Craft Masonry in Steuben County, New York
Compiled by Gary L. Heinmiller
Onondaga & Oswego Masonic Districts Historical Societies (OMDHS)
www.omdhs.syracusemasons.com
November 2010
Additions and corrections are welcomed
Note: Lodges with a “c” following the Number were ‘Country Lodges.’ Lodges in blue are currently active, as of 2000.
1789 - Ontario was split off from Montgomery County to
form an area much larger than the present Ontario County.
1796 - Steuben County was split off from Ontario County
1823 - a portion of Steuben County was combined with a
portion of Ontario County to form Yates County.
1854 - Steuben County was further reduced in size when a
portion was combined with portions of Chemung and
Tompkins Counties to form Schuyler County.
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No.
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44
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Lodge Name
Evening Star
Hornellsville
Bath (Mark Mason
Lodge)
Village
Hornellsville
Hornellsville
Bath
Morning Star
Cameron
Canisteo
Howard
04 Jun 1825
104
Lewis
Howard
06 Jun 1845
112
Steuben
Bath
11 Jun 1846
117
Painted Post
Corning
02 Dec 1846
118
123
Addison Union
Dundee
Addison
Dundee
04 Jun 1847
04 Jun 1858
151
159
Sentinel
Pultneyville
Greenwood
Williamson /
Pultneyville
04 Dec 1849
02 Jun 1880
65
77
Chartered
11 Jun 1816
Notes
extant 1860; prev. No. 259; renumbered 15 Sep 1842
22 Mar 1797
warrant reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master
Lodge No. 323, 3 Mar 1819; surrendered Nov 1830; forfeit
1840; revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846
Prev. No. 421c; renumbered No. 65 in 1839
Forfeit, Jun 1844; Surrendered 30 May 1845; revived as
Lewis 104, 6 Jun 1845; warrant destroyed by fire; reissue
with of 5 Jun 1874; see also Cameron No. 349, Howard,
NY, 11 Jun 1822
Prev. Cameron No. 77; Forfeit, Jun 1844; Surrendered 30
May 1845; revived as Lewis 104, 6 Jun 1845; warrant
destroyed by fire; reissue with of 5 Jun 1874; 'turned in'
Charter, 4 Aug 1998
Preceded by Bath Mark Mason Lodge No. 57, 1 Jan 1797;
warrant reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master
Lodge No. 323, 3 Mar 1819; surrendered Nov 1830; forfeit
1840; revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846. Lodge had
a portion of the records and warrant of Enos Lodge No. 323
Prev. No. 203, 14 Mar 1812; Forfeit 1831; No. 117 warrant
lost by fire Jul 1855; reissued, 11 Jun 1857
fire 2 Aug 1916
Preceded by Reading No. 366c, 7 Jun 1823; renamed Ionic
(Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831; revived as
Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee
No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May
1900
Forfeit 3 Jun 1885; restored 3 Jun 1885
Prev. No. 201, 11 Dec 1811; last officers elected 26 Dec
1833; revived as No. 159, 18 Jun 1850; of Pultneyville,
Wayne Co.
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168
168
201
Montour
Corning-Painted Post
Pultneyville
Painted Post
Hammondsport
Pultneyville
07 Dec 1811
203
251
259
306
308
Painted Post
Cameron
Evening Star
Dansville
Reading-Dundee
Painted Post
Cameron
Canisteo
Dansville
Reading
14 Mar 1812
05 Jun 1852
11 Jun 1816
05 Jun 1818
03 Jun 1847
323
Enos
Bath
29 May 1819
Hornellsville
Cameron
Woodhull
Steuben
Reading
Hornellsville
Howard
Woodhull
Dansville
Reading
Ionic (Reading-Ionic)
Reading
Prattsburgh Union
Liberty
Morning Star
Urbana
Prattsburgh
Cohocton
Canisteo
Hammondsport /
Urbana
Arkport
331
349
353
362c
366c
366
372c
396c
421c
459
478
11 Jun 1850
Jun 1854
11 Jun 1822
02 Oct 1854
06 Jun1823
06 Jun1823
1828
06 Jun 1823
04 Jun 1824
01 Jun 1825
17 Apr 1859
478
510
547
583
649
South DansvilleWayland
Dansville
Liberty
Cameron Mills
Prattsburgh
McClellan
649
673
755
777
Robinson
Avoca
Savona
Restoration
Jasper
Avoca
Savona
Woodhull
1994
ca 1868
ca 1874
ca 1876
883
895
Warren Patchin
Robinson
Wayland
Jasper
ca 1911
06 Jun 1912
Corning
Corning
1038
South Dansville
Cohocton
Cameron Mills
Prattsburgh
Troupsburg
15 Jun 1861
1864
ca 1866
ca 1867
last officers elected 26 Dec 1833; revived as No. 159, 18
Jun 1850
Forfeit 1831; revived as No. 117, 11 Jun 1857
renumbered No. 44, 15 Sep 1842
lost charter' 1835
Preceded by Reading No. 366c, 7 Jun 1823; renamed Ionic
(Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831; revived as
Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee
No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May
1900
Preceded by Bath Mark Mason Lodge No. 57, 1 Jan 1797;
warrant reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master
Lodge No. 323, 3 Mar 1819; surrendered Nov 1830; forfeit
1840; revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846
See also Cameron No. 77, Howard, NY
U.D. date; Chester M. Griswold, Master 1860
renamed Ionic (Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831;
revived as Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became
Dundee No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2
May 1900
Prev. Reading No. 366c; surrendered 1831; revived as
Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee
No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May
1900
renumbered No. 65 in 1839
consolidated in 1994 with Robinson No. 895 of Jasper and
Restoration No. 777 of W oodhull to become Robinson No.
649
consolidated in 1994 with Robinson No. 895 of Jasper and
McClellan No. 649 of Troupsburg; became Robinson 649
consolidated in1994 with Restoration No. 777 of Woodhull
and McClellan No. 649 of Troupsburg to become Robinson
No. 649
ca 1923
Evening Star No. 44, Hornellsville
Warrant:
11 Jun 1816; Original is in possession of the Lodge, signed by DE WITT CLINTON, Grand Master.
Extant 1860; prev. No. 259, renumbered 15 Sep 1842
CHARTER MEMBERS
Andrew Simpson.
Timothy Pierce.
John Stephens.
James Jones.
James Neadley [Headley]
Nathaniel Thatcher.
William Mullholand, Sr.
William Stephens.
John R. Stephens.
Uriel F. Stephens.
The first number was 259; this was changed to 44 on September 15, 1842.
MINUTES: Intact from the organization of the Lodge.
Evening Star Lodge was organized in the town of Canisteo, Steuben County, and began work under a dispensation dated January
17, 1814.
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The first meeting was held in the house of ANDREW MORRIS, where the following officers were installed: ANDREW SIMPSON,
Master; TIMOTHY PIERCE, Senior Warden; JOHN STEPHENS, Junior Warden.
For several years meetings were held in private houses located in Canisteo village and Hornellsville. The Historian of the Lodge,
BRO. W. H. VAN DUSEN, gives the names of nine members in whose houses meetings were held. The Lodge also temporarily
occupied rooms in several buildings which were fitted up for that purpose.
During the Morgan Period no regular meetings were held; however, the members maintained the existence of the Lodge by paying
Grand Lodge dues, and occasionally met informally at the home of some member for the purpose of paying dues; but, as Br . VAN
DUSEN says, "the street corners " were generally selected for holding conferences over matters of interest to the Lodge.
On December 26, 1861, the building on the corner of Main and Park Streets occupied by the Lodge was burned; later it occupied
the rooms of Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331. Finally on July 7, 1877, it moved into the Shattuck Opera House, on Broad Street,
Hornellsville, where it is now located.
Like many other Lodges which came into existence during the last century, it had its vicissitudes of good and bad fortune.
In May, 1853, by order of the Grand Master, the warrant was surrendered to the Grand Secretary, but a few undaunted spirits
made an application for its restoration, and on June 15, 1854, the warrant was restored by M.’.W.'. R. H. WALWORTH, Grand
Master, to WILLIAM M. HAWLEY, Master; THOMAS BENNET, Senior Warden; ERASTUS BELDEN, Junior W arden; JOHN R.
STEPHENS, Treasurer; and HOMER HOLLIDAY, Secretary.
In June, 1862, the warrant was again surrendered, and it, together with the minute book, was placed in the custody of the Grand
Secretary by the Master, MILES M. HAWLEY; however, there still remained a spark of vitality, and after a lapse of nearly five years
it was fanned into flame, a renewed interest was aroused and a successful effort was made to revive the Lodge. A dispensation was
secured on March 1, 1867, and the warrant was returned by order of M.'.W.'. RORERT D. HOLMES, Grand Master. On June 19,
1867, the following officers were installed: H. E. BUVINGER, Master; JAMES H. STEPHENS, Jr., Senior W arden; JOHN
McDOUGALL, Sr., Junior W arden; M. A. HEMINGWAY, Treasurer; and JAMES McGOWAN, Secretary.
The minute book was not restored to the Lodge until February 21, 1902.
The Lodge has in its possession a Bible and a silver square, purchased March 27, 1817; a manuscript copy of the By-laws of
Evening Star Lodge of 1814; and an original petition for degrees, dated December 23, 1814, signed by GEOROE HORNELL, a son
of the founder of the village of Hornellsville.
The early meetings of the Lodge were held at 12 o'clock midday, and in common with the custom which prevailed at that period,
refreshments were served. The social element has always found expression in the Lodge; in recent years entertainments and
picnics have served to foster this feature now so much in evidence in all Lodges. The calls for charity have been heeded, and
deserving applications have received a. ready response. On April 14, 1868, a resolution was adopted donating a sum of money for
the maintenance of the Masonic Home and Asylum at Havana, NY, and directing that fifty cents be taken from the annual dues of
each member and paid to this institution as long as it may be required.
On July 4, 1871, the corner stone of the Shattuck Opera House was laid by M.'.W.'. CHRISTOPHER G. Fox, Grand Master; the
Lodge, together with other Masonic bodies, participated in the exercises.
On October 12, 1897, the Lodge completed the payment of its full quota for the Hall and Asylum Fund as had been apportioned by
the Grand Lodge.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
J[erry]. E. B. Santee, Assemblyman.
F. D. Sherwood, State Senator.
M. F. Smith, Assemblyman.
John R. Stephens, Supervisor, Town Clerk.
Samuel Olin, Physician.
H. E. Buvinger, Railroad Agent.
Morrison Harding, Farmer.
Miles W. Hawley, Town Clerk, Supervisor (Civil War Veteran).
William M. Hawley, County Judge, State Senator.
John McDougall, Sr., Supervisor.
James H. Stephens, Jr., Lawyer, Supervisor.
HAWLEY, MILES.—Age, 29 years. 141st Infantry; Enrolled at Hornellsville, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. F,
19 Aug1862; promoted quartermaster-sergeant, 10 Sep 1862; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. B, 2 Feb 1864; discharged, 18 Apr
1864. Commissioned first lieutenant, 16 Jan 1864, with rank from 29 Jul 1863, vice S. F. Griffeth promoted.
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F1Ms&sig=XsZ4rB9PWariyPcQJDZsL4qOm1M&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA441,M1 page 440.
Miles W. Hawley, a prominent lawyer of Western New York, and a resident of the city of Hornell, NY, and a member of this
Association since 1902, died at his home in January, 1908. He was born in the town of Almond, Alleghany county, New York, on 30
Aug 1832, the son of Judge and Senator William M. Hawley. At the age of eight years, he, with his father's family, removed to the
then town of Hornellsville, in which locality he resided until his death, except while he was in the service of the United States during
the Rebellion of 1861, and a short residence in Colorado. He was educated at Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, in Steuben county,
and later at Alfred University. He studied law in the office of his father and at the law school of John W. Fowler, at Poughkeepsie,
New York. He was admitted to the Bar in September 1855, at Rochester, NY.
He began practice immediately afterwards with his father. Since the death of his father he has been in active practice by himself,
and won the reputation of an active, faithful and learned lawyer. Mr. Hawley never aspired to be a trial lawyer for the reason that the
courts of record of this county and the adjoining counties were then held so far away from his home that it was neither convenient
nor profitable to attend the terms of such courts. He devoted his attention especially to the law of real property and to probate law
and practice, assuming active duties in connection with important estates. It is safe to say that no lawyer in Steuben county has had
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entire control of the management and closing of more and larger estates than he had. These he conducted with such fidelity and
intelligence as to merit the approval of the courts, and the thanks and gratitude of his clients, and all interested.
No other person in his locality possessed more knowledge than did Miles W. Hawley respecting the history, the transfer of, and
succession to, the titles of real estate in his vicinity and the persons and families interested therein. He was an acknowledged
authority on those subjects and his advice was frequently sought.
http://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/story_of_erie.htm
Miles W. Hawley was born in Almond, Steuben, 30 Aug 1833. the son of the late Hon. William M. Hawley and Mary S. McKerg. The
family removed to Hornellsville in 1838, when Miles was five years old. Mr. Hawley attended the public schools, and subsequently
the Alfred University and Franklin Academy at Prattsburg, and was three years a student at the State and National Law School at
Poughkeepsie, graduating from there in 1855 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began practice as a member of the State bar.
He was admitted to practice in the United States district court, June 25, 1857. With the exception of short experiences in Perry,
Syracuse, N. Y., and Denver, Col., Mr. Hawley has practiced all his life in Hornellsville. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 141st
Regiment, NY Volunteers, and was rapidly promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, in command of Co. B. and was brevetted
captain. After the war he resumed the practice of his profession. He has had as partners in his legal practice the late Judge William
M. Hawley, Homer Holliday, and the Hon. J. E. B. Santee. Of late years he has practiced alone. In politics he is a Democrat. He was
supervisor for six years, village clerk twelve years, town clerk nine years, and civil magistrate in the city of Hornellsville for three
years. He is so thoroughly informed and accurate in such matters that he is accepted as authority on all disputed points of local
history. He is a life member of the famous Orophelian Society of Alfred University. Mr. Hawley was largely instrumental in settling
the great strike of the Erie employees at Hornellsville in the summer of 1877. He married Laura Van Slyke Gleason on 30 Apr 1878.
“American locomotive engineers,” by Erie Railroad Company, pages 266, 310, 456 and 539.
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Adam Fisher, Hornellsville, New York.
The subject of this sketch was born in Wurtesburgh, Germany, on 23 Jan 1845. He received his education in that country,
emigrating to the United States in 1869 and settling at Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as a butcher until 1872. In that year he
entered the service of the Erie, working in the shops at Hornellsville until Dec 1882, when he was advanced to fireman and assigned
to the Susquehanna Division. He was promoted to engineer in 1888, since which time he has run in the freight service and has
always given the highest of satisfaction in the management of trains assigned to his charge. Mr. Fisher was married on 4 May 1874,
to Miss Elizabeth Miller, and four children have been born to them, three of whom, Emma. Frank and Elizabeth, survive. Mr. Fisher
is a member of Lodge No. 47, B. of L. E., and Evening Star Lodge, No. 44, F&AM.
H. S. Haynes, Hornellsville, New York.
On 27 Jun 1861, H. S. Haynes was born in Waterford County, Maine. After securing a good common school education he cast
about for some avocation suited to his tastes, and in Aug 1883 entered the employ of the Erie as a fireman on the Allegheny
Division. The four years he served in this capacity marked him as a coming engineer of the highest grade, and in Jul 1887, he was
promoted to that position. Since then he has run regularly in the freight service, having engine 1046, and his efficient work has won
him the highest approval of the officers of that division. Mr. Haynes was married in Jan 1887, to Miss Addie Wager of Hornellsville,
but they have no children. Mr. Haynes belongs to Lodge No. 47. B. of L. E., and Evening Star Lodge No. 44. F&AM.
Elmer L. Reed, Hornellsville, New York.
Hornellsville has no more worthy citizen than Elmer L. Reed, one of the Erie's capable engineers who makes this city his home.
Being a member of the Baptist Church, he is prominent in all matters that tend to the good and welfare of that organization, and as a
loyal Republican he takes an active interest in local political affairs. His ancestors were among the early settlers of Maine, where his
grandfather died at the age of 94. His father is still living, and, though 76 years of age, is actively engaged in his trade. Elmer L. was
born at Mount Desert. Maine, 1 Jul 1862, and secured a fine common school education by diligent study. On leaving school he
came west and went to work in the Erie shops at Hornellsville, where he worked three years. He then went to firing on the
Susquehanna Division, and after firing three years was promoted to engineer in Jan 1890. He was assigned to the freight service,
where he has since been engaged. In the winter of 1887 he had a remarkable escape from death or severe injury at Southport, just
east of Elmira. His engineer had left a train on the east-bound track and gone over to the west-bound track to back up to Elmira for
water. No. 13, going west, struck them at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour, and though considerable of a wreck resulted no one was
killed. Mr. Reed was married 12 Dec 1882, to Miss Nellie A. Goss, daughter of Allen Goss, a conductor on the Susquehanna
Division of the Erie for many years. They have one child, Claire E., a bright lad of 9 years, who is attending school. Mr. Reed is a
member of Division 47, B. of L. E.; Steuben County Lodge No. 331, I. O. O. F., and Evening Star Lodge No. 44, F&AM. He is a big
hearted man, whose friendliness and manly qualities win him the respect of all whom he meets.
George Watson, Bradford, Pennsylvania.
George Watson was born at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, 21 Jun 1856, and while he was quite young, his father, Rosalvo Watson,
now deceased, moved his family to Syracuse, NY. In this place Mr. Watson attended school until he was 16 years of age, when,
having secured a good common school education he commenced working at the cabinet and upholstering trade, which he followed
for seven years. For the ensuing three years Mr. Watson worked on a farm, but tiring of that avocation he sought and obtained a
situation as fireman on the Erie. From Jan 1882, until 21 Jan 1886, he fired on the Western Division, when by his efficient services
he earned promotion to engineer. He was given a run between Hornellsville and Dunkirk which he held for some years, when he
was given a run between Bradford and Buffalo. Mr. Watson's good judgment has helped him out of many tight places, and since his
promotion he has made a record of which he has occasion to be proud, for it has placed him in high favor with the officials of the
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division, while he has the respect and good will of his fellow employees. On 30 Oct 1884, he was married to Miss Jennie Taylor,
daughter of Henry Taylor, a prominent resident of Hornellsville, NY. Mr. Watson is a member of B. of L. E. Division 280, and
Evening Star lodge No. 44, F&AM, of Hornellsville. Mr. and Mrs. W atson are highly regarded by their large circle of acquaintances
and are quite active in the Bradford social world.
---“Genealogy of the Jones family: ... the descendants of Benajmin Jones . . .,” by George Russell Jones, 1912. page 20.
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James Jones, a son of Benjamin Jones and Elizabeth Jones, was born 4 Dec 1779, in Luzerne
county, PA; James Jones came from Wilkesbarre, PA, to Canisteo, NY in 1800; later he moved to
Steuben county, near Arkport, NY. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Mary Shaw a native
of Luzerne county, PA, 9 Jan 1816; Mary Shaw Jones his wife, was born 18 Dec, 1800. They had a
family of eight children, namely: Philander S., Palmer, Mary Ann, Spencer B., Keziah, Catherine,
Elizabeth and Lewis M.
Mr. Jones was one of the early pioneers of Steuben county, NY, having settled in the county several
years prior to his marriage. He settled first at Canisteo, and followed farming and lumbering, and
was also engaged in rafting on the Canisteo river. He shortly settled at Arkport and was employed
for a time in a warehouse. Arkport was the head of navigation at that time. Before his marriage he
located in Dansville in the immediate neighborhood where he continued to reside. He settled on a
farm in 1815 now owned by his son Spencer B. Jones [photo at right]. At one time he had a farm of
some 300 acres. He was the first teacher in the town, also held some minor offices. He was a man
respected by all who knew him, he reared his family to maturity, and like himself they too were
respected citizens of the community wherein they resided. In politics Mr. Jones was a Jefferson
democrat. He was a member of the Evening Star Lodge No. 44, (Masonic). Mary Jones, his wife
died 26 Dec 1855; James Jones died 14 Dec 1861, age 82 years.
-----“Between the ocean and the lakes: the story of Erie,” by Edward Harold Mott, 1899. page 93.
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Dr. Clair S. Parkhill was born in Howard, Steuben County, 15 Nov 1842. In 1876 David Parkhill moved to Hornellsville, where he
died 8 Nov 1892. The Parkhill family traces its ancestry to a French boy castaway saved from
a wreck in the English Channel. Near where the wreck came ashore an English gentleman
had a country seat in a large park, at Torquay, and it was called Park Hill. The castaway being
unable to give an account of his family, the gentleman adopted him and gave him the name of
Parkhill, after the name of the place where he lived. He is an ancestor of Dr. Parkhill.
The subject of this sketch was educated at the Haveling Union School at Bath, the Michigan
University, and the Albany Medical College, from which he was graduated 24 Dec 1866. He
began the practice of his profession with his brother, Reuben F., in the town of Howard, and
continued with him for seven years. In Sep 1873, he removed to Hornellsville and continued
his practice. For a number of years he has been the company surgeon for the Erie Railway at
Hornellsville. He is a prominent member of the Steuben County Medical Society, a member
of, and has been president of, the Hornellsville Medical and Surgical Association, a member
of the NY State Medical Association, and the New York State Medical Society; president of
the New York State Railway Surgeons' Association ; member of the Erie Railway Surgeons'
Association; of the surgical section of the Medico-Legal Society of New York City; president of
the medical and surgical staff of the St. James Mercy Hospital, and is advisory member of the
Board of Trustees. Dr. Parkhill is a member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 44, F&AM, and one
of the principal supporters of the Railway Y. M. C. A. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. In 1884 Dr. Parkhill was president of the village of Hornellsville, and was subsequently a member of the Board of Education
four years, being president of the board during the last year. Dr. Parkhill married Marjory P. Rice, daughter of the late William Rice
of Howard, 20 Mar 1867. They have had four children: Louise, the wife of Blake B. Babcock; Annie, who died at the age of three;
Walter, who died at seventeen; and one who died in infancy.
http://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/leora_wilson_drake.htm
James H(e)adley - Revolutionary War - He came to the Canisteo Valley about 1790 in a canoe from the Wyoming Valley of
Pennsylvania, and located in Canisteo Township about one mile from the Cameron line. It is said that he fought in the Revolutionary
War and participated in some of the battles with Indians and Tories of the Revolutionary period when they attacked and burned the
settlements and massacred the people in the Wyoming Valley. He was one of the company of 12 that bought this township of
Canisteo (lot no. 11) and Hornellsville (lot no. 1). At the first Town meeting in Canisteo Town in 1801, he was elected overseer of the
poor; charter member of the [Evening Star] Lodge No. 259, F&AM, organized at Canisteo 17 Jan 1814. Census of 1790 lists him as
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one of the 29 heads of families in this territory then known as Erwins Township of Ontario county, which town included the whole of
what is now southern part of Steuben County. His family consisted of a wife and two sons, both under 16 years of age.
Andrew Simpson (Simson) - Revolutionary War - b. about 1761; d. 11 Aug 1845, aged 84 yrs.; bur. Mt. Hope Cemetery,
Troupsburg, NY; m1. Rebecca McWhorterd. 18 Aug 1818 at Jasper; m2. Nancy Hallett. His father was Alexander Simpson,
emigrant from Scotland to Salem, Wash, NY, and was in the Revolution with his sons: John, who was taken prisoner in the War and
taken to Kingston, Canada and never heard from again. Andrew, as a mere lad of 16 years was at the Battle of Bennington. He
appears as an enlisted man in Col. Morris Graham's and Col. Roswell Hopkins' 6th Regt., Dutchess Co., Militia (Charlotte and
Amenia Precincts). As an enlisted man in the Regt. of Charlotte Co., Militia (Land Bounty Rights). Was paid for service as a Private
in Capt. Edward Long's Co., Col. John Williams Regt, etc. and as Private in Capt. Edward Long's Co., Col. Alexander Webster's
Regt. of Charlotte Co., Militia and same Company in Maj. Thomas Armstrong's detachment of above. In 1840 Census of Jasper, he
appeared as a pensioner, aged 79, head of his own household, on June 1st.
1790 Federal Census of N.Y. State - Salem Town, Washington Co., Andrew Simpson was head of a family consisting of 1 free
white male of 16 yrs and upward, including heads of families, 1 free white male under 16 yrs. and 3 free white females. He moved to
Jasper either in 1808 or 1810, making the first clearing at Jasper where the present village is located, erecting a cabin and
blacksmith shop. He was the first Master of the Evening Star Lodge No. 44 organized in Canisteo in 1814 and he traversed the
forest 12 miles from his home in Jasper for about four years to be present at every meeting. The first Town meeting of the Town of
Jasper held at his house in 1827, the 1st Tuesday in March. The first marriage in Jasper was his daughter, Polly to Samuel Gregg of
Elmira. 10 Children by 1st marriage: John (Lucy Reynolds); Martha or Pol (Sam'l Gregg); Minerva (Hon. Jeffery Smith); Jane (Ira
Smith of Woodhull); Darius (Hannah Kinne); Hiram (Nancy Castle); Alexander. 2nd (Hannah Smith; Eliz. Denning); Hernando Cortez
(Charlotte Kinney); Mary (Mr. Sweet); Ira d. on his wedding day. (Children not in order of birth).
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Jerry E. B. Santee, son of the late John Santee of Hornellsville, was born at Cameron, 28 Feb 1850. He attended the Alfred and
Cornell Universities, and Union College, Schenectady, graduating from the latter institution with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in
1873. He studied law in the office of Hakes & Stevens, and was admitted in September, 1873. He subsequently practiced with Miles
W. Hawley under the firm name of Hawley & Santee, and later in the firm of Dennis, Santee & Sewell, - the latter now Judge of
Delaware county. Mr. Santee was a member of the state legislature in 1876-77, has held the office of city recorder and for many
years has been a member of the board of education, taking an active part in educational matters, and rendering valuable service in
advancing the interests of the public school system of the city. On account of failing health, he was obliged some years since, to
give up the general practice of law, and became cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Hornellsville, one of the most successful
banking institutions in western New York. Mr. Santee married [1873] Mary Elizabeth Bentley [b. 1850 Westerly R.I; d. 24 Dec 1915],
a lady descended from one of the oldest Puritan families of New England.
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Jerry E. B. Santee, Republican, who represents the Second Assembly district of Steuben county, in the Assembly, was born in the
town of Cameron in that county in 18o0. and when 13 years of age moved to Hornellsville, where lie still lives. He received his
preliminary education in the Rogersville Union Seminary, which at that time ranked among the foremost educational institutions in
Western New York, while he secured his higher education in Alfred College, now Alfred University, Cornell University and Union
College, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1873, receiving the degree of LL.B. After finishing his education Mr.
Santee engaged in his chosen profession and practiced law for several years. In his practice he was associated with Miles W.
Hawley, of Hornellsville. under the firm name of Hawley & Santee, and later with Messrs. Dennis, Santee & Sewell, the last named
member of which firm was subsequently elected Justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Santee's health not being equal to his ambition,
he was obliged to quit the practice of law. He then became cashier of the Citizens' National Bank, of Hornellsville, a position which
he has ably filled for the past twenty years, and which he still occupies.
Mr. Santee has been prominent in politics as well as in business. In 1876-1877 he held the office of Member of Assembly from the
then Second district of Steuben county, a position which he filled in an able and satisfactory manner. Mr. Santee was also elected to
the office of Police Justice of the then village of Hornellsville. For fifteen years he was a member of the Hornellsville Board of
Education and during that period the schools of the place were moved from the ninety seventh to the fourth position in the rank of
the schools of the State.
He has also been a member of the Board of Managers of the Hornellsville Library for the period of twenty years, and in that position
has done much for the literary and intellectual improvement of the city. Mr. Santee is also prominent in fraternal life, being a member
of several Masonic orders, and of the K. O. T. M. As the Republican candidate for the Assembly in his Assembly district in 1903,
Mr. Santee received 4,912 votes; James E. Schwarzenbaeh, Democrat, 4.041 votes. Speaker Nixon appointed Mr. Santee a
member of the following Assembly Committees in 1904: Commerce and Navigation, Banks, and Labor and Industries.
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Elisha G. Stephens
The subject of this sketch is of English origin. It is related that three brothers—Thomas,
Richard and Henry Stephens---came to America from Ireland some time during the
King Phillip’s War, served during said war as colonels and afterwards settled: Thomas,
in Massachusetts, Richard in Charleston, SC; and Henry, in Hartford, CT. Elisha G.
Stephens, eldest son of Nathan Stephens and Rachel Gilbert, of Canisteo, and
grandson of Jedediah and Abigail Stephens, natives of Connecticut, was born in
Addison, Steuben, NY, 21 Mar 1805. He is a lineal descendant of the fifth generation
from Henry Stephens. He received a common-school education, and taught school four
winters. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age; then worked at the
carpenter and joiner trade until he was thirty years of age.
He married Sarah Bennett, daughter of William and Mary Bennett, of Canisteo, 21 May
1829. She was born at Hornellsville, 30 Apr 1807. Her father was a son of Captain
Solomon Bennett, one of the twelve who was a purchaser of the original towns of
Canisteo and Hornellsville of Phelps and Gorham.
Of this union five children have been born, -- one who died in infancy. William B., who
married Samantha Van Scoter, and has two living children, Floyd L. and Ira B.; he is at
home with his father, and is at present a merchant at Stephens Mills; Emeline; Benton
W., who is at home with his father on the farm, and LeRoy. The first three were born in
Canisteo, and the other two in Fremont. Elisha G. continued to follow his trade until Jan 1834, when he settled in the present town of
Fremont, but at that time known as Hornellsville. During his residence in this place he has ever been the leading man, and to him
more than to any other one is honor due for the growth and prosperity of the little hamlet which now bears his name.
He purchased the mills known as Upson Mills, and has continued to own them ever since. He had also more than 150 acres of land,
besides the public house of the place, which was his home at the time of the death of his wife, 29 May 1861.
Mr. Stephens was a life-long Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. He held various offices of trust and honor in the towns of
Canisteo, Hornellsville, and Fremont, having served as supervisor of Hornellsville two terms and magistrate four years, and in
Fremont was the first supervisor of the town after its organization for two terms, and magistrate for more than twenty years. He was
often represented his town as a delegate to congressional conventions. Mr. Stephens belonged to one of the very earliest pioneer
families of Steuben County, his father—Nathan—having settled in Canisteo as early as 1790. The names “Stephens” and “Stevens”
are one and the same.
As a man, Mr. Stephens is respected by all. He is now nearly seventy-four years of age, hale and hearty, and retains the vigor of
youth, and does more town business than any other man.
The above information was obtained from the book, History of Steuben County, New York by Clayton (1879).
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m. Elizabeth Jones 13 Jan 1785 in Lakawaxen, Pike, PA, d/o Benjamin Jones and Jemima Delavan. She was b. 1766 in
Poundridge, Fairfield, CT; d. 30 Mar 1849 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY.
Uriah Stephens (Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry), was born probably at Canaan, Connecticut, in 1761. He married at Lackawaxen,
Pennsylvania, in 1785, Elizabeth Jones, born 1766. He was one of the early settlers in Canisteo, NY, and was a large land owner.
He was Justice of the Peace for many years, Supervisor, County Judge for six years, and served in the Revolutionary War in PA.
Mrs. Stephens died 30 Mar 1840, and Mr. Stephens 2 Aug 1849.
Uriah Stephens was very closely allied to the most important public interests of the town and county, was town clerk for several
years, justice of the peace for eighteen years, supervisor for twenty years, and associate judge of the county for six years. He was a
man of good business ability, temperate habits, and ranked among the prominent men of Steuben County; and his integrity of
character, and faithfulness to duty as an officer of the public, won the esteem of all who knew him. His early education was very
meager, but he possesed much native ability and good, sound common sense. He married Elizabeth Jones in 1785, while in the
Wyoming country, of which union were born three sons, and five
daughters; John R., Mrs. John Ayers, Mrs. Abbott, afterwards Mrs. Bazey Baker, Mrs. Silas Corey, Mrs. Joshua Stephens, Matthew,
George H., and Mrs. Jerathmell Powers. Of these children only the subject of this sketch is living. The father died August 2, 1849,
aged eighty-three.
Children, all born in Canisteo, Steuben, NY, except John R.:
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JOHN R. STEPHENS, COL., b. 4 Mar 1786, Lakawaxen, Pike, PA; d. 26 Jul 1861, Hornellsville, NY; m. REBECCA JONES,
who d. Jan 1869 in Hornellsville, NY. Colonel John R. Stephens (Uriah, Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry) was born in Athens, PA, 4
Mar 1786. He lived in Hornellsville, NY, and was a farmer and large land owner. He was the first Clerk of the town, and was also,
Supervisor, Collector, Justice of the Peace, and Colonel of the Militia. He was a prominent Mason. He died 26 Jul 1861. He married
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Rebecca Jones, who died in Jan 1869.
Children of JOHN STEPHENS and REBECCA JONES are:
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VINCENT STEPHENS,
b. Hornellsville, New York?.
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DELAVEN STEPHENS,
b. 16 Mar 1812, Hornellsville, New York?.
iii.
MARIETTA STEPHENS,
b. Hornellsville, New York?; m. ALFRED HORTON.
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LOUISIANNA STEPHENS, b. Hornellsville, New York?; m. MORRISON HARDING.
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CYRENA STEPHENS,
b. 27 Aug 1820, Hornellsville, New York?; d. July 05, 1887; m. SILAS FERRY; b. 30 Nov
1820; d. 9 Dec 1886.
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SALLY STEPHENS,
b. 15 Nov 1787,; d. 12 Nov 1858, Belfast, NY; m. JOHN AYERS, 1807; b. 18 Sep 1781,
Sussex County, NJ; d. 6 Mar 1864, Belfast, NY. They lived in Angelica, NY. Mr. Ayers was a son of Obediah and Anna Ayers.
Children of SALLY STEPHENS and JOHN AYERS are:
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VICTOR11 AYERS,
b. Unknown.
ii.
EZEKIEL AYERS,
b. Unknown.
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URIAH AYERS,
b. 24 Jan 1815; d. 05 Nov 1865; m. MARYETTE FRACE, 01 Jan 1852.
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WILLSON AYERS,
b. 01 Apr 1817; d. 12 Feb 1892; m. ELECTA FRACE, 26 Jan 1839.
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CARLTON AYERS,
b. 20 Feb 1821; m. LATETIA ARAULT.
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SALLY ANN AYERS, b. 10 Dec 1826; d. 12 Aug 1908; m. JAMES WHELAN.
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ANNA STEPHENS,
b. 1789; d. 30 Jul 1830.
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MARY STEPHENS,
b. 27 Feb 1792; d. Oct 1858, Providence, Luzerne, PA; m. SILAS CORAY, 1807, Canisteo,
Steuben, NY; b. 18 Mar 1788, Providence, Luzerne, PA; d. 22 Jan 1841, Perry, Pike, Illinois. Silas was the son of John Coray and
Phebe Howe. He was a Captain in the War of 1812. They had eleven children.
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RHODA STEPHENS, b. 29 Nov 1795; d. 10 Dec 1876, Canisteo.
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MATTHEW STEPHENS,
b. 13 Feb 1801; d. 21 Oct 1876, Canisteo.
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GEORGE H. STEPHENS, b. 19 Jun 1803; d. 10 Jan 1888, Canisteo.
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HENRIETTA STEPHENS, b. 11 May 1806; d. 1835.
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10 Apr 1766 in Stillwater, Saratoga, NY; d. 19 Mar 1837 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY; m. OLIVE FRANKLIN 24 Nov 1785 in Canaan,
Litchfield, CT, d/o ROSWELL FRANKLIN and JERUSHA HICKOCK. She was b. 7 May 1766 in Woodbury, CT; d. 26 Jan 1830 in
Canisteo, Steuben, NY.
Colonel John Stephens (Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry) was born 10 Apr 1766 at Stillwater, NY. He removed to the Wyoming Valley,
with his parents, where he married 24 Nov 1785, Olive Franklin, d/o Lieutenant Roswell and Jerusha (Hickock) Franklin. She was
born at Woodbury, CT, 7 May 1766. Her mother and brother were killed by the Indians, but she and the other members of the family
were rescued.
Mr. Stephens bought land in Chemung, Ontario County. He lived at what is now Elmira, but in 1790, was one of the twelve
proprietors of the "old Canisteo Castle", and he had lot No. 6 of Canisteo and No. 7 of Hornellsville assigned to him. In 1822 he built
the mill known as Stephens Mills on Bennett’s Creek. He was Town Clerk of Canisteo from 1809 to 1812. He was Captain of a
Militia Company in 1796, First Major in 1803, and Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Regiment in 1806. He died Mar 1837, and
his widow 6 Nov 1848. Colonel Stephens and his wife were both of the old school Presbyterian Church.
Colonel John and Olive (Franklin) Stephens view 1 2 3. This monument was erected in Greenwood Cemetery, Steuben County, NY.
Inscription: Our Father and Mother, Colonel John Stephens Born April 10, 1766, in Canaan, Connecticut, Died March 19, 1837 in
Greenwood, NY, Aged 70 ys 11 ms 9 d., Olive, his W ife, Born May 7, 1766 in Middleton, Connecticut, Died Nov. 6, 1844 In
Greenwood, NY, Aged 82 ys 6 ms. (Right side of stone) We thy children in grateful remembrance of thee, dedicate this token of
respect to thy memory.
Elias
Born Sept. 26, 1796
John H.
Born Feb. 16, 1799
Alex M.
Born Sept. 8, 1801
Daniel M. H.
Born Oct. 13, 1806
Pamilia Olin
Born Apr. 19, 1810
All of Canisteo Submitted by Pam Davis
The Capture of Olive Franklin
From Historical Gazetteer of Steuben County, New York by Millard F. Roberts, p. 199:
"...of Woodbury, Conn., who settled in the Wyoming Valley with many others from Connecticut, in the year 1770. Mr. Franklin was
engaged in several skirmishes with the Pennamites, and suffered imprisonment at their hands. During the Indian raids upon the
settlements of Wyoming he suffered the most distressing and irreparable losses. In the year 1781, a number of his family were
captured by the Indians. These were Mrs. Franklin, Olive, then a girl of thirteen, Susanna, aged eleven, Stephen, four years old, and
Ichabod, aged eighteen months. It was about noon on Sunday, April 8, when Mrs. Franklin sent one of her little daughters to a
spring not far from the house, to procure some water. There were bushes about the spring, behind which persons might hide from
the sight of those who came for water. When the little girl approached the spot, Indians were there and seized her. It was done
without noise and she did not dare to make an outcry. Mr. Franklin was abroad in the woods to look for a swine that was missing. As
the child did not return nor answer their call, Mrs. Franklin and Oliver began to fear that Indians were lying in ambush, and had
captured her. They were not left long in suspense. "The first we knew," said Mrs. Stephens, (Olive) who when seventy-two years of
age, related the events of the exciting period, "the door was pushed open and eight guns were pointed right in upon us. Here were
eight Indians ready to rush in upon one defenseless woman and her little ones." After securing much plunder and dispatching the
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mid-day meal which, had been prepared for the family, they hurried the prisoners off out of the way of discovery and pursuit. They
put a shovel of live coals upon the feather bed and a pillow upon the coals, and thus burned the house. The prisoners labored
onward with great difficulty over hills an through laurel swamps, tangled thickets and much mud and water, until, from lameness and
fatigue they were scarcely able to proceed. The third day of their captivity, they traveled through some part of the great swamp,
which lies east of Wilkesbarre, between the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers. In the course of the day they had to cross a road,
and the Indians required them to step from one stone to another, so as to make no tracks. They were evidently afraid of pursuers.
On the fourth day - Wednesday - they were nearly or quite destitute of provisions; on Thursday they had nothing to feed upon but
winter-greens and nothing on Friday, till toward the latter part of the day, when the Indians shot two or three black squirrels and
caught a few small fish. On Saturday they went on their way moderately, and before noon made halt. After resting awhile, the
Indians began to look carefully around and pee through the oak bushes, which covered the hill. White men were in pursuit of them.
Each party was on the alert to seize every advantage, which might present itself in its favor. The afflicted mother and her little ones
lay between the combatants and heard their bullets whistle through the air. They were instructed by the Indians to lie down or they
would be killed. The mother was wounded already. After the firing ceased, Mrs. Franklin, anxious to know whether her husband was
there, raised herself up upon her elbow to look. She directed her attention toward the white people, up the hill above them. Her
daughter Susanna, meanwhile, turned her eyes the other way, and seeing an Indian approach, said: "Mother, lie down, there is an
Indian coming, and he will kill you." The words were scarcely out of the child's mouth before her prediction was fulfilled. The fatal
bullet pierced her back between the shoulders, and she sunk down, dead. She fell upon her daughter Olive, who lay partly behind
her, and who spoke to her but received no answer. Olive moved a little and laid down by her side, seeing the Indian re-load his gun,
expected he would shoot her next. Full of the dreadful thought, she said: "I hid my face among the leaves and lay waiting the fatal
shot. I remained in the same spot until I thought he had taken tie enough to kill me, if he intended it, and then raised my head, very
cautiously, as you may well suppose, and just caught a glimpse of his back, as he was running from us." The children were taken in
charge by the whites, and finally restored to their father, who went directly back to the spot where the house stood which the Indians
had burned. Having returned to the old place and into the midst of objects familiar to her, Olive found inducements and leisure for
reflection. "Often," she remarked, "in the course of the summer following, was I overcome with my feelings in thinking over what we
had gone through. I could see and feel our loss much more sensibly, than at the time when it first took place. Then there was such a
stir and excitement in me and about me, that I could scarcely tell whether I felt my mother's death at all. I knew it as though I knew it
not. I had no time to reflect upon it. But afterward, when the struggle and excitement of the trying time had passed away, the tide of
thought and feeling returned upon me."
Children of JOHN STEPHENS and OLIVE FRANKLIN all born in Canisteo, Steuben, NY, are:
i.
PHINEAS STEPHENS,
b. 08 Apr 1794; d. 1825, Canisteo, Steuben, NY.
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CYNTHIA STEPHENS,
b. 09 Oct 1786; d. 31 Aug 1844, Greenwood, Canisteo, NY.
iii.
FRANKLIN STEPHENS,
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URIAH F. STEPHENS,
b. 03 Jan 1792; d. 26 Jun 1848, Greenwood, NY.
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ELIAS STEPHENS,
b. 26 Sep 1796; d. 12 Apr 1878, Canisteo, Steuben, NY.
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JOHN H. STEPHENS,
b. 16 Feb 1799; d. 02 May 1882, Greenwood, NY.
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ALEXANDER HOVEY STEPHENS, b. 08 Sep 1801; d. 04 Apr 1879, Greenwood, NY.
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FREDERICK STEPHENS, Never married
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DANIEL MCHENRY STEPHENS, b. 13 Oct 1806; d. 18 Oct 1886, Greenwood, NY.
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b. 19 Apr 1810; d. 25 Apr 1892, Greenwood, NY; m. SAMUEL OLIN, M.D., NY; b. 1 Jul 1799,
Bainbridge, NY; d. 20 Mar 1869, Hornell, NY. They were buried at Greenwood. Mr. Olin was a physician:
Pamelia Stephens, Wife of Samuel Olin & d/o Col. John Stephens, died 26 Apr 1892 Age 82 yrs.
Her husband Samuel Olin died 30 Mar 1869 aged 69 yrs, 8 mo. 29 days.
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Children of MARTHA STEPHENS and GEORGE HORNELL are:
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WILLIAM HORNELL. Drowned while attending college at Utica, New York
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GEORGE HORNELL. Presbyterian Clergyman
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VINCENT HORNELL.
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MARTHA HORNELL, b. 1814.
----“History of the Grand Lodge and of Freemasonry in the District of Columbia,” by Kenton N. Harper, page 391.
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James A. Wetmore, GRAND MASTER, District of Columbia - 1904.
Brother Wetmore was born at Bath, Steuben, NY, 10 Nov 1863. At the age of seven years he was taken by his parents to Iowa, but
after a sojourn there of a few years they returned with him to their former home in the Empire State, which thereafter became the
home of the subject of this sketch. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Iowa and of New York, supplemented
by private instruction in modern languages and certain of the arts. Completing his academic education at the age of eighteen, he
began the study of law in his father's office, and was inducted regularly into a knowledge of those things which the student of law
must know. Bro. Wetmore had unusual advantages in this particular, for his father was one of the leading practitioners at the bar of
Western New York.
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Bro. Wetmore realizing the value to be derived from knowledge of an art in which so many men have found the best opportunities of
life, made himself so proficient as a writer of shorthand that he was appointed stenographic reporter of the county court of his
county.
His ability was recognized by those with whom he came in contact, and before he had attained his majority many excellent openings
for future success were presented to him. He was induced to relinquish his position as court reporter to accept a commercial
position with a firm of importers of cattle, horses, and nursery stock, and a year or two later, acting for a prominent New York State
banker, successfully executed a most difficult commission in Europe in purchasing and shipping 100 head of selected cattle to this
country. After a year in this business he resigned and engaged in law and newspaper reporting and opened an office for general
stenographic work. Among other important duties in which he was engaged during this period was that of reporting the testimony in
an investigation into the subject of child labor in factories, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of New York.
In 1885 he was appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department and came to Washington to live. Here he resumed his legal
studies in the law department of Georgetown University and was graduated in 1896 with the degree of LL. B., and upon his
admission to the bar of the District of Columbia was promoted to be chief of the law and records division in the office of the
Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, which important position he still holds.
For a number of years prior to his appointment to his present position he was a clerk in the office of the chief clerk of the Treasury
Department, and because of his knowledge of the work of that office, in its relation to the department, he was designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury to act as chief clerk in the absence of that official, and so served during a large part of the years 1893,
1894, 1895, and 1896, a responsibility rarely, if ever before, placed upon a person holding an appointment of a lesser grade than
that of chief of a division in the Secretary's office.
Bro. Wetmore began his career in Masonry in Evening Star Lodge No. 44, at Hornellsville, NY., in which he was initiated as an
Entered Apprentice on 28 Aug 1888, and at the request of that lodge he received the degrees of Fellow Craft and Master Mason in
Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, of this jurisdiction. He affiliated with the latter lodge on 17 Mar 1890. He served Benjamin B.
French Lodge as Senior Steward, Senior Deacon, and Senior Warden, and in Dec 1893, was elected Master, and served one year.
He was elected Junior Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge in 1895, and served in all but two of the offices in the line of that body,
being finally elected Grand Master and serving in that exalted office for the year ending 27 Dec 1904.
He received the several degrees of Capitular Masonry in Columbia Royal Arch Chapter No. 1, and was an officer in the line of that
Chapter, when he resigned his position to help organize Capitol Royal Arch Chapter No. 11, of which he is a charter member, and of
which he became King at the granting of its charter. He served as High Priest during the year 1899.
Bro. Wetmore is also a member of Adoniram Council No. 2, Royal and Select Masters, having dimitted from Washington Council
No. 1, in which he received the cryptic degrees; is a Past President of the Convention of Anointed High Priests of the District of
Columbia; was knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, KT, of which he is a member, on 3 May 1895; received the fourteenth
degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a member of Mithras Lodge of Perfection No. 1, and is a member of Almas Temple of the Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
He is one of the Trustees of the Grand Lodge and among his important committee assignments may be mentioned his service on
the Jurisprudence Committee of the Grand Lodge since 1905 and his Chairmanship of the Committee on By-laws of the Grand
Chapter.
In Masonry, as in everything else, Bro. Wetmore has shown marked ability, and his promotion to the greatest honor conferred by the
Craft was comparatively rapid. The confidence reposed in him by his brethren was well deserved, for he always proved, as they
believed he would, careful, conservative, and conscientious in the performance of every duty. When convinced of the righteousness
of any course he essayed, nothing could move him to abandon it. Firmness and fortitude are conspicuous traits in his character.
Fond of books, his addresses in public and among the Craft gave evidence of much reading and broad culture. Modest and pleasing
in demeanor, ever affable and courteous in manner, he is deservedly popular in a large circle of brethren and friends. In all the
relations of life, in the domestic circle, in the outer world as well as in Masonry, devotion to duty has characterized the career of our
Brother. This has doubtless been the keynote of his success.
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Leon F. Wheatley, Republican, who represents the second district of Steuben county in the Assembly, was born in West Franklin,
PA, 20 Feb 1872, son of the late Wm. Wheatley, who served in the civil war. He was reared on a farm and received his early
education in the district school, later attending the Susquehanna Institute at Towanda, PA, and the Elmira school of commerce, in
1891 he entered the employ of Bacon & Ronan, a general mercantile establishment, as bookkeeper and clerk. In Feb 1898, he in
partnership with Thomas F. Leahy and Edward M. Ronan, engaged in the mercantile business in Hornell, NY, retiring from the
business 4 Sep 1919.
Always taking an active interest in politics he has served as assessor of Hornell, resigning that office to accept the nomination for
member of assembly. Mr. Wheatley is a trustee of the First Baptist church, a director of the Citizen's National Bank, vice president of
the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Hornell Country Club, is a past master of Evening Star Lodge No. 44, F&AM, a past
high priest of Steuben Chapter No. 101, a past commander of DeMolay Commandery No. 22, is also a member of Corning
Consistory, and Damascus Shrine of Rochester, belongs to Hornell lodge No. 364, BPOE, and Hornell lodge No. 251, IOOF. Mr.
Wheatley was unopposed in the primaries, receiving a majority of 3,200 over his Democratic opponent in the general election.
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GRAND LODGE OFFICER
JOHN MCDOUGALL, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master, 1894.
MASTERS.
1814. Andrew Simpson.
1815. Andrew Simpson.
1816. Andrew Simpson.
1817. Jed L. Stephens.
1818. John Stephens.
1819. Elijah Stephens.
1820. Elijah Stephens.
1821. Solomon Head.
1822. Elijah Stephens.
1823. Elijah Stephens.
1824. John R. Stephens.
1825. John R. Stephens.
1826-34. No elections.
1835. John R. Stephens.
1836. John R. Stephens.
1837. Samuel Olin.
1838. Samuel Olin.
1839. Samuel Olin.
1840. Samuel Olin.
1841. Samuel Olin.
1842. Samuel Olin.
1843. Samuel Olin.
1844. Samuel Olin.
1845. Samuel Olin.
1846. Samuel Olin.
1847. Samuel Olin.
1848. Samuel Olin.
1849. Samuel Olin.
1850. R. Tattershall.
1851. R. Tattershall.
1852. Bagley [Bazey] Baker.
1853. Bagley Baker.
1854. William M. Hawley.
1855. William M. Hawley.
1850. Peter C. Ward.
1857. Erastus Belden.
1858. J. H. Stephens, Jr.
1859. J. H. Stephens, Jr.
1860. Miles W. Hawley.
1861. Miles W. Hawley.
1862. Miles W. Hawley.
Warrant surrendered.
1867. H. E. Buvinger.
1868. H. E. Buvinger.
1869. William L. Collins.
1870. George W. Brigden.
1871. R. D. Jillison.
1872. R. D. Jillison.
1873. R. D. Jillison.
1874. R. D. Jillison.
1875. George H. Dore.
1876. R. D. Jillison.
1877. W. W. Howell.
1878. W. W. Howell.
1879. H. D. Leach.
1880. W. W. Howell.
1881. H. D. Leach.
1882. James Burns.
1883. W. F. Fiske.
1884. W. F. Fiske.
1885. Joseph Mounce.
1886. Joseph Mounce.
1887. Joseph Mouuce.
1888. W. H. Sims.
1889. W. H. Sims.
1890. A. M. Lewis.
1891. A. M. Lewis.
1892. Charles E. Evans.
1893. John McDougall, Jr.
1894. John McDougall, Jr.
1895. H. T. Harris.
1896. I. S. Lansing.
1897. W. Ü. Rixford.
1898. George W. Brown.
1899. Joseph Mouuee.
1900. O. E. Langworthy.
1901. John W . Shelly.
1902. John W . Shelly.
1903. W . J. Pierce.
1855 Officers: W. M. Hawley, WM; Elisha G. Stephens, SW; Erastus Belden, JW; H. Holliday, Secretary.
Note: the intermarriages of the Stephens Family were incredibly interwoven among siblings and cousins over several generations.
http://www.joycetice.com/steuben/hornell.htm
From partial records, and the recollection of old members, we gather the following items respecting this old lodge:
The lodge was organized in Canisteo some time before 1814. The first entry in the record (which has evidently lost some of its
preceding leaves) is dated Jan. 17, 1814, at which time "Evening Star Lodge met for installation, and installed by brethren of
Agateen Lodge, Joel Redfield, Worshipful Master; William Higgins, Past Master; John Ayers, Past Senior Warden. Brethren present,
Andrew Simpson, W. M., Timothy Perry, S. W., John Stephens, J. W., James Jones, Nathaniel Thacher, William Mulhollen. Visiting
brethren, Andrew Morris, Uriah Stephens, William Hyde, Samuel O. Thacher, Elias Perry, Samuel Lenox, and Samuel Darby. Extra
Lodge called, William Stephens' petition, and deposit paid; John R. Stephens' petition, and deposit paid; William B. Jones' petition,
and deposit paid; Timothy Russell's petition, and deposit paid. William Stephens balloted for and accepted. John Stephens balloted
for and accepted. William Stephens initiated, John R. Stephens initiated, William B. Jones initiated. The lodge closed in harmony."
At the next meeting a committee was appointed "to form a code and by-laws," and were instructed "to report of the lodge on the next
regular lodge night."
The lodge appears to have been financially prosperous. In the minutes of the September meeting, 1814, "one hundred dollars and
fifty cents" are reported in the treasury, and the yearly dues twelve shillings. The usual fee accompanying application for admission
seems to have been $4 but we find this minute, "Samuel Hend paid $8 for first degree." Also, "George Hornell's petition and deposit
received." "Voted that Brother Bernard have $10 from the funds of this lodge for the use of Brother ---- and family." And that "all the
money paid into the lodge be kept for the use of the lodge." "Voted that a box be prepared, and all money put into the same, and the
treasurer keep the key."
Dec. 23, 1814, Andrew Simpson was again chosen Master; John Stephens, SW; John Stephens (No. 2), JW; Uriah Stephens, SD;
Elijah Stephens, JD. Twenty-four members present at this election. "Voted that the next stated lodge be held at the house of W.
Mulhollen." "Voted that the steward furnish the lodge with the necessary refreshments."
The records then skip to "Feb., 1817," when the lodge is duly chartered by De Witt Clinton, Grand Master. Rev. Andrew Simpson is
still Master; William Mulhollen Secretary. Dec. 18, 1817, William Stephens was elected Master. The following year Elijah Andrew
was engaged "to instruct twice a week for three months for $18, and a committee was appointed "to procure a suitable room in
Upper Canisteo, near Hornell's, to hold Evening Star Lodge.
November, 1848--"Resolved that Evening Star Lodge be removed to the house of Peter Reynolds, a few rods from Davenport's."
We have it from some of the old Masons at Canisteo that Evening Star Lodge was moved to Almond before it went to Hornellsville,
to make room for the chartering of another lodge, and that Morning Star Lodge, No. 421 (now Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, of
Canisteo), was soon after chartered. Of the old Evening Star Lodge, Andrew Simpson was the first master, and traversed the forest
twelve miles from his home in Jasper, for about four years, to be present at every meeting of the lodge.
The lodges in Hornellsville and Canisteo were the only ones in the country which maintained their charter during the Morgan
excitement. The anti-Masonic spirit was particularly virulent in Hornellsville at that time, and some anti-Masons threw the archives
out of the window of the lodge. Col. John R. Stephens, a prominent Mason at that time, happening to be passing along the street,
picked them up and preserved them. Col. Stephens, Maj. Thomas Bennett, and Besy [ Bazey] Baker met under Maj. Bennett's
sign-post in Hornellsville for several years, and made their returns to the Grand Lodge, thus preserving their charter intact.
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After meeting at Peter Reynold's as stated above, the lodge made several other removes, each time for the better. Once, while
occupying a building where Harry Johnson's house now stands, they were burned out, losing everything but the books, which were
saved with risk by the late Hon. Miles W. Hawley, who was then secretary.
This lodge at one time bore the number 259, but was changed to No. 44 upon the reorganization of Masonry in the State, about
1840. Through all its vicissitudes and changes it has maintained an existence, and now [1879] numbers 100 members.
W. W. Howell, M.; W. Bridgen, Sec.
----http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/m/Gary-Lampman-Tn/GENE7-0002.html
Bazey [Bazy, Besy, Basey or Bagley] Baker, b. 16 Jul 1789 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY; d. 16 Feb 1865 in Arkport, Steuben, NY;
son of Jeremiah Baker and Anne Stephens; m1. Anna Stephens 1811 in Steuben County, NY; m.2. Mary Ann Griggs 1832 in
Steuben County, NY.
http://books.google.com/books?id=PjdVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=%22bazy+baker%22+%22canisteo%22&source=
bl&ots=6X2CbAkmP5&sig=f6QXCbqZliM5LggghnXGiFAfKDk&hl=en&ei=bRTpTNjEcGblgfp6sHrCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22bazy%20baker%22%20
%22canisteo%22&f=false page 104.
131 Bazy Baker (Anna Stephens4, Jedediah3, Henry2, Henry1) b. 16 Jul 1789; d. 26 Feb 1865; m1. 1811 Anna Stephens (Uriah5,
Uriah4, Uriah3, Thomas2, Henry1), widow of Mr. Abbott. She d. 30 Jul 1830, and in 1832 Mr. Baker m2. Polly Griggs, b. 7 Nov
1790; d. 21 Jan 1856.
Children of Bazy and Anna (Stephens) Baker:
i Uriah S., b. Oct 1812; m1. 1835 Matilda Chapman; m2. 25 Mar 1843, Mary Stebbins.
ii Minerva, b. 25 Oct 1814; m. Nov 1831, Leander Stephens (264a).
iii John,
b. 03 Jan 1820; m. Maryette Stephens (304)
iv Joshua, b. 16 Feb 1829; m. 26 Jan 1855, Mary Sherman.
Child of Bazy and Polly (Griggs) Baker:
v Marinda, b. 08 Apr 1833; m. 6 Jun 1869, Philander Reddy.
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ker%22&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Jeremiah Baker [Sr.], b. 9 May 1749 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; d. 23 Dec 1825 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY, son of Timothy Baker
b. 15 Jan 1706/07 in Hartford, CT, and Hannah Candee b. 20 May 1711 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; m. 4 Mar 1773 Anne
Stephens b. 17 Mar 1753 in Canaan, Litchfield, CT
Children:
1. Mary Baker
b. 14 Jan 1774 in Canaan, Litchfield, CT
2. Hannah Baker
b. ca 1776
3. Thankful Baker
b. ca 1778 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA
4. Cynthia Baker
b. ca 1780 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA
5. William Baker
b. ca 1782 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA
6. Simeon Baker
b. ca 1785 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA
7. John Baker
b. ca 1787 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA
8. Bazy Baker
b. 16 Jul 1789 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne, PA [see above]
9. Jeremiah Baker Jr. b. 18 Apr 1791 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY [see below]
10. Noah Baker
b. ca 1793 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY
11. James Baker
b. ca 1795 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY
http://www.paintedhills.org/STEUBEN/jerbak.html
Jeremiah Baker [Jr.] was born near the place where he now lives, in the town of
Canisteo, Steuben, 18 Apr 1791, and was said to be the first white male child born in
Steuben County. His father, Jeremiah Baker [Sr.], was born in New England, married
Anna Stephens, sister of Rev. Jedediah Stephens, the first settler of his branch of the
Stephens family in the Canisteo Valley, of Canaan, CT. Of this union were born in the
East: Polly, Hannah, Thankful, Cynthia, W illiam, Simeon, John and Bazey. Their father
was a soldier through the entire Revolutionary war, his family living in W yoming. It was
while residents of Wyoming that the mother and children were taken prisoners, but were
soon after rescued. He lost all his property there, his building being burned at the time of
the battle of Wyoming. The family removed to Tioga Point, now Athens, PA, but soon
after came to Canisteo by means of boats and canoes up the Canisteo River, and settled
near the place where his son, Jeremiah Baker, now resides, in the fall of 1790, and
hence was among the earliest pioneers of the valley.
The children born here were Jeremiah, Noah, and James. Poverty, privation, and
hardship were common incidents for several years of this family, yet all were met with
that courage and patience characteristic of the Baker family His father, mother and
Grandmother Corey were members of the first class in the Methodist Church of this part of the country, and were the organizers of
that first Methodist Episcopal Church, under John B. Hudson, in Canisteo Valley; was one of the seven voters of the town for four
years, and held various offices in the early history of the town. He died about 1824; his wife died in 1825.
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Mr. Baker had limited opportunities for book-knowledge. At the age of nineteen he married Eunice Powers, of Addison, a very
worthy young lady, and as a wife and mother, a woman of rare excellence, and did her part well in training her children in all that
makes true manhood and womanhood.
Mr. Baker’s life has been mostly spent as a farmer, yet as a citizen he has been intimately connected with many of the most
important local improvements of his town and county.
In 1829 his wife died, leaving seven children, --Mrs. John Crosby, Hector C., Mrs. Nelson Hallett, Caleb, Asa, Elias, and Nathan.
During the same year he married Hilda Stephens, daughter of Rev. Jedediah Stephens, and widow of the late Phineas
Stephens. Of this union were born Jedediah, Orlando, and Mrs. James O’Connor of Hornellsville. Politically, Mr. Baker has always
been a Democrat, yet ever looked well to the men as well as to the principles to be represented. As a citizen he has held almost
every position within the gift of his townsmen, as Justice of the Peace, school commissioner, town clerk, etc.; was deputy sheriff with
the first sheriff, General George McClure, of the county, and represented his Assembly district in the State Legislature in 1835.
He is one of the old landmarks that point to the early days, was for fifty years of the past a representative in Steuben County, and is
now a pensioner of the war of 1812-1814, having served on the Niagara Frontier under General McClure. He is known as a man of
broad ideas, liberal views, and in his day has been a liberal contributor, especially in the erection of church edifices in the county,
and for the support of religious institutions, having been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 61 years. For over half a
century, he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has ever been prominent in the councils of that body, and is now
not only the oldest person living in the town, but also the oldest person living in the town, and now able to dictate the main facts for
this sketch. His second wife died Nov. 22, 1871.
His son Nathan S., was a volunteer in the late Rebellion; was a member of the 86th Regiment New York Volunteers, Colonel Bailey
commanding; was in the engagements of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford, Mine Run, Gettysburg, Manassas Junction, and
the Wilderness, and was also in skirmishes before Petersburg and Richmond; was captain of his company, promoted in place of the
captain, who died. He was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, and was one of about ten of the original company who returned
to their homes. He was honorably discharged in the fall of 1865. He now resides on the old homestead, and cares for his father in
his declining years. In May 1855, he married Roxie Ordway, of Canisteo.
Elias was also a volunteer of the 86th Regiment, New York Volunteers, and served altogether about one and a half years.
*The above information was obtained from the History of Steuben County, New York by Clayton (1879).
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnwabcw/6.htm
Erastus Belden
Mr. Ira W. Belden, a blacksmith, is a grandson of Emanuel Belden, of English descent. Erastus Belden, son of Emanuel Belden,
was born in New York, and became a successful medical practitioner. He married Julia A. Lines, a native of the same state. On
June 11, 1837, they dwelt at Elyria, Ohio, at which time and place Ira W. Belden was born. They soon returned to Steuben county,
New York, where Ira Belden was reared, attending the common schools till sixteen years of age. He then began a three years'
apprenticeship at his trade, and after it was finished set off for the west. After a short time spent in Iowa, he settled at Frankford,
Fillmore county, this state, and brought his parents there. Erastus died there in 1866, and his Julia a year later, at Rochester.
Ira was eight years constable at Frankford, and one term deputy-sheriff. On the outbreak of the Sioux war in 1862, he enlisted in the
Minnesota Rangers, and served fourteen months on the frontier, taking part in several encounters. He then joined the 6th Minn. Inf.,
at Lake Ponchatrain, and was with this regiment till its discharge, in November, 1865. The only severe engagements were those
required in reducing the forts about Mobile harbor. Immediately after the close of the war he settled in Wabasha county, and has
been in this neighborhood ever since. For one year he tilled a farm in Bear valley. He is now in the employ of A. J. Taft, at Mazeppa.
He has always been a democrat, but has not voted for ten years. In regard to theology, is a Universalist. He was married in 1857, to
Amanda Raymond, a native of Green county, Wisconsin, and is the father of seven children, all of whom are at home. Their names
are: Scott E., Ralph O., Otho, Iris and Ira (twins), Clyde and Lois.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sponholz/obits1918.html
From the January, 1919 Issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
George Dailey, aged fifty, thirteen years ago a valued employee of the Hornell shops, is reported in the Hornell Tribune as having
died at Breckenridge, Minn., following a brief illness. Mrs. Dailey had previously died at Breckenridge. He was a member of Evening
Star Lodge, No. 44, F&AM, and is survived by one son, who is in the service of his country in the army.
Adrian DeWilton - A report of the death of Adrian DeWilton appeared in the Hornell Times, and the cause was given as pneumonia,
following an attack of influenza. Mr. DeWilton, at the time he died, was employed in the Ordinance department, Washington, DC. He
was 35 years of age. For many years previous to his entering the government service he had been employed in the freight office of
the Erie at Hornell, and later was station agent at Canisteo. He was a member of the Evening Star Lodge, No. 44, F&AM. Besides
his mother he is survived by three brothers and two sisters.
-----“American Masonic Record and Albany Saturday Magazine,” Vol. I, 17 Feb 1827, page 18.
http://books.google.com/books?id=wENJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22evening+star+lodge+No.+259%22&source=bl&
ots=CAa1dC39w&sig=4hPvj7IPUOeEeWimswaLJE2hot0&hl=en&ei=dY7mTLDEOoSClAeEiNDrCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum
=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22evening%20star%20lodge%20No.%20259%22&f=false
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Evening Star Lodge, No. 259, Hornetlsville, Steuben County.
Christopher Doty, WM;.J. Bazy Barker, SW; Stephen Webb, jr., JW; James Jones, Treasurer; Otis Thatcher, Secretary; Jesse
Harding, Tyler. Regular communications, Thursday preceding full moon.
Hornellsville Lodge No. 44, Hornellsville
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092224280/cu31924092224280_djvu.txt
George M. Johnson located in Fremont soon after his marriage to Bernice Jane Kysor, and successfully engaged in general
farming until 1900, when he moved to the city. He takes an active and intelligent interest in public affairs and is a member of the
Hornell Lodge No. 44 of F&AM.
Mr. Johnson married in 1872, Bernice Jane Kysor, b. 22 Aug 1847, at Woodsville, Town of Sparta, Livingston. NY. Her father,
Archibald Kysor, was born in 1805. He was a millwright by trade and he built the J. C. Williams' mill at Dansville; the Ullyette Mill at
Woodsville; the Alley Mill at Howard; the Alley Mill at Hornell, and a large sawmill at White Hall, Michigan, and many others. He
shipped much of his flour to Albany, by the old Erie Canal. He married Calista H. Sill, and eight children were born to them. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson are the parents of three children: Kittie Launa, Adelia Augusta and Jessie Benton.
Bath (Mark Mason) Lodge No. 57 (59), Bath, New York
Warrant:
Granted 18 Jan 1797; dated 22 Mar 1797
Its warrant was reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master Lodge No. 323, 3 Mar 1819; surrendered Nov 1830; forfeit 1840;
revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846.
One theory advanced is that Charles W ilkinson brought a dispensation for Scotland under which he organized a Lodge, but that the
Grand Lodge of New York not recognizing that authority, he received a Charter for Bath Lodge No. 59.
Last paper dated: 7 Jul 1801
Ceased work:
ref. Proceedings – 1817 list of Lodges.
Last represented in Grand Lodge: 4 Mar 1807; ref: Proceedings Vol. I, page 196, 392; Vol. 2, page 30.
A ‘half-burned and rat eaten’ old book in bad condition were found by a man living in Wisconsin in hi s house and forwarded to
R.’.W.’. DDGM E. S. Underhill of Bath, NY. Extracts of this book are noted below. A copy of this book should now be the Livingston
Library at Grand Lodge in New York City.
First Master:
Col. Charles Williamson
“Grand Lodge Proceedings,” 1906. page 195-197.
http://books.google.com/books?id=24hLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=%22bath+lodge+no.+57%22&hl=en&ei=IiLpTIvEB8O78gbwkO
28DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22bath%20lodge%20no.%2057%22&f=f
alse
Enos Lodge was not the first located at Bath, a warrant was granted to Bath Lodge, No. 59, 22 Mar 1797. Upon the Grand Lodge
register opposite the name of this Lodge is written "Warrant lost 1816."
But little is known concerning this old Lodge, the only authentic record in existence is a mouse-eaten copy of the by-laws and part of
a minute-book in possession of the Grand Historian.
The following are excerpts from the by-laws:
"Art. 8. An entered apprentice shall not be passed to the degree of fellow croft until he shall have served at least two regular
meetings as an entered apprentice; nor shall a fellow craft be raised to the degree of Master Mason until he shall have served at
least two stated meetings as a fellow craft, nor shall any be passed or raised if not acquainted with the mysteries appertaining to the
said degrees.
"Art. 9. The nightly dues shall be twenty-five cents for every meeting to be paid quarterly. Visitors after the first meeting to pay the
same as members, officers of the Grand Lodge only excepted."
"Art. 11. In case of an extra meeting being called the expense of the same to be paid by the brother or brethren requiring the same."
The by-laws are signed by
John Coudry, Master P. T.;
William Dunn, Senior Warden P. T.;
G. D. Cooper, Junior Warden, P. T.;
Daniel Schultz, Senior Deacon P. T.;
T. K. Love, Junior Deacon P. T.;
Daniel Cruger, Treasurer P. T.;
David Jones, Secretary, P. T.;
Joseph Purdy, Tyler, P. T.; and twenty other names, which
appear on the below roster.
The mouse-eaten condition of the minute-book makes it possible to decipher but little of the transactions of the Lodge; the first
meeting where the date is not destroyed was held August 25, 1797, the next is August 31st; then follows September 12th, October
23d, November 13th. December 25th. On the following page is the date December 27th, but the year is missing; in all probability it
was 1797, as at 'the meeting held December 25th a committee was appointed to prepare a dinner on St. John's Day; and in the
minutes under date of December 27th is the following: "Lodge called from labour to refreshment and adjourned to the house of Mr.
Libhart for the purpose of dining and from refreshment returned back to the Lodge to labour."
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Sample page of the Bath Lodge No. 57 Minute Book
Upon the next page is the following: "Bath Lodge, No. 57, January 3d (the year is missing), Chapter Lodge called by the W. M. for
the purpose of installing the officers." At this meeting there were twenty members present and one visitor. The disbursements were :
"Expenses, Stewards a/c
Tyler
$7 28
1 00
$8 28"
The last recorded meeting in the book was held in January, 1798: there were twenty-one members and eight visitors present. Two
propositions for membership were received, two candidates were initiated, one passed and one raised.
The first officers of the Lodge were:
Charles Williamson.
John Coudry,
William Dunn,
Master:
Senior Warden;
Junior Warden.
A portrait of the first Master was presented to the Committee on Antiquities of the Grand Lodge, May 13, 1897.
An old sketch of Freemasonry in Steuben County says, concerning the members of this old Lodge and the existing conditions in that
vicinity at that early period: "Among the visiting brethren on one occasion was U RIAH STEPHENS , at whose house was held the first '
Town Meeting ' in the town, which comprised all of the present Steuben and part of Allegany and Livingston Counties. There were
seven votes cast at that ' Town Meeting.' "
Thus we find a Lodge of Masons in successful operation long before the village of Rochester had one and within three years after
the first clearing was made for the village of Bath by Captain Charles Williamson, the agent of the Pulteney estate. Among the
names appended to those old by-laws may be found nearly all of the prominent men of those times, the pioneers who did so much
to develop the resources of Western New York. Among them we have CHARLES CAMERON, who kept the first store and was also the
first postmaster, under Captain Williamson, however, and long before Uncle Sam carried any mails in this vicinity. The nearest mail
station then was sixty-five miles distant. DUGALD CAMERON was a man of strong intellectual powers, and was for a long time agent of
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the Pulteney Estate for this county. He was the representative of this county in the legislature in 1828. ANDREW SMITH was the righthand man of Captain Williamson, and had charge of his farming operations.
W ILLIAM DUNN kept the first house of entertainment in 1793. He was the first sheriff of the county, appointed in 1790. JAMES
FAULKNER, an eminent physician of his day, was Chief Judge of the County Court in 1804. GEORGE D. COOPER was the first County
Clerk.
This Lodge appears to have become extinct, but we can get no information as to how or when it ceased to work.
[Note: a separate interesting compilation of 67 pages for Col. Charles Williamson is in the digital archives of the OMDHS].
Roster of Lodge No. 57, Bath, New York
Backus, Ebenezer
Beatty, Leonard
Bowers, James
Cameron, Charles
Cameron, Dugald
Cooper, George D.
Cooper, John
Cooper, William L.
Coudrey, John
Cruger, Daniel
Cuyler, William Howe
Davenport, Cornelius
Dunn, William
Faulkner, Daniel
Faulkner, James
Firth, Samuel
Gellman, Philip
Gillespie, Gustavus
Gray, [Rev.] Andrew
Hammond, Emeniah
Headl(e)y**, James
Hetrick, Robert
Jones, David Jr.
Kearsley, Samuel
(Kreider, Lewis)
Knox, John
Knox, William
Kogan, James
Libhart, John
Love, James
Love, T. K.
Luther, William
McClure, Charles
McHenry, Henry
McKell, Patrick
McKellnas, P.
Moffat, John
Moore, Thomas W.
Pendergras[s], James
Purdy, Joseph
Redstone, William
Ross, Stephen
Ryon (Rion), John
Schultz, Daniel
Smith, Andrew
Stephens, Oeisa [Elias]*
Taylor, Nathan
Van Campen, Moses
Van Deventer, John
(Williamson, Charles)
Wilson, John
Woodruff, James
* An old sketch of Freemasonry in Steuben County says, concerning the members of this old Lodge and the existing conditions in
that vicinity at that early period: " Among the visiting brethren on one occasion was URIAH STEPHENS, at whose house was held the
first 'Town Meeting ' in the town, which comprised all of the present Steuben and part of Allegany and Livingston Counties. There
were seven votes cast at that 'Town Meeting.' " Another listing gives the name in the above list as “Elias Stephens.” The best
possibility for this entry seems to be “Elias,” for whom it is recorded elsewhere: “Elias was Town Supervisor and Justice of the
Peace for several years. He was commonly known as "Esquire Elias". He was prominent in the Masons, being "Sir Knight" in 1854.”
[Ref.: Stephens/Stevens Genealogy by Plowden Stevens, 1909]
** From the notes of A. Porter S. Sweet, 2 Jun 1965: Headly has also been seen spelled in records as Hearty, Hedly, Headley,
Hadley and Neadley; His signature reads “Headly.” James Headly served under Lt. Moses Van Campen in Robinson’s Rangers
during the Revolution. He came to New York State earlier than Moses for he settled at Canisteo in 1789.
Rev. Andrew Gray and Henry McHenry were with Moses Van Campen when he, Mathew McHenry and Joseph Rathbone brought
their families to settle in New York.
John Wilson may have been another of Van Campen’s ‘war buddies,’ for their was another of that name in Robinson’s Rangers.
----Gustavus and Brown Gillespie, James and Patrick McKell, all Scotch-Irishmen, were among the first comers. James McKell died
in Bath in 1802. It is said Patrick McKell, his son, and James V. McKell, his grandson, afterward emigrated to the West Indies.
----Narrative by Gen. George M'Clure, late of Elgin, Illinois
Rev. James H. Hotchkin in his "History of the Presbyterian Church in W estern New York," makes some severe strictures on the
character of Capt. Williamson and his settlers. He says, "They were principally from Europe or the States of Maryland and Virginia,
with a sprinkling of Yankees, who came to make money." "The state of society" he remarks, "was very dissolute. The Sabbath was
disregarded. Drinking, gambling, carousing, horse-racing, attending the theatre, with other concomitant vices were very general, and
numbers of those who moved in the high circle were exceedingly depraved." I do not know from what source such information was
obtained; but this I know, that the Sabbath was not desecrated in the village of Bath in the manner that he represents. We had but
two public houses in that village for many years. One was kept by the Metcalfe family, and the other by old Mr. Cruger, and after him
by Mr. Bull. Neither of these houses suffered gambling and carousing on the Sabbath. Nor did I ever hear of a horserace on the
Sabbath in Bath, nor of theatrical amusements on that day. There were not more than four or five families from Maryland and
Virginia that settled in Bath; the other part of our population were at least one half Yankees, and the other half foreigners and
Pennsylvanians. Now I would say that instead of a "sprinkling of Yankees," we had a heavy shower of them. I do not believe,
however, that they were a fair sample of the sons of the Pilgrims, for a good many of them, to say the least, were no better than they
should be. I trust that nothing in my remarks will be considered invidious. I do not intimate by any means that Rev. Mr. Hotchkin
would knowingly state an untruth, but that he has not been correctly informed in relation to the character of a large proportion of the
early settlers. I admit that many were very loose in their morals, "lovers of pleasure, more than lovers of God." In the year 1807, we
employed the Rev. John Niles to preach for us half his time, and the other half in Prattsburgh. I believe he was a good man, but not
well qualified to reform so dissolute and heathenish a body of men as composed Capt. W illiamson's first settlers (according to the
popular account of us).
Among the number of the most respectable Scotch emigrants were Charles Cameron and Dugald, his brother. These two young
men were first-rate specimens of the Scotch character for intelligence and integrity, as well as for other amiable qualities. Charles
Cameron was a merchant, and the first to open a store in Bath. He was also the first post-master by appointment of Capt.
Williamson, who paid all expenses of transporting the mail once a week to and from Northumberland.* Some fifteen or twenty years
after he obtained the appointment of sub-agent of the Hornby estate from John Greig, Esq., of Canandaigua, the chief agent. He
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moved to the village of Greene, in Chenango County, where he still resides. Few men possessed stronger intellectual powers than
Dugald Cameron. He was highly respected by all classes of his neighbors and acquaintances. He was a clerk in the Land Office for
some time, until he and Gen. Haight were appointed sub-agents by Col. Troup.
He was a great favorite of the people of Steuben. In 1828 they elected him as their representative in the Legislature of the State,
'which appointment with some reluctance he accepted. While at Albany attending to the duties of his station, he was seized with a
violent complaint, and after a short and painful struggle departed this life, leaving a wife and a numerous family of children, most of
whom have since died. His death was lamented by all his relations, friends, and acquaintances.
Andrew Smith, a trustworthy Scotchman, had the charge of the farming operations of Capt. Williamson ; such as the clearing of the
land for cultivation; and all other kinds of labor were committed to his charge. He had generally from thirty to fifty men, and
sometimes more, in his employ, and I had nearly as many in the house-building department. Muckle Andrew (as we called him,"
being a large man,) and myself were great cronies. We were both single men, and kept bachelors' hall. We generally met on
Saturday evenings, alternately, in each others' apartments. W e had, in those days, plenty of the joyful, but we seldom carried
matters so far as to get decently tipsy. We violated no pledge, for even ministers of the gospel and deacons, in those days, kept on
their side-boards a full supply of the best Cogniac, wine and old whiskey; and when they got out of those articles, they would make
very decent and * * * * * * But I must return for a moment to my good friend Muckle Andrew, and relate how we used to spend the
evenings of our social meetings.
The first topic of conversation was the business of the past week, and what progress we had made in our respective vocations. The
next business in order was a drink, then a story or a song. Andrew told the stories, and I did the singing. My songs were generally
the productions of Burns, such as, "Scots wha ha? wi' Wallace bled" "Wha'tt be king but Charlie" and M Auld Lang Syne. The last
verse we always sung standing. My good friend Andrew had one favorite standing toast, which was as follows:
"Here's to mysel', co' a' to my sel',
Wi' a' my heart here's to me ;
Here's to mysel', co' a' to mysel',
And muckle guid may it do me."
Charles and Dugald Cameron
Charles Cameron, Esq., of Greene, Chenango Co., died 26 Dec 1852, age 80. He was born 26 Apr 1773 in Inverness-shire,
Scotland, son of Ewen Cameron. He had a younger brother, Dugald Cameron [b. 1175] who came to Bath from Scotland in 1795
and died 30 Mar 1828 [sic] in Albany whilst there as a member of the legislature of this state, on 5 Mar 1828, aged 52 years.
Charles came to Bath with Col. Williamson and laid out the village, building mills and keeping a store. He married Jane Mullender
who died 31 Jan 1841. They had no children.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysteube/guy/pg6.html
Among the number of the most respectable Scotch emigrants were Charles Cameron and Dugald, his brother. These two young
men were first-rate specimens of the Scotch character for intelligence and integrity, as well as for other amiable qualities. Charles
Cameron was a merchant, and the first to open a store in Bath. He was also the first post-master by appointment of Capt.
Williamson, who paid all expenses of transporting the mail once a week to and from Northumberland. Some fifteen or twenty years
after he obtained the appointment of sub-agent of the Hornby estate from John Greig, Esq., of Canandaigua, the chief agent. He
moved to the village of Greene, in Chenango County,, where he still resides. Few men possessed stronger intellectual powers than
Dugald Cameron. He was highly respected by all classes of his neighbors and acquaintances. He was a clerk in the Land Office for
some time until he and Gen. Haight were appointed sub-agents by Col. Troup. He was a great favorite of the people of Steuben. In
1828 they elected him as their representative in the Legislature of the State, which appointment with some reluctance he accepted.
While at Albany attending to the duties of his station, he was seized with a violent complaint, and after a short and painful struggle
departed this life, leaving a wife and a numerous family of children, most of whom have since died. His
death was lamented by all his relations, friends, and acquaintances. The town of Cameron, NY, is named
after Dugald Cameron.
http://www.americananglican.org/assets/News-and-Commentary-Files/2010/04-2010/BathNYWeb.pdf
DUGALD CAMERON was born in Scotland in 1775. He emigrated to the United States in 1795. He was a
clerk, and later sub-agent in the land office of the Pulteney Estate. Dugald was very involved in the
community of Bath and Steuben County. He was appointed Postmaster in 1800, County Treasurer in 1803,
served a three-year term as Sheriff beginning in 1804, was Steuben County Clerk in 1810 and an early
trustee (1812) of the local school, the Old Academy. He served two years on the St. Thomas’ Vestry. The
historian James Folts, has noted that Cameron was quite popular in the Steuben area, in part because he
was “slow and reluctant” to obey his superior’s orders to evict settlers delinquent in their land payments.
Cameron was elected to the NYS Assembly, and died there in 1828. In 1800 Cameron married Elizabeth
Taylor. In 1824, their son Dugald, Jr., married Lydia, a daughter of Ira Davenport, Sr. He married second,
Frances Purdy. He had three sons and four daughters by his first wife. His father, Ewing [Ewan] Cameron,
emigrated here with the remaining members of the family in 1805, and died in 1832 at the age of 94.
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Daniel Cruger [Jr.], a Representative from New York; born in Sunbury, PA, 22 Dec 1780; attended the public schools; learned the
printer’s trade; published the Owego Democrat at Owego, NY. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805, and commenced
practice in Bath, NY. He served as major in the War of 1812, member of the State assembly 1814-1816 and again in 1826 and
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served as speaker in 1816. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); district
attorney of the seventh district of New York 1815-1818, and of Steuben County 1818-1821. Daniel resumed the practice of law;
moved to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia); died in Wheeling 12 Jul 1843; interment in the Stone Church Cemetery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd_Hall_(Monument_Place)
Moses Shepherd died at Shepherd Hall of cholera on 29 Apr 1832 during a cholera epidemic
plaguing W heeling after a devastating flood which quickly spread the disease throughout the
area. Lydia Boggs Shepherd, now a wealthy widow, remarried to widower Daniel Cruger, 14
years her junior, one year later on July 16, 1833 in Ohio County, Virginia (now W est Virginia).
