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DOWN FRISBEE ROAD
That Cassadaga Village Historian has done it again. Cousin,
Probably only Henry C, Myron, Lucy and Sidney accompanied
Record Barris, innocently asked, “When did the Frisbee Family
the parents to Fredonia. Some years later Myron Frisbee returned
move from Fredonia to Cassadaga?” Having run into the records
to Fredonia and shared for a time in the business interests of his
of the Fredonia Frisbees more than once before, I answered — a
brother, Henry. Myron’s first wife, Jane, died in 1836 and he
bit smugly, I’ll admit — “Well I don’t believe they ever did move
married Elizabeth Parker at Fredonia in 1838. They went to live
to Cassadaga.” “They must have,” Rec insisted, “Otherwise, how
in Detroit MI, later returned to Fredonia until 1851 when the
did Frisbee Road get its name?”
family (with five or six children) settled in Washington, Iowa,
I should have let it drop right there,
where Myron died 19 October 1870.
told Rec to do his own research, or have
said, “who gives a scantling how
Lucy Frisbee married James Morey in
Frisbee Road got its name?”
Brockport 7 Oct 1830, died in Chicago
But no! The next day I revisited the
14 Jan 1885 at age 78. Her obituary
history of Henry C Frisbee of Fredonia.
states that she was sister of Henry C
He was the enterprising gentleman who
Frisbee, the last of his father’s family,
originated the Fredonia Censor, that
and once lived in Fredonia. She was
wonderful source of much of our geneasurvived by a son, Henry C Morey. The
logical information. His grandfather
Fredonia Censor reported 22 July 1839
was Elisha Frisbee, born at Branford CT
that a George Morey died in Fredonia,
in 1740.
age 1 year 8 months, son of widow
Henry’s father Simeon Frisbee
Lucy Morey, but no proof this widow
brought his family to Fredonia from
Morey was our same Lucy Frisbee
Essex County NY in 1817. Simeon, a
Morey.
native of Litchfield CT, b 24 April 1769
died soon after arrival in Fredonia, and
The story of Henry C Frisbee, who at
most of the grieving family returned to
age 16 remained in Fredonia when the
Elizabethtown, Essex County. That
rest of his family returned east, is well
family was: Wife Lucy Reynolds daughtold in local histories — worked for
ter of Israel & Deborah Reynolds b
established printers, later set himself
Duchess Co NY 6 Jan 1779, and chilup as publisher of the Censor from
dren:
1821
until 1838 when he sold to E.
Henry C. Frisbee, 1801-1873
Harriet Frisbee b Jay NY 15 March
Winchester. He continued active pub1797 married Norman Nicholson, an Attorney at Elizabethtown,
lic life in Fredonia as printer, bookseller and furniture dealer until
died 11 Feb 1824 leaving 4 infant children.
his death on 9 November 1873. In a letter (in the collection of
Lawry Frisbee b 10 June 1799 at Jay NY, married Luther Marsh
Barker Museum) to his brother Myron in Iowa, dated 16 February
of Elizabethtown NY 19 April 1814 and had at least one child,
1855, Henry states that “...Wife and I have this week been sitting
Jerome L b 20 January 1815.
for our Daguerreotypes...” Perhaps that dates the photo that
Henry C Frisbee b 27
accompanies this piece. Many should recognize this picture as
INSIDE
March 1801
the same likeness as the large charcoal drawing hanging over the
Civil War Records /2
Levi Frisbee b 2 Dec
copy machine in Barker Museum. All of us at the home base of
Cyberspace /8
1802
and
d
CCGS have stared at this likeness as we make our copies, but
Deaths at Co Home /6-7
Elizabethtown 16 Jan
seldom wonder who that is staring down at us.
Frisbee continued /4-5
1812
In this same four-page letter, Henry describes to Myron the
Letter from President /2
Myron Frisbee b 9
inventions of fence and gate hardware being developed by son
Meeting Schedule /20
Aug 1804
Sterne. Sterne (age 28) is living with his parents at this time, and
New Members /2-3
Lucy Frisbee b 27 Aug
we have no other information about him except that he died in
November issue comments /19
1806
Fredonia age 39.
Publications /5
Sidney Frisbee b 12
Queries /14-15
March 1808 d 25 June
Rev Nathan Heald /16-18
Frisbee — continued page 4
1826
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The Chautauqua Genealogist
VOL. 19, NO. 1
The Chautauqua Genealogist
is published quarterly in February, May, August and November by
the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society. It is mailed to each
member in good standing. Individual membership in the Chautauqua
County Genealogical Society is $9.00 per year and a Family
membership is available at $10.00 per year, beginning on January
1st and ending on December 31st. The society meets monthly
(except December) on the third Tuesday at 7 P.M. usually in the
Darwin R. Barker Library, Fredonia, New York.
OFFICERS
President: Valerie Griffing, Nunda, NY
Vice President: Donald Griffing, Nunda, NY
Treasurer: Paul Barden, Ripley, NY
Recording Secretary: Maureen Davis, Ripley, NY
Corresponding Secretary: Lois Barris, Dunkirk, NY
Trustees: Dale Davis, Ripley, NY
Lois Barris, Dunkirk, NY
Richard Sheil, Fredonia, NY
Newsletter Editors: Norwood & Lois Barris, Dunkirk, NY
Chairman Publications Committee: Virginia W. Barden, Ripley,
NY
direct all correspondence to:
Chautauqua County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 404, Fredonia, New York 14063
Letter from the President
At our November meeting, we wished charter member Patricia
Dake success as she begins studies toward a psychiatric social
work degree at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. CCGS
owes a large debt of gratitude to Pat for organizing our society.
In 1977, she and the LDS church sponsored a series of general
how-to genealogy classes. At the conclusion of this class, 21
charter members organized the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society and elected Walt Sedlmayer their first president. The
group began meeting in the basement of the Dunkirk library.
After the Barker Library expansion project and creation of the
Garland Genealogy Room in 1984, President Pat moved the
meeting spot to the Steele meeting room at Barker. The Garland
Room is named in memory of Rev. Garland, of the Trinity Church,
who was an avid genealogist. We gave Pat a small donation and
our best wishes for success in her future endeavors.
We began January with an executive board meeting. The
board consists of your elected officers, trustees and chairpersons
of several committees. Appointments include: Publicity chairperson-Norman Carlson; Newsletter Editors-Lois and Norwood
Barris; Corresponding Secretary-Lois Barris; Membership Chairman-Norwood Barris; Publications Chairwoman-Virginia
Barden; Acquisitions Chairman-Dick Sheil. An annual historian’s
report will consist of highlights from the secretary’s minutes,
copies of news releases and other bits of information, pictures,
articles, etc. submitted by our members, compiled by the secretary at the end of each year and presented to the membership at
our January meeting.
Would you consider volunteering to help a fellow researcher
find a bit of information in our library? The Garland genealogy
room is available 10 hours a week and waits for someone to poke
through the shelves to discover some bit of information. An
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added bonus, you have the opportunity to do your own research
too. We will orient each volunteer and recognize their efforts in
future newsletters.
You can help us publish genealogical information though
you may be many miles away from Chautauqua County. We have
several projects that require extraction of data from pages of
information (for example, state and federal census records). These
projects require only pencil and paper to complete. We will send
you a photo copy of the census record for a particular town and
a style sheet to keep the information gathering uniform. You
return to us the extracted data and we will enter it onto the
computer. With enough such help, one more valuable publication is available to researchers. Our current group project is
indexing the names of landowners in the 1881 Chautauqua
County Atlas. Other publishing projects include: cemetery tombstone readings of remaining cemeteries in the county, school
census records and Dunkirk city school records, undertakers’
records from the Brocton area and county census records to name
just a few are waiting for you to index them.
Finally, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
conference will be in Rochester, NY, August 14-17, 1996. We are
honored to have a national conference come to our area and
encourage you to attend. Attending a national conference is time
and money well spent. Dozens of well-organized, informative
classes on numerous topics are offered by nationally known
speakers. Numerous genealogical references will be available for
your perusal and purchase during the conference as well. The
Society plans to have a booth at the conference and we hope vou
will stop by and see us.
Yours in genealogy,
Valerie Griffing
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P.O. Box 211, Henderson NY 13650-0211; researching:
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LUNDGREN, OLSON, BERNARD, JOHNSON,
PETERSON
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OH 44095; (216) 943-3397; researching: DINSMORE,
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Rochester MN 55901; (507) 288-1875; researching: STONE,
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Edward NY 12828; researching: HOLT, BURROUGHS,
LEWIS, FRACK, GEHR
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49404; (616) 677-1365; researching: GIBBS, GREEN,
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YEARGER, MEYERS, SCHNEIDER
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McKinleyville CA 95521
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researching: KERR family (North East PA, State Line NY)
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44089; researching: FENTON, TOWN, TOWNE,
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Frisbee — continued from Page 1
On 25 November 1824, Henry Frisbee married Sarah Pells,
b Marcellus, Onondaga Co 4 Feb 1801. They had four children:
Junius C b 11 Oct 1825
d 7 Jan 1901
Sterne b 1827
d 25 Nov 1866
Henry S b 1829
d 21 Sept 1830
Lucy b 1832
d 27 Dec 1883
On 6 Dec 1853, Junius C married Amy Green who came from
Jordon NY to be Preceptress at Fredonia Academy. They became
the parents of two or three daughters. The obituary of Junius
reports three surviving daughters: Mrs Frank Wheeler, Catherine,
and Grace; the obituary of Amy Green Frisbee who died 29 July
1917 lists two daughters, Mrs Wheeler and Mrs Sweet, plus a
niece, Miss Grace Frisbee of New York City.
Mr Wheeler was born in Fredonia but spent his professional
life as a banker in Titusville. After retirement they returned to
Fredonia to live. The Wheelers had no children, but Mr Wheeler
held a claim to fame that was described in detail in the Dunkirk
Evening Observer on 28 Nov 1933. He was, it is claimed, the first
baseball pitcher to develop and throw the curve ball some sixty
years earlier.
The Wheelers celebrated their 50th anniversary in Fredonia
on 12 Nov 1934 and both died in 1936. Junia Catherine Frisbee
was an accomplished artist in oil and watercolor, also won
national awards with her paintings on china. Catherine married
Walter Isaac Sweet on 24 June 1911.
The Sweets had no children, but a connection dear to
genealogists is that Walter Sweet had a sister, Mrs Charles M
Nichols, mother of Malcolm Nichols, author of Early Post Offices
of Chautauqua County, a treasure that we genealogists and
historians so often consult.
Henry Frisbee’s only daughter, Lucy, became the second
wife of Capt. Thomas Glisan and bore three children: Sarah,
Henry Frisbee and Jennie Glisan.
We can say with some authority that none of these Fredonia
Frisbees lived in Cassadaga or were responsible for the name of
Frisbee Road.
Another Frisbee family was started in our county by James
Frisbee who came from Vermont to Ellery “when a mere boy.” He
married Eunice Harris. They had five sons who were listed in The
Grape Belt 30 Sept 1899 as: Sardius, Perry and Myron of
Ellington; Erie of Denton, and Willard of Hamburg.
A search of various records shows that Sardius Frisbee was
born at Dewittville 24 Sept 1839 and died at Ellington 26
February 1903. He married four times. By first wife, Levantia who
died in 1875, were two daughters who died in childhood. His
second wife, Amelia Benedict, was the mother of his two sons Dr
John C who settled in Butte, Montana, and J Harrison who lived
in Buffalo. His third wife was Francelia, widow of Hon Edgar
Shannon of Cattaraugus Co, and his fourth was Inez H Allen
widow of J P Allen of Conewango, who survived him.
