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DESCRIPTIVE    OF    ITS    SCENERY, 


FROM  ORIGINAL  SKETCHES  BY  ARTISTS  OF  THE  HIGHEST  ABILITY. 


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PREFACE. 


Haj)  we  the  space  we  would  with  pleasure  make  ackoowlevlgmeiit 
by  name  to  each  of  the  manv  persons  who  have  rendered  us  material 
aid  in  our  historical  researches,  also  to  the  many  published  sources  of 
the  information  comiiilol  and  presented  to  the  public  in  this  volume; 
but  it  would  cover  pages  and  add  bulk  to  an  already  voluminous  work, 
and,  in  consideration  thereof,  we  trust  all  will  accept  this  general  ac- 
knowledgment. We  have  garnered  from  every  avaihible  source  (in 
many  cases  a  mere  sentence  only),  couunLug  ourselves  ao  f:u-  iis  pussible 
to  original  material,  depending  largely  upon  the  memories  of  old  set- 
tlers, and  those  whose  lives  and  associations  have  made  them  familiar 
with  the  subjects  portrayed.  We  have  also,  so  far  as  practicable,  cla-ssi- 
fied  all  matter,  although  the  labor  of  compilation  has  been  materially 
increased  thereby.  Yet  we  feel  assured  that  our  work  as  a  book  of 
reference  receives  an  added  value  that  will  more  than  compensate  us 
for  the  increased  labor  and  e.tpense.  We  have  also  endeavored  to  make 
the  history  of  each  town  and  village  niter  its  organization  up  to  present 
date  complete  in  itself,  without  too  much  recapitulation:  to  avoid  this 
entirely  were  impossible,  though  we  trust  that  to  no  considerable  extent 
does  it  appear. 

Some  incidents  and  anecdotes  have  been  related  more  with  the  design 
to  illustrate  the  past  than  to  amuse  the  reader,  for  we  have  aimed  only  to 
show  and  trace  the  method  of  the  change,  in  a  concise,  unpretentious 


way :  how  and  by  whom  the  wilderness  has  been  changed  to  the  garden, 
the  log  cabin  to  the  brownstone  front,  tlie  track  through  the  forot 
and  the  lone  postal  rider  to  the  iron  rail,  fast  mail,  and  electric  win; 
witli  its  lightning  messenger, — the  lands  of  the  red  man  to  tlie  hoiiiL-s  of 
the  white.  Honor  and  credit  are  certainly  due  to  some.  We  liave 
named  many — and  the  means,  privations,  and  toil  re<\uircd — but  nut 
all, — only  a  few  of  the  leading  spirits,  whom  to  associate  with  wa-  to 
be  one  of.     Too  much  honor  cannot  be  rciJerod  them. 

Instructions  to  our  historians  were,  "  Write  truthfully  and  impartially 
of  every  one  and  on  every  subject."  Their  instructions  have  been  as 
faithfully  executed  as  was  possible,  and  while  some  may  have  been 
omitted  who  should  have  had  a  place  in  these  pages,  yet  especial  pains 
has  been  taken  to  make  it  otherwise. 

We  expect  criticism.  All  we  ask  is  that  it  be  done  in  charitv,  after 
weighing  all  contingencies,  obstacles,  and  hiiulraiices  that  may  have 
been  involvetl;  for  if  our  patrons  will  take  into  account  all  the  dllli- 
culties  we  have  had  to  overcome, — the  impossibility  of  liarinoniziiig 
inharmonious  memories,  of  reconciling  perverse  figures  and  stiibliorn 
facts,  of  remembering  all  the  fathers  and  grandfathers  where  tlicic  are 
so  many  to  remember,  and,  finally,  the  imocrtainty  of  all  luimaii  t-il.ii- 
lations  and  the  shortcomings  of  even  the  most  perfect, — we  sliill  lie 
content  with  their  venlict. 


PeilADlLPatA.,  February  7,  1877. 


THE  PUBIJSIIEi: 


TABLE     OF     CONTENTS. 


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PLATE  Jl 


HISTORY 

OP 

MONEOE    COUNTY,    NEW    YOEK. 


BY  PROF.  W.  H.  McI^'TOSH. 


INTKODUCTION. 

With  mingled  feelings  of  wonder,  admiration,  and  pride  Americans  contem- 
plate the  vast,  varied,  and  important  chantres  wrousrht  by  a  people  wii^iae  consti- 
tution is  based  on  equality,  and  whose  triune  priocipiea  are  life,  liberty,  acd  the 
porsait  of  happioeas.  He  who  views  the  harmonioua  operation  of  poiiticai 
machinery  need  not  seek  the  springs  of  action  in  a  republic  ebewhere  than  in 
«»innti«»s  and  in  their  Uk^ras.  Power  ia  of  th-;  people,  and  be  who  tn 
and  sees  no  insignia  of  rant,'no  emblems  of  power,  must  coosu 
her  counties,  the  records  of  town  meetinjrs,  to  find  the  origin  of  ; 

Ancestral  balls  and  hereditary  succession,  the  ruins  of  tower  and  temple,  mag- 
ni^cent  and  impnisaive  in  their  decay,  monumt-ntal  shafts  iojcribed  with  hiero- 
glyphics, and  pyramids  recalling  the  material  age,  are  souvenirs  of  a  ruder  time 
when  physical  force  held  the  maatery.  , 

America  is  old  ;  her  Iiigher  order  of  civilization  is  new.  Origin  is  recent,  and 
the  supremacy  of  intellect  which  "guided  the  pioneer  to  fell  the  forest  and  excite 
the  earth  to  production  is  still  manifest  aa  a  potent,  vital  principle,  developing 
mental  power,  utilizing  the  force  of  nature,  and  advancing  to  the  highest  reach 
of  human  capacity. 

New  York  is  the  Empire  State,  and  the  Genesee  valley  has  become  celebrated  as 
her  granary.  Sons  of  New  England  sought  their  fortune  in  Monroe  and  found 
it  given  as  the  price  of  industry.  With  sinewy  stroke  and  lusty  blow  the  forest 
fell  before  them ;  their  descendants  stand  to-day  upon  the  vantagt  ground  nobly 
won  by  their  progenitors. 

The  hlitory  of  Jlonroe  aims  to  present  the  origin,  progress,  and  culmination  of 
that  untiring  industry  which  has  yet  higher  aims  and  nobler  porpost^.  Whence 
come  the  m^teriab  fur  faithful  record?  There  are  thousands  of  volumes  in  the 
Athenseum  at  Rochester;  hi.stories  uf  centuries  ago  tell  of  foreign  climes  and 
mighty  cities ;  but,  treasuring  the  memory  of  others,  Monroe  is  oblivious  of  self. 
A  press  is  active  to  gamer  in  i^s  many  columns  matters  reple'^  with  interest,  but 
one  toils  in  vain  to  discover  more  than  ailu.-ions  to  the  events  of  the  day.  An 
Ely,  an  O'Reilly,  a  Turner,  and  a  Scraotom  hav  gathered  fragments,  and  these 
have  passed  from  prcsj  to  press  limited  in  quantity  ;  valued  as  even  these  become 
«  rarity.  The  records  of  Monroe,  wh^se  annals  comprise  but  a  lifetime,  ore  as 
meagre  as  the  history  of  a  nati  m  iu  the  days  of  legend  and  trauition.  To  augment 
material  from  the  recullectiocs  of  the  aged,  the  manuscript,  the  press,  and  the 
Tolome^  and  to  combine  all  ad  a  lesson  fur  present  entertainment  and  future  refer- 
ence and  instruction,  is  no  easy  nor  ignuble  task. 

Herein  is  essayed  the  description  of  farms  cleared,  viilarres  platted,  and  a  city 
of  agriculture,  manufacture,  and  commerce, 
;,  and  striking  scenery.    Journeys  and  aettle- 


fbonded,  the  inception  and  pn.>g 
the  note  of  rich  soil,  hc:Uthtul  ell 


menta,  rtmioi^cenccfl  and  records,  and  chronology  of  pioneer  ata-cs  of  growth, 
ire  rising  m  imp<5rtanct;  as  their  value  becomes  apparent.  Rt^garding  the  many 
living  monuments  of  the  energies  of  to-day.  the  constant  and  hiizher  procrr&a  of 
our  people,  and  the  confidtace  in  our  future,  li;w  but  dtsire  to  Uft  the  curtain  of 
oblivion  and  gaze  upon  the  pasL  Occupants  of  farm  house  or  city  mansion  are 
interested  in  those  initial  (.ffiirts  which  h;ive  Jnducetl  present  enterprise,  aud  it  is 
ft  alight  reward  to  combine  the  narac:»  of  actore  with  their  deeds,  and  rescue  honest 
worth  from  fopgctfu!iic-*3.  Trominent  notice  is  t;!Ven  to  the  pinnccr  both  from 
character  and  achievement.  The  intelligence  of  the  New  En<;hndcr  is  proverbial; 
«  toiler  upon  a  soil  whieh  gave  back  scant  return  for  labor,  be  saw  alung  the  Gen- 


esee the  broad  fringe  of  woods  which  barred  his  occupation.  The  forest  fell,  and 
the  reward  of  labor  seemed  Uke  a  tale  of  fiction.  Thence  arose  the  necessity  of 
mills,  the  need  of  a  market  and  means  of  transportation.  The  portrayal  of  early 
days  in  Monroe  declares  the  present  a  proportionate  effect.  Occupation  and  loca- 
tion change  character,  and  he  who  would  know  of  the  pioneer  must  learn  from 
the  printed  page.  We  settk  to  make  known  the  struggles  of  the  tir^t  settlers,  their 
endurance,  their  patience,  and  their  reward,  and  to  contrast,  as  evidence  of  health- 
fuiness,  their  works  and  resources  with  the  achievements  and  purposes  of  the 
present.  In  these  pages  biography  is  blended  with  history,  and  a  class  is  pictured 
by  an  individual  type.  Science  presents  the  lineaments  of  the  pioneer  and  the 
distinguished,  and  an  j.eue.L3  the  akctcL  of  ruri!  h;;n:c.  city  rcs-dcn™,  2!!^  ^i-e"'!- 
tifol  scenery.  The  eye  is  pleased  and  the  mind  informed  by  historic  and  statistic 
page,  views  of  nature  grand  and  remarkable,  and  of  architecture  massive  and 
ornate.  Tradition  recounts  adventures  connected  with  the  dominauce  of  the 
Iroquois  ;  outlines  of  Monrje  in  the  rebellion  exhibit  the  e'ounige  and  patriotism 
of  her  citizens,  while  catalogue  and  minutes  make  known  the  standing  of  educa- 
tional in.stitutions  and  the  progress  of  religi-m.  A  Russian  ukaae  transports  a 
colony  to  the  frozen  fields  of  Siberia 'or  the  distant  valley  of  the  Amuor;  >'ew 
EngLind  migration  prewnts  a  voluntary  exile  for  Ufe,  to  a  distant  forest,  of  indi- 
viduals. The  contrast  in  motive,  the  results  of  systems,  is  a  lesson  for  the  patriot. 
We  are  to  consider  the  truth  of  the  claim  that  on  no  other  equal  area  can  be  sup- 
ported a  greater  population  supplied  with  all  life's  necessaries,  and  with  munv  of 
its  luxuries,  tlian  the  valley  of  the  Genesee  river.  Nature  has  lavishly  done  her 
part,  and  in  this  fiivort^i  land  it  remains  for  the  people  to  know  and  apply  the 
means  for  the  happiness  and  prosperity  within  their  reach. 

The  changeable  character  of  American  civilization,  still  in  process  of  transition, 
renders  the  past  obscure  save  through  record  and  illustration,  and  hence  an  effort 
to  depict  true  to  life  and  nature  the  history  of  the  early  dwellers  on  the  Genesee, 
the  pleasant  valley-pj. 

Eighty-six  years  ago  the  first  white  family  located  in  all  that  territory  now 
embraced  in  ^lonroe  County.  Prior  to  this  date,  temporary  residents  had  allied 
themselves  with  the  Indian  tribes  for  trade  and  barter,  or  were  there  as  captives 
adopt*^  into  families. 

The  ouUiue  of  our  work  begfns  with  the  Iroqaoia  confederacy,  their  chanicter 
and  government ;  the  discovery  and  landing  upon  their  shores  of  Europe-ios ; 
the  consefjuent  claims  to  ownership  by  France,  England,  and  Holland,  and  their 
contest  for  supremacy ;  English  success,  their  allies  during  the  Revolution  ;  mer- 
ciless barbarity  in  warfare,  and  stem  retribution. 

Then  comes  the  narrative  of  treaty,  the  settlement  of  State  cl;um3,  the  famous 
Phelps  andGorham  purehaso,  and  the  commencement  of  settlement.  Proprietors, 
prominent  pioneers,  and  typos  of  border  chanicter  claim  attention.  Initial  meas- 
ures touching  roadways,  .-urvey^,  and  sales  are  followed  by  evidence  of  a  higher 
civdization  in  dweUIng,  mill,  and  cultivation. 

The  menacing,  dominant  spirit  of  Englftnd  is  seen  to  result  in  a  war  which 
hurls  back  in  utter  rout  the  advance  i«f  t»ccupation.  A  Briti.sh  squadron  is  held 
at  bay  by  the  adventurous  stand  of  Gcno.see  militia  at  the  mouth  of  the  Gcrt-^see. 
The  close  of  war  begins  an  active  and  permanent  settlement.  Despite  priv:ui.»n, 
sickness,  and  poverty  of  resourw,  the  settlcri  are  seen  to  accomplish  their  wirk ; 
the  village  becomes  a  city;  a  canal.  CTnnd  in  conception,  womlrrful  in  execution, 
convi'ys  a  wealth  of  produce  eastward,  and  bears  back  tho  multitude  of  emiirnitior:. 
Another  canal  add.-*  to  public  benefit.  Railroads  arc  constructed,  rude  and  thou-ht 
visionary,  aud  develop  to  the  Gi»c-*t  and  most  complete  among  hundnnin  ot  bt^-T 
origin.     Trade,  commerce,  and  manufacture,  begun  in  trifles,  end  in  the  trau-if'T 

7 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


of  miHio&s'  ViJuaCiou.  A  wealthy  comiuuniCT  'm  soen  to  en>c 
laildiiiga, — n.fjtT=jtory,  benevok-nt,  oJucitionil,  ajij  reli'.-iuu. 
tnd  Tilor  .if  the  citii-a  are  shown  upuQ  the  battlc-fieU.  anj  thi 
eioDJ  are  rtcwed  ic  healthful  activitj.  To  realize  these  outU 
tlM  Suiowmg  chapters. 


ind  op*'Q  public 
The.  punotum 
rajoj  and  profes- 
I  ia  the  object  of 


CHAPTER    L 


TBI  .inr  WOSLD  AND  ITS  IXnABrT.^NTS — THK  IRCKJUOrS  :  TnElB  LEAGCE 
ABB  POLtCr;  THEIR  SAQACITV  IM  COlNriL  AXD  PR0WES3  rPON  THE 
WAm-PATB  ;  THEIR  RELATIONS  TO  EUROPE-IN  COL0M2AIIOS — FRENCa  E.\- 
rBOmOSS    AND   BETALIATIOU. 

0^•«  age  Ksd  s'!ci>k4<s]  irntt.t-r  linci?  the  fiat  hid  itme  forth,  "  Let  the  dry 
hnd  appear."  The  rcx-kj  cramblo.1  and  rivers  bcrin  their  cour^.  The  cataracts 
of  tlw  Genesee  and  the  filU  of  Nia^-ira  poured  a  mighty  volume  with  majestie 
power  and  thunder-sound  ufon  the  lower  river  bodd.  No  eye  dwelt  open  the 
grand  scenery,  no  ear  heard  the  solemn  roar — emblem  of  eternity — which,  re- 
werberating,  died  away  in  the  endless  wilJemtss.  The  law  of  development  found 
lere  its  ample  illustration,  and  the  ■•  survival  of  the  fiuest"  has  been  the  rule  in 


eTerj  tuccession  I 


the 


L  of  eniii:htened 


Tradition,  le-^.-eod,  nice,  and  ?e<);;raphy  unite  to  confirm  the  abori^ritial  occnpa- 
tioa  of  the  new  world  by  migration  to  the  5onthea.st,  across  Behring's  Straits,       ; 
from  Asia.     "WTioever  they  may  have  been,  their  mounds,  their  embonkmenta, 
and  Implemeatj  of  lal»orious  and  rude  ccnstmction  survive  their  rpmembranee  to       [ 
excite  cariosity  and  the  fruitless  invostitration  of  the  antiquarian.  | 

In  1492,  Columbus  found  the  West  Indies  populated  by  a  peaceable  and  I 
pleasant  people,  ruled  by  caciques  and  enjoying  existence.  History  Hula  at  this  I 
period  to  speak  of  war^:ry,  stake,  and  crimson  trophy.  Obviously  they  were  not  I 
koowD  to  the  Spaniards.  | 

In  1520,  Cortet,  conquerinjr  Mexico,  found  the  Attecs  residents  of  cities,  ad- 
Tancing  in  the  arts  of  ciriliiation,  buildera  of  causeways,  dweilin^^,  and  temples, 
and  tDIers  of  the  soil.  Later  di^-overies  present  the  entire  rt^on  known  as 
North  America  as  in  possession  of  Indian  nations,  varying  in  character  and  ad- 
Tmncement  in  no  greater  degree  than  the  citizens  of  Xew  Mexico  and  New  York. 
It  is  a  question  whether,  left  to  themselves,  the  Mexican  and  Peruvian  were  not 
^pes  of  civilization  which  in  time  would  have  emulated  ea.-^teni  stores  of  pro- 
gression, had  not  a  hii-her  ordrr  of  intellect  crushed  out  the  rising  national  in- 
ituict  and  implanted  itd  germs  u(K)n  the  ruins. 

Back  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  southern  shores  of  the  ^rcat  lakes  lived  five 
bil^eA,  established  in  boundaries,  controlled  bv  an  ackoowied::ed  cr.-de  of  laws,  and 
ooofederated  for  d-  fen-ive  or  aggrcissive  movements.  They  were  known  by  the 
English  as  the  Five  Nations,  and,  joined  by  the  remnant  of  the  rujcaroiraj,  as  the 
Sii  Nations  ;  by  the  French  as  JroqnoU;  by  the  Dutch  as  Jhquai;  and  by  them- 
■Jres  as  the  Mlnyoa,  or  United  People ;  and  to  their  league  applied  the  name, 
SentntdumC 

Students  of  their  character  aptly  denominate  them  the  Romant  nf  (hit  Wettern 
World,  and,  considered  either  in  the  extent  of  their  conquests,  or  tbe  wisdom  and 
Sequence  of  their  chieS,  their  impatience  of  control,  treatment  of  the  vanquished, 
mnd  passion  for  war.  the  comparison  is  well  taken..  There  is  a  curious  interest 
attached  to  the  sites  of  great  cvcnu,  the  scene  of  unwonted  heroL-m,  the  conrw 
of  a  longVince  perished  army,  its  field  of  battle  and  rrlies  of  the  conflict.  The 
genera]  existence  of  local  pride  in  objects  of  historic  interest  warrants  the  follow- 
ing brief  reference  to  the  confederates,  of  whom,  despite  the  published  researches, 
Ettla  i«  known  to  the  present  generation. 

The  confederates  were  known  as  .Uo/caiclit,  Oiieiilat,  Oanniiwjni,  Caynyai, 
and  Sinceat.  The  sixth  nation,  the  Taicaraxcat  of  North  Carolina,  driven  from 
tlietr  country  for  an  attempt  to  annihilate  the  En-lish  .^ttltments,  were  adopted 
fcy  the  Iroquois  in  1725,  and  pven  lands  between  the  Onrit/at  and  Onomdngat. 
The  domain  inliabitcl  by  these  tribes  is  now  the  Kinpire  state  of  the  u-rcat  re- 
public Uere  were  fertile  landi  upon  the  borders  of  the  inland  seas  at  the  head- 
watcra  of  the  Ohio,  Delaware,  Susquehanna,  Undson,  and  St  Lawrence,  and  in- 
dading  a  chain  of  small  lakes,  wliieh  were  beautiful  in  appiwrance.  stored  with 
ish,  and  TOrrouo'le-l  by  turcsts  alwunJini  In  pime  ;  and  wl«i  iy  the  unitt-J  nations 
here  took  their  stand,  where  their  wnmeit  could  Im11«.w  a^ieuiturc  and  their  war- 
riors diverge  along  a  guiding  .-trv.-im  upon  a  (luiaiit  funy.  Tlinr  suprenncy 
•xtcnded  oter  the  country  about  the  trrcat  lakes,  and  their  expohtifios  advanced 
■Dothward  agoiuat  the  tribes  of  Alabanu  and  other  aouthcra  States.     By 


^  of  the  .^Iii.-Lv.tppi,  and  the 
nd  the  far  *)uih.  were  not  re- 


The 


ccd       j 
tho       1 


Iroqnoit,  the  £>!>»,  south  of  the  lake  which  p,Tp.'t 

minatcd.  the  /['mm  were  driven  to  the  bead-watei 

tribes  of  Hud-oDS  bay.  of  the  distant  MU«;uri,  a 

moved  from  their  attacks.      With  few  exceptions  the   Indians  < 

York  were  masters  of  the  vast  retzion  east  of  the  .^lia-sisaippi 

pcr.rance  of  a  single  Moliatck  upon  the  hilU  of  New  EndnnJ  pruduc-oil  a  pan:e 

amoo^  the  tribes,  and  a  dozen  Otftiictis,  pursued  by  n.leotles.s  foes,  suu-jht  death 

by  the  waters  of  the  great  fills  in  preference  to  the  ordeals  of  captivity. 

It  was  by  such  a  warrior  rn-c.  on  whom  .so  much  of  French  and  Endish  iiiBuenee, 
propitious  and  adverse,  had  been  e.\p.;nded,  that  the  latter  were  LTii.irdL^l  fp.ui 
attack  and  the  former  driven  to  extremity  in  later  yeara.  The  territory  of  th- 
Srueeat  lay  eastward  of  the  Oenesee,  Tradition  gives  their  ori-.in  at  the  head 
of  Canandaigua  lake;  their  villac-s,  in  eariier  times,  were  comprised  iriiliiu  the 
limits  of  OiiLirio  county,  and  Monnie  was  a  portion  of  their  hunting  '.p-'uiid-. 
The  keepers  of  the  we=tem  door  were  the  iiioNt  tierce  and  martial  of  the  o.iii-.ii:^. 
and  by  their  prowe:ss  won  the  first  great  battle  which  brokcthe  p'jwer  of  tlie  neutral 
nation — the  ErUt.  Each  nation  wiw  c^inipo-ed  of  three  tribes,  wliose  emuleius 
were  the  tortoise,  the  bear,  and  the  wolf.  Each  village  was  distinct  in  government 
NUtional  concerns  were  considered  by  the  eonfederacy  at  an  annual  council,  held 
at  Onondaga,  the  eeutnl  cinton.  \i  this  assembly  full  eighty  sadieia^  were 
known  to  have  convened  on  more  than  one  occasion.  Here  were  cw^iden-d  the 
ijuestions  of  war  and  peace,  with  the  solemnity  and  deliberation  wurtliv  of  ihe 
occasion,  and  with  a  dignity  and  eloquence  which  drew  admirition  fr-m  their 
foes  and  from  the  foreign  writers  whose  every  expression  sought  to  disparage 
everything  American. 

The  confederates  spumed  control  and  resented  the  imputation  of  dependence. 
The  office  of  sachem  w.u  the  prize  of  wisdom,  eloqueuco,  and  martial  achievement. 
It  was  a^isumed  by  voiceless  unanimous  consent,  and  held  by  a  practice  of  the 
excellences  which  made  valid  the  claim  to  rule.  In  warfare  servitude  was  for- 
bidden, and  tbe  captive  was  aestroyeu  or  incorporated  witli  the  tribe.  Jt-.iiuuj  yji 
prertjgatives  won  by  their  powers,  vengeance  followed  swiftly  up>n  tho  violation 
of  their  laws,  and  tributary  nations,  at  their  command,  gave  up  prisoners  ui  the 
English,  and  the  decree  of  the  Ii'-jii-jis  was  followed  by  involuntary  ci^jion  of 
lands.  Arbitrary  in  enforcing  respectful  obedience,  they  were  coosiderate  and 
paternal  in  seeing  that  tbe  white  men  did  not  infringe  upon  their  rights  and 
defraud  them  in  negotiations. 

The  relation  of  the  Lcjiioit  to  French  and  English  colonization  claims  atten- 
tion from  its  relevance  to  the  invasion  of  the  lands  of  the  Sniiecas,  and  the  tread 
of  a  hostile  army  across  the  northeastern  p'jrtion  of  Monroe. 

Samuel  Champlain,  one  of  a  company  of  French  merchants,  sot  out,  in  1603. 
upon  on  expedition  to  explore  the  country  along  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  to  funad 
a  colony  upon  a  proper  site.  Primarily  desirous  of  a  depot  for  the  fur-tmdc,  a 
fort  was  built  at  Quebec.  To  favor  the  Iluroits  and  A'-joninins,  he  left  behind  a 
few  of  his  party  to  complete  huts  for  shelter,  and  with  the  rest  set  out  to  battle 
with  the  IroquoU.  The  rapids  on  the  Sorrel  barred  farther  pro'jircss  with  a  vessel, 
which,  with  her  crew,  returned;  and  well  it  had  hten  for  the  Frei.ch  if  Cham- 
plain  had  gone  with  them,  but  himself  and  two  others  accompanied  the  Atjon- 
quiiu  in  their  raid,  and  finally,  the  canoes  emerging  from  the  river,  entered  upcn 
the  lake  whose  name  rccalb  its  European  discoverer.  Traversing  its  siirlaec.  the 
allies  were  approaching  the  outlet  of  L.-ike  George,  intemiing  to  reach  and  surpn..*.* 
a  village  of  the  Iroqnoit.  when  they  were  met  at  evening  by  a  pany  of  tlie  eueiu .-. 
and  with  satisfaction  both  sides  m.idc  for  shore.  Intrenched  behind  tlillen  treea. 
"  tho  Al^onquiia  sent  a  messenger  to  p.istpoiie  the  action  till  next  day,  to  which  the 
Irvquoii  acceded.  With  Aiybreak  the  oppi.-ing  forces,  each  numbering  about  two 
hundred  men,  took  position, — the  Iroquois  certain  of  victory,  the  AljonnittHt 
trusting  to  their  white  ally,  and  both  side's  arincl  with  bows  and  arrows.  The 
allies,  is.suing  from  their  defeii.-es.  advanced  rapidly  until  clo=e  upon  tlieir  enemy, 
then,  parting  in  two  bands  from  the  ceiii.-c,  diaelu-^ed  the  armed  white  men.  uho. 
leveling  their  firearms  upon  the  Iruquois  lenders,  shot  down  all  tlirev,  two  deaiL 
and  wounding  the  third  dangerously.  With  astoui.-.limeiit  Champlain  ^  pre?*  :kx- 
had  been  met,  and  with  dismay  his  destnietive  weap<ms  were  olis^-rvcd.  and  when 
another  discharge  cut  down  oihcni,  they  lied  precipitately.  The  Alj<jiiq'ii„t  werv 
victorious,  but  it  coat  their  ally  deiir.  At  a  council  culled  at  ()iioii<lj-.r.h  'he  sur- 
viving Iwinoii  made  known  the  eaus.'  of  tlieir  dctcii.  and  it  w.u  there  deter- 
mined to  eltermin.ite  the  French.  .\  war  bciran,  which  endc'l  only  by  the  Mimiider 
to  the  English  of  all  the  domain  now  generally  known  as  Caiiadx  In  v  iin  the 
Frenchman  .sought  to  all.ay  rcs-ntmeiit, — in  v.ain  the  cralty  Je-uit  taui;lit  pe-acc 
and  giK>l  will;  and  for  well-iii-.'li  a  ontiiry  and  a  half  the  contl-Jemtis  alone,  or 
alli.'d  with  the  KnL-li-h  ei.loni-is.  proudly  bore  reverses  ur  fiercely  loriL-^d  upon  the 
stttlemciils  of  the  .'^t.  Lawrence. 

Tho  sclf-denving  Ji-<uiia.  with  acconipaiiyiiis  traders  and  cxphircrs.  were  the 
earliest  agents  of  civiliiation  in  wcsUni  New  Vork.     They  camo  with   La  Sollc, 


HISTORY  OF  MONHOE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


the  &» 


IGT 


belore  h;i 


in  th«:ir  vU- 


Ugea.  When  &  few  loi;  cabins  marked  the  site  of  Lewi-^ton.  and  a  truJcr'd  ptjst  waa 
a  coalmen- ¥  men  t  at  >*iagura,  demoted  misaionaried  traversed  the  uarrow  tmils  to 
the  homes  of  the  S^n^cnt  cadt  and  west  of  the  Genesee  river  and  rai<c-d  the  crosa 
unocg  the  savage  warriors.  A  UttJe  chapel  was  buiic  by  C':itliolic  Indians  upon 
die  sbore  of  the  outlet  of  St.  Jcstph's  (  Cayui:>i)  lake,  fifloen  disciples  of  the 
Ofder  of  the  Jesuits,  arriving  at  Mocfrcal,  found  a  welcome  with  tlie  confederates, 
Kcd  there  was  planted  in  the  •■  wild^  untutored  mind"  a  rcliiious  principle  which 
faded  out  with  time,  and  left  no  record  of  ita  advent  save  the  form  of  the  cross  in 
laTer  ornament. 

Eiidy  in  Janoarr,  1*^*0;  La  Salle  had  been  received  with  kindness  by  the 
Seneca  Iroquois,  and  conducted  to  their  viilai;cs  in  Victor,  Ontario  county.  This 
adventuroos  explorer  sought  a  knowledge  uf  the  great  western  river,  and,  failing 
to  prrxjure  from  the  Indiana  a  guide  throuL'h  the  forest,  built  and  launched  the 
"Griffin,"  a  vessel  of  sixty  tons,  upon  the  uppt-rNiaiTAra  river,  and,  having  crecteil 
a  hchitation  and  surrounded  it  with  paJi^^des.  Father  MeliihuQ  was  k-ft  in  charge, 
and  the  intrepid  voyager  set  sail,  on  August  7,  uj>on  his  vuvage  to  the  western 
lakes,  whence  neither  he  nor  thid,  the  first  vessel  upon  the  upper  lakes,  would 
erer  petum.  La  Salle  perished  by  the  shot  of  an  assassin,  in  Tesas,  and  the 
**  Griffin,"  driven  a:)hore  in  a  gale,  was  plundered  by  the  Indians,  and  her  crew  pat 


The  hereditary  animositj 
ence  of  the  Jesuits  for  a  t 
BaiTB,  governor-general  of 
traden  had  been  permitted 
two  thousand  men,  to  invadi 
It  was  in  August,  and  the 
hraught  the  larger 


between  the  Iroquois  and  French,  lulled  by  the  influ- 
ime,  was  again  enkindled  by  the  expedition  of  De  la 
New  France.  The  Frenchman,  angered  thet  English 
to  share  the  Indian  trade,  set  out  in  1GS4.  with  nearly 
;  the  territory  of  the  Iroquois,  and  landed  ne:    Oswetro. 

fevers  which  proved  so  deadly  to  our  pioneers  srwn 
of  the  French  soldiers  to  the  hospital.  Too  weak  for 
ations  were  instituted  and  a  conference  held.     Ciaran- 


gula,  »n  eminent  iroquois 
marqois,  as  the  representati 
iroDj,  graphic  allusion,  and 
The  French  army  retired 


:nier,  escoriea  uy  a  Douy  oi  youiii;  w^nuis,  mti.  tiic 
ve  of  the  League,  and  made  a  speech,  which  for  keen 
deep  reasoning  is  of  rare  excellence  and  ju.st  celebrity. 
Co  their  former  posts,  glad  to  have  escaped  a  dreaded 


A  second  expedition  against  the  Seneca  Iroquois  was  made  by  Marqais  De 
NouTille,  in  16S7.  Grievances  were  not  wanting,  and  this  officer  determined  to 
hnmhle  the  ccnfederates  a^  a  security  to  French  dominion  and  trade.  Rendes- 
Tonsing  hij  troops  and  Indian  auxiliaries  at  Niagara  and  Montreal,  winter  was" 
passed  in  preparation.  Governor  Dongan,  of  New  York,  remonstrated  with  De 
NoTxrille,  supplied  the  Iroquois  with  anus  and  ammunition,  and  sent  out  trading 
parties  to  the  lakes.  The  two  divisions  of  the  French  army  mot  at  Irondei|noit 
bay  within  the  same  hour.  The  force  from  Montreal  numbered  two  thousiind, 
four  hundred  of  whom  were  Indians.  One  hundred  and  titty  bateaux  were  em- 
ployed as  transports :  the  route  followed  the  south  shore  of  Ontario  lake,  and  each 
oi^t  the  troops  were  landed  and  encamped,  until,  on  July  10,  the  we:?tern  con- 
tingent, five  hundred  and  eighty  strong;,  and  the  main  army  united  and  landed  at 
the  fbot  of  the  bay.  A  day  w^l-*  pa5;M?d  in  the  construction  of  a  fortified  camp. 
surrounding  it  with  gickets  and  palisaded.  Four  hundred  men  were  detailed  as 
guard  over  the  boats  and  provisions,  and  on  the  12th  the  line  of  advance  was 
takea  up  the  east  side  of  the  bay,  and  camp  was  made  near  the  present  village  of 
Pit^brd. 

Xa  Houtoo  wrote,  "  On  the  following  day  (12th^  we  sot  out  for  the  great  vil- 
lage of  the  T&OHHontoiwjis,  without  any  ocher  provisions  than  the  ten  biscuits 
whi^  each  man  carried.  We  had  but  seven  leagues  to  march,  through  immense 
forests  of  bfty  trees  and  over  a  very  level  country." 

On  the  morning  of  the  13th  the  march  waj  resumed  along  a  traiHeading  to 
Uie  Seneca  vill.ige  of  G'lnnagarro.  Apprijse^l  of  their  approach,  the  S^Mecu*, 
some  fotir  hundred  strong,  concealed  themselves  on  the  norihcastem  vcn^  of  a 
iwamp  about  a  mile  and  a  i|uarter  northwest  of  their  villaL'e.  The  French  scouta 
adTaacing  reported  the  coa.it  clear,  and  the  march  was  accelerated  to  insure  the 
capture  of  the  defenseless  and  straL'sicrs.  At  once  there  ro-<o  a  wild  yoU  from  the 
dense  underbrush,  and  a  deadly  discharge  of  musketry  smote  the  leading  raiik^. 
The  regular  troops  and  militia,  seized  with  panic,  fired  uptm  each  other,  and  the 
5emeca«,  noting  their  advantage.  d;i>hcd  amnng  them,  and  a  ma.<3acrc  would  have 
eomed  but  that  the  western  and  the  Chrl.-tian  Indians  came  to  their  rescue,  repulsed 
and  pureucd  the  iknecm,  of  whom  eii:hty  were  slain.  Do  Nrmvillf's  Ions  was 
one  hundred  Frenchmen  killed,  twenty-two  wounded,  and  ten  of  their  sava^-e 
auxiliaries  were  slain.  In  vain  the  Indians  urged  the  French  gencnd  to  advance 
Qpoo  the  other  vill.igcs;  he  h;dlcd  at  the  battIc-*.rround  over  ni',;hr.  and  next  dav 
marching  to  the  larger  vHla-c.  found  it  burn,  d  and  al.:»i.dnned.  "\\\c  Freiichmon 
occupied  neariy  »  week  in  cultinc  down  the  etrn  with  their  swords;  they  then 
Tinted  two  other  small  villages,  which  they  found  in  ashes.     There  were  found  in 


the  country  horses,  cattle,  poultry,  and  many  s-.vine.  Tlie  .Vwirciij  sent  runners 
to  the  other  nations  with  lidin;.;s  of  the  pre.'S- nee  of  an  enemy;  a  heavy  fnrc« 
assembled  and  pursued,  but  before  they  rrached  the  bay  the  enemy  had  departed. 
Oliver  Culver  has  said,  "  When  I  first  came  to  Irondc<^uoit,  in  excwatinir  the 
earth  to  build  a  storehouse  we  found  a  large  quantity  of  lead,  bulls,  and  flints. 
On  a  knoll  on  the  bank  of  the  creek  there  were  the  remains  of  a  battery,*  doubt- 
less the  vestiges  of  De  Nouville's  fortification. 

In  the  summer  of  ItiSH  De  Nouville  sought  ptace;  seventeen  hundred  Iroquois 
encamped  near  Montreal,  and  a  treaty  was  conclude'l.  On  their  return  homeward, 
a  party  was  attacked  by  a  Huron  chief  at  the  head  of  a  handre«J  men;  a  number 
of  the  Iroquois  were  killed  and  othera  captured.  The  crafty  linron  conveyed  the 
impression  that  he  was  acting  in  French  interest.  The  confederates,  enraged  at 
French  faithlessness,  aioembled  twelve  hundred  warriors,  and  nn  July  2G,  ICSS, 
fell  upon  the  settlements  on  Montreal  island,  killed  a  thousand  inhabiunts.  took 
captive  and  burned  alive  twenty-six,  and  broui^ht  the  French  almost  to  de'^palr. 

The  third  and  last  French  expedition  to  western  New  York  was  ommanded 
by  Count  De  Frontonac.  a  man  of  nearly  fourscore  years.  He  concentrated  a 
strong  torce  and  crossed  to  Oswego  ;  thence  he  marched  to  Onomlaqa,  which  had 
been  deserted  and  burned.  Retoruinq  to  Montreal,  predatory  raids  were  made  in 
retaliation  until,  in  ITUO,  a  peace  was  ratified  between  the  Iiot/uois  and  French; 
and  during  the  war  between  the  latter  and  the  English,  from  1702  till  the  treaty 
of  Utrecht  in  1713,  the  confedemtes  kept  the  friendship  of  both  combatantj. 

The  tragedy  of  the  Devil's  Hole,  whereby  a  body  of  Seneca  Indians,  on  June 
20,  1763,  massacred  a  detachment  of  English  troops  in  charge  of  a  train  of  wagons 
hauled  by  ox-teams,  and  iufiicted  a  Io.-s  of  sixty  kill.-d  upon  a  force  which  came 
to  the  rescue,  and  an  attack  made  upon  a  body  of  Eoeiish  troops  en  route  from 
Niagara  to  Detroit,  by  the  same  tribe,  are  all  the  events  of  Importance  prior  to 
the  Revolution  in  this  region. 


CaAPTER    XL 

DISPCrrED  TERRITORY — OHTGIV  OF  CLAIMS — THE  ARBITRAMENT  OF  THE  SWORD 

— DUTCH  ADMINISTRATION — ENGLISH    COLONIAL  GOVERNMENT ORIGINAL 

COUNTIES EVENTS    IN    TETO.'i — ENGLISH    3UPREM.VCY    IN  WESTERN    NEW 

YOEE. 

To  understand  the  character,  sociality,  religious  freedom,  and  industrial  ener- 
gies manifested  by  the  early  settlers  of  western  New  York,  it  is  essential  to  learn 
the  causes  of  emigration,  the  disciplinary  forces  of  arbitrary  power,  and  adverse 
circumstances  of  colonization. 

The  discovery  of  America  in  1492  excited  emotions  of  astonishment,  followed 
by  Spanish  avarice,  cruelty,  and  desolation.  Their  vesscb  did  not  explore  the 
northern  coasts,  whase  sterile,  rock-bound  shares  prvsented  no  attractive  features; 
this  w;is  left  to  Eni^lish  enterprise.  A  new  national  right  was  recognized — the 
rir^ht  of  discovery;  and  to  obtain  a  cl::im  in  the  new  world  letters  patent  were 
granted  by  Henry  VII.  to  John  Cabot,  a  Venetian  navigator,  who,  accompanied 
by  his  son  Seb;istian,  set  sail  to  ac*)uirc  the  title.  With  no  port  to  make,  Cab-jt 
continued  westward  until  the  furLiddin:i,  desolate  coa.-<t  of  Labrador  came  in  view 
on  June  2-1;  1497,  and-  thus  by  an  Italian  mariner  England  became  the  discoverer 
of  North  America.  The  general  national  desire  to  discover  a  shorter  route  to 
the  Indies  found  fruitless  effort,  but  resulted  in  explorations  of  inestimable  im- 
portance. The  English  kini;  made  no  uso  of  his  advantages.  In  14'J8,  Sehx^tian 
Cabot  made  a  second  voyage  for  purposes  of  traffic.  Inclement  weather  drove 
him  to  southern  exploration,  and  his  vessels  s.iiled  from  off  the  coast  of  New- 
foundland to  Florida,  whence  arose  the  priority  of  English  claim  to  a  territory 
eleven  degrees  in  width  and  of  unknown  extent  westward. 

Francis  I.  of  France,  desiring  the  commercial  advantages  supposed  to  be  oi>ened 
up  in  the  west  and  emulating  the  cntL'rprisc  of  Spain  and  England,  en;j;agud  the 
services  of  Jeaa  de  Verrazano,  a  Florentine,  and  sent  out  an  expedition  in  1524. 
Verrruano  coasted  seven  hundred  leagues  of  the  shore  in  frail  vessels,  was  the 
discoverer  of  the  b;iy  of  New  York,  and  w.is  the  first  Eui\<pi'nn  to  tread  the  soil 
of  the  Empire  St;ite.  Treatment  by  the  natives  of  New  England  was  nunt 
cordial,  yet  the  disposition  to  kidnap  them  w;i3  here  a."  elsewhere  indulged  to 
Europc;in  disgrace.  The  return  was  safely  made,  and  French  title  gained  but 
not  aswrtcd.  The  memory  of  srninire  vLtitorH  in  wingixl  !*hips  had  become  tradi- 
tion amon-  the  lr->qn',i^  when,  on  i<.  p.t.nnber  4,  IGOIt.  Henry  Hudn-n,  an  En-Ii-h- 
man  employed  by  the  Dutch  Kl-i  India  Company,  discovering,  entered  the  river 
which  now  be;ira  his  njme,  and  ascended  the  stream  to  a  point  near  Albany.     Ui^ 


HISTORY  OF  :M0NR0E  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


jAcht,  the  "  Half  MuoD,"  a  vessel  of  about  ciL'hty  tons'  burthen,  was  observeii  by 
cruwda  of  the  .\f'f}>ttias.  or  .Ifohayrhs,  and  the  natives  were  then.'  tau'.'ht  thoir 
initiatory  Icasoos  in  inruiit'ciiiun.  thirir  fir^t  use  of  Iit|Uor3.  Civiiizati'^n'a  primal 
oootict  with  bajbarisin  was  marked  by  unpnjvoked  ma^'^acre  and  the  introduction 
of  the  red  man's  cun?e.  From  the  Indians  Hudion  obtained  corn,  beans,  pump- 
kina,  grapes,  and  tobacco,  products  of  the  country.  Returning;  to  Kn-jrland.  Hudson 
sent  hia  etuployera  an  account  of  his  serricus.  wi?  funii-hci  a  ship  by  the  English, 
ftod  sect  to  find  a  northwest  passage  to  the  Pacific.  He  diijcovcrcd  the  bay  which 
perpetuates  hia  meicory,  reached  its  limits,  waa  put  with  othora  in  a  smal!  boat, 
and  left  to  perish  by  a  mutinous  crew.  .The  fite  of  the  adventurouii  explorer  ia 
oukoown  ;  hia  memory  is  indestructible,  Holland  claimed  under  Hudson's  dis- 
covery the  territory  from  Cape  Cod  to  the  southern  shore  of  Delaware  bay.  To 
thia  thrice-discovered  rcirion  the  Dutch  crave  the  name  New  Xetherlands.  A 
trading  vessel  was  sent  in  1310  to  the  Hudson  river,  and  three  years  later  fliur 
hooaes  were  built  on  Manhattan  Island,  while  trading  boats  traversed  every  stream 
and  inlet  in  the  vicinity.  In  1614.  riirht  was  piven  to  all  ori^nal  discoverera  of 
American  buds  to  make  four  voyai^ca  thither  lor  trade,  and  extensive  explorations 
of  the  New  York  coast  resulted.  Dunn?  thi.i  year  two  forM  were  built, — one  at 
the  h^^d  of  niviLritinn  below  A!b?.nT.  the  other  on  the  '"V'S  rni-if  of  M  .^h'ttin 
Island.  Agents  were  sent  in  every  direction  amono;  the  Indians  to  secure  their 
trade,  and,  i.T  IGIS,  at  a  poio':  near  Albany,  a  treaty  was  made  with  the  Five 
J/iitions,  which  the  Dutch  strove  to  make  lasting  and  the  later  English  cultivated 
most  assiduously  and  successfully.  "The  Dutch,"  said  the  Iroquois,  "are  our 
brethren  \  we  have  but  one  council-fire  with  them;  a  covenant  chain  unites  us  as 
OM  fiesh." 

In  1623,  Fort  Orange  was  erected  within  the  present  limits  of  Albany,  and  in 
the  year  followiog  Peter  \Iinuit  arrive-l  as  the  first  director  of  Nu.f  Netherlands, 
and  with  him  came  fjmilic^  from  the  Belgian  frontier,  known  as  Walloons.  At 
their  settlement  near  Manhattan  island  Sarah  de  Rapelja  was  bom,  in  June,  1625. 
She  was  the  first  child  of  European  parentage  bom  in  New  Yo'-k.  Staten  Island 
waa  bought  m  1626  from  the  Indians  for  twenty-four  dollars,  and  Fort  Amsterdam 
erected  thereon.  Wouter  Van  Twillcr,  a  relation  of  Van  Uensst^Iaer.  succeeded 
Minuit  in  1633 ;  and  at  this  time  came  the  firet  minister,  Rev.  Everardus 
Bogardus,  and  the  finit  sch'><il-mister.  Ad.im  Roelandsen,  to  the  colony.  Five 
years  later  William  Kieft  bet-ame  rlirect/)r.  His  intemperate  acts  drove  the 
Indiana  to  arms,  and  a  war  wa^zed  which  threatened  the  colony  with  extermina- 
tion. Peace  wa^  concluded  by  the  powerful  intervention  of  the  Mokaurks  in 
1645,  during  which  Kieft  wa3  recalled  and  Peter  Stuyvesant  appointed  in  his. 
place.  From  1G40  the  EiglL-h.  who  twenty  years  before  had  settled  at  Plymouth 
by  Dutch  permission,  gradually -encroached  upon  the  colony  regardless  of  remon- 
strance, fearless  of  force,  and  claiming  the  whole  territory  through  Cabot'a  dis- 
covery. Stuyvesant  restricted  the  privUeires  of  the  c^lonisLs;  a  convention  of 
delegates  from  the  various  towns  met  in  1653  at  New  Amsterdam  to  petition  for 
redress,  without  avail. 

This  refusal  waa  the  knell  of  Dutch  administration.  On  March  30.  16G4, 
Charles  II.  of  England,  ignoring  the  right  of  Holland,  granted  the  whole  of  New 
Netherlands  to  his  brother  James,  the  Duke  of  York  and  Albany.  A  fleet,  sent 
out  under  Admiral  Nichols,  forced  the  capitulation  of  the  Dutch  governor  on  the 
6th  of  September.  The  name  of  the  c<jlony  was  changed  to  New  York,  the 
•ettfement  at  New  Amsterdam  to-jk  the  same  name,  and  Fort  Orange  waa  given 
tibe  name  Albany.  The  Dutch  and  En-zliah  colonists  had  hailed  the  change  of 
government  with  satisfaction,  but  soon  found  ihcnu^lves  at  i^^ue  with  the  represent- 
atives of  English  authority.  Colonel  Nichols,  the  first  English  governor,  admin- 
istered till  1667,  with  moderation  and  justice.  Under  his  management  an  unsuc- 
oeasful  attempt  waa  made  to  determine  the  New  York  and  Conn-^cticut  boundaries, 
and  on  June  1-2,  1066,  New  York  city  received  its  charter.  He  waa  aueceeded 
by  the  tyranX  of  New  England.  Edmund  Andros.  who  was  followed  by  Colonel 
Dongan.  In  October,  1633,  Dongan,  being  governor,  celebrate*!  his  accession  by 
granting  permission  to  the  p«.-opIe  to  elect  an  a.'^sembly  consisting  of  a  house  of 
representatives,  eighteen  in  number,  chosen  by  freeholders.  This,  the  fir^t  coli>. 
nial  assembly  in  the  province  of  New  York.  to-:ik  the  present  form  of  a  pjvemor, 
coancil  for  senate  and  x'>embly,  with  this  important  distinction,  that  then  the 
power  rested  with  the  irijvcrnor  and  the  councd.  while  by  con.>^tant  and  successful 
effort  the  count-il  has  been  changtxl  to  a  senate  and  the  authority  to  the  immediate 
representatives  of  the  people. 

The  French  scttlemcnU  persistently  endeavored  to  curtail  and  destroy  the  Eng- 
lish colony,  and  but  for  the  vigor  of  the  wnfod.rate  Imlians  would  have  succeeded. 
The  governors,  tyrannous  in  control  and  inftEciont  in  protective  measures,  brought 
the  colony  into  contempt,  only  rclievc^l  hy  the  resolution  and  encrrv  of  Schuyler, 
ably  seconded  hy  Fletclicr  durinc  the  winter  of  1603.  The  revolutions  in  Eng- 
land, the  chang'^s  of  covcrnmont.  » xtemled  to  her  provinre'j,  and  gave  rise  to  an 
erent  of  the  highest  importance  to  the  subcei]uent  relation  bctwecu  the  two  claidca 


known  as  proprietors  and  the  people.  The  execution  of  Leialer  and  Milbourne, 
so  manifestly  unjust,  drew  wide  and  deep  the  line  between  a  people  whose  hard- 
ships in  a  new  land  entitled  them  to  a  voice  in  their  own  government  and  the  dis- 
position of  theirown  pniporty,  and  the  "  patruons."  or  br^e  lande<i  proprietors  and 
intended  ari3t<x:rata,  who  aimed  to  establish  here  the  invidioua  distincliona  lung 
known  and  maintained  in  the  parent-land.  The  strife  so  b'?gun  continued  to  in- 
crease in  ita  intensity  until  the  straggle  for  independenco  called  all  to  ann.s,  when, 
under  the  d&^ignatlons  of  Whi::  and  Tory,  bitter  feelings  found  vent  in  the  cruel- 
ties which  have  made  the  name  uf  Tory  infamous.  It  remains  to  trace  the  pro- 
gress of  events  in  Albany  and  Tryoo  counties  westward  till  the  war  for  independ- 
ence and  the  foothold  of  French  and  English  upon  the  lands  of  the  Senecaa  in 
the  region  of  the  lakes. 

It  was  in  16S3  that  the  province  of  New  York  was  divided  into  countless,  ten 
in  number.  Of  these  waa  Albany,  which  embraced  all  that  p-jrtion  of  the  t^^rritory 
north  of  Ulster  and  Duti.bes3  counries,  and  wc-^t  of  the  Hudson  river.  The  cii- 
ouiata  so  far  had  clung  to  the  coiist,  the  sound,  and  the  lowt-r  portion  of  the  river, 
and  had  located  oriirinally  for  purposes  of  traffic,  and  had  become  permanently 
established  through  habitude.  The  commencement  of  improvement  and  settle- 
m-^tit  west  of  Schenectady  svxs  made  by  men  who  sought  in  the  wilds  of  the  forest 
the  exercise  of  the  rights  of  conscience  and  freedom  to  worship  God.  No  con- 
victs of  an  eastern  nation,  no  adventurers  for  power  and  wealth  were  they,  no  scum 
of  royalty  nor  dregs  of  populace,  but  refugees  for  cherished  faith. 

With  promise  of  bnda  from  Queen  Anne,  three  thousand  German  palatines 
emigrated  to  this  countay,  and,  landing  at  New  York,  the  majority  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania, while  seven  hundred  persons,  directed  by  seven  captaius,  took  their  way 
to  a  tract  of  twenty  thousand  acres  situated  on  the  borders  of  the  Schoharie  river. 
Without  resources  save  their  own,  they  enterc<l  upon  their  work  of  estabIi?>hiog 
their  homes.  The  products  of  the  forest  and  the  stream  iravc  scanty  subsistence, 
and  in  lanre  bands  they  made  journeys  for  grain  to  Schenectady,  fearing  else  the 
attacks  of  wild  beasts  In  1711  their  fir>t  wheat  was  nu«pd:  it  wi<i  o.,If!v.,fed 
with  the  hoe  upon  land  cleared  and  prepared  without  plow  or  team,  and,  harvested, 
waa  hacked  to  Schenectady  for  grinding.  One  Lindsley,  a  Scotchman,  in  173U, 
obtained  ownership  of  eight  thousand  acres  in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Cherrv 
Valley,  and  there  settled  with  hid  family.  The  ne:irest  white  neighbor,  reached 
by  Indian  trail,  was  fifteen  miles  away  upon  the  Moliawk.  Fond  of  the  cha-^, 
he  found  ample  means  of  gratifying  his  taste.  In  danger  of  starvation  from  the 
deep  anows  of  the  winter  of  1340,  an  Indian  friend  journeying  upon  snow-shoos 
supplied  him  with  food.  In  1741  a  number  of  families  joined- him,  and  the  set- 
tlement of  Cherry  Valley  had  an  origin.  A  grist-  and  saw-mill  were  in  operaiion 
744,  and  a  condition  of  prosf-erity  was  enjoyed,  so  ikr  as  they  were  eiempt 
','r3  of  French  and  Indian  assailants. 

rilliam  Johnson,  an  Irishman,  nephew  of  Sir  Peter  War- 
ren, an  English  admiral  came  as  his  uncle's  agent  to  manage  a  tract  of  fii^e<_n 
thonsand  acres,  granted  by  government  within  what  is  now  the  town  of  Florida, 
Montgomery  county.  Johnson  located  near  Port  Jackson,  and  began  a  cloie 
study  of  Indian  laoguaire,  character,  and  habits,  and  followed  up  his  intercourse 
by  obtaining  a  controlling  and  lasting  influence  favorable  to  the  colonics,  perni- 
cious to  the  State.  It  has  been  supposed  that  he  closed  his  own  life  to  avoid  taking 
part  against  the  coloniea,  since  the  receipt  of  favors  iWu  the  British  had  plated 
him  under  strong  obligations.  Settlements  crept  gradually  westward.  In  171G 
a  purcha,^  in  the  present  town  of  Amsterdam  was  ma'ie  by  Philip  Groat,  who 
waa  drowned  while  removing  thither  his  family.  The  widow  and  her  sons  made 
the  settlement,  and  in  ITliO  had  erected  a  grist-mill.  The  first  merdiant  west  of 
Schenectady  was  Giles  Fonda,  whose  trade  was  chiefly  confined  to  the  confederates, 
and  who  had  posts  at  Oswego,  Niagara,  Schlo=3er.  and  other  points. 

Tryon  county  waa  organized  from  Albany  in  177-,  and  derived  its  name  from 
the  last  royal  governor.  It  included  al]  the  province  west  of  Sclioharie  county, 
and  was  divided  into  five  districts,  called  Mohawk.  Can.ajoharic.  Palatine,  Gcnoan 
Flata,  and  King^latid ;  die  last  two  included  the  greater  part  of  the  western  s*'t- 
tleraenta.  The  first  coart  was  held  in  Johnstown,  on  September  8,  1772.  Guy 
Johnson,  judge,  as  were  John  Butler  and  Peter  Conyne,  assii^ted  by  five  judges 
and  six  justices.  Namca  of  officials  show  how  the  powers  of  law  and  izoveruuicnt 
were  held,  and  the  iiu|Kjesibility  of  American  freedom  without  a  rcvuluti«in.  The 
acquirement  of  English  supremacy  in  western  New  York  oncp  nl.taiUL-«l  waa  held 
tenaciously  long  after  tho  colonies  had  mined  their  in<lcpond''nfe,  and  wxs  une 
ground  of  the  war  against  Great  Britain.  It  is  a  notable  feature  of  hi>("ry  con- 
nected with  the  Genesee  country  that  its  ownership  was  a  subject  of  controversy 
between  nations.  States,  and  companies,  and  its  proprietors,  previou.-*  to  acttlcment, 
seemed  instinctively  to  know  its  n;itural  adv.int;ige3  and  capacities.  The  losauns 
taught  in  school-  tn-at  ligfctly  of  thi.-*  tnpic,  and,  save  a  few  isolated  facta,  the  his- 
tory of  these  western  re'^>iid  of  the  State  is  thought  to  be  of  limitdl  iinpnrtao'X'; 
I  should  be  tnie.      The  English  claimed  western  New  York  from  their 


from  the  inv:iJ','r3  of  Fre 
Daring  l^^lo,  Sir  Wi 


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gHuiiCfl  with  iu  uativp  po^^'^soni.  arni,  ainzularly  cfioush,  the  French  hjd  the 
gatne  bails  of  rt-:i-?on.  The  S^iuvaj  were  in-lcpendent,  anii  scorn  d  the  supremacy 
of  either.  French  influence  waa  fostered  by  the  Jesuit  pricstj,  but  no  une 
further  pnimoteil  their  interr-its  than  JoDcaire.  a  captive  Frecchman.  adupted  by 
the  Se^ieca  tribe.  It  li  notable  thai  the  F^nch  allied  themselves  by  marrixje 
with  the  Indiana,  and  couformed  to  their  cusisma.  The  Engliah  seldom  ao  tkr 
fcrgot  or  ignored  thoir  hi'iher  culture.  Id  1721,  Joncaire  had  built  a  cabin  at 
Lewi:»toD,  and  had  founded  an  Indi.ui  settlement  He  waa  familiar  with  the  cotirs*: 
ef  the  Gencaee,  and  the  sulphur  springs  at  Avon,  and.  fla<-nt  in  the  lan:ruaee  of 
the  IroquaU,  waa  influential  for  hia  elmiuence.  .  It  waa  in  1725  that  Joncaire  and 
French  officers,  divertin;^  the  iS^neccu  upon  a  hunting  excursion,  employed  a  body 
of  Iroopa  to  erect  a  fort  at  Niagara  so  strun'.^  that,  on  their  return,  it  waa  sale  frv>ia 
attack.  A  year  later  and  the  KDu'lish  had  built  a  fort  at  Osweso,  and  had  eftah- 
lisbed  a  trading  post  at  Iroodequoit  bay.  The  war  of  supreiKacy  to  be  cioee*!  by 
the  conquest  of  one  p.^rty  bci;an  in  17.54.  .\n  English  exp'^dition  UL-.^inat  Niairara 
vaa  a  failure.  Id  175t;.  Oswego  was  captured  by  Montcaim.  In  May,  1759,  an 
army  under  Genend  Prideain  moved  from  Schenectady  to  Oswego.  The  force  oom- 
pria«l  two  British  rc-.Titn*'n*s.  a  btxiv  of  .\mericans.  and  many  of  the  Iroquots.  The 
army,  provided  with  bateaux,  set  out  July  1.  and,  following  the  southern  Oataric 
coast,  encamped  by  ni'jht  uj  on  the  ^hore.  The  bay  at  Sodus  waa  the  first  niizht's 
harbor ;  then  successively  at  Irondcijuoit,  Braddock's  bay,  Johnson's  creek,  and 
finally  at  a  creek  eighteen  miles  from  the  fort  As  they  had  progressed  the 
heavy  guns  had  beon  discharged  at  intervals,  and  their  deep  b.xim  through  the 
fcresta  announced  their  coming  and  their  power.  The  armament  waa  disembarked, 
and  the  siege  began.  It  ended  in  the  defeat  of  a  bociy  of  French  and  western 
Indians  twenty-five  hundred  strong,  and  led  by  General  Aubrey,  who  tempted 
to  succor  the  gturisiin,  and  in  the  surrender  of  the  fort.  It  required  all  the  com- 
mand of  Sir  Willuui  Johnson  to  restrain  the  iro^^uots  from  a  massacre,  and  the 
plucder  of  the  fort  w.ia  given  them  as  a  diversion.  With  the  fall  of  Niagara  fell  the 
French  power,  and  the  way  waa  opened  tor  the  coionial  struggle.  F rancv.  jealou^d 
and  revengeful,  gave  her  armies  to  America,  and  the  surrender  at  Torktowa  was 
the  finale  of  European  rivalry  and  American  independeoce. 


CHAPTER  IIL 

THI  RELATION  OP  THE  BOEDER  WARFAKE  TO  StJBSEQUENT  SETTLEMErTT — THE 

XASSACBEa    OP    wrOMLSG    AND    CHERRY    TALLEr OESERAL     iULLIVANS 

IIPEDmON — AN    CNK.NOWN    REGION     E.XPLORKD THE     VALLEY    OP    THE 

OENZSEE — A  PROSrECTITE  HOME — THE    ROUTE  OF  DROVERS MISSIONAST, 

TB.ADER8,   AND   CAPTIVES. 

From  eril,  good  rrsulta.  The  horrors  of  war  precede  the  greatest  triumphs  of 
peace.  _The  neutrality  of  the  confederates  would  have  entitled  them  to  consider- 
ation,  and  ignoVance  ©f  the  rich  lands  where  fi-om  time  immemorial  their  villages 
had  stood  and  com  and  fruit  been  raise-i  would  have  deferred  its  occupation. 

With  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution.  Johnson,  Butler,  Brandt,  and  other 
toriea  removed  to  the  west,  accompanied  by  the  Mohawk  tribe  or  nation.  Joseph 
Brandt  settled  the  Indians  at  Lewiston,  where  be  built  a  small  log  church.  A  bell 
brought  from  on  Indian  church  upon  the  Mohawk  was  hung  upon  a  cross-bar  in 
flie  fork  of  i  tree,  and  servic-cs  were  occasionally  held  by  the  British  chaplain  at 
Fort  Niagara.  Tht  influence  of  Johnson  drew  to  the  BritUh  interea'.  many  set- 
tlers along  the  Moha«k,  and  the  parties  once  peaceable  neighbors  became  most 
implacable  enemies. 

It  waa  in  June,  1777,  that  Brandt  appeared  at  Unadilla  with  a  party  of  abont 
eighty  Indians.  He  demandi-d  fi>od.  which  being  supplied,  lie  departed.  On  a 
day  in  July,  General  Herkimer,  with  three  hundred  and  eighty  militia,  came  to 
Unadilla,  where  Brandt  appeared  with  one  hundred  and  eishty  warriors  He  was 
UTogaot  and  insttlent,  and  intimated  that  Wiu>ever  gave  the  most  presentj*  would 
hmTs  his  support.  .Vt  a  5ii:nal,  the  Indians,  shouting,  repaired  to  their  camp, 
whence  they  returned,  raising  the  war-whixjp.  Brandt  manifested  a  readiness  to 
fight,  but  Herkimer  forbore  in  hopia  of  peaceful  settlement.  This  was  the  last 
conference  with  the  conft.'dcritcs  to  .'Secure  their  neutrality.  Immediately  there- 
after, Johnson  calleri  a  council  at  (.)swo;io,  and  the  Kn^lLsh  influence  prevailed. 
Colonel  Gansevoort,  with  the  Third  Xvw  Vork.  had  been  p<.'-'ted  at  Fort  J^t-huvlcr, 
a  part  of  the  present  site  of  U^mie,  since  .\pril.  and  on  .\ugu.-.t  Z  wxh  bosictred 
by  General  St.  Lcger,  who  had  marched  fn-m  O^wciro  with  a  force  of  seventeen 
hundred   men.     Genertd  Herkimer,  attempting  to  juio  Gansevoort  with  seven 


hundred  men,  was  ambu.«caded  by  tones  and  Indians  under  Butler  and  Brandt. 
The  Tan  was  destroyed.  The  rear  fled  confu.^edly,  hotly  pursued;  the  centra 
facing  outward,  treed  and  held  their  ground.* 

The  flghtin'.:  had  continued  for  .come  time,  when  Major  Watson,  a  brother.in- 
law  of  Sir  John  .Fohnson,  brought  up  a  detachment  of  Johnson's  Grv-ens.  The 
bl.>od  of  the  Germans  boiled  with  indignation  at  the  sight  of  those  men.  Many 
of  the  ''Greens'  were  pei-s-tna'dy  known  to  them.  They  had  fled  their  country, 
and  were  now  returned  in  arms  to  subdue  it.  Their  presence,  under  any  circum- 
stances,  would  have  kindk-d  up  the  resentment  of  those  militia;  but  coming  as 
they  now  did,  in  aid  of  a  retreating  foe,  called  into  exercise  the  most  hitter  feel- 
ings of  hostility.  They  fired  upon  them  as  they  advanced,  and  then,  rushing 
from  behind  their  covers,  attacked  them  with  their  bayonets,  and  those  who  had 
none  with  the  butt  ends  of  their  muskets.  This  contest  waa  maintained,  hand- 
to-hand,  for  nearly  half  an  hour.  The  "  Greens"  made  a  good  resisuvnce.  but  were 
obliged  to  give  way  under  the  fury  of  their  assailants.  A  sally  was  made  from 
the  fort,  the  camp  plundered,  and  return  made  without  loss.  Genera!  Herkimer 
behaved  heroically,  and,  disabled  by  a  musket-shot,  was  placed  a  little  removed 
from  the  struggle,  where  he  smoked  a  pipe  and  g:ive  orders.  His  limb  was  am- 
putated, mortified,  and  caused  hia  death.  The  .Vraericana  lost  four  hundred  killed 
and  wounded.  The  Indians  had  one  hundred  killed,  thirty  of  whom  were  iSenecas. 
The  tories  and  Engk-^h  had  one  hundred  killed. 

The  siege  of  Fort  Schuyler  ended  on  .August  22.  It  vras  raised  partly  by  the 
approach  of  a  brigade  under  .Vmold,  and  in  part  by  the  tale  of  a  "foolish  " 
refugee,  who  exaggerated  the  numbers  of  the  approaching  force  as  "  many  as  the 
forest.|eaves,"  and  caused  the  withdrawal  of  the  Indians.  Lieutenant  Leger 
found  his  way  via  Oswego  and  .^lontreal  to  Bunioyne.  Brandt  and  Butler,  with 
their  white  and  red  partisans,  laid  wiste  the  frontiers,  and  many  a  Iol'  house  flamed 
at  midnight,  and  many  a  family  met  cruel  deaths.  Two  events  illustrate  the 
horrors  of  the  border,  the  massacres  of  Wyoming  and  Cherry  Valley.     Colonel 

ward  over  the  Genesee  country  down  to  the  valley  of  Wyoming.  Colonel  Zebulon 
Butler,  a  Continental  officer,  chanced  to  be  at  home,  and  assumed  command  of 
the  militia.  TTie  Americana  set  out  to  surprise  their  enemies,  and  failed.  A 
battle  resulted  in  which  no  quarter-was  shown.  The  defeated  militia  found  shelter 
at  Fort  Wyoming,  which  was  filled  with  women  and  children,  and  indetensible. 
The  fort  was  surrounded,  and  the  garrison  capitulated  under  a  pledge  of  protec- 
tion, which  was  wholly  ignored,  and  the  mercile-ss  savages  swept  the  valley  with 
ruin.  Brandt  attempted  a  surprise  at  German  Flats,  but  the  population  escaped, 
and  only  their  proy^rty  was  destroyed.  A  fort  had  been  built  by  order  of  La 
Fayette  in  Cherry  Valley  during  177S.  and  a  garrison  placed  within,  under  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Aldeu.  This  officer  was  notifietj  of  the  approaching  enemy,  but 
took  no  precautionary  measures.  All  rested  in  fancied  security  till  the  yella  of 
the  fierce  Iroquois  app.alled  the  ear,  and  their  keen  weapons  speedily  acc.implished 
their  dreadful  work.  The  fort  repelled  as.sault  with  a  telling  fire,  and  ali  without 
were  killed  or  captured.  Night  came,  and  a  body  of  prisoners  were  taken  to  the 
woods,  and  pbced  within  a  circle  of  fires,  where  they  remaiced  till  morning,  when 
all  the  women  and  children  were  set  free  except  .^Irs.  Campbell  and  Jlrs.  .Moore 
and  their  children.  They  were  taken  to  Kanadesaga  (Geneva)  and  adopted  into 
Indian  familiea.  By  making  up  clothing  for  the  squaws,  and  efforts  at  ple;ising 
them,  Mrs.  Campbell  won  influence  and  improved  her  condition.  She  was  t-iken 
by  the  Senecas  to  Niagara,  and  finally  with  her  children  reached  her  old  home. 

Sullivan's  expedition  against  the  eonfcdcratea  to  their  homes  in  the  valley  of 
the  Genesee  in  177D  grew  out  of  the  atrocitiea  of  which  we  have  spoken,  and  is 
worthy  of  record  for  its  bearing  upon  the  settlement  of  this  country.  To  this 
time  the  Sfnecaa  had  been  secure  through  their  LsoK-uion,  and  returned  from 
their  bloody  raids  to  security.  Now  General  W;Lshin'.rton  determined  to  send  an 
army  to  lay  waste  their  villages  and  capture  Foh  Niagara, — the  liepot  of  their 
supplies.  General  Sullivan  waa  appointed  to  command  the  expedition,  and  set 
out  for  Wyoming,  where  a  force  was  concentrated,  and  advanced  to  'TioL'a  I'oint. 
Morgan's  riflemen,  and  other  troops  to  the  number  of  fitleen  hundred  men,  in 
command  of  General  James  Clinton,  j'tlncd  Sullivan  on  August  22,  1771),  and 
the  whole  force  under  Sullivan  set  out  with  great  caution  upon  the  proposed  cam- 
paign. The  army  numbered  about  five  thoutind  men,  and,  well  supplied  with 
artillery  and  a  month's  rations,  proceeded  up  the  Tioga. 

The  Indians  derided  the  aupposied  folly  of  attempting  to  march  a  regular  army 
through  the  foasta  .such  a  distance  to  drive  thcni  from  their  villages,  but  when 
they  found  that  army  actually  advancing,  they  rallied  at  Newtown.  Butler  and 
Brandt  came  from  Canada;  the  former  to  head  his  rangem,  the  latter  to  command 
the  Indians.  Within  a  few  miles  of  Newtown  the  Americans  found  the  enemy 
posted  behind  a  li'g  brc.\-itwort,  from  which  they  were  quickly  driven  with  le^s. 

•  Campbell'!  Ammli. 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORIv. 


At  *  short  distance,  a  second  uland  w.-u  maJe  Ivliiod  anuther  eitcn'ied  bivftflt- 
leork.  The  armj  wu  diviMf^.  auti  tan;h  win::  wjs  onJ>*reti  to  mareii,  the  one  to 
tkt  right  the  other  to  the  lA.  and  encomp.i.-3  the  enerar :  while  to  hold  tCi^ra  from 
retreJting  shc-lla  weru  thruwn  over  them,  which,  bur-im^  in  thiir  reir.  caai-d  a 
dull  throogh  one  wing  ot"  th>:  army,  whereby  bu(h  =iJe;*  loct  considerribiy.  At  a 
pl««  on  tho  river  called  the  Xarrows  many  Indians  -,rere  killed.  The  road  was 
BOW  opeo,  and  the  adTance  wa5  cautii>usly  rx.-=>umcil  dirccily  to  the  head  ;if  Seneca 
Uie,  thence  down  the  lake  to  KanjJ.>a-.-a,  which  was  evacraaiwi  by  all  but  one— 
aboy  of  sevea  jeara,  found  isk-ep  in  a  hut,  and  adc^'L4ri  by  an  o^i'^r.  The  women  ■ 
sod  children  fled,  a  pitial>le  throat',  to  Niairara.  while  in  vain  the  Indians  atretupted 
in  ambuscaiie.  Frum  the  mouth  of  Seneca  bLe  the  advance  wa3  made  without 
resistaQce  by  the  outlets  of  the  Canandai.;ua,  Honeove.  and  HemL-ck  hk*^  to  the 
head  of  Conesua  lake,  where  camp  waj  made  up.jn  what  is  known  a.i  Henderson's 
txta.  Tho  Indians  took  their  stand  in  vain  ;  hii  scouts  wcirc  practiced  riflemen, 
md  the  troops  wer«  constantly  on  the  alert,  trhiie  morning  and  evenin;^  the  boom 
of  a  single  t^nnon  told  of  advance  and  halt, — a  .-icnai  of  humanity  to  the  lielp- 
leas,  a  menacing  dctianee  to  the  w.arrior. 

The  army  lay  in  camp ;  behind  them  was  a  well-marked  rout«,  and  where  the 
Tillages  had  stood  a:ihes  and  smouldering  lirea  lay  in  heaps ;  where  large  orchards 
had  ^.tj*jw.--  -.4:^.'.-  :...-.  ''v3  ^vcs  ^ -.d  1  ne  ihe'r  wnrl:.  md  wide  over  the 
eom-fielda  lay  the  withering  stalks. — a  complete  scene  of  dc-solation.  At  du.ik  of 
the  day  io  camp  a  party  of  twenty-one  riflemen  were  sent  out  under  Lieutenant 
Boyd  to  reconnoitre  near  the  Gv*nesce  river,  between  Genesee  and  .^Icunt  Morris, 
and  guided  by  Hanayerry,  a  friendly  Oneida.  The  di?unce  to  Little  ik'ard's  town 
vas  but  seven  miles;  but  tho  rtiute,  the  dnrknc:ss,  and  the  ref^uired  caution  mcde 
tdtance  laborious,  and  the  village  waj  reached  at  a  late  hour,  and  found  but 
lately  abandoned,  as  the  fires  were  still  burning  in  the  huts.  Boyd  decided  to 
halt  till  morning  near  by,  and  just  before  cLiyli^ht  sent  two  men  back  to  report 
th«  enemy  uodiicovercd.  After  daylight  the  party  again  approached  the  vilLi^re, 
Bear  which  two  Indians  were  3<?en  skulkine.  A  Vir:riniaD,  named  Murphy,  a 
SCtid  scon?,  shot  one  of  the  luJi.ina  and  to«k  his  scJp  ;  the  o'her  fled.  Conceal- 
B>eat  was  no  longer  possible,  and  the  party  immediately  began  to  retrace  their 
way  to  the  army. 

They  were  within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  the  camp  when  discovery  was  made 
that  Brandt  and  Butler,  in  heavy  force,  occupied  a  ravine,  interceptins  farther 
RtariL  B"iyd  saw  his  forlorn  hope  of  breaking  throuirh,  and.  eno,»uragin'j  his 
B>«D,  gave  the  command  to  advance.  At  the  Srst  attack  the  riflemen  killed 
aereral  of  the  enemy  and  met  no  loss ;  twice  more  the  attempt  to  go  through  was 
VBSacce^£f\llly  made.  Mur|.hy  and  sis  others  e<car-eij.  ten  were  kille-l,  and  Lieu- 
tenant Boyd  and  a  soldier  named  Parker  were  captured.  Boyd  reiiuestt.Hi  to  <ee 
Bnodt,  who  at  once  came  forward  and  was  met  by  an  appeal  known  to  the  initiated 
IS  the  call  of  "  a  brother  in  distress."  The  -chief  promised  his  influence  as  a 
protection.  The  prisoners  were  taken  to  the  Indbn  villaire  near  Moscow  of  to- 
day,  and,  during  the  tei^.porar;,-  absence  of  Bnindt.  were  interrogated  by  Butler 
reEp«cting  the  force  and  intention.^  of  Sullivan.  The  infjrmaiion  was  rvr'u^ed, 
■fid  Boyd  was  put  to  mo^t  inhuman  torture,  which  chjscd  with  euttinc:  off  his 
head.  Parker  wa3  beheade'i,  but  not  tortured.  The  army,  hearing  the  tiring, 
adTaoced  towards  the  Genesee,  and  at  the  bat:le-CT0und  found  and  burici  the 
ilaJD.  Arrived  at  Gene=ce,  a  crossing  was  effected,  and  the  country  was  *cuuped 
along  the  river;  villages  were  burned  and  all  -"ubsistence  destr^iyed.  The  muti- 
Uted-remaina  of  Boyd  and  Parksr  were  found  and  buried  under  a  clump  of  wild 
plam-trees.  The  anjiy  abandon<?d  the  advance  on  Nia'jara,  returned  upon  their 
route,  and  went  into  camp  at  Morristown.  Xew  Jersey. 

Bnmdt  led  his  Indians  along  the  Niagara  trail  to  .Canada,  while  Butler  with  his 
riogers  marched  to  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river,  and  s«nt  a  runner  to  Niagara 
fof  boal3.  They  remained  in  camp  several  days,  kindled  no  fires.  dischar.??d  no 
guns,  and  k.pt  chx,  in  dread  of  discovery  by  the  American  scouts,  and  when 
the  boats  arrived  were  sufferin.-  for  tiAxl. 

The  Indians  never  recovered  from  the  blow.  and.  during  the  enauin'.'  winter, 
hang  about  the  Briti.~h  poits,  fmm  whu^  suprlies  suh-i.stencc  was  -mniily  fur- 
nished. Haodreils  died,  and  in  the  sprln-,-  the  vil'.a-_-es  west  of  the  Gene-'cc  were 
those  east  lay  as  the  army  Irl't  them  till  the  time  w.-w  come  fiT  white 
The  revengeful  feelincr*  implant*^  by  puni-huiciit  f.mnd  vent  in  the 
year*  following,  and  the  life  of  many  a  .settlor  was  ruthlcs.-'ly  taken.  Peace  VAmv, 
and  the  Seimat,  sulhn  and  defi.int,  Icll  the  war-path  ujion  which  it  was  their 
delight  to  travel. 

There  had  come  west  with  Sullivan  m.iny  a  s-Jdicrwhiiw  eye  quickly  contm-tnl 
the  Batumi  scenes  of  beauty  and  the  numcpiiL-«  ort-hardj  and  cum-field.s  pluntt>d 
upon  the  rich  soil  with  the  sterile  and  unprumi-inc  ea*tcm  hntht.  Irresistible  in 
force,  the  mind  wis  Icll  fn-c  to  observe  the  nature  and  rcjurces  of  tho  country. 
The  inarch  through  the  Mohawk  valley  and  along  the  interior  lakes  prcsent<sJ 
aaaj  a  fine  farm  site;  but  when  they  entered  the  valley  of  the  Gencs«!,  langua^j; 


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turned  to  tho 


was  incapable  of  denating  the  hopes 
raid  of  Sullivan  became  famous;  it  ' 
the  discovery  of  its  highest  ad.irtatinn  U 
at  night  by  the  bivouac  fires,  which  « 
trunks  and  mas«ive  branches  of  tho  dei 
as  tenant  or  owner  of  sorae  barren  littli 
bounded  tracts  npon  which  like  industry  w 
Little  retked  they  of  the  labor  They  s-aw  the  '^-radations  of 
when  JL-ain  at  heme,  the  tales  of  war  with  the  lodiau-s  were  ble 
tions  of  the  country  they  had  s*.>en.  and  the  attention  of  others 
distant  field  of  promise.  In  the  army,  and  acting  as  an  aid  to  General  Sullivan, 
was  Major  Adam  Htwper,  a  I'hiladtlphian,  and  atterwards  an  inti[n.ate  friend  of 
Rfjbert  Morris,  whoso  patriotism  and  financial  ability  had  been  so  well  shown 
during  the  war.  Major  Ilofjper  brought  back  glowing  accounts  of  the  richness 
and  beauty  of  the  Genesee  valley,  and  its  desirability  .as  a  home,  and  others  con- 
firming these  assertions,  the  minds  of  speculators  and  others  were  turned  to  these 
lands  as  a  sate  investment,  either  for  profit  or  settlement.  But  a  bar  esisted  t» 
action ;  the  ownership  was  to  be  decided  prior  to  occupation. 

There  lived  in  the  Genesee  country  for  many  yeara  a  missionary  known  as 
Samuel  Kirkland.  He  set  not  to  sojourn  with  the  Iroqiioa  on  January  16,  176.5, 
in  company  with  two  ^i^neca  companions.  Arrived  at  Onondaga,  the  influence 
of  Sir  William  John3.-)n  obtained  a  kindly  reception.  Proceeding  to  Kanadesasa, 
formalities  ensued  and  were  renciuded  by  his  adoption  into  the  family  of  the 
sachem.  All  went  well  till  the  sachem  sickened  and  died,  when  a  p'lrtion  of  the 
villagers  determined  upon  Kirkland's  death  ;  a  trial  followed  and  he  was  acouitted. 
During  the  Revolution  and  later  his  influence  restrained  the  Indians  to  some  ex- 
tent from  siding  with  the  British,  and  was  aseful  in  the  conduct  of  various  sub- 
sequent treaties. 

Among  Seneca  captives  were  Horatio  Jones,  taken  in  1781,  and  Jasper  Parrish, 
in  1777;  both  after  a  time  remained  with  the  Indians  in  preference  to  returning 
to  civilization.     A  son,  William  \V.  Jones,  bom  at  G»ineva  in  December,  17-^6, 

of  1790,  Captain  Junes  with  his  family  moved  to  the  Genesee  river,  and  resided 
in  a  hut  left  by  the  Indians.  He  was  appointed  interpreter,  and  held  the  office 
nearty  forty  years.     His  death  took  place  in  IS06,  at  his  home  on  the  Genesee. 

Parrish  was  set  free  by  the  treaty  of  1734 ;  received  the  appointment  of  inter- 
preter and  sub-agent,  and  settled  at  Caiiandaigua  in  1700.  Hi.^  death  occurred  in 
1S36,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine'.  His  early  life  was  one  of  hardship  and  terrible 
memories;  in  later  years  his  services  were  invaluable,  and  his  standinir,  in  the 
pioneer  society  and  later,  high  and  respectable.     White  and  Indian  held  him  in 

Brief  reference  may  be  made  to  the  "  ^Vhlte  Woman,"  Mary  Jemison.  Cap- 
tured when  a  child,  during  the  summer  of  T75.1.  and  ail  her  father's  fiimily  killed 
and  scalped,  she  was  taken  to  Fort  Durjuesne  and  adopted  by  two  Indian  girls  to 
take  the  place  of  a  brother  killed  in  battle.  In  later  year3  she  married  a  Dflatcart, 
whom  she  regarded  with  affection.  She  set  out  with  a  child  in  17  J9  and  traveled 
nearly  sii  hundred  miles  to  the  Genesee  river,  and  filed  her  heme  at  Little  Beard's 
town.  The  journey  00  foot-such  a  di:itance.  throuch  a  forest  swarming  with  wild 
beasts,  of  a  woman  and  her  child,  thoughtl'ully  considered,  is  little  short  of  hero'ism 
and  excitative  of  aiimirution.  Her  first  husband  died,  and  she  arain  taarried. 
The  white  soldiers  destroyed  her  house  and  fields  in  1773,  and,  with  five  children 
to  support,  she  found  an  opportunity  to  husk  com,  and  thereby  earning  twenty. 
five  bushels  of  shelled  com.  placed  herself  above  want.  The  "  Gardeau  reserva- 
tion," a  tract  containing  thirty  *jiiare  miles,  waa  granted  her,  upon  which  she 
lived  till  1K31,  when  she  sold  out  and  bought  on  the  Buffalo  reservation,  and 
there  among  the  Hi-n-cnjt  closed  her  life  on  .■'optcmbcr  10,  1S3.'!. 

Of  Ebenczer  .Vllen  little  need  be  said.  He  was  a  native  of  New  Tork,  1  ranger 
tinder  Brandt  and  Butler,  and  a  Cali-julu  in  cruelty  and  wickedness.  By  stratcsy 
he  prevented  the  Sritecii  from  going  to  war  io  173.'1,  and  was  for  months  the 
object  of  vindictive  pursuit  by  tbe  di-vipp.Miitisl  British.  This  nsleoming  .ict  was 
in  consonani.v  with  others  of  like  kind,  and  his  cfl'nrts  for  peace  were  as  ener.retio 
as  they  h.ad  been  novel.  Further  notice  uf  this  rcni-gnda  is  found  In  the  history 
of  Wheatland  and  the  early  hi-tory  of  lloehester.  In  17U1  the  Seneca  Indians 
dee«led  to  .\llen,  in  trust  for  Ins  two  dau^htcn,  four  Sf|uarc  miles  of  land,  now 
the  village  site  of  .\Iount  .^(orris.  The  deed  was  signeil  by  S>;,eca  !<.-u.hem8  and 
by  Timi.thy  I'ii-kering.  rnite<l  Staii-s  commissioner.  In  17!)7,  .\llen  went  to 
Cinada  \\'esr  ;  received  fniin  iiovomor  Sinu-oc  a  sr.int  of  three  thousand  acres 
for  the  building  of  mills  and  a  church;  took  no  part  iu  the  war  of  ISIli,  and 
died  in  ISU. 

Tho  garrisim  at  Niatrira  were  supplied  with  beef  by  dmvers  from  New  Jerwy. 
During  the  summer  of  17S7  a  party  of  a  dozen  young  men,  among  whom  was 
Silas  Hopkins,  later  a  n-sident  of  Lcwiston,  aet  out  to  see  the  country  and  Co 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


brin;;  out  from  New  Jer--v  a  Jrove  uf  ciLtle. 
Tan*8  ancj.  The  Ix-t  white  sOttltT  was  seea 
were  t^to  trader?  and  .sevenl  whites,  who  were  i 
Icdisos  in  the  soTerai  Ujwds  levied  a  tribute  of 
droviug  erpeditiona  were  numeroua,  and  a  num! 
later  seulere.  Seouti,  traders,  hunters,  and  a  a\ 
through  the  country,  and  made  t-empurarv  sen 
disposition  impelled.  At  the  mouth  of  the  G; 
cuncd  Walker,  whose  cabiu  m  17jI  was  the  s-. 
the  ooast  now  beloaging  to  the  county  of  Monr 


The 


oweJ  the  trtick  of  Salli- 
at  Newtown  Point.  At  Geneva 
aikin:;  of  ereciinu;  a  house.  Ths 
a  beeve  from  each  drove.  These 
■t^r  who  toot  part  in  them  became 
mi>or  of  Butler's  ranirers  traveled 
leraent  as  game  was  abundant  or 
nesee  river  there  dwelt  a  ranger 
le  indication  of  settlement  along 


CHAPTER    IV. 

IITIXCTIOX    OP    INDIAM    TITLE — CONFLtCTINO    CLAIMS — FIRST    TRIiATY    EE- 

■  lWi.L.N  THE  L.M*£,ij  ar.».4^.5  A.'.'D  :.l^  ^i.vTl'JS:'.  AFT^It  TH^  r.FV^LUTiOS 
—FIRST  LANDS  ACQniRED  BY  NEW  YORE — NEW  YORK  AND  MASSACHU- 
SETTS— A   NEW    STATE   PROJECTED — LFjSEE    CONTRACTS. 

England  concluded  peace  with  her  revolted  colonies  in  17S3,  with  do  pro- 
TisioDS  for  the  Six  Nationt,  and,  aa  a  conquered  people,  these  Indiana  were  at 
the  mercy  of  the  republic.  Many,  smarting;  under  a  sense  of  deadly  injury,  de- 
mred  the  territory  of  the  Indians  to  be  held  forfeit ;  but  the  influence  of  Schuyler 
and  Washington  prevailed  in  favor  of  purchase,  and  thereby  prevented  the  recur- 
renoo  of  another  war. 

It  is  observable  that,  aa  the  time  for  white  occupation  drew  near,  the  elements 
aeemcd  to  have  cunspired  to  render  the  wo*>Jb  nntf-nable  to  the  Indians.  The 
winter  of  1779-SO  is  memorable  as  one  of  uoprecedented  seventy.  Snow  to  the 
depth  of  full  five  feet  lay  like  a  blanket  upon  the  surface  of  all  western  New  York. 
Game,  a  chief  reliance  of  the  Indians,  perished  by  thousands,  and  the  dissolving 
.•<Dow  in  spring  showed  the  forests  filled  with  the  carcasr^es  of  the  deer. 

The  Tarious  provinces  erected  into  States,  settU^  by  different  races,  classed,  and 
religions,  and  united  to  obtain  their  independence,  had  a  reluctance  to  the  dele- 
gation of  power  to  the  general  government  which  well-nigh  proved  fatal  to  the 
republic,  and  in  the  State  of  New  York  pro-iuc^d  a  collision  resultinc:  in  favor  of 
the  former.  It  was  in  good  ftith  that  the  question  of  jurisdiction  was  claimed  by 
New  York,  and  as  earnestly  the  United  States  assorted  their  prerog-ative. 

The  State  legislature  p.L'?,-ed  an  act  in  April,  i7S-t,  by  which  the  governor 
and  a  board  of  commissioners  were  made  superintendents  of  Indian  affairs. 
Governor  George  Clinton,  as  president  of  the  commission,  originally  consisting 
with  him  of  Abraham  Cuyler,  Feter  Schuyler,  and  Henry  Glen,  was  authorized 
to  ally  with  them  such  others  as  were  deemed  necessary,  and  proceed  to  appoint  a 
time  and  a  place  for  a  treaty.     A  partial  arrangement  was  effected. 

Pending  proceedings,  CV>nirreA3  had  appoint-'d  Arthur  Lee.  Richard  Butler, 
■and  Oliver  Wolcott  commi&>ioner3  to  neg-jiiate  with  the  same  parties;  thus  the 
*  andefincd  powers  of  the  United  States  opened  ground  for  conflict  of  interest  and 
Aathority  between  State  and  Confederation.  The  Indians  were  more  favorably 
-disposed  to  the  government,  and  although  deputies  met  the  Sute  board  at  Fort 
Schuyler  in  September,  do  action  was  taken  and  the  council  broke  up  to  await  the 
coming  of  the  United  States  commissioners.  The  first  treaty  between  the  United 
States,  and  the  InHjuou  was  concluded  on  October  22.  17S4,  at  Fort  Stanwii. 
The  terms  were  those  of  a  conqueror,  imposed  aa  the  penalty  of  warfare.  AU 
Ctptives  were  to  he  restored  and  a  limitatiun  of  boundary  acknowledged.  Peace- 
able pos6<.ssioQ  was  guaranteed  the  Indians  of  their  territories,  and  at  the  conclii- 
tioD  of  the  treaty  goods  in  considcruble  quantities  were  distributed.  Brandt  was 
not  present,  and  Cornplanter  came  into  notice  aa  a  sachem  who  bowed  to  the 
.  inevitable  and  obtained  for  his  nation  whatever  adv:intai;ea  were  possible. 

The  first  bnds  purcha-e<i  of  the  Indiane  by  New  York  included  a  tract  lying 
between  the  Chcnantro  and  Unadillu  river*.  The  treaty,  as  such  transactions 
hare  ever  been  designated,  was  made  on  June  -S,  17S5,  by  Geoi^e  Clinton  and 
others  with  the  Oiici</(ts  and  Tnscarorat,  and  the  sum  paid  was  eleven  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars.  This  was  followe<l  on  September  22  by  a  cession  on  the 
part  of  the  Oneidiu  of  all  their  Linda  excepting  ruscrvations,  and  interest  centered 
westward. 

New  York,  Maasachusetta,  and  Connecticut,  by  their  original  charters,  claimed 
jorisdictlon  to  the  s.^mc  wc-^tcrn  territory,  which  wn.s  made  to  extend  "from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  wx-.m."  The  coi-lrovor^y  between  the  firat-nam..d  St.iU-a 
was  amicably  settled, — in  the  first  place  by  a  c- v*frion  U)  Cungrcsa  of  all  lauds  west 
of  the  present  New  York  boun<lary,  and  tin.illy  by  a  cunci'>siou  to  M:i5.-«achuHett3  of 
a  pre-emptive  right  of  the  soil  from  the  Indians  of  a  tract  west  of  a  meridian 


a  reserve  of  a  siiiall 
lined  sovereignty  and 


r«JSolved  to  hold 


re^ideuta 


'  Ne 


ntal  of 


line  passing  through  Seneca  lake  to  a  point  on  the  Pennsyl 
miles  west  of  the  northeastern  boundary  of  that  State,  with 
tract  a  mile  in  width  along  Niagara  river.  New  York  retj 
jurisdiction.  Other  tracts  were  thus  dl=p«wed  of,  but.  howev 
here  be  noted.  The  immense  tract,  comprising  all  the  State 
was  in  the  posse.ssion  of  the  Seneca  nation,  wha-^e  old  men 
it,  while,  as  later  appears,  the  Knglish  laid  claim  to  the  entir 
Matters  were  rendered  more  complicated  by  the  actioti  of 
during  the  winter  of  1737-^^3  by  sume  eighty  uealthy  and  prom 
of  the  Hudson.  It  was  a  law  that  the  purch.ise  of  the  fee  ia  Ian 
with  the  State.  These  persons  named  organized  what  was  termed  t 
Land  Company,"  whose  plan  was,  the  lease  from  the  .SVj;  XadoiVi 
two  thousand  dollars  yearly,  for  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  years,  of  their 
entire  lands.  It  was  thought  that  from  this  territory  a  new  State  could  be  erea'.t-d. 
and  the  settlement  allowed  to  progress  would  in  time  become  independent  of  In- 
dian or  State.  A  branch  company  was  organized  in  Canada,  and  the  influence  of 
the  members  over  the  Xutionjt  was  such  that  a  '*  lessee  contract'  was  duiy  sl^jiied 
on  November  30.  1737,  by  Red  Jacket,  Little  Beard,  Farmers  Brother,  and 
others.  The  legislature  took  the  alarm  and,  in  [March,  17S8,  enacted  a  law  leveled 
at  these  iilegal  companies,  and  authorized  the  governor  to  punish  by  fine  and  to 
remove  by  force  all  persons  settling  without  State  authority  un  the  Massachusetts 
lands.  These  unabashed  lessees,  balked  in  their  plans,  now  sought  a  grant  from 
the  State.  They  were  so  far  successful  that  iu  1703  a  tract  ten  miles  Sf(uare  was 
appropriated  from  a  part  of  the  military  tract  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State. 
Later,  the  lessees  used  their  influence  in  bringing  about  an  agreement  between  the 
Phelps  and  Gorham  Association  and  the  Senecas,  and  received  therefor  several 
large  allotmenta,  including  several  townships.  Asa  relic  of  the  times  and  a  reia- 
tion  to  the  lands  now  partly  included^y  Monroe,  the  early  contract  of  the  lessees 
is  here  given :  "  An  agreement  made  on  November  30,  1787,  between  the  chie& 
or  sachems  of  Lue  u<'x  iVuc.''>-«  of  Indians,  cf  the  one  p^^T^,  ind  Jnhn  Livingston. 
Caleb  Benton,  Peter  Ryckman,  John  Stevens<m,  and  Ezekiel  Gilbert,  for  them- 
ilves  and  their  associates,  of  the  county  of  Columbia  and  State  of  New  York, 
witnessed  that  the  said  chiefs  or  sachems  of  the  Sie  yultons, 
on  certain  considerations  afterwards  mentioned,  '  leased  to  the  said  John  Living- 
ston, and  his  associates,  for  a  period  of  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  years,  all  the 
lands  commonly  known  as  the  lands  of  the  Six  Nations  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  at  the  time  m  the  actual  ptissession  of  the  said  chiefs  or  sachems."' 
The  chiefs  or  sachems  were  priviieged  to  make  such  reservations  for  themselves  or 
their  heirs  as  they  might  choose,  and  •  said  reservations  to  revert  to  the  Ie^5ee3  in 
case  they  should  afterwards  be  relinquished  by  the  Indians."  The  payments  were 
specified  as  ''  a  yearly  rent  of  two  thousand  Spani:;h  milled  dollara,"  payable  on  the 
Fourth  of  July  in  each  year  of  the  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  for  which  the 
lease  was  drawn.  The  lessons  taught  by  these  efforts  are  fraught  with  the  per- 
manence of  the  nation,  the  extent  to  which  the  general  government  shall  have 
authority,  and  what  rights  shall  vest  in  the  sovereign  State.  The  action  of  the 
government  in  its  last  treaty  with  the  Sioiix  of  the  Black  Hilts,  and  the  remon- 
strances of  the  tribes  settled  in  the  Indian  territory,  are  a  culmination  of  violated 
pledges,  whose  history,  written  in  truth,  by  an  Indian,  would  redound  to 
American  disirrace.  The  deaire  to  exterminate  the  red  race  has  ita  ori-^io  in 
revenge  for  their  reprisals,  but  the  lessons  of  fraud  and  cvil'as>ociation3  wore  not 
lost  upon  them,  and  their  complaints  were  heavy  with  truthfuluess.  It  was  held 
no  dishonor  to  defraud  the  Indian,  and  the  '•  mill  tract"  obtained  by  Oliver  Phelps. 
while  regarded  as  "  cunning  strategy,"  was  a  fraud,  known  as  such  by  the  Senecas, 
whose  history  so  far  as  known,  presents  no  parallel.  Yielding  to  the  force  of 
circumstances,  the  tribes  which  held  sway  over  the  lands  of  Monroe  huve  been 
seen  to  hold  a  kingly  position,  to  repel  armies,  to  by  waste  provinces,  to  hold  the 
balance  of  power;  hereafter,  in  their  connection  with  settlement,  their  place,  is 
aabordinate. 


I       of  the  other  i 


CHAPTER    V. 


I         THE     PR0aRE.S3    OF    SETTLEMENT     WESTWARD THE    mELPS     AND     OORHAM 

'  PtmCHASE — THE    ORGANIZATION    OF   ONTARIO COLONIAL    AND  INDI\  lOL'Ar, 

1  MOVE.MENTS TEMTORARV    AND     PERMANE.NT     RESIDENTS INCENTIVES    TO 

I  SETTLEMENT — CHOICE  OF  L.VNDS — SITES  OF  VILLAGES ROUTES  OF  TRAVEL; 

'  TBEIB  CONDITION  AND  USE — ADVERSE  AND  ADV-\J(TAGEOt 3   INFLUENCES. 

F.\MILIARITV  lesst-ns  the  sense  of  d;i;igcr.     Advcntuniua  men  advanced  Wyond 

I  the  farthest  limits  of  ^etflomcnt,  .and  t'«.k  up  their  alnxic  up.n  lands  whrn-on 

i  they  had  determined  to  remain.     Such  was  Hugh  White,  who  moved  from  Mid- 


HISTORY  OF  MOXROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


dletown,  Connecticot,  in  1734,  with  hia  family,  and  planted  himsolf  at  what  ia 
DOW  Whiteatown.  Krcctins  a  lo;i  habitition,  and  felling-  the  trws  in  tho  vitiait?, 
1>«  be--an  to  clear  hjaise'f  a  farm,  and  for  relaxation  and  poli'-y  mingled  with  the 
lodiaiii,  and  for  3ociot7  er.juyol  the  company  of  hia  wife  and  children.  James 
Deui,  ha.yins;  served  the  Indians  aa  an  interpreter,  was  rewarded  by  a  gift  of  land 
KSkr  the  present  site  of  Rome.  Here  he  located  in  the  same  year  of  White's 
emigiation,  and  three  years  later  Jos4^ph  Bbckuicr  moved  nut  and  settled  within 
»  ahort  distance  of  l>ean.  on  the  trail  westward.  Mr.  Blaclimer  later  avain  re- 
moTed,  md  became  a  pioneer  in  ths  town  of  Wheatland,  JIunroe  County.  Asa 
Dmforth  and  Cvmfort  Tyler,  the  former  accompanied  by  his  family,  came  in  May, 
1788,  to  Onondaga  Hollow.  The  journey  was  made  by  water  to  the  mouth  of 
Onondaga  creek.  To  acoommod.ite  the  travoler  he  opened  his  lo^  house  as  a 
tiTeni.  Joshua  Fairbanks,  who  had  married  Sophia,  daughter  of  Colonel  Seth 
Reed,  s  settler  at  Geneva,  in  1790.  and  had  set  out  in  a  slui<:h  with  his  wife  to 
join  him,  thus  describes  the  termination  of  his  journey  from  Whitestown  to  Ge- 
neTa:  *'  Half  way  from  Whitesborouzh  to  Onondaga  Hollow  night  came  on.  and 
gladly  we  sou^iht  shelter  with  a  settler  who  had  just  got  in,  and  had  a  lot:  house 
oot  yet  finished.     Some  Indians  were  in  the  house — a  novel  .>iL'ht  to  Mrs.  Fair- 

The  presence  of  other  settlers  in  the  neighborhood  was  inferred  from  there  bcins 
a  small  dancing  party  at  the  tavern  that  night.  The  next  night  was  pas-»ed  at  a 
camp-fire  kindled  by  Fairbanks ;  supper  was  cooked,  and  the  night  was  passed 
comfortably  ;  another  night  at  Cavnga  lake,  with  Harris,  the  ferryman."  The  two 
crossed  on  the  ice,  and  next  day  reached  Colonel  Ileed's.  We  have  named  Com- 
fort Tyler  as  a  companion  of  Asa  Danforth.  He  was  a  Echool-teacher  uprin  the 
Mohawk,  and  a  suneyor,  and  one  of  the  party  with  James  Clinton  when  running 
the  boundary  line  between  ^'ew  York  and  Pennsylvania.  He  felled  the  first  tree 
for  a  clearing,  built  the  first  turnpike,  and  made  the  first  hand-mill  in  Onondaga 
county.  Tyler  and  Danforth  manufact.ircd  the  first  salt  made  by  whites  at  the 
works,  ard  their  c^terxirLso  was  noted  in  the  ore^s  of  the  dav. 

The  next  settlement  westward  was  made  by  John  L.  Hardenbargh,  upon  the 
present  site  of  Auburn,  and  in  173!)  James  Bennett  and  John  Harris  were  en- 
gaged in  rtinning  a  ferry  at  Cayuga  lake.  Tryon  county  was  chanced  to  Mont- 
gomery in  1734,  and  four  years  later  all  the  region  westward  of  Utica  bore  the 
name  of  Whitestown.  The  first  town  meeting  was  held  in  April.  1731),  in  the 
bam  of  Daniel  White,  and  at  the  third  town  meeting,  in  1791,  James  Wads- 
Tforth,  of  Genesee,  was  chosen  one  of  the  path-masters,  and  was  therefore  the  first 
of  that  innumerable  body  of  men  under  whose  supervision  the  present  system  of 
h^hv.-ays  has  been  reached.  It  was  under  direction  of  the  Wadsworths,  in  1790, 
that  the  first  attempt  bad  been  made  to  clear  a  pathway  from  Whitestowo  to  Can- 
indaigna. 

The  particulars  of  the  Phelps  and  Gorham  purchase  should  be  familiar  to  all 
the  residents  of  the  Genesee  country.  Journeys  and  transactions  now  common- 
place from  celerity  of  movement  and  conveniences  of  execution,  were  then  at- 
tended by  delay  and  danger ;  little  known  and  less  appreciated. 

Oliver  Phelfs  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  took  part  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution.  ^Vith  p-oace  he  settled  at  Suffield,  JIa.-«jachusetts.  In  business  which 
brought  him  into  association  with  Mr.  Morris,  acquaintance  Wiis  made  with  Major 
Adam,  Hoops,  and  the  favorable  opinion  formed  of  the  western  country  was  fully 
confirmed  by  the  reports  of  this  officer.  Associatin;:  with  him  Jud^e  Sullivan, 
William  Walker,  Messrs.  Chapin,  Skinner,  and  others.  Mr.  Phelps  arranged  to 
attempt  the  purchase  from  Ma^-^acbusotts  of  one  million  acres.  While  yet  com- 
pleting their  plan  of  action,  Nathaniel  Gviritam  made  a  proposal  to  the  lesislature 
to  purchase  one  million  acres  at  eiirhteen  pence  per  acre,  payable  in  State  paper. 
It  was  not  accepted.  The  matter  lay  dormant  till  April,  17.-;3,  when  accompany 
being  formed  of  all  who  wished  to  purchase.  Oliver  Phelps  and  Nathaniel  Gorham, 
as  their  representatives,  bousht  the  entire  tract  of  nearly  six  million  acres  for  one 
million  dollars,  to  bo  paid  in  three  etjual  instalments  in  the  depreciated  paper  of 
Blassachnsetta.  Preparations  for  purchase  from  the  Indians,  exploration,  and 
aurvey  were  made.  To  .^Ir.  Phelps  was  intrusted  the  huaincss  of  holding  the 
Indian  treaty ;  Israel  Chapin  was  to  explore  the  country  ;  William  Walker  was 
made  local  agent  of  surveys  and  sales,  and  Mr.  Gorham  assumed  the  airency  to 
confer  with  the  St-ite  authorities  in  reference  to  the  pre-emption  line.  It  was 
resolved  to  compromise  with  the  lessees  and  secure  their  co-opention,  which  was 
(avorably  arrangi>d,  but  no  advance  was  made  till  Butler,  lirandt.  and  Sweet,  of  the 
Niagara  company,  were  included.  When,  in  the  summer  of  17HS.  Oliver  Phelps 
left  Granville,  Masiiichusetts,  with  men  and  means  to  fulfill  his  task,  the  entire 
neighborhood  assembled  to  bid  him  fiirewell.     It  was  regarded  as  a  dangerous 


Having  reached  Kanade"aga,  a  journey  to  Niainira  waa  rei|iii3ite  and  succi'ssf^ 
Returned  to  Kanadc.'wga,  he  w.as  visited  by  U.?d  Ja.k't  and  others,  who  announci 
themselves  as  a  deputation  to  conduct  htm  to  a  council  at  Bufi'alo  creek,  whci 


-(  the  party  arrived  on  the  Fourth  of  July.  The  Indians  were  willing  to  .wli  a  rirt. 
I  of  their  lands,  but  for  a  time  rr-fused  the  sale  of  any  land  west  of  the  i.;.r...si< 
river,  alleging  that  that  stream  was  the  find  boundary  between  the  rices.  F.iiling 
I  to  obtain  all,  Mr.  Phelps,  who  had  already  contractc^d  with  the  Indians  more  tlian 
I  he  could  pay  the  State  for,  now  represented  that  it  was  hi'.;iily  essentuil  to  pbl::io 
I  some  Und  west  of  the  river,  at  the  fails,  that  mills  misht  be  built  there  f-^r  the 
I  advantage  of  white  settlers,  and  which  would  be  of  great  benefit  to  the  In.liaiis. 
MTien  asked  t^c  quantity  of  land  needed  for  the  mill-seat,  it  was  answered  that  a 
tract  extending  twelve  miles  west  from  the  river,  and  from  the  vilhige  of  *'  Cana- 
wagus"  parallel  with  the  river  northward  to  the  lake,  would  be  sufficient.  Thus 
was  obtained  the  mill-scat  tract  whose  purchase  was  confinULHl  to  the  contractors 
by  the  Massachusetts  legislature  of  November,  H.^S.  The  land  aequirod  ctra- 
prised  by  estimate  two  million  six  hundred  thousand  acres,  two  hundred  thous:i'.l 
of  which  was  west  of  the  Genesee.  The  work  of  Mr.  Phelps  being  concluded. 
Canandaigua,  at  the  foot  of  tho  lake  of  the  same  name,  was  desi^ated  for  the 
central  village,  or  capital,  and  he  returned  to  make  a  eatiatactory  representation  to 
the  company.  It  now  remained  first  to  determine  tho  pre-emption  li.ie.  and  then 
to  survey  the  tract,  in  order  to  allotment  and  purchase.  This  labor  wxs  given  to 
Colonel  Hugh  .Maxwell,  by  Mr.  Phelps ;  and  as  the  lessees  had  formed  a  settle- 
ment at  Geneva,  they  hoped  that  in  a  survey  of  the  east  boundarv-line  a  tract 
including  the  village  site  would  fall  to  them.  Two  Indian  traders,  Seth  Ki-e-.t  and 
Peter  Ryckman,  in  reality  agents  of  the  lessees,  had  made  application  to  the  State 
for  the  satisfaction  of  a  claim  presented  for  services  rendered  in  negotiating  with 
the  Six  Nations,  and  had  made  the  proposition  that  a  patent  should  be  given  them 
for  a  tract  whose  limits  should  be  defined  .xs  extending  from  a  certain  tree  ^hich 
stood  on  the  bank  of  Seneca  lake,  southward  along  the  bank  until  a  strip  of  land, 
in  area  equal  to  sixteen  thousand  acres,  should  be  included  between  the  lake  and 
the  Massachusetts  lands.  The  claim  had  been  allowed,  and  a  patent  given.  The 
traders  proposed  two  surveyors.  Maxwell  for  the  Purchase  <"'„nipany,  Jenkins  f:r 
thiiijtlTcs,  «uJ,  Luis  being  acceded,  these  men  proceeded  to  the  initial  p.jint  im 
the  Pennsylvania  line  and  began  their  work.  When  about  twenty  miles  from 
Geneva,  near  the  outlet  of  Crooked  lake,  provisions  gave  out.  JIaxwell  went  for 
a  supply,  while  Jenkina,  continuing  the  work,  gave  the  line  a  westward  diver- 
gence, which,  being  unknowii  to  Maxwell,  was  by  both  continued,  so  that  Geneva 
was  passed  on  the  east,  as  was  the  whole  of  Sodus  bay  on  the  north.  The  result 
of  the  aurvey  was  a  disappointment  to  the  purchasers,  who.  however,  made  com- 
plaint, and  the  "  old  pre-emption  line"  was  made  the  ba-is  of  further  surveys.  A 
brief  history  of  the  "  Gore,"  presenting  a  correction  of  this  fraudulent  error,  is 
of  the  greater  interest  from  the  alleged  variation  and  ct^nsequent  uncortaintv  of  the 
compass.  As  we  shall  see,  Messrs.  Phelps  and  Gorham  sold  their  undisposed  of 
lands  to  Robert  Morris,  and,  influenced  by  their  belief  in  an  erroneous  line,  further 
strengthened  by  an  "offer"  by  one  of  the  le-sees  for  "all  the  lands  thev  owned 
EAST  of  the  line  that  had  been  run,"  specified  in  their  dc<.'d  to  Morris  a  tract  in 
a  gore  between  the  line  and  the  west  bounds  of  the  militarv  tract.  Moms  was 
satisfied  that  the  survey  was  not  correct,  and,  having  sold  to  Pulteney  and  other', 
articled  to  run  a  new  line.  Under  the  superintendence  of  Major  Hoops,  Andrew 
Ellicott  and  Augustus  Porter  performed  the  work.  A  body  of  axemen  were  set 
to  work,  and  felled  the  timber  a  width  of  thirty  feet ;  down  this  line  the  .-urvey 
was  continued  to  the  head  of  Seneca  lake,  whence  night-signals  were  eniploved  to 
run  down  and  over  the  lake.  The  great  care  taken  to  secure  accuracv  established 
credit  in  the  survey,  and  the  '■  new  pre-emption  line"  became  known  as  the  true 
boundary  between  the  military  and  the  purchase  tracts.  The  lessees  were  compelled 
to  abandon  their  claims  ;  persons  who  had  locate<l  land  warrants  on  the  disputc^l 
territory  were  given  other  tracts,  and  the  title  became  vested  in  the  Pulteney 
esute.  * 

The  plan  of  sur^'ey  and  the  method  of  disposal  of  lands  adopteil  by  Mr.  Phelps 
were  simple  and  efiicient,  and,  as  such,  were  employed  by  govenimcnt  in  the  laving 
off  of  congrc.'^ional  townships  and  the  ealabli^hment  of  local  land  ofiicoa.  Walker 
first  surveyed  what  were  termed  range  lines, — running  north  and  south,  six  miles 
apart,  and  seven  in  numl^er,  numbered  from  the  pre-emption  line  westward,  one 
to  seven.  At  right  angles  to  these,  also  six  miles  distant  t'rom  each  other,  township 
lines  were  run,  and  numbered  northward,  from  one  to  fourteen.  Each  trict.  there- 
fore, cont.iincd  tliirty-six  s-iu-are  miles,  and  was  called  a  toiciiship.  Tlic-io  town- 
ships were  designated  aa  in  a  certain  number  and  range:  thus.  Pittsf.nl  was 
known  os  No.  1-,  fiUh  ranu-e,  and  Brighton  as  No.  I'i.  seventh  ranse.  "  .\a 
the  Genesee  river  runs  a)>oat  twenty-four  de:.TCe3  east  of  north  below  .Vvon  and 
the  seventh  range  of  town-hips  was  continued  to  the  lake,  the  fifth  raiizc  was  left 
to  contain  hut  twelve,  and  the  sixth  ranire  hut  ten  townships,  and  to  square  tho 
tract  lying  west  of  the  Gencacc,  two  townships,  entitled  the  aliort  rani/e,  were  set 
off  near  the  lake.  Tht-jc  townships  arc  now  coiupn.^-d  in  the  towns  of  Gates  and 
Greece.  The  towns  of  Parma.  Ogden,  Riira,  Chili,  Wheatland,  and  Caledonia, 
then  four  townships,  were  called  the  first  range  of  townships  icctt  of  Genexe  river, 


PLATE    III  . 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORIv. 


io  Gorharn  anii  Pli.-li-"  pnn.-h.i5r.'' 
sjrvcy  V.13  (Mnpletcd,  and  by  the  i 
were  sold,  small  cash  payments  bein^ 
in  MassachusctU  scrip.  Sales  wore  > 
meeting  held  in  Janu;iry,  1TS9,  a  d 
properly  that  of  lMiclp:i  and  Gi«rli:ira. 
to  the  rienesoe  country  and  e--^tjL>iUh 
daj<rua  had  been  laid  off  in  ihc  full  i 


uiips 


liddle  of  IT.-sU  some  tlurtj-dve  township.'* 
made  and  notes  iriven  for  tinal  payment 
onfined  prinuip^ly  to  .Hhare-holdors. "  At  a 
vision  was  made  and  tlie  purciiase  became 
The  cvcnt-i  of  ITSD  introduce  the  sottlem 

f  ITSS.  with  a  main  stret^t  ei-Jit  rods  wide 


nirj-cdtocouscructadweil- 

»y,  ITtJl),  the  a^'cnt  arrived 

5  "Were  issued.     The  feature  was 

sretic  settler,  and  hiirhly  udvan- 

Tlie  article  ^rantoU  pu^-^ession. 


and  two  miles  Iodlt.  and  John  D.  Rubinsun  h^.j 
ing  and  office  for  Mr.  Walker,  the  laud  agent, 
with  others,  and  optMied  an  office  whence  Arlic/ta 
wholly  American,  favorable  to  the  po<ir  but  enc 
ta^K)xi3  as  a  .«afe  and  rapid  moans  of  scttlemtiit. 
but  not  the  foe  of  the  land;  opportunity  was  si\ea  for  mafcini;  tlio,--e  fre'|uent 
changes  commun  amon^  new  settlers.  ImpruVements  could  be  ;?oid,  po.'=s«'ssi(pn 
aasi^ood,  aod  abandonment  resulted  in  reversion  to  the  proprietor.  These  !<4mDd 
measures  have  rendered  the  Genc=>ee  farmers  enterprising,  and  enhanced  the 
¥aiaui.i  ih...-  i,.,^..„;.....  T:.c  ....■■j  f  O- *  i,  -v  ,:'•;•  1  i-  iT^-t  .,pA 
included  all  the  hind  within  the  State  west  of  the  new  pre-emption  line.  The 
capital  or  county  seat  was  located  at  Canaiid.ii:rua.  A  dozen  counties  have  been 
formed  from  this  territory,  leaving  a  proi>ortinnate  area  alxiUt  the  old  county  seat. 
Oliver  Pholps  was  appointed  first  judiie,  and  General  Vincent  Matthews  was  the 
first  lawyer  admitted  to  practice  in  that  court,  who^e  jurisdiction  was  so  extended. 

During  the  abiwnce  of  Ioc;d  laws  it  w;is  a-rreed  wich  the  Seneca  saclieras  that 
each  race  should  punish  the  offenses  committed  by  their  own  people,  and  it  was 
with  difficulty  that  the  Itidiaus  were  induced  to  yit.-lJ  this  right  to  the  white  man's 
courts.  Ao  Indian,  called  by  the  En|:llsh  •■  ^tiff-arm  George,"  had  murdered  a 
white  man,  and  Benjamin  Barton,  then  sheritf  of  Ontario,  was  foi-biddcn  by  the 
chtpfii  to  niale  an  arrest.  It  was  airrcod  that  the  man  sh  uild  be  pn>>*?nt  when 
court  met.  and  on  the  trial  Red  Jacket  .spoke  with  unusual  ability.  The  prisoner 
was  condemned  to  be  hung,  but  was  pardoned  by  Governor  George  Clinton  and 
banished  from  the  State. 

The  assumption  by  Congress  of  certain  State  debts,  among  whieh  was  tlie  Mas- 
sachusetts scrip,  so  enhanced  itd  value  that  Phelps  and  Gorham  were  unable  to 
inake  their  payment,  aod  therefore  propose*!  to  the  State  to  reconvey  that  portion 
to  which  the  Indian  title  was  not  extinguished,  and  provided  that  aay  excos  held 
over  one-third  of  the  whole  tract  should  be  paid  for.  at  the  average  price  of  the 
whole.  The  offer  was  accept*:^.  I'he  same  cause  which  compelled  the  reconvey- 
ance prevented  early  purcha.'-crs  from  making  payments,  and  a  brge  pK.>rtioD  of 
lands  sold  reverted  to  Phelps  and  Gorham,  and,  from  the  complex  character  of 
their  affaira,  the  titles  to  lands  became  a  ^[ue^tion  of  litigiou.s  dispute.  The  lands 
surrendered  to  Massachusetts  were  purchased  by  Samuel  Ogdcn.and  by  htm  sold 
to  Robert  Morris,  who,  at  a  treaty  at  Big  Tree  on  the  Genesee,  near  the  present 
village  of  Genesee,  extinguished  the  InJian  title  by  the  payment  of  one  liundred 
thousand  dollars.  The  greater  part  of  this  land,  comprising  three  million  two 
hundred  thousand  acres,  was  sold  to  what  was  known  as  the  Holland  Land  Com- 
pany, and  the  land  became  known  as  the  Holland  Purchase.    . 

Od  XovcmborlS,  ITOO,  Messrs.  Phel{is  and  Gorham,  reserving  two  townships  for 
themselves,  sold  all  tht-ir  lands,  comprising  one  million  two  hundrLd  and  sixty-four 
thousand  acres,  to  Robert  Morris  for  two  hundrc<.l  thousand  dollars.  M'»rris  had 
made  f^-w  sales  and  executed  slight  improvements,  when  his  a^'Ont,  who  had  been 
Bent  to  Europe  to  interest  f  jreiirn  parties  in  wild  lands.  elTocted  a  sale  to  Sir  William 
PuUcney  and  othcra.  Charles  Williamson  was  appointed  rcsldeut  agv.'nt,  aod  *ipened 
Und  offices  at  Geneva  and  at  Bath.  rutere.-t  centered  primardy  at  the  will  of  the 
proprietors  from  the  protective  influences  afforded  and  the  conveniences  .of  inter- 
course. Colonics  having  purchased  a  township  sent  out  a  party  to  erect  a  tem- 
,  and  tiien  came  on  witlrtlicir  families.  The  survey  of  town.shipa 
ras  done  at  the  purchjisers'  expense.  Augustus  Porter  and 
I  Wire  employed  upon  tliis  labor.  Instances  were  observed  where 
a  Shaeffer  or  a  Henchor  planted  themselves  far  aloof  from  neighl^rs,  ,ind  again 
an  entire  colony  came  on.  as  in  the  case  of  Caledonia,  of  which  Wheatland 
originally  constituted  a  portion. 

The  county  of  OuLirio  was  formed  near  the  close  of  the  year  17Sf>.  Town 
meetings  were  held  in  AprU,  1701.  At  Canand.ii-.iia  Isnu-l  Chapin  was  chosen 
Buperrisor,  and  at  Canawaugus  John  Gan-^m  w.is  elected  to  the  >ame  offiee  at  the 
Mine  date.  No  court  onraniaiti-m  wa.^  cfficti-d  until  WJX  A  .-t.urt  of  oyer  and 
terminer  waj  held  at  Geneva  in  June  of  the  year  named,  at  which  Jolin  S.  Hobart, 
a  judge  of  the  supn-nie  rmirt.  prr-Idoil.  A  grand  jury  w.is  i-allod,  hut  no  Indict- 
ments werr  prcsentod.  Tin*  fir>t  citnrt  (if  commun  picas  anil  ;;eriera)  session.s  for 
Onario  took  place  in  Nuvemhcr.  I'Oi.  in  the  tavern  of  Nathaniel  SaiiLorn  in 
Cwiandaigu-i.     Timothy  Ilu^n.-r  and  Chariest  Williamson  prtsid.-d.  and  with  tiicm 


porary  habitati 


Frederick  I 


Matthews  and  Thoa.x-.  .Moai^.  A  grand  jury  was  called,  and  a  party  w:u  iiidicr^d 
for  the  thotl  of  a  c..w.bt.-ll.  Another  =es=ion  of  the  court  w;is  hJd  in  Jun..^  ITL..',. 
at  which  Nathaniel  W.  ilowcll  and  Peter  B.  Porter  were  admitt.*d  to  pravtico  in 
the  courts  of  Ontario  county.  The  first  jury  trial  in  the  cnuniy  west  of  HerkiniT 
waa  had  at  this  court.  The  case  for  larceny,  xi  stated,  wis  prus<xuted  by  N.  \V. 
Howell  and  defended  by  Peter  B.  Porter  and  Vincent  Matthews.  T!ie  Utter  was 
long  known  as  one  of  the  ablest  of  the  legtd  profl.-ssion.  He  was  held  iu  high 
esteem  by  the  members  uf  the  bar  of  Monroe,  having'  settled  at  Rochester  up-.ii 
the  formation  of  the  county  of  Monroe  in  -Hif.  /d  ^  / 

In  the  settlement  of  Ontario,  wherein  for  thirteen  years  Monnw  was  include-]. 
two  classes  of  land  occupants  were  recognized, — the  temporary  and  the  perma- 
nent. There  were  conver^iifins  from  one  ela.ss  to  the  other,  and  a  certain  dcgrctj 
of  restlessness  p^J^sessed  by  all  in  the  desire  when  searching  for  a  home  to  obtain 
the  best  possible,  but  the  distinction  of  the  two  divi-ions  U  strongly  m;!rkcd. 
The  gtiienl  rale  is,  in  early  settlement,  for  a  border  cI.lss  of  trapper  aud  hunter 
to  hang  upon  the  fringe  of  advancing  occupation.  Tliey  may  Iw  called  op-enrrs 
or  beginners,  and  seem  averse  to  neishljors,  and  disappear  as  ^ign5  of  settlement 
midtlnly.  There  w;w  another  class  who  erected  small  log  cabins,  cleared  as  thev 
were  able,  then,  exhausted  by  privation  and  sicknes.^  or  failing  to  make  paymenL?, 
gave  way  to  others,  who,  with  the  strength  of  numbers,  built  with  bettor  success 
upon  their  broken  fortunes.  An  Ontario  pioneer  settled  upon  a  farm  near  Can- 
andaigua  thus  speaks  for  a  class:  "The  place  for  a  man  is  not  quite  amon?  the 
Indians,  for  that  Is  too  savage,  nor  yet  among  good  farmers,  who  are  too  jealous 
and  selSsh,  but  in  the  woods,  partly  for  clearing  it  up  and  partly  fur  hunting."' 
The  histories  of  towns,  dealing  in  the  first  settlers,  often  bear  witness  to  a  name!.^ 
class  of  stjuattera  whose  de-tcrted  cabins  gave  a  brief  home  to  the  p^.Tnianeni 
settler,  and  whose  half-tilled  dearin;;,  grown  up  to  rank  weeds,  made  a  l.K-aiity 
more  wild  than  the  surrounding  woods.  Klkauah  Watson  has  noted  the  squatter 
class  as  "  rude  and  uncouth."  Maude,  Liaucourt,  and  other  early  traveler*  con- 
firm tlie  statement,  and  express  relief  when  leaving  some  won?e  ihaii  u,-ual  bol 
and  board.  Litigations  were  fretiueot,  and,  when  not  settlcnj  by  physical  en- 
counter, aggrievances  were  taken  before  the  justice,  and  the  docket  of  those  eariy 
magistrates  presents  in  the  many  cases  a  lesson  of  iotempcrance  and  povertv  not 
pleasurable  but  by  present  contrast.  Such  was  the  social  character  of  the 
"squatters"  of  Outario. 

We  cannot  better  illustrate  the  class  whose  labor  is  the  basis  of  jireseot 
enlightened  society  than  ([uote  the  language  of  Everett.  "  What  have  we  seen." 
said  be,  "  in  every  newly  s.ttled  re<:ion  ?  The  hardy  and  enterprising  youth  finds 
society  in  the  older  settlements  ojm  para  lively  tilled  up.  His  portion  of  the  old 
family  farm  is  too  narrow  to  satii-fy  his  wants  or  his  desires ;  and  he  goer*  fonh 
with  the  paternal  blessing,  and  often  with  little  else,  to  take  up  his  share  of  the 
rich  heritage  which  the  God  of  Nature  has  spread  before  him  in  this  W..-scem 
World.  lie  leaves  the  land  of  his  fathers,  the  scenes  of  his  eariy  days,  with 
tender  regret  glistening  in  his  eye,  though  hope  mantles  on  his  cheek.  lie  d>es 
not,  as  he  departs,  shake  off  the  dust  of  the  venerated  soil  from  hia  feet :  but  on 
the  bank  of  some  distant  river  he  forms  a  settlement  to  perpetuate  the  remem- 
brance of  the  home  of  his  childhood.  He  piotu4y  bestows  the  name  of  the  sp-.t 
where  he  was  bom  on  the  place  to  which  he  h.is  wandered ;  and  while  he  is 
laboring  with  the  difficulties,  struggling  with  tlic  privations,  languishing,  perhaps, 
under  the  diseases  incident  to  the  new  settlement  and  the  freshly-opened  S'-ii.  he 
remembers  the  neighborhood  whence  he  sprung,  —  the  roof  that  sheltered  his. 
infancy, — the  spring  that  g\ished  from  the  rock  by  his  father's  door,  where  he 
waa  wont  to- bathe  his  heated  forehead  after  the  toil  of  his  youthful  sports. — the 
village  school-house, — the  rural  church. — the  grave  of  his  father  and  of  his 
mother.  In  a  few  years  a  new  community  has  been  form*^.  the  forest  hx-*  dis- 
appeared beneath  the  sturdy  arm  of  the  emigrant,  his  chUdren  have  grown  up- 
the  hanly  offspring  of  the  new  clime,  and  the  rising  settlement  is  already  linked 
in  all  its  partialities  and  a.s-.oc-iations  with  chat  from  which  its  fathers  and  founders 
had  wandered.  Such,  for  the  most  part,  b  the  manner  in  which  the  new  ."^tates 
have  been  built  up;  and  in  thw  way  a  foundation  is  laid  BV  Natl-re  nKR>ELy 
for  peace,  cordiality,  and  brotherly  feeling  between  the  ancient  and  recent  settle- 
ments  of  the  country." 

In  recounting  the  inceuiives  to  we^^tern  emigration,  the  ruHng  motive  wu  i\\f 
hope  of  improving  the  condition.  The  land  was  cheap,  fertile,  and  abundant. 
the  terms  of  payment  were  favorable,  and  the  prospects  of  a  rising  value  certain. 
The  laud  agents  aud  proprietors,  in  many  instances,  g:ive  a  gooil  farm  traet  in 
Ontario  in  oven  exchange  for  a  V-w  Ku-land  farm  of  one-fmrth  Ho-  an  u 
Many  in  the  cant  beM:anie  excited  by  ovor-wrou-.'ht  talen  of  a  "  Paradise-  io  the 
West,"  and  made  tlie  journey  hith.-r  only  to  suffer  with  .li.-s.M.s(.,  priv.niun.  ajid 


of  suffer 


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Among  the  attorneys  pre*« 


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manhood,  resolved  to  make  the  best  of  it,  aod  gradual!/ 


HISl'OnY  OF  3I0NR0E  COUNTY,  NEU'  YORK'. 


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The  choice  of  l.iuJi  w:is  the  privilc-c  of  the  t-a 
were  1-JCatoJ  upon  flnts  in  the  riL-hctt  land.H-  To  s*- 
A  cleared  tract  vj.t  civctcJ  bj  all.  At  .Vaph- 
Ocnes^s  were  ck.-.rinj5  whi..-h  5crve<l  to  inliiate 
With  no  roaili,  Tchiil.-3,  Dor  commerce,  with  BO  n 
•ait,  the  &n«ujcstdili.thed  their  vill.i::osilir  conr, 
the  arrival  of  emip^nL*,  the  platiini;  of  viiia-e 
game  cf  fortune.  Short-lii-ed  pro.~p.-ri;y  attendwi 
deroid  of  Io*.~al  or  aurroundin;.:  udvanta^'ia.  Yea 
oeera  had  dipart^'d  bef  ire  the  crownin.-  sue  for  •  . 
eoODtj  seat  of  >roiinw  had  oxi.5l.'nee.  Neit  to  Cjiiandaiv'ii:i,  the  villj.,-e  of  I'itu- 
fonJ,  chroQologically,  wa.^  laid  out, — it  wa^  eontoniporary  with  Avitn,  l>cncsee. 
LjoDS,  and  Palm^Ta,  and  the  pinneer  of  what  i.i  now  >[onr<>c.  Upon  a  bluflf 
Tested  the  srtlioDicnt;  at  its  base  ira^  a  valuc-f  ^prin::.  Now  but  an  outpost  of  a 
great  city,  tioie  was  wlion  it  seemed  like  reir-hinir  ciriliz.ation  to  ent^-r  the  streets 
of  Pitisford,  the  home  of  merchants.  d,xn..r<.  lawyers,  and  preacher?,— the  s.'at 
of  trade  for  a  wide  rc-ion  ;  it  is  not  that  Pitf.-u.rd  has  now  become  less,  but  that 
Rochester  has  become  more,  that  the  pioneer  village  resta  upon  the  record  of  the 

From  the  earliest  a;:es  th.'  courso  of  streams  had  been  the  routes  of  travel,  and 
the  comomoicalion  afforded  by  river  and  Lake  thr.ju^h  the  State  of  New  York 
■westward  was  a  powerful  agency  in  the  development  of  Ontario.  A  hizhw.iy  for 
Uavel  was  eitemporLzcd  from  the  CTO.it  Indian  trail  from  Albany  to  liuffalo,  and 
by  water  and  by  land, — by  boat,  bateau,  sleigh,  wa^o.  on  horseback,  and  on 
foot,  at  all  seasons,  with  varied  e.Tpcrience, — the  course  of  emigration,  slowly  at  first, 
then  accelerated,  eame  to  the  valley  of  the  Genesee.  The  ori'.-inal  course  of  travel 
was  by  boat  or  bateau  from  Schenectady  up  the  Mohawk  to  Fort  Stanwii  i  Rome). 
There  boats  were  cnrri.-d  over  a  porta'.-e  of  a  mile  to  the  waters  of  Wood  creek ; 
down  thi.1  stream  the  eniijrants  pas>ed  to  Oneida  lake,  tbrouih  the  lake  and  itsout- 

(Seneca)  Like  to  Kanadesac^a  settlement  i  Geneva  i.  The  naviL-ation  wa.s  inter- 
rupted only  at  what  are  now  Seneca  Fall.s  and  Waterloo,  in  the  county  of  Senecx 
The  firrt  party,  conducte-i  by  General  Chapio  in  the  spring  of  17-9.  fir  the  set- 
tlement of  Can.indji_'u.a,  came  by  water  down  the  outlet  of  Canandai^-na  lake  to 
their  journeys  end;  the  instance  was  eiceptional,  the  head  of  navigation  being 
ia  what  is  now  the  town  of  Manchester.  The  water  opon  the  streams  was  of  far 
greater  Tolume  than  at  present,  and  the  cmisrant,  at  times  moving  easily  alone, 
had  opportunity  of  obs-'rvinq  the  tlivcrsity  of  scenery;  at  others,  a  raft  of  lo-js  in- 
terminably blended  created  delay  of  portaTe  or  the  work  of  cuttioc  a  channel  To 
those  who  made  that  voyage,  looking  back  after  an  interval  of  poling,  rowing, 
flooting,  and  transporting,  for  a  period  of  from  four  to  six  weckj,  the  eastern 
Kome  seemed  far  remote,  the  comforts  of  civilization  left  far  behind.  Another, 
and  a  southern  route,  led  the  emigrant  ajoiig  tue  Su.viuehaniia  and  Tio-ja  rivers 
to  Newtown,  thence  to  and  down  the  Seneca  Like.  It  was  said  by  Maude  that, 
"August  18,  ISOO,  a  sciiooncr  of  forty  Uins  sailed  from  Genesee  landing  for 
Kingston,  U.  C,  laden  with  pot.a5h,  which  had  b'.'en  sent  from  Cunindarriue  to 
Rundicutt  bay,  and  from  thence  ro'ind  ab.iUt  in  b..,it^  to  the  landing;"  the  eitract 
presents  the  condition  of  n.avlgation  at  a  date  when  many  scttltraonts  of  Ontario 
were  well  advanced,  and  evidences  the  bck  of  roads  and  the  unsettled  condition 
bf  Slonroe.  For  a  brief  time  the  water  route  found  patronage,  but  efforts  were 
«t  once  put  forth  and  the  cutting  through  of  mad'  U-jnn. 

The  early  scltlois  upon  the  miliLiry  tract  came  from  New  Jersey  and  Pennsyl- 
Tania  along  the  well-marked  route  of  Suliivao.  The  pioneers  of  Ontario  from 
Jlassachusetts  set  out  on  foot  and  on  horseback  and  drove  throiiih  their  stock, 
while  families  came  by  water,  or,  as  wa.<  the  rule,  the  heads  of  families  or  young 
men  came  on  as  land-hunters,  made  their  selection,  boui^it  or  aniclod.  built  a  h'g 
boose,  and  then  returned  along  the  path  or  trail  to  pass  the  winter  at  the  old 
liome.  Fully  aware  of  the  intluence  of  rnads  in  facilitating  travel  and  eonse- 
qoent  settlement.  Mr.  Phelps,  jointly  with  John  Taylor.  State  a-jent.  contracted 
with  Ephraim  Bl.ackracr  to  cut  out  a  ro.ad  two  r'>ds  in  width  from  Fort  Stanwix 
to  Seneca  lake.  This  preliminary  improvement  op.in  the  Indian  trail  and  bbied 
trees  was  completed  during  1T.S9.  .^Icn  were  ncit  employed  to  cut  the  brush 
between  Geneva  and  Canandaigua,  and  from  a  point  on  Flint  creek  to  the  loot  of 
Canandaigu.1  kke.  -\  wa'.-on-road  wa^  made  from  the  head  of  navigation,  io 
Manchester,  to  the  site  of  Canandai~ua.  In  1702.  said  Williamsnn,  in  a  note  to 
Maude's  Travels,  "  the  road  fnmi  Geneva  to  Canandaigua  was  but  an  Indian  path, 
opoQ  which  but  two  families  hail  sctil.M.  Tbe  county  town  con>i3ted  of  only  two 
•mall  frame  hoaxes  and  a  few  huLs  inrl't*eil  hy  thick  woods  .  From  Canandateua 
to  the  Gone-w  river  but  f,.ur  famiii.s  r,  -id.-d  on  ibe  r^.  i.l  or  trail  "  Pitn.-k  ( ■..nip. 
bell,  who  traveled  tlir->M'_'li  the  wc-^n-ro  nonfri-  in  M  in-h.  17!*-.  notiri^d  hut  one 
house  and  two  ncwiy.,r,-euii  huU  in  'din-ilui  lo>vn>hip,  and  .iays,  '■  The  wholo 
region  from  Onondapi  Hollow  to  Cayuga  was  a  f..rcst.'      No  more  interesting  or 


authentic  de^'ription  of  the  mutes  to  the  G>'iiesec  c^iuntry  arc  fiirnUhed  than  the 
journey  by  wat-;r,  made  in  the  spring  of  17SL',  by  a  party  of  which  Jiid'.-e  Porter 
was  a  member,  and  one  made  hy  Williaiu-ion  earlv  in  17912.  by  land.  .\u;ru>tiH 
Porter  contracted  to  survey  two  towo.sliips  purelia.-,ed  in  Ontario,  and  to  that  end 
met  V.'illiam  Bacon,  one  of  the  proprietors,  at  Schoneeiady,  in  May,  17'^9.     Wbilr 


part- 


jf  the  company  wont  on  by  land,  driving  through  cattle,  others,  with  iw.. 
boats  laden  with  p:ovisioni  and  farmin-  tool.-i.  sot  out  by  water.  The  Uiata  eai  li 
carried  about  twelve  barrels,  and  renuircd  a  crew  of  four  men.  Wau-ons  w.-n- 
employed  to  tran.^port  the  boats  and  thoir  loads  around  the  Little  Falls  of  ihi 
Mohawk,  and  at  Fort  St.inwil  a  portage  a  mile's  di~tance  wu  re-|uiicd  to  launch 
their  boats  in  Wood  creek.  At  this  porLjge  ■'  there  was  a  d.im  for  a  saw-mill 
which,  when  filled,  could  be  rapidly  discharged,"  creating  a  flood  upon  which  buai^ 
p.asaed  down."'  At  Senoea  fills  the  boats  wore  pass»}d  up-strcaiii  empty,  each 
being  manned  by  a  double  crew,  while  the  loading  w.is  taken  around  by  a  man 
n.imed  .Toii  Smitli,  who  had  a  pair  of  oxen  and  a  rudely  constructed  cart.  wh*v^- 
wheels  were  made  by  sawing  off  sections  of  a  log,  some  two  and  a  half  or  tbror. 
feet  in  diameter. 

Geneva  consisted  of  a  halfJozen  families.  A  party  of  four,  including  Ponor. 
took  the  traU  for  Canand.^i'jua,  each  carrying  up«in  his  back  a  pack.  At  Canan- 
daigua were  a  dozen  p-rsoiis.  recently  arrived.  Judge  Porter  wont  to  No.  1" 
fourth  range,  where  he  found  Jonathan  .Vdanis  and  quite  a  colony  in  occufiatinn 
of  three  loe  houses,  one  beinT  large,  the  others  .■•mailer.  East  Uloomfivld  bavin-.' 
been  surveyed.  No.  9,  sixth  range,  came  next.  Its  owner,  General  Fellow-i,  offon-l 
a  whole  township  i  Livonia)  to  Porter  and  Saxton  at  twenty  ccuta  f«.T  aire. 
Other  surveys  were  made,  and  then  succeeded  the  slow  return  journey  to  the 

The  testimony  of  WiUianuson  presents  changes  and  first  iraprevsions.  "  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1792.  Albany  wai  left  on  my  route  to  the  Genesee  river,  but  the  conn- 
try  was  thought  so  remote,  and  ^  very  little  known,  that  the  stage  owner  would 

the  Jlobawk,  one  hundred  miles  from  .■\.lbany.  To  Whitcstown  a  passible  wau-nn 
road  existed,  thence  to  the  Genesee  was  a  trail  widened  for  the  p.T--.i-_-e  of  a  .=led. 
and  rough  bridgia  thrown  over  othorwisc  irapa.«sable  streams.  Reaohing  Whiter 
town,  the  Albany  driver  became  alarmed  for  himself  and  horses,  when  he  learned 
that  for  one  hundred  miles  forage,  provisions,  and  blankets  had  to  lie  carri"*! 
along,  and  carriage  was  changed.  On  from  White.'itown  huts  were  t"ound  at  in- 
tervals of  ten  to  twentv  miles,  but  affbrdcrl  onlv  shelter  fnnn  the  snow,  and  the 
convenience  of  a  fire.  On  the  third  day  the  east  side  of  Seneca  Like  wis  reached, 
and  was  found  free  from  ice.  Ploisure  and  admiration  were  affnrd'.-i  by  the  siiht 
of  a  boat  and  canoe  plying  upon  the  lake.  Gladly  the  journey  was  concludel  ti> 
Geneva,  where  at  its  log  huts  rest  was  taken.  To  Canandaigua  the  route  bv 
upon  an  improved  trail  thniugh  land  rich  and  heavily  timbered.  The  countr 
town  contained  two  frame  hou-*es ;  the  people  were  hospitable,  and  venison  was 
abundant.  From  thence  to  the  Genesee  river,  twenty-six  miles,  it  was  alm<M 
toully  uninhabited,  only  four  families  residing  on  the  road.  The  coiinrry  was 
beautiful  and  very  open;  in  many  places  the  openings  were  free  of  all  tiiuborand 
varied  by  hiU  and  dale ;  it  reminded  one  of  the  Endish  parks.  At  the  Genesee 
river  was  found  a  small  Indian  store  and  tavern.  The  river  was  not  frozen,  and 
was  fordable."  .No  considerable  settlement  existed  in  the  tjimosee  couiitrv,  that 
of  Jemima  Wilkinson's  followers,  consisting  of  abont  forty  fiUuilii->.  being  tin 
largest.  Indians  were  numerous,  and  rc-.-ardod  hy  the  few  settlor.-  with  appre- 
hensiL.o.  The  land  wa.3  full  of  promise:  cattle  throve  through  the  winter:  clear- 
ing advanced  with  spirit ;  ample  returns  repaid  lal>cr  ;  and  there  was  I'arlv  promise 
that  these  and  other  pioneers  soon  to  follow,  by  their  enern"  and  -kill,  w.nild  sup- 
plant the  forest  with  the  field,  the  hut  with  the  dwelling;  would  cut  out  roads, 
build  bridges,  and  lay  the  foundation  for  later  proajierity. 


CHAPTER   VL 


THF.    PIONEEaS    0?    THE    TERRITOttr     XOW     CONSTITtTTINO    .MO!itROF  ;     TUT 

REMINISCENCtS FORM.VTION    OK    OENE-EK    roINTY — E.VRt.T     SETTLEIIS 

THB    TOWNS    NOW   COlirRISED    IN     MONROE;    THEia     B.VBDSHirS    AND    I 
PROVEJIt.TrS. 


Em.NTS  now  held 


II.  in  time,  affonl  no  1 
;  details  of  early  travel. 


ir  inlerrst 

Tith  the  1 

>p-..of 

vcnrs.  and 

sottlemoot 

n  .Mi.nn... 

an.w,.r.-d 

The   tran 

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effort  ami 

■il-ius  etmji.vture. 

EEISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NE\V  YORK. 


pn-scnta  contrast,  and  ^tiioul.itcs  euiui-jtioii.  Lotal  histi.ry  tr.ic\>3  Imrn.m  pr.)2Tesa 
«nd  naiurJ  changes.  Xcw  En.-land  colonua  are  soeii  to  occupy  an  Indian  wilder- 
DCiS  ;  troop-  of  PavaL'CS,  prcd.itory  and  Ulimael-minded,  are  located  upon  rc^rvj- 
tion5  or  transported  to  distant  regions,  and  the  gmdationa  of  improvement  lind 
ample  demonstration. 

The  main  road  leading  from  Utica  westward  to  Buffalo  crossed  the  Genesee  at 
Avon,  by  th-i  only  Vridjc  spannin-  th.;  riv.r,  and  led  to  an  early  and  -eueral  set- 
tlement of  the  lands  adjacent  that  hi-hway,  while  ucrthward  remained  for  yoara 
a.  wilderness  with  here  and  there  a  log  hut  in  a  clearing,  the  occupants  scourged 
by  fevers,  yet  tenacious  in  pos-^assion  till  time  and  interest  bnjUL'ht  rtiief. 

From  17SS-90  a  hall'-dozcn  persons  had  effected  a  lodgment  between  Avon  and 
Lake  Ontario.  At  Pittsford  were  Israel  and  rimon  Stone;  at  Pcninton,  Gluvcr 
Perrio  ;  npon  the  site  of  Seottsville  lived  Peter  rihaeffer;  at  Brighton,  Orange 
[  Stone  h.id  built  a  habitation,  and  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  William  Ilincher 
had  6xed  his  abode.  For  several  years  no  neighbor  intervened  between  the  twelve 
mdes  of  forest  which  stretched  from  tlie  log  tavern  of  Stone  to  the  solitude  where 
Hincher  dwelt  by  the  lake. 

It  WM  the  close  of  17S9,  when  Peter  Shacffer,  orijinallv  from  Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania,  set  out  for  the  Genesee  country  to  pruviile  his  sons  and  daughters 
each  with  an  inheritance  before  his  dc-parturo.  for  he  was  eighty-five  years  of  age. 
During  July  a  tract  of  one  thousand  two  hundred  acres  was  purchased  in  Bloom- 
field,  and  each  of  three  daughters  was  given  four  hundred  acres,  uj<in  which  they 
settled.  Shaeffer  came  in  December  to  the  mouth  of  Allen's  creek,  where  dwelt 
Ebeneier  Allen  in  a  log  house  upon  a  farm  of  four  hundred  and  seventy  acres, 
part  grajjted  for  services  rendered  Phelps  andGorham  in  treaty  with  the  Indians, 
and  three  hundred  the  gift  of  the  Indians.  Shaetfer  found  over  tifty  acres  under 
tillage,  and  a  field  of  twenty  acres  .sowed  to  wheat ;  experience  taught  him  the 
Talue  of  the  property,  aud  it  was  purchased  for  his  sons,  Peter  and  Jacob,  for  one 
thousand  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars.     This  money  enabled  Allen  to 

COmpieie    his    famous    lulll    upull    the    prcaeUt    ali«  of  Iloehc=ier.       Tlie  Sliocucia, 

fiither  and  sons, became  inmates  of  the  Allen  cabin,  where  they  passed  the  winter 
while  building  for  themselves  a  structure  which  was  known  as  the  first  framed 
&rm  dwelling  from  the  Genesee  to  Lake  Erie. 

The  Either  and  brother  died,  aud  Peter  ihaetTer,  Jr.,  wealthy,  enterprising,  and 
benevolent,  was  held  ia  high  repute  in  public  and  private  life.  As  he  was  the 
pioneer  settler  of  southern  Monroe,  we  learn  with  plciisure  that  his  lite  and  char- 
acter were  worthy  of  transmittal  to  p'jsterity  in  the  records  of  its  organization. 
Among  reminiscences  he  speaks  of  laying  a  road  from  Allen's  creek  to  the  fails 
in  1792.  He  was  assisted  by  his  brother,  and  having  no  compass  the  ranges  were 
taken  from  trees.  Improvements  in  the  way  of  bridging  were  made  in  the  winter 
of  1793.  Wild  animals  were  numerous  and  troublesome.  Wild  pigeons  were 
netted  in  large  numbers.  Trout  were  abundant  ia  the  creeks.  While  en  route 
to  join  the  western  Indians  against  Wayne,  a  body  of  Seiiecaa  eneamp-jd  up^in  the 
flats  near  the  creek,  and  threatened,  if  successlul,  to  return  and  war  against  the 
settlers.  On  cne  occasion  a  detachment  of  troops  proceeding  westward  al'^ng  the 
Ontario  shore  lyecame  shortened  for  supplies.  Learning  of  Shaeffer.  they  came 
np  to  his  farm,  quartered  in  his  bam,  received  a  quantity  of  ration.s,  and  were 
guided  by  him  to  Caledonia  springs,  and  from  Tonawanda  were  led  by  the  trader 
Poudry  (o  Fort  Niagara,  where  they  were  the  first  to  raise  the  American  flag. 
Maude  said  of  Shaeffer,  '■  This  respectable  farmer  lives  off  the  road  in  a  new 
boardeJ  house,  the  only  one  of  that  description  between  New  Hartford  (Avon ) 
and  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river,  upon  which,  excepting  Indian  Allen,  he  is 
the  oldest  settler." 

Simon  and  Israel  Stone  were  proprietors  of  Pittsford,  and  settled  upon  the  trail 
from  Avon  northward  to  Irondcquoit.  Silas  Nye  and  Joseph  Farr  were  others 
closely  following  them. 

William  Walker  is  rrcallcd  as  the  land  agent  of  Phelps  and  Gorham  at  Canan- 
daigna.  Probably  as  a  rciauncration  for  his  services,  township  12,  range  4, 
became  his  propt.Tty. 

Daring  the  summer  of  17Sn,  Caleb  Walker  moved  into  the  township,  bringing 
with  him  Glover  Perrin  and  his  wife.  Walker  died,  and  was  the  first  death  of 
a  white  settler  in  Ontario.  Glover  Perrin  was  the  first  settler  with  a  family  in 
the  town  of  Pcrrinton.  The  original  log  cabin  stood  a  mile  south  of  Fairport. 
The  township  first  formed  as  Nurthficld  w:is  known  ;is  B'lvle.  and  then,  in  honor 
of  the  Perrins,  took  its  present  name.  A  year  elapsed  and  Jesse  Perrin  came, 
and, residing  with  hi,'  brother,  cleared  what  is  now  the  "  Centre  buryin._'ground." 
In  1792,  Jes3.j  Perrin  brniiLrlit  on  his  Kiiiiily,  and  for  two  years  tla-se  families 
alone  ix-cupied  the  town.  To  those  accustomwl  to  .society,  this  loneliness  wxi  dc- 
pru-sing.  and  the  record  says  .Mrs.  Gluvcr  Perrin  K-e:;me  ■•  partially  denin-jsj.- 
What  wonder  that  a  scn-itive  nature  should  shrink  from  the  solitiry  a'lid  l..b.jriou3 
life,  or  th.at  rca.son  should  Iw  finally  overborne.'  The  utter  despair  with  which 
many  a  mother  firs.t  cnten-d  her  log  cabin  and  by  night  listened  to  the  unearthly 


wolf  pro 

whni 

in  the  clearing,  or  bv 

dav.  he 

husl 

and 

b-sent  to  mil!  0 

ountered 

the 

ullen  and  vindictiie 

*;«•'.,. 

earn 

,1  u 

realized.     The 

f  popula 

tion 

s  denoted  bv  the  fact 

that  wh 

en  it 

ivas  ri-mirod  to  nise 

r-wom  hou.se 

yet  .sLinding  on  the 

north  r 

art  o 

the 

farm  of  Bruce 

Hamilton,  all  tjie  available  help  of  I'errinI 
two  days  of  hard  labor  \ 


settled  in 


Brighton,  Pittsfor.!.  and   P.mn.-ld 
3  employed  to  conclude  the  under- 


1790, and 

became  well  kn.,wn  to  traveler,  I 

homes  in  the  country  boarded  w 

drove  through  stock,  cattle,  and  swine, 

and  from  his  eastern  home  were  made,  until  ISlU 

settler  of  Rochester,  aud  the  owner  of  a  farm  now  . 

portions  of  the  city.     He  has  written  the  fi.llowii 

stopping  with  my  brother  Orange,  Chauncey  Hyde 

hunting  cattle.     Wo  saw  a  smoke  rising  at  Irondeqi 


him.     Enos  Stone,  Jr.,  w;ls  one  of  those  who 
ine,  in  the  spring  of  1790.     'Various  trips  to 


■  the  most  densely  populaterl 


chins 


1  myself  were  out  . 

;  landing,  and  appn 
from  a  camp  in  which  were  two  Indians,  who  rose  from  a  couch  as 
we  drew  near.  One  of  the  men  was  dressed  partly  as  an  Indian  and  partly  as  a 
white,  was  provided  with  a  gold  watch,  and  Intro'iuced  himself  as  .Ios«?ph  Brandt, 
on  the  way  to  Canandaigua.  He  had  arrived  in  a  boat,  sent  runners  to  the 
county  scat  for  horses,  and  waited  their  return.  Accepting  an  invitation,  he  came 
np  and  visited  at  the  house  of  Orange  Stone.  Familiar  in  conversation,  gentle- 
manly in  manners,  it  was  difficult  to  conceive  him  the  leader  of  savages  in  a  crnei 
war  upon  the  borders.  He  manifested  an  interest  in  settlements,  and  gave  as- 
surance that  the  Sfnecas  would  act  '  iu  good  faith  and  give  no  trouble.'  " 

John  Lusk,  of  Berkshire,  Mas.sachusetts,  brought  the  first  family  to  the  lands 
of  3Ionroe,  and  during  the  progress  of  survey  had  set  off  to  him  a  tract  of  fifteen 
hundred  acres,  near  the  head  of  Irondequoit  bay.     As  the  first  in  improvement 

county  whose  lands  became  his  home.  Contemporary  with  the  founding  of  Can- 
andaigua, he  was  the  first  settler  in  all  Monroe,  and  one  of  the  first  drops  in  that 
shower  of  settlers  whose  combined  labor  h;is  resulted  in  so  great  changes.  John 
Lusk,  his  sou  Stephen,  a  youth  of  fifteen,  and  Seely  Peet.  a  hired  man,  came 
west  during  the  summer  of  17S9.  At  Schenectady  the  father  set  out  by  kat 
with  provisions)  the  son  and  hired  hand  came  by  land  to  bring  out  cattle.  The 
three  met  at  Canandaigua,  made  an  ox-sled,  loaded  it,  and  cut  their  own  road  to 
their  location.  The  log  eabin  was  built,  and,  during  the  intermissions  of  tever 
and  ague,  land  to  the  extent  of  twelve  acres  was  cleartnl  and  sowed  in  wheat  ob- 
I  tained  of  Allen.  The  wheat  was  brought  by  canoe  down  to  the  mouth  of  Red 
creek,  whence  it  was  taken  along  a  track  cut  through  the  woods.  In  the  sprin:; 
of  1700  Lusk  returned  from  Massachusetts,  where  he  had  passed  the  winter,  and 
came  from  Schenectady  to  the  head  of  the  Irondequoit  bay,  by  water,  bringing 
with  him  liis  family.  Two  sons,  Erastus  and  Stephen,  were  of  the  party  ens^ged 
in  briniriiig  out  stock.  The  family  settled  in  their  new  home,  and  Monroe  County 
of  to-'lay  was  occupied  by  its  first  white  family  of  pioneers.  Othem  speedUy  fol- 
lowed, some  of  whom,  disheartened,  returned. 

Allen,  Shaeffer.  the  Stones,  and  Lusks,  have  been  named  as  the  pioneers  of 
Monroe.  .K.  name  recurs  which  has  no  merit  save  the  fact  that  it  belonged  to 
the  first  white  man  who  inhabited  the  present  county  of  Monroe.  When  But- 
ler's Rangers,  failing  to  check  the  advance  of  Sullivan,  were  taken  by  boats  to 
Canada,  one  n.amed  Walker  remained  behind-  -i.  lug  cabin  w;i3  built  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Genesee,  and  two  step-'laughters  became  his  housekeepers.  This  refugee 
adhered  to  British  interests,  and  found  delight  in  alarming  the  settlers  with  tal.?3 
of  Indian  hostility.  With  the  effrontery  of  his  class,  he  boaste<l  of  his  evil  det^. 
and  one  day,  at  Canandaigua,  was  attacked  by  Horatio  Jones,  axe  in  hand,  aud  bat 
for  assistance  would  have  paid  tho  penalty  of  his  crimes.  He  finally  removed  to" 
Canada. 

A  second  refugee  to  the  Monroe  shore  of  Lake  Ontario  w.ts  William  Ilcnclier.  of 
Brookficld.  Miissachusctts,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  a  supp.jrter  of  Shay  during 
the  Micssuchusctts  rebellion.  He  wxs  conveying  supplies  to  the  rebels  when  over- 
taken by  the  luilitary,  and,  abanditning  his  teams,  fled  to  the  seclusion  and  safety 
of  the  western  forests.  He  was  joined  by  his  family,  and  live-d  nx  Big  Flat-s  till 
August,  1791,  when,  with  a  Son  ;igcd  eleven,  he  went  to  the  mouth  of  the  Gene- 
see. The  father  and  son  cut  gra.ss  at  Long  pond,  as  a  provision  for  stiK,k.  and, 
building  a  hut  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  returned  to  the  Flats. 

The  family  set  out  in  February,  1792.  for  their  new  abtKle.  They  were  ten  in 
nqmbcr, — parents,  a  son.  and  seven  daughters.  Two  t.'anis  were  UslmI  with  ni- 
sleds,  aud  the  route  iv;i3  by  way  "f  S.'neca  lake.  Reaching  Ir..n.le.|uo,t.  chc  nj.id- 
way  u-ruiinaled.  -V  ro.nl  w.m  tlnu  cut  liy  Ilcnclier  westw.ird  till  tlie  river  »a.< 
reached  above  the  fills,  when  the  journey  was  coutinu-d  down  the  cx-t  siile  to 


W.ilkcr's, 


The 


lily  the 


cros-sed  the 


18 


HISTOIIY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


took  po5»ci<ion  of  the  hut  built  the  prcv 
koorJ  oirer(?J  the  niftcn,  simply  the  dri 
bton  the  fint  hut  of  l.-.-iliruatc  white  lei 
Qtacxi  »nrl  Fort  Nii^;ti.  rpin  i  cl 
»«  rsiifl  while  other  land  woa  improve 
the  freoucnt  viiita  of  cnilj^nts  and  boatmen,  who  earoe 
the  ligation  wLtl^  niade.  To  a  traffic  which  'pnin'_'  np 
Father  »od  sod,  crossing  the  bte.  caUL'ht  fUh.  which 
Bicuts  fordlirj  ptuduLla.  and  these  in  turn  sold  in  Can; 
dreJ  •cres  of  land  were  lK3u_-ht,  and  when  ihe  first  title 
thfl  tract  waJ  once  more  paid  for  in  full.  All  seven  o 
B>»rrie-1  to  pioneers,  lived  Ion'»,  and  saw  their  f.imilies  •. 

Aagufltua  Porter,  the  surveyor  of  many  to 
past,  «nd  occounLs  for  pioneer  settlers :  "  The 
to  Bloomfield,  where  I  built  a  saw-mill  o 
I  was  employed  by  Jcn.ithan  Fa^wt  ( 
(Penfield).  This  I  ran  into  lar^-e  faru 
Ijing  on  Iromleiiuoitcreit,  which  were 
At  this  time  Simon  and  Israel  Stone  ' 
atands.  They  were  ori;^nal  purchasers 
tod  selected  (his  spot  tn  commence  th.-i 


■<  r.1!.  Not  CTen  the  primitive  clop- 
wild  ,mi.«.  This  is  claim,.-.!  to  hare 
men:  on  tlU  lake  >h.,re  b.'tw,*o  the 
■in;:,  n;jde  by  WallLr.  a  sumnir  emp 
a  lo-  house  5upplaun\l  the  hut.  and 


added  a 
traded  ■ 


le  wn  ^*hown  to  be  defective 

1  of  Ihe   H'-m  her  cirls  were 

3  ^w  up  alxiut  them. 

f  Ontario,  thus  reviews  the 

snrinjilTOO)  I  ai-ain  came 

Thelaiterpartof  shesea'wn 

survey  tnwn^hip  Xo.  K-1,  fourth  ran'.re 

lut=.  elcept  9<JQje  twcntv  or  thirty  acres 

in  into  twelve  hundred  so-called  city  lots. 

ere  iivin;  where  the  villas  of  Pituford 

f  the  township  from  Phelps  arid  Gorham. 

settlement  from  its  bcin.:  directiv  on  the 


iMudc 


Indian  paih  Icadlnj  both  from  the  IrondeoJ 
wigus  (Avon),  and  from  the  existence  then 


Nye  and  Pau 
n  Luak  lived 


lit  of  N" 

k.  and 


of  the  town  were  a  .^Ir 
the  widow  of  Israel  Stone.  Jo 
north  side  of  the  west  branch  of  the  < 
Pittsford  road.  Oranje  .=tone  was  a  re 
by  the  handsome  elm-tree  and  the  big 
cabin  of  Chauncey  Hyde.  The  town  was  surrey 
of  ft  comp.itiy  who  purcltased  during  the  year  17 
at  the  8«mthwest  and  the  great  marsh  of  the  b 
who  mostly  resold  to  Phelps-"  The  survey  of 
(Perrinton'),  into  lots,  was  made  by  Caleb  W-jIkc 
were  proprietors  of  the  town.  Colonel  Williaj 
Daniel  Penfield,  who,  in  1TD7,  sold  to  Mr.  Dun 
his  son,  a  later  resident  of  Canandaicua.     In  1 


li'.ndio'.^  and  the  Falls  to  Cane- 
'  a  fine  spring.  Among  other 
Richardscin,  who,  later,  married 
ear  the  landing;  Allen  on  the 
•  crossing  of  the  Ilc>che5ter  and 
0-  13,  seventh  rantre  i  Brighton), 
just  to  the  west  of  him  was  the 
d  by  Captain  John  Gilbert,  one 
9  The  pro-cnee  of  sw^mp  land 
y  disappointed  tlie  proprietors, 
:ownship  No.  12,  founh  range 
•.  who  with  his  bmther  William 
I  Walker  sold  the  township  to 
an,  a  .Scotchman,  who  left  it  to 
90,  Ebenezer  Hunt  and  othere 


1  Colonel  J.rtiiih  FUh. 
irs  supervisor  of  the 


ell,  in 


purchased  of  Phelps  and  Gt>rham  twenty  thousand  acre 
tange.  The  first  >ettlcr  between  Shaeffer's  and  the  Falls  i 
who  settled  at  the  mouth  of  Black,  creek,  an  1  wa:,  for  years  supervise 
town  of  Northampton,  which  included  all  of  the  prc-^ent  State  lying  we: 
rirer.  The  mill-site  tract  was  sorreyed  into  town-hips  by  Huch  Ma. 
1789.  Ke  erred  by  running  his  west  line  due  north,  and  conformed  the  outline 
of  the  township  to  accord  with  it.  The  correete-i  line,  which  is  N.  2'1°  E.,  was 
run  by  me  io  1792,  and  corresponds  with  the  course  of  the  Genesee,  and  givei 
tb<  obliiuity  seen  in  the  township  lines.  In  1797,  I  surveyed  the  twenty-thooj- 
ind-acrs  tract  into  lots,  and  laid  out  village  lots  at  Hanford's  landing.  Settle- 
BCDt  was  then  comaienccil  there  by  Gideon  King,  Zadoc  Gnnicr.  and  others.  At 
the  same  time  I  laid  out  the  Allen  hundrcJ  acres,  conformable  to  the  description 
given  by  Phelps  and  Gotham's  deed  to  E.  Hunt  and  others.  Thus  directed  that 
the  centre  of  the  tract  up  and  down  the  stream  should  be  the  centre  of  .-Vllcn'a 
mill,  and  laid  out  in  .-u  near  a  s/^uare  tnrm  .is  river  winding  would  admit."' 

The  formation  of  a  new  county,  to  be  known  as  Gencsoe.  dates  from  March  3. 
1802;  the  Genesee  river  became  the  boundary  line  between  the  new  omnt'y  and 
Ontario,  and  so  remained  all  the  later  erection  of  .Monruc  County  from  these  two. 
The  orgnnintion  of  these  counties  was  the  occa-sion  of  much  disiu&fion,  and  at 
timca  rose  to  the  rank  of  i  party  .[uestion  in  the  ori~inal  county  -.jke  advantages 
of  1  eoonly  seat  and  the  cost  of  public  builuinrs  beini  the  sround  of  dis.scnsion. 
Joseph  Ellicott  was  a  prominent  settler  uj'on  the  Holland  purchase,  and.  to  further 
advance  the  interests  of  that  section,  pa.'*sed  the  first  months  of  l->02  at  Albany 
ID  orying  upon  the  legislature  the  neccs-iitv  of  forming  a  new  county.  He  was 
opp«»od  by  James  Wadsworth,  who  wished  to  cp^ct  a  county  to  include  all  terri- 
tory west  of  a  north  and  south  line  p.issini  midway  between  the  Genc^oe  and 
nad,  with  llanf.rd  I  Avon  >  as  the  county  f^at.  The 
a'.y  was  brought  up  and  decided  during  the  temporary 


Canandaigua  at  the  ma 
bill  to  organize  Gon.^^.x' 
abntnca  of  Wadsw.irth. 
Court  wa,  held  in  th< 
John  H   Jones,  and  Be 


,  Pla 


use  at  Batavia  during  June.  I'll 
licolt  were  judgrs,  and  Nathan  Perry  was  nssist- 
taat  jn-<ic«.  Five  lawyers  were  admitted  to  practirc;  Gi-or;;e  Hot-mcr,  John 
Grcij:,  and  Richarl  .-mi'tli  havin-.-  bc-.n  atfrn.-)*  in  Ontario,  a,  d  Tiumthy  Burt 
and  G.  Opico  being  attorneys  of  the  S'lpnme  Cmrt.  At  this  court  wa.s  orrranised 
the  pioneer  grand  jury  wet  of  the  I'lcoc^-c  rivor;  l'n>m  this  cinum-tance  llicir 
•amcs  an  given  u  follows:  Alexander  Uca,  .Vsa  Han.'H)m,  Peter  Vandcventef, 


J.il.,-1  Warren,  Z.-rl  Phel;.,, 
p-^on,  John  Gai.son,  Jr.,  Isa...- 
■D,rtn,.tt,  John   McNaui:hi..n. 


Daniel  Henry,  Samuel  F-  G.^-r.  Lovcll  Chur.  1 
Jotham  Bem'us,  Seymour  Kcllo-.-g,  John  A.  Tl 
Smith,  Kli=ha  Farwcll,  Peter  Sbacft'cr,  Hugh 
and  Luther  Coe.  No  indictments  were  prescn 
rei-ord  was  joined  in  a  sosion  of  Novembt.'r,  !■ 
baili-.!  debtors  were  pre-st-ribed,  and  comprise-J  alwut  three  acres  of  ^nund  in  tl 
vicinity  of  the  j»il  in  Bat-ivia.  A  court  of  oyer  and  terminer  wa.s  held  by  .\i 
brose  Spencer  in  June,  HOt.  An  indictment  wxs  found  for  manslaughter  again 
J.>sc-ph  Rhiue'tKbrger,  who  wiS  defended  by  Judjc  Howell.  -  Found  guiity.  T 
years  in  the  State's  prison  at  New  Vork  were  L-iven  him.  lu  NuveiMb.r,  ISO 
Benjamin  Bary,  Jr  ,  was  licensed  to  keep  a  fcrr>-  betwc-en  the  towns  of  Northui 
bcrland  and  Northficld.  The  former  originally  included  all  land  w.--t  of  the  riv 
in  the  State.  The  first  trial  for  murder  was  in  June,  l.*07.  The  pic:>iding  jud 
Has  D-aniel  D.  Tompkins.  Judge  HowoU  defended  the  prisoner,  who  w.ts  foui 
guiltv,  and  sentenced  to  be  hung. 

The  circumstances  of  the  crime  and  capture  are  these :  Three  s.iuatter5  d 
puted  concerning  the  ownership  of  a  tree.  McLean,  the  murderer,  with  an  a 
killed  one  of  bis  companion.s,  and  when  McLaughlin  iiiteri'ered  aUi  struck  hi 
down.  Passing  the  night  in  a  hollow  log  near  hLs  hou.se,  McLean  with  niornii 
fled  to  the  woods.  The  news  circulated  swiftly  through  all  the  scttlemciiLs  w, 
of  the  river ;  the  militia  were  called  out,  and  in  small  parties  scoutf-d  the  wcwds 
every  direction.  A  few  d.iys  had  passed  when  McLcjn  was  identified  at  a  tave 
cast  of  Canandaigua  and  captured.  The 
almost  the  entire  population 
with  present 


in  August  was  attended  by 
women,  and  children, — a  marked  contrast 


Theh 
charactei 


T  of  each  town  of  Monroe  delineates  the  almost  uniform  experience 
sickness,  losses,  and  adventure.  It  remains  here  to  preeut  types  ol 
d  illustrate  the  results  of  perseverance  in  the  midst  of  hardship- 
unknown  to  the  pioneers  upon  the  western  plains  at  the  present  date.  The  tid.- 
of  settlcmeut  has  rolled  far  rcm'-te ,  it  has  swept  acrcis  the  valler  of  the  Mi- 
pissippi  and  spread  upon  the  regions  btely  roamed  by  the  buffalo  and  claimed  by 
the  Indians  ;  but  the  rail-car  lands  the  emigrant  by  his  claim  and  the  treele-vi 
soil  is  ready  for  the  plow.  Settlement  proceeds,  but  the  hardships  endured  by  the 
pioneers  of  Monroe  have  now  no  parallel. 

The  Atchisons,  piloted  "by  the  hunter  Parks,  are  seen  to  cut  their  way  to  Brad- 
dock's  b.av;  sled-boards  and  blankets  afford  them  shelter;  three  out  of  four  oien 
die,  and  with  the  survivor  eight  acr^s  arc  logged  and  prepared  for  cr>ips.  The 
Leonards  lo^e  a  father  by  the  fall  of  a  limb  while  chopping  a  tree,  fir-e  consumes 
their  household  property,  and  sickues-s  paralyzes  energy.  Oliver  Culver,  opi^ratin- 
the  pioneer  ashery  at  Irondefiuoit  landing,  utilizes  the  ashes  of  the  clearings  and 
euables  the  settler  to  purcha.se  necessaries  from  trader  and  early  storekeepers;  ancl 
Judge  John  Tryon,  having  erected  a  store  and  store-house  upon  a  villice  silo 
three  miles  south  from  the  hc.id  of  Irondequoit  bay.  receives  goixis  from  the 
.sleighs  of  Augustus  Griswold  and  the  b<iat  of  Oliver  Grace,  and  opens  tlie  piiv 
neer  store  west  of  Canandaigua, — the  p.ayment  of  his  goods,  the  product  of  the 
chase,  supplied  by  both  white  and  Indian. 

Common  hardships  are  instanccl,  initial  improvement  named.  The  interest  of 
proprietors  was  identical  with  settler^,  since  occupation  and  improvement  enhanced 
the  value  of  their  purcha.se,  and  the  utmost  lenity  was  shown  to  the  wonliy.  It 
was  under  these  circum.stances  of  difficulty  that  the  first  lands  of  Monroe  were 
pcttled,  and  that  resolute  character  imbibed  so  marked  in  their  descendania. 


CHAPTER  VIL 

EABLT    PROPBirrORS   0»    MOXROE    TOWS3 A0EST9    FOR    SALS    AND    SFTTLE- 

MENT — ORIOISAL   T0W.S3   AND  OFFICIALS THE    FIBST  TAX-EOLl  WEST  Of 

THE   0ENE3EE. 


trait  with  the  present.     Then  a  proprietor  or  his  r 
tendent  of  pioneer  movement;   now  each  emicrant  arts  for  hiiiis.lf  ntic-  i''-" 
direct  from  covernment.     The  farmer  method  was  favorable  to  pn-.-f"  " 
conveyances  were  not  defective.     Two  men,  Jam,-s  and  William  \V,d->frth    n>- 
tivcs  of  C"nn.^-ticut,  .a-s  proprietor,  ami  a-.-ucs  of  Genesee  lands,  r.-i.l-  f  I    "'   ■" 
valuable  service  to  the  pion.-ers.    Tliems.  .:-.,.  i.  -.    ,,,.,...., 

prep.. 


otlicr.-      Tl"'- 


Mendon  waa  the  laat  sale  by  Phelps  and  Gorliam  prior 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


interests  to  the  London  wmpiiny.  FrankliD  and  lk>u^htun  were  iho  first  pur- 
chuaers.  Jeremiah  Wud.sworth  bcvaiue  owuor  of  nearly  one-half  the  township, 
And  began  sales  io  June,  173j.  Zobulon  Norton  was  the  pimitT  in  the  town, 
haWns  acttled  at  Hurie*.ye  falls  in  170  K  and  there  ort-ctyd  milU.  The  town  of 
Riuh  was  purchased  by  Jeremiah  Wad.sworth  and  by  a  company  of  which  Mor- 
gan was  a  prominent  moniber.  The  Wad.'iwurths  raised  herdn  of  cuule,  and  these 
they  herded  several  winters  upon  the  ru>h  meaduws  of  th :  tiats.  Tlio  town  hiu 
its  name  from  the  abun'iaat  growth  of  rushes  on  ita  lands.  Joseph  Morgan  was 
one  of  the  earliest  pioneers. 

The  town  of  Northfiold,  formed  in  1794,  included  all  of  Monroe  east  of  the 
tlvt-r  and  north  of  Rush  and  ^lendon.  The  first  town  meetini;  wxs  held  in  17D6, 
with  Phiucas  Bates  presiding  justice.  Silas  Nye  was  then  elected  supervi.sor. 
and  John  Ray  town  clerk.  .The  name  of  the  town  waa  chanjied  in  170S  to  Boyle, 
which  in  1313  wad  divided  intu  Penfield,  Pcrrinton,  and  SmalKvood.  Other 
changes  fJIowed  to  pruduce  the  civil  L-unfunuatioii'!  now  existini:  in  ISU  and 
subsequent  years.  In  North  Penficld  or  Webster  the  forest  was  heiivy,  tlie  ground 
wet,  and  only  by  co-operative  labor  wa.s  the  community  of  s<_-ttlers  enabled  to  make 
a  eomxncncemont.  The  fir^t  occuparioo  n^  Hvorietta  w.is  made  in  17"0,  by  I.-aac 
Scott,  to  whom  nine  hundnMl  acres  were  appi.rtioned  of  land.>  bordcrias  upon  the 
Genesee.  The  tract  was  given  by  Phelps  and  Gorham  lor  :ser\ii;es  rendered  them, 
and  upon  it  a  log  cabin  was  built,  a  few  acres  clL-an.-d.  und  then,  after  e.-vei-al  years 
of  the  mn.st  trjing  experience.  Major  Scott  abandoned  the  field  to  others,  and  it 
was  not  till  ISOG  that  permanent  fertlLment  bv-gan  by  Lyman  and  "W'arren  Hawley 
and  Jesse  Pangbum.  Sale  of  lands  was  arrested  in  ISll  by  the  discovery  that 
the  deeds  of  foreign  proprietors  were  not  on  record  as  required  by  statute.  A  pe- 
tition, drawn  by  Wads'.vorth  and  signed  by  settlers,  asked  a  year's  delay  t^  iuppiy 
omission,  and  it  was  granted.  Title  was  made  good  in  1317,  and  all  unsold  lands 
were  purchased  of  foreign  holder*  by  Mr.  Wadsworth.  Pending  the  contract  of 
lands  between  1S09  and  1S17,  Rocliester  had  aisumed  importance,  a  canal  was  in 
prospect,  and  the  early  price  of  tour  doiiars  per  acre  was  cluugeu  io  .ilx-oiu  *»itli 
the  improvements.  The  terms  for  unpaid  contracts  wore  '•  full  payment  at  contract 
price  in  four  months;  payment  in  full  for  twenty  or  more  acres  at  contract  price, 
and  a  new  contract  at  a  two-thirds"  advance  upon  that  unpaid ;  or  no  payment 
?ii  dnlUra  and  sisty-sli  ceuLs  per  acre.'  The  terms 
1  proprietor  and  settlers,  but  were  unfavorable  to  the 
tlie  enhanced  value  of  lands  w:ts  the  result  of  their 
^h  in  hand  the  third  alternative  of  renewed  i 
inable  to  make  payments,  sold  at  a  sac: 


down  and  a  new  contract  a 
were  made  in  equity  betwt 
latter  ifi  a  dual  sense  ;  firs 
presence ;  second,  with  no 
■  had  to  be  adopted.     Jl.iny 


newed  their  effort,  we  hops  under  better  circumstances,  while  others  lust  their 
improvements  without  equivalents.  This  was  a  misfortune  ever  creating  dis- 
quietude in  the  log  cabin,  dreaded  more  than  hardships,  and  prevalent  in  various 
sections  of  the  Geuesee  country,  but  mo.<t  severe  in  the  town  of  Henrietta. 

To  DO  great  extent  was  Ch.^.rles  William.^on  interested  in  that  part  of  the  Pul- 
teney  estate  known  as  the  Mill  tract.  Mi-taken  as  to  the  course  of  commerce, 
hia  early  efforts  were  given  to  the  lunds  now  conipri>od  in  S^teuben,  and  Bath 
became  a  settlement  in  179-.  lie  is  credited  with  tiie  expression,  '■  As  nature 
has  done  so  much  for  the  northern  plains,  I  will  do  stimething  for  these  southern 
inoantainj."  However,  his  enterprise  wxs  confined  to  no  one  spot,  and  the  influ- 
ence of  his  operations  was  felt  thrMiiLihout  the  entire  Genesee  country.  Altliouirh 
termed  the  "  Pulteney  estate,"  John  Hornby  and  Patrick  Colquhoun  were  etiually 
interested,  and  the  la'^t  named  was  the  active  partner  in  the  adventure  of  specula- 
tive purchase  in  wild  western  lands.  The  price  paid  fur  what  wj^  estimated  at 
one  million  one  hundred  thousand  acres,  hue  which  was  reallv  one  hundred  thou- 
sand in  excess,  was  thirty-five  thousand  pounds  storlinir.  The  country  could  not 
have  fallen  into  better  hands.  Tljcse  proprict-jrs  were  patient  under  delay,  gave 
long  credits,  and  were-  satisfied  with  re:u^onabIe  returns.  The  settlers  became 
such  from  their  ncce>?sity  and  the  company's  liberality;  and  wherever  the  history 
of  the  "  valley"  is  read,  the  name  of  Colquhoun  and  his  ai:ent,  Williamson,  should 
be  found.  Mr.  'Winvamson  foundcvi  towns,  built  hote-U  and  uiilU ;  and  while  he 
exercised  almost  a  parental  care  over  his  settlements,  provided  fur  communication 
by  roads,  and  for  their  enjoyment  by  fair^  and  race-course.  Having  reconnoitred 
the  shores  of  Lake  Ontario,  and  f.-unded  a  settlement  at  Sodus  bay,  he  re-.rarded 
Braddock's  bay  as  the  next  m.L-,t  promising  site  umm  the  lake.     Survey  of  a 


-At  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  he  saw  x  p 
improvement  to  others.  It  was  daring  a 
bay  and  the  fall-*  that  he  saw  the  value  oft 
O^len  the  mill  and  it.-^  tract.  The  mill,  fo 
t*'n'st  centered  el-wii.'re.     The  succ^^ir 


R.-bfrt  Tr 


cRey. 


Wa.U^ 


siblc  adviintageous  ailc,  but  left  its 
lurncy  made  in  llO-l  to  Braddoek'a 
latter,  and  purchased  of  Samuel  B. 
d  a  ruin.  w;is  repaired,  and  then  in- 
r  Captain   Wiiliamsen   was  O-toiiel 


ing,  and  he  returned  to  . 
He  wa.s  eommhwioncd  bv 


I  November,  1798,  having  achieved  his  ofiji-et. 

am  Pulteney  to  scU  the  lauds  of  the  mill  tract, 
including  the  present  towns  of  Riga,  Ogden,  Parma.  Chili,  and  parts  of  Greece 
and  Wheatland.  Mr.  Wadswnrth  scattered  harnibills  in  the  town.i  of  the  east, 
offering  to  exchaiiu'e  wild  lands  for  farm.s.  The  uUer  was  by  many  accepted.  A 
pioneer  of  Riga  says,  •In  1S08  I  took  wheat  to  Canandaigua  ;  tiiere  was  no 
price,  sale,  nor  store  trade  for  iL  X  removed  it  to  Geneva  at  a  coat  of  twelve  and 
a  half  cents  per  bushel,  and  paid  a  debt  due  for  a  barrel  of  whisky  with  it.  The 
net  price  of  the  wheat  was  twelve  aud  a  half  cents  per  bushel,  or  one  L'allon  of 
whisky  for  six  bushels  of  wheat."  Desirous,  under  those  adverse  circumstances, 
of  helping  the  settlers,  Wailsworth  procured  in  Albany  four  potash  kettled,  paying 
forty  dollars  for  each.  Their  conveyance  to  Cayuga  bridge  cost  him  one  hundred 
and  fifty-six  dollars  and  tweuty-five  cents.  These  kettles  bciug  sent  into  the 
township,  the  manufacture  of  black  salts  and  potash  was  begun  aud  much  relief 
affurdcd.  From  ISOG  Riga  settled  rapidly,  the  system  of  exchange  bringing  in 
New  Englandors.  The  people  of  tliat  town  of  later  settlement,  with  mills  and 
markets  already  established,  saw  c-omparatively  little  hardship.  W'udsworth  wrote 
in  1S07,  "  When  I  began  to  invite  settlement  to  West  Pulteney  ( Riga}  it  was  a 
r.-adlesa  wilderness.  Ten  years  for  sale,  it  had  not  one  settler  upon  its  limits.  It 
has  become  the  most  respectable  settlement  west  of  the  Genesee."  Again,  in 
Mriy,  •' Mr.  Mead  has  erected  a  saw-mill  on  Black  creek  ;  nine  new  barns  have 
been  erected  in  West  Pulteney."  The  settlement  of  East  Pu!teoey,^with  sli-ht 
exception,  was  long  deferred  by  controverted  title,  which  being  arranged,  the 
town  rapidly  advanced  in  line  with  others.  The  pioneer  settlement  was  known  as 
"Hannover."  Israel  Chapman  located  io  Chili  in  1802.  His  father,  X.hn 
Chapman,  opened  several  primitive  roads,  among  which  w;ls  one  from  Rochester 
to  Ogden.  The  "  opening,"  whereby  brush  was  cut  and  logs  rolled  to  admit  the 
passage  of  a  team,  was  made  in  1S07,  and  was  a  part  of  the  ■■  State  road." 
Ogden,  known  as  township  3,  west  of  the  Genesee,  was  owned   by  John  Mur- 

agent  for  its  sale.  He  fixed  the  price  at  two  dollars  an  acre,  and  offered  a  prize 
of  six  bushels  of  wheat  and  a  barrel  each  of  pork  and  whisky  to  the  man  who 
w«-,uld  raise  the  first  dwelling  in  the  townsliip.  The  premium  was  won  by  George 
W.  Willey,  who  moved  in  from  Oouneciicut  in  1S04.  Himself  and  one  Dilling- 
ham had  erected  log  huts  the  year  before,  and  to  the  raisiug  of  WlUey's  house 
men  had  come  from  Braddoek's  bay  and  the  landing,  and  some  twenty  had  assem- 
bled. Wadsworth  was  present,  andtihared  in  the  pleasantries  cuitumary  at  that 
date.  Settlement  was  rapid  at  the  close  of  1815,  aud  the  pioneera  of  the  town 
were  mainly  from  Connecticut.     The  soil  b  of  the  best,  and  the  surface  has  no 


}  For  the  town  of  Parma,  Wadsworth  became  agent  in  1S06.     The  northern 

1        part  was  surveyed  in  1736  by  Joseph  Colt,  and  was  named  "Braddoek's  Ray 
'        township."     At  one  time  nearly  every  settler  in  the  town  was  suffering  from 
!        fever,  and  the  agent  wrote  his  principal,  "I  am  afraid  the  settlement  will  be  aban- 
i        doncd."     The  settlers  were  energetic  and  the  proprietora  indulgeut,  and  after  the 
!        war  steady  progress  was  made.     A  tract  of  twenty  thousand  acres  was  bought  in 
1790  from  the  Mill  tract  adjoining  the  Genesee,  and  now  included  in  Roehe.--ter, 
!        by  Messrs.  Ely,  Pomoroy,  Hunt,  and  Breck.     The.--c  sold  portions,  so  that  by 
j        179C  the  Porters  and  Messrs.  King  aud  Granger  had  become  proprietors.     The 
general  survey  was  made  by  Frederick  Saxton  In  1700,  and  the  divisions  into 
I        lota  by  A.  Porter  in  1797.     The  first  f.ur  families  upon  the  tract  came  during 
i        the  winter  of  1790-97,  and  located  at  Hanfcrds  Landing.     During  the  eveetiou 
!        of  cabins  their  covered  sleiiihs  were  their  only  shelter.     The  heads  uf  these  fami- 
lies were  the  Kings,  Tliomas  and  Simon,  Elijah  Kent,  and  Eli  Granger.     Their 
I        first  boards  were  from  the  old  Allen  saw-mill.     The  intention  of  Mr.  Wadsworth 
I        was  to  make  a  business  point  at  the  mouth  of  the  river.     Samuel  Latta  wo^ 
I        made  local  agent,  and  settled  at  the  Landing.    In  January,  1810,  Frederick  Hau- 
I        ford  opened  a  store  at  what  was  called  Falltown,  and  from  that  circumstance  the 
place  took  the  name  Himfurd'a  Landing.     The  store  of  Ilanford  was  the  first  one 
'        un  the  river  Ijctween  Avon  and  the  lake, — a  distance  of  twenty-five  miles.     The 
i        Triangle  tract,  whose  base  re^ts  on  Lake  Ontario,  contained  about  eighty-seven 
1        thousand  acres,     lia  origin  h;i3  been  given  in  a  previous  chapter.     It  contains 
!        three  towns  of  Monroe, — Sweden,  CUrksun,  and  Hamlin.      Having  bought  from 
Massachusetts  lands  relinquished  by  Plulps  and  (jorham,  this  tract  was  sold  to 
I         Mcssra.  Le  l^^y.  Bayard,  and   .McKver..  nierchant-s  of  New  V.-rk.      It  was  sur- 
:        veycd  into  ioU  by  Richard  M.  St-^Jdard  in  (he  .spring  of  ISOl.     The  pioneer  of 
the  .^lonroe  Triangle  towns  \v;is  M.H,dy  Kprnian.  a  settler  during  the  year  1S03. 
In   the  year  fullnwin,.-.  Jnui.  s  ."^iiyrs  and    Elijah   UKKliiett  pureiiased  lands  in 
ClarL-M.n,  and  Jarura  .Merais^.n  m  ido  the  fii-st  piuehase  in  u-l..it  is  now  Hamlin. 
At  the   muuth  uf  Suely  en- k   liv.d  a   D..tehn,.in   u..n.ed   Str-.iok.      He  w,is  llm 
first  to  venture   in   that  deadly  regiuit,  and   las   life  paid   the  penalty.      The  first 


per  man  en 


^■ttle 


Ala 


Tin 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COU>"TY,  NEW  YORK. 


Ib  mjrteJ  cvutrj>t  with  the  towns  of  to-il:iy  n.u  ihjt  linowu  .is  >\iriliacip;on, 
botfu.Ieil  •-■3«".  I'V  ibe  Ceiicsoo,  w.^t  h_v  tho  Ni.ipira.  north  bj  IjLc  Ouurio,  »<mlh 
hj  Prni^-ylvjnia.  S[ai>o  of  p(i[>iiUt'.'jn.  i-no'i'L.u-*  in  arti.  its  mwii-  h;ne  Inhume 
•  coonlies,  ita  haiulots  ciiiis.  The  first  town  tnevtin'^  wi^,  h-ld  in  Aiiril,  ITOT,  at 
the  dwtllin.;  of  Pi;ti:r  Sliji-ffcr.  It  wii  otK-'ucd  anJ  supcrint.ii.lcJ  by  GaJ  WaJ-u 
worth,  j'ibtico  of  the  pv;u-o  of  the  town  of  HarttlinJ.  Ju-iah  l*i>h  ffa:*  cho-^^n 
•uperviAor  and  Kii  Gmnjrer  town  cierlc.  Fn.m  p.ntcity  of  men  one  scttier  held 
Uiree  oEcea.  Fifty  dollars  w.-w  roti-d  .'or  toiyn  exf«:nMrj.  and  eilhtein  penuf  for 
"election  boxes."  Tliore  were  liiree  road  di>ti-icu,  and  no  niad  pcnetnitc-d  the 
fbreist  ncslward.  Two  Jt-ars  later,  Ji-s-^  licuch  waa  ehos^n  path-lnastor,  the  first 
west  of  Caledooix  In  ISOD,  tlie  fir^t  .*iate  tai  was  l.?vii-d  in  the  GciLc^t  cuun- 
try.  Cyni3  Douglais,  Michael  Beach,  Eli  liriiTith.  and  Philip  Keach  were  made 
g5se?8or3.  The  warrant  was  directed  to  Peter  Shaeffer  a.s  cutlector,  and  w;t3  si-jned 
by  Aogvfituy  Porter  and  .Vmus  Hail,  eomnii^^ioDera  of  taxe^  for  the  county  nf 
Ontario.  The  Dumber  of  names  upon  the  roil  ia  l.-^s  than  one  hnndrcd  and  fifty, 
Itujij  of  th.m  cf  D'^n-residenli.  lu  the  e-ill^vtioo.  .^lr.  :^haetfer  paid  the  a^^ead- 
ments  of  many  in  preference  to  looking;  them  up.  The  perfonnanee  of  liis  duty 
required  hi.Ti  to  cro;3  Niagara  river  and  2:0  upon  the  Canada  side  to  reach  Lewis- 
ton.  Ilhi^lntiTe  of  the  poverty  of  -^ttlor*,  land  beintr  valued  at  one  dnll.ir  per 
tcre  onifonnly,  and  aa  a  matter  of  bl-toric  interest,  the  roll  is  herein  presented. 

COPT  OF  THE  SEW  1 


Ch>D>tl<rliD,  Klads-.. 

Cnrtil'.  JoC'trnZ!.'." 

Campbell,  Tetcr 

Ch»pii.,  Hen.-7 

CliJipn.«D,  AtJ — 

Coont,  Saniiid 

CbamberlLO.  Joshua,. 

5u^3,  Cfcri«topher... 

DoHglaja.  Cynil 

l>arii,  Dan.el 

Da.il,  SsjTtt 

■Fiih,  Josith _ 

»aM..n.  Ei,!h» 

Foll.r.  DiriJ _. 

Granger,  Eli 

Goodtiue,  Gcof5e.„„. 

eaoion,  Jobo.  Jr 

OaoKB,  James ._ 

Oriffiih.  Ell 

H«<.ber,W,n!Lm._... 

Hitk..  .■=.»«; 

Httb.  Ri-i.b>ii „. 

Bo»t,El.jah 

Harri,.  .\l|,h.u. 

Hall,  Fri.oJ 

Hunt,  Joitpb 

Hopk.nj.T.molby„... 

Uajnf,  John 

H»»lf.v,Cb»pm»n 

H«Jl,Oilbc« 

Hoyt.S(er*'C" — ■ 

Jobo-ia,  .Mn.;-..".'.".'!; 
John«,o.   «,llMa,..._ 

Keith,  MicViai-l  M- 

Kimhalt,Joho 

lane,  Etcki-V."".".'.'.! 
Lajboura.  Cbritlopb. 

L«unard.Joaalhan 

L.wi,.S.Ih 

Miiii;Lc'..'r'"..z;;;:! 

.Win!.Ab..  =  .ler_ 

Mills,  ^i.moel 

llort..o,i:ime.,u 

Ma/I.loo,  Timoihj 

MeCloom,.J.>h„ 

.Mct.lo«,„,.J„hn,Jr.. 

MiilUo-h.  M.rt.0 

Ma.le.U.is 

Molk.,...  ll.nrr  


S0.06   I  llur;;an.  Joieph 

.18   I  McNiujbloii.Jubo 

.40  ]  McPbtnon.  Dio 

.61   t  PatlerauQ.  Lawrence 

.09   !    Pilmcryjohn .' .'" 

fi.jtf  I    Panrmjn.  William^ 

■1  I  Q.,v..,  N„n.,„ 


,  Leooani _ 


Shelly,  Phiro! 

.^^tt.  Salmoa....... 

Scuonover,  Jacob.. 

Ullej,  Asa. 


.1:       Walther.  f rtjcrick... 

.43   !   Wimple.  Henry 

.14  i    Kin^.  Thoni.-n_ 


Phill.pi.  "illiaiu... 


&.^ 


.  Th..nial 


I  .t  Pb.-lp< lon.ii 


.W   I   Joseph  tin  Simmons.  (       »"■■•'"■"       '—■•-— 
M  '   Total *4,78i,J«     *«JS:.ll 


CHAPTER    VIII. 

t-NOLISB  A.ND  INDIA.N  liOSTiLITy--Di3POS'.T10.S  TO  ISTtHinATE  A!<D  BREAK 
CP  SETTLEUENTS  l.V  ONTARIO— WAY?(E'.S  TICTORV— PlCKEUt A's  TRUTT 
LETTEa   01-   WILLIAX   EWI.NG   TO,  ISP.^EL   CnAPI.V. 

The  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ^as  not  followed  by  pe.iro,  but  rather 
by  s  prolonji-d  es^a'ioa  from  active  hostilities.  The  foru  in  th.-  west  were 
poi-^c^seJ  without  r^ja.-win,  and  a  fureii:!*  power  was  smcn  to  hold  the  po^i^  of  0>wto» 
and  NiaL;ara  and  give  willin;.:  aid  to  stir  up  unfriendly  f.-elir.-js  U-tw.n^n  the  Indians 
tnd  th-?  scattercii  settlers.  Upon  the  co.ist  Knirli-sh  troops  held.^wav,  :ind  Kii-jli-'b 
influence  was  >hown  in  blanket,  trun,  and  amaiunition  bestowed  upon  the  St-'n'r^tt. 
What  wonder  if  the  pionocnt  of  Mc.nroe  lived  in  apprehension,  with  de-irruetire 
surmundin'j  elements  ready  at  a  -^piirk  to  burst  forth  in  one  wide  fi.im,??  TW 
refugees  fmm  the  .Muhawk,  like  Walker  from  the  Mini.sink,  lon.-ed  f..r  anotl,.r 
repetition  of  scenes  upon  the  borders,  and  the  Canadian  govcrnoi-s  trok  nu  pains 
to  conceal  their  enujity,  T.'nder  preten--.e  of  arrestini|;  deserters,  the  Indians  were 
empowered  to  capture  pers<in3  unprovided  with  pas.se3.  and  the  domioetTin::  si.ir:i 
of  the  one  side  was  secretly  resented  by  the  other.  Israel  Chapin  Ma.s  made 
Indian  ayeot  at  Canandaijua.  Eminently  f|Uaiified  for  the  position,  his  unlfjna 
justice  won  the  afte-ction  of  many  of  the  St^neais  and  held  them  in  apparent  amitr. 
Generals  Harmer  and  St.  Clair  were  defeated  in  the  west  duriu'.;  17!)3  by  the 
Indians.  British  officers  and  soldiers  went  with  1  number  of  the  /r.>y.io/.i  and 
toot  part  in  thos*?  actions.  The  S^urcu  became  rude  and  overbearing  to  the 
settlers.  They  entered  the  \oq  cabins  without  ceremony,  and  appropriatisl  fi-«l 
from  the  tables  without  permLssioo.  American  efforts  to  secure  paaee  were 
hindered  by  English  interference.  A  peace  embissy  was  denied  permission  to  ro 
by  way  of  Oswego  and  Niagara,  and  commissioners  were  kept  from  reachin'.-  a 
treaty  ground.  The  United  ,St;ite3  were  fully  aware  of  the  sitnnti.-n.  and  sufpiied 
their  agent  at  CMa.".dai;::ua  with  the  me.-.DS  by  which  the  Ind:-.r.'  w,:re  k^pt 
neatral.  Continued  councils  were  held  to  obtain  food,  presents,  and  li<|uor3.  C. 
Winney,  an  Indian  trader  at  Buffalo,  acted  as  sub-agent,  and  informed  Ctenenl 
Chapin  of  every  movement. 

In  February,  17?4,  Lord  Dorchester,  governor  of  the  Canadas,  addres.sin!.'  an 
embassy  of  western  Indbos.  asserted  that  all  act[uisitioo  of  Indian  lands  by  the 
United  States  since  I7S3  was  invalid,  and  Governor  Simcoe  set  out  in  April 
with  a  British  force  and  built  a  fort  at  the  foot  nf  the  ^lianii  ripids.  The  times 
wer«  perilous,  and  at  intervals  settlers  from  the  advanced  cleariocrs  joumeveti  to 
Canandai^-ua,  conversed  with  Chapin,  and  returned  to  watch  and  wait.  The 
entire  population  were  ready  at  a  woni  to  desert  their  homes  and  seek  satety  by 
flight.  An  arrangement  eiisted  between  Chapin  and  leading  Indians,  that  he 
should  be  warned  of  hostilities  in  time  fur  the  withdrawal  of  settlers;  it  was  this 
reliance  which  caus'.'d  the  agent  to  hold  his  ground.  On  one  occ-.tsujn  a  council 
of  the  Seiiccas  had  been  held,  and  Chapin  was  notified  tliat  tho  <'juestinn  of  poat»e 
or  WJLT  was  to  be  decided  and  the  result  was  to  be  made  known  by  a  ninncr.  To 
guard  against  the  worst,  tho  general  statc-d  the  fiets  to  Mrs.  Sanborn',  a  dL'crcet 
and  prominent  women,  and  by  her  the-  people  of  C.mandaigua  were  m.idc  ready  tj 
depart  at  a  moment's  notice.  Day  was  closing  and  the  suu  was  just  nUiut  .setting 
over  Ar^'nal  hill  when  down  the  main  street  of  the  village  came  the  e.\invtisl 
Indian  runner.  General  Chapin  hastened  to  meet  him.  and  leanicd  that  his 
message  was  not  war.-  A  dithculty  aro^l  r^^garding  lands  in  Pennsylvania; 
GcnerU  Chapin  went  thither  as  a  mediator,  and  ,u-'csteil  a  general  treaty.  The 
■Six  .Vdhonj  were  undecided,  and  while  Creiieral  W.ayno  was  m.irchingto  battle 
with  the  western  Indians,  the /r.>.;iiiis  were  held  neutral.  Small  parti.- pi-..hahly 
were  in  the  action  upon  which  so  much  dej-ended.  Wayne's  deSi^t  w.,iiid  have 
desolated  the  Genesee  country ;  his  siiccts.s  insured  its  security.  A  treaty  was 
appointed  to  be  held  at  CanandaiL-ua  early  io  September,  *id  aiiipN  provisions 
were  made  to  fei.-t  th«  Indiana.  The  tn-aty  took  place,  and  the  IimILius  r,  iiiiind 
(0  their  towns  highly  phased.  The  fir^t  f.iir  in  the  ()cn.-s.-e  country  wn-  li.ld  .it 
■Williamsburg  shortly  after  the-  victory  by  Wayne,  and  .".ttlc-s  ■.riili.-r.-d  rliera 
from  as  far  east  as  I'tira.  .^lany  Indians  were  present,  and  by  f,..i-race  and  hall- 
play  added  to  the  ama'ements  provided.  The  iKcaaii.n  was  memorable,  and  the 
influence  to  establi-h  friendly  intercourse  was  salutary. 

In  the  CDiitenii.lated  r..poss<.-i-ion  of  the  Gciiese*  country  by  the  Drite-li  but 
one  overt  act  w.is  comoiut.-d.  A  settlement  had  U-en  made  by  (.'aptain  W'illi.im- 
aoa  at  .Sodus   bay  duno*.;   170  L     Governor  Simesie,  in  .Viiixit't,  s<  nt   .in  olneer. 


Lieutenant  Sheaffe.  to  pf..t.-"t  nciinst  iL- 
"bcyood  the  old   Fnnrll   line."      Moffa 


I  .-^..lus,  or  at  otl: 
,  wa.s  foun.l  at  .-. 


»cd  by  a  do; 


rached    .-^.hIu.s,  and    .s.».n   alK-r   their  jrri>.il.  I 
diers  approached,  lan-le-l    Lieulenaiit    .^licire 


HISTORY  OF  :>I0X110E  COUNTY,  NEW  YOIIK. 


Bod  then  pulleij  Kict  fntm  thu  shore,  thcro  tn  r.-mnin  till  «ii:ii:ilc<!  to  rrriim.  Mr. 
Morris  met  t!is  British  ufFooron  the  b>,ach,  aiiJ  accnaipanifl  him  to  the  In^  cabla 
»t  which  Captain  Williamson  had  stopped.  The  mectin-  was  trionaly.  In  reply 
to  tV.e  prutcst,  the  lic-uti'naiit  was  directc*!  to  ^av  t!i:*t  it  wouM  not  be  hooded,  and 
force  would  be  met  by  force.  Wiihin  a  haif-hour  the  inteniew  terminate*!  and, 
the  boat  returuing,  the  officer  departed.  The  now?  of  this  me*'tin*j  spread  rapid!  j, 
%nd  waj  sooa  known  in  all  the  backwoods  sottli-uieiita.  Kumor  nj.Ji:niHtd  the 
danger  and  threatened  to  break  up  the  settlemeots  made  with  so  much  of  suffering 
ind  andor  w  many  dlscouraLrem.:nt3.  WiUiLiaison  sent  an  express  rider  with 
letters  to  the  governor  and  to  rreneral  Kni»s,  secretary  of  war.  L'ivin>  particulars 
and  expressing  a  res')!ve  to  remain  till  driven  off.  Ho  a!>o  made  a  written  state- 
ment of  the  acU  of  Governor  Simcoe  and  sent  it  to  Sir  W'm.  Paltcney.  Ere  the 
threat  of  Governor  Simcoe  could  be  executed,  General  M'ayne  had  lupt  and  de- 
feated the  western  Indians,  driven  them  to  take  refu^'e  in  a  British  f.»rt.  and.  had 
its  garrison  dired  to  discharge  a  cannon,  would  hav-?  Uiken  the  fnrt  it-self.  The 
newa  to  the  Genesee  settlers  was  glad  tidings,  and  with  renewed  energy  improve- 
menta  went  forward.  Difficulties  were  adju^tcl  respecting  the  western  forts,  and 
T'  rt  Xi-i-.ri  ^15  5:irrend.'rpd  by  thr-.  ]lri'ish  in  \7'^^_  '  As  rr,.  hnv-  n-.r-d.  a 
corapnoy  of  United  State-s  troops  under  Captain  J.  Bruff.  while  on  their  way  to 
take  possession  of  the  fort,  in  bateaux  encountered  adverse  weather,  to<jk  refuge 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Gcnesqe.  marched  up  to  the  mouth  ci  Allen's  creek,  and 
thence  found  their  way  throuLrh  the  forests  to  their  destination.     This  force  tt>ok 


posscs^mi 


of  the  fort. 


.«eemed  a  confirmation  of  securitv 


A  bodv  of 


Indian-*  appeared  before  the  gnrri-vin  and  made  a  salute  after  their  fashion,  and 
the  discharge  of  artillery  from  the  fort  acknowledge*!  the  friendly  overture.  The 
chief  difficulties  encountered  by  the  pioneers  of  Monroe  from  1704  till  1S12  were 
those  presented  by  nature,  and  we  close  the  subject  of  war  and  its  alarms  for  a 
time  with  a  letter  written,  September  17,  1T94.  by  Wm.  Kwing  to  Israel  Chapin, 
from  Genoseo.  The  letter  gr'phically  pre-^nts  the  events  as  though  time  had  gone 
back  eighty  years  and  the  reader  was  one  of  the  interested  residents  of  the  dis- 
puted and  war-endangered  region  along  the  Genes**. 

"  Israel  Chapin,  Esq.  Sir. — Aureeable  to  your  request,  the  26th  ult.  I  left 
thisplace  to  go  and  see  Captain  Brandt,  and  brine  him  forward  to  Canandaiirua  if  pos- 
sible. As  I  passed  through  Buffalo  Creek  settlement,  I  was  told  by  Retl  Jacket, 
one  of  the  Sttieca  chiefs,  that  tlic  Indians  at  tb:it  place,  and  the  Six  Katinns  in 
differtnt  parts  of  the  Cfiuntry  around,  had  not  yet  determined  whether  thev  would 
attend  the  treaty  at  Canandaigua  or  not;  tint  they  were  wjitins  for  Caotain 
O'Bail  (C-ornplaoter )  and  uthor  chiefs  to  come  in,  wlu^e  arrival  was  hourly  ex- 
pected, when  they  should  determine  what  answer  to  send  to  your  invitation,  thouirh 
himself  and  many  others,  from  the  first,  was  determined  to  attend  your  council 
fire.  I  was  aL?o  told  by  young  Jemison.  a  Seneca  Indian,  that  Colonel  Butler 
kft  that  place  a  few  hours  bLfure  I  arriv.d,  who  bad  been  in  council  with  the 
Indians  some  days  past,  and  that  he  was  of  an  opinion  that  Butler  was  trviii<j  to  stop 
the  Indians,  and  he  did  not  think  they  would  ^zo  to  C.iuaodaii^ua.  I,  from  this 
place,  crossed  the  river  to  the  British  side,  and  proceeded  down  the  river  to  Niaimra 
fort.  I  found  that  the  British  had  been  much  alarmed  at  GenenU  "Warren's 
advancin"  into  the  Indian  country.  The  news  was  that  Wavne  had  an  encounter 
with  the  Indians,  that  the  action  commenced  in  what  b  called  ihcGiaize.  and  that 
he  had  defeated  and  completely  routed  the  Indians,  and  drove  them  six  or  seven 
miles  down  the  Miami  of  the  lakes,  below  the  fort,  at  the  rapid.**,  built  bv  the 
Brilbh.  and  that  as  he  passed  by  the  fort  he  demanded  it,  but  tlio  officer  in  com- 
mand refused  to  comply  with  his  rerjucst,  and  he  passed  on  without  sivine  any 
damage  to  the  fort,  tiiirae  said  there  were  one  hundred  Indians,  s'ime  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty,  some  sixty,  and  .some  thirty-tive  killed  and  t;iken,  and  that  the  loss 
on^ayno's  side  wa-»  very  great,  two  or  three  hundred.  But  the  be-^t  inf-.Tmarion. 
Anil  what  I  most  depended  on  was,  I  lod-od  at  what  is  called  the  Chipp-wa  fort,' 
«t  the  head  of  the  Great  Falls  and  of  the  carr^'ing  place,  and  heard  a  .Mr.  Powell, 
who  had  just  arrived  fn^m  Detroit,  rriatint:  to  the  nfficor  the  news  of  that  countrv, 
and  among  the  rest  he  told  him  he  thou-jiit  there  was  ei-ihty  or  ninety  Indians 
And  white  people  lost  i:i  all ;  he  said.  aUi.  there  was  no  dep«^ndence  to  be  put  in 
the  militia  of  Detroit,  for  when  Wayne  was  in  the  country,  they  refused  doing 
duty  in  the  fort.  Governor  riiracoe  had  called  nut  all  the  militia  of  the  country 
about  Niagam,  it  was  said,  to  man  the  p<^>sti  throuirh.  or  tn  send  up  to  Detroit,  but 
npon  hearing  that  General  Wayne  h.id  rftumed  bauk  to  his  forts,  winie  were  ditt- 
ch.in^'t-d,  some  deserted,  and  about  sixty  w.-re  kfpt  in  barracks ;  so  that  everythinj 
•eemod  to  bo  suspended  for  the  present.  I,  fmm  NiaLrara  fort,  went  fnrwanl  to 
the  head  of  I^kc  Ontario,  about  twenty  miles  from  Captain  Brandt":*  scttl'-m.-nt, 
whrrc  I  \cuTvcd  that  he  had  set  .,ff  S4.nie  days  p.ist  inr  l»etroit.  IK-re  T  .>l.r:iimMl 
a  It  Iter  written  to  ynu  the  day  he  started.  It  w:is  held  by  a  Dr.  C:irr,  and  I 
aft-TwanlH  cmtrive-l  to  g,.t  it.  '  It  wxs  .:iid  th:.t  Itmndts  ,.bject  w:..i  to  meet  the 
»Hjthern  Indians  at  Detroit,  thnugh  ho  wa-<  accompanied  l)y  one  hundn^l  and  fifty 


or  two  hundred  warrturs.  llelurning  by  Niaganx  and  Buffalo  Creek,  I  Icarnn 
the  former  place,  that  (iov-riK-r  Simc-Hi  would  set  off  for  Detroit  in  a  d.ay  or 
to  meet  Captain  Brandt,  and  to  strmizthen  the  Miami  fort.  The  13th  in.-t 
Simcoe  arrived  at  Fort  Eric,  opp^isite  Buffalo  Ooek,  and  Colonel  McKay,  t 
Detroit,  mot  him  there.  The  day  following,  the  Indians  were  called  over  to  cot 
with  them.  (Simcoe  belittled  the  Indian  loss,  exairgerated  that  of  Wayne, 
announced  that  the  fort  would  now  be  made  strong,  and  a  larirc  garrison  m 
tained.)  The  day  followi.ig  the  council,  Sim<-oe  and  McKay  sail.-l  for  Dct 
After  this.  I  saw  Bed  Jackilt,  who  sa'.d  the  Indians  would  ali  -o  to  Canai.dai 
I  cannot  see  a  difference  in  the  feeling  of  the  Indians  of  Buffalo  Creek,  and  asc 
their  movements  to  the  British." 


I  The  letter  closes  by  the  expression  of  a  belief  that  Brandt,  apparently  hostile, 

was  desirous  of  peace :  and  it  w:is  not  without  good  reason  that  the  settlers  of  the 
Genesee  regarded  the  English  as  the  occasion  of  their  troubles. 


CHAPTKB    IX. 

EABLT  PIO.VEER:*  OP  MONROE:  TUKIR  NATIVIXr,  HOMES,  HABITS,  DRESS,  AND 
CraCLKSTANCES  ;  THEIR  REMINISCFTNCES  OF  TB.WEL — HOSPITALITY,  NEIGH- 
BORLT   FEELING. 

HlSTORT  knows  of  no  worthier  theme  than  that  of  those  pioneers  in  a  prime- 
val forest,  by  whcse  toil  the  wildcrDe'=s  was  claimed  for  cultivation,  at  whose  will 
the  heavy,  dark  woods  gave  way  to  fields  of  grain,  log  cabins,  and  initial  indus- 
tries. Where  fnur*e.>re  years  ago  no  s-mod  was  beard  but  that  of  natur"  in  her 
wildest  phase,  where  the  council-fires  of  the  Stnecas  illumed  the  forest,  and  fevers 
crouched  among  the  marshes,  is  now  the  hum  of  industry, — the  manuf.ictor}',  the 
nursery,  the  railroads  and  canals.  Belonging  to  the  records  of  their  tim.-s,  most 
have  passed  away;  their  traditions  are  perishing  with  them  and  in  them,  but  the 
printed  page  will  bear  testimony  of  their  existence  and  endurance.  Pioneers  who 
had  made  the  journey  to  Ontario,  and  were  men  of  fearless  ch.iracter,  themselves 
looked  with  concern  and  surprise  to  see  the  early  settlers  of  3Ionroe  push  on  and 
disappear  in  heavy  forests  and  ague-haunted  regions  beyond  the  Genesee.  The 
eye  traces  their  laborious  pro*jres3  westward,  observes  their  strug-.ries  with  disc;isc 
and  their  persistent  efforts  at  improvement.  The  pioneers  of  Monroe  were  plain 
men.  Their  intercourse  was  unaffected.  Their  fir^t  work  was  to  .set  up  an  altar 
for  religious  worship.  Later  settlers  were  kindly  and  courteously  received,  and 
lor  the  straosfcr  tTie  l.itch-string  was  always  out.  ^fany  frnm  the  same  neiixhbor- 
hoods  in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  were  here,  by  common  peril  and  like  expe- 
rience bound  together  by  tics  of  intcre.-t,  friendship,  and  relation,  and  by  united 
effort  have  impressed  their  ch;iracter  upon  the  manners,  customs,  and  fashions,  nut 
alone  upon  the  next  succeeding  but  upon  all  future  generations.  Exceptional 
instances,  as  that  of  the  elder  Shaeffer,  present  the  scene  of  wealth  seeking  an 
inheritance  in  Lind-s :  but  the  mass  of  early  pioneers  came  on  poor,  with  nothiuL' 
to  lose  but  much  to  gain.  Fresh  from  service  in  the  ranks,  and  animated  bv  hop^.- 
of  a  glorious  future  for  their  country,  m.any  a  soldier  came  wo?t  to  Monroe,  and 
the  rifle  which  had  aided  to  check  the  march  of  Burirnvne  and  compel  the  sur- 
render of  Cornwallis,  provided*  the  family  with  vciiison  and  trutirdcd  the  crops 
from  depredations.  The  success  following  their  labor  a--tonished  and  impelled  to 
greater  effort.  Wherever  a  mil!  vas  wanting  there  was  a  Stone,  a  Mann,  or  a 
Church  to  build  it.  When  a  cardinir-and  fulling-mUl  promised  profitable  support, 
a  Wm.  II.  Bush  and  a  Dr»nald  3[i.[verizie  were  pioneers  to  supply  the  want. 
Fnim  necessity,  the  eariicst  pioneer  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  if  posjk's^ed  itf  a 
trade,  pursued  it  in  but  the  intcr\-ai  of  labor  on  the  clcarini:;  but  among  the  pur- 
tic5  plodding'throutih  the  ("n-sta  or  p<ilin-  aluML'  the  streams  io  reach  thi-  Genisee 
were  men  qualified  by  nature  and  education  for  any  needed  improvcnunt. 

•'New  England!  llich  in  intclicrt,  thouL'h  rude  in  soil,  the  intelligent  enter- 
prise of  her  sons  in  a  fertile  land  ha-*  largely  aid.-d  in  rendering  the  Genesee 
country  the  garden  of  this  State.'"  Haniboincly  expressed,  beautiful  in  its  truth, 
and  the  expres-ion  indii-ates  the  nativity  of  the  pioneers.  Followincr  a  line  west- 
ward through  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  and  Iowa,  the  most  forward  and  enterpri.Mug 
are  men  of  eastern  lineage.  Localities  pride  thcra>clvcs  upon  tiicir  ruins,  but  the 
citizens  of  ^lonroc  triumph  in  advanced  cultivation,  and  their  m-'nuincnri  are  their 

pinnL-er  f.stiv;.!.  Ih.-ld  to  commernonUc  early  s.tth'mrnt  :it  B!.,.x,.m-s  li..u-l, 
lln.-h.Mcr,  on  .<.  ptrr.ii.er  ''A.  1^17.  (he  -urvivurs,  (..hnldin-  the  .-at.,  ixructure 
rvarctl  np<m  th.-ir  f.Muuh.tu.n  n-conntin_-  the  pa>t.  w,  re  thu'^  addrc^s...n.y  nuc  uho 
still  survives  to  l.K.k  back  upon  yvt  more  prodi-ious  cli;in-cs:     "  For  New  Kng- 


HISTORY   OF   MO^^KOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


lingers  there  ' 
of  the  dr.y,'  ii 


T  luxury.     I  allu.le  to  the  fjct  th.it  th^  '  h-at  and  burden 

extent, borne  by  a'lvt-nturcn*  from  their  Ftit/miautf,  :ini\  n.-t  only  so,  but.  happily 
for  the  future,  these  sons  of  New  Kn-laod  very  gcaumlly  brnuLrht  with  them  'the 
principles  and  habits  which  have  always  5o  favnmbly  distin^uijlied  the  land  of  the 
Puritans.  Finally,  one  other  luxury,  peculiar  to  our  iatuntilu  State,  was  tiie  tact 
that  notwithstanding  the  large  participation  of  New  Kiiglander*  in  the  enterprise 
and  Tici.ssituded  of  our  early  furmin-.'  State,  other  States,  and  even  fDreigftJiidih, 
were  well  represented,  and  what  he  had  here  to  note  aa  of  pceuliar  interest  was  the 
fact  that,  despite  a  socmindy  hcterngenoous  population,  they  were  in  a  remarkable 
degree  of  one  heart  and  mind  rcjrardinir  the  essential  elements  of  society.  They 
readily  united  in  a  practicable  demuiistrntioa  of  the  importance  of  morality  and 
intelligence,  as  well  as  enterprise  and  untiring  industry  in  building  for  after -gen- 
eratioDS." 

The  habitations  of  a  people  arc  indices  of  rank  in  civilization.  The  Es<(ui- 
maui  hut,  the  Karatchatkan  5ubteminean  abode,  and  the  Indian  wigwam,  charac- 
terize their  builders.  The  pioneer  of  t^e  Genesee,  arriving  alone  and  selecting 
hia  lot,  put  up  a  brush  shelter  till,  Incrs  being  prepare<l,  a  raisinir  wa-s  practicable. 
We  have  seen  the  Atchison-^,  at  Braddock's  b:»y,  live  tenip-irarily  in  a  shelter 
formed  by  boards  from  their  sled  :ijid  blankets  brought  with  them.  Then  a  house 
waa  built  of  legs,  without  nr.il.  board,  or  window-pane.  Jo?iah  Fi^h  put  up  a  log 
But  at  the  mouth  of  Black  creek,  and  hired  the  Indians  to  cover  ii  with  bark. 
Henchor's  hut  wad  thatched  with  the  long,  drj'  grass  cut  at  Long  pood ;  and 
Shaeffer's  homestead,  built  in  17S0._with  strap-door  hinge  and  smith-wrought  lock, 
handle  and  latch,  still  stands,  a  relic  of  the  past.  Emigrants  arriving  crowded  in 
one  cabin,  and  at  Riga  twenty-eight  jiersons  were  occupants  of  a  single  small  log 
bouse  Says  Elihu  Church  in  Turner's  History,  "  Isaac,  Eli^^ha,  and  David  Far- 
well,  hearing  that  I  was  houseless,  generously  came  and  heij>od  me  to  erect  a 
building.  We  put  up  the  body  of  it  in  one  day,  and  had  it  ready  to  occupy  od 
the  fuufiu  day.  Tiie  Goor  was  of  split  na5.--woou,  the  njof  ol  cedar  shingles ; 
no  boards  were  used  in  its  constniction,  and  to  Elisba  Farwcll  I  was  indebted  for 
a  few  nails."  The  log  bouse  has  been  superseded  by  Eplt  and  more  commodious 
structures,  in  consonance  with  the  ta.stG  and  changed  circumstanced  of  the  people, 
but  many  a  descendant  of  the  pioneer  stock  recalls,  with  Edwin  i 
composer,  the  following  lines,  entitled 

MY    EARLY    HOME. 

Bftck  on  the  mist;  track  of  time,  in  memory's  Bickerinf^  Ti^bt, 
I  »ce  the  KCDCS  or  other  ila.ys,  like  mcleora  ia  the  Dight. 
The  garden,  with  its  low-huilt  fi-ncc.  with  aiakoa  and  wiihei  tt 
Tha  rude  log  bouse,  my  early  home,  and  one  wild  maple  by  iL 


Than  ftll  that  group  of  fncci  brljtht  upon  the  wide,  wi.lo  world : 

But  itill  00  mcniorys  page,  in  lij;ht  which  time  cun  nc'ur  destroy. 

.         Stand  oot  those  sccocs, —  that  bouse  and  tree, — a  lust  but  sacred  joy. 

The  early  settlor,  having  provided  a  shelter  for  himself  and  family,  not  un- 

frequently  improvised  his  own  furniture.  The  chairs  were  represented  by  sec- 
tions of  a  tn^e,  of  required  height ;  the  bods  contained  no  mattress,  sprinsrs,  or  even 
bed-cord, — the  couch  being  spread  upon  the  floor,  and  sieepinir-apartments  made 
by  hanging  blankets.  Not  infrequently  Indian  and  white  guests  lay  upon  blanket 
or  robe  before  the  huge  open  fire-place,  and  a  familiarity  existed  strikingly  in 
contrast  with  the  not  more  exi  mplary  society  of  modern  times.  About  the  fire- 
place were  fjund  h^oks  and  trammel,  the  bake-pan  and  the  kettle,  and,  as  homes 
Taried,  there  were  fiiund  in  many  a  cabin  the  plain  deal  table,  the  flag-buttonied 
chairs,  and  the  ex«y,  high-backed  rocker.  Upon  the  .^helf  were  spo*7lis  of  pewter, 
blae-edgcd  plates,  cups  and  saucers,  and  the  black  earthen  teapot;  pcrchanic  a 
comer  of  the  room  was  occupied  by  a  tall  Dutch  clock,  while  in  another  stfM»d  an 
old-fa-ihioned  high-post  and  corded  bcdsti'ad,  covered  with  quilts. — a  wonder  of 
patch-work  ingenuity  and  laborious  sewing.  In  lieu  uf  a  timp-picce.  the  Hur- 
Teyor  may  have  cut  a  noon  mark  upon  the  threshold,  and  in  place  of  the  hell  to 
call  the  chopper  from  the  charing,  a  ch.ery  call  was  given,  or  convh-vlull  blown. 
The  habita  of  the  pioneers  were  influenced  by  thoir  mode  of  life.  Chopping 
in  tho  clearings  for  days  alone,  without  loggini:!",  raisingH.  and  other  gatherings, 
produced  a  tendency  to  aileucc.  Journeys  on  foot  for  hundreds  of  mile.^  were 
undertaken  to  Ti=it  friend.".  Woimn  rode  from  Ontario  to  .Massachusctl.-*  on 
horsttba-'k.  It  was  a  delight  t<)  L'lith.r  at  :^'njeone  of  the  numtjer  of  I'-^  taverns 
and  relate  otori.-s  of  the  Uevolutio,,  and  tales  of  adventure.  Whisky  aisrillcn'>s 
were  built,  and  from  corn  and  rye  abundant  lii]uor  was  pn>duced.    This  was  u.sed 


upon  all  occasion.s,  and  was  the  cause  of  uu 

unnoted  in  respect  to  the  living;  but  the 

many  were  ruined  by  the  m 

raised,  or  a  field  of  wheat  ci 

sable.     The  evil  attracted  atti 

the  indulgence  in  liquor  is  goi 

distillery ;  it  w;i3  no  di'^grace 

for  a  biography,  and   it  was 

character.     The  torms  "side," 

as  relating  to  wrestling,  as  wa: 

fi:ihting  were  attendants  at  tn 


,  trouble.  The  ills  of  the  pa.U  a-e 
^timony  of  all  the  pioneers  is  that 
g  liquors.  Was  a  building  to  be 
:,  the  presence  of  the  bottle  or  jug  was  indisjwn- 
ition,  and  has  been  opposed  till  the  present,  when 
jrally  held  disreputable.  "  Put  it  in  that  I  ran  a 
hen,"  said  an  old  pioneer  when  supplying  material 
true.  Tbe  pastimes  of  settlers  w^u-e  uf  phy.siral 
"square,"  and  -'back-hold"  were  well  understood 
the  '•  ring  wrestle."  Boxing  and  nut  unfrnjuenily 
ninsrs  and  town-meetinirs.     Skillful  mark.^man^lnn. 


young,  and  the  evid 


At  rcli-iot 


foot-races,  and  lifting  or  shouldering  wi 
meetings  all  endeavored  to  attend,  old 
feeling  found  espre^ion  in  voice  and  action,  while  tbe  fervid  eloquonce  of  uiini.-*- 
ters  wrought  the  assemblies  to  the  hiLbest  pitch  of  excitement.  PromiiRnt  idex-^ 
survive  the  lapse  of  time,  and  the  conversation  of  the  aged  backwood'Uian.  refer- 
ring to  the  pioneer  period,  ia  of  det^r,  wolf,  bear,  of  trapping,  huntioL'.  and  fi>hing; 
of  prevalent  sickness,  and  cutting  roads,  and  of  killing  ratdesnakts.  aad  journey.^ 
to  distant  markets.  A  strict  regard  for  justice  was  a  general  charactL-ristie.  of 
which  we  have  the  following  dlustrafions :  William  Mann  was  a  sawyer,  and,  in 
1S12,  a  miller  in  Monroe.  Slender  of  frame,  he  was  uutiringiu  etfort.  His 
saw-mill  was  run  by  him  for  weeks  wifh  ouly  the  rest  atfurded  by  the  intervals  ot 
setting  the  saw  fur  each  board.  ETe  made  "  bees"  to  help  the  wcak-haiid':d,  and, 
during  a  scarcity  which  prevailed  in  181G,  had  five  of  ten  acres  of  rye  cut  and 
eaten  before  any  other  grain  was  cut.  Je.'^se  Perrio  moved  to  Monroe  in 
1701,  and  brought  with  him  a  quantity  of  cloth  fur  future  ne<:d.  He  was  obliged 
to  sell  his  cloth  to  obtain  money  to  buy  seed-wheat.  The  nearest  mill  was  at 
Uoneoye  Falls,  to  which  he  went  upon  his  horse,  with  a  bag  to  net  wheat.  The 
miller  a.sked  if  he  had  money  to  pay  for  it,  and  if  ho  owned  the  liorso  he  rr.^dp. 
Atfirmative  replies  being  given,  the  Duller  said,  '•  Well,  then,  you  must  go  farther, 
for  I  have  so  many  neighbors  who  have  neither,  but  must  have  wheat."  Perrin 
had  to  go  on  until  he  could  find  wheat  fur  sale. 

The  subject  of  food  was  all-important  with  tho  settler,  and  hard  labor  creating 
keeu  appetite,  much  account  was  made  of  the  feasts  at  merry-makings,  parties,  and 
public  gatherings.  Quality  was  not  so  much  regarded  as  quantity.  Gideon 
Cobb  obtained  pnjvisions — ''beans  and  pork" — while  transporting  with  his  ox- 
team  the  trade  of  Rochester*  to  the  mouth  of  the  river.  Seth  C  Jones,  while 
cutting  steamboat  wood  two  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Charlotte,  in  attempting  to 
vary  his  fare  Ciught  and  cooked  a  fish  known  ag  a  "sheep's  head"  ;  the  etforc 
proved  a-ftilart,and  he  fell  back  on  pork  at  two  shillings  a  poun-l.  The  salmon. 
trout,  and  other  fish,  which  lake  and  stream  furnished  in  abuiidana^-.  the  venison 
and  bear's  meat,  and  es'en  the  raccoon's  carcass,  were  made  available  tor  foo<l.  As 
an  illustration  of  the  times,  the  following  incidents  are  narrated  :  At  fanandai- 
gua,  upon  the  occ-a.«ion  of  the  first  tea-party,  to  which  all  the  women  in  the  vill.i'.;e 
Were  invited,  solid  refreshments  were  provided,  and  when  upon  that  or  a  similar 
occasion  a  huge  pot-pie  had  given  great  satisfaction,  curiosity  developed  t)ie  fact 
that  a  pet  bear  had  been  sacrificed  to  furnish  the  ini^rcdients.  Xk  a  husking 
frolic  held  at  the  hou.-=e  of  Nathan  Harris,  of  Patmyra,^in  1700,  Mrs.  Eden  Fos- 
ter, of  Batavia,  wa.s  present,  and  h:is  said,  "We  had  a  pot-pio  baked  in  a  five- 
pail  kettle,  composed  of  thirteen  towU.  as  many  squirrels,  and  due  proportions  uf 
beef,  mutton,  and  venisHjn  ;  besides  thisi  were  baked  me;its,  bean=.  and  huge  pump- 
kin pies."  It  may  seemstrange  tb^it  in  a  country  where,  as  Allen  had  informed 
Williamson,  wheat  product.'d  forty  bushfU  to  an  acre,  there  should  be  a  want  of 
food,  but  it  must  be  considered  that  this  whe:it  grew  upon  the  best  of  l;tnd, 
-cleared  by  rangers  and  Indians  at  Allen's  command ;  but  before  the  settler  could 
realize  a  crop,  his  own  individual  labor  wx>(  ref)uired  to  fell  the  hea.vy  timber,  tree 
by  tree,  and  follow  it  by  all  the  labor  of  preparation,  and  tlien,  i>erhap=,  l>e  unable 
to  obtain  the  seed  to  sow  it.  It  was  at  such  times,  when  there  w^is  little  to  cut, 
and  hunger  sharpened  by  labor  made  the  future  Iu«jk  ginnmy,  that  a  call  to  attend 
a  •'  raising"  was  promptly  heeded,  dnd  the  bountiful  supply  of  oiiiblt-.s  fully 
appreciated.  Times  were  when  the  providential  appeanince  of  a  d'^er  averted 
starvation,  and  tho  fortunate  catch  of  fi.>!i  or  the  trapping  of  g:im.^  eked  out  a 
scanty  subsistence.     Tlw  early  history  of  tbe  county  of  >I.,nrot;  and  the  e.-untios 

made  for  a  few  potnnU  of  Hour,  and  its  late  ;ls  lyiG.  when  the  .-..Id  season  pro- 
duet-d  ft  partial  fiinine.  At  such  times  it  Is  ple.isant  to  n-cord  the  un-.-lti-h 
actions  of  those  who  had  a  suq^hn  of  grain.  The  inhabitants  kindly  -liared 
their  fund  as  lung  :is  there  w.as  anythin-.-  leR  to  divide.  The  name  of  Jonathan 
r'li.lerwofni.  thc<*rigiM:d  settltT  of  Parnui  Cei.fre.  deserves  pcrpetuatiMO  ,l^  that  »{' 


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HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


a  t.i  purch 
L'raiifyln? 

jsv,  and  tm>ted  out 
to  Jwoll   upon  tllU 

•  ceneroMi 

t  were  liv  no  uipans 

surdid  IL-ol 

11-,  whi.-h  duli-hts 

as  not  inu 

»n  in  the  country. 

thn  samt>  in  all  sensoaa.     The 

.-e  tree,  stroke  loUowins  stroke 

ur«o  th.  s 

nu\.-.  Utile  re-arJed 

dwelUos  ^ 

ere  warmed  bv  the 

worn  wer 

geoerallT  the  pro- 

laudable  pride,  ; 


suited  in  jnwd  cmj«  uF  jzrnin,  Whon  ilic  sea 
Underwoo^i  wilhli.ld  from  tlmse  who  h.id  the  ui 
his  8urpla3  to  all  Km  needy  rciluw-3t:ttl.:ra.  It 
phase  of  pioneer  life  in  Monmo,  since  cxampK- 
rare  uptju  the  Talley  Bettlementd,  aod  the  'zr^sp 
in  a  monop-jly  aiid  speculates  in  man's  neces.-ity 
The  cluthing  worn  in  early  days  was  L,'eiiera 
settler,  standing  upon  the  prostmt*?  trunk. of  a 
of  hia  keen  axe,  and  chip  after  chip  whirring  oi 
the  winter  tcnipcniture,  and  the  inmates  of  the 
huge  stick.s  blazing  in  the  fireplace.     Tht 

duct  of  home  manufacture — tlie  result  of  necessicy  and  ecoooniy.  Prior  to  the 
war  of  1S12  hemp  culture  had  l>t*cn  carried  on.  but  the  cost  exceeded  the  aellins; 
price,  and  the  experiment  was  ah  inJoneil  after  a  tew  years.  Flax  aUo  wa.^  raised. 
and  that  became  of  creneml  utiiity.  Shirts  were  ordioanly  made  fr-^m  flax  and 
hemp,  and  those  made  from  wool  were  a  luxury'.  Sheep  required  much  care  to 
protect  them  from  wolves,  and  the  cash   price  of  the  coarsest  wool  was  half  a 

use.  Half  a  year's  labor  was  retjuired  to  earn  a  suit  of  cloth<5s,  and  the  use  of 
boots  and  shoes  was  dispense*!  with  by  roco  now  anluent  until  lonir  after  the  first 
falls  of  SDOW.  The  price  for  an  ordinary  pair  of  cow-hide  boots  was  «fven  dollars, 
payment  being  made  in  wheat  at  sixty-two  cents  f»or  bushel,  and  the  use  of  the 
mocca?in,  patterned  from  the  lodiins,  was  not  uncommon.  The  home-made  pro<i- 
Dcts  of  the  loom,  and  the  then  ubi.juitous  spinning-wheel,  were  the  handiwork  of 
the  matron.s  and  the  maidens  of  li>n<r  aero.  The  buzz  of  the  spinnin'j-wheel  and 
the  double  shake  of  the  loom  were  pleasant  sounds,  and  their  uperatiou  d.  lovod 
avocation.  The  long  web,  unfurled  like  a  carpet,  bleaehed  in  the  sun  under  their 
care  and  supervision,  and,  aided  by  the  carding-  aud  fuliinir-mills.  the  wool  from 
the  sheep  and  the  flax  from  the  fiold  were  manufactured  into  houlespiin.  and  worn 
common.  Sabbath  aud  holiday  suits  were  worn 
akillful  manufacture  of  mother,  wife,  or  daughter. 

In  large  towns  British  goniilq  were  worn,  and  the  sensible  and  did< 
Jiazarded  the  remark,  with  rofereuce  to  the  fi-hionable  attire  of  cit 
"  they  had  better  wear  more  clothta  for  comfort,  and  less  for  men 
It  wa,3  not  but  that  fashion  had  its  votaries  in  those  days,  but  its  exactions  were 
not  severe,  and  there  were  le>s  frefjuent  changes  of  style.  A  calico  dress,  made 
tip  by  tlie  wearer,  served  both  for  the  reception  of  company  at  home  and  for  the 
party  abniad.  The  wearer  lo-iktd  no  whit  less  attractive  than  tha^  clad  in  the 
richer  fabrics  of  to-day,  and  there  were  few  excuses  from  social  gatherings  upou 
the  plea  of  ''nothins  to  wear."  Society  knew  little  of  factional  distinctitm.  and 
there  were  furrued  numerous  warm  and  generous  friemiship!?.  The  love  of  liberty 
and  the  inaintennn&.'  of  lofly  sentiments  arc  cheri-heii  by  industry,  and  no  di^mity 
of  character  is  more  precious  than  that  derived  from  conscious  wonh.  The  silent 
influences  of  the  public,  the  sentiments  of  the  worthy,  were  et^dmated  at  full  value- 
True  marhoud  was  exampled  in  f  linciple,  inteirrity  and  independence  expressed 
in  the  siiying  of  an  eminent  old  wrirer:  "The  inbred  loyalty  unto  virtue  which  can 
aerve  h^r  without  a  livery."  The  amusemcntii  of  young  and  old  were  enjoyed 
with  lesV  There  were  hu.-kings  and  quiltinj:^,  wood-choppings.  loggings,  and 
raisings,  apple-parings,  and  s^x-ieties  for  benevolent  objects. — and  each  was  a  joyous 
■occasion.  There  was  a  double  sense  of  enjoyment. — consciousness  of  profitable 
employment  and  sociable  communion.  VUts  were  made  without  formaiiry.  and 
received  with  genuine  gratificatiori.  To  church  or  morrv-makinir  the  oTC-sled  w;i.s 
the  accustomed  vehicle,  and  the  party  were  full  of  life  and  freshne*?;  and  who 
would  not  remember  the  return  from  the  dance,  when  the  ride  w.ts  cnjnved  with 
merry  laugh  and  the  chonisci  son^;?  Later,  the  lumber  aleigli  was  deep  and 
roomy,  the  horses  fleet  of  foot,  the  boils  of  approved  size  and  numbers,  and  a 
ride  of  eight  or  ten  miles  to  the  gnjhering  none  too  extended.  Horseback  riding 
for  business  or  pleasure  was  common  to  both  sexes,  sinee  hors<'3  could  p:iss  where 
tree  and  stump  forbade  the  use  of  wheeleii  vehicles.  A  ride  to  view  the  fails, 
the  springs,  the  lake,  was  a  healthful  recreation;  and  a  visit  ip  the  cataract  at 
Niagara  had  the  same  interest  tor  them,  that  the  thoa-'ands  have  recently  ex- 
perienced in  viewing  the  artistic  productions  of  the  nations  at  the  Philadelphia 
'*  Centennial" 

To^lay,  society,  labor,  dre^s,  and  mode  of  travel  are  all  chanced.  There  is 
more  formality  and  less  of  happinc.s.s.  There  are  fictiliona  distinctinns  of  clas-ses. 
but  a  contrast  honorini:  the  past  nobly  crcdira  a  pmuresa  lonii  to  continue  bevond 
the  prraent,  "  I  have  lat^^ly  found,"  .«ays  Kdwin  ricrantom,  '•  amonir  the  furniture 
of  one  of  onr  honored  men  dcee.T-»Ofl.  the  chairs  that  L'rnecl  tlu^  dniwiirj-room  of 
a  pnvcmnr  of  Connecticut  over  u  emtury  ago,— a  L'«HtI.  .■.ul.-tantl.d  eluur.  bat  not 
fit  in  style  or  de.-ign  for  our  modi-n  kiteheii:..  And.  ia  ..nuther  housi- .  flie  L-arret 
in  both  instaneert  h.h!  the  nrtielen.,  [  tunnd  a  -o-nl  sp.H.-itn.ii  of  an  ..Id-fa.^iiioned 
spinning-whec!  and  fwifts;  the  like  artich'^  my  own  dear  mother  UMtl  yearn  ago 


to  spin  and  prepare  yarn  ft 
garret  wag  revealed  an  oK 

be  used  to  prepare  tlie  bed  for  an  inv;did,  or  fir  r 
in  winter,  and  the  latter.  origin:illy  got  up  and 
women  in  winter,  especially  in  thrir  churches,  wh 
in'/,  or  for  goin::  abrund  in  slei-jlis.  Most  of  th< 
their  day  were  indispensable,  and  but  few 
useful  nor  ornamental,  but  the  relic-a  of  ai 
ties,  guide-marks  of  progress  in  scientific 


thin-  of  tho^e  primitive  days.     In  yet  aiK.thcr 

g-pan  and  a  Sfjuare  foot-stove, — the  former  to 

ny  who  stayed  over  night 


fashu 


all 


iigned  to  the  garret 
iiund  in  a  higher  c 


ew  Knifland,  !«y  the 

ioned  implements  in 
icw  they  are  neitlier 
;one  by.  They  arc  mere  curiosi- 
iieciianical  ski'lL  Things  of  old 
great,  clumpy  splint  ihairs  of  a 
tion  upon  st^Kjp  and  balcony,  or, 
■eon  reps."     It  is  said  that  '•  bis- 


modified  and  varnished,  among  ; 
tory  repeats  itself,"  and  the  evolutions  of  time  are  circular.  Believe  it  not; 
they  are  spiral;  and  while  a  revoluti-'n  approaches  the  past  it  is  upon  a  hiLrher 
plane,  and  such  is  the  plan  of  the  Supreme  and  Kverlasting, Architect. 

Instances  of  methods  of  tnivol,  the  dangers  incident,  the  viiul.-*  unmet,  and 
ih«  heroism  of  wife  and  daughter,  niay  here  have  place,  and  each  with  varying 
phase  stands  as  a  single  type  of  the  many. 

Scth  C.  Jones  sLirtcd  in  the  sprihg  of  ISlti  for  the  far  west.  He  was  a  youth 
of  fifteen  years,  ou  foot,  alone,  with  a  sack  upon  his  back.  Wandering  throush 
woods,  he  reached  Pittsford  May  20,  with  two  dollars  and  two  suiu  of  clothes. 
Two  years  later  he  came  to  Rochester,  and  went  to  Cutting  and  selling  cordwood 
and  getting  out  building  timlier.  The  price  per  c<)rd,  piled  in  the  yard  of  the 
purchaser,  was  seventy-five  cents.  The  best  price  tor  the  timber  of  the  courts 
house  was  two  and  three-fourth  cents  per  foot.  In  like  sort  e-jme  Milton  Bud- 
long  to  the  east  part  of  the  county.  He  came  west  on  foot;  his  property  wiis 
bound  np  in  a  shirt,  whoso  sleeves  answered  as  straps  to  bind  it  to  his  shoulders, 
"  the  place  of  entry  being  firmly  sewed  to  prevent  a  fall  of  stocks."  The  future 
of  Mr.  Budloncr  i.s  that  of  enterprise  rarely  surpassed.  We  mention,  as  u  single 
item,  that  in  1841)  he  drove  to  Albany  and  soiU  eighteen  hundred  cattle. 

George  Goodhue  was  one  of  the  eariiest  settlers  at  Braddock's  bay,  and  made 
the  journey  hither  from  Canistco  in  .six  days.  His  family  and  household  effects 
were  transported  upon  an  ox-sled.  He  reached  the  Genesee  river,  at  the  site  of 
Rochester,  in  February,  1S02,  and  "found  the  ice  thawed  along  the  bank  out  a 
tlistance  of  a  dozen  or  more  feet.  Erecting  a  temporary  bridge,  he  got  up*jn  the 
solid  ice  and  crofiscd  to  near  the  western  shore,  wliere  he  found  the  ice  untrust- 
worthy. He  unyoked  his  cattle,  and  endeavoring  to  drive  them  ^)  land,  they 
broke  through,  and  barely  escaped  drowning.  Go*)dhue  had  left  his  wife,  sled, 
and  furniture  upon  the  ice.  while  he  on  shore  began  to  make  a  bridge.  iVesently 
a  large  section  upon  which  3Irs.  Goodhue  was  became  detached  from  the  rc-*t, 
and  moved  with  the  current  towards  the  falls.  The  pioneer  promptly  seized  a 
p«jle  and  threw  it  to  his  wife,  who  fastened  one  end  to  the  sled ;  the  chain  was 
hitched  to  the  other  end,  and  the  ice  was  towed  to  the  shore  by  the  cattle,  where 
all  were  landed.     A  few  moments  later  the  ice-cake  went  over  the  falls. 

Simon  Pierson  came  out  from  Connecticut,  November,  ]SUG,  and,  crossing  the 
Genesee  river  upon  an  old  scow  at  Canawagus.  located  in  the  woods  five  miles 
north  of  Ganson's  settlement,  now  Le  Boy.  A  forest  surrounded ;  the  soil  was 
wet,  and  the  air  heavy  with  feverish  exhalations.  The  wants  now  manifest  seemed 
a  ierioo.  There  were  trees  to  fell  and  burn,  and  fences  to  make.  A  log  house 
was  essential  to  protection,  and  boards,  nails,  and  glass  to  make  it  convenient. 
Roads  cut  tlirough  the  woods  were  to  supersede  marked  trees  ;  log  brid-.'c-s  were 
needed  at  creek  and  slough  ;  a  school-house  wa.^  wanted  for  instruction  of  chil- 
dren, and  a  meeting-house  for  Christian  assembly,  and  then,  before  theae,  a  njin- 
ister.  When  this  last-named  arrived,  funds  were  necessary  to  his  support,  and 
the  aid  of  the  few  pioneers  in  West  Pulteiiey  tlliTJ)  surmounted  the  difficulty. 
It  wad  resolved  to  follow  custom  in  his  ordination.  A  messenger  was  sent  to 
Cananduigua  for  brandy  and  loaf  sugar,  and  the  rehearsal  of  the  choir  was  held 
in  the  new  frame  barn  of  Am:L**a  Frost,  uimn  scats  erected  on  the  loft  on  both 
sides  of  the  bam-fimir.  Fur  fv>.xi  to  the  family,  two  bushel.n  of  smutty  wheat 
were  obtained,  and  this  was  taken  to  mill  on  horseback.  Pierwm  set  outj  pro- 
ceeding down  Allen's  creek  till  a  dark,  dense  forest  of  evei^reena.  ajipcartng  like 
a  ccd^ir  swamp,  came  iu  view.  In  the  centre  of  this  supposed  swiimp  w:is  a  small 
hut,  which  was  entered.  Donald  McKcnz.ic  and  several  workmen  were  found  at 
dinner.  The  kind  Sci>tchman  furni.shed  hi.^  chance  iiue^t  with  a  good  meal,  which 
the  sharp  air  of  November  had  made  enjtiyahlc  and  memorable. 

In  pioneer,  as  well  as  modern  life,  the  Womeu  bore  their  full  ^hare  of  lalwr, 
and  ntU'n  the  widnw,  with  her  children,  eunlinued  the  improvemi  nts  wliith  a 
decea.**^!  hu^hand  had  bcjun.  Ami  Kll.-worih  came  out  to, the  Geni-S4_'e  country 
in  IbOl,  and  was  in.apa.itateil  for  labor  by  .Mcknes.-..      Hi-wifc,  rxch  in-n.,-  her 


rh..f  (he. 


Ther 


HISTORY   OF  :jrONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


horst-bnck,  r>nie  to  Winder,  obUjinLxi 
icl  An 


uney,  «nd  ruH 


r  settiLT  nane^l 


icharJd,  who,  u 
i  hv  1  iinchter 


arc«J  bnd ; 


Ellsworth 
the  ixjojtnt. 

Upon  the  OnUrio  8hori>  Jwelt  a  soli 
Jean  f^i&^-'d,  nia<le  a.*uiali  clvarin-^.     1 

of  twenty  yc-jra,  bolh  stron,-  and  well,  rLMnainel  alunc  in  their  soli 
eoDlinueJ  the  work  of  improvement.  They  (l,r,nr«.l  tinber  and 
ihej  put  up  a  log  bam  and  pl'intcd  an  ovvhard  ;  ptowi!i?,  sowing,  and  ljarve»lint: 
m&n  done  without  the  aid  of  men.  A  cow  waa  made  accustomed  to  carry  liwiU. 
and  npoa  her  baek  ;::rvin  waa  taken  to  mill.  The  road  to  the  settlement  was  of 
their  owts  making;  they  twik  carv  of  their  SKk.  and  succi.-^sfuliy  achieved  their 
purpose  of  independently  securing  a  home.  The  mother  died  aged  ninety-three, 
ud  the  daughter  be-canie  the  wife  of  Jeduthan  Moffat. 

Jesie  Ferrin  had  move-l  in  during  IT'Jl.  and  wa.s  s i.  k  with  the  ague  all  summer. 
He  mana^ni  to  prepare  for  wheat  a  piece  of  ground  cleared  the  previous  Tear,  but 
ke  WIS  cot  able  to  §ow  iL  A  friend  *3we*l  the  wheat:  then  the  oldest  dau'.rhter, 
ftged  six  year?,  put  her  mother's  side-saddle  upon  the  horse,  and  rode,  and,  with 
the  lid  of  her  little  brother,  two  years  older,  contrived  to  harrow  in  the  grain.' 
At  the  present  age  tnc  =.»uic  »v:-..^<j  iie  ;.--as(.;.;:ig  i..  .1..;  .".f  n":it,  :ir.d  •h?  5itii« 
•pint,  inherited  from  ancestors  and  developed  by  neeessity,  has  made  and  pre- 
terres  tis  a  nation. 


•   CHAPTER  X. 

CLIAJUNO  LArtPS PRODUCTS M.t.VTF.ACrtrEK!  OP   EARLT  STA0E3  OP  8ETTLE- 

U2:m~ CLIIIATZ — n!L'J.TH — MASEFTINI INAir.e  h-lTIoS    Of    TBjJJE. 

Thi  settler,  alone  or  with  his  family,  enters  upon  his  journey  to  seek  a  distant 
kome  with  a  sens.:  of  responsibility.  He  knows  that  from  the  soil  must  come 
that  which  will  supply  food;  but  a  noble  growth  of  timWr— sure  token  of  fertility 
— CDcnmbers  the  ground,  and  must  nrst  be  removed  before  grain  or  vegetable 
win  grow.  Hard  bbor  as  it  was,  many  found  delight  therein,  and  had  no  ob- 
itacles  existed  beyond  the  actual  clearincr,  the  woodmen  could  have  accomplished 
their  object  without  great  difficulty.  The  author  ha.^  repeat^-dly  beon  ple-j,ed  to 
Estea  to  the  narratives  of  those'who,  when  children,  came  np.in  their  present 
fiirms  in  the  valley,  and  thereon  have  grown  old  in  all  but  the  ever-^reen  memory 
of  those  first  impressions.  DitferinL:  in  names,  dates,  and  l'>cality  of  M-'ttleroen;., 
the  history  of  one  of  the  pioneers  of  3Ionrtie  is  that  of  all.  As  units  in  the  force 
tsaailing  Nature,  the  gre.itot  ot'St.icle-i  were  niet  by  those  who  led  the  van.  When 
Und  hfwi  been  chosen  and  improved,  when  time  bri»ught  day  of  payment  and  no 
neaAS,  and  when,  sickness  endured  and  hun-.:er  sulfered.  default  of  payment  or 
Ibreclosurc  of  mortgai;e  deprived  the  tamily  of  their  home,  then,  in  truth,  hard- 
ahip  was  kuown.     Such  w^s  the  reward  of  many  who  cleared  land  in  Monroe. 

The  inability  to  make  payments  wa.s  met  in  more  than  one  case  by  a  novel  pro- 
eedore.  The  backwoodsman  articled  for  a  tract,  male  some  pro'jrcss  in  clearins, 
and  then  sold  to  a  newcomer  his  '•  betterments,"  and  when  he  had  repeated  this 
process  several  times  he  finally  was  able  to  buy  and  [pay  the  purciiaic  pnec.  The 
lenity  of  the  agent  enabled  many  a  man  to  ac*[uirc  his  farm  in  Monroe,  who  else 
Toald  not  have  made  an  effort,  or,  makina:,  would  h.ave  failed. 

In  a  rude  age  physical  strength  w,is  roi|iiisite  to  the  constant  round  of  labor, 
bat  iatclligenee  directed  eff'-rt  and  lessened  the  toil.  Knowin::the  lawsof  cravitv, 
the  chopper  felled  his  trcc-s  in  double  windrow  inward,  and  when  the  he.at  of  sum- 
■wr  bod  evaporated  the  moisture  from  the  intcrlacetl  branches,  and  all  was  dry  as 
tinder,  a  proper  wind  drove  an  enkindled  blaze  with  furnace  heat  from  end  to 
tod,  and  left  the  charred  and  blackened  trunks  for  future  di.-posal.  The  practice 
of  girdling  w.is  in  vogiio  by  some,  and  was  dcnoiniuated  deadenin'.-.  The  trees 
were  killed  by  the  pnicc--5.  and  underwent  a  slow  dcc-ay,  and  in  time  were  cut  and 
used  for  firewood  or  for  fencing:;  but  the  value  subse<"|uently  atuched  to  timber  was 
too  late  to  prevent  its  alni'tst  utter  destroclion.  In  one  instance  a  locality  con- 
tained choice  grvvcs  of  cherry  ;  si-ine  v(  the  st-ttlcrs  io::::cd  and  burned  it  in  com- 
Bloo  with  other  timUx,  and  mils  were  made  from  iMinie  of  the  tine*t  tree?*,  just  aa 
along  the  Wab.ash  and  other  western  stn-aiu^  the  black  w,Unut  ha.s  bK^n  used  !ur 
feocioj,  and  a  fortune  dr-poihil  by  the  owncr<.  The  idea  of  clearing  was  uppi-r- 
■wst  in  mind,  and  the  ch.iic<-t  wn.id  was  cut  in  hv-.-ing  len-.-ths  ,ind  burned  u|inn 
the  gTDun.L  Oi-tcams,  now  rare,  were  in  pnerU  u.~e.  It  was  cu.-l"iuary  for 
those  who  had  no  yoke  of  c:ittle  of  their  own  to  go  and  hvlp  their  nrl-.;hb.in<  who 
had  to  g>.<  their  higs  in  heapi  ready  for  huriiio-.  and  then,  when  th.ir  own  logs 
Were  ready,  to  have  the  cuniplimi-ut  acknowli-«lu»-'l  by  return  labor. 

Maajr  a  actUer,  having  spent  the  day  luih-.  away  at  a  h-rging-bcc,  has  returned 


for  ho 


ardc 


og  and  kee 
being  clc. 


The  first 


agd   if  I 


winter  for  corn  in  the  spring.  The  brush  was  burned  where 
fire  swept  the  ticld,  it  was  all  the  better  conditioned  fur  the  crop.  The  matt.si 
roots  of  vo-'-'-ation  and  decayini:  leaves  contributed  to  fertilize  the  ground.  In 
the  early  spring  days  the  busy  settlers  tired  th.ir  log  hca|is,  or  the  windrow,  utid 
the  woods  were  filled  with  the  clouds  of  siuoke.  The  ni^'ht  seeuicd  yet  m.Te 
dark,  lit  up  by  the  lurid  tlairi'.-s,  which  cast  strange  shadows  ujwin  'he  .^urruundin-.; 
forest,  and  lent  a  weird  aspect  to  the  scene.  There  were  pillara  of  fire  in  iheca-ar- 
ing,  where  the  flames  had  crept  within  the  hollow  of  some  tall,  dead  tree,  ii.d 
ran,  Ob  though  eiultant,  to  the  top,  whence  they  issued  as  from  a  furnai-e,  and  ou 
the  clearing  were  fires  as  if  kindled  by  the  .S^'.mii  to  hold  their  hcithen  rii,-> 
again  ;  here  is  seen  a  freshly-kindlcl  heap  in  lively  H.tme,  while  at  other  poicis 
the  red  embers  glowing  in  heat  mark  the  sites  of  piles  of  lo::3  eon-uiued.  Tl;i.^ 
who  were  destitute  of  team  and  plow,  or  all,  if  the  season  was  tjr  advance^i. 
planted  their  corn,  pumpkins,  and  potatiK^,  and  scattered  their  turnip  seed  imv- 
ularly"  amidst  the  stumps,  and  in  the  mould  mingled  ashes.  The  weeits  which 
bter  came  to  strive  for  dominance  were  not  known,  and  it  was  but  nee.|ful  f..r 
the  settler  to  iruard  his  crop  from  depredation,  and  iio  through  the  field  to  pull  or 
cut  the  fire-weed,  which  crew  rank  and  luxuriant,  from  quotionahle  serm,  upi.Q 
the  new-cleared  fields.  It  was  soon  exterminated,  to  be  succeeded  by  others  less 
thrifty  but  more  obnoxious.  In  cropping  each  executed  his  own  desire ;  some 
Bowed  wheat  and  rye  upon  the  fields  after  cutting  the  com.  in  wide  rows  of  st'j«iks, 
while  others  sowed  a  piece  of  ground  prepared  during  the  summer  for  that  pur- 
pose, and,  in  variety  of  w.iys,  harrowed  it  under.  The  early  farmer  was  ill  sup- 
plied with  tools,  while  hoes,  dra:r>,  and  brush  were  used  to  ci'Ver  see<i.  A  broken 
tool  was  not  easily  repaired,  for  the  shop  of  the  .smith  was  often  far  distant;  in 
eon3e<|nenoe,  strength  was  not  fonrotten  in  utility.  The  dra^  w.as  made  bv  the 
attdcr  or  hi;  neighbor.  Two  ronnd  or  hewed  sticks  were  joined,  the  one  end. 
longer,  projected  for  the  chain,  and  both  were  braced  apart  by  a  cross-piece. 
Seven  heavy  teeth  were  put  in,  four  upon  the  longer  side,  three  on  the  other. 
In  many  cases,  necessity  supplied  the  harrow  with  wooden  tct-tli.  Fields  were 
cultivated  several  scisons  before  the  plow  was  introduceil,  to  allow  time  for  the 
decay  of  n>ots.  The  plows  in  tise  were  of  clumsy  make,  of  wrought  iron,  hcavv 
to  handle,  and  served  but  to  stir  up  the  su.-f.ice  of  the  soil.  With  mauv.  a 
wooden  mould-board  was  in  use,  the  plow-share  only  bavins  been  imp^-rtod. 

In  the  older-settled  parts  of  Ontario,  a  traveler  in  17D.5  observed  the  wheat- 
fields  standing  uncut,  over-ripe,  and  harvest  hands  were  so  scarce  that  propriet.^r? 
were  known  to  offer  half  the  crop  for  cutting.  The  grain  ::rew  mo-t  al.unJ.iotly. 
and  while  it  would  not  brine:  c-ish  to  pay  for  lands,  it  did  funii^h  wholesoiin' fj.^ 
It  was  related  by  Mrs.  Emerson,  that  on  one  occasion,  when  wheat  was  ripe,  her 
husband  "  cut  it  with  a  sickle;  drew  it  out  of  the  field  up..n  an  oi-sIe<i;  thre^o.-d 
it  with  a  flail ;  cleaned  it  with  a  hand-fan  ;  drew  it  to  Rochester,  and  sold  ii  for 
thirty-one  cents  per  bushel."  Seasons  varied  greatly.  In  1.^07,  .\.mos  Jtone.  of 
Pittsford,  had  cut,  threshed,  and  taken  to  3fann's  mills,  wheat,  in  ^ood  ci>ndition 
for  grinding,  by  the  fourth  of  July.  In  the  memor.ible  -eason  of  ISltJ,  wl,-at 
waa  not  fit  to  cut  until  September.  There  was  frost  uiirhtiv  during  the  e-rlv 
days  of  June;  the  com  crop  was  a  failure,  and  a  famine  was  threatened.  Kitremes 
these,  while  the  average  was  abundance.  The  crop  of  ISOU,  s.ay.  Jo=<-ph  Sihi.-v. 
wa-s  so  generally  good  that  wheat  and  corn  becanie  drugs.  They  would  not  c-in- 
mand  store-trade,  nor  could  they  be  e.vehan'.:eil  f  t  ordiiiarv  ncee.^.aries  uf  iife. 
"I  chopped,"  says  he,  "cleared,  and  .sowtni  to  wheat,  twentv  acrts  dtirin-.;  l^i'tl. 
in  Rush.  My  harvest  was  over  six  hundred  hasliels.  A  liloomficld  bl.iek-miih 
received  a  bushel  of  wheat  for  putting  i  small  wire  bail  up.'ii  a  ica-kcttle. 
Necessity  compelled  the-aeitlers  to  attempt  vorious  methods  for  rctiliiinj  niomy. 
and  rye  was  raised  and  made  into  whisky  ;  it  not  only  found  t'rec  eirt-iilation  ail 
through  among  the  hcenscd  taverns,  but  became,  and  lung  continued,  an  ani.-lc  oi" 
export.  Samuel  Brewster,  a  Connecticut  farmer,  had  settled  in  Iiiir.i,  "l-'ii  a 
farm  tract  of  e'icht  hundred  and  fitly  acres.  In  one  year  his  wheat  cn>p  was 
three  thousand  bu."hel3.  The  price  was  nominally  three  sliiiiiii'.;?  |ier  Lu-lu-C 
There  was  a  pood  griat-mill  where  the  uTaio  was  Houred.  and  this  piuin^r  n>-'i».si 
"  to  try  the  experiment  of  tran.sporting  flour  to  Northampton,  ("..uiif<-ticiit.  1.;. 
sledding.  Fur  this  purpose,  3':venty  b-.irrcis  were  manul.ictiirrd  tr.>iii  the  b*-^t  of 
wheat.  .Six  yoke  of  oxen  were  purchx«e^l.  ami  thnt;  yoke  were  plare«l  t-i  en  h  of 
two  sh-ds,  and  two  span  of  horses  each  to  a  8li-i'.:li.  The  sevi-uty  Uirrels  w.-re 
transportiii  by  the  hmr  teams  to  my  market  in  twenty  d.ivs.  The  flour  j-jM  a* 
six  doll.lPi  a  barrel,  and  the  men  all  for  ,a  pn.fit.  i-;i.-ll  in  hand.  T.  iln-tirs  w.fr 
men  who  d.s.rc.l  like  myself  tu  visit  .\cw  Knglai.d,  and  Ci.-t  only  li.r  ilu  ir  l-a.-i 
snin.,'  and  rctuniiiig.  The  rt-t  of  the  crop  was  .v.ld  in  J.in.-  ..f  ilie  ye.ir  l>.l^.w- 
ing  at  filty-.-l.i  cents  per  bualiel.  and  iv.as  iu.iri.eled  in  (.'.in  ,  la.  ' 

Fully  aware  of  the  inability  to  make  wh.  at-gmwinu'  pn.fil.dile,  the  W.tI-w.  nh» 


led  off 


ipenn 


HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUKTY,  NEW   YORK. 


l»i«iiig,  th'-  cultivjliun  of  lii-nip 
cumbers.  ClurlfS  WillLtu.io.i  li 
the  Gtiiesce  9aU.  TLc  cattle  rj 
>'u^ram  and  Canada,  and  .siKiio  ' 
ga^ed  in  hemp-raLiiu^  IVum  ISUO 
aad  fuuoJ  sale  io  Alb.uij  and  Xc 


Tho  oatiln  wc 
,ei^.l„yjoke.f, 


raUod 


.cU  were  MiU  at  B.iitimyrc  aod  PhiLiJcli-lua,  at 
I  new  xetilers.  3i.'ttler3  aluoi:  the  Gcnt^iM?  en- 
tiU  a  fL'W  ye;iri  later.  Unpes  were  iaatiutaccuri.Hl, 
r  Vork.     Tho  cultivntioa  of  t«'!jLicco  wad  princi- 


Icub     The  leaf  wa^  cured  and  put 
Speuc-jr.  an  early  merchant,  manu- 


pally  carried  on  by  a  comiwuy  from  C 

up  for  market  in  Vir^'ioia  fa.-;hiou.      ^ 

Cictured  the  leaf  into  plugs  and  supplied  the  suiAi  dealers  thru'i'j;hout  Outario 

county  for  several  yeary. 

The  market  opened  up  for  the  sale  of  "'blac-k  salts"  wa-n  a  timely  aid  to  all  the 
new  scttlementa.  All  who  could  raise  a  kettle  entered  up«jQ  the  manufjcture  of 
this  new  article  of  commerce.  It  brought  money  into  the  country,  enabled  settlers 
to  pay  taxes,  buy  necessaries,  and  promoted  the  clearing  of  bnd.  It  Ls  on  ret-ord 
thi^  Hon.  Kphnim  Hart,  a  B;vt;vvian  merLliant,  puruhuse-l  one  hundred  pota.sh 
kettles  and  stjld  them,  principally  on  credit,  to  the  new  settlers,  thereby  enabling 
them  U)  make  use  of  their  ashed  aa  an  article  of  racrchatidlse. 

Proprietors  were  proinpt  to  uuLt  Lut"udi:iiitu,i;o3  o^icrd-  in  :he  cukin^  of  pjtash. 
During  the  spring  of  ISUT.  twu  kettles  were  hv\i'j^\vi  for  the  inhabitanis  of  Fair- 
field {^Ojrdefl ),  and  it  wa-.  notable  the  help  given  ther.by.  AVadsworth  decUrcs,  *■  I 
folly  believe  that  the  pntfita  a  fanner  can  make  from  the  ashes  on  an  acre  of  tim- 
bered ground  is  greater  than  those  on  an  acre  of  wheat."  The  business  owed  its 
etart  to  bis  enterprise,  fie  wrote  in  June,  1S07.  to  John  Murray  it  Sons,  *■  Our 
field  a.^es  now  wasted  would  be  of  etmscquence.  Fifteen  tons  might  be  made  in 
the  small  town  of  Fairfield  this  season.  Once  started,  the  business  would  be 
generally  followed.  The  ashes  which  can  be  scmped  otf  from  an  acre  aftei  ..  good 
burn  are  worth  four  dollars  to  eight  dollars."  The  restrictions  of  trade  with 
Canada  operated  unfavorably  to  lake  commerce.  The  first  resource  for  money 
And  Bcoie-ua-Je  ia  ■vvhst  i:;  no'Y  Wph-^r^r  was  the  starting  cf  asheries,  and  tha3 
creating  a  market  for  ashes  and  black  salts,  by  Amus  Duoniog,  the  Conungs,  and 
Amos  Harvey. 

la  Clirkson,  Henry  McCall  began  merchandising,  Joshua  Field  followed,  and 
then  Jatues  Seymour.  All  tha^e  engaged  in  making  potash,  which  irrew  to  be 
the  staple  product  of  all  the  new  country.  The  settlers  first  had  no  grain  to  sell, 
and  then  it  became  abundant  and  had  no  price.  The  trade  in  the  product  of  their 
•shes,  for  which  merchants  paid  half  in  cash  and  the  re:<t  in  goods,  seemed  almost 
providential.  Xew  sertlers  put  up  rou::h  leaches,  and  .generally  made  black  salts. 
When  kettles  were  availahle.  potash  was  manufactured.  The  lands  tin.bered 
with  elm,  beech,  and  maple,  supplied  a  value  (a  a^ibes  to  almost  pay  for  clearing. 
It  was  an  erpedient  of  the  new  settler  to  go  into  the  forest,  cut  down  trees,  roll 


them  in  heaps,  and  burn  them,  havin 
eupply  a  want  of  store-trade  or  money, 
the  clearings  supplied  many  families  w 
there  would  have  been  destitution.  Oi 
relief  thus  afforded  a  providential  aid. 


;  in  mind  no  thought  of  clearin: 
The  proceeds  of  the  burnt  log- 
:h  the  neccssari.^  of  lifo,  where  o 
c  must  be  willfully  blind  not  to  se 
The  massive  and  towering  trees 


,  but  I 


■as  obstacles  t( 
i-which  had  see 


nation  were  now  of  value  when  reduced  to  ashes 
hindrance  was  proved  a  help. 
Another  agency  for  g«>od  w:is  the  demand  for  strives  and  for  Sf(uare  t 


regarded 
and  that 


«iport  of  the  former  durin<;  1819  being  a  full  half-million  staves.  The  flouring 
of  wheat  was  yet  another  relief,  and  an  interest  which  began  in  the  burlesque 
mill  of  Allen,  at  the  falls,  expanded  to  such  proponionsas  made  the  "  Flour  city' 
known  far  as  well  as  near,  for  unlimit^jd  power  and  unrivaled  escellcnce  uf  product. 
A  lesson  to  the  millwrights  of  t*>-day  is  taught  by  the  expedients  of  the  early 
period  of  primary  growth.  Simon  Stone,  so*m  after  17i)0,  erected  a  small  grist- 
aod  Sir^-mil!  on  the  Irondorjuoit.  near  the  great  embankment.  The  .^aw  u&ed  in 
the  pioneer  mdl  of  Mr  Stone  was  made  by  welding  old  scythes,  and  was  the  handi- 
work of  Samuel  Bennett,  the  blacksmith  of  tliat  time.  Stone's  mills,  and  later  the 
■ame  property  rebuilt  and  known  as  '•  Mann's  mill-?,"  from  John  Mann,  the  pro- 
prietor,  were  extensively  patronized  by  .settlers  from  a  great  distance.  West  of 
the  Genesee,  it  will  have  been  ob.^erved  that  setilrment  did  not  commence  prior 
to  1807,  and  of  a  population  of  twelve  thousand  six  hundred  and  forty-four  in 
1810,  full  half  had  migrated  during  the  last  thru-e  years.  Spafford  speaks  thus 
of  the  domestic  ni.uiufactures  of  Gene-ioe  county  in  the  year  named:  "  One  hun- 
dred and  forty-two  th-uisarnl  seven  hundrei!  and  twenry-nine  yards  of  cloth  made, 
and  seven  thousand  fulled.  There  an:  fourteen  grain-mills,  twenty  saw-mills,  and 
aixty-eight  potitsh-works,  which  prmiuce  one  hundred  and  righty-sevcn  tons  of 
that  article  annually.  To  him  who  is  accustomed  to  trace  the  etfect  to  itd  cause, 
these  brief  stati.^tics  indicate  the  course  of  jMimcer  manufacture. 

A  powerful  element  of  no  slight  impoit:iiKr,  rclatin-:  Ut  the  past  and  present  of 
Monroe  County,  and  beyond  the  e.i..siderati..n  of  fertility  and  wealth,  was  that  of 
climate.  It  Was  bdicvcd  that  the  land  bLin-  clcannl.  the  rcgi-m  wmild  excel  io 
aalubrity.     The  iiittucncc  of  n.itural  cau.-H.-i  w;w  p..'culiar  to  this  latitude.     The 


direction  of  winds  was  seen  t*^  be  cuntrollod  by  proximity  to  the  lakes,  and  the 
prevailing  tendency  is  from  the  southwcat.  In  evidence,  the  appearance  of  trees, 
ev-n  to  those  of  orchards,  indicates  a  general  northeast  inclination.  CHnsate  is 
made  to  depend  upiiii  the  course  of  the  wind;  since  this  is  from  the  southwest, 
the  climate  is  sensibly  mitigated  in  severity,  and  made  more  uniform  by  the 
vicinity  cf  Outario.  The  water:,  of  Erie  and  Ontario  imbibe  the  heat.-*  of  sum- 
mer and  modify  the  temperature  uf  winter ;  they  prevent  the  transient  heats  of 
early  apriog,  so  fatal  to  the  growth  of  cereals  and  so  destructive  to  the  ni.-ing  of 
fruits.  The  territory  of  Monroe  is  found,  by  compared  Uibles  of  temperature  in 
the  same  latitude  elsewhere,  to  be  most  nearly  uniform.  Eastward  the  thermom. 
eter  most  frequently  talis  to  and  below  z.-ro,  and  westward,  while  the  temperatun: 
is  a  resemblance,  it  Is  not  so  et^uable.  This  is  particularly  marked  during  the 
winter  season.  It  follows,  as  a  deduction,  that  the  vicinity  of  the  Genesee  river, 
especially  the  lower  portion,  is  free  from  extremes  of  heat  or  c«ild  known  cl.-ewhere. 
As  the  land  rises  southward,  lake  influences  diiuinish.  It  has  been  observed  that 
when  i a  early  winter  a  rain  falls  at  Rochester,  a  score  of  miles  southward  ^leet  w 
seen,  while  farther  on  is  a  snowfidl.  The  influence  of  the  lakes  \i\ton  temperature 
were  observed  by  the  eariy  settlers  and  by  travelers.  President  Dwight.  having 
made  a  tour  of  western  New  York  about  ISOS,  thus  spc^aks  of  the  climate: 
"There  is  a  difference  of  cUinate  between  this  country  in  several  respects  from 
that  of  Xew  England,  from  that  of  New  York  along  tlie  Hudson,  and  parts  of 
llie  region  itself  differ  sensibly  from  others.  There  is,  so  far  as  observation  ex- 
tends, a  circuit  of  sex'^ns  embraced  in  periods  of  ten  to  perhaps  fifteen  years. 
From  1791,  terminating  with,  1SU4,  a  regular  succession  of  warm  seasons  has 
existed.  All  summers  were  warm.  The  winters  of  17S0,  I70l',  1708,  and  179'J 
were  cold,  the  first-nauiol  being  remarkable  for  its  severity.  The  opinion  is  given 
that  the  climate  of  this  tract  is  milder  than  those  in  the  same  latitude  eastward, 
and  the  proximity  to  water  is  adduced  as  an  explanation.  lu  confirmation  of 
theories  advanced,  the  following  items  were  found  satisfactory.     In  the  year  1SII7, 

vatioQS  on  the  temperature  of  the  water  and  air  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  the 
mean  temperature  of  the  wind  at  Rochester  was  taken  for  the  same  days.  The 
result  of  this  fragment  of  the  table,  which  notes  the  changes  across  the  lake,  is  a 
striking  illustration  of  the  theories  claimed ; 


;••■  ^»fo'■ 


.  U.      Sept,  4.    (M.l 


s.w.   a.is.w. 


A  meteorological  table  begun  by  Dr.  E.  S.  Marsh,  of  Rochester,  on  January  1, 
1831,  and  continued  for  seven  years,  shows  the  lowest  average  temperature  for  ilie 
entire  period  during  February,  when  the  result  gave  2(J.5^,  and  the  highest  f.T 
the  month  of  July,  which  is  marked  72.1°.  The  lowest  temperature  for  any 
one  month  was  January,  1S31,  the  temj^erature  being  23".  The  highest  were  July, 
1835  and  1837,  both  being  72°.  Tlie  moan  temperature  for  every  day  of  the 
seven  years,  derived  from  the  table,  is  48.7°,  which  may  be  taken  as  the  true 
temperature  of  this  locality. 

The  lowest  temperature  was  6°  below  zero,  on  January  27,  1832,  and  the 
highest  95°  above  zero,  on  June  3,  1831.  The  earliest  frost  was  on  Augu.-:t  4, 
1837,  and  the  btest  on  May  24,  1S32,  unusual  e.xircnies  in  each  case.  The 
average  depth  of  rainfall,  adduced  from  the  yearns  in  r(uustion,  was  24.5  inch-.'s 
armually,  and  the  average  depth  of  snow  fur  one  year  Wiis  tJ5.4  inches.  The  tem- 
perature at  Utica  h^is  rcachc'd  2lJ'  and  at  Albany  from  20°  to  40°,  when  at  the 
&iuie  time  it  was  20°  to  30^  warmer  at  Rocht-^ter.  The  conclusion  is  reached 
from  these  data  that  the  lake  operates  as  an  immense  heater  upon  the  air  in  winter, 
and  the  immunity  enjoyed  by  Monroe  citizens  is  the  advantage  of  it=  cuu- 
tiguity. 

Tlie  medical  topography,  of  western  New  York  presents  a  remarkable  improve- 
ment in  health  as  a  result  of  cultivation.  The  change  has  been  such  that,  with- 
out  ample  proof,  it  would  be  subject  to  skepticism.  A  brief  retrospect  is  compiled 
from  an  article  in  0'R.illoy's  Sketches  of  Koeliester.  "On  the  7tli  of  .lune, 
17U2,"  says  Dr.  Coventry,  '•  I  arrived  with  .my  family  jt  my  former  re?»idence  near 
the  outlet  of  Seneci  lake,  op[K)site  the  villjge  of  tlcncva.  .  .  .  The  sea.-ons  of 
1793  and  179 1  were  very  sickly  in  the  Gcneaee  country  in  proportion  to  the  p.jpu- 
latioD.  Ctses  of  fever  wore  more  numerous  than  in  tlie  cities,  but  not  m»  f.ttai. 
I  remember  a  time  when,  in  Geneva,  there  w;ia  but  a  single  individual  uho  could 
leave  her  bed,  and  for  several  days  she  alone,  like  a  ministering  angel,  went  from 
house  to  house,  bcsiowing  the  boon  of  a  drink  of  cold  water.  In  1795,  no  niiii 
fell  in  June  or  July;  llie  w.ilcr  in  the  lakct  wa.s  lowered;  every  little  inlet  be- 
Ciime  a  seat  of  piitr.  I.i.  tlon  ,  the  li.-.,vciis  .secin.'d  on  tire,  the  earth  scorclK-d,  and 
the  airsaturale.l  >viili  |,. -Ill-  no- ,  li  ■.-  w.Te  found  dead  in  the  woods;  Hies  tlinicd 


I        miles  of  a  thiniy-i 


:ibita;d   roaJ, 


ok  place'  from  d}s*.ulery.' 


HISTORY    OF   .MONKOE  COU^'TY,  NEW   YOr.K. 


!  country. 


;liarji;tcr  of  preva 


<hoiTen 


npt  tmm  the 
V  1  remedy,  1 


TJia  rt<»pit'Uation  of  thi.-*  peritKl  of  trouMe  fjils  to  convey  the  drcuJ  realily,  ye 
ttxo  anlreri.il  tostimonv  of  piomtirs  contimi.-*  the  f^cta. 

The  fv>liO(vinc;  i.-i  'Jcriv..-(i  from  uit  *?v<iy  on  the  di3ea:sc.s  of  th* 
prepartti  by  Dr.  l.tijlow  : 

"The  settlement  uf  this  scetion  boyin  in  1791.  For  a  few 
were  scattered  over  such  an  extent  of  i-ountry  th.i 
aiAea  w  not  ittempted.  The  summer  of  l.^Ul  w.-ia  waruj, 
the  (Uys  were  hot,  the  nid.ti  very  chdly.  N.;ne  wers  < 
■liUeot  fevers  which  prevailed.  iVruviau  bark  was  L'eat 
of  rare  um.  Wlien  left  to  natare,  the  symptoms  became  typhoid,  and  enJ-m'.iTod 
recovery.  All  fever?,  except  fever  and  avue,  were  caiUiii  by  the  f>*-''>:dc  {juLi  or  (?r/»- 
uiefcrxTt.  The  country  w.id  very  lio.ilthy  trutu  NovemiK-ron  ihruU'.:h  the  winter. 
1802  was  aimiiiir  to  the  year  previous.  In  1  SUo,  intcruiitt+'nts  showiKl  deeiine,  arid 
eootioucd  fever*  prevailed.  The  sumlBer  of  lS')i  waa  moderately  warm,  while 
the  winter  «a.i  intense'ly  cold.  Moeli  jnow  fell,  and  by  lor.-er  than  ever  bef.re 
loown.  The  netv  settienients  wore  healthy;  the  winter  uL^a.-«s  were  inaamcv.- 
torj.  These  dLjeascs  cijntinued  durifii;  iS05  and  ISUU,  and  the  abusive  use  «'f 
ucrcQiy  sacriticeMi  numbers.  The  character  of  the  inflammatory  fever  rarieii 
with- localities  \r\  l**yT.  Xear  vtrevuiv;  .whose  ciur^.  •■■^;'-5 -'iherructod  by  d;>'v i 
•Irong  symptunu  mirked  attack,  nliereas.  on  hi^-h  frround,  the  approach  was  in- 
lidious  ird  more  difficult  of  control.  0|  lithalmia  prevailed  in  July  and  Auju-^t. 
Infloenia  was  epidemic  in  Septemher.  The  sea.-on  of  liuS  resembled  the  oue" 
previous.  A  typhoid  appe-ared  in  January,  and  continued  till  May.  The-treat- 
KenC  was  careful  depletion,  followed  by  judiciously-given  stimuli.  In  l.Sll. 
bilioos  fevera  prcvaile-d.  In  the  spririfr  of  1S12.  a  few  sporadic  ca^es  of /Jr^ru- 
moAta  l%ii>Koidti,  a  previoufly  unknown  disease,  tir^l  came  to  notice.  It  was  the 
nioet  formidable  epidemic  ever  prevalent  in  this  country.  The  diiea-se  became 
general  in  1S13,  and  cao*;d  ;^eat  mortality.  By  3pring,'l8U,  it  entirely  di;ap- 
peircd.  The  principal  dise.a.-o  up  to  lS:ii  was  dysentery;  it  was  most  fatal  to 
ehOdreo.  CJculous  d-.scase-s.  .'mppoi-_-<l  to  prevail  in  a  limestone  countrv.  are 
ilmoet  unknown.  Goitre,  once  common,  is  now  the  reverse-  The  chani.'e  sin<'e 
1828  is  suth  that  death  from  tevers  became  a  rare  occurreuce,  and  consumption 
toot  precedpnce.  Comparisons  with  other  locaJities  in  health  and  longevity  are 
tvorable  to  Monroe." 

Confirmatory  of  the  reports  given  mav  bo  added  those  of  settlers.  The  settle- 
Bents  iJoog  DIack  and  Sandy  creeks  were  sickly  as  late  as  1821.  When  Riga 
*od  Chili  were  one  town,  sixty  died  from  a  population  of  three  thousand  in  one 
jcir.  At  otie  period,  in  a  population  of  ei^hty-thrw.  within  a  di.-taoce  of  a  rrile 
ud  *  half  on  the  Braddoeks  bay  road,  .sixty -thre^  were  >\<-\..  Entire  families 
were  prostrated.  At  Ilanford'a  Lindini:,  formerly  King's,  there  were  times  when 
there  was  not  euffieient  strength  to  inter  the  dead.  A  score  were  buried  in  the 
woods  near  by.  The  mouth  of  Sandy  creek  was  notably  danirerous.  Se-ttlers 
moved  in  by  water,  remained  a  ticae.  and  were  taken  sick,  and  had  to  be  brought 
oot  to  the  older  settlements  on  o.^ -sleds.  The  use  of  the  poisonous  surfaee-nat.r 
wu  one  of  the  causes  of  disease.  The  country  is  now  notably  healthy,  and,  as 
early  Himarked,  it  is  dIEcult  to  conceive  of  tlie  sickness  and  mortality  of  pioneer 
days.  It  is  eaid  that  a  tr.iveler  prospecting  for  a  locatipn  saw  at  the  innnrh  of 
the  river  m  man,  wasted  and  thin,  sunning  himself  a^iost  a  house,  and  asked 
him  the  repuUtion  of  the  country  as  to  health.  -'Oh,"  said  he.  •■it's  pretty 
gpoJ,  take  it  by  and  by,  when  one  gets  acclimated !"  "  How  long  does  it  take?" 
"Oh,  four  or  five  years!"  -'How  has  it  be.;n  with  yon?"  '■  Well,  the  drst 
jear  I  had  the  shakes,  the  nest  year  the  intertuittenc  fever;  then  for  about  two 
Jears  I  had  iho  bilious  fever,  and  then  the  lake  fever,  and  now  I  am  closin',r  op 
with  the  mud  fever,  and  shall  come  out  first-rate!"  The  traveler  ha.steoed  away, 
feariog  that  there  was  much  of  truth  in  what  he  had  beard.  But  time  and  toil 
have  varied  the  climate  as  they  have  ciiangcd  circumstances,  and  the  farnrs  of 
aoitheni  Monroe,  high  io  value,  a.'e  the  homes  of  healthy  and  well-to-do  (annere. 


CHAPTER   XL 

MEia  SCU0OL3 U.\ltRIAaES.  BIRTH.S 


BAXLT  BELlaiODS  OSO.K.MZ.^TIONS 

DEATHS,  AND    BLRIAL-OROLNDS. 


^    Tilt  settlers  of  Monroe  believed  in  the  Iniportanci:  of  religion.     The  mjj.inty 

of  them  had  been  acc-astomed  to  attend  at  the  hiiase  of  ln«l,  and  were  ca-cr  to  i 

eojoy  the  occasional  opp<'rTuiiitif^  alFurded  by  itiitcraling  missionaries.     There  1 

ven  many  members  of  churches  among  the  piouecrs,  and  their  faith  was  a  com-  I 


fort  ia  times  of  triid.  They  gladly  ui.itcl  to  erect  a  building  for  worship,  and 
sectional  distinctions  were  lust  in  the  mutual  benefits  Notic*!  of  preachio!:  wa.s 
folloWL-d  by  a  willing  journey  fnr  miles  on  fOot  or  with  the  ox-sled  to  be  present. 
The  vicinity  of  a  few  families  wjs  speedily  sueee-ede.1  by  the  «t..blishrotiit  ..f 
Sabbath  ob.servane-e.  It  is  known  that  su^h  meetings  were  hold  where  bat  one 
-i_professor  of  religion  resided.  The  einrcises  consisted  of  prayer,  ainu-ing,  and  the 
reading  of  a  printed  sermon.  Where  no  one  wxs  willing  t<>  lead  in  prayer,  the 
sermon  was  read  and  a  psalm  wi'c  sung.  There  were  localities  where  iiie  ;sabb^itli 
was  made  a  day  fjr  visiting,  busines.s,  and  enjoyment.  The  present  sLin-Jins  of 
various  communities  are  attributable  to  the  impressions,  religious  or  otherwise, 
made  during  the  formative  period  of  society.  .  The  minister  travcised  the  woo<ls 
apco  his  circuit,  and  when  attieked  with  the  ague  chills  rested  by  the  nwijside, 
and  then  went  on  to  611  his  appointment.  There  was  a  heroism  on  the  part  of 
those  traveling  mi,'e>ionaried  whieh  d»^servcs  \  record  of  their  lives  and  ch.tracter. 
Imbued  with  deep  reiiL'ious  conviction,  their  teachings  were  impressive,  and  thev 
were  heard  rrladly  by  all  the  pes. pie. '  We  h.ivc  sp*>ken  of  PitrsfonJ  as  the  "rigin.d 
busioe-ss  centre  of  the  old  town  of  Nortlifield,  organized  in  1734,  four  years  after 
the  commencement  of  settlement.  This  town  represented  the  eastern  part  ui 
>!our;x'.  The  first  sermon  pteache-d  to  its  pIooes;r3  was  by  i  missionary  reported 
to  have  come  from  Virginia.  Esleoded  notle-e  was  given  of  the  date  and  locality 
of  the  propo.>ed  meeting,  which  to'jk  phice  on  a  week-day,  during  the  sea-soo  of 
harverjt  This  was  no  bar  to  attt^nd.mee,  and  all  who  were  able  assembled  id  a 
barn  to  hear  the  gospel.  It  was  ae-veral  years  before  regular  worship  was  estab- 
lished permanently.  P^v.  Jaraes  U.  Hotchkin,  then  a  Uesjotiate  preacher,  held 
services  on  sii  Sabbaths  in  the  interval  between  Xovember  S,  ISOl,  and  February 
1,  ISO'J,  and  this  is  regarded  as  the  first  iustance  of  the  eni[.loyment  of  a  preacher 
of  the  Congregational  or  Pnsbyterian  denomination.  A  Congregational  chnreh 
was  organized  there  with  ten  members  on  May  11.  1S03,  under  the  Charge  of 
Rev.  Solomon  Allen,  and  was  received  into  connection  with  the  Ontario  ass.)ciii- 
tion  in  June  following.  The  townsmen  of  B..yl,v  the  n..m»  fsC-Pn  in  \V\<  in  L-^ 
of  XorthSeld,  united  in  the  year  following,  179'J,  to  build  a  large  log  house 
uorthward  a  short  distance  from  Pittsford.  This  served  for  a  number  of  years 
as  a  town-house  and  a  place  <i^  Sabbath  meeting  for  public  worship.  The  rerrioa 
west  of  the  Geueaec  was  early  visited  by  missionaries  sent  out  by  various  societies. 
It  is  believed  that  the  first  perscn  on  mis^ioQ  employment  to  cross  the  Gene«e 
river  was  the  Kev.  David  Perry,  of  Kichmond,  Massachusetts.  While  m  the 
service  of  the  Columbia  and  Berkshire  missionary  soelety  for  three  months  during 
the  summer  of  ISOO,  he  penetrated  to  Gansoo's  settlement,  where  he  preached 
and  engaged  in  the  labor  of  his  calling.  Through  his  Influence,  a  smile  nuie 
prolessor  of  reliulon,  .Mr.  Carver,  was  induced  to  commence  Sabb-ith  meetings  fur 
worship,  but  these  were  of  brief  continuance.  At  long  intervals  sermons  were 
preached  at  this  place,  now  I^  Roy,  and  Rev.  Hotchkin,  author  of  "  History  of 
Western  New  York,"  gave  the  settlement,  then  numbering  from  sixte-eo  to  eluhteea 
&m;lies,  a  sermon,  which,  from  the  rarity  of  such  events  io  that  locality,  iheo 
seemed  worthy  of  notice-  In  I13O6,  Mr.  Church,  resident  of  West  Pulte-ney  dis- 
trict, town'of  N.irthampton,  had  erected  the  first  frame  barn  iu  the  district,  and 
here  the  first  religious  exercises  of  the  settlers  were  held  prior  to  the  org^iniiatoo 
of  a  Congregational  church.  The  first  minister  to  visit  the  settlement  was  a 
Baptist  missionary  named  KIdcr  Reed.  Rev.  Phelps  and  various  Metho.list 
circuit-riders  visited  the  k>eulity  in  early  years.  The  circumstances  connected 
with  the  organiiatiou  of  this  church  at  West  Pultency  are  as  follows:  During 
the  fall  of  13U6  Henry  Brewster  met  Colonel  Troup,  agent  for  land  sale:-,  it» 
hotel  in  Canandaigua,  where  he  was  remaining  over  the  Sahbath.  There  was  do 
public  worship  in  the  village,  and  these  gentlemen  spent  the  day  iu  company.  . 
Mr.  Brewster,  seeing  that  his  friend  wxs  one  who  rezardc^l  the  Sahbath,  su'.;'.;ested 
a  donation  of  land  for  religious  and  educiitional  uses  as  a  stimulus  to  sals  and 
settlement  Colonel  Troup  responded,  ''Go  on  and  or.rinize  a  religious  society, 
elect  trustees,  and  select  two  one-hundre-l-acre  lots, — one  for  the  support  of  the 
gospel,  and  another  for  that  of  schools, — call  on  me  at  Albany  on  your  return, 
and  I  will  deliver  you  the  title-d.xiis.  '  A  meeting  of  the  sctth-rj  in  West  Pulteney 
wai  liefd,  and  aa  agreomeot  made  to  take  the  le'.ral  ste'ps  rcquire<l  to  form  a  ce- 
ll^ous  society.  One  requirement  was,  that  notie-e  of  intention  should  be  read  ai 
the  "  close  of  public  worship,  thas;  Sabbaths  in  succession,"  rjf  the  place  and  time 
of  the  proposes!  meeting  for  org-anization.  There  were  but  five  famili---s  in  the 
settlement,  and  fifteen  heads  of  fimilics  were  out  arran::Ing  to  move  in  shortly. 
Of  these,  Nehemlah  Frost  and  Henry  Brewster  were  the  only  profe-son  of  re- 
ligioa.     The  meeting  w.is   appiiintid   fur   thp-e  .successive  Sabbaths  at  the  lot; 

and  prayer,  and  every  s-juI  in  the  a.ttlement  w.ls  in  attendance.  The  3..ciety  was 
duly  orguiized  by  the  choice  of  Deae.ii  Frost,  mo.Jerati.r;  .^Ir.  Brewst.r,  seen- 
tary.  The  style  or  title  taken  wxs  ■■The  First  Congre-.-atiuMal  Society  of  West 
Pulteney,  in  the  county  of  Genesee."     The  board  of  trusto-*  were  Nehemiah 


HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


B,.Uwin 


Frust,  and 
'L-d.  auJ  within  three  yairs  a 
K-'ttk-J  as  it.i  pnstor. 
S04,  made  liia  lo;^  house  the 
the  uiiwearyin;^  eircait-riders. 
;  those  ministcra  of  the  ;;ospel. 
he  path,  and  the  mad.  crussini; 
;Ir  couch  in  the  forest  with  the 


Frost,  Henry  IJrew^tor,  Samu-'i  Church,  Satuuol 
Elihu  Church.  The  djnationH  w.re  duly  bu-V.v^ 
church  was  formed,  and  the  lujv.  Alloa  HuUiater  a 
Geor^  \V.  Willcy,  the  pioneer  of  O-den  in  1 
welcome  resort  of  the  traveliui;  missionaries  and 
Close  following  upon  the  tract  of  tlie  settler  v^mc. 
bound  on  their  mi>3iou  of  |ro*>d.  Upon  the  cr;^i!,  t 
»wamp3,  fordin;;  streanid,  and,  at  time^,  making  tht 
aiiddle-bags  fur  a  pillow,  those  heralds  of  j;ood  tidings  broUi^ht  the  n^ws  to  all. 
Upoa  horseback  the  journey  was  taken,  and  in  cabiu  or  school-house,  week-day 
or  evening,  the  me^.-tiuiTJ  were  held,  and  then  on  to  the  next  station.  The  Meth- 
odi-sts  were  the  first  in  tlio  missionary  field,  and  rode  upon  a  circuit  of  full  four 
hundred  miles.  The  pioneer  circuit-ridirrs  of  the  western  country  were  Jamc:» 
Smith,  in  1703,  then  came  Alw;uxl  White;  afl-r  him  followed  Joseph  Whitby 
and  John  Lockby,  in  1793,  Haujilton  Jefferson  and  Anninj  Owen,  in  1796. 
JohnsoD  Dcnham  was  the  associate  with  Owen  next  year,  then  James  Stokes  and 
Richard  Lyon  in  1703,  and  Jonathan  Batcmau  in  171)1).  Daniel  Dunham  and 
Benjamin  Bidlack  were  known  to  the  sottl^i-s  of  ISOO,  David  James  and  Jt^seph 
W^illiamson  in  ISOl,  Smith  Weeks  and  John  BillinL-s  in  lSOl>.  Grittirh  Sweet  and 
Sharon  Booth  in  1SU3,  and  Wv^'^r  Benton  and  Sylvester  Hill  in  K^t)4.  The 
memories  of  these  men  are  known  to  few,  if  any.  now  living.  There  is  in  the 
memory  of  the  aged  a  remembrance  of  the  ministers  who  came  casting  seed  by 
the  wayside,  whose  fruitage  in  directing  the  mind  to  thin-iS  eternal  is  seen  in 

J-  present  reIi_nous  attainment.  -  The  sermon  in  the  old  log  school-house,  and  the 
prayer  with  the  family  ere  rciirin;:  for  the  night,  are  dim  recollections,  while  the 
records  of  the  books  say,  "The  first  preachers  in  this  vicinity  were  Meihodist 
circuit-rider3.'^  Two  upon  the  circuit  traveled  far  and  long,  changing,  as  was  their 
wont,  each  year,  and  small  indeevl  the  settlement  they  did  not  visit.  The  names 
of  Mit*:h».U.  Jeuks.  Vi.n  Epps,  Gatehell,  and  Lane  arc  recalM  aa  of  those  who 
early  in  the  century  visited  the  settlements  of  Geuesoe  valley.  The  first  settled 
minister  in  Ogdeo  was  Ebenezer  Everett.  Characteristic  of  the  new  country,  names 
were  given  to  designate  localities  and  retained  when  the  country  had  become  settled. 
Tie  term  Metiiodist  Hill  indicates  a  tmth,  that  the  first  religious  meeting's  held 
in  the  town  were  by  circuit-riders  of  that  denomination,  recalled  in  names  of 
Lacey,  Fillmore,  and  Puffer. 
"^^  The  primary  org-anization  of  societies  was  the  result  of  accident,  so  far  as  de- 
nominations were  concerDed-  Whatever  sect  had  the  most  members  formed  their 
society,  and  as  the  income  of  new  settlers  gave  strength,  others  drew  off  for  inde- 
pendent organization.  It  may  be  said  that  religion  was  not  made  a  convenience 
but  a  willing  duty,  and  contemporary  with  the  shelter  for  the  b<3dy  was  sought 
food  for  the  eouI.^  A  single  instance  is  illustrative.  Cpon  a  Saturday,  Dr.  Levi 
Ward,  John  Ward,  and  their  families  arrived  from  Connecticut  in  the  dense,  heavy 
forest  called  the  "  North  Wooix"  The  first  act  was  the  notice  of  a  meeting  to 
be  held  nest  day  at  the  house  of  a  settler.  A  dozen  or  more  assembled  from  their 
scattered  homes,  a  aormon'was  read,  prayer  made,  and  singing  was  "  excellent.  ' 
During  this  year  (1S07)  a  Congreratiooal  church,  the  second  one  west  of  the 
river,  was  organized.  The  history  of  towns  and  city  fully  illustrates  the  progress 
from  the  formative  period  down  to  the  present,  and  inspires  hope  and  energy  to 
advance  them  farther.  The  antipathies  of  sects,  the  intolerance  of  opinion^  and 
the  warfare  of  schisms  belong  to  the  past.  We  find  the  churclics  of  Kochester 
occupied,  during  a  conference,  by  tiie  mlnistenj  of  that  denomination  ;  in  council 
we  Bee  harmonious  action  and  brotlierly  feeling;  talented  and  pious  clergymen 
occupy  the  pulpit*;  missionaries  depart  for  heathen  lands ;  societies  for  the  spread 
of  religious  influence  have  long  been  operative,  and  evidence  philanthropic  en- 
deavor and  libera!  endowment. 
nV  Education  wa3  recogulzed  as  a  softening  and  elevating  influence,  without  which 
other  Ubor  was  regarded  as  compai-atively  useless.  Upon  the  clearings  there  was 
work  for  all;  the  child  could  gather  brush,  watch  the  corn  from  dcpreiiators, 
bring  home  the  cows,  and  ride  to  mill  with  the  u'rist,  yet  the  necessity  of  instruc- 
tioa  in  the  essentials  of  learning  was  apparent  and  the  want  soon  supplied.  Vol- 
antATj  action  followed  timely  sugge^ion,  and  if  families  were  not  mahy  they  were 
large,  and  where  seven  and  eiL;lit  children  were  not  uncommon  the  little,  rude 
school-building  wa.s  generally  filled.  When  a  towns  limits  had  the  area  of  a 
county,  it  was  not  expi.-ctt:d  that  the  schiKil  insf>cctors.  voted  in  at  annual  meet- 
ings, frcfjucntly  visited  the  schools.  Erom  old  reports  we  sec  the  full.iwing: 
"  Vbits  of  inspectors  of  schools,  none."  Yet  the  foundation  was  laid  upon 
which  the  general  free  school  system  hiw  bten  built.  The  sehool-buildlng  has 
been  frequently  described  ;  it  w;i.s  consistent  with  the  homes  of  the  ciiildrun  and 
youth  in  att*.nd.iui:e.     The  same  necessity  whiih  suhstimteii  grcj!K;d  paper  for 

__^^glaS8  at  home  wa.*  apparent  here.  The  sumumr  terms,  as  now,  wi-re  tati-jlit  by 
-ftjmales ;  the  young  m»  a  attendini;  in  winter  were  instructed  and  governed  by  the 
school- muj/cr.     (^ualificUiona  were  etjual  to  the  nucd.     Text-books  were  neither 


.  numerous  nor  frofiucnily  cliangei.1.  Orthograpl-.y  wai  correctly  taught  from  Web- 
ster's Elementary,  and  there  were  giKni  readers  vfh..be  study  was  confined  to  the 
American  Preceptor,  the  English  iieadcr,  and  the  li>z\v  Tt.-fltament.  The  authors 
Dilhvorlh  and  i'lke  held  a  uiMiiopoly,  and  the  tVderal  Educator  had  few  pagi-s 
but  retjuircd  study.  It  was  the  custom  for  the  proposed  teachr-r  to  visit  the 
patrons,  who  signed  for  so  many  schohu^'at  ix  spv-t:i6ed  rate,  or  the  salary  was 
agreed  upon  and  paid  by  rate-bill  estimate  of  att«-ridarice.  Tiien  the  number  of 
children  sent  determined  the  individual  cost,  now  the  wealth  secured  to  the  owner 
by  a  moral  and  intelli:;'-nt  society  is  the  basis  of  tn.tation.  The  custuniary  rate 
was  one  dollar  and  a  half  fur  a  term  of  thirteen  wci_ks.  W;igcs  nin^-'d  from  ten 
dollars  to  twelve  dollars  per  month,  and  board  around.  The  journey  along  fu'it- 
paths  for  miles  was  madu  by  the  pupils,  who  biought  their  dinners,  douiihnuts 
btiiig  an  e-fsential  and  staple  portion.  The  nooning  was  employed  in  games  of 
ba.se-  and  drop-ball,  or,  if  the  weather  shut  them  in,  many  an  old,  well-iriui-tuliiTed 
play  w:t3  had,  and  cheerily  the  vuiccs  mingktl  in  -^  The  iiv-d\ci  eye  that  d-.th  sup- 
ply," etc.  Traps  for  g:ime  were  set  between  home  a-id  school-house  and  vi5i[i;d 
morning  and  evening,  and  somLiimcs  wlien  the  seliool  was  late  in  closing  and  even- 
ing's darkening  sliadows  fell  the  children  hurried  homeward,  fearful  of  tlie  hexsts 
which  ranged  the  woods  at  night.  I'robably  the  first  school  ever  instituccd  within 
the  limits  of  Monroe  w.is  taught  by  Mr.  Barrow-"  duiin::  the  year  171)4,  in  a  log 
house  which  stood  one  mile  south  of  the  village  of  Fittsford,  then  the  husin.ss 
centre  of  Xorthfield.  The  young  men  wanting  to  go  to  school  during  winter  w.:re 
not  backward  in  urging  the  establishment  of  school -ho  uses.  A  log  school-build- 
ing was  erected  at  Irondequoit  landing  in  1SU2.  Oliver  Culver  hauled  logs  to  a 
saw-mill  and  furnished  the  roof-boards.  A  young  man  named  TuriiL-r,  employed 
as  clerk  in  the  store  of  Tryon  and  Adams,  was  Lnga,:ed  to  take  charge  of  the 
school.  In  the  year  i8U5,  Hinds  Chamberlin,  Alexander  McPherson,  Francis 
Le  Barron,  Gideon  Fordham,  and  Philemon  Xettleion  rolled  up  some  large  bass- 
wood  logs  near  the  brook  at  the  foot  of  Fort  Hill,  and  thereby  constructed  one  of 
the  rudest  of  backwoods  seuoui-liou.->cs.  A  huge  fireplace,  =;:pp!icd  with  fi:e!  by 
the  voluntary  labor  of  the  larger  boys,  was  all-sufficient  for  winter  fires,  and  the 
open  door  gave  summer  ventilation.  The  first  teacher  in  this  structure  was 
Andrew  McXabb,  a  Scotchman,  the  second  w.i.s  Siimuel  Crocker,  and  the  third 
Major  Nathan  Wilson.  Among  tlie'  first  schools  taught  in  Henrietta  were  one 
npon  the  Wadsworth  road  n^ar  Stephen's  corners,  opened  in  a  log  bnildin;;  by 
Sarah  Leggett,  in  1S07,  and  another  on  the  River  road,  commenced  in  1310,  and 
taught  by  Lucy  Branch,  later  the*wife  of  Solomun  Nichols,  of' Cattarau-us 
county.  The  first  school  in  the  town  of  Ogden  wus  conducted  by  a  sister  to  the 
pioneer  Esquire  Willcy,  and  dates  with  the  commciict'inent  of  settlement  in  that 
locality.  The  primal  school  in  what  w;i3  denominated  the  Schoolcrail  nei;.i!ibor- 
hood,  in  North  Penfield,  was  started  in  1810.  under  charge  of  a  Scotohmnn  named 
William  Harris.  Welcome  Garfield,  of  Jlcndun,  and  Charlotte  Cummin;?*,  of 
Clarkson,  were  pioneer  teachers  of  those  localities.  Free  and  select  schools,  uom- 
mou  and  high  schools,  seminaries,  academies,  and  i 
struction  and  a  choice  of  mode  sufficient  for  the  ^ 
Buildings  are  erected  and  funds  applied  to  cducal 
which  deserves  n  hearty  commendation  and  ( 


_  ,  affijrd  a  range  of  i 
ied  wants  of  the  populati* 
ational  purpostjs  with  a  liberal 
sponding  support. 


Some  ri-'turn'jd  east)  and  c 
on  horseback  to  the  home 
made  brief  courtships  and 


om  New  En 

lesire  of  eomp 
cs  of  obcaini 
vedding-tour  \ 


[  No  uninteresting  leaf  of  pioneer  history  is  tha 

births,  deaths,  and  burial-grounds.     The  young  men  from  New  Enijland,  hav 
prepared  a  log  house  and  made  a  clearing  wlille  boardin; 
at  the  house  of  some  settler,  like  Orange  Stone,  from  tht 
and  the  necessities  of    houic-work.  Ijcthonght    thcnisc 

■acted  an  alliance,  and  tlu 

Monroe;  othe.'s,  visiting  the  new  families  arriving, 
kss  happy  marriages.  "^  Jacob  Schoonovorand  family 
had  settled  at  the  mouth  of  Dugan's  creek,  and  the  marriage  of  Peter  Shaeffer 
to  a  daughter  in  1700  was,  in  all  probability,  the  first  in  what  is  now  Monroe 
County.  The  second  marriage  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  was  that  v(  Thomas 
Ll-c  to  the  eldest  of  the  seven  daughters  of  William  Hencher.  It  is  worth  while 
to  note  further  concerning  this  family.  Accustomed  to  pioneer  life,  daughters  of  an 
old  soldier,  and  3(!ekin^  the  west  as  their  abiding  plaee,  the  Misses  Hencher  were 
soon  sought  out  and  taken  to  the  settlers'  liome's.  The  names  of  their  hu^bamls' 
were  Bartholomew  Maybee,  Stephen  Lusk,  Jouatlian  Leonard,  Donald  ML-Ketizic, 
Abel  Rowe,  and  Clement.  Seven  pioneer  wives  and  mothera  from  under  the 
grasd-eovcrcd  roof  of  the  lir^t  hut  built  by  wliito  settler  on  the  lake  shore  between 
the  river  and  Nijgjm,!  With  ev-Tythiiig  to  diseour.ige,  yet  the  conjUL'id  relation 
was  a  mutual  suppnrt,  and  the  hi'i'^ripliy  of  the  :iged  bears  uniform  testiuiony  to 
the  concord  and  aff^itiun  existing  throuuh  lite. 

Asa  Wri^Jht  w.LH  the  lir^t  bnrn  of  Perrinto.i.  and  date's  17'J7  ;  WiUia.u  E.  Surlixg 
of  Mendon.  17u:> ;  Joseph  Wo.kJ  of  Chili,  IT  J!).  The  first  born  nuN-  cluld  m 
Ogden  was  J..hn  M.  Colby,  »)n  of  Abraham  Coll^-,  and  the  first  burn  f-male  in 


HISTORY  OF  MOXIiOE  COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


tbe  toirn  was  R;L<_v,  ilau.-hicr  of  Kpl.rjini  Culhy— Utii  dnte  1S03.  Cbrk-uina 
teojnl  U  a  son  t.>  Mn.  C'!.,rk-on  :,.,J  a  .inu-iil.rV;.  Mrs  Pjliu.;r,  and  thai  of  lli.-a 
a  diughttr  to  SjiuucI  (.'Imr.  h,  anJ  a  !Oii  Ilirim  to  i^iirnucl  Shi'parJ.  in  HOO.  We 
hiie  given  Aja  WriL,lit  aa  tlio  first  white  child  b<.irn  in  Pi Trintnu,  and  he  waJ 
the  first  to  attiiii  nntiirity;  but  on  February  5.  1TU7,  a  boy  Ht)IIL^tcr  was  b^irn 
to  Jeaee  Pcrrio.  and  survived  but  two  months.  Hit  burial  is  thus  nciticcl :  "  Thia 
Ultle  child.  bi>  auso  titere  wa^  no  minist^^r  in  all  the  surrounding^  country,  was 
eonsigned  to  the  ^Tave  with  only  the  aiinnie  rites  which  affection  framed  for  the 
occasion."  It  was  in  han-K  C(<iitnut  with  the  cu>tMnis  of  the  old  ca.-itern  hotuc. 
The  death  of  Peter  Shaetfer,  Sr,  of  Jiceph  .Morgan,  and  of  John  .^Io.^n  were 
imoog  the  fir>t  r\-conJed.  The  veneration  for  the  res-:ng-place  of  the  dep-iried  is 
Tarioualy  indlcited  by  human  races,  .ind  the  precedence  of  life  is  cnmnieniomted 
bj  costly  sha't  and  mural  tomb.  The  pro-.-ress  uf  civilization  15  marted  by  the 
cousecration  of  ccnieteries ;  their  ornament  and  care  a:j  diiunjui^h-.-d  from  the 
grave-  and  church-yards  of , the  pa.>t.  Tlie  opinions  of  the  e.iriy  ?e-ttler5  were 
eiprcssed  on  the  o<--ca3ion  of  opening  the  firM  buryin'Z-ground  in  the  city  of 
Rochester.  This  "  ground"  was  located  on  1  rise  near  and  along  Plymouth 
aveDUe,  occupyini;  the  lot  and  vicinity  of  M.  J-'.  Reynolds*  re-idence.  Some 
citiiens  regretted  the  cemetery  was  so  near  the  village ;  others  held  that  it  should 
be  tmong  the  dwelliiigs  of  the  livin-.-.  It  was  1  Xcw  Eoiiand  iJ^-a  to  inter  the 
dead  vithia  1  5.]uare  surrounded  by  dwellin-js  and  stor''--j,  and  it  t\a3  carried  with 
the  settlers  westward.  The  c^meu-ry  was  cleared  of  undererowth  and  awaited  its 
first  occupanL  A  tenant  was  soon  found  in  the  pors^in  of  the  wife  of  Pr.  Gibbs. 
and  IS  time  elapsed  othera  lay  there  and  the  gri.und  wa.<  no  more  occupied.  Else- 
where has  been  noted  the  beauty,  extent,  and  lo^.-nlityof  Mount  Hope  and  other 
cemeteries.  Mount  Hope,  appropriate  in  name,  is  unrivaKxl  in  its  scenery.  Here 
is  seeo  diversity  of  plain,  plateau,  hill  and  dale,  native  and  ejotio  tr«H?  and 
ahrubbery,  and  here,  since  the  procrreas  of  a  little  more  than  fifty  years,  well-oi^h 
thirty  thousand  have  been  bid  to  rest.  Its  name  ojmbioes  holy  attributes,  and 
conveys  the  trust  and  anticipation  of  death  and  other  life;  henc«  its  appropriate 
application  and  popuJarity. 


CHAPTER   Xir. 

FASTULU   OF  THE   SCITLERS — HUNTINO    THE    BEAR    AMD    OTHER    OAME — IS- 
CISCNTS  OF   THE    FOaEiT,  CLIFF,  AND    STREAM. 

Stohies  of  the  wild  animals  which  abounde-i  in  the  thick  woods  of  the  Gene- 
aec;  of  their  depred.itioos,  numbers,  and  capture;  of  the  deadly  serpents  which 
bad  their  dens  among  the  rtxts  at  the  fiRs.  and  of  the  fish  and  fowl  so  plentifol 
in  and  apon  the  streams  and  l.iys  al 'ng  the  northern  coast,  possess  a  peculiar 
IDterest  from  their  l.«^ality  and  authenticity. 

The  Tallcy  of  the  Genesee  was  the  favorite  hunting-ground  of  the  Smecat. 
'Many  sons  of  tbe  eariy  settlers  were  trappers,  and  Stephen  Durfee  received  for 
the  fur  of  muskrat  .ind  mccoon  fifty  .loll.irs  in  one  season,  and  Henry  Lovdl,  a 
fcmoas  hunter  of  early  years,  caught  many  beaver.  The  hills  of  Rush,  Wheats 
land,  and  other  towns  wco  f.ivorite  ranges  for  the  deer.  Tbe  howling  of  wolves 
vas  a  cotnmon  sound,  and  the  be;ir  and  panther  were  foes  to  dread.     Pastimes  we 

call  ihein, the  pursuit  of  game  for  fi"<l.  or  for  the  fur  or  bounty, — for  such 

they  were  in  the  memories  of  piriieipanls. 

*  The  moel  dreaded  denizen  of  the  wo<;d-i  was  the  lithe  and  ferocious  American 
panther.'^  Their  haif-humun  acre-ech.  cat-like  agility,  and  tenacity  of  life,  made 
them  objects  of  terror  to  the  ilefen.-^ev-.  and  even  the  backwo<j'lsmen.  ^nnod, 
ihrank  fVom  an  encounter.  On  one  ■Koi-ion  an  Indian  found  a  panther  at 
Damplin  hill,  and  a  .^hot  kiile.l  the  animal.  Tbe  e.isy  victory  aiww  from  the 
&ct  that  the  beast  h.ad  killed  a  d.cr  and  h.id  gor.;L-d  hinun.lf  stupid  and  hclpleis. 
At  another  time,  a  hunter,  John  Parks,  who  made  hes  headquarters  at  Hcncher'a, 
was  out  with  Dunbar,  a  mulatto,  who  livt-d  at  Inrndciuoit.  in  pursuit  of  raccoons 
open  the  shore  of  the  lake.  It  w:ls  after  dark  when  the  d.-.->.  as  was  suppo-ed, 
treed  one.  Dunbar  elimbcl  the  tree  >•>  dislod.-e  it.  and  having  partially  ascende-d 
observed  a  pair  of  eyes  fi.teil  upon  his  which  bore  no  resemblance  to  those  of  the 
nccooo.  Thu  biidy  was  invi-il.le,  but  the  briili.iot,  unflinching  eyes  proclaimed 
DO  ordinary  animal.  The  muhillo  laaJe  hT.-.to  t,.  r.  aeh  ibc  cr  ,und.  and,  intarm- 
ing  Parks,  the  two  g:ithercd  iiiatirinl  and  kin.il.-.!  fires,  by  which  they  remained 
tai  dayli.;ht,  when  a  b^r.-o  p.i.nKer  w.t  >.en  crouch. J  111  the  tree.  A  well-aime-d 
ahol  brought  him  to  the  gruund.  and  in.^und  1  bounty  of  at  Icxst  five  dollars  for 
the  anlp.      Dr.  Juvl  Urace,  a  pionvvr  ductor,  ru-ident  uf  Victor,  was  one  duj 


riding  along  the  "Id  In 
abruptly  st^'pped,  and  : 
ready  to  sprin-.:.  Betl 
denly  sp 


in.-e  ahead  .-howtd  s  panther  crouchtj  in  the  path  and 
ing  himself  of  an  umbrella  l.c^ad  wiih  him.  he  sud- 
animal  arose  and  dinrippcMred  in  the  timber.  .More 
a  p.Mt  to  those  who  attcuiptL-d  to  raise  slurp,  were  the 
wamps  by  day,  they  iisued  forth  in  nciuib.Ti  .it  nii;lit. 
,  the»!  beeamo  the  u-iK-cial  object  of 
terrific,  and  the  liirc-t  .-wemed  hll.-d 
irded.  and  the 


d  it,  and  the 
numemus.  leis  feared,  and 
wolves./   Hiding  in  the  swamps  b\ 
and  when  a  few  sheep  had  been  broi 
their  notice.     At  times  their  howli 

with  th,-m.  Hi.-h  fcu.:cs  were  built  in  which  the  -heep  were 
sflttlers  wore  obli'.:ed  at  times  to  go  out  to  scare  the  wolves  off.  Cattle  were  occi- 
sionally  att;icked  by  them,  but,  save  in  packs  by  night  and  stimulat.-d  by  hunwr. 
they  were  not  dangerous.  One  winter  evening  a  settler  named  Hurlbut  w.i* 
riding  through  a  strip  of  w.wds,  near  the  log  hmis..'  of  Roswcll  Turner,  on  the  out, 
let  of  Hemlock  lake,  when  a  pack  of  wolves  surrounded  him  b<-nt  upon  an  attack. 
His  dog  created  a  diversion  which  enabled  him  to  escape  to  Turner's  hou-e. 
'•While  sitting  upon  his  hoivo,"  says  Mrs.  Farnum.  daughter  of  Tunier.and  an 
eye-witness,  "the  pack  cume  within  fifteen  rods  of  the  hourf,  and  stopping  up-^n 
a  knoll,  almost  deafened  us  with  their  howl.  Retreating  into  the  wm.iis.  they 
Seemed  to  have  a  fight  among  theni>elve.-',  and  in  the  morning  it  was  iscertained 
that  they  had  actually  killed  and  eaten  one  of  their  own  nutul>er." 

Captain  Cornelius  Treat,  a  settler  in  Mendon  prior  to  170 1,  was  belated  one 
uight  and  attacked  by  wolves,  wTiose  determination  was  so  persistent  tiia?  nothin-.: 
but  the  flectncss  of  his  horse  saved  his  life.  Traps,  deadfalls,  and  nits  were  re- 
sorted to,  and  the  pests  were  soon  thinned  out.  A  trap]«?r  named  .John  .-^tiiiL^in 
caujtht  nine  wolves  ia  one  night,  for  which  he  received  a  bountvof  'lintfyUoUart. 
a  sum  sufficient  to  make  a  crediuble  payment  npon  a  farm  tr.ict.  Hunts  took 
place  ailer  the  war.  and  the  wolves,  save  in  few  instances,  disaj-poared. 
'  The  bear  of  the  Gent-sts?  w.xs  a  terror  and  a  post.  Their  e.xpkiits  in  carrying 
a'.vay  swine  in  brojd  davliibt  from  near  tho  cabirj,  and  thcit  liav.<  in  the  corn- 
fields, form  a  large  part  of  pioneer  reminiscene'e. '  An  instance  or  two  of  a  score 
will  illustrate  modes  of  hunting  them.  Four  men  set  out  one  night  upon  a  bear 
hunt,  and  approaching  a  cornfield  on  the  Big  Ridge,  found  by  the  noise  of  break- 
ing 8talk.i  that  the  g^^ime  they  sought  was  at  hand.  One  of  the  party,  named 
Tii'dall,  a  blacksmith  in  Rochester,  went  forward  to  reconnoitre,  and  cume  sud- 
denly npon  a  large  bear,  which  ceasing  from  her  work  cave  him  eiclusive  atten- 
tiotu  Almost  overpowered  by  emotion  Tindall  leveled  his  gun,  fired,  and  took 
to  his  heels.  He  directed  his  course  towards  the  brush  fence  where  he  had  left 
the  main  b<jdy,  and  running  against  a  stump  crawled  h.as'.ily  to  the  top  of  it,  call- 
ing for  reinforcements.  At  the  supreme  moment,  when  ho  had  reached  and  was 
balancing  upon  the  stump,  the  old  bear  closed  in,  and  striking:  him  with  one  paw 
just  below  the  waist,  took  his  pantaloons  completely  off.  His  comrades  tu.jt 
Tindall  while  the  bear  took  his  breeches.  Firing  their  guns,  the  party  hastened 
to  retire.  Some  days  later  the  settlers'  combined  forces  got  their  dogs  together, 
and  the  hunt  resulted  in  the  captijrc  of  a  large  she-bear. 

A  story  oficu  recited  around  the  great  log  fires  of  the  old  settlers  during  the 
social  meetings  of  half  a  century  ago  was  popularly  known  as  "  .ludge  Hum- 
phrey's bear  story."  and  as  such  we  hand  it  down  to  posterity  : 

"  A  deep  snow  had  fallen  one  night  during  the  winter  of  ISOT-^,  and  a  little 
aflcr  sunrise  next  morning  I  saw  coming  up  the  road  Joe  Jack-on,  a  boy  some- 
what older  than  myself.  Joe  bad  a  dog  and  lun.  lie  a.-ked  my  ciMiipjiiy  to 
hunt  two  b'-ars,  a  larje  and  a  small  one,  which  had  recently  pu-sed  ahm-j,  .is  w.as 
evident  from  the  humau-likc  tracts.  I  joined  readily,  taking  with  me  my  own 
dog.  Uur  only  reliance  to  securo  the  gimc  was  Joe's  old  brcoch-loading  fuvvliog- 
piece  or  fuscc.  The  tracks  led  off  towards  the  woi.ds,  into  which  the  do-.-s 
dished  under  grea:  excitement,  and  were  soon  4ast  to  view.  At  a  mile's  distinco 
from  the  edge  of  the  timber  the  dogs  were  ilmnd  barking  up  a  large  whit«Mjak 
tree  near  the  Hue  roa«l  between  Victor  and  Ijloumtield.  Tpon  this  tree  the  boars 
.hud  climlK.-.l,— an  old  bcir  and  a  large-»i/.>-.l  cub.  The  laiter  h.ad  crawled  out 
upon  a  lar.;c  limb  some  ten  feet  from  the  ho-ly  of  the  tree  and  well-niu'h  seveniy 
feet  fn>iu  the  sround.  The  old  bear  sat  liiiL-ging  tbe  tn-e  where  the  limb  joinol 
the  tnink.  Joe  delivered  his  first  fire  at  tlic  cub  without  other  effei.t  than  to 
excite  deraonstntion.s  of  aiicer  from  the  old  bear.  Au'ain  Joe's  gun  wxs  dis- 
charged;  the  cipl'ision  rang  through  the  forest;  the  smoke  l.lew  away,  aitd  no 
change  in  the  situation.  -V  third  attempt  was  al«4,  a  failure;  and  nmv  aminuiii- 
tiou  gave  out.  It  was  agreed  that  J.x:  should  •.•u.ird  the  tree  while  I  went  f.ir  a 
supply  or  help.  Tlireo  men  were  .•<ecn  chiming  thruujh  the  w.-hIs, — my  f.itlier, 
a  man  cauie<l  Culver,  and  one  other.  Culver  had  a  Ion-.'  ritie  of  rmall  calibre 
which  ha  had  l.....le.|  wiih  two  halU.  With  .-u.-|H.'n.*  we  siw  him  take  p.,sitiun, 
level  his  p,.eee".illy  and  i-an  fully,  and  th.  n   pr.-s  the  triL--.-r.     A  sharp  cr.ick 


M  bea 


Ihud 


shut  di.iil.     A  .-^-cond  time  the  whip  like  crack  of  the  ritte  was  heani,  and  tha 
cub  fell   wounded  to  the  ground,  was  otUckcd  and  killed  by  the  dog^i.     Wa 


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drove 


returned  home  U-aring  our  yimo 
Bteak,  »uJ  '  bears '-frreawi'  was  pl.ji 
f  In  eaily  years  hu^rs  roimod  ^ 
river.  They  were  derived  from  those  1 
wild,  dangeruua,  and  uiiumable:  They 
when  wanted  for  pork  or  when  found  ii 
g^res  in  atatenii'nta  that  hoir*  brnnijht  in  beenrn 
with  do'j'S.  j  In  combati  with  the  bear  the  wild  ! 
on  ooe  occasion  when  a  settler  had  made  a  party  ; 
capture  his  hogs,  the  con 


while  the  nei'^hbure  f 
lade  for  s^'iue  time  at'lerwardi." 
'er  the  uplands  alon'-  :he  Genesee 
irht  liere  by  the  Indians,  and  were 
■e  huutod  a^  any  other  wilil  i.'atre 
ng  the  cn>p3.  Hencher  and  Stone 
^en;ni-  wild  and  were  sliot  or  hunted 
.•g3  were  ..tten  victorious  ;  and 
nd  gone  out  in  the  early  fall  to 
ng  and  dangerous  as  if  they  bad  never 
been  dome-ticated.  J»ome  tweiity  ot  thc.^  .ravage  creatures  were  placed  in  a 
gtoatly-boilt  pen  of  large  size,  and  when  the  owner  came  to  feed  them  they  would 
rush  forward  witli  archeil  back  and  champing  tuslies  and  endeavor  to  make  an 
attack.  One  seemed  in  the  forest  to  become  the  leader.  Ue  was  seen  to  take 
bis  position  before  the  drove,  and  defeat  all  a.s'jilanls,  bears  and  dogs.  An 
Indian  was  once  treed  by  him,  and  the  siege  was  kept  up  until  others  brought 
reiref. 

f  Peer  were  very  ahundantj  and  a?  far  hack  as  Pe  Nouville's  expedition  a  party 
of  Indians  seut  out  from  Niagara  in  advance  of  the  main  army  had  piled  up  two 
hundred  when  overtaken.  During  the  winter  of  lS^G-7  a  deop  snow  f^-il.  a  thaw 
followed,  and  the  openings  were  b-fl  nearly  b.ire,  while  an  ice-crust,  formed  on  the 
snow  in  the  woods,  brought  many  deer  to  the  open  tracts,  where  Indian  and  white 
could  kill  all  they  wanted.  In  lSl.iS-9  a  similar  snow  and  crust  occurred,  and 
the  deer  were  pursued  by  wolf,  dog.  and  man.  They  wore  known  to  take  refuge 
among  the  stock  in  the  farmers'  yarfls.  Venison  wa5  of  great  assistance  as  a  means 
of  subsistence  to  new  settlers.  A  smaller,  but  by  far  the  mo.sc  annoying,  animal 
early  known  was  the  racc;>on.  Their  ravages  among  the  com  were  very  de- 
structive. The  settlers  were  obliged  to  hnnt  them,  and  their  fur  paid  for  the 
tronb'e.  The  sketch  of  a  pioneer  cabin  without  one  or  more  raccoon  skins 
&stened  to  the  logs  would  be  incumpicte. 

/  All  accounts  of  the  Genesee  country  notice  the  dens  of  rattlesnakes  along  the 
banks  of  the  river  below  the  falls.  They  were  known  to  find  their  way  outward 
ten  to  twelve  miles  during  the  summer,  and  return  to  the  den  on  the  approach 
of  winter.  Hencher  reports  having  killed  forty  in  a  day,  and  of  an  ocaision 
when  a  party  ascended  the  river  one  day  in  cinoes  and  killed  three  hundred. 
Theie  snakes  were  held  in  dread  by  the  .«ettlers.  and  were  found  in  most  unei- 
pectcd  places.  At  times  they  were  discovered  about  the  hnuses  and  under  the 
beds.  They  were  met  in  the  harvesi-tields  whil-  reaping,  and  the  habit  of  going 
barefoot  rendered  the  dan::er  of  tieiug  bitten  greater.  Considering  their  numi>er, 
the  cases  of  injury  from  this  ^"urce  were  rare. 

Pigeons,  ducks,  and  geese  came  in  flocks  of  countless  numbers.  The  geese 
came  fall  and  spring,  and  Braddock's  bay  was  a  favorite  resort.  Ducks  were 
abundant  on  the  river  and  its  tributary  streams.  Pig'ons  came  in  such  numbers 
that  it  was  difficult  to  protect  the  newsown  wheat  from  their  depredations. 
Koost3  were  known  on  Mud  creek,  in  a  cedar  swamp  on  Dugan's  creek,  and  on 
the  lake-shore.  In  1S12  the  rfxv=t  at  Dugan'a  creek  occupied  the  trees  of  nearly 
eighty  acres.  Full  thirty  nests  were  found  on  a  single  tree.  The  sijuabs  were 
taken  away  by  cart-lo.ads.  and  made  good  eating.  Large  numbers  were  caught  in 
nets. '  *Tbore  were  times  in  the  tall  when  the  ticlds  and  woods  were  alive  with 
these  birds,  and,  as  they  took  flight  in  a  cloud,  the  roar  of  their  win;^  was  as 
that  of  thunder.  They  were  seen  to  retire  as  settlements  progres.se-i  to  remote, 
unfrequented  regions.  Xot  only  were  the  settlers  supplied  with  flesh  and  fowl, 
but  with  fish  in  abundance  and  of  the  best  quality.  Ijpeckled  truut  were  plenty 
in  the  river  and  its  tributaries.  It  is  said  that  a  string  of  one  hundred  and  fitly 
could  be  taken  at  Allen's  crcx-k  without  changing  ground.  It  was  nut  till  ISIO 
that  pickerel  and  other  lake  fish  w.-re  placed  l-y  William  Wadswo-th  and  dthers 
in  Conesus  lake.  The  introduction  of  these  fi^h  above  the  falls  dates  the  disap- 
pearance of  the  trout.  Sidmon  were  caught  in  the  creeks  leadini;  into  the  lake. 
In  1792,'Xathan  Harris  drew  a  net  acrD.^s  JIud  creek  and  caught  eighteen  large 
salmon.  Pickerel  and  pike  were  taken  in  the  bays,  and  both  black  and  striped 
ba-ss  were  plenty  in  the  rivers.  .V  rack  of  tamarack-jKiles  supportim;  a  contrivance 
similar  to  an  eol-wcir  was  pLiced  below  the  tails  of  the  Iroodequoit,  and  as  many 
as  ten  barrels  of  fine  salmon  were  taken  there  in  one  night.  There  were  tho.sc  to 
whom  the  forest  and  stream  cave  a  living  for  years,  and  when  the  settlements 
thickened  these  withdrew  to  find  elsewhere  a  renewal  of  the  life  which  was  uot 
without  its  attractions. 


CHAPTER    XIII. 

I  THE     Vi.KR     OP     1S12— DEFENSKLESa     CO.SI.ITIOV    OP     THE     COUNTRY-— N.WAI, 

ACTION    .IT    THE    MOCTH  OF    THE    GENESEE — rANIC    FKOM    THE    nCEMNO  OP 

I  BrTF.VLO TIMEI.T     AND     QENEKOL'S    AID— A     BRITI.SII     6qLAI>E0N     INTI.MI- 

i  DATED  BY  UONROE    MILITIA. 

:  Conscious  of  their  isolate.1  and  defenceless  conditi.m,  the  tidings  of  war  were 

1  heard  with  apprehen.>ion  by  the  settlers  along  the  Gene>ee.  The  proclamation  of 
I  MadLson  was  borne  by  exprc2:s  riders  through  Geneva,  Canaiidaiuua,  RoehcMter, 
I  on  to  Fort  Niairara.  These  spread  the  news  upon  the  main  n.Kids,  whence  it  w-a-s 
I  soon  dis.scmlnated  to  the  farthest  clearing.  The  settler  ceased  his  labor  and  coun- 
I  seled  with  his  neighbors  whether  to  hold  their  ground  or  peek  safety  in  retreat. 
I  Anticipating  immediate  invasion,  s^ime  came  on  and  crossed  the  bridires  over  the 
\  Genesee  and  pushed  on  eastward,  while  emigrants  moving  the  other  way  iindaunt- 
1  edly  ignored  the  dangers  of  the  frontier.  Rumor  magnified  triflin-/  events,  and 
-|  the  militia  were  mustered,  drafted,  and  marched  to  the  rendezvous  at  Batavia. 
I        Both  in  Canada  and  New  York  operations  were  wholly  defensive,  and  real  danger 

did  not  exist.  The  Seneca  Indians,  at  first  neutral,  so-jn  joined  the  settlers,  as  did 
I        the    TnscnruTun,  and  interposed   a  defensive  screen  against  the   Muhmrks  and 

other  tribes  resident  of  Canada.  Upon  the  lake  the  British  assumed  a  superiority, 
\  and  the  poverty  of  the  settlements  insured  their  immunity  from  attack.  Cliar- 
i        lotte.  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  was  not  defended  by  any  rei:ular  force,  although 

a  temporary  encampment  of  -American  troops  was  several  times  made  there  while 
!        embarking  or  landing.     The  militia  and  volunteers  of  the  county  were  mainly  in 

I  The  British  commodore,  Sir  James  Yeo,  set  sail  in  the  spring  of  181.?  to  make 

an  attack  upon  Oswego.     Balked  in  this  by  the  weather,  be  continued  on  up  the 

,  lake,  and  arriving  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  cast  anchor,  and  sent  a  force  on 
shore.  There  -^a;  r.e  epposi'io"  nndf  to  their  laudini;.  whiLh  took  place  ii:  the 
latter  part  of  the  day.  The  few  inhabitants  of  the  place  were  unrestrained  of 
liberty  other  than  they  were  not  permitted  to  leave  and  warn  the  country  of  an 
enemy's  presence.  The  fleet  was  seen,  however,  and  a  force  assembling  at  Han- 
ford's  Landing,  set  out  for  Charlotte,  which  they  reached  in  time  next  morning  to 
find  the  enemy  taking  to  their  boats.  A  few  distant,  inefl'c-etive  shol.s  were  ex- 
changed. The  British  found  at  the  store-house  of  Frederick  Bushnell  a  quantity 
of  supplies,  of  which  they  took  possession,  giving  to  George  Latta,  the  clerk,  a 
receipt  for  the  property. 

The  -\mcricans  built  and  fitted  out  a  fleet  during  the  summer,  placed  it  under 

j  command  of  Commodore  Chauncey,  and  that  ofiiccr  frequently  threw  down  the 
gage  of  battle  without  response.  Both  fleets  were  at  the  head  of  the  lake  about 
the  first  of  October,  but  the  British  set  sad  down  the  lake,  followed  by  tiieir 
adversaries.  'When  off  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  the  former  were  becalmed, 
and  lay  motionless,  as  though  anchored.  Warned  by  a  previous  experience,  the 
residents  of  Charlotte  sent  runners  and  horsemen  to  arouse  the  settlors.     Men 

i        armed  and  unarmed  gathered  in  rapidly,  and  if  numbera  were  a  criterion  the 

i        enemy  would  have  naturally  expected  a  warm  reception  if  intending  to  land,  w  liich 

•  they  were  not. 

;  A  breeze  rippled  the  surface  of  the  lake,  and  following  shortly  after  came  the 

i  American  fleet.     With  exultant  cheers  the  Monroe  pioneers  saw  the  interposiiioii 

i  of  Chaiincey'a  squadron,  which  sailed  along  within  a  mile  of  shore,  and  when 

'  directly  opposed  to  the  enemy  opened  their  lakeward  guns  with  telling  effect. 
The  shore  spectators  Siiw  first  the  white  puffs  of  smoke  rising  to  a  cloud,  ami  thcu 

•  came  the  heavy  detonations,  reverberating  far  inland.  The  British  returned  the 
I  fire  with  slight  execution.  The  breeze  from  shore  carried  -the  smoke  from  the 
\  American  guns  as  a  screen,  which  hid  their  antagonists  from  view.  It  freshened 
!  and  impelled  both  fleets  down  the  lake,  fightiug  aa  they  went,  with  the  advantage 

upon  the  American  side. 
!  Misfortune  and  suffering  befell  the  western  settlements  in  the  ret.-diator)-  inroads 

1  of  the  enemy  consequent  upon  the  useless  and  d^isUirdly  dcj-truclion  of  the  villa;;e 
I  of  Newark,  in  Canada,  fay  the  orders  of  General  .McClure,  who  thereupon  rctin-d 
!  to  Fort  Niapira,  and  soon  after  e~talilished  his  headquarters  at  Buffalo.  The 
1  British  under  Colonel  Murray  a.v.umed  the  offensive,  and  be'jin  a  relentless  and 
I  cruel  warfare.  It  was  not  that  his  force,  some  five  hundred  In  all,  was  llirniidable, 
but  that  the  opposition  wero  lucompctently  handled,  that  his  movements  were  suc- 
cessful. 

On  the  early  morning  of  Pwcmber  19, 1S13,  licwist^n  was  surprised,  captured, 
plundered,  and  burned.  TI.e  Indians  preei-dln-  the  triH.p-  f.  II  upon  the  village 
with  sudden  onsl.infhl.  cli  -^ly  f.. II. .wed  by  the  British  ><.ldicrs.  A  panic  spread 
r...  ,„.!  „:.!,.   .,,,,1  tl...  I,,..lr.  ,,l'  m,n.  wonicri.  an.l  rhililn'n   swcot  eastward   wilh- 


A  band  of  Tn 


nervals  ..f 
,1  Ir.lians 


w  di>tr.;.vi 
iiubush  tire 


,f  the 


so 


HISTOKY  OF  ]MONROE  COU^'TY,  XKW  YORK. 


IniTans  pursuin;.;.  A  l.iij 
cocLiin<xi  arxiu  anJ  aiiiniut 
a  fn.>r.t  which  8iopp._'d  pur 
of  Monroe,  Wavne,  an.l  O 
•ioQ  of  Fort  N'iu'j;ara  dot; 
debirvctlon  of  Van  Horn's 


ilJin-  noir  l(..<r,ll'»  crcA.  <i.-n„iMM,tlt,-l  an  .-.r'cn'J, 
"U.  iUre  1  f.-iv  u|-  iho  b-i^ «  hult.-J.  nnJ  pn-v.'nlcj 
t,  but  the  cruw-i  pu-  hcii  on  into  thv  northern  parta 
rio.  A  fow  dav.-t  elap^jt-d.  nnil  the  enemy  in  pj?.w 
d  a  stMUtini:  party,  whose  objective  point  wa-i  the 
lills  and  the  Huur  there  ai.jred.      [t  waj  ordered  tn 


burn  every  house,  and  in:*tri:ctions  i 
work  waa  thoroughly  done,  yet  the 
out «  few  barrei.-i  of  fiour  for  the  ii 
of  fsimiture  bt-ture  firin*^  h-'USfS,  ar 
tunate  that  the  name  of  thij  huma 
preserved.  The  news  of  this  foray 
aa  Attack  u[v)n  liuffalo  and  advance 
of  Blocm6cld,  Ontario  county,  calif 
f  olQot*?cr,  and,  bein'j;  j.iint'd  by  the 


■onti-rapljt.-d  no  mercy  to  the  Bett'.ers.  .The 
ijlhvtT  in  command  is  known  to  h.ivc  rolled 
*e  of  the  de-titiite,  removed  essential  articles 
id  even  ?par»d  a  tew  dwcllinu-^.  It  i?  antor- 
10  e.xeeutnr  of  unworthy  duties  has  not  been 
continut;-*!  the  uiintay  panially  subsided,  and 

upm  Batavia  ».-re  expected.  '  lienenl  Hall, 
d  upon  the  tnwp3  of  Wud.sworth'8  brigade  to 

militia  of  tTent\-<f.e  county,  proceeded  to  arm 

found  a  motley,  irregular  b<Mjy  of  troops,  which,  beini  auzioented  bv  thn^  hun- 
dred men  from  Cbautaipie.  nuniberc-il  over  two  thousand  by  Iicceniber  'iO.  >"o 
tfTeclual  organization  was  f->:^sible  aithin  the  lime  allowed.  A  movement  of  the 
enemy  was  made  known  late  at  ni'.;ht.  DeeoDiber  -9.  and  .1  iattrrv  oe-.o-  Black 
Bock  taken.  General  Hall  ordered  Colonels  Warren  and  Churchill  to  recapture 
the  batK-ry  and  drive  the  enemy  to  their  bo,ats.  The  resullin',-  attack  failed,  and 
the  force  makin;^  it  wa^  completely  broken  up.  A  second  a.^-'^ault.  led  by  C(,>lonel 
Chafin  and  Major  Adams,  terminated  in  manner  like  the  first.  An  unmanly 
cowardice,  on  the  part  of  many  of  the  militia,  share-j  in  by  a  portion  of  the  officers, 
partially  redeemed  by  pallant  conduct  oo  the  part  of  other?,  and  the  ineftieient 
orgajiiiation,  were  a  fiiU  offset  to  trreater  numbers  oppo^  to  a  regular  disciplined, 
Stnaller  army.  A  di.^patch  to  the  j?)verrior  from  tjeucral  Hall  presentd  a  con- 
dcasod  ace-ount  of  the  ineffectual  d.-fen^e  and  forced  abandonment  of  Buffalo. 
It  ia  tL,  follow.  •  "  A«  the  d^y  i::-r-,'i.  I  di^covcrci  a  dcuJ.Uicii  of  uie  enemy's 
boats  cr&*eing  to  our  shore,  and  bending  their  course  towards  the  rear  of  General 
Porter's  house.  I  immediately  ordere<i  Colonel  Blake^lee  to  attack  the  enemy's 
force  i»t  the  water's  ei:;e.  I  became  .<:ati.-tied  w  to  the  disposition  and  object  of 
■  the  enemy.  Their  left  wini,  compos<^  of  about  one  thousand  rc-^lars,  militia, 
and  'Indians,  had  been  landed  below  the  creek,  under  c-iver  of  ni  jht.  'With  their 
centrt,  conslstini  of  four  hundred  Roy.il  Smts.  under  Colonel  Gordon,  the  action 
bejpiD.  The  ri^jht,  purposely  weak,  landed  as  a  diversi('ir  near  the  main  battery. 
Tie  whole  force  n  as  in  im'u..-.iiate  iv.oimand  of  L'euteotnt-Colonel  Dnimmond. 
and  led  on  by  ?l.,jor-Gcneral  Kiall.  '  They  were  attacked  by  four  tield-pieces  in 
the  battery  at  the  water's  eil^e;  at  the  same  time  the  battery  from  the  other  side 
of  tlie  river  opened  a  heavy  fire  opon  us  of  shells,  hot  shot,  and  ball.  The  whole 
force  now  opposed  to  the  enemy  was,  at  most,  not  over  sii  hundred  men.  the 
rcirainder  having:  fled,  despite  the  eTertions  of  their  officers.  These  few  but 
brave  men  disputed  every  inch  of  ground  with  veteran  coldness,  and  at  the  ei- 
peoae  of  many  valuable  live-*.  The  defection  of  the  militia  exjws^-d  the  forces 
eog-jgvd  to  a  fire  upon  both  front  a.nd  flank.  After  .standin;  a  half  hour  opposes! 
by  ID  OTcrwheliuin;-  force,  and  nearly  surrounded,  retreat  became  necessary  to 
•afety,  and  was  ordered.  I  then  endeavored  to  rally  the  troops  to  attack  their 
columns  as  they  eniereii  Buffalo,  but  in  v^in.  Deserted  by  my  principal  force.  I 
fell  back  that  ni.;ht  to  Eleven  Mile  cre^k,  forced  t.-.  leave  the  flourishing  villa^i-s 
of  BI,.ck  Kock  and  Buffal.>  a  prey  to  the  enemy,  by  whom  they  were  pilLe.-L-l  and 
la'id  in  ashc^"  The  villa^-cr<  soon  Siiw  in  the  retirement  of  s-puds  of  militia  the 
tilare  of  defense,  and  such  na  had  oien  or  horses  hurriedly  nthered  their  most 
eecotial  effects  and  left  the  place.  In  many  cases  women  and  children  on  foot 
•el  out  to  journey  many  miles  in  prarrh  of  security.  The  Briti-sh  renchcd  the 
▼fllap;  as  the  inhabitants  were  leavins  it.  The  Indians  were  on  the  p.5int  of 
doain-npiin  the  defenseless  with  knife  and  hatchet,  when  Colonel  Cyrcnus  Chapin, 
oo  hor^ack,  with  a  white  handkerchief  uj-on  the  end  uf  his  cane,  .advanced  to 
tJie  enrmy,  and  while  terms  were  considered,  !;ave  lime  for  all  who  chose  tn  make 
their  frcaiie.  A  force  of  forty  American  n-.iilars,  le<l  by  a  Lieutenant  Riddle, 
kaviog  made  a  ho.slile  demonstration  alter  the  enpitulation,  affo.-dcd  a  pretext  for 
dttfc^njin^  its  condition.t,  and  the  placi^  was  plunder*^],  and  all,  save  a  halt'-dozen 
buildings  were  burned.  By  thr.-e  P.M.  the  enemy  had  retir.-i.  fir-t  to  lil.iek  Rock 
WHi  then  aen«i  the  river  A  .Lay  or  two  .iftcrward  a  party  returned.  bumi-.i  all 
but  the  dwellin-  of  yin.  .St.  .folrn  :ind  Ri-eee's  blacksmith  nhop,  a„d  pes-ed  down 
•o  P.m  Nia^nra.  All  d.ay  ..f  Dcec.nber  liO.  the  lii-ht  of  citizen  and  settler 
•tmtinoed.  Attempts  to  rally  were  fru-.trated  by  nira.in  of  the  enemy,  and  the 
•cIL'ihDrM  of  the  st-on','  wa.s  cntrwled  with  the  sutferini  of  the  weak.  ••  Ualf- 
eW  ehildrrn,  ll„,  wounded,  the  a-.-.-,l  and  inlirm,  were  w.vlin-  throu..-h  the  snow; 
b.n.U  ,^  .ble.b.Hl„vl,  „rm.-<l  n.en  ol'te,,  r:„-in..-  them,  niidess  and  unohservm;." 


lo^tavcms  were  srK»n  exli.au^ted  of  ^ti[ipllc---,  ami 
theit  scanty  stores  with  the  half t'.imislod  fii-itive 

Timely  ind  jeneroui  aid  was  called  for  and 
addressed  to  Messrs.  Philip  S.  Van  Reijs.sclaer,  . 
and  others,  succinctly  explains  itself,  and  illu^trji 
citizens  of  Ontario,  a.s  those  of  Genesee  had  been 
barn,  and  shed  for  the  houseless  and  homeless, 
daisua,  January  S,  1S14,  and  reads  :u  follows: 

"GentLEMF.V, — Nirjara  county  and  that  par 
Batavii  are  cimplctely  depopulated.  All  the  si^t 
forty  miles  square,  and  which  contained  more  than 


The 
Kent, 
d>min 

followin;;  circular, 
Ambrose  Spencer, 
ant  feelcn-.-,  of  the 

I  in  thi 
lircular 

waa  dated  C.anaa- 

t  of  Genesee  which  lies  west 
tiements  in  a  tiection  of  count 
twelve  thousand  souls,  are  cff.t 


ually  broken  up.  The?e  facts  you  a'-e  undoubtedly  acquainted  with  ;  but  the  dia- 
trc-sea  they  have  preHluce*!  none  but  an  cye-wit[ies.s  can  thoroughly  appreciate.  Our 
raids  are  filled  with  people,  many  of  whom  have  been  reduced  from  a  state  of 
oomp**tency  and  good  prospects  to  the  last  deoree  of  want  and  sorrow.  ,s!o  sudden 
was  the  blow  by  which  they  have  been  crushed  that  no  provision  could  be  made 
either  to  eluile  or  meet  it.  The  fugitives  from  Niagara  county  especially  were 
d'lsporsed  under  circumstances  of  so  much  terror  that  in  some  cases  mothers  find 
themselves  wandering  with  strange  children,  and  children  are  seen  aeeompaniisl 
by  such  03  have  no  other  sympathies  with  them  than  those  of  common  sufferin'.r3. 
Of  the  fimilies  thus  separated  all  the  niembors  am  never  again  meet  in  this  life; 
for  the  same  violence  which  has  made  them  begT-irs  has  forever  deprived  thcni  of 
their  heads,  and  others  of  their  brauches.  Attlictions  of  the  mind  so  deep  as 
have  been  allotted  to  these  unhappy  people  wc  cannot  cure  They  cm  probably 
be  !ub<iued  only  by  His  power  who  can  wipe  aw.iy  all  tear^.  But  shall  we  not 
endeavor  to  assuage  them?  To  their  bodily  wants  we  can  certainly  administer. 
The  inhabitants  of  this  village  have  made  larre  contributions  for  th.ir  relief  in 


provisions. 


ralU 


;  pl.iee.      D.s-rt.sJ 
iipicil  by  ilttjae  whi 


Itutfalo  nwl,  clear  to 
u  the  frontier.     The 


clothing,  and  money,  and  we  have  boi-n  appointe<J.  among  other  thinT=, 
to  solicit  further  relief  for  theiu  from  our  wealthy  and  libcrrd-minded  fellow-citizens, 
in  pursuance  of  this  appointment,  may  we  ask  you,  gentlemen,  to  interest  your- 
selves particularly  in  their  behalf?  We  believe  that  no  occasion  has  ever  occurred 
in  our  country  which  presented  stnm^er  claims  upon  individual  benevolence,  and 
we  humbly  trust  that  whoever  is  willing  to  .answer  these  claims  will  always  entitle 
himself  to  the  precious  reward  of  active  charity." 

This  appeal  is  signed  by  Wni.  Shepard,  Thaddeus  Chnpin,  Jloses  Atwater.  X. 
Gorham,  Myroo  Holley,  Thoma.s  Beak,  and  Phincas  P.  Bates,  the  e-ommlttee  of 
.safety  and  relief  at  Canandaigua.  In  respon.se  a  legislative  appropriation  of  fifrr 
thou-sand  dollars  was  made,  and  early  in  3Iarch  the  receipts  from  all  sources 
reached  sixty-three  thousand  dollars. 

Once  more  the  British  fltsst  came  to  anchor  off  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee. 
Here  was  stationed  Isaac  W.  Stone,  with  a  company  of  fifty  men.  Two  cannon 
had  been  sent  down  from  Canandaigua  by  order  of  General  P.  B.  Popter  and  the 
heavier  piece  was  plante<J  in  battery  at  Charlotte.  The  male  population  of 
Rochester,  led  by  Messrs.  Brown  and  Ely,  made  a  midnight  march  to  the  ex- 
pected battle-ground,  and  the  militia  of  the  northern  towns  n-cro  S'wn  ass'imhh'd 
re.idy  fsr  duty.  The  breastwork  was  located  tipon  the  bluff,  and  was  principally 
composed  of  tiers  of  ship-timber.  The  unaccountably  strange  actions  of  the 
militia  aroused  a  suspicion  among  the  British  that  it  was  feigned,  and  the  oppor- 
tune passage  of  an  American  officer  ami  staff  throu^rh  an  opening  of  the  wr.od>  at 
a  distance  confirmed  the  imprission  that  the  Americans  were  in  heavy  f.iRc.  and 
desired  them  to  land.  Meantime,  the  militia  were  gathering  in  until  about  ciLtht 
hundred  had  assembled.  They  eanic  in  pairs  and  in  squads;  some  well  armed, 
some  with  no  arm.s.  Many  were  serious  and  silent;  others  were  loudly  ho.i=rt'ul. 
Some  carried  bundles,  while  a  large  number  wore  packs, — tho.sc  Gld-tiuie  srpiare  . 
ba::s  of  canvas  or  leatlicr.  There  was  little  subordination,  and  an  altercation  be- 
tween an  officer  and  one  of  his  men  was  followed  by  an  encounter,  in  which  the 
former  succeeded  in  asserting  his  superiority.  During  the  forenoon  a  flag  of 
truce  was  received,  .and  its  bearer  was  not  permitted  to  Land.  The  pro|»isal  tli.at 
public  stores  be  surrendered,  while  private  prop«'rty  should  be  respectnl.  was  pt-r- 
emptorily  rejected.  A  gunboat  exchan^-d  shots  with  the  American  battery,  a*l 
«<jme  fifteen  or  twenty  sixty-ei-^ht-ponnd  shots  plowesl  up  the  sands  without  injury 
to  life  or  property.  General  Porter  arriv.sl  anil  toot  command.  A  second  flag 
of  truce,  gent  in  during  the  afternoon,  demanded,  on  the  part  of  the  .\nieric:)ns.  a 
deliverv  up  of  all  public  stores,  under  a  threat  of  landintr  with  troops  .ind  a  lar^ 
force  of  Indians.  It  was  answered  that  the  forer.  landed  would  be  attenil.sl  to, 
1}  reeeive-l.  The  si^ctaelc  si-ems  ludi- 
id  having  on  board  a  ilisciplioed  and 
huiidn-d  militia,  many  of  whom  were 
iiii.irmed,  and  would  have  uken  flr.-ht  at  a  .siie.-lo  volley,  while  the  remainder 
would  have  fought  in  vain.  However,  the  lauding  wa.s  not  made,  and  the  flift 
luilcd  away. 

On  June  i.'i,  1814,  a  force  was  enlisted  far  lii  months'  service  on  the  "  lines," 


It  was  answered  tha 
and  that  no  more  communications  woiili 

numerous  force,  standing  in  dread  or'  a 


HISTORY  OF   .MONllOE  COUNTY.  NEW   YOUK. 


.11 


ii.rchL-.l  t„  Kh.ik   Uock, 
olunrwri  ^r.a  «  bo,iy  of 

»a<  I'liu-lu  ali'itiv  uUer 


.nd  were  known  «3  tl,«  New  York  Volunt.^rs.  Thcv  ni 
where  they  were  joiii._-J  by  x  rv^'imunt  uf  Pennsylvania  v 
Sfneca  warrlonj.  Tiio  turcc  wa^  fon3Ulutt.'J  a  briiride.  am] 
of  General  Peter  S.  Porter.  The  battle  of  Ch.|.peKa  v 
their  iniral,  unj,  all  urnisej  Ui  the  deadly  trade  of  war,  they  did  little  service. 
Scott's  bri„-ade  of  ri-;;ulara  crof-ed  N'i;i|rira  river  on  July  3.  and  eapHirxl  Fort 
Erie;  they  then  aJvao«-d  o[x_m  the  British,  who  wereenc:iiui>--i  b<.i:ind  the  Chip- 
pew*,  t  deep,  alu^-^-isIi  stream,  whose  eour^  Sowa  at  risht  an^-Us  to  the  Nii^^rara. 
Ripley's  briijade  inside  the  passage  uf  the  >"iL:nra  aboot  midniirht  of  the  -Ith.  und 
Porter's  on  the  morning  of  the  5th.     Thr  two  oppasin;.-  foreia  were  drawn  up 


«hout  three-fourths  of  a  mile 


ipart.  At  four  p.m..  Porter's  bnyudc,  having; 
nude  1  dotour  upon  the  American  left,  appni.ichcii  the  Chippewa,  behind  which, 
within  an  extendi^  tier<Lh,  the  enemy  ol'^erved  their  movement.^.  Itecf)'.rinzin5 
their  opponents  by  their  drc=3  as  militia,  and  holding  this  branch  of  the  force  m 
eoptempt,  the  British  b'jldly  left  their  trenches,  crossed  the  stream,  and  with  con- 
fidence sdvaociog,  the  lines  of  battle  soon  bt-came  warinly  en^ged.  Unable  to 
withstand  the  onsiajgut,  toiu.r  .3  LoLao-.'.'.u  brv'tie  in  o' i<^u-ion.  mid.  di>r'itii  stren- 
uous etTort,  could  rot  be  brouiiht  to  take  fiirthvr  p.irt  in  the  action.  The  clouds 
of  dust  and  heavy  Crio^  denoted  the  result,  and  Scott  s  veterans  were  advanced 
mpidlj  to  meet  and  check  pursuit.  The  enemy,  elated  by  success,  and  seeing  in 
the  regulars  their  only  obstacle  to  victory,  met  them  with  a  furious  5re,  and  the 
fighting  became  desperate.  The  Twenty-fifth  re-^iara,  under  Major  Jczi^up^  u-^ia 
»ent  to  turn  the  Biitish  rijht  winj,  and  was  received  with  a  rilling-  Bre.  both 
apon  hb  front  and  fi.ink.  At  this  cri-^is  the  re;zimeot,  promptly  re-jiOnding  to 
orders,  came  to  a  "support,"  and  advanctd  to  a  secure  and  favorable  pcsitiou, 
whence  they  opened  so  eiTectuaily  that  the  enemy  were  compelled  to  fall  back. 
Towsoo,  of  the  artillery,  silenced  the  enemy's  best  battery,  blew  up  an  ordnance 

advancing  to  the  charge.  The  enemy  were  beaten,  and  driven  over  the  Chippewa 
bto  their  works,  with  heavy  loss.  The  battle  of  Bridgewater,  or  the  Cataract, 
aoon  followed.  A  number  of  days  were  occupied  in  maoonuvring,  while  the 
British,  gathering  vesse-ls,  began  to  loJid  troops  at  Lewiston,  thereby  threatening 
the  capture  and  destruction  of  the  bag^ra;^  and  supplies  of  the  Amcncans  at 

«o  attack  upon  Queenstown.  About  sundoivn  of  July  li,  the  rceonooUiance  was 
<luinged  to  an  attack,  and  the  "  rcinibr?  '  swn  found  themselves  hotly  engaged 
with  the  entire  British  army.  Porter's  volunteer-i  now  advanced  to  Scott's  sup- 
port with  ardor,  took  position  upon  the  extreme  left,  and  in  g(>xl  order  and  with 
iotrepidity  held  their  ground,  repelled  a  determined  and  confident  charge,  and, 
•timulated  by  the  voices  and  example  of  Colonel  Dobbin.  Major  Wood,  and  other 
officers,  pre^'ipitated  themsekes  up<jo  the  British  line,  and  c-.iptured  many  pris- 


The 


asted 


,  thei 


_-ht,  and 


tory.  Among  various  wonls  of  commeudatiij 
Jacob  Brown,  in  his  olfieial  report  to  the  ; 
militia  Toluntoers  of  N'ew  York  and  Pencsylv 
hottest  Bre,  and  repulsed  the  veterans  oppe-sed 
Early  in  September  the  militia  in  all  the 
called  oat  en  nio-we  aud  ordered  to  Buffalo. 


and  make 


about  one 

thou 

sand  efTective-s 

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a  fo 

T:e  of  Canadia 

LakeEri 

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the  Canada  side 

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of  General 

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to  them." 

counties  west 

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ou.sind 

British  vet- 

militia.  Fort  Erie  was  located  at  the  outlet  of 
It  consisted  of  "  two  lar^e  stone  mess-liou.-His  and 
ilh  cannnQ,"  and  an  artificial  mound,  created  by  bn^a^jt- 
battery.  A  pampet,  connecte^l  with  the  "  old 
fort"  a-id  traverses,  extended  inward.  The  British  had  investeri  this  work  the  last 
of  July,  and  gradually  advanced  their  battcriii  till  August  15,  when  an  a-^ault 
-was  repulsed,  and  the  siege  was  then  re-ume-l.  The  volunteers  were  fcrrieri  by 
night,  to  the  number  of  fifteen  hundred,  across  the  river,  and  enc3mp»*d,  under 
General  Porter,  near  Towsnu's  battery,  00  the  Lkc  shore.  Gener.d  Brown,  in 
chief  command,  had  learned  of  the  Briii--li  details,  and  knew  that  a  German  bri- 
gade would  be  on  duty  at  the  batteries  on  .-September  17.  The  besieging  force 
had  unmxsketj  two  batteries,  and  were  on  the  point  of  completing  a  third,  which 
was  nearer  the  intrenchmcnt  and  iidvantageoiisiy  posted.  On  the  Itjth,  two  hun- 
dred men,  half  with  axes,  the  others  armcJ,  s^.'t  out  under  Maji^rs  Fnzer  and 
Kiddle,  and,  by  a  circuit,  reached  the  vicinity  of  the  new  battery.  There  each 
officer,  with  a  hundred  men,  underbru^hinl  a  chosen  track  back,  undi.>e"ovcreil. 
Next  morning  the  volunteers  were  paraded,  and  the  intended  5..nu'  announivd.  A 
handbill,  with  news  ..f  lll,^  victory  at  riall.-I.iri  on  jcpti  mlicr  U.  w,ts  read,  and 
unaoimous  and  cnlhu.-ia.stic  desire  w  is  nianiliste-l  to  take  [mrt  in  the  .-.illy.  Eaeli 
»oluntcer,  in  pl.nT  of  hit  or  cap,  wore  a  strip  of  re>l  glazed  cloth.  By  nn.in  the 
Volunteers  were  foninTl  in  two  iroluutii-«.  e:ieh  pri-ee^led  by  parties  of  regular 
riflemen  and  dismounted  ilngtMiiis.     (leiicml  I'urter  was  in  i-oiiimaiid.    The  paths 


were  traversed  in  silence.  A  rain  set  in.  Two  hours  passed  away.  The  heads 
of  columns  had  arrived  within  pistol-shot,  when  the  sentry  diseove.-ed  them  eiul 
discharged  his  musket.  A  mingled  shout  and  whoop  by  the  entire  ts>,iiling  forcj 
followed,  as  they  rushisl  upon  aud  cupture<J  the  battery  and  its  German  guard. 
The  voluatoery  carridi  the  second  buttery  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet,  and,  bein" 
joined  by  a  body  of  regulars  which  had  been  posted  in  a  ravine,  moved  ou  and 
drove  the  enemy  from  the  third  battery.  Reinforcements  from  the  British  camp 
were  repelled  ;  the  c:iUnon  were  spiked,  the  mag.izioes  blown  up.  and  a  s.il'e  retreat 
to  the  fort  cITected  by  sun.^t.  The  total  British  loss  was  full  onc-i'ourth  their 
number,  and  caus':d  the  siege  to  bo  raised,  whereupon  the  volunteer  troops  re- 
turned home.  The  six  months'  regiment  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Batavia, 
on  November  3,  ISU,  and  not  lung  thereafter  the  war  closed.  Tlies  beginning 
in  disaster  and  presenting  scenes  of  coivardice  and  selfishness,  we  have  seen  the 
pioneers  of  western  Now  York  repel  the  charge  of  British  veterans,  battle  hand 
to  hand,  and  capture  siege  b.itterie.s,  and  return  with  discharges  entitled  ■'  Honor  to 
the  brave,"  to  resume  their  homes  and  their  work  of  improvemeut. 


CHAPTER    XIV. 


Tbx  eariy  history  of  Monroe  has  been  traced  as  the  common  lot  of  an  intcsral 
part  of  the  ouiLc.  The  tii^  of  pop'.!ijtion  moved  westward,  and  the  eltre»r!^ 
frontiers  gradually  org-anizcd  into  towns,  then  counties,  and,  as  uew  cvinditioos  arose, 
adjacent  counties  gave  of  their  territory  to  the  formation  of  yet  others. 

Albany  county  was  one  of  the  nine  original  divisions  of  the  colony,  and  at  the 
first  legislative  a&sem'Dly,  held  in  lOJl,  Iiad  two  delegates.  It  included  all  nonh 
of  Ulster  and  Dutchess,  and  its  farthest  limits  were  "terra  incognita."  occupied  by 
fierce  and  martbl  nations.  Tryon  county  was  formed  from  -\ni.iiiy  in  1772,  and 
embraced  all  the  province  west  oi  the  centre  of  Schoharie.  It  was  named  Mont- 
gomery, in  honor  of  General  Montgomery,  one  of  the  bravest  of  Amt-ricao  soldiers, 
in  17S4,  and  was  one  of  the  fourteen  counties  formed  by  the  general  organization 
act.  In  17S9,  Ontario  county  was  erected  from  Montgomery,  and  extended  from 
the  new  pre-emption  line  westward  of  the  lake,  including  the  entire  pre-emption 
tract  of  .\Ia5S.achusett3.  Genesee  county  was  organized  from  Ontario,  M.irch  o, 
ISO-,  and  comprised  at  that  time  the  entire  territory  west  of  the  Genesee  nver. 
The  county  of  Monroe  was  taken  from' Ontario  and  Genesee,  and  ereet/'d  as  an 
organization,  in  accordance  with  a  l.iw  pas.s.^d  February  23,  1321.  It  was  named 
in  honor  of  James  Monroe,  President  of  the  UniU'd  States  at  that  time,  and  the 
first  term  of  the  county  court  was  held  on  May  S,  1S21,  at  the  Eagle  Uvern,  in 
the  village  of  Rixhcster.  .-Vs  early  as  1S17,  Colonel  Rochester  attended  the  le^ns- 
l.iture  at  Albany,  as  the  agent,  to  petition  for  the  formation  of  the  nc.v  county, 
which  step  WIS  delayed  by  the  strong  opposition  encountered  till  the  date  given. 

The  citizens  of  Caii.iiid.ii.ju:i  and  Batavia  asserted  that  it  was  a  wild  and  fijolish 
project  to  contemplate  a  now  county  in  such  a  sparsely  settled  hike  region.  There 
is,  in  the  Athen;euDi  at  Rochester,  a  volume  uf  a  paper  printed  there  in  1320. 
wherein  the  weak  arguments  ag-,iinst  the  erection  of  the  county  arc  triumpliautiy 
met  by  the  stitemcnt  that  Richester  had  beemue  not  only  the  wheat  market  of 
the  Genesee  valley,  but  for  the  most  of  what  is  now  Ontario,  Wayne,  Orleans,  and 
Genesee.  The  board  of  comiiiL-wioners  appointed  by  law  to  locate  county  huild- 
ings  was  comp«isod  of  three  persons,  .\Iorris  S.  .^Iiller,  Robert  3.  Ro.se,  .and  Natlian 
Will'iams.  They  immoliately  .selected  Rochester,  und  .Messra.  Rochester,  Fitx- 
hugh,  and  Carroll  donated  a  lot  for  that  purpsus!. 

On  SeptemK-r  4,  1821,  the  corner-stone  of  the  first  court-hou.se  was  laitl,  and 
in  ld22  the  buiMing  was  cuiuplcte>l.  The  following  is  a  description  of  that  build- 
ing in  l.'S27,  then  re.nirded  as  1  superior  structure.  The  lot  given  by  the  village 
pnjprictors"'ex(ende-d  one  hiindri-d  andsi.vtysix  feet  on  BulTalostnx't,  and  two  hun- 
dnd  and  sixty-four  feet  oil  Fit/hu'jh  street.  The  natural  di-clivity  of  the  ■.■round  is 
reduced  to  two  platf.irins;  tlic  first,  on  the  level  of  fiulTalo  street,  tiirniiiig  a  ni-at 
yard  in  front  uf  the  building,  which  ns-edes  -evcnty-tive  feet  from  the  line  ..f  the 
sttx'et;  the  other  rai.s.-d  alKiut  six  feet  above  the  foi 
the  buildi.c-  iL-'lf.  and  two  iving  wall-  of  iiiiilorm  ..ppearance. 
Uulfalo  street  tile  aspect  of  an  elcv.atcd  terrai-e.  I.ilt  on  a  lei 
immediately  .adjoining.     This  l.i,t,  l.-.-etliir  with  the  y.irl  of  ih. 

out  in  grXN9-pl.iLi  and  gravel-wulks,  and  ncnLs  only  thu  furth 


nd  divided  from 


HISTORY   OF  JI0^:E0E  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


and  valuable  a--con]mnii.ition  xi  a  pulilic  w.ilk.  This  is  uuw  tnowii  by  thf  name 
of  Court  square.  The  court-house  builJina  is  filly-fnur  fr,t  l,w-,  furly-four  wi.le. 
and  forty  high.  It  pres<>ni3  two  front.?;  the  .me  facincr  Court  -^Jjuare,  showing 
two  stories  and  a  bas<-  the  other  towards  BaCile  «tre.t,  two  stories  and  a  full 
basement.  Eaeh  front  is  fjiiished  with  a  pn.j.Liinir  jmriieo  thirty  fe-et  lonsr  and 
ten  tect  wide,  supported  by  timr  flut.-d  I..iiic  c.liann^.  siirmounted  by  a  rf?iular 
entablature  and  balustrade,  which  returns  and  cuutinuos  along  the  whole  front. 
From  the  centre  of  the  building  risc^  an  octagonal  Ulfry,  covered  by  a  cupola. 
The  basement  affords  convenient  offices  for  county  and  vill.e.-e  purjKjses.  The 
court-rootn  is  in  the  stvond  story,  extendiuL'  the  entire  lencrth  and  breadth  of  the 
buildin?,  and  is  a  remarkably  well-ii'jlit -'l  aiul  airy  apartment.'  Such  was  the 
old  court-house,  the  former  pride  nf  the  \il!,iL'",  a  pr.^nt  in.-niory. 

The  first  county  jail  w.ls  situat.J  on  lli-h  -'.rr,  t.  i.i  tb.-  rear  of  a  haMd>ome  and 
commodioH.'i  brick  house  occupied  by  the  jailer's  family,  and  inelMsed  with  a  hiirh 
and  formidable  wall  of  stone.  Within  are  two  tiers  of  celU,  divided  by  a  hall 
throilL'h  the  centre,  inclo.'ii'd  in  a  very  stron?  and  si-cin-.-  manner.  Xonb  Fitz- 
hugh  was  known,  in  IS'37,  as  Hughes  stn-.-t,  and  tb?  j-il  stood  on  the  later  site  of 
a  Unitarian  chapel.  When  a  new  jail  w^is  built  in  iS:ii).  the  old  structure  was 
ntilizc-d  for  a  number  of  _vear3  as  a  reeniitio'.;  oilice  by  the  Uni-ed  States  officers. 

It  was  a  proud  day  for  the  citizens  of  Rochester  when,  in  Soptciuber,  lS2fi,  a 
session  of  the  United  States  District  Court  was  held  in  the  village  by  Judge 
Roger  Skinner.  It  was  a  great  progress  from  the  wilderness,  the  log  house,  the 
"  desolate"  sccnerr  of  eight  years  before,  and  a  happy  omen  f  .r  the  future,  des- 
tined to  be  more  than  realiztsj.  The  first  c.unty  officials  were  Elisha  B.  Strong, 
first  judge;  Timothy  Barnard,  Sr..  Levi  U.  Clark,  and  John  Bowm;in,  associate 
judges;  Nathaniel  KMhe^ter,  clerk  ;  James  Seymour,  sheriff;  Timothy  Childs, 
district  attorney  ;  and  Elisha  Ely.  survoL'-ate.  At  the  organization  of  courts  in 
May,  tlisha  Strung  presi.lod ;  i'lniothy  liaroard  was  judge,  and  Joseph  Spencer 
was  assistant  justice.  A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  draft  rules  of 
eoart ;  these  were  Enos  Pomcroy,  Joseph  Spencer,  and  Ashley  Sampson.  No 
issues  were  tried.  Court  convened  again  in  September.  At  the  fii^t  term,  or 
Boon  after,  there  were  added  to  the  bar  of  Koehestor  Vineect  Matthews,  Timothy 
Childs,  William  W.  Slumlord,  .Melanctoii  Brown,  William  Graver,  Daniel  D. 
Barua:d,  Fbcn..zer  0.-:."..,  Wm.  B.  Rochester,  and  Charle.  K.  Lee.  It  woi  an 
argument  against  division  of  Ontario  that  the  Ic-gal  talent  wuu!d  not  be  of  as  high 
rank  in  Monto.> ;  the  name  of  Matthews  alone  is  an  auswer.  S^-vere  as  a  student, 
he  became  famous  as  a  lawyer,  and  to  his  ability  in  practice  Wiis  united  the  faith 
of  the  Christian.  A  mouuirivnt  at  Mount  Hofie  indicates  the  estimation  of  his 
fellow-citizens.  Successive  presiding  judges  were  ElLsha  B.  Strong,  A>hley  Samp- 
eon,  Moses  Chapin,  E.  Smith  Lee,  Samuel  L.  Seldon,  John  Bowman.  Joseph 
Sibley,  Patiick  G.  Buchan,  Harvey  Humphrey,  George  G.  Monger,  and  John  C. 
Cheemasero. 

The  original  territory  -of  Monroe,  taken  from  Ontario,  included  the  towns  of 
Brighton,  Pittiford,  I'ei'.field.  Perrinton.  Henrietta,  Meudon.  and  that  part  of  town- 
ship 11,  range  T,  north  of  Uoncoye  outlet,  now  a  portion  of  Bush.  Th.it  taken 
from  Genesee,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Genesee  river,  eompri.scd  the  towns  of 
Gate^,  Panna,  Clarkson,  Sweden,  Ogden,  Riga,  and  Whe.illand.  The  county 
contained,  by  the  census  of  1S20,  a  jKipulation  of  2.'i..')-'i; ;  and  ten  years  later  it 
was  no  longer  "  sparsely  settled,"  since  it  contained  49,Si;l'  souls  ;  and  yet  other 
ten  years  and  it  enrolled  G4,'JUi,  and  was  second  only  to  Onondaga  in  the  counties 
of  western  New  York. 

A  brief  sketch  will  indicate  the  place  whose  development  was  the  origin  of  the 
cotinty,  whose  claims  as  a  county  seat  there  were  none  to  dispute.  By  AoLHist, 
1820,  K.K-hc^t..T  contained  a  populati  .n  of  l.-.iiL'.  while  in  l.-sl.'i  it  bad  but  331. 
Settlements  had  grown  old  in  other  places  betore  it  wxs  contemplated  to  occupy 
the  swampy  land  on  the  old  "  Jlill  tract."  The  shanty  of  Enos  Stone  w:is  built 
about  1809,  on  the  west  side,  and  a  bridge  across  the  river  was  finished  in  ISl'.'. 
The  first  allotment  for  a  village  was  made  by  Nathaniel  ll'xhestcr  .and  two  others, 
in  1812,  and  the  names  '■  t'alltnwn"  and  "Genesee  Falls"  began  to  be  heard. 
A  store,  tavern,  and  post-office,  throe  employments  under  one  TO*->f.  were  inaug- 
urated by  AWlard  UeynoMs,  still  a  resident  of  the  city,  [n  ISl.'i,  the  siu-s  of 
the  present  court-house  and  city  hall  were  cleared  and  sown  to  wheat,  and  then 
became  a  pasture.  lu  ISlli,  O-.mby  bcL-an  the  p.iblieation  of  the  AWAo/.r 
Giixllr,  chaiiged  on  the  erc-lion  of  the  county  to  the  .lA.//,".-  fi'jiHUiain.  and 
conductcl  byDerick  .ami  Uvi  W.  Sibley;  and.  in  l.SIS.  tlie  f!.,rhrs/rr  T,hyrn,,h 
was  established  by  Everard  Peck  &  t.'o.,  piil.llsled  by  tin-  Sihievs.  and  edited  in 
1824  by  Thurlow  Weed,  the  wed  known  and  hiulily-est-  nied  j.minahst  of  later 
years.      A  Pri-bWerian  soeiely  was  tionied  in  I.sli;  ,  St    (,i,k,  's  a.el  tlie  Frie,,.!,' 

and  first  .Metl,.4i.-t  Epi.sev.pal  in  ISlJII.  A  mill  w  is  hu.lt  by  ILirford.  in  1807  ; 
the  red  mill  of  the  Elys  and  Bissell,  in  IM.'i ;  tl.e  lin.wns'  mill  in  IMil.aiid  the 


Cleveland  mill  in 
181T.  Atwater,  A 
river  above  the  Cle 


aa.  Incrponvtiou  ;.s  Uo, 
Irews,  ami  Munifird  built  ; 
and  mill,  and  on  Septembe 
?  through  the  villatre.     Ste; 


lesterville  w;ls  accomplish'.d 
toU-brid-e  in  1S19  aero*  :1 
28.  1819,  the  State  enitiaee 

nboats  were  ann  plyiu'.-  on  t! 


river,  and  an  e.\port  tnide  had  assumed  notable  prop-jrtions.  Steps  of  proirress 
these  which  gave  premonition  of  a  coming  city,  and  made  Rochester  the  county 
scat  of  Monroe. 

There  have  occurtcd  in  Rochester  several  criminal  trials  of  unwonted  interest, 
one  of  which,— that  .)f  B.irun,  for  the  robbery  and  murder  of  Lyraan,  on  Fr::nt. 
liu  street. — from  its  being  the  tirst  in  the  capital  punishment  of  the  dee[»est  crime 
known  to  the  annals  of  Monroe,  has  here  a  brief  recital  of  fact : 

William  Lym  in  was  a  grain-buyer  for  the  city  mills,  and  not  late  one  night  in 
October,  1837,  closed  his  business  for  the  day,  and  set  out  for  his  residene-e  nea- 
the  corner  of  Clinton  place.  He  was  not  far  from  home  when  he  was  shot 
through  the  back  of  his  head,  and  killed  outright.  All  night  a  cold,  heav-y  raia 
fell,  and  morning  brought  discovery  of  a  stiff,  drenched  body;  and  rlHed  p-.^jkets 
disclosed  the  motive  for  the  deed.  This  was  the  _^rs(  murder  in  the  corporation. 
and  the  excitement  was  most  intense.     Three  persons  were  in:plicat':d  in  t.Ke 

others,  namt^i  Bennett  and  Fluett.  They  were  arrested  while  atteiuptini:  to  It-ave 
the  city  on  a  west-bound  train,  and  secured  in  the  Monroe  Coucity  jail,  on  the 
island.  Barron's  trial  was  begun  May  28, 1333,  and  occupied  ten  days.  Crow'is 
of  people,  unable  to  get  into  the  room,  were  gathered  daily  about  the  bnildinj. 
On  June  7,  Oct-avius  Barron  was  by  the  jury  found  guilty  of  murder  in  th.e 
first  degree.  The  district  attorney  was  Wm.  S.  Bishop,  amoni:  whose  assistants 
was  Hon.  Mark  H.  Sibley,  of  Canandaigua,  a  criminal  lawyer  of  great  ability. 
One  among  the  counsel  for  Barron  was  3Ir.  Bennett,  of  Limx  llie  execution 
took  place  July  23.  1S3S,  Davis  Perrin  Iwing  sheriff.  It  is  asserted  ih  it  i<ever 
t)efore  or  since  has  the  community  known  so  deep  a  feeling  as  during  this  the 
first  trial  for  murder,  and  its  punishment,  in  Monroe  County.  Six  exccutiotis 
have  taken  place  in  Monroe,  four  inside  the  jail,  two  in  the  y.ard.  In  1330  a 
second  jail  was  constructed,  and  still  stands  on  the  west  side  of  the  Genesee,  a 
short  distance  south  of  Court  streeL  A  part  of  the  building  is  fitted  up  for  the 
keeper's  residene-e  ;  the  rest  has  cells  for  one  hundred  prisoners.  This  old  st^ne 
structure  is  now  in  use  as  a  place  of  confinement  for  persons  awaiting  trial  or 


The  present  ilonroe  County  court-hnuse  stands  upon  the  site  of  the  firs? 
building,  which  was  removed  to  make  way  for  it.  Within  the  corner-stone  was 
deposited  in  a  galvanized  copper  bos,  hermetically  sealed,  a  medley  of  am-  -e^, 
among  which  were  the  first  directory,  copies  of  newspapers,  bills  of  banks,  ci.'i'is. 
Continental  bills,  a  vial  of  California  gold-dust,  and  papers  containing  predie-ioos 
of  the  progress  of  the  next  century.  The  building  was  completed  in  1.^51.  ar.J 
cost  over  seventy  thousand  dollars,  which  was  jointly  paid  by  the  city  and  duiity. 
Within  a  few  years  .the  west  half  has  been  rendered  fire-proof  by  the  coun:y 
The  building  has  a  handsome  and  substantial  appearance.  The  foundation,  sr^p^ 
and  pavement  of  the  portico  arc  of  Onondaga  limestone,  and  the  superstructure  i-  o 
brick,  painted  and  sanded.  The  entrance  is  ornamented  by  an  Ionic  i«)rtico.  up 
held  by  four  huge  pillars.  The  edifice  is  of  ample  proportions,  and  cout-ains  ihret 
stories  and  basement.  Within  the  latter  are  fire-proof  vaults,  and  furtuM- 
whcreby  the  building  is  heated  by  steam— an  improvement  of  i.'!71.  Upon  tht 
first  floor,  to  the  right  of  entrance,  is  the  office  of  the  surrogate,  and  next  bcy.'nd 
the  cafacious  room  of  the  county  clerk.  To  the  left  are  the  4uaner3  of  the 
district  attorney,  and,  beyond,  the  office  of  county  treasurer.  An  inner  doable 
flight  of  stairs  leads  to  the  roof  On  the  second  floor  are  the  rooms  of  the  i.^juniy 
judge,  supervisors,  clerk  of  the  board  of  3Upcrvis<jr3,  supreme  court,  and  the  law 
library  of  the  court  of  apjieals, — this  bet  a  State  institution,  in  existence  since 
1S49.  Here  are  cont;iined  ten  thoiisaml  voluuies.  The  librarians  have  h^n 
Gleason,  Ch.arics  Go.ss  Wheeler,  and  C.  .^I.  Crittenden,  the  last  since  1371.  Tl.e 
third  fliior  contains  the  old  city  hall,  the  county  court  room  and  jury  p-'ne^. 
Ascending  rtlrther,  we  come  upon  an  iron-railed  platform,  whence  the  eye  ei^tn- 
mands  an  extensive  view  of  the  city  and  its  surroundings  ;  overhead  ri-s.;s  a  d..-me 
whose  summit  is  a  hundred  and  fifty  tiet  from  the  ground.  Slandin;;  up.ia  a 
surmounting  cupola  is  an  emblematic  statue  of  Justice,  an  ornament  to  the  struc- 
ture and  a  symbol  of  legal  protection  and  impartial  justice. 


i'^ife^; 


COURT    HOUSE    &CITY  HALL.  ROCH  ^J^J^J^_ .  ^  •  7; 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


as 


CHAPTEK   XV. 

COMMEKCIAL    INTF.r.tTSTS SAVIOATIOS    OF  THE   OENF. 

STEAMBOATS loR.MtR    PU!NTS    OF    TllADE KOftSE 

BOCHESTER — Q^NESEE   REVENUE    mSTRICT. 


LROAD UARBOK 


idCar- 

moTe- 
iriciih. 
io,  and 


.  "The  last  season  there  were  shipped  from  this  river,  fi.tr  the  Moncrcal  martet, 
tTentj-6ve  thousand  nine  hundred  and  ninely-sii  l^arr.'ls  of  flour."  S^i  wrote  H. 
Serantom,  on  January  24,  ISlii;  and  in  ls;j(i  two  liundred  thousand  bushels  of 
wheat  were  imp^irtcd  by  Itoi'liu-ster  di-alers.  under  heavy  duties,  frr'ni  Canada. 
Prior  to  the  construction  of  canaiii  and  .^ub.se«|ucnt  railroads,  the  value  of  the 
Genesee,  as  a  coninicreial  interest,  was  of  nu  slight  moment.  Sn-.all  ves-els 
afloeaded  the  river  forty  miles  above  the  falls,  and  a  snudl  steamboat  ran  during 
two  9ea.s.ins  from  the  city  to  landin'jj  at  .-^eott.sville,  Avon.  Vork,  and  other  villa','e3, 
principally  to  espedite,  by  towinu-,  tlie  movein,  nt  of  faijit-boat.s  laden  with  the 
grain  and  other  pro-lucts  of  the  valley.  Of  these  freiL'ht-boats  there  were  sev- 
eral lines,  and  most  of  them  were  propelled  by  means  of  long  poles.  Thftie  bo.-its 
were  open,  ciposod  to  the  weather,  and  had  runways  on  each  ^ide  upon  which 
cleats  were  nailed.  The  boat  w.xs  propelled  by  a  crew  of  sii  men,  three  on  a  side. 
equipj^ed  with  the  poles  alluded  to.  which  were  shod  at  the  wator  end  with  iron. 
The  operation  was  in  this  wi>o:  each,  placing  his  pole,  braced  his  feet  t'pon  the 
cleats  and  urged  the  boat  forward  as  he  moved  backward  to  the  stem ;  then  the 
crew  marched  on  each  side,  Indian  tile,  to  the  bow,  adjusted  their  sweeps,  and  so 
continued  for  hours. 

The  boats  were  owned  by  Kempshall,  Ely.  and  others  of  the  millers,  while 
William  Tone  w.as  proprietor  of  several,  with  which  a  regular  transportation  of 
produce  was  conducted.  The  construction  of  the  Valley  canal  put  an  end  to  this 
oavigation.  and  the  atrial  trade  has  in  turn  been  superseded  by  the  railroad. 

Ironde<iuoit'3  and  Uraddock's  bays,  and  Hanford's  Landing,  Charlotte, 
thagc,  are  places  of  interest  in  relation  to  early  trading  and  commen 
name  Irondcrjuoit  is  lutiiuatcly  associated  with  early  military  and  tr.uiic 
incnta  in  the  west.  A  st.ation  was  made  in  172G  at  thU  point,  by  the 
in  their  endeavor  to  exclude  the  French  from  the  lower  end  of  Lake  Ont 
secure  the  traffic  in  furs  with  the  we.^tern  Indians. 

It  seems  that  an  imprea.sion  prevailed  that  somewhere  in  this  region  a  city  was 
to  be  founded,  and  prior  to  1793  the  Tryons,  having  become  the  owners  of  land 
three  miles  above  the  bay,  laid  out  a  vUl^ige  near  the  line  of  the  highway  between 
Rochester  and  Canand.iigua.  A  store  was  opened  in  the  spring  of  IT'JO.  and  in 
the  fell  a  boat  came  on  from  the  cast  in  charge  of  Oliver  Grace.  The  freight  on 
its  cargo  was  three  dollars  a  quarter.  Oliver  Culver  for  several  years  ran  a  pio- 
neer ashcry,  and  in  ISUiJ  shipped  one  hundred  and  eight  barrels  ot  pcarlash  to 
Montreal.  Formerly  supplies  intendc^l  for  the  we-:tcrn  ports  were  sent  to  the 
head  of  Irondcquoit  bay  in.>tead  of  to  the  Genesee  river.  They  were  there  shipped 
npOD  bateaux  to  fallow  the  coast  txt  Niagara  river ;  there  a  transfer  by  p<:)rtage  to 
Fort  Sclilos-'^r,  then  up  the  river  into  Lake  Eric,  and  on  a-i  fir  as  the  incentive 
of  furs  aud  the  :*ptrit  of  adventure  might  lead.  The  first  freighted  sailing-vessel 
from  Genesee  river  to  Kingston.  Upper  Canada,  Wiis  loaded  with  potiish.  '-sent 
from  Kanadarque  fjr  Rundicutt  bay,  and  from  thence  in  b^jats  round  about  to 
Genesee  river  landing."  This  occurred  prior  to  ISOD,  before  the  few  settlers 
south  of  the  bay  had  any  kettles.  The  early  settlers  came  fmiu 
to  bri.ig  in  their  ashes,  and  the  price,  a  shilling  a  bushel,  enabled  them 
goods  from  the  store  of  Tryon.  The  settlers  from  western  ^Vayne. 
the  northern  towns  of  Livingston,  and  one  from  Orleans,  were  cust 
"  Tryonstown."  A  great  share  of  the  coinmerx^e  of  the  lake  of  this  coi 
sent  out  from  Inmdi^iuoit  landing.  The  fir-t  flour  shipped  to  .^lont 
from  there,  and  it  was  no  fault  of  the  '•  citizens"  that  the  pliee  did  not 
Prominent  among  tho.se  whose  efforts  inaii'.:urated  the  lake  trade  was  Mr.  Cul 
who  built  a  .vchcmer  near  the  h,ay,  to  which  it  was  drawn  by  twenty-six  yoki 
oxen.  At  later  iH-rio.U  he  construcU-d  three  others  for  the  lake  trade,  ami  when 
the  Erie  can:ll  wa^  under  way  Culver  built  at  Brighton  the  first  packet-boat  west, 
and  the  feunh  built  up.m  the  canal.  The  pioneer  tnider  at  Charlotte  was  Erx-«tus 
Spauhling,  who-.-  first  ves-cl.  named  the  •'  Isaliel."  was  capturt-d  during  the  war  of 
181:1.  Pp.iuldin^  colnincnced  the  trade  in  butt-stiives.  which  grew  to  be  of  much 
'"      '     '  '  "  '    the  earlv  lake  oomineree. 


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obtain 


prosper. 
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any,  improvement  can  be  made  with  the  water  couiniunieation  from  New  York, 
while  that  to  Baltimore  will  admit  of  ejtended  and  advantageous  one."  .Such 
were  the  conclusions  of  that  periovl,  de.-^titied  to  find  a  coutrary  reidization.  Even 
at  that  very  date  ctjmmeree  was  begun  ujion  the  hike.  The  tiusi^uehanna  route 
was  el^<nsive  and  attended  with  much  dillieulty ;  boats  almost  ceased  to  run  from 
Geneva,  Seneca  Falls,  and  LyoiLS ,  and  the  advantaires  of  lake  traffic  gradnailv 
became  apprceiatovl  and  utilized.  "Wadsworth  wrote  in  July,  IS07,  to  Samu<  I 
Corp,  Xew  Vork  :  •'  The  tv^-ricultural  pr.>lucts  of  this  district  i  (Jiiea  to  Lak- 
Erie  I  cannot  be  transport<;d  to  Albany  except  in  years  of  scarcity.  The  St.  lAiwrcuee 
is  the  natural  outlet  of  produce.  Lake  Ontario  Is  navi':able  at  all  sea-^jus  :  Uuis 
may  be  sent  down  the  St.  Ltiwrenee  almost  eight  months  of  the  year."  ■'  .\(ontre:d 
mu.st  b*;come  an  immense  deposit  for  produce  seeking  iCuropeaii  market."  TLu-. 
while  great  public  works  destined  to  call  forth  the  mighty  energies  of  yet  dornian-. 
soil  were  unconceivcd,  did  pioneer  leaders  seek  to  create  and  to  divert  the  tiny 
rivulets  destined  to  become  a  vast  and  constant  stream  of  eastward  flow.  As  a 
landing,  Bniddock's  bay  was  of  note  before  Enos  Scone  had  tliouglit  ..f  a  brid-e 
at  the  Falls.  It  was  otherwise  known  as  Pridcaux,  xs  well  as  Evadloe  bay.  and  is 
thus  rcMialled  by  a  writer  of  ISUd  :  "  The  nearest  ports  to  the  tienesee  river  are 
KunJicutt  bay,  five  miles  to  the  east,  and  Bradloe  bay,  thirteen  miles  to  the  west 
The  first  is  situate  on  a  creek,  the  channel  of  which  is  diSicuk  to  bo  dLscerncd  in 
the  marsh  through  which  it  takes  its  tortuous  coui-se ;  and  from  the  shallown^-ss 
of  the  water  it  is  obliged  to  send  its  produce  to  the  Genesee  river  in  bateau.^. 
Four  or  five  families  are  settled  at  Riindicutt;  but  Bradloe  is  abetter  situation,  and 
s  more  flourishing  settlement."  The  hunter,  trapper,  and  ander  found  more  of 
profit  in  later  years  than  the  merchant,  who  elsewhere  found  a  channel  running 
broad  and  deep  to  a  never-failing  market.  Time  works  striking  changes.  The 
foot  of  the  promontory,  east  bank  of  the  Genesee,  bore  the  name  Carthage,  and 
was  of  note  in  its  day.  There  stood  many  dwellings,  two  hotels,  and  warehouses 
with  inclined  plane  for  the  transit  of  poods  to  vessels  lying  at  the  diK-k,  two  hun- 
dred feet  b.'low.  The  first  warehouse  was  erected  by  Levi  Ward,  Jr  ,  II.mxD 
Norton,  Elisha  B.  Strong,  and  Levi  H.  Clark.  Business  was  transacted  by  Johu 
Thompson,  agent  for  Messrs.  Hixiker,  Olmstead.  and  Griffiths.  Between  Carthage 
and  Rochester  was  built  the  first  railroad  in  the  west.  It  extended  lirom  the 
eastern  end  of  the  old  aquedijct,  at  the  head  of  Water  street,  iJong  tlie  east  line 
of  the  street  to  Andrews  srreet,  where  it  followed  the  west  line  of  St.  Paul  street 
to  the  Elwood  house;  thence  along  the  river  bank  to  its  terminus,  Carth.ige.  The 
president  of  the  railroad  company  was  John  Grci^.  of  Canandaigua.  The  treas- 
urer was  -K.  M.  Schennerhorn,  and  the  secretary,  F.  M.  Uaight.  The  ■■  road  '  w;!s 
leased  and  operated  by  Horace  Hooker  &  Co.  Pleasure-cars  ran  iip..tn  ti  .■ 
track,  and  horses  were  used  after  the  fashion  of  the  street-cars  of  tit-lay.  .V 
suburban  settlement,  known  as  Dublin,  was  located  between  the  Ceotrd  .NJitwd 
and  Gorham  street,  and  the  lands  eastward  were  in  wheat,.rye.  and  used  as  pi-mre. 
A  rival  to  Carthage  was  H.anford's  Landing,  just  below,  on  the  west  side.  Hero 
Maude  '•  got  a  good  breakfast  on  wild  pigeons  '  at  Gideon  King's,  and  here,  in 
ISOD,  '•  all  the  shipments  of  the  Genesee  river  were  made."  He  continues  :  -  I 
went  to  sec  the  new  store  and  wharf;  it  is  very  difiiculr  to  get  goods  conveyeiJ  to 
and  from  the  wharf,  in  conseriuencc  of  the  great  heiL'iit  and  stei-'pness  of  the  bank. 
This  landing  is  four  miles  from  (Ontario.  The  river  channel  runs  cl.)se  ai.Mi- 
shore,  and  has  thirty  feet  depth."  In  January,  ISID,  Frederick  Hanf.pl  .  penol 
a  store  of  gtwds  at  the  L'pper  Landing,  or  Falltown.  a-  did  Sil.is  0.  Smith  l.itcr  in 
the  year.  And,  to  distinguish  it  from  Charlotte,  the  name  was  ch.irig.d  from 
Genesee  to  Hanford's  Landing.  The  warehouses  and  wharves  at  this  l.mJin.-  were 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1S3.">,  and  so  per'ished  the  first  shipping  port  of  the  G.:ncsc.;. 
In  the  year  1317  the  first  steamboat  touched  at  this  port.  The  ■*  Ontario  "  was 
followed  by  the  '•  Martha  Ogdeo,"  and  in  time  the  arrivals  and  departures  of 
steamers  became  of  daily  occurrence,  and  the  trade  with  Canada  increased  to  large 
dimensions. 

The  harbor  of  Rochctster.  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  is  of  artificial  form.a- 
tion  and  a  government  work.  This  improvement,  so  important  to  commerce,  was 
contraetcd  by  Messrs.  Ezra  M.  Paisons  and  Silas  Ball.  From  a  report  made  by 
Lieutenant  William  Smith  on  October  H,  1337,  to  Generd  Gratiot,  chief  en- 
gineer at  Washington,  a  brief  outline  ..f  the  work  is  obtained.  ■  The  w.st  pier 
is  two  thousand  six  hundred  and  seventy  feet,  and  the  ea-t  pier  two  thousand  .-ix 
hundred  and  thirty-four  feet  in  e.Ment.  The  gener.d  width  is  twenty  feet.  The 
piers  are  of  crib-work,  each  crib  thirty  feet  long  by  si.tcteen  to  twenty  wide.  The 
heilht  above  the  w.iter  averages  three  feet.  The  nidtli  of  ih.r  h.irhor  at  the 
month  is  four  hundred  and  f..rty-slx  feet.     The  greatest  depth  of  the  chann.l 

At  th.'  harbor  entrance  there  are  „..v,.ntccii  feet  of  water;  up  the  river  l'..r  three 
mil.s  the  avcra'.;.'  depth  is  twenty-  i-'bc  feet."      As  a  contra-t  with  ti.e  oii-i...d 


lli.it  1 


..k..d  . 


ver  eight  feet.     Entiauco  could  be  made  only  when  the  wind 


:^^. 


^ij  Jij^^ik^    tiJ-^^cdi^  ,^^  -.^^  ,,^,,„^ 


34 


HISTOKY  OF  .MONKOE  COUNTY,  >E\V   YORK. 


aat  from  a  particular  dircciioii.  Tlie  iliai 
depth  of  wa>*r  f.ir  any  Tc-sol  that  navi'.-nti'S  I 
September  30. "ijJT,  was  on.i  hunJri'd  a.nl 
prialiona  have  bet-o  tnai^e  and  iufpnivomcnn 
WIS  built  by  the  United  Sralca  in  \611,  and 
Rochester  or  Genesee  di>iriet,  eileiidinu'  ot 


ncl  was  Diada  direet,  vitli  sufficient 
le  Ut-s.  The  eost  of  the  work  till 
■iiihtcen  thousand  d'dlapj.  Appro- 
elhlorcd  ptruianeDt.  A  li,-ht-huuse 
ontinupj  tn  the  present  time.  The 
Like  Ontario  from  Oak  OrcliarJ 


ereek,  in  Orlcani  county,  u,  S'>du.s  bay.  in  \Va; 
port  of  entry  >ai  catahll-hcd  at  the  conflu'-nc 
Lfttta  ippointcd  5rbt  collector.     Jesse  IlawlcT  ' 
beoQ  preceded  by  J^cob  Gould,  appointed  in  1 
PulteneyTille,  Charlotte,  and  at  the  Untario  steamL- 
prioci{>a!ly  colIect.-d  at  the  port  of  It'ihester,  nhile 
where  to  prevent  smusr^-iinj.     S.alarics  eiceeded  re 
dalles  Tere  Cwenty-aix  thousand  dollars,  and  J 
dolUta. 


e.  was  forineii  in  180.>,  when  * 
of  river  and  lake,  liid  Samuel 
w  collector  for  i  tiajc.  He  had 
:0.  Deputies  were  stationed  at 
indinir.  Revenues  were 
e  officers  were  st;itloQed  else- 
year  following  sixty  thousand 


CHAPTER    XVI. 

OEOOaAPHICAL   ITATCRE3   OF    MONBOE — tTS    CITr,   VILLAQE3,    AND    FARMS 

118     LAKE,    BATS,    RIVEFl,    AND    CREEKS  —  LOCATIO.V,    SCEFACE,    SOIL,    AND 
tLAtVBjLL   PRODtJtrrS. 

Monroe  Couxtt  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  I.,ake  OnL-irio,  Wayne  and  » 
tmall  part  of  Ontario  on  the  east,  Ontario  and  Livingston  on  the  south,  and  by        I 
Genesee  and  Orleans  counties  on  the  west.     The  area  is  six  hundred  and  ei'jbiv-       1 
two  BOuaie  tailoa.  and  its  lch:ation  is  northwest  of  the  centre  of  the  State,  two        . 
kandred  and  two  miles  west  of  Albany,  and  between  latitudes  42'  51'  and  43° 
le*  north,  and  between  3'  22'  and  4°  03'  west  'on^tude  from  New  York.     The 
tract  extends  southward  from  the  lake  about  twenty-two  miles,  and  twenty-one 
miles  west  and  fourteen  miles  east  of  the  Ttenesee  river. 

There  are  at  present  nineteen  civil  towns,  named  and  formed  as  follows :  Chili. 
Gates,  and  Greece,  in  1S02 :  Parma  and  Rija,  in  1808;  Penfield.  in  1810; 
Mendon  and  I'errinton,  1312;  Sweden,  1313:  Brichtoo  and  Pittsford.  1814  ; 
Ogden,  1S17;  Henrietta  and  Ru-h.  1S13;  t!arkv,n.  1810;  T\"hc3Uand.  1321  ; 
Irondequoit,  1837;  Webster,  IS.'iS-;  and  Hamiin,  lS.i2.  Various  names  were 
gJTen  to  thc*e  lands  at  earlier  dates,  of  which  the  two  most  prominent  were 
NorthBeld  for  the  towns  east  of  the  river,  and  Xorthimpton  for  those  lying  on 
the  west.  Within  the  limits  of  the  county  there  have  sprung  up  of  hamlets  and 
Tillages  over  6fty ;  several  of  the  latter  incorporate*!,  and  a  villajre  of  1317  a 
large  city  in  1876.  Rochester  wiu  made  the  capital  of  the  county  in  1821,  and 
•ach  remains.  It  is  finely  situated  and  well  built.  Streets  are  wide  and  pave.|. 
Edifices,  public  and  private,  command  admirati'->n.  The  stone-built  churches,  the 
city  hall,  the  Bank  of  Rwhester  building,  the  Powers'  building,  Trevor  hall,  the 
public  buildings,  the  mills,  the  bridgi's.  and  the  aquetluct  are  but  instiinces  of  the 
many  which  evidence  liberality,  enterprise,  aiiii  intelligence.  Roehi^ter  owes  its 
piVeminenca  to  the  water-power  supplied  by  the  falls  of  the  Genesee,  which 
amounts  to  two  hi'ndred  and  sisty-eight  feet  within  the  bounds  of  the  city,  there 
being  three  falls  besides  rapi.U.  .\n  immcn.^  trade  centres  here  from  the  rich 
lands  adjacent  and  along  the  river.  The  Erie  cnnal  is  still  in  use,  as  in  the  days 
of  half  a  century  ago.  The  packets  have  ili-appeared.  but  up  and  down  the  great 
work  go  and  come  a  vast  number  of  boat*  laden  with  products  of  bulk  soekjne  a 
market.  Railroad:*  centerin.:  at  thL*  city  bring  hither  the  surplus  of  the  west, 
and  from  mill,  manufaet<iry,  and  nursery  go  out  articles  superior  in  quality,  im- 
mense io  quantity.  As  a  luanuf.ictory  of  flour  Rjeh.-ster  acknowlcdgi-s  no  rival, 
and  for  luany  years  her  mills  ^ruuntl  y«-;irly  halt  a  million  borrcis,  while  the  pro- 
duct of  1832  wa.s  sii  hundti-d  thnusaiid  barrel-. — rcjuiring  three  million  bushels 
of  wheat,  of  which  one  million  thrc"-  hundred  and  dtty-nine  thousand  live  hun- 
dred and  forty-six  were  broucrht  in  w.iu-in.s  from  the  adiaeeiit  farms. 

In  Rochester,  churches  have  muliiniii-d  as  p..pul.iii..n  iucrcai-d  ,  and  while  the 
towering  spires  l>:tJikcn  no  ni'."-';ird  tiuilay.  tlice  structures  .acknowknizc  oo  aid 
in  their  erecti.m  bejond  th.at  of  the  citizen-.  Ri«htMer  has  U-en  the  l.irtli-piace 
ofmany  eniincnt  men,  famed  in  literature,  invcntii'u.s*'lf-denial.  and  in  war.  ilerr 
waa  started  the  fir>t  newspaper  in  the  enunty.  and  here  are  banks  wh»^  credit 
knows  DO  limit,  and  educational  in>tituti"n3  of  high  rank. 

Am.mg  tho  leading  viil.._-es  are  I'lislord,  ioe.irporated  in  1327;  Iloiieoye 
yjls,  in  1838;  (.'hurehv.lle,  in  13lJ7.  and  the  btiMness  villacn  of  Unjikpn'rt. 
Pittaford  has  the  advantj^t.-s  of  the  .Vuhuni  hranch  ol'  the  New  V»trk  l."eutral 
tiUroad,  and  of  the  Erie  canal     There  was  a:iid  of  it  in  IbCO,  '•  It  i 




. 

ring.tnill:" 

and  ten  year't  later  an  .th.r  wro<e 

of  hotels, 

stores,  and  mechanics'  shops,  and 

afacture,  fa 

ilitated  by  the  fall  of  water,  which 

thin  the  ee 

rpor,itioo.    An  iron  briJ_-e  cros.-«» 

-ered  ruilro 

id  brid'_-e  above  them.     There  are 

ps.    There 

are  half  a  dozen  churches,  a  bank. 

dustry  and  thrift. 

the  nortbv 

est  part  of  the  town  of  Riga.    A 

Iroad,  it  c 

otalns  sevei^il  churches,  mills,  and 

churches,  a  union  school,  and  a  fli 

about  seven  hundred  inhahitants." 

KoDcoye  Fails  has  a  notable  ma 
has  an  eit.-nt  of  nearly  sixty  feet 
the  stream  below  the  falls,  and  a  i 
located  here  mills,  facinrien,  and  si 
and  a  printing-oiSee.     The  indicat 

Churchviile,  on  Clack  creek,  is 
station  on  the  New  Vork  Central 
st-ares,  and  a  p.'pulation  of  over  five  hundred. 

The  villigo  of  Brotkport  lies  in  the  north  part  of  Sweden.  It  has  developed 
since  the  construction  of  the  canal,  and  has  a  reputation  national  in  n>pect  to  the 
manufacture  of  mowers  and  reapers.  Here  was  begun  by  Messrs.  Seymour. 
Morgan  i  Co.,  in  1S;3.  the  manufacture  of  the  MeCormick  reaper.  The  im- 
provements made  in  this,  the  oldeat  manufictory  of  reapers  and  mowers  in  the 
world,  have  continued  for  the  firui  the  precedence  in  advant^incnt  xn  well  as  iu 
originality.  Johnson,  Huntley  &  Co.  were  an  enterprising  firm,  having  a  large 
eat.''.blishment  for  the  making  of  reapers.  The  tendency  is  to  gather  in-titutions 
of  like  purpose  in  same  localities,  and  with  the  growth  of  the  present  firm^,  the 
accession  of  others,  and  the  development  of  branch  industnes,  the  village  may 
well  hiy  claim  to  prosperity  and  progress. 

Spencerjort  lies  east  of  Brockport,  in  the  northern  part  of  Ogdcn.  Mills, 
shops,  and  churches  have  been  erected,  and  the  villagers  may  claim  a  residence  in 
t  pleasant  and  desirable  locality. 

Fairport  is  no  inconsiderable  village,  situated  in  the  town  of  Perrinton,  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  county.  The  one  great  interest  in  this  village  is  the  saler- 
atus  factory  of  D.  B.  De  Land,  begun  in  1852.  Advertisements  of  the  firm 
reached  twelve  thous.ind  dollars  in  a  year,  and  the  sales  of  1874  were  five  hundred 
aiid  seventeeii  thousand  dolLrs.      The  business  has  reaciie-i  en..rniovLS  e^fnt 

Among  the  leaser  villages  of  Monroe  are  Clarkson,  in  the  south  part  of  the 
town  of  the  same  name;  Charlotte,  a  popular  resort  and  a  point  for  much  of  the 
lake  commerce;  East  Henrietta,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  the  seat  of  Monr.je 
Academy ;  Unionville,  Bushnells  Basin,  East  Rush,  Webster,  Seottsvilie,  and 
Mumford,  besides  a  hirge  number  of  thriving  and  ambitious  hamlets.  Most  of 
these  places  are  local  conveniences  for  groceries,  mails,  grists,  school  and  church 

The  northern  boundary  of  Monroe  is  formed  by  the  waters  of  Lake  Ont.irio, 
whose  value  for  commerce,  health,  and  aiiriculture  is  incalculable.  The  principal 
lines  of  boats  make  Charlotte  a  stopping-point;  contiguity  to  the  lake  renders  the 
climate  mild  and  e-juable.  and  favorable  to  health  and  to  fruit  and  plant.  The 
large  num'ocr  of  persons  Dow  hviog  at  an  advanced  age.  and  enjityiiiir  life,  con- 
stitutes an  excellent  pro-if  of  the  salubrity  of  the  climate  from  lake  vicinity. 

This  lake  is  the  northern  of  the  great  chain  of  inland  seas  which  divide  the 
United  States  from  British  .\merica.  It  is  elliptical  in  couBguration,  and  while 
its  greatest  width  is  fifly-five  mili-s,  the  average  is  much  less.  A  central  line  con- 
necting extremes  Ls  one  hundred  and  ninety  miles  in  extent.  The  Niairara,  on 
the  west,  receives  the  waters  of  the  upper  lakes,  while  the  St.  Lawrence  foruis  the 
outlet,  by  the  gult  of  the  same  name,  to  the  Atlantic.  The  lake  is  deep,  but  sup- 
plied with  few  gwxi  harbors.  Its  largest  river  is  the  Genc-e-e,  and  among  its  bays 
in  Monroe  are  Teoronto,  Gerundegut  or  Irondetjuoit,  Duck  pond.  L.jng  pond,  and 
Bradlue  s  or  Bradd.^k's  tay.  The  level  of  the  lake  is  three  hundred  Ind  twenty- 
nine  feet  below  Lake  Erie,  and  one  hutidred  and  ninety-six  fex-t  alpove  ti'.Ie-water 
of  the  Hudson  at  .\lbany.  Spatfonl  says,  of  what  is  now  known  as  Iroiide*|uolt, 
"  The  Teoronto  bay  of  Like  Ontario  merits  more  particular  notice,  if  for  oo 
other  purjtise  than  to  speak  of  Gerunde'.nit,  Irondeiiuoic.  and  Ruii.licutt,  names 
by  which  it  has  been  known.  The  Indians  called  it  "  Tenruntn" — a  sonorous, 
purely  Indian  name.  The  bay  is  about  five  miles  long  and  one  mile  wide,  com- 
municating with  the  lake  by  a  very  narrow  opening,  and  Tche-o-ron-tuk,  perhaps 
nearer  the  Indian  prr>nunciation.  is  the  pOjcc  wlnre  the  tcares  brcutlie  anU  Ui'.  or 
ga*p  and  eipirt.  Bordering  upon  Irnndequoit  and  its  like-named  cnxk.  the  sur- 
fiice  exhibits  an  unusual  and  pictures-pie  land.-<-ape.  There  is  a  multitude  of 
cunie-a]  mounds  cumposod  of  s-ind  and  li^'ht  earth,  sometimL-s  sei*n  ixil.iti-d,  at 
other  points  united,  and  rising  to  an  altitude  of  two  huiidrL-d  i'ect.  Projecting 
iuto  the  t-.wn  of  Grce-cc  are  Duck  and  Ling  p.)nd.s  and  Unddoek'i.  bay.  the  laitcr 
being  the  most  ciinsiderahlc.  These  bodies  of  water  have  been  noted  is  favoriti^ 
resorts  of  hunters  and  nn','lers.  In  early  days  bu-^-hela  of  the  e-ggs  of  ducks  and 
geese  could  be  gathered  from  nests  in  the  sumjunding  marches. 

The  river  which  bears  the  name  (jeiit-H:e,  siimlfying  Pleasant  Valley,  is  the 
principal  natural  fe.itiire  of  the  rCL'wn  of  nhich  .Monroe  forms  a  part.  lis  scenery 
is  picturi-s,iue ;  its  banks  uiiexo  lied  in  fertility.  From  its  source  on  the  table- 
land of  western   Penn-iylvania,  seventeen  liundred  feet  above  the  Atlantic  level. 


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35 


oo  to  tb«  hVe.  there  u  much  uf  ihi-  b<iiJ  anj  stt 

within  itnct  of  thi.ty-sii  Dnl«  ».iu.>re,  ri.v;  stn 

ipart,  DiiDsle  wiih  thosu  of  tho  St.  Lawrcoco, 

length  U  one  htinjrcd  and  illy  ajilra,  uue  hun. 

in  Now  Yort,  tlTou;:h  tlic  w'uiil 

recetTcs  the  vtiien  of  L'jnascraia  crwk.  aoj  (.' 

east,  and  the  outlet  of  Silver  bto  and  Allen's 

other  smJIcr  trlbuUries.      Krora  the  Girdcau  : 

of  «ixty,  the  other  of  ninety  feet,  the  river  is 

ire  three  filL-*,  one  of  twelve  feel,  above  the  c 

feet,  »bout  a  q 

half  niilca.  terminating 

6ill  of  about  ci-hty  fe 

Uke.     Raceways  cut  in  the  solid  ruelc  give  uulini 


esap^ate 


AIIe;riny,  Livin.-bSon,  and  Monroe.  It 
s  [lod  iieml,>et  outlets  oa  the 
BUk  creek  on  the  west,  with 
:itiou,  where  are  two  tails,  one 
:ab!e  lo  near  IWhester,  where 
i|ueduct;  one  of  ninety-seven 
of  a  mile  below  the  aqueduct ;  thence  rapids  for  one  and  a 
nd  tweuty  rods  below  is  a  final 
jn  betw.x-n  hi^'h  banks  to  the 
ittd  water-power,  whicii  is  to  a 


nity. 
n  agr 

l^e  appearance 
cultural  wealth 

of  the 

IS  thus 

27:  ' 

Th 

Geoe*?c  fla 

13  must 

Ther 

natural  pra 

ties  or 

betw 

ecn 

he  viilasL-s  ■. 

f  Geo- 

great  extent  employed,  but  far  beneath  the  opporti 
county  in  the  eoruminjlinj  of  natural  beauty  wi 
CoiiiQ,ente-  u^:u  i^  th:^  F  j'.li-^^t^r  Pir'.-'.tory  of  1. 
strike  the  eye  as  peculiarly  worthy  of  the  name. 
Indian  clcarin>::s  many  thuuiands  of  acres  in  eiteo 
tsee,  Moscow,  and  Mount  Morris,  which  now  crown  the  opposite  deelivities  of  their 
tarroanding  uplands  ;  and  contrasting  their  smooth  verdure  with  the  shag-jy  hills 
that  boond  the  horizon,  and  their  occasional  ciunips  of  spreading  trees  with  the 
tall  and  naked  relics  of  the  forest,  nothing  can  strike  with  .-t  more  a'.:reeable  sen- 
BtioD  the  eye  long  accustomed  to  the  uninterrupted  prospects  of  a  level  and 
vooded  country.  Could  those  who  named  the  valley  have  witnessed  the  fioeks 
and  herds  that  now  enliven  its  landscape,  the  busy  towns,  with  .spires  overlooking 
from  the  hills,  the  boats  beariug  its  surplus  wealth  down  its  winding  stream,  and 
the  5^n'^  of  intelleetual  and  moral  fjliciry  to  which  it  contributes  in  the  homes 
of  its  present  enlightened  occupants,  and  had  they  been  able  to  appreciate  this, 
they  wonld  have  employed  the  choicest  expression  of  their  lao::uage  to  give  it 
a  name.'*  One  may  loot  upon  the  quiet  stream  as  the  lovely  feature  of  a  laod- 
■capc,  and  again  upon  a  vast  destructive  tide  of  rushitig  waters. 

A  flood  was  tnowu  upon  the  Genesee  in  1S33  ;  it  swept  through  Rochester, 
tearing  away  Main  street  bridge  and  the  buildings  attached.  Again,  in  1S57, 
the  waters  rose  and  carried  off  a  bridge  j  but  it  w;is  in  the  spring  of  1365  th.it 


IH»   GKE.4T 


or  THE    OENESEE. 


Bridges  were  impelled  from  their  foundations;  buildings,  nndcni 
IDg  down  ;  railroad  communication  was  severed  ;  and  heavy  individual  and  cor- 
poration losses  were  incurred.  The  premonition  was  seen  on  Friday,  .^Iarch  IT, 
when  the  river  rose  at  Rcjchester  one  foot  per  hour ;  cellars  were  filled,  and  the  flats 
OTerflowed.  Higher  rose  the  water,  heavier  became  iis  volume,  till  the  G.>nesee 
Tallej  canal  in  the  wo=>t,  and  the  feeder  of  the  Erie  eanil  on  the  east,  ceased  to 
be  risible.  The  overflow  of  the  Erie  canal  banks  began  at  three  p.ii..  and  at 
Child's  basin  a  torrent  poured  through  Eichange  into  Buffalo  street.  The  inunda- 
tion had  increased  till  by  sii  p.m.  Piatt  street  was  naviirable  to  skiffs.  Hill  street 
received  vast  quaotitics  of  water,  which  poured  towards  Browns  mill-race  along 
AUen  and  Centre  streets  and  the  Central  railroad.  An  hour  later,  and  foot- 
pasaage,  without  wading,  was  cut  off  from  the  First  to  the  Second  ward  on  State 
street  So  far  the  water  had  poured  from  the  canal,  but  now  the  Main  street 
bridge,  wholly  of  stone,  was  inadcjuate  to  pass  the  volume  of  water,  uid  a  froth- 
ing tide  awcpt  over  the  bank,  submerging  the  lower  part  of  Front  street,  inun- 
dating miles  of  streets,  and  surging  on  to  the  river.  As  hours  pas.-^  the  tide 
■till  TOW,  and  at  midnight  the  water  Ix-gao  to  pour  over  the  top  of  the  >rain 
street  bridge  at  the  west  or  lowest  end.  A  powerful  current,  deep,  wide,  and 
strong,  ran  down  Front  street,  coursed  into  Buffalo,  on  through  the  city,  resistless 
io  ita  power.  It  was  morning  of  March  IS;  niue-tenths  of  the  streets  in  the 
Flrvt  ward  were  under  water,  much  of  those  in  the  Second,  and  in  others.  Anx- 
iety and  admiration  called  not  only  the  citizens  but  thousands  from  elsewhere  to 
view  the  scene.  A  multitude  standing  in  Main  street  gazed  upon  the  floo<l.  and 
OO  Boffjlo,  west  of  Washington,  a  vast  crowd  looked  u[>*)n  water  one-third  of  a 
mile  wide,  its  eastern  portion  boiling  and  surging  as  if  stirred  from  its  depths  by 
subterranean  gigantic  tc*rcc.  State  strct;t  for  half  a  mile  was  under  water  from 
Oo«  to  four  feet-  Many  skiffs  were  seen  upou  this  inland  sea,  and  occasional 
teams  moved  about.  The  eitcut  of  subraergemcRt  is  indicated  by  a  depth  of 
water  at  tb-  comer  of  Buffalo  and  I'.-unt  sirecU  of  six  to  .-iglii  f,.ct ;  at  the  On- 
tral  dep.jt  it  wa*  three  I'eet ;  in  -VrcMde  Ilall  it  w.ui  twenty  inches;  and  in  the 
post-office  a  (u.A..  The  territory  s.ihjoet  to  the  frc.hct  w.vs  a  liail-mile  i'uz  by 
one-third  of  a  mile  wide,  and  thickly  c-ivend  by  busiiii^  property  and  dwellings. 
Two  railroad  bridges  were  destroyisl.  \t  eleven  o'eioek  Friday  ni-lit  the  bridge 
of  the  Central  railroad   near  the   upper  fills  gave  w.iy  and  was   hurled  over  rile 


.e>l  up 


great  precipice.  But  a  l"e»  minutes  previous,  people  and  engln-n  hv 
npon  it.  The  Erie  railroad  bridge  in  the  up[)cr  part  of  the  eitv  Iml  f 
at  four  p  M.,  S.turd.iy.  Many  buildings  were  damaged.  One  of  a  n 
abandoned  street-cars  was  swef*  over  the  falls.  The  water-miriu  fei 
the  river  showed  the  water  three  feet  higher  than  in  l!3,;r>.  .\o  ,-rv. 
hjld  in  cburcbe-a  on  Sunday  ;  white  Hags  waved  from  buildiiiL-s  inuiiaici  di«.'rc«, 
and  men  in  boats  di.vtributcd  bread.  .V  bureau  was  Uken  from  the-  wuU-r  on  .U.-unt 
Hope  avenue,  in  which,  among  papers,  was  a  deed  tor  one  hundred  acrva  of  land 
at  Mount  -Morris.  Small  buildings  were  m.ived,  and  .nc'ttjcd  here  a. id  then.-.  Mnvta 
were  injured,  and  sidewalks  torn  up.  Samuel  ilichardson  and  D.  It.  Barton  i.^t 
by  the  fiill  of  buildings  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  the  entire  losi  «u 
about  a  million  dollars.  Up  the  valley  was  one  vast  lake  of  water,  and  .Mien  • 
creek  contributed  no  inconsiderable  volume  of  waU'r.  Tlic  calamity  bjd  bi-ro 
foretold  by  Lyman  B.  Langwonhy,  E.v|.,  on  the  occasion  of  laying  the  corner- 
stone of  the  new  court-house,  Juue  20,  ISJO,  but  no  steps  had  been  taken  to 
gnard  against  its  occurrence. 

The  surface  of  Monroe,  like  Orleans  and  Niagara,  is  divided  into  terraces  by 
the  Ridge  rojd,  and  the  mountain  ridge  crossing  from  east  to  west.  This  ru«il 
is  distant  from  four  to  six  miles  t'roui  the  lake,  to  which  it  is  nminly  parallel,  and 
above  which  it  is  elevated  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  ttict.  There  is  a  gruiual 
descent  from  its  base  northward  and  s*juihward.  This  ridge  is  regardesj  as  the 
result  of  waves,  which  formerly  washed  the  northern  side;  it  has  been  cut  llir..u:;h 
by  streams  and  artificially  to  effe-ct  the  drainage  of  low  lands  on  the  south  .-ide.  The 
pjnetal  surface  of  the  county  is  that  of  a  level,  elevated  table  laud.  A  di.ttuut  view 
presents  a  plane  surface,  broken  by  the  one  narrow  ridge,  but  cIo<*cr  obst-rvation 
presents  a  surface  eunsiderably  diversified.  The  slope  southward  from  the  rid.:9 
is  but  for  a  few  feet,  and  then  ri&a  to  the  summit  of  the  mountain  riiige.  over 
three  hundred  feet  above  the  lake.  Southward  the  ridircs  are  eently  undulateti. 
»id  citcsJ  toTfh  "id  south.  The  hi-host  elevations  on  the  south  border  n-ach 
over  six  hundred  feet  above  tide,  and  four  hundred  feet  above  the  lake,  f  erriutou. 
lying  in  the  southeast,  has  an  uneven  surface.  In  the  south  part  is  Turk  hill, 
the  highest  land  in  the  county.  Besides  the  Genesee  and  its  auxiliaries,  in  .^Ion- 
roe  are  the  Irondcij^uolt  and  Four->Iile  creeks  to  the  northeast,  and  Sandy,  Liiiia 
Salmon,  Salmon,  Ix)ng  pnind,  and  other  smaller  streams,  which  discharge  their 
waters  into  the  bays  and  inlets  of  the  lake.  These  streams,  flowing  over  the 
limestone  ridge,  coastitute  an  abundant  and  valuable  water-power. 

The  soil  is  a  gravelly  loam  of  creat  depth,  and.  by  constant  di>iute"jrjtion  of  lime- 
Along  the  lake  shore  it  is  of  a  red,  ar.;;!- 
ion  being  from  the  crumbiin*.:  of  Me-jioi 
and  Niagara  shales  is  the  origin  of  a  clay 
the  south  with  lime  and  gypaum  eteiiienta. 
In  1827  the  following  wm  true:  •■There 
1  of  beeeh,  oak,  and  maple,  on  a  Jevp  yclio» 


vheat. 


stone,  ia  rendered  perpetually  fertile, 
laoeous,  loamy  character,  its  uerival 
sandstone.  The  decay  of  the  Clintnr 
material.  The  soil  is  impregnated  tc 
fkvorable  for  the  grewth  of  ' 
icmaia  the  reninauts  of  dense 
loam,  cC'vere-l  to  a  depth  of  six  to  ten 
sandy  plains,  alternately  supporting  t 
Oat  openings;  scattering  oak  woods  t 
sond-mixcd;  occasional  swamps  of  tc 
upon  the  river  and  creek  winding  fla 
The  soil  is  well  adapted  to  raLsin 
culture  of  fruit,  and  the  lands  have  e 
stock-breeding.  It  is  a-sscrtcd  that  b 
for  production.  Marl  is  abundant  it 
tides  of  gypsum  are  found  in  the  laa 
to  the  settlers  were  different  varieties 


nehes  of  black,  vegetable  eanh;  some  light, 
e  oak  and  pine,  a  portion  of  the  land  e-ailcj 
1  a  solid,  cidcareous  gravel,  sometimes  a  clay, 
narack  and  pine,  with  black  isU  swale ,  and 
1  of  the  richest  alluvial  soil. 

grain  ;  attention  is  generally  siveu  ui  the 
er  beeu  considerably  in  uac  for  dairyin.:  and 
,t  little  if  any  land  in  the  county  is  unhit4^ 
Chili,  Riga,  and  Wheatland.  Lar.;e  qua»- 
■named  town.  Among  the  pn>luets  kiiowo 
of  wild  plums  of  delicious  flavor,  and  many 


1  the 


of  the  crab-apple.     The  first  orchard  planted 

river,  was  owned  by  the  Shaeffen,  ou  the  -VUcn  farm,  the  se-eds  ot  wbieU  wcr. 

in  the  ground  in  Decxmber,  17'J'J.     T-he  ^ip  of  the  sugar-maple  was  made 

Bugar,  molar's,  and  vincL-ar.      Pumpkins  were  raised  among  the  fir>l  pnji 

Pared  pumpkin,  stewed,  waj  known  as  '■  pumpkin  butter,'  and  wild  be-rrie^  ■ 

used  for  sauce  and  for  preserves.     Later  years  have  seen  consid-rablo  altei, 

given  to  raising  apples  aud  peaches.     Apples  are  succesafully  grown  ;  p.-neli.-< 

other  fruits  arc  not  cert;iin  crops.     The  grape  and  smaller  fruits  are  crvwo  ci 

aively,  and  they  arc  of  superior  quality.     Graj^.  have  b< 

at  tJiree  cents  a  pound  by  podJleis  in  the  city.     The  nui 

the  most  extensive  in  the  country.     They  arc  not  only 

site  ;  elsewhere  their  history  is  detailed.     In  soil  of  incxh. 

of  great  uniformity,  water-|«.wcr  of  unlimited  extent,  ri 

(ration,  and   railroads   liir  traii.-|»irLiliMU,   .^lonnw  Couni 

natural  advaiita^c-s  rarely  found  e..,i,bli,ed  in  the  same  arc 

greatest  wealth,  production,  aud  population. 


f  the 


sold,  du 


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HISTORY  OF  .AIONROE  COU>'TY,  NEW  YORK. 


CHAPTKK   XVri. 


AowcuLTCRr  fumis  the  tcadin;;  utj 
development,  anil  the  ba^ls  of  huoiaa 
Sata  of  the  Gcnc5«x-  lias  hefo  eilcnduj  > 
elemeats  of  soil,  but  fruui  the  prtiit  ar 
the  hand  of  laclian  Allen  the  finit  wlc 
the  Shacfferi  fouod  twenty  acres  in  » 


r.VIlU — fAP-M    STATISTiCS. 

■ct  of  fiurauit.  It  U  the  origin  of  speedy 
imnrnvement.  The  f.ime  of  the  alluvial 
i'Liy.  not  froru  a  lcnowIed-_'e  of  constituent 
■i  unexampled  yioIJj  of  T-rnduc-.*.  Fmm 
t  wa3  sjjwn  up')n  the  Genesee.  In  1TS9, 
leat,  and  during  the  sea5.>a  of  IT'JO  they 
loved  ft  hundred  acres  to  this  staple,  planu-.!  larse  Kelda  of  com,  «nd  enja'^ed 
extensively  in  •.Tjiini.  Ir'rom  thii  sourv-e  settlers  from  far  and  near  provided 
themselves  *ith  grain  for  seed,  cauch  of  which  they  Sire  away  upon  their  harts. 
Early  farming  at  the  best  wis  crude.  The  cmp  was  ofien  ljt;.-cly  injured  by  wild 
beasts,  large  and  small,  and  by  birds.  Tbo  pioneer  perf.,rce  p!ace.J  himself  in  the 
forest  with  llie  confidence  born  of  intelii.;eDce.  and  \vhile  corn,  potat'ies,  turnips, 
and  puuli''..;..j  ^...c  ijo.e  tuiiueui.at.e  ?  Jp^jiy  ul  IiajU.  an  Ultimate  purp^»e  le*i  mm 
to  place  large  areas  under  cultivation.  K.mote  from  ;'orcs.  and  destitute  of  means 
to  acquire  their  g'.>jda,  the  pioneer  farmers  drow  from  the  s^>il  a  suppiv  for  every 
orgent  want.  Stinding  in  the  forest,  his  oien  and  oi-aled  or  the  sleigh  by  him, 
the  Kltler  constructs  a  shelter  from  tlie  trecH  about  him,  and  kirins  a  cultivation 
of  u  small  patch  of  ground.  Years  go  by,  and  changes  transpire  as  the  result  of 
indnstry.  The  dwellings  are  improved,  the  brush  fence  is  replaced  by  rails,  and 
these  by  beards,  or,  mayhap,  the  farmer  rejects  the  expenditure  of  value  upon 
fences,  and  goes  without  them  ;  stumps  are  burned,  rot  out,  or  are  pjlled  ;  stones 
are  dog  and  piled  in  heaps,  or  made  of  use ;  drainage  is  effected,  and  fieJds 
improved. 

The  mdo  f/v>U^  c!'jm?y  of  Eate  a-d  r,";air:r.:  a7d.:caj  liar.uil  tuil,  Jiaduillv 
give  place  to  farm  utensils,  models  of  lightness  and  eSciency,  and  depending  for 
power  apon  the  horses  instead  of  upon  men.  Care  was  early  taken  to  improve 
ftock  «nd  incre-ase  variety  and  extent  of  cpips,  and.  lin.illy,  we  find  the  descend- 
ants of  the  pioneers, — the  independent  and  prn^re-ssive  men  of  to-day. 

Of  early  privations,  hard  labor,  and  niuch  dUcouragemeot,  we  have  spoken, 
and  of  tn  export  of  surplus  wheat  and  c^ra.  Ely  A  Bisseli  and  Brown  &  Mum- 
ford  created  a  home  market,  and  b-^gan  the  pun:b;ise  of  produce  from  the  -urronnd- 
ing  country  in  1S1,5.  When  the  wheat  and  H..ur  of  western  Xetv  York  were 
6r?t  sent  to  the  seaboard  markets,  a  prompt  acknowledgment  was  rendered  of 
nperior  quality. 

"The  wheat  of  this  part  of  the  country  bears  tlie  highest  price  in  the  Xew 
Tort  market,  selling  for  fourpi'ucc,  eightpene'e.  and  a  shillim  pi.T  bushel  more 
than  the  North  river  wheat,  which  b  recL.ned  next  best.  The  flour  manufac- 
tured by  Mr.  Battles,  from  the  mills  on  .^Iud  cr..ek,  between  Bath  and  Geneva. 
was  esteemed  the  best  ever  insp«.^tcd  in  Baltimore,  to  which  it  was  fl.zated  in  arks 
through  the  Ccnhocton,  Tioga,  .Susque'naona,  and  Chesapeake."  So  wrote  Maude, 
in  1800. 

The  first  market  was  Elmira.  and  tran-portation  was  difficult.  The  prices  of 
Tarious  products  in  ISO!  were  as  follows  :  Wheat,  To  cents,  corn.  .37!  cents,  and  rye 

50  cents  per  bushel ;  hay,  SU  to  S12  per  ton  ;  bntu-rand  ehet-»e.  11  to  10  cents  per 
pound";  salt  pork.  cS  to  ?10  per  cwt.  ;  wbL-i^y.  .'iii  to  7.')  cent.s  fwr  gallon;  xi\t, 

51  per  bushel  of  50  pounds,  or  J.')  per  barrel ;  sheep.  ?.'  to  $4  p.  r  head  ;  citUc, 
fcr  driving,  S3  to  $4  per  hundred;  milch  cow>.  510  to  $2.i  pi-r  he-.id  ;  hones, 
$100  to  $125  pijr  span,  working  oxen,  from  350  to  $50  per  yoke;  laborers' 
wages,  $10  to  515  per  month,  includm::  board  ;  a  suit  k}(  horoe-m.uie  clothes 
brooght  W  to  S5  ;  and  sh'^es  .51.75  to  SJ  .".0  per  pair.  Shipment  of  produce  tr> 
Albany,  in  1604,  was  made  by  boats  in  juamer  aud  sleigha  in  winter,  and  now 
and  then  by  an  enterprising  faiiner. 