Daniel Cruger was born 22 Dec 1780 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA, and died 12 Jul 1843 at
the age of 62 in Wheeling, Ohio, VA (WV). He was the son of Daniel Cruger, Sr. (died 1804) and
Elizabeth (née Wheaton) Cruger (died 1781). He was a US Congressman from Steuben County,
NY whom Lydia had met in Washington, DC, during her many trips there with her first husband,
Moses Shepherd. Daniel Cruger was first married to Hannah (née Clement) Cruger (1788 –
1831) in 1806. Daniel Cruger and Hannah Clement Cruger had the following children together:
twin sons Jefferson Cruger (1806-1876) and W ashington Cruger (1806-1876) and daughters
Frances Minerva Cruger Strong (1806-1882) and Eliza Madison Cruger Ford (1809-1884). Lydia
Boggs Shepherd Cruger changed the name of the mansion from Shepherd Hall to Stone
Mansion during the 10 years of her marriage (1833-1843) to Daniel Cruger. Daniel Cruger died
suddenly of a heart attack on 12 Jul 1843 during a bank meeting in Wheeling.
Above portrait of Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger (1766-1867) painted in 1832 by
James Reid Lambdin
Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger lived the last 24 years of her life in solitude in the
mansion (a few of her slaves remained on the plantation to care for her),
occasionally receiving visitors and relatives eager to hear first hand accounts of
Wheeling's history. In 1849 when she was 83, she caused a heated controversy
when she swore out an affidavit discrediting Betty Zane as the heroine of the
gunpowder exploit during the 1782 siege of Fort Henry sixty-seven years after the
event in which she was one of the last surviving eyewitnesses. She had resided
in Shepherd Hall from the time the mansion was built in 1798 until she died there
at the age of 101 on 29 Sep 1867.
Daniel Cruger served in Canada, in the campaign of 1813, as a Major of
Infantry, and was a faithful and vigilant officer.
Moses Shepherd built Shepherd Hall (Monument Place) in 1798, the stone
mansion that still stands near the Forks of Wheeling Creek in the Elm Grove
area of Wheeling, West Virginia, which was built on the site of the former Fort
Shepherd. Moses inherited this land upon his father David Shepherd's death in
1795. Lydia resided in the mansion from the time it was built in 1798 until she
died there at the age of 101 in 1867. After her death, the land that comprised
the vast Shepherd plantation was sold off into lots, thus becoming Elm Grove,
and ownership of the mansion passed to other families, who made structural
additions to the mansion. The Osiris Shrine Temple purchased the mansion in
1928 and retain ownership to the present day [photo at left].
For an interesting account of Lydia Boggs and ‘Bogg’s Run’ see Appendix III.
-----William Howe Cuyler
http://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/roberts_gazetteer_bath.htm
William Howe Cuyler, a son of John Cuyler, of Greenbush, NY, was born about 1775. He was employed as a clerk by Williamson
[q.v.] in the land office at Bath as early as 1794. He was admitted as an attorney, and practiced law in Bath for some time. He was a
resident of the place as late as 1800, as appears by the town records, but soon after removed to Palmyra, Wayne county, and
became the local agent of Captain Williamson at that place. He was a man of much energy and enterprise, and one of the founders
of the Ontario Woolen Manufacturing Company. In December, 1801, at Albany he met a Mr. Dana, who had circulated some slander
against him and demanded a retraction. Upon his refusal, he flogged Dana. Thereupon, Dana challenged him. On the 7th of
December they met upon the duelling ground across the river, and exchanged shots twice without serious results, and thus
composed their difficulties.
A short time afterward he married a daughter of Samuel Shekell, of Manchester, NY, by whom he had three children: George W.
Cuyler, a banker of Palmyra; William H. Cuyler, born in 1811, died 25 Apr 1889, a prominent business man of Palmyra, and twice
postmaster there. Colonel Cuyler was a man of fine and commanding appearance, with strong predilection for military service – a
man of mark in the local militia. Upon the breaking out of war with Great Britain he volunteered as aide to General Swift at Buffalo,
and while making a reconnaissance at Black Rock, before dawn on 8 Oct 1812, a chance grape shot from a British battery at Fort
Erie passed through his body, breaking the spine and killing him instantly. It was the first sacrifice of the war on the Niagara frontier.
After the war his remains were brought to Palmyra, and there entombed in the rural cemetery of the place.
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cuyler%22&f=false page 389.
WILLIAM HOWE CUYLER - His father, John Cuyler, of Greenbush, had been (at what period the author is unable to state,) a
General in the British service. He was a resident of Greenbush, opposite Albany, an attorney at law. It is presumed, that when Mr.
Williamson arrived in this country, upon his agency, he found in him an old acquaintance, as he is one of the first with whom he held
correspondence, and he was one of his first legal advisers. As early as 1793, his son, Richard, was in the employment of Mr.
Williamson, as was his son Wm. Howe Cuyler, several years previous to 1800.
Soon after 1800, Wm. Howe Cuyler became a resident of Palmyra, having become the local agent of Mr. Williamson, for the sale of
lands in the north-east portion of what is now Wayne county. Sawyer, the brother-in-law of John Swift, who had an interest with him
in the original purchase of the town, wishing to return to Georgia, where he had formerly resided, sold his property to Major Cuyler,
in 1805. Included in this sale, was the old Cuyler farm, upon which a considerable portion of the village of Palmyra has grown up.
Upon the breaking out of the war of 1812, Major Cuyler was early upon the frontier, as the aide of General Swift. Stationed at
Buffalo, he was the active co-operator with Lieut. Elliott, in the preparations for the gallant exploit of capturing the British vessels,
from under the walls of Fort Erie, on 8 Oct 1812. In anticipation that the expedition would return with wounded men, he had been
engaged through the night in making preparations for their reception. Anxious for the fate of men who had engaged in so hazardous
an enterprise, before day light in the morning, he had rode down upon the beach, towards Black Rock, when a chance grape shot,
from a British battery, at Fort Erie, passed through his body, breaking the spine, and killing him instantly. It was the first sacrifice of
the war, on the Niagara frontier; the first and one of the dearest of the many sacrifices of western New York, in all that contest. And
it may also be added, that Gen. Scott being near him, it was his first introduction to the terrible realities of war, of which he was
destined to see so much through a long and brilliant military career. After the war, his remains were removed to Palmyra, and are
now entombed in the rural cemetery, which the citizens of that village, with much of good taste and public spirit, have within a few
years added to their flourishing village.
In civil life, Major Cuyler was a man of much energy and enterprise; he was one of the founders of the Ontario Woolen
Manufacturing Company.* He married the daughter of Samuel Shekell, of Manchester, a resident of Brooklyn, with her daughter by
a second marriage. Major Cuyler left two sons, George W. and William Howe Cuyler [Jr.].
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uyler%22&f=false page 247.
William Howe Cuyler.—One of the costliest sacrifices which Western New York laid upon the altar of the country in the War of 1812,
was the death of Major William Howe Cuyler, of Palmyra. In 1810, a battalion of riflemen had been organized under the authority of
an order dated March 12, and attached to the Brigade of militia then commanded by Brigadier-General John Swift. Major Cuyler was
appointed to the command of the battalion. Upon the breaking out of the war he was early upon the frontier and was appointed aid
upon the staff of Major-General Hall. Stationed at Buffalo, he was the active co-operator with the navy agent, Lieutenant Elliott, in
the preparations for the gallant exploit of capturing the British vessels from under the walls of Fort Erie, on the 8th of October, 1812.
The expedition was successful, and the Adams and the Caledonia were on the American side, but one of them was grounded
before it was secured, and a sharp fire was, opened by the British from Fort Erie. Major Cuyler, anxious for the fate of men
attempting so dangerous an enterprise, had been up all night making such preparations as he judged necessary for the reception of
the-wounded. Just at daylight he rode upon the beach towards Black Rock, and was instantly killed by a grape shot which passed
through his body breaking the spine. He was buried near the spot where he fell, but after the war his remains were removed to
Palmyra. The following verses appeared in The War, published in New York a week or two after his death:
TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR CUYLER.
Born in the reach of splendor, pomp and power,
He spurned at honors unattained by worth,
And fostering freedom, in a glorious hour,
Preferred her cause to all the pride of birth.
Why rises not some massy pillar high,
To grace a name that fought for freedom's prize!
Or why at least some rudely etched stone nigh,
To show the spot where matchless valor lies?
In freedom's virtuous cause alert he rose,
In freedom's virtuous cause undaunted bled;
He died for freedom mid a host of foes,
And found on Erie's beach au honored bed.
Yet soldier, thy illustrious name is known,
Thy fame supported and thy worth confessed,
That peerless virtue which in danger shone,
Is shining still where thou art laid in rest.
But where, O! where the hallowed soil,
Beneath whose verd the hero's ashes sleep!
Is this the cold, neglected moldering clod,
Or that the grave at which I ought to weep!
And though no monumental script is seen,
Thy deeds to publish and thy worth proclaim,
Each son of freedom passing near this green,
Shall hail brave Cuyler and revere his name.
The slab above his remains in Palmyra Cemetery bears the following facsimile inscription:
SACRED
To the memory of Major William Howe Cuyler,
Who was killed at Black Rock,
By a shot from the enemy,
On the night of the 9th of October, 1812,
While humanely administering to the relief
Of the wounded soldiers.
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Who intrepidly crossed to the British shore
And brought over the Adam Frigate,
That had been surrendered by General Hull,
And the Caledonian Ship belonging to the enemy.
He was in the 30th year of his age,
And son of the late Henry Cuyler Esq., of Greenhush, in this State.
In life he was beloved, in death lamented.
As a Soldier, Patriot, Friend, Husband and Father,
He shone conspicuously.
We add also the following obituary notice from the Ontario Messenger, October 27, 1812:
OBITUARY.
"The death of Major Cuyler is justly regarded by all who knew him as a subject of deep regret. He was among the first settlers of our
county, and we shall long cherish his remembrance. As a land agent he contributed very much to the extent, respectability and
comfort of our northern settlements. He had a quickness of sympathy with those who were in affliction and an ardor of benevolence
that was unusual even among the good. Familiar with the best society from his childhood, his manners were polished and amiable.
"There are few who are so capable of receiving and communicating social enjoyment as he was; and none more ready with his
purse, his heart, his hand to engage in any undertaking for the public benefit. He has left a wife and three children whose loss God
only can repair.
"They will have the comfort of numerous friends to join them in their sorrows, and may the Spirit of grace give them all the
consolation of religion. Major Cuyler was a man whom nature had qualified peculiarly for military life. His bodily frame was large,
well proportioned and uncommonly vigorous, and it was animated by a soul disinterested, arduous, and of the most inflexible
resolution. Though a respectable member of the bar, he was also a farmer. More accustomed to active than sedentary exertions, he
had acquired a compactness and elasticity of muscle which enabled him to undergo the most toilsome labor without fatigue. Some
years since he raised a rifle company, which stimulated by his example and assistance, were immediately uniformed, armed and
equipped. No body of men could long be under his command without becoming exceedingly attached to him. He was cheerful,
liberal, humane.
"Possessing a commanding presence and great ambition to make his company distinguished, they were soon in a respectable state
of discipline. With this company, when the first law of Congress was passed authorizing the President to accept of the services of
volunteers, he offered himself to the government. Soon after he was promoted to the command of a battalion of Riflemen. In war the
services of such men as Major Cuyler are essential to success. He had been appointed by Major General Hall one of his aids, and
when war was declared by our government he was called to the field.
"He believed the war to be unnecessary but as a soldier he was bound to obey the order of his superior, and as a patriot he was
ever ready to repel invasion.
"On the 2ist of July he left us regretting his absence but confident that whoever might be his companions, he would not fail to be
conspicuous. He had no sooner reached the frontier than he began to gain the good will of the troops. His intelligence, his zeal, his
activity, his charity, soon gave him a high place in the affections of both officers and soldiers.
"But it was not his lot to display the efficiency of his arm, or the collectiveness of his mind in the rage of conflict. His was the eye,
and his the action, and his the language, that would have inspired the inexperienced and irresolute with courage to follow him in the
thickest of dangers; and had he lived he might have been fated to restore the battle in some desperate day when a band of heroes,
fatigued with repeated victories, were yielding to superior numbers. But alas he was cut off in the commencement of his course.
"Patriotism mourns his fate. The heart of private friendship is inconsolable for his loss; and his associates in the field will never visit
his grave without shedding tears of sorrow at the recollection of his virtues."
-----http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysteube/guy/pg6.html
William Dunn was the first sheriff of Steuben county, appointed 31 Mar 1796. He held the office four years. He was the first person
initiated into Union Lodge, No. 30 [in Elmira/Newton, NY, and built the first grist mill in 1799.]. He died in Elmira, 17 Feb 1804, aged
40 years. William Dunn, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Bath in the spring of 1793, and kept for a short time a house of
entertainment. He was appointed High Sheriff of the County after its organization. He was a very gentlemanly man. He entered
largely into land speculation without capital, and like many others, his visionary prospect soon vanished, and wound him up. He
moved to Newtown, where he shortly after died. Mr. Dunn had two brothers, Robert and Joseph, who came to Bath with him or
shortly after. The former was called Col. Dunn. This military title he obtained on his way from York County, PA, to Bath. He was one
of a company of adventurers and speculators, who agreed that they should introduce each other by certain assumed titles. Some
Judges, other Generals, Colonels, Majors, but none below the grade of Captain. This Col. Dunn would pass anywhere as a
gentlemen of the first rank in Society. William Sayre married 1790 Mercy Ann Sayre, who died 8 Apr 1847 aged 76, daughter of
James Sayre [son of Job Sayre and Susannah Howell] and Susanna Seely. [Sayre Family – lineage, page 83:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Q6VRAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22william+dunn%22+%22mercy+ann%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
Judge James Dunn was the youngest son of William Dunn, one of the earliest settlers of the valley, coming here about the
beginning of the present century. The elder Dunn, in company with Judge Payne, built the first grist-mill at this place, and was also
interested in a country store. He (William Dunn) came here from Bath, where several of the family were born, among the number
being Charles Dunn, now a respected and venerable resident of the State of Indiana. Charles recently came east on a visit to his
relatives here, and participated in a banquet given in his honor at Bath as the first white child born in that village. Charles was the
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eldest, and the other boys were Thomas and William. Lyman Covell’s wife (Susan) was a daughter of the elder Dunn, and another
(Alice) is the mother of J. Davis Baldwin. Of the immediate family, with the death of the judge.
William Dunn [Jr.], son of William Dunn, the early pioneer, and brother of Judge James Dunn, died at Elmira 6 Dec 1856, aged 54
years. He .was at a fire which occurred on Water street near the Lake street bridge, when a burning cornice fell and struck him in his
breast, resulting in his death a few hour afterwards.
After W illiam’s death Mercy married John (?) Davis.
Children by William:
i. WILLIAM DUNN,
m. Myrilla Dunham.
ii. JAMES DUNN,
m. 18 Apr 1827, Eliza Thomson, b. Goshen, CT, 8 May1808; d. Elmira, 16 Aug1884. He was a lawyer and
judge at Elmira, where he died May 1877.
iii. THOMAS DUNN,
m. Rachel Park Satterlee b. 24 Jul 1808 in Elmira, NY, d/o Elias Satterlee of Stonington, New London, CT
and Elizabeth Smith. 10 Apr 1829,in Elmira, NY she married Thomas Dunn, son of William Dunn and Mercy Sayre. Rachel died 2
Apr 1885 in Sparta, Monroe, WI . Rachel's bible was given to her by her brother, Benedict Satterlee, who was a missionary with
Whitman. Somewhere in the southern Midwest territories, Whitman left for Oregon. Benedict stayed with several Pawnee
guides. Family history has stated that Benedict was murdered by hostile Indians, when in fact, historical records state Benedict
stayed with two Pawnee guides when he was attacked by white traders. He died there. http://www.joycetice.com/bibles/satterl.htm
iv. ELSIE DUNN,
m. Isaac Baldwin.
v. SUSAN DUNN,
m. Lyman Coriell.
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Daniel Faulkner, militiaman and storekeeper, founded the village of Dansville, NY, in 1795.
Daniel P. Faulkner purchased 6,000 acres of land immediately after he came here from Danville, PA [but originally came from north
of Albany, NY; probably Cambridge, NY], and induced about fifteen families to move here and settle. He brought to Dansville the
first stock of goods, which were drawn on a sleigh from Albany. In 1796, the year of his arrival, he laid out the village and it was
named after him. He was enterprising and popular, and spent his money too freely. His military tastes led him to organize and
captain a showy military company of thirty men called Grenadiers. He failed in 1798, and went back to his old home in Pennsylvania
but returned in 1802 and died here. His brother Samuel bought several village lots and put up the first frame dwelling –a two story
house near the sight of the Livingston hotel. He commenced keeping a tavern in 1797, this being the second Dansville tavern, John
Vandeventer having preceded him a few months in the business in a small plank house. The other brother, James, who came in
1813, was a graduate of Rush college, and the pioneer physician of the village.
Dr. James Faulkner
October 24, 1884 - Copyright © The New York Times
For more on Dr. James Faulkner see Appendix IV below.
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-----May 1, 1797 Rev. Andrew Gray, a Revolutionary W ar Veteran, conducted Allegany County's first worship services in a log church
in Almond, New York. This was a Dutch Reformed Church.
http://books.google.com/books?id=G0cVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22Andrew+Gray%22+%22steuben%22&source=b
l&ots=usDZRBlhAz&sig=kHbNznmV0SWgJq0a588ZAKpPTmE&hl=en&ei=dQgUTdHIFsL98Abm3smIDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=
result&resnum=6&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22Andrew%20Gray%22%20%22steuben%22&f=false page 46.
AN EARLY PENNSYLVANIA PREACHER,
Rev. Andrew Gray—The Soldier Parson The Pint Pioneer Minister in Old Steuben County.
[Bath (NY) Plain Dealer.] Rev. Andrew Gray was the master spirit of the Pennsylvania settlement on the Canecf^ea in the present
town of Almond, now in Allegany, but once a portion of Steuben county. His associates in the settlement were Joseph A. Rathbun,
Matthew McHenry, Joseph Colman, Major Mores VanCampen, Capt. Henry McHenry, Samuel VanCampen, Obadiah Ayers, William
Gray and Vandemark. They were from Fishing Creek, Northumberland county or its vicinity; it is not certain where. He and his
associates may have visited the country in 1795 or '96 and settled their location. We have before us, an autograph letter of his,
bearing date "Northumberland, March 1796," written to Capt. Charles Williamson, the bearer of which was Benjamin Patterson,
which gives evidence of a familiar acquaintance with the Captain and in which be states: "We hope, sir, to visit you next Spring as
early as possible on our way to the KanaKadoa. We shall bring with us a number of settlers, and it is possible myself as one of the
number." Nov. 1, 1797, Capt. Williamson conveys to him certain lands in township 4, in the 7th Range.
Andrew Gray was a Scotch Irishman, born in the County Down, Ireland, January 1, 1757—emigrated to America in 1774, and at the
commencement of the war enlisted in the Continental Army,—was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island by the Hessians. In an
altercation between two of these hirelings each of whom claimed him as his prisoner, he nearly lost his life. After great sufferings in
the British prison for several months, he escaped to the American lines and took part in the hardest fought battles of the war.
Having been well educated in his native country, upon leaving the service at the close of the war, be commenced his theological
studies, providing for his expense by his dally labor. The Rev. J. H. Hotchkins says he belonged to the Dutch Reformed Society. He
preached his first sermon in 1798 in Low. Dutch. He found his way to Northumberland, Pa., where there were large numbers of
Scotch-Irish settled. He died in 1826, much and sincerely lamented.
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=bl&ots=XngQo0toPa&sig=_Tt2oHJDs53G7JMjmLjtasnVOi0&hl=en&ei=hQwUTaf4L4H48AbT1PDHBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=r
esult&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwADgo#v=onepage&q=%22Andrew%20Gray%22%20%22steuben%22&f=false page 285.
The Rev. Andrew Gray of the Dutch Reformed church, who moved to Alleghany in 1795, took charge of the churches of Almond,
Angelica and Dansville, all in connection with that denomination. His call was dated November, 1803, and was sustained by the
classis of New Brunswick in September of the same year. He continued his labors in that connection till the year 1807.
The Church of Dansville bore the name of The United Congregation of Dansville and Sparta (or Ontario and Steuben) at that time,
and included the town of Sparta, which covered ground within the counties of Steuben and Ontario; as Livingston county had not
then been formed. About the year 1804-05, the above United Congregation of Dansville and Sparta received valuable additions from
the settlement at Williamsburgh, which had been discontinued; and as a consequence the church appears to have formed a
connection with the Presbyterian denomination. This is supposed to have been in the year 1806, but no record of the exact date is
extant. In the year 1807, June 18th, there is a call extant addressed to the Rev. Andrew Gray from the above society, which states
that " they having changed their situation from under the direction of the Dutch Reformed Body, and having cast themselves under
the jurisdiction of the General Assembly of Divines, they had chosen themselves a body of trustees according to law, etc." This call
stipulates that Mr. Gray shall leave the Dutch Reformed body, and connect himself with the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Gray did not accept this call, having been appointed about the close of this year, or the beginning of 1808, by a Missionary
Society in New York City, to become a missionary among the Tuscarora Indians. From this time the "United Congregation," as it
was called, appears to have depended on Missionaries of the General Assembly and stated supplies for the ordinances of religion
for a number of years. They gave an invitation to a young man of the name of Wm. Glasgow, who had preached to their great
acceptance to become their pastor, but were again disappointed.
The Rev. Andrew Gray returned from the Lines in 1814, having been burned out by the British during the war, and many of his
former friends wished him to resume his ministerial labors among them, which he accordingly did. But at that time the Rev. Silas
Pratt was officiating as a stated supply, and the consequence was that the church became divided. The latter principally occupied
the field where the Second Church now stands and the village of Dansville; while the former preached at Haven's Corners where the
First Church of Sparta now stands, and at the Gully schoolhouse in the town of Groveland.
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Henry MCHENRY b. 20 Jul 1762 in Lime Kiln, Wallkill Valley, Orange, NY; d. 10 Sep 1826 in Springfield, Essex, NJ, son of John
MCHENRY b. 1725 and Susannah MCNEAL b. 1726, both in Giant's Causeway, Coleraine County, Antrim, Ireland.
m1. bef 1787 Martha RATHBOUN
Child:
1. Marion MCHENRY
m2. 1787 in Northumberland, Montour, PA Priscella MCCLURE b. 1762 in Paxton, Lancaster, PA
John McHenry was born in Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America in 1730, on the same ship with the father of
DeWitt Clinton. He served as major of the First New York battalion in the French war of 1756-7. Henry served as captain in the
Second United States (or Continental army) infantry during the war of the revolution.
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Children
b. 31 Dec 1788 in Fishing Creek, Northumberland, PA; a Lieutenant in Captain Moses Van
1. James MCHENRY
Campen's Company of New York Rifles in the War of 1812
2. Daniel MCHENRY
b. ca 1792 in Almond, NY
3. Henry MCHENRY
b. 17 Aug 1793 in Northumberland County, PA
4. William MCHENRY b. 1794
5. Susan MCHENRY
b. 1796
6. Margaret MCHENRY b. 1798
7. Josiah MCHENRY
b. 1800
8. Matthew MCHENRY b. 06 Jan 1803 in New York; d. 26 Feb 1854 in Steuben, New York
9. Moses MCHENRY
b. 1805
10. Alexander Hamilton MCHENRY b. 20 Jul 1811 in Almond, Allegany, NY.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughlemmon/d0000/g0000016.htm
Henry McHenry was born in Orange County, NY in 1762. He was the 5th son of John and Susannah McNeal McHenry. He married
Priscilla McClure, daughter of James McClure.
--Henry McHenry is listed as a member of Robinson's Rangers, a militia company detailed for protection of the frontier during a period
of Indian outbreaks. In 1788 he was one of a company of twenty men under Captain Moses VanCampen sent to build a fort about
three miles above the mouth of Fishing Creek for protection of threatened settlers. This was Fort Wheeler, sometimes called Mud
Fort because it was built of logs covered with earth. In Sep 1778 a large band of Indians swept down the Susquehanna River and
several families fled for safety to Fort Wheeler. The fort was besieged by the savages and during the siege the ammunition of the
garrison was exhausted. Henry McHenry and one of his brothers, both noted for fleetness, volunteered to make the dangerous
journey to Fort Jenkins for a supply. They returned safely and the Fort with its refugees was saved.
--Henry McHenry served in Robinson's Rangers and as Captain in the Second U.S. Infantry. In 1782 he was in an expedition send by
Colonel Hunter from Fort Augusta in pursuit of marauding Indians. In 1783 he had command of a post near Cleveland, Ohio.
--At the close of the Revolutionary War, Henry McHenry took up a tract of land adjoining his brothers along Fishing Creek south of the
junction of Huntington and Fishing Creek. This grant was named "Manchester Manor".
--Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 25, show Warranties of land being issued in Henry's named as follows:
Date
Page
July 01, 1784 234
400 acres Henry McHenry
Dec 19, 1792 245
200 Henry McHenry
Dec 29, 1792 246
400 Henry McHenry
Dec 29, 1792 248
400 Pricella McHenry
Apr 22, 1793
248
400 Pricella McHenry
--Apparently when Henry and Pricella moved to Allegany County, New York, they turned this land over to other family members, as
this is the only accounting of land that they owned.
--In 1797, Henry McHenry with his wife Pricella, Reverend Andrew Gray, and William Gray and his wife and Moses Van Campen left
Pennsylvania and moved to Allegheny County, New York, settling at a place known as the Karr-McHenry Valley, the site of present
day towns of Almond and Hornell, New York, an area known to this day as McHenry Valley. It was said that the Indians had a price
on the scalp of Moses Van Campen and possibly Henry's too and this may be one reason they left Pennsylvania. Probably they
chose this part of New York because land was available there.
--Other settlers who came a very short time later included Hugh Lemmon and Martha (McHenry) Lemmon, and Matthew McHenry.
Edward McHenry also moved there but probably not until about 1804. It is said that after he and Moses moved to the valley, that
they built three chimneys and killed thirty six deer. During that same time, Henry and his brother-in-law Hugh Lemmon killed 36 wild
turkeys in one day.
--A book entitled "The Life and Times of Moses Van Campen" says that Moses was a judge in the first court session in Allegheny
County, in 1807 in Angelica.
--Records show that Reverend Gray received the first land grant from the Pulteney Estate.
Moses Van Campen [q.v.] later married Margaret[McClure]*, a sister of Pricella.
--Henry and his wife were the parents of eleven children.
Ref. History of the McHenry Family, compiled by Robt A.J. Thorpe, Cedar Rapids, IA.
* The McClure Family – was of Scotch descent. James McClure, the head of this line, went from Lancaster Co., PA, to
Northumberland Co., PA, in 1772, and died there previous to 1778. He was several times elected member of the Committee of
Safety for Wyoming Twp. Northumberland Co., particularly in 1770, and was one of three men elected to receive powder and
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lead and distribute them among the Captains of Col. Hunter’s Battalion. His farm adjoined that of Samuel Boone [Benjamin ,
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George ], whose two daughters married sons of McClure. The homestead was called “McClure’s Choice” or “Beauchamp.” On
this property was built Fort McClure, an important outpost of Fort Augusta, which at the junction of the two branches of the
Susquehanna River, below. On the site of Fort McClure a granite marker was placed in 1907 by the Bloomsburg Chapter of the
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Daughters of the American Revolution. The marker stands about five or six rods from the river in the front yard of the
homestead, a part of which is still preserved as a section of a modern dwelling.
Mrs. James McClure, wife of the pioneer was widow at the time of the Wyoming Massacre which occurred near here, and in
which her brother-in-law, Capt. Lazarus Stewart and a nephew of the same name lost their lives. The fugitive Stewarts went on
a raft down the river Susquehanna to the mouth of Fishing Creek (near the McClure place), picked up the McClures and went
on to Fort Augusta.
Three of the children of James McClure were:
i. Margaret McClure, married Lieut.. (later Major) Moses Van Campen, an historic Indian fighter. It was he who built the
McClure’s Fort on his father-in-law’s farm.
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ii. Josiah McClure, m1. Sarah Boone [Samuel ; Benjamin , George ], who died 1805; and m2. Mary Clark.
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iii. James McClure [Jr.], born 1774, d. 4 Oct 1850, aged 76, m. Susanna Boone [Samuel ; Benjamin , George . . .
grandfather of Daniel Boone].
iv. Priscilla, a forth child of James, married Henry McHenry [see above].
http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/vcpaint.html
Moses Van Campen
A Revolutionary W ar Soldier
Moses married 10 Dec 1783 Margaret McClure, d/o of James McClure. She died in Mar 1816 at Dansville, NY, age 54. Moses was
the brother-in-law of Henry McHenry [q.v.] who had married Margaret’s sister, Priscilla McClure.
See also Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen, by John Niles Hubbard at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=dA7d6ApCiAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Moses+Van+Campen%22&hl=en&ei=P1IRTe_bEsys8AbwkrzjCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&
ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false a copy of which is in the digital archives of the OMDHS Library.
We don't know that this distinguished pioneer Indian fighter ever visited Letchworth Park but visitors who enjoy the Museum will
recall seeing Moses' portrait on display.
His connection to the park is by way of the Council House located on the Council Grounds where Mr. Letchworth chose to display
the remnants of the Native American presence in the Genesee River valley that he preserved -- the Mary Jemison statue and grave,
the Nancy Jemison cabin and the Council house that he purchased and had delivered to the Glen Iris Estate while he still lived
there.
Van Campen arises in the history annals in Columbia County, Pennsylvania about 1773 when his parents brought him to that area
where they settled along Cabin Run. He became a soldier and served under Washington. By 1778 he was a Lieutenant serving
frontier duty when ordered to construct a fort on Fishing Creek about 3 miles above its mouth to protect the settlements in that area.
This Fort was attacked twice. The Indians burned the houses and buildings in the area but settlers made it to the fort. Van Campen's
family lost their home in that attack. Some time later the family attempted to return to their home site and were surprised by a raiding
party and Van Campen's father and brother were killed. Moses was captured. Eventually he was with other captives being moved
north when he convinced his fellow captors to escape. Using a knife that one of the Indians had lost they cut themselves free and
attacked the sleeping captors killing nine of the ten. The tenth was wounded by Van Campen but managed to escape. This
escapade occurred near the mouth of Tunkhannock Creek.
Eventually he was captured again and was taken as far as Caneadea NY where the Council House of Letchworth Park originally
stood. There Van Campen was forced to run the gauntlet. He managed to accomplish this tortuous run and again escaped. Thus he
is one of the legends of Letchworth park Native American lore.
The Berwick Pennsylvania chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is named the Van Campen Chapter in honor of his
service on the frontier along the Susquehanna river.
Van Campen returned to the Genesee Valley in the 1790's as a pioneer and a surveyor. He laid out much of the 100,000 acre
"Church Tract" belonging to Judge Philip Church and laid out the important turnpike between Bath and Olean. He eventually moved
to Dansville, Livingston County, in 1831, but returned to his homestead in Angelica just before his death on October 15, 1849.
Moses Van Campen rests from his long and adventurous life in the cemetery in the charming village of Angelica, but will for ever be
associated with Letchworth Park.
http://mosesvancampen.com/lifetimes/timeline?2831dba12a13cc72cdb7ed2c58b9e578=bd4294767b174a314f1705fd1161957c
Events in the Life of Moses Van Campen
Presented below are occasions in the life of Moses Van Campen and those which provide historical reference.
1757 Jan 21 - Moses Van Campen born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey to Cornelius Van Campen and Wyntje Depue.
1761 Margaret McClure, future Mrs. Moses Van Campen, is born.
1778 Apr - Moses builds Fort Wheeler, on the farm of Isaiah Wheeler and the banks of Fishing Creek.
1780 Mar 29 - Moses, his Father and Brother attacked by Indians. His Father and Brother are killed. Moses is taken prisoner.
1780 Apr 02 - Moses and two fellow captors escape captivity killing nine of ten Indians and wounding the tenth.
1780 Apr 08 - Moses commissioned as Lieutenant of Infantry in the Pennsylvania Line.
1781 Early in the year, Moses stockades the home of Mrs. James McClure, on the bank of the Susquehanna and one mile above
the mouth of Fishing creek. The fortification is named Fort McClure.
1781 Nov - Moses is ordered to Reading, PA to serve as Adjutant (admin assistant to a commanding officer).
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1782 Apr 16 – Moses is taken prison by Indians at Bald Eagle Creek, PA.
1782 Moses captured by the Seneca’s, keeper of the western door of the Iroquois confederacy, ran the gauntlet thirty rods west
to their ancient Council House. The Council House is now preserved in Letchworth Park.
1783 Jan - Moses is freed by British in prisoner exchange in New York.
1783 Mar - Moses rejoins company in Northumberland County.
1783 Sep 03 - Treaty of Paris is signed ending American Revolutionary War.
1783 Nov 16 - Moses and company discharged from duty.
1783 Dec 10 - Moses marries Margaret McClure.
1796 Moses moves to McHenry Valley (near Almond, NY).
1807 Aug 12 - Moses appointed Judge of Common Pleas, Allegany County, NY.
1807 Nov 10 - Moses serves as Lead Judge at First Court in Allegany County, NY.
1809 Moses completes building of home in Angelica, NY. The home takes the name "Van Campen Place."
1812 Moses and five others organize the Presbyterian Church in Angelica, NY.
1814 Moses begins service as County Treasurer, Allegany County, NY. He serves in this capacity until 1826.
1816 Mar - Margaret McClure, Mrs. Moses Van Campen, dies in Dansville, NY at the age of 54.
1825 Oct 26 - Erie Canal is completed and officially opens expediting settlement of western New York state.
1828 Moses serves as Deputy County Clerk, Allegany County, NY.
1831 Moses moves from Angelica, NY to Danville, NY.
1840 Sep 01 - Genesee Valley Canal opens.
1842 Sketches of Boarder Adventures in the Life and Times of Moses Van Campen, A Surviving Soldier of the Revolution, by
John N. Hubbard, Grandson of Moses, is published.
1845 Moses takes ill and is stricken with paralysis.
1846 Pennsylvania Railroad is founded.
1847 Moses makes partial recovery having been cared for by his forth Daughter, Elizabeth Hubbard.
1848 May - Moses moves to the home of his grandson Joseph Lockhart, son of his first daughter, Mary Lockhart, in Almond, NY.
1849 Jun - Moses moves back to his "old place" in Angelica (Van Campen Place) to live with his second daughter, Anna Burr.
1849 Oct 15 - Moses Van Campen dies in Angelica, NY at the age of 92 years and 9 months.
1907 Apr 10 - The Fort McClure Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), donate a stone marker and plaque
commemorating the site of Fort McClure.
Portrait of Moses Van Campen
by John Phillips , 1846
The following description of the Portrait is taken from Howland's 1906 Guide:
Over the fireplace, the eye is attracted as one enters the Museum (on the Council Grounds) by the excellent portrait of Major Moses
Van Campen, whose fame as a sturdy pioneer and fearless Indian fighter is so intimately associated with the history of the Genesee
Valley.
The portrait represents him in the sturdy health of approaching age, and was a treasured possession of his grandson, the Reverend
John Niles Hubbard, of Tracy, California, who wrote The Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen republished in 1893 with the
valuable notes and additions of its editor, Mr. John S. Minard, of Fillmore, New York.
The Portrait was presented to Mr. William Pryor Letchworth in 1899 by Mr Hubbard's
widow, Mrs Margaret McDougal Hubbard, of Tracy, California, who wrote to Mr.
Letchworth November twentieth, 1899 : 'I have a very good portrait of Major Moses
Van Campen, taken when he was ninety years of age, by Mr. Phillips, who was
thought to excel as an artist at the time it was taken. There is but one great-greatgreat-grandson in our line of family, and as my life journey must be nearing the life
boundary, I feel that I should, while in health to attend to it, see that this portrait is
taken care of by some one who will value it; and I would like to have it place in the
Genesee Valley Museum if you approve of my plan.'
In reply to an inquiry made by Mr. Letchworth, Mr John Phillips wrote from New York
City, October 30, 1878: "I painted a portrait of Major Moses Van Campen at his house
in Dansville in the fall of 1846, kit-cat size, 29 x 36 inches. In reply to your question '
Did you satisfy yourself in the work? ' I will say that his portrait was executed when I
had little practice in art, but the subject was one calculated to raise me far above my
ordinary efforts, and hearing the old man grow eloquent on memories recording deeds
of personal daring and danger, the incentives towards the higher effort were constant.
There was great vigor expressed throughout the whole man. His was an individuality
that reminded me of the very ideal of hardihood backed by a practical, subtle intellect
and an iron will. My aim was to delineate truthfully this man's sturdy individuality, and
as far as I was able then I was successful. In the crude likeness I satisfied myself, but
in those qualities that suggest long culture in art and make a picture as well as a
portrait I felt myself wanting. "
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/allegany/countyhistory/MosesVanCampenRunningBlockade/RunningtheBlockade.htm
MOSES VAN CAMPEN
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
A bolder at Caneadea, NY, marks the one spot in Allegany County, which played an important part in the American Revolution; and
it also commemorates the life and patriotic work of Major Moses Van Campen. It recalls to those who forgot the life history of that
fearless fighter, some of his many experiences. The boulder was erected and unveiled by the Catherine Schuyler chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution and its base plate bears the following inscription:
“Here in 1782, Major Moses Van Campen, a soldier
of the revolution, captured by the Seneca’s, keeper
of the western door of the Iroquois confederacy,
ran the gauntlet thirty rods* west to their ancient
council house, which is now preserved in Letchworth Park.
* 30 rods = 495 feet
No more fearless Indian fighter ever lived than Moses Van Campen. Born in New Jersey, 21 Jan 1757, he was part of the stirring
times before and during the revolution and lived to see his country a great nation. His father was a wealthy farmer and was deeply
religious as was also his mother. Soon after the birth of Moses, the family moved to Northampton county, PA, and he spent his
childhood there. The first time he fired a gun he brought down twenty pigeons and his next two shots killed two deer. He was much
with the Indians, who, at that time we were friendly with.
When England began her system of oppression in the early seventies young Van Campen, though but a youth, was fired with
patriotism and when his father was asked to join an expedition against the Indians the boy begged to be allowed to take his place
and permission was accorded. From that time on his life was one of adventure. The Indians who previously had been his friends
feared him, although after peace was declared, they again became his friends.
Boulder Stands Where Indians Lived
The boulder stands within the limits of an ancient Indian village, which was one of the most important of the chief town of the
Senecas, the most powerful and warlike of the Six Nations which composed that wonderful “Iroquois Confederacy,” or “League of
the Iroquois,” which has challenged the attention, and won the admiration of historians, who have given its people post-humus fame,
by calling them “The Romans of the West.” The power of the confederacy was felt and dreaded, from the Hudson to the Mississippi,
and from the great lakes, to the Gulf of Mexico.
At the beginning of the revolution, Ga o za de o, as the village was called, was, and for some time had been, the “Western Door” of
the “Long House” of the league. At this place their chiefs were required to reside. Over the hills to the northwest, ran a main trail
through parts of Rushford, Centerville, Freedom, Arcade, and on to Buffalo Creek, and Fort Niagara. To the east ran the “Canisteo
path,” through Allen, Birdsall and Almond, to the head waters of the Susquehanna, while down the river, a trail led to O wa is ki,
Gardean, Little Beards town and Canawagus. Up the river was a path leading to the divide between the waters of the Genesee and
the Pennsylvania streams, and on and on. With the exception of the Oneidas and part of the Tuscroras, the Six Nations espoused
the cause of Great Britain. Close students of Indian revolutionary history, aver that right here were matured the plans for, and the
last council was held before the descent upon Wyoming.
Fought at the Battle of Newton
When in 1779, Sullivan’s army was sent into the country of the Six Nations to punish the Indians, and lay waste their town and
cornfields, a young man barely twenty-two years of age, accompanied the expedition in the capacity of quartermaster. His name
was Moses Van Campen. At the battle of Newtown, near Elmira, the young quarter-master, though not required to, took part in the
fray, and engaged with an Indian in a sort of a duel from trees. Succeeding in drawing the fire of the Indian without harm to himself,
Van Campen had nothing more to fear from that particular tree till the Indian could reload his piece, doing which he exposed a part
of his person (butt), easily guessed by those familiar with old time firelocks. Drawing the sights close to the marks, Moses pulled the
trigger. A wild shriek followed and Mr. Indian disappeared! Some forty years later, Van Campen related the incident at Newton,
when to his surprise, Shongo exclaimed, “I same Indian, I same Indian, I same Indian,” and to prove it removed his breechcloth and
showed the scar!
Van Campen Slew Five With Tomahawk
In 1780, Van Campen and others were captured at Shawnese flats, by a party of nine Indians from here, commanded by John
Mohawk and his father and younger brother were killed. In the night they effected their escape by killing all but the leader, who
engaged with Van Campen in a terrific struggle, after the latter had killed five of them with his own hand, wielding a tomahawk which
he had stolen from his adversary. The Mohawk succeeded in getting away, but with a gash on his neck or left shoulder, which it
required several months to heal. He ever after carried his head to one side. The historic weapon used on that interesting occasion is
now to be seen in the Genesee Valley Museum in Letchworth Park
Long years after, when Van Campen was living in Dansville, Horatio Jones met Mohawk. Somewhere in that neighborhood, and
persuaded the scarred old chief to visit his old time adversary. The chief first declined, saying: “Van Campen will not want to see
me.” “Yes he will,” said Jones, “Van Campen is a warrior. It is peace now. He will be glad to see you.” He went. It was just dusk and
Van Campen was sick and in his bed. A daughter answered the call, and told her father there was an Indian at the door, whom she
thought was Mohawk. “Tell him to come in,” said the major. “But are you not afraid?” said the daughter. “No. Tell him to come in,”
said the father. The Indian came in and they met in this way.
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Said Van Campen: “Are you John Mohawk?” “Yes, said Mohawk. Come here,” said the major. He came to the bedside and Van
Campen placing his hand on his neck and running it down under the clothing, felt the scar quite plainly, exclaimed: “Yes you are
John Mohawk. That is my mark.” Mohawk carried a butter ladle and gave it to a daughter of Van Campen as a token of
friendship. The ladle is in the museum at Glen Iris.
Taken Prisoner by English Troops
On April 16, 1782, on Bald Eagle Creek, PA, Van Campen, with a company of 25 men, was attacked by 85 Indians under Hudson
and Shongo, assisted by Lieutenant Nellis and a platoon of Butler’s Rangers. Nine of Van Campen’s men were killed, three escaped
and the rest, with Van Campen, surrendered. The party, with their prisoners, at once set out for Caneadea. At the Pigeon Woods,
not far from the state line, they met an outgoing party, with whom was Horatio Jones, who had become an expert interpreter.
The exploit with Mohawk had advertised Van Campen quite extensively, and the Indians were on the watch for him. With the
outgoing party was a Dutchman named Houser, a dull, honest kind of a fellow, who in the mix-up with the new prisoners, had met
Lish Hunt, one of Van Campen’s men, with whom he was formerly acquainted who told him Van Campen was one of the party.
Houser told this to Jones, who at once took in the situation, and with most consummate tact managed to speak with Hunt, Houser
having pointed him out, after Jones had sealed his lips as to Van Campen. Cautiously in a low voice he told him of the situation,
enjoined secrecy as to their leader, threatening to kill him if he disclosed his name and made him promise to tell the rest of the
prisoners and enjoin secrecy.
Finds a Friend Among His Enemies
Van Campen had been pointed out to him in some way, and he watched for the opportunity, and made himself known to him,
quickly, told him of the situation and what he had done, and finished by saying: “Do not be discouraged. I, too, am a prisoner, and a
white man in blood and sympathy. You can rest assured of my silence and friendship.” In a subdued voice almost a whisper, Van
Campen said: “Those are the sweetest words I ever heard spoken,” and they parted.
The party soon resumed the march to Caneadea to be welcomed by the entire stay-at-home population, with every token of joy and
exultation. Preparation was soon made for the gauntlet running. Van Campen was one of the first to pass the ordeal. the course was
about forty rods long [about 660 feet], the goal the council house, and the laughable and ludicrous finish of his race, wherein he
became so mixed up with the two young squaws who sought to impede, or prevent his getting through, so convulsed the crowd with
laughter, and so filled them with mirth and good feeling, as to make the run quite easy for his comrades. They flocked around him,
and patted him on the shoulder, exclaiming: “Shenawana!” “Cajena!” “Brave man. Good fellow,” and at once he was the hero of the
day. Lieutenant Nellis introduced him to his father, Captain Nellis, commending him for his bravery, saying: “He fought me manfully,
and if he had been equally manned, would have beaten me, but as my party was the strongest, I overcame him. Since he has been
a prisoner, he has conducted himself like a gentleman, and I wish him treated as one.”
Dances with a Pretty Young Squaw
The war dance and the turtle dance were gone through with. In the latter a warrior brought a beautiful young squaw to Van Campen
for a partner. Dancing and festivity were kept up for two or three days; then the party passed on with their prisoners to Fort Niagara
where they were surrendered to the commandant, and the Indians received their pay.
Jones’s directions to “lie like the deuce and stick to it if quizzed as to Van Campen,” had been carried out to the letter, and he had
slipped through their hands undiscovered. In a short time, however, they learned the facts. A fierce row ensued, and the demand
was made that he be given up. The demand was refused. Then they offered to give fourteen other prisoners for him, but to no
avail. The prisoners were soon on board ship bound for Montreal, from which place they were in due time exchanged.
Major Van Campen lived long after the colonies achieved independence. He died in 1849, at the ripe old age of ninety-two years.
Morning Star Lodge No. 65, Canisteo
Warrant:
7 Jun 1825; the original warrant was destroyed by fire in 1867. A new warrant was granted by the Grand Lodge in 8 Jun
1867, in place of the one destroyed.
When first organized the number was 421, which number was retained until 1839, when it became No. 65.
Minutes: Not intact. All records previous to 1885 were destroyed by fire.
While it is known that Morning Star Lodge has maintained an almost unbroken existence since its organization in 1825, its early
history is to a degree a matter of tradition owing to the fact that it has been peculiarly unfortunate in having its records and property
destroyed by fire no less than three times. Notwithstanding their disasters, which ordinarily might have disheartened the members of
the Lodge, they have had sufficient pluck and courage to emerge from the ruins in which their treasures lay buried or destroyed and
begin again the work necessary to secure a new home, and three times have they succeeded without soliciting or receiving financial
aid from sister Lodges.
While there are no records to show that the Lodge met with any regularity during the years known as the "Morgan Period," there can
be no doubt that it maintained its existence during these trying times. Inasmuch as the charter was never surrendered and that it
was never declared forfeited by the Grand Lodge, it is reasonable to conclude that it was kept alive, meeting, as was the case with
other Lodges, on street corners or in the fields at night. It is known that meetings were held in the hotel of "Hol. Bill Stephens," near
the mouth of what is known as "Colonel Bill's Creek."
Some years ago this hotel was destroyed by fire.
The Lodge was first organized at what is known as Canisteo Center, about one mile east of the village of Canisteo, its present
location. It remained there until its quarters were destroyed by fire in 1867; it then found new quarters at Canisteo in what was
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known as Corbett Hall over the store of David Corbett: the next move was to the third story of the John Q. Stephens building, which
was destroyed by fire in 1879.
In February, 1881, they moved in a new brick building, and in 1884 for the third time its quarters went up in flame and smoke, but
scarcely had the ruins cooled before a movement was made to rebuild the structure of which the Lodge was part owner. Under the
leadership of R.'. W.'. FRANK H. ROBINSON the present Deputy Grand Master, a new edifice arose upon the ruins of the old. The new
rooms were furnished and have since afforded comfortable quarters for these sturdy, earnest Masons who had among their number
men who have been honored by their fellow citizens by elevation to public office.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
Jeremiah Baker, Assemblyman, 1835.
Obadiah Stephens, Assemblyman, 1854.
William B. Jones, Assemblyman, 1858.
Lucius A. Waldo, County Clerk, 1879-80-81.
Alphonso H. Burrell, District Attorney.
Herman E. Buck, Assemblyman, 1892-93.
Frank H. Robinson, District Attorney and County Judge.
Leslie D. Whiting, Sheriff.
Charles Moore, School Commissioner.
Frank L. Sutton, Coroner.
William C. Acker, County Superintendent of Poor.
Almon W. Burrell, District Attorney.
Phineas O. Stephens, Justice of the Peace nearly fifty years.
Morning Star Lodge can surely have a justifiable pride in presenting euch an array of honored names of men who at some period
interested themselves in her welfare.
Some of her members have also been honored by the fraternity both by appointment or election to office in the Grand Lodge.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
N. N. Beers, District Deputy Grand Master, 1866.
Lucius A. Waldo, District Deputy Grand Master, 1871-72.
Frederick S. Parkhurst, Grand Chaplain, 1898.
Duncan Cameron, Grand Chaplain, 1901-02.
Frank H. Robinson has been frequently honored. He was District Deputy Grand Master in 1896, Commissioner of Appeals 1897-98,
Junior Grand Warden 1899-1900, Senior Grand Warden, 1901, Deputy Grand Master, 1902-03.
Milton W. Davison, District Deputy Grand Master, 1903.
MASTERS.
1835. William Stephens.
1839. Jeremiah Baker.
1841. George H. Stephens.
1842. George H. Stephens.
1843. George H. Stephens.
1844. Jeremiah Baker.
1845. William Stephens.
1846. William Stephens.
1847. Elias Stephens.
1848. Jeremiah Baker.
1849. Joshua C. Stephens.
1850. Nathan Stephens.
1851. Nathan Stephens.
1852. Nathan Stephens.
1853. Obadiah Stephens.
1854. Nathan Stephens.
1855. Nathan Stephens.
1856. Nathan Stephens.
1857. George H. Stephens.
1858. Joshua C. Stephens.
1859. Joshua C. Stephens.
1860. Joshua C. Stephens.
1861. Joshua C. Stephens.
1862. Joshua C. Stephens.
1863. Joshua C. Stephens.
1864. Joshua C. Stephens.
1865. Joshua C. Stephens.
1866. N. N. Beers.
1867. Joshua C. Stephens.
1868. Lucius A. Waldo.
1869. Lucius A. Waldo.
1870. Lucius A. Waldo.
1871. Lucius A. Waldo.
1872. Lucius A. Waldo.
1873. C. H. Lain.
1874. Luther W hitwood.
1875. Lucius A. Waldo.
1876. Lucius A. Waldo.
1877. Casper M. Coston.
1878. Casper M. Coston.
1879. Charles H. Green.
1880. Charles H. Green.
1881. Patrick Geary.
1882. Patrick Geary.
1883. Herman E. Buck.
1884. Michael R. Lyon.
1885. Frank H. Robinson.
1886. John A. Wirt.
1887. Edwin L. Lain.
1888. Theodore S. Roblee.
1889. Lucius A. Waldo.
1890. Lucius A. Waldo.
1891. Theodore J. Shaut.
1892. Theodore J. Shaut.
1893. W illiam Pitt Goff.
1894. Daniel M. Estee.
1895. Milton W. Davison.
1896. Theodore S. Roblee.
1897. Theodore S. Roblee.
1898. W illiam Pitt Goff.
1899. Theodore S. Roblee.
1900. Theodore S. Roblee.
1901. Milton W. Davison.
1902. Milton W. Davison.
1903. Milton W. Davison.
1904. C. Elmer Smith.
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Judge Almon Whitney Burrell, of Canisteo, former district attorney of Steuben county and present county judge, is, to speak with
all due conservativeness, one of the most prominent and highly esteemed of the citizens not alone of the town fortunate enough to
claim his residence but also of the county in whose affairs he plays a leading role. Since his admission to the bar in 1894 he has
enjoyed splendid standing as a lawyer, which eventually found unmistakable expression in his elevation to the county bench, and it
has been his to serve his county and state with distinction as a public man and as a private citizen. He is a representative of old and
honored families of New England, that cradle of so much of our national history, and he is descended from the same stock as some
of the most admirable and interesting of our American heroes and patriots, notable among these being Colonel Ethan Allen.
Mr. Burrell is a native son of the state, the place of his nativity having been Angelica, Allegany county, 15 Oct 1865. His father is
Alphonse H. Burrell, lawyer and district attorney of Steuben county, and the maiden name of the mother was Sarah C. Allen. This
worthy couple gave to the state four good citizens, Mr. Burrell having three brothers; Fred, Marshall M. and Marcellus E. It has been
the pleasant fate of the family not to suffer disintegration, and the father and four sons all reside in Canisteo. The mother, a woman
worthy of all honor and admiration, died 27 Dec 1900. As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, Mr. Burrell is descended on the
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paternal side from the same stock as Ethan Allen, who was his great-great-grandmother's brother, while on the maternal side he
comes from good, hardy American stock, his ancestors having been men of fine actions and high principles. In the subject one is
reminded that, "Mental and moral capital are treasures invested for us by our forefathers. Nature takes the grandsire's ability and
puts it out at compound interest for the grandson."
Alphonse H. Burrell, father of the subject, and his wife, moved to Canisteo from Angelica, Allegany county, in the latter part of 1866,
and the step was an important one, for here the family residence has ever since been maintained. The father is still living, in his 85th
year, sound and well-preserved both mentally and physically and daily engaging in the practice of the law, to which profession he
has since his youth been an ornament. Mr. Burrell was only about a year old when his parents made their change of residence. As
soon as his years were sufficient he began his attendance in the public schools and he subsequently entered Canisteo Academy,
from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1884, when nineteen years of age. Like Oliver Twist, hungering for more,
he subsequently matriculated in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, New York, and was graduated in 1887 from its classical
department. He was led very naturally to take up the law from the fact that his father was a lawyer and that he helped more or, less
in his office, and his first step after leaving the portals of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary was to attack his Blackstone as a general
attacks a hostile entrenchment, pursuing his studies in his father's office at Canisteo. He was already familiar to some extent with
legal matters, for he had frequently acted in the capacity of a clerk for his father, indeed fairly growing up in an atmosphere of the
law, and even as a youth having legal terms at his tongue's end. An uncle was also an active practitioner at the bar and, as in many
similar cases, a fondness and predilection for the profession seems to have been inherent.
Very successful in his preparatory studies, Judge Burrell was admitted to the bar in 1894, at Buffalo, NY, and ever since that time he
has been actively engaged in the practice of the law at Canisteo, where he has built up a large and loyal clientele, being associated
with his father under the firm name of A. H. & A. W. Burrell. A remarkably good equipment has easily won for him high repute and
professional success, and he ever meets grave questions with perfect valor and incomparable ability. Inspiring the confidence of all
with whom he comes in contact and what is more important, retaining it against all events, he is one to whom the community which
knows him best looks as the proper incumbent of public office. His career as a public servant has been varied, for he was elected
justice of the peace in 1887, while a law student. He served as village attorney of Canisteo for several years, and in Nov 1900,
distinctive mark of the strong hold he had gained upon popular esteem in the community was given in his election as district attorney
of Steuben county, and his re-election in 1903 for a second term was in eloquent testimony of the satisfactory character of his
services. He served until 1 May 1906, at which time he was appointed Steuben county judge by Governor Higgins, there being a
vacancy in that office succeeding Judge William W. Clark, who had been appointed to the supreme court bench. Mr. Burrell, upon
being notified of his appointment, immediately resigned as district attorney, and wiring his resignation to the governor, his
appointment was at once confirmed by the senate and he entered upon his duties as judge of the county court. In the fall of 1906
Judge Burrell, having already given a taste of his quality, was nominated and elected county judge for a full term of six years from 1
Jan 1907, and is now serving that term, the renown of his wisdom and ability having spread far beyond the confines of Steuben
county. He gives the best of himself to every duty and while district attorney he was frequently complimented upon the able manner
in which he prepared his cases before the grand jury and at the trial court.
Politically Mr. Burrell is an ardent Republican, coming from a family which has ever endorsed that political faith. He is familiar with
the articles of its faith, from his youth having poured over the pages of its history and found inspiration in all of its high traditions. In
fact, he has championed Republican principles on the stump in every campaign since he became of age. He is a practical orator
schooled in the principles of platform address, rich and fluent of speech and possessing the rare ability to baptize himself in his
subject and to carry his audience with him to each climax. In addition to his many other distinctions, Judge Burrell is one of the most
prominent of Steuben county Masons. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge No. 65, F&AM, of Canisteo; of Steuben Chapter No.
101, R. A. M., of Hornell; DeMolay Commandery No. 22, KT, of Hornell; and he is a Thirty-second degree Mason, being a member
of Corning Consistory, of Corning, NY. His other fraternal relations extend to Mountain Lodge, No. 503, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; and Canisteo Tent, Knights of the Tented Maccabees. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Canisteo and
for many years was secretary of the Sunday-school. Ever in the forefront of any movement calculated to bring benefit to the
community at large, he was active in the organization of the public library at Canisteo, known as the Wimodaughsien Free Library.
Judge Burrell was the first president of the board of trustees, which office he still holds, having been re-elected from time to time by
the Wimodaughsien Ladies' Club, whose members were the sponsors for the new library and selected its board of trustees. It was
they who furnished the funds necessary for its maintenance, although a part of this responsibility has now been assumed by the
village of Canisteo.
One of Judge Burrell's most prominent characteristics is his love of reading and good books, a quality evinced in his earliest
boyhood and one which has suffered no diminution with the passage of the years and the encroachment of many duties.
An ideally happy life companionship was inaugurated when on 28 Nov 1894, Judge Burrell was married at Richmond Mills, Ontario,
NY, to Miss Lalla Olive Townsend, of that place, a daughter of Alonzo W. Townsend, a lumber manufacturer. Mrs. Burrell at the time
of her marriage was a teacher in the Canisteo Academy, at Canisteo, having held that position with great efficiency for ten years.
The birth of two daughters has blessed this union, Dorothy Helen, b. 9 Mar 1900, d. 17 Apr 1901; and Catherine T. was b. 26 Aug
1904. Mrs. Burrell's ancestors were prominent in the war of the American Revolution and also in the War of 1812, and she
possesses a badge worn by Captain Daniel Townsend, a member of the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, in the Revolutionary war.
She is in a direct line of descent from Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame, as is her husband. Judge Burrell, it being a surprising fact
that the great-great-grandmother of each were sisters of Captain Ethan Allen.
The home of Judge and Mrs. Burrell is one of the most cultured and attractive of the abodes of Steuben county, and is widely known
as the centre of a gracious hospitality.
----Casper M. Coston [1837-1910; bur. Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mancos, CO]
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Casper apparently moved to Colorado, as he is reported as “Worshipful Master of Mancos Lodge, U.D., Mancos, Montezuma,
County, Dispensation issued 3 Jul 1891; from Morning Star Lodge No. 65, Canisteo, New York; Dimit dated 19 May 1891.”
On 15 Sep 1896 this Lodge was recommended for a Charter under the name and designation of Mancos Lodge No. 100, with
Casper listed among its 3 Officers and 19 members.
Also recorded in Mancos Lodge U.D. is Clarence L. Coston, Junior Warden; from Morning Star Lodge No. 65, Canisteo, New York;
Dimit dated 19 May 1891.
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Lorenzo Davison — The late Lorenzo Davison, who died at his home in the village of Canisteo on 30 Jun 1900, established his
residence in Steuben county more than half a century ago, and it was given him to wield appreciable influence in connection with
the civic and material upbuilding of the county, the while his strong, purposeful and sterling character gave to him a secure hold
upon the confidence and regard of all with whom he came in contact. He is remembered as one of the essentially representative
business men of Canisteo and it is most consonant that in this volume be incorporated a brief tribute to his memory.
Lorenzo Davison, the third in order of birth of a family of five sons and five daughters, was born in Tyrone township, Schuyler, NY,
23 Mar 1824, and was a son of Lewis and Jemima (Gannon) Davison, the former of whom was born and reared in the state of New
Jersey and the latter in Orange county. NY, whence she accompanied her parents on their removal to Schuyler county, where her
marriage to Lewis Davison was solemnized. As a young man Lewis Davison moved from his native state to Schuyler county, where
he secured a tract of wild land and reclaimed therefrom a productive farm. Upon this old homestead in Tyrone township he reared
his large family of children and there both he and his devoted wife continued to reside until they were summoned to eternal rest.
They were numbered among the pioneers of Schuyler county and lived up to the full tension of hardships and privations incidental to
the pioneer epoch in that now opulent section of the old Empire state. Lorenzo Davison was reared to the sturdy discipline of the
farm and early began to assist in its arduous work, in the meanwhile attending the somewhat primitive schools of the locality and
period, principally during the winter terms, when his aid was not required in connection with the work of the farm. To secure such
educational advantages as were available he was compelled to walk a long distance over rough and hilly roads in order to pursue
his studies in the little pioneer school house, but his alert mentality and excellent powers of observation and absorption enabled him
to overcome in later years the handicap of the early days, the result being that he became a man of broad mental ken and mature
judgment. He continued to remain at the parental home until he had attained to his legal majority and he then entered upon an
apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner, in which he became a skillful workman and to which he devoted his attention for
a period of six years.
In the spring of 1851 Mr. Davison removed to Canisteo, Steuben county, where he at once erected a large shingle and planing mill,
which was operated by steam and which was located on the banks of the Canisteo River, near the site of the present depot of the
Erie Railroad. This was the first planing mill erected in Steuben county west of Corning, and after it had been operated successfully
for four years it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Davison was not disheartened by this misfortune, but promptly erected and equipped a
new mill on the same site. In 1862 he formed a copartnership with the late L. A. Waldo and they engaged in the lumber, stave,
shingle and general merchandise business upon a comprehensive scale. They owned and operated three mills, located at different
points in Steuben county, and at Canisteo they conducted a large and well equipped general store. The firm of Waldo & Davison
continued operations for a period of eighteen years, at the expiration of which the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Davison thereafter
continued in the lumber and mercantile business in an individual way, and he did not abate his activities until the last few years of
his long, honorable and useful life. In addition to his business interests he was prominently concerned with the agricultural industry,
in connection with which he owned a valuable farm about one mile east of the village of Canisteo, in the fertile Canisteo valley.
In politics Mr. Davison originally gave his allegiance to the Whig party, but he cast in his lot with the Republican party at the time of
its organization and ever afterward continued a zealous supporter of its principles and policies. He showed a deep but quiet interest
in public affairs and was admirably fortified in his opinions as to political affairs. Though progressive and public-spirited in his attitude
as a citizen he had naught of desire for public office, but in 1873 he yielded to the importunities of his fellow citizens and consented
to become a candidate for the office of president of the village of Canisteo, to which position he was elected by a majority that gave
effective voucher for the esteem and confidence reposed in him in the community that so long represented his home. He gave a
businesslike administration as chief executive of the village, but could not be induced to serve a second term. He was affiliated with
Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, F&AM, from the year 1862 until his death, and was deeply appreciative of the noble teachings of this
time-honored fraternal order. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Canisteo in 1868, and ever afterward was one of its
most zealous and consistent adherents, as was also his cherished and devoted wife. He was president of the Canisteo Cemetery
Association for a number of years and was ever ready to extend his aid to those "in any way afflicted, in mind, body or estate." His
heart was attuned to sympathy and his impulses were ever generous and kindly. He gave liberally of his largess to worthy charitable
and benevolent causes, and also contributed to the support of enterprises and measures tending to advance the social and material
well-being of the community.
On 3 Oct 1850, Mr. Davison married Louise Jackson, daughter of Josiah and Betsey Jackson, of Schuyler county, this state, and the
two children of this union died in infancy. Mrs. Davison was summoned to the life eternal on 23 Jun 1855. On 23 Nov 1856, he
secondly marriage Martha Carter, b. in Schoharie county, NY, a daughter of Rev. Chauncey and Maria (Plough) Carter, who were at
the time residents of Canisteo. The mother is still living, making her home with her son, Milton W., at Canisteo. Mr. and Mrs.
Davison became the parents of five children: Ida L., b. 26 Aug 1859; George A., b. 1 Oct 1861; Hiland T., b. 25 Mar 1863; Ella M., b.
14 Jun 1865, and Milton W., b. 2 Jul 1867. George A., d. 1 Jun 1862, and Hiland T., died 4 Dec 1864.
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Steuben, NY; d. 10 Jan 1888 in Canisteo; m. HARRIETT BAKER 5 Sep 1825 in Canisteo, d/o DANIEL BAKER and ELIZABETH
ALLEN. She was b. 6 Sep 1802 in Canisteo; d. there 20 Jun 1888.
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His grandfather, Uriah Stephens was a native of Litchfield County, town of Canaan, CT; m. Martha Rathbone/Rathbun, a native of
Stonington, CT. Of this union were born before leaving that State: Benjamin, died in the Revolutionary war; Mrs. Solomon Bennett,
Mrs. Daniel McHenry, Uriah Jr., John, Mrs. Judge George Hornell, Phineas, Elias, Elijah, W illiam, and Benjamin. The family left
Connecticut in 1766, and settled in Stillwater, NY; afterwards in Northumberland Co. PA, thence to Tioga Point; thence to Newtown,
now Elmira, and in 1789 the father and his sons, Uriah and John, explored the Canisteo Valley, accompanied by his son-in-law,
Solomon Bennett, and James Hadley. That year, with others, they purchased the upper and lower Canisteo, now Canisteo and
Hornellsville, and the same year Uriah Stephens Sr., settled here with his family; the others settled the following year. George H.
Stephens has followed farming during his life on the farm settled by his father on the Canisteo River. Their children were George,
Caleb, Paulina, Shirene, Elizabeth, Mary, Rhoda (deceased), Mrs. Edwin Foster, and Matthew. Like his father before him, Mr.
Stephens is a staunch member of the Democratic party, and for some fifteen years has served the people of his town as assessor.
He was the first man who joined the Morning Star Mason Lodge in Canisteo, a member of that lodge for over half a century.
Mr. And Mrs. Stephens lived happily together for upwards of fifty years, and for some twenty years of that time have been members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and contributors to that and kindred interests. They are now among the old landmarks that point
back to the early days in the history of the town, and have lived to see schools and churches established, railroads, the telegraph,
and modern machinery take their places in advancing civilization.
*The above information was obtained from the book, History of Steuben County, New York by Clayton (1879).
George H. Stephens (Uriah, Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry) was born at Canisteo, NY, 19 Jun 1803; d. there 10 Jan 1888; m. 5 Sep
1825, Hariet Baker, b. 6 Sep 1802; d. 20 Jun 1888, a d/o Daniel and Elizabeth (Allen) Baker. Mr. Stephens was a farmer, and lived
on the farm settled upon by his father, Uriah Stephens, on the Canisteo, River. He was Town Assessor for fifteen years. Both he
and his wife were Methodists. They were buried in the Stephens Cemetery, Canisteo, NY.
*The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy" by Plowdon Stevens (1909).
William Lackey Stephens; http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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b. 23 Jul 1826; m1. JULIA WRIGHT; m2. NANCY DEWEY.
b. 25 Aug 1828; m. LYDIA HARE.
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b. 28 Jul 1840; m. EDWIN FOSTER.
b. 13 Jun 1844; m. SUSAN E. FULLER.
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HENRY FITZ-STEPHEN, JOHN , FITZ RALPH , RALPH , RALPH , THOMAS , AIRARD ) b. 8 Dec 1783 in Harderstown, NJ; d. 3
Apr 1862 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY; m. RACHEL GILBERT 14 May 1804, d/o ELISHA GILBERT. She was born in Addison, New
York, and died 7 Feb 1850 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY.
According to history, Henry Stephens, whose father, Nicholas, was an officer in Oliver Cromwell’s army, after the death of the
"Protector" emigrated to America, first settling in Stonington, CT, 1660, with his two brothers, Thomas and Richard. The line of
descent from Henry Stephens to Jedediah Stephens, the first settler of this branch of the Stephens family in the Canisteo Valley, is
as follows: (1) Henry; (2) Henry, (3) Jedediah*; (4) Jedediah 2nd, the first settler of Steuben County of this branch; born 11 May
1757, at Canaan, Litchfield, CT, m. in Goshen, Orange, NY, to Abigail Corey, 1 Jan 1778, where his brother, Rufus, was killed. He
owned a farm at Wyoming; was taken prisoner by the Pennamite, under Gen. Plunket, but after a few days released.
*Jedediah Stephens, Sr., m. Mary Rathbone. Children: Joshua; Anna, b. 17 Mar 1753, Eunice, b. 12 Jun 1755; Jedediah, b. 11 May
1757; Ira, b. 18 Jul 1759; Rufus b. 2 May 1762; Sylvania, b. 14 Jan 1764; Nathan, b. 4 Aug 1766; Cynthia, b. 26 Sep 1768.
Joshua Stephens m. 27 Oct 1767, Christiana Dutcher; Anna Stephens m. Jeremiah Baker, Sr.; Eunice Stephens m. Elijah Rude;
Jedediah Stephens m. 1 Jan 1778, Abigail Corey; Ira Stephens m, Sibyl Ransom; Cynthia Stephens m. Francis Saterlee.
In May 1790, with his wife and family of five children, Abigail, Silas, Nathan, Sylvina, and Cynthia, removed from Wyoming and
settled on lot No. 10, in the town of Canisteo, on the place now owned by his grandson, Joshua C. Stephens, the property having
been in the family since. He purchased six hundred acres of timbered land, some fifty acres of which he cleared prior to his death,
26 Jan 1830. He was a man of little book knowledge, but possessed of much native ability, and upon settling in the new country was
soon recognized as a worthy citizen. While Canisteo belonged to Ontario, County, in 1793-94 he represented his town as
supervisor. In early life he was a member of the Congregational Church. About 1800 he became a member of the Methodist Church,
and from 1812 to the time of his decease, was a local preacher of that denomination.
His sixth child, Olive, born 10 Nov 1790, in Canisteo was the first white child born in Steuben County. The other children born here
were Joshua, Hila, and Pamela. The mother died 28 Aug 1825.
Nathan Stephens, familiarly called Capt. Nathan Stephens, was seven years of age when the family came to this valley; was
brought up to know and experience all the hardship of the pioneer; was married 14 May 1804, to Rachel Gilbert, of Addison (her
father, Elisha Gilbert, being one of the first settlers of that town), and for some eight years resided n that town, on what was known
as the Gilbert estate, now owned by Col. Henry Baldwin. The remainder of his life was spent on the old homestead in Canisteo,
where he erected commodious buildings and made many other improvements, along which was the "Methodist tavern" which he
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assisted his father in building. He was a staunch member of the Democratic party, and cast his first vote for President of the United
States for Thomas Jefferson.
He was elected to fill many offices in his town, was town clerk for several terms, and also school commissioner, and in the interest of
education was a strong and able advocate, and did much to forward its progress. Although a farmer, he was very fond of hunting
and trapping, and it was estimated that for thirty years of his life he averaged to kill one hundred deer annually.
His children are Elisha G., Jedediah H. M., Ebenezer C., Franklin D., and Joshua C., all residents of Steuben County, except the
third son, who is a resident of Allegany County.
The father died 2 Apr 1862; the mother having died 7 Feb 1850.
Joshua C. Stephens, youngest son, born 30 May 1816, received a fair education in the common school, in Howard and Alfred
Academics; was a teacher for several terms. 2 Aug 1845, he married Hannah, daughter of Harris Abbe, of Howard. She was born
30 Sep 1825. Their children are Ira G., James A., Harris M., Nathan J., Mrs. James H. Stewart, of Howard, Emma H., and Mary M.
He has resided on the old homestead his whole life and carried on farming, and to some extent has carried on lumbering. He has
been closely allied to the best interests of his town, and over interested in all its local improvements, --the education of the young
and good society. Educated in the Democratic party, of which his grandfather was an unswerving member, he has been a
somewhat active exponent of its principles. Many years ago he was school inspector of the town, subsequently, about 1850, town
superintendent of schools, and has been town clerk and supervisor for several terms. In 1842 he became a member of the Morning
Star Lodge, No. 65, Canisteo; his father and grandfather having been among the founders of that lodge. In 1854, he was appointed
Eminent Commander of the Edwards Commandary, at Hornellsville, now called De Molay Commandery, No. 22, which position he
held for some two years. His connection with Masonry has been continuous since he first became a member, having been called
during that time to fill various official positions in the several bodies.
*The above information was obtained from the History of Steuben County, New York, Clayton, (1879).
143. NATHAN9 STEPHENS (JEDEDIAH8, JEDEDIAH7, HENRY6, HENRY5, NICHOLAS4, THOMAS3, EDWARD2, HENRY1) b. 8
Dec 1783 in Harderstown, NJ; d. 3 Apr 1862 in Canisteo, NY. He married RACHEL GILBERT, daughter of ELISHA GILBERT.
Nathan Stephens (Jedediah, Jedediah, Henry, Henry) b. Harderstown, NJ, 8 Dec 1783; m. 14 May 1804 Rachel, b. 19 Nov 1782,
d/o Elisha Gilbert of Addison, where they lived for eight years. They then removed to Canisteo, NY, and settled on the farm where
he died 3 Apr 1862. His wife died 7 Feb 1850. Mr. Stephens was Town Clerk and School Commissioner.
*The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy" by Plowdon Stevens (1909).
William Lackey Stephens; http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
Children of NATHAN STEPHENS and RACHEL GILBERT, all born in Canisteo, Steuben, NY:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
ELISHA G. STEPHENS,
EBENEZER C. STEPHENS,
FRANKLIN D. STEPHENS,
JOSHUA C. STEPHENS,
JEDEDIAH H.M. STEPHENS,
b. 21 Mar 1805;
b. 28 Jun 1808;
b. 30 Apr 1813;
b. 30 May 1816.
b. 13 Nov 1806;
m. Sarah Bennett, 21 May 1829.
m. Mary Sweet, 28 Oct 1827.
m. Saphrona Lord, 8 Jun 1834.
m1. Sylvia Upson; b. 27 Feb 1809; m2 Ervina Bennett, 24 Nov 1835.
Cameron Lodge No. 77, Howard, New York
see also Cameron No. 349, Howard, NY, 11 Jun 1822
Forfeit;
Jun 1844
Surrendered: 30 May 1845
Revived as Lewis No. No. 104, 6 Jun 1845 [see below]
Warrant destroyed by fire; reissued 5 Jun 1874
Lewis Lodge No. 104, Howard, New York
Warrant:
6 Jun 1845
Prev. Cameron No. 77; Forfeit, Jun 1844; Surrendered 30 May 1845; revived as Lewis 104, 6 Jun 1845;
Warrant destroyed by fire; reissued 5 Jun 1874;
'turned in' Charter, 4 Aug 1998
When first organized it was known as Cameron Lodge, No. 77; it became Lewis Lodge, No. 104, in 1845.
MINUTES: Not intact. The records and all other property of the Lodge were destroyed by fire May 10, 1874.
The destruction of the records of the Lodge and the loss of all papers relating to its early life shrouds its history in uncertainty, and
but little is known concerning its affairs previous to its revival in 1840. The Grand Lodge Register contains the following concerning
its revival:
"Revived and officers installed August 8. 1840.
"John H. Alexander. Master.
"Job Goff, Senior Warden.
"Peroz O. Cole, Junior Warden.
"Warrant forfeited June, 1844. (No. 77)
"Revived June 6, 1845. (No. 104)
“No returns until after the warrant was declared forfeited by the Grand Lodge in June 1844, and demanded by the Grand Secretary,
when their returns were made and $36.00 paid, but the Lodge was not informed of the nullity of the warrant: the Grand Master,
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however, directed Bro. GREAVES to inform the Lodge and see that the demand of the Grand Lodge was complied with. Warrant
surrendered May 30, 1845, but no property. Charter revived in June, 1845, and name changed to Lewis, 104."
The warrant issued June 5, 1874, as a substitute for the one destroyed, names as officers:
Melvin Graves, Master.
Luke R. Goff, Senior Warden.
William H. Graves, Junior Warden.
The destruction of the building and the loss of all property owned by the Lodge in May, 1874, was a severe blow to the Lodge, but
with undaunted courage the members immediately began the erection of a new building, and before the close of the year it again
was in possession of a comfortable home; since then it has enjoyed a fair share of success and is free from debt.
The Secretary, A. H. BALDWIN, has served the Lodge in that capacity for nearly thirty years.
The Lodge was represented at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica, May 21, 1891; it held Jubilee services April, 24,
1889; the address of the Grand Master was read and short addresses were made by several members of the Lodge.
MASTERS.
1840-41
1842
1843-45
1846-47
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853-55
1856-57
1858
1859
1860-61
1862-65
1866-67
1868-70
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877-78
John H. Alexander.
Job Goff.
No returns.
Abijah B. Case.
No returns.
Barnaby Alden.
No returns.
William Smith.
No returns.
John H. Alexander.
George F. Case.
John H. Alexander.
Charles Forrester.
William Smith.
Charles Forrester.
William S. Goff.
Joseph E. Broas.
Reuben F. Parkhill.
Benjamin N. Bennett.
Ira Bennett.
Melvin Graves.
Luke R. Goff.
Horace Bennett.
William S. Goff.
1879-80
1881
1882
1883
1884-85
1886-87
1888-91
1892-93
1894-02
1903
1904-05
1906.
William H. Graves.
Ira Bennett.
Melvin Graves.
Ira Bennett.
Benjamin N. Bennett.
Luke R. Goff.
Joseph E. Broas.
Luke R. Goff.
Joseph E. Broas.
Ward B. Alden.
Frank G. Mackie.
Ithiel H. Stewart.
http://books.google.com/books?id=rkUZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA62&dq=%22George+F.+Case%22+%22register%22&hl=en&ei=PDwbT
b6RCoO88gahm-XVDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false page 62.
1855 Masonic Register:
LEWIS LODGE, No. 104 - Howard, Steuben Co.
Meets on the Wednesday on or before the full and M moon.
John H. Alexander WM,
George F. Case
SW,
James Smith
JW
Seymour Howard
Charles Forrester
Henry D. Alden
Treas
Secy
SD
William Smith
David Smith
JD
Tiler
Past Masters
Barney B. Alden
A[bijah]. B. Case
John D. Collier
Jafe [Job] Gaff [Goff]
William Smith
Members
Aziel Barnes
Moses T. Bennett
C. S. Chamberlan
Richard Collier
John D. Condermand
Israel Faris
Warren W. Goff
Almond Graves
Alonzo Graves
Seth Hubberd
Burrell Manvill
Hugh McCollum
Daniel L. Miller
Hiram Orvis
John R. Parkhill
Reuben F. Parkhill
Christopher Paterson
Edwin Preston
David Straton
Lorenzo Smith
J. T. Stewart
Lemand Westover
John H. Alexander of Howard, Steuben, NY, married Pamelia COMSTOCK b. in 1798 in Massachusetts.
1850 Census. Howard, Steuben Co NY:
John Alexander, age 55, b. NY. Parmelia, age 52, b. Mass.
Children all born in NY: Martha, age 20. Maria, age 18. Ephraim, age 15. John, age 8.
---Benjamin N. Bennett, 1LT, Co. A, 189th NY Vols, was a young man and highly useful officer. Having lent his influence for the
raising of Company A, he was chosen, without any dissent, as its First Lieutenant. He was always present with his command, and
did his duties cordially and wll. On the march, in camp, or in battle, Lt. Bennett was ever on hand where duty called, reliable and
true. He furnished no materials for his biographical sketch, but his deeds while a soldier are a sufficient praise and memorial.
BENNETT, BENJAMIN N. —Age, — years. Enrolled, 20 Sep 1864, at Elmira, to serve one year; mustered in as 1LT, Co. A, 1 Oct
1864; mustered out with company, 30 May 1865, near Washington, DC.
BENNETT, BYRON.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 2 Sep 1864, at Howard, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co. A, 1 Oct
1864; absent sick in hospital at muster-out of company.
BENNETT, HORACE.—Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 3 Sep 1864, at Howard, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co. A, 9 Sep
1861; promoted corporal, 20 Sep 1864; mustered out with company, 30 May 1865, near Washington, D. C.
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BENNETT, IRA.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 2 Sep 1864, at Howard, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co. A. 1 Oct 1864;
mustered out with company, 30 May 1865, near Washington, DC.
http://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg486.htm
Mary Alma Alden (Noah , Israel , Noah , John , Joseph , John ) b. 25 May 1811 [Great Bend], PA; d. 8 Apr 1907 in Howard, NY.
Mary married Philip Bennett on 2 Feb 1832 in Howard;.Philip was b. 1802 in Warwick, Orange, NY; d. 15 Sep 1868 in Howard, NY.
Children:
i Benjamin N. Bennett b. Dec 1836/1837 in Howard, Steuben, NY; m. Gertrude Van Dusen, b. Jan 1841.
ii Horace Bennett
b. 10 Sep 1841 Howard, Steuben, NY; d. there 23 Feb 1930; m.1 Mary Annette Hannahs 6 Apr 1860
Adrian, NY. Mary was b. Jun 1841 in NY; d. 14 Jun 1908 in Howard, NY; m.2 Leah Smith 19 Jun 1909.
iii Sarah Bennett
b. ca 1844 Howard, Steuben, NY.
iv Ira Bennett
b. 12 Jun 1845 Howard, Steuben, NY; m. Elizabeth Vannie born on 7 Jul 1843.
---Dr. Abijah B. Case, of the town of Howard, Steuben county, was noted for the great number of students who sought instruction
from him. They came not only from Steuben county, but from adjoining counties, in both the states of New York and Pennsylvania.
His students were at times so numerous that they formed a separate community, and his office and residence were commonly
called the "medical college." The industrious and intelligent students of Dr. Case became distinguished in their calling, and their
services and counsel were sought not only by the inhabitants of their vicinity but of the country for many miles about.
---http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/r/a/David-F-Graves/GENE11-0112.html
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Almond Graves (CHARLES , RANDALL , REUBEN , NOAH , SAMUEL , JOHN , THOMAS ) b. 19 Nov 1805 in Howard, Steuben,
NY; m. 4 Jul 1827 ABIGAIL STEARNS, b. 5 Feb 1805 in Italy, Yates, NY; d. 1 Jun 1877, d/o JOSHUA STEARNS.
Children, b. in Howard, NY:
i.
CYNTHIA M. GRAVES, b. 07 Jul 1828.
ii.
MARTIN GRAVES,
b. 22 Aug 1831.
iii.
DELIA GRAVES,
b. 08 Mar 1836.
iv.
MELVIN GRAVES,
b. 13 Dec 1840.
Alonzo Gravces (CHARLES , RANDALL , REUBEN , NOAH , SAMUEL , JOHN , THOMAS ) b. 26 Jul 1810 in Howard, Steuben,
NY; d. 1 May 1886; m. CLARISSA SMEAD 16 October 1834.
Child:
i.
CLARENCE A. GRAVES, b. 03 Aug 1836.
---http://www.gravesfa.org/gen121.htm
William H. Graves was born about 1835 in NY. He married Sarah A. ------, b. ca 1838 in NY. They were in the 1880 census for
Howard, Steuben Co., NY. He was a house painter.
Children:
Alice A. Graves, b.c. 1863.
Louella Graves, b.c. 1874.
---Reuben F. Parkhill, M.D. Albany Medical College, 1870, one of the coroners of Steuben County, NY, died at his home in Howard,
NY, January 26, from heart disease, after a long illness, aged 73.
Steuben Lodge No. 112, Bath, New York
Preceded by Bath Mark Mason Lodge No. 57/59, 1 Jan 1797; warrant reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master Lodge No.
323, 3 Mar 1819; surrendered Nov 1830; forfeit 1840; revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846. Lodge had a portion of the records
and warrant of Enos Lodge No. 323
WARRANT: The original warrant, dated June 11, 1846, is in possession of the Lodge.
The name or number has not been changed.
MINUTES: Intact. The Lodge is in possession of a portion of the records and the warrant of Enos Lodge, No. 323, now extinct.
CHARTER MEMBERS.
Lewis Biles.
Paul C. Cook.
John D. Higgins.
John R. Gansevoort.
James Read.
William Hamilton.
Reuben Robie.
Daniel G. Skinner.
Jesse Van Derhoven.
Whitttington Sayre.
The officers named in the warrant are:
Lewis Biles, Master.
William Hamilton, Senior Warden.
Daniel G. Skinner, Junior Warden.
The first recorded meeting of the Lodge was held May 5, 1846.
The first meeting, after the warrant had been granted, was held August 18, 1846, when the officers were installed and the Lodge
constituted by R.'.W.'. B. B. PAYNE. On this occasion PETER SWART and EDWIN R. BIDWELL were initiated.
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The officers installed were:
Lewis Biles, Master.
William Hamilton, Senior Warden.
Paul C. Cook, Junior Warden.
E. Hempstead, Treasurer.
Daniel G. Skinner, Secretary.
Jesse Van Derhoven, Senior Deacon.