Perry Frisbee b at Dewittville 14 May 1841 married first 6
March 1865 Marion Garfelia Baldwin daughter of Henry and
Electa Baldwin of Cambria MI. Their first child, Maude Inez died
in 1872. Their son R Burke was born 26 March 1875, married
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Marie/Mollie Burns of Sherman daughter of Rev H M Burns, who
in 1904 listed his occupation as traveling salesman.
Following the death of his first wife in 1891, Perry Frisbee
in 1894 married Olive Sherman.
The wife of Myron C Frisbee of Ellington was found listed
only as Jane E Frisbee. Apparently their only child was Earl R who
was the natural born son of George F & Eunita (Page) Williams,
adopted at age two by Myron Frisbee. When Myron died in 1917,
his entire estate was left to his wife, Jane. When Jane died in 1927
token bequests were made to her grandson and granddaughter,
Myron G and Eunice G Frisbee, but no mention was made of Earl,
the adopted son who lived to be age 83 and died 15 October 1958.
Most of her estate went to Mrs Clella F Gilbert wife of Stanley
Gilbert, no apparent relation.
Earl R Frisbee became a blacksmith in Conewango. He
married 9 March 1898, Edna M Hinds daughter of Thomas P and
Mary M (Arnold) Hinds of Cherry Creek. They had the two
children mentioned above in Jane Frisbee’s will. Eunice Bell
Frisbee graduated from Buffalo State Teachers’ College and
Syracuse University, taught home economics at Fredonia High
School and married George Mason “at her home on West Main
Road, Fredonia.” We didn’t find the record of Myron G Frisbee’s
marriage but we did find a record for the marriage of Earl & Edna’s
grandson, Robert, son of Mr & Mrs Myron G Frisbee of Conewango
Valley to Susan L Saye, daughter of Mr & Mrs Paul Saye of South
Dayton. And we don’t know what happened to the marriage of
Earl and Edna, but found a marriage of Earl R Frisbee of Bemus
Point to Mrs Bertha Johnson at her Arkwright Summit home on
17 July 1953. Edna died 11 August 1957 in Brooks’ hospital and
was buried in Cherry Creek. Her surviving children were Myron
G and Mrs George Mason. Earl died in Brooks’ Hospital the
following year 15 October 1958. We know it was the same Earl,
for his survivors are listed as: wife Bertha; children Mryon G &
Mrs George Mason; step-son Arthur Johnson.
Erie Frisbee was married to Eliza Harris daughter of Ander
Harris of Portland. Erie and Eliza are buried in Portland Evergreen
with their son Charlie who was born 28 April 1884 and died 19
December 1893. Eliza died 19 Dec 1905 and Erie married second
Mrs Annie Vincent of Mayville 20 May 1906. His address at this
time is listed as Cassadaga, but since he is earlier listed as from
Denton, a few miles southwest of Frisbee Road, we do not
consider him the subject of that road’s name. Erie died 1 March
1917 leaving several pieces of property in the area of South
Stockton. In addition to his widow, Annie E, his heirs were his
brothers, Myron, Perry & Willard and nephews (sons of Sardius).
When Annie died in 1928 her heirs were Perry and Willard,
“brothers of my husband,” and Harrison, John and Earl, “nephews
of my husband.”
We found sparse record of the family of Willard Frisbee, but
know he was married to Emma Casselman as the obituary of 20
year old Abbie E Frisbee states that she was the daughter of
Willard and Emma Casselman Frisbee and that she died at the
home of her mother.
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But then we located Beardsley Richard Frisbee, son of
Orlando and Mary Eliza Whighams Frisbee, born in Delhi NY and
died in Dunkirk at age 73 on 31 December 1943. A detailed
genealogy of this family is found on pages 564 and 565 of the
Frisbee/Frisbie Book to be found at the Fenton Museum in
Jamestown. Orlando Case Frisbee and family arrived sometime
in the 1880’s in Jamestown where he was the proprietor of The
Cascade Shingle Company that produced various wood and
chemical products. Beardsley was the maiden name of Orlando’s
mother. Beardsley Frisbee (usually known as B R) had two
younger sisters. Flora Hulda was married to Samuel Porter, hero
of the Spanish American War for whom the Jamestown post of
Spanish American Veterans was named. She later married John
Henry Secor. His younger sister Lillian Cairns Frisbee is listed
as Mrs Hall in her mother’s will.
The family, except B R, relocated to Seattle Washington
about 1900, where they had invested in lumbering interests.
Orlando died, probably in Washington, and his widow, Mary,
died at the home of her son, B R, in Cassadaga in 1925. At that
time Flora Secor and Lillian Hall both lived in Oregon.
Beardsley R Frisbee married Helen Mary Bailey, daughter of
Samuel J & Henrietta W Bailey of Cassadaga. Their three children
were Samuel Porter Frisbee, Mrs Helen R Sherman and Mrs
Henrietta Kinghorn, all of whom lived in Buffalo at the time of
the parents’ deaths. About 1905 B R and family moved from
Jamestown to the 92 - acre farm on lot 24 in Stockton, now the
location of the Cassadaga County Club. At the time Mr Frisbee
developed his farm into a golf course it was known as Cassadaga
Downs. Mr Frisbee was president of the first telephone company
in Cassadaga and both Helen B and B R Frisbee are listed as Past
Masters of the Cassadaga Grange. Stockton School District
number 10 was, and still is called “the Frisbee District.” Mrs
Frisbee died 23 Sept 1935 and on 5 June 1938 B R married Mrs
Nellie Edick of South Dayton and they resided at the home on
Frisbee Road. For two years before his death on the last day of
1943, Mr and Mrs Frisbee closed the golf course and moved into
Dunkirk because of the wartime gasoline shortage and restrictions on travel. During this time, although 73 years of age, B R
worked at the American Locomotive Plant until a few days before
his death, and though a resident of Dunkirk, is eulogized as a
“well-known Cassadagan.” His only surviving grandchild was
Marjorie Jean Frisbee born 20 April 1921 to Samuel Porter
Frisbee and his wife, Beatrice Helen Rawson daughter of Mr &
Mrs James Rawson of Cassadaga.
Well, Record, I think we found your man. Though Beardsley
Richard Frisbee lived in Cassadaga less that forty years, he left
his name there. But don’t look for his marker in Cassadaga,
because Beardsley & Helen Frisbee are buried with other family
members in Jamestown.
We found no connection among these three Frisbee clans in
Chautauqua County, but there may be one. We are always
looking for input and further information from our readers. Are
there any descendants of any of these Frisbees living today in
Chautauqua County or elsewhere?
Many thanks to Doug Shepard, Karen Livsey and Jack
Ericson for help in finding information on the Frisbees.
FEB 1996
C.C.G.S. PUBLICATIONS UPDATE
We promised to have several publications ready in January,
and so we have. Among these are three new Indexes of
Genealogical Information in The Dunkirk Evening Observer.
These are for the five year periods: 1931 to 1935, 1936 to 1940
and 1991 to 1995. Each is $27.50, including shipping and
handling.
Also ready is the 1820 census list for Chautauqua County.
This covers the nine towns in existence in our county at that time.
Our list is recorded as-read with an added column containing the
page number of the original document. We have then included
an every-name alphabetic listing indexed to the original document page. In this way, the surname being researched can be
found, then referenced to the as-read list. This publication is
$12.50 including shipping and handling.
The society held a picnic to read the tombstones in Phillips
Cemetery across the Pennsylvania State Line in August 1994.
Since that time, Virginia Barden has been organizing this information, adding much genealogical information from residents of
the area, a set of Bible records, and burial records from two local
funeral directors to present a comprehensive record of those
resting in this cemetery. Phillips Cemetery is also $12.50
including shipping and handling.
Virginia Barden’s Gleanings II is near completion. Another
scrapbook was found, and completion postponed. This promises
to be just as valuable a research document as her earlier Gleanings
— ready this spring!
We continue to work on school records. Arkwright, Charlotte, Ellington, French Creek, Hanover, Poland, Ripley, Sheridan,
Stockton, and Villenova are done. Busti, Chautauqua, Cherry
Creek, Gerry, Harmony, Mina, Pomfret, Portland and Westfield
are in progress. Members working on this project in addition to
Norwood & Lois Barris and Pulbications Chariman, Virginia
Barden, are Matt Parsons, Norman Carlson, Wayne Leamer, Sally
Bailey, Robert Baker, Donna Johnson and Janet Dickinson. We
hope to merge these into one indexed (multi-volume) work when
complete. We will offer any one town’s records, unbound, for the
ten cents a page copy cost. This has been a great help to those
whose research interest centers in a single area.
Our February meeting will be a work session on the project
to index the 1881 Chautauqua County Atlas. Karen Livsey is
the chairman of this project and will have instruction sheets and
copies of Atlas pages available for volunteers at that time. Some
of our distant members have offered to help with this project and
should expect to receive assigned work shortly after that meeting
on February 20th.
We continue to look to our membership for articles for our
newsletter. We are very proud of the family histories of our
members published in our last few issues. Our continuing feature,
Just Passing Through, is on hold right now. We have received
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DEATHS AT THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HOME 1918-1933
continued from Vol. 18, No. 4
name
Selden, Charlotte
Selden, Emory J.
Sellman, Carl
Shaw, Ella J.
Shaw, Jennie M.
Shaw, Lyman
Sheffield, Lowell
Sherwin, Anna Marie
Shreves, Margaret
Sieleman, Fred
Sieleman, Mabel
Simmons, Lorenzo
Sinclair, Martha
Sirva, Mary
Sisson, Julia
Skinner, Otis
Smiley, Annette
Smith, Anna
Smith, Charles P.
Smith, Edgar
Smith, Leonard
Smith, Mary A.
Smith, Nettie
Smith, Phillip
Smith, Walter C.
Smith, William
Southworth, Sophronie
Spence, Margaret
Spencer, George R.
Stacy, Charles F.
Stafford, Arvilla
Stafford, George
Stafford, John R.
Stansfield, Anna
Stanton, Edgar
Staples, August
Stark, Charles Henry
Starr, John S.
Stearns, (Chas.)
Stevenson, Louisa
Stewart, Charles
Stewart, Lydia
Stewart, Susan
Stiles, James
Stockwell, Amelia
Stone, Alice
Stone, Andrew
Strezmeski, Albert
Strickland, Kelly D.
Strzalka, Steve
Stuckowski, Frank
Sturdevant, Lyma A.
