its location was near the banks of 
 the creek, on the old State road leading from Buffalo to Olean. 
 
 Some of the most interesting reminiscences of early days in 
 Sardinia might be related in connection with these primitive 
 log taverns. 
 
 In 1824 a hotel was built on the present site of Andrews' 
 hotel, by Chauncey Hastings. P^-om that time and for many 
 years the little Hamlet was known as " Hastings." He con- 
 ducted it for a time and then was succeeded by his son, C. J. 
 Hastings, and then it was rented to Stephen Holmes, to be 
 succeeded by Royal Green. Then the property was transferred 
 by sale to Roderick Simons, who for a time rented it to George 
 Goodspeed : then Nelson Twist became the owner. The next 
 
846 GRIST MITJ^S AND SAW MILLS. 
 
 proprietor was Delias Childs, who sold it to George Andrews^ 
 the present proprietor in 1869. In 1881 Mr. Andrews enlarged 
 and remodeled it, and made it one of the finest hostelries out- 
 side of Buffalo. 
 
 (JRIST MILLS. 
 
 For many years after the first settlement of this town, Sar- 
 dinia was without a grist mill, and the pioneers had to trans- 
 port their grists either to Yorkshire or Arcade. The first grist 
 
 mill was built by the Cornwell brothers about . It was 
 
 sold to Charles Long about 1858. Long conducted it some 
 eleven years and then sold out to Nicholas Bolander, who ran 
 it about the same length of time and then transferred it to two 
 of his sons. 
 
 Another mill was built in the town ; its location was on the 
 little brook that runs through the old Richmond farm on the 
 Cattaraugus flats. 
 
 SAW MILLS. 
 
 The first saw mill in the town was built by Sumner Warren,, 
 about 1812. It stood a little above the present site, now occu- 
 pied b\' Simons' mill. In 181 3 this mill was transferred to 
 Abel Abbey. 
 
 Another mill was built about 1828 on the same stream, about 
 half a mile above by a man by the name of Bo^worth. 
 
 Another mill was built at a very early day in the western 
 portion of the town by Elder Stephen Pratt. Its location was 
 on the head waters of the Cazenovia creek, a short distance 
 above Charles Spencer's steam mill on the same stream. 
 
 A saw mill was also run in connection with the grist mill on 
 the Richmond place. 
 
 Horace Rider built a mill on the same stream on which the 
 pioneer mill stood. Its location was near the residence of 
 James Hopkins. 
 
 Dr. Colgrove and Josiah Andrews built a mill just north of 
 Colgrove Corners, near the road leading north. 
 
 Two mills were located on the " Reynolds brook " at cpiite 
 an early day; one stood just abo\'e and the other, some dis- 
 tan ce below the present road \\ here it crosses the stream. 
 
Mi:iv( IIAXrs AND TKADRRS. 847 
 
 mi:k(Iiants and traders. 
 
 A few of the early pioneers brou<rht some dry goods to the 
 settlement, such as cloth, etc., from the east that were sold out 
 to their nciijhbors, thousj^h they did not make a business as 
 •dealers. Horace and Dudley Clark came in tlic fall of i(Si6; 
 sold goods some about 1 81 7. Built a distillery and an ashery, 
 and in a year or two the}' failed in business. Chancy Hast- 
 ings was the first regular merchant. He came from Aurora, 
 bringing a small stock of goods, in 1822. He was a single 
 man and commenced business in the dwelling house of Willis 
 Cornwell, where he boarded. 
 
 In 1824, he built a tavern and store, which he run in connec- 
 tion for several years. 
 
 The store now occupied b}- M. \\\ Lancton was built by 
 Horace Bailey in 1845. The store now occupied by George 
 W. Cook was built by Chancy Hastings in 1852, 
 
 At Colgrove's Corners, Dr. B. H. Colgrove opened the first 
 store. He was succeeded in the following order, viz : Monroe 
 & Jackson, Steats & Monroe, Needham & Cook, Ray Briggs, 
 M. R. Loveland, H. Bailey, S. Holmes, J. Andrews, S. Holmes 
 and J. Andrews. 
 
 The tannery was first built by Willis W. Cornwell. 
 
 About fifty years ago James Colwell carried on a foundry 
 for a short time. 
 
 The woolen factory was built about 1840 by Nelson Nourse ; 
 he sold out soon after to Gleason & Loveland, who enlarged it 
 as it now is. About 1867, they sold to Messrs. William Pollet, 
 James Rider & George Andrews. They were succeeded by 
 William Pollett, followed by John O. Riley, the present pro- 
 prietor. 
 
 The carriage shop at the " Upper Corners "' was built b}' A. 
 J. Adams in 1843. 
 
 BUSINESS DIRECTORY OK SARDINIA EOR 1883. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 George Andrews, at Sardinia Village ; John Russell, at Pro- 
 tection; H. C. Tanner, at Protection ; Hiram Savage, at Chafee. 
 
84H MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 M. Pitcher, D. Severeign, J. Schwab. 
 
 MERCHANTS. 
 
 George W. Cook, dry goods and groceries; M. W . Lankton, 
 dry goods and groceries ; W. B. Andrews, groceries ; O. P. 
 Goodspeed, groceries; George Mills, drugs and groceries; 
 Judson Andrews, groceries; Arnold Emerson, hardware ; E. M. 
 Sherman, general store at Chafee ; Hinks & W'oodworth, gen- 
 eral store at Protection; M. \V. Lankton, furniture. 
 
 MILLINERS. 
 Miss E. Xorris, Miss Cynthia Olin. 
 
 MANUFAC'IORIES AND MILLS. 
 
 John O. Riley, woolen factory; George P. Martin, tanner}- : 
 J ulian Simons, saw-mill and bending works; S. D. Kingsly> 
 carding works and tub factory ; A. J. Adams, carriage factoiy ; 
 George Strong, carriage factory ; S. R. Smith &Co., six cheese 
 factories; Julian Simons, cheese factory ; B. Ferrington, can- 
 ning factory at Protection ; N. Bolander, grist mill ; Charles 
 
 Spencer, steam saw-miil ; Bement, steam saw-mill ; John 
 
 Goodemote, saw-milk 
 
 BLACKSMITHS. 
 
 A. J. McArthur, Henry Stokes, W. Robinson, James Mulvey,. 
 at Chaffee, Fitzpatrick Brothers, Prattham. 
 
 SALOONS. 
 Hopkins & Holmes, billiard saloon ; E. Goodrich, saloon. 
 
 In reviewing the old town book of Sardinia of an earh' date, 
 we find a few records that may be of interest to the present 
 generation. In 1822, the town voted to pay a bounty of $5 
 on ever)- full-grown wolf and one dollar and fifty cents on 
 every whelp caught and killed within the bounds of the town ; 
 and it was then resolved that yoked hogs should be free com- 
 moners, and the same year it was voted to pay Giles Briggs for 
 
RECOLLECTIONS OF SARDINIA. 849 
 
 four gallons of whisky, for the use of said town. Now this 
 paragraph needs explanations for we would not have the reader 
 suppose that the Town of Sardinia was addicted to its cups in 
 its youth. It was the custom when a new road was to be 
 opened to make a " road bee," and invite them far and near, 
 and the whisky was handed around as a tonic to the road build- 
 ers. In 1828, the bounty on wolves was raised to $10 for every 
 full-grown wolf caught and killed within the bounds of said 
 town, provided the wolf killed " was brought bodily, hide and 
 hair, before the Supervisor of said town." 
 
 For the first few years after the town Avas organized the town 
 meetings were held at the house of Giles Briggs. Said house 
 was located on the Welcome Andrews place, just west of Col- 
 grov^e's Corners. In 1828, it was voted that the next annual 
 town meeting should be held at the house of Chancy Hast- 
 ings. In 1839 ^'""^^ 1840, the place of holding said meetings 
 was changed to the house of Joseph Rice. In 1841 and 1842 
 it was again changed to the house of Norman Bond on the 
 middle road. Then in 1843 to the house of Erastus Wright ; 
 1844, ^t the house of Rufus Wilkes; 1845, at the old Sardinia 
 Valley House, on the creek kept by Pearly Crosby. Since that 
 time, or for nearly fort}' years, the place of holding the town 
 meetine has been at Sardinia village. 
 

 Tlie Aiulrews Family. 
 
EIOGRArillCAL SKETCIIKS. 85 I 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF SARDINIA. 
 
 Josiah AiidrcAVS. 
 
 Josiah .'Vndrcws was boni in Coventry, R. I., July (S, 1 7<S'6. He 
 was a son of George and Ruth Vaughn Andrews. In 1824, he 
 came to the town of Sardinia, which was ever afterwards his 
 home. He was a man of energy and perseverance, and at one 
 time one of the largest land owners and heaviest tax-pa}'ers in 
 the town. He reared a family of eleven children, nine sons 
 and two daughters — all living and all respected for their sterling 
 qualities. The nine sons are all residents of Sardinia. Mr. 
 Andrews lived to span over ninety years, dying Nov. 21, 1876. 
 His venerable widow reached nearly the same age, dying May 
 17, 1883, aged ninety years. The names of their children are : 
 
 Charlotte, Welcome, Warren B., Pardon, Reuben, Rebecca, 
 Alfred, Thomas, George, Judson and James B. Rebecca mar- 
 ried A. Bunce, and lives in Versailles. Charlotte married and 
 lives in Illinois. 
 
 Welcome Aiidrow.s. 
 
 Welcome Andrews, son of Josiah Andrews \\ as born April 
 I, 1 8 16, in Coventry, R. I., and came to Sardinia ^\•ith his 
 parents in 1824. He has been twice married : First to Esther 
 Hopkins, who was born April 8, 1822, and died June 21, 1843. 
 His second wife was Patience Weber, who was born Jan. 12, 
 1826. Mr. Andrew\s was elected Supervisor of Sardinia for 
 the years 1863, '64, '65, 68 antl '69. He also served as Captain 
 of a militia compan\' in the old training tlays. B}- occupation 
 he is a farmer. 
 
 FAMILY KKCORl). 
 
 May. born Ma)' 26, 1845. Ruth, born Nov. 5, 185 1; died 
 Jan. 30, 1876. Esther A. born Aj)ril 17, 1854: died Jul\' 16, 
 
852 
 
 BIOGRAPlIICAl- SKETCHES. 
 
 1875. Amy H., born Dec. 9, 1856. Olney W., born Dec. 21, 
 1857 ; married Libbie Steele in 1881 ; lives in Sardinia and is a 
 farmer. Charles B., born Nov. 9, 1S61. Joshua, born Aug. 26, 
 1863. Robert R., April 10, 1865. Welcome, Jr., Nov. 13, 1867. 
 
 Warren B. Andrews. 
 
 Warren B.Andrews was born in Coventry, R. I., June 19. 
 1 8 19, came to Sardinia in 1824. His occupation is that of 
 farmer and merchant. When a young man, he taught school 
 several terms. He was married, March 19, 1848, to Louise 
 Nichols, who was born in Sardinia, Dec. 2^, 1823. They have 
 had three children : 
 
 Harriet E., born June 13, 1849; married Frank P.Churchill, 
 June 7, 1868; died in Buffalo, Sept. 23, 1872. Laura Ann, 
 born Aug. 6, 1852 ; died Nov. 17, 1866. Lottie, born March 
 28, 1862. 
 
 Reuben Andrews. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was born in Coventry, Kent county, R. L, 
 March 12, 1824. The same year, his father, Josiah Andrews, 
 moved with his family to Sardinia. Mr. Andrews has always 
 been a resident of Sardinia. Ls a farmer. Was married in 
 1855, to Julia Olin. They have no children. 
 
 Pardon Andrews. 
 
 Pardon Andrews, son of Josiah and Amy Andrews, was born 
 in Rhode Island. October, 1822. When two years old, his 
 parents removed to the Town of Sardinia, where he has since 
 resided, being engaged in farming. May 27, 1849, he married 
 Eliza Wilkes, daughter of John and Abigail Wilkes, of Sar- 
 dinia. Their children are as follows : 
 
 Florence A., born July 15, 1853, and died May 31, 1873. 
 James,, born April 13, 1855 ; married Gertrude Conant, and re- 
 sides in Holland, Erie county, N. Y. Minnie E., born (3ct. 14, 
 1862, and married May 31, 1882, to Henry Bolender, and lives 
 in Yorkshire, N. Y. 
 
 Alfred Andrew^s. 
 
 Alfred Andrews was born at Sardinia, March 9, 1827. Oct. 
 19, 185 I, he married Octavia Briggs, who was born in Sardinia, 
 Jan. 25, 1830. They have three children: 
 
V.IOC.RAI'HICAL SKETCIIKS. 853 
 
 Alice O., born July 10, 1854. Ida A., born Nov. 27, 1862, 
 died Dec. i, 1862. Judson W., born Feb. 5, 1863. 
 
 Mr. Andrews is a prosperous farmer, and lives in the Town 
 of Sardinia. 
 
 Thomas Andrews. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was born Aug. i. 1828, in Sardinia, where he 
 has always resided ; occupation, farming. He was married in 
 1852 to Emma Olin. daughter of Matthew R. Olin. Mrs. An- 
 drews died Aug. 4, 1869, aged forty years. Mr. Andrews has 
 no children. 
 
 George Andrews. 
 
 George Andrews was born in Sardinia, Dec. 4, 1829. His 
 occupation has been that of farmer and hotel keeper ; he also 
 formerly dealt in stock considerably for a number of years ; 
 he took possession of the old Hastings hotel at Sardinia vil- 
 lage June 23, 1869. He kept it till 1881, when he rebuilt and 
 greatly enlarged and beautified and changed the appearance of 
 the old hotel. He has several times held town offices and rep- 
 resented the town of Sardinia on the Board of Supervisors in 
 1873 and 1874. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was married June 22, 1851, to Electa Rider, 
 who was born March 8, 1832. They have two sons : 
 
 Robert J., born in Sardinia April 25, 1853; married in 1878 
 to Ella Briggs, and resides at Audubon, Minn. Edmond, born 
 Feb. 24, 1862 ; married Clara Briggs. 
 
 Judson Andrews 
 
 Mr. Andrews, son of Josiah Andrews, was born in Sardinia, 
 where he has always been a resident, His occupation has been 
 farming and mercantile pursuits ; he is at present engaged in 
 trade at the " Upper Corners," Sardinia. 
 
 Mr. Andrews served three years in the late Rebellion. He 
 enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in the One Hundred and Sixteenth 
 New York volunteers. By general orders from the war depart- 
 ment he was transferred in September. 1863. to the Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, where he was Corporal. He received his dis- 
 charge at Fortress Monroe Sept. 2, 1865. 
 
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 James 15. Andrews. 
 
 James B. Andrews was born in Sardinia, N. Y. He has al 
 ways been a farmer and a resident of his native town. He 
 purchased his present farm, known as the Colgrove place, May 
 3, 1879. He was married May 19, 1861. to Cordeha Casey, 
 who was born Feb. 6, 1841, in Sheldon, N. Y. They have one 
 child : 
 
 Maud, born Nov. 23, 1866 ; lives in Sardinia. 
 
 Since the above was written Mrs. Andrews has died ; her 
 death occurred Feb. 27, 1883 ; her age was forty-two years. 
 
 Robert Andrews. 
 
 Robert Andrews, brother of Josiah Andrews, was born Nov. 
 26, 1782, in Rhode Island ; came to Sardinia in 1824. In about 
 three years he returned to Rhode Island. Married Eunice 
 Weber and returned to Sardinia where he lived until his death 
 at seventy-five years of age. His wife died Oct. 30, 1867, 
 aged sixty-nine years. 
 
 Mr. Andrews was a farmer and owned the farm now owned 
 by his nephew, Welcome Andrews. They had no children. 
 
 Robert J. Andrews. 
 
 Robert J. Andrews, son of George Andrews, was born in 
 Sardinia, April 24, 1852. He attended school at Arcade and 
 Aurora and in 1869 he went to Audubon, Minn., where he en- 
 gaged in farming and teaching. He was married in Decem er 
 1878 to Ella Briggs. They have one son. 
 
 David Bigelow. 
 
 An old and respected pioneer who died in Sardinia August, 
 1839. ^^^^s born in the ever-to-be-rcmcmbered year " 1776," on 
 June 6th. At an early day he came to the Town of Avon, Liv- 
 ingston county, N. Y., and in 18 17 he removed with his family 
 to the Town of Sardinia where the remainder of his life was 
 passed in clearing up and helping to make the Town of Sar- 
 dinia what it is to-day. He settled on lot forty-seven and 
 improved a large farm which to-day is in possession of a 
 daughter, Mrs. Lucy Carne}'. Mr. Bigelow was a soldier on 
 the lines in the war of 18 12 and 181 5, participated in many of 
 
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 the eventful aiul thrilling scenes and was an e)'e-\vitness to the 
 burning of Buffalo. Soon after attaining the years of manhood 
 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Cone, born in Con- 
 necticut in 1781, who bore him nine children, viz: 
 
 Sally, born in 1799, died, 1801 ; George, born Sept. 30, iBoi ; 
 Eliza, born March, 1804, married Isaac Calkins in 1820 and 
 died in Aurora in 1870. Maria, born June 30, 1806 and lives 
 in Mayville. Lucy, born Feb. 10, 1809, married in 1 840 to 
 Stephen Carney, who was killed by the falling of a tree, April 
 29, 1866. Mrs. Carney lives with a son on the old home- 
 stead first taken by her father of the Holland Compan}'. Electa, 
 born Nov. 14, 181 1, married Morgan Jillson and died in Ma- 
 chias in i860. Saxton, born Jan. 3, 1814, married Mary Pratt, 
 who died in 1867 ; second, to a lady in Chicago. Mr. Bigelow 
 died in 1871. For many years he followed the lakes and rose 
 to the command of a vessel. At the time of his death he was 
 connected with the Chicago Water Works. Helon, born May 
 6, 1817, married Harriet Woods and died in Sardinia in 1865- 
 Reynolds, born May 5, 1822, married Harriet Darling and lives 
 in Nebraska. Mr. Bigelow\ the father, died in Sardinia Aug, 
 18, 1839. Mrs. Bigelow survived him many years, dying May 
 2, 1857. 
 
 George Bigelow, 
 
 Son of David, was born in Connecticut Sept. 30, 1801, and was 
 married to Miss Martha Titus Aug. 13, 1826. She was born 
 March 16, 1809, in Vermont and is still living in Sardinia, Mr. 
 Bigelow was a man of marked indixidual character: he was 
 prominent in all town affairs ; took an active interest in agri- 
 culture and was a very successful business man, devoting a 
 great portion of his life to mercantile pursuits. For se\"eral 
 years he represented his town upon the Board of Superxisors. 
 Family record: Maria A., born Feb. 21, 1827; married Ira 
 A. Cook and lives in Sardinia. Elvira, born Sept. 20, 1828; 
 married in 1850 to Clinton Colgrove ; died at Fredonia in 1881. 
 Helen C, born Dec. 16, 1834; married Alfred Gill; died Oct. 
 25, 1854. Anna Mar\-, born May 24, 1837; married A. Blake 
 and lives in Olean. David Martin, born March 7, 1840; died 
 June 6, 1842. Elizabeth Olive, born Nov. 22, 1843; married 
 Henry C. Shed ; diedd April 26, 1873. Charles Clifford, born 
 
856 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Oct. 28, 1847. Alice A., born Sept. 17, 1850; married Julian 
 Simons. Mr. George Bigelow died April 28, 1875. 
 
 Baker Family. 
 
 Samuel Baker, grandfather of David M. Baker, was born 
 May 16, 1730, in the Town of North Yarmouth, Cumberland 
 county, Me. He was married Dec. 8, 1756, to Eleanor Blan- 
 chard, who was born Jan. 16, 1737. They had nine children. 
 
 Col. Samuel Baker, Jr., father of David M., was a soldier of 
 the Revolution, and received for his services a pension and 
 seventy-fiv^e acres of land in Yarmouth, Me., his native place. 
 He added to this by purchasing adjoining land : enough to 
 make a farm of two hundred acres, which he occupied till his 
 death, Aug. 13, 1826. He was married July 30, 1789, to Mary 
 Mason, who was born Aug. 23, 1769, and died June 26, 1857. 
 Colonel Baker's brother Amasa was also a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution, being a captain of a light infantry company. Colonel 
 Baker had a family of thirteen children. 
 
 David M. Baker, son of Colonel Samuel Baker, was born at 
 Yarmouth, Me. Married in 1820, to Miranda N. Dupy, of 
 Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y. He moved his family 
 to Cattaraugus county in 1843, to Springville in 1846, and to 
 Sardinia in 1859; 'i"* 1863, he settled on the west part of lot 
 eleven, township seven, range six, a farm of two hundred acres, 
 which he now occupies. 
 
 Mr. Baker and three of his sons served three years in the 
 Union Army during the Rebellion, and although in many 
 battles, not one of them was wounded or even marked. 
 
 David M. Baker's family record: John M., married Jan. 20, 
 1868, Laura Smith; resides in New York City. Joshua D., 
 resides in Arizona. Mary, married to William W^hite, July 4, 
 1871 ; resides in Zoar. Maurice married Sarah Sibley, June 28, 
 1871 ; resides in East Concord. D. A., married De Etta Whee- 
 lock, March 26, 1866; resides in Nebraska. Russell married Ro. 
 sella Vosburg, March 4, 1875; resides in Bradford, Pa. Jennie 
 married Almar White, March 4, 1875 ; resides in Zoar. Samuel 
 resides in Sardinia. Henry died in Arizona, in 1877. Allen 
 died an infant. Frank married Eva France, Jan. 3, 1881 ; re- 
 sides in Sardinia. Ella married Henry M. France March 20, 
 1879. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 857 
 
 Joshua 1>. Baker. 
 
 Joshua D. Baker served as a soldier in the One Hundred and 
 Sixteenth regiment three years during the late Rebellion. He 
 was in several battles and was a Sergeant when he came home. 
 He went to Texas and then to Arizona. He returned in the 
 Winter of i<S8o-8i, and bought a farm of two hundred acres in 
 Sardinia for his parents and the family, on which they now 
 reside. He then returned to Arizc^ia, where he now is. 
 
 Willurd Brink. 
 
 Mr. Brink's father, Anthony Brink, was born in New Jersey, 
 June 5, 18 1 2. He married Sophrona Aldrich, who was born in 
 1814, in what is now Wayne county, N. Y.; Town of Arcadia- 
 They came from Orleans county to Aurora, Erie county, in 
 1847 or '48, and to Golden in ^^57' where Mr. Brink died in 
 1869. Mrs. Brink is now living. 
 
 Their children were : Isaiah died young. William married 
 Harriet Crump : lives in Golden. Willard. Luraine married 
 Davis Greene ; lives in Aurora. Glark married Sarah Savage . 
 lives in Sardinia. Mary married Peter Zimmer; lives in Spring- 
 ville. Orrin ; Austin. Eliza married George Gregson. Myron 
 married Ella Gould. Carrie married Charles Olin. Anna mar- 
 ried George Odell. 
 
 Willard Brink was born Aug. 13, 1840, in Phelps, Ontario 
 county, N. Y. He was married in 1863, in Palmyra, Wayne 
 county, N. Y., to Alberteen Miller. They have one daughter, 
 Cora. 
 
 Mr. Brink enlisted April 25, 1861, in company I, Seventeenth 
 New York volunteers ; mustered out of service June 10, 1863. 
 He participated in the battles of the Peninsular campaign up 
 to the close of his service — First Bull Run, Seven Pines, etc. 
 
 Mr. Brink has been a resident of Sardinia since 1866, and has 
 served as Commissioner of Highways and Collector in that 
 town. 
 
 .Teftersoii Ij. Childs. 
 
 Jefferson L. Childs, son of Samuel and Olin Childs, was born 
 Jan. 7, 1849, '" ^^^^ Town of Sardinia, where he has always 
 
858 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 resided, being engaged in buying cattle. Oct. 22, 1868, he mar- 
 ried Malinda Odell. He has a family of three children, viz.: 
 
 Alta L., born May 7, 1869. Flora, born March 4, 1875. 
 Hattie E., born Dec. 12, 1880. 
 
 Mr. Childs had two brothers in the Rebellion — Myron and 
 Decatur, both of whom were taken prisoners at Nashville, Tenn., 
 and Myron died in Andersonville prison. 
 
 His father Samuel was born in Aurora, Nov. 3, 1841, and 
 died in Sardinia, Jan. 29, 1866. His grandfather, Henry 
 Childs, a native of Vermont, attained the remarkable age of 
 ninety-eight years, six months and sixteen days, and lived with 
 his wife seventy-one years. 
 
 Hiram D. Coriiwell. 
 
 Mr. Cornwell's father, Levinus Cornwell, was a son of Ben- 
 jamin and Hester Carrington Cornwell. He was born in Con- 
 necticut in November, 1791 ; moved first to Cortland county, 
 N. Y.; then to Springvillein 1822, and to Sardinia in 1830, onto 
 lot thirt}^-six, township 7, range 5. Mr. Cornwell was a tan- 
 ner currier and shoemaker, but he gave up those professions 
 after moving on to the farm, to which he gave exclusive atten- 
 tion up to his death, Nov. 3, 1878. 
 
 He was married to Lois Wheat, A\ho was born Nov. 28, 
 1794, at Whitehall, Washington, county, N. Y., and died in 
 Sardinia, May 5, 1871. They had four children: 
 
 Asher, born Dec. 22, 1820; married Delilah Stone; is a 
 farmer and lives in Holland. 
 
 Levinus, born Sept. 4, 1822; married Charlotte Soule ; is a 
 practitioner of medicine at Alden, Erie county, N. Y., and has 
 been Supervisor of Alden. Miles C, born in Sardinia Jan. 12, 
 1 83 1 ; has been married three times — first to Harrier Weeden ; 
 second to Mary Weeden ; third to Dorcus Doty. He is a 
 wagon maker and lives at Randolph, N. Y. 
 
 Hiram Cornwell was born at Springville, N. Y., Dec. 12, 
 1823, and came to Sardinia in 1830, where he has since lived. 
 He is a farmer ; was married in 1855 to Martha J. Weather- 
 low, who was born Dec. 8, 1822, at Waterloo, N. Y. They 
 have seven children, viz.: 
 
 Lois v., Charles H., S. Alida, Nellie M., Willis L., Ernest 
 J. and Marion E. 
 
HIOr.RAPHICAL SKKTCIIES. 
 
 859 
 
 Mr. Cornwell attended school at Aurora under Principal 
 Barney three terms, about I<S40. He taut^ht school five or six 
 Winters, three terms of which were in the town of Holland. 
 Mr. Cornwell has been Supcri'isor of Sardinia two terms. 
 
 Hiram Crosby. 
 
 Mr. Crosby was born March 30, 18 14, in Sardinia, where he 
 has always resided ; his occupation is farming. He has been. 
 Assessor and Commissioner of Highways in Sardinia. He was 
 married Dec. 22, 1837, to Susan Jackman, who was born Dec. 
 9, 18 18. They have had twelve children, viz.: 
 
 Levi, born Nov. 8, 1837; married Mary Anderson; re- 
 sides in Wisconsin. Aldcn, born Feb. 26, 1839; married 
 
 FIREPLACE IN BRICK CHIMNEY. 
 
 Mary Johnson; resides in Sardinia. Morton, borri March 30, 
 1841 ; died July 14, 1864, in Andersonville prison. Jeremiah, 
 born March 27, 1843; ^^^^^ ^^'ly -- 1845. David, born Nov. 
 17, 1846; died July 10, 1864, in Chicago; he was a soldier in 
 the Rebellion. Emily N., born June 26, 1849; married Duane 
 Fuller; resides in Concord. Lucy M., born April 6, 185 1 ; 
 died March 28, 1853. Albert, born June 28, 1853; married 
 Ella Smith ; resides in Concord. Clark F., born May 3, 1855. 
 
86o BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Millard F., born Jan. 5, 1857. Alice A., born July 9, ICS59; 
 married Alva King. Hiram E., born Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 Morton C'rosby. 
 
 Morton Crosby was born in November, 1776; came from 
 Herkimer county, N. Y., to Sardinia in 181 1 ; was by occupa- 
 tion a farmer; he died in Sardinia, April i, 1840; his wife's 
 maiden name was Charlotte Wilcox, who was born Sept. i, 
 1777, died March 13, 1865. Morton Crosby served as a sol- 
 dier in the War of 181 2, and was at Buffalo when it was burned. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 Parley, born Dec. 16. 1800. in Litchfield, Herkimer county, 
 N. Y.; married to Charlotte Heacox ; now lives in the State of 
 Wisconsin and is a hotel keeper. Luc}', born about 1802 at 
 Litchfield, Herkimer count}', N. Y.; married Jonathan Mathew- 
 son, who died in April, 1879. Sanford, born about 1804 in 
 Litchfield, Herkimer county, N. Y.; died in Illinois about 1850. 
 Mary, born in 1806; married Chauncey Hakes ; died in Illinois 
 in October, 1864. Eleanor, born in 180^. John, born in Sep- 
 tember, 1810; married Sarah Hakes in 1830; his second wife 
 was a Mrs. Hyde, who was a widow. Hiram, born in 181 2. 
 Mahala, born July 29, 18 14, in Sardinia. -Solomon, born in 
 1818; married Ellen Sweet; he died in Iowa in 1869. Porter, 
 born in 1820; married Katie Clover; he died in Minnesota in 
 
 1863. 
 
 Thomas Fitzpatrick. 
 
 Thomas Fitzpatrick was born in Count}- Clare, Ireland in 
 1815; came to America, to Springville, in 1848; became a 
 permanent resident of Sardinia, " Prattham," in 1859, ^vhere he 
 lived until his death, Ma}' 12, 1876. By occupation he was a 
 blacksmith and farmer. He married Mary Cotteral who was 
 born in Utica, N. Y.; she died in 1879. The}' had thirteen 
 children, viz : 
 
 Thomas, born 1850. Sarah A., born 1852 ; married James 
 L.Steele. Maggie E., born 1853; married Clifford Firman. 
 Frank, born 1855 ; died at two years of age. John, born 1856 ; 
 married Luella Hopkins. Daniel, born 1858. Francis, born 
 1859; married Lizzie hlanagan. James, born 1862. Ella, 
 
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 born 1863. Mary, born 1865. William, born 1867. Fatrick 
 Hcnry, born 1870. Andrew, born 1871, 
 
 flolin <<iai-li('l<l. 
 
 In 1792, John (iarficld, of Lincoln, Mass., purchased of John 
 Colburn, the farm formerly owned by Moses Cutting;. Garfield 
 was a patriot of the Revolution. Ha\'in(;" made provisions for 
 his famil)' he entered the arm\' at the bci^innini^ of the war and 
 served his country until the war ended After the war he 
 resided in Lincoln about nine years, then, with his family, con- 
 sisting of his wife and nine children, removed to Marlboro, and 
 settled on the farm before mentioned. Here he spent the 
 remainder of his days. He has the reputation of having been 
 a good citizen, a kind husband and father, and his children now 
 living largel)' inherit his virtues. John Garfield had fourteen 
 children : 
 
 Sarah, born 1770; married Lucy Davis; died in London- 
 derry, Vt. Abraham, born 1779; married Eunice Thurston; 
 died in Jeffrey. Luc}-, born 1781; married Eastman Alexan- 
 der; died in Troy. Samuel, born 1782; died in New York. 
 James, born 1784; died 1844. Thomas, born 1786; married 
 Lois Davis ; died in Londonderr\'. Isaac, born July 7, 1788- 
 married Submit Alexander ; died March, 1883. Thankful, born 
 1790 ; married Israel Davis ; died in Montgomery. Abel, born 
 1792; married Martha Ealler; died in Troy. Elisha, born 1794; 
 married Polly Pierce ; died in Sardinia, X. V. Enoch, born 
 1796; married Lucy Hopkins; died in Troy, May, 1883. Aba- 
 gail, born 1798; married Newel Lay; died in Ilinchendon, 
 Mass. Hepzibcth, born 1798; married Amos Ray; died in 
 Gardner. 
 
 l.saac Oarfiolcl. 
 
 Isaac Garfield, the eighth child of John Garfield, was born 
 July 7, 1788. He married Submit Alexander, by whom he had 
 eight children, three d\-ing in infancy. The names of the five 
 living are: Eliza, born in Wrmont : married Gideon Tilling- 
 hast ; lives in Sardinia. Antis, born in Vermont; married 
 George Furman ; lives in Sardinia. Issac, born in Vermont ; 
 married Lititia Cochran ; lives in Sardinia. Joseph A., born in 
 the Town of Londonderr)-, \T., May 10, 1826; married .Mrs. 
 
862 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Long, formerly Miss Mary Ann Hopkins, Jan. 20, 1866, and 
 lives in Sardinia. Chancey, born in Vermont ; married Ellen 
 Tolman and lives in Sardinia. 
 
 Joseph A. and Mary Ann Garfield have two children : Burt, 
 born in Sardinia Nov. 16, 1865. Addie M., born in Sardinia, 
 Sept. 22, 1867. Mr. Gariield is a farmer. He located on the 
 central part of lot fifty-nine, township seven, range five, in 
 i860; afterwards bought one hundred acres on lot sixty, town- 
 ship seven, range five, and at another time fifty acres on lot 
 four, township seven, range six, making in all about two hun- 
 dred acres of choice land. 
 
 Although his principal business is farming, Mr. Garfield is 
 frequently called by his fellow townsmen to fill of^ces of pub- 
 lic trust. Mrs. Garfield's children by her first husband, (Zelo- 
 tus Long) are Mary A., born April 7, 1S51. Willie, born April 
 27, 1858, all born in Sardinia. 
 
 Chaiiiicey Garfield. 
 
 , Chauncey Garfield is a farmer and lives in Sardinia. *He 
 married Ellen Tolman, by whom he has one child, Ella, born 
 June, 1867. Mr. Garfield owns and occupies a farm of over 
 three hundred and fifty acres. He is an energetic and success- 
 ful farmer and a respected member of society. 
 
 Chaiiiicey Hastings. 
 
 Chauncey Hastings was born Jan. 20, 1792, in Wilmington, 
 Vt., and came to Sardinia in 1822. He married Elarcia Titus, 
 who was born in the Province of Lower Canada, Sept. 10, 1803. 
 When Mr. Hastings first came to Sardinia he boarded with 
 Willis Cornwell and sold goods in his house. There was no 
 other house at that time, where the village now is. There 
 were three other families by the name of Clark living over on 
 the east side of the creek. Mr. Hastings built the hotel in 
 1824 or 1825, and also built an ashery about the same time. 
 He was a merchant, hotel-keeper and farmer, also run an 
 ashery and made potash and sometimes bought and drove cattle 
 east to market. He was an energetic and enterprising busi- 
 ness man. He died in 1864. His children are: 
 
 Seymour, born July 4, 1824; married Sarah Mosier and lives 
 in Aurora; Chauncey J., born May 16, 1826; married Lydia 
 
liiocRAi'iiUAi. ski: rciii-.s. <S63 
 
 Cliadddck and lives in Buffalo. Julia !'' ranees, born Se])t. 13, 
 182S. B'jattie Samantha. born Aul;'. 11, 1S31; married Joel 
 l\)vvel and resides in Buffalo. Minerva Maria, born May 26, 
 1H34; married George Stron^i^ and resides in Sardinia. Mary 
 Abagail, born April 24, 1<S27. 
 
 XoAvoll S. Hosiiior. 
 
 Newell S llosmer was born Nov. 26, 1821, in the town of 
 Sardinia. His occupation a farmer. Was married June 25, 
 1855, to Clarissa Rider, who was born in Sardinia in 1825. His 
 father's name was J. B. Hosmer, his mother's maiden name was 
 Lura Abbe. 
 