John R. Gansevoort, Junior Deacon.
A. D. Read, Tiler.
At a session of the Grand Lodge, held June 5, 1846, the Committee on Warrants made a report which contains the following,
relating to Steuben Lodge.
"Your committee have had under consideration the petition of Steuben Lodge held in the village of Bath, now acting under
dispensation. From the peculiar embarrassments under which the brethren in this vicinity are now laboring, as represented by the
delegates, your committee would recommend that a charter be granted to them and that all back dues owing from them or such
other brethren as may unite with them, who were former members of Enos Lodge, now defunct, may be remitted, and that the
officers now acting under the dispensation be recognized as the officers in the charter."
Enos Lodge, to which reference is made in the report, was warranted June 28, 1823. For a few years it prospered, but about the
year 1826 the hostile attitude entertained against Masonry began to assume such shape in the community that these brethren were
compelled to hold meetings in private houses or in the open fields at night to secure freedom from molestation. These conditions
existed for several years, until finally they ceased to meet, and in 1840 the charter was declared forfeited.
When first organized this Lodge met in the second story of the first school-house erected in Bath. It stood on the present site of
Beekman's planing mill.
Enos Lodge was not the first located at Bath, a warrant was granted to Bath Lodge, No. 59 [should read 57?], 22 Mar 1797 [1796].
Upon the Grand Lodge register opposite the name of this Lodge is written "Warrant lost 1816." But little is known concerning this old
Lodge, the only authentic record in existence is a mouse-eaten copy of the by-laws and part of a minute-book in possession of the
Grand Historian.
The following are excerpts from the by-laws:
"Art. 8. An entered apprentice shall not be passed to the degree of Fellow craft until he shall have served at least two regular
meetings as an entered apprentice; nor shall a fellow craft be raised to the degree of Master Mason until he shall have served at
least two stated meetings as a fellow craft, nor shall any be passed or raised if not acquainted with the mysteries appertaining to the
said degrees.
"Art. 9. The nightly dues shall be twenty-five cents for every meeting to be paid quarterly. Visitors after the first meeting to pay the
same as members, officers of the Grand Lodge only excepted."
"Art. 11. In case of an extra meeting being called the expense of the same to be paid by the brother or brethren requiring the same."
The by-laws are signed by
John Coudry, Master P.T.;
William Dunn, Senior Warden P.T.;
G. D. Cooper, Junior Warden, P.T.;
Daniel Schultz, Senior Deacon P.T.;
T. K. Love, Junior Deacon P.T.;
Daniel Cruger, Treasurer P.T.;
David Jones, Secretary. P.T.;
Joseph Purdy, Tyler, P.T.;
and twenty other names.
The mouse-eaten condition of the minute-book makes it possible to decipher but little of the transactions of the Lodge; the first
meeting where the date is not destroyed was held August 25, 1797, the next is August 31st; then follows September 12th, October
23d, November 13th.
December 25th. On the following page is the date December 27th, but the year is missing; in all probability it was 1797, as at 'the
meeting held December 25th a committee was appointed to prepare a dinner on St. John's Day; and in the minutes under date of
December 27th is the following: "Lodge called from labour to refreshment and adjourned to the house of Mr. Libhart for the purpose
of dining and from refreshment returned back to the Lodge to labour."
Upon the next page is the following: "Bath Lodge, No. 57, January 3d (the year is missing), Chapter Lodge called by the W. M. for
the purpose of installing the officers." At this meeting there were twenty members present and one visitor. The disbursements were:
"Expenses, Stewards a/c
Tyler
$7 28
1 00
$8 28"
The last recorded meeting in the book was held in January, 1798; there were twenty-one members and eight visitors present.
Two propositions for membership were received, two candidates were initiated, one passed and one raised.
The first officers of the Lodge were:
Charles Williamson. Master:
John Coudry, Senior Warden;
William Dunn, Junior Warden.
A portrait of the first Master was presented to the Committee on Antiquities of the Grand Lodge, May 13, 1897.
An old sketch of Freemasonry in Steuben County says, concerning the members of this old Lodge and the existing conditions in that
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vicinity at that early period: "Among the visiting brethren on one occasion was URIAH STEPHENS, at whose house was held the
first ‘Town Meeting’ in the town, which comprised all of the present Steuben and part of Allegany and Livingston Counties. There
were seven votes cast at that 'Town Meeting.'"
Thus we find a Lodge of Masons in successful operation long before the village of Rochester had one and within three years after
the first clearing was made for the village of Bath by Captain Williamson, the agent of the Pulteney estate. Among the names
appended to those old by-laws may be found nearly all of the prominent men of those times, five pioneers who did so much to
develop the resources of Western New York. Among them we have CHARLES CAMERON, who kept the first store and was also
the first postmaster, under Captain Williamson, however, and long before Uncle Sam carried any mails in this vicinity. The nearest
mail station then was sixty-five miles distant. DUGALD CAMERON was a man of strong intellectual powers, and was for a long time
agent of the Pulteney Estate for this county. He was the representative of this county in the legislature in 1828. ANDREW SMITH
was the right-hand man of Captain Williamson, and had charge of his farming operations.
WILLIAM DUNN kept the first house of entertainment in 1798 He was the first sheriff of the county, appointed in 1796. JAMES
FAULKNER, an eminent physician of his day, was Chief Judge of the County Court in 1804. GEORGE D. COOPER was the first
County Clerk.
This Lodge appears to have become extinct, but we can get no information as to how or when it ceased to work.
Steuben Lodge has prospered and enjoyed a steady, healthy growth since it was first organized. The offshoots of the Lodge are
numerous.
Among the charter members of no less than seven Lodges are found the names of members of this Lodge. It was present at the
laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica. On March 22, 1897. it celebrated the "100th Anniversary of the Establishment of
Masonry in Steuben County." The occasion attracted a large gathering; the principal speakers were M.'.W.'. WILLIAM A.
SUTHERLAND and M.'. W.'. FRANK H. ROBINSON.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
John P. Parkhurst, Supreme Court Judge
William H. Chamberlain, Assemblyman.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Anthony L. Underhill, District Deputy Grand Master.
Edwin S. Underhill, District Deputy Grand Master.
MASTERS
1846. Lewis Biles.
1847. Lewis Biles.
1848. Jesse Van Derhoven.
1849. Jesse Van Derhoven.
1850. Paul C. Cook.
1851. Lewis Biles.
1852. Philo P. Hubbell.
1853. Philo P. Hubbell.
1854. Philo P. Hubbell.
1855. John P. Biles.
1856. John P. Biles.
1857. Lewis Biles.
1858. Lewis Biles.
1859. Charles W. Campbell.
1860. Edwin R. Kasson.
1861. Edwin R. Kasson.
1862. George S. Jones.
1863. Charles F. Kingsley.
1864. Anthony L. Underhill.
1865. Anthony L. Underhill.
1866. Anthony L. Underhill.
1867. George S. Jones.
1868. T. Scott De Wolfe.
1869. E. W . Hardenbrook.
1870. Anthony L. Underhill.
1871. Charles F. Kingsley.
1872. Charles Dudley.
1873. Charles Dudley.
1874. W illiam P. Sedgwick.
1875. Isaac J. Merrell.
1876. Byron A. Todd.
1877. Henry Faucett.
1878. Charles Dudley.
1879. Charles Dudley.
1880. William H. Shepard.
1881. Charles Dudley.
1882. Charles Dudley.
1883. Isaac J. Merrell.
1884. Moses Davison.
1885. Henry Faucett.
1880. Henry Faucett.
1887. William B. Brown.
1888. William B. Brown.
1889. Moses Davison.
1890. Moses Davison.
1891. Thomas Craig.
1892. Daniel B. Boileau.
1893. Daniel B. Boileau.
1894. William H. Davison.
1895. David Rothchild.
1896. E. W . Messerschmidt.
1897. Reinza T. Stansburg.
1898. Edwin S. Underbill.
1899. Edwin S. Underbill.
1900. E. Grant Hollenbeck.
1901. Henry J. Donnelly.
1902. John H. Gilmore.
1903. John H. Gilmore.
1904. Francis E. Wilkes.
1905. Clinton W . Richardson.
1906. Frederick W . Hastings.
1855 Masonic Register
STEUBEN LODGE, NO. 112.
Meets at Bath, Steuben County, on the Tuesday on before the full and change of the moon.
Date of Charter, June 11th, 5846.
OFFICERS
John P. Biles
WM
Edwin Miller
SW
Luther W. Botsford JW
Paul C. Cook
Reuben Robie
Spencer Holliday
Treas
Secy
SD
Henry Hopkins
Edwin R. Bidwell
JD
Tiler
PAST MASTERS.
L. Biles, P. C. Cook, J. Vanderhoven,
MEMBERS.
Collins Beckwith.
A. J. Bidwell,
H[ezekiah?]. S. Biles,
J. D. Blank,
S. R. Brown,
C. W. Campbell,
D. M. Coss,
P. C. Cruthers,
Geo. Dawson,
E. C. Dicey,
Fenner Eddy,
E. Fisk,
J. R. Gansevoort,
Wm. Hamelton,
J. D. Higgins,
H. Hopkins,
Wm. Kelly,
Geo. S. Kenyan,
David Lane,
Peter Marsell,
A. W. McDowell,
S. Milligan,
W. W. More,
A. Niles,
A. D. Read,
Oliver Rice,
N. Sawyer,
Benj. Simonde,
D. G. Skinner,
A. Smith,
V. W. Sunderlin,
G. G. Townsend,
J. B. Vanauken,
Wm. H. Walton,
Chas. H. Warfield,
Sam. Watrous,
L. C. Whiting,
Orren Wisewell,
A. C. Yost,
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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BECKWITH/2006-10/1161834583
Collins Beckwith b. 1827 Simsbury, Hartford, CT; d. 1898 Bath, Steuben, NY; son of Harry & Electa Beckwith. Children: John b.
1826; Collins b. 1827; Mary b. 1829; and Agnes Beckwith. All but Agnes left CT for NY.
http://www.joycetice.com/clippings/tcobt278.htm
The Plain Dealer- Bath, Steuben, NY August 13, 1898
Collins Beckwith died at his home on Liberty Street, [Bath, Steuben, NY] Wed. morning, after a few days' illness with dysentery. Mr.
Beckwith was born at Simsbury, CT, 72 years ago, and has been a resident of Bath for about forty years. He is survived by his third
wife, and a daughter by his second wife. "Beck" [as he was familiarly called] was a typical Yankee, and was widely known as a
peddler and auctioneer. He was of a very jovial nature, a person of quick wit and a great joker, and took a joke on himself with good
grace. He will be pleasantly remembered by his friends. Collins C. BECKWITH was born 10 Sep 1827 and died 10 Aug 1889. Son
of Harry & Electa B. FULLER BECKWITH. Father of Isadore Belona Beckwith BENNETT of Howard, NY & Hornell, NY. He was
married to 1- Charity Eliza CHICHESTER BECKWITH; 2- Charlotte Belona WEDGE BECKWITH LANDWEHR; 3- Keoka E. LAPP
LARSON BECKWITH ROSS.
----http://www.wuelzer.com/FamilyTree/Scudder/EdwinRBidwell.html
Edwin R. Bidwell, b. 2 Oct 1802, Paris, NY; d. 28 Jan 1860, Bath, NY; son of Joel Bidwell and Martha Carter; m. Harriet Roze, b.
28 Dec 1789; d. 3 Apr 1848, Bath, NY. Child: Edwin, b. 1827.
----Lewis and John P. Biles
http://e-familyhistory.com/content/Biles,_Henry_(6).htm and
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=debra_richards1&id=I01195
John Biles, b. ca 1772-75 on the Biles homestead in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, PA; m1. ___
Stokes of Troupsburg, Steuben, NY ca 1795. They resided near Painted Post/Horseheads, NY. John was employed as a surveyor.
Moved to Louisiana about 1803, near Natches, Mississippi. With his first wife John had the following son:
a. Lewis Biles, b. 14 Oct 1796; d. 29 Sep 1875 bur. Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben Co., NY. He worked at a foundry near Bath and
was employed as a gunsmith. m1. 4 Aug 1819 Elizabeth Schockey (b. 13 Aug 1801; d. 14 Mar 1820, probably from complications of
child birth) and had the following son:
1. William A. Biles, b. 14 Mar 1820; d. 27 Sep 1845; m. Mary Downey in 1843.
Lewis Biles m2. 19 Feb 1822 Delana Thurber (b. 4 Sep 1795; d. 24 Sep 1867) and had the following children:
2. Hezekiah S. Biles,
b. 01 Apr 1823; d. 6 Apr 1892; m. Olive Griswold. No Children.
3. Elizabeth “Lib” Thurber Biles, b. 03 Oct 1825; d. 10 Dec 1895. Never married.
4. John P. Biles,
b. 01 Jun 1829; d. 10 May 1908 in Soldiers Home, Erie, PA. m. 28 May 1858 Elizabeth Abbie
Bumsey (d. age 85).Served 30 days in the Civil War [Co. G, 35th Regt. PA Militia] & was manager in the Knoxville, PA, foundry
1851-76. Elizabeth had a brother (b. ca 1834), who was age 94 in 1928. He also served as Burgess [1858] and Justice of the Peace
[1862] of Knoxville, PA
5. Frances “Fannie” N. Biles,
b. 26/21 Nov 1831; d. 3 Aug/23 Apr 1876; m. 28 Jan 1862 Reuben W. Eddy (b. 17 Jul 1834, d.
13 Nov 1895), who operated a clothing store.
6. Robert Teneyck Biles:
b. 17 July 1834; d. 1887 at Princeton, Bureau, IL; m. Kate Vogdes/Vadges in Nov 1860.
7. Colonel George E. Biles:
b. 04 Dec 1836; d. at Princeton, Bureau, IL; commanded the 161st NY Colored Regiment.
8. Martha “Marthy” Delana Biles, b. 08 Feb 1839; d. aft 1909; m. 6 Aug 1862 Benjamin “Ben” Carr Wilson (d. 6 Aug 1889).
b. Martha Biles: Born, presumably, in Louisiana Territory. In 1863 she was living near Natchez, Washington County, Mississippi.
-----http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.boileau/75/mb.ashx
Daniel B. Boileau <Boilieau> {Civil War} (Daniel-1) b. 26 Oct 1839. He appeared in the census on 13 Nov 1850 in Bath, Steuben,
NY. On 1 Jun 1905 he was a Carriage Manufacture in Bath. He appeared in the census on 1 Jun 1905 in East Steuben St, Bath
Village, Steuben, NY. He died on 23 Mar 1918. He was buried in Bath_Grove Cem, Bath Village, Steuben, New York.
He served in the military; veteran of the Civil War. Daniel married 20 Sep 1865 Esther Ann (Ester) Aulls, daughter of William Aulls
and Anna Smith), b. 15 Oct 1841 in Thurston, Steuben, NY. She died on 30 Jan 1923. She was buried in Grove Cem, Bath Village,
Steuben, NY.
Children:
i. Lewellyn Boileau
b, 07 Apr 1867; d. 1869; bur. in Bath Grove Cem, Bath Village, Steuben, NY.
ii. William Bostick Boileau, b. 02 May 1869, Thurston, Steuben, NY; d. 11 May 1948; m1. Emma ( ) Boileau, bef 1 Jun 1905; m2.
Carrie Monroe, bef 1948; m3. Varena Foley, bef 1948.
iii. Anna May Boileau
b. 21 Dec 1870; d. 6 Nov 1940; bur. Grove Cem, Bath, Steuben, NY. unmarried
iv. Frances Boileau
b. 08 Jun 1876; d. 4 Mar 1960: unmarried
v. Delia Boileau,
b. 08 Jun 1883, Bath, Steuben, NY; d. 4 Mar 1966; m. Jared Lear M. Uphill, on 23 Aug 1910.
BOILEAN, DANIEL B.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted [23rd NY Inf. Vols.] , A p r i l 30,1861, at Bath, to serve two years; mustered in as
private, Co. A , 16 May 1861; promoted corporal, 1 Nov 1862; mustered out with company, 22 May 1863, at Elmira, NY ;
subsequent service in Co. G, 22nd Cavalry.
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BOILEAN, JOHN W,—Age, 23 years. Enlisted [23 NY Inf. Vols.], 30 Apr 1861, at Bath, to serve two years; mustered in as private,
Co. A , 16 May 1861; mustered out with company, 22 May 1863, at Elmira, NY.
BOILEAU, DANIEL B.—Age, 24 years. Enlisted [22nd NY Cav.], 17 Dec 1863, at Bath; mustered in as sergeant, Co. G, 2 Feb 1864,
to serve three years; captured, 29 Jun 1864; paroled, 24 Feb 1865; discharged, 28 Jun 1865, at Winchester, VA; prior service, in
Co. A, 23d NY Volunteers.
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092224280/cu31924092224280_djvu.txt
Moses Davison — He whose name initiates this review has long held prestige as one of the representative business men of
Steuben county and is still actively engaged in the mercantile trade, at Bath, where he has a large and well equipped establishment
devoted to the handling of dry-goods, carpets, boots and shoes, groceries, etc. It was his to give loyal service as a valiant soldier of
the Union in the Civil war and his sterling integrity of purpose in all the relations of life has retained to him the inviolable confidence
and esteem of his fellow men.
Moses Davison was born in County Cavan, Ireland, 17 Oct 1845, and is a son of William and Margaret Davison, who were born and
reared in the Emerald Isle and who were representatives of stanch old families of County Cavan. In 1846 they emigrated to
America, and soon after their arrival they established their home at Bath, Steuben county, where they passed the residue of their
lives. They were folk of sterling characteristics, honest, earnest and industrious, and they were not denied the fullest measure of
popular confidence and esteem. Moses was afforded the advantages of the old Haverling school, at Bath, an institution well known
as Haverling Academy, and in 1861, when about fifteen years of age, he assumed a position of clerk in the dry goods store of J. & L.
Buhler at Bath. When this firm retired from business Mr. Davison entered the employ of W. W. Willson, who here conducted a
general mercantile establishment, and this position he retained until 1864, when he enlisted as a private in Company H, 189th NY
Volunteer Infantry. He proceeded with his regiment to the front and took part in all the engagements in which it was involved from
the time of his enlistment until the surrender of General Lee and the close of the war. Mr. Davison received his honorable discharge
13 May 1865, and then returned to Bath, where he entered the employ of H. W. Ferine, who was here engaged in the general
merchandise business. In 1883 Mr. Davison and two others entered into partnership with Mr. Ferine, under the firm name of H. W.
Ferine & Company. This partnership alliance was dissolved in 1884, but Mr. Davison continued with the concern until 1890, when he
formed an individual partnership with Mr. Ferine, under the title of Ferine & Davison. This pleasing and effective alliance continued
until the death of Mr. Ferine, in 1896, and shortly afterward F. N. DeCamp, a son-in-law of Mr. Davison, became associated with him
in the conducting of the business, which has since continued under the firm name of Davison & DeCamp. Mr. Davison is recognized
as one of the leading business men of Bath, and the large and substantial trade built up by his establishment is based upon careful
and conscientious methods and progressive ideas. Each of the several departments of the large and well equipped store is
maintained at a high standard, and the trade of the concern is of an essentially representative character.
Mr. Davison has not hedged himself in with private business interests, but has shown a loyal concern in all that has touched the
general welfare of his home town and county. He is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party and has
served as township clerk, besides which he has been called upon to serve in other offices of public trust. He is a member of the
directorate of the Bath Savings & Loan Association and is the owner of valuable real estate in his home town. He is Past Master of
Steuben Lodge No.. 113 [112], F&AM, and is affiliated with Bath Chapter No. 95, Royal Arch Masons, and DeMolay Commandery
No. 22, Knights Templars, at Hornell. He also holds membership in the Grand Army of the Republic.
In the year 1873 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Davison to Miss Eva Hall, who was born and reared in Steuben county. She is
a daughter of the late Alexander Hall, who was long numbered among the well known and highly honored citizens of Bath. Mr. and
Mrs. Davison became the parents of two children, William and Anna B., who is now the wife of F. N. DeCamp. Mr. and Mrs.
DeCamp have one daughter. As has already been noted, Mr. DeCamp is associated with Mr. Davison in business, and he has
proved an able coadjutor in the conducting of the enterprise.
DAVISON, MOSES.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 7 Oct 1864, at Bath, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co. H , 26 Oct 1864;
mustered out with company, 30 May 1865, near Washington, D. C.
-----DEWOLF, T. SCOTT.—Age, 21 years. Enrolled [161st NY Inf Vols], 19 Sep 1862, at Elmira, to serve three years; mustered in as
second lieutenant, Co. D, 27 Oct 1862; discharged, 10 Sep 1863, for promotion to captain in 88th Infantry, U. S. Colored troops.
Commissioned second lieutenant, 10 Nov 1862, with rank from 19 Sep 1862, original.
http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/161stInf/161stInfCWN.htm
ABOUT THE FORTUNES OF W AR.
PORT HUDSON, LA., MARCH 16, 1864.
Mr. Editor: Much has been said of the changes brought by a state of war and the devastation which must, and does necessarily
occupy a prominent place in the train of evils brought into it by such a condition. I doubt however if the people at your remote point
of observation, have a very clear perception of the extent of those changes. Below, I give a copy of the muster roll of my old
Company (D) 161st N. Y. Vols., and can assure you that it may be taken as a "sample brick." We were mustered into service at
Elmira, October 27th 1862, with 88 men for duty, including officers. To-day there are present for duty just twelve all told. I cannot
promise to give the remarks in full as they appear upon the roll, but will give particulars enough to account for each one. Comment is
useless.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
T. SCOTT DE WOLFE,
Capt. 17th Inf'y C. D. A.
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http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028823783/cu31924028823783_djvu.txt
July 1st, 1869, T. S. De Wolfe, of Bath, became an equal partner of Dr. Pratt in the Journal office and business. The firm took the
name of Pratt & De Wolfe, which was dissolved in Nov 1874. On December 15, 1874, the first issue of the Corning Independent, a
seven-column, four-page weekly newspaper, was issued by T. Scott DeWolfe, Editor and Proprietor.
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Fenner Eddy who was born in East Smithfield, RI, 11 Jul 1803 was an early settler of Thurston, Steuben, NY, arriving there ca
1824. He married Celia Taft. Children:
1. Aileen O’Connor Eddy b. 23 Jun 1830 in Thurston, NY
2. Marcia Ann Eddy
b. 06 Mar; d. 14 June 1914, never married
3. Mary Taft Eddy
b. 19 Aug 1837
4. Julia A. Eddy
b. 12 Apr 1841
5. Eliza J. Eddy
b. 01 Jan 1843; married Eliphus Edsall
6. Jeremiah Fenner Eddy b. 14 Dec 1845
7. Vina Eddy
b. 06 Jul 1849; d. 13 Dec 1866
8. Loretta Eddy
b. 09 Mar 1851; married Charles Nellis
Fenner Eddy died in Thurston, NY on 14 Jan 1878 leaving behind a family Bible in which he notated various family and Town of
Thurston deaths. Included in this Bible are references to relatives back home in East Smithfield, Rhode Island.
http://friendship7lodge.com.p8.hostingprod.com/about_us
from the archives of Friendship Lodge No. 7, Chepachet, RI, organized 13 Mar 1800.
Note: Chepachet is about 7 miles from Smithfied, RI.
The lodge has had a long held tradition of discipline of its membership. In the first century of its existence a number of Masonic trials
were held for members who broke moral, religious, or civil law. In fact, falling into the hands of the brethren in those years was more
severe than falling into the hands of the local court. Masonic justice was involved in resolving one of the most infamous, if not now
amusing, instances of law breaking the town has seen. In the lodge records it is referred to as assisting the “gentlemen owners of
the loss of their elephant, they being Masons, in detecting and bringing to justice the ‘Villings’ who committed the act.” We are
referring to of course to the killing of Betty the Elephant on Chepachet Bridge in April 1826. A description of the affair has been
handed down from generation to generation and every version is somewhat different. The most lucid explanation of the affair may
be found in the memoirs prepared by Brother Frank H. Potter who was Historian of Friendship Lodge at one time. Inasmuch as
many of the Brethren of the Lodge were implicated in this affair it is very fitting that a statement of the occurrence be incorporated
herewith.
“At the time of the shooting of the elephant, Mr. Sprague lived in the house owned by Mrs. Lydia Slocum (now by her grandson,
Charles Carlton) on the north side of the bridge. He and Duty Evans also operated a store in the same building. He had retired for
the night at the time of the shooting and was awakened by the shots. The elephant had been exhibited the previous afternoon at the
hotel, which was operated by Seth Peckham. Fenner Eddy, who was employed at that time in the tannery of Eddy & Owen was one
of the men who shot the elephant and Angel Darling, Ransom West, Ben Brown and Otis Irons were also implicated. John Inman
shot a charge of buckshot into the body of the elephant with seemingly little effort as the shot barely penetrated the hide.
Succeeding shots were from rifles and five bullet holes were found in the animal’s skull. The shooting was from a finished room on
the second floor of the gristmill which stood on the bridge where the participants concealed themselves and waited until it turned its
head towards them in passing by. It was owned by June Brothers, a Mr. Titus and a widow woman and was valued at $22,000. The
hide was removed and sent to the Boston Museum to be mounted and the bones were ‘boiled out’ at the tanyard and sent to the
museum to be articulated. Only a few thousand dollars was ever recovered from the persons doing the deed and much trouble was
experienced in obtaining the small sum that was paid. Ben Brown told the owners he would give them fifty dollars or they could send
him to Hell or Texas. Mr. Sprague said the trouble was caused by Canto Smith, who was at North Scituate the previous day and
was displeased at something which occurred there. He came to Chepachet the following day and was instrumental in having it shot.
Smith made a contract with Frank West, who was one of the men implicated, not to bring his (Smith’s) name into the scrape and
therefore would pay one half West’s fine. He revealed Smith’s name, however, and caused him to be fined also. Smith afterwards
recovered several hundred dollars from West for this breach of contract.”
On July 15, 1826 a ballot was taken by the Lodge to suspend Brothers Benjamin Bowen, Angel Darling, and Fenner Eddy for their
part in the affair. Being suspended from the lodge no Mason in town would do business with them or employ them. In 1826 you did
not do business in the town unless you were a Mason. The penalty was more severe than the courts have imposed and justice was
served through Friendship Lodge.
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bl&ots=T14PmhxwI9&sig=3YWr3VOAMmyRFyaYFV6Zwnmg1k&hl=en&ei=UifxTPfSA4SclgfNy7GGDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBQ#v=on
epage&q=%22dansville%22%20%22steuben%20lodge%22&f=false page 44.
John Roseboom Gansevoort, son of Conrad Gansevoort [son of Peter Gansevoort and Garritje (Gertrude) Ten Eyck] and
Elizabeth Roseboom, was born in the town of Minden, NY, 27 Aug 1798. He was educated in Albany, left there in 1817, and was
one of the early pioneers in Bath, NY. He was an extensive merchant and forwarder of produce, when the chief highway to the
Atlantic was down the Susquehanna River. He was an active Mason and one of the Charter Members who re-establish Steuben
Lodge No. 112 in Bath in 1846. He died there 19 May 1856, aged 57.
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He married 7 Dec 1820 Rebecca Irwin, daughter of Jared Irwin and Lucretia Patterson, b. 29 1805, Dansville, NY; d. 6 May 1887,
Bath, NY, aged 81.
Children:
i. Elizabeth
b. 28 Oct 1821; m. Henry Ogden.
ii. James
b. 10 Nov 1823; m. Eliza Ogden.
iii. Peter Conrad b. 04 Dec 1825; d. 31 May 1856; drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio.
iv. Susan Catherine
b. 23 Apr 1828; d. 1 Jul 1832.
v. Mary Lucretia b. 23 Jun 1830; m. Edward Howell, Jr.; Hiram R. Hess.
vi. Henry Martin
b. 14 Apr 1832; d. 4 Dec 1833.
vii. Robert Hubbard
b. 07 Dec 1834; d. 16 Apr 1887.
viii. Helen Maria
b. 14 Oct 1838; m. William W. Allen.
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William N. Hallock — One of the old and substantial financial institutions of Steuben county is the George W. Hallock Bank,
founded in Jan 1849, in the city of Bath, and the same has had a record covering a period of more than sixty years of consecutive
success, and that under the active control and management of members of the Hallock family. He whose name initiates this
paragraph is now an executive of the Hallock Bank.
William N. Hallock was born in Bath, Steuben county, 19 Jul 1886, and is a son of William H. Hallock and Louise Nowlen, the former
of whom was born in Bath, NY, in 1856, and the latter of whom was born in Avon, NY, in 1855. William N. Hallock is a greatgrandson of Hon. William S. Hubbell, who was long a prominent and influential citizen of Steuben county, a founder of the George
W. Hallock Bank and who served as a member of Congress. George W. Hallock, grandfather of him whose name introduces this
article, was born in Dutchess county, NY, in 1819. In 1834 he removed with his family to Steuben county and settled in Bath, which
was then a straggling village. Here he established a flour mill and a saw mill, and one of these early mills was located on the present
site of the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home. He became one of the leading business men and most influential and
honored citizens of the county, and the prestige of the name has been admirably sustained by his son, William H. Hallock, and his
grandson, William N., who, as liberal, upright and progressive citizens, have contributed much to the material and civic
advancement of this favored section of the old Empire state.
William H. Hallock, the only son of George W. Hallock and Mary (Hubbell) Hallock, was indebted to the public schools of his native
place for his early educational discipline, which was effectively supplemented by a course in Trenton College, Trenton, NJ, in which
institution he was graduated. After the completion of his collegiate course Mr. Hallock became identified with the bank of which his
father had been the founder so many years ago, and until the time of his death, 17 Apr 1908, he continued with this institution,
through his effective association with which he gained precedence as one of the representative financiers and substantial capitalists
of his native county, where his course was such as to gain and retain to him the inviolable confidence and esteem of those with
whom he came in contact in the various relations of life. He showed a deep interest in all that touched the welfare of his home city
and county, and while he was never ambitious for public office he served two terms as mayor of Bath, giving a most careful and
acceptable administration of municipal affairs. The Hallock family is the owner of much valuable real estate in their native county,
including both city and farm property.
William N. Hallock, the present head of the George W. Hallock Bank is a graduate first of the Haverling High School, class of 1904,
and then of Cornell University, class of 1907, receiving degree of L.L. B. He is a member of the Sigma Phi fraternity, also of the Phi
Delta Phi and numerous college clubs and societies. He was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one, and at the death of his
father, W. H. Hallock, he, as the third generation, assumed charge of the George W. Hallock Bank. Like his father he has never
entered into polities, but he is one of the trustees of Bath. He is a member of Steuben Lodge, No. 112, F&AM, and of Bath Chapter,
No. 95, R.A.M., and of the Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution. He is a director of the Wheeler-Holden Company
of Buffalo, one of the largest and most successful railroad tie companies in the country, vice-president of the Bath Harness
Company and president of the Roualet Wine Company of Hammondsport, NY. On 19 Oct 1910, in Washington, DC, was
solemnized the marriage of W. N. Hallock to Miss Shelby Lee Robinson, daughter of the late John Hancock Robinson and Frances
Lyn Scraggs, and a granddaughter of Archibald Magill Robinson of Louisville, KY.
----Philo P. Hubbell
http://sites.google.com/site/haydonhaydenkeysgenealogy/
Jemima Hayden Hubbell, b. 25 Feb 1764; d. 27 May 1842 in Bath, NY, second child of David Hayden, Jr., married first Icabod
Patterson [3 children]; second Nehemiah Hubbell. Their 1st child Philo P. Hubbell wasborn in Painted Post, NY, 1 Feb 1799, was
married 20 Jun 1828, and living in Winona, Wisconsin in 1887. His children are Frances Eliza; William Thonston; Charles
Nehemiah; Susan Marea; Herbert Porter; and Philo Goodwin. Their 2nd child was (Honorable, House of Representatives) William
Spring Hubbell was born in 1801, living in Bath, NY, in 1863. Two children listed: Mary and Fanny.
http://international.loc.gov/master/gdc/scdser01/200401/books_on_film_project/loc06/20060524007re.pdf and “History of Winona
County, 1883: together with biographical matter ...,” by H.H. Hill and Company, Winona County Historical Society.
http://books.google.com/books?id=xkMvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA454&dq=%22Philo+P.+Hubbell%22&hl=en&ei=cpogTcmnNMO78gbKxG0Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Hubbell%22&f=false
Philo P. Hubbell, b. Painted Post, NY, 1 Feb 1799; m. 20 Jun 1828, Anna Eliza Backus; living (1887) in Winona, MN; About 1834
or 1835 Judge Thomas McBurney laid out his farm, a mile east of this village, into village lots, and claimed the name and location of
the original Painted Post. Erecting a post and putting upon it an Indian and Squaw, painted on canvass. Philo P. Hubbell then was
Postmaster and kept the hotel which was the stage house of the Bath, Elmira. Watkins and Pennsylvania routes.
He was appointed Superintendant of Canal Repairs for the Chemung Canal in the winter of 1842. On 3 Mar 1857 P. P. Hubbell (so
well known to the masonic fraternity of Minnesota as Father Hubbell), deputized to act for the Grand Master, organized Winona
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Lodge, No. 18, A.F.&A.M., duly consecrated the same and installed the officers and served as its Master in 1860. “It is but fitting that
some mention should here be made of "Father Hubbell," who consecrated the lodge at its institution and installed its officers, as
previously mentioned. '' Father Hubbell" is a mason of sixty-three years' standing. His application was made as early as the law
allows, on his 21st birthday, which occurred 1 Feb1820. His application came before Painted Post Lodge, No. 203 (old number),
then holding its sessions in an upper room in the house of the applicant's father at Corning, New York. Father Hubbell was initiated
in March of that same year, 1820, passed in April and raised in May. He is doubtless the oldest Mason in the state.”
On 11 Aug 1863 Philo was a Petitioner and served as King of Winona Chapter No. 5, R.A.M. 17 Mar 1865, Sir Knight P. P. Hubbell
(Father Hubbell) was made an honorary member of the Coeur de Leon [later Coeur de Lion] Commandery No. 3, KT, a distinction
conferred upon no other during the nineteen years of its existence. Father Hubbell was appointed to the Grand Prelacy of the Grand
Commandery of Minnesota in 1874, the office being vacated by the death of V.P. Sir Knight A. E. Ames, and has held the office by
successive election ever since -— the action of the commandery being so unanimous in every instance as to approve the judgment
of many that he will hold the office he so honors until called up higher by the Supreme Commander of the Universe. 29 May 1893,
R.’. E.’. Sir Philo P. Hubbell, Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of Minnesota, died at Winona, MN.
6 children.
i. Frances Eliza (Hubbell), m., 1850, Charles Henry Berry, Winona, MN.
ii. William Thurston
iii. Charles Nehemiah
iv. Susan Maria e Herbert Porter
v. Philo Goodwin
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CKazf6-Hr&sig=D1-1wGg0CM_OQF0DGwHEfW4EhI&hl=en&ei=ZkAhTc2nGIyr8Aa8oI3kDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6
AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20F.%20Kingsley%22&f=false page 471.
Charles F. Kingsley, born in the town of Urbana, NY, 29 Sep 1835, died in Bath, NY, 15 Aug 1904. He was the son of Flavius J.
Kingsley and Minerva La Rue. He was educated in the district schools and at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, where he
was graduated in 1855. The year of his graduation, he commenced the study of. law in the office of Clark Bell, in Hammondsport,
and was admitted to the Bar in Dec 1857. He removed to Bath in Nov 1860, and practiced there for over forty years.
Mr. Kingsley was an earnest advocate of the public school system of the State, and for thirty-two years was secretary of the Board
of Education of the village of Bath. He had served as vestryman of St. Thomas's Church for many years, and at the time of his death
was the junior warden. Twice he was the Democratic candidate for Surrogate, and, though the county was overwhelmingly
Republican, his opponent defeated him by only a small majority.
On 2 Jun 1864, Mr. Kingsley was married to Mary, daughter of the late Hon. Reuben Robie of Bath, who survived him. To them
were born three sons, James Robie, Charles La Rue and Carter Robie, all of whom are engaged in the practice of the law in New
York city. Mr. Kingsley became a member of the New York State Bar Association in 1892.
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Frank H. Lawrence, M. D., a well known and successful physician of Kanona, NY, is a native of Steuben county, born at Arkport, 14
Apr 1857, a son of Hiram and Jane (Hill) Lawrence, natives respectively of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Hiram Lawrence was a
farmer and upon coming to Steuben county opened the second grocery store in Hornell, but afterward engaged in farming near
Arkport. He was active in political affairs and was a strong Democrat. Besides Frank H. he and his wife had another son, who is a
farmer and lives near Arkport. Mrs. Lawrence was a daughter of Joseph Hill. Hiram Lawrence died in 1866, at the age of 52 years.
After completing the course in the public schools of his locality Frank H. Lawrence attended Rogersville Seminary two years and
afterward entered a medical college of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1880, with the degree of M.D. He immediately
took up his residence at Kanona for the practice of his profession and has built up a large and gratifying practice. He is recognized
as a physician of considerable skill and readily wins the confidence and esteem of his patients. He served seven years as a member
of the medical pension board of the county, and is active in the medical societies of both county and state, having belonged to both
several years. In polities he is a Democrat and interested in every movement for the progress or well-being of the community. He
served four years efficiently as postmaster of Kanona, assuming office in 1882. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic lodge at
Bath and of the Elks Lodge at Hornell. Dr. Lawrence married, in 1874, Lulu Dagert, daughter of Horace and Nancy Dagert, of
Avoca, who died in 1891, at the age of 32 years, leaving one child, Robert, who lives at home. Dr. Lawrence married for his second
wife Jennie Bonney, daughter of John Bonney, a carpenter living at Prattsburg. No children have been born of this union.
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William Messerschmitt is one of the representative businessmen of Bath, where he is associated with the firm of Messerschmitt &
Empey, candy manufacturers. He was born at Rochester, New York, 3 Oct 1869, the son of John M. and Mary (Gardner)
Messerschmitt. John M. Messerschmitt was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and his wife was born in Baden Baden. He came to this
country at the age of ten years and located at Rochester, New York, with his parents. In youth he learned the candy making
business and in 1869 located at Bath as the proprietor of a restaurant and candy business. In 1885 he built the Messerschmitt block,
which is now the location of his son's business. He also was proprietor of the Messerschmitt Hotel at Bath until his death, in Oct
1915. His wife died in 1913. They are buried at Bath. Mr. Messerschmitt was a Republican, a member of the German Lutheran
Church, and belonged to the Masonic Lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Messerschmitt: 1. Mrs. Eugene Hick, lives at Elmira. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins, who died in 1910. 3. Edward A., lives at Bath. 4. Mrs.
Carrie Waldeck, lives at Rochester. 5. William, the subject of this sketch. 6. John, who died in 1896.
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William Messerschmitt obtained his education in the public schools of Bath and Haverling. In early life he became associated with
his father's business interests at Bath, and succeeded to the management upon the death of his father in 1915. During the following
four years his brother, Edward Messerschmitt, continued as his partner, but in 1919 Franklin C. Empey became his new associate.
They are wholesale manufacturers of candy, confectioners supplies, soda fountain supplies, and novelties.
Mr. Messerschmitt married (first) Miss Catherine Huber, of Bath, who died in 1905. She was the daughter of Charles and Catherine
(Millenbacker) Huber, natives of Germany. Mr. Huber was a veteran of the Civil War and died shortly after his discharge. His wife
died in 1904. To William and Catherine (Huber) Messerschmitt was born a daughter, Carlena Louise, born in 1897. She is a
graduate of Haverling High School and Mechanics Institute at Rochester. She married Franklin C. Empey. Mr. Messerschmitt
married (second) Susan (Frazier) Howard, of Addison, New York. They have no children. Mr. Messerschmitt is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, Bath Lodge, No. 112, F&AM; Steuben Chapter, No. 95, RAM; De Molay Commandery, KT; Cashmere Grotto,
M.O.V.P.E.R.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Chamber of Commerce. Politically, he is a Republican.
----Elmer Kleckler has a wide acquaintance in the city of Bath, where he has been identified with the City Water Works since 1894 as
superintendent. He was born at Oak Grove, Michigan, 23 Apr 1869, the son of Elias and Lucy (Surdam) Kleckler. Elias Kleckler was
a native of Tompkins County, born at North Lansing. He was a millwright by trade and also engaged in farming. He later had
extensive lumber interests in Michigan. He returned to New York in 1871 and located at Savona, Steuben County, where he
engaged in the manufacture of wooden pumps. He died June 14, 1904, and is buried at Savona. His wife was born in Tompkins
County and died July 29, 1883. He was a Republican and held membership in the Baptist Church and the Masonic Fraternity.
Children: 1. Gertrude, b. 6 Jan 1857, d. 9 Aug 1931. 2. Frank G., d. 1932. 3. Fred, lives at Painted Post. 4. Herbert, b. 27 Apr 1866,
d. 29 Mar 1898. 5. Elmer, the subject of this sketch. 6. Mrs. C. M. Tucker, lives at Knoxville, PA.
Elmer Kleckler attended the public schools of Savona and for a time was interested in his father's business. He located at Bath in
February, 1890, as engineer in the electric light room at the Soldiers' Home. During the past thirty-nine years he has been
connected with the Bath Water W orks Company, and since 1902 has been general manager.
On 12 Feb 1896, Mr. Kleckler married Miss Sarah A. McCleary, a native of Ireland, daughter of William McCleary and Mary Stewart.
Both were natives of Ireland, and died in 1909 and 1929, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Kleckler have two children: 1. Lucy, born in
1900, a graduate of Geneseo State Normal School, was a teacher in the public schools of South Orange, NJ, before her marriage to
Coleman Mallory. They have two children, Robert Coleman and Barbara Jane. They live at Geneva, NY. 2. Herbert E., born in 1907,
attended Mechanics Institute, Rochester. He is assistant superintendent of the Bath W ater Works Company.
Mr. Kleckler is a Republican, and a member of the Episcopal Church. He holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America,
Steuben Lodge, No. 112, F&AM, District Deputy Grand Master of the Steuben District; Bath Chapter, No. 95, R. A. M., Past High
Priest; Bath Council, No. 40, R&SM, Past Master, and DeMolay Commandery, No. 22, K. T.
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Dr. Douglass H. Smith was graduated in Haverling High School in Bath as a member of the class of 1898, and after leaving school
he secured employment in a drug store in his native town. Through the discipline and study gained in this connection he became a
licensed pharmacist in 1902. In 1900 he entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, in which he completed the
prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1904, receiving from this well ordered institution his degree of
Doctor of Medicine. After his graduation he passed one year as interne in the Erie County Hospital, in the city of Buffalo, where he
gained most valuable clinical experience and in 1905, shortly after the death of his honored father, he engaged in practice in his
native town of Bath, where he has put forth every effort to give as effective service in his profession, as did his father, to a large
amount of whose practice he has succeeded. The Doctor is a member of the Steuben County Medical Society, the New York State
Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He was reared in the faith of the Republican party and has never wavered in
his allegiance thereto and he is affiliated with Bath Lodge No. 112, F&AM. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and is
prominent in connection with the social activities in the community which has represented his home the greater portion of the time
since he was ushered into the world. He and his sister still reside in the old homestead, which is a center of refined hospitality.
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Hon. Edwin Stewart Underbill [Underhill], of Corning, publisher of the Evening Leader and the Steuben Farmers' Advocate and
member of congress from the Thirty-third New York district, was born in Bath, NY, 7 Oct 1861. His parents were Anthony L.
Underbill and Charlotte McBeth. His father was for over forty years editor and publisher of the Steuben Farmers' Advocate in Bath;
was postmaster of Bath and Democratic presidential elector on the Cleveland ticket in 1884. He is a direct descendant in the eighth
generation of Captain John Underbill, at one time governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and who obtained fame as an
Indian fighter in the war which the early settlers of Massachusetts had with the Pequot Indians.
Mr. Underbill, of this sketch, graduated from Haverling High School in Bath and entered Yale, where he graduated from the
academic department in 1881. Soon after graduation he entered the office of the Steuben Farmers' Advocate and was associated
with his father in its publication during the latter's lifetime. In the presidential year of 1884 he was chosen chairman of the
Democratic County Committee and served in that capacity several years. In 1888 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for
presidential elector for his district. For a time he was editor of the Canandaigua (NY) Messenger, which was published by his father.
In Sep 1899, with his father, he purchased the Corning Daily Democrat, since changed to the Coming Evening Leader. Since his
father's death, in 1902, he has been the publisher of the Advocate and the Leader.
Mr. Underbill is a vestryman in St. Thomas Episcopal church, at Bath; vice-president of the Davenport library, and a member of the
Board of Education. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-fourth Masonic District for two years. He is also a member of
Corning Consistory, of Kalurah Temple, Mystic Shrine and of the Elks. In 1902 he was elected president of the New York State
Press Association, and in 1907 was honored with the presidency of the New York State Associated Dailies. In 1910 he was elected
representative in congress for the Thirty-third district of New York, to succeed J. S. Fassett, Republican, whom he defeated by about
two thousand plurality.
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Mr. Underbill was married 9 Oct 1884, to Minerva Elizabeth Allen, only daughter of William W. Allen and Helen M. Gansevoort. Two
sons, William Allen Underbill, b. 28 Jan 1888, and Edwin Stewart Underbill, Jr., b. 18 Apr 1890, are their only children. The former
graduated from Yale, in 1910 (academic) and the latter in the class of 1911 (scientific), and both are now associated with their father
in the newspaper business.
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Edwin Stewart Underhill, Sr. - The name Underhill is synonymous with the publication of newspapers of the highest type in
Steuben county, New York. Father and son, and son's son of the same family have contributed to the prestige and worth of two of
the leading journals within the widening zone of their influence which extends throughout five counties in this State and
Pennsylvania. The outstanding figure of this noted family was Edwin Stewart Underhill, Sr., who as editor, publisher, statesman and
financier combined within himself the essential qualities of leadership in many and varied channels of the public service and
constructive enterprise.
Born in Bath, New York, 7 Oct 1861, Edwin Stewart Underhill, Sr., was the son of Anthony L. Underhill and Charlotte McBethl. His
was a birthright legacy of the Fourth Estate, since his father for more than forty years was editor and publisher of the "Steuben
Farmers' Advocate," in Bath. The elder Underhill was also postmaster of Bath and served as Democratic presidential elector on the
Cleveland ticket in 1884. Mr. Underhill was a direct descendant in the eighth generation of Captain John Underhill, of New
Hampshire, at one time governor of that State, and who attained fame as a soldier in the war waged by early settlers of
Massachusetts against the Pequot Indians.
Having graduated from Haverling High School, Bath, the student, Edwin, entered Yale University, from whose academic department
he was graduated with the class of 1881. The urge to engage in newspaper work was strong within him, and to it he yielded, soon
after graduating from college, when he entered the office of the "Steuben Farmers' Advocate," and was associated with its
publication during the father's lifetime. Politics and public service now laid claim to his active participation, and in 1884 he was made
chairman of the Democratic (Steuben) County committee, in which office he served several years. In 1888 he was the nominee of
the Democratic Party for presidential elector. For some time he was editor of the "Canandaigua Messenger," which was published
by his father. In September 1899, he, with his father, purchased the "Corning Daily Democrat," which later was changed to the
"Evening Leader." On his father's death, in 1902, he became the sole publisher of the "Evening Leader," and the "Advocate."
In 1910, Mr. Underhill entered on his most conspicuous service in an eminent public career, when he was elected Representative in
congress for the Thirty-third District of New York, and in 1912 he was re-elected, being the first, in his second term, to represent the
new Thirty-seventh District. He had the unique distinction of having defeated two stalwart and able Republicans, Hon. J. Sloat
Fassett, who had an international reputation, and Hon. Thomas F. Fennell. Though he declined a re-nomination, he was again the
Democrat nominee in 1926. During his terms in Congress he gave his active support to Parcel Post, the Federal Reserve Bank Act,
Federal Roads Act, persistently opposed the rule of the late "czar," "Uncle Joe," Cannon, and vigorously aided pension and public
building legislation for his district, voted for American occupation of Mexico to protect the right of Americans, labored for the
adoption of direct election of Senators, national Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation acts, farm legislation and many
other measures. He was a member of the committees on buildings and Grounds, and on Industrial Arts and Expositions, of which
latter body he was chairman.
Mr. Underhill's business association embraced a wide and important field. He was president of the Farmers and Mechanics
Investment Corporation of Bath; vice-president and chairman of the board of directors of the Farmers and Mechanics Trust
Company; served as secretary and later as president of the Urbana Wine Company, of Urbana, succeeded in 1921 by the Gold Seal
Products Company, of which he was president.
His civic service to the Bath and Corning communities has been both deeply appreciated by their citizens and has ministered to their
respective advance. He was a member of many civic and honorary bodies organized to accomplish special improvements and
activities. Since 1911 he had been president of the Davenport Library in Bath, and was a member of the town's Board of Education
for twenty years. He rendered particularly effective service in the World W ar period as Food Administrator of Steuben County, and
as chairman of the American Red Cross Chapter in Bath, in which latter capacity he served for some time afterward.
He was highly placed in the Masonic fraternity, and was District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-fourth Masonic District,
which office he held for two years. He was also a member of Corning Consistory and of Kalurah Temple, ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of the same fraternity, and of the Corning Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a
charter member of the Rotary Club of Bath. His religious affiliation was with St. Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church, Bath, which
he had served as vestryman many years.
Mr. Underhill married (first), 9 Oct 1884, Minerva Elizabeth, only daughter of William W. and Helen M. (Gansevoort) Allen. Two sons
were born to this union: William Allen Underhill (q.v.) and Edwin Stewart Underhill, Jr., (q.v.). Mrs. Underhill died in 1921, and in
1925 Mr. Underhill married (second) Mary Amelia Allen, of Bath, where they resided. The death of Edwin S. Underhill, Sr., occurred
7 Feb 1929. Mr. Underhill's brilliant useful records of service as editor and publisher is discussed in detail in the appended account
dealing with the "Corning Evening Leader."
The "Corning Evening Leader," of which Edwin Stewart Underhill was the owner and published, and the only newspaper published
in Corning, New York, is the survivor and consolidation of the "Corning Journal," established by Thomas Messenger, in 1847, the
"Corning Sun," established in 1853, by Mark M. (the noted "Brick") Pomeroy, and the "Corning Democrat," established by Rev. Ira
R. Brown, 1854, as the "Southern Tier Farmer," and changed by later owners, C. T. Huson and Frank B. Brown, to the "Corning
Democrat." The "Democrat: remained under the ownership of the Brown family until 1899, when it was purchased by the late
Anthony L. Underhill, and his son, Hon. Edwin S. Underhill. In 1903 its name was changed to the "Evening Leader."
The "Corning Journal," purchased in July, 1851, by A. W. McDowell, and the late Dr. George W. Pratt, was taken over by Dr. Pratt
and published by himself or his son, Hon. Harry W. Pratt, until 1918, when a company headed by the late John L. Chatfield, one of
its editors, took over its publication until its plant liquidation, and newspaper merger with the "Evening Leader," in 1920.
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With a wide acquaintance in the field and with a distinguished records of a lifetime of newspaper experience behind them, Anthony
L., for more than forty years editor and publisher of the "Steuben Farmers' Advocate,' of Bath, and Edwin s. Underhill, as published
and editor of the "Canandaigua Messenger," and later, of the Bath "Advocate," the "Evening Leader" quickly expanded from a fourpage paper with a circulation of less than two hundred daily to a twelve to thirty-two page evening newspaper with a paid-in-advance
circulation of nearly ten thousand.
The policy of the "Evening Leader," has been for many years, and was for some years previous to its absorption of the "Corning
Daily Journal" (Republican), and independent newspaper of the highest political ideals.
While Edwin S. Underhill was in Congress (1911-1915), he foresaw the rapidly merging viewpoints of the two principal political
parties on the great economic questions. With courage and progressiveness then at times ahead of public sentiment, he announced
an independent policy for the "Evening Leader." Since that time the newspaper has actively, aggressively and vigorously stood for in
journalism what Edwin s. Underhill so ably stood for in congress: constructive representation of the best interests of city, county,
State and Nation.
In at least two respects the "Evening Leader," has been a real pioneer in journalistic practice. It was one of the very first newspapers
to adopt a paid-in-advance subscription policy and also probably one of the first ten small-city newspapers to cut loose in the face of
competition and strong party determination to stand for policies and men rather than mere political partisanship. This policy,
regarded dubiously by Mr. Underhill's fellow-publishers when launched, was so successful as affecting home circulation that when
the "Corning Journal" was merged with it, the subscription list of that newspaper brought it no new readers, the "Leader" already
dominating the field with practically blanker coverage.
The "Evening Leader" is highly regarded for its advertising influence, and from news standpoint is generally recognized as one of
the most ably edited and conducted newspapers in the State. The "Evening Leader," despite the fact that it is ina highly competitive
field among many splendid big-city newspapers, has carved out an exclusive territory for itself in five counties in New York and
Pennsylvania where it is truly the "home paper." It has for years shown a steady and consistent growth both in size and circulation,
standing seventh in the United States for the comparative size of city circulation.
In 1915, Mr. Underhill erected the Evening Leader Building, a fire-proof structure, which is one of the finest buildings in Corning and
exclusively occupied by his newspaper and printing business. The "Leader's" mechanical plant is as modern as can be found in the
largest cities, including every type of equipment of the latest design. Its circulation is served by its own fleet of cars and trucks.
The "Evening Leader," has a working force of about sixty, and over one hundred and fifty correspondents furnish the vicinity news.
The Associated Press, of which it is a member, supplies State and general news over its special leased wire. Its editorial page is
graced by such leading and independent editorial writers as David Lawrence and mark Sullivan, while the famous political cartoonist
"Ding" is a daily contributor, and Grantland Rice heads its sporting pages. In addition, scores of features of the highest grade and
widest appeal are presented, while business and market page news is covered by the consolidated Press, Associated Press, Roger
W. Babson, and other noted authorities.
Associated with Mr. Underhill in the active management and editorial direction of the "Evening Leader" for many years were his
sons, William A. Underhill and Edwin S. Underhill, Jr., and John F. Rolfe.
William Allen Underhill - A SON OF THE LATE Hon. Edwin Stewart Underhill, Sr., former owner and publisher of the Corning
"Evening Leader," is one of the business managers of that enterprising journal, which occupies a unique position in its field. Having
acquired valued experience in the editorial department of the "Leader" for a period of five years, he then entered the business office.
Born in Bath, New York, 28 Jan 1888, William Allen Underhill is a son of Edwin A. and Minerva E. (Allen) Underhill, both parents
deceased. Two years of study at Haverling High School, Bath, was followed by one year at the University High School, Chicago,
Illinois, and thence to the Princeton Preparatory School, Princeton, New Jersey, where he spent one year, then entered Yale
University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
From college he went directly into the "Leader" office, where he served his time in the editorial department. Here he acquired much
knowledge and experience which the better qualified him for becoming one of the newspaper's business managers. He is also
secretary of the Corning Printing company, a director of the Gold Seal Products company, Urbana, N Y., president of the Corning
Industries, Incorporated, and president of Corning Hospital. He is a director of the Corning Trust Company, one of the leading banks
of that city. He has twice served as a director of the Corning Chamber of Commerce. He gives his political allegiance to the
Republican Party.
Very shortly after the entrance of the United States into the W orld War, Mr. Underhill enlisted as a yeoman, 2d class, in the United
States Naval Reserve Force at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 2 Jun 1917, and was assigned to duty on the United States Ship
"Edorea.". On 15 Apr 1918, he was commissioned as ensign and transferred to the Overseas Communication Service. He
subsequently was on duty at London, England, and Bizerta, in Tunis, Africa, and with the American Commission to Negotiate Peace
at Paris. He returned to the United States in February, 1919, and received his honorable discharge on 17 Mar 1919.
He is affiliated with the Sons of the American Revolution, and Corning Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His clubs
are the Corning Country, Corning City, Elmira Country, Elmira City and Yale, of New York. He is a member of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, Corning.
Edwin Stewart Underhill, Jr. - One of the business manager of the "Corning Evening Leader," of which his father, the late Hon.
Edwin Stewart Underhill, St., was the owner and publisher, and of which the latter's other son, William Allen Underhill, is also a
manger of the business department. Reviews of the father and brother of Edwin S. Underhill, Jr., and of John Furman Rolfe, editor
of the "Leader" are contained in this work as a contiguous account of the rise and progress of the "Evening Leader," its inspiring
genius and his able corps of associates in the management.
Edwin Stewart Underhill, Jr. was born in Bath, New York, April 18, 1890, a son of Edwin S. and Minerva E. (Allen) Underhill, both
parents deceased. He was a student at Haverling High School, Bath, for one year, and pursued his studies further at
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Princeton Preparatory School, Princeton, New Jersey, for an additional year, and then spent a like period at Jacob Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, Maryland. He next entered Sheffield Scientific school, Yale University, from which he was graduated in the class of
1911. His association with the "Corning Evening Leader," began almost immediately on his leaving the university, for in the year of
his graduation he was attached to the business department of the newspaper, and has ever since held office as one of the
managers of that division.
For six years Mr. Underhill gave undivided attention to the duties of his important office on the "Leader." July 2, 1917, he enlisted in
the Navy, and served on submarine Patrol boats off the Atlantic coast. He was commissioned an ensign in the United States Naval
Reserve Force, May 13, 1918, and in September, 1918, was given the rank of ensign with his (T) at the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. He saw office aboard the United States steamship "Von Steuben," in the transport service, and was
honorably discharged from the Navy in December, 1918.
Mr. Underhill is enrolled as a member of the Democratic Party. He is president of the Corning Printing Company; a director of the
Gold Seal Products Company, Urbana, New York, and of the First National Bank and Trust Company, of Corning. He is secretarytreasurer of the New York associated Dailies and a former president of the Corning Chamber of Commerce.
In fraternal life he is a member and Past Exalted Ruler of the Corning Lodge, Benevolent and protective Order of Elks, and also
affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Corning Country club, the Corning Club, and the Elmira
Country club. His religious fellowship is with Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Corning.
Mr. Underhill married, 7 Jun 1923, at Elmira, New York, Florence winner, daughter of Seth and Florence (Henry) W inner. They have
two children: Margaret Minerva, born 7 May 1924, and Edwin Stewart Underhill (3rd), born 15 Apr 1926.
Painted Post Lodge No. 117, Corning, New York
Prev. No. 203, 14 Mar 1812; Forfeit 1831; No. 117 warrant lost by fire Jul 1855; reissued, 11 Jun 1857.
WARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 11, 1857.
MINUTES: Intact from 1857.
The Lodge was first organized in 1807 and was numbered 203. It continued to work until about 1831, when it ceased to hold
meetings and its charter was forfeited. Nearly all of the papers and records of the Lodge up to the time it ceased to work are
missing, and no existing records offer any explanation or throw any light upon the circumstances which compelled the Lodge to
cease work; the supposition is that the same influences which affected other Lodges and compelled so many to close their doors,
some for a short time and others forever, closed the door of Painted Post Lodge, No. 203, and the light of Freemasonry was
extinguished in Painted Post (now Corning), and became but a memory until the summer of 1846. Fifteen years passed before any
effort was made to revive the old Lodge. The old warrant was missing; the members became scattered, some had died and others
had moved from the place; it was, therefore, decided to apply for a new charter. A petition was presented to the Grand Master, and
on August 18, 1846, a dispensation was granted authorizing SAMUEL BOYCE as Master, RORERT H. HOYT as Senior Warden
and BENAJAH P. BAILEY as Junior Warden to hold a Lodge and proceed to work.
On December 2, 1846, a warrant was issued, naming as officers:
SAMUEL BOYCE, Master; BENAJAH P. BAILEY, Senior Warden; SAMUEL S. MOORE, Junior W arden.
It was given the number 117.
In the month of July, 1855, the Lodge lost all of its property by fire, including the warrant, and it did not receive the warrant now in its
possession until June 11, 1857.
On the warrant is the following note: "This warrant is issued by order of the Grand Lodge at its session June, 1857, as a substitute
for one lost by fire."
The officers named in the warrant are:
James B. Lower, Master; Jacob H. Lansing, Senior W arden; Morgan H. Davis, Junior W arden.
MASTERS of No. 203
1808-14. John Knox.
1815-17. Joseph Gillett.
1818-21. John Knox.
1822. Henry Stevens.
1823. Swain Mallory.
1824. Swain Mallory.
1825. Swain Mallory.
1826. Daniel Brown.
1827. Daniel Brown.
1828. Daniel Brown.
MASTERS of No. 117
1846. Samuel Boyce.
1847. Samuel Boyce.
1848. Samuel Boyce.
1849. Benajah P. Bailey.
1850. Benajah P. Bailey.
1851. Benajah P. Bailey.
1852. Benajah P. Bailey.
1853. Samuel Boyce.
1854. William A. Spencer.
1855. James B. Lower*.
1856. James B. Lower.
1857. James B. Lower.
1858. Jacob H. Lansing.
1859. Jacob H. Lansing.
1860. Charles M. Gamman.
1861. Charles M. Gamman.
1862. John Eves.
1863. John Eves.
1864. John Eves.
1865. John Eves.
1866. F. E. Spaulding.
1867. F. E. Spaulding.
1868. Charles H. Thomson.
1869. Charles H. Thomson.
1870. Richard L. Hill.
1871. Richard L. Hill.
1872. Truman S. Pritchard.
1873. Truman S. Pritchard.
1874. Henry A. Balcom.
1875. William J. Bryan.
1876. William J. Bryan.
1877. Joseph J. Tully.
1878. Joseph J. Tully.
1879. John S. Earle.
1880. John S. Earle.
1881. Ahas Robbins.
1882. C. E. Greenfield.
1883. James Hoare.
1884. James Hoare.
1885. Alfred J. Etheridge.
1886. Alfred J. Etheridge.
1887. William F. Sheehan.
1888. William F. Sheehan.
1889. Alfred J. Etheridge.
1890. George B. Hill.
1891. William F. Sheehan.
1892. John Comosh, Jr.
1893. Elbert B. Seymour.
1894. Elbert B. Seymour.
1895. Warren J. Cheney.
1896. W arren J. Cheney.
1897. Joseph P. Hoare.
1898. C. Fred Remmell.
1899. C. Fred Remmell.
1900. Francis C. Williams.
1901. Edgar E. Magee.
1902. Edgar E. Magee.
1903. Roswell E. Sunderlin.
1904. George W . Robertson.
1905. Bialostoski Phillips.
1906. William H. Corbin.
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* James B. Lower was a Wagon Maker in Corning.
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Neil W. Andrews — By temperament, training and experience well equipped for his professional career, Neil W. Andrews is rapidly
climbing the ladder of successful attainments and has established a large and remunerative general law practice in Corning. A son
of Jerome A. Andrews, he was born 28 Dec 1875, in New Albion, Cattaraugus county, of substantial and honored ancestry.
Jerome A. Andrews, a life-long resident of the Empire state, is a man of enterprise and public spirit. As a young man he served with
bravery in the Civil war, participating in many engagements of prominence, and he is now active in promoting the interests of the
Grand Army of the Republic. One of the foremost citizens of Salamanca, he is there prosperously engaged in mercantile pursuits,
having an extensive trade. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Emeline R. Lattin, three children have been born: Bret
Lattin, of Salamanca, a merchant, being in partnership with his father; Neil W., the special subject of this brief sketch; and Max W.,
proprietor of the Teck Theatre at Salamanca and also conducting a theatre at Perry, NY.
Laying a substantial foundation for his future education, in the public schools Neil W. Andrews received his diploma at the
Salamanca High School and the Cattaraugus Academy, and was graduated from the law department of Cornell University with the
class of 1901. A short time later he was admitted to the New York bar, and in 1903 was admitted at Pittsburg to the Pennsylvania
bar. Accepting a position as clerk in the office of Thomas Patterson, a leading attorney of Pittsburg, he retained the position three
and one-half years, gaining legal knowledge and experience of great value and the appointment of chief clerk. In 1907 Mr. Andrews
located in Corning, and during the comparatively brief time he has been a resident of this city has built up an extensive general
practice as an attorney-at-law, being the legal representative of several Corning organizations and succeeding to much of the
business of John T. Hall, whose office and good will he purchased.
Mr. Andrews married 29 Jun 1904, Eloise Potter, a daughter of John E. and Margaret Potter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and to
them three children have been born, namely: Jerome A., Walton F. and Margaret G.
An earnest champion of the principles of the Republican party, Mr. Andrews has been active and prominent in political circles, for
some time serving as secretary of the Republican County Committee of Cattaraugus county. He is an active member of the Corning
Business Men's Association and of the Corning Club. Fraternally Mr. Andrews belongs to Painted Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM, and
to the Corning Consistory, and he is also a member of Corning Lodge No. 107-1, B.P.O.E.
----Benajah P. Bailey – 1799-1866. Member of NY State Assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1852, 1854
BAILEY, BENAJAH P.—Age, 61 years. Enrolled [86th NY Inf Vols – ‘Steuben Ranges’],'September 30, 1861, at Elmira, to serve
three years; mustered in as colonel, November 12, 1861; discharged, June 12, 1863. He was “obliged by protracted illness, to
resign.”
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The panic of 1837, the year Martin Van Buren assumed the Presidency, caused a severe depression in business, and the lumber
business being dull, lumbermen became impatient and sacrificed their stock at low prices. Two men, Horace G. Phelps, uncle of
William Walter Phelps, who lived in DundafF, Pennsylvania, and Benajah Bailey, of Painted Post, New York, were largely
engaged in lumbering on the Tioga Branch of the Susquehanna near Corning, New York, and had a big stock of pine and hemlock
at Port Deposit. When Frederick and Galusha reached that place with their raft, Mr. Bailey asked Frederick to let Galusha A. Grow
take charge of a vessel loaded with lumber and go down the Bay and find as good a market for it as he could. Frederick told him
that Bailey wanted him to go and sell the lumber. Galusha demanded, "Go where?"
Frederick replied, "Go until you sell it, if you have to go to Norfolk or Richmond, and then meet me in Baltimore with the cash."
Galusha accepted the proposition "so quick it made Frederick stare, as he thought it was too big a task for a boy of fourteen."
When the vessel was ready, Mr. Bailey said to him: "Galusha, you are supercargo of this ship, and you may sell the lumber at any
price you think best.”
[Galusha sold the lumber and], elated by his luck, he caught the boat for Baltimore. Getting in early next morning, he found
Frederick and Mr. Bailey at the hotel waiting for him. He proudly turned over the cash. Mr. Bailey, who had almost come to the
conclusion that he had made a mistake in not keeping all the lumber together at Port Deposit, was so pleased with the lad's
stewardship that he rewarded him more liberally than he had expected.
-----William J. Bryan, M. D. b. ca 1838; d. 13 Jul 1877
“Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 7,” by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, page 305.
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Biographical'Sketch of William J. Bryan, M. D., by A. P. HOLLBTT, M. D.
Dr. Bryan was a native of Sonora, Steuben county, NY, in which county he resided during a large part of his life. He received his
early education at the Sonora Academy, under the tutorship of Prof. W. W. Runyan, A. M., and was one of his favorite students,
because of his proficiency in his studies acquiring a liberal academic education.
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He commenced the study of medicine under the supervision of the lamented Dr. H. S. Benedict, in 1861, but soon after entered the
army. He enlisted, as a private, in a company raised at Havana, NY, for the 141st Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was soon thereafter
appointed an officer, finally rising to the rank of first lieutenant of the company. Among other battles, he participated in that of Lookout Mountain, in which engagement he was wounded in the arm. After the close of the war he resumed the study of medicine, finally
graduating at the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College in the spring of 1869. He was devoted to his profession, and his
greatest desire was to advance its interests. He seemed to have had less desire for his own personal advancement, which so often
interferes with the usefulness of so many of our profession, but looked more to the advancement of the interests of all and the
promotion to general use, for the good of humanity, of our noble law of cure. He was an ardent student, and his greatest ambition
was to alleviate the sufferings of humanity. He was ever ready to attend on those who desired his services, even without hope of
reward. He was of that generous disposition which would not permit him to say "no;" thus would he help others while impoverishing
himself. Although enjoying a lucrative practice, on account of his generosity, he did not lay up for himself, to any great extent, the
goods of this world, but "the reward of his labors will follow him." The Corning newspapers say of him that "He became a successful
and popular physician, through his talents and general good qualities, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of a very large circle
of patrons and acquaintances. He was liberal, always interested in public enterprises, and was a valuable citizen in every respect."
He first commenced the practice of medicine at Cohocton, Steuben county, NY, which, for the several years that he remained there,
was attended with marked success. On the sudden and lamented death of Dr. H. S. Benedict he removed to Corning, Steuben
county, NY, and became his successor. On the death of Dr. Benedict, there was a general lament among his numerous patrons,
"that they would never be able to fill his place," but in Dr. Bryan they found one in whom they could equally confide, and at his death
they expressed the same lamentation.
Dr. Bryan was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Steuben County Homoeopathic Medical Society, and until his
death was one of its most active members. He held at different times the offices of president, vice-president, censor, and was
several times its delegate to the State Homoeopathic Medical Society, and also to the American Institute of Homoeopathy.
At the twenty-first annual meeting of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York, held at Albany, February 13th and
14th, 1872, he was placed in nomination for permanent membership, and at the Succeeding annual meeting, 11 Feb 1873, was duly
elected. At the twenty-fourth session (1871) of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, he was duly elected a member of that
national organization of our school. He was one of the originators of the Southern-Tier Homoeopathic Medical Association, and from
its organization until hia death its very efficient secretary and treasurer. He was one of the most constant attendants of these several
societies, and did, in an unostentatious way, all that he could to promote and extend their influences in the advancement of medical
science.
While yet in the very prime of life, that fell destroyer—consumption— "claimed him as its victim." Slowly but surely he wasted away,
notwithstanding the Herculean efforts of a fond brother, Dr. E. W. Bryan, assisted by numerous professional friends, until on Friday
morning, 13 Jul 1877, at the early age of thirty nine years, surrounded by fond friends, he passed from this world of suffering and
sorrow. He leaves, as a heritage to the world and the profession, an example of a generous and useful life, and to the care of kind
friends a wife and three young children. His funeral was attended Sunday morning, 15 Jul 1877, at Sonora, NY, and because of the
large attendance, the services were held in the orchard on his father's farm.
An extra train of cars loaded with friends and acquaintances went from Corning. The Rev. F. K. Fowler, pastor of the Corning Baptist
Church, an intimate friend of the deceased, preached a very sympathizing discourse, which was more than usually impressive by
reason of the death of a little child of a sister of the doctor, who was buried at the same time. The services were under the direction
of the Masonic Lodge of Corning, of which he was a member, both of the lodge, chapter and consistory, and had held official
station in each order. There was also a large attendance of the order from the Lodges of Bath, Hammondsport, Bradford and
Monteray. Thus passed away one of our most esteemed colleagues, who will ever be held in grateful remembrance by numerous
professional friends.
BRYAN, WILLIAM J.—Age 23 years. Enrolled [141st NY Inf. Vols.], 14 Aug 1862, at Montour, to serve three years; mustered in as
private, Co. A, 15 Aug 1862; promoted sergeant, 11 Sep 1862; first sergeant, no date; wounded in action, 25 May 1864, at Dallas,
Ga.; mustered in as first lieutenant, 29 Oct 1864; discharged, 15 Jan 1865, at Savannah, GA.
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Warren J. Cheney — Noteworthy among the active and prominent members of the Steuben county bar is Warren J. Cheney, of
Corning, who, as junior member of the well-known law firm of Sebring & Chenev, is carrying on a substantial business, having a
large and lucrative practice. He is likewise identified with one of the leading business concerns of the city, being vice-president of
the Corning Cut Glass Company. A son of Judson Z. Cheney, he was born 27 Apr 1862, in Saint Lawrence county. New York.
Judson Z. Cheney was born, bred and educated in Saint Lawrence county. NY. Soon after the breaking out of the Civil war his
patriotic spirit being aroused, he cheerfully offered his services to his country, enlisting in the 98th NY Volunteer Infantry. With his
comrades he took part m many battles, and in Sep 1864, at Fort Harrison, during the very last engagement of his regiment, he lost
his life, being killed on the field of battle when but 28 years of age. He married Thirza M. Blanchard, who was left a widow when
young, with one child, Warren J Cheney. She subsequently married for her second husband Charles G. Cheney, and by that
marriage had one child, Carroll C. Cheney, of Corning, who was shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery house of the C. E. Maltby
Company. The mother died 14 Dec 1908.
Graduating from the classical department of the Potsdam Normal School with the class of 1881, Warren J. Cheney was principal of
the Covington Academy during the following five years, while from 1886 until 1889 he held a similar position in the Brasher and
Stockholm Union Free School and Academy. During his pedagogical career Mr. Cheney read law, completing his studies in the
office of John & Gilbert at Malone, Franklin county. In September, 1890, at Saratoga, he was admitted to the New York bar, and two
months later began the practice of his profession in Corning. In 1897 he formed a partnership with James O. Sebring, and he has
since carried on a lively and remunerative practice as junior member of the firm of Sebring & Cheney. Successful in his work, Mr.
Cheney has acquired valuable business and residential property in city and town, and has large farming interests in the county. He
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has ever evinced genuine interest in local affairs, and as a loyal adherent of the Republican party served as alderman from 1893
until 1895, and from 1895 until 1899 was city recorder.
On 3 Jul 1884, Mr. Cheney was united in marriage with Lizzie H. Southwick. She died 10 Mar 1886, leaving one child, Guy W.
Cheney, who was graduated from the classical department of the Syracuse University in 1908 and from its Law School with the
class of 1910. He was admitted to the bar at Rochester in September, 1910. Mr. Cheney married for his second wife, 10 Aug 1887,
Addie C. Benedict, a daughter of James T. and Celia Benedict, and their only child, Muriel A. Cheney, graduated from the Corning
Free Academy in Jun 1910.
Fraternally Mr. Cheney is a member and Past Master of Painted Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM, at Corning; a member and past high
priest of Corning Chapter No. 130, RAM; a member of Omers Commandery, KT, at Elmira; a member of Kalura Temple, at
Binghamton; and commander-in-chief of the Corning Consistory. He stands high in the order, being a thirty-second degree Mason.
At the meeting of the Supreme Council A. A. S. E., at Detroit in Sep 1910, he was elected to receive the thirty-third degree. Mr.
Cheney is also a member of Corning Lodge No. 1071, B. P. O. E. Religiously he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Judge Warren J. Cheney - In the passing of Judge Cheney, of Corning, New York, August 18, 1921, the entire southern tier lost
one of its most potent factors in legal circles. From 1912 he had presided over the court of Steuben County, and in that time had
given such able and noteworthy service that his name had become well and favorably known throughout this community. He was
deeply public spirited, with the highest ideals of devotion to duty and throughout his entire residence in Corning, where he came in
1890, contributed largely, both in a professional and in a civic way, to furthering the welfare and advancement of his home
community.
Warren J. Cheney was born in Hopkintown, St. Lawrence, NY, 27 Apr 1862, the son of Judson M. and Thirza (Blanchard) Cheney,
and spent much of his early days in Potsdam, NY, where he was graduated from the normal school in 1881. For the following eight
years he served as principal of the high schools at Fort Covington, Brasher, and Stockholm, New York State. At this time, having
decided to take up law for his life work, he entered the law office of John A. Vance, of Potsdam, then surrogate of St. Lawrence
County, supplementing his studies with reading in the law office of Louis Land, of Brasher Falls, and John I. Gilbert, of Malone, and
in 1890 was admitted to the bar, subsequently removing to Corning. For a number of years Mr. Cheney practiced independently,
establishing for himself a large and lucrative practice. In 1900 he formed a partnership with James O. Sebring under the name of
Sebring and Cheney, and this association continued until 1911, when Mr. Cheney withdrew and took into partnership his son, Guy
W. Cheney. Five years later Judge Cheney withdrew from the firm of W. J. & G. W. Cheney, and became a member of the law firm
of Phillips, Cheney & Greene, of Hornell, this removal being made in order that Mr. Cheney might be retained as counsel for the Erie
Railroad in Steuben county, but he nevertheless retained his residence in Corning, spending several days each week in Hornell.
Throughout these years he had enjoyed the esteem of the people for his professional abilities, citizenship, the elements being
furnished by him so conspicuously that go to making up a successful practitioner before the courts and a wise counsellor to his
clients. In 1918 he retired from the Hornell firm, returned to Corning and practiced independently until his death. Having been long
recognized as one of the most able lawyers in the Southern Tier. His services were sought in many important cases, and yet he
always found time to give his attention to public service. He was elected recorder of the city of Corning in 1894 and re-elected to the
same office two years later, In 1909 he served for a short time as city attorney, and in1 912 was nominated by the Republicans for
the office of county judge, during which time there was a strong effort made by the Democratic party for his endorsement. In
November of that year, which was the year of the Bull-Moose split in the Republican Party, he was elected to the judgeship and
gained for himself the distinction of being the only Republican elected to office in Steuben County. In 1918 he was re-elected to this
office, the Democrats at this time naming no candidate.
Judge Cheney was one of the incorporators of the Corning Business Men's Association, serving continuously as one of its directors
until the organization gave way to the Chamber of Commerce in 1914. During the many years of his residence in Corning he did
much to improve the city and to develop its residential section, owning a great deal of residential property, which he took great
delight in developing. He built many houses, making it possible through his generous efforts for a young man to own his own house
on the convenient terms of payment which he established, which proves conclusively his philanthropic nature, and is a glowing
example of one of the many acts of kindness he was ever doing to aid the youth of his home community.
Judge Cheney was prominent in Masonic circles, having attained the Thirty-third degree in this body. He was Past Master of
Painted Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM, Past High Priest of Corning chapter, RAM; Past thrice Potent Master of Coring Council,
Princes of Jerusalem; Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Corning Lodge of Perfection; a member of St. Omer's Commandery of
Elmira; and of Kalurah Temple AAONMS of Binghamton; Past Commander-in-Chief of Corning Consistory; a member of the building
committee which completed the Scottish Rite Masonic Cathedral in Corning, dedicated in the early part of 1921; and an incorporator
of the Ashler club, and a member of the Masonic Temple Association. He also belonged to the Corning Lodge of Elks; was Past
Exalted Ruler of that lodge and served as one of its trustees. Judge Cheney was one who worked most arduously as a member of
the building connate when the Elks property was purchased and reconstructed. He also held membership in the Corning Club. His
religious affiliation was with the Methodist faith, and served for many years as a member of the official board of the First Church of
that denomination in his home city.
On 3 Jul 1883, Judge Cheney married (first) Elizabeth Southwick, who died in Mar 1886, leaving one son, Guy W. Cheney (q.v.), on
10 Aug 1887, Judge Cheney married (second) Addie C. Benedict, daughter of James Turner and Celia (Jones) Benedict, of whom
was born on child, Muriel, now the wife of George W. Pratt, of Corning.
At the time of Judge Cheney's death many personal tributes were paid him which appear in part as follows:
Said James O. Sebring: I am shocked and crushed to hear of the death of my former associate. During all our years together out
associations were fine and true and culminated as they began, in mutual confidence and respect. His every act was one of
consideration and his every though noble and just. He was a man of wonderful mentality, a lawyer of exceptional ability and a true
friend.
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Michael H. Cahill's tribute: I came into Judge Cheney's acquaintance as a young lawyer and his gave to me of himself and his ability
equally with his son, my partner. He was a man of the most lovable personality, a counsellor of unerring wisdom and judgment, and
a friend such as comes to us but once in a lifetime. In his death I have sustained a great personal loss.
The editorial from the "Corning Leader" written at the time of Judge Cheney's death was in part as follows:
One of the fairest and squarest of men, one of the wisest defenders of justice, one of the truest of friends left us today. Warren J.
Cheney he came into the world. He left it with all the true title and honor which real humanity can pay. For while he was titled
Honorable by law, he was also en-titled to this distinction by a higher law the right of a lifetime of useful service to his fellowmen.
Judge Cheney was a recognized leader of thought. Because he was a man of action and possessed a character of gold he was
politically magnificently independent and often to his personal sacrifice and at the cost of ephemeral distinction. His was a type of
mentality that was a statesman rather than a politician, since he formed public opinion rather then followed it, often championing a
political issue while it was yet unpopular, instead of riding to power on it after the public has approved. Strong, logical, informing, his
views always commanded the highest respect. Modestly, temperately, yet convincingly he told one where he stood and left his
questioner admiring and envying the moral stature which placed him on such high ground. Fullness of information, a brilliant
intellect, a winsome and sincere personality, perfect command of all his mental and physical resources, complete mastery of the
technique of debate were the sources of his power. . . . . . His entire legal career was unspotted by a single instance of professional
action that could be questioned for an instant. In his private life no man had greater reverence for sacred things than Judge Cheney.
He experienced Christianity rather than followed it. His own life was an example for others to follow rather than a search of other
lives for an example to follow. So he is dead as he lived, without an enemy, with a multitude of friends, with a great work of good
accomplished . . . . . W hile he presided on the bench with unexampled dignity, and reserve, the bench added to his moral stature
neither additional dignity nor power. In the highest possible sense, he seemed at times above the law itself, a big sincere, honest
demi-god of democracy voicing in the simplest possible and unanswerable logic the principles of ethics, rather than a begowned
personality lurking behind judicial mouthing of logical doctrines. Truly the Lord "made his light to shine before men," and the
pessimist had a beautiful and true picture of Warren Cheney in mind when he sung of him who is "pure in heart." Therefore is he
blessed in eternal life.
Guy W. Cheney.
One of the foremost attorneys of this section of New York State, for his outstanding ability in his profession and his highly deserved
election to the office of district attorney of Steuben County, the duties of which he is fulfilling with thoroughness and understanding
and making for himself an enviable position in legal circles, is Guy W. Cheney, of Corning. Active, too, in the promotion of
community well-being and development, he can always be counted upon to give his earnest support to every movement for the civic
good and is universally recognized as one of Corning's most respected citizens.
The Cheney family, of which Guy W. Cheney, is a direct descendant, settled in Newton, Massachusetts, having come to this country
in 1632, and since that time many of its representatives have been among the leading men of their time. This holds true of Mr.
Cheney, who is carrying on the family traditions and enterprise. Judge Warren J. Cheney, father of Guy W. Cheney, was the son of
Judson M. and Thirza (Blanchard) Cheney, the former having lived in Northern New York, and was killed in action during the Civil
War while serving in the Union Army. A biography of Judge Cheney precedes this sketch.
Guy W. Cheney was born in Fort Covington, New York, 26 Feb 1886. After graduating from Corning Free Academy in the class of
1904, and from Syracuse with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1908, he continued at the latter institution and gained from the law
school connected with the university the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1910. He was admitted to the bar that same year and
engaged in practice with is father, the firm being known as W. J. & G. W. Cheney. Guy W. Cheney later formed a partnership with
W. Earle Costello and they carry on a general law practice under the firm name of Cheney & Costello, and specialize in insurance,
negligence and corporation law.
Early in his career, Guy w. Cheney, became an active factor in Republican politics, first serving as secretary of the county
committee from 1912 to 1919; when he resigned to become secretary to Ambassador Houghton, then a member of Congress,
remaining with him until the latter went to Germany. On November 27, 1921, he was appointed district attorney, being elected to that
office in the fall of 1922, and re-elected in 1925. Professionally, Mr. Cheney holds membership in the American Bar Association, the
New York State Bar Association, and the District Attorney's Association of New York State. Fraternally he is a member of the Free
and Accepted Masons, in which order he holds the thirty-second degree; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he
is a life-member and Past Exalted Ruler; Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Epsilon Chapter, and the Phi Delta Phi, Comstock chapter, both of
Syracuse University. He is also a member and past-president of the Rotary Club of Corning; and member of the Corning City and
the Corning county clubs. In his religious affiliation he is a Presbyterian and is a trustee of the church of that denomination in
Corning. His wide knowledge, exceptional memory and unusual gift of eloquence have made Mr. Cheney a speaker of considerable
note and he is much in demand for political speeches as well as talks on general topics.
On 22 Feb 1911, Guy W. Cheney married Edith Madison Costello, daughter of William Edward and Virginia (Earle) Costello, now
residents of Elmira, New York. Mrs. Cheney, like her husband, comes from prominent Colonial stock, and is a member of the
Daughter of the American Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are the parents of four sons: 1. Warren, b. 5 Jan 1912. 2. Guy W., Jr., b.