Crops  were  light  in  1805,  and,  prior  to  the  harvest  of  ISOO,  wheat  went  up  to 
$2.50  per  bushel.  During  that  year  the  s,j.-.in  was  adv.inee.!.  .ind  vrli.at  wa.i  cut 
on  the  4th  of  July.  Wheat  and  corn  l>.'came  a  dnaz.  and  .-..ui.!  i...t  I.-  (r>,le-i  nor 
bartered.  The  season.s  of  1S07  lo  I5U  w,  re  pn-luctive.  and  from  1-lJ  u>  IJIU 
wer«  not  so;  it  was  in  ISIO  that  the  wheat  did  n.4  ripin  nil  ."^epieiob.  r.  The 
oora  crop  w;>s  almost  wholly  lost,  and  ilnrv  was  a  ni-htly  frust  fr..ra  June  6  10  i  J. 
The  har^•ests  of  ISlT-l.'!  were  lair,  and  frr.n.  l-l'J  to  1-Jl.  abu.elini.  The 
home  market  was  3.>  many  bu-li.ls  nf  wli.-.t  u.r  a  cow,  a  yoke  of  o^en.  a  plow  ; 
and  Judge  Prie-e  p.ud  ten  l.udiels  of  o.m  f..r  .h.i.-i.r,-  1  h..rse.  in  tho  e:.rlv  .i.>y, 
•  hileUvingin  Rush.     Wheat 


County,  in  .juaii 
unsiiiie^i  to  whe 


btPKluetion  of  hanler--reiniMr 
The  while  flint  suivrrM.de-d  ilu 


.  b.>  n  th.- 


ll,.illl..'rtal'.i 


celebrity  for  wheat,  ns  th.-y  previously  hud  f»r  e^orn.  The  yield  per  .tcre  has  be^** 
enormous.  A  few  instances  are  types  of  many.  Me-srs.  P.  aiitl  0.  Mills,  in 
18.15,  cut  1:270  bushelsof  wheat,  or  forty-.ieven  bushels  to  the  acre,  fn.ni  a  fiel.l  of 
twenty-.«evcn  acres,  on  the  Gene.see  flaLs,  near  Mount  Morris.  In  1S:;4.  the  sarae 
persons  cut  from  ci.-hty  acres  ^JlJO  bu,>hels  of  wheat,  or  forty  to  the  .acre.  During 
the  iime  year,  W,  C.  Dwight,  E*^..  on  the  Hats  above  (}ene»<'e.  cut  tnim  twenty 
acres  su  averacc  of  forty-eight  bushels  per  acre,  and  two  acres,  tifty-two  bushels 
per  acre.  The  greatest  yield  on  record,  autheiiiieateii,  as  rhe  product  of  a  single 
aero,  was  siity-four  bushels.  This  was  raised  by  Jirah  Clacknjore,  of  Whratland. 
The  wheat  jield  of  lS4o  was  l.SoS.OOO  bushels.  In  1.S53,  of  winter.  ,SI0,5l"J.  nf 
.spring  l,S3a,551  ;  total,  2.65:5.1)80  busiiels;  and  in  1804,  of  winter  5'J7,0C8 
bushels.  It  is  said  of  the  Genesee  wheat  that  it  contains  more  saceharine  matter 
than  that  from  other  localities,  and  will  combine  with  less  water  in  the  composition 
of  bread.     The  superiority  of  the  Kour  Is  too  well  known  to  need  remark. 

On  the  river  flats  above  Porta:rcville  the  corn  crop  is  very  heavy,  and  th^s 
grain  has  be^n  made  the  staple.  The  yield  in  1345  was  453,46:1  burhcis ;  and 
first  in  wheat,  Monroe  was  twelfth  in  the  qiuintity  of  com.  The  crop  of  1304 
uas  938,849  bushels,  showing  increa.sed  attention  to  that  grain.  In  1.S25,  atten- 
tion was  calk'd  to  the  fact  that  the  quantity  of  barley  grown  was  inade^|uat^  to 
the  demands  of  brewers.  The  yield  was  excellent.  .\  single  acre,  f:um  a  field  of 
twenty-six  acres,  in  Brighton,  produced  50  bushels.  The  farmers  do  not  seem  to 
have  favored  the  crop,  since  the  yield  in  1S45  Wiis  but  .57,102  bushels,  and  in 
1864,  130,606.  Rye  h.a3  long  been  raised,  to  a  limited  extent,  and  light  yields  dis- 
courage production.  Buckwheat  is  raised  in  -small  amount.  Flax  has  been  a  crop. 
Kxhau.-tive,  ordinarily,  it  finds  here  no  worn-out  lands,  and  whore  10.7'JG  bushels 
of  seed  were  noted  in  1843,  there  were,  in  1604,  but  eighteen  acres  sown.  Pota- 
toes have  always  been  raised  in  large  quantities;  in  1S45,  007,491  bushels,  and 
in  1964,  872,432  bushels.  It  has  been  observcMl  th.at  the  sowing  of  spring  whe=t 
has  obt-ained  great  proportions.  Ooo«i  hust^andry  is  shown  by  a  sete'Ctioo  of  the 
best  and  cleanest  seed,  and  a  rotation  of  crops.  Hemp  was  cultivated  in  eariy  davs, 
but  abandoned  as  unprofitable.  Oats  to  the  amount  of  nearly  half  a  million 
biisheis  were  produced  in  1SG4,  Of  tobacco  there  were  half  a  million  pounds 
harvested  during  the  s.ame  year;  of  hops.  41,234  pounds  ;  and  of  apples,  493,606 
bushels.  The  experience  of  .^lonroe  firmers  has  confirmed  the  tho...rie3  of  the 
scientific,  and  their  n.'^^ciation  has  tended  to  disseminate  discoveries  to  all  indi- 
viduals. The  growth  of  pernicious  weeds  h;\s  been  shown  by  the  neglect  of  fartns. 
Old-time  enemies  of  the  agriculturist  were  what  were  denominated  pigeon-weed, 
thistle,  chess,  cockle,  daisy,  wild  mustard,  may-weed,  dock,  and  hind-weed  ;  there 
are  besides,  sorrel,  mullein,  and  burdock.  Drainage  has  been  followed  by  marked 
improvemenL 

The  use  of  poor  implements  and  high  prices  for  bbor  detracted  heavily  from 
the  profits  of  farming-  Instances  occurred  where  fields  of  grain  were  reap-Ki  to 
the  halves.  The  invention  of  machinery  has  -.'iven  the  farmer  command  of  his 
fields,  and  enabled  him  to  di-^pense  with  much  hired  labor,  or  iiso  it  to  greater 
purpose.  Contrast  the  old  plow  with  the  new,  the  harrow  with  the  cultivator, 
tho  hand  sickles  and  cradles  with  the  MeCjrmick  reaper  of  1345.  the  Seymour 
&  Mor-ran  hand-raking  reaper,  the  Palmer  A  Williams'  selfraker,  Johnson's  self- 
raking  reaper,  and  the  Cycloid  mower,  and  the  Little  Giant  mower  and  reaper. 

alt  made  within  the  country  demandinir  their  use.  The  ll.iil  has  long  since  yielded 
to  the  thresher,  the  boo  to  the  cultivators  of  various  kinds,  and,  extending  the 
contrast,  observe  tho  home  manuficturi-s  which  have  enabled  the  farmer  to  eier- 

The  "  William-son  F-iir  and  Uaces.  ■  held  in  1704,  novel  and  successful,  inaugu- 
nt.'si  cattle  and  horve  fairs  in  western  New  York-  Williamson  intro<luccil  line  stock, 
and  the  Watlsworths  c:ive  this  subject  much  atUMition.  The  fir^tmeelini:of  a  Monroe 
a^rricultural  so*  iety  for  a  '•  catlIe-.>how  and  fair,"  so  far  as  Icarnecl,  was  held  Octolier 
30.  182:i.  James  ."^pevry  w.ls  president.  Jacob  Gould  corrcspontlini:  socretarv,  and 
S,  P,  Allcitt  trea>urcr  It  was  a  rule  lh.it  tlie  .-.arae  ani:;ial  could  not  win  more  than 
one  premium,  and  that  hut  once.  Tlieohjts-t  of  lesciiibly  was  to  point  out  errors  and 
communicate  prnrtieai  exiN:riiMent,s,  Premiuiits  on  best  horses  were  won  by  Klias 
Pnv.er.  of  Clark,-«.n,  B,  It,  itrown,  of  Gales,  I,/-wiB  II,  lUmin.-ton,  of  rfwcden, 
and  E.  M.«.re,  of  Brighton.  Catlle;  Powell  Carp-^nter.  of  Wli.atland,  Wamn 
JIawlcy,  Daniel  Ke.sl.  Tho.n;is  C-.U-v.  I.ym.n  llawkv-  William  It,vd-ar,d  Kiehaid 
DmieU.      U.^t  oxen:  J.  G-    I-.r.-lill..w,  Whlin.-y   .\[,iy,  and   Kraneij   ,\lhri;;ht. 

Garbutt,  ¥mV\A  -M-r.-.  Whiioi-:  M  .y.  -.nd  .1..-  ph  Coll,  The  l.-,t  -wine  were 
•h.,wn  by  U.nry  Widn-  r  and  Tl.on.-.s  6h.,  1-,  K.lli  ..(  Cl.ili,  l|„r„o  I'.a.ii  had 
the  bc-t  -lere  ol   .I,-.l,  lill)-iiiiio   and   on. -I'Morll,  b.i-lnl.  ;  and  W  ilii,,n.  tiarhult 

..r I  I,.  »r,  fills..,,.    i.,-M-       .IM,u  K    lar.-.l,,.lh.-l  ...„-..r,,.rn.o„el,ii„dr,-d 

„„1  li.rn  f..„r  loi-h.l..    ( I    II, .>t I,  .,ne  huu.lre-l  and  twenlv-live  and 


Wi 


iarl-i 


en  bu 


nd,  Ja; 


hdre^l  and  s 


t  buslaU. 


HLSTOilY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Best  yield  of  onu  acre  in  ISil,  four  humlrKU  aiiJ  sixty-seveii ;  ■.lcuoJ  best,  four 
hundred  a-id  thirty-five  bu:jli-?ls.  Coloin:l  Caii;i>  Clay  was  awiirUod  u  proniiuni  for 
superior  purljsli.  IIo  liad  fat  to  Montnul  niaikct  ei^lit  hundred  and  thirty 
barrels  like  samiilo  from  liia  xshcry  at  I'larksuu.  The  plowiii^-niatch  was  observed 
with  interest.  Oliver  Culver  won  the  first  premium  tor  pl..wiriL'  one-eighth  of  au 
acre  with  oxen  without  driver;  Junes'  u-ata  was  s.-ound,  Uubsell'a  third.  In 
1S25,  Jonathan  Ruiiell  became  first  and  Cl.allcM  Kcllam  second.  The  best 
yield  of  clovcrsced  per  acre  in  182-1  was  lliirty-Kve  bushels,  by  Thomas  Lclaud, 
of  Jlendon.  Mrs.  Mary  Smart,  of  the  samj  town,  won  a  preuiiuui  en  bobinet- 
I»ce,  "one  of  the  best  speeimens  ever  produced  in  our  country."  A  fauning- 
mill  was  showu  by  Colonel  Abner  Hubbard,  of  ll.x-hestcr.  Jesse  Hawley  was  an 
early  president  of  the  society.  Giles  iJouL'htua  correspcmdin;;  secretary,  Abraham 
Plumb  recording  secretarj*,  Knos  Pomeruy  auditor,  and  Samuel  Works  treasurer, 
in  lS'i4.  Some  of  the  towns  took  uo  part,  llearierta  was  prominentiv  repre- 
sented, and  her  farmers  obtained  in  1825  citrhteen  of  seventy-seven  preuiiums. 

Farmers  have  formed  various  societies,  L-enerai  and  special,  and  have  taken 
precedence  in  this  direction.  There  have  been  societies  for  horticultural  pur- 
f.ses,  ti.V;Ce:ot:^r»s  for  yheep-hreeders  and  wool-growers,  dairymen,  mechanics,  and 
farmers  and  laborers,  and  horse,  eattle,"  and  poultry  shows. 

The- following  table,  prepared  by  il.  D.  Phillips,  presents  at  a  glance  the  officers 
.of  the 

MONROE  COCNTY  AGRICULTCR.tL  SOCIETY,  OROAXIZED   MAY   23,  1«40. 


1840  I  L.  B.  Lang 


1847     Samuel 


.M.  Want,  Rochester.-    HeDry  E.  Roch^- 


1849 

Alfred  Fiiih    Ki  -a 

1850  '  C.  K.  Il..l.bio.  Iron. 

1841  1  L.  B.  LaDsnorlhl.  1 

1852  '■  .T.me*  P.  F.,gs.  Hoc 

ISil  1  Frederick  P.  Eo.,t. 

1855 

Stephen  Let-selt.  11 

Be»j..M.  lUker.  R„. 

J).  t>.  s.  !<.::„„. «, 

W7    Bo.j.  M.  l;   u>.,  l:. 

L.  E.cn..,,.;   .:  .. 

i«;i 

L.  P.i-kl.:.!. 

187! 

A.  C.  WKIt.omI,.  Ro 

1873 

J. Ill 

,P 

F.,-"- 

u 

«P 

F..f.. 

,P 

-|J.  I 

Kn 

Uennetti 

.,  J<.h 

alje,  Roeheater. 

-   John 

Ka 

«lje. 

.    Juh 

Rn 

aljc, 

Bn-htoa 

.,  E.  f 

11 .1 

Hard. 

" 

WESTERN   NEW  YORK  AGRICDLIURAL   SOCIETY.* 

P...,.™.                 1                 8.c..,..,«.                 1                 !...,».■„. 

1975 
.87, 

T.  Brown.  Jr.,  Whentland....    W.  I.  Wallaee.  Rooheiter....!  1.  W.  Slchhios.  Rocheiter. 
T.  Bm.n.Jr.,           "         ....    Charles  A.  Pool,         ••       ....,  J.  W.  SKbb.o., 

The  Genesee  a;_TicuItural  society  held  their  fir:t  fair  on  Xoveraber  7  and  8,  at 
Kochester.  Exhibition  of  short-ho.n  Burhams  was  one  of  the  best  held  in  the 
State, — native  stock  of  all  kinds  fine  and  numerously  represented.  The  fair  has 
been  continued  with  interest  and  success  to  the  present.  The  accounts  of  meet- 
ings of  farmers'  clubs  published  in  Mitorea  Riiral  Xew  York fr.  and  .«cnt  all  over 
the  countr}',  have  dune  incalculable  good  to  tlie  cause  of  agriculture.  We  present 
brief  statistics  as  a  means  cf  comparing  progress. 

Monnx  Statistics  cj  182.').— Acres  improved,  l.i(j,712.  Neat  cattle,  33,972  ; 
horses,  6S6li ,  sheep,  8.'),2.J7  ;  hogs.  :-!!),737.  There  were  of  gri^t-mills,  32 ; 
«aw-milb,  7ti;  fulling-mill.s  21);  cardiug-raachinci..  23 :  di-tillenM,  31.  There 
was  manufactured  of  fulled  cloth,  domestic  make,  74,42.S  yards  ;  nut  fulled, 
19t),538  yards;  and  of  lincu  and  cotton  gwvls,"  1 19.S2U  yards. 

Monroe  Slali'licn  of  l.Sl.'i. — .\uuibcr  of  neat  cattle,  :'.:i,3ii.'i  ;  horses,  16,811 ; 
nheep,  173,lt."'.2  ;  h>.g>,  48.  lj:t.  I'oun.ls  of  butter,  I..-|ii4,:W7  ;  cheese,  :it!ti.782  ; 
and  of  wool,  HJ2,'J27  ("junds.  Value  of  article-'  produced  in  griM-mills,  $2,.''i3a.- 
S87  ;  MW-mills,  «147,:i.'i:i ;  oil-mills,  81-2,'.lin  ;  fulling-mills,  S74.102.     Card.ng- 


machines,  S:;i.770.  WcKilen-factorie^  SU  1,849.  Iron-works,  S4U9,H.iD.  1 
tilleries,  ?38,941.  A»bcricH,  S2«,:ili5.  Uopc-factorics,  SliOO.  Olover-mills,  ?2i 
Paper-mills,  ?i;i,:V40.     Tanneries,  S244,'JU7  ;  and  breweries,  845,800. 

.IfMroe  Statiilics  nf  1SU5.— Cash  value  of  farms,  ?29,415,9'J2 ;  of  st. 
83,408,100;  tools  and  implement.s,  5041,097;  acres  plowed,  S1015.  Ton; 
hay  18C4,  02,203;  hops.  41,234  pounds.  Apples  harvested  in  1804,  4;)S.( 
bushels.  Number  of  milch  cows,  14,002.  Butter  made,  1,374,800  poui 
Number  of  horses  two  years  and  over,  l(j,759.  Sheep  shorn.  151,288;  l.u 
raised,  55,672.  Honey,  21,807  pounds.  \'alue  of  poultry,  35.'!, 077. 33.  Va 
of  eggs  sold,  ?33,743.9S.  Domestic  manufactures  rcnluced  to  incn-idcr: 
amounts.  The  number  of  acres  of  land  improved,  316,840;  unimi.roved,  ' 
182.  Agriculture,  at  onee  the  cause  and  evideuce  of  civilization,  ha.'i  reac 
high  development  in  Monroe.  Nowhere  else  ha.i  the  bounty  of  nature  been-ni 
faithfully  acknowledged.  Here,  where  ample  return  repays  the  labor,  the  Tarn 
of  the  Genesee  take  precedence  in  all  that  relates  to  Imsbandry. 


impor- 


>  The  Da3ie  wna  cbanjjij  f 


.  Coun.j  Agnc, 


CHAPTER    XVII 


Abocndino  in  instruction,  valuable  in  its  knowledge,  and 
varied  features,  the  rock  formation  of  Jlonroe  presents  a  subje 
tance  to  the  locality.  The  tails  of  the  Genesee,  the  Ridge  rood, 
the  remains  of  the  mastodon,  are  all  themes  of  interest.     The  falls  present  a 

of  aqueous  attrition,  carry  the  mind  far  into  the  past,  and  the  "  road"  corrob- 
orates the  theory  of  a  changed  and  reduced  area  to  Ontario.  The  facts  .'^Uted  in 
this  chapter  are  b.ised  upon  an  article  furnished  by  Chester  Dewey  for  (ll'ltcilly's 
Sketches  of  Rochester.  It  is  the  province  of  the  geologist  to  show  the  earth, 
once  only  a  gaseous  formation,  cooling,  and  a  crust  formin?;,  ever  deeper  and 
changeful,  upon  the  surface.  Tribes  on  sea  are  succeeded  by  tho^e  amphibious, 
and  then  by  those  on  land-  Subterranean  pent-up  gases  produce  earthrpiakcs. 
dbrupt  the  crust,  and  pile  up  mountains.  Stratified  rocks  are  disclosed  by  the 
canons  of  rivers,  and  petrifactions  picture  a  former  life.  It  h.as  been  theorized 
that  an  inland  sea  submerged  the  surface  of  this  r^ion,  and  observation  lends  to 
establish  its  truth.  The  famous  Ont-irio  Lake  ridge  shows  seven  distinct  shores 
upon  its  side,  from  the  present  shore  up  to  the  crest.  Oiice  a  vast  sea  swept 
southeastward,  and  by  gradual  subsioence  the  drainage  took  its  present  course. 
The  rocks  extending  from  the  primitive  or  granite,  at  Little  Falls,  to  the  .shores 
of  Lake  Erie,  are  known  as  "  transition."  'With  no  subterranean  agencies,  the 
strata  would  have  lain  one  upon  the  other,  unbroken  ;  but  upheavals  have  placed 
them  upon  an  inclination,  and  disclosed  the  variety  and  extent  of  each  layer. 
The  dip  south  is  one  foot  in  eighty-seveu,  in  an  ascending  series.  The  section  of 
rocks  on  the  Genesee  river,  from  a  level  with  the  lake  to  the  head  of  the  rapids, 
a  distance  of  four  and  a  half  miles :  No.  1  is  sandstone,  eighty  feet  thick  ;  No. 
2,  gray  band,  four  feet ;  No.  3,  marl  slate,  twenty-three  feet ;  No.  4.  argillaceous 
iron  ore,  one  foot ;  terriferous  sand-rock,  ten  feet ;  calciferous  slate,  with  fucoidc.s, 
six  feet;  marly  slate,  twenty-four  feet;  siliceous  limestone,  twenty  feet;  blue 
limestone,  with  trilobites,  forty  feet ;  calciferous  slate,  twenty-six  feet ;  dark  ariril- 
lite,  with  nodules  of  gypsum,  fifty  feet ;  graywacke  limestone,  ninety-six  fe-et,  and 
geodiferous  limestone,  four  feet.  Red  sandstone,  given  as  eighty  feet,  1i;ls  an  up- 
ward extent  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet,  and  a  depth  unknown.  It  is 
termed  salifcrous,  as  being  the  reservoir  of  salt  springs.  Not  many  years  since, 
salt  in  considerable  amount  was  manufactured  from  the  waters  of  a  sprinir  in 
Greece,  and  one  on  the  banks  of  Irondcpioit  creek,  b.jth  in  this  rock.  The  color 
of  this  lowest  firmation  is  dark  reddish-brown,  interspersed  with  gray,  and  the 
rock  is  idcntic-al  with  that  of  the  same  name  known  to  English  geolcgisLs.  In 
this  sandstone  are  found  vegetable  remains,  and  .splendid  specimens  of  fucoides. 
The  stone  cannot  endure  the  action  of  water  and  frost,  and  disintegrates  easily.  A 
stratum  of  gray  sandstone  lies  upon  the  red,  is  of  great  extent,  and  contains 
particles  of  mica. 

The  sandstone  rises  southward  into  cr 
canal  is  for  a  short  d'lstance  upon  it.     The 

and  the  rise  is  apparent  .mly.  .M:irly  slate  is  sot't,  fr.ngil.le.  clave 
green  hue;  it  re;.ts  upon  th.-  gray  sand.-tone,  and  alternates  in  thin 
other  rocks.  So  easily  docs  it  reduce  to  earth  that  it  seems  a  clay 
banks  of  the  Genoee  dls<.-l.«;  two  thick  str.ita  of  th'Li  state.     Argil 


liderable  elevations 


In  0_'dcn 
be   Uid-e  I 


HISTORY   OF   MONilOE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


I  ir  p:irtly  fiia.tl. 


It 

;oiuntjr, 
nd-rock. 


ore,  ft  foot  In  depth,  lies  n'^ar  tiie  Surface  .it  the  hiudiiti:. 
petriPictions,  The  met  is  hard,  ajid  in  loculitiM  n...lii!ar 
is  of  great  eitent,  ind  h;is  been  simlti^d  to  a  finsidfrable  ( 
■where  it  has  i  depth  of  three  feet.  I'pon  tlie  iron  ore  rL> 
It  ia  compact  nn'l  tough,  cxcclleot  for  building,  and  conijins  tine  jinuns  of  quartz 
and  spcciciens  of  native  cupper.  Cakifemiu  slate  is  a  compound  with  tts..-lf  of 
other  layers  in  its  thick  stratuin.  It  lies  on  the  terriferous  aand-roclc,  and 
aboands  iu  inaa^es  of  beautiful  pctrifactiims.  Here  is  tuucd  finc-!^rained  gray- 
wacke,  similar  to  that  quarried  on  the  Hud^son.  Bitutninous  shale  b+;lnw  the 
Middle  falls,  breaking  away,  has  undermined  the  -nywacke  above.  This  stone 
is  extensively  rjuarried.  above  the  earial  utjut-duct.  for  building  purposes.  Durin-.; 
a  blast,  a  layer  of  stone  beiner  lifted,  a  cavity  filled  with  pebbles  w;is  disclo^'d. 
It  indicates  a  deposit  of  limestone  closing  the  poc-ket.  Holow  the  Middle  fills 
are  found  sprinpi  of  hydrosulphuretted  water,  and  ne'ar  the  river  is  a  sprint:  of 
Kpsom  salt.  Crystallized  specimens  of  the  salt  are  obtained  with  ease.  There 
aie  many  such  springs  in  this  region.  On  the  top  of  the  Middle  falls,  upon  the 
atone,  are  found  the  remains  of  sea-wcoi.  A  mile  west  of  the  river,  on  Buffalo 
atreet,  is  an  extensive  quarry  of  cal..-iferous  slate,  ralrif.-rovis  tiif  i  or  ■'  petrifi.'<l 
moes,"  exists  in  lanie  ma.sscs  alonjr  the  river  bank,  (yeodiforous  limc-rtck  extends 
from  Rochester  into  Drightou.  It  is  hard,  dark,  and  bi;uminous,  .and  of  great 
thickness  southward  and  Kc.-tward.  It  lies  upon  a  level  with  the  rapids,  and 
when  burned  makes  a  superior  quality  of  lime. 

i)iVi(Wum  of  sand  and  gravel  is  spread  heavily  upon  the  rocks  beneath  the  rich 
soil.  A  mile  south  of  the  city,  the  diluvium  rises  to  an  altitude  of  two  hundred 
feet  and  forms  the  Pinnacle,  and  the  road  to  PitLsford  is  cut  throuirh  a  depression 
ehowing  undolating  lines  of  fine  and  coarse  gravel.  Boulders  of  i,.;inite,  gneiss, 
quartz  and  other  foreign  roek  spread  over  the  plain,  present  unmistakable  evi- 
dence of  the  great  power  of  a  strong  flixid.  One  of  these  m^is-ses  was  noticed  near 
the  railroad,  a  n:i!e  from  Maio  street.  It  was  seen  to  be  ei'.:ht  and  a  half  feet 
long,  c'l'^ni  uroad.  three  deep,— a  mass  of  granite.  Along  Irondequoit  creek  the 
dilavium  is  heapod  in  banks  and  conical  hills  from  filly  to  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  high.  On  the  banks  of  the  stream,  in  Perrinton,  were  found  the  remains  of 
a  fossil  elephant.  They  were  found  by  William  Maun  while  dig:.-ing  a  stump. 
Large  tr«s  of  the  ancient  forest  had  grown  over  the.^  bones.  In  Augu.st,  1837, 
the  remains  of  another  mammoth  were  uncovered  \vlulc  excavating  for  the  Ijene- 
eee  Valley  canal.  The  skeleton  was  found  about  four  feet  beneath  the  surface, 
and  resting  upon  polished  limestone.  Brick-clay,  a  foot  or  more  in  depth,  exists 
beneath  the  l.>aniy  .soil  within  and  ne.ir  Rochester.  Beneath  it  lies  a  bed  of  fine 
white  sand  suitable  for  the  tL«e  of  the  brick-maker.  The  surface  of  the  rocks 
shows  polish  in  a  number  of  places  where  oxc:iv.itions  have  been  made.  Furrows, 
as  of  the  passage  of  huge  boulders,  are  marked  on  the  smoothed  surface.  Kast  of 
the  river,  at  Rochester,  the  lines  run  east  .and  west.  It  ia  evident  that  the  earth 
and  soil  now  covering  them  has  bct-n  dcpo.iited  upon  the  polished  rock, — when 
and  how  is  the  question.  The  Rid-^e  road,  a  natural  cau.seway  of  alluvium,  is  re- 
gfardcd  as  the  former  shore  of  Lake  0^^ario.  It^  composition  of  sand  and  pebble 
13  not  a  disintegration  but  a  deposition.  Vegetable  remains  are  fuind  at  depths 
of  a  dozen  or  more  feet.  Vegetable  mould,  nearly  pure  and  a  half-inch  in  depth. 
lay  upon  a  bed  of  fine  white  sand.  Some  barrier  giving  w.ay  on  the  St.  Lawrence 
annklhc  lake  to  its  present  proportions.  We  have  spoken  of  the  transportation 
of  boulders.  Halfway  up  the  "  Pinnacle"  lies  a  graywacke  boulder,  in  dimen- 
sions ton  and  a  half  by  ten  feet,  and  between  three  and  four  feet  deep.  What 
power  could  have  borne  it  along  and  placed  it  there  ?  The  retroce.^sion  of  the 
fclls  is  of  'nappreciablc  extent.  To  have  wore  away  the  chasm  below  the  cata- 
racts occupied  a  period  so  vast  that  the  estimate  is  b^'vond  human  ability. 

The  basis  rock  of  the  county  ia  Medina  sandstone,  which  reaches  the  surface 
at  the  lake  .'■horc.  I'pon  it  li -s  the  Clinton  group.  -NVxt  is  found  the  Niairira 
group,  rich  in  fo^.^Is,  ind  finally  the  On..nJagi  salt  group,  containing  beds  of 
gypsum.  The  di-covery  of  the  gypsum  is  thus  narrated:  "In  the  winter  of 
1810-11,  John  G.irbutt  h.id  employed  workmen  to  excavate  a  bank  for  earth  to 
constnict  a  race  for  a  mil!  he  was  buildiri',',  and  one  of  the  men.  a  foreisncr,  de- 
clared that  they  were  digdng  pl.-cster.  Kxperiment  proved  him  eorrret."  The 
beds  an;  of  large  size,  and  have  grown  in  value  to  the  present.  Salt  springs  exist 
in  the  county,  but  the  brine  is  not  of  quantity  and  strength  to  bo  available. 
There  are  numerous' sulphur  springs,  ^miw.  of  which  are  located  in  the  town  of 
Ogden.  The  Monrtw  q.ring-s,  live  miles  east  of  K.H.hester,  are  celebrated.  .Marl 
abounds  in  the  towns  of  Riga,  Chili,  and  Wheatland.  The  discovery  of  the  bed 
of  argillaceous  iron  ore,  extending  from  the  Gener^'  to  the  east  limit  of  Monroe, 
was  thought  to  be  valuable  at  one  time,  but  it  is  little  worked.  Small  qu.intitics 
of  the  suiphurets  of  l.'ad  and  zinc,  and  blende  ..nd  gal-na,  are  foun.l  in  the  county. 
Fire-stone,  a  magnosian  earth  uscil  for  liniiii  firepl.in-s  and  stoves,  is  abumlant 
in  Ogden  and  Sweden.  This  outline  prc^.iils  the  rocks  as  of  various  uses,  bat 
none  greater  than  th.it  of  making  and  enriching  soil. 


CIIAPTl^R    XIX. 


1  covNTY  novi 


-\ll  govertiment  originates  in  the  people,  but  an  exletided  franchi.sc  and  repub- 
lican legislation  was  an  experiment,  and  .as  such  is  still  regarded  in  this  centennial 
of  national  existence.  The  civil  record  of  Xew  York  reveals  a  gradual  change 
from  a  condition  of  vassalage  to  moro  than  kingly  power.  The  process  of  eman- 
cipation was  a  lesson  to  victors  as  well  as  vanquished.  Arbitrary  and  extreme 
measures  by  both  parties  have  been  checked  by  conservatism,  and  so  originated 
parties  whose  political  camp.aiiius  have  been  marked  by  periods  of  great  excite- 
ment, followed  by  me;i3nre.s  subservient  to  the  public  good. 

Civil  government  was  established  by  the  Dutch  in  lii21,  and,  in  lOiJO,  .Vew 
York,  then  Xew  Netherlands,  received  her  first  governor,  in  the  person  of  Wouter 
Van  Twiller.  From  lCG-1 — the  date  of  the  surrender  of  the  province  to  tin- 
English— up  to  16S3,  James,  the  Duke  of  York,  was  sole  ruler.     He  appointed 

The  first  Knglish  legislative  assembly  w.-is  organized  in  IbUI,  and  by  that  body 
H  i^le  of  rules  was  formed  in  accordance  with  eidargtd  powers.  The  pvovince 
was  divided  into  nine  counties,  and  the  House  consisted  of  seventeen  delegates. 
.\n  act  of  assembly  for  a  national  church,  passed  in  1(J03.  w.as  received  with 
discontent,  and  taught  the  necessity  of  perfect  religious  freedom,  but  entirely  dis- 
connected with  affairs  of  state.  A  second  assembly  convened  in  170S.  En- 
croachments upon  popular  rights,  by'the  royal  governors,  paved  the  way  for  their 
loss  of  influence  and  speedy  downfall  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution. 
On  -\pril  20,  1777,  was  formed,  and  adopted  by  a  conventron  of  delegates,  a 
State  constitution.     \  first  session  was  attempted  at  Kingston,  September  1, 

in  1778,  at  Poughkeepsie,  and  annually  continued  thereafter  Features  of  the 
constitution  were  obnoxious  to  the  people,  since  it  was  framed  after,  the  provis- 
ions of  arbitrary  power,  and  changes  were  demanded  as  the  neccs.^ity  became  ap-  ■ 
parent.  A  getieral  organization  act  was  passed,  by  the  legijlature  on  .March  7. 
17S8,  at  which  date  the  entire  State  w.'is  divi  led  into  fourteen  counties,  and  thrse 
were  subdivided  by  the  organization  of  tonus,  varying  inversi'ly  in  area  as  the  (Kqui- 
lation  was  denser.  Xew  diiisions  were  nwde  in  1>01,  making  thirty  counties  and 
two  hundred  and  eighty-six  towns.  •  The  legislature  passed  an  act,  in  Viid,  rccom- 

had  in  --^.pril,  1821,  which  resulted  in  a  majority  of  7li,4-l5  for  the  convention, 
which  assembled  iu  ^\lbauy,  -Vugust  28,  concluded  its  labors,  and  adjourned  Xo- 
vember  2S,  1821.  The  member  of  the  convention  from  Jlonroc  was  John  Row- 
man.  The  new  constitution  was  adopted  at  an  election  held  in  February.  lr?22. 
Xotable  changea  were  relative  to  a  council  of 'revision  and  appointment  and 
elective  franchise.  The  council  of  revision,  assimnnir  to  act  as  a  thiixl  legislative 
body,  contrary  to  the  constitution,  was  abolished  without  di.--ent.  It  had  rendered 
itself  obnoxious  through  the  personal  ami  partisan  character  of  its  appoititments. 
The  powers  of  both  remaining  councils  were  modified  and  restricted.  Elective 
franchise  was  further  extended,  and  many  offices,  till  then  vested  in  afipointmeut, 
were  made  elective,  and  solf-rule  became  a  verity. 

We  give  in  the  following  a  civiHist  of  various  incumbents  r,pres.-nting  the 
interests  of  Monroe  County  at  home,  at  Albany,  and  at  \\"3sluie.:o.n.  Oomty 
superintendent-s  of  schools  were,  by  act  of  -Vpril  17.  184;^.  .q.pnintL-d  by  tli.^  h->.ird' 
of  supervisors.  The  appointed  in  Monroe  were  Henry  E.  Reehe-rcr  imd  Alc\- 
inder  Mann.  The  office  was  ub..li>hcd  Match  IM,  1817.  Tin-  roostuMti..n  of 
1S21  provided  for  a  division  of  the  St.itc  into  circuit  court  districts,  and  by  act  of 
April  17,  1823,  eight  circuits  were  formed,  and  a  circuit  judge  appointed  to  each. 
Addison  Gardiner,  of  Uoehester,  was  appointed  September  2'.i,  1S21I.  liir  the 
eighth  circuit,  consisting  of  .\.llegauy,  Erie,  Chautauque,  .Monroe,  GencM'C.  and 


t,.d  for 


idcfiiiii 


|.ri..ds. 


I.s.  M,. 


Surrogates  under  the  first  constitution  we 
and  appeals  from  their  dei:islons  were  directed  to  ei.urts  of  pr 
By  the  second  constittition.  appointmtnrs  v.-stcJ  with  the  go' 
for  four  years,  and  appeal  bay  with  the  ehain-ellor.  The  surp". 
1847  we're:  Elisha  Ely,  appointed  March  1".  H-'I  ;  Drrin  ¥.. 
1823;  Martm  K.  Delano,  April  ?,».  ISO.');  Enos  Poraei..y,  .l.omary  2'J.  IS  In, 
Mortimer  F.' Delano,  .I.muary  2LI,  ISH,  and  Sime.m  B.  Jcwett.  18(0. 

The  first  judges  in  the  court  of  common  plc:i.s  were  cntinu^d  rr,.ui  thecdoniJ 
p,Tio.l.  Tho^'  in  .Monroe,  fn.ni  M.ireh  .'.,  HJl,  to  l-sl7.  wee;  Kii-lu  B  Strong, 
Ashley  Sampson,  two  terms;   .Moses  Chapin.  S;ioioel   I,.  Seld.  o,  aud   I'alriik  C. 


liuebau. 
i  The  State  iegi.sl.,turc 

I        part  of  the  eighth  sena 


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form.'d 

""'y 


HISTORY   or   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


3D 


ircre:  Joseph  Spencer,  182ii;  Juhii  B«'\ 
FreJiTiek  V.  Baclius,  ISU-IT.  Mii 
to  1S47,  were:  \athiiiil._-l  Kuilrjsrcr  w 
Johi;  B-owman,  Sf.,muil  b.  Uru.iley,  j! 
Smith,  and  Enoa  St..ne,  lS2-i  ;  Liu?,! 


■  Mni.r, 


i  of  iiswnil.ly  ti.r  t!:o 

•rveJ  in  lli..^  ibrtj-Olth  session  r.f  1S22; 

Stune.  ISJa;  Peter  Price,  .M.jor  H. 

Clark.  HiMirv  Fellows.  :,n.i  Thurlow 


Weed,  1S25;  Ilcnry  Fellows,  [saae  Licey,  ;uij  A'inccnt  .Maihews.  IS.'i; ;  Peter 
Price,  AbolarJ  KcynoMs,  and  Joseph  Sibley,  ISJT  ;  Tinioihy  Chilas,  Ezra  SI)eldon, 
Jr..  und  KraneU'StoriQ,  1SJ3 ;  Jolm  G.irhutt,  I!-i,.m '  Norton,  and  Ileubcn 
Willey,  182U;  Ezra  :<lalJon,  Jr.,  Joa.-ph  It.nJ.dl. -nd  Thurloir  Wei-d,  1830; 
Samuel  G.  Andrews,  Is:lic  L;u-ey,  and  Peter. Price,  1831;  !>amu<l  G.  Andrews, 
Ir»  Bellowj,  and  Williain  B.  Brown,  1332;  Timotiiy  C'hildi.  Levi  Pond,  and 
Milton  Sheldon,  1833  ;  Elihu  Church,  Fletcher  -M.  H.iight,  and  Jeremy  .S.  Stone, 
1834;  Qeorox  Brown,  Deriek  Sibley,  and  EiiiK-h  Stronir,  1S3.T  ;  Horace  Gay, 
Micajah  W.  Kirby,  .ind  Joseph  Sibley,  1S3C;  Levi  Russell.  D.  Sibley,  and  Silas 
Walker,  1837;  John  P.  P.ittcrson,  Ezr.i  Sh.>ldon,  Jr.,  and  D.  Sibley,  1838; 
■William  S.  Bishop,  Henry  P.  Norton,  and  John  P.  Stuil.  l.^SO  ;  George  Brown, 

D.  Sibley,  and  E.  Stron;.-,  IS-tO  ;  Alexander  Ivclscy,  Lucius  Lilley,  and  E.  Strong, 
1841;  Henry  K.  Hi-frins,  Frederick  Starr,  and  Gcor-e  S.  Stone,  1842;  Jerome 
Fuller,  r,.,b,'rt  H,.i;,-ht,  und  K  Stvoi.g.  1S43;  Aihioy  S-.n.pson.  .Mc-.-s  Spcrr^-,  and 
Edward  Wadhau.s,  1.S41;  William  C.  Blos.s,  Job,.  .McVean,  rs.iac  T.  Raymond. 
1845;  Maihias  L.  An^-le,  William  C.  Bloss,  and  James  B.  Thompson,' 1846 ; 

■  W.  C.  Bloss,  John  McGone-al,  and  John  B.  Smith.  1S47. 

The  office  of  district  attorney  was  created  April  4,  1801,  and  by  act  of  181S 
each  county  was  constituted  a  separate  district.  The  following  served  till  134"  ; 
Timothy  Child.",  1821;  Vincent  Matthews.  1831;  Hector  L.  Stevens.  1831; 
Horace  Gay,  1836;  Abner  Pratt,  1836;  Jasper  W.  Gilbert,  1*43;  and  Nicholas 

E.  Paine,  1846.  ■   ' 
County  Officers,  1821  lo  1847.— It  was  made  the  duty  of  the  onnnty  clerk  to 

keep  the  county  records.  The  term  was  three  years.  The  incumbents  were  Na- 
thaniel Eochester,  1821";  Elisba  Ely,  1822;  Simon  Stone  (•2d),  1825;  Wm. 
Graves,  1828;  Leonard  Adams,  1831;  Samuel  G.  .\d.im3,  1834;  Epbr;.im  Goss, 
1837;  James  W.  Smith,  1S4I) ;  and  Charles  J.  Hill,  1843.  Sheriffs  were 
appointed  annually  by  the  council  of  appointment,  and  none  were  eligiblu  after 
four  years'  consecutive  service.  Ke  could  hold  no  other  office,  and  must  bo  a  free- 
holder of  the  coufity.  ■  According  to  the  second  coustiHition,  sheriffs  were  elected 
for  three  years,  and  were  ineligible  for  the  succeeding,  term.  The  sheriffs  of 
Monroe  till  1847  were:  James  S^mour,  March  7, '1021  ;  John  T.  Patterson, 
1822;  James  Seymour,  1825  ;  James  K.  Livingston,  1828;  Ezra  M.  P.i:-soo3, 
1831.;  Elias  Pond,  1834;  Dariiui  Perrin,  1837  ;  Charles  S.  Pardee,  1840;  and 
Hiram  Sibley,  1343. 

The  Federal  Congress  meeta  annually  on  the  6rst  Monday  in  Peevmber.  It  is 
provided  by  the  constitution  that  each  State  leirislature  shall  cho<isc  two  senators, 
whose  term  of  office  is  six  years.     For  the  period  considered  Monroe  furnished 

The  representatives  in  Congress  are  composed  of  members  elected  by  districts. 
Each  new  Congress  k'gins  on  the  4th  of  March  every  odd  year.  The  term  of 
office  is  two  ycai^.  Apportionment  of  representation  is  determinc<l  by  the  re- 
sults of  a  cemsus  taken  every  ten  years.  The  apportionment  of  New  York  Kgin- 
ning  1789,  ratio  30,000,  was  8i.x ;  17D2,  ratio  33,000,  ten,  1S02.  ratio  33,ii00, 
seventeen;  1811,  ratio  25,000,  twenry-scven ;  1822,  ratio  40.000,  thirty-four; 
1832,  ratio  47,000,  forty;  and  1842,  ratio  70,680,  thirty-tour.  On  on;auiz..tion, 
Monroe  belonged  to  the  Tivcnly-lirot  di.slrict.  compa-.L-d  of  Allegany.  Cattaraugus. 
Chautau(|ne,  Erie,  Gonosee,  Livi ngston,  Monroe,  Niavnira.  and  Ontario.  Keprcsented 
in  the  Seventeenth  Congress  by  Wm.  B.  Rochester  and  Elijah  Spencer.  By  act 
of  1812,  Monroe  and  Livingston  were  constituted  the  Tnenty-sevcoth  district. 
Moses  Ilaydcn,  1823-27;  Panicl  U.  Barnard,  1.S27-23;  and  Timothy  Childs, 
1829-31.  By  act  of  June  2U,  lS:;i,  Monroe  vv.os  conslitute.1  tlic  Tw.  nty-iighth 
district,  and  rcpre'scnted  by  Fri'dcrick  Whittlesey,  lSo3-35;  George  \^'.  Say,. 
1835-37;  Timothy  Childs,  1837-30;  Th.una.'  Kcmp'hall.  1839-41  ;  and  by 
Childs  again,  1341-43;  Tlmmiia  J.  Patterson  and  Levi  D.  Carpenter.  I84:^-^,5'; 
»nd  Elias  B.  Holmes,  184.>— 17.  Proiidenliid  electors  are  cho.-H.'n  by  lencnil  ticket. 
■Dd  their  number  is  cijual  to  that  of  s*'nators  and  representatives  iti  Con::res.s. 
One  person  is  selected  from  each  Congressional  district,  and  two  from  the  ."state  at 
large.  The  elect..ral  college  m.-ets  at  Albany  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  LX-eera- 
ber,  cast  their  votes  for  Pre^iilent  and  Viee-I'residout.  and  forward  the  result  to 
the  president  of  the  sinate.  The  electors  Iron.  .Monroe  have  been  Jos,ph  Sil.lev 
»nd  F:iisha  B.  Stronc;,  lsi2t;  James  D.  Garnsey,  IS2S;  Ahlel  B.ddwin,  1832'; 
Joscplj  Sibley,  IS.iii:  Wm.  Garbutt,  ISIO;  and  Klisha  .Ldm.son,  1814. 

We  have  iuilicated  the  ass,im|,lion  of  direct  control  by  the  people  fmm  timcto 
time,  and  the  ch.inges  of  constitution  presint  jnarked  periwbf.  A  ciuivention  fur 
a  new  constitution,  to  prnviile  li.r  popular  el,  -lion  in  place  of  govtrnora'  appoint- 
ments was  held  in  1846,    The  delegates  from  yu  nroe  were  Fa-derick  F.  Backus, 


Enoch  .Strong,  and  Harry  Caelvu^.  .Vm.-ng  .sit.,,,,  <  J^elais  t'rom  Monroe  were 
Henry  R.  SelSen,  iicutenant-gurernor,  IS.'iO.  T'lcm.;-  U.iincs.  trea.surer,  !.s71. 
and  re-elected  1873.  Canal  couiLnissiooer.  John  D.  I'.iy,  1607,  re-elected  !,s70. 
Superintendent  of  banUni:  department.  Be  ^Vitt  C.  Ellis,  l^.o3.  Insurance  su. 
perintcndcnt,  Ge'jrge  W.  Miller,  1870.  Regents  of  the  university.  Rev.  Samuel 
Lucky.  D.D.,  IS  \7,  and  Horatio  G.  Warner,  1871. 

School  commissioners  have  been  elected  since  l's59.  The  followin'.-  have 
served:  Alonzo  J.  Howe,  John  T.  Brnwn,  Henry  H.  Sperry.  William  W.  .Nb.rsh, 
Luther  Curtice,  ^Vm.  E.  Edmunds,  Wm.  H.  Bowman,  John  R.  Garretsee,  do-eph 

A.  Tozier,  Franklin  B.-Garlock,  George  W.  Sin.e,  S.  A.  Ellis.  E.lward  .V.  .Me- 
Math.  The  officers  for  term  begiutiing  1875  arc  W.  Francis  Hardiek  and  Allen 
J.  Ketchiim.  Judges  of  the  court  of  appeals,  Addi.son  Gardner,  1 847- 1  .<.").")  , 
Samuel  S.  Seldon,  1S5.-);  and  Henry  R.  Seldon,  1862  and  1S65.  The  jud-,-,-  of 
the  supreme  court  from  Monroe  in  the  seventi:4'nth  district  were  Samuel  S.  Srlden. 

;  1847-1855;  E.  Oarwin  Smith,  18:-.5  and  1862.  Surrogates  since  l^lll  have 
been  elected  in  counties  where  the  population  exeeed-s  forty  thousand,  flo;  t.rni 
i  is  four  year^."  The  following  have  served:  Jloses  Sperry,  1847;  I)e.,r„n  G 
!  Stewart,  1831  and  1S67;  Henry  P.  Norton,  1855;  AltW_(i_>Ju.Ure,  I  SOU, 
i        Wm.  P.  Chase,  1863  ;  and  for  1871 ,  W.  Dean  Shunrt. 

•  County  judges  have  jurisdiction  in  action  of  debt  to  two  thousand  dollars  :  triss- 

'  C  pass,  to  five  hundred  dollars ;  and  replevin  suits,  one  thousand  dollars.  Ter>ure  of 
1       office  is  six  years.    Incumbents  of  the  office  in  Monroe  have  been  Patrick  ( i.  Bn- 

■^  chan,  1847  ;  Harvey  Humphrey,  1851 ;  George  G.  Munger,  1S5.J  ;  John  (.'  Cliu- 
:  '     masero,  1859,  re-elected  1863;  Jenmic  Fuller,  1837  .  and  Jerome  Fuller,  1S72. 

*5  There  are  thirty-two  s-;natorial  districts  und.'r  the  constitution  of  1846.  iMon- 
j       roe,  the  twenty-seventh,  sent  Jerome  Fuller  to  the  legislature  in  1848  ;  Samuel 

V  ^Iiller,  1S50  ;  Micajah  W.  Kirby,  1852 ;  William  S.  Bishop,  1854  ;  and  John  E. 
i  Patterson,  1856-59.  Under  act  of  1857  .^Ionroe  became  the  forty-eighth  dis- 
I*  trict,  and  elected  Ephraim  Goss  in  1?B0;  Lysandcr  Farrar,  1862;  George  G. 
'  Munger,  1864;  Thomas  P.ir-ons,  1866;  Irfwis  11.  .Morgan,  1S68;  Jarvis  I^rJ. 
1        1870-74  ;  and  Wm.  N.  Emerson,  present  mcumbeut. 

I  Monroe  has  three  assembly  districts,  of  which  the  city  of  Rochester  constitutes 

i  the  second.  The  following  IL-t  is  given  for  reference:  Ezra  Sheldon,  A.  .M. 
j  Schermerhorn,  and  Isaac  Cba.sc,  Jr.,  1848;  Levi  Kelsoy,  L.  Ward  Smith,  and 
j  Elisha  Harmon,  1849;  M.. Pay"  Hicks,  L.  W.  Smith,  and  E.  Ilaimou.  l^M, 
.  Nathaniel  H.  Fordyee,  Wiruam  A.  Fiizhugh,  and  Caleb  B.  Coiser,  1851 ;  ./..in, 
'  Shoecraft,  .loel  P.  Mlilimr,  and  C.  B.  Coracr,  1S52;  Lyman  Payne,  Orlando 
I        Hastin23.  and  James  0.  Pottingni,  1?53 ;  L.  Payne.  James  S.  Angle,  and  .Uiay 

B.  H.)ldri(L-e.  liji  ;  Benjaniiii  Smith,  .John  W.  Stebbins,  and  N'.  P.  Stantoo,  Jr., 
[       1855;  B.  Smith,  F:iii,haz  Tiimmer.  and  Josi-pli   llewey,   1856;    Jeremiah  .<. 

Baker,  John  S.  Uaccy,  and  Robert  Staples,  1857  ;  Jarvis  Lord,  Thomas  P.iis..n-. 
i  and  Robert  Staples.  i,s5S;  Han^ison  A.  Lyon,  Elias  Pond,  and  Alphonso  IVny. 
!.,  l.-.^O;  Thomas  J.  Jeffords.  E.  Pond,  and  .\.  Perry,  1860 ;  .>taitin  Roberts.  Leuis 
I  ^  H.  Mor.-an,  and  lienj.  R.  Wells,  1861  ;  geor-e  E.  McGoiieg-.d,  E.  Trimmer,  and 
!  B.  R.  Wells,  1862;  r,.  K  MeGonegid,  E.  Trimmer,  and  Wm.  BroHu.  l.-i6:i; 
l"  Fairchild  Andru.,,  John  McConviU,  and  Wm.  Rankin,  1S64-65;  F,  Anonis. 
I  Henry  R.  Seldon,  and  Abner  I.  W.wd.  1866 :  J.  Lord.  Henry  Cril.ben,  and  A.  T. 
j-  Wood,  1867  ;  John  M.  Davis,  N.  C.  Bradstrcct,  and  A.  I.  W.v.d,  186S ;  CleuK-s  ' 
j  S.  Wright,  N.  C.  Bradstreet.  and  Andrew  J.  IL.ndall,  1869  ;  C.  S.  Wri^f.t,  James 
j  S.  Graham,  and  Volney  P.  Brown.  1870 ;  Richard  D.  Cle.  Geor-o  D.  L.rd,  and 
I  V,  P.  Brown,  1371  ;  George  A.  Gc-s,  G.  D.  J^ortl,  and  Leonard  Burtitr.  l.sT2  : 
I  G.  A.  Goss,  Henry  L.  Fish,  and  L.  Burritt,  1873;  G.  A.  Gos-s.  Geop.-c  T.iylor. 
j  and  L.  Burritt,  1874;  Richard  D.  CIc,  George  T.iylor,  and  Josi.ih  lUch,  1875; 
I  and  Willard  Hodges,  James  S.  Gr.diam,  and  Herman  Glass,  in  1876. 
I  There  are  elected  in  e;ich  county  a  district  attorney,  sheriff,  clerk,  and  treusunT. 

'  Besides  these  arc  coroners,  superintendents  of  the  poor,  and  board  of  supervisors. 
I        Term  of  office  is  for  three  years. 

'  District  A/lnriui/::—\\m.  S.  Bishop,  1847;  -Martin  S.  Newton,  Edward  .\. 

I        R.ayinond,  Calvin  Hiison,  Joseph  A.  StuU,  William  II.  Bowman,  Christopher  C. 

Davison,  John  M.  Davy,  and  George  Raines,  twn  teriin. 
]  Coiinly  Cfcr/b.— John  C.  Nash,  1846;  John  S.  Lacey,  W.  B.  Williams,  Wil- 

i       liam  N.  Sage,  D.  D.  S.  Brown.  Joseph  Cochrane,  George  H.  Barry,  Cli.irles  J. 


Powers,  Alonzo  L.  Mabhett.  John  H.  Wilson. 

S/ienVTs.— Ge.)n.;e  Hart,  1816;  Oet:ivius  P.  Chamberlain,  Cbauneey  fi.  Wo.J- 
worth,  .-Vlcwnder  Babeock.  Hiram  Smith,  James  If.  Warren,  Alonzo  Clupnian. 
C.deb  Moore,  Isxic  V.  Sutherland,  1869  ;  Jose-ph  U.  Campbell,  Charles  S.  Camp- 
bell, and  Henry  E.  Richmond. 

T'frn.tnrjrs.— Lewis  Selye,  1848  and  185  4;  Willi.im  H.  Perkins,  1851  ;  .ra.son 
Baker,  18lj7  ,  George  N.  Deming,  lb66  ;  Cbarle-s  P.  Achilles,  1872;  jnd  James 
Harris. 

Con_;rc.Ml'oau/  /Jr/irfjrn.'n/uv».— Monn*  w.as  Twenty-ninth  .listriet  from  1S51 
to  1862.  and  wa.s  represented  by  Robert  S.  Rose,  1847-51  ;  Jedcdi;di  Horseford, 


^^^^/  ^.^^^  ^..:  ^m-if-y-^.^^J^  -/.. 


HISTOrvY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YOllK. 


1851-53;  Ai-inali  Unu^y,  IS.:.:!,  Havi 
resigned;  John  \Villi;,ms,  \<:,:,-:u  ■  S,, 
Ely,  1859-63.  MMumc  and  UrltMns  co 
18G2  to  lti73,  with  Iwllnwin-  reprcs^nt-it 
Hart,  1365-67  ;  Lswia  rielye,  ISCT-UU 
man  Clartc,  1  ST  1-73.  In  lr<73  tliu 
district,  with  Geor^.  G.  Hoskins,  1S73- 

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tioQ  prevails  at  pre.^i_'nt  in  cntnp:iri><:-n.  w 
sod  the  eicitcioi-nt  of  fMni.pr  [«ilitic-.d 
constitutiou  of  the  U.iiicd  .^t^tes,  the  ■ 
gated  to  the  federal  guvcrnm<nt  created 


formed  bearinj;  the  names  llepnbli 
strict,  and  the  latter  to  enlarL'i».  nati. 
interests  of  the  Federal  party  in  IS 
Edos  Stone.  Of  the"  Republicans 
Henry  Fellows,  and  James  K.  Livi 
Clinton  two  thousand  five  hundred 


(■.iMieiller,   electl-d    ill    place   of    Boodv, 

r,„el  i;    .\M.lrrws  lS57-.^;i;  and  Alfred 

stilnled  the  Twcuty-ci-hth  district  fiom 

>n  :  Freeman  Clarke,  l-iG3-U5  ;  Kuswell 

.V.«.h  Davis,  Jr.,  lSUU-71;  and  Frce- 

lauie  counties  were  made  the  Thirtieth 

75,  and  John  M.  Davy. 

eveals  the  fact  that  a  de;-'ree  of  mo<lera- 

witiv  the  -severe  language,  the  denunciation, 

l1  camj'ai'jnH.      Upon  the  adoptinn  of  the 

■  {uestli,n  of  what  powers  should  he  dele- 

d  a  divi-'ion  of  sentiment,  and  jtarties  were 

and  Fedei 


lized  in  the  canal 
ca.-iurcs  fur  build- 
upon  the  under- 


The  former  desired  to  re- 
d  prenvjativcs.  Amoni;  thase  active  in  the 
were  Derick  Sihley,  James  Seymour,  and 
!re  Thurl.nv  Weed.'ono  of  the  'old  school, 
ston.  The  rote  for  s^nvernor  trave  De  Witt 
d  fourteen  vote-j ;  Jjamucl  Younjr,  one  thou- 

canal  (be^nin  in  1S17  and  completc<l  in  l^'Jo  '  created  a  divi.^iun  of  seTitiment  re- 
garding the  feitsibility  of  the  underlakii-'.  A  party  who  rce. 
a  great  work  of  internal  improvement,  heartily  sup|RirteJ  the 
ing,  and  were  termed  Clintonians.  Another  party,  who  look 
taking  as  chimeric-.d,  stronjily  opposed  '•  tax  for  the  bi^  ditch,"  and  took  the  name 
"Bucktails."  The  pre-rs  and  politicians  were  decided  in  their  expressions,  and 
party  spirit  running  high,  a  virulence  of  language  prevailed  which  ^ -"ms  intem- 
perate and  revolutionary  in  ciimpanson  with  the  present.  A  diversion  was  created 
during  the  summer  of  1S26  by  the  '•  Mors^in  excitement."  In  brief,  one  Willtam 
Morgan,  of  Batavia.  began  a  w.,rk  exposing  the  secrets  of  Freemasonry.  It  was 
to  be  pablished  by  David  C.  Miller.  Various  efforts  were  made  to  snpnr-.;  tl.e 
manuscript.  Morgan  was  taken  to  Canandaigua  and  lodged  in  jail.  lie  was 
then  ubductcd,  driven  towards  Rochester,  and  disappeared.  Ills  fate  is  involved 
in  mystery.  Belief  iii  an  existing  strong  oath-bound  society  enrolling  citizens  of 
high  civil  rank,  and  exercising  jnri.sdiction  over  human  life,  aroused  apprehension, 
€xcited  animosity,  and  caused  the  organization  of  an  Anti-Masonic  party  throughout 
the  State.  The  press  discussed  the  question  with  strong  feeling  ;  members  of  the 
order  seceded,  lodges  were  broken  up,  and  the  society  temporarily  disappeared. 

Later  arose  the  questions  of  tariff  and  currency.  .  The  Whig  parly  was  derived 
from  the  Anti-Masonic  opgani.^ation,  while  the  opposition  became  known  as  Demo- 
cratic. The  language  of  the  press  in  1840  is  indicated  by  the  fjllowing  extract 
from  an  editorial :  "  The  question  remains  whether  we  shall  commit  this  young 
nation  to  the  tender  mercies  of  a  national  bank,  a  high  protective  tariff,  an  in- 
definite internal  revenue  system. — the  whoje  rendered  lasting  by  contracting  an 
enormous  and  ever-increasing  public  debt,  wresting  power  and  wealth  from  the 
people  and  centering  it  in  the  hands  of  a  few."  Among  Whigs  of  that  time 
were  William  Pitkin,  Isa;ic  Lacey,  and  Eli.cs  P.md.  The  Democr.itic  candidates 
for  assembly  for  1S40  were  K.  Henry  B.onard,  Samuel  Baylisi,  and  J.jsiah 
Howell.  The  county  cast  eleven  thousand  one  hundred  and  forty-four  votes. 
For  Congress,  Timothy  Childs,  Whig,  received  si.K  thousand  and.  tifty-two  votes, 
and  Lyman  B.  Langworthy  five  thousand  and  ninety-two.— being  a  Whig  ma- 
jority of  one  thousand  five  hundred  a?id  forty-five.  The  history  of  Rochester 
recalls  the  influential  part  borne  by  h'.T  ciii/i ns  in  the  consideration  and  control 
of  State  and  national  affairs.  The  Hon.  John  Qnincy  Ad.nns  reccive.1  from 
Monroe  his  first  nomination  to  the  presidency.  Tlie  names  of  Ganliner,  Sclden, 
Gumming,  and  Carter,  of  Barnard.  Oivode,  and  Weed,  are  honored  for  the 
memories  of  their  eminent  ability  and  rank  in  the  p.-tst.  The  name  of  Thurlow 
Weed  recalls  one  who  made  himsell'  kn.orn  and  felt  in  every  village  and  city  in 
the  nation,- — a  man  g::nial  in  spirit,  powerful  in  exppission,  and  a  bu.sy  actor  on 
the  public  stage. 

The  stirring  and  radical  chan'-es  since  Is.il.  still  progr.ssing,  are  viewed  with 
the  same  patriotic  spirit  from  different  stand  ]Htints,  and  find  abb-  champion: 
whom  itwoidd  seem  invidious  to  name.  The  county  is  fully  recognized  as  Kep 
lican,  the  strength  of  which  party,  c^mparesi  with  the  Uemocnitic,  is  illnstmted 
by  the  popular  vote  of  1.S75  fur  ."secretary  of  rotate.  In  the  general  election  held 
in  Monroe  on  November  li,  l'<7:.,  Fr.  derick  W  .-Vward  received  ebven  thnu.s.ind 
one  hundred  and  scvcnty-fivc  votes.  John  Bi-elow  eijht  tlinn-and  eight  hun- 
dred and  eigllty-five  votes.  Geor.-c  B.  Ihr-inberre,  Prohibition  e-andidato.  two 
■  ■        "  nn  a  total  of  twenty 

<73  the   Democratic 
V.  and  in   l.-^74.  for 


handr«d 

and  f. 

rtv-sevcn 

vnte.s,  an 

tt.n 

n-,  t 

.rty-five,  fr 

thou-sand 

three 

hundred 

and   Hftv- 

w.. 

vol, 

P..lled.     In    1 

majority 

for  So 

retary  of 

State  w,e 

one 

hu, 

Ired 

and  .*.v,n 

governor 

three 

hundr,.l 

and   nin 

IV-l 

ns'. 

whi 

e  the    U,| 

Secretury 

of  Sta 

te  in  167 

>  was  tw, 

tllo 

S.U1 

llw. 

hundred  a 

tib-       ! 


The  fol 


this 


l.S3(),  -19.SU-J;  1810,  04,yo2 ;  I.S4J,  70,S:t'J ;  ISJO,  S7,i;50  ; 
Utj,324.  These  last  were  chLsslfied  by  color,  pe'litical  relation,  uativ 
tion  as  follows:  White,  95,335 ;  colored.  4S9  ;  voters,  17,-J72 ;  aliens, 
natives  of  the  State,  53,939  ;  of  the  United  States,  63,043  ;  and  of 
counties,  33,270;  and  of  those  over  twenty-one  who  couid  not  read  i 
2105.  ■ 

The  population  of  towns  for  semi-decades  from  1860  is  shown  as  folio" 


in    1855, 
and  e\luca- 


Wbefttland., 

Total 


s,;9i 

2,sr4 

2,977 

1,930 

;.si)4 

2,96.1 

3,039 

2,923 

2,S.S0 

3,213 

3,2St 

3,S73 

2,029 

1,974 

2.215 

2,U1 

2,171 

1,999 

iO,'J40 

l,6i4 

1,699 

4,128 

4.558 
2!565 

i,I64 
2,919 
2.625 

CHAPTER    XS. 

I.NDIAX  TB.MLS — niQHWAVS — BRIDGES CONSTRCCTION  OP  THE  ERIE  O.^NAL 

CELEBRATION    VISIT    OP    LA    P.IVETTE ENL.lRaEMENT REBL'ILDING    OP 

THE  QREAT  AQIEDUCT  OVER   THE  OENESEE— THE  OESESEE  VALLET  CANAL 
— THE  CANAL  TRADE. 

'  The  avenues  of  oimmnnication  are  an  undoubted  evidence  of  the  st:ite  of 
society.  The  coovcyance  of  products,  facile  and  expeditious  connuunication.  and 
the  movement  of  armies  require  an  unobstructed  highway,  and.  in  proportion  to 


progress, 


uses,  and  the  channels  of  trade 


The  Irnqunis  had  used  for  centuries  the  narrow  paths  branching  from  a  great 
western  trail,  and  in  movements  upon  their  foes  traversed  the  streams  and  studied 
strategy  and  ambuscide.  Not  so  the  Romans  of  old,  whose  broad  stnne-ways  have 
survived  to  remind  us  of  their  power  and  grcatnes.s.  Mexican  causeways,  Peruvian 
roads,  and  the  canals  of  the  cast,  attest  the  vigor  of  national  life,  and  whatsoever 
remains  is  upon  a  scale  immense  and  endurinir,  indicative  of  indefinite  perio«ls  of 
construction  and  the  employment  of  ma.sses  of  population,     ^\'hatever  may  haye 


,3ted 


wha 


litch  of  grcatnes.s 
I  worl.l  to  claim  pvi 


have 


or  the  old  Albany  turnpike.  The  trail  tlirongh  the  fiircst  and  the  light  canoe 
upon  the  hflce  and  river  were  ample  for  the  aborigine,  and  equal  to  his  capacity. 
When  the  European  first  trod  the  country  of  tlio  Seneca  Ii-nquoU  he  foand  narrow, 
well-be:itcn  trails  traversing  the  forests  in  various  directions.  Between  villages, 
they  showed  frequent  communication,  and  led  away  to  other  tribes  or  lost  them- 
selves at  the  borders  ..f  favorite  hooting  and  fishing  grounds.  A  well-known 
ancient  trail  led  from  the  valleys  of  the  Ilud.-on  and  .^lohawk,  on  ihrouih  C'anna- 
daigua,  to  the  Genesee  river  at  Avfin;  there  crossing,  it  bore  .southward  to  a  village 
and  then  northwest  to  Caledonia.  It  erossiil  Allen's  creek  at  I.e  Roy,  Ulack 
creek  at  St;iffnnl.  reached  the  banks  of  the  Tonawanda  above  IJ  itavia.  and  con- 
linucd  wcstw.ard  to  the  Niagara.  This  w.x«  the  main  trail  to  Canada.  The 
Ontario  trail.  ori',-inatin'_'  at  Oswego,  came  upon  the  Rid^e  road  at  [r.mdequoit  bay. 
"  It  turned  up  the  bay  to  its  he.ad.  where  a  branch  trail  went  to  Canandaigua. 
Turning  west,  it  crossed  the  (ien.'se,-  at  the  aqueduct.  pa.s3e<l  diwn  t!ie  river  to 
the  r.idse  road,  and  thence  to  the  we^t  line  e,f  Harllaml,  Nia'.-ara  county,  where 
it  diverged  .southwest,"  and  at  ('..Id  Sprin.-s  formcil  a  jnnrti.m  with  tli.-  .Via..;ara 
trail.     .\t  points  along  this  pathway,  worn  de.p  in  the  soil,  latcrj  trails  led  off 


HISTOUY   OF   .MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW   YORK:. 


lo  corn-field,  orchard,  villu^-e,  and  lake.  Westward  from  All.uny  came  the  t'on' 
nectieuC  and  M-i-iachua'-tta  sctl'jri  aioni;  tiie  windings  otthe  old  tiud,  from  nliich 
the  brush  wm  cue  away  to  aJi:iit  the  i  i^-.ige  ot'«led  and  cart.  The  ravines  were 
dyked,  the  streams  briJuTd,  and  t'.jrrics,  rude  and  unvti.ldy,  creased  the  Cayu.-a 
lake.  In  17U2  but  lour  fanuUcs  rt.-idcd  on  the  road  from  L'auandavjua  to  the 
Gene*?©  river,  and  Indians  were  the  piinelpal  travelers,  as  tiiey  li.id  been  tor  cen- 
turies. On  March  2i,  17U-1,  three  coinn.i-sioners  were  duly  ai'poiuteU  and  ieirally 
authorized  to  lay  out  a  road  iVum  1,'tica  ot*  to-tiay  to  Cavu-.'n  Icrry,  thence  to 
Canaiidai'jua,  and  thence  to  Avon  on  the  Genesee,  where  wa.s  erecteti  the  first 
brid^-e  to  span  the  stream.  It  vfas  contraeted.  The  road  was  to  be  ;i.s  direct  as 
possible,  and  one  hundred  feet  wide.  The  !ci4:islaturc  appropriated  $3001)  from 
the  saie  of  military  lauds  for  a  road  throui^h  that  tract,  and  ;^To"U  Ibr  expendi- 
ture upon  the  p<.irtion3  east  and  west  of  the  tract.  This  tract  wa.-i  lou<r  known  as 
the  "State  road,"  and  was  auxiliary  to  tlie  settlement  of  western  New  York,  it 
waa  (wid  by  Colonel  WilliamsoD  that  "  tiiis  road  wa.s  so  much  used  in  IT'JT  by 
people  on  busiucss,  or  by  those  whom  curio^iity  had  led  to  visit  the  FalU  of 
Niagara,  that  a  slalion  wivs  fixed  at  the  Big  Plains  (thirty-ci^ht  miles  west  of 
tlia  Goiijs^^v.')  ft  J'rlit-r  tr'treirr<ty  >;ome  fifty  families  had  soon  settled  aloui:  the 
road,  and  it  was  anticipated  that  it  woidd  not  be, long  beiore  there  wouid  exist 
one  continued  settlement  from  old  Fort  .Sohuylcr  to  the  (ienesee.  The  people 
turned  out  to  work  the  road,  and  so  far  improved  it  that  stagiucr  began  September 
30, 1797.  A  stage  left  Utica  on  the  date  ^iven,  and  arrived  with  four  passengers 
at  Creoeva  at  the  close  of  the  third  day.  Through  the  ensuing  winter  two  stai^es 
ran  from  C^nindaigua  to  Albany  weekly.  An  act  was  passed,  prior  to  ISl'O,  by 
which  the  State  road  was  to  be  made  a  turnpike,  and  an  estimate  of  $1UUI}  per 
mile  made. 

In  1800,  a  road  four  rotis  wide  was  cut  out  from  the  Genesee,  at  Avon,  to  Le 
Boy,  a  distance  of  twelve  miles.  During  this  year  a  new  ru.id  was  begun  and 
completed  in  part,  from  Buffalo  westward,  to  connect  with  the  one  terminating  at 
Le  Roy.  Agents  of  the  large  laud-holders  constructed  roads  lo  iVIIiwit*  s..Ic  and 
settlement  of  lands.  It  was  provided  by  legislative  act,  of  date  April  S,  ISOl, 
that  "carriages  or  sleighs  meeting  on  the  great  road  from  the  village  of  Utica, 
Oneida  county,  to  the  town  of  Canandar'|ue.  county  of  Outario,  the  westward- 
bound  carriages  or  sleighs  should  give  way,  under  fine  of  three  dollars."  By  the 
same  enactment,  the  Genesee  river,  from  the  great  fall  until  its  junction  with 
Canaseroga  creek,  "  was  declared  a  highway,  excepting  privilpgcd  for  building 
stores  and  docks."'  Cayuga  bridge  w.ns  begun  May,  17D0.  and  was  in  use  by  the 
&11  of  ISOO.  Its  length  was  a  mile  and  a  r|uart>r,  its  width  permuted  the  pass- 
age of  three  wagons  abreast,  and  its  cost  was  one  hundred  and  tilty  thousand  dol- 
lars. Other  bridges  built  at  that  point  by  companies  proved  very  remunerative. 
In  1804,  three  commissioners,.  Grover  Smith,  John  Swift,  and  John  Ellis,  were 
appoinU-d  to  survey  and  lay  off  a  highway  full  four  rods  wide  from  Saline,  Onon- 
daga c<.'unty,  "  to  the  northwest  corner  of  tlie  township  of  Galen,  theuce  through 
Palmjrra  and  Northfield,  to  or  near  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee."  The  expense  of 
the  toad  was  equally  borne  by  the  counties  through  which  it  lay.  In  the  year 
1810,  a  road  was  laid  out  by  State  authority  from  Arkport  to  Charlotte,  •'  to  con- 
nect the  navigation  of  the  Su^f|uchanna  with  Lake  Outario,  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Genesee  river."  The  eommis»iouei-s  were  Micajab  Brooks,  Matthew  Warner,  and 
Hugh  SlcXair,  who  the  same  year  laid  a  road  to  Olcan  from  Canandaigua. 
Another  highway  was  explored  and  laid  from  Hartford  ( Avun),  on  the  Genesee, 
to  New  Amsterdam  (Buffalo),  during  the  same  season. 

The  year  1812  was  marked  by  road  improvements,  and  by  the  construction  of 
the  first  bridge  at  Kuchestcr.  Its  completion  give  direction  to  roads  centering  at 
this  point,  and  called  attention  to  the  locality.  The  construction  of  the  bridge  at 
the  falls  drew  attention  to  the  Hidge  road,  one  of  the  best  of  natural  highways, 
and,  in  1813,  five  thousaud  dollars  wis  granted  by  the  Iciislaturo  for  cutting  out 
the  brush  and  bridging  the  streams  along  this  causeway  from  Rochester  to  Lewis- 
ton.  This  route,  unknown  and  impassable,  was  then  developrd,  and  multitudes 
poured  along  its  line  and  settled  upon  either  side.  Litcnil  roads  struck  out 
towards  the  lake  and  simthward,  and  a  mania  for  turnpikes  began  to  rase.  In 
1810  the  nominal  stock  in  turnpike  and  toll-brld'_'e  charters  w;i3  over  eight  mil- 
lions. All  along  the  old  Albany  road  were  heavy  wagons  drawn  by  several  teams 
ind  carrying  enormous  loads  of  grain  ;  eastward  with  produce,  westward  with 
emigration,  two  long  procc-..iiins  c-jtitiuued  to  travel.  There  was  oriirinatcd  and 
carried  forward  to  cnniplction  that  then  crowning  acliicvcment  of  an  eni-rgetic  and 
patriotic  people, — the  inaU'.;uration  of  the  cjinal  system  by  the  construction  of  the 
Erie  canal.  The  improNemcnt  of  inl-ind  navig.uion  w:u  discussed  as  early  as 
1725,  but  no  a.ti.Mi  was  taken  till  IT'.H,  >sli.n  an  ait  was-pas.-cd  dircciing  an  ex- 
ploration of  the  waters  l..tw.eo  F..rt  S(.inwii  and  Wo.id  crcrk.  Two  e.inip:inics 
were  created  bv  act  of  March  .i,   ITU.'.     One  of  ihcsc.  the  •■  W.  st,  rn   Iula..d 


of  opening  the  hfck  i 


the 


on  March  .'111,  follow! 
navigable  waters  of  th 


-  t..r  the  purpo.** 
Hudson  to  Lakes 


Ontario  and  Seneca.  General  Schuyler  was  cho&^n  president,  and  by  1T')7  the 
work  was  completed  Work  began  ut  Little  Falls,  in  17Uo.  The  canal,  three 
miles  in  extent,  had  five  locks  ;  ihat  at  German  flats  was  a  mile  and  a  quarter  long, 
and  trom  .^Iohawk  to  Wood  creek,  a  mile  and  throe-iiuarters, — a  total  of  six  miles. 
The  first  boat  p.Lv,ed  November  17,  170o.  lu  HUG  boats  reached  Oneida  lake. 
The  work  had  cost  four  hundred  thous;.iid  dullard  by  17'J7.  and  tolls  were  made 
so  high  that  l.ind  carriage  was  preferred.  The  company  wjld  its  riglits  west  to 
Seneca  bke  in  1SU8. 

The  idea  so  far  had  been  to  improve  natural  channels,  but  in  ISOO  the  possi- 
bility of  a  cinal  from  Lake  Erie  lo  the  Hudson  was  prcsentid  by  Oovernor  Mor- 
ris. He  spiAe  of  the  plan,  in  1S08,  to  Simeon  De  Witt,  who,  in  turn,  coniuiuni- 
cated  with  James  Geddes,  a  land  surveyor  of  Onondaga  county.  Mr.  Geddes 
occupied  the  summer  of  1S08  in  examinations  of  all  the  route,  save  that  portion 
lying  Knween  the  Genesee  river  and  the  head-waters  of  Mud  creek.  We  quote 
bis  language:  "In  December,  ISil.S,  I  agjin  lelt  home,  and  after  discovcriic.;  at 
the  west  end  of  Palmyra  that  singular  brook  which  divides,  running  part  to  Os- 
wego and  part  to  Irondequoit  bay,  I  leveled  from  this  spot  to  the  (icnesee  river, 
and,  to  my  great  joy  and  surprise,  found  the  level  of  the  river  so  far  elevated 
•bovo  the  spot  where  the  brooks  parted,  and  no  high  land  between.  But  to  make 
the  Genesee  river  run  down  Mud  creek,  it  must  be  got  over  the  Irondequoit  val- 
ley. After  leveling  from  my  first  line  one  and  a  h.-ilf  miles  up  the  valley,  I  found 
the  place  where  the  canal  is  Uiken  ( by  embankment  and  culvert)  across  that  stream." 
No  further  action  was  taken  till  1810,  when  Thomas  Eddy,  a  hearty  worker  for 
internal  improvement,  consulting  with  Jonas  Piatt,  of  the  senate,  induced  him  to 
prepare  a  resolution  for  the  appointment  of  seven  commissioners  to  explore  a  canal 
route  through  the  State.  The  resolution  pas.-;ed  both  houses,  and  Messrs.  Eddy 
and  Piatt  designated  Gouverneur  Morris,  De  Witt  Clinton,  Stephen  \m  Rensselaer, 
Simeon  De  Witt,  Benjamin  Walker,  Peter  B.  Porter,  and  Thomas  Eddy.  Wil- 
liam North  was  substituted  for  Mr.  Walker.  The  route  was  explored  during  the 
=n„,m»r  of  ISIO.  and  the  first  report  was  made  to  the  leL'islature  in  ISll,  and 
promptly  followed  by  a  bill  to  increase  the  commissioners  to  nine  by  auuin'_'  Robeit, 
Fultou  and  Robert  K  Livingston.  A  second  report  was  made  in  1S12.  followed 
by  an  act  authorizing  a  loan  of  five  million  dollars  to  construct  the  canal.  The 
war  with  Great  Britain  came  on  and  engios.sed  attention.  There  were  many  who 
believed  the  work  too  great  for  the  State,  and,  in  1814,  the  authority  to  contract 
a  loan  was  withdrawn. 

(n  the  fall  of  ISIJ,' Jlessrs.  Clinton.  Eddy,  and  Pratt  sent  cards  of  invitation 
to  one  hundred  persons  of  influence  in  New  York  city  to  meet  at  the  City  Hotel. 
On  organization,  William  Bayard  was  chosen  chairman,  and  .John  Pintard  secre- 
tary. The  plan  of  an  inclined  plane  was  abandoned,  and  that  of  followin-,'  the 
undulations  of  surface  adopt*:;d.  A  memorial  from  the  pen  of  3Ir.  Clinton  was 
published  with  beneficiid  result.  A  large  meeting  was  held  at  Canandaigua  on 
January  8,  1817,  to  press  the  construction  of  the  canal.  Colonel  Troup  was  ap- 
p<jinted  chairman,  Nathaniel  RiKhestcr  was  chosen  secretary.  Gideon  Granger, 
late  postmaster-general,  ably  and  eloquently  addres-sed  the  meeting.  Jlyrun 
HoUey  drew  up  scvcnd  important  resolutions,  which  were  prc-entcd  by  John 
Greig,  and  passed  by  a  unanimous  vote.  An  act  was  passed  April  17,  ISIG,  by 
a  majority  of  seventy-three  in  the  assembly  and  thirteen  in  the  senate,  to  prrjvide 
for  a  deflnite  survey.  Five  commissioners  were  appointed, — Stc[dien  \-dii  Rens- 
selaer, De  Witt  Clinton,  S.imucl  Young,  Joseph  Ellicott,  and  .Myron  Holley.  This 
board  was  given  the  right  to  select  engineers,  and  twcnty-nine  thousand  dollars 
were  appropriated  for  the  survey  and  tor  preliminaries.  Mr.  Cliuton  was  chosen 
president,  Mr,  Young,  secretary,  and  Jlr.  Holley  treasurer.  The  line  was  divided 
into  three  sections, — the  eastern,  middle,  and  western.  The  eastern  extended 
from  Albany  to  Rome,  the  middle  from  Rome  to  Seneca  river,  and  the  western 
from  the  river  to  L.ike  Erie.  Engineers  were  ap^iointed  for  each  division.  The 
report  to  the  legislature,  early  in  1817,  was  that  five  million  dollars  would  be 
required  for  the  work.  Jlicajah  Brooks  in  vain  sought  aid  from  CongTe.«s.  and. 
without  prospect  of  aid,  a  majority  of  the  people  desired  the  work  to  be  dune, 
and  twelve  thimsand  men  of  wealth  and  respectability  petitioned  for  the  e:in.il. 
An  act  passed  by  large  majorities  in  both  branchi'S  of  the  legislature  in  .\pril  l.J, 
1S17,  authorized  the  l„;ji„ni„y  of  t/ii-  t.oi"/.  The  .same  commissioners  were  re- 
tained, and  their  first  meeting;  to  receive  proposals  and  make  contracts  prclimin.ary 
to  actual  comnieneement  was  held  at  Itica,  June  3,  1817.  S.imucl  Young  and 
Myron  Holley  took  charge  of  the  middle  section,  and  the  work  was  bi-gun  at 
Rome  on  July  4.  The  section  was  n.ivig.ible  in  the  fall  of  ISl'J,  and  the  first 
boat  passed  from  Ttica  to  Rome  on  the  2Jd  of  October.  A  slroic  party  ciistcJ 
whose  efferts  were  directed  to  check  work  on  the  west  seeli.,11,  and,  pas-ing  from 
the  middle  s.,,i„n  rf.i  Oswe-o,  and  side  cut  around  tin'  Ni.ig.ra  Falls,  «„  h-scn 

Ri*hesrcr.  ^cl.vclcd  .■>  cr..ssing  at  the  l.itter  [.laee.  drove  st,il.c-,  and  disid.  d  the 
distance  into  sections  ready  for  contract.     A  meeting  was  held  in  Octobi-r,  ial\f. 


HISTORY   OF   .MONIIOE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


bj  thccomniiisioners  ^t  Utit-l.  Mvroii  llulli-y  ni.ivcil  "  tlat  all  tli.:  lino  ea-t  from 
Rochester,  located  and  prep;tped,  ^liouM  t>e,  aa  sfion  as  pmclicnbli.'.  let  uut  to  cun- 

«U  miles  of  t-anal  fn.n.  It.  .cheat.jr,  eastward,  were  let,  and  by  the  time  the  legi.v 
lature  met  iu  J:inii:iry,  lS:ii),  a  ^ood  ilure  of  the  wort  h;Hl  been  done.  It  had 
been  proposed  to  levy  lo<;d  tax  alon^  the  line,  hut  the  general  sood  to  be  realized 
defeate<i  the  attenipt.  The  i»ppo>ers  o^  the  project  were  stroii-^ly  represented  in 
the  legislature,  and  with  mueh  w.irnith  sou;_'lit  to  put  a  st.p  to  farther  westwanl 
progrcas.  A  canal  committee  was  rit  cd  in  the  asseiublv,  and  tj-etir^e  Huntin;i- 
toD,  of  Oneida  county,  was  cho«;n'  its  chairman.  The  views  of  the  commis- 
sioners were  re.|UL-?ted  by  this  coniniitti>e'.  Myron  Ilollcy  prepansl  an  article 
with  great  care  and  ability.  The  conrntittee  were  led  to  report  against  interfering 
with  the  work,  and  so  the  legislature  dei-ided. 

^  The  present  line  w.as  the  final  choice  of  .several  routes.  The  cut  at  Lockport 
was  made  advantageous  from  the  ability  to  supply  lake  water  ea.-tward  to  the 
Cayuga  marshes.  The  route  had  been  originally  suggested  by  Jesse  Hawley  in 
articlw  published  in  1:^07  at  Canaudaigna,  in  the  Genesee  .\kxsriijer.  In  March. 
1819,  Henry  Seymour  wa.s  ai.p..inte<l  to  fill  the  place  vat-ate-d  by  the  re.-ignation 
of  Joseph  EUicott.  and  William  C.  Bou.h  took  the  place  of  be  V.'itt  Clinton, 
removed.  Tl:-  e'-i'''  ■'.-■;";  ;is  ive;;,  Jauito  GeaJej>.  oi  Ououda'.;a  county,  and 
Benjamin  A\'ri;_'ht,  .4"  R..)uie,  who  performed  their  task  without  a  precedent,  and 
with  only  the  knowledge  j  lined  from  land  survey.  Other  engineers  were  Canvass 
White,  David  Thomxs,  Nathan  S.  Roljcrts,  u'avid  S.  Bates,  Charles  C.  Broad- 
head,  Valentine  Gill,  and  L«aac  Briggs.  This  corps  of  engineers,  self-taught. 
honored  themselves  and  their  State  by  the  perfection  of  their  work.  In  Iri-l, 
from  the  Genesee  to  the  Tonnewanta  was  put  under  contract,  aid  so  rapidly  had 
the  work  progressed  on  the  extreme  sections  that  boats  could  pass  fro  j  Kochester 
to  Little  Falls. 

In  November,  1S2:5,  Rochester  b.iats  entered  the  bisin  at  Albany  simultane- 
ously with  the  first  boats  from  the  Champlain  canal,  just  com]  leted.  The  western 
section,  from  Buffalo  to  Montezuma,  is  one  hiindrpd  and  £!'tv  eirht  u.ili^  long, 
has  twenty-one  locks,  and  a  fall  of  one  hundred  and  six  feet ;  the  middle  section 
has  a  length  of  ninety-six  miles,  eighty-one  locks,  and  a  rise  and  fall  of  ninety-five 
feet;  and  the  eastern  one  hundred  and  ten  miles  extent,  eighty-four  locks,  and  four 
hundred  and  seventeen  feet  fall.  The  Kochester  level  is  five  hundred  and  six 
feet  above  tide.  The  entire  length  of  the  can.al  is  three  hundred  and  fifty-two 
miles,  and  the  whole  expense  of  con.strueting  the  Erie  and  Champlain  canals 
vas  reported  in  Is^ii  at  510,731,51)4.  The  tolls  for  13311-32  were  So,i35,4G9, 
and  at  reduced  nites,  from  1333-3.5  inclusive,  were  84,209,001. 

A  "  grand  canal  celebration"  announced  tl.e  completion  of  the  canal  eight  years 
and  four  months  from  the  date  of  commencement.  W\  along  the  line,  at  inter- 
vals, heavy  cannon  had  been  planted,  and  setting  forth  at  Lake  Erie,  festivity  and 
enthusiastic  demonstrations  greeted  the  triumphal  progress  of  the  flotilla  from 
lake  to  ocean.  Jesse  Hawley  -represcntt'd  Rochester  at  Buffalo,  and  deliverc-d 
there  an  appropriate  address.  On  the  day  of  the  celebration  at  Rochestei,  con- 
siderable rain  fell,  but  when  at  twenty  minutes  past  ten  o'clock  on  the  morning 
of  October  2lj,  1824,  the  low.  deep  swell  of  a  distant  gun  broke  silence,  the  roar 
of  a  cannon  at  Rochester  replied  ;  and  soon  was  heard  the  boom  of  the  Pittsford 
piece,  conveying  the  tidings  eastward  that  the  flotilla  were  on  the  way.  .\ll  was 
enthusiasm  and  excitement !  At  two  p.m.  of  the  next  day,  eight  companies  of 
militia  turned  out,  and  a  vast  crowd  asseiubled.  The  compauies  m:irched  out 
upon  the  tow-path,  formed  in  line,  and  'jrceted  the  western  boats  with  a  fusillade 
of  musketry.  As  the  IwaLs  entered  Chil.ls'  basin,  they  were  grecteil  with  a  salute 
from  heavy  artillery  under  command  of  Captain  Ketchum,  and  from  field-guns 
commanded  by  Captain  Gould.  "The  Rochester  and  Cannndaigus.  committees 
of  congratulation  then  took  their  places  under  an  arch  surmounted  by  an  eagle, 
and  the  '  Seneca  Chief,'  having  the  committees  on  board,  being  moored,  General 
Vincent  Matthews  and  John  C.  Spencer  ofiered  the  eonirratnlations  of  the  citi- 
icns  of  the  respective  villages.  Appropriate  reply  was  m.ade,  and  then,  di.sem- 
harking,  a  procession  was  formed,  and  marehctl  to  the  First  Presbyterian  church, 
where  Rev.  Jos*.'ph  Penney  otTercd  jirayer,  and  Timothy  Childs,  Es-i-,  pro- 
nounced an  able  and  eloquent  address."  The  company  then  marched  to  the 
Mansion  House,  kept  by  (."hristopher.  and  enjoyed  a  sumptuous  dinner.  General 
Matthews  presided,  assi^ti-d  by  Jesse  Hawl.-y  and  Jonathan  Childs,  E.s.|rs. 
Among  excellent  toasts  were  the  following:  By  his  excellency — "Rochester, — iu 
1810  I  saw  it  without  a  house  or  an  inhabitant  In  1S25  I  sec  it  the  nucleus  of 
an  opule'nt  and  populous  city,  and  the  centnil  [loint  of  nutnerous  and  traoscendatit 
blesaings."  And  by  the  lieutenant-governor— '  The  village  of  Rochester,— it 
stands  upon  a  .rock,  where  the  most  useful  of  streams  laves  its  feet.  Its  a^ 
promises  to  attain  the  acme  of  irreatn-'s.s." 

At  hulf-p:Lst  seven  .he  visitors  re-einbarkcd.  and  the  sipiadron  departed,  .\mong 
citizens  of  R.^hestcr  who  went  on  b.ard  the  ■'  Young  I,i,.u  of  the  \\\st,'  as  a 


for  New  York,  »,-ie  Elisha  U.  Stron-,  L,-vi  Wa,d,  Wm.  R.  !;..eh--ter. 
Abelard  R.'ynoM.s,  Klish.i  J..hnson.  Oencnl  E.  .-.  Beach.  Rulus  llea.'h.  A  .-trer.-! 
and  B.  F.  Hurlburt.  Over  a  half-eeutury  has  ..'one  by.  and  but  one  of  all  n.on.d 
in  this  connection  is  alive,  and  he  is  the  venerated  Abelard  Ueyt.dd.s.  .1  '-grand 
canal  ball"  and  a  general  illumination  closed  the  eventful  day. 

The  visit  of  La  Fayette  w;ls  a  notable  event  connected  with  the  Eric  canal. 
This  noble  Frenchman,  nursed  iu  the  lap  of  luxury,  had  perile<l  his  liH-  and  be- 
stowed of  his  means  to  secure  -American  Indepi-ndence.  .\n  invitation  to  re- 
visit the  land  for  which  he  had  done  so  much  was  accepted,  and  his  journev 
through  the  country  w.is  a  thrilling  pageant.  Fires  blared  from  the  hill-tops,  lan- 
non  thundered  flora  village  and  city,  banners  waved,  and  proc-essinns  escorted  him 
from  point  to  point.  Old  soldiers  rushed,  weeping,  into'  his  arms  and  told  the 
story  of  former  days  of  danger.  The  general  arrived  at  Kin'_''s  basin,  in  Grecs-e. 
on  June  7,  1S25.  A  deputation  of  eighteen  leading  citizens  Ind  met  him  at 
Lockport,  and  at  Rochester  all  w.as  bustle,  expectation,  and  preparation.  At  six 
.\  3!.  a  flotilla  of  twelve  lioats,  upon  which  were  flaL-s  and  bands  of  music,  ad- 
vanced to  meet  the  general.  The  day  was  fine,  the  procecdini.'s  impressive.  The 
escort  divided ;  half  led,  the  others  followed ;  La  Fayette  upon  the  central  boat.  The 
bridges,  hou*?s,  and  banks  of  the  canal  were  all  crowded,  and  from  ei-.iht  to  ten 
thousand  people  were  assembled.  A  sla-je  was  erected  over  the  centre  arch  of  the 
aqueduct,  from  which  an  address  of  welcome  was  delivered  by  Honorable  W.  U. 
Kochester,  to  whom  the  general  made  the  following  reply :  ■'  Sir.  when  about  ten 
months  ago  I  h.id  the  happiness  to  revisit  the  American  shore,  it  w.xs  on  the  bav 
of  New  York,  and  within  the  limits  of  her  vast  and  flourishing  emporium  of  eom- 

mercs  that  I  made  a  landing On  this  western  frontier  of  the  State,  where  I 

am  received  in  so  affcx;tionate  and  gratifying  a  manner.  I  enjoy  a  sitrht  of  works 
and  improvem.  nt  equally  rapid  and  wondcrftd,  chief  among  which  is  the  Grand 
canal,  an  admirable  work  of  science  and  patriotism,  whercbv  nature  h.as  been  made 
to  adorn  and  serve  as  seen  in  the  striking  spectacle  which  is  at  this  moment  pre- 
sented to  our  view."  A  salute  was  fired  a.s  he  landed.  In  c"!5pa-.y  v.-th  C.',^,.^ 
Kochester,  he  rode  through  the  streets  to  Colonel  Hoard's,  where  took  place  a 
meeting  with  veterans  of  the  Revolution.  Thence  the  general  was  escorted  to 
the  Mansion  House,  where  at  a  repast  full  two  hundred  were  present.  At  four 
P.M.  the  genenl  set  out  for  Canindaigua.  where  he  lodged. 

Among  the  great  public  works  which  have  special  interest  to  the  citizens  of 
Monroe  is  the  Erie  canal  enlargement  .and  the  rebuilding  of  the  great  aqueduct 
across  the  Genesee  at  Rochester..  A  meeting  was  held  September  21,  1.S3.5,  at 
the  court-house  in  Rochester,  where  Jacob  Gould,  mavor,  presided,  and  E.  P. 
Smith  was  secretary.  A  memorial  and  resolutions  were  drawn  up  bv  Mvron  Hol- 
Icy,  and  expressed  the  desire  of  the  citizens  along  the  canal  to  have  it  enlar.'cd. 
.\gain  a  meeting  was  held,  this  time  December  30, 183G,  ■'  to  consider  the  subject 
of  the  enlargement."  James  Seymour,  Esq..  was  chairman,  and  S.  G.  -^odrews 
secretary.  The  meeting  was  addressed  by  Messrs.  Brown,  Gould,  and  O'Reiilv. 
In  pursuance  of  arrangements  a  convention  was  held  at  Rochester,  January  IS. 
1837,  to  urge  the  procurement  of  a  hian  anticip.ating  the  canal  revenue.  Nathan 
Dayton,  of  Lockpt.rt,  presided,  assisted  by  Messrs.  Seymour.  Hawlev,  Trowbrid<.re, 
and  Ayrault.  Samuel  G.  Andrews,  Theron  R.  Strong,  James  L  Barton,  and  A.  U. 
McKinstry  were  secretaries.  Among  many  speakers  at  the  convention  were  Jlat- 
thew  Brown,  F.  Whittlesey,  E.  D.  Smith,  fl.  L.  Stevens,  Orlando -Ilnstings.  Elisha 
B.  Strong,  Joseph  Strong,  Alexander  Kclscy,  S.  G.  Andrews,  an.l  others,  of  Roch- 
ester. The  effort  to  secure  aid  from  the  legislature  was  .successful,  anil  an  annual 
appropriation  of  fjur  millions  was  authorized  to  enlarge  the  canal.  The  princi- 
pal feature  in  the  Rochester  -section  w.is  the  new  aqueduct,  constructed  at  a  cost 
of  six  hundred  thousand  dollai-s.  The  engineers  were  N.ithan  S.  Roberts  and  M. 
il.  Hall.  Captain  Buell  was  engageil  with  a  large  force  to  blast  rock  from  the 
river-bed,  and  Mc-ssrs.  Kasson  and  Brown,  with  a  heavier  force,  were  employed  at 
Onondaga  and  elsewhere  cutting  stone.  The  following  items  arc  given:  Ruck 
blasted,  thirty  thousand  cubic  yards;  ni,Tjonry  in  aqueduct  and  wciu'h-lock,  tneuty- 
six  thousand  three  hundred  and  eighty  cubic  yards.  The  dimensions  are  as  fol- 
lows: The  trunk  of  the  ;iqucduct,  exclusive  of  the  winus  and  weighlu<'k.  is  four 
hundred  and  forty-four  fc-et  Ion;:,  and  including  the  wings  at  the  east  end  and  the 
weigh-lock  at  the  west  end  of  the  trunk  is  eijht  hundred  and  forty-eight  feet 
long.  The  parapet  w:dls  forromg  the  si.les  of  the  tnink  are  ten  feet  thick  at  ct>ping, 
and  eleven  feet  and  t.n  and  a  half  inches  thic  k  at  the  water-table,  and  arc  covered 
with  a  coping  a  foot  thick  and  eleven  feet  wide.  The  width  of  ihe'watcr-way  of 
the  trunk  at  the  top  wator-lini'  is  forty-live  fe.;t,  and  at  the  bottom  forty-two  and 
a  half  feet.  The  sinictnre  is  supported  on  .seven  arch.s;  the  chord  of  each  U 
fil>y-two   feet,  and   the   versed  sine   ten.      Abutments  and  piers  j re  ten  feet  .wide' 

on  its  foundation  Ls  aevcnty-hvc  and  a  half  feet.     The  width  ncr  the  coping  in 


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4:5 


signnient  of  nierchundiso  from  tlie  * 
» heat  from  Ohio  to  KocLc.-,lcr  was  bro 
3  line,  on  consignment  to  H;irvcy  Kly. 


ality-nino  ^nj  uii.«iith  ffct.  Tlu-  malcrial  ii  -r.,y  llri>--lo«e.  The  slonca  are  of 
Urge  diuiensious,  ami  cut  lo  palt'  rna  so  exact  that,  when  bid,  no  joint  was  more 
than  oneuighth  of  an  inch  thick. 

The  Srjt  tunal-boat  loaded  with  flour  left  Hill's  basin,  on  the  e.ist  side  of  the 
Geneve,  at  Rochester,  for  Little  Falls,  on  the  Mohawt.  on  October  29,  1822. 
The  first  boat-load  of  flour  that  crossed  the  old  a.|ueduct  from  the  western  side 
was  shipped  from  the  wardioiiac  of  D.iniel  1*.  I'arker,  who  also  received  the  fii^t 
;  -over  the  s:ime  work.  The  first  cari;q 
niL'ht  in  1531  by  the  old  Hudson  and 
On  the  oficnini.'  of  n,avig-.ition  in  the 
spring  of  1S23,  there  were  shipped  duriri'^  the  first  ten  'd:iys  ten  thousand  barrels 
of  flour  from  Rochester  eastward.  As  evidence  of  the  business  transacted  on 
this  great  artificial  water-way,  the  following  amounts  of  toil  are  given  for  the  years 
designated:  To  and  including  132:',,  Sl:iu,0,-..vriS;  i,,  1-2.'),  ?1'J2,66-1.23;  1S30, 
«!M3,515.35;  1S.35,  51,375"i;T3.1  2  ;  isni.  Sl.-,;iT.3:;t.4ii ;  184",,  S2.3C1.SS4.- 
24;  1S49,  $2,962,132.(19;  IS.JO,  S2,033.12.-..93  ;  I?;5,  S2,4S9,272.27.  The 
Genesee  Valley  con.al  connects  the  Eric  canal  at  Roch.-ster  with  the  Allcpiny 
river  at  Olean.  The  len-th  nf  the  route  is  one  hunJrMl  asd  5cven  miles.  The 
summit  level  is  eleven  and  a  half  miles  long,  and  nine  hundred  and  seventy-nine 
feet  .above  the  Erie  Ciinal  at  Rochester.  The  lockage  is  one  thousand  and  sixty- 
four  feet,  overcome  by  one  hundicd  and  sii  locks.  A  surrey  was  recommended 
by  Governor  Clinton  in  1824.  One  was  made  in  1S2S,  under  direction  of  Judge 
Geddea.  By  act  of  1S34  a  survey  was  authorized,  and  was  made  during  the 
season  under  charge  of  F.  C.  Mills.  The  estimate  of  cost  was  81,890,614.12. 
The  Rochester  engineers  were  Frederic  C.  Mills,  Henry  S.  Pe.\tcr,  J.  B.  Stillson, 
Daniel  Marsh,  S.  V.  R.  Patterson,  George  D.  Stillsou.  Burton  W.  Clark,  and 
Daniel  MeUenry.  The  canal  was  authorized  by  the  legislature  on  May  6,- 1836, 
but  no  contract  was  let  until  June,  1S3T,  when  two  miles  were  let.  In  Novem- 
ber, twenty-eight  miles  were  put  under  contract.  Frnm  thejunction  to  Rochester, 
and  the  Dansville  side-cut,  a  distance  of  fit\y-two  miie^.  was  completed  in  iS-tu. 
By  1851,  thirty-six  miles  farther  to  Oramel  with  the  Genesee  feeder  were  finished. 
There  were  finished  in  1S53,  to  Belfast,  two  miles;  in  1S54,  to  Rockville.  three 
miles ;  in  1S5C,  to  Olean,  twenty-four  miles.  R^ 
years  from  1855,  and,  from  heavy  freshets,  the 
June,  1857. 

The  canal  is  located  along  the  west  side  of  the  Genesee  river,  through  the  towns 
of  Chili  and  Wheatland,  and  has  done  considerable  business.  Although  the  canals 
are  not  as  of  yore,  yet  they  are  much  in  use,  and  the  Erie  ha.5  by  no  means 
become  antiquated. 


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abandoned  the  work  in 


CHAPTER    XXI. 

THE     FIRST     E.IILBOADS THE     TO.S-.IW.A.NDA     R.^ILWAY — THE     .\CBDRN     ASD 

ROCHESTER     RAILROAD — OTHER     ROADS     TRAVERSI.NG     MO.VROE THE   CEN-  ' 

■  TEAL     DEPOT — THE     NEW     YORK     CENTRAL,    ITS     CO.NSOLID.ATION     A.VD     ITS 
STATISTICS    I.N    1874.  j 

The  packets  traversed  the  canal,  and  the  Albany  turnpike  became  deserted.        ' 
A  new  method  of  locomotion  had  later  arisen,  destined  in  iu  turn  to  eclipse  the        1 
splendors  of  the  eanal  and  lake  navigation,  and  to  carry  through  the  forests  out 
into  the  plains  the  ^encies  of  civilization.     That  method  was  the  employment       | 
of  steam  in  railw.ay  locomotion.     The  introduciion,  in  August,  1S29,  of  a  loco- 
motive to  America  from  England,  by  Horatio  Allen,  marked  the  inauguration  of 
an  inland  growth  which  is  a  marvel  in  extent  and  without  a  precedent.       Where        ! 
the  Cough  of  the  locomotive  is  heard,  there  .see  towns  platted  and  upbuilt,  lands 
enhanced  in  value,  and  the  dawn  of  a  permanent  prosperity.     The  first  railway 
in  the  Unite'd  States  was  two  miles  lonir,  and  w;is  located  between  Milton  and 
Quincy,  in  Mi-^achusetts.     It  was  in  operation  in  1S2G,  and  the  cars  were  drawn        | 
by  horses. 

•The  fipit  passenger  railway  in  .'Vmi-rica  wasthe  Baltimore  and  Ohio  ;  the  road 
was  built  in  1S3U  a  distance  of  thirty  mih-s.     A  locomotive  built  by  D.a\is,  of       ; 
York,  Penn-ylvania,  was  put  on  the  track  in  1S31.     The  first  charter  authorizing        | 
the  construction  of  a  railroad  In  New  York  was  -.rr.mted  by  the  icjislaturc  to        | 
the  M..hawk  and   Hn.l,..n  River   ll.oln.a.l  Co.np.o.y.       It  w.c  limlt.-d  to  fiKy 
yeara,  .and  alloweil   the  State   to   b.  eMOie   its   I  ,uch  ><.'r  on   the  expiration   <.f  its        ' 
charter.     Although  rud.'  in  construe  lio,,,  a,id'ii,v..K  ing  exee-ive  ex|^-n:-o,  its  ad- 
vantagefl  were  aj^preeiahle,  and  s,Tvcd  to  ci:eoura-.;e  the  e.-lablishluent  of  a  tran-it         i 
Ay^teui,  swift,  sate,  and  expoliciit.      A  o^mmencciiient  was  made  in    1S30,  and 


during  the  f  .llowing  year  the  road  was  completed.  The  road  lay  betwe>.!n  Alluny 
and  Schenectuuy,  a  di.staiice  of  sixteen  miles.  Its  sjicedy  accunipli-'limeta  was 
owing  to  its  superficial  character.  lUiils  wore  of  wood.  Cars  were  drawn  by 
horses.  Stationary  eui^incs  on  hill-lops  were  used  to  pull  up  or  let  down  ears,  to 
which,  for  that  purjHise,  strong  ropes  were  attached.  Brakesmen  uSL-d  hanil-ievcra. 
bolted  to  the  truck,  and  operated  by  pressing  downward  with  the  hands.  During 
the  year  \h'M  an  engine  was  imported  from  Knsland,  and  in  l!?31  the  first  steam 
railroad  passenger  train  in  America  was  run  over  the  road.  The  engine  Wiis 
named  the  '•  John  Bull,"  and  weighed  but  four  tons.  The  engineer  in  charge 
was  John  Hampsen.  The  first  p.Lssen'.:er  coaches  were  modeled  after  the  old- 
fashioned  stage-coach  bodies.  They  were  hung  upon  leather  thorough  braces 
over  the  tiuck,  with  seats  inside  and  outside.  The  initial  train  had  two  of  these 
eoaehes  and  fifteen  passengers. 

The  Auburn  and  Rochester  railroad  was  chartered  in  1836,  and  the  ri_'ht  of 
way  havini:  been  obtained  over  a  greater  part  of  the  route,  ground  was  broken 
ami  work  begun  at  Slab  Hollow,  near  Fisher's  station,  during  1833.  The  bill 
authorizing  the  construction  of  this  road  originated  in  the  assembly,  and  passed 
that  body  on  April  27,  18.36,  and  met  the  like  favorable  result  in  the  senate, 
where  it  was  brouiiht  to  a  final  vote  and  pas-sed  early  in  3Iay.  The  estimate  by 
Robert  Higham.  the  well-known  engineer  and  commissioner  of  the  road,  was  sub- 
mitted in  December,  1S36.  Length  of  road,  ninety-two  and  a  half  miles.  Total 
eostofconstruction,fcnce3,  depots,  rolling-stock,  etc.,  was  estimated  at  81,012,783. 
Books  for  stock  sub3<jription  were  opened  August  2,  1836,  at  villages  alons  the 


line.  Prompt  and  liberal  subscriptit 
made:  Rochester,  858,000;  Canandai 
Falls,  812e,900  ;  and  this  added  to  ot 
of  stockholders  was  held  at  the  Frank 
which  occasion  a  board  of  directors  w; 
held  at  Lyons  to  take  into  considcratioi 


IS  were  taken,  and  the  following  exhibit 
ua,  8141,700  ;  Geneva.  8103,500  ;  Scncc-a 
lers.gave  a  total  of  8395,600.  A  meeting 
Ml  House,  Geneva,  on  March  19, 1837,  on 
!  appointed.  During  1836.  a  meeting  was 
the  project  of  a  railroad  through  Palmyra, 
Lyons.  Ci^ue,  etc.,  to  Syracuse,  and  in  the  S2!ne  ye?r  -i  locunorive  made  its  first 
trial  trip  from  Buffalo  to  Niagara  Falls.  About  the  same  time  a  heavy  train  of 
freight  cars  passed  over  the  Utica  and  Schenectady  railro:id,  from  the  latter  place 
to  Johnsville.  Books  were  opened  for  subscriptions  to  stock  for  building  the 
Utica  and  Syracuse  road,  and  a  snrvey  of  the  Erie  route  was  begun. 

In  1837  a  bill  was  passed  in  the  legislature  authorizing  the  Utica  and  Schenec- 
tady railroad  to  carry  freight,  and  the  act  was  shortly  afterward  so  amended  as  to 
concede  the  privilege  of  transporting  baggage  free.  Meantime,  work  upon  the 
Rochester  and  Aubtiru  railroad  had  been  vigorously  pushed  by  various  contractors. 
The  contract  for  grading  the  first  seventeen  miles  east  of  Rochester  was  let  to 
Messrs.  Vcdder,  Vedder  &,  Co.  Hiram  Darrow,  a  Seneca  farmer  in  Ontario,  was 
the  "boss,"  and  later  w.as  conductor.  Bartholomew  Vrooman,  of  Canaud.ilgua, 
had  helped  to  build  the  Albany  and  Schenectady  road,  and  was  employed  as  fore- 
man and  track-layer.  James  BL'gins  kcpt*the  first  boarding-house  where  work 
began.  The  first  locomotive  was  called  the  "  i'oung  Lion," — a  "pony"  engine 
from  the  Norris  shops.  It  was  brought  west  on  a  canal-boat,  and  used  for  con- 
struction. Asa  Goodale  was  the  engineer,  and  Joseph  Hoffman  was  the  first  fire- 
man. Other  engines  were  the  Ontario  and  Coliiinbus,  later  received.  The  On- 
tario was  run  by  William  Hart,  and  the  Columbus  by  Newell.  Closely  following 
the  grading  came  the  laying  of  the  track.  On  September  S.  1840,  the  first  time- 
table was  published.     Trains  were  to  run  on  September  10,  leaving  Rochester  at 

4  A.M.  and  5  P..M.,  and,  on  their  return,  leave  Canandaigua  at  6  A.M.  and  7  P.M. 
A  train  left  Roelicstcr  on  the  •morning  of  September  10,  as  advertised,  in  charge 
of  William  Failing,  who  is  yet  liviie,-.  Heman  Miller  w:is  baggage-man.  The 
"  Youug  Lion"  reached  Canandalgu.i  Saturday  evening,  and  returned  to  Rochester 
on  Monday.  A  second  time-table,  fall  arrangement,  for  freight  and  passengers, 
went  into  operation  September  22.  Thlee  trains  were  run  daily,  leaving  Rocliester 
at  4.30  A.M.,  10  A.M.,  and  5  P.M.,  and  Canandaigua  6.30  A.M.,  2.:10  P..M.,  and  at 

5  P.M.  The  first  coaches  were  conveyed  on  canal-boats  from  the  shops  of  Lyon, 
of  Utica.  to  R.iclicster.  They  were  urdoaded  at  the  United  States  hotel,  and 
drawn  t4,  the  depot  by  horses.  The  first  car-load  of  frei'_'ht  shipped  on  this  line 
was  of  mutton  tdlow.'loadcd  at  Victor,  and  drawn  to  R.xhester.  As  winter  came 
on,  trains  were  withdrawn.  William  Failing  wxs  placed  in  charge  of  a  construc- 
tion train  at  Canandaigua,  and  worked  upon  a  fill  known  as  the  P.adeltoid  em- 
bankment. So  .sleailily  did  the  work  progress  during  the  winter  and  cnsuin; 
spring  that,  on  Monday,  July  5,  I8U,  an  excursion  train  from  Roche-tcr  p.issed 
over  the  road  to  SenL.ia  Falls  and  returned.  The  brldu'e  ov.t  Cayns.  lake  was 
finished  the  l.ust  of  Septemb.-r,  ami  by  Novcmher  the  r.ad  was  op,n  to  All.any. 
The  directors  of  tire  n.ad  In  1^17  wen.  Henry  Dwi-ht  and  Robert  C.  Nicle.lH,  of 


Jan., 


.,ter;   D.nid  .MeNe 


HISTORY   OF   MOXKOE   COUNTY,  XF>\V   YORK. 


1>'U  U-twccn  C.ilnV.IniL'Ua  aii.l 

crude  order,     tfix  by  six  sraiit- 

itliiiL'.  u].  nilh  the  inner  i;d^'e,  a 
i  of  ;m  in-h  th.ck,  Kns  sl.ikcl. 
tmil  c:.R  under  the  cab,  whiuU 
i  a  protection  from  the  weather, 
id 


WM  chosen  presidout.  On  .Inly  L'l.  l.SIIT,  wu 
couM  bi'  i.l,R.ifi,d.     A  doiMe  tr.iek  wjs  i:,id  ii 

cient.  T!ie  loii-truotion  of  tliut  road  was  of  t 
ling  were  fxitened  to  tiie  ties  by  I,->h;ip.;d  c 
spiked  to  it  and  the  tie  bcncatli.  L'lM-vn  (he  st 
strap  of  iron,  two  inelies  n-ide  and  tlir.-etonr 
The  6rst  cn.irlu.'a  were  single-drivers,  witli  5ni:i 
•consisted  of  a  roof  from  wliieh  huu'j;  oil  cloth 
The  first  cars  were  four-wheeled.     A  djrk-hued  sccoiid-clxss  tr.iin  was  put 

its  low  fare,  and  w.is  wirhdcawn.  In  lS4:i  the  cars  were  low  and  ill  ventilated. 
There  were  no  projections  over  the  platlonn  to  protect  the  brakenien.  Knpnea 
with  four  drivers  were  placed  on  the  ro.id.  Suiofcc-stacks  were  made  upriL'ht 
from  the  boiler  one-fjnrtli  their  len-rh,  then  bent  backward  at  an  an_dc  of  forty- 
five  degrees  for  half  their  lcn;.;th,  then  veriind  and  in  the  .-hape  of  an  inverted 
cone.  This  bend  was  to  arrest  sparks.  There  werp  no  pilots  Tb"  fir^t  t—k 
was  soon  sopcrscded  by  an  eiiiht  by  ei^ht  inch  timber  track,  with  a  narrow  strip 
ujion  the  centre  ot  ilic  wooden  rail,  the  same  width  of  the  iron  strap  nil  above. 
An  iron  rail  was  laid  in  ISi.S,  and  this  and  other  roads  were  pruvided  with  steel 
rails  in  1S75.  In  this  connection  we  quLte  the  ]anmia<re  of  0  Reilly.  made  use 
of  in  ISoS  as  a  prediction  apparently  vi.'iionary  yet  practicable  and  probable. 
"As  the  whole  route  between  Auburn  and  Albany  will  be  (?onipleted  al-out  the 
same  time  as  the  Itoehester  and  Auburn  llailrnad.  we  may  anticip^tte  that,  in  the 
course  of  three  years,  the  journey  between  Kochester  and  New  York  will  be  made 
bj  railroad  and  steamboat  within  twenty-four  hours,  or  between  sunrise  on  one 
day  and  the  same  period  the  following  day." 

The  Jb-.'iK-an-^a  liaihoad  was  chartered  April  24,  1832,  for  fifty  years.    The 
capital  stuck  was  SSDO.OUU,  in  shares  of  one  hundred  dollars  each.     The  entire 

seven  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  pri-sident  of  the  company  was  David  K. 
Evans ;  the  vice-president,  Jonathan  Childs  ;  the  treasurer,  A.  .M.  Schermerhorn  ; 
and  the  secretary,  Frederick  Whillle-sey.  The  road  superintendent  was  Pavid 
Scott;  engineers,  Jlossrs.  Hayden  and  Smith:  ajents  and  collectors  on  train 
were  Messrs.  Lyman,  Fitch,  D..'iuerry.  and  Wilbaiky.  The  a^ent  at  Rochester 
was  A.  Sprague,  and  the  road  engineer  w.x*  Klisha  Johnson.  On  November  21, 
1834,  the  road  was  completed  west  to  South  Byron,  in  Genc=*^e  county,  twenty- 
four  Diiles  from  Rochester.  Business  was  reported  proinisin-j.  and  a  fair  return 
for  investment.  The  speed  attained  w  is  an  average  of  a  mile  in  two  and  a  half 
.minutes.  Regular  trips  with  a  locomotive  were  annonnced  for  December  IG, 
1836,  from  Rochester  to  Byron,  and  seven  miles'  staging  to  Batavia.  On  April 
4,  1837,  great  cKpectaiions  be-anto  be  cherished  from  the  passage  of  a  train 
with  fifteen  freight  cars,  on  which  there  were  c  )nveycd  one  hundr -d  barrels  of 
flour,  besides  other  produce,  and  p.a-sseiiger  cars,  from  whose  poisengors  a  toll  of 
'  one  hundred  dollars  was  taken  for  the  trip.  On  May  8, 1337,  a  meeting  was  called 
at  the  court-house  in  Rochester.  Silas  0.  Sndtb  was  called  to  the  ihair,  and 
Messrs.  Sage,  Barton,  Iliight.  E.  1).  Smith,  and  D.iniels  were  appointed  com- 
mittee on  celebration.  The  excursion  took  place  M:iy  H,  18:iT.  The  rate  wa.s 
thirty  miles  an  hour.  The  day  was  line.  The  tr.,in  was  crowded.  The;- reached 
Churchville  in  forty  minutes.  At  B.ilavin.  the  terminus,  the  road  w:vs 'lined  for 
a  mile  with  people,  and  the  arriv;il  of  the  train  was  greeted  with  the  firing  of 
cannon  and  continued  cheering.  The  objt.-et  of  the  road  was  the  traM>p,irtation 
of  passengers  principally,  but  the  BulT.ilu  Cjmmfrcinl  slihrrli'f.  r  \\\>i%  anticipated: 
"  The  carrying  of  produce  and  merchandise  will  be  a  very  important  item  of 
receipts.  It  will  give,  by  conipari-son  of  business  done  upon  the  road  last  fall, 
«o  ag_Teg:ite  of  more  than  (t;i  thniis'iml  v,ns  mumnllij,  rei(uiring  at  liist  one 
hundred  freight  cars,  drawn  by  locomotive.*.  It  will,  at  any  rate,  aid  in  defraying, 
if  it  docs  not  ipiite  defray,  the  expenses  of  passenger  trains;  and  leave  almost  the 
entire  income  from  passengers  a  clear  protit."  The  p;u;.-enger  ears  upon  the  road 
were  about  fifteen  feet  in  length,  with  two  cross-seats  at  each  end.  holding  three 
or  four  persons  each.  -There  was  an  up|>er  story  in  the  centre  for  the  same 
number,  and,  the  space  underneath  was  approprl:itcd  to  bagga-e.  A  car  would 
contain  twenty-P»ur  p.xssengeri.  The  construction  of  the  road  was  anomalous. 
There  were  sl.epcrs  twenty  feet  lon_'.— Ur.-e  l...-s  flattened  ..n  one  side.— there 
were  a  three  by  four  pine  sraiitliM.-  inl  a  tw..  ami  a  half-inch  str.ip  r.iil  spiked 
tlown  tog,-ther.  This  was  f.mod  li.il.le  u,  .<„.;/.v-/,n„/,  „r  loose  cuds,  and  a  three- 
inch  thicker  band  was  substitnl.  .1,      I'm  illy,  ih,.  T  rail  was  (djtaincd.     The  n):id 

W.XS  completed  to  liuir.do  in    Isl'i,  :o,d   «,i n.~.!idated  with  the  Attica  nn.l 

Buffalo  road  in  18.-.1).  As  op|.,.,t,uui>  |..r  ...nirast,  receipts  of  the  road  from 
Rochester  to  Byron  for  the  iin-t  lu..  w,  k,-  i.f  operation  in  1)<:W,  are  given: 
"  September  2Jd,  G  tons  sdt;  .':;  1,  .-|OiJ  ll...  fr,  i_-lit  :  L'tlh.  fr.i-ht.  2.')  cl-s.r2';th, 
paiiscngcrs,  2.-i  cLs.  ,  27th.  p.is»eiigcrj,  i\.:,\\,  and  Ireight,  Gnu  lbs. ;  23th,  passen- 


gers, .'iO  cts.  ;  2!ith,  p.is.seng.-rs,  Sl.OD  ;  3litl 
3d,  7a  cts.,  3  bids,  salt;  4th,  passengcix,  8 
From  such  bcginnii\gs  has  the  pres,Mit  s;row 
TUe  Jiiiffnh,  and  l!;ch^slcr  12„!l:„,i,]  Co, 
The  capital  w.is  Sl.S2.-),iii)n.  The  company 
the  Tonawanda  and  the  Attica  and  Butlalo 


,81011;  October  1st,  l.S  bbls.  s:dt.; 
.G,!,  17  bbls.  Sidt,  freight,  200  lbs." 

!j,an!/  was  organized  October  8,  ISjO. 
wxs  formed  by  the  consolidation  of 
llailroad  L'on[p::nics.     At  a  meeting 


held  December,  ISO' 
mond,  Ueni-y  Marti 
Field,  Frederick  Wli 
field,  James  Brisb.in. 
directors  Joseph  Vk 
He 


,  the  followlng-nu. 
.  F.  II.  Tows,  G:i 
ttlesey,  Asa  Sprag, 
Samuel  Dana,  an. 
i  was  elected   pres 


led   direeto 
ins   B.  Hie 


D.  \V.  Tondinson,  Joseph 
rge  II.  Muniford,  lleman  J.  Il.'d- 
F.  Weld.  At  a  meeting  of  these 
Dean   Richmond,   vice-president; 


•  Martin,  superintendent ;  F.  Whittlesey,  secretary  ;  and  J.  C.  Putnam,  treas- 
urer. The  roa<l  was  opened  for  business  in  1S52,  and  a  year  later  was  with 
others  consolidated  to  form  p:irt  of  the  .N'ew  York  Ceutral. 

The  Nmyani  FalU  lirancU  of  the  .Vow  York  Central  was  begm  as  the  Lock- 
port  and  Niagara  Falls  Road,  organized  April  24,  1834,  with  8175  000  capital. 
0:i  D^culuLcV  10,  ISoO,  a  euuipany  of  New  Y'ork  capitalists  purclutscd  the 
Loekjiort  and  Niagara  Falls  Road,  and  set  about  the  improvement  of  that  fortion 
and  the  construction  of  a  road  c:istward  to  Rochester.  It  was  conditioned  that 
the  local  subscription  for  the  Ni.igara  Fails,  Loekport,  and  Rochester  Railroad 
should  be  S22Ji)00,  while  the  capitalists  pronused  the  complecn.nt  of  cost.  The 
amount  was  proniptly  raised.  At  a  meeting  of  the  stockludders  the  following 
directors  were  chosen  :  Joseipb  H.  Varnum  and  Edward  Whitchonse,  of  New- 
York ;  Watts  Sherman,  of  Albany;  Freeman  Clarke,  Silas  0.  Smith,  and  A. 
Boody,  of  Kochester ;  Alexis  Ward  and  Roswell  W.  Burrows,  of  Albion ;  and 
Ellas  B.  Holmes,  of  Brockport.  At  a  later  meeting,  J.  B.  '^'arnum  was  elected 
president;  Alexis  Ward,  vice-president;  an*!  Freeman  Clarke,  treasurer.  The 
length  of  the  road  is  seventy-seven  miles.  The  road  was  opened  in  1852,  and 
merged  in  the  New  York  Central  in  1S53. 

The  Rurhesler  and  Charlutte  was  organized  with  a  capital  of  3100,000,  on 
May  3,  1852,  and  shortly  after  its  completion  in  ISJo  was  consolidated  with  the 
New  I'ork  Central.  The  Rochester  and  Syracuse  Road  was  chartered  August  1, 
1850,  and  a  company  formed  with  a  capital  of  .?4, 200,000.    Consolidated  in  1 S53. 

The  New  i'ork  Central  Railro,i,l  is  the  result,  of  the  consolidation  of  the 
various  roads  hitherto  noted,  together  with  others,  thereby  to  obtain  uniformity  of 
time,  rates,  and  general  nian.igemcut.  The  act  allowing  the  cuijsolidation  passed 
the  legislature  April  2,  1SJ3,  and  was  carried  into  effect  on  May  17  following. 
The  united  capital  amounted  to  823,085,000,  and  debts  were  assumed  equal  to 
$1,947,815.72.  Stock  w.ts  taken  at  various  rates,  according  to  the  standing  of 
each  road,  and  each  stockholder  received  a  like  amount  of  stock  of  the  ucw  com- 
pany at  par,  except  the  Troy  and  Sehcncctady  ro:id,  which  wja  valued  at  seventy- 
five  dollars  per  one  hundred  di>llars,  and  twenty-five  d.jli.os  was  re'iuired  as 
difference  in  exchange  of  stock.  Bmids  b.aring  semi-annual  six  per  cent,  interest 
were  issued  for  differences,  these  boirds  bcir.g  payable  Jlay  1,  1883.  The  statis- 
tics of  the  road  for  the  year  ending  Scptunber  30,  1858,  give,  length  of  track, 
555.88  miles;  side  track.  311.80;  capital  stock  authorized  by  law,  82t.l.?2.400  ; 
funded  debt,  814,402,034.00;  total  eo-t,  830.732,517.54;  earnings  for  year  end- 

'  dends,81,919,501.;  passengers,  2.124.4:;0  ;  t,.„i  freight,  142.ii:n,17S:  Statistics 
of  the  condition  and  bn-iness  of  the  New  York  Central  and  its  branches,  in  1S74, 
indicate  the  pro'.-re&s  of  the  age  and  the  growth  of  railroad  improvements.  The 
total  length  of  the  road  w.as  740.17  n.ib's;  the  length  of  double  track  was  405.30 
miles;  the  length  of  three-track  road  wiu;  23.G9  miles;  the  length  of  four-track 
road  was  222.19  miles;  the  main  track  is  laid  with  steel  rails,  weighing  sixty- 
five  pounds  per  yard;  there  were,  he-ides.  2011. n:;  miles  of  leased  road;  the  total 
length  of  all   the  tracks  w,is   2359.39   miles;    the  capital   stock   amounted   to 

889,428,300,  including  8 1::9, 100  of .soIid;ited  certificates  nut  then  presented 

for  convcl-sion  ;  the  floatiie,'  del,t  w:.s  a  trillc  ;  the  average  rate  of  interest  on  the 


funded  del 


nl  etp.ip- 


be  ?n 


enrnine..  5'.Mi:i;  <.H.cn-,s,  ?1.:;T.  Th.  C.ik, 
ri,cc.h-  an.l  ,„u(,,ii„N«  Th,-  -it.-  «  «  .,r,ui.i..l  l,v  \k..,r.-.  Kv.:r.ua  IVck  ar,.l 
W.!i,r  S.  G..:lih,  uM  is  loc;it..l  b.-Uv..rn  the  w.>t  hunk  ■j{  tliL'  G.TR-.-e  and  Jlill 
elr.tl,  u]..,,  ul,„  h  ,1  IVonls.  Th..'  M  d.p.t  was  .-recu-d  in  18(0.  It  wxs  a  lon._-, 
luvv,  wood,,!.  hu.l-Ji.i;,.,  within  wliich  w.TC  =ix  lr.ek.,  tho  freight  yurJ,  and  all  cl«e 
of  pcrtiuL-iicc  t«  a  torininus.  A  single  track  IcJ  out  tuwarils  Caiiainlaigua.  To 
the  west  there  was  nunc.  At  the  iiortliwi-st  corn  :r  stooJ  the  o!J  turn-table. 
Superintendent  Robert  Ili;;liaiu  was  sun-oedcU  by  .Kss  Spra;^ue,  fulloKcd  by 
Charles  Dutton.  The  first  paymaster  was  Ijeor^-e  A.  Leet,  then  followed  by  A. 
J.  Harlow,  succeeded  by  Wm.  J.  Kurd.  The  lir.-t  depot  UKu-cer  was  John  Shol- 
tus,  followed  by  S.  C.  Donelly.  The  first  ticket  a-ent  was  John  B.  Kobcrtson, 
and  his  immediate  successor  was  C.  A.  W.  Sherman.  In  l.'Sjl,  Jlr.  C.  A. 
Jones  finished  the  depot  now  .•^tandinir.     Tiie  old  one  within  wits  demolished. 


HIS'JOllY   OF.MOXriOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YOR 


Many  mon 
h,i.s  a  h.iT.d 


,11 


ill.,  the  d.. 


Tl.' 


AU.0.1  ('. 


ed  her, 
Abou 


ihout  the  plaee. 
about  the  de|...t 
I.  James  has  been 
..;ai;e-eallcr.  There 
than  at  any  o*hor  ii.  the  Shite,  save  at  the  Gra... 
the  depot  are  car  insneetors,  c;.r  cleaners,  police,  and  g.ie.nen,  the  last  two  in  the 
direct  interest  of  tho  tiaveli..g  [.ublie.  Men  serve  here  for  life.  Robert  Riy  has 
served  over  forty  years,  James  Gleasoa  twenty-eight  years,  and  others  nearly  as 
Ion;.;.  The  greatest  s;ilo  of  tickets  for  any  day  wa.s  to  attend  the  State  fiiir,  in 
1SC4,  when  the  amount  re.ched  S.-)000.  Through  the  southern  towns  of  Rush 
and  Mendou,  winding  ca.stward  from  the  (j\^nesee  to  Canandaigua,  is  a  railroad 
built  by  a  company  i.icu.porated  December  10,  IS.JU,  m  the  Canandaigua  and 
Niagara  Falls  I!..ilroan  Co...p:>..y.     The  capital  was  one  million.     The  road  was 

.  opened  to  Balavi.t,  a  di-tauce  of  fifty  luil.s  from  Cana.idaigua,  by  January  1,  l.?o3; 

'  to  Niagara  Falls,  forty-seven  mil.  s' farther,  by  July  1  f..llowiT.g;  and  to  the  Sus- 
iKMision  bridge,  one  and  one-half  mii.-s.  on  April  1,  ISO i.  The  road  wa3  sold,  on 
March  :.'l',  ISJT,  to  Jan.cs  M.  iirown  a..a  others,  and  the  mime  eha.,gcd  to 
Niagara  Bridge  and  Canaudaigua  Railroad.  The  road  is  now  merged  in  the 
New  York  Central. 

T/ie  Rochtster  nnil  Gencscr  VnVii/  R.iilroud  extends  southwest  ward  from 
Rochester  to  Avon,  a  distance  of  l^.'l'y  miles.  It  traverses  the  towns  of  ISrighton, 
Henrietta,  a.id  Rush,  and  its  course  in  the  latter  town  is  near  the  casteru  bank  of 
the  Get.csee  river.  The  movement  to  construct  the  road  was  inatlc  at  a  meetiug 
held  December  27,  IS.-.O,  where  John  Vernam  was  ch.isen  president.  \Vm.  F. 
Cuyler,  vice-presi.lent,  and  B.  Y.  Howard  ii.d  J.  R.  liuud,  scereta.-ics.  At  an 
adjourned  Diecti...-,  held  in  the  village  of  M..unt  .Morris,  on  January  U,  Is.jl, 
articles  of  association  were  drawn  and  adopted,  and  a  board  of  thirlcxm  directors 
appointed.  It  was  decided  to  name  the  roa.l  the  "  Genesee  ^"alley  Railroad." 
John  Vernam  was  ch.wcn  prcsid.^nt  The  subject  was  agitated,  but  nothing 
accomplished  for  some  time.  On  M,,r.  1.  V.\  1  >.">!,  the  ("..llowiuj  bo.ad  of  .Jircctors 
was  chosen:  James  Falkner,  Charles  H.  l'arr..l.  Jau,.s  S.  Wa.lsworth,  J,>hn  Ver- 
n.am,  Daniel  Fitzhugh,  Alle.i  Ayiault.  Elij,.l.  F.  Sn.ith,  WiUL.m  I'itkin,  Az..riah 
Boody,  Aaron  Bronsou.  Levi  -\..  Warl.  and  Frecn.au  I'l.rke.  The  direet,..rs 
«Iectcd  James  S.  ■\Vad.-worth,  l;.-.|.,  p.e-i.lent  of  the  i.iard,  and  Freeman  Clarke 
accret:iry  and  treasurer.  It  was  ajic-.l.  by  ,-abscrip:i..n  t..  ariiclcs  of  association, 
that  the  capital  st..ck  should  be  S-.ill.oni.i.  .md  iho  i.tl.'  ..f  Rochester  and  Genesee 
Valley  Railrwd  w;u  ad.tptod  ;is  c.irpoiatc  iia.n.'  of  ihe  a-.oei.iti.in.  Committees 
on  subscription  wcr.^  app...iiited.  Tie-  .[H  'i'l  ■!'  t  ,;;  i-  IV  .-  the  .'Ccasion  of  con- 
sider.ible  controversy,  and  the  citizens  .,('  K  ■  ;    '        i,  ::_-  interested,  it  w.us 

proposed  to  vote  upon  a  pr.'p.»siti.,t.  to  a[.|  r 'I  ~    ■      '      ■  :.  .li.i  of  the  projiosed 

road.  The  vote  was  had  September  llii,  1-  'i ,  .■;  i  n  .-  ,-r  ,itly  in  favor  of  the 
movement.  Work  was  c.'miu.-nc.-d  in  l.^.'jj.  and  the  r.,  t.l  w,is  opened  to  -\v.iii  in 
185-1.  In  the  f.ll  ..f  l-^.'iS  there  I.„d  been  paid  in  f."..j.").  l."jrt.lij.  and  there  was 
ouLstanding  a  d.-bt  ..f  ?  I  .'ilMMJII.  The  earnings  for  the  year  ending  .S-ptcuiber  liU, 
ISoS,  wen;  So7,-J30.5T. 

The  L.<kc  Ontiirm  R.iUmn.l.  from  0-wcOT  to  LcwLston,  throu.-h  the  northern 
towns  of  .Monroe,  wa.s  coinplot.-.l  crly  in  ISTii.  The  .s.ntract.irs  were  the  firm 
of  John  Hunter  &  (.V.  of  ^^ti.-li.,g,  'Amoi.,-  officers  ..f  the  r..a.l  were  James  K. 
Ford,  chief  engineer;  J.  .W.  .Moak,  sopcnnlcndent ,  and  II.  II.  Houston,  road- 
master.  The  line  cvleiids  thr.iugb  a  well-known  fruit  region,  and  promises  a 
remunerative  trallic. 

T/te  Slate  Line  Rnifnuuf.  from  Rochester  to  Salamanca,  is  yet  in  process  of 
construction.     To  this  enterprise   R..eh.st.T  nia.le  liberal  advancement,  and  will 

doiibtles-s  derive  much  b.r.efit  from  it.s  sp..c.ly  i pleti,.n.     The  city  has  an..,ng 

its  estimated  as.scls  stock  in  the  RiK-hc-ter  and  Slate  Line  Kailroa.l  t..  the  a ul.t 

of  Sllon,im().  The  estimated  est  of  c.instrmti..n  is  Sl.;;.'il',i;t".  It  is  «- 
p.-ctcd  that  one  n-snlt  of  building  the  r..a.l  will  b.    a  eh.aiKning  of   the  cil 

«f  C.  s!  Martin,  ,hicf  cglnccr,  the  r.,ad  was  in  runn'ii.g  onJer  t.,  U  R..y  in  the 


fall  of  lST.->,  a.!d  the  rest  of  the  r.,ad  is  pr.-parcd  f.,r  the  track-l.yer 
cipal  enginccing  work  was  the  Construcli...!  of  a  trestle  eight  hui.i 
f.-c't  in  length,  spanning  a  ravine,  bmr  uiih's  fr.uu  \Varsaw.  The  1 
altitude  of  seventy-six  feet,  with  twenty  feet  fill,  through  which  pile; 


;  drive 


The  I!uche.,lcr,  .V,i,„!a  and  l'e,t,,sy!mm»  Ruilroml  received  aid  fi-oni  Rochester 
t..  tho  amount  of  $l.-.0,(iOrt  ;  but,  so  far  as  known,  the  project  halts  in  its  career. 
Centering  in  Rochester,  traversing  the  towns  of  Monroe  in  every  direction,  the 
network  of  railway  lines,  while  drawing  their  support  from  the  commeice  existing 
between  this  and  other  great  cities,  in  turn  contribute,  by  f.cility  of  communiea- 
ti.m  and  cheap  transportation,  to  remunerate  the  citizen  for  his  outlay  of  means,  and 
to  upbuild  tho  great  and  growing  interests  of  one  of  the  finest  of  American  cities. 

The  i;/fe/Mv'rc/fr/,(,,.A.— Indispensable  to  the  .system  of  railway  managou.ent, 
a  valuable  adjunct  to  the  business  man  and  the  daily  press,  is  the  tcleu-raph.  Its 
trausaetio.Li  are  a  go.jd  refi.'.v  of  the  wealth  and  cmmcrcial  pro-i>erity  of  the  city. 
The  first  telegraph  olhce  opened  in  Rochester,  between  lal  1  and  1S45,  W:ei 
hicated  in  the  b:i.sei..'Ut  of  Congress  Hall.  It  was  opened  by  the  New  York, 
.\lbany  and  Rutlalo  Telegraph  Company,  whose  head.|uartcrs  were  in  Utica. 
After  a  brief  occupancy  of  this  room  the  office  was  moved  to  R.^yiioHs'  .\rcade, 
where,  for  a  short  tiuic,  it  occupi.-.l  the  rooms  at  the  ii.jrth  cii.l  of  the  west  gallery. 
Its  next  removal  was  to  ro..m  No.  S,  later  in  use  as  D.  .M.  Dow.ys  bo.iksto're,  and 
again,  in  lS50-oI,  it  wms  transferred  to  No.  11.  At  this  time  the  office  was 
managed  by  George  E.  Allen,  of  I'tica ;  and  the  first  operator  w.is  a  young  man 
named  Barnes.  Allen  was  succccd.,'d  in  1S.')2  by  S.  S.  Pellet,  who  had  prcvi.msly 
been  engaged  as  line  repairer  and  assistant  operator.  Pellet  was  assisted  by 
Kmuiet  Allen,  who  served  until  January,  1S34.  Mr.  Pellet  resigned  the  man- 
agement in  December,  1853,  and  was  succeeded  by  A.  Cole  Cheney,  who  has 
been  operator  and  manager  till  the  present  tinie,^-a  period  of  twenty-three  yeara. 
Records  prior  to  1S53  were  mislaid  or  lost.  Assisted  by  Governor  Henry  R. 
Seiden  and  Judge  Samuel  Lee  Seidell,  IIent_\  OTuillj  buili  ai..!  oig....i.ied  the 
first  section  of  the  telegraph  range  of  about  eight  thousand  miles,  whereby  Phila- 
delphia, and  other  sea-board  towns,  were  connected  with  all  sections  of  the  United 
.States,  as  then  existing.  The  original  name  of  the  omanizatioii  was  the  '.A.tlantie, 
Lake,  and  Mississippi  Tel.graph  Range,"  but  the  early  papers  of  Rochester  head 
their  dispatches  "  O'Reilly's  Telegraph."  .Mr.  O'Reilly  is  still  engaged  in  the 
business  of  quickening  and  cheapening  telegraphic  correspondence.  A.  C.  Cheney 
received  five  dollars  and  fifty' cents  the  first  day  of  sup.rint.'nd.'nee  in  the  olHce 
at  Rochester ;  the  heaviest  receipts  any  day  in  the  month  were  nineteen  dollars 
and  eleven  cents.  The  amount  for  the  first  inoutli  was  two  hundred  and 
twenty-seven  dollars  and  sixty  cents.  The  ofHce  labor  for  the  first  six  mouths  of 
1S.54  was  performed  by  Mr.  Cheney  and  two  mcssen'.'er  boys.  One  assistant  was 
IRrllished  after  this  tilUMarch,  1S5C,  ;  increase  of  business  rc.|uired  the  addition 
of  another.  In  ISCO  the  New  York,  Albany  and  Bulhiio  T.legraj.h  Company 
WMS  consolidated  with  the  Western  Uuion,  the  present  cflicleut  O'-ganization. 
More  room  was  needed  between  1S03  and  ISOl.  and  the  instruments  were  re- 
moved to  a  room  on  the  upper  gallery,  over  the  present  receiving  office.  The 
room  Still  above  this  was  taken  for  a  battery-room,  and  a  tower,  thirty  feet  high, 
was  erected  over  it  to  receive  the  win-s  from  the  street,  through  which  they  passed 
to  the  switeli-board  in  the  operating-room.  During  1Sj4  tlie  numb.";r  of  mcs- 
satres  sent  from  the  Rochester  oflice  was  7012,  and  the  number  received  was 
7ri00.     The  total  CiLsh  receipts  f..r  the  same  year  were  .Sl."i2:). 91.     The  number 


the 


ved  1 


cash  receipts  were  S3.-,,-U0.7G,_a  niuc-fohl  inercas 

e  in  twenty  years.    The  li.rce  in 

1S.-13  was  the  operator  and  the  two  messenger  U.y: 

,;  later  w.i'fin.l  a  force  of  fifteen 

a&sist:ints  and  eight  messenger  boys.     In  lS.''i3  o 

nly  five  wires  were  used  ;  there 

were  in  1S74  lUrty/onr  on  the  switch-b..ard,  r.'. 

liiirii...'  sixteen  instruments  to 

work  them  ami  four  main  br.tterics.     George  R 

.  Redm.in,  b.i,,k.kccper  of  the 

ssenger  in  ISlll,  and  delivered  the  fir.- 
uiichI  King,  then  in  practice  here. 


CHAPTER    XXIL 


STATE  AND  COfNTV  ISSTITCTI0N3  IN  MO.NROE:  THE  ALMsnOI  SE— THE  IN- 
SANE A.SVLUM— THE  COUXTV  PENITENTIAIIV  AND  THE  WESTEIIN  IIOlsE 
OF    KEFlllE. 

Man'.s  inhumanity  to  n..in    h-ei   ma.lc  coiintlcs.s    tl.nu«an.l<   mourn,  and  his 
comfort  to  thousands,  who  may  well  ble.-s  the  b.Micvolcnt  spirit  of  the  agi-.     The 


HISTOIIY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW    YOEK 


a  wiLs  thu  nppropna- 
J,  tho  aflvantairna  of 

The  iJea  of  self- 
wliich  buildin-j 

ifj  with  suporiit- 


primary  provision  conso<]itent  upon  the  oriT'inizatio 

tion  of  funds  to  sujijinrt  the  pt^-ir,  and  n.-.  populiitin 

a  8[H*cial  iD:^titutiiji)  uuder  eflicicnt  oHlciah  hecatne  apparent, 

support,  so  fur  jw  practicLiliie,  li:d  to  thu  porch, ne  of  a  fjrm,  uf 

were  erected,  in  size  eoraniensuralo  with  the  d^-niand.  and  su] 

teudents  of  undoubtc-d  iftialiiiijations. 

I7i"  Monroe  OmhIi/  I'vtr-lIuHs'.  situatrd  three  miles  foutheist  fnun  Rochester, 
was  erected  by  th.?  county  in  ISJit.  It  was  ron>tnict»J  uf  brick,  and  waj  cal- 
culated to  acoommudate  from  seventy-five  to  one  iiundred  pnu]>crs.  It  was  man- 
iged  by  five  aupcrintendents.  and  had,  in  IS:^7,  thirty-five  oceupant-s.  about  twi-nty 
of  whom  were  employed  in  useful  labor.  Population  increased,  and  the  buildiii;: 
became  old  and  overcrnwdcd.  Tlie  rivin'.^  maniac,  the  youn;^  cliiM,  the  infirm 
old  man,  and  the  seducer's  victim,  were  crowded  in  a  building  whose  remem- 
brance mu.«c  scvra  painful.  Humanity  called  for  a  removal  of  the  child  from 
baneful  influences,  and  a  scpamtion  of  the  insane  from  the  sane.  In  IS.jd  a 
school  was  taujrbt  by  >Ii.-s  Benclict.  and  ccntaineil  some  forty  scholars.  A  scliool- 
hoiue  was  finished  in  IS.)!).  It  contiined  two  stories,  the  lower  beim;  for  a  schocd- 
room,  the  upper  for  a  dormitory.  Miss  Gorton  wxs  employed  as  teacher,  and  MUs 
Flynn  as  assistant  teacher.  Jliss  Pepper  succeeded  Miss  Gorton,  and  Miss  Flynn 
in  turn  became  the  teacher. 

In  1S60  a  builJmg  wa.s  set  apart  for  the  infirm  old  laen.  Year  aflcr  year  the 
boildings  became  more  dilapidated,  and  the  report  in  favor  of  new  buildings  passed 
unheeded  until  early  in  1S72,  when  the  eomraissioner^  be.nin  to  act  in  a  manner 
which  set  the  future  at  rest  upon  this  ((Ucstion.  A  bulldini  couimitteo,  com- 
posed of  Patrick  Malone,  L.  M.  Otis.  A.  N.  Whiting,  Josiah  Rieh,  William  W. 
Bruff,  and  A.  Crittenden,  was  appointed,  and  a  contract  was  made  for  new  build- 
ings with  George  H.  Thompson  and  John  W.  .McElhiuy,  on  February  23,  1ST2, 
for  859,600.  The  alm.=house  was  located  midway  between  the  insane  asylum 
and  the  penitentbry,  and. fifty  feet  south.  The  architect  employed  was  J.  R. 
Thomas.  The  entire  cwt  of  the  work  was  S72.94S-44.  The  building  was  con- 
fitruclcd  of  brlcK,  pariitions  being  ol  the  same  material,  and  the  cornice  of  iron, 
thus  rendering  the  structure  nearly  fire-proof  It-s  dimensions  are  one  hundred 
and  eighty-eight  feet  fronting  on  South  avenue,  with  wings  on  the  north  and 
south  ends,  running  ea.--t  one  hundred  feet  from  the  front  wall,  and  furty-clght  feet 
wide  each.  A  hall  eighty-five  feet  wide  extendi  through  the  centre  of  eiich.  A 
third  wing  is  situated  back  from  the  centre  of  the  main  building,  in  extent  sixty- 
eight  fe^t,  !>nd  width  thirty  feet.  Twenty-two  fe.;t  am  t»o  stories,  for  kitchen 
and  bake-rooms,  the  rcmainini;  thirty-eii;ht  f.-et  are  used  for  heating  purposes. 
The  main  building  is  three  stories  high,  with  euiwla  rising  from  the  centre;  the 
whole  presents  a  cumely  and  handsome  exterior.  The  basement  is  in  u.se  as 
kitchen,  dining-room,  cellars,  etc.,  while  the  first  and  second  storic-a  comprise  the 
day  apartments  and  a  portion  of  the  dormitories,  the  remainder  being  in  the  third 
story.  The  hospitals  are  situate<l  in  the  wings,  on  the  same  fl'vtr.  The  wards 
aie  heated  by  steam.  There  are  bath-rooius  on  the  first  and  third  stories.  The 
chapel  is  on  the  first  floor.  There  arc  acci'mmod.itions  for  400  persi'^as,  and  the 
arrangemeots  are  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  number  of  paupers  supported  in 
1857  was  901  ;  in  ISoS,  ll'-'l  ;  aud  in  \i-o'.\  118.'.  The  number  in  the  house 
on  succes.'ive  years  on  October  1,  b^i'innin.-  with  15.'>-'^,  were  305  ;  lS51t,  291; 
18Cq,  2G1;  ISGI,  274;  1S71,  1S5;  1S74,  LSI;  and  1S75,  ISj.  Among  the 
keepere  were  Collins,  F.  11.  James,  and  E.  A.  Ln.kr.  Of  the  chaplains  have  been 
H.  A.  Brewster,  J.  MandeviUc.  Dr.  Samuel  Lucky,  who  died  October  11.  ISOO, 
J.  V.  Van  Ingen,  John  E.  B.iker.  and  (Jr-ir--  F.  Linficld.  Dr.  Azel  Backus  is 
the  present  physician,  and  Gorg'-  E.  Mcfromnl,  supcrint.-udent.  The  expenses 
for  the  year  ending  September  iiO,  1,S7.J.  were  S-*1.701.I>1.  Admitted  during  the 
year,  six  hundred  and  ninety  paupers.  Born  in  the  hou*^.',  thirty  ;  died,  sixty  ; 
diicharge-d,  six  hundred  and  seventeen  ;  tlir.e  hun  IreJ  an.l  forty-nine  were  natives 
of  this  country,  and  three  hundred  .o.d  fourteen  of  Ireland.  The  institution  will 
compare  favorably  with  any  otiier  in  the  trtate. 

77i«  J/.,/iroe  OiiiHl'J  LiMM-  Asi//iini  U  an  outgrowth  of  necessity,  and  a  prac-tical 
exemplification  of  humane  fe-eling.  .V  brief  history  of  the  in-^ane  ptjor  is  full  of 
interest.  The  primary  effort  to  improve  their  condition  was  made  by  the  gratit  of 
»  charter,  in  1791,  to  the  Xew  York  Itori'ital,  aj.d  an  approjiriation  from  the 
legislature  of  two  thousand  dollars  aninrilly  for  twenty  years.  Inmates  were  re- 
ceived of  the  pauper  ela"!  in  .^I.iy,  1797.  aud  .seven  persons  were  provided  for 
.monthly  during  179"^.  .\n  avera.-e  of  twenty-two  were  .inniially  c.-»reii  for,  fn.ni 
1797  to  ISO:!,  and  the  total  of  adiniviions  f.r  the  interval  was  two  hundred  and 
6floen.  A  law  wa.s  pe-viod,  in  IsOli.  appropri.it inc:  twelve  thousand  five  huudreil 
dollar?,  to  be  paid  ipiarterly  cv.  ry.ye.ir  till  l>.'i7.  to  the  New  York  Ilo.-pital,  to 
provide  "suitable  ap.irtments  tor  m.inia'--*.  :id.tp:.il  to  the  variou-*  forms  and  dc.n"ee'3 

«f  insanity."      A  buildin'.:  nf  limited  eapeity  was  c pli'-ed  in  l.SO.-^.  and  hither 

the  oSieials  of  several  counties  soot  if  their  |..iuper  iii-rine,  and  sixty-seven  pcrson.s 
were  rcceive<l,  two  of  whom  had  been  conlined  f.jr  eighteen  vears  in  the  cells  of  a 


I       common  jail.     This  marks  the  com 


the  treatment 


nineteen  insane  ;  of  these,  thre 
hundred  and  eight  were  in  j.n 
at  large.  A.  law  was  p.LSsed  ii 
Is,  but  the  act  was  i._-norcd.    Ii 


In  1825  the  Slate  conUained  eight  hundreJ 
hundred  and  sixty-three  were  s^-lf-aupportiug 
or  poor-house,  and  three  hundred  and  forty. 
1823  prohibiting  the  confinement  of  lunatics 
his  message  to  the  legislature,  in  1S;!0,  Governor  Throop  cilled  speeiai 
to  the  pitiable  suite  of  the  insane  poor,  and  recommended  an  asylum  fur 
care  and  treatment.  As  a  result,  an  act  was  passed  on  March  M,  l^'. 
izin?  the  erection  of  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Utiea,  and  making 


priation  thei 

a  noble  and 

The  asylu 

Tears ;  if  no 


Thf 


aleted  January  Itl,  134 


.tended  work,  rcsultii 
received  patients  frt 


in  incalculable  good  to  thousands, 
the  poor-houses,  and  treated  them  for  two 
en  cured  thev  were  remanded  back  to  the  poor-hou.sc,  and  new 
cases  received.  It  therefore  happened  that  some  who  were  (|Uiet,  and  might  ulti- 
mately have  recovered  at  the  asylum,  when  returned  to  the  alrnshoiue  became 
violent,  and  were  chained  as  a  measure  of  safety.  A  dependence  was  placed  in 
the  State,  and  appeals  for  relief  to  the  insane  were  made  in  ISoO,  by  county  su- 
perintendents of  the  poor,  to  the  legislature,  but  no  action  followed.  At  this  time, 
the  condition  of  the  lunatic  poor,  in  the  Monroe  almshouse,  was  truly  deplorable. 
There  were  thirty-.scven  insane  confined  in  thirteen  cells.  These  cells  were  low, 
unventilated,  and  unwholesome,  and  in  dimensions  but  four  and  a  half  by  seven 
feet.  In  this  small  space  were  crowded  as  many  as  four  persons,  some  of  whom, 
wild  and  raving,  were  chained  and  handcufi^ed.  There  was  no  out-yard,  and  no 
guards  to  stoves  to  prevent  solf-inflieted  injury.  It  was  resolved  to  erect  a  per- 
manent and  convenient  building  especially  for  the  insane.  It  was  constructed  at 
a  cost  of  somewhat  over  three  thousand  dollars,  during  1S56  and  1S.'p7.  The 
first  visiting  committee.  eon.M.'ting  of  Dr.  P.  G.  Tobey,  Henry  Churchill.  H.  A. 
Brewster,  and  James  H.  Warner,  pronounced  the  structure  "  in  conception  and 
completion  a  credit  to  the  county."'  Tiie  bnilding  wrt«  opene-i  tor  pati-.uts  :r.  :!;c 
spring  of  1857,  and  the  aeconmiodations  for  forty -eight  persons  wore  fully  occupied. 
The  institution  was  placed  under  the  supervision  and  management  of  Colonel  J. 
P.  WicL'ins  and  wife.  An  addition  was  completed  by  October,  1S59,  at  a  co.»t  of 
820,791.57.  The  building  committee  were  Messrs.  Moore,  Wau'ner,  and  Smyles. 
The  wing  thus  erected  was  three  stories,  high  and  constructed  of  brick.  There  is 
a  hall  in  each  story.  The  b.Tsement  conLiined  kitchen,  furnaec,  etc. ;  the  first 
floor,  a  dining-room,  parlor,  and  bed-rooms,  and  in  the  upper  story  are  fourteen 
fine  brge  rooms  for  patients.  This  wing  served  more  as  an  accommodation  for 
the  superintendent  and  employees  than  a  relief  for  patients,  and  the  forty-four 
rooms  were  speedily  crowded,  and  several  placed  in  the  same  room,  while  a  num- 
ber were  compelled  for  lack  of  room  to  remain  in  the  almshouse.  The  ease  was 
improved,  but  the  increase  of  patients  demanded  like  increase  of  room.     The  fol- 


statistM  exhibit  the  number  of  in 
1859,"  fifty-two;  1800,  fifty-nine;  1861, 
sixty-three.  This  year  there  were  twenty-five  i 
each  cell.  There  were  seventeen  Monroe  Couu 
the  insane  of  the  countv  for  the  year  was  eighty 
warden,  and  Charles  C."  H.  Jliller  was  the  physic 
untiring  friend  and  worker  for  the  poor  for  a 


i  on  October  1  of  each  year :    In 

nty;    1SG2,  seventy-five;    1803, 

cells  in  which  there  wen-  two  in 

iity  insane  poor  at  I'tica.  so  that 

•F.  Wallace  was  in  charge  as 

ui.     Dr.  Samuil  Lucky  was  an 

umber  of  years.     The  need  of 


but  unheeded,  w 

y-four lunatics;  1  SCo. seventy  :  1806, 
:hty-nine;  1SC9,  eighty-seven;  and  in 


better  accommodations  was  annually  st: 
tinually  increased.  There  were  in  1SG4  i: 
seventy-three;  l.'^G7,  eighiy-threc;  180.5 
1870.  eighty-eight.  Two  to  four  had  been  confined  in  a  single  room,  and  the  demand 
for  relief  became  imperative.  A  wing  was  erected  in  1870.  giving  accommodations 
for  twenty-five  patients.  The  number  of  inmates  arose  in  1871  to  one  hundred, 
while  there  were  rooms  for  but  .seventy  with  single  occujunts.  In  1S72  a  n.ain 
building  w;i3  erected,  at  a  cost  of  eiglitccn  thousand  dollars.  This  building  is 
of  thrc-e  stories,  and  has  a  Mansard  roof  It  gave  a  supply  of  forty-one  rooms. 
Various  improvements  for  heating,  water-supi>ly,  and  other  essentials,  have  made 
the  cost  of  construction  about  fitly  thou.sand  dollars.  The  patients  in  the  asylum 
October  1,  187.'!,  were  one  hundr.'d  and  forty-three;  1874.  one  hundred  and 
forty;  and  in  1>*75,  one  hundred  and  forty.  The  cost  of  maiulenance.  including 
repairs  on  buildings,  of  each  patient,  is  two  dollars  and  thirty-four  eeiit.s  per 
week,— a  rare  showing,  and  much  to  tie'  credit  of  M.  L.  Lord.  .M.U  ,  the  w.ardcn 
and  phy«ieian  since  1803.     The  institution  hxs  a  wide  reputation  for  excellent 

compos,',!  of  Messrs.  Henry  Chuicliill,  J.  W.  Crai-,-,  and  Charles  S    Wr.ght. 

The  Mourne  C'wity  I'cnUr.u:,,,;,  had  its  orlL-iii  in  the  ule.i  that  the  al.le.l....lied 
should  contribute  to  their  ,.wn  .-m|  p.,rt.  and  weuld  be  belter  prepare.l  f,.r  lV.ed..m 


as  1820, 
lief.     In 


nflictetl  I 
,,   Joshu 


Coukey,  Sa 


Ezra   Ii.  True,  and   Le*is 


f^^iilMtoJL^^i 


HISTORY   OF   MONKOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Solya  KLT. 


uti-il  a  cniiuittce  fur  tlie  i 
builJin^:!  w;u  8'JJ.707.l 
h.  R.  Brockwuy,  a  juji^iuiu  li 
tnd  the  institution  bt'gan  business  with 
1854  was  over  iVMI.  The  expenses 
leaving,  to  conuncnco  the  year,  but  little  ove 
hundred  and  fiflj-lour  cuiiimitnicnts,  of  «hc 
eignera.  In  1839,  two  worlishops  were  c 
thirty-two  cells.  The  total  expemlitun 
while  the  ioeonie  was  eighty  dullare  per  • 


Tecti"!!  of  a  vork-house.  The  contract 
10.  Ninety-two  cells  were  suitably  fur- 
lanajer,  was  appointed  superintendent, 
a  caj^ital  of  37000.     The  income  for 


till  a.-t„ber  1.   1S.0 


•■ere   S7l;i 


h.id 


of  barrel-making  was  chanc;i 
wjs  continued  as  the  chief  c 
so.     The  policy  of  r 


»ployr 


5ni  lour  hun.lred  and  ninety  were  for- 
ed.  and  a  south  wini^  was  built  having 
bed  tiic  sum  of  SU7.4-.'3.53, 
he  till  of  ISUO,  the  business 
;  of  finLshin;;  staves;  Work  in  the  shoe-shop 
int.  and  all  v.ho  could  l.abor  were  called  to  do 
from  other  countii^  was  found  advantageous 
u,d  continued.  The  total  ineome  for  ISiiO  wa.s  Si2.7l'0.3(l,  a  i/ain  of  S3:;o5.23, 
and  the  second  instance  in  hi-;tory  of  realizin;  a  profit  from  a  penal  iu-titutiou. 
Messrs.  L.  ti.  K.  Churchill  contracted  for  five  years,  from  April  1,  ISOO,  for  labor 
in  the  shoe-shops;  Hayden  Sc  Bromley,  for  three  years,  from  June  1,  ISjO,  for 
fenuiie  labor  iu  chali  ■.'.o;:.  ,  ....t  I'w.ve'i  I'lge  '^^dV-.,-,...,.,!  fjr  bjrr-lwnrk  as 
early  as  the  spring  of  IS.JG.  Contracts  have  boon  made,  and  various  manufao- 
turt«  attempted,  from  time  to  time,  as  they  seemed  to  promise  profit.  lu  IStii, 
tn  addition  was  made  to  the  cooper-shup,  and  a  warehouse,  fifty-five  by  one  hun- 
dred feet,  was  constructed. 

On  the  5th  of  January,  1SG3,  a  fire  broke  out  and  destroyed  buildings  and 
material  to  the  amount  of  nearly  twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  buildings  were 
replaced  at  once  by  others.  Ag.iin,  on  the  ni^ht  of  October  1,  ISGS,  a  fire  de- 
stroyed the  frame  warehouse  and  other  structurtrs  and  damaged  the  shops.  The 
loss  was  over  t«n  thousand  dollars.  In  ISGC  new  dry-houses  were  built,  of  brick 
with  stone  foundations.  A  reservoir  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  gallons' 
cap-"-ify  was  ennstruetcd.  and  a  well  of  Sve-inch  diameter  was  bored  a  depth  of 
one  hundred  feet.  In  1873  a  two-story  brick  workshop,  one  hundred  and  eighty 
by  thirty-four  and  a  half  feet,  was  built  on  the  site  of  a  former  pail  and  tub  fac- 
tory, at  a  cost  of  nine  thousand  dollars.  The  penitentiary  proper  is  a  four-story 
-brick  building  with  two  wings.  The  north  wing  has  cells  for  males,  the  south 
wing  for  females.  One  story  of  the  latter  comprises  the  female  department  for 
the  manufacture  of  shoes.  A  high  brick  wall,  inclosing  shops,  bounds  the  prison 
yard.  Upon  this  wall  sentries  are  stationed  during  the  day.  and  when  prisoners 
arc  locked  in  their  cells  at  night,  the  guards  are  tianil'erred  to  the  halls  as  a  meas- 
ure of  precaution.  The  discipline  of  the  institution  imposes  silence,  non-inter- 
course, hard  labor,  and  deference  to  officers.  Terms  being  short,  the  inmates  are 
changed  about  three  times  annually.  The  highest  number  remaining  in  the  in- 
stitution on  Octolicr  1  any  year  was  in  IStj.),  when  there  were  two  hut^dred  and 
ecventy-sii.     The  average  number  h;i3  been  fxo  hundred  and  twenty. 

The  income  of  the  p.  niK-ntiary  tor  the  year  ending  September  ;;o,  1S75,  wjs 
$U04.48  less  than  the  current  eipen.ses.  and  amounted  to  820,771.70,  and  was 
derived  principally  from  the  tub  and  pail  factory  and  shoe-shop.  The  number  of 
prisoners  in  confinement  for  the  year  was  twelve  hundred  and  sisty-four,  and  there 
Wert  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  in  the  institution  on  September  30,  1375. 
Ninety  per  cent,  of  commitments  were  of  intemperate  persons,  and  over  seventy 
per  cent,  were  of  persons  unmarried.  The  cost  per  day  for  each  prisoner  was 
twenty-eight  centa.  There  was  an  average  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  men  em- 
ployed in  the  shoe-shop,  and  an  al 

L-  R.  Brockway  served  three  i 
take  charge  of  the  Detroit  Hou; 
Ci.nnectiiut,  ably  supplied  his  pla 


cmpt  is  being  made  to  employ  a  number  of  the 


rms  as  superintendent,  and  then 
of  Correction.  Captain  William 
1  during  the  last  of  his  unexpired  I 


ned  to 

ard,  of 

Cap- 

tain  Levi  S.  Fulton  long  and  elKciently  tilled  the  position,  which  rei|uires  peculiar 
<|ualificatlon3.  Alexander  McWIuirter  is  the  present  superintendent.  Benjamin 
K.  Gilkeson,  a  former  physieun,  was  succe-rded  by  Dr.  J.  I".  Whitbcck.  Rev.  H. 
.\.  Brewster  first  serve-i  as  chaplain,  gratis ;  Dr.  Samuel  Lucky  served  till  his 
death,  October  11,  l.SG'J  ;  and  Rov.  Julin  Parker  has  satisfactorily  performed  the 
duties  of  the  office  since.  The  board  of  in^iwlors  for  1S73  were  Patrick  Barry, 
H.  Mal.ine,  Homer  C.  Ely.  and  Russell  C.  Bates.  They  report  "  excellent  disci- 
pline, rigid  economy,  unusual  good  health  fnjm  exceeding  cleanliness  and  good 


ur  juvenile  dclim 
llcnee.     The  act  r 


Th^  W.^.rn  lhu.eof  Ref„r,. 
I>l^•h  nputation  and  undoubted  e 
•  1-  p.i-ed  May  S.  1S4G.  C.muii.-.sioners  w 
fi*-!  u|M.a  the  one  now  occupied.  Fifteen  a 
'nior,  lieutenant-governor,  and  comptroller,  I 
U-"  .ime  (heir  duty  to  appoint  a  supcrintcnde 
thiny-.i^ht  boys  w.rc  received  during   I^i4'J. 


I  h*alcd  ( 


L.rty-t 


a  reform  school  of 
nuthorizini;  Its  establishment 
piiintcJ  U>  scloct  a  site,  anJ 
a  were  apfMiint*.'il  by  the  ^'ov- 
c  without  couipcnaatiun.  It 
uilJin-s  were  L-miplL-ted  ;ind 

aluable  land,  and  hta  a  mile  aud  a 


high,  furmod  of 


ornamented  witli 


Korhcstor  A  st..ne  wall,  tv.-.-oty-tw.i  fctt  in  hui'.-ht^  ir.c!o^c9  sir 
upon  which  the  biiildinL'3  sUind.      A  st,:>ckiiJi;  f-jn^-o,  uine  feet 

cedar  posts  connected  by  iron  ro",!,-!,  incloses  twenty  acres,  while 

in  acres  arc  used  as  pasturage.  Walks,  play-grovuid^,  and  lawns 
trees  and  shrubbery  give  beuuly  to  the  phicc  and  ci.niCuri  to  the 

centre  buildini,'  of  tlio  house  prupor  fruuts  tlie  eit^t,  and  is  elu'lity- 


ty  d.vp,  an 


north  and  i 


iih.e 


ght  above  the  basement, 
ch  one  hundred  and  forty, 
eight  above   the  ba-S-JUien 


feet  long,  thirty-two  I 
cepting  the  siiuare  towers  at  the  extremities,  which  are  three  stories  in  li(i_ht. 
The  whole  front  of  the  buildings  is  three  hundred  and  eighty-two  feet  in  len-lh. 
Two  other  wings  of  similar  dimensions,  extendini:  directly  westward,  connect  with 
the  front  at  the  extremities,  in  the  basement  of  the  centre'  building  are  kitchens, 
dining-  and  store-rooms  for  the  superintendent  and  subordinate  olTiciuls.  On  the 
first  floor  arc  the  parlor  and  visiting-rooms  of  the  superinten.lent.  manager^'  room, 
and  the  ofiice.  On  the  seennd  floor  are  rooms  for  the  superintendent's  fauiilv  and 
for  the  assistant  superintendent,  and  on  the  third  floor,  occupun'.;  the  area  uf  the 
bnildin-,  b  the  chapel,  ne;itly  arranged  and  affording  abundant  room  fjr  five  Im.i- 
dred  persons.  In  the  basement  of  the  north  wing  is  a  washin..;-ro.im.  fuii.i-lied 
with  a  plunging  bath  twenty  feet  long  by  fifteen  feet  wide  and  three  and  a  rpiarter 
deep,  with  a  perforated  steam  pipe  passing  around  on  the  bottom,  to  warui  the 
water  on  bathing  days,  and  with  water-jiipes  so  arranged  that  each  can  wash  under 
running  water  free  from  interruption.  Thf.-ro  Ls  a  large  store-room  on  this  win^-. 
On  the  first  floor  is  a  laundry,  seamstress'  room,  and  apartments  for  officers  and 
employees.  The  northwest  wing  has  in  the  basement  a  spacious  dining-rootn  with 
cook-room  adjoining,  a  band-roo:'i,  reading-room,  and,  on  the  first  floor,  a  fine 
school-room.  The  basements  and  first  floors  of  the  south  and  southwest  wings 
have  rooms  for  w.ishing.  dining,  cooking,  and  school,  corresponding  to  thost*  on 
the  north  sid^,  also  a  sewing-room  for  the  repair  of  clothing.  The  upper  floors 
of  all  the  wings  are  used  as  dormttones  tor  the  inmates. 

In  the  northwest  and  southwest  corners  of  the  inclosure  are  two  brick-built 
workshops,  each  forty-five  by  one  hundred  feet,  three  stories  in  heiiht,  and  atfording 
ample  room  to  employ  five  hundred  boys.  The  hospital  on  the  south  side  of  the 
premises  is  of  brick.  Its  dimensions  are  thirty-three  by  forty-one  feet,  and  two 
stories  above  the  basement.  The  ceilings  arc  ^ixteen  feet  high,  and  the  building 
is  ventilated  and  heated  on  the  most  approved  plan.  A  fireproof  boiler  hnuse 
stands  in  the  rear  of  the  centre  building.  It  is  thirty-two  by  forty-two  het.  ceil- 
ing twelve  feet  in  the  clear,  walls  of  brick  and  stone,  roof  iron,  and  chimney  eighty- 
five  feet  high,  with  a  forty  two  inch  fine.  The  b...iler  house  contains  three  tubular 
boilers,  each  of  twenty-five-horse  power.  The  main  pipe  from  the  boiiers  i.>  the 
basement  hall  is  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  branches  in  every  direction.  There 
are  thirty  thousand  linear  feet  of  pipe  in  use,  distributed  through  a  million  oibic 
feet  of  space.  Even  temperature  aud  thorough  .ventilation  are  amply  .■secured. 
The  whole  number  of  boys  received  into  the  house  since  its  opening,  Auirust  11, 
1849,  is  four  thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty-seven.  Of  this  number  three 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  firty-scven  have  been  discharged.  The  nniut.K'r  of 
boys  in  the  institution  on  January  1,  1875.  was  three  hundred  and  ci^'hty  six. 
The  number  received  during  the  year  was  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine. 
Discharged  by  order  of  committee,  one  hundred  and  seventy;  by  certiorari 
and  appeal,  one;  escape<l,  one;  died,  three.  Remaining  on  December  31, 
1875,  four  hundred  and  forty.  The  total  receipts  for  the  last  year  were  673.L'^.').13; 
total  disbursements,  587,312.11.  The  overdraft  was  met  by  a  balance  of  SI ."lOOO 
in  the  comptroller's  hands,  remaining  of  the  appropriation  for  the  institution  for 
the  year  1873.  The  earnings  of  the  boys  were  over  -318,000.  Messrs.  Brooks 
and  Reynolds  employed  one  hundred  and  forty  boys  in  the  manufacture  of  ladies' 
shoes,  and  Messrs.  Charles  I.  ilayden  i  Co.  employ  one  hun.lred  and  twcnty-ftvc 
boys  in  cane-  and  flag-seating  chairs.  All  the  boys  arc  engaged  in  labor  of  some 
kind  in  and  about  the  institution.  The  boy.s  are  in  school  wmicwhat  less  than 
three  hours  each  d.ay,  and  receive  instruction  in  the  common  branches  and  in 
iiistory,  philostiphy  aud  book-keeping.  The  attend.ance  upon  services  iu  tlo'  chapel 
is  marked  by  a  cheerful  and  h-arty  performance  of  their  part.  The  demeanor  is 
earnest;  the  sin'.'ing  is  notably  good.  The  s.anitary  record  of  the  institution  has 
been  generally  favor.ible.  Time  and  the  means  foramusement  are  amply  be>toWLsl. 
A  reading-room  is  stocked  with  choice  mag.izines  and  periodicals,  and  rnilir.iry 
drill  teaches  the  necessity  of  order,  promptness,  and  regularity.  The  institution  is 
not  designeii  lijr  puni.-'hmeiit,  but  reformation.  A  system  uf  badges  is  in  vo'jue. 
The  badge  of  the  graduating  class  is  a  (ierman  silver  .«hield,  with  a  silver  .oit  of 
arms  of  New  York  Sl.ite  in  the  centre  of  its  face,  surroun.led  by  the  words, 
"  Western  House  of  R.fuge.  "  "  Kxcelsior."'  Before  leaving  the  in^litulton.  a 
good  home,  with  a  sati-f'ietury  evi-lenee  of  prop-r  care,  instruction,  and  employ- 
ment is  provided,  either  by  friend.s  or  by  tiie  institution. 

Ojjwera. — The  present  board  of  managers,  in  three  classes,  five  in  each,  aro 


KISTOIIY   OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


■used  *3  followi:  Fimt  class— William  Otis.  Jerome  Kov.-..  William  Purall, 
Wm.  C.  Sbvtoa,  and  V.'illiaTn  N.  t-a.-c.  .Sec-)n.l  clasj— Willi:i:n  C.  Rowley, 
•WfllLim  H.  Bri-,-„~i,  l::ra  R  \nirev.-.,  1".  M.il.,no,  and  ;>L.:tinier  F.  RcvdoUi. 
Thinl  c'.aas — Julin  O'Donohui?,  Gorgu  J.  Whitnty,  Louis  Clupio,  Loais  Em^t, 
tad  CharUa  H.  MoncU. 

Oficm  r./  ihe  B'.ard.—deoT^fL  3.  M'hitney,  pri->i.lent ;  ChirU-s  H.  Monell 
ud  Wlu.  Purccll,  first  and  sccmd  7i.M-pr.>Md'ont5 ;  William  C.  R.mley,  i^-r^- 
tary  and  trca-iircr.  Ruildln?  and  r.  pair  ctjcimittce:  Gf-irL-c  G.  Whitney,  John 
CDonohuc,  and  M.  F.  Reviiolds.  Vi.itin-  »-mavMv^ .  Wi.i.  Olij.  K.  11.  Ad- 
d.tw3,  William  C.  Slayton,  and  P.  M.ilone.  Di-charaD-  cr.mmitti-e  :  Wm.  U. 
Briggs,  Loui*  Ern.'t,  and  Loui.1  Ch.ipin.  School  committee :  William  FurcoU, 
P.  MaJone,  and  Jerome  Kejea.  Eieeutivo  comioittee  ;  Jerome  Kcyea,  Louis 
Kni.it,  M.  F.  Keynolda.  E.  u'  Androwi.  and  Wu..  C.  Ko^vl.y. 

Ogictri  of  the  Uoute. — Suporintcnd-nt.  L-ri  S.  Fulton  ;  asjisUnt  superin- 
teodent,  Francii  A.  D.ikcr ;  phyiician,  Az.-l  Baikua  ;  chaplain.  Dr.  T.  C.  R'.'ed : 
CsthoUc  chaplain.  Rev.  Geo.  I.  O.hoin. 

&At»&.— Fin,t  division:  Rohcrt  O.  Fulton.  princip:il ;  Eliza  J.  Allen, 
usisSint;  AdJie  L.  AWid,  i«ist.mt ;  i[r«.  S.  J  Xijliol-?.  Sunday-sch.ml 
taclicr.  P:c,^..l  rV..y.„.  W:r.  If  Wl-k'u^,  ;  :^ci,^^' .  T..  Maria  AIIc^l, 
tasistanl;  Mary  Gillman,  asiiitant ;  Anna  Thomas.  a.siUtant.  Anna  M.  Hol- 
le&back,  priueip.d  of  primary  departiuent.  fnit  division.  Elizabeth  A.  Taylor  is 
malroQ,  and  there  are  a  score  ot"  employees  otJieiating  in  various  capacities. 

Jhnale  DepnitiMnt. — By  the  ori_'inal  act.  young  persons  of  both  sexes  were 
to  be  provided  for  in  the  Western  House  of  Refuge.  A  subsequent  act  desig- 
o«Ced  boys  alone  as  inmates.  The  nri:ent  need  of  a  like  inititution  for  girls  be- 
eamj  apparent,  and  rcsulttfd  in  the  passai-e  of  an  act  authorizing  the  managers  of 
the  House  of  Refuge  to  erect  and  furnish  i  female  department,  to  be  of  size  to 
•ecommodate  one  hundred  girls,  and  to  be  located  on  the  farm  belonging  to  the 
State,  iiid  under  the  managers  of  the  existing  institution.  The  act  was  passed 
>I»T  3,  1ST5,  and  specified  that  the  buihiing  should  not  mv^f  r/.  eT~.«l  ST.i  iiiiO, 
and  that  three  of  the  board  of  managers  should  he  appointed  a  building  committee 
to  superintend  its  erection.  .\t  a  regular  mettin-.;  of  the  board,  held  May  3, 
George  J.  Whitney,  Jerome  Keyes,  and  Willi.mi  Purccll  were  appointed  and 
authorized  to  procure  plans  from  three  leadinir  architects.  Three  plans  wcr«  sub- 
mitted, and  that  of  Charles  Cools  w.as  adopted  by  the  committee,  and  duly 
approved.  The  contract  w;is  awarded  to  Gcor.:e  H.  Thompson,  his  bid  boing  the 
Jowet,  and  a  contract  was  executed  and  approved  on  August  30,  1S75.  Ou 
S'?ptemher  1  the  ground  was  broken,  and  on  iVtober  4.  1S70.  op-.-ning  ceremonies 
»eTe  held.  Two  girls  from  Rochester  became  the  nrst  inmate-*,  and  others  are 
being  gathered  in.  A  certificate  of  the  completion  of  the  work  was  filed  with  the 
governor,  who,  on  October  2.  ISTC,  issued  a  proelamalion  authorizin_-  courts  in  the 
fborth,  fifth,  siith,  seventh,  and  eighth  judicial  di.^tricts  to  send  female  delinquents 
to  the  Iloa^e  of  Refuge  for  juvenile  dolin(|Uenis-  The  building  is  in  the  Norman 
Itjle  of  architecture,  having  a  fiont.ige  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  feet  ou 
Bickus  avenue.  The  main  building  is  t'orty-six  feet  wide  by  fifty  feet  deep,  with 
a  rear  addition  thirty-six  by  twenty-two  feet.  The  eonnectin-  wings  are  eighty 
feet  long  by  forty  feet  deep,  and  the  two  main  win-.-s  are  thiriy-threc  feet  wide  by 
fcrtj.six  feet  deep.  The  centre  butlJin-  is  four  'tnries  in  height,  and  the  different 
wings  are  three  stories.  A  basement  nine  fe-.'t  in  the  clear  ruD<  through  the  entire 
tutlding.  The  foundations  arc  laid  with  Albion  stone,  and  the  structure  of  brick. 
The  basement  is  divided  into  store-celUrs,  and  in  each  wing  is  a  p!.iy-room.  The 
first  floor  of  the  centre  building  is  given  to  general  office  pnrp.-ise3,  and  includes  a 
bath-room.  In  each  wing  are  wort-,  school-,  and  diuing-PX)ms.  The  height  of 
the  atory  Is  thirteen  feet.  The  second  finor  of  the  main  building  is  in  use  as 
ileeping-roonis  and  for  oSic-es,  and  over  the  kitchen  Ls  the  laundry.  The  wings 
are  a^  as  dormitories.  This  story  is  twelve  feet.  The  third  floor  is  the  same  as 
the  aeeood,  except  that  the  hospitals  are  in  each  main  wing,  and  the  rhapcl  over 
the  laundry.  The  fourth  floor  of  the  main  biiilJin:  is  used  as  a  dormitory.  The 
builder,  and  all  eonccrnc^l,  performed  their  pans  in  an  efticient,  -ub<t.intial  manner, 
and  it  is  a  matter  of  con'.:nitulation  that  in  the  various  charitable  and  reformatory 
.institutions  of  Rsche-'ter  and  iU  vicinity,  so  gi'nernus  prnvLsion  of  means  has 
been  et^iuled  by  so  faithful  and  beneficial  application  of  them. 


CHAPTER    XXIII. 

ISTOBT  or    MO.-tBOK  jiOLDIERT    TRnM    ISlU  TO  ISC; 
ritii,-ns  were  of  the  U-st  a. 


supplies,  and  themselves  volunteering  to  nurse  the  gallant  sick  and  wounded  ih 
thedrcadc-d  and  dre.idful  hospital  and  battl,;-6cld.  The  history  of  Monro.:  in  th* 
rebellion  would  to  a  grap'hic  reit.rd  of  the  war  i.i  the  cost,  and  lo  Ir.iee  marvh 
c.inip.  and  battle  of  all  woulil  make  a  v.iluaMe  library.  That  some  organizaiioas  SnJ 
slicht  mention  is  the  result  of  inability  to  find  reliable  authority,  and  is  no  rei,.»- 
tlon  np.iti  their  action.  The  men  of  Monroe  were  brave  men,  and  oneopganiiatl.fl 
may  find  itself  rellected  in  the  de^p.;rate  and  heroic  struggles  dc-^-.rib.d  of  aooth-r 
As  the  Union  was  seen  imi»crilcd  and  a  war  ineviuble,  Monroe  put  torth  h»T 
strength.  The  towns  and  the  city  vied  in  gallantry,  and  within  fillccn  noitt. 
over  forty  org-anizcd  companies  had  h«n  rai-e^l,  and  a  total  of  nearly  five  th..ii^>l 
men.  Therc*had  gone  out  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  nine  companies,  and  bnn. 
drcds  li^er  joined  to  fill  up  their  depletcil  ra^ks;  the  Tif  enty-siith.  two  companies  f 
the  Twenty-seventh,  one  company ;  the  Fifty-sixth,  two  ciimpinies;  the  Thiny- 
third,  one  company;  the  Eighty-ninth,  one  company;  the  One  Hundiclth.  ote 
company;  the  One  Hundn-d  and  Fifth,  three  companies;  and  for  the  Eicci>».  r 
brigade,  three  companies.  In  the  Eighth  Caval.-y  were  throe  companies,  a  lite 
number  in  the  Ira  Harris  Guards,  and  one  or  more  companies  in  D.iubK-day', 
.\rtillery  and  in  the  Van  Buren  Infantry  ;  and  there  was  the  L  Battery  of  the 
Fii>v  New  York  -Vrtillery,  besides  .-nuaJi  of  men  for  many  other  regimeuts.  As 
it  became  apparent  that  yet  stronger  exertions  must  be  made,  retruitingwas  rovie 
the  businc^is  of  the  day ;  a  camp  was  estahli.-heil  at  Rochester,  war-meetings  were 
held  in  villages  and  city,  and  hundreds  enrolled  to  turn  back  Lee's  columns  from 
the  Northern  soil. 

A  full  regiment  of  twelve  hundred  and  sixty-three  men,  and  known  as  the  On* 
Hundred  and  Ei-'lith,  with  a  battery  and  o>mpany  of  sharpshooters  included,  was 
raised  in  Monroe  before  the  1st  of  :«cpteniber.  and  close  following  their  departore 
for  the  front,  a  regiment  known  as  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  was  rapi.JIy 
organized  in  this  county  and  hurried  to  the  field.  Regiments  in  the  field  were 
'ari^jly  recruited,  and  the  Thirty-third  alone  receiveii  two  hundred  and  forty  meo 

four  counties  of  the  State  had  filled  their  quotas  in  the  givca  time;  those  four 
were  Cayuga,  AVayne,  Franklin,  and  .Monroe  ;  the  last  had  raise-i  by  volunteering 
three  thousand  one  hundrci  and  twelve  men. 

The  Vartemth  iVf c  York  VuhnlcfrB  were  organiied  at  Rochester.  Eight 
companies  arc  credited  to  the  city,  one  to  Brockp.)rt,  Company  K,  and  one  to 
Oansville,  LivincT'ton  county,  Company  B.  Their  colonel  w.is  I.  F.  Qnimby.  a 
professor  of  Rochester  University,  and  a  graduate  of  West  Point.  Lieutenant- 
colonel,  E.  G.  JIarshall;  major,  D.  M.  Dewey;  and  among  the  captains  were  meo 
who  rose  to  high  positions  in  l.tter  organizations.  The  regiment  departed  for 
Elmira  on  May  3,  and  were  mustered  into  rervice  on  May  !4.  fur  a  period  of  ttr-c 
months.  Clothed  in  a  handsome  suit  of  gray  and  presented  with  a  beautiful  stawJ 
of  colors,  on  the  part  of  J.  H.  Martindale  for  the  ladies  of  .Monr.^'  County,  they 
.-el  out  for  Washington  M.w  20,  and,  with  the  Twelfth  New  York,  p.isse-j  ihrnngh 
Baltimore  on  the  next  day,  beini  the  first  volunteers  to  reach  that  city  alVr  the 
attack  on  the  Massachusetts  Sixth.  On  June  3  they  crosse<J  the  Potomac  and 
encamped  at  Arlington  Heights.  Trivial  aff.iirs  were  noted  tVom  aoveUy.  Jisopcc- 
f  ,rts  were  felt,  and  the  plaudits  of  the  press  were  repeated  wich  pride,  frar, 
went  by  with  drill  and  review,  and  the  men  were  gratified  to  be  nrme-i  with  Re- 
mington rifles.  The  Thirteenth  were  l,rii.-aded  with  the  .Seventy-ninth  and  Siitr- 
iiinth  Now  York  and  .Second  Wisconsin,  under  General  Sherman,  in  the  divisioo  of 
General  Tyler.  On  July  16  the  army  was  on  the  move. the  troops  «upplicd  wiih 
three  d.iys'  tuitions.  The  brigade  bivouacked  the  first  night  at  Vienna,  distant 
ten  miles.  Next  d.iy  the  advance  was  continued  slowly  to  and  beyond  Fairfax. 
and  on  the  19th  a  halt  was  being  made  at  Centrevillc.    A  skinui-h  to.ik  place  on 


the  16th  adverse  to  the  Un 
enemy,  strongly  posted  on 


i  with 


Run,  V 


:Tard.      At 


5l0!<it0E  was  true  for  the  I 
diets,  her  pros  was  chi 


ing  and  devol.d,  her  war  i-nnuMitt«\.-s  were  indefatii^ablc 
ia  -exertion,  and  her  daughters  were  seen  pRsenling  colors,  g.ithering  honpital 


hills  alo 
two  A..M.  of  the  21st  of  July  the  troops  were  called  to  arms,  and  the  bri-a.ie 
m.irchcd  five  miles  and  halted  a  mile  from  the  "  mn."  Orders  came  at  ten  .v  M. 
1..  adv.ancc  acro.-^  the  stream.  The  men  dt-hcd  intnand  through  the  water,  loudly 
cheerins,  and  ascending  a  hill  eau-.'ht  the  first  Jimp«  of  the  enemy  an.l  L-ave 
them  a  volley.  Firing  and  cheering,  the  rc-.nment  reached  and  pa.s.<..-d  the  l»-«l.i-» 
of  men  killed  or  wounded,  and  ascending  a  s.-eond  hill  lost  two  men  fn.m  C.m- 
pnny  C,  cimmandt-d  by  Ca] 
a.s  support  l.)  a  battery  bee: 
"troop*  rush  forwanl  up  th 
kick."  Again  called  to  act 
up  a  hillside  t,.  the  vicinity  ..f  a  slon.-  l,...i-e.cncounter,-.l  a  s.-r,  re  fire,  whi,  h 
relumed  with  vijor.  The  colors  wen-  b..l,lly  ,ll.pl.,y.-l.  and  -..-n..!..-  .  •, 
proving  too  stmn.-.  the  line  fell  back  t-j  -h.her,  while  a  l.-iy  ■■(  i.    ■lorlv 

inent  w,tc  ,n_-:.L-e.l  sun-.-s.sfully  when  or. I.  re.  1  tc  rctr.nt.  and  wen-  aiu..n-,-  the 
to  leave  the  field.    When  they  reached  the  pjnic.stri.jkcn  horde  ab.jul  aoJ  b.  j 


ators  of  the  new  scenes  of  war.  Th 
e.  fall  on  their  (lie.  loiul,  rise,  fire,  a 
•t.si.lh  fih-d  alon.,'  the  valley   and  adv 


HISTORY  OF  irONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


into  pu'iiM  anJ  f^H  back  to  \\'a>h 


lle-j. 


f  enlistment  wllj  fijr  thrcMj 
perio'J,  and  many  a  good 
mutin<;er3,  who,  had  thev 


Ih..  loss  in  ai 
en  wounded,  and  seventeen   nnSMng.     Tl.g  "Th: 

allautry,  and  ibe  eulonel  proved  hU  fitness  to  command. 
\\'a.-'hiii;:tun,  a  serious  question  arose,  whether  the  time  of  ei 
mouths  or  two  years.     Government  decided  the  la'tui 
loldier  re^irded  tho  act  unjust.     Some  were  treated  a; 
Uvo  proiiiptlv  discharged,  would  have  a^iu  entered  the  service  with  wiliin-^  mind 
Hid  unclouded  name. 

The  fall  and  winter  pasitcd  away  inactive,  save  drill,  review,  and  picket,  and  with 
upriu"  the  army  advanced  on  Manaa.-as  to  find  it  abandonefl.  The  Thirteenth 
Were  iranslerrcd  by  transport  to  Yorktown,  and  took  part  in  the  sie^jo.  On  May 
4  a  detiiil  of  two  hundred  men  of  the  regiment,  and  a  part  of  the  Twenty-second 
M;L-.<ax-hu-^tts,  were  sent  on  picket,  aad  soon  diseovere-i  that  tlie  enemy  had  evac- 
uaii-d.  The  men  deployed,  advanced,  and  by  five  a.m.  of  the  5ih  of  Jlay  were 
within  the  relxl  works.  Various  movements  fjilowed,  and  resulted  in  the  com- 
uiand  beinj;  embarked  upon  the  steamer  ■•  Hen)'  and  taken  up  York  river.  On 
the  Sth  the  meu  were  lauded  upon  tl;<.  uauii  of  '.he  iiver  and  \,'''rt  in^.^  cnmp. 
On  the  nioining  of  May  27  reveille  wns  blown  at  daylight,  and  the  bri^'adc  set  off 
in  0  drenchin;;  rain,  carryin;:;  rations  and  rubber  b'aukeis.  Twelve  miJes  in  the 
idvaDce,  a  halt  was  made  to  buUd  a  bridge  for  the  passage  of  artillery,  and  again 
the  march  was  resumed,  and  two  hours  later  the  battle-ground  of  Uanover  Court- 
House  was  reached.  The  brigade  continued  on  a  mile  and  a  half  to  destroy  a 
bridge,  and  returned  to  find  the  enemy  attempting  to  turn  the  Union  let1;  flank. 
The  Thirteenth  formed  line  behind  the  Forty-fourth  New  York  with  cheers.  Skir- 
mishers were  thrown  forward,  and  an  advance  was  made  across  a  plowed  lot,  a 
piece  of  woods,  and  half-way  across  a  corn-field  two  rebel  regiments  advanced  and 
u{»cned  fire.  The  men  dropped,  returned  a  volley,  and  then  bc^an  to  load  and 
fire  at  ^i!!.  Flft^H-n  mlntite.-i  pa^.^eil.  and  the  enemv  were  seen  leaving  the  field 
on  n  double-quick.  Ninety-one  prisoners  were  taken  and  turned  over  to  General 
Porter,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dead  and  wounded  were  found  on  the 
field.  On  iMay  31  reveille  aronsed  the  men  at  two  a.m.  ;  they  fell  in  and  marched 
to  Caincs'  Mills  and  took  position  up.jn  a  hill  within  view  of  the  Chickahominy. 
Next  day  the  men  in  Hue  stood  under  a  scorching  sun  by  the  river,  while  the 
engineers  constructed  a  bridire  to  cross  it.  On  June  5  the  regiment,  with  aic  or 
spade,  assisted  the  Fiftieth  New  York  uponthe  bridge,  while  a  score  of  men  were 
deployed  in  a  swamp,  waist  deep  in  water.  Relieved,  and  clothes  were  dried,  a 
ration  of  whLiky  taken,  and  rest  enjoyed.  Health  wa3  never  p.xirer,  never  so  few 
reported  for  duty  as  at  this  time.  Duty  knew  little  intermission,  and  on  June  U 
>  company  drill  was  called.  Here  the  men,  from  a  camp  commandingly  placL-d, 
saw  in  the  distance  to  the  right  the  rebel  pickets,  and  daily  awaited  the  advance 
and  the  battle  which  should  give  them  Richmond.  E 
19  the  regiment  were  gent  down  U]>on  the  Chickahoiui 
to  Cold  Harbor,  five  miles  away,  to  guard  against  an  espectcd  attack.  On  Jlon- 
Jay,  the  21sl,  the  enemy,  from  a  battery  in  the  woods,  opened  on  the  bridge- 
buildera;  but  a  battery  of  tw<.niy-pound  pieces  to  the  right  soon  silenced  them. 

Tuesd.ny,  at  midnight,  tents  wore  struck,  knapsacks  packed,  and  a  march  made 
til  Mi-ch^inicsville  with  no  result.  Other  marches  followed,  and  on  June  27  the 
Thirtei'tith  were  hotly  engaged,  and  inflicted  a  loss  upon  the  enemy  double  their 
own  numhrr,  and  likewise  sutfcred  very  severely.  On  July  3  Jackson  had  at- 
i:.<k.d  the  right,  and  the  Thirteenth,  wi'th  its  briWde,  were  stationed  in  a  ravine 
a."  a  Bupport.  Trees  wore  felled  and  rails  gathea'd,  and  a  barricade  was  rapidly 
formed.  A  rebel  regiment,  the  Fifth  Tcuntssee,  made  an  attack,  and  was  ihlvcn 
baik  with  the  loss  of  their  colors  and  many  men.  A  brig..de  mov..-d  to  the  at- 
iJ'k,  and  the  fighting  was  continuous  and  deU!rniincd.  The  enemy  closing  upon 
the  aaiiW  compelled  the  re-iment  to  fall  back  to  the  flats.  A  number  of  men 
i-t'i-pj  by  the  colors  and  attempted  to  kc-p  the  line  steady.  The  re'-irucut  lost  in 
kill..,!,  wounded,  and  missing  one  hu.idrcd  and  one  men,  and  cros.--d  the  Cliicka- 
h..ininy  with  a  loss  of  everything  >avj  arms  and  accoutrement.-*.  wa'.ron3,  and  bag- 
(.■»gi-.  Retreat  was  made  to  the  James,  where,  at  Malvcru  Hill,  the  fighiing  was 
d'-«p«Tale,  and  the  Thirteenth  lost  four  kilic<i  and  fifty-five  woundcHl.  The  army 
rt-iDovcd  to  Harri.son'3  Landing,  and  threw  up  works  and  lay  several  wei'ks  in 
amp.  An  attack  on  Au'.'Ust  1  from  a  rebel  battery  across  the  river  resulted  in 
id  from  a  shell  to  Samuel  Ikmis,  of  L'omp.aiiy  E.  The  regiment 
ngthcncJ  by  tho  return  from  the  prisons  south  of  thirty  men,  and  the 


ng  of  June 
I  pnxeeded 


a  mort.al 


val  of  William  I)owncy  with  a  company  of  eighty-one 


and  hod  an 


llarrivon  ,  Landing  w.lh 
*•  id-,  were  cmhark.-d  on 
U-.d.d.  I..,iiy  l,.ng  and  = 
•"■nth  is  found  on  picket  ; 
J^y  wu  c..t.i  ludeil  at  sii 


A"-ust  H,  and  returning  over  firmer  battlc- 
irts,  and  taken  up  to  Ai|uia  creek,  and  there 
iirclies  followed,  and  on   Au^l.-t  21!  the  Thlr- 


rcveille  at  two  a.m.,  and  a  long  ma 
mile  of  Manassas  junction,  and  fol 
stint  cannonade.     At  half-past  sevt 


eh  under  a  hot  sun  brought  them  to  within  a 
the  la.st  few  miles  within  h.-aring  of  a  con- 

n  A.M.  of  the  2'Jth,  the  regiment  toot  up  its 
line  of  march  fortlie  battle-field,  and  being  depli>y«l  and  advanced  a.s  skirmishers,  ' 
remained  through  the  night  succeeding  on  picket.  They  were  called  in  at  day- 
light, and  marched  towards  Ceiitreville,  piusin-.'  over  the  Bull  Run  battlc--ground. 
An  attack  made  by  the  enemy  upon  the  left  wing  of  the  Union  lines  was  pressed 
so  vigorously  that  the  regiments  gave  way,  and  at  this  moment  a  charge  was 
made  by  the  Thirteenth,  which  swept  up  a  hill-side  under  a  galling  and  destruc- 
tive fire  from  front,  right,  and  left.  The  loss  was  fearful.  All  the  color-guard 
were  wounded,  and  the  flag  was  rent  by  balls.  To  remain  was  destruction,  and 
amid  a  rain  of  balls  tho  rc^gimciit  retired  in  some  disorder,  having  lost  twenty- 
nine  killed,  eighty-feur  wounded,  and  Ibrty-seven  missing,  makins  a  total  of  one 
hundred  and  si\ty  lost  from  a  force  of  three  hundred  and  seventy  which  went 
into  action.  A  few  days  of  rest  were  enjoyed,  and  on  September  G  soft  bread 
was  drawn  for  the  first  time  since  leaving  the  James  river.  Next  morning  march- 
ing wa3  resumed  at  two,  and  having  traveled  fifteen  miles  to  go  ten  direct,  the 
men  went  into  camp  at  Fairfax  Seminary,  and  so  far  from  e.xliausting  them,  the 


their  frn 


and. 


..'then 


body  of  recruits  from  Monroe,  while  en  route  to  join  the  Thiitocnth.  were  involved 
in  a  railroad  accident  on  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  road,  and  fourteen  men  lost  to 
the  regiment.  On  September  8,  the  Thirteenth  moved  to  a  camp  near  Washing- 
ton, where  they  remained  till  the  12th.  when  they  once  more  made  a  departure, 
and  marching  through  Clarksville  and  Urbana,  crossing  the  Monocacy  river,  they 
proceeded  through  Middlctown,  and  by  niirht  of  September  15  had  reached 
Boonsville.  The  battle  of  Antietam  was  fought,  and  Lee  was  jiad  to  regain 
Virginia.  The  Thirteenth  lay  all  day  in  reserve,  and,  at  one  A.M.  of  .September 
18,  cros.sed  Antietam  creek,  and  advancing  to  the -crest  of  tho  hitl.  rtjlieved  the 
Thirty-s'xfh  Ohio,  and  while  deploying  a  picket  line  wore  subjected  to  a  lively 
fire.  The  shots  became  less  frequent,  and  dnaiiy  ceased,  and  as  morning  came, 
the  wounded  called  out  that  tiie  rebels  had  gone,  and  asked  our  men  to  come  and 
bring  them  in.  The  brigade  advanced  toward  the  Potomac  over  the  battle-field, 
and  halted  a  half-mile  from  the  river,  and  lay  idle  for  several  "lays.  In  a  movement 
across  the  stream,  on  the  20th,  the  regiment  with  its  brigade  advanced  about  a 
mile  from  the  ford,  where  they  threw  out  a  line  of  pickets,  which  were  violently 
a.s.>ailed  by  a  heavy  rebel  force,  a  pijrtion  of  them  captured,  including  thirteen 
men  of  the  Thirtijenth,  and  the  entire  command  imperiled.  Orders  to  retreat 
were  given  by  Colouel  Marsh.all,  and  the  brigade  retired  acro.ss  the  stream  under 
the  protection  of  the  Union  batteries,  and  rallied  in  the  woods  on  the  northern 
bank.  No  motive  other  than  a  rcconnoissance  seems  to  have  incited  this  move- 
ment, so  disastrous  to  a  portion  of  the  regimeut.  In  camp  at  S!iepard-,town  on 
the  21st  of  September,  and  called  to  go  on  picket  on  the  Maryland  side  of  the 
Potomac  for  tweoty-tbur  hours,  the  command  was  relieved  at  three  r.M.  of  the 
23d,  to  fall  into  line  as  a  support  of  Griffith's  brigade,  and  for  a  week  the  picket 
and  daily  drill  occupied  the  time.  On  September  iiO  the  regiment  was  reinforced 
by  the  companies  of  Captains  Abbott  and  Downey,  numbering  one  hundred  and 
fifty  men,  and  raising  its  effective  strength  to  nearly  five  hundred  men.  Various 
changes  of  camps,  coupled  with  picket  duty,  occupied  the  time  till  October  '-J. 
New  shelter  tents  had  been  supplied,  and  the  Remingtons  had  been  e.\cluing-.'d 
for  Springfield  rifles.  The  Potomac  was  crossed  on  the  olith,  upon  a  bridge  laid 
by  the  ILmous  Fiftieth  ,Engin-.'ers,  and  the  men  looked  curiously  at  the  old 
engine-house  where  John  Brown,  with  a  score  of  men,  bid  dcfi.ince  to  the  State 
of  Virginia,  as  they  marched  through  the  villiigo,  then  a  vast  sutler-camp,  and 
took  their  w.iy  over  the  Shenandoah  upon  a  second  bridge,  and  went  into  camp  on 
the  Leesburg  turnpike,  about  five  miles  from  Harper's  Ferry.  On  November  I 
tho  regiment  turned  out  to  muster,  consolidate,  and  assign  companies.  Old  Com- 
pany U  was  put  in  D,  and  their  place  taken  by  Captain  -Abbott's  men.  Company 
K  was  put  in  G,  and  Captain  Downey's  men  formed  a  new  K  company,  and  a 
large  number  of  promotions  Were  announced.  Next  morning  the  regiincnc  set 
out  at  six  towards  Leesburg,  and  turning  to  the  right,  completed  a  nincty-eight- 
mile  march  bv  six  P,M.,  and  bivouacked  a  mile  from  Snickerville,  towards  wliich 
the  division  under  Butterfield  had  conc.Miir.iied  in  expect.ition  of  an  attack.  But 
a  day  or  two  p.isscd,  and  on  November  ,')  the  regiment  were  called  at  four  A.  H.,  and 
at  break  of  day  set  forth  upon  a  march  t-j  Warrcntun.  The  march  of  nevent.-cn 
miles  continued  through  Middlcbury,  and  a  halt  was  made  four  miles  beyond. 
Continuing  the  march  at  daylight,  th-  weather  became  stormy,  and  snow  fell  in 
con-siderablc  quantity;  the  e.iiup  was  in.idi;  for  the  night  in  the  woods  near  U  liiti; 
Pbina,  Following  the  line  of  raiiroid  throu-h  New  U.iltimore,  camp  w:i3  made 
three  miles  from  Warrentoii,  where  the  re-.:ini'eiit  lay  some  time.  Undoubted  evi- 
dence of  iiical-.i.-ily  on  the  p.irl  of  .\Ic('l.-llan.  and  of  scmi-trcas.in  by  his  Sllbord- 

command  of  the   .\.rmy  of  the    I'ocom.ic.     The  change  was  unpopular  with  tho 


50 


HISTORY  OF  ilONEOE  COUNTY,  >fE^V   YORK. 


ttoa(«,  ind  tha  now  leader  it  onco  mnJe  umniremenls  to  m.irch  upon  Frcdericlts- 
biirg.  The  del:iy  in  aitaclc  enabled  I^je  and  Juck^on  to  ocrupy  ^nj  fnnit'y  the 
hci^htj,  whence  tr.'y  ;rr!aily  ob-  rvoi!  the  approaching  mass.h3,  and  ailcntlj  allowed 
iLcm  to  u'.iiio  tlii-ir  crosiMni. 

On  Dteeinbcr  1  th.;  entire  bricnde  were  ordered  on  picicet,  aarched  twelve 
oila,  remiiQcd  over  ni^hf  and  murneil  to  Mmp  neit  raorninz.  Pays  passed  in 
tipecUtion  till  D.ecaibcr  II,  when  the  m-n  fell  out  to  rolU-a!l  at  four  a.m., 
ftruck  tents,  packed  up,  and  were  on  the  mareh  at  dayliL-ht  towards  Falmouth. 
All  day  they  by  within  ai-ht  of  FreJerl.'k--hur:7,  and  before  djrk  move.!  for  the 
Bight  into  1  pi -co  of  woods,  rais.^  tenn.  and  enjoyed  a  :ro.5d  rest.  Roil-call  at 
daylight,  «nd  then  a  march  M  the  rivers  bunt.  All  remained  .i.uiet  till  nine  A.M., 
when  the  heavy  pins  opened  a  thunderin:;  but  ioeifc<;tive  fire.  The  Thirte'-nlh 
hj  »1I  day  and  the  niilit  sueceedinc;  in  position,  and  at  ten  .v.M.  of  December  1:1 
fell  in  ind  started  for  the  briil-e  acrcss  the  river.  Cro.vinj.  they  pxised  on 
throagh  the  town  out  towards  the  railn.id.  The  enemy  np.  ne-1  with  shell,  and 
ooc  of  his  njissilc-s  burbtin^,  wounded  t'To  of  the  lut-n.  The  railroad  was  cut  down 
about  BIZ  feet  below  the  level  flat  in  front  of  the  hill  up«ja  which  the  relicl  bat- 
teries were  posted.  The  briL-ado  t<i  which  the  Thirteenth  belon'.^ed  formed  bohind 
the  bmt,  fited  hiy'.net.<.  and,  a*  ■.■..:,:•« md,  tni.ij'y  :idvjiiccd  i^-.-u^  the  Sal  toaurd... 
(he  balteriea,  five  hundred  yards  distant.  .V  shower  of  biillet^,  shot,  and  shell 
urept  through  the  etuarging  ranks  and  struck  them  down.  To  continue  was  de- 
jlractioo,  and  the  men  lay  down,  and  for  thirty.five  hoars  kept  their  eiposod 
position,  receiving  the  fire  of  the  rebel  sharpshootera,  and  firing  at  any  head  or 
liaib  shown  above  the  enemy's  rifle-pit:?.  In  this  eharre  Colonel  Marshall  was 
badlj  wounded  and  c^-irried  from  the  field,  and  thence  t.aken  to  W.i^hingtnn. 

Believed  at  midni-.-ht  of  December  14,  the  eotnmand  marche.1  down  to  Freder- 
icksburg, stacked  arms  on  the  river  street,  and  rested  until  dark  of  the  following 
day,  wbeo  the  ord.-rwas  given,  ■'  Fall  in,  Thirteenth,"  and,  taking  arms,  the  line 
idvaneed  up  to  the  in.ain  street,  and  lay  on  their  arms  till  t  .vo  A.M.  next  day.  when 
they  were  again  called  up.  and  marched  toivirdi  the  hrirl^j.  Tr  .t;-  became 
apparent  that  a  rctrctit  was  in  progress.  The  brigade  had  cra^sed  the  bridge  and 
reached  the  brow  of  the  opposite  b;mk,  when  they  were  countermarched  back 
aetOBS  the  river  up  into  the  town,  and  a  line  of  pickets  thrown  out.  They  tcere 
tht  rtar  guard  to  coirr  the  retreat  of  thr  rctirvt<j  army.  No  s*»oer  had  they 
left  the  bridge  than  it  was  taken  up,  and  at  daylight  the  men  marched  to  the 
opper  bridge,  pas.scd  over,  and  marched  b.ack  to  caiiip.  The  lo.<3  in  the  attack 
vpoD  the  enemy  had  cost  the  Thirteenth  five  killed,  siity-three  wounded,  and 
seven  mining,  a  tot;d  of  seventy-five  men.  Fur  wiki  the  regiment  1-vy  in  winter 
quarters,  and,  s.vve  severe  picket  duty,  were  letl  to  rjuict.  Preparations  for  a 
forward  movement  were  seen  in  the  removal  of  all  the  men  unfit  fir  duty  to  a 
hospital  formed  at  Aquia  creek,  and  the  order  to  march  was  daily  eipocted.  It 
came  on  the  evening  of  January  19,  and  neit  morning,  after  a  mouth  of  rest, 
tents  wer«  struck.  "  Pack  up"  was  sounded,  and  at  one  P.ir.  the  line  of  march 
was  begun,  and  an  advance  of  five  miles  made  l>ef  ire  going  into  camp.  P.aio 
came  down  in  sheets  and  in  torrents,  and  the  Virginia  clay  was  so«>n  chanced  to 
a  deep  and  tenacious  sea  of  mud. — a  continuous  rjuai^Tnire.  A  mile  and  a  half 
aod  then  the  advance  was  aljandoniMi,  and  attention  inven  to  retiirn.  This  was 
tffected  by  January  24,  and  now  months  p.issed  away  in  winter  quarters.  Early 
ipring  came,  and  once  more  ail  w.is  activity.  Joseph  Hooker  had  superseded 
"Bumside,  and  hope  of  success  was  cherished. 

On  April  7  the  Fifth  army  corps  were  reviewed  by  President  Linetrin,  accom- 
panied by  General  H.x.kor.  The  men  were  not  marched  for  miles  to  firm  a 
pageant,  as  with  McClellan,  but  simply  drawn  up  on  their  own  grounds,  where 
promptly  on  time  the  review  was  held,  and  the  men  dismissed.  An  apparent 
triBe  this,  but  deserving  of  mention  among  appreciative  soldiers. 

There  was  every  indication  of  a  movrrncnt  in  which  the  Thirteenth  was  to  bear 
BO  part,  for  it  was  notified  of  its  discharge  hy  rea.«nn  of  the  eipiration  of  term  of 
■errice.  On  Aprd  23  they  !iad  re.iched  \V3shin'.rton,  homeward  bound.  Kitcn- 
iive  preparations  were  made  in  R.>chester  for  their  rccc  ption.  On  their  arrival  at 
half-past  five  p  «.  of  May  2,  an  enthu-iaitic  denion'tratlon  took  place  The 
Biayor  made  a  brief  adlrrts  of  welcume,  in  which  he  said,  "  The  sa.I  and  terrible 
airand  opon  which  you  went  drew  forth  at  your  departure  the  sirrowing  tears 
of  a  city.  The  lustrous  honor  with  which  you  retum  to  as  to-day  evokes  a 
Batioo'i  praise." 

In  a  march  throu.:h  the  city,  the  Thirteenth  carried  the  oolors  borne  npon  their 
battle-fields,  and  their  prn^cs-s — a  continued  ovation — was  "  the  L-rindcst  thing 
10  its  way  ever  seen  in  Kochester."  .Vt  the  square,  in  front  of  tlie  court-house, 
the  regiment  was  ma-Hnl  and  addrr^ised  by  ,liid::e  Chuinasero  in  lan'.,nia^  Ho-iuent 
and  »j.d.»tirriii.-  He  said  of  the  color.,  "  That  nohic  banner  you  have  '.iiarded 
Well;  t«jroe  throu-jh  the  'battle  and  the  breeze,'  tattered  and  lorn,  hut  not  dis- 
hoTKired.  You  bring  it  b  irk  to  us  un^l;iiu'.il  and  sfx.tl,  *s  as  you  tir*t  received 
it,  iaT«  with  the  blu<>d  of  traitors.     We  take  it  at  your  lunds,— Ood  bless  yoa 


for  its  faithfji  c-arel-  Of  battle-fields,  "O 
Yorktown,  Hanover.  Gaines'  Mills,  Richmond 
and  Fredericksburg,  you  liohly  {^id  your  duty  ; 
in  your  country's  h'l^tory  which  record  those 


the  bl.K)dy  fiehU  of  Rbckhur.. 
,  Malvern  Hill,  S,.uth  Moumj,„. 
bright  pages  for  you  will  be  tlo.— 
lemorable  ei>ntrsti."  And  of  th.. 
dead,  "  In  the  silent  cave  of  death,  fir  from  tlieir  families  and  their  homes,  th.-:r 
ashes  re?it;  no  marble  marks  the  spot  where  they  rep'^se ;  it  may,  indeed,  be  f-r. 
ever  unknown,  but  their  memories  die  not,  and  as  we  drop  a  tear  of  pity  for  their 
loss,  in  our  hearts  and  in  our  affections  shall  their  cenotaph  be  reared."  Re;«y-.nd- 
ing  to  the  address  with  cheers,  the  men  were  dismissed  to  their  h^'mes.  Fi_i.- 
companies  returoeii  with  thrct;  hundred  and  sixteen  men,  including  the  >ii  k 
.\bt:tut  one  hundred  and  ninety  of  these  were  original  members.  In  all,  i.^,r 
eleven  hundred  men  have  been  enrolli-'d  in  the  regiment  since  its  formation.  Tli- 
companies  of  .-Vbliott  and  Downey  being  held  for  thrci!  years,  were  Jisigned  to 
provost-giiard  duty.  On  May  14,  l.Si:3.  the  muster  out  of  the  Thirteenth  w,,« 
fimpleted,  and  its  existence  had  ee.ued.  M.iny  of  the  men  enlisting  in  other 
regiments  fought  bravely  to  the  close  of  the  war,  and  won  fresh  laurels  on  eoiia- 
guined  fields. 

The  Ttcenty-f/tK  lif^imeiit  contained  a  number  of  Monroe  men,  whose  ree\»rd 
is  briefly  given.  The  organization  enlisted  fjr  two  yearsj,  and  bore  its  pjrt  in  tb-- 
campaigns  of  the  various  eastern  generals.  During  the  long  period  of  in:iciivitv 
following  the  disaster  of  Bull  Run  the  regiment  lay  in  camp,  being  perfected  in 
drill,  and,  Man.a.sias  having  l-een  found  evacuated,  went  with  the  army  to  York- 
town,  and  when  this,  too,  had  been  abandoned,  followed  the  retiring  erieray  towani- 
Richmond.  .\t  two  A.V.  of  May  27,  the  rrgiuiont  was  ordered  into  line,  and 
made  a  forced  march  of  fifteen  miles,  to  within  three  miles  of  Hanover  Coort- 
House;  engaged  the  rebels  at  noon,  and,  after  a  hard  fight,  drove  them  back. 
The  Twenty-fourth  New  i'ork  and  Second  M.issachusetts  were  bri^dcd  with  the 
Twenty-fifth,  and  this  force  remained!  as  a  reserve  while  the  div'ision  pushed  for- 
ward. The  enemy,  circling  around  the  flank  through  the  woods,  came  in  up.>a  the 
lear  and  began  an  attack.  Ine  company  of  Captain  Preston  was  emploved  with 
the  regiment  in  checking  movements  on  the  ri-.:ht,  while  the  briirade  sustained  the 
direct  attack.  A  brigade  returning  from  the  advance  turned  the  tide,  but  not 
until  the  Twenty-fifth  had  lost  half  its  force  in  killed  and  wounded.  The  Jlon.-^c 
company  had  gone  into  action  with  thirty-two  men,  and  but  ninewcre  broucht  oj. 
The  firing  was  heavy  and  sustained.  At  the  commencement  of  the  action  the 
regiment  had  b«n  dcployLKi  as  skirmishers,  and  the  greater  part  of  Captain 
Harris'  Company  K  were  taken  prisoners.  The  enemy  op-^ned  on  the  Second 
.Maine,  and  the  Tiventy-fifth  doubled  quicked  to  their  relief;  and  the  contest  be- 
came sanguinary.  The  enemy  were  posted  in  the  woods,  the  Twenty-fit"th  were 
on  open  ground.  .\.  rebel  ad\anee  was  repulsed,  and  the  groHnd  was  held  till 
xs.sistanee  had  come.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  action,  wherein  from  three  hun- 
,  dred  and  fifty-five  men'thirty  were  killed,  sisty  ^ftunded,  and  sixty-five  missinc. 
the  remainder  of  the  command  were  employed  in  burial  of  the  dead  and  care  f.'r 
the  disabled.  Much  praise  was  bestowed  for  soldierly  qualities,  and  '•  Hanover" 
was  ordered  inscribed  on  the  colon.  Passing  through  the  retrea't  to  the  James, 
the  battle  of  .Vntietam,  and  other  actions,  we  see  them  take  part  in  the  chanre 
upon  the  heights  at  Frederiekslmrg  on  December  13.  They  were  in  the  Firs 
brigade,  Griffin's  division.  Fifth  army  corp.^,  at  the  buttle  of  Chancellorsville. 
and  were  the  last  to  leave  the  trenehL>s  and  cross  the  river.  The  brigade  was 
assiiincd  the  duty  of  reojoving  the  pontons  from  the  United  States  ford.  The 
boats  were  drawn  by  hand  up  a  long,  stei-p,  muddy  slope  to  a  secure  point,  where 
they  could  be  load.'d.'  The  task  occupietl  seven  hours,  part  of  which  time  the 
rebel  sharpsh<x»ter3,  from  the  clzc  of  the  woods  across  the  river,  kept  up  a  fire 
•  which  wounded  several  men.  Fortunately  none  were  killed.  The  regiment  went 
into  camp  on  May  7,  and  soon  after  received  orders  to  return  to  New  i'ork,  where 
it  was  mustered  out  of  service. 

Tfif  TSzenty-iixth  Rejiinent  was  organized  at  Klmira,  where  it  was  mostered  into 
the  United  States  service  for  two  years.  It  w.as  known  as  the  Utica  reiriinent,  and 
contained  two  companies  from  ^lonroc  County, — the  one  commande^i  bv  G.  S- 
.lenning",  who  was  subse<piently  promoted  ni,ajor,  and  the  other  by  Thoiuas  Davis. 


I        The  , 


eft  R.v 


tor  Klmira  on  >Iay 


under  Colonel  -William  H.  Christ 
the  20th  of  July,  at  midnight,  order<  came 
Dowell.  Tents  and  ba-.Tg,:  were  l.-ft  behind 
to  .\icxandria,  where,  on  the  neit  d.ay,  durin-j 
the  first  battle,  various  onlert  were  received, 
finally,  at  cvenin..',  the  regiment  took  a  train  < 
was  brou-ht  near  the  scene  of  action.      The 


in  after  the  command. 

rdi  red  to  \Va.shington.     On  Saturday, 

ne  to  join  the  array  of  General   Mc- 

ind.  and  the  command  was  transported 

pense  and  apprehension  of 


idcd,  fill, 
road  and 


picket  for  a 
camp  at  Foi 
foru  def.nd 
■  duty  at  Fort 


Onhr^  1 


and  two  at  Fort  Kl 


deplo 


iMi.ry  7,  ISC',  eight  comp 
orth.     The  command  had  I 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEAY   YORK. 


bnffiJt-a,  «nd  emplomt  in  picketin.,'  nmU.  huildinj  wurks,  and  on  ■j:irri.-jn  dntv, 
■nJ  wx<  now  la"4ht  hi:iv_v  .artillery  practice,  at  which  creditable  pr.ii;ros3  was 
nuilc  during  the  win'cr.  Wilh  spring  a'lJ  active  c;impaignin^  the  Twenty-sixth, 
bri;r.ided  with  the  Ninety-Cuurih  and  Ei-lity-ei-hth  .Vcw  Yurk  and  Ninetieth 
Pennsvlvania  Infantry,  Rickett  3  Battery,  and  fuur  companies  of  the  Ira  HarrLi 
(Third)  New  Vorlt  Cavalry,  in  the  corps  under  McDowell,  lay  in  camp  after  a 
TaricJ  eiperience  on  the  heiuhts  oppn-ite  Fredericksbur!».  Co  May  lio  march- 
in"  orJeni  were  received,  and  the  regiment  took  up  the  line  of  march  ibr  Wash- 
iu'ton  Wu  A'luia.  creek.  Upon  the  march  the  re:;iment  kept  well  to<:Pther  and 
hud  few  atrruKlera.  Embarked  at  the  creek  and  taken  to  the  capital ;  tiieo  ordered 
tu  Alexandria,  and  under  ordcre  procettded  by  rail  to  Manassas,  where  all  was 
found  iu  confusion.  The  tro.ips  had  retrc-ited  and  .stores  had  been  destroyed, 
while  the  enemy  demonstrated  with  heavy  force.  On  May  27  the  regiment  pro- 
ceeded to  Br.iad  Run,  being  in  the  advance  of  .McDowell's  corps.  The  enf.-a?e- 
roenls  at  Cull  Pain,  Centrcville,  and  Antictam.  close  following  the  advance  of  the 
rebel  army  northward,  illustrated  the  bravery  of  men  contending  with  numbers 
overpowering.  On  July  15  the  Twenty-sixth  lay  in  timp  at  Warrentoa.  They 
were  in  the  best  of  order,  full  of  determination,  and  under  popular  and  efficient 
ofScers.  Af>er  Antietam-the  dilatory  action  of  McClellan  permitted  the  enemy 
to  retire  defeated,  but  dcBant  and  menaein'jr.  On  October  30  the  Twenty-sixth 
Gru.ssod  the  Potomac  on  a  ponton  bridge  at  Berlin,  seven  miles  fielow  Harper's 
F'erry,  and  with  ita  brigade  marched  to  Lovettsville.  Picketing  and  marching, 
the  command  finally  moved  in  December  to  take  part  in  the  battle  of  Frederii-k.*- 
burg,  and  there  bore  a  gallant  part.  Pending  the  advance  over  the  Kapidan, 
orders  were  read  in  camp  to  prepare  to  return  home.  Soon  at^r  caiue  an  order 
to  prepare  to  march,  with  several  days'  rations,  .icrass  the  river.  The  men  ob- 
jected on  the  ground  of  expiration  of  service.  General  Robinson  adopted  harsh 
measures  to  compel  obedience,  with  no  result  save  to  dampen  the  zeal  of  the  men. 
Shortly-aflerwarda,  the  regiment,  together  with  all  the  two-year  regiments,  were 
returned  to  New  i'orii,  auu  abuul,  Ma/  H  the  T,.-citj-SLith  -ij  su^tcrcd  out. 


CHAPTKR    XSIV. 


THE    IWESTY-3EVENIH,   TWENTT-1 


THIRTTTHIED    EEOISIENTS. 


Is  the  Twenty-seventh  New  York  Volunteers  there  was  a  company  of  eighty-five 
men  under  Captain  George  B.  Wanzer.  It  left  Rochester  for  Elmira  on  May  13, 
ud  was  musterad  into  the  United  States  service  May  20.  Ordered  to  Wa.ihin5ton, 
it  was  engaged  at  Bull  Run,  where  Colonel  Slocum  was  severely  wounded,  as  was 
Lieutenant-Colonel  J.  J.  Chambers.  The  regiment  was  in  the  thickest  of  the  fray, 
ftnd,  save  the  Fire  Zouaves,  lost  the  most  m-.-n.  The  cnmiuand  set  out  from  camp 
on  July  16,  and  late  at  ni.!ht  encamped  by  the  roadside.  lUsuminij  the  march 
next  day,  halt  was  made  four  miles  beyond  Fairfax  Court-Hou^,  until  Sunday  at 
two  A. SI.,  when  the  orders  came  to  advance  to  and  across  Bull  Hun,  where  the 
regiment  met  the  enemy.  It  was  the  second  to  engaL'e,  and,  with  fixed  bayonets, 
drove  the  rebels  before  them.  Suddenly  a  regiment  came  out  of  a  piece  of  woods. 
the  men  waving  their  caps.  Colonel  Slocum  thought  them  Federal  tnxips,  and 
did  not  fire  upon  them.  They  marched  up  within  pistol-shot,  threw  out  a  seccs- 
»ion  fl.ag,  and  opened  with  rifles.  The  Twenty-Seventh  returnol  the  fire  sharply 
with  their  muskets  and  compelled  a  retirement,  but  when  out  of  musket  range 
they  poun-ii  in  the  bullets  from  their  rifles  and  made  bloody  work.  A.vistance 
Was  a.sked  and  refused.  The  regiment  w.i3  ordered  to  fall  back  to  the  cover  of 
woods  for  rest.  During  the  retreat  the  colonel  was  wounded  and  borne  fn^m  the 
fi'-Id.  Later,  the  Twenty-seventh  was  ordered  to  join  in  a  ceueral  as-ault  with 
other  regiment",  and  the  enemy  was  driven  to  the  cover  of  his  batteries.  Finally, 
the  panic  ensued,  and  the  army  became  a  mob.  The  reiiment  marched  from  the 
field  in  good  order,  but  being  charged  by  cavalry  broke  and  scattered.  The  re- 
treat is  a  matter  well  known.  The  command  lay  for  montiis  b-^low  Alexandria, 
en  the  south  bank  of  the  Potomac.  Their  colonel  was  Jaseph  J.  Bartlett,  in 
fUi-e  of  Colonel  Slocum,  promoted. 

In  comfurtahle  quartern  in  huts  with  fireplaces,  the  men  pa.-«.sed  the  time  in  the 
moline  of  ramp,  drill,  and  picket.  Spring  came,  .and  the  army  moved  on  M,an;LS- 
"as.  On  March  in,  lSr,2,  the  Twen(y.«eventh  Icll  its  camp,  and.  marching  twelve 
■iii!.-.  ramprd  near  Fairf  ,v.  c^peetinu-  to  renew  the  march  at  four  .\.M-  to  Crutre- 
'ille.  The  nlir,  moot  of  the  enemy  niu.'s.'d  a  change  of  plan,  and  the  road  wa.s 
laken  l.a.-k  t.i  Alexandria. 

On  April  Is 


camp  till  May  -1.  Taken  up  the  York 
landed  at  W.-st  Point,  the  tir,t  of  the 
enemy  close  at  hand  and  the  woods  aliv 
skirmishers,  the  enemy  disappeared,  an. 


Ship  Point 

disembarked,  and  lay  in 

the  Twen 

v-sevcnth  was,  on  May  6, 

ion,  and   fr 

rming  in  line,  found  the 

h  cavalry. 

As  the  men  deployed  a.s 

ticket  line 

wa.s  e^tabli.shed.     During 

the  night  several  attacks  we 
tured.  The  morning  broug 
gun  waa  fired,  and  a  strag-j 
vanced  to  support  the  picke 
hurried  iuto  position.  Gen 
and  Colonel  Bartlett  was  in 
iuto  continuous  crashes  aa  i 


i  marlo,  and  prisoners  from  the  Fifth  Tex.^s  were  cap- 
r  the  fleet  with  Sedgwick's  advance.  An  occasional 
ing  fire  commenced  along  the  line.  RegmieDts  ad- 
I.  Brigades  formed  in  line  of  battle,  and  batteries 
i;d  Slocum  directed  the  movements  of  the  division, 
command  of  the  brigade.  The  musketry  deepened 
le  fall  of  distant  trees,  and  Sedgwick's' men,  aa  they 


inboats  took 


venth  met 


landed,  doffed  knapsacks  and  .advanced  into  action 
to  repel  any  attempt  at  flanking.      Forward  and  backward  the  lir 
finally  the  fire  slackened,  and  the  enemy  withdrew.     The  Twcnt; 
with  slight  loss. 

The  advance  was  continued  to  Cumberland  Landing,  thence  to  White  House, 
and  on  M.iy  20  the  regiment  lay  five  miles  beyond  the  'White  House,  within 
eighteen  miles  of  Richmond.  Jloving  to  Mechaniesville,.the  command  there  re- 
mained till  noon  of  the  .'^I.st,  when  Cisey's  division  was  overpowered  and  driven 
with  heavy  lass  till  aid  came  and  turned  the  tide.  The  regiment  fell  in,  and,  with 
its  brigade,  formed  line  of  battle,  and  then,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Adams,  tiled 
down  through  the  woods  to  the  turnpike  bridge,  and  halted  in  the  presence  of 
General  Slocuin,  whom  they  greeted  with  three  cheers.  An  attempt  to  draw  the 
rebel  fire  failed,  and  the  batteries  shelled  a  train  pas.-!ing  at  a  distance.  The  river 
ro.se  suddenly,  as  of  a  dam  let  Iciose.  Remaining  at  Mechanicsvillc  on  picket  duty, 
bridging,  road-building,  and  intrenching,  the  men  stood  exposed  like  veterans. 
While  awaiting  the  order  to  advance  on  Richmond,  Jackson  had  moved  upon  the 
right,  and,  on  June  27,  firing,  heavy  and  continuous,  told  where  he  was  pressing 

driven  towards  Richmond.  Morning  came,  and  with  it  the  thunder  of  cannon 
»cros3  the  river,  in  close  proximity  to  the  camps.  The  tented  srround  occupied  by 
Slocum's  division  was  speedily  covered  by  the  blue  lines  of  armed  columns.  There 
was  a  bridge  crossing  the  Chickahorainy  at  the  highest  point  in  our  possession, 
communicating  with  our  forces  at  Gaines'  Mills,  and  Mechanicsvillc.  farther  up. 
Here  the  division  first  marched,  atid  a  part  of  Newton's  brig-.tde  crossed  over,  but 
finding  the  enemy  uk>  strong,  fell  back  and  destroyed  che  bridge. 

The  action  had  now  become  general  along  the  whole  line.  An  incessant  roar 
of  artillery  told  that  Porter  and  McCall  were  hard  pressed,  and  needed  help. 
Marching  down  the  river  to  Woodbury's  brid'_^e,  the  division  cros.sed.  and  by 


three  P.M.  had  reached  the  higher  ground  opposite  and  taken  position.  Thev 
were  just  in  time.  The  fight  had  begun  at  Gaines'  Mills,  a  mile  distant  from  the 
bridge,  and  our  forces  h.ad  been  gradually  driven  back  until  they  held  onlv  the' 
heights  above  the  bridge.  This  position  must  he  held,  as  a  single  narrow  bridire 
precluded  all  hope  of  a  tumultuous  retreat.  The  day's  heat  was  over,  but  dust 
clouds  nearly  blinded  the  eyts  as  they  came  drifting  from  the  fields  beyond.  As 
Slocum's  men  advanced  on  a  double-quick  pi-^t  lines  of  ambulances  and  streams 
of  fugitives,  it  was  cheering  to  see  the  division  ni>hing  unliiuchinsly  to  the  rescue 
under  a  shower  of  shot  and  shell.  To  the  left,  sheltered  under  the  brow  of  a  hill, 
the  streaming  pennons  of  Rush's  lancera  were  conspicuous,  while  reserve  cavalry 
and  artillery  stretched  from  hill  to  hill.  The  scene  was  beautiful  as  a  grand 
review,  but  the  detonations  of  cannon  dischar^e.^  and  the  cra-shini:  volleys  of  mus- 
ketry with  uointermitring  rushing  sound  dispelled  the  illusion.  The  brigade  files 
to  the  right  over  a  hill,  under  a  fierce  fire  from  the  enemv's  guns,  and  takes  posi- 
tion in  a  ravine,  supporting  a  battery  of  Napoleons  on  the  ridire  above.  The 
men  lie  flat  upon  the  ground.  In  the  first  line  was  the  Sixteenth  New  York, 
and  behin.l  them  the  Ninety-sixth  Pennsylvania:  on  the  left  were  the  Fifih 
Maine  and  the  Twenty-seventh.  Colonel  Hartlett  commanded  the  brijude.  and 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Adams  the  rcriment.     The  cannonailing  became  terrible,  and 


he  Napoleons 

maint 

aincd  a  c 

insuint  discha 

rge  upon  the  adva 

dnu' 

rebels.      At 

neo  a  caisson 

drawn 

by  riderit 

.s  horses  cam 

rushir 

g  down  the  roa.1. 

followed  bv 

volley  of  mu 

sketry 

The  ti 

me  had  come 

for  ac 

ion.     The 

nciny 

were  clo,<c 

pon  the  batt 

rv  as 

a  forest  0 

f  b.ayonets  ar 

se  and 

swept  crandlv  o\ 

er  the  hilL 

>)lonel  Bartlett,  wav 

ni  his  sword,  exclaims. 

■•  Forward— double 

,,uick 

— i-har.-!" 

and  leads  in  pen>oa.  Adams,  on  Pujt,  cheei 
etiemj  fell  back  a  rapid  fin*  up«»n  their  ret 
woundnd  in  heaps  wherever  they  iiiailo  a  .^ram 


liutte.'»t  cnntei 


He 


of  h:0 


;imeiit  coilMrkcd  u>i  the  ^ 


lip-S.  R.  SpimMin-.-and, 


H.  MeMuhot..  tb< 


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.HISTORY   OF  MO-STIOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


other  cnlor-bcirer,  thrico  raili^J  the  n-.-im.  iit  :irojr.J  him  anj  lu-.l  ihna  on  a:riio- 
Cloee  to  iLl"  cuI:  r-  .-tcJ  Ca,.t.-im  V.'ani^r  au.i  hu  ban,!  ibjc  l'..ii-Ut  l.ko  hertxj. 
ha  coolly  sDCourjjin^  hb  m.-o.  (.'ompinv  II,  l^ajiiain  Bt-dino,  3Uxid  ili^t  oadnt 
fire,  loBing  Lieutenant  Williams  an  J  two  -er^rcinu  at  the  firat  ch;ir:e.  Lit^uteoaot 
BraJoanl,  of  F,  shi»k  hau'is  with  -a  capturtd  rebi.!  major  during  the  hottest  of 
the  Bglit.  Cotnpany  K  sutftrcJ  severe  los«.  The  Lima  bots,  led  on  by  their 
Joang  captain,  c!o.>eJ  up  their  la-sl  thinnin^j  rarik.^,  and  advanced  a^-un  and  a-j-jin 
to  (he  charge  over  their  fallea  comraJes,  ti,'h:ing  bravely  to  the  la-t.  C<juit.»iiy 
E  oODtestetl  eaeh  foot  of  ground,  2nd  the  entiro  couimand  won  a  meed  of  praise. 
Pim  twilight  ^nihcteJ,  and  the  aouud  of  battle  ;;radually  died  away.  The  battle- 
field ab-jut  the  hou-^  wore  a  tcx/ible  appearance.  The  -k-eno  beyond  where  the 
eoeruj  lay  begyircd  description.  Crowds  lay  piJcd  under  tree  and  boah  and  on 
the  open  ground,  while  tosaing  amis  and  le-.z-*  betokened  an  a^ny  of  paio.  Ktder- 
;le3S  horses  g;i!Ioped  about,  l.iy  in  .•^uttering,  or  5t.>jd  patient  over  dead  inaaters. 
,Xhe  brigiie  ha.J  fou,;ht  tor  life  far  in  advance  of  the  batrenci,  wlm^  grape  ai:d 
eanbter  went  rushing  overhead  into  tlie  rebel  rants.  A  I'ta-h  brigade  of  the 
eoemy  odTinced  at  duak  from  the  wood-i,  and  the  battle-woru  bri-jrade  withdrew 
in  lin?  of  b-ittle.  thi-ir  wounded  hcg.-ing  to  be  taken  alons,  but  in  va:a.  Riehard- 
fon"»  divLi'ioa  came  pouring  over  the  bridge  with  cheer;,  and  relieved  tho»«  who 
hid  borne  the  brunt  of  battle.  At  midnight  orders  came  to  retire  iileiitij  across 
the  river,  and  at  two  A-3r.  the  old  camp  tvaj  re.^rheJ.  and  the  tired  men  lay  down, 
htit  not  to  sleep, — there  waa  too  much  of  suspense.  Cf^mpany  E  had  la?t  one 
killed  tod  ten  wounded.  Company  B,  of  Lyorj,  had  one  tilled  and  twenty-three 
wounded,  and  Company  G,  of  Lima,  had  one  Lilh^  and  eighteen  wounded. 
Before  daylight  orders  came  to  prejare  coffee  and  be  ready  to  leave  at  a  moment's 
Waniitig.  Tents  were  struck,  and  troofvs  were  seen  retiring,  while  wa^run-traioa 
were  moving  out.  By  ten  A.M.  our  forces  had  all  retired  over  the  ChlckaU.'mioy. 
leariog  their  dead  and  wuunde'd  to  the  enemy,  and  \\'o.)dbury  s  brid-.-e  was  blown 
Oft  The  rebels  meanwhile  were  cr.^^Mng  the  river  and  swarruing  before  the 
Union  lines.  Every  preparation  was  made  to  repel  and  delav  them.  The  bri- 
gades of  Newton  and  Taylor  were  busily  en-gagcd  in  felling  trees  and  masking 
batteries,  while  Slwuin's  operated  on  the  extreme  right,  marching  and  counter- 
marching to  deceive  and  intimidate  the  rebels.  Tents  were  struck  immediately 
■  fler  being  pitched.  Knapsacks  were  left,  and  a  movement  made  to  the  base  of 
the  hill.  A  shell  hissed  over,  followed  by  others  in  exact  range,  and  the  eom- 
pauie^  hajtencJ  to  recover  their  kna^-sacks.  No  reply  was  tuade,  and  at  noon 
the  brigade  retired  behind  an  abattis  of  f-Jlen  trees.  The  aftem.xin  w.^re  away. 
and  all  was  ominously  riuiet.  The  brl:rade  w-^nt  on  picket,  and  all  nijht  long  the 
crash  of  trees  bctokene-d  fe-ar  of  pursuit.  At  midnight  an  immense  amount  of 
itores  was  destroyed.  A  few  of  the  men  made  a  hasty  cup  of  coffee,  but  most 
■aw  nothing  of  refreshment  but  hard  cracker*. 

Franklin's  corps  wis  now  on  the  extreme  right.  At  three  A.M.  the  pickets 
Ktired,  and  the  movement  towards  the  J,.iue3  hal  b.>guo.  Silently  the  reciraents 
moved  on,  and  behind  them  crashed  the  trees,  bl' eking  up  the  avenues  of  retreat. 
Daylight  found  the  brigade  at  Sava-je  rotation. "where  the  entire  b3'..''ra'.;L^rain  was 
p-'rlod.  A  thou^.ind  wumided  men  lay  scattered  about,  and  during  the  brief  hall 
the  officers  of  the  Twenty-seventh  took  every  one  po.viible. — hired  vehicles  to  carry 
them;  and  one  officer  distributed  tlio  contents  of  his  purse  to  those  who  had  to 
be  lefL  Here  Ileintzelman's  tnwps  were  left,  and  the  column,  pushing  on  to 
White  Oak  swauip,  crossed  upon  a  corduroy  bridge.  The  Twenty-seventh,  in 
advance,  was  on  picket,  and  passcl  a  third  reslle-s  ni-ht.  Next  morning  Frank- 
lio'a  corps  was  left  in  the  rear,  Slotuni's  division  being  p<jatcd  on  the  right  and 
extreme  rear  to  prevent  the  enemy  fnmi  crossing  the  brid-e.  Catteries  were 
posted  and  pickets  thrown  out  while  the  infintry  lay  ooncealed  in  the  rear.  The 
niea  had  ecattervd,  when  a  volley  from  the  pickets  -^.-ut  the  men  double-quick  to 
their  regiments.  The  artillery  took  up  the  ii-ht  and  continued  it  till  niiht.  All 
attempts  to  cruss  were  fru.strated.  Tcmj.>orary  lulls  were  fullowed  by  furious 
firing.  The  brigade  received  orders  to  cross  the  brid'.:e  and  charge  the  enemy, 
but  halted  at  the  bank  and  retired  to  the  sheUcr  of  the  pin.-s.  The  march  was 
naumcJ  at  two  am.  to  .Malvern  Hill,  where  the  day  was  p:isscd;  tlience  to  Ilar- 
ridoo'a  Landing,  where  c;>nip  w.-is  made  and  fjuite  a  star  made. 

August  llj,  the  movement  of  the  -Vrmy  of  the  Potomac  northward  had  biriun. 
The  fii^t  day  cross.-d  the  ChiLLihoioiny.  the  seojnd  at  Williarnslmp.'.  the  tliirj  at 
Yorktown,  the  fourth  at  Warwi.k  Court- IIoum.-.  and  the  fifih  at  Newi.ort  .Vcw.< 
Embark.-d  on  the  ■  J..hn  I'.rooLs,'  and  were  taken  to  Furtrc-s  .Moiirw-  Frii.kliu's 
corpe  left  .\lexandria  on  .Vn.-uat  ::'J  ;  next  day  pas.^-d  through  Fairfax  and  Cen- 
tieville,  eroa>H.-d  Cub  run,  and  lamc  upon  the  tr.iins  retri-alintr  frnm  the  plains*  of 
Mana.via.v  The  brir.de  was  callul  to  ,  he.  k  the  tij- of  ru-itiv«  ffm  Mcl).iw,ll-« 
•imy.  CiTalry  and  iniantry  ei.nilii:i,d  cold  not  check  the  general  movement — 
it  WM  the  nut  i.f  an  army.  .\i.-Kt  br.u,-iit  th.:  brigade  on  picket,  and  hour 
■Iter  hour  Ihu  aoldien  poured  through  the  lin.-H,  On  Sptcmbcr  1  the  r'-gimeDl 
lay  is  emmp  at  Centrcvillc,  and  moving  iheiieo  xS  Alciaadria,  over  the  Loug  Ifridge  " 


to  Wishingtua.  arsi  ticn  away  towards  the  field  of  Antictam,  each  ni-hl's  bi.ouae 
finding  them  jtc  ix-jrer  the  invader.  Xl  Crampton'a  gap  the  ou.a.v  were  found 
in  po-=.--ssion,  «■.■>.  infantry  and  artillery.  The  Tivcp.ty -seventh,  Jeplnvcd  is  skir- 
mishers, led  the  i;T;,.,ioo  in  the  adwnec.  The  ni.a  sou-.-ht  cover  till  an  i>n.-n  plain 
was  reached  at  t^  f.-H  of  the  nviuntalo.  A  vollev  froni  the  nneuiv  w.w  hi-irtilr 
returned.  The  =<-n  stood  bnively  to  their  work,  and  fir..-d  all  th-.ir  amiuunitioa. 
They  wer«  reiier^  by  the  Sixteenth  New  York.  .\  charge  followed,  and  the  ..-ap 
was  won.  The  rec'.ment  left  the  gap  on  the  morning  of  ;«.-ptenib,T  17,  and  t.^ik 
position  on  the  t"=ioa  right,  six  miles  from  the  ktltle-field.  The  r.-.;imcnt  lay 
wmetime  in  ca^p  near  Bakersville.  Early  in  Octolnir,  Licutenant-Coloucl  Adams 
was  elected  col-.-ti  and  Major  B.j.line  was  promoted  to  the  vac.itcd  poj-itico. 
Captain  George  G.  Waiiier  bec-ame  major.  On  OetobiT  IS,  the  re-.imeiit  was  on 
the  march  by  way  of  White  Plains  to  Warrent-in,  where  the  army  halted.  The 
army  h.ad  a  cha-rre  of  commanders,  and  waj  again  on  the  move.  Th»-  field  of 
Mana.s.=as  was  srarers^-d,  and  camp  made  within  six  miles  of  the  I'otnraac,  r..,-ar 
Aquia  Lioding  Tbeuee  to  near  Spafford  Court-II.juse.  On  the  2ilih  of  Lle- 
oeraber  the  re-..'iment  set  out  on  the  mud  c;impaign.  The  river  was  reached,  and 
camp  made  withia  four  mile*  of  the  exi>ected  crossing,  when  night  came  and  a 
torrent  of  rain.  The  march  to  the  river's  bank  was  achieved,  but  no  cro^-in-j 
was  po-Ssibie,  as  tie  fiats  beyond  were  submerged.  For  three  days  the  divl-ioo 
lay  watching  the  pjntons,  and  gladly  they  were  seen  returnin'.:  from  the  river. 
The  effort  was  abi.idoned  and  a  return  made  to  camp.  Setth-d  in  coitifortable 
<|uarters,  the  winter  passed  away,  and  with  Burnside  exchanged  for  Ibnikcr.  the 
army  crossed  the  P^^pidan,  and  the  Sixth  army  corps  demonstrated  before  Frcler- 
ieksburg.  The  Twenty-seventh  broke  eamp  on  April  '2i,  lSi;:l.and  niarchiu'.;  al] 
day,  reached  the  Rjppahanmxk  about  dark,  at  the  point  where,  on  Dect  mber  13. 
they  had  made  their  previous  cn>^-ing.  Uavin::  reached  the  south  side,  the  men 
busily  intrenched  when  not  called  to  picket,  and  so  continued  until  Mav  3.  *M  ' 
that  day  the  hei/nts  of  Fredericksburg  were  carried  by  Howe's  divL-inn  T'ae 
Twenty-seventh  advanced  thnjugh  a  ravine  swept  by  a  Lattery.  Shot  and  .-hell 
flew  lively  overhead,  and  the  men  to.-)k  shelter  behind  a  ali_ht  rise  of  gniund. 
lying  flat  upon  their  faces  The  skirmish  line  was  warmly  engaged,  and  the  rebel 
sharpshooters  infiicted  a  ioss  on  the  regiment  of  two  kiiicd  and  ten  wounded. 
The  well-packed  knapsacks  received  many  a  bullet.  As  the  enemv  lost  the  beii'hts 
the  division  retired,  the  Twenty-.sevcnth  being  the  rearguard,  and.  in  eon,s;que«c.% 
the  last  to  withd.'-aw.  The  epemy  followed  slowly  till  just  out  of  artillery  rang-, 
when  they  halted.  The  line  of  march  led  through  the  city,  the  eanliwoi'ts  jiisi 
taken,  and,  at  the  summit,  the  regiment  found  the  corps  had  gone  miles  in  ailvantv. 
The  march  was  hastened,  but  a  wronj  road  taken.  The  hri::ade  was  pa.-'-e'i.  and 
from  a  bill  half  a  mile  distant  the  Twenty-seventh  were  spectators  of  the  eiisui.Tr 
baUle.  The  enemy  had  retreated  in  line  of  b.utlo  along  a  plank-road  le.adi;:s 
Test,  till  reaching  B^jthel  church,  buf  two  or  three  mile's  from    Fred.riekjbur.:. 

action  and  fought  overpowering  numbers.  They  auffcrcl  severely,  but  i;,ti;et,-J 
terrible  losses  on  their  assailanu.  The  next  day  the  enemy  had  forme.1  line  [ar-' 
allel  to  the  road  and  captured  the  hei:;ht3.  The  Seventy-seventh  h.id  njoine.! 
the  brigade  and  was  sent  on  picket,  while  the  brig.ade,  much  reduced,  was  pLiicvl 
in  support  of  the  batteries.  All  silently  awaited  the  iiuiendin-.-  attaik.  wl.icli 
was  made  late  in  the  day.  Thrice  the  rciimcnt,  as  skiriui^iier-.  -.iieek.d  the  -i-l- 
V.1I1CC  of  battle  lines,  and  not  till  the  left  was  turned  did  they  fall  l^e  k.  The 
Union  position  was  now  en.langered.  and  Lees  army  had  anived  in  lua^-s.  The 
line  was  forme*!  in  hursc-sh'io  shain.*,  the  opening  at  tiie  river  inclosing  the  bri-lL-i-*. 
The  Tw.>nty-seven!h  was  in  the  place  of  the  toocalk.  Ab.)ut  uine  r.-i..  ord.-.-> 
came  to  fall  back.  The  enemy,  discovering  the  niuvemcnt,  .i.lvaiic'd  with  r..n- 
tinuous  yelling.  Retiring  a  mile  as  skiruiishei-s,  the  rci,'inieni  fell  int.*  line,  ainl 
just  then  reveivod  an  order  to  double-riuick  or  be  cut  off.  .V  rnfiid  n  tr^at  v.k.* 
made  to  the  river.  At  tha-e  n*'xt  morning  the  troojt*  bc-ran  to  n-*-n-.<  an*! 
.pe-edily  the  corps  „,ls  tnuisf.rred  to  the  other  bank.  The  lo-~  to  the  rigin..  nl 
was  three  kilh^  and  tiiiitccn  wounded.  The  term  of  the  re-.-oueiit  havin-.-  ejpired. 
it  was  sent  homo  and  must*-red  out  on  May  .'1,  ISIj:!.  lu  t.'..,,,,,  ,i,y  l),  the  ..id 
captain  had  become  major,  and  Ensign  E.  1'.  Gould  had  Ur..iiie  e..pi  .m.  (.'..n- 
pratulatory  orders  were  issiicnl  to  the  Twenty-seventh  by  .M.ij..rl '..n.  ral  .<.-i-.- 
wick,  comm,indlng  the  Sixth  army  eoq.a ;  by  General  llr..oU,  of  the  di>L~i.-i; 
and  by  J.  J.  Uartlett,  the  old  my^.  now  co.nniaiiding  the  hrii-ade.  Ii*  c..l.-K-i 
had  liecumc  a  corps  t^jraman.ler,  and  from  t!ie  lir>t  Hull  Kun.  when  iieu*;ril 
PorteTh.id  1  illed  the  ,.r_Mni/.iti.,n  the  "  g-illaat  Twenty-seventh."  down  t..  muster 
out,  the  cioht  battles  of  ihc  rc-,-iment  had  approved  its  v.Ji.r  and  li..n.m-d  the  .•^laf. 
77,r  T^r,j.j^;,jklU  Ii..j:,.,ci,t  w.L.  ..r.-ioi/ci  at  All.ai.y  to  -en.-  tw..  y,  ar-.  It 
cnnlaiucd  no  di.-nnet  conipiny,  b.it  a  .■luiuUr  of  men  from  .M..Mr,<  Conly  an.l 
WJ.S  mustered  into  tlio  3*;r\iceof  the  L"lHtc-|  Slates  on  .^lay  -J.  Ks,,| .  f.,r  i,., 
years.  Uonorul.lo  mention  i^  made  of  the  or.-anititi.m  in  all  ..irieiii  re|..rt.  On 
March  21, 18G2,  the  coamaod  w.ts  under  Shields  at  the  ni..vement  towani,  Sln^ 


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The  fi'TX-e  retired  (owanls  Winchester,  wlicre  the  enemy  appeared  in  force 
iv.  A  b<"iv  of  cavalrv  adv:infcd,  roeonnoitorinir.  and  drove  in  the  pielcets. 
II".  ihev  Wire  rfpt'llcii.  Skirmi-hin-,'  became  severe,  and  four  compaater*. 
««.■  frum  the  Tni'nly  ei,L:luh,  were  sicnt  out  to  hold  the  enemy  in  chcclt  till  the 
iMitu  could  be  fomK'd.  The  regiment  had  m.vrchi-d  townnls  Centrcville,  but  was 
*It.-d  and  ordered  back.  It  arrived  at  the  cli»e  of  the  action,  and  to..k  part  in 
ihe  iiuh*e<|uent  pursuit  of  the  enemy.  On  May  "JS.  had  em.'i.-.ed  into  Mary- 
Uiid;  ri-cTO^-cd  June  2,  and  arrived  a^in  at  Winehester  on  June  5.  On  >[ay 
L'l,  bad  been  eniracr.'d  at  Winchester  for  two  hour.<.  and  thtn  fell  back  to  Uar- 
[«t'i  Ferry,  lo.»irig  a  number  of  men.  On  Au'.ni.-t  'J.  l-'ljli,  the  re'/iment  won  im- 
Biortal  honors  at  Cedar  Mountain.  Crawford's  brigade  had  bi;on  sent  in  h;i~te 
frim  Culpepper  Court- House,  to  aid  in  cheeknnz  the  rebel  advance.  A  march  of 
m-vrn  Diile<  brou-ht  it  to  the  front,  in  the  rear  of  Bayards  cavalry.  The  rehela 
gradually  drew  nearer,  p-lantini:  one  battery  in  advance  of  another,  and  convonriiig 
ih.ir  forces  upon  the  -round  ocevipietl  by  the  I'niim  army  They  opened  tlu'ir 
UitliTieJ  with  effect,  and  made  it  neces-sary  to  attempt  their  ciipture.  Tlie  Rivalry 
of  liajard  charged  and  took  two  guns.  .Vbout  six  p.m.  Crawford's  bripide 
fhar;,'ed  mo>t  desperately,  the  Tbirty-ei^'hth  \ew  York  and  Forty-sixth  Penni^yl- 
Tania  in  front,  and  hearing  the  bront'of  the  h  vttle  .^  ;pro,.d'  nnd  a  tlonl  -j.)- 
vancc  was  made,  each  time  meetinir  a  terrible  infantry  fire  and  heavy  loss.  At 
ihe  close  of  the  action  the  Twenty-eishlh  could  muster  but  one  hundreil  and 
■  fil'iv  effective  lEen.  Ag-aiu,  at  Antievam,  the  rCL-iment  was  enpa^-ed.  and  in  the 
upring  of  18G3  it  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Chanccllorsville.  where,  being  flanked 
bv  the  enemy,  Lieutenant-Colonel  C^:")k  commanding.  Captain  Chaffee,  of  Com- 
pany D,  and  Terry,  of  H,  with  about  one  hundred  men  of  Companies  D,  E.  G. 
and  H,  were  captured.  Companies  A  and  C  were  acting  xiprovo.st  guard  and  a  few 
of  them  were  taken,  while  the  remaining  companies,  under  Major  Fitzg-.-rald,  were 
employed  to  guard  supply  and  ammunition  trains,  and  escaped  without  lo.*s.  The 
regiment  left  for  home  in  May,  reached  Albany  on  May  19,  and  on  June  2, 1SG3, 
wa.-*  muhtered  out  by  rca.=on  of  e!^piration  of  term  of  si^rvice. 

/'Ac  Thirty-third  Hcfjiment  from  the  beginning  contained  a  company  of  Mon- 
ro.- men,  and  Later  in  the  term  of  service  the  regiment  was  heavily  recruited  at 
Rochester.  In  September,  1S02.  two  hundred  and  forty  recruits  from  Monroe 
joined  the  regiment.  This  number  calls  for  a  special  notice  of  a  gallant  and  re- 
liable body  of  soldiers.  The  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the 
I'uited  States  on  May  22,  1361.  An  election  being  held,  the  following  oificers 
were  clioseu:  colonel,  Robert  F.  Taylor,  of  Rochester;  licutenantr^^^lonel,  Calun 
Walker,  of  Geneva;  major,  Robert  J.  Mann,  of  .Seneca  Falls;  and  adjutant, 
Charli-  T.  Sutton,  of  New  York.  The  regiment  w.t,  designated  an  the  Thirty- 
third,  and  for  a  time  was  known  as  the  Ontario  regiment.  A  fine  flag  was  pre- 
iH'nted  by  the  ladies  of  Canandaigua,  and  Colonel  Taylor,  on  receiving  it,  gave 
promise  that  "  it  should  never  be  dishonored  or  disgraced.  "  On  July  8,  after  a 
-  tniubUius  stay  at  Elmira  burnickfl,  the  regiment  dcparteil  for  Washington.  The 
Thirty-third  was,  on  September  15,  bri-adcd  with  the  ;?..ven!y-niuth  and  Forty- 
ninth  New  York  and  the  Forty-seventh  Pennsylvania,  under  command  of  Colonel 
!*li'\-ens.  In  the  formation  of  divi>ion3,  the  Thirty-third  waa  under  General 
Smith,  promoted  from  colonel.  A  reconnoi«aneo  in  forfe  w.is  made,  September 
-'!i.  U|>on  Vienna;  the  enemy  w.is  found,  and  an  artillery  duel  ensued.  The 
divi.sion  returned  to  Cimp  without  exi>cricneing  any  loss.  -VII  winter  the  mo- 
notony was  broken  by  routine  of  drill  and  an  occasional  brush  with  the  enemy, 
■nd  with  s^pring  the  Thirty-third  were  embarked  upon  transports  and  conveyed 
to  Old  Point  Comfort.  Of  their  works  here  wa-s  a  log  redoubt,  to  which  was 
piven  the  name  Fort  Wright.  In  .\pril  the  army  advanced  upon  Yorktown.  and, 
on  April  5,  the  division  was  in  front  of  Lee's  Mills.  The  Thirty-third  was  sent 
on  picket,  and  a  company  ordered  to  suppirt  sections  of  batteries.  The  loss  in 
»n  jrtillery  skirmi.^h  which  succ'eJed  was  slight.  The  rejiment  was  relieved 
after  b.MMg  nndir  tire  fifly-four  hours.  The  lines  drew  disc  about  Yorktown,  and 
when  a  powerful  bittery  was  prepared  to  open  the  evacuation  of  the  place  was 
di-eiivered  to  have  taken  place.  Smiths  division  at  once  began  pursuit,  and 
•t»crtiiok  the  rear  guard  at  Williamsburg.  Here  was  a  heavy  work  named  Fort 
.Magruder,  with  a  number  of  redonbls  stretching  across  between  the  rivers.  The 
national  army  advanced  on  these  works,  and  Hooker's  adv.ince  was  firmly  met 
»ni|  foreeil  back.  Hancock  was  sent  to  flank  the  rebel  position,  and  found  the 
fsLnbu  di-serted.  A  redoubt  was  occupied  by  Lieiit<nant-Colonel  Corning,  with 
A.  D,  and  F,  of  the  Thirty-third,  with  the  color*  and  their  mard.  The  rt-st  of 
Ih.'  n-^-inicnt  was  deployed  xs  skirmishers,  and  advanced  to  the  fnint  and  rii'ht. 
y^-w  night,  a  reUd  force  rame  up  from  Williamshurg  and  drove  the  force  in  eon- 
f'l-ion.  Tl,e  cry  of  ■' Rdi's  lilo.ff'  w.u  derisively  utt.-nd  .as  the  national  line 
w.v.-n-l  C..|i,„el  Taylor  onlercd  a  eharje  with  part  i.f  the  re.-im.nt,  when  the 
r-'-U  w.  re  within  .vvmty  yards.  (),ber  re-onems  fi.Il.oVisl.  .mil  the  r.-b.^ls  w,ro 
"•'ii-l.  I!.n.rd  XlcClcllan  personally  eomplim.oted  lb,-  r.jiment  for  its  veteran 
«>•  "in.,  and  timely  char,'c.     The  advance  w.,-  niicwcd  till  the  While  Hou-c  on 


the  Pamunkey  wu.s  rcaeheil,  and'picke 
Richmond.  On  May  21  the  division  v 
rebel  capital.  An  encounter  (Occurred  a 
vidson's  brigade  routed  the  enemy  in 


ting  was  done  near  the  enemy  ct>verin>- 
as  in  position  within  eleven  miles  of  Ihn 

Mechanicsville,  wherein  a  charge  by  Pa. 

dismay.     On  Jr.ne  o.  Smith's  division 


s  baked  a  thousand  yard 
Till  remained  here  til 


moved  forward  from  Gaines'  farm,  .and  the  Thirty-thinl  i 
from  the  rebel  lines,  and  but  .six  miles  from  Richmond 
June  2S.  The  enemy  had  not  been  idle,  and  Jackson  came  upon  the  right  with 
ma'icd  lines,  and  a  heavy  battle  was  fon^ht.  [t.s  result  w;is  a  retreat  to  the 
James  river.  The  Thirty-third  was  left  on  pi.  ket  during  the  retiremerit  of  the 
divL-ion, — a  part  on  the  line,  the  remainder  in  earthworks.  A  sharji  sl,i.l|li|._. 
preceded  a  charge  by  the  enemy.  The  pickets  retired  and  disappeared  behind 
the  works,  where  all  remain&l  silent.  Two  Georgia  regiments  charged  close  u|.on 
the  line,  and  were  met  by  a  volley  which  staggereil  their  advance.  Rc|icateil 
volleys  drove  them  back,  with  a  loss  of  ninety-one  killed,  many  wounded  and 
prisoners.  Davidson's  brisr.idc  formed  a  portion  of  the  rear  guard  on  the  memo- 
rable retreat,  and  the  Thirty-third  occupied  at  White  Oak  swamp  the  extreme 
riiht, — the  post  of  honor.  Unceasing  duty  was  performed  till  the  rebels  were  re- 
pulsed at  JIalvem  Hill,  and  the  army  withdrew  to  rest  at  Harrison's  I.»inding. 
The  enemy  detennined  to  attack  the  army  of  McDowell,  numbering  thirty- 
eight  thousand  men,  before  .McClcllan  could  come  to  the  rescue.  The  old  Poto- 
mac army  began  to  move  on  .\iigust  IG,  and  eight  days  later  halted  at  Alexandria, 
whence  they  had  gone  five  months  since. 

Again  the  field  of  Bull  Run  wa-s  contested,  and  lost  to  as.  A  cloud  rests  on 
the  conduct  of  commanders  who  sacrificed  a  cause  for  personal  spite.  The  in- 
telligent soldiery,  perceiving  the  delay  of  help,  gave  way  and  fell  back  to  the  lines 
of  those  whoso  advance  would  have  insured  a  victory.  Pope  was  relieved,  and 
McClellan  again  led.  The  Thirty-third  left  knapsacks  at  Washington,  and  moved 
with  the  army  to  encounter  Lee.  On  September  17  was  fought  the  battle  of 
Antietam.  The  Thirty-third  beg.m  their  march  at  daybreak,  and  always  as  they 
proceeded  the  roar  of  battle;  de,;r"  nod  and  swelled  in  volume.  They  came  noon 
the  field  .as  the  national  troops  wavereil  and  began  to  break.  Franklin  led  two 
divisions  upon  the  charge.  The  long  lines  swept  forward  with  settled,  determined 
tread  and  stem  faces,  and  planted  the  national  colors  far  in  the  advance.  It  was 
the  decisive  charge  of  the  day. .  Here  fell  fifty  killed  and  wounded  of  the  Thirty- 
third.  On  September  19,  Smith's  division  was  ordered  to  join  Couch,  on  the 
Potomac,  to  resist  an  attempted  cnjssing  of  rebel  cavalry.  On  October  23  the 
regiment  went  into  camp  near  Bajcersville.  A  lull  in  warfare  followed,  and  the 
camp,  the  scenery,  and  an  acoes-ion  of  numbers,  gave  encouragement,  and,  with 
rest,  a  real  enjoyment.  On  October  29  the  Thirty-third,  with  its  brigade, 
inarched  to  Berlin,  where  it  w.-is  joined  by  Colonel  Taylor,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Corning,  and  over  two  hundred  recruits,  mainly  from  Monroe  County.  On  No- 
vember 3  the  ponton  bridge  was  crossed,  and  line  of  march  taken  through  New 
Baltimore  to  Catlctt's  station.  On  November  17  -Vquia  creek  wa-s  eros-ed.  and 
Burnside.  having  relieved  McClcllan,  essayed  the  capture  of  Fredericksburg,  on 
the  Pvappahannock.  Regiment.il  chanies  were  now  made.  Old  Company  D  was 
transferred  to  Companies  G  and  K,  and  the  Rochester  company  of  Captain  Henry 
J.  Griffith,  his  lieutenants  being  Charles  D.  Rossiter  and  ^Villiani  K.  Roach,  be- 
came known  as  Company  D.  The  Thirty-third  arrived  before  Fredericksburg  on 
December  11.  .\  tremendous  cannonade,  unanswered,  preceded  the  crossing  of 
two  regiments  in  boats,  to  drive  out  or  capture  rebel  skirmishers.  Four  hriilg"s 
were  then  hiid,  and  by  h.alfp;i.st  seven  next  morning  the  Thirty-third  had  crossed 
and  drawn  up  in  line  of  battle  with  the  divi.sion,  stood  expectant  during  the  day, 
anil  laid  on  their  arras  the  next  night.  The  battle  of  Fredericksburg  dates  De- 
cember 13,  1SG2, — uiemorable  to  every  surviving  veteran  of  that  day.  t^encral 
history  details  the  movement  of  corps;  our  record  is  of  a  regiment.  On  Saturday 
morning  the  Thirty-third  was  posted  in  the  front  of  three  lines  of  battle,  and  for 
an  hour  supported  Reynolds'  Monroe  battery,  which  then  moved  to  the  left,  and 
was  replaced  by  the  First  Massachusetts  battery.  Towards  ni'.'ht  the  rebels 
charged  the  skirmish  line  with  three  regiments,  but  were  repulsed  without  lo.ss, 
and,  on  the  next  day,  the  command  w;i3  relieved  and  marched  to  the  river,  and 
enjoyed  a  rest. 

On  December  19  the  regiment  marched  to  White  Oak  church,  and  went  into 
winter  quarters.  During  the  succeeiling  weK^ks  numerous  promotions  were  made, 
and  the  armv  li.ad  opportunity  to  n-cover  from  the  dcprission  of  unsuccessful  otTort. 
Burnside  essayed  an  advance  on  January  20.  .and  scarcely  had  the  array  t.iken  the 
road  when  a  storm  of  rare  sevi-rity  began  to  ra-e,  and  foil.Kl  the  ctfort.  The  old 
camp  w.xs  reoccupied,  and  montlu  went  slowly  by.  .Vnother  change  of  com- 
n,.ind,.p,  _Iii,„,si,le  r,~i-n,sl,  and  Hooker  a.-vsumed'  the  command.  DiirinL'  Feb- 
ruary, I  si;::,  tlie  Tliirtvlhird  wis  l.rl-iiled  with  the  Forly-iiiotb  and  the  One 
Hundred  and  Nm.  ,,  ,  „",1,  I'l  nn-vKaio.i.  noder  eimmianil  i.f  Coli.n.l  TinLt.  The 
winter  bad  pi— ^1,  .iiid  :it  ihe  i  li.se  ul'  April  the  army  corps  were  a'_-:iin  moving 
tow.inls   the    lL,ppaba,i,.iK.-k,      Chaneell..r.i  ille   was   fought,  and    Hooker  was  de- 


HISTORY   OF  .MONEOE  CXJUNTY,  ^•EW   YORK. 


n^i thp  1 


(•.w,p 


featet),  ind 

wick's  SlMh  cur^,  l.iv  ut  K.ilir..,ul.,  wh.-re,  on  May  J, 
broaght  fdcrs  to  sl.Tm  Ibo  hci-liU  uf  Krv.)-ricl;.-lnr: 
Chancellorsvilis.  The  hlll<  were  hclj  by  i  f>,re-e  w.mnu 
dale,  and  wore  detimeU  impnn^able.  The  Tfiirts-thinl 
.d'p.: 


rur  frum  ll.»jt.r 
pudh  en  towinia 
by  Ov-ncnl  Barks- 
il  the  riv.!t.  bel..w 


■d  t:ll  du 


FrederickAurg.  during  the  ni-l,t  of  May 
entire  oorf*i  had  g-jnc  over  and  had  occupied  fhe  city.  Tw.-iitv-f  ur  n-^nmcntrf 
wera  »ci.>\;ted  to  charg«  the  hfi'jiita ;  one  aiuoTp.;  th,  ra  »jj  the  Thirty  thirl. 
Artillery  was  freely  u.<ed  during  the  movenionts  of  pa'paratiou,  and  by  too  JL.it. 
the  order  was  giren  M  a<ivance.  Neili's  brigade  le<l  on  the  Ici^.  with  the  Thirty- 
third  00  the  front  line.  "Witliia  fifteea  tuiautos  frvm  the  coninieacement  of  the 
charge  the  national  colors  were  pbnted  on  the  rebel  works.  A  battery  enSludcd 
the  ciptured  work.  A.s  soon  as  p.i-sitile  the  lines  were  formed,  and  with  a  cheer 
the  re-gituetit  startt^  on  a  run  for  the  guns.  Twenty  minuie:4  of  den-Jly  >trife,  and 
th«  hili-U/p  was  gained.  A  hurricane  of  caniitc.r  tore  through  the  ranli^-i.  and 
leTeoty  men  were  cut  dowu,  wounded  or  dead.  A  h;Jf  dozen  standard-bearers  were 
shot  in  Bucression,  when  Sergeant  Vaodecar.  rushing  forward,  misci  the  t/irn  ctilurs 
c:.  I'.-  Dr..::tt  sni  n^nt  f.r^-...rd  .\ ,  'Ha  w>i.J^  wrr»  left  -v  -h.i<vvr  of  h.ii!»!.i 
whizzed  through  the  lines  from  the  reU'l  infantry,  but  on  they  w.-nt  up,  over,  ind 
into  the  work.  A  thirty-two-pijund  eanijii  wn  e-jptured,  and  the  men  lay  down 
panting  to  rest.  The  rebel  reserves  fonued,  and  optneij  a  iraliing  fire  within  a 
kundred  yards.  The  regiment  answered  with  a  rapid  Sre,  eai?h  man  loading  and 
firing  at  will  and  with  a  will.  For  forty  minutes  the  hill  wan  held  uaiupp.i:t«J. 
ITlc  Seventh  Maine  arrived,  and,  together,  the  two  re-zimenU  drove  the  enemy 
oat  of  reach  of  tlioir  fire.  In  the  charge  and  later  fight  D  lo^^t  two  killed  and  sii 
woonded.  During  atlemoon  the  brig.-.de  moved  to  the  right  two  or  three  miles, 
bot  the  regiment  was  not  engaged.  The  defeat  of  the  main  array  lelt  Lee  free  to 
eoocentrat*  on  Sedgwiek,  and  a  bloijdy  battle  was  fought  durins  the  day.  Durini: 
the  nisht  the  t-AcU  occupied  the  hcii.-hL5,  and  tor.k  post  to  imperil  the  national 
eor^.  With  d.'\ylight,  Xeill's  brigide  was  ^--nt  to  drive  off  a  force  which  threat- 
ened the  line,  and,  on  the  return,  fortiHed  its  pisition.  Masses  of  rebel  troops 
were  seen  arriving.  The  men  moved  as  though  wearied,  and  extensive  prcpa- 
ratioDS  wete  oWrveJ  in  all  parts  of  the  field  fjr  a  d<_-oisive  en^'^igement.  At«>ut 
twelve  M.  a  rebel  brigade  advanced,  and  wa'i  met,  repul:*ed,  and,  from  a  cuunter- 
eharge,  lost  heavily.  The  national  lines  were  drawn  up  in  arc-like  f  jrm.  covering 
their  bridges,  and,  unable  to  move,  stood  awaiting  night  or  the  enemy.  The  latter 
earae  first.  To-Arards  evening  their  gray  columns  were  seen  in  motion,  and  ai  five 
r.ii.,  wi'h  a  wild  yell,  the  storm  burst  upon  the  Sixth  corps.  Neilla  brigade  bore 
the  brunt  of  att.M.k  undismayed,  and  comp.lled  a  retreat.  Re-forming  his  lines. 
Nelll  fell  back  to  a  new  position,  leaving  behind  a  thous.ind  men  killed  and 
woanded,  to  attest  the  stubborn  and  de.idly  nature  of  the  b,attle.  The  retreat  was 
accomplished,  aided  by  the  fire  "f  the  ntullery.  With  night  the  rccros-ing  becao, 
and  at  eight  A.M.  the  Thirty-third  was  on  the  northern  bank.  Two  i.eeks  had 
elapsed  since  five  hundred  and  fil'ty  men  bat!  marched  in  the  ranLs  of  the  rt*giment 
to  meet  the  enemy;  but  thr.-e  hundred  remaintsl.  The  loss  in  Company  D  was 
three  kille.1,  eleven  wounde.1,  jnd  ten  mis-inr.  On  May  12  the  regiment  *,j  dis- 
charged and  ordered  to  Elmira.  N'ew  Vork.  for  muster  out.  The  recruits,  number- 
ing one  hundred  and  si.^ty-three,  were  fortiieiJ  in  one  company,  under  (.'apuin 
Gtfford,  and  attached  to  the  Forty-ninth  Xew  i'ork.  where  they  performed  e^.seo- 
tial  and  honorable  service  in  the  succeeding  great  engagemente  of  the  war  in  the 


CHAPTER   XXV. 


THI   KOSaOI  COUSTT    SHABPSBOOTERS    AND   THg    FimETn    K-NOI.VEEOS. 

AbiJAB  C.  GraT  was  comrals-sioned  on  December  1,  1SG2,  to  raise  a  company 
of  sharpshooters  to  be  attached  to  the  One  flundri-d  and  Eighth  Volunteers. 
The  regiment  left  for  Washingti.n,  and  was  s<«in  in  the  field,  but  the  company 
lingered  in  camp  at  Roehcstcr  until  November  1^,  IStiJ,  when  it  prcKe<-ded  over 
the  .Sew  York  and  Eric  ll.droad  u>  the  city  of  .V,  w  Vork.  where  it  arrived  at  noon 
OD  the  day  following.  The  ferry  was  crxwM.'d.  anil  the  company  went  into  camp  at 
Wechiiwkeo,  New  Jersey,  and  there  muained  from  >;ov,mb.r  14  till  Janu,vy  li, 
1SG3.  At  that  d.ilc  orders  came  t..  pn  p.m-  to  march,  and  uelt  d.iy  thn  mc-n 
Wen)  taken  .on  board  ajt,-am-tu-  and  land.-d  at  (■;il1,,n.  Si  iten  M.ind.  and  went 
into  camp.  Here  an  oririniz-ition  w.ls  .rfccted  and  a  batt.ilinci  furiui-<l.  In  the 
rrgimcnt  of  sharpsliootert  the  Monroe  men  were  dcsignatml  a.s  the  sixth  company. 
Captain  Gray  resigned  February  VJ,  ISiiJ.      Vulney  J.  Shipman,  commisaiuoed 


firnt  lieutenant  Deojmber  1,  ISii-,  was  pr 
discharged   September   2d.   Hti-l.      Aipl: 
second  lieutenant  Peconibcr  1.  l-^fii,  to  first  lieutc 
January  2i>,  lSi'..'>.     The  company  left  their  cac 


1  (jipuin  March  3,  1  Sr,3,  and  waj 

W.  Starkweather  advanced  from 

-March  3,  !Sli3,  and  captain 

'  3  month  on    February  K. 


I  and  arrive.1  at  Washington  on  the  evening  of  the  same 
I  Arlington  Heights,  there  encamped,  and  remained  till  February  'Jl),  when  it  left 
j  for  Sutfulk,  Vir.;inia.  Desertions  from  the  organitatioo  were  reportcJ  numerous. 
I  Shortly  after  their  arrival,  the  rebels,  approaching  the  place,  s*'nt  iu  a  tl,ig  of  truce 
I  demanding  a  aurrendcr  under  threat  of  bombardment.  Preparations  for  re- 
sistance had  been  made  and  the  lines  drawn  in,  leaving  a  signal  sutiun  at  a  dis- 
!  taoce  outside.  About  ten  of  thj  day,  the  enemy  were  seen  near  this  station  and 
I  along  the  edge  of  the  woods.  Several  of  the  enemy  asceuded  to  the  top  of  the 
'■  signal  Ojwer,  and,  with  gl.isses,  rcconnoitered  the  Cnion  position.  One  lingered 
when  the  rest  dt-sccnd<.-d.  A  .s<pjad  of  the  sixth  company  went  out.  and  when 
;  within  range  fired,  and  the  outpost  fell.  The  les.son  needeil  no  repetition.  The 
I  stAtion  was  not  again  occupied.  During  the  day  the  skirmishers  eschanied 
fret^uent  shots,  and  on  the  day  following.  Several  of  the  sharpshooters  were 
i  wounded,  and  among  these  were  George  Walters  and  George  Sherry.  The  casu- 
I  alties  taught  caution,  and  at  dark  pits  were  dug  to  guard  against  the  rebels 
}        skulking  in  the  bushes  opposite. 

The  company  left  SutTolk  on  June  18,  and  traveled  by  boat,  car,  and  on  foot 
I  over  the  country.  They  marched  up  and  down  the  peninsula,  and,  arriving  at 
I  Yorktowo,  reported  to  serve  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Performing  their 
i  part  in  the  various  movements  of  corps,  they  were  finally  engaged  in  the  assault 
i  opoD  Petersburg,  on  August  IS,  ISti-l,  where  they  were  captured  almost  to  a 
I  man  and  taken  to  Belle  Isle  and  Salisbury  prison-groncds.  Sergeant  Leake, 
i  with  other?,  tunneled  beneath  the  stockade  at  Salisbury,  and,  atwr  a  series  of 
adventures  and  sixty-seveu  days  of  travel,  reached  the  national  lines  at  Knoiville, 
]  Tennessee.  Exchanged,  the  company  returned  to  Rochester,  and  was  muftcred 
oat  June  3,  IStij. 

The  Fiftir.th  Snyiiufrs  was  organiied  by  General  Charles  B.  Stuart  during  the 
I       summer  of  1301  at  Elmira,  N.  i'.,  and  mustered  into  service  September  IS  as 
"  Stuart's  Independent  Volunteers."     The  needs  of  the  service  were  seen  to  re- 
quire an  increased  force  to  pertorm  engineer  duty,  and   this  organization   was 
:        effected  for  that  purpose.     To  this  regiment  the  citizens  of  Monroe  County  gave 
many  men,  who  were  organized  in  Companies  L  and  F,  with  many  in  G  and  other 

i  The  engineers  started   for  Washington   September  18,  1S61,  and,  receiving 

supplies  at  Meridian  Hill,  marched  throuirh  Georgetown  on  to  Fort  Corvoran, 
and  pitched  their  camp  on  disputed  ground.     Enlisted  as  engineers,  the  War 

:  Dcp-TTtment  had  made  no  provision  for  them  in  that  capacity,  and  the  men  were 
ordered  to  the  field  as  infantry.  A  3ubser|uent  special  act  of  Congress  placed  the 
regiment  upon  proper  footing.  The  regiment  was  ordered  to  Hall's  Hill,  ^'i^- 
ginia,  to  report  to  General  Buttcrfield,  a  brigade  commander  in  Porter's  division, 
which  was  largely  conipose-d  of  regulars.  The  drUl  was  vari.ei  and  constant,  and 
several  reviews  were  held  by  General  JlcClellan.  About  Xovember  1,  the  r^-i- 
ment  w.is  ordered  to  Wa-hlngton  to  practice  bridire-building  at  th.3  navy  y.ird.  and. 
early  in  the  spring  of  ISGJ,  w.is  moved  into  Vir'rinia  and  assi'jned  to  JIcDowell's 

i  corps,  then  covering  Washington.  The  fiftieth  embarked  at  Alexandria  on  April 
10  Bf'on  the  steamer  ■'  Louisiana, '  and  was  conveyed  to  Cheeseman's  Latulinc.  near 
Yorktown,  and,  dis'.'mbarking,  was  at  once  en'.:nged  in  throwing  bridges  across 
obotmctiog  streams,  opening  roads,  and  erecting  batteries.  On  May  4,  Yorktown 
was  found  evacuated  ;  gathering;  up  the  siege  material  and  the  trains,  the  regiment 
marched  up  the  peninsula  t-iVi  the  Pamunkey  river,  from  West  Point  to  White 
House,  thence  to  the  Cliickahominy.  Six  bridges  were  constructed  within  a  line 
of  ts  many  miles,  and  their  ciUtenco  was  the  salvation  of  the  army.  The  Seven 
Days'  fight  began,  and  the  enL'ineers  were  buvied  in  building  and  destroying.  Two 
bridges  were  constructed  at  White  t)ak  swamp  t'ur  the  passage  of  Keyes"  corps, 
in  the  advance  of  the  retreat  on  the  James.  The  men  iiastencd  forward  throil-jh 
the  woods  with  their  muskets  sIuol',  plying  their  axes  viirorousiy,  opening  parallel 
roads  for  the  heavy  trains  hurrying  on  to  lilendale  and  Malvern  Hill.  At  the 
bst-named  locality  the  rei;iiucnt  made  an  extensive  slashing,  and  placed  formidable 
obstructions  along  the  ri'.;ht  of  the  line.  After  the  battle  nn  the  Janice,  while 
th«  army  was  at  rest,  tho  regiment  was  constantly  at  work  devisio',;  delenses 
opening  roads,  and  ficilitiitiiig  the  p;Ls.-i!gc  of  su[iply  traias  from  the  landing  to 
the  outposts.  On  .McClcllan's  nioieraent  to  Washington  the  rc,:im,nt  pn-ei-ded 
to  .\leiandria,  and  ill  SeptemU-r  '•■t  out  for  Harp<r'ri  Ferry,  with  bn  i_-'s  to  n- 
place  those  dc:,tr..y.'d  by  the  enemy  on  ih.  ir  retreat  from  the  baidc  .-niiind  .A 
Anlletara.  A  brid-_-o  was  bid  .at  the  ferry,  mar  the  "  enL'inc  Ij.hi*- '  of  J..l,n 
Brown  notoriety.  About  Scptemb<.'r  l'r>  a  long  ponton  bridge  was  built  ii  n««i 
the  Potomac  at  llerlin,  .M.irjiand,  -il  miles  below  the  ferry,  and  by  that  caijs.w.iy 
tlie  Army  of  iho  Potomac  made  another  entry  into  Virginia-     In  the  coiutrucuon 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


,f  tlii-t  t'ri'L>-  ('■im[-.jnv  l-'  wji  ciu-i^'].  ati.i.  wi:!i  C  a:iJ  K,  rcm^iiu'l  :if  cho  ferry 

Oil  ihe  Jito  Ctvt-n,  Major  Spauldiii^r,  commanding:  the  TLinl  battulion,  was 
urd.  n-J  l>v  i!ie  cJ^iL-fciii^inL-tjr  uf  the  army  to  prwx'od  to  U'iL^bini^on,  theru  to  make 
at.  Ut-c  brid^'i-  trains  tu  up'-rute  ui::ir  Frt-dcriclabur.:.  on  the  Rappahannock.  The 
4.r\l. T  U>ri'  dato  November  7,  the  day  ot*  McCIcilan'a  relief  from  ajnioiand.  Major 
Si-tiiMini:  L-a!ted  (.'iiptain  .>IcD^riald  to  m;te  the  ref.i.'piioti  of  th  •  nnltT  aix  daya 
•ill.  V-  its  ii-ii^.'.  Company  F  50t  out  with  a  portion  of  the  bridge  material  for  the 
cji'ital,  and.  hiivini;  made  nils  of  3e*'tiun3  of  half  a  dozen  pontons,  these  were 
U.».-.|  bv  h'>rses  down  the  Chc:;aptake  and  Uhiu  canal,  and  the  company  arrived 
at  \V;i>hin_'tuii  on  the  17th.  Boats  aud  material  wore  loaded  up<in  wai:on«.  and 
t\f  re-.-iment  !*et  out  for  Falmouth,  on  the  llappiihannock.  In  the  train  were  fifty 
piiiitun  b-iat--*,  and  to  dniw  tlicoj  aud  t!ie  matL-rial  reiiuired  neariy  a  thousand  ani- 
UiaU.  The  uian;h  waa  reutlered  cstrem-?ly  dificuU  fnmi  the  fearful  state  of  the 
ru'I',  ad  Alexandria  had  scarcely  been  reaelied  when  the  rain  bt-zan  to  fall,  and 
ihruiiirh  the  Iflth  and  iMJth  continued  to  pvur  down  in  torrents,  so  that  but  eight 
Ut  u-n  mill's  could  be  traveled  per  day.  Often  the  heaviest  hill^  were  surmounted 
bv  altaijliing  dnii-ropo?,  and  so  drawini;  the  wagons  by  hand  to  the  top.  Six  days 
■ml  ni'.'hts  of  unremitted  tuil  exhaustc-d  men  and  horses,  whde  the  roads  became 
uu.Tly  impa.s.-*able. 

Arrived  at  Oeeoiiuan  cteek,  at  the  head  of  tide-«-atcr,  a  bridge  was  thrown 
acriLvs  the  stream,  some  three  hundred  feet  from  shore  to  shore.  The  operation 
n'^juircd  but  few  hours,  although  the  wau'ons  had  to  be  drawn  some  hundred  yards 
by  hand  to  get  the  boats  to  a  conT.*nient  point  to  be  launched.  The  pas.>jge  of 
tlie  train  occupied  most  of  the  niL'ht  of  November  22,  and  un  the  next  morning 
ihe  fK)nton  bridj;e  was  converted  into  rafb  and  taken  in  tow  of  a  large  tug  to 
Bi-lle  I'lain.  Arrived  at  sunset  of  the  24th,  and  the  b*.»uLs  were  immediately 
loadi-d  on  wagon?,  and  with  fresh  teams  set  out  for  Falmouth,  where  tents  were 
piiehed  in  sight  of  Fredericksburg.  A  few  days  were  pa:>sed  in  camp,  and  then, 
u  ordered,  the  engineers  feii  back  fn^m  lue  ri.cr  aud  »cui  inio  csip  it  White 
Oak  church.  Precious  days  were  passed  in  reconnoissances,  repairing  roads,  and 
Uying  miles  of  corduroy.  A  change  of  plan  was  made  and  a  crossing  at  Fred- 
erivksburg  determined.  Captain  McDonald,  with  F  and  K  companies,  was  ordered 
to  construct  a  bridge  over  the  river  at  a  point  abjut  three  hundred  yards  below 
ihe  ruins  of  a  railroad  bridge.  On  the  morning  of  Oecember  lU  the  eonimand 
moved  uear  the  position,  and  at  night  the  engineers  had.  at  one  .t.ii.  of  the  11th, 
begun  the  work.  A  dem*e  fog  concealed  the  movement  Tweuty-three  boats 
Were  required  to  span  the  strea-u  here,  bct^vecn  tijur  and  fire  h>indred  fe-'t  in 
width.  Two  regiments  were  drawn  up  to  eupp'jrt  the  men.  The  work  was 
pu^^hed  with  energy,  and  the  bridge  was  completed  to  within  some  eighty  feet  of 
the  opposite  bank,  when  a  regiment  from  behind  a  stone  wall,  about  two  hundred 
yards  distant  in  front,  operie^l  a  convergent  tire  np*5n  the  men  clustered  at  4lie  ter- 
minus of  the  bridge,  killing  .nnd  wouudiun  ievuraJ  and  driving  the  rest  ashore.  A 
fn-ah  detail  was  raaile,  and  with  cheerfulness  the  men  followed  McDonald  to  the 
nnei>uipleted  end  of  the  work ;  but  scarcely  bad  a  boat  been  placed  when  a  yet 
more  murderous  voll-y  was  tired,  wounding  McDonald  in  the  arm  at  the  elbow 
and  killing  and  'nounJing  as  before.  From  a  detail  of  sixty  men  the  two  attempts 
cau.M.-i  a  iosa  of  two  killed  and  seventeen  wounded, — nearly  a  third  of  the  force. 
Infmtry  were  now  t.ikcn  over  in  boats  by  the  engineers;  the  enemy  were  eap- 
lund  and  the  bridge  completed.  After  crossing  the  army  and  back  a-jain  to  the 
n<«rtliem  side,  the  bridge  was  taken  up  and  the  regiment  went  into  camp. 

During  tlic  winter  of  l^'03-tj4,  headf[uarter3  were  near  the  navy  yard  at 
^\a-hingt(.n,  the  Fiftieth  and  FiiVx-nth  consiituting  the  engineer  brigade,  under 
<;.-i..rd  U.  W.  Benham.  The  compaui.-s  were  employed  in  fitting  out,  repairing. 
and  preparing  for  service,  and  those  at  White  Oak  chureh,  aave  the  movement  of 
J.iii'iary,  ISlill,  lay  in  camp  for  three  months.  On  March  2D  marching  orders 
w.Ti-  received,  and  the  column  moved  out.  Kain  fell  heavily  all  day.  At  Alex- 
•ndria,  ihe  ears  were  t.ikcn  to  Raj>pahannock  station,  where  camp  was  made.  The 
l-'hi'in  and  ambulance  train  now  numl>ore>l  over  two  hundred  wacons.  The  retri- 
nt.-nl  wa.H  s^parati-d  into  detachiueuta.  Company  L  w.-y  detailed  for  piumxT  duty 
in  the  Sixth  anny  corps.  After  the  cn-.-igement  of  Chaucelior^villc.  the  en- 
pn-  rs  mi.ved  to  Wn!<hinL.ton.  whence  they  si-t  out  on  July  6  for  llari^T  a  Ferry. 
A'Ti.vo  ihi'  rotomai-  and  t^heuandoah  bridgi-a  were  laid,  and,  on  July  LS  and  20, 
M'-^do'a  nrmy  ru.min  poured  into  Virginia  on  the  hivls  of  the  second  retiring  host 
«f  i'lv.i.Uri.:  Brid-es  were  laid  during  the  summer  jt  Be-verly  s  Ford,  Keilcy's 
V"-rd.  Happahannu.k  station,  M.mntam  Uun.and  Freeman  a  Ford,  and  during  the 

'■rid.-.-  .•p:,nnirr_'  the  U.ipp;ihannoek.  Corupany  F  was.  on  April  12,  ISiU.  doi-- 
i>»'-J  a  p^.n  of  the  Third  bati-ilion.  Filtirth  Kn-m.-er-.,  under  .M.jor  Ford,  and 
>*-'-n.-.l  lo  tin-  Fifth  c.rp-.  under  Warren.  At  daUi-ht  of  .May  :;.nrdenj  came 
•  r>inMV«'  iho  hrid.-i-  at  the  ^fatinn  wich  all  hn-te  to  (iermania  Fooi.  nn  the  Rapi- 
*l*n-  ihon-  to  L-rwM  the  corps.     The  battalion,  three  hundred  aud  fifty  strong,  set 


t  evening,  rested  till  daybreak  i 
;is  thrown  across  the  stream  \u  ji_ 
mi.  The  bridge  w;is  croased.  on 
i.-ith,  and  Ninth,  aud  on  the  evei 
left  with  a  small  guard,  and  the  1 


out  at  daylight,  and  aniving  , 
bridge  two  hundred  feet  long  v 
rapid  work  won  official  cncnui 
three  army  corps,  the   Fiftli,  S 

day  Meade  ordered  the  bridu-e  left  with  a  small  guard,  and  the  battalion  to  m.ircli 
to  headquarters,  to  tight  on  the  following  moraing.  The  n.en  re^jvonded  prnui{itly, 
and,  rationed  lor  three  days  and  with  forty  rounds  of  animuniuoii,  rep'.rt-d  l-. 
General  Meade  at  one  A.M.  liivouaekiiig  near  by,  thoy  moved  at  d-tylmht  wuh 
the  First  division  of  Grithn's  Fiftii  corps  in  the  second  line  of  battle,  whose 
works  they  strengthened  with  abattis  and  other  devices.  The  enemy  at  d.nk 
made  a  movement  upon  the  right,  and  the  battalion  was  hurried  thither  and  re- 
mained til!  one  A.M.  of  May  7,  when  one  company  was  left  and  two  taken  to 
the  bridge,  which  was  di'^mantled,  and  re-laid  for  the  pa>s;ii;e  of  an  ambulance 
train  over  Elys  Ford.  Rebel  cavalry  held  the  rear,  and  the  bridi:ewa>  fhcnime 
removed,  and  the  train  taken  to  t^alem  church,  and  thence  to  Frcdcriekaburg.  to 
crois  reinforcements.  Two  bridges  were  laid  at  North  Anna  river  on  May  27,  to 
cross  Hancock's  corps,  and  a  third  at  Hanovertown.  Dismantling  the  bridge.s.  a 
march  was  made  to  Cold  Harbor.  During  the  battles  here  tliey  erected  several 
batteries,  one  being  within  one  hundred  yards  of  the  rebel  works.  They  also  con- 
structed several  hundred  yarJs  of  the  advance  line  of  trenches  during  the  nighta. 
During  the  afternoon  of  June  12  the  engineers  arrived  unce  more  on  the 
Chickahominy,  at  the  ruins  of  Long  Bridge.  A  small  party  of  the  enemy  were 
seen  on  the  opposite  bank.  With  darkness  a  chargini  party  of  national  infantry 
were  taken  acn^ss  in  pontons,  and  then  proceeding  to  Cole's  Ferry  on  the  lower 
Chickahominy,  the  detachment,  assisted  by  a  portion  of  tlie  Fifteenth  Engineers, 
laid  a  bridge  of  sixty  boats,  makin-j  a  structure  twelve  hundred  feet  in  IcnL'th. 
On  rafts  these  were  towed  down  to  the  James,  and  up  that  river  to  Fort  Powha  t  tan 
and  City  Point.  A  sheltered  camp  was  formed  July  l,and  here  the  bridi:cs  were 
left  under  guard  while  the  men  moved  to  the  front  to  prepare  material  for  invest- 
before  this  place.  Here  were  constructed  forts,  redoubts,  and  covered  ways,  a 
wonder  in  size  and  strength,  and  wel!-nigh  impregnable  to  fli^ault.  Under  the 
direction  of  enirineers,  infantry  was  set  to  work  to  make  wbions  and  faieinco. 
and  by  the  end  of  the  month,  begirtning  June  1,  there  "were  made  twenty  th-.u- 
sand  gabions  and  five  thousand  fascines.  During  the  two  months  the  engineers 
built  twenty  forts,  batteriea,  and  redoubts.  One  fort  was  constructed  of  size  suf- 
ficient to  hold  fifteen  guns  in  position.  The  work  was  chii-fly  done  by  night. 
The  battalion  was  engaged  on  the  lines  with  the  Fifth  corps  on  the  We!dt)n  Rail- 
road, and  the  1st  of  September,  18G4,  constructed  a  railroad  eight  miles  in  length 
from  City  Point  to  the  left  of  the  line.  About  the  1st  of  December,  Warren 
made  an  extensive  raid  on  the  Weldon  R.dlroad,  and  was  inteieopted  on  his  return 
by  a  stroni;  force.  On  the  night  of  December  10,  the  engineers  traveled  tweuty- 
two  miles  to  the  Nottoway  river,  in  a  snow-  and  rain-storm,  to  ero.->a  the  corps.  The 
bridge  was  laid,  tlie  men  crosacd,  and  then  returning  resumed  their  work  oti  the 
lines.  On  March  29  the  final  struggle  began  by  the  advance  on  Ilatcher'ii  Run. 
Supply  and  ammunition  trains  were  mired  on  the  roads,  owing  to  heavy  rains.  The 
engineers  built  cnrdurov  ahead  of  the  trains,  lifted  them  from  the  miio.and  ur_'<  d 
them  on.  The  bridges  being  moved  to  a  point  near  Petcr^burg,  M:.jor  MeL)..ii;ild 
reported  to  General  Wriudit.  of  the  Sixth  corp.s.  On  April  2,  at  Farmen-viHe, 
was  constructed  the  last  ponfon  bridge  u^ed  by  the  Army  of  the  I'ot..nKie  .T_'.iin-t 
that  of  General  Lee.  The  engineere,  on  the  surrender  of  the  Army  uf  Northern 
Virginia,  were  employed  in  repairing  railroads  and  bridges.  The  regiment  had 
marched  twenty-two  miles,  and  were  preparing  suppers,  when  Colonel  rfpanlding 
received  a  dispatch  from  General  Meade,  s.iying  that  if  the  engiiie'^ni  could  ri.:ich 
the  city  in  time  next  day  they  would  be  placed  at  the  beail  of  the  cohimn  in  the 
rc\iew  of  the  army.  The  men  unanimously  decided  to  continue  the  niareh-  :ind 
made  the  eighteen  miles  without  rest.  Pursuing  their  northward  way.  th.y  laid 
bridges  for  the  cniasing  of  Sherman's  anny  at  the  old  points  on  the  Rappahan- 
n.>ck,  at  Fredericksburg.  Then  marchin-  to  Wa-hingt,)n,  they  went  into  .innp 
June  1,  at  Long  Bridge.  Having  participated  in  the  grand  review,  the  engineers 
returned  to  Elmira,  and  were  mustered  out. 


CHAPTER     XXV  L 

TOE   SI.\TY-SEVE.STa,   SEVENTIKTII,    FrOItTV-NrNTH,   AND   ONE    (lUNDBED 


TiIF.  S''j:fy"ev^"th  I^rfim^nt  wa.s 
mustenxi  into  service  of  the  United  ; 


HISTORY  OF  JrONEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YOPwK. 


loIJi«rs,  Cjmp.uiiit.  11  Mill  I)  won- 
oroiteJ  r>T  the  KicuUior  br',-jJe.  ( 
gooiery,  the  other  by  Ciptam  Goodi 
Slitj-»-iventh  many  of  the  men  left, 
•  igned.  JIont;^omorys  men  furmeii 
GcKxInjia's  Cuuii^ny  D,  Cipuin  K. 
diTuioa  of  Key 
The  two  c>3nijM 


furuicJ  on  tlie  lifl.    The  re-.-imn 


le  ojtnp;iiir  wii  r;u5c-J  by  Abel  S.  Mont- 
10.     Bcfi.re  they  were  trjnsf.;rTOj  to  the 
p  were  dl^ehar^i-'J.  iind  boih  e:iptaina  re- 
port of  If.  uiiiier  Captain  Denaou,  aad 
.  n..l.K     The  n!-.-in,ent   KTV.-d  in  Co'icha 
pa.      Il  wi-i  hotly  cn'.-.i'je-J  ut  fair  O.iti,  ami  ht-haveJ  well. 
>t  six  killeil  and  twentv-threi-  wouiide'i,  with  three  mi.-<Mn'.r. 


The 


after 


sustaice'l.  Ou  the  repuUe 
•oieoth  waa  ordered  u>  the  ! 
tttempt  to  silenoe  tho^c  of  t 


U  h,-id  io  n-r 
jf  Reynolds'  e< 


At  Fre.l.riei:>b. 
on  I>xiiniber  U 


rhieb  1 


V  sii-ht  lo.»<  Wit 
18i;.',  the  .<ixty- 
re  i:n:ri;;ed  iu  an 


opp.i-1 


n.'  artillery  poured  in  a  -dlia-' 
It  cru-s>ed  to  FaUn-.uth,  where, 
■A.  They  left  the  [tipp-ihan- 
I  to  Warrenton  in  July,  liavin;; 
e  battle  of  OT-ttyshiire.  There 
reiriment.  The  re-.;i;uent  was 
.  in  the  series  of  battles  which 
except  veterans,  were  mustered 
■«  transferred  to  the  Siity-6fth 


?Dc!uy.  Th 
tnfilalins  fire,  which  cexMsi  at  dark.  The  i 
cu  picket  and  o<.oasi»n3l  ilrill.  the  winter  w. 
nock  on  June  13  to  mareh  northward,  and  n 
traveled  over  four  hundred  miles,  and  eti'ja-.'e 
were  then  but  ten  of  the  Rochister  tiien  left 
in  the  campai;^a  a'^inst  Riehniond.  and  i.« 
terminated  in  its  capture.  The  ori:rinjl  mei 
out  on  July  4.  1SC4,  and  these  and  the  recrt 
New  York  volunteers. 

TAe  Sei^iilieth  R'^giment,  otherwise  known  as  the  First  Eieelsior,  was  ortraa- 
iied  ia  New  York  city,  to  serve  three  years.  It  wa?  maiteroi  int.5  service  of  the 
gOTemment  durin::  the  month  of  June,  iS61.  Its  colonel  was  Daniel  E.  Sieklca; 
lieuteoant-colonel,  William  Dwi'.-ht;  m.ijor,  J.  EL-Wrt  Famum ;  and  its  adjut.int, 
W.  J.  Kay.  In  the  Seventieth  was  a  company  from  Monroe,  known  as  G.  under 
command  of  Captain  Henry  B.  OKeilly.  Their  fii^t  eniajement  was  at  Willi.ims- 
burg,  on  May  0,  when  our  forces  were  h.ird  prc-oed  and  the  tide  wn  *ettia^-a;rainst 

left.  Reckless  of  the  dccimatin!^  fire  which  strewed  their  route  with  the  killed  and 
tnalmed,  they  charged  forward  Ions  atter  their  ammunition  had  jriven  out,  and 
ihrice  broke  the  Conf.Jerate  lines  at  the  fwint  of  the  bayonet.  It  was  said  of 
them  by  the  general  c>jmmandinr,  •■  They  decided  the  fate  of  the  day."  In  this 
char^  Captain  0  Reiliy  wu  kilh-d,  and  the  first  heutenant,  Charles  U  Youn^, 
ranked  a?  captain  till  roetnber,  ISii.'.  whei>  he  wjs  oimmissioned  captain.  Auiin. 
at  Fair  Oaks,  the  Excelsior  bricjJe.  marehin;  on  June  1.  Mdl.  from  their  camp 
in  the  wocls,  moved  to  atrack  tlie  reiw-U  near  the  Wiiliaiuaburg  road.  Filinijout 
into  a  wheat-field,  the  line  of  battle  wa.4  formed  in  fruot  of  a  wood.  On  their 
advance,  they  were  ^ected  with  a  rapid  and  heavy  tire  from  aloo?  the  entire  rebel 
line.  The  Second  re-ziuieot  of  the  bri'.:ade  made  a  most  rrallant  charcre.  and  broke 
th<!  reW  line.  At  Charles  City  Cross-Koa-i-.  .tt  White  Oak  swamp,  and  Mai- 
Tern  Hill,  at  Brisi^w  Station.  Bull  Run,  and  FreJcricksbunr.  their  b.?arini  and 
their  bravery  won  commendation.  At  Monocaey  bridge,  on  September  13,  ISO  J, 
the  Seventieth  received  orders,  witb  the  Thirty-third,  to  drive  the  enemy  from 
Jefferson's  Pa.v.  The  service  was  executed  in  fin.>  style,  and  without  loss.  The 
original  members  were  niustere<l  out  of  s-.'rvice  July  1,  ISG-i;  the  others  were 
transferred  to  the  Eiehty-sixth  New  Y'ork  volunteers. 
J  The  Eiyhty-itiiitk  Jit^jiiiitut,  known  as  '•  Dickin.*oo  Guards,"  was  organized  at 
Elmira,  New  York.  It  was  mustered  into  United  Statea  service  on  December  6, 
1861,  for  a  period  of  three  yairs.  Its  cilonel  was  IIiwLs.5n  S.  Fairrhild,  of 
Kochestcr,  commissioned  December  IS.  ISCl.  and  mustered  out  with  liis  rc;.-!- 
ment  as  a  bri^Mdier-g'-ncral  on  Augvust  3.  181)3.  Company  D  was  from  Monroe, 
and  was  reputed  to  have  been  comiwacil  of  excellent  men,  many  of  them  from  the 
country.  Thiy  were  comiiiandcd  by  Jo^«ph  Murri^-^n.  The  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  Wrishinjton  on  December  2,  ISOl.  It  rep<jrtcd  at  Anna|H.lis.  n-auved 
arms,  and  embarking  on  the  morning  of  January  'J,  ISiiJ.  sailed  for  Ilatteraa 
Inlet,  on  board  the  ship  "  Aracan."  .V  storm  cnuie  up,  and  for  seventeen  days  the 
Tcisel  rode  at  anchor,  haviiiy;  thniwn  ovcrlward  four  hundred  aud  fifty  tons  of  bal- 
lasL  On  January  2iJ,  IM2.  the  .-hip  w.w  towisl  in.  and  the  tm..ps  were  finally 
landed.  The  Eighty-ninth  wa.s  bri-aded  with  the  Ninth  New  I.>am|-hin.-,  Eleventh 
CoDoreticut,  and  Forty. third  IVnn^vlvaiiia.  under  evimuund  nf  General  T.  Wil- 
liapm.  The  n-.-iment  remained  in  camp  .a  ilie  iid,  t  until  April  IS,  when  it 
embarked  ou  the  traii.-iH.rts  "  .\U-.s.i.^.,t'  and  '•  Phil.id.  Iphia."  aud  pnwo-ii-d  on  an 
expedition  to  destroy  the  locks  of  the  Di^ui-J  Sw.mip  eaual.  near  Kliiaheth  City. 
Thc  bri^-ado  wxs  di-.mh  irkid  at  two  .\.«.  uf  .Vpril  I'J.  and.  the  Ninth  New  York 
to  advance,  followisl  by  the  Ei'.;liiy-nniih,  b.-.-.m  their  march. 

Advancio'^  circuiloii-ly  a  di-tatK-e  of  thirty  milas.  a  halt  was  ordered  two  milfts 
from  Camden,  to  allow  the  atrau^len  to  clo-c  up.  Artillery  ..p.:ni.sl  in  fr.iot.  and 
orders  to  "  pn»c\'ed  at  once"  were  ris-iiv.-d.  The  rneniy  w.-nr  f..iind  behind  a 
ditch,  with  rail  fence  ill  front.  The  Ki.lityniulli  formed  line  of  battle  and  joined 
the  Ninth  on  thuir  Lfk.  on  a  hill  in  fn.nt  ..fa  r.l»l  battery.  A  hairh..ur  paised, 
and  the  Ninth,  char'riii'^  for  tlirce- fourths  of  a  mile  under  a  destructive  fire,  were 


foll..wed  by  the  Ki-l,:y.i,inlh.  which, 
Sred  as  it  advaiiL-ed  till  the  Ninth  pctiri^l  acniss  their  front  and  st.-ppcd  th.in 
Re-formiug  in  an  a.ljacent  ti.-l.l,  the  re'.:imcnt  advanc.-d  al.m;^  a  fence  and  n:n.-w..| 
nrin;.  The  enemy  bejran  to  leave  their  p<i.sition.  and,  aa  the  advance  cuniinu.d. 
made  a  'general  retreat. 

In  this,  the  first  aeti.m  of  the  n-.'imont,  Cimpany  D  l.Kt  two  men.  its  fir-t  aivl 
third  ser?»>flnLs,  who  were  left  behind  sick  at  Cam.len,  and  fell  into  llie  h.ind<  .,( 
the  enemy.     The  forc\}  rctuniisi  to  camp  at  U.»an..ke  on  May  IS. 

On  the  invasion  of  Maryland,  iu  the  fall  of  ISoL',  the  Eicrh'ty-ninth  was  hrr.,,.;!,, 
up  to  take  part  in  the  pursuit  of  Lee.  They  Lay  for  a  time  at  Nevipnrt  X. «-.; 
and  left  for  Aquia  cree^k  on  AuLiu-t  7.  Haviui;  marched  to  South  .M..unt.ui,. 
were  there  enca'..'ed  on  S.-p!eniber  14,  and  a',-ain  at  Antictam  im  the  17th.  Dar 
in:;  the  d.iy  the  brigade  charged  on  a  rcUl  force  fs'Sted  bchin.l  a  st.me  wall  ..n 
the  brow  of  a  hill.  The  enemy  opi-ned  with  artillery,  both  on  their  fo.nt  an.l 
flank.  WTien  n.-ar  the  wall  the  men  fired,  and  rushed  on  with  the  b.iy.uict.  ari.1 
the  Monroe  company  took  a  stiind  of  colors;  but,  unsupported,  the  line  was  n.iu. 
polled  to  fall  back.  The  regiment  hat  fony  killed  and  one  hundred  an.l  thirty 
wounde'J,  b-Mo'g  three-fourths  of  their  number.     Gjmpany  D  lost  very  h..nvilv. 

Again,  at  Fredericksburg,  on  December  11,  when  the  Fiftieth  Engin.iT-  at- 
tempted to  lay  the  bridge  oj.posite  the  city,  they  ware  earnestly  and  gall.mtly  -up- 
ported  by  the  regiment,  who  p.mre<l  volley  up.in  volley  upon  the  rehe!^  bi'liin.l 
the  stone  wall  in  the  endeavor  t.i  dispo-sses.?  them.  The  loss  of  Company  D  it 
Fredericksbung  was  one  killed  and  five  wounded. 

Tilt  One  Hundred  ami  fifth  R,.jim'nt  wa.s  formed  by  the  consoli.l.ition  of  the 
Irish  regiment,  recruited  .-it  Camp  ilillhouse.  Rochteter,  with  a  regiment  nrgan- 
ize-l,  or  attempted  to  be  orjaniztsJ,  at  Camp  Upham,  Lc  Roy.  On  Novciubcr  IK. 
ISbl,  the  first  man  w.xs  mustered  into  United  States  service  at  Camp  Upham  by 
Colonel  James  M.  Fuller.     lie  continued  ti  work  for  the  completion  of  his  r.'gi- 

broueht  ab.>ut  the  consolidation,  each  nvinient  forming  five  companies  of  a  new 
regiment,  to  be  designated  as  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifth.  The  men  ftDui  M..n- 
nw  County  were  m.ainly  fatriotic  Irishmen,  whase  discipline  during  the  wint.-r 
following  prepared  them  for  the  arduous  service  of  the  succeeding  campaitin.s. 
The  regiment  was  fully  organit.d  on  JIarch  2'J,  1302,  and  was  s.ion  after  orden'd 
to  Washington,  and  ou  :*Iay  20  were  at  Manas.-,TS.  under  JIcDowell.  The  bri-.-ade 
of  which  the  One  Hun.lred  and  Fifth  formed  part  was  commanded  by  General 
Duryca,  and  had  left  Cathtt's  Station  for  Cristoe  on  May  24.  Two  days  l.itcr 
they  had  advanced  ei::ht  miles  to  Manas.sas,  whence  they  were  ordered  the  same 
night  to  CVntreville,  and  there  encamped  until  the  29th,  when  the  whole  briga.le 
left  under  orders  for  Thoroughfare  Gap.  The  brigudc  pa-sed  the  gap.  and  marclusl 
on  to  Reetortown  and  Piedmont.  On  June  3  the  whole  dirisi.,n  arrived  at  Fr..i.t 
Roy.-d,  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifth  bringing  up  the  rear  as  its  g-uarj-  .B.v-i-.-e 
had  principally  been  left  behind.  Part  of  it  followed  by  rail  to  Ymm  R..yal,  l..it 
during  the  entire  journey  the  men  were  without  their  tents.  3Io.-t  of  o:iEi..er.-  and 
men  stood  these  csjntinued  and  rapid  marches  .>ver  the  worst  of  roads  .|ui;e  wvil, 
despite  lying  out  three  or  four  nights  in  a  drenching  rain. 

To  the  inexperienced  only  the  reeonl  of  battles  indicates  the  re--olutioo  of  tin- 
soldier;  but,  strangely  enouu'h,  the  march  is  more  drea.Ied  than  the  battle,  and  the 
sound  of  mu-ketry  wUl  rally  the  cdumn  when  the  road  is  filled  with  t..iiin.- str.ig. 
glers.  The  hot  sun.  the  C..1.1  niin,  the  dusty  or  .-piagmire  road,  the  =hort  a.ivan.-s.-s 
and  long  waitin<r^.  the  ni-jiit  marches, — ht.ping  each  ciinp  lit  by  fire^  is  near  tli-  ir 
own,— tho  galled  shoulders  from  heavy  loa.ls,''and  the  blistered  feet,  all  these  .in- 
but  hints  of  the  hardships  of  the  march. 

Front  Royal  was  \c\\  on  June  12,  by  the  railroad,  for  Callctt's  Station,  an.l  th.- 
regiment  wxs  briL-aded  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  Pcimsylvani.i  in.l 
Ninety-seventh  New  Y'ork,  with  tw.i  hittalions  of  Rhode  I.-I.iu.l  c-.ivaln.-.  an.i  a 
Maryland  battery,  — all  numliering  al^jut  twenty-five  hun.lr.sl  etf.ciive  ui- 1.- 
McClcllan  lay  in  e-anip  on  the  J.iiues  wh.-n  Jack.son  engnge.l  I'.'pc  ..i  the -H 
Bull  Run  field.  The  One  Hun.lrcd  and  Fifth  were  to  th.'^car  vrlien  or.l.r-  .  toa. 
to  move  fi^rw.inl.  Pnimpt  in  advance,  they  did  not  reach  the  batile-fi.jl.l  nil  ri.  .r 
dark,  when  they  were  fired  upon  by  r.  I.el  artilhry  with..«t  l.v-s.  The  On.-  11.... 
drcd  iind  Fourth  R.'gi.nciit.  cont-iining  a  number  of  .^(onroo  3..1.1iei^,  w.is  »-s 
bn.ga.led  with  the  One  Hiin.lrcl  a,i.|  FU^h. 

The  hattleof  Centreviile  wis  f..u.-ht ....  Aug.W  :il»,  lSi;2.     Durin'- th.' ...■li...i  lli- 

where  the  Fifty-seventh  New  Y'ork  w.is  found.  ThLs  P.'gimcnt  had  bc.n  c-m- 
p.'llcd  to  fall  back  fr.i'U  an  .t.lv.in.'cd  p..sition.  to  which.  ab.iut  one  P.M..  the  l.ri'.::.'le 

s,d..-ral.le  fon.-.v  in.i.f-  his  a|.p.  .riii.-e  in.l  ..p.ii,-.|  witli  f..ur  guiM.  wh..s.:  elcvili...i 
insured  s.afcty  t.i  the  nat.OM.il  tr.,..p<.  This  firing  e..ntii.ued  wilh...it  l.~.  I,,  c.il..  ' 
sido  for  h.ilf  an  hour,  (i.n-rd  Duryi  w.ls  w,..ind.:d  in  the  hind  by  lli.i  fi '-• 
meat  of  a  ahcH.     Tho  hai.d  was  ban.iaged  and  he  kept  the  field.     The  bri-ale 


HISTORY  OF   IIOXROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


UO.J    f..i 


humir^.i  Tirin  Ui  tli 
ovenJ  koun.  wlien 
qJciI.  aiiJ  an  aiiv^in 


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V,  o.-dor  ^vma  U,  : 
ce  to  the  original  p-i; 
;pfK)rtfHl  heavily  by 
li  a:iJ  upeiitnl  on  tl 
ill   t'fO  '^cat  torce  ;ia 


Lrtlier. 

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kuJi-fiu-l.tiu;-- 
.ThU  wu  .t  0 

Al~ut  six  P.M.  a  b-ittcry  of  thrM  zui 
Jrtilr  enjtr-i-J  from  cuiicealunTit  in  tho 
njtioiui!  bri.-aJe  ilur.-L'J,  b.a  the  cncruv 
U>k.  They  thcD  r.-tip.-d  thruu-h  the  w.»d3  and  nliied  upon  a  hill  in  th._-  rear. 
The  6  -htin^  wja  severe,  and  the  r<.'jimeQt8  were  badly  cut  up.  To  this  time  the 
One  lUndrol  and  Fifth  bud  b.nen  in  lour  batttci.— Cedar  .Mountiiin,  ILippahjin- 
m,<V  TlioroUi,'ht>e  G-.ip,  and  aocond  liol!  Run.  On  September  5  iLe  reinraent 
Ijt  rui-aJopeJ  oe.ir  Wii.»hini:tou.  Company  I,  which  entered  the  List  action 
0  atron^,  lo^t  three  killcil.  lire  badly  wi.undcd.  ;uid  twelve  mis.>in:;, — 
tlie  lcfe..^e4  guataine-i  in  the  unci|ual  ?trUL'-'te.  Colonel  Fuller  re^istied 
.Ka-iL'-t -i,  IStJJ,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Howard  Carroll  was  at  the  5atae  date 
r.<uiui!<iioneJ  colonel.  The  One  Hun-irvil  and  Fir:h  wis  in  action  at  Chintilly, 
S'lith  Mouat-iin,  and  Antietam.  In  thi.<  last  battle  Colonel  Carroll  was  mortally 
w.>iind..d,  and  died  on  September  20  tollowin'i.  Major  .John  W.  Shedd  wai  com- 
Biii-ioned  oloncl  October  lU,  aud  so  remained  uotil  a  ^o:LT.Jl.Lti„.i,  ^h -n  he  wji 
nia-tered  ouL  In  the  ill-st.'.rre.l  battle  of  Frederiekiburj,  P.;cembcr  13.  the  re-_-i- 
imiit  waa  present,  and  in  January,  1363,  enjoyed  the  common  espcrieoce  of  a 
Biarch  amid  a  pelting  rain  in  a  wa  of  mud.  Shariu  j  in  the  general  ill-fortune  of 
M  splendid  army,  we  fin.ally  ..Jec  the  regiment  settled,  with  thinned  ranlca,  in  catnp 
Dear  Belle  Plain,  Vir^'inia,  where  the  winter  is  passed. 

Thji  Kb*ety-fourth  Rejtv^nt  wxs,  on  March  19,  crjnsolidated  with  the  One 
Hundred  and  Fif.h,  and  supernumeraries  mustered  out.  Each  regiment  fiir- 
ni-hed  five  corapauies.  Adrian  K.  Root,  of  the  Ninety-fourth,  was  colonel  of 
tlie  new  orginiiation.  The  One  Hundred  and  Fifth,  now  lost  to  sight,  had 
entered  the  serrice  a  thousand  stn.oi.  and  had  contended  with  the  enemy  in 

thrw!-fourths,  leaving  two  hundred  and  fifty  tit  for  duty,  and  well-ni^'h  as  many 
BKire  in  the  rarious  hospitals.  Hooter  was  defi-ated  at  Chancellor^ville,  and 
ivtired  north  of  the  river,  but  not  to  re^t  in  camp.  Lte  believed  it  pos-iible 
to  *rtat«  terms  of  pojcc  on  northern  ground,  and  marched  into  Pennsylvania. 
Hooker  gave  way  to  Meade,  and  Pmvidence  dictated  that  the  decision  of  the  war 
•hould  talc  fl.ice  at  Gettv!bnn:r.  Thither  by  ton.-ed  marches  the  Union  corps 
ha.itened,  and  on  the  fir^t  da\-s  of  July.  1S63.  the  tpull  of  thi;  Confederacy  was 
Ciintly,  but  distinctly,  *jundfd.  The  Xioety-fourth  w.is  hurrie<i  into  action  oo 
the  double-quick.  A  reckless,  insane  order  was  ^ivco  tij  charge  a  rebel  briijide 
■croes  an  open  field.  The  command  obeyed,  aud  planted  their  tattered  fi.ig  far  in 
advance  of  any  other  repmental  en^i^.  Back  over  the  tield.  swept  by  the  brigade 
during  the  advance  of  fitV'eu  lung  minutes,  the  dead  and  wounded  were  thickly 
atrewn.  The  position  proved  uutonable.  The  brigade  v-a.*  enlilad-il  on  U^h  fiariks, 
and  an  order  to  retreat  wis  eiven.  Another  stand  w.ij  att^-mpted,  and  the  rtbels 
Were  che<:kcd  so  ai  to  permit  tiie  arrival  of  Union  Inxips  on  the  crest  of  Ceme- 
t«.ry  HilL  The  noble  soldier)  savt  gronod  cni.lginL-ly,  and  lost  most  he:ivily. 
Id  tho  regiment  there  was  a  lo.*3  of  s^-ven  killed,  ?isty  wounded,  and  one  hnnured 
and  sixty  missing;  leaving  of  eoliste.!  men  but  one  hundred  and  sixty.  C*n  the 
day;*  following,  the  Ninety-fourth  was  uniler  fire  aud  iust  several  men.  Pa..*sing 
the  interval  of  a  year,  we  find  the  Ninety-fourth  eoLTiged  with  the  enemy  at  a 
fi.int  four  miles  north  of  Reams'  Station.  In  the  midst  of  a  forest,  the  first 
inliinotion  of  the  rebel  preienre  was  their  appearunce  in  the  riizht  rear,  flanking 
the  Union  troops  and  firing  lively.  The  men  sprang  over  their  breastworks  and 
f.ici^J  about  An  Alabama  colonel  ordered  a  surrender,  but  pushed  on  with  his 
c-Jiioin  without  ita  enforcement.  The  Ninety-fourth  resumed  ag-.Tcssive  meas- 
■r.-v  A  KjuLd  of  rebels  p,TS--ing  ti>  the  rear  with  a  body  of  pris.>n.}rs  w.-is  intcr- 
npied  and  captured.  A  heavier  force  of  rebels  appeared,  and  the  L'uiun  troops 
«••»¥  forccil  to  yield.  This  strange  scene  was  several  times  enacted,  .as  both  sides 
*«rv  Rinforeed;  but  the  enemy  finally  won.  and  a  Lireat  share  of  the  re^raent 
»a»  r.reed  to  Kcomp.iny  the  rebels  to  Petersburg.  The  losses  of  August  13,  1^, 
and  iM  were,  in  killed,  wounded,  and  mi.-sin-  one  hundred  and  forty-thri:e.  The 
r^-mnant  of  a  rrirment  \tas  enL-aced,  dunng  the  fall,  in  the  extcosioo  of  the  lines 
•<-»t  «.f  Pctcnburg,  and,  under  command  of  Captain  (jeor),-e  French,  did  honor- 
aM.-  tcrrii*  at  Uatcliera  Run  ia  l5ti5. 


CHAPTER    XXVII 

TIIK   O.HE    nO.IOHtD    .ISD    FtnilTH     NKW    YOdK    VOLf.NTf EES 

N  the  .unm.r  of  LSiV.'  the  revers. 


••iiH-l  cff..rt  In  ,„ppr,.i.  the  rtb.  1 

at!  .■n.imK.as  and  well-nigh  invincible  army 


d  w*.:<t  calit.tl  for  a  m  >re  dctcr- 
pition  h.ad  \n\  to  the  a<iyr.nc*  of 
thcru  tcmtorj.     The  President 


.!!  f.i 


Ired 


nobly  re^p'jnded.  Her  choicest  you 
new  Monroe  County  reiiuient — the 
at  Camp  Hillhouse,  R^-.-hester,  and 
The  field-  and  3tatfH)ficer3  were,  cc 
Charles  J.  Powers;  major,  G.-jrgs 
quartermaster,  Joseph  S.  Harris  ;  su 
Thnmas  Arner;  and  ch:>plain.  Jam 
August  ly,  and  proceeded,  vi'i  tho 


lisand  men. 

and  the  c 

ititen 

5  of  M„„n>e  n,.„i 

uiii;  men  wen 

■  enrolled 

.and 

by  Au~u.,t  lb  the 

Mcond  uni 

er  the  e^ 

11— » 

as  fully  QfL-aniiM 

under  orde 

rs  to  on 

eeed 

to  the  seat  of  war. 

oinnel.  Oliver  H.  Pal 

mcr; 

lieulenaut-cuioBc!, 

=   B.  Force; 

adjutiin 

,  Jul 

n   T.  C'huma.*:ro ; 

un:.,m,  John 

V.  Whit 

beck 

a.ssistant  sur.-eon. 

les  NiehoN. 

The  re 

imen 

h-ll  K,Kh«ter  on 

Central  Ra 

Iroad,  to 

Alba 

ly,  theu  down  tho 

Hudson  by  3t*amer.  and  r 
march  through  the  city  to 
were  rtH-X'ived  with  joyous 
on  after  batlle-ficMs.     Gu 


chcd  New  York  on  the  evening  of  the  Jl.nt.  1 
uiirters  in  Park  barracks  was  a  grand  ovation.  1 
uhu.^iasm,  and  its  remembrance  may  have  been  a 
1  were  supplied,  and  next  day  the  command  dejc 


ted 


for  Washingti^n.  and  went  into  camp  five  miles  from  the  city.     The  men  showed 
rapid  progress  in  the  use  of  .arms  and  in  the  evolutions  of  drill,  and  s.jon  evinced 

Oo  Anoiust  Ih  tents  were  struck,  and  the  camp  of  the  old  Thirtt-cnth  of  a  year 
previous,  uppo:>ite  Georgetown,  was  occupied.  Almost  a  thousand  letters  home 
announced  this  fact,  so  general  was  the  resort  to  correspondence  during  the  first  days 
of  soldieriDg.  On  August  M,  the  old  troops  from  the  James  river  were  seen  on 
the  march  to  Pope's  a..ssist3nce.  and  the  sound  ofa  cannonade  was  heard  away  towards 
Bull  Run  and  Centroville.  On  September  4  the  regiment  was  called  to  arms  at 
three  A-M.,  and  stood  in  line  till  daylight, — to  them  a  new  experience.  The  orrani- 
latioo  was  now  brigaded  with  Whipple's  command.  Franklin's  division,  and  Sum- 
ner's corps,  and  on  the  evening  of  September  6  received  orders  to  march  oo  the 
following  morning.  The  re;.:iment,  leaving  the  camp  under  a  guard,  marched  at 
five  A.M.  for  Rocks'ille,  where  it  arrived  at  four  P-U.,  aud  camped  for  the  night. 
The  men  were  employed  in  felling  trees,  digging  pits,  and  marehioir,  aud  by  the 
ll-.h  had  reached  Clarksburg,  forty  miles  from'Washington,  and  furuied  line  of 
battle.  Short  marches,  with  caution,  were  made  as  the  euemy  w,ij  a^prdclicd, 
till  the  morning  of  the  13th.  when  the  regiment  pushed  rapidly  forwani,  and  at 
ten  A.M.  he:ird  cannonading  in  the  advance.  Generals  McClellan  and  Buniside  %\*- 
peared,  and  were  greeted  with  cheers.  Sunday  came,  but  it  was  unheeded;  the 
regiment  marched  thirteen  miles.  A  mountain  was  scaled,  woo-is  were  threaded, 
and  about  one  A.M.  of  the  15th  rest  was  taken  in  a  field,  which  d.aylight  dis- 
closed covered  with  the  dead  and  maimed.  They  were  upon  a  rei^ent  battle- 
ground. In';or|iorated  with  the  Second  brigade,  French's  division,  the  regiment 
pushed  on  to  Bo^jnsboro',  where  it  arrived  at  half-past  four  P.M.,  formed  in  line, 
and  lay  down  to  rest.  At  ten  A.M.  of  the  16th  a  terrific  cannonade  began,  and 
the  strange,  exciting  sound  of  battle  continued  till  dark.  The  regiment  marclie.J 
from  Kectysvilie  at  six  .\.M.  of  the  17th,  and  al'^er  an  advance  of  two  miles  fonueil 
line  of  battle,  and  went  into  action  on  the  crest  of  a  billion  the  left  of  the  brigade, 
io  the  front  line.  The  enemy  occupied  a  line  of  riflo-piu  in  a  corn.field  in  front, 
distant  not  thirty  rods,  and  upon  these  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  opened  a 
rapid,  incessant  fire,  with  a  dL-rermin.ation  which  astonish'^!  and  completely  cowed 
their  !',.,€.  Standing  unprotectini.  not  a  head  dared  show  itself  above  the  rebel 
trenches,  and  when  a  chari:e  was  made,  the  colors  of  the  Fourteenth  North  Car>- 
lina  were  captured,  and  one  hundred  and  fit\y-nine  men.  Abijut  half.pa>t  twelve 
the  command  was  relieved  by  the  Irl-h  brigade,  and  fell  back  about  one  huodre-i 
rods,  re-formed,  with  a  reduced  line,  ution  the  colors,  and  was  sent,  by  order  of 
General  Richard>on,  to  the  left,  to  fill  a  gap  in  tho  line.  It  remained  here,  under 
tire  of  the  enemy's  batteries,  until  d.irk,  when  it  went  on  picket,  and  there  n.^ 
mained  till  relieved  at  nine  .K,i\.  on  the  next  day.  The  regiment  met  a  heavy  lorw. 
Major  Force  was  killed,  as  were  Lieutenants  Tarb.ix  and  Holmes.  There  w^re 
twenty-sLX  killed  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  wounded,  and  tbrty-seven  mi-sing, 
a  total  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-five.  Througln-ut  tho  army  the  conduct  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Eighth  rendered  it  well  known  as  a  fi'.-litin.,;  n-.'iniunt.  The 
surgeon  wrote  home.  "  I  am  proud  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth.  NnMy  and 
unflinchingly  it  answered  the  call  of  duty  t.j  enter  the  field,  an<i  well  jud  bravi-ty 
has  it  done  its  work.  It  is  an  honor  to  .Monroe  County."  The  bilt.riie^^  of 
loved  ones  lose  was  sweetened  by  this  atttat  of  heroism  in  a  jxiultryin-.-  orJ.  al. 

From  Antietam  the  rc.-iiuent  m.irched  to  Harper's  Ferry,  foni.-l  tl.e  n>cT. 
waist  deep,  and  enc-am[^.■d  for  a  ni-.-ht  a  mile  from  tho  Pot-.oia.-,  on  B-Jirar 
heights.  Shelter  tents  were  fumi.-hed  at  ShaTsbup.-,  and  ScptemU-r  'JT  the 
command  was  on  picket  a  mile  west  of  the  camp.    Picket  duty  wis  n..ir  ni..n-  Irv- 


the  column 


Octoh.cr  16  triHips  be;ji 
las.-i'd  bv,  and  nnivi.,l  up 


:  Ch  irh. 


in  large  btjdies,  and 
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HISTORY  OF  MO^•ROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


teM,  ad»s'cpt  nnJor  b'ankeU  The  next  day's  march  brnuiht  tliem  to  SnicW- 
trville.  Hire  were  fjur.U  the  Tliirtcenth  snj  One  llunjrol  and  Tertieth,  and 
plea-iaot  calls  were  inten  ii.inL'ti.  The  we:itlier  cliiiijeJ  to  ct)!d  •nJ  nipping;  the 
men  shircrci  aruunj  thtir  camp-fires,  and  dadiy  heard  ihn  order  to  "  till  in." 
They  oiarehed  to  L'pf-erviUe,  when  fur.ij;in;;  wiw  frvely  inJu!;rtd  in,  and  bliiiin;; 
fires,  kindled  from  rails,  were  employed  to  clficl  the  depreisi.iii  of  a  prevailinsj 
•now. storm.  Colonel  r.ilmer  was  here  in  tetupcmry  eummajid  of  the  brisjde. 
The  company  of  Captain  Yale  was  presented  witl.  b.;:iutifiil  culnrs  by  the  bdies  of 
the  town  of  Brighton.  The  re'jiment  \kI\  I'ppcrville  for  Warrvntnn,  where  it 
made  a  brief  suy.  Orders  came,  November  U'>,  to  march  to  Kalmoaih.  Thence 
>  »ery  unpleasant  tri;.  wai  made  tu  Belle  Plain,  a  place  for  the  lanjin;  of  snp- 
pliea  on  Potomac  eretk,  which  enters  the  river  at  this  p->int. — a  mud-covered  dat  of 
tevend  hundred  acna,  dreary  and  hoasele.^.  The  briL.-ade  was  hero  employed  in 
nnloading  supfilics  shipped  to  the  army.  Two  hundred  wa^ns  were  lo.ided  per 
fcour,  and  for  miles  the  n.iad  w.x-*  bl'vked  by  the  unendio'.;  tr^iins,  eomin-^  empty, 
leturnin^  loaded.  Oa  DecemU.r  7  the  One  Hundred  and  KiL-hth  was  relieved 
and  went  into  camp  near  Falmouth,  as  preparations  progrci^ed  tor  a  battle. 

Oo  the  tnomin;^  of  December  111  the  regiment  cros.'«d  the  ponton  brid.re  over 
too  Rappabanuojic,  aod  dr.ii\iiii;  up  in  line  along  one  ol  the  alreela  of  Fredej- 
ickstnrg,  stacked  arms  and  remained  there  till  neit  mornin;.  The. order  to 
■dranco  was  given  and  obcved.  A  brief  halt  was  made  nejir  by  a  lar^e  church, 
being  prepared  for  the  division  hospital.  The  building  was  just  then  a  tjir«t  for 
rebel  artillerymen.     The  fourth  shot  went  through  the  church  and  the  line  of  the 


The  division  of  French,  of  Sumner's  corps,  was  drawn  op  for  a  charge,  with 
the  One  Hundred  and  Ki^-lith  in  the  front  Une.  Then  was  performeil  a  deed  of 
heroism  which  won  for  the  participants  undying  honor.  The  following  extract 
•attests  the  fact:  "  It  soon  became  evident  that  the  first  ridge  of  hills,  on  which 
the  enemy  wa-s  p.«ted  behind  earthworks,  could  not  be  carrii-d  eicept  at  the  point 

charge  on  the  batteries.  Howard's  division  was  drawn  out  in  support.  The  ■ 
'troops  sprang  forward  to  obey  the  order  with  much  enthusiasm.  S^r-addy  they 
marched  acro^  the  plain  and  never  faltered  until  within  a  few  yards  of  the  ridge, 
•when  suddenly  met  by  a  gJling  fire  from  rebel  infantry  posted  behind  a  stone 
walL  A  momentary  confusion  ensued ;  then,  re-fonuinz,  the  men  retired  to  a 
lavine  within  rou.sket-shot.  Reiirforeod  by  the  second  division,  the  line  advance-l 
tt  a  double-quick,  under  a  concentrated  fire  of  infantry  and  artillery.  The  loss 
Was  terrible;  the  sIioc'k  wa-i  unh  arable;  a  hilt  eniu.:Ki ;  the  c-;ntre  gave  w.iy  and 
fled;  itwii  rallied  and  brought  back."  Again  and  again,  but  vainly,  the  attempt 
to  dislodge  the  rebel  artillery  was  made.  Then  Sumner  brouirht  all  his  cannon  to 
play,  and  the  roar  of  cannon  was  incessant.  N'ight  rame.  and  with  diiEculty  the 
•wounded  were  remove-i.  The  army  recros.sed  the  river,  and  the  One  Hundred 
and  Eighth  returned  to  its  old  cainp  rt-duced  in  numbers,  and  for  a  time  suffering 
from  sickness.  On  Januuy  20  they  took  part  in  the  mud  campai_-n.  and  on 
their  return  settled  quietly  down  to   pass  the  winter  in  quarters.     Save  heavy 


details  of  men  fut 


kct,  ther. 


;.dl  for  duty,  and  uU  the  close  of  Feb- 


ruary they  were  yet  in  camp  near  Falmouth. 

On  March  5,  the  Secoud  corps  w;is  reviewed  by  Oencral  Hooker.  Colonel  Pal- 
mer was  d'lseharged  March  2,  aud  Charles  J.  Powers  was  promoted  colonel  on 
*the  13th.  Francis  E.  Pierce  was  at  the  s-imc  time  promoted  lieutenant-coLmcl, 
and  Harmon  Uo'j:abo".im,  major.  Numerous  minor  promotions  were  made  at  this 
period,  and  payment  of  the  troops  and  a  long  rest  put  them  in  good  spirits.  On 
the  morning  of  April  2.S  the  Third  divUion  left  camp  at  sunrise,  and  the  re-.ri- 
ment  was  halted  to  build  corduroy  for  passage  of  trains.  About  three  P..M..  of 
April  30,  they  marched  to  the  fords  of  tlie  IiaplJ..n,an.l  cro^^>d  at  United  States 
ford,  ten  miloa  above  Fredericksburg.  Pu-hin,-  on  till  ten  P.M.,  a  recent  b.ittle- 
ground  WiS  reu^-hcL  A  batch  of  prisoners  passintr,  one  remarked  th.it,  "  Farther 
00  you'll  c.itch  hell, "  aud  his  espre-sion  proved  a  prophecy.  On  .May  1,  at 
aunrise,  the  Second  brigade,  under  General  H.iys,  marched  up-'jo  a  rtx-onnuis- 
saacc,  without  re-»ult.  .Vt  sunset  of  next  day,  J.icks«in,  with  twenty  thousand 
moo,  came  on  a  charge  upon  the  Eleventh  eor^ks.  driving  them  by  thou>:uids. 
Amid  the  wild  tumult,  the  brigade  w.ls  .-Mien  advanein-.;  boldly  into  the  caldron 
of  the  conflict,  and  there  stoiid  I'asL  The  voice  of  Colonel  Powers  was  heard 
laying,  "Don't  div.'race  the  One  Hundred  anil  Kighlh!  Don  t  disgnec  the 
Third  Div'iiion  !"  and  they  did  not.  It  was  nine  P.M.  when  the  rebels  cbartred 
in  masses  aiuid  the  wood.s  and  darknc^.'*,  and  opened  a  fien-e  tire,  which  r.i:s\yi  till 
midnight  At  aunri-su  of  .^t.ly  :i  unearthly  yelping  announced  a  reUl  charge 
Bear  division  headquarters,  and  a  hot  fi-bt  rii-ued.  There  wxs  a  lull  lor  a  time, 
and  then  again  the  gray  rinks  >w,pi  out  from  the  wi««l.i.  only  to  hv  drisen  baek. 
The  One  Hundre-d  and  lii.-bth  i.tiio  l'..rth  from  the  ooiriut  wi;h  honor  and 
antamished  fame.  They  h.id  I'ou.lil  splendidly,  and  more  tli.ui  jn-liSod  iJie  higll 
•ipectation  entertained  of  them  from  previous  aetiooi.    Two  men  werv;  killed,  and 


thirty-four  wounded.  There  were  sharp  passages  atar 
and  oa  .A!ay  6  the  regiment  re-crossed  the  llapidan, 
in  good  spirits.  Lee  resolved  t.)  invade  the  north,  ai 
of  the  determinauoa  with  exultation,  and  gladly  bro 
and  deadly  gnipple.  The  regiment  left  Falmouth  Ji 
from  heat  aud  dust,  marched  ni-_'ht  aud  dav  northwari 


and    returned   to    Fa 


The 


a  rti't  was  uken;  then  atjrtin-  at  thne 
over,  the  run  was  fjrdod,  and  June  20  a 
picket  dfLiils  were  sent  out.     The  mart 
land,  vhsK  a  halt  of  five  days  en.sued. 
olds,   at  Gettv-^burg,   and    thither  the   columr 
motion,  which   indicated  the   peril  threatened, 
bravery  of  the  regiment  in  the  grc, 
in  support  of  a  batterv  which  made 


be  old  Bull  Run  ti-ld  was  pa-.i 
3  made  at  Gainesville,  while  hi-ji , 
nntinucd  to  Frederick  City,  Mar^'. 
enemy  was  eueountcred  by  K,,„. 
is  ha.stcue<l  with  a  swift,  stea  :v 
and  a  challenge  'accepted.  Th. 
battle  of  Gettysburg  was  notable.  Pla„,i 
re  execution  among  the  rel-'ols.  thevelLirj-l 


in  two  linc-3  to  take  it.  They  were  met  at  the  brow  of  the  hill  by  the  One  llur,. 
dred  and  Eighth,  and  given  a  deadly  greeting.  The  stru-.-ls  wa.s  fearf.ii 
Ninety  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  horses  of  the  battery  were  killed,  and  tb,. 
batterymen  nearly  swept  otf,  when  the  brave  captain  called  on  the  (Jue  Hundn-i 
and  Eighth  for  help.  The  men  sprang  forward,  hauled  the  truns  below  the  bf..w 
of  the  bill  Loads  of  canister  were  thrown  in,  and  the  men,  puttin',-  their 
shoulders  to  the  wheeU,  pushe-d  the  guns  to  the  brow  to  be  dlsebarged.  While 
the  contest  continued.  General  Hays,  attempting  to  bring  up  a  rcjiment.  poiat.-l 
to  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth,  saying,  "  See  bow  that  gallant  band  fi',-ht !"  TU 
men  gave  no  ground,  and  fought  to  win  or  die.     Their  loss  was  severe.     Thi-re 

inty-seven  wounded,  and  forty-eight   mining.     Total. 

The  loss  of  three  commissioned  officers  kilh-d,  ai^J 

to  the  struggle,     .\fter  the  action,  the  army  foilow.d 

1  July  It)  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  lay  at  Harpi-r  . 

irJers  amie  to  march;  and  on  the  22il,  L'prerviile  vzj 
made  at  .v.hbys  Gap.  "vVarrenton  was  reached  on  the  2i;!h. 
£ted  stay  was  made.  .\  midnight  recoonoissance  was  made  t»Q 
September  24,  to  dislodge  an  outfiost.  The  enemy  fled,  the  buildin'.-y  were  tin>l. 
and  the  regiment,  returning,  heard  the  long  roll  beating  in  the  rebel  cam|a, 
which  were  effectively  stirred  up. 

On  October  10  the  regiment  left  Culpepp*:r  Couit-House  and  starts  towards 
Washington.  Two  army  corps  had  been  sent  weat.  and  Lee,  aware  of  the  fact, 
had  begun  a  fiank  movement.  On  the  morning  o.f  the  I2th  the  Second  cji^-i 
formed  in  line  two  miles  west  of  Culiiepper.  The  armies,  marching  on  paroiiri 
roads,  came  in  collision  at  Cedar  Run.  The  One  Hundred  and  Ki-_'!ith  w.is  m-.t 
by  the  fire  of  a  rebel  battery,  and  attacked  on  the  flank.  Sklnuisiitr*  wtrv 
thronu  out,  and  a  charge  of  cavalry  repulsed.  Meade  cuncentratvd  his  forces  at 
Centreville.  It  was  about  three  P.M.  of  the  14th  when  the  Third  division  reacb.-.! 
Bristoe  station.  The  enemy  had  come  in  position  to  attack  the  rear  of  tlii;  Fildi 
curpi,  and  opened  heavily  from  a  hill-side  un<ju  the  division.     The  division  w.-s 


one  hnodr- 


Ferry. 


klllL-d, 

nd  fortv 


I  protr 


ordered  oo  the  double-<iuick  to 

•--ai 

possession 

of  the  railroad  cut 

Ther 

were  s 

een  hastening  for  the  s 

ame 

point.     Tl 

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>n,  and 

cheers 

op.--ued  vigorously  fr.jm 

cove 

r  upon  the 

enemy.     Then  stain 

nj  the 

flank, 

the  Second  brleade  dro 

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em  in  diso 

rder,  capturing-  f.ur 

cannon 

flags,  a 

nd  four  hundred  and  &(t 

yme 

u.     About 

eleven  p.m.  orders 

am...  to 

f.i.1 

in  quietly,"  and  the  march  was  i-esumed  to  Bl.ickbiirn  Ford,  wliere  the  eneinv  "1-,- 
monstrated  heavily.  Next  day  they  were  found  to  have  fallen  liaek  to  Culi^-i'i^-r 
and  the  army  rested  in  cauip.  On  November  7  the  re-gimcnt  nianlnsl  to  K.ily  s 
Ford  and  encauiped.  Three  dais  later  the  camps  were  early  astir,  and  by  suiin-; 
the  ojlumns  were  on  the  road  On  the  lOth  the  One  Hundred  and  Ei-lith  wrv 
located  at  a  point  on  the  Culpepper  and  Fre'lerlcksbuig  Kailru.id.  The  last  ■•( 
November,  Meade  advanced  to  the  llapidan.  Warren  cros.sed  and  marehol  s^.iuli- 
ward,  and  devclop<d  the  enemy  at  .^line  rvuii.  The  army  ariiv.-.!.  and  c.i- ii 
awaited  att.ick.  Warren  marchcil  to  turn  the  rebel  flank,  and  rearlnsl  |..,iri.-ii 
at  dark.  .Moruiii'.'  came,  and  the  enemy  had  .sO  streii'.-tlieneil  his  d.leiis.-  tlmt 
attai-k  .seemed  presumptuous,  and  wjj  uot  uiide.  The  corps  r.tunied  tu  their olu 
camjis  on  Decvmbcr  2,  built  winter  quari4;n  near  Stevensburg,  and  eiijoy'.-'J  a 
long  resL 

A  reconnois-saocc  was  nude  February  C,  13114,  at  Morton's  Ford,  on  the  R.q-i- 
Jan.  The  bng.ido  was  in  line  a  mile  north  of  the  ford  at  oi.,'ht  .v.m.  of  tli.it  d..v. 
and  aw.iitetl  the  arriv.il  of  the  division.  The  Third  hri-ide  rini.d  th,-  -...iili 
hank,  deployed  xi  skirmishers,  and  ailv,iiie''d  close  up-m  the  reln-l  hatT,rn-s- 
About  one  P  M.  the  Si-eond  bn-^.ule  f.rded  tlie  stn-ani  and  foim.sl  line  "f  I.  .tile 


d  on 


yards  distant      In 


lattcry  from  hi-.-h  ; 
ludiaiely  following 


ick  of  infinlry  u?..* 


niSTOllY   OF  MO:.'KOE  COUNTY.  NEW   YORK. 


the  i«Lirini3h  line,  which  wjs  Loin^  driven  on  the  ri-^ht  when  the  Soirorid  bri^de 
fclvai...-,a  l^  iho  crat  of  the  hill.  The  Ono.nui.da'J  and  Kii^hth  lay  dunii  on 
(he  crest  ntar  iho  huuw,  wliile  the  Fourteenth  CoMri_via-ut  w^fsenf.  to  re'juia  li.«t 
m.uuJ  aicJ  h.rld  it.  Tliev  iveru  hard  pressed,  and  tl:.'  (Jne  ll.indrej  ajid  Kiirhth 
gild  Tenth  Now  York  were  sent  tu  tlie  same  place,  when  the  three  re^ini-.-uLs 
Bjide  »  firm  advance  of  five  hundred  yank.  Musketry  continued  till  after  dark. 
lU-licved  at  ten  P.3i.  by  the  Second  divUioo,  and  reero*>ed  to  the  former  position. 
The  o<rpi  retired,  leavin;.-  the  Lri^ide  as  rear  ;;uard.  On  the  evenin-  of  the  7th, 
(he  Fourt.enth  Connecticut  beini:  left  on  picket,  the  bri;.'-jde  returned  to  camp. 

A  {.Tand  review  wi3  held  on  Febnurj  •2^,  and  fire  days  later  the  five  corps 
were  reduced  to  three, — the  Second,  Fifth,  and  Sixth.  Warren  had  the  Fifth, 
Kaiiock  the  Second,  and  Sed-wick  the  Sixth.  .May.  ISUt.  found  U.  S.  Grant 
een.Tul  of  the  national  armies.  He  had  two  objectives:  Sherman  waa  to  move 
ui-in  .\tlanta  and  ileade  up<jn  Richmond.  On  May  3  the  One  Hundred  and 
Ki-'hth  left  winter  riuarters  near  Morton's  Ford  and  joined  the  bri^de  under  Car- 
rull.  at  Steven.-»burg.  at  midui-^ht.  Gibbon's  division,  with  the  rust  of  the  old 
Second  corps,  pushed  on  to  Ely's  Ford,  on  the  llapidan;  crossed  May  5,  unop- 
pused,  and  bivouacked  at  C'hanceilorsville.  In  the  action  of  May  6  the  One 
Hundred  a.id  T.'.-hlh  Was  cn;-i-..i,  ,:..i  .--uffered  a  hvr,  of  four  kill.d  and  forty- 
two  wounded.  Eight  of  twelve  olficcrs  who  went  into  battle  were  wounded. 
Colonel  I'owers,  while  gallantly  leadin'.;  the  command,  was  struck  and  severely 
injure'd-  Lieutenant-Colonel  Pierce  was  wounded  in  the  right  hand,  and  Adju- 
tant Parsons  was  also  badly  hurt.  For  days  there  w;is  now  coniinnous  heavy 
Bghting  under  oppressive  heat.  On  May  1 1  several  desperate  charges  had  been 
made  upon  formidable  rifle-pits  of  the  rebels,  and  were  repulsed.  About  four 
A.M.  of  May  12,  during  the  prevalence  of  a  heavy  mist,  the  Second  corps,  formed 
in  line  of  brij^des,  approached,  undiscovered,  the  reb«?l  works,  and,  with  a  load 
batthycry,  rushed  forward  and  quickly  carried  a  part  of  the  main  line,  capturing 
four  thousand  prisoners  and  two  general  officers.  The  enemy  rallied,  and  fought 
with  reckless  bravery,  fully  c-jualed  by  our  own  men.  On  .May  18  the  regiment 
bad  lost  nine  killed  and  ninety-three  wounded  or  mining,  and  the  eighty  which 
remained  evinced  the  same  fine  spirit,  and  stood  their  eround  with  the  same  fear- 
leu  determination,  so  characteristic  of  the  command  from  the  very  first.  Three 
-days  later.  Captain  Joseph  Devcrell  was  in  command,  and  other  officers  on  duty 
were  Lieutenants  Kavanaugh,  Dutton,  and  Locke,  while  the  regiment  was  at 
Marye's  Heights,  Freilericksburj.  Early  and  late  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 
bad  marched,  when  on  Sunday  afternoon.  May  21>,  a  halt  was  made  near  the  bank 
of  the  Pamunkey,  twenty  or  more  mi'es  from  Kiclimoud.  Xeit  day.  Warren's 
advance  was  attacked  by  Powell's  corps  at  Tolopotomy  creek,  aud  repulsed  by 
Barlow's  division. 

On  June  3,  at  Cold  Harbor,  a  charge  was  made  by  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eighth  and  other  regiments.  Lieutenant  John  S.  Kinleyside  was  killed,  and 
«harp  skirmishing  continued  throu;:h  the  day.  \t  sunset  the  rebels  made  a  fu- 
rious charge  on  the  breastworks,  but  were  repulsed  with  severe  loss.  Deverell  was 
wounded  in  the  assault,  and  the  c^^mmand  devolveii  upon  Lieutenant  P.  C.  Kav- 
anangh.  With  lines  two  hundred  yards  apart,  the  air  wns  alive  with  whistling 
tod  mewling  balls  and  bursting  shells,  and. the  cont(--st  knew  no  cessation.  On 
June  5,  Wm.  H.  Smith,  of  G,  was  killed  .and  buried  side  by  side  with  Kenley- 
«ide,  Wood,  and  Skinner,  kUled  on  the  3d.  On  June  12,  after  eight  days  and 
nights  of  constant  skirmishing  on  the  front  line,  which  was  not  at  seveml  points 
Diore  than  fifty  to  seventy-five  yards  apart,  (he  regiment  left  Cold  Harbor,  and  bv 
continued  marching  reached  Charles  City  Court-IIouse  on  the  Uth.  James  rivi:r 
WM  crossed  at  ten  P.M.,  and  the  march  was  terminated  within  two  and  a  half 
miles  of  Petersburg,  when  the  work  of  besieging  was  begun.  The  regiment  was 
employed  on  fatigue  duty  and  n>rt-buildiug  until  September  24,  when  they  took 
p.-ill"n  on  the  front  line  near  Fort  Hill,  and  frum  behind  their  works  and  gopher 
b'lles  witnessed  daily  artill.rry  duel-,  and  I'ccanie  accustomed  to  the  sound  of  shot 
■nd  wlicll.  Winter  Ciime,  and  still  the  besieged  held  on  gripping  the  enemy  at 
IVletalmp^'.  On  January  27,  ISlIo,  salvos  of  artillery  announced  the  fall  of  Fort 
Ki'her,  North  Carolina,  .\fter  a  previous  attack  the  rebels  had  shouted  across  the 
lini-s,  "  Have  yo'uns  heard  from  Fori  Fisher?  "  Now  the  retort  went  b.ick,  -  We 
nns  have  heard  from  Fort  Fisher."  As  the  months  wi-nt  by,  the  One  Hundred 
■nil  Ki^'hth  gained  strength  by  the  return  of  the  wounded  and  convalescent.  It 
wa.i  claimed  that  few  if  any  regiments  in  the  field,  after  nearly  three  vears'  arduous 
fc;rvirc,  could  show  a  better  record  in  maintainiiig  its  originid  mcml-crs.     But 

»>gilant,  and  self-disciplined.  The  banner  presentcti  by  the  ladies  of  liri'.-hton 
and  [rond<H|iioit  was  ever  cherished  with  pride  anrl  defi'n<lcd  with  ilevotion. 
Haleh.r's  Itun  was  a  hard  b.itlle.  and  the  fierce  as.saulls  of  the  enemy  were  as 
off-n  M-ndy  npnU-d.  A  review  of  the  Se.-.mi  and  Third  divisions  of  ih,'  Se-c- 
nn.l  ,•^,^„  was  hehl  in  March.  The  I  liie  Hundn-l  and  Ki-luh  sustained  a  cred- 
ilal.le  part  under  command  of  Lieuteiiant.Col.jnel   Pierce.     The  struggle  ended 


with  the  surrender  of  Lee,  and  the  reciment  rested  in  camp  at  Burksville  until 
May  2,  when  the  march  beian  towards  Washington.  On  the  evening  of  the  loth 
a  halt  was  made  eight  miles  from  -VIejandria,  on  Munsi'n's  Hill.  On  May  31 
I  the  cars  were  taken  for  home,  where,  having  arriveii  on  June  1,  a  most  cnthusi- 
I  astie  reception  wm  sivcn  them.  In  the  companies  there  wera  one  hundred  and 
I  sixty-nine  enlUted  men,  all  hearty,  sun-burned,  and  travel-stained.  Well  was  it 
!       said  at  such  a  time, — 

"  0  d»y  thrice  loFeij,  when  at  length  the  soMier 


Thee 


M&rshal.s.  the  c:ipi  and  htlmels  ftre  nit  ^nrl.inded 
With  green  boughe,  Ihe  lust  plundering  of  the  fields."  ' 

The  court-house  bell  struct  a  signal  a  quarter  to  seven,  and,  as  if  by  magic, 
the  streets  were  crowded  with  people.  The  several  militarv  and  civic  swieties 
proceeded  to  the  Genesee  'Valley  depot  and  escorted  the  regiment  to  the  court- 
house, where  a  welcome  was  uttered  by  Mayor  Moore.  Cheers  were  eiven,  the 
column  re-forme<J,anJ  at  the  Braekett  House  a  supper  enjoyed  and  the  men  dis- 
missed to  gbdden  many  a  home,  f  lithful  as  soldiers,  estimable  as  citizens. 


CHAPTER  XXTIIL 

THE  O.NE  HtlNDEED  A.ND    FORTIKTH    NEW    TORK    TOLCXTEERS. 

Scarcely  had  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  received  orders  to  leave  lor  the 
seat  of  war.  when  a  new  regiment,  the  Fourth,  from  Monroe,  was  authorized,  and 
by  the  middle  of  August,  lSt32,  one  company  was  full,  and  others  rapidly  being 
formed.  The  regiment  was  foil  and  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  on 
September  13,  for  three  years,  at  Camp  Porter,  Rochester.  On  September  S 
Patrick  H.  ORorke  was  commissioned  coloneh  Louis  Ernst  waa  commissioned 
lieutenant-colonel  two  days  later.  On  November  lU  Jlilo  L.  Starka  became 
major,  and  Ira  C.  Cl.ark  was  the  first  adjutant;  surgeon,  Theodore  F.  Hall;  as- 
sistant Burgeons,  William  C.  Slayton  and  0.  Sprague  Payne. 

On  September  15  the  youns  Ladies  of  Rochester  presented  the  regiment  with 
a  beautiful  stand  of  colors,  and  four  days  later  the  cars  were  taken  for  Washin"- 
ton  t;i'a  Elniira,  where  arms  and  aceoutremenLs  were  obtained.  A  week  was 
passed  on  .A.rlington  Heights,  and  September  29  a  march  was  made  to  Washing- 
ton, where  the  men  lay  on  the  sidewalks  that  night.  Cars  were  taken  for  Sandy 
Hoi)k,  Maryland,  where  picket  duty  and  drill  occupied  the  time  till  October  25. 
The  regiment  w;i3  bripded  under  Jackman,  Geary's  division  of  Slocum's  corps. 
Colonel  Ernst  was  in  command  till  the  arrival  of  Colonel  ORorke  on  October  8. 
There  were  then  nine  hundred  and  thirty  men  in  the  camp.  The  firit  death  in 
the  regiment  was  that  of  Patrick  Moran.  Marching,  on  October  28,  across  the 
ponton  bridges  over  the  Potonuc  and  Shenandoah,  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth 
wound  their  way  in  the  midat  of  romantic  scenery  to  Alvaden  Heiihts.  bivouackc-d, 
and  sent  four  hundred  men  on  picket;  marched  to  Snicker's  Gap,  ascended  the 
mountain,  and  saw  the  Shenandoah  two  miles  away  on  the  other  side,  and  the 
camp-fires  of  the  enemy  in  plain  view.  The  air  was  cold  and  searching  for  men 
withoutf  tents,  bhinkets,  and  fires,  and  at  daylight,  November  3,  they  moved  to  the 
eijge  of  a  wood  and  built  fires,  and  made  themselves  more  comfortable.  Several 
days  were  passed  expecting  an  attack,  which  was  not  attempted.  The  re"iment 
was  detached  and  joined  to  Warren's  bri'.-ade,  Sykes'  division  of  Porter's  corps. 

Marching  orders  were  received  on  the  evenin.;  of  November  j,  and  next  morn- 
ing the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  t.«ik  up  the  line  of  march,  and  passing  throuuh 
Middleliury,  whose  secesll  femah'S  begrudged  the  men  water  t.j  fill  their  canteens, 
encamjied  for  the  night  in  the  woods  twu  miles  beyond.  Renewed  the  march 
next  moniiug,  and  encountering  a  snow-storm  at  White  Plain,  continued  on  to 
near  Warrenton,  and  there  encamped.  The  boom  of  cannon  .s.>unde.l  mit  fir  ahead, 
and  the  expectation  of  a  battle  w;is  general.  JlcClellan  w;is  relieved  and  Burn- 
side  took  commaiiil.  He  resolved  on  a  winter  campaign.  Ia-c  had  retired  south 
of  the  Rappahannock.  It  was  determined  to  move  U|>on  Fredericksburg.  No- 
vember 17,  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  started  .at  noon  for  Falmouth.  .Vo 
road  was  followed,  and  it  seemed  indiffer.-nt  whether  advance  w;is  made  bv  dav  or 
ni^'ht.  so  buth  were  used  ;  and  un  .Vovemk-r  :;3,  the  command 
brief  march  from  the  river,  and  slicrtly  .iflcrwards  moved  to  wil 
Frederiek.luirg.      Remaining  here  till   D.eember  10,  (he  attei 


picket  cuipl 
lly"to"the 


..Id   bv   St. 


l.y  bank,, 


L'rc  hi 
earth  ar., 


to  obt;, 
I.I 


sugar,  two  of  coffee, 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


"hardJict"  the  size  of  aoda-Frackora  and  a  triflo  ihakcr 
wbith  fried  Wuuld  muk.-  three  to  fuur  onlinurv  sIilts.  and 
wbich  WIS  fried  with  the  fjrk.  Dishes  were  a  tin  cup  ai 
tnd  fork.  Each  cooked  for  hioisulf.  In  stiuails  of  fnur, 
pan.     In  this  crackers  were  soaked  and  fried,     Can.s,  wiih 


.  a  pi.-co  of  fn\t  pork 
ucra^ional  frc=h  b.;.>f, 
id  plato.  spoon,  knife, 

wire  froi.1  the  broken 


telegraph  for  bails,  were  used  to  make  i>)ffi-e.  Water  wa3  poureil  in  frjin  the  can- 
teen. The  p.iil  was  held  over  the  fire,  and  when  the  water  had  reached  the  b-ji!- 
ing  point,  i.otTee  was  thrown  in,  effervL-aced  for  a  minute,  and  the  meal  was  rc;idy. 
Beans,  rie-e,  and  occasional  desic'CaUKi  ve-etahles  were  added  at  times.  Marching' 
orders  were  received  on  December  10,  and  at  three  a.h.  the  re-,;imcat  was  called 
up.  Camp  was  left  at  si.\  a.m.,  with  seven  humlred  and  two  men.  Three  hours' 
marching  brought  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  upon  the  hei-'hts  opp<isitc 
Fredericksburg,  wher«  the  men  lay  all  day  expecting  momentarily  to  be  ordered 
to  move.  Cannonading  began  with  a  erdi  at  twenty  minutes  pant  five,  and  was 
kept  up  all  day.  On  the  memorable  l"th  of  December  the  One  Iluiidied  and 
Fortieth  was  ordered  to  march,  but  was  halted  when  half  a  mile  was  g>ne  over. 
A  short  time  before  dark  the  division  received  ordcni  to  cro^s.  Sykes*  regulars  in 
advance.  Several  *?r?ot.i  of  the  city  were  fravcr'.'-r  an'I  n*  nl-Iu  luel  eo-ne  fh,. 
line  of  battle  was  formed,  and  at  half-past  si.t  p.m.  marched  into  the  field  back  of 
the  city,  within  musket -shot  of  the  enemy,  and  lay  on  their  arms  all  ni-.-ht.  The 
battle  scene  was  vivid,  unearthly,  and  exciting.  Artillery  thundered  from  either 
aide ;  red  spouts  of  flame  burst  from  the  guns ;  and  shells  whizzed  and  crashed 
among  the  houses.  Later  all  beciuue  quiet,  and  at  daybreak  the  command  was 
ordered  to  the  city,  and  lay  in  house  and  yard  awaiting  orders.  At  eight  p.m. 
the  regiment  was  drawn  up  in  line  and  posted  to  protect  the  crossing  of  the  army. 
It  was  one  of  the  last  to  leave  the  city,  and  reached  the  north  bank  at  daybreak 
of  the  15th,  barely  escaping  being  left  behind  by  the  removal  of  bridges.  Linicr- 
ing  a  day  or  two  at  Falmouth,  they  finally  returned  to  the  old  camp  and  estab- 
lished winter  qucirters. 

On  January  -0  a  general  movement  was  attempted  ;  the  brigade  marciied  two 
and  a  half  miles  and  encamped,  wet  and  weary.  Rain  poured  down  ail  nisrht. 
Next  day,  after  a  toilsome  eflbrt,  the  troops  turned  into  pine  woods,  and  staved  b<?- 
tween  two  and  three  days.  The  mud  deepeneil.  Wa:^ons  and  artilierv  stuck 
fast.  The  whole  army  was  ernployci  to  build  corduroy,  and  move  the  suns  and 
pontons  back.  The  regiment  returne-d  to  camp  on  the  :;4th,  a  tired  and  hungry 
band,  but  glad  to  see  their  old  Cjuarters.  Promotions,  parades,  and  picket  were 
topics  of  camp  talk  till  April  ;;i»,  when,  under  Hr«iker.  the  army  onee  more  awak- 
ened to  action.  F.jitra  clothing  and  bagg-.ige  were  packed  and  sent  to  Washm'.'- 
ton ;  wagoo3  were  loade-d,  and  so  were  haver-.icks,  Furloughed  men  returned, 
and  on  tlie  27th  the  regiment  was  on  the  march  towards  the  Kappahannock- 
The  third  day's  march  was  long  and  tire^oiue ;  the  river  was  crossed  by  the  men 
io  water  to  the  wai^t-beit,  and  bivouac  was  made  ten  mik^  from  Chanceiiorsville. 
On  the  next  day  this  historic  spot  was  reached,  and  the  day  passed  in  ^uiet. 

On  May  1  the  division  was  ordered  to  move  and  attack  the  enemy.  A  brief 
manly  address  was  given  by  Colonel  Ernst  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth,  and 
the  advance  began  under  fire  of  artillery.  The  Union  batteries  respcnde-d,  and  the 
troops  advanced  to  near  the  hill  where  their  guns  were  planted,  and  there  formed 
line  of  battle.  A  halt  of  a  quarter-hour  was  made,  when,  the  shells  coming  each 
moment  faster,  the  regimcut  started  on  a  doubIe-<iuick  towards  their  battery. 
The  men  d'u>carded  knapsacks  and  blanketa  in  preparaiioo  to  advance,  when  the 
regulars  were  sevn  retreating,  followed  by  the  enemy.  The  re^gimeut  retired  to 
their  last  night's  bivouac ;  formed  line,  and  stacked  arms.  At  evening  the  pick- 
eta  were  driven  in,  and  the  hostile  hues  of  battle  were  seen  advancing,  when  the 
One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  begau  its  first  cng:i-joment.  The  men.  lying  down  or 
kneeling,  openi-d  and  kept  up  a  steady  tin-  till  ordered  to  evase.  As  the  rt'bela  re- 
t'lred  the  regiment  celebrated  their  suce.-^3  by  a  rin-ing  cheer. 

At  two  A.M.,  Jlay  .1,  the  ren-'iment  marched  past  Chancellorsville. — a  sinL'le 
brick  house,— and  s.)on  the  whole  eorp>  were  busied  in  felling  trees  and  ihrowini: 
up  works.  At  five  P,M.  a  cr.L~h  of  musketry  and  a  continued  cheer  annouiieed 
the  charge  of  Stonewall  .raek>.iii  ui"in  Howard's  Eleventh  eori«,  Unsiu-iic.iin'.; 
their  datigtT,  the  men  had  thrown  up  light  pits,  fronting  southwani.  when  frum 
tbcir  right  rear  the  gray  m:i.vjes  were  s<in  advancing.  The  corps  was  routcvl. 
The  Third  corps  was  rapidly  thniwn  in  front  of  the  enemy,  while  the  Fifth  w.i.s 
ordered  f)rwar.l  to  sustain  them.  The  (.)ne  Hundred  and  Forti.th  was  double- 
quicked  through  wo.)ds.  and  drawn  up  in  rear  of  a  b.ilt.'ry.  which  finil  a  few 
shot*.  There  wa^  no  ri'si-iu'-e.  and  the  battery  withdrew.  The  n-giment  movol 
at  two  A.M.,  and  was  st.iti..ned  alon-  the  e-.lge  of  an  open  field,  and  l.iy  d..wn  with 

pear.  Morning  c;iine,  and  the  men  threw  up  w.riis  and  buiit  aballis.  The  corps 
of  Sickles  held  their  •.•n.ond  unaiJe.l.  re|K.Hed  ,-aeh  rebel  ailvancc.  and  captured  a 

On  May  4  the  pickets  kept  up  a  const.ant  fire,  while  the  regiment  awaited  an 


attack.     Their  1 
personally  compll 


was  two  killed  and  eleven  wo 
nted  by  Ucneral  Hoiiker  for  hi.- 
thid  action.     The  movement  by  Hi>oki 
the  tro*»ps  Ixira  up  proudly,  and 


failure,  bu 
to  the  old 

northward,  and  the  old  P. 
Fortieth  left  camp  at  ni; 
Their  route  lay  through  wtiods,  acrora  lota,  and, 
Court-House  was  reached  and  a  few  h<»urs'  rest  t 
five  miles  Ui  Weavertown,  where  they  arrived  at 
On  the  Itith  a  long,  trying  march  began  at 
severing  regiment  liad  reached  Manass-is  June 
stragglers,  weary  and  foot-sore,  mostly  got  in  bef< 
army  marched  to  cover  \Vashin'.;ton,  and  fouii 
n  July  1 


ed.     Col..nelO'R<.rke.j3 

•n  conduct  and  that  of  ;l.e 

ras  a  costly  and  di.-tiTace:'ul 

g  the  river,  took  their  «.iv 

but  not  to  RMcaoi       Lee  marchci  his  arciv 

y  followed  rapidly.     The  One  Hundrcl  ar.d 

13,  and  marched  till   three  .^.M.  next  dar. 


Ha 


inset,  wearicHl  and  dust-eovereii 
X  A.M.  By  two  p.si.  this  f*r- 
.n.  A  halt  was  madr.  and  tlj- 
!  the  march  was  resumed.  Tlii- 
md  found  Lee  heade-d  northward.  T)-e 
On  the  li  the  One  Hundfu  and  Fortieth 
was  hotly  engaged,  and  lost  heavily.  Colonel  O'Rorke  fell  at  the  head  of  :}.e 
regiment  while  holding  and  waving  the  colors,  struck  by  a  shaqishooter's  bul'  i. 
Oaptiins  Sibley,  Starks,  and  Speir,  and  Lieutenants  Klein  and  McGraww,re 
wounded.  The  lo.ss  in  the  regiment  up  to  the  night  of  July  4,  in  killed,  wound:-!, 
and  missing,  was  one  himdred  and  ninety.  Out  of  seventy  men  of  the  ..Id 
Thirteenth  who,  on  the  discharge  of  that  regiment,  had  on  November  10,  l-oi. 
joined  the  Oue  Hundred  and  Fortieth,  eighteen  were  killed  and  twenty  wounde-l 
Following  this  battle,  long  and  weary  marches  were  made,  desperate  encounters 
had,  and  many  a  brave  man  hurried  to  his  death.  Promotions  filled  vacancies, 
until  of  the  original  staff  which  to<jk  the  regiment  from  Rochester  not  one 
remained.  Able  and  meritorioas  men  filled  their  places,  -iftcr  marehins:  across 
the  Rappahannock  and  Rxpidan,  and  countermarching,  the  rcgiutent  settled  down 
for  the  winter  at  'Warrenton  Junction.  Log  shanties,  each  with  a  good  fireplace, 
were  built,  and,  with  the  light  duty  of  guarding  a  part  of  the  railroad,  time  pu^seJ 
pleasantly. 

On  January  7,  18C4,  the  brigade  was  changed  to  zouaves,  and  donned  their 
new.  handsome  uniform  with  pleasure.  The  cloth  was  of  good  quality;  in  cjlor, 
a  dark  blue  trimmed  with  red.  The  pants  were  bag-style,  gathered  at  the  w-aist 
and  knees.  Leather  and  cloth  leggings  inclosed  the  limb  from  knee  to  ani^Ie. 
There  was  a  short  jaeket,  representing  jacket  and  vest,  with  red  tnmniini^s.  A 
blue,  red-bound  s,ish  was  al»ut  the  waist,  and  caps  were  red,  with  blue  ta.«sel  and 
white  turban.  The  camp  put  on  the  appearance  of  a  city.  Streets  were  '.o^de^ 
and  ditched.  Each  log  hut  was  uniform  in  size  with  it^s  neiirhbor,  and  upon  e:ich 
door  was  a  number  and  the  names  of  those  within.  On  February  11  three  min- 
isters of  the  Christian  Commission  put  up  a  tent,  and  held  religious  service  each 
evening  and  every  Sunday.  Many  soldiers  attended,  and  much  religious  mattei 
was  d'lstributci  to  them. 

lu  May  iha  army  had  found  a  leader,  and  once  more,  and  for  the  last  time, 
began  its  march  m<in  Richmond.  The  Puipidan  was  crossed,  and  the  enemv 
encountered  in  the  second  growth  of  pines  denominated  "  the  Wilderness."  On 
Thursday  afternoon.  May  5.  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  charged  upon  the 
enemy  over  an  open  field  from  one-fourth  to  a  half-mile  wide.  In  a  pieiv  of 
woods  ou  the  farther  side  w:is  the  enemy,  behind  strong  bre.T.stworks.  As  the 
zouaves  advanced  in  gallant  style  they  were  received  with  a  gdling  tire.  ^i;t 
pushed  on  close  upon  the  rebel  front  without  faltering.  The  fire  redouble-"!.  :.  id 
became  terrific.  For  twenty  mitiutcs  the  combat  lasted,  when  columns  of  :!ie 
enemy  were  thrown  upon  each  flank,  ami  extended  far  to  their  rear,  threatonin; 
capture  or  annihilation.      The  few  lell  t.i  contend  with  so  many  fell  back,  when 


nearly  surrounded.  The  loss  t.j  the  rc;;imeut  w.is  twentytwo  k]l 
and  forty-fimr  wounded,  and  one  hundnd  and  two  mis>in_', — a  t 
dred  and  aixty-eight.  At  eidit  P.M..  M.,y  7,  the  One  Hundred 
out  and  marched  all  night  to  the  left,  reaehiii';  Sl.olLsyleariia  ai 
next  d.iy.  They  were  immediately  se'ut  into  action,  and,  al.Mie 
behird  which  lay  a  h.«ly  of  the  enemy.  Th,-,-  were  driven  al 
when  a  hot  fire  was  opened!  in  fomt  and  upon  the  ri::ht.  CoImii 
who  had  been  commissioned  .VugUsI  HI,  ISi'-':  lell  mort.ally  v, 
Milo  L,  Starks.  c.mmissioncd  November  lU,  l.-Mj:;,  received  a'de; 
the  lu-.id,  .and  Captain  .John  Buckley,  aetiuL-  adjutant,  had  his  r 
He  crawled  to  a  rail  fence,  Ijand-e.-cd   his  Innb  with  a  handker, 

on  his  back  to  a  place  of  security,  lu  this  acii.m  the  loss  was  e 
two  wounded,  and  five  mi^in-  Total,  sixty-five.  The  loss  in 
was  thirtv  killed,  one  hurelred  and  ninety  ,-ix  wounded,  and  one  lie 


lal  of  t«-., 


Days  of  d,,: 


r.  iiiu-hls  of  wakin,..  '  Cnst-int  on  the  hattle-ScId,  tlie  hard; 
the  honor  of  tlie.r  orL-aoiz.al,.o  and  ..f  tli.ir  country,  a.-  li.> 
II  right  to  left  and.  cri>s,,ing  the  James,  environed  Petcr^buig 


HISTORY   OF  MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


wiihii 


:ri;  an.J  ih,-  line  of  march 
t  at  llil.;lii.T3  run.  The 
the  Vau;^h  njad  and  oc- 
jn  the  left  of  the  roiJ. 


lines,  and  dn>ve  them  to 
:  to  advance  o\er  the  open 
larticularlv  distin;:uishod  itself,  the 
The  One  Hundred  and  Foniech 
Relieved  at  five  p.m..  the  men  replenisheil 


1-3  of  the  uity  at  eleve 
ut  in  tlie  (.haru'e  next  d.iy,  nor  wad  the  Secnnd  divL- 
uuiubered  the  First. 
\Vic:t.T  p.iS5>.-d,  and  the  hues  were  extended  to  the  south  and  wi'-t  undoi 
rvaUtame.  At  ci:;ht  .\.M.,  February  5.  ISt'.j,  eArap  woj  1 
uli-0  'I'Oa  til''  Halifai  ruad.  to  take  part  in  a  movemeii 
Ln^iJ-l'  Ij)'  '"  ''"•=  '""  uiidu'jht,  w!;en  it  moved  baek  on 
tuiii.'l  a  i'""  "f  breastworti  a  mile  west  of  the  run 
(jn-'"'s  eaTalry  was  skirmishing  heavily  with  the  enciuy  when,  at  one  P.M.  of  the 
Gih  thv  Fifth  corps  movetl  to  their  support.  The  One  Hundre<1  ami  Forty-silth 
ml  One  Handred  and  Fortieth  New  York  were  deployed  to  relieve  the  cavalry, 
«hi.  h  advanced  to  engage  the  rebel  infantry.  They  were  rouzhly  handled,  and 
f.'li  hack  coufusediv,  followed  by  the  enemy.  The  First  brii^ade,  led  by  Ocneral 
\S'inthr'>p.  wa.-*  ordered  up,  encountered  tlie  attaci 
i.vk  shelter  in  the  woods.  Actio  an  attempt  was  i 
6.ld.  bat  was  repals'-^l  by  the  brigade,  which  partic 
lr..[i.<  E^htin;;  with  great  bravery  and  spi 
l,Bt  two  killed  and  fourteen  wounded, 
theii  eaii.riJ-..-oo.rj  and  iual  uu  yh.'cc^.  Cu.7crin,'  the  ruaJ  t--  la.  ...,'^  -^'..'.i. 

The  march  of  Sherman  had  reached  Goldsboro',  and  Grant  resulved  to  win 
liiehm'md  without  his  aid.  A  simultaneous  effort  wa.s  made  all  along  the  lenuth- 
cued  line,  and  Lee,  abandoning;  the  defen.Je3,  moved  rapidly  westward. 

The  pursuit  of  the  Army  of  Xorthern  Virdnia  began  at  one  o'clock,  March  2S, 
■  nJ  the  re-^mont  marched  till  ten  P.M.  On  April  1,  while  the  cavalry  were  dis- 
mounting and  coming  up  in  tiie  woods,  the  First  brigade  came  into  position. 
Cautiously  and  silently  the  troops  stole  near  the  enemy,  halted  briefly  to  align 
iheir  ranks,  and  then,  with  a  long,  wild  cry,  rushed  forward  upon  the  flank  and 
rear  of  the  reboU,  but  fifty  yards  away.  A  terrible  volley  [was  firc-d,  and  the  rebels 
by  hundreds,  dropping  their  muskets,  threw  up  their  hands,  and.  "as  prisoners, 
bnike  for  the  Union  lines  on  a  run.  On  AprU  S  the  men  were  on  the  march 
with  tireless  step  and  swin'.'ing  stride  till  long  after  midnight.  E^ich  threw  him- 
»elf  on  the  ground,  supperless,  to  sleep.  Aroused  at  five  A.M.,  and  in  five  min- 
otcs  the  column  was  moving  off.  leaving  many  of  the  regiment  asleep.  At  seven 
A>M.  a  halt,  a  cup  of  coffee,  then  on  again  across  lot5.  heedless  of  roads.  A  mile 
or  mure  in  advance  was  heard  a  brisk  musketry  fire.  The  supply  train  of  the 
cavalry  are  seen  coming  from  a  piece  of  wi>xls.  Into  the  woods  went  the  corps, 
moving  Dy  plawons  in  paralici  columns  tor  a  mile.  •■  tV  e  are  glad  you  have  come, 
boys,"  says  a  cavalryman.  Two  regiment.s  of  cavalry  have  been  holding  two  rebel 
brigades  in  chock  all  the  m'>ming,  although  driven  a  mile  and  a  half  Lines  of 
battle  were  formed  through  the  woods.  Cavalry  were  posted,  then  forward  with 
fixed  bayonets.  Emerging  from  the  wonids  and  from  the  ridge,  the  Union  battle 
formation  was  seen.  Over  a  beautiful,  rolling  country  stretched  concentric  lines, 
four  ill  number,  at  intervals  apart  of  two  hundred  yar-is.  and  extending  for  miles. 
Lee  was  surrounded.  Four  corps  and  Slierid-tn's  civalry  were  arrayed,  and  bat^ 
teries  stood  ready  in  position.  Upon  a  fine  ridge,  a  half-mite  distant,  w.as  seen 
Ihc  rebel  line  of  works.  The  skirmish  line  advances  slowly.  '•  Forward !"  gt)es 
down  the  lines,  and  they  move  steadily  on.  The  artillery  is  silent.  The  skir- 
ml-<hcrs  are  close  upon  the  works,  when  a  hasty  movement  is  seen  in  the  rebel 
lines,  a.s  of*ctreat.  From  the  right  comes  the  command,  ■•  Halt !"  The  lines  are 
j^Tf.rt  .and  excitement  is  intense.  Another  cry  comes  down  the  lines,  "  Lee  has 
surrendered !"  A  momentary  stillness,  then  hats  and  caps  were  flun  j  in  the  air. 
Then-  w^is  cheering,  crying,  singing,  and  shouting.— a  tumult  of  heartfelt  glad- 
oea«.  '•  Forward!"  and  the  advance  w;w  made  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hun- 
dtwl  yank  '-Halt!  Stack  arms!"  General  Ayres  rode  up  in  front  of  the 
oilirs  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth,  and,  amid  a  breathl.  sa  stillness  and  with 
onc^ivered  head,  thus  spoke:  "I  have  the  honor  to  announce  to  the  army 
Ine  surrender  of  General  Lee,  in  accordance  with  terms  now  being  agreed  upon." 
Then.  Were  many  weary  miles  between  Rochester,  in  September,  1S62.  and  Appo- 
Biitl..!,  Virginia,  .\pril  9,  ISB.'),  but  all  w;i3  forgotten  in  glad  victory. 

The  return  was  made  to  Washingtcm,  where  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of 
KTviCT!  June  .3,  ISG.'i,  and  on  the  Gth  returned  to  U'vhestor,  under  command  of 
•  '..I"n.!  \Viili.,ra  .S.  Grantsyne.  It  went  out  a  thousand  strong,  had  addition  of 
iu  to  *'Ven  hunilrcd  recruits,  and  came  back  with  two  hundred  and  ninety  men. 
Th.-  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  took  part  in  seventeen  regular  battles,  whose  tilU 
•Hin.ation  demands  a  volume.  An  outiine  we  h.ive  given  far  less  than  their  de- 
••-•nrmg,  yet  in  its  veracity  most  valuable. 


CUAPTKR    XXIX. 

THE  out  UU.SDRED  .\ND  riFT-ir-FIH.Sr  .\ND  ONK 
NEW  YORK  VOLL-.NTEER.S,  .\ND  TtlE  FIFTl' 
OUABD. 

The  One  Hundred  and  F'lfUj-first  Regiment  was  organized  at  Lockport.  It 
was  mustered  into  United  Suites  service  on  October  22.  lSti2,  for  three  yc-irs. 
The  command  letl  Ijockport,  October  23,  with  ten  full  companies,  making  a 
thousand  men,  under  command  of  Colonel  William  Emerson.  Company  E  was 
raised  in  Rochester,  by  Captain  Peter  Imo,  wlio  went  with  it  to  the  field.  The 
resiment  was  first  eng;e.:ed  in  guarding  dralYed  men,  at  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
They  were  in  barracks  upon  an  elevation  commanding  a  view  of  the  city  from  its 
northwest  limits,  and,  in  connection  with  the  routine  of  drill,  were,  on  November 
S,  cuardlng  the  Stewart  Mansion  hospital.  Ordered  to  western  Virginia,  camps 
were  made  at  varinns  points,  and  in  May,  ISGiJ,  it  lay  at  Buckhannnn.  Virginia. 
Fur  a  lung  period  unengaged,  its  time  finally  came,  and  at  Wapping  Heights,  the 
Wilderness.  Spottsylvania,  Cold  Hariwr,  Petersburg,  and  Monocacy  they  bore 
•li-m-selvM  with  rndit.  Th,-  One  Humlred  and  Flfty-first  entered  the  engage- 
ment at  Monocacy,  on  July  9,  1SG4,  with  two  hundred  and  forty  muskets.  Four 
days  later  the  regiment  had  but  ninety-two  men  in  line.  It  had  lost  twenty-one 
killed;  the  rest  were  wounded  or  missing.  It  was  engaged  at  Opequan,  Fisher's 
Hill,  and  Cedar  Creek.  Edward  S.  Hussell,  of  Rochester,  was  commissioned 
adjutant  on  January  31,  1S65,  and  Captain  John  C.  Schocn,  of  Monroe,  was 
killed  in  action  at  Cold  Harbor,  on  June  3,  IStU.  The  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
first  returned  home  the  last  of  June,  IStJo,  having  been  mustered  out  of  Unit<:s] 
States  service  on  June  20.  A  hearty  greeting  was  received  at  Lockport  on  their 
arrival.  During  the  last  of  November,  ISC-l,  the  companies  had  been  reduced  to 
five,  and  ojnstituted  a  battalion.  It  came  back  with  twenty-one  officers  and  three 
hundred  and  eight  enl'istcd  men.  Company  E,  under  command  of  Captain  George 
J.  Oakes,  as  well  as  the  entire  regiment,  were  handsomely  entertained  during 
their  brief  sojourn  at  Rochester,  and  the  mayor  briefly  addressed  the  Monroe  men 
at  a  dinner  given  them  at  the  Brackett  House. 

The  One  BnnJred  and  Ei^htii-*:}^hlh  was  a  one-year  regiment,  organized  at 
Rochester,  and  mustered  into  servic-e  in  the  fall  of  18C4,  It  was  commanded  by 
Colonel  John  McMahon,  commissioned  October  10,  It  was  engage!  at  Hatcher's 
Run  ;  to  what  extent  it  was  otberwis*;  useful  wc  have  not  K-eu  able  to  ascertain. 

The  Fl/ty-foitrth  Regiment,  New  York  Xnlinnal  Guard,  was  an  organiz-ation 
highly  deserving  of  honorable  mention.  From  itsranks  went  scores  of  officers,  whose 
ability  and  discharge  of  duty  attested  the  discipline  and  character  of  the  orpiiii- 
z.ation.  On  July  IC,  1S63,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  New  York  city,  to  assist 
to  quell  the  riots  which  had  resulted  in  an  effort  to  enforce  the  draft.  The  com- 
mand, under  Colonel  Clark,  left  Rochester  four  hundred  strong,  and  arriving  at 
Albany,  were  halted,  as  fears  of  a  disturbance  were  there  prevailing.  They  re- 
turned home  on  the  23d,  having  received  from  Eli  Perry,  mayor  of  Albany,  a 
testimonial  of  soldierly  good  conduct.  The  capture  of  thousands  of  prisoner? 
from  the  southern  army  led  to  the  establishment  of  a  prison  at  Elmira,  and  the 
Fifty-fourth  was  employed  as  a  portion  of  the  guard.  There  were  at  one  time 
nine  thousand  rebel  soldiers  at  this  place,  and  the  regiment  saw  much  service. 
When  the  war  closed  the  veterans  from  the  front  were  met  by  this  organization 
as  a  guard  of  honor,  and  escorted  through  the  streets  of  the  city.  Although  as  a 
regiment  in  no  battles,  vet  the  influence  of  its  pros.'nce.  and  the  service  actually 
performed  by  its  members,  place  it  among  the  most  meritorious. 


CHAPTER   XXX. 

THE  THIRD   AND    THE   SIXTH    NEW    TORK    CAVALRY. 

The  Third  R.gimenl  Ncic  Ynrk  Cavalnj.  early  known  as  the  "  Van  Allen  Cav- 
alry," was  mustered  into  United  StaUs  .service  during  the  summer  of  1  St)  1.  The  fivld 
and  staff  officers  ori'.;inally  were:  Col.mel.  Jam,-,  H.  Van  Alien ;  lieutenantK^doncl, 
Simon  H.  Mil,  of  UM.:hcstvr ;  major,  John  .Mix;  surgeon,  William  II.  I'.dmcr; 
assistant  sui-geon,  John  L.  Van  Alstvne;  and  reglnicntd  ailjutant,  Samuel  C. 
Pierce.  Five  companies  of  the  re..'in.cnt  were  from  .Monroe  County.  The  Third 
proceeded  to  Wosliin-ton,  where  it  w.is  quartored  .-^cptemher  li,  ISCl,  two  mil-s 
north  of  the  city.      T«u  c"m|.ank^  w.ae -.  nt  to  lleiRral  Hanks'  hiadqnarten'.  and 

body-guard.      On    oJtoh.r  7,  A,  (',  1',    H,  ani    K,  under   .^l..j■.^   Lovis.  *.rc   in 
camp  at  Darnatowu,  .^laryland.     Tlic  remaining  coiiqanics  were  at  I'oolcavillc. 


62 


HISTORY  OF   iIO>rnOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


lUrr.'o^n 


-0  (X.t. 


n.  and 


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TKc 


:  ot'  the  rehol 
re«n»*«l  the 


The  cot 

ferrr,  twj  milci  bcl.,iT  II  ill'i  Rluff,  ju«  :ilur  th»  tlUi-rn.u.i  cr™,i 
were  taken  aTo.«  tlio  riv.rr  on  the  :;::J,  ufn  a  can.il-lxrat,  to 
party  of  the  eoi'ray  opp..-.irviJ  tn.lu  the  wyxLi  anj  atLjcw.-(J  the  ' 
repelled.  A  portion  of  a  oriuipjnj  a<lvanccd  next  Aiy  within  si 
camp  and  rui-eive.1  the  fire  of  the  ni'keU.  The  (Mnimand  th 
Potomac,  and  was  onlere'i  In  ji.iu  tl:o  rc-.'ini.?nt  nl  Pi»U-~irille. 

The  work  of  soutiiii:  and  picket  ocvupie*!  the  lime  durintj  the  winter,  and 
early  in  March,  ISii'J,  the  rcpimeiit  set  out  f.>r  Harpers  Ferry,  cro^-l.  and  prr,. 
ceeded  to  BenTville.  M.ijor  Mij.  iviih  a  batt^iliim.  had  coten-d  thij  pU.-e  .March 
7,  close  en  the  hceU  of  the  rebel  cuvaJry.  A  ehar-e  wj.«  made  hy  part  of  the 
regimcDt  during  Banks'  advance  fwm  Winchester  which  was  creditible  to  the 
participants.  Adjutant  Geor_-e  E.  GounnJ  and  Licutcn.int  Che*.bon>,  with  a 
platoon,  charged  a  ?qiiad  of  rebt'l  cavalry  at  NVwtown.  pursued  thora  four  tulles, 
and  nude  six  prisoners.  ,0n  April  20  the  re-jinacnt  wa--  at  Wasliip'^.n.  and  pn> 
eee^Jed  thence  to  Newbem,  Xorth  Carolina.  On  DecemKer  11.  Gencml  Fuatcr 
left  Ncwbcm  on  an  e\pe<Iition  lo'iking  towards  the  capture  of  GiJd--boro'  and 
WeMin,  nrA  '.hr  in-'-rintir-n  of  nilrn.'  e.,n.ni.-.ii-,rion  on  this  line,  f'nlonel 
Van  Allen  had  resigned  April  8,  ISoJ.  and  C'loncI  .^lis  at  onee  succeeded  him. 
Tkat  officer  employed  the  Third  Oariilry  to  scout  the  advance  and  protect  the 
tides  of  Foster's  line  of  mart- h.  and  ais.i  to  protect  houses  from  Etrai-jlere  alooi 
thu  road.  The  force  moved  op  the  Trent  river  road,  a  distance  of  ten  miles,  and 
halted  for  the  night.  The  march  was  re^umeii  at  "unrLse.  and  at  ni;:hi  the  cul- 
omn  encamped  in  line  of  battle,  within  eleven  miles  of  Kinston.  Colonel  Mix's 
cavalry  skirmished  all  day  with  the  enemy,  and  cleare-l  the  way  for  advance.  At 
•even  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  march  was  resumed  at  slow  pace,  the  enemy  ap- 
pearing in  force  seven  miles  from  Kinston.  at  the  junction  of  the  Whitehall  and 
main  Kinston  roads.  Mix's  cav.T!ry  drove  the  enemy  like  chaff,  md  the  infantry. 
elurging,  carried  the  rebel  battery.  The  tij,,rch  Wie>  resumed  to  within  three  and 
t  half  miles  of  Kinston.  At  daybreak,  next  morning,  the  Third  l>eran  its  ad- 
Tance,  feeling  their  way  cautiously  up  the  road  for  two  miles,  when  the  rebel 
pickets  were  struck,  and  driven  three-f)urth-<  of  a  mile  back  up.in  the  rebel  breast- 
works. Here  were  six  thousand  troops  under  General  Kvans.  .-V  ba-llc  ensued, 
ind  eleven  guns  and  four  hundred  prisoners  were  trophies  of  the  contest.  Cap- 
lain  Cole,  with  Company  K,  charged  the  enemy  at  Soatheist  creek,  but  was 
Qoabie  to  cfocu,  fivrii  t'ue  bndgt}  being  pirtiy  uiad-aiaied.  Major  Garritd  s  bat- 
^lion  dLslInguishcd  itself  Captain  Jacobs  char^.  and  saved  an  itiiportant 
bridge,  over  which  the  United  States  t'om-i  enu?re-J  Kin=ton.  In  a  close  contest 
the  Third  routed  the  Second  >'erth  Carolina  cavalry.  From  Kinston,  K  wus 
•cQt  down  the  river  to  attack  a  battery  planted  to  prevent  the  passage  of  the 
Union  gunboats.  Captain  Cole  found  a  semieinular  work  one  and  a  half  miles 
in  extent,  and  within  ^as  a  f  >rt  contalnin'.:  seven  cannon — an  eiilit-inclt  colurnbiad. 
two  thirty-two-pound  iron  guns,  and  four  sis-p-iund  piec»^.  A  gnard  fled  and 
left  the  smaller  guns  lo.ided  and  primed.  The  heavy  guns  were  spilled  and  their 
the  light  raos  back  with  them  to  Kinston, 
le  was  sent  with  his  trophies  and  two  recap- 
n  his  way  took  a  number  of  prisoners.  On 
April  18,  Companies  A  and  E  captured  the  battle-fiag  of  the  Seventh  Conlkleratc 
^valry,  in  a  gallant  and  snccc-o^l'iil  charire  against  superior  numbers.  Thii  flag 
was  presented  to  the  rcirinient  by  Major-l.Toneral  J.  G.  Foster,  commander  of  the 
Eighteenth  army  corps,  in  an  order  hi-hly  lau.l  itory.  "as  a  dii-tiujui-hed  mark 
of  the  &vor  and  appreciation  in  which  Colonel  Mix  s  command  is  held."  On 
May  8  the  company  of  George  W.  Lewis,  which  fouiht  at  Bull  Run  as  infantry, 
with  the  old  Thirteenth,  and  was  subseciuently  transfern-d  to  the  Third  ciivairy, 
•a  Company  K,  or  a  part  of  it,  riurno  1  home  and  were  mustered  out.  They 
were  bat  thirty-four  in  number.  On  }h\r  i.  Meutenaot-Color.el  Lewis,  with 
Companies  .V,  E,  F,  and  G,  left  N'cwK-rn  up.)n  a  rcconnoissancc.  A  bridjt;  at 
Mill  cre-ck,  thirte^co  miles  out,  had  been  difltn.ved.     This  was  n-buiit  bv  three 


carriages  bonied.  The  cavalr 
where  they  arrive^!  at  mi.ini^l 
tared  brass  guns  to  Xewbem 


;c  ro.lc  for' 
.ipany  of  n 


ard 


Youngs  Cn. 


ide  for  twel 
■ompany  E. 


;  to  tllu.e 


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vhen  tht 


P.K.,  and  thi 
learned  that 

bright  and  moon-lit.  ai\d  pursuit  k:i.- 
rebel  camp  was  seen  by  the  road  side, 
charged  acr.)s«  a  narrow  brldL-e.  which  s.ion  hr 
to  the  camp,  dcm.inding  a  surrender;  the  cue 
fir«  was  returned,  and  two  men  killed.  Four 
were  Uken,  and  at  d.ivbreak  next  day  Newb^i 
May  21,  an  expeditiim  under  Colonel  Jone 
Toluntiscrs,  four  cuip-mics  of  the  Third  nn.i 
lattery,  with  other  tr.i..ps.  left  Newl-fn.  Tw.  uty  mcies  out  a  halt  was  m.ide 
build  t  bridge,  which  was  cr(;rM-,l  at  ..no  P.M.  At  d.ul.re^ik  the  rebed  p..  ke 
were  found  and  driven  in.  Line  »n  fornie<l.  and  the  bmstw.irks  werv  ■•i-in  e 
tending  along  the  GulJsboro'  and  .\Iorehcad  lUdrmd.    Colonel  Jones,  with  part 


of  th 


iwn.  Those  over  galloped  up 
cd,  and  turn,  d  to  ran.  The 
rLsoncD  and  thirty-aix  hordes 
rca<hcd. 

Fitiy-ei^hth  IVnn.sylvania 
in  .lacobs.  and  a  howitzer 


the  force,  had  marched  during  the  ni;ht  to  the  r.iilrnad,  f  ll...wsl  dmn  tnwar.1, 
the  rebel  position,  and  then  struck  into  the  wo..«ls.  lie  cut  his  own  way  thn.u.-l, 
to  the  rear  of  the  enemy's  first  and  second  linM.  between  the  second  and  thinl 
As  they  came  in  view  they  were  taken  for  rcinHtrcements.  and  the  Cnie.n  fotvc  in 
front  received  the  rebel  fire.  With  a  cheer  the  li.-ic  advanced,  capturing  a  twelve- 
pound  howitler,  it?  cipfain  and  command,  and  one  hundreil  and  ei_'litv  tjien  ..f 
the  Fifty-sixth  Nort.h  Carolina.  The  enemy  lost  fifty  killed  and  wound;-,|. 
General  Gamett  mirrowly  escaped  capture.  The  force,  on  its  return,  was  clos,.|v 
f-jllowcd  and  shelled  by  a  battery.  Next  day  a  heavy  force  under  Ransom  attaiki  d 
Jones'  camp,  shelling  his  works,  and  then  charging.  The  cavalry  arrived,  and 
the  enemy  fell  back. 

On  Jnly  1.?  Lieutj?nnnt-Colonel  Lewis  embarked  a  force,  in  which  were  Com- 
panies A,  B.  and  F,  of  his  regiment,  and  proeeefj-jd  to  Fort.  Anderson,  wherv  he 
landed.  The  column  moved  forward  seventeen  miles  to  Swit't  creek  an-i 
encamped.  Early  next  day  he  proceeded  to  Gn'enville.  on  Tar  river,  thence  to 
Sparta,  and  bivouaek.>l  till  six  .4.M.  of  the  20th.  Flere  Major  Ja.-.ib«.  who  hj  1 
been  promoted,  June  29,  from  captain,  was  detached  to  Itocky  >'o:int.  on  the 
Wilmington  and  Weldon  Railroad,  with  six  comp.anies.  Xt  evening  a  train  was 
seen  in  motion  as  the  advance  neared  the  road.  Private  White,  of  .\.  Third 
cavalry,  galloped  alongside  the  loeoinouve,  sprang  from  his  horse  and  upon  the 
cab-  He  placed  his  revolver  at  the  head  of  the  engineer,  reversed  the  entrine, 
and  brought  back  the  train,  on  which  fifteen  of  the  enemy  were  found  and  cap- 
tured. The  main  colomn  was  rejoined  at  Tarboro',  eight  hundre'd  bales  of  cotton 
being  destroyed  on  the  way.  Sharp  skirmishing  took  place  during  the  day,  while 
public  stores  were  beini  destroyed.  Retnra  was  he-gun,  while  thg  rebel  cavalry 
following  annoyed  the  rear. 

The  idea  of  a  furlouih  for  thiny  days,  after  a  re-enlistment  as  veterans,  was 
generally  carried  out  during  the  winter  and  spring  of  1304.  On  January  10, 
1SC4,  about  rhree  hundred  men  had  -cterancd.  and  cr.mo  hovie  with  ColonelMi:. 
The  remainder  of  the  regiment  remained  at  Newport  News,  uccler  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Lewis.  On  -May  4  General  Kautz  set  out  from  Getty's  Station  on  a  great 
raid,  to  cut  the  Weldon  and  Richmond  Railroad.  His  command  consisted  of  two 
brigades.  The  first,  under  Colonel  )Iix,  embmccd  the  Third  New  York  and  the 
First  District  of  Columbia  cavalry.  The  enemy  betanie  apprisci  of  the  movement, 
and  placed  stn>ng  guards  at  their  brid'.:e3.  A.  crossing  was  etfected  at  Wall  Brid-.:e, 
and  by  dark  the  cav.alry  were  at  Wakefield,  on  the  Norf  .Ik  and  Petersburg  Rail- 
road, and  tore  up  a  long  stretch  of  track.  Next  morning  Captain  Pierce,  of  the 
Third,  d.ashed  into  Lyttleton,  and  made  a  capture  of  wairons  toadeil  with  amnnt- 
nition  and  supplies.  At  Bellamy's  Bridge,  over  the  Nottaway,  the  enemy  were 
behind  rifle-pits  on  the  farther  side,  and  the  flooring  of  the  bridge  had  been  taken 
ap.  Pierec.  with  his  squadron  dismounted,  charged  across,  and  drove  the  enciuv 
into  the  woods.  Repairing  the  bridge  with  fence  rails,  the  command  erus-ed  and 
moved  rapidly  to  Stony  Creek  station,  and  there  defeated  the  Holeom  Legion.  At 
White's  Bridge  and  at  Jarrett  Station  there  were  d.^spcr.ite  cneouuters.  and  ihe 
destruction  of  the  road  at  these  points  delayed  the  transit  of  troops  goini'  nool:- 
ward.  Resting  at  Sussex  Court-Housc,  the  command  headed  for  Citv  Point, 
scattering  opposition.  At  dark  the  Petersburg  and  Norfolk  Railroad  w.is  rcaelu-l. 
the  track  torn  up  and  the  bridge  burned.  City  Point  wxi  trained  .^Iay  4.  with 
one  hundred  and  fifty  prlsonei^.     The  Third  lost  three  killed  ami  «jvcn  wounde-L 

Oq  June  1  j  Kautj's  division,  siipp-irted  by  infantry,  advanced  upon  Petershnrg 
stJTj.ishing  with  and  driving  the  rebel  cavalry  within  their  works.  The  command 
moved  to  the  left,  to  the  line  of  the  Petersburg  and  Norfolk  Kailroa.l.  and  cn- 
coontercd  the  outer  works  a  mile  away.  A.  .section  of  artillery  was  put  in  lait.ry 
and  opened,  while  the  Third  New  York  and  Fifth  Pennsylvania,  under  Colowl 
S.  H.  Mix,  were  ordered  to  charge  npon  a  battery  of  six  guns.  The  gallant 
colonel  fell,  mortally  wounded,  while  swinging  his  hat  and  calling.  '•  Come  on.  men  1 ' 
The  severity  of  the  rebel  fire  prevented  his  removal,  and  he  fell  into  the  hand"  of 
the  enemy. 

On  Juno  10  a  sharp  action  took  place  .at  Reams'  Station.  The  Thinl  h.st  nniie 
heavily.  Followin-.:  this  event  the  coniinand  went  into  camp  at  Bermuda  lluiida-'l- 
.At  the  close  of  the  war.  the  reiiiment  wa.s.  on  July  21,  l.'^li.'i.  eon.s,.ii,L(eil  uilh 
the  First  Mounted  Rifles,  .and  designated  the  "  Fourth  Provi-ion:,!  C.nalry" 

Vw  SUlh  Cur.i/ry,  •' Si-cond  Ira  Harris  Guard,"  was  a  three  yean'  n-.-inicnl, 
orgriniied  at  New  York  city.  It  conLiined  a  number  of  .^Ionrl»e  men.  Tlie 
corapaniL-s  were  mustered  into  .service  at  various  dates  fmm  September  12  t-t  !*.■- 
cember  VJ.  ISGl.  The  first  colonel  wa.s  Th.m.xs  C.  Dcvin.  who  was  proniore.1  i" 
brigadier-gencrU  in  .March,  l.'^i'.j.  Lieutenaiit-coioncl.  Di.nean  MeViear.  kill"! 
April  :ill,  I.si;:!,  in  action  near  Spoftsv  |v  ,„l.,  Coort-liou-e.  Vir.-iiiM.  Mij-c. 
James  I!.  Darh-v ,  John  Crw.irdioe.  and  Flo,,l  (  T.rkson  ;  rr_-in„  mI.,1  a.ljiilai.l. 
John  J.  -M.iin.  who  vviLS  e"niniissi„„ed  July  12,  1st;  I,  and  killed  in  aetion  m-ar 
Str^i-sburg.  Vir;.inia.  OctoUT  I'J,  ISIil. 

On  being  mastered  into  .service  the  n-giment  went  into  cnmp  at  York,  I'cnnsyl- 


HISTORY  OF  .AIONROE  COU>'TY,  NEW  YORK. 


63 


una  I'  «'»■'  'irJerod  to  tuVe  part  ia  McDowell's  aJvance  un  Frctloricksbiirs:,  and 
li.,t  ilu-  IcaJ  .pii  April  17.  ISt'l.  Tivolve  niii.->  b.'yui.J  Catlutt  3  titalioti  a  rebel  force 
W11  i-li.iii.i<l  udJ  ^Uteeii  priscjners  taken.  Tlio  Sistli  bivoiu-.-kfil  in  the  racateJ 
-auiii  of  tlie  enemy  after  a  march  of  twenty-six  milt'.-*.  Tiie  enemy  were  annoyed 
Juriie'  the  ni'_'ht,  and  in  the  inoruint;  i:ailantly  charged  by  t!ic  Sixth,  led  by 
Ctlunel  Kil'-atrtL-k.  Altliou'^h  behind  a  barricade  acres.-  the  road,  the  rebels  were 
Jriviii  with  lo55. 

The  comuiund  moved  forward  and  forced. the  enemy  across  the  Rappahannock, 
lo  the  hei^'hts  Uyond.     Two  of  the  three  bridges  were  di-streyed  by  them  on 


(In  May  17  two  com  pa 
iiiia.  To  merely  note  tl 
Merible  history. 


ics.  under 


When  I.c«  I 


did 


M.i 


commanded  the  Harper's  I'erry  road, 
iuj;  five,  held  the  enemy  in  check  at  . 
onlered  to  develop  the  enemy  in  front, 
bup^'  tnrnjiikc,  threw  .skirmi.«hcr3  to  1 
h'lired  under  a  heavy  fire  of  shells  ai 
j.ike,  and  from 
prei.'  ■ 


Major  Clarkson.  were  at  Whit*  Ho 
which  the  rcirinient  bore  part  is  i 
into  jraryland,  In  the  fall  of  1S02,  t 
iin.  Colonel  Devin,  with  si.'ven  co 
while  !Maiur  f'arwardine.  with  tht 


Vir- 


Sei. 


Itj, 


He  crossed  the  stone  bridge  00  the  Sh.arps- 

front,  ascertained  the  rebel  pocition,  and 

i  and  bullets,  from  a  battery  on  the  left  of  the 

n  front.     The  command  moved  from  the  ground  with  a 


Uu  tlie  advance  of  Burnside's  corps  to  Frederick,  as  it  had  been  the  rear  guard 
of  IVpe  when  retiring  from  the  Rappahannock,  the  Sixth  occupied  a  post  of 
honor,  aud  in  the  action  at  South  Mountain  was  support  for  Campbell's  battery. 

At  eleven  at  night,  October  '21,  the  call  "to  hor^e"'  was  sounded  in  the  camp 
of  the  Sixth,  and  it  was  soon  on  its  way  to  Harper's  Ferry.  The  bridges  over 
the  Potomac  and  Shenandoah  were  crassed,  and  the  regiment  joined  a  brigade  of 
infantry  and  a  battery,  all  und  r  General  Oeary,  and  set  out  on  a  scout.  The 
Sixth  rcacheil  Waterfi.rd,  and  charged  through  the  tiwn.  The  iofantry,  battery, 
and  two  companies  of  the  cavalry  halted,  while  the  rest  of  the  cavalry  prrtceeded 
on  towards  Lovettsville.  At  a  distance  of  four  miles  a  rebel  force  wa^  found 
drawn  up  in  line.  These  were  charged  by  Lieutenant  Kllerheck  and  completely 
Muted.     The  command  then  returned  to  Harper's  Ferry. 

From  an  instance  all  may  be  judged.  On  May  3  the  regiment  left  Louisa 
CuurtJIouse  and  reached  the  Fredericksburg  Railroad  at  daybreak,  May  4.  burned 
the  depot,  aud  tore  up  the  tr.ick  IV.r  s.-v.^r..!  inil.-s.  Oro-iin'^  to  Brock  pike,  rebel 
pickets  were  struck  and  driven  in  upon  a  battery,  which  was  forced  to  return  to 
witliin  two  miles  of  Richmi'nd.  Lieutenant  Bi'own.  aid  to  General  Winder,  and 
eleven  men,  were  captured  inside  the  fortitication.  The  troops  p;iAsed  to  the  left 
of  the  Meadow  bridge,  on  the  Chiekahominy,  ran  a  train  into  the  river,  and  re- 
tin-d  to  Hanover  Bar,  on  the  Peninsula;  crossed  and  destroyed  the  ferry  just  in 
time  to  check  the  advance  of  pursuing  cavalry;  burned  a  train  of  thirty  wagons 
liadcd  with  bacon,  captured  a  number  of  the  enemy,  and  camped  five  miles  from 
iho  river,  ilarched  at  one  A.M.  of  the  5th  to  Catlctt's  Station,  surprised  three 
hundn-d  cavalry,  capturing  two  officers  and  thirty-three  men,  burned  the  depot 
aud  twenty  thousand  bushels  of  .urain.  Crosse-l  the  Mattapijny,  again  destrtiying 
a  ferry  in  time  to  check  pui-suit,  and  laie  at  night  destroyed  a  third  train  and 
ili>|Kjt  a  few  miles  above  and  west  of  the  Rapp.ihannock.  Thence  a  forced  march 
w.-M  made  of  twenty  miles,  while  behind  came  a  superior  force  in  hot  pursuit. 
.Vt  >un.set  the  advance  discovered  a  body  of  cavalry  drawn  up  in  line  at  King  and 
<Ju.i-n  Court-House.  Advancing  to  attack,  the  force  was  found  to  be  Union 
ravalry,  and  the  Sixth,  passing  on,  found  itself  by  ten  Ail.  of  the  7th  within  the 
lines  It  Gloucester  Point.  Kilpatrick  spoke  in  highest  terms  to  his  superior, 
•  ••■neral  Stoneman,  of  the  gallant  conduct  of  the  regiment.  Their  battle  roll  re- 
cords tlie  names  of  twenty-three  actions,  including  the  most  decisive  and  san- 
P'lmary  of  the  war,  and  the  tiles  of  the  press  contiin  fretpient  notices  of  important 
^■nicc  rendered  by  them.  The  ori:;inal  members  were  dischar.red  on  expiration 
••f  period  of  service,  while  veterans  and  recruits  were  retained,  and,  on  June  17, 
1  ><;:>,  coosolidatetl  with  the  Fifteenth  New  York  cav.alry,  as  the  Second  New 
lork  provisional  cavalry. 


CHAPTER    XXXL 

TBI    KlnuTS    SEW    YORK    VOLUNTEER    C.WALRT,    WITH    SKCrrtlES    OP    THE 
TWE.NTT-EIR.-iT,  TWENTlf -SECOND,  AND   TWENTY  FOlRTn    REiilMENTS. 

Til  T.  h::,,hih  RrjunnU  Xew  ll.rt  Oir.ilry  was  organized  in  the  eity  of  Roihester 
•n  ih..  fall  „f  ISOI,  uuler  Colonel  Samuel  J.  Cronk..,  to  serve  for  three  yean.. 

-^' '-•  •■"■■■■'■r-  wen.  I,i,utenalit.('oh.nel   Charles  11.   U,il,l,ilt,  Maj.m  \Vilii.,ni  L. 

>l.rk.ll  and   W.Uiam   II.  1! -njaLuiu.  Ke-imenta!  Adlutani   Alb.rl   L.  K.^rd,  and 
<h.l-'in.l..l.n  11.  Van  In-,.n. 


aud 


winter  quartert  at 
aen  hud  enlisted  lo 
were  not  mounted.  They  were  called  upon 
ly  oppiised  this  measure  that  they  were  re- 
1  to  picket;  along  the  canal  from  H  ir- 
this  they  were  furni'^hed  with  Hall's 
the  spring  to  General  Banks,  in  the 


The  regiment  was  ordered  to  \Va 
Camp  Sel-lon,  and  engaged  in  drUI 
serve  as  cavalry,  but  for  nearly  a  y 
to  do  duty  as  infantry,  but  so  str 
quired  bat  once  to  bear  mu-kcts.  Th 
per'a  Ferry  to  Washington.  Shortly  i 
carbine,  an  incfhcicnC  weapon,  and  .set 
valley  of  the  Shenandoah.  The  regiment  was  posted  along  the  Winehcatcr  and 
Potomac  Railroad  upon  guard  duty,  when,  on  the  morning  of  .^lay  'Zi.  companies 
A,  C,  D,  U,  and  I  were  ordered  to  Winchester  to  relieve  the  Sixteenth  Maine. 
Four  companies  went  by  rail,  I  being  left  behind,  and  reached  Winchester  at. 
three  P.M.  A  w.is  placed  on  picket.  Reveille  was  blown  at  daybreak,  and  the 
line  was  formed  at  half-past  six.  The  enemy  came  on  with  superior  numbers, 
plying  cannon  and  musket,  while  our  men  surged  indiscriminately  to  the  rear. 
The  Eighth  moved  forward  at  half-past  seven,  and  beheld  troops  of  all  arms 
rushing  by.  B.iUs  whistled  past.  Finally  the  rebels  apj-eared  at  1  block's  dis- 
tance, and  the  order  was  given  to  retire.  A  battery  planted  in  their  vacated 
position  gave  the  regiment  its  first  experience  in  shelling.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
B.ibbitt  withdrew,  the  last  fl:)rce  to  leave  Winchester,  and  .as  he  came  from  the 
town  the  danger  was  most  threatening.  A  battery  opened  at  twenty  rods'  distance, 
while  the  gray  ranks  were  seen  advancing  upon  the  right  as  well  as  rear.  A 
donble-quick  was  taken  for  a  distance,  when  a  halt  was  caused  from  a  disabled 
field-piece  blocking  the  road.  The  men  then  broke  ranks  and  scattered.  .\  num- 
ber were  captured.  Part  took  to  the  woods  parallel  to  the  road  and  reached 
Bolivar  Heights  at  midnight;  others  took  to  the  Blue  Ridge  mountains,  but 
found  their  way  back.  Colonel  Crooks  had  resinned  in  February,  aijd  Benjamin 
F.  Davis,  a  captain  in  the  regular  army,  had  been  commissioned  June  7  to  com- 
mand the  regiment.  In  July  the  Eighth  wls  stationed  at  the  Relay  House,  be- 
tween Washington  and  Baltimore.  The  colonel  sewn  had  his  men  equipped, 
mounted,  and  weii  disciplined,  and  hardly  recoi^niza'oie  as  tiie  siraggiliii;  'uauu  that, 
.fled  to  Harper's  Ferry  before  Jackson.  Recruiting  had  been  actively  carried  on 
at  home,  and  by  September  9  fall  six  hundred  men  had  joined  the  regiment. 

About  September  U  the  Eighth  were  surrounded  by  Jackson's  force  at  Har- 
per's Ferry.  A  demand  to  surrender' was  made  by  Jackson  of  Colonel  Miles,  the 
commander  of  the  Ferry,  and  as  it  was  seen  that  the  place  could  not  be  lield. 
Colonel  Davis  asked  the  privilege  of  making  his  escape  with  his  regiment.  He 
was  refused  permission.  On  tlie  nigh't  of  the  14th  he  called  his  oEeera  together, 
and  told  them  of  his  intention.  At  midniirht  he  led  them  across  the  pcntou 
bridge,  and  as  soon  as  the  Maryland  bank  was  reached,  the  column  dashed  on  at 
a  break-neck  pace  over  the  rocky  roads  of  the  Blue  Ridge  mount.ains,  passing  di- 
rectly through  the  centre  of  the  army  environing  Harper's  Ferry,  and.  in  the 
darkness,  regarded  in  the  camp  as  rebel  cavalry.  At  daylight  they  came  upon 
Loogstreet's  ammunition-train  on  its  way  to  Antictam,  captured  it.  and  turned  \a 
the  direction  of  Greencastle,  where  the  regiment  arrived  about  noon  of  the  15th, 
and  found  .McChllan  adv.ancing  towards  Antictam.  In  the  al'ierMoon  of  the  17th. 
the  regiment  was  engaged  until  night.  The  Eighth  followed  the  rctreatini;  army, 
and  harassed  their  rear.  A  few  days'  rest  was  taken  at  Hagcrstown,  Maryland, 
and  October  1  the  rebel  army  was  pursued  up  the  .Shenandoah  towards  the  Rappa- 
hannock. 

An  encounter  took  place  at  Snicker's  Gap,  Virginia,  wherein  a  loss  of  men  and 
horses  was  sustained.  After  this,  in  rapid  sucee-.«ion.  came  the  ennriicments  of 
Pbilemont,  Union.  Uppcrville,  Barber's  Cross-Roads,  and  AmosviUe.  The  hist 
named  was  the  final  action  of  the  year  1SG2,  and  took  place  November  7. 
The  weather  had  ^rown  cold,  the  men  were  tentless.  and  camp  was  imperative. 
The  reciment  went  into  camp  at  B.lle  Plain,  where  supplies  were  furnished,  tents 
and  clothin;  drawn,  and  a  rest  enjoyed.  Picket  duly  was  pertbrmed  along  the 
Rappahannock  until  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  when  the  command  w.is 
ordered  to  Stafford  Court-House,  where  winter  quarters  were  built  and  occupied 
until  April  1^,  1S(J3.  During  winter  a  reguhr  routine  of  picket  and  patrol  duty 
was  performed.  On  February  '.il  three  squadrons,  including  three  new  couipanies, 
came  to  Dumfries,  and  eampol  four  miles  west  of  the  place.  The  region  was 
wild  and  sparsely  settled,  covered  with  a  scrubby  growth  of  pines,  and  infested 
with  bushwhackers  well  acquainted  with  the  ground.  The  cavalry  picketed  for  a 
distance  of  six  or  eight  miles,  and  foraged  on  the  people.  On  .^larch  2  a  foraging 
party  was  attacked,  and  two  men  captured.  A  more  serious  attack  soon  fulluwcd, 
involving  a  loss  of  sixteen  men  and  twenty  horses.  .Vctions  to.ik  pl.ico  ai  Free- 
man's ford,  April  14,  and  at  Rapi  Ian  brid-e,  .May  4.  .V  prominent  part  w;u 
taken  at  Chan.eilon,ville.  under  I'ha-ontnn.and  heavy  los.,  nieurred.  On  JoiK'rf 
the  re-im.nt  marched  toward-  LVverly  ford,  winch  w..,  r,  aelb  d  ,,t  luidni.-ht      At 


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Lieutenant  Cutler,  of  Company  li,  kil 


HISTORY  or  MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


Tbs  picV.  £s  9,  J  to  the  miiia  Cimp.  vihnie  t'ur 

»d»anc«I  in  column  of  lours  f,,r  a  r|ii,irt.r 

from  •iLinnL'liora  in  ihc  wixJa  on  each  sije  ol 

mo  1  force  ofcnTalry  in  line  anJ  a  bjum'  it 

LiDfl  could  Dot  be  formed,  and  the  re-jimcnt  1 

rUnois,  and  nilyin,-.  rc-forracd.    While  kaJi 

Atebel  soldier  from  behind  a  tree  hud  tired  tn  • 

the  third  was  fat.d,     Adj-jtant  far-.ns,  wht- 

his  tabre  cleft  the  aoldior'j  head.     Tlie  aetiut 

regiment  recms'*cd  t!ic  river,  havioc  ioit  ten 

hegan  hia  invasion  of  Pennsylvania,  and  clas-e 

of  eiralry  which  included  the  Ki-liih  r.-^.-i 

Jnoe  15,  and  halted  n  ni^ht  on  the  Bull  Rui 

fight  between  the  First  division  and  the  corai 

Eighth  picketed  the  ground,  and  then  inovf-d 

fouad  in  force,  and  the  Ei'.-hth  nerc  ilrawn  u 

a  b«ttery.     The  enemy  sulfercd  severe  los«.  ; 

Aldie  was  left  June  l^S,  and  next  tuomiii-/  t 

Ferry.     Tlie  coluu-.n  pas.-H.'d  through  Middl 

Sooth  Mountain,     .Vcxt  tuornins  the  cavalry 

Scarcely  halting,  they  rode  on  towanls  Gctl 

npidly.     The  division  halted  near  the  seniiuary  for  an  hour,  while  Companies  H 

and  M  were  sent  on  picket  eijht  miles  out.     On  July   1   these  cavalrymen  fell 

back  to  within  two  or  three  miles  of  'jetrysbunr.  and  posted  pickets  on  the  various 

loads.     The  Ei^'hth  cavalry  was  the  first  to  tire  a  pju  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg. 

Thnj  fought  partly  on  horseback  and  partly  on  twt.  and  charged  the  enemy  boldly, 

to  enable  our  intantry  to  Ibrm  line  of  battle.     It  is  ciaimel  that  to  their  courage 

■was  owing  at  one  time  the  safety  of  a  corrs  of  infantry.     Bufords  divUion.  con- 

^nio^thc  Eighth.  v»ajs  ordered  to  di^uounc  and  &::ht  on  foot.     The  Second  and 

Eleventh  corps  of  infantry  were  bein.-  driven,  when  Buford  received  orders  "to 

coTer  the  retreat  and  eiposo  flanks."     Ho  took  p.>ition  on  Seminary  Hill,  and 


•e  wa^  .non  in  p.„Inon.    The  K 

•jhth 

of  a  mil.,  when  a  tire  v.is  rec 

eiv,^ 

'the  rr.J.  while  lown  the  ro.ad 

.vere 

p-isition.  awaitin;;  the  order  tu 

^P'-'°- 

111  back  to  th-  rear  of  the  E 

^•hth 

n-  hU  men.  Ciloncl  Davis  wa.skill^<l. 

-hou  fn>m  a  revolver  without  e 

tiect; 

ciin-  hu  hnrse.  by  a  ri^-lit  cut 

with 

continued  till  late  at  ni'.;ht. 

The 

kiile.i  and  ei..-hteen  wounded. 

Lee 

upon  his  columiui  came  the  div 

isinn 

nent.      Catlett  Station  was  Ic 

ft  on 

tiel.L     Ald.e  was  reached  jui 

as  a 

uiand  of  FiizhuL-li  I^e  ended. 

The 

on  to  .Mlddl.bur-     The  enemy 

were 

p  on  the  eitp.nie  riqht  in  supp.,rt  of 

nd  were  driven  ei^hi  to  ten 

niles. 

le  Po'.imac  was  cross-l  at  Edwanls' 

eton,  and  cnrnj--^  June  --'9  b<- 

vond 

stnn..-d  for  Euimittsbur.-,  >U^^ 

Lnd. 

■sbiirj,  throuL'h  which  tliey  p\. 

shed 

=Tay  rank 


there  awaited  the  on><:t.  The  \ 
received  the  rapid  lire  of  Spencer's  seven-st 
fauces  met  like  repul-e,  and  the  golden  mo 
■were  turned  as  the  rammand  was  forced  to 
On  July  3,  Ihc  cava.ry  marched  to  W 
On  the  next  day  the  route  was  pursued  to 
the  enemy's  wa^n-train  ivas  atucked  nca 

10th  at  Funkstown,  and  on  the  14th  at  V 
captored  a  fine  twelve-pound  Parrott  <;un,  a 


ing  the  Potomac,  a  rapii 


».tcrs,  and  fell  hack.  Successive  ad- 
lents  were  wisely  employed.  Flanks 
ill  back  to  Cemetery  Ui'll. 
jtminster  as  iruard  of  supply  trains. 
nd  l«-\i)nd  Frederick,  and  on  July  6, 
Willnmsport,  and  their  skinuishers 
cniaced  on  the  iJth  at  Boonsboro',  the 
llin:;  \\'ater9.  Companies  H  and  M 
d  turned  it  on  the  enemy.  Recroes- 
;id  ride  was  made  to  Theater  s  Gap,  whore  the  enemy  had 
arrived  three  hours  previously  and  taken  sirons  f-jsitioo.  .\fter  a  few  davs  of 
•coating  and  pickettn;;  the  division  letl  on  the  Iltith  for  Beverly  Ford,  and  en- 
camped within  a  mile  of  the  river. 

On  August  1  the  rebels  were  att.ickcd  on  Brandy  Plains,  and  on  the  3d  be- 
came the  as.saitants.  \  fortoi'.:hc  passed  and  camp  was  removed  to  Bristoe  Sta- 
tion, where  a  like  p-'riod  was  pa.«ed. 

*  On  September  13.  two  si|uadron3  of  the  Eiihth  accompanied  Buf  ird's  division 
ID  an  advance  upjn  Culpepper.  A  detachment  support'^!  Battery  L'.  Second  New 
York,  whose  guns  were  kept  up  almost  upon  the  line  of  ikirmislicrs  till  the  enemy 
turned  at  bay.  A  sfjuadron  of  the  Ei|.;htli,  led  by  Lieutenant  Coiupsoo,  bv  order 
of  General  Biiford  char.-cd  upon  and  capturc<l  a  battery.  The  Hampton  Ix^ion 
■wept  down  upon  the  victors  and  environed  them  for  a  brief  space.  A  hand-to- 
band  fight  of  furious  chai-actcr  ensued,  and  then  throuch  the  enemy  came  the 
•tinadroo  at  gallop,  followed  by  a  shower  of  ualLs.  The  division  pushed  on  to 
Raccoon  Ford,  on  the  Il.ipidan,  skirmishini  with  .ind  drivinj  the  enemy.  .  En- 
g^emccls  took  pl.icc  on  September  -'.'.  .at  Jack  Shop;  October  10,  at  Germania 
Ford;  October  11,  at  Stev.  nsbun;;  vd  for  a  third  time  at  Brandv  Plain?,  on 
October  13.  There  were  »kirmi.-hcs  at  <Jak  Hdl.  October  15:  It.  Iton  Station, 
October  26 ;  Muddy  Run,  .Novcmlicr  .S  ;  and  Locust  Grove.  Novenil^r  •-'7.  The 
regiment  now  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Culpepper  Court-Uouse,  rcmainlD'* 
theiv  ontil  the  .■^prin-.-  of  lb(J4. 

On  February  li,  l;i;4.  Merntt's  division  wa.i  •••nt  on  a  reeonnni-ance  actoM  the 
Hapidan  at  Hamcit  s  Ford.  The  Ei'.-hih  in  adv.-.iice.  I  and  .M  dismounted,  ad- 
vanced as  skiraiijlicrs.  The  enemy  peruiittd  an  advance  some  di.-tancc,  then 
emerging  at  a  double-'iuick  fnim  the  wo^kJ'',  drove  the  men  Sack  upon  the  sup- 
port, who  advanced  to  their  avi,tanre.  The  cavalry  I'.  11  hack  out  of  raci^e  and 
was  reinnjrced  by  tlie  entire  rr--iment.  Several  sf]uadn>ns  on  fo.it  advanceil  and 
drove  tho  enemy  to  shelter.      Iteturned  nc.tt  .i  ly  to  camp. 

On  March  U,  tw)  liuuda-d  men  returned  to  .VIonroe  on  a  furlough  of  thirty- 
tho  nien  who  left  Rucbcstor 


were  killed,  w.uind.  J.  cajilured,  or  abs.?nt  without  leave.  Seven  hnnjre-i  re'ermt., 
h.ad  been  received,  and  of  sixteen  hundred  men,  there  were  ready  for  duty  in  th., 
field  but  six  hundred.  Thirty-three  actions  had  been  fought.  Tlir.'e  hui„lrc| 
men  had  been  killed  or  wounded.  .\mnn'.r  the  killed  were  Colonel  lUvis,  Car, 
tains  B.  F.  Foote,  H  C.  Cutler,  B.  0.  Efiier,  and  C.  D.  Follett,  and  Lieutcnam, 
Reeves  and  Smith,  while  .^f  ijor  FMmund  M.  Pope  wa.s  held  a  prisoner,  lienenl 
Buf.rd  having  died,  G.'ner.d  \Vil.~,n  was  xv,i:ncd  to  the  Third  C.ivalry  divi,i„„ 
The  division  crossed  the  Ripidau  at  Germania  Ford  on  May  4.  the  Eiudith  m 
advance.  The  enemy  were  encountered  ne.Tt  day,  and  the  regiment  narrowly 
escaped  capture.  The  cavalry  held  the  left  from  Chancelloroville  tfl  Frederick<- 
burg  until  the  morning  of  the  0th,  when  General  .Sheridan  set  out  on  a  mi.l 
towards  Richmond.  Duriiii:  the  forenoon  of  May  11,  Stuart's  iind  Lee's  eavalrr 
charged  on  the  rear  u-uard,  composed  of  parts  of  the  Third  and  Tenth  Xcw  Vorl 
cavalry.  The  road  lay  through  a  f..rest.  and  the  advance  could  render  no  ai.l 
The  enemy  were  ehe-.-ked  by  artillerv,  and  finally  driven  ofl^.  Marciiimr  nearly  all 
night,  the  outer  defenses  of  Richmond  were  reached  before  daybri'ak.  and  several 
charges  made  to  occupy  the  enemy  while  a  bridcre  was  being  constructed  acn^^ 
the  Chickahominy.  At  tmi  p.m.  the  column  began  to  cross,  and  in  three  houtv 
all  were  over.  Sharp  skirmishes  occurred  .Tune  3  at  Hawes'  Shop;  13th  at 
^S■llite  Oak  Swamp,  and  15th  at  Malvern  Hill.  The  command  then  went  („ 
Petersburg  and  engaged  in  picket  duly  in  the  vicinity  of  Prince  George  Coun- 
Houic  until  called  to  accompany  General  Wilson  in  a  raid  upon  the  railroads 
leading  from  Richmond.  The  Eighth  was  constantly  hans-ed  by  the  rebel 
cavalry,  whom  they  met  at  Nottoway  Court-House.  June  -3,  Roanoke  Statiou 
the  'Jjth,  and  Stony  Creek  the  23th,  on  their  return.  The  enemy  had  planteil 
himself  in  a  Ibrtified  position  in  heavy  force  across  their  way.  Wilson  fircl  signal 
guns,  and  threw  up  rockets  to  call  for  help  from  the  troops  around  Pi^'tersbur^r.  Mii 
was  sent,  but  not  in  time.  At  night  the  command  was -surrounded,  and  at  day- 
light the  enemy  closed  in.  A  portion  of  the  Ei'.-hth,  under  ^lajors.  Moore  nH 
Compson,  were  flanko^i  and  cut  off  from  their  horses  and  from  the  command. 
Resolved  not  to  surrender,  tho  detachment  continued  four  davs  on  a  journey  to- 
wards the  Union  lines.  Stumbling  upon  a  relwl  camp,  its  occupants  swarmcl 
out,  and  attacked  the  hunger-  and  toil-ivorn  band,  capturing  five  officers  and  thirty- 
five  men.  The  rest  escaped  amid  the  underbru-h  and  darkness.  The  band  pro- 
ceeded on,  despairingly,  with  thoughts  of  southern  prisons,  when  a  mountei 
trooper  rode  up,  and  joyfully  the  party  arrived  once  more  in  camp  at  City  Point. 
Rested  and  recruited,  the  Ei^dith  were  present  and  under  fire  nearly  all  day,  .-^u 
gust  Hi.  in  the  action  at  Winchester,  and  engaged  the  cavalry  of  the  enemy  at 
Kameystown.  Auzu-it  2.i :  at  Oecoquan  Creek.  September  19;  Front  Roval, 
September  21 ;  .Milford,  SeptemU-r  23;  Fisher's  Hill,  September  30;  and  Jones' 
Bro.ik,  October  9.  On  the  morning  of  October  19,  one  month  since  the  Win- 
chester battle,  the  enemy  rapidly  and  stealthily  advanced,  made  a  detour  of  the 
Union  works,  and  at  daylight  attacked  the  Ei'jhth  and  Nineteenth  army  corps. 
All  efforts  to  form  were  futile ;  they  had  no  time.  The  compact  lines  bore  dowa 
all  opposition. 