 Newell S. Hosmer built the cheese factory in 1869, near 
 where he lives and known as the Cloverfield factory. 
 Sold it to Johnson, Richardson & Horton in 1873. He run 
 the factor)- four }'ears and started a factory near James Hop- 
 kins the same year as factory No. 2. In 1872 he built a fac- 
 tor}- in Hollanci and run it one year. During the time he 
 owned the Clo\-erfield factor}- (from April, 1869), he made in 
 round numbers about six hundred tons of cheese. Mr. Hosmer 
 lives on the old homestead, having bought out the other heirs 
 in 1854. John B. Hosmer first located east of Sardinia village, 
 near where the Cherr}- Tavern was kept. Then removed to the 
 place where Newell S. now lives in 18 14 or 1815. The first 
 school in the east part of Sardinia was taught in 1814, in a log 
 house near Newell S. Hosmer's residence, by Miss Melinda 
 Abbe. The}- had one child : Lucien, born March 25, 1856. 
 
 John B. Hosmer. 
 
 John B. Hosmer was born Nov. 10, 1787, in Windham 
 county, Conn., in the town of Mansfield, and came to Sardinia 
 in 1 8 13. Was a farmer. Was married to Lura Abbe, June 9, 
 1809, who was born Jan. 30, 1791, in Chatham. Came to Sar- 
 dinia in 181 3. Ancestors were early settlers in Connecticut ; 
 they came from Scotland. J<^hn B. Hosmer was a soldier in 
 the war of 1812. He died in Sardinia July 2, 1854. Mrs. 
 Hosmer lives at Racine, Wisconsin : Their children were : 
 
 Arvilla, born Oct. 5, 1810; married Alonzo Fitch. Alonzo, 
 born March 8. 181 2 ; died Jan. 2!, 1814 ; Ezra S..born Oct. 31, 
 
864 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 1814; died Dec. 28, 1819. Mariam B., born Jan. 25, 1819; 
 married Orson Phelps and lives at Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. 
 Newell S., born Nov. 26, 1821 ; married Clarissa Rider and 
 lives in Sardinia. Harry W., born Feb. 26, 1823 ; married 
 Jenette Wright and lives in Wisconsin. Anna S., born April 
 14, 1826; married Nicholas Montpied and lives in Wisconsin. 
 John F., born May 20, 1828, lives at La Crosse, Wis. Babe, 
 born Dec. 14, 1S30; died Dec. 17, 1830. 
 
 Thomas Hopkins. 
 
 Thomas Hopkins, son of Thomas N. and Sarah Howe Hop- 
 kins, was born in Windham county, Vt., Jan. 16, 1802. His 
 grandfather, James Hopkins, was a native of New England and 
 a soldier of the Revolution ; was Lieutenant, and at one time 
 had command of a company at Peekskill, N. Y. 
 
 John H., a brother of James, served in the same war, was at 
 the Battle of Bunker Hill, and when the ammunition failed he 
 says "they threw stones like Hieton." 
 
 His grandmother's maiden name was Mary Ann McGregor, 
 and supposed to be from the North of Ireland, as were the an- 
 cestors on his fathers side. They were of Scotch-Irish descent. 
 
 Mr. Hopkins came to Sardinia in 1823 ; was married Oct. 26, 
 1826, by the Rev. John Wiley, to Sally Hall, who was born 
 June 17, 1805, at Deerfield, Oneida, county, N. Y. About 
 1828 Mr. H. located on the southeast part of lot nineteen, 
 township seven, range five, where he now lives, and as the lot 
 was then mostly covered with timber, much of his time for a 
 few years, like other early settlers, was spent in " wielding the 
 axe." Mr. Hopkins has been one of the leading men of his 
 town as the records show. He had five children : 
 
 Mary Ann, born Aug. 7, 1827; married March 28, 1850, to 
 Zelotus Long, who died in September, 1857; she was married 
 a second time to Joseph Garfield March 31, 1867, and lives in 
 Sardinia. Eliza Mariah, born March 21, 1834. Harriet Caro- 
 line, born May 29, 1837, married to Edward K. Farrington 
 March 31, 1861. Wilson N., born Jan. 31, 1842; lives in Sar- 
 dinia ; Charles D., born Oct. 8, 1844; married Gertrude Holmes 
 Sept. 8, 1870. 
 
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 Tlioiiias N. Hopkins. 
 
 Thomas N. Hopkins was born May 4, 1776, at Londonderry, 
 N. H. His wife's name was Sarah Howe, who was born March 
 8, 1780, in Westmoreland, N. H. His father's name was James 
 Hopkins ; his mother's maiden name was Mary Ann McGregor ; 
 came from the north of Ireland, near the Scotch border; 
 were Scotch-Irish. James Hopkins, the father, was a Lieuten- 
 ant in the Revolutionary war ; had command of a company at 
 Peekskill one Winter ; his brother, John Hopkins, \\as at the 
 Battle of Bunker Hill, and i^ot out of ammunition and then 
 threw stones at the enemy. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 Thomas, born Jan. 16, 1802 ; married Lucy Hall ; lives in 
 Sardinia. Eliza, born Nov. 21, 1S03; married Samuel Crocker ; 
 not living at the present. Dudley, born Jan. 6, 1806; married 
 Maria Wilson; lives in Sardinia. James, born Dec. 2, 1801 ; 
 mawied Charilla Ballard ; lives in Sardinia ; Nehemiah. born 
 March i, 1810; married Maria Butler; lives in Corfu, Genesee 
 county, N. Y.; Robert N., born June 10, 1812; married Sarah 
 Ann Canahan ; liv^es in Batavia ; she is not living ; Mary Ann, 
 born July 4, 1814; died young. Nelson, born Feb. 28, 1819; 
 married Mary Couch ; both are dead. Clarissa, born March 3, 
 1824; married Amos Vandenburg ; lives in Brocton, Chautau- 
 qua county, N. Y. 
 
 Robert Hopkins. 
 
 Robert Hopkins was born Dec. 11, 1787. Dec. 26, 181 1, lie 
 was united in marriage to Miss Submit Howe, b\' whom he 
 had six children : 
 
 David M., born at Londonderry, Vt., Oct. 15, 1812 ; died 
 March 29, 18 15. Daniel, born Nov. 23, 18 14; died June 10, 
 1815. James, born March i, 1816; lives in Sardinia. Clarissa, 
 born Dec. 21. 1818 ; died Feb. 29, 1870. Nancy, born Nov. 13, 
 1820; died Sept. 10, 1873. William, born Nov. 4, 1824; died 
 Sept. 10, 1873. 
 
 Mr. Hopkins came to Sardinia in 1823, and located on lot 
 two, township seven, range 6, where he opened a farm upon 
 which he resided until the time of his death, which occurred 
 
866 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 May 24, 1846, at the age of fift}'-eight years, six months and 
 fourteen days. 
 
 .Faiues Hopkins. 
 
 James, the only surviving member of the family of Robert 
 Hopkins, was born at Londonderry, Vt., March 7, 18 16. In 
 early life he came with his father to Sardinia, where he shared 
 in the toil required to open a farm in the primitive forest. Mr. 
 Hopkins married Miss Abigail Rider, daughter of Horace 
 Rider, May 19, 1844. He continued to reside on the farm 
 which he had assisted in clearing until within a few years, when 
 
 
 MRS. JAMES HOPKINS. 
 
 JAMES HOPKINS. 
 
 he removed to the farm formerly owned and occupied by Hor- 
 ace Rider, leaving the homestead in charge of his son. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hopkins have had three children : 
 
 Horace, born Dec. 20, 1845; <^i^d Feb. 4, 1848. Robert, 
 born July 13, 1849. Frankie, born Dec. 25. 1854. 
 
 Mr. Hopkins has always been a very industrious, thorough- 
 going and successful farmer and business man. 
 
 Harry House. 
 
 Harry House was born in Hartford, Conn., Nov, 6, 1787; re 
 moved to Cazcnovia, Madison county, N. Y., where he married 
 Annie Martindale, by whom he had nine children : 
 
 Hiram H., born Dec. 20, 1813; Alexander, born Sept. 18, 
 1815. Samuel, born Feb. 4, 1818. William M., born Oct. i 5, 
 
IJIOtJRAlMIICAL SKETCHES. . 86/ 
 
 1820. Georj^c \\'., born May 10, 1823. Harry L., born June 
 14, 1826, died Nov. 7, 1834. Joel D., born Aut,^ 17, 1828. 
 Dwight F., born May 2, 1831. Harriet P., born Oct. 10, 1833. 
 Mr. House moved from Cazenovia, Madison county, in 1824, 
 and located in Concord, Erie county, where he resided for 
 many )-ears. 
 
 Samuel House. 
 
 Samuel House, third son of the preceding, was born in Nel- 
 son, Madison county, Feb. 4, 18 18. When he was six years 
 old, his father removed from Madison county to Concord, and 
 located on land covered with the primitive forest, which 
 afforded young Samuel and his brothers excellent opportunities 
 to develop their muscles and acquire that manly courage which 
 enables them to meet the responsibilities of life with courage 
 — and the habits of industry acquired in early life are a sure 
 guarant)' against penur}' and want. 
 
 Mr. House has been twice married ; first, to Sally Holman, 
 Jan. 18, 1843, by whom he had four children: 
 
 Mary A., born Oct. 29, 1843, ;i'''d Helen L., born Aug. 21, 
 1847; both accidentally drowned, July 12, 185 1. Henry A., 
 born July 25, 1850; married Emma Bond, Dec. 13, 1876; 
 Leora, born Sept. 14, 1852 ; married Austin Olmsted April, 
 1875- - 
 
 Mrs. Sally House died July 13, 1854. Mr. House was 
 united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia M. Ballard, March 4, 1858. 
 They have one child, Stanley G., born March 21, 1859; ^^^^r:- 
 ried Emma Crosby, March 21, 1880. Mr. House is a black- 
 smith by trade, but for several years past has owned and 
 worked a farm lying on the Cattaraugus creek in the Town of 
 Sardinia. 
 
 Albert Hall. 
 
 Albert Hall, son of Louis and Sarah Hall, is a nati\-e of Sar- 
 dinia, and was born Jan . 19, 1848. He occupies a farm situ- 
 ated four miles northeast of Sardinia village, it being a part of 
 the quarter section bought by his grandfather, Daniel Hall, in 
 1812. March 2, 1873, he married Mary Tiffney, daughter of 
 Jared and Louisa Tiffney, of Wales, Erie county, N. Y. His 
 
868 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 father Louis, died Aug. 25, 1866, and his mother, Sarah, Hves 
 at Marilla, Erie county, N. Y., having married again, to Albert 
 Adams of that place. 
 
 Mr. Hall has a family of three children : Louis, born Aug. 
 I, 1874. Glenna, born Aug. 2, 1879. O^^' born Aug. 6, 1881. 
 
 Benjaiuiu Johu.son. 
 
 Mr. Johnson formerly resided at Covcntr\-, R. L, where he 
 married Miss Alzada Briggs. They have had four children : 
 
 Horace C, Burrell L., Nancy A., and Mary Jane. 
 
 Horace C. married Helen Bailey, of Holland and lives in 
 Sardinia. Mary Jane died in 1879. 
 
 Benjamin Johnson came to Sardinia about 1829, and located 
 the land on which he now resides. 
 
 Burrell L. Jolmsoii. 
 
 Burrell L. Johnson, the second son of the preceding, was born 
 in Sardinia, Erie county, Dec. 21, 1831. Was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Eliza Edith Scott, Nov. 9, 1853, and settled in 
 Sardinia. They have two children : 
 
 Lillie Isadore, born Sept. 17, 1858, in Sardinia ; married I'red 
 Bigelow at Sardinia, Aug. 12, 1877. M^'- Bigelow died at Sar- 
 dinia, March i, 1881, leaving one child — Flora, born Feb. 20> 
 1879. Halsey S., born in Sardinia, Nov. 12, 1862, lives with 
 his father. 
 
 Mr. Johnson is a farmer and owns and occupies a very con- 
 venient and desirable farm of two hundred and seventeen acres 
 near Sardinia village. 
 
 Keubcii Long-. 
 
 Reuben Long was born in Coventry, Conn., March 29, 1764. 
 In the Spring of 1816 he and his son Silas came to Sardinia 
 and bought one hundred acres of land of Mr. Persons of (jcn- 
 eseo, at six dollars per acre. In the following September, Mr. 
 Long having previousl}^ returned to Connecticut, the family 
 came on. Their mode of conveyance consisting of two yoke 
 of oxen with a horse hitched ahead and tw one-horse wagons. 
 They came via Albany, Cayuga Lake and Geneseo to Sardinia- 
 where Mr. Long li\ed until his death, .April 27, 1:46. His wife. 
 
mocRArmcAL skktciies. 869 
 
 Ksthcr Hini;haiii. was born April 12, 1776, and died Jan. 26, 
 1851. Mr. Lontj's father's name was Lemuel Lon<^ ; his 
 m(,)ther's maiden name was Martha Brewster. 
 
 Two of Reuben Long's brothers. Rufus and Josej)h, were 
 killed in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 Famih' Record: Silas, born March 3, 1796, in Connecticut; 
 went west in 1817; his friends do not know \\hether he is 
 alive or not. Eli, born h'eb. 4, 1798. unmarried, died Dec. 8, 
 1856, in Sardinia. Patty, born No\'. 23, 1799; married Joseph 
 McClure in 1823. who died Sept. 1873 ; she died recently in 
 Sardinia. ICrastus, born Oct. 17, 1802; married Hannaii 
 Putnam; he died April 10, 1809, '" Michigan. Esther, born 
 May 2, 1805; married Luke Smith; died Sept. 10, 1876, at 
 Arcade. Joseph, born May 26, 1807 ; married Angeline Jewett 
 and li\'es in Sardinia. Nancy, born Dec. 9, 1809; married Lu- 
 zerne Hunt and lives In Sardinia. Melinda, born Oct. 28, 
 181 1, unmarried; died April 19, 1865. Lemuel, born Oct,. 29, 
 1813 ; married Jane Shumaker ; lives in Iowa. Charles, born 
 Oct. 9, 1816; li\-es in Sardinia. 
 
 Charles Loiii»'. 
 
 Mr. Long was born Oct. 9, 18 16, in Sardinia, where he has 
 always resided. He was married in 1846 to Cordelia West, 
 who was born March 22, 1818, in Tompkins count}', N. Y. Mr. 
 Long's occupation is that of farmer. He owned the Sardinia 
 grist-mill from 1858 to about 1869, when he sold it to Nicholas 
 Bolander. He also owned the saw-mill north of the village at 
 one time. They have five children : Ada Eliza, born in 1846; 
 married Judson Carney: resides in Sardinia. Edgar, born in 
 1848; married Mar\- Winston ; resides at North Branch, Minn., 
 where he went about 1868. He taught school at first and sub- 
 sequently engaged in trade: he is now largely engaged in lum- 
 bering and is an extensive owner of timbered land. Ida, born 
 in 1852; married Albert Hawkins; resides in Sardinia. Eu- 
 gene, born 1857; resides in Minnesota. Frank, born in 1861 ; 
 lives at home. 
 
 Joseph Lona. 
 
 Joseph Long was born in 1807, in Coventry, Conn., and came 
 to Sardinia with his father's family in 1816; his occupation is 
 
8/0 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 that of a farmer, He married Mary A. Jewett, who was born 
 March, 1820. in Cayuga county. N. Y. They had a family of 
 nine children : 
 
 Reuben E., born Dec. 20, 1840 ; married about 1861 to Eliza 
 Truesdale. Melissa, born March 15, 1842, Levi O., born Sept. 
 17, 1844; married Nov. 14, 1872 to Libbie Golden. Josephine 
 W., born March 15, 1846; married Nov. 27, 1873 to Clark 
 Ferrin. Georgiana E., born June 21, 1850; married Jan. i, 
 1872 to Clark Ferrin ; died Sept. 10, 1872. Silas A., born April 
 I/' 1853 ; married April 15, 1875 to Emma Lake. Lemuel A., 
 born March 12, 1855; married Jan. 21, 1876 to Julia Robbins. 
 Luella, born April 22, 1862; married Dec. 24, 1879 ^o Nelson 
 Ferrin. Maryette, born July 12. 1853; died Aug. 12, 1869. 
 
 Charles D. Madison. 
 
 Mr. Madison's grandfather's name was Eason Madison. His 
 father, Obediah Madison, was born May 29, 1790 ; was married 
 July 7, 1816 to Martha Hull, who was born May 28, 1789, and 
 died July 22, 1873. He died Sept. i, 1857. They had three 
 children : 
 
 Charles D , born Dec. 20, 1820; married Aug. 29, 1845 to 
 Diana Briggs, who was born Oct. 23, 1826. Louisa, born Dec. 
 23, 1822; married Wilber Tillinghast. Irene S., born July 2, 
 1830; married E. H, Stickney. 
 
 Mr. Madison says: " My father came to Sardinia with his 
 family in the Winter of 18 18 and '19, from Benington, Vt.,with 
 oxen and sled, located on the south part of lot forty-eight on 
 one hundred acres where he lived until his death. The plage 
 called Madison's corners was named after him." Li speaking 
 of wild animals at an early day he says : " Sexton Bigelow was 
 over at John VVeller's, sitting in the door, and as he looked 
 over to the north, on the rise of land, he saw some kind of ani- 
 mal and asked "whose black hogs those were?" Weller looked 
 and saw three bears, and started in pursuit with his dog but no 
 gun. The dog attacked the bears and the old she bear turning 
 upon Weller he escaped by catching hold of the limbs of a 
 friendly tree and swinging himself up out of her reach. The 
 bears then went away, but the neighbors rallied in pursuit and 
 shot all three. 
 
BIOCRAPIIICAL SKKTCHES. 87 I 
 
 Oil anotlicr ()ccasit)n I remember m)' sister and I were out 
 wliere mother was milkini^; the wolves commenced howHng 
 near by, and we were sent to the house for safety." 
 
 Charles D. Madison has had four children : Martha Jane, 
 married Austin Stickney, of Holland. Edt^ar, married Eldith 
 Wells. Ida, died yount;". Clara, married M. Frank Cottrell. 
 
 Aldeii J. McArtlmr. 
 
 Mr. McArthur was a son of John McArthur, a prominent 
 business man of Buffalo, where he died in 1828. He was born 
 June 4, 1824, in Holland, N. Y. At the death of his father he 
 went to live with his uncle, Moses McArthur, a prominent citi- 
 zen of Holland, who for thirty-si.K years in succession (one 
 year excepted) held the ofifice of Supervisor in Holland and . 
 Wales. 
 
 At fourteen years of age Mr. McArthur came to Sardinia 
 and became an apprentice of Zacheus W. Fuller, at the axe- 
 makers' and blacksmiths' trade. Since 1844 he has carried on 
 the blacksmith business at the " Upper Corners," Sardinia. 
 
 Mr. McArthur has been Deputy Sheriff two terms, one under 
 Sheriff Dorsey and one under Sheriff Cleveland. 
 
 He was married in 1847 to Florilla Risley, of Fredonia. 
 They have one daughter : 
 
 Ellen, who married James Cook, of Sardinia, in 1872. 
 
 Curtis Newton. 
 
 Mr. Newton's father, Ethan Newton, was born Oct 4, 1779, 
 in Stonington, R. I. He was a soldier of the war of 18 12, and 
 took part in the battle of Sackett's Harbor. His father, Isaac 
 Newton, was a soldier of the Revolution. His occupation was 
 that of millwright, carpenter and joiner. He was twice mar- 
 ried ; first in 1802 to Hannah Ellis, who died in Jefferson 
 county, N. Y., about 1818 ; second time to Thirza Wood, in 
 1824, who died May 26, 1859, aged sixty years. 
 
 Mr. Newton had seven children by his first wife and six b}- 
 his second : 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 John, died when seven years old. Oris, at about the same 
 
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 age in 1843. Orlando, came to Sardinia about 1832; after- 
 wards he moved to Michigan where he died in 1843. Susana, 
 married Jonathan B. Thomas in 1827 and died in Michigan in 
 1876. Elhs, was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., and married 
 Catherine Gates, who died in 1877; Mr. Newton is still living 
 at Sardinia, N. Y. P. C, who was a married man and born in 
 1 8 16. Henry, born in 1818 ; married Mary Hudson ; he died 
 soon after being discharged from the United States service in 
 1862. Curtis, born in 1825 ; married in 1856 to Lucretia Ab- 
 bott, of Concord. Hannah, born April 2, 1827. Lucy, born 
 in 1829; married in 1855 to Sanford Thomas ; sh-^i is a widow 
 now and resides in Michigan. George, born in 1832 ; died in 
 1844. Elvira, born in 1836; married in 1857 to Hanford West, 
 . who resides in Sard-nia. Cornelia, born in 1838 ; lives in Sar- 
 dinia. 
 
 Curtis Newton was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., and 
 came to the town of Sardinia in 1849. ^Y occupation he is a 
 farmer. For a time he was the proprietor of the Newton 
 cheese factory. He had six children, viz.: 
 
 George, born Oct. 7, 1856; died June 12, 1858 ; Charles, born 
 Aug. 5, 1858; died in 1866. Guy, born Sept. 5, 1862; John, 
 born Aug. 18, 1864. Lillie, born May 12, 1869; Charles, born 
 March 13, 1871. 
 
 Caleb Nichols. 
 
 Caleb Nichols was born about 1783 in Coventry, R. I.; came 
 to Sardinia in 181 5 ; died March 27, 1870; his wife's name was 
 Sophia Collins; was born Dec. 8, 1799, i" Cayuga county, N. 
 Y.; she died June i, 1856. His father's name was Reuben 
 Nichols; came from Rhode Island; died July 20, 1840. His 
 mother died in Rhode Island. 
 
 fWMIEV RECORD. 
 
 Dates of births of some of the family are wanting. 
 
 Stephen, married Harriet Irish ; lives at Arcade. Hannah, 
 lives in Sardinia. William, lives in Sardinia. Mary, married 
 Abram Smith; died Dec. 19, 1866. Caleb, married Eunice 
 Smith; not living. Sarah, married William Long; died in 
 1875. James, died in 1874. Nancy, married Delias Giles and 
 
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 died in 1880. Arvilla, barn Sjpt. 5, 1S35 ; died May 12, 1870 ; 
 John, born Scj^t. 5, 1837. Harrison, born in October, 1840; 
 married Hattie Rudd. Harriet, born Au^. i, 1842; married 
 Monroe Withereil, of Arcade; died in 1872. 
 
 eJolin Nichols. 
 
 Mr. Nichols was born in Sardinia Sept. 5, 1837, where he 
 now resides; he is a farmer; was married Feb. 28, 1858, to 
 Helen Kimball, who was born in Holland, N. Y., April 7, 1838. 
 They have two children: 
 
 Fred and Kate. 
 
 Mr. Nichols' maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revo- 
 lution, and he had four cousins in the Union arm\' during the 
 Rebellion, one of whom, B)'ron, froze to death, Dec. 31, 1864, 
 while on picket duty; another, Horace, died the next day af- 
 ter his return from the army, and another. Se}'mour, was killed 
 at Fort Donaldson. 
 
 John Ostrander. 
 
 John Ostrander was one of a family of thirteen children, nine 
 boys and four girls. He was born in 18 16 in Montgomery 
 county, N. Y., from which place he came to Sardinia in 185 i. 
 His father, Solomon Ostrander. came to East Concord about 
 the same time. Mr. Ostrander is a farmer; he was married 
 first to Rachael (jraft in 1852, and a second time in 1870 to 
 Kate Odell, by whom he has three daughters: 
 
 Rachael, Maggie and Emilie. 
 
 Mr. Ostrander died in the Spring of 1883, since the above 
 was written. 
 
 William Park. 
 
 William Park was born in 1791, in Genevva, Seneca county, 
 N. Y.; came to Boston in 1808, and to Sardinia in 1836; was a 
 farmer; was married in 181 7 to Rachel Strong, who was born 
 in Northampton, Mass., in 1793 ; moved to Plattsburg about 
 1810 ; came to Bcston from Steuben county; he died Aug. 28, 
 1878 ; his wife lives in Sardinia ; his father's name was Squire 
 Park; his mother's maiden name was Lucy Strong. 
 
 William Park was in the war of 181 2, and his widow draws a 
 
8/4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 pension. Mrs. Park's father, Nathan Strong, was a soldier all 
 through the Revolutionary war. Amy Lee was the wife of 
 Nathan Strong. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 Celestia A., born Jul}' 17, 1 81 8; married Roswell Frisbee ; died 
 in Pennsylvania in 1870. Nathan A., born July 4, 1820; mar- 
 ried Ruth Frisbee, who died, and he married Catherine Peck- 
 ham ; he lives in Wisconsin. Lucy Ann, born Sept. 4, 1822; 
 married Anson Sibley; she died in April, 1874. Amy S., born 
 Feb. 16, 1825 ; married Norman H. Hubbard; lives in Steuben 
 county. Belinda, born May 13, 1827; married James Dawley, 
 who died in 1858, and she was married to George Payne, who 
 died in 1878. Laura M., born Oct. 19, 1829; married Addison 
 Wheelock ; lives in Sardinia. James C, born May 22, 1832; 
 married to Ann Reed, who died in 1863, and he married Lottie 
 Perigo ; he lives in Wisconsin. William, born Ma}' 28, 1838; 
 married Adelaide Green ; is a dentist and lives in Fredonia, N. Y. 
 
 Beliurta P. Payne. 
 
 Mrs. Belinda P. Payne, daughter of William and Rachel 
 Park, was born May 13, 1827, in Boston, Erie county, N. Y.; 
 came to Sardinia in 1836; was first married to James Dawle}', 
 in 1 85 I, who died in 1858. 
 
 Ir\-ing, their only child, born May 13, 1852, and was married 
 to Ellen Wood Feb. 2, 1871, in Sardinia, where they now reside. 
 They have one child : 
 
 Burt L., born Oct. 18, 1873. 
 
 Mrs. Dawley was married a second time, Aug. 16, 1866, to 
 George Payne, who died in Canada in 1878. Mrs. Pa}'ne is 
 now living in Sardinia. 
 
 John Pre.ster. 
 
 John Prester, son of Conrad and Elizabeth Prester, is a 
 native of Germany, and was born June 15, 1822. In the Sum- 
 mer of 1847, he came to America and resided in Buffalo for 
 three years, after which he lived for a short time in the Towns 
 of West Seneca and Aurora, after which he came to Sardinia 
 at which place he now resides. 
 
HloiiRArillCAI. SKKITIIES. 8/5 
 
 In 1847, li^ married Elizabeth Peapart, a native of Germany, 
 and who died June 10, 1873. 
 
 He has a family of four children, nanieh- : Henr\', born Jan. 
 7, 1849, '^'''<^^ resides in Sardinia. William, born Feb. 21, 1851 ; 
 George, born Sept. 19, 1855 ; I-ouis. born March 13, 1862, and 
 two daughters, who died young. 
 
 Klihii Kice. 
 
 Elihu Rice, jDrominently connected with the history, growth 
 and prosperity of Sardinia, was born in Coventry, R. I., Feb. 
 27, 1785, and came to Sardinia when twent}'-five years of age, 
 and took the whole of lot two (500 acres). He subsequently 
 sold a part of this to his brother Joseph. He was married 
 Dec. 5, 1 8 16, at Canandaigua, N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth B. Nott. 
 His father, Joseph Rice, was a soldier of the Revolution, and 
 Elihu, the subject of this sketch, took an active part in the 
 war of 181 2 and 181 5. At one time he was in command of 
 Fort Schlosser on the Niagara frontier. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 Cyrus, born Nov. 24, 18 17, resides in Sardinia; Edwin, born 
 Feb. 2, 1820, and lives in Sardinia; Mary, born July i, 1822 ; 
 married Harlow Boyd, is a widow and lives in Rushford ; 
 Delos, born April 22, 1825, married Francina McClure and 
 lives in Sardinia; Alfred, born May 3, 1829, lives on the old 
 homestead; Martha, born July 21, 1829; married George \V. 
 Orr ; she died Feb. 24, 1881 ; Charlotte, born Sept. 30, 1831 ; 
 died Aug. 17, 1836; Malinda, born Feb. 13, 1838 ; married J. 
 B. Gordon and li\'es in Rushford. 
 
 COPY OF MILFIWRY COMMISSION GRANTED TO ELIHU RICE 
 BY DE WITT CLINTON. 
 
 The people of the State of New York, by the grace of God 
 free and independent : 
 To all to zvhoni all these presents shall conie, greeting : 
 
 Kno\Y ye, That we liave nominated, constituted and 
 appointed, and b}- these presents do nominate, constitute and 
 appoint Elihu Rice, Brigade Major and Inspector of the Fifty- 
 fourth Brigade of Infantrx' of our state. Hereby giYing and 
 granting unto him all and singular, the powers and authorities 
 
876 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 to the said office by law belonging or appertaining. To have 
 and to hold the said office, together with the fees, profits and 
 advantages to the same belonging, for and during the term 
 limited by the Constitution and Laws of our said state. 
 In testimony whereof, We have caused these, our letters 
 to be made patent, and the great seal of our said state 
 to be hereunto affixed. Witness, De Witt Clinton, 
 Esq., Governor, General and Commander-in-Chief of 
 [l. S.] all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of our said 
 state (with the consent of our Senate), at our city of 
 Albany, the third day of February, in the year of 
 our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 seven, and in the fifty-first year of our Independence. 
 
 De Witt Clinton. 
 Passed the Secretary's office the 9th day of February, 1827. 
 
 Archibald Campbell, 
 
 Department Secretary. 
 Erie County, ss : 
 
 I hereby certify that on the 20th day of /\pril, 1827, the 
 within-named Elihu Rice personally appeared before me and 
 took and subscribed the oath required by law to qualify him to 
 discharge the duties of the office to which he is within com- 
 missioned. Frederick Richmond, 
 
 Brig. Gen. Forty-seventh Brig. Inf., N. Y. S. Militia. 
 Horace Rider. 
 Horace Rider was born May i, 1789, and came to the Town 
 of Sardinia in 181 1, and located one hundred and forty acres 
 of land on west part of lot fifty-seven, township seven, range 
 five. He afterwards located on lot twenty-five, near Sardinia 
 village. He cleared up a large farm and furnished it with 
 good, substantial buildings. In 1840 he erected a fine brick 
 residence, that even to-day, stands second to none in town as a 
 farm building. He also built and conducted a saw-mill for a 
 term of years, besides overseeing the multifold duties of a large 
 farm. A man of rare business tact, energ}' and perseverance. 
 He also participated in the struggles of the war of 181 2 and 
 1815, on the Niagara frontier. On Feb. 19, 1815 he was united 
 in marriage to Miss Catharine Wilkes, who was the mother of 
 a family of nine children, viz : 
 
HIOGKAl'llICAL SKK'ICIIKS. .S// 
 
 Nancy, born Aug. 27, 1816 ; married Nelson Nourse and died 
 in 1866; he died in 1879. William, born Sept. 11, 1818; mar- 
 ried Clotira Tildeii ; li\es in \'orkshire. Amanda, born Jan. 
 22, 1820; married Jonathan Calkins; died in Maryland. Aba- 
 gail, born June 2, 1822; married James Hopkins; lives on the 
 old homestead. Almira, born June 2, 1824; married (ist) Suel 
 Pingrey, (2d), George Burlingame ; lives in Little Valley. Oretta, 
 born April 30, 1826; married James Fitch; lives in Yorkshire 
 Center. James, born June 3, 1828; married Alary Long; lives 
 in Bradford, Pa. Julia, born June 8, 1830; married Thaddeus 
 Cutting; died June 9, 1854. Electa, born March 8, 1832; mar- 
 ried George Andrews, proprietor of Sardinia Hotel. Hortense, 
 born Jan. 8, 1836; married Joel House; lives in Yorkshire. 
 
 Mr. Rider died Jan. 5. 1850 and Mrs. Rider July I, 1870. 
 
 Reuben Rider. 
 
 Was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., April 25, 1792. In 1812, 
 with a capital consisting of five dollars and an axe, he set out 
 on foot for the Holland Purchase and located on lot fifty-eight 
 in the Town of Sardinia. Upon this lot he spent the energies 
 of his life clearing up a farm and making a pleasant home. Jn 
 1819 he was united in marriage to Miss Jemima Pingrey who is 
 still li\"ing. The}' liad nine children, viz: 
 
 Jerome B., Mahala, Clarissa, Addison, Joel Cj., Eleanor, Har- 
 riet, Abigail and Reuben C. 
 
 Mr. Rider died July 24, 1864. 
 
 Reuben C. Rider. 
 
 Reuben C. Rider, son. of Reuben Rider, was born Juh" 1 1, 
 1843, oil the homestead farm, where he has always lived. He 
 was married in 1870 to Luc\' J. Shultus. They have two 
 daughters: Iva, born Dec. 6, 1874 anil Erma, born Oct. 11, 
 1879- 
 
 .Jerome B. Ri<ler. 
 
 Jerome B. Rider, son of Reuben Rider, was born in Sar- 
 dinia June 22, 1820, where he resided until his death in 1882. 
 He owned and cultivated a fine farm at Sardinia village, at the 
 time of his death. He was married ALi}- 30, 1847, to Eliza 
 
8/8 BI(3CxRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Nichols. They had two sons and one daughter: Seymour, 
 born Oct. 21, 1849. Charles M., born July 8, 1852. Nellie G., 
 born June 9, i860. 
 
 Charles M. Rider. 
 
 Charles M. Rider, son of Jerome B. Rider, was born July 8, 
 1852, in Sardinia, where he has since resided. He is a farmer 
 by occupation; was married to Emma A. Parker in 1875; she 
 was born Aug. 15, 1857. They have two children: Charles 
 Howard, born Oct. 30, 1876. Grace E., born July 8, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Rider represents his town on the Board of Supervisors 
 of Erie county this year, (1883). 
 
 Charles B. Russell. 
 
 Charles B. Russell, son of William and Calista Russell, was 
 born July 21, 1846, in the Town of Wales, Erie county, N. Y., 
 where he resided until March, 1870, when he removed to Sar- 
 dinia where he has since resided, owning and occupying a farm 
 four miles north-west of Sardinia village Jan. 25, 1870, he 
 married Sarah J. Richardson, a native of England, born Feb. 
 14, 1847, and who came to America with her parents in 1852. 
 
 They hav^e no children except an adopted son, Michael, born 
 July 3, 1873. 
 
 Capt. Saiimel Sheparcl, Jr. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Shepard, Jr., was born in Connecticut, May 
 12, 1778, and removed with his father's family to the Town of 
 Whitestown, N. Y., in 1790; from there, Mr. Shepard came 
 to Sardinia, in 1817. In 1801. March 10, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Asaneth Bronson, who was born in his native 
 State (Conn.) Nov. 4, 1770. The fruits of this union were five 
 sons and two daughters, viz.: 
 
 Olive, born Dec. 30, 1801 died Oct. 22, 1829. Richard, born 
 Dec. I, 1803; married Lucinda Cunningham; died in 1875. 
 George, born Feb. 8, 1805 ; married Eunice Briggs ; died March 
 17, 1864. Amanda, born March 10, 1807; died 1883. War- 
 ren, born Dec. 8, 1809; married Almedia Lewis. Henry, born 
 Sept. 18, 1810; married Hannah Corkins ; is a physician. 
 Albert, born Aug. 24, 18 14, of whom a sketch will be given 
 hereafter. 
 
ISKXiKAIMlh Al. SKKICIIES. 879- 
 
 Mrs. Shcpard died Oct. 16, 1854; he survived her nearly 
 ten years, dyini;- July 16, 1864. Mr. Shepard, father of Samuel 
 Shepard, was a soldier of the Revolution, antl lived to the re- 
 markable at^e of ninety-six \x^ars. 
 
 AllM'it SiK'pard. 
 
 Albert Shepard, son of Samuel Shepard, was born in (Oneida 
 county, N. Y., in 1814, and came with his father's family to 
 the Town of Sardinia in 181 7, where he has since lived, follow- 
 ing the occupation of farming. Mr. Shepard has been twice 
 married, first to Antha Briggs, second to Hepsy Garfield. Mr. 
 Shepard is the fatl-.er of four children, viz.: 
 
 Sidney S., born Feb. 25, 1855, and resides at Plymouth, 
 Mich. Dwight L., born Jan. 27, 1857, and lives in Sardinia. 
 Olive A., born Feb. 24, 1862 ; lives at home. Orpha A., born 
 Nov. 4, 1863, antl lives at home. 
 