12 Feb 1915. 3. John Southwick, b. 13 Apr 1916. 4. David Godwin, b. 11 Feb 1922. The family home is in Corning.
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Edwin Clarke English — The name of English is well and honorably known in Steuben county, and Edwin Clarke English, one of
Corning's leading attorneys, is a native and a life-long resident of this progressive portion of the Empire state. He was born 27 Oct
1837, at Caton, and is the son of Amzi and Sally (Gorton) English. On his mother's side he comes of a family whose identification
with the affairs of the American nation was very soon after the landing of the historic Mayflower. The founder of the family on the
shores of the new world was Samuel Gorton, who was born in 1592 at Gorton, within the limits of the city of Manchester, England,
and landed at Boston in the month of Mar 1637. He was a man prominent in the affairs of the budding New England and one of the
early founders of the colonies of Providence and Rhode Island.
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Edwin Clarke English, the son of a farmer and Methodist Episcopal minister, passed his youth in Steuben County and received his
preliminary education in the public schools, later matriculating in Alfred Academy. He devoted the gifts of an eager intellect
principally to the English branches and when his school days were over devoted himself to agriculture, which for a time he thought
of adopting as a life work, but abandoned owing to his health being impaired in the army. In the year 1874 he made a radical step by
removing from his native town of Caton to what was then the village of Corning, and it has been his pleasure to witness the steady
growth and improvement of said village into one of the state's most prosperous centers, at the same time assisting in full measure
towards this result. A long cherished desire to become a lawyer had meantime reached fruition, his training for the profession having
been acquired in the law office of Spencer & Mills, where he read law for three years. He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and to full
practice in 1879, and ever since that date has practiced law here, being recognized widely as conservative, reliable and well-read,
and, in short, one of the able representatives of a high calling.
Mr. English is a veteran of the Civil war. When an answer to the importunate inquiry, "Shall the nation live?” could no longer be
denied, Mr. English enlisted in the 23rd Regiment of NY Volunteer Infantry, 14 Oct 14, 1861. His service to the Union was of
about a year's duration for he was disabled by the breaking down of his health and was discharged from the hospital on 11 Nov
1862. Mr. English, in testimony of the confidence in which he was held by his fellow citizens, was made supervisor of the town of
Caton in 1873-47. Since the year 1874 he has been an active champion of the cause of the Prohibition Party, and on its ticket he
was nominated for justice of the supreme court of New York State also for attorney general. He is, indeed, one who may be
depended upon to give his heart and hand to all good causes and for 46 years he has been a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The foundation of a pleasant life companionship was laid in May 1866, when Mr. English was united in marriage to Frances P.
Gulliver. They have no children. Mr. English is very prominent in lodge circles and derives no small amount of pleasure from his
association with his fellow men. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight of Honor, and belongs to several other fraternal
organizations, in all except the Masonic order having occupied the highest chair.
ENGLISH, EDWIN C. - Age, 23 years. Enlisted [23rd NY Vols.], 14 Oct 1861, at Elmira, to serve nineteen months; mustered in as
private, Co. D, 17 Oct 1861; discharged for disability, 11 Nov 1862, at Fort McHenry, Md.
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Charles M. Gammon [Gamman] — Corning, NY, counts among her worthy citizens a sterling Englishman, who has to his credit
nearly sixty years of business activity in the town — Charles M. Gammon. He was born in England 15 Oct 1824, and when a young
man was united in marriage, at Christ's church, [Marylebone, London, with Miss Maria Boddington, who was born in England in
1822, a niece of Lord Boddington. She accompanied him to America and here shared his joys and sorrows until her death in 1870.
To them were given three children who grew to adult age: Mrs. Mima Hood, a resident of Corning, NY; Dr. A. M. Gammon, of
Oaklorna, NY; and Mrs. Anna Hill, of Fall River, Wisconsin.
It was in 1848 that Mr. Gammon landed in New York city, after an Atlantic voyage of six weeks in a sailing vessel. Going direct to
Philadelphia, he spent six weeks in that city, but at the end of that time returned to New York and entered the employ of John
Brooks, a shoe manufacturer on Broadway. In England he had learned the trade of shoe-cutter, and on coming to this country took
up that line of work. After remaining in New York one year he spent two years in the employ of a Mobile firm, following that with a
few months each in New Albany, Utica and Syracuse. On 17 Jun 1851, he landed in Corning, and at once entered the service of a
Mr. Fuller, a boot and shoe dealer who occupied a store on the same site on East Market street now occupied by Mr. Gammon. He
engaged in business here for himself in 1864, and in 1895 built a three-story brick block. Also he owns a store building adjoining the
one in which he does business. His honest, active, regular life has kept him in excellent physical condition, and now, although past
86 years of age, he looks the picture of health, reads and writes without the aid of glasses, is erect and active as a man of forty and
regularly attends to his duties at the old stand. His kindly attitude toward his fellow-men during his long residence in Corning has
won for him their high esteem, and he counts among his many friends both the old and the young and people in various walks of life.
Many times Mr. Gammon has been solicited to accept political office, but has always refused. He has ever taken a commendable
interest in public affairs, however, voting the Republican ticket and always presenting himself promptly at the polls on election day.
He was made a member of Painted Post Lodge, F&AM, in 1854 and has advanced in the order up to and including the 32nd
degree. In 1861 and 1862 he served his lodge as worshipful master and represented it in the Grand Lodge of New York. He has
long been a worthy member of the Episcopal church.
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Herbert A. Heminway — One of the best known and most successful attorneys that ever graced the Steuben county bar is Herbert
A. Heminway, of Corning, who has the rare logical faculty of applying the standard principles of law with wonderful power to the
cases he may have in hand, never being led astray from the point at issue. A son of the late Allen Heminway, he was born 25 Aug
1875, in Nunda, Livingston, NY, being the third child in a family of four children that grew to years of maturity.
Allen Heminway was born and brought up in New York state and during his active career was variously employed. He lived in
different places, spending his last years in Pownal, VT, where he passed away at the age of 72 years. He married Caroline D.
Underwood, who was born 70 years ago, and is now living in Pownal, VT.
Spending the days of his boyhood in Bennington county, VT, Herbert A. Heminway was graduated from the Bennington High School
in 1895, and subsequently attended the Boys' High School in New York city. Entering then Cornell University he was graduated from
the law department with the class of 1900, and the same year located in Corning. As a general practitioner he has been exceedingly
fortunate, his breadth of wisdom and fertility of resource winning him a noteworthy position among the lawyers of prominence and
eminence. He is now attorney for the towns of Erwin and Hornby, and as a leading member of the Republican party he takes an
active interest in public affairs. Fraternally Mr. Heminway is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter, council
and consistory; is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to Corning Lodge No. 1071, BPOE.
Mr. Heminway married, 25 Jun 1902, Ella May Daley, a daughter of John P. and Jane Daley, of Bennington, VT, and of their union
two children have been born, Caroline Ella and Marion Louise.
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Major Richard Lord Hill b. 25 Dec 1832 in Wayne, Steuben County, NY; m. 16 Mar
1863 Julia Alice Havens b. 26 Jun 1840 in Dresden, NY. [dau of William Pomeroy &
Sabrina (Tracey) Havens] born June 26, 1840 Dresden NY and died August 30, 1930
Corning NY; and born to them were:
RICHARD L. HILL II b. 2 Apr 1864 Corning, NY; d. 30 Jun 1947; m. Emily Knox White
b. 3 Jun 1864 Knoxville, PA; d. 6 Jan 1941 Corning, NY; b. to them was:
RICHARD L. HILL III b. 19 May 1894 Corning, NY; d. there 11 Nov 1955; m. 5 Dec
1916 in Corning, Ella Mae McIlwain [dau of Warren Seymour & Nelly Lorene (Pierce)
McIlwain] b. 7 Aug 1899 Leolyn, PA; d. 1972 Geneva, NY; b. to them was:
RICHARD L. HILL IV b. 23 Jan 1925 Corning, NY; m. 23 Sep 1944 in Corning,
Mary Catherine Flynn [dau of Michael Aloysius & Mildred (Tomb) Flynn] b. 26 Apr 1926
Corning and; d. there 8 Aug 1992; b. to them was:
RICHARD L. HILL V b. 27 Nov 1956 Corning NY; employed as a Senior
Engineering Technician, Dresser-Rand Company, 1978- present (2000), Painted Post
NY; m. 4 Sep 1982 in Savona, NY, Robin Claire Barkley [dau of Clinton Dewaine &
Donna (Polmanteer) Barkley] b. 14 Nov 1958 Urbana NY. Resides in Savona NY; and
born to them were:
RICHARD L. HILL VI b. 21 May 1976 Corning NY.
< Photo at left: http://www.24thnycavalry.com/richardhill.html
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Major Richard L. Hill, aged 68 years, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in
Corning, Friday evening, April 25, 1902. When a young man he taught school in
Knoxville ; for a time was a machinist ; was severely wounded while in military service ;
conducted a fire and life insurance business in Coming ; was a firm friend, a genial
companion and an exemplary citizen.
HILL, RICHARD L.—Age, 27 years. Enrolled [24 NY Inf Vols], 4 May 1861, at Fulton, to serve two years; mustered in as 1Lt, Co. E,
17 May 1861; adjutant, 29 Sep 1862; mustered out with regiment, 29 May 1863, at Elmira, NY; also borne as Richard E. and
Richard S.; subsequent service, as 1Lt and adjutant, 24th NY Cavalry; commissioned 1Lt, 4 Jul 1861, with rank from 4 May 1861,
original; adjutant, 22 Jan 1863, with rank from 29 Sep 1862, vice Robert Oliver, Jr., promoted.
HILL, RICHARD L.—Age, 29 years. Enrolled [24 NY Cav], 23 Oct 1863, at Rochester; mustered in as 1Lt and adjutant, 24 Oct
1863, to serve three years; wounded, 2 Jun 1864, at Cold Harbor, VA; discharged for disability, 12 Oct 1864, Commissioned 1Lt and
adjutant, 2 Feb 18(54, with rank from 26 Sep 1863, original.
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Lt. Richard L. Hill [shown on the right] with two unidentified officers
24th New York Infantry
Richard L. Hill (on the right)
Residence was not listed; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 4 May 1861 at Fulton, NY as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 17 May 1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co., 24th NY Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 29 May1863 at Elmira, NY; Adjutant 29 Sep 1862
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He also had service in the 24th NY Cavalry (Subsequent service as Adjutant)
Photograph donated by Richard L. Hill, a descendant of Lt. Hill.
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Description: Colt Revolver. Civil War - "Sept. 10th 1853"
The Condition is Rich patina. It will cock, but won't release (must be eased down by hand). Handle in good shape with one small
abraded area on each side of wood handle (see photos) where it may have rubbed on the holster. One small dent in corner of
wooden area. See photos, though I have not been able to take close-ups effective to show these flaws.
I inherited it from my aunt, who died in 2002 at age 91. My aunt inherited it from my grandmother, who inherited it from her husband,
my grandfather, Richard L. Hill. He inherited it from his father, Richard Lord Hill, who fought in the Civil War with his regiment from
Corning, NY. I have more information on the regiment, but as I have just moved and am still in boxes, I cannot locate it at this time.
My grandfather migrated to Ventura, California in the late 1800s, where he set up shop as a jeweler and a watchmaker. There is a
companion pistol that is with my grandfather's New York relatives. While I can't part with this one at present time, I have arranged in
my estate for it to be rejoined to its brother in the event no one else wants to keep and care for it in my blood line.
http://www.mccuskerfamily.com/f849.html
Richard Lord Hill and Julia Ann Havens
Richard Lord Hill b. 30 Jun 1835 Wayne, Steuben, NY; d. 25 Apr 1902 Corning, NY; bur. Hope Cemetary, Corning, NY; son of
Harsey Hill (1797-1855) and Mary Rogers (ca 1801-1841); m. 19 Mar 1863 - Corning, NY Julia Ann Havens b. 26 Jun 1840 Corning,
NY; d. there 8 Oct 1931; dau. of William Pomeroy Havens (1811-1898) and Sabina Tracy (ca 1814-1851)
Children, all b. in Corning, NY:
1 Richard Lord Hill II b. 02 Apr 1864; d. 30 Jun 1947 California; m1. Enriquita (?) (ca 1860-1966); m2. 14 Nov 1888 Emma White
(ca 1850- 1893)
2 Alice May Hill
b. 01 Sep 1865; m. 6 Sep 1888 Wellsboro, PA, Michael F. Moran
3 William Ferris Hill
b. 14 Mar 1867; d. 1940; m. 14 Oct 1888 Corning, NY, Rheoma Crist
4 Joseph A. Hill
b. 14 Mar 1870; bef Oct 1931; m. 14 Jun 1894 Dansville, NY?, Hatlie Wiley.
5 Amos W. Hill
b. 24 Oct 1873; 15 Mar 1887. [aka Bubbie],
6 Helen Martha Hill
b. 16 Jul 1878; d. 8 Apr 1968 Corning, NY; m. 15 Aug 1903 Corning, NY, William Thomas Dow (1862-1956)
-----John Knox
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Adam Knox; m. 1st Eleanor-- d. 21 Dec 1760, 2nd Mollie Campbell
CHILDREN (1st Marriage):
i. Oliver Knox,
b. 23 Jan 1752; m. Lydia Moore.
ii Elizabeth Knox, b. 17 Mar 1754.
iii David Knox,
b. 12 Mar 1758 m. Submit Blair
CHILDREN (2nd Marriage).
iv Jane Knox,
b. 16 Sep 1762; m. Nathan Spring.
v. Eleanor Knox,
b. 19 Apr 1764; m. ---Baird.
vi Mary Knox,
b. 20 Jan 1766.
vii William Knox,
b. 06 May 1769; m. Margaret Colton.
viii John Knox,
b. 01 May 1769; m. Hannah Douglas
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HANNAH DOUGLAS, born in Stephentown, NY, 11 Feb 1774; dau. of Capt. William Douglas b. 1743 & Hannah COLE b. ca 1746;
m. 29 Jan 1795, the Hon. John KNOX, of Painted Post, whither they removed the following year. He was several times chosen to
represent his town in the state Legislature, and was for a number of years, judge of the county court. Mrs. KNOX died 27 Sep 1834.
Judge KNOX died April 11, 1854. Both are buried in Knoxville Cemetery, Knoxville, Tioga, PA.
Children, born at Painted Post:
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Elmira KNOX
b. 15 Sep 1795; d. 31 Jan 1876; m. William Bonham.
William Douglas KNOX
John Philander KNOX
Almaria KNOX
Hannah Mary KNOX
Deidamia W illis KNOX
Augustus Franklin KNOX
Early history of Painted Post and of the town of Erwin . . .,” by Charles H. Erwin, W. A. Allen. Page 25-26.
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Hon. John Knox was born in Massachusetts, 1 May 1769/70, and came to Painted Post. He was married in Jan 1795, to Miss
Hannah Douglas, (a relative of the late Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois), and raised a family, among whom are Mrs. John Sly and
Mrs. Beniamin Farwell, and Gen. Wm. Douglas Knox, living in Junction City, Kansas. Mr. Knox was a gentleman of acknowledged
ability, and maintained a useful and distinguished life in the town, county and state. He was elected a member of the Assembly in
1809, re-elected in 1810, and voted for the first appropriation for surveying the Erie Canal in 1811. In 1821 he was a member of the
State Convention for the revision of the constitution. He built and occupied a residence, in which, for many years, he kept public
house, and in which the Masonic order had rooms until 1827. This house was located on the north side of the main street in the
village of Knoxville, Tioga, PA, nearly opposite the street now leading to the Corning bridge. He was the founder of and his
name was given to the village. He was a kind and indulgent parent, an upright and honorable man, and an estimable citizen. His
death occurred at Campbell, where he then resided, on 11 Apr 1854/56.
THE OLD PAINTED POST LODGE OF F. AND A. MASONS.
We are unable to give the exact time of the instituting of this lodge, the archives having been destroyed by fire at Corning, some 16
years since, and we cannot learn of a charter member living at this time. We give the most reliable information that we can obtain,
which is from the oldest daughter of one of the charter members, Mrs. John Sly, and corroborated by the testimony of one of the
members of that lodge, Benjamin Farwell, both residents of the village, the daughter and son-in-law of the late Hon. John Knox.
The lodge was instituted 1805 or 1806, in a room of Nehemiah Hubbell's house, and soon after moved into an upper and more
commodious one, in Judge Knox's residence, which was long used as a hotel. It was composed of the best men within a circle of
many miles; in fact, such were the only ones who could gain admittance, as there existed then a rigid adherence to all the rules of
discipline. The order flourished, and occupied that room until the Morgan excitement, about 1827. There are many anecdotes
connected with this lodge, one of which we will relate, having often heard it, and being well acquainted with all concerned.
Judge Knox's wife was a lady who could enjoy a joke, and play one admirably too. One bitter cold night a certain person from
Hornby made his appearance in the kitchen, where she and her colored servant Nellie were engaged in their household duties,
claiming the hospitalities and heat of the old-fashioned fire place, (the fire in the sitting room having refused to afford comfort, and
the Judge too much engaged in the lodge, making preparations, to attend to it). Madam, who instantly divined the business of the
Hornby candidate, concluded to test his moral courage, and in a measure prepare him for the difficulties he was about to encounter
so blindly. Without apparently any notice of the Hornby gentleman's presence, she asked Nellie to bring out the large gridiron and
long poker, saying in a solemn, soliloquizing tone, somewhat mixed with petulance: "Those pesk masons are more bother than they
are worth. Some poor lellow is to be branded again to-night. Put them on the coals Nellie and have them red hot by the time they
want them. It won’t do to spoil a month's amusement for the brothers by saving some booby from a burn that will last longer than
their laugh."
Nellie obeyed orders. The irons slowly became heated; and Madam ordered her make haste, He sat looking on, and so intently that
the prespiration started from every pore. Suddenly he blurted out a rapid good night, and thanks for the privilege of warming;
buttoned his thread bare surtout, and bolted out of the room, and the last seen of him that evening was his plunging through the
frosty snow drifts, in the direction of Hornby. Is it necessary to add that he never "joined the Masons?" or that the brothers sat up
late, watching, and are still waiting for their Hornby candidate?
-----Jacob H. Lansing was a jeweler, distinguished himself in the late rebellion; was clerk of Steuben county at the time of his death.
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From The 86th Regiment.
GETTYSBURG, JULY 4TH, 1863.
FRIEND PRATT,—DEAR SIR.—Two months have elapsed since I have communicated with you, they have been eventful months.
On the 6th of June last our Brigade left camp at Falmouth and moved up the river about 23 miles to Beverly Ford, where on the 11th
they encountered the enemy who at that place attempted to cross the Rappahannock. Our Regiment was at that time commanded
by Major J. H. LANSING, he having assumed command on the memorable field of Chancellorsville.
. . . the command devolved upon Major Lansing, who added another proof to his well-earned reputation for coolness and courage. I
will here mention an incident. While the 86th and the 124th N. Y. V. were making a charge upon the enemy, Gen. Ward sat on his
horse watching the movement, and as they fell back in perfect order after accomplishing their object the General rode up to Major
Lansing and asked if he was in command. The Major replied in the affirmative.
The General then remarked "I never saw men behave better, Major, your men have nobly won the red diamond, the Kearney
badge." The Major replied, "We feel proud of the blue badge, but if you wish it will adopt the red." The blue badge was used by the
3d Division which is broken up but we still wear the badge.
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. . . Lieutenant Colonel Jacob H. Lansing, of the Eighty-Sixth New York Volunteers, formerly of this city, who was wounded on the
24th of May, is now at his home in Corning. By a letter received from him yesterday, he states that he will be able to take charge of
his command in a few days.
Lieut. Col, Lansing, who has nearly recovered from the wound in his arm, has just been commissioned as Colonel of the 86th. He
demonstrated his capacity to lead the regiment during the terrible battles of the Wilderness and well deserves the honor. . .
LANSING, JACOB H.—Age, 37 years. Enrolled [86th NY Inf Vols], 26 Aug 1861, at Corning, to serve three years; mustered in as
Captain, Co. C, 12 Nov 1.861; as Major, 3 May 1863; as Lt-Col, 1 Jul 1863; wounded in action, 21 May 1864, at North Anna River,
VA; mustered out, 14 Nov 1864, near Petersburg, VA.
Commissioned captain, 4 Dec 1861, witb rank from 31 Aug 1861, original; Major, 21 May1863, with rank from 3 May 1863, vice B. L.
Higgins promoted; Lt-Col, 18 Aug 1863, with rank from 12 Jun 1863, vice B. L. Higgins promoted; Colonel, not mustered, 22 Jul
1864, with rank from 25 Jun 1861, vice B. L. Higgins discharged.
Company C was in command of Capt. Jacob H. Lansing, of Corning, who from his many attractive qualities, and because afterward
he was in command of the brigade of the National Guard to which the militia of Chemung County was attacheh, it is easy to claim as
a local character, and one quite as well known and admired in Elmira as he was in his own home.
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John L. Lewis — Noteworthy among the active and progressive citizens of Steuben county is John L. Lewis, of Corning, cashier of
the Fall Brook Coal Company. A son of the late Dr. E. W. Lewis, he was born 21 Jan 1851, in Watkins, Schuyler, NY, coming from
honored New England ancestry, the founder of the branch of the family from which he is descended having been a passenger on
the Mayflower. He is of Welsh lineage, and many of his ancestors were people of prominence and influence in Connecticut, where
his great-great-grandfather, Eldad Lewis, was a life-long resident. His great-grandfather, John Lewis, a native of Connecticut, was
for a long time one of the instructors in Yale College.
John L. Lewis, the first, grandfather of Mr. Lewis, was born and brought up in New Haven, CT, and, eagerly availing himself of the
opportunity granted him for advancing his education, was graduated when a young man from Yale College, in which he was likewise
a teacher for some time. Following the tide of emigration to New York in 1797, he settled as a pioneer in Geneva, Ontario, where he
was engaged as a physician and a teacher for about five years. In 1802 he became a pioneer of Yates county, settling in Benton,
where he soon became prominent in public affairs, holding various town and county offices and serving a number of terms as
postmaster. He died at the advanced age of 85 years, having lived a long and useful life. A native of Yates county, NY, Dr. E. W.
Lewis inherited the scholarly tastes of his immediate ancestors, and having fitted himself for the medical profession was for many
years one of the leading physicians of Watkins, where he died at the age of 76 years. Dr. Lewis was twice married. By his first wife,
whose maiden name was Relief Holden, he had two children, Charles C. and Caroline S. He married for his second wife Mary C.
Gardiner, who was born in Rhode Island, a daughter of Captain David Gardiner, a native of Providence, Rhode Island. She survived
him, passing away at the age of 83 years in Watkins, NY. Four children were born of the second marriage, Edwin A., Martin G.,
Mary E. and John L. Of these six children Caroline S. and John L. are the only ones now living.
Going to Penn Yan, NY, when sixteen years of age, John L. Lewis lived with his uncle, John L. Lewis, for two years. During the
ensuing four years he was bookkeeper for the Morris Coal Mining Company at Morris Run, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. Locating
then in Blossburg, PA, John Lewis had charge of the business of Pomeroy & Smith until 1878, when he accepted the position of
bookkeeper for the Fall Brook Company at Watkins, NY. Coming from there to Corning, he has won a position of prominence among
the leading men of the city, and since 1903 has ably filled his present position as cashier of the Fall Brook Coal Company. He is
identified with various city enterprises, being one of the directors of the First National Bank of Corning and treasurer of the Corning
Co-operative Savings and Loan Association.
A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Lewis has been active in public affairs, in 1884 serving as president of the village of Corning,
and at the present time being a member of the Corning Board of Education. Socially he is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars
of the state of New York, and fraternally he is prominent in the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chapter and consistory, and has
taken the 32nd degree of Masonry. His uncle, John L. Lewis, for whom he was named, was a 33rd degree Mason and very
prominent in the order, having served as Grand Master of the State of New York and having been past sovereign grand
commander of the Supreme Council of the Northern Jurisdiction.
He married, 20 Jan 1875, Belle Townsend, a daughter of Nathaniel Townsend, of Glenora, NY, and they are the parents of two
children: Kate, wife of E. H. Gorton, of Hornell, NY, and Spencer, who was educated at the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ.
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George Wollage Pratt — Among the prominent citizens whom Corning has been called upon to mourn within the past few years
none will be more generally missed than the late George Wollage Pratt, whose death, which occurred at his home, No. 138 Cedar
street, at a quarter after two o'clock, Wednesday morning, 3 Oct 1906, was a cause of deep regret not only to his immediate family
and friends but to the public. Taken desperately ill the preceding May, his death was almost momentarily expected for ten days, but
his strong vitality conquered and in a few weeks he was able to sit up a while each day. With increasing strength his desire to once
more look after his personal interests caused him to be wheeled to the Corning Journal office, where the greater portion of his
business career had been spent, his last visit to the editorial sanctum having been made on September 27. On September 30, after
retiring for the night, he was seized with an attack of acute indigestion, and, unable to recover from the effects of the great suffering
and the ensuing prostration he quietly passed to rest in the home in which he had resided since 1860.
Mr. Pratt was born 17 Apr 1821, at May's Mills, midway between Penn Yan and Dresden, in the town of Milo, then Ontario but now
Yates county, New York, a son of Joel B. Pratt. Joel B. Pratt was born in 1795 in Colchester, CT, and in 1819 became a resident of
what is now Yates county, NY. In June, 1834, Joel B. Pratt came with his family to Steuben county, locating in the old town of
Painted Post, now known as Corning, and for a number of years had a carding and cloth-dressing shop at the Mills, in what is now
Hammond street, in the first ward of the city of Corning. A man of much intelligence and of strong convictions, he was an earnest
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advocate of total abstinence and one of the few stanch and fearless anti-slavery men of his day to be found in this section of the
Empire state. He married Cerinthia Wollage, who died 10 Oct 1867, in Binghamton, NY, aged 73 years. He survived her, passing
away in Corning, NY, 21 Feb 21, 1869.
Prior to coming, on 30 Jun 1834, with his parents to Corning, George W. Pratt attended school at Dresden, and at Avon, NY. He
subsequently worked in his father's carding shop, as chance offered attending the local schools and finally becoming a district
school teacher. Entering the Geneva Medical College, at Geneva, NY, in 1842, he was there graduated with the degree of M.D. in
Jan 1845, and the ensuing four years was engaged in the practice of his profession at Corning. Going to Michigan in Sep 1849, Dr.
Pratt continued to practice medicine, and in addition embarked in journalistic work, being from Feb 1850, until May 1851, editor of
the Statesman, an influential Whig paper at Marshall, Michigan. Returning to Corning, he became, in Jul 1851, editor and part owner
of the Corning Journal, which had been in existence at that time for four years. In Apr 1853, he purchased his partner's interest in
the paper, and, with the exception of a brief period when he had a partner, he owned and edited the Corning Journal until his death.
In Sep 1891, at the age of three score and ten years, he established an afternoon edition of the Journal, and in 1905 the Weekly
Journal was merged with the Daily Journal, to save the labor and expense of two newspapers.
In early life Mr. Pratt was a strong anti-slavery man and a stanch adherent of the Whig party, in 1854 joining the ranks of the
Republican organization. He was one of two delegates elected from this assembly district of Steuben county to the first Republican
state convention held in the state of New York, in Syracuse in 1855, and was one of the eight vice-presidents of that convention. He
was afterwards many times a delegate to state conventions, being prominent in party affairs. In 1861 Mr. Pratt was appointed a
state canal collector at Corning, a position which he held a number of years. He was appointed in 1872 by President Grant
postmaster at Corning, and held the office four years. Being appointed to the same position in 1890 by President Harrison, he
served another four years. In 1887, without his previous knowledge, Mr. Pratt was appointed by Governor Hill as a member of the
first board of managers of a projected state hospital for the insane to be located at Ogdensburg. During the four years that he
remained on that board a fine hospital was erected at a large cost.
A man of deep religious convictions, he united with the Presbyterian church in early life and was ever afterwards an ardent worker,
for many years being a Sunday-school and Bible class teacher. Mr. Pratt was a charter member of the New York State Press
Association, which was organized in 1853. He was for over fifty years a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of
Masons, and was a life member of the Masonic organizations of Corning.
Mr. Pratt married, 19 Sep 1846, Helen Melvina Hayt, of Patterson, Putnam, NY. She died 4 Apr 1880, at the comparatively early age
of 55 years. Of the six children born of their union, three have passed to the life beyond, as follows: Theodore Steele, died aged 21
years, 3 Feb 1872, at Riverside, CA, where the previous year he had embarked in business as an orange grower; Sophie Steele,
the youngest child, died 27 Nov 1889, in Corning, aged 23 years; Claudius B., the first-born, died 30 May 1850, aged two years. The
three children living are George E., of Berkeley, CA, third vice-president of The Realty Syndicate, one of the largest corporations on
the Pacific Coast, with offices in Oakland, CA; Ransom, of Berkeley, CA, secretary and manager of the San Francisco office of the
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company; and Harry Hayt, for many years associated with his father in the management of the Corning
Journal, of which he is now the editor. Harry Hayt Pratt is also postmaster of Corning.
George W. Pratt was for more than 55 years the editor of the Corning Journal. He had a high sense of the dignity and power of
journalism. His convictions of right were positive; his sense of justice was keen. A writer of unusual force and ability he was fearless
in the expression of his views and took rank during his long editorial career as one of the strongest individuals on the "country press"
of New York state. In private life he was kindly, helpful, generous and broad-minded. He was a man of unblemished integrity and his
influence was constantly exerted for the right. He ever sought to be useful, and when he died it was recognized that one of the
ablest journalists and one of the best of men had gone hence.
Harry H[ayt]. Pratt — A man of energy and enterprise, brainy and bright, Harry H. Pratt, editor of the Corning Daily Journal and
Corning's postmaster, has achieved a large measure of success in his newspaper work, and as a public official, a man and a citizen
is influential and popular. He was born in this city 11 Nov 1864, youngest son of the late George W. Pratt, of whom a brief personal
history may be found on another page of this volume. Brought up in Corning, Harry H. Pratt was graduated from the Free Academy
with the class of 1882, and immediately entered the office of the Corning Journal, then a weekly paper of which his father was the
proprietor. This paper was established in 1847 and six years later became the property of George W. Pratt, who had previously had
an interest in it for two years, and who, in Sep 1891, began its daily issue. On the death of the proprietor, in Oct, 1906, the paper
passed into the hands of a corporation, and Harry H. Pratt was made president of the company and its editorial manager. Full of
personal resources and of undoubted ability, he is enthusiastic in his work, the Journal, which is an influential daily, bearing the
marks of his individuality. In 1905 Mr. Pratt was appointed postmaster at Corning by President Roosevelt, and in Dec 1909, was
reappointed to the same position by President Taft.
Active in public affairs, Mr. Pratt was for five years a member of the Corning Board of Health. He is prominent in Republican ranks,
having rendered his party effective service with his pen and as a delegate to district, state, congressional and senatorial
conventions. Fraternally he has taken the thirty-second degree of Masonry and for one term was Worshipful Master of Painted
Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM. For two terms he was exalted ruler in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On 4 Sep 1892, Mr. Pratt was united in marriage with Clarissa Chapman Spencer, a daughter of Hon. George T. Spencer, a
prominent citizen of Steuben county, and to them six children have been born, namely: Sophie and George Wollage (twins), Hugh
Spencer, Harriet Stacy, Ransom and Helen Hayt Pratt.
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Truman S. Pritchard, Cornings oldest business man, died at his home here yesterday after a life of unusual activity aged 76 yrs.
He was a brother of Albert Pritchard of 171 West Pultney St., Corning, who died last week Thurday at the age of 67 and who was
buried on Sat. Mr. Pritchard for 51 yrs had conducted a hardware store in Corning in the same building. In the old canal days he
served for four years as collector of ht the port of Corning. [Corning March. 5, 1914].
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He opened a grocery and crockery store in Corning and served as Quartermaster of Subsistance in the 106th NY Infantry, with date
of rank of 17 Nov 1862. He was appointed DDGM of the 23 Masonic District by M.’.W.’. John W. Vrooman in Jun 1890 and was
Coroneted Honorary 33rd Degree in the Valley of Corning Scottish Rite on 15 Sep 1896.
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A. D. Stevens, a stockholder in and superintendent of the Painted Post Lumber Company, was born in Avon, Livingston, NY, 19
Jan 1864, a son of Edwin and Juliette (Deming) Stevens. His father, born in Orleans county, NY, devoted his active life to farming
and now lives in retirement at Painted Post, aged about 74. His mother, who first saw the light of day in Livingston county. NY, lived
about 45 years, all of the time at Avon, the place of her birth. She bore her husband children: A. D., the immediate subject of this
notice, and John D., who is a resident of Chicago, IL. The former spent his boyhood days in Livingston county and was educated in
the Union school at Avon. He began his business career in the lumber trade in his native town, where for about three years he was
employed by the firm of Watkins & Bennett. From Avon he came to Painted Post in 1886 as foreman for the lumber firm of Stanton,
Crandall & Company. After the dissolution of that concern he was for about two years in Mr. Stanton's employ, and when the firm of
Stanton & Brewster was organized he passed into its service, remaining with it till he became one of the organizers and
superintendent of the Painted Post Lumber Company, with the management of which he has been efficiently prominent to the
present time. This concern, employing in its yards and planing mill about 25 men, is one of the leading businesses of the town.
Not alone in connection with the Painted Post Lumber Company is Mr. Stevens active in the community. With W. A. Clark he is
concerned in real estate transactions of considerable importance, they having platted and offered for sale to home builders a two
and one-half acre tract on the street car line near the center of the village. For many years he has
taken an active interest in the affairs of Painted Post. He was village trustee four years and then
was elected a member of the village board. In 1909 and again in 1910 he was elected to the
presidency of the body just mentioned. Throughout the county he is known as a prominent Odd
Fellow, having been noble grand of his lodge at Painted Post, district deputy of District No. 1, and a
member of the Encampment and of the Rebekahs. As a Mason he is no less well known, having
passed from the Blue Lodge into the Royal Arch and Chapter degrees. His connection with
Masonry began about eighteen years ago. He was the first noble grand in the local history of Odd
Fellowship, and was a member of the building committee that had supervision of the erection of the
Painted Post Odd Fellows' temple. His identification with the village hook and ladder company has
been long. In fact, there is no important local interest of a public character to which he has not been
helpful to the extent of his ability. In political alliance he is Republican, doing all that he can to
advance the interests of his party in village, county, state and nation. In 1894 Mr. Stevens married
Miss Lydia Fancher, daughter of Delos Fancher, of Corning, New York.
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< Roswell E. Sunderlin, 33 b. 1863; d. 1922.
Corning Council of Princes of Jerusalem
Date of Charter: May 16, 1867. Stated Meetings, Second Monday in each Month.
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OFFICERS - Roswell E. Sunderlin, 32 Sovereign Prince.
CORNING LODGE OF PERFECTION, 4°-14°. Roswell E. Sunderlin, 33°, Master.
----Joseph J. Tully
William John Tully was born at Corning, NY, 1 Oct 1870, one of the five children of Joseph J. Tully, who for 40 years was a glass
manufacturer at Corning, and Sarah Byers Tully, his wife.
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Colonel Henry Guersney Tuthill b. 25 Sep 1833 Otto, NY; d. 04 Feb 1914 Corning, NY; son of Samuel Tuthill, b. 29 May 1797,
Westminster, VT, and Sarah Guernsey, b. 04 Jan 1794; m. Corning, NY 20 May 1857 Catherine Amelia Townley, b. 25 Aug 1835,
Almond, NY.
Children:
1. James Frederick Tuthill, b. 18 Jun 1859
b. 12 Nov 1862
2. Lewis Henry Tuthill,
3. Samuel Eugene Tuthill, b. 27 Sep 1868
4. Charles Guernsey Tuthill, b. 05 Feb 1871
5. Frank Wesley Tuthill,
b. 26 Aug 1873
see also “The Rich Cut Glass of Charles Guernsey Tuthill,” by Maurice Crofford, 2001. 211 pages, at
http://books.google.com/books?id=aubi0PppgYoC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Truman+S.+Pritchard%22&source=bl&ots=XlCOLu
0-qG&sig=Q-HVlOsaAxSfg5xDHa_skRZXWAo&hl=en&ei=yWkoTffqLoKs8AbyhCnAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Truman%20S.%20Pritchard%22&f
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Colonel Henry Guersney Tuthill — Distinguished not only for his gallant service in the Civil war but as an enterprising and
prosperous business man of Corning, Colonel Henry G. Tuthill is widely known as one of the leading architects of this part of
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Steuben county and also as a dealer in real estate and as an insurance man. He was born, 25 Sep 1833, in East Otto, Cattaraugus,
NY, of thrifty New England ancestry, being the lineal descendant of one of three brothers named Tuthill who emigrated from
England in Colonial days, settling in the Green Mountain state.
His father, Samuel Tuthill, was born at Bellows Falls, VT, where his father, a life-long resident of Vermont, was engaged in
agricultural pursuits. In 1882 he made his way to New York state, a large part of the way following a path marked by blazed trees,
and settled as a pioneer in Cattaraugus county. Taking up a tract of wild land, he cleared a farm from the dense wilderness, in the
meantime bravely bearing all the trials and privations incident to pioneer life. A man of much intelligence and energy, he became
active in public affairs, serving many years as justice of the peace. He lived on the homestead place until his death, at the ripe old
age of 76 years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Guernsey, was born in Vermont of English ancestry. She survived him,
passing away at the age of 86 years. Of their family of four daughters and three sons, all but one child grew to years of maturity.
Henry G., the fifth child and eldest son, and his brother, Harvey Tuthill, living on the parental homestead in East Otto, are the only
members of the family now living.
With the exception of two years spent as a youth in Ohio, Henry G. Tuthill remained beneath the parental roof-tree until nineteen
years old. Going then to Livingston county, NY, he served an apprenticeship at the cabinet maker's trade in Nunda with his uncle,
Daniel M. Tuthill, who at the end of two years gave him two hundred dollars for his services. He paid his father one hundred dollars
for his time, and at the end of his two years had a bank account of fifty dollars. He
subsequently worked with his uncle as journevman for a year, and then, in 1856, came
to Corning and the following year was foreman in the Townley & Lower factory. He
then formed a partnership with William F. Townley, his brother-in-law, and continued in
business with him about two years, when he moved with his family to Nunda,
Livingston county. Few veterans of the war between the states can look back upon a
war record as thrilling and gallant as Colonel Tuthill. On 30 Sep 30 1861, at Nunda, he
enlisted in Company A, 104th NY Volunteer Infantry, of which he was at once
commissioned captain. This regiment, known as the Wadsvonn Guards, he had been
instrumental, in raising, and his company. A, was the second to leave Nunda. The
regiment was organized at Albany 4 Mar 1863, with John Rohrbach, colonel; R. Wells
Kenyim, lieutenant colonel; Lewis C. Skinner, major. Serving bravely on the field of
battle, he was promoted from captain to lieutenant colonel in Oct 1862. At the battle of
Bull Run, Virginia, 30 Aug 1863, he received a piece of shell in his right leg, and at
Antietam, Maryland, 17 Sep 1863, he was severely wounded two fingers on his right
hand being shot off, after which disablement he returned to Corning on leave of
absence. His wounds healing, Colonel Tuthill reported to the medical director at
Washington, DC, and was sent to Elmira, NY, where he had command of the post from
15 Dec 1863, to 4 Mar 1864, when he was ordered to join his regiment, which had
been assigned to the First Amay Corps, commanded by General John A. Keynoias, of
Rochester, NY, and subsequently participated in many important and fiercely contested
engagements. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, 3 May 1863, receiving a
gunshot in his left leg, and again at Gettysburg, PA, 1 Jul 1863, a ball, which he still
carries, entered his right groin. For four days thereafter he lay on the battlefield in the hands of the enemy, without care of any kind.
When able to be removed he was sent to the officer’s hospital at Annapolis, MD, where he was examined by a board of army
surgeons of which General Graham was president and was discharged from the service 2 Nov 1863 on account of disability from a
wound received in action at Gettysburg 1 Jul 1863.
On January 33, 1864, he was commissioned by President Lincoln as captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, USA, and assigned to
duty at Newark, NJ, having charge of all the troops at this important station. From there he was ordered to Washington. DC, in Jan
1865, where he remained on detached duty until 4 Mar 1865, he was ordered to Baltimore, MD, with two companies of reserves. He
furnished the guard of honor at the catafalque when the martyred president was laid in state at the government building. He
remained on duty at Baltimore, furnishing guards for the hospitals and forts until Oct 1866, when he was ordered to Washington,
DC, and mustered out by general orders 7 Nov 1866. He was brevetted colonel of New York Volunteers on 11 Dec 1868, for
meritorious services during the war.
His services included the ensuing campaigns and engagements: Campaign against Jackson in Shenandoah Valley, May-August,
1862; battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9; northern Virginia campaign, August 16 to September 2; Rappahannock Station, August
20-23; Rappahannock River, August 21-22; White Sulphur Springs, August 5-27; Thoroughfare Gap, August 28; battle of Bull Run,
August 30; Little River Turnpike, September 1; Maryland campaign, September 3-20; battle of South Mountain, September 14; battle
of Antietam, .September 17; battle of Fredericksburg, December 11-15; Burnside's second campaign; Mud march, January 20-33,
1863; Chancellorsville campaign, April 27-May 6; operations at Pollock's Mill Crossing, April 29-May 1; battle of Chancellorsville,
May 3-4; battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. His last field duty was performed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Returning to Corning, Colonel Tuthill engaged in business as an architect, and in this line has built up a fine business and won an
extensive reputation as a skillful and practical architect. He erected a summer house, or cottage, on Keuka Lake in 1882, and has
also built many of the finest public buildings in Corning and some of the most desirable residences. He is also extensively engaged
in the real estate and insurance business and has large real estate interests in Coming.
Colonel Tuthill has long been prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic, in 1868 having organized Logie Post, then No. 80, now
Hayt Post No. 276, of which he was the commander. The colonel is one of the oldest members of the Ancient Order of Free and
Accepted Masons, having joined Painted Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM, in 1857. At this writing, in 1910, there is but one older
member of this lodge, in which he served as an officer prior to the Civil war. Colonel Tuthill is one of the directors of the Corning Cooperative Savings and Loan Association. He has been active in public affairs, from 1869 until 1872 serving as superintendent of the
poor for Steuben county, and for three years being police commissioner of Coming.
On 20 May 1857, Colonel Tuthill married Catherine A. Townley, and of the children born of their union five sons are living: James S.,
a graduate of Cornell University, has been superintendent of the Middletown, NY, schools for the past 19 vears; L. H., also a
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graduate of Cornell University, is principal of Public School No. 16, Brooklyn, NY; Eugene, who was graduated from Cornell
University, is an architect at Corning; Charles G. is proprietor of a cut glass company at Middletown. New York; and Frank W. is an
engineer on the New York Central Railroad. Colonel Tuthill celebrated his golden wedding anniversary on 30 May 1907, at which
gathering all of his children were present.
TUTHILL , HENRY G — Age, 28 years. Enrolled at Geneseo, to serve three years; mustered in as captain, Co. A , 30 Sep 1861;
wounded in action, 17 Sep 1862, at Antietam, MD; mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, 27 Nov 1862; discharged for disability, 7 Nov
7, 1863, from wounds received 1 Jul, 1863, at Gettysburg, PA. Commissioned captain, 17 Mar 1862, with rank from 30 Sep 1861,
original; lieutenant-colonel, 3 Dec 1862, with rank from 21 Oct 1862, vice G. G. Prey, promoted.
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Francis C. Williams — Prominent among the foremost lawyers of Steuben county is Francis C. Williams of Corning, who belongs to
the inner circle of the bar. The field of his professional labors has been broad, and his fine legal attainments and his noted success
have won for him a wide and merited reputation throughout this section of the Empire state. A native of Corning, he was born 26
Nov 1864, in the house in which he now resides and which has always been his home, being a son of the late Francis A. Williams.
He comes of Welsh lineage, the emigrant ancestor from which he is descended having emigrated from Wales to this country about
1640. His great-grandfather, Joseph H. Williams, was born and reared in Connecticut, from there removing to Yates county, NY, in
1801, settling in Rushville, where on 8 May 1809, his son, Ira C. W illiams, Mr. Williams' grandfather, was born.
Francis A. Williams was born, 25 Mar 1834, in Prattsburg, NY. He early determined to enter the legal profession, and in 1862, at
Rochester, NY, he was admitted to the bar. Locating the following year in Corning, he was here a practicing attorney until his death,
which occurred very suddenly, 21 Dec 1901. He was quite active in public affairs and a valued member of the Presbyterian church.
His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Clark, was born 29 Nov 1838, in Urbana, Steuben county, a daughter of Solomon Clark,
who came to this part of the state in pioneer days from New Jersey, settling in the midst of the woods. Five children were born of
their union; Mary G., a professor at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; Francis C, the special subject of this sketch; Clark
B., professor of mathematics at Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI; Jane, wife of W. H. Insley, of Indianapolis, IN; and Elizabeth,
who died 5 Jul 1908.
Acquiring his elementary education in the graded schools of Corning, Francis C. Williams was graduated from the University of
Rochester with the class of 1888. He subsequently studied law under his father's tuition, and in 1891 was admitted to the bar.
Immediately entering his father's office, he was engaged in the practice of his profession with him until the death of the father in
1901. Since that time Mr. Williams has continued the practice alone, meeting with excellent success in his legal work, his opinions
and counsel being much sought for the guidance of large interests and in the solution of perplexing legal problems. He has rendered
excellent service as a public official, having been justice of the peace in 1890, city recorder in 1892, city attorney for four years and
at the present writing, in 1910, being a member of the Corning Board of Education.
Mr. Williams is prominent in social and fraternal circles, being past master of Painted Post Lodge No. 117, FAM; past high priest of
Corning Chapter No. 94, R. A. M.; a member of Corning Consistory; and has taken the thirty-second degree of Masonry. He is also
a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Politically Mr. Williams is an uncompromising Democrat, and religiously he is an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which
he is an elder. He is unmarried and lives with his widowed mother in the home which has always been his dwelling place.
Addison Union Lodge No. 118, Addison, New York
WARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 4, 1847. The name or number has never been changed.
The officers named in the warrant are:
Bradley Blakslee, Master;
Isaiah J. A. Jones, Senior Warden;
Russell Blakslee, Junior Warden.
The dispensation was issued December 21, 1846, and made returnable May 20, 1847.
The first meeting under the dispensation was held January 11, 1847. The following were present:
Brad|ey Blakslee.
Russell Blakslee.
Jerathmel Powers, Jr.
Isaiah Jennings.
Isaiah J. A. Jones.
Lwellyn A. Jones.
Jerathmel Powers, Sr.
The first candidate initiated was JOSEPH LOCKERBY, on January 21, 1847. Fire 2 Aug 1916.
MASTERS
1847. Bradley Blakslee.
1848. Bradley Blakslee.
1849. Bradley Blakslee.
1850. Isaiah J. Jones.
1851. Bradley Blakslee.
1852. E. N. Foot.
1853. E. D. Root.
1854. Bradley Blakslee.
1855. Thomas S. Reynolds.
1856. Lewellyn A. Jones.
1857. Thomas S. Reynolds.
1858. Josiah Curtis.
1859. Josiah Curtis.
1860. Simeon McCullough.
1861. Simeon McCullough.
1862. Zelotus Grinnell.
1863. Zelotus Grinnell.
1864. W. A. Warriner.
1865. Zelotus Grinnell.
1866. Zelotus Grinnell.
1867. John Mitchell.
1868. Charles H. Edwards.
1869. Charles H. Edwards.
1870. Zolotus Grinnell.
1871. Charles H. Wombough.
1872. Charles H. Wombough.
1873. Lorain Aldrich.
1874. Lorain Aldrich.
1875. Jotham L. Wombough.
1876. Jotham L. Wombough.
1877. Samuel A. Bailey.
1878. Wesley A. Bartlett.
1879. Wesley A. Bartlett.
1880. Charles H. Wombough.
1881. Charles H. Wombough.
1882. Thomas E. Harden.
1883. Thomas E. Harden.
1884. Ezra S. Meade.
1885. Rufus C. Baldwin.
1886. Rufus C. Baldwin.
1887. Charles D. Reynolds.
1888. Charles D. Reynolds.
1889. Charles D. Reynolds.
1890. Thomas E. Hardin.
1891. Gilbert H. Brewster.
1892. Monroe Curtis.
1893. James S. Harrison.
1894. Dewitt Masterson.
1895. Charles D. Reynolds.
1896. L. P. Aldrich.
1897. John LaGrange.
1898. James S. Harrison.
1899. James S. Harrison.
1900. Delmar M. Darrin.
1901. Delmar M. Darrin.
1902. Leander C. Wood.
1903.Edwin C. Smith.
1904. Edwin C. Smith.
1905. Edwin C. Smith.
1906. Charles L. Miller.
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ADDISON UNION LODGE, NO. 118.- Addison, Steuben Co.
Date of Charter, June 4th, 1847.
Meets on Tuesday evenings.
Thos. S. Reynolds, WM,
Jesse K. Shepard, SW,
Llewellyn A. Jones, JW,
Rulef S. Gile,
Jas. S. McCay,
John H. Hill,
Secy,
Treas,
SD,
Otis H. Fluent,
Joseph S. Bell,
JD,
Tiler.
PAST MASTERS
Bradley Blakslee,
Dr. Erastus N. Foote.
Erastus D. Root,
MEMBERS
Thos. Allen,
Wm. W. Angle,
Henry Baldwin,
Joseph S. Bell,
David T. Billings,
Bradley Blackslee, 2d,
Russell Blackslee,
George C. Blake,
Carlos Brown,
Elnathan G. Brown.
Geo. W . Carr,
James R. Carr,
Benj. S. Colwell,
Levi Cornwell,
Josiah Curtis,
John L. Davenport,
Chas. De Witt,
Solomon Dick,
Amasa Downs,
Abram Dudley,
Wm. R. Elder,
Wm. M. Evans,
W. A. Faulkner,
Lucius M. Fluent,
Otis H. Fluent,
O. P. Furman,
Rulef S. Gile,
Zelotus Grinnell,
Chester M. Griswold,
Isaac Grover,
John R. Guinniss,
John Harvey,
Wm. H. Hatheway,
Alex. B. Hazon,
John H. Hill,
Ralph Hollenback,
Chas. Howard,
J. R. Hurlburt,
Josiah Jennings,
Alvah H. Jessup,
John Johnson,
Edsell L. Jones,
Isaiah J. A. Jones,
Llewellyn A. Jones,
Llewellyn A. Jones, 2d,
Lewis C. Lewis,
Wm. Lockerby,
Josiah H. Loomis,
M. C. McArthur,
James S. McCay,
Joseph E. Mintonye,
Oliver Moore,
Edward R. Paine,
J. G. Parkhurst,
Lewis C. Pendleton,
S. D. Perkins.
Chas. L. Phelps,
Libias Phillips,
Edwin Pier,
Jerathmel Powers, Sr.,
Jerathmel Powers, Jr.,
Aaron O. Preston,
Wm. Quigg,
Thos. S. Reynolds,
Chas. W. Robinson,
Truman Sanford,
Jesse K. Shepard,
Henry Sherwood,
John S. Simons,
Burr B. Smith,
Rufus Smith,
Henry Snath,
Miles Stevens,
Wm. Stradella,
John L. Taft,
Heman Temple,
Philo Tower,
Chas. H. Towsley,
Wm. H. Truman,
W. J. Van Dyke,
John C. Van Loon,
James H. Van Vleck,
John Wakely,
Lewis M. Waters,
Joseph Weaver,
Z. L. Webb,
Oscar H. Wells,
Martin Wilbur,
R. H. Wilson,
L. R. Winans,
Elias Whiteman,
Wm. Wright,
Thos. Wrightson,
Joseph Yarnall,
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Rufus C. Baldwin — This popular and successful farmer and commercial traveler is a native of Addison was born 8 Feb 1857.
James Baldwin, his father, was born at Lawrenceville, Tioga, PA, and was brought to Addison when he was about four years old by
his parents, Rufus Baldwin and Parmelia Wombaugh. Rufus Baldwin, born in Connecticut, was a soldier, serving the patriot cause in
the Revolutionary war, as was Isaac Baldwin, his father. This family of Baldwins is descended from Henry Baldwin, who emigrated
from Buckinghamshire, England, in 1627 and settled at Woburn, MA. His grandson, Isaac Baldwin, Sr., removed with his family from
Norwalk, CT, to the Wyoming Valley, PA, whence they were driven by border wars to a more peaceable part of Pennsylvania north
and west.
In 1787 they settled on the Chemung river, then in Tioga county, NY. Isaac Baldwin, Sr., was born at Norwich, CT, in Jun 1730, and
married Patience Rathbun in Nov 1751. They had eleven children, of whom Rufus Baldwin, great-grand-father of Rufus C. Baldwin,
was one. Rufus Baldwin, Jr., his son, was born in Canterbury, Windham, CT, in 1795. In Dec 1812, he became connected with the
Light Guards, in which he soon rose to the rank of major. In 1825 he removed to Lawrenceville in Tioga county, PA. He married
Parmelia Wombaugh, daughter of W illiam Wombaugh, of Addison, NY. In 1838, having disposed of his Pennsylvania property, he
settled a mile east of Addison, on a tract of 600 acres of farming and timber land that he had bought.
In 1851 Rufus Baldwin, Jr., retiring from active life, moved into the village of Addison, where he died 10 Jun 1854. Ten years later
his widow passed away. The following suggestive items of information concerning their children will be of interest in this connection.
One of his daughters married Rufus N. Weatherby. William W., who became a lawyer, died in 1852. Walter H. died in 1854. Henry,
a lawyer, financier and banker, was supervisor of Addison township from 1859 to 1861 and sheriff of Steuben county from 1886 to
1889. In 1861 he recruited Company E, 34th Regiment, NY Volunteer Infantry, was elected its captain, saw service in the
Shenandoah Valley, at Yorktown, at West Point, at Fair Oaks, at Seven Pines, in McClellan's seven days' retreat to the Potomac, at
Antietam, at Fredericksburg and elsewhere, and came out of the Civil war with high honor as a soldier and as an officer. In 1867 he
was brevetted major; in 1868, colonel.
Rufus, the next son in order of nativity, died young. Parmelia married the Hon. Byron G. Stout, of Pontiac, Michigan. E. Haskell died
in childhood. James, father of Rufus C, was born at Lawrenceville, Tioga, PA, in 1834, and was brought to Addison by his parents
when four years old. There he was reared, acquiring his primary education in the village school. After having taken a preparatory
course at the old Addison Academy he finished his education at a historic old time college at Lima, NY, which was in its day a boon
to western New York.
In 1855 Mr. Baldwin married Miss Emma L. Cowley, a daughter of Calvin and Phila (Rathbun) Cowley, and located on what is
known as the Woollenmill farm, near Addison. In the spring of 1857 he removed to Woodhull, where he built the first steam mill in
that part of the county. In 1866 he came back to Addison and during the remainder of his life was one of the leading men of that
town. From that time, indeed, dates that larger, broader history which identifies him with county and state affairs. He was an ardent
and outspoken temperance man, and in 1884 was a nominee for congress on the Prohibition ticket. He also ran for the office of
treasurer of the state as a nominee of the Prohibition party. In business circles he was active and prominent, as proprietor of the
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Baldwin bank and in connection, direct or indirect, with many important interests. As a member of the Presbyterian church he was
generously identified with the religious movement in the village. He died 6 Jan 1903. Of his three sons two died in infancy, Rufus C.
Baldwin being the only survivor.
Rufus C. Baldwin was educated at the Addison academy, De Veaux College, Niagara Falls, NY; Williston Seminary, East Hampton,
MA, and at a commercial college at Rochester, NY, where he finished with a business course. From 1880 to 1885 he was in the
furniture and undertaking business. After living at Bath three years as under sheriff of Steuben county he returned to Addison in
1889 and soon located on a farm two miles west of the village, where he lived till 1 Apr 1896. In the year last mentioned he accepted
a position as a commercial traveler, which he has filled with much ability ever since, maintaining his residence in Addison. On 18
Jun 1879, he married Miss Celestia M. Smith, of Addison.
Mr. Baldwin is a member of the Steuben Society of New York city, the City Club of Corning and the Steuben Club of Bath. He was a
charter member of the Baldwin Hook and Ladder company of Addison. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, identified with Addison
Lodge of the F&AM, the chapter at Addison, the Consistory at Corniug and St. Omar's Commandery of Elmira. Of his Blue Lodge
he is a Past Master. He is identified also with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Corning
organization of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Official and commercial life have not stifled Mr. Baldwin's love of the soil. He has not lost his interest in agriculture, owning, as he
does, a fine farm of 250 acres near Addison. There is no one who takes a deeper or more abiding interest in the affairs of the
village, township, county and state than does Mr. Baldwin. Especially is he interested in the growth and prosperity of Addison, one of
the most solid and progressive of the minor trade and manufacturing centers of Steuben county. To no appeal looking to its
advancement does he turn a deaf ear.
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Dr. Erastus N. Foote was born in Franklin, Delaware, NY, 3 Jan 1819, and graduated from the Vermont Medical College 10 Jun
1840. After which he practised his profession in Addison, Steuben, NY, until his coming to California, in 1851, when he practised in
Comanche, Calaveras county, until he removed to San Joaquin county, in 1869, where he resided until the time of his death. He
leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters, to mourn his loss. At the regular meeting of the San Joaquin
Medical Society held 3 Jan 1898, of which Dr. Foote had been a member, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That
the San Joaquin County Medical Society, in the death of Dr. Erastus N. Foote, has lost one of its most active and influential
members, the medical profession of this county one of its most able representatives, and the community at large one who by reason
of his knowledge and skill, which was given alike to the poor and the rich, was in the highest sense a public benefactor. Resolved,
That we tender to his wife and relatives our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to his family, and that copies be transmitted to the medical journals for publication.
Dr. Erastus N. Foote m. Marie H. W hite. He was engaged in the practice of medicine in Steuben County, came out to California in
1852, making the trip via Panama, and for several years he was engaged in both placer and quartz mining in this state. He was a
partner in the Foote & Thompson Gold Mining Company, which operated near Mokelumne Hill, and his gold mining enterprises were
successful. He subsequently moved to Comanche, in Calaveras County, where he practiced medicine and later continued his
profession in Lockeford, San Joaquin County, where he was a widely known and accomplished physician for many years. He died
there in his seventy-ninth year. He was a Mason as well as a member of the State Medical Society.
----Rulef Stevens Gile, b. 26 Sep 1825; d. 7 May 1858; son William Gile and Ann Stevens; m. 18 Jun 1850, Adeline Elizabeth Herr,
Addison, NY, b. 13 Apr 1828; d. 27 Feb 1903.
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William Gile (John5 Joseph4 Joseph3 John2 Samuel1), son of John Gile, b. near Providence, RI, ca 1778, married Ann Stephens,
daughter of Abram Stephens. He was a farmer at Oxford, Chenango, NY, a deacon of the Presbyterian church forty years, and died
of cholera at Hannibal, MO, 1873.
Children:
i. William S.,
b. at Oxford, NY, 06 Jan 1812; m. at Buffalo, NY, 1837, Adaline P., daughter of Harry and Phona (Delano) Butler,
born at Clinton, NY, 1817. He was a captain in the 1st PA Cavalry during the Rebellion; moved to Quincy, IL, thence to Kansas, in
1871. Was State Fish Commissioner, and Democratic candidate for member of Congress in the 6th district of Kansas. A farmer at
Venango, Ellsworth, KA.
II. Joshua K., was in early life a sailor, and afterwards ship's officer in voyages to all parts of the world, then an officer of a
Mississippi steamer, residmg at New Orleans, is now a farmer at Ion, Iowa.
III. Margaret A.,
b. 1814, d. Milwaukee, Wis., 1846; m. ca 1836, Charles N. Shumway, lived at Addison, NY, moved to
Milwaukee in 1845.
iv. Elizabeth S.
b. 1818; m. Theodore D. Ware, resided at Battle Creek, Mich., then in Iowa and Knoxville. TN.
v. Rulef Stevens, b. 25 Sep 1825, d. at Addison, NY, 7 May 1858; m. Adeline Elizabeth Herr. Was a clerk and bookkeeper at
Addison.
Child:
Rule/ Herr b. at Addison, NY, 20 Nov 1854; m. Jan. 3, 1875, Charlotte Isabelle, daughter of Orvil and Martha Ann (Davis) Herrick,
born at Wautoma, Wis., July 15, 1855. He was printer and publisher of the Wisconsin Leader at Merrillan, Jackson Co., Wis.;
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Thomas E. Harden, proprietor of the American House, Addison, was born at Sandy Hill, Washington, NY, 13 Aug 1842, a son of
Abner and Martha (Eldredge) Harden. His father had come to Sandy Hill from the Mohawk Valley. He was a shoemaker and worked
there at his trade till 1848, when he went to Sabinsville, Tioga, PA, passing through Steuben county on the way. He died at
Sabinsville when he was about sixty years old. Mr. Harden's mother was a daughter of Thomas Eldredge, of English descent, and a
native of Tompkins county, NY. She died at Sandy Hill, NY, when more than 86 years old. The extraction of the Hardens is traced to
Germany. He was the third born of his parents' two sons and two daughters, of whom, besides himself, his sister Frances J. is the
only one living. She is the wife of Ralph P. Richards, of Sandy Hill, NY.
Mr. Harden was six years old when his father went by way of Steuben county, NY, to Sabinsville, Tioga, PA. When he was twelve
he went back to Sandy Hill to live. In 1863, when he was about twenty-one, he returned to Sabinsville, stopping on the way at
Addison, where he was for a short time clerk in the village hotel, then owned by one of his uncles. He returned to Addison and from
there went to Syracuse, NY, where he was clerk in the Globe Hotel about a year. After that he was employed ten years as a
commercial traveler by A. H. Gillett, of that city. In 1877 we find him back in Addison, proprietor of the American House, which he
has conducted continuously to the present time. For a time he was interested in the manufacture of bicycles, was also interested in
the LaCost dry goods store and has had to do with other local business concerns, but first and foremost he has been the village
"landlord" and one of the most popular ones in his part of the state.
In 1866 he married Miss Minnie M. Bennett, a daughter of Urson G. Bennett, and A. G. Harden, their son, is president and general
manager of the Columbus Exhibition. Mr. Harden is a high Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge No. 118, of the Chapter No. 145, of
St. Omar's Commandery No. 19, at Elmira, of the Shrine at Binghamton and of the Consistory at Corning. Everywhere among
Masons he is greeted as of the thirty-second degree. He is a member also of lodge No. 364 of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks. In 1882 he was elected master of Union Lodge No. 118, F&AM, of Addison, and he was a member of the Council at that
place while it was in existence. He is a man of public spirit, who takes an active and helpful interest in all that promises to promote
the best interests of Addison and its tributary territory and is consulted by his fellow-citizens in all matters of general importance.
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Erastus D. Root, lived in McDonough, Chenango, NY, ca 1840. Previous to 1850 he moved and settled in the then thickly wooded
hills, about five miles north of Addison village, where he took up six hundred acres. He m. Joanna Davesport.
----WOMBOUGH, CHARLES H.—Age, 22 years. Enlisted [34th NY Inf. Vols.], 22 May 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; mustered
in as Private, Co. E, 15 Jun 1861; discharged, 15 Jun, 1861, for promotion to paymaster; commissioned paymaster, not mustered, 4
Jul 1861, with rank from 30 May 1861, original. B. 1 Mar 1839; d. 1 Jan 1895.
Dundee Lodge No. 123, Dundee, New York
Preceded by Reading No. 366c, 7 Jun 1823; renamed Ionic (Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831; revived as Reading-Dundee
No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May 1900
WARRANT: The warrant is dated June 3, 1847.
The first name was Reading, which it retained until June 4, 1858, when it was changed to Dundee.
MINUTES: Not intact. In 1860 all records were destroyed by fire, and again on January 29, 1900, all records and property were for
the second time destroyed by fire.
The Lodge was organized in 1823. It was located at Starkey (now Lakemont) about two and one-half miles from Dundee. The first
Master was HOSEA PALMER It continued to work until 1830, when, in common with so many Lodges in Western New York, it
succumbed to the ill-effects of the Morgan excitement.
Upon its revival in 1847, Dr. HOSEA PALMER was again selected as Master; SAMUEL KRESS, Senior Warden, and JOHN T.
ANDREWS, Junior Warden.
Its first meeting place was in the Hamlin Block, where it remained until the fire which destroyed its quarters in 1860; the next
meeting place was in the Harpending Block, where it remained until 1869, when it moved to the Kingsley Block; here it remained
until 1900, when for the second time its property was consumed by fire. After the fire it secured quarters in the building where it is
still located. These rooms were dedicated by M.'.W.'. CHARLES W. MEAD, Grand Master, January 3, 1901. The occasion attracted
a large gathering. Addresses were made by the Grand Master; R.'.W.'. GEORGE S. STUBBS. District Deputy Grand Master; R.'.W.'.
WALLACE BUTTRICK, Grand Chaplain; R.'.W.'. FRANK H. ROBINSON, Senior Grand Warden, and R.'.W.'. S. NELSON SAWYER,
Junior Grand Warden.
The Lodge was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the People's College at Havana, in 1853; at the laying of the cornerstone of the Home at Utica, May 21, 1891, and at the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple at Geneva, June 2, 1898.
On April 24, 1889, the Lodge held Jubilee services. The Grand Master's address was read by the Master, THEODORE M.
HORTON, and an oration was delivered by R.'.W.'. REV. D. T. VAN DOREN.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Theodore M. Horton, District Deputy Grand Master.
Edward M. Sawyer, District Deputy Grand Master.
MASTERS
1847. Hosea Palmer.
1848. Samuel Kress [Jr.].
1849. John T. Andrews, Sr.
1850. Stephen Toby.
1851. Edward Hougland.
1852. Peter McKey.
1853. Richard Huson.
1854. Samuel K. Huson.
1855. John T. Andrews.
1856. Samuel K. Huson.
1857. Richard Huson.
1858. E. W. Rogers.
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1859. E. W. Rogers.
1800. E. W. Rogers.
1861. E. W. Rogers.
1862. James A. Chapman.
1863. John H. Shaw.
1864. E[merson]. W. Rogers.
1865. E. W. Rogers.
1866. James Spicer.
1867. James Spicer.
1868. James Spicer.
1869. Uriah Hair.
1870. E. W. Rogers.
1871. Darius R. Perry.
1872. Darius R. Perry.
1873. Marcus M. Roleson.
1874. Marcus M. Roleson.
1875. Marcus M. Roleson.
1876. Myers T. Webb.
1877. Myers T. Webb.
1878. Joseph F. Gibbs.
1879. Darius R. Perry.
1880. G. Anson Beam.
1881. G. Anson Beam.
1882. G. Anson Beam.
1883. G. Anson Beam.
1884. Luther M. Hair.
1885. Luther M. Hair.
1886. Henry V. L. Jones.
1887. Henry V. L. Jones.
1888. Theodore M. Horton.
1889. Theodore M. Horton.
1890. Charles Goble.
1891. Edward M. Sawyer.
1892. Edward M. Sawyer.
1893. Edward M. Sawyer.
1894. Edward M. Sawyer.
1895. Edwin Jessop.
1896. Edwin Jessop.
1897. John S. Thompson.
1898. John S. Thompson.
1899. John S. Thompson.
1900. James E. Ruddick.
1901. James E. Ruddick.
1902. Edwin Jessop.
1903. Edward M. Sawyer.
1904. James E. Ruddick.
1905. Albert T. Beardslee.
1906. Albert T. Beardslee.
Note below the interesting interrelationship of the Kress, Hair, Hougland, Huson and Spicer families by marriage.
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G[eorge]. Anson Beam (31 Mar, 1836 - 8 May, 1918/19, Attica); son of Peter Beam, Jr. and Jane Smith; m. 1 Jun, 1888 Eliza ‘Lida’
H. Compton (6 Nov, 1840 - 25 Jun, 1887) who was born in Dundee. June1889 he was appointed Grand Steward of the GL of NY.
----Uriah Hair, b. 1825; d. 24 Mar 1907, was a well known fruit grower in Dundee; son of Luther Hair and Mary Raplee; m1. Julia Ann
Smith; m2. Emeline Huson, dau. of Calvin Huson and Betsy Crego. Calvin Huson was the brother of Dr. Richard Huson, noted
below. He was the father of Luther M. Hair.
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Edward Hoagland b. ca 1821 at NY; d. ca Apr 1862 at Tescumseh, Shawnee Co., KS; m. 24 Dec 1842 at Dundee, Yates, NY,
Eliza Ann Huson, b. ca 1825 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY; d. 28 Sep 1866 at Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS, dau. of Dr. Richard Huson
[see above] and Rebecca Kress
Child: Mary R. Hoagland b. 31 Mar 1847 at Eddytown, Yates, NY; m. Jeffrey B. Clogston
According to Stafford C. Cleveland's History and Directory of Yates Co., NY pub. in 1873, Edward Hoogland was owner and editor
of the newspaper Dundee Record from 1848-54, after which he sold it to John J. Diefendorf (see pp. 1131-32). He and his wife,
Eliza Ann Huson, moved to Kansas along with her parents, Dr. Richard Huson and Rebecca (Kress) Huson. He died about April
1862, and Eliza married a second husband, since the notice of her death gave her last name as "Hokum." According to p. 1130 of
Cleveland's History, some time after 1848, Edward Hoogland was a Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge, which was originally
organized under the name of the Reading Lodge in 1824.
From the History of the State of Kansas, edited by Wm. G. Cutler published 1886 by A. T. Andreas, chapter on Shawnee County,
the following appears to be an account of some of Edward Hoagland's activities in Kansas:
Among the settlers of 1855 were the following: Eli Hopkins, W. Y. Roberts, . . . Edward Hoagland, . . . a very good log hotel, sixty
by thirty feet, two stories high, and lean-to twenty by twenty feet. This hotel contains sixteen good-sized rooms, is just finished and
the furniture (entirely new) already put in.' (Mr. Edward Hoagland was landlord of this hotel.)"
* * *
P. C. Schuyler, who was elected Probate Judge, declined to serve, and Edward Hoagland, Esq., after being appointed to the same
office, commissioned by the acting governor and again elected by the Board of Commissioners, qualified on the 26th of February,
1858, thereby also becoming Chairman of the Board. . . .
Tecumseh was designated by the first Territorial Legislature in 1855, as the County Sea t. . . The records were, however, kept there,
and the Probate Judge (Hoagland) held office and resided in the town.
The date and place of birth for Edward Hoagland was taken from his age given on the 1850 Starkey, Yates, NY, census where his
was the 397th family to be enumerated. The source for his approximate date of death is abstract #1377 of the book, Genealogical
Gleanings Abstracted From the "Yates County Chronicle" Penn Yan, New York May 1856 to October 1867 compiled by Dianne
Stenzel, ©1992, from the newspaper dated 24 Apr 1862 which stated he had died "recently."
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Dr. Richard Huson b. ca 1798 at MA; d. at: Eureka, Greenwood Co., KS?; son of Nathaniel
Huson and Anna Spink; m. Rebecca Kress, b. 1800 at Elmira, Tioga now Chemung Co., NY?; d.
bef. 1900 at Eureka, Greenwood Co., KS, dau. of Samuel Kress, Sr. and Catharine Slaughter.
His real estate was valued at $11,500.
Children:
i. Eliza Ann Huson b. ca 1825 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY; d. 28 Sep 1866 at Lawrence, Douglas
Co., KS; m1. 24 Dec 1842 at Dundee, Yates Co., NY, Edward Hoagland [Mr.] ______ Hokum
ii. Catharine Huson b. ca 1826 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY; d. 23 Oct 1858 at Tescumseh, Shawnee
Co., KS; m. James Spicer
iii. Dr. Samuel K. Huson b. ca 1829 at Yates Co., NY; d. 2 Jan 1875 at Lawrence, KS; m. Polly
Ann Spicer [sister of James above].
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On p. 1129-30, History & Directory of Yates Co., NY, it states Samuel K. Huson was a member of the Reading Masonic Lodge,
established in 1824 at Dundee, and reorganized as the Dundee Lodge in 1848, and he served as Master of the Lodge sometime
after 1848. On p. 1020 of the History it states also that "[h]e was a Homeopathic physician and moved to Kansas."
In the chapter on "Era of Peace" in the book, History of the State of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas
appears the following:
THE HOMOEPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
This society was organized in Leavenworth 14 Apr 1869, and the following officers elected: President, Richard Huson, M. D.,
Lawrence . . ..
It was chartered in 1871, with James A. Rubicon, S. K. Huson, Richard Huson, H. F. Klemp and J. J. Edic as charter members.
The following is the list of Presidents of the society: Richard Huson, M. D., Lawrence, 1869-70; . . . S. K. Huson, M. D.,
Lawrence, 1871-72; S. K. Huson, M. D. Lawrence, 1872-73 . . .
In the chapter on Douglas Co., Kansas concerning the history of newspapers in the county from the book, History of the State of
Kansas by Wm. G. Cutler, published by A.T. Andreas in 1883 is the following entry on S. K. Huson:
The Standard, Democratic, was established as a weekly, 18 Sep 1870, by a corporation composed of S. K. Huson, G. W. Sibert, D.
T. Mitchell, E. Moore, W. S. Rankin, H. Leis, G. A. Reynolds, and W. Shannon, Jr. It was continued by them till October, 1871 when
D. T. Mitchell took sole control and published it as an evening daily paper til October, 1875, when E. G. Ross and E. J. D. Skiff
purchased it . . .
Additionally, in the section on "Secret and Benevolent Societies" of Douglas Co., Kansas is the following entry:
Lawrence Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. was chartered by the Grand Chapter of Kansas, 18 Oct 1866. The following were the charter
members: Owen A. Bassett, Eugene L. Akin, Samuel K. Huson, Robert W. Oliver, E. A. Smith, Moses Brinkerhoff, A. J. Heath, L.
Bullene, and Marcus Summerfield. First officers were: O. A. Bassett, High Priest; E. L. Akin, King; H. Huson, Scribe . . .
From the Dundee Record we learn that Dr. Samuel K. Huson, formerly of Dundee and for many years a citizen of Lawrence,
Kansas, died in the latter place on the 2nd inst., at the age of 46 years….His wife was a sister of James Spicer, Esq., of Dundee,
and she survives him with two children. [28 Jan 1875 - Yates County Chronicle]
“Transactions of the Hom opathic Medical Society of the State of ..., Volume 3,” by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of
New York, John Little Moffat, page 366.
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Historical Sketch of the Introduction and Progress of Homoeopathy in Schuyler County. By EDWIN W. LEWIS, M. D., of W atkins.
Schuyler county was erected from the counties of Chemung, Steuben and Tompkins, by legislative enactment, in the year 1855, and
although our history begins several years anterior to that date, our hastily written sketch of the introduction and progress of
homoeopathy will be confined to the limits of the county as it now exists.
For the first introduction of the principles and practice of homoeopathy in Schuyler county, much credit is due to Dr. Richard
Huson, then living in the village of Dundee, in the county of Yates adjoining. About the year 1842, the doctor, an old and successful
practitioner of the allopathic school* became a convert to the doctrines and principles of cure as enunciated by Hahnemann and his
contemporaries, and this conversion was effected by a series of careful tests and actual experiments scientifically applied and
practically carried out.
Dr. Huson was a man richly endowed by nature with an active and progressive mind, ever in search of truth and the best means of
ameliorating the condition and sufferings of his fellow men. Flattered and elated with the success of his new medical practice, he
planted his feet firmly on the rock of experimental truth and became a zealous and unflinching advocate of the system. With a mind
thoroughly convinced, ho entered the lists openly, frankly and fearlessly, and like Scott's Roderick Dhu, proclaimed to his former
associates in medical practice,
"Come one, come all, this rook shall fly,
From its firm base as soon as I."
The duties of his profession frequently brought him into the northern and middle towns of the county, where, in connection with his
practice, he occasionally gave free public lectures at district school houses, or whereever he could obtain a hearing upon the
subject. He possessed considerable talent for public speaking and an inexhaustible fund of humor and sarcasm, so that his lectures
on the "little pill system," as many at that period chose to name it, generally procured him full houses at short notice. Special
invitations were always given to members of the opposite school to attend his lectures and reply to his arguments, but they were
seldom accepted, as few were willing to come in close contact with the man, who, from long experience in their own method of
practice, they knew could wield a two-edged sword.
Thus the knowledge of homoeopathy spread rapidly through several towns in. the county ; but the opposition was strong and united
as against a common and terrible foe seeking innovation upon time-honored dogmas and formulas cherished even
"From the days of Esculapius, down
Through wearied years to Eberle and Brown."
All that could be brought against it in the way of argument and ridicule was attempted by its antagonists. But argument, unsupported
by a sure foundation, sometimes like clouds of vapor, melts into " thin air;" and ridicule, like a foul gun, knocks over the luckless
wight who discharges it.
Dr. Huson was well qualified to meet the opposing forces on either of these grounds, and was in the fullest sense a most worthy
and successful pioneer standard-bearer in introducing the homoeopathic practice of medicine into this county, and I am happy in
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being able to give a passing tribute of praise to an old friend and preceptor, and in some small measure testify my respect for one
whose worth and usefulness were so universally appreciated in this community.
After devoting more than thirty years of an active and laborious life to his profession in Yates county, he emigrated to Kansas with
his son, Dr. Samuel K. Huson, a young and promising physician, and was residing in the city of Lawrence when the rebel pirate,
Quantrell, made his murderous and destructive raid upon the ill-fated town. He however, I think, escaped with his life, but I have not
since been able to gain further particulars in regard to him.
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Henry V. L. Jones, of Dundee, a former resident and school commissioner of Seneca county, is the Democratic nominee of Yates
county for district attorney. He is a son of the late James Jones, of Lodi, who represented that town in the board of supervisors for
several terms, many years ago. He is well qualified for the office for which he has been named by the Democrats of Yates county,
and it is to be hoped he may be elected.- Seneca Falls Review. [Penn Yan Democrat, Oct 1909]
PENN YAN DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927
Henry V. L. Jones died at Dundee 31 Jul 1926, leaving $9,000 personal property. The will is dated 26 Apr 1913, and bequeaths
entire estate to Ella S. Jones, widow. Decedent left surviving one son, Dr, A. Sawyer Jones, of Shamokin, PA.
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Samuel Kress, Jr. b. 1 Aug 1789 at Orange Co., NY; d. 24 Oct 1852 at Starkey, Yates, NY age 63 yrs;
son of Samuel Kress [Sr.] and Catharine Slaughter; m. Elizabeth (Betsey) Starkey, b. ca 1792; d. 6 Nov
1828 at: Starkey, Yates, NY, dau. of William Starkey and Mary Moffitt; Other Spouses: Asenath Keyes
Sarah Hutchins
Children:
i. [Pauline] Catharine Kress,
m. Dr. Andrew Maring
ii. Andrew P. Tilman Kress
b. ca 1823 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY; m. Hester Ann Fellows and Rhoda
Ann Bunce
On p. 1129-30, of the History & Directory of Yates Co., NY, it states Samuel Kress, Jr. was a member of
the Reading Masonic Lodge, established in 1824 at Dundee, which reorganized as the Dundee Lodge in
1848, and he had served as Master of the Reading Lodge before 1848.
1850 Federal census, Town of Starkey, Yates Co., NY; 224th Family:
Samuel Kress [Jr.], M,
age 60, farmer, real estate: $110,250, birthplace NY
Sarah [Hutchins] Kress, F, age 42, birthplace NY
Charles Kress, M,
age 20, farmer, birthplace NY
Ellen Kress, F,
age 17, birthplace NY
Emily Kress, F,
age 15, birthplace NY
Harriet Kress, F,
age 08, birthplace NY
He died on 24 Oct 1852, at age 63 years, 2 months and 23 days, and was buried next to his second wife, Asenath Keyes in a
cemetery in Dundee, Yates, NY. The graves of his parents, Samuel Kress, Sr. and Catharine (Slaughter) Kress, are next to his.
The last will and testament of Samuel Kress, Jr., dated 20 Jul 1852, was filed in the records of the Surrogate Court for Yates Co.,
NY. A transcribed copy of it was available online at the US GenWeb Archives for Yates Co., NY.
Children of Samuel Kress, Jr. and Betsey (Starkey) Kress:
1. Andrew P. Tillman Kress, b. 1823, m. Rhoda Ann Bunce, b. 8 Aug. 1821, on 3 January 1849.
2. Pauline Catharine Kress, m. Andrew Maring.
Children of Samuel Kress, Jr. and Asenath (Keyes) Kress:
3. Charles B. Kress,
b. 1830, Starkey, farmer, m. Sarah Fisher, lived in California in 1906.
4. Mary Ellen Kress,
b. 1833 in Starkey.
b. 1835, Starkey, m. Lewis Ephraim Bennett.
5. Emily Kress,
6. Harriett R. Kress,
b. 1842, Starkey.
Abraham V. Harpending of Penn Yan, NY, was appointed special guardian of Mary, Emily and Harriett Kress because their father
died before they were twenty-one years of age. Samuel Kress, Jr. was a farmer worth $110,250 in 1850.
http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/yates/bios/kress.txt
Samuel Kress, Jr., born in 1789, married first, Betsey, sister of John Starkey, and had a second wife, Asenath Keyes. He had two
children, Catharine and Andrew P. T., by the first marriage, and four, Charles, Mary E., Emily and Harriet by the second marriage.
He had a third wife, Sarah Hutchins. He lived in Starkey, and died there at the age of sixty-three. Mary born in 1791, married Levi
Walling of Starkey, and had five daughters Rebecca, Alvira, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. They moved to Rockford, Ill., where Mrs.
Walling lives a widow. Leah born in 1795, married Jacob Walling. Their childen were Hannah, Catharine, Sarah A., Clinton, Amanda
and Samuel. Samuel Walling was Captain of a Company of the 161st N.Y.V., in the war of the Rebellion, and died in the service.
The mother of this family resides at Nunda, N.Y. William born in 1798, married Eliza, daughter of Peter Gabriel. Their children were
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Charles W., Susan, Adelaid, Isaac, Grandison, Scott, Genette and Olivette. Grandison lives at Addison, NY, a mechanic. Scott is
City Marshall at Elmira. Charles is a joiner, and a local Methodist preacher at Hornellsville, NY. Isaac is a carpenter at Hornellsville.
Rebecca, born in 1800, married Dr. Richard Huson. She now resides at Lawrence, Kansas. [The following is from pg. 1020 of
Cleveland's history:] Richard [Huson] born in 1798, married Rebeca, daughter of Samuel Kress, Sr. They resided in Dundee, where
he was a Homeopathic physician. They moved to Kansas about 1856, where they still reside. Their children were Eliza Ann,
Catharine and Samuel K. Eliza Ann was the wife of Edward Hoogland, for some years well known in Yates County as the Editor of
the Dundee Record. He died in Kansas leaving a daughter, Mary. Catharine was the first wife of James Spicer, and died leaving one
daughter. Samuel K. married Polly Ann, daughter of John Spicer. He was a Homeopathic physician and moved to Kansas. [Back to
p. 921] Sarah born in 1802, married Orison Seaman. They lived and died at Watkins, and their children were James, Clinton,
Catharine, Samuel, Eliza and DeZeng. James born in 1806, married Mary Hulse. They reside in Michigan and have six children,
Thompson, Mary, Garwood, Theodore, Richard and Rachel A. Thompson was a soldier in the Mexican War. Isaac Kress born in
1809 is still a resident of Starkey. He married Joanna, daughter of Wilson Ayres. They formerly occupied the homestead of
Samuel Kress, Sr. He was supervisor of Starkey in 1870. Their surviving children are Elizabeth, Melissa and Samuel H. Elizabeth
married James Moore, Melissa married Jephtha F. Randolph, youngest son of Daniel F. Randolph. They have a son, Orville Y.
Samuel H. is a classical student.
----Dr. Hosea Palmer b. 1787 in Stonington, CT; d. 1829; son of Ichabod Palmer and Zipporah Branch; m. Lucy Stanton b. 7 Sep
1791 and had 6 children. He passed away in Hornby, Steuben, NY.
----http://www.schuylerhistory.org/GAR_Watkins_Post_Book.pdf
Darius R. Perry, b. 1840, Reading, Schuyler, NY, d. 12 Sep 1916, Dundee, NY; son of Ray Sands Perry and Rhoda Robinson . His
wife, Emma Louise Arnold, died 22 Oct 1933; age 79.