General  Custer,  commanding  the  Third  division,  attempted  to  clieck  tho  retreat 
in  vain,  and  pushing  on  to  the  estreme  left,  firmed  line  of  battle  and  delayeil  the 
enemy.  General  Sheridan  arrived  and  reatore<l  order  and  coDfiJenco.  The  di- 
vision formed  on  tho  ri'.:ht  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  cnsiiinir  action,  as  U 
evidenced  by  the  following  e.ytrict  from  a  congratulatory  order  is.-ued  October 
21, 1SU4,  by  General  (^u-ter  In  his  division :  "  Transferred  from  the  right  flank  to 
the  extreme  left,  you  materially  and  sueccssfully  .assisted  in  dcfeatin'j  the  eneniy 
in  his  attempt  to  turn  the  flank  of  our  army.  .Vgain  ordered  on  tho  riiht  fljnk. 
you  attacked  and  defeated  a  division  of  the  enemy's  cavalry,  driviiij  him  in  con- 
fusion across  Cedar  creek.  Then,  chan'.iing  your  front  to  the  lefk  at  a  irallop.  vou 
chatTTcd  and  turned  the  left  tlank  of  the  enemy's  line  of  hntile.  and  pursued  his 
broken  and  demnmlired  army  a  distance  of  five  miles.  Nieht  alone  put  an  end 
to  your  pursuit.  Among  the  suh-^tantial  fruits  of  this  great  victory,  vou  can  boa"! 
of  having  captured  five  h.attlo.fl:igs.  a  laru-c  number  of  prL-«ners,  ineludini  Major- 
Generul  Ramseur.  and  forty-five  of  the  fortyH;i-ht  pieces  of  artillery  taken  from 
the  enemy  th.it  day,  thus  making  fiftyonc  piece's  of  artillery  which  you  have  op- 
turcd  from  the  enemy  within  the  short  p.'riod  of  ten  ilays.  This  is  a  record  of 
which  you  may  well  be  proud, — a  record  won  and  established  by  your  gallantry 
and  perseverance." 


The  regiment,  which  li.ad  gone  into  wi 
denly  attacked,  on  Novcuiher  12.  by  Ro 
direM-tly  into  camp.      AVittiin  five  niinurc-' 


•  quarters  near  Winchester,  w 
's  eavalrv.  who  charred  the 
m  the  Rrsl  shot,  hordes  were  - 


Are  days,  as  re-culisicd 


ncmy  was  driven  to  s-ek  .-:,fely  south  „f  Cclar  creek.  The  rc^o. 
arch  up  tiic  valley  duriii'.-  Deeembcr  ;  on  the  l:t<t  day  of  If^G  I  they  i 
nd  a  hand-to-hand  fight  ensued.      Mure 


again  attacked  at  Lacy  Spri 


HISTORY  OF  JIONROE  COU-XTY,  NEW   YORK. 


,,rv  »..iiiiil.il  ill  ilii'  iction  by  sabre  stroke  thun  3^  any  other  time  in  the  term 
iKTiiiv.  Tlie  weather  vtxs  very  cold,  and  there  waa  tauch  aufferiug  letore  ciiup 
«,.  r.-.-sini-d. 

Flarlv  on  the  moTiiin-^  i)f  February  27.  IHGj,  the  division  marched  southward 
li..iu  \Viiii-li.~ter,  ii:iv,cd  ihn.ii^h  Staunton,  th.  u  tuniins  to  the  left  muVL-d  upon 
\Vii\nt-!»l»"ri'',  wluTO.  on  March  '1.  Gt'neml  K^arly  was  touoj  with  infatitry  behind 
InistwurU  The  Kighih  bciu'j  on  the  adva..cc  of  Cust.r's  command,  waa 
orhreti  to  rhar^'C,  ti''.'etlicr  witli  the  Twenty-second  cavalry,  upon  this  position. 
>l  ij.ir  C.iup'i'ii.  in  command  of  the  Eighth,  placid  :i  battalion  of  the  Twcnty- 
■.^-..ml  mi  laih  wiii'4.  and  his  own  ri'|_-iment  u!  on  the  mad  in  the  centre.  He  then 
i.lux-d  !^i-r;;-ant  Kelioe,  with  tlie  rc;_'imental  flag,  nresent.d  by  Ri«  hcstcr  friends, 
i.\  his  i-ide.  and.  saving,  **Serfreant,  we  U  !o^  the  flaj;  this  time  or  briii|;  more 
Iji--^  hacW  along  with  us !"  eave  the  command  to  chanrc.  and  srailoped  furiously 
f..rward.  Twice  the  rebel  cannon  were  dischari.''Hl,  when  over  them  rode  the 
lr.-'|i-™  and  captured  the  worlcs.  It  »n  a  slight  lo>-<.  Scri.'cant  Carr  killed  and 
twenty  men  wounded,  compared  to  the  magniliceut  results, — ten  battle-flags,  six 
^Tiiis  and  oviivijns,  and  thirteen  hundred  prisoners.  It  is  said  that  Kariy  nar- 
ntwly  escaped  c-.ipture,  his  horse  having  been  shot  by  Major  Com^ison.  Soon 
■rter  this  action  Major  Conipson  was  detailed  by  fjencnil  Sheridan  as  a  bearer  of 
diipaiihes  to  the  Secretary  of  \Var,  taking  with  him  seventeen  battle-flags,  ten  of 
which  had  been  captured  by  the  Ei_-hth  cavalrr. 

The  Kighth  cavalry  was  ordered  to  Rumpuss  Station,  and  fell  in  with  Morgan's 
n.mmand  of  e.iual  numbers,  and  routed  them  arter  a  sh.irp  fidit.  The  property 
at  the  station  was  destroyed,  and  the  regiment  proceeded  to  White  House  Land- 
ing, and  thence  to  Petersburg.  Sheridan,  tollowei  by  throe  corps  of  infantry,  now 
ifc't  out  for  the  right  flank  of  the  enemy  at  Petersburg.  Colonel  Wells,  in  com- 
mand of  tlic  brigade  to  which  the  Eighth  was  attached,  was  ordered,  on  April  1, 
ti>  charge  upon  works  three  miles  west  of  Dinwiddle  t'ourt-House.  The  Eighth, 
led  by  Major  Bliss,  routed  the  enemy  and  captured  many  pri-oners,  although  at 

fullowcd  hard  after  the  retiring  army,  engaging  them  at  every  opportunity,  till 
April  8,  when  a  rapid  detour  was  made  from  the  left  flank,  and  the  advance 
pained  at  App*.iniattox  .station.  The  line  was  held  till  the  infantry  clo-^ed  around, 
wTien  a  flag  of  truce  was  rconved  by  the  Eighth  cavalry,  which  w;is  on  the  skir- 
llli:<h  line,  at  four  P.M.,  .\pril  9,  and  the  surrender  of  the  Army  of  .N'orlhem  Vir- 
(rinii  WM  soon  eoMinrnmnfed  The  cavalry  relumed  to  Petersburg,  and  thence 
m.irched  to  Washington  and  took  part  in  the  STin,1  r-view  of  May  2l'.  Itarriv.^ 
in  Rochester  on  June  'IS,  under  command  of  Col-incl  EdmuDd  M.  I'uj>e.  Of  nine 
hundred  and  forty  men,  who  went  away  in  l-SiJl,  one  hundred  and  ninety  came 
back.  In  the  ranks  came  eight  hundred  and  fifty  men.  The  battle-flag  bore  the 
names  of  sixty-four  actions.  Among  the  slain  were  one  colonel,  eleven  captains. 
two  lieuleuanta,  and  one  color-bearer.  The  organization  was  disbanded  July  3.  and 
entered  once  more  upon  p.:aceful  pursuits;  the  troopers  of  the  Shenandoah  are 
merged  among  the  citi7»'iis,  as  active  and  indu^trious  m  business  a-s  they  had 
Im'n  brave  and  untiring  UfKin  the  battle-field  and  midniizl.t  foray. 

Thf  Ticeiift/'Jirst  JifgimenI  New  Vork  Cavalry  was  organized  at  Troy,  New 
York,  to  serve  three  years.  Four  eomp.auies.  It.  L,  M.  and  H.  were  from 
K.N-heatcr.  The  regiment  was  mustered  into  United  States  service  during  1863. 
It  wal  with  Sigel  in  his  southern  movement  up  the  Shenandoah. -and  at  a  later 
|-ri«i<l  with  Hunter  in  his  great  raid,  whercia  it  pertormed  a  L'allant  part.  On 
Ih..  return  of  Hunter,  the  Twenty-first  followid  and  harassed  Early's  raider<, 
and  thereby  suff'cred  some  loss.  On  July  1  j,  three  hundrcil  of  the  Twenty-first, 
and  fevcnly  of  the  Maryland  cavalry,  all  under  command  of  I.ieutcnant-C'oloncl 
<"hirli-s  Fitiiimroons,  rc-capturcd  fifty-two  wagons  from  Early,  and  buined  many 
niMri\  The  ri'gimentw.-u  sharply  engaged  at  A^hby's  Gap,  where  Colonel  Wm.  B. 
libblits  wa.'i  wounded,  and  a  los.-*  sustainei  of  scvcnty-two  m'-n  killed,  wounded, 
and  miwing.  At  Kcrnstown.  a  skirmish  took  place,  and  on  July  24  a  sharp 
ariicn  took  plaec,  where  the  Twenty-firsl  lost  thirty-ei.-ht  men.     The  regiment 

Tht  Turcnly-Kcoml  Rrgunent  New  York  Cavalry  wai<  organized  at  Rochester,  to 
•erre  three  years.  It  was  mustered  into  service  February,  1804,  and  out  on 
August  1,  186j.  In  record,  though  brief,  is  brilliant.  Samuel  J.  Crooks  was 
e..mroi.v-i,.ncd  colonel.  May  4,  1SG4.  On  June  13.  the  regiment  was  engaged 
•eT»«  the  Chickahftininy  for  several  hnuxB  as  the  advance  of  the  brigade.  Line 
■»"  formed,  and  the  Cre  of  the  enemy  promptly  returned  till  his  withdrawal. 
The  l.«i  w„  ihirtj  killed  and  wounded-  While  upon  a  raid,  the  Twenty-second 
•"  rncami.d  at  Ford's  Station  ;  its  four  !i.|uadrons  were  placedtwo  on  each  side 
of  ih»  rmil.  at  an  interval.  The  position  had  scarcely  been  taken  when  a  body 
"f  the  cMimy  chnrgrd  upon  the  advance  .squadrons.  When  within  r:--y  carbine 
p".-".  Ilie  mm  6r,.l,  and  checked  the  oi.-ct.  When  taking  the  ro.id,  they  fell 
rear  nf  i(ic  other  .snuadnins,  and  showed  the  same  front  as  previously. 
.  ri-.-arding  theuisi-lves  aj)  victore,  char^^cd,  were  roughly  handled,  and 


;       withdrew.     The  Twenty-second  waa  brigaded  with  the  Eighth  and  Fifteenth  New 

I        York  and  Third  Indiana,  as  the  Fir^t  brigade.  Third  Cavalry  division.     An  order 

I       issued  April  9,  ISliD.  at  Appomatox  Court-House.  by  General  G-  A.  Custer,  com- 

mnndioL-,  outlines  the  action  of  the  Twenty-second,  in  common  with  their  gallant 

comrades  of   the  division:    •' During  the  past  six  months,  althou-h  in   m.nit 


instances  confronted  bv 


.  have 


turcd  from  the 


I        open  battle,  one  hund.-cd  and  eleven  pieces  of  field  artillery,  sixty-five  battle-flags. 

and  upwards  of  ten  thousand  prisoners  of  war,  including  seven  general  ofliecr^j. 

You  have  never  lost  a  gun,  never  lost  a  color,  and  have  never  been  defeated:  and, 

notwithstanding  numerous  engagements  in  which  you  have  borne  a  proujincnt 
1       art,  including  those  memorable  battles  of  the  Shenandoah,  you  have  captured 

every  piece  of  artillery  which  the  enemy  has  dared  to  open  upon  you.  .  .  . 
,'    ■   And  now,  speaking  for  myself  alone,  when  the  war  is  ended,  and  the  task  of  the 

historian  begins,  when  those  deeds  of  darin',',  which  have  rendered  the  name  and 

fame  of  the  Third  Cavalry  division  imperishable,  arc  in.seribed  ujion  the  brii^ht 
,  pages  of  our  country's  history,  I  only  ask  that  my  name  may  be  written  as  that 
I       of  the  commander  of  the  Third  Cavalry  divi.^ion." 

I  The    Twenty-faurlh   Catalrij  was  organized  at    Auburn,  for  three  years,  and 

i  mustered  into  United  States  service  in  January,  1.SG4.  It  was  officered  by  vet- 
I  eran  soldiers.  Its  colonel  was  William  U  Raulston  ;  lieutenant-colonel.  Walter 
1  C.  Newberry ;  first  major.  Melzar  Richards  ;  second  major,  George  G.  Wanzer ; 
i  adjutant,  Richard  L.  Hill ;  and  ijuartermaster,  Alexander  K.  Cutler.  Company 
1        H,  Captain  Charles  E.  3Iartin.  and  First  Lieutenant  Edward  Pollard,  was  recruited 

in  part  in  Monroe. 

The  regiment  moved  first  to  Washington,  and  encamped  near  the  city  till  April 

29,  1864.  The  government  was  un.ible  to  supply  horses,  and  the  command 
!        marched  as  infantry  to  Warrenton  Junction.  V'irsinia.     It  was  brigaded  with  the 

Fourteenth  Heavy  Artillery,  and  commanded  by  Colonel  E.  G.  .Mai-shall.     The 

Twenty-fourth  proceeded  to  Brandy  Station,  thence  to  Germania  Ford,  where  the 

b.itlle-field  of  the  Wilderness,  where  breastworks  were  built,  and  precautions  taken 
against  assault.  On  the  night  of  May  7  they  began  a  march  to  the  lofl,  and  on 
May  II  arrived  near  Spjttsylvania  Court-House.  Colonel  Raulston,  with  his  t^ro 
regiment.^,  nominally  cavalry  and  artillerymen,  but  really  ineNperience^]  infantry, 
had  the  duty  of  holding  the  extreme  lel^  of  the  front,  and  for  service  rendei-ed 
received  the  congratulations  of  -^lajor-Gcncral  Buniside.  Up  to  -^lay  2lJ,  the 
regiment  had  snfl'ered  little  loss.  A  batile-roU  of  fourteen  actions  sliows  the  s.-r- 
viee  rendered  during  a  brief  period.  Finally  mounted,  they  forme*!  part  of 
Sheridan's  invincible  cavalry,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  were  consolidated,  June 
17,  1865,  with  the  Tenth  New  York  as  the  First  New  York  Provisional  Cav,alry. 


CHAPTER    XXXII. 

PIR.ST  BEllIME.VT  LIGHT  ARTILI.EttY,  BATTEKT  L,  EtaHTEENTH  B-4TTtll 
TWE.yTV-SIXTU  B.ATTERV,  AND  ELEVE.NTII  AND  EOt  RTEE.STIl  IIEAVV  .1 
TILLERY. 


TnE  First  ReyimeiU  Light  Artillery  was  organized  at  Elmira  to  serve 
years.     It  was  mustered  into  service  from  August  30  to  November  19,  l.'^Ol 


and 


Th- 


commanded  by  Colonel  Guilford  D.  Bailey,  who  was  killed  on  May  31,  1S62.  at 
Fair  Oaks,  'Virginia,  and  succeeded  by  Charles  S.  Wainwright,  who  serveil  to  the 
war's  close.  In  this  rcgimeut  was  Battery  L,  better  known  r.s  Ueyiiolds'  1!  it- 
tery,  after  its  commander  John  A.  Reynolds.  coinpo.scd  of  .^lonroe  County  men  and 
independent  in  service.  Wc  give  its  history  as  a  distinct  orL'onization.  Thi-  bat- 
tery proceeded  October  8,  1861.  to  Albany,  thence  to  New  York.  Phil.adelpliia, 
and  Washington,  where  puns  and  horses  were  supplied  and  camp  formed.  In 
February,  1S62,  it  was  ordered  to  Baltimore,  and  remaine<4  till  May  13.  when 
ordered  to  service,  and  took  part  in  a  reeonnoissance  on  the  28th  towards  Charles- 
ton. A  section,  under  Lieutenant  Lwlcr,  was  engat:cd  with  the  enemy  near  that 
place,  and  the  force  was  driven  by  the  enemy  in  turn  till  reinforced  "ny  the  Sev- 
enty-eighth New  York  and  aseriion  under  Lieutenant  Reynolds.  The  expedi- 
tion then  returned  to  camp.  The  battery  was  assigned  to  Cooper's  brigade,  Sigcl's 
division,  and  with  that  force  advanced  to  andbeyond  Winchester,  and  cneam|*d 
June  10  in  a  large  open  field,  where  it  remained  till  ordered  to  Kcrnstown.  !!■>- 
views,  drills,  ami  thorough  discipline  prepared  the  organiz-ition  for  the  eA'cctiva 
service  soon  to  be  rendered. 

On  June  \\)  the  battery  .set  out  on  the  Strasburs  mad  for  ^liddlctown,  and  en- 
camped near  that  place.  The  command  was  here  joined  by  the  Fourth  and  Sixth 
.Maine,  new  batteries.      Again  on  the  march  southward  towarJs  the  muunlain.<. 


till.l 


Mat:  C-Uar 


«ek, the  li 


e  uT>  1 31-  p  hill  icihi-  ]c\\,  f^rmcl  b..-.;crv, 
and  wltii  ei:.'Iitct;n  ^uti^  in  fH^itiua  ilio  tLree  b^i'cries  wore  ojiidJcut  of  llt«.ir 
ability  t)  h j!J  th.if  ^.Tuunl  azmtu!  iti-u^^t.  Tlie  time  p^-.-ol  io  ur.ll  ai,J  iar„'et 
prartice.  On  July  3  L  ^t  out  fur  Front  U.ijmI  zvA  eniitnpt-i  on  tiie  buikt  of  ilii; 
SbcaanJouh.  Six  dzji  btcr  teiit3  were  struck  and  line  of  uiareii  Cak>*n  through 
Front  Koyil.  GjichV  Crc^rpids,  on  to  \Vj>liinitoli,  tlie  nmniy  *-il  of  ll.j  |U. 
bmntiock ;  tlieuce  to  the  HappaluiintKrL  river,  n.jLio^  ^ixt(.-en  niiles  iu  a  forenoon, 
and  OQ  JuU  1 1,  cn)!H'in-^  the  stream,  a  halt  for  the  i^i'jht  wxi  lu^tde,  and  cext  d,iy 
fouod  the  littery  in  camp  four  m\'.■:^  west  of  AVarrenton.  H<'re  the  corps  of 
Banka  tis-uitlcd  and  reniaiueJ  til!  Au-u-i  'J,  when  eni-.-.-ud  hr  JaeL..jn.  Rey- 
noldj'  balterj-,  after  various  marehes,  was  at  Wa^iiiii::ton  t'ourtllouM;  oo  the  oih, 
»hen  ordered  to  march  without  bj'."ja-_-f:  to  Culpepper,  when!  the  Iniun  troops 
were  being  attacked.  Fii:iiiiii2  wn  goiicj  ou  as  the  bittcry  t*jok  position  iii  a 
lar^  field  in  line  with  three  ..thcr-  At  dark,  L  advaii..T:d  a  •.hort  way  t.,  p.>^ition 
Otl  a  hill  The  tijitin^-  was  fterce  and  deadly,  and  thj  -round  was  hotly  Con- 
tested. On  the  lOih  of  July  ^harp  skinnishin;:  Ik-.'ju  early.  The  horses  st.iod 
bitched  to  the  guns  while  two  batteries  j'clt  the  enemy  without  re^[Ou»e.  Klags 
of  truce  were  eicaan-^ed  to  care  for  the  «ouuded  .*„o  t.j  o^.^  ij^  U,.-«l.  T!»-_  tai- 
terj  was  held  iu  reserve  dtiritii;  the  sul*?c'|ucnt  action  atC'eilar  .^loulltain.  and  fell 
back  with  the  ariuy  at  Culpepper.  The  cuemy.  cuutemj  latin-  i  tuove  n.irth\v;ird. 
attacked  McDowell  on  the  llappahnnnock.  At  noon  of  Au-u^^t  1^  the  rebel  skir- 
mishen  fired  upcja  the  cavalry  stationed  four  niitcs  west  of  the  Rappahannock. 
There  was  sharp  firin;.-.  but  the  cuemy  was  busy  brin-.'iu;-  up  his  forces.  Kejiort- 
ing  to  General  McDowell.  Reyuoldi  battery  was  a->jiinc<i  to  Duryeas  brirnde, 
■■herein  were  the  Ooe  Hundred  and  Fourth  and  Oue  Hundred  -lud  Fifth  New 
Torfc  volunteers.  About  eiiht  ah.  of  Au'^t  19  the  rebel  guns  opened  on 
CiuuQSe's  battery  of  the  First  New  York  and  'ilenced  it,  A  section  crossed 
the  river  aud  shelled  the  retiriu-  tatury.  McDowell  iu  person  orderv-d  the  bat- 
tery ready  for  aeiioQ,  iud  jcQl  I'itrick'j  brir.de,  Ki--.--!  diTl5i?r>,  •!?'■.•  j-«''inn 
tht«-fourths  of  a  mile  from  the  river.  At  eleven  a.m.  the  relwl  artUlery  was 
firing  heavily  as  L  was  ordered  into  the  field.  Away  went  the  battery,  the  last 
balf-tnile  on  a  lively  trot,  the  enemy's  shell  flyiii.-  and  I'jrstlu-  all  ar.uud.  Bat- 
tery was  formed  in  front  of  Patrick's  brii-adc  and  one  thous.md  eiuht  hundre-i 
jards  from  the  enemj.  The  men  had  come  up.jn  n?al  work  for  the  fir^t  time. 
From  the  fci!!-crp«r  the  -^ps  were  slowly,  coolly,  and  effectively  served,  aod 
vithia  two  and  a  half  hours  the  opposing  lattery  four  times  L-ea.-.-d  firinv-  and 
changed  position.  Two  a^.-e-tions  niiW  advanced,  formed  battery  in  an  open  field. 
and  drove  the  rebels  across  the  river.  An  advance  by  the  rebel  skiniii^h  line 
was  greeted  with  canister,  and  checked.  Ni;lit  came,  and  the  battetr,  remaining 
in  position  till  four  Friday  moruin^,  was  relieved  and  fell  back  to  re-st.  Scarcely 
bad  ih'is  been  done  when  a  heavy  cannonade  opened,  and  the  battery  was  recalled 
to  ita  previous  po<itiou.  On  .Vugust  -1  the  camp  were  .iroused  at  three  .v.31.  by 
a  reported  rebel  crossiut:.  About  ei^ht  a.m.  a  battery  entered  a  whcasfieid  across 
the  river  in  front.  L  opencJ  upon  and  silencd  it.  and  then  did  the  same  for  a 
batterj  a  inile  tn  the  lelt  partially  citncealt-d  by  some  luy-3tr.-k3.  tj-oenJ  Double- 
day  aimed  the  gun  in  several  instau -.a  with  -ood  cl7--t.  The  deu'onjtrations  of 
the  enemy  reudered  a  retreat  essentul.  L  retired  to  Warrentc.n  next  diy  aud  lay 
tiiefe  till  Au^-ust  26,  when  it  set  out  towards  While  Sulphur  ."?prin;;3.  The  sound 
of  cannoD  quickened  the  march  ,  arrived  near  the  field,  aud  the  hasty  j.rcpaiu- 
tiofis  for  battle  Were  made,  while  apjKaraoec  indicated  the  advance  of  an  army. 
Skirmisher  werv  deployed  ri-ht  and  frout,  and  musketry  ston  oi»cned.  Sharper 
umI  Jet  heavier  became  the  multitudinous  crackle  of  inl'.intry  fire,  and  the  crash 
cf  twenty-four  cannon  increased  the  territic  din.  L  was  ordered  forward  and 
took  position  opon  a  hiU-cre^t.  The  I'nion  infaotrj-  drove  the  enemy,  and  from 
the  ridges  beyond  the  river  the  artillery  opened  a  lieav}'  Hrc.  L  formed  in  bat- 
terj, and  alone  answered  the  tire  of  eizht  to  ton  pie-ts  for  five  to  seven  hours. 
Against  great  odd<  the  men  fircii  steadily  and  with  effect  until  ni-ht.  Next  day 
the  lines  had  fallen  back,  ind  early  on  the  2>th  L  m^ireheJ  with  the  Firit  division 
for  Mana.<si9  Junction. 

Near  Bull  Uua  the  enemy  were  found  in  force.  It  was  dccide'd  to  attack. 
Lieutenant  lU-ynulds  oponnl  with  a  scciioo,  aud  drew  the  fire  of  au  entire  b.ittcry. 
The  other  seetioos  took  part,  and  several  battencs  he:irtily  n.~p<iudL-d.  The  rebel 
^lu  were  too  many,  and  the  b-ottery  limU-rcil  up  and  hl't.  .VU>ut  iuidni'.rht  llic 
division  made  a  detour  and  reached  the  junction.  .Vll  nr\i  d,iy  the  sfc.nd  UuU 
Eun  battle  ra;.--!,  and  L  5lo.«J  idly  lo.Aiie.-  on.  On  the  mornin-.-  ..f  Au-u.st  :iiJ 
»U  was  ominously  quiet.  About  thn'C  r.M.  the  hittlc  w.ij  renewed  ;  L  was  |>.i-tcd 
in  the  cntre.  n|..n  a  ri-c  nc  ir  an  oreh;ird.  with  l.r.tl.rie.  uiw.n  tin-  ri-.-lit  and    I.tt. 

p.~'.-d  A  F.I.  rd  hitl.ry  in  fioni  ..p.  n-l  nn  I  v..n  ..•h.  r  hatt.  ri,-  ner-  r„.',.-.l. 
dudd.  nly  ,h.  iU  and  =l,ot,'thiek  and  f.i,l,  .:ime  In.m  the  rel«  I  n-ht,  and  the  Inien 
bottcrir.,  a<  if  pwiie^tricken,  liuibcn-]  up  and  retreated.  ( )ne  battery  was  ordered 
back,  aud  ropMic-J.     The  rebel  infantry  advance-1,  and  turned  tin-   Union   left 


HISTOllY  OF  irONROE  COUNTY,  >'E\V  YORK. 


flank  with  desperate  fit;htin5.  L  remaiued  til! 
the  rl-ht  a.nd  rear,  began  un  effetiive  lire.  A  rebel  re:;lment  chjn.-.-d  upon  ih.j 
batu-ry,  and  were  driven  back  aiuid  a  storm  of  canister.  With  oi-lit  ciiue  ritrrjt 
to  Centreville,  and  thence  to  Fairfax  Court-Huu.se,  and  eneamp.'d  at  Lpt  m's  hlil. 
in  sight  of  Wa:,hin.-ton,  tor  a  day  or  two,  .and,  as  Lee  nnde  his  w.iy  towards 
Maryland,  was  the  lost  of  the  old  tro.jps  to  leave  the  defenses  in  p'n>uit.  .\-_-ain 
at  Middlclon,  and  then  t.>  South  Mountain  and  Antietani,  where,  on  SeptcmLr 
IT,  posted  on  high  ground,  the  battery  opened  upf.in  a  rebel  opp-iueiit,  at  one 
hundred  and  fifty  yanis'  dl.-tance,  tor  an  hour  and  a  half.  Hooker  ordcreil  the 
l-attery  forward  to  the  left,  where  an  attempt  was  made  to  f.irui  batt.  rA-  on  ih.- 
right  of  a  wood,  but  uo  (Kjsition  could  W  found.  The  rebel  infantry,  ehargih-,- 
upon  the  Union  lines  throuih  a  coni. field  close  io  front,  were  stoutly  resi-ro.1. 
Thompsons  battery,  from  the  crest  of  a  slight  cmincm-e,  hurled  cani-tcr  into  the 
de-ipcrate  ranks  till  horse  and  man  were  picked  off,  when  the  national  tr...|., 
began  to  waver  and  give  ground.  The  irray  line-s  swept  on  with  wild  yells,  jud 
the  tide  seemed  setting  in  their  favor,  ivhen,  clear  and  di-lincl.  .  :ime  the  Union 
Iturruh,  as  fresh  divisions  iiup.'iled  the  enemy  back  and  recovered  the  gniund. 
Reynold  (  op-ned  on  a  virulent  battery,  and  silenced  it.  Ammunition  gave  out, 
and  was  repIcuLshed  from  au  abandoned  caisson.  A  peri-id  of  rest  after  the  battle. 
Thirty  new  uieu  and  seventy  horses  were  received,  and  camp  made  at  Berlin. 
Maiyiand. 

Various  marches  from  point  to  point  folhfwcd.  Warreuton.  Rappahannock 
Station,  and,  on  December  3,  Falmouth,  on  the  banks  of  the  river  opp.j-ite 
Fredericksburg,  was  reached.  On  the  llith  the  battery  crossed,  and  hurrie-J  for- 
ward on  a  double-{uick.  went  into  battery,  and  be-an  firing.  Next  day  the 
enemy  began  a  he:ivy  fire,  and  niaintaiiied  it.  L,  supported  by  the  Thiny-third 
New  York,  opened  for  a  brief  time,  when  onlered  to  the  left  of  the  left  winv:  to 
guard  that  fljnk.  A  hot  tin-  was  an-uered  a-<  sharply  as  ^-j-slble.  with  slight  l.-s. 
till  ni-'hi  R.-tn-at  followed,  and  L  was  so"jn  in  its  old  position,  and  irent  into 
winter  quarters  till  April  13.  ISOU.  Camp  at  Waugli  I'oint  was  left  on  that  iliy. 
and  at  four  p  M.  battery  wa.s  formed  on  Falmouth  Heights,  where  L  remaineil  till 
April  20.  On  ilay  1  the  battery  cro-'Sed  the  river,  and  took  f.)siti..u  iThind 
a  semicircular  line  of  bre-astworks  with  embrasures.  At  ei-aht  .%_JI.,  May  2,  two 
batteries  of  ten  and  twenty  pounds  calibre  njiened  at  two  thousand  vards.  The 
cannoniers  sprani:  t>}  their  guns  and  replied.  A  half-doztMi  shots,  then  whiz  came 
a  shell,  butit.  and  a  fratrment  disablcMl  W.  S.  4'hasc,  of  Palmyra.  Ciu^h  came  a 
ball  into  the  mid-t  of  a  limb.-r  team,  and  two  horses  fell— shot  dead.  Thicker 
and  hotter  the  ir..n  missiles  came,  plngdng  the  earthwork  ilefenso  and  plowiug  the 
earth  around.  A  soiid  shot  severcil  the  leg  of  Charh-s  C.irpenter.  of  Palmyra, 
broke  the  legs  of  two  hors.s,  and  ricoehetted  across  the  river.  The  duel  ctnitinui^l 
for  an  hour  aud  a  ludf,  L  rcplyin-  with  cireful  aim ;  then,  moviu*.:  off  a  piece  at 
a  time,  the  river  was  recrosood.  .\l  four  P.M.  line  of  march  was  taken  to  the 
right  wing,  and  United  States  Ford  was  reached  at  midnight,  and  thejivcr  crossed 
on  a  p^jnton  bridge.  During  the  battle  of  Chauceiloi:»ville  iu  position  ou  the  ex- 
treme right,  but  not  en-^aged.  Covered  the  retreat  ant!  returned  to  Wauul: 
Point.  On  May  U,  John  A.  Reynolds  was  prnmoicd  major  ami  GiliHirt  II. 
Reynolds  comuiLssloned  captain,  Lee  was  marching  to  the  Potomac,  and  L. 
reporting  to  General  Wadsworth.  Fir-t  division,  parsed  through  Warr.iiton  and 
Catlctt's  Sution.  and  h.-dte<l  at  I 'eiitreiillc.  I-eaving  here  June  I",  the  m^n.h 
was  made  northward  to  tjettyabur.-,  w  hei-e  it  amred  amon-  the  tiist.  The  rcixls 
.\ttaeked  and  took  the  place,  the  battery  retiring  witii  th.-  re-t  of  the  army. 
Captain  Reynolds  was  wounded,  and  fell  into  the  rebel  hands ;  w.ts  not  p^irolcil. 
and  was  retaken.  Lieut«-nant  Itreck  uitanwhile  ••onimatnletl  the  battery.  Furi'-ns 
attacks  were  repelled.  A  '.tin  was  lo»t  \Mih  all  its  horses  on  July  1.  Lieutenant 
Wilber,  with  a  s-ctiou,  was  falling  back,  when  the  enemy  sud.lcniy  o|-ncl  villi 
a  volley  of  musketry,  which  klUed  all  six  horses  attachcl  to  the  •.^ln  and  shot  thi- 
horu;  fmm  under  Wilber.     The  cn.uiy  w.re  almost  within  biiyonet  tlmi-t.  and 

Cemetery  Hill,  and  ihcfc  renial 1  on  the  Dd  and  -lib  cl..,-ely  cni:.e.-.Hl  with  l-ili 

infantry  and  artillery,  and  nearly  encin  led  with  a  terrific  fire.  Doperne  char.'.s 
were  made  alnio-t  to  the  muzzU-  of  the  gnn-.  .V  rebel  was  seen  to  nc-h  up  i-  a 
gun  and  fpiU  it.  A  rcl*l  was  kiil.-l  by  stroke  of  the  mmmer.  and  a  Iki>..iui 
thrust  W.TS  made  with  like  effect  u[-"n  an.illnr.     XhU  occurred  in  a  IVnn-ylvania 

n^r  .Middlctown,  .M.irjland.  Various  marches  foll..wed.  till  the  i-n^niaiid  rea.  bed 
Rappahann.^k  Station  on  Ancnst  4,  and  w,  nt  into  i-au.p.  A  ivinr.  r  .-niupai-.-n 
was  uttemptc^i  the  l.i.-t  of  Noveiiil»T.     The  army  form.il  line  of  I..,itI,-  ;.t  K.-l,  rt- 

As  the  Uni'n  lines  cruue  in' vow.  ih.y  fi.und  th.ir  o|.;«n>ent.  drawn  np  ""b  '-'•' 
open  front,  apparcnlly  ciiallen.Miig  att.iek.  .\  battle  seemed  immiii.  nt.  ami  I.. 
with  other  batteries,  In-gan  CrinL-.  .V  h.  .avj  rain  set  in,  ami,  the  siuoLe  shmu.ili.i 
the  sight,  termiuated  the  action,     lluth  sides  inlrcnclnrj ;    the  ivbebi  heaiily 


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C7 


;  the  in 


Oiunuii  w*n;  tliitlcly  \  linlcu,  but  finally  tlic  siteinpt  iv^  abanJonc-J,  an 

Rtiinl.     Od  Iktembtr  4  L  vfaa  at  KcUjs  Fur  I,  and  finaJly  »ent  into  i»iDt*r 

BrTuuIiU'  battery  wa«  present,  but  not  cn^iqeJ.  at  the  Wi!Jern.;>3.  On  ?[ay  7, 
■t  ei-'ht  P.M.,  luoveJ  eistwarJ  tonania  ^pottsylviinia,  wiili  GriSii's  divi-iua,  Fifth 
iniiv  ivri-i,  in  advance;  en^.Mz-^l  the  unemy  wiihiu  twu  and  a  hall"  mii.ii  of  the 
Tilb',1-',  aided  to  rcp<;l  a  cliari;e.  and  ci)nlciid<.-d  with  a  reb-.l  battery,  ll-'ly  en- 
piTeJ  on  May  1-,  and  ac|uittL-d  iticlf  with  cfciiL  llejcbed  llie  North  Anna 
(HI  the  a'>erDo"n  of  the  -od,  and  o]n-ncd  <'0  a  liody  of  iufaiiiry  drivias  uur  line. 
\t  etidoncw  of  the  severity  of  the  fizht.  it  la  stated  that  amun:;  the  trojps  being 
Jriivii  «J3  the  IrDn  bri'.-ade.  AiJtd  by  L  and  other  Latteriei.  the  mca  turned  at 
Lay  and  the  rcU.U  were  driven  in  turn.  The  battery  was  euiri^ed  in  the  varioiu 
ai-ti<jos  luoviiig  to  the  left  and  ?f.uth,  and  Au-^st  -1  aided  in  resisting  aa  at- 
t»-iDpt  to  drive  the  Union  tro.ips  from  the  ^Ve'don  llailr'aJ.  Aisi'.-ned  to  the 
>'inth  aruiy  cor^-s,  the  battery  wa.*  distributed  alon-.:  the  lined  it  Peter;burj,  and 
when  the  place  fell  into  our  haiidi  L  was  placed  in  the  artillery  reserve.  The 
killcry  reached  Kochcster  June  2U,  IsCj.  with  one  honored  and  lliirty-seven 
Bien,  and  was  mu>tered  out  oi»  t!ic  ITih  f.^llowing. 

Tlw  F.ijhtfiUh  Ballery  Li-jlit  Ailillcry,  liesi^.-natcd  as  "Mack's  Battery,"  was 
tiiseJ  aud  or^:aniied  at  Kocheit«.T  to  ;jo  out  with  the  One  UunJred  and  Eighth. 
The  i-ouipiiny,  nuraborin^  one  hundred  and  furiy  incn.  were  retained  for  montha 
in  camp,  and  finally  departed  on  November  13,  ISui.  for  New  Yort.  to  join  the 
Texas  expedition  under  General  E.iiiLs.  Having  put  to  sea  on  the  transport 
"  Illinois,"  orkra  were  op.'iied  and  their  destioatioo  was  found  to  be  Ship  Island, 
ice  the  batttry  pnjci-eded  to  New  Orlean.^. 
the  sie-^e  of  Purt  Hudson,  the  ba^.Jry 
tet^^i  the  fire  of  heavv  siece  cuos.     On 


which  was  reached  December  1: 
la  the  movement  upon  Bisiai 
took  p-irt,  mi  at  the  latter  olu 


cnder  c 


Hud.. 


Ei'^hte. 


.n  .May  3.  lsG4, 
iion-g-e.  I>juisiaua 


■  Orles  DS.  It  was 
irmly  engaged  at 
Clinton,  thirty-five  miles  from  Baton  lion-^-e.  I>juisiauj.  The  battery  took  part 
ia  tlie  attack  upon  the  forts  at  .Mobile,  and  reached  the  vicinity  of  Spanish  Fort 
at  seven  V.it.  of  Maich  '10,  1SG5.  On  April  1  the  command  entered  works 
•even  hundred  and  fit\v  yards  from  the  main  fort,  cniacred  the  enemy's  cuns 
during  two  days,  and  at  hdf-p:i^t  five  P.U.,  April  4.  a  general  bombardment  look 
f *icc.  Four  d-xyi  of  quiet,  and  at  five  P.M.  of  the  ath  the  jruns  a;.riin  opened,  and 
at  holf.past  eleven  p.m.  the  enemy  were  found  to  be  evacuating.  I'pou  the  cap- 
ture of  the  works,  the  Eighteenth  w.is  pia<.i:d  t«aif/ir.:rJy  in  Fort  Bbkely.  The 
battery  returned  with  one  hutidred  and  thiay-one  men.  and  was  luustcrtd  oat 
July  20.  The  command  was  then  employed  in  tJie  southwist.  and  performed 
efficient  service.  The  fjllowin'Z  is  the  record  of  actions:  Pattersonville.  April  12, 
186:»;  BUIand,  Aprd  13  ;  Cumitc  Endge,  May  3, 1.<G4;  Port  Hui,on,  May  24 
to  July  8  ;  and  it  Mobile,  .Man,h  27  to  .\.prd  S,  ISii."., 

Tlie  Tictnty-iu[(H  Batttry  Light  Artillery  was  organii^d  in  Roch-ster,  aud 
•lustcred  into  the  service  of  the  government  on  February  25.  1SC3.  It  was 
«ri(:inally  commanded  by  J.  Warren  Barnes.  George  \V.  Fox,  «-ho  was  com- 
di^ioned  second  li.utenant  December  24,  1S'J2.  by  resignation  of  superiors,  was 
promoted  to  first  lieutenant  and  captain,  and  as  such  mustered  out  with  the 
Uattcry  on  S«ptember  12,  lid').  The  battery  was  opicred  to  the  far  south,  and 
aervt^l  in  the  cipoditions  under  Banks  in  the  southeast,  and  was  enj.-aged  at  Cane 
river  .ind  at  Avoyella  Prairie. 

The  Slevenlh  ArtilUry,  Colonel  W.  B,  Barnes,  was  recruited  at  Rochester  as 
bcavy  artillery.  The  idea  of  service  iu  the  I'or-s  of  Wa-hington  to  relieve  the 
Itifaiitry  there  stationed  was  very  popular,  and  a  numl/er  of  large  regiments  thus 
ratvil  made  cicellent  icfantty  during  the  final  campaign  of  the  war.  On  June 
I<:.  1S(;3,  U-e  WIS  known  to  ha>e  invaded  Pcnnsyi^ania.al;■i  every  available  soldier 
Was  put  in  retpiiaition.  The  Kleveuth  was  ordere-i  to  proctMni  at  one-e  to  ilarris- 
burg  and  report  to  Gcuend  Couch.  The  prospect  was  not  relished,  yet  the  com- 
Biaii.l  was  c.ns'jlid.lted  into  four  companies,  and.  sotlin-  out  for  Harrishurg,  it 
f-a.-hoj  its  destination  on  June  25,  and  next  morning  -larted  for  Cariule,  where 
•  fight  seemed  imminent.  Returning  to  the  State  capital,  they  reviiiy  engaged 
in  wi.rk  npon  the  trenches  and  in  preparations  for  the  defence  of  the  pl.ice. 
DrdireJ  to  New  York,  they  were  distrihute->l  in  the  several  harbor  forts  and  whcQ 
Ih.-  rioU  broke  out  Colonel  Barnes  tendered  their  services  to  General  Wool,  who 
■iir.Me-d  him  to  pick  a  i-ompany  of  old  s.ndier>.  (roiu  the  regiment,  a.-m  theoi  as 
liifantry,  and  go  to  the  city.  Sixty  men  were  >.  Iccted  and  led  into  the  notous  dis- 
•ni't*.  Several  eneTunt''n  were  had  with  the  mob  without  the  lo^  of  a  man. 
"y  a  .p.-clal  Mplcr  of  the  W  ,r  D.p.irtme.it.  the  rr-.-lm,-nl  was  lrao>ferrrd  to  the 
^'■">flh  l;.-,;ini,nt  Arfiliry.  .Vw  V„rk  v.-lunevr-,  asiis.thir.l  bat:aip  .,.  ,m  .(uly 
-■'    I*';:;.     AVilham  Cluireli.  the  eai.taiu.  was  tmnsferred  on  Oclooer  ItJ,  1.>G3, 

The  l,.,ii.,li„n  w.„  ^.„t  l„  W.e,hin.-l and  pi  .e,.l  I.,  girrix.n  Fort  Ethan  .AJ- 

'•  u.  ..ne  ,.r  ll„.  J,  r^..n,ive  works  on  the  -julli  .>ide  of  tli.-  Potomac-,      Here  they 


quietly  remained  till  the  spring  of  1804,  On  the  evening  of  March  26  mirch. 
ing  orders  were  received,  and  ne<t  day.  at  halfpjst  nine  A..M  ,  the  Fourth  lie-i. 
ment  letl  the  fort  two  thou-viud  f  mr  hundred  s'.roie.;,  and  in  thrc^  hours  had 
marched  twelve  miles ;  went  on  board  the  cars  at  Alexandria,  and  were  conveyM 
to  Brandy  Station.  The  regiment  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  battles  of  iha 
Wilderness,  Sp->tt-*ylvania,  North  Ann.a,  Tolopotomy,  Cold  Harbor,  l^etersburg. 
Deep  B<.'tto!u,  an.l  Roams'  Station.  At  the  close  ..f  the  day,  .^lay  ti,  the  enemy 
massed  on  the  L'nion  right  rear,  .and  uuder  cover  of  night  moved  ui«m  the  lines, 
which  wavered  and  fell  hack  in  the  campaign  with  alight  loss.  The  break  occurred 
close  to  the  supply  trains,  guardi^d  by  a  company  of  the  Fourth.  A  battalion  was 
ordered  up,  and  eng.iged  with  spirit. 

General  Meade,  by  Sf.etijl  order,  said  of  the  brigade,  "The  gnllant  manner  in 
which  this  command,  the  greater  part  f  «r  the  first  time  under  fire,  met  and  cheeked 
the  pcr-.i-s.tent  attacks  of  a  corps  of  the  enemy,  hxl  by  one  of  their  ablest  generals, 
justifies  the  commanding  general  in  the  special  eouimendation  of  troops  who 
henceforward  will  he  relied  uf».n  a.s  were  the  tried  veterans  of  the  Sexond  and 
Fiflh  corps,  at  the  same  time  engaged." 

This  prompt  acknowledgment  was  well  timed,  and  the  losses  of  the  regiment  iii 
the  almost  constant  encounters  from  May  4  to  June  17  indicate  the  severity  of 
the  orde.d  and  the  stanch  courage  of  the  men.  There  were  killed  during  the 
interval  named  seventeen  men ;  wounded,  one  huodreKl  and  ,six ;  and  missing  but 
twenty-four. 

On  June  24  the  regiment  lay  in  a  fortified  camp,  three  miles  south  of  Peters- 
burg, having  leil  the  advanced  line,  where  it  had  relieved  two  regiments.  While 
in  this  line  sharp  skirmishing  had  been  in  progress,  whereby  one  man  was  killed 
and  three  wounded.  The  eiplostvin  of  a  mine  beneath  a  rebel  fort  was  made  the 
signal  for  a  tremendous  cannonade,  followed  by  a  charge. 

On  July  28,  Company  G,  with  six  Cohom  mortars, — one  hundred  and  twcnty- 
poand  pieces, — passed  to  the  rear  of  the  Ei:;hteenth  army  corps,  which  was  res^rvf 
tor  the  Nintu  eoips,  by  Trhc=:  the  :;--:jt!!t  w^  tn  be  made.  The  e-ompany  tvorkcd 
all  night  to  plant  their  pieces  and  prepare  their  position,  and  were  supplied  with 
three  hundrL.d  rounds  of  ammunition.  As  the  earth,  guns,  and  garrison  rose  in 
the  air  from  the  exple>sion,  fire  was  ojH;ned,  and  two  hundred  and  seventy-seven 
rounds  delivered,  A  battery,  their  mark,  was  silenced,-  and  the  company  were 
complimented  for  the  abilities  shown.  Companies  I  and  K  were  ou  the  skirmish 
line,  and  lost  lightly.  Nine  companies  eoga^-ed  in  the  disistrous  charge  sustained 
a  loss  of  sixteen  kille-l,  thirty  wound.;d,-and  three  hundred  and  twenty  missin-g. 
The  regiment  met  heavy  loss  at  Reams'  Station,  and  worked  hard  upon  the  forts, 
redoubts,  and  breastw...rka.  so  formidable  in  extent  ami  strength.  Other  organiza- 
tions were  transferred  to  the  Fourth  in  June,  1865,  and  the  regiment  was  mustered 
out  September  26  following. 

Tht  FourleeniU  Rfjimenl,  Veteran  Heavy  Artillery,  originated  at  Rochester 
shortly  after  the  muster-oat  of  the  old  Thirteenth  Infantry.  Colonel  Elisha  G. 
Marshall  was  duly  authorized  to  enter  upon  the  work  of  enlisting  a  rt-giment  of 
heavy  artillery,  and  by  July  15,  lSo3,  had  about  three  hundred  men  in  camp  .m 
Lake  avenue,  mainly  veterans  of  tlie  Thirteenth.  The  evening  of  that  day, 
orders  came  for  the  command  to  leave  for  New  York  city,  to  aid  in  restoring 
order.  There  were  about  two  hundred  men  in  the  ranks  when  the  cai-s  wer.: 
taken  next  day.  .-\.rrivcd  at  Alb.iny,  they  were  there  halt«l  and  provided  with 
arms,  rations,  and  quarters,  and  remaiued  till  August  15,  Two  detachments  were 
sent  on  sp..-cial  duty, — one  to  Loekjwrt,  the  other  to  Charlotte. 

On  September  2  Henry  R.  Randall  had  enlisted  one  hundred  and  fil'ty  men. 
Two  companies,  three  hundred  men,  left  for  New  York  by  special  train  on  De- 
ccm'oer  LS,  l.-i|J3,  The  lieutenant-e-olonel  was  Claren.-e  11.  Cornin-,  the  major. 
WilU.im  H.  Reynolds;  adjutant.  Job  C.  Hedge;.;  .luartermaster,  -U.lph  i,\n,- 
bert;  and  surgeon,  Isaac  'V',  Mullen.  The  ojiumand  lay  .-]iuctly  in  eanip  till  the 
advance  across  the  Rapidan.  early  in  .May.  1 804, and  whether  iu  the  eliarje  atSj."!!- 
sylvania  and  Petersburg;  in  action  at  Cold  Harbor,  Weldon  I'.ailn.ad,  P..;.lar 
Spring  Church,  or  Hatcher  s  Run.  in  each  and  every  trial  the  ciu.maii.l  ae.|nitt.-.i 
itself  with  credit.  When  the  ule-.-raphie  summary  brought  news  fn.m  (irann 
army,  the  lint  of  casualties  bore  testimony  to  .gallant  an.l  veteran  l»e-h.ivn,r.  W  l.,-n 
the  awing  to  the  left  hail  bnmjlit  the  Ninth  army  corps  bef.rc  IVter-l.ur.-.  tiio 
Fourteenth  Regiment,  nine  hundred  and  thirty  strong,  was  on  June  IG  dra»n  up 
in  line  of  battle  with  the  dlvi-ion  to  make  a  char.-e  upon  the  w.irl.i  and  mjav-.r 
to  take  tlie  pbcc.  The  Fir^t  bri.-a-l,-  le.l  the  division.  The  F..urle,  mh  .\e.  V...k 
on  the  Se-cond  line,  the  Sccon-l  Pelilisylvaina  on  tiie  thml  line.  Ihe  ur-l.-r  Tinm 
to  fix  b.ayonets,  an.l  not  to  tire  a  sh.it  till  the  br.-a,iworL.s  were  taL.  ii.  Tl..'  i'n -t 
move-l  f..rwar.|,  an.l  met  a  euirirn:  fire,  which  routed  the  fir-t  lin.-,  wi,.-„  tii.-  F-ir. 
t<-«ntli    eliar,;.-d   over   tliein,   .-i.liaii.-e-l    two   th..n-.ind    }ai.l.,   .-eal.-l    ti..-  en.  n.,  • 


The  w..rks  were  lieM  t»., 
coming  down  fr.iu  Uiel.u, 


68 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NP:W   YORK. 


&om  thtir  hard-  and  well-won  ;:Tound.  In  this  charp;  Coloml  Jtamhnll  wm 
wouod<>d.  JInjor  Jul)  C.  IK-d.-ca  «.l- sb"t  doad  vtliilc  k-udiu?  his  batulion.  Major 
W.  n.  Irfjool.is  and  l'a[ita:n  SnyJcr  wore  captured,  and  J.  P.  I.  liry.  aijuunt, 
Dtrrowlj  c^cjp.- J  Of  nioc  hundred  and  thirty  lui-n  who  cTitcre<l  oq  the  char.-v, 
«ix  }\undn>d  and  fortj-nine  cime  out.  The  n-yiuieol  occupied  the  worts  when 
Rtakco,  and  toot  ila  turn  on  the  front  line,  .^bjor  Ix)renzo  I.  Ji-'nei  W  the 
Fourt^enlh  from  June  17  till  Aucu---  19,  at  whieh  litre  he  ».li  wuui,ded.  On 
tie  oiornios  of  Juir  2S  the  Pcier^bur-  mine  wxs  cinlodi-d,  and  the  Fourteenth 
led  in  the  nnlutky  and  illenn.lueied  charge-  which  followed.  The  lo«  su-stjined 
WM  about  Gtlj  in  killed  and  wonnucJ.  br-'ides  many  tni-i^in^.  On  the  momiiii; 
of  March  25,  ISCi,  a  rebel  divi^nn  chanrod  upr.n  Foru  Ste.dman  and  Ha,kcll, 
garrisoned  by  the  Fourteenth,  and  carried  both  works.  The  enemy  were  soijn 
drifen  out  with  heavy  loss,  havin.;  kilh-d,  wounded,  and  caj'tured  two  hundred 
ud  fifty-thr«  men.  The  regiment  lost  no  prcstire  in  thij  reverse,  and  won  ao 
•ndnring  and  honored  name  as  a  stanch  and  reiiable  organixation. 


The  history  of  the  various  or.-anij 
indisputable  evidence  that  Monroe  cii 
fcjiUcOcld  aj  ihej  .,..c  .u,..,y,  O.VU 
disaster  and  panic,  tiie  Monroe  solditi 


tions  so  far  outlined,  and  not  overdrawn,  U 
zens  were  as  devoted  and  patriotic  upoo  the 

lua.^trious  una  law-uliiaiui;  at  hotue.    Amid 
I  bore  themselves  with  honor,  h-st  no  colors, 


And  retijmed  to  receive  the  eongratulatiocs  of  fellow-citizena  with  laudable  pride. 
Breaking  tanks,  the  old  soldiers  coDunioglcd  with  the  populace,  and  the  war  of 
tli«  lebellioQ  passed  into  history. 


CHAPTER    XXXIII. 

OONCLCSIOIf. 


Thx  lunita  of  knowledge  : 
made  into  the  re-^ion  of  the  | 
Monroe-  We  have  beheld  h. 
■ificence,  when  the  damp  ri'-h  "oil  wa^  den 
Genesee  roUni  in  unmarked  prandeur  and 
ledges  at  the  "  Falls."  to  the  level  of  the 
peopled  with  the  fiercest  of  the  aboriirinai  ti 


but  the  mapjin  of  truth.     Ii 
:.     We  h.ive  ess.-xyed  an  outli 


have  been 
of  the  hiitory  of 
3  native  lururiance  and  solitary  mag- 
[!  with  f.TMt  jrcwtb,  and  the  noble 
undiminished  volume  over  the  ru*.ky 
northern  lake.  AL-ain  the  land  wiS 
Iks  ;  ;rame  of  all  kinds  abounded  in 


proved  wonderful  in  fertility, 
their  westward  march,  estab- 
;  outposts  of  civUliatioD, — the 


1  of  France  and  England  to  win 

rked  the  ineffectual  expedition  of 

oroc,  ^^  be  met  and  cowed  by  a 

Acain   Sullivan's   evenin"  Pun. 


the  woods  ;  the  Indian  orchard  and  the  field  of  c 
and  the  ventureii^me  pioneers  from  the  east  bo^ 
Kihjng  their  8.>litary  huts  in  spots  of  clearing  oa 
Duclei  of  setdement. 

BrieOy  we  have  contemplated  the  overture; 
»Diance  from  the  confe^Jerated  nations,  and  ma 
'Pe  Nouville  throujh  the  eastern  bound,  of  Mo 
hastily-assembled  band  of  Senrci  warriors. 
reTerbcratin;  ami.Ist  the  forests,  pive  waniin;  to  mercilesj  Indians  to  remove 
thfir  families  from  villages  to  be  burnt  and  fields  laid  waste,  while  State  conven- 
tions, seconded  by  private  enterprise,  prepared  the  western  region  fur  survey,  sale, 
tnd  occupation. 

Parties  and  families,  colonies  and  individuals,  journeyed  or  Toya::ed  to  the 
badi  bordering  upon  the  Genesee  ;  villages  sprang  up  in  locations  of  convenience 
•od  natural  advantage,  and  the  site  of  a  nido  and  Ion*'!y  mill,  in  the  reuioo  of 
neks,  the  dens  of  innumerable  serpents,  rapidly  developed  to  tho  proportions  of 
s  magnificent  and  ptipulous  city.  The  growth  of  numbers  and  the  call  of  com- 
Derce  instigated  and  compelled  the  formation  of  Monroe,  while  the  survey  of 
highways,  the  building  of  bridges,  and  the  discovery  and  utiiizatioa  of  the  Ridge 


road  opened  the  way  for  thi 

Wayne's  victory  in  the  west  crumbli 


ranco  of  the  colonist,  and  the 


of  prwJuce  •„ 


1  of  the  Irr^pioU,  and  PI.  t. 


and  introduce  l 


the  lu^ 
of  Indi 
the  up^»er  tlcneeeo,  while  schooners  ply  upon  the 
io  pearlash,  lumber,  and  the  best  of  grain. 

In  geographical  feature,  we  have  noted  a  region  equal  in  temperature,  salu'i,r:. 
oua  ill  climate,  picturcsfjue  in  bcen*:ry,  and  rich  in  the  natural  products  of  t),„ 
soil,  and,  withal,  favorc<l  by  a  watcr-povrcr  l^eautiful  to  behold,  valuable  a.s  a  ni.,i,,. 
No  land  ever  yielJod  Mich  wheal  ;is  the  valley  of  the  Genesee,  or  in  so  great  abu.i. 
dance,  and  no  eomniunitv  of  aL'ricuIturists  has  done  murt:  for  husbandry  than  th. 
farmers'  societies  of  Monroe.  For  years  the  Rural  iVew  I'urker  w.os  the  or_iri 
of  intelligent  cultivators,  and  the  innumerable  valuable  3U2'.rj=tions  wiiich  eurich-1 
its  columns  have  been  of  intiucnee  unknown  in  citcnt  and  unmea.surable  in  vaiuf 
The  carion  of  the  Gcne-ee,  below  the  fall.s,  has  opened  w  ide  the  book  of  nature,  aa  I 
revealed  the  structure  of  tho  rocks,  to  excite  the  curious  and  inter^'stthe  student. 
Rapid  in  growth  of  population,  and  famed  for  the  steriing  qc.ilities  of  her  citi- 
zens, wp  have  rceanleif  a  community  ever  prompt  and  decided  io  measnres  ef 
polity  and  public  utility,  whoso  ranks  have  furnished  numerous  examples  of  hivh 
personal  worth,  honoring  distinguished  public  station,  while  the  masses  have 
achieved  a  noble  record  as  a  Law-abiding  and  industrious  people. 

Again  the  route  of  the  Eric  canal  has  been  surveyed,  the  war  of  words  and 
the  cla.sh  of  confiicting  opinion  has  been  closed  by  popular  vote,  and  an  official 
&nd  popular  demonstration  has  marked  the  opening  of  a  grand  water-way  frcia 
lake  to  ocean  ;  then  was  seen  to  begin  a  prosperity  for  the  county  whose  coo- 
tinuauce  has  produced  the  elegance,  taste,  and  refinement  of  the  highest  civilitj. 
tioa,  and  a^ssociated  industry  in  manufacture  and  transportation,  famous  in  extent. 
And  celebrated  in  its  quality. 

The  packet-boat  was  seen  to  be  withdrawn  vrhib  yet  the  teams  upon  the  tow- 
path  go  and  come  across  the  Genesee,  over  the  grand  aqueduct,  and  numerous 
beats  convey,  as  half  a  ceotury  since,  the  bulky  prudu 


1  of  thi  west  to  eastern 


The  nitl<ar  ran  along  the  Tonawanda,  and  the  locomotive  made  its  first  excur- 
sive trip  to  Canandai^Tia ;  then  everywhere,  all  over  the  land,  the  mania  forrailmad 
building  spread,  and  knew  no  abatement  in  Monroe  until  the  grand  New  York 
Central,  immense  in  extent,  wealth,  and  buniness.  vitid  to  the  city,  and  a  creature 
of  its  enterprise,  transports  the  traveler  with  celerity  and  ease,  and  conveys  its 
tons  of  freight  » ith  cheapness  and  dUpatch. 

In  Monroe  private  cnterprL=e  has  no  lack,  public  institutions  have  few  superiors. 
Aberrant  intellect  finds  Samantan  treatment  io  an  asylum  conducted  by  the  most 
skillful ;  moral  depravity  in  youth  of  both  sexes  is  arrested  and  extirpate-d  by  the 
benevolent  and  disciplinary  agencies  of  a  well-conducted  St; 
the  sturdy  vagrant  and  the  petty  offender  are  made,  by  their  labor,  t 
society  for  the  burden  of  their  support. 

In  warfare  against  English  arro'jancc  and  oppression,  the  bearing  of  Monroe 
mUitia  has  been  s-^en  to  intimidate  a  s*(uadroo,  and,  in  a  contest  for  national  ex- 
istence, the  young  men  of  this  county,  exceptionally  equaled,  were  never  excelled 
in  heroism  upon  the  march  and  hattlc-field,  and  in  contempt  of  danger  where 
called  by  duty,  as  is  seen  io  their  history  as  organixations  and  their  record  as  in- 
dividuals. 

We  have  written  with  interest,  and  gleaned  from  manuscript,  volume,  and  nkl 
files  of  papers  with  dili'gijnce.  The  result  accepts  a  progress  encouraging  as  a 
contrast,  wonderful  as  a  speclaclc,  and  simple  in  the  tracery  of  unusual  natur-J 
odvantin^cs  wisely  and  generously  turned  to  account.  Early  anticipations  have 
been  more  than  realized  in  past  and  prcM-nt  achievement,  and  the  future  of  .''ion- 
roc  is  a  dctiny  of  unfaltering  progrcsi.  .^Iay  tho  fVuition  of  the  noblest  and 
fondest  expectations  of  her  citizens  meet  ample  realiiation,  and  the  prosperity  of 
her  varied  and  extensive  industries  experience  no  decline  I 


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HISTOEY    OF    EOCHESTER 


It  has  bcea  the  policy  of  meo  io  ill  a;^  to  preserve  by  tradition,  inscription, 
Bjonuai<-Qt,  or  m;iriu5cript,  the  memory  of  iDJividual.-»  an*!  evenu  ab^ociatcd  with 
llii'  fuunJin^-  of  «  cii.y,  st.ite,  or  nation.  Aj  lliore  U  a  s<.rn)ii  and  solemnity  in 
»h,'  Jitlinc  or  fall  of  a  great  comiuvrJal  man,  ll^rc  \i  an  interest  attithed  to 
initial  uiovemcnti  and  an  importance  '.^iven  to  characters  irho.-e  real  worth  major 
ojay  not  have  to  do  with  tltcir  part  of  the  primitive  stage  of  development. 

America  h;^  been  prudueu<d  uf  at^uiir.^  ehiij'^^.  K.^r.'.,  l.av.-  irjr.jpired 
within  (he  domain  of  the  republic  whose  effects  sl;il  impress  and  swsy  the  older 
cations     dtates  have  boon  carved  trom  an  eip.Tn:>e  of  wiidcrnesi.  and  cities  have 


pown  up 


halati( 


rrcsae^e  and  optn 


;  been  at  tault.  conve 


mod  facility  have  been  potential,  and  the  traveler  of  one  period,  looLin^  upon  an 
•ttracllve  natural  scenery  in  the  seclusion  of  a  forest,  has  returned  to  behold  a  city 
with  swarming  thousands,  replete  Titli  the  products  of  the  soil,  resonant  with  'he 
bum  of  manufacture,  and  abounding:  with  the  treasures  of  art.  At  the  commence- 
•lent  of  the  present  century  it  was  said  of  the  present  site  of  Rochester,  that  "  it 
was  a  God-forsaken  place,  inhabited  only  by  mu-trats  and  visited  only  by  strag- 
gllii;:  trappers, — a  place  throu:^!i  which  neither  man  cr^nld  tnvel  nor  beast  callop 
■  Ithout  fear  of  stcrvatiun  or  tever  and  ^crie  "  Cbii.irpn  of  the  orunaal  founder 
have  not  yet  p;issed  away,  and  a  great  and  beautiful  city  stands  by  the  Falls  of  the 
Genfse«.  Asc-end  the  tower  of  the  Powers  block,  and  look  out  at  midday  upon 
the  scene  beneath  and  streU'hing  far  around  you.  Ljfly  buildiiiL-s,  bciutiPil 
churche;*,  handsome  streets,  a  teemio:;  myriad  of  population  meet  the  sij^hL 
Along  the  stone-walled  canal  boat  after  boat  i^  passing ;  from  the  Central  depot 
frvi'/ht  and  pnwenjer  trains  come  and  so  at  brief  Intervals.  Indu,-try,  alHaence, 
and  enjoyment  are  evidenced  in  every  quarter.  There  seems  no  merehandise  but 
has  iu  mart,  no  intere.-t  without  its  rctrescntatives.  All  fa-.iliiies  for  travel 
aljound— the  cai  upon  the  stony  .street  or  the  milea  of  wait  for  the  passio™  throng. 
The  melody  of  bells  proclaims  the  parsing  hour,  and  the  shriet  of  the  steam- 
whistle  announces  the  cessation  or  renewal  of  a  multifonn  industry.  Tell  no 
•trangcr  that  within  a  human  lifetime  this  vast  and  varied  chancre  from  solitude 
to  highest  form  of  civilization,  this  tran.,iurmLition  of  a  forest  to  a  m-igniacent 
city,  has  taken  place.  Realization  has  exceeded  promise,  and  truth  has  been 
•Irangcr  than  6ction. 

I»«)t  we  now  up'in  the  causes  which  rendered  growth  uncertain,  and  consider 
the  ageneies^uhich  sprang  into  operation  and  have  ren-iered  the  future  as  brilliant 
in  pn>mi^c  as  has  been  the  post  in  fruition.  A  score  of  towns  and  villa::cs  hod 
atiained  considerable  siic  and  much  prominence  while  the  forest  remained  un- 


broken whei 


re  a  city  was  soon  to  be.  Canandai-jua  had  been  the  capital  of  Ontario 
a  •|iiartcr<a:ntur7,  and  lon'jer  yet  ijeneva  had  had  an  occupation  and  a  name, 
U-firc  an  evidence  w.as  given  that  tlie  city  of  the  valley  of  the  Genesee  would 
have  an  origin.  It  was  not  that  the  advantages  of  hydraulic  power  were  not  seen, 
f*»r  the  falU  were  frujuently  visited  by  tourists  and  enterprisini:  men;  and  it  was 
B"t  (hat  a  mart  »as  not  nccdt'ij,  for  from  the  earliest  times  an  idea  prevailed  that 
fc'Oiewherc  in  .^lunroe  of  to-day  a  town  would  grow  up  eummcnsuratti  in  impor- 
lanee  with  the  temperate  climate,  cicellcot  soil,  and  increasing  population. 


CAU3E3  OF  DELAYED  SF.TTLE.MENT. 


The  village  and  then  city  is  a  result,  nol 
'•ri.Hn  may  be  accidental ;  growth  d.-per.ds 
••^"irces.  Pioneer  life  rcf|uired  little  .s 
ln.|,.,o.on  had  beToroe  farmers,  and  the  s 
hi:  cabin  were  the  industries  of  det.iched  v 
A-ide  fnini  sufplving  the  w.ints  <if  new 
»«  hi.  a,.,,!.,., 


»iaan  outward  supp..)rt  and  inherent 
c  the  products  of  home  industry; 
p  by  the  »iysldc  i.r  the  loom  in  the 
lemcnts  and  provided  for  I.j*:al  wants, 
looked  aw.ay  to  Albany 
and  relumed  with  indis- 


of  western  Xew  York.     Not  until  a 

Lake  Ontario  found  complete  settle 

route,  but  along  the  old  liutf.ilo  roa^ 

growth  to  hamlets  now  the  sites  of  t; 

dense  ftiogc  of  firest,  abounding  in 

of  the  pioneer  settler.     Individuals  ai 

SJid  had  Eearccly  made  an  opening  in  the  f  jre.^t  cl 

families  pnjstrate.     It  It  on  r«ord  that  in  those 

one  year  from  a  p..pulation  of  less  than  three  tl 


date  have  the  lands  bordering  npon 

Commerce  centred  not  upon  a  water- 

uclei  of  .settlement  gave  a  temporary 

IS.     All  along  the  lake  w.ns  a  dark. 

s,  and  the  haunt  of  the  fever  pla-ue 

parties  adventured  into  these  regions, 

attacked  and  laid  nhole 

rs  si.Mv  persons  died  in 

iiid  s-'iiiotimL-s  almost  a 


neighborhood  would  emigrate  temporarily  to  the  older  and  healthier  communities. 
making  their  exodus  with  cart  and  sled  along  the  winding  roadways  of  the  fore^^. 
The  traveler,  meetincr  such  a  western  caravan,  was  impressed  with  the  reality  of  a 
strife  with  nature,  and  these,  the  disabled,  seeking  hwpitablc  lare  to  recuperate 
and  then  to  return  to  the  perilous  eneiunter.  The  upas  of  fever  reigned  in  all  the 
region  about  the  Falls  of  the  Genesee,  and  the  Panama  canal  .of  later  celebnty 
seemed  no  less  burdened  with  the  miasma  of  an  exceeding  fertility.  Illustrative 
of  thediscourafrin'.-  ro-ult  of  pioneer  etiort  in  this  quarter,  Whecloek  Wood,  a  settler 

Golly  creek,  within  the  present  city  limits,  and  had  but  fairly  begun  labor  ere  his 
workmen  were  Liken  siet  and  were  reijuired  to  be  removed  to  their  homes.  The 
mill  went  tn  ruin,  because  there  were  none  willing  to  brave  exposure  to  disease 
almost  certain  to  follow  its  operation.  Men  will  march  sternly  with  bowed  heads 
to  the  charge,  they  will  traverse  the  w  lld.jst  lands  and  the  bnjade.t  seas ;  but  to 
settle  in  a  spot  where  the  insidious  attacks  of  an  enervating  disease  are  sure  of 
being  made,  was  as  if  the  portals  of  a  treasure-house  were  guarded  by  a  potential 
evil,  whose  ruthless  influence  repelled  every  invasion  of  its  province. 


THE  MILL-YARD  TRACT  AND  THE  FIRST  MILLER  OF  THE 
GENESEE. 


Oliver  Phelps,  general  agent  of  the 
lands,  made  a  treaty  near  Canandaigu 
title  to  all  that  region  east  of  the  Gene: 
looked  uneasily  upon  the  encroachmeii 
their  tcrritorv  west  of  the  river  named. 


to  build  a  mill  at  the  falls  I 
if  the  former  would  sell 
tract  extending  twelve  raih 
was  sold  to  the  ( 


for  the  purchase  of  Genesee 

on  July  S,  ITS.S,  by  which  the  Indbn 
e  river  was  extinguished.  The  Sentcaj 
i  of  the  Amerie-ans,  and  refused  to  sell 
ver  named,  llowever,  the  proposition  of  Mr.  Phelps 
•  the  mutual  bene6t  of  the  Indians  and  white  settlers, 
milljite,  w.u  favorably  received,  and  accordingly  a 
neat  of  the  Genesee,  and  nortliw.ard  to  Lake  Ontario, 
and  this  was  confirmed  to  them  by  the  legislature  of 
Massachusetts,  in  November  following.  It  was  luiitually  agreed  by  the  Indians 
ind  Mr.  Phelps  that  the  mill-yard  should  bo  bounded  east  by  the  (ieocsce.  south 
by  a  line  near  Avon,  west  twelve  miles,  thence  to  the  lake.  The  western  line 
w.is  run  due  north  by  Hugh  Maxwell,  the  surveyor,  and  :i3  the  river  bears  cist  of 
north,  the  mill  yard  was  in  excess  of  the  purch.ise.  It  is  not  here  that  is  notc-J 
the  Triantrle  tract,  but  to  give  the  dimensions  of  the  celebrated  and  historical 
mill-yard.'  The  good  faith  which  ever  characterized  the  dealing  of  Oliver  VliLlpi 
with  the  native  propriet-irs  of  the  land  won  their  contidence  and  nth.s;tioo,  but 
when,  soon  after,  the  null  was  built,  and  that  diminutivo  structure  was  comi  ared 
with  the  area  of  the  "yard,"  their  stoicism  could  not  restrain  their  esprcj-ions 
of  astonishment.  The  gilt  was  permitted  to  rest  unchallenged,  but  the  exclama- 
I  tion,  "  kaiiskonchicos,"  the  &«rca  for  waterfall,  ever  after  became  the  Indian 
i  name  for  .^I^.  Phelps. 
I  .Soon  after  the  conclusion  of  the  treaty,  a  gift  was"niado  to  Ebcncicr  Allen  of 

I        During  the  summer  of  ITiD,  a  saw-mill  was  put  up  at  the  falls  and  timb-r  cut 

1        fi.r  a  irist  mill,  which  was  raided  in  the  early  period  of  the  following  winter.      It 

is   intere,liie.'  tc   i.ute   ll-r.-  the   details   eoiieernilig   this   -truaiire.  l.-au-e  it  wu 


..e  th. 


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was  twenty -sir  by  thirty  feet,  w.-u  of  the  lieavii^t  liml'or.  An  invitatioo  was 
sent  to  all  the  stttlere  iu  the  valley  to  attend  the  raising,  and  thoy  came.  Two 
days  were  occupied  at  the  task,  and  the  lacicwootUnicn  numbered  fourteen  persons. 
Rum  was  procured  from  a  tr.idcr,  who  carue  up  the  river  in  his  boat  while  the 
raising  was  in  progress,  and  a  lively  celebration  marked  the  completion  of  this 
initial  enterprise.  With  all  the  advanta^^es  natural  to  the  locality,  the  race  was 
so  constnictcd  that  it  w:ia  dry  in  miilsunmier  and  surchar.;ed  with  water  in  winter. 
The  one  pair  ef  mill-stones  were  takeh  from  a  neiyhborins  ((uarry,  and  found  well 
adapted  to  their  purpose.  The  mill  as  run  could  grind  but  ten  bushels  a  day. 
and  had  a  capacity,  under  proper  uianagement,  for  sixty.  To  this  pioneer  mill 
came  inhabitants  from  places  far  remote,  and  settlers  had  their  grinding  hcK 
whose  cabins  stood  full  a  score  of  miles  to  the  eastward.  When  the  Allen  mill 
was  raised,  there  were  not  in  the  country,  we:st  of  the  old  pre-emption  line,  tifteen 
hundred  while  people  ;  and,  save  the  Indian  clearings  and  the  improvements  upon 
the  fluta  of  the  Cana.soraga  and  Genci^ee,  there  were  not  two  cleared  sections  in 
all  that  expanse  known  as  Ontario. 

Jared  Boughton,  of  Victor,  in  the  fall  of  ITOO  set  out  with  a  double  ox-team 
for  the  Alien  mill,  and  while  yet  four  miles  from  the  river  came  to  the  terminus 
of  the  road.  A  dense  forest  and  marshy  grounds  lay  on  the  direct  mute,  and 
the  pioneer  was  obliged  to  make  a  detour  and  cross  the  hills  east  of  Mount  Hope, 
and  thence  reached  the  river.  Here  be  belled  his  oxen  and  turned  them  loose  to 
browse  while  he  backed  bis  grain  across  and  down  the  river  to  the  mill.  When 
succeas  was  attainable  only  by  such  means,  every  expedient  was  tried  to  supplv 
mills  nearer  home,  and  the  Allen  mill,  isolated  from  settlement  and  wanting  in 
converging  roads,  found  little  to  do.  In  general,  a  miller  was  kept  at  the  stnic- 
tare,  and  he  alone  was  the  occupant  of  all  the  pre.<ent  site  of  the  city  of  Koches- 
ter,  and  he  had  not  enough  of  business  to  en.abic  him  to  make  repairs.  There 
were  times  when  the  premises  were  deserted,  and  when  the  mills  of  Mendon, 
Wilder's  Point,  and  other  places  were  not  in  running  order,  settlers  repaired  to 
the  lone  mill  on  the  Genesee — by  canoe  upon  the  stream,  along  the  Indian  trail. 
or  by  the  road  from  PIttsford,  to  :^tones',  and  following  the  ridges  south  to  Mount 
Hope;  arrived  at  the  cabin  repairs  were  made,  the  wheel  started,  the  grist 
ground,  and  the  mi'l  again  left  in  solitude.  The  mill  and  the  one-hundrcd- 
acre  tract  were  sold  by  Allen  to  Benjamin  Barton,  Sr..  in  the  spring  of  1792. 
Samnel  Ogden,  of  Xew  York  city,  bought  of  Barton,  and  in  1794  transferred  its 
ownership  to  Charles  Williaiason.  This  energetic  agent  was  not  ignorant  of  the 
capacities  of  the  location,  hut  the  lands  whose  increase  In  value  he  sought  were  else- 
where, and  while  Sodus,  Geneva.  Bath,  aud  other  places  were  seats  of  hotels,  mills, 
and  stores,  the  Falls  of  tho  Genesee  were  ignored.  In  1795  the  mill  property 
was  placed  in  charge  of  Colonel  Fi^h,  by  whom  improvements  to  the  amount  of 
five  hundred  dollars  were  made;  yet  little  was  done,  and  the  mills  gradually  went 
to  decay.  In  1793  the  saw-mill  was  in  ruins,  and  a  few  years  later  the  grist- 
mill became  neglected  and  gave  way  to  other  structures.  Mr.  Maude,  an  intelli- 
gent EnglUh  traveler,  visitiug  this  region  in  17L*3,  wrote  concerning  the  falls,  aud 
spoke  of  having  minutely  inspected  them  He  says,  "  Rittlesnakes  are  fre- 
quently seen  at  tlic.*e  Falls.  I  ascended  the  hank  at  the  middle  falls,  which  bank 
is  in  some  places  perpendicular,  and  joined  my  servant,  who  had  been  waiting  two 
hours,*  and  had  begun  to  fear  s^juie  accideut  had  befallen  me.  In  a  few  minutes 
I  joined  Colonel  Fish  at  the  mill.  This  mill  is  so  much  out  of  repair  that  the 
settlers  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  arc  obliged  to  resort  to  the  mill  at  Rundicut, 
which  from  Bi-adloo  is  at  least  eighteen  mile.",  be-ides  having  a  river  to  cross. 
The  saw-mill  built  by  Allen  is  already  ruined,  and  Colonel  Williamson  proposes 
to  build  a  new  grist-nnll  a  few  feet  higher  than  the  present  one.  It  will  be  then 
out  of  the  way  of  ice  and  backwater ;  and,  by  taking  the  race  from  a  more  favor- 
able part  of  the  river,  where,  in  the  drie-t  sextons,  the  channel  h.xs  six  feet  of  water 
close  along  shore,  it  will  have  a  never-failing  supply  of  water;  and  a?,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  falls,  there  must  be  a  portairc  at  the  place,  the  race  is  to  serve  the 
purpose  of  a  canal,  not  only  to  float  hv.?*  to  the  saw  mills,  but  for  the  river  cnitl  to 
discharge  and  take  in  their  lading."  Mr.  Maude  states  that  Colonel  Fish,  the 
miller,  had  no  accommodations  for  travelers,  not  even  a  stable,  and  he  was  com- 
pelled to  go  down  to  the  landing,  wh.Te,  at  Gideon  King's,  he  enjoyed  a  hearty 
meal,  consisting  princip.illy  of  wild  plizwous.  and  expresses  his  satisfaction  by 
the  assertion  that  "  Mr.  King  is  the  only  respectable  settler  in  this  township,  in 
which  there  arc  twi'lve  families. — four  of  which  are  at  the  landing."  Such  were 
the  imprvs-ions  and  cxpre3.sions  of  a  traveler  of  nearly  fourscore  years  lasn.  The 
changes  of  recent  dale  wouhl  preM.'nt  foo^i  f  >r  reflection,  subjects  of  admiration, 
and  satisfaction.  It  may  be  briefly  sai.l  .if  Indian  Allen  that  he  w.as  a  fiend  in 
cmelty,  n  Turk  in  yoluptuonsiies.e.  the  first  white  resident  upon  the  site  of 
Ri>chcHfer.  and  the  connecting  link  of  fe\vai;c  sitrt  between  rude  baekwtHidsraen  in 
primitive  riviliz.atIon  and  tho  alioriginaU  of  the  forest.  He  died  in  |S1  1,  in  the 
Delaware  town  on  the  De  Tr.nell,  and  Kft  behind  him  "Iwo  white  wid.iws  and 
one  s^iuaw  to  lament  his  los?" 


A  BUSI.VESS  LETTER  OF  1794. 


Knowledge  of  the  past  should  inlbrm  the  future.  The  transition  of  forest  to  cliv. 
of  trail  to  railway,  of  hut  to  stately  building,  of  wafer-sealed  epistle,  carried  „„ 
foot  or  horseback,  to  the  fl:ush  of  the  current  conveying  the  telegram,  now  hi,-t.,ii,- 
in  the  ca-t,  knows  a  continual  progress  and  cxiatenee  westward.  .Vlong  tin-  rail- 
ways  creeping  over  the  plains  of  the  once  Great  American  desert  the  .•'peculator 
lays  out  a  town ;  rows  of  shanties  line  the  streets,  a  business  of  millions  is  tran*. 
acted;  yet  as  the  road  is  pushed  fljrwanl  the  population  surges  with  it,  and  tli.. 
terminal  city  returns  to  its  solitude  to  await  its  chances  in  a  eomin'.r  day.  Th,- 
ukase  of  an  emperor  or  czar  may  establish  a  site  and  give  it  population,  but  in  a 
republic  cities  thrive  as  attractions  are  multiplii.tl. 

We  have  said  that  Williamson  had  bought  of  Samuel  B.  Ogdeu  the  Allen  prop, 
erty,  intending  some  improvements  there;  and  when  the  fact  was  made  known  to 
Christopher  Dugan.  who  had  married  a  sister  of  -Vllcn,  and  had  been  pl.ieed  in 
charge  of  the  mill  by  him,  he  penned  what  may  be  said  to  have  been  the  fir-t 
business  letter  written  from  the  site  of  Rochester.  In  that  light  we  give  it  fartlur 
record: 

*' Falls  OP  GesKSEe,  Au*.  0,  l:'J4. 

"  The  mill  erected  by  Ehenezer  Allen,  which  I  am  informed  you  have  purch.ascj. 
is  in  a  sad  situation,  much  out  of  repair,  and  unless  .attention  is  paid  to  it  will  s.»,n 
take  its  voyage  to  the  lake.  I  have  resided  here  for  several  years,  and  kept  watdi 
and  ward  without  fee  or  recompense,  and  am  pleased  to  hear  that  it  has  fallen  imo 
the  hands  of  a  gentleman  who  is  able  to  repair  it,  and  whcKe  '-haraetcr  is  such  tli.it 
I  firmly  believe  he  will  not  allow  ,in  old  man  to  suffer  without  reward  for  his  ex- 
ertions.  I  wish  to  have  you  come  or  send  some  one  to  tike  care  of  the  mill,  as  mv 
situation  is  such  as  makes  it  necess;iry  soon  to  remove."  What  a  revelation  of 
character  and  indication  of  the  times  are  seen  in  those  few  lines ! 


FIRST  CROPS  OX  SITE  OF  ROCHESTER. 

Samuel  Street,  of  Niagara  Falls,  Canada  West,  had  bought  a  fann  at  Dugan 's 
creek,  on  the  river;  improved- by  Allen  and  Dugan,  it  was  well  stocked  by  Sirect. 
Some  time  near  179-1  Jeremiah  01mst.ad.  Street's  brother-in-law.  came  from  Con- 
necticut, accompanied  by  his  family,  and  settled  on  the  farm.  Well  mi'.-ht  the 
Genesc>e  fever  excite  apprehen.-ion.  for  from  the  farm  bands  and  the  faniiiy  ten 
persons,  among  the  number  Mrs.  Oiiu.-tead.  were  uumbercJ  among  its  victims.  Iu 
1798,  or  the  year  following.  Olm.-tead  came  down  the  river  and  oc-cupii.-d  a  shanty 
built  by  one  Farwell  upon  the  later  site  of  a  brewery,  and  to  the  south  of  the  Hou-e 
of  Refuge.  There  he  felled  the  timber  upon  a  chosen  spot,  f.-nceo  it  in,  and 
sowed  grain  upon  a  small  clearing.  He  remained  but  long  unoiigh  to  reap  the 
first  crops  grown  upon  the  site  of  Rochester,  and  then  moved  upon  the  ridtre, 
whence  lie  changed  his  residence  to  Hanford's  Liuiding,  where,  on  the  year  "f  his 
removal  thither  ( 1S16 .,  he  died.  We  have  .said  that  Colonel  Jo-iah  FL-h  was  liiied 
by  Mr.  Williamson  to  take  charge  of  the  mill,  and  this  be  did  for  a  peiio.l  ol'-ix 
yeai^,— from  1700  to  1302.  Colonel  Fish  was  from  Wyndhani,  'Vennoiit.  aiul.  with 
his  son  Libbeus,  moved  iu  179j  to  a  larm  at  the  mouth  of  Black  creek.  A  log 
hut  was  built,  and  by  Indians  roofed  with  bark.  Several  acres  of  land  were  pli.wcd 
by  the  team  of  Mr.'sh.aeffcr  and  pl-mted.  and  then  Mr.  FL-li  and  his  .s.'ii  w>-i,t  to 
live  with  Sprague,  then  op^-rating  the  uiill.  As  a  specimen  of  pioneer  life  on  the 
lands  now  known  as  Iloehcster,  Libbe  is  Fish  says,  "  We  had  raccoon  ll.r  bn-ak- 
fct,  dinner,  and  su|iper.  with  no  vegetables ;  and  upon  e.xtra  occ-.isions  we  liai^ 
cake  fried  in  raccoon  oil."  Leaving  his  son  with  a  neighbor  at  Canawaugu-.  the 
fiitherwent  cast  fur  his  family,  and  brought  them  out  to  his  iinprovcnient  at  Blai  k 
crvek.  Sickness  overtook  them,  am!  continiuil  to  aflliet  the  family  diirioz  tin- 
season.  Hired  to  take  charge  of  the  luill,  Colonel  Fish  removed  thitlnr  in  .No- 
vember. Cooking  was  done  in  a  board  shanty,  and  sleeping-room  Wiis  partition. -I 
off  in  the  mill.  A  year  went  by,  an.l  they  built  a  threc--walled  log  house,  the 
fourth  wall  being  the  ledge  of  rocks  on  the  rivcr-biiiik,  the  .site  being  later  o.e.i- 
pied  by  the  old  red  mill.  Firepla.-c  and  i-hinincy  were  tjuarried  from  the  ris.k. 
Cloiiel  Fish  ri-maincd  in  charge  till  1304,  when  he  moved  to  his  farm,  which  he 
sold  in  1307,  and  moving  near  Parma,  there  died  in  1311. 


VISIT  OF  AARO.V  BURR. 

Aaron    Burr,  the  sl.aycr  of  Hamilton  and  the  eon.spirator  Df  the  Mis 
was  a  heavy  dealer  in  town  silc-s  .awl  tracts  of  wild  land,  and  in  ITU.".  .->t,i. 

mi-nl.<  of  them.  Pi..o.-ers  came  up  the  riv.  r  in  bateaux,  an. I  l„.>k..l  ^ 
up.m  the  oran.l  hy.lraulie  power  and  the  valn.ible  sit,-,  but  tin  f.iLiJ.lMi. 
..f  the  piai-.',  with  Its  miasma-la.l.  n  air,  ri-p.-U.d  ami  drov.!  tin-iii  t..  ..'Ii. 
inviting  but  less  inip.>rtant  points.     The  lirvt  eoni.rs  up..ti   the  riv.-r.  - 


HISTORY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Biillcn  at  the  Hills.  uQtl  William  Qencher,  boluw  the  mouth  of  Black  crct.'k,  were 
/a(JcM.-k  O'atiirP'i  I'iJeon  Kiirj,  and  s-ima  otlien* ;  tlif>e  tiirujcj  ;i  !icttl<-:!ioDt  at  what 
U-cjuio  knuwu  XI  Kini's,  and  then  Hanfurd  V.  landini:.  It  was  said  of  thi-  landing 
that  It  was  the  |Hirt  of  sliipniL-nt  fur  the  GL-ticsee  river,  jcl  its  impruvenifiit  was 
h.-IJ  in  cht-k  hv  i|uosli..nable  land  titles.  Mr.  GrjEr.'er  hud  buu^ht  tiirc^  thou- 
Mud  ocn.'S  uf  land  troiu  Mr.  I'lielj-ia  t\>l  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  M.i.urcd  payment 
b/ »  mortLiije  on  the  land,  (i ranker  soon  died;  a  part  ot  the  lands  had  been 
mM;  the  rest  not  i.-lcarius  the  ineuiubrancc,  the  estate  cuuld  not  be  adujioistered. 
IMielps  foreclosed  and  took  jHi-session  of  the  entire  traet,  iiieludini  the  portion  sold 
lod  improved.  Some  scttlera  left;  some  repaid  the  purchas'-  price,  and  oiheta 
iKiughf  a  settlement.  In  17'JS  a  uew  store  and  wharf  had  been  built,  but  the 
heiL'ht  and  precipitous  character  of  the  bank  made  conveyance  to  and  from  the 
wharf  difficult,  ilr.  Williamson,  writin?;  hipmc  to  Knsland.  sava  uf  the  vicinity 
and  its  aeeessinr.  of  settlers.  •'  The  navi'^-ation  of  the  river  is  interrupted  by  four 
Buecestive  maj^ifieent  falls,  the  hiirhost  of  them  nincty-iix  fceL  .\round  these 
falls  a  carryiug-piacc  was  made,  and  the  inhabitants  for  the  first  time  ber.m  to  use 
the  navigation.  They  received  salt  from  the  Onondaga  salt  works,  and  their 
stores  from  Albany,  with  a  Tory  trifling  laud  earriace  compared  with  what  they 
were  before  neeessitatcd  to  undertake  from  Geneva,  aiid  it  has  opened  to  them  a 
rv'ady  market  for  their  produce." 

VISIT  OF  LOtnS  PHILIPPE. 

In  1797,  during  the  month  of  Jene,  Louis  Philippe,  the  last  king  of  France, 
his  brothers,  the  Puke  de  Montpensier  and  the  Count  Beaujolais,  in  eompan  ;.ith 
Tbuoias  Jlorris,  of  Canandaigua,  rode  to  the  present  site  of  Rochester  to  obserre 
the  falls.  Not  a  habitation  of  any  character  was  to  be  seen;  the  nearest  settler  was 
Orange  Stone,  at  whose  house  they  found  refreshment.  Little  could  the  courtly 
and  royal  Frenchnjen  iniggin<*  rhp  tra;He  sepne^  of  thfir  native  land,  or  the  won- 
derful transformation  to  be  wrought  where  they  had  gazed  upon  a  scene  of  beanty 
in  a  lonesome  wilderness.  Vaguely  the  population  cherished  the  idea  of  a  coming 
town,  and  witliin  a  half-score  of  miles  from  Rochester,  inside  its  precincts,  five 
villages  sprang  up,  aod  then  faJed  from  the  view  to  become  choice  farms  or  eligible 
sitefl  for  private  residences.  Frankfort  is  not  thus  included,  its  original  independ- 
ence being  lost  in  the  eijiansion  of  the  vast  and  onward-growing  city.  Augustus 
Porter  had  sun-eyed  the  territory  of  the  purchase,  aud  on  his  maps  had  marked 
with  care  the  places  wl.cre  mill  or  village  were,  or  would  be.  and  ou  that  map 
FalUuwo  had  no  place.  Castletown  U  a  memory  ;  its  site  was  at  the  rapids  near 
the  dirision  line  of  Gates  and  Chile.  -Mr.  Wadswurth  owned  lots  including  the 
lower  part  of  the  rapids,  aud  there  conceived  the  plan  of  fouuding  a  village  at 
the  foot  of  navigation,  and  at  the  head  of  the  portage  from  the  river  below  the 
falls.  Survey  was  made,  lots  sold,  a  store  and  tavern  built,  and  a  few  families 
settled  there,  one  of  whom  was  Isaac  Castle's,  and  hence  the  name  of  the  now  non- 
existent village. 

THE  VILLAGE  OF  ROCHF^TER. 

In  the  first  directory  for  the  village  of  Rochester,  published  by  Elisha  Ely,  ~ 
and  printed  by  Everard  Peck  in  1S27,  is  presented  a  ."ketch  of  the  place,  which  - 
ha-*  a  invatcr  inten-st  from  the  view  of  those  years,  ind  the  evidence  of  hopet'ol 
pride  which  made  the  village  notable  as  the  city  h.i3  become  famous :  "  The 
vill-ige  of  Uochesler  is  situated  on  both  the  eastern  and  western  banks  of  the 
•  ii'iii-^-c  river,  seven  miles  from  its  mouth  at  I^ake  Ontario,  and  includes  the  third 
anil  fourth  nf  the  six  several  Hills  on  the  river:  the  third,  or  upper  one.  is  a  small 
fall  itf  twelve  feet,  situated  at  the  foot  of  the  rapids,  and  iuiuicdintely  above  where 
tile  canal  ai^ucduct  is  erected  ;  and  ;he  other  is  the  trreat  full  of  ninotv-scven 
f"t.  situated  eight  rods  below.  It  is  two  and  a  half  miics  south  of  where  the 
AJI'iri<tt  ic'ty  Of  celebrated  Uidiie  road  intersects  the  river,  and  at  the  fir^l  brid^ing- 
pl.iec  south  of  the  lake,  with  acccs.-iblc  and  convenient  banks  for  eru.-sins  it.  and 
al*<»  for  pas^lncj  around  the  head  of  Iroudei|Uoit  .or  Teoronto  bay  as  it  is  called 
by  Dr.  SpalTord),  giving  an  ea^t  and  west  continuation  to  the  Uidgc  road.  It  is 
al**  three  miles  south  from  llani'ord's  landing  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  and 
two  mile'  from  Carthage  landinL",  the  head  of  the  slo.ip  navigation  from  the  lake 
on  the  ea.-t  >ide.  and  about  thirty-five  miles  by  land,  and  M^vcnty  by  w.ater,  from 
Mnunt  M..rns,  lowhiih  place  the  river  is  navigable  at  all  limes,  and  fifty  mdes  by 
nnd.  and  tiiuety  by  water,  from  Gar<leau,  or  the  second  of  the  upjier  fall.^.  which 
i«  the  h.  ,d  of  navi.-alion  durinu-  frc-hcts.  The  two  lower  falls  are  at  Cartha-.-e, 
"II'-  und  a  half  milt-"  beli.w  the  vil!,i-e  It  is  two  hundred  and  oi-liteen  mili-s 
»•  ■'  "f  All.  my,  twenly-eight  north-.vc^t  of  ('anan.lai:;ua,  and  thirty-live  nearly 
n'Tth-  1-t  of  llat:tvia.     It  U  situated  in  latitude  4;!^  north,  aud  abiuit  77°  west 


PIONEER  SETTLERS. 


The  mill-lot,  bo  called,  lay  on  the  west  side  of  i 
fails,  from  who^e  diim  the  water  was  conve-,-ed  by  racd 
machinery.  It  was  8.5ld  by  Charles  Wiliiainson,  ap 
in  1S02,  tor  seventeen  dollars  and  a  half  per  acre,  u 
purchasers,  with  an  intention  to  there  lay  otf  a  vi 


fie  river,  abreast  of  the  first 
sub.-?equenfly  to  run  valuable 
>ut  of  i-ir  W  liliam  Pultcney, 
id  three  persons  beeaiue  the 
lage  site.     These  three  were 


Colonels  Nathaniel  Kochestcr,  William  Fitzhu-.-h,  and  .Major  Charles  Carroll,  who 
visited  the  Gene.-*e  country  in  IKOO.  Colonel  Rochester  made  purcha.se  of  mills, 
water-power,  and  lands  at  D-ansville,  while  his  companions  invested  near  .Mount 
Morris.  It  was  when  revisiting  this  region  that  Failstown  tract  was  purchx-ed, 
and  then  permitted  to  lie  unsuneyed  and  unoccupied.  The  plai  e  was  but  biding' 
its  time;  and,  in  a  valuation  of  the  different  parc-els  of  land,  made  Janu-ary,  1SU2, 
Israel  Chapin,  Joseph  -■i.nnin,  and  .\mort  Hall  put  in  the  mill  and  its  one  hun- 
dred acres,  at  one  thousand  and  forty  dollars.  Five  years  went  quietiv  bv, — years 
when  hope  had  stimulated  the  pMprietoi-s  of  village  .sites  to  hold  last  their  prices, 
and  seek  an  early  harvest  for  investments.  Meanwhile,  a  company  of  seven  pur- 
chasers, back  in  the  year  1791,  had  bought  of  Phelps  and  Gorhaui  a  tract  of 
twenty  thousand  acres  on  the  west  side,  and  partitioned  the  land  by  lot.  Charles 
Harford,  one  of  the  number,  became,  in  1807,  the  pioneer  settler  up3n  that  part 
of  Rochester  west  of  the  river.  Harford  was  tin  emigrant  from  England,  in  about 
1791,  and  wrote  Captain  WiUiamson,  in  1791.  to  secure  for  him  a  body  of  hind 
for  grazing,  and  some  town-lots,  as  he  was  preparing  to  go  to  England  to  bring  on 
his  family.  He  ultimately  became  located,  as  stated,  in  the  northwest  part  of  the 
village,  and  built  a  block-house  and  made  a  small  clearing  on  what  was  later  State 
street,  near  the  terminus  of  the  Lisle  road.  Here  he  had  one  hundred  acres 
allotted  to  him.  and  the  remainder  of  his  land  was  in  Gates,  where  descendants 
located.  The  Allen  mill  was  unfit  for  use,  and  settlement  demanded  a  flourin-;- 
miil  in  this  vicinity,  and  in  1307  Harford  built  a  sm.all  mill  at  the  main  falls. 

This  mill  did  the  grinding  for  four  years  for  nn  e.'itensive  region  of  the  hackwooils. 
As  was  usually  the  ca;*,  a  saw-mill  was  built  upon  the  same  race.  Settlers  upon 
the  original  mill-tract  had  obtained  their  first  boards  by  repairing  the  old  .\!!cn 
■  saw-mill,  at  the  fails,  and  later  had  been  supplied  from  the  mill  of  Nathaniel 
Jones,  CR-eted  near  Hanford's  Landing.  The  mills  of  Ha.-ford  obviated  consider- 
ably the  inconveniences  previously  experienced,  .^s  a  contrast  to  later  establish- 
ments, a  description  of  the  early  grist-iliiil  of  Harford,  bv  Edwin  Scrantom.  who. 
living  in  Rochester  to-day,  has  seen  the  rise  of  the  city  from  such  like  germs,  will 
aiford  interest,  as  it  shows  ingenuity,  and  is  a-uiusin?  from  its  odditv.  "The  main 
wheel,"  says  Mr.  Scrantom,  '■  was  a  tub-whe<-i ;  iu  the  top  was  inserted  a  piece  of 
iron,  called  the  spindle,  and  the  stone  tliat  run  rested  upon  it,  so  that,  in  raisinc  or 
lowering  the  stone  to  grind  coarse  or  fine,  the  whole  monster  wheel,  '.vith  the  stone 
npoD  it,  had  to  be  raised  with  the  bottom  timbers.  This  wis  done  with  a  mon- 
strous lever,  which  ran  the  whole  Uugth  of  the  mill,  taficring  to  near  the  end. 
which  was  managed  by  a  leathern  strap  put  twice  around  and  fastened  to  the 
timbers  at  one  end,  while  at  the  oilier  end  hung  a  huge  stone.  The  bolt  was 
carried  from  a  screw  made  on  the  shaft  under  the  stone,  into  which  a  wooden 
cogged  wheel  was  geared  in  a  manner  similar  to  an  old  pair  of  swifts.  The  -.rrDuiid 
meal,  as  it  ran  trom  the  stone,  fell  upon  a  horizontal  strap,  about  sis  inches  wide, 
and  ran  over  a  wheel  at  the  far  end  of  the  bolt.  This  strap  ran  in  a  box  at  the 
upper  side,  and,  as  it  went  over  the  w  icel,  the  meal  was  emptied  into  a  spout  ai-.d 
earned  into  the  bolt.  In  grinding  co  n  this  spout  w.i.s  removed,  aod  the  meal  fell 
into  a  box  made  for  the  purpose.  The  holt,  however,  h.id  to  go  con?tantlv,  an 
the  .science  of  mill-making  here  had  not  reached  that  very  important  imnrovement 
of  throwing  out  of  gear  such  machinery  as  is  not  wanted  running.  That  was  to 
me  a  charming  mill !  It  rumbled  arid  rattled  like  thunder,  and  afibrdcJ  much 
amu^-ment  to  the  boys,  who,  like  myself,  ibnncriy  assisted  In  the  ponderous 
operation  of  'hoisting  the  .gate.'  Tlie  gate  hoisted  with  a  lever  similar  to  the 
one  that  raised  the  stones;  a  bag  '.I'  heavy  weights  was  hung  to  it,  and  then  it 
was  a  half-hour's  job  for  a  tuan  to  hoist  it  alnin;.  When  once  lioisted  it  Wiis  not 
shut  again  till  night,  the  .-jtones  heiie-  let  tn.:ci!ier  to  stop  the  mill  between  prists." 
In  ISlli  the  mill  wa-i  bou-ht  by  France  Urown  &  Co.,  who  enlarged  it  to  three 
run  of  stoned,  and  improved  it  for  flour  manufacture.  It  was  consumed  by  fire 
in  ISIS,  and  upon  the  ruins  the  Pha-nix  mills  were  built. 

The  next  settler  following  Harford,  and  the  pioneer  upon  the  east  side  of  the 
river,  was  Emw  Stone.  His  brother.  Orange  Stone,  had  located  in  179il,  near 
llrlghton  village,  and,  creeling  a  log  house,  almost  at  once  began  to  keep  a  tavern 
upon  ihc  outskirl.s  of  civili/alion.  and  receive,  ns  his  iruests.  trapper,  hunter, 
Indian,  and  Iravil-jr.     I'^ios  ^tc,iui  wa^  one  of  a  parly  to  drive  west  a  largo  ilrovc 

was  made  to  Cayii:;;!  lake,  where  four  d;:y-  weic  oec-.pied  in  crossing  the  stock  in 
two  Durhani  boats.      Provisions  failed,  and  they  reached  Geneva  in   i  state  of 


mSTOEY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


chase,  auil  lived  at  Uuok  until  ISIO.  wI.cq,  in  March,  lie  cjuiii'  oLt  with  hi-i 
(kaiily  and  houjuhnld  •.•o.<1j  tu  tlie  hciuso  of  his  brothor.  Tliu  latter  and  =<,m-j  of 
his  neighbors  aided  tu  help  the  pi'iiieer  to  the  river,  where  he  e.-itabli.-hed  hiaLselt* 
in  a  log  cabin, — hinisolf  and  family  the  s'llo  inhabitant:'  .if  all  Riwhestcr  east  of 
the  Genesee.  In  1S(>S,  Erios  .Stone,  rir..  had  rai.-<ed  a  saw-niiU  un  the  river-bank, 
and  a  freshet  had  swept  it  away. 

The  pioneer  suffered  some  of  the  most  severe  hardships  and  vicissitudes  of 
frontier  life;  and  his  eiperience  in  aliemptin'.;  to  provide  tuiid  tor  his  family  upon 
s  tract  where  tliuusinds  nuw  dwell  in  comlert  and  abundaiiee  examples  the  .swift 
evolutions  wrought  by  time  and  eireuiu^tanee.  Durini;  Oei'ibcr  the  nei-d  of  more 
room  induced  Mr.  Stone  to  put  up  a  frame  building,  in  size  sixteen  by  twenty 
feet.  The  timber  wa.s  felled,  the  .-tructure  laistJ.  and  inclnsure  made  within  three 
<iaya.  Four  persiins  were  eniragtvi  at  the  raisin'.', — Mr.  and  >Irs.  Stone,  a  hired 
man,  and  a  hired  girl.  Thi.~.  tin-  first  frame  buildiag  elected  upon  the  site  of 
Rochester,  is  still  in  exi-tcnce.  and  in  use  as  a  wood-shed.  Having  been  well 
built,  it  sur^-ives  to  uiark  the  eoiitra.<t  of  beginning  and  present.  A  journey  made 
by  Mr.  Stone  fur  whe:it  was  nn^iieces^ful  till  hi.s  .irrival  ut  the  hou.^e  of  Judge 
Chipumij,  in  ritt»(o.vii.  While  .-cone,  having  uiade  Iviiuttii  his  extremity,  sat  at 
a  tabic  to  ~itisfv  hi.^  hunger,  Mr.  C'hipni.m  pmeeeded  t..  make  a  viait  and  obtain 
wheat  of  his  neighbor.  The  ainuuut  wis  sold  to  Stone,  at  a  dollar  a  bu.shel,  U-s.s 
than  the  current  price.  When  the  grain  was  taken  for  grinding  to  the  mill  of 
Zebalon  Norton,  at  Mendon.  the  hon.-t  n:iller  took  no  toll,  but  added  a  bushel 
«f  his  own  wheat.  Again  the  meat-barrel  became  eluply.  the  last  of  the  meal 
had  been  taken  from  the  sack,  and  there  was  no  bread  to  place  upr.n  the  table; 
the  pioneer  knew  not  wliere  the  n:;xt  mcul  would  be  found,  when.  ,y.-king  out,  a 
large  dccrwa-*  seen  moving  slowly  up  from  the  river-bauk,  and  offering  a  fair  shot 
from  the  c-abin-d.Mjr.  The  supply  thus  afforded  was  providential,  and"  as  such 
gratefully  and  gladly  accepted.  Mr.  Stone  died  Oct-iWr  :;3.  ISjl,  aged  seventy- 
James  S.  Stone,  born  May  4.  1810.  was  the  Brst  white  pcr«)n  native  to  the 
area  now  included  by  Rochc-ter.  The  tide  of  settlement  and  the  rise  in  value 
uplifted  Mr.  Stone  from  his  p..verty  and  bore  him  on  to  atiluenoe. 

The  third  settler  was  taac  W.  Stone,  lio  relation  to  Knos.  from  whom,  in  1810,  . 
he  bought  five  acres  of  lan.l.  and  on  which  he  eugagi.-d  !,ome  men  to  build  a  frame 
house,  the  boards  being  sawed  at  Stone's  mdi.  With  the  completion  of  the 
atmcture  a  tavern  was  opened,  as  travel  began  to  tend  in  this  direction  ;  an(J 
Stone's  tiivern  w.is  during  the  war  the  pioneer  public-hMil=e  of  Rochfrster,  and  en- 
joyed a  monopoly  of  pati'.nase.  A  conimirfioncd  officer.  Mr.  Stone  wis  active  in 
measures  of  defense,  and  while  on  his  return  from  the  frontier,  in  ISlo.  was  taken 
ill  at  Sutherlands,  near  Batavia,  and  there  died.  Ilis  wife  continued  the  Uvcm 
till  1817,  and  continued  to  be  for  many  years  a  resident  of  this  city. 

THE   TOUR   OF   DE    WITT   CLINTO-N. 

Among  distincuishcd  persons  who  made  journeys  during  1810  to  Genesee  Falls 
was  De  Witt  Clinton.  A  journal,  treating  of  localities  and  exp«.rience  in  detail, 
attracts  the  reader  in  a  refcrenc-c  to  the  fulls,  and  recounts  a  troublesome  and  far 
ftum  solitary  experience  of  a  night's  ludgiug  in  flea-haunted  bed  in  the  tavern  of 
S.  Felt,  in  I'crrinton.  We  .(Uote  a  day's  visit  to  the  site  of  RoehesU-r :  ••  We 
departed  from  here  i  Felt's  tavern 'i  at  s.  vcn  o'clock,  after  breakfast ;  and,  after  a 
ride  of  eight  and  a  half  miles,  arrived  at  a  ford  of  the  (jenesee  river,  about  half  a 
mile  fnim  the  great  falls,  and  seven  and  a  half  fnim  Laki-  OnUrio.  This  ford 
is  one  ruck  of  limestone ;  just  bchiw  it  there  Is  a  fall  of  fourteen  fc-ct.  An  excel- 
lent bridge  of  uncointuon  strength  is  now  erecting  at  this  place.  We  took  a  view 
of  the  upp<T  and  lower  falls.  The  liist  is  nincty-s.-ven  and  the  other  is  sev- 
enty-fivc  feet.  The  b.wiks  on  each  side  are  higlier  than  the  falls,  and  ap(K.-ar  to  be 
composed  of  slate,  but  principally  of  red  frcotone.  The  descent  of  the  water  is 
perpcndieul.ir.  The  view  'is  srand,  considering  the  elevation  of  the  bank  and  the 
•mallness  of  the  cataract  ur  sheet  of  water."  The  description  deals  in  geologic 
remark,  which  fuiind  no  noiii-e  in  a  sub^quent  visit,  when  a  different  scene — the 
wonderful  transfurni.ition  wrought  by  nuin — met  hi^  gaze.  Clinton  rjfjT!  to 
HanforJ  as  a  mer..-hant  a.s  well  as  landlurd,  and  further  s.iys,  ■'  There  is  a  yreat 
trade  between  thi^  country  and  Montreal  in  stavis,  p.jta>h,  and  flour.  Mr.  Hop- 
kins, customs  oflicer,  states  that  one  "thousand  barrels  of  flour,  the  siine  number 
each  of  pork  an.l  uf  pora-li.  and  upwanls  of  one  hundi-ed  thousand  stavia,  had 
been  already  sent  this  se.is.pn  from  here  to  JI..ntri-a! ,  that  -.tavis  now  ,s..ld  there 
for  one  hundred  and  fori  V  dollars  [ler  thousand,  and  li.id  one  tiui.-  br.>iiL'lit  four 
hundr<.sj  d..llars.  Trm...p...tation  of  Slav,',  tu  M..ntr,  al  is.  .luhtv-li^e  .h.llars  to 
nin.jty  d.,liar3  per  ihous-an.I ;  acn-s  the  la'^, .  forty-live  u..llai^  to  fifty  d.llar,. 
that  of  a  b..rrcl  of  po..ash,  tw..  .h.llar.,;  p..tk.  tw.i  d-.IL.rs;  and  ..Ifleur,  »»,■  d..llar 
and  twenty-five  .-ents ;  but  the  che.ipne;^  -A  thi;i  a.-lielc  Is  uiving  to  tompctitiuu. 


acd.is  temporary  .s.  ton  of  g.^.'is  can  be  tninsptrted  from  Canandaigua  to 
by  lai.d  for  twenty  fi v..  dollars."  Xhu.5  are  affonJed  glimpses  of  ■»  couiing 
which  in  latc'r  yeara  [K)un.d,  and  still  pours,  by  a  niagnilicent  canal  and  an 
lent  niilway,  between  Rucheater  and  the  lluitoo. 


THE   FIRST   PUBLIC   WORK  ON  THE  SITE  OF   ROCHESTER. 

From  the  Falls  of  the  (Jenesee  the  river  flows  between  precipitous  banks,  whi.  h 
gradually  approach  the  water  level  as  they  near  the  lake.  At  Roche^i.-r  was  i!i.. 
only  point  where  dredgiin:  was  practicable  betwc-en  Avon  and  L.ike  Ontario.  In 
18on,  the  Ridge  road,  elsewhere  treated  of,  began  to  assume  importance,  and  «h1i 

ford.     The  settlers  of  Pittsford.  Perrinton,  and  other  northern  towns  of  Way.,,. 

of  a  bridge  across  the  (jenesec  at  Rochester.  The  session  of  the  iegi-lature  ai 
Albany  was  attended  by  both  the  elder  aud  youn.ger  En.a  Stone,  whose  influcn.-,! 
aided  to  secure  the  f.a-sage  of  a  bill  ieg.ilizing  a  ta-x  upon  Ontario  an.l  Ijeuc-.-.- 
counties  for  buildiiii;  the  bridge.  The  law  was  denounced  in  severest  tc-ins;  tli,- 
folly  of  ta.xing  the  people  for  a  bri.lge  in  '-such  an  ..utlandish  place"  was  Ire- 
.[ucntly  reprubate.l  during  the  election  canv.is.s  ..f  the  foih.wing  year,  and  re^nll.  .i 
in  the  defeat  of  the  Democratic  lumibers,  and  dctenuined  the  ascendancy  of  'ii.- 
parties  in  the  legislature.  Opponents  of  the  bridge  alleged  that  there  was  ilhImi".: 
about  the  place  to  justify  its  cou-truction  at  th.it  point.  The  uppo^iti.iu  fioni 
those  along  the  Buffalo  road  was  from  fear  of  a  diversion  of  travel  froui  that  main 
thorou..;hfare,  and  from  the  south  as  an  entirely  unnecessary  exi«:nse.  Tlieex.e;- 
gcrated  representations  of  R.iehe»t.^r,  as  unfitted  for  the  "abode  of  man  or  betist. 
coincided  with  prevalent  belief;  but  while  a  portion  of  the  city  lands  were  wi-t 
and  tnar^hy,  eligible  sites  arc  rare  wh.Te  cfjuid  territory  more  ab*junds  with  health- 
ful and  beautiful  locations  for  residence  or  business.  The  bill  had  passes!  Ky  a 
Close  vote,  aud  iiie  bridge,  commenced  in  Islo,  was  c..mpie:cd  just  prior  to  tin- 
war  of  181-.*.  The  expense  to  the  two  counties  was  twelve  thousand  dnllar^s.  The 
builder  was  named  Hovey,  and  the  building  commissioners  were  Dr.  /iac-eheus 
Colby,  of  Goaosce,  and  Caleb  llopkins.  of  Ontario.  The  bridge  spec-dily  began  i , 
bring  travel  t.)  the  frontier  upon  the  northern  ro 
have  hasten-:^  settlement.  The  first  company  . 
crossed  the  river  un  the  uucovered  timbers.  We  have  remarked  the  perils  of  liie 
old  ford,  which  was  a  few  rods  south  of  the  canal  aqucjuct.  During  the  spviiig 
freshet  of  ISO.i,  three  men  in  a  canoe  narrowly  escaped  being  hurried  into  eternity 
over  the  awful  chasm.  Two  were  passengers — Wiilis  Kcmpshall  and  William 
Billinghurst  i  the  third,  William  Colo,  was  the  ferryman.  An  oar  l,n;ko  while  in 
the  flood,  and  but  for  the  branches  pnjcctin^'  from  Brown  s  island,  by  which  the 
party  arrested  their  descent,  th.y  would  have  pluiered  over  the  cataract.  At  ilie 
same  pLicc,  during  the  spring  of  1^1*2,  bel'-jrc  the  bridge  w-:is  fimsiied.  a  farm.r 

life  while  endeavoring  to  illustrate  t!ic  Kiying  that  -'some  thiie.'s  can  l.j  d.uie  as 
well  as  others."  Till  Work  was  Kni.shed  upon  the  briiige.  few  indulged  saiiguine 
expectations  .if  a  village  growth,  and  the  rise  in  values  was  as  surii.-i-^ie.-  's 
pleasant  to  the  i'':^  early  occupants.  It  is  said  by  Elisha  Ely,  "•  It  may  t.-nd  (■» 
give  an  idea  .if  the  commercial  and  civil  Importance  of  all  th..sc  points  at  thai 
time,  to  stiitc  that  the  mail  was  then  carried  from  Canandr.igua  ..oce  a  week,  -ii 
horseback,  and  pa-^t  of  the  time  by  .1  woman." 

convergence  o(  travel  routes,  it  is  not  surprising  tliat  the  one  hiiM-lnd  .i,  i.-s  nc'.i 
its  valued  a.ljuncts,  miU-sitcs,  siiould  have  .Ulractnl  public  attc'iilim  an.l  si;.,,  .. 


i,  and.  but  f..r  the  \ 
troops  mareliinz  t.. 


latc.i  private  enterprise.  Experienced  and  far-sceiie,',  Mr.  Wa.l.sv 
interests  at  Charlotte  and  Castlcton.  s.iw  the  gravitati.in  of  trade 
towards  the  navigable  waters  of  L.;ke  Ontari.i,  ami  expressed  his 
written  August,  ISlo.  to  .Mr.  Tn.up  :  ■•  [  wish  that  tract  ..f  ..ii. 
could  be  purchased  of  the  Maryland  genlkman.  The  bridge  an.l 
it  very  valuable  indeed. " 


FIRST  SURVEY  AND  SAI,E  OF  LOTS 

ISIO,  C..l.iiicl  Rochester  rcm.ivcd  t.i  his  piirclia.se  at  Pan^ 

;  pioneer  p,,per-mill  ..f  the  cs.nntry.      .S aft.T  s.  ttlen 

o  his  rner  Ir.ict,  an.l  in  .Inly  came  thitlier,  and  survey. 


Duri 
ereeicsd 


■1.  T.i 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


El.oneitr  Kelly, 
r™  West,  >-..>.  J 


H.incT  P.'l'c.  1..  N      1 

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lOU     Ro. 

J.^^mb  lli.-cll,  Jr..  S. 

11 !.... 

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flrplnr.   I..:  V.  No.  «.. 

W,ll,.m  R..hh.  Xo,.  6 

;'62."«:i 

Slirhm.!  Cully,  X».  TU 

H'o  1  y^' 

or  all  these  purchases  bat  one  reverted  ;  the  rest  were  (aid  fW  either  by  orisi- 
nal  imrchasura  or  by  those  to  whom  they  tninslcrred  their  contraof".  The  table 
pn^scnt»  nearly  all  the  sales  mude  ptior  to  the  declaration  of  peace,  when  the  actual 
pruvrth  of  Rochester  began.  Mr.  Rochester  made  frefiucnt  visits  to  the  embryo 
filiate,  and  personally  9up«^rvi^ed  iti>  affairs  until  1817.  when,  the  proprietors  divid- 
ii!;r  interests,  each  assutaed  the  care  of  hijs  own  property. 

OTHER  ALLOTMENTS   FOR  SETTLEMENT. 

.\nothcr  allotment  for  settlement  waa  made  daring;  1312.  Lota  Nos.  4S  and 
V.K  Innp  lOitDediatoly  north  of  the  Rochester  tract,  were  purchased  by  Matthew 
Itfwn,  Jr..  Franci-s  Brown,  Thomas  Mumford,  and  John  .McKay  frJm  Charles 
II  irn.nl,  Samuel  Parkman,  and  Oliver  Phelps.  The  lands  were  .abreast  of  the 
Ml.Mlc  f  JU  and  cntained  U..rford's  grist-  and  SiW-milL-,  a  1....'  and  a  plank  house, 
■nd  lictwccn  these  and  the  landing  was  a  cabin  or  two.  Mumford  bought  McKay's 
int.  re:<t  and  became  owner  of  the  south  one  hundred  acrc:>.  and  w;is  half  owner 
Willi  the  iimwns  of  the  north  l.)t.  The  services  of  Benjamin  Wright  were  secured 
•luriii'.;  ISrj.  and  p.ut  of  the  land  w.xs  laid  out  in  village  lots  and  njmed  Fnink- 
f"".  The  Urowns  were  from  Ma5.,acliusctt3,  .Muran,rd  from  Connecticut.  Francis 
r.r..«M.  nsidict  of  Detroit  and  tr.iding  with  the  Indians.  w.as  shipwrecked  on 
Kn,-.  ;,t,d  n;irr'>wly  .-scaped  death.  In  a  caii'ie,  obtained  at  Xia-jara,  he  journeyed 
•i-iwird  al..n._-  Ontario's  Ninth  shore.  When  off  the  miiutli  of  the  Genesee  river 
«  ^torm  arose,  and  he  was  compelled  to  land.  He  tlien  came  up  and  e.tamined 
th.  f.dU  and  vicinity,  and  hence  the  Brown  purchase.  Mumford  was  a  lawyer, 
«'>1  ««ttltyl  in  1704  to  practice  in  Aurora,  county  of  Cayucr.i.  He  removed  to 
Cjup.  Hri.lge  in  ISno,  and  lat.-r  b.iught"of  the  Porters  a  twelfth  of  a  twenty- 
<h"ii<aii.l  air-  tract,  .if  which  the  Hrowns  h.id  aki  aciiuired  a  lar-e  interest.  The 
llr..»n  l.n.lh,  rs  came  west  during  the  winter  of  1S12  by  sIcil-Ii.  an.l  brought  alons: 
»  niill«ri..-ht  to  plan  inipmvemcnts.  which  were  carried  forward  in  the  .spring. 
Kr.n,  i,  Itrown  brou-ht  fn.ni  R..mo  mill-irons,  some  goods,  and  w.-irkmen.  A  race 
•1-  l.uih  nii.l  lb,,  mill  iniprove.l.  A  boar.iing-li.mse  was  kept  m  a  i.l.mk  c-abin  bv 
A'-.nm-  Wh.-cl„-k,  and  the  Ur.iwns  buill  a  small  hou-e  l..r  .an  cniplnvce.  Ezra 
*' i-wh..   m.iv,-d  in  with   bi.l   f.nnily.      The    Urowns  w.  r..-  tlMTg.-lic  and   kept 


cii-Ie  lb  it  they  wh.ise  prc.-s-nce  and  laU.rs  have  made  values  greater  should  share 
in  the  idvance,  not  only  betokcn.i  the  justice  of  Colon.-I  lloch.-jtcr.  but  n>doiindc.l        | 
lu  hi-  advantage,  as  reports  of  liberality  were  rapidly  di5.--niinated  and  drew 
l.,;.-tlier  men  of  enterprise  desirous  of  profitalile  employment.     The  loiter  is  xs       | 
r,4l..«s: 

■•Dassfilo.  iugHH  U.  LSI). 

-  De-vb  Sta,  — Inclosed  I  send  you  a  plat  of  the  village  of  Kocboter.  at  the  falk  of 
the  Uene.see  river.  I  have  sent  on  ailve.-tisements  to  the  printi  rs  of  Canaodaigua 
and  tieneva,  mentioning  that  I  have  laid  out  a  viiUge.  and  that  \  ju  will  show  the 
luL.and  make  known  the  t.-rms  on  wl.icli  the  lots  are  to  be  sold.  The  terms  are  for 
lut.,  Xoa.  1',  3,  4.  5.  17,  1>'.  3",  fifty  dollars  ea.  h ;  for  lots  \os.  li.  7,  8,  9,  lU,  11, 
12,  111.  -Ill,  -'1 ,  U'2,  :!3,  24.  2.'),  thirty  dollars  ;  No.  1 .  two  hundred  dollars ;  the  rest 
Diiiubered  are  sold.  Persons  purchasini;  must  build  a  dwelhiiir-house  or  store- 
hiiiise  not  less  than  twenty  by  sixteen  feet,  by  October  I.  1S12.  or  the  lots  will 
n-vert  to  tho  proprietors,  and  the  advance  of  tive  dollars  be  forfeited.  Five  dollars 
tn-  to  be  advanced  on  each  (|aarter-ai.re  lot,  and  twenty  dollars  on  lot  No.  1,  the 
n->idue  to  be  paid  in  two  annual  instalments  with  interest  thereon.  If  any  per^n 
»,:;■ .  :•.  !  r  ,.t.  -;  f*-  ■  'v-id  of  tlie  <-i-  or  flie  river  teM  th.-m  that  I  will  be  down  in 
October  to  lay  out  lots  along  Mill  street  up  to  the  river,  and  these  lots  can  be  had  for 
building  warehouses  on  the  river  at  fifty  dollars  for  a  ooe-founlr  acre  lot.  Bridge, 
Buffalo,  Mill,  and  Carroll  streets  arc  si.t  rods  wide  ;  other  streets  are  four  rods, 
and  the  alleys  twelve  feet.  Vou  will  observe  that  lots  No.  2tj.  27  are  to  be  but 
three  tods  on  Bridge  street,  but  eitcod  back  more  than  ten  n>ls.  owing  to  the 
angle  in  the  street.  When  I  go  down  in  October  I  sh;Ul  lay  out  the  streets,  alleys, 
and  luts  agreeable  to  the  enclosed  plat.  NATHANIEL  RocUESTEK.  " 

Lot  36  was  taken  by  Enos  Stone,  at  fifty  dollars.  The  following  list  gives  the 
purchasers,  tho  lots.  »n(i  the  prices  paid  for  them,  beginning  with  December  29, 
ISU: 


and  conducted  a  nierc-.intib  business  of  a  scale  corresponding  to  the  sparse  settle- 
ment. They  empl.jycd  a-i  their  clerk  Gains  B.  Rich,  who  bec-ame  a  merchant  in 
Attica,  then  a  banket  in  HulTalo.  Francis  Brown  left  R.-)chester  in  1S21 ;  a  son 
Francis  became  a  Koche-;ter  merchant.  Dr.  Matthew  Brown  became  a  resident 
of  Rochester  aller  the  war,  and  survived  to  a  good  old  age ;  members  of  .the 
family  were  known  as  energetic  business  men,  and  they  were  held  in  high  esteem. 
Mr.  Mumfiird  was  ropresi-ntcd  in  Rochester  by  his  son  William,  who  came  in 
about  ISIS.  Philip  Lisle,  who  had  become  intcrcr^ted  in  the  Mumford  lands, 
was  the  a-,'cnt  f.,r  .si.les  till  181S.  Lots  4U  and  47  b.?low  Frankfort,  owned  by 
Mumfonl,  were  sold  to  Chancellor  .Tones,  and  an  interest  was  ac.|iiircii  later  by 
.James  L.  Graham.  Dr.  .\lexander  Kel-iey  had  the  agency  and  control  of  the 
estate  for  a  more  recent  period. 

INITIAL   TUADKSMKN   AND   OFFICIALS. 

Hamlet  Scrantom,  of  Durham.  Connecticut,  moved  to  Li.'wis  county  in  1805, 
and  there  resided  until  1S12.  Desirous  of  engaging  in  tanning,  he  arranged  to 
r-'-no-c  to  the  fills  -js  a  promi--ing  location.  Encouragement  w:is  given  by  Henry 
Skinner,  the  purchaser  of  lot  .No.  1,  known  as  the  Ea'jle  Tavern  corner,  and  Mr. 
Skinner,  resident  of  Geneseo,  proposed  to  erect  a  log  house  upon  it  for  Scrantom's 
nse.  Men  went  down,  put  up  the  body,  and,  being  attacked  by  the  fever  and 
!u;ue,  left  without  completing  their  work.  Mr.  Scrantom  arrived  at  his  future 
home  on  May  1.  1S12.  The  family  consisted  of  parents,  four  sons,  and  two 
daughters.  Edwin  Scrantotn,  an  early  printer  and  editor,  and  a  present  auctioa 
and  comrabsion  merchant,  has  been  for  years  a  writer  of  early  scenes  in  Rochester; 
and  from  his  papers,  kindly  pl.tced  at  our  disposal,  we  present  the  Rochester 
which  met  h'ls  boyhonid's  eye :  "  With  a  yoke  of  steers  and  a  light  wa-gon  Hamlet 
Scrantom  and  three  sons  worked  their  way  through  the  tangle  of  small  gi-owth 
and  came  in  sight  of  the  roofless,  unchinked  house  boilt  upon  the  Powers  lot. 
An  open  place  in  front,  facing  east,  was  left  as  a  good  place  for  a  door,  and  a 
squi  re  hole  on  each  side  suggested  windows."  The  family  found  temporary 
lodging  in  a  shanty  belonging  to  Enos  Stone  until  .August,  when  their  cabin  was 
finished, — mud  filled  the  chinks,  pa[..er3  were  used  as  windows,  and  a  heavy  door 
swung  on  wooden  hin-ges.  with  wood  1 
hanging  through  on  the  outside;  and 
lot  on  which  stands  an  imposing  stru/.-t 
in  its  material  and  workmanship  a  million  dollars. 

Hamlet  Scr.mtom  addressed  his  father  a  letter  on  July  28,  1812,' and  his  ei- 
pressions  revral  the  seneral  e.-spectation  of  the  settler  and  the  intelligence  which 
ignored  the  present,  in  h.ipe  •?  the  future,  -is  coming  from  one  of  the  very  first 
residents  of  the  future  city,  the  bngua.ge  of  the  writer  is  preserved:  "  I  have 
purchased  a  lot  in  the  village  of  Rochester,  a  place  which  is  almost  in  a  state  of 
nature  at  present ;  but  the  prospect  is  very  promising  for  busiiicss  in  case  diffi- 
culties are  settled  between  the  .\meriean  and  British  nation.s.  A  bridge  is  almost 
completed,  to  which  roads  centre  from  all  directions.  The  village  is  laid  out  on 
the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  my  lot  ;2G  i  is  the  second  from  the  river  near  the 
end  of  the  bridLTc.  Just  above  the  brid..:e  are  falls  of  twelve  feet,  which  make 
the  situation  one  of  the  best  for  securing  motion  to  all  kinds  of  machinery.  Th'e 
lake  is  seven  miles  distant.  A  mill  is  being  built  at  the  great  f:ills  below  the 
village,  calculate.1  for  seven  run  of  stones,  only  three  of  which  will  be  set  troiiig 
this  season.  The  land  is  fertile,  and  the  country  plca.sant.  The  timber  is  of  oak, 
whitewood,  chestnut,  hickory,  black-walnut,  and  many  trees  are  of  an  enormous 
size.  If  an V  one  has  a  wish  to  see  the  place,  whether  raechanic  or  fanner,  let 
him  in.^uirc  at  Can.tndaigua  for  the  new  bridge  at  the  Genesee  fulls. 

•■The  declaration  of  war  miido  a  great  iipmar  tbr  a  lime ;  many  taniilies  move.1 
eastward,  but  have  generally  returned.  About  three  tb.iusaiid  tnnips.  regulars 
.and  militia,  are  at  Niagara,  and  we  do  not  apprehend  danger.      Ail  remains  ijuiet. 

three  davs.  and  cut  as  many  thousand  feet  of  lii>:irils.  I  had  been  liviii;;  in  a  >niall 
house  on  the  cast  side  of  the  river,  but  have  n..w  moved  acr.e«  and  purpose  to  put 
up  a  small  hou-se  on  my  lot.  The  town  wl„-re  I  reside  is  Northampton,  c.iunty  of 
Genesee,  but  a  letter  h.ad  betur  be  addrcssixi  Falls  of  Genwe.-.  t.iwn  of  B.iyle, 
county  of  Ontario.  A  post-office  will  st.on  be  e-tablisbed  lure.  "  Tlic  la.>t  .--ontence 
wa.s  a  verity,  for  in  N.:,vember,  1S12,  Abclaid  Reynolds,  a  saddl,-r  l.y  tn.le  and  a 
native  of  PittsKeld,  .Mas-^acliUM.tt.s,  n-ccivcd  the  appointment  of  p..stmast.-r  and 
deputized  .Mr.  St.mc  until  he  could  ..-et  .settled.  The  office  thus  .stablished  was 
held  bv  Mr.  R.-vii..|.ls  f.-om  1S12  till  l^<21l.  The  growth  of  the  vill„-c  is  situ  in 
the  quartirly  r,-h„-ns.      The  prcrcls  of  the  ..aic-  up  till  April  I.  Ibl:!.  h.id  lici'D 


one  until  .\u2ust.  when  the 
were  used  as  windows,  and  a 
eh  and  catch,  and  Ion?  leal 
this  structure  dwelt  the  re 
■e  elsewhere  described,  and  i 


three  doll 
182-:i.  tli- 


,d  t..  tw.i 


ll,.-  ..m.e  t 
and   five   .1.. 


nd  when  retnra- 


74 


KISTOIiY   OF  ilONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YOKIv. 


10^  to  die  Strata  to  ni:i\ie  :irT:inp^ment9  to  mi.vc  out  iiis  HiniilT  in  ch 

1812,  stopped  fur  »  ri.;ht  at  UloornSclJ,  w1„tl-  CuIon^-1  lIopLins  rn,l 
Tiwd  him  10  vL-it  Clurloit.-.  ai  t!ie  moiuh  i.f  ihe  Genesee.  He  act  oiit  for 
loca!i:j,  noil  ic  the  ».,uJ.<,  mar  Otmxe  l-'Jl-i.  met  tuoa  Stone.  »lio 
to  ioduci!  him  to  pureli.;-*  a  lot  in  ihe  naur  viILl-t.  The  ruin»  of  a  u 
e»bin,  nod  an  nii6nL-l.e<i  brldL-e  dij  n^i  sLwnJ  the  ap|wal.  Ho  foni.tl  the  riviT. 
visited  CHarluttc,  and  went  up-ut  lii-*  juurn»*y  ;  he  rv  tieeunl  upon  the  new  Ti!ia-.n;  at 
tlie  falls,  and  returnin-  boujlit  lota  '12  .lud  L'4.  upon  whieh  the  ArtaiJe  .-lanJj.  i 
joke  of  OTOO  and  a  stone-lxut  vferc  t'lirne-heJ  by  Knea  stone,  jnd  stone  drjwD  fnup 
the  river  bed.  With  th.-^  u  fouudaiion  wxs  built,  twenty-four  by  thirty-si.^  feet, 
a  frame  raL^-d,  and  h.ivin'.;  eripe,'cd  a  curpMiter  t<i  cnxer  and  inciiHe  it  returned 
to  Bertaliire.  Vi>itin-.'  the  plaei:  in  Noveiuber.  he  found  tiie  building  aa  left,  put 
up  a  smaller  fr.ime,  and  fi«.i-dily  had  it  tenable.  Thia  wa.-.  the  fir^t  frame>l  build- 
ing enxted  on  the    lloeliraler   tract.      Hi-,   fuuily  was   brnu-lit  on   in    the   fail  of 

1813,  «nd  his  wife's  bn.llier.  who  aided  in  the  reuioval  on  his  return  ct.-!,  ^[.«■ke 
«f  Rochester  u  a  plaee  where  ReynohLs  must  ••  inevitably  starve."  Jlr.  Reynolds, 
BOW  ninety  years  of  aje,  ia  known  as  Roehtr-tcr  s  first  siddler,  first  postmaster, 
Crtl  ina^'-.i-  .';,  .I'?  •'.■  '■  "p.-  -f  •'  ■  •!-!  taverr-  ijrA  .n  rhp  nri.-!-;!  riot  of  the 
eitj.  Mortimer  F.  Reyni>ld3  was  the  tirst  while  ehiid  born  on  the  hundr^l.acre 
tract  ifiet  it  wai  plotted  as  a  viil.i._'e  site.  It  b  a  stnkin-,-  feature  of  Amerie;m 
progress  that  pre-ent.s  for  historic  note.  the_  fact  of  an  individual  in  his  prime, 
irheu  the  wild  K-ast  raitucd  the  torest.  aud  lieii.i  of  ralllt^^nakes  were  f^und  amon;; 
the  rocks  of  a  hxality  where  he  sees  to-day  utiles  of  streets.  ihroagLHl'with  eitizcn 
•ikI  stranger,  and  a  bpjad  cxpau.^'  of  bu.^iueis  block  and  daeilinL-,  the  abode  and 
iodustrial  6cld  of  thrie-seore  thousiuid  people.  lu  July,  ISIJ,  the  drst  oier- 
chjint'fl  store  in  Rochester  was  o|>eDed  by  Ira  West ;  his  store  was  at  di-st  ou  East 
•venue,  near  the  tavern  of  Oliver  Culver.  Afterward  he  removed  into  the  vil- 
lage, tod  for  unmc  year^  wx^  a  merchant  on  State  stn-et,  abtout  the  prttjeot  site  of 
A.  S.  Mann's  store.  He  married  a  daiu-htcr  ot  Colonel  I,  W.^tone.  the  fii^t  inn- 
keeper, whose  tavern  was  on  .South  Saint  I'aul.  near  Ely  street.  Mr.  West  was  a 
•uccessful  merchant,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  brick  church,  corner  of  Morth 
Fitibogh  and  Allen  street*.  He  buiit  the  hou.-c.  the  residence  of  Hon.  E.  Dar- 
win Smith,  and  therein  lived  untU  his  death  many  years  ap). 

THE  F1R.ST  PARTY. 

Soc'iality  w.is  a  Lading  feature  of  the  pioneer-,  and  herein  we  describe  the  first 
party  in  Rochotcr.  west  of  the  G^ne^^e  river.  In  the  fall  of  1S12.  Colonel 
Bochestcr  hearin-  that  a  surveyor  had  loc:ited  at  the  falls,  came  down  from  Daniville 
to  complete  his  plot  of  villa^  lots.  The  colonel  wxs  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
Nathaniel  T.,  a  b-jy  of  ten  years,  and  the  [arty  put  up  .it  the  tavern  of  Colone-1  I. 
N.  Stone.  BiL<lnis.a  was  tran.-acied,  and  then  an  invitation  to  tea  extended  and 
accepted.  The  choice  plate  and  ^Idcn  china  of  Saratoga  were  not  of  the  cnibel- 
liahments  of  the  pure  white  linen  cloth  spread  over  the  table,  but  it  was  in  style 
with  ky^  walls  and  hewed  ceiling'.  The  ehairs  we.-c  split,  of  the  b.'ft.  and  flas. 
The  b'lscuit  was  made  from  fiour  hrou'.-ht  OQ  horse-liack  from  Webster's  milU.  nine 
miles  away.  The  tea  and  sugar  came  from  Canandaicua,  twcnty-ci'.'Iit  miles  dis- 
|ttQC.  Sauces  were  of  the  crab-apple  and  wild  red  pliim  that  crew  abun-Janlly 
where  now  stands  Corinthian  Hall.  Cake  there  was  not.  but  "  co<jkies"  plenty, 
«uch  a.^  n^call  a  loving.  >;icrilicini  mother;  and  butter  and  miik.  the  contribution 
of  the  Erst  cow  on  Roelicsler's  west  side,  who-o  pasture  was  of  unbounded  rin-.'O. 
The  colonel,  his  lady,  and  M.-.  and  .^Irs.  Scraniom.  and  their  eldest  d.mu-liter,  .Mrs. 
D.  Baraar^ — five  in  all. — sat  down  to  tex  The  momenta  ?petl.  and,  as  twilight 
came,  the  colonel,  wife,  and  son  reeros.sed  the  bridge  at  .^lain  street  to  the  tavern, 
and  the  first  party  w.-s  ended. 

THE   BE-VR-FIGHT. 


rin,of.    1 

habitation,     [it  de^'pcrate  frame  of  mind.  Mr.  Stone  turned  out  with  a  boy  .n.,d  i 

r.  ad- 

rusty  jrun  to  nitaek  the  intruder  about  two  o'cioek  one  uiorniD-j.     The  bear  tli.n 

or  the 

look  rcfuv;e  in  a  trt-e.  whence  she  was  sixjn  dislod.-ed  by  the  smoke  of  a  fire  ki  h.il,.,l 

avored 

beneath.    She  fell  near  yU.  Stone,  and,  atler  a  short  contest  with  the  trio,  man.  I.,v. 

rouL-h 

and  do-,  re'treatetl  to  another  tree.     She  was  di.sl.Kl'.-ed  fnini  four  trw-s.  one  afii , 

was  in  the  fall  of  ISU  that  Ei 
1  in  extent.     This  corn  patch  wa.a 


..Jnoirthebankofi 


dwelling. 

bridge  was  yet  unfinished,  fn 
tt  any  price,  cictpt  to  prevent « 
anxiety,  knowln,-  well  the  cxte 
winter.  Towards  the  ripcninv; . 
lest  from  the  deprtsl.itiuna  of  th 
hcnsivo  fir  the  whole  fiild.  wl 
devistationa  upon  it,  di-trovin 
kept  her  at  bay  by  I.-  iviie.-  out 
encij  pursued  the  d.;;  even  lo 
moat  be  done  ;  a  contiouiiion  u 
partial  crop,  and 


Stone  had  a  patch  of  com  about  si.t 

I  the  pa.«t  and  south  sides  "of  his  little 

-•  river,  bosi.le  the  fiirdin^-  place.  Sir  the 

sions  were  cxc*  cdin-jly  scarce,  and  not  to  bo  had 

rvation.      .'^Ir  Stone  n-garded  his  corn-field  with 

of  his  dependence  upon  it  for  the  appmachint; 

he  preeioiis  cn-p.  he  found  that  much  would  be 

wild  If-Lsts.  .Tiid  at  iciiuth  he  boc^m  to  lie  appre- 

1  he  fnind  tiut  an  old  -1,-b.Mr  bad  n.nimene,-d 

:'.,r  m.re  tl.  in  -;„■  ,l,.o„red.     F,.r  a  wbde  he 

.  ■I-.:  till  at  1.  i,:-l,  ll,  ■  b.^r  b.-eonrin-_-  cnibold- 

ed.-i  si,p.      \  ,n-,s  li:„l  arrivid.  .soui.llon- 

ilion  of  d-'lireo.itiioi  Would   ruin   the   pnisitect  of  even  a 

Id  not  be  taken  with  such  an  animal  prowling  about  the 


another,  by  kindling  fir.s  beneath,  when,  more  p.nvder  being  obtain.sl,  a  Im.kv 
shot  so  disabled  the  f.Ki  th.it  she  fell  from  the  tree-.  F.dlen,  but  uneon.,m-itd.  il,'.. 
bear,  unable  to  stand,  fouirht  upon  her  haunches,  kept  the  dou'  at  bay.  and  parried 
the  blows  of  ussailanta  with  a  skill  not  unworthy  of  a  piol'ession.d  li..\er.  iM.ially. 
her  shaggy  hide  betunie  the  trophy  of  hini  wli-^s-  corn-Held  she  had  laid  wast... 
Thus,  sixty  five  years  a.-o.  was  slain  one  of  the  l.irgest  bears  f.mnd  in  this  n-aion. 

machinery  of  a  populous  city  are  established,  and  where,  for  aught  of  present  in 
dicalion,  a  city  may  have  stood  fur  centuries. 

Interest  attaches  to  the  topics  treated  in  this  connection  from  their  initiat..rv 
character.  The  agcnU  of  civilization  are  men  ;  of  them  an.l  of  their  eSirt. 
made  for  personal  advancement,  and  enhancing  public  w.dfire.  pioneer  historv- 
linda  its  -lie  material.  The  origin  of  villages  tells  of  individuals,  f.mihes.  ami 
parties  of  two  and  three  who  come  in,  pureh.xse.  wnrk  for  th.iso  there  li.tore  thorn, 
or,  with  capital,  engage  in  business  for  themselves.  Some  halt  for  bri.  f  inrirvai-. 
an.l,  discouraged  and  restlcas.  leave ;  some  aid  to  bring  in  others,  and  laier  l>.e.,ui,. 
residents,  and  .xs  the  pro.spcrity  of  the  place  becomes  assured,  many  rush  in  a.. 
Waters  to  a  vortex,  and  increased  activity  deepens  confidence.  In.lividual  lif.'. 
however  prominent,  is  forbid.len  later  mention  from  the  multitu.le  dcserviiii:. 
buildings  yearly  improved  in  style,  size,  and  material  are  indicated  by  .'xampli-. 
and  the  attention  is  diverted  lo  acta  of  societies,  public  works,  increasing  p.ipn- 
lation.  exp,inding  Umits,  retrospection,  contrast,  and  evidences  of  progression. 
History  givt-s  way  to  annals  and  statistics  ;  tT;miniscences  to  a  brief  chronology. 
During  the  fall  of  1.512.  the  Scrantoms.  Stones,  and  other  bovs  chised  the 
squirrel  and  such  like  game  where  stands  the  Third  i'resoyterian  church  of  i.h 
day.  There  was  no  clearing  east  of  Enos  Stone's.  The  Pittsford  rnad,  n..w 
Monroe  street,  was  not  op.:ned  f  >r  years,  and  the  fore-st  was  unbroken  and  thii  k 
from  Stone's  farm  east  u  far  as  David  S.  Bates'  firm  and  Oliver  Culver's  tavoni. 
On  the  south,  adjoining  Culver,  Miles  Xorthrup  had  made  a  small  clearing  an.l 
pot  up  a  log  house;  and  on  East  avenue,  south  side,  westward  of  Culver,  was  th,- 
farm  and  clearing  of  .lolm  Culver.  Oliver's  brother.  Farther  west  was  Mos,\s 
Hall,  brother-in-law  to  En.js  Stone,  upon  a  fann  where  are  now  the  palatial  re-i- 
dences  of  Hiram  Sibley,  D.  X.  Power,  and  men  of  like  reputation.  ILiil's  clearing', 
small  in  area,  was  the  first  one  on  E.ast  avenue.  Down  the  cast  bank  of  th.- 
river  to  the  falls  stood  an  unbroken  wood,  and  on  the  sloping  sides  n.-ar  Andrcw-i 
strex't  were  clumpa  of  towerinu.  wide-spreading  co.lars.  whose  l.in-^.  low.  tniilin:: 
br.inches  in  after-summers  attracted  to  their  deliei.-.ua  shade  the  vill.v.-e  resident.-. 
The  few  surviving  pinueers,  Charles  .J.  HiU,  Abelanl  R.vnolds.  Edwin  Scrantoni. 
and  others  will  remember  those  sylvan  bowers,  where.  Jotui  .^Iasti.  k.  th.j  pi.incer 
lawyer  of  Roeheater,  u.^ed  to  say,  all  early  m.itchcs  were  made.  Truly  it  may  k- 
said  of  the  present  gre^xt  and  giowing  population,  and  their  mijity  wiirks.  th.ii 
'*tbo  wilderness  and  the  solitary  places  shall  be  gl.id  for  them,  and  the  desert  h.itli 
blossomed  like  the  rose."- 

The  first  settlers  arc  characterized  by  works  of  necessity  rather  than  art;  sur- 
prise has  been  manifested  that  ao  few  have  placed  their  knowledge  upon  r.'e.inl. 
The  act  seems  pu:!rilo  to  .l.iy.  which  a  century  hence  will  si.ind  xi  provident  a.i.i 
wise.  Jehiel  Barnard'earae  to  R.ichester  in  ISI:.'.  and  thirty-six  y.'ais  later  wi- 
present  at  the  first  pi..neer  festival  llel.l  at  Uloss.im's  hotel.  He  wa-  the  Imil.l.r 
of  a  two-story  structure  whieh  sto.xl  on  the  north  si.lc  of  Buffalo  siroet,  n.'t  tar 
east  from  State  street,  and  a  little  west  of  the  prevnt  entrance  to  the  Ar.  ;..l.- 
In  dimensions  the  building  was  hut  eighteen  by  twenty-six  fe-et ;  it  was  not  l.-r 
its  size  that  it  'is  made  historicil.  but  from  its  a.ss,viati..ns.  Here  B.nnard.  a.lail.T 
by  trade,  inaugut^ted  the  business  in  R.ichester.  and  found  ampli'  riiipl..ym.-iii 
In  tills  .shop.  sKoetuaking  in  thepla.-.'  had  its  ori-in  ;  here  were  held  il..-  first  ni..' 
ings,  an.l  within  its  walla  the  boya  and  lirls  were  .a5-cmbled  to  alien. 1  th.'  tirvt  ..-h.-.i- 
Fond  of  society,  the  tailor,  released  from  his  week  day-l..bnr.  w,in.lor.'d  ab.oii  ".• 
village,  and.  like  a  Selkirk  upon  the  oc.:an  islan.l.  seemed  bani-hed  lo  a  s..lii.i'l 
Preston  Smith,  Uidon  Cobb,  .T.mah  Rrown,  and  the  Elys.  Harvey  and  Eh-I.  ■ 
were  of  the  pi.iMc.TS  of  LSI:!.  Smith  was  fr.im  W.-st  Sprin-.-li.  I.I.  and  «.'til.  ■!  >" 
his  then  wild  home  when  a  doz.-n  laniilies  c..mpris.-.l  tho  p..pul.itioii.     C..I.I.  w  " 

made  his  h.nne  at  il..ehester  in  lSl:i,  during  whieh  year  he  esLibli-h.-l  the  lir-i 
public  ee.ivevan.e  R..ehes,er  ever  h.id.  a.i.l  ran  it  in  Him  -t>l.>  f  .r  .e..r.-  than   f.  • 

yean..      It  was  a  vehicle  drawn  by  tw.i  y..k.'  of  ..v,n.  .Irive,,   i.y   1... If   •'■> 

made  a  trip  s.-mi-werkly  between  the  vill.e.;"  .iii.l  il..'  ia...ll..-'      l.ii"i;  ""'■ 

merchandi.se  of  that  period,  .-.n.l  r.M.ls  wrr.-  lull  ..I'  nil*  :.n.l  li"!. «.      I'lo'  P 

teamster,  subsisting  upon  rough  fare,  found  b.tanl  with  Willis  Kenip-Ii  .a  at  11. r-.- 


HISTORY  OF  ^[ONIIOE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


B-  at  bnim  ,.r  lunc;.  Vmi-d 
..lenily  attacked,  spth<dily  died, 
itiun  Kas  difficuli.  and  the  ei- 
thc  utmost:  tlie  lancet,  opium, 
«.s  often  called  to  conduct  the 


dolUrl  per  week,  and  lod^-in;^  "  under  :i  work-bench."  He  cleared  up  ; 
Monroe  strctM  ;  built  by  eonlract,  at  an  expcn3e  of  ^ixty  thousand  d.^ll; 
»nd  splendid  edifice  for  the  courts  and  public  offices  uf  Monroe  Co 
griduated  as  one  of  Briu-hcon's  ablest  farmers. 

The  health  of  a  locality  has  more 
During  ISl:!,  typhoid  pneumonia  bec- 
It  differed  from  preceding  epidemics  by  locaiii;] 
aymptoms  caused  different  troalment.  Some,  v 
Severe  cold  chilU  amiounoixl  the  attack ;  respii 
tn.Diities  became  cold.  Medical  skill  waa  tried  t< 
ind  tonics  were  employed,  and  (he  physician  wai 
treatment  us  to  prescribe.  Under  these  cinrumstances  and  in  such  needed  times 
caaie  Jonah  Brown  to  Ilochester,  in  1813,  as  the  earliest  physician  of  the  place. 
An  office  was  built,  and  practice  bo-jun.  Visiting  a  patient  at  the  Rapids,  he 
narrowly  escaped  the  claws  of  a  panther  when  in  tiie  woods  two  miles  south  of 
the  village.  He  was  ot^en  called  to  act  as  nurse,  cook,  and  doctor,  aud  found 
entire  finiilies  prostrated,  and  not  one  able  to  cook  or  nur^e.  The  firs:  deed  given 
fi)C  real  estate  piid  tor  on  the  -  oue-iiuuditd-a^.e  u_.. '  v.^  t!ii-.  :f  Dr.  ?-oir-. 
It  was  for  the  lot  oo  Kschanire  street,  where  the  Rochester  bank  fonucrly  stood, 
nearly  opposite  its  present  site.  Dr.  Brown  found  tempt)rary  board  with  Mr. 
Covert,  but  lod:j;iiif;  was  most  difficult  to  obtain.  During  the  winter  of  1813-14 
he  slept  with  the  floor  for  a  bed.  saddle-bags  tor  a  pillow,  and  his  horse-blanket 
for  a  covering;  visiting  the  sick  at  Stone's  tavern  and  passing  through  the  bar- 
room, he  groped  his  way  with  difficulty  along  the  floor,  which  was  literally 
packed  with  lo'ijers.  For  over  a  score  of  years  in  practice,  he  became  wealthy, 
and  retired  from  the  profe-ssion. 

Wo  have  spoken  of  Mr.  Reynolds  as  a  pioneer  of  181 2!  His  wife  Lydia 
moved  to  Rochester  in  February,  131;^,  and  experienced  the  privations  of  a  back- 
wood.-**  Hie.  SiiC  ~r^  ;r.  attendance  vpon  the  first  funeral  aller  her  arrival.  It 
was  that  of  Mr.  Piernere,  at  his  house,  which  occupied  the  site  of  the  later  old  rod 
mill.  There  was  no  funeral  service  of  any  kind.  a.s  there  was  then  no  clergyman 
here,  and  no  one  present  was  willing  to  attempt  a  prayer.  As  a  contrast  to  later 
prosperity,  the  extremity  of  the  family  became  at  one  time  such  that  the  taiior- 
ahop  of  Mr.  Barnard  was  sought  and  work  obtained  which  paid  lier  fifty  to  sixty 
dollars  during  the  vear  while  her  husband  was  absent  on  the  "  lines." 

One  of  Rochester's  benefactors  and  most  reputable  and  valued  citizens  was  Silas 
O.  Smith.  Thau  he,  few  were  more  enterprising  or  successful.  .\  native  of  N"ew 
Narlborongh,  Massachusetts,  he  came  early  in  March,  1310,  and  located  at  Han- 
ford's  Landing,  and  saw  of  Rochester  but  an  old  mill  in  the  midst  of  a  cleared 
half-acre  of  ground.  During  the  spring  of  I8I0  he  built  the  first  store  in  the 
acttlciucnt  then  designated  Rochcsten"ille.  The  building  was  of  wood,  and  was 
erected  on  Kxchang'.-  street  nest  north  of  the  former  site  ot' the  Rochester  bank. 
During  1814,  Smith  cleared  some  four  acres  of  laud  on  which  were  later  built 
two  churches, — the  First  Presbyterian  and  St.  Luke's, — the  court-house,  and 
school-house  No.  1.  This  land  was  sowed  in  wheat  whose  harvesting  was  done 
by  8<]uirrcls,  raeoooiis.  and  other  denizens  of  the  torcst,  who  took  the  crop  for 
p;iymcnt.  Kre  December  of  1S17,  this  land,  destined  to  different  use  than  tillage, 
■was  mainly  covered  with  buildings,  and  the  liberality  of  the  proprietor  found 
ample  repaj-nient.  Mr.  Smith  lived  to  witness  the  origin  and  growth  of  a  great 
city,  and  in  later  years  withdrew  from  .active  life,  and  died  m  16G3.  A  son, 
L.  Ward  Smith,  was  member  of  A.-senibly  from  .\lonroc  and  acting  adjutant-gen- 
eral of  the  State.  Other  sons  were  George  H.  and  E.  -Meigs,  and  a  daughter  was 
the  wife  of  Samuel  Stevens,  of  Albany. 

Matthew  Mead,  of  Connecticut,  arrived  within  the  limits  of  Rochester  on 
October  JI,  13Ui.     He  came  with  Mr.  Stoddard,  a  blacksmith,  as  his  apprentice. 


The  young  man  walked  the 

entirc 

distance,  and 

with  bis  w.ird 

ccupicd 

the  old 

house  of  K..08  Stone.     After 

a  few 

months,  his  a 

pprenticcshi|i  en 

ded,  he  hirc^l  aa 

journeyman  for  somewhat  ove 

r  a  year,  and  then 

stablishid  hiuis 

■If  in  a  s 

hop^n 

the  cmer  of  liuffalo  and  Fr. 

nt  St 

ccts.  and  a  f.' 

T  years  later  moved  up  n 

car  the 

•ileofthc 'old  pump."     He 

has  b 

ccn  known  as 

the  uianuf.ictur 

r  of  the  French 

burr  milKtoiie,  and  with  an  a 

Tip!,, 

irtuuc  rotirei 

from  business. 

Thrremon,  JIarveynnd  Kl 

.slia  t 

lyaiid.y.i-iah 

liis-cll.  Jr ,  con 

lituted  an  early 

business  firm  of  Rochester. 

The 

Ely  br..tliers 

were  nepliews  c 

r  Justin 

Ely,  a 

Ma..achu.s..tt3   capitalist,    who,   hav 

ing  loa.u-d  ra 

onev  to  Oliv^-r 

l-lulps, 

|'mprict<,r  in  the  twenty-thou 

vind-i 

cr^  tract..    K 

isba  Kly  first  s 

w  U.icb 

stcr  on 

June  l:i,  l,si:(,  and,  standing. 

upoi 

the  bridge  0 

that  d.iy,  resol 

■cd  to  ni 

kc  the 

Pl.-'ce   hi^   fniure   home.      He 

went    to    Mn««a,-i 

u.si-lts,   whence 

be   n:lu 

inil  in 

•'■.•.l..rr„ll„wl„,.,i„.,„„,,,,,„ 

.1   by 

o>.  n  to  biuh 

a  ~,iw-mill  on 

l,c  west 

side  of 

'lM-riv,.r.;,w.  l,y,^snulll,..,' 

■:ii,Ml 

l.oilt  by  tl,.- 

v,„  km  .,...,  il„. 

i.nd-e. 

ll..:,ra 

standing  on  the  corner  of  South  Saint  Paul  and  Ely  streets,  has  disappeared.  In 
November,  Harvey  Ely,  aged  twenty-two,  and  very  careful  of  his  personal  ap- 
pearance,, came  to  the  village,  and  about  the  same  time  Josiah  Bissi'll,  Jr.,  made 
his  advent  from  Pittsficld,  Mafwachusetts.  He  was  a  man  of  remarkable  ability 
to  plan  and  to  execute,  ami  it  was  not  long-before  the  firm  of  H.  Ely  k  Co.  was 
formed  and  the  a.-sociates  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busine^a  within  a  store  build- 
ing which  st<.od  on  the  corner  of  Buffalo  and  Suito  streets, — the  s.ime  corner  th:a 
is  now  the  EUvood  block.  Provisions  and  machinery  were  brought  on  from 
New  England,  the  stable  was  converted  to  a  boarding-house,  aud  the  saw-iuill 
which  stood  on  the  present  site  of  the  old  Childs'  saw-mill  on  Ac|ueduct  street 
was  completed  in  December.  It  was  thought  the  easiest  way  to  dispose  of  the 
cabin  by  the  mill  would  be  to  burn  it.  Accordingly,  it  was  set  on  fire,  and  it 
burned  so  well  that  it  calliHl  for  the  utmost  exertions  of  the  populaticm  to  prevent 
the  combustion  of  the  mill,  which  was  saved,  although  several  times  on  tire. 

The  pioneer  blacksmith  was  James  B.  Carter,  who  ioc-ated  in  1S12  upon  the 
hundred-acre  tract,  and  built  a  small  onc-and-a-half-st<try  house  on  the  corner 
later  occupied  by  the  Elwftod  block.  l[is  shop  was  on  ground  now  part  of  Front 
street.    The  house  w:is  ocTupicd  in  .March,  ISl  1,  by  his  brother.  David  K.  Carter. 

THE   FIRST  RELIGIOUS   EXERCISES 


in  Rochester  were  held  in  the  spring  or  summe 
Jehiel  Barnard's  tailor-shop.  During  the  year 
increased  from  eight  or  ten  to  fifteen  or  twenty 
God  on  the  Sabbath  was  fit^t  held  .at  the  insta 
Wheelock,  "women  of  faith  and  prayer,"  and  tht 
prayer,  singing,  and  reading  a  sermon.     Mr. 


1813,  in  the  upper  story  of 
population  of  the  place  had 
lies.  The  public  worship  of 
of  -Mrs.  Serautcui  aud  .Mrs. 
isted  of  extempore 
rnard,  whose  marriage  to  a 
daughter  of  Hamlet  Scrantom  was  the  first  nuptial  ceremony  celebrated  in  Ro- 
chester, and  Mr.  Warren  Brown,  conducted  these  primary  meetings.  All  denom- 
inatiotis  worshiped  in  tlie  same  locality,  uiau  iu  Ll.o  -ippcr,  th^n  in  the  lower  r.>nm 
of  the  shop,  and  afterwards  in  the  school-house,  finished  for  occupancy  May,  1.S14. 
After  some  months,  Rev.  Daniel  Brown,  Baptist  minister  at  Pittsford,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Parmalee,  Congregational  or  Presbyterian  minister  at  Victor,  came  occasion- 
ally and  preached  to  the  pcxjple.  During  the  summer  of  1814,  Rev.  Comfort 
Williams  was  for  a  few  mouths  employed  to  preach  for  the  people.  Very  rarely 
had  missionaries  visited  this  wild  and  ill-reputea  region;  fishing  and  hunting  were 
the  usual  occupation  of  many  of  the  valley  settlers,  and  not  unfrciuently  had  the 
crack  of  the  rifle  broken  the  stillness  of  the  Sabbath.  At  early  meetings  sectarian 
feelings  were  not  indulged:  Christians  were  only  too  glad  to  enjoy  religious  privi- 
leges. Jlr.  S.  0.  Smith,  Episcopalian,  had  brought  out  from  M.assacbusetts  three 
books  of  common  prayer.  At  the  first  mcetnigs,  Mr.  Harford  read  the  Episcopal 
service,  Silas  0.  Smith  gave  out  the  psalms,  and  Jlr.  Barnard  and  Delia  Scrantom 
were  the  principal  if  not  the  only  singers.  During  the  summer.  Rev.  Chauncy 
Cook,  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Carter,  visited  Rochester  and  preiicbed  a  tew  times.  It 
is  a  subject  worthy  of  notice  that,  till  sufficiently  numerus,  all  met  together  and 
contributed  of  their  scanty  means  to  the  support  of  the  gospel,  and  gave  mutual 
aid  to  build  the  first  houses  of  worship.  A  harmonious  and  charitable  spirit  has 
always  been  a  distinguishing  characteristic  of  the  various  churches  and  congrega- 
tions organizetl  in  Ruclicster.  A  lesson  is  taught  of  fraternal  and  generous  spirit, 
whose  exercise  made  each  society  self-supporting.  It  is  said  that  so  far  .as  known 
no  religious  body  ever  received  a  dollar  from  abroad  to  aid  in  defraying  the  ex- 
penses of  building  chuiehos  or  the  salaries  of  ; 


A  PUBLIC  WORK. 

The  imporunce  of  direct  and  well-constructed  ro5d.s  was  early  appreciated,  but 
the  State  authorities  failed  to  note  the  natural  highway  furnished  by  the  HidL;o 
until  the  construction  of  the  first  bridge  at  Rochester  withdrew  travel  from  the 
Buffalo  road  and  gave  an  impetus  to  the  construction  of  roads  leading  towards 
Rocholcr.  As  an  iiitermediatc  crossing-place  between  Avon  and  the  lake  the 
bridge  at  the  falls  began  to  be  k'nown,  and  to  rise  in  popular  esteem.  In  l.^^li!, 
the  Stiite  legislature  pusscd  an  act  appmpriatir.g  five  thousand  dollars  to  cut  out 
the  roadway  and  to  bridje  the  streams  on  the  Ridge  ro;id  between  Uocbestcr  and 
Lcwiston.  The  route  being  almo,st  impass.ibic,  Gustavus  Clark,  who  beg.in  l<u.si- 
nes.s  in  Clarksun  in  ISIJ,  set  out  from  Rochcst^-r  for  that  place  with  a  load  of 
goods  on  the  Ridge  road,  and  the  bridges  were  of  such  I'rail  tenure  that  the  w.igon 
broke  down  most  of  thcui,  and  this  discloses  the  secret  of  non-travel  on  that  nat- 
ural highway. 


■  by  S.  o 

is.u,lyv,i, 


or  sliding  duwh-hill,  v,-as  an  anmsemcnt  in  the  winter  of  1.31:1-14,  pari 
by  bijth  Indi.m  and  white  boys,  and  has  always  been  a  favorite  [>.mIiiiu 


HISTORY   OF   :M0NE0E   COUNTY,  2iE\V   YORK. 


Eopland  youth.  Thts  lotlian  method,  pracriceu  on  Andrews  street  hill,  is  thua 
outlined:  A  strip  of  bark,  a  foot  in  width  and  four  fitt  io  Ifuslh.  was  t;iken.  and 
one  end  trimniod  to  a  poiut  and  held  in  the  hmd.  The  courser  Mt^jod  .upon  the 
baric,  with  knees  liulf  bent,  head  and  arms  thru>t  forward,  and  shot  dowii  the  hill 
like  an  arrow-flii;lit.  A  yelp  of  cxultailuu  and  dehjit  at-uonipanivd  each  ten  feet 
of  pro<jn-^,  and  at  the  b;L>e  a  rinirini:  whtM.p  woke  the  echoe.-«  of  tlie  forcat.  One 
afU>r  aoyih.T  ptrtMrtiied  the  feat,  which  was  rept.*atcd  fur  hours.  Tliu  white  boyd 
attenipteil  competition,  bt-;innini;  :it  the  lower  part  of  the  aseent,  but  di^a.-^ter  al- 
mo6t  iiiTariably  rtMiltod.  In  Marv-h  a  heavy  spray  from  the  falU  had  settled 
OTer  night  on  the  snow  ami  f-jrmcd  a  gla.-sy  vwt.  upon  which,  ni-xt  .l.iy.  a  youug 
Indiao  made  the  trip  from  summit  tu  base  with  almi^st  incredible  rapidity.  The 
alidincr-placea  u*ed  by  the  pi'tocer  white  boys  were  Brighton  hill,  ber-re  Starr  and 
other?  cut  it  down.  and.  in  Franklin,  down  thr  Brown  >treet  hill,  by  McCracken's 
tivern.  Eiclun^  street  hill  was  al^o  used.  sUdine  down  to  EaLile  tavern.  Of 
the  boys  and  ;nr!s  of  that  day  but  one  of  each  id  reeailed  by  5Ir.  Scrantom, — 
Benjaniin  F.  Hall  and  Clurbsa  ^stone ;  the  re>t  are  no  more. 

THE   INDIANS. 

Many  of  the  Indiana  .sojourned  about  the  falls  during  1312-13.  They  came 
here  to  pa^  the  winter,  and  nrimerou3  families  w.-re  scattered  about  the  place. 
There  were  families  camped  on  the  ground  north  of  the  Eptscopal  church  in  Saint 
Paul  street,  where  in  1S:JS  sto<^  the  dwellinL-^  of  the  Messrs.  Ward.  Dr.  Elwood, 
Mrs.  Shearman,  Jud-e  Lee.  Dr.  Henry.  Mr  Graves.  Mr.  Galu.sha.  Charles  M. 
Lee,  S.  G  Andrews.  Colonel  Pnitt.  Rol^ert  Wibon,  and  Samuel  Hamilton.  In- 
dians resided  about  tbe  hill  in  the  southeast  of  the  city,  upon  land  owned  by  Mr. 
Tiffany,  Charles  J.  IIill,  and  others.  ne.ir  the  site  of  the  later  cemetery,  and  yet 
others  of  the  race  ha-1  their  habitation  about  North  street,  near  the  later  residences 
of  Dr.  E.  O.  Gibb:?,  Dr.  Faulkner.  Mr.  Bardwell.  AchUIes,  and  other?.     Some 

swamps  back  of  the  old  .Mansion  House 
the  bathing-house  on  Buffalo  street,  betwe 
Hotel,  were  filled  with  rabbits,  partridges. 

almost  any  day,  by  watching  at  the  lick  near  the  horticultural  t 
Reynolds  &  Bateham,  at  the  corner  of  Buffalo  and  Sophia  streets,  and  during 
1813  a  pioneer  shot  two  deer  where  now  is  the  heart  of  the  city,  one  at  the  west 
end  of  the  main  bridire,  the  other  near  wliere  Childs'  buildinij^  .-tand.  opposite 
the  Rochester  House.  The  Indians  came  down  frum  Buffalo  creek  for  wild  fruit. 
Cranberries  were  Piund  in  the  fall  very  abundant  at  the  mouth  of  Black  creek, 
and  often  in  Liter  yeara  could  have  been  seen  two  or  three  .«^uaws,  single  file, 
coming  from  there  into  the  village  with  baskets  of  cranberries  hancrin*:  to  their 
backs  by  a  strap  supported  asain^t  their  foreheads.  The  wigwams  of  Indian 
fiunilies  grace*!  tlie  south  and  ea^it  sides  --f  the  elevation  whereon  may  now  1 1838") 
be  seen  the  Free  Bethel  church,  and  the  rc^>idenre^  of  General  Vincent  Matthews, 
Jonathan  Child,  Mrs.  Ira  West,  Mrs.  N.  Rochester,  Thomas  H.  Rochester.  H. 
B.  Williams,  William  S.  Bishop.  Joseph  Strung,  Henry  E.  Roclit-'ter.  Dr.  Maltby 
Strong,  Harvey  Ely.  Judge  Chapin.  and  others  of  that  date. 


I  the  site  of  the  market,  and  around 
the  Eagle  tavern  and  United  States 
,d  other  game.  D'?er  micht  be  seen 
ablishment  of 


THE   LAST  SACRIFICE  OF  THE   SENECAS. 

At  the  encampment  last  located  were  celebrated  the  rites  of  the  -^sacrifice 
the  dog."  It  was  the  final  sacrifice  of  the  Sineca*  upon  srround  r  iw  covered 
the  many  thousand  bl'wks  an<l  building  which  make  up  the  city  of  Richest 
and  iKCurrM  in  January.  1813.  Not  as  a  revelation  of  Indian  religious  ccreu 
nial,  but  as  another  manifcstiition  of  the  changes  from  the  heathen  rite  to  Chi 
iian  worship,  from  the  repellent  group  about  the  fir*^"  to  the  enlightened  cf 
gregations  seated  wirhin  the  throc-.<c«.re  b.-nutiful  and  sub-Tantial  churches  of  i 
city,  is  quoted,  from  O'lieilley'^  •  Rochester  and  Wi-^tem  New  York.'  an  airot 
of  this  final  Indian  ceremonial.  The  final  rites  were  ■M-en  by  the  few  wh 
settlers,  and  among  them  Kdwin  Scrantom.  a  pn-^nt  re-idcnt  of  the  eitv.  wh( 
account  coincides  with  th:it  of  Rev.  Kirkland,  missionary  amor.^  the  /roy/r 
and  with  that  given  by  Mary  Jemison.  the  "white  woman"  of  the  .Sfi.ierns 
was  a  cu.«tom,  when  returned  from  huntin-z.  for  the  Indian.s  to  app«_>int  rcrt: 
of  their  number  to  snporititend  the  festival.  •  Preparation-s  were  made  at  t 
council-hoviso  or  otln  r  place  of  meeting  for  the  aceommt»4lation_<if  the  tribe  duri 
the  ceremonial.  Nine  day-  was  the  period,  and  two  du-.'S  the  numWr  and  ki 
of  animals  formerly  rcinimd  for  th-  festival;  tliMU-h  in  these  later  days  of 
form  and  retrenchment  the  time  hxs  been  cnrt-iile*!  tn  seven  or  five  iV.\\%  an* 
single  dog  Wart  ma.ie  the  seapecoat  to  b-nr  away  the  sins  of  the  tribe  Two  do 
Ma  nearly  while  as  i-onld  be  pn)nurcd.  were  u;«nally  seleetixl  from  the-.-  bilnri-i 

*0'Roillev'»  ?kelchp«  of  Ito<-b<-Mer. 


to  the  cribe,  and  were  carefully  killel  at  the  door  of  the  couneil-housa  by  means 
of  Mraegulatjea;  for  a  wound  on  the  animal,  or  an  effusion  of  blif-jd,  would  n^,\\ 
tbe  victim  for  the  sacrificial  purp*)se.  The  dug^  were  then  fantasrically  paintf,] 
with  various  colors,  decorated  with  feathers,  and  suspende«J  ab<jut  rw.-ntv  fivt 
high  at  the  council-house  or  near  the  centre  of  the  camp.  The  eercnionial  in 
then  commenced,  and  the  five,  seven,  or  nine  days  of  its  continuance  are  marked 
by  feasting  and  dancing,  as  well  us  by  sacritice  and  consultation.  Two  .select 
bandS;  one  of  men  and  another  of  women,  ornamented  with  trinkets  and  fe-ithers, 
and  each  person  furnished  with  an  ear  of  corn  in  the  right  hand,  dance  in  a 
circle  around  the  council-fire,  which  is  kindled  for  the  iKX-asion,  and  regulate  their 
steps  by  rude  mu.>tic.  Henct?  they  proceed  to  every  wigwam  in  the  camp,  and.  in 
like  manner,  dunce  circling  around  each  fire.  Afterward,  on  another  day,  several 
men  clothe  themselves  in  the  skins  uf  wild  be;Lsts.  cover  their  faces  with  hideous 
maskd  and  their  hands  with  the  shell  of  the  tortoise,  and  in  this  garb  they  go 
among  the  wigwams,  making  horrid  noises,  taking  the  fuel  from  the  fire,  and 
scattering  tbe  embers  and  ashes  about  the  floor,  for  the  purpose  of  driving  away 
evil  spirit.".  The  persons  engaged  in  these  performances  are  supposed  not  only  to 
drive  off  the  evii  spirit,  but  to  concentrate  within  themselves  all  the  sins  of  the 
tribe.  The^^e  sins  are  afterwards  all  rransferre*!  into  one  of  their  own  numW, 
who  by  some  magical  dexterity  works  off  from  hini.self  into  the  dc*^  the  cun- 
centrated  wickedness  of  the  tribe.  The  sacrifice  is  then  placed  on  a  pile  of  wo<jd, 
to  which  fire  is  applied,  while  the  assembled  tribe  throws  tobacco  or  other  incense 
upon  the  flame,  the  scent  of  which  is  deemed  cc>-operaiive  with  the  sacrifice  of 
the  animals  in  the  conciliation  of  the  favor  of  Xan  Wanetc,  or  the  Great  Spirit. 
When  the  dogs  are  partly  consumed,  one  is  taken  off  and  put  into  a  large  kettle 
with  veiietables  of  various  kinds,  and  all  gathering  around,  eagerly  devour  the 
contents  of  the  '  reekioL'  eaidron.'  Finally  the  war  and  peace  dances  are  per- 
formed, the  calumet  smoked,  and  all  are  ready  for  a  new  year." 

ROCHESTER   LN'    1314. 

To  the  inhabitants  of  Rochester  during  the  year  1S14  there  was  much  to  give 
discouragement.  Improvements  came  to  a  stand ;  few  families  moved  in,  and 
some  left.  Doubt  and  depression  mingleti  with  apprehension,  and  all  desired 
peace.  In  March,  1814,  the  settlement  contained  some  fifteen  hoas-is,  old  and 
new  log  structures,  a  plank  and  a  frame.  There  were  three  stores, — those  of 
SUaa  O- Smith,  Ira  West,  and  Harvey  and  Elisha  Ely;  one  grocery,  kept  by 
Abram  Stark,  who  was  by  trade  a  brickmaker,  and  whose  -.irocery  occupied  but  a 
part  of  the  house,  the  rest  beins  used  as  a  dwelling;  the  blackamith-^hop  of 
Jamea  B.  Carter,  the  tailor-shop  of  Jehie!  Barnard,  the  saddler-shop  of  Abelard 
Reynolds,  and  the  law  office  of  John  Mastick  ;  besides  there  were  the  Ely  saw- 
mill on  the  west  side,  and  Stone's  saw-mill  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  the 
tavern  on  the  west  side,  owned  by  Colonel  Isaac  W.  Stone.  The  nucleus  of  the 
town  lay  east  of  the  present  Powers  biock,  upon  the  north  side  of  the  street. 
The  forest  surrounded  ch-sely  on  all  sides  from  the  river.  Farthest  north,  on  the 
we^t  side  of  State  street,  was  the  store  of  Ira  West.  Upon  the  opposite  side  of 
the  street  southward  stood  Abram  Stack's  dwelling  and  grocery.  Next  scmth  of 
Suck  waa  the  office  of  lawyer  Masticlt»,and  on  the  corner  of  State  and  Buffalo 
(now  West  Main )  streets  was  Harvey  and  Elisha  Ely's  store.  Nest.  ea.stward.  in 
succession,  were  A.  Reynolds  new  houst^,  his  house  and  shop,  and  J.  Bamai-d's 
tailor  shop.  Back  a  short  distance  from  the  street  was  the  new  house  o<cupied 
by  Uamlet  Scrantom,  Esq.-,  then. again  on  the  line,  the  houses  of  Mr.  Whechx'k, 
joiner,  Aaron  Skinner,  school-teacher,  and  D.  K.  (.^artcr,  K-'p,  carpenter  and  miS- 
wright.  and  between  him  and  the  river  James  U.  Carter's  blaek.-mith-siiop.  Near 
the  .ximer  of  Buffalo  and  Exchange  streets,  on  the  west  side.  sUtoS  the  store  of 
S.  O.  Smith,  and  southward,  on  the  same  side,  was  the  dwellini:  of  Dr.  O.  E- 
Gibbs.  Westward  on  Buffalo  street,  near  the  edge  of  the  clearing,  w;i3  a  lime- 
kiln ;  and  near  bv  was,  soiin  alU-r  the  date  given,  erected  the  primal  schiKil-house. 
and  named  from  use  also  the  pioneer  mceting-hou.se. 

Such  had  been  the  progre>.s  of  two  yean*,  when  savages  menaced  the  whole 
country  with  desolation,  and  misfortune  bijfell  the  American  armies.  TV-^pite 
sarrouudings,  .some  effort  at  improvement  was  niailc ;  and  ILunlet  Scrantom. 
writing  cast  to  his  father  a  letter  intende-d  for  general  information,  says.  "The 
village  is  flourishing  beyond  all  expectation;  price  of  lots  has  risen  one-half, 
there  arc  eleven  fiimilic-i  in  the  village:  and  not  only  ha-^  every  lot  on  the  uiain 
strret  been  taken  up.  but  also  a  numl^er  of  back  lots.  There  must  bo  twentr 
houses  built  during  the  next  summer.  Ely  &.  Co.,  of  Pitt.-field,  have  b..nghi  =» 
lot  upon  which  is  an  attoniey's  office.  They  have  a  store,  and  opcnc*!  their  '.t'hxI^ 
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.,.r  i«M]tiJ.  Liinil»;rin;^,  ooebalf  pine,  has  b«;n  steadily 
til  w«in;,'  ""■=  J""-"'  ^""l  ei:;litj-.-isven  cuuUi  per  tliousand."  B.'ard-ra  wep; 
thar^i'd  '»"  Ju'liira  »"<!  twonty-tive  cenu  per  »t.:lc ;  and  Barnird,  the  tjilor, 
WAtf  cn>wded  with  wort.  Warren  Brown,  in  the  aujaeent  settiemenc  ot"  Franii- 
fort,  wa^  supplied  with  a  i;ood  a^^jrtment  of  dry  gu'jda  aiid  gnjCL-ried.  and  con- 
u-njplal<'d  the  addition  of  an  apotheeary  store.  Henry  Sirantum,  l.it<_T  a  well- 
kuiiifii  U.wheiter  raerehant,  was  at  this  '.ime  clertini;  fur  Brown,  who  wjs  a 
c»uiin  to  Captain  Brown,  the  mill  proprietor. 


urv-ani 


THE    FIRST   SCHOOL 


Rochester  wa.s  tau-ht  by  Mi=,s  Huldah  M.  Strone,  sister  to  Mr^. 
Abeljrd  Reynolds.  For  some  time  after  her  arrival  she  made  her  heme  with  this 
relatiie.  and  occasionally  officiated  in  the  office  as  postmistress.  The  school  was 
njadc  up  of  some  fifteen  or  more  pupils,  some  of  whom  came  from  a  distance  of 
three  or  four  miles,  and  yet  mo.st  lived  within  ojnveuicnt  limits.  At  the  forma- 
tion "f  this  school  the  children  were  seen  to  be  t(x>  few  to  warrant  employing  a 
l^-arhrr.  unless  aid  could  \xi  obtiiined  frotu  other  than  [»eriKjn3  of  family.  There 
were  found  el^lit  unmarried  men  m  the  community,  v»iio  rc.-pc-ctiveiy  voiunteeted 
to  ]i.iy  the  rate  bill  of  a  supposed  pupil,  and  the  seh.xjl  went  on.  .\s  early  as 
XK'cimber  1,  ISK!,  it  was  pro|iosed  to  build  a  schcHil-ho'ise  durini;  the  ue.vt  season, 
and  the  strmture  was  erected  and  ready  for  use  by  -May.  ISU.  Hamlet  Scran- 
lom,  as  one  of  the  tru:.teea,  was  active  in  the  work,  which  found  some  opposition. 
The  Erst  teacher  employed  was  named  Aaron  Skinner.  The  biiilding  was  of  one 
Btory,  and  in  dimensions  fifteen  by  tWcnty-four  feet.  The  old  red  school-house, 
standing  on  the  site  of  schoul-hou^e  number  one,  was  and  is  remembered  ,  having 
j^jod  teacher?),  strict  in  j^overnment,  practical  in  instruction.  Those  pioneer  school- 
children of  Rochester  were  proficient  in  the  useful  rudiments,  and  found  prompt 
cm|>loyn)'^nt  when.:vcr  aire  and  de.-ire  combined  to  ni.ike  their  services  valuable. 

«io  a  Saturday  afternoon.  The  teacher  was  Dr.  Hammond,  then  a  student  of 
medicine  with  Drs.  Elwood  and  Coleman.  The  school  was  joined  by  the  Frank- 
fort school,  then  Uujht  by  Moses  Kin'_-.  who  b  still  livinj  in  Rochester.  The 
"scholars  chose  sides,  and  all  arose  and  stood ;  whoevt- r  nii.-^-ed  took  a  seat.  Two 
boys,  brothers,  were  the  last  up,  and  kept  the  floor  till  dark,  when  to  the  younger 
was  adjudged  the  first  prize. 

A   PANIC. 

The  virinity  of  Lake  Ontario,  upon  which  a  British  fleet  held  mastery,  gave 
rise  to  more  than  one  scene.  More  esj>eciaily  was  this  the  case  after  the  burning 
of  Buffalo.  The  Indians,  with  knife  and  hatchet,  might  at  any  moment  be  upon 
the  Kttlers.  and  the  flight  from  the  frontier  was  general  Daily,  towards  the  last 
of  December,  families  passed  over  the  bridge  with  sleighs  and  '.vairons.  Some  had 
l..st  theirall,  and,  destitute  of  provisions  or  money  to  purchase,  with  children  bare- 
fiKiteil.  depended  for  subsistence  upon  the  charity  of  the  t«o[.!e.  On  the  l'3d  of 
IKT-iDber  an  express  reached  Rochester  at  daybreak,  and  reported  the  enemy  as 
landing  from  their  boats  at  Oak  Orchani  creek,  forty  miles  diilant.  and  prficeed- 
ing  inland,  desolating  the  country.  The  settlers  expected  another  force  to  land 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  and  the  militia  were  calleil  to  arms.  Captain  Stone 
«eiit  nicsscugers  to  assemble  his  company  of  dragoons,  rcniovci  hU  eliildrcu  to 
Bl'-'lnficld,  and  prepared  to  gather  up  valuables  at  short  noticf  The  merchants 
Were  busy  packing  their  goods,  and  the  villagers  mainly  either  removed  to  the 
wooiU  or  prepared  to  do  so  at  a  moment's  notice.  Militi.*  marched  through  the 
(•»wn  townnls  the  landing  and  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  all  was  in  stispense.  It 
prux .h|  a  false  alarm,  yet  only  two  famiiics  remained  in  the  vUlage  that  night; 
the  rc^t  had  ero.s.sed  the  river. 

It  was  in  .\pril  that  two  cannon  were  sent  from  the  arsenal  at  Canandaigua,  by 
"t'l.  r  of  Genend  P.  B.  Porter,  to  the  care  of  Captiin  I.  W.  Stone.  One  was  an 
•■iL-hl.,n.p.iunder,  the  other  a  four-pound  piece.  Seventeen  yoke  of  o.'cen  were 
"iipl..vi-d  to  draw  the  heavier  gun  from  Culver's  to  the  fdls  on  account  of  the 
bad  r.vid-.  P.,wder  and  ball  accompanied  the  iruns.  The  villacets  were  desirous 
*»f  !•  -tinL'  the  executive  capacity  of  the  eiglueen-ptunder.  and  accordingly  fur- 
i»«h,-.l  ,he  |„wder.  The  -uc  was  planted  on  -Main  »lr«t  at  the  eoroJr!  and, 
l-nd,-,!  .i„J  alu.ed  by  K  Stone.  K.  Ilandford.  and  E.  Ely.  was  tired  at  a  tli-tant 
«"■•■  The  mark  was  «nick  and  the  Iree-ti.p.  .severLxl,  fell.  The  boys  found  and 
bt^^icht  back  the  ball.      Report  c.imo  that  the  British  fleet  threatened  the  coast. 


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COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 

by  evening,  and  called  Fort  Be'iider,  ia  h. 
planks  of  the  bridge,  whiili  had  been  pii 
readily  taken  up.  and  every  arrangement  1 
about  sunset,  orders  came  to  Elislia  Ely,  i 
notify  the  inhabiiant.s  that  the  British  Hi 
come  until  morning.  Ab-iut  eleven  o'clock  P.M.  another  order  was  received  from 
Colonel  Stouc  to  inarch  at  once.  f[.  Ely  &  Co.  had  rceeiveil  fifty  mufkets  and  1 
supply  of  car;riJgc.s.  Each  man  was  supplied  with  a  musket  and  twenty-tour 
rounds.  There  were  thirty-three  men  in  the  settlement;  one  was  left  to  guide 
the  women  and  children  to  the  wim,us,  if  danger  L'cs-ame  prc:ssing;  one  was  iioii- 
combative,  and  the  rest  set  out  at  two  o'clock  in  the  moruliiL',  in  a  heavy  rain 
and  upon  muddy  roads,  difficult  of  travel  in  the  darkness,  and  reached  the  mouth 
of  the  river  just  after  d.aylight.  A  fog  covereil  the  lake,  upon  which  was  heard 
the  Doi.so  of  boats  rowing  from  vessel  to  vessel.  It  was  proposed  by  Colonel 
Stone  that  Captain  Francis  Blown  and  Elislia  Ely  should  liian  an  old  boat,  onm? 
u.'wd  as  a  lighter  an.l  lying  near,  and  make  an  attempt  n[HjM  some  of  the  British 

Twelve  volunteers  with  muskets  were  concealed  in  the  bottom  of  the  boat.  A 
.  mile  out  and  tbrte  rliot.s  were  firt>d  from  the  shore ;  the  fog  presnntly  disappe.ired, 
and  there  in  line  were  thirteen  vessels  of  all  sizes.  The  boat  headed  for  -bore, 
and  a  twelve-oarcd  barge  starting  in  pursuit  gaiue-d  rapidly.  Preseiiliv  the  British 
boat  stopped,  and  so  did  the  American,  .\gain  starting,  the  on-',  fearim:  strategy, 
pulled  for  the  fleet,  the  other  returned  to  shore.  -About  ten  o'chjck  a  flaiiof-truce 
boat  put  off  from  the  enemy's  flag-ship,  and  Colonel  Stone  gave  instructions  to 
Captains  Brown  and  Ely  not  to  let  them  come  into  the  river  nor  laud.  Tlu-se 
men  went  up  the  lake  just  above  the  mouth  of  the  stream,  to  where  a  large  tree 
had  fallen  into  the  lake,  and  upon  its  trunk  awaited  the  enemy.  The  boat  came 
alongside  the  tree  and  an  officer  in  full  dreas  proposed  going  on  shore,  which  was 
positively  declined.  A  party  of  twelve  men,  armed,  approached  the  lake  shore, 
when  the  otteer  bearintr  the  fla^  asked  if  it  wxs  their  custom  to  rL-eeive  a  flair  of 
truce  under  arms.  He  was  told  to  excuse  them,  as  they  were  but  citizens,  and 
the  men  were  reijuested  to  retire.  The  olBcer  then  communicated  the  term.-  of 
the  commander,  Sir  James  Yeo,  which  were,  "  If  public  property  will  be  given 
up,  private  property  shall  he  respected."  A  paper  signed  by  (Jswego  citizens  was 
produced,  wherein  it  was  stated  that  government  stores  and  munitions,  left  with- 
out adequate  defensive  forc-e,  would  not  be  defended  by  them.  Brown  remained 
with  the  officer  while  Ely  toi.ik  the  message  and  pajier  to  Colonel  Stone,  who  sent 
back  word  that  "  The  public  property  is  in  the  hands  of  those  who  will  defend  it." 
The  flag  returned  to  the  fleet,  and  a  sl<x)p-rigied  gunboat,  mounting  .several 
cannon,  approached,  towed  by  four  boats.  Judge  John  Williams,  with  a  dozi'n 
riflemen,  took  pijst  behind  a  gravel  ridge  east  of  the  river,  to  which  they  were 
ferried  by  a  small  boat,  which  crossed  up  the  stream  out  of  sight.  When  this 
ambuscade,  marching  throunh  the  rank  grass  of  the  marsh,  had  reached  pt-sition, 
the  lighter  was  again  manned,  and  all  made  ready  to  attempt  the  capture  of  the 
approaching  ves.sel.  The  officer  in  eommaud  of  the  cannon  was  e.^jiressly  ordered 
to  hold  bis  fire  till  the  colonel  should  give  the  direction.  When  near  the  place 
where  she  was  wantinl,  the  tow-boats  gave  way  right  and  hit,  and  a  shot  was  fired 
which  fell  into  the  river  below  the  store-liousca.  Immedi.itcly  the  heavy  suu 
replied,  and  the  scheme  of  surprise  was  thwarted.  The  ves.-cl  fired  fitU-en  or 
twenty  heavy  shot,  one  of  whicii  stru..k  the  atore-house.  The  balls  wore  u.sed  in 
Rochester  long  afterwards  in  breakim:  stone  for  buildiuL'S.  General  Porter  now 
arrived,  and,  at  four  P..M.,  sent  .Major  .M.'ore  to  meet  a  second  truce-boat.  It  was 
threatened  by  Commodore  Veo  that,  uuless  public  pro[-erty  was  given  up,  he  u-iuid 
land  his  army  a'ld  four  hundred  Indians  and  lake  it.  Porter  replied,  if  ir'^.ps 
were  landed,  they  would  be  taken  c.ire  of,  and  warned  Veo  not  to  send  aii"tlier 
boat,  under  penalty  of  being  tired  upon.  3Ii!itia  gathered  in  constantly  in  small 
parties,  and,  by  night  of  the  second  d.iy,  some  sis  to  eight  hundred  men  had 
arrived.  Ou  the  third  morning  the  fleet  set  sail,  and  the  militia  triumphantly  and 
without  loss  returned  to  their  homes. 

RAISING   OF   THE    RED   MILL. 

With  the  close  of  the  war  the  tide  of  emigratioa  resumed  its  westward  How. 
Certainty  of  security  and  permanence  surrounding  settlement,  and  the  natur.d 
concentration  of  cnterprisiiur  men  iiiau'.;nrating  manufacture  and  creatinir  a  o'n- 

reeollettioiis.  rufleient  d.ites  are  gucn  to  ihc  etuistruetion  of  ihe  old  ll.,rvey 
Ely  or  ••  red  mill."  This  may  be  de-l-.-nan-d  the  pimu-er  mill  of  R.^l.esier, 
alliiougil  the  ruins  .,f  the  old  .\llel,    noil  w..,e  ilill  vl-llile  ,m  A.|i.   .|uet   -He,  t  11 


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two  d.i 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW   YORK 


were  t;Ql  up  wi*h  much  '.iiffioilty  on  thi-  first  iLiy.  Jtany  crosi-tiinb^r^  and  irird- 
tn  **ire  pat  in  ptaio  aiiii  pinnctl  in  tu  make  it  arruriL'.  und  a  ^upL-ort  to  rji^v.  tLe 
c<hcr  tuo.  Tarllc-Huclta  wicii  ropoj  w.re  attji  iicJ  lo  thf  coriu-rs  of  tlic  rjiseJ 
part,  othtr  blotU  •ere  rii.-_-«l  to  iho  prostrate  bcot ;  spme  manned  the  "  tb!l." 
Otlier«  »i:h  bauds,  bars,  arid  liaiuLspikL'S  lilted  upon  the  heavy  tramework.  The 
bcot  rOM'  tt  the  ri;,-iilar  "yo  heave"  of  the  builder.  A  little  way  up  and  the 
rrat  wt.i::ht  rtuiaiiied  stationary.  "  Kvery  in.ui  and  b«y  tuke  bold.*'  waJ  the 
order,  prutuptly  obeyed.  At  a  puii  and  united  elTort  the  taeLle-rt»pe  on  one  uonier 
parted,  scj  but  for  a  stroii;^  "skid.'  which,  following  up  the  rijinu-  bent.  cau;ht 
U  u  it  fell,  the  result  would  have  been  made  painluUy  nicinoral-le.  One  man. 
Mr.  Woodruff,  received  injury  to  iiis  spine,  producin.;  paralysia,  and.  withiu  »  few 
months,  death.  With  renewed  etfort  and  rciuforcemcnts  the  Sr>t  rreat  raising 
vns  coaipleted,  und  the  event  was  eelebr;\ted  by  great  hiKirity  auirmentcd  by  li<;uor:$ 
freely  used,  as  wa-s  the  geueral  custom  of  the  d.iy.  Ni^lit  and  d:\y  Harvey  Kiy 
had  supcnised  the  cuuatructiija  of  his  mill,  and  fi.r  yeai^  f.iniiers  reported  hither 
from  far  and  near,  and  often  passed  the  niu^ht  in  the  mill  waiting-  their  irist, 
poking  and  beguiliuq  the  time  witli  storied.    The  tir?t  red  mill  was  equaled  only 

The  old  miil  stuo.]  on  Buffalo  street,  where  now  the  Van  Zandt  buildin  js  are.  ueit 
north  of  the  city  milb.  It  ran  f,ur  p.iir  of  stones.  In  time,  having  beeu  disused 
for  fiooie  years  for  millin'^,  it  was  titted  up  fur  various  Diechanics  as  the  '"hydraalic 
bttilding,"  and  was  burned  October  4.  1S37. 

THE  GENESEE   COTTON   MANUFACTLTIING   COMPAXT. 

It  iras  during  the  year  1815  that  there  was  incorporated  in '  liochester  a  com- 
pany known  as  '■  The  Genesee  Cotton  Manafacturin;,'  Company,'  whose  designa- 
tion is  ir.dlc-atlvc  of  its  purj^ose.  Araons  the  stockholders  are  found  the  names 
of  Edoj  Stone,  Oliver  Culver,  S.  0.  Smith.  M.  Bn..wD.  Fisher  Builard.  and  W. 
Kempshall.  In  the  fall,  contract  with  Russcl  Smith,  of  llopkinton,  .^laisachusetts, 
wa<  toade  to  furnish  the  following  maehioery.  namely — twelve  thmstle-frames  of 
eighty-four  spindles  e.ieh.  and  two  mules  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  spindles 
each,  giving  a  total  of  one  thousand  throe  hundred  and  uinety-two  spindles,  to- 
gether with  all  the  needful  ap[uratu3  to  their  operation.  .\  buildiii',-  was  erected 
at  tlie  foot  of  Factory  street  un  Browns  race,  the  niaehinery  was  put  in,  and  by 
the  apricg  of  1S16  the  factory  was  rv:idy  for  busines.*.  When  built,  this  manu- 
fcctory  conLiined  the  only  cotton  machiuery  west  of  Whitestowu.  and  on  the 
bcilding  sas  hung  the  first  bell  west  of  iJenesee  river. 

Much  difficulty  was  anticipate  by  the  tympany  in  startiir.;.  sinee  they  were  fuU 
one  hundred  and  forty  miles  from  any  place  where  experienced  operatives  could 
be  obtained;  hut  ju.st  bel'ore  the  enterprise  was  completed  ready  tor  running,  all 
the  help  Wanted  was  furnished  by  the  atri\al  of  three  or  f"ur  lar.-e  tamilics  of  opera- 
tives from  the  Black-river  cuintry,  from  which  there  seems  to  have  been  .juite  a 
hegira  westward.  No  flight  obstacles  had  to  be  encountered,  and  pro-jresw  was 
limited.  The  prices  paid  for  material  and  the  difficulty  of  obtainiuu'  it  are  thus 
illiL^tratcd :  The  price  p.ud  per  [-imd  for  ctton  wits  thirty  ccrls  in  New  York, 
iod  transportation  was  three  dollars  and  5<'veniy-five  cents  per  hundred.  FUiier 
Billiard,  superintendent,  paid  Silas  Smith  twenty-five  ee-nls  |-cr  pound  for  chalk. 
asd  6vu  dollars  a  ^'alloii  tor  eoTiiuioii  lamp  oil.  and  when  the  loc-al  supply  was  thus 
eihiusted,  -Mr.  Bullard  proeeedisl  to  CanandalL'ua  aud  purelii-.i-d  by  whole-ale  at 
tJin  :  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per  gallon,  l-'i.r  inlerior  poik  as  high  as 
thirty-five  dollars  per  barrel  was  paid,  and  it  was  dealt  out  at  twenty  cents  per 
pound.  Money  was  seare-e  and  hardly  de^-ning  the  name.  Kmbarr.is^d  and 
dishearteoeMl,  the  c-ompany,  havin*.:  disbur^il  all  their  available  meaus  in  buildings 
and  ni-chiiiery,  were  v^tthont  money  ur  credit  v;lth  which  to  e^irry  on  m.-.nufaoturx:. 
The  fjclory  was  kept  running  until  January,  1*18,  when  couipleiity  of  difficulty 
prevented  further  operation^  In  lieu  of  >|>innin'.:  cotton,  there  were  writs,  exccu- 
tioGs,  and  injuiielions,  and  the  whole  establishnieiit  fell  into  the  sheriifs  liauds. 
Si'ickholdeia  were  notified  to  p.iy  balance  due  on  .stock  or  fljiTcit  their  rights  in 
tho  coucem,  and  most  preferred  the  latter  alternative.  A  few  pai^l  their  stock  in 
full,  with  an  undersLinding  lh.it  when  sold  by  th<-  "heriff  it  could  be  bi.l  in  to 
them,  and  w)  they  could  s-ivc  their  property  and  realize  full  value  on  stock.  .V 
person  authurizcil  bid  a  merely  nominal  sum  on  jcile,  and  the  whole  property  was 
•truck  off  to  him.  Liti-.ritioii  fallowed,  and  we  Umvo  this  pioneer  enterprise  with 
iu  wreck  of  hopes  and  lo.-a  of  means  till  a  liter  pen*!. 


and  all  the  populace  of  Canandaigua  turned  out  to  cut  a  canal  from  (he  fi-.t  ..f 
the  lake  across  a  bend  in  the  Outlet  to  furnish  watcr-powcr  for  the  pioneer  n.i.i, 
down  the  stream;  but  in  Ri>ehcvter  there  were  strong  and  willing  hands  enL:a.-..! 
in  openin-  the  mill-rac-c  south  of  Buffalo  strc-et.  by  lloehester  i  Co..  and  in  Isr, 
M.  Brown,  Jr.,  F.  Brown,  and  T.  .Muu.ford,  bc-.-iunmg  their  mill  eanal  at  the  i,.  ,a 
of  the  great  falls,  consummated  the  t.csk  in  1810  ,  here  was  no  creation  uf  w:  t,,. 
power,  but  a  utilizatioQ  by  a  diversion  of  a  portion  of  the  immense  water. [^tt,,.^ 
here  awaiting  intelligeut  applicatiou. 


MILL  CANAL. 

Prior  to  (he  dl-covery  of  steam  as  a  motor,  and 
effort,  wo  fin.l  the  c.m^tructiMn  ,.f  the  niill-raee  li..i 
totr:  as  hi-hwjys  for  iiiler-c<.nimiiiiicalion  do  to  » 
whiia  lide-d  in  digging  the  nic-c  of  the  old  Bear  mil 


the  early  : 
C-mkIi  rel; 


FIRST  l'UnCH.\SES  OF  PROIiUCK. 


1  consiJe 
t,l  ISU 


It  was  during  the  year  in  ijuestiou  that  the  purelr. 
quantities  from  the  adjacent  country  was  eommenevd.  It  was  not  ii 
flour  be'_-.m  to  bo  manufactured  in  R^-eliester.  -\.  few  hundred  b.urels  were  -em 
to  the  Niagara  frontier,  yet,  army  c-ontractors  not  having  money  lo  purcli  l-', 
there  was  no  incentive  to  flouring,  and  ciisiing  mill-power  was  used  ui  griiulin-.* 
the  grists  of  the  neighborhood.  With  peace,  came  an  opening  of  trade  viith 
Can.ida.  and  during  1815  soveral  hundred  barrels  of  Rochester  flour  were  expon.^i 
to  Montreal  and  other  ports  on  Lake  Ontario  and  the  St.  Lawrence.  The  wl,. -it 
crop  of  the  year  was  short  in  the  Cicncsee  country  as  well  as  in  Canada,  and 
for  four  weeks  the  price  of  flour  in  Rochester  was  fifteen  dollars  a  barrel.  Imliau 
corn  was  shipjied  in  considerable  quantities  to  the  Canadian  shore  of  the  lake,  and 
«old  at  York  (Toronto)  readily  at  three  dollars  per  bushel.  The  a'most  omni- 
present distillery  was  an  unworthy  airont  for  the  consumption  of  corn  ard  rye. 
During  the  year  a  building  was  erected  and  a  large  dUtillcry  started,  upon  a  new 
principle,  difficult  of  deseription.  A  process  was  devised  to  evade  duties  and 
cheapen  priw-s.  Sixty  gallons  a  day  were  run  on  one  boiler,  which  did  not  have 
i  a  capacity  to  hold  over  thirty  gallons  of  water.  The  other  distilleries,  unable  to 
i  obtain  the  secret,  denounced  the  lirjuors  as  injurious,  and  the  ijuestion  of  good 
I  whUky  was  generally  canvassed;  n-garded  as  essential  to  hcaitii,  the  subject  was 
one  of  great  importance. 

i  EARLY'  STAGING. 

'  The  mail  had  K-en  brought  once  a  we-ek  on  horseback  from  Canandaigua  by 

I  Mrs.  Dunham,  whose  husband  was  a  government  ci.ntnctor;  this  mail  f.icility  cm- 

i  tinned  till  1315.     Dr.  Levi  Ward,  a  settler  in  Rochester  in  1817.  had  obtaim-d 

j  authority,  in  1S12.  from  General  Gideon  Graie.-cr.  po>tinaster-gcnerd.  to  designate 

i  the  location  of  post-offices  in  such  places  as  he  would  contract  to  deliver  the  mail 

I  country  lying  between  Canandaigua  and  the  Niagara  river,  and  from  tho  Cani.i- 

I  daiiua'and  Buffalo  road  to  the  shores  of  Ontario.     There  was  included  in  il.is 

i  tract  an  area  over  twenty-five  miles  wide  by  one  hundred  long,  ineludln.-  the 

i  present  populous  counties  of  Monroe,  Orleans,  aud  Niagara,  and  the  cities  therein 

I  situated.     It  was  in   1815  that  Samuel  Hildreth.  of  Pittsford.  bezan  to  ran  a 

I  two-horse  stage  between  Rochester  and  Canandaigua,  distant  twcnty-cit;ht  mii.-s. 

;  The  trip  wa.t  made  twice  a  week,  and  the  mail-bag  was  transferred  from  the  I'-'-t- 

rider  to  the  mail  coach.     During  the  year  pri\ate  cnicrpriso  estal.li.-hed  a  weekly 

i  mail  route  between  Rochester  and  Lcwiston.  on  the  Niagara  river,  the  e.\p<n-e 

being  met  by  ihc  income  of  the  offices  along  the  route.     Not  till   LSIO  did  ('••"■ 

I  gress,  on  motion  of  General  Mieah  Brooks,  direct  the  committee  on  Jiost  route-  lo 

i  •■  ini|uire  into  the  expediency  of  establi-hini  a  mail  route  from  Canandaigua  lo 

'  Lcwiston,  by  way  of  the  village  of  Rochester." 


FIRST  TAVERN  ON  THE  AVEST  SIDE. 


ilcr.  ihe 


ell  as 
lunty, 


The  growth  of  the  villagt;  called  for  more  accommodations  for  i 
land-hunter,  the  spe»  ulator,  and  the  settler  awaiting  llic  comidelinn  of  hi-  lie"--, 
and  during  this  year  .\belard  Reynolds  o|K;ned  a  tavern  on  the  we>t  >ide  ..f  il'' 
river,  on  Buff.ilo' street.  This  wa.s  the  first  inn  on  tho  "  hun.lrcd  acre."  H't^' 
.Mrs.  Jonah  Brown,  prior  to  her  marriage  to  the  doctor,  occasionally  cave  her  ■■*'■ 
vices  as  bar-lender,  and  here  wa.s  kept  the  post-office  in  its  early  eii.-tcncc. 

THE   FIRST   CELEBRATION  OF  THE  FOrUTH  OF  JULY 

in  Rochester  h.as  a  triple  interest,  from  being  the  fir^t  from  its  spirit  .in.l  >>' 
ffictho<L     In  both  the  last-named  chance  has  be-cn  creat. 
•Ignificant,  for  n-ccnt  liriti-h  injuries  were  recalled,  and  a 
later  were  many  Rcvolntioii.ry  olnc,  rs  and  -.i.lier-i.      lb 
as  heroic  .h-cils  wen-  rfiiear>ed.  an.l   how  the  youth   veneraird  tho 
=ilcn<."  arrayL-d  in  the  unir..rm  of  the  conlincntals  I      lint  that  el.'m. 
the  last  old  patriot  borne  in  a  carriage,  and  seatc-d  upon  the  pl:.l 
wo  live  in  to-day.     A  religiuuH  feeling,  a  ncnlinicnt  of 


\  eelcbralinn  then 
he  s.thcrincM  then 
their  s,.e, dies  th. 


HISTORY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORIv. 


,„i„^,|„l  with  tlie  .'iliw  uf  a  Ji'cp  irliliiiritiuD.  nnd  i>ir;us  mm  ami  niiiiistiTs  took        ] 
^■tii'c  p^irl  un.l  ■lircilcil  tho  ttstivilius.     Tho  iiiliabil;.nt=  coii-ropilL.d  at  lti;vii..l.Js'        | 
Iji.TCi.aiid  urnin'^i-d  a  pmnraniiue  which  w.ns  to  end  in  a  hl^arii  b.ittl.:.      Mr.  Itcy-        I 
ii,.lj.s  tttid  othcl-s  made  spcrehcs  t'rora  tliu  stoop  in  front,  of  the  iio^t-otSec,  and  their        I 
patriutie  espresaiuns  were  heartily  applauded.     A  line  was  formed,  and  the  coiupany        ' 
BcI  off  acro.-«  the  briJ;.;e  on  to  the  hill-top  on  the  erst  side,  where  the  bojs  of 
that  tkrlion  joined  in.     The  trttop  then  marched  to  the  Diu^ic  of  drum  and  tife 
down  to  tlie  four  corners,  where  they  were  well  drillcil  by  a  St'otchuian  named 
Wallace,  who  had  fou'.;ht  at  LuTidy'a  I,ane,  under  Sent,  and  who  burnt  the  first 
lime  in  a  tiln  up>jn  the  later  siti;  of  the  old  Itoeliester  savini;  bank.     TUe  battle 
wa-  nctt  in  order.     The  British  assembled  near  tlie  end  of  the  l.rid-e,  the  Vaiikues 
in  the  street  opposite  the  Arcade  entrance.     The  contest  ended  in  UrilLsh  defeat, 
and  refreshments  were  served  in  tho  diuijigrooDi  of  the  tavern.     A  settler  ordered 
a  pailful  of  "black-.-.trap,"  and  the  fiend  of  alcohol,  insidiously  concialed.  first,  as 
Is  his  wont,  hei.Lihtuncd  the  spirits,  only  to  close  the  day  with  a  feeling  not  unmiied 
with  distrust  and  di.ssatisfactioD. 


ROCHESTER  IN  ISl.V 

Various  centres  of  trade  early  existed,  which,  as  time  wore  on.  l>eeame  suburbs 
and  ultimately  a  eomponent  part  of  the  prowing  city.     Samuel  J.  Andrews,  of       j 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  was  a  brother-in-law  of  .Moses  Atwater,  of  Canandaigua.        ; 
The.se  two  had  visited  the  vicinity  in  ISIli,  and  conjointly  made  purchase  from 
Augustus  Porter  of  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the  river,  embracing  the  upper  tiills,        [ 
and  joining  the  farm  of  Knos  Stone  on  the  north.    In  1S15,  Mr.  Andrews  brought       t 
on  a  limited  stock  of  goods  and  engaged  in  merchandising,  using  the  I'.ou.so  of  Enos       ' 
Stone.     The  fimily  of  this  early  storekeepx  r  soon  arrived,  and,  Jlr.  Stone  having 
Inld  nff  a  few  lots  On   Main  street,  Andrews  bought  what  is  now  the  corner  of        | 
Main  and  Saint  Pan'.,  and  erected  upon  it  a  stone  house,  the  first  building  besides       j 
wo.>d  known  to  Rochester.     He  was  hopeful  of  the  advancement  of  the  settle-       | 
iDcnt  to  a  business  mart,  and  did  his  part  towards  a  realization,  under  supervision        j 
of  bis  son,  S.  G.  Andrews,  Jr.    The  original  Andrews  and  Atwater  tract  ciimprised       | 
in  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  has  been  surveyed  and  sold  in  village  and  city  lots, 
and.  as  long  ago  as  IS.ifl,  had  been  mostly  occupied  with  private  dwellings,  and       j 
was  known  as  the  sixth  ward. 

John  G.  Bond,  of  New  Hampshire,  was  a  gTand=on  on  the  maternal  side  of       | 
William  Moulton,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Marietta,  Ohi.\  in  IT.^.S,  and,  being        | 
educated  to  tho  mercantile  business,  became  in  1799  a  partner  of  General  Amasa       i 
Allen,  in  Kei-ne,  New  Hampshire.     Partly  upon  busiuess  and  in  part  to  explore 
the  locality  he  came  to  Rochester  in  June,  181.'),  and  with  confidence  in  the  result        ! 
pua'hascd  the  lot  upon  which  the  Pitkin  block  was  subsenuently  erected,  and  on        i 
which  was  a  small  frame  hou.se.     In  the  fall  Mr.  Bond,  acconipanied  by  Daniel  D.        ; 
Hatch,  his  partner  and  relative,  bought  in  the  cities  of  New  York  and  Uo.ston  what       ! 
wa.-*  then  regarded  as  a  large  stock  of  goods,  and   set  out  for  Rochesterville.        ! 
Transp^irlatioD  from  .\lbany  cost  four  and  a  half  dollars  per  hundred  pounds.        | 
The  Barnard  house  and  shop,  no  lon'.:er  needed  fur  school  and  church,  was  en-       | 
largtHl,  and  transformed  from  tailor-  and  saddler-shop  to  .1  dry-goods  store,  the       i 
finh  in  the  place ;  Smith,  West,  Bissell  ct  Ely,  and  R.iswell  Hart  having  been        '■ 
preiliccs-or^  in  trade.     Mr.  Bond  moved  to  Luikport  in  lS:i:i,  and  became  one  of 
the  jud-cs  of  Niagara  county,     W'lllu  Kempshall,  .son  of  Richard  Kerap-liall.  an 
emigrant  from  England  to  Pitt.sford  in  ISuti.  had  learned  from  his  fuih.T  the  trade       '. 
of  a  firpentcr.     Ho  was  euiployci  by  the  Messrs.  Brown,  of  Frankfort,  in  1S13, 
and  bi-mnic  a  resident  of  Rochester  in   1814.     Thomas  Ivempshall,  a  brether  to 
^^■dli.,  found  employment  during  the  winter  of  lSli-1 1  a.s  clerk  for  Ira  West.        j 
H.-  advanced  to  a  partnership,  and,  on  the  rttirenicnt  of  Mr.  West  in  1824,  con-        j 
linue.1  busiiicss  alone  for  several  years,  when  John  F.  Bush,  a  clerk  in  the  store,        j 
*-i.«  taken  into  partnership.     Business  was  conductcil  for  some  years  as  the  firm  of 
Kinifi-lnll  &  Bush,  and  then  gave  place  to  a  large  funi.ice  and  mills  furnishing 
wlablishmcnt.      Mr.  Kcmpshall  engaged  in  other  enterprbes  to  be  mentioned        j 
'''•■r      Kiitcring  the  --ettlement  the  orphan  of  a  foreign  emigrant,  Thomas  Kcm|i- 
»liill  saw  a  village  incorporated,  a  city  orcanized,  and  was  elected  OQ  March  7, 
'**-M.  to  the  honorable  position  of  mayor.  | 

In  ISI.i,  the  pioneer  silversmith  and  watch-repairer,  Erastus  Coi>k,  came  and  ' 
••-^icl  in  Rochester,  and  grew  old  at  his  employment.  Isaac  and  Aldrieh  ( 'olvin 
■"•re  pioneer  hatters,  and,  later,  farmersi  in  Henrietta.  Jaeob  Howe  starusl  a  ] 
l'>l..ry  during  this  year,  and  carri.-d  on  th,.  business  till  his  dc.ith  ;  he  was  si.c- 
«^s-l.,|  in  thn  s.ime  business  by  his  .son  J.a.s.l,.  Haniel  Mack  was  .in  early  niaster- 
>""ld.r.  and  Kn..s  Pomrroy,  of  Ma.-saehusctls.  si„,|icd  law  in  the  olllee  ,.t  G.  lur.il 
►'"i.laiMl.  and  (his  year  opened  an  .iffice  in  the  place.     The  ,-llM,ts  of  .Mr.  I'miie- 


the  villa: 
persons. 


181!^.     In  the  month  of  Deeembcr  the  first  census  of 
,d  pave  a  population  of  three  hundred  and  thirty-one 


ACTIVITY    IN    BCILDING,  AND   SOCIALITY. 


th  and  durable  imp 


The  year  1816  was  marked  by  a  rapid 
incubus  cast  upon  enterprise  and  speculation  by  the  war  was  removed,  and  the 
season  opened  auspiciously.  BiLsincss  sprang  up  so  vigi^rously  and  healthfully 
that  a  great  want  aro.sc  for  habitations  wherein  to  accommodate  the  fam'ilies  of 
those  who,  as  principals  or  employees,  had  engaged  in  the  various  lines  of  indus- 
trial pursuit.  Reynolds'  solitary  tavern  was  besieged  by  many  desiring  to  board. 
While  a  few  were  accommodated,  quarters  were  straitened  for  those  who.  travel- 
ing, nightly  sought  its  hospitaiitiis.  Private  fatuilins  were  beset  to  take  boarders, 
and  the  early  settlers  aided  their  own  limited  resources,  and  furthered  the  public 
welfare,  by  a  sensible  effort  at  compliance.  In  such  a  state  of  affairs  there  was 
great  activity  in  building,  and  shanties  were  a  uiushroom  growth.  The  saw-mills 
ran  night  and  day,  and  the  filing  of  the  saw  at  midnight  by  Ezra  Mason,  sawyer 
at  Brown's  mill,  was  heard  as  ivgularly  ;is  deep-toned  bells  and  musical  steam- 
whistles  proclaim  the  midday  hour  for  rest  and  refreshment  to  toiling  thousands 
of  to-day.  Families  moving  in  would  bivouac  for  weeks  in  their  wagons  before 
they  could  find  other  shelter.  One  family  bought  a  lot  on  Buffalo  street,  on  the 
later  site  of  the  National  hotel,  cleared  away  the  brush,  and,  driving  into  the  clear- 
ing, began  to  build  about  their  covered  wagon.  Working  busily  by  day,  and  by 
the  light  of  pitch-pine  knots  by  night,  a  week's  close  found  floor,  roof,  and  three 
sides  complctesj.  The  wagon  wa-s  then  unloaded  nnd  run  out,  and  by  evening  of 
the  seventh  day  the  front  and  last  part,  with  its  two  S{[uare,  paneless  windows  and 
its  batten  door,  were  finished,  and  one  more  family  was  domiciled  in  Rochester. 
There  was  no  lack  of  socialitv  among  the  women  and  children  while  waiting  the 
raising  and  roofing  ot  dweiimgs.  On  bench,  ciiair,  and  log  the  covereu-w(agon 
community  disposed  themselves,  exchanging  words  of  cheer,  kind  sympathy,  and 
relating  incidents  of  the  journey.  New  comers  were  not  obliged  to  wait  an  intro- 
duction ;  the  hand  was  taken  with  cordiality,  and  hearty  welcome  given  as  a  rein- 
forcement in  the  determined  effort  to  plant  a  village  in  this  unpropitious  spot. 

In  the  spring  of  this  year  the  timber  was  cut  from  Buffalo  street  as  far  as  St. 
Mary's  hospital,  formerly  Halsted  Hall,  when  but  a  wagon-track  existed  on  the 
Scflttsville  road  south  of  Corohill.  A  rough  log  causeway  led  from  Rochesterville 
to  the  house  of  Oliver  Culver.  To  make  a  trip  over  it  with  a  wagon  was  a  good 
hour's  work.  Half  the  year  the  street  was  but  the  similitude  of  a  viaduct.  It  is 
recorded  that,  in  those  days,  a  passing  villager  threw  out  a  plank  to  reach  a  hat 
lying  on  the  mud.  On  raising,  it,  a  voice  Issued  from  under.  "  Hallo  there?  whift 
are  you  at?"  "  I  beg  your  pardon,"  was  the  reply,  '*  I  was  not  aware  there  was 
a  man  under  it."  "  Well,  you  give  up  that  hat, 
as  good  a  horse,  too,  as  there  is  in  this  infernal  ( 

With  the  erection  of  buildings,  stcpping-stoi 
placed  for  convenience  of  pedc-trians.  There  wi 
dred  acres  of  cleared  laud  on  the  yillago  site. 
Pittsford,  there  was  in  all  the  region  surrounding  little  more  than  small  openings, 
on  which  sto«xl  the  primitive  log  house.  Judge  Bond  has  written,  ''  In  February, 
1816.  with  my  family  and  that  of  Mr.  Hatch,  my  partner,  I  came  on  from  New 
H.anipshire.  With  chani,'ing  leather,  runners  gave  place  to  wheels,  and.  on 
arrival,  a  sudden  thaw  had  left  .hi;  roads  in  a  horrid  state.  Houses  were  scarce 
and  rents  high.  I  changed  residence  four  times  in  lass  than  a  year.  The  first 
house  was  built  by  Francis  Brown,  where  Dr.  Brown  was  a  later  resident;  the 
second,  by  John  Mastiek.  on  the  Brighton  side;  the  next  resting-place  was  the 
house  of  In  West,  on  the  west  s-idc  of  State  street ;  and  the  fourth,  a  house  owned 
by  John  Rochester,  just  south  of  the  Rochester  hou.so  of  an  elder  d.ay.  I  built 
the  house,  the  residence  of  General  Matthews,  on  Washington  street,  in  1S17, 
and  had  previously,  in  ISlfi,  in  lit  the  store  which  Dr.  Pitkin  occupied  fir  many 
vears  as  a  drugiist-shop."  Th_-old  tailor-shop  of  Barnard  •' was  used  successively 
by  Dr.  J.ibez  Wilkinson,  Dr.  ISackus,  and  John  A.  Granger  as  a  drugstore. 
When  I  began,  in  June,  ISlG.  t..  clear  ground  on  Washinston  street  on  which  to 
build  my  house,  my  nei-bbors  were  astonished  that  I  .should  think  of  building  so 
far  back  in  tho  woods.  I  told  them  that  within  thirty  years  this  would  bo  a  -reat 
city.  Most  demurred,  anil  said  if  the  population  reached  two  thousand  five  hun- 
dred, it  would  be  beyond  their  exp«tations."  In  ISlf,.  Bonds  was  the  only 
house  west  of  Sophia  street.      Himself  .and  Harvey  Ely  set  nut  sugar-maple  and 


you  will  find  there  Ls  one,  am 

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\t  this  time  less  than  one  hun 
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HISTORY  or  MONROE  COUN'TY,  NEW   YORK 


anva.  and  Ihf   «!,i^l,   thrw  lh:c^   Uii^- 
iiia'jy.  '     In  Jiinc,  a  tri-wetkly  tovir-holN^ 

at  were  ftiilcd  for  in  a  day,  anJ  the  RiJ;^e 

ill  ill  inf:iniv,  marie  the  villain  the  chief 
vailt-y  and  fur  most  of  whut  now  firiiis 
Teriras  came  cn*wjiif^  in,  and  wheiit  wa-s 
d  a  h.ilf  cenl5  tu  twn  dollan 


and 


Id  June.  lidS,  Auui.- 
the  rublicatinn  of  th.-  f! 
•nd  fully  up  to  the  bu^iiuT-i  tvniinn 
io  I'tira,  of  M.^r-,  ScwunI  A-  Willi. 
type  «nd  niatcnad  nwilcl.  and  wiili  t 


THE   FIRST  NRWSrAVElt. 

rr  prin 
fnlin  «l 


Ct.  rViiiby.  the  I 
./n-  Gn-.Hl'.  a  • 


thi- 


lir  of  Rxhotcr.  ho;.-an 

ftml.y  l..id  punliL-.-,! 
prcv-i,  with  an  i.titfif  nf 
3  bet  uiit  friiin  hll  home 


journey  to  I<  •l«l<.n,  ooupvins  ( 
broken  do»o  ly  comin;:  in  toiiMit 
ooach  was  put  on,  and  this  wa.i  n^-,' 
before  the  year  clo,^  three  or  fou 
road  rapidly  became  a  preit  hishw 
The  ci.iL-truction  of  mills,  a  bu- 
wheat  market  for  the  entire  (le 
Ontario,  Wayue,  Orleans,  and  (jcii 
•old  at  prlcc~<  rau^-in!:  from  m.e  .1.: 
»nd  fifty  cents  (*r  biLsliel.  and  Hour,  ilurin'j  the  fir>t  two  inonihs  of  the  year, 
•old  for  cine  dollars  a  barrel.  The  arrival  of  new  comers,  the  entry  and  exit  nf 
teams,  the  sto»«  trade,  and  the  activltv  in  huildinsr  were  a  prfmnnicion  of  the  future. 
Commerce  bejran  to  be  worthy  of  the  name.  Hanfoni's  I^ndins  was  the  leading 
•hippin.s  p..iut.  Vc.-eU  b.van  to  run  reinilarly  from  thv  landin-  and  fn.ni  the 
mouth  of  the  liver  to  other  [«.rt.s.  The  leading  artiehs  of  e!Lpi.rt  durinir  this 
ieasoD  were  flour,  whe.at,  p.;t  ami  pi'arl  a.-h.  whisky,  and  staves.  The  >hipiaeni3 
of  the  fir^t  tiazued  during  the  year  had  re:uhed  a  total  i^i  ^veu  to  eisht  thousand 
batreb.  Xhcr«  was  no  difficulty  in  tindini  pupiij  for  the  school,  and  the  red 
•chool-hoa.se  leeeived  an  enlargement  to  furni.=h  room. 


SETTLEMENT  OF  CARTHAGE. 

We  h»TC  spoten  of  R.iche>ter  as  the  seat  of  a  rising;  viUa'je  and  t  growing 
,  tr^de;  meantime  other  atlotineuts  were  made  and  lcb»  laid  off  a.s  p:rminal  points 
of  1  fiiture  unity.     To  the  northward,  and  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  Elisha       j 
B.  Strong  and  Ellslia  Beach,  in  company,  made  a  purchase,  from  Caleb  Lyoo,  of       i 
one  thousand  acres  embnicin^  the  =ite  of  what  has  been   known  as  Carthage,        ' 
Lyon  had  been  a  resident  for  .-s.me  time,  and  made  a  sn-all  clearing.     A  few        . 
families  were  living  upon  the  tnict  Id  log  cabins,  but  were  chieay  of  iiie  *|uaLier 
class.     At  this  time,  access  to  the  site  of  the  purchase  was  obtained  only  by  the       1 
merchants'   road,  which  had  been   made  chiefiy  by  merchants  of  Canandaigua       | 
•everal  yeans  previous.     It  ltt"t  the   Brighton  pj..d  ju-t  e;ist  of  the  farm  of  0.       j 
Culver.     A  wo<»Js  road,  with  blazed  trees  as  i^uides.  had  been  made  by  Lyon  on       \ 
the  rivcr-bant  to  the  Brighton  road.     We  shall  see.  in  arvother  place,  the  daring 
length  to  which  the  proprietors  of  this  purchase  carried  their  projects. 


PIONEER  TRADE.5MEX   AND   MECHAXICS. 

Gideon  Cobb,  the  oriLTual  public  conveyancer,  has  been  noted.  A  brother, 
William,  had  been  .lisoeiatcd  near  R.)me.  wuh  Dr.  .Mitihew  Brown,  in  the  aie 
and  scythe  minnfaclure.  and  iu  181U  traotcrrcd  the  work,  to  Rochester,  and 
added  a  machine-?hop.  A  cliantte  of  location  w;w  made  in  lS:iO,  when  Laws.^n 
Thayer  became  a  partner.  The  site  later  occupied  by  D.  R.  B.trton  was  ptirclias..'d. 
Thomas  Morgan,  on  the  rear  of  the  lot,  ^tarted  the  first  cut-nail  manulactory  west 
of  Albany.  I'lior  to  1S:{0,  ."ilr.  Cobb  went  to  Aliens  hill,  under  contract  with 
Nathaniel  Allen,  to  auiHfrintend  a  tool-shnp  [here  commencc-d.  Both  Allen  and 
Cobb  died  at  Louisville.  Kentucky.  Atnoni  the  pioneer  mechanics  who  made 
BJchestcr  their  home  in  131  li  were  .I.M.athan  IVkard.  ?ri~tou  ,<miih.  and  Wil- 
liam Bte^^ster.  .Mr.  Kukard  came  flora  llawlcy.  .M:i.-viLhu><its.  and  wa.s  the 
third  to  cng,-iguiu  silvcrsmithing  iu  the  vilb'.-e.  E.  Cc-k  and  <almou  Sehotield 
havini;  prcvedi-d  hira.  [n  I.SIT,  Samuel  \V.  I**e  carae  on  and  made  the  fourth. 
Mr.  Packard  continual  the  bu.-inc^s  many  yi-ar<.  and  was  the  latent  survivor  of 
thoae  who,  in  that  early  day,  workcil  at  th.it  trade.  Hi-  made  the  first  stove-pipe 
ever  maouf.icturcd  in  Kmhister.  and  t.«ik  part  in  unking  the  first  ea.stings. 
Preston  S.nlih  aJ.d  Willi.im  Brewster  w.iv  in  the  eabiu-t  bu.-incs.s  in  181H.  and 
three  yeat^  later  Frederick  Slarr  also  toiik  up  the  trade.  These  latter  parties  so 
enlarged  their  hu.-.ir.c.-s  and  reached  muI.  .-kill  in  workmanship,  m  to  hold  a  lead- 
ing position  •omon-.r  like  estahli-shmeois  throughout  the  older  citivt*  of  the  cuuntry. 

A  tavern-houise  Wics  built  this  vear  lu  lliat  part  of  the  citv  known  in  tho.>s.'  days 
••  Frankfurt.  The  builder  was'w.  .J.  McCr.eken,  who  w.cs  a  citizen  of  Roib. 
eater  till  more  tlun  half  a  century  bier.  The  -^ind  known  later  as  the  .North 
American  hotel  was  a  place  of  convenience  to  trivcler  and  stranirer,  and  lite  only 
frame  building  then  existing  between  thert  and  the  Ea'.:!c  comets. 


f  .r  the  Ge 


type 


fell  thn 


spirL- 


Oneida  Ca.- 
broken  bott 
ualitv  Hill. 


bov 


ai.d  relurEiing,  Iniith—  . 
the  boxes  and  buil.sl 
under  a  lapgc  stump.  It  was  agreed  that  the  b<jies  shnuM  be  opened  in  pre 
of  the  natives,  who  were  very  eav-er  to  sc-c  the  contents.  At  Oneida  C.i-cl, 
government  yearly  paid  the  Indi.-ins  their  annuities  in  coin,  brxiu'jht  in  h.rxi 
those  holding  the  type,  and  this  explains  why  they  had  bci'ti  cotrceahsl.  1 
the  first  b*»x  was  oprened  all  silently  irazed  upon  the  contents.  Th;*  t\|K.- 
taken  out  and  exhibited.  .U  last,  an  Indi.ui,dr.ining  a  long,  sigh-like  breat 
clairaeil,  "  N*o  L''x>d  money — whi>op  ! — no  gt.«xl  money!"  and  departed,  fol 
by  all  the  rest,  grunting  their  dis.ippoititmcnt. 

Dauby  jgjin  set  out.  and  came  tlm.u-h  in  sifciy.  He  found  a  buildin- 
able  for  an  office  ui>oii  the  sp.)t  near  the  river,  where  the  office  of  the  Dei,, 
and  Clinnkl-  is  li«:ated.  The  stnieturc  wxs of  two  stories,  b.dow  Smith  A  1 
the  first  butchera  in  the  vilkigc,  who  had  established  a  stall  ab-ive,  reaelie. 
platform  running  from  the  brid'.-e.    Some  fifteen  feet  away,  the  material  of  ih 


printing  office  wa.s  ciuiv. 

ofJRaehestcr-     Mr.  Pai 

of  the  Rochester  Guzet 

Abncr  Wakilee's  buildi 

and  then  rcmovci]  to  Exchange  stn 

child's  school-house.      Mr..5heldoi 


L  printer,  livwl  fifteen 


icured  his  s 
o^BufT.do 


ng  Ju 
public.  The  otfice  was  s<«.n  shiti.sl  i„ 
root,  over  Austin  Steward's  m.-.u-sh..),. 
lo  a  building  known  later  as  Filer  \  Fair- 
ascd  In  be  connected  with  the  office,  and 
went  to  Detroit.  Edwin  Scrantom  and  A.  M.  Harris  became  apprentices,  ami  fiT 
two  or  more  years  A.  tj.  D.iuby  and  hLs  two  as,sLstants  performed  the  office  work. 
In  the  fall  of  ISIS  another  removal  was  made  to  a  story  and  a  half  wood  build- 
ing on  the  north  side  of  Buffalo  street,  near  the  pre.-s.'0t  entrance  to  the  Reviioi.ts 
arcade.  The  catirc  upper  story  was  given  to  the  office,  which  had  ampl.^  room ; 
below  were  two  stores,  one  for  drugs,  the  other  grueeries.  It  wa.s  ra-t  mi.lniLda 
of  Satunl.iy,  December  \.  1S19.  before  the  master  and  his  apprentice  h;,d 
finished  working  off  the  fit^t  side  of  the  Gdzrtli.  which  w.ai  published  on  Tm— 
days.  About  two  A.M.,  Sunday  morr.iiig,  the  unasual  cry  of  "  Fire  1''  raiis  throu«_'lt 
the  village.  Once  befor»  tlic  devouring  element  had  appeared  iu  the  s.oa-  uf 
Bond  k  Hatch.  This  second  tire  in  Rochester  be-.-an  iu  a  buildnig  owned  by  A. 
Reynolds,  £s.i.;  the  second  story  a  saddlers  shop,  the  lower  ruoin  useii  a-s  a -tore 
by  C.  E.  Barnard.  The  fire  caught  the  next  buildin-,  one  nwni  the  store  of 
John  Harford,  the  other  that  of  Dr.  F.  F.  Backus,  for  the  ssile  of  dru-s.  and, 
above  the  printing  office,  a  third  buildintr,  that  of  West,  Clark  i  Co..  was  .lU. 
burned.  The  store  of  Lc.avitt  i  Hill,  near  by.  escaped,  as  did  R^'yoolds'  tavern. 
The  citizens  formed  lines  from  the  enirine  to  the  river,  and.  con-iderio'.;  their  in- 
experience, did  well.  There  were  strau'gers  in  the  village,  to  whom  the  citi/.'-n- 
cxpres.scd  obliL'ation  for  hearty  service*.  The  GazetU  lost  all  save  f,v,i  c;u-*-'s  "f 
type,  thrown  out  by  Scrantom,  who  barely  s.ived  his  life,  and  cau_-ht.  one  by  I,  vi 
W.  Sibley,  and  the  other  by  i<^^  Feck.  This  cmfla^-ration  endc-d  the  nnhlicari..,, 
of  the  paper  for  the  time,  and  dL-hcartcncd  the  publisher.  A.ssistc-d  by  friends. 
Mr.  D.iuby  opcneil  a  new  office  on  Buffalo  street,  over  the  store  of  John  W. 
Strung  k  Co.,  which  stood  near  the  bankin-  office  of  M.^ssrs.  Stettheimer.  Ton.- 
k  Co"  In  1821,  Derict  and  Levi  \V.  Sibley  bouu-ht  the  establishment,  wh.  n 
Dauby  rcturncxi  to  Utiea  and  sUrtcsl  the  Onfl.la  OU'mr.  He  was  api-iiu.-l 
postmaster  of  the  pl.ice  in  1S'J9  b  •  G.'uend  Jaek.son.  and  held  the  othce  tor  .> 
.■^:nrc  of  ye:ir9.  Els< where  is  given  he  history  of  the  prcs-s.  and  its  peru-,i  ".l 
prove  that  A.  G.  D.uiby.  the  pioneer  printer,  mi'.'ht  well  regard  with  prid.-  il-  -:.eiv 
prtigTCSN,  keeping  p.ice  with  the  iucrca.M,' of  |»opulatiou  and  the  urowtli  of  I.ii-in' -* 

till  the  publications  of  lh76  are  an  honor  to  the  city— a  necc-.-ily  to  il '• 

The  original  post-rider  of  Roehestei  n.is  , ■Stephen  B.  B.inlctt.  of  New  I[am|.-li0' 
To  the  business  of  conveying  news|Mpers  to  cu.-t.jmers  were  add.sl  the  pi.jr.-i-"- 

mittisl  to  ■•  the  seventh  s<ui  of  the  s.-\enth  «on.  '  ami  his  ability  as  a  tea.  Ii.  r  I- m.: 
prctnincnr  as  a  reader,  wherein  he  deliLdUed.  In  the  Rnch'^i^r  /,/..//•'/'/'  ■' 
November  21),  182U.  "  the  p*ist-rid*  r's  noric-e*'  reads,  •*  I  must  eoll*et  live  lniiidn-'l 
snudl  debts  wilhoitt  delay,  to  pay  one  lar.-e.  My  patrons  arc  left  t-i  lli.ir  .I.ei'- 
whether  I  must  do  it  yirocm/./y  or  /o/v/Wy."      Bartlett  was  a  ■•  di-iid-lieail.    an' 

doubtful  mode  of  gitting  a  li\  ing.  xs  «.  tilers  were  generally  poor,  and  ..wi.l  I' 
their  lands.  Many  a  p..-t-rider.  in  d.  ht  and  starved  out,  had  a  hcavv  li-l  of  r  "^' 
acCDUnH  not  separately  worth  the  cs.st  of  collection.  Our  post -rider  h.id  a  bin  ' 
Canadian  pi.ny.  stron-  and  well-u.ndili..ne.l,  and  acro^ss  the  saddle  w:us  .-irn-l  • 
large  pair  .if  s;iddle-b.e.-,  the  rccep'.nl.-.  of  the  p.ipers.  Mounted  aiel  ~.y'x.\v  I- 
B.irtlett  .-I  off  np..n  his  ri.le.  At  hut.  eaUn.  .iml  viil.e.-.-  tiie  bl.i.t  ..I  Io-  '■" 
horn  annoiinci-d  his  approach,  and  letters  from  distant  hoin.  s  .cssured  i.  conli  d  " 
i-eplion.      He   lived  and   .li.sl  u|-,n  a  si I   f.irm   ...p,..s,l,:    Fall.,   fieid.  ou    -N-i'l' 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


81 


THE   IIOLL   UF   PIU.N'KERS    FOR   JANUARV.  ISIC. 

i„  |t,.li.^t.T.  pvf«  ihe  lulluwiDs:  AshM  St.;cl.;.  Cuu.fort  Williau-.  Mcx.H  ai.J 
Ur^'llorJ  Kill-,  Mr.  W:.k.-ti.l.l.  Jolin  C.  U.kI,c>-,t,  Dr.  Jonah  Brou.i.  Di.  Gibls, 
mu>vn  Oil.lrt.  II.  L.  Sill  and  GrnriiL'  Sill.  Alxl.ird  R-vii.,iai  ai.d  lu>.  father's 
f,u,ily,Juhn  .Ma-li.k,llaivi_v  .MonlL'uUifry,  D.  Carter,  H.' R  B.nd>r,  C.  Harfurd, 
Ilaiiiitc  SLraiiiuin,  Mr.  Hamlin,  Philip  Lisl.-,  Silaa  O.  Smith,  the  Bmwn.-,  Tm 
W.^.  Kitewell  Hart,  Bi-scll  and  the  KUs,  Daniel  .Mack,  J.  Hoit.  1;mo3  St-.ne, 
S.l.iiiun  Close,  Thomas  Kcmpsh.iU.  Eiioa  Pumeroy.  Seth  Saiton,  Luther  Doirell, 
'l!...«ell  B.ibbiit,  Preston  Smith,  Bemdiet  Harloid,  WillU  Kemi-shall,  Chaunc-y 
>|,mJ,  Samnel  J.  Andrews.  Ruloff  Hannahs.  .Vzel  Knsworth,  Erastus  C'u'jk, 
ii.,ni.'l  Tinker,  KellnL-g  Vo.-hvir.'h,  William  R„L:ers.  Libheus  Kllioit.  AJuuijah 
Cnvo.  James  Irwin,  Au-ustioe  G.  Dauby.  A.  and  I.  Colvin,  M.  P.  Covert,  \Vm. 
W.  Jobsou,  Henry  Skinner,  and  James  Sheldon.  Many  .:.f  these  fnim  mention 
»re  familiar;  a  number  were,  at  the  lime,  unmarrie.]. 


ROCHESTER   IN    ISIG. 

A  nuih  of  settlement  had  coDtinue<l  throuiih  the  year,  and  the  population  by 
the  fall  of  I'^ie  had  doubK-d,  yet  the  forest  clun;;  close  to  the  outskirts  of  the  vil- 
lam-,  »3  if  reluctant  to  yield  its  suprem.icT,  once  '_'one  lost  forever  .\.3  its  bst 
Tear  without  a  name  and  government,  a  retrospection  as  presented  by  Jud^e  Chapin 
l«  of  unusual  interest:  "  The  principal  settlement  on  Buffalo  street  was  between  the 
K3j;le  tavern  and  the  bridu'e  over  the  Genesee.  The  buildings  were  rows  of  small 
("hopiioneachsideof  the  street,  mostly  a  story  and  a  half  hiuh.  Here  and  there  was 
a  building  farther  west  on  that  street,  and  the  bnish  had  lately  been  burned  to 
fU-ar  the  street  along  in  front  of  where  the  court-house  and  the  Methodist  chapel 
(1847)  now  st.ind.  A  frog-pond  occupied  a  part  of  the  cjurt-house  yard  at  the 
base  of  a  high  atone  ledge.  From  the  bathing-house  on  the  weit  wai  a  log  cause- 
Washington  street  west  there  was  an  unbroken  forest.  Suite  street  had  been 
cleared  of  trees,  but  the  stumps  were  remaining.  The  forest  came  almost  to  the 
we^t  line  of  tlie  street,  between  Ann  and  Brown  streets.  On  the  west  side  of 
Kiehange  street  a  small  framed  building  stood  perched  on  a  high  ledge  of  stone 
about  wher«  Allen  &  Seymour's  bo«3k -store  now  is ;  farther  west  was  a  dwelling- 
house  OD  the  site  of  the  Bank  of  Rochester;  then  on  south  there  was  oceasion- 
ally  a  Bmall  building.  On  the  west  side  of  this  street  were.no  buildings.  A  yard 
f.ir  saw-logs  occupied  the  ground  of  Child's  basin.  On  .N'orth  Fiiihugh  street 
there  was  no  settlctuent  rmrth  of  the  site  of  the  Baptist  meeting-hou.se.  ,\  ciirt^ 
track  then  led  north  to  adjacent  wcwds  From  North  Sophia  street,  oa  west  be- 
yond Washington,  w.is  an  ash  swamp  filled  with  water  the  most  of  the  year.  The 
Iting  pendent  moss  from  the  bouirhs  of  the  trees  in  this  swamp  presented  a  pie- 
lureS4|ue  appearance.  The  land  south  of  Troup  street  was  a  fore-t.  On  the  east 
»idc  of  the  river  was  a  cluster  of  houses  on  .Main  and  South  Paul  streets.  From 
i'linton  street  east,  from  Mortimer  north,  and  from  Jackson  south,  was  mostly 
fon-itt.  A  black  walnut-tree  of  magnificent  proportions  stood  on  the  north  part  of 
I'liblin.  not  far  nortbe-ast  from  the  falls,  and  attracted  many  visitors. '  In  the 
vi-ar  following  Chapin  bought  and  cleared  land  on  Troup  street.  A  winding  path 
led  Ihniugh  the  woods  to  ■'Spring  street,  and  the  wild  doer  were  seen  on  his  clearing. 
-\  picture  thi.s  not  rich  in  coloring :  nature,  never  lavish  of  her  gifts,  presented  here 
a  6ltiug  field  for  the  eiercise  of  human  iutelligcnec. 


INCORPOR.\TIO.\. 


Four  yean  had  elapsed  since  Hamlet  Scrantom  had  completed  his  log  liousfi 
built  u|H>n  the  lot  of  Henry  Skinner.  Regun  durim:  a  time  of  war.  it  tenaciously 
held  ii!«  footing  until,  with  the  dawn  of  peace,  it  awoke  to  a  magical  increase  of 
pnr.|n.rity,  popularity,  and  population.  The  demand  for  oneclassof  settlers  called 
I'T  a  correspondence  of  others.  Individual  enterprise  found  free  sway,  social  in- 
•liiutiuns  sprang  up  in  response  Ui  appaicnt  c.iU.  and  the  infant  city  put  on  the 
apparel  nf  childhood.  Xa  .ict  of  incorporation  wa.s  p.is,-ed  by  the  legislature  in 
■Vpril,  1817,  and  the  vilKige  received  the  name  of  Rochestcrville,  in  honor  of  Na- 
thaniel Rochester,  its  founder. 


THE  FIRST  VILLAGE   ELECTION 

5,  and  five  trustees  were  cho.«en  under  the  nc 
Fn,ne„  Bn.WM,  Evera.d  Peck.  Paniel  Mack, 
Fran,  i-  Bruwn  w,i3  made  pre>i.l.nt,  lla-lin-- 


election  was  held.  Me  ^^ra.  Cobb  and  Barnard  retired  after  the  first  year,  and  were 
succeeded  by  Isaac  Colv  in  and  Ir.i  West.  Moses  Chapin  became  clerk  f.r  the  bvard 
during  IHIS,  while  F.  F.  Backu.s  w.is  continued  treasurer  until  the  sprinrr  of 
ISliy, — an  example  of  trust  and  confidence  repovnl  by  the  populace  in  an  able 
and  reliable  citizen,  a  worthy  and  estimable  man.  Time  ha,  sped  on.  and  a!!  the 
members  of  that  village  council  of  1S17  have  cros.nJ  the  my.stic  river  of  death. 
In  the  first  year  of  vilhige  existence  Isaac  Colvin,  Hastings  R.  Bcn.Ier.  and 
Daniel  D.  Ha'teli  served  as  first  assessors,  and  Ralph  Lcstor  as  collector  and  con- 
stable. Security  against  firca  wa.s  an  early  precaution  ;  every  citizen  was  reiiuired 
to  be  supplied  with  fire-buckets,  ami  arrani:ciuents  were  made  for  hi>oks,  ladders, 
and  the  paraphernalia  of  a  tire  department.  The  t'ollowing,  Roswell  Hart,  M'iliis 
Kempshall,  John  G.  Bond,  Abner  Wakelee,  and  Francis  Brown,  were  the  fir>'t  tire- 
wardens,  all  iif  whom  were  changed  at  the  next  election.  -\t  a  meeting  held  on 
June  ID  there  was  voted  a  ••  tax  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  defraying 
expeuses  of  corporation,  for  procuring  tire-hooks  and  ladders,  and  to  take  uther 
pre<?autionary  measures  to  guard  against  the  destructive  ravages  of  fire  in  said  vil- 
lage, and  to  cut  a  ditch  from  the  swamp  or  slough  westward  of  the  dwelling-liouie 
of  A.  Reynolds  sulEcicntly  high  up  to  completely  drain  the  swam|.  and  continue 
down  said  swamp,  pa'v^ing  the  dwelling  of  Willis  Kemp.-.hall,  thence  to  the  meadow 
of  Thom:i3  Mumford  near  the  river;  and,  further,  to  cut  another  ditch  from  the 
low  grounds  in  the  rear  of  the  dwelling  of  David  H.  Carter,  so  as  to  drain  the 
waters,  which  now  settle  there  and  stagnate,  into  the  river,  and  further  SL-ek  the 
health  and  safety  of  the  village."  Measures,  these,  initiatory  t.i  vast  enterprises 
which  have  followed,  and  typical  of  the  New  Ein:land  chanicter. 

In  1817,  D.  K.  Carter  associated  with  Abner  HoIUsUt  and  built  the  old  man- 
sion, the  first  three-story  building  ever  erected  in  the  place.  In  this  .structure  the 
first  Masonic  lodge  in  Rochester  was  instituted,  and  was  known  as  Wells  Lo<lge, 
No.  2S-.  Another  society,  known  as  Hamilton  R.  A.  Ch.apter,  was  organi2ed  in 
the  spring  of  1S19. 

MILL-RACES   .\-ND   DAMS. 

Matthew  and  Francis  Brown  had  the  previous  year  finished  a  mill-canal  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Genesee  at  the  head  of  the  ^eat  falls.  U  was  ffuarried  through 
a  rock  a  leni'th  of  eighty-four  rods,  a  width  of  thirty  feet,  and  a  depth  of  three  feet, 
and  formed  their  mill-race,  and  furnished  power  to  the  cotton  factory  and  to  many 
another  establishment.  From  this  canal  the  water  has  a  fall  of  nearly  one  hun- 
dred feet.  The  name  of  Elisha  Johnson  is  prominently  and  closely  dissociated 
with  improvements  of  like  and  more  extensive  chai-acter.  He  w;is  ason  of  Captain 
Ebenezer  Johnson,  a  pioneer  of  the  county  of  Chautaut|ue.  and  brother  to  I>r. 
Johnson,  one  of  the  leading  founders  of  Bufi*alo.  Prures,-ionatly  an  engineer,  he 
became  later  known  as  a  constructor  of  the  tunnel  of  the  Genesee  Valley  canal, 
at  Portage,  and  in  1S38  was  mayor  of  Rochester,  and  in  1S44  .in  elector  for 
president  and  vice-president.  Mr.  Johnson  came  from  Canandaigua  to  Rochester 
and  bought  the  greater  portion  of  Enos  Stone's  farm,  the  scene  of  the  bear-fight, 
situated  at  the  first  fall,  on  the  east  side,  and  opposite  the  Rochester  tract.  This 
purcb;ise  included  the  land  lying  between  North  street  and  the  river,  some  eighty 
acres  of  which  are  now  a  compact,  solidly-built  Section  of  the  city.  For  this 
property  ten  thousand  dollars  were  paid,  and  the  whole  tract  was  laid  out  in  vil- 
lage lots.  Work  was  begun  to  construct  a  dam  across  the  Genesee  near  'by  the 
old  fording-place,  and  a  large  mill-canal  was  excavated  from  that  p-iint  to  the 
bridge.  The  work  was  some  sixty  or  more  nxls  long,  sixty  feet  wide,  and  four 
deep.  Aided  by  Oraon  Sheldon  and  other  energetic  citizens  of  Canaudaitua,  an.! 
at  an  expense  of  twelve  thousand  dollars,  the  enterprise  was  consummated,  and 
extensive  water  privileges  were  furnished  and  have  continued  down  to  the  present. 
It  was  bargained  with  Enos  Stone  to  construct  a  niceway  on  the  e.ist  sln.re,  norh 


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[icrty  of  to-day,  and  to  build  : 

This  raco  was  constructed  as  far  dowu  as  the  mill  of  William 
.\tkinson,  now  the  mill  owned  and  occupied  by  C.  J.  Hill  &  Son.  .Much  jKiwdcr 
was  consumed  in  lifting  the  great  .quantities  of  solid  rock  necessary  to  make  the 
water-course,  and  this  iitirU  of  broken  stone  was  dumpci  into  the  nvcr.  fi.c 
mill  of  Mr.  Atkinson,  havini:  three  run  of  stone,  was  the  first  one  built  on  the 
race,  and  the  first  water  that  was  used  w.as  let  into  his  flume  up.in  his  whceLi. 
Messnj.  Atkinson  and  J.)hnson,  and  many  otheta,  celebrated  this  event  as  one  oi 
great  importance  to  both  vill.T.-c  and  the  country.  Atkinson  s  mill  w.-vs  followed 
during  this  season  by  those  of  Eli.-ha  B.  Strong,  Heman  N..rt«ii,  an<i  E,  Ikaeh, 
with  four  run  of  stone,  and  situate.l  at  the  upper  step  of  the  Icw.r  f.dU 
Later  ownel^  wer.'  I!o.,ker,  Olni.-l.-.id  i  Griffiths,  an.l  Georirc  -A  -Vv.ty  ami 
Philip  TlmrL.r       I'niin-  the  n.  it  year  P.dnoT  Clev.'land   built   ih.-  mill   .n  ill. 


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BUSINESS   PKOSPKRITY. 


These  worlis  brought  in  a  rush  of  populatiun,  and  made  1817  a  marked  da^e 
ia  the  calendar  of  the  city.  Such  lucci  as  ."^mith.  Keynnhis,  Stoce,  3Ia.-:ick,  Ben- 
der, Johnson,  Biisel.  and  the  Brumis  laid  lartre  plans  for  mechanical  wnrks,  mer- 
chandising and  millini:.  and  ;niy  othrr  enterprise  that  pruini->c<l  well  to  the  newly- 
founded  Ti!Lr.:e  ;  and  tlicy  were  j-iined.  and  their  efforts  i4*condfd.  by  busine^  men 
like  Roswull  Hart,  Sesh  :>aN-toa,  B..nd  A  Hatch,  WiUiaui  Pitkin^  J..hn  Childs, 
Jacob  Graves,  Samuel  Works,  Levi  Ward.  Jr.,  William  Cnbb.  and  many  another 
citizen  who  had  hoped  for  ju.-t  ."^uch  an  activity.  Cupper,  tin,  and  sheet-iron  bnsi- 
ness  was  started  by  Ebenczcr  Watts,  and  received  in  time  the  a  idiiiuu  of  a  large 
hardware  cstablishnictit.  Fra7.er  ,11;  Shi.-ldoa  euL'nired  in  the  sumo  hu3ine:>s  pureuit, 
and  second  to  Mr.  Ileynolds  in  saildlery  and  harness-making  was  Pelatiah,  brother 
to  Ira  West.  John  Shethar  was  also  in  the  .«ame  trade.  Following  the  Colvins, 
John  aud  WiUiani  Ilaywu^id  were  the  second  firm  engaired  in  the  raiinufacture  of 
hats.  Jacob  Graves  and  Samuel  ^Vork3.  arriving  from  Vermont,  bounht  out  the 
Email  tannery  of  Kcllu.-.-  \'o-liurgli,  and  engaged  in  a  b'lsiness  which,  as  cirried 
00  by  Graves  &  Sons,  was  an  industry  of  great  magnitude.  Tlie  manufacture  of 
looking-glasses  was  begun  in  1S21,  by  John  II.  Thompson.  The  early  tailors 
following  Barnard,  and  the  first  to  do  any  considerable  business,  were  Smith  and 
Holdcn.  Early  master-builders  were  Daniel  Mack,  the  Kings,  Robert  and  Jona- 
than, Phelps  Smith,  and  Philip  Allen.  Pioneer  coopers  were  Charles  .^I.t^oc  and 
Eggleston.  The  first  to  start  a  shoe  store  was  Abner  Wakelee.  .Jae>jb  Gould 
waa  a  pioneer  at  the  busiue?s,  and  his  establishmenf  and  that  of  Geonre  (jouid  i 
Co,  kept  pace  with  the  growili  of  the  viUare.  Seven  lawyers,  attract*^d  by  the 
location  and  ppjspccts  of  Koche-iter\ ille.  had  made  tl.i?  rheir  rccidcr.oc.  The 
Genesee  river  was  the  boundary  line  between  the  counties  of  Ontario  and  Genesee, 
and  courts  were  held  at  Canand.iigua  and  Batavia.  These  lawyers  wore  John 
Mastick,  Hastings  U.  Bender.  An-on  House,  Roswell  BaKbitt.  Knos  Pomeroy, 
Jof«ph  Spencer,  and  Moses  Chapin.  Mastick,  the  pioneer,  died  in  l.^liS.  Bender 
was  from  Venuout,  a  Darlniuuth  graduu'e.  House  was  known  better  as  a  busi- 
neaa  man  than  as  an  attorney.  He  was  the  founder  and  owner  of  the  Minerva 
block.  Babbitt  wius  from  Lewis  county,  and  d;..>d  at  Saratoga  Sprin?^  about  1330. 
Pomeroy  was  of  Massachusetts.  Later  in  hi«  life  he  became  a  r*  .sidcnt  upon  a  farm 
io  Brighton.  Joseph  Spencer,  cf  Connecticut,  was  son  of  Isaac  Spencer,  at  one 
time  State  treasurer.  He  graduated  at  Vale,  and  began  practice  here  in  1S16; 
was  a  State  senator,  and  died  about  IS.-IO  ;  and  Chapin  was  a  Vale  graduate,  beiraQ 
practice  at  Rochester  in  1,'^ltj,  and  wfc  the  first  judge  of  Monroe  from  l.S:i5  to 
1829,  and  a  member  of  th-:  Pioneer  Society  of  18 17.  .Ashley  Samson,  of  Vermont, 
came  to  the  village  in  ISIO,  and  was  twice  appointed  first  judge  of  Monroe. 
Among  the  phyiiciins  of  Uocheslcrville  were  Frederick  F.  Backus,  a  permanent 
resident  from  1S16,  and  conspi.uous  among  the  city  fathers:  Joiin  B.  Klvcn-d.  a 
resident  since  January,  1?17.  ;itid  for  t\vu-s'.s.;re  year-  held  emini'ni.e  in  h's  pro- 
fession and  influence  in  society.  The  first  s^'ttlcd  physician  "ullowing  Dr.  Eiww.d 
duriog'thc  Siime  year  w.xs  Anson  Coleman.  Otiier  plivsician.s  later  in  the  village 
were  Drs.  0.  E  Gihbs,  Wilkenson,  Oyer  Eicsworth,  Jonah  lirjwn:  and  occasional 
practitioners  were  Mattlvcw  Brown  ami  the  elder  Ensworth.  ComS.rt  Williams, 
noted  as  the  first  rcsid<:il  clergyman,  was  the  purchxscr  of  fur  v  .icrcs  in  woods,  on 
what  later  was  known  .as  .Mount  Hope  avenue,  and  was  next  after  C«rt.;r  and  Scran- 
was  sold  out  in  city  lots  by  Chas.  II.  Williams,  a  «u..  The  Carter  tract  near  by 
was  owned  by  Lyman  >!unger.  by  whom  the  early  improvemi  nt.»  of  that  incality 
were  made.  John  Odcll  and  Harvey  Mont^nmnry  were  of  ihc  early  merchants. 
In  1S17  there  were  not  twenty  acres  of  cleared  ground  on  th.  Brighton  side.  Of 
the  residents  were  Aaron  Newton,  .Mc^s,...  Hall,  ajid  Ebemzer  Titus  Along  Saint 
Paul  street  was  a  dcn.sc  growtli  of  hemlock,  spruce,  and  c.\lar.  and  the  woods 
were  close  in  every  direction.  Two  brothers,  named  McC'acken,  came  to  the 
Ticinity  of  Batavia  about  ISDj.  and  left  for  Uocl„?5tcr  s-jon  after  thc_war.  A 
tract  of  hnd  purcha.-«Hl  by  Dr.  David  Mtl.Vacken.  on  the  river,  near  Di-ep 
Hollow,  is  now  included  in  the  city.  William  J.  McCrackcn.  a  tavern-kcvper  in 
Frankfort,  Charles  .Millcrd,  Henry  Draper* and  Elliott,  were  landlords  of  the  early 
days. 

We  have  named  .VIdrich  and  Isaac  Colvio  as  the  pioneer  hattcra  in  a  buiidinir 
where  now  on  State  stre<t  stands  the  stnne  block  of  stores  owmsl  l.v  M.irtin 
Briggs.  They  had  a  sfn-  later  "up  in  the  villaL-c."  on  ,<:.itc  street.' n.  ,r  tl... 
comer  of  BulTalo.  The  C.lvins  were  l^uakcrs.  and  in  1>^1;  r..rmcd  a  -M,„-y  aod 
opcne<l  their  huiisi.-s  f.r  ueckly  mcctinL's,  Mci'tiiiL'S  wen;  lul-l  eat  ii  Kriii.iy.  and 
Daniel  Quimby.  of  Henrietta,  a  venerable  old  man  in   broad-brimmed  hat,  drab 


clothes,  and  white  neck-tie,  came  regularly,  regardlirss  of  the  weather,  on  httrse- 
back  to  the  meeting.  The  Colvins  were  among  the  first  Frienils  who  bon:;ht  tli.; 
lot,  and  in  1,H'J2  built  the  first  Quaker  meeting-house,  next  Deacon  Sa'je's.  ..i. 
North  FitzhugU  street.  That  old  building,  wherein  the  s.xes  sat  on  opp-.-it,. 
sides  awaiting  the  movini:  of  the  Spirit,  has  disappeared.  In  l.S3t  the  numlj(r 
of  families  in  the  Fricnd.s'  society  was  about  thirty-five.  Th-ir  hours  of  wor-hi|, 
were  at  eleven  a..\i.  on  the  first  and  fifth  days  of  each  w,;ek.  Thev  had  no  ri-.:u- 
larly  scttle<l  preachers.-  As  a  result  of  discussions  wherein  the  name  of  Eii.is 
Hicks  was  of  fret^uent  use,  another  society,  known  as  Orthodox  Friends,  nas 
formed  in  1S2S  In  ISJS  the  ttuseees  of  this  latter  bram:h  society  were  Jesse 
Evans,  Siliis  Cornell,  and  L.  Atvvater;  those  of  the  other  society  were  Samuel 
Post  aud  Joseph  Green. 

FOURTH    OF  JULV   CELEBR.VTION.   1S17. 

The  village  area  of  abiut  seven  hundred  and  fitly  acres  had  on  Julv  4.  1S17. 
a  population  such  that,  joined  in  by  the  villagers  on  both  sid.:s  of  the  river  and 
the  towns  outride,  there  was  made  quite  a  memorable  celebration.  U[mn  the  site 
of  the  recent  theatre  on  the  e:ist  bank  a  long  arbor  was  built  ;  beneath,  ruimioL' 
the  entire  Icm.'th,  were  enacted  rough  board  tables,  whereon  a  good  dinner  w.is 
served.  The  principal  women  concerned  in  this  public  repast  were  .Mrs.  E.  Stone, 
Culver,  Hall,  O.  W.  Stone,  Ely,  Scrantom,  Johnson.  West,  and  Mack,  then  in 
life's  prime,  now  departed  to  the  laud  of  rest.  Seated  at  the  long  table,  Elisha 
Johnson  was  at  one  end,  Enos  Stone  at  the  other ;  Rev.  "Williams  said  grace. 
Then  tame  toxsts,  honored  by  the  discharge  of  twenty  blasts  put  down  in  the 
race  by  Mr.  Johnson.  The  first  toast  was,  '•  Our  country— may  prosperitv  attend 
her!"  Two  blasts  touched  off  caused  the  woods  t*)  resj-und,  and  cheers,  livelv 
given,  followed.  The  day  was  fine,  and  when  the  last  blast,  deeper  in  the  rock 
and  heavier  charged,  was  fired,  the  brpoming  sound  died  away  in  the  forest  an.i 
ail  uuiYOuteu  silence  foiiowed;  ttie  owfs  hoot,  the  foxs  bark,  the  wolfs  howl, 
were  not  heard, — the  blasts  from  Johnson's  raceway  had  awed  them  to  silence. 

ROCHESTER    IX    1819. 

The  village  of  Rochcsterville  wa?  of  such  promise  by  l.Sl'.l  that  the  affii 
"ville"  was  removed,  and  childhood  had  entered  upon  youth.  •' Coming  events 
cast  their  shadows  before,"  and  the  outlines  of  events  for  the  years  1.^13,  I81D. 
and  182ii.  in  commercial,  public,  religious,  and  benevolent  measures,  were  true 
indices  of  the  future. 

A  perusal  of  the  vilhige  records  shows  a  youthful  vigor  and  a  Franklin's  pru- 
dence in  ordinances  for  health,  travel,  trade,  convenience,  and  security  o!'  propertv. 
On  May  7,  1813,  Matthew  Brown,  Jr..  Roswcll  Hart,  William  'p.  Shernion. 
Moses  Chapin,  Daniel  Mack,  and  H.  R.  Benson  were  appointetl  street  patrol,  and 
from  time  to  time  appropriations  made  for  defraying  resultant  eipen.ses.  An 
aqueduct  w;is  begun  in  December.  ISIO,  starting  from  the  flume  of  the  grist- 
mill of  Rus-ell  i  Ely,  extending  to  the  central  junction  of  Buffalo  and  Carrod 
streets,  and  continued  and  improved  by  later  appropriatious. 

On  .May  1.  1S20,  a  compensation  of  twenty  dollara  was  voted  to  each  village 
trustee  for  services  during  the  preceding  two  years.  These  puhlic-spirited  men 
relinquished  the  claim,  and  upon  the  hooks  is  iuscrihod  a  record  of  the  (han'^s  of 
the  village  for  pre.-ent  liberality  and  fur  able  and  faithful  discharge  of  dutv. 
Acts  looking  to  the  purchase' .md  preparation  of  a  burial-ground,  for  the  cunsiruc- 
tion  of  public  uells  and  of  st.ine  sidewalks,  to  purchase  a  hearse,  to  build  a  hospital. 
and  to  erect  a  public  m.irket.  rcvt-al  the  emblematic  meaning  of  the  corpnration 
seal, — an  arm  with  a  hand  grasping  a  hammer.  It  would  be  pleasurable  and  in- 
structive to  trace  the  origin  and  ilevelopinent  of  the  city  as  indicated  by  her 
records ;  but  the  open  field — broad,  rich — claims  its  measure. 


THE   CARTII.VGE    BRIDGE, 

truci 


As  a  d.aring  feat  in  the  ci 
fate,  and  ruins. — the  Cartli 
named  Elisha  B.  Strong  as  the  proprietor  of  Carthagi 
EILsha  Beach.  Heman  Norton,  and  Francis  Aibridit^i: 
pany  to  erect  a  brid- 


f  bridges — interesting  in  view  of  i 
is  an  antiquity  of  Rochester.      W, 


/f/^ 


Hi  /     .  .        .- 


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HISTORY   OF   -MONROE   COUNTY,  NENV   YORK. 


fret  on  each  side  of  it.  The 
,  L-<>niit iitii  by  brateJ  Ifvelt-rs 
i'^  injii  bolts.    The  tctit  of  the 

leasure.  besides 


braces  at  the  extn-aiitioa  of  the  arch  projet-t  fifteen 
ari.h  conaisc*:d  of  oine  rlls,  two  feet  f.uir  inchc:f  thivi 
above  and  bi;!ow,  und  sec-ureil  by  elirht  hundrud  stru 
arch  rcst*.-d  upoQ  the  solid  rock,  about  sixty  loet  b 
bank.  It  contained  seventy  thousand  feet  of  timber,  i 
sixty-four  thou.-^nd  six  hundre*!  and  twenty  fc-et  of  boarl  measure.  It  waa  built 
upon  a  Gothic  anh.  the  vcirex  ttf  wlitch  was  about  twenty  feet  below  the  floor  of 
the  bridge,  and  wad,  in  point  of  mt'chanical  iuircnuity,  as  L'reat  a  curiosity  a:*  the 
bridp?  itself.  The  famous  bridire  at  ;>chaft  hausen.  riwiiz.erland.  which  stood  for 
fifty  years  the  pride  of  the  Eastern  world,  was  hut  twelve  ftet  loniitT  span  than  the 
bridge  at  Carthage.  The  most  lofty  single  an  h  at  present  in  Eurupe  is  one  hun- 
dred and  sixteen  feet  less  length,  and  the  arch  is  less  in  heidit  by  one  liundn.d." 
The  completed  lirbK£e  was  re;rarded  as  secure,  and  loaded  teams  with  more  than 
thirteen  tons'  wei'jht  pa-<sed  ovlt  on  it  without  eauslui;  a  trt-mor.  This  work,  *> 
creditable  to  the  projectors  and  to  the  in^-nuily  of  the  builders,  stood  a  year  and 
a  day.  The  day  saved  the  builders  ios-*,  a.s  their  ;:;uanintee  was  for  one  year. 
The  great  wei;jht  of  timber,  not  braced  to  prevent  an  up\iMrd  sprin-.;  of  the  arch. 
threw  it  from  its  c«iuilibrium,  and  it  fell  with  a  cnu^K  to  the  waters  below;  but 
one  who  saw  it  tall  was  alive  in  ifOJ.  and  he,  Ru^^lI  Green,  bad  then  become  a 
resident  of  a  weBiern  State.  A  few  old  timbers  mark  ihe  site  of  that  remarkible 
and  temporarily  m:t£:nifi"  cnt  brtdLre.  At  this  place  the  att^-mpred  founders  of 
Carthage  built  a  public  house  opened  by  Ebenezer  Spear.  Uarvey  Kimball  and 
Oliver  Strong  started  stores,  and  Levi  H.  Clark  loGited  there  as  a  lawyer;  but, 
like  its  famous  namesake,  its  name  and  fame  have  becvime  historic.  Time  was 
when  Hooker,  Trowbridge,  Hart,  and  others  gave  life  and  means  to  improvement. 
when  the  Carthage  railroad  ran-from  the  Water  .-treot  niilU  to  the  bank  at  Car- 
thage, and  discharged  freight  and  pa^-sengers  to  the  river's  level  with  the  lake  by 
means  of  a  truck,  over  an  iDclined  plane. 

FIKST   STEAMBOAT,  MILT.^.  FTO 

The  steamboat  '•  Ontario"  commenced  running  from  Sackctt's  Harbor  to  I^wis- 
town  in  1813.  and  touched  at  the  i^ort  of  Genesee,  t^trnng  k  Albright  built  a 
mHl  having  four  run  of  stone  at  Carthage,  and  yet  the  attempted  rival  of  R'xh- 
ester  lived  in  expectation  and  exists  as  a  project  not  realized.  The  year  ISIS 
was  a  bu=;y  season  in  llochester.  New  measures  were  begun,  older  ones  com- 
pleted.   Night  and  day  the  flonr-mills  ran.  and  a  few  huudred>  in  place  of  former 


the  lake  began 
by  canal  packe 


■iness  and 
•  river-banl 


flcoTCS  were  end-avoring  to  make  proviMou  fi 
niodation  vf  families.  Gihnan  k  Sibley  built  : 
a  site  long  occupied  by  J.  Hall  in  the  manufacture  of  ihreshing-machioes.  The 
Browns  beg-an  their  Frankfort  mills.  Palmer  Cleveland  bcgau  his  prepiiratlons  fur 
a  mill,  and  Colonel  R<)chester.  taking  up  his  residence  here,  confirmed  expecu- 
tion  and  gave  an  inspiration  tu  public  and  priv.xte  work.  In  the  fdl  of  1619. 
Frazsr  &  Sheldon  opened  a  hardware  store  on  ^tate  street,  where  Scrantom  k 
Wctmore  have  their  book  store.  They  removed  in  IS--*  to  a  site  near  the  grocery 
of  Smith  il  Perkins.  The  store  of  Frazer  i  Sheldon  was  of  brick  ;  the  front  was 
painted  red,  lines  were  drawu  diagonally  and  c.oiscd.  f -rming  diamond  shapes,  and 
this  utructure  was  advertised  as  the '■  checkered  store."  The  firm  dissolved.  Joaiah 
Sheldon  purchased  a  lot  north  side  of  the  canal,  fronting  on  Exchange  street,  and 
built  a  lonir,  large  stone  stmcture.  extcndinir  through  to  the  street  near  the  First 
PrftsVytcrian  cliurth.the  whole  roof  sloping  south.  The  building  was  constructed 
of  Hi  ne  fmm  the  foundation  and  from  the  river-bed.  and  was  used  on  the  Ex- 
change front  for  an  iron  and  hardware  store,  the  rear  for  .'■toracre  and  manufacture. 
The  under  story  fmnting  the  canal  wa.^  divided  into  stures  and  rented,  but  Sheldon 
lost  hi^  money,  left  the  stone  store,  which  lately  burnt,  and  ultimately  was  laid  to 
n-t  in  the  nccrojwlis  of  Ilocliester— the  Mount  Hope  Cemetery. 


the  best  steamboaLa 

choice  of  convcyan 

westward  by  raiiro^d  U)  ii.itavi:i. 

tain  Van  Clcve ;  (he  '-Traveler."  ' 

regular  boatd.  and  others  made  it 

bound  up,  down,  or  across  the  lake. 


to  touch  at  this  port,  and  travelers  had  a 
,  like  steamboat.  Kidire-road  stai'es,  muX 
SoS  the  dteambuat  "  United  States,'  Cap- 
air,  Sutherland,  and  the  "  Oswego.  "  were 
ible  to  find  a  boat  any  day  at  Reehester 


THE   EXPORT   TRADE 


from  the  Genesee  river  for  the  Canada  mark, 
was  asfoiluws:  In  IhlS.  fluur.  20,000  barr 
rels  ;  pork.  1173  barrels  ;  whisky.  190  barrels 
with  smaller  quantities  of  other  articles,  bad 
of  1S19,  durinc:  the  se;ison  of  navi-nt 


.  fur  the  years  1818-20  inclusive, 
s;  pot  and  pearl  ashc-,  otjoo  bar- 
doubie-butt  staves,  L'U.Ono,  which, 
value  of  ;5:iS0,00O.  The  expi.rts 
a,li4S  barrels  of  flour.  1451 
of  pork,  and  3073  of  pot  and  pearl  ashes,  tOiicthor  with  oOO.OUO  staves.  oO.OoO 
feet  S'juare  timber,  and  sundries,  giving  a  {.jtal  value  of  $lOO,onO;  ;ind  in  ISJO 
the  exports  were  of  flour,  (J7.-IGS  b  irrel^ ;  pot  and  pearl  ashes,  5310  barrels;  beef 
and  pork,  2643  barrels;  whisky,  70'J  barrels,  and  but  I7y,00ii  staves,  the  entire 
trade  being  estimated  at  S37o,000.  Prices  fell  greatly:  fluur  brought  but  two 
dollars  and  twenty-five  cent.s  m  two  dollars  .ind  fifty  cents  per  barrel ;  wheat  thirty- 
seven  cents  per  bushel,  and  corn  but  twenty  cents  to  twenty-five  cents.  The  year 
1821  saw  trade  diverted  e:istward  to  better  markets,  and  the  low  prices  in  the 
Montreal  market  ceased  to  make  transportation  for  the  time  remunerative. 

CANAL    MEASURES. 

The  years  in  question  were  marked  on  the  part  of  the  villagers  by  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  great  subject  of  internal  improvement.  Several  of  the  most  influ- 
ential agents  in  establishing  the  cauiil-policy  were  of  their  number,  or  lived  in  the 
adjacent  country.  The  conformation  of  land,  the  iiiterlo-.-king  of  water-courycs,  the 

Various  parties  canvassed  the  subject  of  a  .-anal  from  Erie  to  the  Hudson.  A 
notable  as-semblagc  at  Canandaigua,  on  Junui»ry  3,  1S17,  refers  in  eulogistic  terms 
to  the  efforts  and  language  of  Myron  Hulley.  The  canal  bill  passed  the  as.-embly 
on  April  14.  The  route  was  uncertaio.  and,  when  the  northern  course  \rjs  chosen, 
the  particular  point  where  the  Gene-^'e  would  he  cro.iied  beeuiue  a  matter  of  nui- 
siderable  moment  and  much  di?ous.^ion.  The  location  had  been  mads  to  Monte- 
zuma, when  the  question  had  to  be  decided.  It  was  proposed  to  cross  at  Carthage 
and  at  Black  creek,  and.  while  the  uncertainty  prevailed,  a  route  by  Oswego, 
I.^c  Ontario,  and  a  canal  .iround  the  Niagara  Fall>  w;u  advocated  and  received 
with  a  degree  of  favor.  News  came  to  Rochester  that  the  canal  board  were 
undecideil  to  take  the  land  or  the  lake  route.  The  citizens  heard  the  report  with 
alarm,  and  a  meeting  was  called  in  the  couuting-roum  of  Tuhn  G  Euud.  which 
resulted  in  a  handbill  drawn  up  by  Eiios  Pomcroy,  signt>d  bv  uunv  ci:iz"u-'. 
printed,  and  circulated  broadcast  over  the  entire  region.  This  Rochester  hand- 
bill, issued  just  before  the  State  election,  and  favoring  (he  L-lection  of  I'o  ^Vitt 
Clinton  as  governor,  and  of  his  friends  to  the  legislature,  in  its  earnest  appeal 
to  maintain  the  local  interests  in  the  west,  probably  decided  the  contest.  The 
vote  was  close,  as  the  contest  had  been  determined.  This  handbill,  entitled 
"  Canal  in  Danger,'*  as  a  matter  of  interesting  reference  at  a  period  when  a  n.  w 
and  powerful  agency  outstrips  the  packer,  as  it  had  rcndcivd  ohsok-te  the  stiu'e- 
coachand  Penn^vlvania  w;i'j')n.  becomes  historical.  It  was  >ii:ned  bv  Rnswc!!  Ifar:. 
Thomas  Kemp^h.dl.  Ira  West,  Russell  Enswnrth.  Ralph  Paikor.  diaries' J.  Hill. 
D.  I>.  Hatch,  J.  Ludden,  Benjamin  and  En-.s  Blossom,  John  G.  B-nd.  Diarl.^s 
Harfljrd,  Anson  House,  Solomon  Close.  Oliver  Culver,  Enos  Stone.  Azel  Ens- 
worth,  and  Samuel  J.  Andrews,— Rochester's  ablest  and  best  men. 


GENESEE   RIVER   AND   LAKE   ONTARIO   NAVIGATION. 


■  railroad,  river  and  lake  were  the  dependence  for  trans- 
^■ate^s  of  the  (jeucsce  were  of  no  slight  importance, 
rity  the  lower  part  of  the  river  U  navigable  to  the 

)lc  vi-ssels  of  light  ilrauglit  to  asi.cnd  a  di--t,inee  of 
able  event  when  a  small  steambuat.  as  noted  in  town 


1 

nor 

tothcdajsofc 

partition 

and  the  nav 

Kr„ 

Tltl. 

north  limits 

Ink.. 

will 

.•  fr..m  the  so 

run 

d. 

Ih  of  water 

l.irl 

8.     It  was  a 

ouclicd  at  .^^e 
piie.l  l>ctw..« 


hl-l.TT,  CTinO  up  the  Gl'UCSM    i 

r"""».  and  for  a  couple  of  w; 

••li..i.-..  p-:,in  of  the  Tall.-y  :ind 
>>"ill  at  llie  l,.w.-r  Ti!Iau-.-H.  an.l  flour  nianuKu-turera  of  this  j.laei-,  owiur.;-  a  num- 
'-t  of  l„,,,t.,,  hrou.^-ht  va-t  .(oaiituits  of  whoat  to  their  niilla,  Tho  «voud  sto-.m- 
'-»!  to  touch  u  the  port  of  Rochester  wxs  the  ••  Martha  Ogden.'      About  ISJO 


Ih-.  Avon,  Vorl,.  and  ..ther 
luliestflr  and  th.^e  viILot. 
ladon  b..ats  wliich  h.)re  to  market  the 
.■uniulatod  pro,luct.s.      \Varohou«es  w.-re 


A    DEX   OF   SERPKNTS. 
Odc  or  more  ^hmpses  backward,  and  then  turn  we  to  the  future,  golden  with 

As  rcsiilents  of  the  ol.lcn  time  are  aware,  the  milla,  Ihe  churches,  the  houacii. 
arch,  aqueduct,  w.^ili,  and  bridge  found  their  material  froul  the  river-bank  luid  l).d. 
Swift  .xi  an  exhalation,  wiiid  as  the  monuments  defying  time,  It.tehtster  ro^e  t'rom 


the  ground  upon  which  its  c 

hief 

work.,  o 

value  stand. 

n  the  old  world,  . 

eea 

eitu.S  relapsed  t 

)  ruin  Uk.mo 

eth 

abode 

if  the  venoniou 

rep.dc;  upon  the 

b.. 

of  the  Gciiesce 

at  the  Falls 

the 

do.«  of 

serpents   have 

given  way  to  a  b. 

ant 

a>id  subst,inlial 

■ity.-the  ,i 

eot 

ra^nufa 

ccure.  the  loeation  of  public  insti 

uli 

the  happy  honi. 

.,  of  an  in.h 

-trii 

us  and 

utelligent  propl 

Do   tlie  hi'jli 

In.k  ..pp..- 

le  t 

arthnge 

is  the  old  i|u; 

rry  where  the  8t. 

le 

obtau.ed  t..  e..o 

iru.  t  the  lira 

t  ai 

ueduct. 

Joab  lirittoD. 

a  contractor,  brou 

_-liI 

hU  men  and  le: 

uw,  put  in  : 

Qber  of 

blasts  near  the 

top  of  the  bank  a 

nd 

J   yJ^K    -<^'^^y    -t-f"^    ^^,^^.- iP^^.-^^    -zr/ 


HISTORY  OF  .MONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YOKK. 


..t.ih.' 


tliem  off.  The  v.orkn,,;!.,  «l,il^  ilirv,«.nL-  ■-■ 
diaJodgtxl  •  br-e  fl.it  bW.io  Kh..5.>  rcoijval  uu-,^io.-<o  u  tjvicy  fillcl  \mcIi  r.i'.'i«- 
•nik«.  The  .ii.^coverv  w;i3  mj  Jc  ut  the  cIo.k'  of  a  culii  Dcx-cmbcr  d.iy.  a;; !  ji! 
hands  qui:  work.  Xcit  iii'irnin;,-  rha  stf.nw  wi-re  ivniov«l.  and  witli  rjlwi  itai.y 
of  the  U-rpid  rcfiilc?  irere  lifti-d  out  and  thrown  down  tho  bank.  The  numb.-r 
was  »o  great  that  the  ni'ws  wjs  t.iteii  to  the  nilla-e.  and  all  thfl  mJc  p.ipaljii.-u 
waj  tttnicted  to  the  .-^ikjI.  U'hiie  3tjndi:i:  in  doubt,  a  man  drove  uj-  ^\,rh  a 
lumbcr-w3L-on  and  i'<kod  for  a  number  of  tlie  snakoi.  to  ..^;t  their  oil.  The  cro*d, 
with  fork's)  stickj.  »Hin  filled  the  U.Itom  ot'  his  wajon  with  nttlc=n;ikei,  and,  a 
he  droTe  off  into  an  i.hsourity  whit-h  hides  his  n.iuie  and  the  re.-,ult  ot  his  enu;:- 
prisa,  1  shout  was  rjiied  hy  the  men,  who  rcturn',-J  to  the  den  and  cli-aroJ  it  of 
occupants,  s-jme  thrown  over  the  bank,  .jihers  bum.Hl  in  .i  latere  lo^-herip  fired  fjr 
the  purjKWC.  The  story  is  a  verity,  ami  few  of  tlie  old  citizens  but  bi'ar  wiliin;{ 
testimony,  aud  this  icL-tance  was  but  coe  of  the  manv  told  of  that  day. 


AN   INDIAN   "RING." 

Reptiles  inhabited  tlie  rocks.  ludians  camped  in  the  vicinity  of  the  viilauTi,  and 
wolves  prowled  throu^ih  tlie  fi.re^ts  surrouiitim?.  In  IblS-JO  a  bounry.  nr.L'iug 
from  SLS.  djllars  lo  ten  dollars,  was  p:iid  ler  the  scalp  .>f  each  wolf  tilled  in  the 
county,  end  any  justice,  on  presentation  of  the  tmphy,  wos  authorized  to  tuake 
the  payment.  The  Indians  apparently  b<>cnnia  very  successful  in  hunting.  A 
doien  at  a  time  av^mUed  at  the  office  of  Mi-iick  .i  Pumeroy.  and  the  magistrate 
▼as  astounded  t*i  find  the  country  so  full  of  wolves.  f*u«picion  was  aroused; 
cxamiDi:tioa  followed,  and  it  was  discovered  that  the  scalps  were  mainly  of  do^, 
and  the  Indians  had  furmed  a  '-  rio^ '  to  utilize  the  bounty. 


THE   EAGLE   TAVERN. 

The  building  on  the  lot  No.  1  was,  io  1318,  moved  back,  and  used  as  a  stable 
for  a  large  wooden  house,  built  on  the  comer,  and  named  the  Ensworth  house, 
after  the  proprietor.  Dr.  Azcl  Ensworth.  Adjitiuns  were  put  on,  and  boarders 
"Were  numerous.  Liter  an  attic  was  tuilL  and  this  was  the  first  room  in  Rochester 
tLsed  for  a  puhlic  hall.  ^\'lIether  for  hiW.  lecture,  theatre,  or  concert,  its  services 
Tvere  reijuired,  and.  in  132-1.  Philip  Phillips  therein  rave  the  first  concert  heard 
in  the  city.  The  buil.lin;;  was  removed  in  1^20.  rr.d  A.  M.  Seheraierhom.  on  iis 
aite,  built  the  tjgle  hotel,  known  £ir  and  wide  liny  years  as  a  popular  rcsnri  of 
the  public.  The  first  landlord.  >Ir.  Crane,  was  succeeded  by  K.  H  Van  Rens- 
selaer, nephew  of  the  Albany  patro*5D.  He  was  followed  by  Coleman  and  Stets-ni. 
jouoger  brotlier  of  the  A.-'tor  and  the  Coleman  iu  New  York.  Tltese  men  si.iyed 
a  brief  period,  and  pive  place,  on  .lanuary  1,  'l-i'J.  to  Hall  and  Thomj-jQ. 
Thompson  retired,  and  I.  M.  Hall,  in  IS4'J.  passt-d  the  hotel  to  S.  D.  Walbridi^e. 
■who  became  its  puRhas«T  and  hndlord  till  lilJ3.  when  it  was  changed  tn  a  bu.'incss 
block.  Excavations  for  the  present  noble  structure  were  made  iu  ISGS,  and  the 
vork  was  completed  in  September,  1372. 


»  A  SABBATH-SCHOOL. 

As  an  evidence  of  >  religious  faith  in  God  and  Heaven,  and  a  true  indc.t  of 
the  culture  and  refinement  of  the  people,  a  J-abbath. school  was  first  organized  at 
Eochester  in  the  summer  of  ISlS,  with  thirty  pupils,  and.  save  a  lew  months 
aAer  its  original  establishment,  baa  continue-d  to  the  present.  The  plan  at  first 
adopted  was  a  stimulus  for  each  pupil  to  loam  the  largest  possible  number  of 
Terses.  Many  would  memorize  ten  to  twelve  hundred  versos  per  week.  The 
number  of  pupils  in  IS  ID  was  one  hundred  and  twenty,  and  in  1S20  one  hun- 
4lred.  There  was  no  superintendent  durin-j  anv  of  these  years.  The  school  was 
held  in  the  old  se-hool-hou.sc  near  St.  Luke's  church,  and  was  directrtl,  amon;^ 
others,  by  Messrs.  Peck  and  Schoficld.  The  pioneer  school,  after  a  few  w-cks, 
vu  closed  on  account  of  cold  weather,  but  resume-J.  and.  as  will  I«  hcn-aUcr 
abowD,  had  a  growth  which  has  made  the  at^oncy  potential  to  the  be^i  interests 
of  the  churches. 

AQUEDUCT   WAREHOUSE. 


"The  future  who  can  tell?  This  spot  m; 
mart,  or — a  wilderness  again.  The  pn.«cnt  a| 
fancy,  promi-w;  that  here  the  bb-^sinja  of  piet; 
civilizjtion  and  lilnTty.  may  be  long  enji.y.ii 
in  the  n-ions  of  prob.ibiiity,  we  may  ,ve  ri^ii 
Utor^,  philoAophcrs  and  hero,?*,  who  ••b  ill  .id, 
kind."  Thus  sp.kc  the  Rev.  J„-.-,,h  Penny,  i 
of  the  cuTOcr  stone  of  the  Fir»t  Presbyterian 


and.i:ui„^,se,.,K. 
fr^.m  tin.,  pi  lee  di' 


bins  of  the 

fionex-r  s 

.ige  d 

t  in  a  Lt,.i 

t  tide  of  I 

nular  iner 

ease 

in  n 

uml;er 

tn  ere-et  a 

new 

cou: 

ty  fro 

Gene:«.«. 

Su 

■cess 

as.sc-d  a  law  er 

eelin. 

the 

.so.  and  Nj 

than 

Wil 

an.H  b 

•  buildin-s 

seb.-cted 

Rc.eliL 

his  deceav,  he  »aw  a  realization.     The  ye: 
to  exertion,  a,id  aatonLibing  results.      Mill, 
the  space  for  description,  and  t! 
ever.      A   furore  of  emigration   brought 
buildings  went  up  by  hundreds  with  ai 

Fruni  1:^18  efforts  had  been  nude 
towns  of  Ontario  and  the  cistern  of 
on  February  20  the  Siatc  le'jislaiuro  p 

Monroe.  Morris  .S.  Miller,  Robert  ri.  Ruse,  anu  .-latnan  n  luiams  otin'.;  ap|» 
commissioners  for  the  location 
lot  donated  for  the  purpose  by  Roehester,  Fitzhiiirh,  and  Carroll,  the  eonier-.ston.. 
of  the  first  court-house  was  laid  on  the  4th  of  September.  Court  was  hel.l  m 
the  house  of  Azel  Ensivorth,  but  no  issues  were  trieil. 

The  (^oal  was  laid  to  eni..v3  the  Genesee  at  Rochester,  upon  an  a,|iie«luet  iIkh 
considered  s  great  work.  Joab  Critton  was  hired  to  '^l  out  anti  furnish  .stone, 
and  engaged  the  labor  of  thirty  convicts  from  the  Auburn  Slate  prison.  T|„. 
work  on  the  ajueduot  was  begun  by  the  contmctor,  Alfred  Hovey,  on  July  17. 
1322,  and  completed  September  11,  1S2:!.  The  e-ost  of  this  work  was  ei-hty- 
three  thou.sand  dollars,  and  from  a  census  taken  in  September,  l.-s22.  four  hundn-d 
and  thirty  hborers  were  employed  upon  public  works  in  the  village.  The  ul.l 
aqueduct  has  passed  away  years  ago,  and  lei\  behind  slight,  if  any.  reminder;  I,m 
viewed  in  the  light  of  those  times  it  held  rank,  as  fir-st  in  inteiv^t  and  im^s,rtaiKi-. 
and  is  entitled  to  a  brief  description  a^  given  by  its  .superintending  eivil  en'_'in,-vr 
'  This  stupendous  fabric  is  built  on  a  ritl  of  the  falls,  about  ei-hty  rods  south  ol 
the  great  fill.  The  Erie  canal  approaches  the  river  from  the  east  upon  a  steep. 
bold  bank,  at  wh'isc  fo.:it  ran  a  raeeway.  This  artificial  water-way  wxs  plansj 
outsi-de  the  canal,  till,  at  crossing,  it  is  pas.sed  under  on  an  arch  of  tweiity-sij 
feet  chord.  The  river  is  surreounted  bv  the  race,  the  race  by  the  Erie  canal,  and 
the  canal  by  the  table-land,  on  whose  edu-e  is  a  main  thorouglilare  of  1-aist  Roches, 
ter.  The  aqueduct,  between  extremities  of  parapet  walls,  is  eight  huudied  and 
four  feet  long,  and  is  built  on  eleven  arches;  the  one  named,  nine  of  fit'ty  t'lst 
chord,  and  one  on  the  west,  side  of  thirty  feet,  umler  wliieh  water  for  mills  and 
manufactories  in  West  R.Khester  pas.ses.  The  structure  rests  on  solid  loek.  The 
pier^  are  thirty-six  feet  long,  ten  wide,  and  ornauieuted.  The  height  of  piers 
f.mr  and  a  half  feet,  rise  of  arch  eleven  fe^l.  thickness  at  the  f.s.t  three,  and  at 
the  apex  two  and  a  half  feet.  Parapet  walls  are  five  and  a  half  feet  high.  The 
whole  building  is  of  cut  stone,  many  of  which  are  of  great  size.  In-n  Ifolfs 
trenail  them  to  the  rock,  and  the  m.iss  has  immense  strength.  The  material  i» 
red  sandstone,  the  pilasters  and  coping  of  gray  siliceous  limestone.  The  iioilh 
wall  is  suiEcieiitly  thick  for  a  tuwing-path,  and  the  whole  b>  of  most  soiid  and 
elegant  workmanship.  With  pride  the  citizen  regarde'J  this  strueture;  yet  the 
soul  of  man,  never  content,  soon  found  occupatiuu  in  the  planning  and  execution 
of  other  and  greater  achieveuicnls. 


EVSNT3  TO  1S2S. 


The  construction  of  the  canal  rendering  this  the  punt  of  shipment,  the  nenr-- 
sity  of  warehouses  was  apparent,  and  their  buildiiit;  b,"_'an.  The  .Jatk.""' 
Leavitt  i  Hill  warvhou.sc  was  the  irst  structure  of  the  kind  built  in  the  vill;,-..- 
C.  J.  Hill  and  Andrew  V.  T.  I  -avitt  were  leading  merehants  on  the  n.'Ol. 
side  of  Buffalo,  near  the  bridge.  During  1S21.  Hill  ciuscil  a  warehouse  t"  I-- 
erected  near  the  present  weigh-loek.  The  building  was  seventy-five  by  one  linn 
dred  feet,  and  the  frame  was  corrcsiwndingly  strong.  J.  Jackson  beiaiue  a  j'lrt 
oer,  and  the  following  notice  appcaroJ  in  the  Roch'sUr  Te/ejruj^U  >•(  March  1 1. 
1322  : 

Stnraje  on  the  Erir  Cnutl.  at  Ri^lualer. — The  subscribers  are  ismipletin-  i 


,  bisi 


side  of  the  G 
1  re-:eive  pn,p,-rty 


in  store,  destined  for  tin-  ea-i. 

JaCKSOS,  LF..VV1TT    i    lllLI.. 


iiiflide  of  the  prir^e 
and  northern  mark< 

Later,  Jamas  Seyuiour  became  a  partner,  and  the  firm  were  in  eonncetion  wH  i 
8.  DeonLsoQ  A  Co.,  at  llanfonis  Unjin-.-.  the  great  p.)int  for  norlheni  and  *'■■" 
ada  trade.  J.  S.-yniour  w.is  the  Sr-t  sheriff  of  .Monroe,  and  lor  y.-ar<  wa-  pr^-i 
dent  of  the  old  Bank  of  Rochester.  .Mr.  ilill  is  the  oUcst  miller  in  R,ch.-n ' 
and  the  s-ile  survivor  of  that  fi.it  company  to  enga.-e  in  the  lanal  trade,  .^i 
one  time  the  larv'C  warcroom.s  were  neariy  tile-d  with  fce»l  sliipp.  d  tlirou-h  il" 
canal  by  the  N,.rthw.-st  Caii.d  C.ai,|.anv.     The  warrl.ou.sr  was  h.iallv  lemot.^l  ••■ 


loek. 


olUTt  »  ■• 


the  sesond  built:    it-t 

.-!  M  the  f..-. 

and  was  used  =s  a  .list 

ril  i.lii.s  d.<|H 

Evan,  and  V>-ilHjm  G 

itiilh.br.ither 

HISTORY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW   YORK. 


85 


vh.irt, 


thi. 


lU'l  a  •ourcc  of  private  rtvei 
lu^ioi-^  June  in  tUe  shipcuei! 
wrtt  loiJ   north  siJcj  ut  tlia 


CMM'h  basio  WJ3  thf  early  miH-y^rJ  of 
oniplftcd,  '.lie  Ljairi  bocutue  a  publu  btinlit 

Liryc  wjrcliuusfS  wcro  LiiiU,  and  a  heavy 
ro»j<U,  ^rain.  and  pot  anil  pearl  allies.     The 

were  almost  siitiilly  uecupicl  by  stores  and 


Mont^ruQjerv  epvti_>d  aiiiU  with 
•,  Harvey  Kly  built  milU  at  the  fir>t 
:  of  produee  sank  low ;  flour  duritii; 
barrel,  and  in  March  three  dollars  and 


Thomiw  1(.  Koihcster  and   H 
lhr«  run  of  *tone,  and,  in  the  jarae  year, 
fJU,  with  four  Pin  of  stone.     The  priee 
January  and    February  was   four  dollar 
«'H-nlv-5ve  cents. — the  tide  was  at  its  lowest  ebb. 

The  ;;«niu3  of  Boi-hester  waj  early  manifested  by  the  patents  ori;nnaunir  in 
ihi"  city.  Prior  to  ISllO,  nearly  ;ne  Uuudrctl  nml  n/'y  patents  had  been  -panted 
to  her  ciliicns.  The  first  recorded  patents  bear  date  ISlil,  and  arc  John  G. 
Vou?lif»  pill?,  and  Kli..ha  Ku-.-les  ,<i,.w's  fire-tenders.  On  the  :;!ith  of  (X-to- 
brr.l.^i-.  the  first  cjnal-boat  loft  tlie  b.isiu  for  Little  FjlU,  on  the  Mohawk; 
the  aqueduct  bi-ing  incomplete,  and  the  canal  navisrible  no  fartlier  than  t!ie  point 
named,  eastward.  The  boat  was  loaded  with  flour,  and  tlie  c-.inal  trinsponalioQ 
h.sd  b.^r-'O.  ^n  February  5  \%T1.  the  mills  of  Kochcster  and  Carthage  took  in 
terea  ihouiond  bushels  of  wheat. — a  fact  -^fioaking  rolumea  for  the  ^cat  interest 
which  made  lU-chL-ster  famous  for  the  number  of  its  niiiis,  the  quantity  of  mana- 
fecture,  and  the  superior  excellence  of  its  f.onr.  A  censuj  ukcn  in  September 
pTc  a  permanent  population  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred.  The  third  house 
fur  public  worship  was  built  by  the  Friends,  and  the  fourth,  a  brick  chapel,  was 
commenced  by  the  Methodists.  The  Female  Charitable  Society  met  February 
26,  1822,  and  or^nized  ;  its  object,  the  relief  of  the  poor,  suk,  and  distressed. 
and  the  establishment  of  a  charily  school.  At  the  end  of  five  years,  forty  chiU 
dren  had  b«n  admitted  to  gratuitous  instruction,  Mrs.  Saddler  beini  the  teacher 
in  charge.  A  v.-hooi-house  wis  erected  by  the  society  on  Franklin  street,  upon  a 
lot  donated  by  William  Fitzhuzh. 

The  first  band  in  Ri-vhester  was  formed  in  the  spring  of  ISit.  The  first  meelr- 
ing  was  held  at  Reynolds'  tavern,  and  arrangements  made  to  procure  instruments 
from  Utica.  Preston  Smith  wa.s  cho!?cn  leader.  Members  were  Joseph  Stone, 
Bradford  King,  Edwin  Scrantora.  Jehiel  Barnard.  Perkins.  Preston  Smith.  L.  L. 
Miller,"  James  Caldwell,  Jedediah  Staiiord.  Mc("»«>n.'e,  builder  of  St.  Lute's 
church,  Nathaniel  T.  Rochester,  Sclkrc-,  Myron  Strong.  Emstus  Ciot.  who 
brought  the  first  piano  to  Rochester.  Jonathan  Packard,  Samuel  W.  Lee,  Horace 
L  Sill,  who,  with  his  brother  Geor^'e  G..  openeil  the  first  book-store,  .\ltVed 
Jaiim,  Alpheus  B;aiham,  Levi  W.  Sibley,  and  Isaac  Loomis.  The  band  m^t 
for  practice  at  the  Clinton  house,  Exchange  street,  and  instruction  was  girea  by 
Ocorge  Pyer. 

In  1827  the  first  directory  of  Rochester  was  published  by  Elisha  Ely, — a  basis 
of  tit  aubsof^uent  histeiry ;  practically  not  in  existence  save  a  copy  or  two.  A 
Tirw  of  the  village  and  its  advancement,  as  therein  shown,  will  be  of  ir.u-rest  at 
this  period  of  ita  records.  The  othcers  of  the  corporation  contain  the  names  of 
M.  Brown,  Jr.,  president  of  the  board  of  tru-itees;  Uufus  Beach,  clerk  and  at- 
torney; and  V.  F.  Backu.s,  treasurer.  The  lire  departc.ent  h.id  ten  wardens. 
Samnel  Works  was  chief  engineer,  and  there  were  two  en^ime  companies' and  one 
book-and-ladder  company.  Daniel  D.  Hatch  was  foreman  of  Xo.  1.  David  C. 
Wert  of  No.  2,  and  Isaiah  Tower,  Jr.,  of  the  hook-and-bdder  company. 

There  had  grown  up  ten  reliL-ious  5.x-ieiies,  and  seven  houses  of  public  worship 
hn<  bo.-n  built.  Most  of  the  societies  supporte/i  a  Sabbath-school.  There  were 
«.-vrn  benevolent  societies,  namely,  the  Female  Charitable  Society,  numbering  one 
hundred  and  forty-three,  having  tor  president  Mrs.  J.  K.  Livinu-ston.  and  .Miises 
Kwin;^  and  Stone  superintendent's  of  the  school.  The  Monroe  County  Bible 
Si-cicty, 'I'incent  Matthews,  pr.:sident;  Levi  Ward,  Jr.,  tr-'-aiUrer ;  and  office  in 
ll.<-  cuntlng-room  of  William  H.  W.rd  >t  Co..  Carroll  ^trect.  The  .Monnx: 
CiMinty  Missionary  Society,  fonncd  July  11.  1S2S,  with  Ira  West,  president; 
f  J.  Hill,  treasurer;  and  Ev'cranl  Peck,  secretary.  Tiic  FemJe  Misi>ionary 
^4  iely.  The  Female  Benevolent  and  .Vul.liary  .Mi^.sionary  S.«;iety  of  St.  Luke's 
tbunh,  formed  February  23,  ItJJT,  .Mrs.  Elisha  Johii.-on,  president;  .Mrs.  W. 
Pitkin,  secretary;  and  )(r3.  T.  U.  Rochester,  tnasurer.  The  Monroe  County 
rlj*lH.><pal  As-vK:i.ation,  onranized  in  February,  1S2T,  and  the  Monroe  County  Tract 
»^*i^tT,  formed  in  1S23.  In  October,  1S26,  the  latter  was  merged  in  the 
IWhcstcr  Tract  Society. 

The  villa^  had  no  public  library  nor  seminary  of  education,  but  attention  was 

k^'ng  directed  to  thcs«  wants,  and  llicy  would  not  Ion;  exist.      Private  and  dis- 

^  uSrt  ^hchvU  had  sprun-.:  up  and  muitiplie'd  until  about  twenty  were  in  ofK:ration. 

Klfvrn  hiin-tred  and  fit'tv  youth  and  tluldren  here  tound  in.-trucl^jr*  in  the  v-irioua 

bran.  h.-»  .if  ela-wicMl  an.l  common  cducauon. 

Th..  Frwiklin  In-titotc.  or..-;iniz<'d  Oct.  Ur  U.  l>2lj,  for  the  .-tabli.-hment  of 
a  nbnry  i.f  wt.rks  ii[«mi  arts.  S(  iencc,  and  m-inutaetore,  of  a  museum  of  models 
"t  luaehiims.      A  cabinet  of  minerals  and  chemical  substaneva  was  lijroied,  in  the 


la,-em 

ark  it  cut  a 

a  the  a 

ts  by  scent 

produc 

tive   ind.estt 

•wcnty 

member,  wc 

belief  "  that  the  condition  and  pro-.|h.-et3  of  oi:r  i 

demanding  jcnlous  efforts  to  establish  and  i 

to  benefit  that  part  of  the  community  en'ji;:p.'d 

advantigcs  and  plea.iurcsof  mcnul  cultivation  " 

The  aJiirs  of  the  [nstitnie  were  conducted  by  a  committee  of  seven.     The  i-otn- 

mittee  in  1S27  were  Uev.  .Io»eph  Penney,  Rev.  F.  H.  Cumin-,  Levi  Wanl,  Jr  . 

Elisha  .Johnson,  .Jacob  J.  Gravei,  Giles  C.lton,  and  Edwin  Stanley.     The  placw 

of  meeting  was  No.  U  .Johnson's  buihlin^.-,  corner  of   Main  and   Canal   streets. 

Tbere  was  a  lo.lge  of  .Maswns,  a  Chapter,  and  a  Knights  Templar  F.non 

Of  newspapers  there  were  four  political  and  misevllaneous.  on< 
Christian  monthly,  viz.:  The  M;nrr^  R-imUiotn.ihc  R'tcUstcr  Trl-jrujih.  *:om- 
weekly  ;  the  All,u!n,  weekly  ;  R-ichatfr  Dnily  Adfctiirr,  the  RocUe./rr  ULiirirr, 
semi-monthly;  and  the  Gospel  Luminary,  monthly.  The  Rodit.^trr  Te/>-^,ii,/i 
was  issued  weekly  for  the  country,  as  was  the  Ruchattr  Mercury,  published  from 
the  office  of  the  Duily  Advertiser. 

The  postolEce.  in  charge  of  .-Vbelard  Reynolds,  was  situate-J  on  Buffalo  street. 
At  the  othce  there  were  re-ceived  twenty-six  daily,  two  hundred  and  ci-hty.iour 
semi-weekly,  and  six  hundred  and  ninety  weekly  newspapers.  There  w.is  a  daily 
mail  from  the  ca.-.t  and  west,  and  mail  was  received  daily  from  Palmyra  and  Scotu- 
ville  in  summer,  and  thr-je  times  a  week  in  winter;  one  mad  per  week  from 
Oswego,  and  three  a  week  from  Batavia,  Genesee,  and  other  points.  The  receipta 
for  the  fit^t  quarter  of  1S12  were  throe  dollars  and  forty.two  cents,  and  for  the 
bst  quarter  of  1S26  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighteen  dollars  and  four- 
teen cents. 

The  bank  of  Rochester  had  been  incorporated  in  1S24.  with  a  capital  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollar?.  Elisha  B.  Strong  was  president.  A.  M.  Sehim- 
merhorn,  cashier;  John  T.  Tallman,  teller  and  notary;  Henry  Roser,  discount 
clerk;  and  Levi  Burnell,  book-keep«r ;  and  a  board  of  thirteen  directors,  em- 
bracing the  names  of  the  solid  and  enterprising  men  so  frequently  noted  in  pre- 


It  is  stated  in  reference  to  the  popubtion  that  it  was  chiefly  from  New  England, 

other  States  contributing  a  portion,  and  a  con-siderable  number  bein^  from  tjtr- 

many  and  Great  Britain.     The  following  illustrates  the  accession  of  numbers : 

!        the  first  census  in   1515,331;  ISIS,  lOW  ;  1S20,  1502;   1S22.  27ilil ;  l.;25, 

I        4274;  December.  1S26,  7t;C3 ;  and  January.  1S2S,  10,S13.     It  is  stated  as  a 


remarkable  fact  tha 

of  Ihr,   i-illngt.      Til 


population  of  lU.OOO  uut  one  adult  y>ei*on  w^is  a  ua'ttx 
ployment  of  the'  people  is  indicated  by  the  following 
25  physicians,  2S  lawyers,  74  merchants.  i'J  clerks.  S4 
grocers,  33  butchers,  4S  tailors,  8  book-binders,  124  shoemakers.  20  hatters.  73  • 
coopers,  23  clothiers,  2tl  millers.  21  millwrights,  304  carpenters  and  joiners,  IK 
inn-keepers,  31  printers,  17  coach-makers,  67  bl.icksraith.-i,  14  gunsmiths.  lU  chair- 
makers,  05  ma.«on3.  25  cabinet-makers,  5  comb-makers,  26  pn'ntcrs.  2i  wheel- 
wrights, 21  saddlers,  8  tallow^:handler3,  23  tinners,  2U  tanners,  14  bakers,  423 
laborers,  16  goldsmiths. 

TRADE  AND   COMMERCE. 

The  products  from  the  rich  regions  embraced  in  the  valley  of  the  Genesee  were 
brought  to  Rochester,  and  thence  e.^ported.  The  export  of  leadin:r  articles  t"or 
the  years  1S23  and  1S26  are  thus  contrasted  :  Flour,  64.114  barrcL-.  in  1^23.  t.., 
202,(JOU  in  lS2ii;  whe-at,  20.500  bushels  in  the  former  year,  none  in  the  l.a.-ter; 
pork,  1250  barrels,  contrasted  with  tOIHJ;  beef,  528  barrels  to  750;  pot  and 
pearl  ashes,  in  1826,  Odiiii  barrels;  and  whisky.  52,003  gallons,  in  I.-<23.  had 
increased  to  135,0li0  in  1S26.  Imports  were  of  every  article  known  to  mer- 
chandise, and  rapidly  augmenti.ig  in  volume,  keeping  pace  with  greater  area  >tf 
tillage  and  increased  means  of  a'..rricalturist.s.  ,V  wholesale  trade  had  spnin-.:  op 
between  the  village  and  other  p..int8  more  distant.  Xs  an  index  of  retail  traJ.-. 
the  following  is  given  of  the  number  and  character  of  the  stores,  ninety  one  in  all : 
Of  merchant,  forty-two ;  hanlware,  five;  dru-L-ist,  five;  book  and  statiomry. 
three ;  boot  and  shoe,  fourteen  ;  hat,  four  ;  goldsmith,  five;  milhncry,  seven  ;  lo.  k- 
ing-glass,  one;  clothing,  four;  and  military  troods,  one. 

There  w.-is  a  thriving  trade  in  lumber,  originating  in  loo;J  demand.  Timber  for 
ahip-building  was  shipped  ext*n-ively  by  canal  to  .Vew  York.  A  demand  at  hi.-h 
prices  was  rendered  inutile  from  the  canal  tolls  and  cost  of  transport.ilioo.  and  the 
husinew  becime  profitless.  The  quality  of  white-oak  timber  wii  not  cxc  ;i,J 
elsewhere  in  the  country. 

The  freight-boat,  on  the  canai  numbered  one  hundred  and  iltty,  the  bor^e. 

tun.  Merehanls'.  Troy  ...wi  Erie.  Hudson  and  Erie,  an.l  Cnion,  and  ti.e  o-ner-  or 

chief  ag..:.ts  K.  re  rishhnt.,  of  the  villa.-e.      U.  =id.-.  th.-sc,  a  nnuiU  r  ..I   L-.-ia 

i         .iwiie-d  il.  the  villa-e  pli.-l  n-gularly  on  the  canal.      Tran:.f«irtation  of  rt-ur  lo  the 

I        Hudwn,  in  spring  and  fall,  w«  one  dollar  per  barrel ;  in  summer,  eighty  «:»rn 


HISTORY   OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


and  a  hatf  coiiL-.  BoaU  nm  ni,.;lii  »n.l  .hy,  un.l  ui:..i«  jii  ;iv.:nj->  of  >ijty  u.ilo= 
in  twenty  hours.  I*is.scii-er3  were  char;-.Hl  one  ami  a  half  c.nw  [.rr  niilo,  :ind  an 
extra  charge  for  board  of  tifty  ceuU  per  day.  Tlie  packtts  an;  aJvcrtisiil  as  of 
"easy  motion  and  rapid  prcp^ress.  with  opportunity,  by  reading;  and  social  con- 
Teree,  to  be;^ilc  the  todiou.sDes.i  of  a  iwui;  jouniey."  Tlio  packet  comp:iny  had, 
in  1827,  twelve  boats  and  one  hundred  and  tliirty  hursea. 

Of  canal  basins  there  were  ei-ht.  namely,  GilWrta.  Johnsons,  Child'.i,  Fitz- 
bugh's.  Fishers,  Kly's,  WasbiuL-ton.  and  \Vaj-ibou.»e.  There  were  three  dams, — 
the  one  above  the  rapids,  with  mill-raco  on  each  .-ide  of  the  river,  the  west  side 
supplying  nine  watcr-|»wer  establishments,  the  e;ist  side  ten  ;  Brawn's  dam, 
below  the  great  falls,  supplying  ten  establishments ;  Cleveland's,  on  the  brink  of 
the  falls,  giving  power  for  two  mills, — besides  others  in  course  of  eonstruction. 
The  manufacture  was  promising;  sevi-n  merchant-mills  were  mariufaeturing  flour, 
with  twenty-four  run  of  stone,  and  two  of  twelve  run  of  >tone  were  eontraetcil 
to  be  built  during  the  se.x-a>n.  The  mills  b..re  the  names  of  B>ach,  Brown,  .At- 
kinson, Rochester,  Cleveland,  Strong,  and  Ely.  and  their  returns  of  flour  m.ide 
daring  192H  ;.!ave  a  total  of  one  humlred  and  fiftv  thousand  one  hundred  and 
aixty-nine  barrels.  It  is  said  of  the  K!y  mill,  that  the  wheat  taken  in  and  floured 
daring  much  of  the  fall  equaled  two  hundred  and  hlty  barrels  daily.  IJe.-ides 
the^,  there  were  three  custom-mills,  with  ^^evcn  run  of  stone.  A  cotton-tactory, 
in  charge  of  S.  S.  .\lleott,  had  one  thousand  four  hundred  spindles,  thirty  power- 
looms,  and  employed  eighty  youths  and  children,  for  whom  a  schiwl  was  main- 
tained five  evenings  in  the  week,  at  the  employer's  expense.  There  were  three 
furnaces  for  melting  and  casting  iron,  two  trip-hammers  by  water-power,  and 
breweries,  distilleries,  tanneries,  and  a  lengthy  list  of  miscellaneous  tL  jiufaeturea. 


ROCHESTER   X   CITY    IX    1S34. 


y  licrnn's  gr.uited  by  this  board  during  th.;  i 
the  office  of  mayor  of  this  city, 
was  chosen  to  succeed  Jlr.  Chi'ld.  and  in  Jan,, 
■ks  on  retirini;  from  olEee  at  the  year  s  do-,. 


i>hcd  for  /I'lcr  and  ffooil  ,,r.l 
>  the  property  and  the  pe-til,., 
:he  period  of  mv  otfice.  n-.-arlv  t 


izcd  to  sign  .dl  lav.ni  airl  .;r 
the  present  ineumiieiit  >hall  1 

On  July  L'.  lS:',j,  Ja.ob  Oould  was  chosen 
1S3G,  was  re-elected.  His  remarks  on  rctiri 
well  worth  a  place  in  this  connection : 

"  Our  city  hxs  also  been  remarkably  ilistii 
and  happily  ilclivered  froui  the  fire  that  dev 
that  destroys  the  lives  ,d"  our  citizens.     Duri 

called  upon  to  interfere,  nt.r  has  there  ever  been  occasion  to  do  so,  for  the.-«up[,n  ,. 
sion  of  riot,  mob,  tumult,  or  even  an  ordinary  c;i3e  of  assault.  This  fact  .spi.-ak.  ,, 
mo.st  gratifying  eulogy  Cr  our  cui'/  and  rrjvjmns  wtHl.ili.ms.  and  for  the  ,'„/./;, 
;;eiice  and  moraliti/  of  the  community  in  which  we  live." 

These  and  successive  mayors,  having  tin-  public  weltare  in  view,  saw  with  -j 
noble  pride  the  continued  growth  of  the  city,  public  improvements  pcrt'ected.  tli. 
various  branches  of  trade  and  manufacture  prospered,  and  ihe  best  interests  of  all 
made  paramount.     Truly,  in  many  respects  the  city  is  remarkable. 


.  the 


FALLS  OF  THE  GENESEE. 


aluable  in  tlieir  power,  beautiful  in  their  appear 
1  noble  curve  at  the  foot  of  precipitoits  rock,  flo 
olunie,  rushing  over  the  ledges,  pours  downwnr, 
rainbow  hue,  while  a  glance  revcaU  the  various  s 


0.  The  deep,  worn  chaniiei. 
from  f.dl  to  fall,  and  a  suoity 
nd  sends  up  a  mist  rertei-tni-.' 


gist  the  lessons  of  the 
great  falb  Sam  Patch  r 


■rod  his 


these  falls  destitute  of  incident.     At  th.- 


Repeated  applicxtions  finally  met  success,  and  in  the  f=pring  of  1334  the  legis- 
ktnre  passed  an  act  granting  a  charter  to  the  city  of  Rochester.  The  limits  of 
the  city  were  enlarged  to  include  four  thousand  acres.  It  was  extended  northward 
in  a  narrow  strip,  and  made  to  embrace  the  lower  falls  and  the  Ontario  steamboat 
landing.  These  lands,  thus  included  in  the  eorp.Tation,  were  a  pijrtion  i.f  the 
Carthage  tract  on  the  east,  and  the  McCracken  tract  on  the  west  of  these  localities, 
—the  falls  and  landn.g.  On  June  li,  Erasmus  D.  Smith,  Abraham  M.  Schermer- 
born,  and  Horace  Ho*iker  were  elected  sup-.-r.^sora.  and  the  -ilderm^u  for  the  five 
wards  were,  beginning  with  the  first  ward.  Lewis  Brooks,  Thom;cs  Kenipshall, 
Frederic  F.  Backu.?,  A.  W.  Riley,  and  Jac>ob  Graves. 

On  the  9th  of  June  the  commoTi  council  elected  Jonathan  Child  as  mayor  of 
the  city;  Vincent  Matthews,  attorney  and  counsel;  Samuel  Works,  superinten- 
dent; John  C.  Nash,  clerk;  E.  F.  -Marshall,  treasurer;  .,nd  Wiilum  II.  Ward, 
chief  engineer.  Isaac  Hills  was  the  first  recorder,  and  held  the  office  for  a  number 
of  year3.  5Iayor  Child  was  inaugurated  June  10,  and  on  that  occasion  thus  re- 
marked : 

"  The  rapid  progress  which  our  place  has  made,  from  a  wilderness  to  an  incor- 
porate city,  authorizes  each  of  our  citizens  proudly  to  reflect  upon  the  agency  he 
bas  had  in  bringing  about  this  great  and  interesting  change.  Rochester  has  had 
little  aid  in  its  pcrnianent  i[uprovement  from  foreign  capital.  It  has  been  settled 
and  built  for  the  most  part  by  mechanics  and  merehants.  whose  capital  was  ri-oimmy, 
industry,  and  jteyMiiirunrc.  It  is  their  lab-jr  and  skill  wlii.  h  has  c<jn\erted  a  wil- 
derness into  a  city  ;  and  to  them  sorely  this  must  be  a  d.iy  of  pri-le  ,oid  joy.  They 
have  founded  and  reared  a  city  before  they  have  p.csse.!  the  meridian  of  life.  In 
other  countries  and  times  the  city  of  Rochester  would  have  been  the  r.i-uU  of  the 
labor  and  aecumuh-.tions  of  successive  generations;  but  Till;  sikn  who  felled 
IHB  FOREST  that  grew  on  the  spot  where  we  are  as.sembled  .IKK  SITTING  \T  THE 
COtlNCIL-BO-tRD  OF  OLR  CITY.  Well,  then,  m.ay  we  indnl'.;e  an  honest  pride  as 
we  look  hack  upon  our  history,  and  let  the  review  elevate  our  hopes  and  animate 
oar  ezenioQs.  Together  we  have  slrugjled  ihrou-.^h  the  hariUhips  of  an  inf.int 
settlement  and  the  embarrassments  of  straitened  circumstances,  and  toiretber  let 
U3  rejoice  and  be  happy  in  the  glorious  reward  th.it  has  crowned  our  labors.  In 
the  intercourse  of  5,)cial  life,  and  on  all  ix-casions  involvin-  th.'  intercsis  of  our 
young  ci'.y,  let  us  forget  our  politics  and  our  party,  and  sock  only  the  public  good. 
The  fortunes  of  us  all  are  embarked  in  a  common  bott.mi.  .md  it  cannot  be  t.>o 
much  to  expect  a  uiuon  of  coun:^?ls  and  exertions  to  s.x-ure  their  safety.  ' 

On  June  Zl,  IS:;,",,  Mr.  Child  presciit.^i  his  r.-i.-nation  of  (he  may'.ralty.  A 
majority  of  the  newly-elected  council  had  been  in  fivor  of  lieensiiej  gmci  rics  and 
taverns  to  sell  spirituous  liiiuors,  on  the  '-.-round  of  e.Kjwdiency,  and  aj  .'^Ir.  Child 
would  have  li.id  the  papers  to  sign,  or  act  ag;,i,ist  the  wi-I„s  of  a  l.ir.;..'  p,..|.orii.in 
of  the  hoard,  the  resi-iiation  w.is  m;ele.     The  leiter  ..f  r.-l-jnaiien  iv  is  r.  lerr.d  to 

R.  Elwood.     Ou  motion  ..f  the  last,  it  was  resolv-d  ''that  the  recorder  be  author- 


THE  L.AST  LE.VP  Ol'  i 

SAM  PATCH. 

Sam   Patch  was  a  man  of  weak  ■ 

nind,  fond 

of  stron..'  dr 

ink  ;  and  as  Blondi.i. 

Weston,  Bates,  and  others,  had  cae 

h  his  way 

of  atiractin',- 

the  porulace 

for  his 

jwn  benefit,  so  Patch  r-sorted  to'the 

orisin.d  d, 

:vicc  ..f  jiimpii 

i.-from'irre.atl 

.eights. 

At  Patei'son,  New  .Jersey,  and  at  Ni.i 

r.-ara  F.dls 

he  had  been  s, 

iicecssful.and 

conn  11'.- 

to  Rochester,  he  put  up  notices  that  he  would  jump  down 

the  Genesee 

fills  .„: 

November  3,  1820.     The  day  came 

.  and  a  lame  coucourse 

assembled  to' 

wit.R- 

the  act.     Promptly  on  hand.  Patch. 

accompan 

led  by  a  tumr 

l.rn,:  took  the 

feartul 

leap,  and  came  up  sifcly.  to  the  gi'e, 

It  relief  of 

the  spcetatois 

He  now  proposed,  on  November 

13.  to  ju 

nip  from  a  -c 

affold    put    up 

on   the 

brink  of  the  full,  twenty  fesH  above 

.  thus  mak 

;ing  a  de.scent 

much  more  tl 

lan  one 

hundred  feet.     The  excitement  lia,l 

;  spread  tar  .md  wide,  an 

d  an  enorm.iu 

s  croiv.i 

gathered  upon  the  river-banks,  roofs 

ufbuildiuL- 

s.  trees,  and  e> 

cry  prospc-tiv 

e  p.)inl 

For  several  hours  the  multitude  stood  waitin'i 

.  and  at  tl'.e  ti 

m-  spce.ficd  b 

e  cam. 

upon  the  platform,  added  one  more  te 

I  the  nunii. 

er  of  previous, 

iIraiightsof!i.| 

u.ir.  a.l- 

dressed  the  crowd,  and  then  took  the 

awful  phi, 

i-c.     -'Aprol 

'■.lUnd  silence  pi 

i'.-vai!.'.l 

over  the  vast  multitude  ;  every  eye 

rested  on  t 

heripplin'_-w, 

ives  where  he 

cnter.'l 

the  water;  ahushof  nigh  ten  mlniil. 

■s.  wh. , 

iiiyavoieeprociairn'od.    -He 

.  is|..-l' 

he  U  dead!'"     A  prWiatlm  of  ielii 

„'.  took  p." 

^ses-i.,nof  the 

spcet.itois.  aoe 

Iwillin. 

brief  spice  of  time  all  had  lle.l  the  pi 

h  enc'tions  im 

ie-eribable,     .~ 

:tr,kin_- 

the  water  not  feet  forenio-t,  but  .., 

I   his  si.le. 

and  with   tor 

rifie  force  f r  . 

m  -11. 1' 

momentum,  the  last  leap  of  .'^.un  I'a 

leh  was  ei 

i.led.       His  he 

■  ly.  found  nexl 

t  spr,u_ 

THE  FATE  OF  CATLIN 

n'    deserves  notice,  as  his  life  wa-  lost  thron._'h  admiration  of  1 

1S30,  the  Mcch.inies'   Institute,  n..w  the   Athen.i'uni,  cm 

-    artist,  to  paint  a  p..rtrait  of   Ue   Witt   Clint'.n.     The  w,.i 


don 


r  l.v  a  voun-  br..thcr.     This  vu„n-  nrin  ha.l  a.L.pt.'.l  h" 

ssio'n,  an.l  .s.'t  „iit  on.-  line  inoinin'.-  np-n  a  t...ir  of  the   i:.!!- 

ich   sta'.-e  as   ina.le   the  scene  b.'.util'nl.      The   curve   r,f  .!" 

ric  r,....'n:arity,  ,in.l  r..se  vertically  from  the  level  of  the  I..!.. 

Catlin  .lesc.'ndcd  to  the  river  mar'.;in  bel.iw  the  l.iwer  I'.ill- 

and  s..iight  t.i  re  ..h  .i  aaiel  h.ir  n.'ar  the  centre  of  the  stream  from  whence  l.i  l-o" 

a  better'view  or  !;ik.'  l  sk.'l,  h.      The  yillll    f..iin.l   hin.s.-lf  in   p.  ril,  iiii.l  ral-..l  • 

dealt  foully,  but  thi'se  gaie  way  hef'.re  mvesiig^uion. 


!  ,     hrou..-ht  to  Koch 

-:  cMer  br..tlicr's  p 

The  water  wa.s  ai 

banks  was  ..f  gc 

to  the  high  plate: 


/^/z. 


/^^^  fii 


^f^^\<^{-    ,^^l^iWo      <?l-vn^       S    ^V>--^..-vW       .Z^'-^'-^^ 


HISTORY  OF  JrONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


87 


T1>-  .J.1  .„., 
-  N'"l"<-t.  i 


THK  CHOLKRA,  "R0C11E;5TER  KSOCKIXOi;,-  ETC. 

(Tlic  tiajs  of  the  summer  of  IS:12  were  Jart  an.l  el.iomy.  for  iho  choleri— lh< 
I       JririJ<-J  pl^S"*  "f  '^^  ^^'' — a[ipfireJ  in  R.)chi>ter.      Its  first  ap[«;anin;e  wm  on 
'       June  J-.  a'  a  house  uluh  the  canal  ua  ?aiiit   Paul  street,  ana  the  ■ieath-ani.-cl 
(l3[,|»J  hU  broaJ  \i\nzi  over  the  community,  fiilin^;  the  min^i  with  t.rmr  anJ 
irk-oniT  f^^reboJloL'.     Through  July  anj  Aiiiru.-'t  the  scounrc  waj  at  iu  liel:;ht, 
'        anJ  oTi-r  four  hundred  (vrsous  were  carried  off  by  it.     At  this  time  it  was  tl.ffi- 
i-ult   to  SnJ   nurses   for   the  aid.     The   in('.,tled  were  rc^anl.,..!  with  tV.ir,  and 
liranJy  bc^-amc  the  ^tneral  panacea.    It  Wiis  then  that  t'>ilonil  Aj.hbel  V>.  Riley,  one 
»       uf  ihr  U'arJ  of  health,  entered  upon  a  career  as  wonhy  of  reniemhrance  as  a  llow- 
ar>l  iu  the  prisons  or  a  Ni^htin;:ale  in  the  Crimean  ho^piLali.      He  went  without 
j        r.-ar  atu..n;.'  the  Ji.^trefSe^l ;  himself  alone  plao.'d  the  h-jdy  in  tho  e-.tfin.  and  hating 
J         MjiK-l  it  up.  the  driver  of  the  djad-cart  aided  in  its  reni'jval.     Nobly  he  bore  his 
I         part,  and  by  bis  devotion  and  philanthropic  etfort  deserves  this  brief  tribute. 
I         The  L-i'rautic  labor3  at  iiradin'^,  draininir.  pavinir,  -ind  maeadamizins;  the  -streets'. 
I  llie  elTuieut  police  rvc;ulatLon.«.  the  reuiuval  of  decomjiosed  vegetable  matter  have 

wh..!ly  chan.'e.l  the  locality,  and  Rochester  Li  rc-.-arded  as  among  the  hcalthic-t  of 
ciiiex,  and  has  no  drcid  of  the  pcsti!enc«  which  from  time  to  tin;e  b;:s  rioted 
in  uther  citie:*. 

The  Kuchester  Inocklnj;?,  a  wealc  imposture,  Uive  be«n  a  subject  of  personal 
■  nJ  prcris  comment  and  given  the  city  a  certain  notoriety.  The  Foi  >l;ter3  were 
»l.!c  to  produce  the  "  kooctings'  under  the  rigid  eiamination  of  the  mo>t  intel- 
li;,'vnt,  and  finding  their  area  too  limited  removed  to  New  York,  there  to  continue 
their  jugglery.  •  ) 

The  demands  of  commerce  and  manufacture  have  diverted  the  waters  of  the 
tit-nt^ce  from  their  bed  above  the  atiueduct,  and  a  bread  bod  of  stone  marks  the 
i-ltannci  of  cetiiuiici,  but  in  e5r!y  -'.ly^  the  volume  of  water  was  uniform  and 
•ja-ater.  Now  and  then  a  fiood  sweeps  down,  strikes  terror  to  the  citizens  and 
Liy.<  wa.«te  property.  The  great  flood  of  1S3J  was  unprecedented,  and  the  roar 
of  waters  foaming  and  ruihing  over  the  fills  S'.ainJed  ominously  to  the  city,  and 
pres<inted  a  scene  of  unwonted  grandeur.  The  quantity  of  water  piissing  was  com- 
|>utfd  at  hta  milliims  one  huitjrej  and  $ixty-/uur  thousand  cnbic  fret  per  minnte. 
\  new  bridge  at  the  lower  falls  was  carried  off;  much  care  was  re<|uired  to  save 
the  main  bridge  in  the  city.  Baff.ilo  street  wai  flooeied  to  the  Arcade,  and  much 
*»f  pvh  dan-.a^eJ. 

THE  NAVY  ISLAND  RAID 

wi'  an  event  of  1S3T,  which  aroused  the  city  and  threatened  war  and  rebellion 
ill  Canada.  During  the  summer  the  indications  of  trouble  were  manil'csted  by 
iiKi-ndiary  fires,  and  a  pafier  conductcl  by  one  .^IcKenzie  poured  oil  upon  the 

•  lul.-r'.  In  the  fall,  Van  Rensselaer  and  a  party  toi.k  possession  of  Navy  Island. 
in  ih.-  Ni.a~ira  river.      Proclamations  were  iasued  and  a  force  collected  there.     A 

•  •■n»iiiittoe  of  sympathizers  in  Rochester  advanced  money  ani  sent  on  men.  The 
«-'aiiitrj  was  excited  and  wagon-icads  of  material  were  accumulated  at  the  river 
ni  irki  t.  Then  came  the  news  th.it  the  British  had  cut  adritt  the  steamboat  "  Caro- 
Uiu;"  M*t  her*  on  fire,  and  se'nt  her,  with  siity  souls  on  board,  over  the  cataract. 
Th.- di-pil.h  was  read  from  the  Eaile  balcony,  and  the  warlike  feeling  became 
int.  II,..  The  lapse  of  a  few  d.iys  wa.,  fjllowcl  by  a  cortrtrm.iti  m  of  the  lo.s  of  the 
•t--tiiiUQt,  but  not  of  life.  The  excitement  continued  till  tht  gnvemraeot,  inter- 
f'-rin.-.  cleared  the  island.  The  Canadian  authorities  -Hint  a  dozen  men  to  Botany 
llii  Ct  life,  and  Americana  were  pardom-d  and  returned  home,  and  so  ended  the 
I'.i  1-I..I1  of  Canada. 

MILITIA  BURLE5QUE. 

Th-  -y..(t.ni  t,f  militia  training,  long  in  vogue,  had  J>ocoine  .-»  farce.     At  a  com- 

I  oi\  nuMer  in  RcK-hester,  John  Robinson  a[)peured  on  parade  in  fantastic  cos-  j 

I  -In  ■  ..f  i|„.  l,^^t  material.     Orderly  and  soln-rly  each   eocimand  was  promptly  i 

■'•.>"!      The  company  were  not  in  uniforia  and  cx«-ption«  could  not  be  taken,  | 

•  ■'    ill  ..rder  was    lost  and  the   drill   wa.s  a  failure.      A  tew  days  later,  there  1 
"  ••  h.  I  ihrou-h  the  sin^els  a  motley  array  .-^  ludicrous  that  it  lijund  full  descrip-  | 

►"^  in  til*'  prx-v.  The  pcrfurmancc  was  emulated  el3^.where.  and  despite  legisla- 
'    1  ih"  ..IJ  militia  .•ijtem  wa.i  cevolutionizeci. 


EARLY  FURNACE. 

luntesl  building;  but  in  l.-^:W  Win.  11.  Chen.y  renL-.l  the  stcleio: 
Dr  KIw.-mI,  f,r  a  furnace  and  foundry  R.pairs  were  inadt 
"1  iB.aeriiU  Were  brought  by  cunal  from  Alb.iny,  aud  ba-ioi-s 


eomuicoccd.  Hero  was  ca.st  the  first  cookioL-'.tove  made  in  this  part  of  th- 
ccuntry.  The  pattern  originated  in  Philadi  Ipliii,  and  the  rough  plates  were  a 
quarter-iuch  in  thickniivi.  The  steam-engine  wxs  a  great  attraction,  and  a  sourve 
of  wonder  and  inquiry.  When  the  Jte.ara  from  Cheney's  furnace  lirst  awoke  the 
neighboring  echoes.  Dr.  Long  h;L-.tened  from  his  residence,  on  Alexander  struvt. 
rMid,  viewing  the  machinery,  s;iid  to  the  proprietor,  "  If  you  an;  suslainett  this  will 
be  evidence  of  proere?s."  Eight  years  the  wareliou.sc  served  a.s  a  foundry,  tluii 
Cheney  transferred  bis  establishment  to  South  Saint  Paul  street,  and  the  building 
relapsed  to  ruin.  In  ISJU  it  w.is  used  for  storige,  and  then  fur  a  tik-poltery. 
In  ISCi,  Mr.  Oo'thout  purchased  the  properly,  which  serveii  four  years  as  a  stoie- 
house.  The  old  building  was  enlar.-ed  and  rai-cd.  Originally,  its  .limcn=ioo~ 
were  forty  by  one  hundreil  fevt;  the  present  is  .«eventy-five  by  one  hundre-i  and 
fit^y,  five  stories,  an  attic,  an  iron  roof  and  from  the  centre  re-es  a  tower.  The 
building  occupies  all  the  ground  betwem  t!ie  Feeder  and  .M.mnt  Hope  avenue. 
The  old  structure  has  had  a  varied  history,  and  now,  among  other  like  buildings 
which  are  viewed  with  admiration,  shows  little  of  the  old-time  loneiineiS  and 
desolation. 

FALL  OF  THE   CITY   MILLS. 

In  1S27,  Asa  and  Saul  Carpenter  bought  the  site  of  the  City  mills,  and  erected 
a  large  saw-mill  thereon.  In  1830  the  Carpenters  sold  to  \Vm,  Baker.  inJ  he  to 
Maliby  Strong,  who,  in  1S31,  removed  the  saw-mill,  and  on  its  site  built  the 
original  City  mills,  its  eastern  part  of  stcne,  the  front  and  over  the  race  of  wo...d. 
It  passed  through  various  hands  to  Ebenezir  S.  Be.ich,  who.  s.>cn  after  obtainin.: 
title,  began  to  operate  the  mills.  It  was  near  the  close  of  navigation  in  Ib^li. 
when  wheat  was  rapidly  accumulated  for  the  winter's  stock.  Ten  thousand 
bushels  had  been  put  in,  and  there  remained  one  or  two  canal-Kut  lo.ids  un- 
touched in  the  basin.  Whca  an  additional  thous-ind  bushels  had  been  cramnie-l 
to  the  tim'uera  gafc  «iT,  a"d  the  et^riir  quantity  was  projecte»d  into  the  raceway, 
and  a  great  portion  was  swept  into  the  river.  The  destruction  was  marked  by 
sympathy,  as  if  each  had  met  the  loss. 


KOCHESTKR  IN   1360. 

With  uniform,  healthy  growth,  the  city,  which  was  chartered,  in  1534,  with 
twelve  thousand  two  hundred  and  firty-two  inhabitants,  and  c-overed  fiur  thous:ind 
acres,  h.ad  reached,  in  li?tjO,  well-nigh  fifty  thousand  citizens,  and  had  spread 
their  public  and  private  structures  to  nearly  the  eitrcmc  corporation  limiis 
From  the  river,  east  and  west,  a  mile  each  way.  the  streets  were  lined  ce-iu- 
pacily  with  structures,  public,  business,  and  dwelling,  all  indicative  of  'jeH-l 
sense,  generous  spirit,  prosperous  business,  and  architectural  taste.  From  north 
to  south,  the  distance  of  four  to  five  miles,  building  was  not  so  dense,  and  at  tiie 
outskirts  was  yet  sparse.  Soil,  water-power,  canal,  and  lake  unitedly  had  attraet  --i 
labor  and  capital,  and  rendcrctl  both  productive.  Railratds  were  of  ineiiK-ntal 
benefit,  and  the  city  gave  them  so  much  of  tr.ide  that  her  niaUrial  injury  wi.nid 
prejudice  their  interests.  On  the  old  mill-lot,  now  the  most  valualde  portion  ..f 
the  city,  lots  twenty  by  one  hundred  feet  sold  for  twenty  thousand  dollars.  Tli- 
a.ssc3sed  valuation  was  numbered  by  millions  of  dollars,  and  its  real  value  wa- 
triple  the  assessment.  The  farm  of  Enos  Stone,  bought  by  Eiislia  .Jolin-.n  io 
1S17,  had  risen  in  value  till  its  estim.itc  was  m.ido  in  roilii..ns.  The  Frank;.. it 
tract,  lying  north  of  the  Centml  Railroad,  was  entirely  built  over,  while  the 
Andrews  and  .\twatcr  tract,  slowly  developing,  finally  settled  with  a  rapidity  equ.il 
to  any  other  locality. 

The  bridges,  from  1827  till  ISGO,  are  worthy  of  brief  attention.  Tlie  middle 
bndga  of  1SU7  was  replaced  by  the  .\Iain  street  bridge,  which  w.ns  rebuilt  sevenl 
limes,  and  the  last  time,  in  IS5G—i7.  of  cut  stone,  at  a  coste.xeccdin-.:  siity  thoos.in.l 
dollars.  The  old  IS12  bridge  be-c-.imo  ins-.cure,  and  was  removed.  In  ISl.i  a 
toll-bridge  was  constructed  betwc-n  the  fills  and  the  .inda'ws  street  bridiic.  be 
.Messrs.  Andrews,  -Vtwater,  and  .^lumford.  This  structure  was  in  use  but  a  fw 
years.  A  brid'je  was  erected  in  IS.'U,  at  Court  street.  Followin','  the  con^tmc- 
tion  and  fall  of  Caaba-e  bridge  two  others  were  subsequently  bo.lt  aero-,  the 
river,  near  the  lower  fails,  one  of  which  stood  its  late  as  1S3.'> ;  and.  in  \^''i''  'he 


city  erected  a  suspnsioo  brn 
from  the  time  it  was  bcjtun  i 
city  cca-scd  for  a  time,  .\nd 
was  rebuilt  in  19.-);.  of  ir.in,  a 
bridge,  in  the  south  part  ol  ih 


on  the  CrthaM  site.  Within 
I.  and  bridje-buildins  in  llo-  n 
-trcet  brid'.-c  was  first  built 


Tlu 


the 


any  other  single  town 


.Iter  liour  manut 
rid."     There-ii 


ind  i 


e  in  a  day  th.m  I 
of  El»  k  lies-.  II 


■io;  c-^^.  ,^v^-^  -^^-^  M<.^,^-^-.:^ '  :^^^i, 


'"'^fl^i^  ._^  Z^  c.o~.>^  ^^^  ^  (f^.-M:d 


Vi     <^  ;>.-C--t^-<C    -^^.-^t    ->-^^-2-^A  c-/  'Z^    1/-'..*^^^'-^. 


TIISTOKY   OF   MONllOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YOIIK. 


;.rti  A-AC  wa-.  buru.d  a'  ont  IS.*,  i,  alU-r 
,  ..f  ISIO,  >till  stood  an  the  -'Goncsci 


tlio  west  side,  had 


«dca 


,  tbe.i  liie  Fi, 


,  erected  I.n 


ataiiJIug  tliirty-six  }e:ir^.     C'lfvcljir 
f.ills  mill,"  a3  Ji.l  tlu-  Wl.itn.y  mW\ 

AboUrJ  llo'i">lJ^-  !>"•  uriL'inal 
b>  well-ni-h  two  l.u.Mhv'i  i..n-kc. j. 

Thefir3tliou.-ef.jr|.'.l,Kcxvor-l,i 
Baptist  society,  frum  1<.H  lu  l>:;i 
was  dcstro\ei.n>y  firo.     rUurch  soi. 

some  stone  eJificL"*,  \\W\y  ii  were  t^rn  down  ;tt  Itiier  jicriuds  to  bo  npl^ic-il  In  < 
still  more  eustly.     One  after  anuilior   bi-:iutiful   :uitl  cumuioiiiou-t  pJitice5 
■urc  a.  city  containing:  wcU-nlgh 

iih  all  ntlior.  An  excellent  ' 
ueadeniic  had  been  built,  seminaries  and  priv:»te 
ublir  si-hutil  :^ysrt.'m  inauixuratt-U  at  a  cost  in  build- 
hou.'.ind  tb.ilar^  and  of  annual  cost  of  maintenance 
There  were  Li^hteen  public  schools,  mo.>t  of  them 


rai>od,  until  the  citi 
thurches,  many  of  wli 
Educatioi-al  projrrc: 
had  been  foundoil,  a  half-doze 
schools  were  niinieious.  sind  a 
ings  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
of  over  sixty  thous-aiid  dollars 


S.W   with   ,,le 
;id  kept  pace  ■ 


versity 


in  6iic  bullJin^, 

liciicvoicnt  a=?':'i  latloiis  -.'ii 
widened,  atiility  iii.T,:i-uil  nod 
schools,  and  other  liiniinuitari 
liborslity  in  accord  with  tlie  be 

The  press  kept  pace  \ 
up  thence  after  brief  « 
cndurin-  Of  tbe  p.,  - 
title, — the  Dui/y  A,lrr,i 


ilvinz  = 


y  of  over  ten  thnusand  dollars. 

otliers  •jprant:  up,  and,  a.s  their  liili 
aii;rnenii-d.  Ilr.spitals,  asylums,  eli.trit; 
;  were  oriLrinated,  and  supported  with  ; 
f  the  p^.-ople  and  the  pro-ress  of  the  city 


other  eductive  aL'oucit^s.     bome  publicafu 

ii:e  on  the  cnurs.-;  nthers  prospered,  grew  str 

;tiii::  in  1S2T.  but  one  survived  under  the 

The  publieuti.jus  of  llochcster  in  IStSO  ' 


■iginal 


.veckly,  and  three  d.ailics. 
ly  utiier  citv  in  the  SUite, 
acirc-.-l„f.car£fVr 
;ued  four  to  five  thousand 


Their  oggreg.Ue  cireul.ition  was  jreater  tliuii  that  of  : 

thousand  copies.     The  Dailt/  L'ntim  ami  A'lnriiscr  i: 

copies  in  a  day,  and  the  daily  issues  of  the  prus-s  of  Rochester  were  above  tcu 

thousand. 

A  single  bank  w:ls  noted  in  1S2T,  while  in  ISGO  there  were  eleven,  whose 
agj^reiiate  capital  would  fall  little  short  nf  three  millions.  In  o^-cupation,  the 
population  varie»l  in  number  with  the  de-Mv  o(  one  industry  and  the  origin  of 
others.  Of  the  prMfei-ions.  th.ru  ",-re  luar  -iMy  cicr.-yuifD,  one  hundred  physi- 
cians, and  two  huiidrt-d  Ilt-vlt-,  Th,-  old  ;i'jin.-!.i'_-t  l.-'i^  since  had  ]>  tssed  away. 
and  another,  built  abuut  IS^.'i.at  a  ci.?t  ..f  >!i.  liuujrcd  thvu-an  1  d.. liars,  had  l.iken 

over  seventy  tiiou-^aiid  doUat^.  The  ol-l  j.iil  had  pa-sed  from  memory,  and  a  new 
jail,  erected  .since  ISiO.  had  i(self  b.^.m,  old.  The  market  huildimz.'to  cost  three 
thous.aud  dollars,  -'hailt  upon  the  plan  .if  the  n;w  marke:  in  Boeion,"  wa-  being 
constructod  in  1S27,  and  w;vs  an  object  of  .'atisr.ictii,o.  It  stood  on  the  corner 
of  Main  and  Front  streets,  and  .about  l-io.i  fell  into  the  river.  Its  success.)r 
has  recently  given  place  to  yet  a  third. 

The  travel  of  the  earlier'  day  had  ehaojed  It  had  bm-.nie  more  rapid  and 
more  cheap.  Sta::es  were  few.  and  renii?idei>  of  the  past ;  boats  conveyed  freight, 
and  the  packet  was  no  more  seen.  In  pi, ice  of  one  steamer  a  week  upon  the  lake, 
there  were  three  per  day.  No  I.'ss  than  sixty  trains  of  e.irs  arrived  and  deparu^d 
daily,  and  upon  some  of  tiiesc  it  w.is  nut  inrrc.juent  to  carry  five  hundred  pas- 
sengers. The  statistics  of  tr.ide  and  mauufa.  ti.re  sli.)wed  proportionate  t-iin.  and 
■  in  cnterpri>e,  however  considered,  the  iH'pulati.m  had  nobly  built  upjn  the  foun- 
dation laid  in  hope  in  former  years. 

PoUtics  and  statesnian.^hip  had  in  R.jclir^tor  aotivo  and  influential  representa- 
tives. Hire  John  flainty  .\dam3  receiv,-.i  h,'  tirt  niniin  irion  to  the  pi.a'dency. 
Hon.  AddLson  Uardin.r  and  lion,  ll.i.ry  K,  .Seli.u  li,.d  jr.  -ided  over  the  sen.a'te 
tt3  lieutenant-governors.  Thomas  li.  Cuniniiii-  atlin^-  governor  of  Nebraska  at 
one  time,  Wits  a  native  ••f  lioehe-ter  ;  and  ^.  was  lion.  David  K.  Carter,  member 
of  Congress  from  Ohio  H..n.  D.  l>.  I!,ua,ard.  ..nee  United  Stat.^s  minister  to 
Pru.ssia,  long  resided  here,  as  did  Hod.  J..hn  r,,v.«Je.  laember  of  Con-ress  from 
Pennsylvania  in  lSi-'.0.  Of  clerks  in  the  J'tate  ^.nale  were  Samuel  I}.  Andrews, 
Isaacll.  Elwo.5d,  and  .■^.on.iel  P.  Allen.  L.  Ward  Smith,  native  of  this  city,  W;i3 
adjut:int-gcneral  nf  the  ."^tate  in  l^.'^l-.■|:;  ;  and  Tliurhov  Wi^ed,  Esu.,  be:;an  his 
career  here  about  l>-7  as  e  lilor  of  the  A''.<  /,,  v'.  r  T-J''iy"fli. 

Of  patents,  there  had  b.  en  .me  hni,  In.]  an.l  filty  taken  ont  hv  eilizens  of 
Rochc-tcr.     or  the-.-,  five  w.^re  for  ni-in..-  ..-,nal-l..,als.  lour  f..r  i^.lary  steam- 

railroad  car-wheels.      An.oir_-  th..-;  ..f  in.i-.vr.nee  were    l!u-h  ,V  So  nvs  er....inc 

inally  patented  hv  li.-nj.wnio  .M,  Snii.l,.  ( If  line  arts.  Ilenrv  lln-.-ell.  the  di.-!in- 
guished  voe.di.-t  an.l  halhel  c,.m]..-T.      Ci,;.r,  h,  tl,.-   lan.Ueap..   painter.  an.|  ti.  S. 


Of  manuficture  a  -y.i..pMs  miL,t  suffice  for  the  present.  Twenty-one  flouring-inills 
contained  one  hundred  and  sixteen  run  of  stone  (exelu>ive  of  eustom-mills,.an.l  by 
their  empl.iyment  su>tained  a  population  of  full  five  thousand  persons.  Jv,:al,li-h'- 
nienls  for  the  m.inufacture  of  hoots  and  sh.ies  agL'regated  one  tln.usand  live  hnndr.sl 
employees,  and  gave  su).port  to  live  thousand  more  of  the  population.  One  lirn. 
sent  out  daily  one  thou.s.ind  pairs  of  boots  and  shoes.  A  dozen  heavy  tirm..  v^.-r,^ 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  garmouLs.  A  single  firm  employed  twii  hunur.;.! 
hamis.  n.  R.  liarton  began  the  cdie-tool  business  in  1S:U.  ami  in  ISiin  had  in 
his  establishment  one  hundred  and  lifty  hands.  In  the  work.-hops  .;f  Ki.M  >V  ('... 
one  hundred  persons  were  engu-jed  in  the  manufacture  of  car-wheels,  railr.-.ad  are! 
other  castin.js,  consuming  f  mr  thou.sand  tons  of  iron,  and  a'-TLrreiratiiej  -^aljs  ..f  'lir  j 
hundred  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  There  were  thre^e  stove  maunf.i  t  .;,.-. — 
French  k  Co.,  Ih-niiett  &  Co.,  and  Do  Witt  k  Galusha.     The  tiist  .  i„|.|..u  J 


iiidred  and 


!  portr. 


ordii 


hundred  stoves  per  week,  and  made  yearly  sales  to  the  value  of  three  hnudred 
th.jusand  dollars.  Besides  these  wore  the  iron  railing  and  Covert  bank  lock  work- 
of  Martin  liriggs,  the  scale  works  of  Duryee  it  Forsyth,  the  paper-mills  of  .\tr. 
Jones,  and  the  steam-engine  works  of  D.  A.  Woodbury  &  Co.  On  the  suburbs  . 
were  four  thousand  acres  of  land  given  to  the  culture  of  tree,  shrub,  an.l  llower. 
the  annual  sales  of  which  raiigotl  from  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  to  ori.. 
million  dollars. 

Rochester  had  come  to  contain  the  largest  fruit  and  ornamental  nurseries  in 
the  world.  The  pioneers  and  pre-eminent  firm  in  this  department  were  Messrs. 
Ellwangcr  i  Barry,  and  besides  these  were  numerous  others. 

Thus  briefly  have  we  outlined  the  in.Iusti  ies  and  energies  of  Roche-ter  prior  t.. 
the  civil  war,  wherein,  a-s  elsewhere  shown,  her  Thirteenth  regiment  was  one  of 
the  first  to  tread  the  streets  of  erst  rebellious  B.altimore. 

ROCHKSTEll   l-\    l.STO 

Fifteen  years  have  [iiLs.sc.1  away,  and  the  Flour  City  has  known  no  eheik  to  her 
material  prosperity.  The  ..Id  five  ward.,  have  been  iiicrease.d  to  sixteen,  and  the 
area  now  includes  eleven  thou-and  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  acres.  The  fid! 
cash  value  of  renl  and  personal  estate  in  IST.j  was  over  sixty  milli.)n-.  of  .h.llars. 
and  the  amount  of  tax  a>.-es.-e.l  upon  the  city  in  ISTli  is  ..ver  one  milli..M  d..llai^.  | 

For  railroads,  hri.lgcs,  and  streets,  for  buildings  and  water-works.  f..r  fire-en^-inc-,  i 

sohlicrs'  relief,  and  schools,  there  is  a  total  debt  of  over  five  millions  mainly  '■ 

incurred  in  the  construction  of  water-works.  The  populati..n,  by  the  cnsus  of 
ISTII,  gave  ^ixty-tw..  thousand  three  hun.lred  and  eighty-six  persons.  TJiere  wen- 
twelve^thou^and  two  hundred  and  thirteen  f.milies,  and  eleven  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  f...rty-nioe  dwellings.  Every  trade,  business,  and  occupation  is  fully 
represented.  Every  agency  cjicul.ited  f.ir  e..nverticnce,  security,  and  health  in  iiill 
operation.  Good  order  is  maintained  by  a  police  force  numbcrin.j  eighty-li.ur  men. 
and  scenes  of  riot  have  never  marred  the  taiue  of  the  noble  city.     Every  prccau-  : 

tion  is  taken  to  guard  against  fites.     Four  ste.imers  are  constantly  ready  far  dutv.  ;Jjj 

and  the  department  numbers  ..'le  hun.lr.'d  and  sixty-seven  men.  Many  lar^e 
establishments  are  i.r..vided  with  means  to  extingui-h  any  fire  hreakin.j  .,ut  in 

gration.s.     Of  cemeteries  there  arc  hve.    Chief  am..ng  these  is  that  of  .M..unt  II..j.e. 

nature  and  cmhclii-lie.l  by  art.  V  .cln'stcr  City  and  .-^aint  M,iry--  Ho-pilaU,  We,-t- 
ern  House  of  Refuge,  and  House  f..r  Idle  and  Tru.o.t  Children  are  among  the 
public  charitable  institutions.  The  ..ity  is  .well  lighted  with  oil-  and  gus-lamps, 
the  toUal  number  at  present  bein.'  three  thous.ind  nine  hundnd  and  twenty-six. 
The  number  of  churches  h.is  ineicasc.l  to  si.vty,  and  the  rmnii.,T  of  public  .-chools 

thousand  two  hun.lred  and  tliiite.'ii  T'iie  a\-.'ra'_'e  iinnii..  r  1..  li.iigii.L',  seven  thou- 
sand four  hundre.1  an.l  f..riy-<ix.  The  ,uiMil..r  .,(  ehiMr.  i.  I..,t«e.-,i  live  an.l 
twenty-one  in  IST.'J.  ..n  the  e.i-t  -i.le.  w.is  ninet.'.'n  tli.m-.unl  ihre..  h Ire.l  and 

six  thousand  five  hundred  an.l  thirty-two,  Cp...!  I'rini-..  slr.'.t  i<  l.xat.;-!  ih..  Uni- 
versity nf  Rochester,  and  this  cily  is  the  s.  at  ..f  th..  H..(lie-!.r  'f  li.olo-.-i.al  .-;.  nii- 

education.al  faciliti.-s  wantini;,  for  (he  int..lli..r.-nt  p.,pul.t<..  li.iv..  .o.d.  it- ■(. -i  tl... 
wants  of  .all  cla-e-.  C.nviyanee  by  rail  t..  ..r  tVoni  the  eil;  i-  lu,i„-.,  I  Lv  l,i.. 
lines:  the  N.-w  V.irk  C.iitr.land  lIo.U..n  Kivr.  the  I!...  h. -i-  r  ar.l  1 1.  ...  -.■.  \  .11.  v. 
the  Avun.  (J.n.aee  an.l  Mount  M..rris  the  K...I,..M.  r,  .Nii.eii  ai..l  1'.  t.:,m  |-,,iM.a, 
and  the    U,.eli.-l,-r  an.l   .<tat..    I.io,    P.a.l^  «l:ii..   -ti.vt    ,ir-    \.  ,  i,.,.-    :l,  i..-   .......in 


hank  ..f  .M..nr.,e.  uf  U.K-h.-t.r.  the  City,  the   Com r,  ,al,  the   II...-  Cily  .N  i 

lioual,  an.l  the  Tra.lerj'  Nali..ual.     Th.re  are  lour  .v.vifi,-  l.ank,     the  E.ct  .Sid.v 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


,!„•  .Mftliniiics'  uf  Kiichcstcr,  the  Monroe  County,  aiij  tlio  Kochostcr.     A  safe 


11-  of  a  citi.ze 


lh.t   f 


IikI  •'  K.K-host«r  hail  never  seen  the  failure  uf  unc  uf  her  bank^,  aiiJ  the 


itiiUnee  uf  the  p«uple  in  tlic  integrity  of  the  banters  anj  the  •<.ilijity  uf  iheir 
rwytun-es  i^  uuliuiitej."  Within  tlie  eity  liiore  exist  une  hunilred  and  sixty-nine 
„,ieiii-i  anJ  aiiociatiuns,  nineteen  uf  which  ar«  Masonic,  and  eighteen  of  the  Inde- 
'^od.iit  UrJer  of  Odd  I'elluws. 

ItotlieJcr  is  Vnuwn  as  East  and  West  side.  The  former  lias  the  greater  popn- 
Ijlioti  and  largest  number  of  handsome  residenees;  the  fitter  the  bulk  of  manu- 


banking  institutions.     The  < 


fifth 


Stale,  and  twenty-sceond  in  order  among  the  cities  of  the  nation.  1(3  area  often 
»nd  *  hiJf  miles  is  laid  out  with  admirable  skill,  the  wide,  cloan  streets  give  ample 
ri».m  fur  travel,  while  as  they  diverge  outward  they  are  intersected  by  many  avenues 
l«.rdrri-d  with  ornaiijcutai  and  shade  trees.  At  convenient  points  are  small  parks, 
iniiiialty  growing  more  beautiful.  These  parks,  eight  in  number,  add  much  to 
ihe  attnution  of  the  city.  Special  points  of  interest  arc  as  follows  :  Powers  Block, 
.Munn«  County  Almshouse,  Monroe  County  Court-Uouse.  City  Hull,  Monroe 
I'uunly  Jail,  Western  House  of  Refuge,  Rochester  Orphan  Asylum,  the  Genesee 
Kails,  the  Aciueduct.  the  chain  of  old  flouring-mills,  Trevor  Il.-dl,  University  of 
|t«hc-ter.  Saint  Mary's  Hospit.il,  Kocliester  Theological  Seminary.  Rochester 
Tublic  Scboob,  Saint  Mary's,  .Saint  Joseph's,  and  Saint  Patrick's  Asylums  lor 
Oq.h.iu3,  Episcopal  Church  Home,  Home  for  the  Friendless,  Jlontoe  County  In- 
Mnc  Asylum,  Rochester  Industrial  School.  City  Hospital,  County  Penitentiary, 
Arsenal,  and  Jlount  Hope  Cemetery. 

Having  shown  in  a  general  w.ay  Rochester's  inception,  rise,  and  progress,  we 
now  propose  to  take  up  its  leading  institutions,  churches,  business  interests,  civil 
guvemineot,  etc.,  and  by  following  them  through  in  detail  from  the  outset  to  the 
pre>eiit  d,ite,  not  only  add  a  valuable  rcferenct;  to  our  work,  but  more  perfectly 
iliu.-.trate  the  rvmnrlahle  growth  and  chauL'es  in  this  city,  which,  in  the  lifetime 
of  xime  of  its  citizens  of  to-day,  changed  from  rock  and  swamp,  forest  aud  bramble, 
the  home  of  Indians  and  wild  beitsts,  to  a  city  of  over  eighty  thousand  inhabitants, 
pnmd  in  its  wealth  and  prosperity,  of  its  business  palaces,  temples  of  worship, 
luxurious  houses,  multiform  industries  and  manufactories,  a  centre  of  trade  and 
n>iQmeice,  canals  and  railroads,  leading  to  every  point  of  the  compass.  Pen  can- 
not, in  brief,  do  the  subject  justice ;  it  must  be  studied  in  detail  that  one  may  fully 
understand  and  appreciate  ihe  whole. 

TRUSTEES   FROM    ISIT   TO   1S34. 

The  following  persons  served  as  tru.'-teo  at  different  times  from  1817  to  1S34 : 
Ira  West,  Isaac  Colvin,  Moses  Ch.ipin,  Elisha  Taylor,  Charles  J.  Hill.  Matthew 
Ilrown,  Jr.,  Wareliam  Whitney,  S.  .Melancton  Smi'h,  K.  H.  B,-nder,  William  P. 
.<herman,  Abner  Wakelee,  Jacob  Graves.  .John  W.  .-trong.  Ans..n  Coleman,  Jona- 
than Packard.  AshW  W. Riley,  Phelps  Smith.  Frc-lerick  St;uT.  Gilbert  Everiug- 
h.ini,  Jr.,  William  lt;.thborn,  Vincent  Mathews.  William  Brewster.  John  Ma^tick. 
Sila.  !i„lton,  El'tsha  Ely,  Eli.sba  Johnson.  Frc-lerick  Whittlcs-y,  Andr.-w  V.  T. 
l-a»itt,  Ezra  .M.  Parsons,  Jonathan  Child.  Ebeaezer  Elv,  Ephinim  Moore.  .Na- 
ihaniel  Ru-^itcr,  William  H.  Ward.  K  ,bcrt  L.  MeColluin,'s.  S.  Aleott,  John  Hay- 
»•.«!.  Joseph  Mcdbury,  William  IV.ise.  Adonijah  Grei.-n,  Harmon  Bis.sell.  Rufus 
M.nvli.  Jar-ob  Thorn.  Orrin  E.  Gibbs.  William  E.  Uthrop,  F.  M.  Haight,  E.  F. 
M.ir-lull.  Xathainel  Draper. 

Of  the  above  the  following  are  living:  Eiisha  Taylor,  C.  J.  Hill,  Abner  Wake- 
I"'.  A.  W.  Riley,  Ezra  M.  Parsons,  Joseph  .'Medbury,  Harvey  Humphrey,  and 
Willi.mi  E.  Uithrop. 

M.VYORS,  CLERKS,  ASI>    ALDERMEN   FROM    I'^iU   TO    1S77. 

IS:;i._I„n,ithan  Child,  mayor.  First  Ward,  Lewis  Brooke,  .lohn  Jones; 
*•- •■...!  Ward.  Thoioa.-  Kenipshall.  Elijah  F.  Smith;  Third  Ward.  Frederick 
ll>-ku..  J.u-uh  Thorn;  Fourth  Ward,  A.  W.  RM.y,  Lansing  B.  Swao ;  Fifth 
^V»r.|.  .r.unl,  Graves.  Ibnry  Kennedy.     John  C.  Nash,  clerk. 

I «:;.-,  _J.vcob  Gould,  mayor.  .Jonathan  Child  served  as  mayor  nntil  July  2 
-f  thi.  year,  when  he  n-igned.  First  Ward.  Hester  L.  Stephens,  Willlaiu  E. 
I-Jihh.p;  S.,.,„„l  Ward,  .'Matthew  Br.iwn,  Hirain  Bl.mchard  ;  Third  W.ird.  Jain.'S 
•■••vn...„r.  Kr,-tus  Cook;  Fourth  Ward.  Jo;.eph  Hulsoy,  XathanicI  Binu-ham; 
*'>M,  Wanl.  I.  U.  Kllwoo,!.  Rutler  liardwell.     Ariel  Wentworth,  clerk. 

I-::i;.-_.T.„.„l,  (;„„|,1,  „,:,v„r  I'ir>t  Ward.  Al.-Tander  S.  Alexander,  John 
"■>"— I,  .<.eond    Ward,    WaRhani    Whitney,  .los.ph    All.yn ;    Third    Ward. 

■'■•:'.  Si,,,,,..  .I„,„,| l-.,eli,r.|;   Fourth  Ward,  .M.inlcv  G.  U'wdburv,  Mitchell 

'--It,   |.-,r,l,  \V;,rd,  Willi.im  II.  Ward.  D.vid  Scovillc.      P.  G.  liiichorn,  clerk. 

'--T-A.   M.    Scheinerhoru,   mayor.     Fir=t   Ward,   H.   L.  Stevens.  K.    H. 


Van  Rensselaer;  Second  Ward,  S.  H.  Packard,  William  B.  AVilliams ;  Thirl 
Ward,  Joseph  Stone,  John  Hawks ;  Fourth  Ward.  .Manley  G,  Wwdbury.  Schuy- 
ler Morse  ;  Fifth  Ward,  L.  C.  Faulkner,  James  William.?.     J.  W.  Gilbert,  clerk. 

1838.— Elisha  Johnson,  mayor.  Fu-st  Ward,  Abelard  lleynohls,  S.  Charles; 
Second  Ward,  John  Allen.  I."f.  Mack  ;  Third  Ward,  Elias  Pond,  .Matthew  G. 
Warner;  Fifth  Ward,  Samuel  G.  Andrews,  Owen  E.  Gibbs.  I.  R.  Ellw.jod, 
clerk. 

1830— Thomas  H.  Rochester,  major.  First  'Ward,  S.  C.  Charles;  Second 
Ward,  George  Arnold;  Third  W.ird,  E.  D.  Smith;  Fourth  Ward,  S.  W.  D. 
Moore  ;  Fifth  Ward,  William  Pitkin.     T.  B.  Hamilton,  clerk. 

1S40. — Samuel  G.  Andrews,  mayor.  First  Ward,  11.  Whitbock;  S.-o.,od 
Ward,  L  F.  Mack;  Third  Ward,  Henry  Cady ;  Fourth  Ward,  Porter  Taylor, 
Fit\h  Ward,  D.  J.  Southerin,  D.  R.  Barton.     W.  K.  Montgomery,  clerk. 

1841.— Elijah  F.  Smith,  mayor.  First  Ward,  J.  I.  Robbios;  Second  Ward. 
Lewis  Selye ;  Third  Ward.  Joseph  Field ;  Fourth  Ward,  W.  W.  Howell ;  Fifth 
Ward.  Aaron  Eriokson.     W.  K.  Montgomery,  clerk. 

18-12.- Charles  J.  Hill,  mayor.  First  Ward,  Hamlin  Stillwell ;  Second  Ward. 
John  Williams;  Thir.1  Ward,  H.  Campbell;  Fourth  Ward,  G.  C.  Benjamin; 
Fifth  Ward,  W.  B.  Northrop.     J.  A.  Exstman.  clerk. 

1843.— Isaac  Hills,  mayor.  First  Ward,  S.  Richardson  ;  Second  Ward,  Lewis 
Selye ;  Third  Ward,  Eleazer  Conkey ;  Fourth  Ward,  -■*!,  B.  Seward  ;  Fi!-ih 
Ward,  Joshua  Conkey.     A.  S.  Beers,  clerk. 

1844.— John  Allen,  mayor.  First  Ward.  Alfred  Huhbell ;  Second  ^Vard.  John 
Williams ;  Third  Ward,  Simon  Traver ;  Fourth  Ward,  Thos.  Kempshall ;  Fiilh 
Ward,  Rufus  Kceler;  A.  S.  Beers,  clerk. 

1845. — William  Pitkin,  mayor.  First  Ward,  Ahram  Van  Slyck ;  Second 
Ward,  S.  C.  Jones,  two  years,  P.  D.  Wright,  one  year;  Third  Ward,  Everard 
Peck;  Fourth  Ward,  J.  H.  Bahcock  ;  Fifth  Ward,  Jarcd  Newel ;  Sixth  Waid, 
a.  Kerney,  two  years.  L.  A.  Ward,  one  year  ;  Seventh  Ward.  J.  Hildreih.  two 
years,  W.  I.  Hanford,  one  year ;  Eighth  Ward,  E.  Scrantom,  two  years,  .John 
Briggs,  one  year ;  Ii'inth  Vi'aru,  C.  B.  Coleinan,  t~s  ycirs,  John  f  iske,  one  yenr 
C.  Nash,  clerk. 

1846.— William  Pitkin,  mayor.  Firat  Ward,  A.  Hubbcll ;  Second  Ward.  S. 
F.  Witherspoon;  Third  Ward,  Chas.  Hendris  ;  Fourth  Ward.  T.  B.  Hamilton; 
Fifth  Ward,  Henry  Fox  ;  Sixth  Ward,  L.  A.  Ward,  two  years,  C.  L.  Pardee,  ono 
year;  Seventh  Ward,  Wm.  G.  Russell ;  Eighth  Ward,  S.  W.  D.  Moore;  Ninth 
Ward,  C.  Robinson.     C.  Nash,  clerk. 

l&l".— John  B.  Elwood,  mayor.'  First  Ward,  S.  Richardson  ;  Seu-ond  Ward. 
J,  Disbrow;  Third  Ward.  Jas'.  M.  Fish;  Fourth  Ward.  Joseph  Hall;  Fifth 
Ward,  N.  H.  Blossom  ;  Sixth  Ward,  John  Rees;  Seventh  Ward,  L.  Ward  Smith  ; 
Eighth  Ward,  Hatfield  Halsted ;  Ninth  Ward,  James  Gallery.  J.  S.  TiTon, 
clerk. 

1S4S. — Joseph  Field,  mayor.  First  Ward,  IT.  Scrantom  ;  Second  Ward.  Ezra 
Jones  ;  Third  Ward,  Wm.  Churchill ;  Fourth  Ward.  John  L.  Fish ;  Fifth  Ward. 
I.  Van  Kuren;  Sixth  Ward,  J.  S.  Beuton,  two  years.  Phil  Davis,  oi.e  year; 
Seventh  Ward,  John  Greig:  Eighth  Ward,  S.  W.  D.  Moore;  Ninth  Wari  Se- 
bastian Syke.     H.  L.  >\'inants,  cierk. 

1849.— Levi  A.  Ward,  mayo-.  First  Ward,  John  Dawley ;  Second  Ward, 
3.  B.  Stoddard;  Third  Ward,  J  3.  Caldwell;  Fourth  W.-.rd,  G.  S.  Copelaiid. 
Fifth  Ward,  N.  B.  Northrop;  Sixth  Ward,  Philander  Davis,  two  years.  Samuel 
P.  Allen,  one  year;  Seventh  Ward,  George  T.  Frost;  Eighth  Ward,  £.  S.  Bough- 
ton;  Ninth  W.ard,  Peter  A.  Smith.     Newell  A.  .Scone,  clerk. 

1S:;0. — S.imuel  Richardson,  mr_  or.  Fir=t  Ward,  William  F.  Holmes;  Secood 
Ward,  Martin  Brings,  two  yean,^  W.  H.  Wait,  one  year;  Third  Ward.  L.  R. 
Jerome;  Fourth  \\^rd,  T.  T-'Moojc;  Fifth  Ward,  Jod'iua  Conkey ;  Si.xth  W.ird. 
0.  A.  Jones;  Seventh  Ward,  Hiram  Banker;  Eighth  Ward.  Henrj-  L.  Fish; 
Ninth  Ward,  Henry  Suggett.     J.  N.  Drummond,  clerk. 

1851.— NiehoUm'E.  Paine,  2i,iyor.  First  Ward,  Benjamin  .M.  Baker;  Second 
Ward,  W.  H.  W.dt ;  Third  Ward,  Amon  Bronson;  Fourth  Ward.  Schuyler  M..,e5; 
Fifth  Wanl,  J.  B.  Robertson;  Sixth  Ward,  Thomas  Pardons;  Seventh  Ward.  J. 
H.  Bahcock;  Eighth  Ward,  H.  Sc.iniour;  Ninth  Ward,  L.  Farrar,  two  yar,. 
John  Fiske,  one  year.     E.  B.  Shepardsuo,  clerk. 

18.12.- Hamlin  StiUvell,  m.ayor.  First  Ward,  William  F.  Holmes;  S.vond 
Ward,  B.  F.  GilLc-on  ;  Third  Ward,  J.  M.  .Mar-h  ;  Fourth  Ward.  Geor-c  Slu  Itoii ; 
Fifth  Waril,  Geor-e  li.  Rcllleld;  Sixth  Ward,  .Michael  Filon;  .Seventh  W.ird. 
E.  .M.  Smith;  Eighth  Ward,  George  G.  JIunger;  Ninth  Ward,  EJg.r  Beideii 
W.  Gibbons,  clerk. 

IS.'i.'!.— John  Williams,  mayor.  First  Ward.  Ambrose  Cram  ;  Second  War!, 
J.  C.  Marsh  ;  Third  Ward.  Anion  Bron.«on  ;  F.mrth  Ward.  J.  C.  Chiim,i,icro  ;  Fifth 
Ward,  .M  D'HiJa'H;  Sixth  Ward.  Cnarlei  H.  Clarke;  Seventh  Ward.  P.  P.  Th;;ver; 
El'.;htli  Ward.  Hani.-I  II.  I.ymh  ;  .Ninth  W;ird,  B.  Schu-ITel  ;  Tenth  AVard,  Thomas 
Parsons.     W.  GiLb..n3.  clerk. 


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HISTOEY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


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,;ij4._MjIib/  Struni.  wxror.  Firit  War],  J..ha3ia  I.  RoLUni ;  S.  t-oad 
W»rJ,  A.  J-  Harlow;  ThirJ  Ward,  Willijm  Sm',L;  l\.ua\i  Ward,  Geor-e 
Sb.ltoo;  Firih  WarJ,  E.  K.  Warren;  SixtTi  WinJ,  MitV.ael  iW^a  ;  Sc-vea!!i 
\V.rJ,  SiophfD  Charles;  E.ghth  WarJ,  William  H.  Moore;  Xinth  W.rJ,  J. 
IliluiD  ;  Tenth  Ward,  John  Qjin.     W.  Gibbons,  clerk. 

jgiJ.—Charlos  J.  Hay  Jon,  njaycr.  First  Ward,  Edwia  Panoost :  SecopJ 
Winl.  Monin  Briggs;  Third  W.vd,  Tfacmai  C.  Moot^i.tnery ;  Fourth  Ward,  J. 
M.  Wiadow  ;  Fil"th  WanJ,  M.  Douglaid ;  S.iih  Ward.  Charlea  H.  Clarke;  Seventh 
WtrJ,  E  ^'-  Sabin  ;  Eighth  Ward.  J.  B  Bennttt;  Ninth  Ward,  Louis  Bauer; 
Troth'  Word,  John  E.  jforey.      W.  Gibbonj,  clerk. 

1856,— Samuel  a.  Andrews,  mayor.  First  Ward.  W.  3.  Thompson,  U.  C,  Ed- 
pfrtoo;  Second  Ward,  G.  W.  Parsons;  Tuird  Ward,  AJolphus  Jlorje ;  Fourth 
Ward,  John  T.  Ucey  ;  Fifth  Ward,  >I.  McDonald  ,  Sixth  Ward,  G.  G.  Cooper; 
S.-«Dth  W;rd.  ChauDcey  Perry;  Eighth  Ward,  Henry  L.  Fish,  Ninth  Ward, 
Lrwis  Selye ;  Tenth  Ward,  C.  Dutton.     C.  N".  Sismons,  clerk. 

1857.— Rufus  Keller,  mayor.  First  Ward.  Jacob  Howe  ;  Second  Ward,  Keman 
Ijyotula;  Third  Ward,  A.  G.  Wheeler;  Fourth  Ward,  H.  S.  Hebard;  Fifth  Ward. 
P.M.Bromley;  Sisth  Ward,  J.  Sehutte;  Seventh  Ward.  P.  Cn'^niniham;  Eiihth 
WmJ,  Obed  M.  Rice  ;  Ninth  W»rd,  John  Lutes  ;  Tenth  Ward,  Thomas  Par.^ns, 
C.  N.  Simmons,  clerk. 

1838.— Charles  H.  Clarke,  mayor.  Fit^i  Wird,  W.  Madget^  Jr. ;  Second 
W»id,  G.  W.  Perrj  ;  Third  Ward,  W.  A.  Reynolds ;  Founh  Ward.  G.  W.  Lewis ; 
Fifth  Ward,  L.  B.  Twitchell ;  Sixth  Ward,  D.  W.  Perry ;  Screnth  Ward,  H. 
Billioghurst ;  Eighth  Ward,  Henry  B.  Knapp;  Ninth  Ward,  Lewis  Sclye;  Tenth 
Vitri,  H.  S.  Fairchiid ;  Elerenth  Ward,  J.  W.  Phillips,  one  year,  L.  Bauer,  two 
few.     C.  N.  SiiomoDS,  clerk. 

1859.— Samuel  W.  D.  Moore,  mayor.  First  Ward,  Wm.  F.  Holmes;  Second 
Ward,  B<'n.  Butler;  Third  Ward,  W.  Holii^ter;  Fourth  Ward,  H.  3.  Hebard; 
Fifth  Ward,  N.  C.  Bradstreet;  5.ith  Ward,  Jol^c  C.  N-jh ;  3cTe::th  W-,rH, 
Aaron  Erickson,  H.  G.  Moore  ;  Eighth  Ward,  N.  A,  Stone  ;  Ninth  Ward,  John 
Lutes;  Tenth  Ward,  Geo.  Sbelton  ;  Eleventh  Ward,  J.  C.  Mason ;  Twelfth  Ward, 
W.  T. "Curbing,  H.  Billinghurst.     F.  3.  Kew.  clerk. 

1860. — Hamlet  D.  Scnutom.  mayor.  First  Ward,  James  Bracketl;  Second 
Ward,  D.  A.  Woodbury,  Ihird  w'ard.  Eben.  N.  BueU  ;  Founh  Ward,  J.  S. 
Waring;  Fifth  Ward,  Alex.  Longmuir;  Sixth  Ward,  Gottlieb  Goetimaa,  two 
je»r»,  AJonzo  Stearoi,  one  year ;  Seveath  Ward,  Henry  G.  Moore:  Eighth  Ward, 
Ix-n  Palmer;  Ninth  Wa,-d',  0.  L.  Aogevine;  Ter  th  Ward,  Fred.  A'ose  ,  Ele.-eoiH 
Ward,  ChriitUn  Scbaeffer;  Twelfth  VVard,  Patrick  Barry.     F.  S.  Rew,  clerk. 

1861.— John  C.  Nash,  mayor.  First  Ward.  W.  F.  Holmes;  Second  Ward, 
B,-n.  Butler;  Third  Wani,  John  H.  Brewster;  Fourth  Ward.  Henry  S.  Hebard; 
Fifth  Ward,  N.  C.  Bradst.-eet ;  Siith  Ward,  Chas.  H.  Williams;  Seventh  Ward, 
Jason  W.  S-.;ward  ;  Eighth  Ward,  Daniel  Warner  ;  Ninth  W.rd,  M.  C  Mordoff ; 
Tenth  Ward,  S.  B.  Rjymond ,  Eleventh  Ward,  John  Cody ;  Twelfth  Ward,  Geo. 
N.  Hotchkin,     N,  A.  Stone,  clerk, 

1862. — Michael  Filon,  mayor.  First  Ward,  Luther  C.  Spen^r  ;  Second  Ward, 
Ocorge  Dirlicg;  Third  Ward,  E.  N,  BueU;  Fourth  Ward.  C.  M.  St.  John; 
Tifth  Ward,  P.  M.  Bromley;  Sixth  Ward,  John  Hotfinan ,  Seventh  Ward, 
Jl.nrj  G.  Moore;  Eighth  Ward,  Ileary  L.  FUh;  Ninth  Ward,  Uurace  A.  Pal- 
Oi-r;  Tenth  Ward,  Louis  Ernst;  Eleventh  Ward,  G.  A.  Sidler;  Twelfth  Ward, 
llnirj  Hcblng.     Charles  N.  Simmons,  clerk. 

1863 — Nchcmiah  C.  Braditrect.  mayor.  First  Ward.  .\mbr  ie  Cram;  Second 
Wanl,  William  C.  Rowley ;  Third  Ward.  Daniel  D.  T.  Moore ;  founh  W.ird.  Wal- 
la.-e  Darrow  ;  Fifth  Ward,  E.  K.  Warren  ;  Sixth  Ward,  James  O'Maley  ;  Seventh 
Wanl,  James  Ufton,  Eighth  Ward,  D-,niel  Warner;  Ninth  Ward,  M.  C,  .Mor- 
"•"(T;  Tenth  Ward,  Alonro  Chapman;  Elevenih  Ward,  Thcmaa  M.  I  Ijnn ; 
T.,.lfih  Ward,  Hamilton  McQuaittrs.      Charles  N.  Simmons,  clerk. 

H64.— Jam.^  Brackett.  mayor.  First  Ward.  Luther  C.  Spcocer ;  Second 
W«rd,  S.  A.  Ho.lgman;  Third  Ward.  William  H.  Grr«t;  F.>-irth  Ward;  G.  S. 
ropcland;  Fifth  Ward,  Nchcmiah  C.  Bra.istnet ;  Sixth  Warl,  Joseph  Schutte; 
S-r,.„ih  Ward,  Rowland  Milliman  :  Ei-hih  Ward.  Henry  L,  r  Uh  ;  Ninth  Ward, 
•l..rvc  A,  Palmer;  Tenth  Ward,  William  Wagner;  Ele'venth  WaH,  G,  A.  Sld- 
l«T.  Twelfth  Ward,  Henry  Ilcbing;  Thirtwiiih  Ward,  George  P.  Draper,  one 
.'ear.  Laurence  Se!lin,:er.  two  yeara.      B.  Frank  En,«,  clerk. 

1  ^65,— Daniel  D,  T,  Moore,  mayor.  First  Ward,  .Ambrose  Cram ;  Second  Ward, 
J"vph  Qualtrough,  one  year,  Gcorgo  B.  Harris,  two  ycir^;  Thinl  \'."ard.  Wd- 
•i>ni  Holli,t,r;  Fourth  Ward.  Slephen  Remington;  Fifth  Wani,  Martin  Heber- 
1-"  'ne  y.-ar,  E.  K.  Warren,  two  y,-ir,  .  Siuh  Ward,  J.w.pli  U.ir  ;  ,>evcnlh 
^*  'r-l,  W,ll,.:,„  II  Cnr-iiKC,  K.ul.tl.'w,ird.  i;.,.r.-c  T,iy|..r,  .Siolli  W.ir-I.  W  D 
'  ■'  -'T.  T.Mih  Ward,  John  Q^miui,  Ki.-v.-.iih  Ward,  rh>..ni,.i  M  Fl;.nn  ,  T.vllih 
**■•"!.  HaniilloD  McQualtem;  Thirteenth  Ward.  Ge-irgc  V.  Draper.  li.  Frank 
^"•■^-.^I.•^k. 


Second  Ward,  J.Mpph  Qualtrough;  Third  Ward.  William  H.  Groo'. ;  Fou.-th 
Ward,  John  Graham  ;  Fifth  Ward.  William  Gug-.'-nlicim  ;  Sixth  WanJ,  Herman 
MucKhler;  Seventh  Ward,  Daud  C.-polaod ;  Eighth  Ward,  W.  M.  Brown; 
Ninth  Ward,  James  H.  Kelly;  Tenth  Wanl,  Cyrus  F.  Paine;  Eleventh  Ward, 
F.  Adeiman;  Twelfth  Ward.  B.  Horcheler;  Thirteenth  Ward,  John  Mauder; 
Fourteenth  Ward,  H,  S,  Hogoboom,     B.  Fmnk  Enos,  clerk, 

1867.— Henry  L.  Fish,  mayor.  First  Ward.  Ambrose  Cram  ;  Second  Ward, 
John  Lutea:  Third  Wanl.  Ezra  R.  Andrews;  Fourth  Ward,  Stephen  Reming- 
ton; Fifth  Ward,  W.  Carroll ;  Sixth  Ward,  Lodowiek  F.  R,  lyea ;  Seventh  Ward, 
William  Ratt;  Eighth  Ward,  George  Tay!.>r;  Ninth  Ward,  P,  Burke;  Tenth 
Ward,  Samuel  R.  Woodruff;  Eleventh  Ward,  Robert  R.  Charters;  Twelfth 
Ward,  A.  Biogemer;  Thirteenth  Ward,  Henry  Miller;  Fourteenth  Ward,  John 
Qninn,  two  years;  Cornelius  R.  Parsons,  one  year.     B.  Frank  Enos,  clerk, 

1868,— Henry  L.  Fi.sb,  mayor.  First  Ward,  A.  G.  Whitcomb  .  Second  Ward, 
J.  Qualtrcugh:  Third  Ward,  U,  E,  Boehcst4.T ;  Fourth  Ward,  G,  W.  Crouch; 
Fifth  Ward,  Jam-a  Cochrane:  Sixth  Ward,  Wm,  Sidey;  Seventh  Wanl,  C.  A. 
Jeffords;  Eighth  Ward,  Patrick  Caufield;  Ninth  Ward,  W.  S,  Thompson; 
Tenth  Ward,  Elijah  Withall ,  Eleventh  Ward,  J,  P.  Roach ;  Twelfth  Ward.  F. 
S.  Stebblns ;  Thirteenth  Ward,  John  .Itauder  ;  Fourteenth  Ward,  C.  B.  Parsons. 
B.  H.  Schooley,  clerk. 

1859.— Edward  M.  Smith,  mayor.  First  Wanl,  C.  W.  Briggs;  Second  WanJ, 
John  Barker;  Thinl  Ward,  Eira  R.  Andrews:  Fourth  Ward,  S.  Remington; 
Fifth  Ward,  W.  Caring;  Sixth  Wanl,  L.  F.  Relyea,  two  years,  W,  F,  ^Mor- 
rison,  one  year;  Seventh  Ward,  P,  J,  Meyer;  Eighth  Wanl,  Henry  H,  Craig; 
Ninth  Ward,  J.  H.  Wilson;  Tenth  Ward,  S.  r'  Woodruff;  Eleventh  Wanl, 
Jacob  Gerling;  Twelfth  Wanl,- Edward  Dagge  ;  Thirteenth  Ward.  John  Nagle ; 
Fourteenth  Wanl.  William  Aikenhead.     R.  H.  Schooley,  clerk.  . 

ISTO,— John  LotM.  mayor.  First  Wanl,  A.  G,  Whitcomb;  Second  Wanl, 
Georre  W.iite ;  Third  Ward,  H,  T.  Ro-.-ers;  Fourth  Ward,  George  Henlwr-er; 
Fifth  WanJ,  M,  M,  Smith ;  Sixth  Ward.  G,  W.  Connolly ;  Seventh  \^  ard,  tl  A. 
Glover;  Eighth  Ward,  W.  A,  Stone;  Ninth  Ward,  J.  H,  Kelly;  Tenth  Wanl, 
W.  Mandeville;  Eleventh  Ward,  R.  R,  Charters;  Twelfth  Ward,  F.  S.  Stebbins, 
Thirteenth  Ward,  J.  Mauder;  Fourteenth  Ward,  C.  R-  Parsons.  Wm.  F.  Mor- 
rison, clerk. 

1371 — Charles  W.  Briggs,  mayor.  First  Wani,  George  W.  AMridge;  Second 
Ward,  R.  K.  Gould ;  Third  Ward,  C.  F.  Pood ;  Fourth  WanJ,  M,  Heavy ;  Fifth 
Ward,  William  Caring,  Owen  F,  Fee  (vacancy);  Sixth  Ward,  Abrim  Stem: 
Seventh  Ward,  R.  Y.  McConuell;  Eighth  Ward,  H,  H,  Craig;  Ninth  Wan!, 
Lewis  Selye;  Tenth  Ward,  John  Stape :  Eleventh  Ward.  J.  Gerling ;  Twelfth 
Wanl,  V.  F.  Whitmore:  Thirteenth  Wanl.  Frederick  Stade;  Fourteenth  Ward, 
William  Aikenhead.     W.  F.  Morrison,  clerk. 

1372. — .A.  Carter  Wilder,  mayor.  First  Ward,  John  Cowles ;  Second  Ward, 
James  0,  Howanl ;  Third  Wanl,  H.  T,  Rogers ;  Fourth  Wani,  John  Gorton. 
Jr.;  Fifth  Ward,  Owen  F.  Fee;  Sixth  Ward.  G,  W,  Connolly;  Seventh  Ward, 
Charles  C,  .^leyer;  Eighth  Ward,  W,  W.  Croft;  Ninth  Ward,  J.  H.  Kelly, 
J.  H.  Nellis ;  Eleventh  Ward.  Thomas  Mitchell ;  Twelfth  Ward. 


nth  Wa 


nth  Wani,  J.  .Ma 


•;  Fo 


ard,  J.  P.  Farber. 


lBC6, 


W.   B,   Mo. 


Wanl,   Luther  C.  Spencer; 


E,  H.  C.  Griffin 
W.  F.  Morrison,  clerk. 

1373.- A.  Carter  Wilder,  m.ayor,  Fii^t  Wanl,  G.  W.  .Udridie:  Second 
Ward,  A.  H.  Cu.hman;  Third  Ward.  John  McMullcu :  Fourth  Ward,  Gm. 
Herzberger;  Fifth  Ward,  Henry  Brinkcr;  Sisih  Ward,  Abram  Stern:  Seventh 
Ward,  W.  G.  .^.nthony  ;  Eighth  Ward,  D,  M,  Anthony;  Ninth  U'ard,  V.'m, 
Shelp ;  Tenth  Wani,  John  Bower ;  Eleventh  Wani,  Geo,  Flcckenstein  ;  Twelfth 
Wani,  V,  F.  Whitmore;  Thirteenth  Ward,  J.  Marsrandcr;  Fourteenth  Ward, 

F.  S.  Skuse.     W.  F.  Morrison,  clerk, 

1874.— George  G.  Clarkson.  mayor.  First  Wani,  Wm,  H,  Tracy;  Second 
Ward,  J,  0.  Howa.-d  ;  ThirJ  Ward,  Geo.  D.  Lord  ;  Fourth  Wanl,  W,  White- 
locke;  Fifth  WanJ.  Charies  P.  Bromley ;  Sixth  Wanl,  W.  .V.  Emers..ii ;  Seventh 
Ward,  C.  R.  Parsons.  Eighth  Ward.  N.  \.  Stone;  Ninth  Ward,  James  E, 
Booth;  Tenth  Ward,  Walter  Wel.lon  ;  Eleventh  Ward,  .M.  J.  .M.aher;  Twelfth 
Ward,  B.  F.  Thomas;  Thirte^.-nth  Wani,  John  Mauder;  Fouru-cnth  WanJ. 
Louia  P.  Beck;  Fifteenth  Ward,  A.  H,  Martin,  James  Gorsline,  M.  H.  .Mern 
man,  S.  DubWcbeiss  (elected  by  Council,,      W,  F.  .Monrison,  clerk. 

1875 Goo,  Ci.  Clarkson.  mayor      John  .Mauder,  president  oT  council.      First 

Ward,  W.  H.  Tracy,  Geo.  W.  AMridge  ;  S-.cond  Ward,  James  O,  Howard.  An- 
drew Nai;le;  Third  Ward.  Geo.  D  Lord,  David  H.  Westhury  ;  Fcurth  Ward. 
Wm.  Wbit.-I...te,  A-  G,  Whii.-.mb ;  Fifth  Ward.  C.  P,  Bn.mley,  Hen.-y  Brinkcr , 
Sixth  War.l  >,iMo,illa-,..  W  N  i:...,  r-.r.,  F,  11.  S.oith  ,  to  ni!  v,...,„,  v) ,  ;...->...l-. 
Ward,  rorn.lui.  U,  l',.rson-.,  F  ■^.  Hunn  ;  K,.-hth  W.rl.  Ne.=.  ii  A  ,M.n,.  J,  W. 
Martin;  Niatli  Ward,  J,.ni,:i  E  lln..,i,  .Jamot,  H.  K.JIy  ,  T.r.th  >V.rd.  Wail.r 
Weldon,  E,I.Tin  Hu.iiin.-i  m  ,  K;.v,-iiil,  Ward,  M,  J.  .^Iahe',  li...  F:c^k.-nii^.n  , 
Twelfth  Ward,  1),  F,  Thomas,  John  M.  llraw,  -d  ,  Thirtconlh  Wanl,  John  .Mauder, 


HISTORY  OF  ilONEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Jacob  NuniiuM;  F..urlwrah  Wur.l,  Loms  P.  Be  k,  Wim.  S.  Siir.tli :  Fifiocnih 
Ward,  Anthony  II.  Jbrtin,  J.  T.  Uick.n-d;  Siitciuh  Ward.  J.  Geo.  Baetzel, 
Wb.  E.  Buill.      W.  F.  Morrison,  cltrk. 

1876.— Cornelius  II.  Pnrsons,  major.  J  W.  Martin,  PrcfiJ.nt  of  Council. 
First  Ward,  Geo.  W.  Aldridje,  W.  H.  Tracy ;  .-'.■cniid  Ward,  .\ndrew  Na;lo, 
John  M.  Crown:  Third  Ward.  David  fl.  AVi-stbMr>-.  Thomas  IV-irt;  Fourth 
Ward,  A.  G.  Whitcoiub.  Xatl.an  Palmor;  FiHh  Ward,  IIenr>-  Urinkcr,  Iwi- 
erick  Morhanlt ;  .Sixih  Ward,  r^imon  Ilav.i,  Willis  (.'.  Iladlev;  Seventh  M'ard, 
Francis  S.  llnnn.  G.  A.  Redman;  KL-hth  Wanl.  John  W.  .Martin,  A.  It.  Bon- 
oett;  Ninth  Ward,  Jaujcs  H.  Kelly.  Ktuory  B.  Chaeo ;  Tenth  Ward,  W.ilter 
Weldon,  Edwin  (luntin-Wn;  Eleventh  Ward,  Go.,  f  leckeostein,  .lohn  Br.yer ; 
Twelfth  Ward,  John  .McGraw.  I'd,  Benjamin  F.  Thoni,T.s ;  Thirteenth  W.ard, 
Jacob  Nunnold.  F.  C.  Laaer,  Jr. ;  Fourteenth  Ward.  Wm.  S.  Smith,  Louis  P. 
Beck;  Fifteenth  Ward,  Anthony  H.  Mmin.  J.  P.  Rickard;  Sixteenth  Ward, 
J.  George  Baetzel,  Geo.  Hilbert.     Edward  Ang.vine,  clerk. 

PRF^EXT   CITY   OFFICI.YLS. 

The  mayor,  clerk,  and  aldermen  are  meiitione<J  above. 

Treaaurer,  George  D.  Willi.inis. 

Game  Constable,  Wm.  S.  Brown. 

Justices  of  the  Peace,  Henry  N.  Allen,  Lodowick  JI.  Wooden,  WinSeld  S. 
Staples. 

Executive  B-iard,  Thomas  J.  Neville.  Philip  J.  Jleyer,  Valentine  Fleckenstein, 
Henry  L.  Fish,  .\mbroie  Cram.  Chauncey  C.  Woodworth. 

Board  of  Education,  Henry  Bemis,  Michael  II.  Fitz  Simons,  Ilenry  May,  Jr., 
Hamilton  H.  Howard,  Gco.'h.  Newell,  John  E.  Relyea,  Wm.  K.  Caul'kiner, 
Robert  J.  Lester,  Fav  B.  Brownell.  Hcnrv  M.  Plant,  Luke  R.  Flynn,  Valentine 

F.  Whitmore,  W.  G.  .Marlcws,  Geo.  P.  Davis,  Nicholas  L.  Braver,  Jacob  J.  Hart. 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  C.  N.  Simons. 

City  Messenger,  Frank  J.  Irwin. 

City  Attorney,  J.  Ereck  Perkins. 
**     City  Surveyor,  0-scar  H.  Peacock. 

City  Scaler,  Cornelius  McDonald. 

Overaeer  of  the  Poor,  Joseph  Schuttc. 

City  Assessors,  David  JI.Kay.  Ebenezer  T  Oatley.  .\ugust.  M.  Keoih. 

Assistant  A.vessor,  Chas.  .M.  St.  John. 

The  Health  Department  is  comi'osed  of  the  lu.iyor,  clerk,  and  mess».'nc:er. 

Commissioners,  James  0.  Howard,  Wm.  S.  Smith.  John  McGraw,  Jonas  Jones, 
M.D.,  Enoch  V.  Stoddard,  .M.D..  Joseph  A.  Biegler,  M.D.,  Cbas.  Buckley,  .M.D., 
Samuel  Donnelly. 

City  Physicians,  Julius  E,  Kempe,  Julius  Schmitt,  Ge 
B.  Gallery,  FrancLs  L.  T.iylor.  W.  W.  Arohor. 

Inspectors,  John  H.  Ma,-on,  Ch.is.  Radcliftc.  Benjamin 
McQuatters,  Joseph  Thompson,  Julius  A.  Post.  Willian 
Hicnold. 

Keeper  of  Hope  Hospital.  Health  Officer  Ch.is.  Buckley. 

Police*  Commissioners.  Hon.  Cornelius  K.  Parsons,  Geo.  G.  Cooper,  Frederick 

Police  Justice,  Allien  G.  \\'heclor. 

Chief  of  Police,  Alex;,nder  .McU-an. 

Police  Oerk.  B.  Frank  Enos 

Captain,  P.  II.  Sullivan. 

Fire  JIarshal,  0.  L.  .S.n;evine. 

Chief  En-ii.ecr.  L.uv  S.  Gib-on. 

Assistant  En'.-inccrs,  John  C.  Counolly,  San.uel  Bemi.sh,  James  Malcorab, 
Anthony  H.  Ka>sel. 

Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm  Telegnpli.  B.  F.  Blaekall.  ' 

Excise  Comnii.»sioners,  James  l!ak,  r.  Herman  Mutsehler.  Edwar.l  E.  Fenner. 

Water  Commissioner-.  Iloswell  Hart,  Chas.  C.  )Ioi^.  Maurice  H.  .Merriman, 
Oilman  H.  Perkins,  .lames  C   C.Khn.ne. 

FIRST   FIKK   COM  PAN  V. 

In  the  year  1817,  Rochester  at  that  tinu!  h.ivint:  become  a  viilaijc  of  ."omc  im- 
portance, the  attention  (»f  the  citizen.s  wa.s  called  to  the  subject  of  prcp.arin2  for 
extinguishing  fires,  ami  every  man  wxs  rt<|ii.'Sl,xi  to  b;  .5U[.[.iied  with  tire  buckets. 
Five  fire  wardens  were  .il*o  appointed.  Vw. .  i;..swcll   Hart,  Willis  K.■ulp^hall,  J. 

G.  Bond,  Al.ner  Wakelee,  and  Thos.  lirow,,. 

Juno  10,  ISIT,  a  tax  ofthr.-e  huml.cd  and  fifiy  dollars  wxs  voti-<l  for  defraying: 
expenses  of  corporation,  for  procuring-  tire-hooLs.  l.iddcrs,  etc.,  and  to  take  other 
precautionary  measures  against  tires. 


Beoford,  Frank 


B.  Leap.  Hamilto 
Roeers,  Henry  M 


On  the  ninth  day  of  the  folio 
consisting  of  the  following-naii 
assistant ;  EverarJ  Peck,  .secret; 
Backus.  Roswell  Hart,  Jehial 
neicr  Watts,  Moses  Chapin.  Ho 
Warren,  Jedcdiah  ."Stafford,  ^\'i 
Darius  C.  West,  Chas.  J.  Hill. 


g  October  the  Bret  fire  company  was  organized, 
portons:  Daniel  .Mack,  foreman;  Wm.  Col.h. 
Wm.  T.  Shearman,  Jo^lah  Itl-ell.  Jr.,  .VlUrt 
nard.  Isaac  Colvin,  Hastings  R.  lie.ider.  Ebe- 
:  Bates,  R,Kiwell  liabbett.  Cidcs.n  (Jobb.  Daniel 
a  Brewster,  K.  Darrow,  Ira  W.st.  I'.  L.  Clark. 


r  of  thi 


held  at 


the  house  of  Azel  Ensworth.  Of  the  twenty-three  pirsoiis  compoiin'j 
zatioo  only  one  survives,  viz..  Hon.  Charles  J  Hill.  The  dcp: 
organized  as  a  paid  department  in  April,  18C3. 


this  0 


ated. 


FIRE   DEPARTMENT, 

follows ; 


Plunkett,  Jan 


.Maleonib.  John 


Fire  Marshal,  0.  L.  Angevine. 
Chief  Engineer,  Law  S.  Gibson. 
Assistant  Engineers,  .Samuel  Beniish,  Ja 
C.  Connolly. 

Steam  Fire  Engine  Company  No.  1,  .36  Stone  street. — Edward  Loughlin.  tbre- 

Steam  Fire  Engine  Company  No.  2,  corner  Stillson  and  East  Main  streets. — 
John  Teller,  foreman,  eight  men. 

Steam  Fire  Engine  Company  No.  3,  Piatt  street. — Geo.  E.  .^liUer,  foreman, 
eight  men. 

Steam  Fire  Engine  Company  No.  4,  21  South  Ford. — Wni.  Boham,  foreman. 

city  building,  61   Front  street.— 


!i2ht 


i  .  Empire  Hook-and-Ladder  Company  No. 
I  ^Joseph  Ringi-lstein,  foreman,  fourteen  men. 
I  Alert  Hose  Company  No.  1.  Fitzhueh  street. — E.  Byron  Biir-e^?.  foreman. 

Active  Hose  Company  No.  2,  North  St.  Paul  street. — Adolpbiis  S.  Otto,  fore- 
man, thirty  men. 

Protective  Sack-  and-  Bucket  Company,  Mill  street,  comer  of  Market. — Llewel- 
lyn H.  Van  Zandt,  foreman,  forty  men. 

Wheel  Babcock  E.vtinguisher  Company,  61  Front  street. — Jerome  P.  Dowd. 
foreman ;  Nicholas  Oldficld,  pipeman  ;   R.  P.  Pendelbury,  driver. 
!  Engineers  receive  sixty  dollars  per  month,  drivers  fony-fivo  dollars  per  month. 

I  and  foremen  and  hosemen  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  Members  of  hook- 
'  and-ladder  comp;mies  receive  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  Ibrenjan  of  ho-^k- 
and-ladder  company  three  hundred  dollars;  tillerman  hofjk-and-ladder  companv 
,  6fty  dollars  per  month.  The  Alert  and  .Votive  hose  companies,  and  the  Protectiv,* 
1        Sack-and-Bu-.ket  company  each  receive  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  fire  department,  and  one  that  reflects  much  credit 
'  upon  the  city,  is  the  fire  alarm  telegraph.  ThLi  was  con^trnctcd  at  a  cost  of 
i  twelve  thousand  dollars,  and  was  accepted  by  the  city  in  March,  \^J\').  Alarm  i» 
\  given  instantly  from  the  alarm-bo.ves  to  the  office  of  the  fire  deparlrjcnt,  to  each 
j  of  the  engine-hou-es,  to  the  City  Hall,  to  the  Arcade,  to  the  water-works,  and  to 
j  the  residences  of  the  chief  engineei  and  fire  marehal.  The  taps  can  als.j  be  heanl 
at  each  of  the  other  boxes.  The  number  of  taps  indicate  the  box  from  which 
the  alarm  is  given. 

Tlie  city  is  now  furnished  with  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  sigual-h...\e-. 
located  as  follows : 

2,  North  Clinton,  c-irncr  of  McOonald  avenue;  3,  North  Saint  Paul,  corner  oi' 
Gorham;  4,  Chatham,  corner  of  Nassau;  3.  North,  corner  of  Webster;  6,  North, 
corner  of  Atwater;  7,  Andrews,  corner  of  Franklin;  12.  East  Main,  corner  oi" 
Water;  13,  Engine  Hou.jo  No.  2;  14,  E.ast  .Main,  corner  of  Seio;  1.5.  Ka-t 
avenue,  corner  of  Alex;  IC,  Coart,  corner  of  Chestnut;  17,  .Monroe  avenu.-. 
corner  of  Union:  21,  Jlount  Ho^e  avenue,  corner  of  .South  avenue;  2;;,  .VIex. 
corner  of  Broadway;  24,  Moupit  Hope  avenue,  corner  of  Clarissa;  2.".,  Glasioiv. 
corner  of  Plymouth  avenue;  21),  G.  V.  Canal,  corner  of  Trem.int;  27,  FiancLs, 
corner  of  Perm;  31,  Troup,  corner  of  IMymouth  avenue;  32,  National  Hotel; 
34,  West  avenue,  corner  of  Fold;  ilo.  West  avenue,  corner  of  .\Iadisoii;  :'.*:, 
Allen,  corner  of  Kent;  37,  .'Mill,  comer  of  Pl.itt;  41.  Brown,  corner  of  Ware- 
house; 42,  Grape,  corner  of  .r;iy ;  4.'!,  t^rchanl.  corner  of  Orange:  t.'j,  Tomp.e,-!!. 
corner  of  Lyell;  4i;,  State,  corner  ..f  Lvcll;  47,  Lake  avenue,  crn-r  -(  .M..r- 
tinior;  51,  West  M;iin,  corner  of  .\i[neduct;  .■*i2.  State,  corner  of  .Uiimfiir,! .  ."i.;. 
Court,  corner  of  Exchanu-e;  h\.  Nortii  Water,  corner  of  An.lrcw-  JO.  E.,--t  .Main, 
corner  of  North  Clinton;  Tm,  Hon.se  of  R.|-ie..v;  (il,  .Vorlh  I'Unloi,  and  .Vew 
York  (Vmral  Itadroad;  lij,  Hod-on.  ooncr  of  Khino;  il:;.  r,uv.r-,>v  ;,v.-,o,e. 
corner  of  Piino-;  (U.  .-■ou.ll  Saint  I'aol,  croer  of  .r,-U..n  ;  o.",  .-.ol  I,  ..vcmu.-; 
corner  of  Grrg.irv.  7  I ,  W.-t  avenue,  eornor  of  .-^aint  Marv<  lt..-|..t,l:  7.',  lipovii. 
comer  of  West  .M:.pl.- ,  73,  Plimoutli  avcnno.  cirner  of  Frost  avenue  ;  7  I,  Lake 
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c»nier  of  Miis'^;  31,  cutt.m  fattory,  tVnlro  sircot;  121!:  Nonh  avi-nm;,  a)incr  u( 
Biv;  1-^1  GooJmin,  corner  of  P^rk  aveDU»;  125,  VacuuTo  oil  work-.,  Mansion 
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The  lity  hall  bell  «  struck  daily  at  twelve  M.  by  telegraph. 

THE  WATEKWORKS. 

Id  the  year  ISCO  a  waterworks  conipnuy  was  in  existence  in  this  city,  of 
»hich  Chailes  J.  Hay.lcn,  Esq..  wu  prcsi.K-nt.  In  Scpt.mjber  of  that  year  a 
re)«irt  recnranicnJing  Flemlork  lake  as  a  source  of  water  supply  wa.*  maje  to  the 
inuvor  anJ  common  council  by  the  late  Daniel  Marsh,  Ksfp,  civil  en^neer. 
I'nJcr  the  cliarter  of  this  company,  work  w.is  prosecuuni  between  Iloehcster  and 
Suilthtoirn,  for  the  procurement  of  water  from  a  mill-pond  in  iloueoye  creek, 
and  after  the  reported  expenditure  of  about  seven  hundred  thous;ind  dollars, 
realiicd  principally  by  the  .^le  of  the  bond:5  of  the  company,  the  enterprise 
proved  a  failure  in  consequence  of  defective  plans  and  the  uao  of  imperfect 

April  27,  11^72,  an  act  passed  the  legislature  authorizing  the  appointment  of 
five  water  commissioners  to  prepare  and  submit  a  plan  for  supplying  the  city 
with  pure  and  wholesome  water,  which  plan,  if  appr'ivetl  by  the  mayor,  wajs  to 
Ite  carried  out  by  the  said  eomraissi(,nera,  and  the  funds  necessary  were  to  be 
rai.'H.Hl  bv  the  sale  of  the  bonds  of  the  city,  payable  in  not  less  than  thirty  years. 
November  15.  1S72,  the  commissioners  submitted  their  report  recommending  a 
double  system  ;  first,  the  Holly  direct  pressure  system,  specially  designed  fur 
(he  suppression  of  fires  in  the  busine.^5  portion  of  the  city,  by  water  from  Genesee 
river;  and  a  supply  for  d,''mestic  purposes,  by  gravitation,  from  Hemlock  lake. 
The  mayor  having  approved  the  plan,  the  contracts  for  same  were  let  April  12. 
1S73.     In  January,  1S74,  the  Ilolly  works  were  put  in  operation  ;  and  the  offi- 

fulu:  Thirty  one-inch  streams  were  thrown  at  the  same  time,  to  an  average 
height  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  feet ;  i  two-inch  stream  was  thrown  two 
hundred  and  ten  feet  in  height;  a  three-inch  vertical  stream  was  thrown  to  the 
height  of  two  hundre<l  and  eighty-five  feet ;  a  four-inch  vertical  stream  to  two 
hundred  and  ninety-four  and  four  onc-hundredlhs  feet ;  and  a  five-inch  vertical 
i»lream  reached  the  height  of  two  hundred  and  fifty-sis  and  eight  one-hundredths 
feet.  A  four-inch  horizontal  stream  was  thrown  T'ur  hundred  and  sixty-five  feet. 
These  tests  were  given  under  an  averagt:  pressure  of  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
[pounds  per  square  inch,  ranging  from  one  hundred  and  twenty  to  ou»  hundred 
and  seventy-five  pounds  at  the  works. 

The  JTemloek  lake,  or  gravitating  supply,  involved  the  construction  of  two 
largo  reservoirs,  one  in  the  town  of  Rush  and  the  other  in  the  city,  and  the  lay- 
iog  of  an  iron  conduit  a  distance  of  twenty-eight  miles,  and  also  necessary  workj 
•it  Hemlock  lake  to  tap  the  same  one  thousand  feet  from  shore.  From  the  date 
when  the  Holly  works  were  first  put  in  operation,  as  fast  as  the  city  mains  were 
laid,  although  belungiug  to  the  Hemlock  system,  they  were  filled  with  water  from 
the  river,  and  kept  under  pressure  by  the  Holly  pumps,  until  the  amount  had 
ri'achcd  a  total  of  fifty-four  miles.  January  23,  1876,  the  Hemlock  water  was 
let  into  the  rc.-^rvoirs,  and  soon  thereafter  in  the  city  pipes,  except  about  seven 
.TO,1  a  half  miles  belonging  to  and  operated  by  the  Holly  works.  Both  systems 
an-  now  in  successful  operation. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  statbtics  of  the  work : 

Miles  of  cast-iron  pipes  in  Holly  system  in  city,  seven  and  a  half 

Miles  of  cast-iron  pi]>c  in  domestic  system  in  city,  fifty  and  a  quarter. 

Miles  of  24-inch  cast-iron  conduit  pipe,  fifteen  and  a  half 

Miles  of  24-ineh  wrought-iron  conduit  pipe,  two  and  a  half.     ^ 

Miles  of  3C-inch  wrought-iron  conduit  pipe.  ten. 

lirnhnk  lAike. — Seven  miles  long.  three-<|uarters  of  a  mile  wide.  Water- 
shed f,>r1y-two  .si(uare  miles.  Height  above  lii>clicster,  three  hundred  and  eighty- 
eight  f.-ct.     Depth  of  water,  forty  to  one  huiiilred  fe-et. 

Iti'fh  Reserroir. — Distant  ten  miles  from  eitv  hall.  Height  above  the  city, 
""'  hundred  and  forty-five  feet.  Cap.aeity,  eighty  million  gallons.  Depth  of 
w-itf-r.  nineteen  to  twenty  feet.  Length  of  embankment  on  inner  front  angle, 
Ihmo-iu.irtera  of  a  mile. 

M-.t'iit  Il^tjje  JiesfrmiT. — Distatit  from  city  h.all  ab^iut  one  and  three-quarter 
"■ih-*.  Height  above  city,  one  hundn-d  and  twenty-seven  feet.  Capacity,  thirty 
milli-n  g:,llons.  Depth  of  water.  fiiV-tn  to  ,ist.-cn  feet.  Total  cost  oV  Il.,|ly 
•••rk-,  al„ut  f  ,ur  huudn-d  ihousind  dollars.  Total  co.st  of  domestic  system, 
''"■"I  !«„  n,|!li„„  eight  h.indr,.l  th.,n=and  d..llars.  T,.I:J  r.atcd  capacity  of  eoii- 
■'""  loi-  fr,.,n  lake,  nine  niilli,.!!  galhms  daily.  Tot.al  rate<l  eapac.ly  of  Holly 
»■■'!.•.  -.■'.,■»  niillien  g-allnns  d.iily. 

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One  lot  fronting  pump-house,  and  Ijing  between  Mill  and  Race  str 
fil^y  feet  front  on  M.ll -street. 

One  pipc-jard  lot  lying  between  Pinnacle  avenue  aud  Erie  canal. 

One  Mount  Hopu  reservoir  lot,  with  dwelling-house  aud  gate-bouse, 
eighteen  acres. 

One  lot  between  Keservoir  and  South  avenues,  having  a  frontage  of  forty  feet 
on  the  former,  and  considerable  more  on  the  latter. 

One  Rush  reser\-oir  lot  containing  about  twenty-seven  acres. 

One  lot  on  shore  of  Hemlock  lake,  containing  one  and  one-half  acres. 

One  lot  on  shore  of  Canadice  lake,  eoutiiining  about  twelve  acres. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  water  comiuissionere,  from  the  commencement 
of  the  work  to  Octoucr  1,  1S76  : 

Roswtll  Hart,  Edward  )I.  Smith,  P.  M.  i?romley  ( deceased  1.  William  H. 
Bowman,  C.  C.  Mors-.-,  Gilman  H.  Perkins,  John  Bower,  James  C.  Cochrane, 
Maurice  H.  .Mcrriman. 

THE   FIR.ST   FIRE   I.\   ROCHESTER. 

The  first  fire  in  this  city  occurred  un  the  morning  of  Sunday.  December  ."i. 
1S19.  It  was  first  discovered  about  three  o'clock,  in  a  wooden  buildintr  owned  by 
A.  Reynolds,  and  occupied  in  the  upper  story  by  him  as  a  saddler-shop,  and  in 
the  lower  story  by  C.  E.  H.arnard  as  a  grocery  store.  From  this  building  it 
spread  quickly  to  the  stores  of  John  Harford,  Backus  i  West,  and  Clark  i  C. 
Above  the  store  i,f  Harford  was  the  printing-office  of  the  Rorhtst-.r  Ga-.ctir.  owned 
by  A.  Cr.  Dauby.  The  large  mercantile  establishment  of  heavitt  i  Hill,  located 
east  of  where  the  fire  originated,  was  several  times  in  flames,  but  by  the  persistent 
efforts  of  the  citizens  was  finally  saved. 

All  thp  linlldiiigs  de.-troyed  and  d.imascd  by  this  fire  were  locited  on  the  north 
side  of  BulTalo  (,Maiu)  street,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  .Vreade  and  Pitkin 
bli.Kik.  In  that  early  day  this  was  considered  a  destructive  conflagration,  and  it 
was  thought  at  one  time  that  the  fiery  element  would  sweep  the  entire  street  on 
that  side,  which  included  many  mercantile  establishments  and  A.  Reynolds" 
•'tavern."  At  this  writing — De-cember,  1S7G — the  only  persons  known  to  be 
living,  of  the  great  number  who  were  then  in  business  on  Buffalo  street,  are — A. 
Reynolds.  Charles  J.  Hill,  and  Edwin  Scr.mtom.  of  this  city,  and  A.V.T.  Leavitt. 
of  Widlingfi.rd,  Vermont. 

At  the  time  of  this  conflagvation,  Edwin  Scrantora,  now  one  of  the  oldest  and 
most  respected  citizens  of  Rochester,  was  an  ai)prentico  in  the  G'l-etle  office;  an,l 
\jhile  the  flames  were  raging,  he,  together  with  a  fellow  apprentice,  were  asleen 
in  the  building,  and  luight  have  perished  but  for  the  effin^ts  of  a  humane  citizen. 
James  Frazer,  a  liardware  merchant,  who  wrapped  about  him  a  wet  blanket,  and 
dashing  through  the  flames,  bui^t  open  the  do'ir,  and  aroused  Scrantom  and  his 
sleeping  companion.  When  the  door  was  burst  open,  the  flames,  which  entirely 
enveloped  the  stairway,  swept  iuto  the  office.  Mr.  Frazer  aud  the  aj.prentices 
made  their  exit  b}'  aside  d<K,r  in  the  second  story.  A  number  of  men  below 
caught  them  as  each  in  turn  leapcl  out.  Jlr.  Scrantom  recollects,  after  comins 
to  the  door,  of  going  back  to  get  a  chcit.  the  gill  of  bis  parents,  which  conlaine<l 
his  clothes  atid  also  S4.)Uie  presents  which  he  had  received  for  good  perl'. .rinanciTi 
in  the  early  schools.  Up.m  coming  to  the  d.jor,  the  cry  '•  Don't  stop  a  m..ujent  -. 
jump  out!  the  r.wf  will  fall  in  I  ;  :.Ti-etcd  him,  when  he  1.hj.-,-J  his  ho 
chest,  and  leaped  from  the  d.x)r  just  as  the  roof  of  the  burning  structi 
down  with  a  criush. 


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street.  After  a  few-  years  the  Aiv.i.lc  building  was  crecteii.  when  business  grad- 
ually came  back  to  BulTalo  street,  an.l  for  many  yeats  the  chief  location  of  trade 
was  on  this  street  between  State  aud  the  river. 


THE   FIRE   OF   1858. 

The  laying  of  the  Atlantic  cable  was  completed  August  5,  ISjS.  The  succes.-^ 
ful  termination  of  this  gigantic  enterprise  immorfalizcd  the  name  of  Cyrus  \\ . 
Field,  and  threw  tw.,  -reat  counlri.;*  into  wihl  enthuslrusm.     Nearly  all  the  ciiic-* 

the  great  event.  In  this  g.-nera!  rej..iein-  Itoelu-^ter  was  am..n=  the  very  first  of 
the  cities  of  .New  y..ik,  and  the  e.-l.l.ration  of  Ai.gu,!  17.  1S.-|S,  was  )«  rli..i.-~  tli,- 
most  brilliant  deui,.n.-.lnition  ever  witn,  -.sed  in  this  city.  The  iinmens.-  cncours.: 
of  citizens  as,eu.l,lc.i  at  (^.urt-lI,.n^e  .-^.-luare,  where  a,l,!r.->es  w.-re  delivered  by 
R„swcll  Hart  and  J.  II.  .\|  ulind..!.-.  Publi.-  an.l  pri^.,le  building's  w.-re  illumi- 
nated,  lircw.rks   B.re  burn..l.   »liilc  the   rin-.ng  of  b.  Us   and   liriie."  ,if  cannon 


HISTOUY    or   MONllOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


the  evcnin;.'  a  ni  .rtar  Cip.loilcJ,  killi'i^-  uno  uian,  Jci.-hua  llu^-ei  Lurry.  anJ  iojiirin!: 
several  others,  lint  fur  tliis  nkI  event,  aiifl  tlic  dtsa^irous  cuntf.iirniti*-a  which 
followed  soon  after,  the  dciiioii>tratiiin  uf  l.SJS  would  Ion;.:  have  remained  l"re:ili 
ia  the  lutnda  of  the  pcojile  a3  one  of  the  most  joyful  events  in  the  nan;ds  of 
Kochester. 

The  citizens  had  seinely  rctir.'d  to  rest  when  they  were  aroused  by  the  fire- 
bolls  tinging  out  loud  and  el-;ir  on  tlio  uil.lniu-lit  air.  The  fire  ori::inated  in  the 
liverj  stable  of  Ileavoy  i  MeAn.dly,  on  .Min-rva  all.y.  The  flames  .spread  with 
great  rapidity,  and  soon  the  Third  l-r^-l.yi. nan  ehureh,  on  Main  street,  was  eon- 
sumcd  without  a  drop  of  wat.r  [•rln,-  tlip.wn  upon  it.  The  briek  block  at  the 
corner  of  i-ione  street,  owned  by  Mr.  itutts.  was  the  nest  to  succumb  to  the  fiery 
element.  The  flames  then  leaped  westward,  and  the  thrccstory  brick  block 
owned  by  John  i\  Bu-h  was  (piickly  consumed,  coiuniunieatins  the  destroyer 
to  the  block  ncit  to  Minerva  alley,  and  here  it  was  thoujit  po.ssible  the  llainp^ 
might  be  stayed.  A  moment,  however,  .<u!liced  to  dissipate  the  hui»e,  when  the 
fire  burst  through  tlie  walls,  and  the  lurid  tiames  lapped  and  seethed  ahme  the 
structure,  and  in  an  incredibly  brief  perieJ  this  fine  block  was  a  mass  of  ruin.s. 
The  fire  cutitinued  upon  ita  uevasiatiii^'  course  until  fiiWn  stores  were  c-onsuuied. 
Tbo  linchesltr  fnion,  speaking  of  the  conflagration,  says,  "The  fire  was  one  of 
the  grandest  spectacles  we  have  ever  beheld.  It  carried  terror  as  well  as  awe  to 
the  mind  of  every  beholder.  The  city  and  country  about  was  lighted  up  with 
the  flames,  and  the  cinders  and  burnini:  flukes  floated  aw.ay  for  a  mile  to  the  east- 
ward, jeopardizing  buildings  fir  I'roni  the  scene  of  disaster."  The  principal  losers 
of  real  estate  in  this  fire  were  An.~on  Hou.^,  People's  Bank  of  New  York,  G.  C. 
Ensign,  of  Buffalo,  Wm.  Walker,  Mi^.  K.  West.  Thinl  rre.-bytcrian  ehnrch, 
Isaac  Butts,  John  F.  Bush,  O.  W.  .Mere.  (Jn  the  day  following  this  confla- 
gration a  fire  broke  out  in  the  old  Koohe.-ter  cotton  factory,  on  Brom's  race. 
This  building  was  rapidly  consumed,  and  the  tiames  communicated  to  1>.  R. 
Barton's  tool  manufuetory,.  which  it  entirely  d.-^troye.! 

ECCLESI.\STICAL  HISTORY. 

St.  Luke's  ClIl-'Rcn. — This  parish  was  organized  July  U,  ISIT.  under  the 
corporate  title  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Genesee  Falls.  The  organization  was 
effected  by  Rev,  II.  U.  Oudcrdonk,  rector  of  St.  John's  church,  Canandaigua, 
in  a  school  b-iilding  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  owned  by  .-anuiel  I.  Andrews. 
Colonel  Nathaniel  Rochc-tcr  and  ,■<,  I.  Andrews  were  elect,  d  w.rden^;  and  Silas 
0.  Smith,  Roswell  R.ibbitt.  John  Ma«tio.  Lewi»  Jenkins,  Eii.-ha  Johnson,  John 
C.  Rochester,  'William  Atkinson.  (.Iliver  Cuivor,  were  eli..»en  vestrymen.  Occa- 
sional services  were  held  for  the  parish  by  Revs.  Onderd.ink,  It.  II.  Xortou.  A. 
■Welton,  and  others,  and  in  the  month  "f  September,  ISl.^,  Bi-hop  Ilobart  visited 
the  parish  and  administered  the  rite  of  eootirination  to  four  persons  in  a  building 
owned  by  the  Fir^t  Presbyterian  :*ociety.  The  first  church  eilitiee  was  erected  in 
1820.  It  was  a  frame  structure  thirly-ei-ht  to  f  .rtysix  feet,  and  first  occupied 
on  Christmas  day.  Rev.  Francis  II,  Cnunning,  deacon,  lust  served  this  cloireh 
ss  rector,  entering  upon  his  duties  on  the  lirst  ."^uiiday  of  T'eceuiber.  ISl'tJ.  This 
primitive  church  was  duly  consecrated  by  Bishop  I'lobarl,  IM.ruary  liO,  ISl'l, 
and  on  the  following  day  Rev.  Mr.  Cnmmnig  was  advanced  to  the  priesthood. 

The  membe.ship  of  the  church  n.pidly  increa-cd,  and  not  three  years  had 
elapsed  from  the  consecration  of  the  little  church  ere  it  became  .apparent  tb.it  a 
hrger  edifice  must  be  crec  ted.  The  vestry  decided  upon  the  rection  of  a  stone 
building,  and  the  corner-stone  was  laid  in  1S23.  It  was  fifty  three  by  seventy- 
three  feet,  and  fii>t  occupied  on  the  first  Sunday  in  September,  li'Zo.  The  bishop 
being  in  Europe  at  the  time,  its  consecration  did  not  take  place  until  September 
30,  1826. 

In  1827  fifteen  communicants  were  Jismis-sed  from  this  chiirL-h  to  organize  a 
pariah  on  the  ea.-,t  side  of  the  river,  to  be  called  St.  Luke's. 

In  the  same  year  the  church  edifice  w,l->  eidar^ed  to  a  sea'.'ng  capacity  of  one 
thousand  persons,  and  a  bell  co-~tirig  nine  hundred  doll.irs  was  pl.-.crd  in  the  tower. 

After  a  sueeessful  rectorship  of  eight  yeai^.  Rev.  .Mr.  Comming,  in  March, 
1829,  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Ilcnry  J.  Whit,  hou,^-,  D.D.,  L.L.D., 
who  was  instituted  by  Bishop  ilobart.  August  VJ.  \aM.  In  \>'.V1  a  Siind.iy- 
school  and  leeture-room  was  erected,  and  in  the  following  year  a  eliarity-s--hool 
was  esLihlishcJ  by  the  ehunh.  it  bcinir  really  a  cnnliMiiati..n  of  a  free-sch.iol 
heretofore  supported  niahily  by  St.  Luke's  Voiing  Ladies'  IJenevolent  Soei.iy. 
This  school  was  continued  in  operation  until  the  iuioptiou  of  the  present  school 
system. 

Rev.  James  A.  Holies  was  appointe.1  a.-sistant  rector  fo,r  one  year,  during  the 
Kev.  Mr.  \Vbit^llou.•^.•'s  ahsetice  in  I'.urope.  entering  up.ni  his  duties  in  Septem- 
ber, \?,i:;.      Ill  lSuO-;i7  the  Rev.  >.  V.  Ilruee.  D.O.,  olhciated  as  assistant  min- 

May  1,  ISll,  Ilr.  Whit,  house  resigned,  after  a  suc-ccssfnl  pastorate  of  fourteen 


yc-ar^  and  five  nioorhs.  lie  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Thomas  T.  Pitkin.  D.D..  who 
took  charge  of  the  pari-h  July  U,  IS  14,  and  was  instituted  by  Bi-hop  Do  Laneev 
on   the  eleventh  day  of  the  following  month.     In  the  month  of  April,    IS-lli, 

of  a  parish  from  St.  Luke's,— Trinity,— which  was  formed  in  \\ilf>. 

In  eonseiiuenee  of  ill  health.  Rev.  .Mr.  Pitkin  resigned  the  rectorship  Julv  Vi. 
1S4-,  after  a  successful  ministry  of  three  year!.  In  die  following  O.toher.  a  call 
w.as  given  to  Rev.  Henry  W.  l,eo.  D.D..  LL.D.  Cantab  .which  he  accepted,  and  was 
insiitiited  by  Bishnp  D,.  Lancy  on  the  Istli  of  Febrmiry,  ISH.  Rev.  F.  I'. 
WarJwell,  deacon,  was  appointed  assistant  rector.  The  f  illowing  also  officiated  ;ls 
assistant  rectors  during  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Lee:  Revs.  Edward  .Meyer,  George 
II.  McKnight,  Bethel  Judd.  D  D.,  \V.  U.  Harris.  George  X.  Cheney,  George  W. 
Watson,  and  V.  A.  Hopkins.  During  the  administration  of  Ur.  Lee,  a  new  org;in 
was  placed  in  the  church  and  a  peal  of  bells  in  the  tower. 

His  prosperous  ministry  of  seven  years  was  conclnded  in  consenuence  of  his 
election  to  the  bishopric  of  Iowa.  Ur.  Xxe's  consecration  to  tin;  episcnpal  office 
took  place  on  Saint  Luke's  day,  October  11.  1S.'>4,  in  the  presence  of  his  Roek_ 
by  Bishops  Hopkins,  Eastburn.  .'McCoskry,  He  Laiicey.  Burgess,  and  Whitehouse.' 

On  the  ITth  of  Iiecembcr,  li'54.  Rev.  Benjamin  WatJin,  U.D.,  w.as  chosen 
rector,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  on  the  29th  of  the  ensuing  April.  Rev.  T. 
A.  Hopkins,  who  was  assistant  rector  at  the  n-signation  of  Dr.  Lee,  conducted 
services  until  the  Rev.  yir.  Watson  assumed  the  pastoral  office.  Ho  was  instituted 
February  14,  ISdl!.  He  was  assisted  in  his  duties  by  Revs.  Robert  W.  Lewis 
and  C.  E.  Cheney.  It  was  in  ISS.'j,  during  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Watson,  that 
Christ  church  was  organized,  and  he  conducted  the  first  services.  During  the 
first  year  of  his  ministry  St.  Luke's  was  repaired  at  a  cost  of  five  thousand  dollars. 
In  consequence  of  ill  health,  he  dissolved  his  connection  with  the  parish,  after  a 
pastorate  of  four  years  and  three  months,  on  the  first  day  of  .VuL'ust.  l,Sj9,  and 

the  following  Dcecinber,  and  on  the  20th  of  February,  iu  the  ensuing  yc.ir  wis 
instituted  by  Bishop  De  Lancey,  Bish.ip  H.  W.  Lee  preachinL-  the  sermon.  Dr. 
ClaJton  was  an  inJefatigable  worker,  and  thr..uL'h  his  instrumontjiitr  was  li.unded 
the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd.  During  his  pastorate  a  rectory  was  purchased, 
and  the  Sunday-school  accommodations  greatly  enlarged.  His  assistants  were 
Revs.  Joseph  Kidder,  Frederick  .V.  Lnson,  I)e  'Cvitt  C.  Loon,  Frederick  M.  Gray, 
and  Horatio  Gray.  He  resigned  to  .accept  the  chair  of  professor  of  pulpit  elo- 
quence and  pastoml  care  in  tlie  divinity  .school  of  the  Protestant  EpisC"pal  ehureh 
in  Philadelphia.  His  resign.ition  took  effect  October  1,  ISiJj.  The  parish  was 
served  from  this  time  until  April  211,  ISUtJ.  when  the  Rev.  Henry  -\nstice  was 
appointed  to  the  rectorship  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Clark.  On  the  second  Sunday  of  .^lav, 
13Gt>.  Rev.  Mr.  .\nstice  assumed  control  of  the  parish,  and  is  the  present  rector. 
During  the  first  year  of  his  ministry  the  interior  of  the  church  w;is  thorouitlilv  re- 
modeled and  refitted ;  the  society  in  the  mean  time  worshiped  in  the  First  Presby- 
terian church.  Jlarch  10,  ISGT,  Saint  Luke's  was  reopi'iied  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  .V. 
Cleveland  Coxe,  D.D..  and  the  in-tituti..n  of  Rev.  Mr.  Austice'took  phee  on  the 
14th  of  the  same  m.inth.  William  P.tkin.  Es.,.,  presented  the  keys  of  the  ehureh, 
an  oflicc  (HTformed  by  him  ,it  ttie  institution  of  every  previous  rector.  .Julv  21^, 
IStiS,  the  rector  laid  the  c.rncr-stone  of  the  Chapel  of  the  Epiphany.  The  eliureh 
has  been  highly  pre-peroos  under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Mr  Anstioo. 

Loailion,  Fitzliugh  street  near  .Main. 