 Nathaniel Simons. 
 
 Nathaniel Simons was born in Boston, Mass., and moved to 
 Whitestown, N. Y., in 18 18, where he li\cd two years in the 
 capacity of a tanner, currier and shoemaker and also boarded 
 laborers employed in building the Erie canal. He came to 
 Sardinia in the fall of 1820, and built a log house without roof; 
 moved his famih' the following Spring and put a roof on his 
 house, but lived for some time without door, windows or a 
 chimney. He died Feb. 17, 1875, aged ninet)'-four years, lack- 
 ing fourteen days. He was married to Plumy Lancton, of 
 Springfield, Mass., who died June, 1859. 
 
 They had four children : Marium, Roderick, Henry and 
 Harriet. 
 
 Roderick Simons. 
 
 Mr. Simons was born April 30, 1810, in Springfield, Mass.; 
 came to Sardinia with his father s family in 1820. He was 
 married Aug. 11, 1836, to Frances Kingsley, who was born in 
 Concord in December, 18 15. They had four children, viz.: 
 
 Mary Jane, born Nov. 22, 1844; died Dec. 24, 1847. Julian 
 C, born Nov. 17, 1847; married June 8, 1873, to Alice Bige- 
 low. Juliaette, born Dec. 15, 1849; died Oct. 8, 1855. Nel- 
 lie, born May 24, 1856. 
 
88o BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Mr. Simons was a carpenter and joiner. After working at 
 that trade a few years, he engaged in wagon and carriage man- 
 ufacturing, which he pursued eighteen or twenty years. In 
 1870, he bought the Sardinia Mills. He has built for himself 
 and afterward sold five different dwelling houses in Sardinia. 
 He was Supervisor of Sardinia several terms, and Internal 
 Revenue Assessor for eight years. 
 
 Mr. Simons was an active, enterprising business man, and 
 did much for the benefit of Sardinia village. 
 
 Julian Simons. 
 
 Mr. Simons was born in Sardinia, where he was married and 
 always resided. He has two children : 
 
 Harry Lee, born Oct. 13, 1874, and Bessie D., born Oct. 22, 
 1878. 
 
 He attended school at Arcade, and in the Spring of 1870, 
 engaged in business with his father in carrying on the saw-mill 
 — and for a time the grist-mill -and manufacturing cheese boxes 
 and carriage materials, which business he still continues. He 
 also cultivates a farm near the village. In the Spring of 1882. 
 he opened a cheese factory there. In 1883, he bought the old 
 M. E. Church, which, at much expense, he has transformed into 
 two commodious stores. 
 
 Henry Simons. 
 
 Henry Simons, son of Nathaniel and Plumy, was born July 
 27, 1 8 16, in Worcester, Mass.; when he was young his parents 
 ramoved to Sardinia, where he has since resided, except one 
 year, in which he lived in Wyoming county, N. Y. He has 
 been twice married, first to Maria McKellips, June 12, 1839; 
 second to Adaline A. Woods, daughter of Warren and Salone 
 Woods, Feb. 19, i860. His first wife, Maria, died June 21, 
 1857, by whom he had six children namely : 
 
 Chauncey, born June 17, 1841 ; married Mary Ford and re- 
 sides in Oconto, Wis. Plumy, born Aug. 18, 1842; married 
 Sylvester Pitcher, and lives in Oshkosh, Wis. Thomas, born 
 Jan. 3, 1846 ; is married and resides in Wisconsin. Orlando, 
 born Sept. 11, 1848; is married and lives in Wisconsin. 
 George, born April 4, 1851 ; has been twice married, first to 
 
IJIOURArHICAL SKETCHES. 88l 
 
 Alice Houi^htoii ; second to Hattie Carlin, and resides in Sar- 
 dinia ; has one child, Albert H.; business, manufacturer of bent 
 carriage materials. Roxana, born April 21, 1854; married 
 Lewis Ford, and resides in Cumberland, Wis. 
 
 In 1823 Mr. Simons had the misfortune to break his leg, 
 which was set by Dr. Colgrove, it being the first limb that he 
 set in the town of Sardinia. 
 
 Mr. Simons died in the Spring of 1883. ^^Y his second wife 
 he had two children, viz.: 
 
 Saloma M., died April 28, 1883, and Elmer. 
 
 Mary A. SimonH. 
 
 Mary A. Simons, daughter of Samuel and Lovina Wether- 
 low, was born in Seneca county May 5, 18 18. When sixteen 
 years of age she removed with her parents to Sardinia, where 
 she has since resided. Jan. 4, 1834, she married Orson D. Sim- 
 ons, son of Jonathan and Abigail Simons, of Sheldon, N. Y. ; 
 her husband, Orson, died April 7, 1874; before his marriage he 
 spent several years on Lake Erie in the capacity of Captain of 
 the steamboats Taylor, Sandusky and Governor Marcy, after 
 which he bought a farm in Sardinia, and followed farming un- 
 til his death. They raised a family of ten children, namely : 
 
 Colonette E., born Aug. 7, 1839 ; married Aug, 3, 1 86 1, to 
 Thomas Putnam, and resides in Sardinia. Seymour H., born 
 Oct. 25, 1 841 , married Oct. 6, 1864, to Maria Bosworth, and 
 lives in Sardinia. Seymour, has three children, as follows: 
 
 Bertie, born Nov. 30, 1865 ; Ernest D., born July 8, 1871. 
 Reuben, born Jul)- 31, 1877. 
 
 Stickuey Family. 
 
 William Stickney, the first settler, was the ancestor of nearly 
 all who have since borne that name in America. The old fam- 
 ily residence was at Ridgmont, a beautiful place about nine 
 miles east of Hull, England, where the family for many gene- 
 rations had lived, hospitably and honorably, keeping almost 
 open iiousc in a large mansion, and receiving guests from al 
 countries. 
 
 Samuel Stickne}-, eldest son of William and Elizabeth, was 
 born in England in 1633; married first in Bowley, Feb. 18, 
 
 34 
 
882 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 1653, Julian Swan, who died in Bradford between the years 
 1670 and 1673. He married second in Bradford April 6, 1674, 
 Prudence (Leaver) Gage. 
 
 Samuel Stickney came with his father first to Boston, thence 
 to Rowley, and lived with him till he was twenty-one years of 
 age ; he then received his portion of his father's estate, and 
 married Julia Swan. He soon after purchased of William 
 Acre a freehold, consisting of " land, dwelling house and barn" 
 originally laid out in 1643 to Thomas Leaver, on Holmes street, 
 near his father-in-law. Richard Swans. It was bounded "on the 
 south by the common, and the east end by the streete." 
 
 William Stickney, son of Samuel Stickney, born in Bradford 
 Jan. 27, 1674; married in Bradford Sept. 14, 1701, Anna Hes- 
 eltine. After his decease she was married second by Rev. 
 Thomas Symmes, to Samuel Hunt, of Billerica, March 31, 
 1709. He received May 4, 1704, by deed of gift from his 
 father " four score acres of land in Bradford, one-half of his 
 meadow and mowing ground, all his dwelling house and barn, 
 one-half to be possesst on at present, with the above s'd land, 
 the other half on his decease, one-half of his upland and Crane 
 meadow in Rowley." He died in Bradford, and his grave-stone 
 may still be seen in its old burial ground with the inscription : 
 "William Stickney, died Feb. 21, 1706, AL. 32." Three chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Daniel Stickney, son of William Stickney, born in Bradford, 
 Feb. 6, 1706-7, was married at Billerica by Rev. Samuel Rug- 
 gles, to Mary Hill, Dec. 15, 1730. She died in Billerica June 
 28, 1798, in her ninty-third year. 
 
 Daniel Stickney was Captain of a troop of horse that were 
 ordered by Colonel Eleazer Tyng, to march for the relief of 
 Fort William Henry, August, 1757. Capt, Daniel Stickney 
 died in Billerica, April 25, 1783. He was the father of seven 
 children : 
 
 David Stickney (1st), son of Daniel Stickney, born in Billerica 
 Jan. 5, 1732-3 ; was married there by his uncle, William Stick- 
 ney, Esq., Jan. 3, 1765, to Widow Kersiah Shed. She died 
 March, 1805, and he was married again in Grafton, Vt., by 
 Rev. William Hall, Oct. 10, 1805, to Widow Rachel Putnum, 
 " He aged seventy-three, she aged seventy-two." She died 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 883 
 
 Sept. 17, 1807. David went from Billcrica as trumpeter, in 
 the troop of horse that were ordered out by Col. EleazcrTyng 
 and marched for the reUef of Fort William Henry, under com- 
 mand of Daniel Stickney (his father), Au<rust, 1757. . He 
 removed to Grafton, Vt., and died there Oct. 17, 1807, aged 
 seventy-four. There were six children. 
 
 David Stickney (2d,) son of David Stickney first, was born at 
 Billerica, Nov. 19, and baptised Nov, 25, 1770 ; married Sally 
 Gray, 1794, and settled in Grafton, Vt., where all his children 
 but the youngest were born. He then removed to the Holland 
 Purchase, New York state, from thence to Illinois, where he 
 died Oct. i, 1854. His widow died in Eden, Erie county, N. 
 Y., July II, 1855. They had eight children. 
 
 David Stickney(3d), son of David Stickney second, was born in 
 Grafton, Vt., March 2, 1801 ; married Dec. 26, 1826, Hannah 
 Hopkins, who was born in West Moreland, Vt., Nov. 28, 1800, 
 and died in Seward, 111., Oct. 9, 1854. He lived in Sardinia, 
 N. Y., where his children were born. He died Sept. 28, 1854. 
 There were ten children. 
 
 Edwin H. Stickney, son of David Stickney third, was born 
 in Sardinia, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1828 ; married there Oct. 11, 1854, 
 Irena Madison, who was born in Sardinia, N. Y.. July 2, 1830. 
 They still reside in their native town and have one child. 
 
 De Carl Stickney, son of Edwin H. Stickney, was born in 
 Sardinia, Aug. 6, 1857, and lives in Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Eli Stone. 
 
 Eli Stone, son of Pollard and Electa Stone, was born Sept. 
 14, 1828, in the Town of Sardinia, where he now resides own- 
 ing and occupying a farm situated four miles northwest of Sar- 
 dinia village. July 17, 1852, he married Hulda J. White, 
 daughter of Albert and Jane White. Many of Mr. Stone's 
 uncles were soldiers in the war of 1812. His father Pollard 
 and his six brothers participated in the battle of Plattsburg, 
 and his grandfather, John Stone, served in the Revolutionary 
 war. The record of his family are as follows : 
 
 Ella A., born Aug. 17, 1853 ; married Abby Rouse Sept. 29, 
 1877. Marvin A., born Oct. 5, 1854; married Matie Kuhan, 
 Oct. 6, 1877. Charles W., born June 8, 1859. Wilson L., born 
 
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 884 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 April 2 1, 1 86 1. Frank P., born Dec. 14, 1868, and died Dec 
 25, 1868. Benjamin, born Dec. 12, 1870. James H., born Oct. 
 5, 1872, and an adopted daughter, Ida M., born June 20, 1878. 
 
 Edward Scott. 
 
 Mr. Scott was born in Coventry, Kent county, R. I., March 
 9, 1794. Jan. 10, 1816, he married Miss Ohve Madison, who 
 was born at West Greenwich, Kent count}-, R. I., Oct. 1797- 
 They have five children : Halsey, born May 10, 1818, in Rhode 
 Island, died at Detroit, Mich., Mov. 8, 1861. Leonard, born 
 Sept. 25, 1822, in Sardinia, and died there Nov. 8, 1854. 
 Celestia, born April 3, 1827; married Reynold Tillinghast 
 March 5, 1848, at Sardinia, where they now reside. Eliza E., 
 born March &, 1835, at Sardinia; married Burrell L.Johnson 
 Nov. 9, 1853. They live in Sardinia. 
 
 Charles Spencer. 
 
 Mr. Spencer's father, ^sagh Spencer, was born in 1804, in 
 Westminster, Vt.; from there he went to Hinsdale, N. H., 
 where he was married to Roxy Stearns,. From Hinsdale, they 
 moved to Otto, N. Y., in 1826, and to Sardinia, " Prattham." in 
 1828, where they now reside. When they came to Sardinia, 
 the only settlers on the " Prattham " road were Deacon Beach, 
 Isaac Bradshaw, and John Philips, Jr. 
 
 Mr. Spencer had four children : Fannie married George 
 Firman and since died. Caroline married J. W. Peckham and 
 died April 21, 1871. W^arren ; and Charles, who was born in 
 Sardinia, Sept. 30, 1835, where he has since resided. His busi- 
 ness is farming and milling. He was married Feb. 11, 1858, 
 to Sarah E. Grififith, daughter of John Griffith. They have 
 five children ; 
 
 Kinnie C, born 1858. Arthur C, born 1863. Belle, born 
 1867. Clark R., born 1870, and PVank C, born 1873. 
 
 Kinney C. Spencer. 
 
 Kinney C. Spencer, the subject of this sketch, was born in 
 Sardinia, Erie county, N. Y., Dec. i, 1859. His father's name 
 is Charles Spencer ; his mother's maiden name was Sarah Grif- 
 fith. He lived with his parents in Sardinia, and attended school 
 
BIOGRAl'lIICAL SKETCHES. 885 
 
 at Springville a number of terms, until 1880, when he came 
 to Concord and boui^ht the saw-mill one and one-fourth miles 
 east of Springville, of Peter Zimmer. This he run until the 
 Fall of 1882, when he sold out and returned to Sardinia, where 
 he now lives. He was married Jan. i, 1879, ^^ Miss Emma 
 Ruple. They have one child: 
 
 Clyde Spencer, who was born Oct. 27, 1880, 
 
 Cyreim.s F. Starkweather. 
 
 Cyrenus F. Starkweather, son of Sidney Starkweather and 
 Belinda (Cook) Starkweather, was born in Hamburg, N. Y., 
 Jan. 19, 1838 ; came to Sardinia at fourteen years of age, 
 where he resided until his death, Oct. 28, 1882. He was mar- 
 ried Feb. 1 1, 1863, to Abigal Rider, daughter of Reuben Rider. 
 They have one son now living, Carlton S. Rider, born Sept. 16, 
 1872. Mr Starkweather was a farmer by occupation. Two 
 of his brothers, Samuel and Wallace served in the Union army. 
 
 Hiram C. Tanner. 
 
 Mr. Tanner was born May 13, 1833, in Wales, Erie county 
 and came to Holland in 1858. His father's name was Amos 
 S. Tanner, born 1796, and died in 1849. His mother's maiden 
 name was Sally Boughton,of Stephentown, Rensselaer county, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Tanner was married in Sardinia, Jan. i, 1861, to May 
 Orr, who was born in Holland, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1838. While a 
 resident of Holland, Mr. Tanner was engaged in dealing in 
 cattle and produce. He moved to Protection, N. Y., in 1866 
 and was engaged for two years in mercantile business. Since 
 1868, he has been proprietor of the hotel at Protection. 
 
 James H. Vosburg. 
 
 James H. Vosburg, son of Henry J. Vosburg, was born 
 at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1822; 
 came to Concord in 1832. In 1847 he bought ^3.^^d of the Hol- 
 land Company on lot seven, township seven, range six, in Sar- 
 dinia, where he has since resided. He was married Dec. 15, 
 . 1846, to Delia Graff. They have three children: Henry J., 
 
886 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 born Nov. 20, 1848. Jane Maria, born March 15, 1850 ; mar- 
 ried Charles Zimmer. William M., born March 9, 1854. 
 
 Sterling Titiis, 
 
 Son of James B. Titus, was born in Eden, N. Y., June 9, 1831, 
 and this town was his home until 1866, when he removed to 
 East Concord, N. Y., where he lived for eight years. In 1874 
 he sold his farm there and bought the Cohvell place in Sardinia, 
 where he has since lived. In 1856 he was united in marriage to 
 Miss Annis Horton by whom he has three children, viz : Viola, 
 Sarah and Willie. Sarah was married in the Fall of 1882, to 
 Leverett Hitchcock and lives in Ashford. Mr. Titus is a Dea- 
 con in the Free Baptist Church of East Concord. 
 
 Roger P. Ward. 
 
 Mr. Ward was born in Champion, Jefferson county, N. Y., 
 June 21, 1816. His father, Thomas Ward, was a native of Ire- 
 land ; his mother, whose maiden name was Susannah Kelner, 
 was a native of Germany. They were married about 1802, in 
 Jefferson county, N. Y., and came to Sardinia about 1818 or 
 1819 and settled on "Shepherd Hill," on part of the farm now 
 owned by Addison Wheelock. After living there six years 
 they moved to the north-east part of the town. They had 
 seven children : Nancy, married Jonathan Thomas and died 
 in Holland about 1868. Polly, married Rufus Hawks and was 
 killed in i860, by a run-away horse. Lawrence C, married 
 Rebecca Brown ; lives near Grand Rapids, Mich. William, 
 married Douzilla Ballard ; lives in Holland. Rosannah, mar- 
 ried Averta Odell ; lives in Holland. Roger P., married Lu- 
 cinda Avery ; lives in Sardinia. Eliza, married George Sweet ; 
 lives in Pennsylvania. 
 
 In speaking of early times in Sardinia, Mr. Ward (Roger P.), 
 said he " first attended school in 1822 or 1825 to a Mr. Conklin, 
 in his house, which stood where Fred. West now lives and 
 went bare-footed all winter." Other early teachers were Betsy 
 Steele, Lawrence Ward and E. H. Drake. 
 
 Referring to wild animals he relates that a wolf came near 
 their house one night and howled; several others down toward 
 a swamp near by immediately answered. They went out and 
 
BIOflRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. 88/ 
 
 drove the wolf away. The next mornini; in goin<;' dow n to the 
 swamp they found the tracks of several wolves. 
 
 Mr. Alanson Colby was out one evening C(V)n huntini^ and 
 having occasion to climb a tree the wolves surrounded him and 
 kept him up there all night. In speaking of the June frost in 
 i8i6, he said his "father, on the morning of the 9th of that 
 month, in going across the fields to a neighbor's, a mile or two 
 away, and wearing shoes and stockings with holes in them, got 
 his shoes full of the thickly accumulated frost in going through 
 the grass and froze his heels so that they peeled." 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Ward have four children : 
 
 Angeline, married James Waggoner ; lives in Sardinia. 
 Thomas, married Judith Crawford; lives in Holland. John 
 Edwin, married Sarah Orr ; lives in Sardinia. Louisa, married 
 William Haggerty ; lives in Arcade. 
 
 Mr. Ward's father, Thomas Ward, died about 1849; ^""i-^ 
 mother about 1855. 
 
 Frederick R. AVest. 
 
 Mr. West was born Jan. 12. 1821, in Tompkins county, N. 
 Y.; came to Yorkshire with his father's family in 1828. In 
 1843 he came to Sardinia, where he has since lived. His occu- 
 pation has always been farming. Mr. West has been twice 
 married, first in 1850 to Huldah Thompson, who died June 16, 
 1855 ; a second time to Mrs. Mary Bowen, May i, 1862. By 
 his first wife Mr. West has two children : 
 
 Clarissa E., born May 10, 185 1. Alpheus B., born Feb 17, 
 
 1853- 
 
 Ashbel West. 
 
 Ashbel West was born May 10, 1789; came to Sardinia in 
 1843 ; '^V'^s married Feb. 14, 1843, ^^^ Eliza Hanford, who was 
 born April 22, 1792; was a farmer; his father's name was 
 Elijah West, born in Massachusetts, and died in Tompkins 
 county, N. Y., at the age of ninety-six years. Ashbel West 
 came from Tompkins county in 1828 to Yorkshire, Cattaraugus 
 county, where he lived until 1843. He was at the burning of 
 Buffalo in the war of of 18 12. 
 
888 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 Caroline E., born May 21, 1815; married Oct. 6, 1833, to 
 Asa Packer, of Arcade, and lives in Machias. Hanford S., born 
 Oct. 22, 1817. Cordelia, born March 22, 1819; married Charles 
 Long in 1846 ; lives in Sardinia village. Frederick R., born 
 Jan. 12, 1821 ; married in 1850 to Huldah Thompson, who 
 died, and he was married a second time to Mrs. Mary Bowen. 
 Abigail, born Dec. 6, 1823; married in 1844 to Joseph Butler. 
 of Bloomington, Du Page county. 111. Minerva, born May 5, 
 1825; married in 1856 to Harvey Butler; she died in Illinois 
 in 1873. Emily, born June 12, 1827; died April 15, 1862. 
 Elijah, born July 4, 1830; married and lives in Chicago. 
 
 Hanford C. West. 
 
 Hanford C. West was a son of Ashbel West and Elizabeth 
 Hanford. His father was a native of Massachusetts, and served 
 in the war of 1812; was at the burning of Buffalo. His mother 
 was born in Delaware. 
 
 Mr. West was born Oct. 2, 1817, in Tompkins county, N. Y,; 
 moved to Yorkshire about 1830, and to Sardinia, where he now 
 resides, in 1845. About 1840 Mr. West went to Illinois, and 
 remained there five years ; then came back, and in 1853 made 
 an overland trip to California. He started from Chicago, drove 
 one hundred head of cattle, six horses and a mule ; was six 
 months making the journey, including a week spent at Salt 
 Lake City. He remained in California about three years, when 
 he returned and has since resided in Sardinia. 
 
 Mr. West was married July 3, 1857, to Alvira Newton, who 
 was born March 3, 1836, in Jefferson county, N. Y., and came 
 to Sardinia in 1849. They have three children: 
 
 Charles W., born Oct. 11, 1859; Duaine A., born March 20, 
 1 861. Ella J., born Nov. 27, 1864. 
 
 Wilcox Family. 
 
 John Wilcox, grandfather of William Wilcox, was born in 
 England about 1757. Came to America in the early part of 
 the Revolution, and at once enlisted in the American army, 
 where he served until the close of the war, when he married 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 889 
 
 Mary Crosby of New York city, who was born in 1757 and died 
 in 1832. He resided at New York city for a number of years, 
 where his two oldest children were born ; from there he moved 
 to Litchfield, Herkimer county, and from there to Sardinia in 
 1813, where he lived as a farmer until his death about 1823. 
 He had a family of eleven children. 
 
 John, married Melinda Palmer; died in Illinois in 1874. 
 Charlotte, married Zacharia Townsend ; died in Litchfield, N. 
 Y., in 1861. Henrietta, married Archibald Perry; died in 
 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1865. Jeremiah, married Melinda 
 Abby ; died in Ashford, N. Y., in 1855. Hiram, born in 1790; 
 died in Illinois in 1 850. Samuel, born in 1792 ; married De- 
 borah Smith ; died in Concord, N. Y., in 1859. Oliver, born in 
 
 1794; married Hannah ; died in Ohio in 1850. Mary, 
 
 born in 1796; married Stephen Townsend ; died in Litchfield, 
 N. Y., in 1850. Roswell, born in 1798 ; died in Illinois in 1855. 
 Polly, born in 1800; died in Litchfield, N. Y., in 1855. Charles, 
 born in 1802; married Barbara Wilkes; died in Minnesota in 
 1875. 
 
 Elijah Wheelock. 
 
 Mr. Wheelock was born in the Town of Litchfield, Herki- 
 mer county, N. Y., in 1794, and came to Sardinia in 1838. V^ 
 18 19, he was married to Lucretia Taylor, who was born in the 
 Town of Volney, Oswego county, N. Y., in 1797, and who died 
 in Sardinia in 1841. Mr. Wheelock is still living, at the re- 
 markable age of eighty-nine years. They had a family of 
 children, viz.: 
 
 Franklin W. married Diantha Reynolds; she died in 1843 J 
 married again to Louisa Johnson ; he died April 22, 1872. 
 Harrison, born in 1822; married Miss Jeannette Brewer ; moved 
 to Iowa ; served two years in the War of the Rebellion, and 
 died in 1863. Addison, born Jan. 29, 1824; married Minerva 
 Parks, in 1848. Alzina, born 1827: married Albert Dawley, 
 and died in 1851. Matilda, born 1829; married Philip Fris- 
 bee, and resides in Pennsylvania, Caroline, born in 1834; mar- 
 ried William Moses and lives in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Since the above was written, Mr. Wheelock has died (Oct., 
 1883), aged about ninety years. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Addison Wheelock. 
 
 Addison Wheelock, son of Elijah Wheelock, was born in the 
 Town of Olney, Oswego county, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1824, and at' 
 the age of fourteen years he came with his father's family to 
 the Town of Sardinia, which has since been his home. As a 
 general rule, the sons of the early settlers had but limited 
 means for improvement. The Summers were spent in chop- 
 ping and clearing land, and only three months of the Winter 
 was allowed for schooling, and we presume young Addison 
 
 HAND FAN, 
 
 fared no better than the rest. However, he was possessed of 
 two sterling qualities that greatly aided him in making his way 
 in the world, viz.: energy and perseverance. By the help ol 
 these, he has qualified himself for all the practical concerns of 
 life, and by good management and perseverance he has 
 acquired a goodly competence. He has the respect and confi- 
 dence of his fellow-townsmen, who have upon several occa- 
 sions honored him with positions of trust and responsibility, 
 the duties of which he has discharged with fidelity. In 1875, 
 
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 'y^ and '79 he represented his town on the Board of Supervis- 
 ors. In 1848, he was united in marriage to Miss Minerva 
 Parks, who has borne him two children, viz.: 
 
 Lucy A., born in 1854; married Cyrenius Holmes, Feb. 9, 
 1874, and resides in Sardinia. William Addison, born in 1863, 
 and died at his father's home, Oct. 6, 1 883, a favorite. Willie was 
 a bright and promising youth, and his sudden taking off has cast a 
 great shadow o'er the hearts of the sorrowing parents and friends 
 who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in 
 this their affliction. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 FAMILY SKETCHES OF PERSONS NOT RESIDING 
 WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PRE- 
 CEDING TOWNS. 
 
 tTohn Calvin Adams. 
 
 John Calvin Adams was born May i, 1793, at New London, 
 Conn.; died July 25, 1847, at Franklin Mills, Ohio. He learned 
 and worked at the trade of a blacksmith. He was the first 
 Postmaster at Collins Center ; was a merchant there several 
 years. At the time of his death, he was engaged in farming. 
 He was a descendant of the Massachusetts Adams family, his 
 father being a nephew of Samuel Adams, one of the signers 
 of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Hepzibah Chadwick, his wife, was born March 18, 1787, at 
 Lyme, Conn.; died Jan. 14, 1853, at Franklin Mills, Ohio. 
 They ^vere married Jan. i, 1817, at Chatham, N. Y. They had 
 children, viz.: 
 
 George Rodney C. Adams, born Aug. 16, 1818, at Chatham, 
 N. Y.; by occupation a farmer; now retired and lives at Gales- 
 burgh, Mich. He married Henrietta Olin, at Franklin Mills, 
 O., Oct. 8, 1843. 
 
 Samuel Cary Adams, born Dec. 22, 1820, at Chatham, N. Y.; 
 learned and worked at the carpenter and joiner trade ; after- 
 wards studied law; was admitted to the bar ; is a practicing 
 attorney, and resides at Buffalo. He married Harriet White, 
 daughter of Isaac White, at Collins, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1842. 
 
 Ezra Chadwick Adams, born Jul}- 14, 1823, at Collins, N.Y., 
 a physician, and lives at Alamo, Mich. He married Mary 
 Stratton, Sept. 17, 1844, at P^ranklin Mills, O. 
 
 Charles Chaunce\- Adams, born April 27, 1 830, at Collins, N. 
 
mOGRAl-lIICM, SKETCHES. ^93 
 
 Y.; a farmer, and lives at Riley Center Kan He married 
 Melissa P. Southwiek, March 20, .853. at 1-rank m M.Us O. 
 George Rodney C. Adams, has four ehildren hvng. Hepsy 
 Ueor„L > f .,„a i.vcs near Gales- 
 
 C:::^" M^,o O marr,ed; .s a hardware merchant at 
 
 G lesbrn 'h, M.ch. Sarah A. married a Mr. Towne a farmer 
 and hves' near Galesburgh, Mich. George, marr.ed ; .s Post- 
 master at Galesburgh, M.ch. 
 
 Sann,el Gary Adams has four ehddrcn ..ng . John U un 
 married ; one of the firm of Young Logwood & C^rcs.des 
 at Buffalo, N. Y. Hannah M., marr.ed Mr. A. I.. R' "'^"^ ^ 
 farmer and resides ..ear Galesburgh, M.ch. Harr.et A., un- 
 mlTrLd and resides w.th her father at Buffalo. Carr.e, u.,mar- 
 married and resides with her father at Buffalo. 
 
 EraC Adams has three children l.vhrg : Charles C. mar 
 ..ied a merchant, and res.des at Alamo, Mich. F-^" ---" 
 ■> co..,mercial traveler, and res.des at Plamwell, M.ch. Ala, 
 unmarried, and resides with her father at Alamo. 
 
 Charles Chauncey Adams has four eh.kh^en '-'"'S^ I'°;^' 
 unmarried, and resides w.th her father at R''^ Cent r Kan 
 Id i married a farmer and lives near Riley Cente.. Ctta mar- 
 ncd a farmer and lives near R.ley Center. Charles C, unma,- 
 ried and resides with his father. 
 
 John Brooks. 
 
 Tohn Brooks was a son of Nathaniel Brooks and Lucy 
 ,R chards) Brooks of Connecticut. The family consisted of 
 ^mjah. Jesse, John, Theophilus, Roxana, Polly, Hannah and 
 
 -lohn was born in Connecticut, Apnl ^^ 1790 ; married 
 Lydia Booth, daughter of Isaac and EHzabeth Booth March 
 .1 1816. The family of John and Lydia consisted o Luc> 
 Tohn Jr Elizabeth. Diantha, Nathaniel, Belinda, Lyd.a and 
 Andrew J., of whom four only are now living, viz.: Lucy L., 
 Diantha, Nathaniel and Andrew J. The oldest, now Lucy 
 Gould, is living at Emmettsburg, Iowa, with her son, J. E. King, 
 merchant, and former Sheriff of Palo Alto county, Iowa. Eliza- 
 beth Diantha Aldrich lives at Boston with her daughter, Rox- 
 -ini Pierce Nathaniel lives at Colden village; has four 
 
894 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 daughters, all married, and two sons (medical students). Belinda 
 Taber died at Elma, Nov. 28, 1870, leaving four sons and three 
 daughters. Lydia Hall died at Wales Center, April 20, 1873, 
 leaving three daughters. 
 
 Andrew J. Brooks. 
 
 Andrew J. Brooks, son of John and Lydia Brooks, was born 
 in Concord, Aug. 5, 1832; attended school at Springville 
 Academy in 1849 and '50 ; attended lectures at the Albany 
 Medical college in 1856 and 1858, at which college he gradu- 
 ated, and located at Marilla, Erie county, N. Y., in 1859, where 
 he has since practiced. He was married in 1863, to Melvina 
 A. Clark, and has a family of three boys and two girls. The 
 oldest son, R. E. Brooks, is now teaching school on Townsend 
 Hill, where his grandfather taught nearly sixty years ago. 
 
 John Brooks died at his home in Colden, Erie county, June 
 7, 185^, was at one time Colonel; also held the office of side 
 Judge. He was a member of Living Stone Lodge of F. and 
 
 A, M.. of Colden, N. Y., from its first organization until re- 
 moved to the Grand Lodge above. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Brooks died at the home of her daughter Lydia 
 
 B. Hall, at Wales Center, N. Y., April loth, 1870. Of their 
 children John, Jr. and John, Jr. (son), died in infancy. 
 
 Lucy has two sons by her second husband ; one is a farmer 
 in Iowa, and one an editor in Minnesota. 
 Diantha has one son and one daughter. 
 
 A. H. Briggs, M. 1>. 
 
 Dr. Briggs' father,- Joseph B. Briggs, was born in Woodstock, 
 Vermont, and came to this county in 1828. His ancestors are 
 traceable to the New England Puritans. The doctor's mother 
 was the oldest daughter of Col. Cyrenus Wilber, who repre- 
 sented the county in the Assembly of 1838. 
 
 Dr. Briggs was born Sept. 9, 1842, in Lancaster, Erie county, 
 N. Y. He attended school at the Batavia Union School, 
 Aurora Academy and Genesee Wesleyan College, at Lima, 
 N. Y. In 1868 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. 
 Samuel Potter, of Lancaster ; was with him three years and 
 three months. Attended during that time three full courses of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 895 
 
 lectures at the Buffalo Medical College, graduating Feb. 20, 
 1871 ; commenced practice in Buffalo May i, 1871. 
 
 Dr. Brigg.s was the first post-mortem examiner in the county. 
 Ho held that office over three years. He was for one year 
 District Physician for the 2d District of Buffalo. For two 
 years, 1880 and '81, he was Health Officer of the city. During 
 1 88 1 he established a system of inspection of emigrants in 
 transit, which has since been adopted throughout most of the 
 northern states. In 1881 he was appointed First Grand Medi- 
 cal Examiner of the A. O. U. W., for New York state, which 
 position he still occupies. He is also Sergeant of the 65th 
 Regiment of National Guard. 
 
 Dr. Briggs was married in 1863, to Meckre Baker, daughter 
 •of Dr. Baker, of Andover, N. Y. They have one son and one 
 daughter. 
 
 Greorg'e W. Briggs. 
 
 Mr. Briggs was born in Collins, in 1850, where he lived until 
 he was twenty-two years of age. Has taught school eleven 
 terms. Was seven years in the employ of William A. Johnson, 
 a cheese manufacturer. Became a resident of East Hamburg 
 in 1881 ; was elected Justice of the Peace of that town in 1882. 
 Is now Deputy Sheriff on Sheriff Koch's staff, Mr. Briggs 
 was married in 1875 to Orcelia A. Pike. They have had two 
 children: Nora M., born Dec. 8, 1876; died Aug. 8, 1880, and 
 Norman E., born in Concord Aug. 3, 1879. 
 
 Harrison T. Foster. 
 
 Harrison T. Foster, son of Talcott and Lucy I'oster, was 
 born in Byron, Genesee county, N. Y., June 20, 1827. His 
 father was a native of Massachusetts ; his mother of Connecti- 
 cut. He was the only child of a second marriage on the part 
 of both parents, but had several half brothers and sisters. His 
 father died when he was seven years of age, and with the aid of 
 his mother he nianaged the farm until he was eigh teen ; mean- 
 while he had formed the acquaintance of Miss Clarissa Strick- 
 land whom he married September, 1846. Taking his amiable 
 young wife and his mother he at once removed to Michigan, 
 but before the ne.xt Autumn tiiey were all attacked with 
 
896 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 malarial fever; the mother died, and as soon ashimseh^and wife 
 were able to travel they returned to their native town. The 
 following year he purchased sixty acres of land in Alden (now 
 Marilla), about a half mile west of what is now Marilla village, 
 on which he constructed a rude dwelling into which he moved 
 and commenced logging and clearing his land. This he 
 followed for about three years. 
 
 About this time an accident occurred which changed the 
 whole course of Mr. Foster's life. A yoke of oxen, the only 
 team he possessed and for which he was owing, broke loose from 
 their moorings and filled themselves with corn to such an extent 
 that one of them died and the other was rendered valueless, 
 
 Mr. Foster was in debt for his land, having made but partial 
 payments on his purchase. He was unable to buy a team, and 
 make payment on his land. In this crisis of his affairs Joshua 
 Axtel, the keeper of a small grocery in' the Village of Marilla, 
 offered to purchase the land ; a bargain was made, Mr. Foster 
 taking in payment the grocery store and stock of goods, valued 
 at five hundred dollars, an eighty acre lot in Wisconsin and a 
 mortgage of $300 on land in the Town of Darien. Failing to 
 sell his grocery stock, he formed a copartnership with Charles 
 Walker, who had a small stock of dry goods and groceries in 
 the village. They built a small store with their own hands, 
 and moved into it in May, 1852. The following July he bought 
 Mr. Walker's interest, and carried on the business himself two 
 years. He then sold to Jonathan B. Bass ; and the following 
 year was spent in settling accounts and lumbering. 
 