Swanson, Ed
Swanson, Gust
Swanson, John
Swanson, Louisa
Tanner, Myron
Taylor, Clement
Taylor, Morris
Tefft, Clarence
Tepple, Alma
Terrell, Louise
date of death
age
twn from
23 DEC 1924
30 APR 1929
16 APR 1927
08 JUL 1928
06 DEC 1918
19 JUN 1928
30 JAN 1928
07 NOV 1923
28 OCT 1920
29 DEC 1930
30 MAR 1930
26 DEC 1932
16 JUL 1929
13 OCT 1918
15 FEB 1923
14 FEB 1926
01 FEB 1928
05 FEB 1933
28 AUG 1923
06 DEC 1922
19 FEB 1924
20 NOV 1928
07 JAN 1928
13 DEC 1920
24 FEB 1931
10 JUL 1921
28 JAN 1933
07 DEC 1930
25 SEP 1933
29 AUG 1928
03 JUN 1924
14 JUL 1928
01 FEB 1921
18 JUN 1922
30 SEP 1933
22 APR 1927
13 JAN 1923
27 SEP 1919
11 MAR 1927
20 NOV 1920
25 OCT 1927
18 SEP 1921
06 NOV 1927
23 MAR 1924
02 FEB 1929
04 AUG 1927
16 JUN 1927
26 SEP 1924
18 JUL 1921
29 DEC 1925
22 APR 1922
13 MAR 1923
05 SEP 1919
03 MAR 1932
08 OCT 1931
20 JAN 1921
14 DEC 1922
17 NOV 1925
20 APR 1930
28 JUN 1922
21 DEC 1922
16 MAY 1920
93
78
63
74
71
89
80
77
72
70
40
82
75
63
89
85
78
82
76
72
90
81
67
69
85
70
88
87
84
78
88
83
60
64
84
62
77
87
77
95
77
77
86
83
85
73
69
46
70
47
71
75
55
70
51
82
50
65
60
76
86
88
Hanover
No Harmony
Jamestown
Jamestown
Ellington
Pomfret
Cherry Crk
Pomfret
Clymer
Pomfret
Pomfret
Poland
County
Dunkirk
Sheridan
Sherman
Ellery
Ellicott
Pomfret
Jamestown
Ellery
Sherman
Hanover
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Stockton
Jamestown
Jamestown
Hanover
No Harmony
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Ellington
Jamestown
Pomfret
Harmony
Ellicott
Pomfret
Ellicott
Pomfret
Pomfret
Jamestown
County
Jamestown
Dunkirk
Hanover
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
Chautauqua
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Poland
Pomfret
Portland
Harmony
Pomfret
Westfield
Busti
stone #
burial
Sheridan
Magnolia Cem
Jamestown
Fluvanna NY
030 at County Farm
Cherry Creek
Fredonia
Union City
Fredonia NY
Fredonia
Clark’s Corners
Gerry
028 at County Farm
Sheridan
Sherman
Bemus Point
Lakewood
078
Jamestown
Stockton
Jamestown
Nashville
Jamestown
Jamestown
Silver Creek
Wait’s Corners
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Russell PA
Conewango
Jamestown
Cassadaga
Ashville
Jamestown
Fredonia
Lander PA
Fredonia
Clark’s Corners
North East PA
Jamestown
no note
Dunkirk
St Hedwig’s Cem
Portland
023 at County Farm
Warren PA
Lake View Cemet
050 at County Farm
079 at County Farm
Lakewood
Fredonia
Wellsboro PA
039 at County Farm
comments noted
L C Powers
B. Haskins
Hendersn/Lincln
Mr. Ruttenbur
R J Dengler
Geo Blood
Mattisn/Haskins
Claude Harrison
Mattison/Haskin
Harry W Boyd
Hendersn/Lincln
at County Farm
Sherman NY
page 6
undertaker
Hendersn/Lincln
W. J. Corbett
Hendersn/Lincln
E L Powers
Earle H Hole
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
W M Hole & Son
E. L. Powers
E J Youngberg
Geo F. Blood
Geo F. Blood
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
B. D. Talbot
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
E L Powers
for shipment
The Chautauqua Genealogist
name
Thelander, Charles A.
Thimblebee, Robert
Thompson, Elizabeth
Toomey, Mary
Trabonella, Frank
Tracy, Thomas
Tracy, Thomas
Trude, Elmeda
Tulberg, Anna
Turner, Gilbert
Uline, David
Valentine, Pedro
Vanderbilt, Martha
VanDusen, Bradley
Veckstrom, Aaron
Verrel, William
Voight, Julius
Vose, Newell
Wachowiak, Agnes
Wadsworth, Frank
Walin, Clara
Walker, Alice Russell
Walker, C. R.
Walker, Kathrin M.
Walsh, Frances
Walters, James
Walters, John
Warren, Frank
Washburn, Ezra
Way, Frank
Weaver, Flora
Webb, James
Wessel, Charles
West, Solon B.
West, William
Wheelock, Geo R.
Whipple, William
Whitaker, E. M.
White, Mrs. Edna
White, Thomas
Whitehead, Ishmael
Whiting, Jennie E.
Whitney, Louisa
Whitticur, Bridget
Wilcox, Anna
Wilcox, Eugene
Wilcox, Harvey
Wilcox, Henry
Wilcox, Samuel G.
Wilkinson, Caroline
Williams, Monroe
Williamson, G. H.
Wilson, Charles
Wilson, George
Wiltsie, Merritt
Wise [Wid, Wice], John
Wollert, William
Wood, Lawrence
Wood, William
Wooden, Henry
Woodham, Sarah
Woodward, Orlando
Woolen, Joseph
Wright, Cordelia
Zentz, William
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date of death
age
twn of res
11 MAR 1926
30 OCT 1922
09 MAY 1918
12 JUN 1930
04 JUN 1923
05 DEC 1923
19 MAR 1925
18 MAY 1933
11 MAY 1931
25 AUG 1924
22 FEB 1933
16 JUN 1918
28 FEB 1918
03 OCT 1921
09 SEP 1926
23 DEC 1921
05 AUG 1918
27 OCT 1927
27 AUG 1925
03 JUL 1925
07 MAY 1930
15 DEC 1919
20 MAY 1929
24 APR 1921
12 FEB 1933
24 JAN 1924
31 JAN 1929
16 OCT 1923
14 JUL 1921
09 JAN 1929
13 JAN 1933
05 MAY 1919
01 FEB 1933
16 OCT 1926
08 JAN 1925
30 JUL 1921
10 FEB 1929
06 JUL 1925
14 AUG 1928
21 JUN 1921
08 MAY 1920
26 OCT 1922
21 AUG 1929
24 AUG 1918
29 DEC 1931
08 JAN 1933
15 MAR 1922
30 DEC 1924
07 JUL 1931
29 JUL 1921
19 FEB 1930
19 NOV 1925
03 JAN 1932
16 DEC 1927
17 APR 1927
03 JUN 1930
22 AUG 1928
20 NOV 1926
09 AUG 1920
05 FEB 1926
07 JUL 1929
22 JUN 1927
30 JUN 1922
07 APR 1919
05 MAR 1920
71
95
75
80
70
87
45
75
77
97
61
78
63
78
37
90
72
69
80
71
78
39
75
86
75
73
85
82
83
62
74
79
70
79
82
62
66
78
54
80
70
73
84
57
68
77
71
74
79
Jamestown
No Harmony
Pomfret
Dunkirk
Westfield
Jamestown
Jamestown
Stockton
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Dunkirk
County
No Harmony
Jamestown
Pomfret
Portland
Ellicott
Dunkirk
Portland
Cherry Crk
Westfield
Cherry Crk
Harmony
Jamestown
Stockton
Dunkirk
Busti
Chautauqua
Ripley
Hanover
Stockton
Dunkirk
Pomfret
Hanover
Arkwright
Charlotte
Jamestown
Chautauqua
Hanover
Dunkirk
Hanover
No Harmony
Jamestown
Ripley
Jamestown
Westfield
Chautauqua
Chautauqua
84
76
64
78
77
73
80
72
79
54
67
79
62
85
69
Harmony
Charlotte
County
Dunkirk
Jamestown
No Harmony
Dunkirk
Sherman
Hanover
Carroll
Jamestown
Poland
Jamestown
County
Dunkirk
stone #
burial
Sinclairville
North Harmony
taken away
Dunkirk
FEB 1996
undertaker
Wm H Brophy
Hendersn/Lincln
comments noted
St Mary’s Cemetery
Jamestown
008
003
063
009
Red Bird Cem
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
at County Farm
Cassadaga, NY
Ashville NY
Jamestown
at County Farm
at County Farm
Falconer
Brocton
Cherry Creek
Westfield
Cherry Creek
Niobe NY
Jamestown
Stockton
Dunkirk
Busti
Mayville
East Ripley
Fredonia
Stockton Cem
Fredonia
Fredonia
Hendersn/Lincln
Blood & Larson
E J Youngberg
Lake View Cem
Hendersn/Lincln
E. F. Merrill
Hendersn/Lincln
Pine Hill Cem
Ruttenbur & Son
Ruttenbur & Son
Highland Cem
Chas Garrity
A B Supkoski
Birdney Talbot
Blood & Larson
W H Brophy
Hendersn/Lincln
Fredonia
Clymer Center
052 at County Farm
Dunkirk
Westfield
Sherman
011 at County Farm
East Ripley
Bemus Point
067 at County Farm
Chautauqua
Magnolia Cem
056 at County Farm
Cassadaga
Sinclairville
Mayville
Cowden’s Cornrs
Jamestown
Franklin PA
Sheridan
Sherman
Silver Creek
Frewsburg
Lake View Cem
Allen Cemetery
074 at County Farm
Pope Cem, Ivory
Dunkirk
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Hendersn/Lincln
Hendersn/Lincln
Hall & Hmstreet
to State College
Hall& Hemstreet
Fred C Washburn
Mattisn/Haskins
N F Morton
brought from Newton Mem Hospital
E L Powers
Hall/Hemstreet
George Blood
Hall & Hmstreet
Geo Blood
Hendersn/Lincln
E. F. Merrill
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VOL. 19, NO. 1
FEB 1996
That Amazing Place Called Cyberspace
There are specialized lists one may join - Irish-English, Italian,
German, French, AfroAmerican, Jewish, etc.
The rise of this thing called cyberspace has been so fast, it all but
defies grasping the enormity of it all. Within the last decade it
has grown by leaps and bounds- it is not confined to the United
States by any means, it is world wide, in fact it is also called
World Wide Web, or WWW. The web has mushroomed at a rate
that is quite mind-boggling.
One can find an index to state archives, and through that find any
number of services and informations available on line.
Everton has an on line page, complete with a monthly web
magazine (not to be confused with their hard copy monthly
magazine).
What sorts of things are out there in this cyberspace? A fairly
accurate answer might be, “you name it, it’s there”, whether your
interest is genealogy, politics, ichthyology, ballet or the sex life
of the newt, one has but to apply to a “browser” for a search, and
a world of information will appear on
your computer screen. For those of us
interested in genealogy, the different
directions one may take in search of
information are endless. I’d like to
cite just a few:
By simply typing in a web address, the card catalogues of some
of America’s great libraries are yours - and at home!
And so it goes.
What precisely is needed to take
advantage of this wealth of
information? First one must have a
computer, outfitted with a device
called a modem. A modem makes a
connection between the computer
(via telephone line) to a “host” of
some sort - my “host” happens to be
the College here in Fredonia, others
who are unable to use a college,
government or business “host”, must
sign on with one of the companies
who operate such a host as a business,
i.e., America-On-Line (aol), or
CompuServe. Of course, there is a monthly charge for their
service.
There can be no doubt about the changes being created by
cyberspace. It is quite obviously not just a simple fad that will
go away next year. It will continue to grow and to influence the
manner in which we communicate one with another. Perhaps in
its way, one could liken it to the invention of the printed word
and the enormous impact it had on mankind.
Recently, I acquired a list of 105,000
US cemeteries recorded by the United
States Geographical Survey.
Information includes the name of the
cemetery, the county and state of
location and the geographical
coordinates.
The 1871 Canadian census index can
now be accessed on WWW. I am
certain it will not be long before
indexes to US censuses are also available.
Many of the Ontario, Canada cemeteries have been recorded and
are available. The list is updated from time to time as more
cemeteries are added.
There are lists of sources for new and used genealogical books
for sale.
Richard F. Sheil aka [email protected]
It is possible to do a search for telephone numbers both domestic
and world wide.
Note that our backpage (page 20) contains a first for us. In
the announcement about the FGS annual conference you will
find, in addition to the postal address, an e-mail address and a
homepage address. The e-mail will get fast action on registration
and, if you are connected to the internet, you can use the
homepage address to call up the FGS home page on your
computer and have full details of the conference in front of you.
And note that e-mail addresses are turning up in our queries —
See queries of Randy Pitt and Jim Sutton on page 15.
Your editors have an e-mail address thanks to the cooperation
of our local State University College at Fredonia. This is
[email protected]. We do not use this address for business
of the society, but if you have items of research interest, a query
that needs to beat a publication deadline, etc., feel free to use this
method to communite with us. However, we will be away six
weeks, so no answers until March 1st.