St.  Paul's  Ciilkiu.— This' was  the  second  Episcopal  parish  or'_Mniz!d  in 
Rochester.  It  was  formed  in  1S2S.  and  Rev.  Ch.irlcs  P.  Mcllvaine  i  subsequently 
bishop  of  Ohio)  presided  at  the  meeting  for  orgmization ;  Rev.  F.  H.  Cumming 
being  rector  of  St.  Luke's.  It  his  been  stated  that  •■  the  leading  men  at  the  or- 
ganization, and  for  many  years  afterward,  were  .Nlessrs.  Wiili.iiii  Atkinson  and 
Elisha  Johnson.  For  many  years  St.  I'aul's  v,\s  ealleil  Johnson's  church,  he  being 
the  leading  spirit  in  the  enterpri.-e.  ' 

superior  to  .■iiiythin-.r  at  lliat  dite  in  w.  stern  New  York.  Its  sfiire  was  desii:ned 
to  esceod  in  height  any  in  this  p.irt  "d"  (he  State.  The  workmen  succeeded  in  rai.s- 
ing  it,  but  it  w.Ts  soon  aftcf  blown  do.vii.  and  replaced  by  the  present  tower 

The  first  rector  of  this  cloirch  v>as  ILev.  Sutherland"  Douglass,  who  in  c-nse- 
quence  of  impaired  be.ilth  resi'.:ned  in  li.-s  than  one  year,  ami  w.is  succeeded   bv 


Rev.  Ch; 


I'olto 


:il  Is 


V.  D.  Johns  W.13  called,  who  pr.Mchcd  om 
Burton    H.  Hickol.      The    Rev.  Mr.  Hick 

a.,  and 

nained  from   l^'M 

his  p;>storate  was  very  succes.jlol. 

Rev.  0.a....-e  Cl.irk.  I>  P  ,  was  callcl  in 
period  of  four  y...rs,  and  was  l',,l|.,w,diy  Ke 
control  of  ibe  pan-b  in  .\[  ril.  ls.;;i.     ||,.  r. 

,  is::.-, 

<.  and  rontinucd  as 
liio-ten  VaoZiinl, 
d..,iev.arandsiM, 

his  resigliati..n  was  a,  e.  pt;  d.  and  the  cloire 
'•The  history  of  this  period, 's.iysDr  Van  I 

h  for  a 

1  Ion-  tune  was  with 
•was  one  of  disaster 

HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


95 


,r  it.      Bui  it  w..ulJ  be  i 
fjit  that  during;  this  in 


■  d.'sii;iieil  to  tunli 
in.-t  ilic  uses  of  hi 


L<?t  a  veil  be  drawn  | 
nut  to  record  here  I* 
was  laid  upon  the       i 


neuntbcney  poremptory  i 
K-niotit  ot'daiieiniT.  in  case  of  youn'4  pervjns  comin-^  to  conlirmation  or  to  the 
a  mtuiinloii  iu  this  parish."  llcv.  Willi:,m  K.  Kl^cnhrodt  w;is  called,  from 
briJ-e,  New  York,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  June  12,  1642,  aud 
aui-d  until  Dcicniber,  1S43,  wlicn  he  resiirned.     The  rcctoi-=hip  of  the  Rot. 


nbrodt 


ssful,  i.lso  that  of  Ke 


li.  H.  lllcko 

In  ISi:  the 


>Ir.  t, 

cierted  a  powerful  influence  for  good  in  the  parish. 

,^,  re»:ued  from  iocuuibrance  and  tlie  title  placed  in  the  c«rpi 

church,  where  it  remains. 

In  Julj,  ISn.  the  church  buildioi;  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and 
efvviion  of  »  now  ciiDce  was  bccun,  which  was  consecrated  as 
iWmber  IT,  184S. 

The  following  have  served  the  church  as  rectors  and  sut.pli 
period  of  forty-oi--:ht  ycirs  :  Revs.  Sutherland  D..u-la.'y,  182S;  C 


,  both  of  whom 


t,  lsa2-3.i  :  Orantre  Clark. 
1  K.  Elceobrodt.  1842-43  ; 

ll.l'iatt.Jchn  .V  .Norton, 
iiedlct.  Joshua  Smith,  Syl- 

lon  E.  Ooe,  Albert  Wood, 


IS28-32-,  H.  D,  V.  Johns,  1832;  Burton  l[   Hi. 
lH;i,'.-3a;  Washington  Van  Zant,  1839-40;  Wil 
bicplien  Um-L^s  ■i»ha  V,  Van  In.ue.i,  l).D.  Cha 
Jonathan  L.  Katon,  Walter  Ayrault.  D.D.,  T,  N.  Bei, 
vanus  Kc<.^,  Wentworth  h.  Childs,  W.  H,  Burris,  Pbilei 
John  B.  Calhoun. 

In  1848,  Rev.  Dr.  Van  Ingen  was  called  to  the  rectorship,  and  remained  until 
ltJo4,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  MaunscU  Van  Rensselaer,  D  D.  Dr.  Van  Rens- 
iclaer  officiated  about  four  years,  and  in  May,  1853,  his  place  was  taken  by  the 
present  rector.  Rev.  Israel  F.mte,  D.D.  Durin;  the  administration  of  Dr.  Foote 
the  parish  has  been  attended  with  prosperity,  and  many  additions  have  been  made 
to  the  church  property,  the  church  ediScc  bavins;  been  enlarged,  improved,  and 
beautified,  at  a  cost  of  twenty-seven  thousand  dollars. 

Dr.  Eiicnbrodt  rcDorted  one  hundred  and  ei'_'ht  nomnmnicants  in  1843,  »nd 
now  they  number  four  hundred  and  sisty-eiiht.  The  following  are  the  officers 
fur  the  year  1S76 :  Rector,  Rev.  Isniel  Foote,  D.D. :  AssL-itant  Rector.  Rev. 
Benjamin  T.  Ual! ;  Wardens,  Arthur  G.  Yates,  Rinaldo  S.  Kenyon ;  Vestrymen. 
R  F.  Woodbury,  E.  A,  Gay  with,  Joieph  A,  Blgier,  M,D..  H.  H.  ^S■arne^,  A. 
Collins,  George  B.  Humphrey,  Esi^.,  and  Fred  Goodrich  ;  Clerk,  Ge-jr^e  H.  Hum- 
phrey ;  Treasurer,  W.  C.  Dickinson  ;  Superintendent  of  Sunday-school,  0,  W.  T. 
Slirtwell ;  Sexton,  George  Years, 

Location,  North  St  Paul  street,  near  East  Main. 

Trinity-  Cdv:rcii.— The  movemjnt  to  organize  this  parish  originated  in  1336, 
with  the  Rev,  Dr,  Henry  J,  Whitehcuse.  then  rector  of  Saiut  Luke's  church,  and 
•ubscfiuently  the  distinguished  bishop  of  lllinoin.  The  project  met  with  much 
•ynipathy,  and  one  thousand  dollars  were  subscribed  in  its  aid.  A  lot  was  soon 
purch.Tsed  opposite  Brown's  square,  and  Seth  C.  Jones.  Esq.,  a  parishioner  of  St. 
Luke'i  church,  inaugurated  a  Sunday-school  in  the  school-house  at  that  place. 
In  1844,  when  Dr.  Whitehouse  bade  farewell  to  St.  Luke's,  he  earnestly  exhorted 
his  parishioners  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  church,  and  organize  the  new 
parish  as  «oon  as  po>.'ible.  Happily,  Dr.  Whilchouae's  mantle  fell  upon  the 
nbouldcis  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Pitkin,  of  Ijouisville,  Kentucky,  who  heartily  ex- 
frted  his  influence  for  the  realization  of  his  predecessor  s  wishes. 

During  the  month  of  August,  1845,  the  subscribers  to  the  church  fund,  and 
others  interested,  a.-sembled  at  the  school-house,  on  the  corner  of  Centre  and 
J  >nea  streets,  and  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Pitkin  began  church  services. 
tcrviccs  were  conducted  by  Dr.  Van  Ingen,  Dr.  Pitkin,  and  others,  until  the 
27ih  of  October,  1S45,  when  the  church  was  org:inize.J.  On  that  day  an  orgaoi- 
tatiiin  was  effected,  and  the  following  officers  elected,  viz. :  Henry  E.  Rochester 

•  t^d  Selh  C.  Jones,  wardens,  and  George  R.  Chirk,  Samuel  F,  Wlthersfwon, 
G>-orge  Arnnld,  Daniel  Hoyt,  I'atrick  G.Bui^han,  William  E.  Lathrop.  Le^is  P. 
Il-vn.,  and  Scth  M.  Maltby,  vestrymen.  Rev.  Vaodervoort  Bruce,  of  New  Y'ork, 
wi.  called  to  the  rectorship  in  December,  1345,  and  on  the  Sth  of  January  fol- 
'■■wini:  preached  his  first  sonnon. 

A  movement  for  the  erection  of  a  church  edifice  was  immediately  planned  and 
'he  huil.ling  commencetl.  The  corner-stone  w.ts  laid  June  14,  lS4t).  and  in  the 
f"llowing  Deccmlier  divine  service  was  first  held  in  the  church,  the  rector  delivcr- 
'ng  the  discourse,  und  Revs.   Fortune  C.  Brown  and  W.   Ayrault  assisting  in 

•  h»  «.Ti;ii-cs,  The  holy  euchjrist  was  clch rated  for  the  first  t'nie  February  2. 
1"*".  to  twenty-two  comniunicaiit-*.  The  sacrament  of  holy  baptism  was  first 
••lmini.|.rc.|  March  8,  and  on  the  2:ld  of  August,  following.  Bishop  Dc  Lanccy 
a-iiniiii-ii-rcJ  the  sacred  rite  of  confirmation  to  ninelwn  p-rsons. 

M  .y  12,  ls|7.  Rev.  .Mr.  Bruce  rc-igneJ  the  rectorship  of  the  parish,  and  was 
ti'.T.,!.,)  h^  n,,,   Ch.irlcs  D.  Cwer,  who  as-umwl  euntn.l  of  the  l.ari^i  t.lct..bcr 


I  .  t  tU, 


the 


■i-h 


of  February  15,  1818. 


,tcd 


the  worship  of 


[enry   W.    Uv, 
P.  Stryker,  J 


■  red  upon 


r-ed-Mi 


Almighty  God  by  Bishop  Do  Laiiaiy,  aisistcd  by  the  Revs. 
D.D.,  J.  V.  Van  Ingeii,  D.D.,  S.  BeneJict,  Mason  Gallagher, 
A.    Bowles,  A.  Lockwood,  and    Samuel    Chipiuan,     December  HI, 
Cooper  rcsignol,  and  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Robert  J.  Parvin,  who  c 
his  lab..irs  February  10,  1850,      August  12.  1852,  he  resigned,  and  ii 
bhed  on  board  the  steamer  "  United  States,"  burned  on  the  Ohio  rive 
Rev.  .\ddison  B.  .\.tkins  was  called,  and,  October  I,  1852,  began 
He  remained  about  two  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev,  Gei>rge 
of  Penn  Y'an,  who  took  charg-e  of  the  parish  October  1,  1854.      Mr. 
ciated  as  rector  of  this  church  a  longer  period  than  any  other  ever  cor 
the  parish.      He  remained  until  .May  1,  18C3,  when,  in  consequence  of  impaired 
health,  he  resigned. 

During  the  rebellion  he  went  to  the  front  as  chaplain  of  the  g;il!ant  Thirty- 
third  regiment.  New  York  State  volunteers.  He  died  at  the  residence  of  iils 
father-in-law,  in  Yates  county,  June  12,  1SG3,  "  A  beloved  brother,  and  faith- 
ful minister  in  the  Lord."  is  the  inscription  uiwn  a  mural  tablet,  on  the  .^anetuiry 
wall  above  the  altar,  erected  by  Trinity  parish  in  mcmoriam  of  him. 

In  1863  the  church  edifice  was  enlarged  and  improved,  and  Rev.  John  W, 
Clark,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  was  called,  and  assumed  the  px=torate  Dcceml«r 
G  of  the  aame.year.  He  remained  but  a  short  time,  and  was  sueee,uod  by  Kev. 
John  V,  Van  Ingen,  D  D.,  who  labored  with  the  parish  until  July  1,  ISiJS,  when 
he  resigned.  The  pulpit  was  v.acant  for  a  period  of  eight  months,  when  Rev. 
Charles  W.  Stocking  took  charge  of  the  parish  March  1,  18U0,  Through  the 
untiring  efl'orts  of  the  rector  the  church  was  again  placed  upon  a  sound  basis;  S, 
F.  Wiiherspoon  re-organized  the  Sunday-school;  the  church  edifice  was  greatly 
improved  both  interior  and  exterior,  and  on  July  11,  Ibfii),  it  w.\s  re-opencd  by 
the  Rt  Rev,  A.  Cleveland  Coxc,  D.D.,  bishop  of  the  diocese,  who  confirmed 
twenty-two  persons. 

Rev.  Mr.  Stocking  remained  until  December,  187 1,  and  was  succeeded  by  >L 
R  St  J,  Dillon  I.ee.  Jannnry,  1872  H-  omclnted  nntll  (Vtr.K-r  1 --7:-;^  .nH 
was  followed  by  Rev.  C.  J.  Machin,  who  remained  until  January,  1S75.  Ucv. 
■W.  W.  Walsh  assumed  the  reetoratc.  and  is  the  present  incumbent  of  the  pas- 
toral office.  The  present  wardens  are:  James  Brown.  Frank  G.  Ranney  ;  ves- 
trymen, S.  F.  Withcrspoon,  F.  A.  I*e,  J.  R.  Hoare,  D.  Knapp,  R.  Keilley.  C. 
S.  JLuton,  S.  P.  Robin.s.  At  -the  time  of  writing  a  movement  is  on  foot  to  re- 
move the  church  to  a  more  eligible  site  on  Lake  aveuue. 
Location,  Frank  street,  corner  of  Centre. 

Christ  Cnuacii  —This  parish  was  organized  in  1855  by  the  election  of  the 
following  ofiicers .  Wardens,  Silas  0.  Smith  and  David  Hoyt  i  both  doceaswi . -. 
Vestrymen,  Andrew  J.  Brackett,  D.  B.  Be.ich,  D.  -M.  Dewey.  John  Fairbanks. 
J,  M.  Winston,  Charles  R,  Babbitt,  Delos  Wentworth,  and  Edward  M,  Smith. 

Services  were  held  for  the  first  time  by  this  parish  in  Palmer's  hall,  on  Sunday. 
April  29,  1855,  Itev.  Benjamin  Watson,  rector  of  St.  Luke's,  olficiating.  l>>n 
nomination  of  Bishop  De  Lanccy,  the  Rev,  Henry  A.  Neeloy  w.as  elected  rector. 
Rev.  Mr.  Neelev  continued  the  rectorship  with  great  satisfaction  to  the  parish 
until  1862,when  hevcsigned  and  accepted  the  chaplaincy  of  Ilobart  College.ticncva. 
Rev.  Anthony  Schuyler,  D.D.,  next  served  the  church  as  rector,  who  remained 
nntil  1867. 

Under  the  administration  of  Jlr.  Schuyler  a  tower  was  added  to  the  church 
edifice,  and  subsequently  many  substantial  improvements  have  been  made. 

Rev.  Walton  W.   Batcrshall  was  installed   rector  of  this  church   January    1, 
1861).     The  present  rector  is.  Rev.  Joseph  L.  Tucker. 
Location.  East  avenue,  near  William  street. 

St.  Clement's  CiU'RCII. — This  parish  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  part  of  the  work 
begun  by  the  city  mission  under  the  Rev.  R.  M.  Duff,  as  general  missionary,  in 
1SC5.  A  year  or  two  later  the  parish  of  Christ  church  took  the  mission  under 
its  special  care,  and  during  1870  it  was  in  charge  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Huct,  then 
the  assistant  at  Christ  church,  of  which  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Batcrshall  was  rector. 
July  13,  1871,  an  independent  parish  was  organized,  and  called  St.  ricmcut's. 
Rev.  W.  Fluek  was  elected  the  first  rector,  and  the  services  were  held  in  the 
school-house  of  the  German  society  on  Jefferson  street  until  their  removal  to 
South  avenue,  near  Ale.tandor  street.  Here,  in  a  dwelling-house,  was  the  chapel, 
guild-room,  sewing-  .and  Sund.ay-schools. 

Julv  19,  1873,  the  bishop  of  the  diorcsc  laid  the  corner-stone  of  a  piTinanent 
structure  at  the  corner  of  Monger  and  Ashland  s(rect9,  desilncd  by  .Mr.  R.  -M- 
Upjohn,  of  New  York.     It  is  a  beautiful  edifice,  constructed  of  red  brick  and 


trimmed  with  Milwankoc  brick,  and  crcc 

ted  at  a  cost  of  seven  thousand  dollars. 

In  1874  a  rectory  was  a.ided  to  the  pro] 

criy  at  a  cost  of  over  six  tlo.usand  dol- 

lars.     The  present  valnali.M.  of  church, 

rr'perty  is  twenty  thousiiiid  doil.irs.     In 

Octob.~r.  !S7;!,  the   l!ev.  .Mr.  Flock  res 

^ncd  the  rcitoratc,  and  a  few  months 

anerward  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  D. 

.\.  Bonner,  the  present  efficient  pastor. 

Location,  .Monger  street,  corner  of  A; 

dand. 

HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEV\'   YORK. 


CHtarn  OF  THE  l.;oo[i  StCEfiiKRD. — Tiiis  .hiircli  u  of  recent  origin,  lia.-iog 
been  oruinizel  iu  March,  l^i'j^.  It  wiu  ffniierly  a  mi-^ion  of  St.  Luke's  f arl-h, 
and  eatahllshed  as  such  in  1803  by  the  Kev.  Dr.  Ulasion,  rtictnr  of  !*t.  Luke's.  It 
was  organized  aa  a  acparate  pari^^h  by  Rev.  Dr.  An.stice,  successor  of  Dr.  Claxton, 
and  St.  Luke's  present  rector. 

The  first  wardens  ciiosen  wens  Jolin  (Treenwotni  and  Gcon:e  Cummincrs,  and 
the  first  vestry  ci.nsi.itcd  of  Thomris  Tliomp.sr.n.  Thcmas  Tilnlblin■.■v<■^n.  'William 
Attridt'e,  Jr.,  Samuel  Attrid-e,  C.  H.  Finch,  Uobert  (>.  Xewman,  'ft'Uliain  'VS'ebb, 
and  Walter  Williamson. 

The  fir.t  rcetor  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  J^hep.herd  was  Rev.  Jawb  Miller, 
who  resigned  September,  IStiU.  and  wa3  sucoee^led  by  llev.  J.  Newton  Spear,  who 
was  followed  by  Rev.  Jamr.^  S  Barnes.  Kev.  .>Ir,  Barnes  was  succeeded  in  the 
rectorship  by  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Raikes,  who  remained  until  April  1.  1873. 

Rev.  Benjamin  W.  Stone,  D.D..  assumed  control  of  the  parish  April  1,  1S73, 
and  is  the  present  popular  and  cneriretio  re'.tor. 

The  church  offiecr^i  fur  ISTli  are — Wardens.  John  Grc-nwood  and  Georse  Cum- 
mings;  A'e.-,trymen,  \V.  M.Webb,  R.  G.  Fcwman.  William  Attridu'e,  Thomas 
Biiendale,  Thomas  R.  Baxendale,  Andrew  Erhardt,  William  Morris,  and  James 

Location,  Grape  street. 

Eprpa.\NY  CiiiRCH. — This  church  wa-;  orisinally  ,i  mis.sion  of  St.  Luke's.  The 
church  edifice  wn  commenced  in  ISiJS.  and  in  July  of  that  year  the  conier-stone 
wa^  laid  with  appropriate  ceremonies.  It  was  opened  for  service  February  23, 
18G9.  It  is  neatly  built,  Knijlish  style,  sixty  by  forty-two  feet  inside,  slate  roof, 
with  four  double-lancet  stainod-tjl.Tss  windows  on  each  .=ide,  and  a  window  in  front 
on  either  side  of  a  central  tower  eiehty-two  feet  in  lieiL-ht.  A  neat  and  substan- 
tial rector)'  has  since  been  erected.  The  church  is  under  the  administration  of 
Rev.  Chailcs  M.  Nickerson,  to  whom  much  of  its  present  prosperity  is  attributed. 
Mr.  Nickerson  was  manv  years  rector  of  St.  John's  parish,  Canandaijiu. 

This  church  was  or^imized  into  a  seoanite  parish  Wo^JnCiday,  September  IH 
1876,  with  the  followin;.'-named  persons  as  wardens  and  vestrymen:  Wardens, 
John  H.  JIartiudalc,  Romeyn  Bouphton ;  Vestrymen,  John  Hancock,  David 
Fairman,  F.  W.  Bcn:h,  Jaiies  Ratcliff,  W,  H.  Cruss,  F.  R.  Plummer,  J.  H. 
Stsdman,  John  Clements, 

Location,  South  Francis  street,  opposite  Adams. 

There  m  al.-to  an  Episcopal  chapel,  called  St,  John's  chapel,  located  iu  the 
Cochrane  block,  on  State  street,  and  under  the  control  of  John  J.  Landers.     It 


First  PKF.siivTnti.iN  CiiCRfil. — The  first  public  relldous  services  within 
the  territory  now  occupied  by  the  city  of  Rochester  were  held  in  the  spring  of 
1813,  in  the  upper  room  of  a  tailor-shop  owned  by  Jehiei  Barnard,  and  standing 
the  first  door  west  of  the  present  entrance  to  the  Arcade.  They  were  conducted 
mainly  by  -Me.-^rs.  Barnard.  Warren.  an.I  Brown,  and  consi.'ted  of  sin-in?,  readina 
of  Scriptures,  experience,  and  prayer,  and  the  readin;,;  of  a  sermon.  Soon  alUr 
they  began,  Rev,  Daniel  Brown,  a  Baptist  minister  of  Pittsford,  visited  the 
people  and  preached  for  them ;  and,  durin;^  the  summer,  they  were  also  visited 
by  Rev,  Reuben  I'armelee,  a  Presbyterian  minister  of  Vicor,  In  ISU  a  small 
»cl,o-jl-hou5e  was  erected  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  free  academy,  and  the 
services  of  the  society  were  there  held,  .\uu'ust  '27.  1S15,  this  church  was 
organized,  with  sixteen  members,  only  one  of  whom  is  now  living. — Mrs.  -Magne, 
of  Biltimorc. 

Tl  e  first  pastor  of  the  church  was  Re- 
in a  store  on  Exchange  street,  in  the  wint 
of  the  church  until  June  10,  IS-'l,     He 

The  first  house  of  worship  was  erected 
south  of  th.it  occupied  by  liriggs  Bros,  a- 


V,  Comfort  Williams,  who  was  installed 
er  of  lSl.i-16,     He  remained  as  past.)r 
died  in  this  city  August  2G,  lS2.i, 
in  lS17,ou  Suite  street,  on  the  first  lot 
.  a  seed  st.ire,  and  was  fir^t  oei.upied  in 


1  forty  by  fiay  feet, « 


thousand  three 


May  of  that  year, 
dred  dollars. 

Jviseph  Penny,  D.I>.,  the  second  pastor  of  the  church,  was  installed  April  3, 
18'j.i,  and  hi.s  pa.storato  continued  until  November  22.  1832,  when  he  resigned, 
«nd  wa.s  succeeded  by  Rev.  Tryon  Edward-s,  D.D.,  who  entered  upon  his  duties 
July  22,  1334. 

The  second  church  building  wxs  erected  nn  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  city 
hall,  and  dcdicati-d  Uct...ber  28,  1S24.  Dr.  Edward"  remained  as  pastor  until 
Jn\y  2.'>,  1844.  He  wu.s  followed  in  the  pastorate  by  Rev.  .Malcolm  N.  .Mcljren. 
D.D.,  who  was  installed  .Vuirust  27,  184.''i,  and  his  p:i.>i(.ral  relations  di.ssolve<l  in 
February,  1847.  Uev.  Joshua  11.  Mdlvaine,  D.D..  became  pastor  July  13, 
1843,  and  tcrmiii.itcd  -luiust  8,  l.'^liO.  Dr.  Mellvaiue  was  s«oi,-ceded  by  Rev, 
Dr,  Calvin  Pea^e,  who  remaineil  about  one  year,  wliei.  his  pajtnnte  w.is  close!  by 
death  September  17,  IStiii.  Uev.  Dr.  Ellas  R.  IVadlc  was  the  m-.vt  pisior.  He 
rcmainc<l  but  f>ne  vcar,  and  was  succH^ed.d  by  Rev.  C.  M.iuri(*e  Wines,  who  otli- 
ciated  until  July  14,  ISiiS. 


Rev.  J.  L.  Robert.son,  the  present  [wpular  p^L-stor,  was  installed  Dect^niher  17, 
1S7II.  Ik  is  a  graduate  of  the  Geneva  College,  Ohio,  and  the  Allegheny  The.v 
logical  Seminary. 

The  present  fine  church  edifice,  on  the  corner  of  Plymouth  avenue  and  Sprio:; 
street,  was  completed  in  1872.  and  -ost  ninety  thimsand  dollars.  It  was  de<li- 
cated  June  23,  1872.  The  present  officers  arc— Pastor,  Rev.  J,  T,  Robcrt,son  ; 
Elders,  E.  W.  Aniistnu,.,'.  .M.D..  John  W.  Adams.  C.  J.  Hayden,  S.  II.  Terry, 
William  Burke.  A  G.  Bas.>ett,  and  George  Kreck ;  Deacon.  Julin  L.  Fox  ;  Sun. 
day-school  Superintcn.lent,  G.  C.  iluell :  Trustees,  C.  J.  Hayden.  G.  K.  Jennirj^-s. 
C.  F.  Pond,  i;.  C.  liuell.  A.  -McV'.an,  S.  H.  Gould  The  church  membership  is 
four  hundred,  and  the  Sunday-school  membership  five  hundred. 

Location.  PIvmouth  avenue,  crner  of  Spring  street. 

Second  or  Brick  Cut  kcii.— This  church  was  organized  N'ovember  IS.  lS2.i, 
with  the  following  members;  T.  L.  Bacon,  Silas  liawley.  Linus  Stevens,  Lydia 
Bacon,  Catherine  Brown,  Lydia  W.  Blanchard,  .\sa  Carpenter.  Seth  Case.  Pauline 
Case-,  Fiijah  Cherry.  Lotta  Chcrr>-.  Richard  and  Amelia  (iorsline.  G.  A.  Hullister 
Sally  HolHster,  Sarah  Hawley,  -Mary  Rust.  Catherine  S.  Russell.  Irene  Sibley, 
Derrick  Sibley,  Nabby  Sibley.  Thomas  Sheldon,  Jane  Sheldon,  Thankful  Stevens. 
Delia  Stevens.  Of  these  two  only  are  living,— Seth  Case  and  Amelia  Gors- 
line.  ■ 

The  corporate  name  of  the  church  w.i3  changed  November  10.  1833,  from  the 
"  Second"  to  the  "  Brick  Presbyterian  Church  in  RochesU;r,"  and  so  reported  to 
the  presbytery  in  February,  1834. 

The  first  church  edifice  was  a  brick  structure,  located  on  the  corner  of  Fitzhugh 
and  Ann  streets,  and  completed  in  1823.  This  church  wai  used  until  the  ere<;- 
tion  of  the  present  fine  and  substantial  structure  in  1860,  It  cost,  together  with 
the  furniture,  etc,  sixty-one  thousjind  eight  hundred  and  eighty-one  dollars  and 
seventy-three  cents. 

The  fii-st  pastor  of  this  church  wa.s  Rev.  William  James,  D,D,,  who  serve.! 

from     IS?*;    to    1SS1,    nnd    w-,»    s„enee.leH    hy     Rev    Wllilnn,    WUner,  L>  0  ,  -.-h'! 

assumed  control  of  the  church  in  1831.  and  remained  until  1831).  In  18:;8, 
Rev.  George  Beechcr.  son  of  the  late  Rev.  Lyman  B -echer,  became  pastor,  and 
continued  until  1841,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  pastor.  Rev.  James 
B.  Shaw,  D.D.  Dr.  Shaw  has  officiated  in  the  p;istorjl  office  of  this  .six-icty 
more  than  thirty-five  years.  His  career  has  Ik-cu  uiarked  with  success,  and  the 
Brick  church  has  flourished  under  his  guidance. 

Location,  Fitzhugh,  corner  of  .\llen  street. 

Third  Presbyteri.in  Cucsch, — This  society  w.xs  incnrp<irated  in  December, 
1826,  and  its  first  place  of  worship  was  a  school-house  standing  on  the  corner 
of  Jlortimer  and  Clinton  streets.  This  soon  became  inadopiate  to  th.'  incre;»siiig 
numbers  of  the  church,  and  a  new  building  was  erected  on  the  Siune  street,  twent;.  - 
four  by  sixty  feet.  This  building  was  erected  in  one  week,  Josiali  Bissell.  Jr.. 
superintending  its  construction.  February  23,  1827,  the  church  was  formally 
organized  with  hineteen  persons  from  the  First  and  Brick  Presbyterian  churches. 
The  first  eldei^  were  Salmon  Scofield  and  Josiah  BL^scll,  Jr. 

The  third  house  of  worship  was  erected  on  the  comer  of  Main  and  North 
Clinton  streets,  which  was  finally  sold  to  the  Second  Baptist  s.-.ciety,  and  in  ab.iut 
the  year  1840  a  neat  stone  edifice  was  built  on  the  south  side  of  Main  str.ei. 
which  was  subsequently  cnlan:ed,  but  was  eventually  destroyed  by  fire  iu  ISijS. 

The  fourth  and  present  church  structure  wa.s  erected  in  li:>'J.  at  a  cost  of 
about  thirty-eight  thousand  dollars. 

The  fir^t  p,istor  of  this  church  w^is  Rev.  Joel  Parker,  D.D.,  who  was  succeeded 
by  Rev.  Charles  G.  Finney,  who  .jfficiated  six  months.  Rev.  L>ike  Lyons  next 
assumed  control  of  the  church,  and  was  followed  by  liev.  W.  C.  Wisncr,  D.D. 
who  remained  but  a  short  time.  In  1834,  Rev.  William  Mack  became  pa.st..r. 
and  officiated  until  1830.  when  in  February  of  the  following  year  ho  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Rev.  Albert  G.  Hall,  D.D.,  wh.i  continued  in  charge  of  the  pastorate 
until  1S72,  when  the  present  pastor.  Rev.  Gi»rgc  Patton,  was  installed. 

liOcation,  Temple  street. 

Cestb,\l  Pre.suvteria.v  CiiiRCH.— This  chur.h  was  organized  in  Augu.st. 
1836.  under  the  name  of  the  '•  Bethel  Presbyterian  Churcli  of  Rochester."  Th- 
following  were  the  first  members-  -Michael  B.  Bateman.  Preston.  Eunice.  H.-nry 
F,.  William  P,.  and  Eliza  N,  Smith,  ,Jo,-eph  Farley.  Theodore  B  and  Julia  ,M 
Hamiltrm,  .lo^.ph,  Nancy,  and  Newell  A,  Stone,  Mary  Jane  Porter,  Thoma.s  Adams. 
William  S.  Bi-hop.  Gei.r-e  A.  and  Frincis  Avery,  Richard  P.  and  .Mary  .V. 
Wilkins,  Spencer  l>:ivis.  Kb,nozcr  and  Polly  Knapp.  Appolln.  Luce.  Amelia  S 
Adams,  Marv  M.  Omk.  Eliz;i  l).ivis.  John  F.  Hush,  .roliu  Bi.len,  Jr,  Walt.-r  S.. 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


The  6.-5t  eliurjh  e-lifice  w^^  frectcJ  iu  I33B,  on  WasMngtoo  iTtre«t,  «t  >n 
MfKin.-*  of  fille^.n  thou^^snU  JoILr. 

In  ISjS  the  presoDt  commudlo'is  church  cUificeon  Sophia  $tr>^t  waa  -iixiicati^. 
mJ  the  njoiL'  c!iar-/ud  frjtn  \S'a5hin^ton  Street  church,  to  Cooiral  Pp.'5DyixTiaD. 

Rev.  George  S.  Bo^inlaijo  wu  ;ii»uillL-d  m  first  pjstor  of  the  church  October 
19,  I&IT.  nti.l  rcmiinfj  until  July,  1«4-.',  when  he  was  succeeded  bv  Revs.  Juhn 
T.  ATcrj,  Mr.  Bjiictt,  G,  H.  R.  Slu.ravcaT.  Freaencli  W.  Gra^ra,' aod  Pardons 
C.  HMtiniri  03  sufipliea,  until  Fchruary  '.iS,  lalj.  when  Kcv.  >Iilo  J.  Hickok, 
D.D.,  was  in3lalle<l  pastor.  Dr.  Ilick.ik  c-ontiiiuej  in  the  .icrvice  of  the  church 
ODlil  March  15,  13.i4,  Khcii  he  rcljncJ.  T!ie  ihinl  pctor  waa  Ke».  Kr:jnk  F. 
Eili«"0od,  D.D.,  who  a^.-»unied  control  of  the  church  in  January,  16'jo,  and  remained 
eleven  jcars,  resigning  January  .H.  Istid.  Rer.  Samud  M.  C'anipbeli,  D.U., 
vaa  iniitalli.'d  p.i.sior  June  14,  IStJG.  and  i:i  tiie  present  acceptable  pastor.  No  leas 
than  two  thousand  and  thirty-seven  persona  luve  be<?n  r«.i.ivcd  into  the  church. — 
one  thousand  and  sii  on  prorc>>iun.  and  one  tboa-viod  and  thirty^one  by  letter. 
Of  thle  number  ciiiht  have  entered  the  njuiistrr,  and  nve  l.;dlei  have  gmie  to  the 
foreijni  missionary  work,  two  as  the  wives  of  miisionarics.  and  three  as  teachers. 
The  church  h  now  in  a  very  thrivinu'  condition,  aid  "never  before  was  this 
church."  Mjs  Mr.  William  Allinj;,  "doio'.;  so  good  and  great  a  work  ;  never  was 
rt  equally  strong"  and  pro.«perius. 

Location,  Sophia,  near  West  Main  streeL 

St.  Pn-EB's  PRtsDTTESUN  C'uiRCH  was  orpaniied  December  12.  1853, 
'm  the  chapel  of  the  church,  by  the  presbviery  of  the  city  of  Rochester.  Ita 
Bret  members  were:  Mr.  Levi  A.  Ward.. .Mrs.  Harriet  Ward,  Mis  .Mury  £. 
Wu-d,  Jlr.  William  H.  Ward,  Mr.  Ixircnio  D.  Ely,  Mrs.  Caroline  C.  Elv.'Mr. 
Lowell  Bullen,  .Mr^.  Chloe  Bullcn.  .Mrs.  Susan  W.  <clden,  Mi.s.,  Ellen  M.  Kemp, 
Miss  Jane  Bradbury,  .Mrs.  Emily  C'hum:.seix),  Dr.  John  F.  WbithM.-ck,  ilrs.  Eliza- 
beth A.  WhitbL^'k,  Mr.  Edward  A.  Raymond,  .Mrs.  Eugenia  C.  Raymond.  .Mr. 
Samuel  B.  li.iymond,  ilrs.  Harriet  .M.  Uavmoud.  .\Ir3  Car(,line  E.'  McAlpioe. 
Mrs.  Caroline  B.  Dwindle.  Mr.  James  Murrey,  Mrs.  Resinah  Murray,  Miss  Ann 
E.  Murray,  Mrs.  Bet^y  L.  Oothout,  Mrs.  Emily  R.  Beckwith,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Holyland,  Mr.  John  S.'D.an,  Mrj.  Chloe  Dean. ' 

>Ir.  L-  vi  .K.  Ward  and  Mr.  Edward  .\-  Raymond  were  the  first  elders  of  the 
church,  elected  at  the  time  of  ita  ortraniiation,  December  12.  IS53. 

Mr.  Marcus  K.  Woodbury  was  the  first  deacon  of  the  church,  elected  Xovember 
10, 18.')S;  and  .^Ir.  Joseph  B.  Ward  was  elected  to  the  same  office  March  IC,  ISfrl. 

The  first  board  of  tru.-.te(y  of  the  soeisty  coa5i--e-i  of  Mes.-rs.  S.  B.  Ra;.Tuond, 
J.  B.Stilliin,  C.  F.  S["ith,  B,  R.  .MeAlpin'e.  L  D  Ely.  C.  A.  Jones.  S.  L.  Seldeo, 
J.  W.  Bissell,  C.  H.  Clark.  It  was  or5anizcd  by  the  election  of  Mr.  S.  h.  Selden 
president,  Mr.  S.  B.  Raymond  clerk,  .Mr.  J.  W.  Bis?i-ll  treasurer. 

The  first  pastor  of  tJie  church  was  the  Rev.  Richard  H.  Richardson,  instdled 
June  10,  1S56;  rc-siu-ned  November  .XU,  1S5T. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  H.  T..wne,  D  D.,  w.us  in.-t.al]ed  second  pastor  of  the  church, 
(>ct<.bcr  23,  ISdS;  resi-ncJ.  .March  9.  IsCO.  Rev.  J„lm  T.  C-it  became  the 
third  pa.-tor  of  the  church,  June  3,  l~i;ii;  died.  January  23.  1SC3.  Rev  E.  D. 
Yeomans,  D.D.,  was  installed  June  7.  1S63:  n->u,Tied.  April  2S.  1S67  ;  di-sl, 
Angu.st  27,  18GS.     Rev.  James  .M.  frowell.  DD.,  was  tlic  fifth  pastor  of  the 


church  ; 


Mav  16,  isey-. 


led,  December 


The  sixth 


tor  W.13  Rev.  As;i  S.  FUkc ;  installed.  January  1, 1372  ;  dl.-missed,  at  his  n^uest, 
S'ptcmher  12,  1873.  The  present  acajrapllshed  pastor,  Kev.  Herman  C.  Ri;^, 
Was  installed  June  8,  1876. 

The  first  church  buildinL'  was  b^-cun  in  May,  1S52.  and  the  corner.«tnne  laid 
Jone  7  of  the  same  year.  Rev.  J.  H.  Mcllv.iine.  D.D  ,  of  Rochester,  delivering 
an  appropriate  address,  and  other  seniccs  of  the  occasion  being  fulfilled  by  the 
Revs.  Hill  and  Ward,  nt  the  Presbyterian  church  :  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Goi«lwin, 
I'.D..  of  the  Meth.Kiist  Episci.pal  church;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Howard,  of  the  Baptist 
church;  and  the  Rev.  Chester  Dewey.  D.D,  of  the  CouL-nyitional  church. 

This  first  buildini:  was  ci.mplete-J  at  a  cvvt  of  ibirty-tivc  tiu.usand  dollars,  and 
wa."  di-diented  October  25,  IS.Vi ;  the  Rev.  J.  11.  Mcllvaine,  D.D..  pre:uhmg 
Ihc  dc-dication  sermon,  and  the  Revs.  .V  0.  Hall,  D.D..  V.  D  W.  Ward.  D.D., 
and  others,  c^nductini  the  other  .scr*i(<^.  Jlarih  18,  1SG8,  this  budding  vjn 
diMn«ycd  by  fire,  and  nnmciliatelv  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  titty-six  thousand  di'Uars. 

The  pre«?nt  officers  of  the  chiirth  arc  the  i;.llowin'.':  Kev.  Hcnnan  C.  Ri'.-js, 
P=ctnr;  Mosrs.  Levi  A.  Wanl,  Jerome  B.  8til!-..u.  J.mtith.m  E.  I'urpoot.  .Marcus 
K.  WiKKlhury.  Ashman  Re.ho.  John  W.  Slil.iiins.  .^lauru■e  H.  .Meminan,  elders; 
.Messrs.  Joseph  U.  Wanl,  Harvey  W.  Un.wo.  deacons :  .Mi-ssi-..  L.  D.  Ely,  W. 
n.  Wanl.  C.  K.  Par-.ns,  TlK,.l,.re  ll,.e..„.  11.  W.  Bn.wn.  J.  0.  Cutler,  D-anicl 
'""rey,  (.1.  E.  Rip-.m.  J.  B    V.'ird,  tra-t,  -s 

The  S.nhbalh  «h.-il  w:e.  ..rjanira-d  in  D:-.-.mi,U  r.  1R.-.3.  with  a  memUrship  of 
fodyHui,.  s,|,„l,rs.  .Mr.  Ed>.,.rd  A.  R.iy;n„nd  wa^  lU,  fir-t  si.i»  nntendent.  The 
prr^-nt  superintendent  is  Mr.  Jonathin  R  Pierj-.nt.  The  o.ll  .if  the  seh.il  cun- 
•aina  at  present  the  names  uf  three  hundred  and   fitly  scholars  and  forty^ine 


officers  and  teacher 
ofthesehoel.  It  e 
.Vr.  Wm.  H.Ward 


The 


LS  founded  ut  t! 
hundretl  and 


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the  pre-**Mi 
St,  and  Mr.  W.  ri.  Kimball  i.s  the  proent  librarian. 

The  number  of  members  roixiivtsl  into  the  church  from  the  be-.:inning  is  five 
hunda'd  and  thirty-eiu'ht.of  whom  two  hundred  and  ninety-six  have  been  a'ccived 
by  letter  from  other  churches,  and  two  hundred  and  larty-two  uj-kju  profe-^-ion  rif 
Christian  faith.  The  present  membership  of  the  church  is  three  hundred  and 
forty-two. 

In  accordance  with  a  c<.inviction  of  the  founder  of  the  church,  Mr.  Levi  .\. 
Warl.  thit  the  entire  congregation  should  participate  unitflly  and  actively  in  the 
worship  of  the  sanctuary,  a  speH:ial  order  uf  worship  was  adopte<i  in  the  beirinnmg 
of  the  church's  historv,  which,  with  unessential  chan^-es,  has  been  consuntly 
observed. 

Location,  Gibbs  street,  corner  of  Grove. 

CALV.tRT  CtlCRCiI. — This  church  was  originally  organized  as  the  Saint  Paul 
Street  Congregational  Church.  The  ortranization  was  effected  Maah  20,  1!'4S, 
when  twenty-six  enrolled  themselves  as  members. 

The  first  church  edifice  w:is  begun  in  May,  1.S4S,  and  on  the  3d  of  November. 
1850,  was  dedicated  by  President  Mahan,  of  Oberlin,  Ohio.  The  church  prop- 
erty was  suL.wf)uently  sold  to  L.  A.  Ward,  and  finally  became  a  church  of  the 
Presbyterian  order. 

June  15,  185i;.  a  committee,  consisting  of  Revs.  X.  G.  Hall.  D.D  ,  J.  H.  Mc- 
Dvaino,  D.D-,  R.  H,  Richardson,  James  Harkness,  and  Elders  Ward.  Cushin-. 
and  Benton,  convened  in  the  South  Saint  Paul  Street  Congregatioual  church,  and 
organized  the  "Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  of  IWhester."  consistiii'.;  of  the 
following  persons:  Wijiiam  .-^tcbbins,  Eliza  B.  Stebbens.  William  T.  CiishiuL'. 
Arabella"  Cushing,  Olive  Howes.  Helen  .M.  Howes.  J.  G.  Stothoff,  Henrietta 
Dempi.!T,  Hannah  Ray.  Mercy  Ingnham,  Eliz-ihcth  Blum.  Eliza  Barrett.  James 
Barton.  Charles  Barton.  Jamc-s  B.idger,  and  Catherine  K.idgcr. 

after  the  organization  Rev.  Charles  Ray  became  pastor,  July  30.  l,~jt;,  and  e^m- 
tinued  his  labors  until  August  10,  IS.jo,  when  be  resi^rncd.  and  the  pulpit  was 
filled  with  the  following  supplies  until  IStiO.  viz..  Rev.  F.  De  W.  Ward,  R.-v. 
J.  Nichols,  W.  H.  Taylor,  and  others.  In  April,  1800,  Rev.  Bellviile  Roberts 
waa  placed  in  charge  of  the  society,  and  remained  aKnit  four  years  and  resijiied. 
The  next  officiating  pastor  was  Rev.  .-Vlfred  Vcomans.  who  remained  but  one 
year,  leaving  in  IS'X.  Rev.  H,  W.  Morris  became  the  nctt  pastor  of  Calvary 
church,  and  still  continues  a  successful  ministry,  embracing  a  period  of  ten  yc.irs. 

A  new  and  substantial  church  edifice  was  commonce'-J  in  1871.  and  dedicated 
April  11,  1S72.  The  following  are  names  of  church  ofiici.als  for  the  year  I87G  ; 
Pastor,  Herbert  W.  .Morris,  .M.A..  D.D.;  Elders,  Willum  ftebbens!  David  L. 
Honn,  F.  T.  Skinner,  Thus.  Oliver.  F.  S.  Stebbens.  James  B.  Reeves.  Jud.^jn 
Knickerbocker ;  Trustees,  F.  S.  Stebbens,  John  Putnam,  -\ugustu*  J.  Reibling, 
Thos.  Oliver,  Isaac  Blackcney. 

Location,  South  avenue,  comer  of  Hamilton  pbce. 

iMemorhl  Pbf.sbvterun  Cml'RCII. — ■'  Next  Sabbath  aftermon,  at  half  past 
three  o'clock,  a  Sabbath-school  -ii'l  bo  organized  in  the  second  story  of  district 
sch(X)l-bousc  No.  IS,  on  Draper  s.reet.  G'Kjd  spi^kinu'  and  gocKi  sin^rini  will  be 
had.  The  singing  will  be  under  the  direction  of  Profe-sor  A.  J-  Warner  ;  speak- 
ing by  Rev.  Dr.  Shaw,  of  the  Brick  church.  Rev.  Dr.  Huntington,  of  the  Asbury 
church,  Geo.  W.  Parsons,  of  the  Central  church,  and  Geo.  W.  Kanson.  of  the 
Second  Baptist  church.  Come  parents,  come  young  men,  come  younir  ladies. 
come  children,  come  all, — all  who  are  nut  enu'aired  in  any  other  school  at  the  same 
time, — come  and  aid  in  establishuii:  .i  Sabbath-school  in  this  house."  Two  hun- 
dred hand-bills,  of  which  the  above  ia  a  cvipy,  were  circularcd  in  this  city  nn 
Thurs<i.ay,  June  10.  1SG9.  under  the  auspices  of  the  Brick  Presbyterian  eburcii. 
of  which  this  church  is  a  branch.  In  response  to  this  call  five  liiiudrcd  p-.-rs.-'iis 
a&semblcd  at  the  school-house  at  the  appointed  time,  and  the  Sabbath-schoiil  was 
organized,  with  .Mr  T.  .i.  Newtjn  as  superintendent.  Sixin  after,  a  lot  was  pur. 
ehasesi  of  Hiram  Davis  for  the  sura  of  two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  and 
early  in  1870  a  subscription  was  started  among  the  members  of  the  Briik  chunh 
to  raJs-;  funds  for  the  erection  of  a  clt.i|H-l  as  a  memorial  of  the  ret 
place  that  year  between  the  old  and  the  new  school  Presbyterian 
contract  was  soon  after  let  for  I 


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January 

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Location  of  church 

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a  street. 

HISTORY  OF   ifONKOE  COU^■TY,  NEW  YORK. 


•J  Sunday,  April  5,  ISmS,  In  ti.f  CcMtral 
iipl.oll,  th.'  pastor,  .Tssbtc.l  by  Dr.  F.  F. 

'  -M.  Mutt-y,  and  the  drst  elder;  were 
Tlie  original  membership  numbered 

•dit   females, — all  from   the    Central 


Westminster  Curmrn  wx^  orvanij 
Presbjtcrbn  church    by  Dr.  S.  Jl.  C'.i 
Ellinwood.    The  Srst  pxst„r  wj3  Rev.  Huor; 
George  N.  Mitchell  and  Truman  A.  ('lark. 
eighty-two, — twenty-four  males  and   fifty-* 

The  fir3t  church  edifice  was  erected  in  1.S5U.  at  a  cost  of  seventeen  hundred 
doUirs.  This  was  a  mission  chapel,  built  by  the  Central  church.  In  137(1  this 
chapel  was  rebuilt  and  enlarced  at  a  cost  of  ten  ihou^nd  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
four  dollara.  The  mission  chapel  was  Jcdicited  Sunday,  January  1,  ISliO,  Dr. 
F.  F.  KllinwooJ,  pastor  of  Ontral  church,  preachinir  the  sermon,  and  Dr.  Jas. 
B.  Shaw,  of  the  Brick  clmr-'h,  o^ering  the  prayer  of  consecration.  The  church, 
«s  rebuilt,  wa.s  dedimted  January  26.  ISTl,  Dr.  S.  M.  Campbell  conductini;  the 
services,  assiste.i  by  Kc».  II.  M.  Muscy.  The  church  is  located  on  the  north  side 
of  West  avenue,  above  Xcrtli  Francis  street,  on  a  lot  sistv-sil  bv  t.ne  hur.dri;d 
«nd  sixty-five  feet,  the  joint  gift  of  .\ristarchus  (.'hampion  and  Joel  B.  Bennett. 

Rev.  H.  81.  Mosey  was  tlie  first  minister.  His  labors  commenced  -A.pril  5, 
ISeS.  He  was  installed  pa.stor  of  the  church  April  u,  ISTl,  and  remained  until 
October  5, 18T4.  The  present  pastor.  Itev.  C.  B.  ilardner,  was  installed  Febmary 
.  4, 1875,  liavin^4  begun  his  ministry  to  this  church  on  the  Srst  d.iy  of  the  pr  jvioui 
month.     The  membership,  Septeuib'-r  15.  IS7ti,  is  two  hundred  and  twenty-two. 

Location,  West  avenue,  near  -North  Francis  street. 

United  Presbyterun  CiiURrn  was  ori^anizcd  on  the  21st  of  September, 
1819.  Previous  to  the  or janization  services  had  been  held  in  the  schoiil-house 
which  stood  near  St.  Luke's  church,  by  Rev.  Jolin  Van  Katon,  of  tl  j  -Usociate 
Reformed  synod,  who  also  officiated  from  .\uOTSt.  1S43.  to  May,  IS-t'J.  in  a 
achool-housc  on  the  corner  of  Troup'street  and  Plymouth  avenue.  The  follow- 
ing were  the  first  communicants  of  this  church:  Robert  Bell.  Mrs.  Martha  Bell, 
Rnhert.  .T,.hnsnn  Jr,n,es  and  Kmx  Reid.  William  an,l  J.inette  U.  M..ir  Jnhn  Biir- 
doct,  William  Hamilton,  Mrs.  (Rev.)  Van  Eaton,  Willuim  and  Rachel  Hart, 
Hannah  Burdock,  Jane  Hamilton,  -\nn  and  Christina  Semple, 'Wm.  and  Cath- 
erine G.  FLsher,  Alexander  and  Mary  J.  Adams.  Alexander  and  Margaret  Blair, 
and  Margaret  Hamilton.  Ofthe.se.  nine  are  deceased,  eleven  have  reraoveti,  and 
three  arc  still  in  communion,  viz. :  Robert  BeU.  William  Hart,  and  Mrs.  M.ir- 
}^ret  Niveo.  The  first  elders  of  the  church  were  William  Hamilton,  Jame3  lieid, 
"William  .Muir,  and  William  Leslie. 

The  first  pastur  of  this  church  was  liev.  John  Van  Katon,  who  remained  three 
jears  and  nine  months. 

September  S,  ISJO,  the  house  of  worship  was  consumed  hy  fire,  and  on  Jan- 
nary  1,  1S51,  a  purchase  was  made  of  the  church  building  known  as  the  Court 
Street  church,  on  the  corner  of  Court  and  Stone  streets,  and  there  they  contin- 
ued to  worship  until  the  third  Sabbath  of  September,  ISti4,  when  they  purchased 
and  removed  to  the  church  which  they  at  present  occupy,  on  Allen  street  near 
Fitzhugh. 

Rev.  W.  T.  Mc  A  dams  succeeded  Mr.  Van  Katon  as  pastor  of  the  church,  and 
■was  ia«tal!ed  June  6,  1S54.  He  remained  two  years  and  eijjht  months,  and  was 
followed  in  the  pastorate  by  Rev.  Thomas  F,  Boyd,  who  6:rved  tour  years  and 
one  month. 

Rev.  James  P.  .Sankey,  the  present  faithful  and  energetic  incumbent  of  the 
pastoral  ofiioe,  was  installed  ,Tune  30,  1SG4.  the  services  beinii  conducted  bv  Rev. 
F.  M.  Proctor,  Rev.  J.  Van  Eaton,  and  the  Rev.  Donald  Mc  ".aren.  D.D. 

This  church  wa.s  origin.illy  organized  as  the  First  Associate  Keformod  Church 
of  Rochester,  and  -May  20,  IS6S,  changed  to  its  present  title.  The  following  are 
the  present  ofStials:  Pastor,  Rev.  J.  P.  Sankey;  Elders,  Rol>ert  Bell.  Rcbert 
Stcrrit,  Thos.  Lisle.  .lames  Hutchinson,  W.  13.  Geddes,  John  Bamher,  and 
James  Hart;  Sunday-school  Superintendent,  the  p.istor ;  numi.,>r  of  scholars, 
two  hundred  and  sixty ;  church  communicants,  throe  huntlrcd  and  sixty ;  Trus- 
tees, James  Hutchinson,  Jo-cph  Stephenson,  (ico.  Hall,  Sa-iuel  Lemon.  Jas.  C. 
McKcDzle,  .John  Malloch,  James  Envin,  James  Sprout,  and  William  Fletcher. 

Location,  Allen  near  Fitzhugli  str^-et. 

Tre  Refobsied  I'BEsriVTEiiHN  CitURCii  Was  or-anizod  in  ISiio,  with  twenty- 
nine  members.  Of  these  the  followin-,'  ore  still  in  the  communion:  Joliu  Boyd, 
Elizabeth  Boyd,  Mrs.  Jane  .Montlomery.  and  Mr^.  .Martha  Robinson.  The  first 
place  of  meeting  was  the  hi-h  selux.l  luiil.lin::,  which  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
Third  Presbyterian  churcli.  corner  of  Liin<-x«tcr  and  Templo  streets.  Some  yean 
after,  a  church  building'  was  erected  on  the  corner  of  .Main,  and  Still.snn  streets. 
This  the  congregation  occupied  until  the  f.dl  of  ISO  I,  when  they  cntcivd  the 
church  they  now  occupy  on  Nnrlh  S.iint  Paul  str,-ct.  For  some  time  sul)sc.-]iient 
to  this  organl7.ition  they  were  without  a  p.\stor,  dining  which  piriiHl  Rev.  Jvhn 
Fislirr  supplied  tho  pulpit.  Ill  I ?;;.'>.  Ucv.  C.  B.  McKcc  bicamc  p.i.ii.-r  i.f  ihc 
church,  and  olliciatcd  until  ISl'J.  Rev.  D.  .Scntt  w.as  installed  pa.stor  in  ISU, 
and  served  the  congregation  liathfuliy  until  18(J2,  when  he  resigned,  after  a  highly 


successful  pastorale,  embraeiiig  a  poriiid  of  eighteen  years.  He  died  in  this  city 
March  23,  l!i7I,  aged  3eventy-.six  years. 

Rev.  R.  B.  Sproul,  the  present  pastor,  is  a  native  of  Allegheny  City,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  graduated  at  JetTcrson  Colle;e,  in  tho  class  of  1S57.  He  w;u( 
insialleil  pastor  of  this  church  in  Jlay,  ISGj.  Under  his  pastoral  care  the  ci.n- 
gregation  has  increased  in  numbers  and  influence,  and  though  one  of  the  smidlest, 
thtz  is  als.5  one  of  the  most  prosperous  churcli  societies  in  the  city. 

Location,  ^furth  Saint  Paul  near  Andrews  street. 

FiE.ST  Methodist  Ki'Iscopal  Culhcii. — The  history  uf  this  church  com- 
mencod  in  tiie  spring  of  the  year  l.SlI),  when  a  meeting  w:i3  held  in  an  uld  build- 
ing southwest  of  the  Whitney  mills,  on  the  lower  race.  In  a  sketch  written  b? 
Rev.  D.  W.  C.  HuntiuL'ton,  D.D.,  and  published  by  Erastus  Darrow.  Es.).,  it  is 
stated  that  the  first  .Methodist  mcetmg  was  held  in  1817,  by  Rev.  Elisha  Housi,, 
at  the  residence  of  Fabritius  Reynolds,  where  the  free  academy  now  stands. 
Another  writer  iiys  that  Cynis  Story  organized  a  c1;lss  in  1817,  while  the  vener- 
able Edwin  Scrantom  is  positive  that  ISIU  was  the  period. 

The  church  was  organized  September  20.  1S20,  with  -^htdard  Reynolds,  Elam 
Smith,  Daniel  Rowe.  and  Nathaniel  Draper  as  trustees.  The  first  church  edifice, 
a  brick  structure  furtv-two  by  fii''ty-tive  leet,  was  completed  in  1825.  The  build- 
ing lot  was  donated  by  Elisha  Johnson  and  Enos  Stone,  and  occupied  the'  site  of 
the  present  Opera  IIou.se  on  South  St.  Paul  street.  .\n  addition  was  made  to 
this  building  in  1S27,  and  in  the  year  1S31  a  new  edifice  was  erected  on  the 
corner  of  North  Fitzhugh  and  West  .'Main  streets.  It  was  i  brick  building,  eighty 
by  one  hundred  and  four  feet,  and  constructed  under  the  supervision  of  Willis 
Kempsball.  This  house  of  worship  w.is  destroyed  by  fire  January  5,  1.S'?.5,  and 
in  the  following  year  rebuilt.  The  present  church  edifice  was  bnilt  in  1855. 
The  following  persons  have  served  this  society  as  pastors,  embracing  a  period  of 
nearly  sixty  years:  Revs.  Oren  -Miller,  1S2U-1S21 ;  Reuben  Aylesworth,  1S21- 

1825;  John  Dempster,  1S25-1827  ;  Zachariah  Paddock,  IS27-1S29;  Gideon 
Laning,  1S29-1S3U;  Glczen  Fillmore.  1830-1 S32  ;  Robert  Burch,  1832-18.33; 
Glezen  Fillmore,  1833-183-1;  Elijah  Hebard.  1S34-1S35;  John  Copeland, 
1835-1837;  Daniel  P.  Kidder.  1S35  (^as^istant) ;  Wilbcr  Hoag,  1S37-1S3S  ; 
Jonas  Dodge,  1S3S-1839;  G.  Fillmore.  1S39-1S40:  Thomas  Carlton,  1S40- 
1S42;  Moses  Crow,  1842-1843;  Samuel  Luckcy.  184:>-1 844  ;  Schuyler  Seairer, 
1844-184G;  John  Donn'is.  1S4G-1843  ;  John' G.  Gulick,  1343-1850;  John 
Copeland,  1850-1851;  A.  C.  George,  1851-1853;  Henry  Hickok,  lS.53-1854 ; 
Jonathan  Watts,  1854-185C  ;  Daniel  D.  Buck,  1856-1353  :  Israel  H.  Kellogg^ 
1S58-1860;  Jabez  R.  Ja,|ues,  1860-1S03;  S.  Van  Benschoten,  1803-1861;' 
James  E.  Latimer,  1866-1869  ;  George  C.  Lyon,  1869-1S71  ;  William  Lloyd, 
1371-1873;  D.  H.  MuUer,  1S73-1S75;  R.  M.  Stratton,  D.D..  1875,— present 
pastor.  This  church  is  now  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  has  a  membership  of 
four  hundred  and  sixty  persons. 

Location,  Fitzhugh  street. 

African  Methodist  Episcopal  Zio.v  Chcrch. — This  religious  society  was 
organ'ized  in  the  year  1827,  with  about  twenty  members.  Among  the  number 
were  the  following:  Charles  Dixon  and  wife.  William  Earles  and  wife,  Elizabeth 
Gaul,  Rebecca  H.1II,  Hannah  Dorsey,  GeorL-e  Sampson,  Alfred  Williams  and  wife, 
and  Caroline  Hawkins.  The  churcli  was  formed  on  Ford  street,  in  a  brown  school- 
house  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  residence  of  Mr.  Sutherland.  Its  ineor- 
poratioQ  was  effected  in  1836. 

The  church  edifice  was  erected  in  1831,  on  High  street,  now  Caledonia  avenue, 
and  fronts  on  Favor  street. 

The  first  trustees  were  Charles  Dixon.  William  Earles,  Alfred  Williams,  and 
tho  fiist  class-leader  was  \Vilii;im  Earlts.  The  present  board  of  trustees  consists 
of  -Mr.  Briggs,  Fred.  Gibbs,  John  J.ickson,  Lewis  Sprague,  Jesse  Rucker,  and 
John  Andrews.  Rev.  J.  W.  Lacey  is  the  present  pastor.  Zion  church  was 
founded  by  the  venerable  Rev.  Thomas  James,  who  resides  in  the  city,  and  fur 
nished  the  data  for  this  sketch. 

North  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  CncHrH  wiis  organized  March  27. 
1849,  by  Rev.  Dr.  S..mucl  Luckcy.  The  fir.st  pastor  was  Rev.  D.  D.  Buck.  D.D., 
and  the  first  trustees  were  A.  U.  jud-on.  John  Stewart,  and  A.  Wilkinson.  Th.i 
first  sermon  w:ts  preached  by  Rev.  Jnlui  E.  R..bie.  April  1,  1-19. 

The  first  members  of  this  .  hun  h  w,  re  .a.s  ll.llows:  A.  B.  Judson,  L.  Jud.-on. 
Alexander  Dobbs,  A  Dudley,  Cl.iris-a  Clark,  Albert  Cy.n,  .'»[., ry  (i,..-,>v.:l,  .8..niuJ 
Goswell.  F.  .V.  Sku.-e,  Eli/.a  Sku-e.  A  Wiiki,,,.,,,,  ,S.,r.,h  llr,,.|,l;an-,  .M.iry  llnd- 
sliaw.  A.  irin,J..hu  Stewart,  Jr..  .V.  I'.. 8t.w..,..    E.  Si.unt    .1.1,,,    -■.,>.,-,.  >r  . 


Wl 


M.  .-I. 

Akehil 


I'hilander  Davi..,  Jolil 


•lees  were  S.  Moulder 
Patterson. 


mSTORY   OF   .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


It  <vas  fortj-fiv 
.r,l,  wxi  J.Jic-.tc 


The  firat  church  edlBcc  Wiis  finished  i 
f.vt  in  siz-:,  aod  cost  six  tiuta^anil  doibra. 
ber,  lS3:t,  by  Rcv-  S.  Sin;zer,  D.D. 

The  followin'.-  is  i  ilit  of  the  past.irs  wh.)  havo  officiiited  for  this  cimrch :  Rcr. 
D.  D.  Ui!'k,  DD.,  S.  W.  AlJen,  S.  L.  Cou'.-don,  S.  I-uckoy.  D.D,  S.  Van  Bea- 
.nhutco,  i).D.,  Alpha  Wright,  John  ManJoville.  Join.  N.  UrDWD,  Nathan  Fel- 
lows. Dr.  I.uctcy,  Martin  NN'hpcler,  Israel  Kvlhv.-;,  A.  II.  tJhurtluff,  D.  Lisenring, 
John  N.  Brown,  R.  D.  iMun-cr,  E.  hansins  Newman,  (he  present  pastor.  The 
church  ia  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  has  a  meiiibor?hip  of  one  hundred  and 
Kveiity-five  per«jns. 

Location,  Xorth  street,  opposite  Ontario. 

The  Cott.-i  HtLL  Methodist  Episcop.vl  Ciiukcu  was  founded  by  consti- 
tulini;  a  legal  board  of  trustees  at  t!ic  residence  of  William  P.  Stanton,  in  Roches- 
UT,  June  S,  \So2.  The  followinq  persons  were  elected  truste«,  vii. :  Caleb  H 
Bicknell,  Ileury  Wray,  William  P.  Stanton.  Coles  C.  Se,^  G-wr^e  Harrison,  and 
Hcinun  Lyon.  The  board  was  organized  by  electing  Henry  Wray  president.  Coles 
C.  Sc«  secn-taty. 

A  subscription  was  opened  at  once  for  a  new  cliureh.  A  contract  was  made 
with  CoLs  C.  Sc-c  and  John  Bell  tu  put  up  the  buililing  for  three  thousand  three 
hunJre.)  and  five  dollars.     Th;!  tower  was  not  then  included  in  the  buildinc:. 


I  cost  of  about ! 


nd  dollars,  incluJiDi 


the  ten  thousaud  dollars 
s  in  Rochester  was  appro- 


This  was  completed  in 
eipenses  of  general  repairs. 

It  is  due  to  Mr.  Champion  to  say  that  a  port 
which  he  contributed  for  building  Methodist  c 
priatcd  to  this  church. 

Rev.  A.  C.  George  was  appointed  the  first  pastor  of  Corn  Hill  church,  in  1S53. 

The  oienibers  compt)sing  the  first  organization  were  from  the  First  Methodist 

Kpi-MX)pal  church,  but  had  been  meeting  as  a  sort  of  missionary  class  or  society 

during  the  summer  of  1S.')3  in  the  old  orphan  asylum  building  on  Adams  street. 

The  number  was  about  thirty. 

Soon  after  the  organization  of  the  Corn  Hill  chun-h.  the  Third  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Society,  worshiping  in  a  little  church,  since  transformed  into  a  livery  stable. 
on  Caledonia  avenue,  became  connectcMl  with  it  by  transt<;r  of  membership,  and  at 
*hc  end  of  the  first  year  the  number  in  society  was  about  seventy. 

The  edifice  was  completed  and  dedicated  in  June,  1S.J4,  Dr.  Cummings,  presi- 
dent of  Geiie-see  College,  at  Lima,  preaching  the  dedicatory  sermon. 

The  first  board  of  stewards  was  composed  of  Henry  Wray.  Silas  A.  Yerkes, 
«nd  C<)les  C.  See.  Henry  Wniy  was  elected  recording  steward,  which  otSce  he 
h.Ts  held  and  honored  ever  since  (September,  ISTuV 

The  first  quarterly  conference  was  held  June  14,  18.53;  John  Copeland,  pre- 
siding elder. 

The  first  Sunday-school  report  shows  that  from  the  beginning  there  has  been  a 
flourishing  Sunday-school  in  connection  with  the  church.  The  pastor.  Rev.  A.  C. 
George,  was  the  first  superintendent.  The  number  of  ofEcera  and  t.^acbcrs  was 
twenty-two  ;  different  scholars  enrolled,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five;  volumes  in 
library,  three  hundred.  The  present  members  are,  teachers  and  officers,  twenty- 
fttur ;  scholars,  one  hundred  and  seventy-five;  volumes  in  library,  five  hundred 
aix'.  twcoty-sii.  N.  L.  Button,  superintendent;  John  Baker,  secretary;  Fraoeis 
B.  Fulton,  librarian  ;  Thos.  Atkinson,  assistant  librarian. 

The  firat  presiding  elder,  as  stated  before,  was  Rev.  John  Copeland.  Succeed- 
in-  him  were  Wm.  H.  Goodwin,  John  Mandcvillc,  John  Dennis,  K.  P.  Jervis, 
•  n-  K.  D.  Nettlcton.  The  pa.stors  have  been  in  1853-55,  A.  C.  George;  1855, 
J.  W.  Wilson;  185(^57,  S.  Seager  and  J.  A.  Swallow;  lo38,  J.  Ash  worth ; 
IS.iU,  S.  Luctey;  ISGU,  Isaac  Gibbard;  1861,  John  Mandcvillc;  1862-03,  A. 
N.  Fisher  and  J.  T.  Arnold;  lSt;4-Cii,  W.  B.  Holt;  1867-69,  George  Pad- 
d'^'k;  1871,  R.  0.  Wil.^n.  .Mr.  Wi!-on  died  April  14.  1.S72.  and  the  year 
wxs  filled  out  by  Itcv.  J.  S.  Norris ;  1872,  W.  U.  Bcnhain  ;  1873-75,  A.  D. 
Willior.  Present  pastor,  A.  D.  Wilbor;  number  of  members,  one  hundred  and 
«"v,nty-five. 

Present  trustees,  J.  B.  Looniis.  president,  Henry  Wray,  N.  L.  Button,  C.  R. 
Bennett,  F.  B.  Fulton,  Francis  Tulley,  Thos.  Gledhill 

Stewards,  Henry  Wray.  recording  steward.  N.  L.  Button.  Thos.  Bell.  J.   B. 
l-Kimis,  Geo.  Olms'ted.  Jas.  Co-il:,  John  Baker,  Gemge  L.-at,  Wm.  C.  Crum. 
Chiis-leaden,  N.  h.  Button,  Samuel  Giles,  Henry  Wray,  and  pastor. 
Location,  Edinburgh  street. 

The  Alf.x.vnukb  SmsKT  .McTnonisT  Episcoiml  Cih.rcii  was  organized 
in  Brighton,  October  12,  ls.'i2.     The  meeting  w^is  called  to  order  by  Rev.  Samuel 


Locke 


y,  HI).,  and  Rci- 


Alp 


Wrigh 


I'anirl  Slocking,  Godlrcy  Tj1Icii-o 

the  fir-t  board  of  trust'-^s.     A  ehi 

•ireet,  and  during  the  sauio  year  n 

The  lollowing  persons  have  scrv 


elected  secretary. 
-,n.  and  Talo.tt  lin 


Gid.-nn  Cobb, 

■din  1853,  on  Alexander 

Janrs  prchlin-. 

.rs  :    Rovs.  Alpha  Wright, 


one  year;  Thos.  Stacey, 
years;  Israel  H.  KelioL' 
two  years;  H.  Van   Be 


year;  Ei;,r.h  Wood,  two  years;  John  G.  Guilck,  '.wo 
years,  John  Xiaincs,  three  years;  E.  J.  Hermans, 
jten,  one  year;  A.  Sutherland,  one  year;  D.  W.  C. 
Huntington.  D.D.,  two  years;  J.  D.  Kegna,  one  year;  John  A.  Copeland,  throe 
years.  T.  J  Leak  became  pastor  in  1875,  and  is  the  present  incumbent.  Thii 
church  has  had  a  fluctuating  history,  at  times  enjoying  a  very  large  degree  of 
prosperity,  and  again  makins  but  little  progress.  In  1873  the  church  was  re- 
modeled, and  its  seatin-z  capacity  cnlartred,  since  which  time,  under  its  then  pastor, 
Mr.  Cojieland,  and  its  present  pastor.  Mr.  Leak,  it  has  enjoyed  a  constant  growth 
in  numbi-rs  and  intere^-t.  Its  present  membership  is  two  hundred  and  sixty  in 
fiill  connection,  and  twenty-five  probationers, — larger  by  about  seventy-five  than 
reported  in  any  previous  year. 
Location;  .Mexander  street. 

ASBURY  Methodist  Episr.OP.\L  Church  was  organized  under  its  new  and 
present  name  February  1,  ISOO,  This  society  mi;iht  bo  styled  a  continuauon  of 
an  organization — in  the  words  of  Dr.  Huntington — which  ■•  was  formed  Septem- 
ber 26,  1,'^30,  and  a  church  edifice  of  stone  erected  on  the  eorr.er  of  Main  and 
Clinton  streets,  and  was  dedicated  in  February,  1843,  the  otficiating  clergyman 
being  Rev.  Drs.  John  Dempsoy  and  Samuel  Luckey."  The  church  edifice  has 
been  greatly  improved,  and  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  comitiodious  church 
structures  in  the  city.  The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  the  pastors  who  have 
served  this  church  since  its  organization  in  1860  :  Rovs.  J.  W.  Brown,  Mr.  Wilk- 
ins,  F.  G.  Hibbard,  D.D.,  L.  D.  Watson,  Charles  Eddy,  and  D.  W,  C.  Hunting- 
ton. D.D.  Asbury  church  is  in  a  very  prosperous  condition,  which  is  l.irgely  due 
to  tho  untiring  efforts  of  the  efficient  pastor,  Kev.  D.  W.  C.  Huntington,  D.I). 
Location.  East  Main  street,  corner  of  South  Clinton. 

Fk.vnk  Stkeet  Methodist  Episcopal  Ciuucn.— This  church  was  organ- 
ized December  16,  1852.  Aristarchus  (,'hampion.  Es'^..  with  that  liberality  which 
was  ever  characteristic  of  the  man,  gave  to  the  Methodist  denomination  the  sum 
of  ten  thou.s.and  dollars  to  be  used  in  building  a  number  of  Methodist  churches  in 
the  suburbs  of  tlie  city.  Of  this  sum  a  portion  was  donaUu  io\>.ud  the  cii...t.ou  ..f 
this  church  edifice.  The  building  was  commenced,  and  in  1S53  dedicated  to  the 
worship  of  Almighty  God  by  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Peck.  D.D.  This  society  has  done 
good  service,  and  is  to-day  active  and  progressive,  with  good  promise  for  a  fruitful 
future.  At  the  preseut  writing^  1876.  Rev.  Thos.  E.  Bell  is  pastor,  and  Wm. 
Cochrane  superintendent  of  Sunday-school. 
Ijocation,  Frank  street,  corner  of  Smith. 

The  Heddino  Mission. — This  is  a  flourL.hi!ig  mission  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  city,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  Bishop  Ilcdding.  A  church  edifice  was 
erected  in  the  autumn  of  187G,  and  dedicated  on  the  24th  day  of  the  following 
December.  It  is  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  H.  0.  .\bbott.  Trustees. 
John  Stewart,  George  D.  Gunn,  James  J.  Bennett,  James  Fitt,  E.  W.  McBurney, 
D.  B.  Durgin. 

Location,  St.  Paul  street,  corner  of  Scrantom. 

First  B.\itist  Church. — This  church  was  formed  in  the  year  1S18,  and 
called  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Brighton.  It  consisted  of  twelve  mcmbc.-s, 
none  of  whom  are  now  living.  During  the  first  eight  years  the  largest  number 
at  any  one  time  was  ninety.  In  1833  it  had  increased  to  three  hundred  aifd 
sixty-nine.  The  large  emi!.Tation  to  the  western  States,  and  the  orjinizaiioa  of 
the  Second  Baptist  chuich  in  this  city,  dimini.dicd  the  number  to  two  hundred 
and  forty-four;  and  then  commenced  again  its  upward  progress,  and  in  1844  it 
numbered  five  hundred  and  thirty,  and  there  remained  until  1860,  when  aiain  it 
began  to  increase  until  1871).  when  it  numbered  seven  hundred  and  sixty, — the 
largest  in  the  history  of  the  church. 

1371-72  witnessed  tlie  departure  of  lariio  numbers  to  organize  in  part  the 
three  churches.  Lake  Avenue,  .Momijrial  Rapids,  and  E^rst  Avenue,  which,  with 
other  di-niis,<als,  retluccd  the  tncnibership  to  five  hundred  and  forty-five.  The 
number  is  altout  six  hundred  and    thirty,  making  an  average  for  fitly- 


eight  years  of  four  hund: 
largest  seven  hundred  an 
Nine  pastoi-s  have  ser 
Eleazer  S.u-age,  three  y 
Church,  D.D,  fourteen  yi 
years;  Richard  >I.  Noti 
K.  Bobbins,  D.l 


iibcr  bei 


ivelve,  and  tho 


Hei 

Tho  clerks 
B.  She.lnan, 
Latter  has  sor> 
long  since  pii 
Sage,  .Vi.Mon 
deacons,  E.  I' 


'j.  yi.  Spencer,  one  year 
eight  yeais;    Pharcclln 

Its ;  Jacob  R.  Scott,  ihre, 
D.D..   supply,   one  year 

1  was   .-ucccdcd    by  tli. 


Rev 


Deacon  M\r 
nd   Dr.  Hcnr 


Dr. 


nd   William  M.  S.r 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


K.lwin 
,  Lewis 


have  been  oonneiM.nl  with   thU  cli'jn.-h  nnd  r-oricty  iiearlv  fifty  yoai-s.     The  ( 
four— J.  0.  I'ettinsill.  L-  R^  .-<:a!>.Tl..-.-. S.  A.  Ellis,  -Ind  Ausiin  }1.  Cu!e— liave 
long  been  in  the  d*Tvice  uf  the  cliurch.     T!ie  prcnenr  board  of  trustees 
O.  Sage,  Martin  W.  Cuok,  E.  T.  tlutlcy.  J.    K.  Buoth,  E.  R.  Ai.an 
Sunderhn,  E.  Griffin,  \V.  [I.  M..utL-on\er>-. 

At  the  organization  of  the  church,  njeetinga  were  ruaintv  held  in  No.  1  school- 
house,  located  where  the  Rochester  free  acaJetnv  now  stand-s.  when  they  were 
removed  to  the  old  court-hou'se  and  sometimes  met  in  the  jury-room.  In  the 
year  1827  the  church  was  turned  out  by  the  slieriff  in  obedience  to  the  direc- 
tion of  the  board  u.'"supcrvi*jr3,  beio',-  a  feeble  band  and  cnr.sidered  of  no  political 
importance.  The  church  then  removed  to  Colonel  iliram  Leonard's  ball-room, 
over  a  stable  in  the  rear  of  the  old  (;iintnn  House,  and  there  remained  until  1S2S, 
when  it  purchased  of  the  Rochester  uieeiins-house  company  the  first  mtwtins;- 
hou.se  ever  built  in  the  city  of  Rochester,  and  located  upon  State  street,  not  far 
from  where  Chark-^  Bri^'i^'  seed  store  now  stands.  The  me«^tin^-housc  company 
Bold  the  old  buddini;  to  the  I'irst  B.ipiist  church  for  some  fit'teen  hundred  dollars. 
Five  member*— Orcn  Sage,  -Myron  Strong,  Zloas  Freeman,  \V.  L.  Achilles,  and 
£van  Griffct — gave  their  notes  for  the  purchase.  I'his.  fitted  up  at  an  expense  of 
■boat  one  thousand  dollars  more,  became  the  church  till  the  year  \KiO.  when  the 
new  house  of  worship  was  comrleted  upon  the  ?p*>t  wh^'re  it  u-  now  located, 
boilt  and  paid  for  by  the  sale  of  other  property  and  contributions  made  for  the 
aame,  amounting  to  eighteen  thou.-^and  dollars  from  both  sources.  It  was  then 
considered  a  model  of  beauty  as  well  as  cftnvenience.  but  opinion  changed  very 
much  in  subsequent  years.  That  building  was  enlarged  in  the  year  1852  by 
adding  galleries  and  extending  it  thirty  feet  in  lem.'th,  at  an  expense  of  Sf-me 
ten  thousand  dollars,  and  that  was  removed  the  p.ast  season  to  give  place  to  the 
present  structure,  with  the  enlarged  facilities  of  doing  good.  Adding  the  cost 
of  the  present  building  to  others  ab«jve  spoken  of,  we  have  some  one  hundred 
and  6fty  thousand  dollars  as  the  contribution  to  the  church  edifice  fund  of  this 

structures  in  the  State. 

Location,  Fitzhugh  street. 

The  Second  B-\ptist  Chi  R'H  was  organiied  May  12.  1S34.  The  society 
first  worshiped  in  an  edifice  pur^.-hased  of  the  Presbyterians,  located  on  the  coiner 
of  Main  and  Clinton  streets.  On  the  flight  of  December  10.  Isj9,  this  structure 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  In  the  year  1861  a  new  church  edifice  was  erected  on 
North  street.  n>ar  Main,  at  a  cost  of  forty  thousand  dollars.  The  following-named 
persons  have  served  this  church  as  pastors:  Revs.  Elan  Gaiusha.  thrc?  years ; 
Elijsha  Tucker,  four  years;  V.  R.  tiotchki>--,  three  years;  Charles  Thompson,  one 
year ;  Henry  Davis,  one  year ;  W.  G.  Howard.  D.D.,  six  years  ;  George  I>.  Board- 
man,  D.D..  eight  years;  J.  H.  Gilmorc,  three  years.  T.  Edwin  Brown  com- 
menced his  labors  Xovember  1,  18ti9,  and  is  the  present  efficient  pastor.  This 
church  has  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  its  progress  during  the  forty  two  year^  of 
its  existence,  having  grown  from  that  little  band  of  fitly-six  to  a  present  member- 
ship of  five  hundred  and  eighty-five. 

The  following  are  the  present  church  officers:  Trustees.  C.  B.  Woodworth,  W. 
W.  Mack,  C.  D.  Tracy,  J.  B.  Moselcy,  Charles  Staot..n.  M.  A  Culver ;  Dcace  ns, 
A.  Moseley.  Thomas  Johnson,  ti.  W.  Rawson,  F.  .M-  Mack.  0.  H.  Robinson.  M. 
G.  Seely  ;  Clerk,  E.  Bottum  ;  Trea-urer.  Creorge  Brown. 

Location,  North  street,  corner  of  Franklin. 

German  B-^itist  CHiRrH. — In  lSlS-49  several  German  Baptists  came 
from  New  York  and  other  places  to  this  city,  when  thoy  commenced  holding 


meetings  in  pn' 


rate  dwellir 


l-house  No.  lU. 


Fitzhugh 


These  services  were  conducted  first  by  W.  G.  Englehard,  a  colporteur  of  the 
American  Tract  Society,  and  afterwar'ls  by  Rev.  C.  Roos,  of  Warrensville,  Penn- 
■yhanla,  who  labored  here  nine  months. 

In  October,  1850,  A.  Henrick  came  to  the  city  from  Buffalo,  and,  through  his 
efficiency  in  concentrating  the  scattered  elemi-nta,  may  be  .«tylcd  the  foumlor.  The 
church  was  onranized  June  2y,  l.'^.ll.  and  recognized  by  the  n-latcd  judicatories. 
Rev.  Mr.  Henrick  w;i3  ordained  as  first  piLstor.  Amonu'  the  ei)nstitucnt  members 
were  Messrs.  John  Dopplor,  Jacob  Bopeer,  Conrad  f^tcpplLT.  and  Joseph  Richard. 
In  1858,  Rev.  Mr.  Henrick  removed  to  Anthony,  LycuminL-  county,  Pennsylva- 
nia. K«v.  Prof  A.  Rauschinbusch,  of  the  Roch.-'tcr  Th.H.lo:iical  .Seminary,  sup- 
plied the  pulpit  six  motitiis.  when  the  Rev.  tierhard  K«»opmaii  became  pastor,  and 
continued  four  years,  and  was  sui'ce,'d'-<l  in  l^'Gil  by  Rev.  Henry  St-hneiilor.  and 
he  in  ISCJ  by  Ucv  Ernst  Tcliircb.  who  nniaincd  until  l,ST:i  The  church  w.is 
without  a  regular  pastor  about  two  yc;irs.  the  pul[iit  U-in*.;  supplied  by  Professors 
A.  Rauscheubusch  and  H.  .^ihulfor.  and  al.so  by  the  students,  (i.i.rgc  Fetzcr, 
William  Pap<'nhau5cn,  and  otiicrs. 

Rev.  P.  Ritter,  of  Cincinn:iti,  (Jl.io.  accepted  a  call  ..f  the  chunh.  and  took 


charge  of  the  s:> 
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the  Monroe  County  Baptist  As.-«:iatinu.  The  following  an-  the  church  otKci  i!,> 
fur  lb7G:  P.l.stor.  Rev.  Peter  Bitter;  Deacons,  Rudolph  Wi.lmer.  Jacob  Aren.l. 
William  Trump;  Sabbath-schuol  Sup.Tintendent.  Gcrge  Ki-eher.  Nuniher  of 
Scholars,  one  hundred;  communicants,  one  hundred  and  forty-two. 

Location,  Andrews  street. 

The  East  Avenie  Baptist  Church  grew  out  of  amission  Sunday-sch.j..! 
which  was  established  in  18i7,  by  Dr.  Guistiniani.  f  .r  the  b<'uefit  of  the  German 
population  of  tlie  city  of  Rochester. 

This  mission  Sunday-school — one  of  the  earliest  in  the  city — was  at  first  a 
'•union"  school,  but  towing  to  the  facility  with  which  teachers  could  he  obtained 
from  the  university  and  theological  seminary)  it  gradually  pte^sed  into  the  h.iTids 
of  the  B.iptists.  In  1SI>3  it  was  n-organizcd  as  the  "  Bethlehem  MiMon  .~unii.iy- 
3che«l,"  under  the  esjiecial  supervision  and  control  of  the  Second  Baptist  ehur'.li. 
For  several  years  its  sessions  were  held  in  McClcllan  Hall,  corner  of  New  M.ou 
and  Scio  streets,  under  the  efficient  superintendence  of  S.  G.  Phillips.  Es>|. 

In  ISOS  a  ci.mmittee  of  the  Second  tjaptist  church  purchased  lots  on  the  corner 
of  East  avenue  and  Anson  park,  for  five  thou.s;ind  dollars,  with  an  immediate  view 
to  the  accommodation  of  the  Bethlehem  Mission  Sunday-school,  but  in  the  hune 
that  the  site  might  ultimately  be  occupied  by  a  church.  In  1809  the  foundation^ 
were  laid  for  a  plain  but  commodious  chapel,  which  cost,  with  its  furniture,  about 
eight  thousand  dollars. 

The  mission  Sunday-school  entered  npon  its  new  r(uaners  April  17,  1870.  and 
speedily  became  one  of  the  largest  Sunday-schools  in  the  city.  ( )n  the  2d  of  No- 
vember, 1871.  the  East  Avenue  Baptist  church  was  organized,  with  .sixty-ei;;lit 
members,  representinir  eittht  different  churches,  although  fifty-f  uir  of  its  constit- 
uent members  came  ln>m  tiie  Second  Baptist  church  in  Rochester.  The  new 
church  was  recognized  by  an  ecclesiastical  council,  >lay  9.  1872,  and  received 
into  the  Monroe  County  Baptist  Association,  October  2,  1872. 

For  more  than  a  year  atler  its  organization,  the  pulpit  of  the  church  was  re!;u- 
larly  and  very  acceptably  supplieil  by  Drs.  Buekland  and  Strong,  of  the  Rocluiter 
theological  semin.ary,  while  Prof.  J.  H.  Gilmore,  of  the  university,  had  the  p.is- 
toral  oversight  of  the  new  interest.  The  Rev.  Henry  L.  Morehouse,  the  present 
pastor,  entered  upon  his  labois<,  at  the  unanimous  call  of  the  chureh.  January  I'.i. 
1873, — the  church  then  numbering  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  members,  of  whom 
thirty-five  had  been  receive<I  by  baptism. 

During  the  pastorate  of  3Ir.  Morehouse  the  church  has  enjoyed  marked  and 
uninterrupted  prosperity.  Ninety-one  h:ive  been  added  to  its  membership  hy 
baptism,  and  its  present  membership  (September  1,  1876)  is  two  hundred  and 


sixty-sll. 


The  estimated  value  of  i 


property 


r-five  thousand  dollars. 


Location,  East  avenue,  con 

ZioN  FiE.sT  German  Li 

the  denomination  of  the  Evai 


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r  of  Anson  park. 

EiKRAN  Church. — This  congregation  belongs  to 
relical  Lutheran,  of  the  Unaltered  Augsburg  Con- 
Kcv.  William  lloppe,  a  member  of  the  Evanirclical 
State  of  New  York,  etc.  The  first  organizaii'-n 
12,  and  in  18i>G  the  corner-stone  of  a  church  edifice  was  hiiii. 
and  the  building  de-dieated  December  14,  1838. 

A  new  ehurch  was  erected  or  the  site  of  the  old  building,  corner  of  Grove  and 
Wa.shington  streets,  and  dedic:..ed  January  29,  1852.  This  structure  was  en- 
larged, to  meet  the  wants  of  the  congreg.ition.  in  the  year  1870. 

November  4,  1372.  the  congregation  resolved  to  est:iblish  a  new  Evangelical 
Lutheran  church  in  the  northern  part  of  the  city,  and  a  site  w.is  soon  after  pur- 
chased on  the  corner  of  St.  Joseph  street  and  Buchanan  park,  and  a  mission 
commenced.  The  congregation  is  now  fully  organized  as  St.  John's  Evangelical 
Lutheran  church,  and  has  erected  a  fine  house  of  worship.  It  is  under  the  pas- 
toral care  of  Rev.  E.  Heydlcr. 

Location,  Grove  street,  corner  of  Stillson. 

Trinity  Gkrman  EvanhKoICAl  Chi  rch.  located  on  Allen  street,  was  organ- 
ized April  17,  l.s;42.  In  the  ycir  1850  a  parochial  school  in  connection  with  the 
church  w:ei  organiz.Hi.  which  is  s-tiU  in  sucecs.s|ul  oi^'ration. 

In  1857  an  English  Sunday-sch.iol  w.is  formed,  to  which  w.i.s  added,  in  187  4. 
a  German  Sundav-schcxd,  org;inize.l  by  the  present  pastor.  Both  scho..ls  arc  in 
successful  operation,  and  exerting  a  go,.d  inHuenco.  In  1 8(!2,  under  the  p:,-loraie 
of  Rev.  J.  Ph.  Conrad,  a  seee.-sion  l.mk  place,  and  the  German  EvanL-elie.d  St 
Paul's  church  on  FitzhuL-h  street  was  organized.  The  year  1.^71  n-ifie««ed  a 
similar  secession,  when,  dun"-  the  pastorate  of  Ilev.  C-  Siebcnpfeiffer.  the  S  il.  ni 
Gennan    Eving.lieal  cimreh  on  Franklin  street  was  formisl.      lip  to  August  1» 

y  were  confirmed,  four  thousand  four  hundred  and 


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HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   Y(JEK. 


sixteen  wrre  baptized,  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  thlity-three  couplti  ujur- 
rit^d,  lu.a  one  tliou>anJ  five  ImndrtJ  and  3ixl_vthr,-c  p.n«jn5  hjrk  i 

April  15,  IS74,  Kcr.  Bcnjhard  Pick  a.-j<umed  tonuul  of  the  church,  and  is  the 
present  pastor. 

Lo<.-a:ion,  Allen  street, 

Gkruan  Umtkd  EvANdKLiCAL  ."-AI-EM  CiiiECH  Was  erected  ill  the  j-exr 
lte73  The  con^^reixation  was  started  a  tcvr  tnuulhs  previous  under  the  pastorship 
of  the  Kcv.  C.  Sicbenpfeiffer,  who  is  still  the  oBicialin!,'  olerjvman.  Rev.  tj.  was 
twelve  }"ear3  pastor  of  the  Geruiim  Kvan^oiicd  church  oa  Allen  street,  and  it  was 
through  his  in^trumeutality  that  the  society  w:is  or.;ani2cd  and  the  church  erected. 
The  ediSce  stands  on  Fraukliu  street  near  North  ^alnt  i'jul  street,  is  one  of  the 
bandsoniesl  church  buiidini.'S  in  the  citj,  and  was  constructed  at  a  cost  of  about 
sixty-five  thousand  dollars.  A  r,erriiari  parochial  school  is  connected  with  the 
church,  and  is  under  the  efHcient  management  of  D.  S.  Poppco.  A  large  Sunday- 
school  is  also  connected  with  the  church,  conducted  by  its  ever  watchful  and  ex- 
c-llent  suf^rintend,  nt,  Thomas  UrausficIJ.  Ab.iUt  fjur  huDilrcd  f.imilies  belong 
to  this  church,  and  it  has  probably  the  largest  Protestant  coni;reiratioa  in  the  city. 
Its  denominatiooaJ  character  is  a  union  between  the  Lutheran  and  the  Reformed 
chualics  as  instituted  in  (ierUiiiny  iu  131T,  when  the  third  centennial  of  the 
Keformatiun  was  celebrated.  The  Salem  church  ranks  hiiihly  in  the  estimation 
of  the  German  population,  and  has  a  large  influence. 

Location,  Franklin  street,  near  Xorth  Saint  Paul. 

Tee  EVA.NGKLICAL  CuiKCH  oj-  THE  REFORMATION  Was  organized  by 
Reuben  Hill,  October  31,  lSt>8,  and  received  its  name  from  the  great  event  of 
the  sixteenth  century  which  the  31st  of  October  cottunemorates.  It  is  the  only 
Kuglish  Lutheran  church  in  the  city.  The  chief  object  in  its  organizaf--^Q  was 
that  the  children  of  the  German  Lutherans,  as  they  became  aoslicized  by  attend- 
ing the  common  schtxjls  and  associating  with  EDLrlish-speakin;:  people,  might  be 
kept  in  the  Lutheran  church.  The  firvt  officers  of  the  church  wtre  C.  C.  ^leyer. 
WilliiL-.  S!ei!!h-."«"r  .Inhn  B.  Snyder.  John  S.  Kratz.  and  William  Maimer. 
The  services  were  held  during  the  winter  of  1S6S  and  1360  in  Zion  Lutheran 
church,  on  Grove  street.  Afterwards  the  third  striry  of  the  parochial  school- 
house  belonging  to  Zion  German  church  was  rented,  and  in  it  the  congregation 
*orshiped  until  the  completion  of  the  church  e-Jihcc  on  Grove  street,  near  North, 
which  they  now  occupy.  In  July.  1372.  the  corner-stone  of  the  church  was 
formally  laid  by  the  pastor,  assisted  by  Kcv.  S.  H.  Sample,  of  Pittsford,  New  York, 
and  in  the  following  December  the  church  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  God 
by  the  pastor,  assisted  by  Revs.  S.  H.  Sample  and  Frederick  Rosenberg.  The 
present  membership  b  one  huudrcd  and  sixty.  In  April,  1ST4,  Rev,  R.  Hill 
resigned  his  office  as  pastor,  and  the  vacancy  was  soon  filled  by  the  election  to 
the  pastoral  office  of  the  present  inoiinibent,  Rev.  Charles  S.  Kohler.  The  pres- 
ent officers  are  as  follows ;  Klders,  C,  JI,  Meyer  and  John  Swylcman  ;  Deacons, 
William  Arnold,  Jacob  Hoehn,  Jacob  Scoter,' John  -M,  -Miller,  S,  F,  Tallingcr; 
Trustees,  C,  C,  Meyer,  William  Stcinhauscr,  John  B,  Snyder,  L,  V.  Beck,  John 
S.  Krati,  J.  M.  Lenner,  Frederick  Fiaugott.  The  cjngregation  is  small  now,— 
nine-tenths  of  the  people  know  not  of  its  existence, — but  the  prospect  for  the 
future  is  very  promising.  All  its  members  are  young,  and  may  reasonably  bo 
expected  to  be  spared  to  the  church  for  some  years  yeL 

Location,  Grove  street,  near  North. 

Cblrcii  of  the  Germax  Kvasoelical  .\ssoci.vtio.n  was  organized  in 
lB-19  by  J,  J.  Marguardt.  The  present  church  edifice  was  ertcted  at  a  cost  of 
four  thousand  five  hundrc'd  dollars.  The  following  are  names  t '  the  pastors  who 
have  scr%'ed  this  church  since  its  organization: 

Revs.  J.  J.  Margnardt,  1S49  and  18.i0  ;  John  Schaaf,  18J1 ;  Martin  Lauer, 
1852-53;  Jacob  Wagoer,  1854-55;  .Martin  Lauer,  1856-57;  Levi  Jaerby, 
1858;  Aug.  Klein,  1859-00;  S.  Weber.  18U1 ;  Adolph  .Miller.  1SC2-63; 
PhiL  Miller,  18r,l-C5;  George  Ekhardt.  1800-67:  Andrew  Colywarth,  18U8- 
60  ;  M,  Lchn,  1870-71  ;  G,  F,  liiK.sh.  1872-74. 

Albert  Tnlioltz  took  charge  of  the  parish  in  1875,  and  is  she  present  pastor. 
The  present  officers  are  Gcorce  Fi.^h.^r,  Fred  Klein.  Jacob  '>"olk.  The  church 
has  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-three. 

Loc:ition,  St.  Joseph  street,  corner  of  Xa.ssau. 

The  Jewisu  CoxoBF.dATIo.v  Bkrith  Kodf.sii  was  founded  in  the  year 
1*13,  and  incorporated  on  the  Kith  day  nf  October.  18.54.  In  1356  they  pur- 
chased a  Bapti.1t  church  buildini:,  on  Saint  Paul,  near  .\ndrcw  street,  which  was 
oecupio.!  OS  a  pl.ice  of  worship  until  tlie  ere,  tion  of  the  new  temple.  The  temple 
f  I  fine  and  imposing  structure — built  on  the  site  of  the  old  church — completed 
in  I  S7t;  at  a  cost  of  about  twciity-five  thousand  dollars.  The  number  of  memhcrs, 
»i'h  ih.'ir  faniilics.  is  five  hnn.lr,',!.  The  pr.-scnt  prosperity  of  the  con-rc-ation 
'■•  due,  In  a  great  degree,  to  the  untirin-  labors  of  the  uHieicnt  p:istor,  Kev  Ur, 
Max  Lind,berg, 

location,  .S'orlh  Saint  Paul  street,  near  .\dam.s. 


CoMiRKdATIos   Air/.  Raanos  wn,<  or- 

rcet  was  mainly  erc-ctcd  by  the  liber.ility  ol 
in  a  flourishing  cnditi'in,  and  Ls  under  the 
Location,  St.  Joseph  i 


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It  was  funned  by 
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U.NITABIAS  Cm  RCH. — This  church  was  organized  in  1841  by  Rev,  Mr. 
Storer,  of  Syracuse,  who  preached  in  the  court-house.  It  was  rc-organlzed  by 
Uev.  Rufus  Ellis,  of  lioston,  in  1S43,  and  in  the  same  year  Kev.  F.  W,  Holland 
became  pastor  of  the  church,  and  remained  four  years.  During  the  jiastorate  of 
the  Rev,  Mr,  Holland  a  church  was  erected  on  the  west  si.lc  of  North  Fitzhugh 
street,  on  the  site  of  the  present  German  church,  Kev,  Mr,  Bacon  next  served 
the  church  as  p.^stor,  remaining  about  one  yc-ir,  and  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  W,  H. 
Doherty.  whose  pa.storate  embraced  a  period  of  two  years.  In  1353  Rev.  W.  H. 
Channing,  now  residing  in  England,  assumed  control  of  the  parish,  and  remained 
one  year.  .Vbout  this  time  the  church  building  was  burned,  and  tlie  meetings 
of  the  s-K-icty  were  suspended  for  several  years.  In  July.  lSiJ5,  Kev.  .Mr.  Hol- 
land returned,  and  remained  in  cliarge  three  years,  during  which  time  the  present 
church,  on  the  east  side  of  F'itzhugh  street,  was  erected.  Rev.  Clay  McCauley 
was  settled  as  pastor  in  1368,  and  remained  one  year.  In  1870  Rev.  Newton  M. 
Marm  came  on  the  charge,  and  is  the  present  incumbent  of  the  p.istoral  office. 

There  have  at  times  been  attempts  at  a  separate  church  ormnization.  but  latterly 
the  society  itself  has  been  recoL'nized  ;is  the  church,  and  regular  attendance  and 
contributions  Constitute  membership,  'i'he  ojngregatioo  has  never  been  largo,  but 
it  13  noticeable  as  containing  its  full  proportion  of  the  influential  and  philanthropic 
people  of  Rochester. 

Location,  Fitzhugh  street. 

First  U,niversai.ist  Ctli.Rcn. — The  first  ministers  of  this  theol.igical  faith  in 
this  city  were  Revs.  Mr.  Sampson,  Henry  Roberts,  William  .\ndrcws,  Jacob 
Chxse,  T.  B.  Abel.  Russel  Tomlinsou,  and  Charles  Hammond,  Early  meetings 
of  thb  society  were  hold  in  the  Court  street  church.  Sabbath-school  was  held  in 
the  basement  of  the  I'nitarian  church,  on  Ir  Uziiugh  street,  until  tiie  arrival  of  the 
Rev,  Mr.  Montgomery,  when  the  services  were  resumed  in  Minena  Hall,  which 
were  continued  until  the  erection  of  a  church  on  Chestnut  street.  This  structure 
b:ei  been  enlarged  at  much  expense,  and  was  rededicatcd  March  22,  1871,  Rev. 
Dr.  Saxo  preaching  the  discourse.  The  devotiomd  services  were  coiiducted  by 
Revs.  Jlontgomery.  Mann,  and  others.  Among  the  founders  and  early  members 
of  this  church  were  Joseph  Wood,  Isaac  Heliums,  Jlr.  Gilman,  Schuyler  Moses, 
John  Baxter,  John  B.  Beers.  M.D„  J,  J.  Van  Zandt,  J.  F.  Bnyce,  and  N. 
Bingham.  Rev.  George  Mont::omery  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  in  De- 
cember, 1345,  and  ofliciated  for  a  period  of  eight  years.  Rev.  J.  W.  Tuttle 
served  the  church  about  six  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  present  pastor,  Kev. 
Asa  Saie,  D.D.  Tlie  present  trustees  lu-e  H.  S.  Greenleaf,  T,  F.  Force,  and  S 
Remington,  The  Sunday-scho-jl  numbers  four  hundred.  This  church  also  has  a 
mission-school,  which  was  organized  in  1873,  It  has  a  membership  of  one  hun- 
dred, and  is  under  the  superintendence  of  Miss  M.  A.  Bortle.  Rev.  Dr.  Saxe, 
the  present  pistor,  hxs  served  the  church  in  that  capacity  for  a  j>criod  of  sixteen 
years. 

Location,  South  Clinton  street,  near  East  3Iain. 

St.  Patrick's  C.vthedrai.. — About  the  year  1817  the  Catholics  of  Roches- 
ter were  occ-asionally  visited  and  their  spiritual  wants  attended  to  by  Rev.  Patrick 
McCormick,  from  New  York  city,  and  from  1819  to  1323  by  Kcv,  Father  Kelly, 

In  1825,  Rev,  Mich:iel  .McNaniara  bc-c-arae  pastor,  and  during  his  p:i5torate,  in 
1829,  the  conL'regaiion  wa.s  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
In  1832  a  stone  church,  under  the  siipcr%i.,ion  of  the  Rev.  Michael  .McNauiara, 
was  erected.  It  replaced  the, old  ch'urch  in  which  the  Catholics  fii-st  assembled, 
and  wa.s  eighty  feet  by  fifty-five  feet,  and  gave  accommodation  to  the  congrega- 
tion then  numbering  about  four  hundred  soul.-t.  The  following  is  a  li.st  of  the 
pastors  of  St.  Patrick's  church,  and  th.'ir  respective  terms  of  resilience. 

Revs.  Patrick  McCormick,  1818  to  I'^IO  ,  Father  Riley,  ISlOto  1323;  .-Michael 
Mc.N'anmrj,  1825  to  1332;  J.  J.  .M. (lorry,  l'^J2  to  13:i:'.;  Bernard  O'Reilly, 
1833  to  1834;  J.  J.  .McGerry,  1331  tn  ]-X, ;  licniard  O'Reilly,  1S35  to  1340  : 
William  O'Roilly,  1319  to  1351,  .>licb,iel  O'Brien,  13:54  to  1359:  .Martin 
Kavanagh,  1359  to  1360;  Michael  O'Brien.  1860  to  1865;  James  .M.  Early, 
1865  to  1876. 

In  July,  1868,  Kt.  Rev.  B.  J.  .McQiiaid  came  to  Rochester  as  first  bishop  of 
the  diocese  of  Rochester,  and  chose  St.  Patrick's  churdi  as  hi.  cathedral,  Very 
Kcv.  J,  .M,  Early  becoming  his  vic.ir-gcncral,  and  remaining  rector  of  the  cathe- 
dral. In  1376,  Ki  v.  James  F,  I  III  ire  w  is  appointed  rector.  The  new  calhc^JnU 
is  built  u|>>n  the  site  of  the  old  cliiir.li.  It  w:is  K"-iin  in  1364,  and  was  com- 
pleted in  ISl'.O,  It  is  a  h.iii.lsome,  siibsiautial  stone  edifice,  erected  at  a  cost  of 
one  hundred  and  twcniy-fivc  tl.o.i^Mi.l  dollars.  

Location,  I'latt  strcit,  corner  of  Frank,  ;    :.:  :. 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


St.  Peteii's  and  St.  P.'-Ut.'s  Ciitucii  wa 
WM  the  third  Catholic-  church  firmed  in  Kothi 
Fr.  Yvo  I^-oiz,  Ord.,  Jlino  street,.,  Uhs.  He 
renji,  who  in  turn  was  followed  by  Kninc.  Xi 


op.rinized  in  A[ril.  1843.  It 
ler.  Tlio  tirst  p;istor  was  Rev. 
:-AH  succeedtJ  by  Rev.  Ant  Be- 

Kr.mibiiucr.     lUr.  Tos  Tadler 


next  strrod  the  church  a.i  pastor,  .ind  wa.-"  succeeded  by  the  present  incumbent  of 
the  pastoral  ofScc,  Fraiici.s  H.  Sinclore,  D.D.,  who  took  charge  of  the  parish 
fieptember  2S,  l>>t35. 

The  church  oJiSco  wait  erected  in  18.)9,at  a  cost  of  about  twenty  t!iou*and  dol- 
lars.   The  church  is  prosperous,  and  hxs  a  uicmbcrsliip  of  three  thousand  pers.jn3. 

Loeation.  East  Maple  street,  corner  of  King. 

IusiACt;LATE  Oo.NCEi'TIOS  CiiiRCU  Was  orL-nnized  in  April.  18-1'J,  by  Rev. 
John  Fitzpatrick.  Durini;  the  same  year  a  small  church  edifice  w^  erected  at  a 
cost  of  about  forty-five  hundred  dollars,  includin'j  grounds.  Father  Fitzpatrick 
was  pastor  from  April,  1S4'J,  to  March.  Is5:i.  IIov.  Patrick  Bradley  was  pastor 
from  Mar^h,  IS.')-,  until  September  of  the  same  year,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  Thomas  O'Brien.  From  September,  1S53,  to  .June,  IS.'.H,  K.,v.  Francis  Mc- 
KeoD  ofiiciatcd  as  p.tator.  Father  ^Iciieon  was  followed  by  Rev.  Father  Stephens, 
who  was  p.Tstor  from  June.  1S59,  to  November.  ISOO  ;  Rev.  Peter  Be^lc,  from  No- 
vember, ISGO,  to  July,  1SGG-,  Rev.  Patrick  Byrnes  from  July,  ISOO,  to  April, 
1S75.  Father  Byrnes  was  succeeded  iu  lS7i>  by  the  present  talented  pastor,  Rev. 
Martin  M.  Jlea^iher. 

The  church  cdiBce  Wiis  destroyed  by  fire  in  1864,  and  was  replac.:d  the  same 
year  by  a  fine  structure,  erected  at  a  cost  of  thirty  thousand  dollars.  This  was 
partially  burned  in  1ST2.  after  which  it  wxs  restored  and  enlar.:ed  as  it  now 
stands,  one  of  the  finest  church  buildini^  iu  the  city.  Member  ip,  twcuty-five 
hundred.  A  neat  and  commodious  pastoral  residence  also  adorns  the  church 
grounds,  erected  at  a  cost  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 

Location,  Plymouth  avenue,  near  Gla-jow  street. 

of  the  latter  year.  At  the  time  of  organization  the  church  numbered  two  hun- 
dred families,  which  has  now  incrca.sod  to  three  hundred  and  ninety-five  families. 
The  present  house  of  worsliip  is  intendcrl  eventually  to  be  used  fur  a  school  alone, 
ind  a  new  church  edifice  erected.  The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Fridalin  Pascalar, 
who  still  officiates  in  that  eajiacity. 

Location,  North  Clinton  street,  c-urncr  of  Clifford. 

St.  Bridoets  Church  wics  erected  in  Ifeji.  The  first  pastor  w;is  Rev.  A. 
Baunir,  appointed  by  Kt.  Kcv.  J,,hn  Timin. '  Father  ,«aur.ir  was  succeeded  in 
July,  ISJi;,  by  Rev.  Thomas  t)'FUl.,'rty,  wlio  was  followed  by  Rev.  D.  D.  Moore. 
The  fourth  pastor  of  St.  Bii.lget's  was  Rev.  Peter  Barker.  D.D  .  who  assumed 
control  of  the  parish  in  October,  l.s."j8.  He  was  succeeded  in  June,  1S5D,  by 
Rev.  Francis  McKeon.  In  May.  ISUI),  Rev.  William  F.  I'oyne  was  appointed 
to  the  charge  of  the  church  as  succc5sor  o-'  Father  McKeou.  In  June,  IStJT, 
Father  Poyue's  rcsi;.;natiou  was  accepted,  and  Pwov.  N.  Byrnes  succeeded  h;ni  in 
the  pastorate. 

In  September,  1S71,  Rev.  James  F.  O'llare  became  pastor,  as  successor  of 
Father  Byrnes.  It  was  dunn.,-  the  .idtninijtiaiion  of  Father  O'llare  that  the 
6ne  church  edifice  on  Gorhain  street  was  erected,  at  a  cost  of  thirty-five  thousand 
QoTlars.  In  April,  18TlJ,  Father  O'llare  was  succeeded  by  the  present  incumbent 
of  the  p;Lstoral  office,  Rev.  James  0'l.'onner.  The  eon'-regatiuu  of  St.  Bridget's 
rumbers  one  thou.>:md  six  hundred  persons. 

Location,  Hand  street. 

St.  JosEvn's  Church.— Rev.  J.  Probst,  C.S.S.R.,  arrived  in  the  city  from 
Austria  in  1SU5,  and  findin'^  a  few  German  Catholic  famine's  worihininir  at  St. 
Patrick's,  he  collected  them,  and  organized  this  church  in  IVtober  of  th.at  year. 
The  organization  was  effected  on   p;iy  .street  be'twetn  Stone  and  South  ."'.lint  Paul 

The  corncr-sume  of  the  present  church  edifice  was  laid  by  Most  Rev.  Arch- 
bishop Hughes  on  the  l.")th  d.iy  of  August,  ISH.  It  is  a  largo  and  imposing 
structure,  situated  on  Franklin  street.  The  fuliowinu  are  names  of  the  pastors 
who  have  ofhciated  in  this  church,  euibraciog  a  period  of  more  than  ferty  years: 
Rev.  Jos.  ph  Pr..h-t,  C.S  S  R.,  IS^iJ  to  IS4tl;  Rev.  S.  S.inJe;i,  C.S.S.R.,' 1S40 
to  1841;  Rev.  Francis  X.  T.seherbus,  C.S  S  R.,  1.^41;  Rev.  Francis  lieranek, 
C.SS.R,  1S41  to  1S4G;  Rev.  J.iseph  Br.  ;ka,  C.S  S.R.,  1,^4G  to  IS.Jl  ;  Rev. 
P.  Alexander,  C-SS.H..  lSr)l  to  \K,i  ■  R.v.  .John  Do  Uyckcr,  CSS.ll.,  1S54 
to  1SJ8-,  Rev.  M.  I.eioguil.er.  C.SS.R.,  K-<.->.S  to  ISiiil;  Rev.  Thad.leus  An- 
wandcr,  C  S  S.R.,  ISiiO  to  l.slli  ;  Rev.  Lawrence  Holzer,  CSS.R..  l.-^tlj  to  ISti.'i  ; 
Rev.  G.  Ruland,  CS.S.ll.,  ISi;.")  I.,  1,ST4  ;  Uev.  Tha.Meus  Anwan.ler.  C  S.S.K., 
187-4,  present  pastor. 

The  cliurch  is  in  a  very  prosperous  coii.lili..n   un.l.T  the  piistornte  of  Father 


Location,  Franklin  stnxt.  near  Andrew.s. 
St.  Paul's  Gf.r^a;;  Ciu'Rrii.— The  Ge 


church  was  organized  by  Rev.  Contadi.  September  21, 18C2.  The  chur-h  r,^i^  . 
was  erected  in  lSli2.  at  a  cost  of  seventeen  thousand  dollars.  The  crner.st,.,,. 
was  bid  by  R.'v.  F.  Schelle,  of  Buff.do.  Rev,  Conradi  officiated  as  pastor  tV,,,', 
li-ii:;  to  l:Si;.->;  Rev.  H..frrnan.  from  Deeemher.  iMir.,  to  July.  I sr.'J  ;  l'„.,.  y, 
Heinle,  Augrust,  IStJ'.l,  to  IST.i;  Uev.  A.  Grotian,  the  pres.-nt  popular  ineun,!..., 
of  the  pastoral  office,  as.sumed  control  of  the  parish  in  June.  I.i73.  The  !;,i|,,, 
ing  are  names  of  first  uiemb.-r5:  Michael  .Michel.  .Matth.  Stctzel.  Ja«h  11.:. 
Marg.  Gromer,  Joh.  Hoffmann.  Dillmmn  Soger,  11.  Oucnther,  J.  Brehla.  K, - 
Schantz,  L.  Thiem,  \V.  Schultz.  Ge.jrge  Krautwurst,  C.  Hansin.  J.  A.  Schak.-,  i; 
G.  Rapp,  C.  Thiem,  JI.  Stoltz.  Fr.  Stetzenmeyer,  F.  .Janzen,  Joh,  Schaefer.  J,.\ 
Ahrend,  B.  Lamport,  G.  Liehlein,  C.  Schaub.?rt,  Job.  Hoffmann,  U.  .rahn,  (_' 
Zaemer,  Joh.  Schmidt,  Joh.  Hetzel,  Jae.  Buetzel.  H.  Fullriedcr,  I>.  I{..rtekau,.r 
J.  G.  Peter.  Ph.  Jung,  .Job.  Buhl,  D.  Gerhard,  .Toh.  Volz.  A.  K.iel.ler,  J.,\ 
Kraun.  M.  Koeth,  M.  Walker,  Fr.  Gering,  G.  Bachmann,  G.  Prenschler,  Job 
Preich,  Joh.  Preuner. 

Location,  Filzhugh  street. 

Our  Lady  of  Victory,  Fretich  church,  was  organized  September  18,  1^4s 
by  Rev.  Francis  Masson.  The  iir^t  church  edifice  was  crecte.1  at  a  cost  of  a!».n 
two  tiiousand  dollars.  A  new  church  was  erected  in  1362,  and  consecrated  t  v 
Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  McQuaid,  of  this  city,  Rev.  H.  Rrege  being  pastor.  The  buili. 
ing  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  about  twelve  thousand  dollars.  The  followin"-  have 
served  this  church  as  ministers:  Revs.  P.  Masson,  Campenhout,  .V.  Saunier 
Bricot.  Picrard,  C.  G.  .'^lagne,  Matrieon,  Breton.  De  Begge,  V.  Doli5.  The  pres- 
ent  pasU^r,  Rev.  Joseph  Dole',  was  installed  in  l.Si^2.  The  church  has  a  memlwr- 
ship  of  six  hundred  persons. 

Location,  Pleasant  street. 

Holy  Redeemer  Church  was  organized  July  21,  1S67,  by  Rev.  Fidehai 
Oberholzer.     The  first  church  edifice  was  erect.^d  id   1SG7,  at  a  cost  of  twelve 

church  beeanie  necessary.  The  building  now  being  constructed  will  be  one  ..f 
the  finest  church  edifices  in  the  city,  and  its  estimated  cost  is  forty-five  ihou.'and 
dollars.     The  present  church  membership  is  eiirhteen  hundred. 

Location,  Hudson  street,  corner  of  Clifford. 

Saint  Mart's  Church. — This  church  was  founded  in  the  year  1842,  irJ 
has  had  a  very  successful  existence.  It  is  now  one  of  the  strongest  eeclesiastieil 
bodies  in  the  city.  It  is  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  John  P.  Stewart  anl 
Rev.  T.  Rosseter.  The  Sunday-school  Ls  under  the  supervblon  of  the  Sisters  of 
Mercy. 

I^ocation,  South  street,  near  Court. 

Sai.vt  Bo-VIEACe's  Church  is  a  flourishing  German  Catholic  church,  and  w3i 
organized  in  1S61.  A  flourishing  school  is  aliio  connected  with  the  church.  T.ho 
present  incumbent  of  the  pastoral  office  is  Rev.  Herman  Renker,  who  bccurao 
settled  over  the  church  in  1865. 

Location.  Gran.l  street. 

Church  op  the  Holy  Family.— This  church  was  organized  in  1S64,  and  it! 
growth  has  been  rapid.  Success  has  attended  the  efforts  of  the  prese-nt  paster. 
Rev.  Leopold  Hofschncider,  and  the  church  edifice  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city. 

Location,  J.iy  street. 

Society  of  Friend.s. — A  society  of  Friends  was  formed  in  1S17.  and  a  me.t- 
ing-house  was  erected  on  Fitzhu-.di  street,  opposite  the  Brick  church.  In  coiw- 
quence  of  discussions  in  which  the  name  of  Klixs  Hicks  was  frer|uently  mention.  ■!. 
another  society  was  formcl  in  1.^28,  called  the  Orthodox  Friends,  who  erect. -d  i 
n  a  part  of  the  city  called  Frankfort.  The  Inn- 
I.'.ssrs.  Je->^sc  Kvans.  Silas  Cornel,  and  L.  Alwaier, 
Post  and  Jo.-<'ph  Green  (O'Reilly's  -  History  ' 
Hubbell  park  (Ilicksito)  has  no  past.ir,  Ihc 
Alexander  street  Friends'  meetin::-houbC  has  for  pastor  Jacob  D.  Bell;  Sunday- 
school  superintendent,  A.  M.  Purdy. 

The  Ger.man  Metihidist  FriscofAL  Ciiuiicu  was  orranized  in  1S4U.  ani 
in  that  year  a  cluirch  cdilieo  was  erected,  which  was  occupied  for  a  peri.-d  .'I 
twenty-six  years.  In  about  the  yi'ar  1S6'.»,  Rev.  yu.  Quattlander.  then  paster -f 
the  church,  instituted  the  movement  f.ir  the  erecti.>n  of  a  new  house  of  worslKr. 
and  durini  his  pastorate  a  lot  was  purcl.a.scd  at  a  est  of  five  thoos.uid  del! 'i^ 
He  W.1S  succeeded  by  Ifev.  .Mr.  1-renn.l,  who  also  lave  his  earnest  support  t..  tb^ 

fice  by  the  Rt.  K.  v.  Bisimp  Janes,  June  6,  1875.  It  is  a  fine  stru.tur.',  bu.U  ■  l" 
brick  and  trimmed  with  Ohio  sanil.stonc.  It  is  (.iothio  iu  style,  and  cost,  ti.._-eil.' ' 
with  h't,  twentv  tli.'.esin.l  d..llrus..      ISev.  J.  F.  Sei.lcl  is  the  present  pa=t..r. 

Le»ni..n,  Ne.lh.-treet,  near  llnj-..n. 

Ev.-.NOKLic.u.  ilKH.UMEr.  Kmmanukl  Cnuurii.— This  church  w.u  nnj\"''? 
organi^.cd  ils  tiic  Free  German  C.itliolic  Cungrc.-atinn,  in  ISIS.  Th.'  lirjt  \-  ' 
w.u  l!ev.  Dc  L   Ginsliuiari.     He  remained  until   .M.arch,  ISl'.l.  wle.'n   Kev.  -Mr 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Bo'^u  bi't-ame  pastor,  ajid  officiatt.tJ 
July,  U<10,  bv  Ucv.  IX.  Wink,:lu.r,:;n 
In  Otlobi^r  uf  Che  saiuf  jc-.ir  liov.  \\. 
The  church  wad  or^aiiii^-U  in  ^loiii 
JD  the  privcr  hall  of  the  ThirJ  Prcil 


ibuut  ihr-.e  months,  an.l  wa: 
who  n-uuiin..!  a  tv«  .noiuh 
Wier  was  wttled  aa  pastor. 
I's  block,  and  thiT  .-■ul'»eque 
vtcrian  clinrch.  ami  aitonvai 


supply. 


Hall,  which  w.ia  bunieJ  with  the  Third  Prcshytcrian  church,  in  IS.')^.  Fri.m 
February,  ISOO,  to  Doc-cnibcr  of  the  same  year,  they  wonbip<J  in  a  church  od 
Court  street.  lu  the  following:  V'.-ar  the  church  was  sold,  and  the  cungreiraiioii 
then  worshiped  in  the  school  buildiiij,  c-orner  Liinca.ster  and  Hi|rh  streets.  From 
here  they  went  to  a  small  church  owned  by  the  Mcth.idi.^ts.  and  in  ISJl  they 
erected  a  clian.h  of  their  ouii  on  Cherry  street.  In  April  of  this  year  the  church 
was  iocorpijrated  as  the  Evaneelictil    Lutheran  Euunanuel  C'ouirri^itioo.     The 


preset 


;  church  edi6c-e  is  located  at  No.  tiO  Hamilton  place.  It  is  a  neat  building, 
lerc  is  a  tjourlshin^  parochial  sch,:)ol  in  c^unectioD 
ittondance  of  fifty  scholars.  The  pre.--i*nt  church 
d  eleven,  and  lhe'<und..y-£chonl  numbers  oue  hun- 
rhe  foliuwio-  pastors  have  scr>ed  this  .:hurch  since 
,  Schroder,  (jros,shush.  Brash,  Claudius.  Ku.ss.  and 
licvscr,  vtlio  ai-uiocd  control  Julr  23,  1874. 


forty  by  s^sty  (.-et  m  size. 
with  the  church,  havinz  ai 
membership  is  one  hundred 
died  and  thirty-five  scholare. 
1852 :  Revs.  Kiihier,  Maisti 
tlic  present  pastor,  Kev.  U. 

Location,  Hamilton  place. 

Flyjici  rii  Chprcii. — The  corner-stone  of  this  church  wa--  laid  Sep 


nber  8, 


1853,  RcT.  0.  E.  Daggett,  D.D.,  delivering  the  addre^ 
Aut;ust  15,  1S54,  and  the  following  pereona  were  chost 
Champion,  Freoroan  Clarte,  Edmund  Lyon,  Charles  J. 
M.D.,  A.  G.  Bristol,  M.D.,  E.  H.  Hnllister,  C.  A.  Bui 
The  church  was  organized  with  seventy  members  Angus 
day  the  bouee  of  worship  was  dedicated  by  the  Rev. 
ithe 


9.  It  was  incorporated 
n  tnisteea ;  Aristarchus 
Hill,  William  W.  Ely, 
r.  and  Erastu9  Darrow. 
.  21,  1S55,  and  on  that 
Jonathau  Edwards,  of 
'  of  the  church,  and  was 


Maasachu.wtts,  who  subsetjuently  became  the  hrst  pastor 
installed  .\pril  13,  1S36.  He  remained  the  esteemed  pa.st..r  of  Plymouth  until 
Xovembei.  1SG2,  when  impaired  health  compellc>d  a  resiLiiation.  The  church 
remained  with  no  settled  minister  until  May  9,  1SC9.  when  Rev.  Dwight  K. 
Bartlett  was  installed  in  the  pastoral  office,  and  continued  his  .labors  until  the 
present  ablo  and  genial  pastor,  Rev.  Myron  Adams,  was  insLdled,  May  15,  1875. 
Mr.  Adams  was  educated  at  Hamilton  College,  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1857. 

The  present  deacons  are  as  follows :  S.  D.  Porter,  N.  A.  Stone,  Frank  Van 
Doom,  B.  n.  Clark,  J.  K.  Tallman,  S.  A.  Newman.  F.  T.  Finding,  treasurer  ; 
Charles  S.  Baler,  clerk  ;  3.  A.  Newman,  Sunday-school  snperintendenL 

Location,  coru-:!r  Plymouth  and  Troup  streets. 

Fees  Methodist  Cbcecii. — This  church  was  organized  in  1860,  by  B  T. 
Roberts,  general  superintendent.  It  was  supplied  by  several  preachers  until  1S67. 
it  being  considered  missionary  ground.  In  18G7.  the  Rev.  A.  A.  Phelps  was 
ippjinted  pastor  by  the  conference.  The  edifice  belonging  to  this  society  wss 
erected  by  the  Presbyterians,  near  where  Vincent  street  bridge  now  stands,  about 
thirty  years  ago.  It  was  sold  by  them  to  the  Holland  church,  and  by  the  latter 
Bociety  removed  to  its  present  location.  It  was  purchased  by  the  Free  Methodist 
church  in  lStj7.  Previous  to  purch;L«ing  their  fhurch  e,iifice  the  society  held 
•crvlces  in  the  building  now  occupied  by  the  United  Presbyterians,  on  Allen 
rtreet. 

The  following-named  persons  have  served  this  church  as  pastors:  Revs.  A.  A. 
Phelps,  F.  J.  Ewell,  L.  Wood,  G.  W.  Humphrey,  R.  W.  Hawkins,  S.  K.  J. 
Che  bro,  W.  A.  Sellew.  The  present  pastor  is  S.  K.  J.  Chesbro,  who  also 
officiated  in  this  capacity  prior  to  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  ScUew.  The  church 
18  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  has  a  membership  of  fifty-two  petsotis. 

(.'IIRISTADELPUIANS. — This  denomination  effected  an  organization  in  1860, 
•nii  is  now  in  successful  operation.  Their  place  of  worship  is  in  Palmer's  block, 
IXS  K-cst  Main  street. 

Ar>VENT  CnRISTI.\N  CHURCir  was  formed  in  1867.  Their  place  of  worship 
i»  nt  24  F.a.-t  .^tain  street. 

THE   UNIVERSITY   OF   RdCHE.-TER. 
BT  J.  H.  a. 

From  an  early  period  in  its  history  circumstances  had  seemed  to  point  to 
Rinhosl.rr  as  the  natural  site  for  an  institution  of  higher  icamint;.  All  the  col- 
Irg'^  of  the  State  were  east  of  Cayuga  Bridge,  most  of  them  in  the  immediate 
'irinlly  of  the  Ilud.-on.  West  of  Itixhcstcr  there  was  no  college  of  national 
"•pnlalion,  while  immediately  ar.5iind  Rochester  lay  a  rich  agricultund  region, 
npi'lly  incrca.-ing,  not  only  in  populalion,  but  in  wealth  and  culture,  and  yearlv 
'■■uikI  in  closer  ties  to  the  city  by  railroads,  steamboats,  and  cnn.ils.  A  c.IIcl'O  at 
ll'»h.-t.-r  bcarae  a  felt  necessity  to  the  people  of  wcst-jru  New  York,  and  two  or 
lhr,.„  aU,rlivu  efforts  were  early  made  in  this  direction. 


Those 

eligible  f 

(founded 

Thisp 

and  the 


vnod  with  succejcs  until,  in  1847.  the  gruw- 

:i   r,  111  .    •;      l;-,  ;    1.  ,,!■  .New  York    ncrdcd  a  c.jlL-e  .situated  at  soin.; 
nt  .-,..    I  :   -  ..,.   rr:ivc!,  and  tliorcugliiy  l.bc^nd  in  its  orgnni/a- 

y  ta.^  i  .,.L..;o  -:  .M..,j.  .hi.  Hamilton  county,  lu  1.>2UI  to  IWli.vster." 
po,,ui,in  met  Willi  great  tiicor  on  the  part  of  the  people  of  Rochester 
tiions  of  western  New  York  in  general,  and  elicited  h.-arty  .sympathy 
from  many  Baptist.n  throuirhout  the  State,  but  it  encountered  strenuous  op]K)sitioii 
on  the  part  of  some  of  the  friends  of  Madi-s«jn  University. 

As  a  result  of  the  movement  a  charter  was,  January  ^l,  1850,  obtained  fn'iii 
the  regents  of  the  university  for  a  new  college  at  Rochester,  pruciiir.d.  that  ,jiie 
hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars  be  subscribed  within  two  years  for  that  pur- 
pose, of  which  sum  thirty  thousand  dollars  was  to  be  invested  in  land  and  build- 
ings and  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  permanent  endowment.  On  the  2d  ,<f 
December  in  the  same  year  i  1S50  )  satistiictory  proof  was  submitted  to  the  rcgcnt- 
that  suitable  buildings  had  been  provided  for  the  use  of  the  new  institution,  aii,i 
also  that  funds  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  had  been  **  paid 
or  secured  to  be  paid  by  valid  subscriptions  of  responsible  parties."  The  Univer- 
sity of  Rochester,  therefore,  became  a  fixed  fact. 

In  illustration  of  the  earnc.-tuess  of  i'-s  friends,  it  may  be  stated  that  all  but 
about  five  per  cent,  of  this  subscription  was  promptly  paid,  anvl  that  not  a  pennv 
was  e-xpended  for  collecting  agencies  till  eighty  thousand  dollars  had  been  secured. 

To  the  Baptists  of  the  State  of  New  York  ( and  to  Deacon  Oren  Sage,  of  Roches- 
ter, and  John  N.  Wilder,  of  Albany,  more  than  to  any  other  men )  is  due  the 
credit  of  establishing  and,  in  great  part,  endowing  the  college.  Still,  they  had 
from  the  first  the  hearty  sympathy  and  active  co-operation  of  the  [leople  of  western 
New  York,  without  re-gnrd  to  their  dcnominatiopal  affiliations.  As  a  natural  con- 
sequence of  this  fact  the  college  has  never  been  rigiilly  sectarian  in  its  manaire- 
ment  or  course  of  instruction.  The  charter  did  not  vest  the  control  of  the  univer- 
sity in  anv  rclidsus  denomination  ;  it  simply  created  a  self-pcrpetuatin-j  board  of 
trustees,  of  whom  a  majority  were  BaptLsta.  Different  religious  denominations 
have  always  been  represented  in  the  board  of  triLstees  of  the  university  and  in  it.* 
faculty  of  instruction,  and  a  majority  of  its  students  have  come  from  other  than 
Baptist  families.  In  its  chapel  and  recitation-rooms  all  denominations  meet  on  a 
perfect  equality,  and  the  religious  convictions  of  each  are  respected  in  so  far  as 
this  may  be  done  consistently  with  a  dominant  purpose  to  give 
every  department  of  study  from  a  tlioroughly  evu-njelical  stand-p-iiat. 

The  Uuiverolty  of  Rochester  was  not  only  chartered,  but  went  into 
operation  in  1850.  The  United  States  Hotel  (still  standing  on  West  Ma 
but  devoted  to  far  i^nobler  purposes  i  was  purchased  and  refitted  for  the  i 


jUege,  anil  on  the  first  Monday  i 
The  faculty  consisted  of  Prof. 


n  November.  1S50,  classes  were  organized. 
A.  C.  Kendrick,  D.D.  (chair  of  Greek),  wli 
by  his  varied  culture,  genial  spirit,  and  spotle: 


of  Latin  i ;  Prof  Ji 
1,  now  president  of  Va 
a  I,  who  died  in  ISGS 


lin  H.  Ra 
isar  C^olleg. 
full  of  yea 


still  lives  to  honor  the  univereit; 

life;  Prof  John  F.  Richard.son,  A.M.  (cha 

mond,  A.M.  f  chair  of  history  and  belles-lettn 

Prof  Chester  Dewey,  D.D.  I  the  natural  scier 

and  honors;  E.  Pcshine  Smith  (.acting  professor  of  niathcaiatics  ),  now  intcqirctcr 

of  international  law  at  the  court  of  Japan  ;  .\lbert  H.  Miser  (tutor  in  Languages.. 

now  professor  of  modern  languages  in  the  university. 

Of  these  gentlemen.  Professors  Kendrick,  Richardson,  and  Raymond  resigned 
similar  ch.airs  at  JIadison  University,  and  brought  to  the  University  of  Rochester 
a  wealth  of  culture  and  experience  which  were  invaluable.  The  professor  of 
theology  at  Madison  iRev.  John  Maginnis,  ^D.0^  and  the  professor  of  Hebrew 
(Rev.  Thomas  J.  Conant,  D.D.)  also  resigned  their  chairs  in  that  institution  to 
identify  themselves  with  the  t^iucational  interests  of  Rochester,  and,  ftr  a  time. 
gave  instroction  in  the  university,  though  the  R,->chcster  Theological  Seminarv 
Boon  engrossed  tlieir  services, — an  inslitution  with  which  the  University  of  Roches- 
ter has  never  had  any  organic  connection,  though  they  were  founded  by  the  same 
denomination,  and  the  university  maintains  with  the  scmicory  relations  of  mutual 
kindness  and  co-operation. 

Many  of  the  students  of  the  new  college,  as  well  as  most  of  its  instructors, 
were  transferred  from  3Iadison  University,  and  the  first  catalogue  (lS50-5Ii 
announced,  resident  graduates,  two ;  seniors,  ten ;  juniors,  fifteen  ;  sophomores, 
thirteen;  freshmen,  thirty-seven;  total,  seventy-four.  In  July,  1851,  the  first 
class,  numbering  ten,  was  graduated,  the  Hon.  Ira  Harris,  of  Albany,  prcsidiii'4 
on  that  occasion  as  chancellor. 

So  sudden  w.as  the  development  of  the  university  that  R.alph  Waldo  Emer-!,iii 
was  wont  to  cite  it  as  an  illustmtion  of  Yankee  entcrprise.—.^ayin;;  that  a  landlord 
in  Rochester  had  an  old  hol.'l,  which  ho  thought  would  rent  lor  more  as  a  nni- 
.versily ;  »o  he  put  in  a  few  books,  iH.Mit  fur  .1  coach-load  of  profrssors,  bought  sniii..' 
philosophical  appantus,  and,  by  the  time  green  peas  were  ripe,. had  gradual,,! 
quite  a  hirge  cla.s.s  of  studcuta. 


6-    •^-     C^t'C-c^'y^'i^i^i^/-' 


7%^^  /^y 


HISTORY  OF  MO^'EOE  COUNTY,  NEAV  YORK. 


The  frrowth  uf  tlie  uiiivtr^ity  may  iiut  Imve  Icjca  o-jually  rami ;  but  it  h.u*  b^'^:n 
be\ond  nil  t|uesti-)a  pcruuuent  at! J  sub>Ur.ti;il.  A'jiuui:  t!ic  L-au,H'>  which  h.ive 
contributed  to  that  growtli  we  must  naistiun  first  the  eltttiuii  of  .M^tia  B.  Au- 
dereon,  in  ISjiJ,  as  president  of  the  univcreity. 

President  AnJcrsou  had  jh-eady  achieved  an  enviable  reputation  as  an  iu^itnic- 
tor  at  WaterviUe  C'oUe-j;e  (now  C'ulby  Lniveriityi,  and  liad  subsequently,  as  editor 
of  the  AeK  loji  Recorder  (then  the  leadiiii:  Baptiat  paper  of  the  ei>untry), 
acquired  a  wider  kuofflcd;^e  of  men  and  thiogb,  which  has  contributed  largely  to 
his  success  as  an  educator.  He  brou_'ht  to  the  service  of  the  university  rare 
executive  aljility  and  a  siiigle-hearttd  devotion  which  have  contributed  lan^ely  to 
its  present  emiucDce  and  success. 

Hardly  less  important  to  tlie  university,  thouqh  in  a  different  sphere,  have 
been  the  services  of  Mr.  William  N.  ^j;_-e,  who  has,  from  the  first,  discharged  the 
duties  of  treasurer  with  efjual  honor  to  himself  and  advantage  to  the  institution 
whose  finances  have  engrossed  so  much  of  his  time  and  thought.  And  yet  Mr. 
Sage  is  but  a  type  of  many  lanre  hearted  and  intelligent  laymen  whose  names 
nmst  be  mentioned  in  anything  more  than  the  merest  sketch  of  the  University  of 


Mixer,  A.M.  (  lSt;8\  pmfessoi 
Jo.-H..ph  H.  liilmore,  A.M.  i  ISt 
ture,  and  instructor  in  elocution ; 
mathematics,  and  librarian  ;    Willi 
Latin  language  and 


Oreek  ; 


Thanks  t5  the  intelligent  guidance  and  earnest  care  of  such  guardians,  the  uni- 
▼ersity  enjoys  the  hnppiucss  ascribed  to  that  people  whose  annals  .ire  uninteresting. 
It  has  had  its  trials  and  its  triumphs,  of  course  ;  but  tlicrc  is  nothing  in  its  history 
which  need  prevent  setting  immediately  beside  our  meagre  sketch  of  its  origin  an 
outline,  equally  brief,  of  what  it  is  to-day. 

Ita  last  catalogue  (1ST5— 76)  records  a  total  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  stu- 
dents, of  whom  one  hundred  and  thirty-three  were  pursuing  the  classical  course ; 
tagbteen,  the  scientific ;  two,  the  eclectic  ( these  courses  have  from  the  fi.^t  been 
recognized  in  its  curriculum);  and  twelve,  special  studies  in  the  department  of 
analytical  chemistry. 

Of  these  students,  forty-six  were  from  Kochester,  eighty-five  from  the  State  of 
Xew  York  uui=ide  of  Kochester,  seven  trom  Illinois,  six  from  New  Jersey,  five 
from  Pennsylvania,  four  from  Ohio,  three  each  from  Iowa  and  Kansx-,  one  each 
from  Massachusetts,  Wisconsin,  West  Virginia,  Colorado,  England,  and  China. 

There  were.  Baptists,  sixty-five;  Presbyterians,  forty-one;  Episcopalians,  four- 
teen; Methodists,  eleven;  Free  Methodists,  five;  Jews,  tuur;  Cungregjtionalists, 
foar;  Unitarians,  two;  Evangelic-al  Germans,  two;  Koman  Catholic,  one;  Uoi- 
verealist,  one ;  Seventh-Day  Baptist,  oue  ;  Quaker,  one;  infidel,  one. 

The  number  graduating  in  1S76  was  thirty-four.  The  whole  number  of  graduates 
to  date  is  six  hundred  and  one,  of  wh^'m  five  hundred  and  seventy-six  received 
the  degree  of  A.B.,  and  twenty-five  the  degree  of  B.S.  Of  this  number,  one 
hundred  and  seventy-one  have  entered  the  mtnistr)',  ninety-three  have  been  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  sixteen  have  studied  medicine,  sixteen  have  become  editors, 
eighty  (an  unusually  lan^e  proportion)  have  become  teachers. — of  whom  twenty- 
five  have  attained  a  grade  equal  or  suiK;rinr  to  a  college  professorship. 

It  is  not  in  the  learned  professions  aluue,  however,  that  the  graduates  of  Roches- 
ter are  found.  About  one-quarter  of  them  have  devoted  themselves  to  "  business." 
They  may  be  met  with  on  the  farm,  at  the  counting-house,  in  the  machine-shop ; 
and,  wherever  met,  evince  an  independence  of  thought,  a  breadth  of  culture,  an 
adantation  to  the  exigencies  of  practical  life  which  is  believed  to  be,  in  some 
respects,  due  to  their  Rochester  training.  An  intelligent  attempt,  at  least,  is 
made  by  the  university  to  give  to  each  man  the  training  which  he,  as  an  indi- 
vidual, needs ;  aud  the  smallness  of  the  classes  i  together  with  the  fact  that  none 
\  It  trained  and  experienced  instructors  come  in  contact  with  the  students)  ren- 
ders possible  to  an  exceptional  degree  what  is,  in  many  colleges,  not  even  at- 

In  evidence  of  the  adaptation  of  the  university  training  to  the  demands  of  prac- 
tical life,  the  fiict  may  be  adduced  that,  when  the  great  rebellion  broke  oet,  the 
Srst  "  two  years'  regiment"  raised  in  the  State  of  Xcw  York  was  raised  by  a 
Ilochcster  professor  lOencral  Quiuby,  a  graduate  of  West  Point  in  the  diss  of 
'43),  aud  largely  recruited  by  Kochester  students.  The  alumni  of  the  university 
numbered  in  ISGl  i  including  the  clxss  about  to  graduate!  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
aine.  Of  that  number,  twenty-five,  or  about  one  in  eight,  entered  the  Union 
army.  Thirty  more  left  the  lower  classes  for  this  purpose,  making  the  university's 
contribution  for  this  sacred  object  fifty-five.     Of  this  number,  ten,  whose  names 

The  faculty  of  the  university  as  at  present  constituted,  with  the  year  when  their 
present  connection  with  the  university  iKg.in,  is  as  follows  : 

Martin  B.  Anders.)o,  LL.P.,  president  1 1S.')3).  Curb.ink.  profcisor  of  intellec- 
tual and  moral  philosophy,  and  in-truetor  in  history,  politics,  and  xsihctics; 
Asahel  C.  Kendrick,  D.D.,'lI-.D.  ( l.-,')l)),  Munro  professor  of  the  Greek  language 
and  literature  ;  Is-iac  F.  Quiinby.  hL.l).  (  IS.'jl),  llariis  profe.-sor  of  mathematics 
and  natural  philosophy;  Samuel  A.  L.ittimorp,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.  ilSOSi.  prcfesHor 
of  chemistry,  aud  instructor  in  anatomy,  physiology,  and   geoloL-y  ,  Al'tjcrt  II. 


ssor  of  logic,  rhc-toric.  and  English  litera- 
s  II.  Robins..n.  A.M.  (ISlWl.  professor  ot 
C.  ?Inrey,  A..M.  (i^TZ),  professor  of  the 
I        Tjtin  laniTuage  and  literature,  and  instructor  in  history  and  law. 

d  that  the  faculty  may  s.)un  be  reinforced  by  officers  cspe-<ially  char.-cl 
with  the  work  of  instruction  in  history  and  in  the  natural  sciences. 
t  The  buildings  of  the  uhiversity  arc  situated  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city  ..i" 
Rochester  { about  one  mile  and  a  half  from  ■•  the  four  corners,"  but  eii'lly  :ilc.\-i1.|.- 
A  by  the  strcet-iars  i,  on  a  plat  of  greuud  embracing  twenty-three  and  a  half  acres.  ..f 
f  which  eight  acres  were  prc.~entcnl  to  the  university  in  ISjj  by  the  Hon.  .\zariali 
H  Boody.  The  buildiirjs  on  the  univeisity  campus,  which  is  level,  but  considerably 
/     elevated  and  handsomely  adorned,  are  three  in  number. 

Anderson  ilall.  completed  in  ISCl,  U  a  severely  plain  but  very  substantial 
structure  of  brownstone,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length  by  sixty  in  breadth, 
three  stories  in  height,  with  basement,  which  appears  iii  the  rear  and  on  the  side~ 
as  an  additional  story.  This  building,  which  has  hitherto  subserved  all  the  pur- 
poses of  the  university,  is  designed  mainly  for  recitation-rooms.  Its  cost  was 
thirty-nine  thousand  dollars,  of  which  sum  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  was  con- 
tributed by  the  State  of  New  York,  being  the  only  pecuniary  assLsUnee  that  the 
university  has  received  from  that  source.  The  present  value  of  the  building  is 
estimated  at  seventy-five  thousand  dollars. 

Sibley  Uall,  hardly  yet  complete,  was  erected  by  the  Hon.  Hiram  Sibley,  of 
Rochester,  at  an  expense  of  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  library  and  cabinets  of  the  university.  The  building,  which 
is  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  by  sixty,  with  a  projection  of  twenty  feet  in 
the  centre  of  the  front,  is  of  brownstone  trimmed  with  white,  and  is  thoroughly 
fire-proof  The  vi-alls  are  fifty-two  feel  in  height,  but  the  building  has  only  two 
floors, — the  lower  one  being  devoted  to  the  library,  and  the  upper  one,  temporarily, 
at  least,  to  the  cabinets. 

The  library  and  cibincts  arc  worthy  of  the  magnificent  homo  thus  provided  for 
them. .  The  library  embraces,  as  yet.  only  thirteen  thousand  volumes ;  but  those 
volumes  have  been  acquired  by  purchase,  and  very  carefully  selected.  They  are 
I  made  availalile  to  the  student  by  a  system  of  indexing,  which  is  believed  to  W- 
more  thoroui;h  and  systematic  than  th.it  adopted  by  any  other  librtuy  in  the  L  iiiiLd 
States.  Through  the  liberality  of  General  John  F.  Riithbone.  of  Albany,  a  per- 
manent fuud  amounting  to  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  was,  in  1S5T,  crcjtcti  for 
the  increase  of  the  library. 

The  geoloirical  and  mincralogical  cabinets,  collected  by  Professor  Henry  -V. 
Ward,  for  some  time  a  member  of  the  faculty,  but  now  exclusively  en':ra-_'ed  in 
the  collection  and  purchase  of  illustrative  material  in  the  department  of  the  physi- 
cal sciences,  were,  in  1S02,  purchased  aud  presented  to  the  university  by  the  citi- 
lens  of  Rochester,  at  an  expense  of  twenty  thousand  dollai-s, — a  sum  which  was  far 
below  their  market  value.  They  have  received  the  emphatic  commendation  of  the 
best  scientific  authorities  as  unsurpassed  for  completeness,  thoroughness  of  arrange- 
ment, and  general  adaptation  to  purposes  of  instruction  ;  and  annually  attract 
thousands  of  visitois.  A  cabinet  of  arclucoloL'V-  and  an  art  collection  are  also  iie- 
-dnning  to  assume  creditable  proportions.  The  library  and  cabinets  are  freely 
open  to  the  public. 

The  Trevor  obsen-atory,  erected  in  DSTfi,  is  a  small  iron-shcathcd  bmldin..-.  with 
revolving  roof,  containing  .a  telescope  with  .six-iiieh  object  -;,i--.  ni  omi'i.  tared  bi 
Alvin  Clark  k  Sons,  of  Cambridgeport.  Ma-s.achusetf..  "hi.  li  ,-  1.  -  =  .n  1  not  - 
much  for  original  investigation  as  for  an  adjunct  to  ela-  n...iu  in-trn.  ti  ti-  flo- 
building  and  apparatus  is  the  gia  of  John  B.  Trevor,  K.,q.,  of  .\e\v  Vovk  city, 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  and  one  of  the  most  munificent  bcnefact4»rs  ■'[ 
the  university. 

The  president's  mansion  is  situated  directly  across  Prince  strei't  from  the  uni- 
versity campus,  and,  though  unpretending  in  style,  is  well  .■uhipted  to  the  |.urpo-. 
for  which  it  is  desig^led.     Tow.irds  the  purchase  of  this  property  the  ciiiicii-  ■•< 
1        Rochester  contributed,  in   IStiT,  twenty  thousand  dolhus      The  pre-ent  value  ■■< 
the  house  and  grounds  is  estimated  at  forty  thousand  dollars. 

The  estimated  value  of  the  "unproductive  property"  of  the  univer-ity.  in 
eluding  buildings,  grounds,  library,  cabinets,  etc..  is  three  hundred  and  .-cvcnti- 
eight  thousand  six  hundr.sl  and  sixty-two  dollars  and  twcnly-s..v,-n  cents.  Its 
"productive  property"  is  stated  at  two  hundred  and  twelve  thousand  surecn 
dollars  and  forty-nine  cents,— a  sum  which  its  friends  hope  s 
siderably  increased. 

It  wdl  be  noticed  that  no  " .iormitnrics"  are  mentioned  anioi 
ings.     Th.-  students  find  homes  among  the  people  of  the  city,— a  ennrse  whn 

out  the  counto')  they  arc  brought  tog.-lhcr  for  religious  work.      Half  a  dozt 


.ee  very  ' 


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HISTORY   01^   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   Y'ORK. 


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"  They  are  tauqht,  however,  to  re-rard  themselves  a 
comrauoity  in  which  they  temporarily  reside, — amenable  to  its  laws,  but  i  in  the 
absence  of  that  constant  and  minute  supervision  which  the  dormitory  system  is 
supposed  to  facilitate,  but  really  defeats)  a  law  unto  themselves.  Thus  far  they 
have  rarely  done  discredit  to  tlie  confidence  rvposed  in  them ;  while  they  find  in 
the  city  cheaper  and  better  homes,  and  fewer  temptations  to  evil,  than  the  dormi- 
tory system  would  afford. 

The  university,  owing  to  the  escellent  schools  in  the  city  and  its  immed'iate 
Ticinity,  needs  no  "preparatory  department."     It  has  a  thoroii^hly-e'tuipped  de- 


partment 


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Roche 


■  Tlieological  Seminary.  Propositions  for 
the  establishment  of  schools  of  law  and  medicine  have  been  declined,  with  the 
idea  that  there  was  no  such  demand  for  them  as  j'l.itified  the  e\i-tonce  of  the 
academic  department.  A  sch<jol  of  applied  science  is.  however,  a  felt  necessity; 
and  it  is  hoped  that  tliat  necessity  will  soon  be  supplied. 

Whde  the  statistics  already  jjiven  show  that  uniy  forty-six  out  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-five  studi  nts  are.  at  the  present  wntin^,  Rochester  boys,  and  that  the 
university  has  something  more  than  a  local  significance,  it  is  the  natural  and 
efficient  head  of  the  eicellent  public  school  system  of  the  city.  In  recognition 
of  the  interest  manifested  by  the  citizens  of  Rochester  in  its  establishment,  twelve 
scholarships,  yielding  free  tuition,  were  set  apart,  as  soon  as  the  university  was  in 
operation,  for  the  benefit  of  those  who  might  tit  for  college  in  the  city  schools. 
Three  students  of  the  Kochcst*?r  Free  Academy  (selected  by  competitive  esami- 
oation)  are  annually  admitted  to  the  university  upon  these  scholarships,  which 
yield  them,  in  free  tuition,  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  apiece.  The  result  is 
that  any  Rochester  boy  of  fair  endowments  and  thorouiih  application  can  secure 
i  college  edMC?'l"n  free  of  p^pon'u-.  The  practical  working  of  this  svsteia  is 
iJlastrated  by  the  fact  that,  upjn  the  first  competitive  examination,  the  successful 
candidates  were  a  Roman  Catholic  (the  lamented  Colonel  O'Rourke),  o  Jew 
(Rabbi  Simon  Tuska,  of  Memphis,  Tennessee),  and  a  Baptist,  neither  one  of 
*hom  would  have  found  a  college  education  possible  bat  for  the  facilities  so  freely 
afforded. 

While  thus  of  especial  significance  and  value  to  Rochester  and  western  New 
York,  the  university  has  already  achieved  a  national  reputation:  and  is  reflecting 
credit  upon  the  religious  denomination  who  have  m^de  it  a  p.irt  of  their  contri- 
bution to  the  cause  of  higher  education.  .^3  yet  the  University  of  Rochester  is 
a  college  not  fully  manned  or  adequately  equipped;  but  no  one  realizes  its  defi- 
ciencies more  keenly  than  its  guardians,  and  in  few  colleges,  at  the  expiration  of 
twenty-five  years,  have  the  deficiencies  been  so  few  and  the  prospects  for  the 
future  80  bright. 

EOCHESTER  THEOLOGICAL  SEMI.VARV 

was  founded  in  ISol .  by  the  BaptL-t  denomination  of  the  .SUiie  of  New  York,  fur 
the  purpose  of  providing  facilities  for  the  education  of  young  men  for  the  ministry. 
In  the  yc.1r  of  its  organizati.ui  the  seminary  had  three  professors,  forty -four  .students. 
and  a  library  of  about  seven  thousand  volumes,  five  thous.and  of  which  were  pur- 
chased from  the  library  of  Ncandcr.  the  church  historian.  Its  course  of  study  is 
intended  for  graduates  of  cr>lleges,  and  for  those  who  can  .successfully  pursue  their 
Mudies  with  graduates.  The  prof.  -^s..irs  have  Kvn  of  great  note  in  the  liaptist  denom- 
ination, such  as  Rev.  Dr.  dMhn  S.  Maginuis,  Thomas  G.  Cunant.  Ezekiel  (i.  Robin- 
nns,  Velnna  R.  Ilotchkiss,  G.  W.  Nurthrup.  Horatio  R.  Haekett.  The  seminary  has 
bei'n  vcrysucci-ssfiil,  and  has  Sent  out  ni"re  thun  three  hundn.d  full  grailuates  and 
•early  one  hundred  partial  stidents  for  its  English  course  of  three  years,  and  ,ibout 
fwe  hundreii  students  from  its  German  course.  The  German  course  of  thrL*  years 
■»  "ne  of  the  principal  features  of  the  in-titutii.o.  and  is  designed  to  prepare  German 
vttiing  men  fur  the  pttstonites  of  Gcrm.in  U.ipti.^t  chunhe?..  The  seminary  has 
now  three  buildings,  Trevor  llnll.  the  G.vrana.-ium  Ruildin.-.  and  the  German 
.'^Indents'  Home.  The  total  value  of  the  projierty  ainuuitts  to  about  one  hundred 
and  f.irty  thousand  dollars.  The  libmry  is  very  valuable,  and  ctmiprisis  the  collec- 
tions of  the  tvlebrati-d  ehurcli  hi.-.torLin.".\,.inder,  and  of  the  late  Dr.  II.  B.  Hashiil. 
the  i-ndowm'^nt  of  the  institution  am.mnts  t.ialK)ut  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
th...i.md  d, liars,  two  hundred  and  twenty-tive  ihou-aiid  doll.irs  of  which  consists 
of  itiv,-,tc.l  funds,  and  the  remainder  of  interest-bearing  subscription.s.  This  sum 
.'the  salaries  of  the  present  pade^ors.     The  institution  depen.ls 


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assi.^tant  corresponding  secretary  ;  Cyrus  F.  Paine,  treas'jrer  ;  Jacob  F.  Wyckotf, 
president  board  of  trustees ;  .Vlvah  Strong,  George  \V.  Rawson,  Kev.  H.  L. 
Mnrehouso,  Ezra  R.  Andrews.  Royal  L.  M.iek.  James  E.  Spencer. 

FaciJty. — Rev.  .\ugustus  H.  Strong,  president.  Davics  professor  of  biblical 
theology  ;  Rev.  A.-ahel  C.  Kendrick.  actin.j  Trevor  professor  of  biblical  literature 
and  New  Testament  exegesis ;  Rev.  R.  J.  W.  liuckland,  Pettingill  professor  of 
church  history  ;  Rev.  Howar.l  Osgood,  acting  professor  of  church  history  ;  Rev. 
William  C.  Wilkinwn.  Wyekoff  protessor  of  hoiniletics  and  pastoral  theolo._.y; 
Rev.  George  H.  Whittcmore,  -acting  pn.fessor  of  the  Hebrew  language  and  litera- 
ture; Rev.  Augustus  Rauschenbuscl.,  Hoyt  professor,  in  the  German  department,  of 
Christian  theology  and  church  history  ;  Rev.  Hermann  Schaffer,  professor  in  the 
German  department  of  biblical  literature  and  rhetoric  ;  Rev.  Howard  0-go..d, 
acting  librarian. 

THE  FREE  ACADEMY, 


located  on  Fitzhugh  street,  is  one  of  the  finest  school  structures  in  the  State.  Its 
architecture  is  the  French  Gothic  style,  with  pavilions  on  either  side  torniiuating 
in  turrets.  It  is  four  stories  in  height,  beside  the  basement,  and  surmounted  l.y  a 
French  roof  It  is  eighty-thrco  feet  in  width,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty  in  'lepth. 
built  of  red  brick,  and  trimmed  with  Ohio  and  Gainesville  stone,  which  gives  the 
whole  structure  a  striking  and  uni.[ue  appc:irance.  Seven  entrances  lead  into  the 
building,  three  in  front  and  two  on  cither  side.  The  central  entranc-e  ..ipens  into  the 
superintendent's  office, — a  commodious  room,  twenty-four  by  thirty-two  feet,  con- 
nected with  a  private  office,  sixteen  by  thirty-two  feet.  The  other  entrances  on 
Fitzhugh  street  are  for  students,  and  open  into  the  pavilions  containing  the  halls 
and  stairca-scs.  The  other  rooms  on  the  first  floor  are,  the  central  libmry,  which 
is  thirty  by  sixty-seven  feet ;  the  school  board  room,  of  the  same  dimensions  ;  and 
a  laboratory  twenty-tour  feet  square.  Separated  from  the  laboratory  by  sliding 
doors  is  a  class-room,  whose  arrangement  is  such  that  all  the  pupils  present  at  a 

Adjoining  the  laboratory  on  the  opposite  side  is  a  work-room,  the  whole  suite  bein^- 
well  arranged  for  the  convenience  of  both  teachers  and  pupils. 

The  second  floor,  the  male  department  of  the  academy,  consists  of  two  nuiii 
apartments,  thirty  by  sixty-seved  feet,  connected  in  front  and  rear  with  tijur 
recitation-rooms,  each  twenty-four  feet  square. 

The  female  department  occupies  the  third  fli>or,  and  consists  of  one  large  scliool- 
rcK)m,  sixty-one  by  sixty-seven  feet,  ^nd  four  recitation-rooms,  similar  in  size  and 
location  to  those  of  the  male  departiTsent. 

The  fourth  floor  is  occupied  by  a  hall  sixty-one  by  ninety  feet  scjuare  (connecting 
with  a  dressing-room  twenty-four  by  forty-eight  feet),  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
one  thousand  persons. 

The  floors  in  the  first  and  second  stories  are  fifteen  feet  apart ;  the  third  story  is 
sixteen  feet  in  height,  and  the  fourth  eighteen  feet.  In  the  basement  are  the  heat- 
ing apparatus,  closets,  coal-bins,  etc.  The  arrangements  for  heating  are  complete, 
and  it  is  ventilated  in  the  most  perfect  manner. 

AU  the  rooms  present  a  tasty  appearance,  the  wood-work  being  painted  a  light 
color  and  the  doora  grained.  This  fine  structure  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

In  the  superintendent's  oSice  is  a  tablet  of  Ohio  sandstone  upon  which  is  cut 
the  following  inscription,  embracing  names  of  the  officials  who  fl 
I  of  the  building  : 


ROCHESTER  FREE  ,<C.\DE.MT. 

ERElTED  1»:3. 

Oeosqe  W-  Aldridce,  Prcsi.ient  Common  Council. 

H.  H.  EoazHTor.  President  liuartl  of  EJucation. 

A.  ClKTlR  W1I.0I-B,  .Mnjor. 

BuilJingComniittoe.— AM.  Jamts  II.  Keli,t. 

S.  B.  C.  Gatrrty,  d.  11.  Cn.ua:  Com!.  T.  E.  P.iii.«oss, 

Jonas  Jo^rj,  C.  L.  FReors-Bi-Ro. 

8.  A.  Ellis,  SoperintenJent  of  Public  Enstructioa. 

A.  J.  V/ah^f.h.  Arcbileot. 

W.  a.  UoB.'LI..I,  Contractor. 

The  contract  was  let  to  Mr.  Gorsline  for  one  hundred  and  two  thousand  dollar 
The  heating  appar.itus  was  put  in  by  Sherlock  &  Sloan  at  a  cost  of  about  tweU 
thousand  dollars;  the  plumbing  was  done  by  Siddous  i  Son.  f.ir  ei..rhteen  hundri 
dollars,  and  the  graining  by  IJanning.     The  above  amount  was  swollen  by  the  co: 

both  by  direct  and  indirect  radiators,  and  has  the  ventUating  shafts  in  conmctio 


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HISTORY  OF. MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


assumes  that  cmitj 

the  Free  Acndcroy,  which  cspres 

stho-jl  was  on,-aniicd  in  tiuptonib 


theiiiwith.     In  tho  Ijn.L-ua-u  of  Hon.  L.  H.  Mori;  in,   the   "  Fnv  Acii.iiu.y  n 
•imply  a  snccinl  eoajmuii  ichool, — a  tinisiiin;;  s.  hool,  lucatod  iu  the  centre  of  a 
l^oup  of  schools,  for   which    the  others  arc  so  many  primary  departments.      It 
school,  if  pos^ililc,  ou'.'ht  to  be  of  e.-|ual  grade  with 
uU  development  of  the  8y.^tcm.''     The 
as  tho  Central  lliu'h  School,  and  char- 
tered by  the  n;p;nt3  of  tho  university  in  ISG-',  under  tlie  name  of  tho  Rochester 
Free  Academy.     The  following  persons  constitute  the  faculty :  N.  W.  Benedict. 
D.D.,  princip.:!,  ancient  Kiniua^-cs ;   .James  J[.  Wells,  X.yi..  vice-principal,  Latin        j 
and  elocution ;  Martha  E.  (iaylord,  preceptress.  hi.rhcr  mathematics,  elocution,        I 
mental    philosophy,  moral  scieucc ;    Mrs.   Helen   B.  Case,  a.s5istant  preceptress, 
Latin,  French,  Euglish  literature  and  compo-sition  ;  Caroline  R.  Wilkinson,  rhct-       I 
orie,  composition,  reading',  elocution,  and  lo-ic ;  Lucy  R.  Po|ie.  alqebra,  history.        I 
composition,  and  clocuti.m;  Charles  Forbes.  M.D.,  natural  sciences  and  dravring 
Alexander  Trz.-ciak,  C.crman. 


PUBLIC 


SCHOOLS 


Below  la  given  a  co.ncise  history  of  each  free  sjioo!  in  the  city,  with  the  namM 
of  faculty. 

Madison  Park.— This  school  is  situated  on  King  street,  and  takes  its  name 
from  the  park  near  by.  Size  of  lot,  si.^ty-scven  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
feeL  The  first  school  building  was  erected  in  1843.  and  rebuilt  in  1S7:;.  On 
the  first  floor  are  four  rooms ;  two  twenty-five  by  thirty  feet,  and  two  twenty-five 
feet  ten  inches  by  thirty  feet,  besides  wardrobes  and  closets.  The  second  floor 
has  two  school-rooms  twenty-five  by  thirty  feet,  aside  from  closets,  wardrobes,  and 
a  large  school-room  thirty-six  by  fifty  feet.  The  size  of  tho  present  structure  is 
eighty-fix  by  fifty-two  feet. 

f\i.:^!!^.-yi.  S.  Asthony,  I.  M.  l!asta,  K.  A,  Mcrriniaa.  Cbra  C.  Uthrop, 
K  G.  Holies,  M.  E.  liassett. 

FBLilONT. — Located  in  the  third  ward,  between  Fremont  and  Edinburgh 
streets.  Size  of  lot,  one  hundred  by  two  hundred  and  thirty-five  and  a  half  feet. 
The  building  was  erected  in  IS.JL  Ls  si.'ity  and  a  half  by  eighty-five  feet,  and  has 
five  separate  rooms  on  the  lower  floor;  accommodates  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh, 
eighth,  and  ninth  grades.  The  first,  second,  and  third  grades  occupy  the  upper 
story,  in  rooms  separated  by  sliding;  glass  jiartitions. 

/'.'cu%.— James  M.  Co.k,  .MA.  Slcrlini:,  M.  F.  Richmond,  C.  A.  Badger, 
M.  J.  Dickson,  J.  L.  Cowlcs,  F.  E.  Galloway,  J.  E.  Gilson,  A.  .^t.  Stewart. 

Genesee  Scuool  is  located  on  South  Francis  street.  Size  of  lot,  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  by  two  hundred  feet.  The  first  school  building  was  erected 
in  1S57,  and  destroyed  by  fire  August  ol,  1S73.  Rebuilt  in  1S74.  It  is  a  fine 
•tnjcture,  three  stories  high,  fifty-seven  by  eighty  feet.  The  first  floor  has  four 
Bcbool-rooms,  two  thirty  by  twenty-three  feet,  and  two  thirty  two  and  a  half  by 
twenty-three  feet,  besides  wardrobes  and  clo.sets.  The  second  floor  l-»  .similarly 
xrranged.  The  third  floor  has  two  school-r.xims,  one  thirtv-two  and  a  half  by 
twenty-three  feel  and  tlie  other  twcnty-tlirec  by  thirty  feet,  aside  from  a  private 
room  fifteen  by  ten  feet,  and  a  large  rix)m  thirty-one  by  fiftv-tbur  feet. 

fucV/j,.— S.  C.  Pierce,  Mary  E.  Oilman,  E.  Delia  Brown.  Emma  A.  C. 
Hayes,  Frank  A.  C-  Reichenbach.  E.  S.  Baker.  Eliza  A.  Wowihury,  Louisa  J. 
Cfnnell,  M.  H.  Bounctt,  Julia  G.  Lyndon,  Amelia  L.  Leahy,  Ella  l'  Muuson. 

Oemral  School  is  located  in  the  second  ward,  corner  .Jones  and  Centre 
streets.  Size  of  lot,  one  hundred  by  one  hundred  and  cinht  feet.  The  building 
u  forty-four  by  sixty  feet,  two  storii'S,  and  was  erected  in  1S42.  The  first, 
•econd,  and  third  grades  are  on  the  upper  floor,  and  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth, 
scvonth,  eighth,  and  ninth,  on  the  lower. 

Fucu/Cy.— W.  E.  Cook,  S.  C.  OKeefe,  A.  L.  Brettlc,  N.  C.  Lathorp,  F.  V. 
V/right,  E.  P.  Wctmore,  L.  .M.  Qualtrough,  Eliaa  Freeland,  E.  Horn. 


Franklin-  School  is  located  on  Lyell  strcci 
size  of  the  school  ,'dificc  was  fifty-one  by  one  li 
in  187)2.  It  was  cnlar._'e<l  in  1S.')7,  and  ngai 
added.  Brick  buildin,-,  two  stories,  and  coni 
eliding  glass  partitions.  Tho  upper  floor  is  oc 
fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  grades,  and  the  Inwe 
seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades. 

ioc«fty.— Julius  L.  Towi.scnd.  .Mary  E.  D> 
Martha  A.  Clackncr.  .May  Marsh,  Libbie  I. 
Scrvoss,  Libbie  T.  Brown.  M.  0.  Brown,  K.  S. 

Glenwooi)  ScnnOL  is  located  on  Lake  ave 
lot,  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  by  one  hun 
school  edifice  was  erected  in  ISjO.  and  is  a  br 
scTcnty-fuur  feet  in  .size  The  rooms  oil  the  lu 
sixth,  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades.     The 


in  the  ninth  ward.  The  original 
mdrcd  and  fourteen  feet,  erected 

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/"jcu/zy.— Delia  Curtice,  Lois  Ha 
Delano,  Emma  Marsh. 

Carthage  School  is  located  on  North  Saint  Paul  street,  about  two  miles  from 
the  centre  of  the  city.  It  is  a  oue-stor)-  brick  building,  thirty-two  by  forty  feet, 
erected  in  IS.J  j.  It  is  situated  on  a  lot  ninety  by  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  and 
will  accommodate  about  one  hundred  pupils. 

Faa,!ly.—St:\VK  A.  Conkey,  S.  J.  Curtiss. 

Andrews  School  Is  located  on  Saint  Joseph  street,  and  named  in  honor  of 
Samuel  G.  Andrews,  who  represented  the  district  as  a  member  of  the  b*'ard  of 
education  at  the  time  the  school  edifice  was  built,  and  was  very  active  in  its  loca- 
tion and  ereetiiin.  Size  of  lot.  one  hundred  and  fifteen  by  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet.  The  building  w.-i3  eri'oted  in  ISlJO.  is  of  brick,  two  stories,  and  has  fourteen 
rooms,  separated  by  glass  partitions.  The  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth 
grades  occupy  the  upper  story,  and  the  sixth,  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  the 

Faculfy.—\V.  H.  Bosworth.  Sarah  J.  Whalen.  Fannie  P.  Elton,  Alice  A. 
Robinson.  Jennie  MadJon,  Delia  C.  Moshier.  Susan  Havil,  Emily  J.  Fenner,  Rosa 
G.  Goddard,  E.  T.  Fitzgerald.  Imcy  A.  Fitzgerald,  Isabella  Rogers,  Katie  A. 
Ounnean,  Laura  E.  Leland. 

Atwater  School.— This  school  is  located  on  North  Clinton  street,  and  takea 
its  name  from  "  .itwatcr  Tract."  The  first  edifice  was  erected  in  1857 ;  third 
story  added  in  ISijfi.  and  finished  in  1870.  It  is  a  commodious  three-story  brick 
building,  situated  on  a  lot  eighty-one  by  one  hundred  feet.  The  sixth,  seventh, 
eighth,  and  ninth  gradt^s  occupy  the  lower  story,  the  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  grades 
the  second  story,  antl  the  A  and  B  classes  of  second  and  first  grades  the  upper. 
The  upper  story  is  furnished  with  sliding  gla-ss  partitions. 

Fa:u!!y — V.  .M.  Co!'-:r!,  A  .^f  G-.!lr:!!th.  .M  T  W.Ml^m?,  V  .}  Wnil.>,>p  J  E. 
Burleigh,  F.  B.  Gregory  H.  A.  Robinson,  B.  O'Rorke.  E.  E.  Isles,  J.  A.  Goggin. 

Chestnlt  School  is  loeate<l  on  the  corner  of  Chestnut  and  James  streets  It 
is  a  two-story  brick  building,  thirty-five  by  forty  feet,  and  erected  in  1S41.  Tho 
lower  story  is  oecupie*!  by  the  sixth,  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades,  and  the 
upper  by  the  fourth  and  fifth. 

Faculfy. — M.  A-  Hayden,  Mary  Purcell,  Emma  Kcmin.iton.  Jennie  Cr.at:dal!. 

Wadsworth  School  is  located  on  tho  west  side  of  Wadsworth  si'iuarc.  and 
was  named  in  honor  of  General  Wa'lswcrth,  to  whose  generous  gift  Rochester  is 
indebted  for  the  ground  on  which  the  building  stands,  and  the  fine  grove  which 
forms  the  most  delightful  playground  in  the  city.  The  .school  edifice  is  a  m.-idem 
brick  structure,  having  six  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  occupied  by  the  fourth,  fifth, 
sixth,  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades,  ajid  five  on  the  upper,  with  slidin;;  glass 
partitions,  four  of  which  arc  occupic-il  by  the  first,  second,  and  third  grades,  while 
the  fif^th  room  is  used  as  a  recitation-room  for  the  A  class  of  the  first  grade,  and 
is  occupied  by  the  principal. 

Fncnlly.—}i.  C.  Parshall.  Sarah  T.  Copeland,  Anna  H.  Collins,  D.  Pierce, 
Mary  Streeter.  Alice  C.  Boycn,  Ella  V.  Meyer,  Helen  C.  Mudge,  Jean  Shaw, 
Jessie  F.  Booth. 

McNGER  School  is  located  on  Hickory  street,  in  the  twelfth  ward,  and  takes 
its  name  from  the  "  Munger  Tract."  Size  of  lot.  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  by 
three  hundred  feet.  The  first  building  was  erected  in  1843.  front  addition  in 
1S.')2,  south  end  in  1.SC7,  ai«l  reni.xJeled  in  1S71.  The  building  is  of  brick,  two 
stories,  with  ten  rooms,  five  on  each  floor;  the  upper  rooms  are  separated  by 
sliding  glass  partitions,  and  the  lower  by  permanent  ghiss  partitions. 

Faci(lfy.—X.  G.  Knapp,  R.  R.  Short,  J,.  Annie  Randolph,  M.  C.  Baker,  P. 
H.  Gordon,  J.  A.  .Morse.  II.  H.  .Mor-o.  S.  W.  Howe.  .M.  E.  McLcod,  S.  S. 
MeVicar,  A.  S.  Glover.  .M.J.  Lcnnon.  Emma  Perkins.  L.  F.  Smith,  Anna  Page. 

RiLEV  School  is  located  on  Scin  street,  and  named  in  honor  of  General 
Riley,  as  a  public  reco-jnitinn  of  distinguished  services  rendered  the  city  in  former 
yc:it^.  Size  of  h.t.  one  hun.lred  and  fifty  by  one  luiudrcd  and  fifty  feet.  The 
sch.K)l  edifice  is  brick,  two  stories,  erected  in  IS.'.O.  The  fourth.'  fifth,  sixth, 
seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades  occupy  the  lower  fittor.  and  the  first,  .second, 
and  third  the  upper.  The  rooms  On  both  fl.M^rs  are  separated  by  gla.sg  partitions; 
those  on  the  up[H-r  floor  being  movable. 

Faci,l/,/.—.1,.hn  G.  Allen,  A.  P.  Thrin-  Emily  .Manvcl,  E.  A.  Phillips.  E.  T. 
Kinlcyside,  E.  H.  Duryce.  E.  D.  If.innahs,  K.  M.  D.vker,  E.  L.  Manvcl,  L.  K. 
Perkins,  E.  B.  Satterlce. 

Monroe  .'school  is  loc-atcd  on  Monroe  avenue,  t)car  .\lexander  street.     The 

buildin-  is  of  brick,  nw.lero  stvlc.  llir tor„s  high,  sixty-four  by  fifty-two  Let, 

andisoneorih.'fine-l  -leKil  .dili.,.-  in  the  city.  On  the  first  fl..nr  are  li.ur 
sch^wl-rMUls.  two  wardrob.s.  and  C.ur  teaeli.rs'  rooms.  The  sec„„d  fl.,„r  hits 
rooms  similar  to  the  first,  while  the  third  flwir  has  two  school-roouis,  a  wardrobe, 
two  t.^achers'  rooias,  an  xs-scnibly  room,  and  pviiicipals  room. 


HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


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f„r„lti.—J.  \V.  Osl.urn,  Jr.,  Kil.ily  nanturd,  J.  W.  On-.-.-,  C.  McL-ar.  L,  >[. 
K.'uUT,  V.  Siilson,  Livia  A.  Maiivel,  j  S.  IJusli,  K.,tic  A.  liutLr,  D.  B.  Croacli. 

flcDSOM  :SciiooL  i^  !ocac.--J  on  Xorth  street,  on  u  lyt  eii/hty  by  oai:  hundred  and 
lirkv  f'^t-  The  sehool  cdiHee  was  erected  in  LSJH,  juJ  rcio'ideled  in  1S71.  ft  is 
a  tvfo-6U>ry  brict  structure.  fjrcy*sevea  by  filcy-four  and  a  half  tc:^t.  There  are 
ihrw!  rooliia  on  each  floor,  separated  by  glaas  partitions,  whicli  on  the  upper  floor 
»rc  alldic^.  The  fourth,  filth,  and  sisth  crades  .K-cupy  the  upper  story,  and  the 
^ventb.  eij;Iilh,  and  ninth  the  lower. 

.    fMiiHi/.—thzie  A.  .Mc(i.jne.-ul.  Emma  M.  .Mo.ier,  Anna  M.  Luwry,  .M.  E. 
Bie-.'ler,  Ella  M.  P.itterson,  .Mary  \V.  Lee.  Fr.vnk  H.  Kdu-.ir. 

Whit^kC  dcuOJt,  It  locited  in  the  eleventh  ward,  on  Orinye  street.  Size  of 
lot,  one  hundred  and  thirty  by  two  Imiidred  and  tu-elve  leet.  The  building:  was 
mited  in  ISj.S,  and  remodeled  in  ISTl.  It  is  hriek.  two  stories,  fifty-six  and  a 
half  by  ei-hty  feet.  The  ninth,  eighth,  seventh,  and  sixth  grades  are  on  the 
lower  floor.  The  upper  :^to^y  is  divided  iuto  four  ciuas-rooms.  separated  bysljdin;; 
gla.ss  parlitiuns,  and  is  occupied  by  the  first.  sceooJ.  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  grades. 

/'<ic«%.— T.  A.  Raymond,  m',  T.  McGorray,  X.  .M.  Mona-in,  JI.  E.  Mulone, 
K.  n.  Merriman.  E.  A.  Redmond,  S.  L.  Cogldin,  C.  R.  Jennings,  M.  L.  Foulds, 
Mary  L.  Coghlin. 

Concord  SruoOL  is  located  on  Concord  avenue.  Size  of  lot.  two  hundred  and 
Sfly  by  three  hundred  and  seven  feet.  The  buildin;  is  of  brick,  two  s:oric-3  high. 
As  erected  in  1867  it  consisted  of  six  rooms,  three  on  each  floor,  with  permanent 
partitions  below  and  sliding  glass  partitions  on  the  second  floor.  An  addition. 
two  Btories  in  height,  fifty-one  by  seventy-two  teet,  wa.s  made  in  187H,  with  six 
rooms,  three  on  each  floor,  separated  as  in  the  origin.d  building.  The  upper 
rooms  are  occupied  by  the  first,  second,  third,  tourth,  huh,  and  six  grades,  and 
the  lower  by  the  different  classes  of  the  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  grades. 

FaaUty.—SirAh  Shelton,  M.  \V.  Hluuian.  EU.i"  E.  Voung,  Alice  J.  Rundel, 
Alida  J.  Barron.  James  H.  Dickiusou,  Hattie  L.  Bail.  E.  Fannie  Cowles,  Xcllie 
F.  Oorneii.  Florence  A.  "iVarIng,  Sells  S.  Ilaiivej,  Jlijgia  V.'hitbcok,  C.  E.  P'Jgb, 
Anna  J.  Tomlin,  Lucy  H.  Clark. 

Seward  School  is  located  in  the  eighth  ward,  on  the  comer  of  Seward,  Mag- 
nolia, and  Reynolds  streets.  It  is  a  modern  two-story  brick  building,  seventy-seven 
by  fifty-one  feet,  erected  in  1.S69,  and  is  designed  tor  an  intermediate  and  primary 
school.     The  other  rooms  of  the  lower  story  have  perni.inent  glass  partitions. 

Faculty.— H.  E.  Westfail.  Mary  A.  Pierce.  Emma  M.  M.athews,  M.  C.  Bergh. 

Oakuas  School  is  located  on  Oaknian  street.  ue:ir  North  Cliut-jn.  Siie  of 
lot,  one  hundred  and  twent,-  by  three  hundred  and  seven  f^xt.  The  baiUiog  is 
of  brick,  two  stories  high,  with  Jlansard  roof  and  tower.  The  lower  floor  is 
divided  int/j  three  rooms,  separated  by  permanent  glass  partitions,  occupied  by  the 
ninth,  eighth,  and  seventh  grades.  The  upper  .^tory  is  occupied  by  the  sixth, 
fifth,  and  fourth  grades,  and  the  rooms  are  separ.ited  by  sliding  glass  partitions. 
It  was  erected  in  1S55,  and  is  fifty-two  by  seven'y-two  feet  in  size. 

FaaiUy.—hoaha  M.  Daniels,  Jane  N".  Brown,  Uelen  A.  Wedd,  Nellie  M.  Allen, 
Sophia  Samuels,  May  C.  Hogan,  Eliza  Rogers. 

Norton  School  is  located  on  the  comer  of  Norton  and  St.  Joseph  streets ; 
brick  building,  one  room.    .Vmelia  Stanley,  principal. 

Bkiohton  School  is  located  in  rear  of  Ely  place;  wooden  building,  one 
room.     VUs  E.  Jewett,  principal. 

Jay  Street  School  is  located  on  Jay  street,  west  of  Whitney  school.  Miss 
E.  Kewin,  principal. 

Rochester  Fejiale  Academy-,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Nichols,  princ  lal.  This  insti- 
tution was  organized  in  IS.i'i,  and  went  into  operation  the  following  year.  It  is 
the  only  chartered  educational  institution  in  the  city  subject  to  the  regents,  except 
the  Free  Academy.  It  has  .alw.-iys  bjen  under  the  control  of  ladies  as  principals, 
eieept  from  l8.j8  to  18GJ,  when  itwas  under  the  control  of  Re.  .James  Nuhols. 
The  school  has  three  departments, — preparatory,  junior,  and  senior, — in  each  of 
which  the  instruction  is  most  thorough.  It  has  also  a  library,  and  is  furnished 
with  apparatus  and  a  c.iblnet  of  minerals  to  illustrate  the  natuial  sciences.  The 
trustees  arc  Scth  H.  Terry,  Thomas  C.  Montgomery,  Joseph  A.  Eastman,  Lysander 
Farrar,  Lewis  H.  Morgan,  Usear  Craig. 

VosnuRo's  ACADIMV.  East  JIain  street,  corner  of  Stone;  John  K.  Vosburg, 
principal.  This  schiwl  was  established  in  l.S"i8.  and  is  known  as  a  day-  and  ni;:ht- 
school  where  young  men,  boys,  and  young  ladies  arc  prcpareii  for  book-keepers, 
"t  for  any  other  pursuit  in  which  they  may  wish  to  cmrurc. 

Trinitv  School,  comer  of  Frank  and  Centre  streets,  has.  at  this  writing, 
pa.'ued  out  of  eiLstencc.  It  was  a  parochial  school,  organized  in  April.  1.S70,  by 
the  rector  of  St.  Luke,  Rev.  C.  II.  W.  .-^toekin^,  now  of  Grace  Church,  Hetrolt. 
I'  was  a  preparatory  school  for  girls  and  boy^  aii.l  euMliiined  in  suecc-^ful  o|«ra- 
'lon  Hjr  four  year<,  under  the  control  of  I'raiUL-s  .M.  limhan. 

Kocmester  Rusiness  U.NlVKiL^rrv  w.is  ll.uoded  l.y  liryaiil,  .Stratton,  and 
•'hnpmaii,  September  1,  lbb3,  .Mr.  J.  V.  R.  I.'liapman  a.-^ummg  its  luuiiagcment. 


July  10.  18i;b,  Mr.  Chapman  retired,  and  .Mr.  L.  L.  Williaiiis  sue  ceded  to  his 
iuttrest  and  ai^umed  the  presidency,  which  jHisitioa  he  has  since  occupied.  The 
branches  embraced  in  its  curriculum  are  book-ket^ping,  penmanship,  commercial 
h»w,  business  arithmetic,  and  practical  grammar,  which  arc  supplemented  by 
instruction  in  commercial  orthography,  business  correspondence,  husiuoss  foruii, 
office  details,  etc.  Its  departments  arc  open  to  both  sexes.  This  university  is 
one  of  the  fixed  institutions  of  Rochester,  and  justly  merits  the  enviable  reputa- 
tion attained.     Its  yearly  attendance  has  re.iched  six  hundred  pupils,  and  is  ste:ulily 


niSTURY   OF  THE    INDUSTRIAL   SCHOOL   OF  ROCHE.STER. 


In  the  autumn  of  1856  -Mrs.  Ebenezer  Griffin,  of  Rochester,  visited  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  where  she  witncs,-.^l  the  successful  ope-ratlon  of  an  Industrial  school. 
She  retorned  home  fully  imbued  with  a  desire  to  establish  a  similar  iu.stllutluo  in 
Rochester.  In  co-operation  with  her  friend  and  neighbor.  Jlrs.  Henry  A-  Brewster, 
she  called  an  informal  meeting  of  ladies  at  the  house  of  the  latter,  corner  of  Spring 
and  Washington  streets,  to  discuss  the  feasibility  of  such  an  enterprise.  A  second 
meeting  wa.s  held  in  the  lecture-ruom  of  Plymouth  church,  where,  in  December, 
1856,  the  Industrial  School  of  Rochester  was  organized  and  the  following  oflicers 
elected :  First  Directress,  Mis.  David  C.  Ailing^  Second  Directress,  Mrs.  Alfred 
Ely;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  George  H.  Ely;  CorrespondiuL-  Secretary,  .Mrs.  Seth  H. 
Terry;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Gilman  H.  Perkins.  On  the  15th  of  April, 
1357,  the  society  was  incorporated,  and  the  following  persons  constituted  the  first 
board  of  directors:  Henry  A.  Brewster,  .\ristarchu3  Champion,  Henry  R.  Selden, 
Aaron  Erickson.  Samuel  D.  Porter,  Elias  Pond,  Adolphus  Morse.  Samuel  P.  Ely, 
Edwin  Scrantom.  Edward  M.  Smith,  Joshua  Conkey,  Ebenczer  Griffin,  and  John 
M.  French.     The  design  of  this  institution  is  thus  defined  in  the  second  article 

"  The  objects  of  this  a.ssociation  are,  to  gather  into  the  school  vagrant  and  desti- 
tute children,  who,  from  the  poverty  or  vice  of  their  parents,  are  nnniU  In  alleml 
the  pablic  ichnoh,  and  gather  a  precarious  livelihood  by  begging  or  pilfering;  to 
give  them  ideas  of  moral  and  religious  duty ;  to  instruct  them  iu  the  elements  of 
learning:  and  in  different  branches  of  industry,  and  enable  them  to  obtain  an 
honest  and  honorable  support,  and  to  become  useful  members  of  society." 

This  organization  had  its  birth  in  the  midst  of  a  winter  of  unusual  severity, 
and  when  there  was  a  great  pressure  in  the  money  market,  and  all  Its  operations 
were  necessarily  conducted  on  a  very  economical  basis.  The  first  e;ish  contribu- 
tions were  from  H.  A.  Brewster  and  A.  Champion,  who  each  g.ive  one  hundred 
dollars;  Samuel  P.  Ely  and  George  H.  Ely  each  gave  fifty  dollars,  and  John  M. 
French  gave  the  free  use  of  rooms  in  the  old  Rochester  House.  Exchange  street. 
A  matron,  cook,  and  teacher  were  hired  as  permanent  residents  of  the  house ;  all 
other  services  were  gratuitous. 

On  Christmas.  ISoG,  more  than  three  hundred  destitute  children  partook  of  a 
dinner  provided  for  them  in  the  room.>  of  the  a-^sociation.  which,  on  the  5th  of 
January,  1357,  were  thrown  open  to  the  needy  children  of  Roche-'tcr.  A  class 
of  neglected,  destitute,  filthy,  lawless  children  was  soon  collected,  and  a  large  ami 
efficient  board  of  managers  strove  to  elevate  them  out  of  paiipeii^m.  The  man- 
agers collected  funds,  provided  supplies,  assisted  in  teaching  the  children  In  the 
school-room  and  sewing-class,  visited  them  in  their  homes,  made  new  garracnt.s 
for  them  and  repaired  old  ones,  and  furnished  them  with  a  substantial  dinner. 

During  the  fin<t  year  two  hundred  and  sixty-four  girls  and  two  hundred  and 
seventy-two  boys  were  connected  with  the  school;  the  average  attendance  was 
seventy-five.  Ten  children  were  provided  with  homes;  seven  hundred  and  four 
garments,  one  hundred  and  nineteen  pairs  of  shoes,  and  twenty-one  paiiii  of  rub- 
bers were  distributed  among  them.  The  cash  expenses  of  the  institution  amounted 
to  nine  hundred  and  furtysii  dollars  and  fifty-eight  cents. 

It  was  not  the  original  design  of  the  institution  to  retain  children  in  the  house 
after  school  hours,  but  exceptional  eases  soon  made  it  necessary  to  provide  tem- 
porary homes  for  some  of  the  children.     A  hoiiicl&,s  colored  boy,  who  shjit  in  an 


old  shanty,  found  his  way 


itrial  .sell 


indu 


consumption,  and  a  home  w 

as  given  him  in  the  institution.      Frightened  eiiiid 

would  ask  for  shelter,  a.s  i 

temperate  parents  wore  abusing  them  at  home,  a 

they  would  bo  harbored  till  the  hour  of  peril  was  over,  when  they  would  retu 

to  their  wretched  abodes. 

It  soon  became  evident 

hat  more  .suitable  quart.-rs  were  n,x-ded  to  elhrim 

advance  the  objeets  of  tiic 

n-soeiation.  and   in    l^.o   the  society  pureha-eJ, 

HLSTORY   OF   JIONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


was  erected  ot  the  west  of  the  I'luUiri!:,  thus  furiiiihin^-,  on  th.;  ..rromid-fliH.r,  a 
kitchen,  diiiiiig-rooni,  cliiM-ts.  and  bathing-room,  and,  in  thu  second  .■>;ory,  a  large 
well-Tentilalcd  scliool-room. 

In  18GC  a  lar^e  lot  on  the  north  of  the  old  premises  was  purchajwi  lor  two 
thoosand  five  hundred  dollars,  thna  pm\idini:  an  ample  playi^round  for  the  chil- 
dren; and  in  1S71  a  small  lot  ^utb  of  the  oriL:inal  pureha^e  was  secured,  thui 
enabling  the  sucietj-  to  make  alterationi  in  their  old  house  and  additioi\3  south  of 
■it,  to  furciiih  acciimoiodations  for  a  day-ourserr,  where  workinj;  Tunthers  could 
leave  their  iofants  from  tuurninji  till  night,  wlule  they  labored  Co  support  their 

Improvements  on  Exchan;.re  street  have  neei-ssitated  the  new  trnidinc:  of  the 
lot,  and  the  taxes  for  sewerape  have  been  heavy,  but  the  present  edifice  as  it  now 
stands  is  an  honor  to  the  city,  and  by  its  central  piisition  and  interna!  arrani:e- 
.ment  is  well  adapted  to  the  nwds  of  this  charity.  A  2wd  cellar  gives  ample 
.loom  for  storini;  veirctables  and  supplies,  for  a  wash-roou,  furnace-nwrn.  and  coal. 
-On  the  first  floor  are  the  parlor,  family  sitting-  and  dininir-room.  two  nurseries. 
.bath-rt)Oius,  a  kitchen,  closets,  and  dining-room  ;  on  the  second,  the  school-rooms, 
ladies'  sewin^'-room.  wardrobe,  matrons  room,  and  the  pris'  dormitories;  on  the 
third  are  the  boys'  Jormitories  and  a  ho-piial  t'or  the  sick.  The  school-room  is 
supplied  with  the  ordinary  school  .ippointmenis.  and  also  with  a  p.irlor  orsan  cost-  I 
jng  one  hundred  and  seventy  dollars,  which  was  paid  for  by  contributions  taken 
up  in  thirteen  of  the  city  Sabbath-schools. 

The  present  centennial  year  completes  the  second  decade  in  the  life  of  the  iii- 
.dustrial  school,  and  through  all  these  years  this  charity,  with  unswervini:  purpose, 
has  sought  to  carry  out  its  ori;,:inal  benevolent  designs.     On  five  days  of  the  week 
it  has  opened  its  doors  to  destitute  children  unable  to  attend  the  public  schools ; 
it  has  instructed  them  in  the  elementary  branches  of  education ;  it  has  imparted 
moral  and  religious  lessons  ;  it  has  given  them  ideas  of  neatness  and  industry  ;  it       | 
.has  Initiated  lue  oldci  elmdieu  into  tut;  iuy.-u-iiv»  uf  the  kitvl.cu  aid  d'.oirig-ruum ;       ! 
it  has  clothed  the  ra^i;ed.  shivering  little  ones,  taught  them  how  to  make  and        I 
mend  their  own  garments,  gi-en  them  a  pleasant  home  by  day  and  a  substantial 
dinner,  and  sent  them  forth  to  impart  useful  lessons  in  their  own  darkened  homes. 
During  and  since  the  civil  war  many  children  of  soldiers  have  here  found  a  refuge.        | 

Besides  this,  it  has  given  a  permanent  home  to  many  needy  ones,  thirty-four  of 
whom  now  constitute  the  home  family. 

It  has  also  welcomed  to  its  cheerful  nursery  many  wadins  infants  -.  but  esp^'ri- 
,enco  has  proved  that  it  is  not  wise,  during  the  sominer  months,  to  congregate  too 
.zuanj  of  this  class  beneath  one  roof  in  the  midst  cf  a  city.  It  has  received  into 
its  day-nursery  the  children  of  working  mothers,  caring  for  them  from  early  mom 
till  night,  while  their  mothers  were  earnins  means  for  their  support. 

A  large  proportion  of  the  beneficiaries  of  this  institution  have  come  from  homes 
desolated  by  intemperance;  others  have  cme  bec.mso  sickness  or  death  has  de- 
prived the  little  ones  of  home  comforts.  Those  best  able  to  judge  pronounce  this 
charity  a  success.  It  cares  for  the  helpless  children,  and  seeks  to  make  them 
self-supporting  and  useful. 

The  Industrial  schiwl  has  received  some  appropriations  from  State  funds,  and 
some  memorial  legacies,  the  interest  of  which  is  u.-<^d  for  its  support.  The  board 
of  education  supplies  two  teachers  ;  the  city  pays  a  suiall  sum  for  the  board  of  some 
of  the  children,  and  parents  for  others;  but  the  charitv  depends  luaitily  for  its 
IBupport  on  the  contributions  ot'  the  bcneijcx-nt  citizens  of  Iiochestcr.  Two  annual 
festivals — the  strawberry  fjstival  in  June,  and  the  donatioti  reception  in  October — 
are  held  for  the  benefit  of  the  school,  and  the  mana'.:ers  rely  larirely  on  the  avails 
of  these  to  tlefray  the  current  cxjK:n.ses  of  the  institution.  To  meet  special 
emergencies  subscription  papers  have  been  circulated,  and  citizens  have  generously 
responded  to  the  calls. 

The  last  annu.al  report  shows  an  average  attendance  in  the  schfiol  the  last  ye.ir 
of  ninety-three  ;  the  home  family  has  avira;;cd  about  thirty :  two  hundred  :uid 
twenty  garments  have  been  made  from  new  material ;  one  hundred  and  eighty-five 
from  old;  eight  liumlrcd  garnient.s  have  been  rcpain-il ;  nine  hundred  and  thirty- 
four  distributed ;  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  pairs  of  new  shoes,  and  seventy- 
three  pairs  of  old.  have  been  given  out ;  the  current  expenses  of  the  year  amounted 
to  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ten  d..llars  and  forty-seven  cents  ;  K.vchange 
street  improvement  and  repairs  aimmnted  to  one  thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty- 
five  dollars  and  thirty  ccnUs. 

For  more  than  eleven  years  the  liuh>stritit  ScluooJ  Advocate  has  been  published 
under  the  auspiei'S  of  the  association.  It  has  ^^^..-ht  to  increase  the  public  interi'st 
in  this  charity,  and  has  made  a  monthlv  rejtort  of  its  conditions,  needs,  and  do- 
nations. For  five  years  it  was  edit,-.!  by  Mrs.  Geor.'o  T.  l'.;rker ;  since  then  it 
has  been  e<litrd  by  '.Mrs.  Seth  II.  Terry.' 

Tlie  following  ii.-t  comprises  the  names  ..f  the  offi.rrs  of  the  Industrial  seh(-.l 
for  the  year  1870  : 

CoBPOBATE   OttHER.s.— Directors,    Charles    J.    Hayden,   Kdwin    Scranlom, 


Lewis  Morg:in,  Aristarchus  Champion,*  Levi  A.  Ward,  Samuel  D.  Porter,  J..hn 
M.  French,'  Scth  H.  Terry,  D.  A.  Watson,  Ebenczer  Kly,'  D.  W.  Powers.  ls.,ae 
Butts,*  Klias  Pond.*  Edward  .M.  Smith,  Jacob  Anderson,  William  Kidd,  lleorv 
R.  Sclden,  (liln.an  II.  Perkins,  Henry  A.  Brewster.'  Emmctt  il.  lloilLster,'  P. 
L,  Durand,  Fred.  Turpiu,  Charles  F,  Pond,  Ceorge  S.  Riley,  J.  W,  Hatch; 
Charles  J.  Hayden,  president  of  the  board  ;  Eilwin  Scrantora,  secretary  ;  Gilmaii 
H.  Perkins,  I^vi  A.  Ward,  hnancial  c-ommittce. 

Ojfti-era  of  the  AssorialOm  n,r  the  i'fur  cnmmrncwj  .laimnry  S,  ISTC— Presi- 
dent, .Mrs.  George  F.  Danforth  ;  First  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Neheudidi  W.  Bene- 
dict; Second  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Hiram  Sibley;  Third  Vice-President,  .Mrs. 
Isaac  Butts;  Fourth  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Alfred  Ely;  Treasurer,  .^Irs,  Lewis 
H.  Morgan  ;  Corrcsiponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Gerard  Arink  ;  Kceordiug  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Gihi.an  tl.  Perkins. 

RoctlESTEii  Ke.vlschule.— Prior  to  1870  this  school  was  under  tlie  charge 
of  Dr.  Dulon.  At  his  death,  in  April,  1S70,  Mr.  H.  Pfaetilin.  who  had  l«s  n 
called  from  New  York  as  assisL;int,  became  principal.  The  old  frame  building 
where  the  school  was  held  at  IcnL-th  became  unfit  for  the  purposes  of  the  .-cho^.l, 
and  the  attendance  rapidly  decreased.  The  school  board,  being  discoura'.'ed, 
offere<l  to  deed  the  house  and  grounds  to  Professor  Pfaefflin,  and  leave  him  the 
school  at  his  own  risk.  He  accepted  the  offer,  and,  throu-h  the  financial  .T.s.sist- 
ance  of  bus  brother-in-law,  .Mr.  Momhard,  of  Xew  York,  a  new  building  was  com- 
pleted January  1,  187'J,  and  in  the  same  year  the  Kcalschulvcrein  was  reof.'an- 
ized.  The  number  of  pupils  increased  from  one  hundred  and  twenty  in  l.'s7'i 
to  one  hundred  and  fifty-eight  in  lS7t).  The  principle  upon  which  the  .school 
is  ba.>-ed  reriuires  a  simultaneous  study  of  the  (.rerman  and  Emilish  languages. 
It  is  under  the  control  of  Professor  Herman  Pfaefflin.  through  whose  able  man- 
agement it  raiiks  among  the  foremost  schools  in  the  city. 

>Iiss  Rochester's  School  for  Youxu  Ladies  w;ls  openisl  September  10. 

one  of  the  leading  schools  in  the  city  devoted  to  the  education  i^f  young  ladies. 
The  finest  advantages  are  here  afforded  for  thorough  instruction  in  the  Eu-li-h 
branches,  hinguages,  and  arts.  .\  regular  ojursc  of  study  is  pursueil  from  the 
pr'uiiary  department  to  a  high  graduating  stJindard.  The  pre.^ent  faculty  crmsists 
of  .Miss  Rochester  and  .Miss  K.  S.  Barnett,  En-lish  blanches  and  Latin  ;  Dr. 
Rundbaken,  Grc>ek.  German,  and  other  modern  laniuagvs ;  Madame  (Jueveile. 
French ;  Edgar  H.  Sherwood,  insirumenial  music ;  Miss  Roderick,  voc:il  music. 
The  art  department  is  also  under  the  control  of  a  competent  instructor. 

St.  .Mark's  Scuool,  located  near  the  city,  is  a  clasT-ical  and  family  scln-.d 
for  K>ys.  and  is  under  the  control  of  Rev.  Thomas  Drnmm.  M.D..  rector,  i-rc. 
It  is  now  in  the  ninth  year  of  its  existence,  and  has  attaii—l  a  •^■.■■^■^  -s  ,.,iy)n.=-in- 
the  nio.sc  .sanguine  hopes  of  its  founder.     This  school  .u:.     '  •   i  moiier- 

ate  cost,  a  want  felt  by  almost  all  parents  who  propMv,  :    ,  ,\5  tVom 

home  to  be  fitted  for  bu.siness  Ywe,  or  for  a  university  or  j  i..|  -  i    ..il  ,.    ir- ■  ..i  in- 
struction.   The  iustrucliim  extends,  .as  far  as  p.ps.sible.  to  tile  whole  1 
mental,  and  moral. 

The  rector,  being  a  teacher  of  many  years'  expcrie!ice.  and  alsi 
who  has  made  the  human  sy.stew.  its  di.seasf>  and  their  remedies,  a  stioly  and 
pnictice.  brin^.'S  to  hi*  work  a  love  of  teaching  and  a  love  of  b<iys  as  -ucii.  His 
a.ssistants  arc  persons  of  experience,  who  can  .sympathizi  vvirli  y<jiitli.  ri-litly  direct 
them,  and  be.  at  the  same  time,  s-iitablc  e\aniples  or  companion-. 

The  rector,  being  a  cluirch  c  -rgyinan,  b.,,-cs  his  religious  teichin-s  on  the 
ercH'ds  and  formularies  of  the  Protestant  Kpiseopal  church.  The  Bible  an. I  l^.■.k 
of  Common  Prayer  are  u.sed  daily  in  the  sehwd  and  family.     On  the  Lords  d.iy, 

is  conducted  by  the  rector;  ami  ,it  Christm.a.s.  E.ester.  and  other  -.■a,-ons  appointed 
to  be  observed  in  the  church,  special  attention  is  directed  t..  the  •.-ret  troths  ,h,  „ 
commemon.tcd.  and  the  influenci  s  they  should  exert  on  the  heart  and  lil-.' 

I.MM.VCLI..ITE  CclNCKI'TIii-N  .•IIIOOI,  Was  orgmized  in  the  year  1S71.  Dnrin,' 
that  year  a  larje  and  commiHlioos  .selwil  buildiii'.'  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  eighlern 
thousand  dollars.  The  school  I  in  successful  operation,  and  is  under  the  ismtn.l 
of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph. 

St.  .\IlLiiAEt.'.i  Snioiir.  was  ornanized  in  IS7S.  The  school  Is  at  pn^nt 
held  in  the  church  building,  which  is  iriti-nded  to  hi'  .lected  to  tlic  .-clus.l  alone. 

huudrcl  and  filly.  This  .sch.^.l  is  taught  by  the  Sistcis,  of  -Voire  U.iue-  Tlic 
pastor  f.T.  njhcii'  is  principal. 

St.    Bkidiikt's    Scinioi.. — I'pon   the  crwiion  of  the    pre-ont  cslifiee  of  St. 

p..ri.sh  sil 1. house       The  school   is   now  in   sueees.siul  operali-n,  .in.l   le.s   an 

attendance  ..f  llove  hundred  pupils.     It  is  tan-hr  by  «.,v.n  Sisors  of  St.  J..s,ph. 


:.— pny. 


edioal  1 


U'C^i'1>rU^<i^\    ^^     C^-'T-^^-n^ux^  . 


HISTORY  OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


St.  M.iBv's  School,  Sisters  of  .Mitw. — Tliis  convent  wxs  foiinJcJ  in  Fit.nury 
l.-."iT,  liy  ''■'<;  Suiters  of  .MiTL-y  from  Pn.viJiiieo,  Uhnde  I»laiiJ.  It  i.'i  in  u  fi  ui- 
iahiug  cunJitiou.  Tilt  aUtiTs  :ia>  croc'ing  an  adJitiou,  whicli  will  roiiJiT  it  o  l!ir;.'e 
aiiJ  ammoJious  in.stitutiori.  TIilTv.-  is  a  5<;!w;t  school,  in  whiL-h  tbo  kii'licr 
br.iiich,!3  of  1  refined  education  .are  taiisht ;  aUo.  an  industrl;il  sehool.  where  girls 
of  all  a^-es  mJ  deuominatious  arv  instnicted  in  mord  and  religious  duties,  edu- 
ciited  in  the  common  Enjisir  branches,  and  supported  in  the  institution  until 


comjieteut  t 


them.«el> 


N.iZARCTiI  Academy  was  wtublished  in  September,  1871.  It  is  located  on 
the  comer  of  Frank  and  .Jay  stre..'ts.  aod  is  cooneeted  wirh  N:izareth  eonvoot,  the 
mother-house  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  .Joseph  of  the  diocese  of  Rochester.  The  num- 
ber of  pupils  ranges  from  fifty  to  seventy-five;  of  these  some  are  boarders,  .-^jme 
dav-scholara.  Seven  teachers  are  employed.  The  course  of  instruction  includes 
all  the  branches  which  constitute  a  solid  and  refined  education.  Superior  udvan- 
ta^'es  arc  afforded  in  this  school  for  tlic  study  of  the  French,  iJerman.  and  Litin 
languages,  music  (vocal  and  instrumental  I,  drawijiii.  and  raintinj  in  oils  and 
water-colors.  These  departments  are  taught  by  the  sisters,  who  have  made  thera 
specialties.  The  academy  is  in  a  nourishing  condition,  and  enjoys  a  large  share  \ 
of  j>opularity,  counting  I'rotestant.-;  a:i  Weil  as  Citholics  among  its  patrons.  j 

K.yOLISH  AND  FiiENXii  Co.vnDiNG-  A.ND  Dav-Schoiil,  No.  liH  Spring  street.  j 
Mi^s  Mary  J.  Bliss,  principal. — This  school  was  op-  ned  September  14, 1S74.  with  1 
five  boarders  and  twenty-five  day-scholars.  It  has  rapidly  g-ained  in  public  favor, 
and  18  one  of  the  prosperous  educational  institutions  of  the  city.  This  school  is  dc- 
jigned  to  provide  the  best  facilities  for  a  thorough,  practical,  and  accomplished 
education.  The  course  of  study  comprises  the  English  branches,  Latin,  drawing, 
painting,  music,  and  the  modern  languages. 

St.  Peter's  and  St.  P.iul's  Scuool  was  started  in   April,   1S43.     The 
present  school  building  was  erected  in  18G3.     The  school  at  present  numbers  five 
hundred  and  thirty-eight  pupils.     The  male  department  is  under  the  management        \ 
of  Brothers  of  Mary,  and  the  female  under  the  control  of  the  Sisters  of  Notre       j 
Dame. 

Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart  is  a  school  under  the  control  of  the  Catholic  | 
church,  and  is  among  the  best  educational  institutions  in  western  New  Yort.  It  | 
•is  located  on  Prince  street,  and  well  deserves  the  enviable  reputation  it  has  attained.        i 

BoaTLE  Seminary  w.os  founded  in  1ST2.  It  is  a  boarding-  and  day-school 
for  young  ladies.  The  English  branches,  languages,  oil-painting,  and  music  are 
taught     German  is  m.ade  a  specialty. 

.  Childken'.s  School,  216  University  avenue.— Found.d  in  1872  by  Elizabeth 
Stevens.  In  1S74,  Miss  Stevens  accepted  a  p.isition  as  teacher  in  the  industrial 
school,  and  was  succeeded  by  her  >i.<tcr.  Miss  Nellie  A.  Stevens. 

Other  excellent  schools  are:  D.  S.  Benjamin's  classical  school,  15  Exchange 
street ;  Jliss  A.  0.  Briggs,  Main  street ;  Ella  L.  Carter,  Sophia  strc-et ;  Catholic 
classical  school,  Frank  street;  .^Irs.  C.  M.  Curtis,  45  Spring  street  (Livingstone 
park  seminary) ;  Era  JI.  Dannals,  Edinburgh  street ;  Kate  A.  Falls,  3Iathew3 
street;  German  Lutheran  school,  20  Alien  street;  George  D.  Hale,  27  State 
street;  Holland  reform  parochial  school,  OrcLion  street  corner  Harrlsou ;  Holy 
Family  school,  Jay  street  corner  Ames;  ^largarct  Marshall,  128  Plymouth 
avenue;  Almira  B.  Porter.  East  avenue;  Rev.  Thomas  C.  .Tleed,  9c'»  East 
Main  street ;  St.  Bonifaeius'  school.  5  Grand  street ;  St.  John's  German  Lutheran, 
Buehan  park  ;  St.  Joseph's  school,  2G  Franklin  street ;  St.  Mary's  orphan  asylum 
school.  West  avenue;  St.  Clary's  school,  15  South  street;  St.  I'atrick's  academy. 
Brown  street;  St.  Patrick's  orphan  xsylum  school,  Frauk  stre  t;  St.  Paul's,  3 
■  Mortimer  street;  Julia  31.  Sintzenich,  60  Andrews  street. 


BOCHESTER  CITY   HOSPITAL. 


This  institution  was  incorporated  by  act  of  leiislaturc.  pa-s-si'd  May  7,  1S47. 
The  board  of  trustees  named  in  its  charter  consisted  of  John  B.  Kllwood.  William 
Pitkin,*  Isaac  Hills,  Thns.  U.  Ro..-hester.^  Patri.  k  Kearney,'  Frederick  Starr,' 
Ralph  Lester,'  Edward  -M.  .\Ioore.  John  Williams,*  Elijah  F.  .-imiih,  and  David 
R.  Barton* 

The  institution  is  located  on  the  site  of  the  old  "  Western  cemetery,"  a  plot  of 
ground  containing  about  three  acres,  which  was  conveyed  to  the  hospital  by  the 
common  council  in  the  year  1851.  Many  obstacles  were  encountered  in  securing 
•  title  to  the  ccmet<ry  lot,  but  it  was  ultini.ately  obtained  by  an  act  of  the  legisla- 
ture in  1857.  Immediate  steps  were  taken  for  the  erection  of  a  building,  and  in 
the  autumn  of  1802  the  main  edifice  was  completed.  The  erection  of  this  build- 
ing exhatisted  the  funds  under  the  control  of  the  biiard,  and  it  was  founii  noce.s- 
sary  to  close  it  until  some  method  could  be  devised  of  raising  the  rei(ni.>ite  means 


dollars  w.as  made  to  the  hospital  by  the  trustees  of  the  Roche*ster  collegiate  institute, 
and  with  that  amount,  together  with  the  procee.ls  from  the  s.ile  of  the  almshouse 
lots,  it  wad  deemed  expedient  to  open  the  hospital,  pronding  the  Female  Charitable 
Society  would  assume  the  cure  and  management  of  the  institution.  This  they 
consented  to  do,  and  under  the  auspices  of  that  .society  additional  funds  were  raised 
by  suhaeription,  and  on  the  29th  of  January,  Is  j2,  the  Rochester  City  Hospital 
was  formally  opened  and  dedicated.  The  liberality  of  the  various  (hurchcs  and 
religious  societies  was  appealed  to  to  furnish  the  rooms  and  wards,  and  the  prompt- 
ness with  which  they  answered  was  extremely  gratifying,  and  clearly  exhibited 
their  appreciation  of  the  neces.-,ity  of  the  work  and  the  good  it  was  likely  to  ac- 
complish. We  i[Uote  the  followitig  from  the  remarks  made  at  the  opening  of  the 
hospital  by  the  lamented  George  U.  .^lumford,  Esf|.  : 

■'  I  cannot  conclude  this  brief  address  without  adverting  gratefully  to  the  dis- 
interested labors  of  the  hospital  physician,  Dr.  H.  W.  Dean,  and  the  surgeon.  Dr. 
FI.  F.  Montgomery,  who  have  not  only  freely  rendered  their  services  in  the  pre- 
liminary arrangements,  but  have  also  given  their  valuable  profe-.^ional  skill  and 
experience  iu  the  hespital  without  compensation." 

The  main  building  is  of  brick,  fifty  by  sixty  feet,  and  four  stories  high.  It  ha-s 
two  main  entrances,  one  from  the  north  and  one  from  the  south,  with  a  lar.'e  hall 
dividing  the  several  Huors  equally  into  east  and  west  sections.  On  the  first  fioor 
are  five  rooms,  on  the  second  two,  on  the  third  five.  The  hospital  was  fonnallv 
opened  for  the  reception  of  patients  January  29,  1S64,  under  the  following  in- 
ternal management:  H.  F.  Montgomery,  M.D.,  and  II.  \V.  Dean,  M.D.,  visiting 
surgeons ;  C.  E.  Richer,  M.D.,  house  physician  and  surgeon ;  John  JI.  Sly. 
steward;  Mrs.  J.  M.  Sly,  matron. 

The  east  wing  was  completed  in  1865.  It  is  eighty  feet  long,  with  a  transept 
wing  forty  by  twenty-five  feet,  two  stories  high  with  basement,  and  is  the  male 
department.  The  west  wing,  designed  exclusively  for  female  patients,  was  Com- 
pleted in  1871.  It  Is  tour  stories  in  height,  including  basement.  This  depart- 
ment is  also  couii/lete  in  all  its  apCMjintnieuts.  The  rooms  on  the  third  flour  of 
this  building  have  been  furnished  by  individuals  and  churches,  and  reflect  much 
credit  upon  the  philanthropic  people  of  Rochester.  The  hospital  has  at  present  a 
capacity  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  beds.  The  institution  has  received  ap- 
propriations from  the  State  for  building  purposes  as  follows; 

In  186!1 _ SS.500.lll) 

la  August,  1J*70 „ 5,000,00 

In  yovember,  1870 14.041.25 

In  1871 .-. „ 15.000.00 

Total :_ 41,141.25 

Central  builjing  cost _ 14, 277-90 

East  wing  about 2o',000.00 

The  following  list  comprises  the  names  of  the  directors  of  the  hospital,  from 
the  date  of  incorpomtiou  to  the  present  time;  Dr.  John  B.  Elwood,  William 
Pitkin,*  Isaac  Hills,  Thomas  H.  Rochester,*  Patrick  Kearney,*  Ralph  Lester,* 
Frederick  Starr,*  E.  F.  Smith,  Dr.  E.  M.  Mr,orc.  John  Williams,*  D.  K.  Barton.  * 
appointed  by  act  of  incorporation.  L.  A.  Ward,  John  II.  Thompssin,*  John  Child, " 
Aristarchus  Champion,*  Everard  Peck.*  Dr.  James  Webster,*  William  Brewster,* 
Jared  Newell,*  Alexander  Kclsey,*  Dr.  H.  F.  Montgomery,  Jacob  iiould,*  Dr. 
F.  F.  Backus,*  Frederick  Whittlesey,*  Aaron  Eri"ckson,  Samuel  D.  Porter. 
George  H.  Mumford,'  John  Thompson.*  Edward  M.  Smith,  Rufus  Kecler,'^ 
Andrew  S.  Braekett,*  Jamas  Brackett,  Samuel  Wilder,  Beldcn  It.  Mc.Alpinc,  E. 
H.  Ilollister,*  W.  F.  Cngswell,  E.  S.  Ettcnheimcr.  James  Vick,  Charles  C.  -Morse. 

D.  W.  Powers,  John  II.  Brewster.  Oilman  II.  Perkins.  James  Brackett,  P.  B 
Tielie,  resigned,  Jame.s  L.  Angle,  Thomas  Leighton. 

The  present  officials  of  the  hcspital  are  as  follows :  President.  Aaron  Erickson  . 
Vice-Prt>sident,  Levi  A.  War.l ;  Treasurer,  E,  S.  Ettcnheimcr ;  Secretary,  James 
L.  Angle ;  Executive  Committee,  Samuel  Wilder.  C.  C.  .Moore.  James  Brackett , 
Committee  on  Auditing  Trcas-urer's  Accounts,  .lohn   H.   Brewster,  James  Vick, 

E.  S.  Ettcnhcinier ;  Committee  on  Building  and  Ground.  James  Vick,  D.  W. 
Powers,  John  H.  Brewster ;  Committee  on  Jlembcrship,  Levi  A.  Ward,  S.  D. 
Porter,  James  L.  Angle.  Medical  and  Sur-ical  Staff,  .^Larch  1,  1876;  Surgeons. 
Dr.  H.  F.  Montgomery.  J.  F.  Whitbeek,  H.  H.  Langworth;  Physicians.  David 
Little,  W.  S.  Ely,  E.  'V^.  Stoddard;  Consulting  Physician,  Dr.  W.  W.  Ely  : 
Gyn.xixilogist.  Dr.  II.  W.  De.an  ;  Ophthalmologist,  Dr.  Charles  E.  Rider;  Resi- 
dent Assistant,  Dr.  Charles  Carey. 

SAINT   MARYS    HOSPITAL. 


I"  furnish  and 


put  1 


loiiati.juofoneth,. 


The  .Sisters  of  Charity  of  Saint  V 
ffo  small  stahli-s  on  Genesee  street  i 


nt  dc  Paul  coninienccd  their  liosplt.- 
West  .Main,  in  September,  I8."i7.  w 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


they  tried  to  fit  up  m  comEirciWy  ns  poi^lble  fjr  the  n-ccptioo  of  the  safferin..-        ' 
poor;  before  ojiny  dnyj  the  sr-ant  iici-oinm,idationi  attordi-d  by  the  stabled  were        [ 
filled  to  the  lum.vst  by  ihc  influx  of  the  sick  and  ailin;;  p.wr,  who  crowded  their       ' 
narrow  walk     The  sisters  found  it  necessary  to  creet  a  building'  eoiineetiiiL'  the 
two  stables,  two  stories  in  hei^-ht,  and  twenty -ei^ht  by  thirty-fire  feet,  which  almost        i 
before  in  cuniplction  was  filled  with  patients.     So  many  applications  were  made        ' 
for  admission   that  durin;:  the  next  year  the  ea,t  win-  sixty  by  eii^hty  feet  and 
three  stories  hi-h,  was  built,     [n   ISii:;  it  was  found  impossible  to  do  with  the 
limited  rtwm.     Hence,  the  large  hospital,  as  it  now  stands,  was  deeidcd  upon. 
The  estimated  oist  was  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thou.sand  Jolhus,  but  prices 
for  building  material  rose  rapidly,  and  the  co.st  exceeded  two  hundred  thousand 
doUan.     This  building  is  two  hundred  and  filly  feet  lon^-,  and  thnjc  and  nne-half       i 
•tories  high  ;  the  main  part  in  the  i-enire  is  a  stnry  hi'.'her.     It  is  fr.im  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  fei't  deep,  including  the  towers,  which        ' 
project  a  little  front  of  the  adjoining  winu-s.      During  the  war  the  hospital  ac-        ' 
commodated  live  hundred  wounded  and  siet  .soldiers,  besides  a  brgi;  number  of  other       1 
Bick  poor,  but  probably  not  more  than  five  hundred  could  be  comfirti;bly  situated        ' 
it  it.     The  total  number  of  patients  under  treatment  from  September,  1857,  to 
September,  1^^7^J,  is  nineteen  thousand  and  ninety-four.     The  idea  is  quite  prev- 

institutioQ.     Be  it  understood  that  Saint  Mary's  hospital  is,  and  always  was.  a        ■ 
benevolent  institution,  whose  doors  arc  ever  open  lor  the  alleviation  of  suffering 
hoxnanity,  irrespective  of  creed  or  nationality.     No  one  was  ever  turned  away        i 
because  he  bad  nothing  wherewith  to  pay.     Though  the  listers  find  their  financial        I 
affairs  much  embarrassed,  still  they  are  neither  dismayed  nor  disheartened  bv  the 
obetacles  that  oppose  them,  relying  as  they  do  on  the  providence  of  God,  that  he 
will  give  them  means  in  his  own  good  time  to  support  the  sick  poor.  I 


THE   ROCHESTKR   OKPHAN   ASYLUM 

was  organized  in  1837,  under  the  name  of  "The  Rochester  Female  Associatiou 
for  the  relief  of  Orphans  and  destitute  Children."  It  was  opened  with  nine  chil- 
dren, and  fifty-eight  were  received  into  the  in.'^titulion  durinL.--  the  first  year  of  its 
existence.  In  March,  1S33,  the  society  was  ineorporateil.  by  special  act  of  the 
legislature,  under  the  name  of  ••  The  Roehesier  Oryilun  Asylum.'  lu  June,  IS-iD, 
BIr.  John  Greig,  of  CanandaiLnia,  gave  to  the  asylum  the  valuable  tract  of  hmd 
Id  Hubbell  park  on  which  its  present  structure  stands.  The  main  building  was 
erected  in  lSi3  and  ISU,  and  in  1S70  the  wing  on  the  east  side  was  erected  at 
a  cost  of  ten  thousand  four  hundred  and  f.irty-sis  dollars  and  eighty  cents.  This 
amount  included  the  plumbing,  steam-heating  apparatus,  stone  walks  through 
Hubbell  park  and  on  Exchange  street,  and  a  deep  sewer  from  the  asylum  building 
made  in  1.^73,  which,  to'jether  with  the 
etc.,  co.-t  twenty-one  thousand  one  hun- 


to  Greig  street.     Another  additir 
repairs  on  the  main  building,  far 


dred  and  sixty-nine  dollars  a 

ind  three  cents 

Since  the  organization  of 

the  institution  over  two 

thou' 

^nd  childt 

en  have  shared 

its  fostering  care. 

The  average  number  for  the  las 

t  ten 

years  h:i3 

been  i^!venty- 

six,  and  the  prose 

nt  number 

is  about  ninety. 

The  asylum  is 

finely  located,  and  the  grounds  surroi 

inding  it  ; 

ire  beautifully 

Uid  oJt  and  cuiti' 

i-accd  with 

great  care  and  attcntioi 

a.  wh 

He  a  portic 

m  of  the  land 

is  used  for  garden 

ing  purpos 

es  for  the  heiuht  of  the  inn 

latcs.  who 

are  t.aught  the 

Knglish  brandies. 

and  arc  al 

so  trained  to  habits  of  i 

ndusi 

iry.cleanlii 

.ess.andpuac- 

'  lality,  many  of  whom  ultimately  secure  good  homes  by  adoption  in  the  families 
of  those  who  need  their  assistance,  and  in  numerous  instances  rise  to  positions  of  . 
honor  and  trust  in  the  community.  The  asylum  is  supported  by  individual  be- 
quests  and  contributions,  and  also  aid  from  the  city,  county  and  State.  This  is 
one  of  the  humane  institutions  of  Rochester,  and  too  much  pniise  cannot  be 
bestowed  upou  its  benevolent  progenitors  and  tiiose  through  whose  fostering  in-  , 
Saence  it  has  been  sustained  and  placed  upon  a  .sound  basis.  1 

HOME   OF   I.NDl'STUY.  j 

This  institution  has  now  been  in  existence  several  years,  and  has  been  working 
I  nietly  and  unostentatiously  for  the  public  welfare.    Its  object  is  to  afford  a  homo       I 
Co  girls  who  are  out  of  ca-.ploymcnt,  and  an  opportunity  to  its  permanent  inmates        i 
to  learn  iL'W'ful  tradi'S.     It  is  under  the   charge  of  Sister  flieronymo,   assi.-.ted 
by  several  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph      This  is  one  of  the  many  charitable  in-        | 
rtitutions  of  Rochester  that  has  acconiplisiied  much  good  ;  and  Sistir  Hierony-mo 
and  her  assistants  cannot  be  eomplimcMted  t(Ni  highly  for  their  ell'oru  in  the  cau.-*        i 
of  charity.  : 

ROCHESTKR   ATllE.N.KUM. 


attempt 


When  Rochester  was  yet  a  v 
scientific  and  literary  purpo.s****  in  the  summ 
effected  on  the  i:;th  of  October  of  that  ye.ir,  i 
LIN  Institctk.  It  was  located  on  the  so 
streets,  and  numbered  among  its  patrons  anfi 
and  intelligent  citizens  of  that  day. 

The  .Mech.imcs'  Litku.vky  Assuci.\tHin  was  orgsinized  February  ll).  ls;;i;. 
and  incorporated  February  ".ili,  l&:!'t.  This  institution  cummenced  operation.-  in 
the  "  Chiid's  Block,"  ou  the  cast  side  of  E.tehauL'e  street.  li  cmbraecl  a  library 
and  reading-njom.  and  here  also  were  held  weekly  debates  on  moral,  political,  lit- 
erary.  and  other  topics.  This  was  for  many  years  a  successful  and  pe-pular  cnt^-r- 
prise,  embracing  among  its  members  all  classes  of  society.  At'ter  a  few  years  to- 
interest  in  the  association  .seemed  to  wane,  and  its  quarters  were  cbanied  from 
Exchange  street  to  the  north  side  "f  Bntfalo  street.  In  16V1  or  1S43  its  l.j.  a- 
tion  waa  changed  to  State  street,  near  the  site  of  the  Monroe  County  savinj< 
bank.  In  134-1  it  was  again  moved,  this  time  to  Smith's  arcade.  Here  it  re- 
mained but  a  short  time,  and  was  transt'erred  to  State  street.  Here  it  f  jund  a 
home  until  October.  1S47,  when  it  was  merged  in  the  Athenmim.  under  the  title 
of -'The  Rochester  Athena-um  and  .Mechani.-s'  .Vsso. ration.' 

The  Rocuester  .A.THEX.Et;M.— This  assmiation  was  formed  June  12.  IS:;;', 
under  the  following  preamble  and  conditions :  '•  We,  the  subscribers,  have  ass-/- 
ciated  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  newspapers  of  different  States  and  countries, 
pamphlets,  books,  maps,  charts,  and  of  collecting  historical  and  other  monuments 
connected  with  the  history  and  antiquities  of  our  country  and  the  useful  arts,  and 
generally  to  disseminate  useful  knowledge  by  means  of  an  institution  denomina:i.-J 
'  The  Rochester  Athenaeum' ;  hereby,  each  for  himself,  severally,  promises  to  pav 
the  treasurer  of  said  institution  the  sum  of  five  dollars  each,  on  the  first  day  ..f 
November,  annually,  for  the  term  of  five  years,  unless,  within  thirtv  d.avn  next 
prior  to  the  annual  meeting  of  its  mem'Oers.  any  subscriber  wishing  to  with- 
draw his  subscription  leave  a  written  notice  of  the  same  with  the  treasurer.  '  June 
26  a  constitution  was  adopted,  and  June  29  a  code  of  by-laws.  The  followiu'j 
were  chosen  the  first  board  of  directors :  President,  Colonel  Nathaniel  Rochester ; 
Vice-Presidents.  Charles  Perkins,  Simeon  Ford,  Rev.  Wra.  James.  Jonathan  Ch-l  1; 
Treasurer,  .J:'.mc3  Seymour ;  Corresponding  Secretary.  Nathaniel  Rochester :  Re- 
cording See-retary,  Levi  A.  Ward ;  Associate  Directors,  Rev.  Joseph  Penn.-v. 
Wm.  Atkinson,  r>r.  Levi  Ward,  Jr..  Everard  Peck,  Elisha  Johnson.  Rov.  O.  F.. 
Comstoek.  Abelard  Reynolds,  Rufus  Beach,  and  Dr.  F.  B.  Paige. 

The  institution  was  chartered  February  12,  1830.  While  tracing  the  history 
of  the  AtheiKTum,  it  is  our  purpose  to  give  a  sketch  of  similar  institutions  i  r- 
ganizcd  at  a  later  ftcricd,  and  ultimately  mei-gcd  with  it. 

The  Yolno  Me.n's  Socirxr  was  firmed  in  1S34.  and  prominent  ;imon<r  the 
names  of  its  originators  were  Walter  S.  Grithth,  William  S.  Bishop.  (jeor:;e  .\. 
Avery,  Samuel  D.  Porter,  and  John  F.  Bush.     It  was  short-lived. 

The  Yocno  Men's  Liter.iry  Associ.vtio.n  was  organized  in  1S37,  throu-.-h 
the  influence  of  Henry  0  Roilly.  He  was  its  first  president.  Its  first  vice-pn>t- 
dent  was  James  R.  Doolittle.  then  a  young  lawyer  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Isaac 
HilU,  and  since  a  United  States  senator  from  Wisconsin.  Christopher  T.  Am^d.-i 
was  first  ti-easurer.  December  8,  l&oS,  the  association  was  consolidated  with  tl.-- 
.■Vthen.Tjuin.  The  first  official  meeting  under  the  new  organization  was  held  1>..- 
ccmber  13,  and  the  following  board  of  dircctc.rs  chosen  :  President,  Henry  O'Rcilh  . 
Vice-Presidents,  NathanielT.  Rochester.  William  Churchill.  Lewis  Brjoks,  Anion 
Brcnsou ;  Rieordiug  Secretary.  William  S.  Thayer;  Corresponding  Secretary. 
Elijah  K.  Blythc;  Treasurer,  Alonzo  K.  Amsden  ;  Associate  Directors.  Gen.  11. 
L.  Stevens,  Dr.  E.  S.  Marsh,  Dr.  A.  Kclsey,  E.  Pcshine  Smith,  C.  T.  Amsd.n. 
J.  A.  Eastman,  Hiram  A.  Tucker,  E.  S.  Warner,  Geo.  R.  Clark. 

In  (.)ctober,  1S47,  the  .Vthcntcuui  and  Mechanics'  Associatiou  were  cons*ili- 
dated,  and  William  A.  Reynolds  chosen  president.  AHer  the  consolidation,  rutmis 
were  secured  in  the  •  Old  Museum  '  on  Exchange  street.  In  1849  we  find  it  at 
Corinthian  H.dl,  and  soon  alter  in  the  Rochester  Savings  Bank  building.  It  next 
found  a  home  in  the  court-house,  and  in  187G  was  removcMl  to  the  pleasant,  fine. 
and  eomraCKlious  rooms  on  Fitzhugh  street.  The  .\tlienrcum  has  had  a  ehcekereil 
career,  but  is  now  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and,  we  trust,  will  remain  a  priceless 
legacy  to  CTtminir  generations.  Mrs.  .\yres,  wife  of  the  late  Charles  B.  Ayrcs,  is 
the  present  librarian,  and  was  appointed  in  1871.  Much  of  the  present  prosperity 
of  the  .\tlicnxum  is  due  to  the  interior  manasrenicnt  of  the  library.  It  is  ably 
conducted  by  the  present  incumbent,  who  is  prompt  and  efficient  in  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  her  office. 


ROCHESTER    FEMALE    CHARlTAltLE    SOCIETY 


In  presenting  a  history  of  this 
each  of  the  institutions  of  which  i 


aary  to  give  ; 


chuf 


Previous 
building  on  i 


L'.ir    182'.;  a  eharity-seliooi 
.'t,  owned  and  gratuitously  g 


iitcd  for  the  purpose  by  Josiali 


R  OCHtlSTe^.     N^X- 


i  Co,  nrormirifs 


PLATE    XV 


rTr-.VUnrjniiifii^-"-- 


J  STRAUSS     BLOCK.     „„___„ 

OHN     S7f?AUB.  PROVISIONS     AND      GFPOCtlR 
US    LAirC    AVf.      ROCHCSTiir.  n.r. 


HISTOKY   OF  .MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


BL«U,  near 

the  site  no 

w  oo:upio»]   bv   tlu-  Ci 

V   bank. 

F.b 

nun;  2-.  \ 

icciety  was  o 

r^-jnii.-J  at 

tlie 

ho>i-c  of  .Mr.  Evi 

r..rd  Ve^k 

and 

.Mr,.  K.   P 

tlfcted  trca- 

.rcr.     .\.pr 

e.i,i 

ent,  v.ec-pn:^idL-nt. 

treasurer 

twe 

ve   directrea 

fift«o  vbitor 

3,  weie  cho 

en. 

Previous  to  the 

rear  ls::7 

the 

bu.-.n..->i  w 

Kt«d  bj  ti,e 

society  03  1 

hud 

V.  but  ia  that  jcar 

the  power 

Wl, 

d.  U-.-ited  -x 

whooEcuit.>J 

OS  a  board 

..f 

nanactra.     The  pnuiarj-  objects 

of  ihis  s-icii 

o«eer» 


tha  relief  of  ind-^-ent  .-.ick  person.^  and  the  establishment  ot  a  chjrity.»eho.jL  .\ 
jchool  was  establislicJ  on  a  lot  dunatcU  by  Colonel  William  Ficihui-h,  and  was 
soccesafully  maintained  until  the  bo;;innin^  of  tiie  eumojon-.-cKoo!  system  of  the 
eily,  when  it  was  abandoned.  It  ia  the  eldest  chariuble  instlcuiion  in  Koebester, 
and  in  it  we  6nd  the  gemis  of  more  than  one  important  pubiie  institution.  lu 
1844  the  society  sent  to  the  conimoo  council  of  the  city  the  nnt  petition  for  the 
esublishment  of  a  work.house,  and  from  that  time  the  subject  was  entertained 
which  resulteJ  in  the  erection  of  the  peniientiary, — an  honor  to  tlie  state  nudciiy. 

In  lSo5  the  common  council  propo-d  to  ptace  in  the  hands  of  the  hospital 
committee  the  suni  of  seren  thousand  dollars,  to  aid  in  the  ereetion  nf  a  city  hos- 
pital, pruTided  the  charity  society  would  raise  the  addiiional  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars.  This  they  accomplished;  and  as  a  monument  of  the  enterprise  and 
benevolence  of  these  public-spirited  ladies  stands  the  City  hospital,  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  Sute. 

The  society  "n  nnw  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  officered  as  follows : 

Tnitiea.—yU.  Levi  A.  Ward,  Mr.  James  S  Andrews.  Dr.  Maltby  ^tron?,  Mr. 
William  N.  Sage,  Mr.  Frederick  .^.  Whittlesey.  .Mr.  Georce  J.  Whitney.  ^ 

OfficiTt. — Mrs.  Maltby  Strong,  president;  Mrs.  Freeman  Clarke,  first  ii-ice- 
president;  Mrs.  Adolphus  Morse,  second  vice-president;  Mrs.  W.  0.  Rowley, 
third  Tioe-president ;  .^Irs.  Osear  Craicr.  secretary;  Miss  R.  B.  Long,  treasurer. 

DirKUiiia  (oEce  empires  1677). — Mrs.  W.  Baron  Williams,  .^Irs.  William 
Kttio,  Mrs.  Samuel  HamUton,  .Mrs.  D.  M.  Dewev,  .NIrs.  S.G.  Andrews,  Mrs.  L. 
B-  Satterlw,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Martindale,  Mrs.  A.  MeVeao.  .Mrs.  G.  W.  Parsi.ns. 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Henry  Thayer.  .Mrs.  W.  F.  CoL-sweU.  Mrs.  Ge.ir=e  J.  Whitney, 
Mis.  M.  C.  Mordoff,'Mr3.  Mortimer  F.  Reynolds,  Mrs.  i!.  H.  Teriy. 

Rmorary  i)rw(rej.«j.— Mrs.  SilasO.  Smith,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Rt^hester.'  .Mi^. 
James  K.  Living5ton,»  Mrs  Samuel  L.  Selden,'  Mrs.  Harvey  Eiy.«  Mrs.  Selah 
Mathews,'  Mrs.'E.  D.  Smith,"  Mrs.  Chester  Dewey,  Mre.  Charles  M.  Lee,  .Mra. 
P.  Whittlesey,  Mrs.  D.  Darwin  Smith. 

CWscfori  — Miis  Annie  Wiiliims.  Miss  Elizabeth  P.  Hall,  Miss  Carrie  Brew- 
fl«r,  Miss  Ha.vkj,  >iiss  Jennie  Dewey,  Mi-J  Kmma  Lamport.  Miss  Julia  Baker, 
Mia  Quinby,  Mbs  Morgan,  Miss  M.  Stone.  ML-.S  J.  Wilson,  .Miss  Katie  Hinds, 
Miss  Alta  Mordoff,  Miss  Emma  Hayivood,  .Mb.s  R.  B.  Lonj.  Miss  Dacse.  Miss 
Jennie  Southgate,  Miss  Jennie  Whitbcck. 

Botpital  Exenitif.  Commute!.— yirs.  Maltby  Strong,  Mrt  W.  H.  Perkins, 
Mrs.  M.  M.  Mathews,  Mrs.  .^.  P.  Smith,  Mre.  Geonze  G.  vVhituey. 

ffcipilal  Visuing  Com,.u/(«.— Mt^.  W.  W.  Carr.'.Mrs.  N.  T.  Rochester.  Mrs. 
G.  F.  Dinforth,  M-s.  W.  B.  Williams.  Mrs.  E.  T.  Smith.  Mre.  J.  H.  Brewster, 
Mr*.  D.  B.  Beach,  3lrs.  Henry  H.  Morse,  Mi^  Clark  Johnston  Miss  A.  Mum- 
ford,  3[rs.  O.  E-  Mumford,  .Mre.  F.  Clarke.  Mre.  James  Bracket!. 

HOME   FOR  IDLE  AND  TRUA.VT   CHILDRE.V. 


ng  the  charitable  institutions  fjr  which  Roch'^ter  is  proverbial, 
is  the  "  Children's  Home."  It  was  ine-orporated  in  185-t.  The  main  building 
was  erected  four  yeara  ago.  and  is  a  fine  bnck  structure  fourstories  in  height.  There 
ar«  two  other  buildings,  one  used  for  a  store-roum  and  one  for  a  workshop  and 
•ch.>oL 

The  Home  l<  designed  for  the  education  and  training  of  children  who  would 
otherwise  be  exposed  to  the  vicious  and  corrupting  influcnees  of  the  streets  of  » 
tirgo  city,  and  who  would  otherwise,  .as  they  grow  up,  be  found  in  the  ranks  of 
t^'Ose  who  fill  the  jail  and  the  p«>or-hoa-e.  Its  lutiiates  are  in  part  orphan  children 
O'  children  having  but  .'".ither  or  motiier,  or  the  children  of  parents  so  degnuicd 
and  intemperate  that  they  will  not  supp.irt  and  take  care  of  them.  Some  of  the 
inmates  have  been  plai-ed  there  to  re-claim  them  from  a  life  of  idleness,  truancy, 
aad  viciousness,  alrendy  early  ent*TC\i  u("'n.  l^sides  the  wiiolewme  home  and 
moral  influences  by  which  the  i  liildren  are  surruundci,  they  are  e:ii;h  piven  a  good 
common  elueation,  and  it  i.^  sou::ht  to  train  them  to  bc^fime.  instead  of  pimpere 
and  criminals,  men  and  women  who  shall  be  worthy  and  useful  mcmbcra  of  the 
eommunity. 

.No  other  iastitution  of  the  city  could  t.ike  its  place.  The  llra.-^-  of  Refuge 
obviously  is  not  de-i-.Tied  s.iU:ly  for  eriiiiii.als. 

The  various  orphan  asylums  of  the  citj  are  sectarian,  and  the  doo.-s  of  most  of 


them  are  elo-vii  ui  children  who  have  readied  on  a;:e  at  which  they  are  aot  easily 
manogeal.le,  and  thus  from  them  a  ijnre  and  proper  class  of  the  inmates  of  the 
Heme  for  Idle  and  Truant  Children  w.uld  be  excluded. 

There  are  ninety-eight  children  in  the  home.  They  receive  dally  icstmetion 
in  the  rudiments  of  edueatiuo,  and  pre3,'nt  the  api^earance  of  a  neat  and  orderly 
body  of  boys  and  girls.  The  influences  which  surround  them  are  praiseworthy, 
nnecied  with  the  workings  of  the  insti- 


and  there  seems  to  be  nothing  scctj 


The  various  departuients  are  kept  scrupulously  neat,  and  an  air  of  cmtc^t 
seems  to  pervade  the  entire  institution.  The  averau'e  number  of  children  in  at- 
tendance tor  the  yeare  since  IS70  have  been  as  IoHoks:  For  1S71,  seventy-one; 
1S72.  sixty-three;  li73,  fifty^ne  ;  1S74,  fifty-three  ;  1S75,  seventy-*.-ven  ;  ls7i;, 
ninety -eight 

The  home  ia  under  the  control  of  a  board  of  managers,  composed  of  the  fol- 
lowing persons:  Christian  .Meyer,  F.  X.  Skuse,  George lleriber.-er,  F.  H,  Smith. 
D.  M.  Anthony,  Moses  Hays,  A.  H.  Cushman,  M.  H.  Green,  De  L.  Ciittcnden. 
]  George  Herxberger  is  president,  and  .V.  H.  Cuslinian  secretary.  The  interior 
management  of  the  home  is  under  the  suj-icrvision  of  E.  W.  Bryan,  superintend- 
ent ;  Mrs.  E.  W.  Bryan,  matron  ;  .Marion  K.  Green  and  Emma  J.  Saiith,  teachers. 
Other  assistants  are  E.  C.  .^I.illory  and  .^lichael  Dieuier.  The  instit'itieo  is  in 
successful  operation,  and  Mr. and  Mre.  Brvan  are  eutiilcd  to  muL-h  credit  fjr  their 
indefatigable  efforts  in  instructing  and  rendering  comfortable  the  inmates  of  this 
hamane  i 


HOME  FOB  THE   FRIENDLESS. 

This  institution  was  founded  in  1S43,  and  incorporated  by  act  of  the  lesislatnrB 
June  4,  lSo5.  It  is  desii.n3ed  to  furnish  a  temporary  home  for  destitute  females, 
and  a  permanent  abode  for  the  aced  and  infirm.  Here,  young  girls  out  of  em- 
ployment are  kindly  cared  for  until  places  are  secured  for  them.     It  Ls  under  the 

and  attractive  to  those  unfortunate  ones  who  have  not  the  cheering  influences  of  a 
home.  It  is  supported  by  individual  and  church  contributions,  and  also  by  the 
county,  city,  and  State.  It  is  under  the  control  of  a  matron  of  ability,  and  one 
well  qaalitied  to  discharge  the  duties  of  this  responsible  position. 

The  following  persons  constitute  the  official  board  for  I37U:  President,  Mrs.  D. 
K.  Barton;  Vice-President,  Mre.  Adolphus  Morse,  Recording  Scs:reury,  Mre.  C. 
F.  Pond;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Beach ;  Trea-urer,  .\Ire.  S.  l'..rter; 
Matron.  Mre.  L  W.  AVallaee. 

The  home  is  located  on  the  corner  of  East  avenne  and  .\leiander  street. 


WESTERN   NEW  YORK   DEAF   AND   DUMB  INSTITLTE. 

In  1S75  sundry  articles  appeared  in  the  city  press  advocating  the  estiiblish- 
ment  of  an  institution  of  this  kind,  and  giving  figures  showin-^  the  nuui>»er  of 
deaf  mutes  in  this  section  with  no  advantaires  of  education.  Tiicse  articles 
aroused  a  chariuble  and  humane  sentiment  which,  finally,  in  October,  IS76. 
cnlminated  in  the  establishment  of  this  institute. 

The  school  is  located  on  St.  Paul  street,  near  the  centre  of  the  city,  and  the 
buildings  and  yards  are  larire,  and  well  adapted  for  its  wants.  Professor  2.  F. 
Westervelt  b  the  principal,  assisted  by  .>[re.  Louisa  Peet,  widow  of  ilie  Ute 
principal  of  the  New  York  institution,  and  f.>r  sixteen  years  its  matron.  .^liss 
HaUie  Hamilton,  teacher  by  the  articulation  method,  likewise  of  the  New  York 
institution,  and  Mr.  E.  P.  Hart,  are  also  a^sociate^i  in  its  manairement. 


CHirRCn   HOME. 

This  charitable  institution  was  founded  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  of 
Rochester.  It  was  orjanized  June  10,  1S63,  and  incorporated  Scptenil.er  10. 
ISCD.  It  is  designed  for  the  3upp>rt  of  orphans  and  aged  pcreons  of  this  church, 
although  it  receives  applicants  from  other  Protestant  churches.  The  bull  jin--  is 
of  Medina  stone,  and  is  a  fine  and  commodious  structure.  It  is  located  on  3It. 
Hope  avenue. 

The  officcra  of  the  home  fur  187G  are:  President,  Mre.  D  M.  Dewey;  Vice- 
President,  Mre.  11.  Sibley;  I'orrespondiog  Secretary.  .Mre.  .^I.  M.  Mathews;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  Mre.  Wm.  C.  Rowley;  Treasurer,  .Miss  C.  L.  Rochester. 

MOUNT  HOPE   CEMETERY. 

No  portion  of  the  history  of  Rochester  will  bo  peruse*!  with  greater  interest 
than  that  one  rel.itio  •  to  \I.o.nt  Hope  tViiatcry.  Tlmu.sands  p.-.iple  this  .uy  of 
the  dead,  and  scarce  a  t'juiily  in  Itoelicstor  but  is  linked  to  this  aatred  sp-H, 
where  repose  the  remains  of  kindred  and  friends. 


HISTORY  OF   MO^^ROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


oth, 


Mount  Hope  is 
f  this  citj,  the  dead  were 
places;  and  not  unt 
emeUry  land.'*,  to  moot  the 

Oa  the  24th  day  of  Aagi 
ffered  a  resolution  in  the 


dern  ori;;in.  For  twenty-toiir  yean*  after  the  sottlemrrit 
re  iuterred  in  the  ..Id  Buffalo  street  huryin--.2r0.end.  and 
intil  IS-:S  w;l.  a  movenuM.t  made  for  the  purcliaae  of 
lenta  of  ;i  rnpidly-2:rowin^  city. 
Alderman  David  tfcoville,  of  the  fifth  ward, 
council  of  this  city,  '*  Th;it  a  committee  be 
appointed  to  inquire  into  the  espetlieocy  of  purchasini-  SiUs  Andrews"  lot  oo 
the  e;i3t  hide  of  the  river,  or  any  other  lot  in  the  city,  for  a  burial-i^nund,  and 
report  at  a  future  meeting  of  the  board.  Mayur  Sehermerh'>rn  ap^Ksintcd  Alder- 
man David  Scoville,  Manley  U.  Woodbury,  and  Warham  Whitney  ad  such 
committee.  Soon  after  the  action  of  the  common  council  a  meeting  of  the 
citizens  was  held,  which  recommended  the  purchase  of  lands  suitable  for  burial 
purposea.  The  committee  appointed  by  the  m;iy'>r  also  reported  m  accordance 
with  public  sentiment,  and.  on  the  2iith  day  of  the  following  December,  Alder- 
man John  Haywood,  aller  n  ferrini;  to  the  forcp'^inj;  action  of  the  citizens  and 
report  of  the  committee,  moved  that  the  common  council  approve  of  the  recom- 
mendation both  of  citizcn.s  and  committee,  and  that  the  city  purchni«e  the  ground 
of  Silas  Andrews.  This  resolution  was  adopted ;  and.  on  December  27,  pro- 
visioD  was  made  for  liquidating  the  indebte-ines^  incurred  in  purchasing:  the  laad 
by  authorizing  an  is.^ue  of  city  bonds,  amounting  to  evjht  thou-sand  dolbra,  pay- 
able in  ten  years.  This  loan  was  negotiated  at  f.ar  by  the  mayor,  Abraham  M. 
Schermerhom. 

January  10,  1337,  John  McConnoU  was  directed  to  devise  a  plan  for  layiog 
out  the  grounds.  June  22,  1838.  Eliaha  Johnson,  mayor.  Joseph  Strong,  Elias 
I'ond,  and  Isaac  F.  Mack,  aldermen,  and  Silas  Cornell,  city  surveyor,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  submit  plans  for  such  purpose.  The  report  of  the  com- 
mittee was  adopted  on  the  3d  day  of  the  following  July,  and  William  G.  Russell 
appointed  sc.\ton.  Great  interest  was  manifested  in  the  enterprise,  and,  in  October 
following.  Mount  rioite  v»aa  ueutL-atcd  sliu  prof-:*  public  ccrcr^r.r.ic.i,  the  ad 
dress  being  delivered  ty  Rev.  Pharcellus  Church,  D.D.,  third  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  church  of  this  i-ity. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  address,  and  may  not  be  uninteresting  to 
the  citizens  of  to-day,  who  see  Mount  Hope  transformed  from  its  primitive  con- 
dition to  one  of  the  most  enchanting  burial-plaei.'-i  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Church  s:iid,  "At  few  points  on  the  surface  of  the  globe  has  nature  been 
more  liberal  in  its  pruvL-ions  for  giving  scoi-c  to  the:?c  principles  than  In  the 
ueighK-rhood  of  our  own  city.  R-iral  scenery,  undulating  surface,  inviting 
fjatures,  both  of  beauty  and  sublimity,  ponds  tiiat  may  \jc  ca-'ily  cleared  and 
made  to  present  a  smooth  and  shininj  expanse  as  of  molten  silver,  a  dry  and  light 
soil,  peculiarly  favorable  alike  to  the  opening  of  graves  aud  the  preservation  of 
them  from  the  intnision  of  water,  and  a  location  retired,  and  yet  sufficiently  con- 
tiguous to  our  city,  are  Kiuie  of  the  advantages  which  conspire  to  make  Mount 
Hope  one  of  the  most  inviting  cemeteries  in  the  world.  Goo<l  jud^'es,  who  have 
visited  b^Hh,  pronounce  its  scenery  even  more  bold  and  pieturesiiue  than  that  of 
the  celebrated  Mount  Auburn,  iu  the  neic:iiborhood  of  Co;ton.  In  the  small 
improvements  which  have  bc«=n  made  on  these  ground.s,  how  many  interesting 
features  have  been  developed  I  As  we  slowly  wind  round  the  mount,  gradually 
rising  to  its  summit  like  life  in  its  advancing  sLngcs.  we  meet  abrupt  deelivities, 
deeply-shaded  valleys,  natural  arboi^s.  towering  heights,  with  tlicir  sujX'vin  cum  bent 
weight  of  primeval  fore^^t,  narrow  ridges,  on  which  you  seem  to  ooise  between  the 
deep  descent  on  eitlier  hand,  while  your  eye  searches  in  vain  for  tlie  bottom  lands 
below. 

"And  when  you  stand  on  the  summit  itself,  how  enchanting  i.-*  the  pra-^pectl 
The  smooth  current  of  the  (Icncsee  meandering  round  the  ba.<:e,  and  stealing  its 
now  obvious  and  ntw  concealed  w.iy  to  the  di>tant  lake,  like  the  pas.Mug  of  life 
through  shade  and  sunshine  to  the  ocean  of  eternity.  Arou.-^d  you  see.  spread 
out  in  ample  view,  the  rich  fields  of  one  of  the  richest  eouuiries  in  the  world, 
sending  their  loaded  harvests  to  the  marts  of  trade  and  supplying  the  .-^tafF  of  life 
to  millious  of  pctiple.  Before  you  lies  the  thnjiiged  city,  with  its  spires  and 
minarets  pointing  to  heaven,  wliile  the  clatter  of  machinery,  or  the  dcep-toiied 
bell,  or  the  voices  of  living  multitudes,  united  to  the  roar  of  the  neighboring  ca.s- 
cades,  all  scnrl  up  to  heaven  a  vi»iec  as  deafening  and  disciirdant  a.s  the  cries  of 
factious  elans  in  the  world  3  tumultuous  theatre.  Far  off  beyond  the  city,  the  broad 
blue  Ontario  .skirts  the  undefined  di-stanee.  as  if  to  remind  you  of  the  boundless 
fields  of  cxL-tencc  which  eternity  will  unfuld.  and  to  make  you  feci  how  few  and 
meairre  are  the  objects  subjected  to  our  pn-eiit  insfHM-tion  compared  with  those  in 
the  distance  which  a  future  world  will  di.-cIo.<e.'' 

After  continuing  at  ><ime  IcTr^th,  and  re|Katin;r  the  w.jrds.  -'The  hour  is  coming 
when  all  that  arc  in  tluir  graves  .•^hail  hear  the  voice  of  tlic  ?nn  of  (Ind  and  -hall 
oimc  furth;  llicy  that  have  done  p^id  unto  tli.;  resurrection  of  lifr.  and  they  tliat 
have  done  evil  untn  the  rcsurieetuin  of  daiiinatinn,"  he  formally  dedicat<'*i  thn 
cemetery  with  the  fullowitig  remarks: 


''  By  the  order  and  in  behalf  of  our  munieipal  board,  I  do  now  formally  deelaro 
thL-<  wild  retreat  dcdicited  to  the  repose  of  the  dead,  henceforth  and  forever.  In 
the  hii;!u^t  sco.sc  in  which  a  transfer  can  be  made.  Mount  Hope  by  this  act  pas^i-.s 
from  the  hand  of  the  living  to  the  liand  of  the  dc:»d.  It  is  an  inviolable  aud  un- 
ending trust.  Nevermore  shall  the  dwellings  or  occupations  of  the  living  obtrude 
within  these  sacred  precincts.  What^iver  is  here  transacted  shall  be  done  In  fur- 
therauce  of  the  ends  of  this  our  solemn  dedication. 

■'Let  this  place  henci-forth  be  visited  to  revive  the  memoiy  of  departed  friends 
Hod  to  anticipate  the  exalted  scenes  of  ettmity.  Here  let  the  lover  find  a  retreat 
of  quiet,  weeping  over  the  untimely  fate  of  hi>  K'trothed.  aud  to  deck  her  grave 
with  flowers.  Here  let  the  father  erect  hi.s  monument  to  the  memory  of  his  tioble 
son,  who  from  the  threshold  of  a  promising  manhood  dropped  into  eternity.  Hen; 
let  the  profligate  sjn  catch  the  inspirations  of  repentance  and  virtue  as  he  gaz.-. 
ou  the  last  memorials  of  his  pious  parents.  Hem  let  the  daughter  revive  a 
mother's  im?tre  and  eoder.rmcnts, 


'While  thh 


t  to  awaken  j 
upon  Him  who  has  said,  'In  heavi-u 
father  who  is  in  heaven.'  Here  lee 
learnini:,  and  industr\-,  devoted  to  the 


The  quiet  nani-hi 
"  Here  let  maternal  love  find  u  caln 
charge,  and  to  dwell  with  thankful  in 
their  angels  do  always  behold  the  face 
a  grateful  public  pay  their  tribute  to  t 
best  interests  of  mankind.  And  oh, 
these  wild  and  irapre.s.sive  scenes,  the  inspiring  lessons  of  truth,  of  piety,  and  n-- 
ligious  hope!  )Iay  the  eye  that  from  this  point  looks  mournfully  upon  the  :*ur- 
rounding  landscape  be  favored,  like  Ma^es  from  the  summit  of  Pi.<i::di,  with  biiz'vt 
visions  of  the  promised  rest  in  heaven!  May  the  tears  which  fdl  upon  tlies*- 
pon-pemrpd  a;rounds  water  h  harvest  of  rellirious  fruits,  which  shall  be  L'allicreu 
unto  life  everla-sting !  From  this  mount  of  vision  may  'prayer  ardcut  op.tn 
heaven  ! 

'Let  down  ft  stream  of  sacrcil  jlorv 
On  the  coo4«raled  hour 
Of  mao  in  smlience  nilh  the  Driry.' 

■'  From  these  graves  may  levity  be  forever  banished,  to  give  place  to  the  awful 
emotions  awakened  by  the  conscious  presence  of  ethereal  spirits!  Let  the  step 
be  slow  and  reverential ;  let  the  voice  be  pitched  to  tones  of  seriousness  and  truLli ; 
lot  the  bosom  heave  with  tenderness  aud  love;  and  let  the  whole  soul  bow  in 
devouc  adoration  of  Him  who  holds  the  key.->  of  life  and  of  death." 

The  earliest  recorded  sale  of  these  lands,  as  a  distinct  tract,  bears  dale  April 
30,  1S17.  ia  a  conveyance  from  Klijah  Northrup  to  Kli  ^^tillson.  father  of  the 
present  etficient  superintendent,  for  the  magnificent  sum  of  three  hundred  and 
siity-seveu  dollars.  July  12,  1S21.  Mr.  Stillson  sold  it  to  John  Ma-stick  for 
two  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars,  who  disposed  of  it  to  Silas  Andrews,  Jauuarv 
1,  1S22,  for  two  hundred  and  eighty-sevea  dollars.  ^Mr.  Andrews  remained  the 
owner  uutil  January  '2,  1337,  fifteen  years  afterwards,  when  he  sold  it  to  the  citv 
for  the  sum  of  five  thousand  thri-c  hundred  and  eighty-six  dollars. 

The  first  interment  at  Blount  Hope  wa.s  made  Au-iL^t  IS,  1838.  In  1850  an 
onstrueted,  .It  a  cost  often  thousand  one  iiundred  and  thirty  dol!ai-> 
ccnt.s.  This  building  was  removed  in  1S74,  and  wa.-»  replaced  bv 
the  present  hand>omc  and  eommodiuus  edifice.  It  is  built  of  L'lay  stone,  and  is 
complete  ia  all  its  appointments.  A  hand^mc  marble  tablet  placed  in  the  wall 
bears  the  foUowiiu;;  inscription : 

ERECTKD    IX  IS74-lHrj. 


Ji.K    H.    Kltll.T, 
JOJJTH*:.    U.  Coil  1 

Vf'v 

'.. 

S<tTII 

A.  S 

UEUOdC   U. 

Z'Z 

,,. 

A..t.  S..p, 
a.  t.  S-riuJoy. 

J.«frii 

t. 

Stosi 

A.   J.    WiR,K„ 

JoBf  M.rptR. 
M.  BRu.-i,  1  ^ 

n.   S.    IlKBABU. 

.(r,*„ 
^.   lr„, 

II 

rt. 

The  cliapfl  and  vnult  wore  erected  in  l.SGO,  at  a  cost  of  u-n  thousand  Pjnr 
hundred  and  ciqhty-scvcn  dulljn*  and  ninety-Thri.>c  centa. 

The  improvomeiits  Invc  ever  been  (if  a  ehumcter  to  render  it  a  beautiful  niml 
cemetery.  Tlie  limited  means  of  the  wlf-^uslainiu^  ori^nization  have  rcndorcd 
the  crceti.m  0!' elaliorale  arlifiiial. structures  irupos.-.ible.  and  the  inana'.-eia  have 

the  crci;ti.>u  of  inipi.^^in-  an.l  eiislly  lueuion  ds,  but  have  beautilied  aud  ad.irned 
the  ^)und.i  with  n;tt'ir.d  di-'-nratiuns  oi'  trees  aud  flowers. 


HISTOIIY   OF   MONROE   COLNTY.  NEW   YORK. 


113 


Mouitt  Holt'  hn  alvrays  betn  m: 
there  any  cnfurci-J  taxutlon  upon  ii 
by  that  pcrtiua  of  thu  comnmnlty 
yiJos  afforded,  without  cost,  intorruc 


la^rcii  without  eiponsc  tu  the  city:  neither  is 
iot-ownera.  Its  uioaiis  have  been  supplied 
lie  vuhi'jtarily  make  u=e  of  it,  and  it  has  be- 
ts tor  mi-rc  than  two  thou.^-ind  persons  whose 


njl^l^irtune  it  was  to  be  deprived  of  I'arthly 
cootruiled  by  the  city  corporation,  and  is  i 
commissioners  apfKiinted  by  the  couinian  col 
intcndenL  The  pre^-nt  eoiumissiuncrs  art 
and  William  S.  Smith.     Superintendent.  G 


means.  The  cemetery  is  owne<l  and 
luler  the  uiaua-emcTit  of  a  board  of 
icil.  and  assisted  by  a  resident  supcr- 
Newell  A.  Stone.  James  H.  Kelly, 
orre  D.  Stilisun. 


The  peculiar  beauty  of  the  situation  of  .^lount  IIojk."  is  .-'O  proverbial,  for  and 
wide,  that  a  minute  description  is  hardly  necessary,  tt  con>ists  of  ridires  and  ra- 
vines, most  beautifully  adapted  by  nature  tu  the  purposes  for  which  it  is  used. 
whUe  the  continuous  outlay  of  artistie  skill  has  brought  it  to  a  state  of  improve- 
ment that  renders  it  a  charming  retreat;  and  the  people  of  Rochester  have  reason 
to  be  proud  of  Mount  Hope,  one  of  the  mo>t  picturesque  and  beautiful  cemeteries* 
in  the  United  States. 


MOUNT    HOPE    NURSERIES, 


Ellwanger  i.  Barry,  [.roprietors.  In  1S40.  G 
established  this  industry,  and  at  that  time 
were  young  aad  energetic,  devotedly  attachi 
beginning  success  seemed  to  attend  every  effc 
neas  was  a  comparati' 
the  proprietors.  Thi 
be  made  in  this  couo 


Ellwanger  and  Patrick  Barry 

upied  but  a  few  a-rcs.     They 

their  business,  and  from  the 

At  that  time  the  nursery  busi- 

r  new  enterprise,  and  many  predicted  the  financial  ruin  of 

however,  saw  that  a  great  agricultural  progress  must  soon 

and  that  there  would  necessarily  be  a  large  demand  for 


nur^ry  stock.  The  grounds  were 
acre3  of  land.  In  this  year  was 
Fruits  in  its  present  form.  Thrc 
two  hundred  acres,  and  in  1S57  ce 
creased,  and  in  ISOO  had  reached  t 


steadily  enlarged,  and  in  1S49  embraced  ei-hty 
tsued  the  tirst  edition  of  their  Catalogue  of 
e  years  later,  in  1352,  the  nurseries  occupied 
verci  four  hundred  acres.  Its  area  rapidly  in- 
ive  hundred  acres.     In  the  Catalogue  of  Fruits 


for  that  year  it  was  stated  that  during  the  year  18.>1}  they  had  fruited  four  hun- 
dred varieties  of  pears,  three  hundred  of  apples,  eighty  of  plums,  seventy  of 
cherries,  besides  large  collections  of  small  fruits.  In  1S71  the  area  of  land  cov- 
ered by  these  nurseries  reached  six  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  and  is  occupied  as 
follows  ;  four  hundred  and  fifty  are  devoted  to  fruit  trees  ;  twenty  to  ortiamental 
trees,  shrubs,  and  other  plants  ;  twenty-five  acres  to  specimen  trees,  both  fruit  and 
ornamental ;  thirty  acres  are  in  vineyards  for  testiuir  fruits,  etc.,  and  al)oat  twentv- 
five  acres  are  included  in  the  lawn  and  ornamental  grounds  around  the  office  aud 
plant  houses. 

An  important  feature  of  the  nursery  is  the  specimen  fruit  trees,  containing 
nearly  two  thousand  varieties,  exclusive  of  grapes  and  small  fruits.  The  specimen 
ornamented  ground  is  also  extensive,  and  ct>ntains  the  most  complete  collection  in 
this  country.  The  plant  houses  are  sixteen  in  number,  constructed  of  glass,  with 
an  average  length  of  about  seventy-five  feet  each.  These  buildings  cover  an  area 
of  thirty  thousand  square  feet,  and  if  extended  in  one  continuous  line  would  be 
half  a  mile  long,  with  a  width  of  twelve  feet.  Thirteen  of  these  are  strictly 
green-  and  hot-houses,  and  the  remaining  three  are  devoted  to  the  purposes  of 
I-ropagation,  which  is  performed  in  pots  and  frames,  covering  over  an  acre.  These 
houses  are  so  situated  that  a  tour  of  the  whole  series  may  be  made  without  going 
out  of  doors. 

The  carpenter  shops,  box  factory,  horse  bams,  and  packing  grounds,  with 
their  necessary  appurtenances,  occupy  a  separate  plot  of  ground,  separated  from 
The  office  and  main  grounds  by  Mount  Hope  avenue,  and  are  t'urnislied  with  every 
movenience  to  lessen  the  labor  and  facilitate  the  work.  A  vast  amount  of  labor 
i-  rc|uircd  for  carrying  ou  this  extensive  business,  and  in  ordinary  times  the 
wiirking  force  consists  of  about  two  hundred  and  fil\v  men  for  er:ht  nionihs,  fifty 
f-'r  four  months,  exclusive  of  the  office,  together  with  a  large  nuuiber  of  traveling 
.lu'erita.  At  times  as  many  as  four  hundred  persons  have  been  employed.  Thirty 
ht'rscs  ore  regularly  used,  with  a  large  additional  hired  force  a'  certain  seasons. 
rhe  management  of  this  immense  business  is  systematized  and  simplified,  and  the 
vanous  operations  are  conducted  with  the  most  piTtect  regularity.  A  general 
"Mt-door  foreman  receives  immediate  orders  fhim  the  proprietors,  with  the  follow- 
ing assistants:  one  for  the  fruit  trees;  one  tor  grapes  and  small  fruits;  one  with 
the  general  charge  of  the  ornamental  department ;  one  with  the  spotial  charge  of 
r'-M-.;  one  on  cvcnzrcens;  one  on  herbaceous  (►erennials  and  bulbs;  one  with  the 
*  harge  of  the  teams  and  work ;  and  one  who  oversees  the  laborers  in  lar.^  gangs. 
The  i.ffiee  bu-ines3  is  under  the  man:igciucnt  of  a  head  clerk,  with  a  book-keeper 
■"id  „lher  assistants.     The  greater  number  of  these  foremen  have  been  in  the 

^■veril  departments. 

Mesi-is.  Ellwangi-r  &  Barry  have  given  much  attention  to  the  subject  of  under- 


:y  miles  of  tile  in  drains.  Under- 
■oil  before  plauting  is  one  ef  the 
ring  is  given  as  proof  of  the  eicel- 
),  three  thousand  bushels  of  p,,ta- 
f  trees,  and  the  yield  would  have 
Colorado  beetle.  The  drouth  in 
ely  affected  these  in  their  deep, 


draining,  and  have  laid  out  not  less  than  seven 
draining  and  a  thonjngU  preparation  of  the  : 
principal  elements  of  their  success.  The  folloi 
lence  of  their  soil :  They  raiscnl  this  year,  ISTi 
toes  on  twenty-five  acres  of  ground  vacant  o 
been  much  larger  but  for  the  ravages  of  the 
many  places  nearly  destroyed  the  crop,  but  sea 
mellow  soil. 

Their  ornamental  grounds  for  neatness  and  artistic  beauty  are  among  the  finest 
in  the  country.  We  give  below  names  of  aome  of  the  fine  specimen  ornamental 
trees  growing  on  these  grounds  out  of  the  many  hundreds  which  are  to  be  seen 
there,  -i  beautiful  tree  of  Abies  Nordmannl.ma,  fjurteeu  feet  high  (one  of  the 
finest  of  all  evergreens);  a  Cut-leaved  .Atniu,  twenty -five  feet  high;  a  Willow- 
le.aved  Ash,  twenty  feet  high  ;  a  Weeping  Birch,  thirty  feet  hii:h,  wide  and 
spreading;  Purple  Beech,  twenty  feet  high;  Cut-leaved  Weeping  Birch,  fifty  feri 
high;  a  Salisburia,  thirty  feet  high;  Uak-leaved  >Iountain-ash,  the  original  tree 
brought  to  this  country,  twenty  feet  high,  and  the  same  in  diameter  of  the  head; 
and  also  a  fine  display  of  magnolias. 

In  the  management  of  the  business  Messrs.  Ellwanger  i  Barry  give  their 
personJ  supervisii.in,  and  are  assisted  by  their  sons,  who  are  well  qualified  for  tli_' 
mo-^e  arduous  duties  and  the  responsible  positions  in  which  Ihev  are  placed. 
Honesty  and  fair  dealing  have  ever  been  characteristic  of  this  firm,  securing  them 
a  largo  trade  and  the  eontidence  of  the  public,  while  by  clu.se  applioation,  com- 
bined with  energy  and  enterprise,  they  have  steadily  enlarged  their  operations 
until  the  Mount  Hope  nurseries  are  known  throughout  the  civilized  world,  and 
rank  among  the  foremost  in  our  land. 

JAMES  VICK,  SEEDSMAN  AND  FLORIST. 


Sixteen  years  ago.  James  Vick  commenced  the  systematic  growing  of  flower- 
seeds,  and  in  the  following  year  1 1862)  Usued  his  first  "  Floral  Guide  and  Cabi- 
logue."  With  the  establishment  of  this  enterprise  seeds  were  placed  within  the 
reach  of  the  masses,  and  a  new  era  was  entered  upon  in  the  culture  of  flowen. 
Until  within  a  few  years  hut  few  flower-seeds  were  irrown  in  America  for  marker, 
and  these  were  of  the  commonest  kinds,  such  as  could  be  produced  with  little  care 
and  skill.  American  seedsmen  imported  their  finest  sorts  mainly  from  France 
and  Germany,  a  few  from  England^  while  Holland  supplied  not  only  the  bulbs 
commonly  known  as  Holland  bulbs,  but  most  of  our  lilies.  3Ir.  Vick  was  the 
pioneer  in  the  systematic  growing  of  flower-seeds,  and  he  is  now.  without  doubt, 
the  most  extensive  grower  in  America.  After  pursuing  this  course  for  .several 
years,  and  meeting  with  only  moderate  success,  though  employing  expeviencetl 
seed  growers  from  Europe,  he  spent  a  season  among  the  most  noted  seedsmen 
of  the  Old  World,  studying  their  methods. 

After  an  extended  tour  in  Great  Britain  he  visited  the  Continent,  and  spent  con- 
siderable time  in  Holland  in  and  about  Haarlem,  the  favorite  locality  for  growini: 
hyacinths,  tulips,  crocuses,  and  the  bulbs  known  as  Holland  bulbs. .  Frmn  Amster- 
dam he  journeyed  to  Erfurt,  a  celebrated  point  for  the  growing  of  seeds,  and  here, 
as  well  as  elsewhere,  gained  much  valuable  information  concerning  floriculture,  etc., 
which  he  has  given  his  readers  the  benefit  of  in  a  series  of  articles  written  in  his 
own  pleasing  style,  and  published  in  the  "  Floral  Guide"  for  1ST:!.  Mr.  Vick 
during  his  trip  particularly  noticed  the  effects  of  different  climates,  attributint; 
many  of  his  early  failures  to  ignorance  on  this  point.  He  returned  to  his  business 
with  renewed  energy  and  more  knowledge,  and  has  made  flower-seed  growing  a 
grand  success. 

It  is  well  known,  however,  that  all  kinds  of  seeds  cannot  be  grown  with  profit 
in  any  one  country.  To  ascertain  what  kinds  would  succeed  here,  and  which  of 
these  could  be  profitably  gruwn,  prompted  Mr.  Vick's  European  tour,  at  a  great 
sacrifice  of  time  and  money.  lie  is  now,  however,  reaping  his  reward,  and  raises 
many  varieties  much  cheaper  than  they  can  be  obtained  in  Europe,  and  muvi/ 
teller ;  and  the  result  is,  seeds  of  American  growth  are  sought  by  the  best  Eu- 


ropcan  florists. 
Mr.  Vick's  in 

mcnse  flower-gardens,  in  the  blooming  season,  July  and   August 

present  a  grand 

display  of  floral  beuutv,  and  t.,urists  make  "  Vicks  •,TirdeiLs"  an 

objective  point 

n  their  perambulations  about  the  ■■  Flower  City."      Hero  will  be 

found,  in  the  sea 

son,  several  acres  of  verbenas,  the  same  of  petunias,  pansies,  cocks- 

combs,  zinnias,  c 

tc.,  while  lilies  an.l  gladiuli  uceupy  much  mure  sp:iee.      A  laru'e 

quantity  of  othc 

r  thin'.;s  are  grown  iu  suKiller  qualilities.      .Most  people   have  a 

very  crude  cone 

ptiun.  indeed,  of  the  aniuunt  of  labor  and  attention  bestowed  by 

Mr.  Viek  up..n 

he  culture  of  flo>v.rs.      As  an  lost, nice   illnstratne.-   the  above  we 

will   mentiu.l  the 

syst,  m  of  culture  eniployed  in  L-Lovin-  the  liner  kiod  .,f  p.tiinias- 

knuwn  u,  florist 

3   as  IMiiikla  griiiuliliint.     This  variety  h;i3   very  lar;;e    tiuwers 

often  four  or  tit 

■  inches  in  diameter,  but  produce  no  scx'U  if  planted  iu   the  oi«  ii 

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ground,  and,  indeed,  bear  none  in  the 
slidtered  from  the  r'ina  and  dews;  a 
fertilized.  To  meet  these  rer|uireme 
plants  are  grown  in  pots,  and  ev€ry 
;  the  pollen  on  acamel'd-hair 


J  unles.'' supplied  with  plenty  of  a 


nd  evt-n  then  every  flower  must  be  artificiallv 
ntg  the  necessary  buildinc^s  are  erected;  the 
morniny  each  opening;  flower  ia  fertilized  by 
pencil,  and  distributing^  it  among  the  pistils. 
It  is  thus  easy  to  understand  why  some  kinds  of  flower-seeds  are  not  chenp.  Most 
of  this  work  is  done  at  what  is  called  the  '■  Home  place,"  comprising  about  twenty- 
6Te  acres,  nearly  two  milej  east  of  the  centre  of  the  city,  on  East  avenue. 

Five  miles  north  of  R.xhcster,  toward*  Lake  Ontario,  and  within  two  miles  of 
its  shore,  near  a  station  known  as  Barnard's,  on  the  Charlotte  branch  of  the 
New  York  Central  Railroad,  is  situated  Viclc's  Fhtcer  Fann.  It  consiats  of 
seventy-five  acres,  and  is  complete  in  all  its  appointments. 

We  have  given  our  reader3  a  dance  of  Mr.  Vick's  outside  industries,  and  now 
will  present  a  sketch  of  the  mammoth  seed-h'iuse,  which  is  unquestionably  the 
larjreat  and  best-regulated  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  It  is  visited 
by  thousands  ever)'  year  from  all  part.^  of  the  country,  and  by  many  from  Europe. 
Mr.  Vick  and  his  gentlemanly  assistimts  are  ever  ready  to  show  people  through 
the  different  departments  of  the  establishment,  and  always  take  pleiiaure  in  ex- 
hibiting everything  of  interest  or  profit  to  vl^itora. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinary  coTivi-oionccs  of  a  WfU-reizulated  seed-hou.'^*,  there 
>s  connected  with  this  establishment  a  printing  office,  bindery,  box-making  cstab- 
lunlnnent,  and  artisLi'  and  engravers'  rooms. — everything  but  the  paper  being 
made  in  the  establishment.  The  machinery  necessary  for  the  various  departments 
is  driven  bj  steam-power  in  the  establishment.  The  magnitude  of  this  institution 
i"  illuatratod  from  the  fact  that  it  occupies  a  building  five  stories  in  h.I-_'ht.  inclu- 
ding a  bxscmentsiity  feet  in  width  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length,  with 
an  addition  in  the  upper  story  of  a  large  room  over  an  entire  adjoining  block. 

The  ba-i^mcnt  is  large,  and  arranied  with  immense  (quantities  of  drawers,  etc., 
fnr  storing  bullw ;  and  here,  also,  the  heavier  kinds  of  .■»eeds,  in  sacks,  etc.,  are 
'lowed  to  the  ceiling.     The  heavier  packing  is  aUo  done  here. 

The  first  floor  is  used  cxclu^'ively  as  a  store  for  the  sale  of  seeds,  flowers,  plants 
and  all  panlcn  requisites  and  adornments,  yuch  as  bxskoto.  \;.ses.  lawn-niuwcrs. 
lawn-tentu,  aquariums,  seats,  etc.,  etc.  It  is  arransod  with-taste.  and  the  wwig  of 
*be  birds,  the  fragrance  and  beauty  of  the  flowers,  render  it  a  most  delightful  sinit, 


and  the  remembrance  of  Vick's  s 
by  those  who  have  visited  this  pi 


has  been  borne  to  thousands  of  households 
g  and  instnictive  establishment. 
The  second  floor  is  devoted  to  the  business  offices,  and  here  abo  is  located  the 
private  office  of  Mr.  Vick.  The  mail-room  is  upon  thin  floor,  and  the  opening 
of  letters  occupies  the  time  of  two  persons,  and  they  perform  the  work  with  as- 
tonishing rapidity,  often  opening  three  thousand  in  a  single  day.  After  these 
letters  are  opened  they  are  passed  into  what  is  called  the  registering  room,  on  the 
same  floor,  where  they  arc  divided  into  States,  and  the  name  of  the  person  order- 
ing and  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  regl.<=tered.  They  are  then  ready  to 
be  filled,  and  are  passed  into  a  lan:e  room,  called  the  order-room,  where  over 
seventy-five  hands  are  emplovpii.  divided  Into  gangs,  each  set  or  gang  to  a  State, 
half  a  dozen  or  more  being  employed  on  each  of  the  larger  States.  After  the 
onlers  are  filled,  packed,  and  directed,  they  arc  sent  to  what  ia  known  as  the  post- 
office,  also  on  the  sauie  floor,  where  the  packages  are  weighed,  the  neccssarj-  stamps 
put  upon  them,  and  stampajcan  clod,  when  they  are  packed  in  post-office  bags, 
furnished  by  the  government,  properly  labeled  for  the  diforent  routes,  and  sent  to 


the  postal 


are  thus  dispatched  every  day 


On  the  third  floor  is  tlie  Ge 
German  language  are  filled  by  Gorman 
published.    On  this  floor,  al.-«,  al'  seeds  : 
and  placed  in  paper  bugs,  and  stored 


an  clerks 


durinjr  the  busy 


where  all  orders  written  in  the 

catalogue  in  this  Inniiuage  is  also 

hat  is,  weighed  and  mea.«ured 

for  sale.     Ab^tut  fifty  pers-ms  are 


ckcd 


nploVtHl  I 

On  the  fourth  floor  are  roor.'s  for  arti^O  and  e 
kept  constantly  employed  in  dcsignini:  and  engravir 
Here,  also,  the  lighter  seed.-*  are  stored.  In  a  I;irgo 
office,  where  the  cataloL^ic  w  preparcl  and  other 
bindery,  often  employing  forty  or  fifty  hands,  am 
thousand  catalo^Tics  in  a  ilaj.  Here  i.s  in  use  the 
covering,  trimming,  etc.,  pmpe'led  by  steam. 

The  immen-*e  amount  of   business  done  m.ay  b 

traJia,  and  Japa 


•  three  thous; 


nicely-labeled  drawers, 
ijravers,  several  of  whom  are 
■  for  caLalouuei  and  chromns. 
)oni  adjoining  is  the  printing 
printing  done,  and  al'^  the 

ost  improved  machinery  fur 

understood   by  a  few  Lets : 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


year  for  Kitalo-ucs,  w,.i_-liin'.'  tvv.i  hunJroJ  tliuu-incl  poiin.ls.  ami  the  simpi.'  [kmc- 
»ge  for  stndinv- those  cai:il..v'ui-s  by  mail  i.--  Ihnlf^n  ilinmnnd  <b  !lnr$.  Mihioiis 
of  bags  and  buics  ari;  also  inrmiilUeturcil  ia  the  i-stabll-hnunt.  ri'<|uiri!ii;  Imiiiiivls 
of  reams  of  paper  aiiJ  st-urcs  of  tons  of  pjstolHjarJ.  The  business  is  sn  arr,ini:ed 
that  the  wrapiwrs  are  prepared  for  eai-h  ."*tate,  with  the  name  of  the  State  con- 
spicuously'printed,  thus  savins:  a  greiit  deal  of  nritini,'.  as  well  as  preventinj: 
errors. 

About  fifty  thouMind  dollars  is  jtiid  the  •.'ov.niuient  annually  for  fK.stac-e  stanip.n. 
Mr.  Vick  has  succeeded  in  buildini::  up  an  ininiense  business,  jjid  his  fame  j»  a 
florist  has  extended  throudiout  the  w»rM.  and  lias  been  largely  instrumental  in 
giving  to  Rochester  its  pre-scnt  appellation  of  the  •■  Flower  t'ity.*' 

BRIGGS   SKKD   IIOU.-^E. 

Charles  Brig"js,  the  present  pn.iprietor  of  tlii-  cstabli=hraent.  coniiuonced  busi- 
neas  here  as  a  clerk  about  ibiitj  years  a^o,  and  to-day  has  one  of  the  largest  seed 
houses  in  the  eity.  His  immense  business  is  tlioroushly  systeoiatineil,  eaeh  fli.nr 
bfing  deynted  to  *>me  pariienlar  branch.  In  p^issin:;  through  the  establishment 
one  fa  liVely  to  become  astonished  at  the  lOLi-nitude  of  the  concern.  His  trade 
in  vegetable  seeds  is  enormous;  but  not  to  that  alone  is  it  continod,  as  flower- 
needs  and  bulks  fonii  an  important  feature.  He  doea  a  very  iarje  trade  among 
merchants  und  dealers,  of  whom  there  are  about  twenty  thousand  who  sell  his 
«eeds.  Mr.  Briggs'  pay-roll  is  very  large;  the  greater  numU^r  of  the  employees, 
however,  «re  girls,  who  do  such  work  as  filliu',-  the  orders,  making  paper  bags, 
libeling,  filling,  and  packing  them  for  market,  besides  operating  tlie  printing 
presses.  The  space  used  for  this  business  amounts  to  over  one  hni'idred  and 
thirty-six  thousand  feet.  lie  has  a  large  seed  store  in  Chicago,  and  also  a  .seed 
&nn  St  Clinton,  Iowa.  Mr.  B.  has  passed  an  .ictive  life  in  this  business,  and  is 
justly  entitled  to  the  rank  this  establishment  holds  among  the  lojding  seed  houses 
in  this  country. 

We  have  given  the  reader  sketches  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  representative 
instittttions  of  the  city,  not  forgetting  the  s*.ores  of  others  doing  a  succes-sful 
business,  but  of  which,  however,  a  detailed  history  would  be  without  the  province 
of  this  work.  Among  the  florists  are,  Gould  Bros.,  K;ist  avenue;  Frost  it  Co., 
Plymouth  avenue;  Crosm.-in  Bros.,  .Monroe  avenue;  John  Charlton,  University 
tvenoe;  J.  K.  .t  H.  Bwkwith.  Brighton;  il.  C.  Heath,  Kxst  Jl.dn  street;  H. 
B.  Hooker  &  Co.,  North  S.iint  Paul;  H.  L.  Hooker  &  Co..  tj.-t  avmue;  .John 
B.  Keller,  Mount  Hope  avenue;  D.  T.  Lawrence.  Monroe  avenue;  Wui.  King  & 
Son,  Mount  Hope  avcEme;  W.  S.  Little.  East  avenue;  Charles  Long,  1)3  Francis; 
M.  Ncwdale  ct  Son,  Colvin ;  White  Bros..  Chili  road,  Thurston ;  T.  B.  Yale  k 
Co.,  Brighton.  All  of  the  above  are  also  nurserymen,  exirpt  Crosman  Bros., 
H.  C.  Heath,  1).  T.  Lawrence,  Charles  Long,  and'  JL  Newdale  i>c  Son.  Other 
nurscrjmcn  are  Chase  Bros.,  G.  T.  Fish,  Jones  &  Palmer.  U.  G.  .MeKinster,  G. 
Moulson  k  Son,  J.  B.  Xorris  i  Son,  J.  J.  Peirce,  £.  S.  Hayward,  J.  De  Saint 
Ange,  Josiah  Salter,  Waring  &  Scott,  J.  Wcntz.  Thomas  Wright  .t  Co. 

•        DEVELOPMENT  OF  THK  MILLING  INTEREST. 

The  first  mill  erected  in  this  section  of  the  State  was  built  by  Ebenezcr  Allen, 
aliat  "  Indian"  -Mien,  in  ITS!*.  It  was  situated  a  short  dis  unee  frtim  the  west 
end  of  the  a.iucduct,  near  the  site  of  the  old  red  mill,  and  vi  ry  near  the  locitioo 
of  the  mill  at  pres^^nt  owned  by  Chase  &  Richardson. 

In  I80T,  Charlia  Hanlbrd  erected  a  mill  having  one  run  of  .stone,  below  what 
waa  then  called  the  sci-ond  falls,  on  the  site  allerwards  occupied  by  the  I'lnvnix 
mill  on  Brown's  race,  fit  lbl4  a  l.irgi?  mill  coniainini:  four  run  uf  stone  was 
built  by  Elisha  Ely,  Joseph  lieacli,  and  Henry  Ely,  situated  near  the  site  of  the 
present  aqueduct.  It  w.ts  ati.-rward,H  converted  into  a  manufacturing:  establish- 
ment, and  known  a.^  Ilic  lluhanlic  building.  It  was  deati -yed  by  fire  in  1S:17. 
William  Atkinson,  in  IslT,  encted  a  mill  on  tiie  upper  race,  h,aving  three  run 
of  Blooe,  Another  mill,  in  lb,;  same  year,  was  put  up  by  Edsha  .'^trong.  llcnnan 
Norton,  and  E.  Beach,  having  four  run  of  stone,  on  Brown's  race.  This  amie 
afterwards  into  the  possession  of  Thurlier  ,t  Co.  <liiu  year  later,  Palmer  Cleve- 
land built  mills  with  five  run  of  stone,  on  the  east  side  of  the  falls.  This  passed 
afterwa'rds  into  the  h,ni.ls  of  Abclard  ll.vnolds.  and  from  him  to  Or  (lirin  E. 
Gibbs.      It   ehanwl   own,  r^    rapellv  alter   th,,t.  and    was   linallv  abandon.d   as   a 


mill,  and  us.d  a.s  a  f. 
In  18:.'I.Thon.as 
run  of  stone,  on  wlia 
niUlsof  Joseph  Si  ron 
ID  the  same  year,  H.i 
of  the  arjueduct,     T 


id  II 


•  .Mooi 


ihe  ■'■  iiee 
vn  mills  > 
I  lad  for 


II  with  three 

din-  Al.,0, 
the  e-ast  end 
»erc  burned 


igo,     Thev  ha 


ill  wil 


been  rebuilt,  and 
in  of  itone;    but  in 


out,  fur  the  second  time,  four  year 
pied  by  Smith,  Wilson  A;  Co 

In  1S2G,  Elias  Shclmire  built  : 
was    demolished    by  order  of  the    commissioners,   to    make   w.ay   for    the 
aqueduct. 

In  lS-27  the  '■  big  mill"  was  erected  by  E,  S.  Beach.  Thomas  Kempshall, 
Henry  Kennedy.  In  this  year  Lewis  Chapin  came  to  Itoehi-ster.  He  si 
that  the  old  red  mill  was  then  in  operation,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  se 
the  big  mill  above  mentioned  was  completed  and  be-an  operation.  This  i 
after  passing  through  various  vicissitudes,  was  changed  into  a  fictory,  ami  i: 
day,  a  haU'-eentury  later,  known  as  the  •'  Bei'-hive"  bnildin',-.  In  tlic  same 
Warham  Whitney  erected  a  uiill  on  Brown's  race,  below  the  falls,  containing; 
run  of  stone.  In  that  same  year  S,  0.  Smith  transl'irmed  the  old  cotton  fae 
on  the  race  into  a  mill,  putting  in  eight  run  of  stone.  In  the  same  year, 
wilh  four  pair  of  .stones,  at  the  lower  falls.     One 


nd  of  the  aqueduct  aU 


F,  Babcock  built  a  mill,  wiih  four  pair  of  .st 
later,  Harvey  Ely  reconstructed  the  mills  at 
referred  to. 

In  1813  the  old  City  mills  were  erected  by  Erasmus  D,  Smith,  near  the  ■■  hi- 
mill,"  now  the  "  Bee-hive"  building.  It  subsequently  passed  into  the  hands  .f 
Joseph  Strong,  and  afterwards  to  Harvey  II.  Williams.  3Ir.  Williams  dispo>.'l 
of  the  establishment  to  Thorn  iS:  Finch,  and  from  them  it  passed  to  Suydaui, 
Sage  k  Co.,  who  took  it  for  debt.  In  the  s;mie  year  ( ISIil  )  II.  P.  Smith  erectod 
a  mill,  with  three  run  of  stone,  on  the  lower  race.  In  18:;.'j,  J.  H,  Livingstone 
also  put  up  a  mill  on  Brown's  race,  havln'j  four  nm  of  stone.  In  the  same 
year  Thomas  Emerson  and  Jacob  Graves  erected  the  Crescent  mills,  on  North 
Water  street.  Subso<iuently  they  passed  iuto  the  hands  of  G,  W,  Burbank,  and 
are  now  occupied  by  W.  S,  McMillan  .t  Co,  In  1S3G.  H.  B,  Williams  built 
a  mil!  on  the  race  near  the  falls,  with  four  run  of  stone,  which  afterwards  pa-s.-cl 
into  the  hands  of  E.  S.  and  J,  H.  Beach. 

The  Model  mills  were  erected  by  Joseph  Hall,  about  the  year  IS.'JI).  L-jiiis 
Chapin  states  that  there  was  also  a  small  mill  on  the  corner  of  .^laiii  and  Soiuh 
Water  .streets,  where  Huntington's  store  in  the  Curtis  block  now  is,  in  l.'<:;j.  The 
old  City  mill  was  one  of  the  inost  important  in  the  city.  General  Bcacli  ptir- 
cha.sed  it  from  the  original  proprietors  in  I's+T.  The  west  end  of  the  building- 
built  over  the  race,  was  of  wood,  which  soon  became  badly  dee^ayed.  In  I84fi  m 
immense  amount  of  wheat  was  stored  in  this  portion  of  th«'  building,  and  in  1>--. 
cember  it  g,ive  way,  and  over  ten  thousand  bushels  of  wheat  were  lost  in  the 
river.  Some  of  it  was  scooped  out  and  kiln-dried,  but  did  not  pay  expens,-s. 
General  Beach  gatliered  stone  and  timber  to  rebuild,  but  soon  after,  in  March. 
1S.')0,  he  was  found  dead  in  his  bed.  Mr.  Chapin  made  arrangements  with 
the  executors  to  complete  the  building,  and  controlled  it  two  years,  wlicn.  in 
1S52,  it  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Finch,  and  in  ISii  was  burned,  .Mi, 
Chapin  then  bought  the  site  and  ivbuilt  the  mUl.  In  ISCO  he  sold  it  to  6.  W. 
Burbank,  from  whom  it  p.isscd  to  Lewis  R.jberts.  Afterwards  it  was  sold  to  (j. 
N.  Gallagher  and  converted  into  a  box  tiietory.  H.  Smith  erc.-ted  the  Washin:;- 
ton  and  Jefferson  mills.  At  that  time  he  w.is  the  owner  of  seven  mills,  as  fol- 
lows; the  two  above  mentioned,  one  at  Black  rock,  one  at  Medina,  one  at  Mount 
Morris,  one  at  Wheatland,  and  one  at  Black  creek. 

The  Revere  mill  on  the  race  «;ls  made  by  eonvertin-  an  old  woolen  factory 
in  1S37.  by  E.  H,  Lyon. 


trade  in   flo 
New  York  v 


course  a  sudden  ami  < 
lish  and  other  forcigr 
York  wilh  the  v.ihie 
had  been  made.  pric. 
New  York  was  fnll 
together  with  tho>-'  o 
interested  in  the  bus 
their  p.«.kc|s.  The 
had   been   boi|..d,t  al  I 


THE   FAILURE   OF   IS3U 

in    the  di.-.a,stro 
casilv  described. 


IS  ill  the  history  of  the  I!uche-i 
lis  of  ISoll  and  l.si.-i.-..  Th. 
the  date  of  the  first  d,  pic-si, 


and 


l,r.      The 
ndred  and 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   Y'ORK. 


The  season  immediately  I'.illowini 

Dianafactured.     Yciir  by  jear.  Utile  by  little,  th.  ir  Imsinvss  c.iiue  bavk  ; 
wore  enlar.'ed,  barrels  were  ayain  filled  by  the  hundre-l  th.u^and,  and  the  busi- 
oeM  assumed  its  former  aetirity  and  prosperity.     Id  the  nud^t  ol'  this  second 
3  the  second  failure. 


aie  a  coaipanitively  : 
le,  th.ir 
the  hm 


CTaud  sue 


nded! 


of  poles. 

In  1840-42  the  Gei 
(i(^  of  wheat  were  brcu; 


THE  F^ILURK   OF   IS.W. 

:C3  wheat  from  the  Genesee  valley  was  transfiorted  to  this  eity 
boats.  Durinii  part  of  the  sea5on.  when  the  water  was  high, 
ar  a,s  Mount  Morris.    Tbe^e  were  fiat-boats,  propelled  by  means 


eanal  was  built,  and  then  imm< 
hat  way.  The  iPienesee  valley  t 
e  soon  spread  over  the  whole  em 
t-ap:icity  during:  the  soiiS'^n,  but 


The 


uiilU  were  crowded  to  tliei 
hindered  by  low  water.  Yet  they  manutaeturedan  immense  quantity . — very  nearly 
as  much  as  the  amount  produced  at  the  present  time.  While,  therefore,  Rochester 
fiour  was  at  a  premium,  and  Rochoter  millers  fast  -jettini^  rich,  came  the  second 
p-and  fiiilure.  Ju-t  before  the  harvest  uf  1SJ5  a  rain  set  in,  and  for  six  weeks 
thtr«  were  daily  shuwers.  This  uas  the  ca^e  all  over  the  cunntr}-.  Thi  result 
was  that  the  Geoesee  wheat  lay  in  the  field-s  until  it  sprouted.  Scarcely  a  bushel 
of  wheat'  found  its  way  to  Rochester  that  was  not  irrown.  The  crop  was  a  total 
loss,  and  the  milling  busine.'s  in  Rochester  airain  a  total  failure. 

After  the  rains  of  ISj.t  came  the  weevil  and  other  plaiiues,  and  through  the  com- 
bination of  all  thc-s*;  evils  the  reputation  of  the  Genesee  valley  wheat  was  seriously 
damaged.  Fiom  that  time  to  this  the  greater  part  of  the  fiour  made  here  has 
been  from  western  wheat.  While  the  weevil  has  disappeared  to  a  great  extent, 
and  the  mills  of  this  city  are  again  receiving  splendid  Suie  wheat,  yet  the  bulk 

frvm  Ohio,  and  then  from  parts  farther  wo^t.  M  present,  though  a  large  quantity 
is  purchased  at  Toledo  and  Detroit,  the  greater  poFtion  comes  from  Wisconsin  and 
Minnesotx  The  city  of  Winona,  in  the  latter  state,  must  be  an  immense  imin 
depot,  as  nearly  all  of  the  mills  procure  their  spring  wheat  for  the  Haxall  process 
from  that  point.  Jlany  have  buyers  there  making  purclia.«e9  for  them.  This 
wheat  is  brought  here  both  by  water  and  rail.  During  the  season  of  navigation 
great  quantities  arc  brought  by  water,  some  coming  fnjm  Canada  across  the  lake, 
some  by  canal,  and  the  remainder  by  either  the  Central  or  Eri.'  roads  About  nne- 
ihird  of  the  whole  amount  comes  by  water.  The  amount  of  wheat  coming  into 
the  city  from  the  valley  and  other  portions  of  the  State  is  about  fi'ur  hundred 
thousand  bushels  annually.  This  is  but  a  small  portion  of  the  entire  quantity 
brought  to  this  city,  which  is  over  two  million  bushels.  The  different  brands  of 
flour  manufactured  in  this  city  at  the  present  time  are  among  the  most  notud  in 
the  world. 

The  old  methods  of  operating  mills  and  old  processes  of  manufacturing  have 
almost  invariably  been  done  away  with,  and  in  their  places  to-day  are  the  finest 
and  most  improved  niaehinery.  and  the  best  pnx^ss  of  flour-makinj.  The  old 
way,  however,  enabled  the  mills  to  turn  out  a  ;iTearcr  i{uantity,  such  as  it  was.  in 
a  given  timft,  than  now  under  tlie  new  method,  but  the  f|u;dity  was  far  inferior. 
With  the  new  invention,  the  IIa.^all  pri.H.e?.s,  manuf.ieturin;:  is  slower,  but  the 
fl"Ur  is  much  better  and  more  healthful.  In  these  peculiar  brands  of  chuiee  flour 
ItiKhester  is  far  ahead  of  every  other  city.  The  flour  of  this  city  is  sought  for  with 
eagerness  in  all  the  eastern  markets,  and  while  other  cities  get  an  ordinary  price 
for  their  products  in  thi.s  line,  Rochester  obtains  from  twenty-five  to  fiftv  cents 
p-T  barrel  more  than  the  best  of  thcni.  This  speaks  volumes  in  praise  of  the 
Itoehcstcr  mills  and  their  process  of  manufacture.  The  flour  trade  in  this  citv  i.s 
by  DO  means  what  it  was  years  ago.  Then  it  was  speculative,  unsafe,  and  vacil- 
Iniing;  DOW  it  is  Icgitiiuate,  safe,  and  firm. 

THE  MILLS   OF   TO  D.\Y. 

It  w  now  our  purpose  to  give  the  standing  and  condition  of  the  mills  of 
Ibwhi-stcr  of  to-day.  The  following  facts  and  dzum  were  given  by  some  interested 
Dicmbcrof  the  different  firms,  or  by  superintPo.lent.s.  and.  with  but  one  exception, 
•he  figures  on  the  number  of  barrels  were  given  by  the  proprielors  thcin-sclvcs ; 
tiien-rorc  they  are  autlmriied  reports. 

There  are  at  present  in  ac-livc  operation  in  ihis  city  eighteen  mills,  the  ni-wt  of 
"liich  arc  large  and  "f  great  capacity.  Few  of  these  arc  at  all  interested  in 
C'l-tom  Wi.rk.  hut  are  l.iii;ely  cng.T.'>'l  in  niiinuficluriiig  l'..r  shipment.  -Scce^-.irily 
•■i>r  -ketch  of  these  mill-  musl  he  brief;  .stii 
•hv  numlKT  of  hands  eni|ili.y,d  ,  not  inclii 
""lie.  what  markets  are  fuini-htd  with  fl.. 


Thf.  Old  Kly  -Mii.i.s.— Thcw  i 
uct.    They  were  burned  five  years 


ve  the  anioi 
i»'pers|.  the 


3  are  situated  at  the  east  end  of  the  a(|Utt- 
and  rebuilt.  The  present  firm  is  Janus 
Wilson  Sc  Co.  In  1ST  J  they  manufictured  over  twenty-five  thousand  barrels  of 
flour,  iLsing  one  hundred  thousand  bushels  uf  wheat,  of  which  one-half  came 
from  Toledo,  Detroit,  and  Minnesota.  The  mill  ha.s  five  run  of  stone,  and  em- 
ploys ten  hands. 

Model  Mills. — These  were  erected  by  Joseph  Hall  in  1850,  and  are  located 
next  to  the  Hall  machine-shop,  on  Water  street.  They  are  now  owned  by  Wilson 
&  Pond,  have  six  run  of  stone,  and  employ  fourteen  men.  In  1S74  more  than 
forty-five  thous.ind  barrels  of  flour  were  produced,  using  two  hundred  and  forty 
thousand  bushels  of  whe.it.  Of  this  quantity  two  hundred  thousand  bu.',hels  were 
from  the  west,  having  been  transported  about  equally  via  New  York  Central, 
Erie,  and  the  c;inal.  The  sprinir  wheat  used  is  from  Minucsota.  Their  sales  are 
chiefly  through  the  South,  Ea.st,  and  New  England  States,  and  jobbers. 

Cbescent  .\Iili.s. — Thomas  Emers.:.n  erected  these  mills  on  South  WaU-r 
street  iu  1S3.).  Some  yeara  later  thev  pa.ssed  into  the  hands  of  G.  W.  liurbank. 
and  are  now  owned  by  W.  S.  McMillan  &  Co.  They  have  six  run  of  stone,  and 
employ  twelve  men.  In  IST-i  thirty  thousind  bu.-helswcre  manufactured  entirely 
from  western  wheat.  The  wheat  is  transported  via  canal  and  New  York  Central 
and  Eric  railroads. 

C.  J.  Hill  Mills. — These  are  among  the  oldest  and  best  mills  in  the  city. 
They  have  always  maintaiueil  a  high  reput;itioii,  and  are  now  doini:  a  large  and 
flourishing  business.  The  name  of  C.  J.  Hill  h;is  been  prominently  connected 
with  the  flour  trade  for  a  great  many  years,  and  no  person  h.as  seen  more  of  its 
history  th.iD  he.  The  mills  are  located  on  South  Water  street,  and  are  turning 
out  a  large  i|uantity  of  flour  annually. 

Empire  Mills — On  North  Water  street,  near  the  corner  of  Main,  are  situated 
the  Empire  mills,  owned  by  Gcrling  Brothers.  The  mills  were  erected  about 
twenty-sLX  years  ag").  and  have  been  in  constant  operation  ever  since.  The  busines-f 
was  formerly  entirely  custom  work,  but  thev  now  do  a  lartre  jobbin::  trade.  In- 
eluding  buckwheat  fiour,  these  mills  turned  out  twenty  thousand  barrels  in  1S74. 
Three  run  of  stone,  and  employ  six  men.     Ship  lar^-ely  to  the  northwest. 

Arcade  .^Iills — These  mills  are  located  near  the  site  of  the  old  •■  Indian 
Allen  mill."  and  are  owned  by  Chase,  Bristol  &  Veile.  The  old  red  mill  wa.s 
built  by  Nathaniel  Rochester  in  1S21.  In  1370  the  old  building  was  torn  down 
and  a  new  one  erected  upon  its  site  by  Chase,  Ford  i  Smith.  It  subsequently 
p;issed  into  the  hands  of  Chase  &  Smith,  and  from  them  to  the  present  proprie- 
tors. These  mills  contain  five  run  of  stone,  two  of  which  were  in  the  original 
mill.  Sixteen  men  are  employed,  and  in  1S74  sixty  thousand  barrels  of  flour 
were  manufactured,  using  two  hundred  and  eighty  thousand  bushels  of  wheat. 
The  greater  part  of  the  wheat  comes  from  3Iinnesota,  although  a  large  quantity 
of  Canada  white  wheat  is  u.Mid. 

Cesteal  Mills. — These  mills,  owned  by  John  R.  Pentecost  ,t  Co.,  situated 
at  5  East  Main  street,  are  doing  a  fine  business.  They  were  burned,  with  the 
Democrat  and  CltronkU,  a  few  years  since,  and  rebuilt  in  -Vugust,  1872.  The 
mills  have  four  run  of  stone,  and  employ  twelve  hands.  In  1874  twenty-five 
thotisand  barrels  of  flour  were  manufactured,  using  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
thousand  bushels  uf  wheat.  Three  fourths  of  this  wheat  was  purchased  in  Toledo, 
Detioit,  .Milwaukee,  and  Winima. 

Ontario  JIills.— Tlicse  mills  are  located  on  North  Water  street,  and  are  in 
charge,  of  Wilson  &  Ashton.  They  have  three  run  of  stone,  and  employ  four 
hands.  About  two  hundred  barrel:  of  flour  are  manutiictured  per  week.  State 
wheat  is  chiefly  used. 

Unio.v  JIills  are  located  on  North  Water  street,  and  do  a  custom  business. 
These  millt  have  three  run  of  stoni:,  employ  four  hands,  and  manufacture  about 
twelve  thou-jiid  barrels  per  annum.     James  Cornell,  proprietor. 

Granite  Mills,  William  Richardson,  proprietor. — These  immense  mills  arc 
located  on  Brown's  race,  and  are  among  the  finest  and  largest  mills  in  the  city. 
They  were  erected  in  ISo.'),  by  U.  '!.  Williams.  They  have  ten  run  of  stone,  em- 
ploy twelve  hands,  and  have  a  cipa-jity  tijr  manufacturing  ninety  thousand  barrel 
per  year.    Western  wheat  is  chiefly  tosed,  being  transported  via  New  Y"ork  Centra) 

Jeffersom  Mills. — These  mills  were  built  by  lliram  Smith  in  1,^115,  aoJ 
in  their  construction  he  said  he  had  put  all  his  brains  and  experience.  They  are 
acknowledged  to  have  no  superior  as  flourin■.^miils.  They  originally  contained 
four  run  of  stone,  and  now  have  six.  In  1S74  the  mills  produced  I'orty-tw." 
thou.sand  barrels,  and  used  two  hundred  th.iusand  busheU  of  wheat.  The  present 
firm  is  Jennings.  D.ivis  &  Co.     They  employ  twelve  men. 

Wasiiin,;ti«.n   .Mills— J    A.  Hindi  is  the  owner  ol  these  mills,  which  wenr 

bushels  of  wheat,  m.^-ily  Western.     They  employ  tliiiUen  hands. 


118 


HISTORY   OF   MONKOE   COU>'TY,  NEW   YOEK. 


People's  Mills,  Gr'.rpj  F.  >lcn,  owner  and  p.-opriin.ir  —1 
three  run  of  stone,  and  do  a  lar.-R  custjm  bu-iupss.  About 
b«rrel8  of  flour  are  munufaeturcd  annually,  includiiii:  custom  work.  Eniiilov  tive 
hands.  They  were  built  about  twenty  years  a™,  by  Kdward  Braufield.  From 
bim  they  pass*?d  to  Geor^  Moulson,  and  from  bim  to  the  preaeot  ownera,  five 

laviNO  Mills.— These  mills  were  built  iu  184U.  J.  C.  Stone  n'built  the 
mills,  making  bnre  additions.  Until  within  five  years  a=;o  the  establishment  was 
Qoder  the  control  of  N.  W.  C'arr  &  Co.  It  then  came  into  the  pos-^osion  of  the 
present  owner,  James  Campbell.  The  mills  have  a  capacity  of  forty  thousand 
barrels.  In  1874  twenty  thou.<aod  barrels  of  Graham  fiour  were  produetxl.  They 
luve  four  run  of  .^tone,  and  employ  ten  hands. 

The  Fr-INKFort  Mills  were  erected  in  1S60.  by  Rufus  W.  JIain.  The  pres- 
ent firm,  Smith  k  Chester,  have  had  possession  about  eleven  years ;  the  latter  having 
been  connected  with  the  mills  thirteen  years.  Tiiey  manufacture  about  ^ixty 
thousand  barrels  of  flour  annually.  Theise  mills  were  the  first  after  C.  J.  Hill 
to  go  into  the  trade.  Then  the  rest  followed,  and  all  with  success.  Twenty 
mca  are  employed.  Their  trade  is  to  dcaUrs  in  Xow  Eu.'land,  I'ennsylvania,  and 
New  York. 

The  WHtTNET  Mills  were  built  by  Warham  Wbitnty,  in  1530.  J.  H. 
Pool  &  Co.  owned  the  mill  until  1ST.J.  The  present  proprietors  ore  Farley, 
Furgeson  i  Wilson.    The  mill  has  sii  run  of  stone,  and  employs  twelve  men. 

The  Flock  Citv  Mills  are  eicellent  mills;  owned  and  operated  by  J.  B. 
Moseley  and  George  Motley.     They  are  l.wated  near  Brown  street. 

The  Excel-sior  Mills,  owned  by  Ellwood  and  Armstrong,  were  erected  in 
1876.  These  are  cu.stoin  mills,  located  in  the  rear  of  7  AVest  Jlain  street,  in  what 
is  known  as  the  Robin.son  building. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  about  the  present  annual  business  of  the 
Boehester  mills : 

B.rr.lt. 
Elj  Mills.  J.tncs  TVilion  i  Co 40.000 


Model  Mill!, 

C.J.  Hil 
Empir.  : 


JeflenoQ  MH- 

IrrioE  MUb^  .1 
Floot  Citv  M.I 
Wbitncj  lli!l< 
Frankfort  Mil: 
ElMl.ior  M.IL 


Total.. 


Number  of  bushels  of  wheat 
lions  five  hundred  and  seventy 
we  are  indebted  to  the  columns  i 


sar\-  to  produce  the  amount,  about  two  i 
and.  Fur  miuh  of  the  above  informal 
3  Rochester  Democrat  and  Chron'cle. 


fHE  MANUFACTURING   INTERESTS  OF  ROCHESTER. 


Pancost,  S-iOE  &  Moore,  boots  and  shoes. — This  busi 

it  came  into  the  hands  of  Sage  k  Pancost.  In  lSGi»  it  wa; 
Sage  &  Co.,  and  in  1SG3  changed  to  the  present  firm  name. 
of  this  business  Mr.  Sage  manufactured  goods  to  the  amour 
thousand  dollars  per  year.  The  trade  ha.<  increased  with  ad 
manufacture  unt'l  the  present  annual  product  amounts  to  one  m 
bave  a  capita!  of  four  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  employ  si 
persons.  At  fir^t  nothing  but  thick  and  kip  boots  were  ma 
over  two  himdrLd  varieties  are  produird.  nuL'tng  from  a  raili 
boot.  The  foundirs  of  the  tirm  of  Sage  &  Pancost  b<ith  died  i 
eftch  other,  in  the  years  ISilG  and  1SG7.  The  reputation  of 
maintained  by  the  tiuality  rather  than  the  i|uantity,  and  they 
out  the  entire  west  as  m.ikers  of  the  best  kinds  of  goods  for 
Dot  aiming  at  the  lowest  or  highest  priced  boots  and  .shoes. 
manufactory  of  boots  and  shoes  in  Uoche.-tor. 

J.  H.  i  P.  BvRNES  are  yoiins  men  who  coramenc"-d  bus 
ux  yeara  ago.  They  have  gr.iilnally  worked  their  way  up  onti 
of  the  leading  mnnulVturin-  firms  for  furni-hing  ladies',  nils 
rtylish  and  dres.sy  shoes,  which  are  on  an  cjuality  with  th.w 
celebrated  manufacturers  in  New  York  city  and  other  places. 
ard  of  (|ualily  and  taste  has  been  their  gr.at  endeavor,  and  it 
gratification  to  know  that,  as  a  rewanl  of  their  enterprise  and  i 


„ess  was  originally 
1  until  1.S3-.,  when 
known  as  Panc-ost, 
At  the  besinning 
t  of  about  eishteen 


nal  fac 


I  for 


ili-m  dollars.  They 
c  hundred  and  fifty 
ufjcfurod,  but  now 

ilhin  ten  months  of 
:his  hou.sc  has  been 
re  known  through- 
he  common  people. 
This  is  the  oldest 

iness  in  Rochester 
il  now  they  are  one 
-s'.  alul  children's 

The  highest  stand- 


nly  be  t 


succeeded  in  attaining  it.  Raving  succeeded  in  putting  the  best  of  goods  in  the 
market,  they  directed  their  attention  to  keeping  step  with  the  march  of  pnivrc^s. 
By  di.scarding  old  ideas  they  have  become  inventors,  producing  sonietbini:  in  har- 
mony with  the  wants  of  the  age.  .\ctin'.r  upon  this  principle,  they  have  invented 
and  adapted  an  improvement  in  gaiter-shoes  which  must  not  only  ho  of  practicd 
value  to  the  firm  as  manufacturers,  but  must  eventually  come  pemianeiiltv  into 
public  notice  and  favor.  The  improvement  rcla'.es  to  a  gaiter-shoe,  th'j  Iwdv  or 
foot-portion  of  which  is  made  from  a  single  piece  of  leather,  doing  a\r;iy  with 
seams  on  the  vamps  altogether.  This  shoe  can  be  made  of  any  material  and  is 
so  cut  and  slit  that  one  side  folds  or  doubles  over  upon  the  other,  reaching  to  the 
heel,  leaving  the  foot  free  from  scams  across  the  instep,  the  only  ones  beinL'  at  the 
heel  and  on  the  outer  side,  cstending  from  the  fly  to  the  heel-seam.,  just  bci..w  ih.- 
top  of  the  counter.  This  firm  make  from  ninety  to  one  hundred  different  .styl.-. 
of  shoes  from  the  choicest  material — French  and  Cura^oa  kid,  pebbled  and  strai^-ht- 
gniincd  goat,  serges,  and  colored  work.  Their  factory  covers  five  floors  in  L;nn- 
pert's  block,  eighty-five  feet  deep  and  forty  feet  wide,  and  they  turn  out  over 
three  hundred  pairs  daily,  with  an  average  of  one  hundred  and  twcnty-fivi-  h:iuds. 
the  trade  extending  to  Canada  on  the  north,  to  Florida  on  the  south,  and  to  Cali- 
fornia on  the  west. 

Reed  k  We-WER,  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  commenced  business  No- 
vember 1,  1S75.  They  manufacture  five  hundred  pairs  per  day.  with  a  lapacitv 
for  one  thousand,  and  the  present  annual  production  amounts  to  about  three  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars.  This  firm  employs  one  hundred  and  fifty  person-,  ^la- 
chinery  and  all  appurtenances  are  first-class.  They  manutacture  ladies',  misses', 
and  children's  fine  shoes,  and  their  trade  e.^tends  to  Colorado,  including  all  the 
western  States.  Messrs.  Reed  k  Weaver,  through  honorable  dealing  atid  the 
manufacture  of  a  superior  quality  of  goods,  have  attained  an  enviable  reputation, 
which  they  justly  merit. 

T)  W  Wrioht  .<:  On— Wrigl.t  k  Cowles  fov.nded  this  b'lsine-s  :::  !Sf;?. 
In  1872  the  firm  beesime  D.  W.  Wright  k  Co..  consisting  of  D.  W.  Wri-ht.  W. 
R.  Peters,  and  W.  R.  Craig.  This  business  h.as  rapidly  increased,  as  is  shown  from 
the  fact  that  in  the  beginning  the  annual  product  amounted  to  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
and  at  the  present  time  it  amonnts  to  two  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Thi-  estab- 
lishment is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  employs  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  persons.  They  manufacture  a  full  line  of  men's,  women's,  youths',  misses', 
and  children's  fine  boots  and  shoes.      Capital,  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

J.\ME.S  J.  Ev.ws,  successor  of  J.  D.  Stewart  <.t  Son,  commenced  linsim-ss  t'n 
1875.  Mr.  Evans  manufactures  a  line  of  staple  boots  and  shoes.  The  e-tahlish- 
ment  is  furnished  with  the  most  improved  machinery,  and  employs  one  hundred 
and  twenty  persons.     Sales  are  made  throughout  the  west  and  in  Bostt.n. 

CowLES  Bros.,  manufacturers  of  children's  turned  shoes. — CowIe>  \'  Harris 
commenced  this  business  in  1S75 — E.  ^V^  Cowles,  C.  H.  Harris.  It  wa^  carried 
on  by  them  until  October  1,  lS75,when  E.  H.  Cowles  was  admitted  a-  a  j.artner. 
C.  H.  Harris  withdrew  from  the  firm  in  September,  1S70.  They  emi'lov  twenty- 
five  hands,  and  their  business  is  rapidly  increasing. 

A.  J.  JoHNSOS  &  Co.,  wholesale  shoe  manufacturers. — The  business  w.is  com- 
menced bv  K.  J.  Johnson  in  the  spring  of  ISGO,  and  continued  until  llctt-ber  If.'i. 
187-1,  when  the  present  firm  was  formed,  consisting  of  .\.  J.  Johnson  and  J.  I. 
Robins,  Jr.  At  the  commencement  of  business  the  annual  product  was  ten 
thousand  dollars,  and  it  has  iniTCXscd  until  at  the  present  time  it  .imount>  to  three 
hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  junior  member  of  the  firm  was  an  emplMvee  in 
the  establishment  from  January,  18(J4.  to  1S7.'>.  when  D.  G.  Weaver  retired,  and 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm.  This  establishment  manufactures  a  full  line  of 
women's  and  nds.ses'  work,  and  intend  soon  to  add  a  complete  line  of  boots  and 
shoes. 

PnELAN  &  Bolton,  shoe  manufacturers,  began  business  in  February.  1S7:!. 
and  the  first  year  they  manufactured  goods  to  the  amount  of  seven  thousand  dol- 
lars. They  employ  about  on<'  hundred  persons,  and  the  annual  proJu.-t  now 
amounts  to  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars.  I*adies*,  boys',  y..nihs'. 
misses",  and  children's  fine  shoes  for  the  western  and  southern  trade  arc  nianu- 
fuctured. 

Ellison  &  StoddaRO,  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes,  have  been  in  busi- 
ness about  three  years.  They  employ  about  seventy-five  persons,  and  iiemiifac- 
ture  a  full  line  of  men's  6r>l-cla«s  fine  bo..ts  and  shoes,  also  a  •.'ood  line  of  ladies' 
shoes.     The  annual  pr.j<luct  amounts  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  th.msiiiiil 

D.  H.  Wr.sTBuav. — This  busi 
menccd  by  Chapiti  .t   (.cuiard. 
ducted  by'  Mr.  Clmpin    until    Ma 
pnrch-.scl  by  Mr.  W.  -tl.ury,  the  | 
begi 


-S3  dales  its  ( 
U'.n.ard  wit 


ritrin  to  1870.  when  it  v 

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HISTORY   OF   .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


manufactures  men  s,  dots',  and  youtiia'  calf  and  kip  pegged  bc«iU.  womeu's, 
misses',  mea's,  kojs',  and  TOut!is'  cjf  I'l-.-.-ed  slioej,  numwi's  an.!  ni..u'3  sj.lit- 
IcatUer  shoes,  nod  uieu'a  and  bovi'  opera  Ixx.U.  ilr.  \Vcstbury  is  an  old  riaident 
of  Rochester,  and  is  ono  of  the  present  alderni'n  of  the  Third  ward. 

P.  Cox  &  Brotiieu,  shoe  manufacturers.— This  business  was  fuunded  by 
Patrick  Cox,  in  Now  York  uity;  in  ISfil  was  remove*!  to  this  city.  Here  he 
carried  on  the  est.-iWishment  m  sole  proprietor  until  July  1,  1S7B,  when  his 
brother,  Joseph  D,,  al.<o  of  New  York,  became  associated  with  him  as  copartner. 
The  factory  is  furnished  with  improved  machinery,  and  the  annual  product 
amounts  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  duliara  ;  eiuplov  ninclv  persona. 
xod  the  manufactory  is  run  durin-  the  whole  year.  They  make  boys',  youtha', 
misses',  and  children's  fine  machine  and  cable-wire  sewed  shoes.  D-ilv  produc- 
lion  is  three  hundred  pairs.  Their  g.x>d3  are  widely  celebrated,  and  shipraenta 
are  made  throu'^hout  the  Unite^l  States  and  Canjda. 

Geo,  p.  Mever  i  Co.,  shoe  manufacturers,  commenced  busineii  in  1373; 
employ  twenty-five  persons  ;  annual  prorluct,  filty  thousand  dollars.  Th'Ls  firia 
manufactures  ladie-s',  misses',  and  children's  slices. 

Keeler  i  GooDiifE  are  located  at  S7  North  Water  street. — This  firm  is 
doing  a  laijj';  bu.Tine:«,  aud  justly  merits  its  present  success. 

The  H.^tcu  P.\text  Crimper  Co.MP.\.sr. — This  enterprise  was  b'-sun  in  the 
summer  of  1S73,  ind  in  the  same  year  or.:.inized  as  a  .-itock  company,  with  J. 
W.  Hatch,  president,  C.  U.  Hatch,  Tice-president.  A.  J.  Hatch,  treasurer,  and 
James  L.  Ilatch,  secretary  and  manager.  This  company  are  manufacturing  an 
.  improved  heel-counter  or  stiffeniniz  for  boots  and  shoes.  A  few  years  since  these 
were  made  by  each  shoemaker  out  of  leather,  which  wa.s  formed  and  cut  by  hand. 
These  were  more  or  less  perfect  in  proportion  to  the  i(uality  of  leather  i  ^^d  and 
skill  of  the  workman.  Here  are  manufactured  counters  made  from  one  piece 
each  of  leather  and  estra  counter-leather  board,  united  by  the  best  rubber  cement, 
making  them  not  only  wafer-proof  but  al*;  renderinij  the  stitfening  as  pliable  and 
easy  to  work  is  the  be--.t  sole-leather  count*;r.  They  are  a  very  superior  counter, 
and  orders  for  them  are  received  from  all  pans  of  the  world.  This  invention 
was  made  by  the  present  secretary  and  manager  of  the  company.  Mr.  J.  L.  Hatch. 
The  establishment  is  furnisheii  with  the  most  improved  machinery  for  the  busi- 
ness, also  the  invention  of  Mr.  Ilatch,  and  each  machine  has  a  capacity  of  from 
four  thousand  to  sil  thousand  pairs  of  counters  per  day. 

Other  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers  are  Cowles,  Curtis  &  Co.,  C.  A.  Cleveland, 
Chapman  i  Stewart,  Brooks  &  Reynolis,  J.  W.  Bradford  ( uppers  i,  F.  End  Cslip- 
pcra),  E.  A.  Ja.|uith,  James  Gant,'j.  Kelly,  M.  E.  Wood,  'iVilliams  i  Hoyt,  E. 
Wiegand,  Stockbridgc  Brayton  &  Co.,  J.  V  Smith,  and  Il.5chester  Bool  and  Shoe 
ManuEicturing  Co. 

J.  C.  LiGHTIIOCSE,  wholesale  manufacturer  of  horse-collars. — This  business 
was  commenced  in  .\ugu.st,  1S65,  under  the  firm  name  of  Mulligan  &  Lighthouse. 
May  10,  1SG7,  the  firm  was  di.^solved  and  the  businn>s  continueil  by  the  present 
proprietor,  J.  C.  Lighthouse.  The  bu.-'iness  has  consuintly  increased,  and  where 
three  thousand  five  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  goods  were  manufactured  per  annum 
at  the  beginning  of  busines.^,  now  goods  to  the  amount  of  over  sixty  thousand 
dollars  per  year  are  produtod.  with  indications  of  a  much  larger  production. 
Capital,  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Number  of  men  employed,  tweurj-scven.  Goods 
are  sold  irrevery  State  in  the  Union,  also  in  Cuba,  South  America,  .Australia,  and 
France.  The  highest  award — medal  and  diploma — was  given  to  this  collar  at  the 
Centennial  Exhibition  at  rhiladciphia,  in  1570. 

Rociii-sTEE  ToB.iCCO  WoiiKS,  U.  D.  Keluiui}  &  Co. — Tl  3  busin.?ss  now 
carried  on  by  this  firm  was  oririnally  begun  by  Henry  Surgett.  in  ISJJ.  One 
year  afterwards  the  firm  changed  to  Sugirctt  tt  Runsley,  in  1S57  to  Leggett 
&  Bower,  and  in  1833  to  Lcggott,  Bower  &  Co.,  the  company  being  R.  D  Kel- 
logg. In  1SG3  the  firm  x-unied  the  =tyle  of  Bower  i  KelK.-g,  and  was  con- 
tinued as  such  until  1S70,  when  Mr.  Kellogg  purchased  Mr.  Bower's  interest,  and 
the  firm  became  R.  D.  Kellugg  i  Co..  the  ■  Co. '  b«>ing  W.  Ilarf  Spencer. 

The  annual  production  varies  from  seventy-five  to  two  hundred  thousand  dt»llai*3. 
.\t  pr.  <t-nt.  it  amounts  to  about  one  hundred  and  fit'ty  thou.sand  a..ilars  per  annum. 
Employ  abjut  fifty  persons.  Tliis  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  o:'  the  kind  in  the 
city,  and.  with  the  others,  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

S.  F.  IIess'  Tob.vcco  JI.vNi:F.\crOR"3. — This  branch  of  industry  was  com- 
menced in  1833,  by  John  Di^brow.  He  was  succo-ded  by  Leyman.  The  pres- 
ent proprietor  took  charge  of  the  business  in  l!?li7.  It  was  begun  on  a  small 
•cJe,  but  has  risen  rapidly,  as  is  shown  by  the  annual  production  at  the  com- 
mencement, which  amounted  to  about  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  and  at  the 
present  time,  which  is  three  hundred  .ind  fifty  thousand  dollar?.  Capital  ab.iut 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousmJ  d.ill.irs.  Employ  one  hundre.l  perxins.  The 
ITiVnt  location  is  at'Su.  7  Exch^mge  str.el.  .V  building  is  So  l.c  erected  tlic 
o.iniiig  »oa.son.  on  the  south  side  of  the  canal,  for  a  manufactory,  which  is  intended 
•o  bo  complete  in  all  its  appjintmouis. 


K  &  T.  WiULE.v,  tobacco  manufacturers. — This  business  was  originally  es- 
lublijhed  by  .Vbraham  Van  Slykc,  in  the  year  1S40.  In  ISGO  it  pai-^ed  into 
the  hands  of  U.  G.  Ueyte.  In  ISiiU,  the  firm  w.as  Ketchum,  W.jodbury  i  Co., 
in  lSt;3,  Edward  Woodbury,  and  in  \SiH,  Woodbury  i  Wlialcn.  who  continued 
the  busincis  until  ISOJ.  when  R.  &  T.  Whalen  bcame  proprietors,  and  have 
since  conducted  the  establishment.  They  are  doing  a  large  business,  and  employ 
thirty  persons. 

Peerless  Tob.icco  Works,  W.  S.  Kimball  &  Co.,  proprietors. — This  busi- 
ness was  organized  in  184G,  by  Henry  SuL-u-ett,  and  continued  by  him  until  la.")3, 
when  the  firm  became  Suggett  Si  Bower,  and  the  business  was  carried  on  by  them 
until  1863.  In  that  year  it  pa5.scd  iuto  the  hands  of  Suggett  &  Kimball,  and 
was  continued  by  this  firm  until  1SIJ7,  when  the  entire  interest  was  purclnised  by 
Mr.  Kimball.  Two  years  later  he  admitted  as  a  partner  B.  li.  Keolor,  who  re- 
mained in  the  firm  three  years,  when  he  withdrew,  and  James  C.  FLirt  became  a 
member  of  the  firm. 

No  business  in  Rochester  ha-s  increased  with  in-eater  rapidity  than  this,  as  is 
sbjwn  from  the  fact  that  at  the  beginning  twelve  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  eoods 
were  manufactured  per  year,  and  now  the  annual  product  amounts  to  seven  hun- 
dred thou.sand  dollars.  Employ  three  hundred  persons  ;  pay-roll  b  six  thousand 
dollars  per  month.  Here  is  manufactured  the  celebiated  "Vanity  Fair"  tobacco, 
which  is  shipi«Hi  to  all  pans  of  the  globe.  This  is  the  only  cigarette  manufac- 
tory west  of  New  York,  and  the  second  largest  in  the  world. 

C.  &  G.  GncKER  are  manufacturers  of  cut  tobacco  and  cigars.  Office  and  fac- 
tory-mill, corner  Factory  street.     Established  in  ISOO. 

W.VLTER  B.  DcFFT  &  Co.,  distillers  and  rectifiers. — Edward  Duffy  founded 
this  establishment  in  lS-i'2.  He  conducted  the  business  until  about  l.SiiS,  when 
h'ls  son,  Walter  B.  Dufi'y,  became  a  partner  with  Mr.  -\..  S.  Biglow.  Two  years 
later  Mr.  Biglow  di.-posed  of  his  interest  to  Edw.ird  Duffy,  and  the  business  has 
since  been  carried  on  under  the  firm  name  of  Walter  B.  Duffy  &  Co.  In  the 
bejinninir  the  annual  product  amounted  to  about  three  thousand  dollars,  and  new 
amounts  to  over  a  .juarter  of  a  million.  An  important  featiire  of  the  institution 
is  the  cider-mill,  which  has  a  capacity  of  three  thousand  boahels  per  day.  Their 
grinder  is  the  largest  in  the  world,  and  has  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  ten 
bushels  per  six  minutes.  ,\bout  fifteen  thousand  barrels  of  cider  were  manufac- 
tured during  1376.  Its  superior  quality  has  not  only  secured  them  an  immense 
trade  in  this  country,  but  large  shipments  are  also  made  to  Europe.  The  cider 
department  is  under  the  general  su(«rintendence  of  A.  S.  Biglow,  who  has  made 
many  improvements  in  this  manufacture.  .\  specialty  is  made  of  malted  wlieat- 
wh'isky.  Messrs.  Duffy  i  Co.  are  also  direct  importers  of  foreign  wines  and 
liquors. 

City  Spri.sgs  Brewery,  E.  K.  Warren,  proprietor. — This  business  was 
founded  by  Samuel  Warren,  father  of  the  present  proprietor,  in  1S12,  and  con- 
tinual by  him  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1S43.  The  brewery  was  then 
managed'  by  the  widow,  Louis  Jl.  Warren,  and  Henry  Warren,  brother  of  the 
deceased,  until  the  sons  Edward  K.  and  F.  L.  becaino  of  age.  when  it  passed  into 
their  hands.  F.  L.  Warren  died  in  1864,  and  Edward  K.  became  ^ole  pro- 
prietor. The  beginning  of  business  was  small,  the  annual  product  amounting  to 
only  six  hundred  barrels.  The  present  annual  product  is  nine  iht'iisanti  barrels. 
Employ  fifteen  men.  Samuel  Warren  was  the  first  to  manufacture  and  introduce 
pale  ale  in  the  city  of  Rochester.  This  brewery  is  known  as  the  City  Springs 
Brewery  from  the  fact  that  it  is  supplied  with  water  from  a  never-failing  living 


spring  east 


of  the  esuiblishi 


Frederick  Miller's  Brewing  Est.\blisiiment. — Mr.  Miller  commenced 
the  business  of  brewing  in  lS5i>,  on  Brown  street.  In  l."^.i7  he  erected  a  brewery 
on  Lake  avenue,  and  continued  the  business  at  this  place  until  1S60,  when  the 
entire  establishment  was  destroyed  by  fire.  A  new  building  was  immediately 
erected,  and  this  w;ls  injured  by  fire  in  l.'^'j.  With  commendable  entcrprisi-,  lie 
soon  repaired  and  cnl.ircred  the  structure,  and  has  now  one  of  the  finest  anil  mast 
complete  brewing  establi>hnieilts  in  the  city.  It  is  coinpleto  in  all  its  appoint- 
ments, with  a  capacity  uf  one  liiindrcd  barrels  per  day.      Employs  sixteen  hands. 

Rochester  Brewing  Co.mi'.v.nv  wa^"  organized  in  Septcmbi  r  1S74,  with  the 
following  otficcTS :  A.  H.  Martin,  president ;  Gns  Ran,  vice-president ;  John  B. 
Hahn,  treasurer;  Wm.  N.  O^thout,  .secretary.  In  the  following  year  a  large  and 
comnnxlious  buildin'j  w.is  creeled  on  Cliff  street,  at  a  cost  of  ninety-^lx  thousand 
dollars.      It  was  rurni.shc.1  with  ni:i.liini-.-y  [ 


York,  except  the  engine 
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within  two  months,  and 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEV\'   YORK. 


enterprising  prngeuitors.  Tli.-  brenery  lias  a  cajKicity  of  two  hun.Ircl  and  twcnij- 
barrels  per  day,  and  the  annual  prmliict  auifunts  to  two  hundred  thc'U!^aod  doiiars. 
Employ  thirty  ptrvjns.  Capital,  one  hundrnj  thousand  dollars.  The  present 
officers  of  the  company  are,  Gustavus  >[annel.  president;  John  B.  IlaLu.  vice- 
president ;  W'm.  N.  Oothout,  treasurer;  FrunU  A.  Rust,  secretary. 

BAHTH0LOU.4.Y  Brewino  t'OMP.k.NV. — Tbis  busiiKSS  wad  oriiinally  com- 
menced by  Will  i  Bartholotuay.  and  continued  under  that  firm  name  until  May  1, 
1874,  when  the  pnsent  company  was  formed.  The  business  was  b.'i;un  in  a  small 
way,  and  but  five  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  stock  was  producsii  durini,'  the  first 
year.  By  judicious  manaiiement,  honorable  dealin;r,  and  the  manufacture  of  the 
best  quality  of  goods,  the  business  has  rapidly  increased  until  the  present  time, 
when  the  annual  production  amounts  to  two  hundred  and  eit.'hty  thousand  dollars. 
The  annual  production  of  the  malt-house,  in  connection  with  the  brewery,  is  ei'^hty 
thousand  bushels  of  malt.  The  company  has  a  capital  of  two  hundreii  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  and  employs  about  forty-five  persons.  The  present  officers  are 
as  follows:  H.  Bartholoniay,  president ;  Frederick  Cook,  vice-president;  P.  H. 
Will,  treasurer ;  George  Amoldt,  secretary. 

Oothoct'3  Kociif.ster  .^Iali-House. —  The  senior  proprietor  of  this  es- 
tablishment, S.  M.  Oothoul. commenced  the  business  of  malting  .ind  b.-cwins.  on 
Water  street,  in  1?55.  He  remained  there  until  1S69,  nhen  he  removed  to 
his  present  location,  at  the  junction  of  Mount  Hopi'  and  South  avenues.  In 
1S69,  Robert  Symes  became  a  partner,  and  continued  in  the  busino*  untd  his 
death,  whifh  occurred  in  1S70.  Mr.  Oothout  then  admitted  his  sud.  William  X., 
as  partner,  and  the  business  is  now  conducted  by  them.  They  have  two  mait- 
honses,  with  a  joint  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  bushels ,  employ 
twenty-two  persons. 

LONOMDIB  Bbewi.s-o  AND  >lALT-HorsF..— A3  early  as  1S24,  Mr.  Bennett 
was  brewing  on  the  premises  now  occupied  by  this  establishment,  and  in  1S37  it 


cupi 


J.  i  i 


1859,  and  the  erection  of  the  new  building  was  immediately  commenced,  and 
completed  in  1S60.  The  establishment  was  opened  by  A.  &  G.  I.K)ngmuir,  and 
continued  by  them  until  1SG4,  wlien  Charles  Gordon  purch.-isod  the  entire  property, 
and  in  the  following  year  admitted  as  a  partner  Mr.  H.  H.  Benir.  who  remained 
ii  the  business  UEtil  his  death  in  1S7-.  In  ISOD,  U.  B.  Hathaway  bi-came  a 
partner.  lu  lS70,and  again  in  1S72,  large  additions  were  made  to  the  buildings. 
The  business  now  conducted  by  Hathaway  tt  Gordon  h.is  increased  until  they 
malt  atiout  seventy  th-^usand  bushels  atinuaily  of  b:irley,  and  brew  n-arly  twenty 
thousand  packages  of  the  justly  celebrated  ales  and  porter  for  which  this  estab- 
lishment has  ever  enjoyed  an  enviable  reputation. 

Rochester  boasts  of  another  large  malting  establishment,  that  of  E.  B.  Parsons, 
located  at  the  cornH-of  Brown  and  Warehouse  streets,  opposite  V\'hitneys  ele- 
vator. 5Ir.  Parsons  does  a  large  business,  and  hia  facilities  for  shipping  are 
unsurpassed. 

James  Fee  Ic  Bros,  rectifiers  and  wholesale  liquor  dealers,  2C,  28,  30, 
and  32  North  Water  street.— This  business  was  begun  by  .James  Fee  in  1?«4. 
and  continued  by  him  until  l.^T'i,  when  the  present  firm  was  oriranized.  They 
do  en  annual  business  of  about  one  hundrcl  thousand  dollars. 

Other  brewers  are  Roijky  i:  Spies.  M.  Weinraann,  Joseph  Vaman,  Gcorse 
Zimmerman,  J.  A.  Nunn,  Jr.,  William  Miller.  Meyer  &  Ixjebs.  Mayer  &  Suiler, 
M.  Kirst,  J.  JIarburgcr,  P.  Enright  &.  Son,  J.  G.  Baetzel  &  Bro,  John  B.jehm. 
Otl  '.T  distillers  and  rectifiers  are  Frederick  Goetzman,  G.  P.  &  A.  F.  Wolcott. 
Josiah  Newman. 

The  Kidd  Iron  Wnr.KS,  William  Gleason,  proprietor. — .^(^.  Glcason  does 
a  large  business  in  the  manufactiire  of  machinists'  tools,  and  emplovs  thirty  men. 
His  gtxhls  have  a  wide  rcpntation.  and  he  justly  merits  his  present  success. 
Capital,  twenty-five  thousand  dollar^. 

H.  &  A.  WiDDOWsoN,  machinists. — William  Widdowson,  father  of  the  present 
pr-iprietors,  founded  this  industry  in  l.S.'>i\  [t  was  continued  bv  him  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  1'ci.cml.ier  211,  ls74.  In  the  following  January  II.  i  A. 
Widdowson  took  charge  of  the  business,  and  arc  the  present  proprietors. 

TuoM-\3  J.  P.VLMF.R,  Ornaujcutal  Iron  Works,  establi..<hed  in  l.'^2.'>.— The 
yearly  pnxivict  at  tho  commencement  was  very  small,  and  now  amounts  to  twenty 
thousand  dollars.     Employs  ten  men. 

JouN  SiDDONs,  de.der  in  tialvanizcd  iron  work,  etc.  This  is  an  ol.l-esLablishcd 
bosiness ;  and,  by  encrL-y  and  a  .-trict  attention  to  business.  Jlr.  Siddons  has  sue- 
ceeded  in  placing  it  among  the  reprcentiitivo  intcrusts  of  the  city.  Location. 
2,  4,  6,  8,  and  10  Stone  street  and  W  East  Main. 

P.  Bo-RKE  i  Co.,  manufacturers  of  plumKrs'  goods  and  miscellaneons  ca.-t- 
ings.— Successors  to  John  Burke.  Commenced  business  in  1S72.  When  operated 
by  Mr.  Burke,  the  roaniifieture  was  vnall  ;  but  under  the  present  man.-u.-emehl 
the  bu.sincs.s  h;is  rapidly  in.reased,  until.  .U  the  pr.'.'eiit  time,  the  annual  proiluct 
amounts  to  about  one  Imo.lred  and  Hreniv-four  ihourand  dollars.     The  e=tabli--h- 


11  is  three  thousand  dollars  per  month, 
practical  m.achLnists,  and  give  their 


cry  small 


ment  employs  sisty-Dvc  men,  and  the  pay-i 
Both  Mr.  Burke  and  Mr.  O'Donaghue  ai 
personal  supervisiou  to  the  business.. 

F.  TULI.Y.  plurnblng.—This  business  w.ns  commenced  in  1943.  in  i 
way,  and  with  but  little  capital.  As  Mr.  Tully  facetiously  reniarkevi,  •■  He  could 
not  get  trusted  for  a  box  of  tin."  It  has  increased  steadily,  and  ho  is  now  doin-.; 
a  business  of  forty  thousand  dollars  per  annum.     Employs  twenty  persons. 

C.  R.  Tompkins  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  wood-working  machinery. — Tim 
business  was  fouuded  by  Vervalin  i  Co.  in  ISJG.  lu  the  spring  of  1¥.-|;  it 
passed  into  the  hands  of  C.  R.  Tompkins,  and  was  carried  by  him  as  sole  pn*- 
prietor  until  1S74,  when  Henry  F.  Smith,  a  well-known  merchant  of  this  city, 
was  admitted  as  a  partner. 

This  is  the  oldest  and  largest  establishment  in  the  United  States,  makini;  a 
speciality  of  this  kind  of  machinery.  It  was  commenced  with  three  men.  aii.l 
the  annual  product  amounted  to  three  thousand  dollars.  Under  tlic  nianago- 
ment  of  ^Ir.  Tompkins  it  has  rapidly  increased,  and  now  amounts  to  one  hundt'-d 
and  twenty  thousand  dollars.  Employ  siity-five  men.  A  specialty  is  m.ado  of 
planing  and  matching  machines,  re-sawing  machines,  and  all  the  necessary  ma- 
chinery for  the  manuf  leture  of  sash,  doors,  and  blinds.  The  success  of  this  estab- 
lishment is  due  in  a  great  degree  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Tompkins  is  hiiu.^elf 
a  practical  machinbt  and  inventor,  and  has  always  given  his  personal  attention 

J.  S.  Graham  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  wood-working  machinery. — Mr. 
Graham  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Coonell,  Gleason  ,i  Graham,  organized  in 
1865.  He  established  the  present  business  in  lS71,on  the  corner  of  Factory 
and  Mill  streets.  In  the  following  year  John  Kane  was  admitte<i  as  a  partner, 
and  the  establishment  hxs  since  been  operated  by  J.  S.  Graham  ,S:  Co.  In  1S74 
the  busine5.s  was  removed  from  the  old  stand  to  the  Clinton  buildinirs  on  Mill 

the  annual  product  amounts  to  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Employ  thirty  men.  Both 
members  of  the  firm  are  practical  machinists,  and  give  the  business  their  personal 
supervision.  Other  manufacturers  of  wood-working  machinery  are  Connell  i 
Dengler  and  E.  Ziejlcr  &  Co. 

Cooperative  Fou-NDitr.  manufacturers  of  stoves,  etc. — Founded  by  J.  M. 
French  i  Co.  in  1840,  and  continued  by  them  until  18ij7,  when  it  passed  into 
the  hands  of  the  Co-operative  Foundry  Co.  In  the  beginning  of  business  the 
annual  product  amounted  to  al>3ut  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  The  present 
annual  product  amounts  to  ouc  hundred  and  sixty-five  thousand  dollars.  Emplov 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons. 

This  is  one  of  the  representative  institutions  of  Rochester,  and  justly  merits  i's 
present  success.  They  manufacture  a  full  line  of  stoves,  hot-air  furnaces,  and 
hollow-ware.  The  celebrated  '•  Crown  Jewel"  parlor  coal-stove  is  manufactured  by 
this  company.  The  pres-Mit  officers  are  Nicholas  Brayer,  president,  and  E.  W. 
Peck,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Their  western  office  is  at  75  and  76  Lake  street. 
Chicago,  Illinois.     Manufactory  at  S  and  14  Hill  street,  Rochester. 

The  Sill  Stove  Company.— The  original  proprietors  of  this  establWiment 
were  Bennett  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  late  E.  E.  Sill,  who  for  ten  years 
was  sole  proprietor  of  the  works.  About  four  yeat^  ago  the  Sill  Stove  Com]i,',ny 
was  organized.  The  works  are  located  on  West  JIain  street,  and  employ  one 
hundr.:d  and  twenty-five  persons.  The  "St.  James,"  a  stove  of  large  reputation, 
is  manufactured  by  this  establishment.  Their  western  office  is  at  101  Lake  street. 
Chicago,  Illinois.  The  present  officers  of  the  company  arc — lames  Brackett,  presi- 
dent ;  J.  .Moreau  Smith,  vice-president ;  A.  McVean.  secret.iry  and  treasurer. 

Woodbury,  Booth  i  Prvob,  steam  engine  and  boiler  manufactory — D.  .\. 
Woodbury,  James  E.  B.>oth,  and  Henry  H.  Pryor.— This  business  was  com- 
menced by  D.  A.Woodbury,  in  the  year  1851.  In  the  following  year  the  firm 
became  I>.  A.  Woodbury  i  Co.  It  was  condiicte-d  by  them  until  18i;2.  when  it 
passes!  into  the  hands  of  Woodbury.  Booth  k  Co.,'by  whom  the  business  was 
continued  until  1ST5,  when  the  present  firm  took  control  of  the  husinos. 

This  business  h.as  grown  from  a  small  b.-.-inning  to  one  of  the  largest  maiiii- 
fiicturing  establishments  nf  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  The  Woodbury  engine 
and  boiler  stands  to-day  without  a  superior,  and  with  but  few  equals,  if  any,  in 
the  world.     More  than  filty-une  thousand  h?-rse-power  engines  and  boilers  lia\e 

Eagle  Foundbv  ,\nd  .^l.^^llI\E  Siicp,  Kzra  Jenes  i  Son.  prnpric'tora. — This 
is  among  the  leadin.- r-l.il.h-liui.  nt.s  of  the  kind  in  tins  city,  and  under  its  pre~i'nt 


i.lilior 


ufactu 


firm  com 
propricto 


igs  and  mill- 
senior  member  of  tlii.s 
liietcd  by  him  as  >..le 
Jud-on,  wasadmitl.d 
firm   name  of  Junius 


HLSTOKY   OF   MONKOE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK 


121 


Judiwn  &  Son.  The  bu-lue^  hag  ltir_'(.'ly  incrta-scd,  beinir  only  three  th'jus«nd 
doltun  the  6r*t  year,  and  now  the  annual  ppjductlon  ut'  m.nufaclureJ  jrxxls 
1  to  une  hundred  thoiu.md  dullam.     Kujploy  one  hundrnHi  and  tw-rnty-iive 


UexrT  BeiSIIEIw's  manulactory  of  wo^-workin'.'  machincn.-,  tic. —  Founded 
io  1867,  by  the  present  pmprietor.  lie  cotniuenii-d  in  a  very  raiM  way,  bit.  by 
iodustry  and  a  thorou^-h  knowledge  of  uieclianic^,  baj  succeeded  in  establishing  a 
LsineM8.     He  givei  particular  attention  to  the  developtnent  of  new 


patent  scroll-saw, 


-ThLi  establish- 
ly  representative 


patents,  models,  etc.      He  manufuctures   Jlaso 
inventor  of  BeUheim's  celebrated  air-j;un. 

F.  V.  Michel,  manufacturer  of  machinists'  tools,  lathes. 
ment  is  located  on  Jlill  street,  foot  of  Piatt,  and  is  one  of  the  man; 
man  a  factor!  63  of  machtnl->t0'  tools  in  the  city.  Mr.  Michel  also  manutijctures 
lathes,  planers,  drills,  shaftings,  pulleys,  hanL'ers.  mill-work,  ?rain-scourine  ma- 
chines, elevators,  etc.  He  is  abo  the  maouiacturer  of  the  celebrated  B.  T.  Trim- 
mer improved  EnoUior  adjU.siable^-ain-3courin;r.  rubbing-,  and  scparatin^-machioe 
combined,  which  is.  without  dfjubt.  the  be^t  and  most  perfect  invention  of  the 
kind  ever  introduced  for  this  purp-jse. 

J.  C.  ScUAFFER,  mould-maker  and  machinist — Mr.  S.  is  the  successor  of  the 
Badger  luacbine  works,  located  at  No.  6  Hilt  etreet.  He  manufactures  every 
description  of  moulds  u^A  in  the  manufacture  of  pUss,  britaonia,  rubber,  etc. 
Also  scip-moulds  and  dies,  and  presses  for  trlass  manul'aeture,  t<^geiber  v.-iih  hoist- 
ing machinery  and  hydrostatic  presses. 

TowN?ESD  i  WisEM.t.N,  manufjcturere  of  shoemakers'  tools. — G.  G.  Town- 
seDd  established  this  business  in  1S52.  In  April,  ISTt'.,  Mr.  Wiseman  became 
iaterestcd  in  the  business.  They  employ  ten  persons,  and  manuiacture  goods  to 
the  amount  of  about  fifteen  thousand  dollara  per  annum. 

JoBM  GreE!<wooi>  Si  Co  .  manufacturers  of  barrel  machinery. — Mr.  Green- 
wood began  the  business  in  lSo6,  and  continued  it  until  18G9,  when  Stjuire  Teal 
became  associated  with  him  as  partner.     The  annual  product  at  commencement 

has  greatly  enlarged  the  manufacture,  and  at  present  the  firm  is  tumins;  out  a  fiue 
quality  of  machinery,  amounting  to  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 
Thirty  men  are  employed. 

•  The  Beldino  Plow  M.^sufactort  is  an  old-established  busines-s  and  is 
now  successfully  operated  by  H.  H.  Hewitt,  who  manufactures  all  kinds  of  chiU 
plows,  agricultural  implements,  etc.     Piatt  street,  corner  of  State. 

L.  S.  Gravfs,  manufacturer  of  boot  and  shoe  ma'hinery. — This  buslnes.'!  was 
comme-.,ced  in  July,  11^03,  under  tb.j  firm  name  of  Graves  k  Wilkinson.  May, 
1864,  the  firm  »j3  change.],  and  L.  S.  Graves  became  sole  proprietor. 

The  value  of  annual  product  at  the  commencement  of  business  was  seven 
thousand  dollare,  which  has  increased  to  the  present  time,  and  now  amounts  to 
forty-five  thousand  dollars.  Capital,  twenty-sii  thousand  dollars.  Number  of 
men  employed,  from  fourteen  to  twenty.  Mr.  Graves  not  only  maoufactnres  \t»ot 
»nd  shoe  machinery  of  improved  design,  but  also  builds  an  improved  elevator  for 
hand  or  power.  His  boot  and  shoe  machinery  comprises  beam  s-ile-culting 
machines,  revolving  die  sole-cutters,  rollinc  machines,  splitting  machines,  sole- 
moulding  machines,  stripping  machines,  bufiiug  machines,  hecl-prcsscs,  and  shafl- 
iujj,,  pulleys,  hangers,  and  couplings. 

J.  S.  Irwin  i  Co. — This  business  w.ts  commenced  in  1805  by  J.  S.  Irwin, 
formerly  of  Jefferson  county,  where  he  had  been  euga::ed  in  mercantile  put^jits. 
In  .January,  1873,  John  H.  Bullard  and  0.  R.  Wor,lcy  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  establishment,  and  it  was  conducted  by  this  firm  until  July,  1875.  when  Mr. 
Worsley  died.  Since  that  time  it  has  been  conductcl  by  the  present  propricwrs. 
At  the  beginning  of  business  ;;oods  to  the  amount  of  about  five  thou..*.'uid  dollar) 
were  produced  annually.  The  business  has  rapidly  increased,  and  the  present  an- 
nual product  amounts  to  f.rty  thousan.l  dollars,  T'.is  firm  has  a  capital  of  ti.irty 
thousand  d.jllars,  and  empl.jys  thirty  perwns.  .\t  first  the  businesa  was  coiitined 
almost  wholly  to  the  rebutting  of  old'files ;  now  they  are  engaged  in  manufacturing 
new  files  and  rasps. 

Excelsior  File  Works,  Geortre  F.  Stott,  proprietor. — The  worts  are  located 
»t  the  east  end  of  the  railroad  bridge,  occupying  Nos.  15,  17,  19.  'Jl.  and  23 
River  street,  comer  North  Water  street.  By  workmanship  and  fair  dealing  Mr. 
Stott  has  built  up  a  lucrative  business. 

Other  establishments  of  this  branch  of  industry  are  .Stott  Bros.,  and  C.  Lud- 
*ig,  the  former  Kwated  on  Mill  street,  and  the  latter  at  the  foot  of  Furnace. 

Erdle  &  Oliver,  flour-mill  machinery.— Founde.1  byOliver  &  Webb  in  1364. 
In  18t;7  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  F.  &  C.  A.  Krd'le.  In  Ibi.S  Mr.  Oliver 
purchased  the  interest  of  C.  A.  Krdle  and  the  biL'lnc<s  was  carri.sl  under  the 
firm  name  of  EnJlo  A  Oliver  unr.l  1-7.".,  wh.^n  it  w.is  s.,i.l  to  the  ■  Kmrire  Grain 
Deoirtlcator  Couipany."  The  estii^li^hinerit  w.is  ..poratcl  by  this  c.rapiny  until 
June,  1876,  when  it  passed  back  to  Erdle  lS:  Oliver,  the  present  propriet*>rs.     They 


make  a  sp.xialty  of  the  "  L'niu-d  .Statea  Bran  P.L'ter"  The  value  of  annual 
product  aniouotii  M  filUen  thousand  .lollara.  Eniph.y  eighteen  men.  Mr.  Oliver 
is  a  pnictiial  machinist  of  tweniy.three  years,  and  gives  his  personal  attention  to 
the  busine^a. 

CitAHI.ES  S.  Hall,  manufacturer  of  !<ep.arator3. — This  business  was  establisbM 
by  Joseph  Hall,  in  1S27,  at  N...  M  South  Wati;r  street,  and  continued  by  hini 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1865.  In  1852  he  established  a  branch  ihttp 
in  Canada.  The  business  was  manaircni  by  bis  eie-cutor?  until  1869,  when  it 
passed  into  the  hands  of  ha  eldest  son,  Charles  S.  Hail,  the  pn-sent  proprietor. 
Mr.  Hall  Li  a  life-lung  mechanic,  having  been  in  his  Cither's  shop  from  the  organ- 
ization of  tlic  business  until  he  UMk  charge  of  the  same  as  sole  proprict..r.  The 
business  was  very  succeyful  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Joseph  Hall,  and  has 
increased  rapidly  under  ihe  able  o.utrol  of  the  present  proprietor,  until  the  annual 
product  amounts  to  seventy-five  thousand  dollars.     Employs  seventy-five  men. 

FoRSTTIiE  k  Co.MPAxr's  Scale  MANUF.vCTonr. — This  business  was  com- 
menced in  the  year  1841.  by  Chauncey  Durjea  and  Orrin  F'orsyth.;.  It  was 
conducted  by  them  until  1851,  when  a  stock  company  was  organized  under  the 
name  of  the  Durjca  k  F.jrsythe  Manufacturing  Couipany.  The  business  was 
carried  on  by  them  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Duryea  in  1853.  when  it  pas.scd  into 
the  hands  of  Foi>ythe  k  Co.,  consisting  of  Orrin  Forsythc.  one  of  the  original 
proprietors,  and  J.  H.  Truex.  In  1868,  Mr.  Truei  sold  his  interest  iu  the  estab- 
lishment I.)  Willard  .\bK)tt,  and  in  1873  it  parsed  into  the  pos."essioQ  of  tlie 
present  firm  of  Forsythe  k  Co.,  composed  of  the  following  persons;  E.  A.  For- 
sythe,  William  H.  Jones,  J.  H.  Tru.-i,  and  John  Nagle.  They  employ  a  large 
number  of  men,  and  manufacture  one  hundred  different  varieties  and  styles  of 
scales.  The  weigh-luck  scale  in  this  city,  the  largest  scale  in  the  world,  was  manu- 
factured by  Forsythc  &  Co.,  and  has  a  weighing  capacity  of  four  hundred  tons. 
It  is  so  nicely  adjusted  that  a  weight  of  ten  pounds  will  change  the  beam  with 
a  loaded  boat  on  the  scale.  This  manufacturing  esublishmcnt  is  one  of  the  rep- 
resentative institutions  of  Rochester,  and  jastly  merits  its  present  success,  attained 

none  but  the  best  quality  of  g.K)ds. 

Rochester  Scjile  Works — This  business  was  organized  in  1808  by  the 
present  firm,  H.  J.  Howe  k  Co..  and  the  first  year  of  operation  g.x/da  to  the 
amount  of  sii  thousand  dollars  were  manufactured.  The  establishment  b  prt»- 
perous,  employs  ten  hands,  and  the  present  annual  product  amounts  to  twenty 
thousand  dollars.     Capital,  seven  thousand  dollars. 

James  CrNNINOHAJi  k  Son.  carriage  manufacturers. — This  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  prominent  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 

The  enterprise  is  another  of  the  old-established  ones  of  the  city,  dating  its 
origin  back  to  1838,  the  firm  then  being  Kerr,  Cuiinin-him  k  Co  That  co- 
partnership continued  four  years,  and  was  then  dissolved,  Mr.  James  Cunningham 
assuming  entire  charse  of  the  busine'S  and  conducting  it  alone  until  the  first  day 
of  May.  1805.  when  his  son.  Joseph  T.  Cunningham,  became  a  e.vpartner. 

In  1S3S  there  was  little  in  connection  with  the  enterprise  to  betoken  a  future 
at  all  out  of  the  common  or  medium  course.  But  small  capital  was  at  Mr.  Cun- 
ningham's command  four  years  later,  when  he  became  sole  proprietor.  He  had 
confidence  in  himself  and,  being  po-ssessed  of  an  indomitable  will,  determined  to 
achieve  success,  and  ju.-ily  merits  the  enviable  reputation  he  has  attained. 

Somethine  of  an  idin  of  the  extent  of  thoir  business  may  be  ha.l  from  the 
fact  that  the  buildings  comprising  their  present  works,  if  placed  in  a  straight  line, 
would  mci.'ure  one  thousand  feet, — one-half  sii  stories  high  and  forty-five  feet 
wide,  the  other  three  st.jriea  hiL'h  and  siity-sii  feet  wide ;  all  these  buil.lings  are 
of  brick,  substantial  in  appearance,  with  a  tloor  area  of  about  seven  acres,  with 
abundant  ro-im  for  the  employment  of  seven  hundred  men. 

Machinery  in  these  days  is  an  important  factor  in  all  enterprises  of  this  kind, 
and  is  seiienilly  used  in  these  works,  much  of  it  being  of  their  own  inv-.-ntion  or 
controlled  by  them,  many  of  them  being  intricate  and  auUjniatic  iu  their  workinirs; 
by  the  use  of  these  precision  and  uniformity  is  secured,  and  a  general  eicelleiice 
unsurpassed  and  seldom  cfjualed. 

To  particularize  their  work  would  be  difficult.  A  great  variety  of  vehicles  are 
made,  embricing  family  carriag.-f.  lisht  bu._".:ies  and  pha.-t.in3.  five-glass  landaus, 
of  different  styles  and  funns,  landaulets,  landaus  with  close  or  open  quarters, 
barouches,  coupes  and  coupe  rockaways,  dc<i-ncd  fiir  four  or  six  pa^.scngcrs;  and 
to  this  list  may  be  a.ld.d  many  olhcrs,  including  all  varieties  of  li.-ht  bul'.'i.-s. 

One  of  the  spciallies  of  th.;  firm  is  the  manuf.cture  of  hearses,  and  fr.jm  their 
establishment  have  been  turned  out  some  of  the  most  elegant  and  elaborate  hearts 
in  the  countrv. 

William  Corris  k  Co.— At  the  comer  of  W.st  Main,  Rill,  and  Eliz.ib,-th 
streets  is  a  factory  th.it  h:v!  a  histoiy. — a  history  that,  it  is  to  be  ho[K?d.  will  not  be 
rcpcityd  in  Jl  its  as[H.ct3.  Twice  burned. — the  l:i>t  fire  .Kcurriug  ten  ycar^  a^-o. 
and  cntailinL-  a  \ax<  of  siMcen  tliou-saiid  dollars — it  ha-s  jet  m-tdc  its  w.iy  onwar<i. 


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HISTORY  OF  JIONROE  COU^•TY,  NEW  YORK. 


and  now  holds  a  position  in  tliL*  maQufuLtiirini:  wurM  to  whirli  ic  Is  rutitl^J  hy 
right  of  persisU'ht  ellort  mid  tlie  superiority  of  manufjotumi  articles. 

The  card  of  William  CV.rris  i  Co.  proclaims  the  firm  to  be-'s-iic  manutac- 
turera  of  Corris'  patent  wheel,  bent  felloes,  p-dca,  shatU,  top-bows,  spokes,  hubs, 
carriage -pans,  etc."  The  business  was  e-lablished  twenty-one  years  a^,  by  the 
firm  of  Hough  k  Corris.  That  firm  was  ^uccee^ied  by  Hough.  Corria  Jfc  Uoby, 
and  finally  by  the  pre^^nt  firm,  the  "  Co."  being  Mr.  Roby,  a  well-known  merciiant 
of  this  city. 

Mr.  Corris  is  an  old  resident  of  this  section."  Omiing  to  this  vicinity  forty-five 
years  ago,  he  lotated  in  the  town  of  Greece  a  cjuple  of  years,  and  then  rerunved 
to  this  city.  Here  he  learned  the  trade  of  carriage-maker  with  Mr.  William 
DiJcoD,  and  eventually  he  bciriin  busine^  for  himself  as  a  carrijge-maker,  his  shop 
being  on  Washini^ton  street,  near  the  brid;:e.  flis  practical  knuwled;:cof  carrtasc- 
xnaking  led  him  to  the  invontiou  of  a  patent  wheel,  or  rather  two  patent  wheels, 
one  known  as  the  patont  banded  wood  hub,  and  the  other  as  the  patent  flange- 
wheel.  Thasc  wheels  have  received  merit<Ki  approval  from  practical  men  every- 
where, and  to-day  they  are  in  use  in  countless  carriagc-lUctoriea  throughout  the 
Dotthcru  and  wesL4.rn  Stateij. 

The  factory  is  in  a  uL-ntral  location,  is  trianjiihr  in  shape,  and  consists  of  two 
large  brick  structures,  one  forty  liy  sixty  feet,  four  Boor^,  and  the  other  twenty- 
five  by  seventy-five  feet.     The  annual  product  amounts  to  aiity  thousand  dollars. 

R.  Lowe,  carriage  manufacturer, — Mr.  Lowe  is  a  practical  carriage-maker,  and 
commenced  business  in  1S72.  He  now  employs  six  hands,  and  is  managing  a 
successful  buaioess.  Otlier  firms  engaged  in  this  branch  of  industry  are  Edward 
Tobin,  J.  H.  McDunougb,  S.  Stewart,  William  H.  Hahic,  Goodwin  ^-  ^ason,  A. 
Angele,  J.  Bagley.  W.  l).  Clark,  31.  Dwyer. 

Jacobs  k  Huguks,  manufacturers  of  children's  carriages. — This  is  one  of 
the  leading  establi>fhment3  of  thu  kind  in  the  State.  They  employ  a  large  number 
of  men  in  the  mauunLctuu-.  and  their  i^oods  are  Sr^t-<:liiS3  in  everv  respect.  They 
are  also  importer  and  doalers  in  toys,  manufajjturcrs  of  willow-ware,  etc.  Their 
house  is  the  only  one  of  the  kind  in  the  "  Flour  City."  Their  *'  store"  is  located 
at  164  and  IGG  West  Main  sireet,  where  they  occupy  four  floors.  Space  does 
•Tiot  admit  of  a  detailed  description  of  this  immcose  establishment;  sufficient  to 
aay,  however,  that  it  is  the  larirost  concern  of  the  kind  between  New  York  and 
Chicago.  Employ  thirty  persons.  The  firm  ha?  now  been  established  twelve 
years,  and  consists  of  G.  C.Jacobs  and  Francis  L.  Hughes.  Since  beinnning 
business  tbey  have  purchased  a»id  combined  with  their  own  sn'era!  other  similar 
establishments  in  this  city.  In  ISGo  the  firm  bL-z.in  it.s  jobbinc;  tnde.  and  -ince 
then  it  has  become  the  business  of  the  house,  reaching  chiefiy  ihrou,rliout  Xow 
York,  Ohio,  and  Pennsylvania,  though  in  :<ome  classes  of  goods — baby  cibs  and 
baskets  es^>acia!Iy — they  have  a  much  wider  market.  Two  traveling  salesmen 
are  employed.  Both  mL-mbcrs  of  the  firm  give  the  business  their  personal  atten- 
tion, and  cannot  be  commended  too  highly  for  their  ability  in  building  up  this 
immense  establishment. 

HARRiNnrox  &  Rfchard-sON.  manufacturers  of  children's  carriages,  cabs,  etc. 
— This  estaSUshment  has  been  in  opi'nitioa  only  one  year,  but  has  air-'.ady  taken 
a  prominent  position  among  the  leadiog  manufactures  of  Rochester.  The  eo- 
partners«of  the  firm  are  all  practical  men  and  are  familiar  with  the  peculiar  lines 
of  manufacture  in  which  they  are  eniraged.  They  came  to  Uooliestor  fruni  Boston. 
— a  city  that  h:is  boeu  a  sort  of  head  cLntre  for  this  tr.ide.  They  ma.'iufacture  a 
variety  of  artidi^,  all  of  them  for  the  use  or  plc;L-.ure  of  tho  htcle  f-jU:  of  the 
country.  Baby  carriages  arc  made  in  lar.'e  quantities,  and  they  have  a  number 
of  patents  upon  this  ULinufacture.  They  also  turn  out  large  ([uantities  of  bov-s' 
▼elocipedes,  hobby-horses,  hand-sleds,  carts,  etc.  The  works  are  at  the  foot  of 
Centre  street,  and  arc  ad.ninhle  for  the  purpose.     Employ  fifteen  pc^ons. 

James  E.  HaydkS  &  Co..  furniture  mannfaciurrra. — E.*r.ibli-h..d  by  James 
E.  Haydcn  in  1847;  continned  by  him  until  ISGS,  when  he  admitt<il  as  a  partner 
his  Dcphew,  Oscar  E.  Haydcn.  The  other  member  <.f  the  firm  is  Juhn  Hamer. 
Atthc  comroenoeiiient  of  busintss  the  annual  prixluct  auiountcd  to  twelve  thousand 
-  dollars.  The  protluL-t  has  increased  rapidly,  until  at  the  present  time  it  amounts 
to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thuusand  dollars.  The  manufactory  is  located  on  Hill 
Street.    Employ  four  hundred  men.     Capital  ab'>ut  one  hundred  thousand  dollar^'. 


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ScH.tNTZ,  Ml.NQES,  Su.vLE  X  Co.,  miiniifdctiirers  of  cabinet  ware. — This 
bu3in&»  wa3  commencL-d  in  ISlJo.  bv  Joseph  tichantz  and  hii  brother  Henry,  in 
&  -small  3torc  a  few  ioila  fnnu  their  present  elestnt  vrQrero*jm3.  The  busines.4 
rapidly  increased,  and  in  l-SijS.  Me.i>r3.  Schantz  &  Brother  uvsociatej  themselves 
with  Fred.  S.  Minu-es  and  Fred.  A.  Shale,  both  L-entlemen  of  intCL.-rity  and  known 
bii.^inei3  ability.  In  137-  the  lari;ely  increased  bu3ine.«3  rendered  the  en-ctinu 
of  a  warehouse  neces=ary,  and  the  present  tine  building  on  North  Water  street 
was  built,  and  is  complete  in  all  it,i  appointments.  It  has  a  frontai^e  of  fifty  feet, 
is  one  hundred  and  fitly  feet  deep,  and  si.t  stories  high;  located  at  N'os.  Ij.  IT, 
and  19.  This  immense  builditig  is  used  only  for  a  warehouse  and  office.  The 
manufactory  is  located  at  Xos.  131  to  141  North  Water  street,  and  \i  furnished 
with  all  the  modtrn  iroprovements  for  the  manufacture  of  furniture.  They  em- 
ploy about  two  hunditd  pers-ins.  and  mute  a  specialty  of  the  finest  grades  of 
furniture.  They  ship  g  lods  to  all  the  principal  cities  in  the  United  .States,  and 
enjoy  a  wide  reputation  for  tlie  eh^gance  and  superiority  of  their  wort.  Two 
hundred  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  goods  are  manufactured  annually. 

C.  J.  Haydex  &  Co.,  lurnitnre  manufacturers. — This  immense  establishment 
was  founded  by  Mr.  C.  J.  Flaydeu  in  1S45.  He  conducted  the  business  as  sole 
proprietor  until  1333,  when  .Mr.  Bromley  was  admitted  as  a  partner,  and  was 
continued  by  the  firm  of  Hayden  ^t  Bromley  until  18GU.  Since  that  time  it  has 
been  in  the  hands  of  C.  J.  Ilayden  Jfc  Co.  When  Jlr.  Hayden  commenced 
business  the  annua!  production  of  manufactured  gooiis  amounted  to  twenty  thousand 
dollars,  and  at  the  present  time  the  annual  product  amounts  to  three  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  Employ  three  hundred  persons.  This  firm  has  commanded 
success,  and  their  large  establishment  reflects  great  credit  upon  themselves,  and  is 
aa  honor  to  the  "  Flour  City."  It  is  one  of  the  largest  manufacturing  establish- 
ments of  the  tind  in  the  United  States. 

H.  0.  H.^LL  &,  Co.,  furniture  manufacturers. — This  immense  establishment 
was  founded  bv  P.  M.  Bromley  it  Co.  It  subsequentlv  passed  into  the  hands 
of  Bromley,  Hunn  \;  Smith,  Hunn,  Smith  &  Spencer,  Huon,  Spencer  .t  Co., 
and  latterly  was  purchased  by  the  prc-^ent  proprietors,  consistin-^  of  the  fnllnwing 
persons;  H.  0.  Hall.  Burrall  Spencer,  and  H.  J.  Dursin.  This  is  one  of  the 
Largest  manufacturing  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  T'nited  Slate.s.  The 
aonuid  product  amounts  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  di'Ilars.  and  they  em- 
ploy one  hundred  and  fit^y  persons.     Capital,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Bl'kley  k  Dewey,  furniture  manulactnrers  and  dealers. — This  bu-.iness  was 
commenced  by  Mr.  Buriey  in  1SG3,  and  continued  by  him  one  year,  when  Mr. 
Dewey  became  a  partner.  The  business  was  commenced  in  a  very  small  v.ay, 
but  they  have  succeede<l  in  building  up  a  large  trade.  The  annual  s.iies  of 
store  and  manufactory  .amount  to  fifty  thousand  dollars;  employ  directly  and  in- 
directly fifty  persotis.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  George  S.  Buriey  and  Isaac 
H.  Dewey. 

MlCilEI-SOX  it  RucKDESOnEL,  furniture  manufacturers. — Established  by 
Michelson  Bros,  in  ISuS.  and  continued  by  them  a  few  months,  when  it  ehanired 
to  Michelson  &  Draude.  It  sul.scfiuently  p:issed  into  the  hands  of  .>Iichclson  Sc 
Co.,  and  in  1ST3  the  firm  became  Michelson  &  Ruckdcschel.  Annual  product 
in  beginning,  four  thousand  dolia.s.  Present  annual  product,  thirty  thoiLsaml  dol- 
lars.    Employ  twenty. four  pcrsors. 

1861  by  the  late  Dwiglit  Gibhcns.  In  IStU,  L.  L.  Stone  was  admitted  as  a 
partner.  Upon  the  death  of  M  .  Gibbons  his  sons,  D.  C.  and  A.  J.  Gibbons, 
succeeded, to  hLs  interest.  Tht  factory  is  located  on  Hill  street.  Salesrooms, 
No.  3G  State  street. 

Rochester  Plati.sh  Wokks,  Henry  Churchill,  agent. — This  is  a  new  ■nter- 
prise  in  Rochester,  and  was  e5tabli^hed  in  February,  ISTtj.  It  supplies  .i  want 
that  has  long  been  felt  among  n-inufacturcrs,  and  Mr.  Churchill  cannot  Ik'  ci.m- 
mcnded  too  highly  for  foimding  these  work.s.  The  bu-^iness  eonsi>t3  of  niikel- 
and  silver-plating.  He  employj  only  c.\perienccd  workmen,  and  in  beauty  of 
execution  the  work  turned  out  a;  this  establishment  i.s  rinsurpa«-«ed. 

OpTir.iL  I.vsTRUMENT  M.i  •.LFACTORY. — Founded  in  lisilO  by  liau'^-h  .t 
Lonib.  In  13CG  a  company  w.vs  formed  under  the  name  of  the  Vulcanite  i>pli- 
cal  Instrument  Co.,  which  was  succeeded  by  the  present  corporation,  the  I^lu^cb 
i  Lonib  Optical  Co.  Its  officers  are  J.  J.  liausch.  president ;  H.  Lnmb.  treasurer  ; 
William  H.  Sclirainra,  secretaiy.  They  manufacture  optical  lenses,  spt'etacle.^, 
eye-glasses,  magnifying  glasses,  micro^i-npes,  telescopes,  etc.     The  faot.iry  Is  hnjiUeJ 

HoiiriiELER  >t  Miles,  manufacturers  of  sash,  doors,  blind.<.  etc.— Founded 
in  1S71.  The  busiuc-s  ha3  increased  yearly,  and  at  the  present  time  is  one  of 
the  important  nianuf.Ktorics  in  this  hramh  of  industry  in  the  city.  Kmplny 
ten  men.  Tie  mill  is  furnished  with  all  modem  machinery  for  earryin..-  on 
tho  business.      Both  memk'rs  of  the  firm  arc  practical  mechanics,  and   irive  lli.ir 


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M.  S.  Peter-',  manufacfurcr  of  sash,  doora,  and  blindj.. — Commerced  busint^a 
in  Mechanlcsville,  Saratogii  county,  in  180'*,  in  partn-.r^hip  wiih  Mr.  lioi;er3. 
In  1S72,  Mr.  Peters  disposed  of  his  interest  and  ciime  to  Koche^.er,  aijd  esub- 
lishcd  this  business,  and  has  .succeeded  in  buildini^  up  a  profitaliie  iudustry. 

O'Co.v.voa  &  DcvtRE.iux,  manufacturera  of  siuh,  doors,  blinds,  etc. — Estab- 
lished in  1ST2.  The  business  ha.-  rapidly  increa.sed,  and  they  euip'oy  fifteen 
persons.  B*3th  members  of  the  firm  are  practical  workers  iu  this  branch  of  manu- 
facture, and  give  their  personal  attention  to  the  bu-siness. 

J.  F.  LovECRArr  &  Son's  [.laniD;,'-mlll  I-  located  near  Mount  Hope  avenue,  and 
is  doing  a  successful  and  incn?a.>in5  business. 

WlLLLAM  P.  LATi,  manufacturer  of  sash,  doors,  and  blinds. — Founded  in 
1S59  by  the  present  proprietor.  The  business  has  increased  steadily,  and  at  the 
present  time  amounts  to  about  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  Em- 
ploys ten  persons.     Location.  B.irton  buildinL'.  formerly  knnwn  as  Fiske  building. 

JoSErn  LovErR.vtT  &  So.v,  barrel-heud  ma!iuf:icturers. — This  business  v.as 
commenced  by  Joseph  and  William  Lovecratt  in  1S.>6,  and  ct-ntlnued  by  them 
until  1S69,  when  the  entire  establishment  passed  into  the  possession  of  the  present 


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thoussnd  dollars,  and  from  six  to  ei.-ht  hundred  heads  were  turned  out  per  day; 
■t  the  present  time  the  annual  product  amounts  to  forty  thousand  dollars,  and 
five  thousand  heads  are  manufactured  per  day.     Employs  twenty  persons. 

SiMrzL  Porter,  barrel-head  manufacturer. — The  ori',nn  of  this  enterprise 
dates  b,-iclc  to  1SJ9,  when  it  was  established  by  J.  H.  Wilson  &  Co.  This  firm 
conducted  it  until  1S74,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Porter,  and  hxs  since 
been  managed  by  him  with  a  rapidly  increasing  annual  product.  Sales  per  annum, 
aiity  thousand  dollars.      Employs  thirty  persons. 

B.  H.  Cl.ihk,  st.ive  manufacturer,  commenced  business  in  June,  1858.  He 
has  conducted  it  as  sole  proprietor,  and  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  and 
increasing  ti.iuc.  Iiv  conticction  with  th?  factory  *"»  hnt  two  canal-boats,  used  for 
the  transportation  of  staves  from  Rochester  to  New  York,  and  three  others  for 
conveying  the  material  to  the  establishment.     Employs  fifty  persons. 

Frank  Crosiom,  broom  man utuctory.— Business  was  fouode<l  in  1S73  by  the 
present  proprietor.  It  has  increased  rapidly,  and  the  annual  gales  amount  t^ 
twelve  thousand  dollars.     Employs  eleven  persons. 

Bentlev,  Mever  &  SouTHWicK  are  the  proprietors  of  a  lar.-e  s.iw 
a  prosperous  business,  near  Mount  Hope  avenue. 

0.  T.  &  G.  W.  Crolcu  arc  the  pmprietors  of  a  sasv-mill  on  South  Saint  Paul 
street. 

Elos  D.  Hicks,  bracket  manufacturer,  established  this  business  in  ISliT,  and 
has  since  continued  it.  It  w.ts  first  started  in  the  '■  Beehive,"  and  removed  to 
this  place  February  1,  1875.  He  commenced  in  a  very  sm.all  way,  but  has  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  an  important  trade;  employs  twenty  men.  and  is  the  only 
establishment  in  the  State  that  is  confined  to  this  style  of  goods.  He  manufac- 
tures fancy  cabinet  ware,  and  makes  "  dollar"  goods  a  specialty.  Factory  and 
office,  Jay  street  bridge. 

Etts  i  Martvn,  manuf.icturers  of  toys,  etc. — This  business  was  established 
by  the  present  proprietors  in  October,  1S76.  It  is  the  first  industry  of  the  kind 
established  m  the  city,  and  bids  fair  to  succeed. 

Morris  Borti.e,  sawing  and  wood-turning. — Founded  in  1S67  by  the  present 
proprietor.  The  annual  product  amounts  to  four  thousand  dollars  and  his  present 
prosperity  is  largely  due  to  the  fact  that  he  is  a  practical  mcchx  ic,  having  been 
enpigcd  in  the  business  over  thirty  years.     Location,  Aqueduct  street. 

JoBN  DuFNER,  last  manufacturer,  established  in  1S53. — The  annual  product 
at  beginning  was  three  thousand  dollars,  and  four  hands  were  employed.  It  has 
largely  incr<\ased,  and  now  thi-  sales  amount  to  forty  thou-aiid  dnilars  per  annum. 
Employs  siitfcn  persons.  He  manufactures  lasts,  crimps.  boot-irt?cs,  and  ciamjis, 
and  the  entire  proihiction  at  present  is  for  shoe  manufacturers. 

GEnRoE  W.  Archer,  manufacturer  of  dental  chairs,  etc.— Founded  in  1857 
by  It.  W.  Archer.  In  1811.8,  George  W.  Archer  became  an  active  partner  in  the 
concern,  and  the  business  was  conducted  under  the  finu  name  if  II.  Vf.  Archer 
A.  Itruthcr.  It  was  continued  by  them  until  the  death  of  R.  W.  Archer  in  lS7:i, 
when  the  entire  establishment  passed  into  the  iK.ise5sion  of  George  W.  Archer, 
"le  presctit  proprietor.  This  business  has  rapidly  increased  from  the  commcnee- 
teeot,  when  the  annual  .sali-s  amounted  to  about  three  thou.sand  dollars,  to  the 
pri-s»'nt  lime,  when  the  5.iles  jwr  annum  amount  to  one  hundred  thous.ind  ilollars. 
Employ  seventy-five  persons.  Capital,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Mr,  Ar- 
'hcr  nunufactures  dental  and  barber  chairs,  cabinets,  surgeon  s  chaii?,  ladies'  hair- 
drcs-ing  chairs,  patent  piano  stoirls.  store  and  ottoiban  stools,  music  stands,  etc. 
Ili.s  d.ntal  and  barber  chairs  have  no  superiors,  and  are  shipped  throughout  the 
Inilr.!  .States  and  England. 

C.  W.   WoouWARU.   manulacturcr  of  picture  frames,  mouldings,  etc. — Mr. 


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in  1S62.  In  18»J4  he  admitted  as  a  p.artncr  Mr  Ruudcl,  and  until  lS6d  the 
establishment  was  carried  on  by  the  firm  of  Woodward  &  Rundel.  In  that  year 
Sir.  Woodward  became  sole  proprietor,  and  has  since  conducted  the  business  with 
markcl  success.  In  ordin;u-y  times  his  annual  sal.-s  amount  to  one  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars.  Employs  fifty  men.  Stcreo.scopic  view  publishing  forms 
one  of  the  principal  features  of  the  business.  ShipmenLs  of  goods  are  made 
I        throughout  the  States  and  Canadas. 

I  Empire  Molldino   Works,  George  H.   Newell,  proprietor.— Mr.   Newell 

1  established  tins  business  in  1853,  and  conducted  it  as  sole  proprietor  until  1865, 
when  be  admitted  as  a  partner  Fred  Turpin,  and  the  concern  was  managed  under 
I  the  firm  name  of  Newell  vt  Turpin  up  to  October,  1.875,  when  the  partnership 
I  was  dissolved.  Mr.  Turpin  retiring.  It  has  since  been  manaircd  by  Mr.  Newell, 
j  with  a  steady  increase  of  business.  The  business  has  kept  pace  with  the  rapid 
I  progress  of  the  manufacturing:  interests  of  the  "  Flour  City,"  as  is  shown  by  the 
I  fact  that  in  the  beginning  the  annual  product  amounted  to  two  thousand  dollars, 
i  and  at  present  it  amounts  to  eighty  thousand  dollars.  Employs  ninety  persons. 
j  Summers  k  Tijrpin,  manufacturet^s  of  mouldings,  frames,  etc.     This  is  one  of 

I  the  leading  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Turpin  is  one  of  the 
j  pioneers  in  the  manufacture,  and  hits  made  the  development  of  this  business  a 
I  grand  success.  The  concern  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  has  a  steadily  in- 
j        creasing  trade. 

I  Jacob  Howe  &  So.\,  bakery.— This  is  one  of  the  oldest  establLshments  in 

I       the  city,  and  was  founded  by  Jacob  Howe  in  1814.     Two  years  afterwards  he 
issued  a  circular  to  the  public,  a  copy  of  which  is  given  below :     " 

"BAKIXG. 
"lACOB  HOWE, 

"  Respeci/iiUy  informs  the  inhabitants  of  the  village  of  Rochester  and  vicinity, 
that  he  hiu  commenced  the  Bakiitj  Hiisin-jss  in  all  its  vario'i"  branches,  at  his 
bike-house  in  Fitzhu.jh  Strtrt,  where  he  intends  to  keep  constantly  on  hand  a 
supply  of  Gi,>jer  Bread,  Lou/ Br^ml.  BoUun  and  Cmmnii  Crackers,  and  Fannj 
Bread  for  Gentlemen's  tables. — Mr.  Hoice  offers  his  services  to  families,  on  terms 
which  he  is  confident  will  be  cheaptir  and  more  economical  for  them,  than  to  bake 
for  themselves ;  especially  for  those  who  live  near  him. — He  expects  very  soon  a 
jonmeyman  Baker  from  Boston,  and  as  soon  as  he  arrivc's  he  will  bo  able  to  kcip 
on  hand  a  supply  of  i<Iiip  Bread. — He  will  also  keep  a  supply  of  Bread  for 
Travellers  and  othere,  in  Buffalo  Street,  near  Messrs.  Bond  Jt  Hatche's  store.  Mr. 
Howe  d«x's  'not  conceive  it  proper  or  necessary  to  make  any  comments  on  his 
knowledge  of  his  business — but  those  who  favor  him  with  a  call,  will  be  able  to 
judge  for  themselves. — His  terms  m.^y  be  known  by  calling  on  him  at  his  Bake- 

The  business  was  continued  by  ^Ir.  Howe  until  1331,  when  the  firm  changed 
to  Jacob  Howe.  Jr.  In  1CS5,  changed  to  Jacob  Howe  k  Son.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  business  the  annual  product  amounted  to  five  hundred  dollars.  In  1876 
it  amounted  to  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.      Employ  twenty  persons. 

Fleckenstein  Bros.,  steam  bakery. — This  business  was  fstablished  in 
1844  by  V.  Fleckenstein,  Sr.  In  1870  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  present 
proprietors.  V.,  Jr.,  George,  and  Joseph  Fleckenstcin.  In  the  beginning  the 
annual  product  amounted  to  .about  twenty-five  hundred  dollars.  At  present  it 
amounts  to  sixty  thousand  dollars.     Employ  thirteen  persons. 

J.  R.  CuLROSS,  steam  bakery. —  E.-tablished  in  1846  by  the  present  proprietor, 
and  has  since  been  conduct^.'d  by  him.  In  the  commencement  the  business  was 
small,  and  now  amounts  to  twent\-tive  thousand  dollars.     Employs  five  persons. 

KiNGSBLRT  &  Davis,  manuf.icturers  of  cracker  machinery. — This  industry 
was  established  by  the  Gage  Bros.,  and  was  continued  by  them  until  1868,  vihin 
the  business  was  purchased  by  the  present  proprietory.  The  annual  production 
was  small  when  the  establishment  pas.sed  into  the  hands  of  K.  k  D.,  but  by  manu- 
facturing the  best  quality  of  goods  they  have  succeeded  in  building  up  a  busiocss 
amounting  to  twelve  thousand  dollars  per  armum.     Employ  eight  persons. 

DoL'OiitRTY  k  DoRSEY,  barrel  and  shingle  roacbmery. — Founded  in  1860  by 
Acker,  Dou-jherty  k  Co.  In  1865  the  establishment  passed  into  the  possession  of  Mr. 
Dougherty,  who  continued  it  until  1870,  when  Mr.  James  Dorscy  was  admitted 
as  a  partner.  The  firm  of  Acker,  Dougherty  &  Co.  carried  on  a  large  businc-s. 
managing  at  the  same  time  this  concern  together  with  a  large  hoop  and  barrel- 
heading  establishment;  also  a  saw-mill  in  Livingston  county.  During  this  time 
Mr.  Douglierty  was  also  master-mechanic  for  the  B.idgcr  manufactory,  on  Hill 
street.  This  firm  mauulacturcs  Dougherty's  patent  hoop  machine  and  Dou-li- 
erty'a  patent  band  machinery. 

BcFFALf  Steam-Galge  AND  Lantekn  Companv.— Was  organized  Oct.ib.T 
1,  1875.     The  business  has  steadily  incrcMcd  from  the  bigioniug.     Tncy  are 


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manufjcturcrs  of  lomaiolive  h.-aii-li,?lit3,  railruid  unil'ship  lanterns,  sietwl  and 
tail  lamps,  steara-gaugca,  etc.,  etc.  The  officers  of  the  company  are — C.  T.  H.tm, 
president ;  E.  F.  Clarke,  secretary ;  F.  D.  W.  Clarke,  treasurer ;  S.  Stcttheimcr, 
fluperiotendcnt. 

Akchitectl'kal  Iron  Work.s,  William  H.  Cheney,  proprietor. — In  1S3S, 
Mr  Cheney  leasefl  of  Dr.  Eliwood  an  uld  doorless  and  windowlesa  skeleton  of  i 
building  for  a  furnace  and  foundry,  and  in  the  spring  of  that  year  brou.;iit,  by 
canal  from  Albany,  an  enL'ine  and  boiler,  with  tools,  patterns,  etc.,  and  commenced 
business.  Here  he  cast  the  first  cookiug-stove  made  in  thij  part  of  tlie  cuuntry. — 
the  old  "saddle-bags"  pattern,  with  iu  plates  a  quarter  of  an  inch  thick  and  rough 
as  tbc  sole  of  an  india-rubber  boot.  Mr.  Cheney  also  operated  the  first  steam-engiue 
in  the  city,  and  when  fir^t  started  the  "nativea'  came-  flockius  to  the  foundry  to 
see  the  monster  "  that  made  such  a  hideous  noLse."  In  1S64  he  erected  a  large 
and  commodious  building  on  South  Saint  Paul  stre<;t.  where  he  id  now  located. 
■  Afl  a  stove  manufacturer  lie  h.id  a  wide  reputation,  and  his  business  increased 
until  it  amounted  to  one  hundred  thou;;and  dullans  per  annum.  In  ISriO  he  aban- 
doned this  manufacture,  and  commenced  building  iron  fronts  for  buildings,  etc., 
etc.  He  has  been  very  succesiful  in  this  branch  of  industry,  also,  and  ha.' 
attained  a  reputation  for  his  products  second  to  none  in  the  country.  Employs 
twenty  men.  Mr.  Cheney  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly  respected  social 
and  btisiness  men  in  the  city,  and  is  at  present  vice-pr^ident  of  the  R^ichester 
Savings  Bank. 

Rochester  Agricultcbal  Works. — Founded  in  lS45by  John  A.  Pitts,  and 
continued  by  him  until  1S4S,  when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Charles  Gordon 
&  Co.  This  firm  managed  the  business  nntil  1650.  In  that  year  A.  Gordon 
&  Co.  took  charge  of  the  concern  and  carried  it  on  untU  1SG2,  when  Pitts  & 
Brayley  assumed  its  management.  A  few  years  since,  the  entire  establishment 
passed  into  the  possession  of  James  Brayley,  the  present  proprietor.     The  estab- 

From  the  inception  of  the  business  up  to  lStJ2,  the  celebrated  Pitts  thresher  was 
manufactured.  Since  that  time  ihcv  have  manufactured  the  Hubbard  reaper 
and  mower.  The  annual  prwluet  amounts  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars.     Employs  seventy-fire  persons. 

Steono  i  WooDBUKV,  whip  manufactory. — Foundeil  by  William  R.  Strong, 
in  18UT,  and  continued  by  him  a  number  of  years,  when  it  passed  into  the  hands 
of  M.  Strong,  and  w;is  carried  on  bv  him  until  the  year  ISBo,  when  he  disposed  of 
the  entire  e.~tablishment  to  Henry  A.  Strong  and  E.  F.  Wo<idbury,  the  present 
proprietors.  They  employ  seventy  persons,  and  the  annual  product  amounts 
to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The  manufactory  is  a  large  four- 
story  brick  building  located  on  the  comer  of  Allen  and  Xorth  Washington 
Btreets.  A  full  line  of  whips  is  manufactured  and  shipped  throughout  the  United 
States. 

C.  B.  WooDWORTiI  &  Soy,  manufacturing  perfumers. — This  branch  of  indus- 
try was  established  in  January.  1857,  by  Campbell  &  Bunnel.  In  1S5S  the  firm 
changed  to  Woodworth  i  B  mnel.  In  June,  IStin,  R.  A.  Eounel  disposed  of 
his  interest  to  C.  B.  Woodworth.  It  was  conducte-l  by  Mr.  Woodworth  until 
January  1, 1S67,  when  his  son.  Mr.  C.  C.  Woodworth,  was  admitted  as  a  partner. 
This  firm  has  been  successful,  and  have  brought  before  the  public  many  of  the 
leading  pcrfiimes  of  the  day,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the  '■  Nilsson'Bo- 
qnet"  and  '■  Xight-blooming  Cercns."  This  house  has  now  been  in  existence 
twenty-one  yoai-s,  and  is,  without  doubt,  the  brgest  establishment  of  the  kind  in 
the  United  States. 

A.  Spieiiler,  chemist,  and  manufacturer  of  fine  perfumeries,  flavoring  extracts, 
eto.,  b  located  at  2-i  East  Main  street,  where  he  is  conducting  a  successful 


Others  engaged  in  this  industry  are  Alfred  Wright,  Lalor  i  Skinner,  and  C. 
H.  Angell. 

Oris  &  GoRSLI.NE,  sewer-pipe  manufactory. — Of  the  many  industries  for 
which  the  city  is  noted,  this  cumparatively  new  thou'ih  eitcu.-ive  establishment 
has  acquired  a  national  reputation,  manuficturing  a  very  superior  article  of 
salt-glazed  stoneware,  sewer-  and  dr:iin-pipe.  It  has  now  been  in  operation 
aboit  three  years,  and  the  animal  product  has  increased  rapidly,  and  now 
amounts  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thou:,and  dollars.  Employ  thirty  men.  The 
works  arc  sitn.-Jcd  on  Oak  street,  and  embrace  an  area  in  extent  of  nearly  thrt^ 
acres.  Their  facilities  for  shipping  are  unsurpassed,  being  on  the  line  of  the 
raOro-ad  and  canal,  and  only  a  short  distance  fn>m  the  iip].er  landing  on  the 
Genesee  river.  They  have  from  time  to  time  been  compelled  to  enlarge  their 
works  in  order  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  trade  fir  their  pijMjs,  wiiieh  arv 
acknowledged  to  have  but  few  ci|U  ils,  if  ant/,  and  no  superiors  in  the  w..'rld. 
Both  members  of  the  firm  are  practical  men,  and  give  their  pet»jual  attention  to 
the  businesa. 

Van  Z.\NtT,  coffee  and  tea  house  aud  spice  mills,  No.  U  West  Main  street. — 


This  establish nient  h;u  now  been  in  existence  aliout  thirty  years,  and  is  one  o 
the  oldest  and  largest  business  houses  in  the  city.  The  ilessrs.  Van  Zandt,  wh 
originated  it  and  have  been  associated  with  it  from  the  beginning,  are  praeti-'al  mer 
of  energetic  habit,  wiiosc  correct  business  methods  and  steady  person.d  attcntio 


to  the  enterprise  have  contributed  1 
Mr.  M.  y.  Van  Zandt,  the  prwent 
all  through  its  existence,  and  has  c 
with  sag.icity  and  vi'gor.  Mr.  Fore 
man  of  well-known  business  tact,  a 


lay  a  firm  foundation  for  a  very  large  traflic. 
cad  of  the  house,  has  been  associated  with  it 
nplete  control  of  all  its  atfaii-s,  conducting  it 
,  the  junior  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  genlle- 

eir.erprising  and  energetic  manaL-er.     Thev 


have  secured  public  coiifideni 
excellency.      Many  county  and  St.at. 
quality  and  purity  of  their  goe>ds. 
The  roasting  of  eoflees  and  grind 


id  their  trade-mark  has  become  an 
ite  fairs  have  awarded  them  prcmi 


of 
lor  the 


;  of  spices  is  an  original  specialty  with  this 


of  C.  T.  Moore,  R.  D.  Van  De 


Other  establishments  of  ihU  kind 
Carr,  and  B.  B.  Van  Zandt. 

Whitney's  Elevator,  George  J.  Whitney  and  Son,  proprietors.— In  about 
the  year  1857  an  elevator  was  erected  on  the  site  occupied  by  the  present  one. 
and  in  the  spring  of  1S62  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  With  commeodable  prompt- 
ness, immediate  steps  were  taken  lor  rebuilding,  and  in  the  following  fall  it  was 
completed  and  ready  for  business.  The  elevator  proper  is  forty-five  by  two  hun- 
dred and  six  feet,  and  has  a  capacity  of  two  hundred  thousand  bushels.  The 
warehouse  is  two  hundred  feet  in  length,  with  an  average  width  of  one  hundred 
feet.  Capacity,  twenty-five  hundred  barrels.  Location,  Brown  street  and  Erie 
canal. 

Blakesev  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  cigar-boxes. — This  industry  was  estab- 
lished by  the  present  firm  in  1S73.  The  product  has  increased  rapidly  from  the 
beginning,  and  their  goods  command  an  extensive  sale,  being  shipped  throughout 


also  dealers  in  ciizar-raake 

facturer  of  cigar-boxes 

It  was  founded  bv  the 


ten  persons.     They 

Jacob  Sauer.  i 
of  the  kind  in  the  city.  It  was 
the  beginning  the  capacity  was 
with  improved  machinery,  and 
teen  persons  are  employed,  auc 
States  and  Canada. 

J.  B.  Stevens  &  Son,  box 
the  general  increase  of  the  city' 
B.  Stevens,  has  been  a  reM.ient  of  thi 
long  time  he  was  en:nrged  in  busines: 


uppli, 


■This  is  the  oldest  establishment 

present  proprietor  in  IStjo.     In 

hundred  boxes  per  day.     It  is  now  furnished 

a  capacity  of  five  hundred  boxes  dailv.     SIx- 

ipments  of  goods  are  made  over  the  United 


trad. 


factory. — This  business  i; 
The  senior  member  ol 
ty  for  the  past  thirty-th 
a  carpenter  and  builde 


■thof 
[r.  J. 


partnership  with  a  brother,  he  established  a  box  manufactory,  locating  the  business 
at  the  foot  of  Furnace  stre-et.  The  firm  was  then  J.  B.  Stevens  i;  Bro..  and  the 
factory  gave  employment  to  six  men.  In  about  the  year  ISGO  Mr.  Stevens'  son 
assumed  an  interest  in  the  business,  and  it  has  since  been  conducted  under  the 
present  firm  name.  The  establishment  is  furnished  w 
and  employs  about  filly  persons.  The  consumption  of  : 
as  high  as  one  million  five  hundred  thousand  feet  per  at 
I.  3.  BisiiROW,  box  manufactory. — This  business  wa 


improved  machinery, 
material  has  reached 


ablishe-d 


1S7 


led  bv 


April  1,  1S75. 


.  haviui;  been  i 


I.  S.  Disbrow,  and  was 

brow  became  a  partner,  but  no  change  w; 

branch  of  industry  is  of  couiparati-  .-ly  re. 

ence  by  the  immense  jobbing  trade  of  this  city,  but  now  ranks  among  the  fix 

institutions  of  Rochester.     The  business  of  the  Messrs.  DLsbrow  has  rapidly  i 

creased,  the  annual  product  at  the  present  time  being  hrgely  in  excess  of  a 

previous  year.     They  employ  cle\en  persons. 

J.  K.  Hl-st,  paiK.T-bol  maruf'etory. — This  industry  was  founded  by  Aslit 
i  Hunt  in  1S70,  and  continued  by  tliem  unid  1S72,  when  Mr.  Hunt  pureh.xs 

annual  product  am. Minted  to  about  four  thousand  dollars,  and  has  sradunllv  i 
creased  up  to  the  present  time,  when  it  amounts  to  twenty  thousand  dolln 
Employs  twenty-five  persons.  Goods  are  shipped  throughout  I'cnusylvani.i  ai 
>'ew  i'ork. 

II.  LETTIxiiTON-,  manuf.icturcr  of  paper  boxes. — Business  founded  in  ISOl  i 
the  present  proprietor  with  a  capital  of  one  hundred  dollars.  Ho  now  has 
capital  of  ten  thnus.ind  dollam  invested,  and  employs  twelve  persons.  He  man 
facturcs  graiKi-boxes.  also  plain  and  fancy  bmcs. 

Other  box  manuLieliirers  are  f,  Krouabcin,  Orlando  Mallorv,  and  Ann  Rutt, 


.Jed  I 


H.  H.  SciiNAUR  i;    lip. 

.,  mineril   s 

pring  waters. — This  indu 

mcnccd  a  few  je  irs  ap..  an 
present  flouH-hi...e,.ndit,„ 
(.Grande  Grille),  Ki.-singen 

1  its  entrrpi 

of  their  l.u 
,lt.koc7y,, 

-III--  proprietors  arc  justly 
iii.-.s.      They  manufaeture 
arbonic  .aci.l  water,  and  a 

waters,  in  siphons,  gl.i-s,  m 

Ijugs.      11 

North  Clinton  street. 

HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COU>"rY,  NEW  YORK. 


125 


||iB\aD'9  Steam  M.ikb:.e  WoiiKd. — Thu  b'L-iuws  was  cummraci.'d'in  1831 
f.,  /.  Jl.tarJ.  It  W.15  contiriut-il  by  him  until  i~u'i.  wIicd  ilic  Srai  bei-jme  Z. 
liib-irJ  .t  Suns.  In  ISJ:;  it  w-u  cluii'_-«l  t.i  HclurJ,  lirah.im  A;  Co.,  mJ  in  1858 
M  I[ib.irJ  i  (Ir.iKjiu.  Henry  rf.  Ilcb^rU,  E»(..  t«:iiin;  pnjprietor  io  ISO". 
VVliiti  Mr  Z.  Hcbanl  boj-.in  the  biLjincM  ihtf  anntiil  pruJuct  wus  smalt,  mJ 
riu-eJ  frnm  »i^  hunJnM  to  one  ihousiiiU  JulLin,  .inJ  norr  it  ini.mn'j  to  seventy 
th.iu««nd  Jolbrs.  Forty  persons  are  eniploycJ.  The  busim^^  lixs  b«o  cooductej 
oi<in  S.iint  Paul  atrect  for  furty-ljve  years,  with  the  ei^ptiua  of  about  one  year, 
]iiJ  by  the  satue  family.  lU-cently,  extensive  iuiprjvemonti  have  b«en  made, 
iucluilin^*  stcum  and  IuarbIo-^vo^tin;;  machini;ry,  laoniiug  it  such  facilitiea  M  to 
eiijMe  it  to  compete  suixe^sfiilly  with  all  lirst-cliLia  e>tabli?huient3  in  the  country, 
io  wortinanship,  prices,  and  mutcriaU. 

The  direct  importation  of  Italian  m.irble  and  Scotch  granite  gives  the  firm  > 
[.r.'ix'dL-nce  in  m.iterialj  and  prices. 

The  R'putation  of  tlie  fioirs,  of  inarbU  and  the  finest  of  the  celebrated  Mniton 
lil.;  a  acknowlcdjcd  by  all  who  h.iie  given  a  personal  eiammaiion  to  the  subject. 


of  Valoi 


I  F.  Whitmure,  J.jhn  Rauber, 


nd  WiUi: 


in    EsTABLIStlMENT.- 


Lampert  cjnjujenctid 
ty.  He  started  on  n 
dve  thousand  dullar>. 


cesa.      The  firm  consi; 

Vicious. 

Henet  La.mpert'3  Ta 
business  in  Nunda  in  IsOl,  and  in  IS'IC  cume  to  this  c 
moderate  scale,  the  yearly  product  amountin'.;  to  about 
Tht^  bu:iDes3  rapidly  incrca.-^d.  and  the  present  pnjdiictir 
dred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  Sixty-five  thousand  dollars  is  used, 
including  the  batldin'.p,  in  the  business,  and  thirty  men  are  eiuployed.  Mr.  Ljoi' 
P'.-rt  has  been  very  succi.-s>rul,  and,  since  IHuG.  haj  erected  the  Lamport  block, 
which,  prior  to  ISTo,  was  used  fur  a  tannery.  His  new  tannery  is  a  laru-e  build- 
in;,  located  near  the  Vacuum  oil-works,  where  from  thirty-five  to  forty  thousand 
hides  tre  tanned  annually. 

-\lli.vo    BtiuTHhP.s,  tanners This  industry  was  founded  by  Jennings   k 

Kecler.  The  e-tabh.ihment  subsequently  paiied  into  the  hands  of  U.  Keeler, 
then  R.  Kcel.-r  i  Co.,  and  in  April,  1SJ5.  Fitch  ..t  -Vllin:;  became  proprietors. 
It  was  continued  by  them  until  December.  lSG:i.  when  it  was  purch.iscd  by  Allin^i 


Kia. 


"'*^ 


;v^K; 


i.Elllii: 


IJ 


HEBARO'S    STEAM    MARBLE    WORKS,    116    TO    122    SOUTH    ST.   PAUL    STREET.    ROCHESTER.    NEW    YORK. 


The  warcroonu  devoted  to  the  exhibition  of  marble  macieti  : 


»nd  fi.r  mnnumcntzl  purp-tsos,  arc  the  most  exteiv^ive  out?ide  of  the  city  of  Xew 
V"rk.  All  the  m^irble  work  in  that  fine  structure,  rowers'  block,  was  'furnished 
■lo-i  laid  by  this  establijiiment ;  also  the  fine  encaustic  tiad  enameled  tile  work  to 
'h-  ll.vh.-sicr  Savin;,-*  B..ok. 

The  <|uality  of  material  useil  and  the  tine  workmanship  in  the  shoim  of  this 
Srii,  h.ivr  prmluccd  their  natural  fniitx  in  its  Ion-  and  umllnuiil  pm^pority. 

I't.fKR  I'lTKIN,  mnnuficturer  of  irrinite  m..num.nt3.— Thi-  l..i-ine-»  is  of  L.n- 
'•"•lin-.-.  and  Mr.  Fitkin  has  att.dned  a  wide  reputation  for  the  manufacture  of 
'^■-  '-t  .jnality  of  ;:onds,  and  justly  merit,  his  present  suc-c<~«.  Tlie  ck-cnnt 
"•■ne  fhm,,  yf  ,),,.  l>o„,,„  fire-proof  bmidinL-s  and  the  Fint  U.^pti-t  church 
"•  '■  '111  .At  thi.  yard.      I^ation,  .No.  J.'  \V>-~t  avenue. 

••  \MK-t  PowF.a.-*  is  al-«o  a  worker   and  dealer  io   j;ranite  at  No.  97  North 

"iMTMiinK,  livunEa  fi  Vici.xcs,  stone  di-alcrs. — Commenced  operations 
January   1,   ls;j.     They  have  already  surai-ue-d   in  e-labllshing  a  g.«d  busi- 


Brothers,  the  present  proprietors.  The  present  annual  prwiuc 
and  twenty-five  thoiiwnd  dollars.  Employ  thirty  men.  Capacity  of  uannery, 
sUteen  thousand  hides  per  year.  The  bnnin"  establishment  is  loc.iteil  at  Curds 
station,  ill  the  town  of  Caniphcll.  Steub-n  county.  .Vcw  Vork.  and  the  stoa'  and 
fiuishios-shopa  at  .Vos.  411  and  51  North  Water  street,  Rochester. 

LowREir  &  liltADNF.R.  ni.Aiiul.ictnrers  of  morocco  ami  shi^ep  leather. — Thin 
firm  wa.1  established  in  l<tl-'.  hy  D.inlel  I-.wrey  ami  Charles  .leffrey,  under 
the  firm  n.aine  id'  L.ovrey  ,t  .letfn-y.  wool  commission  inerchant-'.  wo<il-pnller3 
and  manufacturers  of  sheep  liatlier,  occupyin;;  premises  on  the  site  of  the  pns^?nt 


Commetiein*;  with  an  annual  product  of  from  ton  thotLsand  to  twenty  thni 
ind  dnlKin,  the  firm  L-ra.lually  iiicrc:l*-d  its  busine-^s,  utltd  in  l.Si;3  tlio  anni 
products  were  iiiereas.'d  to  I'n.iii  lilly  lliousand  to  seventy-five  tlious.iiid  dclla; 
.Mr.  Jeffrey  dyin-  at  this  date  the  business  was  carried  on  by  Mr.  L..iTrey  uu 
1S7-,  when  .VIr.  I/)wn  y.  finding  the  C3p,ibHitic3  of  the  premises  too 
to  successfully  carry  on  the  increasing  busiuess  of  the  estabiijlimcnt,  erected  ihi 


bed 


aii.1  el," 


prewot  CO 
A.  H.  BraJ„er,  of  D.nsvllic,  .\..w 
BmdDcr,  vti-A  cumuiissioii  niercii;inl 
and  colored  slieci'skins,  roins,  and  liii 
Enterprise  ajid  cupitid  bein;;  brou;;! 
into  this  city  of  a  now  branch  of  ma 


»ool 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEM'  YORK 

h  hiui  a3  partn  T  M 


uily  to  bfur  u|'"a  the  introuuction 
t(iL*  (los-.-lLpiuciiL-i  anil  jrrowth  of 
the  tusineis  in  the  luaiiiifiicture  of  niumccu  have  fully  carried  out  th-j  expectatioa 
of  its  promoters,  the  business  incrcising  to  an  annual  product  of  from  one  huudretl 
tlioa-^nd  to  one  hundred  aud  twenty  thou:*and  duHars. 

Manuf  icturioi;  such  a  variety  of  niatL-rijl  n(.-ci!3.-*ary  in  the  manufacture  of  b<x)t5 
and  shoes, — a  S[te«-ialty  in  the  industrial  «tabIishinenL3  of  this  cicy, — the  firm  is 
enabled  to  sup|tly  the  diniands  of  a  trade  principally  confined  tn  New  York  State 
and  different  loc-alitius  of  the  west. 

The  building  in  which  this  t-xtcnsive  business  is  carried  on  occupies  a  frontage 
of  forty-two  fcot  un  Water  street,  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feut,  extending  to  a 
river  frontage,  and  an  eU-vation  of  >ix  floors.  The  whole  building  U-ing  devoted 
to  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business,  everytbini;  is  arranired  to  facilitate 
Lbor  by  the  employmeat  of  modern  machinery,  elevators,  etc.,  hydnolic  and 
steam  power  being  u^ed  to  drive  the  works. 

The  reput.ition  of  this  firm,  l^-ued  upon  the  suterior  n  itureof  the  goods  m:  uu- 
fdctured,  is  increasing:,  and,  xs  the  only  cijlabli-shnient  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  it  bids 
feir  to  take  iL"  rank  araoo'^  the  most  succes.>^ful  enterprises  of  western  New  York. 

Cabinc,  Weicup:r  &  Co,,  tanners. — This  firm  succeeded  Henry  Lampert  &  Co. 
and  William  Carini:  &  Son.  The  establishment  is  located  at  Xo.  87  Xorth  Water 
street,  in  theLamjKjrt  buildinc.  They  are  co'nductinir  .i.  prosperous  and  increaiinii 
businef^.    The  firnicunisistsof  GeorL'e  Carina,  Jacob  J.  Weicher.  and  M.Greeutree. 

The  following  are  al>o  euiriL'vd  in  the  tanning  industry:  Kalb,  Hahn  i  Co., 
T.  Fenwick,  John  Ivdb,  Fred  Keneott,  R.  Trenaman,  F.'Wolf  &.  Co. 

RociiESTKC  Gas-Ligiit  Company  was  organized  in  H4S  Tli«  office  and 
works  are  located  on  Genesee  river,  foot  of  Mumford  street.  The  board  ot  direc- 
tors is  CL>nstituted  as  fnllows:  Levi  A.  Ward,  president;  Joseph  Field.  Don  A. 
Watson,  Thos.  C.  Montgomery,  Patrick  Barry,  Gilman  H.  Perkins.  Isaac  Hills. 
JjoaisChapio,  Geo.  Kllwanger.  Capital,  seven  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Henry 
T.  Riigers  is  secretary  and  trcnsurer. 

CiTlZKNs'  Gas  Company. — This  company  was  incorporated  in  1872,  and  has 
a  capitai  of  five  hundred  thousand  Hollar-.  Th^  directors  arc  Geo.  J.  Whitney, 
Koswell  Hart,  Geo.  E.  Mumford,  M.  F.  Revnolds.  Janios  Brackett.     Gojrse  J. 


Whit 


■  r-^*-^' 


ideot:  Win.  H.  Ward, 


nd  Cle 


White,  superintendent.  The  works  are  located  at  Vincent  Place  Bridge,  and  the 
office  at  15  North  Saint  Paul  street. 

Mack  &  Co.,  Edge-Tool  MAMyACTCRER.s,  formed  a  cop;irtnership  with  D. 
B.  Barton  in  May,  ISGG.  for  the  manufacture  of  cd^e-tof.ls.  Tl.e  firm  name  u?.  d 
for  the  transaction  of  the  busine:<s,  and  also  the  brand  with  which  ^oods  were 
stamped,  wa-^  D.  R.  Barton  &  Co.  In  1304  the  Mes^n*.  Mack  purcha.sed  of  Mr. 
D.  R.  Bart.in  his  interest  in  the  business  and  tnie-mark  of  thr;  firm,  and  since 
that  they  have  continued  it  at  the  old  st.nnd  (I'lG  Mill  street  i,  stamping  the  .[roo-is 
made  with  tl.e  old  tnide-mark.  ■'  D.  R.  Barton  .t  Co.,"  and  coruucting  the  busi- 
"nes3  und-*r  the  firm  name  of  ^fack  .&  Co.,  which  embraces  three  brothers  named 
Mack.  They  employ  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  men.  and  manufacture  goods 
to  the  amount  of  about  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

D.  B.  Barton  Tool  Co.mI'a.nv.— The  m:.nufaetureofed'jc-t(  ils  in  the  United 
States  was  first  commenced  by  the  late  I).  R.  Barton  in  lSo2,  and  liis  name  is 
inseparably  conneetcd  with  it.  not  only  in  its  inception,  but  through  the  various 
stages  of  development  that  have  since  been  atuineil. 

He  commcncetl  upon  a  limited  sc.do.  in  partnership  with  anotlier.  and  craphved 
bat  few  men. — about  sistct.-n  or  eiL'htoen,— snpp lyinn;  chiefly  tbe  bcal  demand  of 
Bochester  and  the  surrounding  district  with  tools  fur  carpenters' and  coopers'  use, 
especially  the  Latter  ;  and  he  acted  up..in  the  jTinciple  of  making  an  article  of  real 
merit,  believin|;  the  istabii-hmtnt  of  a  reparation  for  his  pood.s  to  be  the  foimda- 
tion  of  ail  true  success.  He  w:is  not  diNippoiiited  :  graduallv  th*-  f.une  of  his  tooU 
grew,  until  he  was  compelhd  to  a  very  ;;rent  extent  to  incrt-a-Si'  h\i  facilities  for 
manufacture,  and  his  m-Hj^ls  bi'came  a  neccr^-ity  in  ever}-  hardware  store  in  the 
western  aud  miildle  Slate.'j.  No  article  of  American  production  conneeied  with 
the  hardware  trade  ha.^  proved  a  more  decided  and  complete  succsa  than  "■  Bar- 
ton's Tools." 

Mr.  Barton's  works  were  six  times  destroyed  by  fire  or  flood,  the  last  of  these 
casualties  occurrini:  in  the  famous  flo-d  of  1S0.5.  He  allowed  none  of  thesa  mis- 
fortunes to  deter  hiui   from  the  pmseculinn  of  tin-  bn:>iue-<s  to  whii  h  he  had  de- 

cessfuUy  estaUi.-hin-.;  the  Ann  ri'.-an  edj^.'-i.^i)  :r;tdp.  But  tVw  men  encountered 
and  overcaiuG  more  dilTirultics  and  di,->coura'_'i.;ment3,  or  made  their  life-work  a 
grander  aucccss,  than  Mr.  D.  R.  Barton. 


In  1S74,  .Mr.  Barioi 
and  continued  the  busi 
his  old  foreman  and  w.. 
enterprise  until  the  foil 
company,  under  the  na 


ilhdrew  from  a  partn«'r>hip  he  had  f>rmed  with  otht-r, 

lien.  The  bu=ini.'.-a  wj.s  then  conducted  lu*  an  individual 
u'j  year,  when  it  .seeniud  advL-'able  to  form  a  joint  stiK-t 
of  the  I).  R.  Barton  Tool  Cunipanv.     This  was  done 


the  23d  of  A  prd 
eompliah  a  compl 


the  ineorporati.io  takiii'4  effect 
Barton  died.     He  had  lived  to 
trade, — lived  to  develop  an  enterprise  < 
fortunes  in  the  char;.ie  of  gentlemen  wh 
liberality — geiitlem 
pli^hed  iu  the  futu 

The  establishmo 

dant  capital,  and  bciuLT  known  to  every  mcclianic  in  the  land,  it  roijuires  iv 
plietic  vision  to  discern  still  greater  success  in  the  future. 

The  officers  of  the  ci-mpany  now  are  D.  C.  Ellis,  late  supeiintendent  i 
banking  department  of  the  rotate  of  New  York.  prei=ideDt;  I.  F.  Force,  vie- 
dent  and  treasurer;  W.  W.  Churchill,  souret^iry ;  and  Chas.  C.  Barton,  jr, 
superintendent.  Mr.  Barton  wa>  president  until  July,  1S7*J.  He  had  been 
ciated  with  the  busine^-*  of  his  father  since  boyhood,  and  is  eminently  fitted,  b< 


i7J.      Three  days  later  Mr 

revolution  in  iiis  brjn..h  oi 

,t  importance, — and  dyinir,  li  ft  jii- 

possessed  of  a  spirit  of  eneruv  aru 

would  not  be  content  with  sucee.ss  half-way  a<  com 

present  doing  an  immense  business,  and  bavin?  abun 


jabilitv,  forth* 


i.sible  I 


i'htr  t.^>U 


i  stamped  with  their  trade-mark.  '"D.  R.  Barton.  1^;;2. 
d  fire-proof  safes,  etc. — 3Iartin 


eipenence  and  esecutivi 
made  by  this  eouipany  : 
Rr>ehes;er.  New  York." 

M.  Bkigos  vk  Son,  manufacturers  of  b 
Brig^,  the  senior  member  of  this  firm, 
continued  by  him  as  sole  proprietor  until  1S70,  when  his  son  was  admitted  to  the 
firm.  The  business  in  the  beginning  amounted  to  about  twenty  thousand  dollars 
per  annum.  At  the  present  time  the  annual  product  is  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  Employ  forty  men.  M.  Briggs  &  Son  employ  practical  mechanics  of 
nir.rc  than  thirty  yc^s'  cip^-iicuoe,  under  whose  personal  super\-ision  each  saf.'  i> 
constructed.  They  have  been  very  saeee-sful,  and  the  '^  Briggs  safe"  occupies  a 
prominent  position  among  the  best  safes  in  the  world. 

Rochester  Paper  Company. — This  company  was  or^^Jnized  and  comnieiiee<l 
business  in  1364.  During  the  first  year  the  product  of  manufactured  L-.-f-U 
amounted  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thou.'iUid  dollars,  which,  with  addition.-.I  fa-^ili- 
ties,  has  increased  to  an  annual  production  of  two  hundred  and  fiftr  thou^au'l  d-il- 
lara.  They  have  a  capital  of  two  hundred  thous;tnd  dollars,  and  employ  sistv-five 
per.^ms.     A.  M.  Hastings,  president. 

Jame3  Laney  is  a  wholesale  dealer  in  paper  and  paper  stock,  and  manufacturer 
of  tinware,  etc.,  at  144  East  3[ain  street. 

Sargent  i  GreenleaF,  lock  manufactory. — This  celebrated  e^^tabliahment, 
that  now  has  a  world-wide  reputation,  has  been  in  existence  but  ten  years,  and  its 
development  during  this  brief  period  is  truly  remarkable.  Its  rcputition  h:is  be- 
come established  by  the  manufacture  of  the  best  rjualitv  of  goods,  and  by  the  pro- 
duction of  new  ard  valuable  features  in  lock-maklu'.:.  Previously  to  the  forma- 
tion of  the  copartnership  both  members  of  the  firm  were  eii2a»ed  in  this  manu- 
facture, the  former  in  this  city,  and  the  latter  in  Phil.tdelphla  aud  Massachusetts. 
The  first  location  of  the  business  wxs  in  the  old  Powers  block,  and  theyemplovcd 
about  twenty  persons.  Eight  years  ago  their  works  were  de^troved  bv  fire,  and 
six  years  ago  the  present  fine  manufactory  was  erected.  It  is  a  hand-ouie  tluce- 
story  brick  structure,  with  3Iansard  rout',  located  at  the  corner  of  Court  and  ."^toue 
Btreets. 

The  product  of  the  factory  may  perhaps  be  classified  as  bank-locks,  inchuiiii'i 
the  double  chronometer,  and  worth  six  hundred  dollars ;  combination  fire-proof -.il'e- 
locks  and  key-lock.s.  From  the  most  exp'-nsive  to  the  cheapest  appears  the  cveat 
desideratum  arrived  at,  and  even  in  the  key-locks  no  one  key  opens  two  lot-k-  In 
many  thousands. 

Messr>?.  Sarrcnt  i  Greenleaf  did  not  begin  the  manufacture  of  chmnoiuet.  r  or 
timedocks  until  between  two  and  three  yeai-s  ago.  but  since  tlien  that  dciiartmeiit 
of  the  business  has  grown  to  lar-rc  proportions;  the  utmost  pain.«  liavc  been  and 
are  taken  in  ihcir  manufacture,  and  tlie  un-^ouirht  tt"-timonia!a  from  the  trca-iinr 
of  the  United  Sutcs,  heads  of  dopartment-,  and  bankers  throughout  the  eonntiy. 
show  in  what  p.-^tim.ation  they  are  held.  Tlo-  Sar-ent  and  Greenleaf  timc-Ioik  i.N 
a  wonder  of  raochani.-m,  who.-e  object  is  to  absoUitidy  control  the  bolt-work  ■■f  a 
safe  or  vault  until  tlic  prcdet«Train.d  time,  Tlic  business  is  now  in  a  very  pros- 
perous condition,  and  rapidly  increasini;. 

Taylor  Brotiikus.  thermometer  manufaetunTS. — This  business  was  fuuiid.-d 
about  twenty-five  u^rS  a-o.  by  Hou.  Geo.  Taylor,  in  a  v,,ry  smdl  way.  Th.-  tir-t 
location  was  in  the  old  Novlty  Works  bniidin^-s.  A  fire  in  185(i  com;.*dlcd  a  re- 
moval, and  the  I.Ktory  for  A  f.-w  years  w,L-.!oe.ited  on  K-Tchan-.-e  strec't,  and  two 
yean  ago  the    .Messrs.  T:tyl..r  built  the  works  now  occupied  on    Hdl   ^In-rt.  cm- 

the  other  for  otficu,  salvs.  and  general  manufacturing  purp-ises.      Within  the  p x^t 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


12 


m-  dcman<l  for  ihcr 
witli  Che  (JcmaiKJ,  mun 
n:;in!;  tVoiu  the  clicnpest 
-  luai  ufaclure  ure  cooiple 
it:i  ofcvxxi.i  are  made  to 
CL-ecilL-d  in  cMjbU^liin; 


tea  ycara  there  has  been  a  rapidly 
poiui'icra,  and  tbia  6rm  has  tcpt  ] 
cuur.tlrss  Btjics  of  these  instrument 
orate  and  expensive.    Th-ir  facititiL 

ft  ra[»idlj  increasing  business,     shipments  orcvx>d.i  are  luade  to  all  ; 
countrj-.     The  Mesirs.  Taylor  h. 

which  is,  in  fact,  the  leading  enterprise  of  the  liud  in  the  United  rfta' 
The  LEiouroN  Bridue  and  Ihon  Wurks. — .Mr.  Ltijiton  • 
this  Dianufjcture  in  Butfalo.  September  1.  l»7o.  tiie  establishment  was  moved  to 
Kocbester.  He  has  been  cnira^ed  in  this  business  about  twenty  yoara,  a^id  has 
made  it  a  grand  success,  as  is  illustrated  by  the  fact  that  in  the  bezinnin;  the 
annual  product  amounted  to  two  hundred  thous;md  dollars,  and  at  the  present 
time  it  omoaots  to  one  million  dollai^.  Employs  two  hundrci  persons.  He 
manufactures  railroad  and  hi-hiray  brido-os,  plate-'_'irder3,  etc.  The  style  of 
bridge  built  is  the  celebrated  "  American  Riveted  Lattice." 

That  Rochester  is  a  larv-e  manafjcturin;  city  is  generally  known  and  acknowl- 
edged. How  large,  varied,  and  of  what  rapid  growth  is  hardly  realized  by  its 
most  observant  citizens,  and  though  the  above  list  is  not  complete,  yet  it  em- 
braces most  of  its  leading  and  dillerent  industries,  and  we  are  contident  no  f'Crsoo 
can  read  the  fame  without  bein^  impressed  with  their  woiiderlul  c:rowth  and 
development,  also  that  it  is  entitK-d  to  a  letidiog  rank  with  our  pn.'minent  man- 
ufacturing cities,  among  which  ultimately  it  U  destined  to  become  one  of  the 
foremost. 

THE  BANKS  OF  ROCHESTER. 

The  RocHESTEtt  S.winos  B.v.sk  was  incorporated  April  21,  1S31.  The 
following-named  persons  were  the  incorporators:  Levi  Ward,  Jr.,  .Jacob  Graves, 
Evcrard  Peck,  William  S.  Whittlesey,  David  Scovillc,  Edward  R.  Everest.  Willis 
Kcmpshall,  Jonathan  Child,  Ezra  M.  Parsons,  AsUbel  W.  Riley,  Albemarle  H. 


and  ba- 

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scv,  David  ft 

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M.  Parson.., 

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M.  Parsons.  A.  W.  Riley, 


Harvey  Frink.     Of  the 

Joseph  Medbury,  and  L  B.  Langworthy, 

The  bank  was  opened  for  business  July  1,  1331,  and  the  first  deposit,  amoant- 
'  ing  to  thirteen  dollars,  wis  made  by  Harmon  Taylor.  July  2  of  the  same  year. 
January  1, 1S32,  the  deposits  amounted  to  .5:UUaS2.  and  in  1342,  to  691,306.60  ; 
in  1852,  SGS2,144.83  ;  in  13li2,  32,054, U.'i.UT  ;  and  January  1,  1876,  to  about 
87,564,705.32. 

At  tho  first  meeting  of  the  trustees.  June  13,  1-31.  I«;vi  Ward,  Jr.,  wa? 
elected  president,  and  David  Scovillc  secretary.  Jlr.  Ward  continued  to  hold  the 
office. of  president,  by  successive  elections,  until  January  19.  1842,  when  he  re- 
signed the  position.  On  tho  ICth  of  February,  1342,  Mr.  William  Pitkin  was 
elected  president,  which  position  he  held  until  March  1, 1S49.  and  was  succeeded 
by  Mr.  Jacob  Gould.  Jlay  20, 1650,  Mr.  Gould  rrsi-ncd  the  olEce  of  president, 
and  Mr.  E.  F.  Smith  was  elected.  Mr.  Smith  continued  to  hold  the  office  until 
February  1,  1358,  when  Mr.  John  Haywood  was  elected  president.  February 
7,  185'J,  Mr.  E.  F.  Smith  wxs  again  elected,  and  held  the  position  for  one  jcar. 
February  6,  1860,  Mr.  William  Kidd  was  elected  as  president,  and  retained  that 
position  until  February  6,  1865.  Mr.  George  H.  Mumford  was  at  that  date 
elected  president,  and  resigned  October  2, 1865.  Deecrober  4, 1865,  Jlr.  William 
A.  Reynolds  became  president,  and  continued  to  hold  that  position  until  his  death 
in  January,  1872.  On  February  3.  1372,  J'r.  E.  F.  Smith  -vas  again  elected 
president. 

The  bant  has  h.ad  seven  secretaries,  as  follows:  David  Scoville.  June  13,  1331. 
to  .November  27,  1847  ;  L^aac  Hills,  Februarys,  1843,  to  March  30, 1848  ;  Hiram 
Wright,  April  1, 1813,  to  Februarys.  ISJl  :  Edward  Whalcn,  Februarys,  IS.il, 
to  .May  1,  1SG2;  William  Pitkin,  May  1.  1862.  to  October  1,  1^63;  Edw.ard  R. 
Hammatt,  October  1,  1863,  to  November  20,  1876;  Roswcll  Hart,  December  6, 
1876,  present  incumbent. 

L«aac  Hills,  Esri,  has  been  the  attorney  of  the  bank  from  iti  or_-anization.  with 
the  exception  of  a  period  from  December.  1847,  to  February,  1.^52.  when  .Mr. 
George  H,  Muraford  held  that  position.  Edward  Harris,  Kvy,  has  served  the 
bank  as  connsel  since  February  7,  1870.  The  construction  of  the  present  hank 
building  was  conimcnccil  in  1(553.  and  it  was  completed  and  ready  for  occup-iney 
In  l.'^57.  Within  the  last  two  years  a  large  and  elegant  addition  has  bcr^n  made  to 
the  former  building,  rendering  it  now  one  of  the  hncst  and  most  imposing  bank 
•tructurcs  in  the  State.  The  present  officers  of  the  bank  arc  .is  follows:  Elij.ih 
F.  Smith,  president;  kaac  Hills.  viec-pn>sident ;  Roswcll  Hart,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  Uiac  Hills,  .attorney  ;  Edward  Harris,  counsel ;  Eu-.-enc  A.  Sliepord- 
•'».  paying  cashier;  Thomas  II.  Hiu-band-,  receiving  ci-hicr',  Henry  S.  Hanford, 
l-nd  and  mortgage  clerk;  Llewellyn  H.  Van  Zandt,  book-keejK'r ;  E.  J.  Ray- 
m.Mid  and  E.  A.  Raymond,  assistant  book-keepers ;  George  Eastman,  clerk. 


ing  is  a  list  of  trustees  of  the  bank  from  it-s  org;iniz;itiMn  to  iho 
Levi  War.l,  Jr..  Jacob  Graves,  Evcrard  Peck.  William  S.  AVhitil,.-. 
loville,  Edw.ird  R.  Everest.  Willis  Kcmpshall,  Jonathan  Child,  E^ra 
\shbel  W.  Riloy,  Albemarle  H.  Waslihune,  Joseph  .M,.-dbury.  Ly- 
iwurthy,  Ellhu  'f.  Jlarshall,  Harvey  Frink,  David  C.  West,'  Isaac 
Hills,  Jacob  G.mld,  Samuel  L.  Sclden,  Henry  B.  Williams,  Erastus  T.  Smith, 
Thomas  H.  Rochester,  .\hram  JI.  Schermcrhorn,  John  Haywood,  Sylvester  H. 
Packard,  Charics  J.  Hill,  William  Pitkin,  WilH.im  Brew-icr,  Setli  C.  Jones, 
Elij.ih  F.  Smith,  John  All.n.  G.-orre  Byington,  George  H.  Mumford,  William 
H.  Cheney,  Rufus  Kcehr,  Isaac  Hills.  Lansing  B.  Swan,  Hamlin  S:iKv.,ll,  Wil- 
liam Kidd.  Willi.im  A.  Uc.MiolJs,  Thomas  Kcmpshall.  Uaswell  Hart,  liel.lcn  R. 
McAlpine,  James  Brackett'  (Jlivcr  H.  Palmer,  Addison  Gardiner,  Nehcmiah  U. 
Northrop,  diaries  F.  Smith,  Emmet  H.  Hoilister,  Mortimer  F.  Reynolds,  Edward 
Harris,  Hohart  F.  Atkinson,  George  E.  Mumford.  Charles  C.  Jlorso,  George  J. 
Whitney,  John  Williams,  Gilman  H.  Perkins. 

Mo.VROE  CoLxir  S.wixos  H.VNK  was  organiMd  April  25,  1850.  The 
first  olSccrs  were — President,  Evcrard  Peck ;  Vice-Presidents,  David  R.  Barton, 
Charles  W.  Dundas ;  Treasurer,  Freeman  Clarke. 

The  first  trustees  were  David  R.  Barton,  Thomas  Hanvey,  .Martin  Pri.L-ga, 
Daniel  E.  Lewis,  Aroon  Bronson.  Joel  P.  Milliner,  Moses  Chapin,  Ephraim 
Moore.  Freeman  Clarke,  Xehcmiah  Osburn,  Charles  W.  Dundas,  George  W.  Par- 
sons, George  Elwanger,  Evcrard  Peck,  Ebcnezer  Ely,  William  N.  Sago,  Theodore 
B.  Hamilton,  Lewis  Selyc,  William  W.  Ely,  Alvah  Strong,  Levi  A.  Ward. 

The  present  officers  are- — President,  George  G.  Clarkspn  ;  Vice-Presidents,  Loui3 
Chapin,  Charles  J.  Haydcn  ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Jonathan  E.  Pierpont. 

The  present  trustees  are  Xehcmiah  O.sbum,  Charles  J.  Hayden,  William  N. 
Sage,  Benjamin  M.  Baker,  Alvah  Strong,  George  G.  Clarkson,  JIartin  Briggs, 
Ambrose  Cram,  Lewis  Selye,  James  L.  .\ngle,  George  Ellwangcr,  William  Ailing, 
LouU  Chapin,  Ezra  M.  Parsons,  diaries  H.  Williams,  Cyrus  F.  Paine,  Willi.im 
Churchill,  Oscar  Cm-.  Joseph  Curtis,  James  E.  Booth,  Gcor::e  H.  Thompson. 