 Having become familiar with and liking the mercantile busi- 
 ness, Mr. Foster availed himself of the first opportunity of 
 re-entering it. In September, 1855, he formed a partnership 
 with Jefferson H. Brooks, and bought the store opposite the 
 Spring hotel in Marilla. This partnership continued until Jan- 
 uary, 1865, when Mr. Foster bought Mr. Brooks' interest, and 
 formed a partnership with Henry D. Harrington, who had been 
 a clerk in the store for the previous five years. 
 
 In 1873, G. C. Mouchow was taken into the firm, which con- 
 tinued until 1878, when Mr. Foster bought out Mr. Harring- 
 ton and formed a partnership with Mr. Mouchow, which con- 
 tinues to the present time, 1883, under the firm name of H. T. 
 
HIOCIKAPHICAL SKETCMIiS. 897 
 
 Foster & Co. The firm with its different partners, was ahvays 
 successful, never made an assignment, was never sued at law, 
 and is doint:^ a profitable business at present. 
 
 In addition to his mercantile business, Mr. Foster has been 
 an active politician. He was first elected Supervisor of his 
 town in 1S60, and held that office five years in succession, and 
 then after one year he was elected two years in succession, then 
 declined being a candidate. But in 1881, a sharp contest aris- 
 ing between the City of Buffalo and the towns of Erie county 
 in regard to equalization, the towns saw the necessity of send- 
 ing men of experience and ability to represent them on the 
 board, and Mr. Foster was again elected. He has been- for the 
 last three years, and is now, a member of the board. He has 
 held the office of Postmaster for the last twenty-three years with 
 the exception of two years; was Justice of the Peace four 
 years, and during the war he was made a member of the com- 
 mittee to superintend the raising of volunteers and paying 
 bounties. These duties he performed with so much energy 
 and abilitN' that not a man in his jurisdiction was forced into 
 the army by draft. 
 
 Mr. Foster's first wife died in 1870; he subsequently married 
 Mrs. Lord, daughter of George W. Carpenter, one of the first 
 settlers on the Indian Reservation. At the time of her mar- 
 riage with Mr. Foster Mrs. Lord had two daughters, Mary and 
 Estelle. Mary married William H. Johnson in 1873 ; died in 
 1874, leaving an infant boy. Estelle married Everett L. 
 Hedges, of Marilla, in 1882 ; died in 1883, leaving an infant 
 girl. Both of these children arc living with Mr. Foster as his 
 own. 
 
 Mr. Foster is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 having united therewith in 1870. He is now fifty-six )'ears of 
 age, hale and hearty, healthy and happy. 
 
 William Field. 
 
 William Field, son of Solomon Field, came to Concord from 
 Madison county in 18 10, with his father, with whom he resided 
 during his minority, and assisted in improving his farm on 
 
898 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 
 
 Townsend hill. Mr. Field. was twice married, first to Miss 
 Mary E. Briggs in 1827, by whom he had seven children: 
 
 Marvin W., Mary L., Emily, Charles, Perry, Sally and Man- 
 ley. 
 
 Second to Mrs. Jane Briggs, by whom he had two children : 
 
 Ellen F. and Ida F. 
 
 Mary L. married David Needham and lives in LaCrosse 
 county. Wis.: they have had two children. Emily married 
 Austin Agard ; lives in Missouri. Charles, died in Buffalo. 
 Perry, died at his sister's in LaCrosse county, by disease con- 
 tracted in the army. Sally lives in Iowa. Manley lives in 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Marvin W. Field. 
 
 Marvin W. Field, son of William and Mary E. Field, was 
 born in Concord, Erie county, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1828. He has 
 been twice married, first to Miss Malissa Ann Agard, who was 
 born in Concord, April 4th, 1839, by whom he had one child, 
 which died in infancy; second, to Mrs. Hannah A. Hill, Oct. 
 II, 1870, who died at East Hamburg Nov. 5, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Field is by trade a carpenter, which calling he has fol- 
 lowed several years, but is now a successful horticulturist and 
 fruit-grower in East Hamburg. 
 
 Allen Drake. 
 
 Allen Drake was a son of John and Dorcas Drake, who came 
 to what is now Concord in 18 10, and settled on lot fifty. Mr. 
 Drake had a family of four children : John, who died many 
 years ago ; Angeline, who went west and married a man by 
 the name of Williams ; Sarah Ann, who also went west and 
 married, and Allen the subject of this sketch. Allen Drake 
 married Mary Wheeler, daughter of Benjamin Wheeler, by 
 whom he had nine children : 
 
 Whitney A., born Jan. 28, 1827; died Oct. 18, 1846. Sam- 
 son P., born June 29, 183 1 ; died Aug. 10, 1855. Caroline, wife 
 of Samson P., died Jan. 9, 1864. Benjamin A., born Dec. 6, 
 1843; died Sept. 19, 1855. Mary O., married Marcus Scott 
 and lives in Chautauqua county. Harvey W., married and is 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 899 
 
 a prosperous druggist in Milwaukee. Almantha. John R,, 
 married, is a partner with his brother in Milwaukee. Henry T. 
 Angie. 
 
 William \V. Hniniiion<l. 
 
 William W. Hammond, son of Charles Hammond and 
 Clarissa Clark, was born in the town of Hamburg, Nov. 4, 1831. 
 At the age of six years his parents moved to the town of 
 Brant, while it was yet a part of the towns of Evans and Col- 
 lins, and settled on lot number nineteen on the mile-strip, upon 
 a piece of land comprising 120 acres, and which was then 
 primeval forest. Here he was brought up, and here his parents 
 lived most of their lives, after moving there, and the farm is 
 still in possession of the family being now owned by his 
 youngest sister, Mrs. Hicey. 
 
 His education was obtained entirely in the pioneer log school- 
 house, except three terms of thirteen weeks each, at Irving, 
 Chautauqua county, to attend which he walked six miles each 
 day, and one term at F'redonia Academy in the Fall of 1848, 
 where he worked for a widow lady, doing chores for his board, 
 his father not feeling able to pay his board in addition to nec- 
 essary books and tuition. Then teaching school Winters and 
 working on the farm Summers until twenty years of age, when 
 he bought his time of his father, paying him therefor ten 
 dollars per month until he was twenty-one. Married at the 
 age of twenty-three, he carried on a farm on shares for three 
 years, then commenced keeping a country store, with a very 
 small capital and devoted his unoccupied time to the study of 
 " Cowen's Treatise," and " Barbour's Criminal Law." 
 
 His wife died in August, i860, leaving him with a babe one 
 week old, which was taken by his deceased wife's parents, and 
 early the next Spring, being then in his thirtieth year, he 
 entered the law ofTice of Sawin & Lockwood, as a law student, 
 in the same rooms on the corner of Main and Seneca streets, 
 still occupied by Hon. S. Lockwood, and at the same time that 
 the late William H. Guerney was a law student in the office of 
 Humphrey & Parsons, over the old postoffice just across the 
 street on the corner below. 
 
QOO 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 At a general term of the Supreme Court, held at the old 
 Court House in the City of Buffalo, on the second Monday of 
 May, 1861, Hon. Richard P. Marvin, Justice presiding, and 
 Hon. Martin Grover and Hon. Noah Davis, Jr., Justices, after 
 a course of study of less than thirteen zvecks, he was admitted 
 to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of the Supreme 
 Court. This is probably the shortest term of clerkship, in 
 course of study as a law student, of any person ever admitted 
 to practice as a lawyer in the City of Buffalo ; and many times 
 in years since he has regretted the mistake of being admitted 
 so soon. 
 
 After this he practiced law for four years in the village of 
 Angola, then gave up the practice and engaged in mercantile 
 and lumbering business, in the town of Brant for about eleven 
 years, during which time he held the ofifice of Supervisor of the 
 town for nine years. In the Fall of 1877, he was elected County 
 Judge in place of Hon. George W. Cothran, who was appointed 
 by the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation 
 of Hon. Albert Haight, and re-elected in the Fall of 1878. 
 
 In the Spring of 1878 he removed to Buffalo where he has 
 since resided. 
 
 He comes from a long-lived race on the side of both par- 
 ents ; his grandfather, Benoni G. Hammond, having died a few 
 years ago, nearl}' ninety years of age, and his father died from 
 the effects of a fall received after he was sixty. His mother 
 died when he was about twelve years of age from an acute 
 disease caused by an injury ; but her mother lived to a ripe old 
 age, and died some 3'ears since at the residence of her son in 
 Michigan. 
 
 Chamicey J. Hastiiigrs. 
 
 Chauncey J. Hastings was born in Sardinia, N. Y., May 16, 
 1826, where ho lived until May 19, 1856, when he removed to 
 Buffalo, where he has ever since been engaged in the real estate 
 business in Brown's building. 
 
 He attended school at Springville Acadeni}' two terms in 
 1849 and '50. Was married in 1852 to Lydia H. Cheddock. 
 They have a son, Charles R. and a daughter, F. Adeal, who 
 resides in Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
HK^GRAl'lIICAF, SKETCHES. 9OI 
 
 Seymour P. Hastiiis«. 
 
 Seymour P. Hastings was born in Sardinia July 4, 1824, 
 where he lived until 1856, when he went to New York and 
 gave his attention to mercantile pursuits for ten \-ears. He 
 then came to Buffalo where he has ever since been engaged in 
 business. He is now in the real estate and insurance business 
 with his brother Chaunce}' J. Hastings. 
 
 Mr. Hastings was a student of Aurora Academy. He was 
 Supervisor of Sardinia in 1855 and was once a candidate of the 
 national democratic party for Member of Assembly. He mar- 
 ried Sarah E. Moshier; they have had two children: one son 
 Avho is dead and a daughter, Grace H., born Aug. 22, 1854. 
 
 Harry H. Koch. 
 
 Harry H, Koch was born at Williamsville, County of Erie, 
 N. Y., on the loth of March, 1841. Hisancestors were of Ger- 
 man and English descent. His grandfather, Jacob Koch, 
 lived in Chester county, Penn., where his father, John Koch, 
 was born in 181 1. When the latter was seventeen years old he 
 came to this state and settled in W'illiamsv'ille, in this county. 
 He engaged in mercantile pursuits, carrying on the business of 
 a general country store. In 1857 '"^^ ^^^^^ '^'-^^ I'^is business in 
 Williamsville and built a saw-mill near Clarence Center. He 
 was a prominent and leading citizen in Williamsville and 
 vicinity and was called upon by his fellow citizens while yet a 
 young man to fill \'arious local offices, including Deputy SherifT, 
 Town Collector and Constable. In 1862 he was appointed to 
 the office of Deputy Internal Revenue Collector and discharged 
 its duties with rigid fidelity. 
 
 Mr. Koch was an old-time Whig, and a strong anti-slavery 
 man. and therefore naturally drifted into the ranks of the Re- 
 publican party at its formation and of which he was one of the 
 founders. He was one of eleven persons in the town of Am- 
 herst that voted the Republican ticket the first year of the 
 existence of the party, and the ticket being successful in the 
 state, the immortal eleven celebrated the victory with a grand 
 banquet. 
 
 He married Elizabeth Spayth, a sister of Henry Spayth, the 
 well-known author on checkers, of Buffalo, and raised a family 
 
902 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 of five children, one son and four daughters. He died at Wil- 
 liamsville in 1879, mourned by a large circle of friends after a 
 residence in that village of fifty-one years. 
 
 Harry H. Koch, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood 
 at school and in attendance at his father's store. He graduated 
 at Williamsville Classical School at the age of seventeen, and 
 then devoted nearly three years in attendance upon his father's 
 saw-mill. He received a thorough business training from his 
 father, who ever held it of the first importance that young men 
 should not only be educated, but instructed in business as well. 
 After leaving the saw-mill young Koch came to Buffalo and 
 attended the Business College of Bryant & Stratton, and grad- 
 uated therefrom in 1861. 
 
 For several years after this he found employment as book- 
 keeper and salesman with boot and shoe dealers in Buffalo. In 
 1869 he opened a small boot and shoe store on his own account ; 
 he continued to enlarge and develop his business until it has 
 reached large proportions. 
 
 Mr. Koch represented the loth Ward in the Common Council 
 in 1 88 1 as a Republican. He was an influential member of 
 that body and championed many measures tending to correct 
 abuses and diminish taxation in municipal affairs. His efforts 
 in the Common Council were appreciated by the people and 
 rewarded by electing him Sheriff of Erie county, in 1882, by a 
 majority of 1103. Grover Cleveland, Democratic candidate for 
 Governor, receiving at the same time 734 majority in the same 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Koch was married in 1865 to Hattie N. Coe ; they have 
 
 two sons. 
 
 Frederick Miller. 
 
 Mr. Miller was born in Alsace, France, July 4, 1836; came 
 from there to Buffalo in 1852, and engaged in carriage-making 
 for five years ; then worked at bell-making at Boston, N. Y., 
 awhile, when he started a blacksmith shop at the same place ; 
 carrying this on a while, he returned to Buffalo to his former 
 occui^ation of carriage-making, which he pursued until Febru- 
 ary, 1864, when he enlisted in the army as a member of com- 
 pany A, Seventy-fourth regiment New York State militia ; 
 served about four months. 
 
BIOCIRAPIIICAL SKF.TCIIKS. 9O3 
 
 In 1866, he went to Golden, N. Y., and opened a blacksmith 
 shop, which he continued for six years, when he became the 
 proprietor of the Boston Center hotel until 1875, when he re- 
 moved to Sprin<jville and resided till 1877, when he went to 
 Buffalo, where he now resides as proprietor of a restaurant 
 opposite the City and County hall. 
 
 Mr. Miller was married in 1858, to Magdalene Hendrich. 
 They have three children, viz.: Albert F., born in Boston, 
 March 6, 1859. Magdalene, born in Buffalo, Nov. 20, 1864. 
 Emma E., born in Colden, Nov. 14, 1866. 
 
 In 1854, Mr. Miller's father, one sister and six brothers came 
 to this country, and at present (i882jare all living and residents 
 of Colden and Boston. 
 
 S. E. S. H. Nott, M. D. 
 
 The Notts were of English origin, and a titled family in Eno-- 
 land. The Doctor's grandfather, Epaphras Nott, was a native 
 of Massachusetts ; he entered the Revolutionary War at six- 
 teen, and served throughout as a marine. He had a family of 
 three sons and three daughters. The eldest son, Ezra, father 
 of the Doctor, was born in Wells, Vt., in 1787; he married 
 Hannah Hardy; they came to Aurora, Erie county, in 1806, and 
 while a resident of that place cleared the land where the Auro- 
 ra Academy now stands ; he removed to Sardinia in 1809. He 
 had a family of seven children, all born in Sardinia. 
 
 Samuel E. S. H. Nott was born Nov. 19, [817. He attended 
 school at Springville, Aurora and Wyoming academies, served 
 as Inspector and Superintendant of Schools in Sardinia. 
 Studied medicine with Dr. B. H. Colgrove of Sardinia ; "^radu- 
 ated at the Castleton (Vt.) Medical college in 1844; afterwards 
 attended lectures in New York. Came to Hamburg, April 18, 
 1845, and began the practice of medicine, which he continued 
 till December, 1849, when he removed to Buffalo and practiced 
 eleven years ; when he returned to Hamburg, where he has since 
 practiced his profession. While a resident of Buffalo, he served 
 three years as Coroner. Is now President of the Erie County 
 Medical society. 
 
 Dr. Nott was married in 1847, to Eunice Salisbury, of Ham- 
 burg. They have three children living, viz.: 
 
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 Edward S., druggist, at Hamburg. Elon G., photographer, 
 at Hamburg, and Nellie M. 
 
 George W. Nichols. 
 
 Alanson Nichols, father of the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in the Town of Oneida, Oneida county, in 1804, and was 
 married in the Town of Boston in 1826, to Miss Jerusha Irish, 
 and went to live in the Town of Freedom, Cattaraugus county, 
 where they resided about five years. They then came to Bos- 
 ton and settled on East Boston hill, where they lived at the 
 time of his death, which occurred Nov. 4. 1882, and where his 
 widow still resides. 
 
 Their children are : Jeduthan married and lives in Evans. 
 Angeline, a widow, and lives in Oshkosh, Wis. Adaline is 
 married and lives in Brant. George W. Harriet married 
 and lives in Boston. Emery R. lives with his mother on the 
 old homestead. 
 
 George W. Nichols was born in the Town of Freedom, Cat- 
 taraugus county, March 15, 1830, and came with his parents to 
 Boston in 1832, where he resided till 1853, when he removed 
 to Colden. He was married June 30, 1853, to Miss Helen 
 Johnson, of Boston. He has been engaged in lumbering, farm- 
 in"" and the produce business. He was Justice of the Peace 
 twelve years, Associate Justice five years. Supervisor of Col- 
 den thirteen years, and Chairman of the Board two years. 
 
 They have two children: Eugene M., born in 1858, is a 
 Civil Engineer in the employ of the N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R., 
 with headquarters at Chicago. 
 
 Anna J., born in 1863, married William B. Courier, May 9, 
 1883. and lives in Colden. 
 
 William Wiley. 
 
 William Wiley was born Feb. 4, 1 801, in Londonderry, Ire- 
 land, and was married in 1838 to Miss Maria McClure, who was 
 born in Londonderry, county of Donegal, in 1816. He owned 
 and carried on a farm four miles from Londonderry. They 
 had three children born in Ireland-and their ages ranged from 
 two to nine vears when they came to America. They came 
 
RIOGKAI'llICAI, SKETCIIKS. 905 
 
 to this country in 1845, «" ^ sailing vessel, and were twenty- 
 eight days from Liverpool to New York. They came from 
 Albany to Buffalo on the canal and settled first in Boston ; 
 lived there two years, and then removed to the northeast part 
 of Concord in 1848. They lived there five years and then 
 bought the Holt farm on South Colden hill, and lived there 
 until 1874, when they sold out and removed to Golden village. 
 They had four children : 
 
 Richard, died in Golden Nov. 24, 1873. Margaret J., mar- 
 ried William Kelso and lives in the Town of Aurora. John 
 M. Andrew, born in Boston Aug. 4, 1845 I died March 5, 1; 
 
 John M. Wiley. 
 
 John M. Wiley was born near Londonderry, Ireland, Aug. 
 II, 1843. ''^"tl came to this country with his parents in 1845. 
 He is unmarried, and has always made his home with them; 
 he has worked on a farm in his younger days, has dealt in 
 stock, bought, sold and shipped cattle from Canada, and from 
 the West to the Eastern markets. Li November, 1867, he 
 bought a store in Golden, and kept a general assortment of 
 goods and carried on a successful business for about seven 
 years. He was elected Member of the Assembly in 1870, from 
 the Fifth Assembly district, and was also elected a second time 
 in 1871, being the first Democrat ever elected from the district. 
 At the present time he is engaged in herding cattle in the Li- 
 dian Territory and in raising oranges in Florida. He owns 
 real estate in Golden, Concord and Aurora, and also in Florida. 
 
 Christian Miller. 
 
 Christian Miller was born in Alsace, France, Feb. 26, 1832, 
 and was married June 22, 1853, to Saloma Frautz. He worked 
 at the trade of blacksmith and machinist in the old country. 
 He came to America on a sailing vessel in 1854, and was forty- 
 two da}'s out from Havre. He Ccune direct to Buffalo and 
 worked there at his trade three years. From there he came to 
 West Concord, Erie county, and conducted a farm two years 
 and then removed to the northeast part of Concord. He then 
 moved to Golden and bought a farm (which he still owns) and 
 conducted it nine years, and then bought the hotel at Golden, 
 
906 BIOGRAPHICAI. SKETCHES. 
 
 which he has owned and managed ever since. He has been 
 Constable, Collector, Assessor, Highway Commissioner and 
 Deputy Sheriff. He has six children ; 
 
 William C, born Aug. 6, 1854. Christian G., born Sept. 30, 
 1857. Michael L., born May 8, 1859; married Julia M. Buf- 
 fom. Lewis, born March 2, 1861. Fred, born Jan. 10, 1864. 
 Maria L., born Sept. 3, 1865. 
 
 David C. Oatman. 
 
 Mr. Oatman's father, Lyman Oatman, was born in Hartford, 
 Washington county, N. Y., Oct. 21, 18 16, and came to Evans, 
 N. Y., in May, 1848. He built the first store, which was also 
 the second building put up in what is now Angola, but was 
 then a wilderness region. He conducted mercantile and other 
 pursuits in Angola until his death in 1877, Sept. 9. Mr. Oat- 
 man was not only an early pioneer, but an active and promin- 
 ent person in the public affairs relating to his region. He was 
 Supervisor of Evans several times and represented his district 
 in the Assembly in 1870. He was Postmaster at Angola from 
 the commencement of Lincoln's administration until his death, 
 except a short time during Johnson's administration. He was 
 married in 1839 in the town of his birth, to Desire Barrell. He 
 had two sons : 
 
 David C. and Leroy S. 
 
 David C. Oatman was born Sept. 1 1, 1840, in the same town 
 his father was born in. He was eight years of age when the 
 family came to Evans, where he has always claimed a residence. 
 He attended school at Madison University in 1857-58, after 
 which he entered his father's store and subsequently became a 
 partner, and since his father's death continues the business. 
 Mr. Oatman was Supervisor of his town five terms, and in the 
 Fall of 1876 was elected County Clerk, which ofifice he held one 
 term. He is at present — 1882 — -one of the City and County 
 Hall Commissioners. At the expiration of his ofifice of County 
 Clerk he, in company with his brother Leroy S., engaged in 
 the wholesale produce and commission, business in Buffalo, 
 
 Mr. Oatman was married in 1866 to Allette J. Arneson, of 
 Newark, N. J. They have five children, viz.: Flora A., Lillian 
 B., Orlin Lyman, Minnie D., and May H. R. 
 
BIOGKAl'HICAL SKKTCIIES. 9^7 
 
 Mr. Oatman's brother, Leroy S., was born July 6, 1844, at 
 the same place where David C. was. He was a volunteer in 
 the ii6thN. Y. State Volunteers, and served throughout the 
 war. He was ordinance Sergeant of his regiment. While his 
 brother was County Clerk he acted as Clerk of the Supreme 
 Court. 
 
 George Williams. 
 
 The Williams" were of English descent. Stephen Williams, 
 grandfather of George and a prominent citizen of Danby, Vt., 
 came to that town from Rhode Island in 1776. His children 
 were: Hosea died in Ohio in 1851; Sally died in Niagara 
 county about 1845 ; David died in Michigan, aged ninety-four; 
 John died in Concord, N. Y.; Hannah married Truman Austin 
 and died in Hamburg ; Prudy married Hale Madison and died 
 in Aurora; Sylva married Horace Wells and died in Michigan ; 
 Daniel died in Concord ; Lsham died in Concord ; Phebe died 
 in Concord unmarried ; Eliza married William Soule and died 
 in Iowa; Lydia married Samuel Haight and lives in Canada; 
 Orilla married Joseph Hammond and lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 John Williams, father of George, was born in Danby, Vt., 
 and came to"Concord first in 181 1, and was engaged for a time 
 in the old Gardinier grist-mill at Springville. He was married 
 in Vermont to Betsy Giles and moved with his family to Con- 
 cord in 18 1 8, settling near the Cattaraugus creek. Their chil- 
 dren were : Marshal, dead ; George ; Weighty, dead ; Elizabeth 
 married Alanson McCoy and resides on the old homestead in 
 Concord, and Marzavan who died April 10, 181 8. 
 
 George Williams was born in Danby, Vt., in 18 17. He re- 
 sided in Concord until 1855 ; now resides in Arcade, N. Y.,and 
 is a farmer ; married a Miss Arnold ; they have two children : 
 Emma L. married a Mr. Miller, and resides in Yorkshire, and 
 Gideon A. married Estella Strong. 
 
 While residing in Concord, east of Springville, in 1851, Mr. 
 Williams found on his farm a mud turtle bearing on his shell 
 this inscription— " C. Stone, 1808." The inscription was plain 
 and distinct, and was undoubtedly the work of Christopher 
 Stone, the first settler of Concord, and must have been placed 
 upon the turtle the next year after Mr. Stone's coming. Seven 
 
908 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 years afterward — in 1858 — fifty years after it left the hands of 
 Mr. Stone, Mr. Williams found the same turtle again on a farm 
 farther east. It was again given its liberty and how long it 
 has existed to perpetuate the name of Concord's first pioneer, 
 no one knows. 
 
 Charles Stowell. 
 
 Ebenezer Stowell, father of Charles was born in Worcester, 
 Worcester county, Mass., in 1782. His mother, Hannah 
 Meacham Stowell, was born in New Salem, Franklin county, 
 Mass., in 1787. 
 
 Mr. Stowell came to Ashford with his family in 1836, and 
 lived there until his death, which occurred in 1845. Mrs. 
 Stowell died in 1862. They had eight children: 
 
 Luthera, born in 1808, married Andrew Stevens and died in 
 Ellicottville in 1863. John T., born in 1813, died in 1814. 
 Caroline, born in 1816; married John Squires and lives in Con- 
 cord. Maria, born in 1818, lives in Springville. JohnT., born 
 in 1820 and died in 1834. Charles, born in 1822. Betsey, born 
 in 1824, married John G.Blake in 1842 and lives in Mt. Carroll, 
 111. John, born in 1828, lives .in Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Charles Stowell married Susan West in 1846. They had 
 eight children : 
 
 Hannah Hapalona married David J. Wilcox and lives in 
 Springville. Ebenezer, born in 1853 died 1862. Hattie, born 
 in 1855, died Nov. 23, 1862. Caroline, born in 1857, died in 
 January, 1863. Luthera married Lewis Twichell, and had 
 one child named Lewis Bertie, which child was given to Charles 
 Stowell and wife by mutual consent of both parents previous to 
 the death of the mother. 
 
 Mary, born in 1862 ; married E. A. Scott, in 1 880. Charles 
 E., born in 1866. May S., born in 1873. 
 
 Mr. Stowell was Captain of a militia company at one time 
 and is at present a farmer and dealer in agricultural implements. 
 His great uncle David E. Stowell, was killed in the Battle of 
 Bunker Hill. 
 
 Joseph E. Ewell. 
 
 Mr. Ewell's paternal ancestors are traceable to Scotland, and 
 his maternal ancestors were from New Ensfland. Mr. Ewell's 
 
inoCRAl'llHAI, SKK ICIIKS. 9O9 
 
 father. Dexter Kwell. is cx-Associatc Jud^e of Erie county. 
 Mr. Ewell, after completing his college course preparatory to 
 the study of law; after the Battle of Bull Run, left his of^ce 
 and enlisted a company of volunteers in Kane and McHenry 
 counties. 111. It was designated as Fifty-second Regiment, 
 Illinois volunteers. He was appointed First Lieutenant ; was 
 ordered South and served in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennes- 
 see, and participated in the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. His 
 health failing, he was honorably discharged and returned home, 
 but his patriotism made him eager for the service, and he en- 
 listed a company in Erie county, and was appointed Captain, 
 but was unable to accompany his regiment— -the One Hundred 
 and Sixteenth — to the field on account of ill health. In 1863, 
 he accepted the appointment of Captain of a company of the 
 Twenty-sixth regiment, United States colored troops, and early 
 in 1864, was employed in detached service under orders from 
 General Dix. He was finally discharged on account of ill 
 health, August, 1864, and returned to his law studies, being- 
 admitted to the bar in May, 1867. 
 
 In 1869, he was appointed United States District Attorney 
 for the Northern District of New York ; in 1879, he was elected 
 Supervisor of the Town of Alden for a term of two years ; in 
 1880, he was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. He has 
 been Deputy County Clerk since January, 1880. 
 
 He married Miss Carrie l-'arnsworth, and has one daughter, 
 Florence. 
 
 Amos B. Tanner. 
 
 Mr. Tanner was born in Steventown, Rensselaer county, N. 
 Y., Oct. 23, 1830. He came to Wales, Erie county, the year 
 following, where he resided until twenty-one years old. He 
 attended school at Springville Academy two terms — one under 
 Principal Earle and one under Prof. Lane. Mr. Tanner came 
 to Buffalo in 1854, where he has since resided. He was for 
 fourteen years principal searching clerk in the Count}' Clerk's 
 ofifice. His present business is examining titles to and selling 
 real estate, and loaning money on real estate. He is a brother 
 of Alonzo Tanner, Esq. He has been a Member of the Board 
 of Supervisors several terms, and also Clerk of the Board. 
 
9IO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Daniel H. Persons. 
 
 Daniel H. Persons was born in Buffalo, Dec. 22, 1851, where 
 he has always resided. His business is that of wholesale 
 liquor dealer. He is a graduate of Hicks Business College of 
 Buffalo. He was elected Supervisor of the Fourth ward of 
 Buffalo in 1876, and held the office two terms. His father 
 Charles Persons, was Alderman of the same ward in 1875, and 
 Supervisor in 1873. 
 
 Col. Josiali Emery. 
 
 Col. Josiah Emery was born July i, 1783, in Dunbarton, N* 
 H., and died Aug. 14, 1873. After a few years' residence in 
 Salem, Mass., he settled in Barre, Vt. In 1809, he married 
 Snsannah Little, and in 181 1, removed to LeRoy, N. Y. The 
 following year, he located a timber farm at Willink, now 
 Aurora, which he improved and occupied until his death. He 
 served in the War of 18 12, and was discharged as First Lieu- 
 tenant of his company. 
 
 His wife died Feb. 5, 1861. They had six children : 
 Lucius H., born July 26, 181 1. Moses L., born March 28, 
 1815. John Cborn Dec. 1,1817. Josiah, born Oct. 29, 1819. 
 Asher B., born May 12, 1821. Mary S., born March 2, 1824. 
 
 Lucius H. Emery has two sons; lives in South Wales. 
 Edwin F. married Fedelia Hodges ; is a mechanic in South 
 Wales. Moses L. died Aug. 2, 1840 ; left two sons. Charles 
 E. married Susan Livingston of New York city. William H. 
 served as a telegrapher in the army. John C. Emery lives in 
 Oakland county, Mich., and has six children. Josiah, lives in 
 South Wales on the old homestead, and has had five children : 
 Ella F. died Oct. 15, 1865 ; Edward K. is an attorney-at-law 
 in Buffalo, N. Y.; Albert J. is an attorney-at-law in Dakota; 
 Mary E. married DeWitt C. Blakeley of Aurora; died June 13, 
 1882. 
 
 Asher B. Emery died Sept. 5, 1839. Mary S., married John 
 H. McMillan, and lives in Aurora ; has three sons: 
 
 Frank, married Mary Letson ; lives in Colden. Arthur, mar- 
 ried Emma Dudley; lives in Aurora. Howard, married Nellie 
 B..rlingham ; lives in Colden. 
 
MIOCRAl'llUAL SKE'ICIIKS. 9I I 
 
 Justus Scott. 
 
 Justus Scott, who died recently in the Town of Otto, Catta- 
 raui^us county, N. Y., was one of the early settlers of the Town 
 of Concord, where he lived so long and took so lively an inter- 
 est in its schools, churches and general prosj)erity as to entitle 
 him to notice in these pages. 
 
 Justus Scott was born in the Town of Wallingford, Vt., 
 March 19, 1799. Soon after his birth his father moved to 
 Danby, Vt., where Justus remained with them till 18 16. The 
 father was poor and the family had become accustomed to 
 hard work, when he and his elder brother Phineas left home on 
 foot with packs on their backs, to seek their fortunes in the 
 Far West. They traveled sixteen days and arrived at Spring- 
 ville in October, 18 16. The first business in which these boys 
 engaged was chopping by the job. They cooked their food 
 and kept bachelors' hall in the woods. Justus soon took an 
 article of a piece of land on the road from Springv^lle to Ash- 
 ford, now owned by John Ellis, being part of lot fifteen, town- 
 ship six, range six. In July, 1817, he married Emily Hardy. 
 They commenced house-keeping on this place in the most 
 primitive style. The body of a fallen tree formed the rear of 
 the house, while the front pillars were crotches driven in the 
 ground, supporting a pole on which rested basswood dugouts 
 for a roof, while the solid earth formed the floor. Brides of 
 the present day might shrink from such a beginning, and find 
 fault with the furniture, the carpeting, the curtaining or the 
 bridal couch. But here this young couple commenced their 
 life work ; happy in anticipation of a future whose contrast 
 would be all the more gratifying. Here they lived for several 
 weeks till a log house could be built, in which they lived till 
 Aug. 7, 1828, when Mrs. Scott died. 
 
 About this time Mr. Scott became the owner of a span of 
 horses, an exceedingly rare Ijjxury in those days. These horses 
 strayed into the woods of Cattaraugus county, which was then 
 called the " South Woods." There being no roads, Mr. Scott 
 tracked them to the McClure settlement, now Franklinville and 
 from there to Olean Point, about sixty miles from home, the 
 way they went. 
 
 In March, 1830, Scott married Miss Electa Darling, a sister 
 
912 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 of Hon. J. P. Darling-, of Cattaraugus, a woman of superior 
 mind, and Jan. 15, 183 1, Allen Scott, the present Judge of Cat- 
 taraugus county, was born. Soon after Scott removed from 
 this town to Otto, N. Y., where he remained till 1848, when he 
 returned to Springville to educate his children. After remain- 
 ng here six years, taking a lively interest in our schools, and 
 churches, he returned again to his farm in Otto, where he died 
 in 1 88 1, greatly respected, a man of strong mind and sterling 
 integrity. 
 
 R. K. Siuither. 
 
 Mr. Smither was born at Worcester, England, in 1850; 
 came to America and at fourteen years of age was apprenticed 
 to the drug business, after which, in 1859, came to Buffalo, to 
 accept a position with D. H. Peabody, druggist. In 1874 he 
 married Lucretia, daughter of the late J. S. Newkirk, and 
 grand-daughter of the late Loring Pierce, Buffalo's late pioneer 
 undertaker, who officiated at the burial of more than three 
 thousand of the early settlers of the city, among them the first 
 interments at Poorest Law. 
 
 In 1875 Mr. Smither embarked in business on his own ac- 
 count, which he has successfully pursued to the present time. 
 His ability as a chemist and druggist was recognized by his 
 election as Vice President of the New York State Pharmaceutical 
 Association in 1881 and President of the Erie county Pharma- 
 ceutical Association in 1883. He represented the 9th Ward 
 on the Board of Supervisors in 1880, '81, '82 and '83. In 1882 
 he was Chairman of the Board. 
 
 H. S. Spencer. 
 
 Mr. H. S. Spencer, of Hamburg, removed to that town from 
 Turin, Lewis county, N. Y., in 1864. He is the youngest son 
 of the late Stephen Spencer of the latter place. The family, 
 as the name indicates, is of English origin, being descendants 
 of one of three brothers of that name, who emigrated from 
 England to Connecticut in the seventeenth century. 
 
 Later, and among the representatives of this family who 
 became residents of this state, maybe mentioned John C. Spen- 
 cer, of Canandaigua and Joshua A. Spencer, of Utica. The 
 
RiocRAi'nicAi, skktcuks. 913 
 
 subject of our notice was educated at W'liitestowii Seminary and 
 for a time en<ja<^cd in the business of teaching. At present 
 and for many years, he has had charge of an extensive insur- 
 ance agenc}-, and but few men in the count)' enjoy a larger 
 persorial and business acquaintance. 
 
 In 1881 or 1882 lie represented his town in the Board of Su- 
 pervisors, being the onl)- Republican ever elected to that office in 
 Hamburg upon part}' issues. He is at present Cashier of the 
 Rank of Hamburg. 
 