Darius entered service 4 Jan 1864, Mustered 14 Jan 1864, as a Musician in the Norfolk Post Band [VA], discharged [5 Jul 1865] 9
Sep 1865. He was member no. 68 of the D. W. Washburn Post No. 515, G.A.R, Watkins, NY.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~greenefamily/greene/pafg1086.htm#42932
Darius Perry b. 1 Apr 1840 Reading, Schuyler, NY; d. 10 Sep 1916 Dundee, Yates, NY; m. 21 May 1874 Tyrone, Schuyler, NY.
Emma Louise Arnold, b. ca 1849.
Children:
i Mary Arnold Perry b. 06 May 1878 in NY; d. 11 May 1883.
ii Mabell Florence
b. 13 Nov 1881 in NY.
iii Raymond Arnold
b. 22 Oct 1885 in NY.
http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo00wolc/militaryhistoryo00wolc_djvu.txt
THE NORFOLK BRIGADE BAND.
At all military posts of any consequence the army regulations directed that bands should be stationed. Under such regulations Majot
Hanford Struble received orders in Dec 1862, from General B. F. Butler, to enlist a post band, to be stationed at Norfolk, VA. Major
Struble came North and enlisted into the service the Brass Band of Dundee. This band was mustered in at Elmira, 4 Jan 1863.
From Elmira the band went by rail to Baltimore and by steamer from Baltimore to Norfolk. The members of this band at the time of
enlistment were as follows:
John Shoemaker, (Leader, with the rank of 1Lt) E flat soprano;
Oliver Hazard Perry, E flat, base;
Stephen Bennett, tirst B flat cornet;
Dr. John Hamilton Shaw, E flat base;
Darius R. Perry, second B flat cornet;
Martin Beeman, second E flat soprano;
Melville K. Perry, baritone;
Clarence Smith, E flat, base;
Nicholas Christler, first alto;
Anthony Sellen, base drum;
Jewett Benedict, E flat alto;
Charles E. Bassett, side drum;
Charles Post, second tenor;
Thomas F. W illis, cymbals.
Osborne Clark, B flat, base;
Some changes afterward took place in membership, and in other respects. Dr. John Hamilton Shaw was discharged for physical
disability, and died at Watkins July 7, 1864, on his way home. Charles E. Bassett died at Norfolk on the 29th of June of the same
year, at the early age of fifteen years, and was succeeded as snare drummer by William H. Gladding, who was transferred for the
purpose from Company M of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery.
The quarters occupied by the Norfolk Post Band (also known as the Norfolk Brigade Band) during its stay in that city was a
commodious brick house on South Catharine Street, formerly owned by the Confederate General Taylor, and which had been
confiscated by the Government. The parade ground, where the musicians composing this band would generally play, was located
on Freemason and Cumberland Streets. Their melody was also heard at Fortress Monroe, Hampton, Weldon, Petersburg, and other
places. They were mustered out at Norfolk July 9, 1865. From Norfolk they went by steamer to Baltimore, and thence by rail to their
homes. Their excellent playing had made them during their stay in Norfolk, popular favorites, and it was with real regret that the
residents saw them leave.
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Oliver Hazzard Perry
Mr. Perry enlisted at Dundee, NY, where he was then living, 26 Dec 1863. He was 34 years of age when he, with his brothers
Darius and Melville, and brother-in-law Anthony [Sellen], joined the Norfolk Post Band. During the summer of 1864 he was ill with
typhoid fever, in the hospital at Norfolk. From there he was furloughed for thirty days and 9 Jul 1865 received his final discharge. His
grand-father, Jonathan Perry, served in the Revolutionary War. Comrade Perry is a member of A. J. Sofield Post 49, is a wagonmaker, and lives at Osceola, Tioga Co., PA.
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State of New York, County of Schuyler ss.
Personally came before me a _________ in and for aforesaid State and County, Darius R. Perry, (known) to be well to be reputable
and entitled to full faith and who being first duly sworn declares that he is late a member of the Norfolk Brigade Band and well
acquainted with Oliver Perry late a member of aforesaid Brigade Band knew him previous to his enlistment into the service in 1864
and know that he was a man of good health and habits. Was with him in June 1864 when he was prostrated with Typhoid fever; was
in attendance upon him a part of the time during said sickness; have been intimately acquainted with him since his discharge in
1865; have worked in the same shop with him and knew that since said sickness in June 1864 said Oliver Perry has been greatly
troubled with kidney disease and believe that said kidney disease resulted from said attack of Typhoid Fever in June 1864. And
further says that he is in no wise interested in his claim for Pension
D. R. Perry
(Signature)
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 2nd day of June 1882...
+++++++++++++
PENSIONER DROPPED
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENCY, PITTSBURGH, PA.
July 1, 1912
Certificate No. 283008
Class Invalid
Pensioner Oliver Perry
Soldier
Service Mus. Brig. Band NY Vol. Inf
The Commissioner of Pension
Sir: I have the honor to report that the above named pensioner who was last paid at $20.00 to 4 Apr 1912 has been dropped
because of death, Died June 24, 1912
******************
From WESTFIELD FREE PRESS
Thursday July 4, 1912
Death - Oliver H. Perry - Oliver Hazzard Perry, son of Ray S. and Rhoda Robinson Perry was born at Pharsalia, Otsego Co., NY on
April 27, 18__. In his early youth, before attaining his majority, he had qualified as an expert carriage maker. In 1844, he moved to
Reading, NY and later to Dundee, NY where for 15 years he conducted a carriage business. He later moved to Hornell, NY and later
Culpepper, Va. In Jan. 1864 he enlisted as a member of Norfolk, Virginia Post Band - Honorably discharged in July 1865. He as a
member of the A. J. Sofield Post G. A. R. On November 22, 1879, he became a member of Masonic Order in Osceola, Pa. On
September 25, 1850, he married Sarah Sellen of Reading, NY who died in November 1880. Two daughters who survive: Emma,
widow of W. C. Elliott and Carrie, wife of W. D. McDonough. In 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Perry moved from Culpepper to Osceola, Pa. He
died on monday, June 24 at the home of his youngest daughter, Carrie, at Ridgefield Park, NJ. The funeral was conducted
by the Masons from his late home. His brother Darius Perry of Dundee was in town for the funeral.
++++ Abstracts from Deeds of O. H. Perry++++
This Indenture made this twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, Between
(unreadable) Yates County, New York of the first part, and Oliver H. Perry of the village of Dundee, County and State aforesaid.
Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part in consideration of the sum of Four Hundred and Seventy five Dollars does grant and
convey to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land situate in the village of Dundee,
Yates County, New York....
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This Indenture made this 20th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six between Oliver H.
Perry and Sarah his wife of Dundee Yates Co., NY of the first part and Darius R. Perry of the same place.
Witnesseth that the said party of the first part in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars to them duly paid have sold and
by these presents do grant and convey to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land
situate in the village of Dundee (note that this is the same property that Oliver H. Perry had purchased the year before)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This indenture made this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, between
Sarah A. Perry of Osceola, Tioga Co. Pa. and Oliver H. Perry of the first part and L. L. Grove of Culpeper County of the second part,
WITNESSETH: that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars lawful money of the
United States, to her in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, have granted, bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and confirmed, and by these presents do grant,
bargain and sell, alien, enfeoff, release, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever all
that certain lot, tract or parcel of land, situate in the County of Culpeper and State of Virginia.
NAME: Oliver Hazzard Perry (#25)
Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, H. H. Hardesty ~b, 1895.
DATE OF DEATH: 6-24-1912
Westfield Free Press, Thursday July 4, 1912.
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Deeds obtained from the Yates County Clerk's Office
CAUSE OF DEATH: Apoplexy
Death Certificate
Civil War Pension File No. SC 283-008
Source: "The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of England Ancestors" by Louise Brownell Clarke, Knickerbocker
Press, New York, NY, 1903; Compiled by Julius A. Jahnke
https://home.comcast.net/~bbaccus2/Horn_Pics/OTS/BbStratTen/BbStratTen.htm
This tenor saxhorn belonged to 3rd Class Musician Melville Perry, who played
with the Norfolk Brigade Band of the NY Volunteers. He was born 28 Dec 1845, in
Starkey, NY. He enlisted 4 Jan 1864, at the age of 18, for a period of three years.
He was discharged 9 Jul 1865, and died 19 Feb 1932.
----http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/fam/fam10916.html
James Spicer b. 23 Oct 1827 at Barrington, Yates Co., NY; son of John Spicer and Mary ______; m. Catharine Huson [see above],
b. ca 1826 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY; d. 23 Oct 1858 at Tescumseh, Shawnee Co., KS, dau. of Dr. Richard Huson and Rebecca
Kress; Other Spouse: Martha Sharp
Children:
i. Mary Spicer
b. ca 1848 at Barrington, Yates Co., NY; d. there 30 Mar 1857.
ii. Catharine Spicer
b. ca 1849 at Starkey, Yates Co., NY
Sources for the information on James Spicer are:
History of Yates County, New York ed. by Lewis Cass Aldrich, pub. 1892, Syracuse, NY, pp. 510-12.
Bunce Family History by Leslie R. and Vida E. Bunce, 1977.
History & Directory of Yates Co., New York, by Stafford C. Cleveland, pub. 1873, Penn Yan, NY, pp. 155, 995, 1032 and 1130.
The source for information on James Spicer's second marriage is p. 1032 of the History and Directory of Yates Co., NY. James
Spicer was a lawyer who practiced in Dundee, NY, and at one time was a partner with Hiland G. Wolcott. Also he owned a tavern in
Dundee 1846-48 and served as Master of the Dundee Masonic Lodge sometime after 1848.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/biofam/biotreeS.htm
James SPICER
from History of Yates Co., by L. C. Aldrich, Pub. 1892, pages 510 - 512
James Spicer, one of the prominent and best known lawyers of the Yates County Bar, was born in the town of Barrington, Yates
County, 23 Oct 1827. His father, the late John Spicer was an extensive farmer, lumber dealer and builder of mills. He was an active
politician and had a strong hold on the local Democratic party. In his early life the son worked with the laborers on his father’s farm.
His early educational advantages were confined to the winter term of the “District” school. (Mr. Spicer is eminently a self-made man.
Whatever he is he has made himself). After following several kinds of business he finally settled down to the study of medicine in the
office of his father-in-law, the late Dr. Richard Huson. By the advice of the late Dellazon J. SUNDERLIN, he abandoned the study
of medicine and directed his attention to the legal profession, which was much more to his taste. He read law in the office of Mr.
Sunderlin, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, since which time he has steadily applied himself to the duties of his profession for
which he has a natural adaptation. He has made a fine record as advocate, and is a skillful cross-examiner. Sometimes in his
examinations he is very severe and he makes it very uncomfortable for the witness. He is particularly careful and painstaking in the
preparation of his cases for trial. His briefs are always full and complete. This is one of the secrets of his success.
Mr. Spicer, speaking of the commencement of his legal practice, tells the story of the trial of his first suit. He says two parties that
were in law each wanted the services of Mr. Sunderlin. They were both personal friends and he declined serving either, and advised
the parties to employ the boys (students); M. J. Sunderlin was a student in his father’s office. The proposition was accepted and “the
boys”had a severe legal tussle.” Spicer gained the suit and received two dollars for his fee. This was the beginning of a long and
successful legal practice. After concluding his studies and his admission to the bar, Mr. Spicer opened an office in Dundee. The
business was successful and from the commencement of his practice he has taken a high position in his profession.
In the year 1880 the Dundee National Bank was organized and Mr. Spicer was elected president. In addition to his other business
he has the management of a large farm. His early home training gave him a love for agricultural pursuits and he takes great pride
and pleasure in raising fine sheep and other stock. He has a fine residence in Dundee, which he occupied for some years; but
preferring a rural life he moved on his farm where he can give direction and oversight to his farming operations. His farm is situated
one half mile north of the village line and was known as the Longwill farm. Since it came in his possession he has greatly improved
and beautified it and it is now considered the model farm of the county.
In his farming business his wife is a very efficient helpmate. Mr. Spicer was twice married. His first wife was Katharine, daughter of
Dr. Richard and Rebecca Huson, in 1843, who died many years ago. They had born to them two daughters, Mary and Rebecca.
His second marriage was to Martha Sharp in 1861. Mr. Spicer has had for partners, Judge Hurd, Hiland G. Wolcott, Charles Baker,
Hon. H. Struble. His residence, with the exception of one year in Penn Yan, has been in Dundee since 1845.
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UqTaupK8T38AabyOCiAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Edward%20M.
%20Sawyer%22%20%22dundee%22&f=false page 270.
Edward M. Sawyer, b. 20 Dec 1845 at Starkey, NY. Student at Syracuse University from Dundee, NY, 1867-69. MYSTIC. B.S. M.S.
1872. Teacher of Higher Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Wesleyin Seminary, Gouverneur, NY, 1871. Merchant in Dundee,
NY. ami Chicago, IL, 1872-77. Since 1880 in real estate and loan business at Dundee, NY. President of the village of Dundee, NY,
1881. Supervisor for the town of Starkey, NY, 1891. Residence, Dundee, Yates, NY. District Deputy Grand Master, GL of NY.
Married 10 Feb. 1885, Cora Belle Smith of Dundee, NY.
Children:
HAROLD,
b. 9 Jun 1890.
DONALD,
b. 1 Aug 1894.
----http://members.fortunecity.com/flopezr/html/english/books/a/allen.htm
Myers T. Webb married, 22 Aug 1860 Annie Norris Allen, b. 11 Aug 1841, at Dundee, NY, and has:
(I) Mary Jane, born in Beaver Dam, Wis., 23 Apr 1870, and (ii) Lucien Carter, b. 4 Jun 1877, at Penn
Yan, NY; they resided in Eddytown, NY.
WEBB, MYERS T.—Age, 24 years. Enrolled [148th NY Inf. Vols.] at Starkey, to serve three years;
mustered in as private, Co. B, 29 Aug 1862; promoted sergeant, 14 Sep 1S62; sergeant-major, 1
Aug 1863; wounded in action, 18 Jun 1864, near Petersburg, VA; mustered in as second lieutenant,
Co. F, 2 Mar 1865; mustered out with company, 22 Jun1865, at Richmond, VA. Commissioned
second lieutenant, 18 Feb1865, with rank from 18 Jan 1865, vice F. P. Cook promoted.
WEBB, MYERS T.— [100 NY Inf. Vols.] Second lieutenant, 148th Infantry. Commissioned, not
mustered, second lieutenant, this regiment, 31 Jul 1865, with rank from 22 Jun 1865, vice C.
Skeldon, mustered out.
2nd Lieutenant Meyers T. Webb, Company B. & F., 148th NY with imprint of J.G. Vail, Geneva, NY,
ink signed on verso Truly Yours/Myers Webb/Lieut. 148th N.Y. Vols./Dundee NY. with green threecent revenue stamp. Webb wears the insignia of the 18th Corps in metal over a silk & heart sweetheart badge pinned to his frock
coat. Joining the 148th NY as a private in August 1862, Webb advanced to lieutenant and was wounded June 18, 1864 at
Petersburg, mustering out in June 1865.
Sentinel Lodge No. 151, Greenwood, New York
W ARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated December 4, 1849.
Name or number has never been changed.
Forfeit 3 Jun 1885; restored 3 Jun 1885.
MINUTES: Not intact. All records previous to 1887 are missing.
The first officers were:
SAMUEL OLIN, Master.
SAMUEL R. STEVENS, Senior Warden.
EDWARD R. STEVENS, Junior Warden.
From its organization to August, 1897, the meeting place of the Lodge was in the Lyceum Building, which was destroyed by fire in
August. 1897. This disaster was a severe blow to the Lodge, as all of its property was destroyed and the greater part of its records.
The warrant of the Lodge was declared forfeited, for non-payment of dues, by the Grand Lodge June 3. 1885, but scarcely had this
action been taken when steps were taken to have the warrant restored, and on June 4, 1886, the Committee on Warrants
recommended the restoration of the warrant upon the payment of a fixed sum, which was paid, and on September 9, 1886, the
valued document was again restored to the Lodge.
MASTERS
1849. Samuel Olin.
1850. Samuel Olin.
1851. Samuel Olin.
1852. Samuel Olin.
1853. Andrew Race Stephens.
1854. Andrew R. Stephens.
1855. James E. Nearing.
1856. James Harvey Stephens.
1857. Andrew R. Stephens.
1858. Andrew R. Stephens.
1859. James H. Stephens.
1860. Edward E. Stewart.
1861. Edward E. Stewart.
1862. Israel M. Brundage.
1863. Edward E. Stewart.
1864. Israel M. Brundage.
1865. James H. Stephens.
1866. James H. Stephens.
1867. Valentine Reimann.
1868. Valentine Reimann.
1869. Valentine Reimann.
1870. Valentine Reimann.
1871. James H. Stephens.
1872. James H. Stephens.
1873. James H. Stephens.
1874. James H. Stephens.
1875. James H. Stephens.
1876. Valentine Reimann.
1877. Lucien W. Brundage.
1878. Lucien W. Brundage.
1879. William N. Richardson.
1880. Lucien W. Brundage.
1881. William N. Richardson.
1882. William N. Richardson.
1883. William N. Richardson.
1884. Lucien W. Brundage.
1885. Lucien W. Brundage.
1886. Lucien W. Brundage.
1887. Lucien W. Brundage.
1888. William Burton.
1889. William Burton.
1890. William Burton.
1891. William Burton.
1892. N. Emmett Coston.
1893. Byron E. Austen.
1894. Lynn G. Burton.
1895. Jesse D. Northrop.
1896. Jesse D. Northrop.
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1897. Lynn G. Burton.
1898. Lynn G. Burton.
1899. Lynn G. Burton.
1900. Lynn G. Burton.
1901. Lynn G. Burton.
1902. Lynn G. Burton.
1903. Lynn G. Burton.
1904. Jesse P. Northrop.
1905. Allen R. Mead.
1906. Allen R. Mead.
1907. Allen R. Mead.
1908. Allen R. Mead.
1855 Masonic Register
SENTINEL LODGE, NO. 151.
Greenwood, Steuben County.
Meets on the First and Second Wednesdays in each month.
Date of Charter, December 4th, 1849.
Marcus E. Veuring, WM,
Israel M. Brundage, SW,
Hiram Putnam, JW,
Levi Davis, Treasurer,
Clark Slocum, Secretary,
John J. Guyon, SD,
Andrew R. Stephens, JD,
James H. Stephens, Steward
Nathaniel M. Perry, Steward,
Erastus T. Mallory, Tiler,
Joel C. Sawyer, Chaplain.
Charles N. Lovejoy,
Abner T. Mallory,
Lent Reynolds,
John Rogers,
Joshua Sluyter,
Danel A. Spicer,
Edwin R. Stephens,
Redman D. Stephens,
PAST MASTERS - Samuel Olin, Andrew R. Stephens.
MEMBERS.
Jesse L. Bartoo,
John Couston,
Isaac Frost,
Talmuc Furrell,
Elijah Guyon,
George A. Holt,
Nathaniel Jackson,
James H. Kellogg.
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Jesse Luce Bartoo (JESSE , SILAS , FRANCIS , JOHN BARTO, FRANCIS BARTO (BARTEAU)) b. 28 May 1808 in Greene,
Chenango, NY; d; 9 Jul 1897 in Larned, KS. M. CAROLINE BARNES 22 Feb 1829. b. 12 Jun 1812 in Greene, Chenango, NY; d. 14
Aug 1857 in Little Valley, Cattauragus, NY. Bur. Larned Cemetery, Lot No. South East 242
Military service: Grand Army of the Republic, Co. B, 9th NY Calvary
Child:
i. BETSEY BARTOO, b. 7 Jun 1831, Brisben, Chenano, NY; d. 2 Jul 1898.
BARTOO, JESSE L.—Age, 44 years. Enlisted [9th NY Cav.], 1 Nov 1861, at Mansfield; mustered in as private, Co. B, 11 Nov 1861,
to serve three years; discharged for disability, 4 Jan 1863, at Convalescent Camp, VA.
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Jesse, son of Jesse and Eunice, married Caroline Barnes of Greene, NY, 22 Feb 1829. In 1836 they moved to Jasper where he
cleared a farm. He rafted and ran lumber down the Canisteo, Tioga and Susquehanna Rivers in the spring freshets. Was counted a
good waterman, and a successful pilot. He had a good eye for a horse, was a little visionary, and of a roving turn of mind.
In the early fifties, he started for Oregon, which to him was “the land flowing with milk and honey.” But after reaching the Mississippi
River, he came very quietly home, and there was not much more of Oregon. In 1856 he moved to Little Valley, NY, where his wife
died 14 Jul 1857. He later married Malinda Chase. He died in 1897 at the home of his son Jesse in Larned, Kansas.
Children:
i. Annis
ii. Betsey
iii. Olive
iv Amelia
v. Cordelia
vi. Lucretia
vii. Laura Etta
b. 20 Nov 1829; m. 14 Dec 1847 Jacob Whiteman, Jaspar, NY.
b. 7 Jun 1831, second wife of Eli Bartoo.
b. 7 Mar 1833; d. Jul 1899; m. George Heckman.
b. Jul 1835; d. 1835 – twin
b. Jul 1835; d. 1835 – twin
b. 1836; d. 1839
b. 14 Sep 1839; m. Rowland V. Haynes of Harrison, PA.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~streeter/BRUNDAGE.TXT
Israel Morris Brundage (Benjamin S.-[7], Solomon-[6], [Nathaniel-5, Joseph-4-3, John-2], John-1), b. in Bath, Steuben, NY on 6
Mar 1826; d. in Greenwood, Steuben, NY, 1 Jan 1871; m., prob. in Greenwood, NY, 9 May 1858, Mary Jane Krusen (Francis-7,
Derrick/Richard-6, Francis-5, Derrick-4, Francis-3, Derrick-2, Garret-1). Mary Jane was b. in Greenwood, New York on 19 Feb 1833;
d. at the home of her daughter, Jessie (Brundage) Groff, in Canisteo, Steuben, NY, 19 Oct 1916. She was the daughter of Francis
and Charity (Richey) Krusen. They are both buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, NY.
During their years together, Israel and Mary Jane lived just north of the village of Greenwood. The Brundage farm was the property
now owned by the family of my cousin, George Miner-10 Williamson (Ordo-9, George Miner-8, Elias-7, Abraham-6, John-5, Peter-4,
William-3, Willem-2 Willemsen, Willem-1 Gerritsen). This charming old Greek Revival farmhouse sits on the west side of Route 248
just north of its intersection with Route 417. The mill of Israel's father, Benjamin, was reportedly located across the road from the
house. No doubt, Israel inherited the farm and the mill from Benjamin.
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. . . Maud, the daughter of Merritt C. and Cora C. (Brundage) Williamson. Her maternal grandfather, Israel Brundage, owned what
was known as the Old Brundage Mill flour and lumber), at Greenwood, eventually selling this to [Maud's] paternal grandfather, John
Williamson. W illiam M. Stuart, Who's Who in Steuben)
In 1860, Israel's and Mary Janes's household included their baby daughter, Cora; Israel's father, Benjamin; Farm Laborer Frances
Freeland; and Mary Jane's sister, Sarah Ann, working as a Domestic.
Israel was elected Supervisor of Greenwood in 1860, 1862, 1863 and 1870. He served as Master of Sentinel Lodge No. 151 in
Greenwood in 1862 and 1864.
Following Israel's death in 1871, Mary Jane persevered alone on the farm. In 1874, Jane's brother-in-law, John Miller Brundage,
acted on her behalf to secure payment of a note from Aiden-7 Miner. Aiden Miner was also a direct ancestor of mine and he was no
stranger to litigation. John threatened to involve his brother, "prominent lawyer" Robert Laning Brundage:
Mr. Aiden Miner
Dear Sir
There is due on that old [note] of Israel $765 & I Must have the Mony immediately to pay fer some Hay that Jane has bought. If not
paid I shall have to get Robert to [illegible] the Money & take your bill and collect.
J. M. Brundage
By 2 February 1880, Mary Jane had given up the farm; Elias Williamson, Aiden Miner's son-in-law, had taken over the property:
. . . Olive [Miner] was married to Elias W illiamson in the fall of 1854. He is now a well-to-do farmer, and lumber dealer living about
two miles north of Greenwood village... (newspaper clipping on fiftieth wedding anniversary of Aiden-7 and Susan A. (Smith) Miner,
2 Feb
1880)
In 1880, Mary Jane was residing between the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Merritt and Cora Charity (Brundage)
Williamson, and that of Merritt's parents, John and Adeline S. (Brundage) Williamson. At some point, Mary Jane moved into the
village of Greenwood. Nothing remains of this home which was situated on the east side of Main Street immediately south of the
home now owned by her great-granddaughter, Janette (Streeter) Cornell. As a child in the 1880s, Mary Jane's granddaughter, Mary
(Williamson) Streeter, played under the ancient Chestnut tree that still stands near the street. Following Mary Jane's ownership, the
house was acquired by the Odd Fellows and used as a lodge. It fell into disrepair and was later razed when Janette acquired the
property. Mary Jane's descendants are very fortunate to have some four-generation photographs of Mary Jane (Krusen) Brundage,
Cora Charity (Brundage) Williamson, Mary (Williamson) Streeter, and Calla Janette (Streeter) Cornell.
Mrs. Mary Jane Brundage
The remains of Mrs. Mary Jane Brundage were taken to Greenwood cemetery for interment Sunday afternoon, beside those of her
husband, Israel Brundage, who died at Greenwood about 45 years ago. Mrs. Brundage was one of the pioneers of the town of
Greenwood, having been born on the farm now owned by Freeman S. Rogers, sr., 83 years ago the 19th day of February last. She
was the daughter of Francis and Charity Krusen and was the oldest of a family of seven children, only two of whom are now living,
Mrs. Alfred Bess of Greenwood and Albert Krusen of Ulysses, Pa. She was married to Israel M. Brundage in 1659 [sic, 1858], and
from the time of their marriage until Mr. Brundage's death 12 years later they resided on the Brundage farm just north of
Greenwood, the farm to this day being familiarly known throughout this region as the Israel Brundage farm.
After Mr. Brundage's death, Mrs. Brundage with her four small children continued to occupy the farm for a number of years, Mrs.
Brundage bravely taking up the management and care of the same, as well as looking after the care and education of her family.
Later she lived for a number of years in the village of Greenwood and then moved from there to Andover, where she had lived up
until the time of her death. She is survived by her four children: Mrs. M.C. Williamson of Greenwood, B.S. Brundage of Andover,
Mrs. A.M. Groff of Canisteo and Mrs. P.M. Swink of Andover.
Though always very active and industrious and never idle, she kept hale and hearty up to within a short time of her death which
occurred while she was on visit to her daughter, Mrs. Groff in this village, on the 18th day of October. Within the last few weeks
Mrs. Brundage has pieced and lined a silk quilt for each of her great grandsons, William G. Kellogg, jr., and Malcolm Brundage, as
toke of the love and thoughtfulness she has always shown for all her family and friends, as well as an indication of there remarkable
energy and industry.
Mrs. Brundage early became a member of the Universalist church, in which faith she continued to the time of her death. She was
highly esteemed by all and leaves a host of friends in Greenwood, Andover and Canisteo who will deeply miss her and mourn her
loss.
Children, all born in Greenwood, Steuben County, New York:
i. Cora Charity-[9], b. 27 Jan 1860; d. Greenwood, NY 1932; m. 4 July 1877 her second cousin, Merritt Clarence-8 Williamson
(John-7, Abraham-6, John-5, Peter-4, William-3, Willem-2 Willemsen, Willem-1 Gerritsen), b. [Greenwood, Steuben Co.], NY 4 Sep
1851; d. Greenwood, NY 10 Nov 1928, son of John-7 and Adeline S. (Brundage) Williamson, Adeline was the daughter of John
Brundage (Solomon, ..., John-1); both d. at the home of their eldest daughter, Maud (Williamson) Kellogg; bur. Greenwood
Cemetery, Greenwood, NY. My direct ancestors; see Peter W illiamson of (then Sussex, now) Warren County, New Jersey for more
information.
ii. Benjamin S., b. 26 Oct 1861; d. at his residence in Andover, Allegany, NY on 19 Feb 1939 at 8:00 a.m.; bur. Valley Brook
Cemetery, Andover, NY; m1 1884 Jennie Williamson, b. Cameron, Steuben, NY 1864, d. Andover, NY 30 Jun 1895; dau. of W.C.
Williamson; m2 before 1898 Sophia McLoughlin, b. ca. 1872, d. Fort Worth, TX March 1922, dau. of John McLoughlin; m3. 3 June
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1903 Roxanna Bundy, b. 19 Aug 1870, d. Andover 6 Jun 1937; bur. Valley Brook cemetery, dau. Herbert and Henrietta (Fulmer)
Bundy.
B.S. BRUNDAGE PASSES FROM LIFE SUNDAY MORNING.
Prominent in Andover Business, Civic and Fraternal Circles for many years.
Benjamin S. Brundage passed from life at his home on Center Street at 8 o'clock Sunday morning Feb. 19, 1939, following an
illness of about a year's duration. Mr. Brundage was born in Greenwood Oct. 26, 1861, the son of Israel and Mary Jane Krusen
Brundage. He grew to manhood in Greenwood, where he conducted a drug store in partnership with Dr. W illiamson and received
his license as a pharmacist about 55 years ago.
In 1898 he came to Andover and entered the employ of A.M. Burrows as a clerk in the Burrows Department store. A few years later
he purchased the drug stock of Dr. Stillman and started in business for himself. Later, in partnership with C.T. Rogers, the firm of
Brundage and Rogers, purchased the C.J. Varsdrug store, corner of Main and Greenwood streets, which they operated until the
building burned. After the fire, Mr. Rogers withdrew and Mr. Brundage formed the Brundage Drug Co., at its present location on
Main Street which he had since operated. Because of ill health he sold his drug stock to Everett Clair about a year ago, but
continued to handle the paint and wall paper business.
All through the years he has been prominent in Andover civic and fraternal circles, having served for a number of terms on the
village board, both as trustee and president. He also gave unsparingly of his time to Andover High School, being a member of the
Board of Education for 25 years, a number of which he was the president of the Board. He had been a trustee of Andover Free
Library since its organization and for a number of years prior to his passing had been treasurer of the association. He was also on
the board of directors of the Andover National Bank and secretary of the Allegany Mutual Telephone company at the time of his
death.
In fraternal life he had been most active in the Masonic order, having given unstintingly of his time and ability to all branches of the
order. He was a Past master of Andover Lodge No. 558, a Past Worthy Patron of Anna McArthur Chapter, O.E.S., a Past District
Deputy of Allegany District, a member of the Corning Consistory, the Wellsville Chapter, Hornell Commandery, the Allegany
County Past Masters Association and the Allegany Past and Prest Matrons and Patrons Association. About two years ago he was
presented an honorary medal in recognition of 50 years of active service in the Masonic order, an honor which has been received by
only two others in Andover lodge, E. F. Stearns and George H. Beebe. He was also an honorary member of the Odd Fellows and
had been record keeper of the Maccabees for a number of years.
iii. Jessie, b. 31 Oct 1864; d. St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell, Steuben Co., NY 19 Feb 1939; m. at her parents' home in
Greenwood, NY on 29 May 1887 Alonzo "Lon" M. Groff, b. Bristol, Ontario Co., NY, 13 Feb 1863, d. 5 South Elm St., Canisteo, NY
4 Apr 1944 at 2:00 p.m., son of John and Amanda (Whiteman) Groff of Canisteo; both bur. Woodlawn, Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY;
resided in Greenwood for three years following marriage, then at 5 South Elm Street in Canisteo; member of the First Presbyterian
Church and Greenwood Street Tens in Canisteo, NY (obituary). In 1891, Alonzo M. Groff operated a grocery store on Main St. in
Greenwood but Alonzo Groff, painter, resided at 58 Maple St. in Canisteo (Directory of Steuben Co., NY).
iv. Eugenia, b. 5 March 1868; d. at 10 Maple St., Andover, Allegany Co., NY 11 Oct 1941; m. Andover, NY 16 Nov 1906 Peter
Merritt Swink, Andover, NY 24 April 1862, d. Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, Allegany Co., NY 28 Feb 1931, son of Peter M.
and Maria (Drake) Swink; both bur. Valley Brook Cemetery, Andover, NY; resided in Ulysses for six years following marriage and
then at 10 Maple Street, Andover, NY; she was a seamstress; member of the Andover Presbyterian church and the King's
Daughters; no children.
Copyright 1999 by Perry Streeter
------Lucien W. Brundage, b. Onondaga Co., NY, 29 Mar 1838; d. 1 May 1892; m. Greenwood, NY, 1 Sep 1861 Clarinda R. Parshall, b.
Andover, NY, 25 Nov 1841, d. Perry, NY, 19 Feb 1929, dau. of Amasa and Jane (_____) Parshall; both bur. Greenwood Cemetery,
Greenwood, NY.
Children, surname Brundage:
1. Lucinda Mae "May," b. ca. 1862; d. 1923; m. 1883 George Washington Brundage, b. 2 Nov 1860, son of Homer S. and Catherine
M. (Stephens) Brundage.
2. Lena,
m. Frank Langworthy; resided in Plainfield or Bloomfield, NJ in 1929.
3. Lottie,
b. 27 June 1867; d. 1 Feb 1950; m. 1891 Claude B. Blowers; resided in Perry, NY in 1929.
4. Fanny, b. 1880; m. E.R. Langworthy; resided in Geneva, IL or Lima, OH in 1929.
5. LeRoy, b. Greenwood, NY 5 July 1875; m. 1 June 1909 Grace Mary Williams, b. Wellsville, NY 29 June 1887, d. Wellsville, NY
10 March 1974, dau. of Adam and Mary (Driscoll) Williams; resided in Andover, NY in 1929.
6. Arthur, d. young.
http://www.eveningtribune.com/obituaries/x313661781/RICHARD-H-PETE-STEPHENS
Canisteo, N.Y. —
Richard H. “Pete” Stephens, 81, of Fourth Street, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday (May 26, 2009) at Strong Memorial
Hospital in Rochester, as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at home. Richard H. Stephens, better known as “Pete,” was born 26
Oct 1927 in Greenwood to Archie and Gertrude (Atkins) Stephens. On 29 Jan 1949, in North Tonawanda, he married Margaret
Findlay, who survives. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert Stephens, and two sisters, Verona Quinn and Roberta Kantrowitz.
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A life long resident of the Canisteo Valley, Pete graduated from Greenwood Central School as
valedictorian of the class of 1945. He was very active in Boy Scouting growing up, and was the first
Eagle Scout from Greenwood. In June of 1945 he enlisted into the U.S. Army during WWII where
he served in the occupation of Germany until the end of the war. He retired from the active Army
reserves attaining the rank of Major. After the service he graduated from Alfred University in 1950 with
a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was employed with the N.Y.S.D.O.T. in
Hornell as Regional Real Property Officer for Regions 6 and 11, retiring after 37 years, after which he
pursued his “hobby” of growing Christmas Trees and owning and operating the locally known
Stephens Tree Farm in Hartsville.
Pete was very civic minded and was first and foremost a devoted member and elder of the First
Presbyterian Church in Canisteo. He was a member and past president of the Canisteo Rotary Club
and was recipient of the Rotary Paul Harris Award. He was a 60-year-member and Past Master of
Greenwood Sentinel Lodge No. 151 F&AM, 60-year-member of the Greenwood American Legion
Post No. 1425, and he was a member for many years and past president of the N.Y.S. Christmas Tree Farmers Association.
Pete was an avid outdoorsman who was an accomplished hunter when it came to pursuing deer and turkeys. As an archer his
achievements included being Steuben County Champion for several years. His love and passion for nature and conservation made
him a leading voice for Canisteo and Region 8 Fish and Wildlife Management areas. He was a member of the Steuben County
Conservation Council as well as a delegate to the N.Y.S. Conservation Council. In the Fall of 2008, Pete was awarded the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the N.Y.S. Conservation Council for his efforts in conservation. He was also recognized by The Leader as
“people who make a difference.”
A “gentle” man by nature he was a devoted, dedicated and proud husband, father, grandfather and friend who enjoyed the company
of his family and friends throughout his life. In addition to his wife of 60 years, Margaret Stephens of Canisteo, Pete is survived by
his daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and David Smith of Berne; two Eagle Scout grandsons he was very proud of, Colin Smith of
Boston, Mass., and Ian Smith of Berne; his nieces and nephews, Barry Quinn, Beverly Ryan, Patricia Stephens, David Stephens
and Greg VanAllen.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the H.P. Smith & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 29 East Main St. in
Canisteo where a Masonic Service will take place at the conclusion of calling hours at 9 p.m. A funeral service will take place at 11
a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Canisteo. Burial with military honors will be Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood.
Memorial contributions in Richard “Pete” Stephens’ name may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 10 South Main St.,
Canisteo, N.Y. 14823 or to the Pete Stephens Conservation Camp Fund for Teens through the Canisteo Rotary Club, c/o Gail
Davis, P.O. Box 86, Canisteo, N.Y. 14823.
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1 Lt Abner T Mallory 1831 Troupsburg Stueben Co NY parents VT = Rhoda P____ 1830 Steuben Co NY (Note: Lt Abner T Mallory
c 1831 farmer of Troupsburg, Steuben NY enlisted 26 Feb 1863 age 31. He was promoted to Full Lt 1st Class 9 Feb 1864,
mustered out 31 Oct 1865 Clarksville TX) (NOTE: Abner T Mallory 1831 NY carpenter parents VT, wife Mary 1841 MA parents MA,
plus HF Cornwall1852 MA works in shoe factory 1880 census SF CA) (Abner T Mallory 2nd Reg MA Cavalry)
NOTE: Abner T Mallory 1831 NY = Mary 1841 MA)
Abner F Mallory 1855 census Stuenben Co NY ae 24 living in NY 24 years.
Military Roll of Stueben Co NY 1854: Civil War photo: Outside view from Point Lookout, Maryland, of 28 officers from the 5th Regt.,
Mass. Vol. Cav. (colored). They are posing in front of an old wooden building.
Abner T Mallory (each paid 50 cents)
NE Mallory
San Francisco, CA Newspaper
Mallory, Abner T. died in 1893, age 62
-----Samuel Olin
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/GENE20-0076.html
PAMELIA STEPHENS (Colonel John, Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry), b. 19 Apr 1810, Canisteo, Steuben, NY; d. 25 Apr 1892,
Greenwood, NY; m. SAMUEL OLIN, M.D., NY; b. 1 Jul 1799, Bainbridge, NY; d. 30 Mar 1869, Hornell, NY. They were buried at
Greenwood. Mr. Olin was a physician.
Greenwood Cemetery - Pamelia Stephens, Wife of Samuel Olin & daut. of Col. John Stephens, died Apr. 26, 1892 Age 82 yrs.
(Her husband Samuel Olin died March 30, 1869 aged 69 yrs, 8 mo. 29 days.)
Source- "Stevens-Stephens Genealogy"--by Plowden Stephens, 1909
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=rstep&id=I00320
2 Pamelia STEPHENS b: 19 Apr 1810 d: 25 Apr 1892 + Samuel OLIN b: 1 Jul 1799 d: 30 Mar 1869
3 Sabrina OLIN + CORNELL
3 Ann Vrunetta OLIN b: 24 NOV 1831 + Jedediah M. BAKER b: 11 JUL 1830
3 Marcello OLIN b: 3 JUN 1834 d: 28 DEC 1894 + Eunice WEBB
4 Clem E. OLIN b: ABT 1861
4 Clara E. OLIN b: FEB 1864 + Mr. MILLER
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4 Frank R. OLIN b: ABT 1866
4 Gertrude May OLIN b: FEB 1870 + Mr. SNYDER
3 Frederick Marshall OLIN b: 26 OCT 1839 + Mary C. STEPHENS b: 25 DEC 1841 d: 17 FEB 1916
4 Frederick Marshall Olin JR. b: 19 JUN 1873 + Golden Belle SMITH b: 14 JUN 1884
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Valentine Reimann, born 26 May 1828 (Windenheim, Prussia), died Nov 1903 (Franklinville, New York).
He married 24 Dec 1851 Elizabeth Madden Lawrence of Milo, Yates County, NY (died Nov 1903).
Valentine Reimann died at Franklinville, NY, 8 Nov [1903], after a short illness, at the age of 78, and his wife, Elizabeth, died two
days later. They were buried in the same grave on the 12th. They had located In Franklinville to live with their son, Edward J.
Reimann, who is a member of the drug firm of Ferris & Ferris Company. George Reimann, of Buffalo, was a nephew, whom they
held in the highest affection and whom they visited only two weeks before their death.
Reimann was a German immigrant settled in New York State. His papaers contain correspondence, diaries, financial and legal
records, and genealogical information on the Cornwall and Lawrence families. Included is material on Civil War service in Company
H, 141st NY Regiment. [Located at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.]
REIMANN, VALENTINE.—Age, 34 years. Enrolled [141st NY Inf. Vols.] at Greenwood, to serve three years, and mustered in as
private, Co. H, 22 Aug 1862; promoted sergeant, 11 Sep 1862; mustered out with company, 8 Jun 1865, near Washington, DC; also
borne as Raiman and Rehnen. Commissioned, not musl'tred. second lieutenant. 17 May 1865, with rank from 1 Jan 1865.
Fought in Civil War
Franklinville, New York
--Hobart Reimann archive
FRANKLINVILLE MAN WAS A TRUE VALENTINE, by Joan C. Wilson, Franklinville Town Historian
Valentine Reimann was born in Windenheim, Prussia, on March 26, 1828. His parents emigrated to the United States (an ocean
journey which took over three months) when he was a lad of but 11 years and settled in Buffalo, NY. On Christmas Eve, 1851, he
was united in marriage to Elizabeth Madden Lawrence, of Milo, Yates, NY. About the year 1858 he went to Greewood, Steuben
County. Over the next 40 years he engaged in the mercantile business, four times represented his town as supervisor, and for
several years was the postmaster of that village. Valentine Reimann also served in the War of the Rebellion. In their old age, the
couple came to Franklinville to make their home with their son Edward.
A newspaper published in Franklinville carried the following small item in its 17 Dec 1901 issue: "Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Reimann
celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, E. J. Reimann, in this village Tuesday afternoon. The
occasion was most pleasant for the 30 or so guests present. Several handsome gifts were left the respected couple as reminders of
the event." Two years later, in Nov 1903, Valentine and his wife died within two days of each other. But the legacy of love and
service they had created continued.
Children of Valentine Reimann and Elizabeth Lawrence:
i. Augusta Reimann
ii. (17)Anna Reimann
iii. Hattie Reimann
iv. (18)Caroline Reimann
iii. (19)Edward J. Reimann
iv. Mary Reimann, born 1855, died 1857
Below is, regretfully, an early tin type of Sergeant Reimann. http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?ItemId=38801
The double armed sergeant posed before an exotic painted back drop is pencil identified as “V. Reimann / Greenwood / Steuben /
N.Y.” This is Sergeant Valentine Reimann, Co. H, 141st NY, who enlisted in August 1862 and was discharged as a 2nd lieutenant in
May 1865. Oddly, Reimann wears two belts, one of which carries an M1840 NCO sword. The 141st NY was originally an 11th Corps
outfit that saw heavy fighting during the Atlanta campaign with the 20th Corps.
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=rstep&id=I10504
Andrew Race Stephens, b. 1809, Greenwood, Canisteo, NY; son of Ezra Stephens and m. NANCY PEASE; b. bet. 1804-1818.
Children:
1. Lerantia STEPHENS
2. Dora STEPHENS
3. Sabrina STEPHENS
Edwin R. STEPHENS [bother of James Harvey below] b. 8 Apr 1819 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY; d. 17 Jan 1901; bur. Greenwood,
Steuben, NY; son of Phineas STEPHENS b. 8 Apr1794 in Canisteo, and Hila STEPHENS b. 13 Apr 1796 in Canisteo; farmer; m. 4
Jul 1850 Nancy E. PUTNAM b. 19 Mar 1831 Greenwood, Steuben, NY.
Children
1. Mary Ervilla STEPHENS b: 19 OCT 1852 in Greenwood, Steuben Co., New York
2. Sadie Angelia STEPHENS b: 9 JUL 1854
3. Melissa Rachael STEPHENS b: 9 FEB 1856
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James Harvey Stephens, [brother of Edwin R. above] b. 8 Dec 1825 in Greenwood, Steuben, NY; d. 21 Sep 1895; lumberman; son
of Phineas STEPHENS b. 8 APR 1794 in Canisteo, Steuben, NY, and Hila STEPHENS b. 13 Apr1796 in Canisteo. James served
in the Legislature in the session of 1864.
m1. Rebecca STEPHENS 3 Jun 1847 in Canisteo, b. 14 Mar 1829 in Canisteo, d/o Obadiah STEPHENS and Sarah CHAPMAN.
m2. Ambosia DAVIS 14 Apr 1852 in Canisteo, b. 14 Apr 1832 in Canisteo, d/o Redman S. DAVIS and JANE Porter
m1. 1847 Rebecca STEPHENS b. 14 Mar 1829 in Canisteo.
Child:
1. Sarah STEPHENS
b. 22 Apr 1849
m2. 14 Apr 1852 in Hornellsville House, Hornellsville, Steuben, NY, Ambrosia DAVIS b. 14 Apr 1832 in Greenwood, NY.
Children:
1. Estella STEPHENS
b. 07 Nov 1854
2. Nell STEPHENS
b. 18 Nov 1860
3. Josephine STEPHENS
b. 05 Apr 1862
4. Mary Davis STEPHENS b. 22 Jan 1868
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Redmond [Redman] D. STEPHENS b. 2 Nov 1829 in Greenwood, Steuben, NY; son of Alexander H. STEPHENS b. 8 Sep 1801
in Canisteo, Steuben, NY [son of Col. John Stephens], and Mary M. DAVIS b: 1810 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA; m. 7 Oct 1857
Louisa BRIER. He was educated at Alfred College and the Albany, NY, Law School, and was admitted to the Bar. He removed to
Marion, IA.
Children
1. Mary STEPHENS b: 7 APR 1868
2. Louisa STEPHENS b: 31 MAR 1871
3. Redmond D. STEPHENS b: 30 MAY 1874
Pultneyville Lodge No. 159, Williamson/Pultneyville, New York
Warrant:
2 Jun 1880
Prev. No. 201, 11 Dec 1811; last officers elected 26 Dec 1833; revived as No. 159, 18 Jun 1850; of Putneyville, Wayne Co.
The first warrant issued, 11 Dec 1811, and the warrant issued when the Lodge was revived in 1850 are missing.
MINUTES: Not intact. All records from 1829 to 1850 are missing.
The original warrant named as officers:
JACOB W. HALLETT. Master.
TIMOTHY SMITH. Senior Warden.
W ILLIAM ROGERS, Junior Warden.
The original petition on file in the office of the Grand Secretary is dated Putneyville 7 Jul 1810, and is signed by the following:
Eleazar Fairbanks.
Zadok Higgins.
Thaddeus Martin.
James T. Seely.
Walter Waters.
Jacob W. Hallett.
Freeman Hopkins.
William Rogers, Jr.
Timothy Smith.
Russell Whipple.
Samuel Ledyard.
Peter Thatcher.
Elisha Wood.
The petition has the following endorsement. "Read in Grand Lodge 5th June. 5811, and referred to the officers of the Grand Lodge."
On 7 Dec 1811, M.'. W.'. DEWITT CLINTON-. Grand Master, issued n dispensation directing W.'. A. E NSWORTH of Mount Moriah Lodge
to institute Putneyville Lodge and install its officers. For some unknown reason this was not done until 12 Dec 1812. when the Lodge
was instituted and the following officers installed by W.'. Bro. E NSWORTH:
JACOB W. HALLETT, Master.
JAMES T. SEELY. Treasurer.
ELISHA W OOD. Junior Deacon.
TIMOTHY SMITH. Senior Warden.
SAMUEL LEDYARD. Secretary.
RUSSELL W HIPPLE. Steward.
W ILLIAM ROGERS. JR.. Junior Warden.
JOHN LAMBERT, Senior Deacon.
W ALTER W ATERS. Tiler.
The Lodge appears to have thrived for a few years, and in all probability it would have continued to flourish had it not been for the
anti- Masonic crusade. The last returns on file, dated 27 Dec 1825, gives a membership of thirty.
So far as can be learned from the meagre data in existence, it seems that after the close of the year 1825 the Lodge met at
infrequent intervals, but elected its officers regularly until 26 Dec 1833. There is no record of any meetings held after this date.
The last officers were:
HOSEA GAGE, Master.
PHILANDER B. ROYCE, Senior Warden.
JEREMIAH B. SELBY, Junior Warden.
The officers named in the warrant issued 18 Jun 1850, were:
PHILANDER B. ROYCE. Master.
JOHN COTTRELL. Senior Warden.
HOSEA STRAIT, Junior Warden.
The warrant issued 2 Jun 1880, names as officers:
T. SCOTT LEDYARD, Master.
JOHN A. LANG , Senior Warden.
JOHN P. BENNETT, Junior Warden.
Attached to the report of this election is a note signed by Andrew Cornwall, in which he says: "I would remark that on account of the
prevalence of anti-Masonry said Lodge has omitted to meet except to attend to the annual election of officers . . . yet we have a
faithful few and wish to ingratiate peace. We live in the infected district, and wish to be prudent to preserve said peace." In common
with many other Lodges during this troublesome period, its effort to "ingratiate peace" failed, and it ceased to meet until the passions
of blind prejudice had spent their force: consequently for almost seventeen years Masonry slumbered in that community.
The Lodge originally and for many years was located at Putneyville. Shortly after its revival in 1850 a change in location was
considered. At a session of the Grand Lodge held 6 Jun 1856, a report made by the Committee on Warrants contained the
following:
"A petition was received from Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159, asking for a change in its place of meeting from Pultneyville to
the village of Williamson, which your committee recommend should be granted."
For some reason no further action was taken toward making a change at that time. On October 15, 1872, .’. W.’. CHRISTOPHER G.
Fox Grand Master, gave the Lodge permission to remove to Williamson subject to the approval of the Grand Lodge, and on 5 Jun
1873, a resolution was adopted by the Grand Lodge permitting its removal, and it has since been located at Williamson.
It held "Jubilee" services 24 Apr 1889. It was represented at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica. 21 May 1891.
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MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
J. P. Bennett. Assemblyman.
Ledyard S. Cuyler. County Clerk.
O. W. Powers, Supreme Court Judge, Utah.
Andrew F. Sheldon, County Treasurer.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Asahel Todd, District Deputy Grand Master.
Robert S. Carr. District Deputy Grand Master.
MASTERS OF No. 201
1812. Jacob W. Hallett.
1813. William Rogers.
1814. William Rogers.
1815. Peter Thatcher.
1816. John Lambert.
1817. John Lambert.
1818. John Lambert.
1819. John Lambert.
1820. Byron Green.
1821. Byron Green.
1822. Andrew Cornwall.
1823. Andrew Cornwall.
1824. Andrew Cornwall.
1825. Russell Whipple.
1826. Andrew Cornwall.
1827. Andrew Cornwall.
1828. Jeremiah B. Selby.
1829. Samuel Wilkins.
1830. Hosea Gage.
1831. Hosea Gage.
1832. Hosea Gage.
1833. Hosea Gage.
1834. Hosea Gage.
MASTERS OF No. 159
1850. Philander B. Royce.
1851. Stephen Vaughn.
1852. Stephen Vaughn.
1853. John Cottrell.
1854. Asahel Todd.
1855. Stephen Vaughn.
1856. H[arvey]. Auchampach.
1857. Samuel Vaughn.
1858. John N. Brownell.
1859. Asahel Todd.
1860. H. Auchampach.
1861. John S. Todd.
1862. John S. Todd.
1863. John S. Todd.
1864. Dr. David S. Beardsley. *
1865. H. Auchampach.
1866. H. Auchampach.
1867. T. Scott Ledyard.
1868. H. Auchampaeh.
1869. James M. Hinoff.
1870. Andrew F. Sheldon.
1871. H. Auchampach.
1872. T. Scott Ledyard.
1873. T. Scott Ledyard.
1874. T. Scott Ledyard.
1875. Alexander G. Austin.
1876. Alexander G. Austin.
1877. Alexander G. Austin.
1878. Andrew F. Sheldon.
1879. Alexander G. Austin.
1880. T. Scott Ledyard.
1881. John A. Lang.
1882. John A. Lang.
1883. William W. Shipley.
1884. William W. Shipley.
1885. William W. Shipley.
1886. James H. White.
1887. James H. White.
1888. William W. Shipley.
1889. William W. Shipley.
1890. William W. Shipley.
1891. David L. Gordon.
1892. Frank W . Clark.
1893. C. E. Congdon.
1894. John E. Tufts.
1895. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1896. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1897. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1898. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1899. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1900. Mortimer P. Tufts.
1901. Robert S. Carr.
1902. Robert S. Carr.
1903. Robert S. Carr.
1904. Robert S. Carr.
1905. Elwood H. Lapp.
1906. Elwood H. Lapp.
1907. Michael G. Vanlare.
1908. William C. Hoagland.
* b. ca 1810; d. Mar 1897, age 87. Dr. D.S. Beardsley was the delegate from Pultneyville Lodge, No. 159 F.A.M. to the Grand
Lodge held in New York 4 Jun 1867.
http://wayne.nygenweb.net/census/1870williamsoncen6.html
1870 Census, Williamson, NY:
BEARDSLEY, David S., 60, M, W, physician, ___, $1200, Connecticut
BEARDSLEY, Laura F., 49, F, W, keeping house, ___, ___, New York
----http://wayne.nygenweb.net/williamson/oldpulteneyvillenews4.html
At the annual election for officers of Pultneyville Lodge No. 159, F.A.M., held at the room, Thursday, 25 Dec1861 the following were
chosen officers for the ensuing year: John Todd, W.M.; Dr. D. S. Beardsley, S.W.; J. Todd, J.W.; R. R. Mount, Treas.; T. Scott
Ledyard, Sec.; John N. Brownell, S.D.; Z. Burnell J.D.; A. A.Cornwall and James Ferguson, M.C.; R. Russell, Tiler.
Dec 1865 - At the annual meeting of the Pultneyville Lodge No. 159 F.A.M., the following were elected officers for the current year:
Harvey Auchampach W.M., T. Scott Ledyard S.W., J. H. Powers J.W., Ledyard S. Cuyler Treas., A. A. Cornwall Sec.
----http://www.homeoint.org/history/cleave/a/austinag.htm
Cleave's Biographical Cyclopædia of Hom opathic Physicians and Surgeons, by Egbert Cleave
Alexander G. Austin, M. D., of Williamson, NY, was born in Hartford Township, NY, 21 Mar 1823. He was brought up on a farm,
and received but two months' schooling each year until he was twenty-three years of age, when he attended the Academy at
Marion, NY. In the spring of 1848 he began the study of medicine with Dr. L. D. Hill, of Williamson, and afterward, under the
direction of Dr. Chase of Palmyra; attending one course of lectures at the Hom opathic Medical College at Cleveland, OH, and
another at the Hom opathic Medical College of PA, and graduating from the latter in Mar 1853. During the last four months of the
college course he lectured on surgery at the Hahnemann Institute. In the spring of 1853 he commenced the practice of medicine
and surgery at Newark, NJ, where he remained until Jun 1854, when the illness of his parents necessitated his return home, and
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while there he found his services in such demand among his old friends and acquaintances that he decided to remain, and he has
ever since enjoyed a fine business and the confidence of his patrons.
Dr. Austin makes obstetrics a specialty, and his remarkable success as an obstetrician has given him a wide reputation. In 1857, he
married Miss Ursula J. Salsbury, of Shortsville, Ontario, NY, by whom he had one son, which died in infancy.
The doctor has ever been a most earnest advocate of hom opathy, and has labored strenuously, by word and by practice, to win
for it in the minds of others the same conviction of its superiority, which has led him to venture upon it all his prospects of
professional success. In politics, Dr. Austin is a strong Republican; ever active, "in season and out of season," in his endeavors for
the advancement of those principles he deems enhansive of the welfare of his race.
----Dr. Jeremiah B[rainerd]. Selby [4d5r] b. 1 Sep 1788 East Haddam, CT; son of Jeremiah Selby and Sarah Cone.
[note: time frame is incorrect for this entry].
http://www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/mkemarSbios.php
The Medical History of Milwaukee, By Louis Frederick Frank. Published 1915. Germania Publishing Co.
The first medical student in Milwaukee was Dr. Jeremiah B. Selby, who came from Wayne County, NY, in 1842. During the next two
years he read medicine in the office of Drs. Bartlett and Bean, pursued his studies in Willoughby College, Ohio, and finally
graduated in the medical department of the University of New York. In 1843, while still a student, he was placed in charge of the
isolation hospital during the first small-pox epidemic. In 1845 he began practice in Milwaukee. He was a member of the first city
school board, which was appointed in 1846 and which laid the foundation of the public school system. He was appointed pension
agent by Pres. Lincoln soon after the commencement of the war. He was actively engaged during the cholera epidemic of 1850, but
soon retired from practice after the war, though always interested in medical affairs, being elected president in 1882 of the since
1879 newly revived Milwaukee County Medical Society. Throughout his active years he was an earnest, public-spirited citizen, alive
to the interests of his profession and the city of his residence, winning the highest esteem of his fellow-practitioners and fellowmen.
He came to his death by falling through an elevator-shaft, 1 Jun 1897.
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Ledyard Speed Cuyler [b. Nov 1827/33; g.s. 1832-1912] is one of the prominent and influential Republican leaders of Wayne
county and is at present chairman of the Repubcan County Committee and County Clerk, which latter position he has held since
1893. and is now serving his fourth term. He was nominated each time by the unanimous vote of his party. His administration of the
county clerk's office has been characterized by efficiency and economy, and it is a recognition of this fact on the part of the people
which has led to his repeated
re-elections. As chairman of the Republican County Committee Mr. Cuyler has displayed a remarkable genius for politics and his
complete mastery of the details of party organization has resulted under his administration in a largely increased Republican vote in
the county.
Ledyard S. Cuyler was born at Aurora, Cayuga Co., NY. The first twenty years of his life were spent on a farm. In early life he
became active in politics and in 1870 was appointed to a place in the New York custom house, a position which he filled with credit
and ability for fifteen years. He then returned to Wayne county and located on his father's farm at Pultneyville, a handsome country
home near the shore of Lake Ontario, where he resided until he was elected county clerk, when he took up his residence in Lyons.
He was elected chairman of the County Committee in 1899, serving at the head of his party organization ever smce and being again
re-elected by the unanimous vote of the committee on Sept. 2, 1904. He is now engaged in conducting the Republican campaign in
this county with his characteristic energy and ability, Mr. Cuyler has repeatedly represented Wayne county to the Republican State
conventions.
Mr. Cuyler is a son of Samuel C. Cuyler, who was a native of Aurora, NY, and who married Julia Elizabeth Speed, a descendant of
an old Virginia family of that name. In 1832 Mr. Cuyler's parents settled in Pultneyville. NY. where Mr. Cuyler purchased what
is now the old Cuyler homestead. Mr. Samuel C. Cuyler was a prominent and influential citizen and was identified with the
Republican party from its birth, being elected State Senator in 1856, he being the first Republican elected to that office from
this district. He was a zealous tempei'ance advocate and was prominent in the abolition movement of his time. During his lifetime he
was prominent in the business, social and political life of the county and was a conspicuous figure in Wayne county history.
Ledyard Speed Cuyler, b. ca 1833, m. 24 Mar 1856 Eliza P. Todd, b. 2 Mar 1833; d. 1917, d/o Ashahel Todd [see below], They
had a daughter Julia T. Cuyler, b. 20 Oct 1864; d. 30 Oct 1869
----Asahel Todd, Jr. donated of his father's Masonic regalia and Asahel Todd's certificate as District Deputy Grand Master, Masonic
District No. 15 to Cornell University’s Collection.
http://www.archive.org/stream/toddfamilyinamer00todd/toddfamilyinamer00todd_djvu.txt
Asahel Todd, (Jehiel6 Stephen5', Stephen4 Samue3, Samuel2, Christopher1) b. 5 Feb 1787, prob. Walllingford, CT; d. 12 Jan
1871; m1.3 May 1812, Mary Ann Fitch, b. 1794; d. 13 May; m2. July 20, 1814, Philane Long, b. 7 Mar 1793. He was a physician and
lived in Pultneyville, NY. Bur. Lakeview Cemetery, Pultneyville (Williamson), Wayne, NY.
Child by Mary Ann Fitch:
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i. Mary Ann,
b. 24 Mar 1813.
Children by Philane Long:
ii. Albert S.,
b. 10 May 1815.
iii. Rexaville,
b. 02 Apr 1817.
iv. Angeline,
b. 05 Mar 1819.
v. Libanus M.,
b. 13 Mar 1821; d. 4 May 1847.
vi. Asahel [Jr.]
b. 26 Mar 1827; d. 1916; m. 4 Dec 1849, Sarah Maria, b. 1832 Austerlitz, Columbia, NY, d/o John McLoud and
Cordelia Phelps. They lived in Rochester, NY. Children:
a. Charles Francis,
b. 25 Jul 1851.
b. George Walter,
b. 29 Feb 1860.
c. Libanus McLoud,
b. 14 Jul 1862.
d. Ellen Laura,
b. 14 Mar 1871.
vii. Augusta P.,
b. 30 Nov 1829; d. 25 Jul 1855; m. 12 Oct 1852, T. Scott Ledyard, who was b. in 1827; T. Scott Ledyard, son
of Samuel Ledyard, of this village, married Miss Ellen Nichols, d/o Benj. Nichols, of Williamson, Tuesday morning, 20 Sep 1861..
viii. Eliza P.,
b. 02 Mar 1833; m. 24 Mar 1856 Ledyard Speed Cuyler, b. ca 1833.
ix. William H.,
b. 23 Aug 1835.
http://wayne.nygenweb.net/census/1870williamsoncen6.html
1870 Census, Williamson, NY:
TODD, Asahel,
83, M, W, retired farmer, $16,000, $5000, Connecticut
TODD, Philane,
77, F, W, keeping house, ___, ___, Vermont
TODD, Albert,
48, M, W, farm laborer, $3000, $1500, New York
TODD, Delia,
40, F, W, keeping house, ___, ___, New York
http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/results?fsu=J.%20J.%20Hill%20(Schooner)&fz=0
John S. Todd, b. ca 1822, was a lake Captain who in 1869 piloted the Schooner JOHN J. HILL. U. S. No. 13719. Of 89.85 tons
gross; 85.36 tons net. Built Pultneyville, NY, 1864.
Oswego, Sept. 13. -- The schooner J. J. HILL went ashore in a gale on Friday night, four miles east of Big Sodus, laden with coal
from Oswego to Youngstown. [Toronto Daily Globe, Tuesday, September 14, 1875]
http://wayne.nygenweb.net/census/1870williamsoncen6.html
1870 Census, Williamson, NY:
TODD, John S.,
48, M, W, sailor, $1500, $3500, New York
TODD, Eliza,
43, F, W, keeping house, ___, ___, New York
TODD, Frank,
15, M, W, at school, ___, ___, New York, attended school in last year
TODD, William,
10, M, W, at school, ___, ___, New York, attended school in last year
TODD, Everett,
04, M, W, at school, ___, ___, New York, attended school in last year
http://wayne.nygenweb.net/williamson/oldpulteneyvillenews16.html
Sep 1869 - T. Scott Ledyard, Asshal [sic] Todd, Jr. and Dr. D. S. Beardsley, have entered into partnership for the purpose of
manufacturing Vinegar in this place, and they have purchased the Wright Tannery for that purpose.
Nov 1869 - Ledyard, Beardsley & Co. has their Cider Vinegar Works all in running order at this place. They have Tank Room
capable of holding one thousand barrels, and they are all full. It is quite an establishment and will well pay any one to take a look at
their works
T. Scott Ledyard is the Notary Public for this village and vicinity, and has a Notary Stamp.
Aug 1869 - The Schr. J.J. Hill, Capt. J. S. Todd, passed this port, only stops for a short time, on her way to Oswego, with a cargo of
5,000 bushels of wheat from Toledo, at 7 cents freight.
Oct 1869 - The Schr. J.J. Hill, Capt. John S. Todd, left port Sept. 10th, for Oswego, after a load of Coal for Toronto.
http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/Departments/historian/MFDrSheldon.htm
Dr. Andrew Flint Sheldon, 27 Oct 1830 – 4 Jan 1914.
Dr. Andrew F. Sheldon, one of the most renown surgeons of the Civil War, was born 27 Oct 1830,
in the town of Huron. One of five children of Ralph and Minerva Flint Sheldon, Andrew received his
early education in the local district school and Red Creek Academy. Andrew developed an interest
in medicine, and after studying with Dr. Bottume, also of Huron, he entered the University of New
York, from which he graduated from the medical department in 1852.
Dr. Sheldon returned to Wayne County to practice his profession and in 1855 he married Miss
Lucetta Saulsbury of Clyde. Shortly after their marriage, the Sheldon’s moved to Williamson and
then Junius until the outbreak of the Civil War.
In 1861, Dr. Sheldon was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 7th NY Cavalry, where he remained
until they were mustered out in 1862. Dr. Sheldon was then appointed Assistant Surgeon in the
78th NY Infantry and was assigned to Gen. Wadsworth’s staff in the Medical Directors Office in
Washington.
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From there, in 1863, Dr. Sheldon was commissioned Surgeon of U.S. Volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln, and was given
charge of Campbell U.S. General Hospital in Washington. He served in this capacity until the close of the war.
During his service in the Civil War, Dr. Sheldon was credited with development of the first tent field hospitals. Because of much
opposition to this revolutionary idea, Dr. Sheldon was unable to obtain the necessary funds to put his idea into practice. So sure was
he that the tent field hospitals would save many lives, he financed them with his own money. After seeing how successful these
hospitals became, Dr. Sheldon was reimbursed by the government. So successful were these field hospitals that the French
government sent a commission to study this concept for use in its military.
Dr. Sheldon was a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln. In fact, the case of surgical instruments and sword belonging to Dr.
Sheldon, now on display in the Wayne County Museum, were presented to him by President Lincoln shortly before the President left
to attend a play at Ford’s Theater, April 14, 1865, the fateful night he was shot.
At the end of the Civil War, Dr. Sheldon returned to Wayne County where he resumed his practice in the hamlet of Pultneyville. He
remained there for many years until he was elected Wayne County Treasurer in 1880. He then moved to Lyons where he served as
Treasurer for 9 years and where he continued his practice until his death.
Dr. Andrew F. Sheldon truly was one of Wayne County’s most illustrious sons. In addition to the accomplishments listed above, Dr.
Sheldon served as President of the Wayne County Soldiers and Sailors Association, was a member of the A.D. Adams Post GAR
[Grand Army of the Republic], formed a Grange organization called Wayne County Fire Relief Association, was a member of the
National, New York State and Wayne Co. Medical Societies and he served as Justice of the Peace up until the time of his death.
Dr. Sheldon died on January 4, 1914, at the age of 83, survived by his wife and two sons, Dr. Ralph Sheldon of Albany and Albert
Sheldon of Michigan.
--SHELDON, ANDREW P. [sic]—Age, 31 years. Enrolled [7th NY Cav.], 18 Oct 1861, at Troy; mustered in as assistant surgeon, 6
Nov 1861, to serve three years; mustered out, 31 Mar 1862, with regiment, at Washington, DC; borne also as Shettoa, Andrew P.
Commissioned assistant surgeon, 19 Nov 1861, with rank from 6 Nov 1861, original.
SHELDON, ANDREW F.—Age, 31 years. Enrolled [78th NY Inf Vols.] at Lyons, to serve three years, and mustered in as assistant
surgeon, 18 Apr 1862; discharged, 23 Oct 1862, at Washington, DC, for promotion to assistant surgeon, US Vols.; prior service as
assistant surgeon, 7th Cavalry. Commissioned assistant surgeon, 18 Apr 1862, with rank from same date, original
http://suvcw.org/past/andrewfsheldon.htm
A native of Wayne of Wayne County, Dr. Sheldon was born in Huron, New York 27 Oct 1830. He received his early education at the
district school and Red Creek Academy. Andrew briefly studied medicine under Dr. E.W. Bethume of Huron before going on to the
medical department of the University of New York where he received his M.D. in 1853. Returning to Wayne County, Dr. Sheldon
practiced medicine in Williamson until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was commissioned as assistant surgeon in August 1861
with the 7th Regiment New York (Black Horse) Cavalry, remaining with them about six months then a month with the 78th Regiment
New York Volunteer Infantry. He became executive officer in the medical director's office on General Wadworth's staff, who was the
Military Governor of Washington, D.C. He held this position held for the next 20 months. When he left the army at the end of the
war, he was in charge of Campbell General Hospital.
Following the war, he practiced medicine in Pultneyville, New York until 1880 when he was elected County Treasurer. Following
nine years as treasurer, Dr. Sheldon set up practice in Lyons where he remained until his death in 1914.
Dr. Andrew Sheldon is credited with the development of the hospital tent while he was attached to the medical director's office. He
was unable to obtain the necessary funding for the project so he paid for the first tents out of his own pocket. He ran into opposition
due in part to the rise in popularity of the pavilion style hospital, a more permanent barracks-like building. The French government
sent a commission which recommended the adoption of Sheldon's hospital tent as a model for their use, the only one to receive this
high distinction.
The Wayne County Historical Society has in its collection a large medical kit that was given to Dr. Andrew Sheldon by Abraham
Lincoln. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Sheldon were present at Lincoln's Inaugural Ball as well as in the theater when he was shot. The
Society also has the cape that Mrs. Sheldon wore on both occassions.
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Dr. Andrew F. Sheldon, Originator of the Field Tent Hospital
If someone had told Ralph and Minerva Flint Sheldon that their son, Andrew, would grow up to become a renowned physician and a
personal friend of President Abraham Lincoln, they probably would have scoffed.
In 1830, Andrew was born in the small town of Huron in Wayne County, New York. As one of Ralph and Minerva Flint Sheldon’s
five children, Andrew was expected to help them with the farm. However, at some point, Andrew developed an interest in medicine.
At the age of 22, he graduated from the University of New York’s Medical Department. He married Miss Lucetta Salsbury in 1857,
and they began their married life in
Williamson, New York. They then moved to Junius, New York, where Andrew practiced medicine until he was called upon to put his
skills to the test for the Union army during the Civil War. Seven months into the War, Dr. Sheldon was commissioned as Assistant
Surgeon with the 7th New York Cavalry. In April 1862, he was appointed as Assistant Surgeon with the 78th New York Infantry. By
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October of 1862, Andrew had been commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Volunteers. Then in April, 1863, President Lincoln
himself promoted Dr. Sheldon to the rank Surgeon, in the U.S. Volunteers and he was placed in charge of Campbell Hospital in
Washington, D.C. It was sometime during these early years of the war that Dr. Andrew Sheldon is credited in the War Department
with creating the first field tent hospital. According to the office of the Wayne County Historian, Andrew F. Sheldon financed the first
tent hospitals with his own money after having been unable to obtain the funds elsewhere.
Tent hospitals are still in existence today throughout the world, and serve as an invaluable tool to obtaining immediate medical
treatment before the sick and wounded are transported to conventional hospitals.
On April 14, 1865, just hours before his assassination by John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln presented Dr. Andrew F. Sheldon
with a case of surgical instruments at Campbell Hospital. The case, created by G. Tiemann & Company of New York, was made of
mahogany with brass corner straps and lock, and the compartments are lined with blue velvet. Many of the handles on the surgical
instruments are of ivory. That case was, for many years after Andrew’s death, in the collection of his son, Ralph Sheldon, M.D. In
th
1948, it was displayed in the Lyons, New York, drugstore window of Bill Dobbins in commemoration of the 125 anniversary of
Wayne County. The surgical case is now in the possession of the Wayne County Historical Society.
President Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Steward personally contributed toward the gift. On the same date, Dr. Sheldon
was presented with an ebony cane mounted with a gold cap and engraved, “Presented to A. F. Sheldon, surgeon U.S.V., by his
friends at Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C. April 14, 1865”
Montour Lodge No. 168, Painted Post, New ork
W ARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 11, 1850.
Name or number has never been changed.
MINUTES: Intact.
FIRST OFFICERS.
MICHAEL H. MCGRATH, Master.
DAVID PHILLIPS, Senior W arden.
SYDNEY S. COOK, Junior Warden.
The first recorded meeting was held April 8, 1850, with the following as officers:
MICHAEL H. McGRATH, Master.
DAVID PHILLIPS, Senior W arden.
W ILLIAM M. JONES, Junior Warden.
SAMUEL ERWIN. Treasurer.
JOHN KNOX, Secretary.
Z. F. W ILDER, Senior Deacon.
W ILLIAM HILL. Junior Deacon.
JOHN BARB, Tiler.
The Lodge has changed its meeting place three times since it was organized. It has been located in the Bronson Block since 1860.
It was represented at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica, 21 May 1891, and at the dedication of same 5 Oct 1892.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.
F. C. Platt, Assemblyman.
MASTERS
1850. Michael H. McGrath.
1851. Michael H. McGrath.
1852. William Hill.
1853. Michael H. McGrath.
1854. Benjamin Farwell.
1855. R. M. Traver.
1856. Z[atter]. F. Wilder.
1857. R. M. Traver.
1858. Henry D. Edwards.
1859. Henry D. Edwards.
1860. T. O. Raymond.
1861. W. S. Hodgman.
1862. Henry D. Edwards.
1863. Henry D. Edwards.
1864. John K. Farwell.
1865. John K. Farwell.
1866. Henry D. Edwards.
1867. Henry D. Edwards.
1868. Henry D. Edwards.
1869. C. A. Rose.
1870. C. A. Rose.
1871. C. A. Rose.
1872. James Z. Wilder.
1873. James Z. W ilder.
1874. Charles Iredell.
1875. Charles Iredell.
1876. James Z. W ilder.
1877. James Z. W ilder.
1878. Abram D. Beaty.
1879. Abram D. Beaty.
1880. Abram D. Beaty.
1881. James S. Tobias.
1882. William C. Bronson
1883. James Z. W ilder.
1884. Samuel B. Patterson, Jr.
1885. Samuel B. Patterson.
1886. Willis J. Masters.
1887. Samuel B. Patterson.
1888. Samuel B. Patterson.
1889. Samuel B. Patterson.
1890. Samuel B. Patterson.
1891. Willis J. Masters.
1892. Henry G. Hare.
1893. Henry G. Hare.
1894. James Havens.
1895. Guy S. Davenport.
1896. Guy S. Davenport.
1897. Andrew D. Stevens.
1898. Henry G. Hare.
1899. Irving Bronson.
1900. Irving Bronson.
1901. Irving Bronson.
1902. Charles C. Lambert.
1903. Harry R. Phelps.
1904. Harry R. Phelps.
1905. Claude Pitts.
1910. Guy II. Pitts.
1907. Cady S. Durham.
1908. Harrie O. Anderson.
1855 Masonic Register
MONTOUR LODGE, NO. 168.
Painted Post, Steuben County - Date of Charter, June 11th, 1850.
Meets on first Monday in June, and every two weeks alternately.
Robert M. Traver,
Zatter F. Wilder,
Curtiss Jordan,
Oscar Jordan,
WM,
SW,
JW,
Secy.
William Hill,
Charles Tuttle,
Alvin Owen,
Charles Hill,
Treas,
SD,
JD,
Tiler.
Benjamin Farwell, Steward,
Nelson Carpenter, Steward,
Samuel Boyer,
Marshal.
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PAST MASTERS.
William Hill and Benjamin Farwell.
MEMBERS.
B. H. Babcock,
I. F. Babcock,
John Barr,
H. S. Bennett,
C. N. Berry,
L. D. Brown,
A. C. Cadwell.
H. Cady,
L. S. Cook,
Charles I. Cooper,
William Jones,
I. A. Easterbrooks,
Charles H. Erwin,
Samuel Erwin,
D. A. Fuller,
Chas. M. Gardner,
I. D. Gilbert,
AV. S. Hodgman,
John Kemp,
A. G. Laman,
A. B. Lanpere,
James N. Monell,
S. M. Perkins,
H. H. Seely,
C. D. Sill,
C. S. Stewart.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUEBEC-RESEARCH/2010-08/1281462154
Zatter F. Wilder b. ca 1802; d. 22 Jun 1872. He was a blacksmith anf the father of James Z. Wilder [b. 1838; d. 1892]. Patent
dated September 27, 1859 for “Improvement in the Method of Raising Water by Animal Power.”
Corning-Painted Post Lodge No. 168, Hammondsport, New York
No data at hand.
Pultneyville Lodge No. 201, Pultneyville, New York
Warrant:
7 Dec 1811
Last officers elected 26 Dec 1833; revived as No. 159, 18 Jun 1850
See above. Putneyville Lodge No. 159, Williamson/Putneyville, New York
Painted Post Lodge No. 203, Painted Post, New York
See also Painted Post Lodge No. 117 above.
Warrant:
14 Mar 1812
Forfeit:
1831; revived as No. 117, 11 Jun 1857
1818 Officers:
R. W. Joseph Gillit,
W. Eldad Mead,
W. David Woolcott,
E. H. Hough,
WM
SW
JW
Secy
http://www.archive.org/stream/robertcampbellge01camp/robertcampbellge01camp_djvu.txt
Solomon Campbell. (Robert) b. 13 Jun 1749; m. 1771, Sarah Andruss; d. 1823.
He was called "Captain Sol," and served in the Revolutionary War. He was excluded from the Stillwater Church for intemperance, 5
Sep 1801; the same year he removed with his brother Robert and his son Archibald, to Steuben Co., NY, and settled the town of
Campbell; in 1811 he sent back to Stillwater, by the hand of his brother Robert, a written acknowledgment of fault and request for
pardon and restoration to church standing, which were granted him. These things are recorded in the Stillwater Church Record.
1. Sarah Campbell.
1772- 1775.
2. Mary Campbell.
1775-1778.
3. Archibald Campbell
1777- 1825..
4 Solomon Campbell.
1779-1854.
5. Elizabeth Campbell
1781-.
6. John Campbell.
1785-.
7. Lydia Campbell.
1788-1810.
8. Rebecca Campbell.
1790- 1796.
9. Tertullus Campbell
1792- 1848. § 139.
10. Daniel Campbell.
1797- No ch.
Note: Painted Post Lodge of Free Masons, No. 203, was organized, 1808 with Solomon Campbell as Junior Warden; Frederick
Stewart, Senior Deacon; and Solomon Campbell, Senior Steward. A preceding Lodge was formed in 1806 under letter of
Dispensation addressed to Frederick Stewart, Robert Campbell, Arch Campbell, Solomon Campbell, Sr., and others. Solomon and
Archibald Campbell were not buried in "Hope Cemetery,” near Campbell Village, but in the lower Cemetery, where theirs are the
only marked graves, and, so far as known, they are the only Campbells there. Miss Louisa Campbell believes this due to the fact
that they were prominent Masons, and that, at this time. Freemasonry was under a cloud in Western New York.
----http://books.google.com/books?id=jW5HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=%22Painted+Post+Lodge%22&source=bl&ots=Wkp
SDAj1A5&sig=0C97ehvTZN2e2qc9ldNnBB5mCFg&hl=en&ei=RQXvTOz8A8X6lweMoKGiDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resn
um=10&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Painted%20Post%20Lodge%22&f=false page 25.
THE OLD PAINTED POST LODGE OF F&AM.
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We are unable to give the exact time of the instituting of this lodge, the archives having been destroyed by fire at Corning, some 16
years since, and we cannot learn of a charter member living at this time. We give the most reliable information that we can obtain,
which is from the oldest daughter of one of the charter members, Mrs. John Sly, and corroborated by the testimony of one of the
members of that lodge, Benjamin Farwell, both residents of the village, the daughter and son-in-law of the late Hon. John Knox.
The lodge was instituted 1805 or 1806, in a room of Nehemiah Hubbell's house, and soon after moved into an upper and more
commodious one, in Judge Knox's residence, which was long used as a hotel. It was composed of the best men within a circle of
many miles; in fact, such were the only ones who could gain admittance, as there existed then a rigid adherence to all the rules of
discipline. The order flourished, and occupied that room until the Morgan excitement, about 1827. There are many anecdotes
connected with this lodge, one of which we will relate, having often heard it, and being well acquainted with all concerned.
Judge Knox's wife was a lady who could enjoy a joke, and play one admirably too. One bitter cold night a certain person from
Hornby made his appearance in the kitchen, where she and her colored servant Nellie were engaged in their household duties,
claiming the hospitalities and heat of the old-fashioned fire place, (the fire in the sitting room having refused to afford comfort, and
the Judge too much engaged in the lodge, making preparations, to attend to it). Madam, who instantly divined the business of the
Hornby candidate, concluded to test his moral courage, and in a measure prepare him for the difficulties he was about to encounter
so blindly. Without apparently any notice of the Hornby gentleman's presence, she asked Nellie to bring out the large gridiron and
long poker, saying in a solemn, soliloquizing tone, somewhat mixed with petulance: "Those pesk masons are more bother than they
are worth. Some poor fellow is to be branded again to-night. Put them on the coals Nellie and have them red hot by the time they
want them. It wont do to spoil a month's amusement for the brothers by saving some booby from a burn that will last longer than
their laugh."
Nellie obeyed orders. The irons slowly became heated; and Madam ordered her make haste, He sat looking on, and so intently that
the perspiration started from every pore. Suddenly he blurted out a rapid good night, and thanks for the privilege of warming;
buttoned his thread bare surtout, and bolted out of the room, and the last seen of him that evening was his plunging through the
frosty snow drifts, in the direction of Hornby. Is it necessary to add that he never "joined the Masons?" or that the brothers sat up
late, watching, and are still waiting for their Hornby candidate?
HON. JOHN KNOX “ . . . was born in Massachusetts, 1 May 1770, and came to Painted Post. He was married in Jan 1795, to Miss
Hannah Douglas, (a relative of the late Stephen A. Douglas, of IIIinois), and raised a family, among whom are Mrs. John Sly and
Mrs. Benjamin Farwell, both now living in this village, and Gen. Wm. Douglas Knox, living in Junction City, Kansas. Mr. Knox was a
gentleman of acknowledged ability, and maintained a useful and distinguished life in the town, county and state. He was elected a
member of the Assembly in 1809, re-elected in 1810, and voted for the first appropriation for surveying the Erie Canal in 1811. In
1821 he was a member of the State Convention for the revision of the constitution. He built and occupied a residence, in which, for
many years, he kept public house, and in which the Masonic order had rooms until 1827. This house was located on the north side
of the main street in the village of Knoxville, nearly opposite the street now leading to the Corning bridge. He was the founder of and
his name was given to the village. He was a kind and indulgent parent, an upright and honorable man, and an estimable citizen. His
death occurred at Campbell, where he then resided, on 11 Apr 1856."
----Philo P. Hubbell
“History of Winona County, 1883: together with biographical matter ...,” by H.H. Hill and Company, Winona County Historical
Society, 1883. page 453
http://books.google.com/books?id=xkMvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA454&dq=%22Painted+Post+Lodge+No.+203%22&hl=en&ei=ILTuTMD
OMsSt8AbHrpzkCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Painted%20Post%20L
odge%20No.%20203%22&f=false
P. P. Hubbell - It is but fitting that some mention should here be made of "Father Hubbell," who consecrated the lodge at its
institution and installed its officers, as previously mentioned. ''Father Hubbell" is a mason of sixty-three years' standing. His
application was made as early as the law allows, on his twenty-first birthday, which occurred 1 Feb 1820. His application came
before Painted Post Lodge, No. 203 (old number), then holding its sessions in an upper room in the house of the applicant's father
at Corning, New York. Father Hubbell was initiated in March of that same year, 1820, passed in April and raised in May. In 1822 he
removed to Little Falls, NY. In 1824-25 he received the Chapter Degrees in Mohawk Chapter No. 83; removed to Buffalo, NY in
1827. He is doubtless the oldest Mason in the state.
WINONA, Minn., May 30. – Phil[o] P. Hubbell, known as Father Hubbell, died Monday at the advanced age of 94. He was the
oldest Mason in the United States, having joined the Painted Post Lodge No. 203 in his 21st year at Painted Post, Steuben, NY,
where he was born. Grand Forks Daily Herald (Grand Forks, ND) Wednesday, May 31, 1893; page 2, col. 2.