East  Side  S.iVi.va3  B.v.nk 
ia  located  on  the  east  side  of  the  r 
and  Clinton  streeLs,  and  is  desi- 
who  desire  to  lay  up  their  sinal 
ment  of  sound  business  men  and 
Pliny  M.  Bromley,  of  the  Osb 


-This  institution  was  incorporated  in  136:i.  It 
•r,  in  the  Washington  Hall  block,  corner  of  JIaio 
i  to  accommodate  busincs-s  men  as  well  as  those 
rains.  It  is  under  the  direction  and  mauage- 
icccs.sful  financiers.  The  present  officers  art; — 
1  Iloustf,  president;  Wm.  N.  Emerson,  State 


:bard,  of  the  steam  marble-works, 
treasurer;  and  John  M.  Davy,  atti 
iiby,  Horatio  G.  Warner,  Henry 
.  X.  Emerson,  He 


ley.    Thcprv, 
ilebard,  Hii 


senator,  and  Her^ry  S.  II 
Brjan  Viclo,  secretary  am 
trustees  arc  Isaac  F.  Qu 

Davis,  Micluael  Filon,  Win.  X.  Emerson,  Hector  .McLean,  Edmund  Ucumpaugh, 
James  Vick,  Elias  Wollf,  Truman  A.  Xcwton,  J.  Jloreau  Smith,  Pliny  .M.  Brom- 
ley, Wni.  A.  Hubbard,  Araunah  Mosely,  Abncr  Green.  David  R.  Barton,  Erastus 
Darrow,  Henry  Lanipert,  Louis  Ernst,  and  Lucius  S.  May. 

Powers'  Baxkinq  Office.— This  institution  wxs  founded  by  Daniel  W. 
Powers,  March  1,  1350.  .Vs  a  souvenir  of  that  period  we  reproduce  below  his 
business  card  of  that  date : 


'  New  Excuanqe  Office. 


the 


Eagle  block,  Rochester, 
.he  purpose  of  doing  the 


"  The  subscriber  has  located  himself  i 
west  of  the  Monroe  bank,  on  Buffalo  stre 
business  in  all  its  branches.  Uneurrcnt  monies  bought  and  sold.  Exchangi 
New  York  and  the  eastern  cities  bought  and  sold.  Certificates  of  deposit 
banks  and  notes  payable  at  distant  points  collected.  Canada  and  western  b 
notes  discounted  at  the  lowest  rates.  Drafts  on  Buffalo  can  be  had  at  all  til 
Forci::n  and  American  gold  and  silver  coins  bou:jlit  and  sold.  Deposits  rccei 
and  interest  allowed.  Monies  remitted  to  England,  Ireland,  and  Scotl.ind. 
other  portions  of  the  old  world.  By  prompt  attention  to  business  I  hope  to  ra 
A  share  of  public  patronage. 

"  I  am  authorized  to  refer  to 

"  Ebcnezer  Watts,  Esq., 

"  Geo.  R.  Clark,  E.sq.,  cashier. 

"  Ralph  licster,  Esq.,  cashier. 

"  Tfcoa.  H.  Rochester,  president. 

"  C.  T.  Amsdcn,  cashier. 

"  Everard  Peck,  Esq.,  president. 

"  Isaac  Hills,  Esq. 

"Daniel  W.  Powers. 


Of  these  seven  referees  only  two  are  living,  C.  T.  Amsdcn  and  Isaac  Ilills, 
both  residents  of  Rochester,  the  former  an  insurance  agent,  and  the  latter  one  of 


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HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


the  oldest  attorDev^  in  the  city.     Mr.  I'.jwen  is  still  the  active  man^i'.;cr  of  his 

banking-house,  and  as  the  result  of  thirly  years  of  busin&^a  life  staii'is  Pow.rs' 

comiuercial  fire-proof  buildinir,  one  of  the  finest  .structures  ou  the  western  coiitiiient. 

Flour  Cltr  X.vtiox.vl  B.^XK  was  orL-unized  as  the  Flour  City  Bank,  April 

1,  1856,  with  a  capital  of  S^nO.OOO,  and  was  increased  uutil  April  7,  ls57.  It 
"Was  ohangetl  to  its  present  outue  June  l.">,  lS."jj. 

F.  Gorton  was  the  fii>t  president,  and  still  rcLiins  that  offioe,  actively  engaged 
ID  the  discharge  of  its  dulics.  Through  the  able  maDaOTment  of  Mr.  UortoD  the 
bank  has  accumulated  a  suqilus  of  filly  per  cent.,  and  has  never  failed  to  pay  a 
8emi-annu.-il  dividend  of  five  per  cent.  E.  il.  Vredenbur.-h  was  the  first  cashier, 
John  H.  Roclicstcr  was  the  second,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  ineambent, 
■Williini  A.  Waters,  .May  1,  ISliT.  Duriu','  the  period  of  twenty  years  that  it 
has  been  in  operation  but  few  chani^is  have  been  made  in  the  board  of  directors, 
nearly  all  of  the  present  orL-anizalioii  conimcncin^  with  the  institution.  It  is  iu  a 
fiourishing  condition,  and  eleven  clerks  are  employed  in  the  reana^-ement  of  iti 
affairs.  The  following  is  the  board  of  directors  for  1S7G:  Patrick  Barrv",  Lewis 
Broks,  C.  B.  Woodworth,  Geo.  Kllwanger,  F.  Gorton,  A.  S.  Maun,  William  C. 
Dryer,  O.  Allen,  and  H.  B.  Hathaway. 

Traders'  Nation.vl  B.vnk  was  orL'anizcd  as  a  State  ban'^  in  1S5S.  and  re- 
organized as  a  national  bank  in  June,  ISO  J.  Capital.  S2.iO,000.  The  first  ilficers 
were  as  follows :  G.  H.  Mumford,  president ;  J.  W.  Russell,  cashier.  The  present 
officers  are — S.  L.  Brewster,  president;  George  C.  BucU,  vice-president;  H.  C. 
Brewster,  ca.shicr.  The  present  directors  are  S.  L.  Brewster,  H.  C.  Brewster, 
Henry  Brewster,  Geo.  C.  Buell,  M.  Lewis,  B.  D.  McAlpine,  Clinton  Kogeis,  3. 
K.  Roby,  H.  S.  Potter. 

CosiMF.RCiAL  Bank,  of  Rochester,  was  organized  June  1, 1875,  with  a  capital 
of  8200,000,  which  was  increased  to  S300,nOo  June  1, 1876.  The  officers  are — 
H.  F.  Atkinson,  president;    S.  B.  Raymond,  viee-pre.sident ;  IL  F.  Huntington, 

Atkinson,  Lewis  H.  Mor^-^iu,  Edmund  P.  Willis,  Theo.]oro  Bacon,  :M.  F.  Reynolds, 
H.  Austin  Brewster,  Charles  F.  Pond,  C.  G.  Starkweather,  L.  C.  Raymond, 
Henry  F.  Huntiugton,  The  followini:  are  the  stockholders,  viz. :  Hiram  Siblev. 
H.  F.  Atkinson,  Hon.  Henry  R.  Selden,  M.  F.  Reynolds,  George  F.  Danforti,, 
Lewis  Brooks,  William  F.  Ciigswell,  H.  Austin  Brewster,  Edmund  P.  Willis, 
Isaac  WUlis,  Hon.  Lewis  H.  Morgan,  William  R.  Hallowell,  C.  G.  Starkweather, 
Charles  F.  Pond,  George  P.  Wolcott,  Edward  P.  Fuller,  Abrom  S.  -Maun.  Theo- 
dore Bacon,  Mclaiicton  Lewis,  Harrison  A.  Lyon,  General  I.  F.  Qnimby,  S.  B. 
Kajmond,  H.  F.  Huntington,  Alvah  Strong,  Hon.  E.  Darwin  Smith,  and  IVonuan 
H.  Galasha. 

T.  B.  i  W.  CoKNiso  Bankino-Holse.— This  institution  was  founded  Jlay 

2,  1870,  by  two  briiibers,  T.  B.  and  \V.  Corning,  and  conducted  by  them  until 
the  death  of  .Mr.  T.  B.  Corning,  which  occurred  January  13,  lS7-t.  The  busin-ss 
is  still  conducted  under  the  original  firm  name ;  Gordon,  son  of  T.  B.  Corning, 
acting  as  agent  at  Saginaw,  Michigan ;  William  Corning,  Jr.,  cashier  and  teller. 

Ba.nk  of  Rochester- — This  bank  was  organized  at  No.  -U  State  street, 
February  1,  1S7J.  and  commenced  bu.sine,s.s  with  a  capital  of  SlOU.Ouu,  which 
was  ipcrcascd,  August  1,  lS7o,  to  6200,1100  dollars.  Its  first  officers  were — 
Charles  U.  Chapin,  president ;  J.  Morcau  Smith,  vice-president ;  George  M. 
Sweet,  cashier.  Its  dirceti.rs  are  William  Kidd,  Charles  J.  Hayden,  J.  Moreau 
Smith,  Dc  L.  Crittenden,  Charles  H.  Chapin.  Charles  C.  Morec,  Charles  F.  Smith, 
H.  F.  Atkinson,  George  H.  Thompson,  U.  C.  Roberts,  George  M.  Sweet. 

CiTT  Bask  of  Roche.'stkk — This  banking  house  is  successor  to  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Rochester,  which  was  organized  in  18C+.  succei-ding  the  old 
Kochestcr  City  Bank,  which  was  one  of  the  leading  banks  in  the  State  ;  incorpo- 
latcd  in  lSo6.  Jaonb  G.mld  wys  first  president.  This  institution  hx=  a  capital 
of  $200,000.  Thomas  Lcightoi.,  president;  Charles  E.  L'pti.n,  cashier.  The 
present  board  of  directors  is  as  follows.;  Thomas  Leighton.  Ezra  .M.  ParsiKis.  J.  B. 
Perkins,  J.  E.  Pieri«nt.  JI.  R.  Leighton,  William  Churchill,  W.  J.  Ashley,  W.  S. 
Sherman.  C.  E.  Upt.m. 

Ebick«on,  Jensixo.i  k  Mu.MFORn — This  banking  institution  succeeded  the 
old  Union  Bank,  which  was  one  of  the  leading  banking-houses  in  the  city.  The 
proprietors  are  Aaron  Ericks.™,  licorge  E.  Jcnuinvrs,  and  George  E.  Mumford. 

The  Bank  of  Mo.vroe  was  incor[i.T.ited  in  1»29.  Hon.  Jarvis  Lord, 
present  SUile  senator,  is  president,  and  Willi.im  R.  Seward  cashier. 

F.  J.  A.MSDES's  Hankixo-Ofuce,  Powers'  block,  was  establishi-d  in  1870. 
In  connection  with  the  bank  Mr.  Amsden  also  conducts  a  railroad  and  steamship 
ticket-office. 

Stettueimer,  Tone  i  Co.'s  bankinghinise  svas  orgdnized  in  ISOS,  and  is  in 
Bucccssful  operation. 

TUE  Safe  DEr(,~tT  Comtanv  ..f  R,,eh.-t.-r.  1,.,-at.d  in  the  Monroe  County 
Savings  Bank  ImiMing, '.U  State  -ire.-t.  »^i>  iue"rp..n!te,i  by  act  .>f  !■  ■.;islnture 
March  :J0,   ISO-I.      It  has  a  capital  ..f  .?l(Mluijil ;  a.hlitioual   li.,l.i!itv  .,f  st.K.k- 


holders,  S10ii,fUO.  The  board  of  directors  is  as  follows :  William  X.  Sage.  Wi|. 
Ham  Churchill.  S  L.  Brewster.  George  G.  Clark-on.  C.  E.  Upton.  C.  J.  Hajdt.,, 
L.uis  Chapin.  A.  Me  Vein  William  J.  .\jhley,  Ezra  .M.  Parsons,  H.  D.  .Sran- 
tom.  B.  M.  Baker.  J.  E:  I'm  rpont.  (Jeorge  Eilwanger,  .loseph  Curtis,  J.  Moreau 
Smith,  Charles  P.  Boswell.  William  .V.  Sage.  President.  J.  E.  Pierpont ;  Vice- 
President,  William  J.  A-hley. 

POWERS'   COMMERCIAL  FIRE  PROOF   BUILDINGS. 

This  immense  structure  has  a  frotitage  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-sli  feel  on 
State  street,  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  feet  on  Bufialo  street,  and  one  hunJ.'eJ 
and  fifty  feet  on  Pindetl  alley.  The  main  or  &jrner  building  is  faced  with  Oli.i 
freestone,  elaborately  carved,  the  blocks  being  alternately  vermieulatc<l  and  col  in 
panel.  It  is  seven  stories  in  height,  ejclusive  of  the  basement,  which  is  of  New 
Hampshire  granite.  The  French  mof  is  twenty-five  feet  high,  built  wholly  of 
iron  and  slate.  Back  of  the  Mansard  roof,  which  makes  one  immense  hail,  one 
other  story  is  gained,  or,  rather,  the  story  is  divided  into  two,  and  the  roof  is 
ra'ised  eight  feet  above  the  Mansard.  The  great  wings  of  this  building  present 
uniform  fronts  of  plate-ghiss  and  east-iron,  the  brick  which  enters  so  largeJy  into 
the  construction  being  vbible  only  in  the  tower  and  in  the  rear  on  the  alley.  It 
is  quadrangular  in  form,  and  is  the  only  perfectly  tubular  block  in  the  United 
States.  It  is  lighted  on  all  sides,  and  has  an  open  area  in  the  centre,  whicb  fiir. 
nishes  an  abundance  of  light  for  the  halls  and  rooms  above  the  ground-floor. 

The  ground-floor  contains  one  bank  and  fifteen  stores,  which  vary  from  fifteen  to 
thirty  feet  in  width,  and  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length,  aU  beini 
fourteen  ft-et  and  six  inches  in  height.  The  upper  stories  contain  two  himdredand 
twenty  rooms,  used  for  almost  every  conceivable  kind  of  business  and  occupation. 
The  halls  are  very  spacious,  the  floors  of  which  are  covered  with  square  nuHde 
tt1p<i  anH  furnished  with  marble  surbase.  while  each  hall  is  lighted  with  cicht 
pendants.  There  are  four  entrances,  the  stairs  being  entirely  of  Italian  nurbie. 
There  are  three  staircases  leading  from  the  second  to  the  upper  stories,  two  of  ■ 
which  are  wholly  of  iron,  with  silver-bronze  railings  and  balustrades,  having  a 
landing  or  platform  in  the  eentre  of  each  story.  The  grand  or  principal  staiiva.^ 
contains  fifty  tons  of  iron,  and  cost  twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  floors  of  the 
entire  bloek  are  built  of  roiled  iron,  with  brick  arches,  while  the  partitions 
throughout  are  of  brick,  and  the  window-frames  and  casings  coristructed  princi- 
pally of  iron,  thereby  rendering  it  fire-proof.  The  building  stands  on  a  foopda- 
tion  of  solid  rock. 

The  stores  and  offices  are  heated  by  steam  from  eleven  boilers  in  the  basesflent. 
A  steam-pump,  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  of  enormous  capacity,  supplies  (he 
upj>er  stories  with  water,  and  to  run  one  of  the  hi*_'h-pressure  boilers  in  the  win- 
ter, while  the  other  lies  by  as  a  reserve.  Every  room  in  the  building  is  furnished 
with  a  marble  woshstand,  and  the  closet  conveniences  are  numerous  and  perfect. 

The  glass  in  both  fjeades  is  the  best  English  polished  plate,  and  cost  about 
thirty  thousimd  dollars.  The  French  roof  alone  cost  more  than  seventy  thousand 
dollars,  and  the  dormer-windows  in  it  one  thousand  dollars  each,  while  sii  thocratid 
five  hundred  dollars  were  paid  for  the  sidewalk,  on  which  stand  five  elegant  can- 
delabra costing  two  hundred  dollars  each. 

This  building  contains  sixty-five  thousand  sijnare  feet  of  Italian  and  Vermont 
marble,  eiuht  million  pounds — or  four  thousand  totis — of  iron,  eight  million  brii-k-. 
and  over  eighty  thousand  yards  of  plastering,  while  twelve  thousand  wagojv+.sitis 
of  sand  were  drawn  to  make  the  mortar.  The  floors  arc  all  estimated  as  t-j 
strength,  and  will  carry  a  3:ife  load  of  two  hundred  pounds  to  the  square  fool  aside 
from  the  weight  of  their  own  material.  Allowing  two  superficial  feet  to  each 
person,  every  fliKjr  would  contain  over  twelve  thousand  people ;  and  the  CTitire 
building,  without  either  the  basement  or  the  large  hall  in  the  French  roof,  would 
hold  more  than  eighty  thousand  people ;  in  other  words,  the  whole  population  of 
the  city  of  Rochester — men,  women,  and  children — could  be  c'»mfortaliIy  assem- 
bled on  the  ten  acres  of  flooring  at  one  time.  The  number  of  tenants  is  a(»'ut 
one  thoiLsand.  reprtscnting  nearly  every  branch  of  business.  The  Powers  W'-ck 
has  centralized  bitsiness,  and  here  may  be  found  merchants,  lawyers,  bankers, 
phy.sicians,  corj)orations,  painters,  clergymen,  etc.  .Surmounting  this  gnod 
edifice  is  an  irregular  quadrilateral  tower  rising  sixty  feet  above  the  roof,  and  is 
thirty  feet  long  by  twenty-four  wide.  Iron  staircases  with  half-landings  lead  up 
through  the  hrst  three  stnn.-s,  each  of  which  contains  a  large  room.  Dooo  i;r*" 
from  the  room  on  the  tliurth  floor  to  the  first  balcony  that  runs  around  the  b.wer. 
The  ea.st  and  w,-st  walls  of  the  tower  run  up  straight  from  the  solid  rock,  ao-!  ili'- 
iroii  glrdrrs  upon  which  the  floors  rest  bind  them  so  firmly  that  the  ^trmtnn'  i-s 
as  immovable  agiin-t  the  -t.irniLest  visitations  as  the  g.-utle>t  zephyrs  llui  ol.iy 
ar..uri.l  its  suiomit.       A  -liiral  stairc:!.-.'  h.ids  to  the  skv-floor.  wLi.h  i-  paved  nilil 


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HISTORY  OF   :\IONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


which  arista  a  flag-staff,  surmountL-d  by  i  ina.-aive  cUJeil  eagle  at  an  altitude  of 
Bixc^^hrec  feet  niore.  In  the  tower  is  a  S''™'''"U'iit  8l,i.-ri:il-ortice,  ostaljiishud 
Xoveoiber  1,  18T0.  since  whi.h  tin-.e  reports  h:\ve  been  sent  to  General  Albert  J. 
Myers  every  eight  hours,  and  weather  maps  hiive  been  issued  daily.  Within  the 
past  three  years  this  tower  has  been  visited  by  nearly  two  hundred  thousand 


ed  fur  thi3 
uttered  ominous  forebodin','3  as  to  the  final 
irenitor  heeded  not  the  lugubrious  sounds,  I 
Future,  and,  realizing  the  benefits  ofsuell  a 


ture,  many  shook  their  h,;uls  an.1 
ultof  thus  nnj.-rt.iking,  but  its  pro- 
looked  beyoi;d  the  Present  into  th* 
ilding,  rapidly  pushed  it  u.>  comple- 


tion ;  and  there  it  stands, — and  will  remain  when  its  public.-pirited  owner  has  parsed 
off  the  suige  of  action, — a  fitting  monument  of  the  enterprise,  capacity  for  gigantic 


The  elevators  form  an  inl 
The  shall  of  the  vertical 
railway  is  a  brick  tower 
rising  from  the  bed-rock 
10  the  cupola  on  the  roof. 
The  cars  are  the  finest  in 
the  I'nited  States,  and 
probably  in  the  world. 
Each  are  seven  and  one- 
half  by  eight  feet  on  the 
floor,  and  eleven  feet  high, 
domed  with  «it-glaas  sky- 
lights and  -...ntilaicr.,, 
richly  carpeted,  supplied 
with  gas  by  a  flexible  tube 
wlich  they  carry;  are  fiir- 
oiahed  with  sofas  on  throe 
sides,  and  two  brge  mir- 
rors fiicing  each  other,  in 
which  the  repeated  reflec. 
tion  of  the  gas-light  pro- 
duces the  appearance  of  a 
long  train  of  palace  cars. 
The  sides  and  the  dome  are 
furnished  throughout  with 
panels,  pilasters,  brackets, 
cornices,  mouldings,  and 
earrings,  —  all  of  highly 
polished  American  woods, 
whose  variegation  embraces 
all  the  colors  necessary  to 
secure  an  admirable  efl'ect. 
The  Ttrtica!  railways  cost 
fortj  thousand  dollars,  and 
their  usefulness  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  between 
five  thousand  and  sil  thou- 
sand ridej  are  taken  daily 
by  tenants  and  visitors. 

We  have  attempted  in 
this  article  a  description 
of  th*  building  only,  not 
of  the  various  kinds  of 
business  carried  on  within 
its  walk  One  feature,  how- 
ever, dcierves  a  parsing  no- 
tice, vit,  the  art  gallery; 
and  to  Mr.  Powers  the  peo- 
ple of  Rochester  owe  a  debt  _ 
of  gratitude  for  placing 
within  their  reach  this  un- 
usually fine  collection  of 
paintings.  The  collection 
enibraces  four  hundred  oil- 
paintings,  many  of  which 
are  originals  from  the  old 
ma'ters,  secured  in  the  art 
centres  of  the  old  world  by 
.Mr.  Powers  himself,  who  is 
a  connoisseur  in  art  mat- 
ters. In  this  collection  thci 
ings  by  American  artists,  an 

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many  large  eslabli^hmcnts 
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Among  the  other  fine 
business  blocks  may  be 
mentioned  the  Rochester 
Savings  Bank  building, 
which  is  a  four-story  brown- 
stone  edifice,  and  when 
completed  will  be  one  of 
the  finest  business  struc- 
the  State.  It  is 
to  be  furnished  with  an 
elegant  elevator  and  all  the 
modern  appliances  fur  busi- 
ness and  comfort.  The 
large  tower  contains  a  fine 
illuminated  clock. 

The  Masonic  Hall  block 
was  erected  many  years 
ago,  and  is  among  the 
largest  in  the  city.  The 
"  Arcade"    building    is   a 

tends  through  from  Main 
street  to  Exchange  place, 
and  is  a  perfect  bce-liive 
of  industry.  The  city 
post-office  is  located  on 
the  lower  floor.  The  build- 
ing was  erected  by  Mr. 
Reynolds. 

One  of  the  finest  busi- 
blocks  in  the  city  is 
owned  by  Chas.  Salmon, 
corner  Andrews  and  North 
Clinton  streets.  It  is  a 
brick  structure,  and  a 
model  of  elegance  and  con- 
venience. 

The  new  block  on  .State 
street,  now  in  process  of 
erection  by  the  West  es- 
tate, is  also  a  fine  edifice. 

Other  prominent  blocks 
are  Smith's  Arcade,  Ell- 
wangcr  &  Barry's.  Smith, 
Perkins  i  Co.,  Kilwood 
block,  Gould  block,  Monroe 
County  Savings  Bank  buil- 
ding, Osbom  House  block. 
Young  Men's  Catholic  As- 
sociation buildings,  UdJ- 
Fcllows'  block.  Lane  ,t 
Paine,  and  the  Smith 
block. 

CITY   HALL. 

This  structure  is  located 
on  Fitzhugh  street,  imme- 
id  is  one  of  the  finest  municipal  buildin'.'s 
t.  including  the  basinicnt,  built  of  Lock- 
lain,  svillc  and  Medina  stone.  The  main 
isiaw  of  a  hand.soinc  porch  constructed  of 

attractive.      The  building   is  heated  by 


HISTOIIY   OF   ilONEOE  COU^•TY,  NEW   YOKK. 


suam  from  boilera  furnished  by  Woodbury,  Booth  i  Co  .  and  counccecj  with  the 
American  si'lf-roguiiitiu;;  low-pressure  hcaiins  n(ipar.uua  put  up  by  Sherloefc  & 
Sloan.  Gold's  patent  ndiators  extend  from  this  app;iratus  to  all  portions  of  the 
buildings  eici-pt  the  poliee  quattcrs  in  thu  basement,  which  arc  heated  by  coal 
radiators. 

Ob  the  first  floor  are  located  the  mayor's  oEei',  the  city  trrusurer,  poliee  court- 
room, private  office  of  the  cliicf  of  police,  Irca.surfT.  and  city  messenger.  The 
second  floor  contains  the  ofliccs  of  the  city  deck,  surveyor,  and  ass.»sor3.  In  the 
third  story  b  located  the  common  council  chamber,  winch  I*  considered  the  finest  in 
the  State.  It  is  sixty  by  eighty  feet,  brge  and  commodious,  and  is  furnished  with 
everything  ptissible,  iu  the  way  of  couveniences,  tor  the  puqiose  intended.  Four 
bronze  pillars  support  the  roof,  and  the  liglit  is  furni>hed  by  several  elegant  chan- 
deliers. The  chamber  is  adorned  with  oil-portraits  of  the  various  mayors;  those 
of  Jonathan  Child,  the  first  m:.yor,  and  Joiin  Allen,  mayor  in  1S4+,  are  full 
length.  On  thi:?  floor,  a!*o.  are  the  otfices  of  the  polite  ccmmissioners  and  com- 
missioners of  public  worlds. 

Co  the  fojitl.  fl^.ur  i.-i  the  city  hall  proper,  ivhich  is  one  hundred  and  ten  by 
eighty  feet,  and,  according  to  the  number  of  y(uare  feet  contained,  is  the  fourth 
in  size  in  the  United  States.  The  sides  are  rais.d,  after  the  style  of  an  amphi- 
theatre, and  the  entire  hall  has  a  seating  capacity  of  about  three  thousand 
Another  flight  of  stairs  reaches  to  the  fire  alarm  department,  and  still  another  to 
the  roof,  which  is  entirely  of  iron.  Oue  more  staircase  h^ad.-^  to  the  tower,  where 
is  suspended  the  immense  bell,  and  another  to  an  elevation  higher  than  that  of 
the  top  of  the  tower  on  Powers'  block.  The  stairs  in  the  lower  stories  are  en- 
tirely of  iron,  surmounted  by  a  hand-rail  of  black  walnut.  They  arc  ./o'lshcd  in 
gilt  and  bronze,  and  present  a  very  tine  appearance.  About  the  lower  hall  and  all 
the  stairways  is  a  wainscoting,  three  feet  high,  of  Venuoot  marble,  with  base  and 
rail  of  Italian  marble.  This  fine  edifice  was  erected  at  a  edst  of  S335.634.39. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  men  who  wero  interested  m  its  ( 
^nd  contractors ; 


Commi'-.sioners,  Chas.  J.  Huydcn.  president,  Jacob  Howe.  Daniel  W.  Powers. 
Lysander  Farrar,  George  C.  Bucll,  Lyman  M.  Newton,  clerk. 

Architect,  A.  J.  Warner,  Kochcstcr. 

Contractors,  mason-work,  William  U.  Gorsline.  Rochester ;  carpcntcr-work. 
George  W.  Albridge.  Kochester;  gas  and  steam.  Sherlock  4.  Sloan.  Rochester; 
boilers,  Woodbury,  Booth  \-  Co.,  Ru,.hcster;  plumbing.  Chas.  S.  Siddons,  Roches- 
ter; cut  stone,  Peter  I'itkin,  UoLlicster;  marble,  Hcniy  S.  Ilcbard,  Rochester; 
iroo-work,  JI.  Briggs  &.  Son,  ICochestcr ;  galvanizc-d  iron,  John  Sidduns,  Roches- 
ter; Medina  and  Lockport  stone,  Brady  i  Co..  Roche-ter;  artificial  vases,  A. 
Churchill,  Rochester;  locks,  Wray  i  Co.,  Rochester;  iron  roof.  Agricultural 
Works,  New  York. 

THE   ROCHESTER   GERMAN   INSURANCE   COMPANY 

is  the  first  and  the  only  local  organization  of  the  kind  organized  in  this  citv. 
That  it  ever  sprang  into  bcin'_'  is  owing  to  the  energetic,  liberal  action  of  a 
nambqr  of  public-spirited  German  re-'^idcnt-s  of  the  city,  who  associated  themselves 
together  and  gave  substance  and  sluviio  to  the  idea.  The  company  was  organized 
under  the  insurance  incor|ioration  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  in  1S7-.  with  a 
paid-up  capital  of  one  hundred  tliim.<and  dollars,  with  Louis  Bauer  as  prcsi.lcnt, 
Joha  Lutes,  vice-president,  and  RudoI['h  Vay,  pceretary.  The  only  changes  that 
have  taken  place  in  the  organization  since  then  was  the  election  of  Louis-  Ernst 
to  the  presidency,  who  was  sucecoJcd  by  Frederick  Cook  in  1S7J,  and  the 
increase  of  paid-up  cajiital  stock  of  the  company  to  two  hundred  thousand  dollars 
in  1871.  While  the  cash  capital  of  the  company  now  remains  at  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  its  xssets  au!,  in  round  nuiubet^s,  three  hundred  and  tiftv 
thousand  dollars. 

Since  the  company  was  ortr-inizcd  it  has  paid  two  hundred  and  si.vtv  thousand 
and  ninety-nine  dollars  in  los.-cs  to  its  policy-holder^ — a  sum  in  excess  of  its 
capital;  but,  notwithstanding  the  payment  of  this  l:iigc  amount,  it  has  never  made 
any  special  assessment  upon  stock  to  meet  losses.  Tlicse  looses,  while  a'.'gretrr.ting 
a  large  sum,  have  been  made  up  by  sniail  in.iividiial  l.-ses.  The  company  has 
also  paid  dividends,  amounting  to  .seventy  two  thousand  dollars,  to  iL-  stock- 
holders. 

The  following  are  the  directors  of  the  company :  J.  J.  Bausoh.  Henry  Brinkcr, 
Frederick  Cook,  John  Dufiur.  Louis  Ernst,  William  Gr.icbo,  Fre.liiek  Gociz- 
m.inn,  JIatthias  Kondolph,  .lohn  Lutes.  George  C.  M.-mrer,  Frederick  .Miller, 
Michael  Neuhardt,  John  Gr..h.  Cliaries  Rau,  Joseph  Sclmtte.  John  0.  Wagner, 
Caspar  Wchle,  John  Wcis,  Louis  Wehn,  and  ('hri=iinn  Yaky. 

The  busines-s  of  the  conipaiiy  is  widc-rcicliin-.;  It  has  secured  not  only  the 
stamp  of  home  approval,  but  it  has  soii',*lil  and  obtained  a  lucrative  business  in 
other  8cetiou.s,  and  the  company  is  now  doing  business  in  seventeen  States. 


COMMERCIAL  AND  MERCANTILE   INTERE.STS  OF  ROCHESTElt 

The  h'lstory  of  these  interests  alone  would  fill  a  large  volume,  were  they  wrilten 
in  detail ;  piobabl'y  it  is  not  essentially  dilferent  from  that  of  any  otiier  city  whos-i 
growth  and  dovt-lopment  has  occupied  less  than  the  allottetl  time  of  man.  Per- 
haps few.  even  in  this  country  of  startliii-.:  changes,  have  experienced  an  crjualiy 
rapid  growth,  as  full  success.  Yet,  individually  or  separately,  they  are  in  nlo^l 
cases  preceded  by  the  same  persistent  and  tiiithful  attention  to  business  which 
usually  mark  the  change  from  the  -small  store,  few  attendants,  and  llmitM  stock  to 
large  and  commodious  rooms,  or  blocks,  filled  fioin  bas.nicnt  to  M  iiisard,  and 
numbering  clerks  and  assistants  by  scores  or  hundreds.  We  might  chronicle  the 
past  of  some  of  the  leading  cstabrushmcnts  in  the  different  branches  of  trade,  .such 
as  Sibley,  Lindsay  i  Curr,  Burke.  Fitz  Simons,  Hone  k  Co..  A.  S.  -Mann  <t  Co., 
of  the  dry  goods  trade ;  or  Sunderlin  ,t  Mc-\llLstcr,  jewelers ;  Steel  i  -^very, 
Scrantom  &,  \\'etmorc.  and  Eraaius  Darmw.  book  dealers;  George  L.  Striitton  A 
Co.,  Hawly,  Myers  i  Co.,  Ailing  &  Cory,  wholesale  dealers  in  paper  and  printer^' 
supplies;  George  H.  Gould  A;  Son.  boot  and  shoe  dealers ;  Smith.  Perkins  i;  Co., 
George  C.  Bucll  i  Co..  wholcside  grocers  ;  and  so  on  through  the  different 
branches,  such  as  hardware,  crockery,  carpet,  and  drug  stores,  clotli  and  i-lothing  ■ 
houses, ready-made  and  maimf.icturcd  (a  trade  which  has  a.ssumed  a  large  import- 
ance, and  in  which  Rochester  takes  first  rank'l.  coal,  lumber,  commission  houses, 
etc.,  etc.,  all  would  demand  a  portion  of  our  attention.  Where  there  arc  so  many 
it  would  be  hard  to  stop,  to  draw  a  dividing  line.  We  have  marked  its  l)egln- 
ning  in  our  pioneer  history  ;  now,  it  has  grown  beyond  our  grasp.  To  generalize 
would  only  add  a  list  of  names;  suffice  it  to  say  that,  situated  in  the  mid.st  of  a 
refined  and  educated  people,  thickly-settled  and  prosperous  country,  with  natural 
advantages  possessed  by  no  other  adjacent  village,  other  results  could  not  well  have 
been  realized.  A  growing  and  increa-ing  demand  has  been  met  by  a  lai-ger 
supply,  until,  like  a  \vhirlp<M>l  which  draws  everj'thine  to  its  centre.  Rochester 
has  drawn  the  trade  for  miles  around,  and  not  only  the  mcrch.ants  from  the 
villages  come  here  for  supplies,  but  even  the  villagei-s  in  the  adjoining  counties, 
when  they  have  large  puich.rses  to  make,  while  many  establithmeuts  send  out 
their  agents  and  runners,  who  visit  nearly  if  not  every  State  in  the  Union.  Even 
amid  the  general  stagnation  prevalent  throughout  the  nation  to-day,  the  comnuT- 
cial  business  of  Rochester  can  boast  of  being  as  little  aff"ectcd  as  any  other  in  the 
land. 

MASONIC. 
Vallev  Lodge.  No.  100.  F.  and  A.  M.— This  lodge  was  chartered  June  S, 
184G,  and  the  f  .Mowing  arc  n.ames  of  the  first  officials : 

Chas.  G.  Cummings,  W.  M. ;  .>amuel  Richardson,  S.  AV. ;  C.  0.  Lathrop.  J. 
W.;  H.  A.  Brew,ter,''Tr. ;  William  F.  Holmes.  Scc'y;  Sylvester  II.  Packard,  S. 
D. ;  Thos.  Barhydt,  J.  D. ;  Abram  L.  Jones.  Tyler.  Of  this  number  only  one 
survived  in  1875.  and  he,  Samuel  Richardson,  was  at  that  time  in  a  feeble  condi- 
tion.    The  lodge  is  prosperous,  and  the  officers  for  1S70  are  as  f  .Hows: 

HenryJ.  Dur.-in,W.  M.;  Wm.  B.  M.ither,  S.  W. ;  Wm.  Slark.s.  J.  W. ;  E.  T. 
aatley.Treas. ;  C.  C.  Glfford.Sce  y ;  John  H.  Bird.  S.l). ;  Frank  H.  Vick.  J.  D. ;  Jas. 
C.  -McKcnzie,  S.  M.  C. ;  Albert  M.ick.  J.  M.  C;  Thos.  E.  Bartlet,  Tyler;  J.jhn 
n.  Kalbfleisch,  Organist;  Wm.  Darling,  .Marshal;  Victor  Rundbaken.  Chaplain. 
Dam.vscl's  Temple,  No.  -,  Niuiles  ok  the  .Mvsiic  Siiiiisi-:,  was  organized 
in  December.  1S75,  with  the  f..ll..wing  ..flicers: 

Wm.  Shclp.  G.  P.;  Geo.  II.u  bict,  C.  R. ;  D.  T.  Hunt.  A.  R. ;  Daniel  Gatm.s. 
Treas-;  William  D.ivis,  S. ;  Wm,  H.  Whitin-.  P.;  Geo.  T.  Lcdcr.  0.  G. ;  ('has. 
A.  Bi-adv,  C.  G.;  Samuel  R.  Cantee.  Ist  C.  -M.;  A.  T.  Yandenbursh, '.id  C.  .M., 
E.  J.  Su'gner,  G.  M. ;  Hiram  II.  Hewitt,  ().  G. 

Cybene  Co.mjia-NDKUy.  N(.  ?,4.  K.  T. — This  ommandery  was  organized  in 
January,  ISli7.  with  the  f.Hov.  in..;  offieors  : 

John  McOmvill,  E.  C. ;  Waiianr  H.  Cumin..:s,  (^. :  William  Carson,  C.  G- , 
Abram  Karnes.  Tieas.  ;  and  Ci.as.  .M.  St.  J,)hn.  R. 

The  officct^i  for  137i;  arc  as  l'„ll.,ws:  Andrew  J.  Hatch,  K.  C. ;  J.  Clinton 
Hall,  G. ;  SylvesUT  P.  Robbin.s,  C.  G. ,  Frank  E.  Witherspoon,  Tn-.TS. ;  an. I 
Chas.  M.  St.  Juhii,  R. 

Yo.NNOsDiri  Lodge,  103,  or  F.  and  .\.  M.,  received  its  .harter  on  the  ■sth 
of  Juno,  l.-J.->0.      Its  first  offic.-rs  were— 

Nicholas  E.  Payne.  W.  il. ;  William  E.  Lathrop,  S.  W. ;  William  F.  H..Imi,  s. 
J.  W.;  .\br.iham  Karnes,  Trcas. ;  Gcrie  11.  Harris.  Sce'y ;  Charles  E.  Cum- 
mings, S.  D.  ;   Lancing  B.  SwaiK  J.  D.  ;  Abraham  L.  Jones,  T. 
Its  present  olhccrs  are  as  fillows  : 

Thomxs  L.  Turner.  W.  .M.  ;  R..bert  Salter,  J.  W.  ;  no  Senioi'  Warden  ;  Simon 
V.  .McD.jwcll.  Trcas. ;  Jam.s  T.  Southard,  Scc'y;  W.  S.  Bradt.  S.  D. ;  A.  R 
Bennett,  J.  D. 

GtNKsF.r.  Fai,l.s  LoDiiK,  No.  0M7.  F.  AND  A.  M..  was  organized  October  IG. 
ISeO,  and  chartered  in  June,  I.mU,  with   the  following  charter  members;  Wm. 


HISTORY   OF   JIONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


K  Untlirop,  Jol.n  K.  Whitb,-.  k.  Cl.ns.  V;iill,  Woi.  11.  Buras,  Uir:.m  D.  V..ibur5, 
Fred  De  Lano.  Abr..ha.a  B.  Knpriljo.  J.ilm  T.  Foi.  Oliver  Culver.  Of  thuse, 
four  are  deceased,  viz.,  M.'ssrs.  Vaill,  Burlb.  llapulje.  and  Culver. 

The  present  officers  are— W.  H.  Bo>wcrtb,  W.  .M. ;  S.  C.  Pierce,  S.  W. ;  V. 
M.  Colvln,  J.  W. ;  II.  3.  Ila.iford,  Treas. ;  William  Shclp,  Sec'v  ;  Jonas  Jones, 
Trustee  (three  yoarsi ;  J.  A.  Post,  J.  D. ;  John  Phillips,  J.  D. ,  Uev.  John  Par- 
ker, Chaplain;  L.  H.  Grover,  S.  >I.  of  C. ;  J.  D.  Pcrlina,  J.  M.  of  C. ;  T.  E. 
Bartlct^  Tjicr;  J.  H   Kalbfleisch,  On,-anUt. 

RocHESTEB  Lodge,  No.  (jiiu.  F.  .^.nd  A.  M.,  was  orcinized  on  the  Ifith  day 
of  February,  1SG7.  The  following  were  the  firet  officers,  yiz. :  John  W.  McEI- 
hinncy,  JI. ;  William  Carson.  S.  \V. ;  E.ln-ard  51.  Smith,  J.  \V. ;  B.  Frank  Enos, 
Scc'y;  Harvey  P.  Laoirwortliy.  Treas. ;  Jacob  G.  JIaucr,  S.  D. ;  J.  Goo.  Baetiel, 
J.  D.;  Russ  Coats  and  lli.isius  K.  (Jould,  M.  C. ;  Charles  A.  Gardiner.  Orjanist; 
Maurice  Smith,  Tvler. 

The  lodp^e  is  in  pwJ  working  order,  and  is  oflicereil  as  follows;  Edwin  B.  Cha- 
pin,  M. ;  Daniel  D.  Benjamin,  S,  D. ;  st.phcu  Stone.  J.  W. ;  B.  Frank  Enos. 
Sec'y;  Jacob  G.  Mauer,  Treas.;  Frank  Taylor,  tj.  D.:  Philip  Green,  J.  D.;  Wm. 
E.  Witherspooc  and  A.  V.  M.  Spraguc,  :^i.  C. ;  Chas.  W.  Huntin.qton,  Orsinist; 
William  H.  Amos,  Tyler;  Piatt  T}.  Viele,  Chas.  W.  Huniingtoo,  and  Arthur 
Lutchford,  Finance  Committee. 

GERU.1NIA  Lodge,  No.  722,  was  organized  March  7, 1S72,  with  the  following 
charter  members :  George  Men,  George  Gerker,  John  Neun.  Henry  Aman, 
Vincin  Aman,  Charles  T  Wolser,  John  C.  Gauger,  CLirles  Gilbert,  Fred.  Zim- 
mer,  John  Di.<meyer,  J.  George  Baetzol.  August  Wetzel,  John  Lets,  August 
Koeth,  Francis  Boor,  Clias.  Weissinger,  Chas.  V'ogcl,  John  Reinschcnbach,  and 
Christian  Shaeffer. 

The  6rat  officers  were— George  Merz.  W.  M. ;  John  Nenn,  S.  W.,  August 
Wetzel,  J.  W. ;  August  Koeth,  Treas. ;  Christian  Shaeffer,  Sec. ;  George  Baetzel, 
S.  D.:  William  Ruoker,  J.  D. ;  Charles  Wcisomyer  and  Chis.  Vogcl,  M.  C, ; 
John  C.  Ganger,  Organist ;  Wm.  Amos,  Tyler. 

The  present  officers  of  the  loJj:e  are — George  Baetzel.  W.  JI. ;  John  Neun, 
S.  W.;  J.  Stoppelbcin,  J.  W.:  L.  Westerman,  Sec.;  Casper  Wehle,  Treas.; 
.C.  Zellweger,  S.  D.,  Robert  Stierle,  J.  1). ;  J.  Viehman  and  J.  Ililfrekcr,  M.  C. ; 
J.  C.  Ganger,  Organist;  August  Averill.  Tyler. 

Doric  Counxil,  No.  19,  Royal  and  Select  Jlasters,  held  its  first  meeting,  under 
dispensation,  at  .Masonic  Hall,  November  24,  ISCO. 

Its  6r3t  officers  were  as  follows :  W.  E.  Lathrop.  T.  J.  JI. :  Wm.  T.  Holmes. 
Dcp.  JI.;  W.  S.  Allini.  P.  C.  of  W. :  S.  C.  S;-cle,  See.;  W.  W.  Bruff,  Treas.; 
Chas.  VuUl,  C.  of  G. ;  A.  J.  Warner,  A.  of  G. ;  W.  H.  Burtiss,  Jlarshal ;  N. 
P.  Stone,  Steward. 

The  charter  was  granted  and  is  dated  June  4,  ISCl.  Its  present  officers  are — 
Thomas  Seed,  T.  J.  .M  ;  Owen  Williams.  Dep.  JI. ;  W.  H.  Davenport.  P.  C.  of 
W.;  John  Alexander,  Sec;  U.  S.  H.inford.  Treas.;  John  W  .  Jlcrrbm,  C.  of 
G. ;  W.  B.  JIathcr,  A.  of  C. ;  S.  C.  Pierce,  Steward  :  J.  D.  Walsh,  JIarshal. 

CHArxER,  No.  t)2.  was  chartered  in  1813.  with  the  following 
Levi  H.  Clark,  ^Vm.  Xcafits,  Chauneey  Deane,  Wm.  Cobb,  Wm.  John- 
son, Solomon  Close,  Davi.»  C.  West.  S.omnel  J.  Andrews,  Benjamin  Abel,  Chaun- 
eey Cobb,  Glover  Fenn. 

The  officers  for  1S7G  are  as  follow.^  :  JI.  E.  John  W.  Mnrriam,  H.  P. ;  E. 
Thomas  Seed,'K.;  E,  Frank  P.  Crouch,  S. ;  Daniel  T.  Hunt.  Tnas. ;  John 
A  exandcr,  Sec.;  Tliom,a.<  Gliddon,  C.  nf  II.;  Henry  J.  Dur^in.  P.  .S. ;  Samuel 
C.  Pierce,  R.  A.  C. ;  Thonics  L.  Turner.  JI.  3d  V. '.  V.  JI.  Colvin,  JI.  2d  V. ; 
John  K.  Hunt,  JI.  Ut  V.:  E.  A.  Bi,hop,  Chaplain;  John  H.  Kalbflcisch, 
Organist ;  John  Boyce,  Tyler.  ■ 

losic  Chapter,  No.  210.  It.  A.  JI  — The  fit^t  convocation  of  this  chapter 
was  held  July  10,  1SC7.  First  officer.-^.  Wm.  F.  Holmes,  U.  P. ;  Geo.  W.  Stcb- 
bins,  K. ;  A.  G.  Wheeler.  S. ;  J.  S.  Garlock,  C.  H. ;  A.  J.  Rose,  P.  S. ;  F.  J. 
Amsden,  R.  A.  C. ;  W.  H.  Jloore,  JI.  Ul  V.;  E.  Taylor,  JI.  2d  V.;  R.  Drans- 
l'.eld,  JI.  3d  V. ;   Ma.irice  Suidle,  Tyler. 

The  present  officers  are  as  follows  ;  E.  A.  Lo<lcr.  II.  P. :  L.  J.  Hatch,  K. ; 
Frank  Withcrspoon,  S  ;  F.  A.  Parker.  0.  II. ;  0.  H.  H.i-kin,  P.  S. :  W.  G. 
Johnston.  R.  A.  C. ;  Rev.  Thos.  Drumm.  C. ;  Hiram  Wood.  S. ;  C.  E.  Jlorris, 
T. ;  J.  Raquct,  JI.  1st  V. ,  J.  P.  Bryant,  JI.  2d  V. ;  John  C.  Smith,  Jl.-Jd  V. ; 
Wm.  H.  Amos,  T. ;  J.  A  Gardiner, 'o. 

CiiAiTFR  Rose  Cri>i.\  was  nrgnnizod  at  the  same  time  with  the  Rochester 
consistory,  and  the  original  nu  rnbcrs  were  those  nf  the  lodge  of  IVrfcctinn. 
The  fii-st  officers  were— John  F,  Wliitl.ck.  JI.  W.  and  P.  JI.;  G.  W.  Aldrid-e; 
P.  K.  S.  W. ;  Wm.  C.rsons.  P.  Iv.  -I.  W. ;  Chas.  W.  Watson.  P.  K.  G.  O. ; 
«aml.  C.  Steele,  P.  K.  G.  T. ;  W.  S.  Slicrnian.  P.  K.  G.  S.  Present  officere, 
II'V.  A«a  Sa.«,  JI.  W.  and  P.  JI.;  W.  W.  Whitney,  P.  K.  S.  W. ;  Cmrtland 
Avery,  P.  K.  J.  W. ;  Kniil  Kincliling,  P.  IC.  G.  O. ;  Sainl.  C.  Steele,  P.  K.  G.  T.; 
John  Alexander,  P.  K.  G.  .S. 


JIo.NROE  CuMMANDtKV.  No.  12,  K.  T.,  Was  organized  June  14,  ISJli.  Tho 
first  officers  were  as  follows:  Francis  H.  Cuming^,  G.  C- ;  JonallLin  Cliilds,  0.; 
Abelard  Reynolds,  C.  G.;  Jacob  (iould.  P.;  Edward  Doyle.  T. ;  Ileury  B. 
Wdliams,  S. ;  Simeon  P.  Alcott,  S.  W. ;  Ebcnczcr  Watts,  J.  W. ;  C.  J.  Com- 
ings, S.  B. ;  Joseph  Frazer.  S.  B.  ;  H.  Eldridge,  V.  G.  Present  officers,  viz. : 
W.  Lincoln  Sage,  E.  C. ;  D.  T.  Hunt,  G, ;  "j.  F.  Force,  C.  G. ;  Abelard 
Reynolds,  P. ;  JI.  X.  Van  Zandt,  T. ;  W,  J.  JIcKelvoy,  R. ;  J.  B.  Southworth, 
a.  W.;  C.  Avery,  J.  W. ;  W.  II.  Davenport,  S.  B. ;  F.  F.  Boorman,  S.  B. ;  Geo. 
J.  Renwick,  W. ;  William  Shelp,  S. ;  J.  H.  Kalbflciseh.  O. ;  John  V.  Whitley, 

F.  G, ;  A.  Boyd,  S.  G. ;  John  D.  Walah,  T.  G. 

Rochester  Grand  Lodge  of  Perfection,  Ancient  and  Accepted  Rite 
This  lodge  was  established  February  24,  ISOO,  by  dispensation  from  Orrin 
Welch,  Thirty-third  Deputy  for  State  of  -Vew  York.  George  W.  Stebbens  was 
the  first  T.  P'  G.  JI.;  JclTry  W.  Vary,  the  first  D.  G.  -JI.;  Dr.  J.  F.  Whitb«t, 
the  first  V.  S.  G.  W. ;  and  W.  B.  Crandall,  tho  first  V.  J.  G.  W.  The  warrant 
from  the  Supreme  Council  bears  date  of  Jlay  IC,  1SU7,  and  names  the  same  offi- 
cers as  in  the  dispensation. 

The  present  officers  are— W.  H.  Whiting,  T.  P.  G.  M. ;  P.  S.  Wilson,  D.  G.  M. ; 
Courtland  Averv-,  V.  S.  G.  W.;  William  Davis,  V.  J.  G.  W.;  S.  C.  Steele,  G. 
Treas. ;  John  Aleiander,  G.  Sec. 

Elsebius  Conclave,  No.  9,  Knights  op  the  Red  Cross  of  Constantine, 
was  instituted  February  19,  1S73.  with  William  Shelp  as  first  .M.  P.  S. ;  George  T. 
Loder,  V.;  Eli  Leavenworth,  Treas.;  and  Henry  JI.  Pbnt,  Rec. 

Rochester  Colscil  of  Princes  op  Jerusalem,  situated  in  the  valley  of 
the  Genesee,  was  instituted  on  the  eleventh  day  of  fifth  JIasouic  month,  called 
Jjar.  of  the  year  of  True  Light  5027,  and  of  the  Christian  en,  Jlay  16,  1SG7. 
The  first  officers  were,  G.  W.'Aldrldge,  M.  C.  S.  P.  G.  JI. ;  Joseph  H.  Pool,  G. 
H.  P.;  A.  J.  Warner,  G.  S.  W.;  W.  H.  Gorslinc,  G.  G.  W. ;  C.  B.  Ayrcs,  G. 
Sec.;  S.  C.  Steel,  G.  Treas.;  G.  W.  Stebbens,  G.  JI.  C;  W.  S.  Sherman,  G. 
M.  0. 

The  present  officers  of  the  council  are  as  follows :  Courtland  Avery,  JI.  C.  S. 
P.  G.  JI.;  W^illiam  H.  Whiting.  G.  H.  P.;  W.  G.  Raines,  G.  S.  w'.;  William 
Davis,  G.  J.  W.;  S.  C.  Steelc^G.  Treas.;  0,  WillLams,  G.  K.  S.;  T.  Gliddon, 

G.  O.;  JI.  H.  Smith,  G.  M.  C;  R.  W.  West,  G. -M.  C;  Eli  Leavenworth,  G.  H. ; 
William  Shelp,  G.  K.;  C.  A.  Gardner,  Organist;  Rev.  Asa  Saie,  D.D.,  Chaplain; 
H.  H.  Hewitt,  T. 

Excelsior  Concl-vve.  No.  1.  of  the  KNicfixs  op  Rome  and  op  the  Red 
Cross  of  Con.<tantine,  was  instituted  on  tho  ISth  of  September,  .^.  L.  5371,  A.D. 
1S71,  with  the  fcllowing-named  officers:  OtU  Cole,  S.;  P.  S.  Wilson,  V.;  C.  E. 
Ailing,  Sec. ;  J.  Lutes,  Treas. ;  J.  L.  Sage,  S.  G. ;  G.  W.  Aldridgo,  J.  G. ;  William 
Carson,  H.  P. ;  Courtland  Avery,  P. ;  A.  Carver,  St.  B. ;  A.  J.  Warner,  H. ;  J  T. 

The  following  arc  the  present  oflaecrs  of  the  conclave,  viz. :  Courtland  Avery,  S. ; 
S.  C.  Steele,  V?;  P.  S.  Willson,  Sec. ;  A.  J.  Warner,  Treas. ;  C.  E.  Ailing,  S.  G. ; 
A.  Carver,  J.  G.;  H.  H.  Craigh.  H.  P.;  J.  Lutes,  P.;  J.  L.  Sage,  St.  B.;  G.  W. 
Aldridge,  H.;  J.  T.  Fos,  S.  " 

GeR-'^iani.v  Lodge  of  Perfeption  was  chartered  August  10,  1874,  with  the 
following  meuibers.  viz. :  Otis  Cole,  .John  Lutes,  t^inil  Kuichling,  Aug.  JI.  Koeth. 
Frio  Cook,  And.  Knltenbach,  Cl.:is.  Vogel,  Dan.  L.  Johnston,  Chas.  E.  Rider, 
Henry  B,  Baker,  AdolpU  Rada,  Fred.  Zimnier,  John  Dufner,  Ch.  F.  Wolters, 
John  Ilohcnstoin,  G.  F.  Jleig.  II.  Aman,  W.  Guggenheim,  Casper  Wehlc,  A. 
Stern,  A.  Schifi'ner,  Fred.  St.ade,  Francis  Boor,  Jlax  Leaison,  Joseph  Schatz,  John 
Straub.  ... 

The  present  officers  of  the  lodge  are— Aug.  JI.  Koeth,  T.  P.  G.  51. ;  Fred.  Cook, 
K.  U.  D.  G.  -M.;  G.  T.  Merz,  S.  G.  W.;  .Jolm  Dufucr,  S.  G.  W.;  J.  Ph.  Farber, 
G.  0.;  Francis  Boor,  G.  K.  S. ;  Caspar  Wehle,  G.  T.;  Louis  Westerman,  G.  S., 
Chas.  Vogel,  G.  C.  JI. ;  Christ.  Spies,  G.  C.  G.;  Caspar  Spahr,  G.  H.;  C.  Giuger, 
G.  O.;  H.  H.  Hewitt.  (i.T 

Rochester  Uiiand  Cuvsisrouv  was  organized  April  30, 1860,  and  was  chiir- 
tered  bv  Supreme  Council  JI:iy  lii.  Isii7.  Its  firstofficcrs  were — Gen.  William  E. 
Lathrop,  C.  C;  Dr.  J.  F.  Wliitb.ck,  1st  L.  C;  Geo.  W.  Stebbins,  2d  L.  C; 
W.  B.  Crandall.  G.  M.  S.;  Win.  (':.rson,  G.  C;  John  T.  Foi,  G.  Sec.  and  K.  S. ; 
Samuel  C.  Steele,  G.  Treas. ;  W.  W.  Jerome,  G.  A. ;  JIartin  Taylor,  G.  H. ;  L. 
J.  W.  Vary,  G.  .M.  C. ;  J.is.  II.  Gould,  G.  C.  G, ;  John  Lutes,  G.  S.  B. 

At  the  triennial  election  of  llinlK>ter  Grand  Consistory,  held  at  Consistory 
Hall  .Taniiarv  4,   KS7.'>,  the  following  olficcrs  were  elected  and  appointed,  viz.  : 


C.  C,  Oti 


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t  I,.  >:.,  John  L.  S:, 

-e,    2d  I,.  C,  11.  L.  . 

.'ouilland   Avorv:  ( 

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I.  1.;.  S.  B..  \^'ni.  G. 

..■^,  11.    11.   IKwitt 

i;.   p.,  Uev    A-,i  S: 

JI.  S.,  E. 
S  ,  C.  E. 


ner.  Guards,  W.  C.  llaJloy,  Lew 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


E.  K  Warren,  Jt.3.  Cuwlcs,  Tlio,.  C.  Ashton,  El.  U'lve.iwcrih,  Tasfer  V,\h!c, 
FraacU  Boor,  W'm.  U.  .Monis..n. 

■\Vf:sTEHN  New  York  Masonic  Relief  A^sociiXioN  wxi  incorporated  >ray 
25,  1S71,  under  the  lawa  of  this  State,  pursuniit  to  an  act  pa.-ised  April  12,  1S48. 
Tlie  articles  of  association  were  ^.i-ncd  by  William  F.  llulme--.'  Kmncw  H.  .Mar- 
shall, Willum  Carson,*  Lorenzo  D.  Patterson,  William  K.ajL'S,  John  W,  McEl- 
hinny,  Willi;im  Slielp,  Solomon  M.  Benjamin.  Jet^rey  Varv.*  Ed\r;ird  M.  .Smith 
(never  acted),  William  W.  Brutf,  Ebenezer  T.  Oatlcy,  and  I'orter  W.  Taylor,  and 
ictr.owIe.iged  May  12,  1S71.  bofjre  Simon  V.  .McDowell,  commissioner  of  deeds, 
and  approved  by  Hon.  E.  Darwin  Smith,  justice  of  the  supreme  court.  May  15, 
of  the  same  year.  The  association  was  "  formed  for  the  purpose  of  more  effectually 
aiding  and  assisting  worthy  brethren,  their  widows  and  orphans."  The  following 
were  the  first  officcre.  trustees,  and  members  ; 

Ojficen. — Wm.  F.  Holmes,  president ;  John  W.  McElhinny,  vice-president ; 
Solomon  M.  Benjamin,  treasurer;   William  .V.  Bruff  secreury. 

Trustees,  F.  H.  .^rareha]l,  William  Carson,  L.  D.  Patterson,  William  Koades, 
WiUiam  Shelp,  J.  W.  Vary,  Ed.  JI.  Smith  (never  acted),  E.  T.  Oatley,  and  P. 
W.  'J'aylor. 

Members,  Henry  Aman,  Leopold  Rice,  Joseph  Beir.  Isaac  M.  Slowan,  Solo- 
moo  Cobn,  Newman  S.  Phulps,  John  Neun.  Joseph  Nile,  James  T.  Southard, 
Jacob  G.  Maurer,  Alvah  M.  OatranJer,  and  Adam  St.illknight.  The  present  offi- 
cers are — William  Roades,  president ;  Jacob  G.  Maurer,  vice-president ;  S.  31.  Ben- 
jamin, treasurer;  and  C.  C.  Gifford,  secretary.  The  membership,  August  22, 
1876,  was  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  thirty-nine. 


INDEPENDENT   ORDER  OF   ODD- FELLOWS. 

Of  tbi«  order  there  are  siiteen  organizations  in  this  city,  all  of  which  are  in 
successful  operation. 

Genesee  Lcidge,  No.  3.— This  was  the  first  lodge  formed  in  the  city  of  Roches- 
ter, and  was  instituted  in  the  year  1S41,  as  No.  51.  ITie  lodges  in  New  York 
were  subsequently  re-districted,  when  this  received  No.  3.  Its  first  olficers 
were  as  follows :  William  H.  Perkins,  N.  G. ;  Hiram  A.  Tucker,  V.  G. ;  Alonzo 
K.  Arasden,  Sec.  ;  George  Peck.  Treas. ;  Francis  G.  Macey,  W. ;  Daniel  Ciurv, 
C;  Wm.  Penficid,  I.  G. ;  Wm.  B.irker,  0.  G. 

The  present  officers  of  the  lodge  are— James  Fender.  S.  P.  G. ;  .lames  Shelliug- 
ton,  N.  G. ;  James  G.  Clague,  V.  G.  ;  Wm.  Wliitelork,  R.  S. ,  Jann-s  S.ibev, 
Tieas.,  P.  G. ;  Chas.  Wells,  P.  S. ;  Wm.  J.  Parker,  W. ;  Jesse  E.  Dansey,  C. ; 
P.  G.  Wm.  Rodgers.  0.  G. ;  Marvin  C.  Bills,  I.  G. ;  R.  S.,  N.  G..  P.  G.  John 
Stokes,  L.  S.;  N.  G.  Wm.  Hightree;  R.  S.,  V.  G.  Henry  I.  B  rock  way  ;  L.  S. 
V.  G.,  John  Harman  ;  R.  S.  S.,  Sidney  Hall ;  L.  S..  John  C.  Jloore. 

Teoromo  Lodge,  No.  S,  was  instituted  on  the  Ibth  of  .^lay,  IS  12.  and  char- 
tered on  the  14th  of  May,  1842,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York,  as 
K(i.69.  When  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  was  divided  into  two  jurisdictions. — 
▼it.,  northern  and  southern  New  York,  in  1S.">0. — this  lodge  was  then  numbered 
10,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  northern  New  York;  and  when  the  two  Grand  Lodges 
merged  iuto  one,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York,  this  lodge  took  its  present  num- 
ber, 8. 

The  following  were  the  charter  members  of  this  lodge,  viz. :  Henry  A.  Tucker, 
Hestor  L.  Stevens,  Rnfus  Keclcr,  Isaac  F.  .Mack.Theo.lore  :"..  Hamilton,  Gw.  G. 
Clartsoo,  Bclden  R.  McAlpine,  Hiram  Banker,  Geo.  A.  viibbs,  Nehemiah  B. 
Northrop. 

The  following  were  the  first  officers  of  this  lodge,  viz. :  N.  G.,  Hestor  L.  Ste- 
vens; V.  G.,  Rufus  Keeler;  Sec,  Hiram  Banker";  Treis.,  N.  B.  Northrop;  W., 
H.  A.  Tucker,  C,  B.  R.  McAlpine. 

The  following  are  the  present  I  December,  1876)  offic-rs  of  this  lod'.:e,  viz.; 
Wm.  H.  Wilkin.  N.  G. ;  Robert  Baker,  V.  G. ;  Joseph  B.  \Vard.  Sec. ;  Janus 
M.  Leonard,  Trcas. ;  Frank  T.  Skinner.  P.  S. ;  Hezekiah  .vrnuit.  C. ;  Joseph  T. 
Coi,  W.;  Daniel  Wood  (P.  G.  M.\  R.  S.  N.  G.;  John  Creeln.an.  L.  S.  N.  G. ; 
Lorenzo  Spniguc,  R.  S.  V.  G. ;  Chas.  J.  Lewis,  L.  S.  V.  li. ;  John  Stcw;irt.  R. 


S.  S. ;  Ernst  Deuchlcr,  L.  S.  S 

,   Wm 

H.  Brown 

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R. 

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cfficjrs  were  as  follows:  Edward  M.  Sadtl 
Dolphus  S.  Borber,  Jeey ;  George  H.  Ha 
S. ;  Jonathan  H.  Child,  Representative  tc 
Representative;  William  H.  Coswonh,  C. 
sells,  R.  S.  N.  G. ;  Robert  .McFarlane,  L.  S 


,  N.  G  ;  Nelson  C.  Parehall,  V.  G.; 

ris,  Tre;is.  ;  Samuel  H.  Pocknmu.  1*. 
Grand  Lodge  ;  David  Allard,  Prosy 
Thomas  W^Ward.  W. ;  W.  W.  Par- 

N.  G. ;  -Anson  C.  Allen,  R.  S.  V.  G. ; 


H.  Arnott,  L.  S.  \'.  G.;  A.  L.  Barber,  R.  S.  S. ;  Alexander  Diion,  L.  S.  S. ; 
Henry  A.  Loder.  I.  G. ;  James  Goodger,  0.  G. ;  F.  X.  Beekwith,  0.  C. ;  S>1. 
vanus  A.  Ellis,  Chap.;  Edward  Witherspooa,  Organist;  Trustees,  Daniel  E. 
Harris,  .John  H   Jeffres,  William  J.  WinSeld. 

The  present  membership  is  three  hundred  and  fifty-four,  with  the  following 
officers  :  J.  E.  Line,  N.  G. ;  E.  A.  Mc.Math,  V.  G. ;  Paul  Medro,  Secy ;  WiUiaiu 
Coming,  Jr.,  Trcas. ;  Permanent  Scc'y,  N.  L.  Honmiodieu  ;  Jonathan  H.  Child, 
Rep.  to  Grand  Lfjd-e ;  Harlan  P.  Wheeler,  Proxv  Rep. ;  L.  B.  Grover.  C. ;  E. 
H.  Mix,  W. ;  Harlan  P.  Wheeler,  R.  S.  N.  G. ;  Loyd  K.  Smith,  L.  S.  N.  G. ; 
Thomas  Swan.  R.  S.  V.  G  ;  Henry  Patt*.'n.  L.  S,  V.  G. ;  Aleian.ler  Duguid.  R. 
S.  S, ;  Henry  Forsihler,  L.  8.  S. ;  James  Gosnell.  L  G. ;  Jeremiah  Thomas,  O,  G, , 

D.  S.  Barber,  0.  C. ;  William  G.  Mayo,  Chaplain;  Edward  Witherspoon,  Or- 
ganist; Trustees,  John  H.  JeB'res.  Dolphus  S.  Barber,  Edward  Dag-ge. 

Rochester  City  Lodge,  No.  220,  was  instituted  April  13.  1S40.  with  forty 
persons,  composed  of  members  formerly  of  Teoronto  and  Genesee  lodges,  and  w.is 
called  by  members  of  other  lodges  "  The  Forty  Thieves."  P.  G.  Rufus  Keeler 
was  installed  at  that  time  Sitting  P.  G. ;  John  W.  Dwinelle.  N.  G. ;  Henry  War- 
ren, V.  G. ;  George  B.  Harris,  Ree.  Sec'y  ;  John  L.  Fish,  Treas. ;  P.  G.  James 
M.  Fbh,  Per.  Secy. 

July  11,  1870,  the  following  officera  were  installed  :  P.  G.  Benjamin  P.  Cross- 
man  as  Sitting  P.  G. ;  Allen  B.  Carr.  N.  G. ;  Charles  W.  Kyle,  V.  G. ;  Charles 
B.  Bennett,  Ree.  Sec. ;  P.  G.  C.  H.  Amsden,  Treas. ;  P.  G.  Alfred  L.  Davis, 
Per.  Sec'y.  Several  years  ago  the  lodges  in  this  State  were  renumbered,  and  this 
lodtre  received  its  present  number,  titj. 

Temple  Lodge,  No.  412,  was  organized  December  1,  lrf74.  with  the  following 
officers ;  W.  Lincoln  Sage,  N.  G. ;  Charles  M.  Allen,  V.  G. ;  W.  R.  Ciulkins, 
Sec. ;  J.  E.  Seiley,  Warden  ,  Jeremiah  Thomas,  Conductor ;  Henry  Likly.  K.  S. 
N.  G. ;  -Mason  Bulkley,  L.  S..N.  G. ;  Henry  Yates,  L  G. ;  Allen  Danford".  (.1.  i  i. ; 
Edson  S.  Stone,  R.  S.  S. ;  Thomas  Turber,  L.  S.  S. ;  John  Clark,  Jr..  R.  S.  V.  G. ; 
Thomas  Gliddon,  L.  S.  V.  G. ;  F.  J.  Amsden,  T.  ;  Charles  S.  Cx.k.  P.  Sec. ;  N. 

E.  Andrews,  Chaplain  ;  (leorge  A.  -Andrews,  Organist.  Charter  members,  one 
hundred  and  thirty-five. 

The  present  officers  are— J.  E.  Seeley,  N.  G. :  J.  W.  Carruthers,  V.  G. ;  Frank 
H.  Lincoln,  R.  S. ;  F.  J.  Amsden.  Treas. ;  G.xirge  H.  Lucas,  P.  Sec. :  F.  W. 
Page.  Warden;  A.  J.  Dalton,  Conductor;  D.  F.  Denning,  I.  G. :  J.  Thomas, 
0.  G. ;  C.  M.  Allen,  R.  S.  N.  G- ;  N.  Gillard,  L.  S.  N.  G^;  Elias  Swanton.  R. 
S.  V.  G. ;  0.  P.  Howard,  L.  S.  V.  G. ;  Charles  H.  Beach,  R.  S.  S. ;  Philip 
Dykins,  L.  S.  S. ;  George  H.  Brace,  0.  C. ;  N.  E.  Andrews.  Chaplain  ;  W.  L. 
Batterson,  Organist.     The  present  membership  is  three  hundred. 

Floral  Lodge,  No.  281,  was  instituted  June  29,  1871,  with  thirty  charter 
nieml^rs.  The  first  officers  were  as  follows:  William  T.  Rus.sel,  N.  g'.  ;  F.  .M. 
Thrasher,  V.  G. ;  Joshua  E.  Lovecrait.  Sec. ;  Thomas  Furgcson,  IVr.  Sec. : 
Charles  .M.  Svme,  Trcis.;  William  H.  Richardson,  Warden;'  T.  E.  Batterson, 
Conductor;  Benjamin  Thomas.  0.  G. :  William  Hurley,  I.  G. .  John  Klo.k,  R. 
S.  N.  G. ;  Thomxs  Colo,  L.  S.  N.  G. ;  Walter  Traver,  R.  S.  V.  G. ;  Hei.ry  T. 
Colvin,  L.  S.  V.  G. ;  Edwin  Simpson,  R.  S.  S. ;  William  H.  Garrison,  L.  S.  S. ; 
R.  W.  Daly,  Chaplain. 

The  present  officers  arc — Edwin  Simpson,  N.  G. ;  William  H.  Garrison, 
V.  G.;  I'eter  Smith,  .'^ec. ;  Amos  N:..ylor,  Per.  Sec;  Henry  Shelter,  Tnas. , 
Ilenr).  J.  Sullivan,  War.lcn  ;  Charles  Hoffman.  C. ;  B.  L.  Andrews.  0,  G. .  J.^hii 
Skillman,  I.  G. ;  Georsc  W.  Wells,  R.  S.  N.  G. ;  L.  B.  Perry,  L.  S  N.  G. ; 
Charles  M.  Syme.  R.  S.  V.  G. ;  Thomas  Cle,  L.  S.  V.  G. ;  W.  S.  JuJemire, 
R.  S.  S. ;  Samuel  Gosncil,  L.  S.  S. :  M.  R.  Speare,  Chaplain.  .Membership,  one 
hundred  and  filly. 

HlMUOLDT  LODOE,  No.  138,  Was  instituted  January  31.  IS.'.l.    The  (l.llowing 

G.  ;  George  Reahlciu,  See.  ;  Geor.-o  ScIUti,  Treas.  .  John  Beahui,  Louis  Bauer. 
Solomon  May,  Jos.ph  Bier.  Jacob  Na-.  I.  Guttslried  August. 

The  officera  for  1871!  an— Franz  Li:.hle.  N.  G. ;  John  Ihriui,  V.  G.;  Jacob 
Zweifel,  Per.  S.'C  ;    I'iiilip  Krnst,  U.t,  Sl-c.  :  John  Rett.  Treas. 

Mou.NT  Hope  K.nc.vmi.mk.nt  was  instiiuicd  Siptcmbcr  22,  13  12.     The  foll..w- 
ing  were  the  finit  officers:  Jaiu.'s  \l.  Fi-h,  C.  P.  ;    William   H.  Perkins,  II.  1' 
Rufu..  Keeler,  S    W.  ,   J.  H.  Tu 
Clarkson,  Tieas.;    Wiiliam  H.   IV.Oe 


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HISTORY  OF  :M0XR0E  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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of  ti.c  Jeath  of  : 


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by  Jrowning  in  Lake  Ontario. 

Kino  Solohon's  Enpampsifnt  was  instituted  January  7,  187.'.  with  the 
f.illowio^  persons  as  offiixrs :  Jonathan  H.  Child,  C.l'.:  Robert  McFarlane.  H.  P. ; 
\V.  J.  Wiafield,  .S.  W.;  S.  S.  EJJy,  J.Vk'.;  d.  A.  Wallace,  Scribe;  H.  P. 
WTieeler,  Fin.t  Scribe  ;  G.  T.  Davis.  Treaa. 

The  pr.?3ent  oScor?  ar^-S.  S.  Eddy,  C.  P. ;  Or.  A.  Wallace.  H.  P. ;  Thomas  C. 
HoJ-son,  S.  W. ;  Paul  iledro,  J.  W. ;  William  H.  Brady,  Scribe  :  0.  T.  Davb, 
Tnas. 

KOE.WEB  LoDOE,  No.  238,  was  organized  Aupiist  li,  ISTl,  with  twenty<.ae 
charier  member?.  The  first  officers  were — John  Kail.  >'.  G. ;  Jae.ib  Yakel.  V. 
G. :  W.  T.  Colmctz,  R.  S. ;  F.  C.  Lauer,  Jr ,  T. ;  Ernst  Schaub,  P.  S.  The  lodge 
ha.-*  a  present  membership  of  eiEhty-three,  and  ia  of&cered  aj  follow.'? :  Ge«>rqe 
Betker.  N.  G. ;  Em.«  Schaub,  V.  G. ;  ^\'.  G.  Martens,  R.  .S. ;  David  Lang.  T. ; 
John  Fuchs,  P.  S. 

Glide  Encasipment  was  Instituted  March  il),  1.S73,  with  twenty-six  charter 
Bembers.  The  first  officere  were — H.  Amatt,  C.  P.;  J.  C.  Lovecraft.  H.  P.;  A. 
M.  Eddy,  S.  W. ;  Ira  Dickinson,  J.  W. ;  Fred.  Broom,  Scribe ;  M.  A.  Verhoeven, 
Treas. ;  11 .  I/)dcr,  F.  S. 

The  presetit  membership  is  sovcnty-eiizht,  with  five  Past  Chiefs.  The  present 
officers  are— E.  II.  Batterson,  C.  P. ;  Henry  Griffin,  H.  P. ;  Thomaa  Ferguson,  S. 
W. ;  Thomas  Cole,  J.  W. ;  J.  B.  Martin,  S. ;  Henry  Shelter,  F.  S. ;  Edwin  Simp- 
ion,  Treas. 

Motr.Ti  Hope  E.ncampmext  was  institnted  September  22, 1S42,  with  the  fol- 
lowing officers :  James  M.  Fiah,  C.  P. ;  William  H.  Perkins,  H.  P. ;  Rufus 
Keelcr,  S.  W. ;  J.  H.  Tackor,  J.  W. ;  Hiram  Leonard,  S. ;  George  G.  Clarkaon, 
T. ;  William  H.  Peate.  G. 

The  present  officers  are — M.  H.  Lowensohn,  C.  P. ;  John  Stokes.  H.  P. ;  Robert 
Baker,  S.  W. ;  Samuel  Wells,  J.  W. ;  Jacob  Fonda.  T. :  Charles  Weils.  F.  S. 

John  G.  Klinck  LoI'GE,  Xo.  o7S,  I.  0.  of  O.  F.,  was  instituted  February  9, 
1874,  by  G.  M.  St.  John.  The  first  officers  were  as  follows:  Alonzo  Barnes,  S. 
P.  G. ;  E.  F.  Babbage,  N.  G. ;  Mont  Leader,  V.  G. ,  WiUiam  A.  Sparks.  R.  S. ; 

Mark  Keeler,  F.  S. ;  Glover,  Treas. 

The  present  officers  are — C.  H.  Gorham,  S.  P.  G.  ;  Alexander  Xisbet,  N.  G. ; 

Mart  Keeler,  V.  G. ;  Jam..>8  Stalker.  R.  S. ;  Austin.  F.  3. :  James  Hender- 

lon,  Treas.  ;  Charles  F.  Weipinger  and  C.  H.  (Jorham,  Representatives  to  Grand 
Lodge.  This  lodge  is  an  oaihoot  from  Genesee  Lodge,  Xo.  3.  I.  0.  0.  F.  The 
late  John  G.  Klinck  having  no  male  issue,  and  ilesiring  that  his  name  might  live 
and  be  honored,  made  the  proper  application  for  a  charter  for  a  lodge  bearing  his 
name.  The  application  was  refused  upon  the  ground  that  a  lodee  could  not  bear 
the  name  of  a  living  person.  On  the  same  day  John  G.  Klinck  was  fatally  in- 
jured by  the  falling  of  an  old  building,  and  died  in  a  few  hours.  By  his  tragic 
death  hb  prayer  wa-*  granted,  and  this  lodge  bears  the  name  of  one  of  the  noblest 
men  ever  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  order. 

Mo.vaoE  Degefe  Lodqe,  No  12,  was  chartered  by  the  Grand  L.)dge  of  New 
York  on  5th  September,  1S42.  in  this  city.  The  following  are  the  present 
officers:  G.  Henry  Roberts.  D.  M. ;  Frdcrivk  EJridgc.  D.  D.  M. ;  W.  H.  H.  Ire- 
lard,  Sec. ;  Charles  Wells,  Treas. ;  Wm.  Whitclock,  F.  S. ;  Isaac  W.  Leonard, 
1st  Asst.'D.  D.  JI. ;  Geo.  B.  Page.  2d  Asst.  D.  D.  M. 

Monroe  Rebekah  Degree  Lodge,  No.  I,  was  chartered  on  the  19th 
October,  1SC9,  by  the  Grand  Lod^-e  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Lod::e  of  the  United  Swt-a.  at  its  annual  session  in  Septera- 
oer,  1851,  established  the  '■  Degree  of  Rebekah"  a.s  an  lionorary  degree  for  the 
wives  of  scarlet  members  of  our  order. 

The  degree  was  first  introduced  and  conferred  in  this  district  at  a  special  ses- 
«i..ii  of  the  R.  W.  G.  Lodge  of  Northern  New  York,  hild  at  Odd-Fellows'  Hall. 
ii:  this  city,  on  the  evening  of  the  17th  December.  ISoI,  by  P.  G.  M.  Daniel 
P  Barnard,  and  G.  Rep.  Edgar  C.  Dibble,  who  officiated  as  N.  G.  and  V.  G. 
The  recipients  of  this  degree  at  this  time  were  Mrs.  .>Iitchell.  of  Byron,  3Irs. 
Trail,  wife  of  W.  H.  H.  Prall,  R.  W.  (",rand  Secretary,  and  Mrs.  Gil'more.  wife 
n?'  Dexter  Gilmore,  of  Utici.  then  Grand  Master. 

The  plan  of  a  Union  Degree  Lodge  for  the  conferring  of  this  degree  was 
originated  in  this  district  as  a  voluni.-.ty  .association ;  P.  D.  D.  G.  M..  G.  Henry 
Rnberts.  having  been  appointed  special  deputy  by  Geortre  W.  Perry,  then  D.  D. 
G.  M.  of  this  dijirict,  offi.  iatcd  as  the  first  N.  G.  of  this  lodge,  and  continued  in 
Ihat  piwitioo  for  fift..-eii  years  thereat\er. 

The  first  meeting-  was  had  on  the  2i;th  February,  lS.->2.  when  the  degree  was 
ennKrred  npon  tw-nty-two  wives  of  scarlet  nicmlwri.  P.  D.  D.  G.  M..  H.  Ilcnry 
Ji.l.cri«  acte.1  :i»  N.  G. ;  Rev.  P.  G.  William   H.  rmodwin.  V   G.:   V.  f,.  Daniel 

W.K.l,  s,.,.  .    p  p,    j^,,,„  „r   Sl^l.blMs.  f lucror;    11     D.  G.  .M    G. ...  W    I'.rrv. 

\^>rl.n;  a„,l  nn.   Zina   11.  Beniam.n.  [    G,.  wh..  were  the  first  nfl,-.r-  ..f  this 


At  the  second  uiootiiig.  held  ou  the  25th  ^lar^-h,  18J2.  the  degree  was  l-.>u- 
ferred  upon  thirty-throe  wives  of  scarlet  members;  and  on  the  22d  April,  15-j2, 
on  ten  Ladies. 

With  this  auspicious  intruduction  the  degree  has  steadily  grown  into  f;ivor  in 
this  district,  even  to  the  present  time;  during  which  period  about  two  hunjnj 
md  fifty  wives  of  enterprising  and  worthy  bn.tliers  of  this  noble  order  have  been 
honored  with  this  de'.jree ;  the  nunibcr  of  brothers  who  have  been  ob!igate<i  the 
records  of  this  Degree  Loilge  do  not  deSuit,;ly  show,  but  there  mu-st  have  been 
between  three  and  five  hundred. 

The  R.  W.  G.  Lodge  of  the  I."uited  States,  at  the  annual  session  in  1S63  i  see 
journal,  pages  4oSti— 1416k  enlarged  and  extended  its  field  for  beuuficcnce.  aud 
established  it  upon  a  more  permanent  foundation. 

In  pursuance  of  the  Icu'islation  above  referred  to,  the  R.  W.  G.  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  at  its  annual  session  in  ISilO  isee  journal,  pages  3'J4-:-VJj  , 
authorized  the  institution  of  Rebekah  Degree  Lodges,  and  adopted  the  form  of 
constitution  for  their  government,  and  under  the  authority  of  this  action  -  Monn^e 
Rebekah  Degree  Lodge"  was  chartered  on  the  ISth  day  of  October,  1869.  and 
was  awarded  the  honor  of  being  hailed  as  "No.  1."  Since  that  time  this  lodge 
has  steadily  progressed  '•  onward"  in  the  noble  cause  in  which  it  is  engaged. 

The  following  are  the  present  officers  of  this  lodge,  viz.:  Daniel  Wood  (P.  Ij. 
JI.),  N.  G. ;  Sister  Francis  A.  Keeler,  V.  G. :  Joseph  B.  Ward,  Sec'y  ;  Sister 
Dannals,  Treas. ;  Sister  S.  W.  Andrews.  F.  S. ;  James  Fender,  C. ;  Wm.  White- 
lock,  W. ,  Sister  Putnam,  R.  S.  N.  G. ;  Sister  Albert,  L.  S.  N.  G. ;  James  Al- 
berta, R.  S.  V.  G.;  Sister  Newborn.  L.  S.  V.  G.;  Charles  Wells.  Chaplain; 
James  W.  Sprague,  I.  G. ;  R.  M.  Dannals,  0.  G. 

Grace  Rebekah  Degree  Lodge  was  organized  November  12,  1874.  The 
first  officers  were— W.  W.  Parsells,  N.  G. :  .Mrs.  George  Underbill,  V.  G. ;  Mrs. 
D.  L.  Quirk,  Rec.  Sec. ;  -Mrs.  Edward  Dagge.  Treas. ;  N.  L.  Homedieu.  Fin.  See. ; 
P.  W.  Wark,  Warden;  H.  P.  Wheeler,  Conductor;  Richard  Panner.  O.  G. ;  H. 
C.  Fatteu,  L  G. ,  M.=.  W.  W.  ra.»e;;=.  K.  S.  N.  G.  ,  Mrs.  n.  C.  P.:Uu.  L.  s. 
N.  G.;  Mrs.  E.  Crandall,  R.  S.  V.  G.;  Mrs.  Beckwith,  L.  S.  V.  0.;  M.  B.  Sim- 
mons, Chaplain. 

The  present  officers  (-1876i  are  as  follows:  W.  W.  Parsells,  N.  G. ;  Mr?.  W. 
G.  Mayo,  V.  G. ;  W.  E.  Crandall,  Rec.  .Sec. ;  N.  L.  Homedieu.  Fih.incial  Se;y  : 
Mrs.  Edward  Da^-ge.  Treasurer:  Mrs.  Simmons.  R.  S.  N.  G.;  Mrs.  Wm.  Panuer. 
L.  S.  N.  G. ;  Mi-3.  W.  E.  Crandall,  R.  S.  V.  G. ;  Jlrs.  Hcnrj-  Patten,  L.  S  V. 
G.;  D.  L.  Quirk,  Warden;  Wm.  Panner,  Conductor;  W.  Lee  Batterson,  Organ- 
ist; Edward  Dagge,  I.  G. ;  Richard  Panner,  0.  G. 

Odd-Fellows'  JIi;tual  Aid  Associ.\tion  w;is  organized  September  2.  ISi'A''. 
The  first  president  was  Geo.  W.  Harrold;  Geo.  Siebert,  vice-president.  Jae--.b 


present  i 


officered  bv  Jacob  Fonda. 


Jacob 
\\'ei;s, 


Fonda, 

Fox,  vice-president;  John  Cowles,  secretary;  D.  McKay,  treasurer;  Ch 

financial  secretary. 

Odd-Fellows'  Protective  Union,  for  widows  and  orphans,  embraces  within 
the  area  of  its  operation  the  counties  of  Monroe,  Orleans,  Niagiira.  Genesee,  Liv- 
ingston, Ontario,  and  Wayne,  New  York.  It  is  a  beneficent  institution,  its  ob- 
ject being  to  procure  aid  for  the  widows,  orphans,  and  other  relatives  of  deceased 
!  of  the  fraternity,  and  to  obtain  funds  to  defray  funeral  expenses,  etc. 


AcRORA  Grata,  No.  30.  K.  or  P..  w.ts  organized  March  22,  1S70.  At  the 
preliminary  meeting  Otis  Cole  was  chosen  Prest  and  H.  S.  Rogers,  Sec.  The 
first  officers  were— Otis  Cole,  V.  P.;  B.  P.  Cro.-^sman,  W.  C;  W.  B.  Hall.  V.  C; 
P.  B.  Hulctt,  G.;  Thos.  Ilungerford,  B. ;  E.  C.  Bradstreet,  R.  C.  S. :  H.  S. 
Rogers,  F.  S. ;  S.  S.  Brewer,  I.  G. ;  J.  B.  Wade,  O.  G. 

Present  officers :  L.  A.  Jeffries.  C.  C. :  Geo.  Ford.  V.  C. 
of  R.  S. :  J.  J.  Marsh.  .M.  of  E. :  W.  ^Y.  Wade,  M.  of  I 
A.;  J.  Smith,  L  G. ;  Robt  Minis,  0.  G;  B.  P.  Crossmi 
W.  R.  JIc.\rthnr.  Trustees.  Aurora  and  Genesee  lo-lges 
tobcr  27,  1870.  Blucher  Lodge  is  a  strong  orgimizatioi 
evenings,  at  East  Main,  corner  of  South  Saint  Paul  street. 


t.  P.  Crossman.  K. 
J.  P.  Doud,  M.  of 
W.  W.  Wade,  and 
•c  consolidated  Oc- 
,nd  meets  Jlouday 


ROCHESTER  MEDICAL  SOCIETY. 

This  society  was  organized  Dcccjulicr  7.  1353,  with  the  following  officers :  Dr. 
J.  F.  Whitbeck.  president ;  Dr.  Newell,  secretary.  The  organization  was  con- 
tinacd  until  FebrMarj-  4,  19,')9,  whi.h  wxs  the  last-recorded  moctiug  of  the  •«"  iety. 

A  prelimin.iry  meotin-  for  the  rc-or-.r.iMzatlon  of  the  -oeicty  was  held  at  the 
residence  of  Dr.  II.  "\V.  De.an.  0.  t"l..-r -'..  l-D.'i.  and  a  committee  api»iinl(-d  to 
rep..irt  up..n  a  plan  of  ..r.-.inizarioT..  Tl.-:  cn^millee  rep.rt.-l  F.-bni.ry  14.  l-^i;«, 
and  the  swiety  was  ..r-aniz.-l  al  rliat  tin,,-.  The  rti--t  office.— were  Dr.  -I,  W. 
Whiibe.k.  i.re-ide„t;   l>r.  C.  K    lli.ler.  - -erctar;- :   l>r.  K.  V.  .-...dd.o.l.  tn  i-.ir- r 

The  f„llowin.--n.ini.-d  |.e-rs..ns  eon-liluted  the  first   uieuiKr-hii. ,    Drs,  E.   W. 


134 


HISTOIIY  OF  JIONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Arastron-  W.  H.  BriL-.-s.  J.  W,  ru,ry.  H.  W.  D,  an.  W.  S.  l"y,  W.  Y 
B.  L.  UovcT,  H.  H.  Lui-n-jriliy.  H-JviJ  Littl.-,  L.  McK.-.y,  C.  C.  IL  .M.llcr 
Montgomery,  E.-.M.  Moore,  A.  I'ratt,  ('.  K.  Riiicr,  E.  V.  StoddarJ,  G.  Sn 
J.  F.  Whitbcck   T.  B.  Collins,  nnd  Jonus  Jones. 

Bulow  is  given  a  lijt  of  the  otficers  of  tlie  sociuty  from  the  rcon^nizatioc 
prciens  time : 


Pniisi 


"  W.  II.  Bris 
"  C.  E.  KiJcr 
"  W.  S.  EIr.. 


..Dr.  C.  E.  R.dei 


M.  L.  M»U 


Present  membership:  Drs.  Charles  Buckley,  C.  JIcD.  Cameron,  G.  G.  Carroll, 
J.  W.  Casey,  Henry  JI.  Coi,  S.  W.  Davison,  U.  W.  Dean,  W.  S.  Ely,  W.  W.  Ely, 
Charles  Forbes,  B.  L.  Uovcy,  K.  U.  IIow;>rd,  Junas  Jones,  J.  J.  Kempo,  H.  11. 
Langworthy,  David  Little,  '.M.  L.  Mallorv,  Ciiarlcs  K.  McKclvey,  H.  !•'.  Mont- 
gomerj,  E.  M.  Moore,  Sr.,  E.  M.  Moore,  Jr.,  B.  t.  Proton,  C.  i;.  Kider,  J.  0. 
Ko«,  M.  K.  Speare,  E.  V.  Stoddard.  Georqe  Swinbum,  G.  A.  Wallaee,  J.  W. 
Whitfcect.  Honorary  members ;  Dr.  E.  W.  Armstrong,  Prof.  S.  A.  Lattimore, 
tad  Hon.  Lewis  H.  Jlorgan. 

THE  MONROE  COUNTY  HOMa;OPATHIC  MEDICAL  SOCIETY 
was  organized  January  2,  18CG,  with  a  membership  of  thirteen  persons.  The 
followiug-name^  persons  were  its  first  oSie^.r3;  President,  George  Lewis.  M.D. ; 
Vice-President,  M.  M.  Mathews,  M.D. ;  SL^retary  and  Treasurer.  D.  A.  Bald- 
win, M.D.;  JJoard  of  Censors,  Drs.  W .  .Moore,  X.  C.  \V  hue,  and  tj.  VV.  Peer. 

The  society  is  now  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  is  otiieered  as  follows  :  Presi- 
dent, E.  H.  Hurd,  M.D. ;  Viee-1'resident,  R.  A.  Adams.  M.D. ;  Secretary  and 
Trea.surer,  C.  W.  Baker,  M.D.,  r-«  George  F.  Hurd,  M.D.,  deceased;  Board 
of  Censors,  Di-s.  J.  A.  Biegler,  G.  W.  Peer,  and  T.  C.  White.  The  following  is 
the  present  membership  :  Drs.  G.  W.  Peer,  A.  B.  Carr,  J.  A.  Biegler.  J.  F.  Oaks, 
J.  W.  Dake,  T.  C.  White,  Charles  Sumner,  K.  Caulkins,  E.  H.  Hurd,  E.  A. 
Adams,  W.  P.  Fowler,  F.  D.  W.  Butes,  C.  E.  Pinkhani,  C.  W.  Baker.  J.  P. 
Wheeler,  L  II.  Reynuld.s  Mr.  Brayton,  P.  G.  CI  irk.  During  the  pa,-:  year  this 
society  was  called  upon  to  mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  their  most  esteemed  members. 
Dr.  George  F.  Hurd,  who  died  after  a  brief  illness.  Dr.  Hurd  was  universally 
esteemed,  and  was  an  ornament  to  the  profession,  of  which  he  was  a  prominent 
member. 

THE   PRESS  OF   ROCHE.-^TKU 

In  ISIG,  Augustine  G.Dauby,  then  an  apprentice  with  Ira  Merrill,  in  the 
office  of  the  i'i!cti  Fulriol.  cout-eived  the  id:a  of  rsUblishing  a  printing  office  in 
the  village  of  Rochester. 

Accordingly,  early  in  that  year,  he  purchased  a  Ramage  press,  together  with 
Boioe  other  material,  and,  with  this  "  setting-oat,""  launclicd  his  bark  at  the  ■■  .^lill- 
yard,"  as  Rochester  w;is  then  colled,  and  forthv 
wilderness  the  first  number  of  the  li,.cUstcr  Gu. 
became  associated  with  him,  and  continued  i 
and  removed  to  Detroit.  Orr.in  Follott  w; 
Mr.  Dauby.     In  1S"J1  ho  disponed  of  his  in 

After  the  org.anization  of  Monroe  County,  in  ISl'l,  the  ti;le  of  the  paper  was 
changed  to  Monroe  liipiiU'cuH,  and  it  was  conducted  by  Derrick  and  Levi  W. 
Sibley  until  November,  l.S«.^,  when  it  pas.sed  into  the  control  of  Whittlesey  and 
Mumford,  who,  in  company  with  PMwin  Serantora,  continued  its  publication  until 
1827,  when  they  disponed  of  the  sheet,  and  it  was  merged  V'th  another  paper, 

July  7,  ISIS,  Evorard,  Pock  ,.*i  t  'o.,  in  connection  with  their  b'X>fc-store.establi>hed 
the  lioche-'ifcr  Tt/ryniph,  the  mcolianicai  department  being  'jundueted  one  year  by 
Derrick  and  L.  W.  Sibley.  Ir.  I,s2  i  the  paper  was  enlarged,  and  Thurlow  \Vce'd 
employed  as  editor.  In  l.SJj,  Mr.  Wi'i-d  purch.i.ved  the  cstabli-iiment,  and  with 
Robert  Martin  issued  it  s.-iui-wickly,  until  1S27,  when  Weed  withdrew  fr,.ni  the 
concern,  and  during  the  following  year  it  was  publi.',lH'd  daily  by  3Ir.  JIartin. 

In  October,  lSi:>,  Marshall,  Spnuldirig  i  Hunt  cstabiishcil  the  Rochatcr 
Aibum,  which  was  published  two  or  three  years,  and  purthascd  by  ^Ir.  Martin 
and  united  with  the  Ti.Ugrttph, 

October  23,  182G,  Luther  Tucker  k  Co  commenced  the  publication  of  the 
Rochester  Daili/  .UUcrlUcr,  i.-,~uii.g  in  cjimc-clion  with  it  a  wccLly  called  the 
Rochester  Meicvru.  In  1520,  Tucker  k  .Martin  united  the  t»o  daily  papers 
aader  the  luinc  of  the  lioJtestcr  Vaili/  AdirrtUfr  tinri  Telr^rapU,  and  also  pub- 


sued  to  the  dwellers  in  the 
Giizrtte.  Atterv  ards,  John  Sheldon 
1  the  establisbrae  .c  aljout  ten  months, 
3  also  a  short  time  iu  company  with 
eresl  to  Levi  W.  Sibley. 


lishcd  a  weekly,  the  AV/iM(fr  Rc/nilJ.cnn.  In  16:1(1,  Hoyt  k  Porter  succeedL-J 
Mr.  Martin,  and  Henry  O'Reilly  became  editor,  which  position  he  occupied  until 
1S33,  when  ho  was  ajipointcd  postma.-iler  at  Rochester,  and  Thomas  W.  Fla-g 
assumcil  the  editorial  management.  In  1340,  Thomas  H.  Hyatt  purchased  the 
establishment  and  became  sole  proprietor.  May  1,  1S42,  it  passed  into  the  har.d.i 
of  Hiram  Bumphrcy  and  Cephas  S.  .McConnelL  Joseph  Curtis,  on  the  1st  d.iy 
of  January,  l,-4i.  sucei-cded  Mr.  Bumphrcy,  and  in  October,  184,5,  McConnell 
and  Curtis  disposed  of  the  establishment  to  Isaiio  Butts.  One  year  later  Harvey 
L.  Winants  was  admitted  as  a  partner,  and  the  paper  was  conducted  under  the 
firm  name  of  I.  Butt,  k  Co, 

In  the  summer  of  1S48  the  Demcicratie  party  was  everywhere  divided,  there 
being  the  conservative  wing,  called  Hunkers,  who  supp.jrted  Cass  and  Butler,  the 
nominees  of  the  Democratic  national  convention,  and  the  Barnburners,  or  frc^e- 
soil  winL',  who  supported  "N'an  Buren  and  Adams,  the  nominees  of  the  Buffalo 
convention.  The  Daili/  Athertisti;  then  conducted  by  Mr.  Butts,  supported  the 
free-soil  ticket.  The  Con.servativcs  in  this  locality  established  a  paper  called  the 
J)ailj/  Cutirier,  which  supported  Cass.  The  publishers  were  J.  M.  Lyon,  of  L'tiea. 
and  Horatio  G.  Warner,  of  this  city.  At  the  close  of  the  campaign  in  the  fall, 
Mr.  Butts  sold  the  old  organ,  the  Advcrlf'scr,  to  the  Consenativcs,  who  merged 
the  Courier  therein  and  continued  the  Adi-erlisir  as  the  sole  Democratic  organ. 
The  publishing  firm  was  known  as  J.  3Iedberry  &  Co.,  and  con.-istcd  of  Messrs. 
Sledberry,  S.  L.  Selden.  Joseph  Sibley,  E.  Darwin  Smith,  and  H.  G.  Warner.  Mr. 
Smith  w.%s  the  political  editor.  The  course  of  the  AJiertiier  under  this  manage- 
ment was  not  satisfactory  to  the  free-soil  wing,  who  were  by  far  the  most  numer- 
ous in  this  locality,  and  they  resolved  to  h.-vve  an  organ  that  would  better  represent, 
their  views.  Accordingly,  Royal  Chamberlain,  J.  W.  Benton,  tmd  G.  G.  Cooper, 
who  had  a  job-printing  office,  issued  a  prospectus  for  a  now  paper  to  be  called  the 
Daily  Xeiis.  Just  before  the  first  issue  was  ready  a  compromise  was  made, 
which  resulted  in  the  abandonment  .if  the  iV'ws  enterprise,  and  its  projectnre  be- 
came partnei-s  in  the  Adccrli^er.  .Mr.  U'arren  retired  from  ttie  concern  au..gelUcr. 
Mr.  Smith  continued  as  editor,  and  .Mr.  Cooper  became  associate  editor.  The  new 
firm  was  suli>e(|uently  known  by  the  title  of  R.  Chamberlain  &  Co.  A  few  munilis 
later  Mr.  Butts  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Advertiser,  and  again  took  the  edi- 
torial management.  The  paper  was  soon  after  chanircd  from  a  morning  to  an 
evening  issue.  In  ISJl,  T.  Hart  Hyatt,  who  had  been  formerly  connected  with 
the  Adierlis'-r,  returned  from  Amcy,  China,  where  he  had  been  acting  is  C.  S. 
Consul,  and  purchased  a  controlling  interest  in  the  paper.  Mr.  Butts  retired  and 
Hyatt  assumed  control.  About  this  time,  Joseph  Curtis,  who  h.iJ  resided  at  Mil- 
waukee, and  been  eni^aged  in  the  publication  of  the  Dadii  Wiscotaiu  at  that  place, 
returned  to  Rochester  and  became  a  jiartner  in  the  Ailrrrliser  firm,  and  took  the 
business  man.igement  for  a  while.  Mr.  Cooper  withdrew  from  the  Adrirlinr 
about  the  same  time,  and  soon  after,  in  company  with  .Mr.  Chamberlain,  estab- 
lished The  Ditili/  Times,  a  penny  paper,  which  was  radical  in  politics,  .\fter  a  lew 
months  Mr.  Cooper  left  the  Times,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  management  by  (.'.il- 
vin  Hughson,  Jr.,  a  lawyer  of  considerable  prommente.  .\  few  months  later  the 
Times  was  discontinued. 

When  the  presidential  campaign  of  1Sj2  opened  and  Genertil  Pierce  was 
nominated,  the  Advertiser  was  the  sole  Democratic  orgxin  in  this  locality,  .K 
number  of  influential  Doinoerats  deemed  it  best  to  start  a  new  paper.  -\.  joint- 
stock  company  was  formed,  and  twenty  or  more  persons  subscribed  to  the  stock. 
On  the  ICth  of  Aiigu.-t,  l.s.'ii,  the  first  number  of  the  Oo/Zy  Cum  was  i.-sucd. 
J.  M.  Hatch  and  0.-sen.us  Turner  were  announced  as  editors.  .Mr.  Co..per  t.H,k 
charge  of  the  city  department.  Xt  the  close  of  the  campai-n  in  wiiich  .Mr. 
Pierce  was  so  trinmphanlly  elected,  ii  w.is  found  that,  while  the  t'/iw/i  had  ub- 
tained  a  prominent  position  in  the  field  of  journalism,  it  hud  lost  money,  and  ilie 
proprietors  were  convinced  that  it  could  only  bo  conducted  sueee.-sfully  by  private 
enterprise.  They  therefore  sold  the  stock  to  Isaac  Butts  and  Joseph  Curtis. 
The  latter  gentleman  had  been  president  of  the  I'linn  company  and  ni.inaL'cr  of 
the  business.  The  new  proprietoi-s,  having  capital  and  experience,  at  once  P'"- 
the  i';ii"oii  on  a  permanent  footing.  It  went  forward,  and  soon  boasted  of  the 
largest  circul.illon  of  any  daily  in  the  St.ate  oiitsiile  of  New  York  city,  fi" 
prosperity  continued  till  IS'n.  when  it  .absorbed  the  old  Democratic  oj-an.  the 
Advertiser,  which  was  then  in  the  hands  of  John  E.  .M.irey.  The  paper 
was  then  afterwards  known  as  the  Diii/y  C',<ion  and  Adr,.-rti.s>:r.  The  piibli,li.rs 
were  Iwi.ac  Butts,  Joseph  Curtis,  and  John  K.  Morey;  the  firm  name  CurtH, 
Butts  k  Co.  .Mr.  Butts  was  editor.  When  the  war  broke  out,  in  LSiil,  the 
publishers  of  the  Cniun  and  Advertiser,  seeing  that  the  publi.-hing  business  was 
likely  to  be  successful  in  proportion  to  the  rnteqirise  di-piayiil.  ni.i'le  'fi-;  v.-nture 
to  put  into  .service  one  of  Hoe's  celebrated  rotary  prinlio',-  uku  'unci,  by  which 
ten  tiiuu.-and  copies  could  be  produced  per  hour.  Tliis  was  the  Urht  priss  of 
tho  kind  employed  by  a  journ.il  in  the  State  out  of  .Vcw  York  city,— not  even 
the  journals  at  iUhany  had  ever  employed  such  a  press.     The  press  was  set  up 


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in  June,  ISGl,  in  liaic  to  give  to  tbe  public  rcpnru  of  the  grt-at  battles  wliioh  were 
cau^in-  M>  much  seriMtion  tliroi:i.-hout  the  wi.rM.  The  result  pn.veJ  that  the 
publL-liera  .if  tlie  Union  and  A'hertiiwr  were  not  Dii>taLen.  l!y  their  enterprise 
lliev  fuuiiJ  their  ft-tabli*-hmcnt  in  the  front  rank  nf  the  provincial  pre.-3.  It  w;i3 
then  demon-tnitetl  fully  that  the  einployuient  of  steam  am!  the  introtluctioii  of 
the  electric  telegraph,  with  other  facilitie:^  for  the  rapiJ  production  of  newspapers, 
huJ  plaeed  the  journals  possosj-ini;  those  advantages  entirely  boyond  the  reach  of 
competition  from  those  who  possi-ssed  a  liniite>J  capital.  It  luay  also  bo  mentioned 
in  connection  with  the  press  of  Rochester,  that,  witli  the  opening  uf  the  war  and 
tije  Increasing  demand  for  newspapers,  paper  advanced  in  due  pn'portion.  The 
term  "  paper-maker,"  which  h  id  bel'ore  been  synonymous  with  '  pauper."  was 
no  longer  tpplieable  to  an  impecunious  class  in  society.  The  publishers  of  the 
i'liiiH  and  AJvertiser,  to  enable  tliemselves  to  compete  suceesafuliy  in  their 
business,  found  it  necessary  to  manufacture  their  own  paper,  and  aec<)rdingly 
pun:huscd  the  Livingston  paper-luilis  at  Dansville,  atid  tlie  establishment  turning 
out  more  than  a  ton  of  paper  each  day,  kept  the  Union  supplied  for  a  long  series 
of  years. 

At  the  clyse  of  the  presidential  election  in  18C4,  Mr.  Butts,  who  bad  amassed 
a  hand.-ysroc  ffjrtune,  retired  from  the  new.spaper  business,  and  sold  his  interest 
(one-third  of  the  Union  and  Adcerliaer)  to  William  rurccll,  Cr.  Or.  Coop;r,  and 
Loreiiio  Kelly,  who  had  long  been  connecte<l  with  the  concern.  The  new  firm 
toot  the  title  of  Curtis,  Jlorey  &  Co.,  and  so  continued  till  lS7;i. 

On  the  Ist  of  January,  1ST3,  a  corporation  was  organized  under  the  general 
mamilacturing  law  of  this  State,  bearing  the  title  of  the  •'  Union  and  Advertiser 
Company."  This  company  was  formed  with  a  capital  of  three  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  and  succeeded  to  the  jiossossion  of  all  the  real  and  personal  estate  owned 
by  Ihe  firm  of  Curtis,  Jlorey  &  Co.,  including  the  D'jil;/  Union  an.1  Adcertistr 
printing  establishment,  with  all  its  presses,  machinery,  franchi.ses,  and  gtxtd-wiil, 
together  with  its  job-printing  establishment,  and  the  Livingston  p.ip-er-mills  situ- 
ated Bt  Dansville.  The  officers  of  the  company  were — Trustees.  Joseph  Curtis, 
John  K.  Morey,  William  I'urcell,  lre<jrge  Ki.  Cooper,  Lorenzo  KeUy ;  President 
and  Treasurer,  Joseph  Curtis ;  Secretary,  Lorenzo  Kelly.  The  paper  is  still  pub- 
lislted  by  the  "  Union  and  Advertiser  Company,"  and  is  under  the  editorial 
m.magement  of  \Villiam  PurccH. 

This  establishment  has  been  in  existence  many  years,  and  the  -4(fFer^'5^r  is 
the  oldest  daily  in  the  United  States  west  of  Albany.  Tbe  Daily  Union  is  more 
than  twenty-five  year^  old.  The  present  proprietors  and  managers  have  been 
many  years  in  the  places  they  occupy,  and  have  witnessed  the  growth  of  the 
eoQcern  from  a  small  beginning  to  the  position  it  now  holds  in  thj  first  rani:  of 
newspaper  establishments.  The  several  issues,  daily,  weekly,  and  semi-weekly, 
enjoy  a  larger  and  wider  circulation  than  ever  before,  holding  old  patrons  and 
adding  new  every  day.  I'olitieally  it  is  Democratic,  remaining  true  to  the  prin- 
ciples of  that  party,  advocating  its  doctrines  in  a  fearless  and  vigorous  manner. 

The  events  of  1S2G  called  into  existence  the  liochotcr  Balance.  This  sheet 
was  established  by  D.  D.  Stephenson  in  January,  1S'J3 ;  its  name  was  soon  after 
discarded,  and  that  of  the  Anii-Mnsonic  Enqnircr  substituted,  with  Thurlow  Weed 
and  Samuel  Heron  proprietors.  In  February,  IS^tf,  Daniel  N.  Sprague  purchased 
Mr.  Jlcron's  interest,  and  on  March  UO,  IbiiO,  Weed  retired,  and'jir.  Spnigue 
becatae , proprietor.  Mr.  S.  conducted  the  pafier  until  October  20.  1S31,  when 
V;rast»3  Shcpard,  then  of  Palmyra,  united  the  irf5/<;-n  Speclalor  with  the  i,'n- 
qnlrer,  enlarged  the  sheet,  and  became  its  only  proprietor  until  November,  1S3-, 
'  hen  Alvah  Strong  purchased  an  interest,  and  it  was  continued  by  them  up  to  Fcb- 
i-ary  18,  1334,  when  it  w.as  merged  in  the  Xutionnl  AV/.ei/.em,. 

The  Cra/lsman,  a  Masonic  journal,  was  started  in  this  city  in  1S23,  by  E.  T. 
H"Iterts,  who  published  it  about  one  year  and  tiicn  n*moved  to  Albany. 

Tlif  liocheitcr  OLictter.  a  semi-monthly  religious  publiratiun,  was  Commeneed 
in  1827  l.y  Rev.  Mr.  Sill.  The  pajH  r  was  print\-d  by  L.  Tucker  &  Co.  In  1S23 
it  was  published  for  Samtiel  Chipman  hv  I-:ii--ha  Loomis.  In  1330  it  w.as  printed 
by  Alb..rt  G.  Hall.  In  1S32  it  was  sold  to  Iloyt  i  Potter,  who,  after  i.ssuing  it 
»  -hort  time,  transferred  its  subscription  list  to  the  Xew  }',ik  Kcnnjrlisl. 

In  1S;:S,  Peter  Cherry  established  a  miscellaneous  paper,  called  the  ires/ern 
Il.i,i,/.r-T;  soon  after  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Kilwin  Sciiinloin,  and  was  Lssued 
a«  the  n.^l.e,icr  Gem.  Mr.  .Scrantom  dispos,d  of  it  in  1333  to  John  Denis, 
and  one  year  hiter  Shc[>ard  k.  Strong  became  proprietors,  and  it  was  finally  dis- 
■•"nlinue-l  by  Strong  k  Dawson  in  1343. 

Thr  (iencM-e  Fai-m'r,  a  weekly  journal,  was  established  in  1S30,  by  L.  Tucker 
A  t'.i.,  and  edited  by  Xaaman  Good.-ell.  In  1332  it  was  enlarged,  and  published 
■"••nihly.  Mr.  I^ioodsell  left  the  establishment  about  this  time,  and  started  (io'xl- 
•''>'>  i;,,„„f  Farmrr,  printed  by  (Ji-orge  Smith.  It  soon  after  passis]  into  the 
b  „,d.  „f  .>;i„.p.,rd  i  Strong,  and  wils  by  them  diseontiniicd.     .>ir.  Tucker  conli.med 

"    I..  Steven..,  then  of  Willis  G.iyh.rd,  of  (J„..iid..g.i  county,  until  133'J,  when 


.Mr.  Tucker  removed  to  Albany,  and  united  it  with  the  CidliiHilnr.  Soon  ,ift,.r 
this,  Klihu  F.  Marshallaiid  .Mi..bael  G.  Bateii.an  started  the  Srw  <J,Hes,e  F.„,„„ 
with  the  latter  as  editor,  which  was  continued  until  1341,  when  Henry  Coleman 
became  eiiitor,  and  eventually  owner  of  the  cslabiiahmont.  In  DccemU'r,  1^42 
Chas.  F.  Crosnian  purchased  the  paper  and  disposed  of  one  half  of  it  to  .Mr. 
Shepard.  It  was  is.<ued  by  them  until  1344,  when  it  passed  into  the  han.li  uf 
Benjamin  F.  Smith  and  James  P.  Fi.-g.  In  1343,  Daniel  D.  T.  Mo.jre  bwarne 
the  proprietor,  and  Dr.  Daniel  Lee  edit.tr,  with  Patrick  Uarry  as  condti.rtor  ot'  the 
horticultural  department.  It  was  eventually  sold  to  Orange  Judd,  proprietor  ..f 
The  Am^ric-ux  Ajriculhtriit,  and  removed  to  New  Vork. 

The  Xalional  Republican,  a  weekly  publicati.in,  was  commenced  by  Sy.liitv 
Smith  in  1831,  and  continucil  until  1333,  when  a  daily  was  issin-d  from  the  same 
office.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  Whig  party,  in  1834,  Mr.  Smith  disposed  of  the 
establishment  to  Shepard  i  Strong.  The  Monroe  Democrat  took  the  place  of  the 
Xali;nal  R,pMia,n  and  of  the  Enquirer,  and  the  Rochester  Daily  Demm-at  W;,s 
subsiitutod  for  the  Eircni'hj  AihertisLT.  In  lb3G,  George  Daws..pn,  now  in  the  cii- 
torial  chair  of  the  Alb'iny  Erfuiu^  Journal,  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Demon  af. 
and  conducted  the  papers  until  August,  1330,  when  he  disp<wed  of  his  interest  to 
the  other  partners.  In  April,  1842,  he  purchased  Mr.  Shepard's  interest,  and 
again  assumed  the  editorial  management.  Mr.  Dawson  remained  f.iur  y.-.irs  in 
the  establi-shmcnt,  and  in  November,  1846,  sold  his  share  to  Henry  Co.)k  and 
Samuel  P.  Allen,  and  Strong,  CVok  i  Allen  were  editors  and  proprietors.  In 
December,  1357,  the  papers  were  united  with  the  Daily  and  Weekly  American. 
and  the  daily  issued  as  the  Daily  Democrat  and  American,  and  the  weekly  as  the 
Monroe  Democrat,  by  Strong,  Allen  .fc  Huntington;  proprietors,  and  S.  P.  Allen. 
editor.  The  Tri-  lHf/.7y  Democrat  was  also  issued  from  the  same  office.  The 
publications  were  continued  by  this  firm  until  April  1,  1304,  when  William  S. 
King  i  Co.  became  proprietors.  January  1,  18U5,  D.  D.  S.  Brown  &  Co.  pirr- 
chased  the  Democrat,  and  continued  the  business  of  the  establishment  under  the 
firm  name  of  D.  D.  S   Brown  i  Co.,  with  Robert  Carter  managing  editor. 

November  ly,  l*tJ^,  the  estatiitsi)nient  was  totdiy  destroye-,l  bv  fire;  the  txMjks 
of  the  business  office  only  were  saved.  March  17,  13(15,  the  overflowins  of  the 
banks  of  the  Genesee  river  caused  the  basement  containing  the  engine  and  b^jilcr 
and  press-room  to  fill  with  water,  which  rendered  necessary  an  intermission  of 
one  day  in  the  regular  issue  of  the  Democrat. 

December  1,  1370,  the  Uochester  Printing  Company  was  organizevi,  and  pur- 
chased the  Demwat  of  D.  D.  S.  Brown  &  Co.,  and  the  Rochester  Chronicle  from 
Lewis  Selye,  and  the  combined  p.iper  has  since  been  issued  under  tbe  title  of  tl:e 
Rochester  Democrat  and  Chronicle,  publishing  daily,  semi-weekly,  and  tri-weeklv 
editLins.  The  following  were  iis  officers ;  D.  D.  S.  Brown,  pre,i.Jent ;  Nathan  ?. 
Pond,  secretary ;  L.  Ward  Clarke,  treasurer;  S.  C.  Hulchins.  managing  editor. 
December  24,  1S70,  the  Democrat  and  Chronicle  office  was  t.jt.-illy  .l«troycd  by 
fire.  By  courtesy  of  the  Ennin.j  Express  there  was  no  intermission  in  the  js-u,.- 
of  the  paper.  For  the  year  1872,  and  up  to  the  present  time,  the  officers  ..f 
the  company  have  been  as  follows :  W.  H.  JI:itliews,  president ;  Nath  in  P. 
Pond,  sccret;iry  ;  L.  Ward  Clarke,  treasurer. 

Jlr.  Hutcbins  continued  as  managing  editor  until  the  commencement  of  1372, 
and  was  sueccoded  by  Joseph  0  Conner,  who  remained  onlv  a  few  months. 

Charles  E.  Fitch,  formerly  editor  of  the  Syracn^  Standard,  was  installed  as 
managing  editor  Novemb.'r  13,  1373.  and  h.xs  since  remained  in  charge.  The 
present  editorial  force  is  as  f.jllows  :  Charles  E.  Fitch,  managing  editor  ;  Isaac  .^I. 
Gregory,  associate  editor;  George  W.  Elliott,  night  editor",  E.Iward  L.  Ad.iius, 
local  editor;  Ernest  L.  Willard,  reporter ;  Nathan  Heath,  reportei 


edit 


Homer  Ro 


The  Democrat  and  Chronicle  is  a  Republican  journal,  but  aims  to  discuss  politi- 
cal i.ssues  fearlessly  and  frankly,  not  hoilating  to  criticise  the  men  and  the  m.M.-ur.^s 
of  its  own  party  whenever  the  oi  ca.^ion  therefor  seems,  in  its  jul.-nient,  to  demand 
this.  It  is  the  only  lU'publican  morninv  paper  U'tween  Synicuse  and  BiilTalo,  .and 
addresses  itself  to  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  constituency. 

77ie  Workinymnn's  Adcucate.  a  daily  paper,  was  started  at  llocliestcr,  Octolior 
19,  13311,  and  was  the  offspring  of  a  strike  among  the  jourm-yincn  printers  of  tbe 
city.  A  press,  type,  and  other  material  w.is  purchased  of  Delaz.m  Smith,  by 
Gcirgc  T.  Frost,  William  S.  Falls,  an.l  C.rnelius  S.  Un.lerw.»d,  and  by  lb.  m 
placed  at  tbe  di.p...sal  of  the  tyi-.-rapbieal  a-s, .elation.  The  cstablisbni.  nt  w;is 
committed  to  the  care  of  Mcs.srs.  Fni.st,  Uiid..rwo..d,  an.l  Falls,  an.l  the  clifrial 

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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUN'TY,  NEW  YORK. 


Ill  J,uiiui-y,  1S43.  wlieQ  Ihev 
itinutd  ihem  uutil  Noveiiiber 


hort-iiveij,  btMng  abaiidonoi]  at 


Urge  we«Uy  called  the  Vi^Mern.  Sew  iorl.,. 
came  into  the  hanJa  of  Eristiu  ihcpnrd.  wht 
followiDg,  when  they  were  discontinued. 

The  campai-a  of   1840  brought 
William  A.  Wells,  editor  and  proprietor.     It 
the  close  of  the  campaign. 

Th:  Vo!c!  of  Truth  and  Glid  TnV.ngt  nf  tl,-  K!:,jtl;m  ,it  U;,,/.  a  weekly 
Second  .\Jvent  p.iper,  was  started  February  I.  1S44.  by  Klder  Joseph  .Manih.  In 
1848  it  was  chanpred  to  .Uhtnl  ILuin.jrr,  and  in  1S4'J  to  the  Admit  Ilnrhm- 
gtr  and  B'Me  Ailvjcule.  It  was  subsequently  chani,-cd  to  the  I'nphetic  Exposi- 
tor and  B.Oie  Adncate. 

TIte  R'jchestcr  DaHy  Americrin  was  established  December  23, 1S44,  by  Leonard 
Jerome  and  Josiah  M.  Patterson,  with  Aie-tander  Mann,  editor,  A  wet-kly  paper 
was  also  issued  at  the  same  time.  In  July,  1S43,  Lawrence  K.  Jerome  purch.-Lsed 
an  interest  in  the  establishment,  and  it  was  conducted  under  the  Crm  name  of  J. 
M.  Patterson  i  Co.  uutd  January  1,  lS4t),  when  it  became  the  property  of 
Leonard  and  Lawrence  R.  Jerome  exclusively.  In  i'eptember  of  the  same  year 
Dr.  Daniel  Lee  was  associated  with  Mr.  .Mann  in  the  eiliturial  d.pariment,  and  in 
1847,  Keub-n  D,  Jones  became  one  of  the  editors  of  the  paper.  In  1S5C  and 
1857,  Mr.  Ch.-ster  P.  Dewey  was  the  principal  e-litor.  It  was  the  distinctive  organ 
of  the  "  Know-Noihing"  or  American  party.  It  was  merged  with  the  Democrat 
soon  after  the  destruction  of  that  establishment  by  fire. 

The  Gtiieve  SvanjelUt  was  establbhed  in  the  spring  of  1846  by  Rev.  John  E. 
Robie,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  weekly  religious  newspaper  in  the  nation 
which  had  an  existence  at  the  low  price  of  one  dollar  per  year.  In  1S59  it  was 
published  semi-monthly  by  K.  W.  Hill,  and  subsequently  removed  to  New  York. 

Frederick  Duujlas  I'lijjer  was  established  in  1S48,  by  Frederick  Douglas, 
who  was  the  editor  and  proprietor,  and  continued  by  him  until  about  1659  or  iSGO, 

Moore  1  Rural  Sew  Yorker  was  started  in  1850  by  D.  D.  T.  Moore,  and  was 
issued  by  him  in  this  city  until  1866,  when  it  was  removed  to  New  York,  where 
it  is  stilt  published. 

The  Rochetter  Daily  Berald  was  established  in  1850,  L.  K.  Falkncr,  editor. 
In  a  few  months  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  George  G.  Cooper,  who  changed  its 
name  to  the  Rochester  Daily  Times,  C.  Hughson,  editor.  It  was  discontinued  in 
1851, 

The  Rochester  YolksUilt  vtas  established  in  1S53.  It  is  now  under  the  con- 
trol of  L.  W.  Brandt.  Two  editions  are  i:^ucd.  daily  and  weekly.  It  is  Demo- 
cratic in  politics,  and  an  ably  edited  and  infiuiniial  German  publication. 

The  Rochester  Beoiachler  (Observer),  German,  was  commenced  April  10, 
1852,  nnder  the  name  of  Beoiaehter  am  (Jewsit  (Observer  on  the  Geneseel.  It 
was  published  weekly  by  H.  Blauw  and  H.  G.  Haass.  lis  e.litor  was  the  Rev. 
Haass,  brother  of  H.  G.  Haass.  In  1554  the  paper  tame  into  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Haass,  who  issued  it  twice  a  week.  In  September,  lb55,  Adolpli  Xolte  became 
editor  of  the  paper,  and  in  1856  its  proprietor.  Two  years  afterword  it  was  issued 
as  a  tri-weei.Iy  under  the  name  of  R-jchattr  Be'fhachter,  and  in  1S64  it  was  pub- 
lished as  a  daily,  a  weekly  being  also  issued  t'rum  the  s.'uue  office.  In  1S73  it 
was  gft;atly  enlarged,  and  through  the  efficient  management  of  3Ir.  Nolte  has 
taken  its  rank  among  the  leading  German  journals  in  the  State.  Republican  in 
politics. 

The  Steniuff  Express  was  first  published  in  the  autumn  of  1859 — a  newspaper 
called  the  Evininy  Times,  from  the  same  source,  haviui;  preceded  it  a  few  weeks, 
its  publication  suspended.  It  originaied  with  Mr.  Charles  W.  Ilebard,  a  gentle- 
man who  had  pursued  the  business  of  a  marble-cutter,  but  had  cultivated  a  literary 
taste,  and  written  for  l^-al  nrwspap'.rs  on  public  iiuesiions  until  he  acijuired  fiicUity 
in  that  work.  The  Ex/iress  was  intended  (o  be  an  organ  of  mechanics  and  work- 
ing-people, was  of  snmll  size,  and  the  piicc  was  ou^  rent  per  copy.  At  that  time 
there  were  but  two  other  daily  ncwsf  a[vcri  in  a  city  having  a  population  of  sixty 
thou3.ind.  Its  success  ap])eared  higiily  pnibal.le  from  the  favor  with  which  the 
public  received  it.  Soon  after,  C.  D.  Tracy,  who  bad  some  esperience  in  a  news- 
paper counting-house,  and  William  H.  Biach,  a  piactical  printer,  joined  Mr.  He- 
bard  in  the  publication  of  the  paper,  and  a  small  job  office  was  attached.  Tlte 
Exprea  continued  to  be  published  at  one  cent  per  c»^py.  The  presses  and  other 
apparatus  and  material  were  "  sccond-hai.d."  but  the  pajx-r  presented  a  creditable 
appearance.  In  April,  1660,  an  addition  to  the  proprietorship  wa.s  made  by  the 
admission  of  Francis  S.  Rew,  then  holding  the  nffice  of  city  clerk,  and  who  had 
been  for  twelve  years  preccflinj  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Daily  Democrat,  and 
before  that  a  rep^.ner  for  the  Alh;.,',  .luuru.il.  A  new  oultit  was  procured,  the 
paper  enlargcil,  and  the  price  rnis-.-d  to  two  ct-iits  per  copy,  ail  dollars  a  year.  In 
the  campaign  of  ISGO  The  Express  look  sidc^  with  the  llipublican  party,  and 
aided  in  the  election  of  Lincoln.  The  ensuing  ye;ir  was  a  trying  one  for  news- 
papers %%  well  as  for  ether  business,  hut  fortune  favored  the  brave,  and  the  business 


created  by  the  war,  and  the  extraordinary  demand  for  news,  soon  came  to  the  help 
of  the  Express,  and  its  success  was  assured.  Meantime  it  had  to  encounter  the 
disadvantage  of  exclusion  from  the  benefits  of  the  Associated  Press  and  the  use 
of  the  regular  telegnipbie  dispatches,  and  was  obliged  to  pay  full  rates  for  all 
telegrams  received  and  published,  .\ftcr  efforts  pursued  for  several  mouths  and 
against  much  opposition,  it  was  admitted  as  a  member  of  the  -Association.  In 
1861,  W,  J.  Fowler,  who  had  been  a  newspaper  correspondent,  became  a  member 
of  the  firm,  and  this  bu.siness  association  continued  until  1S65,  when  Hon.  A.  C. 
Wilder  purchased  a  one-half  intcri'st,  and  with  D.  W.  Wilder,  now  a  prominent 
State  official  in  Kansas,  joined  with  F.  S.  Rew  and  C.  D.  Tr,icy  iu  a  new  pub- 
lishing firm  known  as  Wilder,  Tracy  tfc  Co.,  and  by  them  the  paper  was  i^sued 
until  1868,  when  Mr.  Wilder  sold  his  interest  to  Tracy  i  Rew.  During  this 
latter  period  a  niorniug  edition  of  the  Express  wxs  published  to  meet  a  suppn-.d 
political  necessity  [lending  a  hitler  Congrwsi.jnal  controversy.  This  experiment 
proved  to  be  unprofitable  financially.  Tracy  i  Rew  continued  its  publication 
until  1874,  when  a  stock  company  was  organized  consisting  of  George  H.  Ell- 
wanger,  W.  C.  Crum,  C.  D.  Tracy,  and  F.  S.  Rew,  who  now  control  the  paper, 
and  assist  in  its  manaLTnient.  It  is  now,  as  at  its  beginning,  a  radical  llepubliLan 
paper,  aiming  to  be  outspoken  in  its  expression  of  views  on  ail  subjects,  looking 
to  the  public  interest  rather  than  to  mere  partisan  success  in  elections,  vigilant  in 
detecting  and  fearless  in  exposing  wrong-doing,  frauds,  and  shams.  It  has  been 
repeatedly  enlarged  in  size,  and  is  now  the  equal  in  dimensions  of  almost  any 
other  interior  public  journal  in  this  State,  daily  containing  more  news,  literary 
and  political  matter,  than  newspapers  published  in  cities  of  twice  the  size  of 
Rochester.  For  this  excess  of  matter  the  Rochester  daily  press  has  always  been 
distingubhed. 

The  Rochester  Mechanic,  monthly,  was  started  in  1875  by  C.  R.  Tompkins. 
It  is  now  published  by  C.  R.  Touipkins  &  Co.  The  object  aimed  at  by  this 
journal  is  to  diffuse  a  more  extended  knowledge  of  mechanics  amooir  tiie  class 
who  own  and  use  wood-working  machinery.  It  has  a  circulation  of  over  five 
thousand.     C.  R.  Tompkins,  editor. 

The  Rochester  Daily  Chronicle  was  established  in  1860  by  Lewis  Selye,  with 
Charles  S.  Collins  editor,  who  is  now  associated  in  the  editorial  management  of 


the  Tro 


Times.     Mr,  Selye 


ntil  1870,  when  it  ' 


merged  in  the  Daily  Democrat. 

The  Earnest  Christian  and  Golden  Rule  was  started  in  Buffalo  in  ISGO  by  its 
present  editor  and  proprietor,  Rev,  B.  T.  Roberts,  In  1S64  it  was  moved  to  this 
city,  where  it  is  now  published.     It  is  ably  conducted,  and  has  a  large  circulation. 

The  American  Rural  Borne  was  started  January  1,  1S71,  by  A.  A.  Hopkins 
and  G.  F.  Wilcox,  and  was  continued  by  them  until  May  17,  1872,  when  .Mr. 
Wilcox  withdrew,  and  P.  C.  Reynolds  became  one  of  the  proprietors.  In  August, 
1873,  it  was  organized  as  a  joint-stock  company,  under  the  name  of  the  -  Rural 
Home  Publishing  Company."  It  is  a  fine-appearing  eight-page  sheet,  and  issued 
weekly.  It  is  ably  conducted,  and  devoted  to  agriculture,  horticulture,  literature, 
and  the  interests  of  the  family. 

The  Fruit  Recorder  and  Cottage  Gardener  was  started  in  April,  1809,  at  fifty 
cents  per  year,  with  a  circulation  of  six  hundred.  A.  31.  Purdy,  editor  and  pro- 
prietor. In  1871  it  was  greatly  enlarged  and  the  subscription  price  doubled.  It 
has  gradually  increased  in  circulation  in  the  States,  Territoi  ics,  and  Canadas,  and 
has  now  a  circulation  of  twenty  tl  ousand.  It  is  devoted  exclusively  to  fruit-grow- , 
ing,  flowers,  and  vegetables.     3Ir    Purdy  is  editor  and  proprietor. 

The  Armor-Bearer  was  started  June  15,  1876.  It  is  a  monthly  publication, 
and  issued  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  its  interests,  and  for  the 
churches  of  Rochester.  The  grand  secretary  of  the  association,  F.  L.  Smith,  is 
the  editor  and  business  manager. 

The  Sunday  Times  was  started  by  William  S.  Foster  &  Co.  Jlay  5,  1872.  It 
suUsequeiitly  paa.=iod  into  the  hands  of  Hynes,  Daniels  &.  Co.,  and,  later,  was  con- 
ducted by  Daniels  &  Peck.  It  is  now  publishe-d  by  Daniels  &  Phillips.  The 
Times  is  a  weekly  elght-pagc  publication.  It  is  the  only  Sunday  morning  paper 
in  Rochester,  and  h;is  a  large  circulation  among  the  middle  and  working  cla.sscs 
becausQ  of  its  condensed  suminariz:ition  of  the  week's  local  and  general  news.  It 
is  a  reliable,  independent,  ably-edited  journal,  and  justly  merits  its  present  popu- 
larity. 

The  Sund.iy  Morninj  Ilemld  w.TS  started  December  3,  1876,  by  Barber  & 
Benjamin.  It  is  the  youngest  of  the  U..chcstcr  press.  It  is  a. sparkling  and  inter- 
esting sheet,  and  will  no  dnubl  meet  with  the  success  it  de-serves.     Independent. 

Von.  Ao/i  /',,./  Fern  (Genima)  is  a  sprightly  wcvkly  publication,  issued  at  No. 
149  North  Waler  street,  by  G.  Feuchtin.-cr,  Jr. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  publications  which  have  existcJ  in  Rochc.-^ter  at 
various  times,  all  now,  however,  being  obsolete ; 

The  Sp,rd  of- the  Aje.  .sc-mi-monildy,  was  published  in  1830  by  Ames  .t  Bar- 
num,  and  the  liurhvslcr  Morniny  Courier  in  the  same  year  by  E.  J.  Roberts. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


137 


flu  R'ichfstfr  Mirror  WM  issued  in  1832  by  K.  Scrantora,  Du  CuJorv  Hoistcin 
editor;  «nd  in  the  foli.iwim  year  The  Amtricav  Revlvili^t  and  K'rhniT  Ob- 
itmr  V33  published  by  N.  C.  Saxton.     T/ir  Apt  was  also  i^suihI  duriiii  tliia  jfar. 

In  1334,  Tl;  Rljh'l!  nf  Man  was  publi.-he^J  by  the  Anti-^lavery  Society,  Dr. 
Beid  editor;  and  in  the  same  year  TU  F.im.ly  jonmiil  •in.l  Cli'-l'lmn  I'kiUin- 
Ikrophl  wa3  issued  by  W  B.  Van  Brunt.  In  lS38-;i9,  .)/rAV,L:.>'.  Gazettt  was 
published  by  Aleiander  McKenzie. 

Tht  D'li'ly  S«n  waa  published  a  few  months  in  1S40  by  Alfred  Oatley:  and 
during  1S41  The  Am^ricui  aHzen  was  published  here,  and  at  I'erry,  Wyoming 
county,  by  W.  L.  C'lia|.lin. 

The  Jrf^rtonian  was  a  daily  publiciti.m,  issued  here  in  1342  by  Thomas  L. 
Nichols;  and  in  the  same  year  The  Christian  Guardian  was  issued  by  Rev.  J. 
Whitucy. 

The  Mrchnnia  Advootte  was  published  a  short  time  in  1843 ;  and  the  ^ocA- 
aler  Herald,  daily,  in  1844.  by  E.  S.  Watson. 

The  Temjierance  Junrnnl  was  published  a  short  time  in  1''46,  and  The  fenny 
Preacher  also  had  a  short-lived  csister.ce.     Published  hy  f^mstus  Shepaid. 

The  ChrltliaiL  Oferiny  wai  published  a  short  time  in  1S47  by  E'.  B   Shaw. 

77i«  Grueree  Olio,  a  iiterary  paper,  was  publi.--hed  in  1S47  by  Franklin  Cow- 
drey.  Thf  North  Sinr  was  issued  iu  1347.  and  The  Ah'-meen  Ilandrehhlid  in 
1843.  The  I'o.'t/.'.  Ttmp-rance  Mmner.  monthly,  was  publi.hed  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Youths'  Teiuperance  Society  of  llochest«r,  and  the  Medical  Tr>iih- 
Teller,  devoted  to  the  Thompsonian  practice,  by  Dr.  Justin  Gates. 

The  Western  Ltimvmry,  a  Universalist  paper,  weekly,  was  published  here  by 
Kev.  J.  M.  Koot,  and  was  subsequently  removed  to  Buffalo. 

r/ie  Wulchnmu,  a  weekly  paper,  wa3  started  here  in  1S41  by  Delazon  Smith. 
It  was'  devoted  to  the  advoeuey  of  atheistic  doctrines,  and  made  bold  war  on 
Christianity.  It  was  publUbed  a  number  of  years  and  discontinued.  ,*mith  was 
an  erratic  person,  and  subse-juently  fi;_'ured  in  politics.  President  Tyler  sent 
him  as  minister  to  the  republic  of  Ecuador.     President  Polk  made  an  effort  to 

the  time  was  that  he  had  been  sent  to  find  the  E<iuator,  and  had  been  lost  in  the 
search. 

The  RorJiejter  Eceniny  Gazette  was  published  in  1342  by  one  Clark,  a  lawyer 
by  profession,  and  brother  of  a  well-known  lady  writer,  who  ases  the  nom  de  plnvie 
of '-Grace  Greenwood." 

Tlie  Star  o/  Temperance  was  published  in  this  city  in  1347  by  a  man  named 
Merrill.     It  was  the  organ  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance,  then  a  powerful  onraniza- 


The  National  Reformer  was 
was  devoted  to  land  reform,  hoi 
arcs  then  advocated  extensive! 
measures  having  been  ad<ipte<l  1 

C.  H.  Sedgwick  publi- 
year  Tlw.  Rochester  Gen 


arted  in  1843 

tead  esemptio 
It  was  disco 

he  political  pa 

George  G.  Cooper,  editor.     It 
ten-hour  system,  etc., — meas- 
nued  at  the  end  of  a  year,  its 
ics  and  enacted  into  laws, 
.■d  The   Washingloman  m  1843,  and  in  the  following 
iiii'-l.   The  Gnmi.ije   OmraiU,   The  Christian  Sentinel, 
and  Bretcitert  Insurance  Reporter  were  issued  a  f*!W  months  and  discontitiued. 

T/ie  Rochester  Daily  Magnet  was  published  in  1849  by  Lawrence  and  Winants, 
C  II.  McDonald  i  Co.,  proprietors,  and  disctmtinued  in  18.'iO. 

The  }y<H4-Grower  and  Slock  Register,  monthly,  was  established  in  1843,  witE 
T.  P.  P'eters  and  D.  D.  T.  Moore,  editors.  In  the  h.llowing  year  it  was  merged 
in  the  Rural  New  Yorker.  The  Incestijalnr  and  The  Annunciator  were  pub- 
li-bed  a  short  time  in  1S50.  The  Cygnet  was  also  published  in  1850  by  the 
Y  ung  Men's  Temperance  Association.  The  Flag  of  Freci/om  was  published  in 
ISJO  by  Calvin  H.  IV.se. 

The  Advent  Review  and  Sabbath  Herald,  semi-monthly,  was  commenced  in 
Xovcmber,  18.->0,  by  James  While.  In  connection  with  it  was  published  The 
}  outh't  Instructor. 

Anzriger  dct  Nordcns,  weekly  and  tri-weekly,  was  eslabli^ihed  in  1852  by 
Kramer  &  Felix,  Louis  Ilurtz,  editor 

The  Ereniug  Neics  waa  issued  a  few  months  in  1852  by  R.  Chamberlain  k 
Co.,  and  The  National  Reformer  was  also  published  a  short  time  dunng  the 
same  year. 

The  llnrhester  Daily  I'nijn  was  established  August  IC,  1852.  by  Curtis,  Falls 
A  Co  ,  with  0.  Turner,  i-ditor.  In  D.eember,  I.  Butts  became  editor,  and  in  1856 
it  was  united  with  the  Daily  Advrrtisrr. 

Snow  i  Ingersoll  issued  the  R.^-hr,i,r  Daily  Tribune  in  1355-5G,  and  in  the 
lalt.T  year  John  N.  Iii-.-ersoll  piiWi^liod  a  campaign  paper  called  the  Rochester 
O'ity  Free  I'ress.  C.  It.  McDonnell  is>u.-,l  ti^tM' reanlde  Journal  in  I.-^SG; 
"I'd    ill    1S5S   Xhe  Evening  Anf-riran,  a   campaign    pjiper,  was   published  bv  .\. 


1  of  the 


TheJ.,„r,.„l„flheUo, 
>niini„Hl  io  1S75. 


,  monthly,  was  pubU'shoil  Iicrc  tuany  years, 


ad  di! 


We  give  the  n.ll.>wing  brief  biographical  sketches  of  the  older  mcmbei 

.\t-orsTI.VE  G.  D.^L-BV,  whose  name  appears  at  the  beginning  of  tbi- 
was  b..rn  in  .Man-field,  Ma.<.s:ichu.sett.s.  December  17,  17;i5.  His  f^iihc 
Frenchman,  and  acconipanici  La  Fayette  to  this  country  duriiiir  the  \Xe\ 
Mr.  Dauby  passed  his  boyb,>od  in  'whitojtown.  Oneida  county,  and  i 
entered  the  office  of  Mr.  Merrill,  as  an  apprx;ntice.  During  hi.s  apprentiei 
wasdnftedasasolJierin  thewarof  1812;  but  so  highly  w.-re  his  ser^'icu 
by  Mr.  Merrill  that  a  substitute  was  providtnj,  and  the  young  printer  eseapcil  the 
dangers  of  the  tented  fiehl.  In  ISlli  he  njinove-l  to  this  city  and  fuumled  die 
Rochester  Gazette.  In  1822  his  printing  establishment  was  destroyed  by  tirr^. 
and  losing  all  that  he  p.«se.ssed,  he  returned  to  Utica,  and  in  the  same  Year  e--ii- 
nected  him.-MjIf  with  the  O/Aiert-er,  and  in  1324  became  proprietor  of  that  journal 
In  1834  he  relin'(uished  the  ownership,  but  continued  his  editorial  relation  with 
the  paper  fjr  many  years.  -Mr.  Dauby  was  earnestly,  Zealou.sly,  enthusiastiealiv 
attached  to  the  Deinotratic  party,  and  as  a  supporter  of  M.inrr.e  in  181i;.  and 
again  in  1S20.  he  won  liis  early  laurels  as  a  political  writer.  In  the  manv-si'leJ 
contest  of  1824  he  bore  an  active  part,  and  under  his  management  the  Oljs^rv^ 
took  a  decided  stand  in  favor  of  General  Jackson,  and  also  supported  him  in  the 
campalL-n  of  1823.  This  campaign  was  complicated  by  the  anti-.^IasoIlic  issue, 
under  the  adroit  management  of  Thurlow  Wcjd.  Mr.  Weed  and  .Mr.  Dauby  had 
served  their  appreiiticL-ship,  as  printers,  in  Utica.  simultaneously,  and  tliev  knew 
each  other  well.  Mr.  Dauby  was  the  first  man  who  was  made  a  Mason  in  Roth- 
ester,  which  town  subsequently  became  the  home  of  Thurlow  Weed,  and  the 
centre  of  the  aati-M.isonic  agitation.  May  22,  1829,  he  was  appointed  post- 
master  of  Utica,  a  pi.sition  which  he  continued  to  occupy  for  twenty  successive 
years.  He  was  also  the  first  president  of  the  Oneida  bank,  and  remained  a 
director  to  the  day  of  his  death.     He  died  .\ovember  27,  137t). 

John  Sheldo.n  and  Oer.i.v  Follett  remained  but  a  short  time  in  this  city. 
Nothing  is  known  concerning  them  except  that  the  latter  founded  the  Bafavia 

Spirii  Of  inc  Ttufs,  the  uisi,  paper  m  Gcuesee  couiuy.       Mr.  olleiuon  early  csta'o- 

lished  a  paper  io  Detroit,  Michigan,  and  was  many  years  a  suet-cssful  journaliiC 

DEftBICK  SiBI.Elf  represented  Monroe  County  in  the  legislature,  and  subse- 
quently removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1875.  His  brother,  Levi 
^V.,  died  in  Koihester  in  1S44.  They  were  brothers  of  the  celebrated  lawvcr. 
Hon.  Mark  H.  Sibley. 

Fbedekick  Wui-rTLESEY  and  Willi.iu  W.  Mcmford  were  associate-! 
together  in  the  practice  of  the  law,  as  well  as  in  the  "  art  preservative."  The  former 
was  vice-chancellor  of  the  eighth  circuit,  and  was  elected  to  Congress  two  or  three 
times  during  the  anti-Masouic  excitement,  he  being  one  of  the  prominent  anti- 
Masons  of  the  city. 

Edwis  Scr.^ntom  was  the  first  apprentice  to  the  printing  business  in  R-jch- 
ester.  He  still  resides  in  this  city,  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years,  and  is  an 
encyclopa^lia  of  its  history,  remembering  when  only  four  rude  structures  consti- 
tuted Rochester,  now  a  city  of  more  tliau  eighty  thousand  inhabitants. 

JIany  years  ago  a  little  sheet  called  I'aul  I'ry  was  secretly  printed,  and  as  secretly 
placed  in  the  village  post-otRce.  Its  columns  teemed  with  jokes,  iampxins.  and 
criticisms,  both  amusing  and  severe,  aimed  at  various  persons  and  enterprises,  and 
which,  at  every  issue,  threw  the  town  into  a  blaze  of  excitement.  >'on..'  could  dis- 
cover at  the  time  who  publishe-d  it;  but  it  was  iubsoquently  understood  that  Mr. 
Seraiit4)m  was  the  author,  who  was  ever  fond  of  a  joke,  aud  stiii  delights  in 
relating  arousing  incidents  of  --  ye  olden  time." 

EvtR-tRD  .v.NU  Jesse  Peck  were  connected  with  the  priuting  and  bookselling 
business  in  this  city  many  years.  The  former  died  in  Rochester  in  about  tiie 
ycir  1852,  aud  the  latter  removed  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  engaged  in 
the  same  business,  where  he  is  still  living,  highly  respected.  Jesse  Peck  is  now, 
and  has  been  for  many  years  past,  deputy  collector  of  customs  at  New  Haven. 

Thurlow  Weed  beg.Mi  his  newsp.iper  career  in  this  city  io  1824,  as  the  clitor 
of  the  Rochester  Telegraph,  and  the  pafier  w.is  afterward  owned  and  puMishcil  i>y 
himself  and  Robert  .Martin  until  during  the  .^Ias<mic  exeitemcnt,  wiien  the  part- 
nership was  dis.solved.  Mr.  Weed  array..d  liim.s.3lf  against  the  craft  and  wrote  a 
lengthy  article,  wherein  he  reviewed  the  .\Ior.-in  affair,  interspersing  it  with  com- 
ments not  at  all  Hattcring  to  the  fralornity.  of  which  his  eo-p.irtuer,  .Mr.  .Marii.i, 
was  a  Knight  Templar.  .Martin  objected  to  the  in.M;rtion  of  the  article  ,  We-ed 
insisted,  which  resulted  in  the  withdrawal  of  the  Utter.  .^Ir.  Weed  rose  rapidly  in 
hia  chosen  vocation,  and  subsc-fiueiitly  tilled  the  editorial  chair  of  ihc  Albany  £c  u- 

partner  in  the  large  printing  establishmeut  of  Weed,  Pardons  li  Co.,  at  .Vlbany. 

RonritT  .Martin  went  to  Albany  and  became  associated  in  the  imblieaiion 
of  the  Dady  Adc':liier  and  Gazillr  of  that  city,  where  lie  died. 

El,IMU  V.  .^I.Mi.sll ALL  wxs  a  well-known  and  res|ieeu-d  citizen  of  R.K:h..»ur. 
He  was  the  author  of  an  cxcelleut  spelling  book,  aud  died  iu  this  city  about  tlie 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


jeir  1841.     Mr.  SpnuWi 
in  wliioh  he  wu  traviliii; 

LuTBER  Tucker  was 
He  wa3  a  mao  of  poraevt 
of  the  CnlUfxtor.  on  a-r 
city  about  two  jeara  uj^o. 

Henrt  OReillv  is  another  Dame  CO 
western  New  York.  He  waa  also  an  ind 
snd  published  the  "  Sketches  of  Roelicst 


.ii  about  the  same  time  at  A 
1  liis  wife.  J„hn  H.  Hint  .1 
v^  the  pioneers  tif  the  daily  l 
industry,  and  became  widejv 
ral  paper  publislied 


n  a  =t.mc-coach, 
R' .Chester. 
n..-3t  of  Alb.-rv 


.Albany.     He  died  i 


that 


spicuoiL^ly  identified  with  the  press  of 
iatiirable  worker  in  hLstorieal  matters, 
r'.iii  1£2.*^.  !Ie  was  for  a  number  of 
years  po-:lmaster  of  this  city,  and  is  rtmenibered  by  m  iny  in  connection  with  the 
telegraph.  He  resides  in  the  city  of  New  York.  Thomaa  W.  I'la;:;  was  con- 
nected with  the  early  press,  but  of  him  we  can  obtain  no  personal  history. 

Thomas  H.  Hy.\tt,  after  his  wiihdrawai  liom  the  press  of  this  city,  became 
connected  with  the  D'lilif  (Jb,l^.  of  New  York,  and  subsequently  removed  to  San 
Francisco,  where  he  published  an  agricultural  paper. 

Major  Hm.\Ji  Blmimirev  was  an  active  member  of  the  fraternity  n)any 
years.     He  dici  in  this  city. 

Isaac  Bi;tt3  was  an  honored  representative  of  the  press,  and  was  also  iden- 
tified with  the  telegraph.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  died  in  Rocliester 
in  1S74. 

Alvau  Stbo:<o  became  early  connected  with  printin:;  in  this  city,  and  is  very 
&mitlar  with  the  named  of  early  editors  and  the  various  publications  that  have 
from  time  to  time  sprung  into  existence.  He  withdrew  a  few  years  since  from 
the  active  duties  of  the  profession,  well  advanced  in  yeura.  He  resides  in  this 
city. 

Joseph  Curtis,  George  C.  Cooper,  John  E.  Morey,  Lorenzo  Kelly,  and  William 
Parcell  have  long  been  connected  with  the  press,  and  are  among  its  worthiest 
representatives. 

Edw.\rd  Angevine  has  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  the  editorial  fraternity 
of  this  c!;y  fui  a  period  uf  more  uiau  iiveucy  years.  He  was  an  active  and  assidu- 
ous worker  in  the  profession,  and  some  time  snice  severed  his  connection  with  the 
Roitietier  Vnion  and  A'hcrtncr  lor  the  appointment  of  city  clerk,  a  position  for 
which  he  is  eminently  qualified. 

Other  worthy  representatives  of  the  press  of  Rochester,  but  of  whom  we  have 
been  unable  to  obtain  a  personal  history,  were  D.  D.  Stephenson.  Samuel  Heron, 
Daniel  N.  Sprague,  Erastus  Spheard.  Harvey  L.  Winants,  Ansel  Warren,  E.  J. 
Roberts,  El.sha  Loomis,  Albert  G.  Hall,  Peter  Cherry,  Henry  Church  Frink, 
Henry  Cook,  Samuel  P.  Allen,  William  A  Wells,  Alelan.le'r  H.  Maim,  Dr. 
Daniel  Lee,  and  R.  D.  Jones. 

KARLY   MEMBERS   OF   THE   ROCHESTER   BAR. 


I  names  of  the  honored  niemb-^rsof  the 
lews,  who  h,a3  been  properly  stvled  as 
ork."  He  was  bom  in  1T9G,  and  was 
,  the  Newburg  acadeniv.  of 


Vi.xcENT  Ma 
Rochester  bar  stands  that  of  A'ineenl 
the  "  Cither  of  the  bar  of  western  Ne 
of  Irish  d..-5ceot.  His  education  wa 
which  the  celebrated  Icjicographer,  Noah  Webster,  was  prlucinal.  He  afterwards 
attended^  school  at  Hackensack,  and  in  ITSG  entered  the  law-office  of  Colonel 
Kobert  Troup,  of  New  York,  and,  after  four  years  of  diligent  study,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1790.  He  located  at  Ti'i^-a  when  ■'  Newtown."  now  Elmira.  con- 
sisted of  bat  three  rude  dwelling's,  and  eiilcrt-.l  ujion  the  Jutie-  of  his  profession. 
His  practice  extended  to  Ontario  county,  and  he  was  present  at  .he  opening  of  the 
fir^t  court  at  Canatidai:j;ua.  lie  reprc-entc-l  Ti.-.-a  in  the  legislature  in  171)3  and 
1794  ;  was  Slate  senator  in  1790  ;  and  was  member  of  Congress  in  1809.  He 
•Iso  officiated  fire  years  as  district  attorney  of  Tioga  county.  In  ISli!  he  moved 
to  Bath,  Steiben  county,  and  I'onned  a  law-parlnership  wiili  Willi.im  B.  IWhester. 
In  1S21  he  came  to  this  city,  and  was  actively  engaged  in  (he  practice  of  his 
profession  from  that  year  until  a  few  months  prcvii.us  to  his  death,  which  occurred 

September  23,  134C.     He  scn-ed  M o<^  as  district  attorney,  rnd  also  represented 

the  county  in  the  legislature.  Though  the  greater  portion  of  his  time  was  devoted 
to  the  study  and  practice  of  his  eliuscn  protession,  he  was  deeply  interested  in  all 
matters  of  social  and  public  importance,  and  was  especially  fond  of  the  military, 
in  which  he  pjso  to  the  rank  of  bri-adier-L-encral.  At  a  meeting  of  the  bar,  held 
in  this  city  sexin  after  his  death,  many  eulev;:ies  upi»n  his  life  and  character  were 
pronounced  by  various  old  asMK.iates,  who  felt  heavily  the  loss  of  their  honored 
friend  and  safe  adviser.  The  fullowing  extract  is  taken  from  the  remarks  made 
upon  this  occasion  by  Judge  Sanipsun  : 

"  In  his  death,  crowned  as  it  w.is  with  years  and  honors,  ho  reseniblctl  an  ancient 
oak  falling  mightily  and  niaj,  -ti.  ally  to  llie  earth  after  braving  the  storms  e.f  un- 

prevailc.1,  and  he  bowed  his  venerable  head  and  died.  HL-  pure  and  l]>efol  life 
affords   an  impressive   lesson    to  the  prnlesoinn.      He  confined   hiuiself  mainly. 


ablio  life,  bu 


etts,  Augu: 


though  not  exclusively,  to  the  sin-jie  object  of  prore.-~i'ina!  pursuit 
indeed,  he  listened  to  the  call  of  his  countrymen  and  entorcMl 
always  retueneMi  with  alacrity  to  his  proftssioiial  labors." 

Isaac  HfLL.s  was  born  in  Lennox,  Berkshire  cjuuty.  Ml 
15,  1793.  He  studied  his  prorcs.>ion  with  J. dm  C.  Spencer 
of  Canandaigua,  and  also  with  John  Dickson,  of  Blooraficld. 
at  Union  college,  and  was  a  cla-sniatc  of  Wm.  H.  Seward  He  was  .idmitled  to 
the  bar  in  August,  18-4,  and  cotanienccHl  practice  in  this  city,  and  w^is  the  first 
recorder  of  the  city,  and  assisted  in  drawing  the  original  charter.  L-jsm  the 
organization  of  the  Rochester  Savings  Bank  in  1S31,  he  was  chosen  its  atlornev, 
a  position  which  he  has  filled  from  that  time  to  the  present. 

Robert  Brecke-Vridge,  uncle  of  John  C.  Breckenridge,  came  to  this  city, 
and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  with  Daniel  D.  Barnard,  at  that  time  a  lead- 
ing lawyer  of  Rochester.  He  w;is  subset jueutly  sent  to  Coii'.:rcs3.  and  wxs  also 
appointed  minister  to  Berlin.     He  removed  to  Albany,  where  he  died  a  few  years 

MosE3  Chapin  was  a  prominent  attorney  practicing  here  in  1822.  He  was 
a  most  conscientious  man,  who  early  and  carefully  studied  the  moral  and  religious 
dutie3,-and  practiced  them  in  all  he  did  or  said.  He  saw  the  beautiful  and  irooil. 
and  followed  it  closely.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  talcnc,  and  officiated  as  first  judge 
several  terms. 

AsnLEV  Sa.mpsos,  a  native  of  the  "  Green  Mountain  State,"  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  this  city  in  1S21.  He  was  app.3intcxl  to  the  office  of  first  judge 
of  the  county,  and  ofliciated  in  that  capacity  several  terms.  -He  also  represented 
Monre>e  in  the  legislature.  Mr.  Samps-jn  was  a  man  of  fine  abilities,  and  continued 
an  active  practitioner  during  life. 

Elisha  B.  Strong,  a  member  of  the  bar  of  Ontario  countv,  was  appointed 
the  first  judge  of  this  county  when  it  was  set  off  from  Ontario.  The  appointment 
of  Mr.  Strong  to  this  position  created  universal  flissatisfaction  among  the  citizens  of 
the  new  county,  who  felt  that  amoni;  their  own  attorncvs  mijit  have  been  chosen 
a  man  as  well,  if  not  better,  r|aalified  to  discharge  the  duties  of  this  office. 

Timothy  Childs,  another  member  of  the  bar  of  Ontario  county,  was  ap- 
pointed, with  Mr.  Strong,  to  serve  Monroe  as  dLstriet  attorney.  This  selection, 
also,  was  male  by  Ontario,  totally  ignoring  the  new  county  to  have  any  choice  in 
appointing  officers  for  the.se  responsible  positions; 

Addison  Oardi.neb  became  a  practicing  attorney  in  this  city  in  1822,  and 
was  Rochester's  fit^t  justice  of  the  peace.  He  w,ts  not  only  a  lawyer  of  fine 
talent,  but  a  man  of  great  popularity  with  all  classes.  He  was  district  at- 
torney of  the  county,  and  was  subsee^ucntly  appointed  circuit  judge :  and  in 
1844  was  elected  lieutenant-governor  of  New  York  on  the  ticket  with  Silas 
Wright,  of  honored  memory.  He  was  re. elected  at  the  next  gubernatorial  elec- 
tion, but  resigned  in  1846,  and  w.is  elevated  to  the  bench  of  the  court  of  appeals 
of  this  State.  Judge  Gardiner  long  since  retired  from  active  business,  and  is 
passing  his  declining  years  at  his  pleasant  home  near  this  city,  highly  esteemed 
by  the  citizens  of  Rochester  and  the  Empire  State. 

Samuel  L.  Selden  was  bom  in  Lyme,  Cuunecticut,  October  12,  ISOO,  and 
removed  to  this  city  in  1821,  and  commenced  the  study  of  his  profession  with 
the  venerable  Judge  Gardiner,  whose  partner  he  afterwards  beeaine.  Eaily  in 
lite  he  held  the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace,  chancery  clerk,  and  first  judi:e  of 
Monroe  common  picas.  In  1847  he  was  clmsen  a  justice  nf  the  supreme  court 
of  this  Stiite.  and  sub.ses|uenlly  was  electe-d  a  judire  of  the  court  of  appeals,  which 
office  he  held  until  his  resignation  in  lsi;2.  Judge  Seldon  po.-se.ssed  the  judicial 
faculty  in  the  highest  deirree,  and  no  nienibcr  of  the  court  of  appeals  has  secured 
a  more  honorable  reputation.     He  died  September  2n,  137G. 

He.nrv  R.  Selden  came  to  Rochester  in  1825,  and  studied  his  profession  in 
the  office  of  Gardiner  &  Selden.  It  is  a  fact  somewhat  unusual  that  the  same 
office  should  at  the  same  time  contain  three  of  the  future  judges  of  the  eoiiit 
of  appeals,  and  those  among  the  mnst  eininent, — Addison  Gardiner,  Samuel  L. 
Selden,  and  Henry  R.  Selden.  If  we  luay  judge  from  their  legal  e.piniuns,  ;ts 
published  in  the  New  York  Stale  Reports,  three  more  able  lawvcrs  will  rarciv  be 
found.  Henry  R.  Selden  was  also  the  edit..r  of  the  reports  so  favoral.lv  kiiiiwn 
as  Sclden's  Reports.  From  the  court  of  appeals  he  returned  to  the  pr.ieticc  of 
his  profession  in  Rochester,  which  lie  suit  pnrsui-s  with  ;iil  his  vi.iuiliful  ardor. 

HabveV  HuMPlIREV  was  born  in  Liltldield  CMunly,  C.-inmc  tieut,  in  the  year 
179r,.  Came  with  his  parents  lo  East  l)l..nmfield.  Uiitaiio  countv,  New  Vc.rk,  in 
1793.  Entered  Hamilton  L-olh-e  in  1^17  ;  gr.Mlual.d  there  in'l.S2ll.  .•^lu,l'..d 
law  with  N.  V.  Randall,  l-is.p.it  .Manhus,  (Incida  county.  New  York,  in  l.sjil  to 
1822,     Was  tutor  in   Hamilton  colL-e  in  the  years  l.-i2o  and  1821.      Caihe   to 

admitted  to  the  bar  in  1825.  He  held  the  offices  of  juslic-c  of  the  p.  ace,' examiner 
in  chancery,  and  was  one  of  the  last  hoard  of  trustees  of  llie  ull  I'.-e  ,.f  Koclic-ler, 
who  procured  the  passage  of  ihc  first  city  charter,  leaving  ilittr  -u,rr;-s,s4..rs  in 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


office  alJenncn,  with  a  mayor  as  their  heail.  lie  hold  the  office  of  county  juJ^-o 
for  one  t<rni.  He  is  still  daily  at  his  office,  alVr  »  practice  of  more  tlua  fifty- 
one  yeurs.  durinii  the  ixit  twciity-tivo  of  which  hid  sita.  Gcor^  H.  Humphrey,  has 
been  lL^dociatcd  with  him  in  business. 

jAMSa  R.  DriOLiTTLE  Studied  hus  profession  with  Isaac  Hills,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  iu  ISMG.  He  bopin  his  pr.ictice  in  Warsaw,  Wyoming  county,  New 
York,  and  flubseiiucntly  removed  to  Wisconsin,  and  represented  that  coainion- 
wcalih  in  the  United  ^t-itca  senate. 

J.vsPER  W.  Gilbert  be:.-an  the  study  of  law  in  this  city,  where  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  hold  the  office  of  district  attorney.  He  removed  to  Bn>ok- 
Ivn,  atd  cotumcnceii  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  was  afterwards  elected  to 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  supreme  court,  a  position  which  he  still  occupies. 

f.B.i9Ui;3  P.  Smith  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  the  talented  Sampson. 
UJtd  was  admitted  in  this  city,  where  he  bc^an  practicing.  He  was  appointed 
tsaisuint  S'jcretiiry  of  Stite,  and  afterwards  went  as  government  aceuC  to  Chin;L 
He  has  recently  returned  to  Rochester,  where  he  now  rc-^ides.  He  is  a  man  of 
much  learning,  and  the  author  of  a  valu.ible  work  on  political  cce.noniT. 

OttL.vXDO  H.vsn.NOS  will  be  remembered  by  many  .is  a  prominent  attorney  of 
tliis  city,  who  came  from  Genesee.  He  represented  the  county  in  the  legislature, 
and  died  in  this  city. 

Sela!!  M.vtiieus.  a  nephew  of  the  venerable  Vincent  Mathews,  w.ts  a  lawyer 
of  fair  ability,  who  practiced  and  died  in  this  city. 

E.  Dahwin  Suitu  studied  his  profession  with  E.  Griffin,  and  commenced  the 
practice  in  this  city  at  an  early  day.  He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
supreme  court,  and  retired  from  that  position  at  the  close  of  IS76,  after  a  long 
and  honorable  career. 

Joseph  D.  Hcsbanus  removed  from  Cooperatown,  New  York,  to  this  city, 
where  he  still  resides,  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  is 
register  in  bjnkruptcy.  and  U.  S.  commissioner,  U.  S.  master  and  examiner  in 
chancery  in  both  the  district  and  circuit  court. 

Joseph  A.  K.vsril.v:,',  of  tl-.c  £rra  of  Lo-stujau  i  Vuu  Voorhis,  comiueneed 
practice  in  this  city  in  a  »ery  early  day,  and  is  still  actively  engaged  in  the  duties 
of  his  profession.  He  is  an  excellent  lawyer,  and  was  prominently  identified  with 
the  early  city  government. 

■  Frederick  Whittlesey,  William  W.  Mumford,  Charles  M.  Lee,  Jas.  H.  Gregory. 
Enos  Pomcroy,  and  Fleii.ter  M.  Ilaight  were  al-o  prominent  attorneys  and  honored 
citizens.  Whittlesey  and  Mumford  were  partners  in  the  law  practice,  and  also  at 
one  time  published  the  ilunror  UfpM'ican.  Other  members  of  the  profession 
residing  here  in  1S::;S  were  William  S.  Bishop,  Patrick  G.  buchan,  Graham 
U.  Chapin,  M.  F.  DoLno,  Isaac  R.  Elwood.  H'.race  G.iy,  Simon  H.  Grant.  San- 
ford  M.  Green,  Robert  Ilaight,  Theodore  B.  Hamilton,  E.  S.  Loe,  Hiram  Leonard, 
Samuel  Jliller,  Wm.  R.  Montgomery,  John  C.  Nash. 

PRESENT   MEMBERS   OF   THE    ROCHESTER   B.KR. 

Walter  W.  Adams,  Allen  Bros.,  J.  S.  Andrews,  James  L.  Angle,  Geo.  Arm- 
Wrong,  Theodore  Bacon,  C.  S.  Baker,  W.  H.  Baker,  H.  L.  Parker.  A.  L.  Barton, 
Bates  k  Pike,  D.  B.  Beach,  L.  C.  Benedict,  O.  .M.  Benedict.  Horace  L.  Bennett, 
J.  B.  Bennett,  Benton  i  Dickinson,  Omar  Binney,  W.  H.  Bowman,  M.  H. 
Briggs,  S.  J.  Budloni,  W.  R.  Carpenter,  Chum.-isero'  i  Davison,  Clark  &  Clark, 
J.  C.  Cochrane,  Cogswell  &  Perkins,  J.  A.  Colwell,  Osctr  Craig.  P.  M.  Crandall, 
De  L.  Crittenden,  W.  B.  Crittenden,  H.  R.  Curtis,  Danforth  i  Sheppard,  Z.  L. 
Da  is,  Davy  k  Luckey,  C:  F.  Dean.  Fred.  Delano.  J.  W.  Dcuol.  Geo.  V.  Draper. 
i.  .M.  Dunning,  F.  L.  Durarid,  Eastman  &  Van  Voorhis,  Wni.  E.  Edmonds,  Al- 
fred Ely,  Fanning  k  Williams,  Farrar  k  Lysander.  D.  C.  Feely,  E.  B.  Fenncr, 
E.  B.  Fiske,  N.  Footc,  Jr.,  James  S.  Garlock,  L.  H.  Gillette,  L.  J.  Goddard,  C. 
H  Gorliain,  Wra.  Graebc,  Harris  k  Cooke.  L-aiio  Hills.  F.  A.  Hitchcock,  IIov.  y 
i  White,  P.  B.  Hulelt.  U.  i  G.  Humphrey,  T.  B.  Husband.  J.  D.  llnsband.s, 
V.  It.  IIutchiii.son,  D.  C.  Hyde,  G.  F.  Jackson,  J.  II.  Jclfies,  James  A.  Jordan. 
U.  11.  Lansing,  F.  A.  .Macomher,  .Martindale  i  Oliver,  J.  S.  Mathews.  JIasson 
i  .Simons,  B.  D.  McAlpine,  McDonald  k  lUines.  C.  I.  McDow,  II.  J.  A.  .McGor- 
i-j...  P.  Melntyre,  M.  G.  .McKinncy.  E  A.  McMath.  .Me.N'au.-hton  i  Olmstead, 
.^M'hail  &  Jones,  W.  J.  Mcl'hotion,  T.  C.  Montgomery.  S.  S.  Morgan,  G.  G. 
M»ngcr,  Channcey  Nash,  M.  Noyes,  J.  C.  O'Brien,  T.  P.  OKeliy.  J.  C.  OR.-gan, 
JoI„  P.  Palmer,  Chauuccy  Perry.  J.  N.  Pomeroy,  C.  J.  Power^,  J.  Ran,  C.  W. 
llaws.,,,  Ilcioy  S.  Re-dfiel'd,  G.  E  Rii-o.n,  S.  R.  Robins<in.  John  E.  Roe.  Row- 
ley i  Johra..n,  Wm.  H.  St.  John,  Henry  Sargent.  .Sattcrlcc  &  Yeoman.  R.  II. 
>'•  h,«,ley,  f  I.  R.  Selden.  Jesse  Shepherd.  Wm.  J  Sherid.in.  G.  W.  Sill.  V.  M.  Smith, 
Jacob  Spahn,  W.  S.  Staples,  J.  W.  Stcbliini,  0.  11.  Stevens.  J.  A.  Stull.  J.  Sul- 
I'Vaii,  D.  D.  Sully.  S.  H.  Terry,  G.  W.  Tl.om.ns,  Townsond  &  Sullivan,  (w.r.-e 
Tr.„.,l.,|c.  Tucker  i  R.wen.  J.  C.  Van  Epps.  John  Van  Voorhis.  Quiiicev  Van 
V.K.rhis,  J,  P.  Vamuni,  \V.  W.  Webb,  E.  Web-ter,  D.  Wcntworth,  II.  E.  White, 


R.  E.  While,  F.  A  Whittlesey,  S.  G.  Wileoi,  Wile  k  Wile,  A.  J.  Wilkin.  (' 
M'illiam.s.  J.  W  WiUuo,  Daniel  W,»d,  L.  M.  Wooden,  H.  H.  Woodward.  \\. 
U.  Yerkes. 

THE   FINE   ARTS. 


-^.3  I  came  to  the  villa-re  of  Rochester  in  the  year  1S33.  my  pergonal  rec!>llec- 
tlnns  must  d.ite  from  that  time;  and  as  the  principal  facts  relating  to  the  tine 
artii,  previous  to  that  date,  have  heeii  -iven  by  Mr.  Henry  0  Reilly  in  his  iiivalu. 
able  work  on  the  early  history  of  Uoeliester  and  western  New  York,  I  take  the 
liberty  of  quoting  fn.'m  his  article  on  the  subject  the  following 

MISCELLANEOnS   NOTICES   REL.KTINQ   TO   THE    FINE    ARTS,    ETC. 


le  Clcolon  llmiw  of  Bochc 


NftUonftI  Anrtrcur.  i 


f  Iht  Bnf.h  R..r»l  Ac...l-n, 


iphMl  gla,IIj  brxjke  frum  lh<*  Big  Trea  prii. 


-FATE   OP   CATLI.N 


BRIEF   SKETCHES   OF   THE    PAINTERS. 

The  fir^t  resident  artist  in  Rochester,  so  far  as  I  am  able  to  learn,  was  Pxrt. 
IltNDS,  who  practiced  the  art  of  p*.»rtrait  .nnd  miniature  painting  about  the  yc-.ir 
18l'l).  How  long  he  remained  here,  and  what  w:u  the  character  of  his  work.  I 
have  not  been  able  to  ascertain. 

In  the  year  18-!!.  Huiiace  Hardixu  i  hroiher  of  the  celebrated  painter  hy 
that  name  1  practiced  the  art  of  portnil-palnting  here.  He  was  reciniz  -d  .".s  an 
artl.-t  of  fair  ability.     Am.mg  his  ho.ul-.  wis  one  of  the  Kite  I.saiic  .M,...re. 

In  the  year  IS.'.'),  GEuuciE  ArNuLU  in.ide  Ins  residence  here,  and  devoid  hini- 

which  cvince-d  fine  talent.     Among  the  bc-t  in   ihu  line,  I  rcmen,U-r  well  .he 


opjo 


fflSTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


pair.liii!;  for  the  biinnor  of  iho  "  Rwliotcr  Cily  CaJcis,"  afterwards  the  "  Uochcs- 
ter  M^'lil  Guanls."  Tliis  k;i3  paintoii  about  the  vear  1S40,  and  attmetcd  nniver- 
Bol  aJniinitiun  for  its  artistic  bcautv.  It  was  p:jnted  fur  the  ladies  of  the  eity,  nnJ 
presented  to  the  company  by  tliem  witli  unu:!ual  putilic  ceremonies.  Mr.  Arnold 
still  resiJi's  here,  havin-.;  attained  an  enviable  reputation  in  his  prufe.--sion  as  well 
03  a  competency  of  this  world's  goods,  and  eujc»ying  the  n.>pect  and  contidcnee  of 
aJl  who  know  him. 

Mr.  J.  L.  P.  Mathifs.  of  whom  Mr.  O'Reilly  speaks,  cime  hero  about  the 
year  1825  to  1828,  aceompanied,  as  I  am  informed,  by  his  nephew, — the  now 
f,imou3  artLst  Wilh.im  P.voe,  of  Xew  York. — both  of  whom  were  portrait- 
paiatera.  They  opened  a  studio  and  an  art  gallery  consistin;^  of  their  own  paint- 
ings. Their  plan  seems  to  liave  been  to  accumulate  a  number  of  paintings  for 
the  art  gallery,  which  would  prove  of  suKicicnt  interest  to  attract  visitors.  Mr. 
Page  painted  some  h'lstorieal  pieces, — .->ne,  the  "  Cliildren  of  Israel  crossing  the 
Red  Sea;-  alio,  the  bead  of  .an  -Old  Roman  in  Chains."  They  did  not  secure 
patronage  sufficient  at  th.at  early  day  to  w.irr.int  the  enterprise  of  the  grUlrry,  and 
gave  up  the  idea.  ?Ir.  Page  rcuiained  here  about  one  year  and  then  returned  to 
New  York,  where  he  had  formerly  re^^ided.  Mr  Pat'e  has  Inn*,'  heen  recognized 
as  one  of  the  greatest  American  painters.  Mr.  Tiickcrman,  in  his  work  enticlod 
"  Book  of  the  Arlists,"  s.ays  of  him,  -  Of  all  American  p.iinters,  William  Page 
13  the  most  originally  experimental.  He  has  studied  his  art  in  theory  as  well  as 
practice  ;  he  has  idealized  in  a  wide  ninge  of  speculations  as  regards  the  processes, 
the  methods,  and  the  principles  of  adapting  them." 

Mr.  ^lathies,  having  practiceil  painting  more  us  an  amateur  than  an  artist,  soon 
after  laid  aside  his  pencil  and  easel  and  embarked  in  a  patent-riaht  business, 
which  proved  more  suecessful  in  a  pecuniary  way.  lie  was  proprietor  for  some 
years  of  the  "  Arcade  Restaurant;'"  also  landlord  of  the  Clinton  Hotel  when  he 
died,  about  the  year  1S34. 

About  the  year  1327,  a  Mr.  TfxniLL  erected  his  easel  here  as  a  portrait- 
painter,  and  csecQted  several  paintings.  Amon-.:  them  were  portraits  of  the  late 
Dr.  Matthew  Dp.mn  and  his  wife;  also,  the  fither  and  mother  of  the  late  William 
Atkinson.  It  was  in  this  year  that  Daxif.l  Stkele.  a  portrait-painter  of  no 
mean  ability,  came  here.  Mr.  .Steele  was  a  man  of  very  pleasing  address,  and  soon 
placed  his  pictures  in  the  parlors  of  a  lar^e  number  of  our  best  families.  He  was 
regarded  as  a  fiuc  painter.  Among  his  heads,  one  now  in  the  possession  of  Dr. 
B.  F.  Giikeson,  the  portriit  of  Mr:j.  Gilkeson's  father,  may  be  recognized  as  a  fair 
specimen  of  hi.s  work.  I  name  .as  among  his  best  pictures  one  of  Colonel  Horace 
Gay;  alao  one  of  General  Vincent  Mathews,  wiiich  is  now  iianging  over  tlie 
judges'  bench  in  the  court-house.  Mr.  Steele  was  first  known  in  western  New 
York  while  exhibiting  a  lar^'e  Seriplural  {minting  called  the  "  Ra't-ingof  Lazilrus." 
which  he  had  executed  at  Aubvirrt,  I  believe.  While  here  he  never  attempted 
anything  but  [Kirtraits,  with  the  e.vception  of  a  Venus,  which  for  inanyyc;ir>  had 
a  home  in  one  of  our  flourin-.;  mills,  and  nhich  never  '.Tcatly  increased  the  fame 
of  the  artist.      Mr.  .Steele  remained  here  about  seven  years. 

PuiLir  Ross  fame  to  Rochester  about  the  year  ISJti,  from  the  town  of  Clark- 
son,  in  this  county,  where  he  had  folhiwed  the  business  of  cabinet-making,  and 
where  he  bad  unfortunately  lost  his  tliop  and  goods  by  fiic.  Possessing  some 
talent  for  portrait-painting  as  an  amateur,  he  l">gan  the  practice  of  his  art  here, 
and  produced  (juite  a  number  of  very  satisfactory  portraits.  He  was  satisfied 
with  small  remuneration  f.jr  hi-^  work,  and  no  doubt  this  induced  a  libentl  patron- 
age, lie  succeeded  very  well  in  his  drawings,  but  evinced  very  little  artistic 
skill  with  the  use  of  color  or  in  the  effecu  of  light  and  shadow.  In  fact,  many 
of  his  pictures  were  little  ni'.re  than  ti.t  dr.iwings  in  color.  A  picture  now  in 
the  possession  of  Samuel  B.  Pewey,  of  this  city,  in.iy  be  rcjardeil  as  a  fairspt^ci- 
men  of  his  work.  Mr.  Boss  wm  a  genial,  kind-hea'rted  g.  ntleman,  and  will  be 
well  remcnihcred  by  our  old  citizens.  He  removed  to  the  Slate  of  Indiana  with 
bis  family  about  the  year  1S.JI). 

Grove  S.  Oilheiit  graduated  with  honor  at  the  Middlebury  Academy,  about 
the  year  ISJ.'i.  While  there,  his  genius  manifestpl  itself  in  drawing  very  life- 
like pen  and  pencil  sketches  of  his  -eliiKilmates.  His  first  essajs  in  portraiture 
were  maile  in  the  vill.ige  of  I.e  Roy,  tVion  whence  he  rein.ived  to  Niagara.  Can.ida, 
where  he  spent  one  winter  in  teaching  ~elioiil.  Ho  removed  to  this  city  in  the 
year  1S:;4.  when  he  was  twenly-nine  y.  ars  of  age.  He  at  once  "jiencd  a  studio, 
and  creeti..d  his  ea-el  as  a  portrait-painlcr.  Without  the  advantage  of  fi.reign 
travel,  or  even  a  knowledge  of  the  works  of  the  best  m.a.-ters,  and  havini;  seen 
but  few  examples  worthy  of  study,  he  seems  to  have  invented  his  own  methods, 
and  'oy  intuitive  genius  to  have  worked  out  a  .system  of  his  own,  producing 
results  which  have  challenged  the  admiration  of  the  best  masters  in  the  coun- 
try. As  an  evidence  of  this,  I  t^uote  a  remark  of  one  of  the  reco'.^i7.id  great 
ma.-lers  of  New  York,  on  viewing  a  portrait  by  Mr.  Gilb.Tt.  S..  .struck  wa,s  he 
with  Gilbert's  genius  in  layin:r  on  the  iKad  coloriti'.;  of  his  portraits,  th.at  be 
remarked,  "  He  would  give  all  he  ever  knew  for  the  ability  to  do  it  in'  the.s.-nne 


manner."  Mr.  Gilbert  was  9<>on  rcco-.Tiizcd  as  a  master  in  his  profesiiion,  and  h.is 
had  the  honor  of  painting  heads  of  nearly  all  of  our  leading  citizens  during  the 
la-st  half-eeofury.  I  remember  visiting  his  studio  as  early  33  the  year  18o5,  wln-n 
I  sat  for  a  portrait  by  the  late  Colonel  Phlneas  Stanton,  of  \m  Roy,  who  had 
procured  the  consent  of  .>Ir.  Gilbert  to  study  in  his  studio.  Mr.  Gilbert  alw;ai 
declinc<l  to  instruct  pupils,  giving  as  a  rea-son  that  he  had  no  theory  or  method 
to  give  them.  •■  He  did  not  know  how  he  prwJuccd  effect  hiui-elf,  hence  he  could 
not  communicate  it  to  ochera; '  but  he  had  no  objection  to  students  watching  hitu 
work,  aud  obtaining  what  knowledge  of  the  art  they  could  in  that  way.  Thus 
Mr.  Stanton  received  from  Gilbert  his  first  ideas  of  pnrtrait-p.iinting. 

Among  Mr.  Gilbert's  early  heaiJs  were  those  of  Rev.  Dr.  Winner,  of  the  Brick 
church,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Whitehouso,  of  St.  Luke's  church,  and  the  Hon.  Levi  A. 
Ward,  which  porinit  Mr.  Gilbert  regards  as  one  of  his  best  pictures.  It  is  now 
hanging  in  the  common  council  chamber  of  our  city,  where  also  may  be  seen  a 
number  of  Mr.  Gilbert's  heaiis.  One  of  his  best  pictures,  however,  was  that  of 
Dr.  -Matthew  Brown.  This  picture  was  painted  nearly  thirty  years  ago.  Mr. 
Gilbert  was  solicited  to  send  a  head  about  that  time  to  the  Academy  of  Design,  in 
Now  Y'ork,  for  one  of  its  aonu,al  exhibitions,  and  this  head  was  chosen  by  him, 
and  sent  for  that  purpose.  This  work  so  excited  the  adi.iiratit.n  of  the  artists 
that  .Mr.  Elliott,  the  distint:uishe<l  portrait-painter,  caused  >[r.  Gilbert's  name  to 
be  ofi'ered  to  the  assoeiatiou  as  eligible  to  honorary  membership  to  that  institution, 
Mr,  Gilbert  was  unanimously  eleete-d — a  position  to  which  his  works  had  so 
eminently  entitled  him.  Mr.  Gilbert  has  .always  been  an  earnest  student  and  a 
most  conscientious  worker.  Constantly  striving  to  excel,  lie  has,  like  most  other 
true  geniuses  in  art,  experimented  successfully  in  the  various  methods  of  handling, 
until  his  works,  at  the  present  time,  exhibit  three  distinct  -'modes"  or  "manners." 
His  early  work,  conscientiously  drawn  with  evident  care  for  exact  truthfulness  in 
lied  to  lack  thi<t  ideality  which  ehariicterizes  his  middle  hand- 
while  for  general  effect  they  are  admirable  specimens  as  relate  to  other 
His  middle  handling  pro(luc«>d  portraits  or  great  strength  and 
power,  characterized  by  the  most  exquisite  effects  in  coloring  I  have  ever  seen, 
showing  evidently  that,  like  Rubens,  his  genius  is  found  in  his  extraordinarv- 
talent  for  color.  His  last  and  most  highly  artistic  hamlling  exhibit  all  of  his 
powers  combined  in  their  fullest  development.  A  freer  drawing,  greater  ideality, 
masterly  conception,  and  management  of  color,  and,  above  all,  that  breadth  in 
chiaroscuro  so  essential  to  a  masterly  production,  combine  to  place  bim  among  the 
leadiug  portrait-painters  of  the  country.  Mr.  Gilbert  rarely  fails  in  producing  a 
likeness;  most  of  his  pictures  arc  admirable  iu  that  respect,  which  may  be  attrib- 
uted to  a  happy  faculty  of  drawing  out  the  character,  emotifuis,  and  feelings  of 
hia  sitters  by  c<jntinuou3  conversation  while  at  his  work.  His  works  have  the 
marks  of  true  genius,  and  his  future  historian,  by  studying  them,  will  find  no 
difficulty  in  establishing  his  tnie  pttsition  as  an  artist.  It  may  safely  be  said  that 
in  his  life,  and  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  be  has  greatly  elevated  the 
standard  of  art  in  western  New  Y'ork. 

Roy  Al'DV,  a  portrait-painter  of  rather  feeble  talent,  made  h'ls  temporary 
residence  here  in  the  year  183o.  He  painted  a  few  picture-,  among  which  was 
a  full-length  portrait  of  Hon.  Kliiha  Johnson,  one  of  our  most  prominent  citizens. 
This  was  a  very  showy  work,  ami  attracted  some  attention.  Mr.  Audy  soon  lcl>, 
and  has  not  >iuce  visited  the  cily  profe--ioiially. 

Vl.vcENT  P.  SlI.VVElt,  a  portrait-painter  of  more  than  ordinary  talent,  resided 
here  from  aoout  the  year  IS'S-i  t  .  IS'IS.  He  had  a  remarkable  eye  for  color, 
his  pictures  were  well  drawn,  am'  he  generally  succeeded  in  giving  true  expres- 
sion of  the  character  of  his  subject.-^.  He  prdnted  the  head  of  General  Vincent 
Matthews  tor  the  members  of  the  bar.  which  w;is  engraved  on  steel,  and  presented 
to  Mr.  0  Reilly  f..r  his  "  Sketches  of  Kochester,"  and  appeared  in  that  work. 

ALVAn  liiiAbisii  praetieeil  the  art  of  p.Mtrait-painting  here  from  the  year 
1837  to  ob.jut  1847,  He  painted  a  large  number  of  heads,  lie  was  a  man  of 
decided  ability,  and  produced  works  of  great  merit.  He  may  be  rcgardtnl  as  the 
peer  of  any  artist  who  has  ever  loarle  his  re-idencc  here.  Among  .siuuo  of  his 
best  heads'aie  those  of  Silas  O.  Smith.  I>r.  Levi  Ward,  .and  Orlaiid  Hastini.'a.  .Mr. 
Bradish  siH-nt  a  winter  in  Mont.eal  ;.t  the  linio  Sir  John  Melcalf  was  governor- 
general  of  Canada,  and  who  s.it  for  his  portrait,  which  was  ..^o  highly  prized  as  t.i 
be  engraved  on  .-teel.  Iar..'e  size  ;  this  added  largely  to  Mr.  Bradi^h's' reputation  ^c- 
an  artist.  He  returned  here,  and  alter  a  lew  nicmths  left  for  Jamaica,  West 
Indies.  He  was  .somewhat  visionary  in  his  ide:w  for  promoting  art.  He  was  the 
author  of  a  grand  scheme,  the  sec I  eiiit  rpriso  here  in  the  w.iy  of  an  art  gal- 
lery.    A  society  was  formed,  and  con>ent  .;f  th.'  city  authorities  given  to  the  eree- 

Mr.  Bradi.-h  returned  here  .igaiu  about  the  year  ISG.'),  with  a  fine  colleelion  of 
tropical  fruits,  several  of  which  were  sold. 


HISTORY  OF  MONKOE  CX:)UNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


R.  B.  Smith  wm  a  contcniporarv  of  Mr.  DnidUh,  and  U  still  a  rcaiJont  of  the 
city-  lie  hxi  far  ninny  years  pnicriceJ  portrait-paiiuin;!.  Ke  h;is  pro'lucoj  mjiiy 
good  ;ikcac>5M.  Mr.  Smith  lias  Iul-Ii  clninis  fir  r.'spci:t  aa  an  artist,  as  he  has 
thorough  theoretical  lLnowle.igo  of  his  pnitisaion.  and  is  a  Iovlt  of  art.  He  has 
painted  I  lar^-c  number  of  heads  here,  whieh  generally  refleet  credit  upon  him  as 
>n  artiit. 

Colly  Kimb.vll  came  here  about  the  year  1S35,  havins  in  charge  an  eihibi- 
tion,  which  was  given  in  the  old  court-house,  at  twenty-five  cents  admission.  The 
«how  consisted  of  several  paintin.-s.  Tlic  most  attnietive  feature  of  the  show, 
however,  was  a  live  aliiirator.  31r.  Kiiuball  eoneindi.il  to  remain  here,  and  s*)on 
began  fainting  portraits.  He  was  an  indcfatiiable  worker.  Of  the  sixty  p'lrtraita 
of  the  old  pioneers  now  hanging  in  our  court-house.  I  think  he  painted  the  lariest 
number.  As  likenesses,  they  arc  generally  conceded  good.  .^Ir.  Kiniball  moved 
from  here  to  Chicago  some  years  .since,  and  I  am  iutbrmcd  has  been  quite  suc- 
cessful in  his  profession. 

Thomas  Le  CLt.\ii  had  a  studio  in  the  Arcade  about  the  year  1S53  or  1S59. 
While  here  tlic  young  arti.st  ^rave  indic:uions  of  that  talent  which  has  since  placed 
him  at  the  head  of  his  profession  in  this  country.  He  paint4?d  a  few  heads.  The 
only  ..nc  t  can  now  reciill  i->  that,  of  Hubbard  S.  .\llen,  who  was  at  that  time  a 
clerk  in  the  p..st-o9i.e,  nearly  under  Le  Clear's  .«udio. 

As  Le  Clear  bocaiue  id--ntifiid  with  our  city  in  his  early  efforts,  it  is  with  prid^ 
I  copy  from  Tuckeriuan  a  few  lines  in  reference  to  his  success  as  an  anut: 

"Among  the  comparatively  few  American  portrait-paintera  who  have  steadily 
progressed  in  their  art  is  Thomas  Le  Clear.  To  his  native  faculty  for  imitation, 
Le  Clear  now  unites  a  remarkable  power  of  charact€riz;ition,  a  peculiar  skill  in 
coloring,  and  niiuute  accuracy  in  the  reproduction  of  latent  as  well  as  superficbl 
personal  traits,"  etc.,  etc. 

Jons  Philips,  the  now  celebrated  artist  of  Chicago,  was  in  his  youth  a  farmer- 
boy  on  the  farm  of  H.  X.  Langworthy,  in  the  town  of  Greece,  in  this  county.  Mr. 
P.  was  a  pupil  of  Le  Clear  in  the  y.,-ar  1339.  He  soon  left  for  the  west,  whore 
be  has  succee<led  in  ins  prute<siun  to  an  eminent  degree.  He  has  vi^iled  us  for 
a  few  months  at  interval,  and  has  done  a  ftmsiderable  number  of  fair  beads. 
Mr.  P.  paiuts  with  a  rapid,  free,  and  bold  hand,  often  producing  remarkably 
fine  effects  in  relief.  I  have  known  him  to  paint  a  portrait  in  five  bouts  which 
would  re.|uiie  as  many  days,  if  not  weeks,  with  s.jme  artists.  When  he  chooses 
to  devote  time  to  the  careful  e-\pre:v-i<'n  of  dnijH.'rics,  he  can  hardly  be  excelled. 
As  a  successful  Rochester  boy,  he  deserves  honorable  mention  in  our  sketches. 

EuQE.XE  SiNTZNIcii,  a  landscape-painter,  came  here  alwut  the  year  18 10.  Mr. 
S.  possessed  fair  talents  as  an  artist,  and  wjs  also  considered  a  goid  teacher  in 
drawing  and  painting.  He  was  employed  by  Mr.  \\  m.  A.  Reynolds  to  pai:it 
views  of  Niagara  on  the  walls  of  the  entrance  to  the  Arcade.  These  paintings 
for  many  years  attracted  much  attention.     He  died  here  in  the  year  1852. 

John  Bowm.vn  came  here,  in  1811,  from  western  Pennsylvania,  and  opened 
his  studio  aa  a  portrait-painter  in  the  .\aade.  He  was  an  artist  of  more  than 
ordinary  ability.  He  painted  a  few  very  fine  heads;  among  which  was  one  of 
the  Rev.  I)r.  Whitehousc.  .Ymong  the  fine  paintings  which  adorned  his  studio 
was  a  full-length  portrait  of  Tliorwaldsen,  the  great  sculptor,  holding  in  his 
hands  the  mallet  and  chisel  of  his  profession.  Mr.  E.  h.ad  the  advantage  of 
European  study.  Wlieu  he  came  here  he  had  but  recently  returned  from  Italy. 
Having  the  aetiuaintance  and  confidence  of  the  congressman  of  his  district,  he 
obtained  from  President  Van  Buren  an  3pp<.intment  of  bearer  of  dispatches  to 
Kurope,  which,  of  course,  gave  him  a  free  paivsage  and  expcn.-  ?s  borne  by  the 
government.  While  in  Italy  he  became  acjuaiutcd  with  1  -lorwaldseo,  and 
painted  the  above-named  picture  from  lite.  Mr.  R.  had  fine  musical  talent, — 
playcti  the  guitar,  and  sang  exquisitely.  After  about  a  year  our  co.nniunity  was 
one  morning  terribly  shocked  in  le.Trning  of  the  sudden  death  of  this  estimable 
artist.  He  was  found  dead  in  his  bed  at  his  boarding-place, — the  old  Mansion 
House.  His  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  our  citizens  and  the  artists  of  the 
city. — eight  of  whom  were  his  pall-bearers.  A  few  years  later  the  portrait  of 
Thurwald.sen  was  found  in  John  Thompson's  frame-shop,  by  a  \veil-known  citizen, 
•ho,  8up|Kjsing  it  to  be  the  piirtrait  of  a  blacksmith,  and  hen-:e  an  appropriate- 
rresent  fur  Wm.  Kidd  (v\m  h.id  then  recently  gone  into  the  t'urnaco  and  engine 
manufacturing  business  i,  bought  .and  sent  it  to  his  office,  where  it  now  hangs,  in 
the  p"vessiun  of  Mr.  Terry,  his  successor. 

HARiir  IJ.  Brent  came  here  about  the  year  1340.  Ho  painted  several  fine 
I-in.l;*-ajH-«  from  nature ;  one  in  particular  attractetl  great  attention,  "  The  Resi- 
dence of  Webster,  at  Marshfield."  Another,  a  eorapositiou  of  singular  merit, 
rrpn-senled  an  imaginary  view  of  the  scenery  of  the  Genesee  at  R.whcster,  one 
liundred  \an  ago.  Mr.  Rrcnt  married  here  "a  daughter  of  the  late  Hr  B.iekus. 
II.-  Ull  ll,K;he.>ler  aljout  the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  and  went  south. 


year  IS  10.  He  aljo  t-a.igl 
ahillly,  a!.d  did  much  to  inel 
his  art  in  the  higher  sense  o 
for  their  artistic  merit. 

James  Harris  came  her 
Arcade  as  a  landsiape-paint 
He  had  many  pupils  at  difiei 
teacher  here.  He  had  the  s 
with  the  idea  that  he  was  a 
ful  as  a  teacher.  He  was  i 
having  the  personal  regard  of  hi 

T.  G.  Gale  practiced  his  an 
year  18-43,  and  fiir  four  or  five  y 
He  practiced  nearly  all  branches 
Scriptural  works.     In  some   res 


-e  the  Lnste  as  well  as  to  develop  a  knowlod'.ro  of 
tie  term.     His  paintings  were  deservedly  popular 

bout  the  yeir  18  to.  He  opened  a  studio  in  the 
and  teacher,  where  he  remained  for  many  years, 
t  limes  ;  iu  fact,  for  years  was  the  only  permanent 
:ular  faculty  of  inspiring  the  minds  of  his  pupils 
ster  in  his  profession ;  hence  he  was  quite  suecess- 
lest  and  retiring  in  his  manner.  He  died  here, 
lis  pupils  and  acquaiutanci-s. 
rt  as  a  portrait-  and  figure-painter  here  about  the 


ni,  often 


.  had  great 

re-jarded 
tended  to  i 


f  taleii 


ularl 


A.  D.  BEECHEa  came  here  about  the  year  1SC3. 
struction  from  Coliy  Kimball.  Possessing  native  gen 
m'.?thod3  in  painting.  He  is  an  excellent  eolorist,  and 
as  well  as  excellent  likenesses  in  portraits.      His  genn 


arlyi 


pieces,  showed  talent.  He  removed  to  Chii 
stxin  entered  upon  a  most  successful  career 
Is.lAC  E.  Wilucr  was  born  near  Ave 
hibited  talent  for  an  artist.  He  came  to 
commenced  the  practice  of  landscapc-painti 


He  received  his 
us,  he  soon  took  to  his  mvn 

produced  pleasing  pictures 
I  paintings,  fruit  and  flower 


years  s 
n  portrait-painting, 
n,  Livingston  county.     He  early  ei- 
Rochester  about  the  year  ISCO,  and 
ig,  in  which  he  has  steadily  progressed 
His  pictures  exhibit 


nntil  he  has  now  attained  an  enviable  position  i 
correct  drawins  and  pleasing  colorinir,  as  well  as  couseieniious  and  painstjiking 
care  in  detail.  .\s  a  teacher,  he  is  evidently  successful,  and  has  undoubtedly  ex- 
ercised a  correct  influence  on  the  taste  of  his  pupils. 

Miss  ilELE.v  R.  CEARLfc,  the  u.mghter  of  Heiii->  oearie,  eaily  evinced  n  de- 
cided talent  for  painting.  About  the  year  ISC.5,  she  began  p-aintiug  small  fruit 
and  game  pictures.  The.se  early  attempts  were  thoroughly  artistic,  and  soon  gave 
her  a  reputation  as  a  careful  student  of  nature.  She  was  selected  as  a  teacher  in 
drawin.^  and  painting  for  the  Bryan  Female  Seminary,  at  Batavia,  where  she 
x«maincd  for  several  terms,  filling  her  position  with  rare  ability,  and  contiuually 
proirressing  in  her  art  studies,  until  her  ambition  to  place  herself  in  the  front 
ranks  of  her  profession  caused  her  to  seek  instruction  in  European  schools  of  art. 
She  had  excelled  in  fruit-painting,  and  hence  she  left  for  Europe  to  find  in  Preyor. 
— the  hading  artist  in  Germany  iu  that  line  of  art. — at  Dusseldorf.  a  master  under 
whose  fostering  care  she  could  acquire  the  practice  she  so  earnestly  desired.  Her 
talent  was  appreciated  by  her  master,  and,  by  her  devotion  to  her  chosen  pro- 
fession, she  soon  produced  works  of  exceeding  beauty  and  delicacy,  truthful  to 
nature,  exquisite  in  drawing  and  color,  and  of  such  thorough  artistic  character  as 
to  command  large  and  remunerative  prices.  She  is  a  finished  artist,  and  reflicts 
great  credit,  not  only  upon  her  native  city,  but  aa  a  representative  of  the  female 
artbts  of  our  country. 

Miss  M.  LocisE  Wao.ner,  a  native  of  Norwich,  New  York,  received  the 
rudiments  of  art  from  her  brother,  Daniel  'Wagner.  They  moved  to  Rochester 
and  opened  a  studio,  at  95  Reynolds'  Arcade,  in  1873.  Previously  they  re- 
sided in  Utioa,  Ithaca,  Owego,  and  other  large  villages;  but  in  the  fall  of 
1844  located  in  the  city  of  Albany,  where  they  began  a  successful  career  in 
miniature  portraiture  on  ivory.  These  were  highly  esteemed  as  art  gems,  and 
among  their  patrons  were  >fartiii  Van  Buren,  Gerritt  Smith,  .Millard  Fillnioro. 
Daniel  Webster,  William  H.  Seward,  and  many  other  distinguished  men  of  that 
period.  In  ISCl  the  Wagners  opened  a  studio  in  New  York  city,  where  tli.y 
remained  until  shortly  before  their  removal  to  Rochester.  In  later  years  they 
have  applied  themselves  mostly  to  portraiture  in  oil,  and  Iand.scapc,  fruit,  and 
flower  painting.  Strictly  conscientious  in  all  that  pertains  to  tlicir  professmo. 
thev  have  secured  an  extended  reputation,  and  exercised  a  healthful  influence  upon 
the  growth  of  art  in  this  city. 

CHRisToniEn  W.  FoRKEi.,  whose  studio  is 
painter.  He  is  "  to  the  man.ir  boni ;'"  he  was  a  I 
ing  several  years  in  New  York  and  Europe,  hi«  re 
dent  artist.      Mr.   Forkel  is  eminently  powerful 


,  he  or 


iiallv 


James  Cleveland   practiced  the  art  of  landscapepnintii 


about  the 


genre  pictures  ol  Iruit, 

Jons  W.  Miller,  : 
a  painter  of  flowers  fro 
the  possession  of  Georgt 
is  also  a  fresco-painter,  a 
skill  and  refioc.l  tailc. 


lieh   rellfct  credit 


in  Powers'  block,  is  a  portrait 
tochestcr  boy,  who,  after  spend 
'turned  here  and  become  a  rcsi 
in  portraiture,  and  also  paint 
on   him  as  a  most  promtsiii; 

irf?d  an  enviable  reputation  a; 
k,  a  lurp-  fiower-i.ieee,  n..w  it 
l.lal.le  pr..!u,:ti.,n.  .Mr.  .^I.I^1 
t  department  of  art  witli   gr.al 


HISTORY  OF  -MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


There  are  afw  arti.,ts  who  have  visittM  KocheMer,  anj  spent  a  f.:w  months 
here,  who  have  \ci\  g'KKl  wurks  in  tho  h.mds  of  our  citizens,  os  their  future  ruonu- 
menta.  There  are  also  other  resident  arti.-ts  h^re.  such  as  B.  3.  Miier,  Fmnk 
art*;!,  Mrs.  C  E.  Wul&cy,  Mrs.  K.  V.  D^ws^jn,  Win.  A.  Duncan.  Mis^  Mntrsrie 


proper  I 


of  proper  data  ns  wi?U  as 
t  compolleii  to  close 


Still  later,  the  first  and 
cek  Sl.ive."  was  shown 


Ballentino,  C  J.  Jester,  etc.,  of  whom  it  wnuld  be 
whom  dt'serve  to  be  fjvorahlj  nientinneti,  but,  for  ^ 
space  in  these  already  extended  series  of  sketches,  t 
this  dcpartmeat  of  iiis  n 


THE  ROCHK.STEE  ACArEMY  OF  AKT 

was  establUbed  in  the  f.dl  of  1S74,  its  ohj-x-t  beinc;  the  pronmllon  of  tho  tine  arts. 
The  institution  has  now  been  in  existence  les?  than  two  jears.  durinir  which  time 
it  has  bad  three  respectable  exhibitions,  and  has  opened  a  school  of  desi-.^.  which 
has  met  with  fair  success.  Also,  durioj;  hist  winter,  it  ^^ve  to  its  members  and 
the  citizens  wlio  desired  to  attend  a  course  of  six  le^jtures  on  thettretical  and  prac- 
tical art  tcpics.  This  institution  is  now  c>ccupyin''  ( by  p^-rniission  of  the  ''  Board 
of  Education")  the  large  hall  of  the  "  Free  Academy'  and  adjoining  rooms,  fur 
the  "School  of  De.si-n." 

EARLY   ART    EXniBITI  >VS. 

It  was  the  custom,  some  thirty  or  fony  years  ruro.  to  have  meritorious  works  of 
art  carried  about  the  country  and  exhihite«l.  Lonz  before  any  suitnble  exhibition 
hall  was  erected  hero,  the  court-house  and  b;di-ro.jms  of  our  hotels  were  used  for 
such  purposes.  Alxiut  the  yc;ir  1S43,  a  fine  collection  of  Kuropcan  paintincs, 
including  a  full-length  ponrait  of  Geor.-e  IV.,  by  Sir  Tliomas  Lawrence,  was  ex- 
hibited io  the  court-hou-.e.  A  little  later,  the  great  paiutint:  known  as  Pat;cs 
"Venus'"  was  exhibited  in  the  National  flotel  ba 
only  piece  of  sculpture  ever  exhibited  licre.  Pow 
in  a  small  hall  in  a  buildinj:  where  th.>  City  bank  now  stands.  An  amusing  inci- 
dent occurred  at  this  exliibition.  One  of  our  first  ladies  took  ber  dauiriitor  to 
see  the  work.  After  passing:  up  to  it,  her  modesty  bec-ame  so  thorou;^hIy  shocked 
that  she  drew  her  lian-ikcrehi.-f.  covered  her  face,  look  her  daughter  by  the  hand, 
and  left  the  room,  di>mistei!.  This  wjs  luii^  bt-fure  Europe.m  travel  and  art  ex- 
hibitions had  familiarized  our  -'dilettanti"  with  the  sijjht  of  nude  paintin^rs  or 
Bculpture. 

In  the  jear  IS4S,  Mr.  ■W'illiani  A.  Reynolds  erected  the  Corinthian  Hall  buildin;, 
which  was  often  use*!  for  exhibitin;.;  painting?,  panoramas,  etc.  Powell's  great 
painting,  "  De  S-'to  discovering;  the  ^lis-issiipi,"  which  now  adorns  the  rotunda 
of  the  capitol  at  Washington,  was  cvhihited  iu  Corinthian  Hall  soon  after  it  wa3 
opened.  Pcalc'a  "Court  of  Death"  was  alsoe';hibltLd  in  the  same  place.  A 
few  yeat^  since,  the  late  William  A.  Reynolds  who  was  not  only  a  cultivated 
amateur  and  lover  of  art,  but  a  liberal  p.itioo.  interested  himself  in  establishing  an 
art  gallery  in  the  large  hall  over  the  Rochester  Savings  Bank.  A  Mr.  Humphrey, 
who  had  long  been  engaged  in  other  citiis  in  art  exhibitions,  took  the  •.-eneral 
management,  and  procured  a  large  number  nf  fine  paintings  for  the  c.xhibitionj  in- 
cluding Church's  ^- Under  Mjg^ira,"  Bictstadt's  ■■  Light  and  Shadow,'  and  other 
ceLbratcd  works.  The  exhibition  for  a  time  proved  successful,  but  was  fiually 
clo^  for  want  of  sufficient  patronage.  D.  V,' .  Powers,  in  ISTIJ.  soon  after  the 
Powers  bl«k  w.ts  fully  completed,  d'etermincd  to  finish  the  upper  suite  of  rooms 
in  his  building  for  a  spacious,  ponnancnt  art  gallery.  lie  entered  upon  this  cn- 
tcl  irise  with  his  u«ual  entbuMasm,  determined  that  it  should  bo  an  honor  to 
Rochester,  as  well  as  credit..ble  to  himself  He  paid  a  flying  vi^it  to  Kiirope,  in 
company  with  connoisseurs  of  art  competent  to  aid  him  in  the  selection  of  suitable 
pictures.  In  a  very  few  months,  probably  tho  fijicsl  suite  of  rooms  anywhere  to 
be  found  in  this  country — devoted  to  art  pr.>per — were  completed,  and  the  walls 
filled  with  creditable  works  of  art,  enibra-ing  copies  of  many  of  the  best  works 
of  the  old  m.isters,  as  well  as  many  originals  of  great  merit,  together  with  several 
pieces  of  fine  sculpture,  forming  altogether  a  pictnrc-.irdkTy  of  rare  merit,  for 
which  Mr.  Powers  is  entitled  to  tho  gratitude  not  only  of  all  lovers  of  art,  but  of 
tiio  citizens  genenilly  of  Ibieliestcr  and  western  Xew  York. 

Hiram  Siblky  reeenily  purcha.s.d  in  Kurope  a  larje  collection  of  paintings, 
aa  the  nucleus  of  a  pii-tureg-.illery.  They  wore  exhibit'. d  (by  prrniis.-ion)  to  our 
citizens  by  the  Academy  of  Art.     The  nill.-cli.ni  is  particularly  intere-tin.-  to  art 

a  suitable  room,  will  form  .an  exceedingly  attractive  feature  in  our  art  ac.|uisitions. 
In  the  pjirlors  of  our  citizens  may  al-o  now  bo  f.miid  large  numbers  of  valuable 
irorks  of  art,  exhibiting  a  cultivated  ta^le  as  well  as  appreciation  of  art.     Art 

by  some  few  persons  who  have  labored  i-ihciently  for  that  objuet,  amoni:  whotn  no 
man  is  entilh-d  to  greater  credit  than   Dr  M.  I'i.  Andcr-cn.  pr.slde.il  of  ,.ur  uni- 

grnduating  clas.sea  of  the  university,  wIulIi  he  handftvu   kindly  opened  to   (Iksc 


■ested  in  art,  have  proved  of  great  value.  It  should  be  stated  here  tint  )]^ 
the  first  college-president  in  the  United  States  to  inaugurate  a  system  of  il,. 
tary  instruction  in  the  tlunjry  antl  practice  of  the  fine  arts,  esp-ciallv  in  tu 
iijgs,  for  the  young  men  ci»mmitted  to  bis  care,  as  a  starling  p<tint  in  art  cul 
from  which  till  y  could  easily  in  after-hfe,  by  study  and  observaiion.  Iwuu, 
licent  amateura  and  art  eiities. 


THE   SCCLPTORS. 

Rochester  in  1854,  and  remained  about  two  jiai 


life-size  bu 


Edward  C.  Clcte 
He  was  the  first  to  nioilel  and 
His  bust  of  the  late  James  Chapp,-ll  excited  the  admirition  of  art  criii«  at  thai 
time.  He  also  exceuled  small  ins-m-iiliecofi,  medallions,  etc.,  of  exi(ui>ite  tini^b 
and  K'auty.  This  city  not  furnishing  patron.agc,  he  sought  employment  for  hi- 
genius  in  other  climes. 

JniiNsoN  M.  Mlwdv,  a  native  of  N'cw  Brunswi.k.  N'ew  Jersey,  came  to  R..ch 
ester  in  1SG3  and  opened  a  studio  in  Reynolds'  .Vrca.le.  After  seven  years  of 
study  in  tho  studio  of  Henry  K.  Brown,  of  Br.>...klyn,  New  York,  he  accompanied 
him  in  ISGO  to  Clumbia.  South  Carolina,  as  an  assistant  in  executing  an  extensive 
conmilssion  he  Ind  received  fnpui  that  State.  Then  came  seces.-.ion  and  the 
attack  on  Fort  Sumter,  which  ti.rced  the  artists  to  discontinue  their  work  and 
return  home.  The  war  being  unfavorable  to  the  practice  of  his  ch.oen  pursuit. 
Mr.  M.  was  thrown  U|>on  his  resources  as  a  portraiturist  m  crayons,  then  r - 
siding  at  Watertown,  New  York.  Since  1S63  he  has  permanently  resideil  in  Uoeh- 
ester.  Up  to  the  present  time  he  has  executed  in  marble  a  large  number  of  bu-r.: 
of  leading  citizens  of  Rochester  and  western  New  York,  among  which  are  tl,„,e 
of  Bishop  De  Lanccy.  Dr.  Anderson,  Dr.  Chester  Dewey,  William  A.  ami  AIk- 
lard  Reynolds,  Pliny  Bromley,  Fred.  Douglas,  etc.  Among  other  work, 
which  have  added  largely  to  his  reputation  are  designs  for  a  soldiers'  mouunient. 
a  memorial  monument  to  Charles  Sunmer,  ••  The  Reaper."  and  several  figure- 
piece.-.  II'is  prodiict.;,  whether  tVj::i  chisel  or  pencil  exhibit  a  ciireful.  paii^-nt 
study  of  nature  which  stamps  him  a  conscientious  worker.  His  iitllueuce  i>  di- 
rected towards  a  progressive  development  o^  art  culture,  and  his  efforts  to  -<.s.ure 
a  collection  of  casts  from  the  antii^ue,  for  the  use  of  a  sclnwl  of  dc-iun,  have  met 
with  some  decree  of  success'. 


AECniTEtrrS   and    ARCHITEtn'lRE. 

■ehitect  was  Captain  Daniel  Loo.^II 


nd  built  the  fii-t  county  j:i 
i.ail  on  the -Ulan. 
M.oket  street,  of 
)  IS-IM,  and  mam 
IS  the  old  Rnebest, 
,  ISA.VC  LOO.IKS.  wb 

fe?     He  is  the  arehitex^t  of  .^.-veral  ehurehc, 
ny.  and  many  residences,  etc.,  in  this  city 

■  18-iS.     Saint  Paul's 
hunrlredand  twenty-^ 


"     He 

of  'the 
Bank  I 


The  first  1 
ester  in  IS'iO.     He  furnJ 

bui'lder  of  the  old  -  Centre  M.arket.  '  at  foot 
residences  of  the  third  ward  erected  prior 
blocks  erected  at  an  early  day,  among  which 
He  died  iu  ISU4,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  s 
this  proti-'ssion  all  Iiis  1 
Church  of  the  Kpiph; 
of  western  New  York. 

Ti.NKER,  Bolt  i  Rvax  date  fnim  the) 
signed  and  erect'.-l  by  them,  with  its  spire  i\ 
which  when  nearly  completed  was  blown  <h 

Jason  B.vsset  was  considered  the  Ic.iding  architect  of 
IS-in,  the  period  of  his  residcnci-  here.  He  had  n  peiic 
Grecian  stylo  of  arehite 

MaRTI.N  Alsti.s  came  here  ab.nt  \fi-l'>.  and  e 
public  and  private  architecture  for  years,  at  a  time 
very  rapidly  and  more  attention  was  being  paid  to  me 
house  was  torn  down,  and  tli.'  present  one  erected,  by 
of  the  Plymoulh  church;  he  also  introduced  the  (ioi 
the  suburbs.      Ho  left  PLocbesler  s„mo  time  since. 

A.  J.  Warner  settled  in  .1^17.  He  has  acquired  an  enviable  repi 
home  as  well  .as  abroad.  His  work  has  Iwen  d.me  niairdy  during'  a 
great  financial   pro-perily.  when   large  wealth   bad   been   aecumulatid 


he  City  Bank  building  is  r 


him.     He  was  the  arel 
hie  cottages  K>r  TL-^iden 


cant  buildings.-bence  bis  wor 

k   is  emiiientiv  m.' 

c  ommjanding 

than  that  of  manv  ..f  his  prcd 

■eo-sors.     AninoL' 

he  fi[.c  and  cosi 

which  he  is  architect  lore  m. 

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nrclus  etc.       II 

nished  pl:ms  f>r  many  p.ivat, 

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York,  such  .13  S..|.liers'  lb. me 

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Krie  Cun.y  ja, 

Buflalo,  all  of  which   are   line 

s|^-.  nnens  of  arelu 

LCture  and  have 

wide  reputation. 

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HISTORY   OF  5I0NR0E  COU^'TY.  NEW  YOEK. 


142* 


D.  C.  McCallum  practiecil  hU  profession  ia  Ilochcster  about  the  year  1340, 
and  fi'r  a  fs.-w  sulist'quent  years.  Ho  was  an  acetllupIi^hcU  arcltitcct,  and  held  a 
hi"h  poHitioQ  m  hU  proft-:-lon.  Amoni:  the  prominent  bnildin;r3  *^rceted  by  him 
arc  the  Hnuae  of  Rcfuu-e,  Su  Joseph's  Ch.ir_h,  ^t.  Mary's  Il.wpital,  and  the  Odd- 
Fellows'  Hall  building,  corner  of  JUiu  an.l  Sjint  I'aul  .treels.  He  dasignod  a  con- 
sideraltle  number  of  stores,  the  old  Minerva  Hull  block.  oppositAi  the  Osbom 
Hou-ic,  on  Main  atrcet.  and  did  much  to  impmre  the  lenerJ  architecture  of  the  city. 
Ho  was  al*j  the  archiu'ct  of  a  laore  numlxr  of  city  and  suburban  re.sidence3, 
anions  which  ia  the  dwelling  of  Lorenzo  D.  Ely,  on  East  avenue,  in  Brighton. 
Hii  drawings  and  studies  were  carefidly  m.ide,  and  plans  well  adapts]  to  location. 

UE.vttY  Searl  came  here  in  the  year  l54+.  and  (Ijr  some  twenty-three  years 
was  professionally  engaired  as  an  architect.  Amons  the  public  buildings  erected 
by  him  jnay  be  named  the  Rochester  Savings  Bank,  a  pure  Grecian  style  and  of 
rjre  beauty;  the  old  Third  church,  which  was  located  on  .Main  street,  corner  of 
Stone,  a  Irothic  structure;  the  Central  church,  on  .^opliia  street;  the  Monroe 
County  Wurkhouse  ;  the  Roclieiter  City  Hosi.ital,  and  the  Crinthiaa  Hall  build- 
ing. For  thia  latter  building  Mr.  S.  invented  a  new  and  valuable  meth'jd  for 
vcntilatioB,  which  has  been  largely  adopted  elsewhere,  reflecting  great  credit  on 
him  as  a  genius  in  his  profession.  He  also  designed  a  large  number  of  private 
dwellings,  many  of  which  are  first-clasa  residences  of  large  dimensions,  imp-isinu' 
in  style,  and  m.iinly  characterized  by  simpliciiy  and  convenience.  He  acquired  a 
lar^-B  reput-iiion  throughout  western  New  York,  and  designed  the  eourt-housea 
at  Lyons,  Canandaigua,  and  BinghamtoD.  He  also  furnished  designs  and  erected 
the  Hou,v;  of  Refuge  for  the  State  of  Michigan,  l.Kated  at  Lansing.  Mr.  Searl 
removed  from  here,  in  1SC7,  to  Washington.  D.  C.,  where  he  now  resides. 

HesrV  R.  Searl,  son  of  Henry  Searl,  who  for  eight  years  (from  the  year 
1857  to  1SC5)  was  engaged  with  his  father  as  an  architect,  removed  from  here 
to  Washington,  D.  C,  in  the  year  1865,  and  estiiiiii>hed  himself  there  as  a  profes- 
sional architect.  He  has  acquired  in  his  new  home  an  enviable  reputation  in  liis 
profession.  He  was  recently  commissioned  to  make  drawings  and  plans  for  the 
ioipruVc&icut  *iiu  cuiargeuienL  of  our  Rochester  Savings  Bank,  of  which  his 
father  was  the  original  architect,  which  plans  were  adopted,  and  in  which  he  lias 
succeeded  admirably  in  preserving  and  carrying  out  the  original  eiquisite  Gre- 
cian designs  of  the  original.  The  plans  nearly  double  the  original  height,  adding 
about  sixty  feet,  also  enlarge  the  building  on  the  grounds. 

John  R.  Tuom.\j,  one  of  our  moat  enterprising  young  architects,  commenced 
the  practice  of  his  profession  here  in  the  year  IStjG,  and  now  ranks  with  the  lead- 
ing architects  of  the  country.  Mr.  Thoma.^  ha.-*  during  tlie  past  ten  year*  accom- 
plished a  very  brge  amount  of  work.  He  intrc-Juoed  the  Mansard  ro*  f.  which  wis 
first  applied  to  private  dwellings.  Mr.  Thomas  has  made  a  specialty  of  the  study 
of  Gothic  art,  believing  it  will  b*i  the  architecture  of  the  future  in  this  country. 
He  has  also  designed  largely  for  private  dwellings  in  the.city  and  adjoining  country, 
among  which  is  the  residence  of  H.  A.  l)e  Land,  of  Fairport.  one  of  the  most 
elegant  and  costly  private  residences  in  western  New  York.  He  als.?  desiL;ned 
Kocheater  Theological  Seminary  buildbigs,  Sibley  Hall,  on  the  Cniversity  grounds, 
the  Opera  House,  the  Monroe  County  almshouse,  the  Univer-ity  of  Virginia,  at 
Charlottesville,  Virginia,  and  the  New  York  State  Reformatory  buildings,  at  Elniirx 
In  the  year  1374,  Mr.  Thomas  received  a  very  honorable  appoiu'ment  from  Gov- 
ernor Dir  as  one  of  the  State  architects,  and  was  assigned  at  once  to  the  charge 
of  the  Reformatory  at  EIniira,  which  position  he  now  holds. 

In  Gothic  architecture  we  have  two  fine  churches,  desii:ned  by  the  celebrated 
architect  of  Trinity  church.  New  York,  Mr.  Upjohn.  These  buil  lings  arc  worthy 
of  mention  in  thb  article  as  creditable  alike  to  the  parties  who  c;  used  thein  to  be 
erected  and  to  our  city.  The  Third  Presbyterian  church,  on  Temple  street,  in 
the  pure  pointed  Gothic  style,  is  an  esccedinu'ly  handsome  edifice  in  its  propor- 
tions and  style.  Saint  Peter's  church,  on  Gibbs  street,  which  is  in  the  Roman- 
ojuc  Gothic,  presents  another  ver>  handsome  ecclesiastical  building. 

KNOBAVUiOS   OS    WOOD    AND   COPPEE. 

The  earnest  wood-cut  engraver  here  was  Martis  Cable.  He  made  a  few 
e«"puj  woodcuts  of  our  early  newspaper-offices,  for  show-bills,  ex.  He  has  left 
0"  reitird  by  which  his  fame  could  he  perpetuatc-d. 

V.  R.  Jackson  commenced  engraving  here  about  the  year  ISS.i.  He  engraved 
on  oipperand  wood;  al*o  the  first  copper-plate  map  of  the  city  was  made  by  him 


.l*.j  the  fir> 
■'"t  the  year  1840.     He  did  a  large  amount  of  work  on  woo 

divided  talent  in  hi.s  profession. 

In  the  year  1846  Jdii.n  Miller  practictJ  wo<xl-engr;iving  ai 
rrade.  He  wa.s  ([uito  nott-d  as  a  curd-eugraver,  and  executed 
■■■<l-<uls  Very  finely. 

Al».ut  1S4.5,  ClURLEs  .Ml.Kcanie  here  and  f..rii.,-d  a  cpartnc 
'"l.r  the  firm  name  of  Miller  i  Mix,  This  firm  for  a  uuui 
'••  only  engravers  her.'.     They  executi'<l  first-*  Usi  work  on  ; 


the 


wood,  and  acf|uirod  a  good  n-pulation  xs  artists.  Miller  movcil  away,  and  Mix 
continued  the  business  for  a  time,  when  he  was  succcchIcJ  by  Geuroe  l•'ll.^t■^■^i- 
be[1(;er,  in  the  year  1850.  Mr.  Fraucnliorgcr  as  an  enirnivcr  on  w.>'d  or  eoi.i,,  r 
as  a  draughtsman  in  mechanical  drawins,  and  as  a  h.irticultural  drjUL.-ht.-iu,i(i 
from  nature,  has  acquire*!  an  enviable  reputation. 

LlTHOOBAPUr. 

The  first  attempt  .U  lithography  was  made  by  JoBN  T.  YofMI,  who.se  name  i- 
mentioncJ  by  Mr.  0  Reilly  in  the  Sketches  of  Painters,  ami  who  made  the  dr,.«-. 
ings  for  his  history  of  Rochester.  Y'oung  wxs  a  U'acher  of  drawing,  .irul  an 
exiX'llent  draughtsman.  He  made  drawin'.'S  of  the  upper  and  lower  fills,  which 
were  sent  to  New  Y'ork  to  be  lithographed.  He  had  other  fine  drawire.-s  wKi,  1, 
he  thought  he  could  lithograph  here,  and  for  that  purpose  purchifc-.l  a  litho- 
graphic press  and  the  matcrul  for  lithographing,  which  was  established  in  a  room 
in  the  Arcade.  He  obtained  the  services  of  a  New  York  lithographer,  and  com- 
menced business.  His  health  failed  soon  atlcr,  and  he  died.  In  the  ve.ir 
1865  the  business  was  established  again  by  Adolpii  Nulte.  in  theTalnian  bli^ck, 
in  the  Evening  Exprfs$  building.  Mr.  Nolte  employed  four  hand-presses  and  the 
rc.uisite  number  of  men  to  keep  them  running  by  hand.  The  business  went  ..ii 
with  varied  success  until  the  year  1871,  when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  C.  V. 
MuNTZ  &  Co.  and  was  removed  to  the  building  now  occupiietl  by  their  successors 
on  Market  street.  Thb  firm  greatly  enlarged  the  business,  introduced  modern 
steam-presses  as  well  as  all  the  modern  improvements  in  the  art.  obuined  the  best 
artists  in  the  country  and  from  Europe,  and  soon  began  to  produce  lithography, 


plain  and 

in  colors,  equal  in  eve 

ryr 

espect  to  anything  sc 

en  in  this 

countrv.     The 

firm  nam 

was 

hanged  in  1875  to 

Mensino.  Raiin  i 

Stecuer 

and  the  bu-i- 

ness  is  no 

wdon 

under  the  titi 

of 

'  The  Litho-raphic 

and  Chron 

0  Company  of 

Rocheste 

,  New 

I'ork."     Other 

establishments  are  En 

jecker  i  Karle,  35  State 

street,  and  Dod 

^e  &.  Boyd. 

PHOTOOEAPHY. 

Daguerreotypes  were  made  here  as  e-arly  as  the  year  1841  by  Ecge.ne  Si.nt/k- 
.vtcu.  He  was  followed  in  the  year  1842  by  Thomas  Mercer,  who  opened  the 
first  daguerrcotype-gallery.  It  was  situated  in  the  Arcade.  During  the  few  suc- 
ceeding years  quite  a  number  of  daguerreotype-galleries  were  started,  until  the 
photographic  process  was  invented,  when  an  extensive  photograph  establishment 
was  opened  in  the  room  now  occupied  by  J.  W.  Bacon,  in  Odd-Fellows'  Hall 
building,  corner  of  Main  and  Saint  Paul  streets.  Mr.  PowELSON'  about  this  time 
opened  the  photograph-gallery  on  Slate  street,  corner  of  Market.  He  w:is  suc- 
ceeded by  Wm,  Roberts,  and  5ubsef|uently  by  J.  H.  Kent,  who  may  be  said  to 
have  done  more  than  any  other  artist  in  that  line  to  establish  the  artistic  character 
of  the  photograph. 

Mr.  Jacob  Bariiydt  commenced  the  business  of  photography  about  the  year 
1870.  He  associated  with  him  Mr.  S.  Greoo.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
I.'nited  States  Photographic  Society,  these  parties)  received  the  prize  offered  for  the 
best  collection  of  photographs, — an  honor  conferred  upon  Rochester  art  tliroui.'h 
their  skillful  operations.  A  number  of  photograph-galleries  have  been  opened  here 
of  which  it  would  be  proper  to  speak,  but  for  want  of  sufficient  data  their  names 
only  can  bo  mcutioncd.  Among  the  most  skillful  artists  who  may  bo  named  among 
the  early  men  were  Mr.  Aitlebv,  Cuauncev  Perri-  ;  of  the  later  ones,  Tav- 
Loa  &  B.tco.v,  This  firm  w.is  succeeded  by  Mr.  B.icoN,  an  estim.ible  artist, 
who  still  continues  the  business.  Fo.t  &  Gates,  Kempe  i  Gates,  M.  .Mo.v- 
BOE,  J.  W.  GoDFREV,  B.  F.  Hall  Baker,  L.  .-iiiER.MAN,  and  others,  all  of 
whom  produced  creditable  work.  One  of  the  hiter  firms  establishe*i  here  is  that 
of  A.  E.  DuMBLE  &,  Co.  Mr.  Dumblc  is  an  artist  not  only  as  a  photographer 
but  as  a  watcr-colorist.  The  "  Co."  is  .Mr.  B.  F.  Mixer,  who  is  also  an  arti-st 
as  well  as  a  painter  in  water-colors. 

HOSIC. 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from  my  address  entitled  "Musical  Remin- 
iscences of  IWhcster, "  delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  Riichcster  Academy  of 
Music  in  1SG3  : 

"Ladies  and  Gentle.iien, — The  occasion  which  has  called  us  together  .seems 
a  fitting  one  on  which  to  review  the  past  musical  history  of  our  city.  From  this 
evening  we  mav  date  a  new  era.  It  is  proper  th.at  while  we  arc  looking  forwartl 
with  fondly  cherished  hopes  and  anticipations  in  the  future  progress  of  the  art, 
we  should  take  a  retrosjx.-ctive  view,  and  pay  the  tribute  at  h';L-*t  of  a  cherisheil 
memory  to  those  who  have  prts-edeil  us  in  their  effort  to  elevate  tlie  standard  of 
musical  excellence  in  our  city,  I  h.ive  found  it  .dmo-t  inipos-ihle  to  priK,-ure  the 
exact  d,i(,-.  in  all  e:Ls,-s.  but  in  the  main  ray  statement-  will  he  fouud  corri-ct. 

■•The  earlier  villa-e  histi.ry.  .so  far  as  it  relates  to  music,  mint,  fir  want  ..(  .m 
historian,  remain  shminletl   in   niytt*>ry.      I   may  say,   however,   that   b*'fore   any 


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HISTORY  01'  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEV/  YORK. 


cbcurhes  or  ch 
eslleJ  Ux^-ctlicr 
fcshiuucd  tin  Ji 
here,  in  the  yc; 
the  Ent  ur-uaL 


ISiJi 


,-)  Were  stt-Q  or  h>-ir\j  herv.  on  ^'utnliva  the  Tiii.ijvra  wt 
*<:li.M.l-huiLHe  for  put*Uc  worship  b_v  the  ojiLsic  ut"  aa  o! 
0.  I  bt-.-m  witii  the  fini  iiitroJutiii.a  of  i  church  orr 
;.t  .-^jitil  Lute'M  church.  I  believe  that  rbiuel  fl^k  « 
He  wad  eiujiIovLii  to  jjlay  the  orjun  and  lead  tlie  choir 


the  K>" 


>'uM  be  omp;,)Ti-J.     Tl.e  earlic-at 

city  ..f  New  Yort  .  this  title'  of  .Mii,Mcal  DoctJr 

prepiiniii;  for  the  ministry,  had  cbanxe  of  the 
He  po^M^-^iseii  rare  musical  abilitit-:^  a^  ati  orjati- 


?a3  amoni:  our  earlieit  and  best  teachers  of  the  piano- 
.i..n  from  about  the  year  1S30  to  ISfo.  He  ivas  or.-ao- 
ni-iny  yeara,  and  ivas  liighly  c~iecnicd.  uot  only  a.^  an 
I  perfect  spctimcD  <•[  ■  the  liue  old  En'.-lish  ;:cutleium.' 


ul   society  upon 


firacd  ,*calo  wu-H 
or^auizaiioii  of  a  society  calhxi 
ipil  ..rticera  were  Hon.  Addison 
■a,.d  General  L.  B.  S«„o,  trci^ 
;lebrUcd  baliad-slnscr  and  corn- 
Mr.  Ru>soli  pusse?-«.d  rare  qaaJi- 


Saint  Luke's  church  uiiti 
organist  and  conipo.scr  of  n 
»nd  Jluiical  I>.ctiir,  n..w 
Us  only  b^-en  ccMilirrcJ  u 
then  rvcentty  from  Bo^Coti 
ehoir  »nd  on^-an  at  Saint  L 
Ut  »nd  cotupos?r. 

"The  Ute  Benjamin  Hil 
fwCe,  and  pr.icticcd  liis  prof 
ist  at  Saint  Pauls  church  I 
tccomplishcd  teacher,  but  a 

"The  earliest  eftort  to  establish  a  u 
made  about  the  year  IS'S.i.  It  resulted  in  th. 
the  'Rochester  Aead.uiy  of  M.i.-ic'  Its  prim 
Gardiner,  president;  JajiK-*  M.  Fish,  sc-cret-irj-; 
nref.  The  society  ioiraediatcly  engaged  the  c 
poter,  Henry  Russell,  as  leader  and  conductor. 
ficaliooa  as  a  vocalist.  The  great  secret  of  his  wonderful  succt>s  as  a  ballad-sinirer 
lay  in  hla  clear  and  distinct  oounciition  of  words.  to;.-ether  with  a  peculiarly  ck-ar 
and  njusicaJ  Toice.  The  society  fitted  up  ruoms  in  the  Child  bl.xk,  opposite  the 
old  Rochester  House,  on  Exchan;;e  street,  which  for  several  years  wa.s  used  for 
mcsical  purp<i3ed,  un<ier  the  name  of  Concert  Hall. 

"About  the  year  l.^,'-i9  sotne  eii:ht  yi)un-  ladies  and  jentlemen.  former  mem- 
bera  of  the  Academy,  organued  a  niu.suai  ciurj.  f«ir  the  practice  of  siees  aud  liuiit 
music.  This  club  Imd  for  ii.s  conductor  Mr.  Lucius  Bell,  and  for  pianist  Miss 
Marian  McGrecor.  The  first  s..iprano  was  the  late  Mrs.  D.Ozelle,  of  Wheeling, 
Virginia,  then  Miss  Harriet  Williams.  The  club  jrive  several  amateur  conccns, 
the  proceeds  of  which  were  siven  to  the  female  charitable  and  local  societies.  The 
last  concert  given  was  for  the  purpose  of  raising  a  fund  with  which  to  erect  a  mouu- 
meot  to  the  late  Prof.  Samuel  Cooper.  The  monument  was  erected  in  3Iount 
Hope,  and  was  the  first  er-'ct-xl  on  these  irrounds. 

"  About  the  year  1640  and  '41  the  llocbe^ter  O'nioo  (Jniji  gave  a  series  of  in- 
Tisible  concerts  at  the  N'ational  Flotel, — the  sin-.-ers  being  placed  behind  a  screen. 
Knoup,  one  of  tiie  most  wonderful  pl.iyers  in  the  worid  upon  the  rioloDcello,  accom- 
panied by  Madame  De  Gone  nu  the  suitar.  cave  a  csjncert  at  the  XationaJ  Hotel. 
The  Rainer  family  of  Tyrole-se  Minstrels  Svtmr  in  the  same  hall.  Braham.  the 
great  Englbh  tenor,  also  san-  in  this  hall.  The  first  ne^-ro-minstrel  concert  was 
given  by  the  renowned  Christy,  a'^  the  Ka;.;le  Hotel. 

"The  fir^t  public  li:ill  dcsi'^nod  (or  omcort  purposes  was  erected  by  An-^on  Hoii.se, 
un  the  comer  of  St.  Paul  aud  .^Ialn  streets.  It  was  called  .^[incrva  Hall,  and  was 
opened,  by  Mr.  Dempster  in  one  of  his  ballad  concerts.  About  the  year  1S40 
Leopold  Dc  Meyer,  the  lion  pianist,  cave  his  wonderful  performanci^  in  that  hall, 
^lenry  Hcrz,  the  Parisian  pianist,  and  Sivori.  the  renowned  violinist  and  direct 
•uccessor  of  Paganini,  also  gave  their  pcrfjmi.iMCes  at  this  hall. 

"Several  musical  s-x-ieties  have  been  orcaoized  sint^  that  time.  -Vn  attempt  was 
made  about  1343  to  norganize  the  Ai.-adcmy  of  Mn_sic.  Mr.  Robert  Barron  was 
•elected  as  leader,  aud  rehearsals  were  had  at  the  session-room  of  the  Fint  Presby- 
terian church.     It,  however,  proved  sliort-livcd. 

"  The  next,  effort  in  the  way  of  a  society  wa.s  the  organizititjn  of  what  w.is 
called  '  The  Rochester  Harmonic  Society.'  under  the  leadership  of  the  late  I'rof 
Charles  Wilson,  a  deserveiily  p<ipular  and  well-known  music  teacher.  Mr.  Robert 
Barron  also  as.>isted  a.s  musi(.-al  ci.>ndncfor.  Its  principal  first  siprano  w:w  Mr*. 
Hattie  Brown  Miller,  whose  musical  talent  is  too  well  known  and  appreciate.!  by 
Biost  of  you  to  n,.'od  any  pcaiso  from  me.  This  smiety  was  for  a  while  f|uitc  suc- 
cessful, and  g.wc-^veral  popul.ar  concerts.  It,  however,  hid  ita  day.  and  pa.sj«hl  off 
tbe  stage  :ib.jut  the  time  the  Jenny  Liud  Junr  and  rage  for  coacerta  by  foreign 
«rt'nt3  commenced. 

"Mr.  Perkins,  the  f.itlicr  of  the  present  band-leader  Perkin.«.  waji  among  our 
•artiest  UiU.sicians,  and  a  band-nia.ster  of  inon-  than  nnlinary  tah-iit.  and  for  many 
jcar»  funiishcd  our  band-music.  Captain  Cheshire,  a  well-known  buL-le-playcr, 
fiir  many  ycar^  occupied  so  lu-oniini  nt  a  p^isiijon  that  he  should  not  b,-  fonjotten. 
About  the  y.  ar  1-^  m,  f-,pt:uu  .\di.us  .>r_-.„,i7.ed  his  v^lobratvd  br.u-s  hand.  Cap- 
tain Alexander  Scott  succct-ded  him.  Thtse  two  bands  were  so  celebrated  at  home 
and  abrrjad  xs  to  be  worthy  of  notice. 

"The  fimt  regular  uiusie  store,  for  the  aale  of  sheet-music  and  mu-sicn!  in.'ttru- 
menta,  wa«  opcni-d  about  tin;  year  I.S:14  by  .^Ir.  D-  C.  Drown,  who  carried  it  on  for  a 
few  Jears.      .^Ir.  Harvey  Warren,  about  the  year  ISM",  opened  an  eitensivo  music 


store  for  the  .^e  of  masio,  piano-fjrtes.  and  musii.al  instniraents  generally.  U^ 
wail  a  vocalist,  aud  a  good  choir-l.  ader.  and  had  >.harge  lor  a  year  or  two  of  il„. 
music  of  St.  Luke's  church.  He.  finally  sold  his  business  to  the  late  Rev.  Gf..r_-.- 
Dutton,  who  curried  it  ou  for  several  years,  when  he  closed  the  t=3t.iblisbmeut  iu 
the  year  1353. 

"The. late  Mr.  James  Murray,  a  vo.:^list  and  choir-leader,  practiced  his  prof,-. 
sion  for  over  thirty  years  in  Rochester  and  west.'rn  New  Vork  Tl.e  late  B.  \V. 
Dur.'t-e  was  for  many  years  an  acceptable  teacher  of  vocil  music,  and  a  choir, 
leader  here,  and  for  some  time  had  cliar.'e  of  the  music  iu  our  public  sclu»,l. 
About  the  year  IStJO  the  late  Prof.  Fred.  -Miller  took  up  his  re.-idenc-e  here.  He 
p.ris.:ssed  fine  musical  talent  and  culture,  and  played  well  upon  miot  mu^ieal 

"  In  the  year  1348,  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Reynolds  erected  his  Corinthian  Hall  build, 
ing.  The  success  of  this  hall,  and  the  beni^Ht  it  has  conferred  ui")n  the  musi.n.l 
community,  are  well  known.  Completed  at  a  time  when  concerts  by  tii-st-class  art- 
ists had  become  popular,  it  has  for  sixteen  yc.irs  been  the  popular  pl.n.-e  for  miL-i..- 
of  all  kinds.  This  hall  is  remarkable  P)r  being  the  most  perfectly  constructed  f..r 
acoustic  effect-s  of  any  in  this  country,  and  it  has  beeu  visited  by  architects  fn.m 
Boston  and  other  cities  especially  to  cet  its  prop^Ttions  for  perfect  sound. 

"  In  the  year  1359,  Piof.  .J.  S.  Black  took  up  his  residence  here,  and  coiu- 
nienced  the  practice  of  his  profc^saion  as  a  teacher  of  vocal  music,  his  apccialti 
being  the  culture  of  the  voice.  In  the  course  of  a  year  he  had  'gathered  around 
him  many  pupils  and  admirers.  He  conceived  the  idea  of  a  new  musical  society 
for  the  practice  of  a  higher  order  of  uiujic.  A  class  was  readily  formed,  aud  tli.; 
praetii^  entered  upon  with  all  that  zeal  which  Usually  characterizes  new  s,H:i- 
eties-  The  board  of  din ctors  of  the  R.>citester  Savings  Bank,  in  the  construction 
of  their  noble  edifice  for  a  baaking-hoiise.  and  in  a  spirit  of  devotion  to  art,  wish- 


this  m.igiiificent  h.dl  as  a  perpetual  galleri"  for  purposes  of  art  and  art-culture. 
Already  had  a  grant  of  incorpor.ition  b^vu  obLiincd  from  the  IcL-isiature.  and  an 
org^inization  bcvn  perfected  under  the  title  of -The  Rochester  Academy  of  Music 
and  .\rt.'  Te  perfect  and  carry  out  the  plans  of  this  institution,  it  ruiuainal  only 
to  onranize  the  society  under  the^e  officers  and  take  possossion  of  tlie-e  rooms.'' 

The  Rochester  Academy  of  Music  went  on  successfully  for  two  or  three  years, 
when  Professor  Bl.ike  removed  from  the  city  to  Indianapolis.  ludiaua.  and  Pro- 
fessor Henri  Appy  was  called  from  New  I'ork  .as  luusical  director  of  the  iiistltii- 
tion.  Mr.  Appy  came  to  this  country  with  the  Jenny  Lind  troupe  brought  ov.r 
by  P.  T.  Barnum,  of  which  he  was  the  leading  violin  :,ol..ist.  The  aca.'.cuiy 
pntspered  under  his  autuinistr.irion  tor  a  time,  but  wxs  tin.illy  given  up,  when 
Mr.  -\ppy  concluded  to  establish  his  peruiaiient  residence  here. 

John  Kalbfleisth,  an  accomplished  tcaeher.  or^inist.  anil  pianist,  has  don,> 
much  to  elevate  the  standard  of  music  here.  He  organiz.d  the  rhilharni..uu- 
Society,  and  has  bt.'co  pnjininent  in  musical  circles  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Hervc  1>.  Wilkiiis  has  Ik-oii  a  successful  teacher  here  on  the  organ  and 
piano  tor  several  years  past.  He  is  regardcil  as  an  accomplishe-l  op.-.inist  as  woil 
as  pianist-  He  has  had  char-e  of  the  or.-ans  of  several  of  our  Icadin-  church.- 
fnr  ye:irs.  He  has  spent  5<irae  time  in  Kiuopean  schools  of  mu^ie.  e-pecLi!ly  in 
Leipsic,  in  fitting  himself  xs  a  teacher,  and  now  rauks  among  our  b.-t  artists. 

yUl.  C.  S.  p.  Cary.  a  lady  pi  nist  and  music-teacher,  who  for  m.iui'  few  years 
past  has  been  connected  with  the  Philharunniic  Society  as  pianist,  is  justly  re- 
garded as  one  of  our  best  musicians. 

R-  F.  C.  Ellis  h;i3  .icipiircd  a  fine  reputation  as  music-teacher  on  the  piano  .n- 
wcll  as  org;m.  He  fjr  uiany  years  had  the  organ  ill  Saint  Luke's  church,  an.l 
eiunp«wsed  some  music  for  the  chants,  etc. 

The  Rochester  Philharmonic  S.H^^iety,  or-aniz.sl  about  ten  years  .ign,  has  m.l 
with  varied  financial  3ucn»s,  the  public  pninmage  n'ot  beioL'  at  any  time  wh.it  it 
should  be.  The  genthnien  cooipo.-ing  the  su^icty  have  lab..rcd  hanl  to  ke.p  ii 
in  exislence.  It  has  done  m'lcli  to  elevate  the  character  of  our  in.-trum. mal 
music,  as  well  as  to  cultivate  the  public  t.Tsfe.  by  giving  eneh  winii-r  .1  sent-*  of 
concerts,  under  the  direction  of  Professor  Henri  -\ppy  as  leader. 

The  M.-cnnerchor,  a  most  sueecssful  German  musii-al  so-iety.  Ills  l.-,n  in  e\i-i 

s.atisfjction  t,.  all  lovers  of  German  chorals  and  s"ii.,-i.     Tl„-  -wty  d,-serv.~  'h- 

There  is  a  considerable   number  of  brass  bands,  sinking  and   oilier  mii-n  d 

thee  sketches,  s^ime  deserving  spi-cial  attcnti 
article  has  already  been  eicceded.  they  mu-t 


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PLATE   XX.V1. 


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MOUNT     HOPE      CEMETERY,    1838. 


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MOUNT      HOPE      CEMETERY,     18  7  7. 


BIOGEAPHICAL    SKETCHES 


SOME  OF  THE  PROMINENT  MEN  AND  PIONEERS  OF  ROCHESTER. 


u 


■iJ-^/-:- 


QJWoZ 


COLONEL   NATHANIEL   ROCHESTER. 

Identified  with  the  pioneer  historj  of  the  city  of  Rochester  far  more  than  in  name 
Was  the  hte  Colonel  Rochester.  He  wai  the  actinj  resident  co-proprietor  of  the 
"  o- (O-hundred-acre  tract,"  the  principal  germ  of  the  village  and  city,  and  may 
jiln  :j  be  considered  the  patron  and  founder  of  the  prosperous  city  of  the  Genesee 
valley.  Thus  prominently  xsiociated  with  the  inception  of  the  city,  a  biography 
"f  him  demrxnda  a  place  in  this  history.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  an  em- 
pire of  freemen, — our  glorious  Union, — as  well  as  the  founder  of  settlement  in 
one  of  its  m.«t  prosperous  localities. 

Colonel  Rochester  was  a  native  of  Westmoreland,  Virginia,  where  he  was  born 
Fi-liru.iry  21,  1752.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Rochester,  whose  father  emigrated 
fp'm  the  county  of  Kent  in  England.  When  thirteen  years  of  age  his  family 
timoved  to  North  Carolina.  ;<oon  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution, 
'■'Hnnel  Rochester  was  appointt^d  a  member  of  the  committee  of  salety  for  Orange 
county, — the  duty  of  the  committee  being,  lo  lise  his  own  language,  "  to  promote 


volu 


tionary  spirit  among  the  people 


make 


wIMions  for  the  city  of  15.)ston.  wIdso  barh«r  was  blocked 
»n.I  til  prevent  the  sale  and  use  of  E.L^t  India  teas."     In 


British  1 


Anu'u 


he 


■eniied,  aj.  a  member,  the  first  provin. 
>'"•  ft'S.-ion  of  the  convention  he  receii 
•  Jii-ticc  of  the  peace.  At  the  mce 
l-oinloU  cmmissary-general  of  militar 
''>"•■  As  a  member  of  the  convcnii' 
Slai,.  K„vcrnmcnt  for  North  C.uolin:u 
■"""O'gcncnJ,  in  consequence  of  di; 


convention  in  North  Carolina.  During 
a  major  s  cninmissioii  and  was  appointed 
:  of  the  convention  in  M.ay,  he  w;i3  ap- 
ures  and  clothing  for  the  North  Carolina 
he  participated  in  the  org-Jiiizution  of  a 
le  was  obliged  to  rrslirn  his  olficc  of  com- 
e  brought  on  by  exposure.     He  was  not 


destined  to  remain  idle  in  these  stirring  times.  Returning  to  Hillsboro',  he  found 
that  he  had  been  elected  a  member  of  the  legislature,  in  which  he  soon  took  his 
seat,  thus  becoming  a  member  of  ons  of  the  earliest  legisl.itive  bodies  organized 
and  assembled  in  defiance  of  British  claims  to  dominion. 

About  this  period.  Colonel  Rochester  was  appointed  a  lieutenant-colonel  of. 
militia  and  clerk  of  Orange  county.  He  was  next  appointed  one  of  the  board  of 
anditors  of  public  accounts.  In  1778  he  engaged  in  business  with  Colonel  Thomas 
Hart,  the  father-in-law  of  Henry  Clay,  and  James  Brown,  who  was  atlerwards 
minister  to  France.  Atler  the  war,  and  the  resignation  of  the  office  of  clerk  of 
the  court,  Colonel  Rochester  again  embarked  in  mercantile  pursuits,  first  in 
Philadelphia,  but  permanently  in  Hagerstown,  Maryland.  He  filled  socce.ssively 
the  offices  of  a  member  of  assembly  of  .^[aryland,  postmaster  at  Hagerstown,  \ 
judge  of  the  county  court,  sheriff  of  the  county,  elector  of  president  and  vice- 
president  in  ISOS,  and  president  of  the  Hagerstown  bank,  which  position  he  re- 
signed when  he  removed  to  the  Genesee  country.  In  ISOli  he  first  visited  west- 
em  New  York,  in  company  with  Colonel  W.  Fitzhugh  and  Major  Charles  Carroll. 
Before  they  left  the  country,  Jlessrs.  Carroll  and  Fitzhngh  made  large  purchases 
near  Mount  Morris,  and  Colonel  Rochester  purchased  the  mills,  water-power,  and 
a  portion  of  the  lands  upon  which  he  afterwards  resided  at  Dansville.  In  1S02 
the  three  revbited  the  Genesee  country,  and  while  here  purchase-U  the  "  one- 
hundred-acre  or  Allen  mill-tract"  in  what  is  nnw  Rochester,  then  called  "  Falls 
Town."     In  1310  ho  removed  to  Pansvillc  and  nccupi.-l  his  pureh.w.  erecting  m 

Soon  after  sct'.liri-  at  Dan.ville  he  had  taken  some  inituitury  steps  for  llie  et.mmence- 
mcnt  of  operations  upon  the  one  hundred  arn>  tr.iet,  nod  in  1.^1 1  li.il  surveyed  a 
few  loU  and  was  offering  them  for  sale.     He  usually  had  an  agent  upon  or  near 

143 


HISTORY  OF  -AIONKOE  COUNTY,  XEW   YORK, 


the  prui'Crt^', 


■'111011 1 


.vc-iJ.; 


Ill  ISIG,  l'..luiu-l  RochestLTi 
i  vice-liM-id.'iit.      Ill  1S17  he  : 


tijniled  tlio  lo^l=l.ifurc  at  Alb.iny  aa  aii  uircnt  of  tlie  poiiliuneri  for  tlie  eroctiou  of 
what  id  uow  Jlonroc  County,  whieli  L'on>uninKiriou  w;u»  tic'Iriyi-'d  until  ISlil.  when 
it  hnJ  the  bonofit  of  hid  aL-tive  pcn*ou;iI  exertion:*.  Hi^  w;lh  tlio  tirst  eierk  of  the 
new  cuunly,  anU  its  first  rqiresrntative  in  the  le.,'i.-=bture,  in  18:;i-22.  lu  1S2-1 
he  was  one  of  the  coninussionors  for  taking  suL<iTi]4ioiis  and  Jistribnting  the 
capital  stock  of  tlie  bank  of  llMclieiter,  and.  upon  tiio  orjani/ation  of  the  institu- 
tion, was  unanimously  elected  its  president,  which  office  wad  accci-tcd  upon  a  con- 
dition (dictated  by  a  sense  of  the  increx-^ili^  infirmities  of  ace  and  an  impaired 
physical  constitution )  that  he  should  rc^iu'ii  the  place  as  .<o«in  as  the  ihstitutiou 
was  in  succe.'isful  operation.  He  resiirncd  in  December  followiuL'.  This  Wiis  the 
last  of  tlie  nuliierous  public  and  crpi-rate  trusts  of  his  protracted  and  active  life. 
The  rcmaiuJcr  of  his  days  were  rather  those  of  a  retired  patriarch,  aiding,  by  his 
counsels  and  ni.tlured  judL;iiient,  in  all  matters  of  local  coueern.  manifestinj;  a  deep 
interest  in  the  prosperity  of  the  then  thrivin;;  and  prosperous  village,  in  works  of 
charity  and  benevolence.  Sustained  by  an  implicit  religious  faith, — that  of  the 
Eniscopal  churoh  of  which  he  had  been  a  llb-ril  pntron.  and  at  who.w  altar  he  knelt 
"an  humble  recipient  of  it*  holy  symbols." — he  bore  with  patience  and  fortitude 
protracted  and  painful  disease,  which  tcrniinaied  in  his  death  on  the  17th  day  of 
May,  1831,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age. 

Almost  constantly  tilling  important  public  stations,  he  was  at  the  same  time  the 
founder  of  business  establishments,  the  promoter  of  local  prosperity,  and  after 
having  in  advanced  life  sought  and  secured  a  quiet  rural  life,  he  broke  out  from  it 
and  became  the  patron  of  new  settlements. — the  founder  of  a  city!  There  are 
few  examples  of  a  life  so  varied  and  active. 

The  feelings  of  the  citizens  upon  the  death  of  Colonel  Rochester  may  be  in- 
ferred from  the  abstracts  from  the  minutes  of  various  public  biidies. 

Au' extra  meeting  of  the  corporation  of  Rochester  w;is  held  to  express  the  re- 
gret felt  at  the  loss  of  the  "venerable  Colonel  Nathaniel  Rochester,  the  founder 
of  the  village."  The  corporation  recommended  the  citizens  to  suspend  their  ordi- 
nary business  during'  the  funeral  services,  and  resolved  to  attend  the  funeral  in  a 
body.  The  resolutions  expressed  ".-vmpathy  with  the  family  and  the  public  in 
the  loss  which  b<jth  have  sustained  by  the  death  of  so  useful,  so  distinguished, 
and  so  estimable  a  man." 

The  vestry  of  St.  Luke's  church  resolved  that  the  church  should  be  arrayed 
with  funcr;il  emblems,  in  testimony  of  respect  tor  the  '■  founder  of  the  village,  and 
one  of  the  earliest  ofi&ccr.s  of  the  church,"  etc. 

The  Rochester  Athena-um,  throu-h  their  secretary,  L.  A.  Ward,  expressed 
'*  their  high  esteem  for  his  many  public  and  private  virtues,"  etc.,  "  and  his  integ- 
rity as  a  man  will  long  bo  among  our  cherished  recollections." 

The  Rochester  bauk  pa.-ed  resolutions  of  ■'  regret  for  the  loss  of  Col.jnel  Roche-v 
ter,  who  was  the  first  president  of  the  iiiatiiution.  ' 

The  court  of  chancery  being  then  in  session.  Addison  Gardiner  presiding  as 
Tice-chnnccllor,  resolutions  were  adopted  that  the  court  and  bar  adjourn  to  at- 
tend tho  funeral  of  Colonel  Roch.'ster.  upon  whose  character  some  remarks  were 
trade  by  John  C.  Spencer  and  Simeon  Ford. 

The  field,  staff",  and  line  othcci-s  of  the  several  corps  in  and  around  Rochester 
resolved  that  they  would  parade  with  their  respective  corps  at  the  funeral  of  Colo- 
nel Roihc^ter,— General  Jacob  r;.,uld.  Colonel  Neivtou,  and  Colonel  Ril.'v  being 


-n  1783,  Colonel  Koche.-ter  umrried  S>  pbia.  .lauL-htcT  of  William  Beatty,  of 
Frederick  county,  .Maryl.oi.l ;  born  J.inu.iry  ^.'i,  ITD.S;  died  Heeeinber  9,  1S45. 
He  had  a  lainiiy  of  tnclve  children,  ten  oV  whom  survived  him.  Two  died  in 
infancy.  His  children  were  all  born  in  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  except  Louisa  L., 
who  is  a  native  of  Dansville,  Xew  Vork. 

William  B.  Rochesti.r,  his  eldest  son.  was  bom  January  2'.1,  17S9.  He 
was  prominent  in  social  and  political  circles;  was  the  first  circuit  judge  of  the 
eighth  di-trict  of  this  State,  umler  the  constitution  of  182:J;  w:is  appointed  min- 
ister to  the  congress  of  Panama  ;  and  was  the  Democratie  candid.ite  for  governor  of 
New  York  in  l,S2l'>.  He  was  aboard  the  ill-fjteil  steamer  "  I'ubiski,"  which  was 
wrecked  off  tho  coast  of  North  I'arolina.  .Tune  15.  ISiS,  and  was  amoii-  the  lust. 

JouN  C.  KucIIESTKR,  born  Kebruary  2S,  171)2;  died  in  Missouri,  March  1, 


Soi'llIA  E.  RiiCItESTER.  born  Xovcm 
in  1S18;  died  in  Roeba-ter,  March  :S.  lS,-.0. 

Mauv  E.  R0CIIF..-TEK.  born  .Vovcmbor  2'J,  17U:5 
cry  in  1812;  died  -March  2.  181:i. 

Thomas  H.  Rocuestkr.  born  September  2:i,  171 
bcr  6,  1S71. 

C.KTIIAIIINE  K.  nocMESTER,  born  July  1.  17;i'J 


793  ;  married  Jonathan  Child 

K'j  :  married  Harvey  Montgom- 

797  ;  died  in  Rochester.  Octo- 

Ilr.  A.  Colnian  in 


N.A.TIIAMEL  T.  R..rii[,sTER,  boiu  March  14,  1SU2.     Resides  in  Roche 

Hexev  E.  Roriit.sTER.  born  January  7.  l.-'DC.     Resides  in  Rochester. 

Ann-  C.  RooiiE.sTER,  born  February,  ls08;  now  Mrs.  S.  JI.  Gates,  of 
saw,  Wyoming'  county. 

Louisa  L.  RoriiESTER.  born  in  Dansville,  Livingston  county,  in  ISIO 
Mrs.  William  I'itkin,  widow  of  the  late  William  I'iikin.     Rcsidi-a  in  Roclk 


-    \/ 


NATHANIEL   HAYWARD 

was  bom  In  Vermont,  June  23,  1795.  His  fallier  was 
3Ia.s-achusctts,  and  tho  ance-lors  of  the  H.iywaid  fm.ily  c.ime  to  America  in 
■'  Mayflower."  He  remained  with  his  fatlier's  family  until  thirteen  years  of  ,1 
when  he  went  into  the  employ  of  General  Salem  Town,  with  whom  he  rcmaii 
until  he  came  to  Jlonroe  County.  He  was  drafted  In  the  war  of  1812.  He  ■ 
married  in  Charlton,  Mx-^.-achiisetts.  and  in  l,'s23  came  to  what  was  then 
town  of  Brighton,  and,  jiurchasiiiL:  .seventy  acres  of  land,  commenced  life  in  w 
at  that  early  day  was  considered  the  we-iern  country.  ThLs  tnict  when  rnreh  . 
was  nearly  all  wild,  but  Mr.  llayward  h.ns  lived  to  sc^  it  transfcrnied  to  I 
lands,  and  it  is  now  within  the  limits  of  the  flourishing  ciiy  of  Roeh.- 
Has  had  six  children,— viz.,  Adeline  L..  Edwin  S.,  Sarah  M.iria.  Mary 
Ruth  ,\nn,  and  Loni.-a  Jane, — all  of  wh..ni  are  living  ei&pt  the  two  last  m 
tioncd,  who  died  in  infaney.  Adeline  L.,  now  Mrs.  Grant,  resides  in  IrnnJerpi 
near  Rochester;  Sarah  Mari.i,  now  Mrs.  R.  W.  Wilson,  is  a  resid.-nt  of  Califoni 
and  the  other  children  arc  residin-  in  this  county,— the  daughter.  Mary  K..  w 
her  parents.  Jlr.  Hayward  has  manifested  much  interest  in  ail  matter- pertain 
to  the  public  goinl.  and  in  religious  mm  eni.'nis  bo  h 


of  CI 


1810;  died  i 


183.5. 


ncss  to  the  cau.se  of  t.'briatiaiuty  that  1 
to  the  welfare  of  all.  Mr.  Haywanl 
pleasant  to  know  that  he  is  surroundei 
by  whom  he  i.s  hijdy  e.steenosl.  He 
church,  and  has  been  an  elder  in  that  I 
Edwin  S.  llayward,  bis  only  son,  w. 
8,  1S22,  and,  at  tlie  a-e  of  twenly-tl 
Watson.     She  d;.d   Anjnst  21,    IS'.J 


nestead,  is  a  , 
n  of  the  cou, 


own  th.it  devoi 

1   of  life,  and   i' 

latives  an.l  IVle 

Presbyter 

n.  Mx-s.,el,us,.tts.  Ma 

,ney   E.  Smith  m   18 


nnU-r  of 
;.rty-thr.. 


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Mr 


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145 


abki,ai;d  rkyxold.s. 


IS  from  Pitt-fiL'ld,  M.TisachusotU.  II 
s  family  here  in  1S13.  He  .-i.iJ  his  ' 
nety.     His  early  bu)-inesd  wa3  u  sadi 


;  f«si 


the 


114,  whore  the  Arcade  i 

west  side  of  the  river,  ( 

one  year  previous  to  {re 

net  proceeds  of  the  first 

the  first  s;iddlcr,  tlic  fir 

on  the  one-hundied-acr 

the  river.     In  IS.'IS  he  was  elected  ; 

trustee  of  the  Methodist  E[.i^eol'a 

year.     He  lias  also  held  the  office  o1 

was  considered  a  model  structure, 

parts  of  the  country  and  transferred 

town,  New  Yort,  it  has  received  an 

been  wrought  upon  this  site  apjirnac 


to  Rochester  in  1S12,  and  removed 
i  still  livinir,  buih  of  whom  are  past 
His  first  purchases  were  lots  23  and 
id  this  was  the  first  frame  house  buUt  on  the 
le-huudrcd-acre  tract.','  In  November,  1S12, 
ily  settled,  he  Wits  appointed  postmaster.  The 
re  three  dollars  and  forty-six  cents.  He  wa3 
,  tiie  first  niaLTistrate,  and  the  first  itiii-keeper 
ri^inal  site  of  Rochester,  on  the  west  side  of 


Idemian  of  the  first  ward,  and  in  lS2rt  first 
church,  orjaniwd  September  I'O  of  that 
.Si.ite  let:i.-lator.     The  Arcade,  when  built, 

iiid  a.^  such  was  visited  by  pei^ons  in  other 

e.\act  imitation.  The  chanscs  which  have 
h  the  niaitical  and  marvelous.     When  the 


Arcade  was  first  erectivl,  the  old  Allen  mill  n(;ir  by  was  .standiiii;  iti  ruins,  the 
first  halffiniiUcd  bridqe  of  .^[ain  street  was  standing-,  and  the  workmen  were 
halting,  beiyiusc  the  people  of  i\m  counties  of  Ontario  and  Genesee  were  halting 
in  tjeir  opinions  whether  the  structure  would  not  be  built  more  for  the  accora- 
modaticm  of  the  wild  animals  to  cross  upon  tb.in  for  the  necessities  of  civiliza- 
tion.    Mr.  Reynolds  used  tc  say  tliat  "  everything  lay  concealed  amid  chaotic 

Mr.  R.  when  he  came  here  was  seeking  out  a  locality  where  he  intended  to 
teUle  for  life,  first  going  to  different  parts  of  Ohio.  Then  he  was  strongly  tempted 
to  choo.sc  Charlotte,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee.  He  finally  encouutered  Enos 
Stone,  the  first  settler  here,  who  told  him  to  look  at  the  water-power  and  survey 
"  the  Dismal  Swamp,  on  the  west  sulc,  which  he  did  Jocosely.  Alter  fording  the 
river  he  not  only  surveyed  the  •'  Dismal  Swamp,"  but  went  down  to  Charlotte, 
where  things  appeared  to  him  still  more  dismal.  He  was  then  advised  to  select  a 
place  for  his  future  residence  "  in  the  clean  upland  wcH>ds.  where  he  could  see  to 
shoot  a  deer  at  the  distance  of  thirty  rods;"  instead  of  doing  which  he  pitched,  in 
the  language  of  one  who  was  disinisted  with  his  choice.  "  upon  the  most  unde- 
flirtble  and  forbidding  spot  that  language  can  describe."  But  his  choice  was  the 
right  one,  as  time  proved,  \\o\i  deep  beneath  the  surface  the  richest  veins  may 
run,  when  that  surface  often  is  the  riughest  and  most  forbidding  ! 


EDWIX   SCRA.NTOM. 

To  the  subject  of  this  sketch  we  are  indebted  for  much  information  regarding 
the  early  history  of  Rochester,  he  bcin_'  a  s.^n  of  Hamlet  Scrantoni,  one  of  the 
pioneers  who  came  to  Rochester  with  his  family,  consisting  of  his  wife  and  six 
children,  arriving  here  May  1,  1S12.  The  family  s.ttlcd  in  a  log  house  which 
stood  upon  the  lot  now  occupied  by  I>.  W.  Powers'  ma:rnificent  block,  and.  at  the 
time  they  entered  that  log  cabin,  they  were  the  only  white  family  um  the  west 
side  of  tie  Genesee  river,  while  .all  ar.iund  them,  on  all  sides,  weic  wigwams  of 
Indians,  and  the  whole  land  w;is  covered  with  the  primeval  forest. 

Mr.  Scrantom's  ancestry  dates  back  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  years.  The 
preat  anc-cstor  of  the  family  was  John  Scrantom.  whose  name  will  be  found  among 
the  planters  who  bought  the  town  of  Old  Guilford,  Connecticut,  of  the  old  sachem 
*|uaw,  Menunkaiuc,  in  ll'i3'J.  John  Scrantoin.  it  is  supposed.  enii'_'rate  I  from 
»<'me  part  of  Wales.  His  record,  both  in  the  religious  .md  civil  calendar  of  Guil- 
ford, was  good,  and  his  services  among  the  early  pilgrims  in  their  first  settlement, 
and  in  their  labors  to  form  themselves  into  a  coiiimunity,  were  acknowledged  and 
valuable. 

-V  descendant  of  John  Scrantoni,  named  .\braham.  settled  in  Durham,  Middle- 
»<i  county,  Connecticut,  about  the  year  ITIJU.  This  was  the  great-great-grand- 
father of  Edivin  Scnintora.  The  fir-t  Abrah.im  Scrantoni  h.ad  a  Son.  born  in 
Durham,  also  named  Abraham,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Revt.hitionarv  w.ar, 
»nd  his  son.  Handet  Scrantom.  born  in  Duri.am.  was  the  tiithcr  of  Edwin  Scran- 
t"ni.  The  Scrantoms  of  Durham,  like  their  ancestors  in  Guili'ord,  were  sterling 
Diin.  enterprising  and  useful  ciliicns,  and  strict  and  persistent  to  follow  in  the 
r>li:.'ion  of  their  fathers. 

Hamlet  Scrantoni  identified  himself,  early  on  his  cominj  to  Rochester,  in  the 
furtherance  of  every  good  enterprise  for  the  plantini:  and  inrpetnity  of  the  civil 
■lid  religious  institutions  of  the  place.  He  was  one  of  the  first  tr'u.,lc.s  of  the 
first  „diool  district  established  here,  and  helped,  personallv,  to  build  the  fii-t  "little 


d   by  the 
t  together 


red  schoo!-hou->e"  that  stood,  in  1S13,  on  the  ground  no 
Rochester  high  school,  on  Filzhu-h  str-ct.  He  and  his  wii 
the  first  assembhiL-e  of  worshipers  who  held  reliL'ious  services  on  Sun. lav  in 
Rochoter,  and  out  of  that  first  meeting  grew  the  now  First  Presbyterian  church. 
E.lwin  Scrantom  w.xs  the  third  .son  of  Hamlet  Scrantom.  and  was  born  in 
Durham,  Connecticut,  May  0,  1803,  and  came  to  Rochester  with  the  family 
in  1812.  He  attended  school  at  the  red  school-house,  mentioned  as  built  by 
his  father,  and  afterwards,  for  a  single  winter,  went  to  a  grammar  school  on 
Exchange  street.  In  September,  1S16,  he  went  as  apprentice  to  A.  G.  Dauby, 
who  in  that  year  csUiblisln^  the  Rochester  Gazelle.  In  18211,  Mr.  Scrmtom, 
in  company  with  Whittlesey  and  Mumford,  purchased  the  Monroe  Kepub- 
licaii,  which  wxs  a  continuation  of  the  old  Gazelle,  and  for  a  few  years  pub- 
lished the  RepnlUc;,,.  Then  he  established  a  literary  paper,  the  HurheMer  Gem. 
which  w.is  publi.-hcd  several  ye.irs,  and  was  very  successful,  until  ls:;3.  when  he 
sold  his  paper  and  went  into  mercantiie  business  with  his  brother-in-law.  Levi  W. 
Sibley.  .^Ir.  Sibley,  whose  sister  3Ir.  Scran'iui  married,  began  to  decline  in 
health,  and  died  of  consumption  in  1S44,  after  having  spent  two  winters  iu 
Florida,  and  trying  various  other  expedients  to  regain  his  health  in  vain. 

From  1S44  to  1S70,  Mr.  Scrantoni  continued  in  the  mercantile,  auction,  com- 
mi.-sion,  anS  land  agency  business,  and  for  thirty-five  years,  in  this  city  and  its 
surroundings,  he  w;i3  an  active  business  man.  and  was  constantly  selling  goods 
and  property  at  auction,  "  closing  up  and  closing  out"  the  unfortunate  iu  all  kinds 
of  business,  and  during  all  this  time  he  was  largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  domestic  woolens  and  cotton  goods.  He  has  been  an  active,  enter- 
prising business  man,  and  for  forty-five  ye.ars  as  well  known  and  .as  well  liked  and 
respected  as  any  in  the  city.  During  his  busy  life  he  reared  a  family  of  children, 
four  of  whom,  now  living,  are  intelligent,  useful,  and  respectable  citizens  in  the 
places  of  their  residence.  Himself  and  wife  were  among  the  eariy  members  and 
workers  of  the  Brick  Presbyterian  church,  joining  that  socieiy  iu  1330,  when  it 
was  in  straitened  circumstances.  For  about  thirty  years  Mr.  Scrantom  has  been 
an  elder  in  the  Brick  church,  and,  being  a  singer,  he  has  sung  in  the  choir  and 
the  lecture-room  over  forty-sii  years,  and  althou'jh  past  seventy  at  this  writing — 
December,  18TG — his  voice  is  still  heard  as  leader  there  in  the  songs  of  the 
sanctuary. 

mould,  nervous  and  timid,  he  has  never  striven  to  bo  popular  or 
His  education 
;  savs  he  has 


Of  a  rei 
pntminent,  but  has  done  his  duties  unostentatiously  and  quiet 
was  limited  to  the  common  school  and  the  printing-office,  at 


he 


e  aspiring  in  anything,  known 
of  humble  life.    "lie  thinks  his  greatest  help  and 
charming  wife,  and  that  of  his  many  worlilly  losses, 
Tcatest,  and  more  than  them  : 


always  been  careful  n 
qualified  for  any  statii 
treasure  in  this  world  i 
her  death  in  1S70  wa; 
now  nearly  withdrawn  from  businc-s  pursiiits,  and  will  soon  be  gone  to  the  world 
beyond,  with  the  pioneers,  most  of  whom  have  gone  before  hiiii.  We  are  war- 
ranted in  saying  that  he  is  held  in  high  estimation  by  the  community  in  which 
he  has  lived  more  than  sixty  years;  that  he  has  always  been  on  tlie  side  of,tem- 
perance,  of  m»>derate  living,  of  Christianity,  and  of  laying  up  treasures  in  heaven, 
where  neither  moth  nor  rust  can  corrupt,  believing  "  that  where  your  treasure  is, 
there  will  ilie  heart  be  also.''  He  thinks  it  was  a  good  providence  that  dr..pped 
him  into  the  wilderness  of  western  -Vew  York  in  his  boyhood  ;  lie  is  proud  of  the 
cifv  that  has  sprung  out  of  *the  wilds  of  that  early  day,  and  wliieh  he  has  seen 
grow,  and  tliat  he  had  been  one  of  be  workers  amid  that  growth.  He  says  his 
hopes  of  life  began  here,  and  now  l.is  ho]ies  of  life,  at  the  close  of  a  long  earthly 
career,  are  in  the  heavenlv  world,  and  that  he  .'hall  go  from  the  city  of  earth  to 
•'  that  city  which  hath  foundations,  whose  builder  and  maker  is  God." 


CHAr.I.ES   J.  HILL. 

An  example  of  untiring  industrv.  a  pioneer  of  Rochester,  and  a  present  citizen 
of  most  honorable  standing,  Charles  J.  Hill  has  demonstrated  busines.s  .|ualitics 
of  high  order,  and  to  ,icr(uire  superiority  in  a  chosen  calling  li.is  put  forth  unre- 
mitted exertions.  He  was  born  at  W.H.dbury,  Connecticut,  on  A[.ril  13,  iVM. 
His  father  wa.s  a  Xew  England  farmer,  and  Charles  J.  Hill,  one  of  a  nunicr..ns 
family,  passed  his  childhomf  in  unmarked  r|iiiet  until  the  age  of  twelve  wlieu 
he  was  tiken  into  the  family  of  Xoali   C.  Benedict,  a  lawyer  of  di=iiii-iii.-li.  d 

association  with  a  mind  refined.  cultiv:,ted,  and  experienced  w^is  of  a  powerful 
and  beneficial  effect  at  this  period  of  lifv  Four  years  pi-scd  away  in  atteiKlan.-e 
upon  a  select  school,  and  .at  the  age  of  sixteen  a  choice  of  future  occMp.itiun  wa"< 
presented,  to  study  for  the  law  or  to  engage  in  tr.ade.     The  latter  wa.s  chosen,  auJ 


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HISTORY   OF   MONEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YOEK. 


the  youth  bocamc  a  clerk  in  a  st^-rt 
ud  there  rcmnined  tiil  1S16,  w 
that  point,  he  cacie  westward  to  re 
of  Rwhester,  an  undraineJ  swamp 
attraction,  and  >tr.  Hill  returned  I 
once  again  came  to  RoohesWr,  and 


iituated  in  Bethlehem,  a  neigliboHn'j:  villai^e. 
Q,   hi--!  eraplnver  ceasing  to  do    businesj  at 

n  an  atmoat  unbroken  fore3t,  presented  plight 
IJiica,  where  he  rcmoin.^d  till  Call,  when  he 
1  N'ovember  enea^ed  aa  book-keeper  for  the 


firm  of  Me-^ra.  Eusell  &  Ely.  With  this  and  other  firma  he  remained  till  No- 
Tember,  1813,  when,  in  company  with  A.  V.  T.  Lcavitt,  he  en^-aged  in  general 
mercantile  business  on  bis  own  account.  The  linn  of  Leavitt  &  Hill  continue<l 
till  1825,  when  Leavitt  be».ame  a  silent  partner,  and  C.  J.  Hill  conducted  the  busi- 
ness in  hi3  individual  name  lor  three  yearg.  and  then  took  aa  a  panoer  Lewis  L. 
Peet,  and  as  the  firm  of  Hill  &  Peet  remained  till  1831  in  the  business  of  mer- 
chandi^ng.  This  period  of  thirteen  years  was  marked  by  the  extension  of  trade 
to  other  counties.  Enjoying  the  confidence  of  the  community,  his  store  was  a 
favorite  resort,  and  his  trade  was  heavy,  but  not  remuneiative  beyond  a  fair  liv- 
ing The  goodj  used  the  first  year  in  carrying  on  busine^  were  brought  by  six- 
horse  teams  from  Albany  to  Rochester,  and  full  four  wecka  were  employed  on 
etch  journey. 

In  1831,  Mr.  Hill  beiran  milling  in  the  stone  mill  on  Water  street.  The  mill 
Adjoining,  built  in  1817,  wxs  purchased  about  1S38.  thoroughly  rebuilt,  and  is 
jet  in  sen'ice.  Eleven  years  engaged  in  milllnsr,  four  years  in  civil  service,  and 
then  till  February,  1376,  i^Ir.  Hill  continued  to  be  a  flour-manufacturer,  the  fir^t 
in  the  city  in  respect  to  hours  engaged,  years  of  business,  and  character  of  product. 
A  son,  grown  to  manhood,  was  taken  into  pannersbip  in  January,  1S50,  and 
vhen  the  father  withdrew  the  son  continued  and  continues  the  basinesa.  The 
floor  ground  by  C.  J.  Hill  was  sought  for  as  a  superior  article.  It  was  without 
exception  manufactured  from  the  best  quality  of  white  wheat.  For  year?  the 
grain  used  was  grown  up«jn  the  fanjous  Genesee  flats,  but  when  this  source  par- 
tially felled  choice  Canadian  wheat  was  imported.  The  brand  of  C.  J.  Hill  and 
of  C.  J.  Hill  i  Son  was  never  dishonored  by  imperfection.  That  brand  was  a 
safe  guarantee  of  an  excellence  which  was  widely  known  and  thoroughly  appre- 
ciated. The  paramount  idea  of  the  manufacturer  had  ever  been  to  provide  of  the 
best  quality  rather  than  any  great  quantity.  The  flour  was  used  freely  at  home. 
and  when  shipped  to  eastern  cities  satlstied  the  most  exacting,  as  it  honored  the 
irorthj  and  experienced  miller. 

On  the  completion  of  the  Erie  canal  to  the  east  side  of  the  Genesee  river  at 
Rochester,  Mr.  Hill  erected  the  first  warehou.se  on  the  canal,  and  soon  had  en- 
gaged in  a  h'  avy  buiocss  of  exporting.  Giving  more  hours  per  day  to  his  busi- 
ness than  any  other  miller  in  the  city,  public  and  official  life  was  regarded  more 
as  a  duty  than  a  pursuit,  and  various  official  positions  held  were  the  result  of  ac- 
quiescence to  the  desire  of  others,  and  not  of  his  own  seeking.  Had  dlspoeition 
iavored,  there  is  every  evidence  to  show  that  honorable  position  was  at  his  com- 
mand and  capacity  to  do  himself  full  justice.  He  was  a  trustee  of  Rocheater- 
Tille  from  lS-0  to  1S22,  a  supervisor  at  the  second  city  electiun  in  1835,  and  at 
other  periods  since,  county  clerk  from  1844  to  1S47,  and  was  elected  mayor  in 
1842  on  the  Democratic  tickeL  lie  was  appointed  ccmmissioner  of  deeds  by 
Governor  Bouck  and  the  senate  in  1843,  and  elected  president  of  the  Pioneer 
Socfetj  of  Western  New  York  for  one  year;  commissioned  as  quartermaster  of  the 
Twenty-third  Division  Xew  York  State  militia  in  1S23,  at  a  time  when  the  hiw 
required  the  major-general  with  his  staff  to  review  at  least  one  brigade  annually. 
Kr.  Hill  was  required  to  traverse  several  counties  to  discharge  the  functions  of 
fa-d  office.  A  review  began  at  Oak  Orchard  creek,  mayhap  closed  at  Honeoye 
Falls.     During  the  same  period  Daniel  D.  Barnard  was  in  commission. 

Mr.  Hill  has  been  one  of  the  board  of  mana-era  of  the  Western  House  of 
Refuge,  and  was  one  of  the  vice  presidents  appointed  by  the  board.  Prior  to  the 
OT^nizalion  of  a  bank  in  Rochester  he  was  a  director  in  the  Geneva  bank,  and  has 
ierved  as  a  trustee  in  the  old  Rochester  Savings  Bank.  In  pursuance  of  a  legal 
requisition  to  destroy  a  certain  class  of  bank  paper,  he  was  appointed  to  that 
ofica  by  the  comptroller  and  serred  in  this  locality.  In  politics  a  consistent  and 
life-long  Democrat ;  in  society  a  supporter  of  public  charities,  and  liberal  to  the 
cause  of  religion  ;  in  svmp.athy  with  the  as.sociation  of  Masonry,  he  has  been  a 
Knight  Templar,  and  so  far  as  supplying  the  ma.ssos  with  a  free  common  school 
education  a  friend  and  adherent  of  that  syst<>m  ;  a  church  mcmbersinco  1321,  he 
was  elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  for  twenty  years,  and  one  of  the  incorpo- 
tators  of  the  Plymouth  church  a  score  of  years  since  ;  a  live  Siibbath-ccho.'.l  man. 
he  has  often  served  as  superintendent;  served  as  vice-president  of  the  Genesee 
Sunday-school  Union,  an  organization  including  the  thirteen  western  counties  of 
his  Slate.  He  was  marrieil  June  15,  1323,  lo  Mi.-.s  Sal.irae  Morgan,  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  and  now,  at  the  lap.so  of  over  half  a  century,  both  arc  li  ing  hap- 
pily in  the  enjoyment  of  good  he.illh  and  a  comfirtable  home.  His  first  resi- 
dence was  a  brick  dwelling,  the  tiiT-t  erected  in  the  eitv  of  Itochester;  it  stood  on 
the  site  of  WillLim  Alling's  house.     Mr.  Hill  built  a  resilience  on  Plymouth  ave- 


nue, ne;u-  his  first  home,  and  here  he  dwelt  for  full  forty-four  vears,  and  h» 
since  occupied  his  present  ample  ind  comfurtable  home  on  the  corner  of  Priors, 
street  and  University  avenue.  Conscious  of  the  educational  influence  of  a  library 
and  of  the  pul^lications  of  the  day,  these  agencies  are  placed  at  the  dispo3.al  of  hi* 
family;  and  while  Mr.  Hill  may  review  a  long  and  busy  life  it  is  not  as  of  one 
driven  by  busin»s,  but  rather  as  of  a  man  who  saw  life  as  a  beneficent  girt  for 
worthy  bestowal,  and  by  honorable  profession  and  fair  dealing  discharged  his  obli- 
gations to  society,  and  now  in  s«?rene  old  age  enjoys  the  fruits  of  his  labors  in  the 
comforts  of  an  excellent  home,  the  society  of  relatives  and  friends,  and  the  bi.;h 
respect  of  the  whole  community  as  the  oldest  surviving  of  the  mUlers  of  tfm 


HIRAM   SIBLEY. 


It  is  not  proposed  in  this  sketch  to  place 
of  the  career  of  this  public-spirited  man. 
itself  The  history  of  thus  city  would,  howev 
at  least,  of  the  founder  of  Sibley  Hall.  Hira 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  February 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  then  came  to  we: 
years  in  the  town  of  Lima,  Livingston  cour 
where  he  established  a  manufacturing  villa 
successfully  managed  a  foundry  and  machine 


before  the  reader  a  detailed  histury 
That  would  require  a  volume    in 

aplete  without  a  mentiun. 

as  born  in  North  Ad..ms. 

He  remained  there  uot.i 
tern  New  York,  and  resided  three 
ty.  He  then  removed  to  Mend'.u, 
:e,  now  known  as  Sibleyville.  He 
shop  iu  this  village  for  a  period  of 


.  be  incc 
1307. 


ten  years,  and  then,  removing  to  Rochi 
He  was  elected  sheriff  in  1343.  It  is 
of  the  organization  of  tbe  Western  U 
seems  that  Mr.  Sibley  conceived  th 
building  of  the 


proji 


cr,  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busiuL^ss. 
fact  well  known  that  the  chief  movers 
an  telegraph  resided  in  this  city,  and  it 
He  was  the  first  to  advocate  the 


ine  of  telegraph.  Upon  proposing  the  scheme 
it  mot  with  uisr.*Vui  fiOiit  hl.s  a.-owcittiea  ill  tills  eliy.  wlicreupou  he  imuieuiateiy  went 
to  New  York,  and,  calling  a  meeting  of  telegraph  men,  laid  before  them  his 
plan  for  connecting  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  by  lightning.  A  committee  was 
appointed  by  <iie  meeting  to  report  upi^n  the  proposed  plan,  and  they  reported  as 
follows;  first,  that  it  was  next  to  impossible  to  build  such  a  line;  second,  that  if 
built  the  Indians  would  destroy  the  line  in  the  territories ;  and,  lastly,  that  it 
would  not  pay  if  built.  That  was  the  decision  rendered  by  the  a.ssembled  wisdom 
of  all  the  promineut  telegraph  men  in  New  York.  Cynis  W.  Field  and  Peter 
Cooper  were  among  the  number,  and  they,  together  with  William  M.  Evarts.  en- 
deavored to  persuade  Mr.  S.  to  drop  the  whole  scheme  as  one  utterly  impracticable. 
He  replied,  with  his  ch-aracteristic  promptness,  that  he  should  take  the  evening 
train  for  Washington  and  endeavor  to  get  an  appropriation  for  the  construction  of 
the  line,  and  that  it  should  be  built  if  he  had  to  build  it  alone.  He  went  to  Wash- 
ington, advanced  the  money,  and  obtained  the  necessary  appropriation.  The  line 
was  constructed,  and  the  result  shows  that  it  was  a  grand  conception.  Mr.  Sibley 
was  president  of  the  Western  Union  sixteen  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  the 
present  president,  William  Orton.  He  also  conceived  the  plan  of  connectio-.:  the 
two  continents  by  way  of  Alaska  and  Siberia,  and  visited  Russb.  where  he  made 
the  necessary  negotiations  with  the  cz;ir.  He  was  magnificently  entertained  at 
the  royal  court,  and  received  many  distinguished  honors  at  the  hands  of  Alexander. 
The  company  constructed  the  line  along  the  coast  to  Alaska,  and  had  built  fifteen 
hundred  miles  in  Siberia,  when  it  was  announced  that  Cyrus  W.  Field  had  <uc- 
cessfully  accomplished  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  cable.  This  line  w.as  then 
abandoned.*  Since  resigning  the  oflicc  of  president  of  the  Western  Union  he 
has  been  largely  cngagcHl  in  the  construction  and  management  of  railroads  in  the 
western  and  southern  States.  At  present  he  is  regarded  as  the  largest  farmer 
in  the  world.  He  is  interested  in  the  largest  farm  in  Illinois, — the  SuUivant  I'ann. 
which  contains  forty  thousand  acres, — and  is  the  owner  of  fourteen  farms,  whieli 
he  operates.  Mr.  Siblcv  founded  and  endowed  the  Sibley  Colle-jc  of  Mechanic 
Arts,  of  Cornell  University,  at  Ithaca,  at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollar^, 
also  Sibley  Hall,  in  this  city,  which  is  one  of  the  fine-st  buildings  in  Koehcster 

Mrs.  Sibley  also  manifesls  much  interest  in  all  matters  of  charity  and  benevolen.-.-. 
and  h.a3  given  lanri-lv  to  the  City  hospital  and  various  charit.iblc  institution- 
throughout  the  country,  amounting  in  all  lo  fifty  thou.-and  dollars.  She  has  ever 
cherished  with  tender  n-O'lleclion  the  pl.ace  of  her  nativity,  and  a  few  years  since 
erected  in  her  native  villa-.-e.  North  Adams,  Ma-saeliusctts,  St.  John's  Epi.scpil 
church,  at  a  cost  of  twentv-five  thousand  dollars.  This  fine  church  edifice  stands 
upon  the  spot  where  both'.Mr.  and  Mrs.  .s:.  wi-ro  born. 

Mr.  Siliicyhas  rraehed  the  .scriptural  ac'  of  threescore  years  and  ten.  hut  still 
possesses  hisytuithful  vii^orof  niiiid  and  tiody.and  tninages  his  imnicnso  business 


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A  truthiul  representatio 
we  present  an  outline  of  t 
— a  refident  of  Rotlioitor 
and  a  promioent,  succe?=fu 
in  Onoodagti,  now  Cayu.'a 
to  schooU  for  education,  hi; 


1  of  a  wonhy  life  is  a  lecracy  to  humanity.      As  ioch 

lie  business  and  official   chiincter  of  Amun  Bronson. 

fir  forty-four  years,  iJentided  with  all  itd  interests, 
business  man.     He  was  born  in  tlic  town  of  Scipio, 

lounty.  on  the  23d  of  March.  ISOT.  Little  indebted 
application  to  study  was  none  the  le.-j  efficient  and 
His  authors  were  few  and  well  chosen  ;  their  teaching  were 
understood,  assimilateij.  and  utilized.  In  his  library  history  and  seience  predomi- 
nate, and  fiction  has  no  place. 

Thrown  apoo  his  own  resoarees  at  an  early  a;e,  he  rcmovc-d  to  Avon,  Liring- 
ston  county,  where  he  ao|aired  and  practiced  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  whereby 
he  L<iiDed  of  an  opca  Held  in  the  luuiber  trade,  in  which  he  encaged  with 
ardor  as  his  pursuit  for  life.  In  the  year  ISoJ  he  L-ame  to  iiocliester,  purch.ised 
the  luinl>er  yard  on  Kicharcrc  street,  and  pi\e  hi:;  mind,  with  untiring  energy 
ind  unwearied  patience,  to  carve  for  himself  a  pathway  to  unesceptional.  yet  an- 
doabted  success.  The  first  to  establish  the  lumber  business  in  the  city  of 
Rochester,  he  sustained  for  a  period  of  forty-four  years  a  leading  position  among 
those  engaged  in  the  same  branch  of  trade,  and  was  fre<iuently  approached  for 
advice,  assistance,  and  counsel,  which  anifonnly  reflected  credit  ui  ;i  himself  and 
his  associates. 

His  life  was  characterized  by  untiring  enerjy,  strict  integrity,  and  honorable 
dealing.  Enterprising,  thorough,  and  reliable,  his  trade  bec;irae  extensive  and 
lucrative.  Exaot.  aud  yet  generous,  his  many  empinyees  saw  in  him  a  man  of 
strong  mental  power,  superior,  genial,  and  considerate,  regardful  of  all  in  in- 
terest, and  actuated  by  innate  sympathy  for  the  unfortunate  and  esteem  for  the 
high-minded. 

In  all  dealing  he  was  never  known  to  oppress  a  debtor.  To  those  without 
means  or  credit  he  supplied  both,  with  a  knowledge  of  men  rarely  found  decep- 
tive. Himself  just,  upright,  and  honorable,  he  influenced  others  to  like  action, 
— emulative  of  his  virtues,  dreading  his  refiroachfu!  Inok.  His  honestv  shone  con- 
spicuous, unshadowed  by  ;Iie  'lighto.-t  cloud  of  ilutrust.  His  fidelity  to  right 
was  efjuale<l  only  by  bis  ability  to  percive  it.  None  questioned  bis  word,  whether 
given  during  the  routine  of  business  transaction  or  expressed  in  the  ordinary 
relations  of  society ;  it  was  as  good  as  hL«  bond. 

Long  and  assiduously  devoted  to  one  pursuit,  skill,  caution,  and  method  com- 
bined to  safety,  harmonious  action,  and  eminent  success.  Familiarized  with  the 
minutest  detail  of  his  cixicems,  punctual  to  the  moment  in  meeting  an  agreement, 
lenient  to  the  unfonnaate.  he  was  aecor\led  genuine  respect ;  the  entire  com- 
munity gave  him  their  confidence,  and  his  assured  progress  was  observed  without 
envy.  He  lalxjred  fn>m  a  love  of  activity,  and  not  a]"ne  for  acquisition  of 
wealth.  He  had  in  view  no  ultimate  elegimt  leisure.  With  unselfish  motive 
he  f)lied  his  vocation,  and  gave  of  well-won  means  to  the  benefit  of  the  public 
and  the  needy.  A  mind  less  active  would  have  sought  recreation,  ea-e.  and  re-t 
where  he  centered  all  thought  and  time  on  business.  Confident  of  self,  impatient 
of  dicUtion  or  obligatioTi,  he  sought  no  partnership,  but  con  ucted  his  affiirs 
with  a  certainty  and  regularity  not  the  less  assured  from  the  absence  of  noise 
and  bustle. 

Amon  Bronson  was  more  than  a  business  man.  All  enterprises  having  for  their 
object  the  advancement  of  the  people,  the  lUy,  and  the  welf:;ri.  of  the  eountrv 
obtained  his  hearty  eoniinendatioo  and  support,  lie  was  to  ah  eminent  de^Tee  a 
public-spirited  and  benevolent  man.  His  benefactions  are  main'y  known  to  their 
recipients.  Of  a  disposition  which  shrank  from  notoriety,  he  wa !  unostenUitious  iu 
tie  alleviation  of  di>iress.  and  -onerous  in  his  giUs.  JIany  are  the  |K»r  who,  but 
for  his  nubstantial  aid.  would  have  lacked  their  now  comfirt;ib;c  home.;'.  It  has 
been  said  of  him,  "  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish  came  u[ion  him. 
for  he  caused  the  widow's  he.irt  to  ^iug  Ibr  ji>y ;  he  delivered  the  imor  that  cried,  and 
the  fatherless,  and  him  that  had  none  to  help  him.'  Kind  an-l  svnipathetic,  his 
heart  respiiuded  to  appeals  fi.r  charitable  and  benevolent  objects,  .and  the  pliilan- 


thn.pic  institutions  of  the  city  found  in 
w.as  deeply  interested  in  the  City  H,.spit:, 
in  the  Industrial  .^eh.iol  and  other  laud.iW 
In  perr^m,  Mr.  ISron^n  was  above  the 
twinkled  with  merriment,  anticipating  an 
ume  of  repruof  to  mis-st;itement  or  mal.-u 


i.ich  he  < 


Ibcral  friend.      He 
ihuted  largely,  and 


His  deep,  dark  eyes 


itnition.     His  drvss  was  i 


pl.iin.  His  habits  were  U-mperate  and  abstemious.  Socially,  he  was  reticent,  y^i 
genial  and  courteous,  wiuning  and  retaining  the  regard  of  those  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact.  His  gait  was  an  index  of  the  man, — never  hurried,  but  uni- 
form. To  and  from  office  and  house  he  traveled  day  after  day  for  years,  with  a 
regularity  marked  and  proverbial. 

A  believer  in  the  elevating  tendency  of  religious  influences,  he  aided  in  the 
.  upbuilding  of  the  churches  which  adorn  the  city.  For  many  years  he  was  an  at- 
tendant at  St.  Luke's  church,  and  was  during  his  entire  life  one  of  the  mo-t 
thoroughly  practitd  Christians  to  be  found  iu  anv  communitv. 

Capable  and  efficient  in  the  management  of  his  own  alfairs,  he  was  called  to 
engage  in  various  offices  of  trust.  For  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  Monroe 
County  Savings  Bank,  and  was  for  a  time  a  director  in  the  City  Bank.  In  the 
former  institution  he  had  been  a  prominejit  member  from  its  first  orjanizatii.tt. 
and  the  board  of  trustees,  at  a  meeting  held  Julv  -0,  ISTd,  entered  upon  their 
record  the  following :  "  We  hereby  record  our  appreciation  of  his  unquestioned 
integrity  of  character,  and  of  the  benevolence  and  generosity  of  his  disposition, 
so  constantly  manifested,  not  only  in  his  relations  to  this  board,  but  in  all  bis 
social  and  public  relations  in  this  e<immunity  where  he  has  lived  so  Ion?." 

Political  advancement  Mr.  Bronson  never  souirht,  and  manv  solicitations  to 
accept  public  preferment  were  courteously  yet  firmly  declined.  He  was  an  alder- 
man for  one  term,  and  was  elected  supervisor  from  the  third  ward  from  1839 
contiuuously  to  1867.  At  elections  he  received  the  cordial  support  of  both 
pobiird  nartl»^  jnd  their  nt^atjimoos  action  tvas  a  high  persona!  tribute  to  hi; 

In  the  board  of  supervisors  ha  served  as  chairman  on  most  of  the  important 
committees,  and  performed  the  duties  of  the  position  ably  and  ace-^ptahiy.  To 
older  citizens  his  signal  services  during  his  term  of  office  are  well  known.  In 
unearthing  fraud  his  sagacity  and  business  ability  were  of  great  service.  By  a 
searching  investigation  into  the  accounts  of  a  defaulting  treasurer,  deficits  were 
discovered  and  losses  esp*>sed. 

During  the  civil  war  he  was  on  the  committee  of  bounties,  and  frequently  ad- 
vanced large  sums  from  his  own  purse  for  the  use  of  the  county.  He  was  known 
as  a  war  Democrat,  and,  without  stint,  threw  his  influence  in  behalf  of  a  govern- 
ment imperilled  by  rebellion.  A  consistent  Democrat,  he  was  never  a  hitter  par- 
tisan, and  when,  in  I6G5,  an  unsought  nomination  for  senator  had  been  accepted 
through  the  urgent  request  of  many  prominent  citizens,  it  was  a  proof  of  popu- 
larity, and  confidence  of  capacity  and  worth,  that  he  ran  largely  ahead  of  hi.-* 
ticket  in  a  senatorial  district  hopelessly  Kepublican. 

He  w:is  married  in  1S40  to  .Miss  Ann  Emerson,  dauihter  of  Thomas  Ejuer- 
son,  and  in  1S48  built  the  residence  on  Plymouth  avenue,  where  he  ro-ided  till 
the  close  of  life.  In  domestic  relations  the  testimony  is  uniform  and  emphatic 
as  n^gards  consideration,  kindness,  and  indulgence.  "When  in  the  full  eniovmont 
of  physical  and  intellectual  vigor  he  was  stricken  with  paralysi-,  un  Xovenibi  r 
1.3,  1S69,  and  incapacitated  fur  other  than  a  general  supervision  of  business  affairs. 
A  second  shock  .in  July,  ISTC,  was  fin.al.  and  under  its  influence  he  gradually 
piissed  away,  retaining  his  mind  to  the  last.  His  funeral  w.is  attended  by  many 
friends,  who  followed  his  remains  to  Mount  Hope  Cemetery.  The  Rochester 
board  of  lumber  dealei-s  closed  their  places  of  business  and  attended  the  funeral 
in  a  body,  and  the  employees  of  the  firm  of  -\.  Bronson  ^t  Son  formed  part  of 
the  funeral  train.  In  1S73,  Amon  Bnmsoii,  Jr..  had  been  admitted  xs  a  partner, 
and  succeeded  to  the  business.     He  us  an  only  son. 

Ri-solutions  of  respect  were  passed  by  the  Rochester  board  of  lumlnT  dealers, 
by  the  employees  of  the  firm,  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  .^[onroe  County 
Savings  Bank,  and  bv  the  board  of  supervisors  at  their  regular  meeting  nn 
Octolwr  11,  187U.     The  following  re->=ulution,  introduced  by  .^npirvi-or  I'ond.  wil- 

nize  in  a  suitable  and  ai>prnpriate  maimer  the  irreat  la'^s  whi';h  the  cnnnty  "f 
Jlunroe  has  sustaincJ  in  the  ilcatli  nf  Ammi   Bronson,  who  died  July  L'-.  lS7li. 

citizen  and  public  officer.  His  honesty  nf  purpose,  his  strcn_-tli  iif  mind,  hi.s 
breadth  of  thou'.'ht.  together  with  his  noble,  generous  heart,  will  ever  l>r  a  bri-lil, 

liretl  and  labored.  living  so  liberally  of  his  time  and  best  effort  for  the  gwd  and 
interest  of  his  fellow-eitiiens." 


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DK   DOUGLAS    BLY 


was  bora  in  West  Henrietta,  Monroe  County,  in  the  year  1824.  In  early  age  in 
^«  hool  he  made  rapid  progrcsa,  and  gave  indiuationa  of  much  promise.  Upon 
rearhing  the  age  of  discretion  he  detcrmitied  to  study  medicine,  and  to  this  end 
attended  the  medical  college  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  graduated  in  1S51. 

To  iwrfect  himself  in  hLs  profession  ho  made  a  voyage  to  Europe.  On  reach- 
iiiL-  tl.c  continent  he  went  Immediately  to  Paris,  and  re^'istered  himself  as  a  student 
i'l  the  Conegc  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.    After  studying  here  some  time  he  re- 

•  •ivnl  hi.s  degree,  made  a  tour  of  Europe,  visiting  many  uf  the  places  of  note  in  the 
■■id  w  irld,  and  returned  to  this  city  in  1854.  He  hegan  the  practice  of  medicine,  and 
"x-  •  jry  successful  as  a  physician.  It  may  .also  be  mentioned  in  this  connection 
ili.it  wxin  after  his  return  from  Europe  Dr.  Bly  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  on 
anatomy,  in  this  city,  to  a  few  whom  he  favored  with  tickets.  In  the  capacity  of 
.1  Ic.dircr  he  displayed  a  knowledge  of  his  subject  not  unworthy  of  one  making 
>"""■  pretensions. 

He  .It  once  a<:^umed  a  prominent  position  in  the  medical  fraternity  of  Rochester. 
nn.|  while  pncticing  here  duicovered  an  antidote  fur  strychnia-poisoning,  which 
-nn  him  a  national  rcput.ition.  At  the  twelfth  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
M..Ik-.i1  Association,  held  in  the  city  of  Louisville,  May  3,  LSo'J,  he  was  pro>ent 
"  1  ni-iuhor.  representing  the  Monro.;  County  .^ledical  Society,  and  in  the  pro- 
"^-iitii^.  of  the  xssociation  we  find  the  following  passage:  "The  paper  of  Pr.  Biy 

•  n  ^•■vi<\fnt-\\  poisoning  by  strychnine  was  read  by  tlie  author,  and  as  imlividiial 
'-v*>*  are  not  reported  in  the  transactions  of  the  as.-iociation.  thanks  were  returned 
'  "h-cinimuDication,  with  ar&iuest  that  it  be  puhiiohcd  in  the  nii-dic;il  journals." 
'!■  iin.nlvd  and  patented  an  artificial  limb  which  is  justly  celebrated,  and  kn.ivvn 
•'I  "v.r  the  country.  Leaving  the  practice  of  medicine,  he  turn.il  liis  aitcnlh.n  to 
''<■•  ni.inufacturoand  introduction  of  artificial  limbs.  He  began  their  nianuf.icture 
"'  'hi.«  city,  and  soon  after  in  New  York.  The  merit  of  his  patent  bclnu-  recs;- 
'•'i-l  by  all,  he  made  a  contract  with  the  government  during  the  late  rebellion  to 


supply  all  soldiers  whom  misfortune  compelled  to  i 
in  the  west  became  so  great  that  Dr.  Bly  found  i 
tories  in  St.  Louis,  Cincinnati,  and  other  proniii 
the  war  he  closed  contracts  with  many  of  the  soi 
soldiers,  and  in  consequence  he  carried  on  busii 
Charleston,  and  in  other  prominent  cities  in  the 
the  great  worth  and  popularity  of  Dr.  Bly's  invc 


se  artificial  limbs.  The  demand 
necessary  to  establish  manufac- 
ent  cities.  After  the  close  of 
them  States  to  supply  disabled 
CSS  in  Memphis,  Xew  Orleans, 
outh.  These  facts  alone  attest 
ition,  not  to  speak  of  the  thou- 


sands who  have  testifiei'  and  are  ready  to  testify  in  regard  to  the  value  uf  his  patent 
limbs.  Besides  the  m.inufacture  of  these  artificial  limbs,  in  which  he  was  exten- 
sively and  successfully  engaged  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Dr.  Bly  was  engaged  in 
the  oil  business  in  Pennsylvania.  This  business  consisted  in  buying  large  oil  ter- 
ritory and  sinking  wells.  In  this  he  was  also  very  successful.  He  also  did  a  large 
real  estate  businerf  with  Chauncey  Perry,  whose  daughter  he  married  as  his  first 
wife  in  1870.  On  the'consummation  of  this  event,  Dr.  Bly  and  hu  bride  made 
a  tour  of  the  southern  States,  and  two  years  later  they  visited  England,  Scot- 
land, Ireland,  Germany,  Prance,  and  Italy,  returning  in  Xovember,  1872.  But 
four  months  alter  her  return  U)  this  city  Mrs.  Bly  w.as  taken  ill.  and  died  ci-lii 
days  later.  This  was  a  heavy  loss  to  the  doctor,  and  he  felt  it  >evorely.  In  (.1c- 
lober,  1S74.  he  was  again  married.  He  chose  as  his  wife  the  daughter  of  F.  II. 
Amidon,  of  New  York,  with  whom  he  lived  moat  happily,  and  who  survives  him 
to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  nic.^t  affcetiunate  and  indulgent  huaband. 

By  his  first  wife  he  had  no  children,  but  bj  his  second  left  an  only  son.  Perry 
.\midon  Bly,  then  a^-cd  five  months.  Dr.  lily  was  universally  respected  and  be- 
loved. He  always  bore  the  deportment  of  a  man  of  the  highest  culture  in  s.»  i.  ly. 
and  in  every  department  of  life  he  wa~  a  man  whu  made  his  presence  t'.  It  by  lu- 
siKial  aud  intellectual  acc|UirLni.'iit3 ;  huuc-t  and  upri-ht  in  bu-iucss  traii^nciiuii-,. 

■.•cut  and  alfectton.ae.      lie  di.-d  in  U,xhc,tcr,  .\|ay  10,  1:?70. 


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HISTORY  OF  .A[OXEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


GEORGE  G.  CLARKSO.V 

waabom  in  Edinburgh,  ScutlanJ.  Mar  3,  loll.  lie cimc  wilh  his  Hither'^ familj  lo 
America  in  181'J.anJstttlcd  in  PhilaJciphia.  Here  they  rcniiiined  about  two  ycara, 
aod  returneJ  to  EJinhur^h.  In  lS-3  he  niunied  to  America,  and  located  in  New 
York  city,  and  in  1842  removed  from  New  Vorlc  to  Ko^hcster,  where  he  hu3  sinee 
remained.  Mr.  C.  wa3  educated  in  E  liribur:.-!i.  E.iHv  in  life  he  en:,'-i5ed  in  mer- 
chant tailoring,  and  haa  successfully  carne«l  on  tliut  business  since.  Uj'On  locating 
at  Rochester  he  immLJijtf  lymanilV^^ied  much  interest  in  uU  public  nuUera.  socie- 
ties, etc.  Re  was  pn-?idenc  of  the  .\th<.n.-VJai.  and  is  a  prominent  .\Iason  and 
Odd-Fellow,  and  in  the  latter  fraternity  hold  the  otfice  of  district  deputy  grand 
master.  For  a  number  of  years  has  serre-l  as  tru-sttc  of  the  .>[onroe  County 
Savings  Bank,  and  for  the  pist  five  y-.'ars  has  been  president  of  that  institution. 
He  was  elected  mayor  of  Kochestcr  for  the  years  IS" +-75,  and  discbanred  the  duties 
of  hia  official  position  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  constituents.  In  1S33  he 
was  married  to  .M.iry  M.  I'arsells.  of  .Vew  Vork.  Their  family  consisted  of  six 
children,  rii. ;  Genrgc  P.,  a  manufacturer,  rtsidina  in  Buffalo ;  Thomas  B.,  an 
attorney,  residing  in  New  York ;  Je^-sc  E..  wife  of  George  Thrall,  present  propri- 
etor of  the  Grand  Cciit.at,  at  Omaha :  Alonw  R.,  book-ki-per.  and  Frank  M.,  civU 
engineer,  residents  of  Rnchcster;  and  Mar\-  M..  wife  of  Lieutenant  Wm.  C.  Man- 
ning  United  Stal-a  army.  .Mrs.  Clarkson'died  in  1S63.  In  1S65,  Mr.  C.  united 
in  marriage  with  his  present  wife.  Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Bushnell,  a  native  of  Fair- 
fieU,  Herkimer  county,  New  Vork. 


-/      V 


COLONEL  JOHN  GRAHAM   KLI.NCK 


Tasbom  in  iladison  county,  New  Tnrk.  .Vn^u; 
he  came  to  Roche.-^ter,  where  he  resided  for  a  tim 
Mechanics'  Association.  From  this  city  he  w 
of  the  rebellion  entered  the  Union  army,  and 
tain  to  that  of  brvvct-colonel.     He  w.is  chief 


17.  IS'JO.     When  a  yonng  mat 

nt  west,  and  at  the  breaking  oui 

ipidly  rose  from  the  rank  of  cap 

npioyed,  however,  as  quarter- 


master. On  his  return  to  this  locality  he  U*c.-jne  a  resident  of  Bri'.:hton,  and  by 
his  public  spirit,  generosity,  and  bcncvolcnci-  at  once  toi.k  rank  among  the  le;idinz 
men  of  the  city.  He  was  a  strongly  built,  energetic,  untiring  man,  with  an  iron 
constitution. 

Colonel  Klinck  was  a  prominent  O'ld-Fcllow,  being  a  member  of  Genesee 
Lodge  and  Glide  Kricanipnient.  He  w.is  thi>  chief  mover  in  tlu-  orjaniz-ation  of 
Klinck  Lodge,  and  wxs  also  a  member  of  the  Velonn  (iniys.  .Jaiioary  1,  l.«40. 
he  united  in  marriage  with  Laura  IS.  .^I-  i>)wen,  of  Uoclicstcr.  iihe  was  bom 
in  Waterford,  Ohio,  April  13.  1S:;U.    Their  family  con.~isted  of  five  children,  vit, 


Frances  A.,  Graham    B.,  Millard   F.,  Martha  L.,  and  Lilly  .S.,  all  of  ' 
living,  cicept  Millard  and  Graham. 

Colonel  Klinck  was  killed  Ijy  the  falling  of  a  building,  December  5,187;!. 
The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  eulogy  delivered  on  the  deceased  by  the  Uev. 
Dr.  Midler;  "The  stru'.-gles  which  he  had  been  forced  to  make  in  early  life  tend..d 
to  develop  all  his  energies  of  mind  and  bo«ly.  He  was  a  man  whuse  intense  con- 
victions made  him  a  determined  advocate  of  any  cause  he  espoused.  His  benevo- 
lence knew  CO  bounds.  One  of  his  last  acts — that  of  lecturing  en  the  night 
before  his  death  for  the  benefit  of  a  widow  and  her  children — illustrated  thi- 
whole  tenor  of  his  life.  He  wa.s  a  man  of  radiant  spirit ;  a  man  whose  face  wi. 
always  full  of  cheer  and  sun.shino  ;  in  a  word,  one  of  those  rare  men  who  mak.- 
the  world  ail  the  better  for  having  lived  in  it.  As  a  father  he  was  affectionate 
and  kind ;  as  a  friend,  generous,  true,  and  constant ;  as  an  Odd-Fcilow,  he  wa.x 
a  beloved  brother,  one  to  whom  friend-hip,  love,  and  truth  were  no  unmeanin- 
terms  ;  as  a  soldier  he  was  brave  and  true,  and  as  a  business  man  honorable  and 
enterprising." 


ISAAC  ASHLEY. 


The  subject  of  this  s 
December  3,  1796.  He 
he  went  with  his  father'; 
Madison  county,  thence  i 


h  was  born  in  Galway,  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
I  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  sii  children.  In  1S02 
iiy  to  Richfield,  Otsego  county,  thence  to  Brookfield, 
ingersficld,  Oneida  county,  and  from  thence  to  Paris. 
In  1817  he  came  to  Conesus  and  negotiated  for  the  purchase  of  thirty  acres  of 
land  at  one  dollar  per  acre.  This  tract  was  located  near  Hemlock  lake.  He  com- 
menced business  with  a  capital  of  S12.50,  his  other  earthly  posse.'wions  consisting 
of  i.lie  ciuLues  upon  his  person.  He  had  no  ase  with  which  to  be:;iu  the  clearing 
of  the  forest,  nor  a  morsel  of  bread  to  eat.  He  was,  however,  possessed  of  an 
indomitable  will,  and  in  every  way  well  ijualified  to  endure  the  hardships  and  pri- 
vatioTis  incident  to  the  settlement  of  a  new  country.  In  the  year  1325  the  Erie 
canal  was  completed,  and  during  this  year  Mr.  Ashley,  together  with  a  brother, 
came  to  Rochester,  and  commenced  keeping  a  small  public-house.  He  remained 
in  this  house  about  two  years,  and  was  then  out  of  business  about  fourteen  months, 
the  only  period  from  the  1st  of  May,  1825,  that  he  has  not  been  keeping  a  hotel. 
He  next  became  the  proprietor  of  the  L^nion  Hotel,  a  small  wooden  stnictun^ 
located  on  the  present  site  of  the  office  of  the  Rochester  Union,  where  he  remained 
three  years.  In  December,  1832,  he  assumed  control  of  the  National  Hotel,  which 
he  left  May  1,  1835,  and  in  the  following  month  took  possession  of  the  Clinton 
Hotel,  where  he  has  since  remained  its  popular  and  efficient  landlord.  February  23. 
1829, he  united  in  marriage  with  Charlotte  Carlisle,  of  Genesee  county.  She  died  in 
January,  1873,  deeply  mournetj  by  relatives  and  friends.  Mr.  Ashley  has  reached 
the  age  of  over  fourscore  years,  but  is  yet  hale  and  hearty,  with  every  appearance 
of  being  spared  many  years.  He  is  one  of  Rochester's  mnst  highly  esteemed 
and  venerable  citizens,  and  m:y  the  remaining  years  of  his  earthly  pilgrimage  be 
passed  peacefully,  and  when  th<:  insatiate  archer.  Death,  summons  him  aw,ay  may 


JOHN  STRAUB 


was  bom  in  Wiirtemberg,  Geruany,  in  1 
years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  Sivitzerlar 
place  he  went  to  Paris,  and  su:>3e(|ucntly 
native  country,  and  remained  there  until 
mined  to  seek  a  home  in  the  new  eountri 


He  remained  there  until  sixteen 
ml  stayed  about  a  year.  From  this 
Eni:land,  and  finally  returned  to  his 
ity -eight  years  of  acre,  when  he  dcter- 
1S53  he  embarked  for  America. 


Upon  his  arrival  in  this  country  he  immediately  proce&ied  to  Kochcster,  where 
he  located,  and  where  he  has  since  remained.  He  first  worked  at  the  butcher 
trade,  and  ^ubsciiucntly  eng.iu'ed  in  the  grocery  business,  in  which,  by  industry 
and  honest  dealinL',  he  Ii;i3  succeeded  in  building  up  a  good  trade.  His  fine  busi- 
ness block  is  a  four-.Htory  brick  structure.  Iccatcd  on  Lake  avenue,  and  is  a  model  of 
beautv  and  convenience.  It  wxs  erected  in  1S74.  Mr.  .Straub  was  married  to 
Susanna  Muss,  in  this  city,  in  IH.'.J,  A  few  years  since,  desiring  to  see  the 
*'  fatherland."  he  made  a  trip  to  Germany,  and,  after  a  pleasant  visit,  returned  to 
America,  content  to  remain  in  the  land  of  his  adoption. 


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HISTORY  OF  ilONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


bom 


C.  R.  TOMFKLVS. 


C.  R.  Tomptlns,  one  of  the  prominent  manufieturers  of  Rocli 
October  27,  182'-',  in  the  town  of  Fiihkill,  New  York.  His  aneestor3  were  all 
mechanics,  noJ  many  of  tlicm  mechanical  geniuses,  hLs  grandfather  belondng  to 
tlie  type  and  style  of  General  Putnam.  When  nine  years  of  a?e,  hia  parents  re- 
moved to  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  brought  up  and  educated.  Hia 
father,  John  G.  TonipVins,  was  by  trade  a  cooper,  carpenter,  and  joiner,  but  liis 
principal  bu>iucs3,  in  which  he  engrigcd  very  esien.~ivcly.  was  the  manui'icture  of 
packing-barrels  for  the  New  Haven  market.  All  the  procetids  of  his  labor.  a.side 
fn.>nj  the  actual  support  of  his  family,  were  devoted  to  the  education  of  his  chil- 
dren, for  whom  he  njanifi'Stcd  the  greatest  solicitude  and  interest.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  early  entered  into  the  medical  academy  at  that  place  ( formerly 
known  as  the  old  law-school),  at  which  he  gradu.-ited.  when  sevc-utoen  years  of  age, 
for  the  practice  of  medicine.  After  completing  his  academical  studies,  his  parents 
wished  him  to  take  a  thorough  collegiate  course  in  that  profesoion.  as  their  choice, 
and  for  which  his  stiulics  had  been  preparatory;  hut,  with  a  stronu'  prclilcction 
f;r  mathematics,  his  f.ivorite  study,  and  an  inherited  genius  fur  mechanical  work 
and  appliatices  predominant,  he  threw  up  the  study  of  medicine,  already  distaste- 
ful to  him,  and  determined  to  perfect  himself  as  a  machinist.  With  this  in  view, 
he  came  to  this  State,  and  at  .^^\ttoa^van.  on  the  Hudson,  commenced  his  trade  as 
on  toprentice  at  machine  forging.  This  was  his  first  afiprenticeship.  Atler  serv- 
ing ..is  time,  he  worked  six  months  as  a  journeyman ;  but  while  an  apprentice,  being 
unusually  apt  and  flkiUful.  he  received  wages  nearly  cijual  to  those  of  a  journey- 
man. After  recruiting  his  health,  which  h.ad  failed  him,  he  served  a  second  ap- 
prenticeship at  machine  Gni-hing,  Mhieh  he  completed  with  great  success.  His 
highest  anibitir.n  thtn  was  to  be  at  the  hea.l  of  the  machinist  tr.ide,  and  whatever 
he  undertook  he  grappled  with  a  will  and  a  determination  to  succeed.  Immediately 
after  completing  his  first  apprenticeship,  he  married  Miss  Gertrude  Dates,  of 
I'o'ighkccpsie,  whose  grandparents — of  Holland — were  the  first  settlers  in  Hack- 
en5.-.ck.  He  was  married  at  the  latter  place.  February  15,  18-i;i,  by  Uev.  C.  Van 
t'lcef  He  resided  about  one  year  with  his  wife  at  Matteawan,  and  tiien  removed 
to  Newburg,  where,  hi.s  health  filling  him,  he  w.is  coiupelled  to  retire  from  busi- 
ncM.  Soon  after  be  removed  to  MiJdleti.wn,  Orange  county,  where  for  four  years 
he  was  principal  of  the  ,MiddlLl"wn  L'Tii.m  school.  HavioL:  then  regained  his 
health,  he  ass,jciated  himself  witii  the  .New  i'ork  and  Krie  ILiilroad  as  enL-ineer, 
from  which  he  was  soon  after  transferred  to  the  Ncwburg  branch,  and  given 
charge  of  its  shops.  Here  he  remained  as  nia^ter-mcLhanic  about  three  years, 
when  he  resigned  his  po.siiion,  and  in  the  followim,-  fall,  about  the  liuio  of  tho 
consolidation  of  the  New  York  Central  lUilroad-".  he  .accepted  the  position  of  en- 
gineer on  the  new  line  running  between  Albany  and  Viica.  Nut  beins  satisfied 
»ith  the  position,  he  left  it  in  the  winter  of  1>J3,  after  remaining  with  tho  com- 
pany about  lix  months.     In  the  following  spring,  in  ISJ 1,  he  came  to  the  city  of 


Rochester,  where,  a  f^^v,'  months 
factory  of  Gibson  &  Co.  He  ren 
1856,  when  he  founded  his  prest 
management,  h;is  grown  and  bee 
aented  in  this  work.     Mr.  TuranI 


iibsequcntly,  he  took  charge  of  tho  tool  maii.i- 
ined  in  this  position — as  manager — until  .June, 
business,  which,  by  his  energy  and  iutelliL-ent 
L'ltended  to  its  present  pr-^injrtions.  as  rcpre- 
is  is  one  of  the  solid,  substantial  men  of  K. ■Ch- 


ester, to  who.se  business  grasp  and  energy  the  city  owes  its  growth  in  prosperity 
and  wealth  fjr  the  past  twenty  years,  tfiuce  receiving  a  partner  in  his  busin^-^s 
he  has  transferred  to  him  a  great  part  of  the  care  and  responsibility  of  the  enter- 
prise, while  he  and  his  family  devote  themselves  more  to  the  enjoyments  and  com- 
forts of  life  upon  the  well-earned  abundance  of  his  labors.  Mr.  Tompkins  has 
four  children  now  hvin_-, — three  daughters  and  one  son.  The  eldest  dauijhter  is 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Sm'ith,  and  the  second  the  wife  of  C.  S.  Siddons.  botl,  living 
in  the  city.  His  mother  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years,  his  father 
having  died  five  years  ago  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine,  and  kept  house  to  the  time 
of  his  death.     His  ancestors  were  noted  fur  their  longevity. 


LEWIS  SWIFT 


was  bora  February  29,  1S20,  in  the  town  of  Clark.wn,  where,  also,  he  passed  his 
boyhood,  acquiring  his  early  education  within  the  walls  of  Clarkson  Academy. 
But  naturally  gifted  with  keen  observatioo,  a  retentive  memory,  and  the  power  of 
discrimination,  nature  was  to  him  an  open  book,  and  early  he  became  remarkable 

in  which  brwnch,  by  important  discoveries  therein,  he  has  achieved  an  enviable 
&me.  Passionately  fond  of  books,  and  reading  critically,  his  mind  became  a 
storehouse  of  kno.vlejge.  (jar.ieieu  fiuiu  the  cuoicest  fields  of  literature ;  and  hence, 
though  he  claims  no  college  as  his  alma  mater,  he  is  emphatically  a  learned  man. 
though  possessing  great  simplicity  of  character  and  without  ostentation.  His 
title  of  .\.M.  has  been  bestowed  by  acclamation  of  the  people. 

His  specialty  as  an  astronomer  is  comet-seeking,  in  which  he  has  been,  and  ls, 
an  indefatigable  watchman,  keeping  vigil  night  after  night  while  the  world  has 
slept,  and  that,  too,  exposed  to  the  inclemencies  of  our  northern  clime  with  onlv 
heaven's  canopy  above  him.*  But  his  search  has  been  rewarded  by  the  finding 
of  six  comets.  Of  three  the  original  discoverer,  one  of  which.  Comet  III.  of 
1S62,  w.as  very  brilliant,  being  surp.asse-d  in  brightness  and  length  of  train  by 
only  six  otbers  of  this  century,  and  was,  aside  from  this,  an  imp*)rtant  comet, 
inasmuch  as  it  gave  rise  to  the  theory  of  the  identity  of  shooting-stars  and  comets. 
This  comet,  found  by  him  July  IC  of  that  year,  was  two  d.ays  later  seen  at  Cam- 
bridge observatory,  and  a  half  hour  later  still  at  the  Dudley  observatory  ;  ten  days 
later  it  was  found  in  Kurope.  It  was  visible  for  three  weeks,  and  on  Augiist  27 
had  a  tail  twenty-five  degrees  in  length.  Its  period  ei|ual5  one  liundrcd  and 
twenty-three  yean,  and  consequently  it  will  not  return  until  the  year  VJii>.  This 
ccimet  travels  in  the  path  of  the  August  meteoric  shower.  Of  the  remainder  he 
has  the  honor  of  independent  discovery,  so  called,  being  first  in  this  country. 
Among  these  is  the  comet  of  1S71,  which  for  some  weeks  he  hoped  to  claim  as 
his  own  by  right  of  priority  of  discovery,  but  tidings  coming  from  Europe  of 
its  having  been  seen  there  eight  days  previous,  he  was  obliged  tj  accept  secondary 
honors. 

Our  distinguished  visitor  of  two  years  ago,  the  Coggian  Comet  of  1S7.',  was 
seen  first  in  this  country  by  him,  and  he  also  hail  the  list  view  of  it  as  it  descended 
beneath  the  waves  of  Lake  Ont,irio  to  return  no  more  forever.  His  eye.  so 
thoroughly  trained  to  descry  faint  telescopic  objects,  continued  to  see  it,  while 
others  failed  because  of  its  nearness  to  the  sun. 

In  IStiO  he,  with  a  party  of  astronomers  led  by  Professor  Hough,  of  the 
Dudley  Oliservatory,  at  Albany,  went  to  Illinois  to  observe  the  total  eclipse  of  the 
lun,  and  carried  thither  his  telescope,  the  largest  on  the  ground.  The  published 
and  tabulated  reports  of  that  expedition,  as  given  in  volume  ii.  of  tho  Annals 
of  the  Dudley,  attest  how  much  reliance  waj,  placed  by  its  chief  upon  his  observa- 
tions. Possessed  of  natural  el'Hiuerico,  and  filled  with  love  fjr  bis  chosen  seienis-, 
he  has  betaken  himself  to  the  rostrum,  when-  bis  enthusiasm  finds  gracefu!  outlet 
and  imbues  his  hearers  with  a  kindred  interest  in  the  ga-at  themes  of  which  he 
treats.  His  lectures  are  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Northwestern  Lyceum 
Bureau  of  JanesviUe.  Wisconsin,  whose  man.iger,  J.  A.  liliss,  a  genial  man  nf 
much  ener.-v  and  ohservalion,  was  born  in  K.--besi,,r.  He  has  been  twice  married, 
his  first  wife  dying  in  Isiid.      He  has  five  children. 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TO^KS  xVND   VILLAGES 


MO]S^ROE    COLT]S^TY,   :NrEW    YORK. 


INTRODUCTORY 


Am EBtCA  13  a  naiion  of  pioneera  ;  ita  whole  history  13  the  history  of  early  settle- 
mpnrs.  with  aJI  tbeexcltiu.'  scenes  and  deprivations  of  frontier  life,  and  the  CTfldual 
nnfolding  and  development  uf  a  community  complete  in  its  organizations,  dis- 
tinctive in  its  diaractcr  and  expressions,  and  rich  in  the  higher  elements  of 
domestic,  social,  and  religious  life.  Each  locality,  in  all  the  general  features  of  its 
record  and  eipcriencc,  is  incvitahly  reflected  by  that  which  succeeds  it.  The 
pioneer  moves  on  to  the  front,  plunges  into  the  intenninabie  forests  with  his 
household  go»><b  around  him,  and  rises  a  king  and  conqueror.  Strong,  self-reliant. 
and  panoplied  ia  the  aggressive  energies  of  his  ancestors,  the  priceless  legacy  of 
over  two  hun'lnd  years  that  have  t?oursed  down  thrcMiL'h  the  generations  from 
Plymouth  Rot-l,  he  ginjs  himself  fur  t'le  conflict,  and  while  with  ?traii  ed  vbi -n 
he  strives  to  p-eaetratc  the  wiMemess  beyond,  his  ear  catches  behind  iiim  the  hum 
of  the  advancln*  tide  of  empire.  Here  he  erects  his  altar,  builds  his  home,  levels 
the  forest,  calls  down  the  sunlight  to  thrill  with  life  the  sleeping  soil  and  adorn 
its  surface  with  blossom  and  fruitatre,  until  nature,  smiling  in  her  supreme  loveii- 
nes,  yields  him  the  richest  treasures  of  her  bosom.  Here  is  hid  the  key-stoic 
in  the  arch  of  a  new  social  structure,  above  which  arc  to  cluster  and  unfold  al!  the 
artj  and  el^-menia  of  the  hichest  civiliritioD.  From  its  free  inception  and  un- 
fettered growth  were  evolved  thcv-^  sterling  forces  that  enabled  our  fathers  to 
in-iutute  and  perpetuate  a  republic  which,  for  adaptability  to  its  pec-ple,  finds  no 
parallel  on  the  planet.  The  very  surroundings  of  the  American  pioneer  implant 
spirit  of  liberty  that  t.ilerates  no  abridgment,  and  the  conscious 


withii 


manho<.d,  thus  noEjlded  as  a  I 
of  lefeusc  to  their  liberties. 
«ive  order  all  the  scenes  and 
settlement,  its  first  gonu.  to  its 
with  the  influences,  local  cbr 
iDodified  OT  direcMd  its  . level' 

in  the  first  s».-ttlemont,  two  hu 
loss  repctitic 


crii.i^e  to  his  children,  l>.'comes  the  strongest  pillar 
ilere  we  see  the  imp*;irtancc  of  collo-ting  in  succes- 
jvents  of  a  community's  growth,  from  the  earliest 
lull  organiiaiiun  and  its  most  recent  form,  together 
-a.;teri^tic3,  or  other  combinations  that  may  have 
>raent.  We  are  thus  enabled  to  gnisp  the  science 
it;-,  and  to  ctiuiprehc  nd  thos-i  immense  f  Tces  which 
ilred  and  fifly-sii  years  ago,  and  ihrough  the  count- 
subseijucnt  years,  have  unrolled  an  empire  of  forty 
millions  of  people.  The  wh..le  work,  from  birth  to  maturity,  is  typified  in  the 
history  of  a  single  locality,  and,  as  a  Ivsson  of  life,  should  be  perpetu.ited  in  im- 
peri.--hable  records  to  our  children  and  chddrcn  s  children,  as  the  science  of  com- 
monal,  and  even  of  national,  development. 

NORTHAMPTO>f. 

Before  proceeding  to  the  history  of  the  towns  west  of  the  Gcne.=ee  river,  it  is 
seccssarj  to  under>tand  the  existence  and  dl.~>«.lution  of  a  local  orpinization,  now 
obsclele,  which  formerly  e.-;isi,d.  and  embrac,-,!  all  that  part  of  the  estate  lying 
between  the  ttcne'*cc  and  iSia:r»ra  rivers.  Allliough  now  eilBlingonly  in  the  early 
records,  and  llie  mcnionesof  old  citizens  fast  pav-oiu  away,  it  once  hiid  life  and  f-Tni, 
with  itsoificcrs,  elections,  laws,  and  powers  that  ha\e  lilt  tlieir  inipn  .'.o  on  ihe  early 
vorks  and  i^lprovelIlent^s  of  western  New  V.-rk.  and  '.lie  potifieal  fnrm-itions  that 
have  followed.  Like  the  miserable  wnrnj,  whieli.  lu  the  e\crlastiiig  circuit  ot  nature, 
152 


dies  and  loses  its  form  in  giving  birth  to  the  butterfly,  it  laid  the  groundwork  of 
all  the  county  and  town  organizations  now  dotting  its  surtace,  whose  growth  was 
matured  u,  the  di-cay  cf  the  origiria!  stricture  \t  that  time  all  the  western  part 
of  the  State  belonged  to  Ontario  county,  and  on  April  4,  1797,  that  portion  of  the 
county  west  of  the  Genesee  was  organized  into  the  town  of  Northampo.ii. 
Below  are  given  the  minutes  of  the  first  meeting,  held  at  the  house  of  Peier 
Shaffer,  in  what  is  now  Scottsvlltc,  together  with  the  names  of  the  first  otficers 
elected,  as  recorded  in  the  original  town-book,  now  in  p'jssessioD  of  the  clerk  in  the 
town  of  Parma,  vi2. : 


'*  The  first  meeting  of  the  people  of  the  town  of  Northampton,  county  of  On- 
tario, -\pril  4,  1797,  at  the  house  of  Peter  ShaS'er.  Jie  it  nmtmljered,  that  in 
town  meeting,  held  in  the  town  of  Nonhanipton  and  county  of  Ontario,  on  the 
4th  day  of  April,  1797,  the  votes  were  taken  by  Gad.  Wadsworth,  Es.^.,  of  the 
town  of  Hartford,  for  the  town  of  Xorthampton." 

Supervbor,  Colonel  Josiah  Fish  ;  Town  Clerk,  Eli  Granger ;  Assessors,  Peter 
Shafi-er,  Jeremiah  Olmstead ;  Commissioners  of  Highways,  Gideon  King.  Peter 
Shaffer,  Joseph  Morgan ;  Constable,  Hinds  Chamberlain  ;  C-.'nstable  and  i.'ol- 
lector,  Simon  King;  Path-masters,  Christopher  Pugan,  Joseph  Morgan.  Jo^iah 
Fish  ;  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  Peter  J-haffer ;  Fence-viewers,  ChrUtopher  liugnn, 
Isaac  Scott. 

The  officers  elected  were  sworn,  according  to  law,  to  the  faithful  dischar-e  of 
their  respective  offices,  by  Gad.  ■Wadsworth.  Esci.  Fifty  dollars  were  voted  to  W 
raised,  to  pay  the  necessary  espenses  of  the  town. 

For  the  first  year  of  the  organization  of  this  town,  public  money  was  '.-ranl-l 
for  school  purposes,  as  appears  from  the  following  record,  under  date  of  1797.  It 
appears  from  a  certificate  received  from  Richard  M.  Green,  clerk  of  the  I'umd  nt 
supervisors,  that  there  will  be  due  to  this  town,  the  ensuing  year,  :?l>5.04  fiT  the 
support  of  schools  in  the  town.  In  the  following  year,  179S,  this  sum  was  iuere.L-i-'l 
to8C1.3C. 

A  bill,  showing  the  receipts  and  eipcndituros  for  the  first  year  of  the  town  ■•>' 
Northampton,  w.xs  prescntL-*!  by  Col"iici  Josiah  Fi-h,  supervisor,  and  accepted  in 
town  meeting,  April  5,  173S,  a  correct  copy  of  which  is  here  given : 


Slattmfiit  of  monry  gn 


xprm 


ie,l  in  Ihe  I 


797,  ly  Josi't 


-  ••  bi.ar.l  i.f  .upcri  ii.ir- 

P»id  to  Prltr  .^hnlTrr.  f<.r  ».rMec 

M,,.  Kl,j>h  Kiot,  r«r  .ervicv 

Ell  linnircr.  •■         

jcto,„..,h  (.iui..i,«.i.    "    .■;.'.■.■.■■.■.; 

-    '"  L-..l'.' j''V,.i.'.'l'.r™,.  o'-»  «r",c'ei.'.?.' 

Amoom  of  eifTiMi  tor  llm  ycnr  1797 

n.*:»nr«  il:i*.  :n  Hie  banil*  i>f  t&Q  rup«r«i"Or. 

Tu.iifiei .' .';;!"..".".'!!'.'.'.'_" 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


Pftcr  ShjfTur  wj3  elcctc-d  lli 
mil  iu  l''-)'J  tlie  firat  scln.jl  i-,)niuiiit<;e  was 
in"  porwtid :  Chapman  Ilawloy,  Jost-ph  Mc 
year 


nmi&dionpr  of  the  vyru  in  17!}S, 
LO,  wliieli  on.uiitfd  of  the  fi.llow- 
,  anil  J'i^iuh  Fi^li.  la  th>.*  same 
viJoJ  into  fivo  rnuJ  di-tritjts.  and  in  l.'^IJO  into  seven  districts, 
lie  of  which  eltendc'i  from  the  Gene>tt»  to  the  Niairara  riviir.  Id  ISOl  was 
voted  a  bounty  of  three  dollars  lur  every  Wolf  tilled,  which,  in  ISUO,  stu  increased 
to  five  dollars,  and  one  dollar  per  dozen  for  nttle^nalea.  The  very  sparse  settle- 
ments, widely  scattered  over  the  vast  expanse  of  territory  embraced  within  the 


uriJictii 


1  of  the  I 


,  of  No 


nptou,  ma.l. 


eievu 


Q  of  official  QUI 
There  were  Li 


ie5i  c 


the  part  of  town  officers,  extremely  difficult  f._.r  luany  yeui 
few  roads  opened,  and  those  were  in  a  condition  H)  new  that  in  some  seasons  of 
the  year  travel  was  almost  impossible,  and  the  tai  collector  found  it  more  protita- 
ble  to  himself,  in  some  instances,  to  pay  the  dues  trom  his  own  scunt  res^jurces 
than  to  attempt  to  penetrate  to  some  of  the  most  remote  settlements.  KsfK-cially 
Wis  this  the  case  in  the  nnrthern  p'lrtion  of  the  tr  *n  previuui  to  the  openio-::  of 
the  Kidge  road,  when  the  most  prTlcticable  road  to  the  Xiairara  wad  across  Lake 
Ontario,  and  up  on  the  Canada  side.  The  only  Indians  in  the  vicinity  belonjcd 
to  the  tribes  of  the    Tiucaraicas  and  the  Oinaicatt^iii,  betweea  whom  and  the 


young 


settlements  there  alwav.s  eiistcJ  tlie 


friendly 


Never, 


1  the  earliest  settlement  in  this  most  beautiful  portion  of  the  Stite,  were  there 
tny  violalcJ  pledges,  or  injudicious  action  in  any  way  tending  to  disturb  the 
peaceful  relations  between  the  two  races,  which  forever  remained  unbroken.  There 
were  two  old  and  well-beaten  Indian  trails :  one  leading  from  Canawaogus,  near 


the  site  of  the  village  of  Av 
the  other  from  th.i  nn.uth  of 

and  projected  to  the  .\tclun.ii 


the  I 


appu 


,  northward  to  the  mouth  of  th-  Gencsje  riv.:i 
-■  river.  Westward  to  where  Lewistown  now  stan. 
foriiier  was  opened  the  original  C'anawaugus  ro;n 
s.^ttleiiieiit,  but  wliieh  was  long  ago  vaentod,  an 
w  le.idini:  froui  Spcncerport  to  the  lake,  throu:: 
a  a  public  highway  at  the  outbreak  of  the  k: 
lent  of  supplies,  and  followed  the  summit  of 
vhich  gave  it  the  name  of  Kidgo  road.  0th. 
localities,  for  the  convenience  of  distant  scttl 
»i03t  of  which  were  afterwards  vacateil  and  r 


Parma.  The  latter  was  opened  : 
of  1812,  to  facilitate  the  moven 
ridge  nearly  the  whole  distance, 
highways  were  opened  in  various 
mcnts,  without  much  regularity, 
opened  on  lot  linos. 

At  a  special  meeting,  called  for  the  purpose  December  S,  1S07,  the  town  of 
N'ortharapton  was  divided  into  four  separate  towns,  viz., — Pultcney,  to  consist  of 
East  and  \Vc..it  Pultcney  ;  Bayard,  to  consist  of  the  Triangle  tract  and  the  country 
west ;  Fairfield,  to  consist  of  Kairficld  and  Uradduck's  Bay  townships  i  now  Ogde'ii 
and  Puruia)  ;  and  Norihanipton,  to  embrace  the  two  river  townships  lying  between 
FairSeld  and  the  river,  and  now  known  as  Greece  and  Gates.  The  committee 
appointe<l  W  carry  this  action  into  effect  were  Joseph  Tucker,  Kichard  Abbey, 
Gibbons  Jewett,  and  Zaccheus  Colby.  The  name  of  Fairfield  was  immediately 
after  changed  for  that  of  Parma.  Colonel  Josiah  Fish,  first  supervi-sor  of  .Vorih- 
ampton,  officiated  sii  years,  from  its  organization  to  March  1,  1S03;  Simon  King, 
two  years,  to  JIarch  6,  1805;  and  Gibbons  Jewett  until  the  division  of  the  town, 
and  of  Parma,  to  April  7, 1812 ;  in  all,  seven  years. 


SWEDEN 


The  "Triangle  tract"  is  i  body  of  l;ind  trianiular  in  shape,  lying  between 
the  "  MiU-seat  tract."  orijin.-Uly  owned  by  Phelps  and  Gorliam  on  the  east,  and 
the  "  Elolland  purch.ise"  on  the  west.     It  ia  twcnty-eiL;!it  miles  in  Length,  aboat 

line  between  the  towns  of  Le  Roy  and  Pavilion,  in  Gvncsee  county,  and  embraces 
O'.tr  one  huiidred  an-l  thirty  thou.^nd  r.rrc3  of  land.  It-s  eastern  hniindary  is  a  line 
parallel  with  the  general  course  of  the  (jcncne  river,  and  ii?  western  in  a  transit  or 
meridian  line.  It  was  oriL'inally  owned  byRcbert  Morrn,  from  whom  it  was  pur- 
chased early  in  1801  by  Le  Roy.  Bayard,  and  Everts,  <jf  New  Yorit  eity,  who  had  it 
mrveyed  the  same  year  by  Richard  Stoddard,  and  offered  for  sale.  It  was  divided 
into  five  townships,  numbered  from  south  to  north,  and  each  township  into  sections, 
generally  one  and  one-half  miles  8<p«re,  which  were  subdivided  into  twelve  farm 
lota  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  each.  In  l';i>2.  a  road  was  opened  four  Dds 
wide  through  the  centre  of  the  tract,  leading  to  Lake  Ontario,  which  has  since 
been  known  as  the  Lake  road.  This  road  was  given  by  the  company,  and  was  not 
included  in  the  lots  lying  alongside  of  it.  Settlements  were  commenced  at  Le 
Roy,  and  a  grist-mill  built  there  in  ISOl,  but  no  sales  beyond  that  town.  In 
1802  lands  were  offered  for  two  dollars,  and  two  dollars  and  titty  cents,  per  acre. 
At  thai  time,  this  tract,  with  all  the  country  west  of  the  Genesee,  belonged  to  the 
town  of  Northampton  and  the  county  of  OTitario.  with  the  county  seat  at  Cjnan- 
daigua.  On  December  S,  1S07,  up  to  which  date  a  few  sales  had  been  made, 
•nd  a.  less  number  of  settlements  had  crept  northwardly  along  the  Lake  road, 
the  to«n  of  Northampton  was  divided,  and  the  "  Triangle  tract,"  with  the  wild, 
unbroken  country  lying  nest,  of  indefinite  extent,  were  combined  under  one  town 
organii^tion.  It  was  desi^jnatotl  at  the  tirne  of  division  as  Bayard,  but  imme- 
diately after  changed  to  Murray.  In  18U.  when  the  town  of . •Sweden  wa  .  incor- 
porated, this  tract  was  divided  into  four  towns.  Le  Roy,  Bergen.  Swollen,  and 
Murray,— Sweden  then  embracing  its  present  limits  antl  Clarendon,  in  Orleans 
county,  and  Murray  the  two  towns  of  Clarkson  and  Hamlin,  and  the  town  of 
Mnrray,  in  Orleans  county. 

On  the  fifth  day  of  April,  1814.  the  first  town  meeting  of  the  town  of  Sweden 
was  heW  at  the  house  of  Reuben  Stickncy,  and  its  organization  effected  by  the 
election  of  the  following  officers  : 

Superrisor,  John  Reed;  Town  Clerk,  Elisha  Stewart;  .Assessors,  Jf^hua  B. 
Adams,  Henry  Hill,  John  Marshal;  R...id  Commissioners,  Al.anson  Dudley,  Zcnas 
Case,  Calvin  Gibbs  ;  P.Tor-maitor^,  Benajah  War.loo.  Record  W.  Vinmg  ',  School 
Commisiioncrs,  John  Reed,  'William  James.  Calvin  Gibbs;  School  Inspectors, 
David  Gliddcn,  William  Sheldon,  Lyman  Ilnraphreys,  Elisha  Stewart,  Amos 
Frink.l'clej  Sander*;  Coll.x 'or  and  Con-table.  William  James;  Constable,  William 
Luther;  Pound-ui.ister.  Reuben  Stieknev;  and  twenty-seven  overseers  of  highways. 

According  to  censuo  rep^jrt  made  Noven«h.:r  2.>,  1313.  there  were,  within 
the  limits  of  the  present  towns  of  Sweden  and  Clarendon,  one  hundred  and  forty 
families,  and  one  other  p  rson.  compri.-ing  eight  hundrefl  and  nineteen  s-:.uls,  di- 
vided as  follows,  viz. ;  twenty-two  males  and  twenty-tw.-)  females  forty-five  ycar^ 
of  age  and  over;  one  hundro*!  and  fifty-four  males  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
females  between  eighteen  and  forty-fivo,  and  two  hundred  and  sixty-five  males 
and  two  hundred  and  twenty-one  females  under  eighteen.  The  number  of  elcet- 
ora  with  freeholds  who  rcntcil  tenements  of  the  yearly  value  of  forty  shillings 
wxs  one  hundred  and  torty-two ;  of  the  value  of  twenty  to  one  hundred  pounds, 
none ;  and  of  the  value  of  one  hundred  p*>un<la  and  over,  five. 

The  town  of  Sweden,  with  its  present  geoirraphical  liuiils,  comprises  the  third 
township  of  the  Triangle  tract.  It  evtnnds  north  and  south  six  miles,  and  hai  an 
average  width  of  five  and  three-quarter  mil.s,  embracing  twenty  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  forty-two  acres,  or  about  thirty-two  and  thrw-fourtlis  square  miles. 
The  surf.iec  is  generally  level,  though  quite  umlulating  in  sonic  parts,  and  the 
•oil  very  rich  and  fertile.  It  ia  mostly  a  sandy  loam,  gravelly,  or  mi.vcd  with 
clay  in  some  places.  In  no  part  of  western  New  York  has  a  finer  .|ualiiy  or 
greater  yield  of  the  cereal  crops  been  produced.  Of  late  years,  in  comni..n  with 
all  this  belt  of  country,  much  attention  has  been  paid  to  fruit  culture,  t»p*.'cially 
apples,  which  arc  now  a  staple  crop,  and  of  sn5«.Tior  quality  and  yield.  Every 
year  the  area  of  orchards  is  increased,  which  in  a  few  years  will  absorb  a  large 
15-1 


proportion  of  the  surface.  Streams  flow  in  every  direction  from  the  centre  of  the 
town,  which  is  more  elevated.  The  Salmon  rises  west  and  southwest  of  the  centre, 
and  flows  east,  then  northeast  into  Ogden.  The  west  branch  al<o  ri.-^e^  south  of 
Urockport,  flowing  northeast.  In  the  west  part  of  the  town  a  con-iderable  stream 
rises  and  flows  southward  into  Riga.  Other  smaller  brooks  aud  tributaries  rise 
from  sjirings,  supplying  abundant  water  and  good  drainage.  The  Erie  canal  and 
Ni.agnni  Falls  branch  of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  extend  oast  and  west 
across  the  northern  part  of  the  town. 

We  of  the  present  day,  who  have  witnessed  the  rapid  settlement  of  our  western 


States  daring  the  past  tjuarter  of  a  century,  can  have  but  a  faint  idea  of  the  slow 
and  tedious  process  of  settlement  sixty  and  seventy  years  ago,  nor  appreciate  the 
diSiculties  and  discouragements  by  which  it  was  attended.  Our  western  States 
have  been  opened  by  railroads  and  water  communication  before  the  emigrant  has 
been  invited  thither  to  take  possession  of  the  open  prairie  lands,  which  were 
ready  to  receive  the  plow  and  the  reaper,  and  which  are  gratuitously  offered  to  all 
who  have  the  courage  to  possess  them.  Western  New  York  had  no  railroad,  no 
water  communication,  and  but  few  and  p-x)r  w.ii'on-roads.  These  must  be  traveled 
over  some  five  hundred  miles  to  arrive  from  ->e.T  Eujilaud,  whence  siost  of  the 
settlers  came.  Then  to  purchase  land  at  high  prices, which  were  covered  with  a 
dense  and  heavy  growth  of  timber  that  must  be  chopped  and  cleared  away  before 
he  could  plant,  sow,  or  reap,  was  no  ordinary  undertaking.  Many  who  came 
made  the  journey  on  foot,  carrying  all  their  possessions  on  their  backs.  Those 
who  came  with  families  had  a  luuber-wagon  with  a  large  box.  over  which  was  a 
covering  of  canvas  or  cotton  cloth  spread  on  hoops,  into  which  were  pack.?il  all 
the  household  goods,  beds,  clothing,  provisions  for  the  journey,  wife,  children, 
and  other  necessaries  for  furnishing  a  log  cabin,  which  he  had  in  prospect  of 
erection  in  the  woods.  In  this  pleasure-ear  the  family  would  be  on  the  way  two 
or  three  weeks  coming  from  New  England.  No  wonder  that,  under  such  circum- 
stances, settlements  were  slow.  Those  who  settled  early  on  thb  tract  were  poor, 
for  here  lands  could  be  bought  on  credit,  being  only  required  to  pay  interest  and 
make  improvements.  But  little  capital  was  brought  into  this  country  by  the 
emigrant,  hence  the  wealth  of  t^j-day  has  been  drawn  from  a  productive  soil 
through  the  labors  of  an  industrious  people.  The  earliest  settlements  made  in 
this  town,  before  recorded,  were  \n  ISOT.by  Nathaniel  Poole  and  Walter  Palmer, 
on  the  Lake  road  between  Brocky-ort  and  Sweden  Centre,  and  later  in  the  same 
season  by  Samuel  Bishop,  Isaac  White,  Stephen  Johnson,  and  Joseph  Iloskins; 
though  the  records  of  the  land  sales  at  Le  Roy  show  that  several  lots  were  loeate^l 
in  1S03,  and  that  previous  to  I'^nT  some  thirty  lots  had  been  sold  within  the 
three  towns,  yet  it  is  not  evident  that  they  were  settled  on.  But  as  no  record  of 
date  was  ever  taken  from 'those  ;ir!y  settlers  until  they  had  removed  or  died, 
those  given  by  the  later  settlers 
In  ISoS.  John  Reed  settled  in  i 
hundred  acres  of  land,  the  same  that  his  son  John  B.  Reed  and  Asa  Rowe  and 
family  now  occupy.  Timothy  Tyler  located  south  of  the  centre  of  the  town  ; 
Edward  Parks,  south  of  Brockport ;  and  Dcai-on  Rice,  at  the  place  since  known 
as  Wilkie's  Corners,  tlic  .same  year ;  also  James  Stickney  and  Amos  Stiekney.  from 
Oneida  county,  an.l  Reuben  St'ckney,  Jr.,  Israel  Stiekney,  an.l  Lewis  Gardner. 
These  settlements  were  all  mad,:  along  the  Lake  road,  which  was  the  only  road 
then  opened  in  the  town.  RcuK.i  Moore,  Zeiias  C.ise,  and  Elder  Zenas  Case,  Jr., 
settled  in  the  ea.H  part  of  the  town  a  little  later,  and  about  the  same  time  setilc- 
nieuts  w-.-re  commenced  on  the  r.i.id  known  .-ls  the  Fourth  Section,  by  Elijah 
Criah.  L.  Jariies.  William  James,  Simeon  Palmer,  aud 


;ir!y  settlers 

ider  the  dates  of  the  firat  somewhat  uncer 

south  part  of  the  town,  .and  located  about 


Stewani,  Walter  Steward,  I 
Joshua  B.  Adams.  Beiija 
year  or  two  latex;  and  in  ll 
J.  Hill,  on  the  U>wn  line  ro; 
1810  and  1811  ..ettlem.'iit 
by  Joseph  Hnlehin.on.  J..., 
and  Edward  11.  ILileigh  on 
Levi  PiiL-e  and  E^ra  Brown 
west  of  the  Lake  road. 
A  few  others,  not  here  m 


n  S.  Sheldon  settled  in  the  same  n 
same  year  William  Warden,  Aaron  II 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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occupied  up  t 
T  almost  discontinuc'i,  ihi'-^i 
tciK-d  aiTiy.  Rciiuisidons 
er  to  Itwp  bact  tiie  inv-.idi 


3rd  duricg  tiw 
were  frequeotiy 


1812,  jet  but  a  smai!  pnrtion  of  it  w.x 

war  Mttlcmeats  were  ifreatly  retardod  i 

io  as  others  who  cnme  before  were  friil 

made  on  the  settlers  to  go  to  the  fronti 

many  rendered  patriotic  seri-ieo  to  their  country.     Some  fell  in  defence  of  sailors' 

rights,  and  others  returned  to  renew  the  battle  with  the  forest,  which  was  now 

just  b«ginninj  to   be  cleared  away.      During  the  war  some  settlements  were 

deserted,  and  but  very  few  were  advanced. 

The  prices  of  grain  and  provi^^ions  were  extremely  hich,  and  those  who  had 
raised  sonicthing  to  soil  reaped  a  tine  harrest.  Oats  were  sold  fjr  two  dollars  per 
bushel,  wheat  at  three  dollars  or  four  dollars,  and  other  pn_'duct3  in  proportion. 
These  extreme  prices  made  it  very  hard  for  the  comini;  settlers  who  were  to  rush 
in  at  the  op  preach  of  peace.  After  the  war,  and  as  soon  as  men  could  devote 
themselves  to  the  pursuits  of  civil  life,  settlements  were  renewed  with  more  vigor 
than  before.  At  the  first  election  of  tuna  officers,  in  15U.  there  were  but  five 
men  Uvinj  hi  the  town,  which  then  included  CLirendon.  who  w.  re  entitled  by  law 
to  hold  office;  cori3e(]uently,  much  difficulty  was  experienced  fur  several  years  in 
obtaining  the  number  of  officers  necessary.  The  oranic  law  of  the  State  required 
solid  qiahtications  for  office, — a  freehold  estate  to  the  value  of  one  hundred 
pounds ;  and  ai  elector,  to  vote,  must  poss-^ss  or  rent  a  freelijld  to  the  value  of 
fortj  shillings.  To  obviate  this  dilTiculty  it  was  not  unccninioo  for  men  to  get  a 
small  amount  deeded  to  enable  them  to  hold  office.  Since  those  days  the  country 
has  evidently  protrrcsscd,  as  men  now  often  get  elected  to  office  with  no  qualifica- 
tions whatever,  either  solid  or  substantial. 

During  succeeding  years  the  settleraont  of  the  town  rapidly  advanced,  and  a 
mrre  thrifty  and  enterprising  population  succeeded  manv  of  the  early  settlers,  who 
sold  their  claims  and  removed  farther  west  to  pioneer  other  new  countries,  as  is 
nBQiUy  the  case  in  new  settlements.  The  year  1316  was  remarkably  coo!  and  un- 
productive, and  barely  enough  was  reused  to  support  the  popul.ition  and  keep  the 

land  was  brought  under  cultivation,  and  so  great  the  demand  to  supply  immi'.rratioo, 
that  food  was  very  dear  and  difficult  to  obtain.  A  few  years  later,  as  lands  were 
improved  and  a  surplus  raised,  prices  fell  to  almost  nothiniz.  there  being  no  market 
•where  transportation  could  be  found  without  great  expense.  The  only  outlet  to 
>n  eastern  market  was  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river,  whereby  the  lake  and 
the  St.  Lawrence  tide-water  could  be  reached.  The  best  i[uality  of  white  wheat 
brought  only  thirty -one  to  thirty-seven  and  a  h.ilf  cents  per  bushel,  and,  when 
drawn  over  tad  new-country  road.s,  made  the  ct.ndition  of  the  firmer  extremely 
iiseouragiog ;  especially  so.  as  nearly  every  one  was  in  debt  for  hLs  farm,  and  must 
raise  money  to  pay  interest  or  lose  the  property,  with  improvements  his  labor  had 
■sade.  Of  the  settlers  who  came  into  town  during  the  five  years  succeeding  the 
war,  when  most  of  the  land  was  occupied,  it  can  be  truly  said  they  were  of  the 
beat  and  noblest  character.  They  were  the  most  enterprising  sons  of  New  Eng- 
Innd,  descendants  of  the  Pilgrim  fuhers, — younir  men  who  were  reared  upon  the 
granite  hills,  inured  to  labor,  and  tau::ht  that  industry,  economy,  and  virtue  were 
elements  in  a  moral  and  religious  character. 

During  the  first  decade  most  of  the  land  was  cleared,  neat  and  comfortable 
batldings  were  erected,  lands  fenced,  orchanJs  planted,  roads  made,  and  societies 
oqainized.  Never  did  a  p*:up!e  labor  more  diliirenily,  or  accomplish  greater  results 
untler  like  circumstances.  Lands  were  productive,  and  liad  largely  itjcreased  io 
Ta'ne,  so  the  farmer  who  h.ad  only  cleared  and  improved  his  land  fjund  himself 
po  «S5ed  of  a  v.alu.able  property,  though  the  original  purch.ase  money  h.ad  re- 
mained unpaid ;  which  was  the  condition  of  many  of  the  landholders  up  to  1S25, 
when  a  new  era  dawned  upon  the  c:>untry  by  the  opening  of  transportation 
through  the  Erie  canal.  The  names  of  those  eariy  settlers  who  were  most  .active 
in  the  formation  of  society,  in  directl.Ti  and  arranging  riie  municipal  affairs  of 
the  town,  establishing  schools,  and  building  churches,  as  well  as  reclaiming  the 
forcs's  and  beautifying  a  land  unsurpassed  in  wealth  and  excellence  of  soil  and 
c'imatc,  and  in  social  and  intellectual  advantages,  by  any  other  rural  district  of 
our  country,  may  well  be  recorded  in  the  annals  of  its  history.  Among  the 
number  were  Jos.  Staples,  llolicrt  Staples,  IVtcr  Stutphin,  Oliver  Spencer,  Edmond 
Spencer,  Chauncey  Staples,  John  White,  Jas.  Stickney,  Amos  Stiekney,  Sam'l  H. 
I'avis,  Abel  Root,  Jos.  llandall,  Chester  Roberts,  Klvis  Lcc,  S.am'l  .\lorian,  David 
Morgan,  Dr.  David  -Vvery,  Dr.  E.  B.  Elliot,  Levi  Pond,  Humphrey  Palmer, 
Tha/ldeus  Stone,  Oramel  Butler,  Daniel  Butler,  Nathaniel  Bangs.  Dudley  Root, 
^Villiam  Root,  Julius  Comstock,  Eli  (lallup,  Aaron  Root,  Samuel  V.  Wav,  Timo- 
tliy  Tyler,  Jos.  Hutchinson,  Sis.son  Taylor,  Reuben  Allen,,  J.din  House.  Job 
^hippie,  John  Clarke,  Mr.  Rronson.  Thus.  Co.iley,  Ucutenant  Crippcn.  D..acon 
Niles,  Zudoc  Hurd,  Elisha  Ljcke  and  -sons.  Samuel   C.  li.^ntlev.  C.  J.  Wliil-l.er, 


Ala 


I  riah  L.  James,  \Vm.  Kin-z 

Kidor   n.galow,  James  Jjeks..n.  Walter 

iMeg  Thomas,  Seth  L.  King,  K  H.  R.i 


Elder   Braeke 


Ri.T 


B,,rlo 


gh,  Asa  Babcoek,  \Vn 


James   Hart, 
Ward,  James 


White,  Silas  Parker.  Abijah  Cap:n,  Ezra  Brown,  Rowland  Sanders,  Slmer.n 
Palmer.  Benj.  J.  Sheldon,  Aaron  Hill,  .Moses  Hill,  Daniel  Kreeman,  Jos,  Preat.-.n. 
Benj.  Remington,  Elisha  Brace,  Lyons  Udell,  Samuel  Chadscy,  ^V■m.  Sel.ion,  Eras- 
tus  Lawrence,  Samuel  Bishop,  Silas  Judson,  John  Reed,  John  Beadle.  Elisha 
Steward,  Chauncey  Robinson,  Elisha  Huntley,  Eldridgc  Farewell,  J.icob  C.«jley. 
Harmon  Cooley,  and  many  others.  The  early  social,  moral,  and  religious  char- 
acter of  the  people  mav  well  receive  a  passing  notice.  Notwithstanding  the  severe 
toil  and  privations  of  pioneer  life,  it  is  not  without  its  enjoyraent.s.  No  people 
were  more  cheerful  than  the  tjilers  in  elmring  away  the  furest.s,  and  none  h.ue 
been  m.ire  kind  or  ready  to  aid  their  fellowmen.  It  was  common,  when  one  had 
a  hard  job  of  work,  to  make  a  "  bee,"  at  which  his  neighljors  would  join  and  help 
him  out.  "  Raising-bees"  were  quite  fre<|uent,  which  would  generally  close  with 
a  ball-play  or  other  sport.  Logging-hces,  husking-becs,  apple-paring  bees,  were 
common  occurrences,  always  attended  with  some  amusement,  but  always  work 
before  pleasure.  S-x-iety  w.is  open  to  all  who  conducted  themsLlvea  with  pr-i- 
priety;  there  was  no  class  society,  no  aristocracy,  for  all  were  cpjally  re-peeted 
who  were  equally  worthy.  Crime  was  rare,  for  it  was  more  creditable  to  work 
than  steal  or  che;it.  Men  expected  to  labor,  and  the  smartest  workers  were  the 
noted  persons.  There  were  few  politicians,  but  honest  men  held  office.  Religiously, 
men  were  more  zealous,  more  emotional,  more  tenacious,  and  more  sectarian,  but 
whether  more  Christlike  we  will  not  attempt  to  say. 

Great  changes  have  taken  place  within  the  past  half-century  io  society,  moral- 
ity, religious  views,  and,  we  trust,  for  the  sake  of  civilization,  towards  a  better 
condition.  In  all  that  pertains  to  the  arts  of  civilized  life  their  progress  has  been 
marked.  In  the  general  intelligence  of  the  people,  in  agricultural  knowlediro  and 
practice,  in  the  right  direction  and  use  of  labor,  in  the  knowledge  of  mechanical 
principles,  and  the  application  of  those  principles  to  u.seful  ends,  and  in  ail  that 
enables  man  to  accomplish  more  with  less  physical  force,  in  substitutinir  mind 
for  muscle,  they  have  advanced,  and  are  not  behind  the  proi^ress  of  the  a<re. 

one  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Brockport,  at  an  early  day,  and  afterward  reniov.2d 
to  Brockport,  and  opened  a  drug  store.  Dr.  R,alph  A.  Gillet  settled  at  the  Centre 
in  1S30  or  1S31,  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  In  the  early  .settlement  of  the 
town,  sickness  of  a  malarial  character  prevailed.  Fever  and  ague  was  the  common 
lot  of  all,  and  physicians  were  much  needed.  After  a  few  years  Dr.  Gillett 
opened  a  store  in  dry  goods  and  groceries  at  the  Centre,  still  pr3Cticin<r  his  pro- 
fession. Daniel  J.  Avery  and  D.  N.  Glazier  also  opened  stores  at  that  place  a 
few  years  later,  and  considerable  trade  was  directed  here  for  several  years,  but  on 
account  of  the  proximity  of  Brockport,  mercantde  business  was  closed  up  here 
about  1S50. 

Dr.  S.  M.  Olden  succeeded  Dr.  Gillett  as  town  physician  in  1S39  or  lS4fi. 
After  about  ten  years'  practice  he  removed  to  Brockport.  Dr.  Huntley  aUo 
located,  and  practiced  there  until  about  LSJo,  when  he  too  moved  to  Brockport. 
where  he  still  resides,  since  which  time  there  has  been  no  physician  located  in  the 
rural  districts,  and  Sweden  has  been  notably  a  healthy  section. 

Nathan  Poole  built  the  first  log  house  on  the  north  side  of  Beach  ridge,  where 
he  settled.  It  was  constructed  of  logs  covered  with  bark,  the  Soors  of  hewn  plank. 
and  the  chimney  of  sticks  and  mud,  and  without  nails,  spikes,  or  screws.  James 
Beadle  built  the  first  frame  house,  and  kept  the  first  tavern.  It  was  located  ah.,  jt 
one-half  mile  south  of  Sweden  Centre.  Jchiel  Davis  built  the  first  grist-mill  in 
I  town  in  1S13  or  ISU,  in  the  eastern  part,  on  Saloion  creek;  and  Roswell  Bur- 
j  roughs  the  first  saw-mill,  on  the  same  creek,  in  1813.  William  and  James  Hol- 
lister  erceted  the  first  distillery,  in  li^llj.  In  1S2G  and  1827  there  were  three 
distilleries  in  town  to  supply  the  home  demand  for  whisky,  and  one  grist-mill  to 
supply  the  same  with  bread.  The  first  com  was  raised  io  IS07,  and  the  first  wheat 
in  ISO?  ;  and  the  first  orchard  planted  was  by  Samuel  Johnson,  in  1S09  or  ISin. 
The  pvjpulation  of  the  town,  by  the  census  of  137.i,  was  52.')9,  and  the  number 
of  dwelling  1030.  The  a.sses5od  value  of  re.al  and  personal  estate  io  the  saiiie 
year  was  S3,3S9.SG1.  The  average  value  of  real  esl.ate  per  acre  was  $14.""..ll. 
The  vnlu.ition  of  real  estate  was  S3,0.")-l,3.')il ;  personal  property.  SH2.ili;i/.  Tlie 
amount  of  taxation,  exclusive  of  local  sehonl  Laxes.  was  822,778.38  The  value  of 
real  estate  exempt  from  taxation  was  S13i;.30n.  The  number  ,  f  churches.  11  : 
church  organiz:itions.  13;  and  the  value  of  church  property,  $.11  ..'Ou. 

The  interests  of  education  were  not  overlooked  in  the  busy  life  of  the  early 
settler,  but  due  attention  was  L-iven  to  the  niaiiitenanee  of  good  common  .seh,wls  ; 
beyond  these  few  .idvantafxca  were  offered  to  the  young.  Tlic  common  9chii..la 
were   perhaps  behind   those  of  the  present  day,  but  were  conducted  much   the 

become  the  pn.perty  of  the  State,  and  the  State  assumes  the  ri-lit  and  aollmrity 
much  withdrawn,  and  that  a  little  of  that  old-fashioned  discipline  handed  down 


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HISTORY   OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


from  our  New  En^iaod  parcnLs,  aod  eujoyet]  bv  the  cliilJreo  of  the  earijf  ««tt!cr3, 
would  imprjTe  ihc  ni;mDcrs  aiij  conJijtt  of  tin.*  of  the  pres^-nt  day.  All  tKls 
part  of  the  Stite  wjs  sciiie-J  by  a  tlu5^  tu  whom  sthuoli  for  their  cLiiJren,  inJ 
ebnr;h  orjuulzatlons  aa  tho  eeuira!  pillar  uf  sxitty,  wire  of  the  highut  imiMr- 
teinth^  Conscf(UCDtly,  aa  st»on  ai  tliuir  Uoujos  were  luaJe  and  some  of  tiuir  iiidLv 
pctisable  comiurL'i  soeureJ,  we  hni  them  lo».iking  about  lor  s-juio  meaD3  of  iiiitruc- 
CioD  for  their  childrcQ  ;  and,  if  rei^uLr  scbc-ola  aod  >.huol-bou5ea  were  iiiipraeti- 
eable,  the  childreo  met  at  private  hou^jts,  aiid  reecived  tlie  first  rudimeutj  froiu 
tome  of  ihe  older  mcmbeni.  The  diit  jthooli  taught  in  the  town  were  ou  the 
Lake  roid  near  the  Ccutrc,  and  eiteiidt-d  in  other  paru  of  the  town  as  rapidly  as 
the  settlementa  required.  In  those  days,  ou  aeeount  of  the  sparse  aettlenienta, 
many  children  were  obliged  to  travel  long  dijr.inecs  ihroUL'h  the  wuodj.  and  in 
the  Tiricter  season  over  bad,  uubrokeu  rja-is,  wlil.-h  wc,  with  our  con\.:iiienccd. 
ean  Dever  appreciate.  But  liiaj  not  these  drawbai.l3  have  taught  our  fithers  the 
Talueof  what  few  opportunities  they  p'.>s^es^'^l  * — iur  they  were  niore  diii-.:ently 
impfoved  in  those  days  il.i'.i  at  pre^ei*t.  We  have  now  In  Sweden  eleveu  gt)od 
•ch&ol-bou.>e3  aud  di=ttiet^,  with  eiHoient  teachcfTi  trained  it^  an  institution  witbin 
her  own  borders. 

Below  are  given  the  names  of  tUe  superviion  of  the  town  froui  it3  otganiation 
down  to  and  including  ISTU,  with  the  date  aud  time  of  service  of  each,  together 
with  the  town  officers  of  IjTS.  viz.:  John  Reed.  ISH  to  ISiU.  both  intlujive; 
Silas  Judson,  1S21  to  1SJ3  ;  James  Seymour.  1S24  to  IS.'J;  Joseph  Randall, 
1826  to  1823;  Robert  Staples,  lS3ii  to'lS35;  Samuel  H.  Paris,  IS3G  to  1*33; 
Joaeph  Randall,  1S39  to  li4ti ;  Xathaiiicl  Palmar.  1S41  to  1S42;  Robert  S  -.ples, 
1843  to  1S47;  numphn.-y  I'alnier,  iJ-tS  ;  Robert  Staples,  18411 ;  Asa  Kowe, 
1850;  Samuel  H.  Davi:<,  1S.",1  to  MSi;  FrtJerick  P.  Root,  1SJ4  to  1S53; 
ChiuDCcyS.  Wh'te  IS.-.Oto  ISCO;  IKnry  R  rtt.  l>ol  ;  Thomas  Comes.  1562; 
Samuel  H.  Davis,  ISB,'?  lo  lSi;4;  Thomas  Cornea.  Isoo  to  Isub;  'iVaiier  C. 
FairbonVi,  18C7  ;  Luther  Goidon,  ISbS  to  1;0J  ;  F.  F.  Capcn,  1370  to  1S71  ; 
E.  W.  Young,  IS72  to  1S73 ;  Ira  Crawford,  1674  to  1375;  and  Lucius  T. 
Underbill  for  1S7C. 

Other  officers  are— Town  Clerk,  Uenry  C.  Hammond;  Collecwr,  Charles  W. 
Boot ;  Justices  of  the  Peace.  Lucius  P.  Ikadle,  Oaniel  Hulmes,  John  Allen,  Ran- 
nm  Chickering;  A.'scs«*!,  Kzra  H.  Grave.^.  Charles  P.  White;  Cummi.aiuner  of 
Highways,  Jam«  W.  Sf<..eer;  Ov.;r.^rs  of  the  P.^ir,  Henuin  Barlow:  Kitise 
CommUsicner,  George  Burrows;  -Auditcrs.  Fnin«.t3  llaight,  \V.  C.  Fairbank-s, 
■WUlUm  H.  Roberts";  Const.,  bles,  Kdgar  B  Fellows.  Amos  Coats,  James  S.  Pol- 
lock, L.  E.  Andrews,  Jcudls  JIulIurd  ,  Ic-veviure  of  tlei-tions,  tret  district.  Asa 
Kowe,  n.  L.  While,  F.  f  Caf.en  ;  second  district.  William  J.  Edwards,  T.  K. 
Burch,  Ransom  Chicketiig. 


THI   riRST   PBESBTTfBIiS    CBt.Rcn 


led  fur 


1  the  Fe 


was  organized  at  Sweden  Cetitrc  on  Sc(teiiil>cr  5.  1SI6,  by  a  cnu 
that  purpose,  and  consistin;  of  the  fulluvviii-.-  ].t^jiis  :  Rev.  Cou, 
Rochester;  Ri;v.  Alan-on  ILirvin,  of  Ki-a  :  Rev.  Ilcory  Sioiih, 
MiMiooary  Society  of  Cii>»:  Rev.  Klini  Chirk,  from  the  Vumli  s  .MU>i..nary 
Society  of  Oneida;  Puaeon  W.ud.  of  Bergen  ;  DeaL...ii  Davis,  of  Paiuia;  Justus 
Brown  and  Asahel  Finch,  aliso  of  P.inna.  The  first  members  wen;  Tii  -da  Chirk, 
Abisail  Smith,  Lydi.i  Lee.  S.uly  H. Ulster.  Li.cr,.tia  B.niiett.  Abii-ail  I},-odle. 
Daniel  Avery,  Eli.-ha  Siuiih.  Snniuel  Bl.nr,  J.~i[h  Lanplon,  R.l.wa  Cone.  Anna 
Brown,  ArtemiLS  Lyman,  Sar.ih  Siivkiu*y,  U<csiiina  Avery,  and  Stiasi  Judson. 
Etniel  Avery  wa.s  cho-eu  ehrk  cf  the  society.  The  Srit  minister  wa.,  Josiah 
PiersoD.  On  January  4,  ISl'.'.  when  the  thurcii  iiumbi-red  lhlrty-l'.n.i;  uiem- 
bee,  Silas  Jud:,on  w.is  chosi'n  dclcjiile  to  the  Ontari..  pn-bytcry,  and  on  June  2:1, 
1833,  it  was  rcci-ivcsl  into  the  pi-csbytcry  of  UiK-lK-^ter,  ami  bee:itiic  a  regui.ir  Pres- 
byterian church,  havin-  b.cii  org-.inii-i  a.s  a  Congn-.-alional  church.  T!ie  fii^t 
d«nc»n  of  the  church  «aa  Pas  Id  F.mchcr,  who  w.l-  eh.K;n  lA-iobor  (i,  ISlil.  Tho 
first  church  bulldini:,  a  w.«Mjin  siruvturr,  w.is  creetiHl  in  1321,  and  dedic-ated  by 
R:t.  Abraham  F..rem;.n,  pievi.,n,  to  which  _-,  niees  were  held  in  the  SLhool-hou.-« 
■t  the  Centre.  The  prc-^n-  church  cdiEce  wa.i  built  of  brick,  coUl!.|.■tl^l  and  con- 
•ecnted  in  133(1.  The  ..ffiecr!  of  the  ch.inli  a,-e  i  l37i;i  Joseph  St-iplc^.  Jo.-eph 
Suiphen,  S.imucl  V.  W,,y.  ChauiKiy  S.  Whiic,  II..ra,-e  Chiipmnn.  and  Wi-ley 
Nelson,  and  the  nn■llllior^l,lp  ,  i-.lily-llire,>.  The  .V1M..11I1  -eli.».l  iv;i>  .,r_-;inlz.d  in 
the  «choot-huu>e,  in  I.-^IS  or  l.-ilL',  of  whiih  pr.  P.ir.id  Avery  and  C.iivi'i  Gibht 
Men  superiiilendvnl.-',      [t  now  iiKJinl.-,  >nw  hmnirid  and  twcnt 

»  library  in  c'liarg>.  of  ChatI,-  Kll...  I.l.ran.n.  »l,icl.  was  purelia- 


•  p.i|.|l.,  : 


IU«   SECO.tD    n.MTIST  rHlRClI    OF  aWXPE.X 

wa.4  or.rinileU  in  the  ea.Ht  part  of  the  town,  on  M.iy  tJ.  l.*^!!',  with  the  f-illowing 
ucmbenliip,  vis  :   ReW-cca  Niles.  Panlcl  Fre»;man,  >i«bby  Freeuian,  Joseph  Lee, 


Rl.o-la  DongUs,  PavU  Pougl.i^s,  Patty  T.«,  Samuel  G.  Lewi.n,  Hannah  Allen, 
Judah  Church,  Sarah  Lewi,,  Auios  U.  -Nilcs,  Euni.e  Cuol.y,  Henry  -NiL-s.  .Nancy 
Howard,  Orrin  C:t--e,  Olive  Lee,  Jildin  Tcniiant.  .\an,-y  Co^.lcv.  RcuUu  J.  Allen, 
-Vlmy  Howard,  John  Suiitli.  Amy  Allen,  Rarn.ird  .^l,  Hu«anl,  So,.Dua  Ccn.ly, 
Samuel  D.  ntly,  I!cl~y  Phillip.,  Sybel  Ci^,  and  Aunl  Smith.  The  br^t  clerk 
was  David  Dou-lav.  Mcei.n-,^  were  h.  Id  at  piivata  honsei,  wheu  there  were 
no  roads,  and  the  way  w;.s  found  bv  marks  on  trees,  and  Liter,  alternately  in  the 
north  and  south  scln.«J  huu;rs,  unid  the  erection  of  the  present  church  building, 
in  lS3o  and  1S3C.  Is  u  a  »t„iic  structure,  loi  atcd  in  the  cast  part  of  the  town, 
at  a  Cost  of  two  thousand  eight  hundred  aud  torty-iiine  dollars,  and  dedieatc-d 
Wednesday,  Septemlwr  14,  IS3G,  by  Elder  Coleman,  a.-=istcil  by  Elders  Putnam 
aud  Case.  The  first  pa..tor  of  the  church  was  Elder  Vmiog,  wlio  began  his  pas- 
torate June  20,  ISia,  at  an  annual  salary  of  seventy  dollars.  He  was  buccce-de-j 
by  Elder  Arch.  Grant.  February  LI,  1S24,  at  «cventy.Iive  dolla.-! ;  Elder  Zenas 
Case,  April  10,  1S25,  at  forty  dollars;  Elder  Willey,  January  14,  1S31 ;  Elder 
Zenas  Cjsc,  1332;  Orson  P.  Fuller,  1^35;  -Vllen  Crocker,  Juno  11,  lS3d  ; 
D.  Loomis,  January  15,  ls43  ;  Elder  Beckwiili,  as  a  supply  ;  Benjamin  F.  Mace, 
October  13,  1S47,  for  sii  months;  Elder  .Norman  Thomas,  January  20,  ISiJ; 
Zenas  Case,  ISJO;  WinUcId  Scott,  August  5,  iMlO;  and  Elder  Howard,  July 
26,  18G2.  There  Is  no  pastor  at  present,  and  has  not  been  for  thirteen  years. 
The  building  is  out  of  repair,  and  not  usexi  fur  worship,  though  the  organization 
remains  in  tiistence,  of  which  M.  Cooley  is  the  present  clerk. 

THt   MSIHODIST   EPISC0P.4L  CBtJKCH   OF  SWEDE.'!   CENTKE 

was  organized  some  time  in  1S55,  in  the  school-hou>ie  at  the  Centre,  with  forty 
members.  For  many  years  previous  1  class  had  ejisted  iu  this  part  of  the  towu, 
and  regular  service  held.  The  meetings  of  the  society  were  couiinued  in  the 
school-house  until  the  ctompletioa  of  the  procut  edlScc  i"  l^JO,  Thl.-h  was  begun 
soon  after  the  organizatioa.  It  was  erc.<:ted  at  a  cost  of  five  thonsatid  dollars,  of 
which  one  hundred  and  filly  dollars  was  furnished  by  the  Ladies'  .-Vid  Society, 
and  supplied  with  an  oriran  at  a  cost  of  ninety-five  dollars.  It  was  dedicate^] 
-March  3,  1856.  The  fir.t  pastor  was  Rev.  Joseph  L.itham,  who  sened  two  years, 
and  was  succ-eedcd  by  Rev.  Rufus  Cooiey,  one  year;  Sheldon  Bowker,  one  ye.tr; 
John  Alaba-ster,  two  years;  J.  B.  V/entwonh,  two  years;  P.  R.  Stover,  two 
years;  Smith  Williams,  one  year;  E.  X.  Rice,  one  yc-ar;  Ryan  Smith,  one 
year;  William  Drake,  one  year;  E.  P.  Beebe,  three  ye^rs;  J.  0.  WJsej,  one 
year;  J.  Roizers,  one  year;  -James  ^Valloce,  one  year;  Ira  RiciiarJs.  six  mouths, 
when  he  die<J;  aod  John  M.  Johns,  who  is  pastor  at  prcsi'nt.  The  trustees  are 
Nathan  Lock,  Chester  Hart,  and  Parwin  Siicki.ey.  The  church  is  in  a  fiiiurish- 
ing  condition,  with  a  membership,  at  present,  of  thirty.  The  Sahbatli-scbool  was 
organized  in  March,  ISJO,  in  the  new  church  building,  as  soon  as  completed,  and 
began  with  fillecn  teachers  and  forty-five  pupils.  Ichabixl  Beadle  was  chosen 
first  superintendent,  Mrs.  Clicsicr  Hart  assistant,  and  Darwin  Stickiicy  secetary 
and  librarian.  The  scho-.'l  now  numbers  fifty  teachers  and  pupils,  of  which  Orrin 
Doty  IS  fut*rintcndcnt,  Mi.^  Ada  lock  assistant,  aud  Miss  Frank  Ellis  secretary 
and  libraiian.     The  library  contains  one  hundred  and  fifty  volumes. 

THE  utrrnoDisT  EnscoPiL  cnuRca  of  west  swede.s  (dissolved) 

was  organized  in  that  part  of  the  iwn,  as  near  as  can  be  ascertained,  some  time 
in  1S35,  through  the  eth.rts  of  Rev.  S.  >L  Chaee.  of  Cro-.kport.  The  Irvistees 
were  J.  Cook.  Willi.,m  W.nro.  and  .Nathanici  For.  The  church  building  was 
erected  in  1330.  forty  by  thirty  fis-t  in  size,  and  at  a  co«t  of  about  twelve  hundred 
dollars.  It  was  located  at  West  Sweden,  and  is  still  standing.  During  tlie  years 
that  this  society  kept  toirether.  it  :hjn'.:ed  ministcn  so  often  that  it  is  iui[>ossible 
to  obtain  a  complete  fist.  The  hr-t  pastor  was  Rev.  Philo  E.  Brown  ;  second, 
Wallace  Lock;  thirl.  Rev.  Mr.  t'dlows ;  fourth,  Reuben  Frost;  and  filth,  Rev. 
-Mr.  Filmore.  Among  the  sui-^wling  ones  were  Revs.  Judd,  Anders. n,  Kiuusley, 
.\bell,  and  last  before  dis~jluti.m.  Kev.  .Mr.  liakcr.  A  aourishin'.'  Sabbath  seh.^l 
was  orgauizesi  at  the  time  the  church  cliticc  was  complete*!,  with  Truman   Rieli- 

dred  v.^lumc^.  This  .-..Hiety  sprang  into  esi.-.tencc  from  a  class  lh.it  had  bi-eo 
foruicd  in  an  early  d.iy  by  tnembcrs  liiing  in  this  part  of  the  town  and  the 
northern  part  of  LVrgeii,  but  on  aes-onnt  of  a  niodificalien  of  relii;!ous  lielief, 
which,  at  that  time,  spread  ci.ii.idcnbly  auiom.-  the  Methodist  churches  of  the 
Country,  the  soelcty  Ix-came  ^mall,  and  in  Is.'i.")  dissolve.!. 

THE  FErB  MfmioiiisT  ciicftrii  or  WEST  swede:* 
hf^n  then  to  take  form  from  the  »eccdcrs  of  the  oricinal  -«ociety.     The  orL-ini- 
lation  was  perf  eicd  in  th;  old  build, n,-,  in  l^sOO,  by  a  Irnn-ter  to  it  of  all  the 
cburvh  property  bcloujslng  u.  the  old  organiz;ition.     This  church  h=s  no  ortie-ei... 


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HISTORY  OF  jrONROE  COUNT V.  NEW  YORK. 


157 


1H.T3,  on.!  ii 

ill  the  aftci 
,  Do«nin- 
.,  E.  I 


busino>3  ill  open  meeting.  It  firMt  U>^':in  with  twiMity-seven 
rvices  are  conducted  in  ccmnLvlion  with  tlie  ^n^icty  at  Brticlc- 
it«r  offiiiatins  in  \\'<r>i  Sweden  in  tlie  uinrnini.  and  in  BriK.k- 
1.     IiJ  Srjt  minister  was  Rer.  John  WelU,  siiccet.ik'U  by  Revs. 

;,  Levi  Wi»x],  K.  Ilorrick,  C.e.v  Murccllns.  Melvin  Burri.t,'  A.  H. 

Hera,  Xatlian  Brown,  Geo,  Marccllns,  and  J.  W.  R..-.Jdy,  tlie  prv«ont 


uuibcDt.  The  Sabbath-sehool  wa.-*  organized  with  the  chureli.  in  l:?ti<»,  with 
.ut  seventy  piipils,  and  a  crro-'pnnilin;;  number  of  teaelicrs.  L.irin^  fliil  and 
iiiklin  i^Ulith  were  the  fir>t  suix-rititendents.  It  now  has  eighty  pufilj*  ami  aliuut 
Liu  teaeliem.  Loring  Hill  and  Frank  Cowan  are  the  ?uiK.Tintendent3  at  pre3- 
Thc  female  members  of  this  church  wear  a  peculiar  die^s,  remarkable  lor 


CIIURCII    OP    SWEDEN    AND    BEROEN 


was  orranizod  in  the  school-hnnse,  at  We^t  Sweden.  Ja 
finni  the  Bapti-t  churches  in  Brnckport,  Byron,  Hf.llov 
and  I'armx  Rev.  D.  Eldridire  was  moderator,  Rev.  Zen: 
(.'raiiC,  of  Lc  Pojy,  preached  the  sermon.  The  first  m. 
I',  .Iter,  who  wajaleo  firat  pastor,  AVm.  D.  Potter.  Scnco: 
e-,T,C;uy  Chapell,  John  Jenniogs,  James  M.  Ilollister. 
CurtLs  Cook,  :^hubacl  H.  Reed,  Alfred  Robinson,  IIo. 


tary  7,  lS.j.5,  by  delegates 
Sweden,  ( t'.rJen,  Lc  Roy, 
i  Case  clerk,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
nbers  were  Rev.  John  B. 
.•VndersoD,  Edmund  S|«b- 
yman  Davi.-,  Geo.  Davis. 
ee  Lord,  Timothy  Baker, 


ratio  Reed,  Susannah  Potter,  Lucy  Anderson,  Wealthy  Spencer.  Cornelia  Spen 
,  Clarissa  Chapell,  Mary  Jennings,  Elizabeth  Jennings,  Eleanor  Miller,  Julij 


Davi-,  Mary  Pavi,,  AM, 
.Vlmira  R.liinson.  M-li-s- 
tru,<ew,  John  Jennin.-s. 
d.\icons  Were  Senee.j  .Vit-. 
clerk,  and  lor  fijur  ve.ir 


rehlll,  :-,ilIy  Adair,  Be!,vy  Cook,  .*.,rdi  U.  U,.,..| 
S.dly  M.'  I,an,;d,.n,  and'  Jane  G.  K.-ed.  Kir,( 
d  .^^pcneer,  and  .^Ir.  Troop.  The  first  and  onlv 
nd  James  [1.  Walker.  Horatio  Reed  w,,.s  firji 
3  -M.  Ilolli.ster  fifteen  years,  and  Horatio  Rcid 


agnm  and  lust.  Services  were  held  in  the  sch..,.Miouse  at  West  Swclen  until 
the  erection  of  the  clmreh  buildiie.',  which  w.-u  begun  and  completed  in  l>;i.'>, 
and  is  still  st,,ndiTig.  It  wua  locansl  at  Wet  .-Sweden',  and  c.)st  about  two  thousand 
four  hundred  doll.irs.  No  comer---t,.ne  or  dedic.itioa  services.  John  B.  l'.,tt,r, 
llie  first  pastor,  occupied  the  pulpk  two  years,  .M.irtiu  Coleman  twcUe  jears.  JU-v. 
Joel  Lyon  two  yean.,  R..v.  S.  i'ar-.ns  f..ur  years.  ReV.  Harvey  .iilliman  about  thrfe 
years,  and  Rev.  R.  C.  P.dmer  atxmt  one  year,  ^inee  who.se  incumbeuey  there  La.s 
bc-eii  no  p:istor.  It  h;i.s  now  no  officers,  and,  conse-iuently,  no  organization.  It  has 
only  seven  members  living.  Horatio  Reed,  one  of  the  first  members,  is  the  ntilv 
male  member  now  living.  The  Sabbath  jchool  was  organized  when  the  first  meet- 
ing WM  held  in  the  West  Sweden  .scliCHjl-house,  and  was  comp..sed  of  nearly  .all 
the  members,  their  children-,  and  many  others  residing  in  the  vicinity.  Horatio 
Reed  wa.s  the  superintendent.  There  is  no  schoid,  and  has  been  none  for  many 
years.  A  library  was  purchased  soon  after  the  school  was  formeil,  about  forty 
volumes  of  which  are  now  in  iK;.s.-e.ssion  of  Horatio  Recti.  The  church  records 
show  two  hundreil  and  fifty-eight  names.  Forty-two  died  while  members,  and 
one  hundred  and  fifty-eight  received  letters  of  dijuiission  to  other  churches,  while 
fifty-one  left  without  letters. 


VILLAGE     OF     BROCKPORT. 


In  the  early  settlement  of  this  couatrr,  Cbrksou  viIIktc  was  the  moat  iuiportant 
po^at  west  of  Rochester,  at  which  centered  all  tmvel,  business,  and  enterprise. 
Situated  on  the  j^e:\t  thoroui:hf;iro  betwc-en  Rochester  and  the  Niac:ara  river,  the 
Ridj.'e  road,  on  beautiful  ground,  surrounded  by  a  rich  and  fertile  country,  and 
already  the  nucleus  of  an  extensive  businesj*.  it  had  all  the  element?  of  r.ipid  :;Qd 
permanent  growth.  But  in  ISIT.  when  the  preat  Erie  canal  was  projected,  it  was 
foreseen  by  shrewd  and  sagacious  men  that  wherever  it  should  cross  the  Lake 
road,  then  a  highw.iy  of  laaeh  travel,  t!;jre  would  be  a  central  business  point.  As 
soon  as  the  canal  was  surveyed,  and  its  location  filed  at  this  place,  enterprising 
men  bought  out  the  early  settlers,  and  prepared  for  the  accomntodation  of  a  busi- 
ness sore  to  spring  up.  That  portion  of  the  village  ground  lying  west  of  the  Lake 
.road*waj  purchased  by  Hiel  Brockway  of  John  Phelps  for  thirteen  dollars  per 
«cre.  The  east  part,  from  the  town  line  to  Market  street,  was  bought  by  James 
Seymonr  of  Kufus  Hammond  fiir  seven  dollars  per  acre.  The  southeast  comer, 
fiom  Market  street  to  Parkes'  farm,  was  boucht  of  Benj.  Knight  by  James  Sey- 
mour, Abel  Baldwin,  and  Myron  Ilolley.  Those  lands  bordering  on  the  road  were 
surveyed  into  village  lots,  and  building  commenced  in  1S22,  by  Hiel  Brockway, 
James  SejTnour,  Joshua  Fields,  Luke  Webster,  John  G.  Davi.^,  and  Charles 
Richardioo.  Hiel  Brockway  was  the  larg<.?st  owner  of  village  land  and  com- 
manded the  u\ost  means,  and,  by  common  consent,  gave  name  to  the  place.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  enterprise  oud  business  capacity,  and  to  build  up  the  town, 
and  add  to  the  value  of  property,  he  offered  liberal  terms  to  those  who  would  erect 
buildings.  He  also  gave  lots  lor  the  erection  of  churches,  and,  some  years  later, 
grourwls  for  a  college. 

The  village  of  Brockport  was  incorporated  and  charter  adopted  in  1S29,  pur- 
suant to  an  act  that  pas3e<l  the  legishture  April  6,  the  same  year.  The  first 
oSBcers  elected  are  not  now  kncn:i.  as  the  early  records  a.-c  all  lo't.  Ic  ISo'J  the 
charter  was  remodeled.  A  board  of  Sv,.  trustees  constituted  the  visage  goveruuieut 
until  the  adoption  of  the  present  charter,  on  June  25,  1872.  The  first  election 
under  the  new  charter  was  on  July  2C,  1.S72,  when  the  following  officers  were 
chosen,  viz.:  President.  Luther  Gordon;  Trustees,  G.  H.  Allen,  Edgar  Brown, 
and  Samuel  Johnson  ;  Treasurer,  J.  H.  Kingsburj- ;  Colic-tor,  John  Short ;  Clerk, 
Wm.  G.  Raines;  Street  Commissioner,  B.  H.  Halsey;  Police  Constable,  Pavid 
Bennett.  The  president  for  1873  was  J.  H.  Kingsbury;  for  1S74,  M.  0.  Rin- 
dall;  1875.  James  Cotter,  Jr.;  and  the  officers  for  1.S7G  were — President,  M.  JI. 
Oliver;  Trustees,  A.  G.  Boyd,  Daniel  Paine,  Ezra  N.  Hill,  and  Pat.  Donnellan; 
Treasurer,  J.  H.  Kingsbury;  Assessors.  E.  H.  Graves,  Wui  II.  Roberts,  and 
Chaj.  Benedict ;  Collector,  Edgar  Brown ;  Clerk,  John  D.  Bums ;  Street  Com- 
missioner, David  Toaz ;  Police  (."onstables,  E.  B.  Fellows,  Jas.  JIufford,  and  L. 
Andrews ;  Board  of  Health,  M.  M.  Oliver,  President,  C.  M.  Winslow,  Wm. 
Bradford,  and  Dr.  Wm.  B.  Mann,  Health  Phys'<^'^n. 

The  first  fire  company,  calle.1  No.  1,  was  organized  July  0,  ls32,  with  thirty- 
four  members,  and  disbanded  November  1ft,  1S35.  On  the  same  day  No.  1  was 
reorganized  with  thirty  members.  On  July  4,  1S37,  No.  2,  with  twenty-five 
members,  was  formed;  and  on  May  2S,  ISllS,  Davis  Carpenter  was  chosen  chief 
engineer,  and  Geo.  P.  F.ddy  av-i^tant  engineer.  On  June  3,  1S43,  Hookand- 
Ladder  Company  disbande-l.  In  the  same  year  the  fire  department  was  reorganized, 
as  follows,  viz. :  Chief  Engineer.  Davis  Carpenter;  Assistant  Engineer.  John  Efner; 
Fire  Wardens,  Seth  L.  King,  Harry  Backus,  Samuel  KinL"<bu.y,  Roswel  Smith, 
tod  Oliver  Landon.  WaUT  Witch.  No.  1,  with  twenty-five  members,  Geo.  B. 
Ahwne,  foreman,  and  Jas.  Elliott,  assistant,  w.a8  ortranizod  1843,  and  disbanded 
April  25, 1847.  Fire  Company  No.  2,  with  twenty-two  members,  G.  Whitney,  fore- 
man, was  formed, and  disbanded  same  as  No.  1.  Hook-and-Ladder  Company  No. 
1.  with  twenty  members,  Thos.  Buckley,  foreman,  and  Geo.  H.  Allen,  assistant,  was 
formed  in  1S43.  Empire  Hook-aml-Laddcr  Company,  with  twenty-four  members, 
A.  F.  Brainard,  foreman,  was  organized  -\pril  IS,  1840,  and  disbanded  .May  S, 
1848.  Fire  Company  No.  2,  "Conqueror,"  with  twenty-one  members,  John  A. 
Latia,  foreman,  was  formed  September  1,  1847.  "  Conqueror,"  No.  2,  May  21, 
1S50,  and  others,  reorganized.  The  fire  department  was  kept  up  in  effective 
working  order  until  shout  18112  or  'ii3,  when,  the  engines  gctiini;  well  worn,  all 
the  companies  were  disbanded,  and  Brockport  has  been  without  any  fire  depart- 
meut  since. 
153 


PEOHI.VE.tT   MEN. 

Among  the  prominent  men  of  Brockport.  James  Seymour  was  the  fir.'^t  shiTlff 

of  Monroe  County,  which  office  he  held  five  years.     In  1827,  Mr. Storms. 

the  first  practicing  lawyer  of  Brockport,  was  elected  to  the  legislature.  In  ls3:;, 
Levi  Pond,  a  pioneer,  was  elected  to  the  legislature  by  the  anti-.^Iasou  party  :  and 
in  1837  H.  P.  -N'orton  was  elected  to  the  same  office,  aud  in  1S5G  was  elected 
surrogate  of  Slonroe  County.  In  1344.  one  of  Brockport's  ablest  and  most 
successful  business  men.  E.  B.  Holmes,  after  a  heated  campaign,  was  elected  to 
Congress  as  a  representative  from  the  twenty-eighth  district,  and  was  re-elected 
two  years  later.  He  served  honorably  to  himself  and  his  constituents.  In  1853, 
Dr.  Davis  Cai-penter,  of  large  professional  practice,  was  elected  a  member  of  Cuu- 
gress  from  this  district.  He  acquitted  hiniself  with  integrity  of  purpo.-e.  and 
was  true  to  the  principles  of  the  party  which  elected  him.  In  1842,  Jerome 
Fuller  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  legislature.  i^Ir.  Fuller  emi'_'rated 
from  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  Brockport  in  1835,  where  he 
early  gained  a  high  reputation  at  the  bar.  In  1847  he  was  elected  to  the  State 
senate,  where  ho  became  distinguished  as  a  statesman.  In  1850  he  removed  to 
Albany,  and  established  the  Slale  Re'i!ater.  a  political  paDer.  which  he  coniiiictr.i 
until  the  fall  of  1851.  He  was  then  appointed  chief-justice  of  Jlinnesota.  He 
returned  to  Brockport  in  1352,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law,  aud  in  1.-G7  was 
elected  a  delegate  to  the  State  convention.  In  the  tall  of  the  same  year  he  wa-; 
cho.seD  to  the  judge-hip  of  Monroe  County.  Serving  a  term  of  four  years  with 
eminent  distinction,  he  was  re-elected  in  1871  for  a  term  of  six  years,  which  he 
is  now  serving.  In  1833,  Joseph  Randall,  of  Sweden,  was  chosen  a  meni!«r  of 
the  legislature,  and  also,  in  1857,  Robert  Staples,  of  Sweden,  was  elc-cted,  and 
re-elected  the  year  atler,  and  serveil  with  credit  and  ability. 

It  was  designed  in  1823  to  make  Rochester  the  western  terminus  of  the  Erie 
canal  until  the  slow  and  diffieult  work  of  cuttinsr  through  the  f^eat  led^-e  at 
Lockport  was  effected,  especially  as  the  section  west  of  the  Genesee  river  was  to 
be  snpplic-d  with  water  from  Lake  Erie.-  But  through  the  personal  efforts  of 
James  Seymour  with  the  canal  commissioners  it  was  opened  twenty  uiile-<  farther 
west,  making  Brockport  the  western  terminus,  and  supplied  with  water  t'lom  the 
river.  This  g,ave  Brockport  two  years'  sway  of  unrivaled  growth  and  pros|.erity 
as  the  central  shipping  and  business  point  of  an  immen.^e  section  of  couiiirv  north, 
west,  and  south.  The  opening  of  the  canal  to  this  point  was  in  it.seif  a  ireat 
epoch  in  the  history  of  western  New  York.  The  value  of  farm  pruduee  was 
doubled  by  the  cheapness  of  transportation,  and  merchandise  was  greatly  theap- 
ened  by  the  same  cause,  while  an  incxhaustiMc  market  w.~.s  opened  to  the  tarmer. 
In  1825,  when  the  canal  was  opened  through  to  Buffalo.  Brockport.  .as  all  Im- 
portant manufacturing  and  business  centre,  was  assured,  and  its  suhsi-queut 
history  is  replete  with  great  enterprises,  noted  and  successful  business  men.  and 
large  wealth. 

The  first  lawyer  in  Brockport  was  Mr.  Bender,  who  came  in  1823.  The  fir-t 
to  practice  was  Mr.  Storms,  and  the  nest  Daniel  liurfoughs.  The  first  phy-iciaii 
was  Andrew  Millican,  who  also  began  practice  in  1823.  Davis  Carpenter  wa< 
second,  commencing  in  1824.  He  is  now,  and  has  been,  a  practicing  pliy-ician 
in  Brockport  for  over  half  a  ccnii.r;-.  J.is.ph  Webster  and  James  Clarke  '.|.ened 
the  first  grocery  store,  aud  John  B.  P^lliott  was  the  first  drUL-irist.  Jani.s  Sey- 
mour built  the  first  brick  store,  twenty-eight  by  si.vty  feet  in  size,  where  ih-- 
Decker  bank  building  notv  stands.  Ho  aUo  built  one  of  the  first  dw.lliiig 
houses,  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Taylor,  corner  of  State  and  Market  street'.  He  eon- 
strueted  the  first  canal-basin  and  warehouse,  in  1823,  on  land  now  occupie-l  bv 
D-  S.  Morgan  Jfc  Co.  Thomas  H.  Koby  w.as  presfdent  of  the  first  bank,  e-iai- 
lishcd  in  1.8.38,  and  Jo.seph  Ganson  the  first  cashier.  This  bank  was  operie.l  on 
the  cast  side  of  .'»Iain  street,  in  the  Field.i  bl..ck.  In  1840  or  1.S41  the  UrA 
was  purcha.-k-d  by  John  E.  Nichols,  who  became  pre-*tdent,  when  it  was  removed 
to  the  west  side  info  a.  building  owned  by  E.  B.  Holmes.  It  wound  up  lis  l-ii-i- 
ness  in  18  IC  or  1847.  The  first  store  in  the  village  was  opened  by  Cliarlc- 
Richard.son,  and  James  Seymour  in  his  new  briek  .store  and  J..hn  G.  Davis 
opened  iuimeJialely  after;  also  Italpli  W.  Goold,  Thomas  R.  Ruby,  and  (leurge 
Allen  the  neit  season.     The  first  public-house  in  the  village  was  kept  by  Je-i-*c 


HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YOKK. 


15y 


Barber.     Of  the  re.iidoi!is  at  the  cumnicnccmcat  of  the  viliai^e,  in   18-2,  but  I 
tffo  are  now  living  hero.  an<l  but  six  who  were  here  in  IS-O.     Prices  were  low 

cuiuparcJ  with  the  prc^nt,  but  usually  in  relative  proportion  to  the  cost  of  living.  i 

Labor  was  about  half  present  price.s,  and  boiird  from  one  dollar  to  one  dollar  and  I 

gcveoty-five  ccnta  per  we«k.     Whisky,  an  indisp-nsable  article  in  those  days,  was  i 

eighteen  ccntj  per  j;aI!on.  and  "drinks"  of  "old  T}-q'  three  cents.     >Ierchant3  ' 
found  it  nece:«ary  to  keep  it  to  treat  their  custDmer3,  and  'zr&'erytnen  to  keep  it 

u  an  article  of  trade  as  important  as  coffee  or  suL'ar.      But  the  temperance  reform  i 

of  182'J  and  1S30  brouuht  a  ehan'je  in  public  sentiment,  and  in  a  measure  broke  ' 

up  the  ca.'^tom.      Farm  produce  was  al»)  cheap, — the  be-r  wheat  fitty  to  .seventy-  ' 
five  cenU,  oats  twcDly-tive  cents,  corn  thirty-seven  and  a  half  ccnt:i  per  bushel, 

and  pert  and  beef  two  dollars  and  a  half  to  four  dollars  per  hundred.      Lumber  i 

ei"ht  dolbrs  to  ten  dollars,  and  brick  three  dollars  fK?r  thousand.     .Mechanics  re-  ' 

ixired  one  dollar  to  one  dollar  and  a  half,  and  common  laborers  sixty-two  and  a  I 
half  to  sevent^five  cents  per  day,  or  twelve  dollars  per  month.      Aniclea  of  foreign 
production  were  dear,  while  home  manufactures  wore  cheap. 

KEWSPAPEES. 

The  first  newspaper  sUrtcd  in  Brockport  was  called  the  Brnckport  Frtc  Prra. 
It  was  eslablished  by  Harris  k  Hyatt,  and  was  first  is-ued  Decemijer  6.  1S27, 
with  Thomas  H.  Hyatt  as  editor.  The  'econd  was  the  Bruckport  Recorder,  first 
iasoed  January  9,  182S,  and  edited  by  Abiathar  M.  Harris.  The  third  news- 
paper was  the  Monroe  HepuUicart,  Warren  &  Reillcy,  proprietors,  first  Issued 
May  30,  1833.  On  June  17,  1335,  two  years  later,  J.  0.  Balch  established  The 
Je^crtfmia-n  at  ClarLson  village,  one  mile  north,  which  lived  ab-?ut  one  year,  and 
then  died.  The  fourth  newspaper  established  in  Brockport  was  the  Branchport 
Sentinel,  J.  it  J.  H.  Denio,  proprietors,  and  first  issued  June  IG,  1S43.  On 
May  30,  1844,  the  Brockport  Watchman  was  established,  and  issued  by  Edwin 
T.  Bridges,  and  was  the  next  In  order.     The  Brockport  Weekly  Journal,  first 

II.  Miller;  and  on  October  30,  1858,  the  seventh  weekly  paper,  the  Brockport 
Gazette,  was  first  Issued  by  William  Haswell  !2d).  These  seven  weekly  journals 
are  all  now  defunct.  Some  flourished  a  short  and  some  a  longer  time,  and  all 
'filled  their  mission  as  pioneers  in  journalism,  preparing  the  way  fjr  a  higher, 
better,  and  more  successful  press,  and  then  passed  out  of  existence.  The  Brock- 
port Republic  was  established  and  first  issued  October  17,  1S56,  by  Horatio  N. 
Beach,  editor  and  proprietor.  On  July  1,  1371.  L.  T.  Be.ach  became  proprietor 
•nd  local  editor,  with  H.  N.  Bca-h  still  associated  as  poUtical  editor.  It  is  still 
under  the  same  management,  a  substantial  and  well-conducted  journal,  independ- 
ent In  politics,  though  &voring  the  Republican  party.  The  Brockport  Democrat 
was  started  July  21,  1S70,  by  Williams  &  Brink.  On  the  fifth  issue,  Charles 
II.  Brink  succeeded  to  the  proprietorship.  Two  months  later,  the  paper  was 
ittsued  by  Mahon  i  Brink.  Two  w-'cks  later,  A.  B.  Mahon  assumed  ch.\r!re.  In 
November,  1871,  Johnsiin  Brigham  became  a  partner.  In  May,  1373,  A.  D. 
Mahon  retired.  In  August,  1874,  C.  M.ai^h  purchased  it  of  Mr.  Brigham.  and 
published  it  as  the  Democrat  and  Standard.  In  September,  1874,  C.  &  G.  F. 
Marsh  assumed  charge.  The  following  month  Geori^e  F.  Marsh  became  pro- 
prii-tor,  and  continued  the  paper  as  the  Drmocrat.  He  published  It  until  June 
of  this  year,  when  the  firm  C.  Sc  G.  F.  .^Iar3h  once  more  assumed  chan:e,  and  are 
^till  publishing  it.  It  is  ably  conducted  and  independent  in  politics.  In  1359 
W.  H.  H.  Smith  established  a  small  daily  advertising  sheet  ftr  uratuitous  circu- 
latio  I,  called  the  Daily  Advertiser,  for  the  benefit  of,  and  suppjrt^nl  by,  the  busi- 
oc*is  men  of  the  town.  It  w.as  Issued  very  irrc^larlv,  and  atler  a  few  years 
ivrishcd.  On  August  12,  1375.  The  Temperance  Timet,  a  weekly  journal,  was 
Minblishcd  by  Mrs.  Carrie  N.  Thomas,  editor.  It  is  still  conducted  and  main- 
taited  by  Mr<.  Thomas,  with  the  aid  of  the  Women's  Temperance  League. 

XANirrACKIBES. 

.Manufacturing  early  drew  the  attention  of  the  enterprising  m-n  of  Brockport. 
lu  (he  year  1823,  Harry  Bachus  and  Joseph  Ganson  cstablLshed  an  in>n  foundry 
in  k  building  now  standing  and  used  as  a  dwelling  in  the  roar  of  the  Episcopal 
church  on  State  street.  About  1830  they  removed  to  the  grounds  now  occupied 
bv  the  Johnston  Harvester  Company,  north  of  the  canal,  on  Main  street.  Here 
ific  firm  changed  to  Bachus.  \Vebster  i  Co.,  and  later  to  Balch.  Wcbner  &  Co. 
Then  a  few  years  after  to  Bachus.  Burroughs  &  Co.,  and  again  to  Bachus,  Fitch 
A  Co.  This  finn  commenced  as  pioneers  in  the  manufacture  of  threshint:  ma-  | 
'■bines,  with  improved  machinery,  and  horsc-powor  to  run  them;  the  stationary 
m-ichinea  being  the  only  ones  in  use  up  to  this  time.  It  was  also  the  first  to 
■tilroducc  into  this  section  the  .McCormick  grain-reaper,  which  led  fin.illy  to  the 
^su-anivc  manufacture  of  re-apcr*,  and  added  lar;:cly  to  the  bu-sincss  of  the  town. 
'<  "as  through  this  firm  that  Cyrus  McCormick  was  first  induced  to  make  a  trial 


at  Brockport  of  his  rudely  constructed  reaper  in  the  harvest  of  1344.  So  well  ilij 
It  succeed  that  the  firm  arrang.'d  to  manufacture  lor  Mr  McCormick  one  hundnsl 
machines  for  18tG,  wiiieh,  however,  filled  to  give  satisfaction,  and  were  nearly  all 
returned.  Improvements,  which  experience  suggested,  fir.ally  enabled  them  to 
manufacture  in  attor-years  a  successful  machine.  In  13  tti,  Mr.  Bachus.  who  had 
been  at  the  head  of  the  business  for  many  years,  retired,  and  the  firm  was  chan'.-e-i 
to  Fitch,  Barry  &,  Co.  who  after  a  few  years  were  succeeded  by  8iiliman.  Rjwman 
&  Co.  In  1S51  or  1852  the  firm  again  changed  to  Ganson,  Huntley  Jc  Co.,  and  a 
considerable  business  was  done  in  the  manufacture  of  reapers, — the  Palmer  .t 
Williams  machine.  This  was  the  fir^t  self-raking  reaper  used  in  this  .section. 
though  It  was  a  combination  of  the  invention  of  the  quadrant  platform,  patented 
by  W.  H.  Seymour,  and  the  sweep  rake  patented  by  Aaron  Palmer.  Thc«e  two 
inventions  together  made  the  first  successful  automatic  raking  reaper  known  to 
have  been  used.  Great  improvements  have  since  been  made,  until  now  machimii 
manufactured  here  have  a  world-wide  reputation,  having  been  awanjed  the  first 
prizes  in  all  the  great  trials  in  Europe  and  America.  In  IsOS  these  shops  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Samuel  Johnston,  an  Inventor,  and  Byron  E.  Huntley,  a  n>rnier 
partner,  who  commenced  the  manufacture  of  the  Johnston  harvester.  Beginning 
moderately,  the  business  rapidly  incre;L-ed  until  November,  1S70.  when  a  stuck 
company  was  ibrmed,  with  a  capital  of  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  known  as 
the  Johnston  Harvester  Company.  Samuel  Johnston  was  chosen  president,  and 
B.  E.  Huntley  secretary  and  treasurer.  In  1871  five  hundred  machines  were 
manufactured,  and  the  demand  abroad  increasing.  Mr.  Huntlev  was  as-itrned  as 
general  agent  to  Europe,  and  F,  S.  Stebbins  made  secretary  and  treasurer.  In 
1S72  sixteen  hundred  machines  were  made,  and  the  foreign  and  home  demand 
has  so  rapidly  Increased  since  that  from  five  thousand  to  six  thou.sand  arc  now 
yearly  manufactured.  It  now  has  a  capital  of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
employs  over  five  hundred  men,  and  filis  orders  from  England,  France.  Germany. 
Holland,  Austria,  Russi.i,  Turkey,  Prussia,  Hungary,  Sweden,  Norway,  Denmark. 
Africa,  New  Zealand,  and  South  America.  In  September,  1875,  th»  pr.>en5t 
board  of  officers  were  elected;  Charies  E.  Dewey,  president;  Hon.  James  S. 
Thayer,  of  New  York,  vice-president ;  F.  S.  Stebbins,  secretary  and  treasurer ; 
and  B.  E.  Huntley,  general  foreign  agent,  with  office  at  London,  England.  It  Is 
a  matter  of  national  pride  that  American  skill  has  so  far  outstripped  the  inven- 
tions of  the  world  that  all  enlightened  nations  are  calling  upon  our  manufacturers 
for  this  most  important  and  useful  machine. 

In  the  year  1844  a  second  foundry  and  machine-shop  was  established.  In  the 
east  and  central  part  of  the  village,  by  William  H.  Seymour  and  Thomas  R.  Ruby. 
But  business  was  hardly  begun  when  Dayton  S.  Morgan,  a  young  man  of  enter- 
prise and  ability,  bought  Mr.  Roby's  Interest,  and  the  firm  became  Seymour 
&  Morgan.  Mr.  Seymour  had  been  favorably  known  In  the  biisincss  affairs  of 
Brockport  ever  since  its  first  start.  In  iS22, — first  a  clerk,  then  a  partner,  and 
finally  successor  of  his  brother  James  in  the  mercantile  business.  The  new  firm 
began  moderately  in  the  manufacture  of  stoves  and  farm  implements.  In  1846  it 
began  the  manufacture  of  the  McCormick  reaper, — the  same  year  that  B.ickus, 
Fitch  it  Co.  undertook  the  same  enterprise, — and  built  and  sold  one  hundre-d 
machines  the  first  year.  They  were  the  first  one  hundred  sicrces.if\d  hai-vetti'iy 
machines  known  to  hate  heeii  manufactured  in  the  Korld.  During  this  experience 
the  necessity  of  improvements  was  learned,  and  in  1349  the  firm  constructed  an 
Improved  machine,  called  the  "New  Yorker."  About  this  time  -Mr.  Seymour 
had  Invented  and  patented  some  valuable  Improvements  in  automatic  raking, 
especially  the  quadrant  platform,  which  no  subsequent  invention  has  been  abie  to 
supersede  or  evade.  In  1832  a  self  raking  rca|>er  was  built  by  Seymour  k  Mor- 
gan, and  another  by  Palmer  k  Williams,  which  differed  somewhat  in  construction, 
but  each  po-ssessing  important  principles  essential  to  a  perfect  machine.  Both 
were  manufactured  by  Seymour  ,t  Morgan.  These  were  the  first  self-raking 
reapers  made  successful  in  this  country  or  elsewhere.  These  patents  were  subse- 
quently consolidated  In  one  machine,  each  party  holding  specified  interests.  They 
were  renewed  by  act  of  Congress  in  18(10,  and  many  manufacturers  of  reapers 
have  paid  royalty  to  them.  In  1853,  George  H.  Allen  became  a  partner  in  the 
firm,  which  was  then  known  as  Seymour,  Morgan  it  Allen,  and  continued  until 
1873.  In  1873-74  a  new  reaper,  combining  important  improvements,  which 
experience  had  taught  to  be  necessary  in  a  perfect  machine,  to  overcome  diffi- 
culties In  all  conditions  of  grain,  was  m.ade,  called  the  "  Triumph."  This  is  the 
consummation  of  the  forty  years'  experience,  the  skill  and  genius  of  the  firm, 
and  its  complete  success  is  attcste-d  by  the  rapidity  with  which  it  is  being  supjilicd 
to  the  farmers  of  the  surroundio'.-  country.  Seymour  4:  Co.  have  done,  and  arc 
doing,  an  extensive  business,  building  at  times  three  thou-and  rcapi:r3  in  a  single 
season,  and  are  justly  renowned  as  the  first  to  introduce  the  American  Harvest. -r 
to  the  world,  the  first  to  manuficturc  a  successful  hanil-raking  rcapKir,  the  in- 
ventors and  first  to  bring  into  u.-e  the  8ucces..ful  automatic  raking  reaper,  and 
the  Inventors  and  builders  of  the  '-Triumph." 


HISTORY   OF  MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Ge^jr-e  B.  Whiteside 


George  F.  Bariiett.  one  of  the  olJ.st  rcsiJenti  of  Br.i.;kpcrt,  ami  fur  several 

partner  in  bu>'ines3,  and  commenced  the  manufacture 
nd  variety  of  airricultural  implemonW  and  castiiiirs  in 
1850.  Their  factory  ia  U-ated  in  the  west  i^t  of  the  village,  and  is  doing  an 
eitensive  and  successful  business. 

Silas  Hardy  began  the  manufacture  of  sleighs  and  carriages  in  13J1J,  on  the 
eaat  side  of  Main  street,  south  of  the  canal,  which  was  continued  eiiensiveiy 
nniil  h'a  death,  in  1S3S;  after  which  it  passed  into  other  handi  for  a  short  time. 
or  until  purchased  by  John  Smith  >t  Co.,  in  13:!^  The  new  tirm  commemed 
the  manufacture  of  furniture,  and  has  continued  to  the  present,  though  largely 
extended.  In  1SC4  their  shops  were  destroyed  by  tire,  aiid  tiu-y  removed  their 
factory  to  a  place  north  of  the  canal,  and  in  the  west  part  of  the  village,  while  a. 
substantial  brick  block  was  erected  on  the  old  -rounds.  On  the  removal  of  'he 
fiictoty  the  facilities  for  manufacturing  wore  so  much  enlarged  that  the  retail 
trade  was  abandoned  and  the  wholesale  only  retained. 

Isaac  Barnes  began  in  an  early  day  the  manufacture  of  carriages,  in  the  west 
pait  of  the  village,  and  couduc-te<l  it  successfully  until  1862.  when  his  failing 
health  obliged  him  to  abandon  it.     A.  Boyd  i  Ero.  have  since  conducted  it. 

BOAT-BCIU)I.\0. 

Among  the  different  branches  of  manufacturing  in  the  early  days  of  Brockport 
Dot  the  least  prominent  was  that  of  boat-buildinz.  Before  railroads  the  packet- 
boats  ou  tbs  canal  afforded  the  mt>st  comfortable  and  speedy  mode  of  travel. 
Though  at  a  less  rate  of  speed  than  the  ordinary  stage,  by  running  day  and  night  a 
greater  distance  was  attained.  A  daily  line  of  boats  had  been  established  between 
Rochester  and  Albany,  connecting  with  stage  lines  on  the  Ridge  and  Buffalo  roads, 
when  Mr.  Hiel  Brockway,  seizing  the  favorable  opportunity,  built  and  er)uipped  in 
fine  taaie  a  numijer  of  packets,  and  in  ic^j.S  iaunchiti  them,  and  estabhsiied  a 
daily  line  through  to  Buflulo.  Mr.  Brockway  afterwards,  connected  with  E.  B. 
Holmes,  followed  boat-building  several  years,  which,  with  the  line  of  packets, 
became  a  great  source  of  wealth  to  them  and  prosperity  to  Brockport.  In  1S3'J 
or  ISiO  KU.«  E.  Holmes  esublished  a  new  and  independent  line,  called  "The 
Opposition,"  which  reduced  the  profits  very  much, — to  the  gain,  however,  of  the 
patrons.  The  completion  of  the  liochester  and  Niagara  Falls  Railroad  in  IS.'iO 
destroyed  the  business  of  the  canal  packets,  .and  all  liii'a  were  discontinued.  Manu- 
&ctnring  has  been  the  prominent  intere-t  in  Brockport,  to  which  it  owes  its  past 
and  present  prosperity. 

otxrPATio.vs. 

The  occupations  followed,  and  the  number  of  houses  engaged  in  each,  in  Brock- 
port are  as  follows,  viz.,  nine  physicians,  seven  clergymen,  ten  lawyers,  two  reaper 
and  mower  manufactories,  one  of  agricultural  implements,  one  of  cabinet  ware, 
three  cooperage,  one  gas  manufactory,  two  lumber  manufacturers  and  dealers,  two 
of  marble,  two  of  carriages,  five  of  boots  and  shoes,  four  of  clothing,  three  of  har- 
ness, two  of  hats  and  caps,  four  dressmakers,  three  justices  of  the  peace,  four  black- 
smith-shops, two  dentists,  three  dealers  in  Hour  and  feed,  fjur  produce  dealers' 
firtiRj,  one  furniture  establishment,  two  undertakers,  four  barbere,  four  restaurants, 
two  hair-drcssers,  five  insurance  agents,  five  liotcl-keepers,  one  bank  of  discount. 
one  national  bank,  two  photographers,  three  meat  markets,  one  fish  market,  two 
bakeries,  one  confectionery,  three  livery  stables,  two  jewelers,  ■-hree  druggists,  fif- 
teen groceries,  four  dry  goods,  four  hardware,  two  dealers  in  fann  implements, 
eighteen  liquor  stores,  five  fruit  dealers,  one  express  agency,  two  telegraph  offices, 
one  fruit-canning,  five  miiline.'^,  one  whip-maker,  one  glove-maker,  three  printing 
offices. 


BKOCKPORT 


rE    I.N3TITCTE. 


Tax   BROCKPOaT    UNION 


R\t   SOCIETT 


was  organized  in  October,  1S59,  with  Hon.  E.  B.  Holmes,  president,  H.  N. 
Beach,  secretary,  and  Thomas  Corncs,  treasurer.  It  leased  "liteen  acres  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  town,  for  ten  years,  of  Lorenzo  Porter  and  Humphrey 
Palmer,  and  constructed  one  of  the  finest  half-mile  tracks  in  the  State.  At  the 
expiration  of  the  lease,  being  unable  to  secure  an  e.vtension  of  the  owners,  or  to 
purchase  the  property,  it  was  disbanded,  which  took  place  in  October,  1809.  The 
last  officers  were  11.  \V.  Scjliiour,  president,  Daniel  Holmes,  .sccreuary,  and  O. 
B.  Avery,  treasurer.  Hon.  E.  B.  Holmes  was  president  for  five  years,  L.  D. 
Babcock  three  years,  and  H.  W.  Seymour  two  years. 

■  TM   BROCKPORT   CE.VTENNIAL   RELIEF   CtUa 

■was  organiied  July  1,  1S7G.  with  jevcnty-five  members,  and  the  following  officers: 
George  Norton,  president;  J.  W.  Larkins.  vicc-prcsid.'nt ;  Charles  Hallam,  re- 
cording secretary;  C.  H.  Ginthcr.  financial  secreUry ;  S.'lomon  Kitner.  trc.-isurer; 
William  Henrich,  Jr.,  mcs-songer. 


i  year  1832  or  1S;!3,  the  Baptist  Association  of  Western  New  York  r... 
t  establish  a  college  at  some  point  west  of  Rochester,  where  the  grcal.-i 
ent  should  be  offered  in  the  way  of  local  aid  towanls  its  erection.     C'mih- 
'  ajipointcd  to  receive  profH>sals  and   determine  locution.    l!i,.| 

Brockway  offered  to  donate  six  acres  of  land  for  college  grouml.s,  and  thrw>  thuu. 
sand  dollars  in  money.  Others  offered  liberally,  and  after  considerable  stiif. 
r,c  Roy,  and  Warsaw,  this  place  was  successful,  having  offered  th, 
criptions  were 
.  people,  and  : 


■re  circulated  in  western  New  York,  m-.i 
sufficient  aiuount  raised  to  induce  tli 
■ctiou  of  the  building.  In  1834  tl 
:il  the  building  was  inclosed,  but  n- 
In  1835  or  183G  a  portion  wxs  con 
ur>e.  with  Professor  Morse  as  princip.i 
;he  association,  creditors  holdin 
of  money.     Times  srew  wor- 


between  it,  Lc  Roy,  and  W 
greatest  inducements.  Sub; 
especially  among  the  Baptis 
building  committe 
work  was  begun,  and  pushed  rapi 
without  incurring  a  large  iudcbtedi 
pleted.  and  a  school  open&l  in  a  collei 
The  great  indebtedness  very  much  e 
mortgages  on  the  property  for  a  largi 
changing  to  a  financial  panic  throughout  the  country,  and  the  association  found 
it  impossible  to  complete  the  building  and  to  maintain  a  college  according  to  tii,- 
original  plan.  In  18iC  the  association,  failing  to  meet  the  mortgage  then  due. 
lost  the  building  through  a  foreclosure  sale,  it  falling  into  the  hands  of  Philcni-.u 
Allen,  a  contractor,  who,  soon  after,  failed  himself,  when  the  property  pa.s5cd  t.i 
his  assignees.  The  school  was  closed,  as  it  could  no  longer  be  maintained,  ami 
Brockport  college  was  known  no  more,  the  building  becoming  literally  a  harl"-r 
for  be;ist3.  The  Baptist  society  of  Brockport  having  charge  of  its  erection  ha'i 
also  failed,  and  the  original  design  of  establishing  a  college  at  this  place  appean-d 
to  have  become  impossible.  But  the  enterprise  of  Brockport  could  not  allow  an 
institution  of  that  character  to  be  lost  forever  for  the  want  of  proper  effijrt,  or  a 
structure  -hicli  had  already  cost  so  much  nioney  to  sink  into  ucca).  Ou  Augu-t 
It),  1S41,  the  citizens  of  Brockport  met  to  consider  the  feasibility  of  purchasiri:.' 
the  buildings  and  grounds,  whii.-h  were  offered  for  three  thousand  ei^ht  hundn-i 
dollars,  and  of  completing  the  original  design  of  establishing  a  collegiate  institute 
at  this  place.  It  was  proposed  to  create  a  fund  by  issuing  certificates  of  3to<-k. 
in  shares  of  twenty-five  dollars.  makioL:  each  holder  a  part  owner  of  the  property. 
One  hundred  and  fifty-eight  shares  were  taken  by  forty-four  persons,  rangihL: 
from  two  to  eight  each,  and  amounting  to  three  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars.  On  September  12,  following,  a  board  of  twenty-four  trustees  were 
elected  as  follows,  viz.:  Rev.  B.  B.  Stockton,  T.  R.  Chapen,  H.  Backus.  R.  W 
Gould,  E.  B.  Holmes.  S.  H.  Davis,  .Joseph  Ganson,  F.  P.  Root,  John  Efner,  J. 
A.  Latta,  William  Downs,  Joseph  R.jby,  W.  H.  Seymour,  J.  H.  NichoU.  S.  H. 
Williams,  A.  W.  Gary,  George  Allen,  ?'.  W.  Brewster,  Willi.im  Barry,  H.  Brock. 
way,  I.  Joslyn,  D.  Burroughs,  Jr.,  T.  R.  Roby,  and  A.  Fitch.  Two  others  wcr.' 
subsequently  chosen,  W.  E.  Skidmore  and  Peter  Sutplien,  and  Israel  Starks  lo 
fill  vacancy.  J.  Ganson  w.as  elected  clerk,  but  no  prt-'aident  was  chosen  until 
July  5,  1842,  when  T.  R.  Roby  was  chosen.  It  was  re-olved  that,  as  the  Bap- 
tist denomination  had  expended  much  money  in  the  enterprise,  if  at  any  time 
within  ten  years  they  could  raise  sufficient  funds  to  maintain  a  cliUR-h  collcee. 
and  pay  the  three  thousand  eight  "hundred  dollars,  it  should  be  transferred  to  that 
.society.  A  loan  was  procured  on  the  property,  and  a  subscription  raised  to  coui- 
plete  the  building  and  improve  the  grounds.'  The  institution  was  then  incoi!-.- 

rated  as  a  collegiate  institute,  and  Julius  Bates,  A.B.,  formerly  a  teacher  in  Ga ' 

(Orleans  countyj  Academy,  was  enga-ged  as  principal  for  a  term  of  four  ycar>,  :ii 
an  annu.al  salary  of  eight  hundred  dollars.  The  other  teachers  in  the  instiditi' 
during  the  first  year  were  Oliver  .Morehouse,  J.  0.  Wilson,  J.  R.  AVilson,  Davil 
Black,  Mrs.  N.  A.  Bradley,  M.iry  Mortimer,  Francis  Colier,  Mrs..  R.  Morch...i-e. 
Miss  C.  Thurston,  and  Kliza  MeCarty.  The  term  began  November  4.  1842 
Mrs.  Bates  took  control  of  the  house  and  all  the  internal  manaitcmcnt.  On  J.m- 
nary  3,  1843,  E.  B.  Holmes  was  elected  president  of  the  board  of  trust.-.-. 
Geor-ge  All-en,  vice-president,  J.  Ganson,  .s,-crctary,  and  J..hii  H.  Nich.ds.  tr.asufcr. 
Two  thou.-and  five  hun.lred  dollars  ad.litional  stock  was  rai.-ed,  at  twejily-fi»c  .l-i- 
lars  per  share,  and  a  donation  of  eight  hundred  and  eiglity-t'our  dollars  fpim  lb'- 
citizens  of  the  town.  The  number  ..f  the  studenu  rapidly  incrc^ised.  and  il"' 
fame  of  the  school  spread  abroail,  and  it  was  s*>on  cla.sted  among  the  first  instii'i- 
tions  of  the  kind  in  the  State.  For  the  yean  1844  an.l  184.').  II.  W.  Goni.I 
was  made  vice-president,  and  T.  R.  Roby  treasurer,  the  other  officcra  remaining 
unchanged. 