I also belong to a group operated by a chap in Korea, of all places.
By submitting to him a GEDCOM (an acronym for Genealogical
Data Communications - a standard form by which it is possible
to transmit genealogical data from one computer to another) file
of my ancestors, I am eligible to ask for a search of his data base
which now includes over 2 and a half million names. I have three
important additions to my genealogical files thanks to his list.
One may also subscribe to the RSL (Roots Surname List) - here
one simply types in a name and asks for a search. These names
have been sent in by folk from all over who are researching
family names, and by email correspondence may just be able to
give help in one of your searches.
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VOL. 19, NO. 1
FEB 1996
Genealogical Information from Civil War Pension Records
— by Walter Sedlmayer
The Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency has transferred their paper files to computer and donated the paper files to our society.
Walter Sedlmayer continues to extract genealogical information from these pension applications of Civil War veterans. This is part two
of three (or four) parts.
name
rank
company unit
commander
place
HERRICK John D
Pvt
Co F
194th NYV
born 7 Oct 1847 at Leon, Catt Co NY, son of Nelson & Mary Arnold Herrick; ran away from home and lied about his age
to enlist 11 April 1865; discharged 3 May 1865; 5 ft, 6 in, light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair; lived 27 yrs in Town of
Gerry, was retired farmer. WIFE: M Rebecca Walcott, b 1852 in Town of Poland, Chaut Co NY. DAUGHTER: Alma Sarah Herrick b 26
July 1879; married 3 Feb 1897 at her father's home in Town of Poland by Methodist minister. They separated in 1904, husband (not named
in these records) died 22 Feb 1916. Alma was living in Jamestown on 4 Sept 1946; she had a daughter who died about 1940. The daughter
graduated from Hight School and attended Fredonia Normal School. Alma had uncles: Charles Wolcott, Kennedy NY; E J Wolcott,
Pasadena CA; William Herrick, Blaisdell NY. DIED: 30 Dec 1932 at Gerry; buried Levant Cemetery
HODGES Alpheus
Cpl
Co F
19th NYCav
Ashville
b c1843 Crawford PA, 5ft11in, sandy complexion, gray eyes, sandy hair, farmer; Entered 20 Sept 1861 at Ashville for 3 yr term; mustered
in 14 Oct 1861 at Westfield; discharged 27 Oct 1864 at Middletown VA; POW, captured at Brandywine Station, Culpeper VA, 1 Aug
1863, confined at Richmond VA 4 Aug 1863; paroled at City Pont VA 7 March 18 64; reported at Camp Parole MD 11 March 1864; sent
to hosp 17 March 1864; present at Camp Parole Host 21 March 1864; Returned 17 May 1864; promoted Cpl 6 Sept 1862. BURIED Sunnyside
Cemetery, Watts Flats NY
HOISINGTON Jackson
Co F
154th NYV
Arkwright
b 29 Oct 1834 in Charlotte, son of Daniel Hoisington (bNY) & Mary ___ (bVT); Enlisted 29 Aug 1862 at Jamestown, mustered out of
service in March 1863 due to disability caused by gunshot wounds received on a southern battlefield.
d 5 May 1932 at his home in Arkwright, aged 97. Survived by wife, 2 sons and 3 daus. Mrs Hoisington aged 88 when Jackson died just
3 mos short of their 75th wedding anniversary. Funeral conducted by Rev C H Dayton of Fredonia Presbyterian Church; buried in
Burnham Hollow Cemetery. WIFE: Similde d 6 Oct 1933 aged 89y 10m 13d; b Arkwright dau of Oreatas Thatcher (b MA) and Abigail
Luce (bMA). Similde died at 203 S Sebra St, Dunkirk, at home of dau, Mrs Frank (Mabel) Lutgen and was buried in Burnhams. Similde
lived in Sinclairville at one time. She was nearly blind in August 1932.
CHILDREN: Mrs Alice Cardot on 16 August 1932 stated that shew knew Similde and Jackson Hoisington and that she taught four of
their children in the public school in Arkwright. John D Griswold, age 59, on 16 August 1932 stated that he knew Jackson & Similde
Hoisington and that they had five children. Similde on 15 August 1932 swore that she was born 23 Nov 1843 in Arkwright, Chaut Co
and was married 18 Sept 1860 in Sinclairville to Jackson Hoisington by Rev George. Thier Children, all b at Arkwright, were: Charlie b
28 Oct 1865, Maude b 12 May 1878, Mable b 22 Aug 1880, Florence b 15 Aug 1883, Claude b 30 Dec 1887
Florence Hoisington married Fred Kroll and resided in Sinclairville. Jackson deeded his farm in Arkwright to one of his sons many years
before he died. On paper dated 26 May 1932 Similde gave the following information: Similde A Hoisington, Sinclairville NY, wife: Charlie
Hoisington, S Dayton NY, son; Maude H Butcher, Grand Valley PA, daughter; Mable H Lutgen, Dunkirk NY, daughter; Florence H Kroll,
Sincairville NY, daughter; Claude Hoisington, Arkwright NY, son.
HOTCHKISS Dewitt
Co A
112th NYV
d 21 August 1933 in Stockton NY; buried 23 Aug 1933 from Kennedy NY; DAUGHTER: Mrs J H Hankinson, Sinclairville NY
HUSBAND John B
Pvt
13th Regt of Brooklyn
b c1838 at Rochester NY; entered service in Brooklyn or NYC NY, occupation at time of enlistment, bank clerk; height 5ft 7in, ruddy
complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair. DIED in Jamestown c1928. SON Stuart Husband, 1 Institute St, Frewsburg NY
HUTCHINS Porter M
member GAR, died before 21 Oct 1923; wife may have been Mrs Sarah A Hutchins, Westfield NY
JOHNSON Edson Scott
Navy
Civil War
Stockton
b 20 July 1848 in Stockton, son of Harvey Johnson & Sally Scofield. d 20 Jan 1831 age 82y 6m in Mayville; buried Stockton
WIDOW: Mrs Mae E Johnson, 38 Green St, Mayville NY. On 16 Nov 1932 Mae Johnson was aged 83, b 8 August 1849 nee May Sturdevant
of Rome PA; married 28 Sept 1867 by Paul Blackner JP at Spartansburg PA. On 23 Nov 1932 Dr M L Adams of Mayville stated that Mae
was a helpless invalid being cared for by Mrs Grace Coe of Stockton NY as a constant attendant. In a letter dated 8 Nov 1932, Mrs Grace
Coe states that Mae Johnson is her mother.
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JOHNSON Samuel
Pvt
Co K
6th NYV
Lawtons
In claim made by son, Augustus Johnson of Lawtons NY aged 44 on 29 March 1840, b 14 March 1896 on the Cattaraugus Indian
Reservation, son of Samuel Johnson & Hannah Thompson. Augustus claimed to have been disabled for previous two years and stated
that Samuel enlisted 20 April at Dunkirk in Battery E 14 Artillary and that he was discharged in 1865. Samuel’s Indian name was “Jowus.” In a letter dated 20 Feb 1840 Augustus stated that Samuel enlisted 29 Dec 1863 at Binghamton NY, musted in as private in 14th
NYV for 3 years....transferred to Co K 6th NYV artillary 10 May 1864, and was mustered out 24 August 1865 at Washington DC. Samuelis
described as being 5 ft 7½ in, weighing 190 to 200 pounds, black hair and eyes and dark complexion.
JOHNSON Sanders
Pvt
Co E
Civil War
aged 23, enlisted 18 August 1863 for 3 yrs at Ephrath; captured 15 Sept, paroled 16 Sept 1864 at Harpers Ferry VA; wounded in action
16 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom VA; died 16 Aug 1864 in a hospital in Annapolis MD. DAUGHTER: Nancy Cora Johnson b 12 Sept 1862;
married name was Zoller. On 3 April 1933 Cora lived in town of Sherman.
KELLY James
Pvt
Co N
141st NYV
Randolph
Last surviving Civil War veteran of Randolph, d 10 Dec 1936 at Randolph NY. Survived by two daughters, Mrs Rose Merritt & Mrs
Julia Mitchill, and a son John Kelly, all of Randolph. Lived in Randolph most of his life.
KEELEY Michael
Pvt
Co K?
83rd PA V
Lt Terrill
b 1 March 1839; laborer, drafted 11 August 1863 for 3 yrs, entered at Philadelphia PA; discharged due to disability 14 Sept 1864 at
Philadelphia, aged 24; description: 5 ft 9½ in, florid complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
WIFE: Mary
Died: 22 May 1918 in Oadland CA, buried 24 May 1918 in St Mary’s Cemetery, Oakland CA; next of kin: James P Keeley (Grandson) Box
28, RD # 2, Ashville NY (1980). Burials in Keeley lot, St Mary’s Cemetery, Oakland CA: 1) Michael Keeley, buried 24 May 1918; 2) Mary
Keeley, buried 21 May 1921; 3) Mary Keeley, buried 20 Nov 1920
KELLEY Stephen
9th Cav
Ripley
d 12 January 1923; married in Erie PA 6 April 1918 Myrtle ____, who was 71 yrs old 16 Jan 1946. She lived in Ripley NY.
KELSEY Elon Eugene
Co D
64th NYV
Falconer
Born 11 June 1842, Otto NY; was last surviving son of Amos & Louisiana Ingram Kelsey. All sons served in Union Army in Civil War.
Lost a leg in battle of Fredericksburg 13 Dec 1862; served in 13 major engagements during the war; returned home after losing leg to
learn telegraphy & railroad station work in Kennedy; later worked on first division of Atlantic & Great Western, which became the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, later the Erie RR. His last post was in charge of the Ashville station for twenty years. Was very active in
James M Brown post 285 GAR & Encampment 95 Veterans Legion of Jamestown was Post Commander of GAR & was serving as Adjutant
at time of his death. He helped form Lakewood Lodge IOOF, serving as its Noble Grand while he resided in Ashville. Since 1901 he was
Past Grand of Mt Tabor Lodge IOOF of Jamestown. He was a member of 1st Baptist Church in Falconer since its founding in 1907 and
served as Senior Deacon. Died 22 March 1933, buried 25 March 1933; survived by son, Clare E Kelsey of Falconer and several nieces
and nephews including Mrs Emma Cook who had made her home with him for several years.
KING Albert
Pvt
Co C
13th NY Heavy Artillery
Born 13 Oct 1846 at Gerry NY; widow was Rosella King, 14 Langford St Jamestown. Helen Eugenia King died 9 August 1934. Albert
divored his first wife and remarried; had minor children by his first wife.
Died 14 April 1914 at Steamburg NY
KOERNER Henry
Pvt
Co H
9th NY Cav
Enlisted 14 Feb 1865, discharged 17 July 1865
married Mrs Martha Otterbein 5 Dec 1917, who was first married 3 Jan 1900 to Henry Otterbein who died in Boston MA; Martha was
born 8 November 1858. Henry died 4 August 1927 at his residence, 125 Newland Ave, Jamestown NY
LEWIS Charles C
Cpl
Co E
112th NYV
Enlisted at Sherman NY 8 August 1862; discharged 13 June 1865
Married 4 Nov 1869 Huldale E Skinner, by Chaplain William L Hyde. On 13 Dec 1926 Huldale, aged 79, lived on Second St, Westfield
NY. She had a maiden sister, Juliette Skinner. Died 2 August 1900; daughter: Mrs Nora Brown
LINDQUIST James
Pvt
Co C
13th Regt
Born Sweden 8 Sept 1840; also served in Co K 6th Regt NY Heavy Artillery. In 1872 went to Minnesota where he took up a homestead
claim; returned to Jamestown in 1904; was well-known in Falconer; belonged to GAR; never married.