For a further biographal sketch of Philo see Steuben Lodge No. 112, Bath, NY, above.
Cameron Lodge No. 251, Cameron
Warrant:
6 Jun 1852
Masonic Register 1855:
CAMERON LODGE, NO. 251. Cameron, Steuben County.
Date of Charter, June 5th, 1852.
Meets on Wednesday evenings, on or before the full moon.
William N. Smith, WM,
John Toles, SW,
John Mitchell, JW,
James A. Smith, Secretary,
John H. Rowley, Treasurer,
James H. Pierson, SD,
Erasmus D. Swartwood, JD,
Edward Walton, Steward
Elisha Morgan, Steward,
Amos McKenzie, Tiler.
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PAST MASTERS.
Erasmus D[err]. Swartwood, Henry J. Hoyt.
MEMBERS
Amasa Babcock,
Urbane Baker,
Theodore W. Barber,
John D. Bomp,
Philip Briggs,
Samuel R. Brown,
Levi K. Burdict,
Alexander Campbell,
William Campbell,
Alva Carpenter,
H. J. Charles,
Eli Chase,
S. Clarkson.
Albert Crandall,
Frances Crandal,
L. B. Creepy,
Joseph H. Creesy,
Lewis Cross,
Amasa Dickey,
Samuel Dickey,
John Downs,
Geo. L. Hare,
Joseph Hare,
William Hare,
Andrew Helmer,
Dexter H. Hinds,
Israel Horton,
Henry J. Hoyt,
James E. Jones,
Jonathan Kinner,
John Lautee,
Lucias C. Loghry,
Amos McKenzie,
Lawrence Mersereau,
A. W. Mitchell,
John Mitchell,
Saml. Mitchell,
Robt. A. Moon,
William T. Moore.
Elisha Morgan,
Thomas Morrison,
W. P. Ogden,
Edmund D. Peckam,
William Potter,
George Punches,
Joseph Robinson,
M. F. Rosa,
J. H. Rowley,
Geo. Smith,
James A. Smith,
Richard Smith,
William N. Smith,
Erasmus D. Swartwood,
Henry Swartwood,
James E. Swartwood,
Jas. H. Pierson,
Berzili Thayer,
John Toles,
Abram S. Walroth,
Edward W alton,
William Waters,
Mathias W oolbert,
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysteube/ca/ca.html
Urbane Baker, son of Capt. Samuel Baker and Esther Gustin, was born in Putnam county 2 Feb 1795. When twelve years old, he
came with his father's family to the town of Howard, and afterward moved to Cameron. His wife, Sarah K. Jones [sister of James E.
Jones above], daughter of ISAAC JONES, was born 6 Dec 1808.
Isaac Baker, son of the above, enlisted in Co. E 1st Regt. NY Light Artillery, on 19 Oct 1861. While in the army he was afflicted
with small pox; from which he lost his sight, and was discharged in 1862 and was a resident of Hedgesville.
http://www.schueths.com/doug/genealogy/publicvers/gleanedwithnotes/pafg1423.htm#35310
James E. Jones [Parents] b. ca 1793 in Duncan's Island, Lancaster, PA; d. 12 Nov 1830 in Addison, Steuben, NY; m. Sally Orcutt,
b. 1797 in Chumung, NY; d. 12 Nov 1863 in Addison, Steuben, NY; both buried in Baldwin Burying, Addison, Steuben, NY.
Children:
i William B Jones.
ii James E Jones.
iii Lydia Jones.
iv Adelia Adelaide Jones b. 25 Jul 1827.
v. Matilda Jones.
http://www.schueths.com/doug/genealogy/publicvers/gleanedwithnotes/pafg1423.htm
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James E. Swartwood (Jacobus James , Jacobus Swartwout, Barnardus Coobes , Antoni , Roeloff , Tomys , Rolef , Allert ) b. 15
Jun 1783 in Delaware Twp., Northampton, PA; d. bef. 1855; m. Mary A 'Polly' Jones [sister of James E. Jones above] daughter of
Isaiah Jones and Jane Baskins [Parents], b. ca 1786 in Duncan's Island, Juniata, PA; d. ca 1864.
Children:
i Jane Swartwood.
b. 1800; m. Edsel Jones.
ii Jacob Swartwood.
b. ca 1811.
iii Israel Swartwood.
b. 1802.
iv Robert Swartwood.
b. 1803.
v Henry B Swartwood.
b. ca 1809 in NY; m. Cynthia Treadwell, b. ca 1821
vi Erasmus Derr Swartwood. b. 1805; m1. Rhoda L.; m2. Louisa Moore.
vii Mary Swartwood.
m. bef. Jan 1847 Amasa D. Dickey.
viii Julia Swartwood.
b. 17 April 1815 West Cameron, Steuben, NY; d. there 9 Sep 1882; m. Milton E. Crane.
Evening Star No. 259, Canisteo & Hornellsville
See Evening Star No. 44 above.
Dansville Lodge No. 306, Dansville, New York
Warrant: 5 Jun 1818
Lost charter 1835.
http://www.phoenixlodge115.org/page6/page6.html
On 15 Nov 1817, a petition was formulated for the organization of Dansville Lodge No. 306. The following names were affixed to this
petition:
Abel Baker,
Neil Boyden,
Elihu Warner,
Ebenezer Bullock,
Timothy Atwood,
Amaziah [sic] Hammond,
Ezekiel Evingham,
Warren Patchin,
William Lemmon,
Arad Sheldon,
Nathaniel Brayton,
Samuel Stillwell.
Recommendation for this Lodge was made by Genesee Lodge No. 138, Town of Richmond, County of Ontario, 17 Nov 1817, and
also by Union Lodge No. 261, Lima, which at that time was also in Ontario County.
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The warrant of this Lodge was issued on 5 Jun 1818, and the Lodge was constituted on 10 Oct 1818, with Warren Patchin as its first
Master. By December, 1821, more than 20 persons had joined the Lodge.
In 1822, the Master was Merritt Brown, Thomas Keith, SW; Jacob Sholl, JW, and James Faulkner, Secretary pro tem. Their
signatures appear on a Certificate of Membership issued by Dansville Lodge No. 306 to Daniel F. VanDeventer, under date of 29 Jul
1822. This rare Masonic document, elaborately inscribed on sheepskin about six by ten inches in size, came into the possession of
Phoenix Lodge in 1939. It is a treasured memento of days long past.
On 5 Jun 1835, the warrant was declared forfeited, since no returns had been made since that of 27 Dec 1830. Reaction to the
Morgan affair of 1826, which spread throughout New York during this period, had undoubtedly helped to extinguish the lights of
Dansville’s first Lodge.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VlIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA359&dq=%22VanDeventer%22+%22dansville%22&hl=en&ei=Z8fvTO2
mHcKt8Abg3pCpDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22VanDeventer%22%2
0%22dansville%22&f=false page 356.
The venerable Amariah Hammond [b. 24 June 1773, Salisbury CT; d. 5 Nov 1850; son of John Hammond and Hannah Tubbs], for
a long period a patriarch of the settlement and village of Dansville, after living to see a young and flourishing city grow up in the
wilderness, where he so early cast his lot, died in the winter of '50, '51. His large farm is immediately adjoining the village, on the
main road to Geneseo. Daughters of his became the wives of L. Bradner, Esq., and Dr. James Faulkner [nephew of Capt. Dan.
Faulker for whom Dansville was named], both of whom are prominently identified with the locality. L. C. Woodruff, Esq., formerly of
Lockport, graduating in his youth from a printing office, and now the principal active manager of the Bank of Dansville, a sound and
flourishing institution, married the daughter of Mr. Bradner, the grand-daughter of the early and much respected. Pioneer. The first
wife of Mr. Hammond [Catherine Cruger; m. 27 DEC 1794] died in 1798. "She had," says Mr. M'Curdy, "endeared herself to all of us
by her many virtues. When she died, all wept who had hearts and eyes." Their daughter, Fannie, was b. 24 Apr 1797 in Dansville,
NY, and died There 29 Jan 1886; she m. Lester Bradner.
Amariah Hammond m2. 29 Dec 1798 Elsie [Elcey or Eloy] Van Deventer, b. 9 Aug 1775; d. 26 Aug 1882; d/o of John Deventer and
Mary Lane [son of Christopher Deventer and Catherine ‘Kate’ Doty d/o of Levi Doty [a descendent of the Mayflower Dotyfamily].
. . . Mr. Hammond on coming in to explore, slept two nights under a pine tree on the premises he afterwards purchased. Early in the
spring of 1796, "he removed his young family from Bath to this place; his wife and infant child on horseback, his household goods
and farming utensils on a sled drawn by four oxen, and a hired man driving the cattle." Some difficulty occurring in getting the cattle
through the woods, Mr. Hammond after arriving at his log cabin, went back upon his track, and remained in the woods all night,
leaving his young wife with her infant child to spend the first night alone. Mr. Hammond among other instances of the
embarrassments of pioneer life, that he used to relate, said that the first scythes he used, cost him a journey to Tioga Point.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyliving/LivingstonCounty/OssianPres.html
Dr. [James] Faulkner said that up to twenty years of age he beat the swiftest Indian runners they could bring, but was finally beaten
by one who came from Buffalo. There was no such thing as money here for many years, and the merchants sold the most of their
goods for furs. In 1805, when Dr. Faulkner’s father died, there were more Indians than white people in town.
In those years, When the Indians camped here, and Red Jacket made occasional speeches on the street, they danced, wrestled,
ran races, and sometimes indulged in pagan orgies around their campfires. The wrestlers sometimes contended to determine who
should have a coveted squaw, and there was such a contest once on Ossian street between two of the strongest braves for the
possession of a young squaw of extraordinary beauty who sat near and watched them. The struggle was a long one in which there
were several throws, and was equivalent to a fight to the finish. At its close the defeated Indian pushed his conqueror toward the
squaw and said, “Take her,” when the other silently stalked away with the dusky beauty, who seemed perfectly content.
Amariah Hammond, one of the settlers who came in 1796, built the second log house of the village that year, and moved his wife
and child from Bath into it. He belled his horse in order to find him when he strayed into the forest, and sharpened his ploughshare
when dull, on a large stone. If he had his horse shod he must go to Bath, thirty-five miles distant, as the nearest blacksmith shop
was there. When the time for cutting his first hay crop approached he went to Tioga Point for scythes, two of which, with expenses,
cost him eleven dollars. His brother Lazarus Hammond came soon afterwards, and settled in a loghouse near him.
Hammondsport, NY, is named for Lazarus Hammond, who founded the village ca 1827.
http://www.vandeventer.net/Van%20Group/f1571.htm
Daniel Faulkner VanDeventer (son of John D. VanDeventer [son of Christopher VanDeventer and Mary Lane] and Catherine Doty;
b. Jan 1797 in Dansville, NY; d. 1866 in: Pittsburgh, IN; m. ca 1832 Susan Bradner, b. 1808; d. 1869 in Delphi, Carroll, IN. d/o
Josiah Bradner and Nancy Hungerford.
Children:
John Dexter VanDeventer
b. 13 Feb 1835.
George Alonzo VanDeventer
Reading-Dundee Lodge No. 308, Reading, New York
Warrant:
3 Jun 1847
Preceded by Reading No. 366c, 7 Jun 1823; renamed Ionic (Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831; revived as Reading-Dundee
No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee No. 123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May 1900
http://www.osydistrict.org/Histories.html
Masons living in the Town of Reading first held meetings in Eddytown, now Lakemont, after receiving a Charter from Grand Lodge
on June 7, 1823, under the name of Reading Lodge No. 366. Following much confusion in the delivery of mail, Grand Lodge
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approved in 1828 a change in the Lodge name to Ionic Lodge (sometimes called Reading-Ionic) No. 366. Following the Morgan
incident, Ionic Lodge No. 366 membership declined, and the Lodge was forced to surrender its Charter in 1831.
On June 3, 1847, Grand Lodge issued a new Charter for Reading-Dundee Lodge No. 308. Grand Lodge appointed Hosea Palmer
as Master, Samuel Kress, Jr. and John T. Andrews. With the consent of Grand Lodge on June 4, 1858, Reading-Dundee Lodge
officially became Dundee Lodge No. 123. A fire on January 20, 1900, destroyed all Lodge records prior to December 30, 1881. Also
lost in the fire was the original Charter, which Grand Lodge duplicated on May 2, 1900.
Masons from the Dundee area have met in a variety of locations. Prior to 1860, they met in the Hamlin Block at 44 Seneca Street;
from 1860 to 1888 Lodge met in the Wall and Wilkins Block; and from 1 888 to 1900, they met in the T.D. Beekman Block, until it
was destroyed by fire. Following the fire, the Masons returned to the Wilkins block from 1900 to 1956. From 1956 to 1990, Masons
met at the Masonic Hall at 20 Water Street. The Masons then met for several years at a local church and now hold their meetings in
the Bath National Bank building.
Dundee Lodge has had five Brothers serve as District Deputies, two as Grand Steward, and one as AGL. Dundee's most noted
Mason was Isaac Andrews, a surveyor by trade, who served as George Washington's Private Secretary. Whether Andrews helped
Washington survey this area or served with Washington during the Revolutionary War remains a mystery. We do know that
Reading Lodge members buried Andrews with Masonic Honors. Andrews and his wife Mabel are buried in the old cemetery site on
Seneca Street, which now serves as a Village park and entrance to the historical society.
Enos Lodge No. 323, Bath, New York
Petition:
Recommended by:
Warrant:
Surrendered:
14 Oct 1818
Painted Post Lodge No. 203
29 May 1819
Nov 1830 to D. E. Brown, Grand Visitor – Warrant filed – 1836 GL Proceedings.
Preceded by Bath Mark Mason Lodge No. 57, 1 Jan 1797; warrant reportedly lost in 1816; replaced by Enos Master Lodge No. 323,
3 Mar 1819; revived as Steuben No. 112, 11 Jun 1846. On 29 Mar 1897 the Secretary of Steuben Lodge No. 122, Lewis B[eers].
Joy, wrote the Grand Historian, Peter Ross, “I had in my possession an Apron belonging to my Father in Law William H. Bull who
came to Bath, in 1807. I have heard him say that he was a member of a Lodge which existed previous to this one, & the apron is
dated 1819 and is marked ‘Enos Lodge No. 323.’ In the records of ‘Steuben Lodge No. 112’ about 1860 there is reference to a ‘Seal’
and some records of Enos Lodge 323, which were presented to this Lodge by P.M. Geo. H. Jones and by resolution the WM Wm. B.
Brown was directed to present them to the Grand Lodge which he did.”
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysteube/ba/ba10c-3.html
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben Co., NY
William H. Bull
Sarah Upton Bull
b. 8 Apr 1795, Litchfield, CT; d. 1883, Bath, NY.
1807-1853 w/of William H.
http://www.joycetice.com/clippings/tcobt337.htm
William H. Bull [William Howell Bull] - Under this head the Elmira Advertiser of last Friday published a special dispatch from Bath,
stating that Colonel William H. Bull, the oldest resident of that place and one of the oldest settlers of Steuben county, died at one
o’clock last Thursday afternoon, aged nearly 88 years. He was 87 years, 10 months and 7 days. He was born in Litchfield, CT, 8 Apr
1795; moved to Painted Post with his parents in 1796; moved to Bath in 1805 and has resided there ever since. He built the first
brick house in Steuben county, which is still standing. He was County Clerk from 1832 to 1838, and held several town offices. He
has been blind for several years, but was not despondent in the least, and was a very interesting person to narrate the history and
incidents of the early settlement of that section of country. He married Sarah, daughter of the late Col. John Whiting, of Bath. They
had five children: Mary, who died nearly three years ago [15 Mar 1880 aged 49 years]; Susan, who died in infancy; Caroline
Dudley Bull [1837-1890], m2. Lewis Beers Joy [b. 28 Nov 1833 Buffalo, NY; d.1907; m. 14 Apr1874] , of Bath; Sarah, wife of A. F.
Barnes, of Wellsboro, and Augusta Ellen [1844-1881], wife of Edwin L. Church, of Bath, [d. 1897]. Mrs. Bull died a number of years
since. Colonel Bull was one of the founders and a zealous member of St. Thomas’s Protestant Episcopal Church at Bath, and for
nearly half a century he was a vestryman and warden of that Church. He was well known throughout the county of Steuben as a
surveyor, and had an extensive an accurate knowledge of the landmarks and old lines of that county. His funeral was held at St.
Thomas’s church Bath, last Saturday afternoon. (Tuesday, 20 Feb 1883, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, PA.)
http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/34_66/38may1991/38mccall.html
In 1804, William H. Bull came, with his father, Howell Bull [and mother Eunice Buell], from Painted Post, and has furnished the
memoranda from which has been made a bird's-eye view of Bath in that year.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NYSTEUBE/2006-01/1137957077
From "History of the Buell Family in England", Compiled by Albert Welles. Published by Society Library, NY, 1881.
"Mrs. Eunice Buell Bull of Litchfield, CT, Bath and Buffalo, NY, sixth child of Salmon Buell, of the former place, was born there 8 Aug
1771. She removed to Bath, NY about 1796 and died 20 Aug 1867, aged 96 years. She was married at Litchfield, CT 2 Mar 1794 to
Howell Bull, of Hartford, CT. He was born at Hartford, CT, 15 Oct 1758 and died at Bath, NY 13 Nov 1834, aged 76 years. Their
children were: William Howell Bull, born at Litchfield, CT, 8 Apr 1795. He was married 20 Sep 1829 to Sarah Whitney."
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47348518
Howell Bull was the Steuben County Sheriff in 1811.--Spouse Eunice Buell Married 2 Mar 1794 in Litchfield, CT.--Children 1. Col.
William Howell Bull 2.Fredrick Seymour Bull 3.Caroline Bull 4.George Buel Bull 5.George Buel II Bull 6. Susan Tracy Bull.
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http://www.joycetice.com/clippings/madv1873.htm
Sarah B. Bull of Bath, d/o William H. Bull, m. Augustus F. Barnes of Wellsboro, NY; 19 Feb 1873.
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Col. William Howell Bull, the oldest resident of Bath and a pioneer of Steuben County, died Thursday 2/22/1883 at his residence
aged 88 years. He had lived in the county since 1796, having come at that date with his parents, Capt. Howell Bull and Eunice Buell
Bull, to Painted Post, now Corning and in 1805 he went to Bath where he has since resided. He was once Sherriff [1811], County
Clerk[1832] and several other important offices. The record for his life was one of well directed activity and in his younger years his
worth as a citizen was everywhere to be attested. He had been blind for a number of years. He leaves 2 daughters, one of who is
the wife of Editor Barnes of the Wellsboro Agitator.
Parents:
Howell Bull (1768 - 1834)
Eunice Bull (1771 - 1867)
Children:
Mary Whiting Bull (1830 - 1888)*
Caroline Dudley Bull Joy (1837 - 1890)*
Augusta Ellen Bull Church (1844 - 1881)*
Spouse:
Sarah Upton Bull (1807 - 1853)*
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Contract of Wm. H. Bull with the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company.—No. 4.1. April 7, 1841. For Piles, Cross-Ties.
Articles of agreement, made and concluded the seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty,
between William H. Bull, of Bath, Steuben county, of the one part, and the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company, by Samuel P.
Lyman, their commissioner, of the other part; whereby it is covenanted and agreed as follows, to wit:
The said William H. Bull does hereby covenant and agree to furnish and deliver to said rail-road company, along the line of said
company's road, on the Susquehanna division, in accordance with the directions of the engineer of the said company, and the
accompanying specifications and requisitions, and also according to the conditions hereinafter mentioned : all the white oak piles
and the white oak and chestnut cross-ties, necessary to construct the said rail-road, between the crossings of the Chemung river,
below Corning, and the crossing of the Conhocton river, at Erwin, on the north side of the Chemung river, and also for a distance of
three miles west of the Conhocton river (if required) on line of said rail-road, commencing at a point six miles west of said
Conhocton river, and delivering towards the said river, for a distance of three miles (if required) on the line of said road, a
reasonable notice being given by the engineer, of the quantity required for the last three miles. Said timber is to be cut during this
season, and is to be entirely delivered, as above, on the line of the road, to the satisfaction of the engineer aforesaid, or before the
first day of November, 1840. The first mile of timber between said rivers is to be delivered by the 10th of May, 1840, and the residue
is to be delivered as fast as one mile per month thereafter, so as to keep one mile in advance of the piling machine, at such points
.is the engineer shall direct.
And it is further agreed, that upon the final completion of this contract as aforesaid, to the satisfaction of said engineer, said
company shall pay to the said William H. Bull as follows, to wit: At the rate of three cents per lineal foot for all piles and cross-ties,
payable monthly on delivery, deducting 10 percent, until the final completion of this contract, and deducting one-quarter of a cent for
every lineal foot of
Piles and ties procured on the lot of timber land given to the company y Francis E. Erwin, Esq. And the said Wm. H. Bull hereby
agrees to invest one-half the amount of this contract in the capital stock of this company, at the time of the several payments being
made, according to the terms of this contract.
In case said W illiam H. Bull shall, in the opinion of the chief engineer, unreasonably neglect to perform and prosecute this contract,
or shall perform the same in an improper manner, and shall refuse or neglect to remedy such improper or imperfect performance to
the satisfaction of said chief engineer, it shall be the duty of said engineer to certify the same in writing to the commissioner of the
company ; and it shall be in the power of said commissioner, upon such certificates, to order the engineer or agent of said company,
to procure the timber as fast as is required to be delivered according to this contract, and deduct the necessary expense of the
same from this contract, or to declare and pronounce this contract void and of no effect, and he may proceed to enter into a new
contract with any other person, and for the purpose of liquidating any damages that may accrue on account of the nonperformance
of this contract, ten per cent is hereby reserved from the amount paid.
In case any misunderstanding or dispute shall arise between the parties hereto, in relation to this contract, it is also further agreed,
that such difference shall be considered and decided hy the chief engineer, and the said parties do hereby agree, that his decision
shall be final and conclusive between them to all intents and purposes. In case of the absence, or inability to act, of said chief
engineer, the principal assistant of the, said chief engineer, shall be vested with all power herein before given to said chief engineer.
In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals.
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(Signed,)
SAM'L P. LYMAN, Comr. [L s.]
WM. H. BULL, [L. s.]
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William H. Bull clerk of the Court of the County of Steuben certified that William Hamilton is a magistrate . . . and that he was well
acquainted with his hand writing. Witness my hand and seal of office the 27th day of September AD 1833. Bro. Bull also certified
another document on 22 day of February 1834.
Reuben Robie, Secretary, 1828.
Reuben Robie, a Representative from New York; b. 15 Jul 1799 in Corinth, Orange, VT; d. 21 Jan 1872, Bath, NY; interment in
Grove Cemetery. attended the common schools; at the age of twenty moved to
Bath, Steuben, NY; engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1822; town clerk 1825-1830;
supervisor in 1831 and 1832; appointed postmaster in 1837, holding the office for
four years; treasurer of Steuben County 1844-1847; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1852; resumed mercantile pursuits in Bath, NY. He married Nancy
Whiting, b. 2 Jan 1806; d. 18 Feb 1876; daughter of Col. John Whiting and Nancy
'Anna' Carter
Reuben Robie House is a historic home located at Bath, NY. It was built in 1847
and is a two story, center hall Greek Revival style brick dwelling. The small flat
roofed entrance portico supported by Doric columns was added about 1900. Also
on the property is a one and a half story board and batten carriage house and a
tool shed. It was home to Congressman Reuben Robie (1799–1872)
Children:
John Whiting Robie
Jonathan Robie
James Whiting Robie
Mary Robie Kingsley
Joel Carter Robie
14 Jan1833 - 07 Dec 1833
03 Sep 1834 - 21 Jan 1888
29 Oct 1838 - 21 Apr 1851
06 Apr 1841 - 27 Aug 1925
07 Sep 1846 - 28 Feb 1908
Hornellsville Lodge No. 331, Hornellsville
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From the December, 1918 Issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
John H. Roberts, foreman blacksmith of Hornell shop, passed suddenly to the "farther aide of
silence" October 29 (1918) at his home, 7 Bennett Parkway, Hornell, NY.
Mr. Roberts entered the service of the Erie as a blacksmith February 8, 1870, at the age of 26. He
worked nine years at the forge, and upon the resignation of Foreman Charles Green he was
promoted to the foremanship, which position he held continuously till his death, a period of thirtynine years.
Mr. Roberts was born in South Wales, and after serving his apprenticeship he worked in France
for some time before coming to America. Upon arriving in this country be worked at his trade in
several cities before locating in Hornell.
Mr. Roberts was a mechanic of remarkable ability, and many of the tools which have served to
materially increase the output of Hornell shop are due to his inventive talents. He was also a
musician of rare accomplishments, and always has been active in local musical affairs. During his
residence in Hornell he was the efficient director of various church choirs. He was a member of
Hornellsville Lodge 331, F&AM, which body conducted the funeral. Mr. Roberts is survived by
his widow, three daughters, three sons and five sisters.
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Adelbert Perry, a prosperous citizen and a successful lawyer, this well known gentleman of Hornell counts his friends throughout
Steuben county and in many of the towns and villages of surrounding counties. He has been thus far a life-long resident of
Hornellsville and of the city of Hornell, having been born in the old village, 16 Nov 1854. His father, Silas Perry, born in Almond, in
the neighboring county of Allegany, came to Hornell about 1850. His drug store was, if not the pioneer of its class, one of the early
drug stores in the village. He was later a merchant in other lines and gave some attention to farming. He traced his ancestry to
French-Scotch sources. Combining the amiability of the Frenchman with the hard business sense of the Scotchman he made
friends and prospered well, considering his time and opportunities. He lived to be about sixty-six years old.
Silas Ferry, of whom somewhat extended mention has just been made, married Cyrena Stephens, a native of Hornellsville and a
daughter of Colonel John R. Stephens*. That gentleman was of English extraction, a lineal descendant of one of three brothers of
the name who were among the pioneers in southern central New York. There is a family tradition that two of them were passengers
on the historic Mayflower of blessed memory. So far as Hornell itself is concerned Colonel Stephens was himself one of its pioneers.
He was the first town clerk at Hornellsville and was several times elected supervisor and from time to time filled other important
offices. In other fields than local politics he was active. His was one of the earliest frame houses erected in the village. In Masonry
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he was one of the most influential of the early leaders. For eighteen successive years he was master of his lodge; for
twenty-six years, from June 25, 1875, when his chapter was organized, he was its high priest. His daughter, wife of Silas Ferry and
mother of Adelbert Ferry, died when she was sixty-six years old.
Adelbert Ferry [Perry], only child of Silas and Cyrena (Stephens) Perry, received his English education in the public schools at
Hornell and in select schools at Greenville, PA. In 1873 he began the study of law in the offices of Hakes and Stephens and in 1876
was admitted to the bar, having been duly graduated from the Albany, NY, law school. He began the practice of his profession at
Dalton, Livingston county, but remained there only a few months. Prom there he removed to Hornellsville, where he devoted a part
of his time to farming. He owns a farm of 130 acres two miles from Hornell and another of sixty acres on Bull Hill, besides real estate
in Hornell and some valuable lots on the Arkport road. He resumed his law practice in 1907 and has met with good success.
Throughout the county he is well and favorably known as a man of influence, and he was a stanch Republican up to 1910, when he
decided to join the ranks of Democracy. In Masonic circles his position is high. He is a member of Hornell Lodge No. 331, F&AM,
of Steuben Chapter No. 101, RAM, of Hornellsville Council No. 135, Royal and Select Masters of De Molay Commandery No. 22,
KT, and of Damascus Temple, Rochester, New York. He is eminent in lodge and encampment in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. His public spirit renders him helpful and popular as a citizen.
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L. Wilson Rockwell was born in Olean, NY, 2 Nov 1855. His parents were Lemuel and Mary (Van Scoter) Rockwell, of English and
Dutch descent respectively. The father was born blind, but was well educated and a musician, and for a number of years was a
teacher of the profession in Hornellsville. L. Wilson was the third of eight children. He received a common school education and at
thirteen years of age he secured a position as bundle boy and clerk in the dry goods store of Adsit & Tuttle, holding the position ten
years. In 1879 the firm of M. A. Tuttle & Company was organized with Mr. Rockwell as the company. In 1883 this partnership was
dissolved and he removed to Wellsville and with his brother, H. H. Rockwell, organized the firm of Rockwell Brothers, which firm still
exists.
In 1886 Mr. Rockwell removed to Cortland, NY, and there organized another firm under the same name. In 1888 he returned to
Hornellsville, and in 1890, with M. A. Tuttle, organized the firm of Tuttle & Rockwell. The business of this firm grew to such
proportions that iu 1903 it was incorporated under the present name, The Tuttle & Rockwell Company. In 1891 Mr. Rockwell, in
connection with his brother, J. L. Rockwell, and F. P. Merrill, formed a partnership under the firm name of Rockwell, Merrill &
Company for the manufacture of silk gloves. This business was very successful and was the beginning of the silk industry in Hornell.
Ten years later Mr. Merrill withdrew from the firm and two years later the Rockwells became members of the corporation of Julius
Kayser & Company, the largest silk glove manufacturers in the world. Mr. Rockwell is also one of the organizers and a director in the
following corporations: The Citizens' National Bank, Wellsville, NY; the Bank of Steuben, Hornell; the Steuben Sanitarium Company,
Hornell, and the Plymouth Lumber Company, Plymouth, NC; he is president of the Bank of Steuben, also the Steuben Sanitarium
Company, and treasurer of the Tuttle & Rockwell Company.
Mr. Rockwell is a life-long Republican, but never held public office. He is a member of Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331, F&AM, and is
Past Master of the same; and is also a member of the Steuben County Chapter and DeMolay Commandery. He is a communicant
of the Episcopal church and a member of its vestry. He was married in 1884 to Miss Lizzie Smith, of Wellsville, who died in Jan
1892. He was again married in 1895 to Miss Minnie Smith, of Hornell. He has two children, Robert F. Rockwell, of Paonia, Colorado,
and Miss Jeanette, of Hornell.
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* Col. John R. Stephens (son of Uriah Stephens and Elizabeth Jones) b. 4 Mar 1786 in Athens, PA; d. 26 Jul 1861 in Hornell,
Steuben, NY. He married Rebecca Jones. Col. John R. Stephens was a Charter Member of Evening Star No. 44, Hornellsville.
Children:
i. Vincent Stephens,
b. ca 1803, PA.
b. ca 1815; m. Alfred Horton
ii. Marietta Stephens,
iii. Louisianna Stephens,
b. Hornellsville, Steuben, NY, d. 18 Aug 1871; m. Morrison Harding.
iv. Delevan Stephens,
b. 16 Mar 1812, Hornellsville, Steuben, NY; d. 11 Apr 1884, Arkport, Steuben, NY; m. Amy Robison
v. Cyrena Stephens,
b. 27 Aug 1820; d. 5 Jul 1887; m. 25 Jun 1850 Cyrus Ferry, 30 Nov 1820 in Almond, Allegany,
NY; d. 9 Dec 1886; son of John Ferry and Angeline Osgood.
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Spencer H. Stuart, M. D., of Hornell, was born in the town of Howard, Steuben, NY, 20 Oct 20, 1867. Samuel W. Stuart, his father,
Irish by birth, came to Steuben county as a boy of fourteen with his parents, Samuel and Sarah (Wood) Stuart. The family located in
the town of Bath, on Campbell Creek. Samuel W. Stuart married Mary Ann Carroll, who was born in Bath, a daughter of Andrew and
Ann Carroll. Her father was, like her husband, Irish and had come, as he had done, to America as a boy. Soon after their marriage
Samuel W. and Mary Ann (Carroll) Stuart located in the town of Howard, where he acquired a good farm, which was his home
during the greater part of more than forty years of his experience as a teacher in public schools in Steuben county. He died 17 Oct
1908, leaving a widow and four sons and three daughters, all of whom were living when these paragraphs are written.
The future doctor of medicine passed his boyhood days in the town of Howard and there gained a primary education. Later he was a
student at the academy at Canisteo. For a year he was a school teacher, studying medicine in his leisure hours. In 1888 he
submitted himself to the preceptorship of the late Dr. C. B. Robertson, and that same year entered the Columbus Medical College at
Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1892. He also took a course at the University of Buffalo,
where he graduated in 1899, and also from the University of the State of New York in the same year. Not long afterward he located
at Cameron, Steuben, NY, where he practiced his profession successfully for ten years. From Cameron he removed to Hornell,
where he has risen to a high place in his profession. Giving attention to family practice he has gained the confidence of the public to
such an extent that he numbers among his regular patrons some of the best people not only in Hornell but throughout the
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surrounding country. He is a member of the Hornell Medical and Surgical Association, of the Steuben County Medical Society, of the
New York State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Stuart is a Mason, Hornellsville Lodge, No. 331, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of the
Maccabees. On 9 Jan 1895, he married Miss Nellie A. Timmerman, daughter of Henry and Martha Timmerman, of Bath, New York,
where she was reared and educated. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and though not in active politics he wields a recognized
influence in local party affairs. As a life-long resident of Steuben county he is public-spiritedly interested in everything that pertains to
its advancement and prosperity.
The following items of information concerning the brothers and sisters of Dr. Stuart may be found interesting in this connection. Rev.
Aaron C. Stuart, a minister of the gospel, is stationed at Vernon, Oneida, NY. Robie W. Stuart is farming near Bath, Steuben county.
Lena A. married Melvin Daniels and is living at Hornell. Rev. Elmer J. Stuart is pastor of a Presbyterian church at Oneida, NY. Sarah
L. married William Hoyt, of Howard, New York. Ellen J. is living with her mother on the Stuart farm in Howard.
Cameron Lodge No. 349, Howard, New York
Warrant:
11 Jun 1822
See also Cameron No. 77, Howard, NY
Woodhull Lodge No. 353, Woodhull, New York
Warrant:
2 Oct 1854; U.D. date; Chester M. Griswold, Master 1860
WOODHULL LODGE - Woodhull, Steuben Co.
Under Dispensation, Oct. 2d, 5854.
Meets on Fridays, on or next preceding the full of the moon.
Edwin I. Stewart, Master,
Andrew I. Marlatt, SW,
Chester M. Griswold, JW, b. 1815, d. 1905; [saddle and harness maker]
Charles A. Stewart, SD.
MEMBERS.
Charles C. Chase,
Stephen Fonsley,
Samuel Hull.
Wm. McLane,
Samuel Stroud,
L. S. Wolcott,
Samuel Stroud settled here in 1826, his sons, Jacob D. and Edward L., all came at the same time.
Charles C. Chase was in the War of 1812.
Steuben Lodge No. 362c, Dansville, New York
Warrant:
6 Jun 1823
Reading Lodge No. 366c, Reading, New York
Warrant:
6 Jun 1823
Renamed Ionic (Reading-Ionic) in 1828; surrendered 1831; revived as Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee No.
123, 4 Jun 1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May 1900
Masons living in the Town of Reading first held meetings in Eddytown, now Lakemont, after receiving a Charter from Grand Lodge
on June 7, 1823, under the name of Reading Lodge No. 366. Following much confusion in the delivery of mail, Grand Lodge
approved in 1828 a change in the Lodge name to Ionic Lodge (sometimes called Reading-Ionic) No. 366. Following the Morgan
incident, Ionic Lodge No. 366 membership declined, and the Lodge was forced to surrender its Charter in 1831.
Ionic Lodge No. 366, Reading, New York – aka Reading-Ionic Lodge No. 366.
Warrant:
1828 [see above].
Prev. Reading No. 366c; surrendered 1831; revived as Reading-Dundee No. 308, 3 Jun 1847; became Dundee No. 123, 4 Jun
1858; fire 20 Jun 1900; reissued 2 May 1900
Prattsburgh Union Lodge No. 372c, Prattsburgh, New York
Warrant:
6 Jun 1823
Liberty Lodge No. 396c, Cohocton, New York
Warrant:
4 Jun 1824
Morning Star Lodge No. 421c, Canisteo, New York
Warrant:
7 Jun 1825
renumbered No. 65 in 1839
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Evening Star Lodge, now No. 44 (of Hornellsville), was organized in Canisteo about 1816. Its first Master was Rev. Andrew
Simpson, who used to travel the forest twelve miles from his home, in Jasper, for a period of about four years, to be present at every
regular communication of the lodge. The lodge was subsequently removed to Almond, and thence to Hornellsville, where it still
remains.
After the removal of the Evening Star Lodge (we are not informed exactly at what date), Morning Star Lodge, No. 421 (which is
now No. 65, its number having been changed upon the reorganization of Masonry, abut 1840), was formed at the house of Col.
William Stephens, who was chosen the first Master.
The lodges of Canisteo and Hornellsville were the only ones in the county which maintained their charter during the period of the
Morgan excitement. The archives of the lodge in Hornellsville were saved by a fortunate conjunction of circumstances by Col. John
R. Stephens, who happened to be passing when they were thrown from the window of the lodge-room by some zealous antiMasons. Col. Stephens picked them up and saved them. He and Maj. Thomas Bennett and Bazey Baker met under Maj. Bennett’s
sign-post for several years, and made their returns to the Grand Lodge. In this way they preserved their charter.
Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, F&AM, of Canisteo has at present [1879] the following officers: H. C. Green, W M; Elias Stephens, SW;
Walter Crandall, JW; C. M. Coston, SD; Thomas Dawson, JD; H. E. Buck, Sec.; L. A. Waldo, Eli Soule, and C. M. Coston, Trustees.
Urbana Lodge No. 459, Hammondsport/Urbana, New York
Warrant:
17 Apr 1859
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Dr. Moses Treat Babcock was born 30 Apr 1825 at Fort Ann, Washington, NY. He was educated in the common schools and in
Franklin Academy at Prattsburg. In 1848 he took up the study of medicine with Dr. P. K. Stoddard in Prattsburg, and was graduated
from Geneva Medical College 16 Jun 1852. He began the practice of his profession at Hammondsport, and in Dec 1854 he entered
the Buffalo Medical College, where he attended lectures one term, and again in 1857-58. In Sep 11,1862 he was appointed
assistant surgeon to the 141st Regt. NY Vols, and was with that regiment until the close of the War. Dr. Babcock has been a
member of the Steuben County Medical Association since 1870, and of the New York State Medical Society since 1885; he has also
been a member of the Republican Party since its organization, and was trustee of the village for a number of years. He has been a
member of the Masonic fraternity since 1858, and held the office of treasurer of Urbana Lodge No. 469 [sic] for 27 years. He has
also been a member of the IOOF for six years. In 1893 he married Josephine Sherwood, of Penn Yan, NY.
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Clarence A. Dunning — Incumbent of the office of bookkeeper for the Urban a Wine Company, with headquarters in the village of
Urbana, Mr. Dunning is numbered among the popular young business men of Steuben county and is a representative of one of the
honored pioneer families of this section of the old Empire State. He was born at Bluff Point, Yates, NY, on 30 Jul 1881, and is the
only child of Hiram O. and Elizabeth C. (Chase) Dunning, the former of whom was likewise born at Bluff Point and the latter of whom
was born at Penn Yan, Yates county, being a daughter of Elias Chase, a prominent citizen of that county. Hiram O. Dunning
devoted the major part of his active career to agricultural pursuits and to the raising of grapes, and he died at Penn Yan, Yates
county, 8 Apr 1905, at the age of 65 years. He was a son of Alanson J. and Eliza (Cole) Dunning and his father was one of the
pioneers and successful agriculturists of Yates county. Hiram O. Dunning was afforded good educational advantages in his youth
and for a time he was engaged in teaching in the public schools of his native county. There he later turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits and grape-growing, and there he continued to reside until 1890, when he located in Wayne township, Steuben
county, where he continued to give his attention to the supervision of a vineyard until three years prior to his death, when he
removed to the city of Penn Yan, where he lived virtually retired until he was summoned to the life eternal. His widow still resides in
Penn Yan and is 59 years of age at the time of this writing, in 1910.
Clarence A. Dunning is indebted to the public schools of his native county for his early educational discipline, which was
supplemented by courses of study in Keuka College and the Rochester Business Institute. After leaving the latter institution he was
employed for a time by the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad Company and by the Lake Keuka Navigation Company for a period of
five years, holding the position of assistant auditor and maintaining his headquarters at Hammondsport, Steuben county. In 1905 he
assumed his present position of bookkeeper for the Urbana Wine Company and he is one of the efficient and valued office
executives of this important corporation. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Hammondsport,
where he is also affiliated with Hammondsport Lodge, No. 459, F&AM, and where his wife holds membership in the Chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star. In politics his allegiance is given to the Republican party. In 1903 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Dunning to Miss Susan C. Casterline, born at Bluff Point, Yates county, 15 Sep 1882, a daughter of John V. and Sarah Fulkson,
who now reside at Hammondsport, Steuben county, where Mr. Casterline is living retired after having been for many years identified
with the industry of viticulture. Mr. and Mrs. Dunning have no children.
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0459%22&f=false page 133.
Henry Otis Fairchild, of Hammondsport, NY, b. 5 Aug 1836, near Lisbon, Otsego, NY, d. 24 Jan 1906 at the Hornellsville
Sanitarium. He was the oldest of four children, and received an academic education in his native county. In 1859 he settled in
Hammondsport and purchased the property where he resided at the time of his death. He was one of the foremost viticulturists of
the Lake Keuka region, and was an acknowledged authority on that subject. He owned sixty acres of vineyard and seventy acres of
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farm land and was well known as the largest individual grape grower in that section. A local paper says of him: "No citizen was more
enthusiastic over the advancement of the varied interests of the community than Mr. Fairchild."
For more than forty years he was connected with the vestry of St. James' Episcopal Church, in the interests of which he gave
liberally of his time and means. He was one of the principal factors in the establishment of St. James' Mission in Pleasant Valley,
and a tireless worker there. He was a member of Urbana Lodge, No. 459, having been initiated 4 Mar 1862, and was at the time of
his death next to the oldest member, Charles L. Halsey having been initiated in 1858. Mr. Fairchild was Master of the lodge during
the year 1876. As a member of this Society, Mr. Fairchild was for many years regular in his attendance at our annual meetings, and,
although somewhat retiring in his disposition, always interested himself in the Society's deliberations and discussions.
Mrs. Fairchild died 25 Sep 1905, and although not in robust health Mr. Fairchild's rapid decline dated from the death of his wife.
----Mr. Greene was prominent in civic affairs and also held several village offices. In Masonic circles he was well known. He was a
member of Urbana Lodge No. 459, F&AM, and served as Master of the lodge two years . . .
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Robert H. Howell. Outstanding among the substantial business men of Hammondsport is Robert H. Howell, identified with the
Howell Lumber Company, and he is a member of a prominent pioneer family of Steuben County. He was born at Geneva, NY, 25
Sep 1894, the son of Edward and Mary (Robin son) Howell. Edward Howell, a native of Bath, died in 1902. He was a graduate of
the public schools here and attended Yale University. He then located at Geneva as secretary of Phillips & Clark Company. He
continued with that concern until the time of his death. Mr. Howell was a Republican and held membership in the Episcopal Church.
His wife was born at Rochester, NY, and died in 1917. They were the parents of three sons: 1. James H., who is logging engineer
with the Caterpillar Tractor Company, at Peoria, Illinois. He is a graduate of Geneva High School and attended Cornell University.
He was one of the early members of the Curtis Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, and during the World War he was in San
Francisco, California, in charge of air plane inspection for the United States Government. Later he became associated with the Best
Tractor Company, of San Leandro, California, which concern absorbed the Holt Tractor Company and re-organized as the
Caterpillar Company. He was sent to Russia to instruct the Soviet Government in logging engineering, and after eight months in
Europe he returned to the United States. Most of his traveling in Europe was made by airplane. 2. Robert H., the subject of this
sketch.
Among the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Bath was James Howell, grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He conducted a dry
goods and department store here for a number of years. His father was the Hon. Edward Howell, born at Newburgh, Orange
County, NY, 16 Oct 1792. In 1808 Edward Howell located at Sidney, Delaware County, and remained there as a school teacher until
1811. He then came to Bath and spent the following five years in the mercantile business, afterward taking up the study of law in the
office of Gen. Daniel Cruger, of Bath. He was appointed county clerk in 1818 and soon after became postmaster of Bath. In 1823 he
was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and became solicitor in Chancery. Three years later he became counsellor of courts.
He was appointed District Attorney in 1829 and elected to the General Assembly in 1832. He became a member of Congress in
1833 and also served as Supreme Court Commissioner. He died 30 Jan 1871, at the age of seventy-nine years.
Robert H. Howell, subject of this sketch, was reared and educated at Geneva. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at New
York University in 1916 and at that time located at Hammondsport with the Curtiss Airplane Company. On 1 Jul 1917, he was sent
to Detroit, Michigan, where he engaged in aircraft production work under the supervision of the United States Army. He made
several unsuccessful attempts to enlist in the service, and later Mr. Howell was ordered into an Officers' Infantry Training Camp at
Camp Fremont, CA, but the armistice was signed and his orders cancelled. He then returned to Hammondsport as manager of the
Hammondsport Mills, until 1 Mar 1923. He engaged in sales promotion work with the Sperry Flour Company of San Francisco, CA,
for one year, after which he again returned to Hammondsport as mill manager. He purchased the business in 1926 and has since
engaged in the sale of hardware, and builders supplies, as well as coal. His lumber and coal yards cover two acres of land with a
private switch on the Erie Railroad.
On 28 Dec 1917, Mr. Howell married Miss Emily Champlin, of Hammondsport, the daughter of Harry M. and Eva (Drummer)
Champlin, natives of Pleasant Valley and Elmira, respectively. The former died in 1927 and the latter resides at Hammondsport. Mr.
and Mrs. Howell have two children: 1. Harry Champlin, born in 1920. 2. Mareva Robinson, born in 1923. Mr. Howell is a Democrat
and during 1928-30 was village president. He has also been a member of the school board for two years. He and his family are
members of St. James Episcopal Church and he is affiliated with Urbana Lodge, No. 459, F&AM; Steuben Chapter, R. A. M., and
Elks Lodge. He was one of the founders of the Rotary Club at Hammondsport and served as its first president in 1928. Mr. Howell is
a member of the Keuka Lake Yacht Club, and for four years has held the sailing championship of the club. He is the owner of a fine
yacht. The family has a summer home on East Lake Road, Keuka Lake.
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Van Buren McCorn — Numbered among the progressive representatives of viticulture and wine-producing in Steuben county is Mr.
McCorn, who is one of the substantial business men and public-spirited citizens of Hammondsport and who is well entitled to
consideration in this publication. Mr. LleCorn, whose lineage is traced back to stanch Scotch origin, was born in Newfield township,
Tompkins, NY, 1 Nov 1861, and is a son of John Wesley McCorn, who was born in Orange county, this state, and who devoted the
greater portion of his active career to the lumber business. He died at the age of 77 years. He was a son of Moses McCorn, who
was born and reared in Scotland and who came with his family to America on a sailing vessel, which arrived in New York City. He
settled in Orange county, NY, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and he later removed to Tompkins county, where he
passed the residue of his life and where he died at age 88 years. John W. McCorn, father of him whose name initiates this review,
was prominently identified with the lumbering industry in Tompkins county, where he built the first large sawmill, from which was
furnished the greater portion of the lumber utilized in the erection of the earlier buildings of Cornell University, in the city of Ithaca.
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He controlled 600 acres of timber land and was a man of much pragmatic ability and of sterling integrity of purpose, so that he ever
commanded the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He continued to reside in Tompkins county until his death.
He was a stanch Republican in his political proclivities, having united with the party at the time of its organization and having been a
zealous worker in behalf of its cause. He was called upon to serve in various local offices of trust and was progressive in his civic
attitude. Both he and his wife were devout members of the Presbyterian church. John W. McCorn married Miss Mary Cutter, who
was born and reared in Tompkins county, this state, and who was a daughter of Nirum and Rebecca (Dennis) Cutter. Concerning
the children of John W. and Mary (Cutter) McCorn brief record is here entered. Nirum is an expert gunlock maker and is employed in
the Remington Gun W orks, and Leroy is associated with his brother, Van Buren, in the grape and wine business at Hammondsport.
Van Buren McCorn, to whom this article is dedicated, was reared on the old homestead farm, to whose work he early began to
contribute his quota, and in the meantime he continued to attend the common schools of his native county. He was identified with
agricultural pursuits until 1890, when he came to Hammondsport, and associated himself with his brother, Leroy, in the grape and
wine business, in which their success has been of unequivocal order. Their vineyards are in excellent condition and produce the
finest quality of grapes, from which they manufacture all kinds of fine dry wines. Their wine products are shipped to all parts of the
Union and as excellent export trade is also controlled, the same showing a constantly cumulative tendency.
Though Mr. McCorn has never sought or desired public office he is loyal to all duties of citizenship and takes a lively interest in local
affairs. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he holds
membership in the lodge at Hammondsport, and the chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Bath. Both he and his wife are members of
the Presbyterian church and are actively identified with the various departments of its work.
In the year 1897 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McCorn to Miss Elizabeth David, who was born near the city of Berlin,
Germany, and who was a child at the time of her parents' emigration to America. She is a daughter of Carl David and the maiden
name of her mother was Hoffman. Her father is a tanner by trade and during his earlier years of residence in America he followed
this vocation. Both he and his wife now reside in Elmira, this state, where he is engaged in the hide and fur business and where he
is held in high regard as a man of sterling character. Mr. and Mrs. McCorn have one daughter Ruth, who was born in 1899. Mrs.
McCorn has one sister and one brother, and the latter is a prosperous merchant in the city of Elmira; he served during the SpanishAmerican war and later was with the United States troops in China at the time of the Boxer uprising.
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Henry Miller — The great empire of Germany has contributed a most valuable element to the cosmopolitan social fabric of our
American republic, which has had much to gain and nothing to lose from this source. Among those of German birth and ancestry
who have attained success and precedence in connection with industrial and business affairs in Steuben county is Mr. Miller, whose
interests are of broad scope and importance and who is now serving as mayor of Hammondsport. He has been in the most
emphatic sense the architect of his own fortune, as he came to America when a mere boy and without financial resources. He has
worked his way upward to a position as one of the essentially representative business men of Steuben county and his sterling
attributes of character have gained to him the unqualified esteem of his fellow men.
Henry Miller was born at Friedewald, Prussia, on 12 Sep 1868, and is a son of Conrad and Catherine (Fechter) Miller, both of whom
now reside in Potter county, PA, where they took up their residence in 1888 and where the father has been engaged in agricultural
pursuits. He is now living virtually retired, having attained to the age of 75 years, (1910) and his devoted wife is 69 years of age.
They are members of the Lutheran church and of their children seven are living: Henry, George, William, Peter, Conrad, Martha and
Mary. Martha is the wife of Conrad Rudolph and Mary is the wife of Henry Mulfelman. Henry Miller was reared to the age of fifteen
years in his native land, to whose schools he is indebted for his early educational training. At the age noted, in 1883, he severed the
ties which bound him to home and fatherland and came alone to America, where he joined an uncle who had previously established
his home in Germania, Potter county, PA. By industry and good management he gradually made his way toward the goal of definite
success and for a number of years he was actively identified with the lumbering industry in the south and west. In 1901 he
established his home at Hammondsport, where he has since resided and maintained his business headquarters. He is one of the
stockholders of the Henry Curtis Company, which is engaged in the manufacturing of the Curtis aeroplanes, and he is also a
stockholder in the Hammondsport Cooperage Company, the Schwarzenbach Brewing Company, the International Correspondence
School, the New Jersey Steel Company and other important corporations.
In polities Mr. Miller is aligned as a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party and he is known as one of the most
enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Hammondsport. The high esteem in which he is held in the community is indicated by the
fact that on 15 Apr1909, he was elected mayor of the city, in which position he has since continued to serve and in which he is
giving a most admirable and progressive administration of the affairs of the municipal government. He is a member of the Lutheran
church and is affiliated with Hammondsport [Urbana] Lodge No. 559 [sic - 459], F&AM, Bath Chapter, No. 95, RAM,
Commandery No. 17, KT, at Penn Yan, and Damascus Temple, AAONMS, in the city of Rochester. He also holds membership in
Hornell Lodge of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and in Hammondsport Tent of the Improved Order of Redmen, in which
he is treasurer. The popular mayor of Hammondsport is a bachelor.
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Timothy Meigs Younglove Cornelius(6) Joseph(5) Isaiah(4) Joseph(3) Rev. John(2) Samuel(1)
Timothy was born in the year 1814 at Hammondsport, NY. He received a good education in the common schools in the area. He
took up surveying at the age of 19, which he followed until 1889. Timothy lived with his parents and cared for them until their death.
His mother died in 1852 at the age of 71 yrs 11 mos. and it was just 4 years later that his father Cornelius who had lived on this farm
since he had settled there in 1807 passed away at the age of 83 yrs. 6 mos.
Cornelius deeded the farm to Timothy while he was still living. Cornelius's business was farming in a general way but wool growing
a specialty. Timothy continued with the wool growing until the grape growing became an important business when he embarked in
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that and reduced the number of sheep until 1882 when he disposed of the last and quit wool growing. About 1880 he began tobacco
culture, another farming specialty.
Timothy helped form the Pleasant Valley Wine Cellar in the year 1860 along with John F. Weber, C[harles].D. Champlin, Joseph
Masson and 8 others. This business was located about a half mile up the road from the octagon house. It was in the year 1888 that
Timothy Meigs Younglove along with his son Oliver Hoyt Younglove started the Monarch Wine Co. They had a stone building
besides the Monarch wine Co. building for an office and they were both built next to the octagon house on Younglove property.
Timothy was president of the company for several years and later his son took over the operation.
In 1859 at the age of 45 he built the Octagon house in Pleasant Valley, Hammondsport, NY. The house consisted of just the main
octagon part, and then two additions were added later in 1882. The carpenters who worked on the house were Henderson, Halsey
S. Edwards, Moore, and Tucker. The masons were Snow and Craig, painters were Charles Hoyt, Henry Jacobus, and Purdy, and
Keeler did the plumbing. Each of the eight sides on main house measures 20 ft in width and each addition is 25 ft x 20 ft. Height of
house is 20+ ft. Number of rooms at time both extensions were completed were 19 plus 3 halls. Timothy lived in this house till his
death in 1892. Timothy married Matilda Hoyt of Reading, Schuyler Co., NY in 1839. Matilda is the daughter of Oliver and Sallie
(Jones) Hoyt. She was born 1839. Timothy and Matilda had three daughters and one son; Myra, twins Ellen and Emma and Oliver
Hoyt Younglove. Timothy Meigs Younglove supported the Democrats in his political beliefs, and in religion, an Episcopalian, and at
the time of his death he was warden of St. James church. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Urbana Lodge and Bath
Chapter.
Information was taken from the Journals of Timothy Meigs Younglove. The Journals, which are in the possession of Leonard Paul
Wood Jr.; American Ancestry volume IV and other family sources.
His diary for the period Jan 1841 to Jul 1844 may be seen at Appendix I below.
Dansville Lodge No. 478, South Dansville, New York
Temple dedicated 8 Oct 1873 at Rogersville, New York, by R.’.W.’. Robert D. Jillson, DDGM.
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Transcribed from: The History of Florida: Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. III, page 43, 1923.
Frederick J. Bowen, M.D., who was president of the Duval County Medical Society, in 1922, and who served as a member of the
medical corps with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in the World war, established himself in the practice of his
profession in the City of Jacksonville, Florida, in 1903, and here his success has been of unequivocal order.
Doctor BOWDEN was born at Hornell, NY, on 22 Mar 1877, and is the youngest son in a family of seven sons and three daughters,
five of the number still living. He is a son of William Henry Bowen and Juliza Cotton, both likewise natives of the old Empire State,
where the former was born in 1838 and the latter in 1839, the death of the father having occurred in 1884 and that of the mother in
1917. William was long and successfully engaged in the wholesale produce business at Hornell, and there served as president of
the township board of Fremont Township, besides having been otherwise influential in community affairs. He was a democrat and a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife held membership in the Baptist Church.
Doctor BOWEN supplemented the discipline of the public schools by attending Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and in 1901 he was
graduated in the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. After receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he
did post-graduate work in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a leading hospital in the London, England, in 1902. After
his graduation he engaged in practice in Boston, where he remained until 1903, in which year he came to Jacksonville, FL, where
he had developed a large practice before he entered service in the World war. In September, 1918, he entered the medical corps of
the United States Army, with the rank of captain, and he soon afterward went to France, where he gave efficient service in leading
military hospitals and where he remained until the signing of the armistice. He received his honorable discharge 19 Aug 1919, and
has since given his attention to his general practice at Jacksonville. His professional affiliations include also his membership in the
Florida State Medical Society, the Southern Medical association, the Boston Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
In the Masonic fraternity is fundamental affiliation is with Dansville Lodge No. 478, F&AM, and he is a member also of Jacksonville
Chapter No. 12, RAM, and Damascus Commandery No. 2, KT, Florida Consistory, 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite, besides being
affiliated with Morocco Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The Doctor is a democrat in politics, holds membership in the Seminole Club
and the Florida Country club, and he and his wife are members of the First Christian Church of Jacksonville. 30 May 1907 he
married Florence Hardy, and they have three children: Mary Noel, Frederick Hardy, and Cecile.
South Dansville-Wayland Lodge No. 478, Arkport, New York
Liberty Lodge No. 510, Cohocton, New York
Warrant:
15 Jun 1861
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Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & A. M., was organized April 3, 1861, by a dispensation received from the Grand Lodge of the State of
New York, Finley M. King being Grand Master and James M. Austin, Grand Secretary. On June 15, 18 61, after the annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge in New York, a charter was granted, the same officers signing it.
The charter members and the date of their death were as follows:
Albertus Larrowe,
27 Jul 1899.
James Draper,
28 Dec 1875.
Stephen D. Shattuck, 13 Aug 1901.
Hiram Dewey,
1809-03 May 1881.
John Kellogg,
29 Mar 1884.
Asa Adams,
11 Jan 1895.
Benjamin Warner,
1801-Dec 1877.
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The first recorded meeting as it appears in the minutes:
Cohocton, April 3, 1861.
"Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & A. M., having been duly organized in accordance with the requirements of the Grand Lodge of the
State of New York met for the transaction of business and opened in due form on the 3rd degree of Masonry, Brothers A. Larrowe,
S. D. Shattuck and John Kellogg filling of W. M., S. W., and J. W., respectively.
The following persons presented applications for initiation:
J. H. Butler, A. M. Spooner, F. N. Drake and William Washburn, which was recorded and the following committee on investigation
appointed. The same persons being appointed committees in each case: Brothers, John Kellogg, S. D. Shattuck and F. Larrowe.
The lodge adjourned in due form to April 5th.
Let me here say that when Franklin Larrowe joined (yet it must have been by demit) but the minutes are as blank. His was the first
funeral the lodge as a body attended.
The first officers of the lodge were:
Albertus Larrowe, WM.
John Kellogg. JW.
Stephen D. Shattuck, SW.
James Draper, Treasurer.
John H. Butler, Secretary.
Franklin Larrowe, SD.
William W ashburn, JD.
The Masters of Liberty Lodge No. 510 have been:
Albertus Larrowe,
J. Dwight Hendryx,
Stephen D. Shattuck,
Clarence W . Stanton,
John Kellogg,
Dr. Ira L. Goff,
Rev. N. N. Beers,
Edwin A. Draper,
Samuel Street, Jr.,
Clayton S. Scott,
Charles Larrowe, [son]
Albert H. Wilcox,
Samuel D. Parmenter,
M. Ernest Weld,
Edwin S. Brown,
L. Roy Partridge,
C. Gilbert Lyon.
The Treasurers and Secretaries of Liberty Lodge have been:
Year(s)
1861,
1862,
1863,
1864,
1865,
1866,
1867-1870,
1871,
1872,
1873-1877,
1878,
1879,
Treasurer
James Draper
James Draper
David H. Wilcox
Calvin E. Thorp
F. N. Drake
E. S. Carpenter
C. E. Thorp
B. W. Tambling
C. E. Thorp
John Kellogg
S. D. Shattuck
Monroe Harris
Secretary
John H. Butler
John H. Butler
Thomas Warner
E. S. Carpenter
Calvin E. Thorp.
Thomas Warner
Chas. H. Beyer
Chas. H. Beyer
Frank M. Conley
Thomas Warner
Thomas Warner
Thomas Warner
Year(s)
1880-1884,
1885,
1886-1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891-1892,
1893,
1894-1908,
1909,
1910-1912,
1913,
Treasurer
S. D. Shattuck
S. D. Shattuck
Asa McDowell
Asa McDowell
A. McDowell
G. E. Wagner
G. E. Wagner
Asa McDowell
Chas. Oliver
Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver
Secretary
Thos. Warner
J. Leonard Waugh
J. Leonard Waugh
Thomas Warner
Thomas Warner
Thomas Warner
Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver
J. Leonard Waugh
M. Ernest Weld
S. D. Parmenter
S. D. Parmenter
Its membership January 1, 1912, was 102.
From the granting of the charter to January 1, 1872, they had rooms in the "Beehive", now the Times-Index building. Then they
moved to their fine quarters in the block then erected by Thomas Warner, corner of Maple Avenue and North Main street.
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Rufus R. Clement — The present popular postmaster at Atlanta, Steuben, NY, is Rufus R. Clement, and he is a man of sterling
integrity of character and unquestioned honesty. He was born at Honeoye, NY, 25 Dec 1864, a son of Peter N. Clement, a native of
Bristol, Ontario, NY. Peter Clement established his home in Naples township, Steuben county, in 1871, and he was identified with
farming during the greater part of his active business career. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and he was a
loyal Republican in his political convictions. He married Lois Bundy, who was a daughter of Rufus Bundy, formerly of Connecticut,
whence they removed to Cohocton township, Steuben county. The mother of Mrs. Clement was Lois (Love joy) Bundy, and she and
her husband passed the closing years of their lives with their daughter,
Mrs. Clement, Mr. and Mrs. Clement became the parents of six children: Peter, of North Cohocton; Mary, wife of William Chapman,
of Watkins, NY; Ella, wife of John Goundry, a farmer in Naples township, this county; Carrie, wife of Prank Carey, of Naples
township; Lola, wife of L. Laird, of Naples township; and Rufus E., the immediate subject of this review. The father was summoned
to the life eternal in 1879, at the age of sixty years, and his wife passed away in 1888, at the age of fifty-eight years.
Rufus Richmond Clement was reared to maturity on the old homestead farm of his parents and he was afforded the advantages of
the public schools of his native place. He was nine years of age at the time of his parents' removal to Naples, Ontario county, where
he completed his education. He was associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm until his marriage, in
1884, and he continued to be identified with farming pursuits until 1895, in which year he removed to Atlanta where he entered the
employ of William T. Cornish, who owned a general store, in connection with which he conducted the post office. After his death,
which occurred in 1904, Mr. Clement was appointed postmaster by President Roosevelt, and he is still incumbent of this position. In
politics he is a stanch adherent of the cause of the Republican party and he has ever manifested a deep and intelligent interest in all
measures and enterprises projected for the general welfare of the community. He takes an active part in local politics and has
served as delegation committeeman for his district. He is a valued and appreciative member of Kanawha Lodge, No. 566,
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past grand master, besides which he also holds membership in Cohocton
Lodge No. 510, F&AM, and Bath Chapter No. 95, Royal Arch Masons.
1n 1884 Mr. Clement was united in marriage to Miss Alice Salisbury, who was born at Naples, New York, in Jul 1866, a daughter of
Henry and Mary (Wilson) Salisbury, the former of whom is a prominent farmer in Naples township and the latter of whom is
deceased. Mrs. Clement is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and is active in the affairs of the local lodge of this order. Mr.
and Mrs. Clement have one daughter, Mildred, born in 1886. She was graduated in the North Cohocton high school and also
attended the Teacher's Training School of Cohocton. At the present time she is one of the successful and popular teachers in
Cohocton township. She is a member of Eastern Star Lodge, of Cohocton, and of the Daughters of Rebekah, of Atlanta.
-----Edwin A. Draper
“History of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment of New-York Volunteers.” page 54.
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1Lt Edwin A. Draper was b. 8 Oct 1837[d. 1906] and always lived with his parents in his native village, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. All
the privileges of common and select schools were given him by his parents, who were clothing merchants. His urbane manners
made him his father’s most natural assistant in the store when not at school. Enlisting 1 Oct 1862 as 2Lt in Co. I, 161st NY Inf.
Vols, he served faithfully for two years with General Banks in Lousiana through the battles of Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant HIl,
Red River Crossing, Alexandria, Atchafalaya and Morganzia Bend. He was married 5 Jul 1864 to C. M. Goss of Detroit, MI.
He reenlisted as a Private 31 Aug 1864, and enlisting 27 men for his company upon organization, it promoted him by vote to 1Lt. He
was a neat, skillful officer and real military man, whom the Adjutant would always designate to perform his duties when he was
absent.
Decoration Day [May 1902] was observed at Cohocton under the auspices of Rodney E. Harris Post No. 240, G. A. R., of Cohocton.
The line was formed in front of the post rooms on Maple avenue by Edwin A. DRAPER, marshal of the day and marched to the
cemetery, where there was an address by Rev. J. F. BENNETT, of Haskinsville.
DRAPER, EDWIN A.—Age, 27 years. Enrolled at Livonia [189th NY Inf. Vols.], to serve one year, and mustered in as private, Co. G,
31 Aug 1864; as 1Lt, 21 Sep 1864; mustered out, 30 May 1865, near Washington, DC; prior service as 2Lt, Co. I, 161st Infantry.
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Albertus Larrowe [Sr.] b. 11 Jul 1826; d. 27 Jul 1899; s/o John B. Larrowe & Elizabeth Holmes; m1. Harriet A. Kellogg [b. 1835 ,
d. 17 Dec 1860; d/o John [b. 1809 ; d. 29 Mar 1884] & Sally Ann [b. 1814 ; d. 1 Apr 1864] Kellogg]; m2 Jullia A. Draper [b. 1843; d.
4 Jan 1874; d/o of James Draper]; m3. Katherine Morgan.
Albertus Larrowe Jr. entered into his business relations as secretary and treasurer of the Peninsula Iron Works at St. Johns,
Oregon, on 1 Apr 1910, and was prominently connected with industrial activities there in the conduct of a general foundry, machinist
and blacksmithing business. He was born in Steuben County, NY, 24 Feb 1880, a son of Albertus and Katherine M. (Morgan)
Larrowe. The family is an old one of that part of the state, having been there represented for several generations. The name was
originally La Rue but being driven from their native country of France at the time of the persecution of the Huguenots, they changed
the spelling of their name to prevent identification. When representatives of the family first came to America settlement was made in
New Jersey and later a branch of the family was established in New York. In the maternal line Albertus Larrowe is a direct
descendant of Miles Morgan of Springfield, MA. This family was represented in the Revolutionary war, entitling Katherine M.
Larrowe to membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution, with which she is now identified.
Albertus Larrowe, Sr., was a miller by trade, following that pursuit as a life work. In politics he was a republican and became
prominent as a party leader in his county. He was also an active Mason and served as Master of Liberty Lodge. No. 510, F&AM,
of Cohocton. which he joined on its organization.
His son, Albertus Larrowe [Jr.], whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the public schools and on starting out
in business life on his own account became engaged in merchandising in New York city. He afterward removed to the middle west
and for ten years was connected with the wholesale grocery trade in Duluth, MN. In 1910 he arrived in Portland and became
interested in the Peninsula Iron Works, which were established by J. C. Murphy and W. A. Bennett, under the name of the Modern
Machine Works, in Nov 1909. They employed about three men and something of the growth of the business is indicated in the fact
that employment is now given to from 25 to forty men. On 1 Mar 1911, the name was changed to its present form. On the 1st of April
of the preceding year Mr. Larrowe had become secretary and treasurer, having purchased Mr. Murphy's interest. The company does
a general foundry, machinist and blacksmithing business, drawing a large trade from Portland and the Columbia River valley.
In 1910 Mr. Larrowe [Jr.] was married to Miss Helen Maginnis, of Duluth, MN, and have one child, Albertus Eugene. In politics Mr.
Larrowe has ever been an earnest republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He does not seek nor desire
political office, however, but has served for two terms as a member of the school board in district No. 2 and the cause of education
finds in him a stalwart champion. He belongs to St. Johns Commercial Club and the company of which he is a representative has a
membership in the United Metal Trades Association.
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Charles Gilbert Lyon — A man of much ability, enterprise and judgment, Charles Gilbert Lyon holds an assured position among
the foremost business men of Atlanta, Steuben county, and as a man and a citizen is held in high respect. A son of the late James
S. Lyon, he was born 22 May1864, in Buffalo, New York. Born and brought up in Montreal, Canada, James S. Lyon came to the
states with his parents, and during his active life was engaged in the real estate business at Buffalo, NY, dying in that city in 1892,
aged 76 years. He married Louisa L. Dougherty, a daughter of John and Julia Dougherty, natives of Vermont, and of the children
born of their union five are living, as follows: Emma L., wife of E. L. Kimberly, a retired businessman of Buffalo, NY; Eva, wife of J. T.
Burrows, of Elyria, Ohio; Florence, living in Buffalo; Henry L., deputy water commissioner of Buffalo, NY, and Charles Gilbert, the
special subject of this sketch.
Leaving the public schools at the age of eighteen years Charles Gilbert Lyon studied civil engineering for a while, and was
subsequently engaged in the lumber business at Buffalo for six years. Moving from that city to Atlanta, Steuben county, Mr. Lyon
here embarked in the lumber and produce business as a member of the firm of Hatch, Otto and Company, and met with success
from the start. In Sep 1909, Mr. Otto retired from the firm, and its name was changed to Hatch, Lyon and Company, its present form.
Mr. Lyon is connected with other substantial business enterprises, being secretary of the United Produce Company, which has its
general office in Atlanta, and of the Steuben Bean Company, an Atlanta corporation.
Politically Mr. Lyon is a Republican, but he has never desired public office, his private interests demanding his entire attention. He is
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and belongs to Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F&AM, and to Bath Chapter, No. 95,
RAM, of Bath, New York. Religiously he is a trustworthy member of the First Presbyterian church.
Mr. Lyon married, 13 Aug 1891, Minnie L. Hatch, b. 4 Feb 1871, in Atlanta, a daughter of Hiram W. Hatch. Five children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyon: Hyatt Hatch, b. 23 Aug 1893, is taking a postgraduate course in Atlanta; Stuart Gilbert, b. 6 May 1897;
Harold Maurice, b. 1 Jun 1899; Hiram William, b. 9 Feb 1901, and Florence Dorothy, b. 19 Feb1907.
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Clayton S. Scott, managing editor of the Shamokin Dispatch, was born 1 Dec 1858, in Wilson, Niagara, NY, almost within the
sound of the roar of Niagara's world-famous cataract. Rev. Milo Scott his father, at that time one of true prominent Methodist
clergymen of western New York, came from Pennsylvania stock, being a son of Cephas and Polly (Winslow) Scott, of Smithport,
McKean, PA. His mother, Ann Eliza Barrett, was a native of New York State but came from the stanch old New England Barrett
family, which settled in Vermont, and who were in direct line of descent from the Barretts of England. Rev. Milo Scott died in 1864,
when his son was but five years of age, and his mother a few years later located at Brockport, NY, where is located one of New
York States most prominent normal schools, from which Mr. Scott was graduated in 1879, after which for several years he engaged
in public school work in his native State, filling high school principalships at Byron, Churchville and Cohocton. While located at
Cohocton he was united in marriage with Etta M. Haynes, of Binghamton, NY, who was also a graduate of the State normal school
at Brockport and was the preceptress of the Cohocton high school, of which Mr. Scott at the same time was principal. Their
marriage occurred 24 Jun 1884, at Binghamton.
The following year Mr. Scott embarked in news-paper work, locating at Owego, NY, the county seat of Tioga county, where he
purchased the Tioga County Record, a well established weekly paper. A year later he sold a half interest in the business and a daily
edition, called the Owego Daily Record, was started, which from the first was a marked success and so continued for twenty years
under the same firm of publishers, Scott & Watros, until their sale of the business on 1 Oct 1906. Mr. Scott remained with the new
owner as managing editor of the paper until 1 May 1907, when he resigned, and after a few months rest came to Shamokin and
began his duties as managing editor of the Shamokin Dispatch, the oldest daily newspaper in the borough. It is issued daily except
Sundays. In 1910 Mr. Scott became one of the stockholders of the Leader Publishing Company, which corporation publishes the
Dispatch, and at the company's annual meeting that year he was elected its secretary.
While a resident of New York State Mr. Scott was one of its most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity, filling the Masters
chair five years. For nearly twenty years he was almost continuously a member of the Grand Lodge of that State, serving on the
staff of eight of its Grand Masters, filling the offices of District Deputy Master, Grand Standard Bearer, and other important
positions. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, with the rank of Past High Priest and a member of Malta Commandery, No. 21, KT, of
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Alexander M. Stewart, M. D. — A representative physician and surgeon at Atlanta, Steuben county. NY, Dr. Alexander McClaren
Stewart has gained distinctive precedence as one of the ablest medical practitioners in this section of the state and he has
maintained his home in Atlanta since 1903. He was born Quebec, Canada, 14 Apr 1872, and is a son of Robert Stewart and Janet
Grant, the latter of whom is deceased and the former of whom is now living, at the age of 82 years, on his fine farm of 250 acres in
Canada. Robert Stewart was born in the county of Lanark, province of Ontario, Canada, and he was but four years of age at the
time of his parents' removal to Quebec, in 1832. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his entire active business
career and in this line of enterprise he has achieved most noteworthy success. He married Janet Grant, a daughter of William Grant,
a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Mrs. Stewart was summoned to the life eternal in 1872, shortly after the birth of the Doctor, at which
time she was 42 years of age. Mr. Robert Stewart is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for a
number of years.
Dr. Stewart is the youngest in a family of seven children and concerning his brothers and sisters the following brief data are here
entered: William is engaged in ranching in Montana; Robert is identified with the furniture business in the city of Rochester, NY;
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George, who is a doctor by profession, resides in the province of Alberta, Canada; Mary is the wife of L. Beal, professor of music at
Brockville, Canada; Janet is the wife of D. Chinderson, a farmer in Alberta, Canada; and Sarah is married, and resides in Buffalo,
NY. Dr. Stewart was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and he continued to be associated with his father in the work
and management thereof until he had attained to the age of nineteen years, at which time he went to Rochester, NY, where he
secured employment in a carpet and furniture house and where he attended night school, in preparation for the Academy of
Rochester, which he attended for one year. Thereafter he was a student in the high school at Atlanta for two and a half years, at the
expiration of which he spent four years in a medical college in Syracuse. After leaving Syracuse he spent some time in Canada,
under Dr. McFarland, and in the fall of 1903 he made permanent settlement at Atlanta, where he has since resided. He has built up
a large and lucrative practice and is proving most successful in his particular field of endeavor. He is giving most efficient service as
medical examiner in the lodge of the Knights of the Maccabees and in a professional way he is affiliated with the Steuben County
Medical Society. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in the time-honored Masonic fraternity he
holds membership in Liberty Lodge, F&AM, at Cohocton, and with the Royal Arch Masons at Bath. He has ever given freely of his
aid and influence in support of all measures projected for the general welfare of the community. He and his wife are devout
members of the Presbyterian church, in the various departments of whose work they have been most liberal and active factors.
Dr. Stewart married Miss Marie Goundry, a daughter of John and Ella (Clement) Goundry, the former of whom is engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and the latter of whom is deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Stewart have no children.
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Joseph Leonard Waugh, who is engaged in the insurance business in the thriving village of Cohocton, where he is also incumbent
of the office of justice of the peace, is a citizen who commands a secure place in popular confidence and esteem and he is entitled
to definite consideration in this historical work.
Joseph Leonard Waugh was born in Oneida county, NY, 21 Oct 1844, a son of Rev. John and Charlotte (Rogers) Waugh. Rev.
John Waugh was born in Carlisle, Cumberland county, England, 14 Mar 1814. He was four years old at the time of the family
removal to the United States and after due preliminary discipline he entered Brown University, in which he took a partial course. He
carefully prepared himself for the work of the ministry and was ordained as a clergyman of the Presbyterian church. He was for a
time pastor of the church of this denomination at Mount Hope, Orange, NY; for fourteen years he held a pastorate at Sauquoit,
Oneida county; for an equal period he was engaged in the work of his high calling at Canton, St. Lawrence county; the following
nine years he held the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian church at Carthage, Jefferson county; and in 1878 he came to Steuben
county and assumed the pastorate of the church of his denomination in Cohocton, where he served for fifteen years. He was a man
of marked intellectual ability and deepest piety, and his labors in the ministry were marked by the utmost zeal and consecration. He
passed the closing years of his life in Cohocton, where he died 20 Aug 1907.
On 3 May 1842, was solemnized the marriage of Rev. John Waugh to Miss Charlotte Rogers, born at Laurens, Otsego, NY, 6 Nov
1817, a daughter of Oliver G. and Deborah (Lewis) Rogers. She was summoned to the life eternal 3 Feb 1899, and her memory is
revered by all who came within the sphere of her gentle and gracious influence. Of the five children four are living and of the number
Joseph Leonard, subject of this review, is the eldest. Dr. Theodore R. is a representative physician and surgeon of St. Albans, VT;
Ella Charlotte died at the age of eight years; Rev. Arthur J., a clergyman of the Presbyterian church, is pastor of a church at
Montasata, Sullivan. NY; and Ida is the wife of Dr. Thomas B. Fowler, of Springville, Erie, NY.
J. Leonard Waugh gained his early educational discipline in the common schools, and supplemented this by effective preparatory
work in Canton Academy, at Canton, NY, after leaving which institution he matriculated in Hamilton College, at Canton, in which he
was graduated as a member of the class of 1867 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The ensuing three
years he was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of his native state, and in 1873 he was graduated in Auburn
Theological Seminary, after which he was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian church. He assumed the pastorate of the
church at Brasher Palls, St. Lawrence county, where he remained until 1879, and in 1881 he came to Cohocton, where he was
engaged in the printing and publishing business for two years. He then established a general insurance agency and to this line of
enterprise he has devoted his attention during the long intervening years, within which he has built up a large and representative
business as an underwriter. Though he has retired from the ministry he has continued to be a most earnest and devoted worker in
the church and he is at the present time an elder of the Presbyterian church in his home village. He commands unequivocal
confidence and regard, and none has shown greater loyalty and public spirit. He is affiliated with Liberty Lodge No. 510, F&AM,
with which he has been identified since 1882. In politics Mr. Waugh is found arrayed as a stalwart supporter of the principles and
policies of the Republican party, and he has given effective service in behalf of its cause. He has served as delegate to the county
and district conventions of his party. In 1883 he was appointed justice of the peace, and in 1885 he was duly elected to this office, of
which he has served in all eighteen years.
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Henry P. Wilcox — One of the representative citizens and progressive business men of his native county is the present efficient
and popular postmaster of the village of Cohocton, which has been his home from the time of his nativity and in which he is
successfully engaged in the lumber and produce business, the while he has served continuously as postmaster since 1900.
Henry Plato Wilcox was born in Cohocton on 3 Jun 1870, and is a son of Albert H. Wilcox and Fannie Parmenter, representatives
of families whose names have been prominently identified with the history of this section of the state since the pioneer days. Albert
Hopkins Wilcox was born in Springwater township, Livingston, NY, 9 Feb 1844, and the old homestead farm was not far distant from
the Steuben county line. He was a son of David H. Wilcox, who moved to Livingston county from Homer, Cortland county, in an
early day and established his home in Springwater township, where he purchased land and where he also engaged in the operation
of flour and saw mills, having also a mill at Slab City and one in Perry township. In 1850 he established his home in Cohocton,
where he purchased a grist mill, which he continued to operate until 1867, besides which he also owned and operated a saw mill
which he here established in 1856. He sold his mill properties in 1867 and his death occurred in June of the following year, when he
was of venerable age. He was a man of ability and sterling character and did much to advance the civic and material prosperity of
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the county. He united with the Republican party at the time of its organization and he served seven terms as supervisor of his
township. He wielded much influence in connection with public affairs of a local order and was a citizen to whom was ever accorded
the fullest measure of confidence and regard. He was the prime factor in affecting the organization of the Cohocton Universalist
church, and both he and his wife were most zealous members of the same. He was affiliated with Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F&AM,
and also with the Cohocton lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Miss Delia A. Hopkins, of Springwater
township, Livingston county, and they became the parents of nine children.
Albert H. Wilcox was a lad of six years at the time when the family moved to Cohocton, where he was reared to maturity and where
he duly availed himself of the privileges afforded in the common schools. As a youth he was associated with his father's varied
business activities and in 1868, when twenty-four years of age, he became manager and superintendent of the business of Thomas
Warner, of Cohocton. He thus continued until 1882, in which year he removed to Kanona, this county, where he was associated with
a partner in the lumber business until 1885. In 1883 he had become a member of the lumber firm of Warner, Turner & Wilcox, which
conducted operations at Elmira, NY, and in Pennsylvania. In 1886 he returned to Cohocton and here engaged in the lumber, shingle
and coal business, both wholesale and retail, and in addition to these interests he here became the owner of a well equipped
planing mill. With these lines of business he is still actively identified and he has gained precedence as one of the most aggressive
and influential business men of this part of the county, besides which he has been influential in public affairs and has an
impregnable hold upon popular confidence and esteem. He is a zealous supporter of the principles and policies for which the
Republican party stands sponsor, and in 1891-2 he served as supervisor of his township. He was a member of the first board of
water commissioners of Cohocton and was its president for two years, and since 1892 he has been president of the Cohocton Dime
Loan Association.
In 1864 was solemnized the marriage of Albert H. Wilcox to Miss Fannie Parmenter, who was born and reared in this state. Mr.
Wilcox, of this review, has a brother and sister living: Edmund Parmenter Wilcox, who is a member of the United States navy and
who is now in charge of the navy recruiting station in New York city, and Helen, who is the wife of James C. Barber, a successful
contractor and builder in the city of Rochester.
To the public schools of Cohocton Henry P. Wilcox is indebted for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a
course of two terms in a business college in the city of Elmira. In 1886 he became associated with his father in the lumber, coal,
produce and building-material business, and this alliance has since been continued, under the firm name of A. H. Wilcox & Son. He
is also the owner of valuable farm property in Steuben county, besides real estate in Cohocton.
In politics Mr. Wilcox has given an unwavering allegiance to the cause of the Republican party, and he has given effective service in
the promotion of its interests in his native county. In 1900 he was appointed postmaster of Cohocton, and of this office he has since
continued incumbent. He has made many improvements in the local service and his administration has met with uniform
commendation. Mr. Wilcox is affiliated with Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F&AM, and is thus a representative of the third generation of
the family to be identified with this lodge, in which he has passed various official chairs. He is also a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
Mr. Wilcox married Jennie L. Allen, who was born in Avoca township, this county, on 15 Feb 1872, a daughter of William and Mary
Catherine (Foults) Allen, the former of whom died on his homestead farm in Avoca township in 1876, and the latter of whom now
resides in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wilcox. The father was a valiant soldier of the Union, in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox
became the parents of three children, one of whom, Louise, died in infancy; Allen Albert, born 19 Aug 1894, and Lester Edward,
born 16 Oct 1903, are both attending the public schools.
Cameron Mills Lodge No. 547, Cameron Mills, New York
Warrant:
1864
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James W. Crawford, 86, entered into eternal rest at his winter residence at High Point Community, Brooksville, FL, Thursday, 23
Oct 2008. Jim was born in Cameron Mills, NY, 3 Jan 1922 and was the son of William and Isabella Bastian Crawford. Jim lived most
of his life in Cameron Mills, was a graduate of Addison High School and attended Alfred University for two years before joining the
U.S. Air Force, serving in the Asian and Pacific Theatres during World War II. After his Honorable Discharge he joined the family
business, "Crawford's Store", where he worked until his retirement. After retirement he resided in Painted Post, NY during the
summer months and Brooksville, Florida (High Point Community) winters. Jim was active in public service, he served as Supervisor
of the Town of Rathbone for 28 years, the Steuben County Board of Supervisors for 20 years, was a Director of Community National
Bank from 1972 to 1992, was President of Town Line Cemetery, and was for 13 years Chairman of Steuben County Democratic
Committee. He was a member and Past Master of Cameron Mills Lodge F&AM, a 32nd Degree Mason, he was a member
Consistory of Corning, Williams-Greengrass Post American Legion of Addison, and the Cameron Mills United Methodist Church.