On  the  27th  of  October,  1S15,  Julius  B.at.-s.  the  principal,  in  t 

le  h.  i 

his  success  was  stri.:ken  down  with  death,  and  arran-,-e.u.-nts  were 

iuim.-. 

made  for  Professor  .Nl.irch.JUSe,  one  of  the  t.j,.chers,  to  l.ike  the  mn 

na'_-.ni 

principil.  and  .^Ira.   Hales  to  continue  in  charse  of   the  boarding 

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and   tin-  school  w,ls  eondncted  t..  (he  end  of  ihe   tern,  with    the  sa 

as  under  .Mr.  Bates.      In  Novemb.r  i;.l|..w,ng  Jer,me  F.iiler  was  ele 

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HISTORY  OF    MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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ber  uf  the  boarU  io  pLi-e  of  George  Allen,  d«.ca--H:J,  and  i.n  July  U,  184G, 
wad  e!ecto4  presiJunt.  the  other  nffioora  ct'titinuio-^.  At  the  einl  of  the  term 
Professor  Morehouse  rc-'igoe*].  and  Jacob  C  Tooker  b^-oame  principal  uatii  the 
close  of  1840,  when  J.  G.  K..  Trinar  was  called  to  that  position,  Mrs.  Bates  siiU 
in  charge  of  the  boarding  department.  Under  this  managumeot  the  school  was 
conducted  with  great  success  and  gave  general  satisfaction.  In  May,  ISijo,  Mr. 
Trinar  resigned,  and  Mr.  N.  P.  Stanton  and  wife,  from  Buff.do,  took  charge,  the 
former  os  principal  and  the  latter  as  assistant.  L'nder  the  new  regime  the  school 
sprang  into  new  activity,  and  a  more  than  common  prosperity  prevailed.  On 
January  11,  1854,  the  lioard  of  trustees  elected  E.  WhitniT  president.  B.  Dens- 
more  vice-president,  C.  K.  Mott  secretary,  and  H.  Lathrop  trexsurer.  The 
ichool  had  now  attained  its  highest  efficiency,  celebrated  far  and  wide,  when  on 
Sunday,  April  2,  IS.^4,  at  eleven  a. At.,  while  the  citizens  were  at  church,  they 
were  startled  by  a  great  uproar,  and,  rushini:  out,  beheld  their  institute  wrapped 
in  flames,  which,  by  two  p.m.,  was  completely  razed  to  the  irround.  The  school 
of  course  was  broken  up,  the  students  -cattered  and  connected  with  other  institu- 
QOQS,  and  but  little  hope  remained  that  the  B.-xtcfcport  Institute  would  ever  be 
re-«stablisheif.  The  salaries  of  the  teachers  for  the  firs:  year  under  Mr.  Bates 
amounted  to  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  five  dollars ;  for  1845.  for  six  teachers, 
to  two  thousand  five  hundrc.1  dollars.— ei.-ht  huadre.i  dollars  the  hi!3iie.st.  and  Phebe 
Baker's  the  I.  west,  three  hundred  doll  sra.  Board  in  the  in.-titutioo  was  first  one 
dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  week,  but  in  1&52  it  was  raised  to  one  dollar  and 
forty  cents  per  week  to  make  it  self-supporting.  On  the  next  morning  after  the 
ire  the  trustees  met  and  came  to  the  determination  to  rebuild  as  soon  as  possible, 
>od  with  little  delay  the  work  was  begun  under  the  direction  of  the  former  principal . 
Mr.  Stanton,  who  had  been  already  eniiaged  on  liberal  ti^rms  for  a  period  of  yeara 
to  take  charge  of  the  school.  On  >fovember  1,  1855,  it  was  announced  that  the 
institation  would  be  opened  on  Tuesday,  November  2T,  1855.  under  the  immediate 
1  of  X.  B.  Stanton,  Jr.,  A..M.,  assisted  by  a  full  and  able  corps  of  teachers. 
;  meanwhile  Mr.  Staotoo  was  elected  to  the  State  Icjislalure.  and  was  comt>eiled 
to  resign.  The  trustees  had  incurred  an  indebtedness  of  about  ten  thousand 
dollars,  and  to  meet  it  eight  thousand  dollars  was  obtained  by  mortg;\:re  on  the 
property  from  the  University  of  Rochester,  and  a  second  mortgage  of  two  thou- 
taad  dollars  given  to  David  Burbank  for  that  sum  leaned,  he  to  become  principal 
for  ten  years,  on  complying  with  specified  terms  and  agreements.  The  school  was 
opened  pursuant  to  notice,  with  E.  J.  Pickett.  Simon  Tucker.  Sarah  M.  Schoon- 
maker,  and  Abbie  B.  Burt  as  assistants.  On  December  23,  1S56.  the  people  of 
Brockport  a-^^mblod  in  the  college  chapel  f -r  the  purpose  of  dedicating  to  the 
cause  of  education  the  new  Bro<:kport  Collegiate  lorrituto,  just  completed.  The 
dedicatory  address  was  delivered  by  President  Andrews,  of  the  Rochester  Uni- 
versity ;  and  Mr.  Whitney,  on  the  part  of  the  trustees,  state*!  that  the  main 
building  was  four  stories  high,  divided  into  one  hundred  and  eighty-two  rooms. 
fifty  by  sixty  feet  area,  with  two  wings,  each  forty  by  seventy  f^t  area,  giving  a 
continuous  length  of  two  hundred  feet,  with  the  cost  of  all,  including  the  grounds, 
of  thirty  thousand  dollars.  The  school  flonrLshed  under  Mr.  Burbank,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  most  popular  in  the  State,  though  he  failed  to  make  it  a  success 
financially;  and  on  April  9,  ISCl,  he  .nskcd  the  board  of  trustees  to  release  him 
from  his  contract,  which,  however,  was  refused.  On  June  7, 18tjl.  he  transferred 
hb  rights  and  interests  to  P.  J.  Williams,  A.M.,  of  Marion  College  Institute. 
•-•sUted  by  Professor  Malcolm  McVicar,  Mr.  Spencer,  and  Misa  Domberg.  Much 
trouble  was  experienced  in  meeting  the  payments  of  interest  on  the  mortcrage. 
which,  in  1S62,  had  to  be  niised  by  subsoriptiun.  In  consc-.(uence  of  this 
embarrassment,  Profes=;or  Williams  resigned  January  14,  1SC3,  and  Profess<tr 
McVicar  was  employed,  on  condition  that  he  should  be  released  from  paying  the 
'interest  on  the  indebtedness.  At  the  end  of  the  year  he  also  resigned,  and  Pro- 
fessor Morehouse  engaged,  which,  however,  was  rescinded,  and  Professor  McVicar 
reinstated,  with  the  agreement  that  rents  and  tuition  should  be  raised.  But 
embarrj.s.snkents  continued  to  exist,  foreclosures  were  commenced,  and  there 
H-cmed  to  be  no  resource  left  whereby  the  institution  could  be  maintained.  .\ 
department  had  been  established  in  connection  with  the  institute  devoi.ti  eipre.ssly 
to  the  training  of  teachers  for  common  schools,  which  had  become  popular ;  and 
*•  an  act  had  passed  the  legislature.  April  16.  IStJG.  authorizing  the  location 
t'f  four  more  normal  schools,  application  was  made  by  the  board  of  trustees  for 
the  location  of  one  in  Brockport,  in  connection  with  the  academic  dep.anment. 
•^I plication  was  also  made  by  other  localities.  It  was  required  that  suiuble 
'■"ilding^  should  be  furni»hod  and  deeded  to  the  Suite  before  the  M;hool  would  be 
<~'ablUhcd.  In  this  locality  Gcneseo  and  Brockport  became  the  contctants. 
The  former  offered  to  erect  buildini.'s  worth  fifty  lhoU3.and  dollars  and  deed  to  the 


NOBUAL   8CH00L. 


in  Albaov,  but  finally  decided  in  favor  of  Brockport, 
egislature  in  March,  18i;7.  On  the  21st  of  Jtarch.  the 
OL'  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  institute  was  held,  a! 
interests  of  the  board  were  transferred  to  the  village,  and 
the  29th  of  the  same  month  Hon.  Victor  M.  Rice.  Statt 
n^truction,  appointed  a  local  boartl  to  manage  the  affair; 
Roche-ster,  M.  B.  .\nderMjn  ;  Bmckport.  Jen 
H.  Seymour,  A.   F.  Brainerd,  B.  E.  Hunt 


^la'e.      Brockport  voted  to  raise  fitly  th, 
buildings  and  erect  additions,  making  the 
»>nd  dollars,  and  deed  to  the  S 
depanmcnt. 


,nd  di'llara  to  purch.iso  tiie  institute 
oie  worth  one  hundred  and  ten  thou 
as  aa  academic 


reserving,  however,  a  portit 


The  contest  was  fierce 
and  confirmed  by  act  of  1 
same  year,  the  last  meeti 
which  all  right,  title,  and 
thence  to  the  State.  On 
superintendent  of  public  i 

of  the  school,  as  follows :  Roche-ster,  M.  B.  .\nderMjn  ;  Bmckport.  Jerome  Fu 
Thomas  Cornes.  William  H.  Seymour,  A.  F.  Brainerd,  B.  E.  Huntley.  Daniel 
Holmes,  J.  A.  Latia,  Timothy  Frye.  J.  D.  Decker,  and  Joseph  Tozier ;  Clarkson, 
Elijah  Criswell.  Jerome  Fuller  was  chosen  president,  Daniel  Holmes  secretary. 
and  J.  D.  Decker  treasurer.  The  normal  school  was  formally  opened  April  17. 
ISfi",  with  the  subjoined  faculty  installed :  Malcolm  McVicar  A..M..  principal ; 
Oliver  Avery,  XM..  professor  of  natural  sciences;  Mrs.  H.  E.  G.  -Vrey,  pre- 
ceptress; Misses  Helen  Roby,  Lucy  A.  Mead.  Sarah  Kfcer.  Martha  Stirks.  and 
Mrs.  F.  C.  Ailing,  department  teachers;  Charics  D.  .McLean.  LL.B  .  professor  of 
mathematics ;  William  J.  Milne,  professor  of  academic  department ;  Misses  Lucina 
J.  Grant,  Sarah  M.  Haskell,  Jennie  M.  Thompson,  C.  Minerva  Chri.swell.  and 
Libbie  S.  Richmond,  a.ssistant  teachers.  On  the  29th  of  June,  1S6S,  Professor 
McViiar  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  Professor  C.  D.  McLean  as  principal, 
with  Mrs.  W.  C.  Sylla  as  preceptress,  with  fourteen  assistants,  including  the 
academic  department.  In  1867,  $4034.03  was  received  from  the  State  for  the 
normal  department,  and  S650  from  tuition  in  the  academic.  In  18GS,  S14,7.'^4.21 
were  received  for  the  former,  and  84797.60  for  the  latter.  In  1870  the  total 
receipts  were  820.209.79  ;  in  1S71,  S29.043.64  ;  in  1872,  826,585.18  ;  in  1S73. 
$21,200.50;  in  1874,  820,027.71  ;  and  in  1375,  S20,8'29.25.  The  number  of 
pupils  in  the  normal  department  in  1S67  was  one  hundred  and  forty;  in  18t>S, 
one  hundred  and  fifty-nine :  whole  number  in  both  departments,  four  hundred 
and  fifteen.  In  1869.  in  the  normal,  two  hundred  and  fifty-four,  with  twenty 
graduates.  In  1575  the  wiioie  number  in  attendance  was  nine  hundred  and 
eighty-three,  of  which  three  hundred  and  forty-six  were  in  tlie  normal.  In  1874. 
total  number,  eight  hundred  and  seventy-one ;  in  the  normal,  two  hundred  and 
ninetv-one;  and  in  1875  the  total  number  was  eight  hundred  and  eighty-six,  and 
three  hundred  and  twenty-five  in  the  normal.  Total  number  of  graduates  up  to 
this  time,  one  hundred  and  nineteen.  In  1872  a  special  appropriation  of  three 
thousand  dollars  was  made  by  the  State.  The  value  of  the  buildings  and  grounds 
was  then  estimated  at  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thou.sand  dollars ;  the  furni- 
niture  at  five  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-five  dollars;  and  the  library 
and  apparatus  at  ten  thousand  eight  hundred  and  nineteen  dollars. 

THE    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL   CHUECH    OF   BROCKPORT. 

The  first  society  of  this  church  was  organized  December  10, 1827,  by  the  Rev. 
John  Copcland.  in  the  academy,  which  then  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  Bap- 
tist church.  Previous  to  its  organisation  religious  services  in  connection  with  the 
circuit  had  been  held  in  a  private  house,  then  in  a  hotel,  but  after  that  event,  and 
until  the  construction  of  their  first  church  edifice  a  year  later,  at  the  academy. 
Among  the  first  members  were  L  lie  Webster,  Silas  Hardy  and  Mrs.  Hardy, 
Barney  Mead  and  .Mrs.  Mead,  Caleb  Kingsbury,  Prime  B.  Hill,  and  Marietta 
Smith,  the  latter  the  only  original  member  now  living.  The  first  pxstor  was  John 
Copeland,  one  of  the  fathers  of  the  old  Genesee  conference.  The  original  board 
of  trustees  were  Silas  Hardy,  Henr  Ketcham,  Henry  Jones.  Richmond  Tuttle. 
Hasting  R.  Bender,  and  Samuel  Kic-sbury ;  the  first  stewards,  Luke  Webster, 
Peletiah  Rogers.  Barnh;ut  .Mead,  and  Silas  Hardy ;  and  the  first  cla.s3-leaders, 
John  Hewett,  Caleb  Kingsbury,  and  Silas  Hardy.  Loring  Grant  was  presiding 
elder;  Barney  Jlead  the  first  local  preacher.  Their  first  church  building  was 
erected  in  1828.  This  was  the  first  church  edifice  of  any  denomination  ever 
erected  in  Brockport.  It  was  a  b-ick  structure,  located  on  the  north  side  of 
Market  street  east  of  the  post-offic*  constructed  under  the  supervision  of  Kieli- 
mond  Tuttle,  at  a  cost  of  three  tnousand  dollars,  and  dedicated  in  January, 
1829,  by  Rev.  Abner  Chose. 

In  the  spring  of  1875  successful  measures  were  inaugurated  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  more  commodious  and  imposing  edifice.  The  old  structure  and  lot  were 
sold  to  John  A.  Lalta  for  three  thousand  dollars ;  a  subscription  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  was  raised  ;  a  lot  on  the  comer  of  Main  and  Eric  streets  purchased  for  four 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars;  plans  and  3[>ecification3  procured  of  Warner  i 
Cutler,  architects,  of  Rochester;  and  the  contract  of  building  awarded  to  -Mr. 
Wilkinson,  of  Honeoyc  Falls,  for  eleven  thou3.ind  dollars.  It  is  now  in  process 
of  construction,— a  ma-niliceiit  brick  structure,  costing,  with  lot  and  furnisliing, 
seventeen  thousand  live  hundred  dollars. 

Meanwhile,  on  the  U-t  Sunday  in  .May,  1875,  the  last  religious  services  were 
held  in  the  old  church,  which,  with  its  sacred  memories  of  over  forty  years,  was 


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HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


forever  deserted,  and  siuoi;  thco  the  sorvices  have  b*}en  wnducte'l  in  tlie  Free- 
will Baptist  church.  On  August  8,  1S70,  the  ceremonies  of  laying  the  c-omer- 
atone  of  their  new  structure  occurred,  unj.'r  the  direction  of  Dr.  I>ennid,  the 
present  pastor,  who  pljci.J  the  box  with  the  records  bfueath  the  stone.  Addresses 
were  also  made  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Wilbur  and  llev.  T.  J.  L.ak.  of  Ilocliester.  The 
present  board  of  trujiees  are  Hiram  Miner,  Elijah  E.  Chiiwoll.  Ed;,-ar  A.  Spring, 
Robert  FcUoifj,  William  Bradford,  Gurdcn  Kicliards,  and  George  B.  Lewis. 

There  have  been  tiiirty  pastors  of  the  church,  as  follows,  viz.:  John  Copeland, 
Joseph  AtweU,  Chester  V.  Adgate,  Richard  Wri;,'ht,  Manly  Tooker,  William  H. 
Goodwin,  Edward  Bannister,  Gideon  D.  Perry,  H.  R.  Smith,  Chauncey  G.  Baker, 
Joseph  T.  Arnold,  jamue!  C.  Church,  Pliilo  E.  Brown,  Amc«  Hard,  S.  D.  W. 
Chase,  Henry  Hisoxk,  Seymour  A.  Baker,  E.  M.  Buck,  William  S.  Tuttle,  Wil- 
liam Kendall,  Isaac  Kini^-sley,  B  T.  Roberts.  E.  A.  Bice.  Peter  Stover,  J.  N. 
Simkins,  J.  B.  Wentworth,  John  A.  Copeland,  J.  H.  Rogers,  J.  C.  Hitchc-ock, 
and  John  Dennis.  The  present  membership  of  the  church  is  one  hundred  and 
sixty-five. 

THE   riR3T   BAPTIST   CHUECH   OF    BBOCKPORT 

was  otpiaized  April  2S,  1S28.  in  an  old  s<'houl-house  which  stood  on  the  corner 
of  Main  and  Hollcy  streets.  It  finit  bore  the  name  of  th.,-  ■'  Baptist  Conference 
in  Brockport,"  but  on  the  12th  of  June  following  was  reorganized  as  a  regular 
Baptist  church  by  a  council  of  delegates,  convened  for  the  purj-ose,  from  the 
churehes  of  Sweden,  Ogdcn,  Parma,  Murray,  Wheatland,  and  Greece.  On  Aa- 
gxjst  9,  of  the  same  year,  the  first  pastor.  Elder  J.  R.  Dodge,  was  called,  to  date 
from  June  22.  In  13o0  a  church  building  was  erected  on  the  same  lot,  and  a 
few  feet  back  of  the  old  school-house,  in  which  the  church  continued  to  hold 
services.  It  was  built  of  brick,  forty-five  by  sixty  feet  in  size,  with  basement 
above  ground,  and  surmounted  by  a  square  frame  beltry,  all  at  a  cost  of  aboQt 
Shiee  thGusa.-.d  doMan*.  It  sfrK"!  on  a  hill  haek  from  and  elevated  above  the 
street,  on  the  site  of  an  old  burial-ground.  Its  first  reported  membership  was 
Sfty-eight  in  1S29,  and  its  highest  one  hundred  and  ninety-five  in  1S34.  On 
Ihe  10th  day  of  March,  1839,  nearly  eleven  years  after  its  first  formation,  through 
*a  seriotis  defection,  this  church  was  diss<jlvcd.  During  ita  short  life  it  had  four 
pastors— J.  R.  Dodge,  1S2S  to  1S30;  Henry  Davis,  1S30  to  1S33;  Daniel  Eld- 
ridge,  1833  to  1835  ;  and  Benjamin  Putnam,  1S35  to  1837. 

THE   8KC0-ND    BAPTIST   CHCBCH   OP   EEOCKPORT 


was  first  organized  as  a  Baptist  conference  froc 
church,  on  the  s-inie  day  of  its  dissolution,  Mar 
18-Jl,  this  conference,  with  a  membership  of  th 
"Second   Baptist  Church  of  Brockport,'  by  : 


the  members  of  the  disbanded 
■h  10.  1339.  On  Sopwmber  1, 
rty-two,  was  reorg:inizod  as  the 

council  of  delegates  from  the 


churches  of  Sweden,  .\lbion.  Rochester,  Panna,  Holley,  Ogdcn,  Byron,  and  Staf- 
ford. It  purchased  the  church  building  of  the  former  church,  and  in  18-12  em- 
ployed its  first  pastor.  Rev.  I.  Clark.  On  November  26  of  the  same  year  it 
adopted  the  first  resolution  against  the  use  of  iutoiicating  liquors.  It  attained  its 
kighest  membership,  two  hundred  and  fifty-four,  in  1SJ2.  In  ISJ"  a  number  of 
members  were  dismissed  to  organize  a  new  church  in  Hamlin,  and  the  special  care 
of  the  institution  of  learning  restored  to  the  Baptist  denomination.  In  1863  the 
old  edifice  was  tiken  down,  the  hill  leveled,  and  the  present  edifice,  forty-five  by 
o  e  hundred  and  nine  feet  in  size,  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  abcut  ten  thousand 
dollars.  Meanwhile,  worship  was  condueUd  in  the  Frec-Will  Baptist  church. 
On  September  23,  ISC-i,  the  corner-stone  was  laid,  in  which  were  dcp.isited  records 
of  the  Baptist,  Presbyterian,  and  Methodist  churches,  of  the  Collegiate  Institute, 
•  nd  the  village  ;  a  list  of  volunteers  from  Sweden  ;  copies  of  the  Rfpublic.  Walch- 
mmaxdAJvtrtiser;  oftlio  .Vew  York  Cliromde  and  Exo ■nincr ;  the  ['athfi.tJer ; 
photogmyh  of  the  old  church,  and  a  Confederate  one-doilar  bill  and  shinplaster. 
The  services  were  conducted  by  Rev,  .Mr.  Walden,  B,  R.  Swick.  and  others.  The 
pastors  were,  in  regular  order.  I.  Clark.  W,  Metcalf  C.  -V.  Chandler,  W.  H. 
Dougli's,  J.  II.  W.al.le.,,  E.  C.  .Mitchell.  E.  Xi.~bet,  P.  .J.  Wi!li..Tn.s,  F.  F.  Emer- 
son. E.  Milk,  an.I  A.  M.  Prentice,  the  pr.-sent  pastor,  called  in  1374.  The  present 
deacons  arc  S.  Ilunlley,  M.D.,  John  Smith,  and  A.  N.  Bram.an,  JI.D.,  and  the 
present  membership  two  hundred  and  ciu-hteen.  .\  Sabb.ath-school  has  be<-n  con- 
nected with  the  church  since  its  formation,  noir  embracing  two  hundred  pupils, 
with  M.  Starks,  superintendent,  Prof  F.  B.  P,aln,cr,  vice-sup,-rintendent,  and 
Georgo  A.  Barrier,  tr.'a.-urcr.  and  a  well-selected  library  of  three  hundred  volumes, 
with  George  A.  Barrier,  librarian. 


THS  PBXSBYTEH! 

was  first  organized,  August  1^-1827,  as 
port,  at  the  old  biiek  seliool-hou.sc,  thi 
Rogers  and  Silas  Judson  wen;  clmsen 
Steward,  JosJ.ua  Field,  FreUcrick  Wilk 


riiCRCH    OF    BEOrKPORT 

Ihe  First  Conu-ro..r,tio„alS 


I   presi.le,  an.I   tlieni«;lvc^.  with   B.   R. 
and  Ralph  W.  Gould,  were  duly  cle-cled 


trustees.  In  1323,  in  ilie  oM  brick  3.;hool-huuao,  the  fir^t  Congregational  ehun,-li 
was  organized  by  Rev.  .\.  Sedgwick  and  Rev.  Jo.siah  Picrson.  Soon  after,  it 
united  with  the  Rochester  presbytery,  on  the  "  aecomm.xl.iticn  plan.'  R.-v 
Joseph  Myers  was  iu  first  minister.  In  133-1  the  first  elders  were  chosen,— .NIu-;, 
Kashj  Sime>on  Benedict,  Jacob  Sutphin,  Silas  Judson,  R.  W.  Gould,  and  Ca!\in 
McQucstin.  In  March,  ISll,  the  church  voted  for  the  Congregational  mode. 
This  led  to  difficulty,  to  ^cttle  which  they  dissolved  the  s.jciety,  and  ri-i.rganized 
strictly  Presbyterian.  lu  March,  1857,  they  withdrew  from  the  presbytery,  and 
remained  so  for  about  eight  years,  or  until  laC-1,  when  they  rc-unit.>d  with  it.  ji.o 
have  not  since  changed.  The  p.astors  succeeding  Mr.  Myers  were  Rev.  Wm. 
James,  D.D.,  Mr.  Byington,  Dr.  Hunter,  B.  B.  Stockton,  Ebenezor  Mead,  Ilu-h 
Mair,  D.D..  .A.  W.  Coles,  Joseph  Kimball,  .1.  H.  Moran,  Horatio  Brown.  Ge-orge 


A.  Rawson,  D. 


and  D.  R.  Eddv 


,y,  present  pasto 


The 


are— three  trustees,  G.  B.  M'hitcsi.le.  0.  B.  .-Vvery,  and  D.  G.  Snyder ;  nin.'  eWers, 
G,  B.  Whiteside,  Jacob  Sutphin,  Isaac  .Tohnson,  I.  J.  Whitney,  Edgar  Bencdi.t, 
Heman  Bariow,  Hor.ice  Belden,  H.  W.  Gardner,  Jos.  A.  Tozi'er;  deacon,  Bvron 
Ketchum  ;  and  G.  B.  Wl.itesi.le,  clerk;  and  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  m.ni- 
bera.  The  first  church  edifice  occupied  by  the  society  w.is  completed  in  133iJ.  [t 
was  erected  upon  the  site  of  the  present  structure,  and  was  built  of  brick,  fonv-six 
by  sixty-two  feet  in  size,  and  at  a  cost  of  about  eight  thousand  dollars.  Previ..iis 
to  its  completion,  services  were  held  in  the  old  brick  school-house.  In  1352  and 
1853  the  old  church  building  was  taken  down,  and  the  present  structure,  fifty  bv 
seventy-two  feet  in  size,  was  erected,  at  a  cost  of  twelve  tliousand  doll.irs.  Of  the 
original  members  of  the  society  but  three  are  living,  Geo.  F.  Barnett,  Davis  Car- 
penter, and  Wm.  H.  Seymour;  and  of  the  church  but  two,  Robert  Lov.-,  of  .Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin,  and  Mrs.  Tryphena  Dewey,  of  Byron.  Soon  after  the  or::ani- 
zation  of  the  church  a  Sabbath-school  was  formed  by  the  pastor,  with  Robert  Lo\  o 
s&  the  fir^t  superintendent.     It  now  embraces  about  twenty  teachers  and  one  h.in- 

assistant  superintendent,  and  E.  T.  Lamb  secrotarv.  It  has  a  libran-.  iiistitute'l 
about  thirty  years  ago,  and  now  comprising  about  one  hundred  and  fitly  volumes. 

8T.  Luke's  church  op  beoccport  (episcopal; 

was  organized  September  20,  1838.  The  simers  of  the  certificate  of  incorp.ira- 
tioo  were  Eli-as  B.  Holmes,  .ferome  Fuller,  and  Samuel  H.  Davis.  The  first  re<:ti.r 
was  Kev.  Tapping  R.  Chipraan,  and  the  first  officers.  Samuel  H.  Davis  ^nd  Roswe! 
Smith,  wardens,  and  Ansel  Chappel.  Jcrume  Fuller.  Adclphus  B.  Bennett,  Eiias 
B.  Holmes.  Stephen  D.  Baldwin.  Wm.  Down«,  Peter  Sweat,  and  Seth  L.  Kii:g, 
vestrymen.  .Jerome  Fuller  w.as  the  first  dcieg.ite  from  this  church  to  the  first 
meeting  of  the  diocese  of  western  New  York,  at  which  Rev,  De  Laneev  was 
elected  bishop.  For  severtd  years  church  services  were  held  in  various  halls  in 
the  village ;  subscfiuently,  the  Free-WiU  Baptist  church  buildint:  was  Icas..-<1 
and  occupied  until  the  construction  of  the  present  church  edifice,  in  13."i5  and 
1S56,  forty-two  by  seventy-two  feet  in  size,  and  at  a  cost,  exclusive  of  grounds 
of  six  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-seven  dollars  an-l  five  cents.  The  oc.v 
structure  was  consecrated  to  the  worship  of  God  in  July,  1856,  by  the  RiL-ht 
Rev.  Wm.  H,  De  Laiicey,  D.D.,  bishop  of  western  New  York.  The  rectors  of 
the  church,  and  their  dale  of  .service  since  its  oriranization,  were.  Rev,  T.  II. 
Chipman.  183S;  Rev.  ?lr.  Tod.J,  1842;  W.  H.  Bariis,  l,S,-i2  to  LS.-i.j:  T.  15. 
Fairehild,  1356  to  1S57  ;  Wm.  H.  Brooks,  D.D..  1353  to  1360;  Win.  li.  Dii-. 
1860,  temporarily;  Wm.  B.  Ed--on,  13G0  to  1366;  R.  C.  W.dl,  1367,  E.  .■^. 
Wilson,  1363  to  1872;  and  C.  T.  Scibt,  1S72  to  the  present,  and  now  oflieiatin.- 
The  present  officers  are— Wardens,  Ezra  II.  Graves  and  Augustus  F.  Crainar.l  . 
and  V.^trymcn,  taac  P.almcr,  Paniel  Holmes.  Sidni'y  Spaulding,  Gcor.-e  11. 
Allcn,  Eastman  Colby.  Dayton  S.  .M..rgan.  .John  H.  Ivingsbury,  and  Ezra  N.  Iliil  , 
and  the  present  membership  is  about  scveiitv-fivo. 


THE   EVASQELIC.VL 


137 


DF    BROCKP.IRT 


York  onference  to  the  Broekp..rt 
according  to  the  laws  of  the  State.  3 
from  tho  Evangelical  Reformed  Li 


eh  of  Br. 


G.  Ri.z 


^kport.  then 
The  old  ch 


ing  on  .Monroe  street,  n.ar  the  college,  was  ■leedcd  to  the  new  associatioi 
■t  a  cost  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  and  dedicated  September  26,  137: 
M.  Pfitzinger.  The  first  members  were  John.  Fredeiick,  Mary,  and  El 
Chas.  and  i'hil.ib.'na  Chick,  P.ter  and  Sophia  .Meinhardt.  Connid  and 
Gucnther,  .Hichael  and  Sophia  Colho.-ne,  Henry  and  Catherine  lienor, 
S.isano.h  .Maul,  R,i.l..|ph  Long,  and  .^Ia^y  Iloffnian.  The  first  offi.-.rs  w.r. — 
clas.s-leadcr,  Cl.a.s.  Chick  ;  exhorter,  John  Keller;  stewards,  Frederick  Zeller  and 
Peter  .NIeioh.irdt ;  and  trustees,  Conrad  G.icnther,  John  Zcllcr,  and  .Michael  C..I- 


i/a  Zell.  r, 
i:iizab.,ih 
Peter  and 


HISTORY  OF  MO.NROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


borne.  The  fintt  pa.stor  w.u  R.'7,  .V.  Klein,  who  sterve'l  thr*^  years,  succeeile^i  by 
J.  Greuiebach  oue  year,  anil  D.  Fi-hur,  present  pastor,  now  in  hii  second  yeir. 
Thn  pr.»ent  ofiBcers  arc — clMj-k-adur,  Chu.  Ifajicr;  exhortor,  John  Zeller ; 
stewards,  Fred.  Zeller  .ind  Peter  .Maul ,  and  tni!=tec3,  (.'his.  IlaJler,  Henry  Heuer, 
and  Michael  Hoffman;  and  the  present  memher^ihip  tifty.  A  Sabbath-sch-xil  was 
opjinize-l  in  conjunction  with  the  church  at  the  same  time  by  Rev.  A.  Klein, 
embracinj  five  te.icheri  and  about  twenty  pupils,  under  charge  ot^  Kev.  A.  Klein. 
Buperiotendent,  Conrad  Guonther,  vice-supermtendeot.  Johu  Zeller,  secretary,  and 
Henry  Guenther,  treasurer.  It  now  has  seven  teachers  and  about  tifty  pupils, 
with  John  Zeller,  superintendent,  David  Hutman,  vice-?uperiDt€ndent,  Tlieodore 
Keeble,  secretary,  and  I'etcr  Meinhardt,  treasurer.  Its  library  has  now  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  volumes;  Chas.  Chick  was  the  first,  and  Jacob  Stucky  the  last 
Kbrarian. 

THK   FEEK    METHODIST   CHCRCH   OP    EEOCKPOET 

was  organized  about  the  year  l.S,")3.  It  was  furmed  by  a  divL<ion  of  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  church.  Since  the  original  structure  in  which  the  Methodist 
society  held  services,  their  first  church  buildin*.:,  was  sold  to  J,  A,  Latta.  the 
Free  Methodists  have  conducted  their  services  in  it-*,  second  story,  which  was  re- 
fitted for  that  purpose.  John  W.  Reddy  is  its  present  pastor,  also  prcsidins  elder 
of  this  district.  The  pre-ont  stewards  are  Frank  Cowan,  Mithael  Vetter,  ind 
W,  D.  Martin  ;  and  the  class-leader.  Mrs.  .Mary  E.  Latta.  Connected  with  the 
church  ia  a  Sabbath-school  of  about  thirty-five  pupils  and  five  teachers,  with  Frank 
Cowan  euperintendeDt. 

THB   rUtST   FEEE-WILL    B.^PTIST    CHCECH   0?   BEOCKPORT 

was  organized  on  the  eighth  day  of  May,  18-t4,  in  the  village  of  Broekport,  by  a 
council  of  minist<!r3  and  delegates  convened  for  that  purpose,  and  composed  as 
follows,  viz.,  Klder  James  Bignall,  moderator.  Elder  Eli  HanoibaJ,  assistant-mod- 
erator, and  Elder  Stephen  Bathricks,  secretary,  with  the  drlecrates,  Orrin  Dunning 
and  A.  Alden,  from  Byron,  John  Holly  and  Daniel  Ross,  from  Clarendon.  John 
Blossom,  John  Uenry,  and  Job  Estes,  from  Clarkson,  Jonathan  Henry  and  John- 
aoQ  Serris,  from  Parina,  John  V.  Curtis,  from  Gaines.  Hiram  Gilman.  from  Ridg- 
way,  Jared  Hall,  from  Parma  and  Upden,  and  H.  A.  Blackmar,  from  Abbama 
and  Elba.  Opening  prayer  given  by  Elder  E.  F.  Crane,  installation  sermon  di^ 
livered  by  Elder  D.  L.  M.  Rollin.  and  the  right  iiand  cf  fellowship  extended  by 
Elder  H  A.  Blackmar  to  the  following  members,  vii ,  Ezra  F.  Crane.  Thomas, 
Sallie,  and  Harriet  Baseom,  -\masaand  Juliet  Spring,  Samuel  and  William  Smith. 
Eli  F.  and  Eliza  Young,  Anson  anl  Catharine  Duri^nd,  Rufus,  E'iza.  and  Louise 
Childs,  Curtis  and  Betsey  Hale,  Jared  and  Amanda  Bromley,  Francis  and  Sarah 
Wells,  Hannah  Parks,  Anna  Hisrott.  Caroline  Lambert,  Eunice  Crawford,  Martha 
Crook,  Betsey  Criswell,  and  Bctoey  Gardner.  Services  were  held  at  the  place  of 
organization  until  the  construction  of  a  church  edifice  the  same  year,  which  was 
completed  early  the  year  following,  and  consecrated  to  divine  worship  on  February 
13,  1845,  by  Elder  D.  L.  .M.  Rollin.  assisted  by  Elder  Whitcomb.  It  was  erected 
by  the  Free-WiU  Baptist  Mission  of  Xew  York  State,  to  which  it  still  belongs. 
The  first  clerk  was  Rufus  Childs,  and  the  first  deacons,  chosen  December  6.  lS-45, 
were  Samuel  Smith,  Amasa  Sprin-,  and  Eli  Watkins.  The  first  p.istor  was  Elder 
E.  F  frane,  who  served  until  February  7.  1841! ;  and  on  March  7,  1846.  Elder 
RoUin  ;  July  1,  1343,  Elder  Crane  again  ;  and  on  November  2,  1S50,  Elder  W. 
Dick,  the  last  p.istor  before  the  churoh  disbanded,  which  occurred  shortly  after 
the  election  of  Deacon  Amasa  Spring,  treasurer,  and  D.  Ro.-.s,  auditor. 

A  reorganization  of  the  church  was  effected  in  1-334.  under  the  direction  of  a 
council  of  ministers,  comprising  Rev.  D.  G.  Holmes,  of  Walworth,  R.;v.  H.  Black- 
mar,  of  Rocbe-ster,  Rev.  H.  Gilman,  of  Parma,  and  Rev.  F.  W.  Straight,  with  D. 
S.  Holmes  as  moderator,  and  F.  W.  Straight  as  clerk.  Semcea  were  conducted 
by  Messrs.  Blackmar  and  Holmes.  After  reorganization,  W.  S.  Fairbanks  and  J. 
Lowry  were  appointed  deacons,  J.  W.  Barker,  clerk;  and  on  February  2,  1356, 
D.  Morehouse,  treasurer,  and  J.  P.  Curtis.  Thomas  Baseom,  and  Daniel  -^Iorc- 
housc,  business  committee.  The  first  pastor  wa^  Rev.  F.  W.  Straight,  succoednd 
on  June  7,  ISJG,  by  .\.  M.  Richardson  ;  on  .March  L"J.  1S.J7,  by  Elder  Morton ; 
and  on  April  S,  1353,  by  Rev,  Mr.  Blanchard.  who  officiated  until  October  6, 
1358,  at  which  time  the  church  a  .second  time  diivsolved.  and  has  never  been  rusus- 
eitated  since.  The  la.st  trustees,  appointed  December  Ifi.  1357,  were  Hinm  Mor- 
<laff,  Curtis  Hale,  Daniel  .Morehouse.  J.  ?.  Curtis.  Daniel  I\a.<e,  and  Joseph  Crook  ; 
the  last  deacons,  appointed  April  X  \SoS.  were  J.  P.  Curtis  and  Alonzo  Norton  ; 


and  the  hut  clerk,  .\lonzo  Smith.  .V  prosperous  Sabbath-school  was  or-4.,i,,/.,J, 
and  flourished  in  conuc-tion  with  the  church,  but  with  it  pa.-si-d  out  of  existence 
and  has  never  been  restored.  J.  P.  Curtis  was  superintendent,  and  also  Aaron 
Mills. 

CnDECH  Of  THE  -VATIVITr  OF  THE   BLESSED   VIRaiM,  OF  BROCKPORT  (ROMAS 
CATUOLIC). 

The  first  maas  celebrated  in  Broekport  was  in  the  year  1848,  by  Rev.  William 
O'ReiUey,  in  the  villa','e  hall  The  first  ma.s3  celebrated  in  this  vicinity  was  by 
Rev.  Bernard  O'Reilley,  at  the  house  of  William  Skidmore,  on  which  occasion 
Mr.  Skidmore  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  Catholic  communion;  he  then 
lived  at  Sweden  Centre.  The  Rev.  Bernard  O'Reilley  had  charge  of  Saint 
Patrick's  church,  Rochester.  The  Rev.  William  O'Reilley  was  appointed  pastor 
of  several  villages,  among  them  Broekport.  The  first  committee  were  Casper 
Walter,  '^'illiam  Skidmore,  and  James  O'N'iel.  On  .July  19,  1351,  a  lot  for  a 
church  building  was  purchased  for  three  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars.  Shortly 
after,  the  foundation  was  laid,  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Michael  Walsh,  who 
lived  at  Scottsville,  and  had  charge  of  Broekport,  where  he  came  once  a  month  to 
celebrate  m.iss.  The  Rev.  Thomis  Walsh  took  charge  of  this  place  in  the  latter 
part  of  1351,  and  the  surrounding  country,  embraeini:  Bergeu.  Ilolley  and  Spenccr- 
port.  In  1852  he  married  twelve  couples  and  baptized  twenty-five  persons.  The 
first  recorded  marriage  was  made  on  January  24,  1852,  when  Henry  Kane  was 
united  to  Mary  Walsh  :  and  the  first  baptism  was  solemnized  June  20,  1352,  when 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  McKeon,  was  baptized.  In  August  of  1354,  Rev.  John 
Donnelly  took  charge  of  the  rai.ssion.  During  his  pastorate  he  collected  funds,  and 
caused  the  walls  of  the  church  to  be  built  and  the  building  inclosed.  In  De- 
cember, 1855,  Rev.  M.  Laughlin  was  appointed,  who  remained  only  till  June,  1856. 
At  that  time  Rev.  Edward  McGonan  was  sent  by  Bishop  Lemon  to  take  charge 
of  Broekport,  Holley,  Bergen,  and  Spencerport.  Under  the  supervision  of  this 
able  and  zealous  clertryman,  the  church  was  comnleted  and  enns<i<Ttirpd  Tn 
several  months  al^er  Father  McGonan's  pastorate,  the  church  was  soleranlv 
dedicated  by  Bishop  Lemon,  of  Buffalo,  In  the  afternoon  of  the  same  d.ay,  the 
same  Right  Rev.  gentleman  consecrated  the  cemetery  purch.-ised  by  Rev.  McGonan 
a  few  weeks  previously.  On  March  17,  ISOI,  Rev.  McGonan  performed  his  last 
baptism  here,  and  the  Rev.  Terence  Keenan,  of  Homellsville,  was  transtiirred  to 
Broekport,  March  23,  ISGI.  About  the  15th  of  March,  1SC3,  he  was  transferred 
to  Waterloo,  a  considerable  station  on  the  n!,l  road.  On  the  22d  of  .>I.areh,  1863. 
Rev.  Michael  Creeden,  of  .\uburn,  N'ew  York,  Uxik  possession  of  the  mission,  who 
remained  only  until  October  1,  13G3.  On  October  8,  following,  Rev.  Richard  J. 
Story,  the  present  incumbent,  vas  appointed,  being  transferre*!  from  Homellsville 
to  this  place.  His  appointment  was  but  temporary,  yet  his  pastorate  has  proved  to 
be  one  of  the  longest  not  only  of  any  Catholic  pastor,  but  of  any  clergyman  that 
has  preachc-d  at  Broekport.  On  May  9,  1S64,  Rev.  Father  Story  was  reappointed 
to  Homellsville,  which  for  special  reasons  he  declined.  On  July  16,  1866,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception,  at  Rochester,  which 
for  special  reasons  he  also  declined.  In  1870  the  church  and  pastoral  residence 
were  enlarged,  at  an  expense  of  some  six  thousand  dollars.  In  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, 1873,  a  large  house  and  .?,'acious  grounds  were  purcha.sed  for  a  convent  and 
parochial  school.  On  January  10,  1876,  the  school  was  opened  in  a  large  school- 
house  erected  during  the  years  1874—75,  under  the  supervision  of  Sisters  Ursula, 
Louise,  and  Agatha.  The  school  attendance  averages  one  hundred  and  forty. 
There  are  about  one  thousand  soi  Is  in  the  parish  of  the  N.  B.  V.  church,  and  an 
average  Sund.ay  attendance  of  five  hundred.  The  present  trustees  are  the  Right 
Rev.  B.  J.  JIcQuaid,  J,  M.  .Mc.Manus,  Rev.  Richard  J.  Stoiy,  Casper  Walter, 
and  John  Welch. 

TUE   VOl'NO    .MIN's   CATUOLIC    ASSOCIATION 

was  organized  in  December,  1874.  with  about  forty. five  members.  Its  first  officers 
were  Rev,  R.  J.  Story,  president ;  E.  Harrison,  first  vice-president ;  C.  J.  Letter, 
second  vice-president;  J.  C.  Collins,  corresponding  secretary;  J.  Egan,  financial 
secretary;  James  C"lter.  trcasi-.rer;  James  Larkin,  warden;  and  F.  Hilinlirandt 
assistant  warden.  Its  present  officers  arc  E.  Harrison,  president ;  C.  J.  Lester, 
vice-president;  J.  C.  (."'ollins,  secretary  ;  James  Larkin,  financial  secretary ;  James 
Cotter,  treasurer;  D.  Alberts,  warden  ;  and  Philip  Hoffman,  3S.~istant  w.arden.  In 
January,  1876,  at  the  time  of  the  l.xst  election  of  officers,  it  wa.s  changed  from  a 
Catholic  to  a  regular  literary  a.s3ociation.     It  now  has  fifty  members. 


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CHAUNCEY   S.   WHITE    (Sweden, 

Chaaocey  S.  Wblt«,  whose  portrait  adorns  this  page,  and 
prominent  and  highly  esteemed  fiirmers  of  Sweden  and  tlie 
born  ID  Madison  county.  New  York.  May  Zk\.  ISU.  He  \ 
England5t<>ck,  posscs.<ing  in  a  remarkable  de^jrec  the  industry 


s  of  that  people.  His  father.  John  White 
chusettfl,  in  17S-t,  and  married  Octuher  -0,  1S12. 
MaJisoQ  county,  in  this  State,  at  that  time 
for  several  years  lie  cultivated  the  soil,  did  i 
the  country,  and  was  foremost  in  establishii 
HQnd  mora!  basis.  But,  like  very  many  c 
cheaper  lands  and  newer  country  of  we-rcrn  New  York,  t 
tod  in  \%l\  he  removed  with  hU  family  to  Sweiien.  am 
where  his  son  Chauncey  3.  White  now  ns^ides.     Here,  by 


)f  the  most 

e  is  -u'  the  sturdy  New 
try  and  ricid  moral  char- 
born  in  I'elham,  Massa- 
\l.     At  an  early  day  he  moved  to 
comparjtivfly  m  'i  eouutr}-,  where 
:h  to  advance  the  iniprovemeau  of 
the  foundations  of  soeiety  npon  a 
:hat  day.  he  wa-j  attracted  to  the 
■('ew  York,  thvn  rapidly  filliuLT  up. 
d  on  the  farm 

judgment,  he  became  widely  known  as  a  successful  farmer  an.:  a  leading  man  in 
the  coamunity.  He  prepared  and  soon  cin'ed  out  one  of  the  finest  and  moat 
productive  farms  in  the  town,  transformed  a  wilderness  of  f-rest  into  a  garden, 
and  by  example  and  constant  effort  did  much  to  advance  the  hc^x.  interests  of 
eccietj.  After  the  consunmiatton  of  a  *rroat  work  begun  in  haniship.  he  died 
August  21,  ISUG,  mourned  by  many  friends,  a  sincere  Christian,  and  an  honest 
man.  Chauncey  S.  White  wai*  the  nldcst  of  four  children,  and  has  lived  almost 
from  infancy  and  grown  up  with  the  community  of  which  lie  is  an  impiinant 
member.  A  man  of  stmnL:  L-onvittiuns  and  hiiih  personal  worth,  none  now  living 
in  the  town,  perhaps,  h.is  done  more  tu  improve  the  moral  and  reliL'ioua  character 
of  itji  people,  both  by  example  and  effort,  and  certainly  but  rory  few  ever  attained 
•o  high  a  place  in  their  contidanci'  and  erstecm.  Unusually  well  favorinl  with  this 
world's  goo<J3,  U>th  by  inheritance  and  the  rewards  of  his  own  indu:-try.  lie  has 
sarrounded  himsi-lf  in  his  declining  ye:.ra.  with  cvvry  comiurt  and  luxury  he 
could  dei*ire,  and  has  b<en  enabled  to  do  much,  iu  a  Eolid  seu.-e,  to  advance  church 
164 


and  charitable  interests.  Careful  and  correct  in  his  business  mncters,  he  is  liberal  iu 
hia  dealings,  and  to  his  debtors  very  indulgent,  as  shown  in  the  hirge  number  of 
loans  be  has  made  araon-.'  his  neighbors;  the  first  insuinee  has  yet  lo  occur  where 
he  has  ever  pre->ed  the  payment  of  an  obligation  when  due.  to  annchcrs  imou- 
venience.  Mr.  White  succeeded  to  his  fathers  estate  in  Sweden,  which  has 
constantly  improved  under  his  industry  and  careful  management,  while  he  is  now 
justly  regarded  as  one  ot  the  most  Kipablu  and  >ucce>>ful  farmers  in  the  town. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  not  a  rigid  partisan.  By  the  inherent  traits 
of  hia  character  he  would  naturally  gravitate  to  that  political  organiz-icion,  that 
was  the  moat  bitter  foe  to  human  slavery.  Ho  has  been  twice  elected  supervis.ir 
of  the  town.— in  1S5'J-0I».  No  placo-huntcr  or  office-seeker,  in  any  s.:-nsc,  he 
takes  part  in  p-.lities  only  from  conviction  and  duty.  At  the  outbreak  of  th*- 
groat  war  of  the  rcbollion  no  man  was  more  determined  in  his  duty  or  parriotic 
in  hifi  efforta.  With  a  liberal  hand  he  contributed  from  his  substance,  and  by 
every  possible  ni'-ans  in  his  p*iwer  he  labored  to  .'Strengthen  the  arm  of  the  gov- 
ernment m  ics  great  life-struggle.  In  the  numberless  rseeds  that  >pranL'  into  oi- 
istence  during  that  terrible  tempest  of  war,  no  appeal  w:ls  made  in  vain,  im  eff-Tt 
unexpended,  or  duty  left  undone  where  it  w;is  in  his  p'jwer  to  .lid.  and  he  w:i3 
ever  the  zealous  patriot  to  hi.-'  country  and  a  friend  of  its  defenders.  Fimtlly. 
in  a  community  noted  for  hi-h  chancter  and  moral  exccllen«-i>.  Mr.  White  lia^ 
been  foremost  in  every  movement  i\^t  reform  and  soci.*ii  improvement,  or  in  any 
effort  contributing  to  the  welfare  of  liis  fcllow-mcn.  He  has  nu  .-irTcrs.  ami  but 
one  brother,  I<4?v.'n:tt  White,  who  reside^  in  Michi^rin.  He  was  murri'-d  in  »Swed"  u 
on  Octobt-r  5.  ISiJT.  to  a  daugliter  of  KIder  Peter  Sutphen,  whose  portrait  acci.rri- 
panies  her  hu-^bimds  on  this  page.  An  otimable  lady  of  the  most  ox.alted  Chris- 
tian chanicter,  she  has  lon'.r  been  a  zealous  member  of  the  Prc-livt.  rian  '.Iiunh, 
niid  an  aid  and  cunsrl  to  her  hn?*hand  in  every  goml  work.  [H.-^cd  with  Inr^e 
means,  and  without  children,  '.hey  have  had  greater  opportunities  Ibr  aidiri'.;  tiu-ir 
follow -be  ingi,  in  helping  those  in  need,  in  atts  of  charity,  and  advancini:  tli*' 
iotercsu  of  their  chiinh.  which  have  beoo  pertWruitd  in  no  stinted  manner.     H^r 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


fiither,  Peter  Su-pl.en,  was  born  o 
Bninch,  New  Jersey,  who  rem.n 
York,  where  he  spent  his  childhi)' 
McKinn^n,  a  laJr  of  Scotch  pji 
for  npivrly  fifty-one  years.  In  1 
Tear  following  he  remnved  to  it 
highest 
pu 


Dutch  parent!.  April  'JO,  1791.  at  North 
■1  their  infunt  s,>n  to  Ot-etro  county.  New 
n  Nnvemher  30,  1815,  he  niarricJ  Martha 
born  in  New  York,  with  whom  he  lived 
1.  In  1316  ho  purulutjed  a  farm  in  .Sweden,  and  in  the 
ved  to  it  wit'h  hij  family.  Here  he  hcia  been  h^^ld  in  the 
;imatioti,  not  only  as  a  very  devoted  Christian,  but  a-s  the  noblest  and 
»st  of  men.  As  has  been  said  of  him,  "  Kver  inJostrioua  in  his  habita,  few 
I  of  hi3  class  read  more,  or  understood  better  what  they  read,  thaji  he ;  and, 
with  a  mind  well  stored,  and  with  conversational  powers  of  no  unlinary  degree. 
he  was  ever  a  welcome  guest  in  social  circle  as  well  as  the  more  grave  a<ssemblj; 
tnd  who  that  ever  knew  Peter  Sutphen.  with  his  warm,  generous,  confiding  heart, 
can  for^t  in  a  lifetime  his  manner  of  greeting  a  friend,  grasping  the  hand  el- 
teuded  to  hira  with  both  his  own.  and  poising  it  with  an  affection  that  made  one 
/eel  there  w.is  a  heart  in  the  salutation?"  He  b»;ame  convene"!,  and  made 
a  public  profession  of  faith  on  July  13,  1S34,  and  on  March  1.  1S3.^),  he  was 
ordained  a  ruling  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Sweden,  which  he  filled 
till  his  death,  which  occurred  on  November  1,  1S65.  He  was  attacked  with 
«pople»y  while  attending  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  his  pn^sbytery  at  North 
Bergen,  on  the  13th  of  June  previous.     He  raised  four  chiMreu.  two  of  whom 


survived  him,— Mrs.  'n'hite,  and  Ten  Eyck,— the  latter  now  li 
wick.  New  Jersey.  His  son,  Rev.  Joseph  W.  Sutphen,  died  c 
while  engaged  in  the  work  of  foreign  ] 


■Bruns- 


FREDERICK   P.  ROOT. 

Frederick  P.  Root  wai  bom  October  ^X  1S14,  in  th«  town  nf  Pbarlron  Ssra- 
tog»  county,  New  York,  to  which  place  his  parents  had  removed  in  1.311  from 
Hebron,  Tolland  county,  Connecticut.  In  the  spring  of  18IS  the  family  removed 
to  Sweden,  Monroe  County,  at  that  time  the  town  of  Murray,  tTenesee  county,  and 
settled  on  the  place  now  owued  by  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Although  many 
settlements  had  been  made  in  this  town  several  years  previous,  but  little  opening 
had  been  made  in  this  localitv.  which  was  then  almost  an  entire  wilderness.  His 
father  purchased  one  hundred  acres,  nearly  all  a  dense  forest,  which  he  cleared 
and  brought  under  cultivation,  and  afterwards  added  one  hundred  acres  to  it. 
The  only  educational  advantages  of  those  days  were  those  afforded  by  the  new 
cooDtry  common   schools.     These  Frederick  attended   in  the  winter  months — 

the  failing  health  of  his  father,  followed  a  year  later,  in  1S33,  by  hia  death,  threw 
upon  him  the  care  and  management  of  the  business.  But  his  thirst  for  study 
»od  knowledge  was  unabated,  and  his  evenings  and  every  spare  hour  were  devoted 
to  it  and  to  reading  useful  books,  never  allowing  any  time  for  play  and  amuse- 
ment In  music,  for  which  he  had  a  natural  talent,  he  became  proficient  by 
careful  application,  and  taught  it  with  success,  but  never  neglecting  the  interests 
of  kis  fiither's  estate.  He  was  the  olJc--t  of  eight  children,  whose  interesta  in 
tlie  estate  he  bought  out  as  fast  aj  they  became  of  a.re,  to  which  he  has  since,  by 
industry  and  careful  management,  made  coiisiderable  additions.  When  twenty- 
thre«  years  of  age  he  marri.?d  Marian  E.  Phelps,  of  Hebron.  Connecticut,  in 
w!  orte  industry  and  frugality  he  found  an  efficient  aid  to  success.  Mr.  Root  has 
been  a  constant  and  unceasing  worker,  and  now,  aft.!r  forty-five  years  of  .an  active 
business  life,  he  is  hale  and  healthy,  while  every  other  memb,'r  of  hLs  father'a 
£imilj  has  long  since  passed  from  the  sceu.^  of  mortal  life.  Industry,  economy, 
and  integrity  were  the  first  and  last  lessons  of  hi.s  boyhood.  They  have  been  the 
g.iide  of  his  life,  which  is  attested  by  the  success  he  ha.s  met  with  in  business, 
and  the  high  respect  and  love  of  his  neighbors.  Altliouirli  Mr.  Root  has  been 
ctdlc-d  to  several  positions  of  trust,  and  taken  a  proper  interest  in  politicid  matters, 
tile  whole  ambition  of  hia  life  and  motive  spring  of  every  etfort  has  been  to  be 
•  good  farmer.  Every  other  movement  was  ."ec<indary  to  this.  In  politica  a 
•iiiccre  Republican,  and  an  inveterate  foe  to  human  slavery  in  every  form,  no 
man  waa  more  patriotic,  or  contributed  utatcriai  aid  and  moral  support  to  the 
republic,  in  its  late  struir.:lc  for  life,  with  more  liberality;  and  the  brilliant  record 
of  Sweden  owes  not  a  little  to  his  efforta  tor  the  maintenance  of  free  covernment. 
Mr.  Root  has  been  five  years  supervisor  of  the  town,  and  five  years  as.>istant 
asiMswor  of  internal  revenue,  beside?  other  nnniinatiuna, — once  for  Slate  senator. — 
'Iways  at  the  call  of  his  nei'.-hbors,  for  he  waa  no  phice-seeker.     But  few  men 


1.,  the  i 


.h  all  I 


Wealth  has  been  ; 


ned. 


iceiit  i 


agricuitural  aocietit 

he  erected  the  ma 

thia  work,  at  a  cost 

houses  in  the  town 

patented  a  'jrain  separator  an 

years  after  a  wheel  cultivator.  ' 

P.  Root  has  been  one  of  the 
powerful  aid  in  developing  the 
the  best  interesta  of  S'-»ciety,- 


ers'  clubs  in  we..(ern  New  York.  Twenty  years  ; 
■rm  buildin-s  on  the  old  homestead  reprc>i.iiti.d 
ihousand  dollars,  which  is  one  of  the  mo^-t  altraet 
knowledge  of  mechanics,  in  1843  he  inveiiti-d  ; 

whiih  waa  l.trgcly  used  by  the  farmcra.  Of  soi 
intecrritv,  and  uncompromi^in^  ni'jrality.  Hon. 
■  mo.,t  substantial  men  of  .Monroe  Cou.itv,  an. 


.  buih 


1  of  broad 


libc 


ality, 


LUTHER  GORDON  (Bbockport). 


any  pro 


his  own,  to 


In  every  department  of  life  there  are  heroes  whose 
monumenta  of  the  posslbilitiea  of  man.  They  are  not 
but  are  found  in  every  trade,  business,  or  wherever  the  genius  of  success,  which 
measures  heroism,  is  unfettered  in  life  and  action.  While  those  sterling  virluirs. 
sobriety,  perseverance,  and  energy,  will  carve  success  in  every  enterprise,  it  is  not 
often  that  a  career  so  triumphant  in  every  eflibrt  is  presented  as  that  of  Luther 
Gordon,  now  one  of  the  most  solid  and  wealthy  business  men  of  BrockporU  His 
parents  were  both  of  the  sturdy  New  England  stock.  John  Gordon,  his  father, 
waa  a  native  of  Cavendish,  Vermont,  and  his  mother,  formerly  Harmony  Woo<i- 
worth,  of  Connecticut.  In  the  early  part  of  1S09.  John  Gordon  visited  Rochester 
with  &  view  of  purchasing  a  farm  that  included  the  site  of  the  Powers  block  and 
ft  large  part  of  the  city,  but  regarding  the  price — four  dollars  per  acre — loo  dea- 
fer the  quality,  he,  in  company  with  the  Gary  brothers,  pushed  on  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  m.ade  one  of  the  first  settlements  in  Allegany  county.  On  June  12  ol 
the  same  Tear  he  and  Wm.  Gary  felled  the  first  tree  ever  cut  in  the  town  of  Rush 
ford.     He  died  there  February  12,  IS-ll. 

Hia  son,  Luther  Gordon,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  the  second  of  fiv( 
children.  He  was  bom  at  Rushford,  Alleg-any  county,  February  S.  1S22;  ccn 
sequently  at  his  father's  death  waa  nineteen  years  of  age,  when  he  struck  oui 
boldly  for  himself,  formed  a  partnership  with  Henry  White,  and  leased  a  furuac 
belonging  to  Saml.  White.  Seven  weeka  after  be  bought  the  whole  interest,  anc 
began  the  construction  of  a  much  larger  building 
more  extensive  and  constantly  increasing  business, 
completed  and  in  full  operation.  After  seven  n 
whole  business  to  Mr.  White,  and  bound  himself  never  to  reopen  in  that  bu.sin.^s 
in  Rushford.  Meanwhile,  he  had  inventc-d  the  well-known  "Genesee  plow.' 
which  became  very  p'^pular,  and  is  still  manufactured  at  the  same  works,  and  us-'d 
extensively.  Between  the  following  April  and  December  he  erected  and  filled 
with  goods  two  stores  at  Rushford,  and  for  fourteen  years  conducted  a  large  bu.-i- 
ness  in  eeneral  merchandise.  Besides  this,  and  covering  a  period  of  nearly  sixteen 
years,  he  dealt  largely  in  stock,  buying  and  driving  to  eastern  markets  in  the 
summer,  and  in  the  lumber  trade  in  the  winU-r.  He  made  it  an  infallible  rule  t.i 
sell  hi:,  own  stock,  mostly  sheep  and  cattle,  never  depending  on  agents,  and  never 
to  approach  the  bar  for  a  drink  of  lifiuor  or  a  cigar,  neither  of  which  he  ever 
used,  and  throughout  that  whole  business  never  met  with  the  slightest  loss.  In 
ISolj  he  began  the  lumber  business  in  Brockport  by  purchasini  all  the  iiitere-i 
in  the  firm  of  Boswell,  Walker  &  Hood,  except  the  latter,  and  five  years  later 
bouslit  tbat  also.  In  1853  he  built  the  fine  residence  where  he  now  reside-, 
sold  h'la  stores  and  stock  in  Rushford  to  Got.  Coiborne  &  Bro.,  and  in  1.5.'>lt  re- 
moved his  family  to  their  new  home  in  Brockport.  In  1860.  in  connection  with 
Geo.  S.  Weaver,  of  Albany,  New  York,  he  leased  a  large  saw-mill  of  ^V.  I.  I' 
Little,  at  East  Saginaw,  .Michigan,  and  manufactured  and  sliipiicd  lumber  to 
Brockijort  and  various  other  point.s.  Two  years  later  he  bought  a  halfinterc^i. 
and  after  four  years'  ownership  sold  it  to  the  Flint  and  Marquette  Railroad  Com- 
pany.    In  the  summer  of  1872  he  and  his  brother,  W.  L.  Gordon,  built  a  lar-.- 


pancy  lie  sold  the 


liU  at 


.Mi, 

uml«..r  from  t 


special  contributor  to  agricultural  jo 


tiiul^r-land,  whie! 
shipping  immen.s. 
Bank  association 
a  controlling  intc 
and  in  187  1  and 

early  part  of  -Mr 


in,  which  is  doing  a  very  extensive  business,  ii 
own  tract  of  ni'arly  -seven  thousan'l  acres  of 
.■o.  S.  Weaver  had  commenced  buying  in  ISti- 
to  all  the  Eastern  markets.  In  1863  the  .V.i 
■d  in  Brockpsirt.  and  .Mr.  Luther  Gordon,  who 
ide  prc-iJent.  which  office  he  li.i3  held  ever  s 
;nificenl  stPKture  it  now  occupies  was  erected. 


[rood  lumlier.  For  a 
he  dealt  largely  in 
Ls  of  Anson  Brown. 


eral  1 


HISTORY  OF   JIONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


in  1873,  ho  suld  bh  lumber  bu^iiuess  in  BnKkf-jrt  to  E!m  fhmsm  anJ  Charles 
Benedict,  and  tlireu  mciuhi  later,  with  hii  brother,  James  GonJun,  repurehastj 
it.     It  is  now  conducted  by  Luther  Gordon,  brother,  and  son. 

Mr.  Gordon  vraj  married  April  1'+.  1S43,  in  Allc-any  county,  to  Mia  Florilla 
Coolej,  of  Attica,  Wyoming  county,  a  very  estimable  lady,  to  whose  wise  coan.sel 
«iid  aid  he  aserib-a,  in  a  groat  measure,  bis  uneiampled  fucccis  in  life.  She  died 
in  Brockport,  on  tho  l>^th  of  February,  1S09.  Mr.  Gordon  has  raised  but  one 
child,  his  son,  Geo.  C.  Gordon,  who  is  now  in  partnership  with  him.  and  an  active, 
capable  business  man. 

Mr.  Luther  Gordon  is  pre-eminently  a  self-made  man.  Beginninj  life  at 
eighteen,  with  his  natural  resources  for  his  capital,  and  the  limited  education 
•forded  by  the  ordinary  district  school  of  a  new  country,  he  has  worked  himself 
op  step  by  step  to  a  point  attained  by  but  very  few  in  a  generation.  "With  a  grasp 
of  perception  that  could  comprehend  the  intricate  details  of  a  variety  of  vast  busi- 
ness interests,  and  a  masterly  management  of  all,  he  has  conquered  success  in 
every  movement  of  his  life,  and  stands  forth  to-day  an  illustrious  example  to 
joang  men  of  the  capabilities  of  character  and  manhood. 


J.  D.  DECKER 


was  bom  in  Hamptonburg,  Orange  county.  New  York,  June  17,  1836.  His 
father  was  a  German,  and  his  mother  of  Welsh  ancestry.  His  grandfather, 
Johannes  Decker,  early  espou.sed  the  cause  of  the  colonists,  and,  joinioL:  the 
colonial  army,  served  gallantly  during  that  .irduous  struggle  for  independence. 
Like  the  greater  portion  of  the  prominent  public  men  of  this  period,  the  subject 

studies  were  afterwards  continued  at  the  parsona-je  of  Dr.  Arbuckle,  an  eminent 
divine,  residing  at  Bliximing  Grove.  From  the  tutelage  of  Dr.  Arbuckle  he 
entered  the  select  school  of  Hon.  Robert  DennL=ton.  a  former  controller  of  the 
State,  where  he  received  his  preparatory  education.  He  entered  Yale  College, 
and  pursued  his  studies  with  that  energy  that  has  marked  his  subsequent  career, 
and  graduated  in  the  cla<s  of  l.Soo.  Xt  the  close  of  his  college  days  he  had 
decided  to  enter  the  legal  profession,  and  in  the  same  year.  IsoS,  came  to  Brock- 
port,  and  commenced  the  study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Holints  it  Palmer.  In 
1858  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  city  of  Auburn,  and  bei:an  practice  in 
Brockport,  which  he  continued  with  great  success  until  lSti.5,  when  he  purchased 
the  banking  interest  of  Jlr.  Holmes.  He  managed  this  business  until  1873,  when 
he  disposed  of  it  to  R.iines  k  Knox,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  Mr.  Decker 
has  a  lucrative  practice,  and  his  untiinobiog  determination  and  indomitable  will, 
coupled  with  integrity  and  6ne  talents,  have  placed  him  among  the  leading,  mem- 
beiB  of  the  bar  in  western  New  York.     He  is  ever  foremost  in  matters  concerning       | 


the  public  welfare,  and  was  very  iu.^trumentaJ  in  ! 
normal  aehtwl,  of  which  he  has  been  treasurer 
also  officiated  as  member  of  the  local  board  of  m; 
the  Republican  party  he  e»p'Ou:,ed  its  cause,  and 
oncomproroising  advocate  of  its  principles.  He  i 
as  well  as  social  and  business  circles,  and  in  L 
nomination  of  his  party  for  the  office  of  State 


^  the  Si 


tatc 


nagcrs.  Upon  the  formation  of 
us  since  remained  a  zealous  and 
held  in  high  esteem  in  political 
73  rci:eiveiJ  by  acclamation  the 


very  complimentary  ■ 
was  appointed  colled 
prising  the  counties 


1  defeated  hv  Ho 


Lord.  In  July.  1376.  he 
lal  revenue  for  the  twcnty-eightli  dUtrict,  com- 
Orleans,  Ontario,  Yates,  Livingston,  Chemung, 


On  tho  13th  of  June,  ISCO,  Mr.  Decker 
daughter  of  Isaac  Palmer,  and  their  family  et 
and  two  daughters. 


.rriage   with    Emily, 
children, — two  sons 


THOMAS   CORNES  (Brockport). 

Thomas  Cornea  was  born  in  the  county  of  Kent,  England,  on  July  10.  1813. 
He  was  the  third  of  eight  children,  and  emigrated  with  his  father,  when  ten 
yeara  of  age,  to  Morrisville,  Madison  county.  New  York,  On  March  20,  1333, 
he  married  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Coleman,  of  Morrisville,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children,  and  in  May,  1834,  he  removed  to  Brockport,  where  he  arrived  on  the 
15th,  and  settled  with  his  family  in  the  same  house  he  now  occupies.  On  Decem- 
ber 30,  18-18,  he  met  with  a  severe  loss  In  the  death  of  his  wife.  Of  his  five 
children  four  are  now  living,  three  in  Brockport  and  one  in  Buffalo.  Mr  Comes 
was  married  again   .\pril  15.   ISol.      He  had  one  child  by  his  second  wife,  a 

Mr,  Cornes  has  always  been  a  very  prominent  man  in  Brockport,  and  lias  been  a 
powerful  ally  in  support  of  every  movement  for  the  interest  of  his  village.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat  of  the  Jeffersonian  type,  and  in  that  party  has  probably 
been  the  leading  man  in  this  part  of  the  county.  In  1551-52  he  was  canal 
collector  of  Brockport,  and  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  which  he  sustained 
with  zeal  and  spirit,  he  was  three  times  elected  supervisor,  when  his  party  was  in 
the  minority.  He  has  frequently  been  chosen  delegate  to  State  conventions  by 
his  party,  which  he  ably  represented.  He  was  probably  the  most  effective  man  in 
securing  the  nonnal  school  to  Brockport.  He  has  followed  the  butclicr  business 
ever  since  he  came,  except  from  18G4  to  1S70,  and  established  a  distillery  ia 
1838,  which  he  conducted  a  short  time,  selling  out  in  18-10.  He  has  been  very 
successful  in  business  and  ama-ssed  .i  large  fortune,  though  in  1807  he  lost  thirty 
thous.»nd  dollars'  worth  of  property  by  fire.  Ho  now  owns  one  hundred  and 
seventy  acres  east  of  the  village,  "ifty  of  which  is  in  the  corporation,  which  U 
well  stocked,  and  a  very  valuable  property. 


CLARKSO  ^T. 


furmeii   the   northw 


nbraced  the  fourth  and  fifth  townshii 


.  corner  of  Monroe 
ore  than  one-half  of 
ine  mites,  north  and 
h  line  ab-jut  six  and 


Clabkson  10  Its  onirina] 
Connty, 

the  Trianfile  tracL  It  estenJeU  alon;;  Jj;ike  Ontarii 
south  nine  and  one-half  mile?,  and  e;ist  and  west  on 
twothirda  niiiea,  giving  an  area  of  47,1CI  acres,  or  nearly  sevt-ntj-four  §'|uare 
inllea.  Ea.ch  township  is  divided  into  sections,  and  subdivided  into  lota  of  one 
hundnd  and  twenty  acre.-*  each,  similiir  to  the  whole  tract.  From  18U  to  April 
2,  1819,  ClariiStm  belon-ed  to  and  was  s  part  of  the  town  of  Murmy,  in  Orleans 
county,  by  which  name  it  wa>  then  known.  At  the  latter  date  it  was  set  off  from 
Murray,  incorporated  a  new  town,  and  namai  in  honor  of  General  Clurkson,  a 
Urge  landholder,  who  donated  one  hundred  acres  to  the  town.  The  organization 
was  completed  at  the  first  town  meeting,  held  April  4,  1Sl*0,  at  the  house  of  Abel 
Baldwin,  Thich  resulted  In  tho  election  of  the  following-named  officers,  viz. : 

SupervBor,  Aretas  Hiiskell ;  Town  Clerk.  Gustav-us  Clark  ;  Collector.  E.  Cook; 
Aa9€SSont  Frederic  R.  Stewart,  William  Cook,  Billa  Cook ;  Commissioners  of 
Highway's,  Isaac  Allen.  Samuel  A.  Perry,  Jonathan  Cobb ;  Commissioners  of 
Schools,  Xathaniel  RovTel,  Gustavus  Clark,  Ariel  Chxse ;  Inspectors  of  Schools. 
Abet  Baldwin,  Wm.  Graves,  Ezekiel  Harmon  ;  Overseen-  of  the  Poor,  Eli  Ilan- 
Bibkl,  Walter  Billings;  Pound-master,  David  Forsyth;  Constables.  Aretas  Has- 
kell,  Robert  Walker,  Wm.  Lamport,  Worden  F.  Perry :  Sealer  of  Weights  and 
Measures^  Gustavua  Clark;  and  thirty-six  Overseers  of  Highways. 

Go  October  11,  1852,  Clarksoo  w: 
division,  consisting  of  the  south  threo 
the  ori^nal  name,  embracing  twenty 
teres, — over  thirty-two  square  miles. 


ie^ 

i  k 

ito  two   towns. 

and  the 

south 

rs 

of 

the  fourth  to« 

-Dship,  re 

taiued 

>d 

seven  hundred  a 

nd  sevent 

y-foor 

The  surface  of  the  town  is  very  level,  except  io  the  southern  portion,  where 
the  celebrated  ridge,  on  which  is  located  the  Ilid'je  road,  eitcnds  from  east  to 
west.  This  ridge  is  continuous  from  Lowbton  to  the  riciuity  of  Oswego,  and  of 
nearly  equal  elevation,  ranging  fmm  thirty  to  fifty  feet  ab.5ve  the  zoneral  level  of 
the  country  on  the  north,  and  was  pre'^umably  forinci  by  the  action  of  the  waters 
of  Lake  Ontario.  Ages  ago  it  formed  the  beach  of  a  much  lar.-er  lake  than  at 
present,  from  which  in  the  unrolling  of  the  years  it  has  iradually  receded,  nn- 
covering  a  barren  soil,  that  required  a  cycle  of  time  and  sunlight  to  fructify  into 
Tegetable  life,  preparatory  to  a  heavy  growth  of  timber.  The  soil  is  of  great 
strength  ind  fertility,  well  ad.ipted  to  the  cereals  and  to  fruit  culture;  in  the 
south  jiart  it  b  a  sandy  and  gravelly  loam,  and  on  the  ridge  dry  and  warm,  and 
especially  suited  to  early  crops.  On  the  north,  extending  acroM  the  town  from 
east  to  west  and  lapping  over  into  Hamlin,  is  an  extensive  clay  belt,  two  miles 
wide.  In  early  days,  before  the  water-courses  were  cleared,  suffice  water  covered 
.t,  and  gave  to  it  the  appearance  of  marsh  and  swamp. 


In  the  east  port  of  the  t< 
northeast  into  Parma  at  tht 
creek  ri.^cs,  and  Boira  north 
Sandy  creek  enters  Cnm  Oi 
town,  and  pa&'ies  onf.     Scv 
parallel,  affording  drainage  l 
In  common  with  this  section  of  country 
Worked  quite  cjlensively  at  times.      Ki 
among  the  earliest  sctticra  cngtigcd  in  I 
fore  the  canal  opened  other  sources  to  r 
the  northern  part  of  the  Uiw 


STSEAUS. 

the  north  branch  of  the 

.=alraon  flo 

ws  1 

north  and 

thcast  comer. 

and  it 

1  the 

southwest 

cor 

■n.-r  West 

thnjush   the 

town 

into 

Hamlin. 

On 

the  w&st 

>  county,  runs 

about 

;  one 

and  a  half 

mi: 

Ics  in  the 

every  I 


ributiry  to  the  two  fjrmcr,  flow 
own.  and  Icavin'.;  it  well  watered. 
qirini:3  were  found  in  this  town  and 
Hiiskell  and  Stephen  lia.-itcr  were 
n  the  manufacture  of  salt,  .13  did  othetr.  bc- 
o  obtain  it.  Two  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
vhich  were  located  the  .strongest  salt  spring. 
Were  reserved  by  Lc  Roy  and  Bayard  for  the  bcncdt  of  the  settlements,  which 
were   oi-en    to   all  who  desired    to  work    them.      Deer   licks   were   also  quite 


t.KKLr 

The  history  of  the  early  ..ctllcrs  of  this 
ivcn.     Sketches  of  itj  early  hLst4)ry,  a.s  g 


early  settler,  give  1S09  as  the  date  of  the  first  settlement.  There  are,  however, 
now  living  in  the  town  one  or  two  persons  who  came  and  settled  in  LSuS,  and 
who  state  that  there  were  othera  in  the  town  before  they  came.  According  in  th.- 
record  at  the  Le  R..y  land  office,  .>[oody  X''?«H1A0  bought  a  lot  in  lSi)3.  and 
located  it  about  two  miles  north  of  the  Ridge,  on  the  Lake  road.  It  is  ackj,., pl- 
edged that  he  Is  the  first  settler,  but  there  is  no  evidence  that  he  settled  the  sanK- 
year  of  hi.i  purchase.  In  1804,  James  Sayres  purchased  at  Clarks..n  Corner-, 
where  Joel  Palmer  now  lives,  and  was  the  first  settler  on  the  Ridire  road,  whi.  l, 
was  prob.ably  the  same  year.  Also,  Kli  Blodgctt  bought  the  same  year.  In  Iso'i. 
Simeon  Daggett,  one-half  mile  west  of  the  Corners,  John  and  Isaac  Farewell. 
north  of  the  Ridge,  John  Fowle,  William  Davis,  David  Stauton.  Dr.  X.j.ali  Owen, 
and  Benjamin  Boyd,  bought  land,  and  nearly  ail  became  settlers,  doubtless,  soon 
afler  their  purchase.  There  were  twelve  lots  purchased  in  town  in  the  year,  and 
prior  to  1S05,  and  it  is  improbable  that  all  the  purcha.*;rs  dcl.iyed  scitlemcnt 
antil  1S09.  Up  to  that  time  there  were  but  three  lots  sold  in  Sweilcn  and  five  in 
Hamlin,  but  no  settlements  recorded  so  early,  when  there  most  certainly  should 
have  been.  In  I3U0  ten  lots  were  sold,  and  eight  in  1807.  Many  of  tlu;<e  pur- 
chxM!rs  were  known  to  be  early  settlers  by  those  who  came  in  subs&iuently.    None 

tion  — ,  and  in  ISUS  Robert  Hoy.  from  Xew  York  city,  with  a  family  of  seven 
children,  James.  John,  Robert,  Jr.,  Jane,  Ann,  Xancy,  and  Dotsey,  settled  one 
mile  north  of  East  Clarkson ;  Thomas.  Caleb.  Robert,  and  M.  Brown,  near  the 
same  place,  also  from  Xew  York.  Eldridge  Farewell,  John  >Iallory.  Is.v:ic  Lin- 
coln, Eli  Mead,  Wilber  Sweet,  L.  W.  Udall,  Robert  Clarke,  Alviu  Hamlin,  P.in- 
forth  Howe,  Eli  Randall,  Jonathan  Jlead.  and  Elisha  Lake  in  other  places.  Mem- 
bers of  some  of  these  families  are  now  living.  In  1310  there  was  quite  an  in- 
crease of  settlers.  Among  them  were  David  Forsyth,  who  first  cleared  the  w..->*J- 
land  from  the  Corners  one-half  mile  west  on  the  south  side  of  the  Rid::e  road  . 
James,  -Vdam.  and  Henry  Moore,  from  Albany  county,  who  settled  two  mile- 
north  of  Ladd's  Comers ;  .Silas  Tafl.  on  the  farm  now  owned  bv  S.  Rowel,  and 
Simeon  B.  Xathan  and  John  Da-'.-ett,  west  of  Cl.irkson  Corners;  William  IJ. 
Worden,  Henry  Grinnell,  Isaac  Randall.  Wathe  Billings,  .and  others.  Ah.>ut  this 
time  or  before,  James  Ladd  settled  at  East  Clarkson.  which  crave  it  the  iiauio  of 
Ladd's  Corners,  Ebenezer  Toles  at  the  same  place,  and  H.  MeCall,  who  piobablv 
c:ime  sooner.  Dr.  Abel  Baldwin,  a  native  of  Norwich,  Vermont,  removed  fr.  m 
Saratoga,  where  he  had  been  a  few  years  in  the  practice  of  his  profes>iMn.  arnl 
settled  in  Clarkson  Corners  in  1311.  Although  he  was  not  a  pioueer,  he  w.x*  or.c 
of  the  first  to  make  substantial  improvements.  After  a  few  years'  practiiv  he 
erected  the  first  frame  public-house,  and  kept  tavern  until  he  retired  to  a  firm  iu 
1825.  He  became  distinguished  as  a  farmer.  In  the  same  year  Dr.  Nathaniel 
Rowe,  from  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  settled  on  the  Ridie  road  near  the  Cor- 
ners, where  he  practiced  until  he  died  in  l.SJfj.  Also  in  I.Sll.  Deacon  Joel  P.iiue  r 
came  from  Lima,  where  he  had  settled  in  ISllS.  and  bought  out  James  Sa^r*^. 
and  commenced  the  business  of  tanning  in  a  small  way,  which  is  still  eonductetl 
in  the  original  building.  It  was  the  first  business  of  the  kind  in  town.  Deaooi 
Palmer  has  been  a  prominent  and  exemplary  man,  trscful  to  socictv.  and  a  dev-ited 
Christian.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1312.  under  the  ctjinmand  of  C.iplaiu  Kr.e-lus 
Haskel,  who  commanded  a  company  from  Clarkson,  and  was  present  at  the  .-ortic 
of  F<.rt  Erie.  He  is  still  living,  hale  .ind  hearty,  at  the  a.lv.incevj  .age  ef  ei-.-hty- 
nine.  I'p  to  this  date,  ISU,  but  littli-  was  known  of  the  Rid-o  roa  I.  it  being  ..niy 
a  w.igon  track  through  the  wi>ods.  with  no  permanent  bridges  acn-ss  the  stn  ains. 
From  time  immemorial  an  [ndi.in  trail  had  existed,  so  well  bi-aten  by  the  e-oi- 
slant  pa.«sing  atid  rcpa.<sin'4  of  small  p.irlies  of  Indians  on  their  fishing  ^uid  hunt- 


of  a  gn-at  public  highway. 
the  trail,  reprcsi'ntitig  India 

The  town  of  Clark»-ni,  like 
proved   prior  to  the  war  of 


eked  in   the  bark  of  large  1 


n  has  not  heretofore  been  corrc 
by  Dr.  Abel  Baldwin,  hims^lt 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


frightened  away,  yet  a  few  who  were  reaidcnts  of  other  towns  i-aroc  in  Jiirin'^  this 
period,  because  it  w-.is  thou-hc  to  be  a  favorjblu  loeality.  Jo»hua  Fields  came 
in  from  Bcr.i;n  in  lSi:i,  Bjnni>ler  Williams  in  1SI2,  L..-wia  .S«in  in  1SI2.  and 
GustaTmi  Clarke  in  1S15.  Durin;,- tlie  war.  Cl.irks.in.  or  Murray  Corners,  as  it  was 
then  called,  became  quite  a  noted  place.  Thu  Itid^.-e  road  was  improved  for  the 
transportation  of  stores  and  munitions  of  war  to  Lcwialoo.  and  this  boin;:  the 
half-way  pLice  from  Canandaigua,  it  w.is  made  a  stopping'  point  for  all  teamsters 
and  trarelers.  After  the  war.  and  until  the  Erie  canal  was  huiit,  it  was  the  srcat 
busiiK'sa  point  west  of  Rochester,  and  between  it  and  Lewiston.  The  Lake  nwd 
from  Le  R.ij  and  the  llid-e  road  fr.™  Roche--tcr  to  Ma^-ara— both  great  thor- 
oti^farcs — combined  to  give  it  imp«)rtance.  and  enterprisini  men  seekini;  the 
best  locality  for  settlcm:nt3  could  find  none  more  prominent.  Perhaps  no  town 
in  western  New.  York  has  been  as  much  favored  in  this  respect.  Of  phy.sieians, 
there  were  Prs.' B.Idwin,  Harmon,  Klijah  Rowe,  Nathaniil  Rr.we,  Tabor,  Perry, 
and  later,  Prs.  Mur.i.jck  and  Tozier.  <  )f  lawyers  there  were  Hon.  John  Bowman, 
Hon.  S.  B.  Jewctt.  ex-jud^res  of  the  court  of  app?aU.  Hon.  S.  L.  S,;ldon,  and 
Hon.  H.  R.  Sohlon,  the  latter  ei-lieutenant-governor  of  the  ritato  of  New  York, 
and  William  Bowman,  •(.m  of  H.m.  John  Bowman.  Of  clcr.-ymcn.  Rev.  William 
James,  after\var.Jj  pastor  of  the  Brick  church,  R  .Chester,  Dr.  Norris  Bull,  and 
Rev.  C.  E.  Furnian.  The  early  merchants  were  also  men  of  dUtinction.  Among 
them  was  Gustavus  Clark,  pos&issed  of  -.rreat  business  ability,  an  active,  intelli- 
gent, and  gcnorous-hcartcd  man.  Henry  Martyn.  Ins  partner  and  succc..<sor,  has 
since  been  an  able  and  sacces..,ful  banker  of  Buffalo.  James  Seymour,  cousin  of 
the  ei-govcrcor,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Broekport,  was  an  able  bu.-inefa 
man,  who  bc;ran  trade  in  Clarkson.  Hiel  Broukway,  who  fir^t  st.\rted  and  gave 
Dame  to  Brockport.  aKo  6r^t  bciran  bu^ine^s  in  Clark.son,  and  helped  to  construct 
Blodgett's  mills.  Joshua  Fields,  who  was  one  of  the  builders  and  business  men 
of  Bnx-kport.  was  still  another  of  Clarkson's  settlers.  The  hi^-h  anticipations 
entertained  for  build  iog  up  a  business  pl.ico  at  this  point  called  toircther  the  most 
enterprising  of  the  early  eniigranti,  and  had  the  Eric  canal  run  one  mile  farther 
north  it  would  have  been  made  a  place  of  great  importance,  and  Brockport  would 
.-not  have  been  named,  [t  has  now  a  population  of  about  three  hundred,  which 
has  Taried  but  little  for  the  past  ft)ny  years. 

Moodv  Freeman,  the  first  settler,  built  the  first  Inj  house,  cleared  the  first  land, 
raised  the  first  grain. and  was  the  first  pioneer  fai-mer.  and  also  a  pioneer  justice 
of  the  peace  and  pettifr:;ircr,  or  back-woi^ds  lawyer.  The  first  male  child  born 
was  a  son  of  .Mrs.  Clirk-.n,  and  the  first  female  w:is  Elmira  Palmer,  a  dau-.-hter 
of  Deacon  Joel  Palmer,  >».rn  LSI 2.— though  it  is  claimed  that  David  -Moore, 
whose  parents  settle-l  in  1>10,  was  born  on  the  way  to  the  settlement,  while  in 
this  town,  and  was  cv-iis.viucntly  the  first  child.  Isaac  B.  Williams  built  the  first 
frame  house,  and  was  the  first  blatk.-mith  on  the  southwest  ccnior  in  Clarkson 
village.  He  built  the  fl.rmer  in  ISll.  Laura  White  was  the  first  school-teacher, 
though  Charlotte  Cuuitnins  taujit  ab.ut  the  same  lime. 

The  first  physician  was  Dr.  Noah  Owtn.  aud  Dr.  N.  Rowel  the  .second ;  and 
the  fir*t  lawyer  wa.s  John  B...wnian.  The  first  store  was  built  and  kept  by  Henry 
McCall,  on  the  southeast  corner,  where  it  is  still  standing.  He  riso  kept  the  fii-st 
tavern  at  the  same  place,  and.  at  a  later  date,  the  first  tavern  at  E^ist  Clarkson,  on 
the  northeast  corner,  where  James  Ladd  had  previously  kept  store,  the  fit^t  in 
that  part  of  the  town.  The  second  ptiblic  house  was  L>r.  Baldwin's,  on  the 
northwest  corner,  at  Clarks,in;  and  the  fourth  by  a  widow,  Hys  rot,  and  her  two 
sons,  John  and  Larry,  at  Exst  Clarkson,  who.  iu  l-SJS,  was  suCLCcded  by  William 
Rice.  About  ISIG  or  1317,  Hid  Brockway  erected  the  hotel  on  the  .s.)uthwest 
comer,  in  Clarkson,  which  was  first  kept  by  .S.  W.  Andrus.  and.  later,  by  H. 
Bowcn;  and  in  ISiS.  when  Dr.  Baldwin  retired  to  his  (arm,  Silas  Walbridgc 
leased  his  tavern  for  five  years,  and  then  built  the  store  now  oecupie.l  bv  Adam 
Mtxire.  Succeeding  him  in  the  old  tavern.  William  Stoughton  manufictnro<l  and 
sold  his  bitter>,  and  kept  a  grocery;  and,  still  later,  iit  the  old  bar-room,  J.  0. 
Balch  edited  an.l  printcl  the  only  ncw.-papcr  ever  printed  in  ;his  town.  It  waj« 
entitled  Tlie  J''firmniitn,  Democratic  in  politics,  as  the  nam':  implies-,  and  was 
first  ii<ucJ  June  IT,  IS:!.'),  cnductcl  nearly  a  year,  when  it  erne  to  an  untimely 
end.  The  editor,  returning  from  RtHjIicstcr  one  niuht  with  the  neees,s;try  supply 
of  paper  for  the  next  issue,  in  a  one.horse  wa'.:on,  U[«^-t  in  a  small  pond  of  water 
bj  tie  roadside,  a  few  nxls  south  of  the  villaw,  and  lost  his  paper;  and  the  pro- 
Terbiul  poverty  of  country  editors  in  tlmse  davs  rendcn:d  the  discontinuance  of 
The  Jrffrrf,ii!itn  iinp.'rative.  A  public-hon.«e  was  also  erected  and  kept  a  few 
miles  west  of  Clark.s..n  villa-e,  on  the  c.rner  ..f  the  I!id-e  and  Redmond  roads, 
known  then  as  West  Clarks,in.  and  ani.ther  tavern  near  thcPanua  line,  on  the 
Ri.lge  r.«d.  by  J..|,n  Phillips,  in  a  l..-  h.Mi-e 

There  were  two  tuilla  erected  in  this  t,,'.\n  aliout  the  same  tim'-, — a  saw-mill  and 
a  grist-mill. — aoil  Uith  on  streams  that  now  have  no  existence  in  the  summer 
season.  B.>th  were  prinr  to  ISIl,  the  year  Joel  Palmer  settled  at  Clark.son.  who 
certifies  that  both  were  iu  oiK-ration  wh.:u  he  came,  and  that  the  former  sawed 


over  one  hundred  thnus.ind  feet  of  lumber  the  year  before  he  came.  The  saw. 
tnill  was  erected  by  Jam-.s  Sayres,  and  was  located  about  one-half  mile  ca^t  of 
Clarkson  Comers.  The  grist-mill  was  built  by  one  Toles,  brother  of  El.enezer 
Toles,  and  was  first  located  a  .short  dbstano:  south  of  Ladd's  Corner',  or  East  CLirk- 
son.  but  soon  after  moved  about  one-fourth  mile  west,  on  the  Rld.-o  road.  So 
limited  was  the  supply  tif  water,  however,  that  grists  were  ground  bv  men  or  b-ivs 
treading  the  wheel ;  conse'|uently  its  business  was  never  very  ext-'nsi\e.  Tules 
died  in  1SI2,  or,  as  sonic  assert,  committed  suicide,  having  enlistt;d  in  the  aruiv 
while  intoxicated,  which,  in  his  sober  moments,  produced  "temporary  insariily,  ' 
now  so  prevalent  iu  our  criminal  records.  His  was  one  of  the  first,  if  not  the 
first,  de.ith  in  town.  Henry  .McCall  and  Robert  Perry  erected  mills  in  IS17,  an,l 
several  years  later  Bloilgctt's  mills  were  built.  For  many  years,  while  there  was 
but  one  grist-mill  in  town,  there  were  three  distilleries,  besides  two  in  close  prox- 
imity, east  of  the  Paruia  line,  kept  in  full  operation,  to  supply  the  wants  of  the 
people.  While  the  evils  of  drunkenness  were  comparatively  wanting,  and  ■•  uiaiiia 
(i  imtn"  wholly  unknown  fifty  years  ago.  whisky  was  in  common  use  with  every  one. 
At  the  family  board,  in  the  harvest  field,  at  social  and  religious  gathering-*,  at 
camp-mcetinrs,  bees,  raisings,  among  old  and  young,  men,  women,  and  children, 
and  everywhere,  and  at  all  times,  it  was  used  freely  as  water,  and  re-ardid  a 
necessity.  It  thus  opened  a  market  for  the  farmers'  grain,  which  in  those  days 
was  indispensable,  and  greatly  lessened,  no  doubt,  the  tuffcrings  and  pri\ations 
that  would  otherwise  have  followed.  About  one-half  mile  southwest  of  East 
CI. irk  son.  a  few  yards  west  of  the  present  residence  of  Jonathan  Prosser,  Ben- 
jamin Cha.se  built  and  conducted  a  distillery  about  fifty  or  fil'ty^me  years  ago; 
Cobb  and  Dr.ike  at  the  same  time,  one  mile  west,  on  Jones'  fann,  and  still 
an.'ther  east,  between  the  Corners  and  Parma  line.  The  first  blacksmith  at  East 
Clarkson  was  R.  Tear,  who  worked  in  a  log  shop  in  1S14 

The  town  of  Clarkson  has  but  one  post-office,  which  'S  located  at  the  village, 
with  ticneral  Geo.  W.  .'Miller  present  postin.aster.  It  was  first  estabiished  in 
1.S16.  when  Samuel  HilJrcth,  of  Piiisford,  instituted  the  line  of  stages  between 
Rochester  and  Lcwiston.  which  delivered  a  daily  mail  until  it  was  withdrawn, 
after  the  coastruction  of  the  Erie  canal.  The  first  postnnister  was  Dr.  Abel  Bald- 
win. .K  post^jSice  was  located,  during  President  Polk's  administration,  at  East 
Clarkson,  with  I.  E.  Hoyt  postmaster,  and  also  at  Redmond's  Corners,  as  West 
Clarkson,  with  H.  Bell  postmaster,  both  of  which  were  long  since  discontinued. 

The  first  scliooMiouse  built  in  the  town  was  erected  during  the  war,  at  Clark- 
son village.  While  it  was  being  shingled  the  artillery  ai  the  battle  of  Lundy's 
Lane  could  he  distinctly  heard.  The  school-house  at  East  Clarkson  was  built  in 
ISIS,  though  previous  to  that  year  Wm.  Dickenson  taught  school  in  an  old  loi 
house  that  stood  a  short  distance  east.  The  town  was  first  divided  into  nine  dis- 
tricts in  1S21,  and  after  the  division  of  the  town,  in  1Sj3,  were  remembered 
comprising  nine.  There  are  at  present  ten  school-houses  and  districts  within  the 
town,  giving  instruction  to  seven  hundred  scholars. 

In  ISV5  the  population  of  this  town  was  13.1.'),  with  373  dwellings ;  its  assessed 
valuation  was  S70.I1  per  acre  ;  the  aggregate  valuation  of  real  and  personal  estate 
W!i3  Sl,50j,2SG  ;  taxation,  -510,194.45,  exclusive  of  local  school  la.xes;  value  of 
property  exempt  from  taxation,  .519,101);  value  of  church  property,  S12.II00. 

The  supervisors  of  Clarkson,  since  its  organiz.rtion.  are  .as  follows,  viz. :  Aretas 
na.skel.from  lS2ft  to  1.S21;  Gustavus  Clai-k,  1S24  ;  Aretas  Ha.-kcl,  1S25  ;  Abel 
Baldwin,  lt(2fi;  Wm.  (irover.  1S27  to  1829;  Gust.ivus  Clark.  1829  to  IS:!:;, 
Simoon  R.  Jewett,  IS.'W  to  1SJ5;  Henry  .Mariyn.  1S3.-)  to  1S37  ;  Isaac  Allen, 
1S:!7;  Theodore  Chapin,  1S:!.S;  Jonathan  Prosser.  1S:J9;  Wm.  Grover,  1S40  ; 
Henry  Murtyn,  1S41  to  lS4:t;  Saml.  R.  S.  .Mather,  1843;  Alplionso  I'crry 
(apf'.int.-dl,  1844;  Isaac  Ilorton,  I,-!.",  to  1S47  ;  (leo.  W.  Clark,  1847;  James 
R.  Thompson,  1S48;  James  II.  Warren,  1849  to  18.12;  Geo,  W.  Estus,  1?'>2, 
James  H  Warren,  IS."):'.;  Isaac  Garrison,  IS.J4  ,  James  H.  Warren,  18J3  to 
1857;  'Wm.  P.  Rice.  1857;  Wm.  H.  Bowman.  1858;  JI.  A.  Patterson  (ap- 
pointwli,  1859;  Cicero  J.  Prosper,  ISOO;  Adam  Moore.  1801  to  1SG3;  Elias 
Garrison.  180:!  to  lSi;5;  Geo.  W.  l-:stes,  ISlij  to  1807;  James  II.  Warren.  1807 
to  1874;  and  W.  L.  Rockwell,  from  1S74  ti  the  present,  with  the  subjoined 
officerafor  1870:  Town  Cl.rk,  Tliunias  Brown;  C.IKctor,  John  B.Snvder;  Justic.s 
of  the  Peace,  each  cl-.  ted  for  four  years.  1S7:!.  R.  R.  Prire ;  1874'  J  C.  Cnry  . 
1875,  J.«epb  L.  Clark  ;  and  fur  1870,  Wm.  Leach  ,  A.-sessor,  Matthew  A.  Pat- 
terson ;  Excise  ('..mno-sioncr.  Lester  Iil...|..-,tt ;  Auditors,  Saml.  Sj.urr,  Cic.ro  J. 
Prof,s<'r,  J.  li,  ll.iskcll  ;  Cuost.il.los.  B.  Siiydcr,  1!.  C.  Cbapnian,  C  D,  Plililips. 
and  .Micha.l  Fay  ;  In-pecror-  of  Elections.  H,  nry  Allen,  Gustavos  C.  Barker. 
All<.rt  II.  l'aliu,r.  and  Miehacl  Foy ;  CMmniis-ioner  of  Highways,  Fayette  J. 
C.irrington,  and  Iwcnlyfour  Overseers  of  Highways. 


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HISTORY  .OF  ilONP.OE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


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fort  Willians,  of  Rochester ;  Rev.  Flansm  P:\rwin.  of  Ri'.-a  ;  Henry  Smith  on  J 
Elam  Clark,  nil-ion:irio9;  Douivti  X.-heiuiah  Frost  anci'  Henry  Urewster.  ufl'.iL-a; 
Deaoin  Levi  Woo.1,  of  Doii;.n  ;  and  Deac.u  Ihivii.  D.  aeon  Moses  Fuller,  Justus 
Brown,  and  Mr.  Frust,  of  Puriu.a.  with  the  followin-  charier  nienib.ir3 :  Joel 
P«lmer,  Tlicudnrc  Ellis.  .M;iry  Perry.  Polly  Day.  Polly  Uice.  Pliebe  Palmer,  Pa- 
lienc-e  Ellis,  Anna  Swift,  John  Pheli^a.  Caivin  (;rv.'en.  .M.iry  Metnieken,  De.-irc 
Whelaod,  Laura  White,  Charlotte  Cummins,  .<.JIy  Ucid,  and  IJetaey  Phelps. 
The  first  deacons  were  Joel  Palmer  and  I/cvi  :~uiith;  and  the  tirst  lierk  Ji«.-1 
Palmer.  The  constitutinir  prayer  at  the  omnintinn  w:,s  ui.ide  hy  W,  WillLims. 
W.  Fairbanks  was  one  nf  the  6ret  [.reaihers;  and  Ezra  \Vo.~iworth  installed 
November  15,  1816;  follow^J  by  \\ .  L.rinu-,  .^.u-ost  L'li.  ISIT;  John  F.  Bliss, 
February  1,  1819 ;  C.  E.  Furman,  1630  ;  E.  .\.  Toof  Auijust  2j,  ISJo  ;  Joseph 
McN'ulty,  December  16,  IS.'jT  ;  C.  B.  Gardner,  May  L'->,  li6:i;  Charles  Klttrid^-e, 
October  23, 1806  ;  Francis  Rae,  April  4,  1367  ;  N.  .V.  Clute,  May  6.  Iti63 ;  and 
A.  A.  Grabcy,  ISTvI,  who  is  at  present  officiatin::.  Jfervlees  were  conducted  in 
the  school-house  nntil  the  construction  of  their  present  church  e<lificc  in  1^-5. — 
t  substontial  boilding  forty-one  by  fifty  feet  in  size,  at  a  cost  of  three  thousand 
five  hundred!  dollars.  In  1830  it  sent  a  delcjite  to  the  Rochester  presbytery, 
and  adopted  the  Presbyterian  form  of  j;oTemment.  In  1S53  it  ainiin  changed  to 
Congregational,  and  became  indej.Nendont.  and  '^o  remained  until  1809,  when  it 
once  onore  united  with  and  became  a  Presbvterian  church,  remaining  so  ev-'r 
since.  The  present  officers  are — Trustees,  W.  L.  Rockwell,  Chauncey  Allen, 
■nd  Elijah  Drake  ;  Deacons,  John  Steele  and  Frederick  Bellinger ;  Clerk,  John 
Steele.  A  flourishing  Sabbath-school  has  been  connected  with  the  church 
almost  from  its  organization,  of  which  Edward  WaJliams  was  supcrinteudent 
nearly  twenty-five  years.  It  now  embrace  twelve  teachers,  and  over  oi:  hundred 
pupils,  with  Samuel  Wadhams,  present  superintendent ;  Deacon  John  Steele.  a.ssist- 
ant  superintendent;  and  Roswcl  Pjlraer,  chorister.  It  has  an  old  library, 
comprising  one  hundred  and  fifty  volumes,  to  which  have  been  recently  ailded  one 
huodred  DcW  boots,  selected,  ia  charge  of  Ed^-ard  Ccriottc,  Ubrarias. 

THE   BETHEL    UlfTllODIST    EPISCOP.U.   CHURCH   OP   CLAEKEON 

.  was  organized  at  the  house  of  Silas  Hardy,  on  January  8,  1825,  by  Benajah 
Williams,  with  the  following  persons  as  first  tnistees:  Theodorus  Johnson, 
Frederic-k  Shaffer.  Silas  Hardy.  Adam  .M.«re  Samuel  A.  Perry,  Henry  Ketcham, 
Zadock  Hurd,  Stephen  S.  Mead,  and  John  Beedle.  Services  were  held  at  the 
achool-house  at  East  Clarkson,  under  the  ministration  of  Benajah  Williams,  first 
pastor,  and  others,  until  the  erection  of  their  church  bniljiiig.  a  short  time  sub- 
8ci|uently.  The  frame-work  of  the  present  church  edifine  belon-.-ed  to  the  original 
structure,  which  was  remodeled,  and  re-dedicated  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hunt  in  ISOll.  It 
is  located  at  East  Clarkson,  south  of  the  Corners.  The  present  trustees  are 
Eli  Crary,  James  Shaffer,  and  Daniel  Freero.m;  the  present  steward.  William 
Johnson;  and  the  present  class-leader,  Zebulon  Johnson.  In  connection  with 
the  church  is  a  Sabbath-school,  comprising  about  five  teachers  and  twenty-five 
pupils,  under  charge  of  Adam  Smith,  superintendent,  and  Willi.im  Tu.Tel,  assist- 
ant superintendent  The  church  and  s<jciety  is  at  present  under  the  charge  of 
Rev.  D.  Clark. 

THE   SECOND   SOCIETY   OP   TOE    METHODIST   EPISCOPAL   CHlltCH   OP  CLARKSOM 

was  organized  early  in  1343,  in  the  school-honse  two  miles  north  of  East  Clark- 
aon.  For  many  years  previous  to  its  formation  the  services  of  the  Methodist 
denomination  had  been  conducted  resulariy  at  the  same  place.  The  first  officers 
Were — Trostcijs,  Jasoph  Hoy,  David  Hoy,  Maxwell  Moore,  Jacob  Mo*>re.  and 
H.nry  JUore ;  Stewards,  Maxwell  Moore  and  David  Hoy ;  Class-leailer,  John 
Hoy  ;  and  Oerk,  H.  Uice.  In  tlie  same  year  the  present  church  building  w;is 
erected  near  llie  sch(X)l  house,  in  the  cast  part  of  the  town,  at  a  cost  of  about  one 
(housind  three  hundred  dollar?  ;  previous  to  which  services  were  held  at  the  place 


f  of  org\inization.     The  present  officers  are — Trustees,   Henry  Nison,  Jann^  M. 

!  Moore.  H.  W.  Moore,  Itob-Tt  Hoy,  and  S.  .M.-rritt ;  Stewards,  Gn.i-g--  0.  f^uxAU 

;  and  Timothy  Merrilt;  Cla>s-lcader,  Timothy  .Merritl ;    and  Clerk,  Thomas  .-nilt. 
Rev.   D.  Clark  is  at  present  pastor.     During  tiie  Lttcr  part  of  ISCO  a  divi-,inri 

I  sprang  up  in  the  church,  and,  as  a  result, 

'  THE    FItl.sT    METHODIST    CIIL'ECII    OF    EAST    CLARKSON 

I  was  organized  on  January  2.5,  ISOl,  within  the  same  chunh  building,  of  wliieh 

I  they  kept  control,  as  the  new  mt>veiiient  absorbed  a  m,ij'irity  of  the  trustees.    The 

I  controversy  over  tliecimrch  eilifiee  w;ts  compromi.>ed  on  the  basi30fmutu.il  owner- 
ship, each  holding  possession  and  eonductin'.:  services  on  alternate  Sundays.    This 

i  church  society  belongs  to  the  Parmacircuit.  The  first  officers  were— Tnistees.  l>a\  id 

j  Hoy,  H.  W.  MoorcGcorge  Jloore,  Robert  Hoy, and  David  Moore  1  H.  W.  M,n,re 

!  and  Robert  Hoy  remained  with  the  other  organization,  however) ;  Stewards.  Max- 

1  well  Moore  and  David  Hoy;  Class-lc;ider,  George  Moore  ;  and  fir^t  pastor.  \.  G. 

i  Terry.     Tlie  present  trustees  are  David  .^Ioore,  Maxwell  Moore,  David  Hoy.  Kubert 

1  Hoy,  and  Wilson  Moore;  .stewards,  the  same  as  at  first,  ami  the  clerk.  George 

I  Moore.    The  present  pastor  is  the  circuit-preacher,  William  JIannini.    There  is  a 

i  Sabbath-school,  which  was  formed  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  ori;;inal 

!  church,  conducted  in  conjunction  with  both  societies,  aud  under  mutual  control. 

i  Rev.  D.  Clark  is  superintendent  for  the  original  Methodist  Episcopal  society,  and 

I  James  Ireland  for  that  of  the  Free  Methodists. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH. 


ISAAC  ALLEN. 


Isaac  Allen,  Es<j.,  of  Clarkson  village,  was  bom  in  Enfield,  Hartford  county, 
Connecticut,  April  20,  1794.  He  was  jhe  second  of  three  sons,— John,  who  died 
in  Jlichigan,  Isa.ac,  and  Chauncey.  lu  boyhood  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  hatter, 
served  his  time  until  he  became  thoroughly  skillet!  in  his  trade,  and  on  the  27th 
day  of  April,  1S15,  the  day  after  he  became  of  age,  he  left  his  father's  home  in 
search  of  a  favorable  locality  to  open  business  for  himself  He  first  went  to 
Hartford,  where  he  remained  a  .few  weeks,  then  went  to  Danbury,  thence  to 
>'ew  Vork  city  and  Bro.)klyii,  and  finally  up  the  Hudson  river  to  Schoharie, 
where  he  followed  his  trade  until  .May,  1810.  when  he  emigrated  to  western  New 
York,  and  settled  in  Clarkson  village,  at  that  time  a  promising  business  point  in 
this  newlv-settled  region.  He  purchased  one  acre  near  the  corner,  and  com- 
menced working  at  his  trade.  In  IS  17  he  returned  to  Connecticut,  and  on  Sep- 
tember 10  of  that  year  he  was  married  to  .Miss  Mary  Terry,  of  Enfield,  and 
with  her  returned  to  his  western  home.  In  March,  1819,  he  purchasoil  a  t'arm 
and  removed  to  Hamlin  Centre,  where  he  lived  four  years,  and  then  sold  out  and 
bought  on  the  Ridge  road,  west  ui  Clarkson  village,  the  place  represented  in  this 
work.  In  September  of  this  yc.-.r  Mr.  .\llen  lost  his  wife,  with  whom  he  ii.ad 
lived  in  hapj'y  wedlock  over  fitly-nine  years.  Of  eleven  children,  tou  are  still 
living,  six  sons  and  four  daughters;  and  at  the  funeral  of  the  mother  the  rare 
spectacle  was  presented,  never  to  »e  forgfitten  by  those  who  witnes.scd  it,  of  sis 
stalwart  sons  bearing  the  remains  of  the  aged  and  beloved  parent,  the  ripened 
harvest,  to  their  final  resting-place.  Jlr.  Allen  has  been  one  of  the  foremost 
men  in  the  history  nf  this  sittion  in  every  effort  for  the  improvement  of  its 
people  or  the  advancement  of  its  luaterial  interests.  Of  the  most  exalted  integ- 
rity, he  is  honoreil  and  respectc-d  by  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  Now  in  his  eighty- 
thirti  year,  be  possesses  the  health,  vigor,  and  elasticity  of  a  man  of  sixty. 


HAMLIN. 


The  town  of  Hamlin,  in  ita  present  form,  was  set  oflF  from  CtarlkSon,  October 
11,  1S52,  as  the  t.wn  of  Uniun,  and  ils  orjaniiition  compirtid  at  a  town  niCLt- 
iog  held  March  1,  1S53,  at  the  house  uf  J..hn  C.  P.aiersun.  by  the  election  uf  its 
first  officers  a.-*  follows, — viz. :  Siij»cr\  is-ir.  Ebenezer  Barrinirer;  Town  Clerli,  H.irry 
Kimball ;  Collector,  Seymour  Shenvo.id  ;  Justice  uf  the  Peace,  Alanson  Thomas  ; 
Asses-sors,  Charles  Barrows,  H.  J.  ^mith,  Andrew  llandall ;  Overseers  ..f  the 
Poor,  Curtis  H.  Hole,  Peter  Croel ;  Commii^^ioners  of  il id.ways.  James  .M.  Cusick, 
Jerraon  Elliott ;  In.spectors  of  Kleetions,  Whitman  Corlin.  WillLam  Uonchy  ,  Con- 
8taUe>,  Seymour  Sherwood,  George  Clow,  Dauiel  it.  CiiU'is,  E.  C.  Goodrich  ;  and 
tbiitj-tbree  overseer3  of  hi,i:hway3. 

Hamlin  ia  situated  in  the  northwest  comer  of  Monroe  County,  and  comprises 
the  north  end  of  the  Triangle  tract.  It  extends  along  Lake  Ontario  a  dUance  of 
nine  miles,  with  an  average  breadth  of  nearly  five  miles,  which  ini.-hides  township 
So.  5,  and  the  north  tier  of . 'sections  of  Xo.  4.  giving  an  area  of  twenty-six  thou- 
e»nd  three  hundred  and  eighty-seven  ,icres,  or  over  forty-one  square  milL.-'.  Each 
township  is  divided  into  sections  one  and  one-half  miles  *juare.  numbered  from 
south  to  north,  and  each  section  Is  subdivided  into  twelve  farm  lots,  numbered  in 
the  same  direction,  and  each  containing  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres. 

The  surface  in  the  main  is  extremely  level.  thoui;h  in  the  nortiiern  pitnion 
and  vicinity  of  Sandy  Creek  it  is  slightly  rolling.  There  is  f(uite  a  descent 
towards  the  lake,  which  renders  drainage  everywhere  possible.  The  soil  is  a  clay 
Joam  in  the  south,  and  gradually  inclining  to  a  Siind  and  gravelly  loam  as  it 
approaches  the  lake,  and  every  where  of  the  greatest  fertility.  It  is  second  to  none 
in  the  county  in  its  natural  resources  and  productiveness.  All  the  cereals  tire  pro- 
duced abundantly ;  al.so  gmss,  vegetables,  and  fruit.  Nowhere  in  our  State,  or 
perhaps  in  this  latitude,  is  there  better  encouni-.Tmont  for  fruit-growing.  A  soil 
of  peculiar  adaptation  and  climate  moilified  by  the  lake  breeze,  wiiich  cool?  in 
summer  and  warms  in  winter,  guarding  both  aiiinst  the  extremes  of  heat  and 
cold,  and  insect  depredations,  insures  a  fairer  and  more  hardy  quality  of  fruit, 
especially  apples,  than  any  other  section  of  our  eountry. 

It  is  watered  by  two  considerable  streams  and  their  numerous  tributaries,  of 
which  the  most  important  is  Sandy  creek.  It  enters  the  town  near  the  southwest 
corner,  and  flows  to  the  northeast  into  the  kike,  north  of  the  Centre.  It  aflords 
water-power  for  all  the  rc<iuircnieuts  of  that  vicinity,  and  from  the  date  of  the 
«BrIy  settlements  its  banks  have  been  dotti-d  with  saw-  and  grist-mills,  many  of 
vhieh,  after  consuming  the  surroundin;:  fi-rest,  have  h'ng  since  pas.>ed  away,  leav- 
ing DO  trace  of  their  existence.  In  the  east  part  of  the  town  West  creek  flows 
frem  west  to  east,  ero.<^ing  the  Triangle  line  into  Parma,  near  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  town.  Other  brooks  also  abound,  ri.'in',-  from  springs  whivh  find  their  way 
into  either  stream  or  the  lake.  Salt  or  brine  springs  exist  in  some  localities,  which 
io  early  days  were  of  niuch  benefit  to  the  settlers. 

The  whole  surface  was  originally  covered  with  a  very  heavy  growth  of  timber,  of 
the  variety  indigenous  to  all  western  New  Vork.  and  a  dense  undergrowth  iti  many 
locifities  that  completely  obsenred  the  soil  from  the  sun's  rays,  making  ail  other 
vegetation  impossible.  I/ike  all  he;ivily-timbered  region.s  in  a  Kvei  cnuniry  hav- 
ing a  clay  bottom,  there  were  fn-i^nent  hiw  places,  especially  in  the  south  portion, 
where  surface  water  remained,  anil,  proti  eted  by  the  dense  foliage  and  decaying 
timber,  became  stagnant  swamps,  but  which,  when  opened  up,  properly  drained, 
and  warmed  with  the  sun,  made  very  de-inible  larms. 

The  early  history  of  this  town  is  s.i  int,  rwnvcn  with,  and  a  part  of  the  history 
of  that  scetlon  of  country  embraced  within  the  limits  of  the  original  town  of 
Murray,  formed  in  1S»7,  and,  at  a  lat.-r  d.atc.  of  Clarkson,  that  it  is  difficult  to 
localize  it  within  the  pre-ient  geographic:il  limits,  which  were  not  e^tablisht-d  until 
twenty-tlirec  or  twenty-four  years  api.  E>i>eeially  thu.se  fiels  that  are  matters  of 
record,  dnrijig  that  early  period.  l<elong  to  the  history  of  all  that  country  embraced 
within  the  limits  of  a  single  "r-aniz.ilioii.  Settlements  from  twenty  to  thirty 
miles  ap.art  were  regnrd.il  as  n..t  very  distant  nelghb.in,  and  met  to.-ether  at  the 
same  town  meclingi',  for  local  nr-uiization.  and  to  elect  the  .s..me  ofticcrs  and  co- 
operute  in  all  mailers  of  publir  imprnvement.  for  layitig  out  ami  survey  io:;  new 

inaugurate  any  new  action  es.-.-ntial  to  the  pros|»erity  of  the  new  settlements  or 
conducive  to  the  general  weif.ire. 


Hamlin  was  not  only  the  list  town  organized  in  Monroe  County,  but  its  setth- 
ment  was  the  latest  and  most  unpromising,  and  its  growth  the  slowest  and  iom^i 
difiicult  of  any  town  in  wi  stern  New  York.  Sickne-ss  caused  by  the  malaria  tb.a 
arose  from  the  deenying  liud.Tcr  and  stagnant  water,  wherever  the  immense  growth 
of  timber  was  chopped  away,  w;uj  so  prevalent  that  many  settlers  were  e-omi>ell,.l 
to  seek  more  elevated  lands.  Fever  and  au'ue  w;is  the  inevitable  lot  of  all  wh.. 
remained  through  the  heated  season,  and  not  until  tlie  water-courses  were  cleared 
to  the  lake,  and  draiiiage  had  been  secureil.  was  there  any  al).atement.  In  conse- 
quence of  the.se  and  other  drawbacks,  arLsiug  from  its  geographical  position,  remote 
from  markets,  railways,  and  the  regular  tide  of  enterprise,  it  was  not  permanently 
settled  and  brought  under  general  eultivati.m  until  more  than  fifteen  years  later 
than  other  portions  of  the  county.  Still,  there  were  several  purchased  and  a  few 
settlements  made  at  a  very  early  date.  James  M.  Casson  purcha.sed  the  first  lot 
of  land  in  180-1,  and,  though  there  is  no  p<jsitive  authority  that  he  settled  as  early 
as  the  date  of  his  purchase,  it  cannot  be  L*ontradicted,  and  the  evidence  is  cpiitc 
strong  that  lie  did.  It  is  relate-d  of  him  that  he  committed  a  crime  somewhere 
in  New  England,  and  fled  here  and  hid  him-elf  in  the  wooils,  where  he  was  almost 
unknown  for  many  years.     Abcjah  Saycr  and  John  Chapmau  bon:;hc  firms  here 

was  that  of  Aretas  ILiseall,  from  Maine,  who  settled  about  one  mile  south  of  the 
Centre,  and  Josiah  and  Samuel  Piandall,  from  the  same  State.  In  the  same  year 
John  Nowlan,  with  seven  children,  from  Dutchess  county,  settled  one-fourth  mile 
south  of  the  Centre.  Their  names  were  Michael,  Hannah,  Harry.  Lowena,  P.atty, 
William,  and  Napoleon,  one  of  whom,  Lowena  Baxter,  is  still  living  near  East 
Hamlin.  Sihw  Nowlan  was  soon  after  born,  which  was  prob.ibly  the  first  birth  in 
town  ;  and  Michael  Nowlan  the  first  teacher.  He  taught  the  children  of  the  three 
families,  Hascall,  Randall,  and  Nowlan,  alternately,  at  the  residence  of  each. 
About  the  same  time  one  Billings  settled  near  the  lake,  on  the  east  side  of  Sandy 
creek,  built  a  house,  and  set  out  an  orchard,  which  is  probably  the  oldest  orchard 
ia  town.  He  left  the  country,  however,  in  two  or  three  years.  In  ISll  came 
Alanson  Tliom;is,  Joshua  Greene,  and  a  Dutchman,  named  Strunk,  who  settled  at 
the  mouth  of  Sandy  creek.  In  1.S12,  Stephen  Baxter,  from  Oneida  county,  io,.k 
up  four  lots  in  section  eleven,  and  in  1814  settled  there,  with  his  wife  and  six  chil- 
dren, Asil,  Ueuben,  Polly,  Stephen,  Jr.,  Lucy,  and  Jcdm,  two  of  whom,  Stcjili.-n, 
Jr.,  and  Lucy,  are  still  living,  the  former  on  the  old  homestead.  During  the  «ar 
of  1S12  settlements  were  nearly  suspended,  but  few  families  coming  in  at  that 
time,  and  were  very  slow  for  severd  years  after.  Among  those  who  arrived  be- 
tween 1S12  and  Is'lU  were  the  Wrights,  in  the  Wright  settlement,  on  the  Parma 
line;  in  ISP.',  Thomas  W.  Hayden.  west  of  Baxter,  William  C....k.  P.  ISeebe.  a 
Mr.  Barker,  and  one  Paul,  of  .M.aioc.  .Io.scph  Knapp,  and  Pixley.  In  ISKi.rdeb 
and  James  Clark  settled  in  the  w.  t  part  of  the  town,  and  their  brother,  Wiiliam. 
soon  after.  About  ISIS,  Albert  .Sdisbury  settled  at  the  Centre,  and  in  I^IH 
Is-aac  Allen,  now  living  at  Clarkson,  s<ttled  at  the  same  place.  Howard  and  Adin 
Manlcy  and  Ksi  Twitehel,  with  their  families,  left  Ath..l,  .Ma-<aehusrtts,  the  s.muc 
year,  with  three  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  im-e  w.i-on  ever,  d  in  eniigr.Mil -->  le.  and.  :,r..-r 
a  jrmrney  of  twenty-two  days,  irr'vel  in  the  west  part  utthe  town,  and  settled  in 
extri'niely  rude  log  cabins,  covcreii  with  bark  and  plastered  with  nmd.  Frnm  ibis 
date  the  influx  ..f  .settlers  -radudly  increased,  though  it  was  many  ye.irs  belbre 

Tlie  fitM  ree„rd>-l  dJath  was  .>;>.  Strunk,  in  1S12,  and,  s.hui  after,  Charl..tle 
Barker.     It  is  imp-sslble,  at  tlii-  d..y,  to  .T.se-ertain  who  built  the  fir.-t  h..o-e  ..r 

even  atUr  buil.ling  and  cl.ariog  a  siuall  piece  of  ground  for  cultivation.  l'..r 
sever.al  years  the  pioneers  buried  their  dead  ..n  their  ,.wn  fanns,  until  binyin- 
grounds  were  pun  hnsol  an,l  laid  out  by  as-.ciations  for  that  purpose.  The  fir-t. 
as  near  as  can  be  a-eerLiimsl,  was  loealL-d   near  the   n..rth  of  the  Centre,  but  the 

The  first  saw. noil  in  this  town  u.m  eretted  by  J..-hua  t.ireen.  and  was  hiented 
northwest  of  the  Ciitre,  alwoit  d.i.-  e.i.t  of  rol.,n  .loireh.  on  San.ly  er.  k.  al-ut 
the  year  l.Sl:i.  A  t.w  y.ar-  lal.r,  Jou-sSiyres  .Tec-t.-l  a  .s-nv-tnlll  on  lb.-  pr.-  nl 
site  of  Clii.m  mills,  west  ..f  the  Centre  ;  AreUw  Haskall  annliier,  near  the  line  t.e- 
tween  Clarks.,n  >r.d  Hamlin,  east  of  the  L.ke  road,  and  on  West,  or  what  wa.s  th.n 


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HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


called  Frfcman's  crotk ;  ami  still  anntlii-r  in  ISIC  or  1S17.  by  Al.insOn  Tllouias, 
on  SanJy  creek,  where  it  croft^s  the  UeJnior..!  roa.l.  ivhieh  ho  l.uilt  tor  I,o  Kuy 
and  BjyiirJ,  and  Hnjn  after  pureha.<cd  fur  himselC.  The  hitler  Iuls  lierctnrore  been 
recorded  as  the  first  sawmill  ereeted  ill  this  tnwn.  lint  th.it  is  erroneous,  as  there 
«re  men  yet  living  who  nssii-tenl  at  its  rjisiiii,  wbil.'  tir.eii's  mill  n-as  in  opera- 
tion when  they  first  settled  in  ISU,  .in.l  who  think  that  the  ereeti.ni  of  Sayrcs', 
and  po>.-.;i)ly  of  U^L-nairs  mills,  were  also  ,,ri..r  that  ..f  Th..mas',  which,  howecer, 
la  very  imiirobable.  Soon  after  purelia.>incr  it,  Mr.  TIioulis  ere'eted  a  £;rist-niill 
.djoining,  and  they  became  widely  kn.>wn  as  "Thora.is'  mills."  Thia  waa  the 
first  grist-mill  erected  in  the  town,  and  remained  so  fiif  a  lolij;  time.  Still  later, 
Carney  Xcwel  built  a  saw-mill  on  Sandy  creek,  near  the  lake,  and  Arelas  Ilascall 
his  second  mill,  about  1824,  a  short  dist;iDcc  above  it.  The  former  was  subse- 
quently purchased  by  Alan.son  Thomas,  taken  down,  and  a  new  one  erected  on 
the  same  site,  which  is  still  in  e.iisienec.  The  little  hamlet  that  sprang  up  was 
named,  after  it.s  builder,  Thouia>viile,  since  changed  to  Nortli  Hamlin.  ~\  short 
time  previous  to  IS'i",  0.  C.  Weh-tcr  built  a  grist-  and  saw-mill  on  the  Sandy, 
at  the  county  line,  wliieli  was  rehnili  by  his  .son.E.  K.  W.l.-ter,  in  lS-10,  and  being 
on  the  west  side  of  the  line  became  known  as  Kendall  mills.  The  latter,  however, 
had  erected,  previous  to  the  last,  both  a  L-rist-  and  »aw-mill.  on  the  same  stream, 
Dear  where  tlie  I.,;ike  Ontario  railnad  crosses  it. 

The  first  inn  kept  in  this  town  w;is  loc-ated  a  few  yards  north  of  the  present 
post-ofEcc  at  fast  Hamlin.  It  was  built  and  kept  by  I'hilander  Kane,  about 
1830  or  1S32.  Near  the  same  time  and  place,  then  known  as  Kane  Corncra,  H. 
Beebe  kept  a  grocery  store,  the  first  in  town.  David  Look  also  kept  a  tavern  on 
the  l*ikc  road,  south  of  the  Centre,  for  some  time,  where  town  meetings  were  held, 
and  years  after  another  tavern  at  North  Hamlin.  In  1S42,  A.  1).  Rajiiiond 
built  the  first  Uivem  at  Hamlin  Centre,  on  the  site  of  the  pres-.nt  Baptist  church. 
This  h.TS  always  been  recorded  as  the  first  tavern  ever  kept  in  the  town,  whereas 
it  was  the  thini,  according  to  the  autli..rity  of  A.  D.  r.,,yni..ii.l  himself.  The 
present  tavern  w:i«  built  by  Jesse  HurluuU,  about,  the  time,  or  immetiiatcly  sub- 
Boiuent  to  keeping  public-hoiiso  at  Clarkson  Corners.  Previous  to  building,  the 
.Clartson  Centre  Iloiuw  had  burned  down. — so  named  befi.re  the  formation  of 
this  town,  when  the  place  was  known  as  Clarkson  Centre.  Daniel  Pease,  wlio 
kept  the  first  store  in  this  place,  is  record.jd  as  the  first  storekeeper  in  town,  when 
in  truth  it  was  many  years  sub5ei|ueiit  to  that  at  Kane's  Corners.  John  Patter- 
son, about  fifty  years  ago,  also  kept  a  store  in  a  building  owned  by  )Ir.  Kane, 
and  now  used  for  a  blacksmith-shop,  nearly  opposite  the  po-t-ofliee,  where  it  wa-i 
removed.  Isaac  AuisJcii  opened  a  tavern  at  Kimball  s  mills  alioiit  nine  years  ago. 
which  is  now  kept  by  E,  Crane.  During  Pn-sident  Polks  adininistiation  post- 
offices  were  thickly  scattered  through  this  countr}-.  at  Clarkson  and  other  places, 
some  of  which  have  since  been  discontinued.  At  Hamlin  Centre,  the  [lost-office 
of  Clarkson  Centre,  with  Henry  Kimball  a.s  first  postmaster;  at  Ka-t  Hamlin, 
the  po.st.office  of  Xoith  Clarkson,  with  Kll.-ha  Wheeler  as  first  posim:istcr ;  and  at 
East  Kendall,  the  post-offiee  of  that  name,  with  Andrew  Clark  as  Hr^t  postmaster. 
Several  years  prior  to  these  a  post-office  had  been  lociteJ  at  KeiiJ.ill  mills,  on  the 
county  line,  and  four  or  five  years  ago  at  Thoniasville,  near  the  lake,  as  North 
Hamlin,  with  J^  Hovcy  as  first  postmaster.  The  names  of  the  two  first  men- 
tioned were  changed  stxni  after  the  organiE-ition  of  this  town.  The  first  post- 
master at  Kcnd.ill  mills  was  Cassius  -M^ison.  and  tlie  mail  was  carried  once  a  week 
on  hoiseback  by  0.  C.  Webster  from  .Murr.iy.  E;ust  Keiid.,11  also  had  a  weekly 
mail  from  Murray.  Hamlin,  then  Clarks.m  Centre,  rcceiveil  its  mail  from  Brock- 
iKirt,  t  id  Clarkson  Cornets  and  East  Hamlin  I'rom  the  Centre,  weekly,  by  Alson 

It  is  impossible  to  fully  realize  the  hardships,  privations,  and  sufTcrinL-s  of  the 
fiM  s.;ttlers  of  Hamlin.  In  the  liiid-t  of  an  immense  foie-t,  without  society, 
far  rc.i.oved  from  towns  where  anything  could  be  piirdiascd,  and  destitute  of 
means  to  purehitsc,  twenty  or  twenty-five  miles  of  almost  impit'siible  roads  to 
travel  before  a  grist-mill  or  a  store  coulil  be  reached,  and  only  ox-teams  to  drive, 
in  a  wretclicdly  sickly  ci>untry,  where  fevers  were  the  euinmoii  lot  of  nearlv  every 
one,  and  no  physieian  lie.ir,  the  wolf  without  and  the  wolf  of  hiiii.-.-r  within,  all 
conspired  to  try  the  stoutest  heart.  Its  remote  location  from  the  re-nlar  line  of 
travel  and  cjiteri.ri-e  augmeiit.il  the  burdens  and  neutralized  the  efforts  of  lliesB 
unhappy  settlers..  They  built  their  lioii-cs  wiih  unhewed  hv.-s,  with..iit  tl,s.i>, 
and  often  without  doors  or  windows,  and  shiie.-h-U  them  with  hark  or  strips  split 
from  W.-s,  affording  small  pr.it,etio„  -.fSMu-l  niin  .and  c.l.l.  They  .Irie-d  leaves  of 
irn-s  ami  shiubhery  and  leeks  to  fe.-.l  ih.ir  .-l.n-k  iu  winter,  and  suUsisted  them- 
'^U-'-'  on  milk,  game,  and  mush  fr..in  corn  h.-aten  up.  The  lan.l.  hall  covered  with 
»tuin|c,  W;ia  very  difficult  to  cultiv.ile,  and  what  little  proline  eo„|,l  U-  ol,i„ii„.,] 
"^•nld  find  no  market,  as  there  Were  no  tr..i,-is.rt.iiioi,  faeilities.  and  each  -eliler 


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find  a  market  over  nearly  impassablo  niads.  In  our  day  of  railirti.ls.  we  can  hjt 
faintly  realize  the  great  relief  aftor.'e.l  by  the  opening  of  the  Erie  canal.  A  .sni- 
venient  market  was  created  by  briniring  jmrchxsera  here,  and,  though  prices  wen- 
hiw,  there  was  n  certainty  of  disiHjsing  of  all  surplus  produce,  and  an  iiiiiiKstiate 
stimulus  was  given  to  settlement  and  enterprise.  Yet  in  subsei|uent  years.  at»i-r 
lands  were  improved,  swamp  and  marsh  redeemed  by  good  driinaire,  malaria  ami 
the  conditions  of  disease  destroyed,  and  markets  sought  for  the  tanner's  pn..hiits, 
until  very  rL-cently,  ten  or  fifteen  miles  of  bad  roads  must  be  travcrst:si  to  re.ich 
them.  Such  were  among  the  trials  and  experience  of  the  early  s<:ttlers  of  this 
town,  and  for  many  years  the  permanent  hinderance  t)  its  increase  in  p«ipul.itioii. 
values,  and  prosjierity.  But  happily  these  have  all  passed  away.  The  cfiiiiitry 
is  all  improved,  perfectly  healthy,  as  productive  and  well  cultivated  as  any  part  of 
the  State,  societies  org:inized,  churehes  built,  stores  colivenienl.  roads  e.vcellenr. 
mill?  aliuiidant  and  fiourishin-/.  a  railroad  passing  through  the  centre  of  the  town, 
and  every  convenience  at  hand  to  iiirike  all  a  prosperous  antl  happy  rural  |i*X'i'io. 

The  supervisors  a»d  town  clerks,  from  the  organization  of  this  town  to  the  pres- 
ent, and  the  other  officers  for  ISTli,  arc  here  given.  Ebenezer  Barring;r,  sup-T- 
visor  from  lSo3  to  ISiil,  both  inclusive;  Seymour  Sherwood,  IStili  to  1>-ikj: 
Martin  Webster,  1SC4  to  ISOil;  George  H.  Uv.  ISiiT  to  ISTl ;  James  N".  K.ii- 
yon,  1S72  to  1374;  and  Waltjr  A.  Ferris.  1S75  to  the  present.  Hn.-h  Crwii. 
town  clerk,  1804;  Aar.m  N.  Bram.m,  ISO.")  to  ISGl ;  Alfred  S.  Branian.  l>Oi 
to  the  present.     The  other  officers  for  lS7tJ  arc — Justice  of  the  Peace.  Seymour 

Sherwoo-J,  1S75.     No  election  in  187G ;  a  tic  vote.     Collector,  Ira  B.  Uichii I ; 

Asses.sor,  Drummond  Bates;  Auditors,  John  N.  Kenyon,  Enos  B.  W.j.il,  J.  I,. 
Fidton;  Road  Commissioners,  A.  P.  Hariwell,  Silas  Hoskins;  Overseeisi  of  the 
Poor,  Egbert  H.  Campbell.  John  Griffith  ;  Inspectors  of  Elections,  L.  J.  Pease. 
J.  H.  Simmons.  Jesse  Hulburt;  E.'cciso  Commissioners,  William  II.  Strai-ht. 
P.  N.  Simmons.  J.  H.  Storer ;  Constables,  II.  Jlaaley,  J.  G.  Ncsbit,  Eii  Knowl- 
ten,  Nicholas  Wiles. 

Hamlin  hits  sixteen  good,  substantial,  and  comfortable  .school-houses  in  as  many 
districts,  besides  a  portion  of  her  territory  attached  to  d'lstriets  in  towns  adjoinin-.:. 
with  which  the  children  attending  its  schools  arc  roiiorted.  Her  sclnols  are  all 
flourishing,  and.  according  to  the  report  of  1S75,  give  instruction  to  eight  hun- 
dred and  six  children. 

THE   FBEE-WILI.    B.irTIST    CIILRCIt    OF    EAST    H.lMLt.V 

was  organized  about  the  year  1824,  in  what  w^is  known  as  the  Wri-.-ht  seli..,l- 
house,  on  the  Parma  side  of  the  town  lino,  by  Ilev.  Eii  Hannibal.  The  e.vact  d.ite 
of  this  organization  cannot  be  determined,  as  the  records  previous  to  the  year  l.S'2S 
have  been  lost,  and  also  the  list  of  first  membei-s;  but  among  them  were  Gad 
Wright,  George  and  Henry  Limb.K;ker,  Jedediah  Williams.  Orrid  llnderAvooJ. 
Leonard  Kingsbury,  Jonathan  Hcniy.  Jonathan  Goodnough,  Samuel  and  Nathaniel 
Smith,  Wm.  Cook,  Nathaniel  Elliott,  .James  Brown,  and  others.  The  first  trus- 
tees are  not  known;  the  first  deacons  were  Gad  Wright  and  Leonard  Kiie.'sburv ; 
and  the  first  clerk  was  Wm.  Cook.  The  first  church  building  was  ereeted  in  ls:u. 
It  was  a  wooden  structure,  thirty-si-x  by  fifty  feet  in  size,  cost  about  one  thousand 
four  hunda-d  dollars,  and  was  located  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Wm.  Kane, 
about  half  a  mile  southeast  of  Eiist  Hamlin  station.  Previous  lo  its  construc- 
tion, the  services  of  the  church  were  held  in  the  Middle  district,  ilie  liaxter.  and 
the  Wright  school-houses.  The  de-dicathni  of  the  edifice  look  place  some  time  in 
Janu.iry,  1S3.J.  On  September  IG,  1S31.  thirty-one  member,  were  disniis-ed  l.y 
letter,  for  the  purpo,se  of  organizing  a  new  church  in  Parma,  the  pr^.'iit  one'  at 
Unionville.  About  the  year  IS.i.'i  the  church  rapiiily  deelineil,  and  hi:eauie  almost 
extinct.  For  more  than  a  year  religious  services  were  discontinued  until  the  airi.al 
of  Ilev.  S.  W.  Schi-.iiovei',  by  whom  it  was  revived,  and  on  February  HI,  l.-.-.s. 
it  was  reorganized.  The  old  church  buihling,  howifver,  was  abandoned,  and  seiv- 
ices  held  ag.iin  in  the  school-houses,  while  steps  tvere  being  taken  for  the  eon- 
society  prospered,  and  nipidly  iiicrc;iscil.  The  new  bitildin-j  was  ouiipleted, 
and  on  November  21.  l.^.'i.'s,  it  w.is  eonsccnited  to  divine  worsliift  bv  Mr.  G,  H. 
Bail.  It  is  a  wooden  structure.  locMled  one  mil.'  north  of  the  old  buil'linu'.  iliiiiv- 
five  by  fifty  feet  in  size,  and  cost'  about  two  tlionsand  doll.irs.  The  pre-,  in  ..ffi- 
ccr.  arc— TruslfOs,  C.  A.  Simmons,  Wm.  C....ns.  It.  B.  Wuo.l.  Henry  Siii.iii..lis. 
and  ficorgo  Ainsw.irth ;  IViieons,  S.neea  Kn..wlton,  P.  N.  Siiiini.iii-.  l-:.ae 
Che-cny,  and  .J.  W.  Hinimiek;  I'lerk.  C.  A.  Sinin,.  ns.  Tb.'  fir-i  pa.~l..r  ..f  this 
church  was  EMer  Eli  ILooiiha!.  aii.l  a.noii'.-  tie,-,'  uho  s,i.'..'.v.|.'d  him  «.  r.  K.v. 
Ilinklev,  Mr.  J.-nkii.s.J.  1>.  Van   Horn.  Wl,in',.n,l,,  .M    II.  Al.l.v,  An  iol.aM  K.n- 

nctt,  Wm.  V..iin..'.  S.  W.  .-^el vei,  A.  /.    .Mit.  lu.l.  I,,  li.  .<i.or.  li.  II,  li.,i„..n. 

I.  J.  II. .a'.-,  and  Wm.  Walk,  r,  wli.,  m.w  has  eh.,r.-e  of  tli.'   pulpit,  widi  a  |.r.  -nt 

church  m.'iiih.  i>hip  ..f  one  hiiii.lnd  ami  liliy  t«...     The  se>.t f  tl,.-  el.nr,  I,  is 

Will.  ('....lis.     [,i..r  l..f..i.'  l-*:tl  aS.il,l.,illi,-,l |..rLMMizali..|i  w.iselTe.  t.'.l  in  tl-.e 

Baxter  scnool-ln.use  by  S.iuiie  Coil.in,  wli.i  became  the  first  snperinl.n.l.lil.      It 


HISTORY  OF  ^rONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  Y'ORK. 


went  down  in  1835  anl  l^Ti 
by  Rev.  Schoonovei  in  1  S.'> 
u  high  a3  three  hunJre^l  n 
weflly  .ttenJance  of  al-.u 
of  four  officers, — \Vm.  liii 
tendent;  Nathaniel  Ainawc 
oected  with  it  ia  a  library 
Ubrari»o. 


)  with  thc'llss.ihitionot"the  church. but  was  refu»eitatcd 
',  and  ha.1  since  bivn  very  prosperous,  at  times  reachias 
^d  twenty-five  pupils.  It  now  h.is  ten  teachen.  and  a 
one  hun.lred  and  fifty  pupils,  under  the  snfK:rvi-iou 
(ker,  superintendent ;  Kotvert  Nesbit,  assistant  suporin- 
rth.  secret. iry  ;  and  I'.ime'ia  Ainsworth.  treasurer.  Con- 
if  about  two  hundred  voluuied,  with  John  J.  Cheeney, 


THE    CNIOX   CllDECH 


VEST    HAMLIN 


wu  erected  in  1833  by  the  Free  Will 
conjointly.     It  is  located  on  the  Hanil 


Elder 


iptist  and  Methodist  Epi^*opa! 

side  of  the  county  line,  at  E;i.st  Kent 
Post-office,  jnd  Ls  constructed  of  wood,  thirty  by  fifty-two  feet  in  size,  and  at  a  < 
of  aboui  two  thousand  dollars.  The  Free  Will  Baptist  society  w;ls  orranizcd 
1828  by  Elder  Eli  Haunib.il.  in  the  school-house  of  that  district,  where 
lerviees  were  regularly  held  until  the  completion  of  the  present  structure. 
Hamlin,  the  organizer,  and  for  fifty  years  a  pastor  in  this  church,  was  the 
pioneer  preacher  of  that  denomination  in  all  this  section  of  eoiintry.  In  barns, 
fog  houses,  school-houses,  dwellings,  churches,  and  in  the  forest,  wherever  the 
people  were  assembled  or  could  be  called  together,  he  has  preached  the  gospel 
to  thousands  of  his  fellow-creatures,  converted  and  baptized  many  hundred 
penitents,  built  up  religious  organizations,  and  consecrated  churches  to  divine 
worship.  He  belongs  to  and  is  a  part  of  its  religious  history,  to  which  his  whole 
life  WZ3  consecrated.  He  was  bom  in  Fairchild,  Connecticut.  March  18,  1730, 
ordained  »  minister  of  the  Frce-Will  Baptist  church  on  June  12,  1824.  and  died 
at  his  house  at  Waterport,  Orleans  county.  August  27,  1S7G.  at  the  great  age  of 
ninety-six  and  one-half  years.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  3i>ciety  of  West  Hamlin 
was  organized  in  1S30,  in  the  same  school-house,  where  it  continued  to  hold  its 
!K,rv;c»«  nntll  ffcc  Vnio5  chur-h  wn.  c"n;tn3C!e^..  Both  societies,  for  fo-y-three 
years,  hove  occupied  the  same  structure  on  alternate  .Sabbaths  without  detriment 
to  the  Christian  spirit  or  harmony  of  either.  A  Sabbath-school  was  organized  in 
18.S0  at  the  school-house,  and  conducted  in  connection  with  the  church.  It  is 
still  flourishing,  with  >  library  of  one  hundred  volumes.  A.  J.  Randall  is  the 
present  auperiutcndcut. 


THE    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL  CHIRCU   OF    HAMLIN    CENTEE 


was  organ  1! 


1  in  1309,  in  the  school-house  at  that  place,  where  services  of  that 
denomination  had  been  held  since  1336.  and  continued  to  be  until  the  completion 
of  their  present  church  building  in  1372.  It  is  a  w.>idcu  structure,  fifty-six  by 
forty-six  feet  in  size,  and  cost  four  thousand  five  hundred  dollars.  The  first  trus- 
tees were  James  Whipple,  J.  0.  Thomas,  A.  Hartwell.  Jonas  Knapp,  and  James 
Billings,  and  the  class-leader,  John  .Shank.  The  present  trustees  are  Alex. 
Fishbaugh,  J.  Knapp,  W.  A.  Ferris,  and  R.  Quivey,  and  the  membership  sixty. 
In  1846,  Rev.  C.  Payne  formed  a  Free  ilethodist  society,  which  existed  only 
6ve  or  six  years  and  dissolved.  In  1800  a  Sabbath-school  was  formed,  which  now 
embraces  six  teachers  and  about  thirty-five  pupils,  with  Frank  Fishbaugh  supet- 
inteiAleot,  and  W.  Kimball  secretary. 


THE    EVANOELICAL   LUTIIE 


rs)   CIILRCH    OF    HA.1ILIN    (^Qt 


was  organized  April  1,  1375.  with  eighty-one  members.  It  was  orgai 
present  church  buildin_'.  which  was  erected  in  1874  by  the  German 
cost  of  four  thousand  dollars, — a  wooden  .stniclure,  located  about  one 
miles  north  of  Ilarolin  Centre,  on  the  Lake  road.  It  wxs  dedicated  to 
of  God  on  the  19th  of  XovcniWr,  1S74,  by  the  Rev.  C.  Siebcnfeifer,  ( 
Rev.  C.  H.  W.  Staerker  was  the  first  and  is  the  present  pastor.  T 
are  also  the  present  officers,  were  C.  Shaplcr.  I.  Piicm,  W.  Lewerenz, 
F.  Pagcis;  and  the  present  memhersliip  is  eighty-nine.  There  is 
school  connected  with  the  church,  but  a  regular  day  school  is  kept  i 
building  by  the  p.xsior.  for  the  German  children,  at  which  secular  e 
the  elcmeuU  of  Christianity  are  both  taught. 


)f  R.«.h, 
he  first. 
J.  Wuil 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH. 


ABRAM   F.  KETCHAM. 

Abram  F.  Ketchato,  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  Ilamlin.  was  ho 
Pittitown.  Xew  York,  March  1,  1301.  During  his  early  life,  like  most  _\ 
men  of  that  day,  he  worked  on  the  farm  assisting  his  father  during  the  soi 
season,  and  taught  school  in  the  winter.  In  1327  he  married  Miss  Julia 
Ag.in,  a  daughter  of  Patrick  -Vgan.  of  Grafton,  Sew  York,  with  whom  hi 
lived  in  a  happy  union  for  nearly  h,ilf  a  century.  Two  ye-ars  after  his  man 
in  1829,  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Tioga  county,  where  he  remained  in  v 
business  nine  vcars.  In  1833.  he  removed  to  S'llus.  in  Wayne  county,  win' 
lived  and  became  prominent  as  a  successful  farmer  and  leading  citizen  until  ] 
Then,  disposing  of  his  property,  he  eniignited  with  his  fnnily  to  Monroe  V" 
and  purchased  a  farm  in  the  western  part  of  Hamlin,  where  he  has  since  re- 
esteemed  and  respected  by  all  as  a  cxjoscicntious,  exemplary,  and  public-sp 
citizen.  Mr.  Ketcham  has  raised  a  family  of  .seven  children,  all  living  Im 
eldest,  Coroline,  who  became  the  wife  of  John  B.  Haskill.  The  others  aa'.  n 
tively,  -Warren  P.,  Allen  J.,  Byron  C,  Si>encer  C.  Richmond  A.,  and  Ger 
E.  Ketcham.  His  son,  Byron  C.  Ketcham.  is  at  present  a  well-known  and  suto 
business  man  of  Brockport,  conducting  an  extensive  drug  business  in  eonm 
with  books  and  stationery.  .Mr.  Ketcham  has  always  been  an  active  man  i 
affairs  of  his  town.  All  measures  or  movements  contributing  to  its  prospcri 
the  welfare  of  his  fellow-men,  alw.ays  received  his  hearty  support,  and  f>unil  ii 
a  most  efficient  aid.  Of  the  .strictest  integrity,  and.with  an  unconiiirotuisin- 
of  right,  he  has  been  called  to  many  positions  of  trust,  which  he  f.ithfidly  ,ii 
Lstcre.1,  and  retained  through  all  the  confidence  of  his  neighboi->.  In  politi, 
Ketcham  is  a  zealous  and  working  Republican,  not  in  a  partisan  sense,  Imi 
principle,  being  by  constitution  and  birth  an  inveterate  foe  to  all  forms  of  h 
slavery ;  and  now,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  can  look  back  to  a  life-work  wc 
conscientiously  doue. 


PAEMA. 


The  name  of  the  town  of  FairBoId  was  imnieiliatelj  after  the  division  of  Notth- 
•nipton,  in  1807,  changed  to  that  of  Parma.  Its  fint  officers  were — Supervisor, 
Gibbons  Jcwctt ;  Town  Clerk,  Justin  Worthinj^on  ;  Collector,  Daniel  Spencer ; 
Aaseasors,  0,  F.  Rice,  A.  Webb,  Abel  IIowc.  J.  Howel,  Georje  Huntley ;  Poor- 
niasten,  Nath;iniel  Tibbel,  N'eliemiah  Treat;  Commissioners  of  Schools.  Alex. 
White,  Samuel  I-attce,  Samuel  Baldwin  ;  Constables,  Fred.  Howe,  I.srael  Douglass, 
John  Landon,  Sanfurd  Biigg3.  J.  Wing.  Silas  Lt^nard  succeeded  OibUins  Jewctt 
in  1812  as  supervisor  one  war;  Gibbons  Jewett  again,  one  year;  Geon/e  W. 
Willey  in  1814,  one  year;  John  C.  Patiers.jn,  one  year;  and  Gibbons  Jewett 
again  in  1816,  who  scrvud  to  April,  1819,  or  two  years  after  the  division  of  the 
town. 

On  April  6,  1813,  a  committee  was  appointed  fjr  the  purpose  of  dividing  the 
town  into  school  districts,  wiiich  consisted  of  the  following  persons,  viz. :  Norman 
Dawson,  Oliver  G.itea,  Josiah  Fish,  Enos  Pembrook,  and  Elisha  Cross;  and  at  a 
special  meeting,  August  24  of  the  same  ye^r,  the  division  of  the  town  into  nine 
tcbool  districts  was  effected.  This  was  the  first  organization  of  school  districts. 
Very  aoon  after  the  separation  of  Parma  from  Northampton,  a  fierce  rivalry 
sprang  up  between  tlie  people  iu  the  northern  and  southern  portions  of  the  town, 
which' was  never  alhyed  until  it  culminated  in  a  permanent  separ.uiou.  At  every 
town  meeting  it  manifested  itself  in  tlie  pertinacity  with  which  each  party  sup- 
ported its  local  interests,  and  by  every  poj.-ible  strategy  labored  to  promote  the 
success  of  its  canJiJates.  Their  nearly  balanced  strength  only  increased  the  in- 
tensity of  the  conflict,  and  alternate  defeat  and  victory  called  into  eiercise  every 
available  resource.  The  s.-ime  inconvenience  was  filt  that  existed  under  the  old 
organization, — the  want  of  competent  men  who  could  legally  hold  oiEce,  as  none 
but  freeholders  wore  qualified,  and  popularity  wa.i  an  essential  element  in  such 
a  controversy.  To  obviate  this,  teinponry  di'eds  were  occasionally  executed, 
good  until  after  election,  which  3up)ilied  the  rei|uiremcnts  of  the  !:<w,  and  bridged 
over  a  difficulty  which  might  otherwise  have  neutralized  a  victory,  or,  still  worse, 
led  to  defeat.  In  the  same  year  of  the  division  of  the  town  into  districts,  the 
new  office  of  school  inspector  was  institute<i,  and  the  officers  elccte<l  to  co-operate 
with  the  commissioners  in  "  the  concerns  of  common  schools."  Also,  in  the 
same  year,  the  first  bridge  across  Salmon  creek,  on  the  Itidge  road,  was  con- 
structed at  Whitney  and  Markham's  mills,  then  in  operation.  Slavery,  then 
permitted  in  the  Stale,  existed  to  at  least  some  extent  in  the  town,  as  shown  by 
the  following  and  only  record  of  that  character,  under  date  of  December  19,  1814; 
"  '.  S.  G.  Clark,  of  tke  town  of  Parraa,  do  hereby  certify  that  .<ainuel  Hicks,  a 
male  child,  was  born  of  my  servant,  black  girl  Polly,  on  the  'JOtli  day  of  .^larch, 
IS14."  On  January  27,  1817,  Parma  was  divided,  and  the  southern  division 
orjiairizod  as  the  town  of  Ogdcn.  with  the  centre  of  the  llidgo  road  as  the  uew 
to  Tu  line.  S<K>n,  however,  Parma  was  extended  to  embrace  the  Goto,  and  the 
li!.e  changed  to  its  pr.!sent  loi-atiou,  since  which  time  there  has  been  no  change 
in  its  geographical  extent  or  form. 

Paruia  is  situated  iu  the  northwest  corner  of  the  "  Mill-Scat  Tract."  It  ex- 
tiiiiLi  along  Lake  Ontario  .ibout  three  njiles,  north  and  south  nearly  nino  miles, 
and  east  and  west,  on  the  Ogdcn  line,  about  six  miles,  with  an  area  of  alwut  forty 
^luare  miles.  It  comprises  the  Tinrth  and  south  sections  of  Braddock's  Bay  town- 
"hip  and  the  Gore,  Ijing  between  the  latter  and  the  town  of  Ogden.  The  north 
svri..D  is  divided  into  cighty-nne  futm  lots;  the  south  section  into  ten  ranges; 
eich  subdivided  into  lots,  and  the  Gore  into  thirty -seven  farm  lots. 

The  first  officers  of  this  town,  after  its  last  organization,  in  1817.  were  elected 
in  .\pril  of  the  same  year,  as  follows,  viz.:  Supervisor,  Gibbons  Jewett;  Town 
Clirk,  Zolted  Stevens;  Collector,  lloswel  .Vtcliiiisnn  ;  Ovcrseeri  of  the  I'oor,  .Vsa 
Aleh;ns..n,  Samuel  Castle;  Comniis.-ioncrs  of  Ilighwavs.  Stephen  Atchinsnn.  Eli- 
•!..!  Kol.on,  Ja5,.n  Tyh.T,  Comn,i.>sioncrs  of  Sch.,,l.s.  K.  Tyler,  J.  A.n..id.  S,l.is 


!*•  li.ol  Inspectors,  Z. 


injlhnn  L"ndcrw..,Kj.  Warl.ani  Warner.  Arnold  M;,rkham; 
,-eJ  St.-v.ns.  Glbbnns  Jewett,  S.  Amislron-.  Daoiil  J,.hn. 
'.  Brock  way,  J„nal|.an  rnd,:rw.«.d;  CoM-Libh-s.  ll..sw.d  .\t<!iHi,-on.  Au- 
Malhcr;  Pound-kLtpcrs,  Christopher  Ixvally  and  Jam.i  l!aiv.«,n  ;  and  a 
lumU-r  of  niorscers  of  higliw.iys. 

s\irf.ice  of  the  nurth  section  is  very  level,  of  llio  »iutli  sc-ii.m  .ind  Gore 
indulaliiig,  hut  not  hilly.      The  Uidgc,  on  which  is  |.A.-.-»[e'd  the  Ilidge  road, 


extends  through  the  centre  of  the  Gore.  The  soil  is  of  a  gravelly  and  sandy  loam, 
mixed  with  clay.  Quite  an  extensive  clay  belt  extends  ncro.s9  the  town,  from 
east  to  west,  embracing  the  north  half  of  the  .south  section.  The  soil  is  note-<l  fjr 
its  superior  prcKiuctiveness,  wheat  frequently  yielding  forty  bushels  to  the  acre, 
and  other  cereals  in  proportion. 

It  is  watered  by  four  never-failing  streams  and  their  tributaries :  West  creek, 
flowing  east  and  west  through  the  north  section;  Salmon  creek,  flowin-.;  northeast 
through  the  town  into  Braddock's  bay;  Buttonwood,  east  of  and  parallel  with 
the  l.itter;  and  Long  Pond  creek,  near  the  eastern  line,  and  flowing  parallel  with 
the  two  httter.  The  north  branch  of  the  Salmon,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town, 
and  a  branch  of  the  Long  Pond,  rising  in  the  centre  of  the  town  and  flowin'i 
northeast,  are  importmt  tributaries.  Salt  sprinL-s  are  to  be  found  in  both  sec- 
tions, from  some  of  which,  in  the  early  d.iy3  of  its  settlement,  considerable  quan- 
tities of  salt  wore  manufactured.  The  ruins  of  salt-works  are  still  to  be  found 
about  one  mile  southeast  of  Paraja  Centre.  Deer  or  salt  licks  also  abound,  cover- 
ing quite  large  areas,  which,  in  extremely  dry  weather,  become  (X)vered  with  an 
incrustation  of  salt. 

A  heavy  growth  of  timber  originally  covered  the  whole  surface,  and  in  many 
localities  a  dense  undergrowth,  with  ^wnmny  tr-Art't  caused  bv  1  clay  bottom  re- 
taining the  surface  water,  but  which,  when  cleared,  proved  the  mast  productive. 
Especially  was  this  the  case  in  the  vicinity  of  West  creek  and  Braddock's  bay. 

The  original  proprietors  were  Phelps  and  Gorham,  who  purcllased  the  tract 
embraced  between  the  Genesee  and  the  Triangle  line,  twelve  miles  east  and  par- 
allel with  the  river,  from  the  Indians,  for  a  "  mill-seat.'"  To  attract  settlers  they 
offered  these  lands  for  sale  at  two  dollars  per  acre,  and  on  very  long  credit;  .and  as 
a  further  inducement  it  was  promised  on  their  part  to  erect  here  a  grist-mill,  dis- 
tillery, and  ashery,  for  the  convenience  of  the  new  settlements, — which  promise, 
however,  was  never  fultillcd. 

Early  in  the  year  1796,  Bezaleel  Atchinson,  with  his  wife  Polly  and  four 
small  children,  the  eldest  eight  and  the  youngest  an  infant  of  one  Tear,  with  his 
two  unmarried  brothers,  Stephen  and  John,  made  the  first  settlement  in  the  town 
on  lots  2  and  3,  in  ranges  C  and  7.  in  the  south  se-ction.  Less  than  two  months 
previous,  they  had  left  Tolland,  Connecticut,  to  settle  near  Canandaigua,  upon 
hinds  offered  them  by  their  brother  Sylvester,  then  surveying  in  that  vicinity  ;  but 
not  being  well  pleased  with  the  apparent  poverty  of  the  soil,  its  stony  condition,  and 
tempted  by  the  extra  inducements  presented  by  the  agent  of  Phelps  and  Gorham. 
they  decided  to  press  on  beyond  the  Genesee,  into  what  was  then  a  tracklcs.s.  un- 
broken wilderness.  They  crossed  the  river  on  the  ice  with  their  oxen  and  wagim 
a  few  rods  above  the  falls,  and  found  shelter  under  the  only  roof  on  the  site-  of 
the  city  of  Rochester,— a  sidelcs  structure,  built  for  the  convenience  of  hunting 
and  trapping, — where  they  rested  a  few  days,  inspecting  the  surrounding  cnnntry, 
and  planning  for  permanent  settlement.  Their  final  destination,  sixteen  mile^  to 
the  northwest,  could  only  be  reached  by  cutting  out  their  own  road,  where.  aCler 
three  days  of  heavy  labor,  they  arrived,  under  the  direction  of  one  ./ohn  Parks, 
a  hunter  and  tnippcr  of  this  wild  region.  An  irregular,  three-sided  strrn-liirc, 
without  floore,  windows,  chimney,  or  doors,  h.astily  thrown  up.  was  their  onlv  pro- 
tection against  the  snow  and  rain  of  early  spring  for  six  weeks,  or  until  the  com- 
pletion of  a  substiintial  log  house,  wliich  was  erected  on  the  line  between  nniges 
C  and  7,  in  the  northern  part  of  lot  3.  To  the  inevitable  hardships  and  deprivations 
that  always  attended  the  pioni'cr  settlements  of  that  day  were  added  lu>.ses  that  it 
was  imp'ASsible  to  supply,  ami  which  might  well  have  discouraged  a  lc?s  inclomirahle 
energy  than  that  which  chnracterizcd  the  first  settlers  of  western  New  Vork. 
Three  of  their  fjnr  oxen  had  died.  Their  only  horse  and  other  stock,  cxex-pt  one 
cow,  had  strayed  aw.iy  and  were  lost,  and  thou'_'h  entirely  destitute  ut'  the  ni.-.ins  to 
rei'lae-e  them,  latid  must  be  clcircd  ti^r  sprio-.:  s*)wing.  to  save  them  from  starvation. 
By  an  ioL-cnious  application  nf  a  crooke-d  ro..t  of  a  tree  found  in  the  bank  of  the 
S.ilmon,  they  suce-ci-dcd,  with  their  one  ox,  in  clearing  off  and  phinting  ec_'Iit 
acr.-.  of  heavdy  iumU  rwl  l.uui.  Their  fir-t  cm  and  other  gnin.  i.e.;!,  ti.r  li..-l 
and  pl.mCng,  w.-r.-  ..I.i.uned  "f  iVt.-r  .■^haffer,— who.  four  years  previ..u-i.  I,:,d  -.-i- 
tlc-d  at  Seotlsullo,— .ind  pa.d  f.r  in  labor  on  the  -[..„.  wh.cl.  tlu-y  llicn  hn.ueht 

In   the  latter  part  of  1798,  .Michael    lieaeli   s,-lt!ed   on   lot  7,  rango    I.   Silas 

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HISTORY   OF  JIONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Leonard,  on  lot  2,  nn;^  ' ;  an.l  George  Oix>d 
»Uo  one  Laban,  aiiJAininir,  nlm  moved  ei«in  n 
time,  Timothy  M:idJ.ja  «'ttl.'.l  nne-hjf  mil. 
old  Canawaugu3  road.  In  ISIIO  or  1801, 
Atchison  st'ttlenicnt,  near  Chase  Si  Tiurncv': 


Imc  one-half  mile  east  of  the  former; 
"ter  to  Wheiitlund.     About  the  same 

southwest  of  Parma  Centre,  od  the 
JIo:^es    tfehufield,  southwest  of  the 

mills,  on  the  east  bank ;  and  Asa, 


Jacob,  and  Dr.  Sjlvestcr  Atehinson,  brothers  of  Bez;deel,  the  latter  of  whom  set 
%  broken  ami  for  the  dau;:hter  of  George  Goodhue, — the  first  serious  accident  in 
the  town.  At  this  time  a  settlement  had  been  made  on  lot  7.  ran'.-e  1,  by  Saiuucl 
Hicks,  with  a  wife  and  nine  chUdien,  from  Bork.'hiro.  Mas.*achusctts.  He  was  a 
trapper  and  hunter,  which  occupation  he  followed  ejcliisively  on  the  lake  shore,  near 
Braddoct's  bay,  at  a  place  known  .to  this  day  as  Hicks'  point.  The  e-taet  date  of 
this  settlement  is  not  known  positively,  thoujh,  accordini;  to  the  family  tradition, 
they  must  have  crossed  the  Genesee  as  early  as  17U1 ;  whil.'  aecnrdin-^  to  the  meniorv 
of  the  first  settlers  still  living,  they  came  by  way  of  Bruddoek's  bay  about  IsUO 
or  ISOl.  They  did  not  concern  themselves  with  airriculturc  beyond  the  bare 
necessaries  of  life,  and  living  exclu.-iively  among  themselves,  and  in  manner  and 
pursuit  so  different  from  the  other  settler?,  their  early  history  seems  to  have  been 
but  little  known.  Yet  the  weight  of  evidence  leaves  but  little  douht  that  their 
eettlenient  dates  at  least  four  years  subwcpient  to  the  .\tchinsins-  In  lSii2-3  came 
Gibbons  Jewett,  George  Huntley,  Abner  Brockway,  Jr..  Daniel  Arnold,  and  John 
Leonard;  in  1805,  Jonathan  Underwood  settled  on  lot  1,  range  4;  Hope  and 
Elisha  Davis  at  Punna  Corners,  James  Egbert  and  .Jonathan  Ogden.  In  ISOT,  Cor- 
nelius Rnnelt,  at  Burriit's  Corners,  on  lot  2,  range  4.  In  ISuS.  Lewis  Davis,  a  lad, 
brotherof  Hope,  and  still  living  on  tlie  old  place  at  I'arma  Corners.  In  ISd!).  Levi 
Talmage  and  Kennicone  Roberts.  In  ISIU.  Augustus  Mather,  and  four  brothers. 
Samuel,  Isaac,  Abrah.im.  Jr.,  and  Jeiiial  Cisllc,  on  lots  3,  4,  and  .5.  range  7  ;  R. 
Fulloo,  Markham,  Lindell  Curtis,  K.  Fulton,  on  lots  7  and  8,  range  5;  Zolvcd 
and  James  Stevens,  Peter  Hiller,  and  in  the  north  section,  its  first  settlers,  John 
Cheney,  at  Burtleii's  Cornell ;  on  the  .^outlirtest  euii.er,  .Jti^e  Stosel,  Oue-holf  mile 
west,  Jonathan  Cory,  adjoining,  east;  Fv.  Winchcl.  Joel  Bagley,  and  the  four 
brolhets,  Jere.,  Gad.,  Barber,  and  Nathan  Wright,  at  the  triaTigle  line,  and  known 
as  the  Wright  settlement;  and  in  IS  U.  K!i.<ha  Cros.s  at  Bartlett's  Cornera ;  B.ildwin. 
Jason,  and  Ezra  Tyler,  at  Unionvilk-;  J.  Th..u,p-on,  at  Parma  Corners ;  Warham 
Warner,  Joshua  Whitney,  and  others,  followed  in  rapid  succession.  During 
these  years  many  others  made  settlements  at  unknown  dates,  among  whom  were 
E.  W.  Thayer,  Djnid  .Schofield.  Philander  Curtis,  fr.,  Shelton  Beach.  J.mathan 
Henry,  E.  Baneroft.  Johnson  Gilmore,  Peek,  and  otlicrs  ;  also  Abraham  Castle.  3r., 
father  of  Judge  Castle,  who  came  in  ISll. 

Where  the  Atehinson  brothers  located  was  known  for  many  years  as  the  Ateh- 
inson settlement,  aad  until  the  opening  of  the  inn  at  the  Corners  was  the  objective 
point  of  all  new-cciners  prior  to  settkmcnt.  at  which  centered  all  highways  and 
business  northwest  of  the  falls.  BcMlecl  Atehin.^nn  had  five  children  born 'to  him 
ID  his  new  home,  tke  eldest  of  whom.  .^Irs.  Betsey  Wyuian,  still  living  one  mile 
west  of  Panua  Corners,  was  the  second  white  child  hi.rn  in  the  town,  winch  event 
occurred  January  -2,  1799,  only  one  day  after  the  birth  of  the  first,  a  d.aughtcr 
of  George  Goodhue.  Of  the  four  cming  with  him,  two.  Reswell  and  Austin,  .ire 
atill  living  in  Sjicneerport,  at  the  advanced  ages  of  eighty-eight  and  eighty-six. 
The  father  died  at  his  home  at  a  good  old  age.  after  living  to  sec  the  consumma- 
tion of  a  glorious  work  begun  in  hardship  and  privation.  Gilibuns  Jewett,  one 
of  he  most  prominent  men  of  his  day,  was  supervisor  twelve  years,  and  for  a  long 
tic  ;  justice  of  the  peace.  If  legal  forms  are  now  more  varied  and  cipmplicated 
than  formerly,  the  reckless  contempt  fur  all  form  and  grammar,  as  shown  by  the 
subjoined  copy  of  a  veritable  contract  upon  which  Mr.  Jewett  passet-l  judgment, 
rendered  the  dutie-s  of  the  justice  none  the  less  difficult;  and  though  it  might 

"Due  Shelton  Beach  fifteen  Shillings  in  Potaln,.s,  which  Kra.«tus  Robinson  prom- 
ises to  pav  to  Jacob  Uayden  in  pine  hoards  ;  Said  work  is  to  be-  done  in  hand 
hix)r  when  called  for,  with  the  exception  of  two  Shillings  in  c;>sh  to  Michael 
Beach." 

Abraham  Castle.  Sr..  died  Aupi-^t  27.  1S12,  and  his  wife.  Joanna.  September 
14,  1817,  and  were  hurled  on  the  land  owned  by  his  son  Jehial.  The  li.rmer  was 
the  first  person  intcrrecl  in  the  old  grave-yard  i>ne  half  inilo  cast  of  Hunt's  Cornon*. 
Sanmcl  Castle  lived  sixty-five  years  ..ii  the  honi.steati  farm.  Int  7.  ran-''  4.  where 
he  died  March  Hi,  1374.  His  whole  life  was  identified  with  the  .settlement  and 
growth  of  that  part  of  Monroe  County,  its  public  measures  and  improvements, 
and  he  was  fur  many  years  one  of  its  m"..t  pruminent  men.  He  was  supi.'rvisor 
three  years;  town  clerk,  six  years  .  justire  of  the  peace,  aixtocn  years  and  ap- 
pointed judge  in  April,  l.-2'.l.      Ti thy  .M.i.lden  died    1S29,  un   the   pla.  .■   now 

owned  by  Kus.-el  Bates;  his  wife.  I'olly,  is  yet  living  with  her  daughter.  .Mrs,. 
Randall,  one  mile  west  of  rninnville.  .it  tlie  L-reat  a-e  of  ninety-six.  Her  »..n, 
Silas  Madden,  also  liviu-.  was  h..rn  I8II2.  and.  exeepiing  .Mrs.  Wuiian.  is  the 
oldest  living  pers..n  born  in  the  town.      Mrs.  Eleanor  Ji.hnson,  daughter  of  B<xi- 


leel  Atehinson,  died  1803,  and  was  the  first  death  in  the  town.  The  first  pt-r^.n 
married  was  Captain  John  Leonard  to  .Mia,s  Hcneher,  of  Braddockj  bay.  wh.n; 
the  marriage  took  place.  In  130.'),  John  Atehinson  married  Cli.riiela  Hieks. 
For  many  yeiirs  private  burying-grounds  were  the  only  ones  in  u.sc.  e-aeli  lauiily 
burying  their  dead  un  their  own  farm,  which  aro  now  mostly  dcstruvisl.  The 
first  re-.-ular  burying-ground  laid  out  was  one  mile  north  and  one-half  mile  west 
of  the  Centre,  several  years  before  the  war  of  1S12. 

Among  the  trades  and  professions,  Jacob  Atehinson  was  the  first  blacksmith, 
in  a  log  shop  on  the  farm  of  John  Atehinson.  R.  Fulton,  the  first  mechanic: 
Sylvester  Atehinson,  physician  and  surveyor ;  J.  Thompson,  tradesman ;  Z. 
Stevens,  distiller;  Daniel  Arnold  and  Alpheus  Madden,  teachers;  and  E.  W. 
Thayer,  Joshua  Whitney,  and  Atehinson,  millers.  Tho  first  frame  house  w.13 
built  by  Bezalcel  Atehinson,  and  the  first  frnnic  barn  by  Hope  Davis,  at  I'jnna 
Corners,  in  1509.  The  first  ro.ad  laid  out  in  this  town  was  on  Juno  0.  17:i9. 
by  Cyrus  Douglass  and  Reuben  Ilcth.  and  was  the  original  Canawaujus  road.  It 
was  surveyed  by  Alex.  Rea,  from  the  Atehin.son  settlement  to  the  southeist.  and 
long  since  vacated,  except  about  one  mile  of  the  north  end,  which  is  still  ..|*n. 
The  first  apple-trees  were  raised  by  Bezalcel  Atehinson,  and  set  into  orchards  bv 
himself  and  3Iiehael  Beach  abuut  the  same  time;  though  it  is  claimed  bv  the 
descendants  of  Samuel  Hicks  that  an  old  orchard,  the  remains  of  which,  with 
immense  trunks,  were  a  few  years  ago  dug  up  on  his  old  homestead,  was  the  oldest 
orchard  in  all  that  section  of  country. 

The  first  mill  erected  in  the  town  was  a  saw-mill,  about  the  year  180G  or  1807. 
It  was  built  by  E.  W.  Thayer  on  the  L..ng  Pond  crock,  in  the  e.ist  part  of  the 
town,  and  al>out  one  mile  .south  of  the  Hicks  settlement.  The  second  was  a  grist- 
mill, purchased  by  BeEikvl  Atehinson  of  one  King,  near  Rochester,  in  ISny  or 
1310,  taken  dijwn,  removed  to  the  .settlement,  and  rebuilt  on  Salmon  creek,  near 
where  Chase  &  Tieniey's  mills  are  now  located.    A  few  years  later  a  saw-mill  was 

&,  Markham,  where  the  same  stream  crosses  the  Ridire  road,  near  Fowlers  mills. 
Following  those,  three  other  saw-mills  were  successively  built  on  Loti-^  Pund 
C'cek,  and  long  since  discontinueil.  First,  by  A.  Mather,  south  of  the  Ridge ; 
Hiram  Handy,  one  mile  north  ;  and,  about  1325,  J.  Fuller,  near  the  eu-t  town 
line.  In  1S2(I,  the  first  sawmill  in  the  north  section  was  erected  by  R.  Wioi  hei 
un  West  creek,  east  of  the  Centre  road ;  a  second'  by  Philander  Curtis,  west  of 
the  road;  and  sti!l  later,  a  third  by  Joseph  and  George  Buel.  cast  of  Winehels: 
all  of  which  were  long  ago  destroyed.  About  ISlU,  .Markham  constructi-d  the 
Sperry  nulls,  and  about  the  same  time  a  carding-mill  was  ei-ettcd  on  the  Bution- 
wood  by  Mr.  Trimmer,  and  did  business  several  years.  The  Atchinsons  erectusl 
a  second  mill  on  the  Salmon,  below  Unionvillo,  abijut  sixty  years  ago.  which  was 
never  operated.  It  was  built  too  far  above  the  water  to  work,  and  was  taken 
down  and  rebuilt  near  the  settlement,  where  it  stood  several  years.  In  1,S74. 
Clark  i  Crary  built  a  large  steam  saw-mill,  stave  and  barrel  factory  at  rrii...nvillo. 
which  is  doing  a  large  business,  and  a  few  years  previous  a  steam-mill  bad  U-en 

D.  yi.  -Mar- 


ffiee  . 


erected  at  the  Triangle  line,  near  the  lake,  and  is  still  in  operation. 

D. 

tin's  furnace  is  doing  a  large  business  in  the  manufacture  of  farm 

impk 

everv  description.     It  was  built  in  1807.  near  the  Greece  town  lin 

the  S4.uth  section. 

3IAIL,   8TA0E,    AND    HAILROAD    LINES. 

.^j  soon  as  the  Ridge  road  was  opened  in  ISlC,  Samuel  Hll  lath  A  C 
lished  a  daily  line  of  stages  between  Rochester  and  Lewiston.  The  pust- 
Parma  was  then  opened,  with  a  daily  mail  each  way,  and  J.  Thompson  putnin- 
Until  the  opening  of  tho  Erie  canal,  it  w;is  the  dislributiiig  ulliee  for  O-j 
Centre,  Adams'  Basin,  and,  later,  fur  Speneerport.  IajvI  T.ilmad-.-c  In'O-hl 
line,  and  s.K)n  after  sold  it  to  Adams  &  Blynn.  who  held  it  until  the  euniplei 
of  tho  canal,  when  it  was  discontinued.     Two  years  previous,  in  eon^cpieiio 


the  i 


known  as  the  Anti-Sunday  line,  was  esrablished  by  .\ri-tarehiis  Cliampi 

between  Scott.-ville  and  Parma.  In  I.^IJI,  Parma  Centre  post-office,  w 
Patterson  postmaster,  was  create'd  ;  a  few  years  later  a  .semi-weekly 
deliveroj.  In  1815,  Salmon  Creek  post-..ffice,  at  I'liiniiville,  was  e^tabli 
in  1847  North  I'arnia  post-office,  at  Bartlett's  Cunicrs,  wilh  J.  .M..Fail 
miLster.  Two  years  later,  Salmon  Creek  was  di-e..liti:,ueil -.  ao,l  „il. 
William  Burrid-e,  pustm.Lsler  of -Vorlh  I'aniia.  moved  up  to  C.i.M.ville 


a  daily  sl.a-e  line  was  establi-h 

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w^  firnt  settled  in  the  vtjr  1S05  by  Hopo  and  KlUIia  Dav'u.  who  in  ISHS  huilt 
the  first  tarero  in  the  town.      It  was  constructed  of  lojp.  with  l  !ar!;e  frame  barn 


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Thniup-«»n  built  the  hi>t  store  in  town. 
fir*t  p<j&t-ofiiee.  After  a  few  ye-ars  he  was  s 
Montgomery,  and  tliey  ir»  turn  by  Wiiliai 
Not  far  from  1S16  tlie  second  tavern  wa:5  built  by  one  lienlly  on  the  site  of  the 
one  now  kept  by  1>.  Trimmer.  The  ori'.-inal  structtire  eon.stitutes  a  part  of  the 
main  buildiu!,'  now  standin-  At  the  ?arae  time,  the  TilKit^on  House  wxs  ereeted 
west  of  the  Corners,  on  the  nortli  side,  but  e!o»cd  up  in  two  years.  In  1S13, 
Pavis  Goodeli  purcha.scd  Uently'a  tavern,  and  save  it  the  name  of  Goodell  House. 
It  is  noted  a"  the  last  place  where  Mor_-au  wn  seen  on  that  uieinorable  journey 
from  which  he  never  returned.  In  lS-0.  Levi  Talmadjo  ereete-J  a  larger  hotel 
on  llic  nortliwest  corner,  and  what  was  loni  kniiwn  as  the  old  I05  tavern  was  dis- 
c«ntinued  About  ISIG,  Zolved  Steven.-^  erected  a  di.-till.T>-  nearly  oppo.^.ce  the 
tannery  tow  owned  by  (Jorsline  i  Co.  After  cr.nductiii.'  it  a  lon^  time,  he 
sold  it  to  A.  H.  Owens,  who  moved  it  east  of  the  Comers,  operated  it  a  few  years, 
»nd  rebuilt  it  into  a  barn,  which  Ls  still  standing.  Mr.  Stevens  also  erected  1 
tavern  t«ar  his  distillery,  which  he  kept  several  yean».  At  thb*  time  all  indul<:ed 
in  great,  anticipations  repinling  the  future  of  Parma.  Business  was  bri-k  and 
incrcaaiog,  several  hotels,  a  distilUry.  and  two  stcge  lines  in  full  blast.  ■  d  every- 
where the  indications  of  rapid  and  permanent  gniwth.  The  coQStniction  of  a 
large  race-course  was  in  preparation,  in  which  the  prominent  horsemen  of  Roeh- 
e^ter  and  the  surroundin;:  country  were  interested.  In  anticipation  of  this.  War- 
ham  Warner  erected  and  opened  a  larse  hotel  in  its  vicinitv.  west  of  the  distillery, 
on  the  place  now  owned  by  J.  M.  Webster.  It  was  closed  very  soon,  however, 
on  account  of  the  failure  of  the  original  project.  In  1330  or  1831.  Henry -Stevens 
built  a  hotel  between  the  two  latter,  and  conducted  it  several  years.  In  1S25. 
.  Randall  Curtis  built  a  tanneiT  opposite  the  distillery.  The  ori-iaal  structure  was 
a  small  building,  still  standing  in  front  of  Gorsline  k  Co.'s  tannery,  which  was 
erecli-d  later,  as  the  busines.s  iuercasod.  A  Univci-salist  church  was  built  on  the 
north-scst  corner  at  the  -ame  time,  and  in  opposition  to  the  Congregational  (then 
Presbyterian )  church  at  \\'est  I'ireeee.  After  a  few  years,  rejiilar  services  ceased, 
when  it  was  used  as  a  public  hall,  until  finally,  after  becoming  a  ruin,  it  was 
bunied  in  May,  1853. 

UNIONVILLK,   OR   XORTH   PARMA   POST-OFFICE, 

is  the  most  important  and  flourishing  place  in  the  town.  It  is  situated  on  .Saluion 
creek,  on  the  line  between  the  two  sections,  .ind  on  the  0'.-den«bnrg,  Watertown 
and  Oswego  Railroad.  It  was  settled  in  ISOJ  by  Jonathan  UrderwcHid.  and  1810 
by  Ja.s-,n  Tyler,  who  built  the  first  house  in  ISU,  and  the  first  blacksmith-shop 
in  1.^1.5. — the  former  near  the  present  Baptist  church  buildi  u,  and  the  latter 
i^mth  of  jhe  Corners,  on  the  c;\st  side.  In  IS'20,  Samuel  Smith  opened  a  tavern 
on  the  sire  of  the  drug-store  now  owned  by  Charles  Spring.  Five  ycar^  after. 
.Ia.s.,u  Tytr  purchased  it,  and  kept  it  a  tew  years,  after  which  it  'v;is  di.scontinnod. 
Ss'Verrd  years  later  a  large,  cumbersome  structure  was  erected  -n  the  southwest 
'simer  by  Charles  Darling,  and  ripened  for  a  hotel.  It  was  better  known  as  the 
An-jde.  It  was  closed  five  years  utter,  and  i*rniitted  to  sink  into  ilecay.  In 
I**."!!'!.  Willfjm  Fossmire  built  the  first  store  a  few  rods  farther  west,  on  the  north- 
"■a.«f  comer.  It  is  tiow  ownetl  by  George  InL'ham.  and  has  an  e-ttensive  trade. 
I'ntil  1870,  U  was  the  oidy  store  m.rth  of  the  Centre.  In  liTl!,  the  first  and 
only  dnig-strcB  in  the  town  w:is  -opeued  by  Charles  Sprin'_'.  from  Brockj*^)rt. 
'  nionville  hai  a  population  of  about  three  hundrcil.  four  stores,  w.igon-sliop, 
lurm-vs-shop,  saw-niill,  stave  and  b.irrel  factory. 


PAKMA  CKNTUE, 

•iinali'd  in  the  centre  of  the  second  section,  was  rir-t  settled  bv  Ro-wcil  and  Au 
.\l.hln«„i.  The  first  hou-e  was  built  by  the  latter,  on  the  northe.ist  cnier. 
ih.-  r.-idcnce  of  R.  l>.  Od.ll.  Jr.  In  ISl'9.  .V-a  IVk  built  th.'  first  blacksm 
'nd  wagon-shop  a  few  y,inls  west  of  the  Corners,  and  sold  it  four  years  aire 
•liarl.s  \\.aey.     It  is  how  owned  by  W.  J.  Dunn,  who  purchased  it  in   1^- 


I-ndo, 


.'uui^ieinoiit  it  Ikw  bee 


ck   of  , 


'•'"ly-fi„;.h,.dcarria.n-s.iri 

•^-v    IV Madi^oneonn 

"  "'1  of  Tamia  Corners,  c 


veavK 


.^I.  L.  l!o>- 
jcr.  In  1.-:; 


and  rebuilt  the  following  year.  It  is  now  owned  by  Wm  H.  Dennl-ion.  ^Ir 
Knoi  was  tw.  Ive  years  p<otm.TSter,  and  nineteen  years  town  clerk,  auu  has  alw.ns 
been  one  of  the  most  prominent,  public-spirited,  and  popular  men  in  the  t.jwn 
He  is  still  living,  and  resides  with  his  son-in-l.iw,  R.idney  P.  Odell,  pri.sent  -uner 
TLsor  and  cierk.  In  ISC2  a  second  store  was  opened,  but  closed  seven  yours  later. 
In  1868  the  store  now  occupied  by  Sela  Burritt  was  built. 


The 


I  is  th< 


no  general  characteristic  of  all  American  pioneer  scttieme 
which  is  always  paid  to  schools.  Almost  as  soon  as  the  firs 
and  planU-d,  and  protection  against  sUirvation  scoured,  measures  are  set  on  foot  to 
secure  the  means  of  instruction  for  their  children.  The  first  school-hou.se  erected 
in  the  town  was  located  near  the  .A.tchinson  settlement.  Its  first  teacher  was  Alpheus 
Madden,  in  1804,  eight  years  subsequent  to  the  date  of  settlement.  Prior  to  this, 
however,  Daniel  Arnold,  a  surveyor. taught  school  in  a  log  house  built  and  uwn.d 
by  Bezaleel  Atchinson.  that  stood  a  few  rods  north  of  his  first  residence.  .Schools 
were  also  Laught  in  one  end  of  the  dwelling-house  of  Michael  Beach,  at  Hunt's 
Corners,  which  became  the  seojnd  district.  In  1810  the  first  frame  3cho.1l-hou.-e 
in  town  was  erected  at  Parma  Comers,  on  the  siti'  of  the  present  one.  In  LSl.'i 
the  first  school-house  in  the  fourth  district,  at  UoionviUe,  south  of  the  Corners  ami 
west  of  the  road,  and  a  little  later  in  the  Cross  district,  at  liartlett's  Cornci>.  and 
the  Wright  district,  near  the  Triangle.  These  constituted  the  original  districts  of 
T hich  have  since  been  divided  and  subdivided  .as  its  growth  and  increase 
In  1841  the  location  of  Atchinson  school-house  w-as  transferred  to 
present   sixteen  gwxi,  substantial  school-hou.scs. 


thet 


There 


report 


of  the  hist 


year,  t 


imits,  affordinL' 


pleasantly  located,  with  eil 
struction,  according  to  the 
nine  pupils. 

THE  P.\BMA    I.VSTITt;TE 

w..  org«Di?ed  September  !!,  1853,  in  the-  CptLst  ^.hurch  at  Fam.a  Corners, 
Fourteen  trustees  were  chosen,  of  whom  J.  Tripp  was  made  president.  -lames 
G^irsline  sccreUry,  and  J.  M.  Webster  treasurer.  The  school  was  at  fir-t  coo- 
dncted  in  the  old  tavern  stand  on  the  northwest  corner,  which  w.xs  puichased, 
October  15,  for  fourteen  hundred  dollars,  and  soon  after  moved  across  the  street, 
and  repaired  at  a  cost  of  five  hundred  dollars.  A  new  edifice  w;is  immcdlateU 
erected  for  the  Institute,  to  which  was  attached  the  old  stmctuie.  as  a  boarding- 
hall.  Its  erection  cost  five  thous:ind  dollars,  half  bcin'.-  rai.sed  bv  subscription, 
and  a  mortgage  on  the  property  given  for  the  remainder.  The  school  continued, 
:ccss,  under  the  charge  first  of  Prof  Robinson,  followed  by 
,  F.  B.  Palmer,  and  others,  until  181)3,  when  the  propertv  wxs 
and  bought  in  by  .seven  of  the  trustoi'S.  They  in  turn  leased 
for  one  year,  after  which,  as  failure  seeme<l  inevitable,  it  was 
the  Catholic  church.  At  this  juncture  Prof  S.  W.  Clark 
igreed  that  he  should  take  the  propertv  bv  pavini;  the  twenty- 
'  indebtedness,  ami  under  a  new  charter  conduct  the  lu-titute 
t,  and  longiT  if  self-supporting.  A  new  charter  was  obtained, 
-Miss  Cora  C.  Clark  instalh-d  as  principal,  and  the  Institute  entered  upon  it-  most 
prosperous  career  The  officers  were  Rev.  E.  ,<nwyer,  president;  O.  A.  Rjyce. 
vice-president;  J.  Gorslioe,  secretary ;  and  J.  .^[.  Webster,  treasurer.  The  a-sist- 
aot  te;icheri  .at  difl'ercnt  times  were  .Mi:>s  Button.  Miss  Thompson.  .Miss  Piatt,  and 
.Miss Staunton,  and  the  number  of  pupils  ranged  from  si.vty-five  to  one  hiMuhi'd. 
The  classical  and  scientific  branches  were  taught,  embracing  ancient  and  modern 
languages,  higher  mathematics,  natural  sciences,  etc.,  with  regular  lectures  fn>m 
Prof  S.  AV.  Clark.  At  the  close  of  the  five  years,  in  1870,  it  was  deemed  e.vi^- 
dient  to  tenninate  its  existence.  Adveise  circumstances,  the  want  of  proper  sup- 
port and  local  interest,  toirethcr  with  the  prosiniitv  of  the  Brockport  Institute, 
combined  to  make  a  louLrer  effort  unadvIsaMe,  although  situated  in  one  of  ilic 
most  desirable  and  healthy  localities  in  the  Sl.ite.  The  building  was  subsei|Ucntly 
.sold  to  the  third  -cho-d  district  of  Parma, 

eiemplified  by  the  readiri.s,s  with  which  they  mshed  to  the  defense  of  their  set- 
tlement at  the  first  appearance  of  invasion.  As  ^mn  as  it  was  known  that  the 
British  contemplated  an  attack  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  all  not  in  the  service 
elsewhere  hastentsl  t,i  its  .lel'i  n.se,  the  result  of  which  has  b.come  historical.  That 
thesiime  spirit  anim,it.d  the  women  is  shown  by  the  followiuL-  incident.  For 
mutual  prole.-ti.ui  all  liad  gathere.l  at  the  hoii.se  of  Stephen  Atcliinson.      .Vmoug 


with  indifferent  su 

Prof  Blennerhaset 

iwid  at  sheriff's  saU 

it  to  Prof  Willian 

decided  to  sell  it  t 

arrived,  and  it  was 

five  hundre-l  dollar 

f  .r  five  years  at  lea 

1    hostile    lu.ii 
r.-d   fjr  dcf>-l 


176 


HISTORY  OF  ilONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


oot  ID  insUnt  too  30OM  the  5tnin2i.-r  sp-jlc,  bj  whiae  voirt  ihfj  recoynticd  Capl.iio 
J'jbo  Leonard,  wln_i>c  iliot-'^s  had  kept  liini  at  liutue. 

Th«  great  di^ajv,inla^-c  to  the  c;irly  SL-ttlenicnt  ir.u  the  almost  absoluto  want  of 
market  facililii^*,  there  bcins  uo  meaui  of  Iran^port-ition.  exci-pt  by  Muall  TfsseU 
penetntiog  the  inletj  along  the  lake,  and  comiee'.cd  trith  tiic  iiilrriur  by  nfW  aod 
Bcarljr  iii:p.i5ijbh:  nr.i.U.  Thayer  s  lanJin',-,  on  .-';ilom  creek,  was  for  many  yeara 
the  iD.iIn  shippiii;.;  pjlnL  The  war  op;ned  a  channel  at  extreme  prieea,  which 
■ooo  after  fell  b.;tk  to  the  lowest  point,  and  -^i  re maiue-j  until  the  Krie  canal  ^ve 
permancut  relief  Fruni  ti.lt  period  date-s  the  rapid  gnjwtli  and  devoIuptDcnt  of 
tU  this  section,  wliich  in  a  few  years  transrormcJ  a  wildemc^  into  a  garden, 
with  alt  the  aceompammenti  of  n-ealih  and  luxury. 

80  acxiou.'^  had  the  oniriiial  proprietor)  been  to  d«-velop  the  new  country,  that 
they  ncTcr  hesitated  to  article  farms  to  any  one  with  suliirient  laeaiu  to  pay  for 
th«  execution  of  the  contract,  and  io  grant  aiiuost  uuliiuited  credit.  As  %  result 
it  was  settled  quite  cxtcn.«ively  by  a  »hifile.-a  elajs.  who  threw  up  tolerable  loj 
houses,  cleared  and  tilled  ju^t  enough  land  to  rai-e  their  own  bread,  aud  devoted 
Uiemsclvei  alteniately  to  indolence  and  hunting.  Cooscfiuontly  they  made  no 
payments  tn  their  fanQ:$,  which  were  destined  to  relapse  buck  to  the  former 
owners. 

In  1825,  when  land  bad  attained  the  value  of  about  ten  dollars  per  acre,  a 
pressurt  was  brought  to  bear  upon  this  cla5s  for  a  first  payment,  some  of  whom 
had  held  their  farm.t  ten,  fillceo,  aud  even  twenty  years,  but  being  unable  tn  meet 
it,  thej  s*>!d  their  ioipruvemcnts  for  what  they  could  ccr,  the  njorc  readily  as 
ftlichigan  had  just  opened  to  settlement,  and  a  feverish  restlessness  prompted 
them  to  emigrate.  This  gave  place  to  a  better  cu!;5,  generally  from  New  Eog- 
land,  who  brought  with  them  the  sterling  traiu  of  that  thrifty  p'.'oplc.  Again,  a 
few  jeart  later,  when  land  had  doubled  in  vjluc,  a  similar  nioveojeot  was  a  second 
time  inaugurated,  and  the  we«t  rec-civci  another  quota,  to  the  aiiv-aotacre  of  wcst- 
eni  New  York.  In  a  few  year^  a  marked  ciiange  was  perceptible,  ana  in  a  social 
and  religious  aspect  the  new  element  made  a  decided  impress. 

Tho  present  p^-pulation  are  alotost  wholly  the  descendants  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Kcw  England,  and  p.)S.*;ss  a  high  order  of  refiiieineat  and  intelkvtuil  and  re- 
ligions culture.  The  advantages  of  their  geographii-al  f-osition  pre>en-cd  them  in 
>  great  measure  from  the  evil  cleuienU  so  prevalent  in  many  a.mmunities,  and 
CiTored  the  dissemination  of  thorfc  hi::h  principle"  that  culminate-^i  in  the  excellent 
icht)ots,  flouri.-hing  churches,  a  broad  and  liberal  public  spirit,  and  the  hospitable 
homes  for  which  they  are  so  widely  and  justly  esteemed.  The  town  is  esp^iaUy 
adapted  to  agiiculture,  which  h.xs  alw.iys  been  the  pursuit  of  its  people.  Blessed 
with  k  soil  of  unsurpassed  fertility  and  a  favorable  and  healthy  climate,  every 
Tarietj  of  production  has  yielded  the  largest  returns,  and,  with  the  proverbial 
industry  of  its  [n^ple,  developed  a  rich  and  prosperoiu  community.  For  many 
jcara  the  cereals  were  the  chief  production,  but  latterly  they  have  been  much  less 
cultivated.  It  In  now  more  noted  for  the  immense  quantity  of  fruit  yearly  shipped 
to  market.  Already  many  hundretl  acres  are  cohered  with  orcharu^  of  the  choicest 
apples,  with  large  yearly  additions,  which  must,  if  continued,  in  a  few  years  em- 
biace  the  greater  part  of  the  surf.ice.  Since  the  outbreak  of  the  late  rebellion, 
^MO*  have  tiecn  very  extensively  cultivated,  and  are  still  one  of  the  staple  pro- 


Th«  supervisors  of  the  town  of  Parma  sinit;  its  or.-aniiaiion  in  1817,  and  its 
prtseot  offiecn,  are  here  given  :  Gibljons  Jcwett,  ISIT  to  ISlS,  both  inclu-sive; 
ZolTcd  Stevens,  ISl'J  to  IrfJi) ,  Gibbous  Jewctt,  1S:.'1  ;  Suuiucl  Castle,  li-i.!  to 
i8i5 ;  Boswell  Ateliinson,  ^^.i!;  to  ISiS  ;  J:ioieon  Smith,  l.S.'O  ;  Zc'l>c-d  Stcveai. 
S8.iO;  J»)ii  Tyler,  lS:il ;  L  M.  tllscock,  IS.JL';  J.  E.  I'attet^on.  li^  to  1S3G; 
Jonathan  Wadhams,  lS;i7  ;  Isaac  Chase.  Jr.,  1>:;.^  to  1S4I;  Harris  Clement, 
1812;  Isoiie  Cha.se,  Jr.,  lSi3  to  ISU,  Harris  Clement.  ISJo  to  1>47;  Ji^liua 
Tripp,  1843,  Isaac  Chase,  Jr.,  ISin  to  lS,-,i);  Jam.-s  C.  Au.-tin.  IS.".!  to  li.VJ; 
i.  E.  I'attcrvjn,  H53 ;  Junas  Tripp.  l,^,-.4;  :>.  D.  Webster,  1S.-..5  ;  J.  K.  Tat- 
ttnon,  135G;  Isa.ic  Chn>iv  Jr.,  1?.-|7  ;  Ahmr  J  \V„xl,  1?5S  to  l.Siio  ;  J.  W. 
Hacock,  I8C1  ;  llanis  Chiuenl,  ISU.':  J  K.  1-aiierM.n,  l>i;;J  to  IStU;  A.  J. 
Wood,  18i;5 ;  Charles  Efner.  Ibliti,  E.  !>.  llilluua,  l507  to  l.S(i9;  R.  C.  Bale^ 
187U  to  1S74;  .Suphen  Uumtt,  ls7.>i  ami  K.-lney  1'.  Olcll.  Jr.,  ^^7U,and  also 
town  clerk. 

Tho  other  offa-ers  for  1S7G  arc — .Ju.siiceof  the  IVacc.  Rufus  Child.-;  A.s,-cw.r, 
Jacob  CI. rke;  Uoad  Cmmi-siuncr.  J.  A   lli-coek,  IV.r  i.uLster.  1:  E.  Slurry,  V.x 

ci.se  Comml-i r,  IVonis  T..b..r ,  C.il.  .  ler,  J    11    li -Hi,,.,  .  An  i.lor-  J    UV  lll- 

euck,  Lyu.ai.  L„i,  i„m,  i;i.-l,a  l>  .<,  ,u,  ,  ('.,r,.-l.,l,l.  v  11  (■  L'.mi.k.  K.  R.  T«en- 
tyman,    Clarence   Cm.oudl,    UnWn   U    \Vau,e,   .).,.ne.s    Ih.vi...  .i,.h„    .^lcllu-h. 

Jr.;  0..nie  C„nst.,ble,  Ja.-per  V;„.   (• t;    l,„|.el,.r>,..f   Kl,,tmn.  Fir-t   l)i,lriel, 

Henry  K„r.,b,Tk,  Jan„-s  lire,/..  Will,:.,,,  \1  CLirk,: ;  .X-ts.ud  Dc-lria,  (icrgc 
Iflshuui,  DeunU  Tabor,  Allen  .Smith. 


riasT  BAPTIST  cnbiicH  of  p.\ru.\. 
There  arc  in  Paruia  nine  church  organizations  and  a  Young  Men's  Christiaa 
Association,  all  in  a  A.-urishlnu'  condition  ;  bcsiiies  a  large  proportion  of  the  Cno- 
gregjtional  church,  l.xatc-d  on  thehne.at  UVtCcs^c.  The  First  R.ptist  chur,.h 
of  P.,ruia.  located  at  I'nionville.  is  the  oldc-t  religious  organization  in  the  town, 
long  before  there  was  a  settlement  ni.ide  in  t!ie  north  section  of  Uraddnck's  Rjj, 
b.;fore  the  Rl.lgc  road  was  opened,  and  when  Rochester  was  a  hamlet.  It  wy 
organized  .May  J7,  liilD,  by  Elder  .M..se»  Claik.  either  near  the  Atehinson  cr 
Hicks  settlement,  probably'the  latter,  with  the  following  membership:  Mo5..s 
Clark,  Samuel  Gagnry,  Timothy  Laiu.  Je.hua  Wicksou.  Ani..s  llieks,  A=a 
Adams,  Richard  Clark.  G.  Wilkcr^on,  Samuel  llieks,  E^ter  Hick-.  I.uey  Wllker. 
son,  Anna  Wilkcrson,  Clarissa  Cross,  Rachel  Corbitt.  S..phia  Tenncy.  IMucbe 
Hickox,  Polly  Adams,  and  Sus.inna  Gregory.  Moses  Clark  w.ns  nr't  pxstor,  and 
Timothy  Lain  deacon.  Services  were  held'  in  the  Atchinson  seh,K.l-house  unrU 
the  erection  of  a  chuah  building  in  ISolJ,  which  was  located  one  l,,,lf  mile  south 
of  Unionville,  forty  by  fifty  feet  in  size,  and  cost  four  thousand  dollars.  In  1S42 
it  was  removed  to  Unionville,  and  rceonsti-ucted  into  its  present  shape.  Mosoa 
Clort  was  succeeded  by  D.  Crous.  Joseph  Gould,  T.  Ckcr,  S.  H  Weaver,  U.  K. 

Stimpson,  A.  C.  Kingsley,  J.  C.  Emory,  S.  3.  Utter,  D.  C.  Marslnih  aud 

Prentice,  present  pastor,  Charles  Efner  and  Daniel  Meade  arc  its  present  dc-jcous, 
and  Dclos  Tenncy  clerk,  and  a  membership  of  over  one  hundred  and  thirteen. 
Connected  with  it  is  a  Sabhath.9chool,  having,  at  present,  si.v  teachers  and  sixty- 
five  pupils,  with  Avery  Foote  superintendent,  and  Daniel  Mead,-  treasurer,  and 
a  well-selected  library  of  about  four  hundred  volumes. 

UETHODIST   EPI.SCOPAL   Cntncll    OK    PARM-i   CINTKE. 

Elder  Hill,  a  Jlcthodist  minister,  preached  the  first  sirmon  ever  delivered  in 

Comers.  The  ciact  year  is  not  known,  except  that  it  was  prior  !•,  the  erection  of 
the  first  school-house,  in  1S04;  aud  alth'iugh  it  was  siiceeedeJ  by  meetin:?*  at 
other  points,  whenever  the  seniecs  of  a  mini.-tcr  c-ould  be  obtained,  no  organized 
movement  in  the  interests  of  Methodism  was  taken  until  ISll,  under  the  min- 
istration of  Loring  Grant,  who  then  formed  the  nu,  leus  of  the  first  class  in 
Parma,  including  eight  persons,  viz. :  Benedict  Lewis,  of  .\ll.any,  class-leader,  and 
Jlr.  and  Mrs.  N.uh  I'helps,  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Daniel  R„vve,  I'h.cU  G.lmore.  Mre. 
Leonard,  and  N.  We.teni,  uieuibciTi.  On  December  lli.  Is.'U.  at  the  hou-e  of 
Asa  Atchins,>n,  the  first  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Sweden  Circuit  took  place, 
with  Gideon  Draiw,  presiding  elder,  and  the  following  uicmbers :  Circuit  Preacher, 
N.  B.  D'uLson  ,  L,xal  Preacher,  James  Heiumingw.vy ;  Kxhorters,  John  Webster. 
W.  F.  Perry-,  and  David  Low,>l ;  Stewards.  Jam,-,  Hemmingw.iy.  J.  Webster, 
and  Nathan 'Padduck  ;  ami  Clas.s-leader,,  Z.  Hold,  Austin  AtchioLn,  0.  Wat-s,n, 
Adam  -Mocrc,  and  Asa  .-Itchinsoo.  Previous  to  this  meeting,  and  sub5c,|uent  to 
B.  Lewis,  Noah  Phelps  was  class-leader  for  a  number  of  years,  and  was  ^ucreedcd 
by  Austin  -Xtehinson.  The  ,la-vi  rapi,lly  incre;ised.  and  was  Mib.se,|,ie,itly  ilivi.l.d 
until  January  20,  1^.'7.  when  tiie  first  ,1  i-s  w.cs  org-aniz.^  int..  the  Fii-<1  .Metli... 
dLst  Episcopal  church  of  P.ini.a,  in  the  schoolhuuse  west  of  the  IVntre.  bv  Klij.,h 
Boardman  and  Martin  Woodman.  Its  tir-r  tru-tecs  were  Asa  Atelili,s.jn,  Phii-.iid.r 
Curtis,  Sr,  Austin  Atchinson.  I,c-onard  Drau-g.  and  John  P.. Iter;  and  its  tir.-t 
minister  Rev.  N.  B  Dud-.n.  lis  meetings  were  held  at  the  pi.ic-c  of  or.-:initi. 
tion  until  the  completion  of  theirchurch  biiildin..:,  in  19:;il,  ,■,(  I'arma  Centre  ■■« 
a  lot  purcha.--cd  January  4,  Hl".»,of  Calheart  i  Uie,  for  three  d..llars.  It  wj- 
built  of  red  brick,  made  by  l-'onanl  Rrig-  ..ii  his  farm  in  lot  .">.  noiu-e  3,  and  11- 
.size  thirty-five  by  forty  feit.  E.lwi.i  J  Whitney  is  the  prc-.nt  minister,  an.l 
Williain  B.  Newu.n.  William  Y.  Dunn.  Aaron  C,«)k.  Saniu.l  I!ernidg,-,  anil  I! 
P.  Odell.  Jr.,  lis  p'c-eat  trustees,  wi.h  1!  P  Odell,  Jr.,  and  .<.uiuel  l!.rra.Le 
cla3.i-leadir3,  and  a  mciubersliip  of  ab.>ul  filty  About  l.-^J.'i.  the  Oist  Sal.lnlh- 
scliool  wxs  oiganizcl  at  the  Castle  .schoolhou-e,  with  .-Vsa  Ad.,m-.  superinlcii.Ici.l. 
Freclovc  Dunham,  teacher,  and  alnjiit  Iw.  iity  pupils-  The  School  continn.d  ,'- 
sessions  here,  with  varyin-.-  -iicce.ss,  until  the  or.'.u,izition  of  the  .  hiircii,  when  " 
was  held  in  conncvllnn  with  the  latt,  r  It  now  ha.«  .lU.ut  t^rty  pupil-,  wirli 
seven  Ic.ichcrs,  unil.r  charge  of  Rodo.  y  P.  Odell,  Jr.,  pi\'scnt  sup,rinleu.l.„t 
It  has  a  library  of  tivo  h.iii.lred  voluni  s.  a.l.sju.ite  to  the  wants  of  ih.'  scIkoI. 
with  Cleveland  C-.k,  librarian. 

UKTUOUt.-(T    Kl'ISCOPAI.    riltHCll    Of    KOaTIi    PARM.V. 

The  f..ni,  ,(ion  of  ih.-  Hist  cI.lss  that  rnlminalcd  in  the  orgnnititlon  of  the  M.  'h 
odlst  Epi-.-"p,l  chorJi  ..f  .\..rth  I'arma  .K.-c;lrrid  in  HJli,  in  a  l..-  h..u,se.  on  ll"' 
micof  the  prc-cnt  re-i  Uiiee  of  J.mes  t  ■„rli.s,  i,.  ,r  Bartletta  C..rn,ra.  It  w,c— r- 
gnniz.sl  by  John    K,,i..,t,  ami   the  foUowin-  niomlKT- :     Phil.in.l  r   Cnniss,  .-^r. 

Joel    Unkl Coharioc    Cjniss,   Sar.h    l.,l,kt..n,   ami    .Mar.-:,r,  t   ,><ch.,llei.l.       I' 

Diet  for  worship  w,lh  th.'  cl.,.ss  nt   Parma  Cenlrc.  umler  the   minlslry  of  W.h  ' 


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HISTOCY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW    YORK. 


I^-iit  sti'i  uthors,  until  the  fornulion  of  ihc  North  Panul  society,  in  ISlC,  in  ihc 
schoul-huuac  at  Bartlcu's  Corners,  wliore.  widi  Kl.l.r  Miclin.l  Seires  as  ilu  ir  first 
paator,  tlic-  church  servires  were  h.'ld  unlil  the  coraiih-lion.  in  the  Ic.lluwin^ 
yeors,  of  tlic  builJin;;  now  occupied, — a  fine,  sul«it;inti:il  striicture,  built  of  st.inc, 
thirty-six  by  Hprtv-bix  feet  area,  at  a  coat  of  two  thousand  d'<lbrs.  Th<;  first  trua- 
iM  were  J.  M.  ilisiwk,  IMiilander  Curtiss,  Sr.,  John  Smith,  and  J.  Ha.twell. 
The  pre^-nt  trustees  an;  K.  Curtiss,  J.  Curtiss,  \Vm.  Ch.ittoD,  I.  C'urtiss.  and 
Thos.  Hiutlett,  Steward.  Eiias  Curtisa ;  Class-leader.  Geor.-e  Curtiss;  I'lerk,  Wil- 
larJ  H.  Hawkins;  and  the  present  minister,  Kdwin  J.  Whitney,  with  a  member- 
ship of  silty-four.  The  S;ibbath-seh(...|  was  organized  in  IS'.'S.  with  Georjo  \V. 
Curtiss,  superint,.-ndent.  It  consisted  of  four  teachers  and  twenty-five  pupils.  It 
DOW  has  siity  pupils,  seven  teachers,  and  four  officers,  viz.  ;  John  Arnold.  su|H;r- 
intendoDt;  0.  Dui\bar,  a^istant  supirinlendent ;  T.  Bartlett.  seerelary  and  treas- 
urer, and  E.  Ca-mar,  collcttor.  .V  library  was  purchxvd  in  l.S:i.S,  and  Joel 
Lankton  made  superintendent. 


tr    P.tBM.l    CENTItK. 

■ree  .Methodists  was  on: 
ition  of  John  W.  Ilchly.     Its  mem- 
raerabers  each,  with   Cliauncey  -^. 


.May 


FBEE    METnODIST   CllL'BClI 

The  &ist  church  of  the  Parma  circuit  of 
("i,  1S6'J,  at  Pamia  Centre,  under  the  niinistr 
h.T'hip  consisted  of  two  classes  of  fourteen 
Knot  and  Peter  Vanzile,  chiss-leaders.  Its  first  trustees  were  Bailey  Burritt, 
IVtcr  Vanzile.  Seth  W.  Woodruff,  C.  X.  Knox,  and  Fayette  Wwi.1.  "in  ISUii, 
their  present  church  building  was  erected  at  a  cost,  including  the  jite,  of  twenty- 
nine  hundred  dollars.  Twenry-six  hundred  dollars  was  collected  and  paid  within 
one  year.  Sheds  and  other  improvements  were  afterwards  constructed  at  an  ad- 
ditional cost  of  two  thousand  dollars.  It  has  at  pic.^ut  a  membership  of  .about 
^i\ty.  The  Sabbath-school,  orjiuiizcd  in  conjunction  with  thQ  church,  consists 
:Jso  of  two  cbsscs,  embracing  nine  teachers  and  seventy  piipiL*,  under  the  supcr- 
■  intendcncy  of  Peter  Vanzile.  Parma  circuit,  of  which  this  is  the  first  church, 
also  includes  North  Parma,  Clirksen.  West  Greece,  and  North  Chili,  with  W. 
.Manning  the  present  circuit-preacher. 


FBEK    lIETnODI:^' 


OF    NORTU    P.tRM.l 


The  second  church  of  the  Parraa  circuit  of  Free  McthodisLs  was  oiT^iuized  as 
the  Free  Slethodist  church  of  North  Parma  on  -January  7.  l-'^tj;i.  at  the  schof'l- 
housc.onc  mile  north  of  B.inlctts  Corners.  Rev.  W.  Mannini;  was  its  first  pastor, 
and  P.  II    Curti-3,  Da.iid  Brown,  John  \'an   Voorhees,  .J„f,-].b  Walker,  and 

ices  were  held  at  the  place  of  organization  until  the  erection  of  the  church  build- 
ing it  now  oeeupie.s.  in  ISilT.  It  is  lociitcd  one  half  mile  c.ist  of  Bartlett's  Corners, 
of  Ihirty-two  by  forty-eight  feet  area,  and  cost  thirty-two  hundr.d  dollars.  It  Ls 
now  under  charge  of  tlic  circuit. preacher,  W'.  .^[anuing,  and  the  trustees,  P.  II. 
Curtiss,  Andrew  G.irlo..k,  Stephen  Smith.  George  Bennett,  and  L.  .■^.  Woleott. 
A  Sabbath-school  was  formed  in  ISG2.  with  sir  teachers  and  forty  pupils,  and  P. 
H.  Curtiss  superintendent.  It  now  embraces  .seven  teachers  and  fifty  pupils,  with 
^(rs.  li,  B.  Curtiss  superintendent,  and  a  library  of  two  huiidr>Nl  voluiucs. 


PE»-SBTTF.R1.\M    llll  RIH    UK    PVRM.V. 

The  "Preahyterian  church  of  Parma  Centre  was  organized  .March  4,  1^29.  in 
'he  .Vtchin.^)n  school-house,  under  the  direction  of  a  conunission  consisting  of 
U'ls.  Mr.  Penny,  of  Rochester.  .Mr.  Cook,  of  Greece,  and  -Mr.  Sedgwick,  of  Og- 
•l.n,  and  the  dclc-ates,  ircacons  John  Arnold  and  John  Gran-cr.  wi"th  Mr.  Penny 
■IS  m.Klerator,  and  Mr.  Scd-wi.  k  as  deik.  The  following  are  the  charter  mem- 
l-rs:  Dtmicl  Clark.  .>^r.,  Daniel  Claik,  Jr.,  Kmelia  Clark.  Orphia  Clark,  Clarissa 
P.ill.-r-si.,  Harriet  VansLsc.  Nicholas  Kipp,  Jane  Pot,  Isabel  Van  TuyL  Hannah 
I'ulil,  Plvhe  Gager,  Lucius  Peck,  and  .\.bby  IV-ck.  .Services  were  held  at  the 
I'la.'c  of  OTg;inization  until  the  erection  of  a  suitable  structure  in  1S;;1.  erected,  in 
■"'ijunrtion  with  the  town,  to  serve  the  double  purpo.sc  of  town  hall  and  church. 
ll  was  located  a  few  yards  Wc-st  of  tlie  corner,  on  the  south  side  of  the  street,  [ts 
lit  t  ehlers  were  Daniel  Clark,  Niehol.xs  Kipp.  and  Lucius  Peek.  appoint.il  in 
I'^in,  and  two  years  later  its  first  minister,  Sil.us  Pntt,  w:is  employed.  In  18  fJ. 
u'l-l.T  the  ministration  of  Shubael  Carver,  the  fifth  pastor  of  the  church,  di.s.sen- 
"'•■ns  arose  on  what  was  known  as  the  "  Hberlin  doctrine  of  pert'ection."  .\t 
that  lime  there  w.  re  si.\ty-one  couiinunieanLs,  twenty-four  of  whom  llillowed  Mr. 
Car\er  into  Coiign-g:ttion.dI-m.  and.  retaining  pos>e>sion  of  the  hnildinir.  organizeil 

''arver,  it  w.x»  diss..lved,  the  bull. ling  s.ild  to  the  ti.wn,  and  the  nic  mbirs  si-attercd 
«nd  were  absorbed  by  other  dcnomin.itions.      In  the  nuan  time  the  oiigin  il  church 


built  aitnost  wholly  by  the  joint  la 
:tie3,  and  dona'ion.s.  recjuiriiig  but 


and  its  method  of  constr 
debts  of  later  days.  It  \ 
ben,  by  bec.s,  knitting  societies,  and  d 
joiner  work.  Services  were  held  before  it  wa.s  inclosed, — a  work-bench  i'.,r 
pulpit,  nail-kcgs  and  slabs  for  seats,  and  in  open  air  cnnseerated  In  the  worhip 
Ijod.  It  has  had.  since  its  organization,  fifteen  ministers  and  twenty.six  eldr 
The  prejcnt  minister  is  Creoru'c  C.  Jewel,  apfiointoJ  in  1374,  and  the  |,r,  >, 
ciders  ThonuLS  Breeze  and  Hugh  Johnson,  in  l.STl.aud  fifty-nine  eommuniccn 
There  arc  no  records  in  eiistenec  of  the  .■^.ibbjth  school  previous  m  I.S4J,  the  v. 
of  the  division  of  its  members,  although  a  flourishing  school  had  existed  from  t 
be-.-inning.  In  ISl'J  it  embraced  six  leacllcrs  and  forty-nine  pupiN,  an.l 
present  has  nine  teachers  and  si.\ty  pupils.  The  library  hiis  grown  gradually, 
donations  and  small  purchases,  until  it  has  become  adequate  to  the  w:uitd  of  t 


Khool,  and  is  i 


chan 


of  Liaae  W.  Ca-tlo 


BAPTIST   ClIfRCn  OK    P.^RM.V    CORNERS. 


The  Baptist  church  at  Partna  Comers  was  organized  January  10,  1S:!2,  by  th 
Rev.  C.  Hartshorn,  in  the  school-house  at  that  place,  with  the  following  meinb.;-- 
Asa  Adams.  M.  Fificld,  E.  Crissey,  N.  Cu.'c.  S.  B.  Palmer,  J.  Handy,  K.  Ail..n.- 
J.  C.  Murrey.  L.  Murney,  H.  II;n<!y,  M.cr-aret  Berringer,  Bet.sey  Johnso..,  I'n, 
love  .\.lam.s,  0.  Palmer.'  A,  Handy.  C.  ilart.hcrn.  Eliza  Handy,  Lydia  (i.-Hr.-e 
Cynthia  Warner,  Fidelia  Phelps,  Julia  <\,lh.  .Maria  Handy,  Betsey  Fiieee,  an 
Susan  B.  Hartshorn.  Hiram  Handy  was  appointed  clerk.  The  (irst  tru.-l... 
were  R.  Warner,  J.  C.  Crandall,  H.  Handy,  Asa  Adams,  J.  B.  M.i.-,s.Tvie.  a,, 
0.  Palmer;  and  its  first  minister  Uev.  C.  Hartshorn.  Since  its  c  rganizalie.r,  , 
has  had  seventeen  pastors,  and  is  now  under  ch.irgo  of  Rev.  D,  C.  Marsh.Jl  .o. 
the  following  officers:  D.  Dennice,  J.  Tripp,  J.  M.  Webster,  L.  Lankton,  deani..- 
J,  .M.  Webster.  George  Godfrey.  J.  T.  Gorsline.  C.  Adams,  E.  D.  Hillman,  ui. 
H.  Baldwin,  tnjstees  ;  and  J.  T.  Gorsline.  clerk,  and  has  a  membership  of  seventy 

Comers,  on  the  RiJ'.:c  road.  Connectcsi  with  rt  is  a  very  flourishing  Subba;?, 
school,  dating  back  nearly  to  its  organization,  with  one  hundred  and  sixty  pii|.il 
and  thirteen  teachers,  in  charge  of  four  offic-crs, — C.  Adams,  suDcrintcndcnl 
Geortre  Gridley,  xs.-isiant  su{>erinttindent,  Frtink  Fowlea,  secretary,  r.nd  Hafi 
Tripp,  assistant  secretary.  It  also  ha.s  a  library  of  two  hundred  volumes,  wit 
Cyrus  .\.dams,  librarian. 

rBEE-WILL    B.VmST    CHURCH    f'F    PARMA. 

The  Frce-Will  Baptist  church  of  Parnia  w.x-e  organized  September  2It,  IJ^HI 
at  Wright's  school-house,  by  Elder  .Samuel  W'hiteomb  and  II.  S.  Limb.icker;  a^; 

0.  -M.'' Wright,  H.  S.  Limbexker,  Gc.rge  Limbocker.  A^  Liu.twker,  L.  Liit 
bocker,  Jam^es  Henry,  John  Henrj-.  William  Henry,  D.  Mentcr,  1).  Rowe.  >l 
Hillcr,  T.  G.  Lanrcnee,  Sallie  Henry,  Annie  Henry,  Florilla  Limbocker,  Plee ', 
Limbocker,  Est,  r  Henry,  Trunis.i  Ilcniy.  Clari.-,-a  frr,  Lavinia  Limbocker.  P..,! 
Tyler,  June  Pcarce,  and  Chira  Mentcr.  Gciirge  Limbocker  and  -J.imes  H-nr 
were  appointed  deacons,  and  -Jason  Tyler,  ehrk.  The  ministe-rs  evert; — fir- 
Elder  S.  Bathcrickc.  in  iS:5l;  H.  Gilman,  in  1^12;  E.  F.  Crane,  in  ISi::-.  H 
3.  Goodhue,  in  I.- 14;  S.  B.iihericke.  in  1S4.-1;  Henry  Giliuan.  in  1S.-.7  ;  I 
Madden,  in  l.'^Ol;  L  J.  Hoag,  in  l.Sti4  ;  W.  W.slkcr,  in  1.5i;7  ;  and  ('.  A.  Hiltm 
in  1S74.  who  is  past^ir  at  present.  Services  were  hcM  at  the  schoi-l-house  un; 
the  erection  of  its  present  church  edifice  at  I'nionville,  in  1S:J-*.  It  is  a  s.il 
stantial  frame  huildin-,  north  of  the  Cirnci?.  The  deacons  at  pr.c^-nt  ar 
Selah  Budd  and  John  Slade,  and  the  clerk  J.  Collamer,  with  a  memb-i^hi 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-eight.     Connected  with   the  ehnrch  is  a  fioitri-Iii.. 

teachers  and  abejut  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  pupils,  under  charge  <if  H-nr 
Bufton,  superintendent,  E.  A.Cross,  vice-superinicndcut.anil  Sylvanns  Bu.l,  .-^e 
retary. 

A  Yof.vo  ME.v'a  Cmhi.stias  As.soci.\tio.\  was  organized  at  Unioncilh',  .\|'ri 
1 1,  1870,  embracing  twenly-eiqhl  mc'inhcrs,  with  S-  P-  Grtsnwcll,  |.ri-^iilcMt  ;  .\ 
H-  Cronk,  vice-pre-idenl ;  .^l.  E.  Su-vens,  si-erctary ;  and  A.  L.  Fo.it.  trci-urcr,  an. 


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HISTORY  OF  :M0NR0E  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Thomas,  a  youni;  man  froni  (3rl<*ana  county,  prejc 
lowed  by  Elder  Jool  Houbloday  an.i  Allen  Cr.Kk,.- 
1834,  EMcr  Dui.bleday,  x-<,sijtoJ  by  KlJer  W.liiani 
tion  exfwrienee  of  the  followini;  nameU  tburtecn 
church  ;  James  B.  Deyo,  Saujuel  Dc7o.  Jaiuod  t 


lJ  for  some  time,  anil  was  fol- 
Oq  tho  -SM  day  of  Aus:ui!t, 
Ciake,  after  hcarin-  tbe  Clirla- 
p«Tion3,  organized  them  in  a 
lase,   Ui-ac  Chase,  Jr.,  Joseph 


Hooper,  Ruth  Deyo,  Peter  Wisner,  Peter  S.  Olmitead,  Betitey  A.  Wu.ier.  Eliza- 
beth Chase,  Robey  Hieks,  Lucy  Cliase,  Mary  Deyo.  and  J<arah  Hubbard.  Austin 
Lines  and  Isaac  Cli:tse  were  ordained  deacons.  In  1-So.j  tbe  church  joined  the 
Christian  Conference  of  Western  New  i'ork,  and  Isaac  Chase  was  appointed  clerk. 
The  first  pa.-itor  was  Joel  Doubleday,  foUoived  by  Jonathan  .^lurse,  Kira  rimitli. 
Aaa  C.  Morrison,  Ambrose  Rurlin'.;ame,  Elder  Crricker,  Jonathan  S.  Thompson, 
for  several  years,  Ambrose  Burlinirame  again  in  iS57,  Elias  Jones,  IStjl,  William  J. 
Grimes,  four  years,  Albert  Dunlap,  five  years,  and  Elder  James  W.  Burgdorf,  who 


Ch= 


■erving.  (»n  December  23,  184:i,  the  sooiet; 
ite  directs, and  the  first  tru.itces  elected,  viz.: 
[ues  B.  Deyo,  Joseph  IIo..per,  John  Hondo 
lo  ISU  the  sin.cture  it  now  occupies  was  . 


was  lawfully  or^aiii/,cd,  as 
u=lin  Lines,  Aaron  IJlake. 
James  Chaic,  and  I.sia,, 
it  now  occupies  was  erected,  at  a  cost,  includin..- 
red  uolkrs.  It  is  located  on  the  Parma  side  .,r 
1  section,  and  is  a  fine,  substantial  ediBcc,  built  tif 
re  S.  D.  Burnett,  William  T.  Field,  J.  D.  I'h.x-,., 
cr,  E.  I.  Hicks,  and  F.  H.  Irwin,  and  the  present 
t  mcuiber^hip  is  el-hty-four.      A  flourishins  Sah- 


lot,  of  five  thousand  live  h\ 

the  town  line,  midway  the  s 

stone.     The  present  trustee 

D.  M.  Martin,  Epl.raim  Bu 

clerk  J.  D.  Cha.se.     Its  pr. 

bath-school  is  connected  with  the  church,  which  w;ls  organize.1  May  3.  IS-IS. 

now  includes  ninety-seven  teachers  and  pupils,  with  Isxic  Cha.se  as  superintenil 

At  the  same  time  a  library  was  begun   with  twenty-five  volumes,  and  now  ( 

taining  one  hundred  and  eighty-five. 


BIOGRAPHICAL     SKETCHES. 


ISAAC  CHASE,  Ja. 

■-  Isaao  Chase,  Jr..  was  born  in  Somerset,  Massachu-setts.  on  the  24th  d^iy  of 
February,  ISOl.  His  father,  Isaac  Chase,  Sr.,  was  of  Quaker  origin,  and  reared 
his  fiuiiily  under  the  discipline  of  the  ricid  honesty  and  simplicity  characteristic 
of  that  people.  In  the  year  following,  in  1S02,  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Greenfield,  Saratoga  county,  in  this  State,  where  his  sterling  worth  and  praotic-al 
Christianity  endeared  him  to  all  his  nciijhbors.  Here,  in  an  excellent  community, 
and  surroundeJ  with  pious  associations,  the  suhje-ct  of  this  sketch  grew  up  to 
manhood,  and  acquired  those  habit.s  of  industry  and  noble  effort  which,  in  so 
marked  a  degree,  characterized  his  afler-lite.  He  was  married  May  S,  1S20,  to 
a  very  estimable  young  lady.  Miss  Luey  Shelde.n,  of  Milton,  in  the  same  county. 
In  1825,  with  &  few  friends,  he  emigrated  to  the  comparatively  new  country  of 
western  New  York,  and  settled  in  Parma,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides.  He 
purchased  it  of  a  Mr.  Lane,  who.  seventeen  years  previous,  had  bought  it  directly 
of  the  agents  of  Phelps  and  Gorhaiu.  but  as  yet  had  made  no  payment  on  it. 
He  had  erected  a  log  h.jn.sc  near  the  site  of  the  present  re.^idene-e  of  Mr.  Chase, 
and  clonred  just  enough  land  to  raise  bread  for  a  large  family  of  st.dwart  sons, 
who  followed  the  irregular  business  of  trapping  and  hunting,  and  barely  managed 
to  live.  Being  pressed  for  a  first  payment.  Mr.  Lane  was  glad  to  sell  his  im- 
provements and  claims  to  Mr.  Chase,  whose  management  in  a  short  time  trans- 
formed an  abode  of  slovenly  indolence  into  one  of  prosperous  industry.  With  the 
persevering  energy  of  the  New  England  f.irmer,  Mr.  Chase  set  to  work  clearing 
away  the  dense  forest  .ind  thicket,  and  in  due  lime  erected  a  fine  residence,  with 
all  the  surroundings  and  attractions  of  a  pleasant  rural  home.  During  the  first 
three  winters  of  his  residence  in  Panna  he  t;iught  scliool  in  the  school-house 
then  located  at  C:e«tle's  Cornets,  which  became,  under  liis  management,  one  of  the 
best  schools  in  the  town.  On  Januarv-  4,  1S.'>7,  Mr.  Chase  lost  his  wife,  with 
whom  he  had  lived  in  happy  wedlock  nearly  thirty-seven  years.  She  bore  him  six 
children,— three  .-ons  and  three  daughters— Sarah  Elizabeth,  James,  Edwin, 
Mary  Ann,  William,  and  Henry.  They  are  all  alive  e.xevpl  one  of  each,  and  all 
residents  of  this  county.  He  married  again  at  Rock  Stream,  in  Yates  county,  this 
State,  Hannah  Edi;erton,  of  that  pl.ice,  on  Sepiembor  15.  l.S.")-i,  with  whom  he 
lived  nearly  ten  years.  She  die^l  January  tj.  1SG3.  On  December  .S.  I  Still,  .^Ir. 
Chase  married  his  pre.-s-nt  wife.  Kiuerransa  licldrc.l,  a  very  estimable  lady  of 
Castile,  Wyoming  county,  this  State.  Mr.  Chase  is  a  zealous  member  of  tho 
Christian  church,  of  which  there  are  many  members  in  that  vicinity. 

To  his  efforts  more  than  any  other  are  duo  not  only  the  organiz:ilion  of  that 
society,  but  also  the  erection  of  the  tine  cliurch  eilitice  near  his  residence.  He 
haa  also  been  one  of  the  most  prominent  lucn  in  onitributing  to  the  growth  and 
development  of  his  town.      Liberal,  put>lie-^i>irite-d,  and  always  awake  to  the  needs 


of  society,  no  measure  for  the  public  goo-1,  or  movement  for  the  advance  of  m.iral 
or  religious  interests,  fails  to  receive  his  support  or  the  aid  of  his  best  effort,-, 
and  an  appreciative  community  has  rewarded  him  of^en  with  positions  of  tnist 
He  was  nine  times  elected  supervisor  of  the  town,  bcside's  minor  offices,  all  ..f 
which  he  administered  witli  the  strictest  intc>grity,  to  the  full  approval  and  sati.-- 
faction  of  all  parties.  In  politics  Mr.  Chase  is  a  Republican,  but  not  a  rigid 
partisan.  Being  an  uncompromising  foe  to  slavery  in  any  form,  he  naturaliv 
allies  himself  to  the  party  of  universal  freedom.  A  strong  Union  man  dnrin-i 
the  war  of  the  rebellion,  he  contributed  liberally  from  his  substance  for  the 
support  of  his  country,  ready,  if  necessary,  to  sacrifice  all  he  possessed  for  in 
safety. 


PETER  B.  TEXNV. 


The  subject  of  this  brief  sketch  was  born  in  Madi.son  county,  New  Vnrk. 
August  14,  1S04.  His  father,  Asa  Tenr.y,  in  l.-il2  settled  upon  the  farm  n.ov 
the  home  of  Peter  B.,  and  by  indefatigable  indu^rrv  made  it  one  of  the  lin--' 
farms  in  the  town,  it  being  especially  noted  for  its  fruit.  As  an  evidence  of  ihi-. 
we  mention  the  yield  of  the  last  se;tf  <n  ( l.STti),  which  was  more  than  ten  ih^a- 
sand  barrels  of  apples,  besides  lariro  <[uantities  of  peaches,  pears,  and  gnipi-. 
Peter  B.  Teuny  was  niarricl  in  IS2T  to  Lucinda  Smith,  the  fruit  of  whi.  I' 
union  has  been  a  family  of  twelve  children,  of  whom  five  sons  and  si.\  danL-loei- 


RUSSELL  C.  BATES. 


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His  lather,  the  lUverend   Chandler  Bates,  came  to  the  lo 


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:  out  for  a  home  in  the  we^^t. 
lios-place  two  uiilej  north  of 


SAMUEL   CASTLE. 

Among  the  earliest  pioneers  of  the  town  of  Pjrm: 
of  the  last  survivors  of  the  davs  of  settlement,  was  S; 
on  August  16,  1TS2.  in  the  "town  of  Roxbury,  Con 
manhood,  and  in  the  year  1S09  was  unit^^  in  niarria; 
seventeen  years  of  age.  In  October,  1810.  the  tn 
and  after  nineteen  Javs  of  tedious  travel  found  : 
the  Ridge  roid  in  the  town  of  Parma,  >ronroe  ( 
the  Canawagus  road,  the  only  hitrliw.iy  north  from  the"  Kidcre.  Brave  hearts  were 
theirs  to  encounter  and  endure  the  malaria  of  swamp  and  dense  forest;  and  to  the 
diSicalties  of  llieir  situation  was  adde<l  the  troublous  years  of  the  war  of  iS12. 
when  kindness  and  hospiutlity  were  developed,  and  adversity  furnished  opportu- 
nity of  recipnxal  favors. 

Parm»  wa.s  erected  a  town  in  ISllS.  and  included  Ogden  till  1817.  Of  this 
extensive  and  sparsely-sottled  region.  Samuel  Castle  W;ts  chosen  town  clerk,  and 
school  inspector  at  times  from  Isll  to  LSiil,  and  then  supenis.ir  till  ISili.  Ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  prace  in  ls:;il,  he  held  tlie  othce  sixteen  years.  (Ju  April 
■  I.  829,  he  was  c<jmniissioned  side  judge  for  one  term  of  the  county  court.  No 
detision  of  his  as  magistrate  or  judge  was  ever  reversed.  His  minutes  are  a 
model  of  care  and  system.  His  intiuence  on  soiiety  was  strong  and  extensive. 
and  his  ruling  motive  was  known  to  be  "to  do  right.  '  In  ISii.'!  he  joined  the 
Methodist  churcli,  was  elected  recording  steward,  and  held  the  position  till  ISIB. 
when  he  was  elected  class-leader.  Seven  years  elapsed  in  this  capacity,  and  then 
•g-ain  chosen  steward,  he  held  the  office  for  life.  Kmploycd  in  many  duties,  he 
neglected  none.  Faithful  in  places  of  tnist.  he  was  a  pillar  of  stren-rth  to  the 
church  and  a  respected  member  of  society.     On  the  Otli  ..f  March,  1S74.  he  died 

the  venerable  age  of  ninety-two  years.  His  wife,  whom  he  survived  but  three 
Jears,  w.is  a  woman  of  remarkable  energy.  Cheerlnl  and  trusting,  she  bore  with, 
out  repining  the  discotuforts  of  her  lot,  an. 1  inspired  her  hu'ban.1  to  manly  and  cnur- 
aseous  effort  for  sixty  long  years.  To  relieve  want  or  suffering  at  home  or  abroad 
she  spared  no  exertion.  I'crliirmini  the  manif..ld  duties  of  the  lionx-li.ild.siie  also 
gave  (0  her  husband  a.ssistaiice  in  tl.e  fieid,,  and  ..ften  [r..-i  th,-  fon-st  for  miles  to 

noted  then  for  unhealil. HI.  ^    ....    :       ,      ;    ,,  i:  ■   r       '.     ,  .  r-  uoi'^- and  irrepar- 

•Me,  she  brou.-l.t  a  w.  1.  ^:  ..;"•_■  s..-ir,  b«ame 

famedf.r  her  inotherlv  L     ,  .   ..     :   I         -  [•        i.-r_-  in   v.-.-irs.  one 

"entand  theotb.-r  f.iil.iui-l    :,nl  .■      ■-       ■  -,       .             :    ■,   m-  in  ih.    Inii- 

li..n  of  a  loMg  l,t;.  ..r  :,.,.,., |..ii ,  ii   ■,!,  ■    .    •  u      ■  :■ ,;.- 

Jehiel(•a,ile,„fl)rl..,n-.,H„,.^     ■ .-    i  .■    ■.■       r.    .    :     .    ....  ,W 

"I"  Hon.' A.  I.  \Vo,kI,  l'  the  sole  survivor  ..f  the  family  "of  ,<amuc-l  Ca.-tle. 


HOX.  ABNER  I.  WOOD. 

One  of  the  roost  influential  and  respected  citizens  of  Monroe  Ciuntv  w:i 
Hon.  Abner  L  Wood.  He  was  born  on  February  4.  1S13,  .u  Clifion  P'jrk. 
toga  county;  receivtMi  an  ordinary  e«lncatton.  and  was  apprenticed  to  the  tn 
ahoemaking,  which  he  leanied.  In  .May,  IS-j.i,  he  settled  at  tlie  viliai;e  of  1 
port,  whence  he  removed  in  January,  ISoli,  to  a  farm  in  Clarkson.  Here 
18H8.  married  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Castle,  of  Parma,  and  two  yea^^'  iaii 
turned  to  Broekport  and  engairetl  in  shoo-iealing.  ,Vt  the  cxpirnti'in  of  four 
he  moved  to  the  farm  in  P.irnia  upon  which  he  passed  his  life.  Mr.  Wuo 
known  as  a  man  of  sound  jud'.'ment,  and,  thoronih  in  investi'.-ation.  was  !ii 
the  advwaiey  of  what  met  his  appnjv.d.  Possessing:  the  esteem  of  his  t'l 
citizens  for  worth  and  ability,  he  was  frcpicntly  ilesired  to  aeei.'pl  oHlee  .it 
hands.  Their  wishes  were  respected,  and  «everal  minor  town  otKees  havin- 
held,  ho  was  elected  to  represcfit  the  town  of  Parma  on  the  boar'l  of  super- 
for  the  years  1S58,  1859,  ISliO,  and  l^G.'i.  In  this  position  his  eour>. 
marked  by  ability,  clearness  of  comprehension,  and  a  conscientious  devut 
constituent  interests. 

Politically  a  Whig,  he  joined  the  llepuhlican  party  upon  its  formati  .ii 
steadfastly  devoted  himself  to  its  principli'S.  He  was  often  a  member  ■■ 
Republic-.m  county  committee,  and  for  one  year  w^ls  its  presidin'j  "Ihccr.  H 
an  ardent  friend  of  the  Union  durinir  the  war.  and  L'ave  of  hi.-  rime  and  t. 
to  insure  the  triumph  of  the  armv  and  the  lussertion  .if  human  ri-hts. 

In  the  fall  of  13G.")  he  w.us  nominated  a.i.l  cl.v-te-<l  to  the  a-<.  ii.My.  T>vi. 
elected,  he  was  the  lirst  representative  ...f  the  western  .ll>iri.  t  r>  i  •■  in.n.r 
three  consecutive  elect!. ins.    He  w,\.s  not  tliient  in  speech,  but  ;,'  i    , 

ofVaTs'anil  \u-,w,.  "c''nst.ant 'rnd*im"emitl,,M,'  inThe'.i,'-  l!  ,,  ,,   .  r  :   ,:. 


iitleri 


lu'.,'a'th„meupon'hL' 
ere  potent  i^tr  general 


OGDEX. 


OoDEN  is  the  centra!  town  nf  tliat  portinn  ot'  ^[nnrw  County  nhicli  lii-^  west 
of  the  Genesee  river.  It  is  loc-atcd  in  the  -  Miil-Scat  Tnn.t.'  wlili  the  Trian-lc  line 
fcr  ita  wcbtem  boundary.  It  id  ^Jiuimbly  l(X-;iti.-J  with  rrfi-rcnec  to  railroad  and 
eiDal  accoiiimodaiion.s,  and  in  cloee  proximity  to  the  city  of  r.ut:!if--{cr.  The 
Biin  Hno  of  the  New  York  Ccntril  H:.ilro;,.l  pa^M.-s  very  near  the  .^mihe^iM  corner 
of  the  town,  irilh  two  st.ition-'.  appr.jathcJ  by  2..0J  roads  at  ea=y  dislaneiu.  The 
Niajan  FJI3  branch  of  the  same  road  passes  directly  through  the  ourihcrn  part 
of  the  totrn,  with  tivo  stations,  Spcncerport  and  Adum's  Basin,  located  within  its 
Gmit9.  The  Eric  canal  passes  parallel  to  and  eh-^e  beside  the  hitter,  which,  cxeopt 
in  the  winter  montb.^,  .Vabrds  the  citizens  abumlmt  ctimpetitiun  in  the  varryin^ 
t«de,  ja  advantage  posse.'sed  by  but  few  locaJiti.-s.  and  of  tvhich  they  have  i.'jt 
been  elow  to  avail  themselves,  much  to  their  protif,  as  ^hotv^  by  the  incTCa.-H.-d 
prosperity  of  the  .Tgricnlturists.  The  people  arc  almost  wholly  the  descendants  of 
the  Puritan  clement  of  -Vew  England. — that  n?»ilea>.  indu.strinuj  element  that  has 
peoplc-d  the  entire  west  and  northwest,  drawn  out  their  hidden  resources,  and 
with  marvelou.s  enterprise  riveted  the  .'.hnres  of  the  two  oceans  with  bn'  d.s  of  steel. 
A  people  prosperou.s  and  intelligent,  they  are  justly  noted  ^ur  hc'>pit.aiiy  and  the 
•ocia]  virtues,  while  their  broad  charity  and  public  spirit  Bod  them  foremust  in 
jCTcry  enterprise  eonducivc  to  the  ;.;eiieral  welfare.  The  first  pione*  ra  who  pcno- 
^rnte^  the  wilds  of  0"ilrn  in  the  dawn  of  ihl-s  i-eoturr  found  an  interminable 
forest,  m  heavy  waste  of  timber,  and  dcn.so  nndemrowtli,  the  hoiue  of  the  bear, 
the  wolf,  and  the  deadly  rattlesnake,  and  where  even  the  treachercus  panther  crept 
tad  watched.  With  their  axe  and  gun,  and  with  sturdy  anu.<  and  will,  they  b.sg:in 
their  work  to  carve  out  that  grand  civilization  which  to-day  throbs  and  pulsates 
in  its  bosom.  When  the  scattered  cic.irin'.:?  began  to  admit  the  sunli^zht,  the 
stagnant  pools,  dammed  by  gbstructcd  courses,  in  the  licit  of  summer  sent  forth 
malarial  diseases,  and  the  howl  of  the  wolf  at  nicht  was  mingled  with  the  faint 
cry  of  the  child  and  the  dislieartcncl  lull.iby  uf  thi  overtaj.d  m.^ther.  liut  the 
•oil,  enriched  by  the  vegetable  gn/wth  and  decay  of  unnunibcrcd  years,  waa  rich 
and  deep.  Productions  of  every  variety  indigenous  to  thi.s  latitude  were  certain 
of  rapid  growtli  and  large  returns,  as  attested  by  the  vast  wealth  that  haj  been 
drawn  froiy  the  bosom  of  the  soil  during  the  thrcc-tjuarters  of  a  centurc'  that 
have  pasactl, — a  wealth  that  has  covered  it  with  beautiful  humt  s.  drit>ccj  to  every 
part  of  the  world,  and  fed  and  clothed  millions.  The  soil  is  generally  a  fine 
quality  of  calcareous  loaiu,  mixed  with  considerable  el.iy.  Wiih  g"«d  cuiiixation 
it  will  respond  to  all  varieties  of  seasons,  and  the  drought,  that  sometimes  blasts 
the  stiff  day  or  s.andy  localities  of  wi^t.  rn  New  York,  bceomcs  ctiiuparatively 
harmless  here.  Its  surface  ij  level.  sli..;htly  undiilatini,  however,  in  many  placer 
dimato  criuable,  and  gencr.;l  altitude  very  well  adapted  t<i  agriculture.  It  i.s  -uf- 
6ciently  well  watered  fur  all  fannincr  purpo.ses.  springs  abundant  in  every  pan,  and 
numerous  stre.ims.  with  their  small  tributaries,  tluuing  Ujtb  north  and  south. 
Salmon  ca'ck,  flowing  throiuh  a  portion  of  the  town  at  the  not  hwcst,  the  Dutton- 
wood  aad  L''>ng  p^md  farther  cast,  both  risiirz  in  0-iden,  and  Ho^iiir:  nfrtli  with 
the  fonuer  into  P.irnia,  and  a  considerable  stream  ri-ing  near  the  centre  and  flow- 
ing south  into  Riga,  fcimi  the  princip.al  strcam.i  in  the  town. 

The  original  owners  of  this  town  were  Ph.Ips  and  (iorh.nn,  to  whom  it  wastratts- 
ferrcd  directly  from  the  [nili.uis.  It  belon'.:ed  to  that  porli,..n  of  the  domain  that 
was  surveyed  into  town-hips  and  Ijim  lot.s  by  Jiu!_'0  Fuller,  who  established  the 
agency  fur  the  sale  of  these  lauds  at  (.'anandaigiia.  ( Inlari.i  c.unty.  The  pn-seiit 
boundaries  of  the  town  include  pm-isely  one  township.  diMdinl  into  two  hundred 
and  thirty  farm  h.ts  of  ab.iut  one  hi.n.|ri-.l  acr,-^  each.  It  i.s  "even  miles  thn.u^.-h 
the  centre  from  ea.st  to  west,  and  alsuit  Ave  and  one-third  miles  fnrm  north  to 
•oath,  giving  an  area  of  ..ver  thirty  seven  square  miles.  To  eneounce  imniigni- 
taon  and  the  r.ipi.l  devcloproetit  of  this  e«juiitry.  these  Kits  were  ■•tfervl  to  settlers 
tt  two  doll.ir^  i^r  acn-,  and  on  indermito  lime,  by  p.iMTig  the  ii>-t  nf  exL-culiii!,' 
the  conlrnct.  and  s^i  lonj  .xs  iniproMinenis  wcrr  e..htinii..i  an.l  the  annual  interest 
kept  paid  up.     Lis  were  alw  given   for  ihiir.li  bnilJin-s  to  religions  soci-'ties 

there  is  no  PccorJ  that  as  liberal  a  mill  s.at  was  given  .0  lli.  v  h.i.l   ..|.i.iii„-d   In.m 


orgauiution  as  the  town  of  V. 
of  settlements  and  improveiucnt 
up  between  the  northern  and  soi 
of  the  freeholder"  a  division  wa: 
name,  and  the  5<'Uthern  to  be  or 
liamOgJin.  soii-in-lawof  J..! 
The  dividing  line  was  first  i 
artcr  changed  to  the  line  betwi 
since  which  tinie  it  has  rem 
special  meeting  on  January  '1 
Ogdcn  perfected  at  a  regular  t 


After  nearly  ten  yc-ara  of  a  rapid  inin:!., 
;s,  during  which  a  fierce  local  centc-st  h.id  s|.n,„., 
uthcrn  sections  for  the  town  officvn,  by  ihe  v..i.. 
s  clfcctcd.  the  northern  division  to  retain  the  .  .| 
:.-anized  as  the  town  of  OgdcQ,  in  huooi  of  \Vi|. 
Murnv. 


[abiislicd  in  the  centre  of  the  Ridge  road,  but  ?«-.n 
n  this  township  and  the  Gore,  its  present  p<'siti..n, 
nod  unchanged.  The  division  wa.s  effis  ted  at  :■ 
.  I#17.  andthe  org-anization  of  the  new  t,.wn  .1 
wn  meeting  held  on  the  fir^t  diy  of  April  U\,.„ 
ing,  at  the  house  of  George  Huntley,  where  the  votes  were  taken  by  J.liii  (* 
Patterson,  Esq.,  which  resulted  in  the  election  of  the  followiiiir-nanied  olTuers.  \  1/ 

SopervLsor,  John  P.  Patterson  ;  Town  ("lerk,  Abraham  ('olby  ;  C'ollfs  tor  and 
Constable,  Benjamin  Simons;  Pi.und-master.  George  W.  Willey ;  .\s.es-..rs 
George  W.  Willey.  John  D.  Webster,  William  B.  Drown;  Overseers  of  the  P...r 
David  Wandle,  Ira  Nichols;  Itoad  Commi-sionera,  Austin  Jlpeneer,  Eastman 
Colby,  Samuel  Kilboum  ;  School  Commis,sioners,  Justin  Wurthington,  Cbarh-s 
Freeman,  Oliver  Gates;  Schwl  Insi«;ctors,  (.Jeorgc  W.  Willey,  .\ustin  Spen.s-r. 
James  Baldwin,  Timothy  V.  KneoLind,  Harry  Patterson,  Jauxs  l'"ttingi:l :  t'cMee- 
viewers.  John  Walton,  Benjamin  Simotia.  James  Pettin'.:ill ;  Inspectors  of  Kl.v. 
lion,  John  P.  Patterson,  Abraham  Colby,  George  W.  Willey.  J..lin  D.  Wchsicr 
William  B.  Drown;  Overseers  of  Ilicrhways  and  Road  Districts,  seventeen. 

On  the  20tli  and  JOth  days  of  April, 'and  the  1st  d.ay  of  .May,  of  the  sum 
year,  the  first  annual  ele-etion  was  held  for  governor  ami  other  .State  olhc-cr.-  at 
which  the  following  votes  were  .given  : 

For  Do  Witt  Clinton  lijr  governor,  thirty  votes;  for  John  Taylor  f.r  lieui.  n- 
ant'govemor.  twenty-nine  votes;  lur  .fetliah  Prcndergast  for  State  s^iiar^r. 
twenty-nine  votc-s;  fur  Isaac  Wilson  tijr  State  senator,  twenty-uine  vr.t.-s;  li.r 
Abraham  Mattis^iO.  Jr.,  for  asselubljntan.  thirty-nine  votes;  t'or  t.iilbc-rt  U-mill 
for  member  of  x=s,sn,bly.  forty-four  vot.^ ;  for  David  MeC'rw-kin  fur  tiien.isr.r 
assembly,  fitty-Bve  voles;  for  Abraham  Matiison.  Sr .  for  member  of  as-,  ml.ly. 
seven  votes. 

M  a  spetbl  town  meeting  held  at  the  house  of  George   Itiuiti.  y June  Ii'.. 

the  same  year,  fur  electing  eonsi.ilijes  and  reconsidering  the  cote  of  -Vpril  1  ■■n 
town  collector,  .Vma-a  Dntton  and  Bi  iijamin  Freeman  were  ili.r-<n  ei.o-t.ibiiT' 
and  Benjamin  Fnviiian  c.ll.-ctor.  in  place  of  Benj  uniu  Sini..iis.  The  t..ini  wa- 
divided  into  eight  Sehuol  districts,  and  one  additional  road  di-tri,t  fi.nned. 

At  the  annual  election.  April  7,  ISl-:.  .John  P.  Pattei>.n  wa-  re  elect,  d  -u|.  r- 
visor,  and  Oliver  (Jates  town  cl.rk  ;  and  tl.r  member  of  (.'ongrcss  for  thi-  di-i.  !• .. 
.MathiuHel  Allen  reccivcsl  one  hundred  and  twelve  votes,  and  Albirt  II.  Ti-.uy  ■■„. 
hundred  and  ten. 

On  Scplcnibcr  -S,  IS1><,  the  first  .-ettlciuent  was  made  with  the  sup.i\i-T 
John  P.  P.itieiMin,  a  true  copy  of  which  Ls  hereby  given— the  first  bill  -f  ilic 
town. 


fiUT 


Cub  y^ii  10  1 


the  I 


On  December  .^,  HOT,  when 
)Wlljhip  and  the  pn-scnt  gcs)-.-r 


ided. 


L  were  .set  apart  under  ono 


HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


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:ountry  wns  under  the  Jirec- 
it  '■  U\'^  Tree."  or  (Jeoi-seo.  as 
and  parllj  ai  a;:ent  of  eastern 

meut  a 

■Uited 


SAKLV    ai:TTLER.S 

TKc  settlement  of  this  town  and  suiroundio!; 
tion  of  James  Wadswortli.  who  afterwards  settled 
it  is  now  called.     It  was  partly  no  his  owu  aceouni 

■nd  European  capitalists,  that  he  undertook  its  manaijeiiieut  and  sale.  lie  com- 
meoced  op.  rations  about  IbUO.  Kur  that  purpo>c  be  visited  New  En;:land,  and 
called  a  public  meetinj;  to  be  held  in  Iladdani,  Connecticut,  at  which  he  pive  a 
description  of  what  was  then  called  "The  settlement  of  Fairfield,  in  the  town  of 
Northampton,  in  the  county  of  Ueucsce."  It  was  ever  after  known  as  "  the  Gen- 
fciec  meeting."  Soon  after,  Daniel  Arnold,  the  father  of  Elder  Enoch  Arnold,  of 
Oi^den,  viiited  this  town  on  a  prospectinc;  tour,  and,  beinj;  pleased  with  its  appear- 
ance, returned  to  New  Eni;land,  and  jiave  a  favorable  report.  Immii^mtion  s-jon 
followed.  The  first  settlement  made  in  this  town  was  by  (ieor-e  \V.  ^\'illey.  In 
August,  1802,  he  left  his  homo  in  Eiest  Haddam,  Cunnectieut,  and  visited  Ogdeo, 
•elected  and  purchased  his  farm,  which  w.is  liKaited  i.ne-half  mile  north  of  Ojdcn 
Centre,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Spcncerport  road,  Wiule  here  he  felled  the  first 
tree  cut  by  a  whit«  man,  near  the  house  since  owned  by  Henry  Gott.  While  the 
tree  was  falling,  though  entirely  alone,  with  no  white  person  within  several  miles 
of  him,  he  took  off  his  hat,  and,  awitrjiog  it  around  his  bead,  made  the  forest 
ring  with  his  cheers.  In  December  of  the  same  year,  after  OoloQol  Willey  had 
returned  to  the  east  for  his  family,  four  brothers,  Ephraim,  I^aac,  Abraham, 
•nd  Timothj  Colby,  also  from  Conuecticut,  settled  in  town  one  mile  northwest  of 
the  Centre.  Their  first  encampment  was  a  little  west  of  the  stream  at  the  foot  of 
the  hill,  near  the  residence  of  the  bte  William  Webster,  on  what  was  called,  from 
ihem,  Colby  street.  They  were  benumbed  with  cold,  and  one  of  them,  v  .  had 
fallen  into  the  stream,  had  frozen  his  feet;  and,  to  add  to  their  discomfort,  their 
punk,  wliich  had  become  wet,  would  not  for  a  long  time  ignite.  After  pursuiug 
their  journey  along  the  road  that  now  bears  their  name,  to  their  final  settlement, 
one  of  them,  in  cutting  a  tree  which  had  faiien  across  the  road,  by  the  gl,izicc  of 
his  axe  severed  the  bones  of  his  leg  just  below  the  knee.  Each  one  of  the 
brothers  lived  and  died  on  the  farm  he  first  settled.  In  April,  1SU3,  Josiah 
M,athcr,  from  Connecticut,  arjd  Slison  Brockwjy,  with  their  families,  settled 
•bout  one  mile  south  of  the  Centre;  Henry  Iluhn,  near  the  north  lino  of  the 
town;  and  Jonathan  Brown,  ulso  from  Connecticut,  with  his  family,  took  up  the 
lot  a  few  rods  north  of  the  Centre,  where  the  Presliyterian  church  now  stands. 
Od  the  9th  day  of  June,  ISO:;,  William  B.inning  arrived  in  town,  and  settled, 
•nd  the  day  fjllowijig,  June  10,  and  alout  sii  weeks  after  the  retorn  of  Colonel 
Willey  with  his  family,  Justin  Worthington,  from  Middlesei,  Connecticut, 
arrived  with  his  family,  and  settled  at  the  Centre,  opposite  the  present  town  house, 
and  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Eliphalet  Hodges.  He  became  one  of  the  most 
prtiminent  and  active  public  men  of  the  early  settlements.  He  was  the  last  town 
clerk  of  Northampton  before  its  division,  the  first  town  clerk  of  Parma  the  year 
following,  and  the  fir^t  school  commissioner  of  the  town  of  Ogden.  His  daughter 
Sallie  is  still  living  at  Spcnccrport, — a  relic  of  a  bygone  generation, — to  whom  we 
are  indebted  for  many  of  the  facts  contained  in  this  history.  In  the  same  year, 
WHliam  II.  Spencer,  Judge  William  B.  Brown,  whose  father,  Uev.  Daniel  Brown, 
preached  t^e  first  sermon  ever  delivered  in  this  town  at  the  house  of  George  W. 
Willey,  in  1805,  and  Daniel  Arnold.  In  ISiH,  Benajah  Willcy,  John  Webster, 
west  of  Spcnccrport,  Bcojiiiniu  Freeman,  llauiel  Spencer,  Daniel  Watidle,  John 
G.  uld,  a  Mr,  Snow,  all  of  whom  had  purchased  in  1  j02,  and  Colonel  Eastman 
Cclby,  who  was  made  colonel  on  the  frontier  in  the  war  of  1812,  Benjamin  Free- 
man was  the  first  collector  of  Ogden,  These  were  all  from  Connecticut.  In  IbO."), 
Dr  John  D.  Webster,  father  of  Stephen  and  Alanson  Webster,  and  Sannicl  Flagg, 
•I'w  from  CooDccticut,  settled  in  town.  About  this  time  and  following,  scttle- 
mentfl  were  ni.ido  quite  rapidly.  In  1804,  David  Spencer  purchased  and  settled 
where  Spcnccrport  is  located,  for  whom  the  village  is  named.  In  ISOG,  William 
Webster  located'  west  of  Spcmrrport  JarvLs  King,  Norman  Davison,  and  Charles 
"reeman,  with  their  taniili.s,  and  many  others  from  New  England,  m,vle  settle- 
Meola.  In  1808,  Au.^tin  Spencer,  a  young  man,  and  f|uite  prominent,  seuh-d  near 
Siwncerport.  Eiekiel  Goodwin  aud  OUver  Gates.  In  1810,  John  P.  I'atlc^on, 
(he  first  supervisor  of  Ogden,  settled  in  town.  Previous  to  this,  though  the 
year  is  unknown,  Gustavus  Huntley  and  Iharles  rhnrch  located  at  the  Centre. 
In  181 1,. Stephen  Gridley,  a  piominent  settler,  emigrated  from  Oneida  county,  and 
made  one  of  the  first  settlements  in  the  south  part  of  Inis  town,  where  he  livcil 
nntil  his  death  in  ISf.l.  He  married  Sar.h  Knkiand,  of  the  same  county,  De- 
cember 10,  1810,  and  made  his  tiiT,t  hon.e  in  the  wildcrne....  About  tlii^  lime 
Ad.,lphus  Sinlon^  B.aijaioi.i  Sini.nH,  In  Nnhol.-,  .lohn  Walton,  and  Jnm.-s  J',1- 

•be  tide  of  inimigrati.ai  began  to  ebb  .-wn  .ill.r,  as  the  outbirak  „f  h-stilitie-  with 
Kn.-lund  Incamc  known,  with  only  oeeasional  arrivals  from  the  eas:,  and  traii-fcrs 
fr..m  neighboring  towns       In  fact^  ns  the  war  progrc,-.sed,  and  fears  b.-cr.me  r.le  of 


returned  to  the  cut,  cither  selling  out  their  injprivcnicnui.or  forsakin-  tlicm  altt- 
gether,  while  a  few  only  took  temporary  leave,  and  retained  their  title  and  owner, 
ship.  A  ga'ater  part,  however,  remained  steadfast  in  their  new  homes,  and  co- 
operated in  measures  to  resist  any  invasion  that  niiiiht  occur,  while  a  number  to<ik 
active  and  honorable  part  as  soldiers  on  the  frontier.  In  1S13,  Samuel  Kiiht)rne 
emigrated  from  Broome  county,  pnrehased  a  home  in  the  north  part  of  the  town, 
and  settled  with  a  family  of  nine  children,  all  of  whom  died  here  with  the  con- 
sumption. Ansel  Chapnjan  and  family  settled  here  in  ISU.  At  this  time  the 
southwest  portion  of  the  town  was  almost  an  unbroken  wilderness.  A  settlement 
had  been  made  a  few  years  previous,  a  shoit  distance  e:ist  of  the  school-house,  in 
district  No.  8,  a  piece  of  land  cleared,  and  a  block-house  erected,  by  some  one  now 
unknown,  who  had  also  given  it  up  and  gmic  aw.iy.  On  November  1,  1815,  Ed- 
ward Covell,  from  Vermont,  settled  on  the  farm  on  which  he  now  resides,  a  little 
west  of  the  abandoned  settlement.  He  is  one  of  the  very  few  first  settlers  still 
living  on  the  farm  they  first  took  up.  About  the  s;im.'  tiim^.  Major  Gilman,  aU. 
from  Vermont,  with  his  three  sons,  William,  Hiram,  and  Annis,  settled  on  the 
ncit  farm  east,  Charles  Eber  and  Nichohis  Ki-lly  about  three-fourths  of  a  miie 
west,  and  James  Cate,  with  his  three  sons,  Enoch,  Thom.ns,  and  Reuben,  on  the 
north  and  south  road,  one  mile  east.  Also,  John  Hill  settled  a  short  distance  west. 
and  James  and  John,  his  sons,  adjoining,  about  the  same  time,  or  soon  alter.  In 
1817,  among  many  others,  William  Hiscock,  from  Schenectady  county,  settled  iti 
the  northeast  part  of  the  town,  and  Aaron  Robinson,  from  Connecticut,  near  the 
Centre.  Up  to  this  date,  1817,  the  year  of  the  organization  of  the  town,  settle- 
ments eitended  over  all  parts  of  the  town.  Much  of  the  land  was  cleared,  good 
comfortable  homes  erected,  school  districts  established,  and  adef|uatc  houses  built, 
churches  organized,  roads  surveyed  and  improved,  and  everywhere  the  tokens  of 
general  prffspcrity. 

.\mong  the  other  immigrants  who  had  arrived  from  time  to  time,  some  of  the 
™n.e  pr.'-ninent  wre  James  Baldwin,  Timothy  C.  Knccland.  Harry  Patterson 
Darius  Clark,  Simeon  Wheeler,  Zachariah  Olmste.ad,  John  Woodward,  Bciak-el 
Whitney,  Aaron  Arnold,  Windsor  Trowbridge,  Joseph  Stanley,  Rufus  Uiim. 
phrey,  Theodore  Goodwin,  Joseph  Web.ter,  Enos  Pembrook,  ti'ie  Whitiiers,  in 
what  was  called  the  Whittier  settlement,  in  the  ?outhea5t  part  of  the  town,  Mr. 
Richards.  Benjamin  Cole,  and  Philander  Kane,  the  three  latter  at  Spcnccrport ; 
others,  who  came  still  later,  in  the  southeast  corner,  were  John  Coili<ter,  Tiiomas 
Lind.'^lcy,  John  Evans,  with  f  .ur  sons,  Stephen  and  Je?.-e  M.isnn,  .John  Brijhani. 
Stephen  Angel,  and  Isnicl  0<wm.  the  two  h.tter  still  living.  The  first  house 
erected  iu  the  town  was  a  rude  log  house,  located  near  the  house  since  cecupie-.i 
by  Willi;im  Brown,  on  the  hill  overlooking  Spcnccrport.  On  the  same  d  iv 
another  log  house  was  erected,  by  a  man  by  the  name  of  Diliinghara,  on  Jona- 
than Bruwu's  farm,  near  the  present  Presbyterian  church.  When  the  logs  were 
ready,  they  went  to  Brnldocks  Bay,  Kings'  Landing,  Scottsville,  and  the" Hano- 
ver settlement  for  help  to  nilse,  procuring  in  ail  about  twenty  men.  Mr.  Willry 
getting  lost  in  the  woo<ls,  while  inviting  help,  came  near  not  nein-  pre.=ent  at  tite 
raising  of  his  own  bouse.  He  was  in  the  woikL  all  night,  but  the  work  was  de- 
layed until  his  return.  Mr.  Wad^worth.  the  laud  agent,  had  otf.red  a  prriniiiur 
of  six  bushels  of  wheat,  a  barrel  of  whisky,  and  a  barrel  of  pork  for  the  first 
dwelling  raised  in  the  township.  He  was  pr.iscnt  himself,  sharing  the  camp  of 
Willey  and  Dillingham  over  niL'lit,  but  getting  little  sleep,  as  the  backwoodsmen 
were  intent  on  a  frolic,  ami  insi,stcd  that  he  should  partake  in  their  rude  sf  on.-- 
This  he  knew  well  how  to  do,  when  oi  casion  rciiuired.  The  premium  barrel  of 
whisky  had  been  placed  on  a  log  and  tapped  at  both  ends,  and  when  the  tw;. 
houses  stood  complete  wxs  considerably  lightened.  The  first  land  cleared  and 
the  first  wheat  rai-ed  were  by  the  same  meu  in  that  year,  Mr.  Dillin-liam  work- 
ing on  the  farm  with  Jon.ithntL  Brown,  with  whom  became  to  the  town.  Co! 
oncl  Willey,  a  short  time  after,  made  the  home  of  the  latter  his  home,  which  L- 
memorable  as  beint;  the  scene  of  the  first  religious  meeting  ever  held  in  town,  iu 
130.i,  and  the  fii-st'  Mcth.Ji.^t  sermon  drlivered,  in  1807.  by  Peter  Vanest.  In 
April.  180  I,  Mrs.  Gcor.'c  W,  Willey  died,  at  the  residence  of  her  hu.-band,  and 
was  buried  in  the  burying-gmund  .at  the  Centre,  This  was  the  fir^t  death  ar.tt 
interment  in  town.  About  five  ninntbs  previous  to  thi.s,  however,  in  Novenil>  r. 
1oJ3.  Jonathan  Brown,  who  h.id  gone  to  an  adjoining  town  in  the  morning,  fell 
dead  at  the  supper-table  by  a  sirrke  of  apoplexy,  nnd  was  buried  near  where  Uf 
died.  In  ISil.-).  Gc.jrge  W.  Willey  and  .Mrs,  Brown  fought  consolation  f.r  thcr 
mutu.il  bereavement  in  marria--<-,  and  ni.ulc  their  re-id.-nce  at  her  home.  Tie.-, 
was  the  first  marria-e  in  town.  The  flr>t  birth  was  John  M.  C.lby.  a  fon  ■/ 
Abraban.  Colby,  who  wa.s  born  in  IM.rn.iry.  ISllll.  The  fi.-t  linn-iie  child  wis 
Bct.siv  Colbv,  .ian_-ht,-rof  Kphraim  C..II..V,  horn  in  October  ul  the  same  y.-r  Si,- 
Mil..e"|n.ntly  b-came  Mrs  Fn.cher,  J"Im;  M,  C.lby  dud  in  1 -.i'l.  Th.-  lirst 
orchard  was'pl.int.-l  by  William  ILinion.-,  on  hi .  own.  farm,  and  aii  ■ihcr,  by  I!-  m- 


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HISTORY   OF  JIONROE  COUNTY,  ^•E\V   YORK. 


Huntl»y  at  0-Jon  i\-iptrc.  A  second  tavern  wiu  kept  by  Mr.  Wonlilngton, 
which  stool  wlu're  E.  Hitdui's"  house  now  stands.  Alter  it  had  been  closed  a.s  a 
public-houie  tlic  bar-room  was  u^od  for  the  meetinir*  oF  the  I'reabytorian  church. 
It  was  afterwards  bunied.  Tlic  first  store  was  kept  by  Charles  Church,  at  the 
Centre,  who  3ui>sef|uently  opened  one  of  the  pioneer  stores  in  Spe:;eerport.  The 
first  saw-iuiU  was  erected  by  William  H.  :^peocer,  who.  with  an  ox-tuam,  brouiiht 
the  mill-irons  from  Connecticut.  The  tirst  surveyor  wai  Daniel  Arnold.  The 
finft  physician  was  Dr.  John  D.  Webster.  The  first  Baptist  niinistor  was  KIder 
Daniel  Brown,  in  ISUS;  the  first  Methodist,  Rev.  I'eler  Vunest,  in  IS"";  and 
the  fir^t  Presbyterian,  Rev.  Kbenezer  Everett.  It  has  bi-en  recorded  heretofore 
that  Miss  W'illey  taught  the  first  school,  iu  1S07 ;  but.  accordinc  to  the  testimony 
of  one  of  the  pupils  now  living'.  Miss  Ustcr  Clark  lan-ht  in  a  los  buildinL-  one- 
fourth  mile  south  of  the  church  in  1S04.  within  two  years  after  the  first  settle- 
ment, and  when  there  were  but  very  tcw  children  in  the  town,  and  .^liss  Filuria 
Church  the  second  in  the  same  vicinity,  and  also  the  third,  while  Miss  Rachel 
Willey  taught  the  fourth  s<-'hool,  and  was  the  third  teacher,  which  would  occur 
in  1807,  agreeable  to  the  record.  The  firet  school  in  the  southwest  part  of  the 
town  was  taught  by  Mrs.  Edw.trd  f'ovell  in  ISllj,  at  her  husband's  residence,  with 
seven  scholars,  and  in  his  bam  during  the  summer.  The  first  school-house  stood 
opposite  Union  church-  Tiiere  are  now  fourteen  good  school-houses  and  districts 
in  Ogden,  giving  instruction,  in  1875,  to  one  thousand  and  seventy-seven  scholars 
between  five  and  twenty-one  years  of  ago,  at  a  public  cost  of  two  thousand  two 
hundred  and  ninety-sis  dollars  and  twenty-seven  cents. 

SPENCERPORT 

is  a  small  village  of  about  five  hundred  inhabitants,  situated  in  the  north  part  of 
the  town,  on  the  Erie  canal  and  the  Niagara  Falls  branch  of  the  New  York  Cen- 
tral Railroad,  where  the  Canawaugus  road  crosses.  It  is  two  miles  south  of 
Parma  Comers,  and  eleven  miics  west  of  Rochester,  pieasantiy  located,  and  sur- 
rounded by  a  fine  section  of  country.  It  sprang  into  existence  at  the  opening  of 
the  canal,  in  the  dearth  of  good  solid  hi'.'hways,  when  the  Canawaugus  road  was 
a  main  artery  of  the  cctuntry  north  to  the  lake,  and  the  town  of  Ogilen  on  the 
south,  for  the  products  of  tlie  s.)il.  seeking  convenient  points  for  shipment.  By 
natural  drift  the  business  sought  this  point,  and  buyers,  traders,  and  shipp<:rs 
bailt  up,  and  prepared  for  its  accommodation.  It  w;i3  named  in  honor  of  Daniel 
Spencer,  who.  in  lSO-1.  bought  one  hundri?d  acres,  upon  which  is  locateil  this  vil- 
lage. Trade  in  the  town  began  many  years  pr-vioi;s  at  Ugdcn  Ceotrt.  but  w.is 
entirely  discontinued  as  soon  as  it  was  established  here:  and,  although  its  growth 
bas  been  slow,  it  has  kept  pace  w-ith  the  fleniands  of  the  country,  and  at  present 
affords  all  reriuisite  facilities  for  local  trade  and  commerce.  It  sustains  two  hotels, 
three  grocery-stores,  one  of  dry  goods,  two  shoe-stores,  two  drug-stores,  one  of 
furniture,  one  lio-jk-store,  two  paint-stores,  three  crockery-stores,  one  hat-  and  c-ap- 
store,  one  barber-shop,  four  blacksmith-shops,  two  meat-marketa,  two  wagon- 
sbope,  one  plaiiing-mlll,  one  grist-mill,  one  saw-mill,  two  hardware-stores  and  tin- 
shops,  two  harness-maker*,  one  jeweler,  one  rc^sianrant.  one  milliner,  two  drcss- 
zoakera,  one  sash  and  blind  manufactory,  three  coopcr-shups.  one  merchant  t.ailor. 
one  <»pl-dealer,  one  frtut-drying  establishment,  two  livery-stables,  one  manufac- 
turer of  fruit-presses,  sii  physicians,  one  dentist,  three  contractors,  one  sewing- 
machine  agent,  one  tebgraph-olfiee.  one  eipress  company,  one  railroad  station, 
one  justice  of  the  peace,  sLi  produce  dealers,  two  warchon-es,  one  Masonic  lodge 
(Etolian),  throe  cimn-hes  and  church  oriranizations,  three  ministers,  one  billiard- 
h;dl,  one  public  hall,  and  a  graded  school.  It  wa.s  incorporated  pursuant  to  an 
act  of  the  legislature  passed  April  'Z'^,  l.S(17.  At  its  first  charter  election,  held 
May  13  of  the.  same  year,  the  following  villaire  officers  were  elected:  Board 
of  Trustees,  William  C.  Slayton.  president.  Geor-e  K.  Field.  E.  II.  Davis,  C.  S. 
Cole,  and  Austin  Reed  ;  Constable  and  Collector,  Jesse  B.  Walker  ;  TrcasunT  and 
Clerk,  Charles  Brigham.  The  succcedini:  presidents  were  Willi. m  C.  Shiyton, 
18G8;  E.  II.  Davis,  ISG'.t,  William  II.  Crosby.  1S7II;  William  C.  Slayl..n.  1871 ; 
John  Boi^t,  1872;  Miles  Upton.  187:!;  and  WiUian,  ('.  .■^I.ayt,.n.  1874.  ^-'i,  and 
•76.  The  present  officers  are— Board  of  Tn.stcfsi,  William  C.  8Uyi..n.  John  B.irst, 
Chauncey  II.  Hart,  F.  W.  Lincoln,  ami  Henry  Il.irtwcll:  Collector  and  Constable, 
C.  B.  Jone-s ;  Treasurer  and  Clerk.  A.  Van  lVvcnt,-r.  The  first  store  was  erected 
and  kept  by  Wc-t  k  Richards.  It  was  a  grocery  store.  1,h  at,-l  uo  the  north  side 
of  the  caiial,  where  Mr.  Kinney  now  keeps.     The  second  store  na.s  erected  by 


Philander  Kam 

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Charles  Chord 

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ion  many  years,  it 

been  once  burned.      Union  street  w.is  first 
eerport  has  a  graded  s^-h.xil,  employing  tlir 


ncd  in  1804.     S|.<.„. 
fine  school  building 


The  supe 


I  the  presr 


visors  of  the  town  of  O^'den  from  its  organl: 
as  fi.llows,  viz.:  John  P.  Patterson,  1S17  to  1818.  both  inclusive;  Austin  .8|».„. 
eer,  1819;  James  B;ddwin,  18J1I  to  ISl'l  :  John  P.  Patterson,  1822;  Jan,,-, 
Baldwin,  1823  to  1824  ;  Austin  8peneer,  182.-. ;  .Samuel  Kilbourn.  182G  to  l.s-S ; 
Austin  ripeneer.  I82LP  to  1S;13.  Amos  C.  Wilmot,  1834  to  1837;  Charles  Chur.h! 
183S;  Austin  Spencer,  183'J:  John  Gott.  1810  to  1841  ;  E.  B.  True,  1842  i., 
1843 ;  A.  C.  Wilmi.t,  ls44  to  1S45;  Austin  Spencer.  134G ;  James  A.  Peitindll 
1847  to  1848;  William  B.  Br..wn.  1840;  .\mos  C.  Wilmot,  1350  to  1S51  ; 
Eirj  B.  True,  1852  to  1S.'>3  :  William  B.  Brown.  1854  ;  Jesse  S.  Church,  18.55 ; 
Sel.len  O.  Bannins,  1S5G ;  Kn.xh  Arnold.  1857;  Selden  C.  Bannin..-.  lS5s ; 
Enoch  Arnold.  1859;  Ezra  B.  'True,  18G(i;  John  Borst,  ISGl  ;  Ezra  B.  Tru.. 
1862  to  1SG3;  Edward  C.jvcl.  18G4;  John  Bon.t,  18G5  to  ISGG;  Josiah  Rich, 
18G7  to  1S74;  and  William  B.  Arnold  from  1875  to  1876. 

The  other  officers  elected  for  187G  are  as  follows,  viz.; 

Town  Clerk,  James  Co'ldington  ;  Road  Commissioner,  Henry  Way  ;  Asses-.ir. 
James  Adams;  Collector,  Charles  Woodmanson;  Justices  of  the  Peace.  Willi,,m 
B.  .\rnold,  four  years  ;  John  B.irst,  three  years  ;  John  Pierce,  two  years ;  an.l 
Harrison  Doty,  one  year  ;  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  Charles  H.  Tallman.  Milt..n 
Brighain;  Inspectors  of  Election,  Oscar  P.  Nichols,  James  Adams,  Elihu  (!ik).1. 
rich;  Auditors,  N.  S.  P.  Crocker,  Plat  G.  Smith,  George  W.  Doty;  Game  Consta- 
ble, William  Wallace  ;  Excise  Comnussloner,  George  G.  True;  Constables,  Miles 
Upton,  John  Mansler,  Charles  H.  Webster,  James  H.  Ferris,  John  Finchcr;  road 
districta  and  overseers  of  highways,  fifty-three. 


TOE   PEESRVTERU 


OF   OGDEN 


was  organized  at  ("tgden  C'entre  on  .Noveratwr  4.  18ti,  ot  the  Congregational 
order,  in  the  town  of  Parma,  by  Rev.  Reuben  Parmalee.  the  first  settled  ministeV 
(17D8)  of  Victor,  Ontario  county,  with  the  following  membership:  Samuel 
Davis,  Daniel  Arnold.  .Josiah  Mather,  James  Ferrington.  Jabcz  Buslcy,  Benjamin 
Freeman.  Abig;iil  Busley,  Phoebe  Finch,  Lydia  Mitchel.  and  Betsey  Nichols.  On 
the  2iHh  day  of  August  previous  the  first  preparatory  meeting  was  held,  with 
Rev.  Solomon  Allen,  moderator,  at  which  it  was  voted  '-That  it  is  expedient  that 
there  be  a  church  fonned."  On  the  3d  day  of  September  following,  at  two 
o'clock  P.M.,  the  second  meeting  wa-s  held  at  the  house  of  Benajah  Will.:y,  with 
Rev.  Lyman  Barrett  m.«lenit.ir,  and  candi.Iates  examined  on  articUv?  of  faith. 
On  Seiitember  20  the  thiid  meeting  wxs  hel.i  at  the  hou.-c  of  Daniel  Aniold  at 
the  same  hour  and  with  the  same  moderator,  at  which  J..i5iah  Mather.  Daniel 
AnioId.  and  Sanmcl  D.ivis  wa-  selected  as  a  committee  for  the  purpose  of  choosing 
a  council  to  organize  the  church.  The  first  deacons  of  the  church  were  Samuel 
Davis  an.l  Josiah  .Mather,  to  which  Daniel  Arnold  was  soon  after  added.  The 
first  church  edifice  was  not  erected  until  1823,  in  the  autumn  of  which  year  it 
was  dedicated  by  R.:v.  Alvan  Hyde,  D.D.  Previous  to  that  date,  servic.-s  were 
conducted,  sometimes  in  the  bl'.ck  ich..ol-hou.se  at  Spencerpf.rr,  sometimes  on  the 
Rld-re  road,  sometimes  in  a  b:irn  hack  of  the  residence  of  David  Kill  onie  at 
Spenccrpnrt,  sometimes  in  the  south  school-house,  and  sometimes  in  a  barn  <'n 
the  bill  north  of  the  Centre.  The  Si^t  pastor  was  not  installed  until  1819.  tho'v.-h 
many  preachers  had  officiated,  am.  ng  whom  were,  first.  Father  .\llen,  tijll..wed 
by  Revs.  Mr.  Barrett,  Townseiid,  I.vis,  and  Smith,  the  last  named  in  1^16.  In 
1819  the  -'Congregational  church  of  P.irma  and  Greece"  Wits  set  off,  and  the 
original  church,  which  had  been  known  is  the  '•  Congregational  church  of  Parma. ' 
changed  to  that  of  Ogden  on  account  of  the  formation  of  the  new  town  of  ( Igdcn 
in  1S17. 

In  1837  a  new  church  of  tt.-enty-five  members  was  set  off  and  orgaidzcd  at 
.\dains'  basin,  and  in  1850.  owing  to  a  conlr.ncrsy  over  the  location  of  th.'  new 

part  ..f  the  town  and  th..se  at  Spiocrport,  thirty-five  of  the  latter  withdrew,  an.l 
on  the  8th  d:.y  ..f  Oct.,l.cr  org:inizu4  the  "  First  Congr.-.-ational  chureh  of  Sj-n- 
cerport."  Ab.Mit  the  24tli  .lay  of  .March,  1835,  th3  church  became  conn.-ii.''i 
with  the  j.rcsbyterv  of  R..chester,  and  change.!  from  a  Congregational  to  a  Pr.'s- 
bvtcrian  ch.irch.  arid  the  first  l.en,:h  of  elder.' was  ordained.  ^They  were  .<ylvanu. 
C.  Willcy.  Di...l..te  L  n-.l.  Cl.ari.s  Cl...r.h,  Austin  Sp.'ncer.  II.  D.  Vroom  :  an.l 
Alf.-cd  Norton.  William  .V.  Cl,..pin;.n.  and  John  Brigl.am  w.tc  onlained  .1.  ac..n« 
at  the  .same  time,  Tli.'  pr. -.  ..t  eh.ireh  .-.lifi.'.' was  er.-.t.jil  in  lS5ilanil  1^51. 
In  1819  the  first  pa.-t,.r,  U.'V.  Khen.z.T  Kv.rett,  wa.s  io-l.,lle.l  by  U-v  .\!.r..l..ni 
Forcnun,  of  li,  cs.....  and  s.rve.l  unlil  l-i22.  In  l'^2l.  Kev,  Av,  lyn  S..i-«.-  I. 
w:ls   i,..-t.llled.      He   w.c  .li.sm.-.d   in  J.llv,  1K!:1.  an.l   inst.,ll,-.l    i-.o.    K.lM.i.rv 


,n  of  ls:)4,  Kev. 


pulpit 


PLATE    XLVl. 


EDWARD  OOVELL. 

Edward  CoTell  was  born  in  Gkateabory, 
Connecticut,  January  10,  1790,  and  moved 
with  hij  futher  to  Vermont,  where  he  lived 
until  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  aj^e.  On 
the  1-lth  day  of  September,  1815,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Oilman,  and  in  the 
tutumn  of  the  same  year  he  emigrated  with 
his  wife  to  the  newly-opened  region  of 
western  New  York,  and  settled  in  the 
southwest  part  of  Ogden.  on  the  tuim  upon 
which  he  now  resides,  and  where  at  that 
time  there  were  but  few  settlements.  Here 
he  began  laying  the  foundation  of  the  splen- 
did property  he  now  owns  ;  and,  to  second 
his  efforts,  his  young  wife  opened  a  school 
in  his  house,  and  in  the  summer  season  in 
the  barn,  where  she  taught  the  seven  or 
eight  children  in  the  vicinity.  On  June 
11, 1822,  he  lost  his  beloved  wife,  who  left 
him  three  young  children  to  care  for.     On 


Juiuiy  12,  1824,  he  nsarriod  his  second 
wife,  Rhoda  Town,  in  Ogden.  In  March, 
1864,  she  also  died,  leaving  him  five  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  living  In  March, 
1866,  he  married  hb  present  wife,  Mra. 
Harriet  Terry,  with  whom  he  now  lives. 
Mr.  Covell  has  always  been  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  the  town,  and  h>i3  done 
much  to  develop  its  resources  and  to  pro- 
mote its  interests-  fie  has  frequently  been 
called  to  offices  of  trust,  which  were  always 
administered  with  the  strictest  fidelity,  and 
with  the  approval  of  his  fellow-men.  He 
has  been  supervisor  and  ajssessor  of  the  town 
a  number  of  years,  and  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church.  He  assisted 
liberally  in  the  construction  of  the  church 
btiilding  near  his  home,  which  was  built 
by  the  union  of  all  denominations.  He  is 
OCT  in  his  eighty-seventh  yeiir,  a  relic  of  a 
generation  passed  away,  and  as  vigorous 
ud  itrong  as  i  man  of  sixty. 


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t^i'S  or    EDWARD     COVELL 


PLATE    XLVl 


IIAHX     3J.Vld 


..  TTISTOrA'  OF  MOXROE  COUXTV,  NEW  YORK. 


183 


1535,  t>  February,  IS3.S,  K«v.  CnwuT  P.  Wiii-  waa  p-iator.  Kevs.  D.irwin 
Chichester  Charles  Jcro.ia-,  EJ-,-ur  Perkins,  and  Mr.  Kly  supplitiJ  the  puipit  trom 
1S4'J  to  Au-ust  10,  lS-,1,  wh.-n  Rev.  Willi.im  A.  Fux  was  installed  as  px-tor, 
who  had  char^  until  l.^)J5,  in  whieh  year  the  present  incumbent,  Uev.  Ales. 
>[cA.  Thorburn,  boL-an  his  paitorate.  The  present  b..ard  of  trustees  are  Wm. 
Bro»n,  Henry  Van  .V«t,  L.,uis  Corvir,  Edward  P.  S-mith,  Wni.  Arnold,  and 
lyjoiurd  Burrit;  the  bench  ofcldere,  Wm.  W.  Nichols,  S.  W.  flulburt,  J<Mn  H. 
Stoee,  John  Brown,  Georjre  Comstoek,  and  James  Arniild  ;  and  the  present  mem- 
bership two  hundred  and  forty-two.  The  last  few  ye:ir«  previoua  to  the  erection 
of  the  fir>t  church  edifice,  meeting  were  held  in  the  bar-room  of  a  tavern  which 
stoo<i  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  dwcllin;^-house  of  Kliphalet  Hodges.  The 
church  has  had  several  very  important  revivals:  in  1^2~.  when  sixtv-lhrec  con- 
verts joined;  io  1S31,  with  one  hundred  and  tiiirty-four;  in  1333,  with  twenty- 
six;  in  183G,  with  forty-four;  in  1S40,  with  fifty-nine:  in  1.S43,  with  thirty- 
thirec,  ind  in  1SJ3  with  seventy  converts.  I'uiini:  Rev.  Mr.  Winu's  p:;bt..rjte, 
fortv-soven  new  members  joined,  and  durins  Rev.  Mr.  .Sed-jwiek's,  four  hundred 
and  seventy-one  were  added.  Up  to  the  year  l^GG,  the  church  iiad  received 
nice  hundred  and  twenty-seven  members.  .\.  J^abbath-schooi  has  been  connected 
with  the  church  nearly  from  Its  origin,  which  now  has  in  charge  two  hundred 
pupils,  and  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  teachers,  of  whieh  John  Kinojid  is  super- 
inSeudeot,  and  Henry  S.  E'yer,  assistant  superintendent.  It  has  a  library  of  (bur 
hundred  volumes,  in  charge  of  James  Dyer  and  0.  Nichols,  1 


THE   BAPTIST   CBDECH    OF  OODEN 

was  orpiniied  in  May,  l.?I9,  in  the  school-house  of  Ogden  Centre,  by  a  council 
convened  for  that  purpose  from  the  Baptist  churches  in  the  towns  of  Caledonia, 
Leicester,  Sweden,  Riga,  and  Parma.  The  first  members  were  David  \Vend;d], 
Lydia  Wcndall,  Enos  Jewell,  Abigail  Jewell,  Stephen  Ross,  Sar^h  Ro-s,  Johti 
B.  Meservie,  Mary  Meservie,  Samuel  W.  Brown,  Anna  Willey,  Eli;ikim  Th.-itcher, 
Betsey  Bennett,  «'rd  H2nn-..h  Pv'tengil!.  The  fi-t  minister  in  !'-  church  wis 
Rev.  Ely  Stone.  The  services  of  the  church  were  held  in  barns  and  school- 
bouses  in  different  parts  of  the  town  until  the  erection  of  the  first  church  building 
in  1822,  near  the  Centre.  It  was  dedicated  the  .»arae  year,  and  used  as  the  place 
for  wonship  ten  year3,  when  the  increase  and  advancement  of  the  society  demanded 
a  more  acceptnule  structure,  and  in  1S32  the  second  church  building  was  begun. 
It  was  completed  and  dedicated  in  May,  1S33.  It  is  lueatcd  tliree  miles  farther 
west,  on  what  was  called  Washinirlon  street,  one  mile  south  of  Adants"  basin,  aud 
cotistructed  of  wood,  forty  by  fifty  feet  in  size,  and  at  a  cost  of  :ibout  three  thou- 
sand dollars,  exclusive  of  a  lan^e  amount  of  gratuitous  labor.  The  former  struc- 
ture continued  in  possession  of  the  society  until  some  time  in  the  latter  part  of 
183G,  when  it  was  sold  to  the  town  ;  and  has  since  been  used  and  tnown  as  the 
"  town  house."  The  first  settled  pastor  of  the  church  was  Rev.  Ilervcy  Blood, 
who  began  his  charge  in  1824,  and  held  it  two  and  one-half  years,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Jirah  I.  Cole,  four  and  one-half  yeari;  Zcnas  Case,  twenty-eight  years: 
H.  Sllliman,  one  year;  B.  R.  Swick.  five  ycara;  A.  C.  Barrell.  six  years ;  L.  Hal- 
sey,  eighteen  months ;  D.  Morse,  eight  months ;  and  Rev.  W.  Holt,  the  present 
incumbent,  who  began  his  pastonite  in  May,  187  j.  The  officers  at  prc-^ent  are — 
Deacous,  R.  Pettengill,  J  LanJi*.  and  S.  B.  Ross;  Clerk,  George  W.  Ross:  and 
a  mcnibership  of  ninety-three.  The  Sahbjthschool  was  orsanizcd  in  May,  1327, 
in  the  old  church  building  near  the  CcEitrc,  of  wliicli  David  Rollin  was  made 
superintendent.  The  original  number  of  pupils  is  unknown.  It  now  .'ustains 
ten  teachers  with  one  hundreil  and  fifty  pupils,  of  which  E.  J  Rollin  is  superin- 
tendent, H.  B.  Gill  Sc-cretary,  and  E.  H.  Colby  treasurer.  The  library  was  estab- 
lUhed  in  the  same  year,  which  now  contains  about  four  hundred  volumes,  with 
Frederic  D.  Ross,  librarian. 

THE    XETHODIST    PROTESTANT    CIICRCH    AT    ADA.Ms'    B.VSI.N 

was  first  organized  in  I82S,  at  the  house  of  Dr.  John  Webster,  by  Rev.  Is.Tao 
FUter,  as  a  regular  Methodist  society.     Upon  the  organizatbn  of  a  Methodist 

of  "  The  First  Methodist  Prote-sUint  Church  uf  O.'Jen."  The  first  membetn  were 
Mr.  and  Mr^.  Jo-seph  W,j.,jM..iMsoe,  .Mr.  and  yin.  IVrr)-  Wo.»]mansee.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stephen  Webster,  .^Ir.  and  Mr-.  A-a  A.  Web-t.r,  Mr.  and  .'^Irs  Jeremiah  \Vcb^ter, 
and  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Edmund  \Vans,-y.  The  fir-t  cla-s-leadcr  wa.s  Ju.«cph  Wo.KjmanM.>e, 
and  the  first  stewards  Perry  \Voo4manM.>e  and  Edmund  WaiiM-y.  They  wor.-hiiH.-dat 
the  house  of  Dr.  John  Webster  until  the  schu.jl-honse  at  Adanw'  basin  was  crccte-J, 
at  which  place  they  continued  their  ui.etnv.".  unlil  lr^:>  t,  when  they  were  invited 
t"  wnpy  the  rri->byterian  cliunh  butldin-  at  that  place.  They  piircha-cd  it  the 
f..ll..wing  yeir  much  l<'luw  its  real  value,  by  p.ijing  an  i.bligati..n  held  a:_-ain,-t  it. 

"Ucnt  and  rooms  fitted  up  for  all  occasions  of  the  church.     The  first  minister  of 


the  church  was  Rev.  Isaac  Fister,  and  wxs  succeeded  by  Revs.  N.  I'abncr,  Wib 
liaui  Willi.nu,  E,  A.  Wheat,  William  Emmons,  and  L.  Sweelland.  -n,,.  fir-.t 
mini-tcr  after  occupying  the  church  was  Rev.  L.  I'alininter,  succccde-l  by  iCovs. 
A.  C.  Wilcox,  J.  W.  Davis,  S.  M.  .<hort,  C.  C.  Carey,  W.  W.  Woo.lw;nd,  X.  .s 
Clark.  J.  H.  Richards,  and  S.  D.  Kingsley,  the  present  incumbent.  n„iv  in  the 
fifth  year  of  hU,  pastorate,  durin:;  which  time,  abiiut  four  years,  sixty-five  mem- 
bers h.ave  united  with  the  eburch.  The  present  membership  is  nin.Ty.  Tb,- 
Sabbath-school  was  organized  in  lS3l'.,  at  Webster's  b;isin,  by  William  lir.,w„ 
and  Henry  Bell,  who  managed  the  school ;  it  had  forty  pupils,  und.r  tea.  hci  s 
chosen  from  the  church.  The  school  now  consists  (»f  nine  U-achers  and  ei-.'litv 
pupib.  with  Uev.  S.  D.  Kingsley  superintendent.  Miss  Ida  Allen  secretary,  and 
Florin  Baxter  treasurer.  But  one  of  the  original  members  Ls  now  living,  Mr>. 
Betioy  Webster,  a  resident  of  Ogdcn  and  member  of  this  church. 

UNION   CHIBCH 

was  erected  .about  forty  or  more  years  ago,  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  town, 
about  two  miles  north  of  Churchville,  by  the  people  of  that  section  and  mem- 
bers of  ail  denominations.  It  was  designed  for  the  accommodation  of  all.  ihon.-h 
the  principal  ministers  who  have  ociupied  its  pulpit  were  of  the  Free-Will  lJ:ip. 
ti:t  and  Congregational  order,  members  of  those  denominations  predominating  in 
the  vicinity.  It  is  a  stone  building,  located  on  the  south  side  of  the  east  and 
west  road.  Among  the  leading  men  who  took  an  active  part  in  its  construction 
were  F-dward  Covell,  James  Hill,  David  Bangs,  J.  Dewey,  H.  C.  Gilu.an,  L.  D. 
Bangs,  and  others.  So  services  are  conducted  there  at  present, — the  la.st  being 
the  funeral  services  of  Mr.  James  Hill,  who  had  been  the  clerk  for  several  years. 


THE   OODEN    CIRCUIT   OF  THE    METBODIST    EPISCOPAL   CIIUBCH. 


In  the  year  1807  the  Philadelpliia  Conference  appointed  Peter  Vanest  and 
Amos  Jenks  ministers  to  the  Holland  Purchase  and  Caledonia,  and  it  is  recorded 
that  the  first  sermon  ever  preached  west  of  the  Genesee  river,  in  the  interests  i.f 
Jlethodism,  was  delivered  the  same  year,  by  Peter  Vauest,  at  the  house  of  Col- 
onel Willey,  in  Ogdcn  Centre,  where  the  Presbyterian  church  now  stands.  This 
is  very  doubtful,  however,  as  it  is  also  recorded  that  the  Canistco  circuit  as  early 
a5  1SU6  had  two  s.)cicties  west  of  the  river.  The  first  class-leader  in-this  town  was 
David  Dowing.  from  PhilipsviUe,  .\.lbany  county.  In  ISl  1,  Loring  Grant  organized 
the  first  society  at  Webster's  basin,  one  mile  west  of  Spcneerport,  with  John  Web- 
ster, .Susan  Webster,  Benjamin  Freeman,  Roxana  Freeman,  Poily  Davidson,  an.l 
Sally  Webster  as  members.  This  class  was  the  nucleus  of  Ogdcn  circuit.  Another 
class  was  formed  in  1S21,  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  town,  au  Whitticr's  settle- 
ment, by  James  Hemmingway.  lu  1S28  both  classes  were  swalloweti  up  by  the 
Protestant  Metlnxiist  movement  at  that  time;  and  ten  years  after,  in  1,S38,  the 
scattering  members  in  South  I'arma.  Webster's  basin,  and  the  Wiiittier  settle- 
ment were  organized,  by  the  Rev.  Salmon  Jiid'l,  into  a  new  six'iety,  and  a  church 
edifice  erected  at  Sr.eneerport.  In  this  building  services  were  conducted  for  many 
years,  and  the  society  prospered  and  grew  stron-.:.  In  1870  and  1871  the  present 
imposing  structure,  about  forty-eight  by  seventy-two  feet  area,  was  erecti:d  at  a 
cost  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars.  It  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God  J.iu- 
uary  12,  1S7I.  by  Rev.  B.  I.  Ives,  who  conducted  the  services.  The  present 
officers  ore — G.  Straiton,  minister;  J.  >'.  Whittier.  il.  S.  Clirk,  ami  R.  Van 
Voorhees,  trustees;  J.  S.  Brown,  John  Killip,  H.  S.  Clark,  P.  Killip,  an.l  J.  .\. 
■Whittier,  stewards;  Austin  Atchin^ou,  W.  M.  Haynor.  J.  .V.  Wbittier.  I.  !i. 
Thompson,  J.  S.  Brr.wn,  and  J.  Wakcly,  class-leadei^ ;  and  H.  S.  Millim.m.  I.ical 
preacher.  A  Sabbath-school  has  been  connected  witli  the  church  since  its  organ- 
ization, in  1S38,  embracing  at  present  tv.-clve  teachers  and  about  one  luuidrcl 
pupils,  of  which  C.  S.  Brown  is  superintendent,  and  Henry  Haneox  secretary. 
Connected  with  the  school  is  a  fine  library,  containing  five  hundred  vnium.-.s,  wiih 
Libeus  Allen  librarian.  The  following  is  a  list  of  Methodist  Episcnp;il  mnii.-tcrs 
in  charge  of  this  circuit  since  1SII7.  with  the  exception  of  the  six  years  prior 
to  IS-'iS:  1807,  Peter  Vanest;  ISOS,  George  Lane;  ISII3,  .James'  Mitchell; 
1810,  .John  Kimberlin;  1311.  Loring  Grant;  1812,  Rinaldo  M.  Evarts;  ISI.I. 
Elijah  King;  1814,  W.  Brown;  ISI.'i,  Jamc-s  H.  Harris;  ISIG,  R.  .Ma|s.hall  ; 
1817,  William  Jimes;  1818,  Cyrus  Story  and  Michael  .Sac-cr:  18111  Cyrn- 
Storv;  18211,  N.  B.  Ilod.son;  1S21.  J.imcs  S.  Lent :  1823,  J..lin  Cisart;  1.-21. 
B.  Williams;  182.'),  Parker  Bucl ;  1-2G,  E.  Boardman ;  1827.  J.  Co|.e:.,n.l . 
1S2'J.  Chester  V.  AdL-ate ;  1831,  M.  T,jokor ;  1832,  Ri..hard  Wright,  1-33 
John  ('.,*.«;  1.S3.-I,  R.  M.  Evarts;  1837,  S.ilmou  Judd ;  l!^30,  .\.  l',ll..»-s . 
1841,  D.  Fclh.ws;  1842,  James  Hall;  1843,  Hiram  May;  1844,  U.  C  l'o..ie; 
181.-).  Mi:.hacl  S:.cgcr;  1810,  J.  B.  Lankton ;  1848,  L..ren  .<tilcs;  l-^.-.O,  II  .M. 
Ripley;  IS.'M.  J.wcph  .McCrenry,  Jr.;  l.'^.JS.  A.  L.  BacliUH;  Isun  II.  \V. 
Ann.s;  1SG2,  E.  S.  Furman ;  I'slU,  S.  C.  Church;  !SG7,  Gcr^-e  W.  ('..».•, 
1808.  H.  R.  Smith;  ISO',1,  ('.  C.  Wilber;  1871,  Gorge  W.  C.)«e,  l372,  .1.  Il 
Atchin-on;   1873,  J.  W.  .--lauborn ;   187j,  G,  Stratton. 


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HISTORY  OF   MONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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was  or<r>3ii«J  Oiiober  8,  IS.Jd,  »  ' 
•t  the  SoM  of  Tc.lijK'nuKO  H.1II.  1: 
of  Main  fltrvct,  .SuutU  of  the  o 
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with  the  fullowiPL-  li-t  of  inombtrs 
L.  Biilcj,  D.  E.  nu.J  Getty  B.iU 
Vxn  Dcvciitcr,  Uci.ry  anJ  Aiuar>..i; 
J.  B.  anJ  FiJclia  Garnioy,  Bonjai 
O.  A.  Gtwn,  Charlotte  IWl,  Or] 
Yoonjc,  Harriet  E.  ai.J  nh.»ii  A.  Kllborn.  CUrin.U  V.-in  Vict.  Emily  L  Juno, 
Adeline  N'oyo,  T.ai  he!  .Manine.  O.  I'.  liridiani.  fully  ^pcnc-cr,  anJ  Roae  Stciart. 
The  firet  preacher  WiS  Iluraeo  Gmniiij,  anil  the  Hi>t  pastor  James  U.  PilK  who 
began  hia  labors  April  30,  1-SJ-.  The  oiiier  oifieens  at  iti  ur.:ani2.»tion  were 
Austin  SpcQctr,  Neiruiaii  Rjiley.  and  John  Van  De\'enter.  deae-jns ;  Austin 
Spencer,  Jas.  B.  Gam.soy,  and  U.  J.  Uo'.:er3,  eiiureh  euujniittcc.  and  Ciias.  Chureh, 
elerk.  Service?  were  held  at  the  pl.ice  of  orL-niiiiaii.m  until  the  completion  of  its 
trU  church  edifice,  Kehrunry  1.  lS."i.'.  It  was  erocteJ.  ei-.-hty  by  tifiy  feet  area,  at 
>  eost  of  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollar-,  with  basement  fur  Sabbath-sehool 
tnd  lecturc-ttwrni,  dedicated  February  I'l,  l^oJ,  aud  burne-d  November  *J  of  the 
tame  year.  The  stone  basement,  covered  over,  was  used  the  succeeding  » inter, 
tnd  by  November,  IS,")!!,  the  second  cliurth  buildin;;,  which  it  now  occupies,  was 
completed  on  the  some  site,  and  with  the  -^ame  dirueii'iions.  at  a  ci"st  of  aU-»ut  nine 
thoo^nd  dollars  The  manual  of  the  chureh  adi'[»ted  at  its  or.::inization  was 
embodied,  with  addition.^,  in  a  revision  unanimously  adapted  Septeinlier  1.  1832, 
and  is  substanti.illy  the  same  toJay.  The  first  pa-stor,  J.  II.  I>ill.  oificiateij  .s;ven 
jears,  acj  was  succeeded  hy  S.  T  EichanJ,  -i.v  year.,  V.  II.  Blake,  three-  years, 
r.  ^y.  A^am^  t,ro  ve^rs.  -VV.  B.  Stewan.  thre-e  years,  and  Chas.  M.  Wlntih-sey, 
now  in  office,  from  July  1,  16TG,  for  three  year:j.  and  the  present  membei^hip  of 
the  church  is  one  hundred  and  seventy^ei^ht.  Milton  Briixham,  Aaron  Arnold, 
tnd  James  Young  are  the  present  deacons,  S.  W.  Cbrt,  Geo.  M.  Cole,  Jas.  B. 
Gtnisey,  Milton  Brighaiu,  Samuel  Day,  and  Au^tin  Rice,  present  chureh  ecm- 


niittee,  and  Chis.  M.  Whittl<-cy,  the  pre-ent  clerk.  Thli  Sabbath  s.h.,,1  .a.^ 
iojiitated  in  or  about  ISJS  by  m  nibtn  of  the  0,' Icn  Centre  ehun.h,  and  bv 
the  etfi.  lent  labors  of  D.acon  C.  Cliur.h.  Henry  U.ill,'  aud  Janie-s  R.  Gan,«  j 
was  regularly  3a--taineil  until  the  nrraniiation  ef  th'^i  church.  The  fir^t  superin- 
tcndent  wis  ianiu,  1  Gult.  In  prcse'nt  officers  arc  Ueiirv  II.  ljru\fn.  .Mii-erin- 
tenJent.  I).nid  Stewart,  a.-istant  .nperiiitcndent,  Sarah  F.  Li.ic.ln,  seerelary  and 
treasurer,  Go.r^c  .M.  Culc.  cli..H,-tcr.  and  Anna  .Mclntyre.  or..v.ni~t.  aud  ii..l,„l„ 
twcnty.one  t<-acl.cra  and  one  buinlrcl  and  fifty  pupiU.  The  library  was  i.r|..-iiially 
donate^l  by  Chas.  Church  and  J.  li.  Garn>cy,  aud  c-vntaius  at  p.'e.M.-iit  two  lmi,dre.| 
and  thirty-tno  volumes.  Jas.  R.  C.iddin;;ton  is  now  librarian,  and  W'm.  McCho- 
ney  assistant  librarian. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH. 


HENRY  FLAGG. 

Samuel  Flair;;  was  bom  in  SprinL'ficId.  New  Ilamp-hlre,  Fchniary  7,  ITS;!. 
He  niarrie-I  Mary  Colcurd,  Scpteiubcr  3.  ISfiT,  and  the  same  year  inove^  to  0;.-d.'i.. 
then  known  as  Parma.  The  result  of  this  Dian-iagc  was  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

Henry,  the  eldest  son.  wi-  born  .September  9,  1810.  He  niarricl  Catherine  K. 
Crridley,' Dctcmbcr  27,  1S32;  then  moved  upi.n  the  farm  which  has  bevii  ever 
since  his  home.  His  father  died  in  May,  ISGU.  His  wife's  father.  Sicplun 
Gridley,  married  Sarah  Kirkl.nd  in  ISlU;  they  uiovexl  from  Oneida  cunty.  New 
York,  in  ISU,  and  settled  in  MonrvKj.     Of  their  eiilldren  Mary  C,  tha'eldirf. 

Mr.  Fhu.-.:  raised  a  family  of  three  children,  twosmsand  one  daushtcr.— Henry 
S.,  Stephen  G.,  and  Sarah  K.  Flai^-.— all  living  within  si;:ht  of  the  old  h..nicste-.uj. 
Henry  Flugg  is  now  in  bis  sixty-siith  year,  and  viL'urous  in  bo<ly  and  mind. 


rLATt    XLVI 


I  ffEj.oF    RANSOM     B.  TRUE  ,S?  ,   O&Dtw,    Monrol     Co.,  N.  Y. 


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RIGA. 


The  original  town  of  Njrtharaptun  wa.s  Jivitled  on  D.-CMaber  3,  13J7.  inJ 
E.ist  anJ  West  PultnL-y,  tli,'n  eoibra-in-  Ki-i  an  1  Cliili,  v.jrc  c.JleU  tlie  wwn  of 
I'uluiey;  and  on  April  4,  ISIIO.  tlic  -juie  torritory,  embracoJ  in  thwc  two  towns, 
was  orjinizeJ  into  the  town  of  Ki'.M  at  a  town  njcutin'.-  held  at  the  liousc  of  Henry 
Waidener,  at  whieh  the  fullowini;  oiEcers  were  eiixted,  viz.:  Snper%-Lior,  Thotnaa 
Hill;  Towu  Clerk, . Joshua  II..W0II;  A_-3c«ors,KbenczerT.i5l;itor,  Jesse  Church,  and 
Isaac  Douglass;  Collector,  Ti...iua>  (jay ;  Coi.-tabic,  Warner  Don Jass;  Koau  Com- 
Diiasioners,  Thos.  liin-.'haiu.  Jacob  L'ule,  and  I.  C.  LrrUwold ;  Overseers  of  the 
Poor,  Amasa  Froo,t,  Henry  Waidener;  Fenee-vicwcra,  Danl.  Densmorc,  Geo.  Rich- 
mond, Solotuon  Blood. 

Riga  is  sitoatt-d  near  the  southwest  corner  of  Monroe  County,  and  borders  00 
Gcnertee  county  at  the  northeast  corner.  It  is  in  the  "  Mill.S.'at  Tract."  with  the 
Triangle  line  for  its  we^toni  b-iundary.  It  includes  one  township,  divided  into  one 
hundred  and  fifty-nine  farm-lots  t>f  .ibrmt  one  hundred  acre^  each,  and  a  strip 
about  one  and  one-ftiurth  miles  wide  from  the  next  townthip  cast,  divided  into 
bcctions,  which  are  subdivided  into  thirty-four  farm-lots  about  the  saiDe  size.  It 
e.^tends  east  and  west  on  the  north  line  four  and  one-half  miles,  on  the  south 
line  near  six  and  onc-h;df  miles,  and  north  and  south  over  six  miles,  giving  an 
area  of  about  thirty-four  *)uare  miles.  The  surface  is  quite  level,  though  more 
^.undulating  than  farther  north,  but  not  enough  to  interfere  with  cultivation.  The 
soil  is  gencnilly  of  a  loam,  s:»ndy  and  gravelly  in  places,  and  in  some  localities  a 
considerable  clay.  A  F>:w  marshy  places  occur  along  the  vicinity  of  Black  creek, 
and  slightly  in  other  locidiiies.  It  is  unsurpassed  in  richness  and  fertility  of  soil 
and  for  variety  of  pR.duction,  being  eijually  aiiapted  to  all  crops  indi.;c;nous  to  this 
clioiate.  Like  the  country  farther  north,  the  cereals  were  tiie  principal  crops  cul- 
tivated until  recently.  Apples  of  the  finest  and  hardiest  iiuality  yield  abundantly, 
and  are  being  raise*]  in  great  f|uantities,  while  the  already  lanre  area  of  orchards 
receives  yearly  additions.  The  whole  surface  was  originally  covered  with  an  im- 
mense growth  of  timber,  which,  with  the  admixture  of  clay  in  the  soil,  the  decay- 
ing wood,  and  obstructed  channels,  conceotrat.-d  the  spring  rains  into  shallow  [onds 
in  many  places,  that  became  stagnant,  and  in  the  hut  seasons  sent  forth  malaria, 
which  for  many  years  causeil  great  distress  to  the  settlements.  Fever  and  ague, 
w  common  in  all  new  countries,  and  t'rom  the  same  causes,  prevailed  everywhere, 
and  nut  until  the  country  was  cleared  up  and  thoroughly  draine^J  was  the  disease 
cr,idicat«d.  The  town  is  well  watered  by  Black  creek  and  it-  tributaric-s.  The 
former  is  a  brge  stream,  which  flows  through  the  north  half  of  the  town,  wind- 
ing from  west  to  cast.  One  of  its  largest  tributaries  rises  ne.ir  the  southwest 
cor  icr  and  flows  northeast  into  Black  creek,  near  the  centre  of  the  town.  An- 
other on  the  north  rises  in  Ogden  and  flows  suuth  tliroui;h  the  Ciist  part  of  the 
town.  Several  others  parallel  with  the  above,  with  many  livinir  springs  in  every 
part  of  the  town,  supply  abundant  water,  and  also  form  a  complete  drainage  in 
th?  wet  seasons. 

The  original  proprietors  of  these  lands  were  Phcl]!!- .ind  Gurham,  who  purch.iscd 
llicm  direct  from  the  Indians  as  a  portion  of  the  "  Mill-J^cat."  Snb.-c-<)uenily 
thi-y  were  sold  to  Rub.rt  .^lorris,  of  Xew  York  city,  who,  after  a  short  po.s.icssion, 
*  Id  the  territory  cinbr.ncd  in  the  towii.i  of  Riga  and  Chili  to  the  I'ultneys,  resi- 
dents of  England,  the  heirs  of  whom  offered  them  fur  .sde  to  actllcn*  through  the 
a-eucy  of  J.iiucs  Wadswurth,  of  Geric.<co.  It  was  throUL-h  this  ow.icrship  that 
these  towns  were  known  for  several  years  aji  Kast  and  West  Pultney.  They  were 
surveyed  into  township-'  and  lots  by  Judge  Porter,  in  pl.ice  of  Richard  .^I.  Stud- 
d.inl,  whose  surveys  in  the  Triangle  tract  and  south  had  given  the  Indians  much 
dis.siti,Kiction. 

SETTLEMENT. 

The  settlement  of  this  country  was  l.it._T  than  any  which  surrounds  it.  Settle- 
ments h.id  b«'n  made  in  the  Trian.-le  tract  at  lex-t  three  year^  earlier,  on  the  north 
fnmi  P.ur  t..  MZ.  years,  on  the  south  in  Wh.all.ioJ.  and  in  the  ca5t  part  of  Chili, 
alon-the  Gcucs^  river,  at  lca<  f.Mirt.vi,  year*  previous  U,  lU-.,.  Althou-h  situated 
but  a  short  diatajMC  norlli  of  the  -•eat  sta-.i-  thurou.-hf.re  cuoiu-aing  Caciatidai- 
l-Tis,  U  Ruy,  BaUvia,  and  Burtalu,— the  first  public  highway  opeiu-d  in  western 


.\ew  York,— the  bear  and  the  wolf  held  undisturbed  possession  until  the  spriii-  of 
ISOO.  Then  Elihu  Church,  from  .Massachusetts,  penetrated  near  tlie_  cou're  of 
the  t4jwn  and  made  the  firit  settlement  on  lot  lU ;  also,  Acna-a  F.'...s[  se[il..d  cm 
lot  S2.  Liter  in  the  same  season  Deacon  Nchemiah  Frost  and  W„i.  I'arker.  l.,iU 
from  Mru-achusctts,  settU-J  at  Riga  Centre;  also  .Saml.  Church,  broth  r  to  Klihu 
and  their  father,  Richard  Church,  located  in  town,  the  former  on  lot  S4  and 
the  latter  on  lot  .o3  ;  Kzekicl  B.irncs..  a  short  distance  northeast  of  Church-- ill.-. 
and  Saml.  Shepherd  about  threo-lourths  of  a  mile  south  of  the  Cent..-,  on  lot  U:j. 
The  lot  adjoining,  lU,  was  purchased  by  X.  Frost.  In  the  same  year  .--aud.  Eald- 
i-aia  purchased  lot  SI,  west  of  Riga  Centre,  and  Henry  Brewster.'from  Berk-hire. 
■■Massachusetts,  lot  I'll,  but  did  not  settle  with  their  families  until  the  next  year, 
f  l-SDT.  During  this  year  many  settlers  came  in.  among  them  Eiios  M.-i-e  and  hi- tw-. 
"  sons,  Ephraim  and  Samuel,  who  settled  tw.j  miles  northeast  of  the  Centre  :  J.-,  pli 
__riiomps.in.  at  the  Centre;  Geo.  Richmond,  one  and  onc-haif  mil-  s,j„tl,u--t  of 
T:hurehville;  Eber  and  Chark-s  Oreutt,  Bcnij-di  H..lbro..k,  at  tlieCciitre;  Th-mas 
4in..'ham  with  his  three  sons.  Joseph,  Ju-,tin.  .and  William,  and  his  dau-hter. 


laughters,  who  became  Mrs.  W.  Brown  and  .Mrs.  Montro-o ;  Jess,-  ("nurch  J., 
scph  Emerson  with  his  three  sons.  Erastus.  Joseph,  and  Geor-.-e.  ao-1  one  d,,u-.;h- 
tcr.  who  became  the  wife  of  John  Reed,  the  first  supervisiir  of  S\veden.  .\.l->. 
in  the  same  year,  Clark  H.ill.  Thora;is  Hill,  the  first  supervisor.  Rev.  K..hcrt  Hid. 
George  Hill,  and  a  sister,  Mrs.  Emerson.  settle<l  in  town.  Bcnj.  T.  Ricluu.o.i 
settled  a  short  distance  south  of  Churchviile  in  ISnS,  and  soon  after  Dr.  John  Dar- 
ling at  Rig-a  Centre.  Thomas  Gav,  the  fii-st  town  collector,  with  his  father:  ai-o 
D,-acon  Hill,  Erastus  Sprague,  D.oiiel  Hawes,  and  Geo.  E.  Harmon  at  Chnreh- 
ville.  .\mong  those  who  had  settled  previous  to  ISD)  were  IIul.l.;ird  Il.ill.  at 
Churchviile;  Oliver  Ide,  blacksndth.  at  Ri-ga  Centre;  Ebcnczer  CLrk.  s.ju-h  of 
Churchviile  ;  one  Tuttle  and  Dr.  Richard  Dibble  .at  the  Centre ;  and  -los.-ph  >.hi,-y. 
In  ISUU,  Thomas  Adams,  of  Berkshire,  M.u<sachusctts,  visit-d  Ri_-,i.  bu:  nu-i-- 
no  settlement  until  ISIO,  when  he  cTni-.'r.itrd  with  his  family  and  luc.iud  perma- 
nently about  two  miles  south  of  Churclivillc.  His  son,  Aretas  A.lanis,  is  still 
living  in  the  east  part  of  the  village.  Jo-hua  Richmond  c-ame  with  his  br-ith.-r 
George,  in  ISUT,  but  left  again  the  same  season,  and  four  years  later  rei-ini-d 
with  his  family  from  .Massa-.-husetts  and  s-.-ttlod  near  the  O-den  Ihie.  In  1^10 
or  'll,  ElLsha  P.  D.ivls  .settled  at  Churchviile,  and  Geo.  Baldwin  about  two  „Mics 
north  of  Riga  Centre,  followed  soon  after  by  John  Crocker,  at  Churchviile:  --.nd 
in  1S12.  Dr.  Tliorb^r,  at  the  s;ime  place.  Billin-.-s  Richmond  fir,t  cam.-  into  Ui-a 
in  January,  ISOO,  but  rctiini-jd  to  his  home  in  Berkshire.  M,i.s.sacl.u.sett3.  durin-.- 
the  samo  season.  Three  or  folTr  yeirs  after  he  emigrated,  and  setth-.l  periu  in  -itly 
with  his  family  on  the  hill,  one-fourth  mile  south  nf  Churchviile.  Ho  is  still 
living,  h:do  and  stron.',  a  few  rods  north  of  his  original  sjttlcm.-nt.  His  s.,,,. 
James  Richmond,  is  at  prc-seut  sheriff'  of  Monroe  County.  H.  IJrtun.  Dick 
Chamberlain,  and  Is-.ue  L.icy  settled  shortly  after,  f.Uowed  by  Wm.  Kro~t.  A. 
Nettletoii,  Linus  Pictson.  Jonathan  Duppor,  Wm.  Chafney,  Charles  H.irv..r.i.  I. 

Doughiss.   Warner  Douglass.  Ebcnczer  T.  Slater,  Jacob  Cole,  Dml.   Den- re. 

Solomon  Blood,  I.  C.  Griswol.l,  ami  others.      Immediately  sueeecdin-,-  the  war  ..f 

fn;:htcned  many  of  the  new-comers  away,  and  when  peace  wxs  assnreii.  in  com- 
mon with  all  this  part  of  the  Stale  settlements  were  rapid,  log  cabins,  aii.l  .«-.-a- 

axe  and  hammer  heard  in  every  dirc-ction,  with  ^all  the  t..k-.'ns  of  ac'tivliy  and 
growth.  A  new  road  was  sor.n  surveyed  and  opened  from  Ro.-he.-tcr  thniuirh  the 
northern  part  of  the  town  to  connect  with  the  L.ike  road  .at  licrgen,  iiiwrn  wliich  a 

of  the  country.  This  gave  Ilic  first  settlers  (d"  this  town  advanta-.:es  supori-ir  m 
tho,,e  iu  the  towns  farther  nor.h.  who  were  cnipelhsl  to  travel  Ion-,,  distances  over 
bad,  unbroken  r.>ads  t..  rccli  the  nearest  grist-ndll  at  Lo  R"V.  and  to  haul  aw:>y 
the  prodnn..  of  their  farms.  As  a  result  its  s-  lllcnu-nt  incre:;scd  ni.>re  rapnUy. 
though  beginning  at  a  Liter  dale  and  with  a  s..ii  Ic-s  fertile  tlid  pro-lnetive. 


d-^-UAl  -^  ^JttU     cU--^^/-   --ftZ-^X' 


HISTORY  OF  MO>'ROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


The  first  dw 


riEST    BLII.DINU3,  ITC. 

juilt  in  the  town  was  erccteJ  by  Elihu  Church  in  the 
spring  vf  ISOO.  It  *ras  a  Iv^  tiuuic,  and  wad  lucatcd  on  lot  94,  boutliciL-st  cf 
Riyi  CV'iilre.  He  also  cleared  the  fir>t  laiiJ  anii  rai.-^e<i  tlie  Hmt  'j;rain.  Ue  un- 
doubtedly planted  one  of  the  fin.t,  if  not  the  first  orchard  in  the  town.  The 
death  of  his  father,  Uic-hard  Churell,  was  the  firit  in  town.  He  waa  buried  on 
his  own  farm,  on  lot  5:i,  but  was  atYorivariis  taken  up  and  removed  to  the  old 
bnrj"in;z-ground,  north  of  t!ie  ConLrre-^ational  church  at  Ui:ra  Centre,  which  Was 
the  first  one  hiid  out  in  town.  The  Sr>t  hirih  was  a  daughter  cf  .Sauiuel  Church 
in  180C,  and  the  firet  male  child  was  IHninj,  njnof  Samuel  Shci.herd.  9.juth  of 
the  Centre,  on  lot  113,  born  the  same  year.  The  first  marriaL-e  was  Joseph  Sibley 
to  Clarissa,  dau'.-htcr  of  Richard  Church,  at  her  f.ithcr's  rc~idencc  on  lot  5:i.  The 
first  store  in  town  was  opened  at  the  Centre  in  ISUS  by  Tliom|sou  &  Tuttle. 
Joseph  Thonip.^on  soon  after  erected  a  frame  buiidin;.-,  the  first  in  town,  and  opened 
it  as  a  tavern.  This  has  been  reeordc'l  heretolure  as  the  first  tavern  in  Jlija. 
But  according  to  the  testimony  of  men  now  liviu;,  who  came  here  in  ISlia, 
Amasa  Frost  kept  a  public-house  in  a  log  building  nliich  stood  a  few  rods  north- 
east of  the  present  Congregational  church  at  the  Centre,  as  early  33  ISDS.  and 
before  Thompson's  building  was  erected.  The  first  school  was  taught  by  Thomaa 
Gay,  at  the  Centre,  before  school-houses  were  erected.  The  first  physician  in  town 
was  Dr.  John  Darling,  who  settled  at  the  Centre  in  1S08;  the  second  was  Dr. 
Richard  Dibble,  who  settled  at  the  same  place  about  two  years  later.  Not  far 
from  this  date  a  post-office  was  established  at  the  Centre,  with  a  line  of  stages 
pa&sing  tlirough.  The  first  postmaster  a|>p'_iinied  w;i3  Joseph  Thompson,  and  in 
1814  Dr.  Dibble  was  appointed.  Dr.  Wright  succeeded  Dr.  Dibble  as  practicing 
physician  at  the  Centre,  and  several  years  later,  Dr,  John  R.  Smith.  The  first 
blacksmith-shop  was  also  erected  at  the  Centre  by  Benijah  Holbrook,  in  which 
Oliver  Ide  workc-d  many  years.  At  Riga  Centre  was  organized  one  of  the  first 
Congregational  churches  in  the  country,  in  the  fall  of  ISuy,  with  Rev.  Alien 
Hollister  first  pastor. 

In  1803,  Samuel  Church  erected  the  first  saw-mill  in  town,  on  Black  creek,  a 
few  rods  above  the  present  village  of  Churchviilc.  Three  years  later,  in  1311, 
he  erected  the  first  giist-niill,  on  Black  creek,  and  near  the  site  of  the  present 
mill  in  the  east  part  of  the  village.  In  1812.  Gi-orgo  Baldwin  erected  a  saw-mill 
miles  south  of  Churchville.  an.l  about  1813,  Tlioma.s 
w-mill,  one-hulf  mile  south  of  Baldwin's,  on  Black 
cted  about  the  same  time  by  Sjmuel  Church,  three 
About  the  year  1S14.  John  Crocker  erected  a  dis- 
ack  creek,  at  Churchville.  a  few  yards  south  of  the 
nucxl  in  business  several  years.  Still  later,  Erastus 
;ry  near  the  same  pl.tce.  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 


on  tlie  same  stream  aljout  ti 
Adams  constructed  a  third 
creek.  Still  another  was  > 
miles  south  of  Churchville 
tillery,  on  the  west  side  of 
present  grist-mill,  which  en 
Sprasrue  built  a  second  disi 


CHURCHVILLE. 


Churchville  is  a  small  village  situated  o 
the  northern  part  of  the  town.  It  was  na 
formerly  owned  the  land  upiiU  which  it  is 
of  about  five  hundred.  It  was  inc-oriwral 
tion,  held  at  the  office  of  Willard  .t  Bang 


the  New  York  Central  Railroad,  in 
id  in  honor  of  Samuel  Church,  who 
ailt,  and  has  at  pre.sent  a  population 
1  as  a  villa-c  at  its  fii^t  charter  elec- 
on  M.irch  7,  lS.->.-).  when  the  follow- 


ing officers  under  the  charter  wore  elcctevl,  viz, :  Trustees.  J.  M.  Jameson,  Zephas 
Will.ard,  and  .lohn  M.uklcy:  Vill.ige  Clerk.  A.  R.  Su.ith ;  A'ses-^rs,  J.  M.  Ran- 
dall, John  Jl.irkley.  and  L.  Bangs ;  Collc-ctor.  Lemuel  Brooks  ;  Treasun-r,  J.  B. 
Johnson  ;  Street  Commissioners.  J.  .M.  R.irid.dl.  Norman  Savage;  Fire  WanK  ns, 
J.  W.  Craig.  P.  Stone,  RoswcU  Clark.  The  ^.-jvernmcnt  of  the  village  continued 
in  a  boiird  of  from  three  to  five  tru.stecs,  elected  annually,  until  .May  27,  ISfiT, 
when  the  charter  was  an)endc<l  to  place  the  iiovernmcnt  in  a  board  of  bve  trustees, 
one  elected  annually,  and  each  in  office  five  years,  with  the  board  electinii  their 
own  president  each  year.  The  vill.c.v  presidents  have  hccn— S.  H.  Bushnell, 
1869;  Zephas  Willard,  1870,  IS7I,  1672.  and  187:;.  and  F.  N.  Parrish,  1871, 
187.'),  and  187G.  The  village-  officers  f.ir  187(3  arc— Board  of  Trustees,  F.  N. 
Parrish,  E.  S.  Coffr.iin,  T.  N.  F..st.r.  Uoswell  Clark,  and  Lc-c  Parrish ;  VilLige 
Clerk,  H.  C.  Mattocjn;  Treasurc^r.  C.  H.  Briscoe;  Police  Con>t.able.  Alfred 
Wheeler;  A-sc-ssots,  A.  .M.  KanA.ll,  F.  W.  Smith,  and  Tlics>dore  Curamings; 
Street  ConimU-ioner,  Joseph  Spitznie->er.  The  first  dwelling-hou.se  erected  in 
Churehviile  was  built  of  logs,  by  Samuel  Ciiureh.  the  owner  of  the  property. 
The  first  frame  house  in  the  village  wxs  er«-ted  hy  tJeorge  E.  Harmon,  where 
Cliarled  Harvard  now  lives.  Linus  Picix.-n  erecteil  and  o|>ened  the  fii-^t  store 
near  ISl  I  or  ISl."..  and  Hubbard  Hall  the  sccnd,  three  or  four  years  later,— 
about  1818,— which  sf.nl  near  wher..  WeUlis  store  now  .stan.ls.  It  is  dainuxl, 
however,  by  others  that  Hall's  .'tore  was  prior  to  Picrson's.  but  this  dcies  not  seem 
to  be  as  well  authenticated.     Chie  of  the  first  buildings  erected  at  this  pl.icc.  atid 


the  most  demanded,  was  a  public-house.  During  the  d.ays  of  the  stages,  ami  down 
even  later  than  IS.'JtJ,  when  the  first  train  of  card  pa.sscd  over  this  part  of  the 
New  York  Central  ILiilroad,  Churchville  was  a  rc'.'ular  place  for  esehanging  (he 
st.igi'-horsea  both  w.ays,  which,  with  the  daily  travel  on  the  Unc.  bronv^ht  very 
profiUible  patronage  to  the  inn-keeper.  Elisha  P.  Davis  built  and  kept  the  fir-t 
tavern  on  the  simtheast  corner.  This  also  has  been  disputed,  but  with  little 
authority.  .Mr.  Davis  was  the  first  postmitsicr  of  Churchville.  and  the  post-office 
was  established  with  the  line  of  staires.  and  in  the  tavern  of  which  he  w.-i^  pro- 
prietor. .\nother  tavern  was  kept  on  the  northv.-c-st  corner,  by  one  Conwdl.  at  a 
very  early  date.  Ichabod  Sprague,  years  later,  al.-o  kept  tavern  at  this  place,  an,! 
in  ISo-t  or  1335  a  hotel  was  erected  near  the  railroad  by  B.  Richmond,  which  i, 
still  in  operation.  Two  distilleries  formerly  existed  in  the  east  part  of  the  villag,. 
on  Black  crec'k,  one  owned  by  John  Crocker,  and  the  other  by  Erastus  Sprague, 
but  have  lung  since  passed  away.  Before  the  dav  of  railroads  and  uuuds  distil- 
leries were  a  very  im(>ortant  resource,  in  fact,  indispensable  to  the  farmers  as  a 
market  for  their  surplus  grain.  For  many  years  there  has  been  but  little  chan-ie 
in  Churchville.  It  is,  and  will  continue  to  he,  the  central  point  of  trade  for  a 
circuit  of  country  which,  thou'^h  rich,  is  not  extensive.  It  hn  an  agricultural 
implements  works,  owned  by  Curnraings  i^  Turner,  one  8;Lsh  and  blind  manufactorv, 
one  lumber-yard,  one  grist-mill,  one  saw-mill,  two  grocery-stores,  two  dry-goo<Is- 
stores  and  general  merch.itidise,  two  hotels,  two  shoe-stores,  one  hanlware-store, 
two  harness-shops,  two  meat-markets,  one  tin-store,  one  drug-store,  three  black- 
smith-shops, one  wagon-shop,  two  coal  dealers,  one  feed  and  flour  store,  one  barber. 
one  milliner,  two  dress-makers,  one  printinir-officc,  three  liquor  dealers,  one  express 
office,  one  telegniph  office,  one  railroad  station,  one  cider-mill,  two  builders,  "ne 
insurance  agent,  two  physicians, — one  homccopathic  and  one  old-school. — two 
justices  of  the  peace,  one  graded  school,  five  church  buildings,  and  si.x  church 
organizations  and  six  ministers. 

The  early  settlers  were  almost  destitute  of  market  facilities.  All  the  surplus 
grain  depended  on  the  eastern  markets,  which  could  be  reached  only  by  Iool' 
journeys  with  ox-teams.  Canandaigua  and  Geneva  were  the  nearest  and  mu-t 
available  points,  principally  the  latter,  and  there,  by  the  early  '[uotatiun.-.  whc.it 
sold  at  twelve  and  a  half  cents  per  bushel.  One  man  in  Riga,  in  purcliasioL'  a 
barrel  of  whisky,  gave  six  bushels  of  wheat  for  each  gallon.  In  that  pnii-ortion 
for  many  years  were  the  early  settlers  of  this  country  compelled  to  part  with  their 
farm  prodiye,  which  made  even  the  taxes  on  their  cheap  farms  sometimes  difficult 
to  procure,  and  an  important  payment  on  their  lands  from  the  products  of  the  snil 
almost  impossible.  Henry  Brewster,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  th.^  t.nvn.  ene 
year  raided  three  thousand  bushels  of  wheat,  lie  had  a  portion  of  it  -r.omd, 
sufficient  to  make  seventy  barrels  of  flour,  which  he  loaded  into  four  larje  siei^lis. 
and.  with  si.x  yoke  of  oxen  and  four  horses,  he  hauled  it  to  Northampton.  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  si'Id  it  for  six  dollars  per  barrel,  and  with  it  his  o\en.  at  a 
good  profit,  which  made  the  undertaking  a  very  protiuible  enterprise  for  tlo'so 
days.  As  another  incident  in  the  pioneer  life  of  this  town.  EHhu  and  SamoJ 
Church.  Amasa  Frost,  and  Samuel  Shepard,  with  tiieir  wives,  m  a  lari-e  luuib-r. 
wagon  started  on  a  visit  to  Jehiel  Barnes,  when,  in  crossing  a  larire  stream  ati'l 
attempting  to  ascend  the  steep  tank,  the  rear  end-board  of  the  wagon-b'.\  till  "or. 
and  the  whole  party  slid  out  into  the  water,  though  fortunately  with  no  nmr'- 
disastrous  result  than  a  thorough  wetting,  which  at  least  was  uncomfortable,  wiili 
the  nearest  dwelling-house  over  two  miles  distant 


The  first  school-house  erct 

ted  in 

l.e  tow 

of  Riga 

was  locatcMl  at  the  Cc 

as  was. 

also,  the 

fii-st  schoo 

ever  t 

.ugbt  i 

.  the  town.      Yet  s.,on  al't-r  scl 

houses  were  bull 

,  and  schoo 

s  esia'il 

sin-l,  b 

.th  .at  (.'h 

irchville  and  one  mile  .- 

of  Riga 

Centre. 

Inlhewii 

;er  of 

81-1-1 

the  sell. 

.1  at  Churchville  had  tl 

scholars 

the  sell 

X.I  at  Riga 

Centre 

at  th.i 

time  tau.J.t  by  Billing's  Ui.  lim 

now  liv 

n-,  had 

schola 

-s,  and  the  school 

south  of  the  Centie,  la. 

by  I.,r 

1  Clark, 

hid  twenty- 

five  scl 

olars. 

-13  a  lap. 

escl 1  bu 

dil.L-  w 

is  erc-cl 

d  at  Chn 

chville.  and  a  gni.l.-.l  si- 

establis 

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r  the  super 

i-ion  o 

•  three 

eacher!. 

lt  hies  been  snsiaincl 

flourish 

ogcond 

CO,  and 

s  at  pn 

sent  und, 

r  charge. .fProi;s-..r  liii 

priniip 

d   by  .Mrs. 

M.  J. 

I.idlev 

iiid    Mi.ss 

Alice  Ford  as  suUTdi 

.     Ki-a 

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f.>rtable 

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facile 

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R.OA    ACXPEMV. 

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le  year 

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secure  lo  their  cloMr.-. 

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ie  3ch«.l.,,  willi...il  ".ii 

HISTORY  OF  -MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


ihcru  ahroaJ,  and  also  to  stimulate  the  clucarional  intere:-ts  of  the  place,  pnipn.-^cd 
to  estiblUh  an  aafleinv  ;it  Ki-a  Centre.  Thcv  further  bcli.-vcU  that,  bcin;.;  iv- 
moTed  from  the  \iee^  and  aliuremcnM  of  lur^e  towns  and  cities,  it  wuiiid  attruet  a 
considenible  patronaL'C  from  tliuse  places.  Acc«)rdindy.  in  the  a:ittiuin  of  that 
jeor,  the  o!d  brick  lavrra  >tand,  erected  b_v  Ji.fpph  Th..iijp>iin  about  ISU,  was 
purchased,  and  the  Hiji  aeadcuiy  orpmiicd,  with  the  following  board  of  trustees, 
Til.:  [ra  Riehanls.  preMdeot ;  Dennis  Chnrch.  wcretary  ;  .\<a  Au.inis.  treii^urer; 
Dr.  John  R.  Smith.  .Vlfr.-.!  Fitch,  K.s.|.,  Thouias  Adams,  Joshua  1'.  Uo:.;ore.  Dr. 
Is3.ic  Lovejoy,  Gordon  B.ildwin,  Klias  WanI,  ^ajuucl  C.  IJaldwin,  Rev.  Sila>   [I. 

side  of  the  main  building,  an.l,  the  year  f  .lloivin-,  another  on  the  east.  Rev. 
Fnntlin  Vi'.  Olnistead  w.is  cniployol  as  principid.  under  whose  admiciistrjtion  the 
in^titution  rapidly  advanced  in  popularity,  while  its  future  sueces.s  and  usefulness 
became  unexpectedly  promisin:;.  It  did  not,  however,  flourisU  six  years  before, 
liirougli  unavoidable  and  adverse  cau.s<'S,  it  was  di^continued.  It  had  purchased 
a  well-.s<.'!ccted  library,  and  philo.sophical,  chemical,  and  astronomical  apparatus  that 
was  thoroughly  first-cla.^s.  Rev.  Mr.  Olm^tead  was  priucipal  two  years ;  Rev. 
George  Thompson,  two  years ;  Professor  R.  D.  H,  Allen,  one  year  -,  and  Professor 
Wedye  tlie  last  two  terms  of  its  existence.  M;>s  Sarah  B.  Hill,  now  Mrs.  Ward 
Hall,  of  O^en,  w.is  prcceptrc-a  the  fii^t  five  years  except  a  few  we.  ks  at  the 
beginning,  and  her  sister,  3[iss  ^larilla  K.  Hill,  the  last  two  terms.  Mr.  Gcijrge 
Kly  Wits  teacher  of  languages  and  higher  mathematics,  and  Jlrs.  Mary  Ashmun, 
wife  of  the  pastor  of  the  (.'ongregational  church,  teacher  of  mu,sic  and  the  pri- 
mary brioches.  In  the  year  1S47  it  had  one  hundred  and  firty-tive  students,  who 
paid  the  institution  two  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  per  week  for  U.ard  and 
rooiu,  and  from  two  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  to  nine  dollars  pel  term  for 
tuition. 

The  supervisors  of  the  town  of  Riga,  from  its  organization  to  the  present,  were 
as  follows,  viz.:  Thomas  Hill.  ISOS)  to  ISlO.both  inclusive;  Klibu  Church,  ISll 
to  lBi3;  Kiciiaru  Dibbie,  iai4  ;  Kiiiiu  Cliureii,  l?lj  lo  ISIoi  Ji«,e(.'ii  Sibley, 
who  was  also  the  first  justice  of  the  peace  of  Riga,  1S17  to  ISIS ;  Laac  Ijacey, 
1819  to  1.S20;  J.Kcph  Sibley.  ISil;  Joseph  Thompson,  l.'>2-.>  to  1S23 ; 
Joseph  Sibley,  1S24;  Josepli  Thompson,  ISl'5  to  182G;  Phincas  Smith,  1S2T  to 
■  18211;  Thomas  Brigliam,  1S:!U;  Hubbard  n.ill,  1331  to  IS.yZ;  Elihu  Church, 
1833  to  1S35  ;  John  R.  Smith.  1S36  ;  Asa  Adams,  1S3T  ;  Lucius  Lilley,  1S3S  lo 
1810;  Spencer  Smith.  1341 ;  JaD>esR.FIynn,lS42;  Aretas  Adams,  1343  to  1S44  ; 
Ashabel  A.  Hosmer,  1345  to  184'J  ;  Dennis  Chua-li,  IS.-iO  :  Arct.xs  A.lam.s.  1351 
to  18.53 ;  Paul  Kuowles.  1354  to  1355 ;  Volney  I^k  y,  1S5G  to  1357 ;  George  Brown. 
1858  to  ISOl ;  Zephas  Willard.  l.si;2  to  1SG3  ;  m'oscs  J.  Mullock.  1304  to  1SG5; 
Henry  W.  Davis,  ISUG  to  ISGO  ;  James  W.  Cniig,  1370  ;  James  Knowles,  1871  ; 
George  Savage,  1872  to  1375;  and  Henry  W.  bavi=  supenisor  for  137i;.  The 
other  officers  for  187G  arc,— Town  Clerk,  Henry  Warren  ;  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
.E.  D.  I'earson  ;  Collector,  Gorton  Armstrong;  -U-sessor,  Ira  M.  Randall;  Road 
Commissioner,  Daniel  McMaster;  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  Si>cncer  Johnson.  Guy 
S.  Brown  ;  Auditors,  James  H.  Giliimn,  Donald  Blue,  .M.  R.  Dole ;  Constables, 
Gorton  Armstrong,  Guy  S.  Brown,  N'iles  H.  Oathout,  Peter  Stottle,  Veloris 
B.<lette;  Game  Constable,  Lyman  E.  Morgan;  Inspectors  of  Elections,  H.  C. 
Mattoon,  Oscar  Babeock,  J.  M.  J-aucrsoD ;  and  thirty-nine  overseers  of  highways. 

THE    FIRST    CONOREdATIO.SAL    ClU  ECH    OF    RIO.\ 

Was  organized  December  9,  1S09,  at  Riga  Centre,  by  Rev  Oliver  Ayrcs.  with 
the  following-name-d  persons  as  first  members,  viz. :  Neheii  th  Frn>t.  Henry 
Brewster,  John  Barber,  Benjamin  Knceland.  Elizabeth  Fiost,  Rebxs-ca  Brewster, 
Lois  Baldwin,  Sally  Barber,  Sii.,anna  WalHs.  Elizabeth  Buel.  .and  Itebe-cca  Frost. 
The  first  paslor  was  Rev.  Alien  Hollister,  and  the  first  deacon  was  Nehemiah 
Knwt.  The  services  of  the  church  were  held  in  the  seh(»l.ho.i.-c  at  Riga  Centre, 
fir  nearly  fourteen  years,  or  until  the  erection  of  their  churci;  buiUling  in  1S23. 
It  is  a  wooden  structure,  forty  by  sixty  feet  iu  .size,  erected  at  a  co-t  of  aljout  three 
lhou.sjnd  dollars,  and  is  loealeil  at  the  Centre.  Its  present  minister  Is  Rev.  Isaac 
n.  Kradnaeh,  and  clerk  AllVed  Fitch.  It  hius  no  otiicr  olTieeni.  The  number  of 
acting  members  at  pre-seiit  is  thirty-two.  A  S.ibbath-.sciiool  has  been  connected 
with  it  from  a  very  early  d;ite. — at  le;,st  as  early  as  the  chnreh  edifiee  was  erected, 
and  probably  m.uiy  years  previous.  Tliis  is  one  of  the  earliest  eliurchrs  org-.inized 
w*-sl  of  the  Genesee  river,  the  First  Baptl-t  church  ot"  l';iruia  aiitiMlaiitiL;  it  a  tew 
nionlhs  only,— from  .May  27  of  the  .-ame  year.  l,ike  nil  the  earliest  church, 
organizations,  its  records  are  iniperfeet,  while  many  of  them  are  lost. 

TBE    METIIODI.MT    El'ISCdPAt.  CllinCtl    OF  CIllRCIIVILLE 
«a»  organized  not  Cr  from   1.S3J.     The  iiiii>erfeet  reeorvls  in  possession  of  the 


county,  while  that  of  Chili,  together  with  the  later  society,  organize-d  at  Nonh 
Chili,  have  since  remained  inde|iendent.  Religious  services  in  the  interests  of  this 
denomination  were  held  hero  in  barns,  private  houses,  and  the  3»-ln>jl-hi>us,!.  long 
before  the  organization  of  the  society.  The  present  church  edifice  was  er.  ei.  .1 
simie  time  betwe'cu  1.335  and  1333,  and  previous  to  the  erection  of  the  L'nivor-.,li-t 
church  building  was  shared  by  that  society,  some  of  whose  members  had  libci.oly 
contributed  to  its  construction.  The  pre-seiit  board  of  trustees  of  the  society  aii- 
Charles  H.  Bowen,  George  Adams,  and  En  Sanfonl,  and  the  clerk.  Chail.-  H. 
Bowen.  The  church  is  iww  umler  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  E.  L.  L.ittiiiier.  The 
stewards  arc  Robert  Fuller,  Charles  Gillaid.  F.  L.  Kairis,  Henry  Warren.  .I..i,„ 
Luekam,  Henry  Widges.  and  Thomas  Holyer.  of  which  Henry  Warren  is  tro.iMirer  ; 
and  the  clas.s-leader3  are  James  Adams  and  S.mmel  Grnncndykc.  A  Sahbaih- 
school  has  been  connected  with  the  church  almost  tmm  its  orLniiiization.  wbich 
now  includes  nine  teachers  and  fifiy-six  pupils,  under  the  supervision  of  three 
officers.  Henry  Warren,  superintendent  and  treasurer;  Thomas  Holyer.  as-isuinc; 
and  Julia  \Varren,  secretary.  It  has  a  good  library  of  two  hundred  and  si.viy 
volume,  ill  charge  of  John  Adams,  librarian,  and  Frank  Potter,  a.ssistant. 

THE   CSION   CO.xr,REO.\TIOSAL   CIILRCU   OF   CIIURCIIVILLE 

•Was  organized  in  the  old  Presbyterian  church  building,  on  February  22,  1352. 
and  the  ei-clesiastical  society  on  March  29, 1352.  The  certificate  of  iucor|)oration 
was  recorded  in  the  ciiunty  clerk's  otfice  on  May  13,  1352.  Previous  to  the  for- 
mation of  this  church,  a  Presbyterian  church  had  existed  many  years,  which  was 
one  of  tlie  first  organized  in  this  village.  It  also  erected  one  of  the  first  cliuieh 
buildings,  which  is  still  standing,  though  used  for  other  purpo.scs.  It  disbanded 
a  short  time  before  the  present  organization  was  foniicd,  into  which  it  mer.ed. 
The  first  membei-s  were  Philander  Stone,  Zophar  Willard,  Lyman  Carver,  Perry 
Carver,  John  Fritcher,  Horace  Gilman,  Robert  ILirkness,  Samuel  F.  Pierson. 
Samuel  W.  Piei-son,  Ira  M.  Randall,  Abigail  Stone,  Maria  Brooks.  Bcts.y  A. 
Fiit.hdr,  Mary  V.'Iiipplc,  Ana  Drester.  A'-telia  Rodfi-ld.  FMen  Hn„f,  and  l.rilia 
T.  Pierions.  Services  were  held  in  the  old  church  eilifice  until  the  erection  of 
the  present  structure,  in  1S52  and  1353,  and  dedicated  Jiay  13,  1353.  The 
pastors  of  the  church  since  its  organization,  and  the  time  they  served,  are  as  fol- 
lows, viz.:  Rev.  Jare-d  W.  Fox,  April.  1353,  to  April,  1355;  William  Demy. 
April,  13.55,  to  April.  1353;  J.  Fuller,  April.  1S58.  to  October,  1853;  Th..mas 
Lightbody,  November,  1858.  to  April.  ISUl  ;  Smith  Norton,  April,  18C1,  to  Oc- 
tober, lSi;2  ;  Corbiu  Kidder.  November.  13i;2.  to  January,  ISGlj ;  C.  A.  Kuddiek. 
April,  1SG7,  to  April,  13G9 ;  E.  B.  Vanaukin,  May,  1309,  to  M.iy,  1370;  C.  T. 
ChambeHain,  September,  1870,  to  April.  1372;  and  G.  A.  llawson.  from  April. 
1872,  to  the  present,  and  now  serving.  The  church  has  received  in  all  two  hun- 
dred and  fifly-two  members,  with  a  present  member,hip  of  one  hundred  and  fifty. 
The  present  officers  arc — Deacons.  Norman  Savage,  Lyman  Carver,  and  I'aac 
Bower;  Board  of  Tru.stec3,  Milo  ll.dl,  James  H.  GiliiKin,  and  Zophar  Willard  . 
Superintendent  of  Sabbath-school,  Lyman  Carver;  and  Assistant  Superintendent, 
George  Savage. 

THE   UNIVERS.U.IST   ClILRCH    OF   CIICRCHVILLE. 

Services  were  held  in  the  interests  of  this  church  as  eariy  as  1313.  Thoii-h 
no  organization  was  effected  for  many  years,  and  many  of  the  firet  settlers  being 
Universalists,  meetings  were  held  at  sehool-liouses,  or  wherever  convenient,  and 
the  sen-ices  of  regular  preachera  obtained,  among  whom  were  Revs.  MesM->.  Ad.inis. 
Knapp,  Sampson,  WhitncU,  and  Tlniyer.      Among  the  prominent  iudividu..!-  "bo 

I  mond,  Elisha  P.  Davis.  Joseph  Emers.jn.  Samuel  Shepard,  Ichabod  Spragiie.  L. 
Cnisby,  and  Ashley  Smith,  with  their  families.  The  permanent  orgaiii7.:iiioii  ..f 
the  society  did  not  occur  unlil  1333.  ;uid  in  1339  it  erected  its  present"  eliiireli 
building,  a  substantial  structuie,  thirty-four  by  forty-four  feet  in  size,  and  it  a 
cost  of  three  thou.saiid  five  hundivd  dollars.  In  1353  the  society  organized  the 
tir>t  I'nivcr-salist  church,  under  the  direction  ..f  Rev.  William  li.  Cook.  The  fii  -t 
pastor,  after  the  formation  of  the  soeiely.  in  l.>:;3.  w.is  Rev.  James  .>[.  C-l.  who 
served  three  yeari,  and  wa.s  succeeded  by  Rev.  S.  W.  Remington,  seven  ye;,r> . 

William  .MeNcal,  two  years;  }■{.   li.  Smith,  one  year;  Isaac  M.  Alw 1.  two 

yairs;  William  B.  Cook,  five  years:  K.  R.  ( Ittavvay,  two  year,:  S.  W.  Remio.-o  n. 
one  year;  E.  Hathaway,  two  years ;  K.  .M.  Grant,  two  years  ;  William  Vaodeniark. 
two  years;  and  J.  Frank  Thonip-oii-  three  year!,  and  at  present  olheiitiiiL'  The 
membership  in  135,-1,  at  the  organi^.ition  of  the  chnreh.  was  lortv  fu,-.  .u,d  at 
present  is  si.xty.  The  pn-n-iit  officers  are— Tru.-tecs,  Williini  W.dkei,  .1.  11. 
Bronilev.  and  A.  G.  Crav.-s;  Colh'ctor  and  Trea.-urer,  H.  K,  Iti,  line.od  :  .u,d 
Clerk,  L.  li.il.eoek.      The  Sabb.ilh 1  wns  ..re.oii;.,  d  «lll.  ihe  elnireli.  in    !-.>, 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


■  C...llUtot 

■,  Mk.  Dell  Mem- 

ilil,  :i»-i-t 

ant  siiperintcnJi'nt, 

as   cslaWl 

-lu-a  in  o.un«liun 

.-.-.;.    It 

has  iniTiuM-J  from 

ehool.  an. 

il  nu«-  luntains  oiiu 

Wul.h,  1 

ibrariau,      Frevinu, 

W'illiatu  Walker,  Mi^s  Bcilo  KielinionJ,  Mr..  J^i 

nun,  nnd  Misa  Knimi  Oa-o,  witli  Ml,-d  O.  K.  Br 

■dJ  a  proportionate  number  of  piipiU.     A  liljmr 

with  the  schu*>l,  wliieh  was  bei;un  a  year  earlier. 

year  to  3'cur,  in  kccpini^  with  tJie  ailvanee  of  tl 

hundred  and  fifty  volumes,  in  charge  of  Mn.  .\ 

to  the  ercetion  of  their  ehnrch  cJiticf,  in  l,S:;;i.  many  of  the  active  l'oiursali»t.s 

contributed  liberally  to  the  oonstruttion  of  the  Meth.jdiit  ehurch  huilJio'.',  and  in 

consideration  were  to  hold  services  there  when  n.il  in  use.     But,  after  three  or  four 

Bieetings  had  been  held,  it  w.ts  decided  that  Christian  harmony  c-.uld  \k  better 

maintained  by  the  erection  of  a  separate  structure,  and  measures  were  accordingly 

TUE    B.VPTIST    ClIlllCIl    OF    Clll  RCI!  Vtl.I.E 

was  organized  in  that  village,  December  11.  1S,->1,  In  Rev,  J.  C.  Drake,  with  the 
following  list  of  members,  viz, ;  Ann  K,  Iili.-.s.  Cloiiiida  llit.l.ins,  Harriet  Carver, 
George  Stripp,  Eleanor  Stripp,  Julia  Ann  Oalhout.  (;eiT-_'e  Davis,  Andrew  Cone. 
Franklin  Stone,  Betsy  Stone,  Sterlin.„.  A.  Hubbard,  Caroline  B.  Hubbard,  John 
F,  BlUs,  Rachel  Unerid-e,  .Inli.i  .<uiiih,  MatilJ.,  Ca.ver.  K.nily  M.  IlebbarJ. 
Emma  K,  Davis,  Asanath  Chappell,  and  J,  (.'  Drake,  The  fir-t  .ilhecrs  were— 
Deacons,  George  D.ivis  and  Andrew  Cone,  and  Church  Clerk.  Sterling  A,  H.bbard. 
The  services  of  the  church  were  held  rcLndarly.  a  part  of  the  time  in  the  I'niver- 
ulist  church,  and  a  part  in  the  hall  of  the  liailroad  Hotel,  until  the  completion 
of  the  present  cliurch  building,  in  1S.>2,  a  structure  filly  by  seventy  f.^t  in  size, 
at  a  cost  of  three  thousand  dollars.  The  first  pa-tor  of  the  chunh  w,i  -Kev,  J. 
C.  Drake,  from  1S31  to  April,  1S.J4;  suecce.led  by  Isaac  S.  Parsms,  to  April, 
18.'i7 ;  Kev.  Philander  Shedd,  from  July.  lS.")',b  to  February,  ISUii ;  tleop.:e  Bal- 
corn,  to  lSt;3;  K.  W.  Lounsbury,  t.i  IStU  ;  an.l  Kev,  Je.-se  Klliot.  from  ISiis!  to 
April,  1874 ;  at  other  times  the  pulpit  w.is  supplied  by  students  from  the  lloehester 

editiee  were  conducted  under  the  su[>er\i.-ion  of  ilev.  J,  C.  Drake,  The  present 
officers  of  the  church  are — Deacons,  (j.  P.  liahan  and  George  Stripp,  ,^1!  the  clerk, 
Oeorge  Stripp,  and  the  present  uienii)ership,  forty-eight.  In  13Gj.  Jane  Denny 
traiuferred,  as  a  gift  to  the  church,  its  present  parsonage.     A  Sabbath-school  was 


established  in  cor.nection  with  the  church  immedi.itoly  sneee.-ding  its  or.:ani/.,ti„„ 
It  was  formed  by  the  cimreh  olfieen.,  under  the  dire.  lion  of  the  p.i^o.r.  U,  v  .1. 
0.  Drake,  and  Deacon  Andrew  Cone  made  fir-t  superi.itendeot.      [l  oo«  eeo,,.ri.,  , 

Books  were  purchased  at  the  formatieii  of  the  s<.lioot  for  a  library,  wbieb  l,,,, 
rceeived  additions  as  re<(uir.-.l  It  non  contains  nearly  three  hundred  voluiius 
with  Luria  A.  Parnell,  librarian  in  charge, 

THE    ST.  VINCKNT    De'P.\LL's    ClIL'Rlll    OF    CHCRCII VILLE  (CVTIIDI.Il- 1 

was  organized  in  ISOU  by  Rev.  .M.  Purccll.  of  Rochc-ster.  Picvious  to  this.  i„ 
the  year  IHlJS,  Rev,  Richard  J,  Story,  of  Brockpnrt,  visited  this  villa-e  a  b» 
times,  and  celebrated  holy  mass  ot  the  residence  of  Wm.  Bodctte.  A  chnrch 
building  was  purchased  and  taken  p«issession  of  in  l,"^")).  It  was  built  of  wood,  at 
a  cost  of  two  thous;ind  dollars,  and  capable  of  acconiuufdating  about  one  hundred 
and  fifty  (wrsons.and  was  dedicated  the  same  year  by  the  Right  Itjv,  B,  J  Me. 
Quaid,  b.D..  Bishop  of  RochtstiT.  During  the  yearRcv.  J.  V.  O'  Hare  sueeeed..! 
Father  I'urcell  as  pa.stor  of  this  mission.  In  1871  he  enlarged  the  church  build. 
ing  to  its  present  capacity  of  accommodating  three  hundred.  In  September,  I S7-'. 
Rev.  H.  De  Reggc  succeeded  Father  Ollare  in  the  pastorate,  which  he  supplied 
until  June.  1373.  Up  to  this  date  the  pastors  all  lived  in  Roclie-ster,  and  eam.^ 
to  Churchville,  when  duty  c:dled,  to  celebrate  ma.ss  or  to  conduct  chunh  se-rvices. 
Rev.  \V.  Mulheron  succeesjed  next,  and  was  the  first  resident  pastor  of  this  church. 
He  remained  until  October,  1S74.  when  ho  was  succeeded  by  Wm.  .Morrin  the 
present  incumbent,  who  bcL'an  his  pastoral  charge  on  October  VJ.  The  present 
officers  are  L.)renzo  Lemmon  and  Patiick  McDerniott,  The  Sabbath-school  «a.s 
established  in  the  church  in  IS71  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  Father  O'Hare.  It  was 
presided  over  by. him.  a.^-isted  by  .Misses  Eliza  Tinimons.  Mary  Bodctte,  an.l 
Maggie  Ilines.  and  about  fifty  pupiLs.  It  is  now  superintended  by  Father  Mmrin, 
a.ssisted  by  Philip  R;indall,'.Jas.  Desmond,  the  Misses  Eliza  fiminons,  M,e.gie 
Hines,  JIary  Bodctte,  Kittle  Hines,  Rachel  Hines,  Mary  Se;i.don.  and  H.iitie 
Morrin,  as  teachers,  with  a  large  attendance  of  pupils.  In  1373  Father  Mul- 
heron organized  a  library,  which  now  contains  one  hundred  volumes,  ol  which 
the  following  persons  have  had  charge:  Peter  Malcaux,  Paul  Sheehau,  and  Wm, 


WHEATLAND. 


The  town  of  Whratiand  wm  formcil  froni  Caledonia.  M  Invern^s.  on  February 
23,  IS21,  and  in  the  April  following  received  it3  present  n.iuie.  It3  title  Is  mo:>t 
appn>prlate;  its  fertile  s^iil  and  its  ad;iptLition  to  tlie  culture  of  prain  are  such  as  to 
render  it  the  granary  of  the  county.  It  is  rich  in  it.s  marl  and  L'vpsum.  Along 
the  ea«t  border  Hows  the  Gem-sec  river,  and  through  the  ecnfre  of  the  town  Allen's 
oreet  wends  its  way  ea.>^tward  to  mingle  with  it  its  waters.  The  surface  is  rolliog, 
and  the  soil  a  Ikiui  blended  loeally  with  chy  and  with  sand  and  gravel,  and  rest^ 
ing  upon  limestone  fonuatioB. 

A   PIONEKR   LOCALmr. 

The  present  town  of  Wheatland,  a  fragment  of  Caledoni.T.  is  not  only  materially 
rich,  bat  in  its  history  brin'.-s  the  attention  to  the  fact  that  within  its  limits  was 
begoo  the  settlement  of  all  that  territory  estendiog  from  the  Genesee  to  the  west- 
ern boundary  of  the  State.  The  ■'  white  woman,"  !Mary  Jemison,  had  reached  the 
Indian  town  across  the  GeuescH*,  shared  in  tlie  destruction  of  property  in  ITTD. 
and  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution  received  a  grant  of  the  Gardcnu  reservation, 
a  township  in  size  and  a  g-arden  in  fertility.  Ebenezer  Allen,  a  white  niau  in 
color  and  race,  and  an  Indian  in  life  and  cruelties,  having  fled  civilization,  j-.anc-d 
the  tories  of  Brandt  and  Butler,  and  reveled  in  scenes  of  bhjodshed  and  barbarity 
along  the  valley  of  the  t-u-^juehanna.  As  the  war  cio.-ed,  Alien  appeared  upon 
the  Genesee  river  and  lalwred  upon  the  lands  of  Mrs.  Jemison.  In  17S3  he  had 
gone  to  Philadelphia,  and.  returning  with  a  hor^se  and  some  dry-goods,  settled  at 
^[nunt  Morris  and  built  there  a  house.  He  bartere<l  for  furs  and  ginsenL-,  which 
were  sold  at  Niagara.  Turning  his  attention  aeain  to  agriculture,  he  pl.iiited  corn, 
and,  having  g:ithcred  in  a  heavy  crop,  raovcii  down  to  the  mouth  of  Allen's  creek. 
Here  he  obtained  a  gift  from  the  Indians  of  three  hundrcl  acres  of  land,  and  in- 
creased his  estate  by  the  purchase  from  IMielps  and  Gorliam  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy  more.  He  erected  a  good  log  house  upon  rising  ground  a  short  di^'ance 
from  the  confluence  of  the  two  streams,  and  had  a  stock  of  goods  furnished  by  the 
British  as  presents  to  the  Indians,  which  he  permitted  them  to  nx-eire  for  an 
effuivalent  in  funi  and  other  articles  of  trade.  Here,  then,  a  recluse,  a  polygamist. 
and  a  desperado,  yet  a  trader,  a  farmer,  and  an  Indian  agent,  dwelt  the  first  settler 
of  Wheatland,  the  pioneer  white  occupant  of  3tunroe.  The  legitimate  pioneers 
of  the  Genesee  valley  were  the  Shalfer  family.  Peter  Shaffer,  a  native  of  Penn- 
fjlvania,  emigrated  to  Ontario  county,  in  company  with  his  sons  Peter  and  Jacob. 
in  1789.  At  this  time  he  had  reached  the  age  of  cightj-five  y&irs.  a  period  of 
life  when  men  usually  are  averse  to  change  of  habitation.  The  family  arrived  at 
Geneva  i^  July,  and  J>rocecsli'd  to  Gnnari^wa  creek,  in  IJloomficId,  where  a  pur- 
chase was  made  from  General  Fellows  .if  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land.  This 
tract  was  bestowed  upon  his  tlir^e  d,iu-_'liters.  and  in  December  Jlr.  Shaffer 
vi.-itnd  F.b<?nezer  Alien  and  found  him  possessed  of  liot?cs,  c-atlle  twenty  acres  in 
wheat,  and  well-nigh  sixty  acres  of  choice  land  under  eultivati  in.  The  ruling 
thiiught  in  the  mind  of  Mr.  Shaffer  now  became  apparent,  and  reflects  credit 
"|«in  his  forethought  and  manhood.  He  desired  before  his  death  to  establish  his 
family  upon  the  only  basis  of  i-erniancnt  values — a  giKnl  farm  home.  At  the  then 
hi:;h  price  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  aero,  the  Shaffers  became  buyers  of 
-Mien's  tract,  and  he  in  the  terms  of  s.ile  included  an  acre  of  wheat  u[Mjn  the 
gri.nnd,  and  a  sow  pig,  whose  errant  wandering  in  the  woods  caused  a  Shaffer  a 
winter  night's  lodginl'  within  a  hollow  log  iii  the  forest.  The  Shaffers,  father 
•»d  sons,  shared  the  c:ibin  of  Allen  tlirouji  the  winter,  and  fired  upon  Indian 
rndding  prrparcl  by  Mrs.  PuLpiu,  sl,ler  of  Allen,  and  the  milk  of  two  cows  wliich 
'hey  h.id  brought  in.  .\pplc-seeds  had  b.-en  brought  by  the  Sli.ilfers  fr.uu  I'enn- 
•vlvanla,  and  plante.l  in  Deeembcr.  17S3.  and  the  orchard  which  grew  thorcfron: 
w.L-  the  first  ill  Xcw  Vork  w,  st  of  the  Genc^see.  e.vc-vptiii-.'  the  French  orchard  at 
■*■  hl..sser.  The  valley  Ulow  the  farm  of  Shaffer  was  tardy  of  settlement.  The 
fir-l  .Hitler  was  J,..sepii  .Mor-.-Tin,  who  L.caled  in  IT'.U,  adjoining  the  Shafferv.  A 
d  o|...l,|,.r  of  Mr.  Morgan,  Mrs.  Karly.  has  since  o,-cupiol  the  place.  A  -on,  .I.«.ph, 
r-id.d  a  short  ili-iance  Uiiw  upon  the  river.  The  farm  lion-.,  hiiilt  by  the 
Shaff.r,  wxs  the  fir-t  fram.  .1  f  irni  dw.  IHiiu"  in   the  counlry  wcstof  ihe  river.   Tin- 


blacksmith.  Mr.  Shaffer  and  his  son  Jacob  died  within  a  short  time  after  their 
•  advent,  but  Peter  liv.sl  long,  and  in  his  &)cial,  political,  and  financial  relations 
was  felicitou.sly  situated.  His  sous  were  Peter,  Levi,  Daniel,  and  lieorge ;  the  last- 
name.1  i.s  the  owner  ami  occupant  of  a  (arm  in  Chili.  He  is  far  advanced  in  years. 
Mt?.  Philip  Garbutt  and  yin.  Caleb  Allen  were  his  daughters.  His  children  re- 
sided in  Wheatland  and  Chili  until  their  deaih. 

THE    EABLV    SETTLERS   OP    WHE.\TI..A.ND. 

A  roll-call  of  the  prominent,  and  brief  comment  upon  their  journeys,  improve- 
ments, lives,  and  their  descendants,  is  all  that  space  permits  to  the  pioneer  settloi-s 
of  this  favored  locality.  Isaac  Scott,  f  mnder  of  Seottsville,  was  the  kc>cper  of  a 
tavern  about  179",  and  his  stand  w.is  the  fir-t  in  the  town.  This  fact  is  noted  as 
initiatory  to  the  introduction  of  other  pioneers,  while  his  brief  history  is  reserved 
for  its  place  in  the  annals  of  Seottsville.  The  first  farm  west  of  Scott's  tavern 
Was  purchased  and  occupied  by  Powell  Carpenter ;  it  is  the  property  now  owned 
by  W.  A.  Williams.  Mr.  Carpenter  moved  upon  his  farm  in  1SII4,  and  erected 
a  cabin  upon  lot  No.  5ti.  He  built  the  frame  house,  now  standing  upon  that 
land,  in  1814  ;  interested  himself  in  real-estate,  public  works,  and  became  a  promi- 
nent man,  a  supervisor,  and  finally  side  juilge.     He  was  the  builder  in  1S:10  of 

in  the  neighborhood.  Mr.  Carpenter  had  ten  children  ;  part  of  the  family  re- 
moved to  Michigan.  Ira,  a  son,  ran  the  mill  and  sold  g'jods  in  connection  with 
it  f  jr  some  time.  He  became  a  side  judge  in  Jlonroe  County,  and.  moving  to 
Indiana,  dicsl  at  Indianapolis.  Xewman  Warren  cleared  up  and  lived  upon  the 
farm  where  his  son  Benjamin  resides ;  located  upon  the  river,  he  kept  a  good  ferry. 
His  land  was  productive,  and  he  was  content  with  his  possession,  on  which  he 
lived  till  his  death  in  ISlo,  at  the  eighty-third  year  of  his  esistcnec. 

Samuel  Cox  moved  hither  from  Stillwater  in  1*03  or  1.S04.  and  took  up  tcmpiv 
rary  quarter?  within  a  hewed-iog  house  built  by  one  Templin,  who  had  gone  upon 
the  Street  farm.     The  family  dwelt  in  this  house  until  the  approach  of  winter. 

Cox  dic>d  about  1S25.  In  this  family  were  seven  children.  Jrisejih,  I-,iac.  and 
James  settled  in  town.  James  first  farmed  his  father's  place,  and  later  removed 
to  the  vicinity  of  the  present  Catholic  church,  and  was  the  builder  of  the  brick 
parsonage.  The  only  surviving  child  in  town  is  Ketnra  Miller,  born  in  17:i.'). 
and  .■»lrs.  JIary  Shad'bolt,  of  Berry,  is  now  .-ighty-fivo  years  of  age.  Where  Is,.ae 
Budlong  lives  dwelt  James  Wood  and  a  large  family.  He  sold  to  Samuel  f\.\. 
and  moved  to  Chili.  Opposite  the  present  dwelling  of  Schuyler  Itudlong  stood  a 
log  hou.se  in  the  early  day,  wherein  lived  and   died   John  Smith,  a   surveyor. 

>^.-/ma-ter,  and  so  likewise  w^,s  Joseph   Thorn,   a  resident   near   W-Mr.u .-. 


IVab... 


..»nd  built,  in  ISH'),  a  hou-e  near  where  James  .Martin  resides,  lie  had  five  cliil- 
1  ■^'•' ren.— Guy,  Hiram,  William.  Fanny,  and  Laur.L  All  removed  to  Ohio.  Knos 
i       finch  Settled  near  the  Catholic  Corners,  by  which  his  brother  had  erected  a  black- 

fr-t'mith-shop.  D.irius  Sliadboit  came  in  from  Saratoga  county  in  l.Sl'5.  and  stctled 
j  vhere  T.  A.  St..kcs  now  lives.  His  death  occurr.sl  upon  the  place  durin'.-  l-^m, 
1  ^''jrtenty-cdght  yean!  of  age.     Three  daughters  arc  livin-.     -Mrs.  Annie  Co.x  and 

^rin.  Ph.ebc  Cn-hnian  re.-ide  in  town,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Cowen  livc>s  near  Gen.va. 
'    /  A  number  of  lju..kcr.,  aiiionj  whom  were  Jo.-eph  and  Isaac  Co3t,  Uuuid  thcin- 


and 


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1S27,  and  the  formation 

the  Hick-ite.     The  form. 

to  the  Hicksites,  and  built  farther  .south  ajfhKn^sJ_mcclin--hon-e:,  wli 

ducx-d  numbers,  they  still  hold   mc^etingx.     The  few  Hicksites  no« 

town  attend  niecliiigs  in  Mention. 

The  pioneer  siltler  upon  h.t  C.l  w.xs  Reuben  Heath,  from  Verinoni 
fir-t  at  lil.H.ni-licl.l.  he  then  came  to  the  river  and  hircsl  out  to 
where,  in  a  siic.de  -wit  of  l,mk-kin.  he  cain.d  the  means  to  piircl 
He  built  hiinscir  a  small  log  lious.^,  where  stands  the  .MeVcaii  house 


5^  ^My^f/-^  '^^:. 


HISTORY  OF  :\IONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Ly  Dr.  Willi.im  Licy.  At  hia  licutl,  Davia  >rc\\an  b,«me  owner  uf  the  Hirm. 
'  lieatlihiid  four  cl.il  Jrun.     EKliidL-o  livuj  in  \Vhr:,tl;ii.d.  asJid  .Mr..  Unified,  Mrs. 

Xcttluton,  and  Mr.-.  Ilvde.     Tlie  h..,t  named  is  y.'t  livin-  a  L-itizen  uf  ^jwiILsiilie. 

Jacob  Kctslor,  0  German,  [.uivliaM-d  and  M.-tlled  u\»m  a  farm  on  lot  .'i.'i.  lie  was 
'  (.nc  of  [lie  first  ill  the  nei^'ldKirluwd.  and.  be'ln-  at  the  tiiiie  well  advanced  in  years, 
I  did  not  l.mi;  live  to  earry  on  Uii  pioneer  labors.     At  his  death  the  pro|.erty  was 

!  moved  to  different  l.toalilies.  Levi  Lacy  wan  the  prim.d  o.  eupant  of  tlie  farm 
now  the  property  of  Ahram  Seofield.  He  was  prominent  in  town  alTairs.  Amon; 
the  offiee.s  held  was  that  of  u.a:.;islrate.  He  died  in  town,  le-.ivin-  a  iar-c  family, 
one  of  whom,  Dr.  William  G.  Lacy,  is  a  resident  physician.  John  McVcan.  a 
shepherd  by  occupation,  emi-r.ite-.i  from  Perthshire,  Seotl.ind,  in  18U,  and  settled 
upon  a  farm  of  four  hundred  aere>,  in  Wheatland.  He  built  a  I05  cabin  near 
where  now  stands  J.  J.  ^IcWan's  hor-i  .barn,  and,  witli  his  four  boys,  eie.:;v.rcd  in 
Icarini;  up  his  fields.     A  man  of  ability,  he  was  sent  to  the  le-jislature  from  thin 

'county;  but  his  life  was  nut  protracted,  and  his  death  took  place  when  al>out  tit'ty- 
live  years  of  age.     The  farm  was  partitioned  to  the  sons  Da^id,  Duncan,  John, 

janJ  ArchibiJd.  D.ivid  moved  to  lot  01.  and  Archibald  went  to  York,  in  Livin'j- 
ston  c-ounty,  and  is  the  s.>le  survivor,  at  tiie  au'e  of  seventy-two.     Duncan  died 

,in  ISJC  ;  John,  in  1870,  a.-ed  seventy  ;  and  David,  in  IsTil.  a-cJ  sevci:ty<-i;ht. 
These  men  were  of  the  prominent  townsmen,  and  have  left  beliind  them  many 
descendants  to  emulate  their  virtues  and  fill  their  places  in  society.  Don.ild  Mo- 
Vean,  brother  of  John,  was  a  millwright,  and  came  to  the  town  with  the  first 

ISc-olch  settlers.     lie  was  employed   by  the  Wadsworths  to  build  the  mills  at 

;ConesUJ*,  and  put  up  tlic  first  mill  in  Seottsviile.  Selling  his  villaire  prop,  .y,  he 
b*iu;:ht  a  large  farm,  which  he  api>oifioned  amon^  his  sons.  Mr.  Me\'ean  built 
the  brick  house  now  owned  by  M.  Price.  A  son  Hu-h  is  the  only  one  in  town. 
Jonathan  and  John  live  in  D.irian.  and  James  in  Caledonix  A  daui;hter.  May, 
married  David  McVea::,  and  died  in  to"-n.  HsrHs  ri„5..rs  ^ttUl  in'wheatland 
in  1807,  upon  lot  39,  where  a  si.n,  D.  E.  Rogers,  now  resides.  He  did  as  all 
houseless  movers  upon  a  farm  in  a  state  of  nature  were  known  to  do,  and,  with 
the  erection  of  a  cabin,  cleared  a  few  acres  the  first  year,  and  enl.irirc-d  his  fields 
as^time  gave  opportunity.  He  did  in  IS'll.  Threesons  areresideuts  of  town, — 
Martin,  a  Seotiville  merchant;  Shemi.in,  a  carpenter  and  joiner;  aud  flyron,  an 


Zachariah  Garbutt  was  an  Eiigliv 
borrowed  thirty  guineas  and  euii.:rati 
money  was  repaid  by  his  son  John 
Tlie  f.imily  remained  near  Sini:  Ijin: 
Genesee  country,  settled  upon  a  trad 
the  oldest  son,  bou-ht  land  on  lot  4S 


rhi-_'.  Pei-sc>cnted  fir  party  principles,  he 
with  his  family  Co  America.  The  p.,ss,ige- 
■  th  the  proceeds  of  labor  at  shncmakiug. 
wo  years,  and  in  ISOO,  journeying  tn  the 
'  sixty  acres  in  the  town  of  Seneca.  John, 
a  Allen's  erc-ek,  in  IS03,  and  thither  came 


the  family,  and  gave  the  name  to  the  hamlet  of  GaibuttTille.  There  were  three 
Sons  of  y.achariali.— John,  I'liilip.  .and  William.  John's  home  is  now  owned  by  A. 
Kelly.  He  represented  his  district  in  the  legislature  of  ISJU,  held  town  offices, 
and  died  here,  agvd  about  sixty-five.  A  son,  KImer  II.  Garbutt,  is  a  merchant  in 
Xew  York  city.  Another  son,  Voliiey,  is  a  farmjr  in  Grcc-ee.  AV.  F.  Garbutt, 
had  held  held  several  town  offices,  and  taken  an  active  part  in  loeul  affairs.  Ilia 
dc-ath  tixjk*  place  at  the  homestead.  Wm.  Garbutt  located  where  his  son  Philip 
lives.  Tlie  first  habitation  erected  upon  the  fann  was  a  log  house,  put  up  in  l.Sl.J. 
To  this  cabin  he  soon  brought  a  w  ife,  and  engaged  with  ical  in  tiie  conduct  of  liis 
farm  and  in  the  performance  of  v.irioiis  public  duties  iiupi'Sed  1  y  his  townsmen. 
His  mctli'HJs  of  fanning  were  a  subject  of  approving  remark,  and  he  was  regarded 
as  a  model  farmer.  He  died,  advanced  in  years,  at  the  homestead.  His  wife  yet 
-urMves.  Three  s.,ns— William  D,,  Philip,  and  Robert— are  le:.ding  farmers  of 
the  town.  Philip  C.n'.HM.  the  youngest  of  the  three  brollKC,  married  a  .l.in^hter 
of  S<(uiro  Shaffer,  and  bought  of  his  lalher-inl.iw  the  mills  known  .as  -  (iall.utts 
mills,"  and  the  land  up.ni  which  eitensive  and  valuable  pl.istcr-beds  were  dis- 
covered in  lSlO-11.  Philip  dill  a  good  milling  businc.ss  for  yci-rs,  and  in  connec- 
•i  ..n  carried  on  a  store.  .Vfter  him  the  place,  xs  noted,  took  its  naaie.  He  mignted 
to  Ohio,  a  1 1  ihere  died.  His  widow  n-turned,  an.l  died  amid  the  f.imiliar  .«eeues 
of  y.uth.     A  son  John  owns  the  old  mill  of  his  father,  and  resides  on  the  houie- 


Roche.ster,  and  then  e-litor  .,1 
■re  residents  of  Wheatland,  Dn 


of  Per 


llld  for  a   L-r,i. 


X: 


<  ^chiUren.— AI.'Xand.£,  a  gniduate,  a 
i        ffoc/,f...'o-  .■n:;:^:^^,,.     .U^u,  C.  and  p.  ter  were 
I        C.  livc^i  in  Rochester,  andDnnald  in  New  York. 
Joseph  lilackmer.a  native  of  Kent,  Coniicvli.  'i 
'        White,  the  first  white  child  born  in  .New  Kngland,  settled  in  Wheail.oid  in 
He  was  connected  with  the  c^n-'nution  of  a  road  trom  Onondaga  to  Oiieirl, 
.  when  the  settlement  of  the  Gene.-ee  country  began  in  17SS  and   IT^'i   iK,' 
pioneers  were  h.»piiably  cntiitainel  in  bis  lo-  house,  the  solo  white  ni.in 
dencc  between  the  hon-e  of  .ludi-c  i'.  an,  in  W'eMniorel.ind,  and  Colonel  H.oi 
1  at  Onondaga.      Mr.  Blacknier  purchased  a  l.ir-e  farm  at  what  is  termed    Uc 
and  built  a  frame  house,  now  occupied  by  P.  Rulifaon.     He  dc>eded  free 
I        from  his  farm  sites  f  .r  a  mecring  house  and  .-iehool. house  and  g 
I  ^  vanL     He  was  a  good  neighbor  and  a  valuable  citizen,  aud  followed  f„rm'ini.-  mi 
'    '   his  death,  in  IS  IS.  at  the  age  of  ei-hty  years.      He  had  three  sons,  Jiraii,  Kpl.. 
I         raira,  and  Oliver  P.,  and  two  dautihtcrs,  the  wives  of  Jesse -KinEiar,  of  .^lielli■J.^l, 
I       audof  Jesse  Merrill;  all  are  dead.  U^^-^-^''-^ 

Deacon  Piawson  Harmon,  born  in  New  Marlborough,  M.Lssachuselt>;  moved  I.. 

I        sevcra]  locahties,  and  finally,  soon  after  1.811,  became  a  resident  of  what  is  ii„w 

Wheatland.     He  resided  upon  lot  21.  and  built  the  brick  house  now  uecpied  hv 

C.  McVean.     Deacon  Harm..n  had  eleven  children,— six  sons  and  five  daiighnr-. 

I        His  descendants  are  numerous.     .A  son,  Sylvester,  lives  in  Muuitbrd,  .and  aiiotli.  r 

I       son  is  a  resident  of  Clifton,  in  Chili.     The  deacon  died,  aged  eighty-five  years,  in 

1S50. 
I  Francis  .Vlbri'.'ht  became  a  settler  in  town  alwut  the  close  of  the  last  ccii- 

purchased  a  farm  now  the  property  of  L.  Hutchinson,  and  erectcsl  tl..- 
town.      It  was  a  small  fraui  j,  and  sto-jd  on  th:;  north  bank  of  the  creek. 
This  mill,  known  as  '^^Ibright's  mill,"  w,,s  a  valuable  aee-Ssion  to 
the  early  settlers  of  the  western  bank  of  the  Genesee.     He  removed  within  ,.  f-M 
i^  years  to  Niagara  county,  where  he  died.     After  .\.!briglit  gave  up  the  mill  hi.-  -..., 
Fowler  took  charge,  and  made  an  enlar.-em-ut.     He  sold  to  Clark  II  id.  who  niol.  .i 
"U,  for  a  time,  and  then  dLs|.osed  of  it  to  Hir.im  Staith,  who,  in  18  U,  eiCLted  a  l.irg  r 
mill,  having  five  run  of  stone.     This  mill  w.ts  operated  by  Smith  till  1S7J,  wlnn 
^^it  burnc-l.     Kx,  present  the  locality  hits  a  good  water-power,  not  ulilizjd.     .\li. 
Smith  is  an  extensive  miil-owner,  and  had  at  one  time  six  large  mills.  "' 

'^      John   MeXaughten  came  west,  in  17U'J,  with  the  Scotch  colony  of  Caledonia, 
and  located  on  lot  4fi,  on  the  farm  occupied  by  hi-  youngest  s-jn,  D.iniel.     ()n  tin- 
farm  he  livcHl  untU  his  death  a  few  years  since.  It  a  good  old  a.,-e.     .John  .Me- 
t    Nanghten  erected  near  his  house  the  first  distillery  in  the  toivn,  an.l  the  iu-iiin- 
tion  was  kept  up  and  operated  for  many  years  by  different   paiti.-s.      lie  «,i-  .1 
pioneer  wheat-buyer,  and  sohl  his  Hour  in  the  Canadian  markets  previous  t.)  the 
war  of  1812. 

On  leaving  Scotland   MeN.iughten  reci'ived   from  the  kirk  to  which  lu-  be- 
longed the  following  truthful  certificate :  ■'  These  do  certify  that  the  bearer,  Jidia 
McNanghten,  and  his  spouse,  Marg-aret  McDermid,  are  na'tives  of  this  our  p,oi-i. 
of  Killin,  and  lived  therein  mostly  from  their  infancy,  and  always  behaved,  in  lie  ir 
sinje  and  married  state,  virtuou.sly,  honestly,  and  inoir-niively  ,  fiee  from   ail 
public  scandid  known  to  us.      That,  therefore,  we  know  of  no  rea-oti  to  hindvi 
their  reception  into  or  residence  in  any  cimgre'_"ation,  soci,ety,  or  family,  i\le  n 
God  may  ca.,t  their  lot,"     Se.-ned  by  Hugh   .McDoug-al.  minister,  by  Jame.  y\. 
Nabb,  elder,  and  by  .J-imi^s  .MeN.ibb,  p.irish  clerk.     Three  witnes,-es  vou.ii  tie 
truth  of  the  writing.     His  life  in  Wheatland  confirms  the  e-tiinate  of  worth.      1 1 
sought  those  whom'  rever-cs  had  overtaken  and  miiii-tered  to  their  own  an.l  il..ir 
families'  comfort.     He  was  a  g.ner..ns  man.     His  daughter,  .Mr-.  Diin.an  .M.\  .  ..... 

lives  in  ScottsviUe.     Mrs.  M.  .Moore  livens  in  Cliurchville,  Riga,  and  an  unmarri.  ■. 
daughter,  .Margaret,  is  a  resident  of  Caledonia. 

George  Goodhue  was  settle.l  at  Canisieo  as  early  as  KDo,  and  was  one  •■! 
the  pioneers  at  Braddock's  R.iy.  In  l.-uO  he  removed  to  Wheatland,  and  -  iiL  '! 
where  his  grandson,  J,  M.  Goodhue,  lives.  He  raist^d  a  large  family,  m-.-t';. 
daugiiters,  one  of  whom.  .^Irs.  Wells,  yet  re-idcs  in  town.  One  daughter  niaiii-o 
F.  X.  Beckwith.  who  for  some  years  has  been  -heriff  of  the  county. 

John  Sa'go  loeated  in  1SU7  mirth  of  R.leoda.  and  tlircw  open  his  hii  cabin  1  • 
the  acconimod.it ion  of  the  travelin..'  public.      His  host.lrie  was  the  only  on.-  I.. 


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Rev.  Donald  Mann  was  boni  in  Inverticss-hirc.  Scotland,  in  17S;5.      He  came 

!        twcsn  Caledonia  and  Rigi.     The  h..u.-e  ha.l  two  room-  b.dow,  .and  a  low  eham!.. 

to  America  in  IMID,  and  in  C.lif.rnia  married  .Mar.-arct  Cam.nni.      Mr.  .M.inii 

y\.\m  a  weary,  w..rii  trivch.r,  on  hii  way  to  his  Caanan  in  Riga,  would  set  0111  h 

had  qualified  him.-clf  for  the  ministrv  in  the  well-known  selio.  1  of  the  Hal.l.uies, 

own  f  .od,  which  he,  a.s  was  the  general  custom,  always  carrie.l  with  him.  at .-'  e.. 

in  Kdinburgh,  and  n..w  .L-s,iined  clerical  duti,-,.      He  tnivelcl  far  and  near  at  the 

table,  and,  wllh  a  gla-  of  ci.l.r  or  a  g.iod  sin.ng  cup  of  coffee,  providcl  by  .Mr 

call  of  duty.     He  preached  witln.ut  reinuner.ition.  and  earned  hi-  support  by  hard 

Sa.ge,  .s.itisly  his  ap|».tit,.,  ami  then  lie  down  uj-.m  a  b.d  and  enjoy  a  rc.-t  b.neaih 

\■^m  up.in  a  pionc-r  firm.      He   purchie-e.l  a  farm   in  Wheatland  in    l.Sl.'i.  an.l. 

roof     Wh.  n  the  tide  of  i,nniiL-i-iti..i,  ceased  to  fl..w,  Mr.  .Sa-.-e  gave  attenth.n  .v.  h 

moving  thereon,  made  it  his  home  for  filly-three  years.     For  l'..r.y-tlir,.e  yar^ 

siv.ly  to  hi-  firm,  up..n  which  he  ivmaimd  till  liis  death,  .nged  sevcnty-tw..  ye.ir 

he  pnicli.-ed  the  coinbini-d  duties  of  preaclier  ami  farmer.     He  di.-l  in  ISI'.sl.  .e.-  d 

Twosons,  .Martin  an.l  Warr.n.  suec.-c-led  to  the  prriiKUtv,  ami  di.'d  in  l,.wn.     AIL 

eighty-five.      His  wife  survive-,  at  the  advancl  a-.-e  of  ninety;   -he  rc-idcs   upon 

did  n.  ,,r  li.-.ilah.  wli.re  he  had  a  f.irni.      Harlan,  John,  and  Calvin  moVc-1  >v- 

the  old  homcsWad,  where  she  has  lived  for  sixty-.. ne  years.     There  were  nine 

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HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


191 


Eliiih  Goble  icttled  north  of  Siii;e,  upon  a  small  firm  on  ih«  town 
MO  Nathanii/l  Wis  fur  muiiy  jiars  a  resident  of  town,  and  finally  moTe 


where  lie  died. 


Bufiis  C;idj'  and  his  son  Mar>-in  9.ntl 
erected  a  house  where  R-  Siuith  lives, 
loc3te<i  where  W.  II.  Harmon  has  his 
Locki>ort,  where  he  dii-d.  Two  other  s, 
Btead  till  182tJ,  when  they  sold  to  John 
came  from  Oneida  countv,  and  Incared 


ISOT.  upon  lots  34  and  31i 


irid 


.•he.1 


h.j.ue,  and.  after  several  years, 
,3,  Paruis  and  Iliram,  lived  on  tli 
\Velcli,  and  rcin-jved  west.  S-'cl 
iL-ar  the  ••  (.'entre."     An  epideuii 


prevail! 


1813  carried  him  v 
With  farming  he  carrie<i  on  l 
death  toot  place  at  Buffalo,  to 
Jr.,  was  a  farmer  in  CaJcd<»nia. 
cross-roads  south,  of  Be!L-04la,  \ 
double  log  hou.s^  in  ISll!,  and 
to  Bushville,  where  he  died, 
homestead ;  another,  Mrs. 
Further  history  of  the  pio 
who  moved  to  this  vicinity 
'in  District  No.  7,  at  the  jii 


His. 


hich  he  had  II 
Calvin  Arm.tro 
.ere  D.  D.  .McC 
id  made  liis  homo  lit 
1.  A  dau-hter.  Mr 
Phuii^S  died  at  Chi. 
eer^  of  Beleoda  .-ivcs 


Finch 
which 

m^was  a  stirring  busineis  man. 
the  office  of  sujiorvisor.  His 
led.  A  bnither,  ^eely  Finch, 
settled  at  the 


fan 


He 


put  up  a 


isi:; 


hi..'ii« 


.  Blacliraer.  lives  near  the  old 
ai:o ;  a  s^tn  lives  at  Bushville. 
us  the  name  of  Deacon  Smith, 
shoe-shop  at  the  hamlet  located 


ideacon  steod  upon  i 


He  ha, 


of  X.   Blactmcrs  dwellini:.      He  lived  many 
Elisha.  a   physician  in  New  York  city,  where 

■  he  died.  J[rah  Bl.aekmer.  son  of  Joseph,  settled  on  lot  39.  now  owned  by  bus 
grand-daughters.  He  purchased  one  hundred  and  fijrty  acres  of  land,  and  ujhph 
it  erected  a  little  log  cabin.  In  a  later  stage  of  settler  s  life  he  buUt  a  comforta- 
ble frame,  which  is  yet  standinsr.      He  died  here  far  advanced  in  years,  and  '    re- 

?  membered  as  a  deacon  and  clerk  in  the  Bapti^t  t-hurcii  for  over  twoscore  years.  His 
early  habit  of  teaching  penmanship -in  school  continued  in  Ills  later  life,  and  iiis 
church  records  are  plain  and  legible  as  when  he  wrote  in  early  manhood.  .\  son, 
John  J  .  died  on  the  h'^m>-"-KA  Benjamin  Iri-h  was  n  pioneer  noon  lot  10, 
opposite  B.  Grav's,  and  inhabited  a  small  log  hou.se  in  the  midst  of  his  clearing. 
He  removed  in  ISltj,  and  wa.s  succeeded  by  Abrani  Grant,  who  made  much  im- 
provement, and  remained  inanv  vears.      .\ndrew  Cone  t-ame  on  during  the  period 

[    of  early  settlement,   and  built  a   loi:  house  where  W.   D.    Garbutt  now    resides. 

I     With   him  lived  his  parents.      When  he  S4.!d  his   farm  in  Wheatland  he  went  to 

I  Rig:i,  where,  in  later  ycar:i.  he  married.  Joseph  Tucker  and  Henry  .^lartin  were 
early  residents.  The  latter  lived  northeast  of  Belcod.a,  and  the  site  of  his  former 
home  is  indicated  by  a  few  apple-trees.  He  sold  in  IStT  to  the  Sag.s.  and  l.-i>. 
John  Welch  went  from  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  to  Madison  county,  in  IsuS. 
and  in  ISIO  came  to  what  is  now  Wheatland.  His  dwelling  was  upon  the  Arm- 
strong place,  where  he  followed  hi.-  trade  of  issjpering.  The  manuficture  of  flour- 
barrels  gave  him  considerable  work,  and  supplied  him  with  means  whereby  he  was 
enabled  to  buy  a  small  place,  wliereiin  he  ctntiimcsl  his  former  occupation,  .\bout 
182U  he  bought  a  tarm  of  eighty  acres  of  the  Cidy  brothers,  and  this  be  occupied 
till  his  decease  in  l.Sl'9.  His  son  William  resides  in  .■scottsville,  aged  seventy- 
three.  From  him  hxs  been  obtained  much  of  the  preceding  history  of  ISelcoda 
and  vicinity.  Another  son,  Samuel,  lives  iu  ,\linnes*iia,  and  a  daiii;liter.  Abi.'ail 
Wright,  is  a  resident  of  lown.  A  man  named  Mansfield  lived  near  the  Blue 
pond,  and  foHowed  firming,  and  manifested  a  spirit  of  eiiteq-rise  in  the  clianicter 
and  extent  of  his  improvements.  I'auiel  and  .Martin  Smith  afterwards  moved 
in,  and  a  considerable  settlement  sprang  up.  As  early  as  131ii.  a  log  st  hool-house 
waa  9'  inding  on  the  site  of  the  present  house.  Si-sDn  after  ihe  date  given  a  brick 
house  was  built,  and  in  it  Rebecca  Armstrong  was  the  teacher  for  well-nigh  half 
a  doieu  seasons.  Another  brick  hoii*)  has  since  been  built.  0.  P.  Blackmer, 
son  of  Joc^ph,  and  brother  to  .Jirah  and  Kphraini.  remained  in  the  old  homestead 
till  near  tli.  close  of  lill-,  when  he  m-ved  to  Garlnitt.viile.  A  family  w  ,s  rji.<.d 
upon  the  farm.  Mrs.  William  Welch  and  .Mrs  John  W.  Garbult  and  her  son, 
W'illiim,  are  living  .it  .Mumford.  survivors  of  his  descendants,  hiphraim  had  l.- 
cated  on  the  south  end  of  the  homestead,  and.  prominent  in  town  atfaiis,  he  was 
.skilltul  as  a  cultivator.  One  son.  Newtoo.  occupies  the  homestead;  the  rest  are 
west.  Samuel  Ba.ssett,  resident  north  of  ScottsviUe,  removed  to  <'hili.  where  he 
engaged  in  htmbering,  and  passed  his  life.  H.  Hutchiiis«jn  came  to  town  at  an 
early  date  and  engaged  in  milling  and  distillin-  at  .Mumford,  u.sing  the  McKay 
mill.  Afterwanls  ho  removed  to  Blwunfield,  and  his  milling  oj«ratioM3  there 
have  notice  in  the  history  of  Ontario  county. 

James   Olmstcafl  w^is  a   resident   of  town   ah.iut   1819,  and  located  north  of 
Harris  Rogers'  place,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  of  making  grain  cnicllcs 

gave  employment  to  three  or  tuur  m.  n.     The  -"Oiinstead  craiilc"  was  as  nnuU  in 

dem.aiid  in  that  d.iy  lu  is  tlie   fiio,  ki«.rt  -New  Vorkcr"   reaper  lo-dav.     One 

daughter  marrie.l  llydca  Cooj-r.  -.nd  .umllicr  U>.-ame  the  wile  of  Harry  Smith. 

Thora.xs   Lftiwry,  of  KuLdalul.  came  out  with    the   (iarbutls,   and   loi-atcd  in  the 


south  part  of  the  town,  where  H.  Kddy  lives.  He  was  of  the  early  leiiiliiig 
tijwiismen,  and  raised  unite  a  familv,  some  of  whom  dievl  in  town;  grandchildren 
are  citizens  of  Wheatland.  John  .Mudge,  Jr.,  and  his  f.ther,  Klder  .Mudu-c.  from 
Madison  county,  located  near  the  Blue  pond.  rlc;isant  times  the  boys  enjoyed 
sailing  at  night  upon  the  waters  of  this  beautiful  deep  pood,  some  forty  aeres  in 
extent,  .\lfred  Mudgc  became  a  prominent  lawyer  and  a  pension  agent  in  Rochs 
ester.  William  is  a'rcsid.nt  of  the  city,  and  othcra  of  the  family  live  in  the 
county.  Eljeiiejcr  Skinner  came  from  the  battle-gnaind  of  Lundy's  Uine.  whire 
he  had  Ijeen  a  habitant,  and  took  np  a  farm  on  lot  lill.  where  his  son  Almon  now 
lives.  Skinner  dealt  rations  to  British  suldiei-s  on  the  day  preceding  the  battle, 
and  afterwards  aided  the  buiial-partics  in  the  inlerinent  of  the  dead.  Near  the 
fiirui  of  Skinner,  Bela  Aruistrong,  of  Connecticut,  lived.  He  w.as  one  of  the 
early  school-te.ichers.  .V  son,  Elon  G.,  is  a  miller  at  Garbutt-sville.  Franeis 
Smith  is  remembered  by  eariy  niusi.ians  of  this  town  as  a  favorite.  His  home 
was  north  of  the  pre:.eiit  residence  of  D.  D.  S  Brown.  A  few  years  only  were 
passi-d  in  this  town.  Near  Smith  lived  a  tory  named  Springsteen,  whom  the 
former  bought  out.  Theodore,  Theron.  an.l  Kinner  Brown  were  sons  of  Rev. 
Solomon  Brown,  and  settled  the  homestead  known  as  lots  8  and  '.>.  Theron  wa- 
«  .soldier  of  1812,  and  became  a  general  of  militia.  He  was  prominent  politically, 
and  remained  conneeled  with  tlie  town  until  his  death.  His  sec.,nd  wife  sur- 
vives. A  Son,  Volney  P.,  is  one  of  the  leading  agriculturists  of  the  county,  and 
has  twice  been  called  by  his  townsmen  to  represent  them  in  the  legislature  ;  and 
has  also  .MTved  as  supervisor  and  magistrate.  Joel  Phelps  was  an  early  resident 
near  Beleoda — a  pen.sioncr  of  the  Revolution,  and  died  in  town,  while  his  sou- 
went  west.  Robert  Smith  wa-s  a  farmer  for  many  years  upon  land  north  of 
Seottsville,  and  reached  an  advanced  age.  E.  T.  .^liller  came  fiM  to  Chili,  and 
later  to  this  town,  where  he  farmed  extensively.  One  son  resides  in  Seottsville, 
and  another  .south  of  the  creek. 

James  Mallock  became  an  early  resident  in  the  west  pail  of  town  among  liis 
Scotch  brethren.  Later,  he  moved  to  Garbuttsville.  .\  son.  .lames,  rills  the 
farm.  Daviil  Fauvell,  brother  of  Elisha,  was  aUut  the  first  settler  of  Belewla. 
and  the  brothers  were  quite  heavy  laud-holders.  Later,  he  went  to  Michigiin. 
and  there  died.  Near  the  town  line  and  Blue  pinid  lived  a  man  known  as  Humi-t. 
He  is  named  only  as  an  early  settler,  and  died  at  Lockport.  to  which  he  bad  re- 
moved. Stephen  B4>ker,  from  Jay.  Essex  county,  located  near  Mumford.  north 
of  Allen's  creek,  and,  after  some  years,  settled  in  Riira.  William  Shirts  was  the 
pioneer  tanner  of  the  town.  He  locati^d  at  Belco<la  about  ISIO.  and  carried  on 
tanning  many  years,  and  finally  went  upon  a  farm.  A  s<.n.  William  A.  Shirts, 
and  daughters,  live  in  lown. 

William  Peabody  located  on  lot  41,  where  D.  C.  MePlicrion  now  resides.  Heiv 
the  pioneer  lived  many  years,  and  when  grown  old  took  up  bis  abode  in  Scotis- 
viUe,  where  he  dealt  in  real  estate.  An  eariy  settler  on  lot  Jil.  where  W.  lioiif- 
son  lives,  was  Charles  Killan,  who  was  ihe  first  ovei^eer  of  hi-hways  in  Di-niet 
No.  12,  as  then  constituted.  Whiting  .Merry  was  a  settler  near  .Munifonl.  where 
G.  Guthrie  lives.  James  Frascr  was  one  of  the  eariy  Scotch  settlers  on  the  t.irm 
of  R.  R.  Garbutt.  He  removed  to  Caledonia  village,  where  he  di.d.  Adjoiniie.- 
the  firm  of  Charles  Killan  w^is   that  of  William  Armstrong.      At  liis  de.itl,   I.:- 

Thomas  Simpson  loeateil  near  Lowery,  and  after  a  few  yeai-s  went  to  Cal.sL.ni.i 
and  eng.iged  In  distilling.  Philip  Wardner  came  in  about  1S2U,  and  settled  at 
Hall's  Corners,  on  a  thirty-acre  tract  purchasc^d  of  Ely  Stone.  He  continued 
farming  with  carpenter  work  for  many  years,  and  finally  moved  to  .Vlleji,  i.v, 
where  he  died.  .Moses  Wells  c-anie  in  amoiiL'  the  fii>t.  and  married  a  dauglil.  r  ot 
George  Go..dhue.  and  farmed  at  GarbuttsviUc  till  his  death.  His  widow  snrvn.  -. 
WUliam  Reed,  English,  Ljeated  on  lot  jj.  where  W.  R.  ilcVean  lives.  II,  »„ 
one  of  the  early  custodians  of  tlie  Farmers'  library,  and  died  lure.  Oue  -oi. 
Henry,  lives  soilth  of  the  l,oniest,>ad  ;  another,  William,  in  Washington;  and  tw... 
Shelby  and  Edward,  in  Ohio.  Elisha  Fauvell,  a  pioneer  at  Belcxla.  s.jl,l  to 
Joseph  Bkicknier  in  ISOS.  Tliomxs  Stokes,  a  Quaker,  eainc  in  about  leoii.  and 
IcK^Kted  near  Shailbolt,  south  of  AlK-n's  creek.  He  was  a  Kuding  ineml*r  ..f  llie 
societv  of  Friends.     The  homestead  is  occu[,ied  by  Thomas  Stokes,  a  sin:. 

THE   SCOTTISH    SETTLEMENT. 

[       County   history   relates   the  cxtend.-d   ami   ben,-ficial   lnfl,i,-i,c-.-   eicrn.sl    u|«.u 

"  wc-st,;rn  setlleu t  by  Captain  Williamson.      His  plaii.s.  ting.,1  d,  e,,:;,  wiih  :,i.s- 

toeratie  pr,judiee,  were  of  in.i'_'uific,-nt  pniportions.      He  apporie'i<,d  "ii«-  ioiodnsl 

pur|,oses.  ■  Provision  WiLs  ma,le  f,>r  ten  ge,itlem,-n,  each  ,,f  wliont  w  ,s  ;,•  have 
five  hundred  acres,  ten  farinci->.  one  Inpulreil  acres  ,acll,  anil  ll.rty  f.,rmers.  scvemy- 
eight  acres  each.  A  villag,:  was  to  be  laid  out  h.i\  itig  si.vty  lors  I'f  (w,:lvc  acr,-^ 
each."      U  was  tliou-jht  that  C;de*loni.i  would  bc\;ome  one  ,)f  the  nm-t  im[-ir,.oi( 


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HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NJ'.W    YORK 


oftlifiMl:,iidvill...,-,-s.     TlH.SuMti-ti.nJofhMi,,,.;  tlw  liills  ..u.l  ^^llc\-.  l..nik> -..i;.!  Iii.lu-9.  anj,  on  .Tun..  'H.   1.SI2.  >:ul.,l   f..r  Cun.i.l:i,  ;,hJ  arrivcl  nt   iiii,l,ce  ,;, 

br.u-sof!(.o..Hnn,n'rvar,..l,nrt.>  lior  claMron  .   :uul  n..t  «illi...n -..u.1  r.  i-n.li.l  Au-ii.-I  >:.      TAin  |,ri-..n.rat  Fnrt  Kn,-.  Ati.-u-l  I  ,V  l.-U,  he  n..-,  M^.^m,  i.i.  muK 

ttieenii:.Tant!,MVi-lKT'h„r.k-l^.     Two  ,;.iu-.- nms|,inHl  t.,Kill,.l|-.«- ll.c  Hi  J.l,..,.lci-  the  f.,rt.      Uu«.i^  ti.U".,  t.,  ii.,la>i.i   h,.-|Mt,,l    u  h.  „,  ,_•  h,-  ,  ,.n../,  unr^   luMi.-.  ,J    „„] 

fromcn-anJloiht,.  thi>hir.:av..vh,n.l.    The  h.n.l  l,.,ld,i^.  Inrnin- th.'ir  attrnliun  nm  di-ehi.r.-eJ.   t..   Wh.utl.in.l       II,  n^  un   hi.-  I.uin    he  n,H,a  :>  I'dndy   !,.   tjU 

to  sheop^r.iiMii-.  t..„>,.h.l.it,  ,1  itnir  hu;.!!  i:,nn-  r..r  pi.-tun   ..;r,„n„i-.  .i„.l  their  ten-  '        reput:ihle  p.irt  in  -eielv.     Sell,  is  a  pliVH.  i.n,,  in  .M,.-M,nri ;  Th..in.,-.  a  niaehl,,,,! 

ant^-were  thrown  .m>(  ..f  1 ,e  and  en,|.l..u.H  nt.     Nee, --itv  r..|nire.i  th.nMo  ,eek  in  Wise..n.,in;  Sin.eon  i»  .had,  Sarah  is  the  wife  nf  Ur.  C.  C  Terrell,  in  Kv,,„.. 

new  homos,  however  re to.      A  >eCon,l  inHoee.e  wa-  .1,..  .heel  of  in,|.re-.- nt.  ville,  [n.liana;  Kh/.,h.ll,  neorie.l  A.  I!.  Lawre.iee.  of  Warsaw  ;  J..hM  a„.l  Kun!>  ar.. 

EnL'lan.l  wius  at  war  with    l-ran.c.  ami  -tr.nu.a,-  .Ih.rt  wa.  „,.e.|li,l  t..  replenish  at  h..iue.     The  tir-t  wile  ol  Fanlk.ier  was  .lan._-hter  to  Sin,o..n.  an.l  gran.]-.lau  J.ier 

the  doi.ht.-.!  rank.s.    The  Ili'J.I  m.l  re;.-in„ni.s  in  il,.-  lirili-h  s-rviee  wore  recniiteJ  to  GiJeuu  Kire.-,  ..ne  of  the  tw.lve  oriL-inal  i.r.i,.riet.)r.s  of  the  town  of  Grce.e. 

by  r.ithh-s  ini|.r..>.snunl.  ami  nianv  a  s.,,Kv.,it  v.,un_' ue,n.  aver^;  to  war,  Ic-fl  home  Kracon  John  Chii=lie,  fn.in  Seutlaml,  in  ITLh'i,  reinaiTn.d  the  u-reate>r  |art  ..f  a 

t.)  shun  its  l,..rrora.      Il  is  rclat,  .f  hv  I>r.  W.  T.  .M.-Laren  that  on  one  .x-c;u-i..i.  a  year  at  Juhi,~town.  New  V„rk.  an.l  theme  came  t..  lot  1,  on  Allen's  ercek,  having 

Hi-hlandcr.  returning:  fn.m  market,  1..KI  hi-  w.fe.  will,  mn.  h  c.neern.  that  he  had  bou..-ht  of  I'h,  l|.s  and  Gorham  one  humlroJ  and  forty-three  aciL-,  at  throe  d.dlar, 

seen  a  roeruilin.-  oflieor  at  tlie  town,  an.l  .li.l  n..t  d..nht  that  next  .lay  he  wonl.l  be  p.T  aero,  with  oxl.  nded  time  of  |iaymont.     (.h.  his  arrival  his  first  care  va.s  to 

out  in  seareh  of  m.n.    The  old  .oui.l..  .alh.l  their  -..o.  i-av.  hin,  ih.dt^  hlt>-in,-,  and  buil.l  a  small  I..-  house  to  .-liolter  his  family;   thou  a  cloarinL"  wa.  m.elo  ar..und  it. 

•.started  him  for  Am.rii-a.  fi'..m  wh.r.ee  he  never  r.tu. 1.     The  tir-t  c.mpany  of  and  a  plat  sc.h.l  in  torn,  whieh  he  had  hrou-ht  with  him  in  a  Manket       Hn:;l, 

cmignmls  left  IVrthshiro  in  the  -prin.'  of  17:i~.  and  -ail.-.!  from  Greono.k  Ma.eh  ChrL-tie  was  then  two  yoai*  uM.  and  ha-  lived  on  that  ol.l  h e.tead  to  -.-,  hi., 

1.     New  York  was  roaeho.l  about  .May  1.     T..  .\lbauy  tlnn-  went  by  h..at,  an.l  ei-hty-thirl  year,  and  lia.s  been  the  I., rudest  to  reside  iu  the  town  slDee  white  -ttl,- 

thence  to  JohD-t..wn  on  hs.t.     There  old  frien.ls  were  f.jund.'    Williat^s..n  n-il.'d  ment  bc^-au.     L'hri.-tiu.  a  dau'.dLtcr,  widow  of  Dunean  ?renzie.  and  re.-i.l.  tit  ..f 

the  [urty  aud  m.ele  them  a  prorter  of  land  .if  ihirlv  eents  an  aore.  payable  as  they  Caledonia,  was  born  h.-re.     John  was  b..rn   1797.  at  the  hou.-c  of  D.ac.n   .^le. 

were  able,  in  wheat,  at  -ev...ty-tiv..  e.a.ts  jkt  bii-h.r      He  went  -till' lurther.  and  Voao,  then  owne.l  by  llui.di  MeDerniid.    Joancttc  Fra.-or.  sister  of  He.^di  Chii-ie. 

loaned  them  money  to  enahle'them  to  reach   tin-  lan.l,  an.l  irave  thorn  pr..vi-i..n.s  is  a  rosi.Jent  of  the  t..wn.  at  the  age  of  ninety-three.     J,.hn.  the  father,  died  J.ily 

for  the  jonrnoy.     The  .S..ot  is  •■  canny,"  and  a  del.'-_Mti..n.  consisting  of  James  ami  3.  IS  13,  in  his  ninety-ninth  year.      His  wife  died  July  10,  \<i\l.  at  the  a:je  of 

Malcolm   .^IcLarcn.  Huji   .MeDermi.l,  Hunald   .Mel'hcr.-on.  and  J..hu   McVoau,  uinety-five.     There  were  nine' children  in  the  family  :   four  are  living, 
set  out  on  f.jot  to  make  a  vL-it  to  this  lan.l,  two  hun.lro.1  miles  away,  in  a  fore-t. 

Carefiil  of  appcaninoo  in  all  cireiinistaii.es,  the  omha>.-y  st,,ppe<l  un.h'r  a  rude  BKU1.\U 

bridjre,  near  Geneva.  :vnd  sb.iveil  with  p.ieket-knives.  and  so  prepareKi  to  meet  Mr.  i 

Williamson.     Aluiut  a  score  of  jk-'Inoiis'  came,  in  !Mareli.  17'Jlh  t.»  the  west,  in  '             "Thou  shalt  no  m.>re  be  termed  Forsaken  ;  neither  shall  thy  lan.l  any  nn.r.'  be 

sleighs.     Anoth.-r  s,.as,jn  went  by,  and  the  remain.ler  of  tin-  eol.inv  had  arrived.  terme.1  D..-s...late  ;  but  tln.u  shalt  be  calle.l  Heplizidiah.  and  thy  laml  /!.,il„h:   f..r 

Among  the  first  arrival-  wore   T'oter  Cami.bell.  .M.  and  J.  McUron.  John   Me-  j        the  U.rd  delightelh  in  th..e,  and  thy  land  shall  be-  marHe.i.— I-a    ivii    I 

Naughtnn.  and  t!„  ir  wives.  an.l  P..oa;d  Me  Wan,  single.  |             Thi.s  Verse  was  read  by  Mr.  Faulkner  when  the  church  tit  that  point  was  rai-.-.l. 

Malcolm's  was  the  first  death  in  the  c.h.ny.  and  the  name  B.ulab  htcs  ever  .since  bc-cn  retained.     John  .McDoriuid  was  on..  .,f 

Captain  AVilliaiiis<in  di.|  n..l  lbr_'.'t  th.-m.  and  furtii-hod  -upplies  from  his  store  |        the  pionc*r  settlers  on   the  farm  now  owii.-d  by  hi-  LTarul-.n.  Jamo-  Cimi  I.ell. 

at  Williaiusbuf.-.      .Mimlful  ..f  r.  lijous  ..l.li_-,tion.  the  setil.  rs.  ..n  .Vo^elnber  l.",,  ]        He  came  west  with  an  oi-te-ain.  and  while  ep.s-,n.-  I  '.lyULM  hri.l-e.  one  of  ,l,e  ...x,n 

1S02,  org-aniz.al  lb..  Cal-h.nia  I'.v.-byt.-rian  -oeiety  at  tb.-  b..u-e  .,f  I'eler  C.mp-  refusin,:;  to  draw,  the  rough  settlers  stood  around  lanjiin-   at   the  S.  ..tehn,  in'- 

bell.     The  trustees  eh.isi.n  wre  IVtiT  .\n.l,i-..ti.  .1  .hn  Ghri-ty.  P.ter  Campbell.  ciprc-s,sions  and  accent.     The  ox  could  not  he  in.luced  t..  ■_'.,  on.  and  Mellcnoi.l. 

Thomas  Iniiio,  and   Dunean   Mcl'h.-i-..n.      In  July    isn:;.  tl' migrants  fr,.iii  i        unyoking  him.  put  his  own  nock  in  the  how  and  pulled  tie-  h.ad  over  tli..  bvi-e... 

luTern&ss-.shire  loft  their  homos,  and  in  a  n.-.k  ha.l  i.  .„.h.  d  I  ;re.-n.K.k.    Five  w.  eks  '        He  died  in  town  T.'iy  old.     John  Anderson  was  the  original  owner  and  ...  eo|  ,nt 

they  wailcl  th.'  s.iilim.-  .>f  the  ship.     Their  ve.--ei.  tl Trapper."  Captain  Wui.  o[  the  corner  where  the  elinreh  stand.,.      He  built  hero  a  lo-  bouse,  an.l   k  pi 

Taylor,  was  .six  wwks  np..n  Inr  v.,ya..;e  to   Now  V.,rk.      A  .-loop  was  chartered        |        bachelors  hall  for  m.iny  y.ars.  and  finally  mi..iated  to  Cana.la.  as  di.l  .-!  ..f  th- 

to  take  th..  inirty  to  Albany,  and  a  bii.f  halt  was  ma.le  at  Johnst.iwn,  and  then  Scotch,  preferring  to  he  under  a   Hriti-h  .....ven.ioent       l:..bort  Ander-.u  il.—  l 

they  pre^ocdcd  I'o  th.^ir  per'manont  b.,ines.  1        north  of  John,  at'id  still  m.rthwar.l  .,f  him  w  ;.s  J,,hn  Mall...  h.      A  -n  of  .M.i;  ..  li 

A  saw-mill  was  put  up  by  J.,hn    McKay  in  ISiJi.  and  bolter  habitati.ins  was  lives  in  K.jchester.  and  olh.  r-  ..f  lli.^  lainily  live  iu  tl,.-  vicinity.     J.,hn  W    I.  ■>-.  n 

jtfoplc,  and  a  moelin^  was  hohl  by  tin  in.  in  ISH:!.  to  build  a  .-ch.KjI-hous..-  on.-  vin's  heir-.      Hi-  first  h.eation  w.i-  ii..rlh  ..f  Thei..u  l!i..wn,      A  .-.n.  I!    K    l...,v- 

fourth  mile  fr.mi  J.,bn  A.  MoVcau's  crner.  on  the  Crook  roa.l.  .lud  ah..ut  the  '        »,n,  resides  in  the  town.     North  of  B.lc.da.  at  an  early  day.  lived  1-aae  >I.  1 1  i.a  .n. 

centre  of  the  r,eiilcmont.     This  was  the  fii-t  soh..ol  buii.lin-.- ei.-.  t.-.l  wo-t  of  ihe  ^        who,  later,  movo.I  to  .Muinfoid.  and  IblLiwcd  c..oi..iiie.'  thn.aiijh    life.     Chii-ii. 

Genesee,  and  the  pioneer  teaehor  within  its  walls  w.is  Alexand.'r  Mel>..nal.l.      In  Tayl.ir,  of  Scotland,  locate.l  at  the  .,outli  en.l  of  h.t  ."..  where  D    .MeArtlotr  hv,,- 

this  house  the  -.-Itlor-  met  f.ir  w.iiship  every  Sabbath.     .«clceti..ns  were  g.ncrally  She  was  a  strong  and  active  woman,  and  with  the  .-iekle  challenged  comp.  titi.m. 


In  ISll.-j  the  thr,  e  .  Id.r-  wcr..  I)..nahl  .McKeiizio,  Hunoan  .MoPhcr-ou.  and  D...nald 


MUMFOIID    VII,I.A(^,K. 


Ander-on.      I!ev.  I.iii.l-I.v.  ..f  l!i.,  Ti.-...  tio.l  liov.  Jodeditd,  Chapman  gave  ..cc 

si..nal  vi-ils.  and  UsLiWci  ih.  ii  n.iui-Ii.,ti..u-  i  -.^       Prior  to  ISllS,  John  and  llohort  IMcKay  bad  ].ur,ha.s,d  ..f  W 


and  water-power  where  now  stamls  the  villa-.,  of  Mmnfor.l,  and  on  the  -i:e  1 

SKTTI.ERS  OF  vvf.st  -u.E  ..K  WME.vTL.^Me  _^  a  saw-mill.    Th.y  Ibun.I  li^  iug  there  Donald  .MeKenzie,  th,.  earliest  pi.,n.:.r -t 

Coming  up  the  .lock  fi..in  Mninn.r.l.  the  tir-t  -Mtl.  r  w;,-  J..hu  M..\^^,.  r.-t.lent  ^'  in  tlnit  \ieinity.      lie  bad  cmie  from  .Seolland  to  America  in  LSU-t,  Itve.l  at  lb 

of  a  h.o.  cabin,  a  ^li.ph.rd  ..f  th.'  S.oiii-I,  lull-,  a.il  ever  eal^riTTTh.   -.r.  ..k  "  till  oyo  in  ISOO.  an.l  built  a  h.g  structure  wln.re  .^luni^.i-d  was  to  bo,  and  inangue. 

hi-  d.alh.  at  th..  h.u...ili..u..l  -p.u,  of  .,uo  huii.lr...l  .u.l  f.iir  v.'.rs.      II,.  „a-  hnri,.d  -^  eioth-drcs-ing  in  all  New  York  west  of  the  Genesee      His  cu.-tomcrs  wer.' 

in  Cal.sk.nia,  ami  hft  n.,  .  hiMnn.     Th.ii  m.M  ..boi..  wa-  Jaims  .M.  l,.,,..n.  th..        '      tribulod  ov,.r  what  is  now  ton  c.mnties.     Simon  PicTOMi,  of  I,c  I'.oy.  is  .pi 

o,.n..;  .,f  a  g...,l  f.rm.  ulo  I,  li,.  -.,1.1.  an.l  then  w.  iit  i„  I'au.ela.      Hi-  n,  i-hbor.  Turner's  history  a-  giving  the  foil. .wing  aceonnt  of  a  trip  to  this  noidibori.. 

An.h  rs.,u.  .lii.l,  an.l  lb,,  t.u.ily  lil,..»  i-,.  r.  i,i,,v,  ,|   to  C.ina,!!.     J„hn  M,l'l„.r-on  "I  t..ok   my  wlnat  ..n  hiy  horse.  r..de  down  Allen's  creek  seven  or  eight  m 

wasnn  the  imxt  plac.  uou  ..wn.sl  bv  hi- -,„,  IVt,  r.  tlu ly  ni.mb  r  .,f  iho  famiiv  when  I  came  to  a  .lark,  .hn-e-  fi.rc-t  of  ovcl..;rocn.s.  which   I  t.H.k  to  h..  a  .s 

i  ,  th,.  to»u,     Mr.  MePh,  ,s„ii  ,v.,s  a  ni.n  „  .„,,rkal,le  f.,r  p'i,.ty.  ami  a  p,!I.,r  i.,  ih'e  swamp.     On  a  hill  no.ir  th,.  e.-nlre  of  this  -wanip  w.is  a  hut.      It  was  Nov.ni 

amlor  Th„mp-,.n.  an.l    -t,.;.   I.,„  rty   «,tl,    11 iM    M,  Ph..,....u.  wb.i  di.d   a^-.s|  an.l  n,..n  at  dinner'     The  ovvii..r.  libel-,1  an,l   Int.  Ili-,,  nt    ll.,nal,l  MelCn/i,-.  wa-  ho 

r.~p..cted.  haiin.-,  u,,w  liMug  tw..   -.,i,-._.\|,.l,.„l,„.  heir   to   th,.   farm,  and  Ah-x-  h.g  a  fullile.'-n.ill.  aiel    makuii;  piv,  aral -  lir  iv...,l  .ar.liu-  ami  .  I.,lh-.lr— i. 

an.h'r.       l)...,,,ld'.-   hn.lh.r    llv..|    u.aI   ".-t.ali.l    hi-    -...,.  .b.lin   K  ,  i-    the    pres.nt  In    \SW,   McKen/ie    h.nl    hi-    e..r.lile.;-ma.  hiue    at    i...rk     an.l    I.. -!.!.-    hi-    tl 

..wn,.r,if  the   pr..p..rtv       Aml.r-..,,  wa-  th.'  m  xt  ..u.    ..f  ihi-  ehiin  ..f  -,lll..m..nt.  was   n..   oth..r  w.-st   ..f  tl...    river   but   tl.,,t    „f    Willi.ou    II.    Uo-h,  f,,  ar    li.t, 

lie   hft  the  farm  1..  his  -,.M  U.ni.l    wl„..  aft,.,  -,.u,e    ,,„-    .„,..,„„.  s„|,l   .,.  John  Duriu..-  th,.   -am.     v,:.r.  \^IK'    T M  .n.'i.i.l    i,.„-lil    the   int.  r-t    .t    l:..l 

MeNan..-ht..n.  audlh..  I.Ut.  r  auain -..I.I  il  1.,  Tlfu,..-  l'..iiik,„.,        A  loi,.f  ...illi, f  .McKay.      Iu   1^17,  .lbK..v  .oel    .M.iiol.ol  I. a. It    a   \.,r-j-   L-ri-t-iuill.  y.  I    -lateli 

Faulkner'-  life  is  n..I.h.v..l  I  ..f  i„t,f,-l        1 1..  u.,-  l.„ru  in  |1.  ir>     lr,l,,o.l    in  17'l:'..  The  boihlite.-  ha-  f..!  -l.n..    -n  -l..m    I,.- .„.  „t.  an-l  a  lar.-e  oak  riaum    il-v. 

aml.threey,..,ns..fa-...  wa-m..v..|t,.S,..,tlan.|.wh..r,.  !,.■  hi.. It, 11  I,h  s,  vent,,  nih  and  fair  run  of  -t.e..-       Tie    l..,,M,.r  «..-    *li     W  all....e,  wl...  ..r..et...l  the  I',..- 

year.       Ile'lhcn  cnli-lcl  in  the  Fir-t    li..;;,monl  of  Ib.yal  Sn.ls,  w,,,!  („  ihe  W, -t  torian  ehunh    in    C  .1.  .I.n.ia    I    ih.'  .\v,a,    l.;el,-e    the  salney.ar        .U...U1    I" 


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HISTORY  OF  MOXKOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


,..;i.l,.,i,„itli,-„I[;,mmu„Ju,ilivd 
t„t.",kit.      U!,ab.xl  IW!  f..unj 

in^  bLiiJin- uK-d  xs  Ji  biem-ry; 
Alexander  .MiDoniild.  «liu  »uu 


McKay  took  the  Caled..!iia  mill,  and  Mui:il\ 
it  to  hi3  son,  Kli.-^liii  H.  S.  .Mumt;..-d,  from  w 
operated  the  mill  till  183o,when  he  rented  i 
the  property  v.13  wdd  to  IMiilip  f»;ubutt,  wli 
3ub^'^]iiently  palsied  to  :^teJ■hL■n  Sitisbury.  to 

tUU  a  good  location  for  a  blaek?uittli--h"p. :. 
ery.  A  carpenter  nanted  Sev^ard  occupied  i 
and  village.  In  18:i?',  h.  White  erected  tl: 
and  succeeding  him  in  the  brewiiii:  buiines; 
disposed  of  it  to  M.  A.  Hyde.  It  Wiia  then  sold  to  F.  J.  Snyder  and  William 
Cruuner,  now  of  Rochester.  Snyder  dieil,  and  lieirt  sold  to  Stephen  Salisbury, 
and  he  to  II.  N.  Mather,  who  S"ld  to  James  JlcC^i"  en.  the  present  owner,  who 
uses  it  a-s  a  malt-house.  The  tirst  storekeepiT  was  I'hilip  (.iarbutt.  whose  clerk 
waji  Adam  Charlton.  The  store  bnildin;.:  stood  uptai  the  pioent  <ite  K.>i  l'h<enix 
Hall.  Pliclps  i  Havens  were  Ijarbntt's  sua-esn .rs.  and  rem.iined  a  numl-.-r  of 
years.  Albert  Brown,  early  en'.'aired  in  storeke.  piii.^,  still  li\es  near  the  villajre. 
Otis  Com-stock  built  the  store  occupied  by  Meriicrs-jn.  arid,  atlcr  several  yeai-s  in 
iradc,  transferred  to  William  llyd-,  wb,]  eontmu.d  the  l.u_-ine>3  Tlio  pi,.Meer 
inn-keeper  was  Benjanaii  Do!y.^MM,  iij-on  the  site  of  the  K.v..hanire.  The  ne.\t  in 
that  business  was  Duncan  McNauirhti-n,  wh.j  kept  public-hnuao  in  the  prest-ut 
brick  tavern,  built  by  L.  While.  Hamilt"n  Hnllenbc-ck  erected  the  stone  tavern 
about  ISliO,  and  it  was  wcupied  by  John  Watkins.  an  EuL-lishman,  for  some 
years,  and  then  by  Ira  Harmon.  Hollenbeck  himself  offioiatol  for  a  time  as  its 
host,  and  was  its  own^^  when  it  vvjls  destroyed  by  tire.  The  fir^t  physi  .n  in  the 
place  was  Dr.  Tower,  who  cime  in  IS:iti.  and  occnpied  a  small  frame  house-  yet 
standing.  He  died  within  a  short  time.  Dr.  J..hn  R.  Craig  practiced  medicine 
liere  for  many  years,  but  ill  health  Ikls  caused  liis  retii-cment  to  a  farm.  The  sur- 
vey of  the  rilb~  .....der  dii-ecti.p  of  KlihuH  S  Mnml-.Td  was  Ugun  in  1  SMO  by 
Alvin  Savage,  and  completwl  in  lS:i:i  by  D.  K  .Mc.Vaugbt.m.  The  first  school- 
house  was  a  small  fr;ime  which  .-tov.d  opposite  E.  C.  Smiths  prejcnt  residence. 
In  1832  a  stone  house  having  one  n^om  was  buiit.and  later  an  addition  of  another 
*ro*^m  was  made.  It  was  sold,  and  is  in  u.-h'  as  a  furnace.  Several  years  since  a 
rn'W.neat.and  comfortable  brick  wasere<;trd,  .inean.l  a  half  jrories  high.     It  lins  two 

named  McDowell,  in  a  lo.-  house  n..rtl,  of  the  cre-ek.  Jau.es  (.\,vey  was  one  of  the 
.•arlicrt  teachers  in  the  villa..-e.  a,nl  ren.ain-  1  several  ye.irs.  D.  V  Urown.of  Uueh- 
est.-r,  was  at  one  time  a  teacher  in  Mumti^rd.  A  p..st^.aiee  wxs  e.-tablisbed  in  the 
vill.age  about  IS."..'),  and  was  located  in  the  tavern  of  Duncan  .>lc.Nau.-hton,  tlie  first 
official.  After  a  rmmb,-r  of  years.  R.  .\.  Havens  became  his  successor.  James 
.McQueen  has  been  pa-tinaster  many  years.  A  p..st-offiee  was  establishe-i  at 
Wheatland   Centre  ab.int   l.-s:;."!.  and"  ('lark    Hall   was  postmaster.      Later.  John 

Seottsville  and  Le  Uoy  U.dlroad  w;«  surveyed  by  William  Wallace.  It  was  cum- 
pli'ted  about  1S:1S  to  Caledonia.  A  w.M.leu  track  was  laid,  and  liorsc-cars  uscil 
h>  draw  flour  and  other  articles.  Little  busincvs  was  done,  and  soon  the  road  was 
l^imitted  to  fall  to  decay.  On  the  eonstructi.m  of  the  lloehester  and  West  Line 
rsel.  J.  McNau^'htun,  the  present  ticket-.iL'ent,  was  appointed.     There  is  a  teie- 


SCOTTSVILT.K. 


1    I-aac  Scott,  of  New  Hainps 

hire,  b.)U'. 

:l,t  in  170" 

.  of  the  Wadswort 

lls,  one 

hnn- 

dr.sl  ami  fifty  acres  of  land,  at  1 

the  then  1 

,i^l,  price  ol 

■  lour  d..|l..rs  per  ac 

re.    H< 

;  built 

.  ■.•...,d  hewed-log  house  on  the 

siie  now  . 

.cxnpied  by 

iheSloenmbloek. 

Heo 

pcned 

lb'   pioneer  taveiii  in  t'ovn.  ai 

rd.  in  coi 

meclion   with  inn-k.  epin-.'.  carrie-l  0 

11   his 

l.nm.     Seott  die.1  June  Z.  1> 

IS.  ag,.l  . 

K.venty..hrc 

le  years.      Ljdia.  !i 

lis  wife 

,  died 

\n^nM   :;;i,  1S:;2,  aged  eight. 

y-tw6  yea 

ii>.       Cyrn, 

s   b...ugla-s  uune  t, 

)  Wllei 

illand 

»':b  Scott,  his  father-in-law,, 

.nd  oceu. 

ai.'d  a  log  CI 

abin  for  some  yea 

rs,  and 

then 

ll;   for  Ohio.      In    1.S14,  be. 

^ides   the 

tavern,  tin 

..f  Abi 

ahain 

Il.nford.      He  had  a  scanty  .-1 

.~kofgo 

ods  in  a  sin: 

.11  fnime  building. 

The 

g-«ls 

>■  re  furni-be-d  by  his  brcthe 

r,  at  Han 

ford's  L^noi 

lile.;,  and    sold  on 

iTimnii 

-i.ill. 

I'bi-  piom-er  tridi  sman  kepi  ; 

.t  his  bus 

ine-s  many 

years,  and  made  ■ 

noiiey. 

Dr. 

lln-tnl  w,-,.«  then  tlie  phy-ieia 

n  nf  the 

town,  and  li 

lad  a  small  frame 

h,iii.-e  1 

,Wiich 

''■    -enpied.     Durin-   ISI  1. 

Pr.    1M-. 

Ml   .ame   ,m 

t   from   New  Han 

ip-bir,. 

.  and. 

'-•rding  with  Isaac  S.vlt.  hi 

-  \in^  le.  1 

.',■  ■  an   a   me 

die.d    praeliee  whieb    ba- 

e..n- 

of  years  aller  .Mr.  H.  left  it.  Osburu  Filer  built  and  stocked  the  .store,  where  li.: 
c-ontinued  to  d;  a  m.  rrantilc  bnaines-s  till  near  bis  death,  when  he  sold  to  fr,  ,.ni;i., 
Ed3.,n,  who  kqit  a  store  for  about  ten  years.  In  ISU  there  was  a  I.mii.ry  i„ 
operation  in  the  wot  part  .if  the  viihige  ;  later  an  ashery  waa  run  by  Dr.  E.l-.ei. 
upon  the  pi.^oiit  sit.- of  the  I'resbyterian  church.  William  llaidbrd  wa-.  al-.. 
counecle.1  with  one.  The  taveiu  iiit.rest,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Scott,  was  main- 
laine-J  at  the  obi  stiiiid  by  bis  .-on,  Ja.'..b.  and  then  by  Francis  Fauv.ll.  .(ii.i..,. 
Carpenter  b.-ugbt  the  property,  and  in  IS-O    erecl'-d  the  present    K.iul.'    hot.i 

After  conducting  the  hotel  .-oine  years,  the  jml-e  put  it  in  the  hands  ..f  hi 

Ezra  and  Ira.  Four  yeare  later,  Ezra  took  control,  and  kept  pubiic-h.,11-.  nil 
ISMII,  when  he  sold  the  stand  and  thirteen  acres  of  land  to  (icor.'e  Eii.-i-n.  by 
whom  the  house  w:is  kept  fifteen  years.  William  Merritt  is  present  pi..|.ri.  l..r 
A  se.-ond  tavern  was  built  and  opened  to  the  public  about  ISiii.  by  Dr  .Viiu'm-- 
tus  Bristol ;  the  building  is  now  ihe  dwelling  of  widow  I'aul.  Hrisi..l.  after 
three  year^"  ex[K;ricncc  in  tiie  tavern,  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace,  wliieli 
office  debarred  him  from  keeping-  a  house  of  cntcrt^iinment.  In  lii'l  I.  daia.-s 
Brown  built  the  frame  tavern  yet  standing,  and  kept  house  one  year.  The  place 
was  rented  and  occupied  next  by  E.  T.  Miller  In  IS'JS,  Samuel  Wilianl  w... 
the  lanillor.l,  ami  aft.r  bim.  Ge.irge  Ensi-n.  The  first  grist-mill  in  .S-..rr,u!:. 
was  built  in  1S16  by  D.ivid  MeVeaii.  fi..r  bis  own  u.se,  and  was  trade.l  b>  lilin  1.. 
Abraham  llanford.  for  land  at  the  mouth  of  the  Seneca  river  The  mill  ..f  bail  , 
centnrv  is  vet  standiie.:.  and  is  operated  by  Mr.  Holmc-s.  Hanfonl  fail.-.l.  .ui-l  bi- 
son, William  H.  Hanf  .rd.  Jr.  ran  the'  mill  for  a  time.  Holmes  .V  Warn.  1 
bought  the  property  a  year  since,  and  the  latter  sold  out  to  his  partner.  A  bii.  k 
mill  was  erected,  about  18:;4.  by  I'owell.  It  was  run  by  him  and  by  bis  -..i,  Ini 
for  a  long  perio.1.  an.l  is  now  being  man.ig.-d  by  Malcolm  Mc\'ean.      Abiaiii  llan- 

tinued  until  its  destruction  by  fire.     The  tannery  noted  in  the  we-t  en.l  ..f  ib. 

profit  in  the  enter[irise.  Martin  Goo.Irieh  succi^eded  t.j  the  property,  ami  ei.n- 
ducted  the  hu-iness  until  recently,  when  it  was  abambmed.  The  fir-t  .li-ri!i.iy 
stood  near  the  tannery,  and  was  worked  by  Sherman  Hills  for  soverd  y.  ai  -  ..Ir  r 
the  close  of  the  war.  and  finally  .;(.is..-d  up,  the  principals — Jub.i  St..n-  iV  fc.  .  ' 

Canandai2ua—refn-in- further -npi-rr.     The  town  was  not  thereby  h... I  li 

the  exil.  since  Abraham  Hanli.rd  bnilt  and  ran  a  -.-till-  above  hi-  giist-n.ill,  Tb,- 
blackblnilh  in  a  pioneer  regi..n  to  the  agriculturist  is  inuilnal.l,-.  Hi.  -(...Is  ai.- 
not  lofty,  but  bis  labors  were  hi-lily  u-.-lul.  A  man  iianieJ  Sharp  «.,-  tb.-  lir-t 
Vulcan  in  the  village.  His  small  sln.p  near  Main  street  bnrncl  .i.  wo.  an.i  h.-  I,  It. 
Se.xt  came  Luman  Guthrie,  and  l..'L;an  w..ik  in  a  shop  n.  ar  lli.-  -ite  ..f  ib.  ..n. 
burned.  He  had  learned  his  trade  with  Oliver  Ide.  ..f  Ui.-.i.  an.l  .am.,  b,,.  <■■ 
begin  for  himself  He  later  to.A  for  a  pariner  his  b,.,,!,,,-.  Ihn-e.-v.  wb..  i.:-.l 
served  in  the  war  of  ISIli.  as  a  snb-titute  f.r  Captain  Wil.i.im  Sl.i.is  II,.  ,.  - 
moved  to  Ohio,  and  Lnuian  died  111  Xia-aia  ...iinty.        I-.iian    N"..iTh.  ..f  r.., 


ticut,  went  into  Idc's  shop;  then  siuce-led  lliiii 
he  wa»  followed  by  John  S.-Ilers.  Tb.-  slo.p  i-  u 
There   arc    some   half-dozen  >h..ps  ..f  r.s  .ot  ,..i-- 

small  log  ininsewbieb  st,...d  on  .-Iclbrs.  „,,w 
west  of  Sbatler's  h...i-e.  in  wb.il  is  i...w  lb.-  n.i.l. 