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Died early August 1931; funeral at Wesleyan Methodist Church, Levant NY; survived by brother, Charles Lindquist, sisters Mrs Elda
Anderson, Falconer & Mrs N E Anderson of Levant; had a nephew, Joseph A Bloomquist who lived at Summerdale on Chautauqua
Lake.
LINK Martin
1st Sgt
Co A
85th NYV
Capt Chas King
Dunkirk
Born Charlotte, enlisted 1 Jan 1864 for 3 yr term; discharged 28 Feb 1865 t New Berne NC; was aged 21 at discharge: height 5 ft 9 in, dark
complexion, dark eyes, black hair, was lumberman when enrolled. Lived at 202 Central Ave, Dunkirk NY. Wife Edith May Link died 21
July 1954 in Dunkirk, aged 83yr 7mo 25da; Son, Edward M Link resided at 412 Park Ave, Dunkirk. Edith May was born in Town of Pomfret
26 Nov 1870 daughter of Edward Squire and Hannah Meade. Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia NY
LORD Cyrus W
Pvt
47th OH V
Born 7 March 1838 at Union MI, son of John W Lord & Priscilla Stewart (both b Maine). Died 21 June 1933 aged 95y2m14d at home
of niece, Mrs Maude Fairbank; single. Buried 23 June 1933 in Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown
LOVELESS Theodore
Civil WAr
Died in Columbus PA 19 March 1932; C E Spitzer, Clymer NY was the undertaker; Chester Nunn, RFD # 2, Culumbus PA, listed as next
of kin.
LULL William
Pvt
Co F
154th NYV
Ripley
Born French Creek NY 4 Jan 1844, son of William Lull; enlisted 20 Sept 1862; discharged 11 June 1865; in one record was listed as Corporal;
fought at Gettysburg, was with Sherman in “March to the Sea.” Married 1863 to Ella V Farnum daughter of Walter Farnham (bCT) &
____ Turner, born 4 May 1850 in Chaut Co; resided in Ripley. Died 30 Jan 1933 age 89; buried 2 Feb 1933; wife Ella d at Ripley 21 Jan
1933 age 82y8m17d; survived by daughter, Mrs Maude Barden & son Gene Lull all of Ripley & two Grandchildren; Maude Barden was
aged 49 in March 1933 and Eugene W Lull aged 60, unmarried & nearly blind, resided at 10 Maple St, Ripley in March 1933. Buried E
Ripley Cemetery
LYON Edward Alason
Co A
10th PA Res
Cpt W B Partridge
Falconer
Born Orange Co NY 29 April 1841 son of Ozro Y Emeline Lyon, settlers from CT; family moved to Lander PA; enlisted 20 July 1861;
honorably discharged 1Dec 1863, re-enlisted same day and transferred to Co D 100th PA Regt 1 Jan 1864; was at Appomattox Court
House when General Lee surrendered; marched in grand review in Washington; honorably discharged 28 June 1865; had three brothers
in service: Frank Lyon killed at Gettysburg; Henry Lyon at Salisbury at Salisbury Prison; and Charles, wounded in battle.
Married Adeline Harris in 1866. Adeline was born 24 March 1846, daughter of Calvin & Mary Cole. They had 6 children, two living (May
1935) Roy Lyon of Lake Monroe, FL and Mrs Belle Reed of Cleveland OH. Adeline Lyon d 8 Feb 1917 in Falconer. Edward married
1 Sept 1920 Olive Leyman who survived him. Edward moved to Falconer about 1895; was night watchman in factoires many years; was
retired about 15 yrs. Wife, Adeline died 8 Feburary 1917 and was buried 11 Feb 1917 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Falconer. Edward died 9
May 1935 at 117 Elmwood Ave, Falconer, age 94, last Civil War veteran residing in Falconer. Survived by one sister, Mrs Alice Gates
of Warren PA aged 80; two brothers: Alexander Lyon of Youngsville PA, aged 80 & Jerome Lyon of Jamestown NY aged 82; neither
of surviving brothers served in Civil War; Also surviving were 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and a cousin, Miss Sarah Lyon
of Jamestown. Burial wa in Pine Hill Cemetery, Falconer NY. Attending the funeral from away were: Mr & Mrs A F Lyon, Youngsville
PA; Mrs Belle Reed and Mr Harvey Harris of Cleveland; Mr & Mrs L W Lyon, Mrs Mildred Wilson, Buddy Wilson, Mrs Alice Gates,
Miss Mildred Gates, Murial Gates, George Gates & Mr & Mrs John Lyon of Warren PA; William Leyman of Sherrill and Mr & Mrs Leonard
of Fort Erie PA. Executor of Edward Lyon’s estate was Clarence Bierworth, 113 E Elmwood Ave, Falconer; his wife, Cora was a
granddaughter Edward Lyon. Olive Leyman was born 18 May 1862. On 22 Jan 1936, Olive Lyon was living with her daughter, Mrs Jesse
Everett. From “Report of Death Form” informant, Olive Lyon: Edward b Orange, Steuben Co NY; father, Ozzro Lyon b Hector NY &
mother, Emeline Williams b NY. Olive was married twice; first at age 18 in Milesburg PA to James B Leyman who d 8 July 1914 at Austin
PA & was buried at Austin; second to Edward Lyon 1 Sept 1920 at Falconer, by Rev R W Neathery, a Baptist minister. Following may
be Olive Lyon’s children by first marrriage (letter dated 14 Sept 1935): John E Leyman, 115 Pearl St, Falconer; Mrs Lola Everett, 211 E
James St, Falconer; Mrs Hattie Sheppard, 107 E Falconer St, Falconer; B. L. Everett, 11½ E Main St, Falconer
LYON Francis K
Pvt
2nd Bn
Vet Res Corp
Lt Robt Cullen
Sherman
b Stockton 27 July 1841; lived in North East PA; farmer; enlisted 7 Aug 1862 at Sherman NYl discharged 15 Aug 1865 at Fort Monroe
VA; (from disch cert) age 21, 5 ft 6¼ in, light complexion, hazel eyes, black hair.
Married 1st Anna Heath b 14 Oct 1844; Anna d 4 July 1914 Clymer NY, buried North East PA. Married 2nd Grace Henderson (her 1st
marriage) by Rev A B Phillips; Grace b Venango twp, Erie Co PA 11 JAN 1872; age 43 at marriage.
Francis died 12 May 1936 at North East PA
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MANGAN Daniel
member of GAR
died 8 May 1930; buried 12 May 1930 in Forest Hill Cemetery; Frnl by H C Ehlers Co Inc
MASON Geo J
Sgt
Co K
154th NYV
died at Conewango NY 7 Apr 1933; buried from there 9 Apr 1933
Conewango
MATTHEWS Melvin L
129th NY
Gowanda NY’s lat Civil War veteran
died 30 July 1937? at home of daughter, Mrs Albert (Mabel) Markham, 23 St John Pl, Gowanda NY, aged 92 yrs. Survived by four sons:
John of Gowanda; Jay of Hamburg; Floyd of Lewisville OH; Ben of Jamestown; a brother, Sidney of Arkport & a sister, Mrs Lizzie Davis
of Jamestown
Lived in Gowanda 40 yrs, previously in Jamestown & Gerry; once served as village constable; his wife died in 1914.
Buried in Gerry, his birthplace
McDOWELL Clayton A
Pvt
Co G
104th NYV
Capt G Hill
Westfield
Born Wayland NY; 5 ft 6 in; dark complexion, bule eyes, dark hair; occupation, lumberman
Enlised 1 Feb 1862 of 3 yr term; discharged 3 Dec 1862 at Philadelphia due to sergeon’s certificate of disabioity heart disease.
Another record: was Sergeant in Captain Wm H Drehuser’s Co D, 155th NYV; enlisted 9 Sept 1864, discharged 1 July 1865 near
Washington DC.
Resided in Westfield NY since his discharge from service; may have been married; stted in latter dated 27 Nov 1925 that he had not seen
his wife for sixty years and did not know her whereabouts.
Tried to be admitted to National Military Home, Dayton OH in late 1925.
McKITTRICK Alexander
Co H
112th NYV
Died 26 August 1911; his wife, three sons and one daughter died before 26 Nov 1935; daughter, Margaret, still living 6 Dec 1935; may
have lived in Mayville.
MILES Samuel Clark
Pvt Co B 98th PA Inf
Sherman
Born 11 Beb 1841 at Harbor Creek PA son of Albert Meils (b Mayville NY) & Lydia Clark (b Harbor Creek PA); Enlisted 6 March 1865;
discharged 23 June 1865 at Bailey Crossroads VA; 5 ft 10¼ in, light complexion, light eyes & hair; farmer.
Married Flora Goodwin, Died 31 August 1931 in Sherman NY aged 90y 6m 20d; survived by daughter Mrs Trixie Thornton, RD #2
Harbor Creek PA; son Burdette Miles RFD #8 Erie PA; son Fred Miles Sherman NY; and son Frank Miles, North East PA; Samuel lived
on Green Rd. Buried 3 Sept 1931 in Mina NY
MERCER Hiram Henry
Pvt
9th Regt VA Inf
Capt Davis
Born Monongalia Co VA; was a cooper; resided in that part of Virginia that became West Virginia and his unit became Co A 9th Regt,
W VA Vol Inf. He resided at Great Bend OH from 1851 to time of enlistment in Union Army. Enrolled 17 Sept 1861 at Mason City VA
for term of 3 yrs; mustered into service 28 Nov 1861 at Mason City at age 44
Married May 1842 in Green Co PA; wife Amelia; son, John L Mearer b 1853 at Great Bend OH
Died 13 Dec 1891
MERRILL William
Pvt
Co C
154th NYV
Jamestown
Born Steuben Co; age 22 yrs at discharge; enrolled 26 July 1862, discharged 11 june 1865 at Bladenburg MD; 5 ft 9 in; in 1890 lived in
Kennedy NY, moved to Falconer, then to E Randolph, then to Jamestonw; lived at 261 Broadhead Ave, later at 38 Van Buren St.
Died 22 Oct 1912; his wife died 1917
Daughter, Ida May died 28 March 1953 in Jamestown NY age 88; she was born 29 April 1864 dau of William & Emma Walker Merrill.
Ida and her mother ran a dressmaking shop in Randolph for many years. Ida lived in Jamestown fifty years. She was buried in Lake
View Cemetery, survived by two cousins: Mrs Ross Sherman of Lima Oh & Adeline Lundquist of Wellsville.
MORRISON David H
Pvt
Co A
189th NYV
Cpt John Slocum
SilverCreek
Born Brusnwick NY; enlisted 18 Aug 1864; discharged 30 May 1865 near Washington DC; 5 ft 9 in, black hair and eyes; dark complexion;
occupation miller. Widow, Fanny Morrison died 18 Dec 1943 in Silver Creek; buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Silver Ceek on lot belonging
to her grandson, Clifford B Morrison; A Henry Morrison of Irving NY is mentioned in some letters in the file. One paper indicated David
died prior to 2 July 1914.
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NEIL Augustus
Pvt
Co D
112th NYV
Ashville Born Sweden,
shoemaker age 30 enrolled 2 August 1862 at Harmony NY; mustered in 10 Sept 1862 at Jamestown for 3 yr; mustered out & honorable
discharged 13 June 1865 at Raleigh NC. May have died 26 July 1917 in Ashville NY
OSYTRY Charles
Co G
15th NY Engineers
Born in Germany 23 April 1847; father Paul Ostrye (b Germany); enlisted in Union Army in 1864 while living in French Creek; lived in
Lakewood 17 years prior to his death. Died 13 June 1933 in Lakewood, aged 86; survived by wife, Mary Sullivan Ostrye; four sons: Peter
L of Cleveland, Lawrence of Pittsburgh, Bertrand J & Edward of Lakewood; four daughtersL Mrs Allen W Hamm of Jamestown, Miss
Ellen M Ostrye, Miss Theresa M Ostrye of Lakewood & Mrs Wilbur Smith of Cleveland; and a brother, Nicholas Ostrye of Fredonia.