After retirement he was a member of the High Point Golf Club for 16 years. Jim is survived by his devoted wife, Dorothy, of 55
years; daughters, Jane Crawford of Baltimore, MD and Patricia (Philippe) Moisa of McLean, VA; son, William (Tricia) Crawford of
Greenville, SC; grandchildren, Christopher, Nicholas, and Michelle Cilip, Alexander and Lea Moisa, James Cameron Crawford, and
Kendall Crawford; one brother, Russell (Elizabeth) Crawford of Lutz, FL; and three nieces and six nephews. Jim was predeceased
by two sisters, Ruth Frank and Helen Willis.
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H. Edgar Fenner was born 7 Aug 1872, son of Elisha P. and Harriet (Smith) Fenner. Elisha was a Civil War veteran, having served
three years and eleven months. H. Edgar attended Alfred University and started in the mercantile business in Coneville. He was
Postmaster there from 1902 to 1905. He then went to Cameron, NY, where he conducted a hardware business for six years,
following which he was in the hardware business in Alfred, NY, for three years. He then came to Shinglehouse where he conducted
a general store for 28 years. He retired and now resides in Shinglehouse. Mr. Fenner was president of the First National Bank of
Shinglehouse for sixteen years. He is a member of Cameron Mills Lodge Number 547 F&AM, and of Coudersport Consistory. He
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married, 2 Mar 1895, Nina Locke, daughter of C.F. and Mary (Coston) Locke, of Alfred. Mrs. Fenner attended Alfred University. She
is a member of O.E.S. and of the Grange. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fenner are members of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred.
They attend the Methodist Church in Shinglehouse. Children: (1) Eldyn L., of Shinglehouse. (2) Alyene (Fenner) Brown, of Ithaca,
NY. She is a graduate of Cornell University and was associated with the Home Economics Department at Cornell. She has two
daughters, Barbara and Susan. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner have spent several winters in Florida and California. Mr. Fenner has been
active in baseball and he is now an ardent golfer.
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Elwyn Adna Ingersoll, 74, of 3632 County Route 110, Cameron Mills, NY, passed away Friday, 16 Jan 2009 at his home with his
family by his side. Born in Avoca, NY, 17 May 1934, he was the son of Adna & Bernace Eckler Ingersoll. He attended Cameron Mills
Elementary School and was a 1951 graduate of Addison Central School. He married Beatrice Ann Herrington of Troupsburg, NY, 7
Sep 1952; they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2002. She preceded him in death. He then married Greta Allen Weeks
27 Nov 2004. He was a 50-year member and Past Master of Cameron Mills Lodge F&AM, a member of the Chemung Valley
Antique Auto Club, as well as the Oldsmobile Car Club. He was retired from Ingersoll Rand Co.
He restored several antique cars and drove them in many local parades and displayed them at car shows. He enjoyed woodworking
in his shop and the outdoors. Most of his woodworking creations were gifts to family & friends. He was preceded in death by his
parents, his first wife, Beatrice Ingersoll; his son, Shawn Frank Ingersoll; his brother, Mervin Ingersoll; his sister, Bernita Ingersoll
Brouse; and granddaughter, Megan Johnson.
He is survived by his wife, Greta Ingersoll; three sons, Edward (Lorrie) Ingersoll of W hite House Station, NJ, Jeffery (Nora) Ingersoll
of Bath, NY, & Brian Ingersoll (Paula Kohut) of Addison, NY; step-sons, Tom (Helen) Johnson of Spokane, WA & Matthew (Carol)
Johnson, Cheyenne, WY; his sisters, Maude (Eugene) Cornell of Hornell, NY, Norva (Albert) Cordova of Canon City, Colorado; and
grandchildren, Justin Ingersoll, Jenna Lyn Ingersoll, Brett Ingersoll, Quintin Ingersoll, Adriane Ingersoll, Nicholas Ingersoll, Jessica
Tidd, Jeremy Johnson and Tabby Johnson and great-grandchildren, Christopher Tidd and Aiden Cranmer. Burial will be in Town
Line Cemetery, Cameron Mills, NY.
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Lawrence N. Woodward age 61 of Cameron Mills, NY, Saturday, 7 Feb 1976 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Burial was
in Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats. Survived by wife, Ethel; two brothers, Floyd Woodward of Elmira, John W oodward of Addison;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hill of Addison, N.Y. RD 3, Mrs. Alberta Sherman of Elmira; several nieces and nephews. Mr. Woodward was
born in Rathbone Twp., NY, 9 May 1914, the son of Frank and Jennie Breese Woodward. He has been highway superintendent for
the town of Rathbone for the past 10 years. He was a member and Past Master of Cameron Mills Lodge No. 547 F&AM. He was
past president of Steuben County Highway Superintendent’s Assn. Masonic memorial services were conducted.
Prattsburgh Lodge No. 583, Prattsburgh, New York
Instituted:
Warrant:
7 Jul 1865
ca 1866
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R. N. Bennett, of Pulteney, NY, we are told, is the possessor of a Masonic apron which has attracted considerable attention. It is
made of cream-colored silk, trimmed with scarlet. This ancient apron was originally owned by Isaac Pardee, of South Salem,
Westchester, NY, and was presented to Bro. Bennett by Mrs. Laura Bonton, mother of Mrs. Bennett, who was 91 years of age at the
time of her death. The apron belonged to her father, and is known to be considerable more than 100 years old. It was worn by the
late John L. Lewis several years ago, at a meeting in Penn Yan, X. Y., when he delivered a lecture touching on the Morgan affair.
Ex-Grand Chaplain John S. Bacon, of Pulteney, also wore the apron at the funeral of the late John L. Lewis, 33rd degree, some
eleven or twelve years ago in Penn Yan. Bro. Bennett is a very enthusiastic member of Prattsburg lodge, No. 583. and has
collected a number of Masonic mementoes upon which much value is placed.
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Joseph G. McConnell was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm in Yates county, and after availing himself of the
advantages of the district schools he entered the high school at Naples, where he completed the prescribed curriculum. Thereafter
he continued his higher studies at Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale, Michigan, where he remained a student for three years and where
he admirably fortified himself for successful work in the pedagogic profession, to which he devoted his attention for a period of
fifteen years, within which he was a popular and valued teacher in the public schools of Yates and Wayne counties. He served five
years as principal of the Macedon Academy, Macedon, NY, which was the last of his teaching, he having resigned that position.
In 1900 Mr. McConnell returned to his home in Steuben county, located in Prattsburg, where he purchased the old Foster furniture
and undertaking establishment on Mechanic street, one of the oldest places of business of the town. He forthwith identified himself
with local interests by engaging in the furniture and undertaking business, in which he has since continued with unqualified success,
having an establishment of modern equipment and appointments and having the best of facilities for the handling of the department
of his enterprise devoted to undertaking and funeral directing. As a progressive business man and loyal and public-spirited citizen
he is well upholding the high prestige ever attached to the name in Steuben county. In 1906 Mr. McConnell established a branch
store in the village of Pulteney, this country, and this also controls a large and representative patronage in the territory normally
tributary to the village. He is also owner of the Prattsburg Marble Works, representing one of the successful industrial enterprises of
the county, and is a stockholder and director of the Prattsburg State Bank. In politics Mr. McConnell is a stalwart adherent of the
Republican party and he has ever shown a deep and broad-minded interest in public affairs, especially those of a local order. He is
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affiliated with Prattsburg Lodge No. 583, F&AM, of which he is Past Master; with Prattsburg Lodge No. 598. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and with Prattsburg Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Both he and his wife are identified with the work of the
Presbyterian church. Their home in Prattsburg is a center of cordial and refined hospitality and they also have an attractive summer
cottage on the shores of Keuka Lake.
On 20 Nov 1889, he married Jennie Squier, b. in Italy township, Yates, NY, on 9 Apr 1867, a daughter of Ezra Squier, of that county.
Mrs. McConnell was afforded the advantages of the public schools prior to her marriage and had been a successful and popular
teacher. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have two children: Lyle E., b. 27 Dec 1891, is now taking a course in electrical engineering in Bliss
Electrical School, Washington, DC. Mary E., b. 5 Apr1897, is attending the high school of her native town.
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William McMichael — At this point is entered brief record concerning one of the native sons of Steuben county, who has here been
actively identified with the great basic art of agriculture from the time of his youth and who is one of the representative farmers of
Prattsburg township. The estimate placed upon him in his native township is shown by the fact that he is now serving as its
supervisor, a position of which he has been incumbent since 1907 and the duties of which he has administered with great
discrimination and ability, as is evident from his continuous retention of the office which involves the handling of the public funds of
the township and the fostering of its varied interests.
William McMichael was born in Prattsburg township on 9 May 1866, a son of Alexander and Mary (Risdale) McMichael, both of
whom continued to reside in this township until their death. They were numbered among the sterling, citizens of Steuben county,
and here the father was a prosperous agriculturist and an influential citizen of Prattsburg township, where he ever commanded
unequivocal confidence and esteem. William McMichael was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and his early
educational advantages were those afforded in the district schools, which he attended until he had attained to the age of nineteen
years, in the meanwhile having been associated in the work and management of the home farm. As already noted, his active career
has been one of close identification with farming interests, and he eventually purchased the old homestead farm, which comprises
302 acres of most productive land and which is eligibly located two and one-half miles north of the village of Prattsburg. Mr.
McMichael is a bachelor, and with him on the old homestead resides his sister and two older brothers. He is a member of the
directorate of the Prattsburg State Bank and is one of the substantial citizens of his native county, where he is well upholding the
prestige of the honored name which he bears. He is affiliated with Prattsburg Lodge No. 583, F&AM, and with Prattsburg Lodge
No. 598, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he has ever given an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party, and he
has shown a public-spirited interest in all that touches the welfare of the community, giving his support to measures and enterprises
that have conserved the social and industrial advancement of the county. In 1907 he was elected supervisor of Prattsburg township
and as a member of the county board he has shown distinctive loyalty and progressiveness the while he has been specially earnest
in forwarding the best interests of his home township.
McClellan Lodge No. 649, Troupsburg, New York
Warrant:
ca 1867
Consolidated in 1994 with Robinson No. 895 of Jasper and Restoration No. 777 of Woodhull to become Robinson No. 649
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Larry D. Bliss - 79, of Jackson, SC, son of Melvin Bliss and Mildred Harrington, died 20 Jan 2007; interment in St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Rome, NY. Mr. Bliss was a native of Troupsburg, NY, a former resident of Columbia, SC, having made Jackson his home
for the past 28 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and Korea. Mr. Bliss was a retired Construction Superintendent.
having overseen construction of Silver Bluff High School, the Hollingsworth Rehabilitation Center and Columbiana Mall. He was a
Mason, Past Master of McClellan Lodge No. 649 AFM, Troupsburg, and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He taught
Sunday School at many other churches. Mr. Bliss was a Gideon and served in prison ministry. 2 Oct 1948 he married first Evelyn
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Survivors include his [second] wife, Dorothy Gorski Bliss; three sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas and Sally Bliss, Randolph, NY,
Dale and Patricia Bliss, Grover, Missouri, and Larry Dean and Manuela Bliss, Canisteo, NY; four daughters and sons-in-law, Jo Ann
and David Detwiler, Appling, GA, Carol and Glenn Streeter, Martinez, GA, Irene Osborn, Canisteo, NY and Mary Jane and Bruce
Wallmann, Rochester, NY; two step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Rodney Fike, Fort Payne, AL and Cynthia and Kenneth
Holberger, Grafton, MA; four sisters, Betty Wheaton, Dansville, NY, Audrey Stepanian (Michael), Hornell, NY, Judy Ridgway
(Joseph), Syracuse, NY, Bonnie Cady (Dennis), Montour Falls, NY, six brothers, Earl Bliss (Virginia), Clearfield, PA, Roy Bliss
(Eileen), Arling Carl Bliss (Jeannine), William Bliss (Dolores), all of Troupsburg, NY, Melvin D. Bliss, Wellsboro, PA, and Alan Bliss
(Kathleen), Warsaw, NY; a brother -in-law, Theodore L. Gorski (Frances), Rome, NY; a sister-in-law, Joan Steve (Joseph), Oneida,
NY; 13 grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren, 7 gr-grandchildren, 2 step-gr grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
The Herald Columbia, SC January 22, 2007
Children:
i. Douglas Lee Bliss, b. 08 Jun 1949.
ii. Dale Allen Bliss,
b. 25 Nov 1950.
iii. JoAnn Bliss,
b. 16 Sep 1952.
iv. Carol Jean Bliss,
b. 29 Oct 1954.
v. Larry Dean Bliss.
vi. Irene Bliss.
vii. Mary Jane Bliss,
b. 04 Aug 1965.
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Charles E. Boult was born in Masonville, Delaware, NY, 31 Mar 1862, and is the son of J. M. and Harriet (Thompson)
Boult, both natives of Delaware County, he born 12 Jun 1834, and she born 21 Feb 1834. The grandparents, John and
Phebe (Teed) Boult, were both natives of Delaware County, he born in 1808, and she in 1818. The great-grandfather of
Charles E., William J. Boult, came from France to Delaware county at an early day and was owner of a large tract of land
and engaged in farming and lumbering. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. John Boult was a farmer and carpenter and
lived on the farm in Delaware county. His wife Phebe, died in 1870. J. M. Boult was a boot and shoe merchant at Nelson,
PA, but gave up the business on account of poor health and spent his last days on the farm in Tuscarora, Steuben County,
where he died in 1885. Mrs. Boult survived and resided in the village of Troupsburg. Charles E. was educated in the village
of Nelson, PA, and at the Cortland State Normal School. He was for then eight years engaged in teaching, after which he
attended the medical department of Buffalo University, from which he was graduated in May, 1892, and located in the
village of Troupsburg, where he established a good practice. He was a member of Grange Lodge No. 374, of Troupsburg
Tent, No 339, K.O.T.M., and McClellan Lodge, No 649, F&AM.
from "Landmarks of Steuben County" by Hon. Harlo Hakes 1896.
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Lloyd A. Gleason, son of Warren Gleason and Marcia P. Reynolds, Postmaster at Troupsburg, was born 11 Sep 1886 at
Troupsburg, and educated at the local high school. Farming and cheese making were his occupations up until the time he was
appointed postmaster 11 Nov 1920. The Troupsburg office is of the fourth class, receiving its mail by direct pouch from Knoxville,
PA. There is one rural route from this office. Mr. Gleason also conducts a general store. He is a member of McClellan Lodge No.
649, F&AM, and holds membership in the local Methodist Episcopal Church. On 6 Apr 1910, he married Grace Bates, of
Troupsburg. Their children are: Bernice, Doris, Louise and Donald. [Who's Who in Steuben, William M. Stuart, 1935.]
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Charles K. Martlatt - The death of Hon. Chas. K. Marlatt occurred Sunday at 9 a.m., at his home in Jasper after an illness of
several months from heart disease and brights disease. He was former member of assembly four terms from this assembly district,
he was a former school commissioner of the county, a lifelong republican and always took an active and prominent part in
republican politics. He was known throughout the county and had the respect and confidence of everyone. He was born 3 Mar 1861
at Troupsburg, the son of Henry O. and Eunice Marlatt. He received his early education at Woodhull and Troupsburg. He began
teaching school at the age of 17 and taught continuously until elected supervisor at the age of 27. He was engaged for a time in
mercantile business, served three terms as supervisor of Troupsburg; was postmaster under Harrison and at the same time was
town clerk of Troupsburg. He graduated from Alfred university and taught school until elected school commissioner in 1893 and
served 6 years. Mr. Marlatt later taught school in Jasper and Troupsburg until elected to the Assembly where he served four terms,
being chairman of the labor committee and of the public education committee. In 1915 he was appointed deputy sheriff and in 1918
was appointed court crier.
Mr. Marlatt was four times Master of McClellan lodge, No. 649, F&AM, of Troupsburg, and was a member of the past masters'
association. He was a Maccabee for 25 years, a Mason for 32 years; at the time of his death being a member of Robinson lodge
No. 895, F&AM. of Jasper and of Jasper Grange. He was also secretary of the Southern Steuben Agricultural society.
On 6 Mar 1883, he was married to Jennie L. Wilcox, whom he leaves with two children, Dr. H. R. Marlatt of Honeoye Falls and Mrs.
C. A. Bruen of Jasper, and one uncle, Orren Kettel of Jasper. Buried in Jasper cemetery. The funeral was under Masonic auspices.
Canisteo Times, (Canisteo, NY) September 3, 1919, page 4, col. 1.
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Dr. Nathaniel Mallary Perry was born 26 Feb 1817, in Troupsburg, Steuben, NY; died there 3 Apr 1894, being 77 years of age. His
ancestors were originally from England. He sprang from a patriotic stock, both his paternal and maternal grandfathers served as
soldiers in the Revolution of 1776. His father settled in Troupsburg in 1808, and cleared up a farm from the primitive woods for a
home and raised a family of seven children. At the age of 21 he attended the Middlebury Academy at Wyoming county, NY,
remaining there until he completed an academic course, when he returned to Jasper, NY, and entered the office of Dr. Wm. Hunter
for the study of medicine. He graduated at Geneva Medical College in 1845, after which he opened an office for the practice of his
profession in the town of his birth. He had practiced nearly fifty years when he died. At different times he performed the duties of
superintendent of schools, supervisor, and one term in the legislature of the state of New York (1851). He was Master of McClellan
Lodge, No. 649, several terms, and a member of several medical societies, the most prominent of which were the NY State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association. In closing this short memoir we will add the following quotation from a former
historian of Steuben county: "All in all, Dr. Perry is a man of broad charity, sound judgment, high character and integrity, a
representative man in the worthiest sense of the term, and an aid in building up and advancing the best interests of society."
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Robert G. Prutsman, 79, of 818 State Route 36, Troupsburg, NY, passed away Monday, 30 Aug 2010 at Absolut Care at Three
Rivers, Painted Post, NY. Born in North Hornell, NY on 8 Apr 1931, he was the son of Glenn & Donna Tubbs Prutsman. A 1950
Graduate of Troupsburg Central School, he was a retired lifelong dairy farmer in the Town of Troupsburg. He was a member of the
Troupsburg United Methodist Church, Past Master of McClellan Lodge, F&AM, of Troupsburg, a member of Robinson Lodge No.
649 F&AM of Jasper, former President of the Mt. Hope Cemetery of Troupsburg, a member of the Southern Draft Horse Association
and former Justice of the Peace, Town of Troupsburg.
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He married Janet N. Marsh, 23 May 1959 at the Knoxville, PA. Methodist Church. She preceded him in death on 16 Oct 1997. He is
survived by his loving companion and care giver, Nena L. Kelley, his son and daughter in law, James R. & Melissa Prutsman of
Elkland, PA, his daughter and son in law, Beth & Daniel Swiler of Hagerstown, MD, his brother and sister in law, David & Joanne
Prutsman of Painted Post, NY. His grandchildren, Meara Swiler, Russell Swiler, Victoria Swiler, Jessica Prutsman, Kaitlyn Prutsman
and Michael Prutsman along with nieces, nephews and cousins. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Troupsburg, NY.
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Wellsboro Gazette – 11 Jan 1971
Humphrey C. Roberts, 78, of Little Marsh died suddenly at his home, Monday, 11 Jan 1971. He was a member of the McClellan
Lodge No. 649, F&AM, Troupsburg, NY, the Coudersport Consistory, and the American Legion Post 84, Wellsboro. He was a
veteran of World War I and was a retired post master and merchant in Little Marsh. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anesta Mae
Roberts, son, John O. Roberts of Buffalo, and two grandchildren. Buried in Middlebury Union Cemetery, Keeneyville. PA.
Robinson Lodge No. 649, Jasper, New York
See also Robinson Lodge No. 895.
Warrant:
1994
McClelland Lodge No. 649 consolidated in 1994 with Robinson No. 895 of Jasper and Restoration No. 777 of Woodhull to become
Robinson No. 649.
“A Masonic Portrait of the Empire State,” page 307.
What is now Robinson Lodge No. 649 began with a petition of nine Masons living in Jasper for a Dispensation to form a Lodge,
which was issued 1 Jul 1911. On 6 Jul 1912 a Charter was granted to Robinson Lodge No. 895. The Lodge boasted 23 charter
members, including the orginal petitioners. The Lodge was named after Frank Hurd Robinson, Grand Master from 1904 until 1906,
and a member of Hornellsville Lodge No. 331. The first Communication took place on Saturday, 1 Jul 1911 in the Maccabee Hall on
Main Street, with J[ohn] Ransom Towsley as Master. There were 13 members and 17 visitors present.
On 1 Aug 1911 the Lodge rented the E. E. Wallace Building on Main Street and moved into it on 15 Aug. The members voted to
have the meetings on the first and third Mondays of the month rather than the first and 15th of the month, commencing in October.
The Lodge drafted the By-Laws on 1 Aug and adopted them on 15 Aug. On 19 Jan 1942 the Lodge voted to buy the Adams Building
on North Jasper Road. The Lodge moved into the building on 19 Oct 1942. Robinson observed its 50th Anniverary 22 Sep 1962 at
Jasper Central School, with 150 people present.
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Richard T. Bouck, 80, of Jasper, passed away Sunday, 27 Jan 2002, at Corning Hospital. Born in Waymont, PA, 3 Mar 1921, he
was the son of Edgar T. and Katharine June Bouck. A 1939 graduate of Jasper Central School, he served in the U.S. Army from 22
Jun 1942 to 26 Jan 1946, in the Pacific Theatre and in Japan. He operated Bouck's Garage in Jasper up until his retirement.
He was a Past Master of Robinson Lodge 649, F&AM, former 1st assistant chief of the Jasper Fire Department and a past
commander of Woodhull Memorial Post 1740 American Legion. He was a member of the Jasper Presbyterian Church.
Richard married Calysta Mae Hibbard Bouck, she survived. Also surviving are his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. James (Ann) Bouck
of Tracy, Calif.; his daughter and son-in-law, Sarah (Todd) Hunnicutt of Ljubljana, Slovenia; grandsons, James and Joshua Bouck;
and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brothers, W ellington and Robert Bouck and sisters, Alice
Morelang and Helen Phillips. Burial was in Jasper Cemetery.
The Lodge constructed its present building from 1968 to 1971. GM William Knapp laid the cornerstone on Monday, 4 Oct 1971, at
2:30 pm. Bro. Stanley Anderson donated the cornerstone. GM Knapp presented the trowel to the Lodge’s Master, Eldon Parker.
More the 100 people attended.
In 1994 Robinson Lodge No. 895 petitioned Grand Lodge to consolidate with Restoration Lodge No. 777 (from Woodhull) and
McClelland Lodge No. 649 (from Troupsburg), The Lodge also petitioned Grand Lodge to retain McClellan Lodge’s No. 649. Five
members have served as Grand Lodge appointed officers. Robison enjoys renown for its Red Republican Degree.
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Perry W. Cornell, 94, formerly of 4649 State Route 417, Woodhull, passed away Sunday, 13 Apr 2008, at Lakeside Beikirch Care
Center in Brockport. Born in Woodhull 14 Oct 1913, he was the son of Brayton N. and Pearl A. Towsley Cornell. He was a graduate
of Woodhull High School and the State University of New York at Alfred, and did graduate work at Cornell University.
A retired teacher, he headed the agriculture department at Jasper Central School for many years and was the FFA advisor, during
which time his students held state and national offices, one of which was national FFA president. He was a member and Past
Master of Robinson Lodge 649, F&AM, a member of the United Church of Jasper and past-president of Jasper Senior Citizens.
He married Zorah G. Zeh on 11 Jun 1936, who died 17 Nov 1996. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Andrew B. Cornell.
He is survived by his daughters, Anne Horn of Oakland, Calif., Kaye Majewski and Sue A. Cornell, both of Rochester; three
grandsons, Alan Horn of Oakland, CA, Mark Horn of Danville, CA, and Charles Majewski of Lorain, OH; his granddaughter, Kari
Majewski of Burlingame, CA; five great-grandchildren and several cousins. Burial was in Woodhull Cemetery.
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Jay C. Friends, age 84, formerly of Woodhull, NY, died Wednesday, 15 Nov 2006, at Bethany Manor, Horseheads, NY. Born in
Jackson Summit, PA, 9 Feb 1922, he was the son of Elon and Evalena Smith Friends. He had operated a dairy farm in the town of
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Woodhull and retired as a foreman and truck driver from Taynton Trucking Company. An Army Veteran of World War II, he served in
the Pacific Theatre and was discharged a Sergeant. Jay was a charter member and past Commander of Woodhull Memorial Post
1740 American Legion, was a member of the 1st Baptist Church of Woodhull, and a former member of Robinson Lodge No. 649,
F&AM, of Jasper.
His wife, Vera Peters Friends, died 21 Nov 2005. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Hugh S. Friends; and his sister, Reba
McMindes. He is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald J. and Judy Friends of Jasper, NY, and Joseph and Diana
Friends of Alabama; three daughters and a son-in-law, Carole and Ron Lowman of Elmira, NY, Mary Friends of Rochester, NY, and
Jean Tait of Bellevue, NB; brothers, Milford (Eleanor) Friends of Woodhull, NY, and Richard (Anita) Friends of Troupsburg, NY;
sister, Ruea Rude Allen of Woodhull, NY; nine grandchildren, seven gr-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Burial was
in Woodhull Cemetery with Military Honors.
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Rev. Dorr E. Harrington, 88, formerly of 2728 County Route 117, Troupsburg, passed away Friday, 27 Oct 2000, at the Wyoming
County Skilled Facility in Warsaw. Born in Troupsburg, 12 Oct 1912, he was the son of William D. and Fannie Cady Harrington.
Dorr was a 1931 graduate of Troupsburg High School and began his career as a dairy farmer and milk hauler in the town of
Troupsburg. He later graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College and Alfred University School of Theology.
An ordained United Methodist Minister, he served churches in Niles Valley, PA, Little Marsh, PA, and Keeneyville, PA, also in
Stafford, South Byron, Silver Springs, East Avenue Hornell, Big Creek, Troupsburg and South Canisteo, and the Whitneyville, PA.
larger parish. He was a member of the Western New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Troupsburg United
Methodist Church, Troupsburg Grange and a member and Past Master of Robinson Lodge No. 649, F & AM, and the
Coudersport, PA, Consistory.
He married Adah Dunham, 23 Jun 1935, who died 6 Sep 1996. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, C. Marie and
Douglas Gay of Warsaw; his granddaughter, Lennee Gay of North Chili; his grandson, Lorne Gay of Buffalo; his sister, Mildred Bliss
of Troupsburg; and 11 nieces, nephews and several cousins. Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his grandson, Milo Gay
and brothers, Roy and Craig Harrington.
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Robert G. Prutsman, 79, of 818 State Route 36, Troupsburg, NY, passed away Monday, 30 Aug 2010 at Absolut Care at Three
Rivers, Painted Post, NY. Born in North Hornell, NY on 8 Apr 1931, he was the son of Glenn & Donna Tubbs Prutsman. A 1950
Graduate of Troupsburg Central School, he was a retired lifelong dairy farmer in the Town of Troupsburg. He was a member of the
Troupsburg United Methodist Church, Past Master of McClellan Lodge, F&AM, of Troupsburg, a member of Robinson Lodge No.
649 F&AM of Jasper, former President of the Mt. Hope Cemetery of Troupsburg, a member of the Southern Draft Horse Association
and former Justice of the Peace, Town of Troupsburg.
He married Janet N. Marsh, 23 May 1959 at the Knoxville, PA. Methodist Church. She preceded him in death on 16 Oct 1997. He is
survived by his loving companion and care giver, Nena L. Kelley, his son and daughter in law, James R. & Melissa Prutsman of
Elkland, PA, his daughter and son in law, Beth & Daniel Swiler of Hagerstown, MD, his brother and sister in law, David & Joanne
Prutsman of Painted Post, NY. His grandchildren, Meara Swiler, Russell Swiler, Victoria Swiler, Jessica Prutsman, Kaitlyn Prutsman
and Michael Prutsman along with nieces, nephews and cousins. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Troupsburg, NY.
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John Ransom Towsley, b. 17 Jun 1861 in Jasper, Steuben, NY; d. 23 Oct 1947; son of John R. Towsley b: 22 SEP 1818 in
Addison, Steuben, NY, and Catharine D. Adams b: 1829 in NY; m1. 27 Nov 1884 Addie Loretta Stone b: 1861 in Massachusetts;
m2. 23 Nov 1889 Mary H. Cole b: 25 Mar 1862 in Rathbone, Steuben, NY
John Ransom Towsley was born June 17, 1861, on a farm in Jasper which he still (1881) owns. He was educated in Woodhull
Academy. Beginning in 1881, he taught school a number of years at a rate of 75 cents a day. Farming, however, has been his
regular occupation. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for 24 years. He was made a Mason at Woodhull in 1907. He was
the first Master of Robinson Lodge No. 895, and has served 7 terms in the capacity. He is noted in Masonic Circles through the
country for his exemplification of the Third Degree. He is a member of the Baptist Church. On 23 Nov 1889 he married Mary H.
Cole, of Cameron. They have one daughter, Margaret M. who married Forrest Loper.
Child:
1. Margret M. Towsley b: 7 AUG 1889 in Jasper, Steuben, NY
Avoca Lodge No. 673, Avoca, New York
Warrant:
ca 1868
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Claud D. Carroll — Avoca is indeed fortunate in the personality of him who stands at the helm of the municipal ship, for he
possesses in good measure those qualities which best adorn the incumbent of the mayor's office — sound judgment, fairness and
nicely-balanced justice, and that executive capacity which can make a reality out of a good project. He was elected in March, 1908,
for his third term as mayor of Avoca, and that his fitness for the office was generally recognized was made manifest by the fact that
he was elected by a large Republican majority, and he has amply fulfilled all the faith reposed in him. He was born 22 Jul 1870, in
Yates county, NY, the son of Alfred and Sarah Carroll.
The father was born in the year 1832 in Columbia county, having gone there as a boy with his father, William Carroll. He is of noble
lineage, his great-grandfather having been one Sir Charles Carroll, who emigrated to North Carolina. The mother of the subject was
Sarah De Reimans, who died in 1903, at the age of 68 eight years. Mr. Carroll is one of a family of eight. His only sister, Grace, is
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the wife of H. Turner, of Utica, NY; Fred resides at Penn Yan; Charles, at Yatesville; Pearl, at Avoca ; Gordon, near Plattsburg,
Yates county; Granger, in Boston, MA, and Winfield, at Benton, Yates county.
Mayor Carroll received his preliminary education in the public schools, being graduated at the age of seventeen from the Yatesville
school, and subsequently attending Penn Yan Academy for two terms. He then engaged in the wheel manufacturing business at
Shortsville, NY, and continued with this enterprise for two years. Following that he was for one year employed in the same line in
Syracuse, NY, and in 1889 he came to Avoca, when he became associated with the Avoca Wheel Company. He advanced rapidly,
becoming general superintendent of the plant and a member of the directory, and he has been largely instrumental in making of this
enterprise one of the thriving concerns of the town.
Mayor Carroll has for a long time been active in politics and is devoted to the principles of his party, the Democratic, and has always
been ready to do anything to proclaim its ideas and support its candidates. He enjoys the confidence of his neighbors and has been
mayor three terms and a member of the school board for three years. He is affiliated with the F&AM, Lodge No. 673, of Avoca, and
with the Maccabees, also of this place.
On 27 Dec 1892, Mayor Carroll was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Schultz, daughter of George Schultz, of Avoca township, who
died at the age of seventy-three years. He was a prominent representative of the agricultural interests of the county. The mother,
whose maiden name was Mary Martin, died in Oct year 1910, at the age of 71 years. Mayor and Mrs. Carroll are the parents of the
following children: Eva, aged sixteen; Bernice, aged thirteen; Ellen, aged eleven; Jeanette, aged five, and Francis, aged two. The
three eldest attend school. Mrs. Carroll is a faithful and valued member of the Presbyterian church.
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Donald L. Julien, 92, formerly of 32 North Main St., Avoca, passed away on Wednesday evening (14 Apr 2010) at the Taylor
Health Center in Bath, after a short illness. He has resided at Taylor's for 1 ½ years. Prior to living at the Taylor Health Center, he
had resided at Green Meadows assisted living in Painted Post. Don was born on 14 Jul 1917 to Emmett Lynn and Florence House
Julien. He was a lifetime resident of Avoca, graduating from Avoca school in 1937. His graduating class celebrated their 70th class
reunion with several members in attendance. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife of 64 years, Dolores Sager Julien, who
died as a result of auto accident in 2002, a sister, Mary Julien Sprague, brother-in-law, Earl Sprague and a sister-in-law, Beverly
Sager Nelson. Surviving children are Neal (Kitchie) Julien of Sun Lakes, Az., Bonnie (Bill) Hunt of Avoca, Lynn (Betty) Julien of
Gilbert, Az. and David (Cindy) Julien of Eagle Creek, Oregon. Grandchildren include, Andrew and Suzanne Julien, Kristin (Hunt)
Noteware, Karl and Aaron Julien, April (Julien) Backwell, Melissa (Julien) Oldenburg and Trisha (Julien) Stevens. He is also
survived by 16 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Stanley (Helen) Sager of Bath and a brother-in-law, Wilbur Nelson of Avoca.
Don was a member of the Howard Union Church and attended the Avoca United Methodist Church. He was a Past Master of the
Avoca Masonic Lodge No. 673, a charter member of the Avoca Lions Club, a past member of the Avoca Hose Company and a
member of the Avoca Beautification Committee. Don was well liked by all that knew him. Don was employed in many occupations.
He ran gas stations, worked the NY Central Railroad, owned and operated a coal/ice business and ran a dairy and potato farm. In
1970 he worked for the Town of Avoca Highway Department and retired in 1985 after 15 years of service. After retirement Don and
Dolores enjoyed traveling, spending winters in Florida or Arizona. Together they enjoyed planting and maintaining beautiful flower
gardens. There home was a showplace in the spring and summer with a lovely lawn and gardens. Interment was in Valley View
Cemetery, Avoca.
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Lawrence Saltsman was born in Palatine, Montgomery county, 22 Mar 1835. Hiram Saltsman, his father, was born in Montgomery
county 20 Jun 1808, and came to the town of Avoca in 1865, where he engaged in farming, which business he has followed all his
life, although at present only in a light way. He married Elizabeth Fox, of Montgomery county, by whom he had one son, Lawrence.
Mrs. Saltsman died in Jul 1842, and he married for his second wife, Mary Nellis, of Montgomery county, by whom he had these
children: Alonzo and Eleanor, Eli, Elijah, William, and Irving. Lawrence Saltsman engaged in farming until twenty years ago, since
which time he has been in the produce business, also dealing in hay, straw, etc., in the village of Avoca. He married Caroline
Edwards, daughter of Solomon Edwards, who was one of the pioneer settlers of the town, by whom he had one son, Arnold E., who
was deputy sheriff under George Holands. Mr. Saltsman has held the office of supervisor one term, assessor six years, and
overseer of the poor two terms. He is a member of Avoca Lodge of Masons No. 673.
Savona Lodge No. 755, Savona, New York
Warrant:
ca 1874
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Edward Lee Hallenbeck, born 11 Aug 1946 in Corning, son of the late Norman and Frances McGlynn Hallenbeck, passed away
unexpectedly on Tuesday, 23 Sep 2008 at the Bath VA Hospital where he had been a patient since 18 Apr 2008. Ed graduated from
Corning-Painted Post East High School in 1965 and then joined the US Army from 1966 to 1972, serving in Germany and Vietnam.
He graduated from Corning Community College in 1976. His employment included Willow Creek Golf Club, security guard at
Corning Inc., Thompson Motor Company, security guard at Dresser-Rand, dietary aide at the Bath VA, and US Post Office in Bath,
NY. Ed was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 7 in Bath where he was First Jr. Vice Commander; Past Master
of Savona Lodge No. 755, F&AM; past patron of Savona Chapter No. 614 OES; the VFW in Corning; and Robert N. Austin
American Legion in Campbell. He was an avid sports fan, especially cheering for the Mets and Giants, and he enjoyed socializing
with friends at the Stone House Café in Campbell.
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Ed is survived by his wife, Sharon Fryer of Campbell whom he married on 18 Mar 1972; one sister, Joyce Hallenbeck of Corning;
two brothers, Gary (Heather) Hallenbeck of Fairport, NY and Philip (Kim) Hallenbeck of Atlanta, GA; 5 nieces and nephews,
Jonathan and Ryan of GA, Barbara Fryer of Elmira, Richard (Chris Smalt) Fryer of Campbell, Linda Wilson of Corning; several
great-nieces and nephews; mother-in-law, Ruth Fryer of Bath; brother-in-law, William (Martha) Fryer of St. Petersburg, FL; also
several aunts, uncles and cousins. Burial was in Bath National Cemetery.
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William E. Joint
Obit: Courier, Bath, NY; 5 Mar 1941, William E. Joint Funeral to be Held Friday Afternoon. At 2 o'clock at Savona Man's Late Home.
SAVONA, March 5 - Savona has lost its leading citizen. William E. Joint died Tuesday evening at 8:15 at his home, following a long
illness. Burial will be in the Seaman cemetery. Survivors include his widow an two brothers: Henry E. Joint of Campbell, and Fred C.
Joint of Savona; three nieces: Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Gilbert Scudder of Campbell, Miss Mary Helen Joint of Savona; two nephews:
Henry C. and Frederick Joint, both of Savona.
Mr. Joint was a leader in Democratic circles in Steuben County, serving for 30 years as a member of the Democratic County
Committee. He was one of the oldest members and Past Master of Savona Lodge No. 755, F&AM, and a member of the
Episcopal Chapel of the Good Shepard. Mr. and Mrs. Joint celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary 24 Oct 1938. There were
married 24 Oct 1888 at Sonora. Mrs. Joint was formerly Miss Harriet Jessup, of Tyrone. Mr. Joint was one of the founders and a
director of Savona National Bank, and was also founder and former president of Savona Fire Company.
Mr. Joint, senior member of Joint Hardware Company of Savona and Campbell, was born 11 Nov 1862, at Jamesport, Suffolk
County, the son of Thomas and Marie Ersking Joint. In his childhood he came to Savona with his parents to make his home and had
resided here about 70 years. He entered business at the age of 14 and was first in the employ of George W. Peck, hardware
merchant. In 1872 he bought out this business and continued to take an active interest in its management, until his health began to
fail. He had been blind for several years, but in spite of this affliction had maintained his hold upon his business, and his interest in
his host of friends, enjoying nothing better than a visit with them at his home. In 1892 Mr. Joint was appointed Postmaster at Savona
by president Cleveland and served four years. In 1912 he was again appointed Postmaster, but this time illness prevented his
serving. He was a member of Savona school board for five years, served as mayor for some time, and village treasurer for a term,
and village president for two years.
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John Van Hassent, 88, of Colonial Circle, Campbell, NY died Sunday, 1 Aug 2010, at Corning Hospital. John was born in the Town
of Howard on 5 Feb 1922, the son of Garrett and Louise (Kissner) Van Hassent. He married Helen (Drumm) on 19 Aug 1945 in
Campbell, NY. John graduated from Canisteo Central School in 1938. He was a pipe fitter from Local 267. He was a co founder and
co operator of Campbell Campgrounds, Inc. for 21 years. He served as a director of CONY (Campground Owners of NY) and a
director of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). He was a long time member of the Campbell
Presbyterian Church serving in many capacities and since its closing he had been a member of the Painted Post First Presbyterian
Church. He was a member and Past Master of Savona Lodge No. 755, F&AM, a member of Corning Consistory, a Past Patron
and past grand officer of Savona Chapter No. 614 OES, and a member of Tuscarora-Woodhull No. 273 OES.
He is survived by his wife, Helen [Drumm] Van Hassent of Campbell; son, John Thomas (Jara) Van Hassent of Knoxville, TN;
daughter, Anne Short of Elmira; 2 granddaughters, Lauren (Rick) Upchurch and Lane Van Hassent of MD; 5 gr-grandchildren,
Reece, Christian, Ayden, Jacqueline and Ever all of MD; brother, Gerard (Dorie) Van Hassent of Hornell; sisters, Dorothy (Neil)
Schoonejongen, of FL and Trudy (Chester) Hendricks of Horseheads; brothers-in-law, Fred (Bev) Drumm of Campbell and Dick
(Wilma) Drumm of Campbell; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son-in-law, Bill, brother, Russell Koert and
sister, Viola Gladwin. A Masonic service was held at 8:30 p.m. followed by an OES services at 8:45 p.m. Interment was in Chapel
Knoll Cemetery.
Restoration Lodge No. 777, Woodhull, New York
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Consolidated in 1994 with Robinson No. 895 of Jasper and McClellan No. 649 of Troupsburg to become Robinson No. 649.
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Obit: The Times Canisteo, Canisteo, NY; 04 Jan 1934, Wm. J. Brotzman Passed Away at Woodhull
William J. Brotzman died at his home in Woodhull Thursday morning age 61 years. He was stricken with apoplexy Dec 4 and failed
until the end. He was a former resident and business man of Canisteo and was held in high esteem by many acquaintances. He
resided here for several years. He disposed of his meat market last year and moved to Woodhull. He was a member of a prominent
family. He was born in Troupsburg on 30 Aug 1872, the son of Jonas and Barba Welty Brotzman. He lived in Jasper and
Troupsburg, most of his life, coming to Canisteo in 1928.
Mr. Brotzman was active in both church and lodge work, was a member of Restoration lodge No. 777, also Woodhull I.O.O.F. No.
810 of which he as past grand. Until recent years he served an Sunday school superintendent of the Methodist church; Mr Brotzman
was keenly interested in politics being a lifelong republican.
He was married twice first to Jenny E. Tew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tew of Troupsburg, who passed away in 1921. He later
wed Mrs. Cora Butler of Jasper, who survives with three sons and one step daughter; Homer of Elmira; Eldon of Hornell, Lloyd of
Woodhull and Mrs. Bernice Morris of Jasper. Also 2 brothers: George Brotzman of Jasper, Harry Brotzman of Painted Post; 2
sisters, Mrs Otto VanSkiver of Painted Post and H. G. Austin of Canisteo. Burial was in Woodhull Cemetery.
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William P. Symonds, who has successfully engaged in business at Woodhull for a number of years, and is a highly esteemed
citizen of Steuben County, was born at Troupsburg, NY, 6 Dec 1870, the son of Charles and Libby (Salisbury) Symonds.
Charles Symonds was born at Oxford, Chenango, NY, in 1846. He had extensive farming interests and spent most of his life in
Steuben County. In 1867 he was married to Miss Libby Salisbury, the daughter of Tobias and Mary Jane Salisbury of Troupsburg.
They were the parents of four children. Mrs. Symonds died in 1877. Mr. Symonds died in 1921 and is buried in East Troupsburg
Cemetery.
William P. Symonds acquired his education in the district schools of Troupsburg and attended Woodhull High School. He remained
on his father's farm for several years and then operated a farm of his father-in-law Edwin G. Brown. Mr. Symonds became a
successful dairy farmer and was the owner of a fine herd of registered Holstein cattle. In 1905 he purchased a farm near East
Troupsburg, which he successfully operated for ten years. From 1915 until 1925 he was associated in business with Edwin G.
Brown as owners of a flour and feed mill at Woodhull. In the latter year Mr. Symonds became sole owner of the enterprise. He has
also been secretary and treasurer of the Woodhull Telephone Company since 1924.
On 7 Dec 1890, Mr. Symonds married Miss Eva Brown, the daughter of Edwin G. and Laura Brown of Woodhull. They were the
parents of three children: 1. One died in infancy. 2. William LaRue, b. 27 May 1907, is associated in business with his father at
Woodhull. He married Miss Louise House, and they have a daughter Laura. 2. Adrea L., a graduate of Addison Teachers' College,
married Llewellyn L. Towner, lives at Addison.
Mr. Symonds is a Republican and has been county committee man for eight years. He has also served as justice of the peace for
twelve years and as village collector since 1929. He and his wife are members of the Woodhull Baptist Church of which he has
served as trustee and Sunday School superintendent for many years. He is affiliated with Restoration Lodge No. 777, F&AM, Past
Master; and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has served as secretary since 1917.
Warren Patchin Lodge No. 883, Wayland, New York
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William W. Clark — Among those who have conferred distinction and honor upon the bench and bar of the Empire state is Judge
William Walker Clark, of Wayland, who is now serving upon the bench of the supreme court of the state, as representative of the
Seventh Judicial District. The distinguished official position of which he is incumbent indicated not only the profundity of his legal
knowledge but also the estimate placed upon him by his fellow men.
Judge Clark claims the state of Illinois as the place of his nativity and was born in the city of Elgin, which was then a mere village, on
14 Feb 1858. His father, DeMarcus Clark, was born in Kirkland township, Oneida, NY, and the place of his birth was locally known
as Clark's Mills, the family home having there been established in the pioneer days. DeMarcus Clark was a son of Martin Clark, was
born in Colchester, New London, CT, and was a child at the time when his father, Noah Clark, a native of England, removed from
Connecticut to Oneida county, NY. Noah Clark secured a tract of wild land in Oneida county, where he reclaimed a productive farm
and where he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until his death. Martin Clark likewise devoted his entire active
career to the great basic industry of agriculture and was a resident of Oneida county at the time of his death, 7 Sep 1870. His wife,
Wealthy Smith, was born and reared in the state of New York and she died in 1858. Both were consistent members of the Baptist
church and in polities he originally gave his support to the Whig party, from which he transferred his allegiance to the Republican
party at the time of its organization.
DeMarcus Clark was reared to maturity in Oneida county, and his early educational advantages were those afforded in the common
schools of the locality and period. He continued to be associated with his father in the work and management of the home farm until
he had attained to his legal majority and shortly afterward, in company with his brother and two of his uncles, he engaged in the
manufacturing of cotton cloth in Oneida county. The little village that grew up about the factory gained the name of Clark's Mills, and
the title has been retained to the present time. With this line of enterprise Mr. Clark continued to be concerned until his demise, 7
Jan 1871, at which time he was but 51 years of age, his father having passed away in the preceding September, as already noted.
DeMarcus Clark was a man of superior mentality and strong business acumen, the while his impregnable integrity and honor in all
the relations of life commended him to the approbation and implicit confidence of all who knew him. He was a stanch and effective
advocate of the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor and gave yeoman service in behalf of the
party cause. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Baptist church and exemplified their Christian faith in their daily
lives. At Utica, NY, was solemnized the marriage of DeMarcus Clark to Miss Mary Ella Walker, whose father. Rev. Warhan Walker,
was at that time pastor of the Baptist church in Utica and the maiden name of his wife was Jane Davis. Mrs. Clark was born at Utica,
NY, in 1831, and her summons to eternal rest came in 1860. She was a woman of most gracious and engaging personality and her
memory is revered by her children and others who came within the sphere of her gentle influence.
DeMarcus and Mary Ella (Walker) Clark became the parents of one son and two daughters, and of the number, Judge Clark of this
review, and one daughter are now living. Lillian C, the surviving daughter, is now the wife of Robert C. Young, assistant
superintendent of the Utica Street Railway Company, at Utica, this state.
Judge W illiam W. Clark gained his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools of the village of Clark's Mills, Oneida
county, and supplemented this by a three years' course in Whitston Seminary, at Whitesboro, NY, after leaving which institution he
was matriculated in the law department of Hamilton College, at Clinton, in which he was graduated in Jun 1878, and from which he
received his degree of Bachelor of Laws. In May of the following year the future jurist established his home at Wayland, Steuben
county, where he engaged in the practice of his profession and where his earnestness, devotion and technical ability in the work of
his chosen vocation caused him to make rapid and secure progress, until he gained precedence as one of the leading members of
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the bar of this section of the state, with ultimate precedence as one of the strong lawyers and distinguished jurists of the old Empire
commonwealth. His novitiate in his profession was attended by its due quota of hardships, however, and he recalls, with
appreciative memory, that when he opened his office in Wayland his financial resources were of emphatically negative order, the
while the furnishings of his legal sanctum were summed up in a few well worn law books, one desk, one chair and, perhaps
fortunately, one cuspidor. His first fee as a full-fledged attorney was the generous sum of seventy-five cents and was paid to him by
Josiah Gray. His first law suit was that involved in the defending of an old rag peddler, from whom he received a fee of three dollars.
In 1892 Judge Clark was elected district attorney of Steuben county, and he continued incumbent of this position for three
successive terms, during which his administration of the office of public prosecutor did much to heighten his professional
precedence. In 1902 he was elected to the bench of the county court, upon which he served for four years, resigning in 1906 with an
admirable record — one that proved the solidity of his legal learning and his fine judicial acumen. He was still serving as county
judge at the time of his appointment to his present distinguished office as a justice of the supreme court of the state, in March 1906.
This appointment was conferred by Governor Higgins and was made to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge John F.
Parkhurst. In November of the same year Judge Clark was regularly elected to the office for the full term of fourteen years. It is
especially significant that in securing this preferment he was the nominee on both the Republican and Democratic tickets, having
first been nominated by the Republican party, of whose cause he has ever been a stalwart supporter. That he gained also the
support of the opposition party offers emphatic and unequivocal evidence of his personal popularity and of the objective appreciation
of his ability as a legist and jurist.
Judge Clark has continued to maintain his home in Wayland from the time he here initiated his efforts as a young lawyer and as a
citizen he has exemplified the highest civic ideals, the utmost loyalty and public spirit. He has done much to further the social and
material interests of the community and was one of the principal factors in organizing the First National Bank of Wayland, of which
he is president. Both he and his wife are active and valued workers in the Methodist Episcopal church in their attractive little home
city and are prominent in the best social affairs of the community. Judge Clark is affiliated with Patchin Lodge No. 883, F&AM;
Wayland Lodge No. 176, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Wayland Camp No. 10,989, Modern Woodmen of America.
On 18 Sep 1879, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Clark to Miss Hattie M. Hill, who was born at Stetson, Penobscot, ME, on
25 Jun 1857, a daughter of General Jonathan A. and Lucy (Richards) Hill. The former passed the closing years of his life in
Towanda, PA, and was a gallant soldier and officer in the Civil war. Mrs. Clark was graduated in Wyklan Hall Seminary, in Toronto,
Canada, and in 1875 she was also graduated in Cazenovia Seminary, at Cazenovia, NY. A woman of culture and much social
charm, she proves a gracious chatelain of the beautiful home of the family in W ayland. Judge and Mrs. Clark became the parents of
one son, William H., and the great loss and bereavement of their life came when this noble young man was called from the scene of
life's mortal endeavors, on 20 Feb 1910. A brief tribute to his memory is given in the following sketch.
William Hill Clark was born in the village of Wayland, Steuben county, 2 Jul 1880, and after completing the curriculum of the public
schools, including the Wayland high school, he continued his higher academic studies at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima,
this state, and Cazenovia Seminary, at Cazenovia. In 1901 he entered the First National Bank of Wayland, of which institution his
father was then, as now, president, and he eventually became assistant cashier of the institution, a position of which he continued
incumbent until the time of his death, in addition to which he was a member of the directorate. He showed marked executive ability
and did much to further the success of this substantial and popular financial institution. From an appreciative estimate of his
character given in an obituary notice in the Wayland Register, under date of 25 Feb 1910, are taken the following extracts, with but
slight paraphrase:
"William H. Clark has been known by the older inhabitants from the cradle, and the noble characteristics of his early days were
steadfast to the end — intensified and developed with maturity, as God in his wisdom provided. He was a typical American
gentleman — modest, retiring, courteous, sincere, sympathetic, and straightforward and honest in his dealings. His home life was
ideal and resplendent with tenderness, love and sympathy, and all his leisure hours were spent in its enjoyment. His earthly body
has been removed, but the memory of his sweet and beautiful life and influence will forever linger." To those nearest and dearest
must come a measure of compensation and reconciliation from having thus known and touched so strong and so lovable a
character, and in this sense death loses its sting and the grave its victory. Mr. Clark was identified with representative fraternal,
business and social organizations in his home village, and no young man of the community had a more inviolable place in popular
confidence and affection. On 1 Oct 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette C. Smith, only daughter of Edward B. Smith, a
representative citizen of Cazenovia, and since the death of her husband she has made her home with Judge and Mrs. Clark.
In politics William H. Clark was a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party and he was a devout member of the
Presbyterian church, as is also his widow. He was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Modern W oodmen of America, was
a charter member of the Wayland Hose Company, and also held membership in the W ayland Board of Trade. When but twenty-one
years of age he was elected village treasurer of his native place and he retained this office until the time of his death.
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E. R. Hyde, Wayland's florist, has been a resident of Steuben county for twenty-one years, but has maintained his residence in
Wayland and only since 1904. He is a natural horticulturist and a successful man in the vocation, and he has always been a lover of
flowers, but it was not until 1906 that he took up the business as a special vocation. He owns his own property, and has twelve
hundred feet under glass, and will soon enlarge his plant in order to supply the growing demands of his trade. He is at the present
time making a specialty of the raising of carnations and roses, but he has a large trade in all cut flowers and potted plants.
Mr. Hyde claims Candice Corners in Livingston county, New York, as the place of his nativity, and he was born in 1869 to the
marriage union of Frank L. and Lucretia (Mott) Hyde, whose children consisted of but two and E. R. Hyde is the only one living in
Steuben county. He was educated at Hornell, this state, and his first business experience was in a clerical capacity in the
dispatcher's office in the Erie Railroad shops at Hornell, but later he went from there to Bufi'alo and followed clerical work there until
coming to Wayland in 1904. In 1899 he married Miss Nellie Algier, and a son, Stephen, was born to them in 1901. Mr. Hyde is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, Patchin Lodge of Wayland.
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Edgar A. Lewis — As principal of the high school at Wayland, Professor Lewis is prominently and successfully identified with
educational work in Steuben county and he is thoroughly en rapport with his profession, in which his success has been of
unequivocal order.
Edgar Alexander Lewis was born near Smithville, Jefferson. NY, 8 N 1869, a son of Edgar and Nellie M. (McNeill) Lewis, who
resided on their fine homestead farm near Bellville, where the father took up his residence when a young man. Edgar Lewis served
as a gallant soldier of the Union during the Civil war and he manifests his continued interest in his old comrades by retaining
membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, whose ranks are being so rapidly thinned by the one invincible foe of humanity. The
only child is Edgar A., whose name initiates this review.
Professor Lewis passed his boyhood days on the home farm and his rudimentary education was secured in the district schools. At
the age of fourteen he entered Union Academy, at Bellville, Jefferson county, in which institution he was graduated in 1891, after
which he taught in the district schools for three years. He then, in 1893, was matriculated in Brown University, at Providence, where
he continued his studies about two years and in the meanwhile he continued his successful efforts in the pedagogic profession. In
1896 he entered Colgate University, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1898 and from which he received his
degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. For the ensuing year he was engaged as a teacher in the public schools of Bellville, in his native
county, and for four years thereafter he was similarly engaged at Broadalbin, Fulton county, where he remained until 1903, when he
assumed his present position as principal of the high school at Wayland. His long retention of this incumbency stands as the best
voucher for the efficiency of his work, as well as for the public estimate placed upon him. He has done much to bring the high school
up to a high standard and is indefatigable and enthusiastic in all departments of his work. Both he and his wife are zealous members
of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is a member of the official board of the church of this denomination in Wayland. Professor
Lewis is also affiliated with Warren Patchin Lodge, No. 883, F&AM.
In the year 1901 was solemnized the marriage of Professor Lewis to Miss Minnie Elizabeth Rosendale, who was born at St.
Johnsville, Montgomery, NY, a daughter of Lawrence Rosendale, a native of Germany, whence he emigrated to America when a
young man; he and his wife have both passed away, the father dying in California in Jun 1910, and the mother in 1894. Mrs. Lewis
was graduated in the high school of her native town and also took a special normal course, after which she was a successful and
popular teacher in the public schools until the time of her marriage and for four years afterward. She is a woman of gracious
presence and is a popular factor in the best social activities of the community, as well as an earnest worker in the Methodist
Episcopal church at Wayland. Professor and Mrs. Lewis have no children.
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Salem A. Marsh — Numbered among the representative contractors and builders of Steuben county is Mr. Marsh, who is engaged
in business at Wayland and who controls a most prosperous enterprise in his chosen sphere of endeavor. He was born in Naples
township, Ontario, NY, 25 Sep 1868, a son of one of the sterling pioneer families of that county, where his grandfather, Stephen G.
Marsh, who was born at Southbridge, Worcester, MA, took up his residence when a youth, there securing a tract of wild land, which
he eventually reclaimed to cultivation. He returned to Massachusetts after he had selected his land and in his native state his
marriage was solemnized. He then returned with his bride to the new home in the Empire state, making the trip with horse and
wagon, and he and his wife lived up to the full tension of the pioneer epoch, enduring the deprivations incidental thereto but finding it
possible to enjoy peace and prosperity after the farm had been reclaimed to cultivation. Stephen G. Marsh was born in the year
1810 and he died at an advanced age; his wife, Esther Cave, was born in 1808 and was 72 the time of her demise. Stephen G.
Marsh was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party and was influential in local affairs. Both he and his wife were
zealous members of the Universalist church.
Frank A. Marsh, father of him whose name introduces this article, was born on the old homestead farm in Naples township, Ontario
county, and died on 29 Dec 1909, age 63. He never severed his allegiance to the great basic industry of agriculture, and he
eventually became the owner of the old homestead farm in Naples township, Ontario county, where he resided until a few years
prior to his death. He was one of the successful farmers and highly honored citizens of his native county and his farm gave every
evidence of thrift and prosperity. In connection therewith he gave special attention for many years to the growing of hops. He was
liberal and loyal as a citizen but never cared to enter the domain of practical politics. He was affiliated with the Knights of the
Maccabees and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his widow likewise is a devout adherent. He
married Miss Julia A. Morrison, who was born in Cohocton township, Steuben county, 1 Oct 1845, a daughter of one of the early
settlers and prosperous agriculturists of the county. Mrs. Marsh survived her honored husband and resided at Cohocton, the subject
of this review being the only child.
Salem A. Marsh was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools of his
native township. He continued to be associated with his father in the work and management of the farm until he had attained his
legal majority, and he then entered upon a practical apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, in which he became in due time a
skilled workman. In the spring of 1895 he located in the village of Wayland, where he has since been engaged in contracting and
building, in which connection he has erected many excellent buildings that stand in evidence of his ability and faithful service in the
line of his chosen vocation. His work has far transcended local limitations, as he has erected fifteen residence buildings in the city of
Rochester, besides many substantial structures in various parts of Steuben and adjoining counties. He has marked facility as an
architect and has drawn and perfected the plans and specifications for many of the buildings which he has erected. He is recognized
as one of the representative contractors and builders of Steuben county and his fair and honorable business methods have gained
to him the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has had dealings. He had the supervision of the erection of the Gun Lock
Chain Factory in Wayland, in 1909, and in 1910 he secured the contract for the erection of the Wayland hospital for the Sisters of
Nazareth. This hospital when completed will be thoroughly modern in all facilities and appurtenances and will represent a total
expenditure of twelve thousand dollars for the buildings alone. Mr. Marsh has completed other important contracts and during the
active season of building work he gives employment to about twenty men.
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Mr. Marsh is ever ready to give his influence and co-operation in the furtherances of measures and enterprises projected for the
general welfare of the community, but he has naught of desire for public office and in politics he maintains an independent attitude.
He is affiliated with Warren Patchin Lodge No. 883, F&AM; with Wayland Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he
was vice-grand in 1910; and with the local organization of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is also an active member of the
Wayland Hose Company, a part of the volunteer fire department of the village.
In 1889 Mr. Marsh married Carrie A. Briggs, born in Naples township, Ontario, NY, 29 Apr 1870, a daughter of David and Phoebe
(Arnold) Briggs, the former of whom still lives in Naples township and the latter of whom is deceased. Mrs. Marsh has one brother
and two sisters: Myron, a resident of Avoca; Emma, wife of William Springstead, a farmer of Naples township; and Minnie, wife of
Byron King, of Wayland, Steuben county. Mrs. Marsh received excellent educational advantages and was a successful and popular
teacher in the schools of her native county prior to her marriage. She is prominent in church work and social activities in Wayland
and the attractive home over which she presides is known for its gracious hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have one child. Vera Julia,
b. 3 May 1895, a member of the class of 1912 in the Wayland High School.
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Burt Cameron Patchin, 12 Feb 1869 - 12 Feb 1950, son of Dr. Cameron Patchin* 29 Feb 1820 - 13 Aug 1896 and Harriet N.
Glines 1842 – 1895, gained his early education in the public schools of Wayland township and supplemented this by a course of
one year in Dansville Seminary and by one year's attendance in the state normal school at Geneseo. He then entered Columbia
Institute, in New York city, but before the completion of his course the illness of his father caused him to return home and assume
the practical management of the estate. He has since continued to reside on the magnificent old homestead known as "Patchin
Parm," and the same now comprises 250 acres, upon which the improvements are of the best order. He erected, in 1900, the
present beautiful mansion, which is conceded to be one of the best in this section of the state. "Patchin Farm" has gained a national
reputation through the breeding of high-grade trotting and pacing horses.
* Dr. Cameron Patchin was the son of Warren Patchin b. 31 Jan 1784, Catskill, Greene, NY; d. - 13 Feb 1872, Wayland,
Steuben, NY, for whom Warren Patchin Lodge is name, and wife 1: Susan D. Russell (1805 - 27 Sep 1871); wife 2: Ruth
Cartwright (1783 - 3 Mar 1853).
Mr. Patchin is one of the most extensive farmers and stock-growers of this section of the old Empire commonwealth, and under his
able supervision the reputation of the "Patchin" breeding stabbles has been greatly amplified and emphasized. On the farm is a oneeighth mile track, all under cover, also a one-half mile open, and this is utilized for the training of the fine standard-bred horses
raised on the place, while a specialty is made of raising only the best type. Mr. Patchin is enthusiastic in his work, and his success
has been of the most unequivocal type. "Patchin Farm" has its own electric plant, which is utilized for the lighting of the residence
and other buildings and also for various mechanical purposes incidental to the various departments of enterprise conducted on this
beautiful place. The residence and other buildings are supplied with water from a private plant, and the improvements throughout
are of the best modern order. Mr. Patchin is the owner of an independent telephone line from Wayland to Loon Lake, and he gave
his capitalistic support to the organization and incorporation of the Inter- Ocean Telephone Company, besides which he is a
stockholder in various other corporations of important order and concerned with a number of local enterprises that have had definite
bearing on the progress and upbuilding of his native county. From 1897 to 1901 he was associated with Martin W. Snyder in the
retail drug business in the village of Wayland, where he is the owner of valuable realty, including the Patchin block, one of the best
business buildings in the village.
Though he finds insistent demands upon his time and attention in the management of his fine estate and its varied interests, Mr.
Patchin is known as a loyal and public-spirited citizen — one who is every ready to lend his influence and co-operation in the
promotion of enterprises and measures tending to advance the general welfare of the community. Though he has manifested
naught of ambition for official preferment and the turmoil of practical polities, he gives an unwavering allegiance and support to the
cause for which the Republican party stands sponsor, and he is an appreciative member of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, in
which he has completed the circle of the Scottish rite body and attained to the Thirty-second degree. He is also affiliated with the
Corning Valley Consistory, and as a master Mason he is a member of Warren Patchin Lodge, No. 883, F&AM, at Wayland. He is
also identified with Damascus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in the city of Rochester.
On the 27th of August, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Patchin to Miss Sally Gregory Nuttall, who was born in the city of
Philadelphia, PA, 3 Sep 1876, and who is a member of one of the distinguished families of that city. Her father, Robert Peel Nuttall,
was born in England, and was a boy at the time of his parents' immigration to America, the family home being established in
Philadelphia. He eventually became a manufacturer of surgical instruments. He continued to reside in Philadelphia until his death,
and his wife, Hannah Hardy, is now also dead. Mrs. Nuttall likewise was born in England and she was seven years of age at the
time when her parents came to the United States and established their home in Chester, PA. Mrs. Patchin has two sisters and two
brothers—John and Robert, who reside in Philadelphia; Mary is the wife of Benjamin F. Jones, of Buffalo, NY; and Miss Hannah
resides in Philadelphia. Mrs. Patchin was graduated in the high school of Philadelphia and later continued her studies in a normal
school of her native state. For three years prior to her marriage she was a successful teacher in the public schools of Philadelphia.
She is a woman of most gracious personality and social charm and presides most effectively over the beautiful home, which is a
center of generous hospitality. She is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which she holds membership. Mr. and
Mrs. Patchin have no children.
Robinson Lodge No. 895, Jasper, New York
See also Robinson Lodge No. 649 above.
Warrant:
6 Jun 1912
Consolidated in1994 with Restoration No. 777 of Woodhull and McClellan No. 649 of Troupsburg to become Robinson No. 649.
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Howard Delvan Heckman, Sr., 98, of Jasper, died shortly after arrival at the St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell on Wednesday,
25 Dec 1996. He was born 25 Nov 1898 in Jasper and was the son of Seymour D. and Jennie McMindes Heckman. On 24 Nov
1924 in the Town of Woodhull he married Ruth E. Grist who died 31 May 1994. Howard was a dairy farmer in the Town of Jasper
where he had lived since 1917. He was a member of the United Church of Jasper; a member and Past Master of Robinson Lodge
No. 895, F&AM, of Jasper; served as Supervisor of the Town of Jasper for 10 years from 1954 until 1964; was a former member of
the Jasper Grange; had been a member of the Jasper School Board of Education for 5 years where he served as president and was
a former member of the Board of directors of the Addison Milk Producers co-op. He was also a Jasper Central School bus driver for
several years.
He is survived by four sons, George (Shirley) Heckman of North port, FL, James (Barbara) Heckman and Howard (Carolyn)
Heckman, Jr. all of Jasper and Seymour (Paddy) Heckman of Greenwood; two brothers, Lawrence Heckman of Camas, WA, and
Lyle (Cora) Heckman of Canisteo; two sisters, Blanche Foster and Maude McCaig, both of Jasper; 15 grandchildren; 33 grgrandchildren; 3 gr-gr-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Burial was in the Jasper Cemetery, Jasper, NY.
Corning Lodge No. 1038, Corning, New York
Warrant:
ca 1923
Harry H[ayt]. Pratt — A man of energy and enterprise, brainy and bright, Harry H. Pratt, editor of the Corning Daily Journal and
Corning's postmaster, has achieved a large measure of success in his newspaper work, and as a public official, a man and a citizen
is influential and popular. He was born in this city 11 Nov 1864, youngest son of the late George W. Pratt, of whom a brief personal
history may be found on another page of this volume. Brought up in Corning, Harry H. Pratt was graduated from the Free Academy
with the class of 1882, and immediately entered the office of the Corning Journal, then a weekly paper of which his father was the
proprietor. This paper was established in 1847 and six years later became the property of George W. Pratt, who had previously had
an interest in it for two years, and who, in Sep 1891, began its daily issue. On the death of the proprietor, in Oct, 1906, the paper
passed into the hands of a corporation, and Harry H. Pratt was made president of the company and its editorial manager. Full of
personal resources and of undoubted ability, he is enthusiastic in his work, the Journal, which is an influential daily, bearing the
marks of his individuality. In 1905 Mr. Pratt was appointed postmaster at Corning by President Roosevelt, and in Dec 1909, was
reappointed to the same position by President Taft.
Active in public affairs, Mr. Pratt was for five years a member of the Corning Board of Health. He is prominent in Republican ranks,
having rendered his party effective service with his pen and as a delegate to district, state, congressional and senatorial
conventions. Fraternally he has taken the thirty-second degree of Masonry and for one term was Worshipful Master of Painted
Post Lodge No. 117, F&AM, from which he demiited in 1923 to become a Charter Member of Corning Lodge No. 1038.For two
terms he was exalted ruler in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On 4 Sep 1892, Mr. Pratt was united in marriage with Clarissa Chapman Spencer, a daughter of Hon. George T. Spencer, a
prominent citizen of Steuben county, and to them six children have been born, namely: Sophie and George Wollage (twins), Hugh
Spencer, Harriet Stacy, Ransom and Helen Hayt Pratt.
-----Appendix I
Diary of Timothy Meigs Younglove
http://www.crookedlakereview.com/authors/wood.html
Leonard Paul Wood transcribed the diaries of his great-great-great grandfather Cornelius Younglove and three of his sons who
together kept diaries for 73 years between 1826 and 1905. They lived and farmed in Pleasant Valley just a short distance south of
Hammondsport, where Leonard lives today. Leonard has written a history of the Younglove Diaries.
Index to the Diaries
A Year of the Cornelius Younglove Diary
Intro, Apr 1826
Jul 1826
May 1826
Aug 1826
Jun 1826
Sep 1826
Oct 1826, no entries
Nov 1826
Dec 1826
Jan 1827
Feb 1827
Mar1827
Timothy Meigs Younglove Diary
Intro, Jan 1841
Oct, 1842-Mar 1843
Apr-May 1841
Oct-Dec 1843
Feb 1844
Sep-Nov 1841
Apr-Jun, 1842
Apr 1844
Jun 1844
Feb-Mar 1841
Jun-Aug 1841
Jan-Mar 1842
Jul-Sep 1842
Apr-Sep 1843
Jan 1844
Mar 1844
May 1844
Jul 1844
Introduction 1841
This book I intend shall contain the daily occurrences of life as they pass one day with another & such comments as I shall think
proper to make at the time undoubtedly will be very different upon the same subjects for time varies my thoughts & reflections, but of
what they will be I can now tell only my intention. I find (or begin to find) that of myself I know but little, for it would only be too much
like myself to continue this a few days or weeks & drop off & leave it & turn my mind (or rather notion) to something else & in like
manner leave that as soon as fairly commenced.
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Thus it is too apt to be with all mankind, ever seeking for some new employment & ever grasping at something beyond their reach.
Not but persisted in but that all objects cannot be accomplished by the same individual by a few days of attention to one & then
turning to another. In this way the most of men's lives taken up & it is one of the reasons why so few men compared to the great
mass become eminent.
When we look back on the great men of past days & carefully examining their lives we will perceive that their eminence did not
consist in all things but generally in one thing to which they had turned their attention for years. Eminence is what at present I
neither look for or expect, but comfort & happiness as nearly as the climate will admit is at present my sole aim & the utmost bounds
of my future expectation.
This book like many of the objects of life if attended to but a few days & then thrown by would be of no value & would be no better
than waste paper but should it be continued through life & life be prolonged to the appointed time, it would be pleasing to look back
upon the daily occurrences of life & see the drift of its current. It would be like living the time over or at least bring back the past
along & look at the doings of by-gone days----Timothy M. Younglove was 26 years old in 1841.
January 1841
January 1st 1841
This has been an uncommonly stormy day & the snow has fallen about 18 inches & the sleighing was good before. I have made a
gate & hung it between the pump & south yard. This afternoon went to H'port for my trap but did not get it. Paid Sam for 133 lbs beef
which we let J. Larrowe have $5.32. Sam showed me a letter which he received from John Sillyman for which Sillyman might be, &
possibly may be punished. No school today & the boys are all at home. The present school is taught by James Monroe Gillett who is
only 19 & very well qualified at $16.50 per month & boarded.
2 Second
I went up the hill, snow very deep & no track made on the hill except by Mrs Drake & she had done all of the foddering. Drake at
Wm Bakers & Ross & wife gone to Cameron. The snow about half thigh deep. Father & Mother went to Bath. Sam & Lydia came
here on their way to H'port & brot me Sam's fox trap - In the afternoon went round the valley with Matilda, Julia Ann & Cecelia
Higgans, called at Amos Stones. Saw the old Capt. who is almost helpless, cannot walk one step nor raise his right hand & it is with
the greatest difficulty that he can be understood but still he is very much inclined to talk & laugh. He says 53 years ago this winter
was an excessive hard winter & he staid on the Cowniska & from the last of December to the last of April never saw the face of a
white man & lived with the Indians the whole time. Called at Esq. Powers, came home & found Asom Eddy & wife & Mariah Hoyt
here. Glad to see them.
The remainder of the diary, per the above index may be read online at the URL given.
http://www.stayblacksheepinn.com/younglove_family.htm
http://picasaweb.google.com/lesliebarton71/OctagonalBuildings#5532092140398825522
Arriving in Pleasant Valley in June of 1807, the Cornelius Younglove family was one of the first families to establish a permanent
home in this area. In fact, some of the land originally developed by the Youngloves is still held today by the family’s descendants. As
Orson Fowler’s A Home For All encouraged, T.M. Younglove, (Cornelius’ son), was directly responsible for the construction of his
octagon house in 1859, and he personally attended to many of the menial tasks necessary to complete the project. Approximately
15 years earlier, in 1844, Younglove, as a trustee, participated in the decision to construct an octagonal schoolhouse in
Hammondsport to replace the original school building built in 1795. And in 1860, he was one of the founders of the Pleasant Valley
Wine Company, the recipient of New York State’s first winery license, and a current listing on the National Register of Historic
Places. This family’s entrepreneurial spirit continued with Oliver Hoyt Younglove, (T.M.’s son), and his partial ownership in the local
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hardware store from 1881 to 1888, and his involvement in the Monarch Wine Cellar, as well as his responsibilities running the 150acre family farm and vineyard. For over 100 years, the Younglove octagon house remained in the family, however, in the early
1960’s, the Younglove Octagon House was converted to a two-family rental, and sold. Over the past 40 years, the house was home
to several families, and dozens of renters before it underwent a detailed restoration, as it became the Black Sheep Inn.
Appendix II
NARRATIVE OF
LIEUT. MOSES VAN CAMPEN *
DURING THE W AR OF THE REVOLUTION.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
“Mirror of Olden Time Border Life . . .” by Joseph Pritts, Alexander Scott Withers, pages 481-491.
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esult&resnum=7&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Moses%20Van%20Campen%22&f=false
* This narrative was sent by the author to Congress, in the winter of 1838, accompanied by a petition for a pension, which was
granted.
My first service was in the year 1777, when I served three months under Col. John Kelley, who stationed us at Big Isle, on the west
branch of the Susquehanna. Nothing particular transpired during that time, and in March, 1778,I was appointed lieutenant of a
company of six-month's men. Shortly afterward, I was ordered by Col. Samuel Hunter to proceed with about twenty men to Fishing
Creek, (which empties into the north branch of the Susquehanna about twenty miles from Northumberland,) and to build a fort about
three miles from its mouth, for the reception of the inhabitants in case of an alarm from the Indians. In May, my fort being nearly
completed, our spies discovered a large party of Indians making their way towards the fort. The neighboring residents had barely
time to fly to the fort for protection, leaving their goods behind. The Indians soon made their appearance, and having plundered and
burnt the houses, attacked the fort, keeping a steady fire upon us during the day. At night they withdrew, burning and destroying
every thing in their route. What loss they sustained we could not ascertain, as they carried off all the dead and wounded, though,
from the marks of blood on the ground, it must have been considerable. The inhabitants that took shelter in the fort had built a yard
for their cattle at the head of a small flat a short distance from the fort, and one evening in the month of June, just as they were
milking them, my sentinel called my attention to some movement in the brush, which I soon discovered to be Indians, making their
way to the cattle yard. There was no time to be lost; I immediately selected ten of my sharp-shooters, and under cover of a rise of
land, got between them and the milkers. On ascending the ridge we found ourselves within pistol-shot of them; I fired first, and killed
the leader, but a volley from my men did no further execution, the Indians running off at once, in the mean time the milk pails flew in
every direction, and the best runner got to the fort first.
As the season advanced. Indian hostilities increased, and notwithstanding the vigilance of our scouts, which were constantly out,
houses were burnt and families murdered. In the summer of 1778 occurred the great massacre of Wyoming, after which the
governors of Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania petitioned Congress to adopt speedy measures for the protection of the
western frontier, which subject was referred to a committee of Congress and General Washington. The committee recommended
that the war should be carried into the enemy's country, and a company of rangers raised for the defence of the frontier. In 1779
Gen. Sullivan was sent with an army into their country. The provisions for the supply of the army were purchased in the settlements
along the waters of the Susquehanna, and deposited in store-houses. I was appointed, under the title of quarter-master, to
superintend this business, and about the middle of July, by means of boats, had collected all the provisions, at Wyoming, where
Gen. Sullivan with his army lay waiting for them. About the last of July our army moved for Tioga Point, while a fleet of boats
ascended the river parallel with the army. We reached Tioga Point early in August, where we halted for Gen. Clinton to join us with
his brigade, which came by the way of the Mohawk river, and so into Lake Otsego. During this time the Indians were collecting in
considerable force at Chemung, a large Indian village about eleven miles distant. As they became very troublesome neighbors,
Gen. Clinton contemplated an attack upon them, but wished to ascertain their numbers and situation, and selected me for that
dangerous enterprise. I prepared myself an Indian dress, breech-cloth, leggins, and moccasins. My cap had a good supply of
feathers, and being painted in Indian style, I set off with one man, dressed in the same manner. We left the camp after dark, and
proceeded with much caution until we came to the Chemung, which we supposed would be strongly guarded. We ascended the
mountain, crossed over it and came in view of their fires, when having descended the hill, we waited quietly until they lay down and
got to sleep. We then walked round their camp, counted the fires and the number of Indians at some of the fires, thus forming an
estimate of their number, which I took to be about six or seven hundred. I returned, and having made my report to the general early
next morning, I went to my tent, spread down my blanket, and had a refreshing sleep. In the afternoon Major Adam Hoopes, one of
the general's aids, requested me to wait upon the general, which I obeyed. The latter requested, as I had learnt the way to
Chemung, that I would lead the advance, he having selected Gen. Samuel Hand, of the Pennsylvania line, to make them a visit with
eleven hundred men.
I accepted the service, and we took up our line of march after sundown. When we came to the Narrows I halted, according to order,
until the main body came up, when the general ordered us to enter the. Narrows, observing, "Soldiers, cut your way through." We
did so, and entered the Indian village and camp at day-break, but found that the birds had flown. We halted a few minutes for our
men to refresh, set fire to their village, and having discovered from the trail that they had gone up the river, followed it about two
miles. Here our path lay up a narrow ridge, called Hogback Hill, which we remarked seemed formed by nature for an Indian
ambuscade. Accordingly, every eye was fixed on the hill, and as we began to ascend, we saw the bushes tremble, and immediately
rifles were presented, and we received a deadly fire, by which sixteen or seventeen of the advance were killed or wounded. We that
stood sprang under cover of the bank, and for a moment reserved our fire. Six or seven stout fellows rushed out with tomahawk and
knife to kill and scalp our comrades. It was now our turn to fire: every shot counted one: they fell. Gen. Hand now came on at quick
step, advanced within a few rods of them, and ordered his men to fire and then charge them at the point of the .bayonet; they were
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soon routed and put to flight. We returned with our dead and wounded the same night to our former camp. We had no further
opportunity of coming to a brush with them, until we were joined by our whole force under Gen. Clinton. We were opposed by the
enemy's whole force, consisting of Indians, British and tories, to whom we gave battle a little below Newtown Point. Our loss was
trifling.
On the return of the army I was taken with the camp fever, and was removed to the fort which I had built in '78, where my father was
still living. In the course of the winter I recovered my health, and my father's house having been burnt in '78 by the party which
attacked the before-mentioned fort, my father requested me to go with him and a younger brother to our farm, about four miles
distant, to make preparations for building another, and raising some grain. But little apprehension was entertained of molestations
from the Indians this season, as they had been so completely routed the year before. We left the fort about the last of March,
accompanied by my uncle and his son, about twelve years old, and one Peter Pence. We had been on our farms about four or five
days, when, on the morning of the 30th of March, we were surprised by a party of ten Indians. My father was lunged through with a
war-spear, his throat was cut and he was scalped, while my brother was tomahawked, scalped, and thrown into the fire before my
eyes. While I was struggling with a warrior, the fellow who had killed my father drew his spear from his body and made a violent
thrust at me. I shrank from the spear, the savage who had hold of me turned it with his hand so that it only penetrated my vest and
shirt. They were then satisfied with taking me prisoner, as they had the same morning taken my uncle's little son and Pence, though
they killed my uncle. The game party, before they reached us, had touched on the lower settlements of Wyoming, and killed a Mr.
Upson, and took a boy prisoner of the name of Rodgers.
We were now marched off up Fishing Creek, and in the afternoon of the same day we came to Huntingdon, where the Indians found
four white men at a sugar camp, who fortunately discovered the Indians and fled to a house; the Indians only fired on them and
wounded a Capt. Ranson, when they continued their course till night. Having encamped and made their fire, we the prisoners, were
tied and well secured, five Indians lying on one side of us and five on the other; in the morning they pursued their course, and,
leaving the waters of Fishing Creek, touched the head waters of Hemlock Creek, where they found one Abraham Pike, his wife and
child. Pike was made prisoner, but his wife and child, they painted and told Joggo squaw, go home. They continued their course that
day, and encamped the same night in the same manner as the previous. It came into my mind that sometimes individuals performed
wonderful actions, and surmounted the greatest dangers. I then decided that these fellows must die; and thought of the plan to
despatch them.
The next day I had an opportunity to communicate my plan to my fellow prisoners; they treated it as a visionary scheme for three
men to attempt to despatch ten Indians. I spread before them the advantages that three men would have over ten when asleep; and
that we would be the first prisoners that would be taken into their towns and villages after our army had destroyed their corn, that we
should be tied to the stake and suffer a cruel death; we had now an inch of ground to fight on, and if we failed it would only be death,
and we might as well die one way as another. That day passed away, and having encamped for the night, we lay as before.
In the morning we came to the river, and saw their canoes; they had descended the river and run their canoes upon Little
Tunkhannork creek, so called; they crossed the river and set their canoes adrift. I renewed my suggestion to my companions to
despatch them that night, and urged they must decide the question. They agreed to make the trial; but how shall we do it, was the
question. Disarm them, and each take a tomahawk, and come to close work at once.— There are three of us: plant our blows with
judgment and three times three will make nine, and the tenth one we can kill at our leisure. They agreed to disarm them, and after
that, one take possession of the guns and fire, at the one side of the four, and the other two take tomahawks on the other side and
despatch them. I observed that would be a very uncertain way; the first shot fired would give the alarm; they would discover it to be
the prisoners, and might defeat us. I had to yield to their plan. Peter Pence was chosen to fire the guns, Pike and myself to
tomahawk; we cut and carried plenty of wood to give them a good fire; the prisoners were tied and laid in their places; after I was
laid down, one of them had occasion to use his knife; he dropped it at my feet; I turned my foot over it and concealed it: they all lay
down and fell asleep.
About midnight I got up and found them in sound sleep. I slipped to Pence, who rose; I cut him loose and handed him the knife; he
did the same for me, and I in turn took the knife and cut Pike loose; in a minute's time we disarmed them. Pence took his station at
the guns. Pike and myself with our tomahawks took our stations; I was to tomahawk three on the right wing, and Pike two on the left.
That moment Pike's two awoke, and were getting up; here Pike proved a coward, and laid down. It was a critical moment. I saw
there was no time to be lost; their heads turned up fair; I despatched them in a moment, and turned to my lot as per agreement, and
as I was about to despatch the last on my side of the fire, Pence shot and did good execution ; there was only one at the off wing
that his ball did not reach; his name was Mohawke, a stout, bold, daring fellow.— In the alarm he jumped off about three rods from
the fire; he saw it was the prisoners that made the attack, and giving the war-whoop, he darted to take possession of the guns; I was
as quick to prevent him; the contest was then between him and myself. As I raised my tomahawk, he turned quick to jump from me;
I followed him and struck at him, but missing his head, my tomahawk struck his shoulder, or rather the back of his neck; he pitched
forward and fell; at the same time my foot slipped, and I fell by his side; we clinched; his arm was naked; he caught me round my
neck, at the same time I caught him with my left arm around the body, and gave him a close hug, at the same time feeling for his
knife, but could not reach it.