 Ahmzo Tanner, Esq. 
 
 iMonzo Tanner, Esq., was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer 
 county, N. V., Aug. 8, 1822 ; removed with his father and fam- 
 ily to the Town of Wales, Erie county, N. Y., in 1831, and set- 
 tled upon a farm, which is now owned by a sister, and where 
 his boyhood was spent. At the age of seventeen young Tan- 
 ner was given his time and came to Springville, attended the 
 academy for about three years, teaching school Winters for his 
 support. He studied law with Hon. C. C. Severance, and was 
 admitted to the Supreme Court in the Eall of 1847. Residing 
 at Springville from the commencement of his student life in 
 1839 to 1848, when he removed to Buffalo, where he has ever 
 since resided practicing his profession. B}' an observance of 
 industry and application through life Mr. Tanner has been suc- 
 cessful in accumulating wealth and attaining to positions of 
 trust. He has held the offices of City Comptroller, Member 
 of the Common Council, Police Justice, and U. S. Assessor 
 of the 30th district- of N. V. Mr. T. has been twice married ; 
 his first wife died in 1852, leaving him two daughters, now li\'- 
 ing in New York. One of whom is Imogene Brown, famous 
 as a church singer and vocalist. He has four sons by his pres- 
 ent wife, two of whom are at present, 1882, clerks in his ofifice. 
 
 The Wibert Family. 
 
 James S. Wibert mo\-ed from the suburbs of Rochester, N. 
 Y., to Erie count)' about the year 1830, and finall)' settled in 
 what was designated as " Tubb's Hollow " now Eden valley, 
 where he became proi)rietor of the old tavern so familiar to 
 the older residents .of the county. At the time of his settle- 
 ment in the hollow he was a widower, his children being seven 
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9H BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 in number, viz. : three sons and four daughters, namely, 
 Phoebe H., Anna Maria, Jane Martha, Mary Esther. Thomas 
 Wilham and Isaac, of whom Thomas, Isaac and Jane Martha 
 are deceased. The three surviving daughters are widows, 
 Phoebe H., being the widow of Dr. Battey, residing in Buffalo, 
 and Anna Maria widow of David Gallaway (one of the pioneers 
 of Battle Creek, Mich.) and now resides there, and Mary E., 
 widow of Francis Burt, formerly of Buffalo, also now residing 
 in Battle Creek, Mich. Shortly after becoming a resident of 
 the county, Mr. Wibert married Clara Howard, of Hamburg, 
 who became the mother of two boys, James S., and Henry H. 
 On the 4th day of April, 1841, the day upon which President 
 William Henry Harrison expired, Mrs. Wibert died. Her two 
 sons named above, were sent to reside with Mary and William 
 Taber, an estimable family, members of the Society of Friends, 
 and residing in the Town of Collins. They lived for some time 
 with Mr. and Mrs. Taber, and their son-in-law and daughter, 
 Isaac Russell and wife, also of Collins. Subsequently the two 
 boys resided in Buffalo for a time and afterwards again in Col- 
 lins, until, finally, both became residents of the City of New 
 York, where Henry became associated with his brother-in-law 
 the late Isaac Sherman, who did a good deal for the Repub- 
 lican party, and during the late war a confidential friend, asso- 
 ciate and adviser of President Lincoln, who once remarked to 
 a prominent man that he " regarded Mr. Sherman as one of the 
 ablest men "' he had ever met. Mr. Lincoln tendered to Mr. 
 Sherman the position of Secretary of the Treasury, upon the 
 resignation of Secretary Chase. It was during the war period 
 that Henry was the partner of Mr. Sherman in New York, 
 their business being that of dealer in staves. In 1866 the}' re- 
 tired from active busines, since which time Henry and his fam- 
 ily have spent more or less of the Summer seasons in the Town 
 of North Collins and the village of Springville, their Winter 
 residence being in New York. James, for some years past, has 
 been proprietor of the Mansion House, at Mauch Chunk, Pa. 
 James S., their father, died in 1878, at Battle Creek, Mich., in 
 the eighty-eighth year of his age. 
 
KIOCiRAI'HICAI, SKKTCHES. 915 
 
 Caleb Cutler. 
 
 Caleb Cutler was born in Worcester county, Mass., in 1771 ; 
 married Kdna Parkhurst, in Milford, and removed to Wards- 
 boro. Windham count)'. Vt., where he resided until 1.S16, when 
 they came to Willink, Niagara county, now Holland, Erie 
 county, and settled upon lot forty-two, where he resided until 
 his death in 1S51. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler had seven sons and 
 three dauj^hters, one son dyin<^ in infancy, the others all settled 
 in Holland and Sardinia except one. William C. Cutler, third 
 son of the above, was born in Wardsboro, Windham county, 
 Vt., Nov. 21, 1 801, and came with the family to Holland in 
 1 8 16. In 1828, March 9, he was united in marriage to Mary 
 Moray, by whom he has had twelve children, of whom eight 
 are living, four having died in infanc}'. William A., born Nov. 
 14, 1828; Tirzah A., born Sept. 17. 1830, died 1855; Maria, 
 born May 4, 1833 I Eda, born Jan. 20, 1835 ; Tirzah A., born 
 July 7, 1837 ; Hobert, born July 28, 1839 ^ Mary, born Nov. 23, 
 1841; Florence, born Feb. 12, 1844; Edward born July 21, 
 1847, died Jan. 3, 1848; Abagail, born Nov. 26, 1848, died 
 Oct. 19, 1850; Abagail 2d, born July 13, 1851. Mr. Cutler 
 says at one time he wanted a barrel of salt, he took a load of 
 oats to Buffalo for which he was offered eleven and one-half 
 cents, salt was five dollars per barrel. This example will show 
 the difference between what the farmers had to sell, and to 
 buy in those days. 
 
 Asa Rausoiu. 
 
 Asa Ransom, of Geneva, N. Y., came to Buffalo in the Fall 
 of 1796. It is said that his was the first family that brought 
 into Erie county the habits and refinements of civilized life, 
 and it is said, too, that he was the first white man to locate 
 land with a view of obtaining a legal title, all the claims pre- 
 vious had been merely on the sufferance of the Indians. In 
 1799, he removed to Clarence Hollow, where he opened a 
 tavern, and where Asa Ransom, Jr., was born, and in 1804 or 
 '05, he erected a saw mill and grist mill there. This was the 
 first mill for grinding wheat in the county, and for several 
 years it supplied the settlers north of the reservation with the 
 " staff of life." In 1807, town meeting was held at Clarence 
 
91 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Hollow hotel, and its worthy landlord, Asa Ransom, was 
 elected Supervisor. This year, the militia of the western part 
 of Genesee county had formed into a regiment, and Mr. Ran- 
 som was appointed Lieutenant-colonel commanding. The 
 term of this ofifice to him was brief, for the \'ery next year he 
 had to resign, to accept of the more important position as 
 Sheriff of Erie county, to which he had been appointed, and a 
 similar honor was conferred upon him in 1812 and '13. In 
 1818, Mr. Ransom retired from the office after being ap- 
 pointed four times, and discharging the duties something over 
 ten years. 
 
 Asa Ransom Jr. 
 
 Son of the former, was born at Clarence Hollow, June, 1801. 
 and is tJic oldest person lunv Ihntig horn in Eric connty, Mr. 
 R. possesses in an eminent degree the sterling qualities of his 
 sire, and he has been an important factor in the growth and 
 prosperity of his adopted town (Grand Island). Soon after 
 attaining his majority, he was united in marriage to Miss Betsey 
 S. Clark, daughter of Archibald S. Clark, a prominent actor in 
 the early settlement of the county. In 1837, M^'- Ransom re- 
 moved to the Town of Grand Island, and invested quite exten- 
 sively in lands, and ever since this town has been his home. 
 In 1867 and '68, he represented the town on the Board of 
 Supervisors. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom raised a large family, 
 seven of whom are living. 
 
 FAMILY RECORD. 
 
 *Levant, born Jan. 21, 1825; Ellen C, born May i, 1826; 
 married W. D. Witner, lives in Kansas ; Mary A., born April 
 23, 1827 ; married Harvey Booth; Archibald S.. born Aug. 21, 
 1828; died March 14, 1829; Clark, born Nov. 7. 1829; mar- 
 ried Saphronia Cutter ; Sarah, born Nov. 29, 1830; married J. 
 D. Vandervort ; Harry B., born Nov. 30, 1832; married Zitella 
 Benedict; Catherine, born Oct 6, 1834; died May 11, 1836; 
 Betsey L., born May 11, 1836; married A. G. Kent; Asa, Jr., 
 born Nov. 20, 1839; drowned June 8, 1872, in the Niagara 
 river; James T., born Dec. 13, 1841 ; died Nov. 1 (, 187L 
 
 ♦Levant has been Supervisor of his town. 
 
Hioc.KAriiicAi, sKi:i( iiKs. 917 
 
 Harry B. Hansom, 
 
 Fourth son of Asa Ransom, Jr., was educated for the profes- 
 sion of medicine. But like his ancestors he has been more or 
 less in the active duties of business. For a time he owned and 
 operated a steam ferry that plied between the Island and the 
 main lands, cultivates a farm and has taken a very active part 
 in public affairs. Represented his town on the Board of Super- 
 visors in 1S66, ^(^J, '68, '69 and '74, and was a Member of As- 
 sembly in 1870, '71 and '75. 
 
 .Taiue8 B. Titus. 
 
 James B., son of Robert Titus, whose father's name was 
 Timothy Titus, was born in Hebron, Conn., on the 19th day of 
 Jul}-, 1794. At an early at^e he emigrated to Ostego county, 
 in this state, and on the 2d clay of January, 18 17, married 
 Esther Yeomans, daughter of Sterling Yeomans, of Richfield, 
 Ostego county. With his young wife, who was four years 
 younger than himself, he started on horse-back for the " Far 
 West," as the Holland Purchase was then known, and settled 
 in the easterh' part of the Town of Eden, taking an " article " 
 for a piece of land, on the road called the " Town Line. The 
 Village of Buffalo had scarcely emerged from her fiery ordeal, 
 and evidences of the depredations of the British were yet visi- 
 ble, when they journeyed through to their new home. Roads 
 were then unknown in that locality, and " blazed " trees were 
 the guides which directed the w'eary traveler on his way. Plere 
 began a life of labor and of hardship. The giant tree fell be- 
 fore the axe in the hands of the hardy pioneer and grain and 
 grass were soon seen, where, for time unknown, the sunlight 
 had been hidden from the fruitful earth h\ the leafy forest. 
 But labor and love brought health and happiness, and a moder- 
 ate degree of prosperit\^ Mr. T. was prominent in all neigh- 
 borhood enterprises ; for a long number of years he was deacon 
 in the Free Baptist church, and in the militia of the state, rose 
 from the ranks to the ofifice of Colonel, which he held but a 
 short time, by reason of the pecuniary burdens it imposed up- 
 on him. In 183 1, he moved from the " Town Line " down to 
 the creek, where a comfortable house was standing provided 
 with those early luxuries, a big fire-place and a " Dutch oven " 
 
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 along side , here he raised his increasing family and spent the 
 happy days of his life ; with but few wants, knowing but little 
 of the misery of the outside world, with good neighbors, pos- 
 sessed of a firm belief in the teachings of Christ and with the 
 aid of an unusually worthy wife, his cup of happiness was 
 nearly full ; here he inculcated in his children those lessons of 
 virtue and morality, which so prominently distinguished the 
 early pioneer from many of the later settlers of the Holland 
 Purchase. In March, 1839, ^^- Titus died after a short ill- 
 ness, leaving his wife with her children to battle alone, and nobly 
 did she do it ; she continued living on the farm keeping her 
 family together, and by industry and that frugal economy 
 which characterized the early settler, she managed to take care 
 of her almost helpless children for nearly six years, when 
 broken in health and spirits, she was prostrated with a linger- 
 ing sickness, and for many years continued an almost helpless in- 
 valid. During the time her family had grown up, some having 
 married and left home, and the rest taking care of the farm, 
 and each contributing his mite in supporting and keeping the 
 household together. Nearly eighteen years ago, the old home- 
 stead was sold, and strangers dwell where so many happy events 
 occurred, and around which cluster memories sweet and beau- 
 tiful in the green of distant youth, to many a saddened heart. 
 The children of James B. Titus are: Nancy, born in 1818; 
 Celina, born in 1820; Dolly, born in 1824; James B,, born in 
 1826; Sterling, born in 1831 ; Amy, born in 1833 ; and Robert 
 C, born in 1839. Orlando Titus, who was born in 1835, died 
 at his home in Eden, in March, 1882. James B. Titus lives in 
 the Town of Concord . 
 
 Sterling Titus came to Concord in 1866, and is now living in 
 the town of Sardinia, just across the east line of Concord, 
 where Esther, his mother, who is now eighty-four years old, is 
 now living. She is still in possession of her faculties, and can 
 tell many interesting stories of the privations and hardships, 
 and of the pleasures too, of pioneer life. Robert C. Titus is 
 lix'ing in Buffalo, practicing his profession, the law. He is at 
 present the State Senator of this district, having been elected 
 the second time. Of the girls, all are living: Nancy Gail, at 
 West Falls; Dolly Dayton, at Clarksburg; Celina Richardson 
 
r.IOtiKAI'IIICAL SKETCIIKS. 9I9 
 
 and Amy Fryc, at Springville, in this county. Robert C Titus 
 is truly a self-made man, and step by step has he risen through 
 efforts of his own, until at the present he stands in the front 
 ranks of the bar of Erie county. In 1877, he was elected Dis- 
 trict Attorney of Erie county, by over two thousand majority 
 being the only one elected that year on his ticket. In 1881, 
 be was elected State Senator by over five thousand majority, 
 and again re-elected in 1883 by nearly one thousand majority, 
 running some two thousand five hundred ahead of the State 
 ticket . 
 
 fTosepli Kent. 
 
 Joseph Kent, an early pioneer of Holland, came from Cor- 
 inth, Orange county, Vt., in 181 1, and located with his family 
 in what is now Holland, Erie county, N. Y. Although in em- 
 barrassed circumstances, Mr. Kent would not leave his creditors 
 until they were fully paid. For that purpose he applied for assist- 
 ance to some of his neighbors, who were intending to move to 
 the same place. His neighbors having confidence in his integrity, 
 assisted him to pay his debts. But before he could provide a 
 home ]f or his family and by his best endeavors pay these new 
 obligations, he sickened and died, leaving his family in desti- 
 tute circumstances. Well might his creditors conclude that in 
 paying the debt of nature he had paid all he could pay, and his 
 debts were canceled. But it was not so to be ; his sons, al- 
 though with the family to support, labored with energy and an 
 honest purpose till the last dollar was paid, and the father w^as 
 •nobly honored by his sons. Need more be said ? 
 
 Jonathan Kent. 
 
 Jonathan Kent, son of Joseph, was born in Corinth, Orange 
 county, Vt., in 1799. He removed with his father to Holland 
 in 181 1, where he has ever since resided. May 15, 1825, he 
 was united in marriage to Polly Davis, who was born Jan. 9, 
 1807. They have five children : 
 
 Albert H., born Jan. 4, 1827. Mary L., born March 30, 
 1831 ; died April 14, 1841. Corydon C, born Oct. 31, 1836; 
 married Fanny Smith, by whom he had one son, Carlton. 
 Ellen, born Sept. 26, 1846. 
 
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 Corydon is traveling for the Buffalo Scale company. Albert 
 married Hannah Smith ; is a successful farmer and lives in 
 Holland. 
 
 Josepli Cooper. 
 
 Joseph Cooper was a native of Massachusetts, but in early 
 life removed to Vermont. His wife's name was Dolly Page. 
 They have had six children : 
 
 Joseph, married Lydia Dustin. Hannah, married Jonathan 
 Colby, in Vermont. Dolly, man'ied Benjamin Crook. Leon- 
 ard, married Eliza Humphrey. Eleanor, married Lj-man 
 Clark. Samuel, married Sally Nutting. 
 
 In 1811 Joseph Cooper emigrated from Vermont and located 
 in Holland, Erie county, N. Y.; then Willink, Niagara county, 
 on the north part of lot sixty-three, where he resided until his 
 death, at the age of eighty-seven years. 
 
 Samuel, third son of the preceding, was born in Corinth, 
 Orange county, Vt., Aug. 1 1, 1800, and came with his father to 
 Holland in 181 1. He still owns and occupies the homestead 
 he helped to redeem from the wilderness. He married .Sally 
 Nutting, and has a family of five children : 
 
 Page, married Valona Sweet and lives in Holland. Mary- 
 ette, married Seth Cooper. Julia, unmarried. Emma, un- 
 married. Grace, married R. J. Sellek. 
 
 Charles E. Young. 
 
 Charles E. Young was born at Williamsville, Erie count}-, 
 N. Y., Oct. 26, 1816. He received his education at the com- 
 mon school, with the exception of one year at the Military 
 School. On leaving school he located in Buffalo, and learned 
 the trade of book-binding and blank book manufacturing, 
 commencing business in 1838. May 27, 1842, he was united in 
 marriage to Aurora M. Barnes, b}- whom he had five children : 
 
 Charles Edward, born in 1844, died in infancy. Charles 
 Fletcher, born July 11, 1846; married, has one child. Albert 
 Barnes, born Oct. 20, 1848; married Oct. 20, 1870, to Lizzie 
 Dixon, of Buffalo. His children are : William Dixon and Alice 
 Fletcher, (ieorge F'oster, born Feb. 28, 1851. Aug. 23, 1854, 
 
BI()t;RAl'lIICAL SKETCHES. 921 
 
 he was married to Eva M. Knight. They have one child. 
 They live in Texas. Clara Lovina, born Sept. 8, 1855. 
 
 Mr. Young was first elected a member of the Board of 
 Supervisors in 1854, from the Second Ward in Buffalo; after- 
 ward from the Tenth, which he continued to represent, with 
 two or three intermissions, to the time of his death. He was 
 intelligent and energetic, and in whatever position placed, dis- 
 charged his duty with fidelity and ability. He was several 
 times elected Chairman of the Board. 
 
 Ebenezer liOck^vood. 
 
 Ebenezer Lockwood, the son of Timothy and Abagail M. 
 Lockwood, was born at Greenwich, Fairfield county, Conn., 
 July 4, 1776. His father was Captain of a company of minute 
 men in the war of the Revolution, and would often relate the 
 following incident, of which Ebenezer was an eye-witness. 
 The Captain had left his company and was with his family. 
 Early in the morning his wife was aroused by the report of fire- 
 arms, and called out to him, " The Red Coats are coming ! 
 He replied, " Oh, no ! " Soon after she heard a second volley, 
 and called out more earnestly, " The Red Coats are coming! " 
 He said, " Oh, no ! The men are only cleaning out their mus- 
 kets." A moment after she vociferated, " The Red Coats are 
 in sight ! " At this he instantly apprehended that the enemy 
 were in the road between him and his company, and there was 
 no time to lose. He jumped from his bed, took his outer gar- 
 ments in his hand, ran toward his company across a salt 
 meadow, at the time covered with water. This movement 
 attracted the attention of the enemy, who sent their bullets 
 after him, which the subject of this sketch, though not five 
 years of age, remembered to have seen skip on the water near 
 his father. 
 
 These hardships and exposures brought on disease of which 
 he died before the close of the war. His son, Ebenezer, was 
 as soon as of suitable age, apprenticed to a man in New York 
 city to learn the shoemaker's trade. At the age of nineteen, 
 the master signified his intention to whip him for some delin- 
 quency, and he departed without leave, in quest of a friend in 
 
922 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 what is now South East, Putnam county, N. Y., with the 
 hope of obtaining the means with which to purchase his time. 
 This was readily done and he was honorably discharged. 
 
 At this place he made the acquaintence of Betsey Seymour 
 whom he married before he was twenty-one years of age. In 
 i8i6, when they removed to the Holland Purchase, the family 
 consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood. Nathaniel, who returned 
 to Dutchess county where he married and ever after resided. 
 Jesse, who was twice made Justice of the Court of Sessions of 
 Erie county. Orin, who was elected Sheriff of Erie 
 county. Timothy, who became an eminent physician, 
 practicing first in Hamburg, afterwards in the City of Buffalo, 
 of which city he was Mayor for one term. 
 
 Harrison, who died, leaving one son, Daniel N., who has 
 served one term in the Congress of the United States, taking 
 a position in that body seldom reached by a new member. 
 Stephen, born in Erie county, who was elected County Judge 
 of his native county. Melinda, who married Salmon Washburn, 
 late of Boston, Erie county, and Maria, who became the wife 
 of Daniel R, Newton, late of Hamburgh. 
 
 Marcus L. Lockwood, son of Philo, served as a Member of 
 the Legislature of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Mr. Lockwood cared for his children and they were a blessing 
 to him, aiding him very materially in clearing his farm, and 
 erecting his buildings. As he had no money or lands to bestow, 
 he gave each of his sons his time at the age of eighteen : no 
 inconsiderable endowment to a youth of that age if properly 
 utilized. He moved in a humble sphere, but acted well his 
 part : " Here all the honor lies." 
 
 He lived to the ripe age of eighty-four, and died at the 
 residence of his son Jesse, the favorite of the family, especially 
 of the children, of whom he was in turn very fond and indul- 
 gent. 
 
 David Stickney, Jr 
 
 David Stickney, Jr., and his wife Hannah, were the parents 
 of ten children — nine boys and one girl, all born in the Town of 
 Sardinia : 
 
 Edwin, Charles, Everett, Mary Jane, George Albert, Austin, 
 
HIOGRAl'HICAI, SKHTCIIKS. 923 
 
 Cassius, Julius and Wilmot. Seven of the ten are still liv^ing. 
 
 Mary Jane, the only daughter, died when eight years of age. 
 Albert and Julius died soon after they became of age. 
 
 Austin N. Stickney, the subject of this sketch, was born in 
 Sardinia, Dec. 22, 1841 ; lived there until the Spring of 1854, 
 when his parents sold out and moved to Illinois, taking the 
 boys with them. In the August following, his parents and 
 grandfather were stricken down with cholera, all dying within 
 the space of two weeks, Austin returned to Sardinia soon 
 after ; worked on a farm from that time till the War broke out ; 
 enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Company A, New York 
 Volunteers — a two years' regiment ; served his time and re- 
 turned home; married Martha J. Matteson, daughter of Charles 
 and Diana Matteson, of Sardinia ; Engaged in the mercantile 
 business at Holland village in the Spring of 1873 ; continued in 
 the business up to the Spring of 1883; was appointed chairman 
 of the purchasing and auditing committee for Erie county, an 
 office created by the Legislature of 1883, the duties of which 
 consisted in purchasing the supplies used in the city and county 
 hall, the jail, penitentiary and almshouse ; the following Fall, 
 he was elected keeper of the Erie County penitentiary, by a 
 majority of six hundred and twenty-three. 
 
 Austin and Martha Stickney have but one child, a daughter, 
 Floy Bell, born in Holland, July 22, 1873. 
 
 Aimer White, 
 
 An active and useful man in community, came to Concord at 
 an early day, and followed the business of farming, cattle buy- 
 ing and driving. Cattle raising fifty or sixty years ago was 
 universal among the farmers, and this stock generally found a 
 market East. Large droves would be bought up and driven 
 to market early in the Fall. Mr. White followed this business 
 quite extensively, besides he owned and conducted a farm. In 
 the Winter of 1859 he was stricken down with consumption, 
 and died the following Summer. He reared a large family of 
 children of which only three are living, viz : — William, Edwin,' 
 and a daughter. 
 
924 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Williaiu White, 
 
 Son of Aimer, is a farmer, and lives in Zoar. He was united 
 in marriage July 3, i85i,to Miss Cordelia Hammond, by whom 
 he has three children, viz : — Aimer, born Aug. 4, 1852 ; Clark, 
 born Aug. 23, 1854, and Charlotte L., born Jan. 6 1861. Mrs. 
 White died in 1862. Mr. White was again married July 4, 
 1 87 1, to Miss Mary Baker, by whom he has one child, viz : — 
 Maria, born July 27, 1880. 
 
 Aimer White, 
 
 Son of William is a farmer and resides in Zoar. On March 
 4, 1875 he was married to Miss Jennie Baker, by whom he has 
 four children, viz: — Grace, born June 2, 1876; Nellie, born 
 September, 19, 1878; Alma, born April 6, 1880, and Mabel, 
 born Jan. 28, 1882. 
 
 Clark White, 
 
 Second son of William, is a farmer and lives in Zoar. Oct. 3, 
 1876 he was married to Miss Lucy E. Babcock, by whom he 
 has one child, viz :— Ward, born Aug. 17, 1878. 
 
 Harvey J. Tucker, 
 
 Third son of Nathaniel Tucker, was born in the town of Brant, 
 Erie county, N. Y., May 23, 1844. His father was born in the 
 town of North Collins in 18 17, and was a son of Abram and 
 Anna Tucker, who were of the first settlers there in 18 10, and 
 who have the credit of erecting the first log cabin in what is 
 now North Collins. Harvey's youth, up to his twelfth year, 
 was passed upon his father's farm. The Summers were spent 
 in the duties and labors of farming, and the Winters were de- 
 voted to the district school. In the Summer of 1866, young 
 Harvey was thrown from a mowing machine and had his right 
 hand severed just below the elbow. The loss of this useful 
 member banished all thoughts in his mind of ever becoming a 
 farmer, and he turned his attention to a profession. Two years 
 he attended school at the Gowanda Academy, and again two 
 years at the Oberlin College. At the age of seventeen he 
 entered the law-office of Horace Boise, at Hamburg, where he 
 remained one year. His room-mate and fellow student 
 while there was Senator Robert C. Titus. Both were 
 
IJIOGRAl'lIKAL SKKTCHES. ' 925 
 
 compelled to teach district school Winters to defray ex- 
 penses. The next year Mr. Tucker entered the law office of 
 Austin & Austin of Buffalo, where he remained one year. The 
 }-ear 1863 was the darkest in our national calendar and the 
 yountr law student, then but seventeen years old and with only 
 one haml listened to the call of his country, and he enlisted 
 that Winter a company of one hundred men for the 24tii Reg- 
 iment NewVork Volunteer Cavalry and received a commission 
 as First Lieutenant of Company M, same Rec^iment. Before 
 the Regiment entered active service Lieutenant Tucker resigned 
 and was appointed Sutler of the same Regiment, a position he 
 held until the close of the war. The next year he passed in 
 the Oil Regions. Then he returned to his native town and 
 opened a country store, at North Collins, and the same year, 
 June 10, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Emily Tucker. 
 He remained in business at the latter place until 1872, when he 
 sold out and removed to Buffalo. In January, 1873 he was 
 appointed Assistant Keeper of the Erie County Alms House, 
 a position he held for one year, when he resigned to accept the 
 appointment of Keeper of the Insane Asylum, where he re- 
 mained four years, at the expiration of which he again returned 
 to Buffalo and entered into a partnership with a brother, in the 
 commission trade, continuing this business until 1880, when 
 he was appointed Jailor of Erie county, a place he occupied 
 two years, when he resigned and purchased a lease of the Tre- 
 mont House of Buffalo, and still remains its genial and popular 
 landlord. 
 
 Mr. Tucker has always been a staunch Republican and has 
 taken an active part in politics. 
 
 Aloiizo U. LoekAvood. 
 
 Alonzo U. Lockwood was born in East Hamburg, Erie 
 county, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1829. He is one of a family of eight 
 children, four boys and four girls. 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Waite, the only surviving sister, is still a resi- 
 dent of East Hamburg: the other girls having died when 
 young ladies. 
 
 His three brothers. Philander. George, and Lafayette, are all 
 residents of the county, and prominent citizens of the localities 
 in which thev li\e. 
 
926 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 In 1857, ^^- Lockwood married Cornelia A. Skinner, daugh- 
 ter of Palmer Skinner, of East Hamburg, and in 1864, moved 
 into the town of Boston, and in the year 1873, represented his 
 town on the Board of Supervisors. The year following, he 
 moved to West Falls, where he still lives, enjoying the reputa- 
 tion of being a gentleman and a man of honor. 
 
 Archibald G. Preston. 
 
 Mr. Preston's father, Joel Preston, was born near Providence^ 
 R. I., Sept. 23, 1797, and was married there in 181 5, to Lucinda 
 Griffith, sister of the late Archibald Griffith, of Concord. They 
 lived in Providence until 1824, when they moved to Otsego 
 county, N Y., where they remained until 1840, when they 
 moved to Concord, where they lived until their deaths : Mr. 
 Preston died Dec. 9, 1861 ; Mrs. Preston died April 23, 1868. 
 
 Their children were, Curtis O., born 18 16, lives in Wisconsin. 
 Amarilla, born 1818, married Walter Bates, lives in Pennsylva- 
 nia. Joseph, born 1820, died in infancy. Sarah M.,born 1822, 
 died 1825. Archibald G., born Dec. 6, 1824. James F., born 
 1826, died 1829. Lucinda, born 1828, died 1829. Mary A,, 
 born 1830, married S. J. Parker, and died in Arcade, in 1862. 
 Edwin W., born 1832, died in rebel prison on Bell Island ; was 
 a member of 24th Iowa Regiment. Eugene L., born in 1835, 
 lives in Missouri. Sarah M., born 1839, married Wm. Lord, 
 lives in Adrian, Michigan. 
 
 Archibald G. Preston was born in Otsego county, N. Y.; 
 came to Concord with his father's family, where he lived until 
 1854, when he went to California, via Nicaraugua route ; was 
 there three years, during which time he helped survey the route 
 for the first railroad built in California. He returned to Con- 
 cord, where he remained until 1866, when he removed to York- 
 shire, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., where he now resides. He 
 was a member of the N. Y. State Guards, and has been Com- 
 missioner of Highways in Yorkshire. 
 
 Mr. Preston has been twice married : first in 1849, to Susan 
 King; second in 1862. to Melvina Smith, daughter of the late 
 Calvin Smith, of Concord. They have one son, Arthur E. 
 born Nov. 7, 1863. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 927 
 
 William AV TjUavsoh. 
 
 Mis father, Richard Lawscm, canic to l^uffalo from Li\'cr- 
 pool, En<;land, about forty years ago, and became one of the 
 leading, active business men of the city. He was possessed of 
 a large amount of real estate in the lower portion of the city, 
 was proprietor of the old Commercial Hotel, and the " Rob 
 Roy" House, that old Buffalonians will readily call to mind. 
 He died about fourteen years ago, leaving four children — two 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 William W. Lawson, the subject of this notice, was born in 
 Buffalo on the i6th of June, 1845. He was educated in the 
 public schools of the city and subsequently a graduate at 
 Bryant & Stratton's College, where he received a thorough 
 business education. After leaving the College he entered the 
 service of Mr. David Bell, an extensive foundryman and 
 machinist, with the view of learning a trade. Not fancying a 
 mechanical calling, after a few months with Mr. Bell, he changed 
 his plans, and went into business with his father-in-law, Mr. 
 James Farthing, an extensive stock dealer and butcher. The 
 concern bought and sold cattle at East Buffalo, upon a large 
 scale, kept an extensive slaughter-house, and maintained a 
 popular retail market on Main street, corner of Eagle street, 
 for a number of years. He was first elected to the ofifice of 
 Supervisor in 1871, from a strong Democratic ward by a decis- 
 ive majority, and after a year's acceptable service in the Board, 
 he was re-elected in 1872. 
 
 In 1874, Mr. Lawson was elected to the Assembly from the 
 Second Assembly District, consisting of the Second, Third, 
 Fourth and Sixth wards. In the Assembly Mr. Lawson was a 
 memberof the Committees of Privileges and Elections and Pub- 
 lic Printing. In 1875, he was renominated. The result was a 
 majority of 1,194, a gain of more than one thousand from the 
 previous year. During his second term Mr. Lawson wasChair- 
 man of the Committee on Petitions of Aliens, and a member 
 of the Committees on Commerce and Navigation, and Printing. 
 
 He was an effective committee worker, and was assiduous in 
 attending to the duties of his ofifice and in looking after the 
 interests of his constituents. The Republicans of the county 
 placed him in nomination for the office of Sheriff in 1876, and 
 
928 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 he became a candidate for a more important office and before 
 a larger constituency. The canvass occurred during a Presi- 
 dential campaign and the contest was a spirited one and des- 
 perately fought. The Democracy nominated a popular candi- 
 date and an experienced politician, and Mr. Lawson suffered 
 defeat. 
 
 When three years had rolled around he was again made the 
 party's standard bearer for the office of Sheriff. The unanim- 
 ity of the convention gave him a good send-off in the canvass 
 and he came out of the conflict with victorious banners flying, 
 on which was inscribed a majority of over five thousand. Air. 
 Lawson entered upon the duties of the office of Sheriff, Janu- 
 ary I, 1880, and discharged them for three years with general 
 satisfaction to the public and with credit to himself. 
 
 On March 4th, 1864, Air. Lawson married Adelia J. Farthing, 
 daughter of James Farthing of Buffalo. Four children— two 
 sons and two daughters — have been born to them making a 
 happy family of a half a dozen, equally divided as to sex, that 
 are cozily domiciled in a newly completed mansion on Rich- 
 mond avenue. 
 
 A. Bartholomew, Esq. 
 
 Mr. Bartholomew was born in North Collins, Feb. 28, 1837. 
 Attended school in Springville in 1853 or '54, and graduated 
 at the State Normal School at Albany in 1857. Mr. Bartholo- 
 mew has taught twenty-three terms of school in thirteen dif- 
 ferent towns of Erie county. After graduating at the Normal 
 School, he studied law with Hon. C. C. Severance, of Spring- 
 ville. Was admitted to the bar Nov. 13, 1861, and commenced 
 practicing at Hamburg in 1866 ; came to Buffalo in [870, where 
 he has since practiced his profession. 
 
 He was married in 1864, to Florence Cutler of Holland, N. 
 Y. They have four children, viz.: 
 
 Alice ]M.,born June 25, 1866. Nellie C, born April 23, 1868. 
 Edward W., born Dec. 25, 1870. Glenni A., born Oct. 16, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Bartholomew had eight brothers and sisters viz.: 
 
 John P. resides near Aleadville, Pa. Alary married Charles 
 Winner and resides in North Collins. Elizabeth married Chris- 
 tian Burgot and resides in North Collins. Catharine resides in 
 
liKXIRAPIIICAL SKErCFIP:S. 929 
 
 Buffalo. John A. died in Chicago in 1878. Charles resides in 
 North Collins. Phoebe died young. Abram, the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 Mr. Bartholomew's father, Philip Bartholomew, was born at 
 Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, April 4, 1790. He was four 
 years in Napoleon's army. He came to this country in 1836, 
 and settled on lot thirt\'-six, Collins. Died Aug. 24, 1863. 
 
 Joseph P. Sampson. 
 
 Mr. Sampson's grandfather, Peter Sampson, Jr., was born in 
 Taunton, Mass., in 1747. He married Elizabeth Perry, in 1773. 
 Of their thirteen children, Peter Sampson, Jr., father of Joseph 
 P., \\as the eldest ; he 'vas born in New Salem., Mass., Dec. 
 30, 1773, and was married in 1793 to Sarah Kellogg. They 
 had a family of thirteen children : 
 
 Sally, born 1793, died in 1796. Gamaliel, born 1795, died 
 in 1870. Lucy, born in 1796; married Mr. Maklem, and died 
 about 1870. Sally (2d) born 1798; married William Shultus, 
 and since died. Sandford P., born in 1800, died in 1825. Han- 
 nah, born in 1802 ; married Truman Bensley, and died in 1854. 
 John H., born 1805, died in 1829. Roxana, born 1809. 
 Elizabeth, born in 1813 ; married Dr. Poole, of Springville, and 
 died in 1843. Nancy, born 181 5, Joseph P., born Nov. 5, 
 1819. Peter M., born 1810; died in 1845. Frank S., born 
 — , died in 1849. 
 