ISl'J,  it  wa-  v0t.1l  by  a  majoiiiy  of  one  to  rem..' 
fr.nne  h.m-?  was  built  near  the  pr.>.-nt  .Iw.-llii 

was  an  eccentric  Qilak.T,  who  went  bar.  f,..,t  an.l 
if  mit  all,  of  his  ebai-e;  and  ib.a.bv  ...■..--oy,  . 
sidercd.  In  this  s.-h.-.l-hons  ■  s.l,..„l-  wrr,-  k.  pt 
in..' was  next  bnill,  aiel  finally,  in  l^i.^  rbi.- 
have  built  a  groat  and  eomm. ..lions  brick  slrn.  in. 
An  ae-ad-'iny  lia.l  its  origin,  in  I.SlM.  in  a  -iib-,i 
for  the  erection  of  a  buil.li..g  whe.vin  a  sil.....l 
ta.iL'hl.  The  slru.:tniv  was  a  two-st..ry  briek.  b 
al-,ve.  The  Bev.  J..hn  .MilliL-an,  I'lv^byterian 
The  pr..j..,-.  was  nnt  profitabb-.  owin..-  to  the  nun. 


ard  C'..llins,  biick-i 


U.-.:en,.      He 
L.  C.  An.lrev 


bnilt  tb.-  brick 
.ek  ..f  ,-■»..!-.  eol 
v  i.Mr..l  t..hls  t 
■ss   in    tin-    Hanf, 


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HISTORY    OF    MONROE    COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Th«  p..st-.,ffi<;e  due.t  from  1S22.  Id  the  earlier 
mail  -Jis  rertivcKl  f r  ct  C::nii,-\jLh;\a.  llie  only  office 
office  was  luc^it.ni  at  Caloilunia.  ami  Kn;iily,  in  the  yc 
estaWwhcJ  at  SwitLsvill...,  in  the  h.mse  of  Dr.  t'reernj 


■ilstei.ee  of  the  villaire  ib 
v.st  „f  (ieneva.  Then  an 
■  m.'ntiuned,  an  office  was 
E.isoir,  whi,  received  the 


appoiiittuent  as  po?aiia.-ter  liii  firit  ag-^nt  was  Dr.  David  Licy,  then  a  student 
with  the  doe'tor.  The  secund  a.-cnt  was  Ira  C'ar|K.-nier,  wlio  later  became  post- 
master, and  held  the  place  many  years,  (Jttn  Bennett  wxs  one  of  the  most  re- 
cent officials,  and  held  till  \X7-.  when  .lohn  Crntl  was  appointed.  His  sui.'Cosor 
was  Earl  II.  Sloeum,  the  present  postmaster.  -The  old  mail  route  was  from 
Rochester  to  Vork,  and  the  mail  was  carried  on  horseback,  by  a  boy-ai:ent  of  Juilire 
Hayden'a.  A  canal  was  completed  from  RochcsliT  to  ^jcttsville  in  IS40,  and 
during  September  of  that  year  the  Hrst  boat  came  up.  The  boat  was  a  small 
packet,  towed  by  two  horses  umvin-j  on  a  tmt.  Captain  Brewster  was  in  com- 
mapd.  The  Rochester  and  State  Line  Railro.-id  runuiuL'  tn  I,e  Roy  was  finished 
in  187*4,  and  Herbert  Durr  appointed  lucul  ticket  airent. — a  position  he  continues 
to  hold.  A  telegr.iph  office  was  ojwned  in  the  village  soon  after  the  car^  began 
to  run,  and  it  has  since  been  moved  to  the  dcpoL 

SOCIETIES    OF    SCOTTSVILLK. 

Tompkmi  L.,dge  of  F.  .t-  A.  M..  No.  Xlrt,  was  chartered  in  1822,  and  held  ili 
sesstoDS  at  Scottsville  until  1S."U,  when  it  cea.sed  to  exist.  Among  the  charter 
members  were  Powell  Carpenter,  Alvin  S.iv.ige,  James  Smith.  Francis  Smith, 
Samuel  B.  Graves,  Fowler  Albright.  .Mr.  Cro-ss,  and  Mr.  Brown.  There  are  but 
[two  surviving  members  of  the  lodge — William  Welch,  of  Scottsville,  and  Powell 
iCarpenter,  Jr.,  of  Lc  Roy.  These  are  all  that  are  remembered  of  seventv  mem- 
bers when  the  charter  was  surrendered.  The  Masons '  held  meetings  witiiin  the 
upper  room  of  the  school-house  ou  Rochester  street,  this  upper  story  having 
been  built  by  them  and  held  from  1S2.'5  to  1S34.  Since  that  date,  1S34,  no 
lodge  existed  until,  on  January  l.V  1875,  a  dispensation  was  issued,  and  a  charter 
granted  on  June  22,  1875.  to  Oatka  L;,lye,  Xo.  759.  J..hn  C.  Hill,  Master; 
N.  B.  Jones,  S.W. ;  T.  R.  Sibley.  J.  W. ;  George  E.  Slocum,  Secy ;  J.  C.  Xeofie, 
Tr«a3. ;  George  E.  Muar,  S.  D. ;  B.  L.  Warren,  J.  D. ;  M.  H.  Pope  and  J.  S. 
'W.arren,  M.  of  C.  ;  D.  B.  Hitchcock,  Marshal ;  George  Rosa,  Tyler ;  T.  A.  Car- 
on  and  K.  H.  Slocum  were  the  remaining  charter  members.  J.  C.  Hill  is  present 
Master ;  F.  R.  Sibley,  S.  W. ;  E.  G.  Armstrong.  J.  W. ;  J.  C.  Neaphie,  Treas.  ; 
(iid  C.  B.  Franklin,  ,-<ec'y.  .Meetings  were  held  in  Odd-Fellows'  Hall,  over  the 
fnarble-shop.  .\fter  charter  was  received,  the  lodge  met  in  the  hall  over  the  store 
of  Xeafie  &  Shadbult.     Membership,  twenty-five. 

ScotltvUle  lAiitqe,  No.  371,  /.  0.  of  0.  F.  was  instituti>d  December  1,  1873. 
x»ith  the  following  charter  members:  M.  R.  Ballentine,  S.  .V.  G.;  H.  P.  Shaw. 
i  V.  0. ;  Byron  Ro.gors.  S.  R.  3. :  A.  H.  Robinson.  S.  T. .  C.  M.  Palmer.  B.  W.  ; 
J.  S.  Warner,  S.  C.  ;  J.  I.  Denm.an,  S.  R.  S.  >'.  G. ;  E.  B.  Scofield.  S.  L.  S  X. 
G. ;  Jacob  Green,  S.  R.  S.  V.  G. :  J.  F.  Mo.jn.  I.  R.  S.  S.  ;  W.  C.  Grass,  S.  L. 
9.  V.  G. ;  Adelbert  Widcner,  I.  L.  S.  S. :  William  H.  Pennine;.  S.  0.  G. ;  A.  L. 
Widener,  I.  I.  G. ;  J.  E.  Seeley  and  George  Rosa,  S.  The  lodge  numbers  about 
lixty  members.  They  have  fitted  up  a  neat,  comfortable  hall  over  W.  .K.  Wil- 
iams'  marble-works. 

I  METHODIST   EPISCOP.IL   CHIBCH    OF    3C0TTSVII.LK. 

During  the  early  days  of  Scoiisville  it  knew  little  preaching.  Occasionally 
tho.sc  who  had  been  of  the  church  in  Mass,achu5ctls  and  other  Stau^  cast  met 
at  their  several  homes,  and  the  more  prominent  led  the  meetings.  The  Meth.> 
dists  were  the  pioneers  of  rcli'.:ioD  in  this  re-JrioD.  and  siiin  after  1820  a  cla.ss  was 
formed  of  the  following  persons:  Joel  Hunter,  wile,  and  one  daui:hter.  Mrs.  Car- 
penter, John  Ilerroun,  Henry  Tailiox.  and  Mr-.  Buck— .seven  in  all.  They  held 
meetings  at  intervals,  and  were  occasionally  vi.-it.d  by  Elder  Benajah  Williams. 
On  February  U.  1827  members  and  friends  of  the  .Mcth.di.-t  order  assembled 
and  incoq'orateil  a  society  in  acconlance  with  the  statute  J.  E.  Cole  and  E. 
Boardnian  were  called  to  preside,  and  the  f;>linwin--nanicd  were  chcwn  the  finit 
board  of  trustees :  John  Grt>wncnd.  John  H.iir..un.  John  Babcock.  Henry  T.ir- 
bcx,  and  Joel  Hunter.  During  the  following  summer  a  .subscription  was  cir- 
culated, and  on  October  10,  1827.  it  was  determined  to  build  a  brick  nieoting- 
hou.~e,  thirty-two  by  forty-four  feet  in  size,  an.i  the  j.astor.  Rev.  John  Cop,.|and. 
was  app^iintcsj  agent  for  the  tru.-rcr-s  to  a['plv  sobjcribcd  funds.  ( tne  humlred  and 
ten  persons  were  subscribers  to  the  bniidtng  tund.  besides  the  contributions  of  the 
youth  to  furnish  the  hnu.se.  Powell  Cirpeiiter  led  the  li-t  with  two  hundred  and 
seventy-five  dollars.  Rev.  J.  Copcland  f.)llowc-.l  with  one  hundred  dollars.  The 
t^jtal  subscribed  was  one  thousand  six  hundnil  ;uid  fi!'t\ -nine  dollar*.      House  ;ind 

in  this  church  dal,-a  February  2::  1.-21,  ,v|„.„  ]•  C.oi,,  utcr  ami  l>r.  E.  G.  Munn 
wcr,..  elctcd  tni5ic.-s.  In  I-<::1  K.v.  John  Wiley  w;,s  |.:.sior.  .uid  in  18:!;i  l!.v. 
3.  A.  Baker  was  in  charge,  when  the  building  was  ri  p;nrcd  inside  and   reseated. 


It  was  again  repaired  in  1873  at  com-idorable  expense.  Rev  John  W  Sanb  .n, 
is  the  present  pastor.  He  was  preceded  by  Charles  B.  Sparrow.  Presi.pt  m,  ru- 
bers,  ninety-seven.  Attendance,  one  hundred  and  soventy-tive.  A  Sabbaiii  s  li,„.| 
has  long  been  connected  with  the  church.  Joseph  Moon  is  the  superintend. -hi 
It  has  a  library  of  three  hundred  and  fit\v  volumes. 


THE    PRESBVTERU 


URfH    OF    SCOTTSVILLE 

21,  Rev.  Chauncv  Cxik.  of  Chil 


is  of  comparatively  recent  date.     In 

one-founh  of  his  t'ime  to  the  citizens  of  Wheatland.  In  March,  1822,  a  .  bur.  I, 
having  eleven  membeis  was  op.-anized  on  the  Congrogalional  basis,  by  a  cimuniti,.. 
con.sisting  of  Revs.  Cook,  Penny,  and  Everett.  The  church  was  received  und.  r 
care  of  the  presbytery  on  April  16.  1822.  and  original  members  were  from 
churches  of  Caledonia,  Riga,  and  Chili.  Presbyterian  form  was  adopted  aixl 
ruling  elders  elected  in  1832.  The  church  numbered  twenty  four  members  in 
1826,  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  in  1834.  and  one  hundred  and  tiftc-u  in  l-l.", 
Rev.  John  Mulligan  began  to  preach  m  elated  supply  in  1821.      Rev.  William  I-' 

j  Cuny  followed,  and  then  Rev.  Ab.iol  I'armele  two  years,  from  .M:vy,  1-27.  lUv. 
Jacob  Hart  then  served  as  stated  supply  two  years.     Rev.  Lewis  Cheescman  b.-.-an 

I  as  supply  May,  1831.  was  installed  p.istor  1.-34.  and  dismissed  October  2.T.  Isi'.t: 
Next  May  Rev.  Eli  S.  Hunter.  D.D..  be-:m  to  miniiter  to  the  church.  He  w:,. 
installed  September  20,  1837,  and  dismis.sed  June2G,  1839.  Rev.  Seldon  Hayn, . 
was  supply  in  1840.  Rev.  Linus  W.  Billington  began  to  labor  here  in  the  spring 
of  1841,  and  was  in.stalled  July  20  of  that  year. 

X  house  of  worship  was  erected  and  completed  in  1831.  In  extent  it  wa- 
forty-two  by  fifty-four  feet,  and  suppliiMi  ample  and  comfortable  acconimodatiotis 
In  December,  1837,  s^mie  fitty  members,  adhering  to  the  old-school  General  .\^- 
sembly,  seceded,  and  were  org.inized  at  the  church  of  Scottsville.  and  placed  undi  r 
care  of  the  presbytery  of  Wyoming.  In  1845  it  consisted  of  about  fifty  oieni- 
bers.  For  some  five  years  Rev  Lewis  Chceseman  was  their  pastor.  He  was 
followed  by  Rev.  Edwin  Bronson,  who  in  two  years  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Rich- 
ard JIcKay. 

THE   CATHOLIC   CHURCH    OF   ST.    MXRY. 


in  Scottsville.  traces  an  origin  in  a  meeting  held  about  l&4ti.  in  a  larcc  brick 
building  purchased  of  Philip  Garbutt  during  th,it  year.  \l  the  meeting.  Rev. 
Bernard  O'Reilly,  of  St.  Patrick's,  at  Rochester.  w.i3  chaii-man.  The  familii-s 
from  Wheatland  and  vicinity  represented  were  William  Totie,  James  Early,  and 
i  Michael  McDonald,  of  Chili'  and  of  the  town.  M.  Sheridan.  P.  Rairerty'.I.ihn 
•  Conners,  William  Carson.  John  McPbillips,  P.  Farrell,  h.  Cunningham.  0. 
Pidgeon,  Richard  Barren,  James  Scullcn,  Thomas  Shields,  WiHiam  Conolly.  and 
others.  The  house  noted  served  the  society  till  1854,  when  the  present  oliunli 
was  ready  for  occupation.  The  edifice  is  forty  by  eighty  Icet,  and  Via-  an  ad.lition 
eighteen  by  thirty  feet.  It  has  a  steeple  one  hundred  and  seven  feet  high.  »ill 
Stat  five  hundred,  and  cost   ten   thousand  dollars.     The  first   visiting  priest   lo 

Scottsville  was  Father  O'Reilly,  who  came  once  a  month  and  held  mas-  in  ll Id 

building.     Others  made  occasional  visits,  till  Rev.  Edward  O'C.nnor  w:.s  statioii.d 

i        here  in  1846.      He  reinaine.1  a  few  ycai-s.  and   Rev.  Michael  W.lch  w.s  bis  -m- 

i        cesser   for   a  period  of  two  yeiur.      Rev.  James  McGlew  remained  four  _\.;ir-. 

'        During  this  time  the  church  was  built.     Rev.  Richard  Story  was  in  ilnr-j,  two 

years,  and  Rev.  J.  V.  O'Donohue  for  ten  years.     Alter  hini  .  .uoe  I'r    I-mJiiiii 

.      for  two  years.      Then  Rev.  Maher  stayed  a  year,  and  w.is  -».-,  ,...|,  .i  |,y    l^ali.r 

McDonald,  who  went  to  Irel.iud,  at  1  there  died.     Sucic-sive  pa-tor-  iiav,-  beeti 

Fathers  Buckley,  Miller.  Maher,  ai.d  Madder,  present  pastor.     The  organizmion 

num'ocrs  and  resources. 

THE    EPI.sTOf.VL    i  lit  UCH    OF    MfMKORU 
built  a  small  frame  church  in  lS:i5  where  now  st.imls  the  brick  scin«.l-hou-e. 
The  society   worshiped    here  a  few  yeais  and  then  dL-.-olvtd.     The  tburel,  »;.- 
the  first  one  erected  in  the  village,  and  it  and  its  site  were  sold  for  sihool  pur- 
poses.    The  minister  was  Rev.  Gille.spie,  who  gave  the  society  but  part  of  hi- 

THE  CATHOLIC  rillRrn   At    MlMFORn 
was  built  about  1840,  upon  an  acre  site  purch.ascd  of -lohn  II    Anthony       It  is  a 
oiie-srory  frame.     The  Scottsville  priests  officiate  here. 

THE  CNITED  PKf.sllVTERt-VX  (111  Rill.  MIMIHRD. 
was  0P.;anizcd  .May  13,  18li9,  by  authority  of  the  Cnited  Presbytery  of  Cul.doui.i. 
The  following  weir  members  at  the  orL-aiii/alion :  Saiuu.  I  Irviii.  William  l!..l.en- 
s.m.  Dr.  John  N.  Crai*.-  and  wif-.  Mrs.  1).  C.  .Mc.V.if.:l.ton,  .lobn  .M,  liiide. 
Christie  Stewart.  Christie  Mr l'l„i>o„.  Kate  CraiL'.  Ge^.r-c  Katolall.  Jeantiett, 
Bliieknier.  Margaret  Stuart.  Mary  MelM,.,-,,,,.  .Mari.riret  l!ol,ii,-oi,,  .Mrs.  li>ni, 
,        Uai»-1  Armstrong,  M.  .Vrn.strong,  Jane  K.  Irviii,  John  and  Catlni  iiic  Arni-trong. 


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HISTOIIY  OF   MONROE  -COUNTY,  NE^W   YORK. 


195 


J.  C.  McNau^-ht<iu,  J.meA  Crai-    J.  C.   McBri,!.-.  G.  T-'alkor.  K 

(ira>,t,  Robert 

SujwAIt,  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Allen.      Mcolinui  have  btvi,  hc-ld  tl,,n,  ll 

, f  C.toi.aicn 

in  a  small  buil.lin?  in  Miinitbrd.     The  ,up|,iv  from  m-MusCmn 

till  hVI.,u:,rv  I 

1873,  was  Rev.  \V.  J.  Rol.in.son.  pastor  of  BoiiLih  cwi,-r....-itMi 

Kariv  in   the 

year  named  the  eon^rre'/ations  were  united,  and  tlie  prts.  nt  (m.-lt 

W,  II.  Haw,  V 

was  installed  June  IS,  I.STIi.      The  consi^L-,.tin„  a-   .MliuIm.V,  1 

e,  a  ehureh    in- 

closed,     tt  13  built  G..thic  jtvlo,  of  aione.     Rs  dwii.-ti-;.,iE.  .in-  ih 

riv-jii  bv  fiftv- 

sit  feet.     On  the  nortliwe.-t  corner  is  a  tower,  and  in  it  a  side 

eurauee.      The 

ciders  who  have  served  have  been  William    K.Hwrtson.  .Samuel 

rw,n.  0.  Allen 

Apnl 


and   David  .Niehok.     The  Sabbaih-.school 


THE    UNITED    PRESByTERI.^ 


OF    BELL.VU 


was  formallj  orjinized  Fobruarr  -1.  1S.'>2.  with  twenly-soven  member?,  named 
as  follow.^:  Alexander  Andor-..n,  Mar-.ret  liluc,  Duncan  Campbell.  Xancy,  Archi- 
bald, Catharine,  Peter  J.,  and  Margaret  Campbeil.  Mar,-:,ret  Uu.^tln,  John, 
Mary,  and  Duncan  Jlenzie.  John  and  Isabel  .Malljck.  Duneaii  \V.  and  Cath.irine 
McPhersoD,  Daniel,  Daniel  M.,  Malcolm,  and  Catharine  McArthur,  Catharine 
McV'can,  Jeanctte  \Vat<»n.  and  others.  The  church  bnildin-.-  is  a  frame,  forty- 
two  by  sixty  feet  in  size,  and  will  seat  ab«3ut  four  hundred  persons.  Tiie  edifice 
was  opened  January  1,  18.t2,  by  the  Rev.  D.  0.  Laren,  of  Caledonia,  whose 
charge  extended  to  this  church.  The  house  stands  three  miles  northwest  of 
Mumford,  at  what  are  known  as  Beulah  Comers.  Rev.  [saiah  Ferris  served  as 
pastor  from  December  U,  1S.')2,  until  June  15,  IS.iS  Rev.  William  J.  Robin- 
son, from  Deci:'mber  H,  1Sj9.  until  January  2J.  1873;  and  the  prese-  '  pastor, 
W.  H.  Hawev,  was  installed  June  18.  l'87:l  Robert  .McVean  and  Malcolm 
McArthur  were  made  ruling  elders  at  onjnnization.  The  ciincTei;afion  numbers 
one  hundred  members.  It  has  a  fine  Sunday-school,  of  which  Alexander  Mc- 
I'herson  is  suj^rinfndent 

THE   BAPTIST  CHIRCH    OF    WHE.ITLA.VD. 


On  May  25,  ISIl,  a  number  of  Bapi 
'school-house,  for  a  conference  re^pectins  meet 
KIder  William  Firman  was  moderator,  and  J; 
was  appointed  to  draunht  articles  and  covenant. 


brethren  met  by  appointment,  at  a 

[in^s  atid  the  formation  of  a  .society. 

h  Blackmer  clerk.     A  committee 

It  w.as  voted  "  that  brother  r^miten 


Irish  open  our  meetings  on  Ixird's  days,  and  call  on  the  brothers  to  improve  the 
time."  On  June  10,  1811,  Andrew  0.  Cne  was  baptized  by  Elder  David  Irish. 
On  July  6,  followin-.  Elder  Cyrus  Andrews,  missionary,  connected  with  the 
Shaftsbur^  Ass*Kiatioo.  met  with  the  people  and  or^nizod  a  church.  The  mem- 
bers of  this  church  were  Ran.-om  Harmon,  Jirah  Blackmer.  Benjamin  Irish.  A. 
G.  Cone,  Joseph  Tucker.  Henry  Martin,  Lydia  Harmon,  Mary  Martin.  William 
Lacy,  Wm.  Welch,  Joseph  DouL-lass.  .nnd  I'olly  Tucker.  The  third  Thursday  of 
August,  1S12,  was  observed  as  a  day  of  prayer  and  thankspvinc.  as  recommeuded 
by  the  presbytery.  T'p  to  1818  the  society  had  incre.x«ed  to  sixty-two  members. 
On  October  1,  1823,  Parker,  the  agcJ.  Wiliiim  Printup,  and  Coanda  Barnett,  In- 
dians, baptized  at  Tonaw;mda,  united  with  the  church.  Abel  Bingham  and  wife, 
with  these  persons,  were  constituted  a  branch  of  the  church.  Parker  died  in 
182C.  tlder  Solomon  Brown,  first  pa--t,.r.  died  in  lSi:i.  Elder  Eli  Stone  was 
with  the  church  four  years.  Aristarchus  Willey,  Horace  Criswell,  John  .Middle- 
Ion,  Daniel  Eldri.lgc.'fiibbon  Williams,  H.  K  Stiii.son,  Austin  Harmon.  Rev- 
oronds  Bainbridgo,  Clark.  Sliotwell,  Holmes,  and  .Morse  have  preached  thr  this 
congregation,  which  has  now  no  regular  pa-tor.    Many  of  these  men  wimt  highly 

f '-ifted  and  wcll-educate<l  men.  imbued  with  devotional  spirit,  and  active  in  their 
odelcd.  It  h.id  hi-h,  deep  gallerie^s;  high, 
railing;  the  pulpit  was  elevated,  and  was 
each  side.     The  pulpit  was  of  box-shai-o. 

.Jargc  enough  to  hold  two  persons  in  close  quarters.  Just  .t*  the  liouse  was  ready 
to  Ive  occupied  it  burned  down,  and  the  disaster  was  keenly  felt.  Elder  Stinson 
prcache<J  on  the  next  S.ibhath  from  these  words. — ■■  ()ur  holy  and  our  bcaiitiful 
house  where  our  fatberri  praised  The-c  is  burned  up  with  fire,  and  all  our  pleasant 
•hiii'js  are  laid  waste."  There  was  a  ready  application  of  Scripture  in  th.rsodays 
which  comes  to  us  refreshing  by  its  novclly.  The  fumis  were  soon  raised  for 
«nothcr  church,  and  in  November,  18.4.'>.  the  new  house  was  occupied,  and  the 
•1-dh-ation  services  were  conductMl    by  Rev     Whitman   Melcalf,  of    Broi'kport. 


ary  ;ii.  iN-.; 


duties.  In  IS-l.J  the  church  was  r 
straight-backed  seats,  with  a  shar] 
it'achcd  by  an  extensive  stairway 


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to  July,  1859,  the  church  was  suppli^l   (Von.   R.,ehestcr  Theolo'/ieal  ; 
In  the  year  last  named  D.  H.  Miiiejer,of  Le  Kov,  bc.-an  his  labora,  and 
21,  lSi;»,was  ordainesj  and  inst.dled  as  pa-tor.  and  re.-iciicd  M.iy  5,  l.->i;ii.    .\^,in 
suppli.'d  from  R-.ehester  till  IVi„l,er  2^.  I'^W..  when  Uev,  M.  W.  n..lTne-  -ett!.„| 
.Li  pastor  of  the  .Mumfur,!  aiel   Wheatland  eliorehes  jointly,  and  re-iiined  Julv 
;i.  18C7.     Supplied  till  .^Iar.h  1,  18t;S,  when  Rev.  D.  .Morse  se^ttlcd  as  pastor  o'f 
the  two  churches,  ami  icsi-ned  November  22,  ISCS.     Supplied  till  DeeemlnT    1, 
1871,  when  8    W.  Culver  became  pastor  of  the   Mumford  church.      He.  .....   r,.- 

siiined  .\ovi,mbcr  H,  1875,  and  the  cloirch  is  at  present  withimt  a  piutor      The 

Deacon  W.  F.  Garbutt.     The  meiubers  of  the  church  constitute  an  ennillmeni 
of  thirty-six  names. 


Cyrus  Dough 


THE    F.^^R.MER.s■    LIRR.VRY 

JF    \MIE.\Tt.ANU. 

s  org-anized  Januarv  2.i.  18 

1.5,  with  Peter  81 

..ffer  as  libr 

reasurer;  and  John  Finch, 

Iau.es  W,.od.  an.l 

Cbristoph., 

The 


i        Albri-ht,  Nathaniel  Taylor.  Powell  Carpenter,  and  Isaac  Sott.     The  propri,i.,i, 

rapidly  increased  in  number,  so  that  in  ISotl  they  mustered  s.'Yenty-uie  name-. 
'  Each  proprietor  paid  one  .lollar  and  fifty  centj!  f..r  a  .share,  ami  half  a  il..ll..r  a«- 
i  nually.  Books  were  intelligently  chosen,  well  read,  and  th..r.jughly  «uilcrstiK,.l. 
1  This  was  the  pioneer  library  west  of  the  Genesee  river.  The  first  biH.ks  were 
1  purchased  at  Canandaigua.  at  the  book-store  «.f  Myron  Holly,  and  were  ciirri..,il 
I  upc.n  the  back  of  John  Garbutt  to  their  Hel.l  of  silc.t  but  powerful  i.iflucnce.  The 
'       second  rule  of  the  association  w;is  that  •■  The  Fanncra'  Library  shall  always  be  kept 

within  the  distance  of  two  miles  from  the  bridge  across  Aliens  creek  on  Uaae 
0  Scott's  farm,  at  the  most  convenient  place,  a.s  shall  be  nn.ioally  agree.l  to  by  a 

majority  of  the  proprietors  of  said  libriry."     In  1801).  by  an  almost  nn.mimons 

vote,  the  library  was  ni..ved  toand  .atablished  at  Sprinsfield  Mills.  Tru.s.ees  hel.l 
^  annual  meetings  to  select  new  b'K.ks  an.l  to  transact  .)iuer  buslne?^.      A  -.icneial 

meeting  was  held  quarterly  t..  retun.  volume's.  The  largest  volume  couM  be  rc- 
'.-Z-  tained  six  weeks  ;  the  smaller,  three.  In  lSii7,  Cyrus  Dougla.-s  was  libnuian,  an.l 
j        Powell  Carpenter  treasurer.    In  18 10.  Peter  Shaffer  w:is  chose.,  treasurer,  a.id  J.-hu 

Finch  and  Nathaniel  Taylor  triL-tces.  On  the  second  Tues.lay  in  .March.  1811.  th,- 
i  proprietors  met  at  Springfield  Mills  for  the  purpose  of  incorporati.i:;  the  lil.nivv. 
i        The  name  "  Farmers'   Lihrarv"  was  still  retained.  a..d  the  foil.Hvin.j  weie  eli.i-cn 

trustees:    Francis  Albright.  John  Finch.  Eliakain  Jones,  I) ,1,1  MeKe.izie.  an.l 

-  John  Garbutt.  The  first-named  were  librarian  an.l  treasun-r  for  s,,mo  yoais. 
j  The  library  was  rcmovi^l  i.i  1816  to  William  Gaibutt's.  In  -,822  sh^ires' were 
;        raised  to  two  dollars,  and  the  next  yar  three  .lollars,  while  the  annual  dues  were 

made  seventy-five  cents.     In  ls3."!'  the  library  onsisted  of  nine  hundrc  1  v..lum.,s. 

1       result  in  ISGD.     In  ISiitJ,  Philip  G-arl.utt  w.is  cbo-en  librarian,  and  has  held  the 
office  to  the  present  time. 

TOW.N    .MF.ETIN.iS    A.SI)    OFFICIALS. 

The  town  of  Wheatland  was  organized  .x-  Inverness  on   Fcbn.ary  2:'..  l~-'l. 
and  the  first  ..lei-ting  for  the  el.et,  ,n  .if  t,jvvn  ..fficei-s  appointcl  t.,  be  hel.l  at  tli,- 
'        house  of  Powell  Carpenter  ..n  Tn.-d  ;y. 


■  J,l  ,.r  April  folL.wing.  Pi 
to  election  on  the  day  and  at  the  |,l,ne  ,1,  -i,nu,  ,1,  it  w.xs  v,.ted  that  the  i 
tion  of  town  officers  should  b,;  s.v  nly-live  tent.,  per  day.  It  was  tb.ii 
the  office  .)f  collector  be  put  up  ai  aueti.m  to  the  lowe-t  bidd.  r,  and  thi 
obtains  the  office  give  ses;iirity  to  pay  to  the  town  the  rcsi.liie  of  the  | 
over  and  above  his  bid.  .I..lin  Garhi.ic  was  chosen  supervisor;  Levi  I. 
clerk;  William  Reed,  Jirah  BUkincr.  ami  W'iliiam  Garimti,  a-t-or- 
Stokoe  bid  the  cillecting  off  at  two  per  cent.;  Raws.ui  llanm.n  : 
Shaffer,  overseers  of  poor;  J...s..vh  Cox.  Clark  Hall,  and  Ephraim  1 
commissioueni  of  highways;  Freeman   Eds.....  Th...nas  L..wr,y.  Jinili    1 

W.  McPherson,  inspectors  .if  comiu..n  scl.o..ls;  Caleb  Calkins  and  Chc-t. 
constables.      It   was  then  vot<Hl    ■  that  we  raise   no  m..ncys  t'..r  the   p 

portofthc  comm..nscl..«.ls:'  Jirah  lil.i,  klner,  Win.  K.-ed.aii.l  U'ni  liar 
cho.scn  to  take  the  census  of  1S2I.  Th.  re  w.-re  s.ve„ty..:ii..ht  names  .. 
liable  to  be  jurors  returned  to  the  county  clerk;  and  at  the  -.■ii,it..ri,.l  . 
April,  1821,  the  town  polled  ..ne  hundriKl  and  f.irty-five  v..les.  '11. 
nineteen  ro.a.l  districts  on  the  formation  of  the  town,  an.l  the  toll,,>v 
el..H;tcd  overseers,  respectively,  fr.nn  .hi.;  upwards:  R.Miben  llculi,  -Ja 
William  Carbiilt.  D.ivi.l  MeVcaii.  Raws..,,  Harm..n,  Jr.  Jirah  Uli.kn., 
P.  Bl.aklii.-r.  Eleaz,,r  Calkli.s.  P.,|.,r  W.  .Mil'lieis,.,...  Wm.  W  .\|.  I'l.er- 
.MclMi.-rs.>ii,  Sr..l'h:irl.s  Kill.mi.  E/ra  S.-olieid,  .'r,.  J..hii  8h.,.lb..li.  D.nn 
William  Frazer,  Tl .as  (,..wrey,  H.  Huteblns..n,  and  Alexander  U.J.-C. 


C  H  I  L  I. 


The  town  of  Chili  was  formed  by  a  tlivision  of  the  ori;:inal  town  of  lliea,  wliicii 
for  several  vears  embraced  all  the  territory  now  inelmled  in  both  towns.  Its 
organization  w;i3  perfected  at  the  lirbt  town  nieetini:.  held  at  the  honsc  of  James 
Coleman,  on   the  second  day  of  April,    1S22,   by  the  election  of  the  following 

Supervisor,  Joseph  Sibley ;  Town  Clerk.  Joshua  Howell ;  A^sessora.  llenjarain 
Bowen,  Joseph  Davis,  Daniel  Fnintlyn.  Jr. ;  Ro:id  Corainissioners,  William 
Wooden,  William  Holland.  Geor-.:  Brown  :  .«..h«.l  Com.ni.^sioner-.  T.-aac  Bnrritt. 
Berkley  Gillctt  ;  School  [nspcetgv-.  Daniel  Ba,--clt.  Alfred  SclioScld.  I'liny  fields; 
Overseers  of  the  I'oov,  John  Whetmore.  Jo_-c|.b  Thnmi.«.n,  .r..shun  Howell ; 
Town  CoUiK-tor,  Benjamin  Brown  ;  Con=table.i,  Thoni:>s  Sheldon.  Daniel  Janie.-on, 
Moses  Spcrry,  Kbon  Bnrnham.  Chili  la  situated  in  the  ori;.-inal  •'Mill-Seat 
Tract,"  with  the  Gonesoe  river  fir  its  eastern  b<inudary.  alon;;  which  it  extends 
several  miles,  and,  at  the  northeiist  comer,  joins  on  to  the  city  of  Bnehester. 
Previous  to  the  division  of  the  old  town  of  Xonhampton,  on  Dc-emlwr  8.  130T, 
it  was  known  :13  Ka.'^t  Vnltnev,  so  called.  Ux-au.-.*;  at  that  time  it  ti>nueil  the  eastern 
portion  of  the  estate  bcloncnni:  t<i  tlie  Pultney  heirs.  It  extends  ea^t  and  w-e>;t 
along  the  north  line  about  nine  and  one-third  mile-,  along  the  s.juth  line  nearly 
five  miles,  with  awi.lth  north  .uid  -^nuth  of  uver-ii  uMc.  which  'jives  an  area  of 
about  tlirty-four  s<(nare  milia.  The  .surface  of  the  t.nvn  comprises  three  divisions: 
the  southwestern,  which  is  divid.»<i  into  sixtceu  .M,-.iions.  each  subdivided  into  six 
oue-hundred-acrc  farm  lots;  the  northwestern,  sopanited  from  the  firmer  by  Black 
creek,  which  is  divided  into  resular  one-hundred-acrc  farm  lots;  and  the  eastern 
division,  lying  between  the  two  f.jruier  and  ihe  river,  which  is  divided  into  irre- 
gidar  farm  lots,  varviu-  -n  sh.ipe  and  si/.-.  The  surface  is  .sliL-htly  rollinir.  thoosh 
not  sufficient  t,.  interfere  with  cultivation.  ,ind  inclines  t..  the  ea=t.  This  made 
drainage  into  the  river  lhorou;.;li  .ami  easy,  which  i.s  invaluable  in  he.i\ily-timl«red 
sections,  where  many  wet  and  marshy  places  exist  by  the  retenti-'U  i>f  water  on 
the  surface  thnutgh  dec.iyin;:  rinitwr  and  obstructed  courses.  The  snil  is  ;:cne- 
rally  of  a  clay-hmm  mi.tcd  wiih  -oid.  South  of  Bl.ick  cre.-k  gnivelly  knolls  are 
to  be  found,  some  of  which  are  .|uite  e.xtcnsive.  A  larL'c  one,  c-.dled  •'  Dumpling 
hill,"  ris.>3  near  the  river,  south  ..f  the  creek.  The  .-.)il  is  strong,  very  produc- 
tive, and  of  easy  cultivation  ;  in  the  cereal  crops  it  is  second  to  none  in  the  State, 
and  has  always  responded  to  the  indu-try  of  the  husliandman  with  lar>;e  amJ 
abundant  returns.  It  is  unusually  well  watered.  Besides  having  a  continuous 
river-front  of  about  cii.:ht  miles.  Black  cri«'k.  a  large  stream  with  nunuM-ous  tribu- 
taries, flows  through  the  a-ntre  Imm  w,  si  lo  c,i>i  into  the  Genesee  river.  A  largo 
bninch,  .supplied  by  Blue  pond  ii,  th- o.wn  ■.!  Uli.-.ii;.m.l.  enten,  Chili  near  the 
southwest  corner,  and,  pas.-ite_'  flirou-jh  Cnto-ii.  bcirs  to  the  nonhcast  and  enters 
Bl,ick  crts-k  near  the  centre  of  the  town.  An.uhcr  lar-e  branch  tiows  two  miles 
from  and  parallel  with  the  river;  also  several  siuallcr  ..ucs.  parallel  with  the  two 
latter.  Sow  into  Black  creek  from  the  south.  Uu  the  north  four  or  Hve  .streams 
flow  into  bolh  the  creek  and  the  river.  A  p.'od  near  the  ,-smthea-t  corner  of  (he 
town  has  an  outlet  into  the  Genes,  c  river,  .\.  ar  the  river,  and  paralK  I  th.  rel..,  the 
Genesee;  Valley  canal  pa-ses  dia..'..nallv  thr..M...h  lb.-  t-.wn.  The  new  K,,clu~t.r 
and  Stale-Line  Bailmad.  lat.dy  consirucl.d  fn.m  U,.chc-tcr  to  I,e  i:..y.  in  G.iicsc-e 

river,  and  has  localcil  tw.,  ,»tati..us  in  Chili.     The  m.iiu  line  of  the  Xcw  York 
Central  Kailnad  j.as-es  through  the  n..rthw.-t  pari,  a  distaiue  of  al...ut  five  miles. 

and  has  h.cal.d  a  stali.in  at    .Vorlh  ('bill,      Tl hi  ll...h.-I.r  and  Batavia  -tnge- 

road  al*i  pas-.s  Ihrongh  the  u..rll.  part  ..f  the  i..w.,  ..u.|  -..nth  of  the  nilr.ad. 

The  cxstcrn  part  of  this  town,  near  the  ui.iulb  of  Bl.ick  creek,  ao.l  ahue.-  the 
Genes^'C  ri.cr.  was  one  of  the  eariie-t  p..int-  ~  tilcl   in   ihe  .-..untv,  w.st  of  the 


present  village  of  Sctittsvillc,  at  whose  hou..-e  wa.s  held  in  April,  170 
town  meeting  ever  called  together  west  of  the  ficncsce  river.  In  IT' 
Wortmac  settled  near  the  river,  and  in  1T1I5  Colonel  J..=iah  Fish  a 
Libeiis  emigrated  from  Vermont,  and  purcha-c.l  a  farm  borderin,'  ihe  i 
mouth  of  Black  creek.  He  inm.e.lialely  con-tracted  a  h.g  cabin  oo 
unhewn  logs,  and  employed  Indians  to  co\er  it  with  bark,an.l.  when  c. 
presented  anything  but  an  attractive  appearance.  It  had  no  floor  cxo 
earth,  and,  ihiuigh  a  pr<.tcction  a'jiinst  snow  and  wind,  it  was  not  im 
niins.  and  was  without  doors,  windows,  or  chimney.  I*;itor,  a  chlmn. 
structed  of  sticks  and  mud.  and  an  old  blanket  hung  up  at  the  place 
in  lieu  of  a  d<ior.  Window-lights  were  a  needlc,-s  luxury.  Such  wa' 
ing-place  of  the  first  ,supcrvlsor  of  ^'..rthampt.Jn.  Int..  this  |  rimliii 
early  in  the  spring  of  170U,  Coh.nel  Fish  r.n.ovc.l  his  family  ami 
their  home.  Though  in  our  day  and  gcncrari..n  a  h..me  is  ui.tc  clal  ■ 
structed.  and  surninnded  with  more  comforts,  yet  it  is  doublt'ul  wh.-l 
sesses  more  attractions  and  real  contentment.  The  >tcrn  n-alirh's  ami  i 
privations  of  pione.T  life  no  doubt  sbarjcn  the  enjoymeot  ..f  what  t»- 
encircle  it.  In  ITlb")  Stephen  P.'c.bo.ly  cam.-  lt;l.,  the  town.  He  wa- 
an.l  a  slmrt  time  after  his  arriv.d  h..'  erected  a  |o-  di-iillery  on  the  farm 
by  Joseph  .M..rgan.  which  f..r  many  years  suppli.-il  the  early  s.'lllers  wit 
necessary  article  in  those  days,  good  whisky.  In  ITHT.  Jac..li  Wl.ln. 
sons,  Samuel,  Jacob,  Jr.,  Abraham,  William,  and  Bcter.  .•^..■ttlcil  in 
distance  back  fr.m  the  river.  About  the  same  time  J..=eph  Carey  ca 
town,  and  a  little  later  settled  in  the  southwest  part.  Still  later,  ar 
to  ISOO.  I>emuel  Wood  and  Joseph  Wo..d  s,.ttl,.Hl  iu  th..^  <..utb  pan  ., 
a  short  distance  east  of  the  Checkered  tavern;  the  f.nu.'r  ..n  Lucl 
by  Dr.  Starkcy.     Their  descendants  arc  still  livin-  in  tlic  vi,  inliy. 

to  this,  however,  not  far  from  1T9S.  J„>hua  n..Wcll  <etlUd  -n  toe  le 
the  road  running  ea--t  by  Lemuel  Woy.I.  He  »tis  ..m-  ..f  rh..  iM..,t 
influential  of  the  early  settlers  w./st  of  the  river.  Hi-  w.i>  feU.-w,  ,1  ., 
Benjamin  Bowman,  w'bo,  with  his  family,  ma.lc  a  >.-Itlcii:.  nt  --nth  „ 
and  on  the  east  si.le  of  the  ro.id  ;  and  also  ./ohn  Kimball  n  1;,.  -.r;!, 
town  line  south  of  the  Woixls  .seillcment.  rrevi..iis  to  l~oii  t],, 
Daniel  Franklin  aid  ..no  !>i|liii-'li:.m  -ettled  near  Kimball'-.  ..u  the 
Also,  George  Stoitle  .s.tiled  In  i.-.mi  ihe  sjiiue  time.  He  purcha-a-d  ; 
not  far  from  the  Checkered  laverii.  where  his  .h-s.x-n.l.iols  arc  -nil  I'vli. 
Slottle,  one  of  the  most  succ.-.s.sful  and  prominent   firmei>  in  tli,-  t..n 

connected  with  the  whole  history  of  the  i.>wu.  lis  .l.-velopu r  .mil  -i 

livi-s  a  sh.irt  distance  norih  .'if  t' e  old  Cln-.-k.-re.l  fav.-rn,  ,N  ail\  i 
settlers  in  this  part  of  the  town  made  pcriuaneiit  si-itl.-in.-nts.      But 

shiftless,  roving  class,  which  appear  so  'jjencally  in  th.-  va  i  ..f  ;-i ,  i 

this  section. 

In    1811,  William  Wooden,  from   Seneca.  Ont.ulo  .•..iliity i-.:ral. 

family,  and  .settled  in  the  m.rth  p  irt  ..f  CliiH.  lie  leel  Hve 'hiMi.-ii.  v 
prominent  and  useful  citizens  of  the  town.      Hi-  -..n.  Wilil.on  W 

n.>w  liviu'.'  on   the  old   honi.-i.a  I.  alwl    ale-lh-l,  .lam--  W l-ii    ..i.   : 

half  mile  n..rtbca,t  of  Ma|-l.-w...  I  -1:111011,  --n  il,.-  r,-.,l„-i.i  ,..i.l  -~i,.i- 

acllW  on  a  farm  ab.mt  on il iib  -1'  Mi    \V I.  11.      A  -1.  -u   lii. 

to  1811,  John  McVe-an,  fl..m  I  bilaiio  ."Unl^  -.-11I..I  will,  hi-  uniiiy 
of  the  town  with  his  si.x  s...,-,  Du.i'  an,  .-  oo.i.l,  .b.bu.  l>,.iii-l,  I',  i-  r,  aa-l 
He  .lid  much  to  improc-  ih.-  low,,  an.l  a.l-l  t-  il-  pr.-|..  iity      -l.-bti 


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HISTORY   OF   .MONROE   COIXTV,  NEW   YORIC. 


fruit,  »tiil<!  'lie  ecliow  rjn;^  niili  tho  licany  l:iiiglrtLT  -if  (.•liildrai.  the  cliecrj  sons 
of  the  bborer,  tlio  lowing  of  cutii.-,  :iii.J  tli^^  ilhi  oC  the  axo  niiJ  ilie  liiiinmcr, — 
ail  the  inspiiini;  iiiu>ie  iif  -i  Ti-jorou-  riviluntinn.  AnMn'.*-  the  prominptit  nfw- 
ciiDU'ra,  who  N.'c-.ime  vahiaSIc  cC'-iah. -rcr^  iti  the  pruu'rr^s  -in'!  LTiwth  of  the  town 
anterior  to  its  or^aniz-ition,  wore  Joscpii  5ibU\v.  Ufiij.imiti  H.'wen.  Joseph  Diivis. 
Daniel  Franklyn,  Jr..  WiUum  l{..H.,i„l.  I  le.,,'.-,;  Hn.n-.,.  .!..hn  UVtmore.  J.~eph 
ThoD.p»on,  Naac  Uurritt,  lJ..Tkley  (Jill.tt.  Hiiiii.  1  li.irrett.  \]l\.;\  Sehotiel.J,  I'liny 
FielAi.  Thomas  8hehi..n,  Duiii,-I  J;,ni,-.,n.  Mos...  Sp.>rry.  Khen  Bun.ham,  Juuies 
Col.a.an  and  hi,  lainiiy,  U^k  li.cy.  Willi.,m  I'isley,  an  J  many  other>  well  known 
in  the  early  history  of  the  county. 

Anions  other  settlor?  who  have  come  into  the  town  in  its  early  days,  when  it 
vu  still  a  vast  wilderness,  and  suhsci[uent  to  the  fore-soini:.  were  ,^nie  of  the 
Qjost  effective  and  valuable  citizens  of  th.-  town.  Atuons  the  first  pioneers  of  a 
new  country,  prohahly  a  lar;.:er  pro^wiriion  belon-j  to  the  >iiit'fle«s  and  irre'j-onsible 
clasn  than  tlie  later  influx  alter  the  (.fjuntry  has  been  parinl!y  .'[n^ned.  A.,  a  rule. 
it  w  the  second  or  third  clas.s  of  arrivals  that  lay  the  foundations  of  =oeicty, 
establish  church  oripnizations.  inaugurate  a  sy.-tcm  of  sch't-ils.  a^d.  in  taut,  set  in 
motion  ih,^5e  forces  that  underlie  the  civilization  of  to-dav  and  ^ive  moral  char- 
acter and  permanency  to  the  social  structure.  Many  of  them  purchased  the 
improvements  made  by  others  who  had  prrcedcd  them,  but  were  nnable  to  make 
any  payments  on  their  firms  Still,  tliere  were  amoni,'  the  first  settlers  men 
of  high  character  and  proniinenee,  who  in  almost  all  cases  remained  perma- 
nent settlera,  and  directeii  their  efforts  to  the  growth  and  iiupnivement  of  their 
town,  and  who.se  descendants  are  to-day  pros|K?rou3  and  influential  citizens.  Be- 
tween the  year  l.S'fO  and  the  war  of  1912  very  many  ,,ettlers  locate*!  within  the 
town,  and  althou-.'h  there  was  a  temporary  ebb  in  immigration  diirin-j  the  time  of 
hostilities,  it  immediately  rcvivt4.  an'i  ''ontinueil  until  the  whole  towri  was  occu- 
pied and  under  cultivation.  Benjamin  S'leldon,  still  Hvins.  settled  in  town  at  an 
early  'late.  He  locate<l  alwut  one  mite  west  of  Chili  Centre,  where  he  subsc- 
•|UentIy  oiK^ned  a  tavern.  Deacon  Tunis  Brix^w  also  was  an  early  settler,  on  the 
roud  betvTceii  the  Cciilie  and  the  Chetkereu  tavern.  Kiiwin  S.  Reed  settled  in 
llochester  in  1812,  and  in  this  town  in  ISlll.  on  the  place  where  Mrs.  Wood, 
aUo  an  old  settler,  now  live>.  Eben  B.  Wetmore  purchase*!  about  three  hundred 
and  firty  acres  of  land  in  the  extreme  northwest  comer  of  the  town,  on  hijth 
sides  of  the  old  Buffah,  road,  at  .Vorth  Chili.  The  .store  and  tavern  erected  by  Levi 
Canipbell  were  loe-atud  on  lands  purchased  by  Wetmore.  Nearly  the  whole  Ls  now 
owned  by  R.  P.  Ilubb.ird.  a  view  of  whose  rcfidenee  appears  in  tlii?  work.  It  is 
celebrated  for  its  mineral  -"pring,  a  few  rods  soutlic.-ist  of  the  d'welllns-house.  which 
a  chemical  analysis  deni^-ii'tr.ites  contains  projierti,^  similar  to  tiie  Xl  ilston  waters. 
It  Is  aonght  for  by  citizens  of  Koehostor,  who  f'reipiently  obtain  (|Uantities  of  it 
for  u.se  in  the  city.  Timothy  <}.  B.ildwin  als.i  ecttled  iu  the  same  vicinity  either 
daring  or  before  the  war ;  also  Joel  Baldwin,  about  the  same  lime.  Isaac  Eroi-aw. 
another  early  settler,  near  the  siime  time  loeateil  south  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  was  prominent  in  the  town.  Among  others  were  Ijeinuel  Potter.  Daniel 
Deming,  and  I.-aac  Heiumiiigway.  who  made  early  settlements.  William  Piiley 
wa.H  an.rther  early  settler  .swn  arter  tlie  war.  He  purcha.-ed  near  the  Checkered 
tavern,  where  lie  erected  a  distillery,  wliieh  he  eondiicttsi  several  years,  and  also 
an  a.sher)-.  Previous  1-.  him.  AbcrBclkiiap.  Thomxs  Merlin,  and  A|«llos  Dewey 
had  made  setfleiiieuts.  Previous  to  1S1.-|,  Daniel  Clark  and  Conrad  .Markham, 
with  tficir  fimilie-.  who  afterwards  tisik  an  active  part  in  the  org.inization  of  the 
I'rcsbjtcri.in  thunh,  settled  in  Chili.  At  this  time  a  large  number 
.'ettlcrs  had  m.ide  periiiaiient  homes  here,  and  were  rapidly  brin^iiis  tin 
niler  eultiv.ation.  In  the  western  part  of  the  town,  es|H-ciaily.  the  immisrauLj 
were  of  a  high  order,  many  of  them  beins  members  of  the  diffen.-nt  churchca, 
and  moved  in  practical  life  omsistent  with  their  moral  and  religious  iluties.  The 
fhaotic  condition  of  soriety  in  new  settlements  is  almost  invariably  without  the 
religious  element,  and  it  is  fortunate  for  that  community  wliieh.  wheu  tiie  social 
forces  begin  to  grivitate  into  oj-ganizcd  shape,  hits  its  directing  lianj  to  mould 

and  enterprise  in  st-ttliug  ami  developing  a  community,  el-M;  the  seeds  of  an  inevi- 
table di-genenicy  will  sprin'.;  inlo  life. 

Tlic  first  dwcllin'T-liouse  ereeteJ  in  the  town  was  by  Joseph  Morgan,  .mi  his 
farm  near  the  southeast  corner  of  the  town  and  aloies  the  .a,iuth  lin.-.  It  was  a 
rude|y^,onstruet.d  log  building.  CR-eted  in  17;>2.  He  al<.j  cleared  th.-  lir^i  land 
and  raised  tlie  first  grain.  At  this  place,  and  to  Peter  .■'hafr.r  s,  adjoining,  in 
the  town  of  Wheatland,  the  liis^t  settlers  of  the  region  north  to  Lake  Ontirio 
wen-  coinp.lle<!  to  come  for  iheir  seeil-grain  in  th,-  first  year  of  their  s,-ttl.  in,  nts 
Hut  lilth,  moii.'y.  howev.T,  was  received,  they  l„ii,..-  gincraily  d.-litme.     They 

r-ni..ined  at  the  liiii.'  of  piircli,,--,  and  paid  f.,r  it  l.>  labor     Tl.i-  -.■.•n,.o  ..f ',- 

Irj-  w;„  r.,r  „,.o,y  year,  tl.-  -.a  ..f  .ill  pnl.li.'  m..i.ineor«    m,|  .  |.,r,li.,ns  ot  all  ti,,. 

Iruit.tris-s   in  the   town,  and.  «ilh  Coloini   J„-i,,h  Fi.-li,  ,et   out    the   tw.  6rvt 


These  ..r.h 

rds,  with 

that 

of  P 

etcr  Shaffer 

s. 

vere  un-Ioui.l 

.,,7 

arils   for   iii.o 

V    vears 

n  all 

the 

•ast  couiitrv 

w, 

St  of  the  riv 

r    if 

e    seiitlerinu- 

tre.-,   set 

out  > 

V  W 

lliam   He.a 

her 

at   the    uiollt 

.  ..f 

.e 

is  woiihv  of 

remark  t 

i.it  at 

this 

inie  the  -ill 

of 

th..  dtv  of  1! 

"li.-i 

,. 

..;hb..rh..«l  o 

the   tall 

.  pies, 

nted 

no  inili.,iti 

,ns 

t.)  th.-  >hiv« 

,l.~l 

1, 

a  future   gn 

.[    eitv. 

mil- 

from   the 

lak 

— the   fall. 

oel    I 

„■ 

a,..r  below  pr 

rln.ling 

ill  ,.o- 

y  of  navig. 

tiu 

;  mar-h  an.l 

dnniianl   -. 

ic-s   of  lU 

il.na 

nvai 

ins   the  di- 

urf 

ini:  h.iid  .,f 

In  01 

t., 

b  the  almo.t 

i.ounihl. 

lev.T 

and 

a-.-iie— there  rt 

iiLiiii.-.;  it.,  til 

•  wal 

.,. 

d  i.>  p.ssible 

lo<'alion 

n  the 

sre.i 

ehannel  of 

tri 

vel  and  .-.itor 

•ri,... 

-   ^. 


with    Ihci 

send  fort: 

might  forecast  the  future.  But  it  had  no  attractions  for  the  iminigmnt.  lie 
saw  its  forbidiiin;:  features,  and  the  wife  an.l  mother  shudderisi  as  sh.:  h,  :ir.i  tin- 

bosom,  hastened  over  the  river  to  the  more  promising  Ian. Is  of  th'  w..>-terii  tow,.. 
Lands  were  refus.'d  at  any  price,  and  even  ,us  late  .as  IS12  and  1.514,  iiuiui-no.-s 
who  left  Xew  Engl.ind  for  the  purpose  of  punhasing  at  the  fills,  were  r.'[  -■!!  >■] 
at  the  enormous  price  of  four  dollars  per  acre  for  lauds  now  in  the  heart  ..f  the 
city,  on  ?Iain  and  .State  stR-ets,  and  moved  on  across  the  river  into  tlii-  i..»  ti.  .11..I 
purchased  and  settled  on  lands  at  the  -ame  price  that  were  much  better  aud.  ;it 
that  time,  far  more  promising. 

The  second  house  erected,  a  very  primitive  structure,  whicli  h,i5  lieen  .leserils-.l. 
was  built  by  Josiah  Fish  at  the  mouth  of  Black  creek.  CVlonel  Fish  wa,  the 
first  supervisor  of  the  old  town  of  Nonliampton,  organized  in  1797.  He  i-  r.- 
ported  as  a  large,  portly  man,  of  commanding  presence,  with  strong  points  ..f 
character,  and  as  one  of  the  most  active  and  influential  men  of  his  day.  He  .li.l 
not  remain  long  in  his  home  at  the  mouth  of  Black  creek,  but.  through  arriiig,- 
ments  made  with  old  Ebjiiozer  Allen,  he  moved  to  Piodiester  and  t^ok  ehirie  ..f 
"  .Allen's  mill."  His  .Iwclliiig-house  at  that  pbce  w.is  but  little  better  than  the 
one  lie  had  left,  yet  it  was  used  for  some  time  as  a  place  of  entertainment  f..r 
travelers.  In  1807  he  rem.jved  to  the  town  of  Parma,  where  he  took  an  a.tiv,- 
part  in  the  organization  and  puUie  business  of  the  town,  holding  several  ..fSc-s. 
and  contributing  not  a  little  to  its  a.lvan.-eiuent.  Hedied  there  in  KSIl.  J.t-eph 
Moriran  was  one  of  the  fii^t  road  couimi>sl..ner3  and  path-masters  of  Xorfhamptoii 
Both  men  were  members  of  the  first  seheol  couimirtec  of  that  town  ff.r  the  y.-ir 
1799.  The  first  death  in  the  town  .if  Chili  occurred  in  the  family  of  .h.l-uU 
Morgan,  and  the  first  birth  w.is  a  child  of  Jo-eph  Wood,  th..ugh  th.'ir  .lat.s  .ire 
unknown.  The  fir.,t  .grave  and  interment  was  on  the  farm  of  Joseph  M.ir-'in. 
where  also  was  erected  the  first  disiillery  not  only  in  Chili,  but  west  of  the  ilents-si 
river.  It  was  known  as  "  Peabody's  distillery,"  and  was  built  some  time  previ.,.13 
to  18nn.  There  is  n.i  reoul  of  any  store,  tavern,  or  nilil  liavins  been  opencnl  in  t  he 
east  part  of  this  town,  where  for  many  years  were  the  only  settlements,  until  Ions 
after  they  were  opened  in  tin;  west  part.  For  several  years  the  settlements  were 
very  few,  and  naturally  drifted  along  the  river,  in  the  vicinity  ..f  the  ol.l  ■■T..ry 
Allen."  as  Tie  was  called,  who  had  made  some  illiprovem.Mits.      When  they  b.".;.in 

lines  were  .atablislied.  whieh  increased  the  "tide  that  had  alrea.ly  set  in       Alon- 

the  Albany.  Rochester,  and  Buffalo  .-tagc  r.wds  on  the  north,  .iiid  the  Chili  -lace 

roa.l  through  the  centre  of  the  town,  it  was  rapi.lly  .settle.!,  an.!  a  iieee,-iiv  ..;' 

hese.  especially  taverns  and  stores,  was  soon  felt,  an.l  tli.'y  s.x>n  spr.iiis  int..  .-vi-f- 

enco  near  those  thoroughfares.     The  fir^t  st.ir,.  wa,  erected  iu  15il7.  by  .fon.- 

yy  Chapman,  in  the  west  part  of  the  t..wn.  .ab.mt  one  and  one-half  mile  e.ist  a.i.l 

north  of  Clifton  vill.ise.     A  few  years  later  another  store  w.ls  built  aud  o|i.-i(.-.l  '  y 

_.    -  Mr.  Filkins  at  Chill  Centre.      It  was  the  first  >t.,re  north  of  ni.iek  creek  in  tin, 

^  ..n.  and  was  located  where  Andrew  [I.  Campbell  now  lives.      Lit.T  siiil.  u  -;..r,- 

..    as  erected  and  kept  by  fuie  Hawe?.  on  the  s..iit!ieast  .-.irn.'r.  op[x..^ite  th.-  !'r.-l.\ 

^^^-ciian  church,  one  mile  wi>t  ..f  the  Centre,  and  about  the  .sinie  tini.'  v.  t  ::ii.,il..T 


at   BuckbcM;'. 

Con 

cis=.  one   m 

b'  .- 

mih  of  Chil 

Other  stores 

had 

.-en  en 

elisl 

bef. 

re  thi,.  fi..m 

hamlet  in  th. 

sout 

iwest  . 

of 

h.-  town,  and 

years  ago  a  s 

ore  w 
iwest 

as  esta 
tsirncr 

lishe 
.f  II 

1  at 

North   Chili. 

■0.  bv  I,.vi  C 

in  town  was 

bout 

l>ll,o 

l..f 

re, 

V  Klias  .<trcL 

and  SiK.ueer 

ort  r 

ad.  bet 

nvn 

t»,i 

and  thre..  m 

and  stood  ou 

ihes 

.lllhw.-s 

t  .-or 

ner. 

.■i.h.n  atl.'r. 

The,..l. 


..Id   liiilf.il. 
.     The  fir 


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^A 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


of  some  of  their  mce 

by  the  comiiiunitv.     It  was  tiuiilk  bn 

Bentenced  to  the  penitentiary,  and  the 

time  thU  w^  die  must  active  and  b 

stores,  aod  blacLsiiiiths,  with  a  line  < 

gave  it  the  lij^pt-ariince  of  enterprise  and  i^owtii 

doing  a  large  bi 

of  tmvelora  and  new-cumers.      About  this  tiui< 

Centre,  by  Timothy  Ij.  Bacon,  which  stood  iicur  the  site  of  the  present   BaptihC 

church.     The  timbers  of  the  oiiijin.tl  ^trUL-ture  are  still  to  bo  soon,  laid  away  for 

the  eon3tructioa  of  another  buildini;.     Isaac  Chapiuan  eret:ted  the  aotoiid  hotel  at 

the  Centre,  which  stood  a  few  feet  north  of  tlie  one  Left  by  Mr.  WckkI,  which  he 

also  buiit.     At  the  time  tliat  Bacon  kept  tho  tir^t  at  the  Centre.  Ju?hua  Eaton 

kept  a  hotel  on  the  Chili  maJ,  about  two  miles  eaat  uf  the  Ceiitre.     Still  another 


3,  at  loa.t  w  suspecuJ  ami  Uileved 

tavern,  in  log  buildin-'S  and  private  hou>e9,  as  e:ir!y  as  ISOti,  ar.d  p.is.-iblv  earli,  r. 

IViiii.H  k  and  some  aasooiutrf  were 

In  181 0,  Anna  MIm,  with  seven  or  el.L'ht  seholar*.  t;iut.l,t  s.-l„.„l  in  a  r«.m  of  her 

.;i,sed  into  olher  hands.      At  tint 

I        father's  house  in   the  nurth.ast  part  of  the  town  ;  and    Mr^    Blake,  with  nine 

;.art  of  the  town.     Tlirec  taverns, 

i       scholars,  on  the  Chili  road,  northe-.ut  of  the  Centre. 

.  and  nianv  ^.-Itk-ra  in  the  viiinitj, 

A  log  school-hoiu-e  wa.s  erected  one  and  one-half  a.iles  east  of  the  Centre  in 

riii.     MilU  were  in  o[wration  and 

i        whieh  the  first  ^c\u»]  iv:u4  tau.-l,t  by  a  man  nau.ed  Thompson.      But  the  Brsl 

tcsi,  and  the  tuvcriis  gL'iierally  full 

;        school-house  erected  north  of  Black  creek  was  a  lo-.'  building  one  mile  west  of  th,- 

ui.'  a  tavern  was  upeiiod  at  Chili 

!        Centre,  near  the  rrerb)tenan  church. 

I  in  operatb 


f~'    /I 


of  the  Centre,  on  the  Genesee  river.  At  an  early  date 
ft  tavern  wa.s  opened  in  Clifton,  which  is  still  standing,  and  in  operation.  A  tavern 
was  also  erected  and  opened  many  years  ago  near  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
conducted  by  Benjamin  Sheldon,  who  is  still  living  at  that  place.  Not  far  from 
the  year  1820,  Levi  Campbi'll  built  a  tavern  at  North  Chili,  on  the  Buff.do  road. 
The  original  structure  i.s  still  standing, 
owned  by  T.  Corliss,  who  also  keeps 

the  store  at  that   place.      When  the  '|  ■      ■  '     -.    ';     -    -  -  -:    ~T 

stige  line  was  cstabli>hed,  a  post-office  *..--. 

waa  located  in  the  tavern,  with  Hubert  ^^,  -  _  ■         :    '"' 

Fulton    postmaster.      In    lS2ti,   Mr.  _,.  .         -  •    , 

Fulton  leased   the  tavern,  and    kept 
it   many   years.      The  first   saw-mill         ^    "         "  - 
erected  itj  town  was  put  up  and  man-  1_  ^_ 

aged  for  many  years  by  Joseph  Carey,  . 

and  still  standing.     It  was  buiit  in  '  ■     ."- 

1807,  and  located  on  Mill  creek  north  ,  -i-i,.,  _ ---T-  ^ ---;  -  , 

of  Clifton,  and  directly  west  of  Street-  -       --.:--■;"?>'._  ^ 

era  and  Orton's  taverns.  A  grist-mill 
waa  erected  the  same  ye-ar,  or  very 
Boon  aflcr,  near  the  same  place,  by 
Comfort  Smith.  His  sons  lliram  and 
Horace  are  extensive  millers  in  this 
part  of  the  country,  owning  several 
in  Wheatland.  The  old  mill  ia  still 
owned  by  one  of  them.  In  ISll, 
Joseph  Sibley  erected  a  saw-mill  in 
the  vicinity  of  Buekbec's  Corners,  and 
shortly  afler  built  a  grist-mill  adjoining 
it,  both  of  which  ho  managed  several 
years.  They  were  the  second  of  each 
establbhcd  in  Chili. 

In  the  same  year,  1811,  Jacob  Cole 
built  the  third  saw-mill,  one  and  one- 
half  miles  below  Carey's,  on  the  same 
Kk  im  ;  and  still  ajjother  was  erected 
ab(  at  the  same  time  on  the  fann  be- 
longing to  Joseph  Morgan,  which  is 
the   ftrst  one  recorded    built  in   the 

eastern  part  of  the  town.  Other  saw-mills  followed  the.>.e  in  different  parts 
of  the  town  as  the  scttlemcjits  increased,  and  they  were  deniandid  to  assist 
in  clearing  up  the  land  for  cultivation  ami  in  manufacturing  tho  forest  into 
lumber  for  the  construction  of  farm  buildinizs.  Alter  supplying  these  nt-eds.  they 
were  nearly  all  destroyed  or  iwrinitted  to  sink  into  decay.  The  olde»t  grave 
in  the  town,  as  reported,  is  on  the  old  liome«teail  of  William  Wooden,  on  the 
Chili  road,  where  his  father-in-law,  I^onard  Wei.lncr,  who  dii-,1  .M.iy  28,  IS12, 
lies  buried.  It  is  not  known  that  this  w.xs  the  tirst  interment  in  that  gnnind, 
however.  Near  the  Siiine  time  a  buiyiii'.'-gronnd  was  established  in  the  s.iuth- 
west  part  of  the  town,  where  it  was  then  most  densely  sixtled  The  few  who 
died  in  town  bef.re  these  grounds  were  established  were  iulern-d  on  the  h.inie 
premises,  aa  was  the  common  pnictin-  with  the  tirst  .-.ettlers.  There  are  no 
records  of  the  very  first  teachers  and  sch'M,ls.  if  any  existed,  among  tho  first  .set- 
tlements aliini;  the  river.  In  the  s-iutlicasi  etinier,  thes.hnnl  in  Whi-atlanil.  wiiich 
Waa  established  very  e.irly,  was  at  conveiiiiiit  tlisUnee,  and  no  doubt  n-esi.  as  the 
whole  country  wxs  in  one  town.  Farther  Ulow.  iiistritetinn  was  ii,i  d..uht  LTven 
at  private  hou.s,'S  to  the  small  nunilier  uf  ehiMren  by  some  of  the  older  one.-. 
Such  is  the  ., pinion  uf  the  i.ldest  s-ttlers  now  liMie.'.  Seh.wh,  houevcr.  were 
taught    in    the   ^.juth'.vest  part  of  the    town,    in    llie    lu  igliborli.»Kl    of  .sitriflers 


CHILI    SE.MIV.KRV 

was  founded  mainly  through  the  efforts  of  Rev.  B.  T.  Roberta,  of  North  Chili 
in  the  month  of  September,  1809.  The  institution  is  under  the  supervision  .■! 
the  Free  Methodist  church,  in  the  interests  of  which  it  was  organiied.  All  tin- 
branches  of  study  belonging  to  an   academic  course  or  pursued  in   the  various 

Christianity,  and  the  religious  culture  and  training  of  the  student  is  made  an 
important  feature  in  its  discipline.  It  was  first  organized  in  the  old  tavern-st.in.l 
at  North  Chili  Post-office,  where  its  first  sessions  were  held  until  the  completion 
of  the  main  building  of  the  magnificent  structure  it  now  occupies.  It  is  built  „f 
brick,  forty  by  sixty  feet  in  --ia?.  lunr 


.  B    B    8    ;: 


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CHILI    SEMINARY. 


.•■?..  i 


Ulk- 


.  Roberts,  teach. 


Asa  Ab.1 
l.s,.  W.  C..I 


,  preceptress ;  E. 

The  present  board  of 
urer ;  Thomas  Sully.  S( 
Joseph  Maekoy.  Win.  ( 
liss,  Walter  A.  Sellew,  1!.  W.  Hawkins, 
tis.  Tuition,  primary  d,  |,artm,nt,  five  d. 
ula.ssics.  ten  dollars  per  term  ;  board,  thrt 


no  pl..ee  e 
great  arte 
their  day 


Stories  high,  and  was  finished  sutSeieai 
for  occupancy  the  same  year.  In  1  sT.") 
an  addition  Wiia  erected,  the  east  winir. 
also  of  brick,  and  the  same  hei-ht. 
thirty-eight  by  fifty  feet  in  size.— 
the  whole  structure,  irrespective  of 
grounds,  costing  twenty-one  thousand 
two  hundred  and  sixty-seven  dollars 
It  is  locatL^i  in  one  of  th,-  S.-.est  se,- 
tions  of  the  State,  on  the  north  siile 
of  the  old  Rochester  and  Buffalo  st.i'-.- 
road,  one-fourth  mile  east  of  North 
Chili  or  Hubbard's  Corners. 

The  first  board  of  trustees  were — 
Rev.  Benj.  T.  Roberts,  president:  Asu 
Abell.  Wm.  Belden.  Amos  F.  Curry. 
Seth  M.  Wo.Hlruff,  lliram  A.  Crouch. 
Joshua  R.  Annis,  Daniel  M.  Sinclair. 
William  Gould,  L.  W,«3dniff.  Wm 
F.  Gecr,  Joseph  Maekey,  Claudius 
Bi-ainard,  Leonard  F.  llalstead.  Geurje 
W.  Coleman,  and  Bulwer  Beach. 

While  it  was  held  Hi  the  tavern 
the  teachers  were  Rev  B.  T.  Uoberi-. 
principal,  and  >liss  Delia  Jeffries. 

The  first  corps  of  teaehers,  aft*  r 
entering  the  new  building,  were  lo  • 
Geo.  W.  Anderson,  principal  ;  .Mi- 
F.  F.  Clement,  pre<-eptre.ss ;  and  Mi- 
Mary  Carpenter,  teacher  of  mathe- 
matics. 

The  present  corps  consists  of  lte> 
B.  T.  Roberts,  princii>al ,  .Mi>  Sus.o: 
rof  lan-ua-es;  and  Miss  L.  M.  Selle« 


j.  T.  Roberts,  pi-esidc, 
M.  Wo.«huff,  Jo-hu; 
M,  S.  K.  J.  Cl.csl.ro.  -1 


lish    brauclus,  ei-ht  d..ll... 


mill   hamlet  of  Clifton,  whieh  h 
ars.      A  p..st-(.rticc  ^vxs  .-ariy  i-t 


.  iig..  the  p.ist-offi.-i 


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HISTORY  OF  ilONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


199 


the  petition  of  s«)me  uf  the  citizi:n:i. ,  A  counter  petition  suececiiiJ  in  reinstating 
it  at  ita  f.irmor  place,  while  a  m-w  po<t-office  waa  then  otablialieJ  at  tlie  station, 
teta  than  one  njile  from  North  Cliili.  There  is  also  a  [Hist-..ffi..e  at  ('hili  Centre, 
which  was  established  there  long  before  the  eonMructioo  cf  the  New  York  Cen- 
tral Railroad. 

In  the  war  of  1812,  Chili  furnish, ■J  several  NjlJiers  for  the  defense  of  the 
frontier  and  the  settK-mentj  at  the  mouth  nf  tjenesee  river,  Thi-*,  at  that  titae, 
was  one  of  the  most  pi.puloui  si  clioiis  in  this  part  of  the  Slate.  In  the  war  of 
tha  rebellion  she  was  equally  patrioiie,  always  supplyin.;  her  .-juoti  at  every  de- 
mand of  the  guvemmcDt.  Men  of  both  parties  viud  with  each  other  in  patriotic 
effort,  and  to  give  encourasemcnt  to  and  to  streniithcn  the  ami  of  the  invern- 
inenU  The  settlers  of  Chili  and  their  descendants  have  bei-n  buuiititully  blessicd 
with  abundant  returns  for  their  labor  in  good  crops  and  gond  prices  until  they 
have  surrounded  theiuselvea  with  all  the  accomf-aniiuents  of  w..allh  and  luxury, 
all  of  which  has  been  drawn  from  the  soil  within  three-iiuartors  of  a  century. 
The  prt)duction3  are  the  saiue  as  in  the  surrounding  towns,  the  culture  of  fruit 
now  receiving  the  greatest  attention.  Her  schools,  which  have  always  been  a 
matter  of  paramount  interest  with  her  pc<:tple,  are  of  the  highest  character  and 
efficiency,  and  have  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  town.  She  has  thirteen 
good  comPjrtahle  school-houses  and  as  many  school  districts. 

THE   PEESBYTERIAS   CHDECH   OP   CHILI  I 

was  organized  in  a  bam  belonging  to  Isaac  Browkaw.  about  the  last  of  June,  1816,        | 
with  sixteen  members,  a.s  follows:  Abel  Belknap,  Bertha  Belknap,  Patty  Hem-       i 
mingway,  Leah  Merlin.  Lydia  Potter.  Apollos  I^cwey,  Daniel  Clark,  Conrad  .Mort- 
man,  Nancy  Merlin,  Sarah  Gridley,  Timothy  G.  Baldwin.  Joel  Baldwin.  Sarah 
Baldwin,  Daniel  Deming,  Fanny  Doming,  and  Lemuel  Potter.    The  first  deacons, 
Apollos  Dewey  and  Joel  Baldwin,  were  chosen  July  24.  ISIG.      The  church  was 
organiicd  as  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Riga,  by  which  it  was  known  until  the 
division  nf  the  town,  in  1S2L'.      The  first  church  bulidin-  was  erected  one  mile 
east  of  Buckbce's  Comers,  in   1.S21,  previous  tff  which,  worship  was  conducted        i 
Bometimes  in  Mr.  Bnjwkaw's  barn,  and  aotnctimes  in  private  houses.     In  1833, 
the  second  and  present  church  edifice  was  erected  on  the  same  site. — a  more  im- 
posing and  commodious  structure,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  about  five  hundred,        ' 
and  at  a  cost  of  about  four  thousand  dollars.     It  wa.s  consecrated  to  divine  wor-        ! 
ship  on  January  2,  lS!>o,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Mead.     This  church  has  always  been  con-       i 
nected  with  the  prcsbvtcry  of  Rochester,  though  a  short  time  previous  to  1S41        i 
it  changed  to  the  Congrcgritional  form  of  government,  and  so  remained  until  1374, 
when  it  became  a  regular  Presbyterian  church.      The  fitst  p;L-,tor  of  the  church 
was  Rev.  Mr.  Cha.«c,  who  took  charge  in  1S17.     lie  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Mr. 
MiUtindale,  Chauncey  P.  Co.jk,  Rev.  Mr.  Benedict,  Silas  Pratt,  L.  Brooks,  C.  B. 
Smith,  H.  N.  Shoct,  J.  W.  Fox,  James  Fenncr,  C.  E.  Furman,  Rev.  Mr.  Phelps, 
Rev.  Mr.  Hicks,  and  Rev.  George  Craig,  the  present  incumbent,  who  a.ssuuied 
charge  io  1S74       Mr.  Craig  has  also  established  and  conducts   regular  divine 
worship  at  the  school ■hou.sc'S  of  District  No  o  of  Chili,  in  the  Valentine  district  in 
Greece,  and  in  the  Waffles  district  in  South  Gates.     The  present  bench  of  ciders 
are  Ira  Andrews,  Tunis  Browkaw,  Benjamin   F.   Bowen,  and  A.   H.  Campbell,        ; 
with  a  membership  of  sixty-six,  and  a  congregition  of  seventy-five.     The  church        ] 
has  experienced  two  important  revivals,  one  in  1S3S,  and  one  in  January,  1S76; 
the  latter  continuing  about  nine  weeks.     The  Sabbath-school  was  orgajiized  with 
the  church,  and  has  been  continued  with  varying  success  ever  since.     It  now  has 
abtji  t  thirty  pupils,  and  employs  four  teachers;  J.  .^.  Andrews  u  superintendent. 
It  has  also  a  library  in  connection  with  it,  in  charge  of  Benjamin  F.  Bowen, 
librarian.  | 

THE   BAPTIST  CnCRCII    OF   CLIFTON  | 

was  organized  in  the  year  1352,  in  a  school-house  in  that  village,  by  about 
fifty  members  of  the  Wheatland  BaptUt  church  residing  in  and  about  Clifton. 
The  first  deacons  of  the  church,  elected  the  Siinie  year,  were  Charles  Tenny,  A. 
n-.rmon,  and  A.  Ilosmer;  and  the  first  church  clerk  was  William  .Mudge.  Re- 
ligious services  of  the  Baptist  denomination  were  held  in  the  .scho.jlhouse  for 
luaiiy  years  before  the  organiz;ition  of  the  church,  by  ministers  fn>ni  Wheatland. 
and  continued  to  be  conducted  there  until  the  cT'iisiruction  of  the  present  church 
Mifictj,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  s;tmc  year.  It  is  a  g'HKl,  substantial  structure, 
forty  by  sixty  feet  in  size,  and  crcctetl  at  a  cost,  including  grounds,  of  about  four 
thousand  dollars.  The  first  pastor  of  the  church  w:is  Rev.  H.  K.  Stimson.  whose 
lAstotatc  included  two  years.  He  was  succecdcl  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Crane,  one  year ; 
Rer.  J.  C.  Stevens,  three  years  ;  Rev.  K.  A.  Rose,' four  and  one-half  years  ;  'llev. 
^-  L.  Little,  two  years ;  Rev.  J.  T.  Se.  ley.  six  years,  and  Rev.  L.  Bailey,  the 
[Ti-H-nt  incumbent,  whose  pastorate  bc'.-.in  two  and  a  half  years  ago.  The  officers 
now  arting  arc,  di-acons,  A.  Harmon  and  G.  Bcltcnd.-e,  and  clerk  J.  R.  Griffin. 
The  present  mcuibership  is  one  hundred  an.l  sevcntyfuur.  The  Sabbath-school 
was  organized  by  the  same  persons,  and  at  the  same  place,  alxjut  the  year  ISW. 


Charles  Tciincy  was  the  fint  suix'rintendcnt.  It  now  embraces  abou 
drcd  and  fjrty  te:t,  i.erj  and  pupils,  with  Ge.jr::e  Bcttcridgc.  siiperiuti 
George  llctfcr.  clerk,  :uid  is  one  of  the  most  fiourlshing  Sabbathsdi 
part  of  the  county.  Connected  with  it  is  a  well-selected  library  eoni 
hundred  and  seventy-five  volumes. 


THE    FIRST   SOCIETr 
was  org-anized  in  the  west  part  of  th 
1832.  and  rceonled  in  the  county  co^ 
membership,  viz.  .  John  Grunendikc. 


THE    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL  CIILRCII    op    CHILI 

town,  at  Buckbees  Corners,  on  March  2il. 
rt  March  31,  fi.llowing,  with  the  foll.iwi,,-.. 
Jesse  Buckbee,  John  Wuuk.  Asa  Alls.  S 


Gruneudike,  Alexander  Hannah,  Orrin  H  Di.s,  George  W.  ituu..-cy,  Edwin  Pi..r- 
son.  James  Knapp,  James  Wickbam.  John  Little.  Oscar  F.  Whix'ler,  H.  Arnold. 
John  Prue,  Samuel  Rumsey,  Alexander  Rumsey,  Lewis  Combs.  Z.  Little.  Thomas 
Hannah,  Truman  Stratc.  Cornelius  0.  Rumsey.  Kinsey  Stottles.  Stephen  An.-el. 

Pope.  Franklin  Cite,  Gridley,  William  Emens,  Nelson  Arrowsmith. 

William  Arrowsnilth,  Clark  Dexter,  James  Brice,  and  Nicholas  Vantas.scl.  The 
first  years  of  its  organization  were  under  charge  of,  and  its  services  conducted  bv. 
Revs.  Johu  Widen  and  James  Hcmniingway.  Its  first  board  of  trustees  coin, 
prised  John  Grunendlke,  Jesse  Buckbee,  David  Cole,  John  Wayne.  Menrose 
Smith,  James  Hcmraingway.  Ira  C.  Winars.  William  Pixley,  and  'Edwin  R.»,i 
Services  were  conducted  in  the  school-house  until  the  erection  of  their  first  church 
building,  about  ISSti.  It  was  built  of  brick,  and  located  at  Buckbee's  Corners. 
About  1850,  or  soon  after,  the  first  edifice  was  destroyed,  and  a  new  structure 
erected  on  the  same  site,  which  is  the  building  now  occupied.  It  was  constructeil 
of  wood,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  about  three  hundred.  The  present  board  of 
trustees  csimprlses  Henry  Davis,  Kinsey  Stottle,  Edwin  Coney,  Samuel  Woo<l, 
Kinsey  Widner,  St.  John  Cline.  and  Edward  Emens.  The  stewards  at  present 
are  Kinsjy  Stottle,  Edwin  Coney,  Emerson  Case,  and  John  Jones;  the  clas.v 
:hurch  clerk  is  Edwin  Conev. 


.\  short  time  nrevi. 
the  society  was  lur. 


nJ  Edward  Carey ; 


I  flourishing  condition. 


church  boilduej,  and  ' 


THE    METHODIST    CHURCH    OF    XOETH    CHILI 

was  organized  at  th.it  place,  and  elected  a  full  board  of  trustees.  For  a  time 
meetings  were  held  at  the  place  of  organization,  or  until  the  present  structure  was 
erected.  It  is  a  wwden  building,  located  a  few  rods  east  of  the  corner  at  North 
Chdi.  on  the  south  side  of  the  old  BufTdo  road,  and  has  a  seating  capacity  of 
about  three  hundred  and  fifty.  This  church  belongs  to  the  same  circuit  as  tlic 
first  society,  of  which  it  is  a  branch.  The  two  together  are  indeptndent.  and 
conduct  their  meetings  and  Sabbath-schools  in  reference  to  each  other  The  class- 
leaders  of  this  church  ate.  at  present,  John  Clark,  Asa  Alis,  and  Stephen  Angel ; 
the  stewards  are  Amos  Baldwin,  Stephen  Angel.  John  Clark,  John  Hutchins. 
Lauren  Smith,  and  Harvey  Clark ;  and  the  clerk  of  the  society  is  Darius  Spencer. 
The  membership  of  the  two  churches  is  one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  and  the 


pastor  . 


Milton   Hamblii 


1  October.  IS 


The  Sabbath-school  of  the  two  churches  consists  of  fifteen  teachers  and  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty  pupils;  Darius  Spencer  is  superintendent  at  North  Chiil.  and 
Edwin  Coney  at  the  South  church.     The  library  contains  two  hundred  volumes. 

THE    FREE    METHODIST   CHURCH    OP    .NOETH    CHILI 

was  duly  organized  in  the  autumn  of  ISUO  at  North  Chili,  by  a  smail  b.and  of  so- 
cedcrs  from  the  .\[cthodist  Episcopal  church  of  that  place,  who  ha.J  withdrawn 
fmui  the  old  organization  on  account  of  what  they  conceived  to  be  oxtmjudicla! 
and  oppressive  proceedings  of  the  '■  Gcnescc  annual  conference."  It  had  existed 
in  au  embryo  state,  in  the  form  of  a  simple  "  band."  for  nearly  two  yeai-s  pn*- 
viouslv,  in  ISolt,  at  which  time  the  seceders  Ix'gan  holdin-.;  scpanite  meetings 
The  immediate  cause  of  the  separate  meetings  w.is  the  expulsion  of  Rev.  Clunlius 
Brainard  from  the  Jlcthodist  Eiiiscopal  church  for  having  particlpatc-J  in  the 
proceedings  of  a  "laymen's  convention,"  which  met  at  Albion  in  the  month  ..f 
December,  1S58.  This  convention,  which  was  composed  of  about  two  hundr.d 
members  from  forty-seven  charges  of  the  "annual  conference,"  had  taken  decided 
action  in  favor  of  two  expellcxl  ministers  and  a'.-alost  the  action  of  the  ^inference. 
Mr.  Brainard  was  a  local  elder  in  the  Mcth.»list  Episcopal  church,  and  had  pre- 
viously belon.'cd  to  the  "  annual  conference.  '  A  l.irgc  pniportion  of  the  mciiilH  r- 
ship,  I'ncludlog  some  officials,  feeling  aggrieved  at  the  decision  of  the  el.ur.h,  and 
being  unable,  con.scicntionsly,  lu  join  in  worship  with  ihos..  rcsp.Misll.lc  (l.rsmh 
action,  and  thereby  indirectly  sustaining  it,  they  withdrew  frurri  the  nie.llnjs. 
and  si-curing  the  services  ot"  Rev.  I-cvi  Wo.hI.  a  l.xal  elder  in  the  .AIeth.»li-t 
Episcopal  church,  they  met  for  worship  at  .Mr.  Brainard's  hous.;.  Here  they 
held  their  m.-ciinL's  l"r  m.-re  than  a  year,  anil,  under  the  ministry  of  .Mr.  Wi«-I, 
until  the  ori-'iiiiziiiion.  "The  t'onn.cti.inal  Free  .Metho.il«t  Church  of  North 
AniericW  was  or,-anlzed   by  a  general  delegated  convention,  at   PcLin,   Nia.gara 


200 


HISTOIiY  OF  MO^'ROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


■ban.l"i 


and  lery  soon  •ftcr-thla  Clilli 
ij  rulc-i.  Thii  society  is  a  pan  of*  rCkTuIir 
ar  oppointracntj.  The  citurch  eJid(.-e  was 
•n  structure,  loiatcii  east  of  the  wrner,  oo 
ad.  tw.;iii_v-ei-ht  bj-  f..Tij  feet  in  sijc,  and 
hou'^nlid  live  hundred  doiJars.  The  pc\stora 
mate,  Oeto- 


tountjr,  New  Tort,  Au-ist  2:!,  ISCi 
*diuitt«<l  into  it,  uinJer  iu  di:>ci|.iine  i 
circuit,  embraeiny:  three  or  fuur  siai 
erected  in  13i;0.  It  is  a  small  woo 
the  north  side  of  the  old   liulf.ilo  i 

worth  DOW,  with  critund-*,  alN)ut  one  tlw.u'^rmd  live  hundred 
in  order  have  been  as  f..llo»3;  J.  W,  lU-ddy.  w.tli  A.  A.  I'l 
ber  30,  ISGl,  to  September  -.'2,  1^02;  W.  M.mnin-  >epteniber  22,  l<u2,  to 
October  1,  13m,  with  W.  Jaeksou  and  J.  MeAlpine.  alternates;  G.  W.  Hum- 
phrey to  Oetober  9,  IjGtJ,  with  G.  W.  Marcillus,  alternate;  uoltnuwo  to  Si-pteni- 
ber  30,  1867;  A.  H.  Green,  with  U.  Ab,:il,  to  OcIoIkt  4,  IS09;  unknown  to 
October,  ISTl ;  J.  W.  Keddy  to  September  22,  1S73.  with  W.  H.  Trcriu-  and 
John  Robinson;  0.  U.  Bjeun  to  September  20.  157J,  with  Levi  \V™«J.  alternate; 
W.  Maunin-  with  J.  W.ilton,  to  Octv'oer.  1S77.  Aniure,-  the  6r«t  meaib-rs  were 
Rer.  C.  Br^iinard,  >[rs.  lirainard.  Tliouixs  llanoah,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Pnic, 
Mr.  «nd  Mt^.  William  I'orter,  Mr.  and  Mr^.  J.  i'attpn.  Mr.  and  .Mr-.  J^iuies 
Hatton,  Mr.  and  Mr^.  James  Stowe,  Mrs.  Martha  Hut.hinjs.  Mrs.  Loder,  and 
others.  The  church  now  contains  about  filly  tneiubers.  A  Sabbath-school  was 
estiblished  VKjn  after  the  formation  of  the  ciiurch.  Rev.  C.  BrainanJ  has  char.:- 
of  the  Bible-elaos,  and  L.  F.  Hal.->tead  is  superintendent  of  the  sthool.  It  has  a 
library  of  about  ono  hundred  volumes,  and  distributes  three  Sabbath-school  papers, 
pabliahed  under  the  au-spiccs  of  the  "Free  .Methodiat  Church," — The  Chritlian 


FUyrim,  The   I'cml,  and  The   LUy.     These,  with  the  seats   in   the  churvh,  are 
free. 

aOUAM  CATHOLIC  CHDRCn  OF  CHILI. 
Previous  to  1SJ5  the  Catholics  of  Chili  as,.*mMed  at  Rochester  and  S-^.tl, villa 
for  divine  worship.  Xovcmber  o,  lS3t,  however,  they  coinmcnecl  their  pr,s.nt 
church  edifice,  which  was  ready  fur  oeeup.uion  the  sueceotliu^  year.  It  -landi 
De«rlhe  .Vew  York  Central  Kaiimad,  one  and  one-half  miles  west  of  ".oldHui,., 
•uiion.  Rer.  J.  McGlew  wa.i  the  fint  pivstor,  to  who.so  untiring  zeal  and  the 
energy  of  a  few  C^itholies  then  in  the  place  is  the  buildin;,-  due.  Until  June, 
1873,  the  church  was  attende'd  from  Saint  Patrick's  c-.ithedral,  Uoeh^^ur, 
and  the  Church  of  .\b.sumptiun,  Seolt.,ville.  Since  that  time,  however,  it  has 
been  attached  to  Churchville.  Forty-five  families  constitute  the  p.ariah.  The 
church  building  is  a  neat  frame  structure,  capable  of  accommodatio'^  two  lmndre«l 
and  filly  cnmmutiieants.  Some  U'M  prie-ls  have,  at  various  [lerio.]-,  admiiii-t,  r...,l 
to  the  spiritual  wants  of  the  pari-h  since  lis  or^-anizalion,  foremOft  amon-_-  wiiom 
are  the  tUlowins,  viz. :  Rev.  J.  .McGlew,  now  of  the  dloce-se  of  Bosioo,  and  F.itl.er 
J.  O'Donohue,  of  Bulfalo  ;  Revs.  .Mr.  Furcell,  M.  Mca|,-her,  M.  J.  Luu-Min, 
D.D.,  J.  H.  OHare-,  and  W.  Mulheron,  of  Rochester,  'Rct,  W.  Morrin,  the 
present  paitor,  was  aisl^ned  to  the  parochial  charge  October  19,  l.S7-i.  The 
present  trustees  are  Thomas  Curvin  and  James  Calley.  Previous  to  their  clwiion, 
-Messrs.  P.  Goflin,  John  Ciimmln-.-s,  John  Cursin,  Thomas  Porter,  P.  Fitiaimons, 
and  John  Fox  performed  the  duties  of  that  office. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 


AN AX  HARMON 

wts  one  oft  family  of  twelve  children,  named  respectively  za  follows:  Arial, 
Clarissi,  Rawson,  Jr.,  Ira,  Sylvester,  Lydia.  .Vn.\n,  Eliiha,  Sarah,  Cynthia,  Mary. 
These  six  sons  all  grew  up  to  matihood,  m;uTicl,  and  settled  down  as  faroiera  in 
the  town  of  Wheatland,  R.iw-fm  Ilamion.  the  lalher.  was  born  in  .Massacbusclta. 
Soon  after  his  marriaiie  to  Mis--*  Lydia  .^lurJoch,  he  removed  to  Jladtson  county. 
New  York,  and  cuL'ai.Td  in  farming:,  cloth-dre>sin::,  and  lumber-sawin?. 

In  1811,  he  removed  with  hi>  f.imily  to  the  prv>ent  town  of  Wheatland,  Jlonroc 
Connty.  He  purcha-ed  some  three  hundred  acres  of  partly  clcua-d  lands,  where 
he  made  his  home  until  hi.-,  death.  The  two  brothers  Anan  and  EIL,ha  retained 
the  old  home  jointly,  with  whom  the  old  pe*iple  fjund  a  home  as  Ions  as  they 
lived.  The  brothers  continued  in  partnership  for  twenty  years.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-eight,  Anan  married  .Miss  ALipiii  W.  Cheever,  of  Chili;  three  years  after 
he  settled  in  the  town  of  Chili,  where  now  .-lands  the  villav-c  of  Clifton,  and  en- 
gaged in  flour-millinc.  farmln-.',  .*elliiiL:  ^o<jd-',  and  manufacturing  laud  plaster,  but 
&nuing  and  milling  h:-s  bee-n  the  chief  'X;eupmion  of  his  lilt;.  Has  been  the 
fiithcrof  four  children,  three  s..ns  and  one  daughter;  two  s-jns  diml  in  infancy, 
ud  the  daughter  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  One  K.n  survive-,  Elmer  R.  Harmon, 
who  is  inarrieJ  and  has  a  family.  He  is  en'.:3ged  in  farming  in  the  6ame  town. 
BIr.  Anan  Harmon  h;ej  a  fine  farm  of  about  twi*  hundred  acres,  and  a  plea^nt 
home,  a  view  of  which  is  prese-ntutl  eltewhere  on  the  pages  of  this  work,  together 
with  the  portruls  of  him>eif  and  his  wile.  He  has  long  been  identified  wiih 
the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  is  a  worthy  deacon.  In  politics  Republican,  a 
napcctcd  old  geiillotnaii  of  aevenly-four  years,  he  commands  the  universal  e»tecm 
of  m  wide  circle  c 


friend: 


BENJAMIN  SHELDON 

lathusett.,  in  1703.      H 


«u  bora  in  Sheffield,  .Ma.-*athusett»,  in  1703. 
trn  part  of  .Vew  York  in  1.31U,  and  *ttl.d  i 
boiily  consisted  of  the  parents,  uiid  nine  tliild 
The  children  had  the  laellities  aiforOed  by  ll 
aa  education.     Bcjiiamin  was  brou::li'.  up  a  fu 


fuiher  eftilgrated  to  the  t 


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which  .,ui 


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and   peaceful 


occopalion  he  ha.1  spent  his  life.  In  1S22,  the  family  removed  to  the  town  of 
Chili,  Monroe  County,  and  settled  down  on  the  same  farm  now  owned  and  oe-eupi.-d 
by  Mr.  Benjamin  Sheldon,  The  nest  year  after  their  settlement  in  Chili.  Ben- 
jamin, who  was  then  twenty-five  years  of  age,  w;w  married  to  Miss  Minerva  CtH,lcy, 
of  Canandaigua;  this  union  was  severed  after  seven  years,  by  the  death  of  hi' 
companion,  leaving  two  children,  Liura  and  Frank  G  ,  both  of  whom  are  now 
living,  Mr.  Sheldon  remained  a  vf idowcr  until  1S32.  when  he  m.irritni  his  present 
wife,  whoeo  maiden  name  was  .Mi.ry  E.  Fo.^tcr,  a  rc.-ident  of  Chili.  By  this  mar- 
riage there  are  three  children,  two  daUL'hters  and  one  son.  The  son,  .^lr.  Ge-er,-c 
Sheldon,  and  the  old  people  all  live  together  in  one  happy  family.  Ge-jrgc  liai 
one  child,  a  bright  boy  of  si.v  years.  In  reliL'ious  faith  the  old  gentleman  is  a 
Christian  of  the  Universal  school :  in  politii's  KopuLlican.  Liberal,  lapgc-lu-arK^I. 
and  generous,  be  is  univcr-ally  re-iH-cied  by  his  aciiiiaintances.  and  In-iuved  by 
his  friends  and  relatives.  Seventy-nine  ye-ars  of  age,  wiih  all  his  faculties  iierl'eii, 
he  baa  prospectively  many  years  licfore  liim  yet  of  happy  greeu  old  age. 


KOKMAN  DAVIS. 

Norman  Davis  and  Elizabeth  Campbell,  his  wife,  were  araon:;  the  pioneers  nf 
Paraia,  where  he  first  .-H.-tlled.  She  moved  from  .Madi-on  county.  New  York,  m 
1813,  and- he  from  the  adjoinin- cToinly  of  Chenango,  in  1329,  Killing  in  Moiir-e 
County  in  the  year  nnmeil.  In  )?:;,"■  he  pnreliascd  his  fanu  in  I'arma. —  i  j"-- '»■ 
noQ  that  was  on  almost  unhroken  fore-t.  In  1337  they  were  married,  and  immi- 
diately  moved  into  the  log  hou-<  he  h.vl  previously  conslructed.  Then  followi'i 
the  arduous  work  of  charm-.'  the  firm,  of  turning  the  forest  into  fertile  fiel'l«- 
Their  lives  have  been  thi~e  of  hibor,  and  arc  valuable  to  the  rismi:  gener;ili"0  ^ 
illustrative  of  what  may  be  aecomplished  by  puiient,  untiring  industry.  He  '"' 
the  first  portable  thresher  we-t  ol  tho  Genesee  river;  winnowing  the  ch.ill  'f'"* 
the  wheat  during  the  etcnln-.-s. 

They  reraoVL-d  to  their  beautiful  homestead  in  iho  town  of  Chili  in  l'-'-'- 
where  they  sub-ei|ueiitly  resided,  and  from  whence  ho  »v  '•  ealle-d  from  In-"  id-''' 
November  3,  lb7<;,  .ai:id  iH;venty-<jnc  years,  leaving  to  hij  family,  wth  |.ro>iJ'"' 


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GATES. 


The  toim  of  Gates,  with  ita  present  limits,  is  the  last  retnnaDt  of  the  old  town 
of  Xorttiiaipton.  After  the  first  division  of  the  ori^-inul  tuwn  the  territory  now 
embodied  in  the  towns  of  Gates  and  Greece  came  under  one  town  orpinization, 
and  retained  for  several  years  the  name  of  Xortlwmpton.  In  the  winter  of  1S21 
and  1S22  tlie  town  of  Greece  w:i3  set  off,  thou-h  long  before  tl\e  old  name  had 
been  drtippcd  and  Gates  substituted.  It  is  a  small  town,  lying  directly  west  of 
and  adjoining  the  city  of  Rochester,  with  Oi.'den  on  the  west,  Greece  on  the  north, 
and  Chili  on  the  south.  It  extends  east  and  west  six  miles,  north  and  south 
about  three  and  three-fourths  milef.  with  an  aroa  of  twenty-two  and  one-half 
square  miles,  and  divided  into  two  s-  ctioos.  The  north  section  is  subdivided  into 
six  tiers  of  two-hundred-acre  farm  lots,  and  the  south  section  into  four  tiers  of  one- 
hundred-acrc  farm  lots.  The  first  election  of  town  officers  occurred  si-on  after  the 
fir^  division  of  Norihanipton,  un  the  4th  day  of  -\pnl,  ISoO,  at  the  house  of 
Jeremiah  Olmstead,  and  under  the  direction  of  Zaccheus  Colby,  Ks'j.,  when  the 
organization  was  perfected  by  the  election  of  the  following  officers ;  Supervisor, 
Zaccheus  Colby;  Town  Clerk,  Hugh  McDijniiid-,  Assess^jr^,  John  Williams, 
Thomas  King,  Richard  Clark;  Road  Commissioners,  Matthew  Cimmick,  Moses 
Clurk,  Nathaniel  Tibbies ;  Ovcrseere  of  the  Poor,  Abel  Kuwe,  Moses  Cljrk  ;  Col- 
lector, Richard  Clark  ;  Over«;era  of  Hiszhways.  Thos.  Lee.  Chas.  ilarti.nj.  Frsd. 
Rowe,  Erastus  Robertson,  Asliael  Wilkerson,  Moses  Clark.  iVathaniel  Jones; 
Fence-viewers  and  Pound-keepers,  Abel  Rowe,  Augustus  B.  Shaw,  Thomas  King, 
Samuel  Latta. 

The  surface  of  the  town  is  generally  level,  though  slightly  rolling  in  localities, 
•nd,  like  the  surrounding  town.'?,  was  originally  very  heavily  timbered.  It  was 
cleared  and  brought  under  cultivation  at  a  much  later  date  than  the  towns  sur- 
rounding  it,  as  all  the  fiibt  settled  p-jrtions  of  the  ori'.rinal  town  were  set  off  as 
other  towns,  and  a  considerable  portion  of  its  territory,  adjoining  the  river, 
annexed  to  the  city  of  Rochester.  The  soil  is  strong,  rich,  and  very  productive. 
A  sandy  loam  predominates,  though  clay  exists  in  considerable  quantities  in  many 
places.  It  has  no  streams  of  any  prominence,  though  a  few  small  water-courses 
flow  south  into  Chili  and  the  Black  creek,  or  southeast  and  east  into  the  river. 
In  all  this  part  of  the  Stale,  before  the  axe  had  cleared  the  forests,  it  was  no  un- 
common thing  to  find  swamps  and  marshes  where  now  dry  and  beautiful  farms 
exist,  and  Gates  was  no  exception  to  the  rule.  Where  clay  exists  to  any  extent 
in  the  soil,  the  surface  of  which  pre.-ents  slight  depressions,  and  the  under- 
growth and  decaying  wood  fill  up  and  obstruct  what  water-courses  and  natural 
means  of  drainage  there  are,  water  will  remain  and  form  shallow  sw.inips.  until 
rcdeetned  by  improvement  and  cultivation.  Both  the  Niagara  Fails  branch  and 
llic  main  line  of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  pass  through  the  town,  the 
former  in  the  northern  part,  with  the  station  South  Greece  within  its  limits,  and 
the  latter  in  the  southern,  with  the  stati.jn  toldwaU'r  in  Gates.  The  Rochester 
and  State  Line  Railroad  also  passes  through  the  southeast  corner  of  the  town. 
The  Krie  canal  traverses  portions  of  northern  Gates  and  southern  Greece.  Besides 
tht-se  lines  two  important  highways  pass  through  the  whole  length  of  the  t^jwn, 
the  old  stage  route  between  Rochester  and  Batavia,  a'.d  the  Lycll  road,  from 
which  diverges,  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  the  Speucerporl  road.  There  are  no 
villages  within  the  limits  of  tiie  town,  but  owing  to  its  proximity  to  Rochester, 
»nd  ii,i  location  with  reference  to  important  thoroughfares,  real  estate  commands 
»  high  priw,  and  its  improvement  and  cultivation  have  Ijcen  rapid  and  eslcnsivo. 
It  has  two  post-offices,  one  at  Coldwater  station,  and  one  on  the  Lycll  road,  two 
nnli-s  east  of  its  junction  with  the  Spencerp<jrt  road,  and  known  us  Gates  post- 
office.  At  (he  tiijio  of  the  organization  of  the  town  in  ISUD,  which  then  included 
*»r»,i-ce  also,  but  very  few  settlements  has  been  made  upon  the  territory  now  em- 
hraced  within  the  limits  of  the  town. 

In  all  works  giving  the  history  of  the  town  of  Gates,  we  find  that  IS09  is  sjiven 
as  the  date  of  the  fir-t  scttlcntcnt  made  upon  the  territory  now  embraced  within 
it'  l-.rders.  Yet  April  4,  ISitO,  is  the  date  of  the  orir.m.zation  of  that  town, 
*l'iih.  tln.iugh  it  al>o  includcl  *jri.H.'ce  at  that  time,  elei-ted  men  fur  its  first  town 

■■I  -otilcmcnt  Is  8t.-ite<l  to  have  been  that  yinr.      If  true,  thfv  must  have  settled 
during  the  first  three  months  of  the  year,  and  became  very  quickly  known.      But 


it  it  not  plausible,  and  that  it  is  erroneous  now  admits  no  doubt.  Careful  investi- 
gation shows,  beyond  ail  question,  that  a  few  settlements  had  been  made  as  earlv 
as  1800,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  some  were  made  earlier.  Aloui:  the  river, 
in  both  Greece  and  Chili,  settlements  were  made  as  early  as  17D.L,  and  vitv  »wn 
after  crept  into  Gates,  at  least  the  portion  set  ofi'  to  the  city  of  Rochester.  And 
it  was  a  very  frequent  occurrence  for  stnngeis  emigrating  from  the  east  to  pene- 
trate into  the  wUdemess  and  settle  in  localities  wholly  unknown  to  their  nei.'h- 
bors  for  miles  distant,  until  perhaps  in  prospecting,  or  hunting  for  stock  strav. d 
away,  they  were  suddenly  startled  by  the  sound  of  the  axe  and  hammer,  and  c:iuie 
unexpectedly  upon  a  small  clearing  and  a  log  cabin  occupied  by  a  fimily.  where 
they  had  supposed  it  was  all  a  dense,  unoccupied  forest.  Especially  would  that 
be  the  case  with  n  class  of  people  who  never  concern  themselves  with  town  or 
public  matters,  of  which  class  many  of  the  first  settlers  were  composed.  Such  is 
the  testimony  of  many  early  settlers  still  living,  who  claim,  in  positive  terms,  a 
much  earlier  date  for  the  settlement  of  this  town  than  that  heretofore  given,  and 
upon  whose  authority  we  have  relied.  John  Harford,  who  at  one  time  owiieil 
one-twelfth  of  the  town,  came  iu  at  a  very  early  day,  though  it  is  not  known  that 
ho  was  the  first  settler.     He  settled  east  of  the  brick  hotel  at  the  junction  of  the 

Gates  Centre.  In  1S04,  or  about  that  time,  Samuel  Gilman  and  Daniel  Oilman 
settled  in  the  east  part  of  the  town ;  also  John  Courtright,  in  the  same  vicinity. 
Charles  Harford  and  Abraham  Harford  came  in  town  very  early,  and  were  among 
its  first  officers. 

Isaac  Dean,  who  has  been  adjudged  the  first  settler  in  1309,  settled  about  one 
mile  South  of  the  Centre,  where  he  built  a  saw-mill  in  1810, — a  fart  that  affords  a 
strong  presumption  that  he  came  at  a  much  earlier  date.  About  the  same  time 
Augustus  B.  Shaw,  one  of  the  first  town  officers,  made  a  settlement:  als-j  John 
Van  Sickle,  and  near  the  Rapids  one  Caswell  and  Dr.  Wellman,  as  e;irly  as 
1810.  Ansel  Griffin,  elected  constable  in  1310,  settled  some  time  previous,  and 
William  Hinchey  about  the  same  time  purcha.sed  south  of  the  Centre.  Thomas 
Jameson  settled  soon  after,  and  previous  to  1812,  west  of  Gates  Centre  ;  a'so 
Everett  H.  Peck  and  David  Frink.  Philip  Lyell  had  settled  before  on  the  Lycll 
road,  by  whom  it  was  named ;  also  Ezra  Mason  and  Richard  Paul.  Among 
others  who  iiad  settled  in  the  town  previous  to  1517  were  Lowell  Thoni.is.  Ira 
Wait,  and  on  the  Rapids  road  Orange  Bartlott,  with  Elliott,  Cyrus,  an.l  Ira 
Baitlett,  Calviu  G.  Hill,  surveyor,  and  Luther  Hill,  both  a  short  di-tance  west  of 
the  Rapids;  Dai.iel  Muringcr.  jcremiah  Knapp.  and  Asael  Bently.  About 
1812  Simon  Hunt,  a  town  officer  in  1314,  settl.'d  on  a  farm  one  and  one-half 
miles  west  of  the  Centre,  built  him  a  house,  and  improved  a  p<jrtion  of  it ;  but 
after  living  on  it  a  few  years,  he  give  it  up,  and  removed  to  Michi'_Mn,  then  just 
opening  to  settlement.  Soon  afte'  and  previous  to  IS  15,  Amasa  KcIIol:'.:  settled 
south  of  the  Centre,  and  still  earlier  Asael  .\inswiirth  and  Chaunccy  Dean  ;  the 
latter  about  one  mile  south  of  the  Centre,  near  the  A^'affles  farm.  Amoiii:  other 
early  settlers  were  Spencer  Woodworth,  about  one  mile  southeast;  a  fitnilv  Im-  the 
name  of  Smith,  and  Humphrey  Hart,  on  the  middle  road;  William  Van  Slvke. 
one  and  one-half  miles  west,  who  atlerwards  moved  to  the  city;  (jidcoii  Baker, 
with  several  sons,  imd  Samuel  Har*.  In  1S16,  Luther  Field,  from  Bnitilcb'TouL-h. 
Vermont,  came  into  this  town,  and  two  years  later,  iti  ISLS,  moved  his  finuly. 
consisting  of  his  wife  and  four  children,  and  made  a  settlement.  His  wife  is  still 
living  with  her  son,  Chester  Field,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-nine,  a  few  rods 
east  of  the  corner  at  Gates  Centre,  on  the  old  Buffalo  roa.l.  Chester  Field  fir-t 
settled  on  lot  TO,  at  the  junction  of  the  State  Line  and  New  York  Centrd  Kail- 
roads,  in  182G.  Lindsley  Sturiris  had  settled  before  this,  one  and  one-half  miles 
west  of  the  Centre,  on  tlic  Buffalo  road,  though  at  what  date  is  unknown,  and  a 
family  by  the  name  of  Graves,  four  niil.s  west  on  the  same  road ;  and  about  one 
and  one-half  miles  south,  near  the  Chili  line,  the  families  of  Joel  Whcel.r  and 
SjiuucI  Weihert.  About  the  -amc  time  KIcazer  Howar.!  settled  at  the  C'liirc. 
About  1811  a  family  liy  the  name  of  Wells  cmc  in  and  m.de  a  ^.itlciiiciil  n.  ar 

the  Gilnian.s;  alvi  Danid  I.o.,iuis  s.x.n  after  twu.-ht  a  firm  a  >hort  di^tai. nn 

of  Uiac  D.ans.  William  It.  lt..oth  settl.-d  in  town  about  the  lime,  or  m-wi  alt-r 
Chester  Field.     About  182j,  Calvin  S|icrry  sittled  iu  town,  on  the  Spiii'crport 

201 


HISTORY  OF  JrOXROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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pood,  one-half  mile  west 

Chester  Field  have  f  jr  many  years  been  idem 

meets  of  the  town,  the  formation  of  it.-*  sneie 

«sts.     Both  are  still  living,  monuments  of  a  p 

came  in  at  this  time  and  before.     It  13  impo; 

first  settlera,  or  of  those  who  came  in  subsenuently  for  several  years,  as  there  are 

none  of  them  living:.     Two  mechanics  and  their  families,  by  the  name  of  Stravey 

tod  Stillsun,  settled  in  town  very  early,  probably  before  ISll. 

The  first  house  built,  the  first  land  improved,  and  the  lirst  izrain  sowed,  within 
the  limits  or  what  is  now  Gates,  was  ea.-t  of  the  brick  tavern,  alons  the  Lyell 
road,  on  land  belonirin^  to  John  ITarfnrd.  Such  is  the  positive  opinion  of  Chester 
Field,  Esq.,  whose  father  came  in  ISHi.  Isaac  Kay,  son  in-law  of  Mr.  Harford, 
cleared  some  of  the  first  land,  and  built  one  of  the  first  houw.^  in  tlie  town,  also 
on  land  of  Mr.  Harford's.  The  fir^t  tavern  in  town  was  erected  a  short  distance 
east  of  the  junction  of  the  State  Line  and  New  Vorfc  Central  Ilailroad-s.  It  was 
built  of  logs,  and  was  long  known  as  the  old  log  tavern,  lo<.atcd  on  the  old  Bulfjlo 
road;  and,  according  to  Mr.  Field,  was  opened  in  IbOiJ.  The  first  proprietor  is 
not  certainly  known,  unless  it  was  William  Jameson,  who  kept  it  at  a  very  early 
date.  Subsequently  it  was  kept  by  Joshua  Beaman.  Both  men  were  among  too 
esrlj  settlers.  lu  ISIO  a  tavern  was  kept  at  Genesee  rapids,  by  one  Caswell, 
and  another,  a  few  roils  south  and  soon  after,  by  Dr.  Wellman.  Several  years 
later  a  tavern  was  erected  and  opened  some  distance  west  of  the  Rapids,  by  .\sa 
Munson,  another  early  settler,  which  is  now  kept  by  William  Huff.  About  the 
year  1S23,  Eleazer  Howard  erected  a  tavern  at  Gates  Centre,  on  the  old  Buffalo 
road,  which  he  kept  several  year^.  Another  wa-s  opened  one  and  one-half  miles 
west,  on  the  same  road,  by  LiricUley  Sturges,  and  still  another,  four  miles  west,  by 
one  Graves.  In  IS32,  Chester  Fields  opened  a  hotel  on  the  same  road,  two  miles 
east  of  the  Centre,  on  lot  TG,  which  is  still  standing  at  the  junction  of  the  two 

atage-coaches,  previous  to  the  construction  of  the  Xew  York  Central  Railroad,  in 
1836  ;  aliW  those  at  the  Rapids,  on  the  Scottsville  stage  road,  where  a  regular  line 
was  running.  All  travel  was  by  stage,  and  imt 
*"wa3  rapid,  which  kept  the  hotels  constantly  full. 
and  opened  a  tavern  in  the  north  part  of  the  t* 
at  the  junction  of  the  Lyell  and  Spenccrport  roi 
house.  It  was  kept  for  many  years,  and  was  located  on  the  west  corner.  In 
18tU,  Robert  Corricr  ercted  and  opene.1  the  brick  tavern  m>ar  the  same  place, 
on  the  south  side  of  the  street,  which  is  still  in  operation.  The  first  saw-mill  was 
erected  in  1810,  by  I.-.uio  Dea 
aouth  of  the  Centre,  and  is  s 
it,  and  conducted  it  several  ye 

it  was  opened  is  unknown.  Tiie  first  child  born  in  the  town, 
dangliter  of  Ezra  .Mason,  who  was  born  in  ISIS.  This,  howev 
probable,  as  quite  a  large  number  of  families  were  then  living 
had  been  for  several  years.  Other  births  mast  have  oeeurrtMl  ; 
that  date.  The  first  school,  a.s  near  as  can  be  ascertained  by  pers<jns  now  living, 
was  tiught  in  a  log  buildin-.;  in  the  vicinity  of  Dean's  mill,  aim  about  the  time, 
or  soon^fter,  that  was  established.  Long  bet'ore  the  division  of  the  town  fiourish- 
ing  schools  and  good  buildings  were  established  throughout  the  whole  territory. 
The  town  now  has  seven  districts,  with  the  same  number  of  gcod  school-houses. 
The  present  inhabitants  of  tlie  town  are  nearly  all  .\merieao  b  Tn  and  descend- 
of  sterling  character,  hospitable,  and 
dligenec  and  prosperity. 

the  present  were  as  fo!- 


ition  to  this  part  0 
1S44,E.  Macauley 
directly  north  of  1 
vhich  is  now  used  1 


the  St 


i  priv 


near  the  Chili  line,  about  on 

e  and  or 

le-half  miles 

standin-      InlSll.Chaun 

eey  Dea: 

n  purch.Tsed 

.      Ira  Wait  kept  the  first  st 

ore,  thot 

■gh  the  date 

,  scarcely  appears 


them  before 


ms  of  New  England  emigr; 
;cond  to  no  part  of  the  Sta 
The  .supervisors  from  the 


of  th 


low..,  vit :  Zacehcus  Colby,  lill9  ;  S 
Mastict,  1812  to  ISIO,  both  inelu5i\ 
Matthew  Brown,  1819  to  1821  ;  Jes»< 
was  set  off;  .Matthew  Brown,  1S2:! , 
Scth  Saxton,  ISJG;   I'lctdicr  M.  Ha 


,muel  J»vtta,  1810;  Z.  Colby,  1811  ;  John 
e;  Roswell  Hart,  1,^17,  Ira  West,  1818  ; 
Hawlcy,  1>^2L',  first  supcrviM>r  after  (Jriiecc 
Samuel' Works,  lb2t;  Jacob  Gould.  1825  ; 
i..-l,t,  1827;  Matthew   Ilrown,  1S28;  Ezra 


M.  Parsons,  182'.) ;  Nathaniel  1 
1833;  Wm  J.  Bi.-h.ip,  ISIU  ; 
Henry  K.  Higgias,  1S;;7  t.)  18 
Smith,  1S43 ;  .Melancthon  C.  W, 
Warner,  1849;  Joseph  D.wey, 
'Wetmorc.  185:!;  Joseph  Dcwe 
Ezra  M.  Parsons,  1858  to  IStiU 


.  Roehc; 
Ezra  M 


is;; 


18112 


3  H.  Gri 

Spcrry,  : 


ra  yi.  I'.irs..ns.  ISXi  ;  Calvin  Spcrry,  lSa«; 
i  Silas  A.  Yerkcs,  1840  to  1842;  e'.  Darwin 
iirc,  1844  to  1S47;  Joslina  Fish,  184S;  James 
:.(!  to  I.«.-.l  ;  Hiram  Shearman.  1.SV2;   M    C. 

Nathan   I'almer,  1801  ,  James  Wurner.  1SG2; 


Wm.  Otis,  18«:! ;  James  Chappell,  ISIU  ;  James  Warner.  1SG5  to  1806  ;  Ch.,i,.r 
Field,  1SG7  to  1871  ;  Jfhn  L.  I'i.Kley,  1S72  to  1874;  and  Kdward  C.  Campi,i.|l, 
1874  to  1;«75.  The  officers  of  the  town  for  the  year  187G  are  as  follows,  viz  ; 
Supervisor.  Reubi-n  L.  Field  ,  Town  Clerk,  Wm.  S.  I'erry ;  Collector,  Edward 
Bushi:eil ;  Ju.-tices  of  the  Peace.  Franklin  Hineliey,  James  Chappell,  R.  L.  I'ixh.y, 
Russel  Hardy  ;  R..ad  Commi^ioners,  Jacob  Blinn.  Allen  U.  Todd,  Ah.nzo  Hardy  | 
-Vssessors,  Thoin.13  Roe.  Uicliard  ■Waffle,  Lewis  Courser;  Auditors,  Enimons  '.I. 
Edson,  Wm.  Davis,  Edward  Bushncll;  Inspectors  of  Elections,  Franklin  Hinchey, 
Alonzo  HanJy;  Kxcise  Coromi-sionets,  Chester  Field,  Clark  Woodworth ;  Uv,.',.' 
seer  of  the  Poor,  A.  K.  Thurston;  Game  Constable,  Wm.  Collins;  ConstabU-., 
Peter  Calwe,  Richard  Woffle.  Walter  Ward,  Carlisle  Baisdale ;  Sealer  of  Weighia 
and  Jleasures,  John  Gardner. 


THE    FIRST    PRESnVTERI.l 


O.VTES 


of  Eleazer  Howard,  at  G.,ie 


was  organized  on  October  15,  1828,  at  the  hou 
Centre,  by  a  few  members  of  that  denomination  living  in  the  vicinity,  who  li,„l 
called  a  meeting  for  that  purpose.  Spencer  W^oodwoith  and  Henry  H.  CiTbin 
presided  over  the  meaning.  The  board  of  trustees  elected  were  Mathew  Gnre^t. 
Amasa  Kellogg,  and  William  Jameson.  No  other  olfiecrs  were  chosen  at  that 
time,  but  subsequently,  as  the  church  increased  in  numbers  and  interest,  Calvin 
Sperry  was  appointed  secretary,  and  Spencer  Woodworth  treasurer.  Mr.  Spcrrv 
continued  as  secretary  many  years  during  its  growth  and  greatest  prosperity.  The 
names  of  the  first  members  are  lost.  But  few,  if  any,  are  now  living.  The  sen-ices 
ofthe  church  were  held  in  the  ball-room  of  Howard's  tavern,  at  the  Centre,  for  about 
four  years,  or  until  the  erection  ofthe  first  church  building,  about  the  year  18,'{2. 
It  was  a  small  wooden  atnicture,  located  at  the  Centre.  In  1814  it  was  removed, 
to  give  pl.nce  to  a  more  substantial  and  commodious  structure,  better  suited  to  the 
increased  demands  of  the  church.     It  was  built  at  a  cost  of  about  twelve  hundred 

old  Buff".do  road,  east  of  the  corner.  The  first  preacher,  as  near  as  can  he  ascer- 
tained, was  Rev.  Geo.  G.  Sill.  Tlitre  wjis  no  pastor  regularly  employed  until  about 
1840,  and  only  about  three  since  its  organization,  thouirh  numerous  minlstcn 
have  occupied  the  pulpit.  A  few  among  them  are  Rev.  McFariand,  a  mis-iniiarv 
from  Massachusetts,  who  preached  while  services  were  conducted  in  the  tavern. 
Rev.  James  Ballentine,  about  1840,  Rev.  Alva  Ingersol,  Charles  Furman,  Uwis 
Morey,  W,  C.  Gaylord,  and  Rev.  Henry  Wicks,  the  last  p.istor  beginning  Jane 
20,  1875.     Rev.  Mr.  Baker  also  preached  here  several  years  a-io.     The  Iward  of 

,       (rastecs  at  present  consists  of  Reuben  L.  Field,  Robert  Wade,  and  Charles  Uoivc. 

j        A  Mr.  Lee  w.is  appointed  one  of  the  first  deacons.     The  Sabbath-schiwl  w.t« 

'  organized  in  1828,  in  the  ballroom  of  Howard's  tavern,  under  the  supervision  of 
Deacon  Lee.  Calvin  Sperry  was  made  first  supcrintendiMit,  wtiicli  nosition  he 
held  many  years.     It  began  with  ten  teachers  and  over  eighty  pupils,  while  rmw 

I  it  employs  seven  teachers,  and  gives  instruction  to  forty  pupil.s,  Thomas  Itoe  is 
superintendent,  and  Robert  Wade  secretary.  It  has  no  library,  but  distributes 
forty  copies  of  the  He//  Sjfrinff,  a  Sunday-school  paper. 

THE   FIRST   SOCIETT   OP  THE    METHODIST    EPISCOr.AL   CUCBCH    OF  OATES 

was  organized  in  1S2S,  the  same  year  as  the  Presbyterian  church,  in  a  log  school- 
house  which  stood  three-foutihs  of  a  mile  north  of  its  present  church  building, 
and  about  eighty  rods  south  of  the  canal,  by  the  Rev.  John  Copiland.     Tlii' 
church  was  organized  the  same  year  that  the  churches  at  Web^ier's  Basin,  and  i" 
I       the  Whittier  settlement,  in  OgdLU,  were  swallowed  up  by  the  Protestmt  .Mcili- 
I       odist  movement.     The  first  members  were  Zuba  Hayden,  Olive  Hayden,  .M.iry 
'        Hayden,  and  Polly  Finley,  with  a  few  others.     The  first  officvrs  are  not  kM..«n. 
i        Services  were  held  in  the  log  school-house  until  the  erccli..n  of  the  church  e.iili'  c 
i        now  in  use,  whieli  was  built  and  paid  for  by  Allen  Tod  I  in  1840.     The  |.rc-< m 
\        trustees  are  Allen  Todd,  Jr.,  Wm.  Keeler,  and  Ge-j.  M.  Curtis ;  the  stewards,  A. 
Shcpard,  Wm.  Keeler,  and  John  Peacock;  cla.-3-leader,  John  Peacock;  and  the 
;       clerk,  Geo.  .M    Curtis.     It  belongs  to  the  Ogdcn  circuit,  and  has  had  the  same 
pastors  as  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Spencerp<jrt.     G.  Stratton  i.>  the 

1        present  pastor.     A  Sabbath-school  was  organized  with  the  church  in  the  'cl I- 

''        house,  containing,  at  present,  four  teachers  and  twenty-six  pupils.      .^Irs.  .^1-  1"- 
,        Curtis  is  superintendent,   William    Keeler  as.sislant,  and   Eliza   Nca!   s<'crcl.try. 

I        now  contairi.s  about  two  hundred  volumes,  in  charge  of  Eliza  Neal,  librarian. 


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GREECE. 


M.inroc  County,  nnd  w 
xs  boOTi  the  tmppins  aiu 


of  the  earliest 


Tais  U  one  of  the  largest  towns  i 
M!ttlcd.  From  time  immemorial  it 
the  Seiirai  Indians,  who  found  pinie  of  every  variety,  indicenuiu  tn  the  eountry 
and  latitude,  in  groat  abundance  among  the  marshes  and  bays  in  the  northern 
part;  and  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  long  before  any  settleinenL-*  had  been 
made  in  the  county, — before  the  advent  of  "  Old  Tory  Allen,"  as  he  was  called, — 
adventurous  hunters  had  jtetietratefl  here  and  set  their  traps  for  the  L'eaver  and 
otter,  then  so  plentiful.  Certain  it  is  that  our  first  settlers  found  that  the  hunter 
had  preceded  him  and  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  country.  'Wm.  Hencher, 
in  1792,  found  "  Walker,  the  nng-r,"  living  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  the 
Atchinsons,  in  1T9C,  found  the  '•  blue  Stoc'dng  rover.'  John  Parks,  to  whom 
apparently  every  pond,  mar^h,  stream,  and  hill  was  familiar,  and  who  guideil  them 
to  their  settlement.  But  as  soon  as  the  emigrant  made  his  appearance  these 
rangei^  plunged  farther  into  the  wilderne:*s,  and  their  existence  was  but  a  remem- 
brance. The  Tiiscaratcns  and  Cnnoicavijm  Indians,  of  the  .Se/irni  tribe,  then 
roamed  these  bnds,  now  covered  with  magnidccnt  farms  and  Ix'autiful  homes. 

Greece  was  not  organized  until  Marvh  22,  1322,  at  which  time  it  was  cut  off 
from  the  town  of  Gates.  All  the  town  records  previous  to  ISGj.  giving  the  names  of 
the  officers,  arx:  lost :  hence  the  names  of  the  first  town  officers  are  not  att.ainable,  ex- 
trpt  that  of  the  first  supcr\'isor.  Frederic  Bushiu-U.  The  territory  comprUing  the 
present  towns  of  Gates  and  Greece,  as  stated  in  the  history  of  the  original  town  of 
Xonhampton,  retainc-d  that  name;  the  first  town  meeting  was  held  at  the  tavern 
of  Jeremiah  Olmstead,  on  the  Ilidgc  road,  in  this  town.  On  January  ID,  1S12, 
the  name  was  changed  to  Gates,  and  so  it  remained  until  the  division  in  1522. 

Greece  is  located  in  the  northe.-ist  cnmer  of  the  Mill-Seat  tract.  It  extends  east 
and  west  nearly  eight  miles,  north  and  south  along  the  west  line  more  than  seven- 
teen and  one-half  Uiiles,  and  on  the  ea.«t  side,  along  Genes.;e  river,  alx)ut  nine  miles, 
piving  an  areaof  surface,  including  ponds  and  bays,  of  over  sixty-five  sjuare  miles. 
The  northeastern  part,  alonir  the  river,  is  divided  into  fifty  farm  lots  of  one  hun- 
dntl  acres  each  ;  the  southea.->tern.  into  fifteen  two-huodred-aere  lots ;  the  south- 
wef*tern,  into  five  tiers,  each  containing  ten  farm  lots  of  two  hundred  acres  each; 
and  the  northwestern,  or  larger«part.  into  farm  lota  of  three  hundred  acres  each. 
The  whole  surface  was  origitutlly  covered  with  a  heavy  growth  of  timber,  and 
a  considerable  area  covered  with  marsh  and  swamp.  Especially  was  this  the 
'-j.m:  in  the  northern  part,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  ponds  and  inlets  alon::  the  <jen- 
»-?<-e  river,  and  near  the  centre,  where  (piitc  an  extensive  clay  belt  exists,  and  re- 
tained surface-water  until  proper  cliannels  were  opened  by  impiovement  and  cul- 
tivation. The  soil  is  generally  a  clay  lo;im,  with  considerable  accumniations  of 
drift  sand.  It  is  very  fertile  aitd  productive,  -ill  the  cereal  crops  have  yielded 
al'undant  returns.  Of  late  years  fruit^;ulture  has  been  the  most  pnuuinent  Indus- 
try,  and  the  already  large  area  of  orcharela  is  being  Uirgely  in<.-eiv.sed  each  year. 
Ni.t  uoly  apples,  but  peaches  and  gi-.ipes  also  are  successfully  ^rown,  the  former 
in  i(nality  and  richness  un5Urpas.«cd  in  our  markets. 

The  surface  of  the  town  is  very  level  in  the  main,  though  in  s.inic  liK.-jlitics 
^liijhtly  nnduUitin-.:.  On  the  north  it  inclines  towards  the  lake,  and  also  towards 
the  river  on  the  cist.  It  h;LS  a  very  extensive  water  b.  uniliry,  .it«iut  nine  miles 
n|..ng  (he  (.lenoscc  river,  and  nearly  twelve  luih-s  of  lake  ci»ast,  cMendirii:  from  the 
n  iihwost  to  the  s..ulhea.''l.  This  coast  is  iuJcntod  with  six  h'.ys  or  rK..nds.  into 
ttliuh  fliiw  streams  from  the  we>t  and  south.  The  Lir.ie.'st  and  Timst  prominent  is 
Itraddock's  bay,  in  the  extreme  north.  It  is  divided  nito  two  large  bcanchcs,  or 
f'trki*.  The  north  branch  revives  West  creek  atid  Salriwm  creek,  n^ar  the  i'arma 
''■»n  line,  and  three  miles  frimi  the  lake.  The  south  branch  rceeivi.:.  Ruilunwood 
Tw-k,  one  mile  fniin  the   Rirriui  t..wn  line,  and  is  cnnnecteJ  with  llie  lake  by  a 

'h-  lake  by  a  oevk  of  laLd  one  and  a  half  mik-s  long.  It  eo..iu.i(s  with  L.mg 
|>aid,  and  thence  by  a  narrow  strait  wiiU  llu-  lake.  Long  poml  receives  Long 
l'"nd  creek.  Scxt  to  the  sioithea.t  is  Buck  poiul.  which  cxteiuU  i-a»t  an»l  west 
»  dittance  of  three  miles.  It  lus  two  l.ranelu-»;  tlic  Larger  receives  a  ^-t^C5lm  tli.it 
enters  (ire^ecc  near  tlie  s-mthwest  corner,  auii  flows  lunth  and  northf-e-'t.  Hound 
I^'ud,  next  southciist,  receives  a  strcAut  that  ente[?<the  town  from  tiate^,  and  tle-ws 
parallel  with  the  tbriHcr  through  tl»e  centre.     About  midway  between  lU^und 


pond  and  the  mouth  of  the  river  ia  Little  potid,  which  receives  two  parallel  s(ri-ani.i 
one  entering  from  Gates,  and  the  other  rising  in  the  town  sotithwc.it  nf  Clurlnih- 
Another  flows  about  one. half  mile  west  of,  and  parallel  with,  the  river,  iii(>>  ih,' 
lake. 

These  ponds  are  filled  with  shallow  water,  and  in  the  early  •ettl.inent  of  th,- 
country  were  the  favorite  resorts  of  the  hunter  and  tripper.  All  varietic*  of  game 
known  to  this  climate  were  found  in  this  wild  and  marshy  region.  The  point  nf 
land  between  Braddock's  bay  and  the  lake  has  been  known  since  the  beginniiiL' 
of  the  century  as  Hicks'  I'oiiit,  so  named  after  .Samuel  Hicks,  who  for  many  y.ari 
occupied  it  as  a  trapping-ground.  Living  near  the  point,  with  a  lar.-e  faniiK. 
he  followed  trapping  and  hunting  for  a  livelihiH.d,  and  what  little  land  he  eiihi- 
vated  was  along  the  beach,  now  mainly  submerged,  though  still  retaining  in  some 
places  the  early  marks  of  the  plow  and  hoe.  So  plentiful  was  game  at  tli.it 
early  date  that  he  from  one  p*iint  shot  several  bear.  deer,  and  a  lar^'e  nnmlier  of 
ducks,  without  changing  his  jKisition  ;  and  the  ready  supply  of  otter,  beaver,  etc  , 
rendered  trapping  a  lucrative  industry, 

.\bout  Cranberry  pfind  immense  fields  of  wild  cnmberries  were  ycariv  gathered 
by  the  Indians,  who  at  the  approach  of  the  fall  h:irvest  migrateil  thither  and  en- 
camped in  laru'e  companies.  They  built  their  leuiporary  villages  of  b.irk  tents,  iti 
couples  facing  each  other,  with  a  pathway  between  tliem.  Here  they  lived  uiiiil 
they  gathered  their  fall  crops  of  cranberries,  in  connection  with  fishing,  hunting, 
and  trapping. 

Greece  has  at  pres<'nt  .six  post-offices. — Charlotte,  Hanford's  Landing,  Xi.nli 
Greece,  South  Gieeee,  Greece,  and  West  Greece,  the  latter  on  the  ti.wn  line. — and 
one  cu.-tom-house.  Hanford's,  formerly  King's  Liinding,  was  the  fir^t  po-t-otii.  e 
establ'tshed.  The  new  Ontario  branch  of  the  Ogdeiisburg,  Oswe..'0  and  Wat.r- 
town  Railroad  w*as  completed  through  the  northern  part  of  the  t»iwn  in  IsT-'i. 
while  the  Charlotte  branch  of  the  .N'ew  York  Central  connects  Koehe-or  with  a 
Canada  line  of  steamers  at  Charlotte. 

The  first  recorded  settlement  in  this  town  w.aa  made  by  William  Ilirneher.  in 
the  spring  of  1792.  He  came  origin.illy  from  Brookfield.  Ma.-saclmsctts,  having 
been  engaged  in  Shays'  roljellion,  and  first  went  to  Newtown  Point.  In  17'.'1  he 
went,  with  his  son  William,  with  an  o.v-teaiu  and  sleiU,  by  Seneca  lake  and  Cai  li,i  iiic- 
town,  to  Irondeiiuoit.  From  thence  he  cut  his  road  thnnigh  to  Geiie-,.e  tall-,  and 
down  the  river  on  the  east  side  to  its  mouth,  where  he  found  Walker,  the  i-anuer. 
living  alone  in  his  cabin.  He  remained  with  him  until  March,  17'J2,  «heii  he 
crossed  the  river,  and  erected  the  first  house  west  of  the  Genesee  liver,  a  lo^- 
Kibin  of  the  most  primitive  type,  which  stooil  on  the  rise  of  gronnd  win  re  the 
light-house  now  stands.  Here  he  lived  for  many  years  with  his  f.imily.  a  .-.iii 
and  seven  daiigliters.  and  carried  on  a  trallie  with  boatmen,  imniigranls,  and 
Indians,  in  fish,  skins,  and  many  other  aiticles.      He  purchased  near  tlii>  plaer 

six  hundrc-d  acres  of  l.ind,  which,  by  s e  defect  in  the  title,  lie  w;is  c pelii  d 

to  pay  for  twice.  In  1793,  John  lyive  settled  near  here,  and  in  179:1,  Za.l.c 
Granger  .and  Gideon  King  settled  at  lynver  Falls,  or  King's  Landiie.;.  a>  it  w.is 
subsei^uently  called,  and  now  known  as  Hanford's  Landing,  The  latter  iv,i.-  one 
of  the  first  coininis-ioiiers  of  highways  of  the  town  of  .\urlh,inipton,  eleel.  .1  in 


797. 


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HISTORY  OF  :M0NK0E  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


from  the  binJin  j,  setUc-l  on  the  firm  »C3i  of  AM  Uuwe  ;  >nJ  in  tha  north  p»rt  of 
the  town,  Samuel  LjIU,  from  (}eiiev».  it  C'lurlottt-,  Ft-iix  JKGuiri;,  frum  IrtbnJ.  a 
short  dUtanc«  weal,  with  several  of  his  couutr\  racii.  Ab«.tut  tl. is  time  >'.i!han;el  Jones 
•cUjed  >t  Kin-/s  LinOii.i,  Modi's  and  KuharJ  Clark.  Nathaniel  Xil.Mr^.  Era^tus 
Bobertson,  Matthew  Diunm.  t,  anj  Asahel  Wiitecv-.o,  iu  otiar  [,art.-.  of  the  10*11. 
About  ISUS  or  1S09.  Thomas  \V.>.»i  set. I.J  one  mil.,  west  of  Mr.  Rowes.  .\3i 
Hortlsyiith  near  the  Gates  to«a  line,  aiij  John  Mast.ck.  In  1^10,  Kphraim 
Spaaldin-  settled  ihr.-e  miles  wi^t  of  Charlotte;  and  on  May  4. of  (he  same  yetr, 
liiaiel  EuJd,  from  Canandaigua,  purelia^eJ  and  settk-d  on  the  farm  ou  which 
Greece  Post-office  is  now  lociled.  He  brou'^ht  with  him  eighteen  head  of  cattle, 
which  he  drove  to  Utters  ferry  for  tr.insier  aeros  the  river.  They  went  n-aiily 
00  the  beat,  ocn«s,  and  then  plunged  into  the  river  and  swam  10  the  opj-^itc  shore, 
greutlj  to  the  disevrnfiture  uf  the  ferryman,  who  thereby  lu^t  ei-.-liieen  shiiliifja. 

Id  1811,  Silas  L!..yd  settled  onc-h,.if  mile  west  ol  Cliarlotte.  Previously,  John 
B.  Baj;Iey  settled  farther  wet.  \Vl,e-,ler  Heae-vek  two  miles  west,  on  the  south 
tadt  of  the  road,  and  Joseph  BuMutk  near  Loni;  pond.  Among  other  s<.-tiler3 
prerioas  to  1312  were  Silas  Smith.  Jnhu  L'tier,  James  Daily.  Aristotle  HoUister, 
Fnineis  Brown,  Benjamin  Fowler.  J-hii  O'lell.  Ilaniel  \V.  Miles.  H.  R.  Bender, 
Abijah  Newni.an,  ll.ibert  Falkner.  and  many  otliers.  A  few  years  later  a  lar^e 
ebiM  of  the  6rst  settlers,  seiied  with  the  Western  fever,  sold  out  their  impruve- 
'ments  to  Dcw-comcni  of  a  later  date,  by  whi^e  efforts  churches  were  or^riaiied, 
•chools  improved,  and  1  hi^'hcr  s-jcial  sianiiard  culiivatod.  AiDong  these  were 
Bodoej  P.  Odell,  Dr.  Cari^enter.  Wuiiani  Wilkinson,  ind  many  others  in  all  parts 
of  the  town.  In  ISIO  but  two  frame  builJioL-s  were  in  eiistencc  betwetr  ihe 
G«Desee  and  Niagara  rivers ;  one  at  Gaines,  and  the  other  at  Greece  Pcai-office, 
erected  by  Abel  Rowe  for  a  t.ivern.  and  kept  as  such  until  1S45,  at  which  tiiua 
it  Was  owned  by  R.  P.  Edgarton.  A  tavern  was  afterwards  built  on  the  same 
•ite,  near  Kowe's  grMniiou.se,  and  kept  ijy  Gwrge  'Viable.  Mr.  K;r.r;!cy  also 
erected  and  opened  a  tavern  on  the  P.iJge  road,  near  the  Parma  line,  and  the  one 
BOW  standing  at  West  Greece  was  built  by  one  Bulman.  At  North  Greece  the 
€rst  store  was  op.>iied  by  Mr.  McKiimey.  and  tl.e  wjgon  shop  now  owned  by  L. 
Combs  W.T3  established  by  William  Slierwo"!.  The  tavern  now  kept  by  .Mr. 
Johnson  was  erected  many  years  3-.ro.  The  first  house  built,  the  tirst  land  cleared, 
the  6rst  crops  raised,  and  the  first  apple-trees  planted,  were  by  William  Hencher, 
on  the  ground  surinundim;  the  light-hou.-^.  The  first  burying-ground  was 
located  at  Charlotte,  and.  Liter,  another  at  Mount  Reed,  and,  in  the  .-outh  part  of 
the  town,  one  on  the  farm  then  owned  by  Dtuiicl  Budd,  at  Greece  Poat-oifiee.  Asa 
Rowe  died  soon  after  coming  into  the  town  ;  his  was  one  of  the  first  deaths,  if 
Dot  the  first  in  Greece.  On  March  tt,  1--U5.  the  town  meeting  of  Nonhampton 
was  held  at  the  htnise  of  .Mrs.  Rowe,  which  mu.st  have  be-en  subsequent  to  .Mr. 
Eowe's  death.  It  was  a  public-house  at  the  time,  and  the  fii^t  kept  in  the  town. 
Tbirty-five  and  forty  yean  atro,  the  |>opulation  was  ".rrcater  along  the  Ridge  road 
•nd  business  mueli  more  extensive  than  it  is  at  present.  At  llauford's  Landing, 
where  business  was  brisk  and  quite  citcn-sire,  it  has  almost  entirely  di:>itipcared, 
having  been  absorbed  by  Rochester. 

Along  th*  Uiuk  of  the  Genesee  river,  the  bays  :ind  inlets  north,  and  all  streams 
and  marches,  rattlesnakes  existed  in  great  numbers.  Anxious  mothers  watched 
tnd  Iretiiblcd  whenever  their  little  ones  strave-d  near  their  haunts.     To  encourage 

iiling  was  voted  by  the  to"n  for  every  rattle- 
the  applicant  must  faring  the  rattles  to  the 

ir  the  aiiiuunt  they  called  for. 
.^I.istiek  was  supervisor,  the  bounty  payments 

1  tierce  warrlire  ujton  that  reptile.     While  in 


their  deitruction,  a  b.juniy  uf  one  : 
(oake  killed.  To  ohiaiii  'the  b.;ur 
roperrisor,  who  g-ave  him  an  order 


FiDm  1812  to  lSl."i,  while  Henry 
ere  unusually  heavy,  and  indicated  1 


these  days  fraudulent  cLiiius 
expected  to  arise  in  those  pri 
A  uuu  by  the  name  of  Shaw, 
mouth  of  the  river,  and  by  n 
dred  and  thirty  nttles.  Ho  to, 
them,  gave  the  rcijuircd  older. 


es  infest  a'l  (.immunities,  was  h 

ill;;  lh«!  rattles  .^Ir.  .^Ia.1til.k  thr 

Eia-ouragcd,  no  doubt,  by  the 

•how  an  unu-ual   activity   in   h 

good  string  of  rattles,  upon  wh 

began  to  be  alarnie-d  at  the  inr 

ihrnking  he  uiu-l   have  a  very  lar.-e  [.lie  of 

out,  and  was  astoande'd  to  Hud  ni'tie.      Every 

sbly  many  times.      The  eiilerpnae  uf  Jacob  h.nl 

buuiity  on  rattles,  that  ei^t   him   but   I'tile  I.iUt 

often  in  these  days  do  we  find  the  enterprise  of  J: 

•act'T.-se,  but  on  a  niileh   large-r  s<  ale  !      llap[>iiy, 

thu  poisonous  |>est  was  near  at  band. 


il.g  around  lo..s<-.  ainl  Dotiee.1  that  after  count- 
tlum  out  of  the  back  window  into  the  yard, 
•e-e^s  of  .Mr  Shaw,  this  man  Jac-.b  bo-.-an  to 
ing  snakn.  Every  day  he  returnoj  with  a 
the  suj»r\L-^jr  rrailily  gave  hi.i  order,  until  he 
made   upon   the  bounty  fund.      But  one  d:iy. 


mIow 


l.«.ke 


e  had  I 


jd  n.j  d.ai..-.T  to  .,.^:urc. 
ob  Te,  pies  n-r»-ateJ  W,ll 


,re  not  wholly  unheard  ol',  they  i>erliaps  should  be  | 

living  at  Ilaiif..rds    L.indiiig,  one  day  went  to  the  j 
idiie.-  a  den  of  rattlesnakes  retjnied  with  ulie  hun- 

k  them  to  SiipiTMSfir  Mj^iiek.  who.  after  counting  ! 

J.ieub  Teeplt-s.  an  idle,  dis.-^ilute  character,  such  t 


The  portion  of  the  Ridge  road  in  thU  town  was  opened  much  earlier  than 
that  farther  west.  It  had  always  bix-n  an  Indian  trail,  and  previous  to  Ibi].) 
it  was  opened  and  made  passable  fi-  im  the  landing  to  Parma  Comers ;  also  a 
highway  was  roughly  constructed  to  the  mouth  .f  the  river.  These  constituted 
the  two  principal  roadways  for  some  time,  except  a  few  crooked  thoruuu'hfares  to 
the  settlements  that  were  m  ide  in  the  interior.  n..ne  of  which  were  retained  alter 
Tegular  roads  were  surveyed  and  established.  The  town  aieeting  of  Northampton 
for  1S04  was  held  at  Kings  Linding,  on  the  sixth  day  of  March.  On  that  day 
the  snow  was  four  IV-ct  deep,  and  the  voters  coming  t'roiu  long  di.-tances  were  two 
and  even  three  d.iy3  in  nuking  the  journey,  so  few  and  bid  were  the  roads.  Those 
who  came  from  the  adjoining  town  of  Ogden,  during  their  first  days  journey, 
arrived  only  at  Rowe's  tavern,  at  South  Greece,  which  was  then  the  only  public- 
bouse  ou  the  Ridge.  The  ne.xt  morning  they  conipletc-d  their  journey,  through 
four  feet  uf  snow,  to  the  landing.  .-Vt  the  raising  of  Ilaoford  3  mill,  at  the  same 
place,  some  time  after,  help  was  solicited  from  the  country  cnibraec-d  in  all  the 
towns  of  ^lonruc  County  west  of  the  river,  and  those  who  came  in  from  Ogden 
refjuired  two  days.     The  raising  of  the  mill  was  ctiinplctcd  on  Sunday. 

Several  years  later  a  saw-mill  was  crccti-J  on  Long  Pond  creek,  in  the  west 
part  of  the  town,  near  the  line.  Many  other  «;iw-milU  have  bicn  ere-cted  in  this 
town,  from  time  to  time,  on  tho  various  streams  flowing  into  the  bays  and  ponds. 
As  the  Settlements  advanced  and  increased,  and  facilities  were  re.|uired  for  manu- 
facturing the  timber  into  lumber,  they  sprang  ap,  and,  after  having  served  their 
purpose  in  consuming  the  forest,  passed  away,  leaving  but  slight  traces  of  their 
existence.  While  William  Ilonelier  was  the  sole  occupant  of  this  town,  and 
long  previous,  there  lived  an  Indian  and  his  s<iuaw  on  the  shores  of  the  lake, 
near  the  river.  They  were  quiet  and  peaceable,  and  followexl  trappin-j  with  their 
hunting  and  fishing,  and  regularly  carried  their  accumulations  to  Canandaigua 
for  exchange.  One  winter  they  retunied  with,  among  other  things,  forty  dollars 
ill  money,  and  a  supply  of  whisky.  In  striving  to  reach  their  home  at  nigbt, 
each  lost  tho  other  and  the  man  only  ever  found  it.  Day  after  day  through  the 
lung  winter  he  sought  his  squaw,  but  in  vain,  until  the  warmth  of  spring  bad  melted 
the  ic-e,  when  her  remains  were  found  where  she  had  fallen  in  her  drunken  con- 
dition. Tho  Indian  attempted  suicide  by  cutting  his  throat,  but  survived,  and 
afterwards  rejoined  his  tribe. 

THE   VILLAGE   OF  CHARLOTTE 


is  located  near  the  mouth  of  the  Gc 
Greece.  It  is  several  years  older  th; 
of  the  first  points  .settled  west  of  the 
tained  and  great   efforts  made  to  dev 


e  river,  on  the  west  side,  in  the  town  of 
he  town  of  Rochester,  having  been  one 
;r,  and.  although  hi^'h  hippos  were  entcr- 
its  growth  as  a  popukus  and  im[*ortant 
business  point,  it  includes  at  present  within  its  corporate  liuiiu  only  about  six 
hundred  inhabitants.  It  was  first  incorporated  as  a  village  on  the  --ith  d.iy  of 
June,  ISGll,  when  the  first  board  of  trustees  and  other  village  officers  were  elected. 
•s  follows,  vii. :  Trustees,  .imbro.se  Jones  (who  was  chosen  president ),  Joshua  Iliton, 
John  Famhani,  George  Harxlison,  and  A.  Wilder;  Clerk  and  Trc:isurer,  P.  A. 
Jones ;  and  Cor  stable  and  Collector,  D.  K.  Thompson.  The  presidents  for  the  suc- 
ceeding years  were  «s  follows:  for  ISTil  and  l.STl,  .\mbros.j  Jom-s  ;  137-  and 
1S73,  James  11.  Stutson  ;  1.S74,  S.mi.iel  II.  Barnes ;  1»75,  James  B.  Gove;  and 
theotficct^  for  1S7C  are— Board  of  Trn-iccs,  Samuel  H.  Barnes,  president  nf  the 
board,  Patrick  Kcjn,  Thomas  I.avcrty,  P.  K.  Thompson,  and  GeMirgo  W.  Rugrles ; 
Clerk,  A.  J.  Mulligan  ;  Trea.-urcr,'  T.  J.  Thompson  ;  Collector,  George  F.  Seihel ; 
Police  Justice,  J.iuies  Siricland ;  Constable,  John  Harris;  and  Street  Superiu- 
tendent,  William  L.  Rwbinson. 

The  first  scttleineut  m.ide  west  of  Genesee  river  and  north  of  Black  creek  w:is 
made  at  this  plac-c  by  William  Ilcnchcr,  in  17J2,  as  before  suted.  His  I--- 
dwelling  W.1S  erected  .'.n  the  rise  of  ground  at  the  ligh 


and  very  near  the 


same  site.  Some  of  the  old  upple-trees  now  standing  were  se't  out  by  him.  Tlie 
must  enterpri-ing  and  prominent  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  vilbgc  wis  Suuuel 
Latta,  who  came  here  from  Geneva  as  an  agent  for  Phelps  and  Gorham  in  the 
sale  of  lands  in  this  p,irt  of  their  punhasc.  Ho  settled  and  established  bisi.lfiee 
on  the  souihwest  corner  of  the  two  main  roads.  He  built  the  first  wareliou-'H'  ni 
the  place,  which  was  tho  first  in  all  this  part  of  the  country.  He  was  als.)  the 
first  collector  of  the  p"rt  after  the  establishment  of  a  custom  hua>e  at  this  p"i"i- 
which  occurred  about  1S1."»  or  ISIii  and  was  located  near  the  site  of  the  Stui-'H 
House.  In  IMi.i,  George  C.  I.itta,  a  brother  of  Samuel  Littj,  and  a  lad  of  ihir 
I  Charloitc,  where  in  altcr-yeara  he  became  its  leading  bu-im-' 


In  ISlO  the  firm  of  Child  Si.  Ganlncr  1 
the  fin,t  nierc-aniile  trade  in  Charh.ttc.  . 
TCM.I  in  con.ln.nd  of  Cuplain  Charles  <w, 
twecu   Chariotlc  and  Kingitun  and   Ogden 


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HISTORY  OF  JIONKOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


latter 


nJ  returned  with  Frode: 


rlottt'.  (/ei>r_'e  C.  Lalt;i  w;u  era- 
rii  f^-r  the  tirvt  ten  _vt-:ir3,  and  two 
I  yeara,  which  in  those  d-.i_vs  wore 
iclt'd  and  o|jened  by  Samuel  Cur- 
iir  House  now  stands.     About  two 


left  tliis  port  with  a  cargo  for 
Baihuell,  who  with  James  Iv.  Guernsey 
ISIl,  commenced  a  mercantile  business  i 
ployed  by  them  at  fifty  dollars  per  year  a 
hundred  dollars  and  b'nard  during:  the  ni 
considered  good  wages.  The  first  hotel  i 
rier,  in  1807  or  ISHS.  It  stood  where  tl 
years  after,  Erastus  Spaulding  erected  another  hotel,  near  the  present  site  ot"  the 
Stuls-JD  House,  and  kept  it  until  James  M.ison  purchased  the  property  and  con- 
tinued it  33  a  public-house.  Previous  to  this,  Mr.  .^lason  had  carried  the  mail 
from  the  first  establishment  of  the  post-office  at  this  point.  Fur  several  years 
these  were  the  only  inns  in  the  place.  The  locatiim  of  the  first  store  kept  by 
Bushnell  k  Guernsey  was  near  the  present  residence  of  Mrs.  Waters,  on  the 
Babcock  estate.  A  lew  yard.s  south,  on  the  opiwsite  .side,  the  fii-st  blacksmith- 
shop  was  establiihed,  and  in  the  same  buildiiig  now  oci'uiiieil  by  .^l^3.  Waters  a 
hatter's  shop  was  conducted  for  several  years  by  Jo>hua  i'.]-ite3.  Immediately  op- 
posite, and  about  ISU,  one  of  the  first  schools  in  this  part  of  the  county  was 
opened,  and  taught  fur  several  years.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  in  June,  1312. 
the  firoi  of  Bushnell  &  Guernsey  removed  their  go^ids  and  business  temporarily 
to  Victor,  until  the  winter  of  1815,  when  they  returne<l  to  Charlotte.  The  firm 
also  had  branch  stores  at  Lima,  Livingston  ciunty,  and  at  .\.lesander,  Gen.'see 
county.  In  1821  the  firm  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  T.  R.  Hawkins,  and 
became  Guernsey,  Bushnell  &  Hawkins.  They  purchased  the  gwxis  and  vessel 
of  the  former  finn,  and  renteJ  the  wharf  and  warehouse  at  four  hundred  dollars 
per  year.  They  also  erected  an  ashery  about  one  mile  west  of  the  village.  In 
1825  the  firm  was  dissolved.  The  firm  of  George  C.  Latta  k  Co.  was  after- 
wards established,  and  in  18:;i,  George  C.  I-atta  alone  conducted  a  mercantile 
bosiness  one  door  *outh  of  what  is  now  the  Canada  House. 

In  the  early  days  of  this  village,  all  that  portion  of  ground  lying  between  the 
railroad  and  river  was  submerged,  or  at  best  was  a  useless  marsh,  and,  near  the 
Spencer  nou.'«,  under  nearly  ten  lect  ot  water.  A  vessel  was  constructed  a  few 
feet  northeast  of  the  Craig  House  stables,  and  launched  near  by,  where  it  is 
now  solid  earth.  In  1SU9  the  schooner  "  Espcriment"  was  constructed  here  by 
Boswcll  Lewis,  of  Ogdensburg,  and  later,  two  more  Genesee  packets  were  built. 
In  1814  and  1815,  Guernsey  i  Bushnell,  with  Oliver  Culver,  William  Davis, 
and  Frederic  Hanf-rd.  constructed  a  small  vessel  at  Brighton,  near  Oranire  Stone's, 
two  miles  from  Imiidcqnoit  Landing,  h.aulcd  it  down  to  the  landing  with  oxen, 
and  launched  it  at  the  head  of  uavigntion.  In  ISltJ  and  1817,  with  a  cargo  of 
flour  and  merchandise,  it  descended  the  St.  Lawrence  river  to  Montreal,  and  this, 
and  the  "Swanton,"  owned  by  Francis  Cliarton,  were  the  fii^t  dc-cke<l  vessels 
that  ever  descended  the  river  to  that  point.  In  1S2S  the  vessids  "General 
Brown,"  "  Julia,"  "  Mary  Jane,"  and  ■*  Chailotte,"  a  fifty-ton  schooner,  were  con- 
structed at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river,  and  ran  between  this  port  and  Coburg 
and  Port  Hope,  in  Canada,  until  1634,  when  the  steamboat  "  Transit''  ran  on  the 
same  line  extendc-d  to  Toronto.  At  the  same  time  anfither  vessel  was  built  and 
run  by  Mr.  Bethune.  In  1832  and  1S33,  George  C.  Utta  .ic  Bushnell  built  the 
two  schooners  "  Guernsey"  and  "  Cleveland,"  which  were  afterwards  sold  to 
Horace  Hooker.  But  the  first  steamboat  put  afloat  on  the  Genesee  river  was  of 
rude  construction,  and  called  the  "  United  Suites,"  and  was  built  many  years 
earlier.  *  James  Currier,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  village,  w.as  a  dealer  in 
lumber  and  staves,  which  was  among  the  first  enterprises  of  the  place.  Saral 
Phillips  was  an  early  settler  in  this  village.  He  emigrated  from  'tcubcu  county, 
with  his  wife  and  five  children,  early  in  1813.  His  son,  Samue  Phillips,  is  still 
living,  at  the  age  of  seventy-si.i,  and  is  the  oldest  settler  now  living  in  Greece. 
He  aided  in  building  the  first  pier  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  all  the  other 
public  improvements.  The  light-house  now  standing  was  crecto<i  about  the  year 
lbl8.  In  180G,  Pr.  Bingham,  the  first  physician,  settled  and  beg:in  piacticc 
here.  The  Spencer  House,  at  the  lake,  was  erected  four  years  ol-o,  on  land  pur- 
clia-scd  from  the  Geneva  Lan.l  C.rapany  by  one  .Mclntyre  in  1805.  It  was  built 
by  Charles  Craig,  proprietor  of  the  Craig  l[on.<c  since  1859.  In  dig-ing  the 
cellar,  the  stern  of  an  old  schooner  was  found,  completely  buried  from  si;:ht,  and 
»liich,  according  to  all  indications,  must  have  been  there  over  one  hundred  years, 
''ndemeath  it  was  also  found  an  Indian  paddle,  still  older,  which  broke  into  fnig- 
mints  at  the  slightest  effort.  The  villa'_-e  ei'uiotcry  is  memorable  as  the  resting- 
place  of  the  remains  of  Pani  Patch,  which  were  found  in  a  cake  of  ice  in  Cliar- 
h'lic  harbor  shortly  after  his  violent  death  at  Genesee  falls.  A  Mr.  Marshall 
*a9  the  first  one  to  discover  the  Ixidy.  As  early  as  1810  a  ferry  existeil  at  this 
foint,  which  was  owned  and  run  by  Ebcnczer  Utter,  a  man  still  living'  in  Panna, 


al.Mit  . 


'ey.  James  Cun 


nf  a^e.  S; 
and  Port.-r 
<■"''  q.rise  nt  Charlotte  harbor 
tnercc,  labored  to  secure  its  liii 


uel 


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id,  by  all   the  i 
-sc  and  gronth. 


Uu.hncll,  James  K.  Guern- 
r-pirits  who  fir-t  siimiilated 
IS  of  wealth,  trade,  and  corn- 
later  years,  Gc-orge  C.  Latta, 


imbued  with  the  same  spirit,  put  forth  every  effort,  and  never  despaired.  e\- 
the  day  of  his  death,  of  its  he-coming  an  important  business  point  and  the  -1 
a  large  city.  But  the  pro-xiiiiity  of  Rochester  and  its  advance  preclmle  (lie 
sibility  of  its  ever  attaining  a  dignity  beyond  a  village  corporation,  while  it- 
nection  with  a  Canada  line  of  steamers,  and  the  new  Lake  Ontario  lUilroad 
always  -secure  it  a  business  interest.  It  may  not  be  amiss  to  state  that  in  Jt,- 
ber,  1814,  when  the  Briti-li  had  taken  Fort  Nia-jara  and  advaneol,  as  rep., 
as  far  as  Eighteen  Mile  cnvk.  Ileorgc  C.  Latt;i,  then  seventeen  years  of  age 
the  warehouse,  purchased  the  necessary  outfit,  and  at  ten  o'clock  at  nitrlif.  w 
week's  rations,  kna[»sack,  and  gun.  started  for  the  Ridge  road  -u  njnte  for  the 
of  war.  In  the  morning  he  met  many  militia  at  Frederic  Ilanfonl's,  tlii-n 
lie  storekeeper,  who  hired  a  team  and  took  e'even  of  them  to  Hardserabbh 
miles  east  of  Lewiston,  where  they  joined  tliri:-e  hundred  others  under  cmni 
of  Colonel  John  Atcliinson.  They  encainpeil  here  three  weeks,  when  one  i 
the  colonel,  in  a  terrible  dream,  or  nightmare,  sprang  out  of  his  tent  and  ala 
the  camp  by  the  cry,  ■■  The  Indians  are  upon  us  !"  The  alarm  proved  false 
the  command  returned  home,  and  was  lonir  renowned  as  the  "  sti-aw  bed  conii': 


.vith  Hen 


In  183-,  .Mr.  Latta  f.rmed  a  bu 
with  Mr.  Bushnell,  and  in  lSo7  purchase.1  the  Lake  House.  In  1S28  he  b..uL-ht 
the  second  farm  owned  by  William  Hcnehor,  upon  which  ho  died,  and  where  .Mrs. 
Latta  is  now  living.  Several  years  ago  large  iron  worts,  called  the  Rochester  Inm 
.Manufacturing  Company,  w.as  established  at  Charlotte,  and  has  since  done  .piiie 
an  extensive  busines-s.  The  owners  reside  in  Rochester,  where  all  its  interests  arc 
held.  Ezra  Jones  and  Burril  Spencer  are  the  controlling  officers.  The  collector 
of  the  port  of  Genesee,  stationed  at  Rochester,  is  at  present  D.  K.  Carter,  and 
the  deputy  collector  at  Charlotte,  Benjamin  Wilbur.  Charlotte  has  one  planing 
mill,  five  grocery  stores,  five  dry-goods  stores,  three  shoe  stores,  ten  hotels,  fourteen 
liquor  stores,  one  of  hardware  and  tin,  three  meat  markets,  one  drug  store,  one 
flour  and  feed  store,  one  millinery,  two  dressmakers,  two  produce  dealers  and  .-hip- 
pers,  two  lame  coal  dealers,  four  physicians,  thr:^  lawyers,  two  insurance  accuts. 
one  barber,  one  builder,  one  jeweler,  one  police  justice,  one  constable,  two  railroad 
stations,  one  steamboat  line,  two  telegraph  offices,  three  pleasure-boats,  one  cus- 
tom-house, and  one  express  office. 

The  first  store  opened  in  the  town  of  Greece,  or  along  the  river  between  Avon 
and  the  lake,  was  by  Frederic  Hanford,  early  in  1810,  at  Hanfi.rd's,  or,  as  it  was 
then  called.  King's  Landing.  During  the  war  of  1812  he  was  public  storekeeper. 
Silas  Smith  opened  a  .stnre  there  the  s.ime  year,  which  he  kept  until  1813.  when 
ho  moved  to  Rochester.  .\s  early  as  1799  a  sehooner  was  constructed  at  this 
place  by  Eli  Granger  and  Abner  Migells.  which  w.us  the  first  merchant-vessel  built 
by  Americans  put  afloat  on  Lake  Ontario.  The  first  tavern  kept  here,  thno^li  in 
what  year  it  was  opened  Is  not  now  known,  was  by  Com.stock  Ilanfonl,  on  the  hill 
west ;  at  the  same  time  his  brother  kept  a  store  on  the  liver  bank,  and  hlli.is 
-Avery  about  the  same  time.  Harry  Olmstead  ojiencd  another  tavern  a  few  years 
later.  Xathaniel  Jones,  at  a  very  early  date,  erected  the  first  saw-mill  on  the 
stream  that  flows  into  the  river  at  the  landing.  The  first  grist-mill  was  ereeted 
also  on  the  same  stream  by  Thom.as  King,  the  stones  of  which  be  used  to  cut 
himself.  This  was  the  first  grist-mill  in  all  this  part  of  the  country.  It  was 
afterwards  sold  to  BezalccI  Atchinson,  who  took  it  down  and  moved  and  crecl.'d 
it  two  miles  west  of  Parma  Centre,  and  was  the  first  grist-mill  in  that  town. 
The  construction  of  the  Erie  canal  destroyed  the  stream  for  mill  purposes,  by  an 
enormous  fill,  in  the  bank  of  which  one  of  King's  old  mill-stones  is  still  to  be 
seen.  Dr.  Hunt  settled  here  very  eariy,  and  was  one  of  the  fir.-t  phy-ieiaiis. 
Thomas  King,  who  gave  name  to  the  place,  purchased  three  hundred  and  sLmv 
acres  of  land^lnce  known  as  the  Champion  farm,  which  he  divided  am.m'.-  his 
four  sons, — Hiram,  Gilbert.  Simon,  and  Tlionia-s. — after  which  he  squatte.l  in 
the  vicinity  of  Buck  pond,  where,  fur  many  years,  among  the  'oays.  inlets,  and 
marshes,  he  follo^vcd  trapiungfor  a  livelilioiid,  in  which  he  .iccumulatcd  coii-i.ler- 
able  money.  He  alVerwards  moved  to  .Michi'.-an.  where  he  died.  He  was  a  man 
of  good  parts,  and  eccentric.  -Vn  incident  is  related  which  presents  tin.-  phase 
of  his  character.  In  1812  he  was  appointcsl  justice  of  the  peace.  Daniel  Hmld, 
then  cniistablc,  had  arrested  a  man  at  "  Big  Tree,"  on  complaint  of  a  citizen  "f 
this  town,  fur  the  non-payment  of  a  debt  of  two  dollars  and  til'ty  cents,  and  brcne.bt 
him  bcfijre  E.-ipiire  King  for  trial.  -Vt  that  time  imprUunment  for  debt  w.is 
legid.  .\ftcr  listening  to  the  abuse  and  recriminations  of  the  opposing  cimisel 
until  he  b.-came  di-^-justed,  he  took  from  his  own  pockct-b»jok  the  ainunnt  in  liti- 
gation, and,  bantling  it  to  the  cumplainaiit,  i-aiil.  "  Here  are  twenty  sliilliiPL's.  I  lie 
amount  of  your  demand:  take  it,  and  ^,top  this  i|narrcl.  The  constable  and  e..iirt 
will  lo'-e  their  fL-es.     This  is  the  first  case  before  this  court,  and,  by  all  that  is 

just,  it  shall  be  the  bust;'  or  words  to  that  cfect.      He  then  di-mi.-ed  t ..-e. 

and  never  tried  another.  The  brick  l.ivcrn  at  this  pl.icc  was  ercele-l  many  yeai^ 
later,  by  a  .Mr.  Hunt.  Fur  many  y.-ars  bel'ore  the  cnstruction  of  the  Erie  can  .1, 
Hanfunl's  Landing  was  an  imiiortunt  shipping  [loiiit  fur  the  setllcn,  and,  >Mih 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Its  miiU,  taverns,  store:},  and  bitutd,  predL'nted  the  life  and  activity  of  an  embrj-o 
citj. 

At  the  organization  of  tlie  town  of  Greece,  in  1S22,  iliore  were  but  eight  school 
diatricts  within  its  limits  ;  though  before  the  end  of  the  year  they  were  increased 
to  ten  by  a  dividion  of  the  larger  onoa.  Tlie  number  of  scholars  in  the  town  at 
that  time  is  not  u'iven.  though  the  public  money  p.»id  out  wa-*  ad  follows,  viz. : 
District  No.  1,314.43;  No.  2,  814.43;  Xo.  3,  3JS.JS  ;  >'o.  4.  S14.14  ;  No.  5, 
»17.I3;  No.  6,810  52,  No.  10,  SS.71 ;  No.  12,  81.20;  le-.>vini  SI.04  in  hand. 
There  are  now  within  the  town  eighteen  school  diatricts,  :ind  aa  many  eouifortable 
and  aubstantiat  school-houses.  Able  and  cumpotcnt  teachers  are  employed,  and 
I  high  degree  of  efficiency  maintained.  Actxtrrling  to  the  last  ye:ir's  rejwrt, 
12873.17  were  paid  for  their  support.  They  gave  in=lruciion  to  fifteen  hundred 
and  ninety-eight  children  between  the  ag^s  of  live  and  twenty. one,  disinbuted  as 
follows,  viz.:  District  No.  1,  niuety-seven  ;  No.  2,  ciglity  ;  No.  3,  eigiity-four; 
No.  4,  three  hundred  and  twenty  ;  No.  .i.  eiglity-three;  No.  6,  one  hundred  and 
five ;  No.  7,  sixty-seven  ;  No.  S,  filly-eight ;  No.  9,  one  hundred  and  eleven  ;  No. 
10,  seventy-seven;  No.  11,  ninety-three;  No.  12.  eighty;  No.  13,  siity;  No.  14, 
twenty-four;  No.  15,  seventy;  No.  16.  th!riy-=ix  ;  No.  17.  one  hundred  and 
twenty-two;  and  No.  13,  thirty-one.  Di-trict  No.  4  embraces  the  vi.Ijge  of 
Charlotte,  and  includes  three  hundred  and  twenty  sthoLu^, — enough  for  lour  good 
ordinary  schools.     No.  14  is  a  joint  di.strict. 

The  supervisors  of  Greec-e  from  ISGj,  the  earliest  date  given  in  the  town  books, 
are  as  follows,  viz. :  Nelson  Lewis,  ISO.')  to  ISGO,  b-jth  inclusive;  Simon  Butts, 
1870  to  1871 ;  Peter  Larkin,  1S72  ;  Erastus  Walker,  1S73  ;  David  Todd.  1S74 
to  1875.  And  the  town  clerks  are  .Matthew  Kigney,  ISiJo  to  18US;  Klias  .\very, 
1869  to  1870;  and  Ilcnry  Burrow,  1871  to  1.^76.  Justices  of  the  Peace  have 
been  elected  as  follows,  viz.:  in  1865,  Samuel  S.  Rowley;  in  1866,  Ilcnry  A. 
Olmstead;  is  1S67,  John  Kintz  and  Darius  Davis;  in  1863,  Samuel  Blacklord; 
io  1869,  James  H.  Bobbins;  in  1870,  Henry  A.  Olmstc:id  ;  in  1S7I,  John  Kiutz; 
in  1872,  Daniel  Budd ;  in  1S73,  Mortimer  Sn.ith  and  S.  S.  Rowley;  in  1374, 
H.  A.  Olmstcad;  and  in  1375,  Johu  Kintzaud  Stephen  N.  Allen.  Henrj-  Bur- 
row was  collector  in  1365.  In  that  year  there  were  two  assessors,  two  road  com- 
missioners, two  overseers  of  the  poor,  six  in>pi\tors  of  election,  five  eunstables, 
and  filly-six  road  districts  and  overseers  of  hiiihways.  The  otficers  elected  in  1376 
arc  as  follows,  viz.:  Supen'isor,  Peter  Larkin;  Town  Clerk,  Henry  Burrow; 
Collector,  Joseph  Brothcrson  ;  Road  C'ommi;si..n?r.  Cornelius  O'Connor  ;  Justieea 
of  the  Peace,  S.  S.  Rowley,  J.  C.  Wilcox,  Sau.uol  True«]aie ;  .iisess<jrs,  Anii;ony 
Kintz,  George  Bradford ;  Overseers  of  the  Poor.  Andrew  .Mulligan,  Richard  Brown': 
Town  Auditors,  Simon  Butts.  Henry  J.  Kiutz.  IVunk  W.  L.iy  ;  Constables,  Samuel 
F.  Covert,  Joseph  Blackwdl.  William  .Merrill.-.,  Thomas  Pcrrin,  James  Aldrod; 
Game  Constable,  Robert  Ilogan  ;  Excise  t^ommi^ioner,  Delmore  Budd ;  Inspec- 
tors of  Election,  First  Di.-trict,  Patrick  I'arnun.  A.  H.  Spencer,  Frank  I>jy  ;  Second 
district,  S.  L.  Austin,  J.  B.  Castle,  Henrv  Bumjw. 


TBE  FIRST 


.\TtO.VAL  CHLRCn   OF    P.iRU.\   AND    OREECE 


was  organized  in  the  schnol-house  of  Parma  Comers  on  the  2d  day  of  December, 
1819,  by  Rev.  John  F.  Bliss,  llcv.  Eb.-nrzer  Everett,  of  Ogden.  and  Kev.  Solomon 
Allen,  with  the  following  m:Bibcr-hlp,  viz.,  .Mo-«  Fulton,  John  Granger,  Susan 
Granger,  John  Arnold,  Sophia  Arnold.  John  Williams,  Pickett  Brockway.  Elijah 
Kingsley,  Zolved  Stevens,  Catharine  Brockway.  Olivia  Griffin,  .Mercy  Tyler.  So- 
phia Stevens,  Olive  Wadhams,  ?Iary  Mather.  ThcMlora  Arnold.  Tbiraa  Gibbs,  .Mary 
Kingsley,  Nancy  Stevens,  Martha  Stevens.  Martha  Fulton,  and  Johanna  Davis. 
Tho  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Solomon  Allen,  who  pieacbe<J  the  first  year.  Mo=es 
Fulton  and  John  Aniold  were  appointed  the  first  de;tcons.  and  Zolved  Stevens 
the  first  clerk,  which  office  he  held  many  years.  The  services  of  the  church  were 
held  regularly  in  the  school-house  at  Parui.i  Corners  until  the  erection  of  the 
present  church  edifice,  which  was  begun  in  \>'M  ami  completed  in  1825.  It  is 
a  fine,  substantial  structure,  located  on  the  south  side  of  the  Ridge  road,  on  the 
Greece  side  of  tho  town  line,  at  West  Greec-e,  built  of  wwjd,  forty  by  fifty  feet 
iu  size,  and  at  a  cost  of  two  thousand  nine  hundrvd  and  fifty  dollars.  It  was  con- 
wxrated  to  divine  worship  on  July  6,  1325,  by  Rcv.  William  Lyman,  of  Connre- 
ticut  This  building  was  erected  at  the  same  rime  as  the  LniversalUt  church  at 
Parma  Corners,  and  in  strong  competition.  Both  included  among  their  members 
many  of  the  be.st  citizens,  and  each  stniL-Jc'd  to  sur|ias<  the  "thcr.  .\mong  the 
many  p-n.-lors  who  succeeded  Mr.  Allen  were  I!,  vs.  Alanson  Darwin  and  J.drn  F. 
is  Kev.  Gard.u-r  Dean,  who-.'  pa-l.Tat.'  h.-sm  in 
is  William  Murr:,y,  the  clerk  Dr.  S.  !i.  lira.llcy. 
The  .Sabbath-.lio..l  was  or:;aniicd  in  the  church 
hen  \'.  R.  ll.rn.-s.  at  that  time  pastor.  It  n„w 
I  p,.p.k  «ul,  lluu-h  Rnland,  ..opcrintcndent; 
iilcnt ;  and  Frank  .Murray,  librarian. 


Bli.ss.  The  prcwDt  i.icuni 
1874.  The  deacon  at  pre 
and  the  membcrrthip  si\iy  .■ 
building,  in  1826,  by  R.'v. 
has  ten  teachers  and  nim 
James  Hurt,  assistant  supe 


THE    FIRST    SOCIFTY  OF  THE    31F.TII0DIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH    OF   OREECE 

was  orgiuiized  in  the  school-house  in  school  district  No.  6,  near  North  Grc-oce  l*ost- 
offiec,  on  November  22,  1343.  The  meeting  called  f.ir  the  purp..»e  of  f.rming 
the  society  was  presided  over  by  Iliraui  JIaj  and  \.  S.  .McKinney.  The  names 
of  the  first  members  are  l..-t,  and  but  a  few  uf  them  now  living  in  the  vicinitv. 
The  names  of  the  early  mii.isteis  are  forgotten,  as  this  is  an  independent  ihurJh 
and  belongs  to  no  circuit.  The  board  of  trustees  elected  at  the  fir^t  meeting 
were  Henry  .Miller,  William  Wilkereon  (one  year),  Jesse  Townsend,  A.  S. 
McKinney  (two  years"!,  Cornelius  Snper,  John  Lewis,  and  Joseph  Lake  i  three 
years),  and  the  clerk  was  Peter  Van  Zile.  The  services  of  the  church  were  hclil 
in  the  school-house  until  the  erection  of  tho  present  church  edifice,  a  short  time 
after  its  organiz:\tion,  which  is  located  at  North  Greece  Post-office.  The  membei-s 
of  the  present  hoard  of  trustees  are  Rodney  P.  Odell,  Sr.,  Henry  .Miller,  Jesse  Town- 
send.  Hiram  Bice,  and  L.  Combs,  with  L.  Combs  as  clerk.  The  church  steivard.s 
are  L.  Combs,  Henry  .Miller,  and  S.  K.  Odell,  with  L.  Combs  recording  scereLiry, 
and  the  class-leader  R.  P.  Odell.  .Sr.,  who  has  served  in  that  capacity  since  the 
organization.  Rev.  Mr.  Robin.son  was  pastor  in  1373,  1874.  and  1875,  folli>wed 
by  Rcv.  .Mr.  Ripley.  A  Sabbath-school  and  library  have  been  connected  with 
the  church  from  its  formation.  It  includes  at  present  eight  teachers  and  aiwuit 
thirty  pupils,  in  charge  of  S.  K.  Odell,  superintendent,  and  Stewart  Terry,  sec- 
retary. 

TBE  METHODIST  PROTESTANT  CnUKCH  OF  GREECE 

was  organized  July  25,  1841,  at  "The  Stone  School-house,"  in  district  No.  9.  by 
Rcv.  William  WUliams.  The  official  board  was  constituted  :u  follows,  viz.,  Jam.'s 
Moall,  John  Justice,  Jefferson  Davis,  and  .\mbroso  Rogei^.  The  pastors  were  Il,-vs. 
Daniel  McLeland,  Daniel  Ireland,  0.  C.  Payne,  L.  Hamlin,  S.  M.  Short.  William 
Woodward,  N.  S.  Clark,  J.  H.  Richards,  and  J.  J.  AVilcox.  In  the  year  1366,  at 
the  General  Conference,  a  majority  of  the  representatives,  bcin'.:  clothed  with  con- 
ventional power,  ch.ingcd  the  name  of  the  ■'  .Methodist  Protestant  (.iiuich"  to  tije 
'•  Methodist  Church,"  which  is  the  name  assumed  at  present.  The  church  continueil 
to  hold  its  services  sometimes  in  the  "Stone  School-house"  and  sometimes  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  building  at  North  Greece  until  1367,  when  it  pur- 
chased the  old  church  building  erected  by  the  Christian  church  in  1344,  two  miles 
east  of  North  Greece.  It  is  a  substantial  stone  structure,  purchased  first  by  .^Ir. 
Butts,  and  by  him  transferred  to  the  church.  It  was  repaired  and  refurnished  i[i 
proper  shape,  and  dedicated  April  14,  1867,  by  Elder  Woodward.  Here  thcv 
worshiped  until  1374,  when  a  new  church  building,  with  ample  ^heds,  was  erectcl 
two  miles  south,  near  the  centre  of  the  town.  The  old  structure  was  sold,  and  is 
now  used  as  a  blacksmith-  and  wagon-shop.  The  new  edifice  was  dedicated  in 
December,  1874,  by  Rev.  A.  .M.  Town.  This  year(lS76^  a  parsonage  was  erected, 
now  occupied  by  the  pastor.  Rev.  A.  JI.  Town  is  the  present  pastor,  and  the 
official  board  in  charge  consisU  of  H.  Keene,  James  Jloall,  Thomas  Davis,  H. 
Justice,  John  Kintz,  \v.  B.  Williams,  Thomas  Veness,  Henry  Vick.  and  Edward 
Hackett;  steward,  James  5Ioall ;  and  class-leaders,  Henry  Ivintz  and  William  B. 
Williams.  A  flourishing  Sabbath-school  has  been  hold  in  connection  with  the 
church  nearly  fmm  its  organization  It  now  includes  thirteen  teachefs  and 
seventy-five  pupils,  under  charge  of  Henry  Justice,  superintendent  and  treasurer; 
William  B.  Williams,  assistant;  and  James  Combs,  secretary.  It  also  has  a 
Bible-class  and  a  well-selected  library  under  charge  of  Willis  Keene.  librarian. 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETY    OF    CHARLOTTE 

was  organized  in  that  village  in  the  month  of  January.  1352,  and  immediately  c • 

nienced  the  erection  of  a  church  edifice,  which  was  completed  about  the  1 5ih  d:i\  «( 
June  the  Siime  year,  at  a  cost  of  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  I  In 
the24thday  of  June,  1352,  and  in  the  new  building  just  erected,  the  Prohyterian 
church  was  organized  with  fourteen  members.  The  first  ruling  bench  of  eldei-scum- 
prisod  Joshua  Eaton  and  Z.  N.  Colburn.  The  first  pastor  of  the  church  was  Picv.  .V 
Furgu.son.  Hecommenced  his  ministerial  labors  here  soon  after  sraduatin:;,  and 
settled  in  Charlotte  the  se-nnd  year  :  Iter  taking  charge.  He  continued  pa.-tor  ••( 
the  church  until  the  date  of  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  20th  day  of  December, 
1856.  The  church  h;i3  had  no  scttlcsl  pastor  since,  but  several  ministers  have  nirii- 
pie«l  the  pulpit,  as  stated  supplies,  fri>m  one  to  two  years  each.  The  present  sl.ilcd 
supply  is  Rev.  D.  D.  McCail,  and  the  present  bench  of  elders  comprise  Jn-iioa 
Eaton,  Charles  P.  Yarker,  and  Richard  Bemis.  The  church  now  has  a  mcn.i..r- 
ship  of  one  hundred  and  tilleen.  Tho  Sabbath-school  was  establiahc-d  at  the  lime  ..f 
the  organization  of  the  church,  with  thirty  pupils.  It  now  i;icludcs  ten  teachers. 
with  an  enrollment  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  pupils,  of  whom  O.  A.  i>.  an  i- 
supcrintcndent. 


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HISTORY   OF   .MONIiOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


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,,„|  tlid  board  of  trustees  elected  comprised  William  R.iiikin,  .Ii,hn  Baker, 
(Jo-r^-c  C.  Utta,  Collins  WelN,  and  Olmrks  Wiekliaiu.  Services  w,Te  L-cncr.i'.lT 
c.mducK'd  in  the  sehoulliou.^e  until  the  church  ediii.e  \v:ls  erecteJ.  which  w.is 
I(n-a!fd  on  the  we<t  side  of  the  street,  south  ut"  the  corner.  For  many  years  uffieers 
were  n-jularly  elected,  and  the  church  prospered,  under  the  niirii?rry  nf  ahie  pas- 
tor*, until  a  few  years  aipj.  in  the  absence  and  death  "f  si>ine  of  the  early  proini- 
(leiit  members,  interest  somewhat  b^'ired,  and  (he  n  .pal.ir  olei;ri"n  of  ufficers  wns 
n.Avted  until  its  lecal  responsibility  as  a  society  nas  uiicert.iiii.  It  w.ns  then 
determined  to  reorganize,  and  on  April  7.  1ST'*,  this  wa>  effreied,  bv  the  election 
,.f  the  following  board  of  trustees,  viz. :  Amos'Emer-on,  ,.ne  year ;  llr.  Amiiro.-o 
J,.iK-s  aud  Thomas  East,  two  years  ;  and  Francis  IIe^.s  and  J^tcphen  Stace,  three 
^.-ir^.  Amos  Einct^on  was  appointed  clerk.  The  five  cent  U.  S.  currency  waa 
a.|..pied  as  the  seal  of  the  society.  The  present  hoard  of  trustees  consists  of 
William  M.  Richmond  and  K^ra  Jones,  one  year;  Thomiis  E;ist.  Ambrose  Jon^s^ 
and  James  B.  Gove,  two  year?;  John  J.  Pelton  and  Lewis  Itasche,  three  years; 
and  William  M.  llichniond.  clerk.  The  pastors  since  ils  rc.,r.;aniiilion  are— 6rst. 
II.v.  John  Parker;  second,  Uev.  James  Kohinson  ;  third.  Kev.  W.  C.  Wilbur; 
f.urih,  n.;v.  S.  A.  Morris;  and  filth,  Rev.  .M.  C.  Ay.rs,  the  present  incumbent. 
The  chureh  now  ha.s  a  flourishini^  Sabbath-sehool  connected  with  it,  which  was 
lirrt  foruied  in  the  early  d;iy3  of  the  church. 


e  in  the  Slate  of  Xcw  Y->rk 
It  was  a  frame  buddiie.', 
of  the  first  set.  vs  in  the 
who  had  emi'.Tated  from 
was  then  communiy  called 
a  supplement  to  Tlf.  Xew 


The  first  Catholic  church  erected  in  any  coun 
was  built  in  the  town  of  Greece  in  the  year 
rreeli^  under  the  supervision  of  Felix  McGu 
o.IJiborhood,  assisted  by  a  \'<^vj  of  his  coun 
Ireland  ami  had  recently  settled  in  the  vicini 
the  ■•  Church  in  the  Wood,"  and  wns  noticed  as 
1-.../C-  Tnlk.Tell,,-^  dared  Xovember  \h  l.-:U  in  nn.ile  s-yl...  l,y  P:,.n...t  R..l..rr. 
K-H| .  brother  to  Rev.  Father  Uul^ror.  Prominent  anions'  the  first  members  were 
Felix  McOuirc,  John  JIcGuire,  James  Deatty,  Jud-u  Nichul.is  Reed.  Lawreuee 
i;.irrotly,  John  Martin,  Arthur  Martin.  Capt..in  James  Flynn.  Kearnon  Buckly. 
P.itriik  Dorsey,  Andrew  Mu!li'j:an.  f'ornelius  Farnham.  aud  others.  The  church 
was  opened  for  divine  service  by  Kev.  Father  (jDona^lme.  who  celebrated  in 
it  the  first  mays  and  dedicated  the  church  to  Saint  .\mbrose.  A  resident 
cler:y.uan  was  stationed  at  Saint  Ambrose  in  the  year  1>40.  This  church  cslifi.-e 
has  ■.•iven  phace  to  a  spleinrnl  brick  building,  the  corner-stone  of  which  w;is 
l.iid  on  June  19,  ISj'J,  by  Riyl.t  Rev.  John  Timon.  bi,liop  of  Buffalo.     The 

"I  Rev.  John  M.  Maurice,  the  present  pastor,  and  late  pastor  of  Saint  Ambro^. 
The  iudcfati-able  exerti.ms  of  the  Reverend  Father  in  er.s.tiu-  this  clmrch  were 
ai.ly  assisted  by  Joseph  Flemin-  and  IVlcr  Larkin.  in-pLciors  ot  tiie  work,  who  ..a-n- 
iTiiHsly  tendered  their  service's  gratiiitou-l  v.  tlicr.bv  merit  in-  tlic  undvin_- ^rnitituile 
■I-  the  e...i-rc-;.ition.  The  new  church  bn.iain.-  was  .Ic.licate.I  on  Scptenib.  r  It!, 
I'O".  to  The  Mother  of  the  Seven  Sorrows,  by  the  A'ery  Rev.  Michael  O  Brl.n. 
!■  -Ident  pastor  of  Saint  Patrick's  church  of  Rochester.  Very  Rev,  Dr.  C.liiil 
■l-iiven-d  the  dedication  sermon,  the  subject  of  which  was  the  Immaculate  Cjiio-p- 

' ■    l^e  tower  was  nnt  completed  until  l>7r.,and  the  b.-ll.  \ihicli  wei^'hs  twenty- 

;  ■•  hun.hxsl  pounds,  was  blessed  o„  Sei.tcml.er  I'.l,  1--75.  by  the  Ui^'ht  Rev.  B. 
•'    .\I.  <iuaid,  fii^it  bishop  of  Roche«ter.     Amon-  the  recorded  names  of  those  who 

I-- lol  the  interests  of  the  church,  that  uf  Nicholas   Re.d  sh,  ,,ia  not  l«  fur- 

-  ■iti-n.  wii.)  fur  nearly  half  a  century  has  been  foremost  amunj  its  benefactors. 


■■■■iiiKcn  OF  Tiir.  HOLY  ciinss  of  ch.vrlottf.  iRn\ 
■  ..r.-i,nz,Hl  in  1SC3,  by  Rev.  John  .M.  Maurice  an.!  abon 
'  pr..u,iuent  amon-  whom  were  Aii.lrew  .Mulli.-:m,  Willi. 
I-  Patrick  .McManns.  Jo-eph' Scibc'I.  Bernard  .MeManus. 
'  on  John  Farnan,  .and  Patri.k  Tiernan.     The  first  officer 


•I "hu    \\.   Maurice, 
•  rs.  and  Patrick  Tic 


m  Watters,  Charle. 
Thonuis  .Me.Manus, 
in'"  the  church  were 
v;is  also  first  pastor,  .\ndrew  .^IuiIi|ran,  William 
The  church  buildinjj  w:is  formc-ily  a  priv.ite  resi- 


dence, purehaacd  in  the  name  of  Andrew  .^Iulli^■ln,  j 
altered  into  a  church,  the  whole,  when  csmipUted.  at 
dred dollars.  It  was  blessed  and  dedicated  to  the  llo 
Right  Rev.  John  Timon.  bishop  of  Buffalo.  It  b;is  = 
at  present  accommodates  fimr  hundred  and  fifty,  the 


n  the  a 

xp-n~e 


thet 


church  edifice  immediat 
only  as  a  tenifiorarv  clu 
Nelson  for  two  thousji 
acres  in  ejtent.  and  is 
eh 


y,  as  the  prc-rit  structure  w..,  intended  from  il„-  lir-t 
eh.  The  prcsi ytery  w,is  rurch.-iseil  in  lsi;;i  f,,.m  .Mr-. 
1  and  fifty  dollars.  The  church  pr.pe-rty  is  aOoiit  tw.i 
h)Catcd  in  the  finest  part  of  the  vilhere.  The  iresm*. 
olBcers  of  the  church  are  Rev.  T.  A.  Ileudrick,  pastor;  Andrew  .Muire;ni  and 
Patrick  Ticrn.in,  lay  trustees.  Rev.  J.  M.  Mauric-e  was  p.-istnr  ten  years;  Rev. 
John  J.  Donnelly,  fifteen  mouths;  and  Rct.  T.  \.  Hendrick,  two  years,  in 
-\u:ust.  ISTlj.  The  Sabbath-school  was  onranized  in  ISii'.'.  in  the  [irivate  resi- 
denc-e  afterwards  bought  f  jr  a  church,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Maurice,  with  a  class  of  alxuit 
twenty-five  pupils,  of  which  Mi.ss  .Mary  Tiertiey  was  teacher.  The  class  now  has 
about  eighty  pupils,  and  fjur  teachers,  viz. :  Misses  Fannie  Craig.  Eliz.i  Thorpe, 
Kate  Thorpe,  and  Jennie  Aldridge.     The  library  numbers  one  hundred  volumes. 


)F   GllEKCE  1  BO.M.VN    C.\TllOLir  I. 
;  Greece  Post  olTiee.  bv  Rev.  John 


"CHL-RCII  OP  ST.  JOir.S  TIIE  EV.lNliELtST 
This  congregation  was  organized  in  ISlJD. 
M.  Maurice,  with  a  mend>ersliip  itf  about  twenty  familiL-s.  prominent  anion;:  whoni 
were  those  of  Daniel  Sliar|«,  Peter  Marrion,  Henry  Burrow,  John  Straub.  and 
others.  Father  Maurice  purchased  the  property  known  as  the  old  Rowe  tavern 
(which  was  the  first  frame  building  erected  in  the  town,,  on  the  RidL-e  r..ad  at 
Greece  Post-office,  for  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars.  It  was  recon- 
structed into  a  temporary  church,  .nnd  dedicated  May  22.  ISlio,  bv  Right  Rev. 
John  Timon,  bishop  of  Buffalo.  It  was  used  for  a  church  until  the  latter  part 
of  1S75,  or  until  the  completion  of  the  present  church  edifice,  which  was  bi.'cun 

and  is  a  fine.  imp<ising  structure,  thirty-eight  hy  eiu-hiy-four  fet  in  size,  built  in 
the  Gothic  style,  and  at  a  cost  of  about  si.^  thousand  dollars.  It  w;is  dedicated 
S.'ptember  1 J,  lS7.->,  to  St.  John  the  Kvanu-clist.  by  Ri'.dit  Rev.  B.  J.  MeQuaid, 
fir^t  bishop  of  R.ichcster.  Rev.  J.  .>[.  Maurice,  the  first  piistor,  served  seven 
year^;  Rev.  J.  J.  Donnelly,  fifteen  months;  Rev.  T.  A.  llendriek,  twenty-two 
months;  and  Rev.  Frederick  Rauber  to  the  present,  and  now  resident  pastor.  The 
present  officers  of  the  cluirch  are  Rev.  Frederick  R.iuber,  with  Peter  .^Iarrion  and 
John  Straub  as  lay  trustees.  The  Sabbath-schiwl  class,  which  was  formed  imme- 
diately afker  the  purchase  of  the  first  building,  includes  the  children  of  the  con- 
secration, and  is  in  charge  of  Mrs.  31.  E.  Burrow,  teacher. 


THE   FIRST   FREE    METUOIIIST 
w.as  organiz^-d  at  that  place  Febraiaiy  -1, 
Paulis.  J.  Sperry,  R.  K.  Whittier, 
B.  James  and    fl.  Wilkinson.      Til 


■  -1,  1^(11.  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Bnjoks  and  W. 
J   II.  Wilkins..n.      It  wa-  witnessed  by  C. 


Mrs.  M.  A.  Paulis,  II.  Wilkins„n.  .Mrs.  E.  Wilki.i.-on,  J.  Slurry,  R.  K.  Whittier, 
N.  .Meserve,  and  C.  B.  James.  The  firet  board  of  irn-tees  coiiiprised  II.  Paulis, 
J.  Sperry,  B.  K.  Whittier,  II.  Wilkinson,  and  X.  .Meserve.  The  church  edifice 
was  crctted  in  the  spring  of  ISiil.  at  West  Greece,  thirty  by  fifty  feet  in  .-ize,  nnd 
at  a  cost  of  includin-  lot.  fourteen  hnndred  ami  f  .rtv-Uvc  dollars.  It  w.is  dcdi- 
c-atcd  by  Rev.  B.  W.  Gorh.im  and  1,.  Sti;,<  The  present  board  of  trustees  con- 
sists of  II.  Paul!-,  J.  Sperry,  .\.  G.irlu.k.  G.  Rovvl.o.d.  nnd  ('.  Zeigler.  and  the 
present  clerk.  N  Garlo.  k.     Rev.  Win    M  ouno,-  i-  tlie  present  pastor  of  the  Parma 

the  church  was  couiplet.d.  in  a  private  I1..11-,..  and  has  be,.|i  in  uper^itioii  ever 
since,  bv  Rev.  C.  Brooks.  The  first  olli,-,  is  were—Snperintcndent,  U.  I'.uilis ; 
Teachers.  M.S..  M.  A.  Panlis,  E.  Wilkin-.ni.  M.  M.mnin..-,  Mi-s  K.  Thomp-.i,,  and 
MLss.^:.  Sheldon;  ami  the   numl...r  of  piipiU  seven.v.      II.  V. s  is  the   present 


pupil 


.  hundred  \ 


A  lihnirv  is  al- 
Miss  S.  Sheldoi 


BIOGRAPHICAL     SKETCHES. 


DR  ABDIEL   B.   CARPKNTKR. 

Among  the  prominent  physicians  of  Monroe  County,  Dr.  Abdiel  B.  Caipcnter 
enjoys  an  envijble  ri'pulation.  bavin;;  hnd  a  succo9^ful  practice  of  thirty-tour  years 
in  the  townsof  Greece  and  Parma.  He  has  a  wide  eircleof  friends  and  aciuaint- 
loces,  and  commands  universal  re'^pecc  and  esteem. 

He  was  bora  in  the  town  of  Sencp.,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  in  1809,  was 
edncatetl  »t  Geneva  Academy,  and  received  his  nicilicd  degrees  at  Fairfield  Med- 
ical College.  Commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Anthony  Ga^'o,  at  the 
»ge  of  sc-Tonteen.  At  eighteen  yc.irs  of  age  he  reuuivcl  to  the  town  of  Greece,  in 
Monroe  County,  and  continued  the  study  of  njcdiiine  under  the  su[«;rvi5i..in  of 
Dr.  M.  B.  Gage.  Soon  after  he  was  engaged  in  assisting  Dr.  Gage  in  his  prac- 
tice. 

In  January,  1831 ,  he  purchased  the  practice  of  Dr.  Gage,  and  commenced  busi- 
ness for  himself  A  young  man  without  means,  with  notliing  to  rely  upon  except 
his  own  indomitable  courage  and  perseverance,  he  built  up  for  himself  an  e>;tensive 
and  lucrative  practice.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  united  in  marri-gewiih 
Miss  Jane  L.  Rowley,  by  whom  lie  l)eeame  the  father  of  seven  children, — two  sons 
and  five  daughters.  He  lost  his  wife  in  1S59.  Having  enjoyed  for  so  many 
yeara  the  blessings  and  comforts  of  a  happy  union  with  his  first  wife,  it  was  no 
wonder  that  alter  two  years  of  dreary  loneliness  he  should  seek  to  liii  the  void  in 
his  heart  and  home  by  choosing  another  companion,  which  he  did  by  marrying 
Miss  Caroline  E.  Sperry,  a  very  fine-looking  and  accomplished  lady  of  the  same 
»Kn,  by  whom  he  has  three  children — one  son  and  two  daughtera. 

In  the  year  18C4  the  doctor  resigned  his  practice  to  his  eldest  son.  Dr.  A.  M. 
Carpenter,  who  very  ably  and  successfully  fills  the  position  so  long  occupied  by  his 
fetier. 

The  doctor  has  a  fine,  productive  farm,  which  he  superintends  himself;  a  beauti- 
fij  home  residence,  a  fine  view  of  which,  aceconipanied  by  tha  portraits  of  himself 
and  excellent  wife,  elsewhere  grace  the  pages  of  this  work.  The  doctor,  although 
ncTer  a  politician,  has  served  in  variou.i  oliiccs  and  positions  of  trust,  and  now,  at 
the  age  of  sijty-seven  years,  is  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  the  health,  wealth,  and 
happiness  to  which  long  years  of  industry  and  temperate  habits  so  justly  entitle 


WILLIAM   HEXCUER. 

William  Hcncher  was  born  at  Brookficid,  51a3sachusetts,  served  as  a  soldier 
dariiv^  the  Revolution,  was  a  partisan  of  Shay  in  the  State  rebellion,  a  pioneer  of 
Monn«  County,  and  the  lather  ..f  a  f.miily  of' pioneers.  He  was  i  lariied  on  M.iy 
9,  1771,  to  3Iehitable  Moffet,  the  grand-dau-btcr  of  a  Scottish  clergyman.  The 
family  resided  for  seventeen  years  uiwii  a  farm  in  BnJ<^kfield,  Worce^-tor  county, 
Massachnsetts,  and  then  rcnioved  to  Gates,  then  a  portion  of  Ontario  c"unty. 
The  fil»t  'eUlenicnt  wa.s  made  at  Newtown  P..int,  where  a  year  was  p-i.-sod.  lie 
then  moved  up  the  Chemung  river,  and,  joined  by  his  family,  loeated  on  Big 
flats.  He  contracted  for  one-oigllth  of  the  .second  township,  sllnrt  ran'jc  wot  of 
the  Genftwe,  at  the  mouth  of  the  river.  A  payiitent  of  seventy  dollars  had  lieen 
made  when  Jackson,  the  siippo^-d  owner,  wa-s  tiiuod  to  have  no  el.-iui.  A  purclix-e 
was  now  made  from  Jo-n-ph  Annln  of  six  hundred  and  twenty-seven  acre:*,  at  two 
•hillings  and  .-ispence  per  .len-.  ami  in  A^•.'u^t.  1791.  Mr.  Ileiielicr,  ace-onipauieil 
by  his  only  son  William,  then  a  youth  •<(  eleven,  e.ime  to  his  land,  and,  ,«eli'cting 
»»ite,  ereetcd  a  hut  on  the  we^t  side  of  the  river.  Father  and  win  then  went  to 
Long  pond  nn.l  cut  wild  grass,  in  anticipation  of  bringing  on  the  stock  ami  making 
a  settlement.  Returning  for  his  family,  he  moved  in  during  Fcl.ruaiy.  17112, 
upon  oi-sled-s,  coming  by  way  of  Scncea  lake  and  Catharine's  town  to  Iroiulo|Uoil, 
where  all  seinblanee  of  a  rwid  cca.-ed.  A  nj.nl  wa.s  cut  to  the  Genesw  aUive  the 
falls,  thence  down  the  ca-t  side  of  the  river  to  the  hut  of  a  renegade  named 
Walker,  where  the  family  made  a  lenip..rary  .-..journ.  and,  about  March  :ll.  ero-.^d 
the  river  to  occupy  the  hut  abi.vc  noted.  This  hut,  n..w  inli.ll.ited  by  ten  |"  rv..iis, 
and  roofed  with  wild  gr,i..s,  w^w  the  tirvt  nide  dwelling  of  the  Kiin.|,ean  race  on 
the  shore  of  Lake  Ontario  between  the  Ijene^co  river  and  Fort  Niagara.  A  few 
acru)  were  cleared,  a  comfortable  log  liou^e  was  built,  and  here  the  Ijmily  lived 
208 


till  1S02,  when  they  moved  lower  down  the  ri 
light-house  now  stands,  p^inigrants,  Ixtatnicn,  ai 
camped  near  by,  and  with  them  Hencher  opene 
trade  in  fij«h,  purch.Tsed  across  the  lake  or  caught 
ing  butter  and  chce-se  in  the  settlements,  he  sold 
only  supported  a  large  fuuily,  but  paid  ItT  his  ei 
When  the  laniilv  moveil  west  of  the  Genesee 


•  Shurter  and  Christopher  Dul-,ii 


ver  to  where  the  United  Stalei 
id  Indians  freiiuente-1  the  pl.,ee, 
J  a  traffic  to  which  was  addcl  a 
by  himself  in  the  creeks.  Ituv- 
it  large  profit  in  Canada,  and  iiui 
stensive  tract  of  land, 
river,  and  for  several  years  tliere- 
!  sole  neighbors,  and  these  tweiitv 


after,  Pc 
miles  distant. 

The  family  consisted  of  the  parents  and  eight  children,  seven  of  whom  were 
daughters.  The  oldest,  Mehitable,  boni  Fcbruaiy  --,  1772,  married  Tliniitas 
Lee,  and  her  marriage  with  him  was  the  second  to  take  place  on  the  west  si.le 
of  the  river. 

Polly  was  born  March  10,  1774;  Sarah,  August  25,  1776;  Chl.K!,  June  II. 
1778;  William.  April  17,  1730;  I'ersis,  May  3,  1782;  Amy,  April  IG,  17S4. 
and  Hannah,  September  20,  1786.  The  youngest  child  was  fifteen  months  ..Id 
when  the  Henclior  family  sold  their  eastern  farm  and  moved  to  western  New 
Tork.  William  Hcncher  lived  to  see  all  his  children  married  and  comfortably 
settled,  and  died  on  June  21,  1S17,  in  Charlotte,  Gates  township,  now  Greece. 

Seven  daughters,  inured  to  froiiiier  life,  became  wives  of  as  many  piouecrs.  and 
despite  unliealthlui  ciiinate,  unmitigated  hai.lsl.ip,  and  early  privation.  snrviv...| 
many  years,  and  witnessed  the  changes  from  rude  to  refined,  fn>ni  a^mi-sava'.:e  to 
enlightened  life.  It  is  noted  of  William  Hencher  that  he  wrote  of  otliens,  aiel 
thereby  contributed  to  pioneer  hUtory,  but  of  himself  said  nothing.  From  the 
incidents  of  his  life  we  idealize  a  man  detcnnined  and  active,  one  who  .shrank 
from  no  danger  when  found  in  the  pathway  of  duty  or  self  interest,  and  who  with 
ready  appreciation  embnieed  opportunity  to  advantage  his  family,  and  rejoiced  in 
having  secured  f.^r  each  a  competence  before  his  departure.  In  his  renewed 
effort  to  secure  a  farm  when  the  first  had  proved  a  failure,  his  voya-jes  across  the 
lake  with  pr.j.lucc  and  for  fish  to  obtain  means  of  payment,  and  his  rapid  iiii- 
provemcnt  of  his  lands  in  the  fice  of  the  dreadeel  fevers  which  brooded  alon'.-  the 
coast,  we  have  a  type  of  a  'genuine  pioneer,  one  worthy  of  honorable  menti..ii  in 
history-,  one  to  whom  the  prtsent  and  future  owe  a  debt  for  self-denbl  and  signal 
service. 


JOSEPH   NORTHRUP 

was  born  at  Jefferson,  Schoharie  county.  New  York,  in  the  year  ISOG.  Hi-  f.t 
Mr.  Joseph  P.  Noithrup.  wa,s  b-irn  and  reared  at  Saiatosa.'and  after  his  ni.oi 
removed  to  Schoharie  county,  and,  about  the  year  1S22,  removed  to  liii-li 
near  Rochester.  He  was  the  father  of  three  children  by  bia  first  wif— on.. 
and  two  daughters— and  one  daughter  by  a  sixond  wife,  lie  live.!  to  the  ;e^ 
sixty-four  years,  and  died  at  the  homo  of  his  son,  in  the  t.iwn  of  (r.reeec.  Tli. 
daughters  of  his  first  wife  are  l-th  deeca.sed.  The  daughter  of  his  socon.l  vvii 
still  living,  the  wid.iW  of  Mr.  William  Fall.  .Mr.  Jo-eph  Nortlirnp,  in  hi-  I 
hood,  enjoyed  the  limited  a.lvmitages  of  the  conini.in  scb.wtls  of  that  peri...l  o 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  .ige,  when  he  came  west  to  K.ichcster,  and  was  li.r 

married  to  .Miss  Maria  Wesley,  of  East  Blooinfiel.l,  Ontario  county,  with  «l 
he  lived  a  peaceful  and  happy  life  until  1S71,  wh.n  the  union  was  aever.-.l  l.> 
death  of  his  wife.  S.mn  after  his  marriage  be  ."ctllcd  nn  the  sp.it  -.vIht.-  i 
sUinds  the  beautiful  h..nie  of  his  s..n,  Mr,  (icor-.-e  W.  Norllmip.  All  his  life  .-i 
his  marriage  has  be-on  sp.-nt  in  tlie  .|uiet  .jcenpati.m  of  a  fanner,  with  no  ..l 
ambition  than  to  be  a  g.-.^l  citizen  and  an  iinlu-trious,  honorable  man  ;  aii.i 
universal  rcp^-et  ami  est. -em  nf  his  nei;:hbors  and  aci|U.iiiitiintX's.  and  the  lo\.' 
devotion  of  his  fiien.ls  and  relatives,  attest  that  his  liti..  has  been  a  siicec.-s.  11 
the  father  of  six  chiMren,— f..nr  sons  and  two  dan..'bter!, — of  whom  thre.'  s 
and  one  diu-hler  arc  i...w  living.     Ge<jrge  W.,  th..-  second  son,  ha.i  the  old  Im 


,  of  Mr.  Joseph  Nonlii 


lid  his  deceased  wife. 


IRONDEQUOIT. 


The  original  town  of  Boyle  was  orgaoized  on  April  tl,  ISOG,  and  included  north- 
east Mocroe.  Redncod  in  extent  by  the  organization  of  IVndold  and  Perrinton, 
the  name  of  thu  remainder  was  chan^  during  ISIJ  to  Sraa!lw.)fKi.  and  two  jvara 
later  the  town  of  Smallwot-d  wa~  divided  into  the  towna  of  Bridiron  and  Pitts- 
ford.  Iruodcjuoic,  nanied  from  the  bay,  whifli  aho  bore  the  name  Nco-da-on-da- 
quaX  M  given  by  the  Indians,  was  formed  from  Brighton  on  March  27.  1S:^9. 

It  lies  on  the  north  border  of  tbo  county,  ea>t  of  the  centre,  with  Lake  Ontario 
on  the  north,  Irondequoit  bay  on  the  cast,  and  Genesee  river  on  the  west.  The 
gurfjce  is  rolling,  with  a  northward  inclination,  and  towards  the  deep  valley  where 
lies  Irondequoit  bay  in  the  ea^t.  Save  the  bay  eastward  and  the  (iene>cc  on  the 
west  boundary,  the  streams  are  small  and  unimportant  which  drain  the  lands  to 
the  northeast.  The  soil  in  the  north  is  sandy,  and  southward  a  clay  loam.  A 
radical  change  f  jUowcJ  early  settlement  of  the  sandy  region,  and  the  time  came 
when  cultivation  ce;ised  to  be  productive.  Values  steadily  depreciated  till  ?ale9 
were  made  at  less  than  five  dollars  an  acre.  Better  plows  upturned  the  subsoil 
and  mingled  with  the  sand,  the  fertility  gradually  increasing  until  those  once  doubt- 
ful furma  have  betome  of  the  best  in  this  purtion  of  the  State.  Varioas  conjecture 
was  excited  to  account  for  the  change,  but  an  analysis  of  the  soil  shows  the  ele- 
ments of  production  richly  developed  in  the  deeper  subsitil.  The  leadin-.:  pui-suit 
of  the  population  is  agriculture,  while  horticulture,  from  the  viL-iuage  of  Kochestcr, 
b  carried  on  rjuite  extensively.  The  region  about  Irondcuuoit  bay  was  well 
known  in  the  eiirly  day.  As  the  Lijqttois  had  proved  implacable  to  the  French, 
that  pxiplc  detL-miincd  to  subjugate,  if  not  exterminate,  them.  Two  armies  united 
at  the  bay  on  July  lU,  IG.'^T,  and  up  Its  waters  went  a  vast  fleet  of  bateaux  and 
canoes,  the  Man|uis  de  Xouville  in  chief  command.  A  scene  was  there  presented 
worthy  of  an  extract.  "  De  Nuuville  erected  a  palisade  tort  upon  an  elevate*!  site, 
in  which  to  station  a  small  forte  fur  the  pmtection  of  his  water  craft  and  military 
stores."  The  urray  thus  congregated  nnder  the  b.inner  of  I-' ranee  cotaineu  regu- 
lars, French  militia,  seuii-civilizcd  Indians,  and  ■'  finally  a  crowd  of  all  the  barbar- 
ous nations,  naked,  tattrtocd,  and  painti'd  over  the  body  with  all  sorts  of  fi-ures," 
singularly  ec^uippcd.  grotes-jue  in  action,  varied  in  langua-jc — all  animated  by 
motives  of  plunder  and  revenge.  The  march  narrowly  escaped  bcctjming  a  rout, 
and  what  l>cgan  is  a  campaign  terminated  with  an  inglorious  raid.  As  late  as 
1805  flints  and  leaden  balls  were  found,  .suuvenirs  of  the  Frcni;h  invasion  at 
Irondequoit,  and  in  1700  a  bank  caving  from  a  hi'.'li  bluff  on  the  lake  shore  near 
the  bay  disentombed  a  mass  of  human  bnncs  of  unusual  size  and  unknown  origin. 
As  late  as  1720,  the  British  established  a  trading  post  upon  the  bay  to  secure  the 
Indiap  trade,  and  to  exclude  the  Fivneh  from  the  lower  end  of  the  lake.  In  that 
day  supplies  for  western  ports  were  shipped  to  the  head  of  the  hay.  there  loaded 
upon  bateaux,  taken  down  the  bay  to  the  lake,  and  thence  westward.  The  naviga- 
tion once  known  is  now  inipns,>ible,  from  a  sand-bar  formed  at  the  junctiun  of  the 
bay  .vith  the  lake.  It  is  s;iid  that  "  on  the  borders  of  the  bay,  and  of  the  crock 
of  the  same  name  whit-h  discliaiges  itself  there,  the  surface  of  the  earth  presents 
a  most  extraordinary  and  plcturesi(ue  appearance,  a  multitude  of  conical  or  irretru- 
lar  mounds  of  sand  or  light  c:irth,  sometimes  insulated  and  sometimes  united, 
ri.-ing  to  an  average  height  of  two  hundred  feet  from  a  perfectly  level  meadow 
of  ihc  richest  alluvial  loam," — a  locality  attractive  to  the  geologist,  strange  to  the 


I  pioneer  days 


years  waa 

spttrt^iuen  from  Rochester. 

Settlement  of  Ironde^iuoit  by  i.solatc. 
and  outcasts  of  society  livin-  in  secUi: 
occupation  was  delayed  ami  rendered  ri-c 
character  of  the  laiuls.  Concurrent  tc- 
to  have  pervaded  the  reirions  bord*  rini; 
lariaas  dreaded  xs  the  p*.isonou-i  effluvia  which 
thcU^ru-sof  the  laborer- 
Unknown,  and  hence 


resort  for  wild  fowl  and  6nn  fish,  the  hay  of  later 
and   fishinij  around,  and  a  common  rasort  for  the 


Jividuals.  trappers  in  pursuit  of  fun 
was  of  remote  date,  but  pcrmanen 
by  the  malaria  of  the  awamps  and  tli 


tlieir  homes  here  and 


ui^.r 


Surterini:  « 
leave  theii 


ich 

!  hike  jliorc 

StR'WfJ   th 

r;.iln>a.l. 
n.l   l.,l.,.n   up  tl 
.ut  ruli.-f  fruin  i 
lU  aiiJ  bv-in  ; 

tho  town  of  Irondequoit  in  paniculw  this  was  the  case,  and  tlicre  were  fiv<|ueiit 
changes  of  ownership  fur  many  ycara.  The  result  iuQueneed  valuutiuit,  and  t!ic 
best  lands  in  llie  town  were  held  at  five  dollars  an  acre,  while  tlic  seal.;  ■.,(  yvK^t 
ran  as  low  as  half  a  dollar.  These  statements  seem  strange  to  those  ■x\v.  -ave 
in  the  memories  of  the  sun-iving  pioneers,  see  no  sign  of  the  local  barrier  nncc 
so  formidable. 

An  early  map  of  the  region  including  Irondefiuoit,  engraved  in  London,  ha.-* 
upon  it  no  sign  of  human  habitation  between  Oswego  and  Niagara  M\»in  the  lake 
shore,  save  a  picture  indicating  a  solitary  log  cabin  at  the  mouth  and  to  the  caM. 
of  Genesee  river.  Underneath  this  picture  is  the  word  '■  Walker's."  It  is  to  be 
inferred  from  tliis  that  William  Walker,  the  owner  and  inhabitant  of  the  cabin, 
was  the  first  settler  in  the  town  of  Irnndefjuoit.  On  Sullivan's  raid  the  Tui  ies  of 
Butler  had  fled  to  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee,  and  \V'alker  had  been  the  me^»l■n!.'er 
to  provide  boats  for  their  transportation  to  Canada.  "When  tlie  war  of  the  Iic^'ohi- 
tion  ceased,  the  ranger  built  here  his  cabin  and  made  the  place  his  home.  lie 
came  from  Minisink.  took  part  in  the  fiendi>h  atrocities  of  Cherry  Valley,  settled  in 
the  place  described,  in  17^1,  and  was  accompanied  by  two  step-daughters.  lie 
found  the  life  of  a  hunter  and  fislicmi.in  i[i  c<jn=<jnance  with  his  nature,  earned 
on  a  kind  of  barter  with  boatmen  and  Indians  wlio  halted  at  thi  place  lor  s^.ine 
time,  but  finally,  expressing  his  malevoleut  spirit  with  violence,  his  life  bocame 
endangered,  and  he  departed  for  Canada. 

Primitive  settlement  was  confine^J  almost  eiitirely  to  that  portion  of  the  Ujwn 
south  of  the  Ridge,  and  tho  northern  part  long  remained  in  ita  original  unim- 
proved state.  Among  the  first  to  inhabit  Irondei|Uoit  after  Walker  w.is  a  mulatto 
family  by  the  name  of  Dunbar,  consisting  of  sii  persons.     They  came  in  fi-oiu 

physically  a  liant,  and  delighted  in  Iiunting,  which  was  far  from  being  unprofit- 
able. Fruit  was  raised  by  him  to  consideraljle  extent,  shipped  up  the  bay  acro.-s 
the  lake  to  King-ton,  Canada.  Oliver  Culver,  who  came  to  Irondcpioit  Landing 
during  the  spring  of  17!»*j,  in  company  with  Samuel  Spafford,  speaks  td'  Ibmuar 
as  the  only  settler  there  at  that  time.  He  afterwards  went  to  Canada,  and  there 
died. 

A  body  of  settlers,  on  their  way  to  the  Connecticut  tract  in  Ohio,  caine  up 
the  lake,  and  both  Culver  and  Spatford  joined  them.  Initliitory  sv.-ttiemcnl  luniii- 
been  m.ide  on  the  site  of  Cleveland,  the  p.irty  returned  to  Xew  England  :  and 
during  the  sprin*.:  of  ITUT  these  young  men  onee  more  came  to  Ii-oudefiuoit.  where, 
by  hunting,  trapping,  and  trading,  time  Wiis  p.asscd  till  a  second  e.\peditton  eaiue 
west,  when  they  at  onee  joined  and  accompanied  them. 

In  the  year  ITDli,  Jolin  Parks  came  in,  and  g:ive  his  attention  to  huntiirj.     In 

knife,  but  w.Ls  bitten  and  torn  to  a  dangerous  extent,  and  ennvled  ui>on  li.inds 
and  knees  a  long  distance  to  the  house  of  William  Heiicher,  where  his  w.juud^ 
were  dres.-ed  by  Dr.  Hornier.  Transient  and  changeable.  Parks  soon  d.parteii 
elscivhere,  to  continue  his  wild,  independent  life,  uneured  for  and  uncaring,  like 
many  anoth.  r  then  and  at  the  present  time. 

In  ISUU.  .Mr.  Culvir  came  out  from  Verinor\t  to  make  a  settlement,  b.'Ught  a 
farm,  whose  title  he  feare.1  wa,  defective,  an.!  therefore  after  a  year's  labor  ab.in- 

primi'ive  a.-hery  of  all  this  section  of  country.      As  early  !,s  ISn:;  over  a  l.no.li.d 


barrels  of  |>earl.Lsh  were  shipp« 
relief  w,>s  furnished  the  dest 
amount  of  store  p.iy.  Culver 
landholder,  and  lived  till  the 
vaneed  in  aiic,  he  was  not  belli 
at  Kwhe-stcr  his  venerable  forn 
of  Brighton.  Amon- other  pio 
man,  living  .alone,  and  .le|H_-M,l. 
C.TSC  and  .fe-He  T.dnnr.  Th. 
grale.l  to  Ohio.      K.iUM.r  l;.•^. 

to  Oliver  Culver.  Iron,   Ver 

later  llansf.ird  IVmn  located  n 


:d  trom  this  c 


abii- 


I  and  [rondcMUoit  line  in  lo 


210 


HISTORY  OF  jrONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


«Jha: 


veJ  ia  tlie  former 
ji,  anJ  by  cncr_')' 


eulcd  upoo 


aad  thtre  rmi  J.?d  till  IS'.'l,  wlitn  ho  niov«i 
towu.  In  ISIO,  AJoiiij.ili  CjKca,  an  cnur 
•tquired  promlDi;nLi;.  Hi;  rcmnvcJ  lu  Rutli 
during  this  year,  a  person  by  the  unJidtiuj 
the  bay. 

Abner  Wukcly,  from  Greene  counly,  in  tlie  year  ISU  wu  a  resident  of  the 
town,  and  is  now  a  citizen  of  Rrxrhoter.  The  war  with  Kn'jiunJ  cI.jm-J,  and 
emigration  rc^^viivcd  a  froah  imffetu:*  I'rora  the  scturity  now  otforoii  to  sotticment. 
A  ti>le  of  populjtion  p.)ured  westward,  and  the  KiJ'.'e  road  became  a  great  thor- 
ooghfjre ;  now  and  then  a  family  h;dtcd  and  hied  their  hai,itation  in  Irondef|uoit, 
ioduced  thereto  by  the  open  lands  and  oal;  opeuin-s.  In  ISlo,  djrin-  the  month 
of  April,  Abel  Densmore  settled  on  lot  43,  having  mi.-nted  from  .MassaehuietU 
with  a  family  of  ci-ht  cliildron,  of  whcm  three,  a  dau-hter  and  two  sues,  are 
DOW  living  in  town.  Jo«oph  Le-.v^ett  came  in  from  Sirato.-a  county  durin';  the 
•easoD,  and  setileel  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  on  the  farm  whereuii  he  found  a 
kome  until  his  death  in  13GG.  At  thij  time  there  waj  but  one  road  in  what  is 
■ow  the  town  of  Ironde(|uoit ;  this  connected  BriL'hton  and  Charlotte,  and  was 
knowD  as  the  Merehanta'  road,  and  aas  triselcJ  by  Canindaii^-ua  merchants  in 
their  comtr.ereial  relations  with  the  laLe  ccst. 

Nine  Cimilics  moved  to  town  durinir  ISltj.  Isaac  Waring, accompanied  by  his 
■OD  James,  settled  on  lot  48  ;  the  latter  stiil  sumres.  Henry  Case  and  Samuel 
Kniffen,  from  Putnam  county,  came  in,  and  the  former  settled  on  lot  50,  upon 
the  farm  where  he  now  resides.  Keubon  llickok.  Petit  L.xler,  and  Patrick 
Dickinson  moved  in  frum  what  now  constitutes  Ontario  county.  The  latter  made 
a  lettlemeDt  on  the  farm  noiv  owned  and  occupied  by  hli  son  Alfred  L.  Diekin.son. 
A.  31.  Goff  settled  on  the  Uke  shore  at  the  mouth  of  the  bay.  and  on  property 
•ftenrard  owne'd  by  Captain  Woodman.  The  Carters.  Archibald  and  Jerry, 
Biovod  ia  fros;  Hasiltcn  eounfj.  Th**  crr'aier  part  of  Ironde^uoit  still  remained 
a  wilderness.  A  number  of  families,  without  title  to  the  land,  bad  made  elight 
clearings,  and  lived  on  sufferance.  John  Greig,  of  Canandaigua,  land  agent, 
offered  epsy  terms,  with  few  sale's,  and  Pittsfurd  had  gnjwn  old  wiiile  the  farms  of 
the  town  of  Irondequoit  awaited  their  oci-upants,  and  the  lands  once  deemed  well- 
nigh  worthless  lay  an  unsought,  anknown  priie.  Eli.-ha  B.  Strong,  a  native  of 
Connecticut,  a  law  student  in  the  office  of  Jle-ssrs.  Howell  i  Greig,  at  Canan- 
daigux,  was  admitted  to  pmctiee  in  1812.  Four  years  later,  in  company  with 
£lisKa  Beach,  from  Conneetiiut,  he  purchased  one  thousand  acres  of  land,  em- 
bracing what  long  bore  the  name  of  Cart  ha^re,  and  projected  the  fuuudiog  of  a 
rival  to  Rochester.  Oliver  Taylor,  Captaiu  Spear,  a  .Mr.  Rogers,  and  three 
brothers  oanicd  Clark  setilcJ  in  the  new  villas  of  Carthage.  Caleb  Simmons, 
the  pione«r  blacksmith  of  Iroudequoit,  arrived  from  Canada,  and  the  same  year 
(1817)  built  nt  Carthage  Lis  shop,  and  there  followed  his  trade  for  many  years 
ud  Dotil  his  death. 

Carthage  was  situated  in  the  southwest  port  of  Irondequoit,  and,  ambitious  of 
distinction,  has  so  far  achieved  it  as  lo  b«come  a  suburb  of  the  city  of  R.)chester. 
Led  by  the  hope  of  founding  a  city  on  the  Genesee,  energetic  measures  were  taken, 
and  in  1SJ4  the  pl.ooe  had  reached  the  acme  of  its  glory.  It  then  consisted 
of  a  hotel,  thre^  small  stores,  two  warehouses,  a  grist-  and  saw-mill,  a  chair  factory, 
a  tannery,  an  oil-mill,  two  cooper-shops,  and  a  blacksmith-siiop.  The  prospect 
was  encoUi-aging, — tlie  village  had  obtained  existence.  This  progress  was  due  to 
Mr.  Strong,  an  ener-.;etic  and  public-spirited  man.  He  built  a  store,  the  grist- 
and  aaw-mill,  and  bad  tbi'm  in  operation  two  years  from  liis  arrival.  The  mills, 
in  those  early  dap,  were  considered  quite  extensive.  Each  was  the  6r:st  of  the 
kiod  in  the  town  of  Irondci|uoit-  .Mr.  Stronu  carried  on  business  in  the  mills 
and  store  untd  ly.;S,  when,  his  wile  dying,  he  removed  to  the  west.  The  mills 
were  operated  by  different  parties  until  1S4G.  when  they  were  burned.  Ktialia  B. 
Strong,  Heman  Norton,  Elisha  Beach,  and  Trancis  Albri;:Iit  formed  a  company  ia 
1817,  and  engage!  in  the  construction  of  a  brid:.t:  to  .-pan  the  Geni>ee.  as  the  eon- 
Decting  Uiik  on  the  Ridge  mad.  The  b:ul:ge  was  cmplete-d  in  February.  IslO, 
and  warmntcd  by  the  builders  to  stand  one  year;  it  stood  a  year  and  a  day,  and 
thcD,  with  a  fearful  crash,  fell  down  to  the  nver  far  beiow.  The  con.-** ruction  of 
bridges  at  ihLs  point  was  without  permanence,  for  in  Iboti  a  suspension  bridge 
which  was  built  in  the  same  place  stood  less  time  than  its  bulky  and  famed 
^ece>sor. 

T)ie  hotel  above  noted  was  the  first  in  town,  and  was  built  by  the  villat:?  and 
bridge  proprietors,  and  o|n'ni-d  by  Captain  EUneier  Spoar  in  1S19.  Ju.stin 
Smith  was  hi*  suce-r-^-or.  Tlie  old  buildiie.:  has  been  used  as  a  puhlie-house  by 
diSercnt  p.nrtie-s  more  or  li«s  to  the  pr<^  nl  lime.     It  stand.*  a  uicnient.i  of  the 

have  a  history  whiwo  rveiial  is  a  syncp-is  of  hinnan  life  and  huui:ui  cfTorl.  varied 
fortune  and  fre<|ucnt  di.-a|.|«.inlniccit.  Litinulely  the  orl::in.d  site  of  Carthugi-, 
long  used  as  a  farm,  sold  in  |o|s  of  one  liinidr...l  fed  frr>nt,  at  from  one  hufidred 
to  Ivc  hundred  dollars,    Oliver  Taylor  built  here  the  first  tannery,    AIUt  a  time 


be  sold  out  and  departed  to  Canada.  John  Graham,  accompanied  by  his  s..ns 
Joocph  and  John,  Jr.,  are  recalled  as  setllers  in  1817,  from  -Madison.  The  early 
storekeepers  of  Carthage  were    Oliver    Strong   and    Harvey   Kimball.      Horace 

of  a  distillery.  In  1813,  Carthage  had  a  Uwyer  wttle.l  there,  by  name  L:vi  [I. 
Clark.  He  was  ai^eiated  with  the  well-known  Dr.  Ward  in  the  puivhase  of  the 
residuary  land  interest  vested  in  the  State  of  Conneilticut. 

In  1815,  Le'^ter  and  Sylvester  Evans,  from  Ontario  county,  bought  land  in 
Ipiudequoit,  cleared  and  sowenl  two  aere>  in  wheat,  and  returned  agtiifi  (0  Ontaiio, 
where  they  remained  till  ISIS.  The  nei-hbors  were  hired  to  gather  the  crop  at 
maturity.  Captain  Woodman,  on  the  lake  shore,  Ira  Dr.ike.  near  the  cciitro  of 
the  town,  and  Harvey  Culver,  were  inhalilanls  of  Irunde<|Uoit  in  ISIS.  Whitney 
Cummings,  from  Geiieie-e,  originally  from  .Niagara  county,  Abner  JcnninL-s,  fiom 
Orange  county,  and  two  men  known  re=fH.-etively  a.s  Ru-scU  and  Draper,  came  in 
during  ISiO.  General  Moore  and  Captain  Trowbridge  were  early  settlers.  John 
T.  Trowbridge,  later  a  well-known  ciiijeu  of  Racine,  Wisconsin,  residenl  at  Car- 
thage, and  was  closely  identified  with  the  commerce  of  the  Likes. 

Jesse  Taintcr  removed  west,  having,  in  1824,  sold  his  farm  to  Alesandcr  and 
Lucy  Hooker,  who  cuine  originally  from  the  Eastern  States.  The  property  is  siill 
in  occupation  of  Mrs.  ILxikcr.  A  remark  made  to  Hixiker  by  Taintcr  shows  the 
light  in  which  the  region  was  regarded,  and  the  inutility  of  an  individual  notice 
of  all  early  landholders  and  s.iuatter3  on  these  lands.  "  You  will  soon  get  enoii-h 
of  this,"  laid  Tainter:  "eight  families  before  us  have  already  given  up  this  place 
on  account  of  sickness." 

Among  the  suniving  pioneers  of  Irondef|Uuit  may  be  named  five  persons, 

Randolph  Densmore.  aged  seventy-seven  ;  .Vbel  Densmore,  seventy-three;  James 
Waring,  seventy-two ;  Henry  Case,  eighty-sii ;  and  Hansford  Perrin,  .levcnty- 
eight.     Coopering  was  carried  on  quite  esten.-ively  by  tbe  first  settlers  of  this 

dant    Flour  and  pearlash  recjuired  barrels,  and  they  sold  readily  .at  remunerative 

It  is  interesting  here  to  note  the  ready  adaptation  of  necessity  to  whatever 
promised  money.  The  poverty  of  the  settler  w.is  at  one  and  the  same  time  his 
stimulus  and  his  hindrance.  A  varied  product  occupied  the  farmer,  changing 
with  the  demand.  Grain,  stock,  and  fruit,  lumber,  ashes,  and  vei;etables,  and  all 
expedients  promising  profit,  have  received  attention.  At  an  early  date,  to  clear  the 
timber  and  thereby  make  tillage  possible  was  the  primary  aim,  and  wiieat  the 
main  reliance;  in  bter  days  the  care  of  land,  and  its  closer  cultivation,  bring  full 
remuneration. 

At  Swain's  Comers,  near  the  Centre,  are  a  hotel  and  a  dozen  honses,  constituting 
a  hamlet,  while  a  thickly-settled  suburb  of  Rochester  lies  in  the  southwest  part  of 
the  town. 

The  first  ground  used  for  burial  purposes  in  Irondequoit  was  that  known  as 
Sand,  or  Hooker,  bill,  and  was  so  employed  as  early  as  ISuO.  In  1824,  Alexander 
Hooker  dce^le^i  the  land,  hitherto  per>^nai  property,  to  the  town.  It  ia  still  in 
use  as  a  graveyard,  and  is  the  only  one  in  the  locality. 

The  first  frame  building  was  a  sn.all  hoii^  built  in  1S12  by  a  Mr.  Jones,  down 
near  the  b,iy,  and  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Justin  Yale.  On  account  of  sick- 
ness, Mr.  Jones  left,  and  the  habitation  stood  deserted  for  a  number  of  years, 
when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

The  first  frame  barn  was  built  b}  Abel  Densmore,  during  the  summer  oflSIIJ, 
on  the  farm  now  known  as  -  the  Lyon  farm."  In  the  year  following,  a  second 
was  erected  by  J.  Leg^ett.     Both  are  yet  standing. 

An  incident  has  been  recorded  illustrative  of  a  phase  of  pioneer  life,  when 
settlers  were  few,  and  the  forests  extending  to  the  shore  were  the  iiaunt  of  iiu- 
meruita  wild  beasts.  A  man  nanie'd  Scudder  was  crossing  the  bay  in  a  canoe, 
when  he  descried  a  bear  swimming  towards  him.  The  bear  rapidly  ncaicU  tli.> 
voyai^er,  and,  when  within  reach,  met  no  cordial  reevption.  Scudder  was  yn/- 
vided  with  an  axe,  and  atteiiiple-l  therewith  a  blow  at  Bruin's  head.  The  slr.'ke 
failed,  and  the  axe  went  overboard.  No  olfensive  demonstration  on  the  part  of  i  lie 
bear  followed  this  attack,  bnt  he  seranibk-d  within  the  canoe,  seated  liiiusilf  quielly, 
and  so  rfmaine-d  until  the  canoe  •jrale'l  upon  the  sands,  when  he  di>embarked  and 
set  out  fur  the  woods,  with  no  more  regard  for  the  boatman  than  the  tlioii<aiid 
passengers  emerging  from  the  Central  dcfiot  have  for  the  engineer  by  whoso  vigi- 
lance their  journey  has  been  made  sale. 

Allhoii..;h  in  the  backwo-nU,  and  surrounded  with  th.al  which  calls  for  phvsleal 

rendeii-d  it  pr.elical.le,  met  to  cmisider  the  propri.-ly  of  erecting  a  sehoi.l-iioii-e. 
The  Hr»t  building  erected  P.r  .-.luealion-il  p,i,po,-,s  was  eonslrueted  durin-  H.e 
year  1814,  of  round   legs.      It  was  in  ,i/.e.  ei-,-htecn   by  tlveiilyfuur  feet,  and  «  .< 

siluatc-d  on   the   farm   now  owned   by  Alexander   Button.     Abel   Hens re  i-  .« 

chujcu  the  firil  truslev,  anil  a  la.ly  Icaelicr  w.ts  engaged  to  e-oiue  from  Caiiaiid.o;,"  . 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


to  teach  the  scliool  Jurin^  the  following;  summor.  She  came,  carrier!  on  the  school 
for  two  or  three  weeks,  naa  tatcn  sick,  an^l  nlurneJ  hume.  Diirinl  the  first 
month  of  the  winter  school,  which  was  keit  by  Dr.  Barnes,  the  house  scciJentally 
caui^ht  fire,  aud  was  burneil  t*>  the  gnjunJ.  The  term  of  seho«jl  was  fi[iishe<l  ia 
tlie  "  Ilenctier  House,"  situatcJ  on  property  now  owned  by  Albert  Ilubby.  Arain, 
with  the  arrival  of  fall,  another  lo.'  seli.>j|-h.juse  was  built,  near  tlie  house  mjw 
owned  by  Mrs.  (Janyai-d.  The  buildin-  was  in  use  ti>r  five  or  si.x  ycar5,  when,  in 
1SJ3,  >  third  house,  and  the  first  frame  selio-jlhouse.  was  built  on  the  site 
which  is  now  occupied  by  the  building  of  district  No.  1,  and  thither  the  sehiMjl 
was  removed. 

The  town  is  at  present  divided  into  six  school  districts,  employing  as  many 
teachers.  The  scho.jls  claim  no  superiority,  and,  while  there  is  a  desire  to  obtain 
a  ''ood  knowledge  of  fundamental  branches,  the  people  are  apparently  satisfied 
with  their  present  condition.     The  expenditure  for  a  sinirle  year  for  school  pur- 


The  following  town  officers  were  elected  at  the  first  annual  town  m, 
Ironde,|unit,  held  the  second  day  of  April,  ISaD  : 

William  Shephard.  supervisor;  Alexander  X.  Hooker,  town  cl.-rk  ;  I. 
tis,  Alex,-vndcr  A.  no.jker,  Gcorse  \V.  Ueers.  Ja.m-s  Lyon,  Abii.r  D.  J.  nn, 
tices  of  the  peace  ;  .^licajuh  \V.  Jackson,  Enus  Ganyard,  Ilale  Ol.-iu.'nis,  ;i 
Hiram  Pardee,  Henry  liults,  llosoa  Rogers,  commissioners  of  hijuv^v 
ander  A.  Hooker,  Samuel  W.  Br.idstreot,  Jonah  Brown,  ct.mmi--in,iLi- 
mon  schools ;  Is^iac  Warii}g,  Heury  Case,  overseers  of  the  poor ;  Wilii.im  .<! 
Isa-ie  Curtis,  Jauics  Lyon,  inspectors  of  common  schools  ;  Isaac  BiUN.  .■ 
Alexander  H.  Seldcn,  Ls.iac  Butts,  Allen  Barrus,  John 
Hickot,  constables ;  Amos  Graves,  scaler  of  weights  and  m 


j«se3  1 


vcr  thp 


thousand  dot 


The 


attendanc 


ber  of  school  population  was 
but  five  hundred  and  sixty- 
was   but  two  hundred   and 


one  thousand  six  hundred  and  fift. 
two  attended  school,  and  the  aver 
thirty-six. 

On  the  organization  of  the  town  in  18.39,  the  first  town  meeting  was  held  at 
Swain's  hotel.  At  tliis  meeting  William  Shi-pliard  and  Joseph  Graham  were  put 
in  nomination  for  the  office  of  supervisor.  The  result  was  a  tie  vote.  .\i  a 
-pecial  meeting  the  former  party  was  elected,  and  was  therefore  the  first  supervisor 
uf  the  town. 

With  the  lake  upon  the  north,  and  Rochester  in  the  southwest,  the  town  may 
be  classed  as  strictly  rural.  There  is  within  the  present  area,  comprised  in  thir- 
teen thousand  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  acres,  neither  church,  p'  -office,  store, 
nor  grist-mill  in  the  town.  The  fact  exists  from  the  lack  of  necessity.  Consider- 
able enterprise  is  being  shown  at  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river.  Roads,  with 
twoorthrce  exceptions,  run  irregularly  to  various  pjints.     Farms  have  appreciated 

reinm  lo  his  old  home  he  would  doubtless  recognize  the  general  truism  that 
human  labor  has  no  absolute  limit,  and  that  localities  desolate,  forbidding,  and 
•langerous  may  become  as  a  garden,  attractive,  productive,  healthful,  and  highly 
valuable. 

Appended  are  a  list  of  the  first  town  officers  and  a  list  of  the  supervisois  and 


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Jiroes  Sw.jne. 

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BaasforU 

1880 

George  E.  Mcfloi.ej.1. 

IS62..._ 

Jcdcdiah  While. 

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Samael  Dubclbeisa 

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Ucarj  Wilier. 

1975 

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WEBSTER 


1ti»0  ilong  tbe  lake  shore  in  the  northeast  comer  of  ihe  countj,  and  bounded 
westwird  by  IronJe-iuoit  bav,  it  the  cumparativeij  recently  en*le.i  town  of  Web- 
iter,  the  fonner  north  half  of  the  old  town  of  PenSold.  The  oi^niiaiion  of 
Penfield  from  Boyle  tiaj  effected  in  ISlO.and  W'cbjtcr  was  talco  off  on  February 
6,  1S40.  The  surface  has  a  wntle,  n-tlling  slope  from  the  ri'-i.-e  nnnhward,  and 
B  brotuQ  in  the  vest.  Upon  the  lake  shore  the  land  rises  to  a  height  in  places 
of  fifty  foot,  and  on  Iruode<]Uoit  attains  an  altitude  of  nearly  a  hundred  feet. 
Small  strcnras  bavinir  their  ri:**:  within  the  boundaries  of  ihc  town,  unitin-j.  flow 
northward  into  the  lake.  The  soil  in  the  northward  section  is  a  sand-blended  loam, 
while  flouth  of  the  rid je  it  is  a  cl.iy  and  a  cby  loam.  The  area  is  nineteen  thousand 
Dioe  hundred  and  nine  acres.  The  pupalatioo  of  ttro  thousand  six  hundred  and 
Iftj  b  ISOO  had  inirCiised  to  two  thousand  seven  hundrc-J  and  forty-niuc  in 
1870.  The  leadln;;  objects  of  industrial  pursuit  are  fruil-rai--in!:  and  agricultnrc. 
More  than  three-fourths  of  the  Lnd  is  improved,  and  has  a  valuation  of  auout 
three-fourths  of  a  million.  Sprin™  wheat,  potatoes,  and  apples  ai^  staple  products. 
Rearing  of  live-stock — sheep  and  c;tttlc — is  an  iiuportant  iiuerc-jt,  and  the  town 
ranks  hi^'h  fur  its  dairy  producL  The  firit  town  nicetin::  held  within  the  pnsont 
Uuita  of  the  town  was  at  "  John  Letts'  tavern,"  situated  aboat  three-fourths  of  a 
mile  south  of  Web>ter  villaj^.  At  this  meeting,  held  in  1S40,  an  election  was 
keld,  resuliinj  in  the  election  of  Alphcus  Crocker  lor  supervisor  and  T.  B.  Com- 
ing town  clerk.  SclLlement  was  dtlaycJ  and  permanent  occupation  did  not  bccio 
till  portions  of  Ontario  had  become  p'>piiIou3  and  had  long  worn  the  aspect  of  an 
old  and  improved  locali_ty. 

Little  rej-Mrdful  of  social  enjoyment  in  the  locution  of  homes,  there  were  few 
who  Tisited  the  lake  re-.:ion  other  than  huntLn  in  pursuit  of^r-mic.  The  influence 
of  roads  and  fn^e  cominunicaiioQ  s-as  in  thii  illustrated.  The  pioneers  of  Webster 
were  principally  fn.m  Veruiont,  New  Hampshire,  and  the  eastern  portions  of  New 
Tort  Various  motives  influenced  a  voluntary  relinquishment  of  s<x'ial  cimforts 
lor  ID  enforced  scmi-savaqG  life  in  the  forests  of  the  Onrario  shores;  but  chief 
tmoDg  them  w.is  that  of  prncnriri'.:  che.ap  farms,  which  by  tiie  industry  of  a  few 
yean  could  be  ni.ade  to  rclum  eomf 'tt  and  a  certain  de-.Tee  of  anluenee.  Spcea- 
btors  there  were,  and  some  few  to  whom  the  restraints  of  community  h.ad  become 
irksome,  and  who  became  hunters  in  this  wild  land  and  enjoyed  their  iiiv.T.:e  free- 
dom. The  enterjiriic  of  the  first  settlers  is  a  pronuiient  and  presumable  trait,  and 
Webster's  pioneers  arc  privileje-l  to  the  claim.  Inli.hls  there  were  amon;i  (lie 
number,  but  the  people  in  -renerjl  were  inlelliiicnt  and  well  informed,  and  the 
Tisita  of  missionaries  were  rweived  with  ilailncss.  while  the  cabhath  was  re-^-ardi-d 
IS  a  day  of  rc-<t  and  relijions  mtclitation  and  improvement. 

Inifial  .^ttlement  be^-an  in  linj.  In  thi.s  conncttion  the  name  of  Caleb  Lyon 
il  mentioned.  lie  waj  from  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town,  on  the  Like  shore,  upon  pmpcity  now  owned  by  Tlminas  Wright.  The  fir>t 
gnat-  and  saw-mill  of  the  town  were  built  by  bim,  on  the  strc;im  now  known  as 
Four-JIile  creek.  The  property  w,-w  owned  by  John  Icmian  in  IS-G,  when  de- 
stroyed by  Gre. 

Whether  Lyon  lived  solitary  and  alnne.  or  found  visitors  amon;^  rambling  white 
Ben  and  Imlians,  unknown  to  u-*.  was  of  h!L'hc**t  iitipurtancc  to  him  ;  and,  if  the 

and  of  William  Il.irris.  made  in  I.-HT,  were  the  nejt  in  ord.r  of  time,  the  event 
was  of  no  sliqht  imp<irtanee.  .^[r.  .■'pear  h.nd  lived  a  year  in  Palmyra,  but  con- 
dudetl  to  lu  farther,  and  in  Wei  -ter  he  found  a  home,  cleared  it  with  his  own 
hands,  and  up.'n  it  residL-tJ  till  hi"  death,  iii  ItijO. 

The  year  IJ^IO  dates  a  con^id,•rable  irurex-o  in  the  numlwr  of  forest  homes. 
Stephen  Shemian,  from  S.irato-_-:i  county,  aciiimpanicd  by  his  sun  lienry,  then  a 
joung  nun,  settled  on  lot  No.  -;  llkcwi-..*,  lietiry  JetitiinL"",  frmii  the  sime  c*»unty, 
arrived  and  look  up  h.t  .\o.  X  lie  did  nut  brlns  hv  r.iniily  until  the  year  fullnwiri;,'. 
A  ion,  Asa  K.  Jeunin-.-,  still  surviies.  with  iutelhctual  fa-ultl.-^  mionpaire-l.  at 
the  ai:e  of  .*.-veniy-ei-ht.  Klene/er  Cu-.k.  the  first  l.l.i.Lsmith  of  W,l-.er.  came  in 
from  New  llanip-liire,  nnd.  with  unhewn  l...-^.  built  a  .-hop  on  the  l;i.i'.;e  mail,  in 
the  Kjulhwi-st.m  part  of  llie  t.nvn.  IJiL-.i.-ed  in  a  clMwen  v.K=ition.  hi.s  shop  w:is  an 
early  n-sort  of  the  »en!,r.  and  »lien  the  oi.l  .irutturc  U-iaiue  dil.ipnlate.1  he  bnilt 
Ub  another,  and  fullowiil  the  trade  for  many  years.  About  this  lime,  Z. 
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Eldridge  came  in  from  Washington  county,  and  Daniel  Harvey  from  the  couotv 
of  Greene.  A  further  enumeration  of  the  pioneers  of  ISIU  presents  the  name? 
of  Simeon  Go<,denou'.-h,  Nathaniel  Abbott.  ?-r.,  John  Atwoo-1.  Asa  0-  and  PaviJ 
Fell,  Samuel  Roll.,  and  William  McFariin,  Sr.,  from  New  Hampshire.  These 
pioneers  occupied  lots  in  the  north  and  eastern  parts  of  the  town.  There  were 
also  Zebulon  Handy,  fpira  Saratoga  wunty,  Thomas  Stratton,  from  Greene  county, 
and  Dr.  Nathaniel  Bt-eeher,  from  Connecticut,  who  became  residents  durio"  this 


The  year  1911  presents  the  names  of  Amos  Knapp.  from  the  western  part  of 
,  the  State,  Ebcnezer  Clark,  from  Greene  county,  an  1  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  lSll'-l."i. 
and  John  Letts,  from  Schuyler  county.  The  last  noted  tof^k  up  a  lot  in  the 
Bouthera  part  of  the  town,  and  built  the  inn  known  as  the  Letts  tavern.  Despite 
the  thre-atenin:;  aspect  of  western  affairs,  and  the  declaration  of  war  in  181J,  mi- 
gration, in  a  diminished  but  continuous  stream,  continued  westward,  and  some, 
changing  about  already  in  the  Gene.«ee  country,  to<ik  up  their  rc-idence  within  the 
bounds  of  the  t^jwii  of  Webster.  Amoii'.r  the'«;  were  Levi  Harris,  Deacon  .\bratu 
,        F.<5ter,  Robert  WiKKiliull,  John  F.  Whitiii.-.  and  the  Burnetts,  Robert  and  B,n- 

up  their  homes  on  the  lake  shore.  The  object  of  this  moicinent  was  a  h.eati..u 
where  they  mi^-ht  obtiin  a  thorouL-hfarc  for  their  produce,  being  confirmed  in  the 
impression  that  their  previous  homes  would  continue  in  the  isolation  tliey  had  so 
far  experienced. 

I  Abraham  Smith  and  Gerard  Dunning  moved  in  from  Saratoga  county  in  1^1'J. 

'  Amasa  Kilborn,  Constance  and  William  Holt  from  Coiineetieut,  Alpheiis  Uallard 
and  Robert  Canada  fn.m  .M..ot.g..mery  county.  Asa  Ba>s  from  M.,ssaeluus<-tt-. 
James  Spear  and  Isa.ie  Straight,  were  among  other  settlers  at  that  time.  A  «•■« 
of  Gerard  Dunning  is  a  present  resident  in  the  town.  K.ieh  year  the  ihstanee 
between  clearinus  grew  lc>s.  tlie  f  la-st  beeaiue  less  wild,  and  yet.  the  preliminary 
occupation  being  made,  flindlies  ciMitiioird  to  make  their  holms  within  the  liouu.U 
of  Webster.  In  1S13  came  Rans-m  Th..in;e..  Kli-ha  Ju.Un.  Lyinan  and  .Martin 
Fcl,  and  Peter  Any  from  Sarato..^  county,  and  Alpli.  us  Crocker  from  ('..n- 
necticut,  who  settled  in  the  north  part  of  the  town.     The  no-^t  year  Saraic-.-i 

county  furnished  .^Ilthael  DunnioL-  and  John  and  William  Hieks,  while  Th .- 

Jfurphy  and  Jilm  Smith  came  in  I'loni  the  western  part  of  the  Stale,  and  in  ili.- 
year  f.illowiiig  Timothy  Thompson,  a  present  resident.  m.idc  the  town  his  perma- 
nent home. 

The  year  IPIT  was  marked  by  a  restoration  of  eonfidenee.  a  sLiination  of  prio-». 
and  a  renewal  of  the  westward  eniavan  to  tl.o  vall.y  of  the  .^Ii"i-il•pi  and  ih'- 
peninsula  of  Miehl-an.      .Many  j..ine  I  the  company,  and,  aiiii,l-t  the  h.i.-sts  of  il,.- 

F.beneler  Curtice,  Ch.-ster  Cleveland.  Keuhen  Cl.l.,  .More  and  An.lrew  lt..l,l.  „..l 
Xathanicl  Knight ;  the  last  Io,-at,il  u i  th.'  firm  -till  his  re-iden.-e.     Th.n-  ».  n-. 

i        besides,  Samuel   I'rcslon,  from    New  Hin.pshire,  uhos.-  s-.n.  William    P.  I'n -m. 

dwells  in  the  town,  and  Pr  O.  KcvomUs.  wlni  c-ame  originally  fn.m  All.  my  .- ■> 

to  I'eiifield  in  ISl:!,  an.l  thems-.  in  1-llT,  to  Wti.sler.  Dr.  K.ym.Ms  was  <\- 
pioneer  physician  of  the  t.twn.  and  sttjl  sur^ixes,  .it  the  a-.:..'  of  .■luliry-Iive.  aiel.  m 

the  full  pos5essi„n  of  hi>  fieulties.  .s  an  In reil  nlic  of  tin-  ..Men  lime,  a  til  -.'- 

ject  fi.r  bio-.-raphi.-.l  alhi=i..ii.  A.ii..n-  ih.-  pi.in,-er  settlers  ocur  the  nam.- -f 
Calvin   Chamberlain.    Lat.rus  Cluinli,  Jusli,i   llwin.ll,  J„.l,„i    Vo-burjh.  .l-i." 

!         and   William    .Man.leville.  .!..?■  ph    Vint...,,    llarent    Van    H..-.n.    N  l.-.n   .-(.-in.- 

from  Vera t,  and  Ziha  an.l  J..hn  Coni.e.  fn.m   New  Hau.pshin..      1' -r 

work  ren.ain.sl  fi.r  many  sul.-<v|„e..t  y.-ar*;  M.-,.ri,  nf  famili,,  n...vtsl  1„.  an.l  ll..' 
or  their  chil.lren  are  present  ns.i.lents.  Nei-I,l.i.r.  there  were  to  l.n.l  a  h.!]  In- 
hand  until,  in  IS.-.-;,  the  t..wn  c..ntaii...-d  tlireu  huii.ln-.l  and  thirtv-lhr.s-  I.-.- 
hohlera.    •ri..n.e,><t.ll  ll>in;:a,.d  re-..l.,.ls  ,„  il.etown  are  Dr  O   R.ynoMs    U«i 

C.  Harris.  Asa  K.  Je..oi>.-.-s.  Tl thy  'II,..,,,,-,. a.  and  l!u,bon  C.l.h 

In  the  w:,y  of  e.rly  iiu.:.l..,.t-  ..f  U.I.,:,  r.  tl,,-  f,.,|,.v,  in.-  an.  rr..-..„t..l.  Tl.-  H^-' 
grave-yard  was  siluateil  a  hall-ii.ile  ive-l  ..f  We-l  Web.-ter.  and  cinlinm-  to  1.  '.-  •' 
for  the  .same  s.iered  p,iq».>e-.  The  fif^t  .1.  if  ii  w.s  that  -A  a  eliihl  ..f  .N'.  Cr...  -  o.-' 
the  first  birth  was  that  of  a  child  I.,  Chb  I.jon.     A  sehool-hoa-e  w.is  is.n<t...t'l 


HISTORY  OF  .MOXllOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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the  lake-shore  wouda 
ganip,  and  the  proceed: 
i  crop.  FearlL"vt 
Uh  the  denizens  of  i 


e  road,  on  a  §ite  now  occupied  by  the  scho-jl-house 
ive  been  inpjrre'i,  the  structure  in  that  1  "cality  at 
■  pattern.     The  coninieiiccnient  of  prcnchin^  waa 
i  the  doctrinea  of  .Methodism,  holding  their  meet- 
id  private  hoiise3.     All,  from  a  variety  of  motives, 
a  in  the  worship.     At  the  time  of  settlement 
ny  boar?,  wolves,  doer,  and  other  Bpotiea  of 
nd  rifle  were  at  times  more  valuable  than  the 
and  determined,  the  bacIiwo»>dsmen  had  luaiiv  an  encounter 
ho  forest,  which  rehearsed  aUiut  the  open  lirtplaee.  of  a 


winter'.s  evening,  were  amons  the  richest  entcrtoinuienta  ( 
and  enjoyed  by  youn^  and  old  alike. 

AiuoDg  adventures  of  Webster's  pioneers  was  one  in  the  eariv  life  of  John 
McLaren.     The  scene  of  the  incident  was  near  the  PeT.ficld  and' Webster  line. 

of  his  hou.'*e,  when  his  attention  w.is  attracted  by  the  voice  of  his  niece  calling 
to  him  She  had  discoven^  the  near  approach  of  a  hu_*e  bear,  alid,  beconunjr 
frightened,  had  given  her  uncle  the  alarm.  After  considerable  maueeuvring, 
and  with  the  assistance  of  a  small  dog,  the  bear  was  driven  up  a  tree.  Being 
no  adept  with  the  rifle  himself.  JIcLaren  requcsti^  his  br.'ther-iu-law,  then  pass- 
ing by  on  hor>eback,  to  cume  to  his  aid.  A  shoi  struck  and  slightly  wuund^-d  the 
bear,  which,  enraged,  rusht-d  down  the  trunk  of  the  tree  to  wreak  vengeance  up-on 
his  assailants.  At  this  critical  moment  McLaren,  bringing  his  handspike,  fortu- 
nately brought  with  him.  into  action,  struck  the  bear  upon  the  head  a  tremendous 
blow,  which  so  far  disabled  him  that  he  inflicted  no  injury,  and  was  speedily  dis- 
patched by  a  gun-shot.  The  animal,  when  dressed,  weighe^i  three  hundred 
pounds.  It  was  a  custom  here,  as  elsewhere,  among  the  early  inhabitants,  to  allow 
their  stock  to  run  at  large.  .\t  one  time  some  cattle,  owned  by  Uobert  Canada, 
having  strayed  some  distance  from  home,  were  attieked  by  a  ravenous  pack  of 
wolves-  The  cattle,  by  their  bellowing,  called  to  their  assistance  some  settlers  in 
the  vicinity.  These  soon  .succeeded  in  driving  them  away,  but  not  until  they  had 
overpowered  one  of  the  cattle  and  torn  the  flesh  from  her  limbs  to  the  boue.  She 
was  killed  to  end  her  suffering. 

WEBSTER  VILLAGE. 

Webster  tillage  is  situated  on  the  Ridge  road,  a  little  south  and  east  of  the 
centre  of  the  town.  It  13  the  principal  trading  point  of  the  town,  and  is  on  the 
line  of  the  Ontario  Lake  Sh  to  R.iiIroad,  crossing  the  town  from  e.-.st  to  west. 
The  fir^t  frame  building  of  the  town  of  Webster  Wiis  erected  within  the  present 
limits  of  the  village,  on  ground  now  oecupie-i  by  P.  A.  ilotchkiss,  as  early  as 
1812,  by  James  Spear.  It  was  then  tised  as  a  tavern,  but  has  since  been  rebuilt 
and  converted  into  a  tin-shop.  At  a  very  early  day,  and  previous  to  the  building 
of  the  Uvern,  the  first  store  of  the  town  was  built  by  Dr.  Wm.  R.  Ellis,  the  pio- 
neer nicrchaot  of  Webster.  Small  in  size,  it  was  what  has  been  termed  a  "  pocket 
concern,"  yet,  for  a  time,  was  of  ample  extent,  so  far  as  the  reiruisites  of  trade  were 
concerned.  The  time  when  these  buildings — the  store  and  tavern — were  erected 
dates  the  commencement  of  the  village  of  Web.ster.  There  were  'hen  only  a  few 
rude  log  structures  in  the  neighborhood,  and  the  forest  was  unbroken,  except  in 
those  spots  where  the  pioneer  had  set  his  stakes  and  entered  upon  his  plain,  hard 
bbor. 

The  earliest  trading  was  done  in  Canand.iicua ;  but,  the  store  havi  ig  been  erected, 
Webster  village  entered  uiwn  a  growth  which  has  continued  to  the  present.  In 
time  other  stores  were  built,  shops  were  erected,  and  houses  went  up,  and  popula- 
tion increased  till  the  enumeration  gives  four  hundred  souls.  The  firyt  brick  build- 
ing was  erected  by  Samuel  Lacy,  in  the  year  ISoU  ;  it  is  now  owmxl  and  occupied 
byS.  F.  Mason.  During  1S31,  the  tii-st  church  in  the  village  and  in  the  town  was 
erected  by  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  A  summary  of  business  interests  of 
to-day  gives  four  physicians;  there  are  five  stores,  a  hotel,  a  carriage  factory,  a 
foundry,  a  shoe  shop,  a  marble  shop,  two  harness  shops,  two  m,.at  markets,  two 
blacksmith  shops,  a  steam  saw-mill,  a  stave  manufactory,  and  two  cooper  shops. 
There  are  four  cliurclics  in  Webster  village,  the  Presbyterian,  Baptist,  Univcrsal- 
iat,  and  Methodist  Episcopal,  and  there  is  the  Webster  .\cadcmy,  formerly  the 
First  Baptist  church,  erected  iu  the  town  during  1S32.  When  the  denomin.ttion 
had  built  a  new  edifice,  this  old  one  was  •.;iven  to  licv.  Spencer  Holt,  the  pastor  at 
the  time,  on  condition  that  he  would  wnvert  it  to  an  ncadeniy.  The  transfer  wa.? 
made  in  ISlJO,  and  a  .school  w,is  in.iu'.;uralc<i  which  continued  in  operation  fijr  a 
number  of  years.  To  a  certain  di-.Tcc,  the  free-school  system  has  warred  against 
the  academical,  and  taken  precedence.  It.iwever,  it  is  on  record  that  scholarship 
of  liigh  rank  and  later  eminence  owes  its  development  to  the  classic  culture  taught 

The  Webster  Academy  waa  burned  in  1872,  and  since  that  time  the  bi>arding- 


house  built  by  Mr.  Holt  has  been  occupied  for  school  purposes.  The  n 
(Cnion  and  Free  School),  situated  on  the  corner  of  .Vcadcmy  and  San 
approaches  completion,  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  use.  It  is  a  fine  brie 
built  at  an  expense  of  nine  thousand  dollars.  It  contains  four  apai 
accommodations  fur  two  hundred  and  fifty  pupils,  and  in  dimensions  ; 
by  fifty-eix  feet.     The  present  board  of  education  is  recordi-d  as  follows 


,  secretary  ;  Lewis  Crippen, 


Dunning,  president;  Hugh  .McKa 

Hill,  coHector,  and  C.  S.>ratt,  W.  S.  Hawley.  George  Peacof:k,  Geor 
Elam  Hatch.  T.  H.  Stratton,  and  Lewis  Billings.,  The  board  have  ( 
the  first  principal  Sylvester  Gardner. 

WEST   WEBSTER. 


West  Webster,  in   the  southwest  part  of  the 
lins  ab.)Ut  sisty  houses.      Here  are  two  churche 
post-utfice,  a  cai 


,  on  the  Ri' 

,  Meth..di,t  Episcopal  and 
Free  -Methodist,  a  hotel,  a  store,  a  post-utfice,  a  carria-e  and  other  mechanic  sln.ps, 
alao  a  school  building  capable  of  accouimodaiing  one  hundred  pupils.  This  is  the 
birgest  school  district  in  the  town,  and  the  average  attendance  upon  the  sc1i.h.1 
varies  from  sixty  to  ninety.  The  Webster  Lodge  of  Free  Masons.  No.  5:iS.  has  it.s 
rooms  and  sessions  at  this  village.  This  lodge  was  chartered  in  June,  liti'.i.  and 
at  that  time  contained  eighteen  charter  members.  11.  N.  Curtice  became  its  first 
Master,  with  T.  Van  Alstine  and  B.  W  Burnett,  Wardens.  The  following,  in  the 
order  given,  have  been  .Masters  since  the  organization  :  H.  N.  Curtice,  T.  Van 
Alstine,  B.  W.  Burnett,  J.  E.  Thompson,  and  J.  H.  Wbitbeck,  the  present  Mas- 
has  a  present  enrollment  of  sixty  members. 


1S43. 


The  lod-i 


No  inconsiderable  portion  of  the  history  of  a  town  sUnds  connected  with  the 
development  of  interest  in  religion,  the  expedients  of  societies,  the  erection  of 

they  serve  as  illustrations  of  genuine  liberality,  and  impress  the  observer  with  the 
character,  disposition,  and  actual  good  fidth  of  those  whose  pretensions  are  thus 
measured  by  their  practice. 

THE   FIB3T    DNIVERS.4LI3T   CIIDRCH    OF   WEBSTER 

is  situated  in  Webster  village.  This  church  was  first  legally 
although  meetings  had  been  held  in  different  places  manv  years 
Mr.  Knapp,  and  other  preachers.  At  organization,  the  church  consisted  of  nine- 
teen members,  viz. :  Ebcnezer  Cook,  Reuben  Cobb,  Timothy  Thompson,  Xaihanicl 
Knight,  Franklin  Robb.  John  Kobb,  Dr.  Dunham.  Benjamin  Farr.  Ebenczcr  D..y- 
ton,  their  wives,  and  Carlos  Dunham.  The  present  church  edifice  was  erected  in 
1S44.  It  is  a  cobble-stone  structure,  is  valued  at  four  thousand  d')llars.  will  seat 
two  hundred  persons,  and  was  dedicated  N'ovember,  1S45,  by  the  Rev.  L.  L. 
Spaulding,  who  became  its  first  pastor.  The  following-named  were  preachers  in 
the  order  of  their  charge:  Revs.  L.  L.  Spaulding,  Charles  Hammond,  II.  L.  Ilnv- 
wood,  C.  A.  Skinner,  J.  J.  Austin,  .M.  .M  Tompkins,  L.  F.  Porter,  T.  J.  Whit- 
corab,  Herbert  Whitney,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Kimmel,  the  present  pastor.  There  is  a 
membership  of  thirty-seven.  A  Sunday-school  was  organized  a  number  of  years 
ago,  but  was  reorganized  in  1S70,  with  forty  pupils.  James  Thompson  w.is  chosen 
superintendent.  The  present  number  of  pupils  ia  sixty,  and  there  is  a  library  of 
one  hundred  volumes. 


THE    EVANGELICAL 


L'RCII    (OERMJ 


:  and  a  half  n 


JIETHODiaT) 

I  east  of  Webster  village,  on  the  '•  Salt  road."  It- 
first  organization  was  in  1800.  There  were  enrolled  at  this  time  seventeen 
nieiabers.  The  first  meetings  were  held  at  the  homes  of  members  and  in  (In 
school-house,  by  Rev.  Leonhard  Herman,  who,  .assisted  by  his  bnilhor,  Rcv.  Lnd 
wig  Herman,  effected  the  organization.  The  present  church  huiMini;  was  erected 
in  ISOl,  is  valued  at  eiglit  hundred  doll.irs,  has  dimensions  of  twentv-si.x  bv  thinv- 
sil  feet,  and  was  dedicated  on  the  Is'lh  of  August,  ISOl,  by  Rcv.  .Mr.  Weaver. 
The  pastors  on  the  charge  in  order  have  been  as  follows;  Revs.  Ludwt'.:  Herman. 
M.  Ijnc,  John  Sch.aaf,  Theodore  Snider,  Albert  Unholtc.  Henry  Fisher,  C.  A. 
Wis,Mnan,  George  French,  and  John  Grcncbach,  ita  present  pastor.  The  society 
contains  a  membership  of  sixty  persons.  The  Sunday-school  was  established  in 
lSli2,  with  twenty  pupils.  John  Hilluway  wa.s  cho-cn  the  first  snpcrintendenl. 
The  present  incumbent  of  that  office  is  John  W.  Halloway.  He  has  a  school 
numbering  fifty-five  pupils,  who  are  provided  with  a  library  of  one  hundred  vol- 

THE    EMANIEL   CIlfRCn    (OERMAM    LUTHERAN) 
is  situated  one  mile  e;iat  of  West  Webster,  on  the  Kidu-e  road.     Organization  w.is 
effected  by  a  Ucv.  .Mr.  I'l^'laker,  in  the  year  IbOT,  with  fifteen  membctM,  among 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NE^V  YORK. 


whom  tie  AJam  Herman,  P.iniel  Winorgcr,  Michael  Shoemaker,  Gwrie,  John 
lod  Michael  Grabb,  Juhn  Altpcter,  FreJeritk.  ShuL-nutcr,  Henry  Stavor,  John 
Kalor,  and  Charlea  Conmd.  The  first  meetinga  were  held  by  various  pabtonj  iu 
the  Presbyterian  and  Methodist  churches,  and  until  a  building  of  their  own  was 
cooatructed.  The  structure  was  erected  in  13G8,  is  valued  at  one  thousand  six 
hundred  dollars,  and  was  duly  dcdiaited  during  the  year  named.  There  were 
present  at  this  occasion  the  Revs.  Upelakcr.  Hoffman,  and  Miller.  The  house 
ifl  twenty-four  by  thirty-six  fctt  in  size,  and  of  ample  capacity  for  all  needd. 
The  first  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  Miller,  wbose  successor  was  Hoffman,  then  S. 
Chamberlain,  and  next,  Gernt,  the  present  piistor.  The  membership  is  twenty- 
five.  A  Sunday-school  was  established  in  1S03,  with  twenty-live  pupils.  The 
first  and  present  superintendent  was  Bernard  Stranp.  The  number  in  attendance 
has  shown  an  increase. 

THE   FREE    METHODIST  CHCRCH, 


id  thirty.five  --.h..l-,rs. 
Jl^Tintcudud  by  L.  U. 


situated  at  West  Webster,  owes 
Gould,  with  four  persons  as  mcml 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Box.  The  first  m 
Kennedy,  and  at  his  dwelling-hoi 


original  organization  to  the  Rev.  William 

.     These  were  E.  R.  Kennedy  and  wife  and 

Mgs  were  held  in  a  grove  belonging  to  3Ir. 

The  carlie.?t  regular  pastor  on  the  charge 


was  Rev.  M.  D.  JIcDjugall,  who  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  Odell.  It  was  during 
the  ministration  of  the  latter  that  the  present  chuR-h  was  erected.  Rev.  Odell 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  0.  J.  Young,  the  bteat  pastor.  The  meeting-house  was 
completed  in  1ST3,  is  value!  at  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars,  and  has  seats 
for  two  hundred.  In  1S7-  a  Sunday-school  was  established  'n  connection  with 
the  church.  Twenty  pupils  were  enrolled,  and  A.  J.  Moore  was  chosen  superin- 
tendent. Warren  Haucr  is  now  su[>erintendent,  and  has  a  school  of  forty  pupils, 
who  are  provided  with  a  library  of  one  hundred  volumes. 

THE    PRESBTTEEIAN    CHUBCU    OF    WEBSTER 

was  organized  as  a  Congregational  society  as  early  as  1S2.5,  and  at  the  time  con- 
sisted of  eight  mcTibets,  viz.,  Nathaniel  Abbott,  John  Atwood,  Benjamin  Ford, 
Stephen  Sherman,  and  their  wives.  The  first  meetings  were  held  under  direction 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Carpenter,  in  barns,  private  residences,  and  at  the  school-house.  The 
Rev.  Jlr.  Calhoun  followed  Rev.  Carpenter,  and  he  wjs  in  turn  6uccee<Jed  by  a 
Rev.  Mr.  Siicer.  An  occasion  of  controversy  aro^  in  the  church,  and.  as  a 
measnre  of  settlement,  the  organization  was  changed  in  form  from  Congregational 
to  Presbyterian. 

The  meeting-house  erected  in  1831  was  the  pioneer  church  of  the  town,  and 
was  located  a  short  distance  south  of  the  four  comei>,  in  Webster  vilKige.  The 
chnrch  was  consecrated  to  divine  worship  by  Rev.  Richard  Dunning,  who  became 
the  first  pastor.  Successive  pastors  have  been  Revs.  Bliss,  De  Forest,  Lemuel 
Brooks,  James  McFadgco.  Day.  Van  Wormer,  Mann,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Hall,  who 
assisted  to  obtain  subscriptions  for  a  new  church.  Tlie  present  church  was  built 
in  1S55.  It  is  a  wooden  structure,  in  size  thirty-jix  by  fitty-six  feet,  in  value 
worth  four  thousand  dollars,  and  is  located  in  Webster  vill.ige.  I'pon  the  com- 
pletit.n  of  the  new  house  the  old  one  was  converted  into  a  residence.  On  the 
dedication  of  the  present  church,  in  1S55,  the  sermon  was  preached  by  a  Rev. 
Mr.  Hall,  of  Rochester.  The  first  pastor  in  this  church.  Rev.  Mr.  Holcorob,  was 
succeeded  in  turn  by  Revs.  Bellamy,  McMath,  Harris,  and  McCartney.  A 
period  without  a  n-gular  p.istor  was  supplied  by  students  from  the  Auburn 
ieminary.  Then  followed  Revs.  Van  Auken,  Hayward.  and  O.pcland,  the 
latest.  There  is  a  men)bcrship  of  sixty.  The  Sunday-«cho.il  i.n  conteniponiry  with 
the  church,  and  began  with  William  Hicks  a; 
pnpils.  The  school  is  now  conducted  by  Ben 
five  pupils,  who  are  provided  with  a  library. 


superintendent  and  with  twenty 
imin  Wicks,  and  numbers  si.\tv- 


THE   SECOND    METHODIST    ErlSCOP.\L  CUrRCH   OF   WEBSTER, 

DOW  known  as  the  Lake-Side  Church,  was  organized  by  R.-v.  Gideon  Osband,  in 
1839,  and  then  numbered  ten  mombera,  viz.,  E.  H.  Haskins,  Joshua  Deits.  Har- 
mon J.  Curtice,  Eliphalct  J>.awrence,  and  their  wives,  and  .^Iissca  ChKie  .\nn        ] 
Whitlock  ai.d  Laviuia  Downs.     The  pioneer  nux'ting^  were  held  in  the  school-       | 
house  of  district  No.  8,  and  the  preaching  w.xs  dune  by  different  pastors.      The        ' 
present  church  w.is  erected  in  lSt',1,  at  a  cost  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  dol-       I 
lars,  and  consecrnlcd  during  the  same  year  by  a  Rev.  .Mr.  Ives,  of  Auburn.     The 
hou.sc  .st^inds  in  the  northc:wt  part  of  the  town,  on  the  county  and  town  line  road, 
and  h.".3  a  seating  capa.  ity  for  three  hundro.1  people.     The  first  pa.stur  on   the        , 
charge  was  Rev.  Amos  Hard,  who  w.is  sneceeded  by  Rev.  Oi.ta\ius  Masim.      .\t 
the  expiration  of  his  term,  II  v.  0.  N.  llobiTt.«  bec.ami-  p.-L-tor,  and  as  such  con- 
tinues.    There   is  a  nundK-rsliip   of  seventy-five.     Robert   W'iik.i   became   the 
superintendent  of  the  Sundayschwil,  organized  s.-m  aUcr  the  church  was  built.        I 


It  has  been  very  flourishing,  and  contains  one  hundred  i 
A  good  libiary  is  posscitwd  by  the  school,  which  is  now 
Boynton. 

THE   TRIMTV    CHLRCII    (ROlH.f    CVTIIOLIC) 

dates  its  original  formation  to  the  year  18.59,  when  it  enpjlled  twenty-eight  nieni- 
bets.  Meetings  were  h.-ld.  until  the  buil.lii.g  of  the  church,  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
Koons,  by  Rev.  Jtr.  Van  Ecipstc.l,  ihir  first  pastor.  The  present  church  «,i.. 
erected  in  l.?00.  It  is  located  on  the  Rid.-e  roail,  half  a  mile  cast  of  \Vel.>ter 
village.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  in  June,  IStJO,  and  the  dedication  occurred 
in  May,  IStJl,  the  sermon  being  preached  by  Rev.  Hoclcer.  The  building'  liai 
a  value  of  three  thousand  five  hundred  dollars;  dimensions  of  thirty-five  by  tiliv- 
two  feet,  and  seats  for  three  hundred.  The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Mr,  Hciiuer. 
who  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Peter  Small,  the  present  pastor.  There  is  a  mem- 
bership of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five.  A  S.ibbath.>.  h.iol  was  established  in 
1871  by  Rev.  Small,  with  eighteen  scholars;  the  number  has  since  be-vn  aug- 
mented. 

THE   WEBSTER    BAPTIST   CHURCH 

was  orgiinized  by  Rev.  Jason  Corwin  in  1S30.  with  thirteen  members,  viz.:  Ziba 
Curtice  and  wife,  Asi  G.  Felt  and  wife,  Jesse  Curtice  and  wife,  Ahram  I'M,ter 
and  wife,  and  Misses  Clementina  Stearns,  -Mary  Stearns,  Harriet  Foster,  .Matilda 
Bass,  and  Peroiclia  Phillips.  The  first  meetings  were  held  over  a  wagon-5ho|.. 
The  old  church  was  erected  in  1S32  in  Webster  village,  at  a  cost  of  two  tii..u>^md 
dollars,  with  a  capacity  to  seat  three  hundred  people,  and  was  dedicated  iu  tin- 
spring  of  1332.  From  ISGO  to  1872  it  was  in  use  as  Webster  .Academy,  and 
was  then  destroyed  by  fire.  Pastors  of  the  church  have  been  Elders  Ja-on  Corwin. 
Philander  Kelsev,  Linus  J.  Revnolds,  Henry  B.  Kenyon,  Jonas  Wo.nlward.  A. 
Whitman,  E.  J.  Scott,  0.  D.  Taylor,  S.  P.  May,  S.  H.  Tail,  and  S.  F.  Holt.  wl,.. 

was  erected  in  1855,  and  dedicated  January  1,  1S57.  It  is  built  of  cobble-?tone. 
and  is  valued  at  ten  thousand  dollars.  The  first  and  subsequent  pastors  in  the 
new  church  were  S.  F.  Holt,  Walter  Holt,  Ira  Bennett,  S.  D.  .Merrick.  AltVe.1 
Weils,  E.  F.  Main,  and  E.  Edwards.  A  Sunday-school  commcriced  as  earlv  .-is 
1835,  with  fifty  pupils.  The  present  superintendent  Ls  L.  S.  iXiddauiih.  who  has 
a  school  numbering  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  pupils.  A  new  library  is  autiei- 
pat*Ml,  and  the  sch'jol  is  active  and  progressive. 

THE    FIRST    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL   CHCRCH    OF    WEBSTER, 

known  as  the  Centre  or  Old  Church,  was  organized  in  1830  by  Rev.  Seth  M.itci- 

Wilcox,  Cli-irlcs  and  Hannah  Close,  Almond  Smith,  and  CeE.jamin  Whit,  iiead. 
who  joined  on  Thursday  of  the  week.  On  the  fuilowijig  Sunday  an  additii-n  tu 
the  roll  was  made  by  the  recejition  of  Julia  Jordan,  .lames  and  Sally  H.iwi.y. 
and  John  and  W.  W.  Mandevdle. 

First  meetings  were  held  in  the  school-house  by  Rev.  Seth  .^latti^on,  who  h.- 
came  the  first  pastor.  He  was  suecenjded  by  Joseph  Ti'mpkiiison,  and  he  l'\ 
Jonathan  HuPstis,  under  who.se  direction  the  cliu«:h  was  built.  Tlie  pn-seni 
church  was  erected  in  1S32  on  a  site  one  and  a  half  miles  west  of  Wcb.-ter  vil- 
lage, on  the  Ridge  mad.  It  was  dedicated  the  s;\nie  year  by  Rev.  John  Co|i.  I.md. 
has  an  estimated  value  of  three  t  ous.and  dollars,  and  will  seat  three  hundnd 
people. 

Rev.  James  Lent  became  its  first  pastor,  and  has  been  succeeded  by  -\-il  -^ 
Fillmore,  Jon.athan  Benson,  J.amcs  Hall,  Gideon  Osborn,  .\.mos  Hand.  (.... .-.;.• 
Wilkinson,  John  Rohins.ju,  Jcd.n  Powell,  Jonathan  Benson  a  second  tciui,  Cd- 
vin  8.  Coats,  Lina  J.  Buck,  Dol,.s  Hutehlns.m.  Porter  .McKinstry.  Thoma-  I! 
Hudson,  John  M.  Bull,  Josiah  Arnold,  and  Luther  N..rthway.  During  Xorih- 
way's  term  it  was  decided  that  tlie  church  building.  n"W  .souiewhat  dil.ipid.itid, 
should  be  sold,  and  iu  its  stead  two  new  churches  built,  one  at  Wehi-ier  lilla^.- 
by  the  members  from  the  eastern  fart  of  the  town,  and  the  .ithcr  at  West  \\M  -'•  i 

scheme  led  to  a  refitting  of  the  old  church  by  a  portic 
resumption  therein  of  ....rvicis.  The  three  churches  at 
viz.:  that  at  Webster  village  fornis  one 

Wast  Webster  a.nother.  Rev.  .\ortliw:iy  was  sucec-led  by  S.uiiuel  Niel 
L.  Boun,  William  Bradley,  H.  T.  Giles,  J.  C.  Hitclicck,  Jos.pli  Ashw.. 
M.  .Merritt,  John  Parker,  J.  C.  Stevens,  W.  I.  Richar.ls,  Porter  .McKiii-i 
Rev.  J.  E.  Wail.iee,  the  pr,  sent  pist.ir.  There  is  a  membership  of  si-;l 
Suiiday.s..l.o..l  wxs  e>t.ibli>lied  in    1S:!2  by  Ucv.  Elijah   Pre-^ton,  hiu.-elf 

thirty-five,  Miperiiitend..d  by  Nonii.in  Cook.  Kcadingmatte-r  is  suppli' 
library  of  one  h.indre.l  and  hlty  lolnmes. 


of  the 
nd  tlnise  at  (' 


JAMES  EAEBI3. 


by    payvus    iho    Urgfl 


wrma  at  a  select  ^.hool  in  PrnfiulJ  vilUgt*. 

which  he  foHuneJ  »  [«w  year-:,  and  when  tweoty- 
INO  years  of  age  itb,<  elttted  justicB  of  the  }>eaca 
f-.f  a  term  of  four  years.     Ceeides  other  offices  of 

buarJ  of  !uper\K4ir9  fifteen  years,  anJ  from  th*t 
«ki  etocted  coaoty  treiwurer  ia  1375,  which  offic* 


expcnJiturc-.    Mr. 


ntly  c 


jAintes    HAffffii 


of  toe  cuunty,  aad  by  juJiciuua  munn^coicat  has 
passed  through  the  various  fiDuncitil  revulsiuns 
without    eajbarrassuient.       Conacientiori?    in    the  | 

dUcfaarga  of  all  public  dutie?,  he  sustoima  a  rcjo- 
tatioa  of  the  bigheot  intent/. 


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•  1^»*;W.-;^,-    JvVix'; 


ff£j.   or    JAMES     HARRIS,  (Ow^'f:i!    //o.-.T-of   Co, Wi 


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HISTORY   OF    MOXllOE  COUNTY,  NEW    YOItK. 


en  thou>anii  <liillan*.  was  ecu 
prHad.,-d  th..  jL-.ii,-.ii.,ry  * 
L.  lioun.  (J.-jr.-e  .Markha 
IKni.ants.   Daniel  ri.  Tha; 


TUE    FIIIKT    METHODIST    El'ISCOPAL   CUtRi: 

a  branch  of  tlic  ol.l  church,  w;i3  ..ranizcd  in  1) 

fiftj-tive  raemljcrs;  iu  mcutinis  ivcre  hi-lJ  in  tli.- 

Webster  villago.     Tins  fine  brick  e'lificc.  valued  a 

plcted  and  deJicatcd  in  ISiU.     Iter.  John   Deni 

tnon.     The  pistori  have  been  Samuel  Nichuls, 

(Jeorge  W.  Chandler,  M.  L,  Leet,  J„hn  SpinU, 

Newton   Hamlin,  H.  C.  Corey,  and  Tholiuu  R.  Stratlon,  the  prcM-nt  inciimhent 

of  the  office.     There  is  a  uierabcrship  of  fifty.     .Sunday- ^.hools  bc:;an  with  first 

meetings.  Kdward  Collins  l.cinL'  the  first  >upcrintendent.     The  pa.'=tor,  Rev.  .Strat- 

t«n,  nuw  acta  in  that  capacity  over  a  school  numberinir  ninety-five.     There  is  a 

library  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  volume:!. 

THE    FIR-ST    METHODIST    EPIScOIML    CnLRCI!    Of    WKsT    WKBSTER. 

a  branch  of  the  old  church,  wa^  organized  by  Rev.  L.  Xurthwav  in  1659.  with 
about  forty  members.  Xo  regular  di\  i.^ion  of  the  old  cungrigation  has  been 
made.  Some  go  eaat,  and  others  wo?t.  at  option.  Fir^t  meetings  were  held  in 
the  school-house  at  West  Webster  by  Rev.  Northway.     The  church,  a  fine  brick 


structure,  wa=  built  durii,;.,'  the  summer  uf  l.^jl>.  an 
of  13611   by   Rev.  William    Koddy.     The  property 


and  the  build 


for  three  Inmdrtd  i 


William  Bridloy.  II.  T.  Gihs,  J.  C.  Hiichc.ck.  Joseph  A-hwortl,.  ,'^.  M. 
John  Parker,  J.  C.  Stevens,  W.  I.  llichards.  Porter  .\KICin.try  .ind  Rv 
Wallace,  the  present  pxsU)r.  There  is  a  nu'iobcrship  of  sivty  p<rion3. 
day-9chool  was  established  wheu  the  church  w:>s  orjaniwd.  with  S.  ('. 
sup*Tintcndcnt,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  pupils.  Mr.  Peet  is  tin- 
superintendent,  and  the  school,  less  in  numbers,  Ls  well  supplit  d  with 
matter  from  a  library  of  three  hundred  volumes. 


North 
.  lioun 
.M.rn.l 


Thus,  briefly,  settlement,  incident,  and  ecclesiastical  history  have  be 
proportion  its  the  pa.^t  h.as  been  tret;  from  error  the  present  hx«  b 
of  the  historv  ..f  Websi 


perou.s.  There  is  a  les-^on  tamrht  by  a  stud; 
the  less  valuable  from  its  simplicity.  The  lands  that  the  pioneers 
avoided  and  rejected  have  ln'C'ine  faniiMl  for  the  culture  of  the  apple 
fruits,  and  enhanced  in  value  as  they  increased  in  demand.  In<iustry, 
way  through  obstacles,  has  triumphed  over  discouragement,  and  the 
has  put  on  the  appearance  of  careful  and  intelligent  culture. 


PENFIELD. 


OBOANIZATION,  ETC. 

Ok  April  6,  1800,  all  that  territory  embraced  in  the  six  iiortheistem  towns  of 
Mooroe  County  was  bniu:^ht  under  one  town  orL'nnization,  and  kn-jwn  as  the  town 
of  Bojle.  On  March  :'.il,  1810,  the  tiwn  of  IVnfiell,  which  th..-n  also  included 
Webeter,  waj  set  otf ;  but  the  first  election  of  town  officers,  according  to  the 
records,  did  not  take  place  until  April  '^.  ISll.  On  that  day  all  the  freeholders 
entitled  by  Jaw  tn  vote  met  in  town  nieciin:.'.  at  tiio  sehool-house  near  \Vm.  Mc- 
Kiostry's  store,  near  the  pr-^scnt  villa;;e  of  Penficld,  and.  under  the  direction  of 
Caleb  Lyon,  E:*q.,  proceeded  to  elect  the  following:  officers,  viz. : 

Supervisor,  Wm.  McKinstry ;  Town  Clerk,  Brooks  .Mason  ;  As-essors,  Nathaniel 
Case,  Charles  P.  More,  Josiah  J.  Kello-,-;  Koad  Coiuraissioncni,  Caleb  Lyon, 
John  Shoecraft,  David  Irfe ;  Over^^oers  of  the  Poor,  Benjamin  Tripp,  W.  Spears; 
Constables,  Daniel  Wilson,  Jcweph  J.  Shew,  Reuben  Bailey ;  Committee  of  In- 
spection of  Accounts,  Ezra  llandall,  Ebenezer  Pei-'t,  David  Camp;  i-ilcctor, 
Daniel  Wilson;  Pound-master,  Elijah  Ca.sc ;  Overeeers  of  Highways  and  Koad 
Districts,  twenty-five. 

It  wa-s  voted  to  build  a  pound  on  the  s^juthwest  comer  of  Elijah  Ca^'s  farm, 
and  Peter  Martet,  Isaac  Bcatty.  and  Elijah  Case  were  apptjinted  a  committee  to 
construct  it,  at  a  cost  of  forty  dollars,  appropriated  for  that  purpose.  Thirty  dol- 
lars were  appropriated  for  the  poor,  and  fifty  dollars  as  a  bounty  for  wolves,  at  five 
dollars  each.  At  a  special  town  meeting,  April  13,  1814,  the  first  school  officers 
were  elected,  xs  follows,  viz. : 

School  Commissioners,  Henry  Fellows,  Brooks  Ma.son,  John  Shoecrafl;  School 
Inspectors,  David  Camp,  Henry  Sherman,  Wm.  McKinstry,  James  Buck,  Diniel 
Armes. 

On  the  26th,  27th,  and  28th  of  April,  ISU.  a  State  election  was  held,  at  which 
a  member  of  Con;.;reAs,  State  senator,  and  a  member  of  assembly  were  to  be 
cbo6en,  and  the  followinj;  wa.s  the  result.  For  member  of  Con^^es.--,  D.  W.  Lewis 
and  Ricbani  Smith  each  received  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  votes,  Micah  Brooks 
fifty,  and  Peter  B.  Porter  furty-.six.  For  senator.  V.-dentine  Brother.  Jo^ph 
Kirkland,  Joshua  Farman.  and  Jared  Sanford  each  ninety  votes  ;  and  Philetus 
Swift,  Barret  Buckneld,  Chauuecy  Loouils.  and  John  J.  I'rcndcrgast  each  nine- 
teen votes.  For  member  of  xs.^emljly,  Thomas  Lee,  Jr.,  Gcun  Uob^Ttson,  Mason 
Hatfield,  Gideon  Pitta,  and  Samuel  I'ilakslie  received  one  hundred  and  ci!.-hty-fivc 
Totcs;  David  Sutherland,  fit\y-fivc;  and  Peter  Allen.  John  rrlc.",  Ira  Selby,  and 
James  llosebrugh  each  fifly-four  votes.  The  ins|>eetors  at  this  election  were  Wil- 
liam Spear,  Ebenezer  Peet,  Charles  P.  Jlore,  and  Abram  Foster,  and  the  town 
clerk  Ebenezer  Peet. 

FIRST   PKOPalETOa.1,  ETC. 

Penfield  at  that  time  was  the  nortlieast  town  in  Monroe  County.  In  1840  the 
town  of  Webster  was  set  off  and  organized,  since  which  time  Penfield  has  remained 
unchanged.  The  original  proprietnrs  of  this  township  were  Pliclps  and  Gorham, 
who  Tit  a  very  e:irly  date  sijid  it  t»i  Gencial  Jonathan  Fa>-t'(t.  oi"  A'erniont.  In 
1791,  General  F.ts.sctt  came  on  and  t»)nk  |Mis-*e.s.sion  of  his  purehaae.  had  itsurveyinl 
into  farm  lots,  and  made  preparation^i  fir  its  s,ilc.  but  on  account  of  iL"  unprom- 
ising appearance  and  unhealthincss  he  abandoned  it.  returru  1  to  Vennont.  and 
•old  his  rights  to  a  Mr.  Ham,  of  .New  Jeisey.  .Mr.  Ham,  rc^c  ving  two  hundred 
acres  three-fiurths  of  a  mile  north  ..f  Penfi.ld  village  for  him-nf,  .s<.ld  the  remain- 
der to  General  Silas  Pep'Mtn.  who  in  turn  sold  out  to  Samuel  P.  Lloyd.  Mr. 
Lloyd,  about  lS09,,sold  all  right  and  title  to  Daniel  I'enfi,  Id.  win,  in  ISin  moved 
GO  and  toe-k  [(O.VM-s.si<ni.  and  gave  name  to  the  town  organi/.ed  the  same  year. 
Probably  no  town  in  the  present  eiMinty  of  .MonrcK?  ap]»'ared  so  unpronii>ing  in 


from 


Treat  was  lung 
and  Mr.  W.oIm 
mako  a  enn'ful 


inds 


hi  marshe,.  whi 
As  an  iiidieatiui 


.c.ired 


Crbidd 
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BEMINI3CENCE   OP   CORNELIUS    TREAT. 

"  In  the  month  of  October,  1795,  James  Wadsworth  called  on  me  to  pilut  him 
through  the  woods  to  IronJci|Uoit  ( now  Penfield),  the  purchase  of  which  he  tin  n 
had  in  view.  We  put  up  at  night  at  the  house  of  C.deb  Hopkins.  The  L-c|nire 
interrogated  me  to  know  what  I  would  have  for  supper.  I  told  him  he  n:vd  w{ 
think  himself  at  a  tavern  in  Connecticut  or  M.-issachusetts,  and  if  he  got  anythin..- 
for  supper  he  must  think  himself  well  off.  Thb  was  then  the  only  house  in  the 
township,  and  was  loiate-d  near  the  Irondei|Uoit  falls.  We  asked  fur  salm.m.  an.l 
got  it,  with  plenty  of  good  bread  and  butter,  potatoes,  sattce.  and  nearly  all  kinds 
of  vegetables,  and  very  well  cooked,  too.  I  never  ale  a  better  supper.  Al'iir 
3upp<.-r  the  esquire  remarked  that  we  might  have  been  at  the  best  house  in  Con- 
necticut and  not  have  got  as  good  as  this  in  the  wilderness.  We  sjient  four  ilavs 
eiploring  the  land,  putting  up  with  Mr.  Hopkins,  and  fared  sumptuously  on  tie-h 
salmon.  At^cr  our  examination  was  finished,  Jlr.  Wadsworth  wm  so  disgtrsied 
with  the  land  that  he  s;iid  ht  would  not  la/c:  it  as  a  gift,  for  it  u:u.s  Kortk  nnll,in,j. 
and  we  made  our  w.-iy  home." 

AREA,  SURFACE,  ETC. 

Penfield  in  its  present  limits  is  about  six  and  one-third  miles  in  length,  and 
four  and  one-siith  miles  wide,  giving  an  area  of  about  twenty-five  and  one-half 
square  miles,  comprising  twenty-two  thousand  four  hundred  and  twenty  acres. 
The  soil  is  compris-.-d  of  drift-s.tnd  and  argillaceous  loam,  with  considerable  clav 
in  places,  rich  and  pn>iuetivp,  with  a  generally  level  surface,  thonirh  sllghtlv  roll- 
ing in  places. 

PIRST  SETTLERS. 
The  first  permanent  settlement  was  made  in  this  town  as  earlv  as  1791.  hv 
Caleb  Hopkins,  near  Ironde.|Uoit  falls.  At  the  same  time,  Gonc'ral  .Jonathan 
Fas-sett,  then  owner  of  the  lands,  with  his  son  Jonathan,  a  Mr.  Maybee,  and  Iniir 
others,  .■■ettled  in  the  neighljorhood  of  the  old  Indian  landmg.  three  miles  below 
Penfield  village ;  but  they  all  abandoned  the  country  on  .account  of  its  »ickly 
condititjn,  c.teept  Mr.  Maybco.  who  remained  with  Mr.  Hopkins.  Jjong  hefi.r.- 
this,  however,  hunters  and  trappers  had  settlcxl  temporarily  along  the  shore  of 
Irondequoit  bay  and  creek.  They  were  a  wild  and  reckless  class,  who  a-soei,itcd 
and  mixed  mainly  with  the  Iiidian-s.  They  bought  no  lands,  bur  ^|ua!ted  then-  wiili 
their  families  in  rude  log  cahin.s,  and,  clearing  i>nly  small  'jirden-patehes,  tli''\  t'll- 
lowed  trapping  entirely  for  a  livelihood.  They  raised  large  families,  some  ui  tluiii 
with  Indian  wives,  and  as  settlements  became  numerous  they  packed  up  and  nieveii 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river,  where  they  again  Sfjuatted.  .Vftcr  a  A\>-x\ 
sojourn  at  that  place  the  tide  of  einigniiion  again  impelled  them  westward,  wlier. 
in  its  unbroken  wildernes.s,  they  passed  out  of  sight  and  know!e[i._-c  of  the  siirl. 
ments.  The  settlement  of  all  this  country  w:is  preccdi-d  by  this  wild  clc  nier.i. 
that  hovcreil  between  the  two  extremes  of  savage  and  civilized  life.  .Mr.  .M..>  !■■  e 
came  by  water  from  Mohawk  to  I'alniyra.  where  he  mounted  his  hateau  ..n 
wheels  and  cut  a  road  through  to  Penfiehl.  After  these  two  s<'ttlcnu-nts  rien 
is  no  record  of  others  that  were  permanent  until  ISOl,  though  .several  tnoi-h m 
parlies  had  made  an  effort  which  they  abandonc<l  on  account  of  its  nni>ronii'i"- 
appe;\rancc.  In  1801,  Libb-'us  Uo>s  and  Calvin  Clark,  with  their  liimilies.  seiil.  d 
in  town.;.  In  1804.  John  Hipp,  of  .\,w  Jersey,  purch.iscd  of  .-Mr.  ILon.  li>ue- 
noar  him,  the  two  hundred  .acres  which  he  had  reserved  li.r  liim-lf  siinai.d 
thrre-fourths  of  a  mile  north  of  Penfield  >  illage,  and  the  same  year  n.oud  ..nd 
settled  on  it  with  his  wife  and  siv  cldhlren.  Mari;aret.  James.  TA'.u.ar.l.  John 
Mary,  and  B.t.s.y.  His  s-,n,  John  Hipp.  Jr.  then  lour  years  old.  now  ..wns  and 
occupies  the  place.  He  first  moved  il'  a  rude  lo.j  hciuse  whii  h  stood  near  ih' 
site  of  the  I.roent  dwelli.eg.  until  a  better  bluck-hnns..  was  e,o,srru.-led  abeo, 
thirty  rods  imrlhwest.      About  half  a  dozen   fm.ilie.  were  then  resi.lir,-  in  the 


B..>atty.  Anioiig  o 
well,  Be-njanon  -Mi- 
son.s.  Oavid    -lonall 


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PLATE    LXXI 


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PLATE     LXXm. 


OHAUNOEY  WELOHER. 

Chiuocej  Wclcher,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  tlio  town  of  Webster, 
thee  a  part  of  the  town  of  PeuOcld,  Augnat 
25,  1821 

nU  grandfather  and  father  c^ine  from 
New  Jersey  at  an  early  day,  and  seuled 
in  the  town  of  Phelps,  Ontario  county,  and 
were  among  the  earliest  piooet-ra  of  that 

Jesse  Wclcher,  the  father,  came  to  the 
town  of  Pcnficid  in  1?20,  and  jonn  afW 
purthas.;d  of  Daniel  Pei.fiuld  eftj-three 
acres  of  oniinproved  land,  to  which  he 
added  from  time  to  time,  and  where  he 
died  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  yeara.  A  part 
of  thU  farm  is  still  owned  by  Perry  Welcher. 
the  youngest  brother  of  Channcey. 


C/ltUNCCr     WtLCMifJ 


I 
Channcey  Welcher  was  married  to  Mary  J'' 
Jane  Miller,  of  Phelps,  in  lS-16,  and  after  ^  '•' 
living  four  years  on  a  fiirm  near  Albion.  Or- 
leans county,  purchased  the  farm  upon 
which  he  now  resides  at  PeofielJ  Centre. 
A  view  of  his  residence  is  ffivcQ  herewith 

Mr.  Welcher  has  been  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  farmers  in  the  county,  and 
has  by  induslrj-  and  coor^v  succeeded  in 
placiu^  hiu.oeIf  in  viry  thriving  circum 
stances.  He  has  two  children.  His  son. 
Ora  E  Welcher,  residc-s  upon  a  fai-m  in 
the  town  of  Penficld.  and  bj  bU  iutesrilj 
and  industry  bids  fair  to  follow  the  example 
set  him  by  his  father. 

His  daughter,  Delia  Welcher,  is  the 
wifa  of  Dr.  C.  H.  Green,  of  Fairport,  New 
York. 


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V  V 


RES.   or     CHAUNCtY     W^lLCHtK ,  Puffiua.  Mor^f^Oi  Co  ./J  r 


HISTORY   OF   .MONliOi:   COUNTY,  SKW   YOltK. 


217 


Peter  Marlctt,  Mr,  Monroe,  and  Mr.  Souihwict  settled  previous  to  that  y«ir.  anil 
some  of  them,  no  douht,  iKt'urc  18114.  [n  tSUl!,  Jolin  .Slii)<!i;r;ift.  from  :-ar;i;o;ji 
county,  settled  in  tlie  north  pnrt  of  the  prostnt  town  of  IVnKrId  with  iii.>  ibnr 
sons,  William,  James,  John,  and  Peter;  also  Wni.  Harri.^.  still  livini:  at  the  aie 
of  eii;hty-tliree.    Aumn:^  others  who  came  about  thi.H  time.  orsH)n  after,  the  most 


were  John 


who  fHt'led 


afterwards  bjjught  and  named  IV 
Coles,  Samuel  Rich.  Mr.  Urousc 
McKinsiry,  at  Pcna.ld  villapre; 
.-H'th  Crowcll,  Kbenezer  Peel,  i 
Cose,  Alpheus  Clark,  one  mile  n^ 


rinton  t-wnship;  Elijah  Cas.-.  minister;  Al.ner 
.  who  niil:,t  hav,'  cme  before  180(1  ;  William 
Brook.->  Mason.  .<olomoii  Case.  Alexander  Case, 
le-balf  mile  north  of  Jiihn  dipp;  Xathanicl 
thweat  of  the  vilLu.-c  ;  Oerdin  [.ciris.  northeast ; 


C.  Prentice,  one  Tuttlc,  Mr.  Am^den,  and  others.  A  family  by  the  name  of 
Fislce  settled  in  the  town  very  early. — certainly  before  ISii"), — but  the  Hate  is 
unknown.  Dr.  Daniel  Armes.  Jacob  U.  liryant.  Dr.  Dakc.  all  at  the  vill.ce ; 
Henry  Fuller,  Oliver  Kingsbury,  Jubcz  Mathews,  from  SliclScld.  .Ma-^uhusetts. 
and  Joseph  Hatch,  made  ■^■ttloments  about  the  Siimc  time  or  s.  .in  after.  In  IS  III. 
Daniel  Pctificld  sottle.l  and  built  in  what  wa«  long  known  as  I'cnficld  s  huUow.  west 
of  the  riilige,  on  Irondc.|U"it  creek.  In  IS117,  Benjamin  \Veek.<  >^ttlcd  with  his 
family  about  two  miles  northeast  of  the  villase.  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  son, 
A.  Weeks.  His  family  has  been  anions'  the  mi~t  active  and  piomii.ent  in  the 
settlement  and  development  of  the  town. 

BE3IINISCF.NCK   OF   A.   WEEKS. 

"  Benjamin  Weeks  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Xew  York,  June  1.  1771. 
At  seven  years  of  age  his  father  removed  to  Wyoming,  Pciin.sylvauia.  .So»<n  after 
the  ji\ace  was  invaded  and  the  people  maacsacred  by  the  Indians,  at  which  time  hLs 
father  and  two  brothers  wore  killed.  His  grandfatbcr.  Iieingon  friendly  terms  with 
the  Indians,  was  allowed  by  the  chief  to  selc-ct  a  cart  and  a  yoke  of  oien  from  the 
imioense  herd  of  rattle  which  they  had  driven  in  from  the  surrounding  countrv.  and 

He  took  them  to  Danbur^-,  Connecticut,  drivin'.-  for  more  than  two  miles  thronsh 
two  files  of  savages,  fresh  from  the  slaughter  of  liis  neighbors.  In  <  'onnccticnt  he 
learned  the  tanner's  and  currier's  tmde.  and  in  17;i-l  marrii-d.  In  the  spring  of 
4796,  with  four  other  families,  he  started  for  the  Genesee  country.  At  Troy  they 
loaded  their  goods  on  boats,  came  up  the  Mohawk,  and.  c-arryin>.'  their  bonts  and 
freight  around  the  falls  of  that  river,  wound  their  way  into  I.:ike  ( )nt.irio,  up  which 
they  made  their  way  by  day,  c-ampim;  on  shore  at  night,  until  they  finally  landed 
at  Braddock's  bay,  where  they  settled.  They  bou^•ht  a  tirm.  cleartd  a  r^irtir.u 
of  it,  and  put  in  some  seed :  but  the  ai;ue  was  so  .severe  there  ivere  not  well  oni-s 
enough  to  take  care  of  the  sick.  They  w.re  finally  obli'.'cd  to  leave,  and  moved 
up  to  Hanford's  Landing,  where  Mr.  Weeks  lo,t  part  of  his  family.  In  ISifJ  he 
removed  to  what  has  since  been  called  the  "  DM  I-indincr."  on  Ironilct|Uoit  cn'ek. 
three  miles  above  the  bay,  in  the  present  town  of  Brighton,  where  Tryon  fc 
Adams  had  erected  a  large  st*«rehoiise  five  stories  high,  and  where  a  considerable 
commerce  was  carried  on  with  (.'anada.  Here  he  kc]<t  one  of  the  first  publie- 
hotues  west  of  Canandaigua  and  north  of  Bloonifi<-M  for  a  short  time,  and  then 
moved  to  what  Is  now  the  town  of  Pittsford.  at  that  time  c:illed  "  .'•t»)no's  town." 
Hen  he  erected  a  t^innery,  which  he  managed  imtii  lo07.  when  he  »«ld  out  to 
Stephen  Lusk,  and,  moving  up  into  Pcntiold,  pui\hascd  a  farm  of  wild  land  on 
lot  No.  — .  This  he  cleared  up  and  improved,  suttcring  all  the  hardships  and 
privations  incident  to  pioneer  life,  and  raising  a  family  of  seve  1  children. — five 
.sons  and  two  daughters, — all  of  whom  na(.bo(l  the  age  of  matn  ity.  and  -some  to 
a  good  old  age.     Two  only  survive  this  centennial  year  of  1.S7C." 

In  ISU  or  181:i.  Henry  Fellows,  from  Sbciheld,  .\U-sachusetts.  settlcnl  on  the 
farm  now  owned  by  his  son,  Henry  Fellows.  Jr.,  one-tnurth  mile  east  of  Penfidd 
Ullage.  He  purchased  it  of  Jacob  IVrrin,  who  thcre.iilcr,  with  his  I  n.thcr  (ilover, 
boaghl  and  settlcil  on  the  township,  to  which  he  gave  the  mine  of  Pcrriiiton. 
Mr.  Fellows  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  mm  of  the  to'vn  He  was  .s<m 
•>f  General  John  Fellows,  of  the  war  of  the  Uovolution,  and  w.is  several  years 
supervisor,  and  thirty-five  years  justice  of  the  peace.  Among  other  emigrants 
were  Caleb  Lyon,  K5.|..  Daniel  Dntlec.  thn*  mil.-i  e;«t:  Charles  P.  More.  J. 
Keyos,  in  the  Hollow,  Oliver  Keynolds.  Henry  lirod.K.k,  near  the  village:  a  Mr. 
Weaver,  Kilmer,  .S.  Kid.hr,  Gilson.  Winsh.w  lUth.  ,«  East  Pcniield  ;  Tbomas 
Bilbby,  Thomas  Blair  and  brothers,  l-'nim  this  the  settlement  of  the  town  was 
rapid.  Churchc-S  w.-:re  org:inizcil  .and  flourishinir.  g"od  schools  well  snppliisl. 
and  the  gradual  improvement  of  the  wild  lands  w.is  fast  changing  the  sickly  cim- 
dilion  of  the  country  to  one  of  univer-<al  good  health. 

HOUSES,    MIM.S,    III.STIM.KUIES.    ETC. 

The  first  house  ere<ti.sl  io  the  town  by  permanent  settlers  was  no  doubt,  the 
log  dwelling  of  Caleb  Ib.pkiM-,  which  was  built  in  17:il.  MiscTible  hnt^  ha.l 
been  thrown  up  tcnuMinu-iiy,  liaitlly  fit   f  t  human  habitation,  long  previous,  bv 


trappers  along  the  creek  and  lay,  which  were  mton  obliterated  afti-.r  kin-.-  jbii.. 
doned.  The  first  land  sif  also  cleared,  and  the  first  L-rain  sowcU.  bv  Mr.  II, .|,. 
kins.  The  first  frame  house  was  built  by  Brooks  M^i.s.in,  en  wb.it  Is  cai.cj  tbe 
five-mih'  line,  about  four  miles  north  of  the  village.  It  is  ree.irded  tliat  a  ehil.i 
of  Mrs.  FLskc  W.1S  the  6r?t  white  child  born  in  town  ;  but  it  is  im(.ossible.  It  was 
probably  the  Br-t  among  regular  settlers,  while  the  trappers  and  hunters,  h.id  lari;c 
and  rapidly  incrcsing  fmiilics.  The  same  may  be  said  in  r.g;.rd  to  the  first 
dc-atbs.  Kcnj  Stillwell.  who  died  in  ISOt,  has  been  re<:ordc<l  as  the  first  death. 
An  old  hurying-grouoJ  once  existed  where  the  Prcsbytcri.an  church  now  stands 
ill  the  village,  and  where  the  first  scllool-lion.se  st.«»I  surroundol  with  Leaves.  In 
1809,  when  the  present  grave-yard  eist  of  the  village  was  established,  all  that 
were  known  or  could  b«  identified  were  t.akeii  up  from  the  old  and  removed  to 
the  new  one.  About  sixty  bodies  were  unknown  at  that  early  date,  which  wcr.- 
g:ithered  together,  and  now  lie  buried  beneath  the  church  edifice.  This  fut  in- 
dicates many  deaths  previous  to  Mr.  fJtillwell.  The  first  physician  was  Dr.  Dake 
at  the  vill.Tge.  who  diiJ  in  ISiy,  .and  was  the  first  corpse  interred  in  the  new 
grave-yard.  Dr.  Daniel  Amies  practicetl  about  the  same  time,  and  Dr.  Daniel 
Durfee  soon  after.  Dr.  Chichester  succeed.^  in  1815.  The  first  s.-hool  was 
tanght  hi  1SU4  by  Joseph  Hatch,  in  the  old  school-house  at  the  village,  ami  Mr. 
Hill  swn  aft.:r,  ihre.-  miles  north.  Thi-  first  chureii  or^anizpd  was  the  Bapti-t,  io 
1804,  and  the  first  preacher.  Rev.  Elijah  C;Lse,  the  same  year.  The  first  store  in 
the  town  was  located  about  twenty-five  roiU  west  of  the  Corner,  in  the  village,  on 
the  south  side  of  the  road,  and  was  opened  by  Wm.  McKinstry.  He  purchased 
his  gooils  of  Oliver  Kingsbury,  who  had  brought  them  and  contemplated  opening 
a  store.  It  became  immediately  "  JtcKinstry  ,t  Bryant."  Daniel  Penfielcl  opened 
the  .second  store,  nearly  opposite,  and  .Jacob  B.  liryant  the  third,  on  the  north 
corner,  one-half  mile  east  of  the  village.  Richard  .V.  Ely  opened  another  store 
on  the  south  side  at  the  s.ame  csjrnets  in  1814.  Other  stores  .and  firms  were 
opemsl  and  ciirried  on  from  time  to  time.  Imth  at  the  village  and  in  the  Hollow, 
(rilson  .t-  PenlieM  for  s..v»rt(l  v.-nrs  eondnctcd  ii'.i'to  an  extensive  trade  and  ship- 
ping bosinass.  In  1S20  they  lo.ided  severil  bateau  flat-bo.ats,  in  the  Ironde<|Uoit 
creek,  with  flour,  thrca  hundrc^l  'oarrels  on  each,  and  shipped  them  to  the  .^lon- 
treal  market.  Tbns.  Blair  &  Bro.,  as  eaily  as  ISlli.  kept  store  nearly  opp.isite 
McKinstry's.  A  forge  and  trip-hammer  was  established  in  the  Hollow,  and  in  this 
town,  as  early  xs  ISDil,  when  '•  Tryons  Town"  across  the  creek  was  the  most 
promising,  by  a  Mr.  Hrouson.  It  long  since  passed  out  of  existence.  The  first 
tavern  in  this  town,  as  near  as  can  be  a.scertjdneil,  w.is  opened  in  I8IIG  by  D.miel 
.Stillwell.  Very  near,  if  not  .at,  the  s;ime  time,  C.  Pi-entiee  kept  a  tavern  where 
Frank  Clark  now  lives;  soon  after.  H.irry  Am>den,  and  also  one  Tuttlc.  a  little 
east  of  the  corners  in  the  vill.age,  on  the  south  side  of  the  road.  The  second  tavern 
was  erc^cte^J  on  the  northeast  corner,  now  vai-ant.  which  was  kept  bv  diflTen.'nt 
parties, — .John  Mathews,  from  Sheffield.  Ma^sicbusetts;  Chiisiopher  Brazee.  ami 
finally  Is;uic  Raymond,  in  18.'!2.  .Jonathan  Baker  kept  one  b.alf  mile  rast.  at  the 
four  corners,  and  Samuel  H.  Seovill  in  I'^.H  at  the  village:  also  Peter  .ShoecrafL 
Winslow  Heth  opi^ned  and  kept  the  first  tavern  at  East  Penficld,  .and  w:is  suc- 
ceeiled  by  James  liovett,  from  whom  the  place  w;is  known  as  lAtvett'e  Comets, 
who  came  there  ab.mt  1827  or  182.8.  (  The  first  distillery  00  reconl  was  a  small 
concern,  built  in  ISlfl.  by  Wm.  McKinstry.  west  of  the  village,  and  John  Hipp, 
the  second,  on  his  own  place.)  The  third,  which  was  the  first  large  one.  w.is 
erected  by  Daniel  Penficld  in  what  wcls  then  called  Penficld  Hollow,  ne.ir  the  site 
of  the  paper-mill  now  standing,  in  the  year  1812.  In  1S14  or  1815.  Alpheus 
Clark  erected  a  dlstiilciy  about  ibree-fonrtbs  of  a  mile  northwest  of  .'Mr.  Hii.p  s 
residence,  and  soon  after  .Josl.ab  J.  K.  llo.'g  another  small  one  near  Penficld  Cen- 
tre; al.so  Ebenezer  Peet,  one-half  mile  north  of  Mr.  Hipp.  About  1S3.T  the  last 
distillery  w;i3  erected  and  run  by  Henry  Kellows,  on  his  place  cast  of  the  vill.age. 
(The  first  saw-mill  was  built  by  .John  liipj..  on  bis  farm,  about  one  hundred  r,»l- 
f«>low  bis  residence,  on  a  bninch  of  the  In.mlc<|Uoit.  It  w.as  a  small  affair,  pn:  n|. 
in  180.O    In  ISOfi.  Daniel  Penficld  built  the  first  large  .saw-mill  in  the  ll..i|.,w. 

of  the  saw-mill  were  all  brought  by  team  from  Albany.     In  181.").  .Salh.i.iicI  1 'a-e 

about  1825,  Nelson  Fullani,  w.-st  ..f  llipps  .saw-mill,  and  on  the  s^ime  strvam.  In 
183G.  .James  K.  Livin-ston  cro-ti-d  a  lar.'e  .,Ti-t-inill.  Hi  a  co>t  of  forty  thous.an,l 
dollars,  on  the  lron.le.iuoit  creek,  which  did  .1  lar.-e  merchant  business."  Bctvwn 
1804  and  ISmi  J.  .1.  Kcll...'g  and  Captain  licnj.  .Miin.r  erected  a  fulling-  and 
carding-mill  near  the  s.une  place,  and  in  IslGa  cloth  fotory  w.is  built  by  Pen- 
Seld  and  otbci>,  which  was  s„h^,|nently  destn.ye,!  by  fire.     The  first  tannery  in 

east  of  the  villau-e.  in  1M2  ,  tl,..u.-h  Inn-  before  tl'.is  .no-  IimI  been  boilt  ov.  r  [he 
creek  in  liiiL-htio,  aiel  ..ne  in  l'|.l-ford  near  by.  llenrv  ltn.d,.ck.  fr.un  Cnea. 
built  it,  and  w.Ls  sneee.sl,  ,1  by  .Mr.  Weaver.    In  18211.  Wni.  Fellows  and  J    Key,-. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


PenSeM  villa^.     A  lar^e  ashery  was  erectol  at  m  Terr  early  date  at  the  same 
place  by  Daui,.l  I'ciificld.  whiob  he  cojiducted  many  yi'ara. 

PenfielJ  villu-c  ia  a  small  place  of  about  four  hun  jre-l  iulubitants.  l.jcuo-i  near 
the  southwest  comer  of  the  town.  It  now  coutaias,  including  the  territory  down 
to  the  creeL,  one  tavern,  four  ijrocery  stores,  four  of  dry  jjoodj,  three  8hoi>st«res, 


carriage  and  wai;on  sin. p. 


iirUt-nidl. 


e  meat-market,  two  cooper-shops,  one 
■chea,  and  tlinti  ministers.  This  and 
re  the  first  parts  of  the  town  settled, 
.nent  growth  at  Rochester  an  exten- 
conducted    here,   and  a  continuous 

d  other  points   kept  up. 

53  men  towards  establiah- 


one  hardware,  two  blaeksmith-sbops,  one 
one  saw-mill,  one  paper-mill,  one  furnace, 
cider-mill,  two  doctors,  one  lawyer,  tour  c 
along  the  banks  of  the  Irondetjuoit  creek 
Long  before  there  was  any  promise  of  pc 
mva  business,  for  this  new  country,  \ 
commerce  with  the  ports  of  Canada,  (~*i;dcn 
Considerable  capital  was  employed  by  pn^mint 
IDg  a  pl.ice  of  iuip-jriauce,  which  was  regarded  as  assureil.  The  manufactory  a'ld 
forge  were  in  full  activity,  trade  and  enterprise  bilsk,  and  the  merchant  fleet 
swanned  in  the  bay  and  creek,  in  the  dawn  of  this  century,  where  now  the  peace 
and  quiet  of  rural  life  alone  remain.  First,  the  mouth  of  the  Genesee  river 
afforded  better  facilities  for  comment  and  exchange,  and  irradually  abj,>rbed  the 
life  and  enep-^ies  of  Irondcquoit;  and,  secondly,  the  immense  cipacities  in  wa:er- 
power  then  dormant  at  the  Genesee  falls  began  to  attract  the  thought  and  cod- 
aidention  of  shrewd  men,  whose  forecast  and  judgment  anticipated  a  vast  manu- 
fiujturing  centre,  which  sprang  into  existence  to  the  ruin  of  both.  Se-veral 
bosiness  houses,  taverns,  and  manufactories  were  in  operation  at  the  same  time, 
within  a  circuit  of  one  mile  of  PeuHcld  village.  Among  the  ditferent  firms  once 
operating  here  were  .^IcKin3t^y  &  Adam-s.  liilsoo  i  Penfield.  Rich  &  Ward. 
Penfield  U  Cbrk,  Uryant  i  Kly,  Orange  Owen,  S.  il.  Scovill.  Carpenter  i. 
Mathews,  Griffin  i  Rjndall,  Kilmer  \  Skidder,  Kellogg  &  .Minor,  Joseph  Vaoess. 
and  otbcri.  I2  !^:jl,  J.ooniM  Vdnms.  who  at'terwards  became  promiueut  in  his 
profession,  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Penfield.  The  principal  tavern  in  the 
vilbge  wa.s  that  of  Henry  Amsden,  which  stood  on  the  now  vacant  place  on  the 
northeast  corner  It  was  burued  while  iu  his  possession,  and  afterwards  rebuilt 
by  Robert  Suriiig.  .■V  regular  daily  stage  line  w.is  est;iblished  from  Palmyra, 
through  Penfield,  to  Rochester.  It  chauged  horses  iu  this  village  at  the  tavern 
then  kept  by  Jonathan  Baker.  .A.  post-ofiice  was  located  here  previous  to  the 
war  of  1812,  with  the  mail  carried  on  hurse-back  to  and  from  Pittstord  for  over 
twenty -five  years.  Oliver  Kingsbury  was  the  first  po  .tmaster,  and  wm  succee<led 
by  Jacob  B.  Bryant,  who  retained  it  ab-jot  thirty  years,  with  Henry  Fellows  as 
deputy.  Between  1S40  and  18i5  the  pjst-oSce  at  East  Penfield  w:ei  established, 
of  which  James  Lovett  was  postmaster,  .\nother  pe«t-jfiice  wa.s  located  at  Pen- 
field  Centre,  but  w.is  3*jn  after  discontinued.  A  daily  3t;ige  line  is  still  kept  up 
between  B«;hester  and  Penfield  village,  which  carries  the  mail.  The  East  Pen- 
field  mail  is  carried  from  the  latter  p*jint  by  private  contribution.  About  ten 
years  ago  a  paper-mill  was  established  in  the  hollow  west  of  the  village  by  Hoii>- 
boom  i,  Co.,  which,  about  four  years  after,  came  into  possession  of  John  Wiu- 
neger,  who  still  conducts  it.  The  old  schoi>l-hou-se  which  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  building  w;is  the  first  one  in  town,  and  Mas  memorable  as 
the  place  of  the  first  town  election  and  the  first  religious  meetings  and  church 
organizations.  In  1827  the  citizens  erected  an  ae-ademy  near  the  site  of  Dr 
Burrows'  residence,  which  became  a  flnuri^hin.;  seliool.  In  IS.iO  or  1S51  it  wa.s 
burned  to  the  ground,  and  rebuilt  in  l.s.jS.  It  HourL-hcd  until  a  few  years  ago, 
when  it  wasdiscontitiued,  and  the  building  used  fir  the  district  school.  It  usually 
employed  three  teachers,  and  pnjmineot  among  its  jtrincipals  were  Prof.  Under- 
hill.  Prof  Howe,  and  Pnjf.  Henry  Pennyman.  ~  There  irv  now  within  the  limita 
of  the  town  twelve  school  districts,  and  as  many  g<jod.  comfurtablo  scht.fol-houses. 
with  flourishing  achooU,  in  charge  of  able  and  efiicicui  teacher). 

XISCELLANKOUS. 

Xo  town  in  this  part  of  the  State  met  with  greater  obstacles  or  more  dlswiur- 
agerocntd  in  its  early  settlement  than  Penfield.  Much  of  it  b-Miig  rather  low  and 
level,  especially  i'l  WL't  and  warm  seasons.  -.lencrated  malaria,  and  fever  and  ic^ue 
became  so  general  thai  a  greater  part  of  the  settlers  were  its  victims.  Tills  is 
what  disgust^'d  James  Wadswortli  upon  a  careful  tibscrvatiou  of  theci»untry,  and 
drove  away  many  of  the  first  s^-ttlers  bef 'n-  anv  erf-irl  was  made  towards  improve- 
ments. Even  in  the  early  sch—ls  the  daily  oTcrew-s  were  varied  with  peri..dical  at- 
tacks of  this  m.ot  peivi;.tenl  di.-.-.ise,  uliile  the  W  iclier  himself  leeoirniz'sl  its  im|>.ir- 
Unce  in  affording  clian-e  in  his  wsuallv  mo„,.t us  life.     The  settlers  dep-iided 

while  a  few  h.oi!ed  their  -niin  Ioul-  disraiic,-.  over  bad  n.ads  t..  the  cistern  inarkeL-. 
Henry  Fell.'ws  carried  his  wheal  willi  "tieoms  to  .Vlbaiiy.  wIh  re  it  aiwavs  ,s.iii- 
manded  a  fair  priee.  and  ..„  his  p  turn  >,-ei:,rall^  s.eur.sl  a  lead  .if  .-alt  at  .-(yrieu-e. 
which  afforded  him  a  fair  pp.lit  00  iiis  lime  and  lals.r     Huiing  ibe  war  of  l3l.' 


the  Americai 


tagc  of  the  extri  price  paid  tor  provi: 


in  keeping  with  the 
precarious  a  specula 
Albanv  and   Peieh,  ,1 


el  f..r  the  first  ti 
The  f,rest  was  i 


i  the  pre-sent 
:en  182:!  and 
McKinstiv, 


iLUorliy  were  too  cautious  to  emb.irk  in  *. 
vhen  the  Eric  canal  was  opem-d  Wfweeii 
Wiw  inven  to  the  settlement  and  develnp- 
ne  the  farmer  began  to  receive  a  profit.-.lile 
eward  for  his  labor.  The  fjrest  was  rapidly  cleared  away,  the  area  of  pn>um.tioii 
increased,  a  new  value  given  to  the  lands,  and  increased  agricultiiral  wealth  be.;;in 
to  manifest  itself,  while  a  condition  of  perfect  health  succeeded  thorough  culture 
and  drainage. 

aCPERVISORS    .\.VU   PRKSEXT   OFFICERS. 

The  supervisors  of  the  town  of  Penfield  from  its  organization  1 
excepting  the  intervals  between  the  years  1S17  and  1S22,  and  betii 
I82S,  the  records  of  which  are  lost,  are  as  follows,  viz.:  Wiiliai 
ISU  ;  William  Spears,  lt!l2  to  1S16,  both  inclusive;  Henry  Fellows.  1817  .ind 
1822  to  1823;  liyron  Wuodhull,  182s  to  1830 ;  Alpheus  Crocker  1.831  to  1-32: 
Byron  WoodhuU,  1833  to  1835  ;  Alplieus  Crocker.  1S3G  to  1837  ;  Byron  W..k1- 
hull,  183s ;  Joseph  Patterson,  1839  ;  Daniel  E.  Lewis,  1840  to  1841 ;  Ebciiezer 
E,  Gage,  1812  ,  taac  T.  Raymond.  18-13  to  1S44;  Daniel  E.  Lewis,  1S45  ;  I.  T. 
Raymond,  184C;  Daniel  E.  Lewis,  1847  to  1851;  Elias  Beach,  1852;  Jamia- 
Harris,  1833  ;  .Vlanson  Higbee,  1854;  James  Harris,  1855  to  IS.Jli ;  Albert  11. 
King.  1857  ;  Oliver  C.  Ross,  1858  ;  James  Harris,  1859  ;  Daniel  C.  Fuller.  I.-IJO; 
Fairchild  Andrews,  1861  to  1863;  James  Harris.  1864  to  1S65;  Orc-stes  Case. 
1866;  James  Harris,  1867  to  1S75;  and  Alanson  Higbee,  1876.  John  D. 
Scovill  has  been  town  clerk  ever  since  1855,  excepting  Charles  Fellows,  1865: 
Robert  Staring.  1808;  and  Jacob  F.  Hardick,  1-69. 

The  other  town  officers  for  the  year  1876  are  as  follows,  viz. :  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  Jacob  B.  Brown,  Irvin  Eldridge,  George  A.  Fellows,  Albert  Raymond  : 
Overseer  of  the  Poor,  .\bel  G.  ^to^thrup;  Road  Commissioner,  Kii  -S.  DajUm. 
Collector,  William  F.  Church;  Game  Constable.  E.  Lamb;  Assessors.  G.  H. 
Bacon,  George  W.  Clark,  Isaac  W.  Foreman  ;  Auditors,  William  Fellows.  Jr.. 
Eli  T.  Covey,  Hiram  Achampach  ;  Constables,  James  G.  Fisk,  John  W.  Conklin. 
William  H.  Osbonie,  .^Ioses  Brown;  Inspectors  of  Election,  First  District,  H.  B. 
Koapp.  ,S.  B.  R.aymond,  Elisha  Lamb;  Second  Di-trict,  Richard  Spear.  WiUiam 
H.  Raymond,  and  one  appointed. 

TUK    FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN    CllUBClI    OF   PENFIELD 

was  organized  as  such.  February  7,  1306,  at  the  school-hou.«c  in  Penficid  village. 
with  fifteen  members,  viz, :  Elisha  Sheldon.  Sarah  Sheldon,  Sami.  Stone.  .Vbni- 
ham  Baruum.  .^Iary  Barnum,  Thomas  Brooks,  Esther  Brocks.  Wm.  ,'8pear.  Love 
Spear,  Huldah  White,  Danl.  Wilson,  Esther  WiUon.  Josiah  J.  Kellogg.  Rachel 
Perrin,  and  John  Stroger.  Prior  to  this,  in  I8u4.  a  church  had  b<>en  organized 
at  this  place  as  a  Coo'^regitional  church,  which  coiitmued  in  existence  until  FoU 
raary  7,  1800,  when  all  the  meinViers  unanimously  resolvcMi  themselves  into  the 
■•  Firet  Presbyterian  church  of  Penfield."  Elisha  Sheldon  was  cliosei,  iu..d,.i-.,i..r. 
Josiah  J.  Kellogg  and  Thora.as  Brooks  deacons,  and  William  Spe;ir  clerk.  The 
first  bench  of  ruling  elden  was  appointed  in  lSl4,  and  consisted  of  Tliemi.- 
Brooks,  Josiah  J.  KellogL-.  Levi  Warren,  Lsiac  liarnum,  and  Go.sl-.on  liMMlunr 
and  the  first  board  of  trustees  in  1S29.  and  comprisetl  Samuel  Giilson.  .l.miiihaii 
Fassctt.  Dr.  Isaac  Chlehcter  Henry  Wanl.  and  Horace  Bush.  On  February  11 
1830,  under  the  pa.storate  of  Rev.  Thomas  Bcll.iiny,  by  a  unanimous  vote.  1  In- 
church  agreed  to  unite  with  the  Bulfaloiold  school  i  Presbytery  and  Consiiiii- 
tional  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  I'nitcd  St.it. s  ,.l 
America;  and  on  the  13th  of  February  following,  in  pnrsuanec  of  this  re-..iv.. 
it  united  with  it  at  .\lden  on  presentation  of  the  resolution  by  .Mr.  Bellann.  whe 
was  united  with  this  prcsbyicry  at  the  time.  On  .May  27,  1853,  the  Roeh.-i.r 
presbytery  ( iicw  school)  met  in  the  chureh  and  installed  Rev,  Allen  MeF:ii!^i...l 
as  pastor,  and  011  April  8,  1S57,  under  Kcv.  .Mr  Ingcrsoll.  it  withdrew  freni  ih. 
Buffalo  and  united  with  the  Iti.chcster  |iresbytcry.  Wm.  Fclh.ws  was  appeini.'l 
delegate  tu  present  the  resolution.  There  are  no  records  of  posters  previous  t" 
1816,  in  which  year  Rev.  .Vsa  Carpcnt.  r  w:is  installed,  serving  to  lS2.'i:  \l". 
Ucrritt  Hollci.be,  k,  l,s27.  Fber  ChilJs,  182-;  r^.„,„el  llriK.ks.  1S2'.) :  Klii-d. 
Buck,  1830;  Simcn  I'eck,  18:11;  Conrid  Ten  Eyck,  ls:;2  ;  .M..sc»  ( Inlw.iy 
18:;5;  Dr  Albert  li.  H.dl.  Lite  of  Tbiid  I'lesbyleri.n.  ehureh-  Il,,elu-ter,  l-l"- 
Edmond  U.iy.  l.-^12  ,  C.-o  Delevan.  1.-13,  l!,,lpl,  Crampt,,,,.  1.S15;  .l..bn  H 
Youn-  I-t'.l;  Tleim:us  |!,.i|.„„y,  18.-,:;;  Alien  .M.F.ii  l:..„l.  1.-.-.7;  Alv.^n  In- r- 
-jll.   l-.'.8,    l!e.v:d    M;oio.    l-i;ij;   .f.  r.  mull    W.-lnilf.   lsi;(;;    R-v.    Mr.    r.V.in^ 

i8.;7,C-H.  Wl !er,   1-7.-.  :    Rev.   Mr  .-!„  iw,s,d,  tcih|H>,,,nK.   l-:i;.   :,i„l  11  ■- 

.Mi.  Marsh.      Haul    I'.nH-ld  d..o,it.-.|  the  l.t  ,.n   the  -,,,itl,we-t  cirn.  r  1,1  'le   ■.!! 


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HISTORY   OF' MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


219 


ground, 
by  lelt. 


jverioi;  about  sixty  unknuwii  ;rri 
to  orjTJnize  ehurchci  in    lirii;iit 

;ht;  in  IS31  to  one  hunjroj  unci  .~evcn; 
^l:ld  cnly  twenty-nine  lucinbcrs.      I'ndol 


In  IS2S  members  w.;rc  diamisscd 
Wibstor,  l'itt,lorJ,  an.l  »enri.:tta, 
t  in  18;!0  it  w;ia  incraisea  toeisrbty- 
■r  whicli  it  dL-croMoJ,  until  in  1S7G 
;  past.imte  of  Dr.  Hall,  fr.im  1«40 


to  IS42,  the  L-hnrch  was  the  imist  prosperous,  with  a  iuonjb»rship  of  one  liun- 
Jred  apd  sixty,  emhracinj;  amon^  theni  some  of  the  ieadini:  and  distin'jui.slii'd 
men  of  Munroo  County.  It  hiis  no  p;wtor  at  present,  and  meetiuirs  are  discon- 
tinued. The  present  elders  are  Wni.  Kellowa,  Clias.  N.  Leonard,  and  Dr.  T.  A 
Brown;  Trustees,  Jauies  Harris,  Geo.  Lcorianl,  Honiee  Lewis,  and  Geo.  Ray- 
mond ;  and  Clerk,  Chas.  N.  Leonard.  A  Sabbath-.sehool  was  early  onrunized  in 
connection  with  the  church,  wiiich  iu  1S30  included  one  hundred  and  thirty-two 
pupils  and  ei;;hteen  teachers,  and  in  I'^SO  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  pupils 
and  twenty-four  teachers.  After  this  it  diminished  in  numbers,  until  in  IS6S 
it  comprised  sixty-one  pupils.     The  school  is  also  discontinued  at  present. 


TBB    FBEE-WILL    B.^ITIST 


1  RCH    OF    PENFIELD, 


or  better  known  as  the  East  IVntield  brick  rhi 
church  in  1S2:1,  by  Revs.  Djniel  Lyon  and  Thi 
about  forty  members.     The  first  records  of  this  cliun 
known  that,  in  the  summer  of  lS2:i,  Elder  Daniel  Lvot 
the  school-house  in  district  No.  5.  in  the  town  of  Petri 


yas  organized  as  a  separate 
'arker,  with,  at  th.it  time, 
cli  were  burned,  but  it  is 
ri  commenceti  preaching  at 
der 


appearances 


but  that  (}t:>d  ^ 


of  the 
X)ancil 


not  Tery  favorable. 

sight  of  man  gave  energy  to  the  word,  and  in  the  summer  of  18--1  a  a 
was  appointed  from  the  Ontario  church  to  meet  with  the  Revs.  Daniel  Lyon  and 
Thomas  Parker,  the  latter  having  been  licensed  to  improve  his  git>s  in  preaching, 
together  with  a  few  of  the  inhabitants  of  that  district,  and.  atler  a  declaration  of 
the  sentiments  of  the  Free-Will  Baptists,  the  following  five  pei>ons  offered  thcm- 
selve?  and  w.^rp  rweived  a.t  members,  and  organized  into  a  branch  of  the  Ontario 
church:  Jemima  Conanl,  PiJly  Conklin,  Almira  Griswuld.  .Miranda  Beatty,  and 
Huldah  Parker.  Elder  Lyon  preached  occasionally,  als^i  Thomas  Parker,  to  the 
people  in  the  vicinity.  Tlie  Lord  blessed  their  labors  with  many  ct^nvcrsioDS 
unril  the  winter  of  18'2*J,  when  it  was  deemed  espeiient  that  they  be  formed  into 
a  separate  church  ;  consequently,  at  the  f|uarterly  meeting,  held  at  the  stone  school- 
bouse  in  East  PetitielJ.  by  unanimous  consent,  they  were  acknowie<J'.red  a  church, 
with  forty  members.  The  same  quarterly  meeting  called  a  council  from  the  yearly 
meeting,  to  p-T-o-s  ujton  the  n'jalitications  of  Thomas  Parker,  which,  after  a  careful 
and  thorough  examination,  decided  to  ordain  him  and  set  him  apart  to  the  work 
of  the  ministry.  The  little  church  chose  hira  for  its  pastor,  be  having  kept  up 
the  covenant  and  the  Sabbath  from  1.S24  to  this  time.  A  powertui  revival  fol- 
loweil  that  meeting,  under  the  labors  of  the  new  pastor,  assisted  by  Revs.  Daniel 
Lyon,  Freeborn  W.  Straight,  and  David  Marks,  so  that  in  the  summer  of  1S29 
the  church  numbered  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  members  In  184B  or  18+7, 
a  new  church  was  organized  and  buihlin*.:  erected,  at  Fairport  village,  which  drew 
away  by  letter  the  .southern  part  of  this  organization.  However,  the  Tx>rd  has 
blessed  its  efforts,  and,  under  the  labors  of  the  different  pastors,  it  has  received 
many  additions,  and  now  has  a  membership  of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five. 
The  firat  deacons  were  Allen  F.  Ili'bner  and  r-a;ic  Tallman.  and  the  first  clerk 
Enoch  Huggins.  Services  were  held  in  the  .^ohiwl-house  and  in  bams,  until  the 
completion  of  the  church  edifice  in  IfioO.  It  is  a  brick  structure.  locat.?d  on  the 
old  stage  road,  about  one  mile  '.^-t  of  Eiist  Pcnfield,  forty  by  si.\ty  tect  in  size, 
and  cost  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  It  was  dedicated  by  Rev. 
D.ivid  Marks.  The  piistors  were.  Rev.s.  Thomas  Parker,  twenty  years ;  E.  P. 
Tallman,  two  years;  F.  W.  Straight,  one  year;  William  Vouns.  two  years;  !1. 
If.  Strickland,  tv.o  years;  H.  E.stcn,  two  years;  William  Pei-k.  four  years;  A. 
Morehouse,  licensed,  one  year;  Lewis  Jones,  four  years.  B.  H.  Damon,  three 
Je.-rs;  C.  H.  Jacksou.  five  years;  and  Chauncey  B.  H.irt.  present  pastor,  two 
Je-.rs.  The  present  officers  arc.  Deacons,  .lames  Uivctt.  Albert  3  Palmer,  and 
(Kar  Vanoskand.  and  Clerk.  Ge..r;;o  >V.  Esten.  The  Sabl.ath-scho.jl  wa.s  first 
organiuHl  in  1845.  thnjugh  the  efforts  of  D.  B.  Cuna.it.  A.  C.  F.wt^,  R.  B.  A'an- 
oskand,  and  others  ;  but  had  no  olKcers,  until  (reorgo  ^\".  Ksten  was  chosen  super- 
intendent, aivd  Hinim  0.  Warren  a.ssistant.  in  18iS.  The  present  officers  arc— Rev. 
C-  B.  Hart,  supi-riiitondent;  Y.  .S.  Huribut.  assistant ,  Victoria  Smith,  sccretiry: 
«".!  Lydia  Palmer,  tre-.nurcr,  with  ten  teachers  and  one  hundred  and  twenty  pupils. 
The  library  has  one  huudn.-d  an.)  tiOy  v..lumcs.  with  G,  Wbiifiei.l  E-st,.n,  I'ibrarian. 
t'  "as  atartisl  in  1845,  with  forty  small  b..oks.  but  no  librarian  was  chosen  until 
t-^iward  A.  Brown,  in  18.")S. 

^  THE  METiinnisr  r.ns.oi'.vi.  ciii'Rni  op  I'KNFiELn. 

',  A  cla..s  of  seven  members  was  foini.d  In  the  y.-ar  ISlir,.  in  a  h..us,;  a  short  dis- 
tal., ew.^st  .,f  the  r..*i.l.iM'e  ..f  John  Hipp,  by  K.^v.  .<U[.hn<  S.  (irave.s,  rn.m  l.inia, 
w  elass-l.-aJ.-r.  j  Its  pla.e  of  m.-.tiiig  was  alt,  rwar.ls  ehang.-d  U<  I'enfi.-ld  Ccniro. 


.  who  became  ciassietid. 
Lucy  Williams,  and  L 


The  names  of  the  sev.n  members  wore  John  Till.> 
Lucy  Owen,  Plicbe  Chase.  Phebc  Hill.  .Sarah  Bar: 
Mann. 

In  1S29  or  lS:iO  the  first  society  of  the  JIeihodL=t  Episcopal  ehuith  of  Pen- 
field  was  organized  at  the  house  ..f  .Tames  Chase,  a  little  3..uth  of  Pcnfield's  mills. 
by  Rev.  Philo  Wo..dwurth,  as  belonging  to  the  Victor  circuit.  It  iv,as  s.»n  after 
changed  to  the  Penfield  circuit  by  Ucv.  Jonathan  Hustis.  nhcR'  it  ha.s  since  re- 
mained. The  private  him.sc  of  J.inathaii  Barrett,  .south  .if  the  Corner,  was  used 
for  a  meeting-house  about  two  yean,  .\fterwards,  the  old  Penfii  Id  su.>re,  abi.ut 
fifty  rods  west  of  the  <'orner,  now  convert.si  Into  a  foundrv,  was  used.  In  18;!4 
the  society  purchased  two-thirds  of  the  Globe  building,  on  the  northwest  corner, 
and  fitted  it  up  for  church  purposes,  where  services  were  held  until  the  completion 
of  the  present  church  buildin-,',  which  was  dolicate.1  and  opened  for  use  .Tune  2!', 
1843,  by  D.  Saml.  Lucky,  D.D.,  of  Ruchi-ster.  It  is  a  woo.len  structure,  north 
of  the  Corner,  on  the  exst  side  of  tlie  street,  capable  of  acconim-Mlatiui;  atK)ut  f.mr 
hundred  persons,  and  eo^t,  including.'  lot,  nine  thousand  ilollars.  The  first  pastor 
of  the  church  was  Rev.  Philo  Woodworth,  who  was  succeeded  by  .lonatlian 
Hustis,  two  years ;  James  S.  Lent,  one  year ;  A.  H.  Filmore,  one  year ;  Jonathan 
Benson,  two  years ;  G.  D.  Perry,  one  year ;  James  Hall,  one  year ;  Gideon  ( l-band. 
one  year ;  Amos  Hurd.  two  years ;  Leveret  Richmond,  one  year ;  Horatio  M.  Sealer 
two  years;  Wm.  P.  Davis,  two  years  ;  E.  Thomas,  one  year ;  Henry  II ickox,  one 
year;  A.  N.  Filmore,  one  year;  T.  B  Hudson,  two  years;  Saml.  Lucky,  one 
year;  S.  Waldron.  two  years;  P.  L.  Brown,  two  years ;.  Robert  Ilogoboom.  two 


yean;  Wra.  Manning,  two  years;  N.  A.  De  Pew,  two  years;  James  D.  Edson. 
two  years;  Porter  McKinstry,  two  years;  Geo.  G.  .Markham.  one  year;  L.  D. 
Chase,  two  years;  Wm.  B.  Holt,  one  year;  A.  3.  Baker,  two  years  ;'c.  E.  Her- 
mans, two  years;  Danl.  Clark,  three  ycar^i ;  and  Rev.  J.  L.  Forster.  present 
pastor,  now  in  his  second  year.  Among  the  first  .ifficera  were  Rev.  S.  S.  Grave,, 
Bradley  Crippen,  Benj.  ■Whitehead,  .lohn  Mandeville,  Octavins  Mason,  William 
Emery,  Wm.  Stratton,  Joshua  Vosburg,  and  James  Howley.  The  present  trustccn 
are  E.  Miller,  David  Ciray,  D.  Graves,  J.  Waldron,  and  A.  Cornwall ;  stewards. 
Albert  Raymond,  recrding  steward.  Horace  Wilson,  .\bner  Cornwell,  B.  W. 
Crippen.  D.  W.  Graves.  J.  Waldron,  Geo,  Amon,  Frank  (^lark.  and  Clark  Gray; 
class-leaders,  Albert  Rayuiond  and  P.  Wright,  with  a  membership  of  one  hun- 
dred and  3<!venty-two.  The  church  is  now  coiiiieeted  with  the  RiKliester  district 
of  the  Genesee  conference.  The  Sabbath-school  was  organized  in  IS3.J,  in  the 
old  Globe  building,  with  six  teachers  and  about  forty  pupils,  with  Saml.  Stroger 
superintendent.  It  now  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  pupils  and  eighteen  teachers, 
with  J.  Robbins  superintendent,  and  P.  Wright  assistant.  It  also  has  a  librarv 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-five  volumes,  of  which  Chas  Waldron  is  librarian. 

THE  SAINT  Joseph's  church  op  te-vfield  (oerua-N  koman  c.itholio) 
was  erected  under  the  direction  of  Father  Pingcl,  pastor  of  Saint  .Joseph's 
church.  Rochester,  and  as  a  branch  of  that  church,  in  1872.  It  was  dedicate.] 
by  a  pastor  sent  by  the  bishop  of  R.u-hesier  the  same  year.  The  parish  tli.-n 
embraced  twelve  families,  and  now  has  about  twenty.  Father  Pinjc!  was  tir..t 
pastor,  and  was  succeeded  by  Father  K...seiibauer  and  Father  Blanch,  now  aetitiL' 
Previous  to  this.  Father  Claphucker,  Co'ipcr,  and  Ra.sch  had  preache.!  here  in  the 
school-house.  The  Sabbath-schoul  was  formed  tc-n  years  ago.  and  now  has  fifteen 
pupils,  under  charge  of  Father  Blanch  and  Anna  Toniah. 

THE    BAITI.ST    ClILRCH    OF    PE.VFIELll. 

In  August,  1803,  the  Baptist  church  of  Palioyn  granted  letters  to  Josiph 
Case,  a  licentiate,  and  other  brethren,  to  form  a  church  in  .Vortbficld,  a  name  then 
designating  all  Monroe  County  east  of  the  Genc.«ee  river  ami  north  of  Mcndon  an.l 
Victor.  Early  in  1804  they,  with  a  few  others,  twenty-two  in  all.  and  with  J.is.ph 
j  Case  as  pastor,  met  and  formcl  themselves  into  the  Baptist  church  of  .N'onhlicUl, 
I  the  germ  of  the  prc^sent  I'enfii-ld  clinnh.  and  In  September  ..f  the  same  year  unitc.l 
with  tlie  Cayuga  Baptist  association.  Elder  Case  labored  much  in  the  adj.iiniiij 
towns,  and  cl.B<cd  his  nine  y.-ars'  pasinrat.'  in  1812.  In  1813  the  church,  number- 
ing seventy-five,  called  Bartlctt  Dakc  to  its  ministry,  hut,  on  a.-coiint  of  allege-l 
immor.dities.  ho  was  silcuc.d  in  1810.  His  adherents  atterwanls  withdrew  ar.l 
organizeii  a  sec.md  church.  In  .sicptcmU-r,  1H14.  the  P.tifiei.l  i-iiurch.  wifli 
twenty-two  others,  met  in  Bristol  and  fornu-d  th.*  Ontari..  a.s.M.s.iati.in.  an.i  ai^.iin. 
in  Octob.T,  1S2'J.  she,  with  cii,-ht  ..th.-rs.  met  in  Rochester  and  organize.!  tlie 
Monroe  D  iptist  as.s,Ka,ation.      In  181 «.  KI.I.t  Benj.  Calkins  was  called,  and  send 


year 


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220 


HISTOKY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY.  NEW   YORK. 


Joecph  Monroe  was  p: 
January,  IS.-J,  y.{.k-r  . 
isLirj  of  ODe  liiinJrcJ 
were  rcurjlti.-d,  an-l  a  hui 
field  villftgc  It  WHS  a  ' 
in  1823,  It  a  c><t  of  tl.i 


..nieu  b. 


lil  mtinthg ;  salary,  fifty  Julljr 
M.Jthy  bo-.na  hu  paatorate  of 
rcoiy.di',-  il..il.>n.  dunii.-  »liicli 
w.irsliip  uat-uJ  il\r»-.^r.>urthi  of  J 
forty  by  dfiy  f.vt  in  s 
Imn.lr^-J  and  .unLtv-= 


oenta.  From  June.  IS.'i,  to  .\oi 
which  the  church  suffered,  witli 
From  April,  Ib.'U,  KMc-r  Norm. 
twehe  he  baptized  Martli  7.  1 
Mason,  of  Chelsea,  Masoachusctts,  and 
well,  mtsiiooary  in  Mauluuin.  liurniah. 


823.  Eld^rda 


iCol 


ud  bi/ard.  lo 
■v-e  year^.  00  a 

t»o  churches 
lie  eaat  of  Ten- 

aod  completed 
diiil.irs  and  tive 

sorrod.  during 


othei 


-Ml 


tnd  seven  months,  from  November,  l^.">l),  K!de 
November,  1S'J4,  and  Kluor  S.  G.  Miner  twe 
Oo  Fcbniarj-  15,  1S;;S,  Rev.  Alfn.'d  J.  H.  Ua: 
three  and  oDc-founh  years.   In  l-iaj  the  chi 
location  in  the  villaic,  and  rebuilt  and  enlar_-cd 


licDtly  s^^rvc^  :«ixtovn  niontiis  Among  the 
I.  are  Itev.  Timothy  Fuller.  Uev.  Ur.  A.  P. 
jid  his  ?istor.  lunv'  a  wile  of  Kuv.  J.  M.  Hai- 
EMer  Israel  Ucb-Td-i  served  tliree  years 
K!der  L.  J.  lU\\nolds  six  months,  from 
r  twenty-six  ui'-nilis,  from  .July,  ISoJ. 
rx^  uruainod.  and  served 
h  buudini;  waa  removed  to  its  present 
t  oi'  four  thousand  and  four 
tiollars  and  twenty-nine  cents.  Elder  B.  X.  lieach  served  nearly  nine  montbs, 
ftom  May  IC,  1841,  at  a  salary  of  tive  hunired  dollars,  and  was  sueeceded  by 
Klder  Harvey  Muni;er  for  nearly  ten  months,  from  Fcbrtiary  12,  lS-t2.  at  a  s.'dary 
of  fbar  hundred  dollars.  Elder  David  Bcm:ird  &erv(.-d  two  and  two-thirds  years, 
fiom  December  31,  1842,  and  Klder  Juoas  Woodward  five  year*,  from  November 
IG,  1843. 

In  lai:  » little  chapel,  known  as  the  "  Bethel,"  was  built  at  Lovett's  Com,  ,,  for 
oat-«tatioo  services,  at  a  cost  of  two  hundred  and  fitly  dollars.  Elder  S.  S.  Ains- 
worth  »erted  from  December.  ISiil.  to  December,  1S54.  aod  Elder  J.  A.  Bullard 
llitcen  months,  from  May.  1S.")0.  On  January  1,  ISoT.  Eld.  r  Almon  Virgil  com- 
meoced  a  protracted  meeting  which  resulted  iu  riihty-tbrcc  bapti?;iis.  ^nd  no 
February  22  was  called  Co  rha  pastorate, — histinj:  dftecn  moiitb.'), — at  a  salary  of 
eight  hundred  dollars.  J.  J.  Keyes  was  called  .Vuctust  Is.  135S.  ordained  Jan- 
uary 27,  IS.iO,  and  served  ei-hteen  month,;  salary,  five  hundred  dollars.  Rev. 
Abel  Haskell  served,  on  a  sahiry  of  six  hundred  dolLrs.  from  July  S,  1 560,  tiU  his 
death,  December  21,  1SG5.  Durin-.;  hLs  pa=rorate  the  church  was  bpjucht  under  » 
healthier  state  of  diseipltne,  beiievolcut  ooniributiotis  increii^ed,  and  the  house  of 
worship  entirely  remodeled,  by  the  addition  of  a  commodious  conference-room,  at  a 
etvt  of  two  thousand  five  hnndi  ed  dollars.  On  May  1 . 1 306,  Kcv.  E.  J.  F-  ote  k-jan 
■  fire  jeara'  pastorale,  during  which  the  church  building  was  again  remodeled  by 
patdng  in  a  steam  heating  apparatus,  an  eicetlent  pipe  orgnu,  baptistery,  eta,  at  a 
loUl  GOst  of  abont  two  thousand  four  hundreri  doilais.     Elder  F.  A.  ilarcb  wad 


called  September  10.  1871.  ordained  Otnlwr  26.  at  a  salary  of  one  thou.-.and  dol- 
lars,  and  ."crvcd  acceptably  until  his  removal  to  Iowa.  June.  l,--72.     .\f\cr  bvini; 
supplied  from  ILieliL-ster  semijiary  sever.d  m"nthM,  Kev.  .\.    I..  Freeman,  tlie  prc.s. 
eut  pastor,  Iwgan  his  pj-toratc  September  S.  1S7J,  on  a  s.dury  of  one  iliousand 
two  hundred  dollars,  and  the  usi'  of  u  par>tH(age, — the  cost  of  which,  with  addi- 
j        tional  repairs  on  the  church  i-difice,  was  two  iKoilsimd  dollars.     Durin'.'  seventy, 
three  years  the  church  li.is  bad  twenty-live  p.l^Iors,  serving  M.\ty-si.^  years.     Aaron 
(Juick.  fir>t  clerk,  b.-ived  till  IMU,  ami  was  >iia.-eedcd  by  Solomon  Cr^.-  five  years. 
,        S.  S.  Millard  ihre.:  and  onehalf  year..  A.  WicLs  ei'^ht.vn   ninnihs,  John  Soutli- 
I        worth  till  his  death,  October  2J,  1^.".:!,  nc.nly  fill.-en  ye3r>,  and  Alans..u  lli-bie, 
]        pa-sent  clerk.     Tlie  6r>t  .Icaeoiis  were  Al.ijah  Barber  and  I'etcr  Marl.tt.  f..llo«c-l 
1       in  1320  by  Fobes  S"nthwonh  and  David  Monroe,  who  were  superse.leil  in  Sep- 
tember, is'jl.  by  John  Fuller  and  S.  <  'asi'.  who  rciua.ned,  the  former  tiil  ]v.-  death. 
,        Detober  17,  1.S4.S,  and  the  latter  till  his  rcinov.il.  in  ISM,  Nels.jn  Fuil-.m  served 
i       ten  years,  from  April.  l.-i:;6;  .V  M.'scly  seven  years,  from  June,  1M:!;  .-J.  .S.  MilLid 
j       trom  January  3. 1S43.  till  his  dcith.  June  27.  IS76  ;  and  (i.  W,  T..wcr  from  Oct.- 
j        ber  6,  1Sj4.  till  hU  disnu>sal.     The  j.rc^ent  deacons  were  elected — Haivey  Ful- 
ler April  3,  IS?.Ck  Burr  Northrup  February  4,  li>l4,  and  Alansoii   Higbie  and 
I.siiac  Bronsijn  Fcbniary  3.  1S72.     The  cliureh  has  raised  up  eight  niiiii^tera  niul 
one  foreign  mi^ionary,  and  is  the  mnthcr  of  other  ciuirehes.     Those  of  Pittstord. 
Perrinton,  Walworth,  and  Webster,  .it  their  formation,  drew — and  sotce  of  tlient 
largely — from  it.     Sincx*  its  organiz-ition,  one  thou.^and  and  tweiity-M:ven  mi-uilK-r> 
have  been  added  by  baptism  and  five  hundred  and  filty-si.\  by  letter,  which,  wiili 
the  twenty-two  constituent  members,  make  a  grand  total  of  one  thousand  si\ 
hundred  and   five  members.     Of  this  number,  ciglit  hundred    and   Ei.\ty-fuur 
have  been  dismls3e<l  to  unite  with  other  churches, — three  hundred  :uid  ei^bt  iiii.re 
than  all  received  by  letter.     These  represent  or  h:ive  a'presented  the  clii:reli  ■•1, 
many  a  field  on  earth.     The  nearly  three  Imndrcd  who  have  did  arc  her  repre- 
sentatives in  heaven,  and  two  liundr\:d  and  nine  remain  to  uphold  the  ^laiitl.trd 
reared  by  their  devout  and  gt.-pel-lovin:;  father?  seventy-three  yeai>  ago.     Tim 
:Sabbath-sehool  of  the  church  was  or_-:inijed   more  than   half  a  century  a;;o.  and. 
after  the  eoustruction  of  the  Bethel  at  I,.. veil  s  (.V.rners,  a  oecond  »<  lu«.|  was  fornnsl 
at  that  place,  both  of  which  wero  sustained  by  the  church,  and  supplied  witb 
reading.     The  name  of  the  first  superintendent  it  not  now  known,  but  among  his 
many  successions  have  been  Orestes  Cai.e,  J.  F.  Hardick,  .\rtenius  Fuller.  Isaac 
Bronson,  John    Fuller,  and   Giles    Fuller.     The   present  superintendent  of  tlie 
church  sch.Kil  is  Eugene  Covey,  with  seventeen  teachers  and  two  Imndrcd  pupils. 
with  a  well-selected  library  of  three  hundred  volumes.     The  superintendent  o( 
the  Bethel  school  is  Artemus  Fuller,  with  eight  tcaeliera  and  fifty  pupils. 


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JACOB  B,  BROW^. 

Jacob  B.  Brown  wu  born  in  the 
town  of  Penfield,  on  June  9,  1811, 
when  there  were  but  a  few  settlements 
in  that  town,  hia  father  having  been 
one  of  the  early  settlers.  HU  frrand- 
fether.  Stephen  Birdsall,  was  an  em- 
inent prencher  of  the  StKiiety  of 
Friends,  to  which  his  uiiitemal  ances- 
tors belonged.  Hta  brother,  Hoo. 
Asahel  Brown,  is  a  resident  of  Mich- 
igan, and  at  present  is  a  member  uf  tfafi 
State  Senate.  The  rude  school-house 
of  that  day  afforded  the  only  educa- 
tional advantages  he  had ;  but,  by 
indufltry  in  improving  his  evenings 
in  study,  at  the  age  of  twenty  year3, 
he  was  declared  competent  to  teach 
the  district  schools  of  the  town.    From 


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that  time  onti)  lie  wa£  thirty-two  he 
followed  the  husin&a  of  teaching, 
whenever  hia  impaired  health  would 
permit.  Mr.  Brown  then  settled  in 
the  yicinitj  of  hia  birthplace,  where, 
by  untiring  industry,  which  ch.iracter- 
ixed  his  early  ycarj,  he  hos  acquired 
what  hia  neighbors  reaard  as  a  hand- 
some competence,  together  with  the 
high  regard  and  esteem  of  hid  fellow- 
men.  Never  a  seeker  for  office  or 
place  in  any  sense,  yet  he  has  often 
been  called  by  hia  townsmen,  within 
the  span  of  his  mature  years,  tu  611 
It  different  times  most  of  the  ofRcea 
of  trust  within  their  gift,  which  were 
always  administered  with  a  fiiithful 
regard  for  the  public  good.  He  is 
DOW  an  occupant  of  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace. 


Jacob  B.  SnoyiN 


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PERRINTON. 


lAKLT    SKTTLEHS    A.'fD    SETTLM 


OLOVSa  PerhiN  and  wife 
6rm,  in  1791.  Ciil.  b  Walko 
during  the  prcviou-i  y*Mr.  Tl 
highway  s  new  tVamc  h.m><e. 
hia  brother,  cleared  the  field 


rere  the  pioneer  sctlleni  of  the  town,  upo 
and  .Mr.  Perrin  had  hililt  a  I..-  house 

e  State  road  b*.'in:;  laid  out.  IVrriu  hui 
In  lTll-.;..Je.-<-H.  Perrin  uauie  iu.  and.  b,. 


next  aca«m  he  m.iveii  in  witli  iiw  tiiuill)-  up.iQ 
Hamilton.  These  families  for  two  years  were  i 
town  19  now  constitutoil.  Glover  Perrin  «old 
moved  to  Piikfonl.  Mrs.  Bbeknion.  a  dau^hle 
eight  jeara.     At  Eaton's  denth  bia  son  Joolmi 


•in--.:r.,und.  Kariy 
the  f.:rm  now  uwiie*i  by  Bruce 
be  only  white  inhabitants  in  the 
n  lb  10  10  ^U'phen  Eaton,  and 
;  !iv.:a  in  Macedon,  aped  uiuety- 
nherited,  and  held  it  till  1S71. 


The  Howes,  Lewis  and  William,  are  .urners.  Philip  I'iester,  of  Dutehcis  uounty, 
settled  in  ITiCl  just  south  of  BushncUa  Ba'iii.  He  kept  a  tavern  for  over  twenty 
years,  sold  in  1830,  and  moved  to  a  new  purchase  near  the  Perrin  settlement, 
where  he  livt-d  to  ho  ei^lity-sii  and  his  wife  ninety  years  of  age.  A  son,  Frederick, 
is  the  sole  repre:*entati7e  of  the  family.  John  Bice  and  Mr.  .Scribner  settled,  in 
179:!,  upon  landi  n..w  occupied  by  Albert  Van  Ness  and  A.  andjj^'ollius.  In 
the  year  17UC,  Samuel  Bennett  and  wife  locaU-d  at  the  wntre  of  the  town, 
and  a  shop  in  whicli  Bennett  worked  was  probably  the  iir^t  blaeksmithy  in  the 
town.  He  erectiKl  a  frame  house  in  1S12.  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  kind  in  the 
locality,  and  in  ISIH  went  ou  a  visit  with  his  wife  to  Cayuga  c-ounty.  took  the 
fever,  and  both  died  on  the  same  day.  Siunuel  Bennett,  a  son,  hired  the  farm. 
-He  obtained  a  stock  of  goods,  and  starte<J  the  first  store  in  the  town.  Richard 
Treadwell,  Samuel  Ilanford,  and  \Vm.  P.  Ellsworth  were  successive  owners,  the 
last-named  for  forty-three  years. 

John  Kellcy,  of  JIassachujctU,  settled  in  1797  on  a  tract  ea.<t  of  the  Centre, 
cleared  itnp,  and  owned  it  till  liis  death  in  1862.  He  was  accustomed  to  go  tit  H<'ne- 
oye  to  mill,  and  to  Palmyra  to  church.  (.}.  Dennis  lives  on  the  |.l.iec.  Two  years 
sabsequcDt  to  Treadwell.  Ijideon  Ram.sdcll  came  in.  Iix-ated.  built  a  log  house,  and 
taught  a  school  in  Maeedon  the  ensuing  winter.  His  father  and  father'^  family 
moved  in  February,  and  .<<ntlcd  near  what  is  known  as  Egypt  Alxjut  18  t.'i.  Thomas 
Ramsdell,  father  of  Gideon,  built  and  occupicl  the  frame  house  where  Mr.  ilaiuey 
now  lives.  Gideon  Ramsdell  was  married  February  2,  18112,  to  Hannah  Siuitli,  of 
Maeedon,  and  a  fnime  house  erected  in  ISIG  still  remains  in  good  order.  The 
A  gimlet-hole  prepare!  the  way  for 
3  this  day.  Within,  the  phistering  is 
in  a  putty  bed.  K.  Jewells  gave  much 
:et  the  lights.  Nathan  Kice  was  the 
Perrinton.  To.mwarula  and  B„ff„lo 
•II  as  the  •'  Island"  in  this  farm  during 
9  a  fri-'tid,  and  ever  afterward  on  their 


dapboards  were  fastened  by  wrought  nail 

uncrackcd,  and  the  window-liglits  remain  s 
time  to  prep;ire  the  putty  and  paint  and 
builder  of  this  the  firxt  painted  house  i 
Indians  had  their  camps  iijion  what  is  km 
1817  and  1818.  They  regarded  Gideon 
journeys  made  his  house  a  stopping-pl.ice.  Full  thirty  have  remained  overnight 
at  one  time.  Mr.  Ram--»dell  was  killo<l  in  18.i0,  by  being  thrown  from  hi.-*  biiL"jy 
while  on  his  way  to  attend  a  meeting.  Ills  wife  died  in  IS.'iO.  Of  ton  children 
three  reside  in  the  town.  From  one  of  these.  ?Ire.  .\.  R.  Cole,  valuable  records  h.ive 
been  obtained  relative  to  the  p^ist.  Caleb  Unri  in,  of  JIas,sacliusetts.  in  1800 
bought  of  Elder  Jones,  a  Baptist  minister,  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  daughter, 
Susannah  Benrd>lcy.  The  elder  preached  in  Palmyra,  journeying  on  foot.  He 
had  a  small  frame  house,  and  had  set  out  peach-  and  apple-trees,  .some  of  the  latter 
•till  bearing  fruit.  He  moved  to  Ohio.  Lyndon  di-sl  on  the  farm  in  18 1.').  Mr. 
Xorton  was  an  early  settler  near  K^-ypt. 

The  Slocuras,  Ania.sa,  Kli>ha.  lienjaniin.  and  Smith,  came  in  1804,  from  .Mas- 
Mchusetts,  and  settled  upon  the  farm  which  t..ik  their  name.  Their  fir^t  ni.-ht 
was  made  racniorablc  hy  the  burnin-.;  of  the  slianty  in  which  thev  .sought  shelter. 
Samuel  Bcnm-tt,  will,  the  h.wpii.lity  in  v,.gnc  at  the  lime,  gave  ihcm  a  li..me  till 
they  could  erect  litg  hoii-'es.      Cpini  llie  larni  wa-*  an  apple-orchant,  and  souie  of 

on  the  canal,  fi.r  Darius  .\r:i.,M,  a  contr.Kt.r  The  h.,i.|  ,•  .mm-i--!  ..f..Me  iMiii.lred 
ami  thirty  huslu'Is  .,f  ,.,l  ,to,s,  twenty  b.irr,  Is  ..f  p..rk,  !l,i,-ly  ..f  H..„r.  ..nd  tw,  oty  nf 
whisky.      ElL-ha  lived  on  a  firm  adjoining  hi-  br..lher  till    ls:iti,  wlnii  C    II. .we 


became  owner.  Benjamin  finally  moved  west.  The  wife  of  J.  R.  Hill,  proprietorof 
a  large  cider  and  vinegar  factory,  is  a  daushter  of  Suiith  Sloeuiu,  and  ri\<ides  ..,i 
his  former  farm.  David  Harlem  settled  east  of  the  Centre  about  1800.  A  number 
of  settlers  came  in  1806.  Oliver  L.)ud,  who  h.id  lived  three  years  in  P.dhi;,.,,. 
came  t.j  Egypt  this  year,  and  t\x.  years  later  opened  a  t;ivcrn  in  his  log  In.u.'ie 
.Mr.  Packard  opened  his  house.  opp.v>ite  the  A.  R.  Cole  place,  to  the  traveler  ah. mi 
the  same  time.  .^^^.  Loud  o|icned  a. store  in  E-.-ypt,  and  WiLs  the  si-eolid  meiehani 
in  the  town.  The  store  occupied  the  site  ..f  the  old  Pritcliard  tavern.  In  1320 
he  built  a  saw-mill  on  the  Jo>iah  Aldrich  farm.  It  cost  two  thousand  dollare. —  i 
large  sum  for  the  times.  Oliver  Loud  published  an  almanac  for  ten  yeai-s.  aii.l 
made  out  weather  tables  for  others.  He  was  well  verseil  in  xscron':.uiic;d  science. 
His  sons.  Cullen,  John,  and  William  P..  are  residents  of  Egypt.  L.  Laphain. 
E.  Bateman,  and  Cyrus  Packard  were  others  of  the  s<>ttlers  in  ISOIi.  Ros- 
well  Everett  came  in  1812,  and  cleared  up  the  S.  Aldrich  fjrm.  He  had  a  tannery 
upon  his  place  for  some  time.  Major  and  Mrs.  Gregory  owned  .several  large  tnuis 
in  the  town,  which  were  settled  early  by  her  sons.  S.  Akirieh  came  in  l.si)2  t.. 
Maeedon.  and  to  Perrinton  in  1806.  .\ided  by  George  an.l  .Vd..|plms,  he  eloarcl 
a  farm,  which  at  his  death  was  divid.-d.  AdoI[.hus  lived  upon  the  east  ]>art  over 
sixty  years,  and  died  in  18C7.  Geor-e  had  the  west  half  The  Aklriehe^  aid.sl 
to  cut  the  way  acro.ss  the  t..wn  for  the  Palmyra  and  R.jchester  r...-ni.  llavid  W.«»l 
fled  the  British  from  XiaL-ara  county  in  1812,  and  came  to  this  town.  From 
straps  taken  from  castaway  knapsacks  he  made  a  hanic-ss  for  bis  horse,  and  brought 
eastward  his  wife,  two  children,  and  some  .jf  his  effects,  himseUand  el.hjst  .vm  i-o.oing 
on  foot.  He  settled,  about  1813,  on  part  of  the  ri.imsdcll  pnrch.ise.  and  built  a  l.ig 
house  whase  roof  was  covered  with  tour-fo<.t  shin-les  and  bark.  He  died  hi  1827, 
leaving  a  good  farm  to  his  sons  Martin,  David,  and  J.mathan. 

Andrew  SImraonds  w;i3  a  settler  of  1810,  and  sold  to  Guy  Patterson.  Johu 
Cook  rented  the  land  about  ISiJO,  and  built  a  log  house,  still  stan.ling  and  occu- 
pied as  a  dwelling, — the  only  one  so  used  now  existing  in  Perrinton.  Lsr.iei  Pen- 
nington, a  surveyor.  locate<J  in  the  south  settlement  in  1808.  :ls  did  Joseph  Bird- 
sell,  who  w.TS  a  transient  occupant. 

Ira  and  Sarah  Palmer  came  to  Hopewell  in  1305.  and  two  years  later  settled 
in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town.  There  was  then  but  one  liuu.sc — that  of  Jlr. 
Barber— in  that  part  of  Perrinton.  Three  miles  away  lived  J.,hn  Kellcy.  who 
raised  a  family  of  twelve  children.  These,  their  children  ami  grandeli'iM.-cn, 
have  numbered  ninety-six.  Seventy  seven  are  living.  They  occupied  their  farm 
Hfty-six  years.  John  Kellcy  was  offered  fifty  acres  of  what  is  now  a  portion  of 
Rochester  for  his  lumber-wagon,  and  refused  tlicin.  At  his  death — aged  eighty- 
three — seventy  relatives  attcnd.id  his  tuncral. 

Daniel  Conant  and  wife  came  in  181S  from  Herkimer  county,  and  bouirht  ..f 
a  Mr.  Boncsteel  the  farm  upon  which  J.ason  and  Ilaniet  now  reside.  Cornelius 
Conant  and  wife,  prtceiling  by  thrc  ;  years,  lived  in  the  n"iglihorho.)d  about  forty 
years.  Jacob  Conklin  came  about  the  same  time,  and  settled  on  the  farm  "f 
which  his  .son  Abram  Conklin  is  owner.  Ira  Fuller  settled  the  place  l)ou..-ht  ..f 
him  in  1824  by  Henry  Eastcn,  of  Rho.le  Island,  who,  dyiiiu'  in  1847,  left  the 
property  to  liLs  .son,  George  W.  Easten.  Mills  Marks  had  a  biacksmith-shop  u;a.n 
one  corner  of  this  tlirm  for  five  yr..irs.  Park  Brown  was  an  early  scjtlcr  ..-f  tli.. 
place,  succeeded  by  Miles  Carter,  who  li\cd  there  many  years.  Richard  W..|s.y, 
of  Dutchess  county,  movcil  in  abo'.t  ISlfi.  Whil,'  enga..'c.l  in  raising  a  log  hoo.si'. 
in  1821,  he  was  aecid.ntally  kill.'d,  and  liis  body  was  the  s,c.i„l  entombed  in  ih- 
new  buryiiig.grc.nnd.  A  s..n,  Rich.ir.i,  lives  upon  the  farm.  Stephen  Whit,  Imrn, 
John  Chamberlain,  and  Jonathan  Souls  witc  settlers  ..f  an  early  d.iy.  [I  was  on 
the  farm  of  the  hist  iiame.l  tint  th.-  celebrateil  S.mls  wheat  oritrinateil.      \U.  Souls 

in  his  B.ld  of  flint :  om-  h.  :mI  had  red  chaff,  the  ..tiler  white.  He  save!  an.! 
raised  the  gnin  f.-..iii  th.,*.'  h.a.l...  and  so  -uv  rise  to  a  new  v:,ri.-.y  K.lnoiMd 
Plumb,  iu  l.-il7.  bou'.-ht  the  farm  llM  settled  by  D..oi,.l  Ciulds.  H.'  .Ke.l  in 
1821,  and  his  wi.L.w  n..rn...l  l'...v.  Tii..mas  I'aiker,  :..  p;..n..-er  pr..-a.her  He 
delivered  over  ,.l..ve„  ba.i.l.v.l  CoMCral  sermons,  ao.l  .h.;d  in  iMi.V  aL-.M  „  veMly.....c 


rs.,iah   N..rth. 
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HISTORY   OF   JIONROE   COUNTY,  .NEW   YOKK. 


lumber,  from  which  he  built  him  a  frmo  hy»i-*e.  The  mill  wis  goltl  -mM  chanirfd 
to  a  grist-Htill.  aoJ  subs*'»|Uvntly  t"»  a  j'l.istcr-»uil!.  thtfi  a:^m  to  a  ctL^tom-uiill.  and 
is  run  by  b'mik  Jcfforsun.  A»dn*w  Xortiinip  scirlctl  aJjitinin^  hi.-*  bn^Lher.  mar- 
ried in  181  (.and  fi.iallj  S)lil  uut  aii.l  wcnl  wteU  Abel  was  a  third  of  tlio  fauiily, 
and,  arriving  in  ISIU.  Irx.-itt'd  ni'ar  his  brr.tli,T<.  He  di.-d  in  1S21I,  and  iiis 
vidow  becnnie  thi?  wif,*  uf  Tlinmaa  .Scittt,  an  early  aiul  prominrnt  sotticr  in  the 
Dortb  part  of  ihe  town. 

Dr.  E.  Xorthrap  L-ame  unt  in  IS::'!,  and  scttli-d  ne:ir  tlie  Xurthrups.  and  for 
twenlj  yi-.ir>  i;i.<  a  >uincs«ful  phy-iiian  U>»  rodi..virl  t.j  Jliihi^iu.  Daniel  and 
Boaitell  T.rrell  of  C.iitKtlii.-tit  in  I-ln.  scrUe.!  a  liitic  ca.-.t  ot  the  Northrup 
tiact.  Miclud  Beach  was  a  previuiu*  ^^ikr.  Vijeniine  Uotv  II  -MatUd  in  ihe 
Ticinity,  aod  on  hLs  fiirm  the  first  .-tiv-uitU  in  thia  ?^vtioa  was  built.  Aaron  Sev- 
mour,  the  fim  cooper  in  the  town,  moved  in  prior  to  1M7.  llinm  Haves,  of 
Connecticut,  came  in  LSI",  and  purthas-xl  his  prt>ent  tarrn.  .\  carpenter  by 
trade,  he  ha.5  foliowi-d  tin-  busine-.^  many  yi-ars.  and  h  l«  been  >ery  popuLir.  He 
is  now  eiphty-two  years  of  ai.-c.  Dennett  J.iy.  with  parents  and  their  family, 
came  in  180S,  and  boarded  tcui[K>rarily  with  Caleb  Lyndon  while  they  cut  a  road 
acruM  the  Fcrrinton  sWinrp  and  then  :>  h-.lf.niile  east  to  their  destination.  They 
were  the  piooeets  of  this  s«*ction.  where  they  remalne*!  till  1S2S. 

Ebenewr  Jewells  wa^*  an  enrly  settler  i>p<tu  the  Ijriii.  a  p.irt  ef  which  is  owned 
by  his  grani«)n,  Henry  JcwelU.  (ieor_-e  tt".  D.jwner.  Sr.,  biu'^hr  in  1816  the 
(krm  upon  which  his  son  Geoii.-e  W.  has  resided  for  over  half  a  century.  A 
frame  dwelling  was  built  for  him  in  1>1S,  by  Mr.  Dunning,  and  in  ibis  house 
Ira  Bishop  and  Seth  Madison,  circuit  pn-achers.  held  meetings.  Milton  Budlon^ 
come  from  Herkimer  county  in  1S18.  when  a  youth  ^»f  .■^ventecn  y.^nt:;.  He 
bought  of  Mr.  ?*tone  twenty.tive  acres,  giving  hi?  note  for  one  hundred  dollars, 
which  he  met  at  maturity.  His  taxes  were  two  cents  on  an  acre.  In  1S2-  he 
bought  eighty  acres  of  Asa  R;mdolph.  who  h.ij  the  land  ncnrly  cleare.1  and  a  loi; 
bouse  erected.  Mr.  Budlnng  his  a  present  farm  of  six  hundred  .-wres.  John 
Budlong  cime  nut  in  \S'2'.i.  and  a  tew  years  since  ^•lu  to  J.  ioi  II.  IIct?!'  and 
moved  to  Riga,  where  he  died  in  1>75.  Ephraim  l^-^'by  came  from  Connecticut 
in  ISO",  and  locatixl  in  the  N'ortlmip  settlement.  A  daughter.  Charlotte  Howell, 
now  seventy-one  has  resided  on  the  old  j-lace  since  early  childhood.  Mr.  Burr 
was  a  i<cttler  of  1311,  on  a  farm  cast  of  the  Centre.  James  Pryor  was  a  tavern- 
keeper  at  Bnshnell's  Basin  in  131S.  A  man  named  Pardee  was  a  settler  here, 
and,  when  the  Erie  canal  was  surveyed.  wKl  out  t*>  Oliver  Hartwell  and  moved 
away.  The  place  was  tnoim  a?  Ilartwell's  Basin  till-  Wiliiam  Bnshneil  purch;ise.I, 
when  it  tmk  his  name.  Here  Lyman  Wilmarth  ,V  Co.  i  irrici  on  a  heavy  mer- 
cantile and  forwarding  bu-^iiu^s?^  and  gave  eHipl.*_vinent  to  m.iiiy  clerks.  Mr. 
Wooden,  Josbh  Bristol,  and  Gcrgc  Hepburn  were  early  settlers  near  the  '■  Basin." 
Colonel  Levi  Trcadwell  setile-i  in  liUS,  on  the  m.uii  road  from  Palrnvr-a  to 
Rochester,  and  livcl  eight  years  in  a  loi  housi*.  and  then  movetl  into  a  two-story 
brick  house. — the  first  in  the  town.  A  brother  name*!  Jesse  moved  in  about  the 
some  time  Eben  Stone  w;ts  a  .settler  on  the  Wheeler  fiinu.  He  w:is  a  wheel- 
wright by  trade.  The  6irm  adjoining  had  been  settled  since  l.SOj  by  .Mr.  Jackson, 
who,  in  IS'.O,  crc.te.1  a  baru  forty  by  sixty  feet.  It  was  the  Uirgiist  in  town. 
Euo^h  Strong  came  in  IS-"  from  ()iieida  (-»unty.  and  loc-.itcd  ui-on  the  fixrm,  upon 
which  fils  relatives  reside.  He  was  a  prominent  public  man.  and  served  twice  iu 
the  assembly  of  the  State.  F.ilward  and  Jacob  I'errln  came  to  the  town  in  ISOO. 
James  Perrin,  who  has  livetl  in  the  town  for  sixty-two  years,  Ls  the  only  one  of 
the  name  in  town.  D:ivid  Cady  and  fath. :r.  I^ivid  L.  AVoisiy.  David  IJirker, 
and  John  KnickcrlMtckcr  were  other  s,-ttl.'r^.  The  farm  of  the  latter  Itas  been 
held  by  the  faiuily  ne:irly  seventy  ycarr.  U  is  the  home  of  Milton,  a  grindson 
of  John.  Olney  .Staples  and  his  brother  I>avid  came  in  ISOO,  and  .seltU'd  a  little 
west  of  Egyi.t.  Ab.ut  lS2ii  the  foi 
rejjular  stage  de]K)t  on  the  route  fn™ 
bin  farm  from  an  injury  reeeiveir  fn>r 
Richard  Tr.-aJwcll  bought  a  fann 
Jacob  Howe.     Mr.  Burr  Uu-ht  it  i 


ip  a  frame  tavern,  which  became  a 
1  l';umyra  to  limhcster.  The  latUr  died  on 
n  a  wnuuded  hawk. 

in  l5i'8  near  the  Centre,  and.  later,  sold  to 
in  I.-^IS.  and  in  l"^JlI,  Zerah  Uurr,  his  son. 


P"^-**'"".  ^'" 

line 

cupic.1 

it  for 

uearlv  Eftv 

years. 

He 

■  was  the 

pioneer 

.n,  and  eondne 

t.-d 

Ihe  I.U.. 

>1UC>S 

of  growing 

tri-es. 

fruit 

. and  flow 

on  for 

James  Ilamon  .scttleil  in  ISll)  ne;ir  <5h>vcr  Perrin,  and  io  ISll  married  Lu- 
cretia  Pickard.  who  hfl  been  a  teacher  in  the  Centre  seho..!.  lie  died  in  1S71, 
and  hi.s  ™mpaiiii'n  in  l.-^TH.  A  .s-^n.  J.-.«\  lives  on  the  f.imi.  The  neighbor- 
h.od  \«,r.-  ih.  name  of  Anti  .eh.  .Mullor.1  Butts,  in  liSlO.  titled  on  the  east 
p;irt  of  the  Whituiy  firm.  He  had  the  fir-t  ihnj^hin'.:  machine  in  the  town,  and 
threshed  fir  hitn.-s  If  and  neigliUir>.     Trunun.  asou,  lives  on  the  larm. 


reside<l  till  his  di-ath  in  l^*41,  ag.:,!  eighty-fi.ur  yeara.  Peter  Ripl.-y  moved 
about  IstlO,  and  made  a  brief  s<'jnum  in  I'enteld.  until  he  could  rrepa?i  hu 
hoast  for  aeeu|ation.  The  n.iihlior'  turned  out  and  cut  for  hiui  a  roadwat.  ||e 
settled  west  of  .Main  street,  north  of  Thomas  .reek,  and  built  a  s^iw-mill  l,.|,„ 
the  pnTient  gristmill.  A  fw  years  latir  he  built  the  bouse  .Tceupici  bv  J.  I'an-.- 
Lary  Wilcox  3ettl,-d  in  IslG  on  a  tiirin  .v.no-s  the  stn.'ct  fn.ui  RiplcT.  He  s.y 
to  Sol..inon  Ralph,  au'l  3.«m  after  purehaseil  the  farm  on  the  hill.  He  cm  the 
first  trees  to  build  his  h.g  hou-i  on  a  day  celebrated  in  coimection  with  the  e-artr 
eanal  aehieverornts.  Eliram  Wilbur  own-  part  of  the  farm.  A  s-mi,  Mnttiiur. 
has  been  the  villagi-  ii.«tmastcr  a  number  of  years.  The  farm  was  bouvht  in  l.^^li 
hy  S.  Ralpli.  a  blacksmith,  anil  w.ts  by  him  inueb  iniprove-L  The  farm  cast  side 
of  Main  street  w.-is  settled  in  1816  by  I-aae  Beers.  Its  extent  was  frvm  f.1nin-li 
street  to  the  section  line  near  the  creek.  He  also  owned  fitly  acres  west  of  Main 
and  south  of  Church  streets,  and  had  a  U"g  house  near  .^Ir.  Sperbetk.  The  sum- 
mer was  cold,  and  he  ,<->ld  out  one  fifty  and  traded  the  other  to  Oliver  Thowlinsoii. 
who  settled  here  in  IS-I*  and  rcniaine*l  many  y<.-ars.  The  old  c\.-aietery  grounds 
were  bought  from  thb  farm,  and  the  owner,  in  IS.T.!.  donated  one  acre  as  a  site 
for  the  church  of  the  UniversalLst  society.  On  the  southwest  comer  of  this  firm 
was  erected  the  ijr>t  frr.niC  houst";  raif^-d  in  Fairport.  It  w;is  erected  bv  Mr.  Be^-rs 
in  lSI7,on  the  lot  where  II.  A.  De  Land  s  rt^idenco  stands.  Thondins.in  sdj  hi> 
log  house  and  one  acre  of  land  to  Aseph  Eldridge  for  a  silver  watch  and  tweulv. 
five  dollars  in  cash.  He  bad  a  blactsmith-shop  where  the  salerarus  w.irks  sianil. 
and  with  others  carried  on  trade.  He  was  also  an  early  tavern-keeper.  A  .son. 
Victory,  resides  in  the  t..wn.  The  farm  i.ppif  ite  the  one  noted  was  owni>J  bv  ."i. 
Mallett,  who  io  1S22  niovei  into  a  log  house  situated  in  what  is  now  the  vard  of 
L.  F.  Howard's  resijenci-  He  aided  to  by  out  the  old  cemetery,  where  he  was  the 
fir>t  to  be  buried.  Colonel  John  Peters  settled  in  1S2U  on  a  fi,-m  opposite  <^wr. 
beck's.  He  was  a  business  man,  met  heavy  l,.ss<s.  and  dn.wned  himstlf  in  his 
well.  The  six  farms  named,  with  as  many  log  .Houses  and  one  small  frame,  cud- 
stunted  Fairr.Tt  in  1S22. 

Elisha  HaJskin.  B^-dent  Baird.  and  -\nUrew  Lincoln  were  eariw  and  ofe-liTr,^ 
residents  of  the  ^JWn.  In  1S21,  Messrs.  Lincoln,  Rich,  and  Ijthn,p  built  a 
rtouriotr-  and  custom-mill,  with  throe  run  of  stones, — two  for  flouricir  and  "ne  for 
custom-work.     A  saw-mill  had  been  built  prior  to  this  time. 

TCBK    HILU 


In  the  southern  pirt  of  the  town  is  a  s* 
than  any  other  in  the  county.  It  cotomai 
ing  redon.     In  an  eariv  d.av  it  was  held  : 


In  the  year  lSi7,  Ma 
'ithln  the  citrp^unt,"  lin 


FARMS    OP   F.l 


?ls:rl..s  k.  from  .S-l 


ion  of  fcuid  whose  elevation  is  •_Teai.r 
s  a  fine  Tiew,  and  a  a  valuable  IJutb- 
of  slight  value,  and  was  lecttpiod  for 
years  by  squatters,  whose  character  gave  them  the  name  of  Turks,  whence  the  name 
of  the  hill.  From  IS'Jj  to  183.0.  men  of  energy  and  ch.aracter  settled  the  vari- 
ous farms  of  this  section,  ami  by  intelliirent  la'c^r  gave  present  prodaetiven*-sa  siid 
value.  Among  the  prominent  settlers  were  "^'illiam  aud  Jonathan  Calkins,  with 
their  father.  Rev.  Eliezer  Calkins.  David  Guiles,  Samuel  Williams.  Anson  How- 
aid,  Christopher  Winne,  William  Wilcox.  Asher  Conover.  Peter  Johnson,  aud 
Nathan  B.  Weston. 

TOW.t    MESTIXO. 

The  first  town  meeting  was  he'd  at  Cyrus  Packard's,  in  Egypt.  April  «,  131:?. 
when  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  Ama.sa  Siocum.  town  clerk  :  Cynt* 
Packard,  supervisor  ;  Elisha  SIncum,  Joseph  Beal.  and  Charies  Aldrich.  ass^'ss.TS,: 
Olney  Staples.  John  Scott,  and  David  Stout,  commissioners  of  highways :  Thonas 
Riimsdell  and  Stephen  Eaton,  p  ■or-m.astcrs  :  and  J.'sse  Trcadwell,  constable  an.l 
collector.  He  did  not  serve,  ajd  on  January  14,  1S14.  Cyras  Packanl.  l<aiid 
Smith,  and  Asa  Wilmarth.  justices  of  the  jwace,  ap^Kiinted  Elisha  SWuni  to  the 
place.  -At  a  special  meeting  held  May  2:!.  IS13.  C.  .\ldrich.  G.  Karasdell.  aud  A. 
Siocum  were  chotsen  cotumissioners  of  schools,  and  A.  Wilmarth,  E.  SIih-uci.  aiel 

C.  Packard  iuspeetors  of  schools.  This  meeting  was  held  in  Ceutn-  seluH.l-inuix- 
near  Samuel  B»"'nnelt's,  where  nnx-tiu'rswerc  held  for  filleen  tiilluwing  years.  The 
following-named  ser\cd  as  stipcryis-.rs :  Charles  .VIdrich.  Peter  Ripley.  Cyrus 
Packard.  William  Gr<-gon-.  Re.:iK,-n  Wiley,  and  J.  D.  Tliompson.  Place  of  nnvi- 
ing  was  chan^eil  to  various  locJities  in  the  town  with<iut  reference  to  onler.  .■su- 
pervisors to  the  present  have  been,  from   ISJl.  Iloubcn  Wiley.  J.  D.  T! J'sou, 

En.»:h  Strong,  John   Peters.  Ah'isha  G.-lali.  Anson    Beaid.-Jey.  Moran-   I^-.  L- 

D.  Ely,  Darius  Salman.  J  F  Jon..s..  William  A.  L.«kwo.xl.  Cha.-les  H.  PicLm- 
son,  Jeremiah  S.  Baker,  Tlioni.!!.  D.Walker,  ti.sjrgi-  L.  li.  SeeIey.Ja.-oh  !<■ 
Odell,  Tlu.mas  Dickins..M,  Wiltiun  P.  Cha-s-.  Klias  B.  .Strong,  A.  C.  Hill.  Jwiah 
G.  Aldricb.  Jesse  B.  Hannan.  G!,.ns.«i  F.  Wilc.j.  George  L.  G.  S.-eIry.  the 
pn-sent  offii-cr.  is  on  his  -«-ond  tcnii. 

SATUR.VL    CnMUTlOV    A>n    r  MfllnVKM  K.VT5    !»    T1IK    TOWN. 
Settlement,  wc  have  s«.s_-n.  iK-'^-au  in  I7*J('       Perrintou  w.is  t'omn-'l   fr.-m  M'-V'. 


iiijiiiiiiiliiiijiilliiii'  faiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!! 


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RESIDENCE    OF    H.    A.    DE    LAND.    FaIRPORT,    MONROE    COUNTY,    NEW    YORK, 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


•ix  lK^u«re  milt-',  in  C'TM  a  «.[iurp      The  siirfjcv  \s  n.inriL-.  and  tlic  s-iil  is  pm- 

Tho  Er't  «w.n.ill  wa,  erected  Ly  Peter  Ilipley,  on  Thomas  crwk.  on  his  own 

ductire.      Tho   tiiijl«;r  ia   the  ei-aern    ].:,rt  •^J^   L^^ili   .in.l    m:i[l.-.   Diid  o^il.   xilll 

farm,  ab.,ut  ISl-.'.      Tho  s.  «ind  Was  bu.lt  by  f.Wmlvr  Lewis,  a  little  farther  w,-st. 

oi«nin.ri  in  tlic  jouih  >»d  w.=L     TIk-  riJi.--.-  lu..iin  3»  Tiirt  11.11  i.rmliMiia  noar 

on  the  sjme  stre......  some  time  Urlore  iolT.    The  third  saw-mili  was  ervete,!  s.»mi 

the  centre  of  the  to<rn.    A  little  n..nh  .f  the  cenin...  eitcn.liM.-  e-.-i  un.l  w.^t.  wu 

after,  on  the  In.iido|U,.il,  and   about   liJO  vi,,,  known  as  the    !5aiiey  .V;  luthard- 

1  JeoMyclloiT-ci-darMijiip.     TUn.u-.-h  tl.i.-  luwLuJ  liud-Thu.uai  cKvL,  Jr.uiimvr 

sod's  m.li.     At  the  same  tin.e  and  place  th.y  u.,nLd  and  opefalLd  a  einil,in,--n.,ll. 

the  •outhcaitcru,  niirtherD.  id  J  cenml  se^-liuii-  oftlie  town.     I'pon  this  aiream  are 

—the  only  one  in  t.iwn.    Tl..'  C.ir.h  saw-.n.ll  w..i  In.lt  in  the  -ao.e  nc..hb.„l,...jd. 

tn-o  flouriu;,-- juJ  L-ristmilU      [njn.l.H(U.iii  cre>-k  liuws  tlimu.'h  jhfl  Jniius  the 

on   Thomas  creek,   by    Isaiah   .Nurthrup;    and   the   fifil,   near   K-ypt.   ahcut   the 

weU-ni  section,  an.l  fnnji-liL-s  -^nrl  water  iirivili-_-e.r  whicli  jre  eojpleved  by  two 

same  time,  by  Oliver  Loud,  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Jos.ah  Aldru  h.     The  latter 

Houring-  and  gri,-t  milk      Veura  ajo.  thcie  w.  re  ninny  sawmills  on  the  stream ; 

was  built  at  a  cost  of  ab.u.t  two  thousand  d..lho-,.— ..  lar.:e  ejp.M.se  for  a  saw.m:ll 

now  there  ire  none.     la  1^11.  the  Kric  t-..nal  was  ».  Ijr  an  attuji  f..it  ih.il  a  flat- 

in  those  early  days,— a.id  very  near  ISJo.     The  see.n.d  in  K.-yi.t,  and  the  siiih  in 

b.)tton.ed  sow,  e-allcd  tSe  -  .^Iyron  n..lli  .'•  e-atue  up  Ip.o.  bcl.iw  and  returned.    The 

the  town,  was  built  »t  a  later  date,  in  conneeiinn   with  a   gristmill;  an.l    siiil 

mute  of  the  eanal  was  not  .iirw.t  thnm-h  the  luwu.      llfjh  eiubauLu.enla  were 

another  on  the  I'aln.yn  n^ad,  and  on    Irnnde.pi.iit  envk.     These  saw-mills   have 

built  from  s.iii(ly  land,  and.  as  a  rcMilt.  u  n  to  twelve  bres.Ls  have  oecurred.     The 

all  ccasi-J  to  ciisl.     Spri.i'jin^  up  whenever  and  wherever  d..^ired  hy  the  early 

first  brcit  wa^at  Fuibm'a  bridL-e.  in  1  .Sl'O,  the  next  je-ar  after  il,  cu.iietion, 

JCttlcrs,  to  assist  them  in  eha.in-^  up  their  lands  and   n.anufaeturing  the  imm.  i.se 

mhich   to  repiir  co>t  two   thou,i.nd  one   hundred   doll'arj.      Within  a  few  yeari 

forests  into  lumUr.  thcvdisap[K.-..red  with  the  necessity  for  their  ereath.n,  havm- 

then,  was  an..ther  at  the  embanktue.it  nonh  of  liushuells  liLsi.i.     The  lar.-e-t 

the  cflunlrj  d.,tud  with  plea.-aut  In.mes,  fences,  etc.,  .is  the  Oldy  traces  of  their 

hr^A  W5.1  at  thn  OsV-itr.  its  l*-0      T'.:-  ^o.r  hftv-,hr»-  th,.M<i.nd  dnliar.      The 

e.tlstence.  "  Four  flourln-.-  and  cu-t.im-mills  are  in  o|«ratioii  within  the  limits  .,f 

pre>«ure  of  the  water  tarried  a  eanal-boat  thRv-lourths  of  a  mile  on  the  wave. 

the  town,  and  are  all  d..in-  a  p>.,d  business  for  the  present  hard  time^. 

The  bow  of  the  b.«l  struck  a  live  in  the  wc^Ls,  nineteeu  feet  froro  the  (.Tound, 

A  br.-e  cider-mill,  »ilh'the~n,achi.,ery  and  facilities  f,.r  ,ua..ufaelurin.-  vin. -ir 

ts  found  by  actual  n.i-t-urvtu.-nt.     The  e: 
■etxHDpanicHJ  by  his  wife,  and  the  bonsmaj 


<^  of  the  captain,  who  wa: 
',  though  frightened.  Tht 
Dtinucd  to  buru  tliroU'.:h 
:  at  the  surface,  and  titrct 
n  deep.     The  New  York        j 


-landed 
disdlter  occurred  at  uijht,  and  the  light  on  the  b..ai 
out     The  original  size  of  the  canal  was  forty  feet  ' 

•  ml  1  half  dcx'p.      It  is  now  seventy  feet  wide  and 
Centr.il  Railroad  was  finished  for  tratfie  in  June,  IS.iJ.      A  second  track  was 

•  nd  in  1ST3  and  1ST4  two  others  were  added.  By  these  two  a^.-vncies.  produce 
finds  ready  transportation.  Shipmettts  have  hcvn  con-.idenible  of  grnin,  p«>tatt>es, 
iml  apples.  Gidocn  ILinL-Hlollai"l.>ther«  have  cngnired  in  the  cattle  trade.  Miiton 
Budl.jng  has  ted  in  tits  business.  He  lias  had  an  annual  average  sale  durinir  the 
Ia«t  forty  years  of  tweoiy-two  thou-sand  five  hundred  dollars.  In  1340  he  drove  to 
Albany  apd  sold  one  thousand  eight  hundred  head  of  cattle.  PoIaicK-s  have  been 
extensively  r.ilscd.  Farmers  have  plauti-d  fr..ni  twenty  to  fifty  acres.  Duncan 
Butler  had  under  cnltivation,  duiing  one  year,  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  on 
bis  own  tirtn,  and  for  several  years  plai.te<i  upwards  of  fifty  acres.  Cish  paid  by 
prtiduct-dealerj  dunog  the  last  year  aun.unted  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  th.iusand 
dollat^  Tho  lumU-r  trade  has  be-.-oine  extcn-ive.  The  lirm  of  (.invn  &  .Mc- 
Auliff  ah.nc  have  :jold  abo.'t  tweUc  million  feet,  six  million  shingl.-s,  and  four 
millicn  laths  within  six  years,  while  De  Lmd  i  Co.  are  scarcely  inferior  in 
imi>iint  of  sales.  The  chief  manufacture  is  that  of  saleratus,  begun  in  1S52  by 
V.  B.  De  Land,  and  since  ;;rown  to  cn.>rtuous  proportions.  L.  T.  H.iward  i  Co. 
»re  ta  old  and  siicosc-ful  bu.sincss  firm.  .Mr.  Howard  came  to  Falrport  from 
Turk  Hill  about  1^41.  and  ..iK'ned  a  wago.i-  and  bUictmith-shop.  The  fiiT-t 
tt'osoQ  he  aided  in  building  three  eanal-l«3ais.  .Vs  years  elapsed,  business  en- 
larged. In  1ST5,  seventy-five  lumber-wagons  were  s^jld  in  tbis  and  adjoining 
Ujwns,  showirg  hnfne  estimation.  Their  first  sole  of  a  stcHil-spritig  open  buggy 
was  to  Ran.s.)m  I'almer,  of  Ontario,  and  the  first  lumber-waguD  to  Mr.  Thayer, 
of  Webster. 

XILU. 
Joseph  nichardsrto  crc-cteJ  the  fir^t  gri't-mill  in  the  town,  about  1310,  which 
he  ran  several  years.  It  was  locatcsl  on  Irond.-.(uoit  creek,  where  it  cros.-es  the 
Eochestc>r  rwad,  near  what  arc  now  known  as  the  Hayward  ."^lills.  The  second 
grist.mill  was  that  crvcted  by  Pa.  kar.l  i  Watson  in  1313,  fifty  rods  south  of 
CuUeo  I^oud's  st.jre  in  Egypt.  It  w;u  built  with  two  run  of  stone,  but  was 
operated  only  a  few  year?*.  The  third  was  a  tl-.uring-  and  grist-mill,  erected  in 
lS2l,with  three  run  of  stone,  two  fur  flouring  pur^Kx-n.^  and  one  fi.r  custom-work. 
It  was  built  by  llich,  Liiieuln  >t  L;ithn>p.  on  IrondLspioit  creek,  in  the  nortiiwcsC 
part  of  the  town,  and  |.js.-<-.-v*e<l  nii«  cicellent  mill  privih-gc-s,  with  a  I  .r.-c  pond 
covering  twenty-five  ner<-<.  .Vb.jut  IMill,  .\ndrew  Lincoln  purchased  the  others' 
interests,  and  ohlaiiKd  full  p.)s.-essioii  of  Oie  pr..|«;ny,  with  which,  he  did  a  hirp; 
boaincss.  In  1347  he  erected  a  larger  mill  at  the  «ame  place,  with  four  run  of 
ttooc,  and  two  orerahot  wheels,  thus  largely  incn.nisin_'  Its  capacity.  I'nder  his 
energetic  management,  which  continncni  for  forty-five  y.nrs,  or  until  his  .leath, 
November  "Jlj,  13i;t;,  it  Ucame  a  prominent  basiness  interest  of  the  tnwn.  and  % 
home  market  fijr  large  .luantities  of  wheat.  Four  millers  were  cnstuntly  cm- 
ployed  in  tho  mill,  and  several  aL-vnls  in  selling  his  Hour,  in  New  V.>rk.  Ibxton, 
tod  various  other  cities..  It  is  now  ..wned  by  W.  II.  Woo.|hnll.  an.l  still  does  a. 
Urge  bu-in.^-^.  The  fourll.  grist-ii.ill  was  a  small  cs.nccrn,  ..n  Thoneis  cri^^k,  a 
little  bch.w  the  old  s.>wmill.  It  wis  built,  al>..ut  l>ri.  by  Chauncsy  i;..y.  by 
whom  it  was  run  ten  years,  and  then  sol.l.  The  fifth  was  en-et.-.l  s.«.n  aft.  rwar.li 
on  the  8;imo  stream,  a  ^<hiirt  distance  west,  on  the  siu-  of  an  old  saw-mill ;  and  the 
•ixtb,  locati-d  a  little  w.nth  of  the  latter.  Wis  formerly  a  pla-t.-rniill.  I.iit  was 
ctcd  into  m  grist-mill,  and  Is  now  own.d  and  run  by  Fr..tik  Jetfersou. 


I        and  rc-ctifj-ing  cider,  was  established  by  Judsun  U,  Hill.     It  does  an  extensive 
I        busioc-ss,  consuming  vast  tiuantities  of  apples  grown  in  the  vicinity. 

THE    JIEBCn.\ST3    OF    rEURI.VTO.N. 

The  first  store  was  opened  on  the  spot  where  the  old  Pritchard  tivern  in  K.-ypt 
I  now  stands,  in  the  year  1315,  by  .Mc-ssrs.  Gregory  i  Co.  This  firm  was  boiiLht 
i  out  by  Oliver  Loud  in  ISIU.  He  continuc'd  the  business  fo/  two  or  more  y.-.irs. 
I  Smith  &  Dean  started  a  store  at  that  p<)iut  in  1S13,  and  soon  became  piominciit 
;        merchants  of  the  town.     -Mr.   Packard  had  a  store  where  Cullcii   Leu.l's  now 


stands.  A  store  was  kept  quite  early  nuere  Mr.  ILoilcv  lives,  r.ca.-  i.ll--v.oi;!i. 
where  there  was  also  a  tavern.  These  were  kept  by  Lyiuan  Tripp.  The  fii>t 
store  in  Fairport  was  carried  on  by  Mr.  GoodoU.  This  was  about  13::J.  He 
soon  opened  a  regular  store  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  in  a  buildiu'.: 
owDcJ  by  Albert  Parker.  It  was  burnc-d  a  few  years  since.  -Mr.  Goodcll  -a--^ 
ciated  with  him  in  the  new  store  Mr.  Aiken.  The  placx'  an.l  st.jck  were  s-.M 
in  13-J3  to  Charles  Dickinson,  who  had  Uen  doing  a  small  business  at  Ciislmcll  - 
Basin.  His  brother  Thomas  clerked  for  him  a  l..ng  time,  an.l  then  bec-:ime  a 
partner.  Finally  the  business  pas.sed  to  the  firm  of  Hill  i  llaiuilt.jn.  Jeivu.i.ih 
ChadwicV  has  for  thirty-five  successive  years  been  engazid  in  the  m.  rcautiie 
and  ppiHluce  business  in  the  village.  The  business  of  the  'oakery  and  con- 
fectionery of  James  De  Land  is  indicated  by  the  sales,  amounting  to  sovcuiy- 
five  thousand  dulhirs  during  the  past  year. 

TUB  CEMETERtr.^    .ISO   THE   SOLDIErts'    .MONIMENT. 

The  first  burial-pbco  is  believe.!  to  have  been  openc-d  ab..ut  ISOO.  on  the  .■.rmr 

ofAm.-u.aSlocum'sfarm.    Mure  formalityaltended  thcopcMiiogof  the -ccoii.l -.r I- 

which  was  laid  out  and  consecrate',  to  that  porp...-.e.  It  is  lo.-atcd  ami  kn..wii  a-ih. 
"  Centre  burying-ground,"  and  was  deeded  in  Isl:)  to.J..-se  I'errin.  .Samuel  I'.ciiii'  «. 
Abner  Wright,  Isa;ie  .Munsou.  J.llison  Barker,  Asa  Wilmarth,.JaU.-i  .-iai. horn. an.l 

twenty-one'others,  by  Lyman  lJ..rker.     There  are  other  gi.mnds  in  the  t..»ii. 

at  Buslincll's  liiisin,one  in  the  Pa  mer  and  C'liklhig  neigliboih....d,  in  the  n..riii- 

east  part,  and  opened  about  ISJO.  one  west  of  1'aiii.ort,  one  in  Kg>pl.  and 

the  south  settlemenL     The  first  "ground'  in  Fairp..rt  wa?  taken  fr..ni  the  f.u 

0.  Thomlin.-on,  and  ..pein.-d  in  ISJJ.  In  it  S..loiiion  Mallctt  was  tir-t  buii.l.  .'.I 
Peter  llipley  was  next  to  f.allow  him.  The  new  cemetery  on  the  hill  wx,  l.i.l  •  '■' 
and  dedicated  in  ISll.').     Amon;:  others  prominent  in  this  eonnccli.in  w.  re  I'.  I! 

De  L.-U.d,  Henry  A.  De  Land,  .Uontaigne  .Morl.y,and  .Messrs.  Hill,  Newnc ml 

Parce.     Of  monuments  erccte.l,  that  to  the  mem.iry  of  thoso  win.  fell  in  th.   I  .!■ 

war  is  notable.     It  vjt  creetcj  by  the  town  in   lalitJ,  at  a  ci.st  of  tw,.  tl • 

dollars.  It  is  a  neat  and  appropriate  mem..rial,  and  up.m  it  are  inscr.U.I  ih' 
names  of  tlioMO  it  thus  acknowlcsJges  and  commemorutes. 


I.NCIDENT8   or   EAELT    lIlSTORr. 
tf  there  were  many  inei.lcnts  of  rum.mtic 
.if  .nctual  toil  an.l  hard-hip.     N.i  one  « 


In  the  early  .lettlenic 
of  the  more  sombre  liii 
pated  in  them  ran  apprc.  iaie  the  trials  an.l  priv.l 
.  century  a^.-o.  In  the  then  cha...ie  s..cieiy,  wl 
dumin.it..d,  or  ackn..wle.|..-e.l  ....  r. -tr..i..t.  It  r.-.| 
of  puq«v»e  to  eii.ihlc  one  to  cairj  o.it  in  pracil.  . 
enterprise  in  the  b.-ilnning.  or  por|..-.-  to  !..■ 
men  looked  to  years  of  ctf.irt  f..r  iK  c.i..u..im.. 
if  not  acc.inplishcd  in  a  .seasou.  Then  the 
•low  march  iu  impnivcment  and  agriculture,  ' 


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PUSTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


■  lix»  jnr'lcr:it(H>  iKc  yinTTs"  of  all  social  ami  bii.-incsH  acrivitlM.  IIousc-i  were  built 
jD'J  ajDiplctc.1,  but  fi-imcii  hj  the  oM  mriln!  rule.  In  some  ol'  the  huilrlln'^^  -till 
jtioJin.-  m.lablj  Mr.  Ilaiuilti.ii  s  Kirn,  the  niiirk.i  are  vet  visible  on  every  mortije. 
btaiu,  and  brjcc,  which  inJii-jleil  the  plaie  each  w:i9  to  o<-ellpy.  In  the  j'jiuity 
of  amii*?nienta,  sanJwieheJ  in  int"es.-*iint  toil,  the  voun;;  AnieriL-a  I'f  tu-ihiv 
occasionally  ^howetj  it.s  pre>ence,  tholi;,;h  in  embryo  development.  The  hi'.-h- 
bloiile^i  youni;  men  of  Perrintnn  were  aer'iistomo^l  to  pithcr  in  E^ypl.  with  their 
Cithers'  fii.stcrf£  road.-^leri,  and  run  races  over  the  lon-z.  smooth  piece  of  niad  extend- 
ing throui;h  this  valley.  The  pmetice  bt^Mniin-,'  fre-iuent  t-:iu>eil  -.iriMt  annoyance 
to  Deacon  Rjmsdell,  who,  with  his  Mriet  Nen-  Kii_-bnd  iraoiiiiL'  .,nd  (junker 
habits,  reirmjinp;  tlie  pmcfiee  as  both  cru :!  to  the  liur^e*  an<l  ileiiiumlizinir  to  the 
young  men.  Bein;;  a  man  of  action,  and  with  a  baek-b<;[ie  e((Uul  to  liij  convictions, 
hedetemiincii  to  break  it  up.  Whenever  the  young  men  uiithcred  for  a  race,  he 
yoked  his  oxen  to  his  c:irt,  and  went  to  work  on  the  niad.  tKkinc:  cure  to  be 
stretched  across  the  road  as  the  racen  started  or  wep-  coming;  in  on  the  home- 
Wretch.      Ue  6nally  succeeded  throu'.'h  his  persi.-tcncy. 

Mr.  Ratn«dell  wai  a  refnrnier.  and  iren.-rally  in  the  lead,  for  which  he  p.i?so5scd 
an  abandiuice  of  moral  coura^'.  Throu;_'h  the  influence  of  his  Quaker  wife  he 
juiiieJ  tl..:t  i^^i.  .liiiiii  ru:;..iu^.i  liie  use  ot  WhL-k),  ti.en  uuivel^al,  ,l^  an  unuiili- 
•.-alc<l  evil.  When  he  built  his  h'luae  he  resolved  to  permit  no  whi^iky  at  the 
riising.  His  neijibors  ridiculed  the  idea,  and  assured  him  that  it  would  he  im- 
passible to  obtain  a.-i-istanec, — that  unless  he  supplied  it  the  fr.iiue  would  never  be 
put  np.  But  when  once  determined  he  was  inimovahle.  and  the  re-iultshowe^l  the 
wisdom  of  his  resolution.  The  wort  was  accomplished  better  and  sooner,  and 
the  men  departed  sober,  in  a  happier  mood  and  more  nei'jhborly  spirit  ih.an 
u«ual.  It  was  the  first  practical  temperance  lecture  given  in  the  i..wn.  1  its  in- 
fluence in  revolutionising  the  habits  of  life  and  business  was  invaluable  and  sig- 

When  the  British  and  Indians  had  burned  the  village  of  Buffiilo,  in  the  war  of 
1S12,  it  was  feared  tliev  would  march  eastward,  in  the  interior  nnH  d.^tmy  erery. 
thing  before  them.  This  fear  did  nut  escape  the  settlers  of  Pcrrinton  ■.  and  one 
night,  Mr.  Kelly,  then  living  northeast  from  EL7pt,  was  certain  be  heard  the 
acrecehincrs  of  Indians  very  distinctly,  in  the  swamp  which  lay  ahue.-  the  creek. 
«i.st  of  the  village.  Thinking  an  attack  imminent,  he  5]. read  the  alarm  anion-  the 
neighbot^,  already  too  excited  with  dreadful  forebndinirs  to  'jucstion  its  plausibilitv. 
>'ot  being  prepared  for  a  foe  of  that  character,  and  fearful  that  a  midniL'ht  mas- 
sacre was  intended,  they  all  pithered  at  the  house  of  Mr.  liam.sdell.  fiir  di  fen:*,  or. 
if  overpowered,  to  meet  their  fate  together.  It  v:^j  a  night  of  tcrrr.r.  The  old  log 
botisc  was  full,  and  a  fearful  anxiety  pervaded  all.  Through  the  early  hour>thev 
watched  and  waited  with  trembling  the  sound  of  coming  footsteps,  and  every  sou^.-h 
of  the  wind  was  magnified  into  a  .s;ivage  yell.  But  in  the  small  hours  ^.f  morning 
nature  suceumbed  to  weariness  and  long  suspense,  and  the  company  s:ink  upon  the 
floor,  and,  cihao-steJ,  fell  a-leep. — all  except  Mrs.  llamsdcll.  whose  lofty  coura'je 
led  her  to  steal  quietly  out  of  the  house  to  investigate  matters  and  listen  for  the 
enemy.  After  satisfying  herself  that  no  Indians  were  near,  she  returncl.  but  her 
fiN-ttfaJl  on  the  step  awakcneil  sonie  of  the  sleepers,  who  sprang  to  the  diKir  to  hold 
it  against  the  suppo.-ed  s-ivages,  and  aroused  the  others.  A  scene  of  the  wildest 
confusion  followed,  and  it  was  only  after  continued  effort  that  Mrs.  lliiui.-dell 
could  make  her  voice  known,  and  their  fears  were  fiuietcd  sufficiently  to  admit  her 
into  the  house,  greatly  to  the  relief  of  all.  Daylight  finally  came,  thou.-li  the 
Indians  did  not,  when  it  was  discovered  that  a  tree  had  fallen  in  the  cr^'tvh  uf 
anc  her,  and,  when  swayed  by  the  wind,  sent  forth  the  alarming  sounds  that  h.id 
\xxa  taken  for  savage  yells  the  night  before. 

For  two  years  Glover  Perrin  and  his  wife  were  the  only  settlers  iu  the  town, 
during  which  time  Mrs.  Perrin  never  saw  a  white  wonun.  The  Indians  iu  the 
vicinity  were  friendly,  and  came  at  last  to  have  a  very  high  regard  f,ir  her :  still, 
their  visits  were  freijucnt,  s.iraetinics  in  quite  large  riumiicrs,  which  can-s^-d  her 
niuch  anxiety,  especially  iu  the  absence  of  her  husb.-iiid.  She  was  conipellcd  to 
n-sort  to  stratagem  to  compel  them  to  go  awav,  which,  throuirh  their  liiirh  P'uard 
(••r  the  white  woman,  was  geueniUy  successful.  Still,  her  isolation  in  the  wiider- 
nesa,  aod  the  coastant  dread  of  the  Indians,  which  she  could  not  overcome, 
finally  ntide  her  crazy,  and  it  w.as  a  long  time  before  the  kind  attention  of  friends 
restored  her  to  herself  tusiin. 

The  greatest  suflTcring  and  privation  among  the  early  siMtlers  w.-vi  felt  through 
•be  interminable  fever  and  ague  and  the  ahniist  absolute  want  of  ruooey ;  yet 
pnenjus  Chri-tian  hearts  tlirol.bod  in  the  bosoms  ..f  mcu  and  n  0111,11,  whose  su- 
premc  di.sinterestiilnc-s  finds  no  parallel  to.-l.iy.  When  .I,~se  Perrin  eaiiie  into  the 
'own  he  had  money  and  horses  of  his  „wn,  and.  having  occasion  to  p,ireh;L-e  wheal, 
lie  nioiintiil  his  hois^.-  luie  dav  and  wilh  a  hag  "tailed  li.r  the  m-ar,~i  -n-t  nilil.  at 
II..i„Myc  Falls.  Arriving  .ind  ni.ikin-.:  his  err.ind  ku..ivo.  the  miller  a-k.d  if  be 
I'M  the  ni..ney  to  pay  for  it  He  .inswend,  '■  Vis.  '  A::ai.i  he  aske.1,  if  heow,i,.d 
lliat   horse  ,  to  which   he  replicsl   that   he   did.      ■•  Then,"  said   the   miller,  •'  you 


must  go  farther,  P)r  I  have  so  many  neighbors  who  have  neither  monev  nor  )i. ,,--.. 
but  must  have  wheat,  that  I  e.innot  S.-11  y.iu  any."  And  -Mr.  Perrin  was  .,),ll.-.  ,| 
to  go  on  until  ho  did  find  it.  He  also  bmught  with  him  a  eonsijerabic  i|uaiititv  .  f 
cloth  for  family  use,  on  account  of  ihc  difficulty  of  obtaioin-  any  iu  the  seltl,  u„-nt- 
which,  however,  00  account  of  h.iig  siekucss,  he  was  obliged  to  sell  fi.r  wh,  at  tn 
sow.  It  wxs  with  great  difficulty  ihat  he  managed  to  prepare  his  lutid  the  lir-t 
year,  but  he  was  wholly  unable  to  s.ov.  .V  friendly  neighbor,  coming  to  his  a.ssi,t- 
anec,  sowed  the  wheat,  and  Perrin  s  little  daughter,  then  six  years  old.  put  h.  r 
mother's  side-saddle  on  the  hor^e,  and  rode,  and  she  and  her  little  hn.ther.  tw-, 
yours  older,  eiMitriveil  to  harrow  the  grain  in.  The  heroic  little  girl  i.s  ii.,w  .Mr-. 
Blackman,  who,  at  the  age  of  ninety-three,  is  knitting  stockings  to  raise  money  f,r 
the  missionary  fields.  She  is  the  only  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  now  li\  in.-,  an  1 
resides  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  of  Maccdon,  Wayne  county,  with  her  dauLditcr. 
Mrs.  Legrand  Couch,  herself  over  seventy  years  of  age.  She  came  with  her  lallur. 
Je3.se  Perrin,  in  1791,  the  sen.nd  year  of  the  settlement  of  the  town,  ao.l  has 
lived  in  the  imiuediatc  vicinity  ever  since.  She  was  born  eight  years  .il'tcr  th.> 
Declaration  of  Independence,  and  one  year  af^cr  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Uevo- 
lution.  Her  faculties  are  remarkably  strong,  and  she  possesses  a  vivid  remem- 
brance of  early  scenes  and  incid-'uts.  Many  valuable  historic:vl  facts  have  Us.-n 
obtained  from  her  and  her  daughter  for  this  work. 

Judge  Walter,  of  Berkshire.  Massachusetts,  owning  a  large  .section  of  this 
town,  hired  Glover  Perrin  to  .set  out  the  orchard  on  the  farm  known  as  the  .'•hiemn 
farm,  that  is  back  in  the  lots,  and  also  to  first  clear  the  laud,  which  was  d..ue 
somewhere  near  1700  or  1791.  This  was  the  first  orchard  set  out  in  town.  Mr 
Amasa  Slocum  bought  this  farm  at  advanced  rates  on  account  of  the  orciiard  and 

In  1794,  Abner  Wiiht  settled  on  the  farm  owned  by  Mr  S.  P.  Howarl.  As.i 
Wight,  a  son  of  Abner  Wight,  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  town  that  grew  „p  to 
manhood;  but  a  little  child  of  JeSse  Perrin,  named  Hollister,  was  born  I'el.niarv 


lied! 


Si  V.'i, 


ng  alongside  of  this  little  historv,     Tlii 


itde  child. 


of  this  child's  death. 
There  is  a  touch  in; 

the  grave  with  only  the  simple  rites  which  affection  framed  for  the  oovision.  It 
was,  without  doubt,  quite  as  beautiful,  .-o  far  .13  the  ceremony  it.self  was  con- 
cerned, but  sad  indeed  to  the  friends,  who  needed  and  desired  the  consolation 
that  the  land  from  which  they  came  afforded  them. 

A  5Ir  Thomas  set'led  just  e;ist  of  the  village  of  Fairport.  before  18ni>.  where 
Mr  Brown  now  lives,  from  whom  the  creet  that  runs  throuL-h  the  village  w,is 
named.  Mr  Jesse  Perrin's  daughter  Nancy  Perrin.  was  married  to  Mr.  Philetus 
Blactmon.  May,  1303,— probably  the  first  marriage  in  town.  They  had  five  chil- 
dren that  lived  to  manhood  and  womanhoixl ;  there  are  four  now  liviuL'. 

There  are  eleven  school  districts  in  this  town,  with  seventeen  teachers,  eleven 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  children  of  school  age,  nine  hundred  and  eighty-thr  e 
attending  .school  in  the  past  year  and  an  average  attendance  of  four  hundnsl  and 
ninety-seven,  drawing  two  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-eight  dollars  and 
twenty-six  cents  public  money. 

The  Pcrrinton  Society  for  the  Detection  and  Apprehension  of  IIor^-Thieves  was 
organized  the  tjth  of  January.  l.SIJS,  by  choosini:  .John  Peters  chairnian.  (?hari.  s 
Dickenson  secretary.  The  chairman  appointed  the  folIowiuL:  committee  to  draft 
a  constitution:  A.  Goodcll,  Gilbert  Hemdict,  Henry  Willett,  .John  P.ier--. 
Charles  Dickenson,  and  Solomon  Riilph,  which  they  prep.ired  and  w;ui  unaui- 
mously  adopted. 

The  officers  of  this  society  arc  to  be  elected  annu.illy,  consisting  of  a  president, 
vice-president,  secretary,  treasurer,  and  a  vigilance  committee. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  names  of  its  first  raembera :  John  Peteiv.  Abi-ha 
Goodcll,  Henry  Willett,  C.  II.  Dickenson.  Charles  Smith,  Gilbert  BencM.f.  A. 
A.  Howard.  David  Binhans,  Oniu  .Manchester  Jes,se  Whitnev.  Solomnii  ll.ilph. 
Eli  Hart.  Alison  Beardsley,  I^iry  Wilc..s,  Klisha  Hodskin,  j..s,:ph  Lipoiiontt, 
Perrin  Hi.dskin,  Mullf„rd  Butts,  J,-se  Haiilord.  A.  G.  Van  Du-.i,  .Jan,.-  I.i-bt. 
E.  H.  Shaw,  M.  S.  Xorthrnp,  Tlmnias  A.  SI.Kum,  William  Wilcox.  Zcr  1  liiirr. 
Caleb  Munson,  S.loninn  lii-idt,  lliiriee  Lee.  I.*iac  Itaslinss,  Daui.l  C.uai.t, 
Ansel  Ely,  A.  H.  T.iyli.r.  Will.ird  Kuli,,m.  J.ihn  Araulr,  Otis  Hardin,  Archi- 
bald Itichard-oii,  Jo-'ph  B.  II  nvkins.  The  fir-t  vi-ilance  csmiuiittee  weiv  E.  A. 
Shaw.  Henry  Willctl,  A.  A.  H..iv..rd,  ClMrlcs  Siiil.h,  Joseph  I.ippincolt.  P.riin 
Hod-kin.  A.  G.  V.in  Duscu,  and  llavid  IJiirhaiis. 

This  s.-,icty  has  kc|.t  its  or--ani/.,ti..u  up  iu  a  healthy  eonditinn.  and   li  1,-   pr..- 

have  had  h"i--.'s  st.,l,n.      I,s  ,,rL-eiit  .ffi.vrs  are  Sii,„-,,n   P.  Howard,  pr.-id.ni, 


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HISTORY  OF  MONIIOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORIC 


THE   SOU>IEiU    OF   TUS    WAR   OF    1812. 

Mijor  Xittun  M.  N..rt:,r..  Jjm.j  llunnan,  I-auc  Arii..lJ,  T>sz\^  ArtiolJ.  Wal- 
ter Graliam,  An.ln'w  r,r..ham.  Wanlon  lirahani,  Ira  HalaiLT.  I.in,-  Wil.-ol,  An- 
drew Northnip.  AJolf.liua  AlJnJi,  t  llni-v  Si.iplirs  .  i-aptain  i.  Uuswi;!l  Everetta. 
ifoili  EjukIcII,  Bennett  Jov  i^wliu  wia  wuuiiJcJ.,  I'h.l.p  Fi^wr. 

Kg  incoQsIJwable  portion  of  locuJ  rwi>nl  pen-iinn  to  the  n-li'.:iou3  societies, 
through  wliith  uonl  obti;ratioiu  jipj  40  ^i.oToriulIv  (>'iivoycJ. 

THK  BAPTiyr  CHCRcii  OF  rrRaisroN 
wwoi^anU^lpriorto  IS2I1,  with  El'JcrSpencvr.  p:L-tor.  aiij  Dcai-on  K.  B.itenjau,  B. 
Soeum  and  wife,  Lvdia  Anna,  wife  of  Eli^ha  5l..curn.  .N[r..  HfiL-tiah  I'elur^.u  .ind 
dxogtter,  »na  olberj.  ^^crvicts  Keru  hiid  in  -tla-'l-hou-i-^  fur  a  nunitXT  of  years. 
BAtt  N'ovce  wa'  pastor  fur  a  time.  Ab.iut  I  >J-<  j  di\  uiion  arose,  and  the  ~ix-uty 
was  disbanded.  Od  January  S.  IHI.  a  lueetin-  wx,  held  in  tlie  Jot  =ehool-hoiiie, 
warn  di^rict  Xa  12,  at  which  Eider  Charles  ilowe  wi*  moderator,  and  Justus  Be-ardi- 
lejcierL  Jo'oa  li^diuo^.  Juiia  W.ikgr.  iw.ni^ii  V.'a'.^^i.  .-ylvia.  CuUij.  Cyuthia 
ifaya,  tod  Ursula  Noy.'s  adopted  anioicN  of  faiih  and  chureh  eovenant.  fii 
vere  received  into  conference  by  letter,  and  Ji-el  and  Lnciiida  De  Laiid  v^cre  van- 
'  £<Utei  for  baptism.  On  February  2,  lS+2,  the  soclay  waa  legally  or_-anizeil  is 
ibe  "  Perriotoo  Baptist  Church. '  by  a  cuncil  composed  of  ministers  .ind  brethren 
fiom  idjacent  towns.  Uarrey  Muii.;cr  was  a  tcrap.>rary  pastor.  In  -May.  iNtL', 
Fi^Jiklin  "Woodward  bevaiue  tlie  drst  pastor,  and  durint;  hi-*  three  years'  lab-^rs  one 
kaodred  were  added  to  the  cliurtli.  The  I'dluwin^'-named  supplied  the  puf^  ..  teiu- 
poraiily,  »nd  «  pastors,  riz.;  Kldera  Onswald,  (.harles  De  Laud,  Franklin  \Vo.jd- 
waiJ,  L  L  Richmond.  Itenry  jtanw,,>d.  0.  V.  Taylor,  J.  H.  Ci-tle.  J.  Wil. 
Bam*,  Goodq«ed.  I.  Farm.  Merrill  I"..rL..i3.  Dyr.)n  V.  Kus.-ell.  .^loul-e-in.  Weaver. 
EK"t>  I.itlli-,  Riddle^  El.-.iror  ,-;av  e,-e.  and  David  McFarland.  I.  Far..-o  reoiainci 
■eren  years,  and  F.Ider  McFarian.!  ha.>  entered  up-ui  hissiith  year.  The  pxstora 
Hlary  has  Taried  from  three  hundred  doil.irs  without  parsonaire.  to  twelve  hundred 
dijllars  with  [ursonaire.  In  ISTl  a  par^oiia^e  was  purchased,  at  a  C'»t  of  (hn-e 
AoQsand  two  hundred  dnilars.  There  have  l»eeu  added  to  the  church  three  huu. 
dred  md  fit>T  by  kiptisni.  two  hundred  and  ,-evcniy-live  by  letter.  Total,  -ix  hun- 
dred «nj  twenty-five.  The  present  membership  is  two  hundred  and  ei'.;hty-ei'-dit. 
Hitmm  R.  Moreley.  Charles  Howe,  and  Thomas  Nihsie  were  the  tirsi  detu.>.ns.  The 
MiperiDtendeuu  of  tiie  S.ibbath-sehool  are  il.  A.  De  Land  and  Deacon  Nathan 
Caae.  There  arc  thirty .thn.-e  ut^L-ers  and  teaeliers,  four  hundred  and  three  scholars, 
aad  a  total  of  four  hundretl  and  thirty-sii. 