In our scuffle my tomahawk dropped out. My head was under the wounded shoulder, and almost suffocated me with his blood. I
made a violent spring, and broke from his hold: we both rose at the same time, and he ran; it took me some time to clear the blood
from my eyes; my tomahawk got covered up and I could not find it in time to overtake him; he was the only one of the party that
escaped. Pike was powerless. I always have had a reverence for Christian devotion. Pike was trying to pray, and Pence swearing at
him, charging him with cowardice, and saying it was no time to pray—he ought to fight; we were masters of the ground, and in
possession of all their guns, blankets, match coats, &c. I then turned my attention to scalping them, and recovering the scalps of my
father, brother, and others, I strung them all on my belt for safe keeping. We kept our ground till morning, and built a raft, it being
near the bank of the river where they had encamped, about fifteen miles below Tioga Point; we got all our plunder on it, and set sail
for Wyoming, the nearest settlement. Our raft gave way, when we made for land, and we lost considerable property, though we
saved our guns and ammunition, and took to land; we reached Wylusing late in the afternoon. Came to the Narrows; discovered a
smoke below, and a raft laying at the shore, by which we were certain that a party of Indians had passed us in the course of the day,
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and had halted for the night. There was no alternative for us but to rout them or go over the mountain: the snow on the north side of
the hill was deep; we knew from the appearance of the raft that the party must be small; we had two rifles each ; my only fear was of
Pike's cowardice.
To know the worst of it we agreed that I should ascertain their number and give the signal for the attack; I crept down the side of the
hill, so near as to see their fires and packs, but saw no Indians. I concluded they had gone hunting for meat, and that this was a
good opportunity for us to make off with their raft to the opposite side of the river. I gave the signal; they came and threw their packs
on to the raft, which was made of small, dry pine timber; with poles and paddles we drove her briskly across the river, and had got
nearly out of reach of shot, when two of them came in; they fired, their shots did no injury; we soon got under cover of an island, and
went several miles; we had waded deep creeks through the day, the night was cold; we landed on an island and found a sink hole in
which we made our fire; after warming we were alarmed by a cracking in the crust; Pike supposed the Indians had got on to the
island, and was for calling for quarters; to keep him quiet we threatened him with his life; the stepping grew plainer, and seemed
coming directly to the fire; I kept a watch, and soon a noble raccoon came under the light. I shot the raccoon, when Pike jumped up
and called out, "Quarters, gentlemen: quarters, gentlemen." I took my game by the leg and threw it down to the fire, "Here, you
cowardly rascal,'' I cried, "skin that and give us a roast for supper." The next night we reached Wyoming, and there was much joy to
see us; we rested one day, and it being not safe to go to Northumberland by land, we procured a canoe, and with Pence and my
little cousin, we descended the river by night; we came to Fort Jenkins before day, where I found Col. Kelly and about one hundred
men encamped out of the fort; he came across from the west branch by the heads of Chillisquaka to Fishing Creek, the end of the
Nob Mountain, so called at that day, where my father and brother were killed; he had buried my father and uncle; my brother was
burnt, a small part of him only was to be found. Col. Kelly informed me that my mother and her children were in the fort, and it was
thought that I was killed likewise. Col. Kelly went into the fort to prepare her mind to see me; I took off my belt of scalps and handed
them to an officer to keep. Human nature was not sufficient to stand the interview. She had just lost a husband and a son, and one
had returned to take her by the hand, and one too, that she supposed was killed.
The day after I went to Sunbury, where I was received with joy; my scalps were exhibited, the cannons were fired, &c. Before my
return a commission had been sent me as ensign of a company to be commanded by Capt. Thomas Robinson; this was, as I
understood, a part of the quota which Pennsylvania had to raise for the continental line. One Joseph Alexander was commissioned
as lieutenant, but did not accept his commission. The summer of 1780 was spent in the recruiting service; our company was
organized, and was retained for the defence of the frontier service. In February, 1781, I was promoted to a lieutenancy, and entered
upon the active duty of an officer by heading scouts, and as Capt. Robinson was no woodsman nor marksman, he preferred that I
should encounter the danger and head the scouts; we kept up a constant chain of scouts around the frontier settlements, from the
north to the west branch of the Susquehanna, by the way of the head waters of Little Fishing Creek, Chillisquaka, and Muncy, &c. In
the spring of 1781 we built a fort on the widow M'Clure's plantation, called M'Clure's fort, where our provisions were stored. In the
summer of 1781 a man was taken prisoner in Buffalo Valley, but made his escape; he came in and reported there were about three
hundred Indians on Sinnemahoning, hunting and laying in a store of provisions, and would make a descent on the frontiers; that
they would divide into small parties, and attack the whole chain of the frontier at the same time, on the same day. Col. Samuel
Hunter selected a company of five to reconnoitre, viz: Capt. Campell, Peter and Michael Groves, Lieut. Cramer, and myself; the
party was called the Grove Party. We carried with us three week's provisions, and proceeded up the west branch with much caution
and care; we reached the Sinnemahoning, but made no discovery except old tracks; we marched up the Sinnemahoning ao far that
we were satisfied it was a false report. We returned, and a little below the Sinnemahoning, near night, we discovered a smoke; we
were confident it was a party of Indians, which we must have passed by or they got there some other way; we discovered there was
a large party, how many we could not tell, but prepared for the attack.
As soon as it was dark we new primed our rifles, sharpened our flints, examined our tomahawk handles, and all being ready, we
waited with great impatience, and till they all lay down; the time came, and with the utmost silence we advanced, trailed our rifles in
one hand and the tomahawk in the other. The night was warm; we found some of them rolled in their blankets a rod or two from their
fires.— Having got among them, we first handled our tomahawks; they rose like a dark cloud; we now fired our shots, and raised the
war-yell; they took to flight in the utmost confusion, but few taking time to pick up their rifles. W e remained masters of the ground
and all their plunder, and took several scalps. It was a party of twenty-five or thirty, which had been as low down as Penn's Creek,
and had killed and scalped two or three families; we found several scalps of different ages which they had taken, and a large
quantity of domestic cloth, which was carried to Northumberland and given to the distressed who had escaped the tomahawk and
knife.
In December, 1781, our company was ordered to Lancaster; we descended the river in boats to Middletown, where our orders were
countermanded, and we were ordered to Reading, Berks county, where we were joined by a part of the third and fifth Pennsylvania
regiments, and a company of the Congress regiment. W e took charge of the Hessians taken prisoners by Gen. Burgoyne. In the
latter part of March, at the opening of the campaign in 1782, we were ordered by Congress to our respective stations. I marched
Robinson's company to Northumberland, where Mr. Thomas Chambers joined us, who had been recently commissioned as an
ensign of our company. We halted at Northumberland two or three days for our men to wash and rest; from thence ensign
Chambers and myself were ordered to Muncy, Samuel Wallis's plantation, there to make a stand and rebuild Fort Muncy, which had
been destroyed by the enemy. We reached that station, and built a small block-house for the storage of our provisions; about the
10th or 11th of April, Capt. Robinson came on with Esquire Culbertson, James Dougherty, William M'Grady and a Mr. Barkley; I was
ordered to select twenty or twenty-five men with these gentlemen, and to proceed up the west branch to the Big Island, and thence
up the Bald Eagle Creek, to the place where a Mr. Culbertson had been killed. On the 15th of April, at night, we reached the place,
and encamped for the night; on the morning of the 16th we were attacked by eighty-five Indians. It was a hard-fought battle; Esquire
Culbertson and two others made their escape; I think we had nine killed, and the rest of us were made prisoners. We were stripped
of all our clothing excepting our pantaloons. When they took off my shirt they discovered my commission; our commissions were
written on parchment, and carried in a silk case hung with a ribbon in our bosom; several got a hold of it, and one fellow cut the
ribbon with his knife, and succeeded in obtaining it.
They took us a little distance from the battle-ground, made the prisoners sit down in a small ring, the Indians forming another around
us in close order, each with his rifle and tomahawk in his hand. They brought up five Indians we had killed, and laid them within their
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circle. Each one reflected for himself; our time would probably be short, and respecting myself, looking back upon the year '80, at
the party I had killed, if I was discovered to be the person, my case would be a hard one. Their prophet, or chief warrior, made a
speech; as I was informed afterwards by the British Lieutenant who belonged to the party, he was consulting the Great Spirit what to
do with the prisoners, whether to kill us on the spot or spare our lives: he came to the conclusion that there had been blood enough
shed, and as to the men they had lost, it was the fate of war, and we must be taken and adopted into the families of those whom we
had killed; we were then divided amongst them according to the number of fires: packs were prepared for us, and they returned
across the river at the Big Island in bark canoes: they then made their way across hills, and came to Pine Creek, above the first
forks, which they followed up to the third fork, and took the most northerly branch to the head of it, and thence to the waters of the
Genesee river. After two days travel down the Genesee river, we came to a place called the Pigeon Woods, where a great number
of Indian families, old and young, had come to catch young pigeons; there we met a party of about forty warriors, on their way to the
frontier settlements: they encamped some little distance apart, the warriors of the two parties holding a council at our camp. I soon
perceived that I was the subject of their conversation; I was seized and dragged to the other camp, where the warriors were sitting
on one side of a large fire; I was seated alone on the opposite side. Every eye was fixed upon me; I perceived they were gathering
around in great numbers; in a short time I perceived a man pressing through the crowd; he came to me and sat down; I saw he was
a white man painted, in Indian dress. He examined me on the situation of the frontiers, the strength of our forts, the range of our
scouts, &c. After he got through, he observed that there was only one beside himself there that he knew. "Do you know me, sir?''
said I. "I do: you are the man that killed the Indians." I thought of the fire and the stake; he observed that he was a prisoner and a
friend; that his name was Jones, and he had been taken prisoner in the spring of '81, with Capt. John Boyde, in Bedford county; that
he would not expose me, and if I could pass through undiscovered and be delivered up to the British, I would be safe; if not, I would
have to die at the stake.
The next morning they moved down the river; two days afterwards they came to the Caneadia village, the first on the Genesee river,
where we were prepared to run the Indian gauntlet; the warriors don't whip—it is the young Indians and squaws. They meet you in
sight of your council-house, where they select the prisoners from the ranks of the warriors, bring them in front, and when ready the
word joggo is given; the prisoners start, the whippers follow after, and if they out run you, you will be severely whipped. I was placed
in front of my men; the word being given, we started. Being then young and full of nerve, I led the way; two young squaws came
running up to join the whipping party, and when they saw us start, they halted, and stood shoulder to shoulder with their whips;
when I came near them I bounded and kicked them over; we all came down together; there was considerable kicking amongst us,
so much so that they showed their under dress, which appeared to be of a beautiful yellow colour; I had not time to help them up. It
was truly diverting to the warriors; they yelled and shouted till they made the air ring.
They halted at that village for one day, and thence went to Fort Niagara, where I was delivered up to the British. I was adopted,
according to the Indian custom, into Col. Butler's family then the commanding officer of the British and Indians at that place. I
was to supply the loss of his son, Capt. Butler, who was killed late in the fall of 1781, by the Americans. In honor to me as his
adopted son, I was confined in a private room, and not put under a British guard. My troubles soon began; the Indians were
informed by the tories that knew me that I had been a prisoner before, and had killed my captors; they were outrageous, and went to
Butler and demanded me, and as I was told, offered to bring in fourteen prisoners in my place. Butler sent an officer to examine me
on the subject; he came and informed me their Indians had laid heavy accusations against me; they were informed that I had been a
prisoner before, and killed the party, and that they had demanded me to be given up to them, and that his colonel wished to know
the fact. I observed, "Sir, it is a serious question to answer; I will never deny the truth; I have been a prisoner before, and killed the
party, and returned to the service of my country; but, sir, I consider myself to be a prisoner of war to the British, and I presume you
will have more honor than to deliver me up to the savages. I know what my fate will be; and please to inform your colonel that we
have it in our power to retaliate." He left me, and in a short time returned and stated that he was authorized to say to me that there
was no alternative for me to save my life but to abandon the rebel cause and join the British standard; that I should take the same
rank in the British service as I did in the rebel service. I replied, "No, sir, no; give me the stake, the tomahawk, or the knife, before a
British commission; liberty or death is our motto;" he then left me. Some time after a lady came to my room, with whom I had been
well acquainted before the Revolution; we had been school mates; she was then married to a British officer, a captain of the queen's
rangers; he came with her. She had been to Col. Butler, and she was authorized to make me the same offer as the officer had done;
I thanked her for the trouble she had taken for my safety, but could not accept of the offer; she observed how much more honorable
would it be to be an officer in the British service. I observed that I could not dispose of myself in that way; I belonged to the
Congress of the United States, and that I would abide the consequence; she left me, and that was the last I heard of it. A guard was
set at the door of my apartment.
In about four days after I was sent down Lake Ontario to a place called Carlton Island: from thence down the St. Lawrence to
Montreal, where I was placed in prison, and found forty or fifty of our American officers, and where we had the honor to look through
the iron grates. The fourth of July was drawing near; ten of us combined to celebrate the political birth-day of our country; we found
ways and means to have some brandy conveyed in to us unknown to the British guard, and we had a high day, after making a
compromise with the guard. It was highly offensive to the British officer, and we ten were taken out and sent to Quebec, thence
down the St. Lawrence, and put on the Isle of Orleans, where we remained until the last of September; a British fleet sailed about
that time and bound for New York; we were put on board of that fleet; when we came to New York there was no exchange for us.
Gen. Carlton then commanded the British army at New York; he paroled us to return home.
In the month of March, 1783, I was exchanged, and had orders to take up arms again. I joined my company in March at
Northumberland; about that time Capt. Robinson received orders to march his company to Wyoming, to keep garrison at
Wilkosbarre Fort.— He sent myself and Ensign Chambers with the company to that station, where we lay till November, 1783. Our
army was then discharged, and our company likewise: poor and pennyless, we retired to the shades of private life.
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Appendix III
A History of Boggs Run
by Lori Cunningham Whitwam
http://boggsrun.com/br-history1.htm
Captain John Boggs first arrived in the Ohio Valley in 1774, after being stationed for a time at Catfish Camp (now Washington, Pa.).
He settled in an area just south of Wheeling, between acreage already claimed by James Caldwell and William McMechen, with a
picturesque stream flowing through it. This stream became known as Boggs Run. At the time, this area (Wheeling and the
surrounding settlements) was the westernmost point occupied by white men. Across the Ohio River was the Indians' favorite hunting
grounds.
Shortly after the Boggs family settled in the Wheeling area, a directive from Fort Pitt declared that war with the Indians was
imminent, and Captain Boggs helped with the urgent construction of Fort Henry. Then, during the first year of the Revolutionary
War, Captain Boggs was ordered to harvest his crops and move his family 14 miles inland to Rice's Fort on Buffalo Creek. When
1777 became known as the year of the Bloody Indian War, the Boggses and others housed at Rice's Fort were evacuated again to
Catfish Camp for safety. Captain Boggs did return to Wheeling to aid in the defense of Wheeling, but arrived too late and found the
settlement around the fort burned to the ground. His good friend, David Shepherd, who had a large claim at "The Forks" of Wheeling
Creek (about six miles upstream from the Ohio), had left his property to take command of Fort Henry. When all was said and done,
he returned to find all but his gristmill burned and his elder son and son-in-law dead.
Captain Boggs' daughter, Lydia, was to become a force in the pioneer community, and later a woman of national importance. She
married Moses Shepherd, son of David Shepherd. After the Shepherds returned to The Forks, the Boggs family was transferred to
Wolfe's Fort, when Lydia really wanted to return to Boggs Run. She had a deep passion for the land her family owned, and loved the
Wheeling area.
Lydia Boggs and Moses Shepherd
In 1781, Wolfe's Fort was in peril of Indian attack, and Captain Boggs moved his family to Fort Henry in Wheeling. On the morning of
their departure, Lydia's older brother, Billy, was captured by Indians. Lydia and her mother raced to Newals' Blockhouse, while
Captain Boggs and his son, James, stayed to defend the fort and attempt to rescue Billy. The attack was aborted, but no sign was
found of Billy. Only in 1783 did he return to Boggs Run, relating the tale of how the Indians had held him prisoner for three months
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before trading him to the British in Detroit for whiskey and trinkets. He spent the remainder of time as a British prisoner. Finally, he
was released in a prisoner exchange. Jane Boggs died from a lengthy illness that same night.
After her mother's death, much of the work of a pioneer woman fell to young Lydia. The family had a few slaves who did the field
work, but Lydia spent time on Boggs Run, along with her younger sister, eleven year old Martha, preparing meals, churning butter,
tanning leather, grinding corn, caring for the younger children, feeding the animals, washing clothes in the run, weaving, sewing, and
otherwise managing the entire household. This went on until Captain Boggs married Sadie, a good-natured young widow with two
sons, whom he had met in Washington Town.
The wedding of Moses Shepherd and Lydia Boggs was the biggest social event seen on the frontier. Everyone attended dressed in
whatever finery they had, and Lydia wore a gown of black silk, which Moses had brought her from back East. She knew the color
was inappropriate, but it was silk and no one else had such a gown, since the normal wardrobe consisted of hide and homespun. All
the pioneer families were there... the McMechens, the Caldwells, all the Zanes, the Wetzels and many others from Wheeling, West
Liberty, Grave Creek and Shepherd's Forks.
After their first rough cabin at Shepherd's Forks, Lydia and Moses became increasingly prosperous, and in 1798 built the stone
mansion located on Wheeling Creek, at the foot of what is now known as 29th Street Hill in Elm Grove. Shepherd Hall was the most
astonishing structure anyone had seen in the area, and was Lydia's home for the rest of her life. The mansion is now home to the
Osiris Shrine Temple and is used for receptions and the like. Lydia and Moses grew in political influence, and even had the
National Road surveyed to run directly by their front gate, despite the fact that it would require more bridges that way. The Stone
Bridge and the "S" Bridge still standing in the area are results of this whim of Lydia's.
It was the year that Shepherd Hall was built that Captain John Boggs sold the property at Boggs Run and went on to Ohio with his
third wife, Mary (Sadie had died in a fall), and one of his sons and the Barr boys. With the peace with the Indians, settlers were
flooding the area, and Wheeling and the surrounding area were becoming too populated for a man with "land fever," as Captain
Boggs freely admitted he had.
Boggs Run is now an area of Benwood, West Virginia, in Marshall County and is not to be confused with Boggs Hill Road in Ohio
County, which is named for Lydia's brother, Billy. Originally it was considered a settlement associated with Wheeling, which is in
Ohio County, so much of what happened to the inhabitants of Boggs Run took place in Ohio County, making locating facts and
documents a "two-county" procedure. The site of the Boggs homestead is believed to be in a widening of the bottomland along the
Run about a mile upstream from the Ohio River. This area likely bears little resemblance to the area Captain John Boggs and his
ambitious daughter, Lydia, would have known. The meadow where their cattle grazed is gone, bisected by Route 2, and filled with
retail businesses. "The Run" is lined with homes all the way up to where Boggs Run Road meets Route 86. My father lives in a
small apartment right by the northbound Boggs Run off ramp from Route 2, and he can tell stories of Boggs Run going back to the
1920s, and can recount stories told to him about the huge coal mine explosion that killed so many men in 1924, the year he was
born. The dead were stacked at the fork of Boggs Run and Browns Run, about two miles upstream from the Ohio.
Much of my family's history (which includes my sister, Linda Cunningham Fluharty) is tied to Boggs Run. My father was born and
raised there, living his entire life on The Run, except for the years he spent in World War II and the 20 years we lived "on the hill" in
Allendale, not far from the top of Brown's Run Road. The home we lived in when I was born (and where Linda lived her entire
childhood) was near the top of The Run, and my aunts, uncles, cousins and paternal grandparents lived in close proximity. Many
descendants of the original settlers likely populate the area, and the Boggs, McMechen and Caldwell families who settled the area
were among the bravest, most rugged families of their time, responsible for bringing civilization to that part of the Ohio Valley.
Source: Time Steals Softly by Virginia Jones Harper
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Appendix IV
Dr. James Faulkner
http://books.google.com/books?id=9SUVAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA9&lpg=RA2PA9&dq=%22dr.+james+faulkner%22+%22dansville%22&source=bl&ots=maWSNxpH6X&sig=I8zBJvgXER3oB6OwGOBrn4V_z0&hl=en&ei=820TTemhKsL78AaW6JWBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBQ#v
=onepage&q=%22james%20faulkner%22%20%22dansville%22&f=false page 11.
DR. JAMES FAULKNER—BY E. H. DAVIS.
Dr. James Faulkner, of Dansville, NY, one of the first vice-presidents of the Livingston County Historical Society, died at his late
residence in that village on Sunday, the 19th of October, 1884, at the advanced aged of ninety-four years and nine months. His
death was the occasion of deep mourning in the community where his long and useful life was passed, and the people of the village
very generally suspended business during the hours of his funeral. On the occasion of the eighty-third anniversary of Dr. Faulkner's
birth, there were assembled about his hospitable board a number of contemporary pioneers, the united ages of sixteen of them
being 1311 years. At that time the Doctor read an autobiography which contains a record of most of his political and business life,
and no rhetorical embellishment can add interest to the simple and concise narrative. A portion of it is here given as being no doubt
correct and as being, also, a most fitting memorial and the most worthy of record in the archives of this society:
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
"My name is James Faulkner. I was born on the 21st day of January, 1790, in the county of Washington, in the state of New York, in
what was then the town of Cambridge, four miles from the county seat, which was Salem. My father started from his place there in
Cambridge the day after Christmas, 1796. He moved to the village of Dansville, a new village then. I think we were thirteen days
coming on the road to Dansville. About the 7th of January, 1797, my father lived here, and I with him, until June 1801. He then
moved down to Geneseo and died there in May, 1805. I lived there till 1807. then went to Painted Post, in the county of Steuben,
and commenced the study of medicine. Remained there till 1810, and spent the winter at the medical lectures in the city of New
York. In 1811, at Bath, I was examined by the medical society and licensed to practice physic and surgery. I remained there till
1812, and in May of that year married Miss Minerva Hammond, and the next month moved back to Dansville, since which time I
have lived here. Shortly after my return I was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the old council of appoint menL I held that office
about two years and resigned. The next year I was elected town clerk of Dansville. The next year I was appointed by the
postmaster-general, postmaster here, and held the office twenty-six years. In 1835 I was appointed one of the associate judges of
the county court. I held that office ten years. In 1825, I was elected member of the house of assembly and re-elected the next year.
1 had been in Albany previously, in 1822, with a view of getting this town annexed to Livingston county, which was done in March
1822. * * * In 1834, I ran as a candidate for representative in congress, but was defeated by Luther C. Peck, of this county. The next
congressional election I was a second time defeated by the same man. In 1840, I ran for senator in the sixth senatorial district and
was defeated by Mr. Piatt, of Tioga county. In 1841, 1 ran again for senator in the same district against Allen Ayrault, of Geneseo,
was elected, and served from 1842 to 1846. In May 1812, 1 was drafted and then expected to go, but being married two weeks
after, took advantage of the scripture privilege— (Deut., XX, 7, and Luke XIV, 20) to send a substitute, John Gibson, who fought
bravely but was taken prisoner at the battle of Queenstown, in the fall of 1813. My substitute having been exchanged, I then
volunteered and went to the front Went in October, came back in December. Stayed long enough to get a pension of 160 acres of
land. I was surgeon of the regiment in Gen. George McClure's campaign. We were at Fort George on the Canada side of the
Niagara river. There were nine officers in our mess. I think I am the only survivor of those nine mess-mates."
Of his business life Dr. Faulkner thus writes:
"In 1815, I bought the paper mill here. It was the only paper mill then west of Marcellus, Onondaga county. I abandoned my
profession and carried on the manufacture of paper here for ten years. I superintended it myself—the sales and the collection of
materials—traded in Canada, Buffalo, and all through the western part of the state, supplying all the newspapers west of Geneva,
with printing paper.
* * * After the paper business became poor, I converted the paper mill into a tannery, took in a good business man for partner, and
carried on the concern ten years. I was also engaged in mercantile business with the Bradners. At the organization of the Bank of
Dansville I was chosen president, declined, and joined the firm of S. Sweet & Co., bankers. After continuing ten years, we dissolved
and went into the First National Bank of Dansville, started in 1863. I was elected its first president and have filled that office ever
since."
To these reminisences recorded by his own pen, we add an extract from the "History of Livingston County," published by D. Mason
& Co.:
"In the spring of 1815, James Faulkner was elected Supervisor of the town of Sparta, which then embraced the territory now
included in the towns of Dansville, West Sparta and Sparta, all of which then belonged to the county of Steuben. By nearly
continuous elections he continued to represent Sparta in the board of Supervisors of Steuben county, until the year 1822, when that
town was annexed to Livingston county. After this he represented the town so many years that, to use his own language, "I have
almost forgotten their number." It also stands to his credit that, while senator, he introduced a bill for the construction of the Genesee
Valley canal and its branch extending from Sonyea to Dansville.
Says a writer in the Dansville Express of January 24th, 1884: "After a protracted struggle, in which his intimacy with such men as
Silas Wright, Wm. L Marcy, John C. Spencer, and others equally as distinguished, served him in good stead the senator won the
fight by the slim majority of 'one.' The canal was built. It opened up Monroe, Livingston, and Allegany counties; while the branch
from Sonyea brought Dansville into a prominence it had never known before."
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We might, without prejudice to our subject, close this memorial here; for who that has the power of retrospection 01 is capable of the
crudest reasoning, but must admit that a life so long and so laborious, so filled with responsibilities which were so faithfully
discharged, was a well-rounded life and worthy of all emulation. To know of that life's humble beginning, to realize that it spanned
the century now closing, and to see him at life's close with his many honors "thick about him," is to realize and to know that such a
life was successful and replete with experiences which all the preceding centuries could scarcely give. But the intense individuality,
the marked character and long public career of James Faulkner, demand something more from this society; and in placing our
estimate upon that life, I deem it altogether just that those who knew him best should have the most to say. I have therefore
compiled a few previously published statements from sources eminently trustworthy, and written by persons every way capable of
giving an intelligent, fair and unbiased estimate of his character.
ESTIMATES OF HIS CHARACTER. From the Steuben Advocate of October 22, 1884. "Throughout the long term of years of his life,
there were exhibited, in eminent degree, those essential elements of success, self-reliance, resolution and perseverance. He
recognized the fundamental maxim, that labor is essential to success in any and every sphere of the duties of life. We honor his
memory and desire to present to young men of this third generation for their imitation when entering on their business career, his
diligence, determination and unswerving adherence to his plans, however great might be the obstacles before him. Trace him
throughout his long and eventful course in private or in public life, and you will find that his self interests never led him into injustice
to others. Where his interests were antagonistic to others he would contend strenuously for his own but would not take any unfair
advantage of his opponents. In his competition with men, in the contest for personal interests, animosities were as usual a natural
result, but no one could justly question his honor or doubt his probity. Sympathy with the unfortunate, kindness to the afflicted and
toleration of adverse o| inions—these qualities which the strife for wealth so frequently displaces—were not lost from his character."
From the Dansvilk Express of October 23, 1884. "Dr. Faulkner possessed, in an unusual degree, the sterling qualities of mind and
body with which nature seems to have especially endowed those men who were destined to be the pioneers in a grand cause, and
the architects of the greatest government the world has ever seen. Gifted with a strong and vigorous constitution, he early learned
the lesson taught by nature's laws, and through all his years was rigidly abstemious in his mode of living, and enjoyed, as a
consequence, vigorous health and scarcely impaired faculties up to the last year prior to his death. Endowed with a clear,
comprehensive and vigorous intellect, and an accurate judgment of men and measures, tie was successful in the various business
enterprises in which he embarked. He was a wise and cautious counselor, and in the days of his vigorous manhood, a trusted
leader in public affairs. Two of his prominent characteristics were, his scrupulous honesty and his stern, uncompromising sense of
justice. Through all his private and official life this keen sense of justice ran. He looked to see if the thing to be done was just and
right; if so he did it, regardless of the consequences. If he did not think it just, he did not do it, no matter what the loss to him. * * * In
all the long record of his life there is no stain of injustice or oppression, no mark of falsehood or any dishonorable act; but it is
brightened throughout by acts of blessed charity, cheerfully and secretly done. All who knew him arc happier that he lived and
sadder that he has died."
From the Dansville Advertiser of October 23, 1884. "Dr. Faukner lived an unostentatious life, and as has been said by another, he
never sought that general acquaintance and notoriety in which persons differently constituted find delight. But those who did enjoy
his confidence and esteem understood that, though not demonstrative, his friendship was enduring. He was in every respect a
strong man, and a power in whatever relation of life he was brought.
• * * Though successful in every meaning of the word, he was considerate, charitable and useful. Many have been the beneficiaries
of his bounty, although unknown to the general public Throughout his long life he was an earnest democrat and a strong partisan,
often himself leading the local forces to victory or defeat, but was never unsettled by the former or downcast by the latter. He could
take and give a heavy blow in political warfare. A thorough business man, a simple liver, a careful financier, an uncompromising
democrat, he earned the enmity of some and the esteem of many. There are many things in the life and character of Dr. James
Faulkner worthy of emulation by young men."
Rev. George K. Ward, of Dansville. "I can say, with all confidence of public endorsement, that James Faulkner was a strong, man.
Vigor of constitution, both mental and physical, was joined to a strength of character which few have attained. Peculiarly
undemonstrative, both in speech and manner, none possessed in larger measure that subdued enthusiasm, that steadfastness of
purpose, which are essential to permanent success. • • * I think I may safely say that his personal integrity has never been doubted.
Occupying for many years a commanding position as regards the finances of the community, his unswerving honesty won for him
the confidence of all classes. Dr. Faulkner suffered at times from adverse criticism, as all of us have suffered, but it is a pleasant
thing for us to know, and it does but enhance our admiration for him, that such was his innate sense of justice, so profound his
knowledge of human nature and so perfect his self command, that he could not harbor spite or ill will. • * • In the home life, the
amiable qualities of our venerated townsman shone with purest luster. * * The poor were never turned away empty handed from his
door."
From these estimates of Mr. Faulkner's character, to which might be added many others of equal merit not recorded, we are able to
deduce with absolute correctness—first, that he was honest; second, that he was industrious; third, he was charitable; fourth, that
he was temperate. What more can be required? No grand character was ever made without these attributes. They comprise the
cardinal principals and virtues of the decalogue. They are the four great pillars that uphold the vast fabric of human society, and
whoever builds upon them with the intelligence and devotion that James Faulkner did will achieve a similar success. To admit that
he incurred the enmity of some does not necessarily stand to his discredit. Strong natures, in whatever field they work, secure the illwill of those whom they outstrip in the race, and it cannot be avoided. The world is not so lamblike that the warrior, battling for
success, can throw aside his armor and go about the real business of life, trusting to the velvet that hides the sharp claws of
competition and rivalry. Success means "fight," and ten times more emphatically did it mean "fight" when J1mes Faulkner entered
the arena with nothing but his intelligence, his courage and his willing hands to aid him. At no time in his life is he stronger than
when driving his team about the then thinly settled country, selling paper and collecting material and, more than all, rigidly practicing
those rules of economy and abstinence which he had adopted in early life. Before such pluck and industry, guided by an acute and
practical intellect, mortgages and debts, and all other obstacles were swept away. His success seemed less a mystery to others
than to himself. Alluding to the subject at one time he said: "I worked hard, I was prudent in management, I denied myself comforts
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to enable me to pay my debts, and I was successful; but I have seen other men equally careful, industrious and prudent, fail of
success. There is certainly something which is inappropriately called 'luck' which is not in human prevision or power."
He was without doubt, the oldest acting bank president in the world, and his physical vigor is attested by the fact that on May 19th,
in 1884, when at the age of 94 years and 4 months he appended his signature two hundred times at a single sitting to a new issue
of notes of the First National Bank of Dansville. In person he was tall, erect and muscular, and his form yielded but slightly to the
weight of his many years. His head was finely developed, with features strongly marked and somewhat austere in their expression,
but with benevolence plainly discernible in the back ground. Firmness and resolution, however, were most strongly delineated, as
these traits were the commanding qualities of his character. Rarely does it fall to the fortune of one life to compass so many years
and, rarer still, to garner so rich an experience. He saw the light of the eighteenth century go out and that of the nineteenth kindled,
among the falling foliage beneath which he peacefully rests. He saw steam and electricity revolutionize the world and the canal he
was instrumental in building, filled up and a railroad built in its place. He saw the principles of a free government grandly
perpetuated in the country of his birth, and the wilderness he assailed in its primitive grandeur, go down beneath the all-conquering
energy of the Anglo-American pioneer. In this stubbornly contested battle he was no idle lookeron. He was ever foremost in the
fight, and success has crowned him "conqueror." He sleeps amid the triumphs he has won, and his memory is as firmly fixed and
will be as enduring as the hills his energy subdued.
The unparalleled advance which civilization has made upon this continent since the wondering eyes of the infant Faulkner opened to
the light of the preceding century, has been marked by many distinguishing characteristics, the most striking of which were the men
specially appointed by the Almighty to subdue the vast wilderness which stretched in almost unbroken solitude from the Alleghanies
to the Pacific. It would be fatal for any ordinary imagination to try to conceive of the attenuated remnant of that stalwart age, going
forth on his bicycle or his square-tailed horse, in all the wonderful paraphernalia of the fashionable young man of the period, to
conquer a continent of solitude, intermixed as that was, with Indians, wild beasts, malaria and snakes. Think of this dapper pioneer
rising in his stirrups and saying to that howling and defiant solitude "begone." Think you that wilderness, as it gazed upon his mild
blue eyes, his soft white hands and his balloon frame, would have budged? The wolves and the bears and the Indians and snakes,
would have successfully maintained their line of defence along the valley of the Genesee, and the decimated pioneer would have
ridden back to the pleasures of the town, and wasted the remnant of his energies on base-ball, lawn-tennis, or the skating rink.
Not so that class of heroes, of which Mr. Faulkner was a noble type, who received their commissions from God and who entered
upon, what must have appeared to them in its entirety, a more than human undertaking. But God's missions are never given into
incompetent or trembling hands. The work, vast as it was, had been measured by divine prescience, and the men to accomplish it
were divineIv appointed. They shrank from no hardship, faltered at no obstacle, braved every danger. On foot and on horseback,
with ox teams and in open boats they assailed that interminable wilderness, and the lifetime of our venerable brother saw it vanish
like a dream, and its vast area become the abiding place of millions of happy and prosperous freemen. We owe our heritage to
these brave men, and as generation succeeds generation it is well to call up their example and urge the young to emulate it. The
more frequently we revert to them and the more we think of the hardships they endured the more heroic will their lives appear, more
lovely will be the homes they left us and more valued the institutions of our country, perpetuated by their many and great sacrifices.
Let us keep their memories green.
Appendix V
Timothy Atwood, Jr.
b. 24 Dec 1782; d. 06 Sep 1837
Atwood Family History, Marshall County, Illinois
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives - Copyright 2000 Sandra K. Enkey
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
April 11, 1900 - by William Atwood, born 8 Dec 1817
http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/marshall/bios/atwoods.txt
Reformatted and Edited by R.’.W.’. Gary L. Heinmiller
[editing done was mostly date and state name formatting and some spelling errors]
17/8
The following is part of William Atwood's family history, commencing 22 Jan 1869, thirty-two years after his father Timothy died,
without any preparation beforehand by him or anyone else, therefore it will not be as full as I would desire. My object in writing this
history is to show the rising generation how much better they are situated to make a living than their forefathers were and how hard
their forefathers labored to make an honest living which they did and helped to prepare this country for civil and religious liberty, also
to clear up the wilderness and prepare it for the welfare and happiness of the rising generation. The reader will keep in mind that our
forefathers who came over from the old country were mostly poor people, so far as money was considered, but strong in body and
mind and that many of them, like my grandfather, Timothy Atwood, had served in the Revolutionary War and got no bounty or
pension. My grandparents, (Timothy Atwood and Sarah Curtis (DAR Patriot Index)) like many other pioneers, had to settle among
the Indians and lived very poor with nothing but their hands to dig their living out of the earth. In heavy timbered country, it is hard for
the people of this day and age of the world to realize the difference between then and now. No railroads, no steamboats or steam
power of any kind. The mail was carried on horseback or wagons, and slow and far between, with considerable expense. The lowest
postage on a letter was twenty-five cents, consequently, relatives did not write very often nor visit far from home, for they had
enough to do to make a bare living and that a cheap kind.
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Tradition says the Atwood family to which my father belonged came over on the Mayflower and settled at Cape Cod. Some of them
died and were buried there. Others scattered with the emigrants through the New England states, some at Boston, some at
Hartford, Connecticut. My great-grandfather, Jedediah Atwood, was born in Massachusetts in 1718 and died at Hartford,
Washington, NY, 10 Dec 1810.
His son, Timothy Atwood [Sr.], was born in Hartford, CT, 2 Sep 1748; m1. 11 Jul 1771, Sarah Converse (or Curtis), b. 7 Jul 1752; d.
in Hartford, NY, 14 Mar 1786, aged 33 years. They lived in Vermont a part of their lives. My father was her youngest son.
i. Esther Atwood,
b. in one of the New England states, 16 Jun 1772, and married a Mr. Towsley.
ii. Joel Atwood,
b. 9 Nov 1775, a sailor, went to sea; the last account we have of him.
iii. Lydia Atwood,
b. 8 Aug 1777; m. a Mr. Rowland, a gunsmith.
iv. Aaron Atwood,
b. December 30, 1779.
v. Timothy Atwood, Jr., b. in Dutchess County, NY, 24 Dec 1782.
Timothy Sr. m2. Grace Pickett. Children:
vi. Polly Atwood,
b. in Hartford, NY, 23 Feb 1791; d. in Steuben County, NY, 2 Mar 1840; m. Anthony Fosdick, no ch.
vii. Seleh Atwood,
b. in Hartford, NY, 28 May 1794. He lived in western New York on a farm.
viii. Joseph Atwood
b. in Hartford, Washington, NY, 18 Aug 1797; d. 14 Mar 1850, aged 53 years; m. Miss Louisa Davis, b.
3 Feb 1800. They raised a family of four children. His wife died there, 21 Jun 1858.
ix. Sally Atwood
b. in Hartford, NY, 7 Aug 1802; m. Joel Fosdick. She died in Allegany County, NY, 24 Apr 1844.
Grandfather Timothy Atwood died in Hartford, NY, 24 Apr 1837. Grandmother Grace Atwood died in Hartford, NY, 15 Jan 1840.
Those of my father's brothers and sisters that I know of were very respectable people and religious and industrious, hardworking
people. Generally stout and healthy; mostly farmers. My grandfather, Timothy Atwood, Sr., was a cabinet maker and farmer. Uncle
Aaron's family were a very nice, respectable people. They lived in Erie County, NY. In 1835, the children were Joel, Rufus, who was
a Presbyterian preacher, Sally, Lydia, Esther, and Lilis. My father and mother, with five younger children, visited them on our way
from New York to Illinois. It was the last we heard of them, which was the spring of 1835.
Uncle Joseph was born and married and lived on the farm at Hartford, New York (that is where his father lived and died) all his life.
Raised a family of four children, namely, William, Rufus, Betsey, and Harriet. They all settled in that township for a number of years.
Rufus and William married sisters, Misses Mann, and raised families in Washington County, NY. Rufus and wife and one daughter
lives on the old home farm (that his grandfather and father died on) at the present writing. William lost his wife there, 26 Jan 1899.
He went from there to Westport, NY, and lives with one of this sons at this writing. William was born 24 Jun 1821, and Rufus was
born 4 Apr 1823. Rufus's eldest son, Milo, lives at Hartford, NY, at this writing. His second son ---- is in Newburg, NJ. He is
superintendent of a school of 750 pupils. His other two sons, Orvil, 34 years old, and Warren, 40 years old, live at Bay Shore,
Michigan, and run a store there. Lucinda, 36 years old, lives with her parents. I never saw any of Uncle Joseph's family, but have
corresponded with William and Rufus.
------My father, Timothy Atwood, Jr., was born in Dutchess County, NY, 24 Dec 1782. He married 15 Apr 1802 Nancy Fosdick, b. 1
Apr 1785 in the town of Hartford, NY, daughter of William FOSDICK b. 27 Apr 1762 in East Windsor, Hartford, CT, and Rena
CARRINGTON b. 6 Sep 1769 in East Windsor, Hartford, CT
They lived there awhile, then moved to Vermont a few years, then went back to Hartford, NY, and lived there until the winter of
1814, when they moved to the town of Dansville, Steuben, NY. They moved five children and had five more in Steuben County,
NY. They had five boys and five girls live to get their growth. Two sons and two daughters married in New York, and one son, Cyrus
Atwood, the fifth child, died and was buried in Steuben County, NY. When Father and Mother moved to Steuben County, the land
was covered with heavy timber, standing as thick as it could grow, and the land was full of stones also. Father bought 207 acres of
land on time at 7% interest. Of course, the timber had to be cut and burned before they could raise any grain or vegetables to live
on. Father was teaching a school near home when Mother and the five older children moved from Hartford to Dansville. There were
two of their neighbors moved with them. My oldest brother was ten years old when he drove an ox team 300 miles in the winter with
a sled to haul the household goods and family. Then he helped Mother until Father's school closed, when Father joined them. They
built a log house and peeled the bark from the hemlock trees to cover it. They went to cutting off the timber, which was a slow job,
could only clear off a small piece in a year. Father had to go away from home and teach school to get money to buy the necessaries
of life until they could raise something to live upon while Mother and the children did what they could at home.
They made sugar from the sap of the maple trees. As soon as they could raise flax, Mother would work it into clothing for her family,
and as soon as they could raise sheep, she made wool into clothing for her family, and as soon as the two oldest daughters were
large enough, they had to help in every way they could to make a living. Father was a good and correct surveyor and surveyed the
lands and roads around there for several counties, as they had no county surveyor in that state, which took him away from home a
good deal and brought him some money, but they pay for all kinds of labor was small in those days, in comparison to the pay in later
years. All kind of labor was cheap, and money very hard to get.
It was several years before there was settlement enough to support a school in the neighborhood where we lived; consequently, the
older children got but little schooling, only in the school of hard labor. They were well drilled in that. The land there was very poor
and hilly in comparison to the prairie soil of Illinois. It was full of stone as well as roots of trees, but the western states were not
known then, only as the abode of Indians and wild animals. There were Indians and wild animals in western New York when our
folks moved there. They were as plenty as white people, and they dealt with them in exchanging goods, meat for meal, but Mother
was afraid of them when Father was not there with her. The white people lived on cheap food, and made their own clothing, and
enjoyed their lives as well as the people do now. They married for love and worked for love. Divorces were seldom known in those
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days. My father and mother lived there 21 years. Cleared up a large farm for that place, built a large and nice frame house, and two
frame barns, raised a good orchard, fenced the land in small fields.
They cut their grain with hand sickles or reap hooks. Threshed with hand flails. A stout man could thresh six or eight bushels of good
wheat in a day. They carried their wheat and corn to a grist mill and gave one tenth for grinding. My father served in the
Commissary Department of the War of 1812, and held various public offices of importance. Was an official member of the Baptist
Church. Furnished land to build a church edifice and done more than any of his neighbors in building and supporting the church and
schools. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and a man of good Christian principles. A strict observer of the Sabbath and had the
confidence of all who knew him. Mother was also a member of the Baptist Church, and they believed in an experimental religion.
After Father's family had lived in western New York a number of years, Mother's father and mother, William Fosdick and Irene
Carrington and all of her brothers and sisters except one, William, moved west to be near our folks. After that, when my father
moved to Illinois, they followed him there (those that were left). After Father heard of the good cheap land in Illinois, and Congress
had passed a law to allow men to go and settle on Government lands and gain a pre-emption in to years without paying until the end
of two years, only paying $1.25 per acre, he sold his farm in New York and moved to Illinois. After selling his old farm he bought of
Mr. Brewer, who had been to Illinois and saw the land, 640 acres of prairie called Soldiers Rights, a tax title which was good in the
courts of the State of Illinois. Paid about 76 cents per acre, in Putman County then, but after the county was divided and that part
called Marshall County, Illinois. Illinois then was the far-off West and no railroads in the western states.
Very few wagon roads, no good roads. He concluded to ship his good and family by water from Buffalo to Cleveland on Lake Erie,
and from there down the canal and Ohio River, and up the Illinois River. He with the wife and five children left for Illinois on 1 Apr
1835. The children were Timothy, 20 years old; William, 17; Nancy, 15; Sally, 13; Electa. None of the five had ever seen a city or a
boat. When we got to Buffalo, NY, it was a wonder of wonders to see such nice houses and vessels on the Lake. The ice was not
out of the Lake and Father took his team and family twenty miles into Erie County, NY, to visit his brother's family, Aaron Atwood. It
was the first and only time that we children ever saw that family. Brother Timothy and I went back to Buffalo to accompany the
goods to Cleveland, OH. Father took Mother and the three girls to Dunkirk, where the ice was out. Brother and I got into a schooner
at Buffalo with the goods and when we were away out of sight of land, there came a heavy wind and rain that made the best sailor
tremble. We were alarmed and wished to be on land again. When we all got to Cleveland, Father was advised to ship to Chicago, so
he loaded his goods on a schooner, and the family and the team on a steam boat. The Captain of the steamboat agreed to carry us
to Chicago as soon as the schooner would get there, but when he got to Detroit, MI, he turned back and left us there. There was no
regular line of boats then, and we could not tell when another would go through, so Father took his team and wagon and started by
land, went through Michigan and Indiana and the country was new and people poor.
We soon came to where it was hard to get anything to eat or food for our horses. There were no bridges over the small streams, and
many places the family walked to favor the horses, for they got very tired, living poor and working hard. Sometimes we had to camp
out to sleep, but we had no cooking utensils. We first struck the Illinois River at Joliet and then went to Hennipen, the county seat of
Putman County, to learn where the land was that Father bought. We then followed down the river thirty-five miles before we could
get across the river, and that was seven miles too far south for our land. We stopped in Peoria County, IL, with a man named
George Siglar. His wife's first name was Emeril Root. My brother Timothy, after two years, married her sister, Alma Root. The family
stayed there awhile. Father hunted his land, found it to be rich, black soil and smooth, nice prairie, covered with nice grass for feed,
but our goods were over two hundred miles away and no roads and the land was flat and wet. Father sent brother Timothy with the
team to Chicago for one large box of goods that had $1200 of silver and gold in it, as the eastern paper money would not buy land in
Illinois. Timothy got that box a part of the way, there was high water and he could not cross the (Little) Vermillion River with the
team. He took the money out of the box and wrapped it in a horse blanket and put it in a grain sack, and got into a canoe, led one
horse over and left one horse sick and wagon and goods. He then went to Illinois River on the east side opposite where Henry is
now. The water was over the bottom so that the horse had to swim a part of the way before he got to the bank of the river. Timothy
could not swim and the horse nearly drowned, but they got through and over the river. He was wet, his sack of money was wet, and
when asked he passed it as nails. He stopped overnight with a ferryman; the next day, he got back to the family, but had no goods
with him. He waited awhile and went again, but had to leave the box of goods on the bank of the Illinois River, to have it shipped
down the river, and it lay out for several weeks before we got it. The box was dropped into Lake Erie at Cleveland, OH, by the
carelessness of the boatman in loading on a got. It had Father's desk in, with the best books, and bedding and clothing were in it.
They were badly damaged by mildew and still not half of the goods were in the box. The balance lay in the warehouse in Chicago
until October, when Father sent his youngest son, William, seventeen years old, with two yoke of oxen to get the balance of the
goods and a few of brother Hiram's and Samuel Haynes' that they shipped, and they all went all the way by land on dry land. I drove
two pair of oxen wagon hard and got the goods home with considerable trouble, by getting stalled in the mud at various times.
Chicago then, Oct 1835, was a small, little town, no hotels, nor lodging places for the teamsters that went there for goods; I had to
sleep in my wagon, the water nearly shoe-top deep for nine miles out to the first dry land, but I succeeded in getting the long-lost
goods. Father had to buy some goods and build a log house on a piece of Government land near his military land, to gain a preemption, and there was some timber there too. The land was not in market, but people built on the land and represented each
other's claims where they proved to be permanent settlers. The next trouble was sickness, as that country was subject to fever and
agues. The climate and water was different from that in New York. All eastern people got sick with fevers and agues, Mother and
Sister were first to get sick.
We all had to come to it, but those who had ague said we would wear it out, but it wore many people out. Some died, some went
back, but we were there to stay and die. Brother Joel, brother Hiram and brother-in-law Samuel Haynes followed us to Illinois in
early fall.
Then Father, brother Timothy and myself went to work in earnest to build houses, make rails, as we were near the river timber and
we could borrow timber of Uncle Sam on the Government land, as it was not in market yet. We worked hard, early and late, all
winter, and it was a cold winter, too. Some of the time the snow was deep, we took a cold lunch for dinner, went from two to three
miles to work. By the next summer, we had enough rails to fence 320 acres in one field. We fenced one half of the military land
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Father bought in New York. We built one house on the corner of four quarters section of land to gain a pre-emption. It was called
"pre-emption house and the big field" by all of the neighbors for several years. In the spring of 1837, brother-in-law Allen Hunter
moved to Illinois and into the pre-emption house with his family. The year of 1836, we broke some prairie and raised some sod corn.
My father helped lay the worn fence around the big field, also fenced and raised a good crop of corn on forty acres of his home farm
or pre-emption claim. In the summer of 1837, brother Timothy and myself and three of the younger sisters lived at home with our
father and mother. Father was sick with a bilious fever. It ran nine days and turned to typhus and ran nine days more, then he died
on the 6th of September [1837], aged 55 years, 8 months and 18 days. He was buried in the Root burying ground in Peoria
County, IL, three miles west of Chilicothe, and his remains lay there until 18 Sep 1866, 29 years and 11 days, when his remains
were removed to the new cemetery, close to the farm he first settled on in Marshall County, IL, which was then placed by the side of
his companion in life. His bones were sound and hair fast to the skull, and it had grown four or five inches while lying underground,
29 years, as it was six inches long. Father made a will before he died and deeded 80 acres of the half section that was fenced to
Samuel Haynes and brother Hiram, brother Timothy and myself. The balance of Father's military land was left to be divided, as
brother Joel and gone away and we did not know whether or not he was alive. Father left the homestead to Mother, with sufficient
property for her maintenance through life, with the design of keeping me and the three younger sisters with her. Mother and brother
Timothy acted as executors of the will. A public inquiry was made for brother Joel and he learned of his father's death and came
home. There was a satisfactory arrangement made to let brother Joel have 160 acres of good prairie land and 40 acres of good
timber land that Father left so that he could make a good farm. My brother-in-law, Allen Hunter, persuaded Mother by good promise
to keep her a lady without work, for her property. He told her that I was too young to depend on to run the farm place, etc., until
Mother sold her estate to Allen Hunter for her maintenance, and she took Allen Hunter into her house and gave him possession of
the farm and personal property, unfortunately for her and all of the family. She soon found that she could not live with him and she
left him and lived around with her other children, changing from place to place until 1860 or the year of 1860. After I had built a
frame house, she concluded to make her home with me. She had a hard spell of sickness and her mind became delirious.
We were in hopes as her health got better, her mind would get all right again, but it did not, growing worse by degrees, and still
continued to grow worse. By the advice of her own brothers and neighbors and the request of her children, I was legally appointed
her guardian and built an extra room to my house for her, keeping her until her death. She died of erysipelas at my house. I stood by
her when she closed her own eyes for the last time and seemed to fall asleep, except she stopped breathing. I felt for her pulse, but
was none. She never stirred a limb or muscle but lay perfectly still. Sister Olivia and brother Hiram and his son, T. W . Atwood, was
there at the time. Elder Stoddard, who belonged to the same church, preached the funeral. Her children were all at her funeral that
were left. She died at 4 o'clock p.m. on 22 Aug 1866, aged 81 years, 4 months and 21 days. She was buried in our new cemetery
that I had done the most in starting of anyone and on one of my lots, after which Father's remains were removed and placed at her
right-hand side on the same lot. After that, I bought a monument and set it up at the head of their graves. After that, brother Joel
died and was buried on the left-hand side of his mother and his name engraved on the same monument. After that, we buried Mary
C. Stone on the left-hand side of brother Joel's grave, all in the same lot number 51 on the plot in Steuben cemetery in the town of
Steuben, Marshall, IL. Lot number 70 has the grave of our first-born son, also our fourth son, Myron Rhylander Atwood. My oldest
brother, Joel Atwood, was born in the town of Sheldon, VT, 23 Sep 1804. When he was ten years old he drove an ox team 300
miles in the winter time for a sled load of goods and family, there was Mother and five children.
He helped to chop the timber and clear up a farm when the country was new, and no schools or church near, of course, his
education was light except in the school of hard labor. He chopped four trees that were as thick in diameter as he was long, over
five feet and six inches in diameter. He toiled hard through life, had two different wives but no children. He was a naturally a liberal
hearted man, giving to the support of churches and charities, but unfortunate in laying up property. He sold the farm which he had
improved and lived on several years that was the land Father left him in Illinois. He and his wife agreed to divide up and quit, he took
his part and went to Kansas City where he was robbed of all he had. He came back to his brothers for support through life. He died
August 14, 1867 and was buried by the side of his mother and his name is inscribed on the same monument.
Children of Timothy Atwood, Jr. and Nancy Fosdick:
Brother Hiram Atwood was born 6 Jun 1810 in Hartford, NY. He also helped to clear up a timber farm. He had a better opportunity
for schools and education than his older brother, when he got his growth he wanted to go to a ball of which he was appointed one of
the managers, and he asked his father about it, and his father gave him a choice, either to have some money and attend the ball or
go to grammar school that was taught by lectures, he chose the grammar school, which done him more good and which gave him a
good start for a man. It pleased his father very much and the neighbors said that he made a wise choice. Father taught him the art
of surveying also. He was the only son to learn that art. He married Sarah Maria Wallace in Steuben County, NY, 18 Apr 1835, and
brought her to Illinois in the fall of the same year. She had one son, Timothy Wallace Atwood, born 6 Sep 1836. His mother died 11
Mar 1839, aged 24 years, 1 month and 18 days. She was buried in the Root cemetery, Peoria County, IL. When the first settlers
came to Illinois, they generally had considerable sickness, especially those that came from the state of New York. Brother Hiram
was sick a long time and concluded that he never would have good health in Illinois. He traded his farm for one in Allegany County,
NY, but he reserved the right of the crop on the ground and by the time that the crop was harvested, he was ready to trade back and
he did and made a good trade the last time. His health improved by traveling and he concluded to settle on his farm again that
Father helped him to get. Hiram married Sarah Silliman for his second wife, 6 Oct 1842. She was the daughter of a Baptist minister.
She belonged to a respectable family that had considerable property and she was and is now a woman of good judgment, although
her health has not been good. She has been a good wife and helpmate in his life. Hiram taught school while a widower. He was
county surveyor several years and made considerable money surveying. He held the office of Justice of the Peace eight years and
filled other important situations in life. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church in Steuben, Marshall, IL, and donated 300 dollars
at one time to build a church in Steuben. A short time before he sold his farm. He moved from there to Galva, Henry, IL. His last wife
had three children. First, Mary, b. 7 Nov 7, 1844 and d. 22 Mar 1860, aged 15 years. His son, Cyrus Atwood, was b. 12 Jun 1849
and was married to Lizzie Phillips in Chenoa, McLean, IL, 25 Jun 1876. The second daughter, Eliza, was b. 21 Mar 1855. She grew
up beloved by her parents and friends and all who knew her. Got a good education, played on the organ. She died a Christian 1 Oct
1874. She was buried by her sister in Steuben, IL. Brother Hiram was a good financier, a good counselor, a good brother, and a
good neighbor, and good to his wife and children. Hiram's wife Sarah Silliman Atwood, was b. 6 Sep 1819 in Ohio. Brother Hiram
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died at his house with his wife and two sons, Captain T.W. Atwood at James, Iowa, 13 Jul 1896, aged 36 years, 6 months, and 8
days, and was buried in Steuben cemetery at his old home in Marshall County, IL. Brother Hiram's wife, sister Sarah Atwood, died
15 Feb 1897 at James, Iowa, in T. W. Atwood's house all far away from all of their relative. Sarah was taken back to their old home
cemetery and laid by the side of her husband and two daughters and the remains of Hiram's first wife were laid in the same lot.
Sarah Atwood was 78 years, 5 months, and 9 days old. Brother Hiram's son, T. W. Atwood, married Mary Hinkley, 8 Nov 1869. She
was b. 14 Feb 1844, and died 20 Mar 1894, aged 50 yeas. They had one son, b. 10 Jan 1871 and d. 4 Jan 1876, in Chicago, IL. He
was buried in the family cemetery in Steuben, Marshall, ILs. His name was Wallace Hinkley Atwood. T. W. Atwood was stricken with
paralysis on 25 Nov 1897, while sitting reading a newspaper. It paralyzed his left side, arm and leg so that he could not get out of
bed, from which he never recovered, but gradually failed in strength until he died on 18 Feb 1899. His remains were taken to
Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, and buried by the side of his wife in her father's family burial place. T. W. Atwood and his wife lived in
Chicago several years, moved to Marcus, Iowa, and from there to Le Mars, Iowa, where his father and mother and brother, Cyrus,
joined them. They moved to James, Iowa, where four of them died, leaving Cyrus there alone. Hiram's brother, Cyrus, lives at this
time in Leeds, Iowa, with his second wife, whom he married 14 Mar 1900, Kate Louise Snyder. T. W. Atwood got up a company of
soldiers to go to the Southern War. When with them as Captain for two years and his time was out and he got a discharge.
Irena Atwood was born in the town of Sheldon, VT, 4 Aug 1806 and married in the town of Dansville, Steuben, NY, to Willet Ireland,
17 Feb 1825. They had two children: Darious Ireland, b. 14 Aug 1826, who is living at this time in Fortana, KS. Olivia Ireland was b.
8 Jun 1828, and d. 15 Jul 1829. Willet Ireland d. 12 Sep 1828, age not know to me. Sister Irena Ireland was married to Samuel
Haynes, her husband the second one, 1 Mar 1831. Samuel Haynes was b. 25 Dec 1799. They had six children. First, Mary Jane
Haynes b. 13 May 1833, and married Luman A. Minor; second, William A. Haynes b. in Illinois, 12 Jan 1836, and married Delphia
Fosdick. Willet S. Haynes was b. 18 Mar 1838, and married Eliza Bowin in 1871. She d. 1 Sep 1899, aged 54 years and was buried
in Chenoa, IL. Sarah M. Haynes was b. 21 May 1840, married Edwin Silliman, 25 Dec 1866. They have two sons. First son,
Herbert was b. 5 Jul 1868. Lester Lee, b. in Peoria, IL, 2 Oct 1870. Edwin Silliman was b. in Halleck, IL, 18 Nov 1840. Electa Ann
Haynes, b. 8 Sep 1843, married Henry Gorden, 1 Oct 1872. -----, b. 18 Sep 1846; d. Sep 1847. Sister Irena always had a kind and
tender heart, from youth to old age. She took care of me when I was young and acted the part of guardian over me. She had two
good husbands. Her second husband was an uncommonly good one, with whom I have enjoyed very many pleasant hours. They
have seen a plenty of hard toil to raise a family in a new country, but they have done it very respectably, and their children will never
see them suffer or want for care. Brother Samuel Haynes died at his sons, William A. Haynes, in Chenoa, McLean, IL, 22 Jan 1888,
being 88 years and 28 days old. He lived to old age, beloved by all he knew. He was buried in Payne Cemetery, northeast of
Chenoa four miles. Sister Irena Haynes d. 4 Oct 1893. She was 87 years and 2 months old and was buried by the side of her
husband.
My second sister, Olivia Atwood, was b. in Hartford, NY, 27 Feb 1808; m. to Allen Hunter, 27 Aug 1827, in Dansville, Steuben,
NY. They had three children as follows:
Irena Hunter was born 21 Apr 1828. She married T. Zimmerman and he left her. She afterwards married John Matthews and died
his wife in Steuben, Marshall, IL. William T. Hunter, b. 26 Oct 1833, was married to Florela Hancock for his first wife. She died and
he married her cousin, Molly Hancock. William T. Hunter d. in Jewel County, KS, 21 May 1896, aged 63 years and 7 months. Hiram
A. Hunter was b. 16 Apr 1836, m. Eliza Wardell, 2 Feb 1867, after serving his country in the Southern Rebellion. Sister Olivia Hunter
died on 6 Feb 1858, and was buried in the Steuben cemetery by where she had lived for several years. She seemed to realize that
she was going to die some time before she died.
I stood by her when she died. She assured me she felt prepared for death. Rev. James Stoddard preached her funeral sermon in
her own house. Her brothers and one sister was at her funeral. Her husband, Allen Hunter, was b. 22 Nov 1802. He was ambitious
to gain wealth, worked hard, made a large profit by farming. Then went into trade in merchandise, lost all his property or most of it.
He died 10 May 1870, aged 67 years, 6 months and was buried by the side of his companion in life.
Brother Cyrus Atwood was b. 1 Feb 1813 in Hartford, NY. He had a white swelling on his leg and suffered a great deal with it. It
was healed in his 21st year and was supposed to be a cure. He went to school the next winter and after school closed, went to work
for the teacher, Aaron Beach, until 9 Jul 1834, when he drowned while bathing in a millpond. He was 21 years, 5 months, and 5
days old. He was buried in the town on Dansville, Steuben, NY. He was the first one of the family to die out of ten children living to
get their growth.
Brother Timothy Atwood was b. in Dansville, Steuben, NY, 4 May 1815, and the first child born in that town. He was named after
his father and grandfather. He learned easy, taught one common school before he was 20 years old. About the time that he was 20
years old, he came to Illinois with his parents. When he became 21 years old, he made a claim on a piece of Government land and
went to work and made improvements on it. He married 30 Aug 1837 Alma Root, b. in Ohio, 7 Aug 1820, daughter of a Baptist
preacher, and of a respectable family with considerable property.
After he was married, he farmed eighty acres of land that his father gave him until 1847, then he sold to Doctor G. H. Stone and
moved ten miles north and settled on the North line of Marshall County, IL. Farmed there awhile, raised a family and then moved his
family to Galva, Henry, IL except his three oldest children, as they were married and settled for themselves.
They had nine children as follows:
i. the first child,
b. 01 Dec 1838; stillborn,
ii. next Hiram T.,
b. 31 Jul 1840; m. Levina Gregory.
iii. Clarisia
b. 07 Jan 1843; d. 17 Mar 1879; m. William Snell.
iv. Electa Atwood
b. 20 Aug 1845; m. Spencer Ketchum, 15 Jan 1864, by Uncle William Atwood.
The three oldest were married by Uncle William Atwood while he was Justice of the Peace.
v. Jerial Atwood,
b. 3 Apr 1848; m1. Addie Yocum, 3 Oct 1872; m2. Clara McKinzie, 29 Jan 1882; lives in Cherokee, Iowa.
vi. William H. Atwood, b. 12 Mar 1851; m. Alice Russel, 11 Oct 1877.
vii. Emily Atwood,
b. 12 Sep 1854; d. 12 Apr 1855.
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viii. Ira Atwood
ix. Alfred Atwood
b. 30 Jul 1856; d. 23 Aug 1856.
b. 05 Nov 1859; m. Emma B. Hunter, 21 Dec 1880.
Electa Ketchum d. 27 Aug 1892, aged 47 years and 7 days. She was a good Christian woman. She is buried in Whitefield cemetery,
Marshall County, IL, Brother Timothy's son, Hiram T. Atwood, d. near Stutgart, Arkansas, 28 Mar 1899, and was taken by his wife to
Nevinville, Iowa and buried there, aged 53 years and 8 months. Brother Timothy was married to Alma Root a short time before
Father died, and about that time, Father made a quit claim deed of eighty acres of land that he had bought, a tax title of, to each of
us which lay side by side, and as Mother sold the old homestead to Allen Hunter, it become convenient for me to make my home
with Timothy and Alma the greater part of the time until I got married. We got along finely together and became very much attached
to each other, which attachment always remained.
My sister Nancy Atwood, was b. 5 Dec 1819, at Dansville, NY; m. Jerial Root, Jr., 16 Nov 1837. Jerial and Nancy lived in the same
house with his father and mother while Jerial lived with the expectation of taking care of his father and mother in their old age, but
Jerial died, 6 Jan 1839. Sister Nancy had one stillborn child, a son, after her husband died. She married again for her second
husband Dr. George H. Stone, 28 Jul 1839, and moved to Washington County, Iowa.
They had three children;
i. Louise Electa Stone,
b. 02 Oct 1840; m. Robert E. Barnes. They had two children.
ii. Hiram A. Stone,
b. 16 Oct 1842; m. Sarah Taylor.
iii. Prentiss A. Stone,
b. 12 Jan 1845; d. 16 Aug 1845.
Sister Nancy Stone d. 24 Jun 1846, aged 26 years, 6 months, and 19 days, was buried in Washington, Iowa, by the side of her
youngest son.
My sister, Sally Atwood, was b. 6 Aug 1821, in Dansville, Steuben, NY; m. Jeriah Bonham in Illinois, 24 Oct 1839.
She had three children,
i. Edward, the oldest,
b. 13 Oct 1840.
ii. Eliza Ann,
b. 22 Feb 1843.
iii. Hardin,
b. 16 Apr 1845; d. 12 Sep 1846, and was buried by the side of his mother.
Sister Sally d. 30 Jul 1846, and was buried in Bonham cemetery, in Marshall County, IL, two and one half miles north of Sparland.
Her husband, Jeriah Bonham, was b. 27 Feb 1818; d. 1 Jun 1895, and was buried in the Bonham cemetery with his wife.
My youngest sister, Electa Atwood, was b. in Steuben County, NY, 26 Sep 1823. She was in her twelfth year when we came to
Illinois, and only fourteen years old when Father died. After sister Nancy moved to Iowa, Electa went to live with her. She there
married a young doctor who was studying under Doctor Stone. His name was William Henry Harrison Rousseau, a Kentuckian. She
was m. 17 Apr 1845. She lived with him until she died, 16 Oct 1853. She was buried in Washington, Washington County, Iowa, aged
30 years.
i. Their oldest son, John James Rousseau, was b. 2 Feb 1846. As he grew to manhood he studied medicine and became a
practicing physician when he was 19 years old. John James Rousseau d. 19 Jan 1877, at St. Louis, MOi, and was buried there in
the 31st year of his age.
ii. Sarah Ann Rousseau was b. 5 Nov 1847, m. A. R. Dewey, 20 May 1873, in Washington, IA. Lives there now at the present
writing. Her husband is District Judge, elected six successive times. His district is six counties in Iowa.
iii. Nancy Electa Rousseau, b. 2 Sep 1852; d. 22 Feb 1873, Washington, IA, buried by the side of her mother in Washington, IA.
----I, William Atwood, was born in a log louse in the town of Dansville, Steuben, NY, 8 Dec 1817. Was sickly while young, had the
scrofula. My sister, Nancy, who was two years younger than I, walked around and alone before I did, and my right eye was filmed by
disease, so that spoiled the sight of it during life, although the left one grew strong, so that I could see as well as anyone, but my
eyes nor my body never got as strong as my brothers', and I was never very stout, was always small, never weighing over thirty-five
pounds when fleshy. The youngest and smallest boy in the family. The land was so full of stumps and stones, that a man could not
plow corn without someone to guide the horses, so the boys used to ride the horses while the men held the plow, and it was not
very pleasant work in hot weather. Up and down steep hills and sometimes the plow would strike a stone and stop suddenly and I
have been nearly thrown from the horse many times that way. I used to go bare-footed in the summer time and sometime knock the
toenail loose against the stones and roots of stumps. I went to common district school when too young to work hard on the farm, but
father was obliged to have his boys all they could do to get a living, I did not get a very good education. When I was seventeen
years old, my father sold his farm in New York and moved to Illinois. It was a great change in my life. I used to pick up brush and
chop timber. Once when I was felling a tree on a steep hill, a tree fell across another leaning tree, which threw the butt of the tree
which I had cut, up over my head, and in jumping to get from it, I fell, my feet slipping on the side hill, and the butt of the tree fell
across my legs, and I had to be carried home. The work that I disliked the most was picking up stones, and I could never see the
end of it. Every time the land was plowed or harrowed, there would be more stones roll up. Well, as I stated, I came to Illinois with
my father and mother, brother and three sisters. There was no schools, no churches, and it seemed as though there were no
Sabbath, for the Sabbath was not observed as it used to be where we came from.
When my father divided his land, before his death between his sons, it was fenced. I being under age, he charged me one hundred
dollars for the fence that was around my share of that land, which I paid afterwards. Prairie fires run through the field and burned the
fence down before I got any use of it. I went to work and prepared my share of the fence. As the country was new and no schools, I
commenced teaching school in the winter of 1840 and 1841. I studied also to be better prepared for teaching. In the year of 1841
and 1842, I taught the Blue Ridge School, and had good success, and the spring of 1842, went to writing school, where there was
nothing taught but writing. In June, I taught another school. I also joined the M.E. Church, on trial, in the spring of 1842. In the fall, I
took another school for the winter in North Hampton. It was a very hard place for a young man to govern, in a little town where the
leading men of the place drank considerable whiskey, and the most prominent director kept a tavern and drank, too. There were
several young men and young women went to my school that attended a dancing school, one evening every week, and went to a
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party every other night. They seemed to think that they knew more than their father and mother both, therefore, they wished to do as
they pleased, and it was hard for me to govern young ladies of that class. It was a hard place for a young man. The next winter,
1843 and 1844, I taught another school. During the winter and spring, I visited Miss Sarah Jane Swift, daughter of Philander Swift
and Arzilla Edgbert with a view of marrying her. Phildander Swift's parents were James Swift and Susan Fosdick; James is buried in
Hartford, NY. On 20 Mar 1844 we were married by the Reverend John Devour. I had a log house on my land, but it was rented for
another year yet, so that I could not occupy it then.
I agreed with brother-in-law, James Swift, for one room of a house that he had rented. In the summer of 1844, I joined the M.E.
Church. I was baptized by immersion, as at that time I believed immersion the most proper mode. In the year of 1844, the same
year that I was married, I was appointed Treasurer of the school fund, which was a respectable and responsible situation in life, and
I was appointed to that office from time to time as long as I would accept the appointment, which was sixteen years and six months.
It was customary for the trustees to meet at my house and generally take dinner with us, sometimes brought their wives and had a
visit. I taught school some after I was married. When the county of Marshall was organized into townships, I was elected town clerk
for several years, and Justice of the Peace ten years, and one year, they put me on the office of County Supervisor, Justice of the
Peace, Township Treasurer, and School Director, which was more than any man held in that town. I am sure if I had never had an
office, I would have been worth more, a great deal more property now, but almost every man has a little pride of honor, which I must
confess I allowed to come over me, until I cared more for the love of men than I did the love of money, although I never gave
anything to get elected. I used to make a home for preachers at my house, kept them and their horses free of charge. After a while,
the subject of slavery and anti-slavery came into the Methodist Church. She was the first church to oppose slavery.
In the year of 1846, Cornelius Hicks was placed in our care for raising, by his step-father Anthony Fosdick. His own father and
mother were dead. I was appointed his guardian by probate court when he was eight years old. He lived with us until he was 14,
then went to live with his sister, who was married. After a year or two, he came back and worked for me by the month several times.
He always thought a great deal of us, after he became old enough to appreciate our kindness to him. He married Dana Odell and
now lives in Iowa, March 1872. Dana Hicks died in Montezuma, 1 Dec 1894.
Mary Catherine Thompson came to live with us, Apr 1851. She was a delicate little orphan, given us by her uncle and aunt, Charles
and Eliza Knock. She became a member of our family and we formed an attachment for her and she did for us, and we loved her as
one of our own, as we had no girls of our own. We felt anxious for her welfare and wished her to do well in marrying, but she blasted
all our hopes by marrying one that we thought was not worthy of her. His name was James L. Stone. He went into the army and left
her to herself. Mary died 14 Dec 1864, and was buried by the side of my brother, Joel Atwood, in one of my lots in the Steuben
cemetery, Steuben, IL. She left her little son with us, until her sister, Mrs. Stephens, took him. He died in Henry, IL, and was buried
there.
13 Jan 1861, Sarah Ellen Nelson was taken to my home while we were at church and left without knowledge or consent, and word
was left that her mother ordered it on her death bed, as she had no relatives able to give her anything to eat or wear. She was only
five years old. Out of sympathy for the orphan girl, we kept her and sent her to school and clothed her, until she married Francis
Watson; they are now living near Chenoa, IL.
Children of William H. Atwood and Sarah Jane Swift:
i. Our first child, a son, was stillborn.
ii. Anson William Atwood,
b. in Steuben, Marshall, IL, 2 Nov 1846. He was kicked by a sharp shod horse, 22 Feb 1859, on his
face and temple, mashing the bones of his temple and destroyed the sight of his left eye, and nearly took his life. There were ten
pieces of bone came out of his temple. He was married to Miss Mary Long in Jacksonville, IL, 8 Jan 1874. She was an intelligent,
good woman. She died in Jacksonville, IL, 25 Feb 1882, and was buried there with her kindred. She left three children, Lee L.,
Harriet H., and Mary Myrtle. We took them and moved to Plattsmouth, NB, where Mary Myrtle died in her Uncle Samuel's house
and was buried in the cemetery there. We kept Lee and Hallie, until their father married Miss Mary King in Jacksonville, IL, 9 Jun
1886. They now live in Plattsmouth, NB, 4 May 1900.
iii. Samuel Haynes Atwood,
b. in Steuben, IL, 12 Jul 1849; m. in Plattsmouth, NB, 11 Jan 1877, Miss Myrtle Parele, b. in
Osceola, IA, 20 Feb 1857. They have five children, Calvin P., Donald W., Ralph K., Juliet Wright and Catherine. They live in Lincoln,
NB, 4 May 1900.
iv. Myron Rhylander Atwood,
b. in Steuben, IL, 5 Sep 1851; d. there 22 Dec 1861; buried on my lot in the Steuben cemetery.
v. Charles N. Atwood,
b. in Steuben, IL, 12 Jun 1858; d. in Chicago, IL, 14 Feb 14, 1882, with smallpox and was buried in
the south-east part of Graceland cemetery, where I have put up a clouded marble monument. I think I have extended the Atwood
name as far as I ought to, for the present purposes. Our Charles had got a good education, taught one school. Went to work for
Hibbard, Spencer Co. as bill clerk, in a large wholesale hardware store, gave good satisfaction; he did not know he had been
exposed to smallpox.
----History and tradition agree that my mother's fore-fathers came from England, and landed at Boston, MA, and that my mother's great
grandfather and great grandmother, James Fosdick, was born in New London, CT, 20 Nov 20, 1716, and married Elizabeth Darling,
6 Dec 1735, and died 16 Oct 1784, aged 68 years. My mother's grandfather, William Fosdick, was born in Boston, MA, in the year
1741, and married Dorothy Colt, at Hartford, CT, one of the family of the noted gunsmith of Colts Rifles and pistols, and lived in East
Windsor, a part of old Hartford, CT, until after the Revolutionary War. He was a shoemaker by trade. He moved to the State of New
York, where he died in 1818. His history is in the church in East Windsor, CT, as having had eleven children baptized in that church,
as follows:
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William and Dorothy,
third child, Lawrence,
baptized 9 May 1762;
baptized 18 Sep 1763, etc.
The record of my mother's father, my grandfather, William Fosdick, was that he was born in East Windsor, CT, 27 Apr 1762.
Baptized there 9 May 1762. He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as a fifer in the company of Captain Jonathan
Chester, in the 2nd regiment of the Continental army, under General Spencer, 12 May 1775. Was wounded by a bullet through his
under lip, 17 Dec 1775, and paroled until he got well, then returned to his post again. He never received a pension or bounty. He
was married in East Windsor, CT, to Irena Carrington, 1 Jan 1782. He moved with the tide of immigration westward to the State of
New York and to Hartford, Washington, NY. Some of their children were born there, and in old age they moved to Angelica,
Allegany, NY, and died there. Grandmother Irena Fosdick died there 18 Sep 1853, aged 84 years. Grandfather William died there, 6
Feb 1851, aged 88 years and 9 months. He as a shoemaker and farmer. He made the first pair of boots I ever had. They raised five
sons and four daughters. My mother, Nancy Fosdick, was the oldest child, although three of the Atwood family married Fosdicks,
they were no blood relation, but Mother's folks followed my father and mother to western New York, and lived near each other there,
and after Father and Mother moved to Illinois, they followed them there, those that were living, and lived neighbors to us until most
of Mother's brothers and sisters died. Mother's brothers and sisters are all passed away to the better world, I trust. Many of their
children are living yet.
My mother, Nancy Fosdick, was b. 1 Apr 1775; d. 22 Aug 1866, aged 81 years, 4 months, and 21 days. My mother's brothers and
sisters lived near enough to be to visit us after I was married, and when Mother lived with me the latter part of her life. She died at
my house. Her brother, Aaron C. Fosdick, lived on a farm near me in Steuben, Marshall, IL, in the latter part of his life. His family
went to the same church. His wife, Olive Fosdick, died there, 13 Feb 1873, and was buried in the cemetery where many of our
relative are buried. I sold him the burial lot.
Uncle Aaron had a cancer on his under lip. Made a will, I wrote his will for him, 28 Jun 1883, at Sparland, IL. He died at his
daughter's Irena Rakstraw, 28 Apr 1885, and was buried by the side of his wife in Steuben cemetery.
My uncle Levi Fosdick, was born 18 Mar 1801. He married Roxena Webster. They raised a family of two sons and two daughters.
The oldest son, Jay Fosdick, was starved and frozen to death on the Sierra Nevada mountains with the Donner party. My uncle,
Levi Fosdick, died in Bureau County, IL, 1 Sep 1878. He and his wife died and were buried in Tiskelwah, IL. The history of the
Fosdick family is too long to be repeated in this writing.
I will refer again to my own history. I lived 31 years on my farm after I was married; built a frame house and a good barn; raised an
orchard; made good improvements and, in the winter of 1875, I sold my farm and moved to Sheldon, IL. We lived there until Aug
1882, when we moved to Plattsmouth, NB. In 1876, my brothers, Hiram and Timothy, and myself went to the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia, PA, took a circuitous route, passed through Indianapolis, stopped one day, and at Cincinnati one day, and we
crossed over in Kentucky. W e passed through West Virginia, Harpers Ferry, place of the noted John Brown's raid, and to
Washington, D.C. Found one of my near neighbors as Congressman G. L. Port, who showed us around the city. We went into the
Halls of Congress, and the President's house, the Treasury Department, where there were 800 women making Green Back bills. We
went into the Centennial M.E. Church, the nicest church in the city. The pulpit was made of Cedar of Lebanon. The keystone of the
arch over the pulpit is a part of Solomon's Temple, the windows are frescoed and there are memorials of noted preachers, some of
whom I have been acquainted with. We went from there to Philadelphia and saw the great Centennial Exposition and enjoyed it very
much. We went from there to the city of New York and took a ride on the ocean and from there to our birthplace in Steuben County,
NY. We went into the same old school house where we had been to school fifty years before. Went to our old home and from there
to Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and though Canada to Detroit. From there to Chicago, stopped awhile at each city and from there home to
Sheldon, IL.
When we were married, my wife's father and mother and grandmother and eleven children were living in Illinois. There were eleven
sons and daughters. Her father and mother, grandmother, two brothers and five sisters have died since that, and are buried in
Illinois. We have lived together fifty-six years. I am now 82 years old and my wife is 73. My brothers and sisters have all died but
one, brother Timothy and his wife are living at Fremont, NB, at this date.
This portion of my family history is not one-half that I have recorded in my book. I have kept a diary account of events transpiring
during the last forty-one years, every day up to 1 Jan 1900 and four months of this year.
(Written by hand by William Atwood, May 15, 1900)
My father was a Democrat in politics in the later part of his life. Then there was but two political parties, one party called themselves
Whigs until 1860, when they changed their name to Black Republicans. Since that, they left the Black off and call the name
Republican. In the year of 1860, the Southern Democrats broke up the party, by seceding. The regular National Nominee for the
President (L.A. Douglas) and the Democrat Party has been the same party since.
I always voted the Democrat Party ticket until after the Civil War. Then I concluded that the action of the Democrat Party were
calculated to keep up the excitement of the Rebel Party and it was wrong! So I have voted the Republican Party, since, on
presidential elections. The Democrat Party is all split up now, until people do not know how they stand, some middle-of-the-road
Populists, Fusion Populist, some Free Silver, 16 to 1 Popps, and some 16 to 1 Democrats, some Union Labor Democrats or
Anarchists. W ho stir up contention and rioting throughout the nation, such as Debs and Altgeld and William Jennings Bryan. His
spent his time for the last 5 or 6 years to get all of these parties to elect him President of these United States. I do not think he will
accomplish it. I hope not.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska W illiam Atwood
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Added: William Atwood died December 20, 1903
“Records of the olden time, or, Fifty years on the prairies . . .,” by Spencer Ellsworth, pages 539 and 543.
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Some of the earliest settlers of Steuben Township, IL, came from Steuben County, NY, named in honor of Baron Steuben, a
distinguished Prussian soldier and intimate friend of General Washington, with whom he served in the war of the Revolution. The
name commemorated their former home and a gallant soldier likewise, and at the suggestion of Timothy Atwood it was conferred
upon their chosen future home. The Township lies along the Illinois River, extending westward to La Prairie, and is broken and cut
up by ravines, but there is much valuable land within its borders, and numerous finely cultivated farms.
Timothy Atwood came to Steuben in from the town of that name in New York. He served in the war of 1812, and acquiring several
soldiers' titles to land came West to locate them. He had eight sons and daughters, four of whom accompanied him and the rest
soon followed. He broke fifty acres that fall, and the next year fenced in 320 acres of land. He was a surveyor, a prominent Mason,
and a leading member of the church. He died 6 Sep 1837, aged 65 years. His son William succeeded him on the old place, which
afterward was sold to Samuel McCoy.
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Timothy Atwood Sr. b. 2/11 Sep 1748 at Hartford, CT; d. 24 Apr 1837 at Hartford, NY, at age 88; son of Jedediah Atwood and
Susannah Deming.. He was a Cabinet Maker and Farmer; m1. Sarah Convers on 11 Jul 1771. Timothy was in the Revolutionary
War. He m2. Grace Pickett between 4 Jan 1789 and 1790. He was buried at Granville, Washington, NY.
Children of Timothy Atwood Sr. and Sarah Convers
i. Ester Atwood
b. 16 Jun 1772
ii. Joel Atwood
b. 09 Nov 1775
iii. Lydia Atwood
b. 08 Aug 1777
iv. Aaron Atwood+
b. 30 Dec 1779
v. Timothy Atwood Jr.+ b. 24 Dec 1782, d. 06 Sep 1837
Children of Timothy Atwood Sr. and Grace Pickett
vi. Polly Atwood
b. 23 Feb 1791, d. 02 Mar 1840
vii.
Seleh Atwood
b. 28 May 1794
viii. Joseph Atwood+
b. 08 Aug 1797, d. 14 Mar 1850
ix. Sally Atwood
b. 07 Aug 1802, d. 21 Apr 1844
Timothy Atwood Jr. b. 24 Dec 1782 at Dutchess County, NY; d. 6 Sep 1837 at Peoria, IL, age 54; son of Timothy Atwood Sr. and
Sarah Convers; m. 15 April 1802 at Hartford, Washington, NY, Nancy Fosdick, d/o William Fosdick and Irene Carrington, Timothy
Atwood Jr. was in the Commissary Department of the War of 1812. He lived in 1814 at Dansville, Steuben, N. He was an official
member of the Baptist Church and a Royal Arch Mason. He left for Illinois with his wife and five children on 1 Apr 1835. He was a
Teacher, Farmer and Surveyor. He was buried on 18 Sep 1866 in Peoria County, IL, first and then moved to Steuben Cemetery.
Children of Timothy Atwood Jr. and Nancy Fosdick
i. Joel Atwood
b. 23 Sep 1804, d. 14 Aug 1867
ii. Irena Atwood+
b. 04 Aug 1806, d. 04 Oct 1893
iii. Olivia Atwood+
b. 02 Feb 1808, d. 06 Feb 1858
iv. Hiram Atwood+
b. 06 Jun 1810, d. 13 Jul 1896
v. Cyrus Atwood
b. 01 Feb 1813, d. 09 Jul 1834
vi. Timothy Atwood+ b. 04 May 1815, d. 09 Nov 1902
vii. Willam Atwood+
b. 08 Dec 1817, d. 20 Dec 1903
viii. Nancy Atwood+
b. 05 Dec 1819, d. 24 Jun 1846
ix. Sally Atwood+
b. 06 Aug 1821, d. 30 Jul 1846
x. Electa Atwood+
b. 26 Sep 1823, d. 16 Oct 1853
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