 Peter Sampson, Jr., moved with his family to Concord in 
 18 16, from New Salem, Mass., making the entire journey with 
 cart and oxen. He located on lot twenty, township six, rano-e 
 six. Soon after coming, he took the contract for carrying" the 
 mail from Buffalo to Olean, via Townsend Hill, Springville and 
 Ellicottville. It was the first regular mail carried between those 
 points. P>om Buffalo to Springville. he drove a wagon first 
 then a coach. From Spring\'ille to Olean the route, the ""reater 
 part of the way, led through the wilderness ; this stage of the 
 journey was made on horseback. Joseph P. speaks of accom- 
 panying his father on the same horse, when a boy, to learn 
 the wa)-, and afterwards being sent occasionally over the route 
 alone. 'Sir. Sampson carried the mail about ten years. 
 
 After some years' residence in Concord, he moved to 
 
930 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Ashford, Cattaraugus county, where he served as Supervisor of 
 that town eight years and was also Justice of the Peace" about 
 the same length of time. Mr. Sampson was well and favorably 
 known in Erie and Cattaraugus counties. He died in Ashford, 
 Dec. 8, 1836. 
 
 Joseph P. Sampson was born in Concord ; resided in Ash- 
 ford until 1868, when he moved to Yorkshire, Cattaraugus 
 county, where he has since lived, except two years spent in 
 Springville and five in Arcade. Is a farmer ; was married 
 Jan. 27, 1853, to Mrs. Mary A. Hakes. They have one son, 
 Joseph F., born March 22, 1859 • married Nellie Mclntyre. 
 
 From the United S'ates Biographical Dictionary of Illinois, published in 1876. 
 Joliu R. Bensley. 
 
 Mr. John Russell Bensley was born on the first of May, 
 1833, at Springville, Erie county, N. Y., and is the son of Eaton 
 Bensley and Sophia {ut'r) Russell, both of whom were 
 among the pioneers and early settlers of Concord. His father 
 was a soldier in the war of 18 12. Mr. Bensley received his 
 education at Springville Academy. At the age of eighteen he 
 began life as a clerk in a country store and acted in this capacity 
 for three years when he purchased the stock of his employer 
 and became proprietor. In 1857 he removed to Du Page county 
 Illinois and in 1858 located in Chicago, establishing himself as 
 a general commission merchant, in which business he has con- 
 tinued until the present time. 
 
 From a small beginning he has steadily advanced, keeping 
 pace with the growth of the city, until he stands at the head of 
 two of the most prominent houses in Chicago, whose business 
 transactions arc surpassed in magnitude b}' but few firms in the 
 city. 
 
 In 1868 the firm extended their business to the live stock 
 trade, under the separate firm name of Bensley Brothers & Co., 
 and this business has grown to be scarcely less important than 
 their grain trade. 
 
 Mr. Bensley is an able, shrewd and careful business man, and 
 he has held various official positions in connection with the 
 Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, of which he has long 
 been a member. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Com- 
 
BKXJRAPHICAL SKKTCIIKS. 931 
 
 niittee of Arbitration. In 1872 he was chosen a member of the 
 Board of Directors, and in 1874 was elected Vice-President. In 
 1 876 he was elected its President by a handsome majority. In 
 1873 he was appointed b\' Governor Beverai^c a member of the 
 Committee of Appeals on <^rain inspection for the State of Illi- 
 nois. In 1876 was made President of the Board of Trustees of 
 H}'de l^irk, where he resides. 
 
 He was married in 1854 to Miss Mary A. White, daughter of 
 Aimer White of Concord. She died in 1862. He was again 
 married to Miss Augusta F. Fuller, daughter of Elijah Fuller, 
 of Wyoming county, N. Y. 
 
 Always genial and courteous in manner, overflowing with 
 good humor, generous to a fault, everywhere a pleasant com- 
 panion ; he especially delights in the endearments of home 
 and brings his choicest offerings to the shrine of the household 
 gods. Mr. Bensley freely ascribes much of his success to the 
 powerful auxiliaries of home influences, where his efforts have 
 always been seconded by intelligent co-operation and courageous 
 self-sacrificing support. 
 
 Since the above was written, Mr. B. has held various respon- 
 sible positions on the Board of Trade, as member of committee 
 of appeals ; chairman of a committee to secure a location and 
 erect suitable buildings for the accommodation of the Board — 
 a labor of no small magnitude when we consider the amount of 
 money required and the conflicting interests to be harmonized 
 or overcome. All difficulties have been surmounted and a 
 commodious building is well under way. He is also President 
 of Hyde Park, an extensive municipality adjoining the City of 
 Chicago. But perhaps no one thing so clearly demonstrates the 
 entire confidence which men in responsible positions repose in 
 Mr. Bensley, as his appointment as Receiver of the firm of 
 McGeogh, Everingham & Co., the lard kings ; and the prompt- 
 ness, energy and ability with which he discharged that dut\' 
 shows how well that confidence is deserved. 
 
 Geovs'e E. Bensley. 
 
 George E. Bensley was born in Concord, Erie county, N. Y., 
 Sept. 7, 1823. His early life was principally spent on the farm 
 with his parents. In 1850 he purchased of his grandfather. 
 
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 I5IOGRAPHICx\L SKETCHES. 
 
 Deacon John Russell, his farm, together with fifty acres be- 
 longing to his father, and carried on the dairy business until 
 1856, when he sold out the farm and engaged in the grocery 
 trade in the village of Springville, in which he remained until 
 1862. He then closed out the grocery and formed a partner- 
 ship with his brother, J. R. Bensley, in the grain commission 
 business in Chicago, in which he still remains. In 1868 they 
 opened a live stock commission business at the Union Stock 
 Yards, Chicago, where they still continue the business. 
 
 On the 20th of February he was united in marriage with Miss 
 A. L. Tanner, daughter of Deacon Joseph Tanner, of Attica, 
 N. Y. They have had four children : 
 
 The oldest, C. R. Bensley, is interested in the live stock 
 firm. Fllla F., is living Vv'ith her parents. Lottie, died at the 
 age of three years and one month, and George died in infancy. 
 
 For the past thirteen years Mr. Bensley has been an Elder in 
 the Ninth and Sixth Presbyterian churches, but has recently 
 taken a letter and united with the Plymouth Congregational 
 church, which is in many respects more in conformity with his 
 views of church government. 
 
 Albert Haislit. 
 
 Albert Haight, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of 
 the Eighth Judicial District of the State of New York, was 
 born in the town of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., 
 on the 20th of PY^bruary, 1842. His father, Henry Haight, was 
 born at Glen's P'alls, N. Y., where one or two generations of 
 the family had lived before him. When a mere boy he came 
 to Western New York, and found employment as a farm hand 
 in the towns of this county, first in Brant, afterwards in Collins, 
 and finally he located in Elicottville, where he carried on the 
 business of farming on his own account. 
 
 Before leaving this county, Mr. Haight married Miss Sarah 
 Sisson, of Collins, and the subject of this notice was the issue 
 of this union. Mr. Haight moved to Gowanda when Albert 
 was about a year old, and operated a farm in that localit)-, and 
 three years thereafter, in 1846, he returned to this county and 
 settled at West Falls, in the town of Aurora, where he contin- 
 ues to reside upon his well kept farm. 
 
BIOCKAI'IIICAI. SKKTCHKS. 933 
 
 Albert was reared near the little village of West I'^ills. amid 
 the surroundinij;, influences and opportunities that environ 
 country-bred bo\s. And they may have been the very best 
 surroundings after all, and ha\e furnished the necessary discij)- 
 line for subsequent growth and development. The success and 
 eminent attainments of country-bred boys in America are not 
 uncommon. Indeed, it has almost become a settled rule to 
 which exceptions are not numerous, that the most successful 
 men in business in the professions and in public life are country 
 born and reared. 
 
 Mr. Haight had the experience of farmer's boys generally. 
 The needs of the family required his services in " doing chores" 
 and attending to light farm work as soon as he was old enough 
 for these duties. The Winter months were spent in the dis- 
 trict school, and in Summer, farm work absorbed the attention 
 of the future jurist. Wood-chopping, sugar-making, fence- 
 building, plowing, sowing, weeding, haying, harvesting, and 
 such other employments as are incident to farm life were the 
 lot and fortune of young Haight. These labors tended to de- 
 velop his physical strength and to discipline his mental facul- 
 ties for the sterner duties of life. 
 
 After two or three brief terms at select schools. Mr. Haight 
 entered Springville Academy at the age of sixteen, for a semi- 
 nary course of three years. The habits of industry and frugal- 
 ity already inculated by parental example and discipline, taught 
 him the importance of making the best possible use of his time 
 and opportunities. He realized the fact that his future de- 
 pended upon the equipment he was to secure at the brief term 
 for which he had entered the Academy, and he studied accord- 
 ingly. At the end of the three years, he left the institution as 
 well fitted for the duties of a business life as are the average 
 graduates of colleges and universities. 
 
 The reputation Judge Haight made in the office of County 
 Judge led to his selection as a candidate for the office of Jus- 
 tice of the Supreme Court, by the Republican District Con- 
 vention in 1856, a year before his term as County Judge 
 expired. He was elected by a majority of nearly fifteen thou- 
 sand, and entered upon the duties of the of^ce on the first of 
 January, 1877, for a term of fourteen years. It was a respon- 
 
934 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 sible trust for one so young aud inexperienced, but Judge 
 Haight has acquitted himself to the satisfaction of his friends 
 and the public generally. 
 
 During the Seminary course, Mr. Haight taught the village 
 school at West Falls one Winter term, which was the only 
 experience of this character he ever had. Upon leaving the 
 Academy, he came to Buffalo in September, 1861, being then 
 in his twentieth year, with a determination to fit himself for 
 the practice of the law. He was not long in getting an oppor- 
 tunity to study for the profession in the office of Messrs. 
 Sawin & Lockwood, then leading lawyers of the city. Subse- 
 quently he became a law student and clerk in the office of the 
 late Edward Stevens 
 
 In 1863, at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Haight was admitted 
 to the bar as attorney and counsellor, with the right to practice 
 in all the courts of the State. He at once opened an office in 
 the Hollister block on his own account, and solicited the 
 patronage of the public. 
 
 In the year 1872, after a practice of only nine years, and at 
 the age of thirty, Mr. Haight was nominated for the office of 
 County Judge, by the Republicans, and he was elected by a 
 majority of a little over five thousand, in a district that not 
 unfrequently goes Democratic by several hundred. He entered 
 upon the duties of the office of County Judge on the ist of 
 January, 1873, and from the first, although the youngest man 
 who had ever held the office, he attracted the attention and 
 secured the commendation of the bar and the public by the 
 manner in which he administered its duties. He was elected to 
 the office of Supervisor from the Second Ward for three con- 
 secutive terms, before he was elected County Judge, and served 
 in the Board with honor and credit. 
 
 On the 20th of November, 1864, Judge Haight married Miss 
 Angeline Waters, daughter of Mr. Harrison P. Waters, a prom- 
 inent citizen of West Falls, and for about twenty years a justice 
 of the peace of that place. One child, a daughter, is the fruit 
 of this union. 
 
 George Coit. 
 
 George Coit was born in Norwich, Conn., June 10, 1790. 
 After serving as clerk in a drug store in his native town, he, in. 
 
lUOC.RAI'IIICAL SKl-.TCIir.S. 935 
 
 company with a fellow clerk by the name of Townsend, re- 
 moved to Buffalo, in 1811, and engaged in the same busmess, 
 which thev followed until 18 18, when they sold their drug store, 
 and entered largely into the storage and forwarding busmess. 
 Their first warehouse was built at the foot of Commercial street, 
 and the firm Townsend & Coit, and later Townsend & Coit and 
 Thompson & Co., was extensively engaged in the transporta- 
 tion and forwarding business on the Erie Canal, and the lakes. 
 This firm merited and received the confidence of the busmess 
 
 public. 
 
 In 1816, Mr. Coit married a sister of Judge Townsend, by 
 whom he had eight children, two of whom died young. Mrs. 
 Coit died leaving a family of young children. Subsequently he 
 was twice married, but had no children by his second or third 
 wife. Though possessed of ample means, he was content to 
 live in a plain, unostentatious manner ; and possessing decided 
 political opinions, he never aspired to political preferment nor 
 sought notoriety outside his chosen legitimate business. 
 
 Arthur Humplirey. 
 
 A pioneer of the Town of Holland. Walked all the way 
 from Vermont to that town in 1800, and located land upon 
 which he began improving that Summer, and which was his 
 home during life. The following Fall he returned to Vermont 
 in the same way he came, and the next Spring he set out for 
 his claim with his young wife and child, with a team consisting 
 of a yoke of oxen and a horse, hitched to a wagon, and we 
 presume drove " tandem." Arthur Humphrey was a man of 
 sterling integrity and sound judgment, qualities that very soon 
 rendered him a very prominent man in the settlement. Dur- 
 ing the war of 1812 and '15, a stockade was erected upon his 
 farm as security against the British and their bIoodthirst>- 
 allies— the Indians. At an early day he represented his town 
 for several years upon the Board of Supervisors. Mrs. Hum- 
 phrey's maiden name was Althea Morgan, by whom he had 
 six children— three sons and three daughters : Eliza married 
 Deacon Leonard Cooper, of Holland, and died in 1835. The 
 other two daughters are also dead. Isaac, the eldest son, also 
 represented his town upon the Board of Supervisors and was 
 
936 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 appointed Associate Judge of Erie county. About 1840, he 
 went west and at the time the "gold fever" raged he left for 
 the Pacific coast. In 1868, he left California for Victoria, B. 
 C, with the hopes of benefiting his health, which was poor. 
 He soon after died. Arthur K. owned and occupied the old 
 homestead for some years. This he sold and removed to Iowa, 
 and at the present his home is in Nebraska. James M., the 
 youngest son, worked upon the old homestead until he was 
 seventeen years old, but we infer from the very successful 
 career since achieved by Mr. Humphrey in the profession of 
 law, that farming was not his " forte," and we read of him as a 
 student at the Aurora Academy ; then again in wrestling with 
 Coke and Blackstone in the law office of Harlow S. Love, of 
 Buffalo, where he remained for a time and then he returned to 
 Aurora and entered the law office of Albert Sawin, and after 
 reading there for a time, he was admitted to the bar in 1846; 
 here he remained some ten years in the practice of his profes- 
 sion. In 1856, he waselected District Attorney of Erie county, 
 and since that time his home has been in Buffalo. In 1863, he 
 was elected State Senator, and from 1865 to 1869 (two terms), 
 he represented his district in the halls of Congress. Soon after 
 he was appointed by the Governor a Judge of the Superior 
 Court, to fill a vacancy, which he held until the expiration of 
 the term. Since that time Mr, Humphrey has confined him- 
 self to the practice of his profession, being the senior partner 
 of the law firm of Humphrey & Lockwood, which stands in 
 the front ranks of the profession in Buffalo. In 1846, he was 
 united in marriage to a daughter of Jonathan Bowers, one of 
 the early settlers of Aurora. She is a sister of Dennis Bowers, 
 Esq., late a prominent lawyer in Buffalo. They have four 
 children, namely : 
 
 Arthur B., Fred, Jennie and Carrie — all residents of Buffalo 
 with the exception of Frederick. 
 
 Arthur Humphrey, the father, lived to the age of eighty- 
 four years, and the mother to the age of seventy-six. Both 
 died on the old homestead. 
 
 Daniel N. Jjock-wootl. 
 
 Daniel N. Lockwood was born in the Town of East Ham- 
 burg, Erie county, N.Y., where he lived and worked on a farm 
 
BI()GRAriIK;AI, SKETCHES. 937 
 
 until ho was sixteen years of age. After tlie usual prelimin- 
 ary prejiaration in the district and ])ublic schools, he entered 
 Union College at Schenectad\- in the I'all of 1861, from which 
 he graduated with honor in 1S65. lie then entered the well- 
 known law office of Humphrey and Parsons as a student and 
 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court in Ma\', 1866. 
 In 1862 he was elected District Attorney of Krie count}-, and 
 among other noted and celebrated causes conducted by him 
 was the case of George U. Lord, who was tried for briber}', 
 growing out of the exposure of the canal frauds under Gov- 
 ernor Tilden's administration. He was elected a member of 
 the Forty-fifth Congress, and although he was the }'oungest 
 member of the House, he took an active and leading part 
 in exposing the crimes by which Mr. Tilden was defrauded 
 out of the Presidenc}', making the first and leading speech 
 on the subject and demanding an in\'estigation of the whole 
 affair. He was also a member of the Democratic National 
 Convention at Cincinnati in 1880, which nominated Gen. \V. 
 S. Hancock for the Presidenc}-. In 1882 he was a member of 
 the Democratic State Convention at Syracuse and presented 
 Governor Cleveland's name to the Conx'ention for Gov- 
 ernor. For the past four \-ears Mr. Lock\\ood has 
 devoted himself mainl}' to the duties of his profession. He is 
 also largely interested in business enterprises, holding the office 
 of President of the Buffalo, New York & Erie railroad com- 
 pany, and is President and General Manager of the Akron 
 Cement works, located at Akron in this count}', one of the old- 
 est and largest cement works in this part of the State. 
 
 Mr. Lockwood is a son of Harrison and Martha Phillips 
 Lockwood. His father died when he was but six years of age, 
 and from that time he was to a great extent dependant upon 
 his own resources ; but, possessed of an indomitable will, full 
 of hope and courage, he has succeeded, by industry and pru- 
 dence in acquiring a thorough education and in securing for 
 himself a position of influence and honor, not alone in his 
 native count}', but throughout the State. 
 
 Mr. Lockwood was married in 187 1 to Sarah E., daughter of 
 Thomas Brown of Buffalo. He has two children, a son and a 
 dauc'hter. 
 
938 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 O. J. Green. 
 
 O. J. Green was born in 1810, and came to the Town of Sar- 
 dinia in 181 5, where the greater portion of his life has been 
 passed. Early in life, he took an active part in public affairs, and 
 the people have honored him upon several occasions with posi- 
 tions of trust and responsibility. In 1839, he was elected Jus- 
 tice of the Peace of his town, a position he held twenty-four 
 consecutive years. In 1846, he represented his district in the 
 legislature at Albany, and in 1858, he was elected County Clerk 
 of Erie county, serving a term of three years. Since then, Mr. 
 Green has rather sought seclusion from the cares of public 
 life. 
 
 In 1837, he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca J. 
 Goodspeed, by whom he has three children : Horace C, 
 Manly C. and Nettie. 
 
 Horace C Green. 
 
 Horace C. Green, eldest son of O. J. Green, was born in the 
 Town of Sardinia, and upon attaining his majority, began his 
 business career in the City of Buffalo. He is at present the 
 junior partner of the well-known firm of A. T. Kerr & Co., 
 wholesale dealers, on Seneca street. 
 
 In July, i860, he was united in marriage to Miss Francis C. 
 Cleveland, by whom he has two children, viz.: Harry C, born 
 August, 1 86 1, and Nettie C„ born Oct. 5, 1872. 
 
 Manly C. Green. 
 
 Manly C. Green, second son of O. }. Green, was born in the 
 Town of Sardinia, studied for the law, and is at present prac- 
 ticing his profession in the City of Buffalo. 
 
 He was united in marriage to Miss Jenny Lincoln, b}' whom 
 he has two children, viz.: Ethel and Lincoln H. 
 
 Mr. Green is a graduate of Williams College, Mass. A thor- 
 ough student in his profession, who bids fair to make his mark 
 in his chosen calling. 
 
 Richard Reading-. 
 
 Richard Reading was born near Banbury, Eng., June 30, 
 1814. When seventeen years of age. he came with his father,^ 
 
lUOCJRAl'lIICAL SKKTCIIES. 939 
 
 Richard, Sr., to America and settled on a farm in Aurora, in 
 this county. 
 
 When about thirty years of age, Richard, Jr., returned to 
 England. While there, he married Miss Mar\- A. Borton, and 
 again set sail for his new home. Twent)' weeks were consumed 
 in the trip, it havir.g been made by sailing \essel to New York, 
 and thence to Buffalo over the Eric Canal. 
 
 Mr. Readin.g with his wife settled on the farm now occupied 
 by him in 1846. Sixteen years later, they were the parents of 
 eight children, seven of whom grew up and are still living : 
 two daughters and five sons. 
 
 During his lifetime, Mr. Reading has taken considerable 
 pride in stock raising, especially of cattle. His Banner Yorks, 
 a pair of Durhams, were sold to Farthing Bros., of Buffalo, in 
 i860, and subsequentl}' shown at several cattle shows in this 
 State and in Canada. After eight years' fattening, the two 
 weighed six thousand pounds. Mr. Reading is considered an 
 excellent judge of cattle, and is almost inwiriably one of the 
 judges in this department at local fairs. 
 
 In politics, he is a staunch Republican, as are his five sons. 
 He is of retiring disj^osition, and domestic in his tastes. His 
 chief ambition seems to have been the education and success 
 of his children. This opinion was formed by conversing with 
 his neighbors in regard to this. Few men have more friends, 
 none have less enemies. 
 
 Mr. Reading's fourth son, William B., was born April 22, 
 1857, and like his brothers and sisters, he grew up in school, 
 and he graduated from the Buffalo Central High School, June, 
 1878. He next took a two j^ears' course in Cornell University 
 and afterwards studied law with Marshall, Clinton & Wilson, of 
 Buffalo. In 1882, he was elected Clerk of the Board of Super- 
 visors of Erie countv-, and again re-elected to the same office in 
 1883. 
 
 Joseph Caiulee, Esq. 
 
 Joseph Candee was born in Oxford. New Haven count}-. 
 Conn., Jul}- 6, 18 13. Came to Pompey, Onondaga county, 
 N. Y., with his father's family when three years old. Lived 
 there and in the neighboring city of Syracuse until 1837, when 
 
940 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 he came to Sardinia, where he resided until June, 1856, when 
 he removed to Buffalo, where he now resides. While a resident 
 of Sardinia he was engaged in the tanning business in company 
 with O. J. Green. He represented the town of Sardinia on the 
 Board of Supervisors four times, 1S49, '5^' '5- '^^''^^ '53- ^''' 
 1852 he was elected Sheriff of the county. 
 
 He was three times elected Superviscir of the Tenth Ward 
 of Buffalo, 1857, '58 and '59, and and was Postmaster 
 for a time under Andrew Johnson's administration. He was 
 
 Joseph can dee, esq. 
 
 connected for about a year — 1861 — with the Buffalo Coin- 
 vicrcial A dvcrtiscr. 
 
 Mr. Candee was married in 1837 to Julia Jennings, who died 
 Jan. 13, 1875. Mr. Candee has a daughter, Emilie ; born July 
 1 7) f^37' ijii Pompey, N. Y.; and a son, Cassius C. born Oct. 
 17, 1840, in Sardinia. He has been for several years Deputy 
 Collector in the Buffalo Custom House. 
 
 Patterson Kerr. 
 
 Patterson Kerr was born in Orwell county, N. Y., Jan. 14, 
 1810; was married in North Collins, in 1834, to Miss Rozette 
 H. Tucker, who was born March 11, 1815. They have four 
 children, Abram T., born March 4, 1835; married Rebecca 
 
ItloCK.M'IIICAI. ski; ICIIKS. 94I 
 
 Marshall, Apiii 11, 1S72. The)- ha\c two cliiltlrcii, Abel T. 
 and Frank M. Kniil}' A., born Jan. 19, 1838; married George 
 Manford in 1859. ''•-" ^^'^■'^ been dead man\- years. She lives 
 in New York City. Albert D. Born Now 4, 1841 ; married 
 Fanny Price, Dec. 2, 1869. They have four children : George 
 A., Fred, Albert and Harry; they live in l^uffalo. Fllen mar- 
 ried George W. Arnold, Sept. 22, 1869. Has had three children : 
 Bertha, Bertie E. and Emily J., who died in Buffalo, Nov. 3, 
 1878. 
 
 Abram T, Kerr is the senior partner in the well known firm 
 of A. T. Kerr & Co., wholesale dealers in wines and lic^uors, 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Madison C Scoby, 
 
 The eldest son of Alexander Scoby, was born in Ashford in 
 1829 or '30, and spent the years of his minority at home. Being 
 the eldest, he was of great service to his father, and long before 
 he attained his majorit)' he had become thoroughl)' proficient 
 in his calling (that of miller). In the Winter of 1853 he left 
 here in company with Addison Gibbs, a cousin, who was after 
 Governor of Oregon for the latter state, and located at Port- 
 land. He was soon engaged to take charge of a large flouring 
 mill there where he remained until his return home in 1856. 
 Soon after he entered into a partnershij) with his father in the 
 milling business, which was continued until i860 or thereabouts. 
 In 1861 he bought a half interest in the Springville mill, which 
 he conductetl until 1863. In 1866 he was united in marriage to 
 Miss Agnes Bensley, and soon after he removed to the State of 
 Kansas, where he established himself in the business of cattle 
 raising, a business that he still continues. In 1868, he removed 
 his family back to Chicago, and entered into a co-partnership 
 with the Bensley Bros, in the live stock trade. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Scoby have a family of seven children. 
 
 Marcus Baitlett 
 
 -Marcus Bartlett was born at Danby, Rutland count)', Vt., 
 May 16, 1817. His father, David Bartlett, came with his par- 
 ents from Cumberland, R I., about 1790. lie was a self-made 
 
942 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 man, by trade an edge-tool manufacturer, and a man of unbend- 
 ing integrity- He married Prusha Allen, daughter of Prince 
 Allen, of Danby, and held many positions of honor and trust 
 in his adopted town. Not being wealthy he had not much to 
 give his children except a good common school education and 
 the example of a life which betokened a soul of honor. Relig- 
 iously he was a Quaker. His father, Abner Bartlett, married 
 Drucilla Smith. His grandfather, Joseph, lived also in Cum- 
 berland, and married Abigail Aldrich, and his great-grandfather, 
 Jacob, settled in Cumberland from Salem, Mass. His wife's 
 maiden name was Ballou. 
 
 In November, 1839, Marcus Bartlett married Fanny A. Kelly, 
 daughter of Azel and Rebecca Kelly, of Danby. He came 
 with his family to Collins in November, 1846, having embarked 
 at Fort Ann on the raging canal ; after an eventful voyage of 
 eleven days in the kind care of good old Captain Brayton, they 
 landed safely in Buffalo, and after a two days' journey by land 
 over rough and muddy roads, arrived in Collins. His family 
 at that time consisted of himself and wife, daughter Jane and 
 an adopted son, Edward Daggett ; it was afterwards increased 
 by Alice L., Allen P., Mary E. and Lucius E., two sons and 
 two daughters. 
 
 Edward enlisted in the Twenty-first regiment New York vol- 
 unteers, in the War of the Rebellion ; he was promoted to Ser- 
 geant and honorably dischargeci after serving his full time, and 
 soon after died of disease contracted in the army. 
 
 Allen P. married Edith M. Gay, daughter of Ira and Diana 
 Gay, of State Line, Pa. Their children were : Gay, Allen P., 
 Jr., and Fannie. Gay died when twenty-one months old; his 
 father, Allen P., died Sept. 18, i88(. The other members of 
 the family are now living together at 127 West Eagle street, 
 Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Bartlett's mother, Mrs. Rebecca Kelly, 
 now in the ninety-first year of her age, in good health and the 
 full enjoyment of all her faculties, adds greatly to the enjoy- 
 ment and pleasures of their happy family circle. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett's life has been one of continuous labor, never 
 having received a dollar except what he earned by hard work 
 and unremitting industry ; in youth, working some with his 
 father in the blacksmith shoji, and also assisting in culti\ ating 
 
HIOC.RAI'HICAL SKK'RIIKS. 943 
 
 a small farm in Summer, and attending the district school in 
 Winter, where iiis education was obtained excepting one term 
 at Burr Seminary, Manchester, and one at Black River Acad- 
 emy at Ludlow, Vt. While most of his life has been spent on 
 a farm, he taught school twenty-six consecutive Winters, com- 
 mencing at the age of sixteen years. He was the first Super- 
 intendent of Schools elected in his native town, a law requiring 
 such an ofificer having been passed by the last Legislature pre- 
 ceding his election. After settling in the Town of Collins he 
 was elected Justice of the Peace and was a candidate on the 
 Democratic ticket for School Commissioner, and afterwards for 
 Member of Assembly in his district. His party being largely 
 in the minorty, he was defeated, though running far ahead of 
 his ticket. At the commencement of the late war he was 
 elected Supervisor of the town against a political majority of 
 about two hundred, and was appointed by the Board a member 
 of the first Bounty Committee, and went to the front at Fred- 
 ericksburg, Va., and along the lines, holding unlimited orders 
 on Jay Cooke & Co., at Washington, from the county, to pay 
 bounties to enlisted soldiers, as it had been demonstrated that 
 if their money was given them in Buffalo the facilities were 
 such that many of them after receiving their bounty, would de- 
 sert and cross to Canada. In 1863 he was appointed Assistant 
 Assessor of Internal Revenue for his district, comprising the 
 towns of Collins, North Collins. Hamburg, Plast Hamburg, 
 Brant, Evans, Eden and West Seneca, and held the position 
 for two years, receiving the thanks of the department for his 
 promptness, abilit}' and fidelity in the discharge of his difl^cult 
 and delicate duties. In i860 he was employed by the census 
 department of the government to take the census of the towns 
 of Collins and North Collins. 
 
 Although retaining his farm in Collins he has since 1871 been 
 living in Buffalo, where he has in various capacities been 
 employed in the office of the County Clerk. In 1879, ^^^ ^^'^^ 
 nominated unanimously for the office receiving more than his 
 party vote, but was defeated, though he had been employed 
 for nearly nine years as deputy by Clerks of both political par- 
 ties, thus demonstrating his qualifications for the position. 
 
 Though politically a Democrat and religiously a Universalist 
 
944 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 he is justly proud of his many true and valued friends among 
 all religious sects and all political parties. Generous to a fault, 
 but never a spendthrift, he could not become a wealthy man, 
 unless he had been more penurious and less anxious for the 
 welfare of others. During the last fourteen years he has by 
 his individual labor, earned and received over twenty-one thous- 
 and dollars, which he hopes if it has not made him wealthy has 
 gone to make the world wiser, better and happier. But he 
 counts his wealth not in gold, but in the devotion and happi- 
 ness of his famih' and the love and fidelity of his many friends. 
 
 Abbott C. Calkins. 
 
 Abbott C. Calkins was born in the Town of Colden, Erie 
 county, N. Y., June i, 1838, and worked upon a farm until he was 
 eighteen years old. He attended school at the Springville and 
 Aurora Academies, studied for the profession of law and was 
 admitted to the bar in 1859, and began the practice of his pro- 
 fession in Buffalo. In 1867, he removed to Hamburg and 
 opened an office there. In 1868, he represented the district in 
 the State Legislature at Albany. Since that time he has devo- 
 ted his attention to the practice of his profession. In 1883, he 
 returned to the City of Buffalo, where he enjo)'s a large and 
 lucrative practice. Mr. Calkins is an able lawyer, whose marked 
 points in his character is his devotion to the interests of his 
 
 clients. 
 
 Cbailes T. Coit. 
 
 Charles Townsend Coit, a prominent citizen of Buffalo, was 
 the eldest son of George and Hannah Townsend Coit, and was 
 born in Buffalo, then a mere x'illage, Feb. 14th, 18 19, and died 
 Dec. iith, 1881. Mr. Coit, having received a fair education, 
 began his business career as a clerk in the office of Coit, Kim- 
 berly & Co., on Central wharf, Buffalo. In 1844 he went to 
 Troy and became a member of the firm of Ide, Coit &Co., own- 
 ers of the Troy and Erie Transportation Line, which then did 
 an extensive business on the lu'ie Canal. He remained in Troy 
 about ten years, then located at Albany for a time, and finall}* 
 returned to Buffalo, where he took part in organizing the Inter- 
 national Bank, of which Mr. Coit continued Cashier until June, 
 1879, '^vhen he was elected its President. He continued as the 
 
BIOClRArHICAL SKETCHES. 945 
 
 ■executive officer of the bank until within a few months of his 
 A T He was also a Director of the Buffalo Gas Light 
 
 rl.-ith his widow and one son. 
 
 M /Coitwas aman of thorough bush,ess ab.hty and very 
 .uc cssful a. a banker and financier. He was of s.mplc hab> ts, 
 d , Ucd display and ostentation and had no t-te for p.b,,c - 
 sition. In his personal intercourse « ,th men he --- pk^as 
 ant. having a kind word for all. bocally he was an agreeable 
 companion and one whose society was highly pr.zed. 
 
 Frank S. Coit. 
 
 l.-rank Seymour Coit, son of Charles T. and J""f ^Coit_ was 
 born at Troy, N. Y., Sept. 2d, 1850. and came to Buflaloabo t 
 ,8r Was educated in the schools of the city and at Exeter. 
 N H • became a clerk in the First National Bank about 1869 
 and after several jears connection with that "-W""™' "-;^' ^ 
 in .874, to engage in the lumber busmess as one of the firm o 
 Coit, Smith & Co. m ,877 he accepted the pos.t.on of Depu, 
 Treasurer of Erie county and continued in that office untd ,86 
 when he assumed the management of ''-Ak.onCeme, Works^ 
 
 In ,872 Mr. Coit m.arried Emily, daughter of A. A. Eustaphieve 
 
 of Buffalo. 
 
 Alexander A. Eustaphieve. 
 
 xt^^:n\.^^rM,ranr:"h^9- 
 
 me/cantile pnrsu.ts nnt.l ,832 ^v'-'"^; ---^ ,tk about 
 
 With the exception of a few years, spent n ^-'^ 
 
 1840, he continued to reside in Buffalo unfl h,s death, wh.ch 
 
 36 
 
946 MASONIC LODGES. 
 
 occurfed in August, 1879. ^^ early became identified with 
 the insurance business and was highly esteemed for his 
 thorough acquaintance with all its details. 
 
 Mr. Eustaphievc married, in 1835, Emily Wilson of London, 
 England, by whom he had eight children, six surviving him. 
 His wife died in 1872, and in 1875 he married Sarah Carpenter, 
 of Rye, N. Y., by whom he had one son. Mr. Eustaphieve 
 was a man of strong character and a general favorite both in 
 business and social life. 
 
 MASONIC LODGES. 
 
 CONCORD LODGE, NO. 346, F. AND A. M. 
 
 In the year 1822, a petition for the formation of a lodge at 
 Concord, Erie county, was presented to the Grand Lodge, at 
 its Annual Communication held June 7th, of which the follow- 
 ing is a copy : 
 
 " To the Most WorsJiipfnl, the Grand Lodge of the State of New 
 York : 
 
 We, Free and Accepted Masons, having been members of 
 regular lodges, and having the prosperity of the fraternity at 
 heart, and willing to exert our best endeavors to promote and 
 diffuse the genuine principles of Masonry, that for the con- 
 veniency of our respective dwellings, and for other good rea- 
 sons, we are desirous of forming a new lodge in the Town 
 of Concord, County of Erie, to be named Concord Lodge ; 
 that in consequence of this desire we pray for a warrant of 
 constitution, to empower us to assemble as a legal lodge, to 
 discharge the duties of Masonry in a regular and constitutional 
 manner, according to the original forms of the Order, and the 
 regulations of the Grand Lodge ; that we have nominated and 
 do recommend Comfort Knapp, to be the first Master, Ira Hall 
 to be the first Senior Warden, and Archibald Grififith to be the 
 first Junior Warden of the said lodge ; that if the prayer of 
 
MASONIC LODGES. 947 
 
 the petition should be granted, we promise a strict conformity 
 to all the constitutions, laws and regulations of the Grand 
 Lodge." Signed. 
 
 Charles Wells, Comkori- Kx.vrr, 
 
 Asa Torrey, Aaron Colk, 
 
 Asa Phillips, Reuben Rockwood, 
 
 Edward Cram, Jonathan Jennings, 
 
 Archibald Griffith, Ira Hall, 
 
 ROSWELL OlCOTT, FREDERICK RICHMOND, 
 
 Truman White. 
 