Buried in French Creek 15 June 1933
PADDOCK Orrie H
Individual is widow of Civil War veteran & had a daughter.
RFD #3
Westfield
PATTERSON John Wesley
Sgt
Co C
20th NYV
Sheridan
Born 1841 Orange Co NY; Entered service 14 Dec 1863; Real name was PETERSON, mistakenly changed at time of enlistment; discharged
1 Augusst 1864 at New Orleans LA; 5 ft 6 in, dark co mplexion, dark hair & eyes; was a teamster at time of enlistment; Married first Julia
Ann Harrison, a colored lady (statement questioned in another letter); Julia died 3 Sept 1892 in Middleton NY. They had six children,
of whom only Georgiana Peterson Dyer was living 3 April 1930. John & Julia were separated, but not divorced at time of his 2nd marriage.
Julia Harrison was 46 when she died; She was born in Florida the daughter of Thomas Harrison. In a sworn statement by Georgiana
Dyer of 214 W 136 St NYC, sated 20 March 1930, she is listed as being 61 years old. John married 2nd 26 Dec 1885 in Silver Creek NY
Anna Totter b 11 August 1854. The marriage certificate states that this was John’s first marriage. Anna’s father died in Germany. Her
mother remarried a man named Peting who had a son, Herman. Heman Peting of the Town of Sheridan, in a sworn statement, says he
was born in Germany 3 Jan 1866, son of Christ & Anna Peting; and states Peting, Anna Patterson was born in Scenkendorf, Golcen,
Germany. John Patterson had a brother, Martin Luther Peterson, who on 19 March 1930 was living at 29 Grandview Ave, Rye NY. John
Patterson died 29 July 1929 in Town of Sheridan; belonged to GAR; John & Anna had a son.
PECK Deloss
Co E
154th NYV
His widow, Marian died 22 Nov 1937 in Ripley NY; Marian born 28 March 1854 in Gowanda NY, daughter of Aaron Hulett & Frances
Witherall (b Canada). Marian remarried Elmer West who died before her; Marian was buried in Ripley. Survived by six sisters and one
brother: Mrs Fanny Prince of Cherry Creek; Mrs Rater of Smith Mills, Mrs Rose Peck of Ripley; Mrs Lydis Barnes of Springfield Mass;
Mrs Nettie Clark of Ripley; Mrs Lottie Bowen of Westfield; Mark Hulett of Ripley.
PERKINS William
Pvt
Co C
83rd PA Regt
Sheridan NY
Born 24 May 1861 at North East PA; died at North East PA 4 Jan 1912; entered service 12 August 1861, discharged 1862 at Fort Hamilton.
William’s last period of service was not honorably terminated. Married at Dunkirk NY 10 March 1885; wife Viletta still living 2 January
1951; son John Perkins of Sheridan.
PHILIPS Marvin Francis
Pvt
Co F
5th IL Cav
Celoron
Born 23 Aug 1845 at Ashville NY son of John Phillips and Martha Brown; entered service 23 December 1863; discharged 27 Oct 1865;
was next-to-last Civil War veteran in Chautauqua County,last one in southern part of county; was a stone mason.
Married Florence W Wellman at Busti; she died before him. Died 4 July 1844 at Helmuth NY; buried 6 July 1944 at Ashville
Survived by daughter Mrs P J Boyd of Kennedy; son Ross S Philips of Cleveland; 8 grandchildren, 2 in Army & 1 in navy; 4 greatgrandchildren. A son, Harry Phillips of Celoron d 25 May 1944; his wife’s name may be Etta.
The Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency has transferred their paper files to computer and donated the paper files to our society.
Walter Sedlmayer continues to extract genealogical information from these pension applications of Civil War veterans.
(to be continued)
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ALDRICH, BUCKLIN
Who were the parents of Martha ALDRICH who married James
BUCKLIN. They are buried in Gerry NY cemetery. Evelyn J.
Camfield, 601 Cabrillo Circle, Henderson NV 89015
INGHAM, BLOOD
Seeking ancestors of Isaac & Phoebe INGHAM and Timothy &
Fanny BLOOD. Was Phoebe Ingham born Phoebe Faulkner (6
Apr 1809 - 4 Aug 1880) as LDS Ancestral File?
Randy Pitt, 1004 Millview Dr., Batavia IL 60510
MESSENGER
Seeking info Cyrus MESSENGER b. 1775-80 MA?/NY? m.
Lucinda Hiscock of Pompey, dau of Richard Hiscock & Sarah
Cody, she d. abt 1820; 3 daus. 4 sons (Austin b. 1807, Cyrus 1812,
(Peter Bronson b. 1816); Cyrus in school Pompey 1799; 1820
Census in Pompey; 1830 Census Harmony, remarried who? more
children; 1828 took title to Lot 84, Twp 2, Range 13 in Harmony;
1840 Census Harmony age 60-70. No further information. HELP!
Mrs John L. Woods,
25894 Bellerive Drive, Valencia CA 91355-2538
DODGE
Seeking info — parents and siblings of John DODGE born
Chautauqua Co 12 Aug 1812. Where was he until 1834 when he
came to Muscatine County Iowa where he lived until his death
in 1889?
Letha Heichel, 1911 Creamery Road, Dexter IA 50070
HARTMAN, RAU, GOGGIN
Seeking any family descendant of John HARTMAN b. 1840 m.
Pauline Rau b. 1848 both from Germany. Lived in Dunkirk and
then Cassadaga. Three children lived to adulthood: Pauline/ Mrs
Joseph GOGGIN, Albert Victor HARTMAN and John J.
HARTMAN m. Catherine KINNEY d/o Andrew & Ellena KINNEY.
Pauline RAU HARTMAN had brother Joseph RAU, sisters Mary
WEISE & Mrs Joseph BUSCHER. Mary Jane DeVault, 1409
Golfside Drive, Winter Park FL 32792-5135
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FARRINGTON, HEQUEMBOURG
Seeking parents, siblings of Maude Electa FARRINGTON b.
1877 Portland NY, m. 1902 Earl Theodore HEQUEMBOURG
in Dunkirk, d. 1951 in Dunkirk , bur. Forest Hill Cemetery
Fredonia. — William A. Wynot, 1022 Signal Road, Signal
Mountain TN 37377
GLEN, GREGORY
Seeking info on Alexander GLEN, b. NY abt 1800, d. MI 1882;
resident Chautauqua County 1830's; wife Hannah GREGORY,
m. 4 Sep 1833 in Town of Hanover; son Erastus H b. 7 Jun 1837
presumably in Chautauqua. Was Alexander the son of Allen
GLEN of Saratoga County? Who were Hannah's parents? How
did those two come to be in Chautauqua County and what did
they do there?
Jack Glen, 8509 Rosewood, Bethesda MD 20814
DINSMORE, DINSMOOR, ALDEN, SHERMAN
Seeking info George Washington Patterson (Pattison)
DINSMORE b. 30 Aug 1840 Ripley NY. Parents were John Bell
DINSMOOR & Harriet Hall ALDEN. I have no further info re G.
W. P. Dinsmore until record of son Alden Dinsmore's birth 17 Dec
1894 West Plains MO. Alden Dinsmore's mother listed as Emma
Dorcas (SHERMAN). Seeking info about where G. W. P. Dinsmore
lived 1840-1894. Was Emma Dorcas SHERMAN from
Chautauqua County ?
Also — Seeking info on Harriet Hall ALDEN b. 17 Oct 1806
Williamstown NY, mother of G. W. P. Dinsmore. John Bell
DINSMORE & Harriet Hall ALDEN m. 15 Feb 1837 Meadville
PA. Who were her parents and where were they born?
Laura D. Pierce, 276 E. 307th St, Willowick OH 44095
EHRMAN, TEED
An old newspaper article says the EHRMAN family settled near
Buffalo NY in 1808. Would like to contact anyone researching
this surname. My great grandfather, Henry Stephen EHRMAN
was born Christmas day 1839 in Erie County NY. He was in
Wisconsin early 1860's, then Iowa eventually going to Colorado
and California. He had brothers and cousins in New York area.
Would like to contact descendants of any EHRMAN having
lived in Western NY. Also researching TEED family. — Juanita
Ehrman Alloway, 855 Greenway Ct., Derby KS 6703-2816
SAGERS
Seeking info linking as brothers: Wm SAGERS (Chautauqua
Co. 1850 Census) to John SAGERS (land records, Town of
Hanover 1825 Census) . Parents prob John Henry SAGERS &
Sarah ROBBINS of CT. More siblings? Ancestry? Any mention
in Wm SAGERS family of niece Minerva SAGERS (d/o John)?
Brenda Parker, 751 Bounty Place, Manteca CA 95337
BRADLEY
Seeking info on family of Edward BRADLEY b. Aug 1888 in
Westmoreland Co PA d. Oct 1969 in Mayville NY. Parents
Edward BRADLEY & Linnie (----). Seeking date of death, place
of burial, obituary and any info on his family (spouse, children,
etc). Edw was raised Catholic — does Mayville cemetery have a
Catholic section? Martin W. Beerman, 5116 California St.,
Omaha NE 68132-2234
DRAPER, PARKER, HEQUEMBOURG
Seeking parents, siblings of Ella (DRAPER) PARKER b. 1851
Dunkirk, m. Walter K. HEQUEMBOURG in Dunkirk, d. 1894 in
Dunkirk, bur. Forest Hill Cemetery in Fredonia. — William A.
Wynot, 1022 Signal Road, Signal Mountain TN 37377
HART
Anyone by the name of HART, living in Chautauqua County NY
between 1810 and 1820, please contact me at the following
address: Raymond H. Hart, Box 578, Claresholm, Alberta Canada
T0L 0T0
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BLOOD, NEWELL
Seeking info Timothy & Fanny BLOOD (1855 census, twn
Sheridan, Chaut Co NY — aged 35 and 37). Timothy one of
several BLOODs of about that age in Chaut Co at that time, all
from VT. He may have been brother of Daniel BLOOD and son
of Timothy BLOOD. Fanny (may have been Fanny NEWELL)
is listed having been born in Chautauqua County. Timothy &
Fanny m. abt 1845; children: Orrin T., Emily DeEtte, Harriet,
Selinda and Adelaide J[enny?]. Emily DeE tte BLOOD m.
William INGHAM and died 9 Sep 1936 in Iowa.
Randy Pitt, 1004 Millview Dr., Batavia IL 60510; [email protected]
TRACY, GATES, COWDEN
Elias TRACY b Preston CT, Rev War vet & 1817 Holland Land
Patentee, m Lydia GATES. Who were Lydia’s parents and could
she perhaps have had a sister, Clarissa who married Samuel
COWDEN? Elizabeth Cowden Rink, P O Box 2262, Venice FL
34284
MONROE,MINER,MACKINTOSH
Wanted: any information about Florence MONROE MINER,
daughter of Oron and Mary (Cartwright) MONROE, born 1855 in
Dunkirk NY; married 7 Aug 1878 Hiram J D MINER. Why was she
“Aunt Florence” to Stephen MONROE born 1887; was Stephen
a half-brother? Does anyone have a photograph of Florence? Her
family owned the Monroe Studios in Dunkirk
Stephen C. Monroe, 7211 Chelan Way, Hollywood CA 90068
INGERSON, INGERSOLL, CLARK
Have found the maiden name of my Abijah CLARK'S wife was
INGERSON/INGERSOLL, so am seeing any information on
these surnames in Chautauqua Co. Linda Fonville, 6 Pajaro Way,
Salinas CA 93901-2909
Would like to contact any descendants of Hulda MONROE
MACKINTOSH, b 1848 Canada, daughter of Oron and Mary Ann
Monroe in Dunkirk by 1853. Hulda lived Erie PA after marriage, had
a son Oron MACKINTOSH.
Stephen C. Monroe, 7211 Chelan Way, Hollywood CA 90068
Hail and Farewell
Need all information about Hiram J D MINER the Younger. He
married Florence Monroe 7 Aug 1878, both of Dunkirk NY;
Florence was the legal guardian of Stephen Monroe born 1887.
Hiram J D Miner died in Detroit 1909, after banking problems and
divorce from Florence
Stephen C. Monroe, 7211 Chelan Way, Hollywood CA 90068
MASTERS, CURTIS
Need any information about Vena Gladys MASTERS, born 17
August 1896 in or near Jamestown NY, mar (and divorced) Albert
Wyman CURTIS of Worcester Mass. Any family history of the
Masters family or a clue leading to a census record would be
welcome.
Virginia W Barden; P O Box 566; Ripley NY 14775
Does anyone know anything of Amy Dana MASTERS, an Evangelist for the American Baptist Convention, from the Jamestown
NY area about the turn of the century?
Virginia W Barden; P O Box 566; Ripley NY 14775
SUTTON
Looking for info on family and descendants of William SUTTON
& Emma MILLER m. 22 Apr 1877 Stockton NY. Children at
the time of William's death (Aug 1926): Fred John Sutton of
Jamestown, Robert Sutton of Auburn ME, Mrs Pitt Ramsdell of
Rochester NY and step-daughter Mrs. Minnie Austin Sprague of
Fredonia. Fred John married 23 June 1909 Mildred MOFFETTE
dau of Charles J. Moffette of Jamestown. I would like to
correspond with any descendant or related family.
Jim Sutton, 1912 Baldy Lane, Evergreen CO 80439-9444
COWDEN, WOODWARD
Jerusha Cowden married Royal WOODWARD, s/o Joshua; the
family came from Otsego Co ca 1816. Who were Jerusha’s
parents? Elizabeth Rink, P O Box 2262, Venice FL 34284
Our friend, charter CCGS member, and faithful Registrar and
researcher at Barker Museum, has left us. We applaud Patricia
Dake on her determination, and wish her the best as she takes up
the challenge to complete her education. We have had two phone
calls from members from out of state who were used to answers
from Pat. “Where is Pat?” they asked, “Her phone has been
disconnected!”
Pat has been taking courses at Fredonia for years hoping one
day to complete her degree in psychology. This past month she
took a step that will fulfill at least two life-time dreams. She is now
a full-time student at Brigham Young University. This move
takes her, not only to the center of her religion, but also to the
center of the world of genealogy. To do this, Pat had to leave not
only her position at Barker Museum and the home base of CCGS,
but also her homestead and her family. It was especially difficult
to leave those wonderful grandchildren. But we know Pat is
meeting the challenge with good cheer. Before we realize it, Pat
will have that degree and head for grad school. Three cheers from
CCGS! If anyone would like to send her greetings and best
wishes, address Patricia Dake, 475 E. 1960 South, Orem UT
84058.
This brings us to a new beginning at Barker Museum as we
welcome Christine R Derby as Registrar. Chris is a native of
Fredonia, a 1986 graduate of Fredonia High School and earned
a BA in History at State University of New York at Fredonia. She
is excited about working in her first real history position, and we
are pleased to help her journey into the world of genealogy. When
local or distant members are in downtown Fredonia, come into the
museum and meet Chris. You will enjoy her enthusiasm, her
knowledge of history, and her friendly smile.
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Former Forestville Man Recalls,
“Man of Our Town”
The following reminiscent description of a man well-known
in Forestville is written by one of his admirers, Paul H Oesher of
the Washington Post and appeared in that paper in the writer’s
column. The column was titled A MAN OF OUR TOWN. The
column was reprinted in the Evening Observer in Dunkirk New
York on 15 March 1940. We liked it so much we reprint it again
in 1996.
A MAN OF OUR TOWN
Something, lately has set me to thinking about Nathan
Heald. Maybe it is this war business, for he was an “old soldier,”
a member of the G. A. R. “War,” he used to say, “is an awful thing
an awful thing,” and although we were too young to sense just
why, we knew it must be so, for he was a man who spoke the truth.
We know that.
But, don’t fret, this is not going to be a war piece.
Nathan E Heald was his right name, but everybody called
him the Elder, as indeed he was. Sometime in his early life he had
become an ordained minister of the Gospel. I don’t think I ever
heard him deliver a sermon, but he did do it occasionally, in a sort
of apologetic way as if half-ashamed of appearing to be better
than other people. Fortunately he did not have to depend for a
livelihood on his ecclesiastical talents, for he drew a pension from
the government to augment what was locally known as “a little
property.” There were those who said he was “pretty well off,” but
all I know about it was that I used to mow his lawn, and he never
failed to pay me the weekly 25 cents when due, which was
immediately after the heat and sweat of the battle.
Elder Heald was perhaps what is sometimes known as a
“character,” but, of course, we never thought of him in that way.
There was nothing affected or museumesque about him. It was
just that everybody in town knew him and loved him, and he
them.
He had one great specialty, and that was marrying people I
mean performing the ceremony. He lived on the edge of town, in
the last house within the corporation limits, and a couple could
drop by and have it all over with and be 20 miles away before the
marriage became generally known by those small-town practical
jokers habitually in readiness to make life miserable for newlyweds.
Our house was right across the street, and of course, we knew
everything that went on at the Elder’s. Many an evening, when
the village and family excitement was at its nadir, while we would
be sitting listlessly on the front porch, a horse and buggy would
drive up and tie to the Elder’s hitching post. We knew right away
what was up. In a few minutes the Elder, regaled now in a
obviously clean celluloid collar and a swallowtail coat, could
dash over to procure a couple of witnesses.
It was usually my father and mother or eldest sister who
volunteered, the rest of us being too young and snickery to trust
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at such sacred rites. But we would wait anxiously until they
returned to get the full report, which was always entertaining and
enlivening and contained some latent elements of gossip.
“The idea!” my mother would say, “Sadie Bishop marryin’
that old fool Bill Hackett. It oughtn’t to be permitted. I believe
Elder Heald would marry anybody.” Then she would tell us what
the bride wore, where the pair were headed for on their wedding
trip, how the bridegroom behaved and other juicy morsels
incident to the functioning of a marriage witness.
The elder also held public office he was the truant officer.
This was a rather anomalous state of affairs, too, for he was too
fond of children to attend to his job in the traditional fashion.
Constitutionly, he was not capable of the more exacting moments
of his duties. I never knew just how he managed it, but I think he
worked more with the parents than with the truants, which
probably really showed more perspicacity than evasion of duty.
I remember how I used to like to go to his house and go
through his books. He had a big book on the Civil War illustrated
with old wood engravings. He used to read to us, but not from the
war book. Sometimes it was from a book of Will Carleton’s poems
“Over the Hills to the Poor House” or “The New Church Organ.”
It is hard to know now why the fascinated us. Later, when we got
older, we read to him and Nancy, his wife.
On Memorial Day I was always proud of him. He marched
in the parade and was usually asked to lead in prayer at the
services. With his white well-kept beard he had a distinguished
way. Besides he was our neighbor, and I knew him and I knew he
was a good man.
One day the Elder surprised everybody by buying a secondhand, one-seated Buick, antiquated even then, model about
1910. He had become suddenly sick-and-tired of driving a horse.
“Heavens,” people said, “a man of his age driving an automobile!
It ain’t safe.” Nancy, his wife, was scared to death to ride with him,
but nothing happened, and the old red thing chugged elegantly
around town as long as its owner lived, and even longer.
I remember well the night he died of a heart attack. I was, I
guess, about 15 years old. I was awakened suddenly by a terrible
wailing, which seemed to be slowly approaching our house. It
scared me so that my teeth chattered. Then someone pounded on
our side door, and I could hear my father opening it. I recognized
Nancy’s voice. She had come for help an old woman, sobbing
out into the night, alone up the long walk to our door Nathan was
dead. None of us slept the rest of the night. A foundation had
dropped out of our world, and we were frightened and confused.
Elder Heald has been dead now for 20 years, and Nancy is
gone too. As I say, I don’t know what has set me thinking of him.
He was a sort of Pied Piper, sans motley, of our town, and full of
loving kindness. I suppose he was a firmer foundation than we
realized. And I think it worthwhile to put such a man on record,
before it begins to be doubted by some that his like ever existed
in the memory of men now living. But unless I wrote a book I
could not begin to give him to you as he really was.
PAUL H. OEHSER
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A Little More of the Rest of the Story of Rev Nathan E Heald
Immortality comes in many ways. We had never heard of
Nathan Heald, but this column by Paul Oehser peaked our
curiosity and we have have spent many hours resurrecting this
man of the past. The column was accompanied by a portrait of
a fine-looking gentleman, but we were dealing with microfilm
and were unable to get a usable copy. We searched every archive
and could not find anyone with a file or photo of Rev Heald.
We searched for a detailed obituary but found only the report
that the funeral of Rev Nathan E Heald, aged 80, was February 13,
1919; death came suddenly from neuralgia of the heart. He was
born in Allegany County, was a Civil War veteran who had lived
in this section for many years. As a United Brethren minister he
officiated at more funerals and married more couples than any
other clergyman in Forestville at that time. He was survived by
a wife, a daughter, Mrs Carrie A Daly of Rushford and a son,
Homer, of Forestville.
Nancy Heald who lived in the house on Pearl St across from
the Oehser Homestead for ten more years, died, aged 89, on March
2, 1929. Her short obituary gives curiously conflicting information. She was called the widow of Rev Nathan E Heald of the
Westleyan Methodist Church, had resided in Forestville 55
years, was active in the WCTU and was survived by several nieces
and nephews. She was buried in the Ball Hill Cemetery, so
presumably, was Nathan.
We did not search long enough to learn what happened to
daughter, Carrie A Daly, but we do not understand why Nancy’s
obituary ommitted mention of her son, Homer, who lived single
and alone in Forestville until 1942. Norwood remembers peddling the paper to Homer’s little house on Water Street, and
several of our contemporaries remember Homer and his little shoe
shop. The Dunkirk Observer reported in the 24 March 1942
Forestville column that Homer Heald, age 70, was found dead of
a self-inlficted gunshot in his cobbler shop on Water Street. But
there is more to the story of Homer that we do not yet know,
because the Grape Belt reported that a son was born to Mr & Mrs
Homer Heald in Forestville on 26 March 1899.
as a rule, index the officiating clergy, but a quick search of our
existing indexes turned up the following that specifically mentioned Rev Heald:
marriages performed by Rev Heald
Lena GOLDBERG to Charles L WATROUS
both of Arkwright
Carrie TAYLOR to Clifton BALL
he of Arkwright, at residence of James TAYLOR
31 DEC 1991
09 JAN 95
Mollie OLMSTEAD to Jesse B ATWATER
both of Hamlet at home of Rev Heald
04 MAY 1898
Ina S GOLDTHWAIT to John G DANKER
at home of parents in South Dayton
18 NOV 1896
Bessie E WRIGHT to Marc I DELAHOY
at home of parents in Villenova
12 JUL 1899
Jennie STAFFORD to LeRoy DYE
at home of Rev Heald
03 APR 1898
Mrs Clara TOWN JOHNSON to Burton EASTMAN
at Ball Hill
24 JAN 1899
Libbie Lord to Charles HUDSON
at residence of Rev Heald
30 JUN 1897
Nettie BALL to William LAQUAY
at home of parents, Ball Town
03 AUG 1897
Fanny GOLDTHWAITE to Archibald MOON
Forestville
31 DEC 1895
Ada WINSLOW to Charles M REED
at Smith Mills
19 DEC 1895
Rose DAILEY to John SMITH
at home of Thomas Hilliker
22 DEC 1898
Grace L BALL to Frank S TAYLOR
at Ball Hill home of her parents, Mr & Mrs M A Ball
24 FEB 1897
Among the recent acquistions in our library is a gift from our
member, David Bolling, of his research on the Bolling and Oehser
families. On pages 98-99, and 107 we learn that the writer of the
above piece on Rev Heald was the fourth of six childred of Henry
C and Agnes Abbey Oehser, born 27 March 1904. Following
graduation from Forestville Free Academy he received degrees
from Greenville College IL and American Univeristy in Washington DC. Since 1931 he was a writer and editor of several
publications in the Washington area and lived in McLean VA. He
married Grace Edgebert of Whittier CA 4 Oct 1927. They had two
sons, Gordon b 1928 and Richard b 1930.