 This petition was endorsed as follows : 
 
 • " AUR(n<A, Erie county, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1821. 
 
 Blazing Star Lodge, No. 294, opened in due form. Several 
 brethren from the Town of Concord, in this count}', having 
 presented for the approbation of this lodge, a petition to the 
 M. W. Grand Lodge,. for a warrant of constitution for a lodge 
 to be held in said town ; therefore. 
 
 Resolved, That we believe this is the nearest lodge to the 
 said town of Concord, and further 
 
 Resolved, That believing it will eventuate to the benefit of 
 the institution, we do cheerfulh^ recommend to the M. W\ 
 Grand Lodge to grant the prayer of the petitioners. A true 
 extract from the records." 
 
 Signed. John Wadsworth, 
 
 Secretary Blazing Star Lodge, No. 294. 
 
 An entry of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge at that 
 communication reads: "Petition from Comfort Knapp and 
 others to hold a lodge in the Town of Concord, in the County 
 of Erie, by the name of Concord Lodge, recommended b\' 
 Blazing Star Lodge, No. 294, the prayer of which was granted." 
 
 A warrant of constitution was granted, and the lodge was 
 numbered 346. It made annual returns to the Grand Lodge 
 to December, 1825, after which date there is nothing on the 
 records of the Grand Lodge relating to it. 
 
 Its membership, in addition to those named in the petition, 
 is not completel}- known, but Amaziah Ashman, Jarvis Bloom- 
 field, Rufus C. Eaton, John Russel, Willis Cornwall, George 
 Shultus, John House, Harry House and Eaton Bensley are 
 
948 MASONIC LODGES. 
 
 remembered as " brethren of the mystic tie." The lodge held 
 its communications at various places on Townsend Hill and in 
 Springville, until the anti-Masonic excitement broke out,when 
 it ceased to do " further work," and its funds, records and prop- 
 erty became dispersed and lost, with the single exception of the 
 Junior Warden's Jewel, which is now in the possession of 
 Springville Lodge, No. 351, where it serves to adorn the can- 
 didate of the third degree, and is justly cherished as a me- 
 mento of "ye olden time." 
 
 In removing the bodies from the old cemetery at Spring- 
 ville, in 1882, the " square and compasses," and the initials "L. 
 E. L.," on the remains of a cof^n in an obscure grave, were 
 found to mark the resting-place of a brother, and it was sub- 
 sequently ascertained that the relics were those of a young 
 Frenchman by the name of L. Edmund Lidja. 
 
 A masonic headstone also marked the resting-place of Lieut. 
 Sanford Perry Sampson, who died in 1825. 
 
 In "Rural Cemetery," they now await that rat'sin^ which. 
 was once symbolically taught them : " Though the skin ma}^ 
 slip from the flesh, and the flesh cleave from the bone, there 
 is strength in the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and He shall pre- 
 vail." 
 
 SPRINGVILLE LODGE, NO. 35 1, F. AND A. M. 
 
 After a local sleep of more than a quarter of a century, Free- 
 Masonry again sprang into activity in the organization of 
 Springville Lodge, No. 351. The brethren who were active 
 spirits in the establishment of this lodge have all passed away, 
 but their work remains, and their names should ever be held 
 in grateful remembrance by their successors. 
 
 They came from lodges as tollows : 
 
 Alvah Button, Lamoile. Vermont, initiated 1820. 
 
 Heman Rugg, Olive Branch, New York, initiated 1843. 
 
 Joel Cobleigh, Union Star, New York, initiated 1825. 
 
 Joseph Potter, no record. 
 
 Aaron Cole, Olive Branch, New York, initiated 18 16. 
 
 Charles Watson, Meridian Sun, Massachusetts, initiated,. 
 1818. 
 
 Elam May, Eastern Star, Connecticut, initiated 18(5. 
 
FIRST MKMHKRS (JK Sl'KINGVI LLE LODGE. 949 
 
 David B. Jcwctt, no record. 
 
 Jarvis Bloomficld, Warren, New York, initiated 1810. 
 Archibald Griffith, Concord, New York, initiated 1810. 
 Amaziah Ashman, Concord, New York, initiated 1823. 
 David R. Upson, Friendship, Connecticut, initiated 18 16. 
 George W. Kingman, Otselic, New York, initiated 1810. 
 Noah Rockwell, no record. 
 Thomas J. VVhitcomb, no record. 
 
 The old records show that : " Several adhering Master 
 Masons residing in Springville and the vicinity thereof, being 
 desirous of forming and organizing a Masonic Lodge in due 
 form, and on consultation having decided so to do, the follow- 
 ing named brethern : Alvah Dutton, Heman Rugg, Joel Cob- 
 leigh, Elam May, Thomas J. WhitCDmb, Aaron Cole, and 
 Joseph Potter, did on the 27th day of July, 1854, meet at the 
 house of Elam May, in Springville, and did then and there 
 agree to form themselves (and others) into a lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Master Masons, and apply to the Grand Lodge of 
 the State of New York for a dispensation, or authority to act 
 as such, to be known as Springville Lodge. 
 
 The brethren present united in a petition to the Grand 
 Lodge, for the purpose named above, and designated Brother 
 Alvah Dutton for Worshipful Master, Heman Rugg for Senior 
 Warden, Joel Cobleigh for Junior W^arden, and to be appointed 
 to the said offices under dispensation of the '' Grand Lodge." 
 
 In August, the petition was forwarded to the Grand Secre- 
 tary, and the dispensation applied for was granted, bearing 
 date Aug. 28, 1854. 
 
 Sept. 14, the lodge, under dispensation, held its first com- 
 munication, when Amaziah x^shman was appointed Treasurer, 
 Joseph Potter, Secretary, David R. Upson, Senior Deacon, 
 Charles Watson, Junior Deacon, and Elam May, Tyler. 
 
 The lodge sub-rented the Odd Fellows' Hall, then in the 
 
 . block just east of the Springville mill, subsequently purchasing 
 
 the lease and furniture, and there held its communications at 
 
 two o'clock P. M. on each Thursday succeeding the full moon. 
 
 Six months after its organization, it lost by death its aged 
 and honored secretary, Joseph Potter, who was buried with 
 
950 INSTRUCTION IN THE RITUAL OF MASONRY. 
 
 masonic honors, on the i6th of March, 1855. Pliny Smith, a 
 newly-made mason was appointed to fill the vacancy, and for 
 many years did that faithful and attentive ofificer wield his 
 ready pen to the great benefit of the lodge, whose growth and 
 prosperity he fostered in many ways besides that of the use of 
 the "grey goose quill," which he would never allow to be sup- 
 planted by a metallic pen. Ever at his post, exact in his duties ; 
 when the hour of refreshment came, no tongue so witty as his ; 
 albeit the brethren sometimes winced under his keen and eccen- 
 tric skill at repartee. He ever forms a pleasing figure in the 
 memory of the older members of the lodge. 
 
 On the 19th of July, 1855, Worshipful Brother J. J. Aikin, 
 of Ellicottville Lodge, by the authorit}- and as the represent- 
 ative of Most Worshipful Joseph Evans, Grand Master of the 
 State of New York, and assisted by William S. Herrick, of 
 Phoenix Lodge, as Deputy Grand Master, Pliny Smith as 
 Grand Secretary, and Lewis Woodward, of Phoenix Lodge, as 
 Grand Marshal, instituted Springville Lodge, No. 351, and 
 installed its ofificers, delivering into the the hands of Alvah 
 Button, its first Master, the Warrant of Constitution, bearing 
 date June 9, 1855. 
 
 Li December, 1856, William H. Drew, the Grand Lecturer, 
 visited the lodge and instructed the officers in the New Ritual- 
 istic work. 
 
 In i860, the lodge rented and fitted up for occupanc}\ a hall 
 in the third story of the building, now occupied by Mrs. O. 
 Smith as a millinery store, then owned by the Secretar)-, Pliny 
 Smith, and at that time the hour of meeting was changed to 6 
 o'clock P. M. 
 
 In 1865, an amendment of the by-laws providing for semi- 
 monthly communications was adopted, and the time of meet- 
 ing was changed to the second and fourth Thursday evenings, 
 as at present. 
 
 In March, 1868, Assistant Grand Lecturer, John B. Sackett, 
 visited and instructed the lodge anew in the ritualism of 
 Masonry. 
 
 During the }'ear 1869, the lodge was called upon to perform 
 the last sad rites over the remains of two of their bretliren : 
 
I'Ur.l.lC INSlALLAriON OF OFFICERS. 95 1 
 
 Worshipful Hrothcr Coblciy,h, who dictl M;i\' Jcl, and i^rothcr 
 Frank McLin, who died August 29th. 
 
 On the 9th of January, 1873, a pubHc installation of officers 
 was held at the Presbyterian church, on which occasion the 
 Rev. Mr. Clark, of Buffalo, delivered a very excellent and 
 instructive address upon the subject of Free-Masonry. 
 
 •The installation services were conducted by Charles E. 
 Young and John A. Lockwood, of Buffalo, and at the close, a 
 Past Master's Jewel was presented by the brethren, to the 
 retiring Master, George G. Stanbro. 
 
 During the year 1873, the question of procuring larger and 
 better lodge-rooms having be'en discussed, as a preliminary 
 step the Lodge was incorporated under a general act of the 
 Legislature, enabling it to purchase, liold and transfer real es- 
 tate and personal property, and an agreement was entered into 
 with brethren Shuttleworth & Chafee, to purchase part of the 
 brick building now known as •' Masonic Hall," then in process 
 of erection. At its completion a deed was taken of the third 
 story, which was nicely furnished in a suitable and convenient 
 manner. Dec. 19th, 1873, the Lodge was ceremoniously ded- 
 icated to Masonry by the Grand Master, Christopher G. Fox, 
 in the presence of a large number of brethren and invited 
 guests. Proud of the new hall the members and friends of the 
 Lodge had made plentiful arrangements for the hours of fes- 
 tivity which followed. The event was one of general satisfac- 
 tion to all participants. 
 
 As reflecting honor upon the Lodge, it is worthy of mention 
 that in the year 1874, the Master, Bertrand Chafee, received the 
 appointment of District Deputy Grand Master of the twenty- 
 fifth Masonic District. On his retirement from the Mastership of 
 the Lodge, Worshipful Brother Chafee was presented with an 
 elegant Past Master's Jewel, as a token of the high esteem 
 which the members entertained for him and of their appreciation 
 of his faithful services as Master during the two preceeding 
 years. 
 
 February 17th, 1875, Masonic funeral rites were held over 
 the remains of brother Charles J. Hooker, a member of the 
 Lodget, the services being held in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
952 FUNERAL SERVICES. 
 
 July 22d, 1875, Right Worshipful George H. Raymond, 
 Grand Lecturer, held a Grand Lodge of Listruction, at Spring- 
 ville, exemplifying the standard work in the presence of a large 
 number of Masters and Wardens from the various lodges of 
 Erie county. 
 
 On Sunday morning, Nov. iith, 1877, Springville Lodge, 
 with many brethren of sister lodges, were assembled, and con- 
 ducted the funeral services of brother John B. Wadsworth,. 
 late of Washington, D. C, who died at the residence of his 
 nephew, brother Charles R. Wadsworth, in Springville, Nov. 7, 
 aged fifty-three years. The deceased richly merited the follow- 
 ing obituary and memorial, copies of which were spread upon 
 the records of the Lodge : 
 
 John B. Wadsworth was born in BufTalo, N. Y., December 
 26, 1823. When he was ten years old hi? parents removed to 
 Springville, where he attended district school, and afterwards 
 the academy for several years. He was for some time clerk in 
 a store kept by Manly Colton. After a brief stay in Olean he 
 went to Vicksburg in 1842, with his brother, Frederick Wads- 
 worth. He remained in that place till 1849, "^vhen his health 
 having failed, he set out by sea for California. On the west 
 coast of South America he came near being ship-wrecked, but 
 arrived in safety at his destination and went to work in the 
 mines. The hard fare of a miner's life benefited him, so that 
 he^increased in weight from ninety up to two hundred pounds. 
 After residing a short time in San Francisco in business, he 
 went to Oregon. He was Assistant Commissar}- General in 
 the Oregon War. 
 
 After a residence of twelve years in California and Oregon 
 he returned to his old home in time to bur}' his mother and 
 aunt ; and, after a year and a half, his father. 
 
 From this place, at that time, he went to Washington, where 
 he remained most of the time during the war. He was engaged 
 much of his time in furnishing supplies for the army. 
 
 He has visited either on business or for recreation, almost 
 every part of the United States and Canada. 
 
 In 1869, he went to Europe where he remained for more than 
 three years, traveling and visiting all places of importance. 
 During the time, he traveled in the Holy Land and in Eg}'pt, 
 and sailed over that portion of the Mediterranean Sea from 
 
RESOLUTIONS OK SPKINGVn.l.E I.CJDGK. 953 
 
 Italy to Asia, embracing the Grecian Islands-.hc ^ccnesof St^ 
 Paul-s voyages. He was in Egypt at the opcn.ng of the Suez 
 Canal. There are few men who l,ave traveled over as much of 
 the world and seen as much as he. 
 
 Since his return to this country he has resided most of the 
 timt Waslrington. Last Spring he came back to the scenes 
 olhis chUdhoocFto close up his life where he began ,t and there 
 
 \vhiretiiing on the Danube, in Europe, he took a violent 
 cold which res:ited in an asthma from wh.ch he never recov- 
 ered That, ultimately, caused his death. 
 
 He was an unusually kind and mild tempered mam H,s 
 extensive travels a.-d intercourse with men, united w,th h,s nat- 
 ural disposition, rendered him one of the most courteous and 
 agreeable of men. Having lived an honest and upnght hfe 1 e 
 passed peacefully away, enjoying sweet hopes of .mmortahty 
 and eternal life. 
 
 At a Stated Communication of Springville Lodge N 0^351. 
 F and A M., held at Masonic Hall, Spnngville, N. Y., 
 Nov. 22, 1877, the following Resolutions were unanmiously 
 
 Wh7X By the providence of God we have been called to 
 mourn the loss of our dearly beloved friend and brother, John 
 B Wadsworth, late of Washington, D. C, who f^rst received 
 Masonic light within the body of this Lodge, and at whose 
 hands he received Masonic burial— 
 
 Resolved, That in the decease of Brother Wadsworth, t ree 
 Masonry met with the loss of one of the noblest one of the 
 most upright, one of the purest members of our fraternity 
 
 Resolved. That in his character we recognized the modest 
 and unambitious spirit which shrunk from the pomp of life, 
 but delighted rather in the silent satisfaction of domg well 
 thus possessing dispositions congenial with the genuine spirit 
 of Free Masonry, which led him to discover in our fraternity 
 means eminently conducive to the important purpose of en- 
 larging his sphere of social happiness, and of promoting the 
 cause of philanthrophy. It gave a nobler expansion to his 
 charity, a wider range to his benevolence. 
 
954 RESOLUTIONS OF SPRINGVILLE LODGE. 
 
 Resolved, That while his loss we deeply deplore, and would 
 extend the hand of sympathy to his immediate friends and rel- 
 atives, and the various fraternal bands with which he was con- 
 nected, we rest assured that his summons from the Most High 
 was one from labor on earth to eternal refreshment in the par- 
 adise of God. 
 
 Resolved, That these Resolutions, with obituar\- notice, be 
 spread upon the records of the Lodge, and copies forwarded to 
 his friends and the following Masonic bodies : 
 
 Acacia Lodge, No. i8; Buffalo Chapter, No. 71, N. Y.; 
 Washington Commandry, No. i, Mithras Lodge of Perfection, 
 No. 2, Evangelist Chapter Rose Croix, No. i, Robert De Bruce 
 Council of Kadosh, No. i, Albert Pike Consistory, No. i, S. P. 
 R. S., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Brother Wadsworth was a great lover of masonry, and be- 
 fore his death provided three thousand dollars for the erection 
 of a Knight Templar monument, on the family lot in Rural 
 Cemetery at Springville. The work completed. Lake Erie 
 Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar, of Buffalo, was invited 
 to unveil it, and St. John's day was named as the occasion 
 upon which the ceremony should take place. Hugh DePayen 
 Commandery, No. 30, Knights Templar, of Buffalo, was also to 
 be present as the guest of Lake Erie Commander}-. \\\ accor- 
 dance with these arrangements, the two Commanderies met at 
 their asylums, June 24, 1879, '^'""^ ^'^ 7oO A. M., headed by Miller's 
 band, marched to the depot of the Buffalo, New York and 
 Philadelphia Railroad, and embarked on the eight o'clock 
 train for Springville. 
 
 Lake Erie Commandery turned out nearly fifty Knights, and 
 were under Eminent Sir Albert Jones, Commander; Sir John 
 J . Jones, Generalissimo, and Sir W. H. Beyer, Captain Gen- 
 eral. In the line were Past Eminent Commander Hawley 
 Klein, Sir and Rev. J . Hazard Hartzell, and Sir Knights S. M. 
 Evry, Fred. A. Colson, Burral Spencer, W. H. Kirkholder, John 
 
 A. Frank, A. H. Adams, John Messmer, J. Kinney, Jr., John 
 
 B. Hunter, M. Thielan, E. S, Knapp, John Diller, A. J. Diller, 
 Philip Henig, A. B. Benedict, W. A. Mickle, Andrew Shiels, 
 W. H. Baker, Adam Cornelius, Wallace Prouty, James Little, 
 John Briggs, J. L. Whittet, W. W. Lawson, A. A. Carroll. W. 
 
MASONS PRESENT AT ITIK IiEhlCAlTON. 955 
 
 M.KcUcr, W. 11. Ku,T., D. B. McNish C J. Onina C F. 
 Bishop. N. Moresfeldcr. J. C. Snyder, John Reim.ng, R. H. 
 Bickford, F. C. Hill, Samuel Root and George ^^ ■ Cro-cr 
 
 HuL.h De Payen Commandery was ,n charge of Cm.nent 
 Sir mrwin E. Morgan, Commander; Sir John L. Brothers, 
 Generahsshno, and Sir Willia.n Hengerer, Capta.n General. 
 In the line were Eminent Sir Christopher G. Fox, Sn and Rev. 
 D h! MuUer, Prelate, and Sir Knights Fred Wagner John 
 H Bosher, G. S. Stanard, M. E. Beebe, J. A. G.ven, John C^ 
 "dm W. J. .Mien, D. E. Bailey, J. A. Bnry, Bertrand 
 ChXe Robert Denton, J. P. Diehl, D. E. Folsom, F E. Fox 
 Joh GiUig S. S. Greene, J. W. Houghtaling. J O. Meyer, W 
 S Prior, VV J. Runcie. David Shirrell, F. O Vaugh,^ Conrad 
 Vetter, T. S. Waud, G. I. White. A. M. W.tte, I. C.Wood- 
 ward. C. G. Worthington. 
 
 The following Masons were also on board the t,an, Most 
 Excellent David F. Day. Grand High Pr.est o Royal Areh 
 Masons of the State of New York; Eminent S.rW.hamF. 
 Ro"" Most Excellent Companion G. W. McCray, Most Ex- 
 fjto John Pease, Sir Knight John B. Sackett. of Buffalo; 
 S r Knii hts B. F. Hurty and John E. Robeson, of St^John s 
 Commandery, No. 34, 01e.an ; Sir Knight Homer E. Dudley 
 of De Molay Commandery, No. 32, Horndlsvdle and Compan- 
 Ls LeRoy S. Oatman, R. G. Persons, D. E. Folsom, G W. 
 Nichols. John M. Tyler and H. S. Spencer, of Keystone Chap- 
 ter No. 163, Buffalo. 
 
 AT SPRINGVILLE 
 An immense crowd had assembled to welcome the Buffalonians. 
 Amon- them were SpringviUe Lodge, No. 35 >, F. & A. M J. 
 N R d.mond Worshipful Master, and Livmgston Lodge, No. 
 ^;- of Co° » J. P. Underhill, Worshipful Master, both .^m- 
 h'^'nc abo t s^venty-f^ve men. Byron Cochran was the Mar- 
 > of tte da7 and under his direction the process.on was 
 
 Xare" by th a:;ies of\he'viUage. The whole matter was 
 !;:X the charge of the following named Recept.on Comm.ttee, 
 
956 THE ORATION. 
 
 and they certainly did their work well : Hon. Bertrand Chafee. 
 Mr. J. D. Yeomans, Dr. G. G. Stanbro, Dr. W. H. Jackson, 
 Mr. J. N. Richmond and Mr. A. D. Jones. 
 
 Shortly before i o'clock the lines were formed again and the 
 procession marched to Rural Cemetery, a mile distant. The 
 broiling rays of the sun came down with telling force and it 
 was as much as the Knights could do to stand the pressure. 
 Arrived at the cemetery an enormous crowd had gathered. It 
 was a field day for Springville and vicinity. For twenty miles 
 around the people had gathered until the pretty little cemetery 
 was packed almost full. There were at least 5,000 people pres- 
 ent. 
 
 The Wadsworth monument occupies the highest point in the 
 cemetery and looked beautiful in its veil, which was an American 
 flag. The Sir Knights were drawn up in double line forming 
 three sides of a square. Eminent Commander Jones stated the 
 object of the visit, after which Sir and Rev. D. H. Muller, D. 
 D., Prelate of Hugh DePayen Commandery, made an eloquent 
 prayer. Sir and Rev. J. Hazard Hartzell, D. D., acting Pre- 
 late of Lake Erie Commandery, then delivered the following 
 interesting address: 
 
 DR. HARTZELL'S oration. 
 
 Eminent Commander, Knightly Praters, and Ladies and Gen- 
 tlemen: 
 
 We have assembled here on this occasion to unveil this mon- 
 ment, erected through the generosity of^General Wadsw^orth in 
 revered memory of his respected parents, who rest here in 
 your beautiful Rural Cemetery, and of his esteemed ancestors, 
 some of whom were quite conspicuous in the arena of import- 
 ant events. 
 
 In all periods of history the monument has been constructed 
 to honor the character and perpetuate the memory of the emi- 
 nent and distinguished. There is a spontaneous reverence with 
 the sons of men for high-born qualities and splendid achieve- 
 ments, and it is not strange that the stone has been summoned 
 to keep great names from dropping into oblivion. 
 
 Those who have devoted their talents and energies to science 
 or humanity, to religion or countr)-, are remembered and hon- 
 
THE ORATION. 95/ 
 
 •orcd, if not b\- their contemporaries, then by the generations 
 of a later period. Piles of granite and marble have been 
 erected in elegant proportions in all civilized nations to honor 
 with grateful renicmbrance the character or genius of those 
 who have blessed the people with their labors and triumphs. 
 
 The monument, conspicuous in outline and beautiful in 
 detail, speaks of the patriot and reformer, the artist and the 
 poet, the statesman and the writer, and all who in serving great 
 truths and righteous principles, became the benefactors of the 
 human family. And faithful service in any of the manifold 
 departments of human activity, is sure to develop character 
 and elicit honor, and give the servant the ruling power of a 
 king among the appreciative masses. Think of Cicero, when 
 on a visit to Syracuse, hunting the am:ient cemetery of that 
 celebrated metropolis for the monument of Archimedes, and 
 when he discovered it by the cylinder that crowned it, and read 
 the name of this eminent mathematician of Sicily, mark the 
 homage he paid to his genius and the appreciation he showed 
 of his services. 
 
 Hon. William Wadsworth, an educated gentleman, came 
 here from England in the colonial history of our country, and 
 settled in Hartford. Captain Joseph Wadsworth, his son, 
 became noted in the history of Connecticut by the part he 
 took to preserve the charter. Connecticut, like Massachusetts, 
 was, if possible, to be deprived of its charter, in spite of the 
 • protests and prayers of the people. Andros, the royal Gov- 
 ernor, appeared in Hartford at the head of a troop of soldiers 
 that marched with clanging armor, whilst the General Court was 
 ,in session there looking after the interests of the English 
 throne. The box containing the charter was lying upon the 
 table; and a debate of the most exciting character took place 
 between the most determined advocates, and lasted through 
 the night in regard to the disposition of the instrument. 
 
 The royal Governor listened to the debate with respectful 
 attention, but was determined that in some manner Connecti- 
 cut should surrender the instrLrtnent to England. The candles 
 were suddenly extinguished, followed by darkness and confu- 
 sion, and when the candles were relighted behold the box and 
 the charter it contained were gone ! Capt. Joseph Wadsworth 
 
958 THE ORATION. 
 
 seized the beloved parchment, and hurrying through the silence 
 and darkness of the night, hid it in the oak tree that has 
 become so renowned. For such a brave deed when the weak 
 were struggling against the strong, and striving to maintain the 
 immunities that belong to an intelligent people, his name 
 deserves to be written upon the stone that will hold it up for 
 generations to read and honor. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Wadsworth, grandson of him who preserved 
 the charter of Connecticut, volunteered to enter the service of 
 his country when it struck for liberty and independence. It 
 was on the day when the stroke of oppression brought from 
 the flint of freedom a spark that kindled the fires of patriotism 
 all through the land. It was in the third year of the Revolu- 
 tion and at the memortible battle of Saratoga that this heroic 
 soldier was killed, and mourned by all who knew him. He was 
 one of the honored yeomanry, who was willing to sacrifice all 
 he possessed and cherished, of a temporal character, for the free- 
 dom of his country. His name should be held in grateful 
 esteem by the generations of the present, and should be writ- 
 ten in loving letters upon the monumental marble. 
 
 General Wadsworth, a worthy descendant who bequeathed 
 the portion of his estate for the building of his cenotaph, was a 
 man of great honor and integrity, of great purity and kindness. 
 He was active and successful in the arena of business, left an 
 unsullied record, and was respected and esteemed for manly 
 virtue and noble character. He met with gratifying prosperity 
 in his chosen vocation, and after extensive travel in foreign 
 countries, he returned to this beautiful town, the cherished 
 home of his youth, to spend the remainder of his days and then 
 to lie down and sleep with his kindred. His feelings could have 
 been expressed in the language of Goldsmith in his " Traveller." 
 
 I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, 
 
 Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; 
 
 To husband out life's taper at the close, 
 
 And keep the flame from wasting by repose. 
 * * * , * * * 
 
 And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, 
 Pants to the place from whence at first she flew ; 
 I still had hopes, my long vexations past, 
 Here to return — and die at home at last. 
 
THK ORATION. 959 
 
 General Wadsworth took the deepest interest in the teach- 
 ing and spirit of the' Masonic Order. He was touched with the 
 beauty and meaning of its ceremonies and symbols. The dash 
 and glow of • the chivalry of the Middle Ages, with its high 
 sense of honor and courtesy of courage and magnanimity, 
 arrested his attention and summoned his interest. The courtly 
 manner, the heroic spirit, the gallant bearing and the dashing 
 bravery of the Templars with their banners and bugles, swung 
 him to the highest degrees of Masonry. He was a prominent 
 and respected Sir Knight, an active and esteemed member of 
 Lake Erie Commandery; and on account of his virtue and 
 chivalry, and his generous benefaction to this ancient order, the 
 Sir Knights will e\'er honor and cherish his name. 
 
 And here, amid these beautiful hills and attractive vales, let 
 this monument stand to honor a family that have honored this, 
 their country. This town, with its schools and churches, its 
 thriving industries and cultured inhabitants, is known and loved 
 in various sections of our country. No town with the dimen- 
 sions and population of this has given to our country a greater 
 number of influential citizens. Some of our best men, promi- 
 nent and controlling, in all honorable vocations, esteemed for 
 their ability and character were educated at your Springville 
 Academy. The mightiest rivers of the continent take their 
 rise from the small streams of the tranquil uplands and then 
 enrich the sections of the country through which the\- flow. 
 
 But the hour admonishes us to close this ceremony, and we 
 now unveil the monument. With its striking emblems and 
 pictorial devices it will speak to the multitudes of the present 
 and the generations of the future, of virtuous grace and de- 
 parted worth. With its beauty and grandeur it will speak of 
 patriotic devotion, and of eminence and influence in that an- 
 cient order that has marched down through transforming cen- 
 turies with its impressive ceremonies and righteous principles, 
 carrying aloft its banners and symbols, and beckoning tlie per- 
 iod when highborn chivalry shall characterize the deeds of men I 
 
 At fifteen minutes before two o'clock 
 
 TITK MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED 
 in due form, the band at the time playing appropriate music. 
 
960 WADSWORTH MONUMENT. 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. 
 
 The monument stands thirty-one feet and six inches above 
 the ground, and is a very handsome piece of work. It was 
 manufactured by Messrs. Rose & Lautz of Buffalo, and is com- 
 posed entirely of Maine granite, the price paid for it being 
 $3,000. The first base is six feet ten inches square, and one 
 foot nine inches high. Upon this rests the second base, five 
 feet eight inches square, and one foot high, the word " Wads- 
 worth " appearing upon one side in large raised letters. The 
 third base is five feet two inches square by one foot three 
 inches in height, and upon the ledge is a Knight Templar's 
 chapeau and sword cut from the solid granite. Upon the third 
 base rests the massive die. It is four feet square and four feet 
 three inches high, the four sides or panels being highly pol- 
 ished and representing Knight Templars' banners. Upon three 
 of the panels are elaborate inscriptions, intaglio style, number- 
 ing seven hundred letters. Upon the north side, beneath a 
 double-headed eagle, representing the thirty-second degree in 
 Masonry, are the following words : 
 
 "In memory of Gen. John B. Wadsworth, son of Richard, 
 born in Buffalo, N. Y., 1823, Dec. 26. Died in Springville, 
 1877, Nov. 7. After extensive travels in the four quarters of 
 the globe, he came to the home of his youth to die here and 
 rest by the side of his parents. His respect for his ancestors 
 incited him to provide for the erection of this family monu- 
 ment." 
 
 Upon the west side, beneath a charter oak, the following 
 words appear: 
 
 " Hon. William Wadsworth came from England 1632, settled 
 in Hartford, Conn., 1636, and died there 1675. Captain Joseph 
 Wadsworth, son of William. Preserved the Charter of Con- 
 necticut in the historic oak, 1687, Oct. 31, and died 1729. Ser- 
 geant Jonathan Wadsworth, son of Joseph, died 1739.', 
 Beneath a bible, on the south side are these words : 
 " Captain Jonathan Wadsworth, Jr., son of Jonathan, was 
 killed near Saratoga, 1777, Sept. 19. Henry Wadsworth, son 
 of Jonathan, Jr., died 1821, Oct. 13. Richard Wadsworth, son 
 of Henry, died 1861, April i, aged 75 years. Ann McLean, 
 wife of Richard Wadsworth, died 1859, Oct. 15, aged 72 years." 
 
WADSWORTII MONUMENT. 961 
 
 The massive appearance of the die is relieved by four poh'shed 
 cohimns at the corners cut in the solid block. The cap upon 
 the die is moulded in gothic style and is very handsome. It is 
 four feet nine inches square by four feet two inches high. The 
 west face bears a charter oak ; the east the letter "W;" the north 
 a double-headed eagle, 32 o ; and the south the Holy Bible, 
 all beautifully carved in granite. 
 
 The base of the column is one foot in height and upon 
 it stands the shaft which is twelve feet high and beautifully 
 polished. It is round with a perfect taper and midway between 
 the upper and lower cap are crossed battle-axes over a cross and 
 triangle containing a trowel. Surmounting the shaft is a capi- 
 tal two feet seven inches high. It is elegantly carved in the 
 Corinthian style and is very handsome. The whole is over- 
 topped by an ancient helmet two feet nine inches high and sets 
 off the work in a splendid manner. 
 
 A provision of brother Wadsworth's will gave five hundred 
 dollars to Springville Lodge, on condition that the of^cers agree 
 to look after, and see that the lot and grounds on which the 
 monument stands be kept in proper condition ; also that the 
 conditions of the bequest be entered in the Lodge books and 
 read in open Lodge at least once during the months of May, 
 July and September, each and every year during the continu- 
 ance of the Lodge. The legacy was accepted under the speci- 
 fied conditions, and the Lodge resolved to carry out in good 
 faith the same. 
 
 During the last decade several public festivals and lectures, 
 under the auspices of the lodge, have served to give pleasure 
 and instruction to its members and friends. 
 
 The preceding are the more salient points in the history of 
 Springville Lodge, now in its thirtieth year. Meanwhile it has 
 pursued the even tenor of its way, with its proper Masonic 
 work, as indicated in part by the following list of names of 
 those who have received Masonic light within its portals, or 
 coming from sister lodges, have joined its brotherhood: 
 
962 
 
 SPRINGVILLE LODGE— MEMBERSHIP. 
 COMPLETE LIST OF MEMBERSHIP. 
 *Present Members. fDead. 
 
 •^•Alger, Oliver E., 
 Allen, James, 
 Ashman, Alonzo A., 
 Ashman, Alonzo C, 
 •fAshman, Amaziah, 
 -^Baker, Theodore, 
 Ballon, Charles F., 
 Bartlett, Benjamin F., 
 *Bigelo\v, Charles C, 
 *Bigelow, Charles D., 
 *Blakeley, Walter W., 
 Bloomfield, David C, 
 fBloomfield, Jarvis, 
 '"Briggs, Erasmus, 
 Briggs, George W., 
 Briggs, William F., 
 ^Bryant, A. F., 
 Burke, Willis, 
 ■••Bury, Martin, 
 "Chafee, Bertrand, 
 ^Chandler, Murray L., 
 *Childs, Isaac B., 
 Clark, Byron S., 
 *Clark, Charles F., 
 Clark, Herbert F.. 
 Clark, John S., 
 fCobleigh, Joel. 
 ^Cochran, Byron, 
 *Cohen, J . Lewis, 
 +Cole, Aaron, 
 Collins, Stowell, Jr.,^ 
 *Cook, Alphonso W., 
 *Crary, Frederick, 
 *Crawford, Burt J., 
 Crosby, Alden, 
 *Davis, Bryant J., 
 *Day, Clark D., 
 *DePuy, William R., 
 tDutton, Alvali, 
 Eaton, Henry, 
 Empson, Samuel D., 
 *Engel, George, 
 Fay, Benjamin A., 
 
 "Ferrin. William A., 
 Fields, Manly, 
 Findlay, Alexander R., 
 -Fish, E. Lee Verne, 
 *Fuller, Albert, 
 ^Fuller, James D., 
 Frye, Jesse, 
 Gardinier, Elias, 
 *Gardinier, Robert J., 
 *Gardinier, Thomas, 
 Gaylord, Manley, 
 *Goodell, Leighton M., 
 *Goodemote, James, 
 *Greene, George, 
 fGriffith, Archibald, 
 *Hadley, Alonzo E., 
 *Hakes, Albert F., 
 Hall, Morris L., 
 Hammond, John D., 
 Hawkins, George W., 
 -Herbold, Philip, 
 Hibbard, Gilbert C, 
 --Holland, John B., 
 tHooker, Charles J., 
 Hoover, William H., 
 *Hufstader, Rufus E., 
 *Jackson, William H., 
 tjewett, David B., 
 * J ones, Avery D., 
 •f J ones S. Willard, 
 Kellogg, Leonard M., 
 •fKingman, George W., 
 *Leland, Elmer O., 
 *Leland, Hewlitt G., 
 *Louk, Dighton, 
 fMay, Phineas, 
 ■j-May, Elam, 
 *McIntosh, Sanford A. 
 ■f-McLin, Frank, 
 McMillen, Clark S., 
 Mills, H. Eugene, 
 "Moon, Arnold J ., 
 *Morton, Samuel A., 
 
Sl'RINGVILLE LODGE — MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 965 
 
 Murphy, Lewis J., 
 
 * Myers, John P., 
 
 Nash, Daniel D., 
 
 fNichell, Charles F. A., 
 
 Nichols. Charles H., 
 
 ^Nichols, Lawrence B., 
 
 Nichols, Levi, 
 
 Norris, Henry F., 
 
 tOyer, Albert, 
 
 *Oyer, George W., 
 
 •■■'Oyer, Jacob, 
 
 *Park, William, 
 
 *Pierce, George A., 
 
 Pierce, William, 
 
 '•• Pingrey, Charles W . , 
 
 *Pingrey, Harrison, 
 
 -fPotter, Joseph, 
 
 *Prill, John, 
 
 ^^Prior, Frank, 
 
 *Prior, James, 
 Reed, George H., 
 *Reed, John W., 
 *Rice, Roswell D., 
 Rice, William, 
 "Richardson, Preston C, 
 "Richmond, James N., 
 tRockwell, Noah, 
 fRugg, Heman, 
 *Rumsey, Burt J., 
 Russell, Humphrey, 
 *Rust, Adolph F., 
 ■•^Sampson, Perrin, 
 fSanders, Lucius C, 
 "Scoby, Marshall D., 
 Sherman, Charles W., 
 Sherman, George H., 
 '•Shuttleworth, Charles J., 
 Skeele, Andrew L., 
 Slaght, Edwin, 
 Smith, David D., 
 Smith, Orville, 
 •fSmith, Pliny, 
 "Spaulding, Frank P., 
 
 '^"Spaulding, 1 hirlan P., 
 
 Spencer, Horace C, 
 
 Stanbro, Almon W., 
 
 *Stanbro, George G., 
 
 Steele, Myron, 
 
 Stowell, Charles, 
 
 *Taber, Asa R., 
 
 fThomson, Newton K., 
 
 *Tillinghast. A. O., 
 
 Tobias^ Philip, 
 
 fTorrey, A. Rodolphus, 
 
 ^^Trevitt, Alfred R., 
 
 Trube, Peter, 
 
 Turner, Alfred, 
 
 "•^'Twichell, Asa L., 
 
 Tyrer, Adelbert, 
 
 tTyrer, James, 
 
 •fUpson, David R., 
 
 VanSlyke, William H., 
 ■"Vaughan, Alonzo L.. 
 Vaughan, Covel L., 
 Vaughan, Julius, 
 ■■^Vosburg, Isaac, 
 "Wadsworth, Charles R., 
 •fWadsworth, John B.. 
 Wadsworth, Morris, 
 Waite, Weston W., 
 '■^Warner, William H., 
 + Watson, Charles, 
 ■•nVells, John A., 
 Wells, William, 
 *Wheeler, David, 
 *Wheeler, John S., 
 •fWhitcomb, Thomas J., 
 "" Wickham, Chauncey L., 
 Widrig, William A., 
 -AVilcox, David J., 
 Wiltse, Alonzo, 
 -Wiltse, Ward B., 
 ""Wood, Charles H., 
 Woodward, Philo, 
 ^Wright, Edwin, 
 Yates, Robert J. 
 