_____________
Josie HINTON to Jesse WOODARD
at home of Rev Heald
29 JUL 1893
Letha DIKEMAN to Curtis M Sharp
at home of parents, Mr & Mrs W S Dikeman
FEB 28,1900
Nettie C CLEMENT to Louis N Merrill
at home of her mother in Forestville
JAN 15,1910
Among our list of genealogy wishes is the one that would
turn up a journal that may have been kept by Rev Heald listing
his record number of marriages and funerals in detail. We did not,
Ruth Wright to Louis Cass COOKSON
at home of her aunt, Forestville
OCT 21 1908
Gertrude ARNOLD to Clayton LUCE
at home of her parents, Forestville
AUG 29,1906
Nellie Lucinda BALL to Seth Eldon MORTON
DEC 24,1907
at home of parents, Mr & Mrs Alfred H Ball, Silver Creek
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Mabel l KNAPP to Kneelon G Hill
at home of parents, Mr & Mrs G E Knapp, Forestville
DEC 20,1906
Beatrice E IRISH to Archie E
at home of Rev Heald
Ethel D MATTESON to Warren E Frost
at home of her parents, Forestville
JAN 01,1906
Minerva E FERRY to Robert J WILSON
at home of Rev Heald
JAN 29,1919
Belle STOREY to Floyd H BALL
dau Mr & Mrs C D Storey, at Forestville
SEP 26,1906
Mrs Drucilla H WOOLEY to Charles E MARTIN
at the parsonage
JAN 14,1918
Myrtle BALL to Clayton R PALMER
both of Arkwright, at home of Rev Heald
JUN 20,1912
Velma HOWARD to Vernon BLAKELY
both of Smith Mills at home of Rev Heald
SEP 30,1914
funerals officiated at by Rev. Heald
Minnie BUTCHER to Fred R BRADIGAN
son of Floyd Bradigan at home of Rev Heald
JUN 29,1912
WATROUS Mr & Mrs, of Arkwright
bur Hanover Center
Doris DALRYMPLE to M LEIGH BAKER
at home of Rev Heald
JUL 15,1914
Esther GENS to Arthur BELOTE
at home of Rev Heald
JAN 04,1915
Evelyn M CHAPMAN to Lucius JONES Jr
at home of cousin, Samuel D Snow, Sheridan
AUG 18,1914
Juva PERCY to Clarenc KNAPP
at home of Rev Heald
JUL 30,1911
Jessie KNAPP to Arthur PERRY
at home of Rev Heald
SEP 2X,1911
Nellie WARNER to James RAY
at home of Rev Heald
JUL 22,1914
Jennie A ALFF to John J SCHOOS
at home of Rev Heald
JUN 12,1912
Isabelle FROST to Ralph SCOTT
at home of Rev Heald
JUL 30,1913
Clara D SNOW to Glenn D COLVIN
at home of her parents
APR 04,1914
Mabel SNOW to Elwood BELOTE
at home of Rev Heald
DEC 02,1914
Mrs Sarah J SPURR to Rufus E MAYNARD
at home of Rev Heald
SEP 11,1912
Mrs Jennie DYE to Irving M TOWNE
at home of Rev Heald
JUL 24,1915
Zellah B HOWE to Lee M VanRENSSALAER
at home of parents, Mr & Mrs Frank H Howe
MAR 30,1912
Mabel WILKES to Elmer BERNETT
at home of Rev Heald
JAN 27,1915
Ina B AUSTIN to Richard E BELOTE
at home of Rev Heald
JAN 15,1918
Ada A BROWN to Bernell A GENS
at home of Rev Heald
MAR 21,1918
Carrie HILLIKER to Edward GOULD
at home of Rev Heald
NOV 16,1918
SEP 25
26 FEB 1896
BALL Mrs John
06 FEB 1891
of Forestville, died in Dunkirk, funeral at Methodist church
buried Ball Hill Cemetery.
DALRYMPLE James
of Hanover age 65
23 FEB 1895
KNAPP Dennie D
Forestville
01 JUN 1894
consumption
One more item for our genealogy wish list: An index of the
existing issues of the Forestville Free Press! Such would make
searches like this not only simpler but more complete. The same
could be said for all the small town newspapers that are out there
waiting for someone to extract information and get it into our
library.
Publications — continued from Page 5
a few new items for this column and it should re-appear in the near
future. We also appreciate feedback in the form comments and
corrections such as those appearing in this issue on page 19.
For Members Only: If you want information but cannot spend
$412.50 for the fifteen indexes we now have for the Dunkirk
Evening Observer 1900 to the present we offer a search of these
indexes and a printout of findings for five dollars per surname.
Be aware that we do not yet have the years 1946 to 1950 and 1965
to 1980 indexed. We will add a search of our Fredonia Censor
death and marriage indexes (1819 - 1900) and extractions from
the Grape Belt and the Rose Pettit Scrapbooks (1893 to about
1940) for an additional five dollars per surname. The CCGS
“office” is closed for vacation until March first, but any search
will be promply completed after that date.
We have prepared a new publications flyer to send to new
members, to conferences, etc. If any member would like a copy
of this list of all our publication, please send SASE. When you
send for this, we can also include your membership card in the
return (see page 20)
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VOL. 19, NO. 1
FEB 1996
Illuminating Information Regarding The Chautauqua Genealogist
by Norman Carlson
Pages 84 and 85 of our Fall issue provide some wonderful
usually printed on the standard lines and spaces, were shaped as
lessons of how important general history is to genealogy if our
squares, circles, triangles, and diamonds to allow easier learning
ancestors and early relatives are ever going to be more than just
of sight reading. With a little imagination, they did resemble
names to us.
buckwheat which is dark brown hexahedrons.
The “fun weddings” sound like something 15 and 16 year
Although there are numerous local references to singing
old girls would have contrived to mimic adulthood. Although
schools in the pioneer period and later, we have few evidences of
they might befuddle genealogists down to the end of time, think
the shape notes themselves locally. Our area was on the fringe of
of future genealogists trying to untangle
their territory and until now I had suspected
the fruits of today’s girls of that age
their use was brief before the next wave of
playing adult.
more sophisticated, Europeanized, “better
This account also brings to mind
music” swept in from Boston and relegated
the Victorian fad for Tom Thumb
shape notes to the west, the south, and the
Weddings in which partiers would dress
Appalachians. They survive in a few places
up children and put them and their
today and the mostly post Civil War seven
families through elaborate mock
shape system is widespread in the South.
wedding ceremonies. These were
Cincinnati, a town closely linked to this
inspired by the marriage of “General
region in the river transportation era, was for
Tom Thumb” and Lavinia Warren, P. T.
a time a publishing center for the early shape
Barnum’s popular dwarfs, in 1863.
notes. We have an 1823 reference from
The 1839 Free School Exercises
Meadville, and the Barker Library has
announcement recalls a custom widely
Timandra Sackett’s ca 1818 edition of The
known to our local ancestors and it makes
Easy Instructor, the first shape note song
many references puzzling to us but as
book. That is all the evidence, except for this
common to these ancestors as popular
1839 bill, we have for this strange and
culture and current politics are to us.
wonderful quirk of musical history in our
The best man and Bride's sister, at wedding
This obviously is a private school.
area.
toGeneral Tom Thumb
Private schools were common in the
It is nice the bill specifies that two (New)
photo from the collection of Virginia Barden
early 19th century, but most charged
York schillings equal a quarter of a dollar.
tuition. This one apparently survived on donations and
many a time local historians are confronted by the survival of this
volunteerism.
British coinage system. Our early settlers arrived with the old
The “tallow dip” is obviously a candle in the pre-petroleum
coins in their pockets and circulated them. But in New England
era. The children were bringing dip-made candles, but households
and some other states the shilling was not 12½ cents, but rather
could also have used mold-made candles, lamps with camphene
12 2/3 cents. In Pennsylvania and still other states it was 13½
(one-quarter turpentine, three-quarters alcohol) or other fuels,
cents, and in two southern states it was 21 and 3/7 cents.
even costly whale oil. Not even Fredonia, let alone Dunkirk,
N. B. is Nota Bene, note well, or take notice. While we are
home owners yet had indoor gas lights.
thinking of abbreviations, all genealogists have encountered old
The old histories often make glancing references to the early
account books with Dr. which means debtor. Of course there are
school books. We see them mentioned also in school records both
times it means doctor or drams. Cr. meant credit or creditor.
at the school and town levels. They are not as common in
contemporary collections as their late 19th century successors,
but there are several available samplers, reprints, and histories.
They are quite an education in more meanings than one.
We also received an e-mail from Lavern Jones, Librarian and
The melodion is a miniature pump organ, our area’s first
German
translator from Stillwater OK. Lavern has helped us our
“keyboard.” In 1856, the Busti Baptist Church introduced a
on
many
projects and it is a blessing that we can now
melodion after about a year and a half of controversy. Larger
commmunicate
in cyberspace (see page 8). Her message this time
towns and churches probably acquired them earlier.
concerned
our
postcard
on page 86 of the November newsletter.
“The Buckwheat System of notation has been Pursued,”
Her
translation
of
the
line
to the right, which begins ‘A penciled
reads a parenthetical remark on the bill. Few would realize this
line....’
really
reads
‘beim
Herrn Förster...’ in other words, Miss
is a reference to shape notes, specifically the four shape note
Helen
Back
was
visiting
at
another home when the card arrived
system invented at the turn of the 19th century in Philadelphia
and
it
was
forwarded.
Lavern
also suggested we could locate the
and Albany. It rapidly became linked to the older, originally New
places
mentioned
on
the
postcard
if we find an old German atlas
England, institution of itinerant singing school teachers and
and/or
gazeteer.
We
don’t
have
such
an item. Can our readers who
their two week singing schools. It depicted the then obsolescent
have
access
to
one
of
these
look
them
up and let us know?
fa, sol, la, fa, sol, la, mi solmization. The “patent” notes, although
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VOL. 19, NO. 1
FEB 1996
DEDICATION TO THE UNKNOWN ANCESTOR
Your life and glory - we don’t know.
The oft told story - “cannot show.”
Some place on Earth - no more a sound.
Your teeth and bones - deep in the ground.
Top secret kept up to this age,
Your name’s not printed on this page.
Descendants we shall contemplate
In book to you I dedicate.
Right now, before I lose my skin,
I search for names of living kin.
Our thanks to you and to your wife,
Who gave the chance to live this life.
WE ARE GOING TO MISS
YOU!!
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December 6, 1971
Cameron Ralph Stewart
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Family Group Coding for Descent from Common
Ancestors, copyright 1986, Cameron Ralph Stewart,
Long Beach CA. Printed here with permission from the
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