964 
 
 SPRINGVILLE LODGE — ELECTIVE OFFICERS. 
 
 ELECTIVE 
 
 Year. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 1855. 
 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 1857.. 
 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 1859. 
 
 
 i860. 
 
 
 I86I. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 1866. 
 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 1868. 
 
 
 1869. 
 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 I87I. 
 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 1873. 
 
 
 1874. 
 
 
 1875. 
 
 
 1876. 
 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 1878. 
 
 
 1879. 
 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 1882. 
 
 
 1883. 
 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 Master. 
 
 Alvah Button 
 
 Alvah Button 
 
 Alvah Button 
 
 Alvah Button 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Pliny Smith 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Benjamin A. Fay. . . 
 Benjamin A. Fay . . . 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Almon W. Stanbro . . 
 Almon W. Stanbro. 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 George G. Stanbro . . 
 Almon W. Stanbro . 
 Harlan P. Spaulding 
 Harlan P. Spaulding 
 George G. Stanbro . , 
 Bertrand Chafee.... 
 Bertrand Chafee . . . . 
 George G. Stanbro . , 
 Frank P. Spaulding. 
 Henry F. Norris. . . . 
 Henry F. Norris. . . . 
 James N. Richmond, 
 James N. Richmond 
 
 Avery B. Jones 
 
 Avery B. Jones 
 
 Alonzo E. Hadley. . 
 Alonzo E. Hadley.. 
 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 Heman Rugg 
 
 Heman Rugg 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Pliny Smith 
 
 George G, Stanbro. . 
 Benjamin A. Fay. . . . 
 
 Arnold J. Moon 
 
 Almon W. Stanbro . . 
 
 Arnold J. Moon 
 
 Arnold J. Moon 
 
 Alonzo L. Vaughan. 
 
 Orville Smith 
 
 Manly Gaylord 
 
 Manly Gaylord 
 
 Harlan P. Spaulding. 
 
 Henry Eaton 
 
 Henry Norris 
 
 Bertrand Chafee 
 
 William Park 
 
 Henry Norris 
 
 Frank P. Spaulding. 
 
 Frank Prior 
 
 James N. Richmond. 
 James N. Richmond. 
 
 Avery B. Jones 
 
 Avery B. Jones 
 
 John S. Wheeler. . . . 
 Alonzo E. Hadley. . . 
 William H. Jackson. 
 William H. Jackson. 
 
SPRINGVILLE LODGE — KlECTIVE OFFICERS. 965 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Junior Warden. 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Benjamin F. Bartlett 
 
 Arnold J. Moon.. . ■ 
 
 George G. Stanbro . . 
 Benjamin A. Fay.... 
 Almon W. Stanbro. . 
 Almon \V. Stanbro.. 
 
 Isaac Vosburg 
 
 Isaac Vosburg 
 
 Isaac Vosburg 
 
 Alonzo C. Ashman. . 
 
 Stoel Collins, Jr 
 
 Benjamin A. Fay. . . . 
 
 Henry Eaton 
 
 William Park 
 
 Alonzo L. Vaughan . 
 Alonzo E. Hadley. . . 
 Walter W. Blakeley. 
 Frank P. Spaulding. . 
 
 James Prior 
 
 Chas. R. Wadsworth 
 James N. Richmond. 
 
 Isaac B. Childs 
 
 Avery D. Jones 
 
 John W. Reed 
 
 John S. Wheeler. . . . 
 Rufus E. Hufstader. . 
 William H.Jackson.. 
 Lawrence B. Nichols. 
 Lawrence B. Nichols. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Amaziah Ashman . . . 
 Amaziah Ashman . . . 
 
 Arnold J. Moon, 
 
 Lucius C. Saunders & 
 Horace C. Spencer. 
 Arnold J. Moon. 
 Arnold J. Moon 
 Arnold J. Moon 
 David C. Bloomfield 
 Arnold J. Moon. . . 
 
 Joel Cobleigh 
 
 Horace C. Spencer 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon. . 
 Arnold J. Moon . . 
 Hewlitt G. Leland 
 Hewlitt G. Leland 
 Hewlitt G. Leland 
 Hewlitt G. Leland 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 Hewlitt G. Leland. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Joseph Potter. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 
 I Pliny Smith. 
 
 D. C. Bloomfield. 
 Almon W. Stanbro. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 Pliny Smith. 
 WalterW. Blakeley. 
 WalterVV. Blakeley. 
 WalterW.Blakeley. 
 Perrin Sampson. 
 Perrin Sampson. 
 Weston W. Waite. 
 Asa R. Taber. 
 Asa R. Taber. 
 Asa R. Taber. 
 Asa R. Taber. 
 Asa R. Taber. 
 
966 
 
 CHAPTERS — ELECTIVE OFFICERS. 
 
 CHAPTERS. 
 
 SPRINGVILLE CHAPTER, NO. II 8, R. A. M. 
 There once existed a chapter bearing this name, of which 
 Job Bigelow, Archibald Grififith, Jarvis Bloomfield, and others 
 were members, but nothing is definitely known of its work or 
 history. It probably had but a short life ere the wave of anti- 
 Masonry swept it out of existence. A seal, still preserved in 
 the Bigelow family, attests the fact that it must have had a 
 charter. 
 
 SPRINGVILLE CHAPTER, NO. 275, R. A. M. 
 
 In 1879, Bertrand Chafee, Henry Eaton, Lowell M. Cum- 
 mings, George G.. Stanbro, William H. Jackson, George W. 
 Nichols, John M. Wiley, Dexter E. Folsom, John A. Bury, 
 Ira C. Woodward, C. W. Bourne and Julius B. Woodward, 
 who had been properly vouched for and recommended by 
 Forestville Chapter, No. 136, petitioned the Grand High 
 Priest for a dispensation to form a chapter to be holden at 
 Springville, to be known and designated as Springville Chapter. 
 
 Bertrand Chafee was authorized and empowered to act as 
 High Priest; Iia C Woodward to act as King, and John M. 
 Wiley to act as Scribe, by a dispensation dated May 14, 1879, 
 and the chapter was organized June 24, 1879, t>y the Grand 
 High Priest, David Fisher Day, the consecration being held at 
 Masonic Hall. 
 
 Julius B.Woodward was appointed Treasurer; C. W. Bourne, 
 Secretary ; George G. Stanbro, Captain of the Host ; W^illiam 
 H. Jackson, Principal Sojourner; Lowell M. Cummings, Royal 
 Arch Captain; Henry Eaton, Master of the Third Vail; Dex- 
 
 ELECTIVE 
 
 Year. 
 
 High Priest. 
 
 King 
 
 I879---- 
 1880.... 
 1881 . ... 
 1882. ... 
 1883.... 
 1884. ... 
 
 Bertrand Chafee 
 
 Bertrand Chafee 
 
 Bertrand Chafee 
 
 George G. Stanbro 
 
 William N. Jackson 
 
 William N. Jackson 
 
 Ira C. Woodward 
 
 Ira C. Woodward 
 
 Ira C. Woodward ......... 
 
 W^illiam H. Jackson 
 
 Avery D. Jones 
 
 Averv D Tones 
 
 
MEMBERS— ELECTIVE OEFICERS. 
 
 967 
 
 tcr E Folsom, Master of the Second Vail; John A. Bury, 
 Master of the First Vail, and George VV. Nichols, Tylen 
 
 The next year, the Chapter received its " Warrant of Consti- 
 tution." dated February 5th, 1880, and soon after its officers 
 were publicly installed by the Grand High Priest, David F. 
 Day, at the Opera House. The Chapter holds its stated con- 
 vocations on the first and third Monday evenings of each 
 month. Its candidates come from Spnngville, Arcade and 
 
 Golden lodges : 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 f Died Sept. S, 18S3. 
 
 Baker, J. D., 
 Bigelow, C. D., 
 Blakeley, W. W., 
 Bourne, C. W., 
 Bryant, A F., 
 Buffum, S. W., 
 Bury, J. A., 
 Chafee, B., 
 Clark, H. F., 
 Cohen, J. L., 
 Cornwell, I. A., 
 Crawford, B. J., 
 Cummings, L. M., 
 Eaton, H., 
 Fuller, A., 
 Gilbert, S, T., 
 Greene, G., 
 Hadley, A. E., 
 Hakes, A. F., 
 Herbold, P. 
 Hufstader, R. E., 
 Jackson, W. H., 
 
 Jones, A. D., 
 Masten, W. J., 
 Moon, A. J., 
 Myers, J. P., 
 Nichols, G. W., 
 Nichols, L. B., 
 Persons, W. F., 
 Prill, J., 
 Prior, F., 
 Reed, ]. W., 
 Spaulding, V. P., 
 Stanbro, G. G., 
 Tabor, A. R., 
 fThomson, N. K., 
 Twichell, A. L., 
 Twichell, W. E., 
 Wadsworth, C. R., 
 Warner, W. H., 
 Wiley, J. M., 
 Woodward, I. C, 
 Woodward, J. B. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Scribe. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 John M. Wiley JuHus B. Woodward. Charles W.Bourne. 
 
 John M. Wiley Ijulius B. Woodward. Charles W. Bourne. 
 
 John M. Wiley lAsa L. Twichell L. M. Cummings. 
 
 Asa L. Twichell John Prill L. M. Cummings. 
 
 John W. Reed John Prill L. M. Cummings. 
 
 Alonzo E. Hadley.. . John Prill Asa R. Taber. 
 
968 EARLY EVENTS IN CONCORD AND COLLINS. 
 
 NOTES. 
 CONCORD. 
 The first birth was that of Lucius Stone in 1809. The first 
 death was that of Mrs. John Albro, in 1808. The first mar- 
 riage was that of Obediah Brown to Miss Curtis in 1 811. She was 
 a sister of Mrs. Amaziah Ashman. Christopher Douglass, Esq., 
 officiated. The first school was taught by Miss Anna Rich- 
 mond in the Summer of 18 10. The first lawyer was Thomas 
 T. Sherwood. Hon. C. C. Severance practiced the profession 
 of law the longest, and Dr. Carlos Emmons the profession of 
 medicine the longest. Thomas Lincoln is the oldest archi- 
 tect and builder, and has followed his calling the longest. Joel 
 D. Holman followed the trade of blacksmith the longest, and 
 George E. Crandall has worked the longest at the jeweler's 
 trade. Jonathan Briggs is the veteran school teacher, having 
 followed the calling nearly fifty years. Calvin Killium, of 
 Waterville, has lived in this town longer than any other person 
 now living. Daniel Shultus is the oldest person living in this 
 town. Mrs. Ezekiel Adams is the oldest of the pioneers. E. 
 N. Frye has milked the greatest number of cows and Jeremiah 
 Richardson manufactured the most sugar. 
 
 COLLINS. 
 The first birth was that of a son of Aaron Lindsley in 18 10. 
 The first marriage was that of Stephen Peters and Sarah Par- 
 
 menter in 181 1. The first death was that of Straight 
 
 in 1812. John Hanford kept the first store in 1813 at Taylor 
 Hollow. Ralph Plumb opened the first store in Gowanda and 
 Samuel Lake the first one at Collins Center. The first school 
 was taught in Zoar by Simeon Waterman in 18 12. The first 
 Postmaster in Zoar was Phineas Orr, his commission bore the 
 date of 1820. Another postoffice was established at Taylor 
 Hollow, *but at what time the author cannot ascertain.- 
 
 NORTH COLLINS. 
 
 The first birth was that of George Tucker in 18 10. The first 
 
 marriage was that of Levi Woodward aid Hannah Southwick 
 
 in 181 2, and the first deaths, those of two girls, twin daughters 
 
 of Stephen Sisson. Stephen Stancliff built the first mill in 
 
LOCAL NAMES OF SARDINIA. 9^9 
 
 tStS Stephen Tucker kept the first inn and Stephen Rose 
 i8i8 Stcpnen p ^^^^^^^ ^^,^^ taught by 
 
 the first store, both \n i«i3- ^ '^^ 
 Phebe Southwick in 1S13. 
 
 j^OTES.-LOCAL NAMES IN SAR1)INL\. 
 '' Frattham" was named after Elder Stephen Pratt, who was. 
 ^"M:dr^"::-vas named after Obed.ahMadiso 
 
 ^^^Sh^;;^:] H!n:^.amed after Capt. Samuel Shepherd, who 
 
 war of 1 81 2, who located there. 
 
 " P otect on." The origin of this name is somewhat obscure 
 but it "supposed to have originated from the fact that a hot el 
 keepL placed the word " Protection" over his door as a s>gn, and 
 the little hamlet has been known by this name ever smce. 
 
 The first school taught in the south part of the town was by 
 Anna Richmond, in her father's house, .n 18.2 
 
 The first school taught in the east part of the town, was by 
 
 Melinda Abbey in 1S14. ^„d 
 
 The first birth m town was that of Ka> tin^^=, 
 the first death was a son of Henry Godfrey n, ,814 The fir t 
 marri.a.e was that of James Reynolds to Anna Richmond, m 
 7'"\r. Prindle was the first physician. Dr. Colgrove prac- 
 tised medicine the longest. 
 
 ELECTIONS IN EARLY TIMES. 
 In early days the towns were not divided into election dis- 
 tricts as they are at the present, but the t,me of holdn,g ea h 
 el^cdonwas'confined to three days, and thc-Pectors w- U 
 ballot-boxes would go from one point to another and rece.ve- 
 the ballots. In Concord the places of rece,vn,g the votes we e 
 in the Sibley settlement school-house in the forenoon of e 
 first day. Then the board in the afternoon would adjour,^ the 
 polls to the house of Isaiah Pike, from here the polls wou d be 
 adjourned to some convenient place in the west ?«« ° J^t 
 town for the forenoon of the following day, and '-""-- 
 would be adjourned to the house of Jonathan Townsend ,n the 
 
970 LIST OF PRESIDENTS. 
 
 afternoon, from whence it would be adjourned to the village of 
 Springville, where the polls would be kept open from morning 
 until night of the third and last day. I remember that in this 
 town Morris Fosdick, Wells Brooks, L. B. Tousley and C. C. 
 Severance were in the habit of accompanying the Inspectors in 
 their tour and looking after the interests of their parties, and 
 trying to secure the rights of their respective candidates. 
 
 A LIST OF PRESIDENTS FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE FED- 
 ERAL CONSTITUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME. 
 
 1789, George Washington. 1796, John Adams. 1800, 
 Thomas Jefferson. 1804, Thomas Jefferson. 1808, James 
 Madison. 1812, James Madison. 1816, James Monroe. 1820, 
 James Monroe. 1824, John Q. Adams. 1828, Andrew Jack- 
 son. 1832, Andrew Jackson. 1836, Martin Van Buren. 1840, 
 William Harrison, who died after serving one month and his 
 place was filled by the Vice-President, John Tyler. 1844, 
 James K. Polk. 1848, Zachary Taylor, who died in of^ce and 
 his term was completed by the Vice-President Millard Fill- 
 more. 1852, Franklin Pierce. 1856, James Buchanan, i860, 
 Abraham Lincoln. 1864, Abraham Lincoln, who was assassin- 
 ated, and Andrew Johnson finished his term. 1868, Ulysses 
 S. Grant. 1872, Ulysses S. Grant. 1876, R. B. Hayes, 1880, 
 James A. Garfield, who was assassinated, and his place filled by 
 Chester A. Arthur, Vice-President. 
 
 LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK SINCE 1 777 UP TO THE 
 
 PRESENT DATE. 
 
 George Clinton from 1777 to 1795. John Jay, 1795 to 1801. 
 George Clinton from 1801 to 1804. Morgan Lewis from 1804 
 to 1807. Daniel D. Tompkins from 1807 to March, 1817. 
 John Taylor, Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor from 
 March, 18 17 to July, 18 17. DeWitt Clinton from 18 17 to 
 January i, 1823. Joseph C. Yates from 1823 to 1825. DeWitt 
 Clinton from 1825 to P'eb. 11. 1828. Nathaniel Pitcher from 
 Feb. II, 1828, to Jan. i, 1829. Martin Van Buren from Jan. i, 
 1829, to March 12, 1829. Enos T. Throop, Lieutenant Gov- 
 ernor, Acting Governor from March 12, 1829 to Jan. i, 1831. 
 Enos T. Throop from 1S31 to 1833. William L. Marcy from 
 
ERIK COUNTY S CONCKKSSMPIN. 97I 
 
 1833 to 1839. William H. Seward from 1S39 to i<S43. Will- 
 iam C. Rouch from 1843 to 1845. Silas Wright from 1845 to 
 1847. John Young from 1847 ^^ 1849. Hamilton Fish from 
 1849 to '851. Washington Hunt from 1851 to 1853. Horatio 
 Seymour from 1853 to 1855. Myron H. Clark from 1855 to 
 1857. John A. King from 1857 to 1859. Edwin D. Morgan 
 from 1859 t° 1863. Horatio Seymour from 1863 to 1865. 
 Reuben E. Fenton from 1865 to 1869. John T. Hoffman from 
 1869 to 1873. John A. Dix from 1873 to 1875. Samuel J. 
 Tilden from 1875 to 1877. Lucius Robinson from 1877 to 
 1879. Alonzo B. Cornell from 1879 to 1882. Governor Cleve- 
 land elected to fill the next term from 1882 to 1885. 
 
 ERIE COUNTY IN CONGRESS. 
 
 The following will show the representation of Erie county 
 in Congress since 1808 : 
 
 In 1808 Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Niag- 
 ara and Ontario, were constituted the 15th Congressional dis- 
 trict. 1809-13, Gen. Peter B. Porter. In 18 12 the territor}^ 
 which now embraces Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, 
 Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara and Ontario counties, 
 was made the twenty-first Congressional district, with two rep- 
 resentatives. In 1813-15, Samuel M. Hopkins, Nathaniel 
 Howell. 181 5-17, Micah Brooks, Peter B. Porter; General 
 Porter resigned in 18 16 and Archibald S. Clarke was elected to 
 fill vacancy. 18 17-19, Benjamin Ellicott, John C. Spencer. 
 1819-21, Nathaniel Allen, Albert H.Tracy. 1821-23, William 
 B. Rochester, Albert H. Trac)\ 
 
 Erie county was erected in 1821, and in 1822 Chautauqua, 
 Erie and Niagara were constituted the thirtieth district, with 
 one representative ; 
 
 1823-25, Albert H. Tracy. 1825-27, Daniel G. Garnsey. 
 1827-29, Daniel G. Garnsey. 1829-31, Ebenezer F. Norton. 
 
 In 1832 Erie county was made the thirty-second district : 
 
 1831-33, Bates Cook. 1833-35, Millard Fillmore. 1835-37, 
 Thomas C. Love. 1837-39, Millard Fillmore. 1839-41, M. 
 Fillmore. 1841-43. M. Fillmore. 1843-45, William A Mose- 
 ley. 1845-47, William A. Moseley. 1847-49, Nathan K. Hall. 
 1849-51, E. G. Spaulding. 1851-53, Solomon (i. Haven. 
 
972 COUNTY JUDGES AND SHERIFFS. 
 
 1853-55, S. G. Havens. 1855-57, S. G. Havens. 1857-59, 
 
 Israel T. Hatch. 1859-61, E. G. Spaulding. 1861-63, E. G. 
 
 Spaulding. 
 
 In 1S62 Erie county was made the thirtieth district : 
 1863-65, John Ganson. 1865-67, James M. Humphrey. 
 
 1867-69, James M. Humphrey. 1869-71, David S. Bennett. 
 
 1871-73, Wilham Wilhams. 1873-75, Lyman K. Bass. 
 
 1875-77, Lyman K. Bass. 1877-79, Daniel N. Lockwood. 
 
 1879-81, Ray V. Pierce. 1881-83, Jonathan Scoville. 1883-85, 
 
 William F. Rogers. 
 
 LIST OF COUNTY JUDGES OF NIAGARA COUNTY BEFORE THE 
 DIVISION, AND OF ERIE COUNTY AFTER THE DIVISION. 
 
 1808, Augustus Porter, of Niagara Falls. 181 2, Samuel 
 Tupper, of Buffalo, 1817, William Hotchkiss, of Brant, Niag- 
 ara county. 1820, Ebenezer Walden, of Buffalo. 
 
 Erie county organized in 1821. 
 
 1 82 1, Samuel Wilkinson. 1823, Ebenezer Walden. 1828, 
 
 Thomas C. Love, of Buffalo. 1829, Philander 
 
 1837, James Stryker. 1842, Nathan K. Hall. 1845, Frederick 
 P. Stevens. 1847, Frederick P. Stevens. 185 1, Jesse Walker ; 
 died, and in 1852, James Sheldon appointed. 1856, James 
 Sheldon elected, i860, James Sheldon. 1864, Stephen Lock- 
 wood. 1868, R. L. Burrows. 1872, Albert Haight, resigned. 
 1877, William W. Hammond, to fill vacancy. 1878, William 
 W. Hammond, of Brant, full term. 1883, William W. Ham- 
 mond. 
 
 SHERIFFS APPOINTED. 
 
 1808. Asa Ransom. 18 10, Samuel Pratt, of Buffalo. 1812, 
 Asa Ransom, of Clarence. 1814, Asa Ransom, J. G. Camp. 
 1816, Asa Ransom. 1818, James Cronk, of Newstead. 1821, 
 G. Caulp, of Buffalo. 
 
 ELECTED. 
 
 1822, Wray S. Littlefield, of Hamburg. 1825, John G. 
 Camp. 1828, Lemuel Wasson, of Hamburg. 1831, Stephen 
 Osburn, of Clarence. 1834, Lester Brace of Black Rock. 1837, 
 
COUNTY CLKRKS AND SU KKOCiATK. 973 
 
 nvirlesP Persons, of Aurora. 1840. Lorenzo Brown otBuf- 
 
 f 8aV Ralph Plumb, ot Collins. .846, Timothy A. Hop- 
 
 t o Amh^:!' -849, LeRoy Farnham, of Buffalo. :^ 
 
 I ,scoh Cmdee of Sardinia. .855. Orrin LockNvood, of Bos- 
 
 oseph Candec ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ H. Best, of 
 
 Buffalo. ,864, Oliver J. Eggert, of A">h"st. 86 , Char es 
 narcv of Buffalo. 1870. Crover Cleveland, of Buffalo. 1S73, 
 fo,;7B Weber, of We'st Seneca. ,876, Joseph L. Habers ,-., 
 of Buffalo. .879. William W. Lawson, of Buffalo. 1882, 1 lar- 
 ry H. Kock. 
 
 COUNTY CLERKS APFPOINTED. 
 1808, Louis Le Couteulx, of Buffalo. i8io, Juba Storrs. of 
 Buffalo 1815, Archibald S. Clark, of Newstead. iSi6 Fred. 
 K MerrUl, of Buffalo. 1819. John E. Marshall, of Buffalo. 
 1 82 1, James S. Barton. 
 
 ELECTED. 
 i8''2. Jacob A. Barker. 1825, Jacob A. Barker. '828 Eli- 
 jah Leach. 1831, Noah P. Sprague. 1834, Horace Clark. 
 18^7 Cyrus K. Anderson.' 1840, Noah P. Sprague. 184., 
 M iyColton. 1846, Moses Bristol. 1849, Wells Brooks, of 
 Concord. 1852, William Andre. 1855, Peter M. Vo«.. 
 18S8 O. J. Greene, of Sardinia. 1861, Charles R Du kee. 
 .864', Lewis P. Dayton. 1867, John Anchxw. ^^70 J -^H 
 Fisher. 1873, George S. Remmgton. 1876, D. C. Oatman. 
 1879, R. B. Foote. 1882, Joseph E. Ewell. 
 
 SURROGATES. 
 
 ,808, Archibald S. Clark. 1813, Amos Calander. 1815, Dn 
 
 Johnson. I82I, Roswell Chapin. 1829, Martn. Ch.ttenden 
 
 died with the cholera). 1832, Isaac T. Hatch. V^S^' Samu I 
 
 Caldwx^H. 1841, Thomas C.Love. 1845, Peter MX osburgl. 
 
 1847, Peter M. Vosburgh. 1851, Charles D. Norton. 18,5, 
 
 Abram Thorn. ,859, Charles C. Severance, of Concord. 1863, 
 
 Jonathan Haskell, of Brandt, 1867, Horatio Seymour. 1871 
 
 Zebulon Ferris, of East Hamburgh. 1877, Zebulon Perns. 
 
 1883, Jacob Stern. 
 
974 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, STATE SENATORS, ETC. 
 
 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. 
 
 1818, Charles G. Olmstead. 1819, Heman B. Potter (ten 
 years). 1829, Thomas C. Love. 1836, George P. Barker. 
 1837, Henry W. Rogers. 1841, Henry W. Rogers. 1844, 
 Solomon G. Hav^en. 1847, Benjamin H. Austin. 1849, C. H. 
 S. Williams. 1852, John L. Talcott. 1853, Albert Sawen. 
 1856, James M. Humphrey. 1859, ^- J- Fithian. 1862, Cyre- 
 nius C. Torrence, of Collins. 1865, Lyman K. Bass. 1868, 
 Lyman K. Bass. 1871, Bejamin H. Williams. 1874, Daniel 
 N. Lockvvood. 1877, R. C.Titus. 1880, Edward W. Hatch. 
 1883, Edward W. Hatch. 
 
 COUNTY TREASURERS. 
 
 1848, Christian Metz. 1854, James D. Warren. 1857, Lyman 
 B. Smith, i860, Norman B. McNeal. 1863, Francis C. Brunk. 
 1866, Charles R. Durkee. 1869, William B. Sirrett. 1872, 
 William. B. Sirrett. 1875, William B. Sirrett. 1878, William 
 B. Sirrett. 1881, Henry R. Jones. 
 
 STATE SENATORS. 
 1812, Archibald S. Clark, Newstead. 1820, Oliver Forward, 
 of Buffalo. 1825 jSam.uel Wilkinson. 1833, Albert H. Tracy. 
 1837, William A. Moseley. 1844, Carlos Emmons of Concord. 
 1847, John T. Bush. 1849, George R. Babcock. 1851, George 
 R. Babcock 1853, James O. Putnam. 1855. James Wads- 
 worth. 1859, John Ganson. 1861, John Ganson. 1863, 
 James M. Humphrey. 1865, D. S. Bennett. 1867, A. 
 P. Nichols. 1869, L. L. Lewis. 1871, L. L. Lewis. 1873, 
 John Ganson. 1874, A. P. Lanning. 1875, S. S. Rogers. 
 1876, E. C. Sprague. 1877, R. V.Pierce. 1879, B. H. Wil- 
 liams. 1881, Robert C. Titus. 1883, Robert C. Titus, 
 
 MEMliERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
 
 The following is a list of the Members of Assembly who have 
 represented the people of these towns in the Legislature : 
 
 Before the present County of Erie was organized, they were 
 represented by : 
 
 Archibald S. Clark, two years, Ebenezt^r Walden, Jonas Wil- 
 liams, two years, Richard Smith, Elias Osburn, Isaac Phelps, 
 Jr., two years, Oliver Forward, Mr. Hotchkiss. two years. 
 
MEMHKRS OF ASSEMKl.V. . 975 
 
 1823 — Ebcnczcr F. Norton. 
 
 1824 — Samuel Wilkeson. 
 
 1825 — Calvin Fillmore. 
 
 1826 — Reuben B. Heacock. 
 
 1827 — David Burt, Oziel Smith. 
 
 1828- David Burt. Peter B. Porter. 
 
 1829 — David Burt, Millard Fillmore. 
 
 1830— Edmund Hull, Millard Fillmore. 
 
 1831 — Nathaniel Knight, Millard P'illmore. 
 
 1832— Horace Clark, William Mills. 
 
 1833 — Horace Clark, William Mills. 
 
 1834 — Joseph Clary, Carlos Emmons. 
 
 1835 — William A. Mosley, Ralph Plumb. 
 
 1836 — George P. Barker, W'ells Brooks. 
 
 1837 — Benjamin O. Bivins, Squire S. Case, Elisha Smith. 
 
 1838 — Lewis F. Allen, Asa Warren, Cyrenus Wilbur. 
 
 1839 — Jacob A. Barker, Truman Cary, Henry Johnson. 
 
 1840— Seth C. Hawley, Stephen Osborne, Aaron Salisbury. 
 
 1 841 — Seth C. Hawley, Stephen Osborne, Carlos Emmons. 
 
 1842 — W. A. Bird, B. H. Colegrove, Squire S. Case. 
 
 1843— George R. Babcock, Wells Brooks, N. McNeal. 
 
 1844 — Daniel Lee, Elisha Smith, Amos Wright. 
 
 1845 — Daniel Lee, J. T. Bush, Truman Dewey. 
 
 1846— James Wood, J. T. Bush, Nathan K. Hall. 
 
 1847 — John D. Howe, Horatio Shumway. William H.Pratt, 
 O. J. Green. 
 
 1848 — E. G. Spaulding, Harr\' Slade, Ira E. Irish, Charles C. 
 Severance. 
 
 1849 — Berwin Thompson, Augustus Raynor, N. McNeal, L. 
 Buxton. 
 
 1850 — Orlando Allen, Elijah I^'ord, IraE. Irish, Joseph Candee. 
 
 1851 — Orlando Allen, W. A. Bird, Henry Atwood, Charles 
 C. Severance. 
 
 1852— Israel T. Hatch, Jasper B. Young, Aaron Rile}', Joseph 
 Bennett. 
 
 1853— Almon M. Clapp, Williani T. Bush, Israel N. Ely, 
 Nelson Welch. 
 
 1854— William W. Weed. Rolland Germain, Charles A. Sill 
 Edward N. Hatch. 
 
9/6 MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
 
 1855 — William W. Weed, Daniel Devening, Jr., L. D. Covey, 
 Seth W.Goddard. 
 
 1856 — John G. Deshler, Daniel Devening, Jr., John Clark, 
 Benjamin Maltby. 
 
 1857 — Augustus J. Tiffan\-, George D. W. Clinton, Horace 
 Boise, S. C. Adams. 
 
 1858— Albert P. Laning, Andrew J. McNett, John T. Whee- 
 lock, Amos Avery. 
 
 1859 — Daniel Bowen, Henry B. Miller, John S. King, Wilson 
 Rogers. 
 
 i860 — Orlando Allen, Henry B. Miller. Hiram Newell, Joseph 
 H. Plumb. 
 
 1861— S. V. R. Watson, Victor M. Rice. B. H. Long, Zebu- 
 Ion Ferris. 
 
 1862 — John W. Murphy, Horatio oeymour, Ezra P. Goslin, 
 John A. Case. 
 
 1863 — John W. Murphy, Horatio Seymour, Timothy A. Hop- 
 kins, A. G. Conger. 
 
 1864 — Walter W. Stannard, Frederick P. Stevens, Timothy 
 A. Hopkins, Seth Fenner. 
 
 1865 — Walter W. Stannard, Harman S. Cutting, J. G. Lang- 
 ner, E. W. Godfrey. 
 
 . 1866— William Williams. John J. L. C. Jewett, J. G. Lang- 
 ner, Levi Potter. 
 
 1867 — William Williams, C. W. Hinson, R. L. Burrows, A. 
 Prince, J. H. Plumb. 
 
 1868— G. J. Bamler, Richard Flack, L. P. Dayton, A. Prince, 
 James Rider. 
 
 1869— G. J. Bamler, P. H. Bender, J. A. Chase, C. B. Rich, 
 Abbott C. Calkins. 
 
 1870 — G. J. Bamler, James Franklin, A. H. Blossom, H. B. 
 Ransom, L. Oatman. 
 
 1871 — George Chambers, J, Howell, F. A. Alberger, H. B. 
 Ransom, J. M. Wiley. 
 
 1872 — George Chambers, George Baltz, F. A. Alberger, John 
 Simpson, J. M. Wiley. 
 
 1873 — John O'Brien, George Baltz, F. A. Alberger, John 
 Nice, R. B. Foote. 
 
 i^Oy 221949 
 
Mi;.\ll'.KkS OF ASSK.MIII.W 977 
 
 1 874 — r. Maiirahan, Joseph \V. Smith, V. A. Albci'Licr. jolin 
 Nice, R. B. Footc. 
 
 1875 — Daniel Cruise, W. W. Lawson, Edward Gallatj^hcr, 
 Charles F. Tabor, B. Chaffee. 
 
 1876 — J. L. Crowley, J. C. Langner, Fdward (iallagiier, 
 Charles V. Tabor, Charles A. Orr. 
 
 1877— J. L! Crowley. J. C. Langner, EdwartI Gallagher, 
 Charles F. Tabor, Charles A. Orr. 
 
 1878— J. L. Crowley, J. G. Langner, I). F. Day. H. J, Hurd, 
 H. F. Allen. 
 
 1879 — Ji-iles O'Brien, l-rank Sipp, James Ash, James A. 
 Roberts, fL J. Hurd. 
 
 1880— Jeremiah Higgins, Frank Sipp, Arthur \V. Hickman, 
 George Bingham, H. J. Hurd. 
 
 1881 — Jeremiah Higgins, Frank Sipp, Arthur \V. Hickman, 
 Timothy W. Jackson, Job Southwick, Jr. 
 
 1882 — Cornelius Donahue, Godfrey Ernst, Elias S. Hawley, 
 Timothy W. Jackson, D. J.Wilcox. 
 
 1883 — Cornelius Donahue, Frank Sipp, Clinton, Timoth\- 
 
 \V. Jackson, D. J. Wilcox. 
 
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