The  first  church  building  was  erirted  in  1S4J.  It  was  removed  to  make  way  for 
Che  fine  atnjctnre  now  in  pnxL>s  of  constructimi.  The  estimatt-d  value  of  tlie  build- 
feg  when  finiilied  will  he  thirty  tlio.u-.ind  d..llar3.  The  corner.st.ne  *a.-  laid 
AagiiAt  28,  1S76.     Within  a  tin  h"\  many  retonU  and  relics  were  depositeil  for 


Thesvrri^ 


pirfurmed  by 


.  were  L  A.  Cruidall  a.id  D  McF,.rland.  The 
DeLand,  G.  I..  G.  Seeley,  Wro.  M.  .Newman.  Er,i. 
and  LeTi<J.  Dc  Land. 


lldiir.-  c.nnn.tlce  are  J[.  A. 
lIerrin;;ton,  G.  F.  Wileol, 


aSTIIODIST  El'I.-<COP.\L  SOCinit>  OF  PKRRINT.iV. 
In  1810,  Adam  Gowcr,  an  exhorti-r.  and  ri~id,iit  of  IVrrint  .n.  livin-,-  about 
two  miles  .■wulh  of  (he  pre^nt  vdl.iLX-  of  Fairp-rt.  labim-d  in  ;he  inten-H  ..f 
Methodism  io  tlil-  vicinity,  holdin^,;  mLvtin:^  at  the  residcnc-i-r"  of  the  few  .■HMttcrin- 
members;  aiid  from  l.Slli  to  1S2.'j.  circuit  pri-«-hcr*  were  a[>|"iinttd.  who  h.-Id 
lueetinjp,  nainly  in  tin-  east  piirt  of  the  town,  at  the  hwn-e  of  G.-t.-.-  G  l>..wner. 
prooiiiRnt  aluoii-  whom  wen-  Uev  Ira  Ui>li..p  and  K.v  J^ilh  .M.jdison.  S.ni 
•fter  182.'>  a  ~cicty  w;is  oryuiired-in  lln-  -vl„..l.h..us-  at    Fairj-.rt,  where  ii-  «.r- 

Spcrbeck,  Warren  Canlkin-,  .Martin  .-;,»;rb,-ck  and  Eb.  n  .<h,  rru.  n  wern  ann.n-  its 
emstituent  luenihers.  One  of  its  lir-t  minister*  w.is  1!.»  El.-..(er  Thonni...  win. 
was  »hot  by  the  .^I.«U-   Indians  in  the  r.  irnl  war  wilh  llna   triln,-.  «hiK-  :Klin-.-  *■ 

«Ir«  preacher*  prominently  Lfunerte^l  Willi  it-  ,iirly  lii-rnry.  In  l>;;."i  tf  h,id  in- 
CTeiu^*<l  to  a  oMisidendite  clinndi,  inciiidiii-,'  .inion-j  !(.••  nti-niU>r>  .**ar-lins  (*ai 
Lydia  Canilia-.  Mr  and  .Mr-.  IV.nnl  Innkin-  \|r  nid  .Mrs  A  II.  Juds-.i 
and  Mrs.  .l.-ph  Wh.vl.r.  Elder  M.-.-  K  Unit-.  I.oiiia  liutt-,  .lane 
Jam.^  l'ri.s-.  .Mr.  and  .Mr-  William  ;<l..nM-  .N|r  and  .>lr.  .--ll.plien  .^I.Kni 
others.  A  few  y,-..r.  later  it  l.-an  .1,  clii.ii.-.-  in  iiir.r.-,!  and  niinil,,.!-;  pr.-. 
U-came  l.-i  n-jtil.ir.  until  l-^::.-,  wh.  n  ih.-  bu.lJm-.'  w.ci  s..ld  to  ./crcnii.di  Cb: 
for  a  <^rri,e.-e-  and  wa;.i.n-h..p.  and  in  1-lJ  -b,.  ..r.-aniMtion ;-,-.,.-M.d  t..  ,  ,ti,- 
A»-c.,nd  !.»■!.  ly  ,.f  the  .M,  ib.-li-r  K|.i=c..p.,l  cliur.l,  of  l',rrint..n  wa-  ..r,- 
on  April  t.  \^i:<  at  III.:  s.li.».l-l,.ii,...  in  K.ypt,  wh,  n-  -.rliei-  w.  n-  ...n. 
■mil  thecoa-truitioii  of  the  present  iliuri.h  i-.lihi-v,  wliiih  wt- e..ii.pl.  lid  .in. 


ealedin  the  latter  part  of  IS.'t;.  The  fir>t  preacher  was  Iter.  EK-az.r  Caulkii.s, 
through  whoie  zcaluu-.  and  prai.-*-wurthy  effens  tlu- or;r>iniz.»tion  sprai.-i  into  cxi.-t- 
eno-.  The  first  b-ianl  of  trii-tc,^  comprised  K.-».  El.  atcr  Caiilkins,  Kay.li,. 
Upham,  William  .-*,  Gre-.iry,  .V.ah  RinLsil.ill,  David  lUjivbii,!,  an.l  K.inld  Wblt. 
man,  who  bt-loiii:.-*!  al.so  to  the  small  hand  of  pi"iicvr  menilters.  I'ri-achin-.:  ha:* 
been  generally  sustained  by  the  s.K.iety,  the  interL:.si-.  of  the  chureh  carefullv  a.i- 
ministered,  and  a  fair  d.-.-ne  of  pn-piTity  h.is  attended  its  eii-lcneo  from  il„. 
beginninj.  Th.*.-  constitiitin-  the  pr.-int  boanl  of  triistet.-:*  are  John  I>.u.|. 
Spem-er  Bottle',  and  J.mali  Aldiieh:  and  tin;  prose-nt  clinieh  clerk  ls  Cullcn  l„,u.|. 
who  has  held  th.it  f«i-iti..n  fur  more  than  thiny-Kvc  years. 

In  lS3lJ  and  l.«:;7  the  interests  of  the  Meih<.list'denoniinatii.n  o-nlrc-d  in  ih- 
southeastern  part  -if  the  town,  uoiv  known  as  .Smith  IV-rrinton.  where,  nn  F.-bniarv 
22  of  the  l.ittcr  year,  the  oii-tin'j  .society  of  the  .\[etln>dist  EpLsc.ipal  clmreh  .,c 
Pemnton  at  that  plaee  wa.,  ..r-.in.i.-d,  in  the  .-chDol-honse  of  di-iriet  .\o  II.  I,i 
Rcv.  Tln.m.ts  .1.  Champion,  n.inist.r  of  that  char.-e.  The  fir-t  trusu^  s  ch.js.  „ 
were  Genjr^-e  Win:.-,  J,.siah  Wi,,-.  Ri.  hard  W.  W.-IU.  U.ilvrt  K.  I'ottcr.  and  h-a,.,. 
ynedaker,  and  the  first  si-crcLiry  Uidiard  W.  Wells,  .\  lot  was  pun-lnc-s|  i;,r 
,«eventy-fivc  dollais.  .\nd  the  first  house  of  worship  erected  the  f..llowin-.-  summer 
at  an  e.tpeiis.;  of  ihnc  Imndre.l  doll.irs  to  the  hnil.l.r,  John  Uiddl.'.  the  mat.ri.il 
of  which  was  larL-cly  i:ivcn  :ind  uiuch  of  the  work  done  by  the  s-icicty,  an.l  pr.  - 
Ti'Mjs  to  which  service-^  were  held  at  the  place  of  op.-anization.  In  ISiin  ih.. 
building  wis  improved,  and  more  land  purch.ised,  to  include  a  cemctcr\',  wln.-U 
iocrc-uscd  the  lot  to  two  acres;  and  in  1S*J7  other  impTOVements.  with  aii  ;ul.iiri.,n. 
Were  maile,  and  the  whole  refurtiL-he-d.  at  a  total  est  ..f  three  thr.usami  ei-.;!.! 
hundred  dollars.  Uev.  T.  J.  Champi.m  wa.s  the  first  pn-aeher.  The  pres.ni  in- 
cumbent is  Rev,  U,  X,  I.ike.     llcv.  J..hn  Cline  is  the  pre-ent  dc-ao.n,  ami  f..nr 


years  a-.- 

a  was  ord,iined  an 

el.le 

.      He  bin  boo 

,   a  l.-.,l 

.rea.her  fir  more  t 



twcity 

■cars,  an.l  has  d. 

ne  m 

ami   advai 

e-c   the   interests  ..1 

ih.- 

chureh. 

The  pr^-sent   me 

nUrs 

hip  U  about  ei-. 

hiv,  :,nd  t 

le  pre-ent   Vallla.i. 

chureh  property  aUu.sev 

n  thu 

usan.1  dnllats. 

The  Sabb. 

til-school  w:is  i.rjal 

z.^1 

inl!>45 

in  the  chureh  bii 

l.lin.- 

an.l  Warren  (. 

r.,-l.y  mad 

tint  pernian.nt  si 

.  r- 

intender 

t.      A  fine  library 

nf  tw 

.  hun.lred  volu 

m-s  wie.  in 

n.hascvlaUiitthes 

time.     The  seh.N.I  h;is  bee 

nc^n 

inuous,  ami  ha- 

steadily  i. 

ercx-ed  in  niinib.r> 

aii.l 

intcnat. 

.ilthon-li  its  a 

t,-n.l. 

nee  is  at  times 

much  lap.-i 

r,  it  now  uumU-r- 

liii.' 

teachers 

and  ab..ut  >.  vent. 

pup 

Is,  wilh  El.ler  John  Chnc 

present  sut.erint.n. 

em. 

Both  the  chureh  an.l  school  are  prosperous. 


t\L   CIICRCH. 

BeT.  Crane  preached  at  the  house  of  Jesse  Perrin  the  first  sermon  In  KJI. 
a  society  numbering  nine  |H.rs.jns  was  formed.  Their  names  are  .^Irs.  ilnl.i.ih 
Wright.   Mrs.    .Nancy    Bl.lek.non,    .>Irs     U-ah    IVkanl.    .Mr*.    Lucy    Eat..n.    .Mr- 

Utitia  .Vorton.  Mi?.  Siu i  Bristol,  .Mis.,  Luey  Bristol,  and  Lemuel  Wrijht  an.l 

William  .•'icbbens.  Th.sc  were-  formed  into  a  chureh  by  Rev.  John  TayL.r,  ..f 
Peofield,  and  l!,-v.  A.-a  Carpenler.  of  .Maeedon.  The  l.-iil  ..reani/jti.m  .ss  i,ri..l 
in  1S32,  duriii'j  which  tli.'  first  hoii-e  of  worship  was  raised.  In  1S;U  a  hir-.;.  r 
edifice  was  respiircsl  an.l   built.     The   dedication   took    place  .laninirv    I.    l>:'.'t 

April  27,  ISUD.  The  fir-t  eliureh  was  built  by  L.wis  .\onhrnp  "tin-  -ss.n.l 
by  Hiram  Ilaye-.  and  ih.-  ihlrd  by  Hiram  Kiiej-ley.  of  l;.s.dn~ter.  Tin  l.i-t  ..-i 
over  twenty  thousaml  d..llai^.  So  far  .is  learneil.  five  liun.lr..l  aii.l  fiftv-hi.  |-.  r 
sons  have  been  rcei-iveil  into  mcmU-rship.      Tli.'  la.-t  tivi.  pa.-t.n-atos  n.v.ra  i.  ri--: 

the  chureh.  The  pre-cnl  nn-mbcrsliip  is  tw..  hninlnsl  and  eighteen.  Th.  fi.ii.... 
in...  have  he-en  mini-to  I.,  this  ehiir.-li.  vii.  •  Uevs.  .Nr..r-.:ai..  Daniel  W.i-l.l.nii. 
Dani.-l  .T.,liiison.  Alfri.l  White  Br.H.ks.  (;,s,r...e  Fi-.s-iiian,  .s^tanli-v  KeM....-.:.  «  . -. 
Gillam,  I!illin-,-t..n.  Gilbert.  Francis,  W.  H.  ri:Uf,  .Nathan  U.s»„rt'h.  in.i  .1  l:.,ii,  .. 
present  minister.  Tin- deae.-ns  have  birn.  E.  \Vliiltle-.v.  L.  Wri^hr  i;.  |liii.l..in. 
H,  WyBinl,  an.l  H.  H.-wnd.  Win.  V  Hawkins  has  been  ehniili  ,-h  rk  -in.- 
1S04,  The  chureh  prim mly  sI.h.I  inili|K,n. lent,  and  in  l.-^iU  iiiiii..!  nnh  il.- 
Ontari..  conference.      In  Isii,^  it  fi-ani.d  a  cnnslitiili.,n  an.l  is-u.d  a  man.iil 

Mr.  Bristol  coniliiele.1  a  .•^ablMth.scb.M.I  in  -.■ln.,|.| .,-.  as  *-;irlv  as   1  >.-"      1-..- 

»      The  superintendent  i-.l-lm  1. 


Mrs    K.    I'ln 

l.sm    r.s.k    eh: 
the  cast  p.irt 


likins. 

anil  li-achers  and  two  bun 

,    Mr. 

Howard. 

Bulls. 

1 

■1.  ami 

Earlv  se-rriee:.  were  he!. 

lehin-.- 

Walw.irth  chureh.      A    s. 

PLATE     ^XXXiV 


JUDGE  D.  B.  DE  LAND. 

Lhiniel  Brown  !>  Ijii.l,  tLe  .iriciii«lof  tliU  |«.rtrajt, 

May  !■•.  '^-■^'  """1  ifc|.arli-J  tliN  lilo  D.-c«T..bor  :;2. 
isri  Hi'  fsltiT,  Leri  Do  LjiiJ,  W:i3  Urn  ut  Hebron, 
Wiishiiigton  County,  >'.  V_,KnJ  -jrveU  Ht  tliu  curly  age 

.„  marrii^i  to  Mi-  Uann:.b  lirowii.  ..i  0«we-,'..,  X,  Y. 

The  subject  of  tbu -ketrh  was  their  litird  son.     At 

the  as^e  of  nineteen  be  wa*  iK?rniitted  to  push  out  tor 

himself-     First,  he  *ht|>i>«-d  as  u  cumruoii  sailor  before 

Dwember  JS,  I84><,  Mr.  Dc  Land  was  murriad  to 
Miss  Minerva  Tarceuf  >-..r»ieh,  >-.  Y.,  who  survives 
hi„i.     The  Brst  and  second  years  of  marri.-U  life  ho 


, small  way  at  K:un.Tt.  N.  V.  Thii-  .rigin.ted  the 
,cll-ltn..wi'i  Chcioi.al  Works  ..f  1>.  11.  I)e  LanJ  &  L'o 

.';..,,.ly  tn  do-  b.>.t  tl./'n  in  the  i.,nrl.."l^.  Mr  Do  I,„„.i 
i„sdc  two  voyages  t..  Eiin.|»-  ar.J  -ulJoTcd  inlorniation 
trom  the  best  estaU-shmcnfs  of  the  oM  world,  aiiil  he 
..quij'ped  himself  willi  the  amplest  literatun-  on  the 
-ul'ject.  Hence,  he  was  ubic  t"  proUiic*  an  article  tiiat 
was  soon  in  demand  beyond  siiccessl'iil  conipetilion. 

So  giKKi  housewife,  if  she  know.-,  tli.-  goods,  will  fail 
lo  inquire  for  "  D-  B.  De  Ijnds  Chcniical  SaleratuS-" 

In  18-'>8  Mr-  0e  {.and  was  chosen  t.i  tbe  b..-rich  of 
the  local  judiciary  at  K.wlie-ter,  K.  V.  Twice  be  be- 
.aiue  the  ch-.ico  -f  his  |«rty  for  the  lejjislaturo.  In 
iHilitical  and  denominationnl  conviction.  Judge  De 
L»nd  W.1S  a  U.n.^-cn.t  and  a  Haptist-    Ho  was  chosen  a 


.l,ichal»ohoe 

1,-inia,  also  ahai 

For  tbe  ben. 

■edin 

eSl  ol 

k.ted.    K.c 
his  bcnef. 
f  students 

lnn..nd  l 
ctions. 
in  that 

■olleite, 

inVir- 
on,  he 

I.uilt.«  han.lsot 

no  i-ol 

;lagc,  and  : 

,'av..-  it   t. 

o  the  tt 

usiees, 

-a  perpetual  legacy 
But  objects  of  publ 

to  cou.ing 
.candpriv: 

lite  benevolence  at  home 

^  73  '^  c  jLo.^^^ 


neTcr  lost  attention  by  his  benctlconee  ahrnad.  P.tl-lic- 
tpiriteil,  lincere,  and  etirnest,  he  was  ever  re<»dy  in  ai-l 
every  g.xid  cau^e.     i£o  \va>  devout  an.l  I'.iitl.lat  i>i  all 

that  he  undertook.    .Sinshine  and  st.ir.n,  I..imi ar.- 

alike  found  him  with  his  l.rethr.-n  in  tl...  Ji-,  liar^...  ,  i 
public  duty.  His  cxrcutive  u-.-full.e^s  and  h.;irl\  .... 
operation  are  tundly  reinemhen.nl  and  ..Itcn  rel.  rr.-d  t.. 
by  both  pastor  and  i*ople. 

By  th.5  abundant  tn-asure.  of  a  carcfol  kn..vvk-.|._.. 
ofthe  sacred  Scriptures,  he  attraei.sl  t.>  hiMis.-lt  :,  lurw  - 

clue  in  the  .'!al.bath-seh....l.     Wli.-n  at  hi-  i, ral  l,i- 

paator  referred  to  this,  the  cla-s  aro-.-  :,.  liieir  I.-,  t;  -.■ 
UIKXpeeted  and  spontaneous  was  thi-,  th"  <  if.  ct  U[«'ii 

The  life  of  .lu.l-e  De  f.und  wa-  a  lilto.-  .  vinnpl.-  ..l" 

to  every  duty.  11  -...,:  .r,,l,  -.i.c.-sful.  11..  :u - 
quired  an  ani|.:ef  ,      .,     ,  i  :.  -  ,  ;.  I  his  laniil,  ,v.tl, 

the  %ery  best  ..;  :  i    ■   and  1.  It  M,.  •„ 

of  tho  strc-ts. 

The  ample  ijroMnds  that  surr..uinl  his  inau-ion  1..- 
adorned  with  e.x.inisite  ta-tc  with  tree  and  shi  ul.  yi..|.l- 


I  their 


util'nl 


Here  dwell  his  family,  c.nsistins  .if  tw..  -oris  ai.d  tin- ■ 
daughters,  and  Mrs!  De  Land",  hi-  wi.h.w-  a  no  ai- 
over  tender  at  the  ni.iiti..n  of  hi>  niiiiic,  and  wh- 
cherish  most  d.-ej.K-  bis  preeioits  w.-rlli. 

Not  unmindful  .if  the  uri,  .-rtuinlies  ..f  mortal  e.ii-1 
encc.  Judge  I).-  Land,  via'-  licfore  the  accid.ni  wlii.  I 

the  disposition  of  hi>  largi-  property  .md  bu-in.---  in 
tereits.  Accordingly,  with  coiistimniate  skill  and  pro 
dence,  Mrs.  De  Land  and  the  elder  -<i..n  maintain  ll..-. 
ini|iortant   tru.-.Ls.      nrine,  tbe   public   iN-itclil    wlii-i 

where  Judge    De    Laii-l   So   suteessfully    plai.teU    it.- 
pre-ent  Cliei.iical  \V..rki  .,f  H.  A-  De  Land  .'c  ( V. 
Thus  Judge  l)e  Land. -till  live.-,  and.  in  an  mi|.-.rta., 

promoting  its  material  and  religious  welfare- 


H.  A.  DE  LAND. 

Mr.  Levi  De  Land  marri^J  for  his  , 


.X-   Y  ,   wh 


Do  U 


Xi-wark,  Tioga  county,   N.  Y-     Hi-  -Indent   life  was 
mainly  sl*nt  in  thevillag.-  --.hool  and  .Mac-don  Acad- 

.-mpl..ycd   to  feaeii  ..no  of  the    public   -cho..ls  of   his 
'■■iinty  while  y.-t  a  Uardl.-s-  y..utli. 

Ucf.iro  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  ho  U~-,'an  his 
ife-work  i!i  the  saleratn-  tr:..le.  Fir-I.  as  an  employee 
■<  an  older  rother  ( D-  B.  D..-  Lan.l  |,  at  .1  small  salary, 
'lit  aftcrwi  .ds  a-  one  of  tin:  tiriii  known  as  D.  B.  De 
1-iiid  &  t'o.  He  l<M~aiii..  tl..'  clii.  f  manager  of  the 
-ale^of  the  establishment,  and  attained  a  siiccc-s  that 


■ny  to  fail  in  the  manag.-uie 

nt  ..f  it 

,  sales 

was  to  fa 

togetber- 

Willi  cl.sc  c.iin|)..liti..ii  on 

a  Held  long 

pri-vious 

upi.-d  1  V  sharp  e,nnp...titor- 

-,  ..lid  - 

ale.   to 

inakeai 

'  lo..k  after  from  the  co.iiiti 

■V  -t.,re 

to  th.- 

cilv  mc 

-".1,  and  from  the  Atlantic 

to  the  1 

'aciti.-. 

an.l  cove 

'-'.all   the  year>  of  tho  s^>e 

11  hu=ine 

'"    Pi'rli"ps    tills   .s.iintr,-   1, 

as  kiio< 

ivn  in 

a  lif.tim 

1   Mr    De  Land  acliie>.sia 

-luee- 

.  in  -III 

ill  cireuii 

"1.C-,  and  as  h.w..rable  a-  i 

t  is  r.'iii 

larkabli 

The  -cuior  died  in   l.-'i-',    i 

.n.l    Ih.; 

■  lirm 

alterwar. 

'^•110  11.  A.  De  Lund  i  f. 

1.,  the 

comin.n 

•'"«  13,   18i;0,   -Mr.    Ih!    Land   «as 

liiarrie 

d    t..   -Ml 

'"y   Millard,  of    Kair,«.rt. 

N.    Y. 

This 

evellt 

■"'an    died    March,  l^-.J. 

In   1!m; 

1,  :«r. 

D.-  L,.i 

"  married  to   Miss  Sarah 

I'nreo, 

who  is 

a  lady 

i    ^.t::::ii  ' 


.  dollar  ur   withouL   rapit.-i: 


/6J.  Mc 


-cL 


i*vc  in  the  indomitable  .[.uilitics  of  heod  an. 
which  he  pos.e-es,  and  though  still  a  y..nng  n 
has  acquired  an  ample  lortune.  He  has  rei--;il 
a  magnificent  dwellin-,.,  wliicli  f..r  costly  -1} 
beauty  of  architectur.-  has  no  equal  in  the  i 
county.      Yet  he  ha-   been    none  tho    Ic-s   g. 


publk 
abr.iad. 

Do  Land  i- a  llepii 


R<x:cntly  l.e  serve.1  as  . 


bcuefacti. 


lifeeateer  l..u.lits 
the  lifetime  of  the 


V3T0BI0GEAPHY  OF  CHAELES  HOWE. 
I  wus  boni  in  ibeiown  of  FIorid:i,  Monlconit-PT 
,f,n.  .M>  falber,  Krv.  Cburlia  Uuw^,  u  i..,...,',.r 
U,v„,.Uvt.'.l«r  2y.  1777;  '.ud  ..ly  mollier,  «\.« 
m  111*  i:inic  cuunty,  .Maruh  1,  1777.  Thi-y  had  ma 
tiply  tbree  daut^littrs  an 


Mjr  iM..nd  marnu-e  wia  will. 
March  2o,  18!5  We  b^.aiiio 
children.  Jane-  A  ,  .Viny  A.,  » 
Newman,  Gorg.-  A.,  (.Jiarl.-. 
lalter  of  whum  died  wh.ii  siit. 
1  rcniuved  to  my  lu-e-^rtit  pi; 
Perrinlun  m  D.'Lenibv.T.    i»V,. 

July  9,  18i3,      U..tb  ul   my  d, 
niombcrs  uf   tbi;   R.i..ti,t  eliur. 


Afwr 


N.-w  Y>.rk,  November,  I8J2,  .ind  tonf.nuni  to 
(.reach  in  the  B»pli-t  churclie,  of  I'errinl.n.  P:tO 
lord,  and  Macedon,  latwnc^  tor  his  M;u-teras  long 
a*  bijs  health  would  permit.  He  died  at  my  real- 
dtnc«  April  'yj,  ISl'J,  ;uid  hi.-  death  was  toll. .wed 

I  wa>  brought  up  to  tarmui^,  and  received  on./ 

faiuily  to  support,  fompeiled   tuv  to  r^Iy  at  the 

ter,  when  I  was  about  seventeen  years  of  age,  1 
■ptiit  in  threshing  grain  with  «  Hail  at  the  low 
wagesof  eightoencmi=a  day  ;  an.l  on  arrivini;  al 
the  a^c  of  twenty-one  I  lured  oiit  to  work  on  a 
farm  for  two  yean*  atone  hundred  dollars  peryear. 

aary  14,  1V29.  Three  ehildron  were  the  iisue  of 
tbij  marriage, — Uelen  Maria,  who  married  Sey- 
mour G.  Wilcox,  and  .^lonzo  J.,  both  of  whom 
•ere  born  in  Florida,  and  Burton  Howe,  who  was 
born  in  Perrinton.  In  February,  1833,  I  moved 
with  my  family  to  the  town  of  Fernnton,  making 
the  journey  in  five  days,  in  a  slei^'h  which  carried 
my  family  and  all  my  hou-ehoM  goods.  Purchas- 
iin;  a  farm  of  siity  acres,  at  twenty-two  dollars  an 
acre,  in  the  western  part  of  the  to^ 

sdwelting-houae  upon  it,  but  before 


i  Butts,  of  Albion,  New  Vork,  i.i  j  pr.  ...-iit  wr.,-.  K.o. 

this  marriage.  Lovvis  ii.  noU  Wiii.am  L,  U..wc. 
•i  For  more  than  twenty  year.  1  nave  iiept  a  ,ii„r> . 

4  by  which  I  can  tell  where  1  wii,  and  how  luy  ii„„ 

;^  was  occupi.d  on  any  particular  day,  ami  guii.-ra.lj 


^,  ^  >     .  _    ,     .,   y,'      -  ■-.,  '-^i  that  tho.1- incident,  ol  II  .lUlet  yet  ou.y  lit..  |,..-se.. 

..-■r''^--'.-^^Jj    ;      '       :t^^J  "*!•.,  ■    .  :■?  little  inlere*t   lieyoiid    iiiy  own   :ui.uly  circi.-       I 

'^''-:-      ^P^'i^/  ■       >^^f  amnowseven,y;earsol^and,i,u,ti ly 

/-    .  .':■<-■   .^r-Vj"*  y     r-  I  .-  W  withdraw  from  the  more  ajtive  duties  of  in..,  bul 

,■  .-         ^r-  j    :       _  ..'..'./  aUo  yield  my  phice  to  tli...e  who  come  after  me. 

\-  ■'•■1         /''-  V         -J  would  h,,>-'e  been   but  so  much  of   a  barren'  life. 

\  -     '"'4     /       '■  ■       •/  -/  Wuen  eleven  years  of  age  I  united  with  the  B„p- 

^^,:\       "     i\r.    ~^f  '■'/        -^  tiat  church  in  Florida.     When  the  B.iptist  church 

^'%^/i^~' t'"'^-    f    ~        -i^~;:cts  in  Perrinton  was  organised  in  l,>Jo  I  united  with 


it,  and  in  the  year  18J3,  contrary  i 
was  chosen  one  of  it*  deacons,  w] 
have  ever  since  held.     In   reviewii 

that  might  have  been  bettered  on 

of  my  Heavenly  Father  every  day  of  n 
^pient  of  his  inexpressible  goodn 


PLATE    LXXXVI  . 


te:^«ii-'^': 


;,•  i-  \-J  •  .U/4i-VM44f^^  •fh'''""-" 


a 


:SI  DEN  CE  -,  G.   !_     G.   S  EL  El  I 


^:i^=^-yr-j<-;y,i,,,,si^ 


\  '   ( r 


QrO»C£    f^OLLlNCff. 


ffes.   or    ^RS    GcofOL  /^ullimcit,  FtiifftjRr,  H.    Y 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


227 


Atiollcr  or^i 
ingi  were  held 


otTocted 


u  1;*40.  iu  K-ypt.  bvD. 

(1  Mutll.vlist    hou-e  lllnm 


the  *.l.uol-l 
they  oauie  lo  Fairport,  as  iliJ 
build  tlieir  pn=eiit  liuu.-*.  wlii..h  w.u  linUUed  at  a  ■iwt  uf  lliree 
the  lot  haTim:  i:».st  one  thoii>;iM.l  .lollars  U.-i.l-.-s.  Tl-.e  c.rlirif.al 
nine  pera.na-  The  first  Iriist.-.-s  were  .V.  C.L^e.  M.  Bu.iloni:.  1 
Talmaa.  The  pitstura  havu  hi-en  D.  G.  ll.ilm.-,  K.  l".  Talnian 
M.  L.  Ki.llm.  A.  Ilnjwn.  El.  S  I.ia-lxvker.  D.  ci.  Hnluies.  « 
twelve  yeare,  B.  Cai.ien.n.  J.  M.  l!revv-ter.  \V.  II.  WaMrnn,  \V. ', 
B.  L.  Howard,  and  I-.  A.  Cran.Jall.  present  pastor.  .M.mber-l 
ind  eighty.  The  .Sabhath-acla-il  wx^  urbanized  l.y  Kl.l-r  Iloiin.' 
Nathan  Case.  Total  of  otlieery.  teaehers,  and  scholars,  on.-  hmi 
eight.  Seven  thousand  dollari  waa  ralsod  in  lS*i.j  for  th.'  educa 
men  aoath,  aod  to  aid  in  building  a  college  at  Harper's  Ferry. 


r  numbered 
ant.  and  d. 
traiijht,  D. 

,  R.  T..»er, 
le  hundred 


CSrVERSALIST  CIUKCII. 


The  Uni»er5alist  s-xicty  organized  April  11,  1 
Ahishs  Gi>^en.  ,l.rk:  John  Peters,  do.hua  C 
Lewi3.  Levi  Treadw.ll,  Samuel  R.  Tho^j.^on.  II 
and  I^ary  Wilcoi  tru-t.  «.-<.  They  built  a  house  t 
given  them  by  Mr.  Oliver  Thoiulin-siju.  EltitT  ; 
sermon,  and  was  the  re^ilar  preauher  for  a  few 


(>.>K]e 


i:V6:  John  Peters. 
Karon.  l)e,.r..-,.  Hi: 
nry  Mathews,  .\bisl 
10  next  y.;,r  (  1^:U  ,,  a  let  bein- 
siddler  preached  the  de-iioatory 
years,  followed  by  Rev.  J.  .m'. 


sisted  of  about  twenty  iK-rsous,  and  for  soiue  tiiue  it  wns 
i  mouths  the  hou^e  W;i3  well  filled  with  attentive  listeners,  and 
forth  while  he  remained  the  house  was  olten  densely  crowded, 
labors  was  to  organize  a 


Cook,  Charles  Duttou.  Stephen  Miles,  Mr.  Spanlding,  Ly.scom  Knapp.  S.  J.  Gibbs, 
H.  L.  Hayward.  M.  B.  Smith.  C.  A.  Skinner.  W.  B.  Cwk.  Xia  Countyman,  Mr. 
Porter,  G.  W.  Montiromery.  and  D.  <'.  Thomliuson.  One  of  the  fifst  deacons  whs 
Mr.  Joshua  C.  Eaton,  who  served  the  church  for  many  years,  until  he  moved  to 
Michigan,  a  few  years  ago,  where  he  has  since  dictl.  Mr.  David  Smith,  his  suc- 
cessor, Li  their  presint  deacon.  Present  olSeers  are — Mr.  0,  P.  Simmons,  clerk  ; 
Mr.  Remsen  Vanderhoof,  Mr.  Francis  S.  Flli.s.  and  .Mr.  Jacob  Chase,  trusti-e.s ;  Rev. 

bath  hii 

from  that 

One  of  the  fir^  objects  of  his  labors  was  to  organize  a  church,  which  was  etfeeted 
the  ensuing  snmuier  1 1S4"2),  with  twenty-two  eon.-tituent  members.  During  his 
ministry  the  tnrtnb'^rship  iiuTci.sed  tn  over  one  hundn'd,  and  the  church  became 
prot»perou3.  At  this  time  there  were  but  few  church  organizations  distinct  fn'm 
the  society  in  this  denomination  in  western  Xew  York.  He  al-o  ori.-anizol  a 
Sabbath-school  and  Bihle-clas.-.,  improved  the  church  projwrty.  placed  an  or;::m  in 
the  church,  and  lett  it  and  the  a«iety  in  a  prosperous  condition  in  1345.  About 
1865  the  chonh.  having  previously  declineij.  was  rt^rganizeil  by  Rev.  D.  C. 
Thomlioson,  who  sencd  as  piistor  for  a  few  years  ;  no  services  are  held  at  present. 

CATHOLIC  SOCIBTV. 

In  July,  IS4S,  Father  Gile  Bri'le  first  eelebrati>d  m as"  in  Smith  Brcnnan's 
house,  in  Fairport.  There  beinir  bttt  few  Catholics  here  at  this  time,  meetings 
were  held  at  private  house's,  for  aUjut  three  ye;irs.  Father  John  Tuohy.  of  Pal- 
myra, had  charge  over  Fairport.  and  etfei.-ti-il  a  church  organization  in  I85-. 
Father  William  Cassey,  his  succes.sor.  built  the  present  church  edifice  in  1S56,  in 
which  he  labored  until  IStJJ.  when  the  bishop  sent  Father  .Miller  as  the  loe-al 
priest  in  cliar^-e,  who  reluaiiied  four  years,  when  Father  C.  M^Grath.  their  pre-s- 
ent  priest,  was  op[»  ' 


«nage  worth  s 
church,  has  been  pt 
ch.xsed  and  laid  out 
five  £unilic3.  Pres 
clerk. 


thn 


thousand  dolUin 


A  lot 


Sanford  street,  for  a  new 


The  present  meuib.  rship  is  onehandred  and  forty- 
;a  are  Philip  Hartley  and  John  Lcarj,  P.  .McAuliff 


was  organized  February  2S.  l.HTtl.  and  c^'ostifution  adopted  March  13,  1ST6.  and 
the  following  officcist  elected:  Pri«.ident,  Dr.  C.  II.  Green;  Vicc-Pr.sideut.  Gcrgo 
T.  Hamilt..n ;  Sccniary,  Aima  E.  Howard ;  Assistant  Secretary,  William  B. 
Hawkins;  Trrxsurvr.  Kiuuia  D.  Ranney. 

It  is  the  obji-ct  of  this  association  to  promote  mental  and  spiritual  culture 
among  its  memlit'rs,  anti  esp.'cially  to  encoiiraire  (."hrislian  work  by  the  youinr,  .md 
by  organized  effort  to  nuder  this  nrork  a-  eS.  lent  as  [uKMble. 

Present  offici-rs;  John  U  Gordon,  president;  Ulis  Clapp,  vice-president;  and 
M iss  S.  Brown,  s. vntary. 


This  village  is  locatcsl  in  the  norths- 
of  the  New  Y.irk  Central  R.iilroad.  1 
havini;  doubled  within  ten  vearv.  and 
strong  indications  of  continue*]  growtl 
It  U  sumiundcsj  by  a  rich  and  fertile  i 
ping  business. 

On  October  4,  1806.  an  election  wa.s 
P'jration  of  the  viliagi-  of  Fairport,  L-s 
roe  for  the  purpose  of  cluKjsing  villagi 
Boiird  of  Tru^t.-es,  Charles  U  Dicker 
Henry  H.  Van    Bureu,   H.  S.  Perrv ; 


part  of  the  town,  on  I 
a  popni.uion  of  ah,.ut  , 


and  incri-;«e  or  active  busiiie.-s  intiresla. 
untry,  which  supports  an  extensi\e  ship- 


ounty 


held  pursuant  to  an  o 
nil  by  i!u'  judge  of  t 
officers,  which  resulted  as  folio' 
K.n.  Dar.iel  B.  De  Land.  J,5el  V 
Assessors.  Jeremiah  Chadwiek. 


the 


Herrington.  John  H.  Ives;  Village  Clerk.  L.  K.  Mo..n.:  Trexsnrer.  .J..ln,  K 
Howard;  Colleetor,  Joseph  Stnl.b«.  On  the  12th  of  April.  ISiiT.  a  hill  n,r  the 
incoriwration  of  the  village  of  Fairport.  which  had  been  inlrodnceil  by  Hon,  Jarvis 
Lord,  passed  the  State  legislature,  and  on  the  ^iilth  of  April  lollowin-.  pnr- 
su-ant  to  its  px->,c.'e,  a  le^ul  incirpor.ition  was  efF.'Ct  "1  by  the  elertion  of  the  i;.|. 
lowim  officers,  viz,  :  President.  A,  C.  Hill :  Board  of  TrU:,tces,  0.  P.  Siniiuon.s. 
Joel  Y.  Paree  J  K.  Howard.  Lewis  .Jones.  T.  L.  Hulbert,  J.  M.  Swiiunieiton  ; 
As.s.s3or^,  E.  B  H.-rriogton,  R.  U.  Hewv^ ;  Treasurer,  H.  Jlontague  .Moseley ; 
Police  Con.-table,  J,  C,  Van  Xcss. 

The  board  of  trustees  met  on  May  7  following,  were  sworn  into  office,  and  the 
village  government  fully  ori-anized.  The  population  at  that  time,  aceordiiiL'  to 
the  census  tiken  by  unler  of  the  village,  was  one  thousand.  The  villau'C  w,is 
surveyed  and  mapped  by  Charles  D,  Titus,  and  then  consisted  of  ten  streets. 
This  number  has  since  been  largely  increased,  and  ,'M.veral  new  plats  aniie,ved. 

The  village  officers  now  ,servin','  are— Pr,-sident,  William  H,  Cioodrich  ;  B.xird 
of  Trustees.  Jacob  Haidick.  .Mortimer  Wihs.i.  and  Alex.  Van  Norman,  elected 
1875,  and  William  H  Dobbin.  Smith  .Morey,  and  John  I.ary,  elcted  .March  14. 
l.lTo;  Assessors,  Charles  i'luinb.  Nelson  Lewis:  Treasurer.  -Vrlington  ClKelivi.-k. 
who  refused  to  .(ualify.  when  Charles  Case  was  appointed ;  Police  Constable.  W. 
Be-ardsley. 

The  territory  embraced  within  the  present  corporate  limits  of  Faiqmrt  was 
owned  in  1S20  mostly  by  Solomon  .Mallett,  Peter  Ripley.  Lary  Wilcox,  and 
Oliver  Tomlinson.  aloie.-  .Main  street :  J.,hn  Peters  and  .Fessc  Tivdwell  oi,  the 
eastern,  .and  Martin  Sperbeek.  .\m,n,  Chadwiek.  and  Nathan  B.  Weston  on  the 
southwestern  bound;>ry.  Jes.se  Ilandloid  built  the  llrst  h...-  hon.se.  on  the  Soloiuou 
Mallett  farm,  Martin  Spcrhe^-k  the  tii>t  bhiek  hou^-,  and  Is-.iac  Be-ers  the  first 
frame  house;  the  latter  on  the  site  of  the  fine  resilience  of  U.  A.  De  Liind.  on 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Church  streets. 

Early  in  IS'1'1  the  Erie  canal  was  couipleteil  through  this  place  to  Buslincirs 
Basin  and  opencsi  to  bu-sincss.  From  this  year  d.ites  the  village  of  Faiipori,  its 
beginning  as  a  point  for  tr^ide  .and  business,  and  the  site  of  a  future  villa-e. 
Early  in  the  spring  of  that  year  there  were  seven  log  hoie-es.  one  block  and  one 
frame  house,  all  told,  on  the  vill.igc  site.  S.jlonion  Mallett  moves!  in  tlib  sca-on, 
and  settled  with  his  family  on  his  jilace.  briu^'inu  with  him  .several  mechanics. 
A  few  years  previous.  Peter  Itiplcy  had  erected  a  saw-mill  ou  his  place  on  TIioih.ls" 
creek,  a  short  distance  liolow  the  pri-M-nt  grist-mill. 

Messrs.  ftxidell  A  Aiken  uiine  in  IV.im  New  Berlin,  Clien,in.-o  county,  with 
goods,  and  opeiie*i  the  first  store  in  the  pl.iee,  on  the  e;Lsr  side  of  .\Iaiii  street  near 
the  i-:mal.  A  u'roeery-store  was  ai.s.»  opencsi  abiut  the  s:ime  time  ou  the  ^ite  of 
the  saleratus  works,  alonu-  the  tow-path,  by  Oliver  M,  Tomlinson,  which  aftcrw.ir.ls 
did  a  very  extensive  busines.s,  TomUMs,in,  (.'arpeiiter,  and  .M:ithews  became  lar^icly 
en-igcd  in  mcre^intile  and  other  business.  The  Hi-st  t.ivcrn  was  built  in  lSi'7.  l.y 
Cyrenus  .Mallett.  on  the  site  of  the  hotel  now  owiietl  by  T.  R,  Pritehard.  It 
re<|uire\l  three  days  for  r.iisiiig  the  frame-work,  and  was  first  opencsi  by  Charles 
Dickins-m  the  s.ime  ye:ir.  The  first  bl.icksmith-shop  w.-vs  erceteil  in  isjl',  on  the 
vacant  lot  west  of  the  salcr.itns  works  and  fronting  Main  street,  by  Henry  .Vms- 
den,  who  was  also  the  first  blacksmith.  Joseph  Eldridge  soon  after  erect,  d  a 
si^cnd  shop.  e:ist  of  the  former,  where  the  works  now  arc.  and  a  ti'W  yar-  hiter 
purclla.sed  of  Oliver  Toliilins.,ii  his  lo..-  house,  with  one  aero  ..f -round,  L-  a  -ihel 
watch  and  twenty-five  .loUars  in  money.  The  fii^t  manuficture  of  wai;oi,,  w,,s 
in  the  shop  built  by  .Mi  .Vnis.lcn,  and  was  estahhshcsl  by.loocs  ,V,  I 'o  .  who,  how- 
ever,  rcmaim-d  but  a  few  years,  when  the  w.i-on  husiness  w,is  discontinued. 

In  1838,  .Jeremiah  Chadwiek  purchas,-!  the  ol.l  ,Meth."list  ehnrcii  buildio..-, 
and,  after  recnstnicting  it  into  a  shop,  comineneisl  the  business  of  minutactiirin-,' 
wairons  and  earria-cs.  AII.t  conduetiii-  it  one  year,  he  sold  out  lo  Riifns  Vouic- 
and  a  Mr,  Lyke,  who  eonduetnl  ll„.  same  hn-incs.s  a  short  time,  nnlil  su|«t-,-.1.-,| 
by  L.  T.  &  .John  Iv  llow.ml.  ol   whom  n..iiee  li.is  h,s,i,  made 

Abel  Judson  was  the  fir-t  c:irp.'iiter  who  s,.ti|,sl  and  eoinnienosl  work  in  the 
village.      He  came  in  l^J-,  althon-.-h  llir.im  Hayes,  a  eaq.nter,  h.id  s.ttled    ,„v- 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Tinu«ly  a  slv.rt  dMtano>  w,>l  of  th,-  vi!la.-c  and 
6rM  phvaiclau,  Dr.  Klijili  No.tlirup,  ;i!-,  s,uU-. 
conimfOCLmcnt.  Id  tliu  villa,-e.  Dr.  Aibnia  w.is 
was  succccJt"!  by  Dr.  Ucnry.  Siili^u'i|iicntly.  Dr 
sm.x\:hofuI  practice,  uliicli  he  liuM  lur  umre  tliari 
chant  tailor.was  Paris  X.  Bradlunl.  3Ir.  (i^'odill 
■was  the  first  postnia.-*tcr,  ami  kept  the  ot!i»-e  it 
estiiMLihed  here  upon  the  co„ipluti..n  of  the  c:ni,, 


ras  workinir  at  his  trade.  Th-: 
.  w,-t  ..f  the  villa.'O  l.i-f.,ru  il^ 
t}ic  fir>t  resident  phy.sician,  and 
IIui,ll.y,.-.mni.iieed'a  wideanJ 
wenty-fivi-  years.  The  first  u.ur 
otlliefirui'ofi;o..delli-  Aiken 
hb  store.  The  p.k-1-oaicc  vv.u 
.  bv  which  the  mail  wiis  carried 


Stillson  and  IVnfield  united  in  llic  l,n.-.inc-«  of  buiidini: 
which  tliey  continued  for  tiie  followin;j  firteen  years, 
ereeted  quite  a  number  of  packets  and  other  buata. 

MANCFAtrrVEES,  ETC. 
The  Fairport  Chemical  Works  arc  the  m.  -t  iuif 
the  village.  They  are  kvatcd  in  a  large  l.uil.lin.- 
north  of  the  canal,  and  were  first  e.nablishod  in 
women  find  constant  employmeot  in  the  nianuf.u 
now  owned  and  mauap'd  by  li.  A.  De  L.111J  .V.  I 
trol  it  has  become  a  very  extensive  and  lucrative 
of  the  I'niU'd  States  and  Canada  are  received  an 


l-boats  at  this  pl.n 


tnianuf.ctnrin-inf.'rcbtin 

i,-  east  side  of  Main  street. 

Forty  men  and  sixteen 

and  shipnieiit  of  saleratuSj 

:ss.     Orders  from  all  parts 
plied.     Pure  sold  bakinc- 


powders  and  cream  of  tartar  are  also  lanrely  manufactured  by  S.  A.  Newman. — a 
trade  which  has  been  cunst;iotly  increa-sing  since  its  commencement,  a  few  years 
lince. 

MESSRS.    OKEE.M    AND    M=AULIFF,  MAXnACTUTlERS. 


Mr.  Lewis  Jones,  who  had  been  e 
Main  street  for  some  time,  removed  li 
Chjdwick,  south  of  the  canal  and  wes 
engaged  in  the  lumber  trade,  also  I>3X 
fall  of  18G5  V,'illi.m  A.  Nc-n;r,n  fcL-; 
enlarging  their  business,  and  in  Au'.ni 

Within  three  weeks  from  the  fort 
niachinerj-,  Wiis  con.'sumed  by  fire.     [1 


the 


nd  pla 


nufacture  on  South 
vhich  he  l»ou;:ht  of 
spring  of  1>G.J.  and 
In  the 


:i;t;.  Francis  Hill  entered  as  a  partner. 
1  of  this  firm,  the  shop,  with  all  of  its 
immediately  rebuilt  by  the  aid  of  the 
titizeiLS,  furnished  with  new  machinery,  and  the  busiocss  moved  forward.  To 
the  manufacture  of  sash,  blinds,  and  dw.rs  have  been  added  furnishing  h.uie 
trade  and  shipj-ing  abroad.  In  the  fall  of  IStj.^.  Mr.  Hill  sold  his  interest 
to  Newman  &  Jones,  who,  soon  after,  took  in  parrncrship  .^Ir.  llollister.  of  llwhcs- 
ter,  they  continuing  the  business  till  the  fullowin-  May,  when  they  made  au 
issignnient  to  James  11.  Siuimoiis. 

Id  June,  ISTO,  the  property  was  sold,  and  b-iudit  by  J.  H.  Simmons,  George 
W.  Green,  and  P.  C.  Mc.Vulitf,  under  the  firm  name  of  Simmons,  Green  i 
McAuliff,  which  it  retained  I'ur  three  yeare;  succc-eddi  by  Green  i.  JIcAuilff, 
the  present  firm,  who  have  largely  increased  the  bn.-in-  ^s.  and  from  small  begin- 
nings reach&l  its  present  trade,  employing  many  men  in  hanuiing  from  twenty- 
two  to  twenty-three  million  feet  of  lumber,  two  million  shingles,  and  six  hundred 
thousand  laths  annually ;  also  running  in  connection  the  planlieg-uiill  and  dry- 
hotj-sc,  and  furnishing  power  for  Wm.  H.  Dobbin  in  the  manufacture  of  doors, 
sash,  blinds,  etc. 


George  G.  Bown,  carriage  and  wagon  mannfactu 
18C2,  with  a  cash  capital  of  twenty-five  .h.llars.  in  a  small  building  nn  the  site  of 
his  present  structure.  Incurring  a  heavy  indebte-'ltiess  at  the  ont'--t.  he  went  to 
work  with  characteristic  energy,  mannfactnring  a  '^uiCTior  article  suitcJ  to  the 
wants  of  the  people,  and  eight  years  later,  in  IS"",  was  able  tn  erect  the  fine 
fuur-story  t^lificc  i»  which  he  now  conducts  his  bu>incss.  He  fin-Is  constant  em- 
ployment for  ten  men  in  the  different  departm.nls.  Hart  .t  Ucilby.  suecossori  of 
L.  't.&  John  E.  Howard,  carriage-  and  wau'onmakcrs,  are  d,.ini:  a  successful  and 

implement  manufactory  is  owned  and  earrie.1  on  by  S.  II  lin-hnell.  (o-orge  L.  G. 
Sceley's  hardware  and  .stove  store  w:us  the  tiM  of  ihe  kind  e-tabli,-he.l  in  the  vil- 
l»gc.  Commencing  in  IS  17,  he  has  succes.-fully  built  np  and  esle[ided  it  to  its 
present  dimensions,  and  niovenl  into  his  new  I.I.m  k  in  1.S»j'V  Two  -.tave  and  b.irrel 
manufactories  are  in  successful  operation. — one  bv  F.  A.  Bcvendorf.  the  other  by 
Perrin  i;  Perkins.  James  De  I«ind  cstabli>lie'.l  a  candy  manufactory  and  b.ikcry 
in  IS.'iS,  and  worked  up  a  large  tnulc.  It  is  now  owned  bv  .\.  F.  MurdolF.  In 
18G7  George  C.  Taylor  c.mnuMiccd  the  manufacture  of  Taylor's  Oil  of  Life  at 
this  place,  with  a  sale  of  fifty  gro.ss  of  boitle-s  the  firjt  year.  The  annual  demand 
now  nachcs  four  hundred  gross.  In  1ST:;,  a  large  brick  block  was  erected  tbr 
its  acc.mm.Hlalion,  which  affords  larger  and  better  facilities  for  the  business.  A 
toanufactory  of  extracts  and  pcrrumcry  is  in  successful  0{>eratioti  at  this  plac*e, 


•the 


OS  of  Fairport  are  Dr.  Thomas 
ce  m  liushncHa  Ifasin  in  1S42, 


and  moved  to  this  vilbmo  in  1S."S.  wben;  be  has  held  several  olfires  of  trust; 
Dr..  Winfield  y.  Fuller,  C.  II.  Gren.  J.  li  Cowles,  D.  G.  Weare.  W.  F.  Clapp, 
and  ChrLstopher  Fuller.— the  latter  west  ,>f  the  village. 

Three  telegraph  oflie.:S  arc  l..eate.l  in  the  village,— the  Western  L'j.ioo.  rhe 
Atlantic  and  Paeiec,  an.l  the  New  York  Central  Kailroad  offiev. 

A  large  box-manufactory  is  conducted  by  Clarence  Mi«irc  in  connection  uitii 
H.  A.  De  Land  i  Co.'s  chemical  work.s,  which  manufactures  f.ir  that  establi.-h- 
ment  annually  aboiit  eighty  thousand  boxes  and  ten  thousand  ke_-s,  emp|..>ing 
sixteen  men.  The  manufacture  of  sash,  blinds,  and  doors  is  carried  00  c\H'ii-i\..ly 
by  W.  H.  Dobbin  and  D..^id  Davison,  and  a  large  lumber-yard  by  the  well-kM„«i, 
finn  of  Green  .^  .McAuliff. 

C.  D.  Cartwright,  brcesjer  of  the  gold  and  silver  Polish  fowls,  has  recived. 
during  the  past  year,  the  fir-t,  second,  and  third  premiums,  respectively,  at  the 
Chicago,  Utica,  an.l  Springfield  p.,nltiy  exhibili.nis. 

The  nurserymen  are  Zera  liurr.  who  f.r  nearly  sixty  years  has  cultivated  a 
choice  selection  of  all  varieties  of  the  dltlercnt  kinds  ,.f  fruit  and  ornamental 
trees  and  shrubbery  in  the  town  ;  aud  J.  i'.  Parce,  who  luis  also  been  eng;i-ed  a 
long  time  in  the  same  business. 

An\ong  other  business  interests  of  Fairport  arc  one  book-store,  one  jcwelr}-- 
store,  two  merchant  tailois,  four  milliners,  three  lawyers,  two  boot-  and  -In^c- 
stores,  three  drug-stores,  two  dry-goods  stores,  six  groi^crics,  one  clothing-store, 
two  insurance  agents,  one  exchange  and  insurance  agent,  two  coal-dealers,  two 
hotels,  one  confectionery  and  restaurant,  one  oyster-house,  two  billiard-rooms,  nine 
liquor-dealers,  two  livery  stables,  one  undertaker,  two  stove-  and  hardware-stores, 
eleven  coopers,  three  barbers,  five  shoemakers,  eleven  blacksmiths,  two  carri^ge- 
trimmers,  six  carriage-painters,  one  marble  works,  three  meat-markets,  two  har- 
ness-makers, thirteen  carfientcrs  and  builders,  five  masons,  besides  seven  firms 
en'.rai;ed  in  buying  and  shipping  farm  produce. 

T/ie  Fa!,j«„>  ileriM,  a  weekly  journal,  was  established  and  first  published  in 
1ST3,  by  George  C.  Taylor.  Alter  a  siiort  ownership,  Mr.  Tayi-.r  w..icl  out  10 
Jar«d  Newman  and  George  T.  Frost.  The  latter  soon  after  purchased  .^Ir.  New- 
man's interest,  aud  became  sole  owner  and  manager,  which  he  remained  for  over 
two  years,  until  the  past  summer  of  ISTti,  when  ho  sold  to  X.  J.  Deal  the  paper 
publication,  retaining  for  his  own  business  the  jobbing  department,  including 
stock,  estimated  at  an  annual  value  of  between  six  and  seven  thousand  dollars. 
The  Ilemhl  w  a  well-conducted  and  prosperous  jounial,  Republican  in  p.'iitli-s, 
and  has  a  circulation  of  about  six  hundred. 


inE   FAIRPORT    r.MO.S    FREE    SCHOOL. 


The  first  school  organized  in  the  village  of  Fairport  was  in   IS 

Goodell,  .and  Larry  Wilcox  were  elected  the  first  trustees  ;  D.  B.  1 
clerk  ;  and  Jesse  Trcdwcll  the  fil>t  collector.  A  site  was  pureha-e- 
school-house  created  the  same  sea,s.iu,  located  in  the  vilhige.   It  rem 

until  ISTO,  when  it  was  changed.  The  rapid  gn.wth  of  the  vIllaLl 
corporation  in  lSGT,the  increased  number  of  sclutlars,  and  the  gene 
educational  privilege's  at  other  points,  made  the  want  of  better  faeii 
and.  especially  with  the  more  ailvanced  pupils,  a  gradl^l  sclo>ol  with 
tages  was  regarded  as  a  necessity  :  hen  .'c  the  I'ah  port  I'nlon  Free  Sel 
izcd  February  '20,  ISTU.  A  new  sii .  was  imiuediatcly  pureh;ised  a 
thousand  dollars,  aud  the  present  school  building  erected  the  same 

and  is  .an  ornament  and  credit  to  the  village.  The  present  b..^ 
pjuipriscs  J.  V.  Parce,  H.  A.  Do  Land.  Nelse.u  Lewis,  Wm.  S 
G.  Hown,  H.  A.  liarstow.  Charles  L.  Peacock.  Levi  J.  De  l,.n 
Ilazeu.  J.  Y.  Parce  is  president,  Chas.  L.  Peacock  sccreUiry.  Lc 
treasurer,  and  A.  E.  Ilazeu  eollce  or  The  crps  of  in.struetior, 
able  and  cfiicient  teachers,  viz  :  Prof.  J.  U.  Gordon,  principal-,  M 
ersm,  pre-cept ress ;  and  Mrs.  W.  II.  Allard,  Mi-s  N.  A.  Tuttle,  .MI 
kcll.  Miss  M.  E.  Hill,  an.l  .Mis.  E.  T.  L.wis.  a.-istauts.     The  prc- 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


FAIBPOaX    LOUO 


,  47G, 


The  original  clmrter  fnr  thi.-  loJ-c  wus  olitainftl  by  the  fuil^win-r-naiued  Masniia, 

who  pctilmnclthQlin.nai^.d..'cf..rs., ,t..wit:  .I..>hu:iC.  Kit.,,,,  Thomas  13.  V. 

DurunJ,  J.  K.  l!urlin;.',„„e,  Honry  \'i.„  l!„n-n.  O1.3  U.  Fu!hi„i.  <,-ynumr  r.ihi„;r, 
John  I'almcr,  O.  C.  E-iton,  Kliah'i  Mark'tt,  Wiibril  K.  G.."hiLh.  William  Wil- 
cox, S.  Prentiss  Noyes,  Jacoh  Chaae,  Uu.swi-11  B.  Hcwcs,  anJ  F,iyotU;  Luphaiu. 

The  ab<jve  were  the  oriirinal  charter  mc,t,l'»'rs. 

First  n,cctin.-  of  the  lodge  was  hil.l  April  It!.  l.'^.-)a.  The  first  offic-r^  were— 
Joshua  C.  hJt.'.n,  W.  M. ;  Thou.as  D.  V.  Diirund.  S.  W. ;  Janus  K.  Burlin<r,me, 
J.  W.;  Omar  Wilcox,  ^^cey  pro  Im.;  Rom<ou  Vand.Thoof,  Trcas.;  (Jtis  B. 
Fullau.,  3.  I).;  Sijmour  I'j'lnicr,  J.  D. ;  ( >.  C.  Katon,  S.  M.  C;  John  Palmer, 
J.  M.  C;  ElUha  Marlett,  Tvler. 

The  present  offiix'r^  aro— H.  W.  Couch,  W.  JI.  ;  L.  J.  Pe  Land.  S.  W. ;  L.  >f. 
Powers,  J.  W.;  II.  H.  Howell,  Treas. ;  J.  S.  llimsdell,  Soey ;  I).  Tallman.  Jr., 
S.  D  ;  L.  51.  Shaw,  J.  D.;  M.  E.  llazen,  Tyler;  C.  C,  Moore,  S.  M.  L'.;  (Jcorjo 
W,  Boweniuin,  J.  M.  C. 


of  the  New  York  Central  Kaiiroad,  and  the  Krie  ciiial,  the  manufacturers  and 
business  men  of  Fairport,  and  the  ailjaceut  lamiinL,'  com,uunity,  have  the  advan- 
tage of  cheap  and  rapid  shipments.  Although  comoi'tition  in  fi'eight  between  rail 
and  water  is  usually  productive  of.  cheap  rates,  yet  in  late  year^,  when  time  is  re- 
garded as  so  e5,«cntial  in  business  piinjuits,  the  railroad  ab?o,bs  the  bulk  of  it.s 
commert^e ;  still,  many  heavy  shipments  are  made  half  the  year  by  the  canal. 
During  the  U-st  three  years  of  financial  st.ignation.  a  montlily  average  of  three 
thousand  passenger  tickets  have  been  sold  at  the  depot,  while  the  shipments  from 
the  freight  dep.jt  approach  fifteen  million  piiunds  annually,  with  receipts  repre- 
senting a  yearly  business  to  the  Xcw  York  Central  company  of  about  forty  thousand 
dollars" 

Other  powerful  auxiliaries  to  the  con 
public  spirit  and  judicious  action  of  her  1 
have  aided  her  mechanics  and  workiiigiu. 
fiimilies.  Most  prominent  among  these  li 
the  past  twenty-three  years,  has  handled 
or  farms  to  suit  purch;isers.  H 
and  sold  to  workme; 


eyci  , 


th  of  Fairport  have  been  the 
>!,,  owners  of  real  estate,  who 
n  si.-eurini:  pcriuanent  homes  for  their 
been  Oeoriic  R.  Sanf  jrd,  who,  during 
;r  fifteen  hundred  acres,  selling  in  lots 
erected  a  large  number  of  comfortable  houses, 
Ian  of  Siivinir-banks.  to  l«  paid  in  small  sums  when 


convenient,  .and  1 
asaally  paid  for 
extended  scale. 


;  time,  thus  eiiablihg  many  to  se 
Several  others  have  followed  hia 


BUSHXELL'S  BASIN. 


ure  a  home  lor  the  I 
eiaoiple,  though  on 


ikss 


Eleven  miles  southeast  from  Rochester  is  the  great  en,bankmcnt  over  the  Iron- 
dequoit  creek.  This  embankment  is  the  greatest  work  on  the  eanal.  It  is  nearly 
a  mile  in  length,  and  from  forty  to  seveniy-=ix  feet  in  height.  It  is  partly  natural, 
partly  artificial,  and  extends  in  1  winding  direction  across  the  v.alley.  The 
tblloning  is  ext.  lotc'd  from  the  journal  of  De  Witt  Clinton  while  on  his  explor- 
ing tour  with  the  canal  c-ommissioners  in  ISIO:  "We  arrived  at  the  tavern  at 
Pcrrin's  in 'the  town  of  Boyle  (now  Pcrrintoni,  twenty-one  miles  from  Canan- 
daigua,  four  and  a  half  from  Gerundcgut  or  Irondci|Uoit  landing,  and  fourteen 
from  Charlottsburg.  A  ves.sel  of  thirty  tons  can  go  to  the  head  of  this  landing 
from  Lake  Ontario,  but  the  sand-bar  at  the  mouth  of  the  bay  no-  ■  prevents  all  in- 
tercourse of  that  sort."  About  18:i0  a  .^^r.  Pardee,  not  liking  the  idea  of  the 
canal's  running  through  his  farm  or  of  living  near  it,  sold  to 'Mr.  Oliver  Ilartwcll. 
and  the  place  went  by  the  name  of  Ilartwell's  I?ic<in  for  a  number  of  years.  Mr. 
Oliver  Ilartwcll  opened  and  kept  a  grocery,  a  warehouse,  and  built  boat*,  iloing 
quite  a  business.  In  a  few  years,  Bushndl,  Lyman  Wihnarth  ,t  Co.  bought  him 
out,  and  carried  on  the  mercantile  and  forwarding  business,  employing  many  clerks 
and  doing  a  large  business  for  many  scas-^os  during  the  canal  m-vigatloa.    About 


one  load  of  flour  was  shipped  daily  from  this  place,  being  brought  in  fn.m  the 
Tarious  mills  of  the  surrounding  country. 

In  lS:;j,  Mr.  Co-jswell  kept  tavern  there,  Gould  Riehunlson  kept  tavern  and 
grocery  from  18:23  to  1831.  Charles  Dickin.s.in  eomniencud  the  n,erea,rtile  trade 
by  himself,  in  which  he  was  so  .successful  in  after-years.  A  school-hou.se  wa.i  Uilt 
in  1SJ5.  One  had  been  built  a  little  farther  east  previously,  probably  alwut  Ihik 
(district  N'o.  1).  Jle.ssrs.  Lyman  Wiluiarth  and  Charles  Dickinson,  feelin-  the 
importance  of  observing  the  Sabbath,  t(wk  it  upon  them.sclvcs  to  lead  in  meeting, 
though  non-profe.s.sor3,  which  they  did.  alternately,  by  convening  together  thos« 
they  TOuld.  One  of  them  would  read  a  portion  of  Scripture,  an.l  a  sermon  which 
they  would  procure,  and  engage  in  singing.  Ucv.  Mr.  (.'aulkins,  front  \  ictor.  would 
come  and  preach  to  them  occasioually.  Thus  the  first  religious  etfoit  started  in 
this  place.  In  IS.'il,  by  the  aid  of  Charles  Dickenson  and  Cyrus  Lisinard  to  a 
larce  extent,  a  house  of  worship  was  built,  and  dedicated  as  the  Coii'.'rc^.in..„al 
church  by  Kef.  Daniel  Johnson,  who  coniiuucsl  with  them  for  nearly  two  years. 
This  organization  wm  kept  up  a  few  years,  when  they  united  with  the  organiza- 
tion at  Fairport.  Jlr.  Whittlesey  was  one  of  its  deacons.  The  house  was  occu- 
pied for  many  years  as  a  mission  by  different  denominations  at  different  times, 
when,  in  ISCJ,  the  properly  was  dee-Jed  to  the  Independent  Methodist,  and  from 
them  to  the  Episcopal  .Methodist  society,  who  now  occupy  it  Trustees  a,-o  Sey- 
mour Ketchum  and  Hiian,  Crosman. 

JIuch  forwarding  business  was  done  in  this  place  until  within  twenty  yean. 
There  are  at  present  a  irrocery  and  shoe  shop,  by  Mr.  Roe;  a  tavern,  by  Mr.  De- 
witt;  pikst-office,  kept  by  Mr.  Lawrence;  and  a  powder-mill,  a  short  distance  s.iuth, 
owned  and  managed  by  Band  &  Co.  They  arc  doing  a  good  business.  J.  K. 
Buell  and  Benjamin  are  peach-growers,  and  do  quite  a  business,  Mr.  Buell  having 
some  thirty  or  forty  acres  in  peach-trees. 

This  village  is  pleasantly  situated  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  town,  east  of 
the  great  embankment  on  the  Erie  canal. 


EGYPT. 


way,  and  a  roail  opened  and  improved 
.  part  of  the  Palmyra  and  Rochester 


About  1 80G  or  1  SOT  the  trees  were  cleared  i 
throimh  thb  town,  which  soon  alter  became  : 
stage  road.  Deacon  Ramsdell  and  Cyrus  Packard  had  purch^uscd  and  settled  in 
this  rich  and  K-autiful  valley,  cleared  cousiderable  land,  and,  more  fortunate  than 
many  of  their  neighbors,  had  succeeded  in  raising  a  large  amount  of  corn  aud 
other  grains.  In  eonseijuence  their  fame  spread  abroad,  and  many  came  from  the 
vicinity  and  a  distance  to  purchase  corn  of  them,  whence  it  became  known  as 
Egypt  When  the  stage  and  mail  route  was  established,  its  central  location  be- 
tween the  two  pl.aces,  and  its  advanced  .«ettleinent,  made  it  a  stage  depot,  where 
horses  were  kept  and  changed.  A  village  immediately  sprang  up, — the  first  in  the 
town, — which  grew  ra]>idly  and  became  an  important  business  point.  Within  a 
circuit  of  one  mile  three  taverns  were  soon  erected  and  opencMl.  and  for  several 
years  were  in  full  blast,  all  doing  a  lucrative  bu.siuess.  They  were  kept  rcsj^ct- 
ively  by  Obey  Staples,  Oliver  Loud,  an.l  Cyrus  Packard.  Here,  as  before  stated, 
the  first  store  was  kept  by  Gregory  &  Co.,  i,i  ISlj,  and  the  second  by  Packard 
k  Watson.  The  latter  firm  also  built  and  ran  a  grist-mill.  About  18iO,  lloswdl 
Everett  erected  a  tannery  here,  which  he  carried  on  for  many  years.  In  18:;i> 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  meeting-house  was  erected,  the  Egypt  church  having 
been  organized  the  year  previous.  lu  1817,  Daniel  Whitman  built  a  blacksmith- 
shop,  the  first  in  Egypt.  It  became  a  good  business  point,  and  especially  during 
the  digging  of  the  canal,  when  the  courts  of  justice,  which  were  held  hero  by 
Eleazer  Batcman,  magistrate,  were  in  constant  session  and  exciting.  The  com- 
pletion of  the  eanal,  iiowcver,  soon  diverted  the  main  business  to  Tairport.  and 
the  discontinuance  of  the  stage  line  destroyed  its  advance,  while  the  still  later 
construction  of  the  railnjad  remanded  it  to  a  quiet  rural  hamlet.  .Vt  pre-nt 
there  remain  a  wagon-shop,  blacksmith-sh.ip,  and  a  store  with  the  jwst-office,  the 
latter  conducted  by  Cullcn  Loud,  who  was  born  here  in  1S09. 


BIOGRAPHICAL     SKETCHES. 


,V\; 


GEORGE   AVILLIAM    DOWNER. 


Oeoige  G.  Dowuer,  the  father  ol 
necticat  h  ITGD.  When  .[uite  v. 
county,  Xew  Hamiehire,  where  he 
William,  Jost-ph,  and  Geiir.-o  O.tli 
«n  early  ^e  Goorsre  G.  uiiir.ifotixi 
cdacatioB  of  the  voun'.'.    Although 


he  subject  uf  thia  sketch,  was  bom  in  Cou- 
n\z  his  parents  njijved  to  Lebanon.  Gnt'ton 
■.TJL'cd  in  furuiinir.  Tlu're  were  three  sons — 
htter  the  youn-ost— an.l  two  daughters.    At 

;  workeil  on  th-;  farm  a  lar-o  part  of  the  year, 


he  obtaitt.'d  a  fair  education,  and  sul)s.-i|uenily  taught  jchoul  seven 
1797  he  married  Su.-annah  Bulli'ck.  the  eld^.■^c  dau'.'hter  .if  a  well-to-do  fanner  in 
LehanoB,!  man  of  .-trong.  R.hust  fr.itne.hale  and  hearty  at  ninety.  His  daughter 
inherited  hia  Tigorou.*  con.stituti..ii,  with  a  gentle  disfjosition  and  well-b;Janoed 
mind.  After  niarriai.'e  Mr.  Downer  settlc.1  down  to  business  as  a  tiller  of  the 
soil.  Or.  February  19,  17:iS,  the  sul.ject  of  this  sk.  teh.  lieu.  Wra.  Downer,  was 
horn  in  Lebanon,  New  Hainp-hire,  near  Dartmouth  coUe^.-e.  Ho  K;i3  the  oldest 
of  twelve  chUdren.  of  wh..m  eleven  were  K.ys,  riz..  (i.-.,.  \V.,  Cyrus,  Alvah  H., 
Orauiill,  Alonio,  Loran.  Sawyer,  Clark.  Wc-sl.y,  A~a.  wh..  di.-d  in  childh.iod,  and 
one  other  in  infancy.  Orniacinda.  the  sivund  ihil.l  and  only  daughter,  married 
Timothy  P.obins.)n,  nephew  ..f  Dr.  G.  Robin-.n.  wh.v  .l<  pliysieian  and  surgeon, 
BtooS  at  tfe  head  of  tlir  medical  pr..fessioii  in  western  .New  York.  When  Gc-orge 
waa  but  a  small  boy  his  p;irent-*  rciuoved  to  .Sharmi,  Wind^jr  county,  Vermont. 
Shortly  i.'ter  his  father  U-caiuc  greatly  embarra<^l  in  his  bu:  ines-,  throuL'h  the 
instrumeotalily  of  others,  which  rt-sulted  iji  his  linancial  ruin.  George  was  then 
eight  ycjR  old,  and,  being  the  ohh-^t  s^n.  and  active  and  intelligent,  he  was  called 

tant  Diis&ion  for  a  b-y  of  ei'_'Iit  years  ?huwe<I  that  he  jio-si--M*d  '■  staying"  (inaiities. 
The  faniSj  b.-in-;  out  of  tlonr,  a  lia-  was  filhsl  with  grain.  i.l:.<-..-d  on  a  l.oi-se, 
and  he  on  top,  was  sent  to  mill,  several  miles  di-iant,  to  ha.c  it  gn.und.     On 


the   bag  fell  ..If.  ; 


lall 


it.  he 


and  help  him.  He  finally  smo..-.l.sl.  but  did  not 
return  with  the  fl..ur  until  l.ui..-  aft.r  ]ii.-hit..ll.  .Shortly  alter  this  tiie  family  re- 
tameit  tn  Lcban..n.  New  Hampshire,  but  remained  only  a  slo.rt  tim.'.  when  they 
iDuveil  tu  Schuyler,  Herkimer  county.  New  Vork.  and  IwuL'ht  .i  lar-e  fann.  which 
they  wurtnl  abi.ut  >ix  y.ars.  During  this  tl,„..  Cc'iv.'  w..rked  v.ry  har.l,  with 
but  little  lime  for  s.-hJol.  The  cnntry  b.  iie.'  new.  ehur.  hes  wen.  'iLw,  and  his 
mother  heiug  a  devout  Jl.-thodi.-t.  her  h..ns.-  was  used  f.ir  diviu.-  s.rviei's  by 
minister!  IraTeling  on  their  ein  nit-.  It  was  at  these  ine.-lings.  and  throu-h  the 
pious  iie«reetions  of  his  mi.thir.  that  he  nseiv.si  th..s.-  d.ip  reli-ions  .siuvi.  tions 
which  re»iin  with  him  f.  tlii-  .lay.  A  sh..rt  time  before  fli,-  .i.jse  ,.f  the  war  ..f 
1812  it  wa,.  Jeei.lid  to  make  an..lh,r  n.m..val  :  o.i,s...|U.-nlly,  the  f.lher.  with  his 
brothcr-iniw.  A.a  l!ull,H-k,  m.id,'  a  pru-pi-eiing  lo.,r  thr..ngli  we-tem  .New  Y..rk-, 
but  set  uwnvitiug  wxs  the  apiH-aranee  uf  the  t-ountry  at  that  time  that  it  was  a 


considerable  time  before  he  deiideil  to  l.H'ate  in  P.-rrinton.  Monns.^  Cu 
February  111,  ISIU,  the  ei-hteenlh  birth.lay  uf  th.ir  s..n  Geop.'.-.  they 
their  new  home.  A  lan:e  farm  was  bought,  .md  the  work  of  tilling  a 
commenced.  George  hired  to  a  farmer  f.ir  six  m.uiths.  at  twelve 
month  ;  but,  as  that  was  the  eeicbrate.l  cold  season,  crops  wi-re  jxwr  : 
scarce,  and  Gcopge.  in  settling  with  his  euipl.iyer.  to..k  a  pair  of  st.- 
payment,  which  did  .'.""l  service  on  liis  lathers  farm.  In  a  few  ye 
hou^e  was  built,  the  first  in  this  secttun,  with  other  buildings.     In 

scrviei-s  were  held  by  Meth.>dlit  circuit  preachers.     Durin 

of  the  Erie  raiial  he 


ud  his  \ 


w.jrked  ( 


On  April  17,  IS.':;,  George  W.  Downer  married  Matilda  Whitehorne,  .lan.-ht.r 
of  Stephen  Whitehorne,  a  farmer  ..f  l'errir,t..n.  and  left  his  parental  h..ui,.  t.,  I,..^,,, 
life  on  hia  own  aceeunt.  He  purchasi-d  the  pi.ssession  to  the  f.um  on  uljih  1,.. 
now  resides,  agreeing  to  pay  five  hundred  dollars  for  it.  the  land  not  I..  iii'_-  f.,r 
sale,  as  the  title  was  in  dispute.  .\  log  house  w;i3  the  only  building  ..i,  ii 
Although  Wginning  life  without  a  d.^llarryet.  b..-iiig  blessed  with  an  ir..n  e..„>ii. 
tulion,  strength,  and  energy,  and  with  a  loving  and  prudent  wife,  he  ha-  sLs-urci 
to  hia  old  ag»'  his  present  tine  farm,  with  its  ple^isant  house  and  In-autiful  -nri..uuil- 
ings.  One  year  after  his  marriaee  his  father  dic-d.  lamented  by  a  wile  ,ir.l..  ,.l 
friends.  Abimt  this  time  the  .jld  log  house  wxs  burned,  and  another  was  spi-clilv 
built.  Rochester,  twelve  miles  distant,  was  the  principal  market,  .md  the  hauliciL' 
was  done  with  oxen.  In  one  season  >Ir.  Downer  hauled  nearly  five  hun.lr..! 
bushels  of  wheat,  at  seventy -five  cents  per  bushel,  .siartin'.'  before  d.iylight  in  onler 
to  make  the  round  trip  before  midnight.  By  his  first  wife  .Mr  Duwner  had  ten 
children,  six  sons  and  four  daughters,  half  of  each  dying  in  infancy.     The  sur. 

M.  His  wife  died  April  3.  1S44,  at  the  ago  of  thirty-nine,— a  devoted  wife  and 
a  fond  and  affectionate  mother.  On  September  9,  IS.il.  he  married  his  secon.l 
and  present  wife.  .^Iaria  Benedict.  dauL-hter  of  John  Benedict.  Es|.,  a  succc5.-fiil 
farmer  in  Perrinton  ;  by  her  one  5<jn  wxs  born.  John  B.  Downer. 

In  politics  Mr.  Downer  belonged  to  the  old  Democratic  school  until  the  slavery 
agitation,  when,  believing  in  the  inalienable  riixhts  of  all  men.  he  allied  himself 
with  the  Free  Soil  element  of  the  country,  and  rjuietly  l.mt  emphatically  sup- 
ported that  position,  both  in  his  intercourse  with  men  and  at  the  ballot-box. — a 
patriot  to  his  country,  a  friend  to  humanity,  and  a  .levotee  to  constituti...nal 
liberty.  .\  consistent  member  of  the  Free-Will  Baptist  church,  he  lias  con- 
tributed larL'ciy  to  religious  and  educational  enterprises.  He  15  a  life  mciuber  of 
the  Whitestown  Seminary  Society,  near  Utiea,  New  York,  and  liics  been  a  sub- 
scriber for  nearly  half  a  century,  without  intermission,  to  the   Muvnimj  Si.ir. 


a  religious  paper  published  by  the  Free-Will  Bap 
While  his  own  educational  advantages  have  been  lin 
in  the  cause  of  liberal  educati.m,  believing  that  on  i 
the  people  the  aufety  and  welfare  of  the  republic  resi 


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i^UCRETIA  PACK.UID. 

This  lady  w.ls  a  dau..-htcr  of  Cyrus  Packard,  ..uc  ..f  the  v,r>-  early  s.irl.T>  ..f 
Pcrrint..n,  who  kept  the  early  tavern  at  E-ypt  in  I.SIO.  Sli,-  wa-  U.in  in  Th.  I]- 
Onlario  county,  Scpt.'inl»T  10,  17S9.  au.l  b.i:aii  her  l.iie.-.  a.live,  an.l  cvenllul  hi. 
in  the  pioneer  scltlemciits  of  Perrint.in.  .\s  a  ;.'irl  sli.-  was  reniarkabl.-  aiie.i.^- 
the  very  smart  girls  of  that  period  for  her  aptitude  and  rea.ly  .i|.|>li.:iti.'ti  t"  "ly 
business.  She  was  an  aecomi>lislied  spinner,  w.'a\cr,  an.l  c«Kjk,  all  ..f  win.  ii  ".-rk 
was  executed  with  ea.H.'  and  expeilition.  Her  eilucati..ii  was  excellent  l.tr  lli.- 
times,  and  no  modern  sjuller  eould  >tau.l  befor.'  Ii.-r  at  the  spelliim-selio..!.     I  >ni- 

meetings  in  E;;vpt.  where  .she  wxs  coniieet>sl  with  the  choir.      Prior  t..  \ui  mar- 
riage to  Jam.  s 'llann.m   in  ISl:;.  .-he  lau-ht  -cli,..|  in  IVirint.jn  Cnti.-      '/■■' ' 

hor-.back.rider  in   her  d.iy,  lrc,uently.   in  coin|.any  with  other  girls,  ri.lii.u  i" 
church,  ...It  ..f  E'.-ypt  t..  other  p..ints.  f..lluwin..-  the  trill,  an.l  L-nid.-d  by  blaj.d 

tns.-.      She  once   b'p.ke  a  colt   to   li.lc  which    li.i.l   thrown   it-   male   ri.hr.  f 

the  Uam-.l,lls.     She  w:is  al-j  familiar  with  the  [n.lians  of  that  time,  "ho  "■"• 

aceiL-toninl  to  gath.-r  t....-cther  by  dozens  at   her  father's  finside  in    .M.i i  ■"■ 

Her  father  was  jnstii.-e  ol  the  p.'acc  when  Egypt  was  the  principal  place  in  town, 
and  was  al.*>  the  fir>t  supcrvi.sor  of  Perrinton. 


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MYROX   U.   BOSWORTH. 

Myron  H.  Bosworth  was  bom  March  7,  1320,  on  the  farm  of  his  grandfather, 
John  KeII«j,  aboat  one  and  a  half  miles  northeast  of  Eiypt.  When  two  yeara  old 
his  Cither,  Luther  Bosworth,  moved  with  his  family  to  Ohio,  where  in  a  few  years 
the  mother  died,  when  the  three  children  were  brought  back  to  Perrinton.  Jlyron, 
the  eldest,  then  sLi  years  old,  with  his  sister  Xancy,  lived  with  their  grandfather. 
Hi  married  Slarii  Walts,  April  30,  1S43,  and  managed  his  grandfather's  farm 
and  cared  for  him  twenty-five  years.  His  bam,  with  stock  and  grain,  was  bumed 
n  September,  1SC2.  He  soon  after  purchased  the  farm  two  miles  east  of  Fair- 
port,  of  Ira  Smith,  where  ho  lived  until  his  death,  5Iay  31,  1S76.  He  leaves 
only  surviving  him  his  widow.  The  two  children  bom  to  him  died, — one  in  in- 
f  incy,  and  the  other  at  twelve  years  of  age.  The  loiter,  with  hb  father,  fell  through 
»  canal  bridge  in  ISlJ",  and  received  injuries  from  which  they  never  recovered, 
and  which,  nndoabtodly,  were  the  ultimate  cause  of  their  death.  His  father, 
Luther  Boswurth,  still  lives  near  Lansing,  Michigan,  with  one  brother  and  seven 
half-brolhcra  and  sisters. 

Mr.  Booworth  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Macedon  until  1842, 
»hcn  he  united  with  others  in  founding  the  First  Baptwt  church  in  Fairport. 
For  forty  years  he  was  a  faithful  attendant,  a  Christian,  and  a  public-spirited 
cililen.  By  industry  he  ac(|uircd  a  handsome  estate ;  two  thousand  dollars  of 
»hich  Was  given  fur  a  new  chunh,  one  thousand  fire  hundred  to  his  sister,  and 
the  remainder  to  his  widow. 


WILLIAM  A.  LOCKWOOD. 


Mr.  Daniel  Lockwood  was  bom  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  January  25.  ITuO, 
and  was  married  to  Miss  SJly  Jessup  May  19,  1802,  and  unto  them  were  born 
eleven  children, — six  sons  and  five  daughters.  Mr.  Lockwood  was  a  Xew  Eoc- 
land  farmer,  living  on  the  farm  which  his  fither  had  occupied  botore  him,  and 
remained  until  his  death.  The  farm  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by  one  of  the 
children. 

William  A.  Lockwood  (the  subject  of  our  sketch,  and  the  third  child  in  this 
family)  was  born  May  C,  ISOG,  remaining  with  his  parents  on  the  farm  and  re- 
ceiving but  a  common-school  education  ;  was  married  to  Miss  Polly  Hubbard,  by 
Rev.  Pratt  Buffett,  April  27,  1S31. 

In  the  fall  of  1S32  he  came  to  this  town  prospecting ;  soon  purchased  a  fami 
of  Mr.  David  Rowland,  containing  eiglity  acres,  situated  about  one  mile  west  of 
Egypt,  on  the  Palmyra  and  Rochester  road.  The  next  year  (1S33)  he,  with 
his  companion,  came  and  settled  on  this  farm,  where  they  toiled  together,  improv- 
ing and  adding  to  their  home:*tead  eighty-five  acres,  making  it  a  desirable  one. 

They  h,id  five  children,  of  whom  there  were  but  two  living  at  hb  death,  which 
occurred  October,  lSG-1.  The  widow  now  resides  with  her  dju'jhtcr.  :Mrs.  Brace 
Hamilton,  in  Fairp.jrt.  His  son,  George  W.,  lived  on  the  horui^teaJ  until  his 
death,  August,  1S73,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children,  who  still  remain  there. 
Mr.  JxKkwood  bad  resided  in  town  thirty-two  years,  highly  esteemed  and  re- 
spected as  a  neighbor  and  as  a  townsman.  Pusscsse.1  of  that  modesty  that 
always  commands  respect,  he  never  forced  himself  upon  the  people  .a.s  a  claimant 
for  public  honors,  though  he  scrvc<i  the  town  a.s  supervisor  for  one  lerai.      He  was 

ing  such  a  love  for  his  fimily  and  regard  for  his  friend-  tli.il  he  ever  labored  lor 
their  enjoyment  and  their  welfare. 


HISTOUY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


MILTO.V  BUDLONG. 


Milton  Budlong  was  bom  i 
waa  the  fourth  son  in  a  finiilv 
living.     His  father,  John   Bi 


Schuvlcr,  Herliimcr  county.  June  10,  1807. 
:if  eight  children  ;  only  one  aisttr  anJ  him^  If  t 
illoni,  was  a  dtsceudant  of  Nathan  Bullion- 


only  one  saved  in  the  King  Philip  war  in  Warwiuk,  and  was  bom  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  settled  in  Herkimer  county  about  1T84.  where  he  remained  until  his 
death,  1842.  Milton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  whose  educational  facilities 
were  vefy  limited,  left  his  home  when  seventeen  ycare  old,  and  came  to  this  town, 
where  he  worked  by  the  month  cutting  wood  f  >r  his  uncle,  Samuel  L;\dd.  until 
1819,  when  he  returned  to  his  father's,  where  he  remained  one  yc;ir.  In  1S20 
he  cnmc  back  to  his  uncle,  and  in  October  of  the  same  year  married  Clan.<.sa 
Shumway.  He  soon  after  settled  on  twenty-five  acres,  a  little  north  of  his  present 
home.  In  182  j  he  boiiL'ht  eighty  acres  of  his  prtx'nt  farm,  moved  on  to  it.  and 
commenced  the  cattle  trade  about  18;i0.  Ralph  Lister,  noticing  his  ener^  and 
economy,  supplied  means  to  engage  extensively  in  it  until  his  own  property  en- 
abled him  to  conduct  it  alone.  In  18^3  he  took  his  first  drove  to  Albany.  In 
1840  he  sold  six  hundred  head,  and  rented  of  the  Wadsworth  estate  about  one 
thousand  five  hundre<l  acres  ;  since  which  he  h.u  sold  from  twenty  thousand  to 
twenty-five  thou.sand  dollars  in  stcxk  annually.  He  has  incn'a.-M-d  his  homestead 
to  sl.\  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  with  .itwiut  lour  humlred  and  fifteen  nir.re  in 
Ru.«h.  .Mr.  Budlong  h;i3  had  eight  children.— three  sons  and  five  daushton.,— of 
whom  sij  are  still  living:  Mrs.  .\lvira  Hunt,  .'^chnyler,  Uaac,  Rcna.  Louisa  J., 
and  L<:vi ;  all  married  and  well  ^ctllcil.  Mrs.  Budlong  was  one  of  the  constitu- 
ent members  of  the  Frce-Will  Baplu-t  church  ..f  F.iirport,  fonned  in  1818,  and 
has  always  l>vn  a  prominent  mcnibi'r  and  citijen.  and  now,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five,  is  still  active  in  bu.«inc^s. 


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MULFORD  BUTTS, 
..o„  of  Re 


a  pioneer  of  this  town  and  -«i' 

bora  at  Dover  Plains.  Dutcljc 

at  that  place  until  the  lOtli  .it 

the  town  of  Washington,  the 

called  Genesee  country,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Porrinton.    Th 

fifty-two  years,  until  his  death,  which  o.iurnHl  June  2,  ISTl.     Hi-  wifi 

■arrive  him.      He  was  a  man  of  coriitt  habits,  unIileDii.''hcd  chanate 

regular  attendant  at  the  Congregational  church  at  Fairjwrt,  and  was  ui 

esteemed  by  his  neighbors. 


Moses  Butts  and  Sus;innah  Elliot. 

.\pril.  IslO,  when  he  married  Polly  .^lulliio 

^ante  county,  and  immediately  removed  to  the 

ided  t 


JAMES   HANNAN. 

in  Florida.  .Montgomery  county,  Xcw  York.  Ju 


1785,  and  in  ISIO  he  emitted  to  western  Nciv  York  in  cnipai 
Lovejoy  Cady,  a  year  or  two  older  than  himself,  and  son  of  ooe  of  his 
neighbors.  They  located  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  iantl  in  tl 
of  Perrinton,  eighty  acres  of  which  have  been  in  po-ssession  of  the 
family  down  to  the  present  time.  With  the  exception  of  a  few  -cattci 
houses  surrounded  by  small  pieces  of  clcan-d  land,  the  whole  town  Wiis 
wilderness.  Mr.  Hannan  soon  bodine  ati  accomplished  hackwoodsm.in,  ar 
swing  the  axu  skillfully  and  effectually.  He  cleared  his  farm,  and  aftci  wj 
chased  one  hundrc.l  acres  more,  which  he  al-s<j  clc.ircd.  He  was  a  Mm 
in  the  war  of  1812  and  '14.  ami  was  called  out  to  d.f.-nd  the  lin.  s  .m  ma 
sions.  He  w;is  out  one  month  u  idcr  Gcuer.d  .'swift,  at  another  time  ' 
forces  in  sight  of  Uuflalo.  and  a.ss.stcd  one  night  in  capturing  twive  wo, 
pera  near  Fort  Erie,  and  w.is  also  at  the  mouth  of  Genesee  river  when  .*i 
Yeo  bombarded  the  wilderness  at  that  point.  Of  medium  height  anil  inn 
tution,  he  acknowledged  no  superior  in  work  or  si«,rts.  Whet,  but 
years  of  age,  at  his  caily  home,  he  once  hotLsi.'d.  on  a  lK?t,  all  the  wltea 
bnitcd  cradler  could  lay  dowti,  as  fast  as  he  could  cut  it.     He  never  a: 

ried  .Miss  Lncretia  Pa.kard.  in  K.-ypl.  April  IP,  1S12,  with  wliuin  h.-  Iivei 
tl.nn  he  first  locaU-d,  until  his  tlcuth.  April  2.  1S70,  a  period  ol  flfty-elL-h 
Of  his  children,  Xclson,  <ally  .M..  -Ni.ah  R..  t'yriis  V  .  M.iry  E..  Eoniee  L 
mond  J.,  Susan  A.,  J.  It  .  and  Julia  E..  the  ihtee  latter  oi'iK  are  living. 


JESSE   WHITNEY 

Jes.so  Whitney  was  born  .\|Til  2'.'.  ITIMl.      Ills  w 

8,  1804.      Nine  children  were  the  result  of  this  utti 


aged  forty-sev.ii 
Kinstry,     Tliete 

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Whitney  u,ay  be 

in  .Mav.   I.V, 

Mr.  Wlott, 

the  late  rest 


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PITTSrORD. 


PrrTsroBDcomrrisesthc  first  permanent  sottlcraents  in  the  eastern  part  of  Mon- 
roe County.  It  wa.'*  probably  aI:?o  the  lirsc  p!:ice  in  the  (»uiity  truij  by  white 
men.  Traces  have  been  found  of  the  French  expedition  under  La  Salle,  which 
Tiaited  western  New  York  in  ItiiiS.  In  1S13,  Stephen  A'.'ate  felled  an  old  tree 
OD  which  were  plainly  shown  the  marks  of  an  axe.  The  rini-a  outside  the  eut 
numbered  one  hundntl  and  fil'ty.  .Sumc  uienilicr  '>(  the  exiiedltion  bad  d-.ubtless 
"made  his  mark"  in  a  lynjwinj:  tree,  only  to  e.icite  comment  and  speculatioii  more 
than  a  hundred  yeirs  aflir  he   had   passed  to  dust  and  every  other  trace  of  his 


It  was  not  oniil  ITSS  that  the  title  of  Thelp.'  and  Gorham  to  their  purchase 
wa3  perfected  and  ibe  territory  fj-Mjncd  tur  sab;  and  settlrment-  In  Aujrust,  17S9, 
Israel  and  Simon  Stone  wme  to  the  liLne^ee  country,  and.  likin-  the  land,  they, 
with  Seth  Dodge,  purchased  of  Pliclps  and  Gorham  thirteen  thousand  two  hundred 
and  ninety-six  acres,  iDcludin:;  nearly  all  that  is  now  Pittsford.  All  were  from 
Salem,  Wasbin^-ton  county.  New  York.  Di^l^'e  never  removed  west,  and  soon 
after  relioquisbed  his  claim.  The  contract  with  Phelps  and  Gorham  was  to  pny 
eighteen  pence  per  acre  as  the  land  was  surveyed  and  sold.  Only  thii  dollars 
were  paid  for  the  article  of  agreement,  and  soon  after,  the  price  of  land  rapidly 
advancing,  Phelps  and  Gorham  gave  the  new  proprietor?  one-half  of  the  land  with- 
ont  further  payment  to  rclinr|uish  their  contract.     Thus,  for  thirty  dollars,  one- 

immediately  bepiu  after  their  purchase,  iu  17S9,  to  clear  land,  sowed  a  few  acres 
with  wheat  among  the  stumps  tlic  same  fall,  and  then  went  east  to  sj>end  the 
winter  and  induce  as  many  as  p<jssible  of  their  nci-bbors  to  return  with  them. 
AVith  the  whole  of  Pittsford  to  cbo.,se  from,  Simon  Stone  built  bis  first  log  house 
OD  the  farm  owned  by  Merrit  Tobey,  one  and  a  half  miles  south  of  the  village. 
trad  Stone  ?e»tle<i  and  bnilt  by  the  spring  near  the  old  canal  in  the  village,  where 
H.  Minnamon  now  lives.     He'died  there  before  ISOS. 

Two  years  before  the  Stones  came  into  western  Xew  York,  John  Lusk,  and 
Stephen,  bis  son,  a  lad  of  twelve  years,  left  tbclr  home  iu  Connecticut  for  the 
Genesee  country.  They  came  by  the  old  Indian  trail  from  Cannndaigua,  bringing 
Boine  cuws  and  bogs  with  them,  passed  tbrougb  Pittsford,  and  settled  near  the  bead 
of  Irondei^uoit  bay.  Building  a  log  liOU.se,  they  lived  three  years  in  the  woods 
alone,  seeing  no  white  man  except  an  uccasii  iial  visit  to  the  semi-savnge  called 
Indian  Allen  ;  in  the  mean  time  clearing  twelve  acres  and  solving  with  wheat.  In 
1790,  becoming  tired  of  this  kind  of  life.  John  Lu::k  and  his  son  returned  to  Con- 
necticut, John  Lu>k  to  sc^;  and  bring  honn;  his  family,  and  Stephen  to  team  the 
trade  of  tanner  and  currier,  uhich  they  had  found  a  very  ossemial  one  in  the  new 
country.  John  Lusk  had  bought  of  the  Indians  fifteen  hundred  acres  around  his 
clearing,  but  found  his  title  worthless,  and  had  to  buy  again.  He  returned  in  17t*l, 
and  repurchased  one  thou.'iand  acres,  paying  for  it  at  twenty-five  cents  per  acre, 
earned  mostly  by  carrying  chain  for  surveying  parties.  He  came  by  way  of  Lake 
ChampLiin.  the  SL  I.awrence,  and  Lake  Ontario  to  the  head  of  Iroi  ler|U()it  b.ay,  and 
bought  a  stock  ofgoo'ls  for  the  use  of  him?elf  and  other  settlers.  Several  others 
came  with  him,  including  Alexander  Dunn, «  ho  settled  first  on  Armstrong  Hill,  and 
afterwards  near  Pitt.-ford  village  ;  Knos  .Stunc  and  the  Hiucher  family  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Genesee.  >Ir.  Lu.<k  did  not  uiove  into  Pitt.'-I'ord  until  l»ii7,  but  as  the 
pioneer  of  the  new  settlement,  and  ideiitifiird  with  its  history,  his  name  deserves 
mentioQ  here.  Stephen  Lu^k  returned  in  17'J2,  and  established  himself  in  the 
business  of  tanning  and  ^hoemakim:,  at  the  head  of  Iroiideijuoit  bay.  In  1SU-, 
Stephen  Lusk,  with  his  wife  and  Dennis  Ln.-k,  then  an  infant,  were  in  an  0[>cn 
boat  on  Imnde<|Uoit  bay,  with  Meyer  and  -Vsa  Dunbar,  and  Captain  Oliver  Gnicc. 
They  saw  seven  bears  siviuiming  acro.^^  the  bay  td  the  eastern  side  It  was  in  the 
fall,  and  Captain  Grace  said,  ■•  Let  us  have  a  little  fresh  hog."  One  of  the  bears, 
an  old  and  fat  one,  wa.s  attacked  ;  but  she  showed  fight,  and  for  two  hours  it 
sceme,!  doubtful  which  pirty  would  pr..ve  the  victor.  The  men  had  only  their 
oars  and  an  axe,  and  the  bear  tried  h.ird  to  up-ct  the  boat.  AVhen  they  tried  to 
strike  her  she  would  dodgi*.  and  the  axe  caiin:  n.ar  slipping  from  their  hands. 
Mr  Lu-k   said   he  would   ghdly  have   let   tlie    Uar  alone  if  she  would  let  them 


•bio 


liniil 


Ihec 


.lade  g.»jd   fuod   fol 


Steplu 


>he  w.,s  speci, 
Lusk  moved 


Pittsford  in  ISO",  buying  the  tannery  of  Benjamin  \\"ix;k3,  who  had  precede! 
him  at  le.ist  eight  years.     He  died  in  ISU,  aged  sixty-six  years. 

Israel  and  Simon  Stfinc,  on  their  return  in  17DI,  brou'.;bt  not  only  tluir  own 
families,  but  those  of  Jasieljarr,  Silas  Xye,  and  his  sons  Xathan.  Silas  Jr.,  and 
Caleb,  Thomas  Clcland,  M;ijor  Ezra  Pitterson,  and  Jo^iah  Gininsun.  The  last- 
named  did  not  stay  lung.  Thomas  ClcUiul  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  lived 
many  years  one-fourth  of  a  mile  south  of  Stephen  Lusk's.  He  did  not  attempt 
to  accumulate  property,  but  w;is  .an  inveterate  fisherman  in  Mendon  p.inds  and 
Irondequoit  bay.  Ezra  Patterson  settled  on  Pieiibcn  Tobey's  farm ;  Captaiu 
Nye  north  of  him.  where  S.piirc  Xathan  Xye  and  Levi  D.  -Mitchell  afieiwanls 
lived.  Jasiel  Farr  settled  in  1701.  adjoining  Major  E.  Patter^ion.  He  j.lanted 
the  first  orchard,  proeurinc:  seeds  froui  the  old  Indian  orchard  on  Seneca  point. 
Canandaigua  lake.  Mr.  Farrs  orchard  was  several  years  earlier  in  bearing  than 
any  other  in  a  wide  extent  of  country.  Among  the  others  from  Salem.  AVa>bin'.;- 
too  county,  was  Dr.  John  Ray,  who  came  in  KU'i  or  1793.  He  was  the  first 
physician  in  the  settlement,  and  in  early  years  was  called  to  attend  patients  in  the 
scattered  settlements  west  of  the  Genesee  river,  often  fording  it  when  he  was  in 
greater  danger  from  drowning  than  his  patients  were  from  disease.  A  younger 
brother,  Isaac,  and  a  cousin,  Israel  Ray,  followed  a  few  years  later. 

Simon  Stone,  one  of  the  proprietors,  on  bis  return  in  179'(,  brought  his  wife 
,n,J  ;„r.,„,  ^^  Orrir,  then  only  one  year  old.  He  lived  until  ApriL  li7."..  and. 
up  to  within  a  few  months  of  his  death,  retained  his  faculties  in  excellent  preser- 
vation. The  first  white  child  born  in  what  is  now  Pittsford  was  Alfred  Stone, 
son  of  Simon,  in  1792.  lie  went  as  pioneer  to  Painesville,  Ohio,  about  ISlS. 
The  first  death  was  the  wife  of  Jasiafparr.  in  J791.  Simon  Stone  was  in  many 
Ways  Useful  to  the  infant  senleme'nt,  He^biiilt  a  saw-mill  where  Rieluirdsou's 
mill  now  is,  in  1794,  and  from  that  date  frame  houses  began  to  be  built  in  the 
town.  Noah  Norton  settled  in  1794,  on  the  hill  two  miles  south  of  the  vilbiL'C. 
where  Henry  Thorncll  now  lives.  He  built  the  first  frame  house  there  in  1795, 
which  is  still  standing.  Simon  Stone  was  a  nail-maker,  and,  havinir  built  the 
primitive  saw-mill  to  furnish  the  boards,  he  made  many  of  the  nails  with  which 
they  were  put  together.  The  first  log  houses  were  bnilt  without  nails,  the  roofs 
being  made  of  boards  bound  by  poles  to  keep  them  from  blowing  awav.  Luckily, 
the  forests  sheltercil  bou.ses  so  that  the  winds  did  not  blow  so  fiereelv  as  in 
later  days.  The  difficulty  for  many  years  of  early  settlement  was  to  procure  iron. 
At  first  it  was  brought  from  L'tica,  but  after  a  few  years  from  Albany  via  Lake 
Cbamplain,  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  Lake  Ontario.  The  first  saw  used  in  Stone's 
mill  was  made  by  Samuel  Bennett,  the  primitive  blacksmith,  who  in  those  days 
lived  where  the  village  now  is.  He  made  the  saw  of  pieces  of  old  scythes,  and  it 
answered  the  purpose  several  years.  It  is  not  known  whether  Bennett  had  a 
shop.  A  forge  and  anvil  under  a  tree  sometimes  furnished  the  onlv  acenuimoila- 
tions  the  primitive  bl.icksmitli  had.  "  Where  is  Mr.  Ueni.eifs  shop?  '  was  iisked 
of  such  a  one  by  a  traveler  who  wanted  some  blacksmitiiing  done.  '•  You  arc 
in  the  shop  now,"  was  the  ready  answer.  ■'  The  whole  of  outdoors  is  bi.^  sb.ip  ; 
but  you  will  find  the  forgo  and  anvil  under  a  tree  five  miles  farther  on."  IJeMi- 
nett  afterwards  removed  to  what  is  now  Penfield,  as  his  name  appears  in  Northficld 
n>cords  until  that  town  was  set  off. 

J.juas  Sawens  and  Dr.  P.iniel  Rood  came  to  Pittsford  ab.)Ut  179:1.  Pr.  Rood 
did  not  practice  medicine  much.  He  settles!  where  John  C.  Keeler  lives,  and  re- 
mained there  till  liis  death  from  cancer,  about  1S2U.  Jonas  Sawens  bon'.rht  the 
farm  now  owned  by  B.  P.  Barker  in  179.j,  p.aying  fifty  cents  per  acre.  This  was 
just  before  tbo  rise  in  pricT-  of  land.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Dr.  RtuA.  His 
son,  Sydney  Sawens,  born  in  ISttO,  studied  mc'dieine.  and  removed  to  Ctica,  Xew 
York,  founding  a  leading  drugstore  iu  that  city.  The  marriage  of  Jon.is 
Sawens  to  Dr.  Rood's  daughter  in  1790  was  the  earliest  of  which  there  is  any 
record.  '  — - 

Caleb  Hopkins  came  fnira  PitLsf  ird,  Vermont,  to  the  Genesee  country  in  I79'J. 
He  had  plucation,  enterprise,  and  means,  and  was  f.ir  many  years  one  of  the 
leadini:  men  in  town.  Alt.r  a  few  years'  resilience  in  IVrrinton,  where  he  married 
a  d.iuglUer  of  .'^Ir,  M.i>  In'',  b,.  lHne_-ht  the  l',.rt,.T  |.l,ov,  vuitli  „i  the  vill:c.-e  of  Pill- 
furd,  of  As,i  Patur*jn,  who  settle-!  it.     Elihu  Dond,  a  neighbor  in  \ernioMl,  came 


HISTORY  OF  J::0NR0E  county,  new  YORK. 


•  few  jL-ar?  L.tcr.  Mr.  ILipLln*  w,\.<  [.n.iiiintnt  in  early  [►■!!.•■.  i,  col',.-,  r/ir  of  the 
«t>trict  of  Gcn.-s.e  «  nHy  .u  Isn'l.and  in  \6V1  »:i3  lv1,.„.i  «;  ilw  KiO VKcnJ 
Raiment.  He  went  lo  the  linf?!  aii<l  *<.TveU  liiroui^cK  lliLMvar.  In  l^lThcivprc- 
lented  Onuri.i  anuay  in  tljc  St.itc  LLM-,ijiure.  nnj  ilio  f.  ll.  win.,-  yenr  he  diL-J, 
•gedoolj  furty-^-ten  xnn.  Hi.-  wij,,.,  I\.rolhy  lloflius.  Jic^i  in  I'sil.  Man-io 
Hopkins,  born  in  1>.'0.  wu.-  a  s^.n 

The  Stone  faniiiy.  i»  Wa^hiirirtijo  o>unfy.  w^is  a  Virzc  nne,  anU  ia  1702,  or  soon 
afler,  many  of  iheiu  rainc  lo  ilie  new  s*.-iileiiiciit.  Aaiun-^  tiit^o  were  Aaron, 
John,  Sauiu.l,  I.^iac,  jn.1  .<ini.jn  (.IJl.      Abner  <:one.  an  ulJcr  brulher  of  Urael, 

Tttor,  «nj  io  1S21  Sr.t  rlcrk  of  Monroe  county.      Two  daUL-iitcri  are  now  livin;;        j 
in  tLe  filiate.     Aioos  r^ione  came  to  Pilt^ro^vl  in  17D  i,  and  tin;  lame  year  buu-.-ht 
the  bomcstt:>J  wKlri  bis  son  Salomon  Stone  uow  owns.     He  dicJ  m  1S13.     He        j 
»u  the  "Squire  St/'Oe  '  of  tliit  early  J:iy. 

Daniel  P.  irin  (bo.thcr  of  (.".lover)  was  in  FittiforJ  at  an  early  day.  Glover 
Perrin,  after  a  brief  trial  of  life  in  P^rrinton,  remivel  to  P.t;if.>nl.  anJ  was  the 
piooeer  UnJlorJ  in  liUT  on  the  comer  where  the  Plioenis  Hotel  now  is.     Ho  be- 

fcj  John  A.vr,  atoel  tlio  ycL,r  Isl3-U.  J..!m  Ac;r  «M  s.jn  of  William  Acer, 
who  came  from  Ma-^^ochuJeti.s  in  1701  anJ  t.«.k  up  the  honie-'teail  io  the  south 
part  of  the  town  looj  «:tupic<l  by  Davi.I  Acer.  William  Acer's  wife  w,i3  D.jroihy 
■  Adams,  i  tel.itive  of  President  John  Adams. 

Kev.  Thomas  Billin^lmr^t  w;u  the  fir>t  preacher  who  lived  in  the  town.  He 
t»me  in  179S,  and  lived  on  the  farm  uwurJ  by  I.  D.  Welh  until  his  death  In 
1845,  aged  ei;:liry-Hx-  lie  \v;is  a  Baptist  preacher  in  Eii;;land  when  only  seveo- 
teea  jeara  old,  asJ  came  to  Amcric-a  in  17'J.")  because  of  his  sympathy  with 
republican  idt-a.^,  then  very  iinp<ipuljr  in  Kii;:l.ind  beeaitrf  of  the  eii«=e3  of  the 
French  revolutiuoi5Lj.  He  was  a  uun  of  great  enterprise  and  publie  spirit. 
H«nog  eoniiaera'o«  uif.^.)-,,  he  »ou!d  r.evs:  take  p^y  P>r  nr<.-nchinvr.  but  ul'ted 
ind  preached  in  [private  huu.^-s,  barns,  and  school-houses.  After  a  few  years  his 
Tiewa  changed,  and  he  boi-ame  a  preuelier  of  universal  restoration. 

Amon;;  other  orly  settlers,  Ufore  l?Oit,  are  Uieh:ird  Welch,  frtandfatber  of 
N«th»n  K.  Welch,  who  settled  that  homestead.  Wiili.im  A?a:c,  17'JS.  with  Mr. 
BilUnghurst,  and  on  the  street  east  of  bim.  Mrs.  S.  Miles  is  a  dau-.;liter;  John  S., 
DO«r  U-.in-  !.,  tb,-  Tillj,-,-.  i,  a  s^n.  Mm  Miles  was  l«m  in  1707,  the  year  before 
ber  parents  moved  liea-,  and  has  livi«d  lon-^r  in  the  town  than  any  other  person 
BOW  Uvin-  K.^ert  ni.ll..nd  was  an  early  settler.  He  lived  north  of  Pvunis 
Lost'd,  as  aUo  did  Siiuon  Ib.iljnd,  both  at  an  early  day.  Lrael  Canfield  settled 
before  KOS,  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  where  Sliepherd  now  wxupica.  It  b 
on  the  ohl  rojd  to  Ki>che«ter,  and  for  a  Ion,-  time  hi=  ijoase  was  the  only  one  in 
theTicinity.  Giles  l!I'xl;.:ect  .^ttleJ  the  (juernsey  place,  east  of  the  village.  Jarcd 
Barker  w.u.  here  before  ISU",  on  the  T0U.7  f.inii.  l.air  a  mile  north  of  "the  home- 
itead  of  his  jrai^ixjn  David  Ujrker.  Nathan  Calhoun  came  to  Pittsford  from 
Connecticut  at  as  e-.irly  day,  and  loeato>l  in  the  s..uih  part  of  the  town.  He  was 
Dlgi-tralo  thirty  yeiirs.  Benjamin  Miiler  liveil  n.-ar  the  Erigliton  line,  near 
Eaton,  —J-  lluglics  lived  near  nieh..rd  WelJi  s.  on  what  was  called  "Johnny- 
Cake  street,"  as  early  as  1.'^*H|.  A  dau^iitcr  born  there  in  1S"0,  and  still  livim:, 
became  the  wife  of  Sydjiey  Sawens.  George  Welch  and  John  Wei.  h  were  sons 
of  Richard  Wckt  KieharJ  Savage  was  the  first  settler  on  John  KcLler's  hc.iiie- 
•tead.  Henry  B-.ilcy  livi.l  w,«  of  the  village,  ..pfi-ite  what  is  now  the  Cole 
fiirm,  in  170S.  William  l.lrilSi.  and  Tli..m:ij  Ken.p-h.ill  cleared  the  farm  owni^d 
bj  Mr.  lale;  G.-or-ge  P,.r-.,tt,  the  place  oerupieJ  by  W.liijra  Karl.  Honcc  Con- 
Terw  occupied  the  H.^pLin^  homestcid.  Iji  ISl.'i  he  moved  north  of  the  village. 
»nd  for  some  years  kept  a  hotel  on  the  F.ilrp  >rt  road.  Alexander  Chubb  lived  on 
the  Lyman  Birier  farm,  and  -l.tseph  Chubb  «l.erc  Iia  S.  Cbrk  now  docs.  Paul 
Richardson  lired  in  the  vill.ige  in  17'.li;,  and  [he  6t>t  town  meeting  was  it  his 
bouse,  aU'Ut  where  Gc^^nre  Wo«k1  now  live.-,  neit  to  the  Stone  warehouse. 

Until  17'.Mi  tlK-re  had  never  been  a  t.ovn  m.riing  in  the  seven  northern  towns 
of  Monroe  eaa  of  the  river.  Their  scalteri\l  pci.iile  beloiigi^  to  the  town  of 
CananilaigiLi,  and  were  entitled  to  a  vote  if  they  went  to  that  pl.u-e.  The  p..ll3 
Were  kept  ojicii  ihrer"  d.-iy*  for  e!et.-tiiin  ;  and  iliero  r^ecms  to  have  been  some  .*en.*.' 
in  thu",  when  votiTs  h.id  to  .-o  «u  f.ir.  In  17~!l  the  sev.  n  towns  of  Pittaford, 
Perrinlon,  Pet,6ehl.  WeU^ler,  Bri-hl..n.  In.n.lo|Uoit,  Henrietta,  and  .all  of  ]l.*h. 
«s«cr  ei-t  of  the  river,  were  orgriniied  a»  -  the  di>iriet  of  XorthBeld."  lii  17:1:;, 
Alexander  Da»n  w:u  o.Ilector  of  iIim  di~trivt.  This  olBevr  did  nut  have  much 
to  do.  There  was  an  extra  Lix  to  buiid  the  &rst  ei>urt-liou.se  in  Canandaigua 
(1701),  and  io  .1  total  lal  .if  nearly  ei-lit  th..u«;iiid  .L.ll.irs  the  pr.. portion  of 
hortbfiel.l  W.V.U-...  ihnn  Iw.,  hun.ln..l.  This  eml.raei-1  »hat  is  now  the  «,..l<l,ie«t 
■nd  muet  pt>pu)4>iis  p.rtic.ii  ..f  Km.h.'t.T.  then  an. I  !..ng  .itter  o.untcd  as  only  >*o 
much  wil.len«Twof  lillle  v.ilu..^.  In  1701)  the  di.-triet  of  .Vi.rthh.id  w.is  or.:.ui- 
i«eda.satown,  w.th  ll,e  tML.w.ng  olT.eer. :  S.ll«-r>...r,  SilaH  .\vr  ,  Town  Ch-Tk, 
John  n.iy;  A«»->--.rs  X.uh  Norton,  of  I'itt^lord,  C.ileb  Il..pkin...,  of  IVnIield, 


and   Glover    Perriu  ;   C.M'«:or   and    Con'tnMe,  Jonas   Saw,  n,  ,   Over*.er.  of  the 

Poor,  J,,slel    Farr,   Aanjn    Stone.    Comnii..~ioners  of    Ui.;liway",  Sim.in    St.,ne, 

Ji-^*-    Perrin,    Orange    Sione,   of    Uiisht....,     K.-nee-viewers,    Joel    Seudder,    of 

Brighton,  K/.ra  Paltera..n  ;   ()ver?e^;r.  of  Uighw.n.  Oran-e  Stone.  Samuel  Ik-nnct, 

Ileury  Uailev,  Alexan.ler  Dunn,  Willi.,m  .V.xt ;'l'ound.keepe-r,  Paul  Uiei,arJ-,n! 

j        The  meeting  was  op.oe-i  by  I'lone  w  Uai.a,  of  C.maiid.ugua,  and  it  was  voted  to 

"pnyJasicl   Farr  and  Glover    Perriu   their  csp<'nses  to  Canandaigua  10  get  the 

;        town  set  otr,  it  being  one  pi.und  three  jhillings  and  sixpcnec."     Tw..  .lollars  were 

I        Totc<l  for  wolves'  pates.     This  was  in.:rea>ed  in  1707  I.1  twenty  ahillinL-<,  and  in 

I        LSIJl  to  five  d..llar3.     The  Ut  b.mnty  for  wolves  was  voted  in  ISIH,     Hear*  were 

I        rjuite  numerous  in  the  c;irly  vttlenient  of  the  town,  arid  destroyed  a  got..]  manv 

hogs.     They  rarely  att,icked  men  or  women  unless  fir^it  wounded.     Several  la-lies 

now  living  remember  seeing  bears  while  pas-siiej  throU',:h  (lie  woods  in  the  prt-^ent 

town  of  Pittsford.     Doer  were  al'.i  omimon,  and  could  be  seen  f.-'e.iiu..:  oee:i-i..iiallv 

aming  henls  of  cattle  in  the  elearin-gs.    They  were  made  very  siiy  by  the  humeri, 

and  soon  citermiiiatcd.      About  ISli.'l  s.juirrel3  Ut.iuic  a  4..Tious  |^-t  10  farmers. 

It  was  voted  to  ol'er  a  bounty  of  one  sliilliog  e.u-h  f..r  s.iuirreU  killed,  but  the  vote 

wa>  reconsidered,  as  it  w.is  feare-d  that  the  charge  would  be  too  he-avy  for  the  town 

to  pay.     All  the  cornfields  were  m.-ar  wikhIs.  and  the  ert.ps  sulTered  srrium.lv 

Hunters  and  a  severe  winter  soon  after  le-saened  iheir  nuiuU-rs.     At  the  fir;t  town 

meeting  ic  was  voted  that  hogs  might  run  it  large  from  the  2llth  of  April  to  the 

l»t  of  November. 

In  1733,  Glover  Perrin,  Ii,-iac  Pwiy,  Samuel  Bennett,  and  Orange  Stone  were 
appointed  "  S.ibbnth-day  .M.L-tets."  Their  function  is  .|Ue-stioiiable,  as  all  North- 
field  bad  then  uo  church  and  no  settled  preacher,  Ooxi~ion,al  meetin.-s  were  held 
at  the  houses  of  settlers  religiously  inclined,  an. I  this  impulse  was  qui.  kened  bv  the 
arrival  this  year  of  Mr.  Billinghur^t.  In  1700  a  !,.g  nieetin.g-house  with  hoarxl  r.,.f 
was  put  up  opposite  the  new  cemetery,  north  of  the  village,  on  the  old  U.H.liester 
road.      Here  oet-asional  raeetincrs  were  li.'ld  years  before  anyehureh  was  ("■nii-.'d. 

Education,  wherein  all  agreed,  took  preeenlenee  in  time  of  rT--iigloii,  wliL.el.i  :I.e 
settlers  differed  widely.  In  170-t  a  log  seh.>'.il-h..uae  was  built  on  the  hill,  a  mile 
south  of  the  viU.ege,  This  w.ls  the  first,  and  for  years  the  only,  sehooi-house  in 
Northfield.  It  was  built  by  .-uU-cription,  the  s.jttlers  taking  as  many  shares  as 
they  had  ehiKlreii  to  send.  Scholars  cime  here  tl.r  miles  around, — s.,nie  days 
more  than  the  school  would  hold.  Ann  Ag;ite  1  Mrs.  .Mile-s)  was  «;nt  here  to 
school  in  ISO  I,  when  only  four  years  old.  It  was  uns.ifc  for  so  youn-  a  child  to 
(TO  through  the  woo-Jj  so  far,  s-/her  father  hirenl  her  Inwrd  at  .M".ijor  >ai!er-.,n  s 
one  summer.  So  much  did  the  early  settlers  think  of  education.  The  iiiile  u-irl 
of  ISUl,  in  danger  of  bears  and  wolves  while  going  10  and  frxjm  seh'-jl,  lives*  to 
relate  the  facts  thrce-<^uarcers  of  a  century  later.  Mr.  Barrows  taiiui.t  the  first 
school.  Other  early  scho.jl-tc;iehers  were  John  Ball,  of  Bhi-imhel.l.  ^veral 
ycara,  and  Charles  Day,  of  Meridoii.  five  years.  Jenisha  Fo-.t  lau.-ht  there-  in  the 
summer  of  liii5.  She  marrie-d  Nathan  Case,  of  Penficld,  a  eoh.uel  in  the  war 
of  ISli.  In  ISOG  a  fnime  sehool-hnuse  replaee-d  the  log  ►truelure;  but  U-f-rc 
this  a  log  3ehe*l-houso  had  been  built  1'  l.SDj)  near  Daniel  Kin-_->ley's,  where  N'...  -l 
now  stands.  Town  meetings  and  rL-tiirious  meetings  were  held  in  the  l'»g  seh'"-l- 
house  No.  1.  About  three  acres  c-"  land  were  given  by  Israel  and  Simon  St.-ne. 
in  170-4,  for  public  puqnises.  and  on  this  the  first  school-house  was  built  and  the 
old  cemetery  laid  out. 

The  fit>t  fiame  school-house  in  Pittsf  .rd  was  No  'Z,  built  in  ISiit  by  sul.-.rip- 
tion.  Mr.  liillii,-.;liurst  and  .Mr.  .\  ate  were  active  in  tin,  effort.  Ii'was  .lii-n- 
lated  that  the  building  >li..ul,l  neve,  be  rcln-enl  to  n-li-.-ious  mevtin-js  ,jf  anv  s-i-l. 
Yean  alter,  when  Joe- Snmh,  Brr.h.iu  V...in-.-,  and  lleberC.  Kiml.all.of  .M-imI-u- 
wcre  busy  propagating  Moimoni-m  l.y  li.il.ling  meetings,  this  stipulati-.n  w.i-  k.  pi 
Tcry  quiet,  lest  the  Mendon  pn.plati  should  iii-i>t  on  their  privilege.  The  is  ili"-' 
of  No.  :;  was  arehe.1,  to  make  it  better  for  publie  m.-etin-gi,  and  an  estra  ^um  v.-i.-l 
for  this  puriK;.se.  Thi.~  ohl  school-house  is  now  u.-eil  as  a  .Iwelliiig.  Joliii  l^■'"' 
W.-U  the  fipit  teacher,  in  ISi'l-.-i.  and  for  sevenl  winters  thereafter.  JIi.-s  Il"l" 
kiiH,  niece  of  Colonel  H..pkiiis,  Lo,.-lit  in  the  summer  ..f  ISO.V  B-.ll  h.ad  twel-e 
dollars  per  month  and  boar.l. — tti.fU-.rlit  then  to  U-  an  cxtravagint  prur. 

Pittsford  incrcasc-d  ri|.i.|ly  in  p-piiljlion  .lUut  ISOO-j.  and  many  new  faniili- 

nn.ler  Dunn  for  one  hnn.lp-,1  acres  ..f  .hare.l  lan.l  on  Ainistrong  11.11.  i,..w..w"-! 
by  James  Pug-ley.  In  ISm  a  f.ii.ily  .-f  Kn.-lish  .MTltlers.  under  the  ha-l  •' 
R'iehanl  rri..-stley.  i-ame  to  Pltt-lor.!.  The  parly  consistesl  of  Ul.  leml  r.i.-ii'.^- 
and  Ann   his  wife,  with   their  mos,  d-iughlers,  .-«.iis.in-law,  and  ;;r.io-l.  iiil.ln"- — 

cenilwr  'JO,  1.^7ii,  agi-l  eii;hty-lhree  ye  iri,  Kvery  one  of  the  ninel.sM  li"''  '' 
adranccd  ycar-i      Among  the   names  were  Wilium    Parker,  wife,  and   ehil  Ir. " . 


'LATC    XCV. 


ANN     A  .    M  I  !_  E  S  ,  A  TT'tFooQ,  iVortr/ne     CauNTr,   N 


•LATE  XCVI  . 


Sulomon  StoQe  w.i9  bom  Apnl 
21,  IROO,  00  the  homcMtwid  which 
he  always  occupied,  and  whore  his 
fether,  Amos  Stooe.  tiret  settled. 
He  is  the  oldest  person  livto!;  in 
Pittsford  who  was  Kini  iu  tht-  town. 
Lett  an  orphan  by  the  death  of  his 
father  wheu  only  thirt^-eo  years  old. 
he  owes  his  ?ucltsh  in  life  to  '^(nKi 
Dative  scDse.  energy,  and  ouly  the 
tdvantagea  of  a  coinmuu  SL-ho«ii  edu- 
cation. He  has  always  taken  an 
act.iTe  part  in  p^ilitics,  and  h:i3  voted 


V'-^^T^.fl^ 


^ 


at  CTery  election  «ince  he  waa  a 
Toter, — now  nuniberioy  more  than 
one  hundred  and  ten.  His  wife,  a 
daughter  of  Israel  Ray,  Is  still  li?- 
iDg,  and  bis  children,  a  son,  Hanfcird 
Stone,  lives  bn  the  homestead,  and 
a  daughter,  Mrs.  ShelJon  Smith, 
near  by,  on  the  farm  long  owned  - 
bv  Dt'acon  Wm  Hill.  Mr.  Stone 
ha.?  always  enjoyed  the  confidence 
of  his  fellow  townsmen,  and  for 
nearly  thirty  yeara  was  a  magistraui 


Solomon  Stonc 


-.^^_7:- 


^-^-^^:::Z^ 


/?f5.  or  CAROLINE    THORNELL,rtrrifo«o,WoNwo£ 


JJffS.      C        TuOtNCLL 


HISTORY  OF  ilONROE  COUNTY.  NE^V^  YORK. 


;    Richa.-,!   and 


MO.       Hi: 


Z«;h.iriah  Will-on,  w;r,s  an.I  cLilJrcn;  Willum  nill  snil  w 
Elii!iU:th  VriL-^iLy,  ll.iii  ui.nurrii-d.  The  da«.«udan!3  or'  l^,vM 
in  iliii  anj  wctirn  Slatl.^s.  The  nniuci  of  ili.-»;  whj  came  iu  a 
DUnKTou-^,  anj  mjor  e^-jpc  seaa-h.  RotK.Tt  llt-atl;.  fnim  Eni'L 
daaghtcra  live  on  the  ..IJ  ll..lnc^^fJ,L  .-U.  in,l  Cl.aunc^-.v  W.iuurtli  In  lUc  *.uth 
part  of  the  to«Q.  CjU-U  d.  >iartm  anj  the  HipJner  I'aniiiy  on  ti>l  itrvel.  Nathan 
md  CaUin  Kin^-^Icy  where  t>  Kli.:-l.-y  nuw  liv>s.  Kdward  B-  ura,  jarjucl  Whit- 
conjb,  and  I^iac  Whllojuib, — iht  latti-r  whi-re  I'ricatlcy  Hill  lives;  waj  father  of 
A.  G.  Whiteonib,  l.)u^-  a  (-■[■ular  hotel  proprietor  in  i;.K.Iie,ter.  The  Till,.tioa 
and  Kinler  Lmilicj  seltl.-l  on  \W-:  street.  Hetd,iiu-jn  Tattcr^io  settle,!  the  Van 
BusLirU  place.  He  n..,ved  »o  Ohio  n.-arly  iV.rty  y^y  p.  x.-r,.  He  was  in  Pitlsford  u 
tui}  as  171)7.  >Io*ea  ?'uiith,  in  ISuO,  lived  nhere  Aibert  Reyn.^ds  dco.  There 
bare  been  Smiths  in  ritl^ford  ever  siuec.  Samuel  True  settled  the  (Jrrin  Todd 
place,  wher«  C.  ^\*.  Rubers  lives,  and  Jonalb;ua  True  liv.:J  nn  the  adjuiniiiir  Geare 
farm.  Geur^-e  I^unn  •  bojthfr  ot"  AleianJer)  scttk  1  the  ;.ia>.-e  owned  by  Mr". 
Parsons.  He  was  felluweJ  by  L.iwrer.ee  Whitbeek,  from  New  Jersey,  father  of 
Dr.  John  F.  Whitbeek,  of  R-xhester. 

John  Sct'tt  and  Jaitii-s  StULiiley  were  early  surveyors.  It  is  not  certain  that 
they  lived  in  town.  Th-'V  bid  out  early  pjads,  in  connection  with  Simon  Stone, 
one  of  the  proprietors.  S  mji  of  the  earliest  riwJs  were  eut  thruu~h  the  forest 
by  pioneers  who  had  settled  there  and  wlts  d.  lermin.-d  to  ■.•et  out.  Thus  William 
Agate  and  William  Griffin,  in  17D9,  jointly  cut  the  road  frvra  their  homes  to 
Stooe's  mill,  where  the  great  Kuibankment  milii  now  are.  The  earliest  bod-sur- 
Tejs  were  »ery  imperfect,  and  this  afterwards  mide  a  ^xkJ  deal  of  trouble.  Land 
iris  cheap,  and  the  only  care  was  to  giro  enough.  Afterwards  the  price  adraneed, 
and  the  old  proprietors  demanded  a  new  surrey  and  pay  f.r  •■  overplus"  lauds.  To 
this  the  owners  objected,  and  many  suits  and  much  bad  feeling  prevailed.  In 
1816,  while  Simon  Stone  was  sittin;^  by  his  window,  one  evening,  two  shuts  were 
6red  at  him.  One  grazed  his  shoulder,  doini^  no  dama;re.  but  narrowly  mLssin'.; 
bis  wife  and  daughu.-rs,  wno  were  standing  by  a  table  i^;ililld  hliu.  TLc  other 
•hot  struck  his  throat,  passin;:  between  the  windpipe  and  a  rein.  The  slightest 
Tariatiun  would  have  caused  certain  death.  It  was  believed  that  a  man  named 
Gardner,  whom  Scone  had  sued  for  overplus  land-*.  Sn:^J  the  shots,  bat  the  pro*>f 
was  not  couclusive,  and,  Mr.  Stone  recovering,  the  matter  was  dropped.  Gardner 
was,  however,  expelled  frym  thua-U  in  consequence.  Simon  Stone  lived  until  • 
lS,!tJ,  but  waj  aluays  lame  I'tum  the  effects  of  this  shot. 

A  more  serious  trouble  to  many  early  settlers  was  the  claim  of  the  widow  of 
Israel  Stone  to  lands  sold  at  an  eariy  day,  on  which  she  had  not  n-leased  her 

dower.     She  married,  after  Mr.  Stone's  death,  successively  Paul  Richardson, 

ilcCliotock,  and  Jt.iscs  Catr.  She  survived  all,  and.  as  the  widow  Barr,  com- 
menced or  threatened  suits  a^-ainst  nearly  half  the  freeholders  of  Piitsford.  Law- 
yers found  this  business  pro6uble,  and  lo-jk  mo^t  of  the  laoney.  On  one  occasion 
the  deputy  sheriff  of  Ontario,  Mark  H.  Sibley,  .stood  on  the  meeting  house  steps  on 
Sanday  and  served  ppx-csscs  on  the  i-eople,  as  they  came  out  of  church,  to  answer 
the  demand  of  the  ■■  Widow  Barr"  fur  dower  on  lands  they  had  bouslit.  Those 
Warrants  served  on  Sunday  were  void,  but  the  settlers  did  not  know  this.  Many 
of  them  compromised  f^r  a  certain  amount  of  money,  ^aduatcl  according  to  the 
»upi>ose>d  ability  of  the  victim  to  pay.  This  work  was  not  stopped  uatil  the  legisla- 
ture passed  a  law  re<juiriiig  widows  to  make  their  demands  for  duwer  wiihin  iweuty 
yean  af^er  the  death  of  their  husbands.  ThU  law  could  not  constitutionally  be 
made  retroactive,  so  a^  to  apply  to  previous  claims  for  duwer.  But  he  lawyers  did 
Dot  sce-m  to  know  this,  and  so  the  widow  Barr  was  barred.  She  d  -d  about  ISJO, 
in  only  moderate  cireumsianccs. 

Many  of  the  early  settlers  of  Pittsford  had  considerable  property.  As  the 
chief  and  earliest  settlement  in  this  soelion,  it  attracted  men  of  wealth.  To  ihij 
a  due  the  fact  that  several  slaves  wire  held  here  at  ail  eariy  day.  One  b«donged 
to  l>r.  Ray's  family, — a  slave  woman,  the  propeny  of  Dr.  Ray's  sister  -\liee,  and 
removed  with  her  to  Brighton,  when  she  m.irrici  Oliver  Culver.  Caleb  Uopkina 
owned  *  slave  named  Titus  lyjrd,  whom  he  bougiit  about  lil'S,  iu  Canandaigua, 
for  one  hundred  and  6fky  dollars.  Titus  was  then  thirttrn  or  fourteen  ye;irs  old, 
and  as  black  as  a  coal.  He  went  to  ».-liuul  with  the  white  children,  in  No.  1 
district,  but  never  learned  mueli.  He  died  soon  after  the  slaves  werr  freed  in 
ihis  State,  in  ISl'l.  The  V.'hitUeks  had  two  slaves,  called  •  Big  Jack"  and 
"  Little  Jack,"  whom  they  brought  from  New  Jcrs.-y.  Big  Jack  had  a  wife  and 
•everal  children,  aln.  slaves.  He  had  a  log  house  built  for  him  aer.M  the  br.-ik 
near  Edgar  I'arsou's  re>ideiiec.  When  frcv,i  by  law.  Big  .lack  at  first  de,  lined  to 
«■<«  his  fri-edom.  He  -aid  he  had  as  much  to  eat  and  to  drink  m  Mr.  WhitU.ck, 
•nd  didn't  work  any  h  ird.r  than  he.  But  ho  .lid  go  —m  after.  Little  Jack 
•ent  IS  luvn  .IS  he  wxs  old  eii..u-h.  Xaiiiaii  Calliouii  had  a  j-lave  boy  a  numl«r 
of  year..  John  M  inn,  at  the  Kmi.aiikiu.  nt  u.ill,.  o«.n,-,l  a  .-Live  woinoi,  who  had 
•  Bule  slave  child  b..m  to  her  December  1j,  lalJ.  The  re-gistry  api^ars  as  fol- 
lows on  the  town-bo..k3; 


This  may  certify  that  on  the  loth  Any  of  Deccmlwr,  1312.  was  b..m  on 
;  at  my  house,  in  U.;yle,  county  of  Ontario,  and  State  of  New  Vork,  ai 
i  town.  JOH.-.   M.l 


reaides  with  n 
"  Attest,  S 


JEL  JI.   KtMPTON,  Town  Clerk." 


This  is  believed  to  be  the  only  slave  bom  in  what  Is  now  PittsH.rd,  and  the 
above  are  the  only  slaves  known  to  have  lived  in  town.  The  pi.pular  leelint;  was 
strongly  ainin-t  slaverj-,  and  the  owners  of  slaves  were  comp.  lied  to  give  some 
educational  advantages  to  slave  cliiMn-n,  as  a  preparation  for  their  exj«.*cted  free- 
dom.    Whitkvk's  slaves  attended  s.  ho-.l  in  No.  2. 

Nortbfield  sutfercii  several  changes  in  name  and  territory  before  beiifj  calliMl 
Pittsford.  The  name  of  the  entire  town  was  changn-1  to  Bovle,  April  C,  1S"S. 
Penfield.  ineludincr  Webster,  was  set  off  in  ISIO,  an.l  Perrinton  in  l9\±  April 
12.  1S13,  the  remainder  of  the  town  of  Boyle  was  cille.!  Siiialhvo.J.  In  l^U. 
Brighton,  including  Irond'.spioit  and  all  of  Rochester  east  of  the  river,  was  taken 
off,  and  the  remainder  of  the  town  wxs  namcni  Pittsfird  by  Colonel  Hopkins,  then 
in  the  flush  of  military  honors,  and  the  most  popular  man  in  the  .settlement. 

The  supervisors  of  .Vorthdeld,  Boyle,  and  Smailw.jod,  from  170i;  to  1814,  were 
as  follows:  Silas  Nye,  I79G-7-9;  Noah  Norton.  IVJS,  ISii.S;  F.zn  Patterson, 
1300-1504,  also  ISitG,  ISUT,  ISU,  and  1.^13;  Augustus  Giiswoid.  a  merchant 
at  the  head  of  Ironde<iuoit  bay,  in  1SU5  ;  William  MeKinstry,  of  l'en6eld.  in 
1SU8;  Caleb  Hopkins,  1S09  ;  Stephen  Liisk,  ISIO;  and  Samtiel  Spafford,  of 
Brighton,  now  Rochester,  in  1S12.  Dr.  John  ILiy  was  town  clerk  from  1T96  to 
1S13,  inclusively.  In  1S13  the  town  voted  to  make  good  to  the  town  clerk  a 
twenty-dollar  cimnterfeit  bill  which,  as  a  town  officer,  he  liad  taken.  The  next 
year  Samuel  M.  Kempton  was  chosen  clerk  one  year;  but  in  131  j,  Dr.  R.ay  was 
again  elected,  and  continued  until  1S20.  Pittsl'ord,  in  1.S14.  comprised  Henri- 
etta, then  beginning  to  be  called  West  town.  The  following  were  town  officers 
,h.j,  y.-,r:  .«Mper^■l^r.  F.in  Patterson;  Town  Clerk,  John  Ray.  A,.^.-i..r3,  N.i- 
than  Nye,  William  Griffin.  Stephen  Lusk  ;  Conimifsioners  of  Highways.  Henry 
Bailey,  Hutchinson  Patterson,  James  Sp^-rry  f  Henrietta) ;  Overseers  of  the  P'Xirj 
Glover  Perrin,  Jonas  Sawcns ;  Collector,  Nathan  Kiie-ley  ,  Constables.  Kbeii.jter 
Gooding!  [lenrietta,,  Nathan  King-ley,  C:dvin  Kingsley  ;  School  Comnii.-.ioner-.. 
Jared  Barker,  Nathan  Nye,  Lyman  Hawley  (  He.iriettat ;  Seh.xd  In>pecturs.  Si- 
mon Stone  (2d),  a  lawyer  in  Pittsford  villa-e.  Claudius  V.  Boushton.  a  merchant 
in  the  village,  Dr  John  R-iy.  The  three  following  were  sch.«il  in^^pecton  for 
West-town:  James  Sperry,  Silas  Dunhano,  and  Dr.  Ji'nah  D.  Sinionds. 

There  was  much  sickness  in  the  early  history  of  Pittsford,  chiefly  typhoid 
fevers  and  fever  and  ague.  In  the  winter  of  1312  an  epidemic  prevaiU-i.  attack- 
ing old  pe-.plc  almost  e.vclusively.  and  nearly  always  proving  fatal.  The  doctors 
at  fir!t  tried  blcnling;  but  after  this  the  patient  died  invariably  in  a  few  hours. 
They  never  learned  how  to  manage  it.  Among  those  who  died  with  it  were 
Captain  Silas  Nye,  Major  Ezra  Patterson,  -Vuah  .N'orion,  Mrs.  and  .^[r3.  Alexander 
Chabbfboth  the  s.inie  days  John  .irm.strong,  Sr,  Robert  Heath.  John  Roworth, 
Mrs.  Parrntt.  and  Mr.  Miller,  mar  the  Brighton  line.  Nathan  Nye  had  the  disease, 
and  was  one  of  the  very  few  who  recovered.  It  disappeared  as  warm  weather 
came.     Those  who  die-J  were  all  heads  of  familic'S.  and  there  was  much  =ulTeriiii:. 

A  number  of  the  earliest  pionccra  were  Revolutionary  s..ldicrj.  -\iiiung  the-e 
may  be  mentione-d  El^nezer  Graves  and  C.iptain  Henry  G.de.  who  lived  and  dii'd 
on  E.uit  street.  Captain  Silas  .Vye  was  .1  c-aptain  in  the  Revolution.  Deacon 
Samuel  Stone,  father  of  Elicr  Stone,  was  a  soldier,  though  only  a  youie.-  lad  at  the 
time.  Thoma.s  Cleland  w.u  another,  and  there  are  doubtlos  others  who-e  reeiirds 
are  forgotten.     The  town  took  a  leadin- part  in  the  war  of  1312.     Caleb  Hopkins 

lines.  He  took  a  go.«l  many  young  men  with  hiiu.  Wm.  Jones,  a  yoan-,-  mm 
eishtc-en  years  old,  nho  worke.1  for  S.  Stone,  went  to  tlle  line-,  .ind  was  kiilid. 
Gallagher'  who  lived  in  the  village,  was  a  staff  officer.  Ammon  Dunn  w.i-  kilhd 
and  scalped  by  the  Indians.  .fi..l  Dunn,  a  brother,  went  as  a  sub-iitiite.  He  irxs 
taken  pri.-oiier.  an.l  kept  in  H:dif;n  till  the  clo.-e  of  the  war  Colonel  Hopkins, 
after  the  buttle,  visited  the  held  to  l.«k  liir  his  nii--ing  men.  He  wro-.e  home  that 
he  found  .\mmon  niinn  s  b-nly,  but  Ji.l  could  not  be  f..niid.  His  fate  w.is  only 
guo-ol  at  until  he  returm-1.  bn.krn  down  in  health.  Claudius  Victor  Bon..-hton 
mustered  a  company  of  eav.ilry  in  Piti-fi.rd  in  the  war  of  l.'-12.  They  had  their 
tents  scverd  we,  ks  in  the  villa-.x,  while  the  men  were  trainin-  hor-is  to  junip 
fenix-s.  One  Pitt-fonl  man.  Samuel  Wile  Hopkins,  went  to  Cana.la  in  the  w..r, 
either  to  trade  or,  m..re  likely,  to  evade  the  draft.  I  lo  was  tric-d  and  l.uie.-  a-  a  -py. 
Hopkins  was  a  worthless,  drunken  fellow,  and  no  complaint  was  made  aUnit  his 
exivulion.  His  wife  w.is  a  -l.  p.dai,e|iler  of  i;iover  I'crrin.  She  .ilternaid- 
niarricsl  .lobn  I.u.e.  a  villa;,-.'  bl.i.  k-inith.  James  Merrill,  an,.ili.r  bl  ■,k.uiill..  was 
in  the  war  of  l^Vl.  Hi-  -liop  was  s,mth  of  where  Tliontu  Wo.nl  lives.  Ken.lr,.  k 
and  Hu"Ttt  succcedc-l  him. 


mSTORY  OF  irONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


DUaiin-  wii  I  le.,Jm-,-  hii.-iiiow  io  fsriy  Jjvs  X.  N;.o  'llj  ..nc  ..f  llio  Br^l  in 
the  town,  aUmt  IsiU.  Muih  of  the  wl.l^Lv  w'..,  .-nt  wjt  anJ  tr;.JoJ  >.itl,  [n.luns 
for  fur»  ,  but  tj«j  much  found  a  iiurktt  ;it  lioui;.     fuJijii-i  wi'ru  still  nuunn  u-  hero- 

amoog  ttieni*;lvta.  \Vli.-ii  drunk  thi-y  w.uilj  ^11  aiiiuiid  Tii-iita  and  try  in  pt  into 
Kttler.'  hcu<i^.  Au.ni-tii.>  tUi.Ht  oainc  to  Pif>tunJ  iu  1311).  II.-  had  »  store 
»h«Te  the  Mtlhuiist  churuh  stniiJ.t;  aU.  a  dl-iilltry  and  ashery  oppusitc  S'juire 
Ooa'.  lie  made  monoy  npilly  durin-  the  w.ir.  All  the  i«.ta>li  that  e-.uld  be 
•mo--I«<l  into  Canada  durin-  thi,  ti.iie  *.id  at  ei...ra,„u~  |.rufiLv  lie  aU..  turn;,-hL.J 
mtuAj  r.r  the  aniiy.  After  the  war  he  hu.k  the  ll;,r.-..,H  H..ese,  espcain-  to 
take  to  it  the  diu.-hter  of  D.e.iel  Penfield.  She  Ji».i(.i>,iht,--i  hini.  and  he  liv.-l 
ft  hadiolor.  Fadiu*^  in  bU'ine^-i,  he  rcinorcd  to  Pennsylvania  and  retrieTetl  hid 
fortunes.  He  wai  livini;  ten  or  twelve  yean  a-jo.  Tlle  place  was  s-jld  to  .James 
K.  GoomMy,  J.ine  Peuti.-Id  afterwarJ^  niarrie--]  iinjwn  of  Rjehrater,  the  ori;;iiial 
owD«r  of  •*  Broivn's  race." 

feael  Stone  br  u-ht  5.)inc  Lp«xli  to  rittsfor>i  at  an  early  day,  but  more  as 
patnic  *of  the  scttleiucni  than  a.t  merchant.  AtV-r  Kllioit,  John  Hanwell  and 
\8arouel  Hildreth  w.re  lor  a  f.nio  the  leadui-  ou>uie-.i  men  m  the  setlictiieht. 
Hartwcll  waj  in  Canad.i  tliron.h  the  w.ir.  uiade  luon' y.  and  w:u  rich  when  he  came. 
Haparctis.-J  Elliotts  a.hery  a;ii  di<til:erT,  and  aU)  of  Caleb  llopkini  the  f.irin 
vbich  he  oecupled  {the  old  Porter  pKirc.  .«outh  of  the  %iila^-c\  ctjntaniin^'  theo 
000  bondred  and  sisty-three  acre^,  for  which  he  paid  ei<.:ht  diou^nd  dollars  iu 
goU.  Hartwell  wa.<  an  amateur  farmer,  and  in  1«J0  received  a  premium  of  ten 
dollan  from  the  Ontario  County  .Vjrieulturai  jiitiety  fur  the  be-t  farm  in  Pitt^fjrd. 
Hartwell  with  Sylvanus  Latlirop  t.x.k  the  job  of  luukin^-  the  ireat  ctuhankinent 
acfW»  the  Ironde^iuoit  for  the  c:inal.  and  made  en<>rtnou.i  prufitd.  He  al=o  made 
ana!  brid^-es  in  13-.'-'-i3,  for  the  new  canal.  Ue  afterward,  took  a  contract  on  the 
Welland  ranal,  lost  all  he  had  n.ade,  and  his  Pitt.ford  farm  was  ,old  to  Mr.  Porter, 

Samuel  Hildreth  wa3  a  prominent  early  merchant,  landlord,  and  ?taire  proprietor. 
Be  came  in  Noveiuber,  1S14.  set  up  a  store,  and  the  next  spring;  Henry  S.  l*otter, 
■o«r  living  iu  R.xhe>ler,  came  as  i.Bie«-bi.y  and  clerk.  Potter  was  a  merehant 
in  Pitfford  from  lS2I-2:i  until  November.  l3.')ii,  when  he  removed  to  B..ehe?U'r. 
*In  1816,  Hildreth  e^ublUheJ  the  tir^t  =ta-jo  route  fo.m  Cauaudai.-ua  to  R■K.■he^te^. 
FiltifopI  trij  a  Ica'lin'.'  p..int  on  this  route,  and  lar.-.-  numiiera  of  h"ni..j  were  kept 
In  Hlldrvth's  bams,  bjtw,<-n  H.  U.  Cronkj  and  the  raiim:id.  Mr.  Hildreth  hullt 
the  hooso  now  owned  by  Hon.  Jarvii  I,,rd.  He  aL~j  built  the  Pitl,(br.l  IInu:R-. 
oow  occupied  by  S.  \Vhitbe<.k,  and  kept  tavern  there.  HU  atore  wai  the  one  occu- 
pied by  Lockwixnl  Anustron-j,  which  he  built.  He  was  also  one  of  the  first  p.>st- 
BustenofPitL-ford.  He  die.1  in  lilli.  Uls  dau'.:lilermarrieil  Charles  Richardson, 
fto  early  merv;ha?it  with  Thomas  Benedict.  Another  married  Alei.  Babeoek,  after- 
wards sheriff  of  this  county. 

Wait  Martin  wis  an  early  hatter  in  Pitlsn-rd.  Ab.mt  1310  he  had  a  stock  of 
goods  come  from  Canada  which  were  seized  by  Cnl..n;l  I  I.ipkins  as  revenue  collector 
ud  eonfiscatc-d  to  the  ;?)vcrnment.     Tl.e  l.«^,  rumc-d  .Martin  financully.  _ 

Elihu  Doud  had  a  brick-yard  at  a  very  e;.rly  d..y  west  of  Frankiin  Lu-k's  hoa-e. 
Elliott  gi.kthe  bricks  there  f..r  his  house;  al.-o  Lilhmp.  for  his  residenc-e  now  owned 
by  Colonel  L..*  May.  At  a  Liter  day,  John  Cn.wn.  lather  of  the  prv^ent  J.  Urown, 
made  brick  on  hU  liimi,  north  of  the  viiLe.-c.  near  the  We^tcuiaiis  farm.  _ 

In  ISU,  Dr.  Anhclaus  C.  Smith.  N.ithan  Nu-.  O'lond  Caleb  llopUin.-,  and  .I..hn 
Acer  established  a  larje  store,  which  they  kept  f.>urycar«.  but  were  ui'sucee?*ful 
tbroogh  Siime  mismana-cnnnt.  Dr.  Smith  practieinl  his  pn.fev-ii.u,  and  the  hist 
two  jcart  had  Dr.  Hartwell  Carver  as  partner.  Dr.  Smith  lett  in  I^IS,  went  to 
Bochi-ster,  and  aflerwanU  to  New  York.  II  .n.  E.  Delabeld  Smith,  of  .New  Vork 
dtj,  is  a  son.  Dr.  Smith  s  widow,  .^1.  IJ..u'.:htou  Smith,  the  first  white  child  in 
Victor,  U  still  liviu;.',  av-ed  nearly  ei-hty-ci  jlil. 

Sylvanus  Lathrop  c-.tnie  alfoiit  lat^,  with  oothiii'.;  but  hLs  pmfc:s.Mon  as  civil 
engineer  and  a  chest  .if  tixils.  The  clui!t  ami  cont.  nis  were  burneil  with  the  hotel 
wned  by  Heath  Eldrid,-e,  where  it  was  >t..n-d.  I-ithmp  -^rureJ  the  confidence 
of  Hartwcll,  the  m.v-t  con.-idcrable  c^pit.ili-t  in  the  town.  Lathrop  and  H.u-twell 
look  the  job  of  brid;^inc:  the  Irondeipioit  valley  for  the  Krie  canal.  Ijthrop's 
idea  was  to  make  a  hu;.:e  wiH»deii  tnju;.;h  across  the  valley  ;  and  this  the  can:d  coiu- 
■liiisioiK'n  op,iroved.  With  Hartwclls  money.  Ijthn.p  exp^TicicntC"!  tu  the  ex- 
trnlof  two  or  three  thou^.nnd  dollars  in  ■^eltin-jout  tilnl»T.  The  plan  -if  a  w.KideM 
•Hoeduet  was  then  abacid.ir.c'd ;  but.  in  cn.ii-ld.rali..n  of  what  they  had  done,  the 
contract  for  the  i-arlh  embankment  w:c  hi  to  Hnnwdl  and  I.,tlin.p  at  fourteen 
ewits  p^r  cubic  yanl.  Tiny  >ubl.t  ni.^.-l  of  it  at  nine  cx-nt.s  |.-r  yanl,  and  these 
eootraits  Were  alli-rwards  sublet  as  Inw  a«  hvc  eeiiis.  At  this  l.i-t  price  the  cim- 
Iraetorn  l-t  ninney.  ir.lrliv.ll  wj.  ri.  It  l»  f..re.  an.|  I.ithrop  wxs  at  ..n.v  a  capitalist. 
Ue.  with  llci.rj  .S.  l\,tt,  r,  built  the  ^nre  mc-ipn-l  by  .1.  M.  Uili-ie  vt  Co.  Al-.ut 
ISZJ.  I-ilhn.p  built  the  l.|.«k  ow,i„l  an.l  o.iopi.d  I.y  Henry  A.  Parker,  and  kept 
•tore  there  inveral  Jiars  with  Ui.nard  II.  Cl..pp. 


'  to  Pitt.-*ford  in  con 
,  understiod  the  e. 
ii-st  huilt,  and  ca-tci 
much-,  eiluecd   |>rice 


of  dit 


■tlyl.».k  the  .^,11- 

icn  like  L.tlir..,,. 

The  men  »l,., 


About  1S31,  I^throp  f.und  Pilt.-f.,rd  t.Ki  small  for  his  en;errri-e  w.^nt  to  (lliio, 
and  took  contracts  .11,  tl.e  can.ils  there.  He  w..s  successful  in  every  undcrlaku,-.-. 
and  in  a  few  yean  rLm,.v,.i  to  I'ill-bur.-h,  Pcnii.-.yKani.i,  ulicre,  in  the  pr..pri,-t.,r. 
ship  of  coal  and  iri.n  n.iii.>.,  he  b-came  worth  several  millions  uf  dollan.     He  was 

The  Eric  canal  was  a  ireat  help  to  Pitt.«ford  in  common  with  all  western  Xc« 
Vork  ;  but  few  of  its  early  s.'ttle 
earth.  The  easU;rn  sections  were 
tracts  here,  which  they  subht  at 
who  could  estimate  the  ci«st  of  c* 
sublet  usually  did  well.  Farms  were  paid  Ibr.  an.l  the  f.iund..tion»  of  niani  -nb- 
Btantial  fortunes  laid,  in  this  way.  Until  the  Erie  canal  came,  m.iney  was  e.\eis..i. 
insly  searce ;   but  the  lar.-e  numbers  of  men  employed   mule  a  home  market  f..r 

finished  aer.as  the  Iniinl>-|Uoit  villey,  and  in  those  days  Bushneil  s  Uasin  iva-  a 
thriving  villn.-e.  l'ittsf..nl  vtcw  rapidly  in  these  Vi-ars.  and  promisi.-d  to  becui.-  a 
place  of  much  importance.  The  old  canal  warehouse^  "f  I'ittslord  were  ui.iinlv 
built  iu  those  days.  Hartwell  built  the  warehouse  on  theoid  canal  on  State  MUv^ 
in  18l'2-23,  and  afterward,  the  stone  warehouse  of  Wilisics.  lou-  owned  by  II,  nr\ 
S.  Potter.  The  new  cnal  sujicrsedcd  the  first  waieliou-e  on  State  stavt.  ItsJill  b.  a.s 
the  names  of  Brooks  i  Clapp,  who  formerly  did  businws  thue.  Brooks  i  Wil- 
liana  also  kept  the  old  "  White  Tavern."  near  by,  built  by  .John  Hartwell.  IVt.r 
Hopkins  for  many  years  kept  a  hotel  where  Wm.  AL-.itc'3  new  hnuse  is.  He  aL-o 
settled  the  lar^e  farm  owned  by  Ib.liert  Wilcol,  iu  the  north  part  of  the  t..ttn. 
John  t.  Cole,  John  Brown,  Tunis  and  Peter  Brezee  were  among  tlie  early  s.tilcrs 
in  northern  Plttsford.  The  sandy,  li;.;ht  soil  lorn,'  retarded  !<-itlement ;  but  the 
fine  houses  and  barns  there  now  show  that  this  soil,  with  '_'<>od  management.  U 
quite  as  profitable  as  any.  A  similar  ch.iracter  of  soil  ou  East  street  loli-j  :ravc 
it  the  name  of  -^  JohnnvCake  stu-et, "  from  the  idea  that  the  soil  there  wa.s  not 
strong  enou'^h  for  wheat. 

Besides  Dps.  lUy  and  Roo<l,  previously  mentioned,  the  early  physicians  were 
Dr.  Monroe,  now  liviug  in  Rochester,  and  Dr.  Dowcn,  nho  formed  a  pirtiier- 
ship  with  Dr.  R.iy  ab.jut  ISU,  but  did  nut  stay  long.  Dr.  Andrew  Huiiilii.-- 
ton  came  in  lSl.i.  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  ll.iy,  and  s./..n  bou.-lit  out  l..th 
Dr.  Ray's  fanu  and  practice.  His  son,  Dr.  Wale's  .Monroe  Huntington,  was  as- 
sociated with  him  many  years. 

"  Dr.  Huntington"  ha.s  been  a  household  word  in  Pittsfjrd  for  more  than  slsty 
jeare. 

Dr.  Hartwell  Carver  came  to  Pittsford  in  1S16,  practiced  nearly  fifty  years. 
and  died  at  an  advanct^  .age  in  1S73. 

Dr.  J.  E.  Camp  wis  here  from  ISU  to  IS.Jl.  when  he  remove<I. 

Dr.  B.  C.  Reynolds  came  in  liJI,  and  is  still  active  and  successful  iu  his  rn>- 

Dr.  Charles  Came  did  not  begin  medical  practic-o  until  about  thirty  years  a::o 
He  is  widely  known  io  all  noi'.;!ihoring  towns,  having  delivered  more  than  fiftcvii 
hundred  lectures  on  scientific  subjects. 

Dr.  C.  H.  Thompson,  a  In.m.c.pathist,  who  practiced  from  ISGj  to  I.ST3.  an.l 
Drs.  Carpenter  and  Johnstone,  now  resident,  close  the  brief  list  of  I'ittsf.rd 
physicians. 

The  first  lawyer,  or  pettifogger  rather,  was  Jah.z  Hull.  I^forc  ISDO.  II.'  wa- 
•uccec-ded  by  Siuion  Stone  .  Jd',  '  om  1>00  to  l-J-JT.  William  G.  Tayl.T.  l~l" 
to  1S13.  Ira  Bellows  came  in  ISlb.  and  for  nearly  forty  years  was'a  leadin.- 
man  in  the  village,  town,  and  county.  Flora  his  orticc  went  a  long  line  "f  law- 
Btudents,  many  of  whom  have  become  eminent.     Hon.  Epiiraim  ti.iss  n  -i'l,  ni 

in  Pittsford,  studied  hea'  in  IS.'U.     Anion-  oihcri  were  II. .n.  Eli.is  U.  Ibl 

afterwards  member  of  Con.-rcss ;  M..riinier  F.  Delano,  elected  siirr..;j  .i.-.  ai.i 
moved  to  R.ichcstcr;  William  C.  Ib.nley.  of  R.K.hc^ier;  Watson  S.  llin.  kl,  > 
M.  B.  Chan.plin,  alterwards  Sl.-le  attoriiey.L-eneril ;  William  F.  C.gs.iJI.  n.l 
James  A.  Guernsey.  Hon.  Asbhy  Samson,  aftcrwariU  Jinluc  .■'^ams..ii,  S.11I0I  in 
Pittsf.rd  in  1318,  before  it  wasyct  certain  that  the  village  uonld  not  o.miM.-  "Uh 
Rochester  He  soon  after  removed,  ..nd  became  ideniitied  with  the  y..iin,-  ei:v 
The  present  Liwycri  of  Pittsford  are  lion.  Ephraim  Go.«s,  John  B.  \'..J.iir.l. 
and  John  M    Steele. 

The  ehurches  of  Pittsford  are  seven:  Presbyterian.  Baptist,  Mctli..li-t  E|  i- 
copal,  Protc-stant  Epi-soipal,  I.iUl.erin,  Frc-e  .\Ietli..dl-t,  and  Roman  C.ib.i^ 
The  first  scrm..n  in  t..un  «jr.  on  Captain  Nye  s  farm,  by  J.mics  K.  Goerii-v  . 

dollar,  made  f..r  Ira.lin.-  with  In.lians.      (;ucrns.y  otfen-J  the  s.Kcr-picec  a  .1.,,  -r 


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HISTORY   OF   MONKOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Guernsey  waa  a  traJt-r  and  merchant  in  Lima  9o?cniI  year*.      !Ic  bou^-ht  ^in-  i 

acQg  of  the  early  seithrd.  |>aylnir  in  l''Km!-».  and  eipo'itin^  it  to  Hurupc.     He  be-  j 

came  very  wealthy,  and  aU»ut  18 IS  retired  tu  ritt^tunl.  where  he  lived  till  hia  i 

death  in  1S41,  aiced  seventy-two  yeara.     ile  always  iiid  that  he  preaehed  the  I 

first  scrmoQ  in  NorthtiL-ld.     It  must  have  been  b<.r..rs  ITl'S,  fir  in  that  year  Rev.  | 

Mr.  Billinghur.it  came  to  the  town,  and  he  pre.iehed  i)cea.-.i.rnally  wherever  he  had  1 

a  chance.     Religious  meetin;.^  preceded  this  date  iu  private  hotiaca  and  the  hn;  i 

school-house  in  Xo.  1.     Rev.  James  U.  Iloiehkiss.  then  a  lieeniiatc  of  the  Pres-  j 

byterian  church,  prcaeh.il  six  sermons  between  November  S,  ISllt,  and  February  j 
1,  180:.'.     These  were  the  first  sermons  pri;aihed  by  any  Pre=byt«riau  clergyman. 

TH«   PRESBTTEEIAS   CUCECH. 


.iled: 


;  the  house  of  Olover  Perrin, 
1  Thomas  K.Mup-hill  for  one  year, 
>  years.  <.iIo\.T  Perrin  and  ."^anmel 
;y  was  "  the  Ci'n'jreT.itional  Society 
man  of  the  meetinz,  and  Josiah  J. 


fl  raised.  Paniel  Wilson  and 
nd  in  this  y.-ir  Rcv.  :3olonion 
idred  and  fifty  dollars.  Jabez 
Rev.  Sihts  Hubtard  was  ctn- 
aabbath.  Am.ms  the  names 
biird  are  the  following  not  before  men- 


ISOO. 


ISU 


In  1807  the  Presbyterian  church  was  or 
with  the  Mlowing  trustees :  Orar.-e  Stone 
Abraham  Brunsnn  and  William  Sp-.'ar  tor 
Stone  for  three  years.     The  name  of  the  s-: 
of  Northfield."     Thomas  Ram^dell  was  cl 
Kellogg  eletl..     in  teoruary,  l.^l/o,  the  s.. 
IS  preacher  of  tiic  gospel,  if  enough  inone; 
llcnry  E.  Denoiss  were  elected  trustees  ic 
Allen  was  employed  as  pastor,  at  a  salary  ol 
Sunbourn  was  chosen  trustee  for  1310. 
ployed  on  trial  for  two  Sabbaths,  at  tivc  do 
of  those  who  sii^ied  the  call  for  Mr.  H 
ttoncd:  Nathan  Norton,  Silas  Packard,  Jesse  Perrio,  Michael  Reach,  and  Isaac 
Barnard. 

February  10,  1S25,  the  following  names  are  given  as  members  of  the  church ; 
Samuel  Stone,  Glover  Perrin.   Robert   Shearer,   L'riah  Parker,  Stephen   Lusk, 

JatPe?     Hoptin-,    CI'.tI.-.    Kinter     Nathnn     \y..     Jnme«     K.    (;,i,.r„<u.y     Klish,-, 

Beach,  John  .\cer,  David  .\cer,  John  I.  C"le.  Simon  Stone  (2d),  Samuel  Hop- 
kins, Jonas  Lirmell.  Marvin  Hopkins,  Lyman  Powell.  Epaphrodiius  Stone,  Elijah 
Rose,  Elijah  Linnoll,  Henry  B.  Stoddai^.  In  B.-llows,  Sylvanus  Latbrop,  Elias 
Smith,  Samuel  ('rosier,  Solomon  Stone  (  -d  i.  Nichols  West.  Tburlow  Leavens,  Silas 
Nye,  Joseph  Shepard. 

Succeeding  jdstors  after  Mr.  Hubbard  were  Rev.  A.  C.  Collins,  of  Bloomfield, 
1817;  Rev.  Ezekicl  J.  Chapman.  ISIS,  In  the  tall  of  181S,  Rev.  Chauneey 
Cook  came,  and  continued  two  yean.  From  1^20  to  ISJ4,  Rev,  J.jhn  Taylor. 
In  1824,  Rev.  Pialph  Cushinan,  at  a  .'alary  ol'  two  hnmlred  and  s  'Venty  dollars. 
The  spring  of  ISi.'i,  Rev.  Win.  F.  Curry,  a  Southerner,  preached,  and  continued 
one  year.  He  coniplained  of  the  cold  meeting-house,  in  which  no  stove  was  used 
during  the  coldest  weather,  and  for  some  weeks  the  nest  winter  be  preached  in  a 
room  in  the  then  new  •■  White  Tavern."  In  1S27,  Rev.  Homer  Adams  was  em- 
ployed, and  preached  two  years.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  .\sa  .Mahan  from 
1829  to  1831.  Rev.  A.  E.  Campbell  followinl  for  one  year,  and  Rev  Elijah 
Buck  nine  months.  Rev.  John  B.  Richard^u  coiumenced  his  servicer!  June  2, 
183;l,  and  was  installed  pastor  February  10.  1S34,  and  left  in  18J0.  He  is  still 
Uving,  in  Geneva,  New  York. 

Succeeding  Mr.  Richardson,  besides  occasional  supplies,  have  been  the  f(>llowing 
pastors :  Rev.  Job  Pierson,  Rev.  A.  North,  Rev.  .Mr.  Crittenden.  Rev.  H.  M. 
Morey,  about  1S05-08,  Rev.  (i.  H.  Hamilton.  Rev.  George  G.  Smith,  and  since 
September,  1874,  Rev.  Uk\s  H.  Morey. 

In  early  years  ihe  Presbyterian  &.>ciety  met  at  the  house  of  Glover  Perrin,  or 
in  the  log  meeting-house  north  of  the  villaLT:.  In  1?1G  a  frame  building  was 
erected  on  the  hill  a  mile  south  of  the  village.  In  1S2G  this  was  sold  to  the 
Baptists.  The  same  year  the  church  b^iilt  the  large  stone  meetinL-housc  in  the 
ullage.  Iwithrop  was  one  of  the  builde;-s.  and  he  used  in  it  some  of  the  timbers 
originally  intended  for  his  Irondciuoit  a.(ueduct.  This  house  was  burned  in 
November,  ISOl,  and  the  present  edifice  erected  in  lsG2,  and  consecrated  Jlay 
13,  1803. 

At  one  time  the  church  and  parsonage  grounds  and  buildings  were  sold  to  sat- 
isfy a  mortg-.ige  of  five  hundrc-1  dollars,  somLthing  less  than  one-twelfch  its  v.-due. 
Solomon  Stone,  then  a  member  of  the  church,  bid  it  in  for  the  so^jiety  at  two 
thousand  dollars,  .\fter  that  the  .stone  church  was  otlen  jocularly  called  "Solo- 
mon's temple."  The  church  ha.-i  always  b^i-n  a  stron*.;  one,  especially  in  wealth. 
Originally  constituted  with  ten  menilH-rs.  in  I^^IS  it  bad  thiny-sevcn  ;  in  IfJG, 
forty-two;  in  1S31,  one  hundred  an<l  tit'ty.nine;  and  in  ISIG,  one  hundred  and 
ninety.five.  The  pre-sent  number  is  eighty-six.  tlriginally  a  Congregational 
iwciety,  it  soon  beiai.JC  Presbyterian,  an.l  April  20.  ISU,  it  was  received  into 
the  presbytery  of  Geneva,  and  in  l.-^!9  int..  the  Roihestcr  presbytery.  The 
present  elder,  are  t;,s,r.T  W.  Farnh.im.  William  H.  Cook,  Jani.s  F.  lulgers.  L. 
L.  Nichols,  Lyman  D.  Welch,  and  E[.hraim  GiM;  church  clerk,  E.  Goss. 


THE    B.tlTIST    CIIL-nCU. 


The  Baptii 
Presbyterian  eo-laboriTN  Li  IHtU 
houses  and -schinil-linii-..s,  D.iniel  Hn 
once  in  two  weeks,  lie  r.ird.d  the 
times  compelled  by  high  water  to  go 
a  bridge.  On  the  20th  of  October, 
Baptist  Church  of  Boyle"  was  or.-;i 


■  but 


SllO, 


i-den,  being  the  pr.aeher,  and  comi 

urn  by  way  of  .-Vv(,n,  where  then?  r 
council  w:ia  called,  and  ■'  The  See. 
th  the  followin-  member! .  Rich. 


Priestley,  Ann  Priestley.  Robert  H,-.itb,  John  Roworth,  and  Daniel  Hrow.i  KM.  r 
Jeremiah  Irons,  of  Falniyra,  was  chosen  modenitor.  Representatives  at  th.;  eoun.-ll 
came  from  the  first  ami  second  churches  in  Williamson,  first  church  in  B.iyle  i  Pen- 
field),  the  church  in  Farmin'.-ton,  and  the  church  in  Palmyra.  From  the  l.itier 
came  Samuel  Bennett,  the  primitive  bl.icksmith  in  Northtield  in  170*.  Iiani.-l 
Brown  WM  ordained  November  :iO,  1-SOD.  at  Dr.  John  Riys  ho'ise.  Jer.-miali 
Irons  was  moderator,  and  Noah  Porter,  of  Palmyra,  clerk,  William  Hill  and 
Jacob  Mann  were  re.ei%ed  li.r  baptism  Oct.iber  20,  and  the  same  ev.ni,,..-  T,.- 
pheiia  Web-ter.  Alana  Gnplner.  Betbnel  ni..d-ett,  Sabra  Puiy,  Sii.i  l'.arers,.n. 
William  Griffin,  Dr.  J..lin  Kay.  F.mny  Dunn,  .Mary  Parker,  N.«h  N.nion.  M.,r- 
g;iret  N.jrton.  Jal,..z  Hall,  and  Elizabeth  R.iworth  were  received.  All  the-e  were 
baptized  at  .Manns  mills,  November  3,  l.S.IO.  Robert  Heath  and  Noah  Norfm 
were  elected  the  first  deacons.  The  following  members  were  added,  mostly  by 
baptism,  within  a  year  after  organizing  the  church,  and  most  before  ISIO :  Cd.b 
Nye,  Richard  Priestley,  Jr.,  John  Gardner,  Alida  Brown,  Sabra  Robbins,  Ra.,s- 
ford  Webster,  Joshua  Armstron'.',  Elizalieth  Ulmstead,  Sabra  Farr.  .Nath.m  Hull, 
Henry  Bailey,  John  Welch.  Aaron  Adler.  Benjamin  Ulm-stead,  Aaron  Quick. 
Richard  Welch,  Mieli.iel  Parker.  Thomas  M..re,  L.atin  Albrough  and  wife.  Olie.; 
Beach,  Lewis  Jones.  JIartha  Hull,  Robert  Holland,  Prudence  Holland.  Robert 
Kathcart,  and  Eliz.abeth  Roworth. 

In  1S19  Elder  Turney  closed  hLs  labors,  havinj;  served  fifteen  year,,  and  the 

Tenney,  who  rem.iined  till  1S2S,  when  the  church  excluded  him  for  being  a  MiLS.-.n. 

In  1828  Rev.  Harlow  Elinor  was  called,  and  remained  one  year,  l.'ntil  ls2G 
the  church  had  no  meetinir-house.  Meetim.'s  were  held  in  private  hon,s,?s.  scIilkjI- 
houses,  and  barns.  In  ISIG  the  Ontario  Baptist  association  met  with  the  chun-h 
in  Pittsford,  in  a  barn  fitted  up  for  the  purpose.  Elder  Tenney  was  restore!  iu 
1935,  and  soon  after  went  to  Wheatland.  Other  pastors  after  Rev.  H.  .^linor  art; 
as  follows:  1829,  Rev.  Tbouias  Baker,  three  years;  1S33,  Rev.  Ch.irle3  Howe, 
several  years;  Rev.  Daniel  Briwn,  one  year,  and  Rev.  J.  C.  Stoughton  one  year. 
The  first  regular  siilary  paid  was  to  Rev.  Charles  Howe, — one  hundre.!  dollars  the 
first  year,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  each  subsei|Uent  year,  b.'sides  par- 
sonage and  five  acres  of  land.     In  1S40,  Rev.  Stephen  Taylor  and Kingsley. 

two  years;  1S42.  Rev.  Henry  Shute,  two  years;  1844,  Rev.  C.  A.  Skinner,  oi'ie 
year;  1S45,  Rev.  J  E.  Maxwell,  four  years;  1849,  E.  Ma.>hall.  three  years: 
18.'j2,  George  Webster,  one  year;  ISJJ,  Rev.  Wm.  Brown;  1;5G.  Rev.  J  S. 
Parsons;  1859,  Rev.  J.  J.  Gandy ;  ISGl,  Rev.  Moseys  Barker;  ISGG,  Rev.  J.  W. 
Spoor.  For  a  number  of  years  after  this  the  church  was  sup[.lied  by  stu.lents 
from  the  university  and  theol.."ical  seminaiy.  Of  these  Rev.  J.  W.  Harris  and 
Rev.  Barlow  continued  lon-est.     The  church  has  now  no  settled  pastor. 

Deacons  of  the  church  h.avc  been  as  follows  :  Robert  Heath.  N.iah  Norton.  I.aiin 
Albrough,  R.ibtrt  Holland,  .Mose-s  Clark,  William  Hill.  GeorL-c  B.  Dcoii-.  S.m  .n 
Holland,  Michael  Parker,  Th.uu  is  Wiltsie,  S.'tli  G.  Stiles.  Benjamin  F.  3Ionroe. 
Chas.  Dunham.  George  B.  Milla  1.  Arthur  Tobey.  Leander  S.  Ford. 

Church  clerks  have  licen  as  f.lh.ws :  William  Griffin,  1SU9  to  1821  ;  Mos.-s 
Clark,  1821  to  1.S2U;  Michael  Pa-ker,  1.-29  to  l.^^ij  :  John  Heath.  I-t:;  to 
1847;  John  G.iskin,  E.  Uiiderhill,  11.  .Millard.  C.  Cleveland,  and  B.  F.  Wood. 

In  1850  the  church  abandoned  the  old  meeting-house  on  the  hill,  and  iuov..d 
into  the  village,  where  the  present  edifice  km  built,  at  a  co.st  of  about  thiw  ih.oi- 
sand  dollars.  For  some  years  after  its  urL'anization  the  B.iptist  church  had  the 
moat  members,  but  severe  discisline  and  dissensions  largely  reduced  its  numlK.Ts. 

THE   JIF.TII0DI3T   rUURCH. 


known  tha 
but  their 


reh  in  Pittsford  are  obscure.     It 
held  meetings  as  early  as  ISl.')-! 


vhieh  pr. 


relary.  .Mi.b.u! 
Daniel  True.  II.  . 
were  chosen  first  t 


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Alfred  Don.l,  .Moses  .Ma 
anuary,  IS'M,  on  moti.jn 


HISTORY  OF  JrONROE  COUNTY.  NEW  YORK. 


at  share:*  for  five  dt 

mailt.*  Iroaaurtr,  ami  the  wuri 

The  liiMise  was  nia-le  tlitrtj- 


Tot«l  to  bullj  a  church,  an.) 
or  seats.  Ileorj  S.  I'ottcr  w, 
■oJer  ch.'uve  of  l)j..i.l  True, 
of  brick,  anU  the  WilU  were  twenty  feet  hii;h,  wi 
and  a  gullcry  on  the  ca.^  9i>le.  The  lucattuii  woj 
lot  gWea  to  the  s^jeiety  by  Ebi-nei-T  ijuthcrLinJ 
would  be  laid  out  to  reach  thbt  lot.  but  the  villa 
Mud  the  church  was  left  far  away  from  the  tiiur-tu: 
tbe  manigcmeut  of  UcT.  J..lin  MaiiJcville,  tlie  ul 


locatluO. 


d.vIO 


h  be  •ijtied  in  payment 
t.,fbml-lln.,.i.r..Jre--~.U 
by  forty^ijht  f^'et. 
:h  a  ba><-cuont  c.-ht  fua  hi.-h, 
an  uiifunuiiate  one, — uo  a  baclc 
It  was  eipecU'd  that  streets 
je  did  nut  gnjw  ad  antieipated, 
rlilare.  In  1>43.  chufly  under 
d  church  Was  tjLcn  dunn.  and 
has  alvravs  been 


The 


L^-cph  C"ll, 
Dunn,  p..- 
■harle-  Ir>;, 
C.  Keeler, 


1  Ketchu 

w  J.  Ke( 


Stone,  Ur.  HartweU 
)aniel  iacLeti,  John 
luitu  i.\ulait.  Kdwin 
Jolin  (lardner,  Levi 
iron  Plumb.  Thomas 
iV.  Parry, 
Williams, 


rebuilt  on  tl 

ucd  by  the  toivn  fur  chctiuus  and  town  m.-t:t; 
leading  tnou  in  the  cliurch  smt-a  ISJl  are  11  I 
Carver,  Daniel  I'anuly,  Kbon.ier  ^jutherlaud. 

C.  Greene,  Jloses  DoJd,  J>.na[han  .^lar5il.  Jo 
Wilbur,  Henry  Thompson,  Ge"r.re  *?.  C'rirpin, 

D.  Mitchell,  Caleb  Nvc,  Jeremiah  Fo<vler,'joh. 

FlL-aiore,  F.  llawlj,  All,,  rt  Whire.  .•J.-ymr.ur  S 

Beury  Sexton.  William  II.  Spclman.  P.  Furt.  Cornell 
Peter  Bn.zee,  Julian  Genre,  Stephen  Claw^o,  .Vi.Ji 

Owing  to  the  rules  of  tha  church,  .\Ieth'xii5t  clcrrjmon  never,  while  in  active 
woc^,  become  permanent  residents  of  any  place.  Anjon;^  those  who  are  best  re- 
■lembervd  by  the  people  are  Kev.  J.  .Mandeville.  Rev.  Manly  Tooter.  Rev.  Jona- 
than Watts,  and  Kev.  Mo^es  Wallace.  The  laitnamcJ  bought  a  farm,  and  loni; 
ow^ed  it.  while  pre-aehin;;  in  other  towns.  It  now  b^lonsi  to  Mr.  Baitam-  hut  ia 
known  as  the  "  WalUic-e  place."  Joseph  True  has  been  clerk  of  this  chorea  most 
of  the  time  since  its  orpinizatioa. 

The  Free  Methodiit  church  was  organized  ai>out  1S64,  under  Rev.  Joseph 
BIcCrary.  Rev.  James  Olncy  fuce^.-'i-dcJ  hinj  for  one  year,  and  wus  followed  by 
KeT.  Thomas  GriSn.  Ue^.  .Mr.  Harvey,  Rev.  J.  Z.  Chborn,  three  year^.  Since 
kst  KoTembcr  Rev,  C.  D.  Brooks  has  been  the  pastor.  The  church  trustees  fur 
1876  are  John  Lambert,  J.  C.  Keeler,  aud  U.  U.  Cront. 

IHl   QEKUA^    EVA^TOELICiL    LrinEB.^N    CHVBCH    i:«   PITTSrOED 

was  f>rTu«J  by  Rev.  B.  Mueller,  under  whose  ministriitions  the  church  buildinc:  in 
the  north  part  of  the  villaLre  was  erected,  in  IbiJti.     Mr.  Mueller  remained  until        | 
1S69,  since  which  time  IXeT.  \X.  II.  Oomph  has  b<-en  the  pastor.     John  Ernst  is        j 
the  present  church  clerk,  and  the  fullowiiiL'  are  tru-siees .  Charles  Zoms,  Frederick 
Hoseher,  John  Uetiel,  Fredrick  Scholtz,  John  Brand. 

Te«  IPISCOPJ.L  cntRCH. 
In  tie  TOmmcr  of  1S17,  Rev.  H.  U.  Onderdonk.  rector  of  the  Episcopal 
etarch  in  Canandai'^a,  and  afterwards  bishop,  proache-l  in  the  village  of  Pitts- 
€>rd.  This  was  the  first  Episeup;d  ser\-ice  in  the  town.  In  January,  IS-^,  Rev. 
Henry  Lockwood.  then  residinir  in  Iloncaye  Fails,  be-jati  ret:ular  service  each 
alternate  Sunday,  and  November  2,  13.10,  he  organized  the  parish,  ander  the 
■ame  of  (^rist  church,  with  Sylvester  P.irker  and  .\.  Vought  as  wanjens. 

In   April,   1843,   Rev.   .Mr.   I,ickw.»id  resi-ned.  but  occasional  service?  were 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Judd.     The  first  meeiincs  were  held  in  an 
where  Gabriel  W.,.%.J's  h.,u-e  st.inds.     In  1846  the 
of  Church   street  was  purch.ucd  and   fitted   np  as  a 


ISW.  RcT.  W.  S.  Cliilds;  ISoO,  Rev. 

th  and  Rev.  E.  B.  Tuitle;  ISJa,  Rev. 
until  IsU'l;  July  1.  Ison,  Rev.  John  A.  Bow- 
llr.  Bowman  rL>;.-n..-d  to  bce-inie  chaplain  of  the 
3;  May  4.  ISO:;.  Rev.  II.  Lockwo.»l  apjin  be- 
T  since.    The  new  church  at  the  head  of  Locust 


Jo,hua  Sii 


held  du 

Of  per  room  of  a  buildiu 
n  all  building  at  the  he: 
ehorch.  Other  rectors  were 
Willis  U.  Rirris;  lSJl,Rev. 
Henry  Lockwood,  and  eonlinn 
nia.i;  Septeml)er  I  j,  ISGl,  lie 
Thirteenth  .\cw  York  Volum 
came  rector,  and  hw  remaine.1 
«reet  was  built  in  ISOS.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  June  13,  ISGS.  The  first 
Krrico  wca'  held  Feliruar>-  7,  ISOO,  and  the  ehurvh  c.Mi-».-crateJ  .May  '.'0,  ISliO, 
Bishop  Cuic  officiatin',-  Hiram  Kini.~hiir>-  was  the  builder.  The  present  ward- 
ens of  the  church  are  D  C.  Rand  and  J.  H.  De.  ker;  Vt~tr>nicn,  Chas.  H.  Arm- 
•trong,  J.  R.  L.H.kwo.<d,  Jctfrey  N.  lIinL-ell.  C.  W.  Rogcn,  FrcJ.  G.  Barnard,  D. 
L.  Guernsey,  Mortimer  Wadliums,  James  Vooihecs. 

A  KOM.l.f  C.iniOLIC  CnCRCIl 
was  or^nizrd  in  IST3,  and  a  church  ed;fi<-e  hnilt  tliat  year.     Rclldons  services 
have  b-.-en   held  in  the  >:ll,,.-e  ^nce  I^".'.!;  hv  F.iih.n  f.i-y  and    .Miller.      Father 
P.  McGraw.uf  Fairi»irt,  is  the  present  pa^rtor,  and  the  ur.'aniLition  of  the  church 
ia  duo  lu  bis  laUits. 


TOB  O.flTKIlS. 
A  anciety  of  Univcmll-i.s  w.e 
•arly  day.     lu  seniocT  were  held  suniclimes 


IT  socirrr  or  pitixfurd. 

rmil.1l  in  the  villa.;r;  of  I'ittsfjrtl  at  a  Tory 


2  and  nmetimes  in  privatL-  h oates.  The  priiicipal  preachers  were  Rev.  Thomas 
Biilinghurst,  KeV.  Sfpluo  .Miles,  anr  lUv.  Lu.-uml,  Kiupp.  The  latter  puMi-JK-d 
a  UniverxdU  paf-r  m  I'm-lurJ  villa.v  in  ISl.'i-lli.  The  pnntiiig  was  all  done 
at  his  own  a-sidtnce.  by  hiuiM.lf  and  wile.  Ile_.^lr.  Knapp— mainly  settiie-  the 
types.  It  wxs  a  very  small  l^lio  sheet,  and  published  once  a  week.  UTider  the  name 
of  the  G-fyti  Ur,;il.l.  This  was  the  first  p.iper  p'ibiishe.1  in  the  cMunty  of 
Monroe,  antedating  the  U-nhcster  Giuetfe  several  moittlis,  and  was  eontiourd  in 
publication  a  little  more  than  one  year.  .^Ir,  Knapp  livi-d  in  a  house  long  owned 
by  .Mr.  Fo^more,  and  located  on  land  now  belonging  to  David  B.irk.-r.  It  was  torn 
down  several  years  ago.  Two  or  three  copies  of  the  OuijkI  Ilernld  ore  beiicvcd 
to  be  silU  in  existence.  The  Univcrsalists  were  ^uite  strxjng  in  the  southern  part 
of  Flttsford  in  its  early  days.  Joshua  Armstrong,  one  of  the  first  niemherj  of 
the  Baptist  church,  w.ts  deluded,  in  ISIO,  fur  embracing  L'niver'iali-t  divc-trinw. 
After  the  death  of  Stephen  .^Iiles,  in  ISjl,  the  L'niversali:st  meetings  were  mostly 
The  society  never  had  a  house  of  worahip. 


The  village  of  Pittsford  was  incorporated  April  7,  1827.  First  election  May 
7,  1327,  at  the  house  of  Pomeroy  Stone,  at  whicli  the  following  officers  were 
chosen  : 

Trustees,  John  Line,  Philo  Hurd.  Simon  Stone  C2d),  Samuel  Hopkins,  Canui 
Hart;  Assessors,  John  Act,  Uriah  Parker,  Joseph  E.  Camp;  Ta-asuicr.  Henry 
S.  Potter;  Collector,  Palmer  B.  Wilder;  Constable,  Ephraim  Hopkins;  Clerks, 
Mortimer  F.  Delano  and  Edward  Dodd ;  Fire  Wardens,  Ira  Buck,  Thos.  Hart- 
well,  George  Hart. 

Philo  Hurd  was  elected  president  of  the  board,  but  resigned,  and  James  K. 
Gnernsey  was  app^jinted  trustL-e  and  elected  president.  Simon  Stone  ( 2d)  resigned, 
and  M.  F.  Delano  w;is  appointed  trustee.  The  prcsideiiL*  of  the  board  of  trustc^js 
since  1S27  have  been  as  follows:  L.  H.  Clapp,  Ira  Belloirs,  James  K.  Guernsey, 
",.  F.  De!....o,  J  J..-  Acer,  Erajf.'j  Gr'.ylo'd.  AIct  Voorhces,  Fre,ienet  B.,ughton. 
Henry  S.  Potter,  Henry  Fitch.  David  Hayw.jod,  Albert  Marcelhis,  Davi^J  W. 
Smith,  E.  Goss,  Geo.  .M.irvin,  E.  W.  Gaskin,  P.  Malone,  Lucius  S.  May,  James 
BI.  Wiltsie,  Go.  A.  Goss. 

The  clerks  of  the  h.)ard  have  been  a.s  follows;  Elias  B.  Holmes,  Chas.  D.  Tall- 
man,  Eleazer  W.  True,  Horace  A.  -Voyes,  Wm.  A.  Acer,  J.  A.  Guernav,  Wat- 
ma  S.  Hinckley,  W.  C.  Rowley,  Richard  Parker,  Dr.  Wales  M.  Huntington, 
Jorieph  True,  Elijah  Treat,  Dr.  R.  C.  Reynolds,  James  Bellows,  Henry  A.  Parker, 
Wm.  U.  Armstrong,  Chas.  CleveLmd,  John  McGill,  A.  Vought,  John  B.  Vus- 

Village  officers  in  1S76  are — Geo.  A.  Gow,  president;  J.  M.  Wiltsie,  D.  B. 
Echler,  James  Smith,  E.  W.  Gaskin,  and  F.  Munnebeck,  trustees ;  John  B.  Vo.- 
burgh,  clerk;  Chas.  Cleveland,  collector  and  treasurer;  James  Smith,  E.  W. 
Gaskin,  assessors;  E.  Goss,  police  justice ;  John  Wood,  street  commissioner; 
John  H.  Osgoodby,  constable. 

When  first  or^-anized,  filty  years  ago,  Pittsford  was  in  the  first  flush  of  pros- 
perity from  the  new  Erie  canal,  and  aspired  to  be  acity.  Such  anticipations  have 
long  since  faded.  The  population  of  the  village  is,  however,  cipcricneing  a  heahh- 
ful  increase,  and  its  nearness  to  Rochester,  «nd  beautiful  location,  are  attractions 
which  will  morv  and  more  draw  urban  residents  thither. 

A  lodge  of  JIasnns  was  established  in  Pittstord  at  a  very  early  day.  Its  num- 
ber was  490,  of  Northficld.  During  the  anti-M.cjonic  ezcitemcnt  iu  1S2C.  the 
MaAOns  dissolved,  and  returne«l  their  charter.  In  reorganiiing,  about  twenty  years 
ago,  the  origitial  charter  was  returned,  and  this  is  now  the  number  and  title  of  the 
lodge. 

In  politics  Pittsford  was  Republican  in  the  dars  of  Jefferson  and  M.idi>on, 
strun'jly  Clintonian  dorin,-  the  era  of  canal  p..litic3,  anti- .Masonic  and  Whi^-  fnjui 
1S25  to  ISjl).  Siuee  the  Republican  party  w.is  formed  the  town  h.T.s  ni..rc 
than  half  the  time  been  Democratic.  The  list  of  3upervisi>rs  and  town  clerks  frdii 
1314  to  1370  indii-atcs  some  of  the  leading  men  of  their  time.  Supertix.r. — 
1S14,  Ezra  Pattei*in  ;  ISIJ-IO,  Xathan  .Nye,  1S17,  Samuel  Fell;  1S|S,  Sim-a 
Stone  (2d),  eight  yearj;  1S20,  Stephen  Lnsk.  three  years;  1S2'J,  Nath.m  Cab 
boon,  four  year) ;  ISXi,  J"hn  Aruu-trong;  13.14.  .\.  Calluwn  ;  lS.;.-.-JO,  Ephraim 
Goa«;  1S37,  Solomon  Stone;  13J3-o'J,  \.  Calhoon  ;  I.S40,  .Marrin  H.|kiiis: 
1841,  Ira  Bellows;  1342,  M.  llopkim, ;  IS  i:i-4,i,  Solomon  Stone;  1340.  M.r- 
Tin  Hopkins;  IK17-4.3,  Ephraim  Goss;  ISl'.l,  Wales  M.  Huiitiii:.-to„ ;  \<<'K 
Mar%in  Hopkins;  1-<.JI,  Kuw  .Matthews;  l,si2-i:i,  Hocrxco  Wh.vler;  l-'-'. 
Wm.  C.  Rowley;  ISJj,  K.  ''••'■•t;  Is'''!,  Sol..nion  Stone;  1357,  Th..imis  Wiit.z. 
13.-,3,  Isiac  11.  V, nil.  rl  Old  ,  l-.',;l-i;.l,  Daniel  Kiir.-lev  ;  l^Ol.  J.irvis  Lord;  13o2. 
Marvin  ll..pki..',  1>'-:.  l''"i^-l  K...;;-le>  ,  l.^„4,  .Nathan  R.  Welch;  ll-V  I"' 
rick  Jlahi.K:,  eight  J.ar.,  l.S7:l-7  4,  Francis  U.  Sh.-arer ;  1^75-70,  Gcs.r.-  .\ 
Go* 

Town  Clerks— 13U-19.J"hn  lUy;  l^Jlt-25,  Stephen  Lu-k  ;  iS-0.  .Nt.hnn 
Nyo;  lii:7-21,  U  \t.  Clapp,  132'J-JU,  Eiias  B,  Holmes;   1>::1,  Ira  ll.ll.."'. 


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HISTOP.Y  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


18J3,  Epiiraim  Goi^  ;  :3:'.n-?.l,  NVjon  ITal! ;  ISJJ,  In 
P»tters..n;  IRJT,  I'u.i.l  l',.mi.ly  ;  l>:;-<-Hi.  Um-r,  lU:, 
WJ:,  WaiM  M.  Hunlii|..t.jn  ;  1^43,  J.rs-ph  Tni.-,  s.nvn 
fl.  Sutl.erUn.l;  IS-'ii,  Jo«.|,li  Tru",  8r._- yars ;  1.':j7.  G 
Geo.  A.  Gos.s,lhrce  T.-ars;  lrtiil-<;2,  Wni.  K  tMuLMiJa; 
18l>l,  Ira  K.  Uu-liU.r.ju_-h  ;  ISi;.".,  Klij.^  ruJuKill ,  IS 
18C7,  Jauios  Smith  ;  iMiS.  Abram  Vuu-hl;  ISi.'J.  Jau.c 
AbruuVou-U;  1S71,  Slielly  (>.  Cn.mp;  l-iTJ.Jul.n  M.  ilt^le 
B.  Vwbursti ;  1375,  Jaui=.  Smith  ;  lS7i;.  Juhn  M.  Su-cle. 

ilany  in  these  ilata  hare  hcU  rjther  icoport^nt  <?iEi:e3.  and  figure  coospicuotisiy 
in  wuoty  ind  Sute  polities.     But  ihes.!  hiatorics  the  nimei  will  thuioaclvea 

BMtlj  BUi^eSt 


,clt;l.=!nrt.I'hi:anuVr 
Idll,  J.---ph  Truo; 
■ar*;  l>jl.i-51,  K-uu; 
riol  K.  W.^kI;  l.Sod, 
u:'..J..hnT.AVilt.ic; 
,  \Vm.  K.  Kilmoiiila; 
II.  L>.l.w.«J;  1S7U, 
l57.>74,Julia 


sell 


n  \ni;  i',u.~r..ri  v,,tod  foi 

intojicjtin-.- Honiara  durin; 
Ion.  Kpliraiui  G..vi  has  b,:. 


and  no  licen^i-s   bar 


,  lirtv 


..f.jrd. 


thirty  yean  justice  of  the  peat 
visors,  a  moniLt.T  </f  ih.;  :S[ate  i 
father  was  John  G.w,  of  Bloon 
through  the   Kcvuiuti.mary  wa 


He  l.iH  brutl  chainmu  of  the  board  of  mi|«  r- 
ite,  and  in  lS:;7-40  h^  <vj3  county  clerk.  Ill, 
Id.  aud  \iU  ..Tandfatlicr,  liphraiiu  Gu.-j.  a  i.o.h,r 
Mr.  G..S3  has  al-o  b<.'en  proiuincut  in  the  l.--al 
Diilitiry  companies,  and  in  l.SllJ  was  made  colonel  of  the  Virty.se'Ci^nd  U^-.-iuicnt. 
His  oldest  son,  IIoo.  Geo.  A.  Goss,  was  a  mcmbec  of  die  Stale  leyialature  iii 
1372-74. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 


■WILLIAM   AGATE. 

William  and  >Iary  Asate  left  Enjand.  their  native  land,  in  the  fall  of  1T94, 
arriving  in  New  York  in  Janu.Trr,  17',i5.  They  rcniaine^l  in  that  vicinity  until 
January,  170S,  when  they  removed  to  »,-^tcm  New  Vork,  to  the  town  of  North- 
field,  now  Pittsford.  They  jounieyed  with  an  ox-team,  brin-.nni  only  such  things 
•3  they  could  load  on  one  slcil.  In  the  fill  of  th-  .=3rae  year  they  erected  a  log 
tabin.  Now  began  the  real  hard-hips  of  pioneer  life  which  were  very  severe  to 
those  who  bad  been  accu,t"mcd  to  the  liixariis  of  England. 

The  howling  of  the  wolvc:-,  the  spjwlins  of  the  bear  by  niqlit.  and  the  playful 
deer  sporting  around  their  dwellin'.-  throu-;h  the  day,  reminded  them  that  civiliia- 
tion  was  far  in  the  distance;  fre<|Uently  the  rude  Indian,  with  his  tomahawk  and 
•cal ping-knife  by  his  .-ide.  would  call.  askin..r  for  bread;  and  if  they  had  hut  a 
loaf  they  muft  .*hare  with  hiiu  to  retiiin  his  ^oo-i  will,  aud  it  was  a  feirful  thinjj  to 
incur  his  displeasure.  At  that  time  thoa*  was  no  store  or  post-office  nearer  than 
Canandaigua,  their  only  means  of  reaching  which  was  with  oxen  or  on  foot,  aa 
there  were  but  very  few  horses  in  the  country. 

At  one  time  Mr.  .\.  walked  to  C.inandai'jia,  trans-ictcJ  seme  basines.-<,  and 
atarted  for  home,  expcetinc:  to  atuy  at  a  pablic-hou?e  four  miles  dl-tant.  Arriving 
there  at  a  lah?  hour,  they  refused  him  adraitiaiiLe.  He  cjntiuued  his  way  through 
the  darkness,  frcriucntly  startle-d  by  wild  beasts  nishing  ihrou'zh  the  bushe-s  by  his 
■ide.  At  length  he  came  to  a  log  house,  where  he  was  received  and  made  com- 
fortable fur  the  night. 

Ther«  was  a  grist-mill  standing  where  ik)W  is  located  Richardson's  mill.  Mr. 
.^gatc  and  Mr.  Griffin  cleared  the  forest  and  made  the  road  leading  from  the 
Mendon  road.  p;i.«t  their  residence,  to  the  mill.  Oucc,  while  Mr.  .\.  was  suffering 
with  fever  and  ague,  ho  was  oliiiircfl  to  t-ike  a  bat:  of  wheat  on  ha  back  and  go 
to  the_  mill.  On  his  return  he  wai  taken  with  a  chill,  which  was  »>  severe  that  he 
bail  to  drop  his  load  and  lie  down  by  the  niadsidc.  A  nei'jhboring  woman,  pass- 
ing on  hor-ebaefc,  kindly  offered  to  carry  his  grist  home.  They  xeldum  pa-nseU  a 
year  withont  suffering  from  >.icknc5.4  brou-.rht  on  by  exi-.ware  and  over-work. 

Their  children  who  i:rcw  to  m.iiurity  were  .\nn  Airate, — .^fi-s.  .S.  ^lilcs, — bom 
io  1707,  and  the  longest  re-sidcnt  of  I'itlsforl  livin.-;  Sleplicn  .Vu-ale,  b.m  in  1709, 
who  died  a  few  years  aco;  Kliti  A-Jrile.  bom  in  l5Ul,  marrittl  liimin  Kav,  and 
died  in  IS;;.';  and  John  S.  A^alc.  bom  in  1S04.  still  rrMding  in  Pittsford.  Wil- 
liam and  John  A-.-aic,  of  Piti«fonl  villa-,-e.  are  the  latter  s  sons.  .Mn.  .Miles  ia  the 
•idow  of  lU-v.  Stephen  .Mil.s,  a  InivcnaliH  preacher,  who  died  in  13J1.  The 
l>tc  AVilliam  A.  Riy  w.as  a  s.,n  of  Hiram  Kay  and  Kiiza  A.-ate. 

An  incident  worth  mentioning  in  th.'  early  ill'-  of  their  -..n  Stephen:  While 
felling  t  lapjc  In-e  he  di^ei^vercd,  near  the  centre.  priiiLi  of  im  e-l'.:*-*!  toul,  cvi- 
*nily  not  a  tomahawk;  couniing  the  grains  fr-.m  the  .i-ar  to  the  -urfiiv,  he 
found  the  tree  had  grown  one  hundred   and  fifty  jcara  alter  the  incwion  liatl 


been  made, — how  much  longer  conid  not  be  determined,  as  it  was  dead  when 
3Ir.  A-  came  into  the  country.  This  led  to  many  conjectures  resrardinu  the  fit^t 
inhabitants.  Stephen  was  the  first  teinperance  advocate  in  the  town.  When  only 
fifteen  years  old  he  resolved  never  to  taste  another  drop  of  liquor. — a  resolution 
he  kept  until  the  day  of  his  death,  which  ..lecurre-d  in  his  s..veiity.liivt  year. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Agate  live-J  to  change  their  forest  home  into  fertile  fields  and 
blooming  orchards.  The  country  w.os  particularly  adapted  to  the  moid  growth  of 
fruit-trees.  Trees  grown  from  the  apple-s.ieii  would  bear  fruit  in  seven  years;  a 
peach-pit  planted,  in  three  years  becime  a  tree  fifteen  feet  hicli,  csteii'.Iin:;  fifte'en 
feet  from  branch  to  branch,  and  measuring  fifteen  inches  around  the  trunk,  at 
which  time  it  was  loaded  with  large,  delicious  fruit,  some  measuring  nine  and  one- 
haJf  inches  and  wcii;hing  a  half-pound  ! 

It  was  love  of  freedom  which  induceil  3Ir.  A.  to  leave  a  lucrative  business  in  his 
fetheriand  to  seek  hlj  fortune  in  the  land  of  his  adoption.  He  was  truly  Repub- 
lican in  his  political  sentiments.  Tliou::h  he  never  sought  or  obt:iiiied  a  public 
office,  he  was  greatly  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  nation. 

Notwitlistanding  the  many  hanLships  and  privations  of  frontier  life,  which 
greatly  impaired  their  health,  they  were  fK.Tmittcd  to  live  to  a  good  old  a-.-e. 
Mrs.  A.  died  in  her  eighty  sixth  year,  while  Mr.  A.  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty- 


AJfDREW  MAXFIELD. 


j  Not  in  ancestral  hall,  the  heir  to  vast  estates  and  hereditary  title,  bu 

;  domain  fresh  from  the  hand  of  nature,  and  in  I'reedoin  of  opinion  and  una-- 
stricted  privileges  equal  to  the  most  p'ltcnt  dignitary  of  the  ea.st,  the  encnrelic 
pioneers  of  the  Genesee  valley  began  their  clcarini^s  in  the  funr-t.  and  laid  the 
foundations  for  their  own  and  others'  prospe-rity.  Among  the-*c  were  Baniet  aud 
Hannah  JI.-nfield,  parents  of  .Andrew  .Mastield.  the  suhjixt  of  our  sketch. 

'  Baraet  .MaiDeld  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  ISl^.  and  the  bravery  required 

upon  the  battle-field  is  turned  to  goo.1  account  in  the  strife  with  the  re<luiidaiiey 

j  of  nature  upon  the  tract  in  the  town  of  I'ittsford,  later  to  become  a  productive 
farm  and  a  pleasant  home. 

I  To  this  farm,  with  his  parents,  cnnic  Andrew  .^laifiehl,  in  the  year  ISIS,  from 

the  town  of  Warren,  Herkimer  county,  where  he  wa.s  bom.     A  boy  of  seven  year-, 

j        the  life  was  novel,  stranire,  and  wm  beeamc  attractive  ;  there  was  no  lack  of  hard 

j  labor,  yet  there  w.-«  no  want  of  enjovinriit.  (Jrowin-.:  up  with  the  rountri-.  e«.-h 
year  saw  denser  sttil.  raent.  and  a  niulllplie,|   private  and  public  iinprov.  inrnt. 

I  .Married  on  April  U.  l^U,  to  Sirah  I'ow.-ll,  and  seiil..Kl  up.Mi  a  lUriii  ■■!'  -vcnry- 
two  choice  acres,  he  has  eontcntedly  made  lite  place  his  home.      Not  alone  in   the 

I       old  bumesttiad  nor  without  thosu  tu  follow  them,  but  with  three  cliil  Irxii  to  make 


240 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


e^^anl  them  id  dixliuio^  years  ' 
niy,  aa  a  rfprweouiivo  of  our  a 


a  lore 


the  nght  of  h.ime  chwrfu'.  loj  t. 

Slill  mJ  cadurin;.-,  tlie  >Ul!iaa 

middle  cliii,  pre«:ot  iu  tboir  livw  much  to  be  aJinired  inJ  emuLiie-J.      Freed  from 

the  etiTj  and  care  of  o3ic«,  Mr.  Ma-xfield  u  nutie  the  It-ii  anient  to  secure  proper 

eoTcmment  by  the  solectioQ  aoU  eleetioo  uf  meo  ut*  strict  mlc^lij  and  uoquali- 

fied  patriotijm. 

WliiJ*  thoujiniU  ra.tle=»ly  journey  from  State  to  Siatej  seeking  other  and  better 
bomes,  he  hia  been  cont4.'nt  to  dwell  permanently  ia  one  place,  rr^-^-Tirdio;:.  with 
good  reason,  the  county  of  Munroe  a  locality  escellcij,  it  may  be,  in  «me  partkuiara, 
bj  other  plax>^,  but,  a3  a  home,  healthy,  pr'>duciive,  aad  abouudini:  in  beauttfol 
■ouxr;  rarely  surjuiscd,  and,  aa  a  n;giuQ  to  puss  a  ijuiet  and  useful  life,  implj 


8TEPHEX  LUSK. 

Stephen  Losk  wad  bora  April  26.  ITTo  and  hii  i 
AngaA  25,  1777.  Ster'^en  cime  irith  his  fathe 
York,  in  1757,  when  only  twelve  years  old.  Hi 
Heocher,  came  in  1792.  She  was  tirst  married  t 
di«d  two  or  three  years  after.  Stcplien  Luit's  first 
died  in  1799.  In  1^01  he  marriLd  .Mrs.  Davi.^  by 
Dennis,  born  January  :."J.  1>02,  Henry  aud   Hai 


wife,  Sarah  ( Hencher)  Ltuk, 
John  Luik,  to  western  New 
wife,  a  daughter  of  William 
Mr.  Da^ia.  at  Charlotte,  who 
rife  was  Chloe  Bo.iniman,  who 
■liom  he  raised  five  children  — 
ey  1  twins),  bora   Au-^rtit  il, 


od  Hei 


1804,  Sarah  Ann  (Mrs.  Thomas  Wilcoj:),  bom  May  3.  IS 
Aoxost  IS.  1S12.  The  elder  Lu.k  died  in  1^'iiV  aji-l  e|..'Iuy-tive  years.  Hb 
■on,  Heman  Lu-t,  lived  on  the  uoui^t^ad,  r.cw  own.nl  by  his  widow,  antil  his 
death  in  1S36.  Franklin  B..  Stephen,  and  Heman  Lask,  Jr..  arc  his  jons.  The 
fcra  owned  by  Dennis  Lusk  was  settled  very  early  by  Bufus  Messenger,  who 
earif  sold  it  to  Stephen  Luik  and  removed  to  Eri'.-bton.  Dennis  Lusk.  in  1S31, 
Bunied  Olive  Huard,  daughter  of  Jason  Hazard.  Their  children  are  Olive, 
Ann, — Mrs.  Noah  H.  Cole,  of  Mendon, — and  James  Lusk.  One  son,  William 
hank,  died  in  ls57,  and  another,  Harvey  Lusk,  in  1373,  leaving  two  amall 
diUdren. 


JOHN 

Joho  Brown,  originally  from  Vermont,  removed  from  St.  Lawrence  county  to 
PUtsford  in  1319,  and  died  in  1331,  aged  fifty-tbur  years.  H.s  wife,  S^dly  -Moody, 
died  in  1840.  Their  son,  John  Crown,  Jr.,  was  bom  in  1S09.  One  of  his 
Bst^ra  became  the  wife  of  Jesse  Albro,  and  another  the  wife  of  \\.  J.  Moody, 
afterwards  judge  of  Orleans  county,  and  a  student  with  William  11.  Seward.  Mr. 
Brown's  only  surviving  brviiher  is  Smith  .^I.  Crown,  b<jni  in  1S12,  and  now 
living  in  Florida.  John  Brown,  Jr.,  is,  and  has  long  been,  a  prtiminent  man  in 
Pil'sforJ  business  interests.     He  commenced  keeping  ators  in  a  grocery  on  the 

many  years.  lie  h;is  been  eii^oxi  in  many  enterprises,  and  generally  succesaful 
ones.  He  married  his  first  wife,  Esther  Stafford,  in  lS3a.  In  1343  he  married 
his  present  wife,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  who  for  several  ycara  has  been  in 
bttaiuess  in  New  Vork  city. 


grand.«n  of  JareJ 

r  and 

ubjc-t 


DAVID   BARKER. 


David  Barker  was  bom  in  thi.i  town  iu  1811.  He  Is 
Barker,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Pittsford,  whose  name 
tioned  in  the  early  records  of  this  town  a.i  an  early  school  commissioi 
holding  various  oili.  r  offices.  His  son,  Lyman  Barker,  and  father  of  the 
of  this  sketch,  removed  with  his  suns  and  son-in-Uw  to  Ohio,  f.Tty  yi'ars  .fo.  or 
about  1336.  David  Barker  married  .^Ii:,s  Sarah  Eekler,  a  very  e=timable  ladv. 
and  sister  of  John  Kcklcr  and  Mr,.  Heman  Lu.-k,  of  Pinsford.  He  purch.as.'-d 
the  Southmayd  Stillraan  farm,  two  and  onc-h.ilf  miles  south  of  the  villa-c,  wh.re 
he  has  resided  ever  suice,  rearing  a  family  of  six  sons,  all  of  whom  he  has  estab- 
lished ia  the  neigliborho-jd,  and  who.  eolleetively,  own  several  hundrnl  acres  of 
the  best  land  in  I'itL-ford.  The  oldest  3..n,  Lyni.m  .M.,  died  in  137i.  The  othcis 
are  William  Henry,  Geor-.-c  U.,  Benjamin  V.,  .Vewman,  and  Clarence,  the  latter 
living  on  the  old  humeitcad.  ."*Ir.  Barker  has  been  a  prominent  and  publie-jpirited 
eitiien,  and,  by  energy  and  careful  management,  has  added  lai^'ly  to  the  improve- 
ments of  the  town. 


JOSEPH  THORNELL. 

Joseph  Thornell  came  from  England  and  .settled  in  Pittsford  in  1314, 
the  place  on  which  his  grandchildren  now  live  in  1806.  He  died  in  1S27 
son,  William  Thornell,  who  succeeded  him  on  the  homestead,  marrie<l  a  da 
of  Barnett  MaiScld.  His  widow,  the  pre-ent  .>Irs.  Thornell,  is  a  sister 
Slit  rife.  Their  eldest  daughter  Is  the  wito  of  O.s.rgc  K.  Barker.  Hei 
Thornell,  the  oldest  son,  owns  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  Noah  a;.d  -Vu 
Norton.  The  other  children  residing  on  the  homistead  are  Charles  F., 
M.,  Mary,  Ida  F.,  and  William  B.  Thornell. 


MBS.  LYDIA  P.  VINTON. 

James  Wilmarth,  Sr.,  moved  into  the  town  of  Victor  in  1S12, 
settled  in  the  south  p.art  of  Pittsford.  He  was  b<3rn  March  30, 
wife,  Lucy  Wilmarth.  March  20.  1772.  They  reared  a  family  of  = 
whom  Chauncey  and  James  Wilmarth  were  life-lous  residents  of 
dau-hter,  Lucy  Wilmarth,  be,  ame  the  wife  of  Mr.  Woixlward.  of  M, 
and  Lydia  P  Wilmarth  are  livin-.  the  lail.r  the  widow  of  .^Ir.  Pli 
of  Port  Washington,  Ohio.  Mr.  Vinton  w;\s  a  younger  brother  of 
F.  Vinton,  of  Ohio,  long  a  member  of  Congress  aud  holding  a  pi 
tion  ia  national  politics.  Mr.  Vinton  and  Lydia  P.  Wilmarth  wen 
niary  21,  1325.  and  S'X>n  after  moved  to  Ohio,  whore  he  eu::aged  i 
mercantile  and  banking  business,  until  his  death,  Dewmbcr  13,  13."i 
time  Mrs.  Vinton  has  returned  to  riltsford,  the  home  of  her  cj 
now  resides  in  the  south  part  of  iho  Tillage. 


and  soon  af 
17G9,  and 
is  cliildpn. 
Pilt.-r..rd, 

Md,.„.       .1.:,. 


HARVEY  BOnOETOM. 

Tlif  suV.Jett  of  thi^  sketch  noa  a  native  uf 
W.^t  Stn,kbriJ;.'u,  li.rk-liire  counu.  Ma,.-  .  :ii„l 
,om..vtd  ti.  Un-htun.  M..,m».  County,  witli  l,i- 
Canjily  iu  1S17.  wlitrc-  he  arrivi-d  and  H-ttlml 
Juoe  5.  on  a  Ihrai  "(  "lic  hunJn-J  iura.  now 
mvii^ied  hy  hU  son.  HxniLT  C.  Houghton.  H.' 
caiu..'  ehroui-h  with  a  yoke  (.(  uxi-ii  and  ,.n,- 
horw  jttathol  n<  his  wa'.n.n,  behind  which  h. 
led  a  cow  tlie  nh.ilc  distance.  The  journey  tu 
Victor,  where  they  stopi.ed  thro'  or  (bur  d;iys 
»ith  a  .si>ter  liviiij:  theie,  reijuiicd  twilve  day? 
It  was  all  u  dense  wilderuess  here  at  that  lime. 
and  he  rented  a  rude  h'j:  cabin  whicli  <m-\  on 
the  site  of  the  brick  residence  of  Jolin  Warren. 
antil  he  cleared  a  small  piece  of  laud  and  built 
a  tntcie  huu^.  jilanked  up  ou  the  out.si»Je.  Thid 
iraui--  consiitutes  a  (rjrt  of  the  [iresent  .structure 
Sir  Rju^hton  had  pre\ioualy  uiade  a  journey  to 
Victor,  where  he  brought  and  put  up  the  first 
i.H.nunicnt  erected  in  that  town,  and  [lerhaps  the 
•uiity.   over  the   graves  of  his  two  brothers 


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Horatio,  who  died  before  l.-*nO,  and  FI;,v,i,, 
who  died  in  ISl.'i,  Utth  twenty-one  year*  of  a-_'c 
They  were  burirKi  one  mile  south  of  iho  villa'/e, 
wM  Bijuu-hton  Hill,  so  named  fn.ni  tliis  faniily.— 
the  l..nd  dmated  by  the  father  of  Harv.-y  Mr 
Bou-hton  married  Kliobeth  Riynton  in  West 
Stoekbrid^e.  She  died  May  :i.  18.")."i  Mr 
IJou^hton  had  ten  children,  three  son.s  and. 
two  daughter*  born  in  Ma.ssachu.ietts.  and  one  son 
and  fourdau>;hter3  bom  in  Brijrliton.  Three  sons 
and fourdaughtersarenow livin'_',all in  Brighton, 
except  two  of  the  latter  in  Kochester.  They  are 
Mrs.  Chaa  Mumlbrd.  Horace  C,  Geo.  E  .  Khoda 
A  ,  Mrs.  John  Warren,  Klizabcth.  and  Eiibert 
H.  Bou^hton.  Mr.  Boujjhton  was  a  prominent 
and  public-spirited  citizen. — of  strict  integrity 
in  bosin&is  and  all  relations  of  life,  and  a  thorough 
and  successful  fanner.  He  died,  honored  and 
respected  by  hi:>  fellow-men,  September  21. 1827. 
Horace  C.  Bou^hton,  his  oldest  living  son,  now 
occapies  the  old  homestead,  beautifully  located 
a  short  distance  south  of  the  citv,  near  1>enesee 
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BRIGHTON. 


OEOANIZATION    AND    FIRST    OFFICERS. 

The  town  of  Brighton  wm  organizi-d  March  25,  13U,  by  i  divbion  of  the 
town  of  Smallwood  hi  two  parts,  Brighton  and  Piltilord.  Part  of  Ituchestor  waa 
taken  off  in  183-t,  and  Irondei|iioit  io  1S;1").  The  records  previous  to  ISljS  are 
missing,  but  in  April  of  that  year  the  towji  nieetiir.;  was  held  at  Oiilver'^  tavern. 
west  of  East  Brij;hturi,  and  officcts  ele<  U'd,  a-s  f"llowi  :  Sof-.-rvijor,  EzL'kiel  Mor^e ; 
Town  Clerk,  Tlioniaa  Blossom ;  Awessors.  Enos  Blossom.  Davis  C.  West.  J.xseph 
Oolwell:  Overs.:ers  of  th*.  P.mr.  Otia  W.-dker.  Scth  Lamb;  Road  Commbsioner^, 
Titus  Goodman.  Eli  Stilson.  John  J  Calhoun;  S.hool  CoiuniLv^ioners,  .\stib«ll 
W.  BiloT,  Anson  House,  0.  .M.  BiL=h ;  School  In.-n.jctor:?,  Bcrijamui  B.  Blossom. 
David  B'lsh,  Charles  Thorp  ;  O'llectur  and  Coiist.iblo,  Adonijah  Urcen  ;  Consta- 
bles, Butler  Bradwell,  Aaron  Newton,  John  Brown,  Jr.,  Augustus  E.  Thorpe. 
John  C.  Coolej  ;  Overseers  of  llighwayg  and  Road  Districts,  thirty-one. 

The  justices  of  the  peace,  elected  the  following  year,  in  1S26,  were  Reuben 
Bradwell,  David  Bush,  and  Samuel  Miller. 


riEST   OWSERS,    DE 

SCRIPTIO.N,    ETC. 

This  town, 

withi 

a  iu  present 

mits,  is 

rre..,n,Iar  in  shape, 

nd  joins  the  city  of 

Rochester  on 

the  L 

jst  and  southeast,  e.tt 

nding  south  along  the  Genesee  river. 

which  separates  it  1 

rom  the  town 

ot  tmii. 

It  comprises  townsiiip  i.i  m  ranire  7, 

besides  a  few 

lots 

rom  an  adjui 

ling  tow 

.ship.     It  is  divid 

cl  mainly  into  one- 

bandred-and- 

wcnty 

-acre  lots,  by 

lines  parallel  with  (jenesee 

river,  comprising  in 

the  whole  an 

area 

of  about  twer 

ty-two  s. 

luare  miles,  or  fou 

rieeo  thousand  two 

hundred  and 

eighte 

en  acres,  with 

a  pop  ul; 

tion  of  about  thrcM 

ihous^Lud  six  hun- 

dred.     The  *jU  is  a  saudy  loam  in  the  east,  and  a  clav  loam 

along  the  river,  and 

UscneraJli* 

e!!  .ul 

i  ted  to  ^.,;d, 

nin,-,  t.a«hichimiehofitis 

devoted.     The  sur- 

face  is  gently 

rollin 

,-.  and  incline 

t-J  the 

lorth.     On  the  east  border  are  a  dec'p 

Talley  and  Irondcriuoit  bay,  ;Jong  wliich  the  Krst  scttlemrats  began.  The  streams 
are  small  brooks  flowing  west  into  tlie  Genesee  river,  and  ea.st  into  Iri>nde«|uoit 
creek  and  hay,  except  Allyn's  creek,  which  afFonls  considerable  water-power. 
There  are  three  post-offices  in  the  town.  E;ist  Brighton.  Allyn's  Creek,  and  West 
Brighton.  Two  miles  south  of  the  village  are  laru'e  brick  and  tile  works,  and 
southeast  of  West  Brighton  are  the  mo\lel  school,  work-hou.se,  poor-house,  in-^ane 
hospital.,  and  a  glue  fact4)ry.  At  East  Brighton  is  located  the  Glen  Hall  manufac- 
tory of  threshing  machines,  etc. 

T.  B.  Yale  i  Co.s  Brighton  nursery  was  commenced  by  Justus  Yale,  in  1.93T, 
who  continued  it  a  number  of  years,  until  his  3i>n  became  a  partner,  when  the 
present  fijm  naiiie  was  adopted.  \t  first  the  nursi-ry  comprised  about  one  acre, 
with  apple-trees  a  ifieeialty ,  but  now  it  oi-eupics  more  than  two  hundred  acres, 
embracing  all  varieties  ^A'  fruits.  ;ipple.  peach,  plum,  j)ear.  fjuince.  etc.  The  sale 
of  stock  has  extcndcti  o\er  a  wide  rcjion.  t'rom  Maine  to  ('ali'brni:i.  and  gives 
employment  to  about  one  hundred  men.  In  1>55  this  firm,  wit.i  others,  adopteil 
the  new  practice  of  .selling  to  jobbers,  but  soon  atler  returned  to  their  former  cus- 
tom of  sending  out  their  own  agents.  By  large  experience,  and  iute*grity,  T.  B. 
Yale  Jc  Co.  have  built  up  a  business  second  to  none  in  the  country. 

J.  B.  Norris  i  Son's  nurseries  at  Brighton.  Now  York,  were  cstablishi-d  by  this 
firm  twenty-eight  years  auo.  Growing  all  varieties  of  nursery  stock,  they  made 
this  a  specialty,  and,  bi'ginning  with  a  few  acres  only,  it  has  increas^yi  to  such  an 
extent  that  its  grounds  now  occupy  over  one  hundred  acres.  One  great  aim  of 
the  firm  has  been  reliability  in  the  selection  of  stock,  and  no  labor  has  been  spared, 
or  cape  neglected,  to  secure  a  variety  suites!  to  every  want  and  demand. 

riRST    SETTLERS,   .MILLS.  DISTILLERIES,   ETC. 

The  fiot  settleni.nt  m:ule  in  this  t(.wn  was  by  John  Link,  who  purchased  fit' 


tocn  hundred  airw  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  In.t 
was  one  of  the  proprietors.  ,ts  wen?  also  Prosinr  I'.ill 
Job  Gilb'.Tt.  and  Jo,si'ph  Chapin.      In  1T>;>.  John 


-juoit  b;iy  and  rrcvk.  He 
leneral  Hyde,  Enos  Stone, 
iisk.  will,  his  s.m  Stephen 
1  Sch.;n,et;,.|y.  where  'lliey 


lo»d.^l  a  bateau  with  g<v»ls  in  charge  of  Lusk,  while  Stephen  an.l  Peet  t.„k 
charge  of  a  drove  of  cattle.  They  followed  an  Indian  tniil  to  Oii.mdaja  Hollow, 
thence  through  Skane;iteh-s  to  Ciyng.i  lake,  directed  part  of  the  way  by  blaze.1 


trees.  They  crossed  the  lake  on  rarts.  the  cattle  swimming.  .Vt  Canandaigua 
they  were  joined  by  Mr.  Lusk,  who,  with  an  ox-sled,  cut  their  wav  throuL-h  the 
forest  to  the  Iroiide<iuoit  Landing,  in  Brighton.  Here  Mr.  Lusk  built  a  log  cabin 
and  cleared  twelve  acres  of  land,  which  he  .sowed  in  wheat  that  he  obuined  of 
Eheoezer  Allen,  from  Slialfcr'a  farm  at  Seottsville.  The  next  spring,  Ulili.  ho 
moved  his  family  from  M;i5saehusett3.  and  made  preparations  Ibr  Large  improve- 
ment-s.  There  were  no  people  to  be  seen  at  that  time  in  the  vicinity,  except  the 
transient  trappers  along  the  bay  and  creek,  Indians,  and  surveyors  euL-a-ciJ  in 
iu.vt_»;::g  t!:e  township  into  farm  lots.  .Mr.  Lusk  engaged  in  trappini;  while 
clearing  up  and  improving  his  lauds,  which  he  followed  suecessfuliv  several  vears. 
The  some  year  Stephen  and  Erastus  Lusk,  his  sons.  Enos  Stone  and  his  son. 
Orange,  with  tiimilies,  Joel  Scudder,  Chaunccy  Hyde,  and  Calvin  Hvde,  came 
into  town;  also  Timothy  Allyn  and  C.  H.  Allyn  built  a  log  house,  aud  settled  on 
five  hunilred  acres  along  the  creek  that  atlerwards  took  their  name.  They,  how- 
ever, sold  out  during  the  summer,  and  lell  the  town.  About  1795,  Orao  Stone, 
brother  of  Enos,  from  Berk.-hire,  JIassachusetts.  settled  east  of  Brighton  viliaije, 
Oliver  Culver,  from  Oswell,  Vermont,  near  the  same  place.  Samuel  Shnlfer  and 
Enos  Blossom  in  other  parts  of  the  town.  Those  men  mostly  followed  trapping 
fir  several  years,  but  afterwards  took  an  active  part  in  the  business  which  spmng 
up  at  the  landing.  Judje  John  Trvon  .irrived  j.wn  after  this,  and  in  17nS  l.,id 
out  a  village  along  the  creek,  about  three  miles  above  the  head  of  Irondequoit  bav. 
It  was  c-alled  and  known  for  several  years  :u  ■'  Tryons  Town."  During  the  s.nue 
year  he  erected  an  immense  warehouse,  five  stories  in  heitrht.  to  acciimniod.ite 
the  shipping  busioe^>.  which  subsei|uently  assniued  considerable  importance.  It 
was  the  first  warehou.se  in  tliis  part  of  the  State,  and  fi.r  a  numlier  of  years  the 
only  one.  .Mr.  Tryon  came  here  from  Lebanon  Springs.  Augustus  Griswold.  an 
agent  of  the  proprietors,  the  same  year  came  with  five  sleigh-loails  of  gooil.-,  and 
in  the  autumn  with  a  boat-load  from  Schenectady,  upon  which  he  paid  frci'jht  at 
the  rate  of  three  dollars  for  one  hundred  and  twelve  pounds.  He  then,  with  Mr. 
Tryon,  opened  the  first  store  in  this  jiiirt  of  the  country.  Before  this,  near  17'.15 
or  96,  the  se-attering  settlers  in  this  and  adjoining  towns  went  e.ist  and  got  trjcether 
a  drove  of  cattle  and  hogs,  which  were  driven  to  the  new  country  by  S.  Lu-k, 
Jacob  Lobdell,  and  Mr.  Adams.  After  leaving  ftica  they  drove  about  twenty-five 
miles  per  day,  camping  at  night.  They  cros.-cd  Cayuga  lake  on  Durham  boats, 
the  passage  of  which  occupied  four  days.  Their  provisions  civins  out.  they 
went  from  Thursday  iimrnhig  to  Sunday  night  without  food,  and  were  nearly 
starved  when  they  arrived  at  "ieneva.     In  March.  179C,  Samuel  Spaftord  came 

through  on  fixit,  with  Oliver  Culver,  and  found  only  one  person  at  the  lanrliie^. 

a  mulatto,  by  the  name  of  .Vsa  Dunbar.  A  few  weeks  after  this  a  laru'e  e^juipany 
of  the  owners  of  the  Connecticut  tract  in  Ohio,  since  known  as  the  Wesiern 
Reserve,  with  their  surveyors,  in  five  bo.-its.  stopped  at  the  binding.  They  were 
on  their  way  to  Ohio  to  conmii;ncc  surveying  tiuit  large  tract  into  townshiiis  :iiid 
lots  and  put  their  buids  into  market  for  settlement.  Oliver  Culver  joined  the 
expedition,  which,  after  a  journey  of  several  d.iys.  landed  on  the  present  »ite  I'f 
Cleveland.  Jlr.  Culver  continued  in  business  with  the  company,  passing'  fre- 
quently back  and  forth,  carrying  provisions  to  the  expedition  and  ..ther  .-tores  that 
were  wanted.  Mr.  Culver  also  took  a  kiteau  of  st.ires  for  .Mr,  'frvon  to  Clev,.|aiel, 
and  then;  established  a  trading-post,  and  another  to  Toledo,  both  of  which  jiMved 
succ-cssful.  He  fin.iUy  returned,  purchased  a  farm,  anil  settled  in  Brighton,  whoie 
he  died,  and  where  his  desecrnhnts  ;irc  still  hviiig.  .>Ir.  Adams,  who  came 
through  and  a.ssisted  in  driving  the  stock,  formed  a  copartnership  with  Mr.  Tryon 
in  179S,  which  was  known  ;u  Tryon  i  .Vd;imfl. 

In  the  same  year  Asa  Dayton  came  into  town  and  opened  a  tavern  at  the  land- 
ing, which  Was  the  first  piiblie-house  west  of  Caiianilaigna.  In  ISOJ,  licijaniin 
Wirkscamc  here  from  HaiiPirirs  Landing,  north  of  R.«lic.stiT,  ami  oreii.d  llio 
second  tavern  at  this  pi.iee.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  ('..li.nci  Jo-mh  I'i.ili.  who 
at  that  time  h.ad  cliar-e  of -Miens  mill  and  projH-rty  at  (ieiiese.;  Fall^.  endeavor,,! 
to  piTsmido  Mr.  Weeks  to  piir.h.use  fifty  acrc-s  of  l.'m.l,  which  .>;aeiid,.,l  Croiii  ili,- 

per  acre.  But  tiie  di-nial  ro.vr  of  the  fall-  in  the  wiMer.i-ss,  so  .,lij,.etioiul,le  to 
liu  wife,  and  the  exorbitant  price  llir  an  appim^ntiy  v:,li„.|,-ss  -wnnip,  iieliie.  .1 
.Mr.  Weeks  to  look  f.,r  a  more  promising  locality,  and  he  chose  Iroi„le.|.ii.it  I.  ni.l- 


HISTORY  OF  ^rO^'ROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


ing,  wtiere  he  purL'naso.J  avA  s.ltii'.l.  Akmt  tliis  time,  or  buf»re,  .Stepli.'n  Lnsk, 
son  of  John  Lu-'k,  orottod  a  taiiniiry  at  the  hindin^'.  tht-  rirst  in  the  cf>untr\\ 
which  he  n .iiiluLle.1  until  ISUT,  wlien  he  nM  out  and  niuvi-d  lo  PittsC.rJ.  where 
he  purLhii#<.tl  a  tannery,  built  about  three  yean  previ..ii3  by  Benjamin  \Ve<>k>.  atij 
whieh  he  Jlill  owns.  A  ilistiilery  and  an  aaliory  had  bt-en  entte-l  in  fimneeliun 
with  the  itorc  kept  by  .Mr.  Gri>wuld  as  early  as  ISOU.  in  whi.h  Mr.  Try.,n  wn.s 
intereated.  In  1S02  a  los  seliool-linu.se  was  built  hL-rc,  and  the  drst  p»:rs4>ii  em- 
ployed lo  te.-uh  in  it  was  l  Mr.  Turner,  wh,.  had  been  elerk  tor  Tr\on  i  Adau.s 
This  was  undoubtetlly  the  first  seliool  in  the  whole  territory  of  Boyle,  now  divided 

One  of  the  first  men  in  this  town  was  Diptain  Stone,  father  of  Enos.  who  had 
been  employed  by  I*hcl[«  and  Clnrliam  to  jun.ey  this  part  of  their  traei  into  town- 
Bhipa  and  farm  lot.'<.  He  w;,.^  a  native  of  .M'a.-a.  hu^e^ts  and  emi-ratin?  here 
with  his  two  sons,  they  b't-aoie  prominently  eu'me>te.l  with  the  history  of  these 
early  s<.tllement3.  Iru  West  enmo  in  here  very  eiiiy,  pn.l.ibly  33  early  as  IS02, 
and  opened  a  store.  He  is  .lecrcditeil  as  the  liric  ri;_'iil.ir  merchant  in  tlie  town. 
Sila.<  L.i-..L  l::.\l  an.I  ran  t'a-  «-<•  Wn-lr.n'i'h -l-"  ■"  -h-  l.n.linL- befi.re  IbiMJ. 
Brown  Bryant.  Ab.-l  Eaton.  Isaac  Barnes.  Willi.nn  Davi^,  .^[oses  .Morris.  .Miles 
Xorthrup,  John  and  Solomon  Uatch,  Gideon  Oil.b,  Philip  More,  and  E/ekid 
Morse  were  among  the  next  settlers.  .Miles  Morris  o]iei.cd  .1  tavern  at  the  landing 
as  eatrly  as  ISOi.  Oran  Stone  opened  another  on  the  liKlicster  and  Penfield  road, 
two  miles  east  of  Bn-hton  vill.,i:e,  and  Oliver  Culver  one  farther  west  on  the 
Bame  road.  A  short  time  after,  -Vbel  Eaton  erec-tod  and  0]*cned  a  tavern  at  what 
is  now  call.-d  Allyn's  Creek.  Oliver  Culver  and  the  H.itch  brothers  built  the 
first  saw-mil!  on  Allyn's  creek,  in  ISOC.  Lyman  Goif,  James  W'ashhum.  and  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Crocker  built  a  saw-mill  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  William 
Stoucburner.  Isaac  Barnes  afterwards  moved  it  one-half  mile  south.  Loiter,  a 
grist-mill  was  errx-ted  by  Stephen  and  Mex.  Chubb.  The  mill  now  standing  at 
Allyn's  creek  was  built  by  Isaac  Barnes  about  sixty  years  ago,  and  tJie  one  near 
Penfield  line  by  Samuel  Uieh. 

The  fir>t  distillery  was  probably  erected  by  Stephen  Lusk.  at  about  the  same 
^ime  he  built  his  tannery.  Oliver  Culver  aUj  built  and  ran  a  distillery  in  the 
back  lot  fn.m  his  tavern,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  west  of  Brighron,  and 
another  on  Stoneburner's,  nonh  of  his  residence.  A  few  years  befjre  the  war. 
eiacl  date  not  kno«ii,  Leonard  S: ..nc'.uiner  settled  ir.  town.  IT"  had  boon  t:iken 
pris<jncr  by  the  Indians,  with  whom  he  remained  some  time.  He  went  to  T'anada 
from  this  St.ite,  where  he  lived  about  one  year,  alter  which  he  retumc-l  to  the 
State,  crossing  Lake  Ontario  and  up  Irondetjuoil  bay  to  the  landing,  in  the 
town  of  Brighton.  He  had  with  him  his  wife  and  four  children.  William,  .Mary, 
Peter,  and  Leonard.  lie  leased  a  small  frame  building,  just  completed,  on  the 
bunk  of  the  creek,  of  Stephen  Lusk,  and  commene-ed  bUksmiihini.  At  this 
time  Irondei|Unit  L;miling  was  an  important  point,  much  more  S4i  than  H.K'he=ter. 
Business  for  a  large  circuit  of  cttuntry  centred  here.  Lumber  and  tarm  pro.luee 
sought  it  33  an  outlet  to  eastern  markets,  and  stores  necessary  for  the  early  settle- 
ments were  brought  here  in  small  vessels,  and  thus  a  constant  exchange  was 
cntried  on.  V.-^s^-ls  were  con.-truered  and  launched  as  the  constantly  increasing 
conuncrcc  re«"(uired.  The  tirst  dei-ked  ves.sel  that  ever  descended  the  Saint  Ltw- 
rcnce  river  w.is  built  here  s«uue  distance  from  the  landing,  and  h.iuled  to  the 
water  by  horses  and  oseii.  In  these  early  days,  before  canals  and  railroads,  it 
pos  essetl  all  the  advantages  and  appeanmee  of  an  embryo  city,  with  its  future 
grcwlh  and  increase  full  of  promise'.  During  the  war  of  1812,  several  of  the 
settlers  engaged  in  shipping  provi-inns  from  this  pr.int,  bv  way  of  the  lake,  to  the 
American  army,  in  the  vicinity  of  Eighteen-Mile  creek  and' Xiainra.     William 

to  his  father,  and  when  thr.v  mih  s  ca.>t  of  the  mouth  of  Ei-htcen-Mile  cnvk  he 

ho  learned  lo  be  the  British  fleet.  He  imme<lialcly  pulle.1  back.  In.ping  to  escape 
oUc^^■alion  under  cover  of  the  dense  fog  that  hung  over  the  l.ike.  But  the  keen 
watch  of  the  IcMikout  tliscovercd  him.  A  heat  startetl  in  pursuit,  ami  si<on  over- 
hauled his  cumbersjtme  crat\.  twtk  him  prisoner,  and  confiscated  his  bo;it  and  cargo. 
They  etidcavoreil  to  compel  him  lo  reveal  the  liK-ation  of  the  American  army,  but 
he  steadfastly  refux^d.  and.  Icarnin-  that  his  father  once  lived  in  Canad.i.  they 
threatened  in  pn-Ms  him  into  the  Biili-h  service.  However,  .liter  a  cori-uii.ttion  and 
short  impri-nnu'nt,  he  was  set  at  likrly.  and  put  ashore  in  the  forxst.  .Making 
his  w.ay  t.'  (he  sctllemcnt  at  the  nioutii  c.f  ihe  cn-ek.  he  limnd  otlurs  lK.«ailing 
the  Rime  ln.kl..ss  fate.  The  fleet  havi,,..-  kit,  they  took  l..,l-in^-s  for  the  ni-.-ht. 
but  U'f.rc  mornin-  were  roULdily  aw.iken^l  l.y  an  armed  loree  that  had  r.-lnrned 
and  nuietly  land.xl.  who  hurried  them  as  pri-oners  alic.anl  the  vess..|.  ,\g,iin  he 
was  n-ieas^J.  wlnn  he  made  his  w:,y  home  U,  liri-hton  wilh  as  lillle  delay  :u 
passible.  On  another  .^■e  ,-,..n.  in  Is!  t.  .^lr.  Slonehunier  slatted  fn.ni  ihe  l.n,.lne,' 
with  a  live-Ion  b.Mt  loaded  with  iHil.ilocs  for  the  s.iine  du-lination.  the  American 


ly,  and  disposc-d  of  li 
Wilkinson,  then  in 


uuiand. 


igh  pnees,  I 

in  cmiveying  his  army  d.iwn  Lake  Oniar 
the  battle  of  Chryslers  Field,  which  so„n 

i.llar  per  d,iy  lor  his  time,  and  .seventy-live  J 

ar.  which  S'Kin  followol,  Leonanl  Stonelm 

Among  .■tilers  who  came  in  wilh,  or  s. 
ilies  by  the  names  of  Cory  and  Drver,  wl 
■is  Charter,  from  Vermont;  Milo  C.  Bane-. 
,  and  It.Tllahas  Curtis,  who  settled  on  one 
the   town  ;  also  nanford   Bou-hton.  near 


and  Wi 
d   Israel 


liaiu  Keily.  These  were  followed  bv  Abel  U. 
Blossom^  Otis  Walker,  Moses  Hall,  and  lie..,-,.. 
iswell  and  Romania  Hart  came,  an.l,  with  ..ih.  r 
dker,  Jo.scph  G.  Wheeler  b.:.u.,'ht  on  l..t  70  .u..\ 
and  ihed  in  Brighton.  On  the  U...  hesler  :,:,.! 
0  and  .Vuburn  branch  of  the  New  Vork  Cenlr,! 


army.  He  arrived  in  site 
about  lo  return.  General 
boat  and  his  servici'S  to  ; 
took  him  near  the  scene  . 
Atler  a  h.ng  time,  his  ..^.t 

his  boat,  which  was  retain 
After  the  close  of  the 
father,  built  a  twenty-ton 
ducted  a  shipping  busine 
Stoneburner,  were  two  fa 
south  of  Oran  St.. lie;  Fr. 
Stanley,  fn.m  New  En_-!.i 
acres   in  the  n.ith  part 

Follett,  C.iptai: 

Dailey,  near  Culver's  tavern. 

land  on  the  south,  bou-lit  out 

in  Penfield.  and  afterwards  ho 

Penfield  road,  where  the  main 

Ptailroad  diverge,  is  the  small  hamlet  of  Brighton   Post-offiee.     It  is  but  a  sh..i 

distance  from  the  city  line,  and  is  destine.l  al  no  distant  .Lay  to  bocs.me  a  part  . 

the  city.     The  first  h.uise  in  the  place  was  erected  on  the  s.)uthea^t  corn.T  I. 

Thomw  Blossom.     The  first  st.,rc  was  opened  ab,..ut  ISl.S.  by  William  I'.r.n 

but  previously,  about  ISiU,  a  small  gr.K-erv  was  in  operation.     In  IsJ'J,  I-r.. 

Blossom  ercetisi  a  tavern  southwest  of  the  hotel  now  owned  by  Mr.  C.ise.  whi. 

was  burned  in  1807,  together  with  the  Presbyterian  elinreh.     The  |.r.  sent  lav.  r 

stands  on  the  site  of  the  first  school-house,  which  w;is  first  erected  ..ne  milo  (a-i 

blacksmith-shop  now  stands,  and  wilh  Linus  Wilcox  also  built  a  tavern.  Ir 
West's  first  store  sieved  where  Mr.  Little's  residence  now  "stands,  n.ar  the  .  it 
line.  Ho  al-.>  built  the  fir^t  store  iu  K.ichcster,  near  the  -ite  of  A.  S.  Mann  , 
Co.,  in  the  P..wcrs  block.  Alwut  one-half  mile  west  of  this  place  In  W.-l  . 
Co.  also  ercctcMl  and  ran  a  di.-tillery,  which  was  afterwards  bought  l.v  S'lim. 
Spiffiird.  About  1S17  the  p.jst-oSee  was  established  here,  .-.n.l  I)r.  Jane 
Hoiden,  who  lived  twenty  rods  east  of  the  hotel,  was  made  fi)>t  p.)stmaster.  II 
was  sucetn-xlcsl  by  Benjamin  Bl...s.som.  who  held  it  thirty  vcars.  The  maii  ".: 
then  brought  on  horseback  from  Canaiidaigua.  Widiaiu  Davis  ami  O.  rilv. 
built  a  vessel  near  the  village,  and  hauled  it  to  the  landiti-i  with  oxvti.  In  1^; 
they  built  the  "  Clarissa."  In  the  war  of  1S12,  Mr.  Daiis  had  hi-  first  v, ... 
impressed  in  the  service.  In  ISIS  he  built  the  '■  Lev.mehc,"  whieh  no  . 
Toronto.  Francis  Charter  also  built  a  forty-ton  seho..ncr  north  oC  tl,..  v,!!;,.. 
about  1S17,  which  was  hauled  to  the  landing  with  teams.  H.  i:eyn..l.U  ha.i  .1. 
first  frame  house  on  the  Irondc.|Uoit,  an.l  one  of  the  earliist  sch....;s  n.,s  i;,,,J 
in  a  little  3elio...l.house  where  the  White  Sehool-h...ise  now  stao'ls.  an.l  11.. w  ..>i  ■■ 
by  -Mr.  Hooker.    It  comprised  about  ihiity  sch.ilais,  nearly  all  of  wh,.io.  wi.l,  .'. 

The  ho'u-e  erected  by  Mr.  Lusk  in  17.<:i.  and  the  twelve  acres  ckaiv.l.  «i.l  ■• 
wheat  sowed  the  same  fall,  were  the  tiist  in  the  town  of  pennaneoi  s.-ttl.  ...■ .. 
Transient  cabins  h.ad  ben  put  up  bef.ie  tliu  by  the  rovinir  trapper-,  as  w  .-  - 

a  lar^e  business  in  tra.le  at  the  lan.ling.  seeing  that  the  enterprise  an.l  liti-in.—  ■ 
the  place  were  gra.lually  declining,  s..l.l  out  and  left  the  cuntry,  an.l,  th...ij.    ' 

when  the  Erie  canal  was  complcle.l  as  fir  as  R..eh..slcr.  I.llivcr  Culv.-r  .-..nsini  ■ 
a  p.ackct-boat  at  BriL:hton,  which  was   the  first  one  built  so  far  w.-r.  ,11.. I  ■' 

up  to  this  dale  was  entirely  withdrawn   upon  the  sucacs-ful  conij'l.ii '   '' 

mighty  work,  which  not  only  opencl  .1  new  era  in  the  histnrv  of  N.  w  V..il.  ' 
chan.ged  the  drift  of  enterprise  and  liiisiiies.s,  and  gave  a  great  impetus  t..  emi-'f 


SUrEKVI.sORS 

OF   TtIK    TOWN. 

The  supcrv 

i-ors  of  the  t.ovn 

,.f  Bri: 

.■ht,.n,  fn.m 

KS2.-1.  1 

given,  to 

the 

present,  i 

j-erc  as 

fi.ll.nis. 

VIZ,:    Kz,.-l 

.icl  M.. 

Sweney, 

1  f--li 

,  Thomas 

BI..S-.. 

111,  IaJ7 

•;   Ezekiel 

.^Ior-c, 

drus.  ISJ 

;>  1.1 

l.H.'.l.lioll 

1  inelus, 

V,.-,  Wll 

liam  11.  Ale 

.'.aiider. 

S-  Hales. 

1.^:;; 

1  to  l^::ii 

:  Saiii.i. 

■1    He.  kv 

.ith,  is:;7; 

Oliver 

Samuel   1 

,'.  G. 

i.nl.l,   I<IJ 

to    I-' 

1;;.  OU 

..rCuU.T. 

ls-41, 

1.-17  ;  Lorcn. 

to  I).  Ely. 

l-M^; 

Ja-„l.   H 

..k.r.  i.<i:i 

;   Elish. 

miu  lien. 

litest. 

,11,  l,s,-|I  ; 

Ali.'l   I 

>n.r.   1.- 

■.".J;   .lo-ie 

1  W.  V: 

(-d),  IS," 

il;T 

ini..|liv  W, 

.al.ir,  l^ 

.-..-. ,  Lui 

tli.r  Kal..n, 

Is.-ii; ; 

,  H.  11.  11 

.,tt,„i,  1 

b.'iJ  to  1 

ISliO;    E.lw 

in  T   0 

ABJEB  BUOKLAUD 

was  >  son  of  Caplnin  Abnpr  Buikl 
i;ranJwni.rD.tiJ  Buokl.ui.i.iI'i'Brly 


^ 


1707.  When  'hre**  veaw  of  n-e  l.i.  futher 
removed  witb  hi^  family  t't  riii-l[.j..  <.»iiUri'- 
county,  y.  Y_  where  he  piirchsiitH!  a  farm  of 
fifty  acru^.  uj*^  whkh  hr  livM  until  lSl"i. 
when  he  ?old  i«  Mic;ih  S.-i-cr,  of  rtjmihjry. 
Connecticut.  Li  the  f^ll  ..f  tha  same  year, 
with  his  oldtsitoMi,  the  suliject  of  this  sLetch, 
he  came  to  Brtchton,  Hnd  b-^i^ht  the  farm 
afterwards  oTnel  by  Mr.  Shunk,  tht^u  a  ilen-*- 
forest,  cleared  kbout  one  acre,  ami  built  a  loj; 
boude.  Be:n^on>>ucce>sfiil  iu  bu^ine^^  he  wu« 
unable  to  iuee«  hi.^  (.h_\  nitiitj,  and  l'>^t  alt  his 
property.  Hard  lat>,jr  rtnJ  th-  |irivutions  of 
anew  country  la'-.u^rht  on  a  aiEea:^^  T<oon  after, 
from  which  h**  died,  leavini:  his  eldest  wn. 
Abuer,  then  ttrhtet-n  years  old,  penniir^-..  to 
caro  for  his  widDW.>.i  mother.  Are  brothers,  and 

ergy  and  enterprise,  and  found,  after  six  yesri' 
of  untiring  iodoiitr/,  that,  be-ides  ^upporuiu: 
the  family,  he  was  in  p.tsfiosaion  uf  $ioO  in 
money.  With  this,  after  raiefuUy  loolcim? 
over  the  coufity,  he  purchased  fifty  acre*  of 


^fe^'% 


wild  woodland,  l.x-atod 

ah.'i 

half  mill-,  from  Bri-hlo 

i-e 

H.-illMl,-. 

diali-ly  erected  a  loi-  hu 

1,-e  on 

tht 

pU.e,  aii.l              II 

tftsr  cltarim;  a  si.ual  p 

lefC, 

corn 

lenc'd  the              11 

manufaclure  of  brick, 

whii:; 

he 

iBrrird  on              {|| 

eitensivelv,  in  i-unnccti 

n  IV  il 

hf„r,„i„.,,„or            ||i 

thirty  year,.     Mnny  of 

the 

-Iriic'urea 

in  KochMter  were  huilt 

ofbr 

ck  n 

ado  under 

his  aupervisioii.     In  IK: 

)  he 

bull 

Ihe   brick 

house  which    he  occup 

ed    u 

mil 

hll    JOMh, 

May    16.    ISO-'.,    at    ihe 

«!,'« 

of 

sixty.«ieht 

years.      He    married,     I 

i-hruu 

rv 

youn^.  Wly  of  :?laHnrd 

C.-n 

see 

county,  bv 

wbuui  he  had  right  ch 

Idren 

.  flv 

0  ,ons  and 

three  daughters,  only  t« 

o  „f 

«-b..r 

n  survived 

him.     His  wife,   Fannv 

dieJ 

N'.) 

euibor  28, 

1861,  a-cd  about  iiitvv 

•ars. 

Mr 

Buckland 

worthy  enterpriac.  He  wiu  no  offi..-e-seeker 
neither  would  he  accept  office,  thou:;;h  often 
urged  to  do  »o.  He  was  ii  Christian,  both  by 
precept  and  example,  with  the  Bible  as  his 
creed,  and  was  permitted  to  ^ee  ail  his  chil- 
dren converted  to  Christ  before  his.  death 
Hi«  highest  titk  of  honor  was  that'of  an 
honeat  man,  the  noblest  work  of  (jod 


COUNTify    ffis.   or    ABNCR    BUCKLAND,  A'i»v  o/"  tf^'snrov,  fAonRot   Co, 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Ely.  13>;-'  to  1-^>!1 
]8.;7,  IraTo.l.i.  l>io  t-i  1-7 
1873  to  IST-l;  :idJ  Ira'l-M 
The  other  ofiic-ra  fori -:7b: 
Henry  M.  .Scha-fT.r  ;  A-^--- 
May  ;  Collotlor,  T.  F.  CrutL^t 
nuro  ;  Ju-*tiee3  of  the  IVace. 
Wilson,  KJni.inJ  Kelly  ;  .V.i. 
Wood;  Overeovrs  of  the  Pi- 
Excise,  Willi;ira  J.  Winn,l.l. 
Jacob  Shaffer.  Rnl„.rt  Cniai.t 
Inspectors  of  Elwlions,  First 


uel    P.  i;.m! 
1-71  ;  Au-ti 


J.-^e   ri.r 


lif.r.,  H.,rri-^..,  A.  I. 

r.  J.jlin  :<ii.ple,  .I.,I: 
U.-njuniin   F^LSS'I.  U 

,  J,.l,„   Fuulcr,  Jen.. 

DUtrict,  .\..rm.m  B.  Cuwlw.  Willi,,ni  J.  Bihc-ck, 
Geor„-e  E.  Hows;  Second  DL-trlet,  David  K.  15^-11,  David  3.  Wl.idock,  Alei. 
McWhorur. 

THE    PRr^RTTERIAN    OIIL'aCIl    OF    BFIIOHTOX 

Case's \ot.-l,  l.y  U,:.-.  S"l..mnn  Allen.  C,,iLr>,rt  W.llijuiS,  and  Mr.  Cullin?.  with 
tprenty-twi>  luenibers.  It  wjs  uf  the  tJonTn?_-utional  order,  and  united  iuime- 
diately  with  tiie  Geni^set:  a-H>eiatnin.  with  which  it  was  cunneeted  nntii  Au'.;usc 
8,  1842,  when  it  withdrew,  and  wa.s  ind-poident  uniii  Stptember  21,  l.STO.  '  It 
then  noaaimously  voted  to  become  I'resbyteri  in.  On  October  IG,  it  elictc<l  iu 
firet  ruling  elder?,  and,  the  s;ime  month,  united  with  the  presbytery  of  Koehcster. 
The  first  members  wore  Daniel  Wret.  Henry  Donnelly,  Daniel  .Smith.— who  were 
also  the  first  di'aeons,— .Jos-^ph  Bl>i.>,s,  Orrin  Stnno,  Ji.;>hua  Cobb,  John  .■Morse. 
Daniel  Sruith,  Jr.,  Charles  Warrin-  H.nnah  Djnneily,  Zuriah  W.dker.  Electa 
Smith,  Amy  Blos-.  Inur.  A.  Rnsh.  3[atilda  Barnes.  .Martha  Titus.  B,-u<,  Hatch, 
ClarU,a  Howes,  Sally  S;.me,  Euz.iboth  Lxler.  Mariiret  Uemmini:n-ay,  and  Huldah 
Dickinson.  The  s-i-rviecs  <if  the  ehureh  were  held  mostly  in  the  school-hoose. 
though  aometimes  in  the  taverns  of  .Mr.  Stone  and  .Mr.  Blossom,  and  occasionally 

in  the  year  1820.  It  was  located  on  the  site  of  the  burying-jround,  soutliof  the 
canal,  and  was  huilt  of  brick,  painted  hnnin.  forty  by  fifty-five  feet  la  size,  and, 
when  completed,  cost  f  jur  thoa-and  dollars.  Owing  to  a  hick  of  funds,  after  it  was 
inclosed  it  remained  unusi-d  and  unfinished  three  or  four  years  In  IS-IO  it  was 
entirely  reconstructed,  except  the  walls  and  roof,  .at  an  exi^nsc  of  tliree  tlious,and 
dollars.  At  that  time  a  furnace  was  put  in,  church  bell  and  cahinrt  nrian  pro- 
cured, and  in  ISO  J  the  inside  was  frescoed  and  fuintcd,  at  an  addition.il  djsi  of 
five  hundred  dollars.  On  April  IS.  1:67,  while  the  village  tavern  was  in  flames, 
■  burning  shingie  was  blown  across,  and  hidged  on  the  .-teepie,  whieli  cau'jht  fire, 
ind  in  a  few  minutes  the  church  was  burncJ  to  the  ground.  A  new  and  im- 
posing brick  structure  was  aftcrwanls  erected  on  the  main  street,  at  a  cost  of  fif- 
teen thou-sand  dollars,  which  was  completed  in  1S72.  The  nuiii  buildinir  is  fortv- 
thrce  by  scventy-sii  feot.  with  a  lecture-room  in  the  rear  twenty-five  by  Ibnv-five 
feet,  and  a  .study  for  the  pastor,  eleven  by  twelve  feet  in  size.  It  was  de^iicatcd  at  a 
regular  Sabbath  morning  scnice,  June  23,  1S72,  by  the  acting  pastor..  Rev.  Henry 
Wicks. 

In  liJS  the  society  bought  a  house  and  lr<  of  Justus  Yale.  F>r[ ,  fir  one  thou- 
sani  doll?is,  upon  which  they  expended  seven  hundred  dollars  mure  for  a  parson- 
age, which,  after  being  used  by  Mr.  Carris  s*'ver;\i  years,  was  sold.  A  manse 
now  adjoins  the  church,  on  a  lot  of  two  acres,  well  improvL-d.  on  whieli  in  1S72 
one  thousand  dollars  were  expi-nded,  and  in  1*74  four  luin.bnl  .L.ll.irs  nw.re.  It 
cost  the  9.)cicty  nothing,  as  the  heirs  of  Deacon  B.  B-  Blos^-om  h.id  5<.|d  forty 
acres  of  Land  to  Mr.  Yale  for  the  benefit  of  the  church,  aiid  by  skillful  in.in.iL-e- 
ment  the  rest  was  sold  in  lots  for  enough  to  pay  foe  liie  whole.  There  is  now  no 
debt  Q^D  the  society. 

The  first  minister  of  the  church  was  Bcv.  Solomon  Allen.  It  lircs  h.id  eurhteen 
in  all,  thougli  but  three  of  this  nuiuber  were  installed  aa  the  ri-oular  piLsfore; 
Rev.  Charles  Thorp,  by  a  council!  -^1'"'  -">  15-">r  l^ev.  Alvari  [n-crsoll.  by 
the  Gciit^oc  Ciiu-s-icialion,  November  10. 1S3(J.  and  Rev.  Joseph  K.  P.igc.  by  the 
presbytery  of  U.K.Iitsstcr.  February  25,  lS7."i.  L>in  this  last  >.ccasioii  the  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Rev.  J.  L.  RoUrtson.  pastor  of  the  First  church.  Roches- 
ter. Dr.  S.  JI.  Campbell  g-ave  the  eharwe  to  the  p.-i.stor.  and  Dr.  J.  B.  Shaw.th.a 
to  the  people.  Tlic  state.1  suppli.'-  have  U-en  Revs.  S.  .Vllen.  .loiuatlian  \Vi,ub.-tcr, 
Jones  .M.  Ik-n.-dict.  Hiram  L.  Mllhr,  Simu.  I  UriswoM.  Silas  Pmtt.  B-  li  Grcv. 
D.  J.  B.  Hoyt,  J.  S-  Barriv.  .1.  Im  Wicke-.  C.  E  Funu.an.  .Mr.  Whliiu-v,  JanJs 
Orton,  and  Ilenry  W.ckes.  Whll,-  IVofc-ir  Orton  w.cs  ^J^^-ut  cm  his  .*..,«!. 
Aniorican  cx[sdllion.  from  Jim.'.  I-li7,  t"  .M.in  li.  l^o.-^,  the  [aiipil  was  suppli.-d 
by  Mr.  AlU-rt  Coil,  a  stn.lo„t  of  the  lUpti.l  Scn,in;uy.  .Mr.  i;r._v  w,,-  Iict,-  ten 
years,  John  Wiekes  six,  Henry  Wickcs  au.1   Mr.  l>ton  each  five,   .^[r.   Barris 


fi-bl.  IStJU,  ('..leb   M.j.ire, 

four  and  onc-hair.  Mr.  tn-ersoU 

-72;  Hcnrv  K.  U.iardman, 

lari:e-t  number  nf  nicml.er-  re|». 

the  numlxr  is  one  hundred  and 

.neitzler ;  Came  Constable, 

bers  were  added.     Fn.ni  the  bei. 

oad  C  .mnii-ioner.  Horace 

enrolled.  sixty.f.Mir  of  whom  hav 

and  Mea-uns,  John  Bar- 

tcvn  in  I.-41.     The  henevol.nce 

V  <}.   Starkweather.  J.   C. 

the  lar::est  sura  per  nn-inbor  of 

Luther  Eaton.  Waiter  A. 

than  three  time- the  av,,ra..-e_fo 

Icrrick;  Coin.ni-ioners  of 

church  ar>;  Jo.-.-|ih  K.  l'.,-e.  DT 

C.   Edtnond,.   Con-t.bl.s, 

Thomas  B    V,,le.  and  Theodore 

8.nc<>.  Fn-Jcnek  I.uJiriek. 

S.  Calkins,  and  Thomas  Calev,  . 

ind  the  rest  not  to  .■xcc<>d  two  v,-,irs.  The 
«  two  hundre.1  an.l  fifteen,  in  Is:;  I.     ,\„.,, 

In  the  revival  of  ls:U.  siitv-nino  ,- 

six  hundr.-i  and  twentvone  lev  !..„ 
schiile,!.— forty-seven  in  1,-  ih.  ,i„.l  -  ■,.  „. 
church    is   unexampled.      It    eontril,,,!.-. 

olent  ol.iects.  The  present  oHi,-,.'r,  „!  ,n.. 
D.  pa-tor:  Kli-ha  Y.  I!lo-om.  HarH.on  A.  I.>on. 
•,  rnlmu'.ldei-s;  Eli.ha  Y.  Blo,-onc  ll.orv 
s.  The  terra  of  office  of  the  el.l.r,  i<  il,r.  e 
years.  After  the  burning  of  the  fir-t  church,  there  was  an  .,ld  bl.i.-k.MniTh-l,,.,, 
on  the  lot  given  by  Deacon  Bl..-s..m.  which  was  fitlcsl  up  into  a  pleasant  el,,,..-!, 
and  occupied  for  worship  until  the  present  ediliee  w;is  cimipleu-d.  The  S.ilib.ith- 
school  of  this  church  was  or-anized  in  the  vilhurc  school-house,  in  lSi:l  bv  itov. 
Solomon  .\llen.  from  I'ilt.-tield,  Ma-aehu-etts.     There  were  pre-ont,  Deaeon  Kli 

Stillson,  General  A.  W.  Riley,  Thoni.TS  Blossom.  Benjamin   B,   Bio i.  Ju.-ins 

W.  Yale,  Dearon  Smith,  and  others.  The  first  superintendent  wa-  General  .\. 
W.  Riley.  Deacon  Bloss  was  Biblo-cla-s  teacher,  .Miss  Ann  Still-<m  and  .Mi-s 
Marj-  Bl..ssoin.  since  Mrs,  William  C.  Bloss,  rcgul.ir  teachoi^.  Present  oHi.-  rs 
are  Thomas  B,  Yale,  superintendent.  Thomas  C.  Bates,  assistant,  Thom.is  C. 
Bhwsom,  secretary,  and  Edmund  Eyon,  treasurer.  The  library  was  bc-.-iin  -.»,n 
after  the  school,  and  has  now  one  hundred  and  fifty  volumes.  It  has  had  manv 
more,  but  has  donated  to  destitute  Sabbath-schools  from  time  to  time.  3Iiss 
Liilie  Winir  is  librarian. 


TOW.N   OFFICERS    FROM    1S14    TO    1876. 


..Oliver  Culver.. 


,...Eno*  Stone. 


..John  Conrtlma 


..DcDJniDiQ  II,  i;!u!Som. 


Ilonry  11.              n.... 

,1 

x::;::: :;::::;::::; 

t...rrnio  [.,  tl.. 

I 

1 -•■ 

rr.T...M 

^ 

...._ rr.ToJJ 

' 

:  .::;;:.r„rr,..,;.vi::.::"r 

,   1 

« 

■•     

El^nejcr  Bo.en. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 


HART  O.   LUCE. 


There  is  on  earth  no  bpcttacle 
paesed  with  hoD^jr  thnxr^h  ston 


STEPHKN   HCE. 

beautiful  thai 


t  of  an  oM  man  who  has 
ins  to  the  last  the  fresli- 
Deas  of  feeling  which  adonieil  iiis  youth,  riudi  is  a  true  green  old  a^e,  and 
iuch  are  a  ^ilcasnre  to  tnow.  There  is  a  southern  winter  in  declining  years,  where 
the  sunlight  warms  ilth.iugh  the  heat  is  '.'one.  There  is  still  living  upon  lot 
16,  town  of  Brighton,  Stephen  Lm-e,  one  of  the  town's  fir^t  settlers.  >'inety-f  jur 
jeare  have  gone  by  siuee  hii  eyes  tir-t  behuld  the  li-.-ht.  and  sixty  seasons  he  has 
obeerved  the  momentous  changes  whieU  have  culminated  in  the  present  stage  of 
adranccniont.     When  Mr.  Luce  left  his  ola  liouic  in  Gushen,  Hampshire  county, 


Massachusetts,  and  in  1S16  settled 
with  here  and  then;  a  clearing,  and  t 
the  distinction  of  a  village.  Uoneath 
Monroe  County  has  been  organized  ar 


Q  Ontario  county,  he  found 
e  city  ..f  r>.j<h.-ter  had  not  ev. 
his  '..bservation.  in  a  grand  life 
1  developcil  into  one  of  the  faires 


most  agricultural  regiotis  in  western  New  York.  It  is  in  kivping  with  the  self- 
abnegation  of  ?nch  men  that  they  have  reiire.1  to  the  baekgronnd,  and  f|uietly 
look  on  as  the  great  and  varied  interests,  of  whi.  li  they  laid  the  foundation,  are 
aeen  to  extend  ami  rise  in  prominence  and  utility. 

Stephen  Luce  was  burn.  December  2S,  l~-^2,  in  ^lartha's  Vineyard,  and  was 
the  son  of  Zaehariah  Luce,  a  native  of  the  same  lueaiity.  He  was  niarricil  during 
September,  ISin.  to  MUs  Mary  (ir.aver,  a  naiiv  of  Whliley,  Hampshire  county, 
Mass;iehusetts,  and  six  years  his  junior.  Three  s^-ns  were  irivcn  theui, — Sydney 
M.  and  Stephen, — the  foruier  will  Ih;  sixty  st\  yi-ars  of  age-  on  June  21,  1ST7, 
and  on  August  M,  followin-.  his  brother  will  he  ^ixty-lour.  A  third  son,  Varn.nl 
bj  name,  saw  the  rni..n  iniporiled.  and.  as  a  in.  oil,,  r  of  Cnipany  A.  One  Hun- 
dred and  Foniilh  New  V..rk  V..lnntner  Inl'untry,  went  out  to  do  battle  in  its 
defense.  To  him  it  was  n.it  given  to  rettini  when  the  troops  came  marching 
home  again,  nor  did  he  1..-..  hi.s  life  in  the  .•.vJ.ali.ui  of  the  battle,  npelling  the 
assault  or  a.lvaiieing  un  the  ehargc,  but  in  tli:.t  f..iil  pri«in-pcn  at  .Vn.hrst.nville. 
244 


His  death  in  18G4  was  one  of  the  units  whose  aggregate  of  thirteen  thousand  has 
made  the  place  historic.  Sidney  JL  and  Stephen,  residents  on  the  old  farm  for 
sixty  years,  may  well  be  entitled  to  enrollment  as  of  the  pioneers  of  Jlonroe. 
They  were  settled  in  Brighton  while  yet  the  pri'scnee  of  the  gray  wolf  endang- 
ering the  flocks,  called  for  a  bouniy  ..f  ten  d.jllars  for  the  scalp.  No  minister  had 
settled  in  the  town,  and  n.i  ehur.  h  h.i.l  been  built.  They  have  seen  the  village  of 
Brighton  grow  up  u|><m  the  oW  Spart'..rJ  firm,  and  had  acpiaintance  with  Kira 
Blossom,  the  first  inn-keep.r.  an. I  Ira  ^^■e^f.  the  first  merchant. 

The  Erie  canal  is  passing  into  hi  tory.  ,ind  the  Toiiawanda  railroad  is  nhn.-t 
forgotten,  yet  they  had  livoil  years  jefore  either  of  those  gigan 


We  have  spoken  of  the  patriotic  spirit 
shown  by  a  brother  of  these  men  ;  there  went  also  to  the  field,  as  a  member  ..f 
the  Twenty-fourth  Jliehigan  Infantry.  Henry  Luce,  son  of  Stephen  Luce,  .Jr. 
He  had  become  sergeant  of  ordnance,  and  w.as  esteemed  as  a  brave  and  effiei.  lo- 
soldier,  when  the  decisive  battle  .if  the  war  besin,  on  th.at  L-t  of  .luly,  Isf.:;. 
The  story  is  well  known  h..w  the  Cni.iii  advanei'  resi-ted  the  onslaught  of  I.'.'s 
columns  till  the  vari.ius  c..ips,  mar -iiin'.;  with  swift,  ^tca.ly  stride,  c.ul.l  f..rm  tluir 
impregnable  lines  aloii-  the  erest  ..f  IVuL'teiy  ri.lg.e  There,  as  a  f..rl..iu  li..pe, 
many  fell,  and  3m..ng  iheiu  was   llcim   Lme.      But  he  >he.l  n.)t  in   v.iin  ;   di'' 

id  n.uii.l  of  lah..r,  Stephen  Luee,  Sr.,  i-  .|i,aliH,-.l  to  rej.ly.  Hi-  lif.: 
has  not  minglc.l  in  party  .-l.ife.  o.ir  ha-  \w  W.u  known  in  ..fficial  eir.  I,-.  He  Ims 
marked  out  and  pursued  a  lin,.  ..(  ;..  n..n  wii.Kse  g...,l  has  pn.vc.l  a  .,,t.>fa.n..n. 
He  has  enjoyed  the  .|ul.-l  ..f  li..n„'.  tin-  rvlirem.nt  ..(  the  firio.  and  iitt.Mlh.i.  I" 
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HISTORY   OF  MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


HARVEY   LITTLE. 

The  subject  of  this  aketch  waa  burn  in  Williamsburg,  IL.iiipshire  county,  Mas- 
aachnsctts,  in  January,  1794.  Ho  wxs  brought  up  on  atUrm,and  when  very  young, 
like  all  boys  of  that  day,  he  was  inured  to  hor,!  I:,bor.  Hi-,  education  was  Hniitcd 
to  the  advantages  afforded  by  the  eomniun  district  schcxjl,  which  he  could  attend 
only  winters,  when  released  from  the  lab<irs  •■a  the  I'anu,  and  which  he  diligently 
improved.  In  1818  he  moved  with  his  father  to  Monroe  County,  New  York, 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Henrietta,  at  that  time  a  dense  forest.  At\er  assisting 
hia  father  in  elcariiiL'  up  his  farm  a  few  years,  Mr.  Little  prospected  over  the 
county  for  the  purpose  of  locatinL'  a  farm  of  his  own.  and,  after  careful  search  he 
concluded  to  purchase  a  onc.hundred-;.i.Te  tra.t  ab'mt  two  miles  south  of  what  is 
called  the  Twelve  Corners,  iu  tlie  t.iwn  of  Brighton.  He  purchased  it  direct  from 
the  agency,  all  unimproved,  but  when  surveyed  it  was  found  to  contain  but  little 
over  ninety  .five  acres.  ^Ir.  Little  sunn  clean^l  a  small  piece  and  erected  a  frame 
house,  where  he  lived  with  his  f.uuiiy  man)  yeai^.  He  was  married  on  No- 
vember 15,  182G,to  Nancy  P.  DibMe.  from  the  town  of  Chautauqua,  Chautauqua 
county,  this"  State,  near  Mayville  viIla■:^-.  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  one  son 
and  four  daughteiy.  ail  alive  except  the  chK^  ilaughter,  and  living  in  3Ionroc 
County.  His  only  son,  Edward  H-  Little,  tL-sidL-d  fur  many  yi-ars  on  the  home- 
stead, which  he  finally  s«jld.  and  purciia.sc,!  a  tiirm  .idjoiiiini.  on  the  opjiosite  side 
of  the  road,  where  he  now  resides.  AlthnuLdi  not  .me  of  the  earliest  pioneers, 
Mr.  Little  was  prominently  connecte<i  with  the  growth  of  this  county,  and  did 
Tery  much  towards  its  improvement,  leaving  a  ij'-fod  work  completed,  and  a  name 
honored  and  esteemed  by  his  f.;!low-men.  He  died  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty 
fcara,  on  January  18,  1S74,  leaving  a  widow,  who  still  survives,  a  resident  of 
Rochester. 


JOSEPH  GOULD  WHKKLER. 
Joseph  G.  Wheeler  w;i.s  bom  June  G,  ITPO.  at  W.st  Chester.  New  York.  He 
removed  with  his  p.arcnls  in  1792  to  Corila.id.  to  Rilli.wn  in  ISOO.to  Rin>sc!aer- 
villc  in  ISOl,  a<,d  five  years  later  to  .\thcu-.  tlrccn  county.  Jwph  0.  Wheeler 
began  life  for  hini-lfat  llud-on.  a>  ,  I,  rk  in  a  variety  -lore.  After  two  years'  experi- 
ence, he  came  west  to  (lenev.i.  Ontario  <.-..unly.  and  in  ISIG  put  out  a  nursery  on 
the  "Ridge,"  Wot  of  the  (jenesce.  Fii'm  .■xp.ri.nce  and  natural  aptitude,  Mr. 
Wheeler  labored  .-ueccs^fully,  and  in  \>\i[  .-lai.li.-lR.l  nur>eriL-s  at  Allyns  creek, 
upon  land  now  the  property  of  Mr<.  l'ars.)ii».  .^larria-e  was  contnieti-d  in  Oc- 
tober, 1824,  to  Miss  Sabra  I'ateliin,  and  a  year  later  a  home  wad  made  at  Allyn's 


crecV,  where  he  lived  until  18(;8.  a  period  ..f  f.rty-f.ur  ye^.r-.,  -j 
removal  to  the  village  of  iiri'-'hron,  where  he  di-d  on  the  2l)rli  o 
exceeded  fourscore  yealN.  and  beheld  the  wi.le  espaM>t^  of  or 
forest  tran-^muted  to  a  beautiful,  wealthy,  aiui  p.pulous  rcdun  1 
tionsof  an  energetic  [leople,  building  upon  the  s-ilid  foundatio 
dents  like  Mr.  Whe,.l,  r.  He  has  g,.i,e  ;  his  generation  have 
In  his  life  he  made  the  be>t  „['  his  situation,  enl.irg.d  his  c 
tunity;  then,  having  seen  the  fulfillment  of  hLn  expectation, 
the  departed. 


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WILLARD  HODGES. 


Erastus  Hodges,  the  father 
of  Torrington,  Litchfield  eou 
merchant  in  that  place.  He 
English  and  immigrated  to  ti 
assembly  district  in  tlie  .^tate 
He  was  born  March  S,  17S1 
four  sous  and  two  daughters. ' 
the  latter  in  Kansas.  Willar. 
common-sch<M)l  education  lie  i 
life  waa  p.tssed  in'mercantile  : 


jf  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  a  prominent  man 
ity,  Connecticut,  being  for  many  years  a  leading: 
was  Iwrn  in  that  Stale,  though  his  ancestors  were 
is  country  at  an   early  day.     He   represented  his 

iegi>la(uie,  and  was  an  active  patron  of  education, 
and  died  in  Torrington.  June  Ki,  1S47.  He  had 
f  whom  two  ordyare  living,  Wilhird  and  lilwin,— 

«as  born  May  25,  1S2II.  After  ree-eiving  a  lil-ral 
nieretl  Yale  College,  graduating  in  1S.1.J.  His  .arly 
nd  aL-ricultund  pui-suits.     On  August  28, 1S48,  he 


was  married  to  Mi.-s  Jane  .V..  Bradley,  of  Fairfield,  Herkimer  county.  New  York, 
and  in  1849  removed  to  .Monroe  County,  and  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now 
resides,  a  short  di,!tanie  sijullieas  of  R.jehe-tcr,  in  the  town  of  liiightou.  He  has 
followed  agriculture  as  a  pursuit,  with  go.»l  judgment  and  suee.-ss.  Mr.  Hodg..- 
now  represents  the  fii-st  district  of  .M.mroe  in  the  State  legislature,  to  which  he 
was  elected  iu  187.").  with  a  pluraliiy  of  five  hundred  and  ninety-nine  votes  over 
Homer  C.  Ely,  Democratic  eao.ii.late,  and  Ljmau  Wall,  riuliibition,— the  larg.-st 
majority  given  in  the  di.-triet  fiir  fifteen  yeai-s.  In  the  House  In-  is  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  Agriculture,  and  m-'mljer  ofthe  committees  of  I'ublie  In-truction  and 
Foreign  Relations.  I'revious  to  hii  election,  he  was  for  three  yeai-s  commisj-iceier 
of  the  United  States  IKpo-it  Fund.  -Mr.  Hodges  is  a  man  of  fir.-t-class  ability 
and  unswerving  integrity,  watehii  very  eh.sely  the  interests  of  hts  con>litucney, 
and  gives  good  reasons  for  his  pi>silion  or  action  on  all  puhlie  measures.  He  is 
azealovisand  prominent  inemherof  the  Congregational  ehnreh  of  Uoehe-ter,  pleai- 
ant  and  aL'iceable,  and  with  mannei-s  of  the  ohL.^ehoe.l  Havor.  Since  l.>.-,li  he  h:i^ 
been  a  strong  Reiiuhlican.  previous  to  which  he  was  a  Wiiig,  Five  children  have 
been  born  to  him.— one  .-on  and  f  .ur  dau-hter~< ;  the  fofm.r,  Alphcus  C.  Hod.n  =. 
now  in  his  fourth  year  at  Vale  College,  will  L-radnale  June  ne.\t.  Of  his  d..ugliters. 
the  two  eld.st  arc' at  M..imt   IloUoke  .<.ininary.  at  South   Hadley  ;  on.-,  in  her 

Ofthe  eiiu.-e  of  .-.Im-alioii  and  h-amin-,  of  Chri-.tianity  an.l  of  republi.an  princi- 
ples, Mr.  Hodges  is  a  firm  and  ardent  supporter. 


HISTORY  OF   ^rO^•p.OE  COUNTY,  >'EAV  YORK. 


AMA3A   DRAKE. 


prcater  to  live  to  a  purpose.  It  has  b«a 
J.  una-i^uiiiin,;  to  b»:  p,i>MxI  in  silt-nce.  The 
ia  disiv^irUcJ.     To  prcH:tTC  the  memory  of 


It  is  ft  greit  thin;;  to  lire ;  it 
tfie  lot  of  the  dcxrviiic:.  niuJcsi 
bene6(  ii  eiijuvcd  while  its  proJi 
the  worthjr  a  to  n-t  jii-ilv.  I 

The  parents  of  Ainu.-a  DrjLe  sere  En«h  Prjte  and  Sarah  Mariam.  natives  of       i 
Stouyhtoo,  M.issjrhujells.    Sup[»>™.-J.  hut  not  -ininillv  tnoivn,  to  he  JeM-end.irita        ! 
of  Sir  Francis  Urake.    the    DrArt   are  of  E^-ii-<h 'lineu;;c  and  Nevv  Ki._Iaiia 
birth.     In  a  family  of  !^.'vea  ehildren,  of  whom  five   were  sons,   all  grew  to 
maturity. 

Ama.-a  Prate  Taa  bom  on  June  24,  1791,  and  was  the  ser^nd  oldest  child.  | 
The  lioiiuJ  cireufuitinees  (wmmon  to  the  farmers  of  New  Knulaiid  nere  the  lot  | 
of  his  fjther'a  family.  ?li.-ht  aiil  ^v.^^  n-c-i?i^l  t'p.m  the  district  feh'wis.  and  what- 
ever of  ahiilty  WM  piv-,s.-:!.M-d  obuiiie>l  siRii-th  by  iiM|..roved  ot  p.jri-jniiy.  The  i 
youth  of  th:it  pericJ  acknoiwo'ii:-d  ol.hL-ati -n  to  pareD:a  in  their  ialwr  till  m.njority,  . 
and  Ama:^  Drike,  worLini;  out.  p.iid  his  wjl-vb  lor  family  support.     On  Pcv-em-       ; 

Halting  at  i^yrat-uje.  he  found  worik  by  the  day  and  by  the  month  until  April,        i 
1820,  nhen   he  »u  empL.yed  on  the  Kr.e  canJ.      Familiiriz.-d   with  mxionry,        j 
»nd  especially  qoalilied.  from  aptitud,;  and  esperienee.  for  the  construction  of       j 
public  works,  Mr.  Dnke  wis  intru-ited  with  the  5uper\Uion  of  their  execution,        I 
and  received  tcsiiniouials  of  efficient  service.     A  reference  to  the  works  upon        i 
vhich  he  was  suf^rintAMident  fully  suhstauriate  a  cLim  to  future  reco-.mition.    Uia        i 
dirwrtion  iafluene-.-'i  the  construction  of  the  Troy  lock.     The  aqueduct  at  Uoches-        i 
ter,  built  at  a  cost  of  six  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  a  marvel  of  ^lid  strength,        j 
was  under  his  sup-erlntendenee,  as  were  the  suecessive  biisins  which  gave  to  Lock-        ! 
port  its  name.     Wa-S  also   employed  two  years  up-jn  the  Delaware  and  flu.ison        i 
einal,   as   fireman  of  maionrv.  and  in   that  capacity  rendered  full  salisfjcrion.        1 
The  ClarUsa  and  .Main  Strct  bridL:es,  across  the  Genesee  at  Rochester,  while  they 
stand,  should  pcqietu.ite  the  memory  of  him  who  supervised  their  erection.    For 
ten  years  or  more  he  w.as  employed  by  the  cannl  ctjmmisaioners  in  the  construe-        ! 
tiunand  repair  of  locks,  and  then  eichanu'e-l  his  public  career  for  the  ((uiet  and        i 
comfort  of  farm  life.     His  home  has  been  since  1S31  up-^n  a  fine  farm,  pleasantly 
located  in   the  town  of  Brighton.     G»d   bu:ldin;.-s  were  erected,  and.  enjoying 
kealth  and  social  privil.-_-cs,  the  years  swept  by,  and  he  has  p;i>scd  his  fourscore, 
•  nd  ya  eviJcncc  l.ttle  ot  the  si.-ns  of  old  a.-e.    In  1SJ4  he  made  the  aciuaintaace        ', 
of  C'oruclio,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  W .  .S^uier*.  of  Ira.  Cayuga  cunty,  and  on  .^pril 
ti,  IS-'S,  Ihey  were  married.     Mrs.  Cornelia  Drake  was  all  that  is  eipres^ed  in 
the  terms  amuible,  intel!i'_'cnt,  and    Chri.-fuin.     Opixjrtunity  of  educ^vtion  was        i 
ftllly  improved,  and  Clintt-n  seminary  had  few  who  better  appreciated  its  odvau- 
tijies.     The  attachn.ent  betwei'n  hu.-hand  and  wife  but  3trengtllen.^d  with  time ;        I 
they  lived  in  hannony,  and  l.ibon.d  in  uni,on.     A  member  of  the  Cougreg-.itiond 
church,  Mrs.  Drake  relietl  upon  the  eternity  of  the  s*iul  and  the  promUos  of  our 
Saviour'.     When  she  closed  her  eyes  ur^n  this  world,  on  March  3,  13G2,  it  was 
»ith  I  full  faith  in  the  lHvine  reunion.— a  l.Ldicr  esistcnee.  ! 

Six  children  raised  at  the  old  homestead  have  long  been  active  in  the  affairs  of 
business,  and  the  father  follows  their  cua'cr  as  one  who  sees  himself  honored  ia 
their  energetic  application.  Carlos  E.  is  a  drover,  and  engaged  in  taking  stock  j 
from  the  Indian  Territory  t.)  tlio  St.  Louis  luaiket,  Quincey  J.,  a  banker,  has  \ 
been  connectcMi  with  a  bank  in  varievl  c-.ipacities  at  St.  !>  uis  since  the  war.  i 
Theodore  -V.  succeod.s  his  father  in  change  of  the  old  farm ;  and  Norman  S.  has  ; 
engaged  in  the  ojuduct  of  a  nursery.  A  son  died  in  childhood,  and  an  only  ! 
daughter,  Mary,  d.-ceased  in  1ST2. 

Mr.  Drake  has  looked  upon  the  deceit  and  pretensions  of  jwKies,  and  obscrveJ  j 
the  heats  engendered,  the  discords  f 'ineiitt-d,  ami  the  venaaity  of  public  men.  | 
He  has  therefore  stood  aloof  from  politics,  and  has  no  conli  ieiice  in  the  pledges  I 
of  any  organization,  which  s.:em  only  to  have  bo-ii  made  to  be  brokeu.  j 

"      He  believes  in  the  instruction  of  the  iuai_-es.  and  views  with  pleasure  the  rapid 
iBiprorem:»it  and  the  efficacy  of  tha  frec-schuul  sy;>teni.     He  obscrkcs  the  ever-       I 


lasting  spirit  of  cliange,  and,  in  the  jiidgiuent  of  a  long  life,  pronounces  it  pro- 

Mrs  Drake  »as  horn  in  what  is  now  .Meridian,  New  York,  0.toU-r  9,  ISiM!. 
and  married  to  Mr.  Drake  on  April  21.  ISJ^,  ;<hc  made  a  public  pn,fe-.ion  „f 
her  faith  in  Christ  ^;eplemU.r  7,  I.'- 34.  She  unitc-d  willi  the  Congregation,,! 
chuR-h  in  Bri'.-hton,  under  ilie  niini«try  of  l!ev.  Samuel  Orisvvjid.  Iter  hfe  w.l, 
uneventful  and  its  record  simple.  It  presents  a  bri-.:ht  example  of  cn.rgv,  in. 
dustry,  and  patience.  an\l  fitly  illustrates  th.it  trinity  of  gniees.  fiith,  hoi*-.  ,h,.| 
charity,  Glimp^n-s  of  her  life' were  atforded  in  the  modestly-p.rfoiin„l  kin.l.n .,,  , 
of  her  daily  round  of  duly.  None  needy  went  unreliev.sl  from  her  d,.jr,  «h,  ih.r 
of  spiritual  or  physic-al  naiiire.  .She  was  one  of  the  early  managers  of  the  "  [Ioiu.> 
for  the  Friendless,"  and  was  its  repa^scntative  at  a  State  omvention  at  Auburn. 
In  her  death  that  b-jnedcent  insiiiution  sustained  a  heavy  loss,  tor  she  was  ever 
laboring  to  subserve  its  intcresis.  Her  faith  and  hope  were  eiciianL-esl  for  olh.r 
virtues,  but  her  life  must  ever  bo  of  love  eternal,  as  was  the  temporal,  and — 

->-0»>)iab>th)icr  rullorrtst. 

godl  If  lightly  on  b»r  brent, 

WUb  ao  Mrro.  I.J.n.- 


KOBERT   BELL. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  of  Scottish  ancestry.  He  was  bom  in  Colcraine. 
Ireland.  January  1, 1793.  He  visiied  the  L'nited  State's  in  134  j  for  the  pur|.j>e 
of  looking  up  a  suitable  home  for  his  family,  and,  after  traveling  through 
Michigan.  Ohio,  Fenn.sylvania,  an.l  .New  York,  he  decided  to  settle  on  a  farm  m 
the  fertile  valley  of  the  Genesee.  He  returned  to  Ireland,  and  emigrated  with  his 
family  of  sis  children,  arriving  in  New  i'ort  in  .^Uay,  iS4i.  in  SipteiuL>e-r  foi- 
lowing  he  bought  and  settled  on  the  farm  in  West  Brigliton  where  he  now 
resides.  Five  children  were  born  to  him  in  this  country.  '  His  wife  died  June 
20,  1874,  at  the  age  of  sisty.two.  Two  son?  compose  the  well.kn..wn  firm  of  il. 
W.  Bell  A  Co-,  soap  manufacturers,  of  Buffalo.  New  York,  two  other*  the  firm  of 
Bell  Brothers,  of  the  same  city,  and  one  son  and  daughter  reside  with  their  faihtr. 
A  fine  view  of  his  residence  and  farm,  which  is  li».-ated  on  the  Rochester  and 
Hendock  Lake  I'l.ink  Iload.  one  mile  from  Mount  Hope  cemetery,  appears  in  this 
work.  It  is  finely  located  in  one  of  the  most  fertile  farms  in  .^lonroc  County. 
Mr.  Bell  gives  much  attention  to  growing  pvars,  and  h.is  a  magnificent  orchard  ■•( 
filV.-cn  hundred  trees,  with  forty-MX  varieties  of  fruit.  His  farm  is  known  as 
the  ■•  Pear  Valley"  farm.  He  carries  off  first  honors  at  all  eihibitious  of  his 
fruit,  and  is  well  known  as  a  successful  fruit-grower.  He  h;is  al-o  been  a  l:ir.-e 
exhibitor  of  stock,  fine  horse's,  Durham  cattle,  etc.,  at  b-jth  the  State  and  county 
fairs.  He  h;i3  always  manifested  a  strong  interest  in  church  and  eduiationil 
matters,  and  w.13  one  of  the  foundere  of  the  Unitesl  Presbyterian  church  ■■C 
Rochester,  and  is  one  of  the  three  orii:inal  meuibors  who  are  still  communicani-. 
He  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly  c.-tccnied  citizens  of  the  county,  and  has 
always  been  found  arrayed  on  the  side  of  justice  and  truth. 


CHARLES  COLWELL, 

one  of  the  pioneers  of  Monroe  County,  w,ti  born  in  the  town  of  Foster,  Slate  "f 
Rhode  Island,  February  17,  173:!.  He  cunie  to  Richfield.  Ol.ici:o  conniy.  N.-> 
York,  in  the  year  1792,  his  fiihcr  rcniovin-  to  that  place  with  his  fimily  at  th  ti 
time.  He  is.'ttlcd  in  the  i.rc-.nt  town  of  Bri.-lit».n  in  the  year  1S14.  wheiv  I..' 
took  up  and  cleared  a  farm,  enduring  the  hardshi|d  an.l  privations  iucid.nt  !■• 
aettlcra  at  tliat  early  day.     Here  he  spent  his  life,  dyinj^  December  Ij,  l:rjc>. 


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HEjSTRIETTA. 


Tes  years  OL'O.  the  writer  of  this  waa  r.Jins  in  the  staie  from  Rochostor  to  Hen- 
rietta. Among  the  p.vsenjers  was  an  elilerlv  man  CTinc  to  visit  some  relatives  in 
~     ■       "   '    iiodfnjm  .Miclii^-an.  anJhulloveleJmudi  in  that  anil  otlicrwcstern 

and  c-pceiail_vab.iut  .^foriroe  a;-ademy. 
,  he  h^i'i  met  inttlii'^ont  anj  cnterprLjin*^  men 
and  women  wlto  had  formerly  lived  in  He 


Bush.  He 
states.  He 
md  made  m 


about  tlie  vilbc 


1  MIchi: 


the  tillage 


■  received  their  education  in 

4ere  given.  He  was  told  that  the  stau'c  paascd  throu;;))  the  centre  of 
1  full  view  of  tltt  acadeTiiy,  and  lie  eunld  soon  see  both  for  himself, 
bearing  tlie  Four  Corners,  the  academv  and  Tiiiase  were  poiiuiKl  out.  The  stran- 
ger's countenance  showed  a  trace  of  di;appointment.  "  Henrietta  is  not  much  of 
a  place,"  he  remarked,  >a  we  rode  up  to  the  only  hotel  and  the  full  pa.i>nriion3  of 
the  village  were  apparent.  "That,"  said  we,  "is  where  you  are  much  mi.-taken. 
Henrietta  is  a  good  deal  of  a  place,  but  not  maoy  people  live  thure."  This  remark 
i  the  sentiments  of  all  present  and  foi 


r  citizens  of  the  i 


8EmEME.vr. 


Long  after  Viilsford  was  a  thrivi 
known  as  the  \\'oodsof  West-town. 
Rocho>ter  had  started  it  seemed  rel 
accessible  markets.  In  1730,  Jfajo 
ac^es,  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  l 


:ltloment,  what  is  now  HenrietU  was  only 
?avy  forests  rept'lled  settlement,  and  before 
from  Canandaigua  and  Pittafurd.  the  only 
ic  Stott  received  a  grant  of  nine  hundred 
.  for  hii  servictsi,  and  commenced  a  settle- 
ment the  sauie  year,  built  a  log  hut,  and  eleare^J  twelve  or  fifteen  acres;  but  in 
1792  he  abandoned  his  clearing,  and  the  tract  was  menred  into  that  of  the  pro- 
prietors. About  ibis  liuie  the  cowiisiiip  was  b<juu'ht  by  William  and  Cornelius 
Charles  Sis,  of  the  Hague.  Holland,  and  soon  alter  the  latt'-r  became  sole  owner 
by  the  death  of  his  brother.  3Ir.  Wad-worth,  while  in  Eun.  pe,  secured  the  agency 
for  its  sale  and  settlement,  but  did  not  brinir  it  into  market  untU  ISOG.  when 
Stephen  Rogers  surveyed  it  into  farm  lots.  In  the  same  year  two  settlements 
were  begun,  one  in  the  east  and  the  other  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.  Lyman 
and  Warren  Hawley  came  from  Avon  in  the  summer  of  ISoO,  and  located  on  tlie 
John  Bushman  farm,  southwest  of  the  'West  village.  They  built  a  log  house, 
cleared  sixty  or  seventy  acres  that  summer,  and  sowed  some  wheat.  At  the  s^ime 
lime  Jesse  Pangbuni  made  a  clearing  near  where  the  West  llonrietra  Hotel  now 
stands.  He  was  a  bachelor,  and  in  July,  1800,  a  party  of  hunters  from  .\von  found 
him  here  one  Suntlay  making  yeast  for  bread  whieh  he  was  preparing  to  bake  for  his 
choppers.  Two  or  three  years  later,  he  luarrie*]  the  widow  of  Asa  Baker,  a  Kevo- 
lutionary  soldier,  who  died  leaving  a  large  family  of  children.  Some  of  these 
sons,  .\sa  Jr.,  liCander,  Ilememhrance,  and  Justus,  were  long  residents  of  the  town. 
Mr.  Pangburn  did  not  live  many  years.  His  wife  long  survived  him,  living  with 
her  children.  One  evening  in  1811  or  ISlli  she  wascliased  by  a  wolf;  she  climbed 
a  tree,  called  for  help,  and  the  wolf  was  killed.  The  east  side  settlement  com- 
menced on  the  north  and  south  road,  one  and  a  half  miles  n'-rtheast  of  the  village. 
Joseph  Came,  of  Pittsford.  settled  on  the  Is.ac  N.  Da.Mon  place.  His  son.  Dr. 
Charles  Came,  of  Pittsford,  born  Ueiober  IG.  ISOG.  was  the  first  white  child  bom 
in  Henrietta.  Jloecs  Wilder  made  a  clearing  on  George  Sloile's  farm,  and  planted 
the  first  api.le-orclurd  in  the  town.  Ira  Hatch  also  made  a  clearing  on  J.  I'owler's 
place  at  the  same  time.  His  wite  was  thj  first  white  woman  in  the  town.  Other 
Kltlera  in  ISUG  were  Charh-s  Kiee,  lienjamin  B-lcs.  .Mo.scs  Goodale,  Thomas 
Sparks,  George  Dickinson,  S.  lali  Kee-.l,  As.i  Champlin,  liideon  Griswold,  -Vsa  Hull, 
Captain  Joseph  Ik-ncraft.  William  Tli..nips.jn.  and  Eli.is  Wilder;  and  Orlando 
Brown  and  John  Gould  in  West  Henrietta.  Several  of  these  moved  away  in  a 
year  or  two.  In  1SI>7,  Jonathan  Uu--ell  moved  in,  built  a  l..g  liou.-e  on  land  now 
owned  by  Jes-o  Fowler,  near  No.  2  sch(X'l-hou.^'.  and  on  January  IG.  ISl.'S.  his 
•on  MiKjily  was  bom,  the  s^'cond  niaii;  child  in  town.  In  .Vpril.  l.-"U7,  a  ilautrhter 
of  llezckiah  Shcrw.od  was  born  near  the  Uu:>h  line,  on  Samuel  Titus'  place,  np. 
I-»ile  the  Knsl,  n-srrvoir,  when  the  moll,,  r  died :  and  tlii.-,  U  Ulieved  t..  li.iv,' been 


•ath  i 


»hcre  she 
lied  in  toi' 


■ietta.      Her  b.«ly  w. 

athan   Wilder, 

latur  near  the  iU^l 


,h.  and   An 


Baldwin  came  in  the  spring  of  1S07  ;  his  wife  and  sons.  Jacob,  .\nsel.  and  Charlen, 
in  the  fall  of  the  s.ime  year.  Silas  and  Edward  .Dunkam  settled  on  the  Milliani 
place  in  18t8.  Between  here  a'nd  the  village  a  bcar"wa3lilled  in  ISlU.  In  l>ii7, 
Asa  Burr  and  wife  moved  from  Ciruneciiiut  to  ,\von,  and  in  ISOli  to  Ilenriett.i. 
where  they  settled  on  the  h..mcstrad  on  the  river  road,  now  owned  by  Samuel  H. 
Burr,  who  says  that  in  li'iO  there  were  but  thirtwn  families  in  town,  ^howin.- 
that  many  of  the  early  settlers  made  their  clearing  before  bringing  their  familie-, 
la  liuu'some  of  the'Spcrry  lUmily  came  from  Bloomfield,  where' they  had  been, 
for  some  years.     James  S^nirry  came  in  IS  12. 

In  ISIO,  John  Briiiin^tool  settled  on  the  river  mad,  followed,  the  next  year, 
by  John  Cook,  Mieliael  Brininstool,  Charles  Case,  Isaac  F.  Nichols,  Frederick 
Samples,  Simon  Jloore.  Charles  Cosgrove,  Ira  ilcXoil,  and  Betterncll  Hitchcock. 
About  ISIO,  John  Spring  located  on  the  farm  of  W.  Bollard  and  H.  D.  Tuttle. 
In  1811,  Abijah  Gould,  John  and  Andrew  Bushman  settled  in  the  west  part,  and 
William  Leggett  and  his  five  sons,  William  Jr..  Ira  H.,  Franklin,  Stephen,  and 
Charles,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  Charles  Leg.-ett  is  still  living,  aged  seventy- 
three,  with  an  excellent  memory  of  early  facts  and  dales.  Other  early  settlers  i>n 
the  river  road  were  Urr^i'.la  and  David  Xrcli-r,  Charles  Daniels,  (in  early  black- 
smith, where  H.  M  U  eh.ter  tlv~.  H-rvey  .Mdler,  William  F.-a:io,  Tiu:„t'h7  Toi-- 
rance,  and  Daniel  Bly.  James  Tinker,  with  his  sons,  John  C.  and  .James  R.. 
came  in  1812.  On  the  farm  they  bought  they  found  Bishop  Stillwell.  an  early 
settler,  and,  near  the  Pittsford  line,  George  L.  Valley,  who  in  1311*  burned  tiie 
first  linie-kdn  in  town.  In  1S13,  Captain  Blodgett  built  a  house  on  the  back 
part  of  the  Richardson  farm,  and  David  Scribncr  owned  the  part  nest  the  woods. 
One  of  the  first  distilleries  was  built  on  this  farm.  Jonathan  Smith,  a  IJuaker. 
from  Vermont,  built  the  first  saw-mill  in  1311,  on  tlie  farm  afterwards  owned  by 
John  Gage.  Two  or  thre-e  years  after,  E.iger  Wells  built  the  second,  on  the  .-Vn- 
drew  S.  Wadsworth  place.  He  died  soon  after,  and  his  brother  Corwin  suc- 
ceeded to  the  busine--^3.  At  a  later  day  another  saw-mill  was  erected  near  Thomas 
Jackson's  place.  The  streams  of  this  town  are  all  small,  with  low  banks  and  little 
fall,  afiording  very  poor  mill  privileges.  No  flouring-miUs  have  been  built  in 
town.  Grist-mills  were,  however,  accessible  in  Pittsford.  Stones. afterwards  Mar- 
vin's, mills,  and  one  near  the  river,  on  Mr.  Posts  place;  also  the  Brown  niiils 
at  the  falls,  in  Rochester.  .-V  more  serious  difficulty  was  the  lack  of  necessary 
articles,  partly  through  the  poverty  of  the  people.  In  1312  and  1813,  and  even 
later,  the  choppers  in  East  Henrietta  had  to  go  to  West  Bri-.-hton  to  grind  their 
axes,  there  being  no  grindstone  nearer.  Leather  was  necessary  in  the  rimer,  but 
in  summer  most  of  the  settlers  -vent  barefoot.  About  1S13,  Richard  Daniels 
bought  ten  acres,  and  built  a  tan-house  on  the  brook  near  Jesse  Fowler's  residence. 
Settlers  bou::ht  hides,  had  them  tanned,  and  made  their  own  shoe^.  or  employed 
traveling  shoemakers  to  make  the  ■).  Mr.  .Austin,  living  near  the  Pittsford  line, 
and  Phineas  Baldwin,  were  two  of  these  shoemakei-s.  They  would  call  at  a  house 
and  make  a  pair  of  shoes  for  each  member  of  the  family.  It  was  called  "  wliip- 
pini;  the  cat."  John  Gooding  was  one  of  the  first  d'lstillcrs  on  the  roail  between 
Sherman  hill  and  West  lleniietla.  He  and  his  brother  Ebenezor  came  in  fiom 
Bloomfield  in  1S12.  Alwut  1310.  Sidney  Warner,  a  step-son  of  -Ua  Hull,  buiit 
a  log  shop  on  the  small  stream  south  of  John  Robertson's  house.  He  put  in  a 
turning-lathe,  ran  by  water-power  in  the  spring  freshets,  when  he  would  turn 
out  a  large  amount  of  wood  for  chairs,  spinning-wlicels,  reels,  etc,  and  work  it  up 
during  the  summer.  Subsc'iucntly,  David  Hedges  cst.ablished  the  same  business 
at  the  vilLagc.  In  ISIO  ho  bought  one  liundrcd  acres,  where  the  academy  stands, 
built  a  log  house,  made  a  clearing,  and  pursueil  his  trade.  One  September  after- 
noon, in  ISl."),  Mr.  Hedges  went  into  the  dcn.se  woods  north  of  his  home  to  look 
for  his  cows.  He  found  tbcra  near  the  Brighton  lino.  Niglit  ciiiing  on.  he 
was  pursue,!  by  wolves.  The  cows  ran  ali,-.id  and  c-capeil,  while  he  w.as  "bliLvd 
to  take  off  hi?  sh.x'S  and  a<oend  a  tree  for  safety.  One  of  his  shoes  falling  w.,s 
seized  and  torn  into  shn'ds  bv  the  wolves,  who  remained  until  dayiiL'ht.  aiv.iiiieg 

and  trapping  wolves  for  the  bounty,  the  latter  being  generally  sp,  ut  for  wlo-ky. 

247 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


EAST  AXD  WEST  VILLAGES. 
1813  it  sw'm.-J  prnbuble  tliat  ihc  villa;.-e  in  E,Lst  Hen, let 
.  I\-jc.n  S^im.k'l  Wi.-^.  an.l  fuiuilv  -, 
B;.l.lwin'3.  Jul,,,  Wi>o  built  „  I..U-  I.I;, 
shop.  SiJtK-y  Woiivcr's  turni,ij.'-'li"p, 
m,.'r\-  were  near  by. 

ibo  pn.->oot  vill.,L'._\  wl„;n.-  the  6n-t  ta' 
uined  ll,e  wurM!  i.f  lrav.,1.  Job,,  .\„. 
,.•   in    lill).  a„J  b.,u.J,t   ui,._-   l,u„ar.:.i 


1  1,.,J  b.x  .,  lu;,. 


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Ih-  bu.ll  A  lu-  b,>u,e 

n-Ki*,  wbiub  lie  had 
■>t  ,ton-.     J..l„,  Auer 

,  ;rn.-a  !l,e  m.,i!  u„ce 
1.     He  wxi  ■succetideJ 

ye.,r3.  Aan.n  Acer 
■  live.  On  th,-  iiorth- 
a-Led,  wiiere  many  of 


tl,e 


Kaa  opened  by  M'?pheii 
a  small  one-story  t'nime 
:e.  Benjamin  BiMwia 
24  and  lS2o,  which  he 


Unril 
be  wh.T«  the  BalJwins  now 
1812,  no  the  plaev  i.pi«)site  C; 
shop  in  1SI4,  near  the  old  st 
sar-niill,  and  Rielurd  £>.iHi,l : 
from  the  falls,  niDtii„>.r  thruu 
stores  were  boilt,  a 
William   Acer,  of 

teres,  ijow  owned  by  :Satiiuel  Clkins,  north  of  the  i 
where  Mr.  Porter  lives,  close  to  the  piplar-trees,  i, 
lo  ooe  small  n^ini  of  the  .sinic  hiiiMin'.:  James  Sm 
bron'.-ht  from  CanandaiuTia.  about  \S\±  This  w,u 
also  kept  the  fir^t  post-.flice,  «lien  John  Web^-ter.  u 
a  weet  from  Avon.  Acer  »Min  after  removt.sl  to 
by  Ebeiiczer  Gooding,  who  kept  the  tavern  ahmi 
bought  or.-  hnndr,-,!  :-.iT,*  whrrc  Herr.-y  and  Alfr. 
west  comer  of  the  latter's  farm  nn  old  ,:rrave-yunl 
the  earliest  pioncr'ra  were  buried.  It  1i;ls  lou-^  si„( 
grava;  oblitcnited.  The  first  .-tore  in  Henrietta  vi 
Cody  in  1813,  where  he  settled  the  year  before.  I 
building,  kjn^  since  renioveU  .ind  u.sed  .as  a  con 
succeeded  Cody,  and  built  the  pr,'^'nt  brick  store  i 
kept  until  hid  death  in  1S2T  or  1S2S,  when  Elihu  Kirby  purehxs<-d  it.  Dr. 
James  LcwU  kept  a  small  dru--tore  from  18:i4  to  ISJJ  in  E.,st  Hcirk  .,.  He 
was  no^  a  prictiein;.:  physiei.iu.  tbou'.:h  he  dispensed  medicine.  He  also  kept  the 
ptet -office  after  Ciiarles  T.  WbilT;,.  ivherc  Samuel  Calkins  now  lives,  who  auceeede-d 
John  Ac^r  as  p4kstmaster.  The  ra]tid  increase  of  population  was  indicated  by  the 
numerous  small  taverns  whicii  .sprang  up  to  accs,u,n,odaie  the  ii,coi„iuL;  scUlcrs. 
Beside  Acer's  and  Go^Klincr's.  a  log  tavern  was  opened  by  Isa^ie  Rubins^m,  or 
better  known  as  "  one-<;yod  Kobins.,n."  south  of  William  J.  Kimball's,  which  was 
aflerwaids  kept  by  Jacob  Baldwin  and  llicliard  Wiikins.  It  became  a  famous 
tavern  iu  its  day.  Jarvis  Si,crnian  and  Richard  \Vilkii,s  built  the  first  fn,me 
hotel,  on  the  site  of  the  piesetit  Henrietta  IIou.se.  afterwards  kept  by  William 
Fierce  a  few  yejt>,  f  ,IIok,.-1  by  Lniher  C.  Chamberl.iin.  At  this  time'thc  m.x't- 
ings  of  the  M.LSiinic  lod;:e  were  brM  in  this  tavern,  it,  an  upper  room,  beneath  the 
garret.  Mrs.  Chamberlain,  being  the  original  anliMa-.n,  li.id  cut  a  hole  tbrcugh 
the  plastering  to  the  garret,  and  one  night  stationed  a  boy  over  it  to  watch  for  the 
secrets  of  Masonry  and  repr-rt  to  her.  Making  a  nuise.  he  exposed  his  where- 
abouts, when  Roswell  Wickwinc  stiuck  at  the  hole  with  his  sw.ird,  thou'.;h  doing  no 
damage.  The  meeting  w:u  adjourned.  .d"L<^r  voting  that  the  boldiug  of  lodi'CS  in  the 
tavern  with  Mrs.  Chamberlain  in  tb»  bulJini;  \tZ  ineipediont.  The  village,  how- 
ever, wa.s  stirred  lo  iLs  depths  next  d.,y  by  her  wonderful  revelations;  but,  unfor- 
ttinately  for  her  sueces.s.  her  husband  was  a  Mason.  This  wa5  about  thrt^  years 
before  Morg:,n  made  bis  revelations.  Soon  attc-r  a  store  wa.s  erectcj,  and  the 
lodge  moved  to  an  up[^^r  room  without  a  garret.  In  1&5S  the  hotel  was  burned, 
and  tebiiilt  by  Alfred  White,  who  then  owne.l  it.  He  w.os  succee,Je-I  by  William 
Smith  in  Augttst,  18G7.  Jacob  Stevens  built  the  large  frame  building  where  II. 
M.  Calkins  DOW  lives,  in  1S17,  and  kept  a  hotel  three  years.  Previous  to  this 
Stevens  had  pnrchascii  Klii-ibeth  WiMer's  place  on  the  Corner  northeast  of  the 
»i!lage,but,  finding  that  the  bn-in.-s.,  would  not  centre  there,  he  I  .uglit  the  Calkins 
place.  But.  the  R-cond  enlerpnso  n,.t  provin-  prof,, able,  he  sold  to  John  Ku>sell 
in  1821,  and  moved  to  Michigan.  Dr.  Jonah  D.  .Sin,..nds  wm  the  fir-t  physician 
in  Henrietta.  Ho  came  from  Pawlot.  Vernii.nl,  and  settle,!  in  ISU,  on  land 
where  the  hotel  n.jw  stands.  From  this  he  removed  to  a  small  brick  house,  north 
of  the  Comer,  where  he  died  in  ISiI-J.  at  ihe  a-sv  of  thirty-scven.  One  of  his 
danghtere  i.s  Mrs.  An.son  I/)rd,  of  I'ittsford,  and  another  Mrs.  Havens,  of  Brighton. 
Dr.  Beadle  practiced  a  short  tin,e  with  Dr.  Si,,ioini.s.  but  sooi.  moved  away.  Dr. 
Samuel  Weeks  and  Dr.  J.  H  M.  C.  Hazeltine.  broib..-rs,-in-law,  sui-ceedcd'him,— 
the  latter  in  1S29,  and  remained  until  his  removal  to  Rochester  a  few  years  ago. 
For  many  ycnrs  he  was  the  '>nly  physician  in  the  town,  with  a  pr.ictic-e  extending 
into  Rush,  I'ittsford,  and  l!ri-l,ton.'  Hr.  Rok-it  KcL-cy  practiced  some  time  in 
West  Henrietta,  until  k,llc.l  by  the  fall  of  a  tree.  Dr.  A.  .Mandeville.  of  Roch- 
ester, reshhsl  here  fr,.m  I8I.-|  to  1S17.  Drs.  11.  D.  Vosb,ir.-h  and  RoUrt  Lane 
followed  Dr.  Il.aiclline  in  .-uccs  ssion,  an.l.  .since  the  latter  s  ileath.  Dr.  C-^^rzo 
Martin  ha.s  been  the  resident  physician;  he  and  Dr.  I.i  Mont,  of  West  Hen- 
rietta, arc  the  only  two  in  town  at  present  practicing. 


The  inanufifturi,ig  interests  , 
•ive    blacksmith  and    wa'.:<>n-,na 


.re  mai„ly  -•omf 
Jo-ph    W,lli. 


villa.,-e 

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Will 

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WUlianis,  in  West  Henrietta,  and  tho  bl.„  ksmith-  and  wag.>n.shop  of  W, 
Kimball,  in  the  E.t-t  villa.'.'.  Iu  very  early  days  (.'harl.'s  Daniels  ba,l  a  bl  u 
shop  near  H.  M.  Webster's  on  the  river  roa.l.  an.l  Samuel  A.ljutant  anoth.- 
he  made  wa-ons,  north  of  .Mcth.^list  Hill.  A  blaek.-ie.ith-shop  stood  at 
day  on  the  llunii  place,  where  Tllfany  llunn  nia,le  •■  Bull  plow>, "  wb„l, 
at  ten  d..llars  each.  They  were  made  of  wooil.  with  Kr.,ught-imn  sbar,-, 
signc-d  for  plowing  ann.n-  slumps.  Th.'se,  hovv.;vcr,  were  small  establi- 
and  continued  but  a  short  time.  The  first  blacksmith-shop  in  W.st  li 
village  was  built  in  Islli,  by  Moses  Swift,  on  the  hill  where  -Mr.  Kcye-  li 
a  year  or  two  he  moved  to  the  Williams  shop,  an.l  sold  to  a  Kmnan 
Fniitye.  who  in  1818  .s..ld  to  the  Williams  Biotbeis..  These  men  bad  pr 
built  a  shop  on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  mad,  on  lan.l  long  oecnpM-i  I 
Jones,  near  the  swamp.     For  scvcnil  years  shoeing  oxen  w-as  the  ]>rin.  ip  ,1 

enriclta  whatit  is.    They  v,- 
itnulation  of  capital  enable 
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tlia  log  blacksuiith-shop  in  which  the  brothers  commenced  nearl 
Willi. 

onductcd  by  William  J.  Kimball  and  William  Churchi 
in  a  small  way  by  Jacob  and  Peter  M.irtin,  about  thirty-five  years  ago,  from  uli.,m 
it  pa.ssed  to  the  present  owners.  David  Demin'g  settled  in  1816  on  the  larui 
north  of  Methodist  Hill,  where  iie  died.  About  18l'0  he  made  the  fi'r,t  bri.k  in 
the  town.  The  first  made  were  usi?d  for  chimneys  and  ovens.  The  oldest  bri.k 
bouses  in  town — Monroe  academy  in  182G,  and  the  brick  store  in  the  vill.i,',. — 
were  built  of  brick  made  in  this  yard,  some  of  which,  the  carlic.-t  uiaiiut!i,nire. 
are  of  enormous  size  and  solidity.  The  fir>t  store  opened  in  West  Heinutta. 
village  was  about  1829,  when  Billings  i  Bush,  sons-in-law  of  I.yuian  llaul.v 
purchiLsod  a  stock  of  goods  and  coniD,.;n.'ed  selling.  They  built  th.'  pr. -cut  -i..r.' 
on  the  Corner.  In  1831,  Elihu  and  .M.  W.  Kirby.  of  East  Henrietta.  esiaWisli.-.l 
a  branch  store  here,  with  Bentley  Wheeler  as  manager.  Mr.  Wheeler  afterwapls 
became  owner,  and  in  IS-IT  or  1848  it  was  sold  to  Alonzo  D.  Weijsler.  who  c..„. 
tinned  it  several  years.  The  present  proprietor,  Marvin  S.  Williams,  was  a  -ol.h.r 
in  the  late  war,  for  which  he  raised  a  company.  The  fir^t  hotel  here  w  is  k.pt  by 
Henry  Chapman  in  1821.  The  present  hotel  was  erected  in  1831.  by  K.lnar.l 
Bush.  He  was  succeeded  respectively  by  Chauncey  Chapman.  J..bn  Wcbvter. 
J.  M.  Cutler,  and  Wells  Clark,  present  proprietor.  Mr.  Bush  was  a\^>  the  tir.-t 
postmaster,  appointed  in  1831 :  prior  to  that  time  the  mail  was  received  fr..m  the 
east  post-office.  Chauncey  Chapman  held  the  office  from  ISoJ  to  184'.'.  :nid 
Marion  Williams  at  present.  L,ing  before  a  st.ire  or  hotel  existed  in  this  villa-.'.'. 
David  Jcfforils  kept  a  groecry-store  in  an  old  log  house  whicli  stwd  on  the  -it.' 
of  Orluw  Becbe  s  a'sidence.  It  had  a  good  stock  of  goods  and  was  largely  p  iti""- 
ized.  Lyman  .Miller  also  kept  a  large  log  hotel,  where  George  W.  Kiiitz  liv.~. 
north  of  Methodist  IliU,  as  early  as  18^7.  But  of  late  yeat5  hotels  have  n..i  b.-,  ,i 
very  profitable  away  from  railroads,  which  have  turned  the  tide  of  ente,-pri-  . 
The  Genesee  valley  branch  of  the  New  York  and  Erie  Railroad  Ls  the  only  line  i„ 
the  town,  and  its  depot  is  too  distant  to  benefit  the  village  hotel.  Tiie  ll..',iiicit  i 
House  on  the  east  road  is  a  p.jpular  stopping-place  with  parties  who  csjnic  Iroiii 
Rochester  to  visit  the  water-works  reservoir  ou  the  Rush  line. 

WATEB-W0RK3,   ETC. 

The  people  of  Henrietta  lost  several  thousand  dollars  by  the  failure  of  ili.'  "M 
water-works  company.  Its  reservoir  was  loc-ated  one  mile  south  of  East  U.i.rii  n  i 
villasc.  A  vast  amount  of  labor  done  up..n  it  by  the  citizens  of  the  t.'U,,  »  '■ 
never  paid  for.  Its  f.iilurc  was  ascribed  to  defective  pipe.  The  hi'_'liwa\ .  li"',' 
the  city  line  through  Brighton,  East  Henrietta,  and  Ruah,  was  ba.lly  cit  „p  I  .• 

this  and  ,itl,er  enterprises  for  several  years.      \n  att.'mpt  was  also  mad.-  f..  c hi'  * 

the  gas  from  the  burning  well  in  Iilo.)iuficld  to  Rochester,  but  it  rc-,ilt.'l  i"  ' 
disa.strons  failure,  thn.ugh  dcf.'ctivc  j>i\v.  A  number  of  capitalists  from  Kii.iir ' 
lost  more  than  one  million  dollars  iu  this  enterprise. 

Most  of  the  early  settlers  of  Henrietta  were  poor.  Nearly  all  the  fir-t  ]-'ir 
chasers  to'jk  only  an  article  of  agreement,  securing  the  land  to  them  at  a  sp.,il,. 
price.  The  times  were  bard,  and  there  was  little  money  to  be  had  f .r  .aiv  |>;r- 
pose,  raymcnls  as  asreed  were  iinp'ssible.  The  propri.'tors  took  a.Ivai.i-,'--.' '  ' 
this  ain.lilion  of  alTairs,  an.l  advanccl  the  pric-e  of  land  sixty-six  p.r  cent  ii"'-  ■ 
paid  by  a  certain  d.ay.  Very  many  sold  their  claims;  others  al»anil"ii.-''  ''"'" 
and  lost  all  their  iniprov,  ments.  As  an  instance,  John  Woodrnfl'.  IV'.ni  1:1 -i" 
field,  made  a  clearing  in  I.81U  on  the  f.rm  now  ..wn.sl  by  Hav.d  I.  K"'  >■ 
planted  an  orchard  in    1811.  and  5..i.l  the  whole   fifty  .acre  cUim  in  l-IT  :  r  i 

barrel  of  pork,  then  worth  thirty  .h.ilars.     Jacob  Far-o,  near  the  lln  J.ion  I • 

was  more  fortunate.  He  came  from  Tinmo,.th,  Verm,  nt,  in  1^1-'.  toot  „p  l,'\v 
acres,  and  went  to   chopping  woo.1  for  ^U.   Ely,  between  the   river  an.l  S.'i.H'. 


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HISTORY  OF  .^lONROE  C0U^'T\^^•1::W  YORK. 


Clinton  ^tr«t.  lie  «ni.tl  one  hundnJ  duibra.  anil  was  offered  land  now  in  the 
city  in  p;ijii»nt.  wliiili  he  rct"Lis.-d,  aa  he  wantcl  the  nitiuoy  to  pay  un  hid  fifty 
teres.  To  cliUiiu  the  n  maiiider,  he  sold  every  hitn*e,  cow.  and  other  >u>*:k.  on  the 
place.  This  made  enouirli.  and  a  little  to  sjarc,  before  the  final  day.  He  went 
afoot  to  the  Wadnworth  .iireacy  at  tienesetf  to  pay  the  money.  In  counting  it, 
three  dollan*  were  thnjwo  out  as  eountertcit.  whiuli  letl  hioi  with  six  ecnta  in  his 
poclct  to  take  hiai  home.  With  thid  he  purchased  a  howl  of  brcad-anii-ujilk 
near  Avon.  Mr.  Far.u  re3£o.:ked  bii  fann  ajore  cheaply  than  he  had  sold,  buying 
from  those  who  deferred  sdlinf;  until  neci~-ity  compelled  them,  .\ftcr  many  of 
the  earliest  <ettter3  had  abandoned  or  been  driven  from  their  homes,  the  Wadi- 
worths  bougit  up  all  these  unsold  claims  of  the  furei'.'n  owners.  These  difiicul- 
tiea  oiea.sura),4y  stirtesj  imuitgmtion,  and  new.cxners  were  chary  of  buyioi:  hind. 
Many  of  tlje  early  buyers  succecled  in  retaiuin;:  a  part  of  their  oriijinal  pur- 
chase, and  setnrin^  farms  of  twenty,  thirty,  or  turty  acres,  tjn  the  lar_'e  unsold 
tracts  in  the  aorth  and  weat.  ^juatters  had  I'X'ai.^J  tliemscKes  at  an  early  day. — 
betwei-o  ISIS  and  1820.  .-v)me  Iv-ame  ptTtii  .nent  re -idcnls  and  made  valuable 
citizens,  but  the  ;;nater  majority  passed  onward  with  the  van  of  settlement,  leav- 
ing DO  recotd.  The  fact  tliat  but  few  of  the  residents  of  Henrietta  were  free- 
holders was  Bsed  airiin=t  them  at  town  nu^tincr!'.  where  thev  were  brou'iht  into 
coufiict  with  the  older  and  richer  Pittsfonl  settlement.  lu  ISIG  it  was  voted  to 
adjourn  the  oext  town  meeting-  to  the  school-hou.se  near  the  Stephen  Codv  place, 
which  aroused  the  ire  of  the  I'ittsford  people.  Simeon  Stone  declared  there  k«s 
Dot  a  le^l  voter  in  West-town,  as  under  the  old  State  constitution,  prior  to  Ijsil, 
only  frecholilefs  were  le^al  voters.  At  the  polls  he  challenged  every  Henrietta  voter 
as  a  non-freeholder ;  but  many  of  them  had  reeeived,  for  one  day  only,  a  deetl  in 
fee  of  a  small  pieee  of  land,  and  voted  on  that.  Samuel  Felt,  an  early  Plttsford 
merchant  aivl  postmaster,  was  clecteii  supervisor  that  year,  mainly  by  the  votes 
of  West-town  residents.  The  ditficulties  prowinL-  out  of  this  li>.I  finally  to  the 
separation  of  the  town  of  Henrietta  in  ISIS.  Their  disfranchisement  nndcr  the 
old  constitutioit  made  the  citizens  of  this  town  very  zealous  for  the  more  liberal 
constittition  of  1821,  aiid  euutilbuted  lapj^ely  io  c'Hiilnn  the  Ivmocratic  ascend- 
ency in  town  politics  during  the  first  twenty  years  of  its  e-;istence.  The  division 
of  ^he  ori;^ina)  town  was  most  strenuously  opposed  by  PitisfonJ.  but  the  rapidly- 
increasing;  western  settlements  in  p«.pnlaliun  rendered  a  new  on.raniz.ition  inevi- 
table. In  1813  thes..-  settlements,  tliou-h  never  ofttially  named,  w^rc  known  .as 
West-town.  The  early  lists  of  road  overseers  will  indicate  the  drift  nf  settlement. 
Those  of  1813  ami  their  W,tinn  wer"  Thirl^  0,=e,  on  the  Gcorc-i  Mirtin  place; 
Benjamin  Ware,  on  the  homestead  of  his  son.  A.  K.  Ware ;  John  Dod_e,  where 
Mary  Ash  now  lives,  who  .''>in  after  mo»cd  away;  l';i.U  I>un!ii!:i,  filhor  cf 
.Silas, Edward, and  Daiii'd.on  K.  Miih.am's  and  Jes.,e  Foi^'Ier's  place;  Jjl-.n  .Tohn- 
stone,  in  a  log  house  on  the  cross-road,  west  of  T.  Newton  ;  Simeon  Perkins,  a 
fifer  in  early  trainiui^  days,  near  De  Witt"s  place;  Jacob  A.  Fartio,  who  livcnl 
until  a  few  years  a-^;  Stephen  Cody,  first  storekeeper  in  East  Henrietta;  Th'^mas 
Leet,  south  of  the  old  reservoir;  Thomas  Tiilotson.on  the  south  part  of  Sherman 
Hill,  whose  father,  Elijah  Tillotson.  was  kilie.J  at  a  barn-raisin.: ;  Daniel  Chad- 
wict,  on  Stephen  ?[e.\oirs  place;  E^-or  Wells,  on  A.  S.  Wadsworths  farm; 
James  Sf-erry  and  Jn.stus  Baker,  in  the  same  vi<-inity;  in  1S14.  Sam'i'_I  Whit- 
comb,  on  the  P.iiiel  C.irnell  place;  Asa  Hull,  whore  Cyrus  Baldwin  live-s,  from 
180G ;  Artemas  Barnes,  near  the  East  Baptist  eliureli ;  Chandler  Huntin^rton  and 
Silas  Tiflotson,  on  Sherman  Hill ;  Elijah  Little,  where  Horao;  Little  now  lives, 
which  was  first  settled  by  John  Hibbard,  followed  by  Samuel  Cody  and  bis  two- 
sons,  Joseph  and  Stephen,  in  1S12  ;  Robert  Fisher  and  I.-aac  Saee,  northwest  of 
Methodist  Hill;  Lyman  .MiUer  and  Seth  Swilt,  brother  of  .Moses,  the  first  black- 
smith,  and  ItosweU  Wieknine,  .south  of  Sherman  Hill,  with  Asa  Stannard  and 
John  Brininstuul.  In  1S15,  Jacob  Baldwin,  in  the  East  village,  was  appointed 
pound-keeper.  The  road  overseers  this  year  were  men  who  resided,  until  rc<-ently, 
ill  the  town,  :uid  are  well  rcm'mbered.  Among  them  were  Amasa  Aldrich.  Daniel 
OIney,  and  John  G^irvin,  etist  of  John  Hanks,  near  the  Pillsford  line;  Sergeant 
Bagley,  where  James  Stevenson  lives;  W^illiam  Ix"jvett.  Jacob  Prooit,  an  early 
blacksmith,  George  King,  llenienibrance  Baker,  and  Samuel  Diinock,  on  -Method- 
ist Uillj   and  Isaac  Dimond  and  Michael  Brininstool,  on  Hunn's  phice,  Clay 


In  1817  the  I 


rntST   OFFICERS. 

ing  was  adjourned  to  K.ist  HcnrietLi,  but,  before  assem- 
bling. Wcst-towo  was  set  off  as  the  toivn  of  Henrietta.  The  firet  town  in.s^ting 
Was  held  April  211,  18!S.  and  the  .>rganiz;iti.>n  cnmpleu-d  by  the  election  of  the 
folloiving  office-rs,  viz.:  Sui«vi-..r.  Jaes.l.  Siemens,  T..wn  Chrk.  I>.eic  Jack>..n; 
Assessor,..  Martin  Kolwns,  Lyiiun  Hawhy,  .\..ah  l>.,.-t;  Hi-hway  Con,u,ls,i..ners, 
David  Dui.'a.n  K.lijdi  Little,  .-..Inni..!!  II.Aev.  C..;ieetor.  Klisl.a  (i;!::.-;  Overseer^. 

of  the  P.-r,  Tii,«..as  Ileniin.,'1 Daniel  ILdj.-,.  Sebool  C-iiMi,i.-,-i..ner3,  .(iistus 

Baker,  llichard  Daniels,  Abel   Post;  Schi.jl   [nspxictors,  Jacob  Stevens,  Charles 


Spi-rry,  Chauneey  Beadle;  Constables,  Ri.-well  Wiekwine.  Elisha 
twenty-four  (Jvers.'er3  of  Hi'.-hw.iys,  viz.:  David  Treat,  Jonathan  A; 
Bancroft,  Geop.-r  A'!  iin-  <,•.,,;!  B  Perkins,  Joeph  Vork,  Chandl. 
ton.  Sergeant  IIi,  ,  V.  ,:  I,  _■_•  it,  Ezra  Howard,  tleorge 'I'ani: 
Morford,  .roseph  .;  -         :     !!ii'v.'toii.  GeorL-e   Kiu'.-,  Setli    K..b 

Sperry,  .Vhner  1!   .-:    1;  ,,  :  ■  Archer.  Joseph  Harris.  John  Cai 

Jones,  Elijah  Tillut.v.n,  and  linij.onin  Landon.  I.s;iao  Jackson  came 
field,  Herkimer  countv,  in  1S17,  with  his  wife,  Chloo  Wu.id,  and  bon. 


ht  III, 


ven  years,  and  supervisor  i 
sons,  Cdvin  W.,  Thomas  J..  .\I, 
the  old  honiestc'ad.    Martin  llo! 


on  which  he  died.  Ho  wis  town  clerk 
bi'sides  holding  other  offices.  His  soi: 
Harvey,  reside  in  town,  the  latter  c 
ISll,  and  was  father  of  the  l.ate  Hon.  Martin  Uoberts,  and  grandfatlur  uf  (i.  \I 
C.  Roberts,  of  Henrietta.  Abel  Po»t  came  from  V'ennonl  in  ISl.i.  and  seitle.l 
on  the  river  road;  also  Noah  Post  on  the  same  road,  on  the  site  uf  the  old 
Baptist  church;  Solomon  Hovey  where  Marvin  S.  Williams  lives;  Ko.-well  Wick- 
wine  on  the  S.  Hovey  place,  on  Sherman  Hill;  Elisha  Gage,  father  of  the  late 
John  Gage,  where  Raphael  Lewis  lives;  Thomas  lleniington,  on  the  river  road; 
Chauneey  Beadle,  a  tailor,  in  the  Baldwin  settlement;  and  David  Treat,  on  the 
R.  L  itteridge  place..  Jonathan  Ayers  purchased  John  Dodge's  place,  and  lived 
afterwards  near  Alfred  Williams.  Prosper  Perrin  subsei|uently  lived  there  maiiv 
years,  alone  in  l  log  house.  Joseph  Jeffords,  father  of  Hon.  Thomas  J.  J,-ir..rd.s. 
of  Rush,  settled  in  1812,  on  Ci.iy  street;  akso  William  .Morford.  Ges.ivo  Kin- 
lived  near  Stephen  McNolls;  Seth  Roberts  where  Frank  Wioslow  lives;  Aimer 
B.  Sheldon  on  Dai  id  Elys  farm;  Samuel  B.  Perkins  where  Joseph  Williams 
lives;  Jeremiah  Yorks  near  Martin  Roberts;. and  Thomas  Jones  in  the  north  p  .it 
of  the  town.  His  widow,  Mrs.  Elli.s,  is  still  living.  In  1S16.  Elijah  Ctley,  with 
his  wife  and  ten  children,  settled  on  the  fann  long  occupied  by  Samuel  Ltlev. 
One  son,  William  Ctley,  is  still  living;  also  the  widow  of  Samuel  Utiey,  now  .Mi>. 
Dr.  Luckey,  of  Rochester.  The  large  settlement  of  srjualters  was  in  this  vicinitv, 
who  erected  the  rudest  kind  of  log  cabins,  where  they  lived  until  driven  out  bv 
purchases.     .^Ir.  Utlev  well  remembers  the  names  and  location  of  many  of  tlieni. 


some  of  which  ai 
vation.  Beginn 
Lawlcrs,  potash-l 


gnized  among  the  earliest  settlei-s  and  are  worthy  of  prese 
1  the  State  ro.ad.  near  the  Brighton  line,  they  were  Jaor 
(Jeorge  Allen,  Simeon  JIagoon,  Hartshorn  and  li.ildwii 


Anson  Beebe,  Elijah  Rose,  on  Noah  Lake's  farm;  James  Whiteliouse.  James  l!lis.s. 
Noble  Clark,  Amos  Wood,  and  James  Gordon,  where  Hyatt  lives;  Robert  .Mc- 
Cloud,  Ilulbert  Wilcox,  and  Lyinan  Wright  lived  west  of  the  State  road:  Ellhu 
Roberts  on  William  Tanner's  place;  and  Seth  Roberts  on  the  Winslow  fanu. 
Abraham  Pease,  a  pioneer  shoemaker,  lived  on  the  Thomas  0.  Jones  t'arni.  Ly- 
man Pierson,  who  settled  on  the  Wi  ight  Fields  farm,  west  of  No.  2  school-house, 
and  Sheldon  Pierson,  on  the  hill  on  the  east  part  of  Jesse  Fowler's  farm,  were 
early  settlers.  This  hill  was  first  5r|uatted  on,  and  a  log  house  built,  by  Lyman 
Con'vetse. 

REVOLCTIOXABY   SOLDIERS. 


Besides  Asa  Baker,  who  died 
others  among  the  early  settlers  w 
Gilbert,  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
Revolution.  .Joel  Clark,  father  ; 
with  h'lS  father  and  older  brother, 


ery  soon  after  cominu  to  Henrict 
:e  soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  w;i 
iv.>t  part  of  the  town,  received  his  i 
Jeremiah  Clark,  entered  the  arm) 
s  a  drummer.     Being  only  fourte-eu 


M.aji.r 
in  the 
17S1, 


rough  the  war,  which  he  did.  lie 
field  in  171)'J,  and  to  Henrietta  in 
:  age  of  eighty.     Robert  .McLond, 


he  was  too  young  unless  he  enlisted  to 

was  born  in  Connecticut,  but  moved  to  Bloomfield  i 

1816,  where  he  died,  November  S,  1347.  at  the  age  i 

a  relative  of  the  Sperrys,  who  live'.,  north  of  Jlethodist  Hill,  and  Lyman 

who  lived  north  of  George  L.  Beckwiths,  were  both  veterans  of  the  Re 

Daniel  Phillips,  who  settled  in  town  in  1820,  where  ho  remaincil  until  h 

July  18,  IS'JS,  was  a  soldier  through  the  war,  and  served  with  the  Ma 

La  Fayette.     During  the  mari|uis'  visit  to  Rochester  in  182(i,  he  rccogi 

old  companion  in  arms,  and  called  him  by  name. 


80LI1IEB3   OP    1812 
Henrietta  was  well  and  hiinorably  represented 


the  war  of  1S12,  in  whi.h 
many  of  her  citizens  took  part.  Jacob,  .Jntui.  and  ."^aniiiel  Hibbard,  who  \t\cA  "ii 
the  Littles  farm,  went  to  the  lines;  .Samuel  never  returned.  Loren  Converse 
died  in  the  war.  Nearly  all  the  settlers  went  to  the  f.dls  and  the  mouth  of  I  lenes.s- 
river.  to  repel  the  threatened  attack  on  those  settlements.  One  man,  a  Mr.  Itart- 
lett,  who  worked  for  .Vsa  Hull,  was  acidentally  killed.  Challenged  at  iii',:hl  by  a 
sentrv,  through  carelessness  or  ignorance  he  f.iiled  to  give  the  count. Tst-.'n,  and 

Pattie  Bartlett.  oiiiv  f'mr  or  live  years  .,1,1,  inoaned  bitterly  ln'cins.'  "p.ipa  'hd 

nut  ei ;  home,  '     Tliis  is  b.  lievcl  to  have  been  the  only  eisu.ilry  in  the  deliii..- 

of  Roche-ler  and  V,.  iiiity.     The   En-li.h  v.-^^ls  fired  a  few  shi.ts,  hut  .lid  ii.> 
damagei  yet  '-some  one  had  blundered,"  a  comrade  was  killed,  and  a  little  child 


250 


HISTORY  OF  MONPwOE  COU-N'TY.  NEW   YOrjC. 


vu  orplianej.  The  fjther  of  lie 
near  BIulW  llock.  ^aium-l  CV-ly, 
ierrice.  Dr.  I'licllijd,  a  brotliiT  • 
with  his  two  Sum,  Ira  and  Jamei,  ; 


L.  R-^LivKh  dii-l  in  the  arar  in  1S13, 
)u-iM  i.f  thr  stofkc^p-T,  ai>o  .ilea  in  the 
le   Ui-v,iluti„oary  suUier   Daniel    l-hiUips, 


Id  Heorictta, 


all  ' 


lABLT  scaoou. 
m   New  Yurk,  the 


,.-  sch'> 


•hon 


ffllnwed  claw 


gpon 


the  first  ?o'.llcn 


guard  airjinst  survntiun.  the  pi.iiie«r  tur 
bis  chilJren,  nnj  ilic  niJe  K''.-  !<.hool-hi>u 
to  his  forest  home.  Th>;  faniiiiL-s  of  pioi 
■chools  were  cmwde^l,  e^pet-ially  in  wii 
in  1810,  tauzht  bv  I,...:y  l!nn..h.' 0,1  the  1 


I  as  l^mj  W.X3  tl.-are-i 
i-H  his  attention  lo  the  education  of 
o  was  erected  as  a  De<TS.«:iry  adjuocb 
.•era  were  always  larje,  and  the  earlj 
ters.  The  fir-t  sehool  iu  town  was 
ver  mad.     She  was  si^tor  of  Jefferson 


Branch,  and  njarriel  .Solomon  Niehois.  Linus  Evjrts  laurlit  the  fvil.iwin'^  win- 
ter, «ni  Polly  Boii^-luon  the  next  summer  and  in  lSl:i.  In  the  e,L-t  f.irt  pf  the 
town  1  log  !oho-'l-hou5«  was  crettcJ  in  1311,  one  iialf-mile  no.th  of  school  No  "2, 
OD  the  northeast  comer.  Its  first  teacher  w;i3  :~arjh  I.«-j\;ctt,  who  iu  IslO  mar- 
ried Jo.S;(.;i  Coll).     c;e:..il  L«yt..ji  anil  Ac.  llo.uiea  iail.'ilt  the  =uieeei;:w.;  Kit.leis  , 

the  former  suh^vjucntlj  moved  to  PenfiJd.  It  was  burned  in  the  f.iU  of  laU, 
ts  was  supposed,  to  eoi»ceul  the  thefl  of  w.'m,  stored  there  by  Charles  Uice,  then 
firtog  opposite.  It  was  replaced  by  a  frirae  building  in  I8U1,  on  the  site  now 
ooinipied  by  Xu.  2.  noratio  Titas  was  the  fir^t  te-icher  in  the  new  buildinL'.  and 
Betsy  B.icon  the  neit  summer.  On  Methodist  Hiil.  Iviac  Kills  wa«  an  early  teacher, 
•tten  dollars  per  month  and  board.  In  1311.  near  the  first  lo^-  scliool-hoo.'^  ,a 
bear  was  tilled,  and  its  ho.id  raised  upon  a  p...le  in  front,  for  the  scholars  to  look 
ftt.  It  was  an  "  ohjeci-les^n"  in  io<iloi:y,  which  none  of  them  wore  likely  to 
ibtjet  in  «  lifetime.  Elijih  Little  wa,  the  first  teacher  in  the  K:ist  Tiilj^.  He 
tenght.in  a  small  log  ImiMinij.  on  the  >itc  of  A.  B.  Enoi.h's  house,  in  the  winters 
cf  1S12,  !«i3,  =-d^Sl4.  {!e  f.!-7  tnv.-ht  i..  1  log  hoo^^^  "-.'  M"  S-oh-n  L-g. 
geuV  Is.iac  X.  Dayton  and  Seelev  Dayton  were  early  village  leathers,  and  at 
Ho.  3  Rufus C. Suvens  and  D.miel  .Marble,  who  lired  oppo-ite  William  Builarda. 


EABLT   ItBB.tRT    AMD   SOCIETIES. 

The  settlen  of  Henrietta,  though  generally  poor,  were,  a 


:than 


■  effort 
Thnu. 


ordinary  intelligence,  and  alw 

intellectuj  and'  edncition.d  interests  of  the  town.  Thn  ugh  the  influence  of 
J«mes  Sperry,  C.  Baldwin,  El.-ha  Oage.  I.  N.  D..yton  Deir-e  .*  Bcckwith.  and 
•  few  others,  a  public  library  was  or-anizi-d  in  IslG.  Each  member  subscribed 
■n  eqnal  sum  per  year,  and  the  boitk*.  carefully  selected,  were  common  pmperty. 
Mr.  Wadsworth.  of  Genesee,  was  a  liberal  patron.  About  the  same  time  a  de- 
bating society  was  organized  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  wliith  bec:ime  one  of 
the  most  powerful  aaxiiiaries  in  the  town  for  educr.tiotial  pro-.;rcss,  iatellectaal 
discipline  and  growth  of  a  whole  generation.  Its  nicctin'.-s  were  very  largely  at- 
tended, many  coiiiing  from  Kj;t  Henrietta,  and  the  ajjuining  towns  of  Rush, 
Brighton,  and  Pitlsfonl,  to  take  part  in  the  intellectual  contests.  The  ?.<iety 
eootinofd  in,fiiil  vig»»r  more  than  twenty  years,  and  exerted  a  p-iwerful  intlueuce 

L.  Beckwith,  hxxc  Jaeksiin,  .lames  Sj^'rry,  Orlow  Ik-cbe.  and,  not  unfrr^inentlv. 
Jadge  Peter  Price,  of  Rush.  Oilnr  debating  societies  cxL-ted  in  the  town,  but 
th'S,  lasting  so  many  ye;;rs,  anvl  dlreeteil  mainly  by  influential  men,  dc-iorves 
re  Jgnilion  as  a  roost  p'ltent  element  in  making  Henrietta  the  intelligent  com- 
nanity  which  it  has  long  been  regarded. 

VONBOE    ACADEMY-. 

The  eariy  settlers,  fc-cling  the  gre.at  want  of  eOui.'ational  a  Irant.Ties  themsclrcs, 
detensincd,  as  they  prosperml  in  life,  to  secure  to  their  children  Itctter  facilities; 
ud,  in  kn'ping  with  adj.ice-nt  comniuiiiiir<,  the  citizens  felt  that  a  system  of 
higher  eiluc:uion,  or  graded  clause",  onv:ht  to  be  taialilished  at  home.  Thn.ugh 
this  reeling  the  Jlonnic  academy  oridnali-'I.  The  first  steps  tnw;mls  its  furu»- 
tioo  were  taken  July  1".  IS-.'.-j,  at  a  meetins  of  the  '•  inhabitants  of  the  town  of 
Henrietta,  U.p-th.  r  with  del.-ates  fn.m  the  villa'.-c  ..f  Ilo.li.-~tcr."  when  it  was 
agreed  to  ral-e  »'ix  thousand  doii.irs  in  shares  of  fit'ty  Hi»llars  each  1  at'iervvards  re- 
duced to  twenty  five  d..ll.,r.  1.  Klljah  Little,  I..  C.  Cliami.rl  .in,  lUehanl  iKuii.U, 
James  Sperry,  and  .l»>H»'|ih  Bnovn  w.Tl'  a['p<»inle»i  a  oitumillec  to  solicit  subscrip- 
Uons.      Uy  (.VtolHT  •-Ml  ,  n.M.u-li  lu.d  been  -nlr-cnlvd  v<  wamo.t  the  umlertak.n- 


and: 


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for  that  purp.>se.  Elij  .b  Littl.',  Gil..-  Boulton.  John  Garvin,  Bet.jarain  lialj.m. 
>l.  L.  Anglo,  Lntb.r  llovy,  no.l  L.  C.  Cliainb.rlain  wcr.:  app..M.t.-d  a  buiMing 
committee,  and  Ileiijanjiii  U,,IJwln  e.illictor  and  tri\e,urer,  to  whom  tli.-  o,otnrt 
w.is  let  f..r  four  th,)us.ind  five  humlred  dollars.  Sixty  two  pcrs-jns  sul.-enb«i.  ia 
sums  varying  from  twenty-five  to  two  hun.lfe.1  nn.l  fitly  dollars,  aud   t'.irtv-sevca 

dre.1  and  thirty-M^^veii  d.llars  and  filly  cents;  b.-idos  oue  hun.lrtd  d..!l  irs  .|.,nate.l 
by  the  .Messrs  Wa.liwonh.  of  lieueseo,  iu  c.nf.jrmity  with  their  u-ual  cu.t.jin.  in 
aiding  public  iinprovoinonts  in  w.'.stern  New  Vork.  The  ■.•il'^  of  two  a.-rcs  by  Mr. 
Hedges  was  the  larg.-,t  rcccive-l  by  the  iustitnlion.  During  the  »ummcr  of  1  ?.'.; 
the  building  w:u  nearly  completisl.  au.l  on  O.  tobcr  lij,  the  same  year,  D.ioiel  B 
Crane,  of  Bl.wmfield,  was  selected  first  principal  of  the  school,  he  a.-rceing  to  !jk« 
four  shares  of  slock  as  5o.tn  ai  aDp*>inted.  and  to  pnK'ure  in  Now  York  the  n.T.-^ 
sary  cenificate.  Jacob  liould,  L.  Ward,  Jr..  liiles  Bouitoo.  Elijah  LUtle.  J.-,  |,!, 
Brown.  Richard  Dani.  U,  and  .\bijah  Uoul  I  wire  appointed  an  executive  e-.m- 
mittce  to  secure  a  charter  to  fi.x  the  rates  of  tuition  and  app-jitit  teaehers,  to  p^'i- 
li.)n  the  ]»;.gislature  for  an  appr')priation,  and  to  solicit  additional  subscripfton*. 
E'iaha  Clage,  0.  S.  Church,  au.l  Thomas  Jones  were  appointed  auditin'.'  eommiitc*. 
On  December  2:t.  ISliii,  a  petition  was  .Irawn  for  a  charter,  with  the  fvlloiin- 
names  as  triLstees,  elected  by  the  stockhol.lors:  Levi  W'ard,  Jr.,  Gilcs  B.iult.in. 
Elijah  Little,  Jacob  C„,uld.  Elisha  Ga'ge,  .\bi;ah  Gould,  Elm  Howard,  .^(artia 
liubeits,  Osias  S..Cliurcli,  Luther  C.  Cliamkrlain,  Thomas  Jones,  and  Charl,, 
I>annals.  The  new  academy  was  opened,  with  great  enthusiasm,  in  the  full  of 
IS'16,  David  B.  Crane,  principal,  .Mi,3  Mary  Allen,  preceptress,  and  D.  >L 
Criteby  and  .^Ir.  Smith,  assi-tnnts  ;  and  with  between  one  and  two  hunlreJ  schobrs. 
Early  in  1S^_*7,  John  H.  Thomps..n,  of  Rochester,  delivered  a  temperance  iesrture 
in  the  academy  hall,  which  w:is  the  first  public  meeting  held  there.  The  O^o- 
greg-.ttioual  and  MetK.jdist  s.*ieties  held  religious  services  hereon  the  Sa't;h-.rh 

trustees  met  re*.:ul.irly  the  first  Mondays  of  January,  April.  July,  an.i  (3c'.ol.er. 
For  several  years  Giles  Boulton  walked'  to  Henrietta,  from  R.K;he3ter,  to  every 
trustee  meeting.     In  January,  IS-S,  the  academy  was  rented  to  D.  U.  Crane  fr 
three  years,  at  five  hundred  dollars  per  year  ;  the  trustees  aireeing,  if  the  attend- 
ance required  it,  to  fit  up  the  lower  room  for  recitation  .''or  thirty  d,.ilar»  f. r 
annum  additiomd,  which  was  done  at  a  cost  of  severity  dollars.     At- the  eij^n- 
tlon  of  Mr.  Crane's  contract  he  found  he  had  expended    two  iho.o-and  sevi-o 
hundred  and  eighteen  dollars  and  seventy  cent...  and  received  thn-e  thousand  k-^\c 
hundred  ami   forty-ei.'lit  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents,  leaving  only  f  .ur  hun.]ri.J 
and  thirty  dollars  and  twenty-six  cents  for  three  years'  work.      During  all  this 
time  the  !.cho.j|  had  U-en  full  with  nearly  three  hundred  students,  but  tn;ti..n  ratr-s 
were  low  and  the  expenses  heavy.     Ezra   HowanJ.  Giles  Bjulton.  lli'  hard  Wil- 
kins,  D.   B.   Crane,  an.l  .lacob  Gould  wore  appointed  a  committee  to  cou.-i-ier  a 
proposition  of  the  Mctlio.llst  Episcopal  Conference  to  take  the  .^Ioilr.JC  ac-ade:ny 
for  a  high  scliool,  which   does  not  appear  to  have  been  acted   upon,  an.l  the  i-n- 
ference  located  their  seminary  an.l  college  .at  Lima.     In  1S30  Mr.  Cnne  left  il..- 
school,  and  the  board  engiged  Oliver  B.ikor  as  principal  and  William  Cr-^ck-r  31 
x'sistant.    In  1331  .M.  T.  I.eavei.w..rth  to..k  the  school,  and  in  1332  .^l-  Cn .  k.-r. 
at  seven  hundred  dollars  &ilary,  with  a  lady  teacher  at  threti  hundrc-1  dolLirs.    In 
1?33  Mr.  Burke  taught  one  year,  and  was  succeeded  in  .^lareh,  l>;;j.  by  Kev. 
Jonathan  Whittaker,  who  had  one  son   and  tha-c  daughters  .(Ualifii^I  to  t.-.u  U. 
But  in  April  follnwin-  ho  did,  f..llowe.l  ......n  after  by  his  wife.     The  Whitia'..  r 

family  continuc<I  the  .sch.»l  severd  months  after  the  fathers  dc-ath.     From  1~  -> 
to  1833,  Rev.  0.  S.  Tayl.ir.  of  Auburn,  was  principal.     S.  H.  Ashman  an-l    V! 
mon  D.  Corbin  were  b..tli  cicct.-d  in  1S3S,  but  declined.     E.  D.  Ransom,  t....iy- 

eight  years  old,  finally  b.-c.ime  principal,  and  servesi  three  years,  witli  .Mi--  N  <•■ 
B.irber  .as  .t-vsi-uint.  In  13^1  the  pro|KTty  caiue  into  the  han.lsof  E.  Kirl.y.  «h  ■ 
deeded  it  to  George  Freeman,  on  condition  that  he  should  kecpaesh.H.i  no.e 
months  in  the  year.  In  l!<4-  lie  decleil  it  in  trust  to  James  S]-  rry,  •'•  - 1  '• 
Brown,  Dr.  J.  11.  Mcirazollinc,  Silas  II.  Ashman.  Henry  Allen,  Abhie  C  A'i.^. 
and  .Jame-i  E.  Allen,  f..r  ,a.  a.len,ii-:.l  pnr!"-e-..  A  new  charti-r  was  L-sucd  f  '!'■— 
as  trustees,  with  E.  Kirl.y,  prc^i.lcut.  and  Joseph  Brown,  vice  pre-ident.  Tl  y 
contracte.l  with  .Mr.  Fre.nran  to  Like  the  school  for  five  years,  and  make  what  I-- 
eoul.l.  He  was  a  gra.lnatc  ..f  O.irtmoulli  Coll.  gc,  and  had  tau,-ht  ae^uh  lu.-  •  a..-l 
high  sch.K.ls  thns'  years.  William  .1  Sporty,  a  -n.luat^-  of  OL.rlin.  l..--aH..  '■■^■ 
male  issistant,  an.l  Il.irriot  Allen  wai  plao.sj  in  charge  of  the  female  .1.  p.tM- •■'• 
January  11.  l"  t.'..  Jane  W  C..ny  l«  earn.-  |.r.v.ptn-,s,  Jose^ph  0.  IIii.ln..ll.  ;v."i-'-'< 
in  m.uh,ii,.alic-s.  .ind  S.irah  T.  Sr.inw,..l.  in  the  female  .h-parlmeo..  I"  '•''•• 
Mr.  Frc'inan,  by  riH|ia-..  w.is  r,-l.-»-.-.l.     The  same  year  money  wa-  n.-sl  '     ■-  ^ 

Maria  llnl.bell  a-  pr.-cepta-<..     In  IHW.,  I)    .^l.  I,„,d,lev  becum.'  |.r ..I  '  "*  ' 

yean,  asai.tcd  bv  his  wdo  and   Mi«  Maria  Enos.      In  lil.i,   K.   II.   K.,'--  ' 


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IIISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


gmJaato  of  "U'osloyan  Unir. 
»jsi3U!<i  by  MLss  Jano  O  II.. 
luKi  tauirht  tw>:iU}--five  jcnr" 


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1h>c 


IMa,  Kllerv  ^.  Tr..at.  who 
— hc'?aino  principal  fiT  two 
jears,  aa^i'ted  by  (lii-taviH  A.  (rifJinir.  u  jrraJiiate  of  Dartaiouth.  In  1S3I. 
1852,  1S:.3,  inJ  1S.-.4,  Willimo  CriH.-kcr  wai  acnin  principai.  as.sistn.1  by  Miss 
Jine  Rii-^tra,  *»»  Mr^.  F.  D.  Irlienrer.  .'f  I'ittslnnl,  and  Mi»s  ri.in.  L.  Smith.  In 
18.55,  Rev.  J.  M.  r.irks  h.aJ  the  !K.hool,  with  Miss  Almim  J.  I'arks,  W.  .J.  Gas- 
100,  D.  Cuptlan.l,  an.l  Mi.-a  .Sc1i1.«s,t  as  asbisianls ;  in  IS'iT  and  IS.'iS,  William 
T.  Smith,  a.*-Lsted  by  Pn.fcswr  John  ('.  l'urt,.T,  .Mi.ss  Ra.-hol  Carnoy,  and  Alor.zo 
H.  Lewi.-;  since  1853.  Kcv.  K.  G.  Hill.  as.sist..d  by  his  nir-,  two  yeara ;  also 
irith  Mr.  Ilitchcwk,  .Manl.a  A.  Cull.r.  Mi-s  Richards,  and  J.ilia  A.  Tuttle, 
teacher  of  muMC ;  and  later.  William  U.  Whitney,  R,;v.  J.  M.  Fradonbur.-h, 
Albert  Allen,  .Mks  S.  ('.  OKsefe,  J.  W.  Watkins,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Date,  Joseph  W. 
DiTis,  and  Miss  H.  M.  Pixon. 

Since  1S6B  the  academy  building  has  been  used  fijr  a  union  scho.il,  into  which 
it  was  tlicn  chaii_-e-d.  Di-:ricis  N"..<.  4  and  5  have  been  e..nsolidatc<l,ind  the  prop- 
erty purchased  by  the  p'lblic.  Andrew  S.  Wadsworth  wa.s  the  htst  clerk  of  the 
last  bcinl  of  iru.--te-es  of  .Moor...-  a.^idemy.  The  old  bell,  whose  .sound  has  called 
together  and  chcereil  so  many,  was  in  large  part  ths  gift  of  D.  B.  Crane,  the  first 
teacher.  lie  fir^  contributed  tifcy  dollar?,  and  afterwards  yave  fifty  dollars  more. 
Uking  two  additional  shares  of  sfiik  .as  his  only  payment.  Seveml  thousand 
pupils  have  received  their  clncation  in  whole  or  in  part  here,  and  many  have  be- 
come prominent  in  the  various  avocations  of  life,  while  all  have  been  made  better 
citizens,  and  mure  u*^ful  to  themselves  and  the  world.  In  remembrance  of  what 
Monroe  academy  has  done,  it  has  been  a  success,  and  as  the  f'cus  of  ten  thutisand 
memories  radiating  from  every  quarter,  land,  and  State,  youth  is  renewed  in  tot- 
tering old  age,  and  some  half-fonrotten  tie  of  early  d.ays  revived.  J  ancient 
glories  will  never  return,  but  it  is  yet  useful  as  well  as  venerable,  as  bein-/  pre- 
paratory for  a  greater  work,  and  the  centre  around  which  the  sweetest  luemories 
win  always  gather. 

PROMINENT    PUBLIC    MEN 

Daring  the  early  years  of  its  life  Henrietta  was  entirely  Democratic  in  politics, 
owing  to  local  can-scs.  In  later  years  it  has  l»een  nearly  evenly  divides!  between  the 
Democratic  and  He-piibliean  piirtif^s.  The  early  orjaniiation  of  Monroe  academy 
.attracted  to  Henrietta  many  young  men  who  in  artcr-yt^irs  became  promiueot  in 
-the  history  of  tlle  State.  Hon.  Sanford  K.  Church  was  in  boyhood  a  resident 
of  this  town,  coining  here  in  1S21  with  his  father.  Usias  S.  Church.  When  only 
six  years  of  age,  3Ir.  Church  lived  one  year  in  ihc  log  house  built  by  Jonathan 
RnsscU  on  Jesse  Fowler's  firm,  in  1S07,  after  nhieh  he  removed  to  the  seiuth 
part  of  the  village.  In  building  the  academy  (.).  S.  Church  w,ts  a  leading  man, 
and  one  of  the  first  tnistcMjs.  His  son,  Sarifonl  K.,  was  a  pupil  in  the  first  classes, 
and  remained  until  ISii-  or  1S03,  when  he  remoTe.1  to  Orleans  county,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  The  people  of  Henrietta  have  watched  with  interest  his  .ad- 
Tancement  to  the  chief-justiceaiiip  of  the  State,  to  which  he  was  el-cted  in  ISTO 
by  ninety  thousand  majority.  He  w.is  lieutenant-governor  from  IS."!!),  four  years, 
State  comptroller  from  I S57  to  1  SiJO.  and  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention 
of  18C7,  besides  holding  other  oflices  of  honor.  Matthias  L.  Angle  was  member 
of  .ssen.My  in  134,-) ;  lion.  .Manin  Roberts  in  ISOD ;  and  Hon.  .M.  W.  Kirby, 
DOW  of  Roe-hc=ter,  in  185^  was  State  senator.  John  M.  Davy,  a  former  resident, 
was  distn4;t  attorney  from  ISGS  to  1871,  and  a  member  of  the  Forty-fourth  Con- 
gress. Hon.  James  L.  Angle,  son  of  M.  L.  Angle,  has  been  memlicr  of  a-sscm- 
bly,  and  is  a  man  of  much  p-ilitical  proniincrice.  Hon.  Jarvis  Lord  w;is  e^lucated 
here  but  never  a  rraident.  Henry  H.  Sperry,  son  of  Deacon  Jauies  Sp«;n-y.  was 
school  c«uiin)issionor  of  the  eastern  district  from  l.So7  to  ISO'K  He  now  re.-.idea 
in  New  York  city,  though  he  n:tains  his  residence  in  Henrietta.  Is.Tiic  C.  Sevley, 
for  several  years  pmmincnt  in  Georgia  politics  since  the  war,  w 


;  of  this 


PROMIMEST   E.tRLT   SETTLERS    .tNU   INCIDENTS. 

The  pioneers  were  an  .active  and'  hardy  race,  and,  before  the  eanal  w.i3  built, 
women  and  children  were  brought  in  w.-igons  and  the  men  walked.  Sometimes 
the  men  walke<l  back  to  visit  fi  ieTels.  Bci.j.  Ware  di.l  .=o.  afteT  he  had  Ix-en  hero 
about  three  years,  to  sec  his  parents  in  Vermont.  Part  of  the  w.ay  there  w.as  a 
stage,  but  he  managed  to  te,.p  ahead  of  it  mast  of  the  time,  especially  in  hilly 
country.  Up  and  down  hill  he  could  outwalk  it.  On  the  level  surfnv  it  w.oild 
pass  him.     The  nxwt  remarkable  ti.-at  of  pedeslrianLsm  w.xs  performed  by  Mrs. 

1819,  having  Wen  pn^^vled  hy  her  brothers  thr'v  years,  who  had  seltlesl  in  Pitts- 
ford.  With  her  mother  and  y.mii^er  eliildnn  she  arriv,;.!  in  New  York  that  fall, 
and  e.tpcctcil  her  bn>lher>,  ti.s.rgi?  .md  Willl.im  Taylor,  to  meet  them  nilli  wa-nns, 
but  they  cull  not  rais,.  money  to  e.,tne.  (ieor-e  then  started  .m  f  .ot  .o..l  it:,ik,d 
to  New  York  to  see  llis  mother  and  siMers.  whom  h,  fi.nnd  nearly  w,lh..ut  ne.ney. 
When  ready  to  retam,  his  sister  -Vnn  ^^^Irs.  Reeve_i,  then  a  girl  of  sixteen,  said 


she  would  accompany  him.  and.  despite  his  protests  that  she  could  not  pertiirtii  ih.. 
journey,  she  did.  The  second  day  after  starting  she  stopped  to  open  the  l.li-i,  -, 
which  h.ad  formed  on  her  fei-t,  and  then  walkL>.l  on.  They  got  a  few  chau.e  rid  . 
but  most  of  the  disuince  was  walked.  HavioLr  but  little  money  to  obtain  tii-Hl  o,.| 
lodging,  one  article  after  another  of  family  relies  was  part.sl  with.  The  j...,n,..v 
was  maile  in  three  weeks  and  one  d.ay.  from  DeeenilH'r  4  to  D.KSMnber  'Si.  vv.uLi.,- 
forty-two  mih^s  the  Ixst  d.iy.  from  Geneva,  which  they  left  .at  daylight,  to  l'itt.r..|.|. 
where  they  arrived  at  nine  o'clock  at  ni-ht.  Mrs.  Reeve  says  if  the  j.inrnev  h.id 
been  to  R.iehester,  she  would  have  walked  it  before  stopping.  They  Coinid  ih,. 
elder  brother  had  procured  a  team  and  sleiirhs.  and  sfitrLHi  f't  New  Y-ok  ita-o 
days  before,  and  were  all  Id  Geneva  the  same  night.  Mrs.  Reeve  is  atill  a.iive 
and  vigorous,  and  the  fine  estate  which  she  and  her  children  own  is  the  froit  of 
enterprise  and  sagacity,  supplemented  by  niueh  hard  work.  Her  hustian.l.  Wni. 
Reeve,  was  also  a  native  of  Kngl.md.  emigrating'  in  ISIH.  He  t.wk  a  job  .,ii  the 
new  canal,  which  he  worked  until  he  married,  when  he  removed  to  the  hone-tend, 
where  he  .lied.  Wm.  and  Th.^.  Reeve,  of  Henrietta.  John  Reeve  an.l  .\Irs.  K. 
Fi-shbcck,  of  Pittsford.  and-  Mis.  W.  Mellows,  of  Henrielt.i,  arc  children  ..f  this 
couple.  Among  other  prominent  citizens  id.-ntified  with  the  improvemenrs  of  the 
town  are  Alex.  B.  Enoch,  whose  residence,  built  by  Eliliu  Kirby.  occupies  a  part  of 
the  original  academy  lot,  and  who  came  from  \'irginiaat  thebeL'itiiiin^of  th.-  r-'.-.-nt 
war,Tho3. 0.  Jones,  who  owns  the  ori-.:inal  Kirby  hmnestea.l.and  is  a  son  of  Thomas 
Jones,  pioni^erof  1816,  and  Samuel  Russell,  who  built  the  fine  residence  *v:cii].i.d 
by  bis  son,  Lc  Grand  C.  Russell,  where  he  died  De-cember  15.  1 803.  at  the  e.-c 
of  si.tty-three.  He  settled  in  t.iwn  in  1818,  where  his  father.  Hezekiah  Rn--,ll. 
soon  after  dietl.  Isaac  Noble  Dayton  probably  left  the  greatest  iinprcs.s  upon  the 
earliest  infancy  of  the  town.  He  was  from  Vermont,  and  married  his  wife,  a 
lady  of  exalted  worth,  in  1809,  the  year  he  settled  in  Henrietta.  X  man  of  cd- 
ture,  and  a  large  reader  and  thinker,  he  was  foremost  in  every  movement  for  the 
intellectual  advancement  of  the  new  community.  He  died,  universally  rcspeere.1, 
in  1857.  Dr.  David  D.  Dayton,  of  Geneva,  New  Y'ork,  is  his  ehlestson.  an.l  was 
bom  in  a  log  cabin  in  the  wckmIs  of  Henrietta,  June  i),  1811.  .\nother  se>n.  Menj. 
B.  Dayton,  rose  to  eminence  at  the  St.  Louis  bar,  and  was  law  partner  of  Hon. 
Henry  S.  Geyer,  of  the  U.  5.  Senate.  He  lost  his  life  .at  the  Gasconade  railr...id 
acciilent  in  .Missouri,  in  lSo7.  His  two  daughters  were  Mr;.  Sarah  N.  L.i.ld. 
still  living,  and  .Mrs.  H.  Clapp.  who  died  in  Adrian,  Michi'gan.  the  pxstyear.  l»r. 
Phillips,  another  prominent  veteran  pioneer,  settled  here  in  1SI4.  He  was  b..rn 
in  Missa:hus;tt3,  .\pril  23,  17tJ3,  married  in  178(1.  reared  eleven  children,  and 
died  S--pteiubcr  19,  18(j0.  at  the  aire  of  ninety-two.  in  Orleans  cininty,  wlieo.'  he 
had  removed  in  1840.  His  wife  died  September  2,  18311,  ,it  the  age  of  eighty- 
four.  The  old  Captain  Reed  place,  now  owned  by  Wm.  Williamson,  was  s-ttle.l 
before  1810  by  Pclcg  Adams,  from  Vermont.  It  was  longest  owned  by  C.ip'.iin 
Daniel  Reed,  from  whom  it  gfit  its  familiar  name.  Angus  Shaw,  a  Seotchni.m, 
and  father-in-law  of  the  pa'seiit  owner,  bought  it  in  18.)7.  .\ftcr  his  death  in 
1853,  Mr.  Williamson  bought  out  the  interest  of  the  heirs.  Caleb  Sherman, 
from  Vermont,  settled  on  Sherman  Hill  in  1818.  His  sons,  Jarvis,  Erastus, 
Caleb,  .Jr.,  Cyrus,  and  Hir.im,  all  became  prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  --Vn.lr.'W 
Snyder,  fn.m  Columbia  county,  settled  here  in  1827.  Ho  b.,ught  the  farm  .jf 
John  Whipps,  aud  a  large  tract  of  land  west  of  East  Henrietta. 

SCPEaVISORS   AND   PRESENT   TOWN   OFFICERS. 

The  supervisors  of  Henrietta,  from  its  organiz;rtion  to  the  present  year.  ISTii. 
arc  as  follows,  viz.;  Jacob  Stevens.  1818  to'lS20,  b..th  inclusive;  Elijah  Little. 
1821  to  1822;  I.ym.in  Hawh.y.  1,^23  ;  Elijah  Little,  1824  ;  Junes  Sp.-rry,  1,-J.i; 
Elijah  Little,  1S20  to  1S27  ;  Isaac  Jaeks...D,  182S  to  132'J  ;  Jn-lnia  Tnpp.  1  -■;0 
to  1831;  Elijah  Little,  l-:'.2  t,.  I,?:i3;  Isaac  Jackson,  ls:!4  to  l<):> :  Kli-!.a 
G.agc,  1840;  Matthias  L.  Angle.  Is41  t..  1812;  Isaac  .Jarkson,  lb43  ;  .^lie.|,h 
W.^Kirby,  1844  ;  M.  L.  An.-le.  1.^15;  Wells  Springer,  1840  to  l.>47  ;  Alexai.d.r 
WiUiants,  1848  ;  Wells  Sprireger.  1^  19  ;  Ale.«..der  Willi.tms.  IS.",.) ;  Ezra  ll..»,„.l, 
1851 ;  Isaac  Jacks..n,  1852  to  lS.-,3  ;  .-^amMel  lloyt,  1854  ;  -V.shman  IJeeU-,  1 .-.-..-. : 
Wells  Springer,  1850;  Alesainler  Williams,  l,s57;  .Jarvis  Sherman,  l.-.".-  Lot 
resigned,  and  Warren  Diver,  lS5>i  to  1859 ;  J.rome  Kcycs,  ISCO  :  W.lls  Sprin-.  r. 
ISiil;  Jerome  Keyes.  1802  to  1>^03:  .Vlfred  -V.  St.-arns.  ISiil;  Jci.Mne  K.o.s. 
ls;05  to  1808;  William  C.  De  Witt.  1809  to  1870;  Rob..rt  Martin.  1.^71  to 
1874  ;  Samuel  Calkit.s,  1S75  ;  an.l  Samn.l  Ueekwith,  1870. 

The  town  oHi..crs  electe-.l  for  lb.'  present  year  ate  as  f  .IL.ws  :  Soperri-^or,  S.moo  I 
Bcckw.th;  T.jwn  Cl.rk,  Fred.  ri.  k  lln.kly,  J„-ti,-. ,  ,,f  th..  IV.e.-.  W.rr.o  f,- 
well,  Th...nasO..I..nes.  William  J.  Kilnl.  ,11.  Kol..rt  A  .M.rtln  :  .\-s.-or.,  Kv,,  .-t 
F.Terry.  Hiram  Pnioi.  Arlenia-  K.  W.,re.  .lo.l-on  K.  Willi, oiis;    ('..oioo-i r- 

tbc  IV.r.  H.irvev  Stone,  Mllt..n  lir.s.k-.  i;..ll.  et..r.  G-ur-e  A.  lleU'ilt;  ('..n-taLI.-. 
.John  11.  r.ny."  John  F.  .Mahr;  U.e.rd  ..f  To«n  Auditors,  Hanson  D.  Rul.f-on, 
Daniel  M.  Diver. 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


TH»  riasT 


III    OF    UESRIE 


orranized  in  the  cast  part, 
omnizod.  [t  eiubrac«I 
r  aJvanci-d  io  pr.i5p*rity. 


Ikoc  F.  Nichols.  S.iniuel  Uinini.KL.  Jacob 
Van  BusLirt,  John  Rnt-.  Ibiml  Blv.  N. 
Ksyes,  E.mori!  G.  Terry,  VMr  D.inicl  Un 
ton,  Jnmes  .McXoU.  D^vid  Hu-h.imn,  !,«. 
The  prtwnt  charcli  edifice  in  West  Itciirictl 
to  which  its  aGrvlci-3  were  In-M  in  ihc  i»n'.:iM 
putor  of  the  oJd.  was  in-trumcntal  in  the 
which  he  continued  pallor  two  ycir*.  niid  ' 
H.  Miner,  S-jUion  (_i..  Jail,  .V.  C.  Kin-lu 
Valentine,  G-nr..^.  \\\h-tcr.  C.  G.  F.rjn^.., 
Cnrbin,  \V.  Knlwi-lle.  W.  II.,ll,  1).  M.,rv.- 
The  d,ae..n,orih,;  auirtll  hiVL-  b.-n  J.  K,- 
I.  Kfv.f;  nn.l  th.-.l.nnh.l.rL:..  !I..rit...(;. 


Drininsiool,  ThnmaA  ritciier,  Garrett 
ah  T.  U-ct.  Lc^ander  UaLcr.  talah 
,«n.  .Mfred  Goodalc.  I,ancaMer  G.ir- 
n.ard  Uullard,  and  Chandler  .Maltby. 
la  w;Li  ereilcd  the  Kiuie  year,  previous 
a!  -iru.tnre.  Ker.  Thonix-  Gorton, 
forniatiort  uf  the  new  orjnntialion,  of 
n..T.i  auee-.L^^Ld.  re-p«livcly.  by  1U.-V1. 
V.  n.  U-aven»onh,  T.  FulKr,  .\.  W. 
11.  I  K  ll..»,ril.  J.  H.OM.lt,  W.  D. 
fr.-.h  (.re•^or^•.  ainj  .•<  W.  Colder. 
>.».  I,.  .-■  ard,  kl.j.h  K  .Nnl,..l-  and 
.rl.io.  William  KurtVe.  .M.-l.  v  .^larih. 


This  wis  the  iist  chiia-h  ".xioiy  io  the  town,  .ind 
00  Junn  10.  ISli,  •.ii  yean  brfore  the  i..wn  it.-.lf 
tua-.*  of  the  *  lifers  in  a  wide  ncr-_-hlH.rli.«  J.  and  n 

In  ISliO  one  hondn-i  and  firiyllm-e  [.ersniia  had  sub^nU-d  to  its  coveuant.  em- 
bracing many  whor*  namrt  are  in^vparibly  cimnecti-d  witli  the  early  hi^iory  of  the 
town.  It  was  itry  pro.-[>.-TuUi  under  tlic  niiniitratiofu  of  Revs.  Daniel  Brown, 
Keuben  Tenney,  Elder  Kvan..,  and  Josei.h  .Maltty.  la  1^15  it  had  increas.-d  to 
B«veoty-tbree,  ifcd  iu  1S17  to  one  hundr.  d  and  ei-jht.  The  lar.:e5t  number  of 
tctife  mcGibors  rver  reporuxl  wa.s  in  l?rJ2,  when  it  reache'i  one  hundri-d  and  itdrty- 
two.  It  was  tbes  in  the  Jenith  of  its  -itrin-.th  and  p,-\^rcn'y,  ?ine<  which  it  his 
gradually  Jecn^mil.  and  now  only  numbers  tliirtv.  The  pastors  sacceedini  Her. 
Mr.  Maltby  weir  ller.  J.  .Monroe.  1>--J;  Tl,..o.iJ  G,.rton,  IS.'T;  J.  S.  Kin-, 
1827;  Hawley  .M.ncr,  IS:)');  Kli  Srone.  1S:;0:  H.  \V;..:hin;an,  1537;  II.  <iaa- 
wood,  I3r>3  ;  John  F.  UlL^s.  \s.iO ;  K.  Tenney,  IS  tl  ;  II.  Sunwocd.  1S42  ;  \V 
D.  Corbin,  1S4<;  Job  Laeh.  1S4S;  John  \VnlM.  1~4D:  and  (rom  Itj-'  to  i 
1(5(13  .fa-!"nts  from  the  t!l.»^|.^^r,ll  *.-u,inarT,  fullnwe.1  by  R.  P.  Lamb.  1S62;  ] 
tod  R.  H.  Wi-ets.  fr-jra  the  latter  part  of  l.SOJ  to  l-"!!': ;  since  which  R^whcster 
Seminary  stud-^ts  have  supplied  the  puipiL  The  deacons  of  the  church  have 
leeo  .Mosei  Clark.  Samuel  Wi,-,e,  J.  P.  Torbin.  Greve  Maltby,  John  Maiwcil, 
Michael  Briniitstool,  Luther  Hovey,  Amos  Coriin.  Jusiah  Keyes,  Jeremiah  Keyes, 
Timothy  Stone,  Benjamin  Tripp,  and  Har\-ey  Stone;  and  the  clerLs,  Sil.u  Dun- 
kHO^L«a;ic  Sage,  Wm.  Durlee,  .insclm  C  ilduin,  J.  P.  C..rbin,  Luther  IIoviyTand 
Jaunts  Stevenson.  The  first  hourm  of  worship  wo-j  erected  io  ISCJl.  It  nx-*  built 
of  brick,  and  kicated  in  the  >jit  vi!!a.-e.  In  1541  it  ivxi  sold  to  the  .^lethodist 
Episcopal  society,  and  two  years  later  a  frame  building  was  erected  in  the  south- 
east part  of  the  town,  with  a  parwna'.-e.  This  chureh  was  burned  September  18, 
1871,  incurrinj  a  1-^  of  thn^e  thonvind  dollars,  niih  no  insurance.  A  new  .truc- 
ttire  has  b<x-o  erected  the  p.ist  s<-a.^n.  wtiieb  n  nut  yet  complete.  In  the  interval, 
after  the  church  huildin-.:  was  e^onsunied.  sheds  were  ereete«l  for  holdin;;  meetincs, 
ia  which  a  fioarishin-.r  Sabbath-sehool  was  m,uDtainL<L  Michael  Briuinsiool,  an 
eminent  Christian  and  ZL-aluus  Baptist,  was  one  of  the  most  enieient  suppjrts  of 
the  church  in  its  early  life.  He  was  a  pioneer  of  1311.  and  was  present  at  its 
oHgio.     He  oA«Q  held  and  conducted  its  services  in  private  houses. 

TU«  WEST   nE.NBIETT.l   BAPIISI   CUCECH. 

A  second  Baptist  society  was  ortranized,  on  the  river  road,  in  1813,  with  the 
tssistaoce  of  KWer  E.  Weaver,  of  Mendon.  who,  for  some  time  previous,  had  coo- 
dacted  the  serrices  of  that  denomination  oe-casionally  in  private  houses.  In  ISU, 
Elder  Thomas  Gorton,  a  Bapiisi  preacher,  came  into  town  and  settled  on  that 
rt>ttd,  and  through  his  z-'alous  efforts  a  new  impetus  was  i;iv,-n  to  reli|;ious  i-iieret^ts. 
In  1815  the  second  re^Tilar  Baptist  church  was  or.-anizod  from  this  s^-eiely,  with 
fcTcn  constituent  members,  viz. ;  Rev.  Thonia.s  Gorton.  Mrs.  Thomas  Gorton,  Mr. 
•od  Mrs.  Michael  Crinin.tool.  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  U.ac  K.  Nichols,  and  Samuel  Par- 
ker. Regular  scr\ici'3  were  he'd  in  sclioul  and  private  houses  in  the  vicinity, 
tintil  ISIS,  nhcn  a  block-house  k.ts  ervctci  for  a  house  of  worship.  This  was  the 
first  church  edifice  erected  in  town,  and  was  of  the  moc^t  primitive  construction. 
Elder  Gorton  became  its  lir>t  pastor,  and  continued  to  act  until  1SJ7,  when  it 
Was  united  with  the  Fi^^t.  or  Eu.t  Uaptiot  chureh.  and  the  two  to.-cthcr  became 
kncrfn  as  the  United  Ilcnnetta  Baptist  church.  In  1S30,  however.  ihroU'.:h 
kcal  tniiscs,  adivLrion  oceurre-J.and  a  reomnization  was  atteuipted  by  the  oriiiiiial 
members  to  secure  an  independent  church  more  convenient  to  that  vicinity.  But, 
tft«r  frtjitle:»s  efforts  to  held  meeting's,  the  plan  was  abandum>d  and  the  church  dis- 
•olved.  In  1S:13  the  \Vc-.t  Henrietta  Baptist  church  was  set  off  and  or-iniicj 
frwm  the  United  Henrietta  church,  as  it  was  still  calleti.  with  which  the  members 
of  the  disbanded  church  united.     The  first  members  were  .Michael  Brininstool, 


I  Charlei  J.  .«n.ith. 
been  aupptii-d  by  ^ 


ieatM  thl.  ehureh.  like  the  K-i^t   ita,...,l 
u  the  ILueheslcr  Tla-vlicieal  Seiiimary. 


ehunh 
Uurint 


the  ten  years  between  lfi52  and  1S02,  some  of  the  stu  knn  who  have  prea.  h.d. 
especially  in  the  Fast  church,  have  I'.-.orac  known  threu-.-hout  the  country,  pr,.i„i. 
nent  anion;:  wh..m  are  remembered  Itevs.  Lemuel  .M.»s,  It.  A.  Patlcr-n,  G,..r.;,.. 
F.  Pei.tce-ost.  K.  MeXoll,  J.  C.  Hyde,  C.  B  Craue.  and  A.  .M.  lluboc.  KId'r 
Thomas  Gorton,  the  fir^t  and  for  the  l.ngcst  time  px>Uir  of  the  liapti-t  chunli  .,i" 
West  Henrietta,  married  Ilannali  Stril^-ht.  of  Mcnd..n,  by  whom  he  ha.l  lhirt..-vn 
children,  who  bev-ame  heads  of  families.     He  removed  to  Michigau  iu  1S4U. 

THE   COSOBEO.ITIONAL   CniEClI   OT    IIENRIETT.V. 

The  first  preaching  and  religious  services  held  in  what  is  now  the  town  .,f 
Henrietta  was  some  time  prior  to  l.lll,  by  a  Pre.-bylerian  minister,  and  was  iL,- 
result  of  the  first  mi«ionaty  cfT.irt  of  that  church  in  Pitt^ford.  The  autlnniic 
account  slates  that  Rev.  Sjlumnii  Allen,  of  the  Pittsford  Presbyterian  cl.ureli 
preached  a  mi>.-iniiary  sermon  one  Sabbath  to  his  con-jrei^ation.  who  luade  a  ci,!- 
lection,  amounting  to  ten  dollars,  "  to  send  the  gospel  to  the  heaihcn.'  In  the  ex- 
money  could  be  sent  to  its  desiin.ition,  and  ten  dollars  would  not  send  a  niissioiiai  v 
to  any  foreign  shore.  .Vfier  keeping  it  in  his  possession  sevenl  weeL<.  Mr.  .VIl.-u. 
by  the  advice  of  one  of  his  deacons,  preached  two  Sabbaths  to  the  destitute  pc'<|.i.. 
of  West-town  (Henrietta),  and  appropriated  the  ten  dollars  fur  bis  scrvic\-». 
These  efforts  were  followed,  in  1S12,  by  other  religious  meetings,  at  which  tk-i- 
oon  Moses  Sperry  read  sormons  furnished  by  his  furiner  pastor  in  Coniievticnt. 
These  were  supplemented  by  occasional  preaching  by  himself  aud  Deacon  Klli^,  in 
the  sclnxji-liouse  near  the  latter's  residence.  \  stnnig  interest  was  soon  evoktd 
among  the  prominent  members  of  that  and  the  Congregational  order,  and  the  im- 
portance of  associated  action  in  niaint-aining  regular  religious  se-rvices  io  rh.- 
vicinity  was  recognized;  and  in  l.SItJ,  iu  the  same  school-hou.-e,  the  present  Con- 
gregational church  of  Henrietta  was  organized.     Only  a  few  of  the  on.-titucnl 

Deacons  Sperry  and  Ellis,  are  Betsy  Siannard,  Fanny  Sheldon,  P..liy  Burr.  Han- 
nah Kel.vy,  A'sa  Munn,  Olive  Ilemini.aon,  Polly  Gooding,  Wiliiam  Kids.  L.rinda 
Burr,  David  Deming,  Sally  Deniinu-,  .Mar.nret  H.  Jones,  Eliz-ibtth  Brown.  Mary 
Kllis,  Amos  Kdgenon,  Levi  Jajkson,  ls,uc  Seeley,  William  Sternb.T_-,  Nanev 
Titus,  Lydia  Gillett.  Sally  L.  Tinker.  Matthias  L.  An-le.  and  Mary  An-le.  One 
of  the  most 'prominent  men  iu  organizing  the  new  church  was  Uev.  .J.din  F.  CI1-, 
who,  a  few  years  later,  became  a  Baptist  and  pastor  of  the  llaptist  church,  lii: 
tnd  Bev.  George  P.  Kin-  preached  occ.isionally  iu  the  seliool-h.iuse,  but  there  was 
no  re-.rular  prcaehim;  until  13'Jj,  when  Uev.  Joiiii  Tayh>r  euiiiinenLed  pa-.iehin-.: 

r«.ad  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  south  of  Thomas  O  Joiicj'  firmer  resid.-nee, — 
X  location  chosen  on  account  of  being  central,  .and  5uppo.-cd  at  the  time  to  be  tli- 
most  couvenient  for  the  east  and  west  settlements.  It 
after  a  few  years,  aud  its  meetini.-s  removed  to  the  East  villa.-,  where  tliey  n 
mostly  held'  in  the  Academy  hail,  alternating  with  the  .Mcihodisis.  There  n 
no  considerable  accessions  to  the  churcl^  until  the  great  revival  of  1S:;1.  wl 
commenced  in  Rochester,  under  the  preaching  of  Kev.  Ch.irles  G.  Fiiiaiy. 
extended  through  the  whole  of  western  New  York,  i\hen  twcniy-c.e  new  m 
bers  were  addeJ,  among  tliem  J.iiues  Sperry,  Ebenezer  (i.H.dlni:.  and  .Jos 
Brown.  who  became  active  and  substantial  niciubers.  With  these  a.ces.-i.'ns 
society  felt  strong  enough  to  build  a  house  uf  worship,  and  in  13:11  a  lot 
purchascxl  of  the  trustees  of  .Monroe  academy  for  twu  hunJre-d  and  afty  d,.ll 
tipon  which  their  second  church  e-dific-e,  with  sheds  attached,  wa.s  eri.-ctcd  the  s. 
year. 

In  ISCo  these  buildings,  upon  which  there  was  no  insurance,  were  entirely 
sumed  bv  fire,  and  in  the  year  lollowing  the  present  stnicture  was  ereetesl. 
pastors  of  the  church,  succeeding  Rev,  (jeorgc  Taylor,  have  bein,  re>pecli\ 
Kevs.  W.  P.  Kendriek.  John  Tl.ollcmcr,  R.  G.  .Murray,  fr..in  l.-:'.:i  to  1.- l-V  i 
living  in  Detroit.  .Michii.-an,  Edward  Wheeler.  A.  Sackctt.  Sila-  H.  Asl.n, 
Orlow  Bartholomew,  Willi.mi  lliyant  Brown,  S.  W.  Strccter.  fiom  1313  t..  I^ 
and  now  in  Au.-tin.sburgli,  Ohio,  Albert  WortliingT..n.  Byron  l!.».v,.rlh. 
Gcor-u  R.  JlcrrilL  Since  .Mr.  .Merrill  left,  the  church  has  had  no  rc.-ular  pa 
for  any  long  lime.  Rev.  Me-~rs.  Ilazelline,  Van  AuLeo,  D.w.y,  l.illle,  PI 
Atchinson,  and  Bennett  have  preached  f.r  longer  or  shorter  pen-Is,  as  .^va- 
offered.  By  the  removal  and  death  of  many  of  its  leading  members  th.-  cloi 
has  been  much  weakened.  I'.ev.  J.oiph  Brown,  one  of  its  early  men.l>cr~,  i- 
livin-,  the  oblest  man  in  the  ti.wn.  He  w.xs  born  May  ill,  1731,  Setlh-I  1 
in  1319,  and   has  been   prominent  in   the  hi-tory  i.f  the  ihiireh   and   toun, 

liain  II.  I'.rown.'.mee  p..-l..r  of  ihin  .burvh,  and  n.,w  „f  the  Fir-C  ( '..n-r,  ..■.,l> 
churchof-Seivark,  NewJcr-.y,  lsa«m,  ai.,1  I'.ev.  .\„t,,.i,elle  Uf.un  I'.l.ul." 
the  fip.t  ordaine-1  female  preacher  in  ihe  OJunlry,  now  liung  in  New  Y..tk  i 
is  a  diiughier. 


PLATE   CX> 


HISTORY  OF   .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


2.33 


rlj  J.iy.  hM- 


HETllODtST    XPKOni'AL    S.^riKTiri    ur    ME 

Ministers  of  thia  dcnQnrmati>'n  ciimc  into  Honrietu  ai 
ing  eervices  wherever  convi'iii.-nt  tn  iIk-  seitli-incnL  Loiij  prior  to  ilicm.  li.Ai^ver, 
relijnolM  meetiiip,  wire  liel.l  (Xei-ion.iUy  nt  tl«  house  of  M..-,.,-s  Wilder,  ami  at 
Solomon  IIovcjs,  in  \V,-t  l(.nrielt;i,  «i„.re  the  re-si.ience  of  M.irviri  \Vi:ii;.n,3 
now  stands.  IM.n  Jaiuc.^  Bad-nr.  S  I'lilfer.  A.  W.  Fillmore.  J.  Ijcy,  and 
Palmer  Kobcrts  were  llie  [iriiieipul  cirly  pr.jaehers. — tlie  latter  preaching  at  Mr. 
Hovej'a  Kouse. 

The  firat  Methodist  KplH-..pal  soeietv  of  IleDriett.T  ival  formed  at  this  place 
about  18-J:.'.  Il  1V.IS  S.W1I  after  remove»l  to  MelhjJu-t  lliil.  5.)  n...nuj  from  Calvin 
Bniinard,  a  pioueeT  ML-thoJi-t  preaclier,  nlio  p..rehi-e.i  four  ImnJre.l  acres  of 
land  and  settled  at  tliat  plaee  and  early  beH-.iine  aetive  in  the  reli_'iom  interests  of 
the  town.  The  seeond  »..eicty.  whieli  vas  fonn,-i  in  E.v-t  llei.rierta  vlli.,,-e.  does 
not  seem  to  hare  Keen  or:;anized  until  about  I'^JtV  when  tlio  M  'iroe  ;u'adeniy 
was  built,  althou'.'h  rc|_-ular  preaching  had  f .r  sererrJ  years  been  h.ld  in  the 
Tillage  schiwl-liou>e,  an.l  no  house  of  won-hip  w.15  ereete.l  until  many  years  after- 
ward. The  new  society  held  one  wei'kly  service  io  the  Acdemy  hail  until  1S41, 
when  it  purchased  the  briek  church  in  the  village,  erected  by  the  Uapii.'t  society 
ten  years  before.  This  was  usi-d  as  a  house  of  wnrsliip  until  1>0?,  when  the 
present  fine  structure  in  the  Kast  village  was  en-.-ted,  .at  a  cost  of  eight  thou.sanJ 
dollars.  Meanwhile,  a  third  society  of  the  Methodist  K|.iscopal  church  of  Hen- 
rietta was  organized  on  the  river  road,  by  the  members  living  in  the  we^t  part  of 
the  town,  in  the  year  ISSD,  and  a  house  of  worship  soon  after  erected.  It  is  impos- 
sible to  give  a  complete  history  of  these  churches,  or  list  of  preachers,  on  account 
of  the  very  indifferent  records  of  each.  The  names  of  the  pastors,  in  order.  ;  far 
IS  can  be  ascertained,  are  as  follows,  vii. :  Revs.  James  flemmingway,  Asa  t'um- 
mings,  W.  F.  Rowc,  Philo  Woodruff.  Daniel  .A.ndets..n.  William  M.  Ferguson, 
Gideon  Laning.  Jacob  Scott.  George  Taylor,  Oliver  Dartlett,  Cyrus  Story,  Henry 
Wisncr,  Oliver  Dn-jlittlo,  Oidcon  5.  i'erry,  Mi.-b,.|  ■v-,ger,  I,  'r  Cattle  .■!:,n,uel 
Parker,  Amos  Hard.  S.  A.  Baker,  AVilliam  H.  Sampson.  Alexander  Farrell.  Reu- 
ben E.  Foot,  J.  B.  .Vlverson.  R.  T.  Hancock,  Joseph  Chapman,  A.  W.  Fillmore, 
W.  W.  JIandeville.  M.  Barker,  J.  M.  Parks.  J.  K.  Tinkham.  >lr.  Bens...n,  Syl- 
TesW  JuJd,  S.  .AIcGerald,  W.  A.  Runner,  Mr.  Chapman,  D.  Hutehin=.  J.  C. 
Hitchcock,  John  ,«pinks.  J.  T.  Arnold,  S.  B.  Crozier,  J.  T.  Humphrey,  H.  J. 
Owen,  and  Darius  S.  Skiilman. 

The  churches  of  K.'i:it  Rush.  East  Henrietta,  and  the  river  road  belonged, 
iintil  quite  recently,  to  the  same  charge,  and  ministers  preaebe-d  alternately  in 
each.  In  1SC3  the  East  and  river  road  ch.arges  were  sej  aratcd.  and  the  chur.  h 
building  of  the  latter  was  transferred  to  the  German  MethtxlLsts.  ri'siding  In  the 
west  part  of  the  town.  Religious  services  have  been  held  there  occasionally 
since,  but  at  irregular  intervals. 


TUE  QC.tKF.R  SKTTLEME.ST  .VN'l 
Quite  an   esten^ive  settlement  of  Ijuakei 


and   now  owned   by   II.  .M.  Cilk.ni...     0. 
18-16  or  1817.     Ab.mt  ISIO  the  Ijuaker 


unto,  north  of  the  Ei-t 


lie  north  of  K^t   II 


1,.-  til, 


.vheri 


people.  One  of  their  latest  preaehers  was  iLiiael  (Juimby,  wlio  e..iidu.  trd  meet- 
ings here  until  about  l.si:i,  when  he  sold  his  farm  to  Da'vid  II.  Kieliardsoo.  and 
also  removed  to  Mendon;  nithin  four  years  he  was  followed  by  nearly  all  tho~c 
remaining.     The  building  in  which  they  met  wad  pulled  dowu  more  tli:in  twenty 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH. 


JAMES  S  PERRY. 

James  Spcrry,  when  only  six  years  old,  came  with  his  father  to  East  Bloom- 
6eld  in  1T;i5.  'when  a  young  lu'au,  finding  cdnc.1ti0n.ll  facilities  there  deSeient. 
he  walked,  with  an  axe  and  pack  on  his  shoulder,  two  hundred  niil.s  through  the 
wilderness  to  Fairfield,  IlerLimer  eounty.  where  be  paid  his  way  with  the  axe 
while  he  studied.  He  relumed  to  Cloon.field,  and  taught  school  several  winter^ 
there  and  in  Mendon.  In  ISU  he  married  Fanny  Pixley,  and  the  year  afr-r. 
when  twenty-three  years  old.  came  with  his  wife  to  the  wilds  of  Henrietta.  I!y 
his  own  exertions  he  had  acquired  a  good  education,  and  a  practical  knowle-lir.:  >-{ 
surveying,  which  he  long  followed.  He  was  one  of  the  early  surveyors  .,t"  ihe 
town,  and  was  long  and  larcely  employed  by  the  Wadsworths  in  the  survey  of 
their  lands.  For  nearly  fifty  years  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Henrietta, 
and  also  a  very  efficient  co-worker  in  every  prai.soworthy  public  enteri.iljo.  He 
was  very  active  in  the  movement  that  gave  existence  to  the  Monroe  aead.-niy, 
and  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  estabH.-hing  the  early  public  llbriiry  of  ibjs 
town, — one  of  the  first  in  western  Xew  York.  In  ISbl,  Mr.  Sperry  remuvid 
to  Rochester,  where  he  rcsl.led  until  his  death,  March  2S,  ISliT.  Ills'  wife  -li-.d 
about  a  year  earlier.  Of  eight  children  five  are  now  living. — Mrs.  S.  X.  Lattin,*, 
in  Baltimore;  Henry  H..  in  Henrietta;  George,  in  Illinois;  Moses,  in  Eric 
county,  New  Y'ork ;  and  Edward,  in  Washington. 


RUSH. 


A  WIDE,  apparently  IllimitaWe,  expanse  of  wild  la 


I  ttlcT 


illUv 


liheTisionof  Sullii 


lod  figilant  of  movem-ut.  ihcro  ouiJ  be  no  iui-c\=N=fiil  of [.~iu.>n.  anJ  ilie  uiitijj 
of  the  comuiand  wi-rc  left  fn.»  to  take  iu  the  advantage!  .if  a  settlement  La  th«e 
Rgtons  and  a  pD^j-ective  cv.aipotont-e. 

Here  wm  difersitj  of  soil  and  variccv  of  lirnK-r.  Here  was  land  adapted  to 
inclinaiioo,  and  full  opf'jrtunity  fur  unirjmuicied  choice.  Some  cho«  vklniiy  of 
Water  where  buiincj't  centres  nii-lit  b.'  foruioi,  sume  Judly  ol.tjioed  f.;s-c»=ion  of 
an  Indian  clearing,  and  some  there  were  who,  noting  a  irrowth  of  ru^lies  on  fiat 
tod  upland  upon  the  Genesee  and  its  tributarj.  Honocve  creek,  tliere  encamped, 
tnd  begun  the  settlement  nf  this — the  town  of  Rii.-h. 

The  town  is  locatei  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Gcne-^.^  river,  upon  the  south  tier 
of  towas  a.Ij.ncent  to  Livin-c-tun.  The  surface  is  rullinL'  and  has  a  westtvard  in- 
clination. Upon  the  hii'hcr  landj  the  soil  is  a  sandy  Icam,  and  upuo  the  flats  ei  ' 
lending  slon;;  the  river  it  ii  an  alluvium.  Rank  wild  jravies  and  larje  patches 
of  ni5h-covere<J  hnda  invited  the  herds  of  the  early  setilera  of  other  loc-alitica. 
Cattle  Trcrc  :c.".t  ir.  br-n.  .Imvci  to  this  ^J^■ality  to  winter  by  the  Wa.Lworths  and 
tlie  pioneer!  of  Liuu.  Victor  and  Bloomficld  found  here  a  pasture  upw  which 
•toek  throve  well,  and  a  u'ra.M  whose  hay  w.ii  valuable  in  that  e-..rly  day.  The 
fceaTj  jia.sturage  destroyed  the  nislie;!.  but  their  existence  is  pnserved  in  the  Dame 
of  the  to.wa. 

EASLT   8ETTLIJIENT. 

The  Baine  of  Wadsworth  occurs  in  clo5e  relation  to  the  earliest  movements 
towards  possession  and  oe<-np;itiiin  of  the  valley  of  the  Gcncsec.  .^lessre.  fliclpa 
and  Gorham  sold  their  "  lordly  dom.iin"  by  t.iKnslu[a  and  by  parts  of  townships,  as 
the  means  of  les-^er  propricti-rs  would  admit,  and  Jeremiah  Wadswonh  became 
the  pnrehaser  of  five  tliou-and  acre.-!,  and  ^lorrtn  and  his  associates  of  an  almost 
•s  extensive  area  of  what  i.-i  now  cjrapri^xl  in  the  town  of  Kush.  The  first 
white  settler  of  tliU  p<jriion  of  Munroe  was  Captain  J..liu  G.nnsoo,  an  officer  under 
SnIUvaa  and  an  occupant  of  the  l.md  known  a,  the  Markhaiu  farm.  It  is  known 
that  he  utilijed  the  w.iter-[<owcr  lunilshcd  by  j  sui;dl  stream  s.>uth  of  hL«  dwell- 
hts,  iml  near  the  residence  of  Mr.  Curtis,  by  the  enxtion  thereon  of  a  '■  tub-uiiU." 
11  was  rude,  clumsy,  and  dcfc-etive.  but  better  than  the  ■*  samp-mill,"  and  hence  a 
desirable  improvement;  it  siix-d  about  twenty-five  ro'is  ea^t  of  the  present  road, 
in  the  town  of  Avon.  Without  U-ards.  the  curb  was  of  bowed  pbnk,  the  spiiiuic 
m  tltnightened  cap  tire,  and  the  stones  were  fashioned  from  nxk  taken  fn..m  the 
Ttciiiity.  In  lieu  of  bolt  a  li.ind-sleve  was  made  of  si.iints.  This  mill  was  the 
Stst  of  tlw  kind  in  the  vall.y  of  ilio  Gencs.-e.  To  this  structure  Jarc-d  Bou-^-l.ion 
can  J  from  Bouubtun  Hill,  a  dUt.Tiico  of  twenty  uiiles,  to  have  some  buckwheat 
mashed  in  iL  This  occurred  in  the  fall  of  17^'J,  sli.nly  after  the  arrival  of  Cp- 
taiil  Ganson,  who  bad  been  prccc-dcd  uiion  the  land  by  ht^  s^^ns  James  and  John. 
They  had  boilt  a  hv-  hou>e  nnd  therein  pa.-:wd  the  winter  of  17SS-?'J,  and  their 
£iiher  lutd  c*>i>ie  on  in  the  fill  rulluivinj.  Gans^jn  had  made  bis  sclei-tion  l-ctorc 
the  treaty  of  ITS"*,  and  claimed  title  from  Ic5s.-c  or  Indian,  and,  this  pruvin:;  de- 
ievlivc.  he  removed  to  land  s..uie  four  mil.i  cxst  of  Avon,  and  there  rviuained 
•cvcral  years,  When  survey  bc.:;in  up^n  the  Holland  purchie^-,  Gaiuou  pnr- 
ehaW  a  tavern  stand  one  mile  ca.-t  of  Le  Hoy.  from  Charles  Wilbur,  and  in  time 
became  an  influential  pcrs..n  aiuou,-  -wtilers  aii.l  ludims.  J.imes  and  John  Gan- 
•on.  abi.vo  m  ticed,  b.w>iiie  tavcrn-kci|-ei-s  at  I^>  Itoy  and  atafford.     Both  have 

Coh.n.-I  William  Markliam  su.iecdcd  t..  the  lands  of  (Jansnn.  and  wm  the  Sec- 
ond settler  in  what  is  lu.w  Itu-li.  lie,  in  company  with  Captain  i;ans..m  jniith, 
came  west  fn>in  New  Hnmp-liir."  as  early  as  IT.-S.  lie  purcha-cJ  a  f,inu  >A'  one 
hundred  acres  in  Bl.j<jniru  Id.  and  made  payment  with  the  prj.-e..-ds  of  one  acre 
planted  in  p-i.vt.ji-s.  With  the  avails  of  his  Ul.<..mhcld  farm  he  pun-luis^il  the 
fiinil  on  lot  No.  71.  later  the  pr..|,rly  of  his  *.n.  l,iu  .Markl.am.  C..I.'i.cl  yUrli.. 
ham  aideil  in  the  siirv.T  of  llic  rirM  ntid  fnmi  Cjn.Midai'.:ua  to  the  Gc  iic-ee  river. 
He  wa.s  one  of  old  Oolari./s  dr.-t  r,  pn-,i.Iaiives  in  ihe  x-.n,bly,  wa-i  d,-i.Talcd 
ooeof  the  comitii"iniicr*  to  locate  ibe  county  si-at  in  LiviiiL>tiiii.  and  li.  Id  a  lii-.;li 
position  in  the  eslim.-iti.ui  of  all  his  a'  .|ii  .iiiiance.  It  ii  said  of  him  tli..t  he  w.u 
p'lblic-spirited,  and  kind  to  the  ilisCrcsscd.     One  of  the  first  distilleries  in  the 


neighborhood  w.-u  located  on  his  farm.  About  ISIO  he  erected  a  mill  in  district 
>'o.  9,  and  at  later  pcric^ls  built  twu  cilicrs.  At  one  time  he  oivnod  une-sivtcvniU 
of  the  town  of  Hush.  He  died  at  the  a^-o  of  siity-scven,  in  the  vear  Is.'i;.  ][^ 
had  five  children.  Ira  and  Guy  were  born  on  the  larm,  and  at  the  rcspe-etivc 
ages  of  Bcvenly-c'i-ht  and  scvcniy-sii  cntinue.!  to  make  their  hoiuci  h,  re.  while 
of  three  dau-hters  two  are  livini.-,  Mr^.  Dr.  S  Smith,  of  Ku-h,  and  Mn.  Whitnev, 
of  Michiipin,  the  latter  ajed  ei-hty-fivo  years.  J.,hn  Markhani  came  in  with' 
William,  and  beeaiue  the  pioneer  of  Wesi  llu,h.  The  brothers  came  duwn  the 
Genesee  in  small  bnaLi,  and  ce^nvcyed  thefin  l  3m.dl  r(uantity  of  furniture. 
Among  the  e.-scntials  of  pioneers,  but  troublesome  as  a  part  of  a  boats  load,  wa- 
*  pestle,  »hich  was  the  occasion  of  a  singular  proceeding.  JIany  times  one  of  the 
party  threw  the  instrument  overboard,  and  .ts  often  the  tool  was  rc^eucd  by 
another  of  the  p.irty,  who,  to  reach  it.  had  to  enter  the  water  up  to  his  sluml  Jer.-. 
On  their  arrivj  they  were  thankful  that  they  had  brought  it  along,  for  they  found 
it  very  useful.  Years  hter  Markham  sold  his  property  in  Rush,  and  moving  t., 
Michigan,  there  died. 

John  B.inie,  came  in  later  and  located  near  Markham,  and  for  several  years 

society,  made  a  neighbor  as  onys  s.-lf,  and  the  logging,  raising,  or  chang-d  works 
in  harvesting  wea-  pleasurable  as  they  were  kind,  and  knit  the  pioneer  sieietv. 
although  far  scattered,  closer  than  esisLs  the  sjciality  of  the  present  d.iy.  Foi- 
kwing  the  advent  of  John  Banies  came  Thomas  Dailey,  ahuut  17J7,  and  loeat.d 
where  now  live^  bis  granj^n,  II.  A.  D.dle-y.  The  pi....ie-,.-r  died  at  the  a-.re  of 
ninety  ye-ai-s,  but  the  old  huuse  where  he  had  p  e,sjd  so  m  my  3e.is..iis  yet  si.mJs. — 
the  wurk  omla.stii.g  its  bulld.r.  A  son,  Tliom.H,  lives  in  Avon,  another,  J,.im.  in 
Limx  and  a  daughter,  Rachel,  in  Avon.  A  si.vtli  of  the  pLmecrs,  Christie  Tliom;is. 
from  Maryland,  came  in  about  liJl  and  le^'aie-d  where  his  grandson.  D.<;.  Thomas. 
DOW  lives.  Thomas  built  the  fir.-t  saw-mill  put  up  in  Ihe  t.iwn.  It  wa>  eixvtisl 
in  the  year  loDJ,  and  two  ycirs  Liter  he  built  the  first  bridge  across  the  Ilone^ve 
in  this  town.  His  death  took  place  in  1S4-1.  Three  s.,ij,  J.icob,  Christie,  and 
David,  have  likewise  pa-^stsj  away. 

Jacob  Stull,  in  ISOl,  set  out  with  Philip  Prlc.-,  fr^m  Frederick  cuniy, 
Jlaryland;  acc'jmpaiiie.l  by  i.irgc  ftmilii-s,  they  made  hut  .slow  pr,..jri-s.  Ther. 
were  days  when  not  more  than  five  miles  were  p.i.sscd  over,  and  wellni-h  a  m.".iii 
was  cinsunieil  in  the  journey.  A  few  days'  rest  was  taken  with  Ji.lui.  a  s-mi  '■;' 
Mr.  Price,  at  Hopewell,  and  then  the  party  proceeded  to  their  d.  -liuation.  Siiiall 
log  cabins  were  at  once  erccte-d  and  oecupie-d.  A  blxekdiouse  built  liv  Jae^'b 
Stull  in  1SU2  was  the  first  one  creete-d  north  of  the  II..neoye.  Word  wa.,  s. n! 
for  a  distance  of  six  mile-s  in  every  dinilioii  for  help  to  raise  it.  In  d...i.l<^i 
contrast  to  the  cnormou.s  fmmcwork  of  that  early  day  is  the  light  and  y.t  ^r- 
vicBible  architecture  of  the  pre-scnt.  A  .M.-eond  block-hou.s;  w.is  built  by  Phil:!. 
Price,  Sr,  in  ISii:),  This  slrueiure  is  yet  standing.  The  sons  of  Jacob  .»tn  ! 
were  John  P.,  bom  September,  l."^ii-',  and  the  first  birth  north  of  the  cnck  m 
the  town,  George,  and  James,  all  rcsid.uls  ,,f  Uusli  thri.ii'^h  life.  The  family  -f 
Philip  Priex-  nunilHTc'd  seven  sons  and  a  dauglitcr,  John  Prii-e  was  lonl-  a 
county  judge  of  Ontario,  serxcd  in  the  Kgl-I.nur.-.  and  w;ei  in  IsJl  a  mend- r 
of  the  State  eonrcutiou.  Peter  »erve-.i  as  a  lieuunant  u|...n  llic  Nia^-ara  fn.iilier 
during  the  war  of  ISlL',  was  an  early  judge  of  Monroe-,  a  jusliev  of  Ihe  [..  ae-e  l-r 
eighteen  yean  a  su[^.rvis..r  of  liusli.  and  lor  years  chairman  of  the  b..;ml  of  -'■- 
pcrvisors  of  .>K.iiroe  couniy,  slu.licd  law,  was  admittol  to  pr.icti. r  in  M.'Hp.'  es..., 
IDon  pleas  cmrt,  and  finally  to  the  supreme  ismrt,— self  made  an.l  well  luiJc,  II- 
dieil,  February,  ISl.-i.  HI-  wife,  daii-.-lit,:r  of  .Nathan  Jcth.rds.  yet  snrviv.s..  at  tio- 
a-ge  of  eighty  five  years,  and  from  her  memory  material  and  valuable  inf.irniaii-n 
has  bixn  derived  tt^i.es  miii-,-  the  events  uf  which  we  write.  Jacob.  Adam.  I'l.d.!-. 
aud  one  other  son  cini-mitsl  to  .Mi.l,i-.m  in  I;.'  1.  Gcs,rgc  Price  resides!  thn.o.li 
life  uivn  the  liolueste-ad,  where  he  ilied,  and  the  daughter  was  the  wife  of  Ja<-'>' 
Stull. 

Another  of  the  k-tlh-n  fr.m  .M.irylm.I  durinc  lSl)l  was  ?lr.  Ott,  wla.-.-  wif 
was  sister  t..  Philip  Pri.-e.  .Mr.  Ott  b..n-l,t  tbre-j  hundred  acr.  s  of  land  lyi". 
.!on-_-  the  II„mH,ye,  and  m|..«  thts  Iran  li.ii  grown  up  the  n.-ril.ern  pirt  ..f  th- 
Till.ige  of  Kast  Rush,      lie  went  tu  .ork  and  felled  the  liu:b^r  uiwn  a  small  p-r- 


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S,     ffUSH.    MONROC     CO.N 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


255 


tioD  of  hU  I;inJ,  Int  wm  taken  sick  an  J  Ji 
Mrs.  Ou  came  bstk  w  the  n<.'i'_4il«irlit>i>«I  i 
irith  whum  slic  .i-ttleJ  u|p<in  the  farm  wh: 
ti-v  Juho  IWI  scttlL-,1  in  ISOl  up-.n  Ian 
r  .rjUnd  partj.  ami  luft  two  tons,  John 
owner  of  tlic  g(J  humusti.'u'l.  The  pion 
notes  tlie  prcstii«  of  a  no'jro  p<pulatiun 
Abraham  Wrv^.  had  totabli.hc.1  hiniM.-! 
No.  10,  at  whiU  tier  became  known  a.i  th. 
called  Abraham',  I'laini  Othera  of  his 
thej  remoVL-d  elst^wbere. 


nis  f.imily  returned  to  Maryland. 

wn.'  later  lust  by  the  ■.•uilc  of  a  rela- 
north  of  the  ereek.  lie  wai  of  the 
I  Frederick,  the  former  of  whom  is 
hijtory  of  tht3  soetion  o^-ctisionaily 
-arly  aa  177'J.     A  m.ilatto,  by  name 

no_TO  settlement.  "  andnhi.h  is  now 
;e  came  in  later,  and  finullv  he  and 


TBE   BAPTIST   COLOST. 

In  February,  171)6,  Jarocs  WaJsworth  went  to  Europe  to  make  sale  of  lands 
forcii^n  capitalists. 


;).S.     He 


iher  land- 


Durini;  his  ^tay  there  he  wjs  quite  suee 
a  brge  amount  of  sales,  lie  returned  to  New  Knu'laud  in  Ni.v 
liad  become  well  known  as  the  patnm  of  Genesee  river  .scttlein 
,he  agency  for  t!i*  sale  of  lands  belojigicis  to  Jeremiah  \Vad.«no 
holders  of  the  -lA.  A.=  flnrrpean  .-.-.-nt  he  hnd  "h'xwA  n- 
that  of  the  pn.iprietors.  and  his  efforts  to  make  sales  know  no  abatement.  Fol- 
lowing a  prcced'-Tit  set  by  Oliver  ritelj'S.  he  prosecuted  up^jn  a  lar;re  scale  a 
system  of  exchar.ijing  wild  lands  for  fort-fts  wi..n  their  occupants  would  become 
settlers.  NowIktc  el»e  was  obtained  a  berter  class  of  settlers  than  this  policy 
broaght  into  the  valley.  Elder  Goff,  then  a  resident  pastor  of  a  small  Baptist 
society  in  HartR<Td,  Connecticut,  came  out  to  the  present  tf^wti  of  Rush  in  the 
spring  of  1S04.  awl,  being  pleased  with  the  land,  purtli:ised  of  Wadsworth  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres,  at  four  dollars  and  fifty  cents  p<-'r  acre.  11.  log 
house  was  located  just  we>t  of  the  "  Public  Stjuarc.''  In  the  year  1S03,  Wads- 
worth  had  called  on  the  so»-iely  and  giveti  them  what  encouragement  he  could  to 
trade  their  Coniwttivut  proiK-rtios  for  western  wild  land.  In  the  fall  of  1S»3. 
members  of  the  society  had  pro.->peeted  the  land,  and.  hemg  satisned  therewith, 
made  choice  of  a  location  for  the  settlement  of  a  colony.  During  the  spring 
and  fall  of  1804  sixteen  fcmilies  moved  in.  The  heads  of  these  families  were 
Squire  Goff,  t'liarlea  Goff.  his  bnitlier.  Comfort  Goff,  Sr.  and  Jr.,  Guernsey  and 
Enoch  Goff,  Kphraiiii  !<toddart,  Uenajah  Billin.-^,  Clark  Davis,  litephen  Wil- 
coi,  Thaddeiis  Harris.  John  Tupper.  Daniel  llemington,  William  Allen,  and  Eli 
Urainard.     These  all  settled  ne;ir  the  -'  Sqii.irc"  in  West  Rush,  aiid  found  already 


es  of  whom  c;irly  mcolioo  has  be'en  made.  Here 
m.\3  D.illey.  J..hn  Markliam  was  at  West  Rush, 
^larkhara  was  living  in  the  southwest  p.irt  of  the 
living  north  of  the  creek  were  tiio»c  of  John  Bell, 


hark 


settled  in  the  vidrity  the  pat 
were  Christie  ThoniiU  and  Tli 
us  was  John  Banies-  Willia: 
town.  The  only  families  thei 
Jacob  Stull,  and  Mr.  Price. 

The  company  first  went  to  work  to  en-^ct  a  tcmporaty  shelter,  and  put 
ahanty  in  the  wowds  just  east  oC  Th..mas'  sawmill.  In  this  truly  primitive  hab- 
itation twenty-two  persons  lived  for  two  w.?cks  ;  but  one  of  the  di-tingulshiug 
traits  of  the  higher  civilization  is  an  ability  and  di>position  to  provide  substan- 
tial and  comtortable  homes,  and  tlie  attention  'if  tlie  pioneers  was  direetc-i  to  the 
construction  of  a  large  log  hou^c,  to  rai.<e  the  timbers  of  which  gave  considerable 
trouble  and  galled  for  a.ssistance  as  far  away  as  Genesee.  In  the  earlier  days  the 
crowding  into  wie  cabin,  itself  of  small  size,  of  several  faniiii».s,  was  a  common 
procedure,  which  is  intlieative  of  genuine  hospitality  freely  tendered,  heartily 
accepted.  Months  p.i.^sed  in  this  eh.>se  a.-'se'cialion  were  reverted  to  scores  of  years 
later  as  of  the  mi^t  pleasurable  in  life, — in  such  sort  does  memory  rivet  itself  upon 
and  throw  a  nid'unce  an>und  events  regarded  at  the  time  as  an  unavoidiihle  neces- 
aity.  When  fairly  entere<l  upon  their  respective  homes  and  engaged  in  preparing 
them  fur  comfort  and  support,  the  wants  of  their  children  in  respect  to  e'luc;ition 
were  considered,  and  prior  to  180.'j  a  loir  seho^^l-hi'ii-se  was  erected  about  half  w.iy 
between  the  •'  S-ioatv"  and  West  llusli,  and  Mr.  Westfail  was  enga'.'ed  as  the  first 
teacher.  In  ISOG  lumber  was  obtained  at  .Vortons  Mills  I  now  Hom-oye  Falls) 
and  u  cheap  frame  crecttMl  uj-itn  the  four  acres  donated  by  .^Ir.  Wad.-worth  and 
given  the  title  -'The  ^ijuarc."  This  .second  building  was  first  occupied  by  Dud- 
ley Miller  iUH  an  L-ducntor,  and  in  aflcr-ycars  by  many  another  now-tiir:ri.itten  school- 
master. The  house  was  likewise  utilized  as  a  piact;  for  holding  iilectinLT*,  until  a 
aUjne  built  chure-h  h.-id  been  eoinpletcl  in  IS:ii).  Their  carly-»I-ttled  pastor.  Elder 
Geff,  preached  in  the  sthool-hou.sc  f.ir  the  so>.iety  until  It^lli,  when  he  removed 
to  Lewiston,  and  thence  to  Canada,  where  he  died.  Guenisey  (loff  had  learned 
the  tradeof  a  shoemiker,  but,  having  become  blind,  somehow  learned  and  followed 
the  occupation  of  a  ct«n..'r,  and  is  recogniziil  as  the  first  in  lh.it  line  in  the  town. 
Bennjah  Billing-  b.-'caine  an  early  justice  of  the  peace,  ami  died  in  the  town.  He 
was  succeeded  oo  the  firm  by  .loii.ithau  tiret  ti.     (.'lark  Davis  was  an  cariy  town 

officer.      His  s..n  Anson  is  a  resident  ii| he  h..n„-l.ad,     Stephen  Wilcox  did 

not  long  remain  in  the  settlement.      His  wile  roilowtsl  weavin-   and  was  the  first 


arry  t 


this  hon, 


Dcs. 


lod.l 


dents  of  Caledonia.  John  ..Mo.k,  the  first  constable  of  the  Uiwn,  resided  in  the 
.south  part,  and  carried  on  farming  for  several  years.  Joseph  .Mcl'arlan  came  to 
the  tsjwii  prior  to  1S0.'>,  and  located  upon  the  farm  now  the  properly  of  Simon 
Olley.  He  was  one  of  the  early  town  officers,  and  remained  a  resident  until  his 
death  in  mature  years.  The  fiiiilly  have  removed  to  .>rKhlg;in,  where  soiuo  of 
them  are  now  living.  Jonathan  and  Well,  Clark  were  early  s-ltlets.  at  No.  U 
Corners,  as  were  also  Tli..nuis  Coininings,  John  Harlwell.  .\sa  I'arrer.  and  John 
L.  Bliss.  The  family  of  .Mr.  ll.irtwell  removed  to  .\von  after  his  death.  Job 
Case  came  into  the  country  about  ISuG,  and  took  up  land  upon  what  has  since 
be^;n  knowu  as  the  .^lycrs  place.  He  was  not  a  permanent  townsman.  His  resi- 
dence was  changed  from  Avon  to  Rush,  whore  he  was  the  pioneer  shoemaker, 
and  thence,  after  a  few  years,  he  wont  elsewhere.  Jonathan  and  Uiifus  Burdick 
came  in  prior  to  ISOG,  and  pureha.scd  land  on  lot  No.  5,  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town.  Ichabod  Buidiek,  a  third  brother,  lived  in  the  same  neighborhood.  Rufus 
married  the  daughter  of  Elder  Goff  and  emigrated  to  Ohio.  Nathaniel  Rowley, 
an  early  constable,  became  a  resident  about  IsUS,  and  occupied  a  farm  on  lot  No.  7. 
He  was  early  known  as  a  constable.  His  son  Simeon  was  a  liattcr.  and  non  lives  at 
East  Bloomtield,  Ontario  county,  ninety  years  of  age.  Another  of  the  early  consta- 
bles and  a  settler  previous  to  1  SOI)  was  Oliver  Case,  whose  farm  was  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  West  Rush.  Jere.  Ruland  was  a  resident  upon  lot  5.  .\br3ni  and  Gabriel 
Furman  were  early  residents  upon  farms  in  the  southe:ist  part  of  the  town.  The 
latter  was  a  preacher  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  and  closed  his  life  upon  the  farm 
where  he  had  lived.  Elnatlian  Perry  was  an  early  resident  upon  the  farm  now 
owned  bv  Isaac  Cos.  He  was  a  pensioner  of  the  Revolution  until  his  death 
at  a  good  old  ago.  He  has  two  dau-.-htcrs  living  in  town,  Mrs.  Green  and  Mrs. 
Clapp,  while  others  of  the  family  arc  present  citizens  of  Henrietta.  John  Uuder- 
hill  was  an  occupant  of  a  farm  in  the  south  part  of  the  town  prior  to  lS0t>.  Jabez 
and  Daniel,  brothers,  lived  in  the  same  vicinity  at  that  time.  Samuel  H.  Helmes 
was  the  early  tavern-keeper  of  Rush.  Ilis  accommodations  in  ISOS  were  limited 
to  t'uo.se  which  a  log  cabin  could  ..ff..rj.  Anything  in  the  ih.-.pc  of  a  house  "-n 
gladly  seen  bv  the  weary  westward-bound  travelers.  The  tavern  was  near  Moore's 
Corners,  where  now  is  the  church,  llelmes  was  also  a  shoemaker,  and,  very  likely, 
more  proficient  in  that  than  in  the  later  callim;,  but  it  did  not  require  much 
accommodation  or  eipcricncc  to  keep  a  pioneer  wayside  tavern.  Emigrants  ex- 
pected but  little,  and  were  not  usually  disappointed.  A  daughter  of  Mr.  Helmes 
committed  suicide. — an  act  uncommon,  and  whose  explanation  has  doubtless  cir- 
cumst-ances  extenuating.  He  moved  to  Rochester  as  that  germ  of  a  city  U>gan  to 
develop,  and  h"is  family  have  become  scattered.  Eccentric  characters  in  early 
davs,  wlieo  men  a  score  of  miles  away  were  considered  xs  neighbors,  were  widely 
known.  Without  the  telegraph  and  even  the  railroad-car,  outside  news  was 
rarely  known,  and  hence  local  affairs  and  persons  were  fully  ob.served  and  freely 
canviiised.     One  of  the  characters  of  Rush  was  n.amcd  Geonre  I'cnner.     He  was 


of  FalstafiBa 

n  proportions. 

d.ivs  he  was 

accustomed  to 

in  the  north 

part  of  the  to 

and  his  residence  gave  the 

one  of  those 

who  sought  a  h 

life.      Descendants  ale  occ 

oc'cupant  in 

1801  of  a  farn 

Ho  removed 

to  Hartland. 

and  it  has  come  down 


nsult  1 


nfortt 


le  present  that  on  warm 
eat  in  his  cellar.  His  home  was 
me  in  prior  to  the  war  of  1SI2, 
iwn  icj  Davis'  Corners.  He  was 
land  and  remained  here  throii'.;h 
n  town.  Jacob  Shaver  was  an 
le  mile  west  of  Morris'  Corners. 


BEMINISCESCES   <  P    .MB3.    BEBECC.l    PRICK. 

In  1806,  Nathan  Jeffords,  Sr.,  moved  from  Richfield.  Otsego  county,  to  Rush, 
Monroe  County,  then  known  as  Hartford,  Ontario  county.  He  arrived  in  .March, 
brin-jing  with  him  two  span  of  horses,  three  cows,  and  bein-.:  ucconipanicd  by 
five  hired  men  employed  to  chop  timber  and  clear  up  hand.  From  March  to  Sep- 
tember, sixty  acres  of  land  had  hi  .m  chopped,  logged,  cleared,  and  fenced,  and 
some  eight  hundred  pounds  of  maple  siig:ir  had  been  made  durinu'  the  propl^r 
season.  In  the  f.dl  of  ISIIO  a  log  house  had  been  built;  in  the  sprin-  an  orchani 
had  been  set  out  and  grew  finely,  and  during  the  summer  a  log  barn  w.cs  rai.sisl. 
At  this  date,  business  meetings,  tr.iiiiinu's,  elections,  and  public  i.itberings  were 
at  Avon.  To  a  school  taught  by  Nathan  Jeffords,  .Jr.,  in  a  little  lo.-  hut  noiih 
of  Honeoye  creek,  in  the  year  ISII".  there  were  hut  fimr  familiw  to  send  children. 
There  were- but  eight  families  north  of  the  creek  in  ISIIii.  It  was  twelve  miles 
to  the  present  site  of  Rochester,  and  not  a  house  in  all  that  distance.  (.)n  the  day 
following  the  arrival  of  the  family  a  party  of  Indians  called  at  the  cibin,  and 
with  them  had  five  wolf  cubs,  whieh  they  had  taken  to  .secure  a  bounty      Game 

alta'ck  of  bears"  and  the  cows  were  broujit  in  ffin  the  w.x.ds  before  ni.-ht.  All 
utensil,  and  food,  save  the  fruit, -rain,  and  ve^.tibl.-s  l-povu  in  the  truek-p.ilrh 
and  field,  were  brought  to  the  country.      NolhitiL-  had  a  price,  for  th.-re  w  ls  


256 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


dcpnv 


hda 


A  f<w  p-'ucIk 

^  from  aa  ori  ha 

eartli  w:w  C, 

riilc.  anJ  brou- 

litiiu.  fur  fru. 

1.     The  nei- 

ihors  gathered 

partook  of  :in 

e.\colli'nt  diatie 

to  recn-ntion 

and  CcMtinL',  a, 

»:uiJ  compare 

C[UteS  of  pp.LTV- 

thairbu,ii,csa 

to  build  lo..-  hu 

.11  to  n..'W^-oi 

igis.      tn  this  K. 

The  want  of  fruit  w.w  e-t.-ili 
a  few  mile<  di-itaiit  w.-n-  e-itoi: 
forth  abiitidantlr.  and  mrlons 

The  first  cx-lebrilion  in  Rii 
the  lo-^'  hat  of  :?aniu.:l  llrlmw.  and 
The  occision  was  one  of  pleasure:  it 
brought  the  setlU'ry  to^'other  to  make  r 
Two  brutl.cr.,  Cvn-nus  and  Kli,ha  Br. 
•bout  whieh  the;  wouU  clear  an  acre 

they  co.istructe.l'and  .!i<pi«.i.l  of  eiihtecn  h..L-<.  to  HllO  sev.ral  lauiili._s  narae.1 
Martin  came  out  from  >raryland:  they  w.Tckn...wn  a.s  Jacb.  Abraham.  .J..hn,  Henry, 
and  IKiniel.  All  li«.-ate.l  upon  farm-.,  an.l  L'ave  their  att.iiti..n  t.j  their  clearing  and 
ilnprDVcincnt.  lo  ISlrt.  Dai.iel  Uart.  wife,  three  wns.  and  two  .laii;^hter3  became 
settler?,  and  had  bc<.:un  to  e<rabli>h  a  h.mie,  ivh.n  tli..  I'aihi  r  wm  removed  by  ferer, 
•nd,  with  labor  unknown  unl,*^3  expt'rien'xJ.  the  niih-w  mana^^e.]  to  pay  for  her 
Cirm  and  keep  her  family  toircther.  Dani,.'l  and  Henry  Hart,  two  s..ns,  ar^  livin;; 
in  the  town,  and  arc  in  irtwd  cireuinataoce-s.  lu  l^lLl,  George  [«yday.  of  Mary- 
land, purchased  a  lot  upon  which  there  were  several  acres  of  eleare<l  land  and  a 
fine  growth  ol  eiie?tnut  timber,  iheie  wa3  a  !amu^  ut  tct  ti.iiaiea.  0..c 
daughter,  Kebccci  livL^  in  Michi.-an  ;  another,  Nancy,  is  living  in  Rush!  Ljp,:e 
frame  houj.'S  were  built,  by  Peter  Price  a  fnimc  in  loll.  Jacob  Stull  in  1S15, 
and  Nathan  Jeffords  in  1816.  Philip  Price  built  a  distill.-ry,  which  he  ran  f..r  a 
few  years.  Pota^h  was  first  made  in  the  t..wn  by  Naihaii  Jeffonls.  .^l.irtin 
Goodrich  and  Jennings  start.d  a  tannery  in  East  K.ish;  the  busine-s  came  into 
the  hands  of  Philip  Keeler,  bn.ihcr  t.)  Mayor  K..-eIer,  of  Uoehcster.  The  first  stage 
road  from  Genesee  to  R.Kliester  passetl  throuu'h  E.ist  Rush.  L'p<jn  thoeleetioo  of 
Peter  Price  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  ISll,  he  sent  by  post-rider  to  Canandaigua 
for  his  first  lawbook.  There  have  b..-en  nine  mectin.g-hou.-^es  built  in  UiL-h, — 
two  Christian,  two  Baptist,  one  Lutheran,  and  f.iur  Mcth.jdist.  Eleven  wooden 
bridges,  and  three  of  iron,  have  been  built  over  !I,,.iooye  emek  and  two  acrosa 
the  Genesee, — one  of  iron,  for  pas.s,ige,  and  one  for  the  railway. 

Joseph  Sibley  was  a  settler  in  the  Genesee  country,  in  l.Su4,  from  Rensselaer 
county.  In  ISOIt  he  came  to  Rush,  and  six  yeai^  later  removed  to  Riira,  and 
bcgi.n  the  cleiriog  of  the  fir.t  farm  improved  near  Churchville.  Shifting  to  Chili, 
he  originated  the  mill  ..n  Black  creek  later  owned  by  D.  Cope.  He  was  an  early 
supervisor  in  Genesee  and  Monroe,  was  a  State  le'jislator,  canal  superintendent,  and 
oiUector  of  the  port  of  Genesee.  He  had  a  family  of  ten  children,  of  whom  the 
latest  survivors  i»cre  ILirace  J,  Sibley,  attorney,  at  R..ch.ster,  Mrs  John  P.  Stull, 
of  Bush,  .ind  Mi^.  James  Mc^Jill,  of  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Sibley  wrote  s.^me  remi- 
niscences, from  which  we  learn  respecting  crops  and  prices  as  follows.  Twenty  acR-s 
of  land  were  chopped,  cleared,  and  sowed  in  wheat  during  18(»G.  Tlie  ibllowing 
summer  from  sir  to  seven  hundred  bushels  were  harvested  fr..m  this  field.  The 
grain  was  a  drug.  and.  sav.?  in  a  few  ca^es,  it  could  not  be  excban'.:cd.  As  an  in- 
stance, a  blacksmith  in  I!l.j.-n.licld.  Ontario,  was  iiiven  a  bushel  of  wheat  for  insert- 
ing a  wire  hail  in  a  tea-kettle.  Sales  were  fjw,  barter  was  general.  Cows,  oxen, 
and  other  animals  were  hcl.l  at  so  many  bushels  of  wheat,  not  dollars.  There 
was  barely  sufficient  m.ney  in  the  community  t.-  pay  the  lii'ht  taxes  impo^. 
Men  went  clad  in  buckskin,  and  a  suit  of  clothes  ost  a  young  man  the  labor  of 
half  a  year."  Foot-gear  was  not  known  in  suuumr.  atHl  farmers  afterwards  grown 
wc-olthy  were  seen  barefoot  long  after  the  fitsit  snow-falls  ..f  winter.  Cowhide  boots 
cost  seven  d..Uars  a  pair  with  wheat  at  five  shillinL's  a  bushel.  lion.  Peter  Price 
pail'  ten  Im.shelsof  corn  f.,r  sli.K-inL-  bis  h..r^e.  and  hoi-<>3  cnmnuiuly  went  uusIlkI. 
During  the  winter  of  ISl  J  a  •j.ner.il  w..ir-drive  w^is  had.  The  entire  male  popu- 
lation turned  out,  and  their  circuit  eiubraced  the  swamps  of  Gales,  Chili,  \\  heat- 
land,  and  Caledi.nia.  With  horn  and  g.iii.  hall.».  and  shout,  the  lines  clo-ol  in,  and 
deer,  boar,  and  fox  in  numbers  were  killol.     The  w..lves  fled,  and  few  were  ever 


Klisha  Sibley,  brother  of  Joseph,  e 

me  in  dun 

ng 

SIO 

and  settled 

He  had 

pSiised  two  voars  u[.<.n  the  H..lla.iu  p.l 

rehase.  and 

nov 

lit  a  home 

He  first 

leased  an.l  «.-cupi..|  ..u  lot  N...  i!!!.  wh 

re  H.  llyan  no 

V  ow 

is.     His  lea 

-e  included 

ona  hundred  an.l  fifty  acres.      He  r.~ 

.Id  in  the 

t.iw 

n  uii 

il  bis  .lemi 

c  in  l.S:!!. 

ag.Ml  fifty  years.    (If  .ic-c-.aidants  a  .s..n 

Rev.  .T,  rel 

iah 

Sibl 

V.  lives  nca 

rthc  home- 

stead;  others  ns-i.le  in  Mi.l.i'jan  and  ( 

th.T  loealit 

•s. 

Mr. 

Sibley  was 

a  voluntcs^r 

in  1812.  and  held  the  rank  of  6.-st  sc> 

-.-cant.      11 

rcm.iine 

d  on  the  111 

cs  throu-h 

the  war.     Pr.  Alexan.ler  K.  !-.y  ..ame 

V..ni  Ch.na 

C..UU 

V.  in  1811. 

an.l  l.>intcd 

op..n  two  hun.lnsl  an.l  fiftv  acres,  wo 

..f  .Morris 

C. 

niers 

The  title 

pn.vrsl  de- 

fective,  and  the  pl.iec  wis  lost  to  him 

He  prae 

i.r. 

nie 

lieiue  in  ih 

-  town,  an.l 

enjoviil  or  suffered  a  ni..ii..p..lv  ..f  pi^i 

ctice.       Pul 

lie 

MUU 

iti.iii  wxs  si 

.w„  l,y  his 

election  t..  the  W-lalur,.  in  1>1C.-17 

H.:  was  k.ile 

1  by 

th.   fall  .,f 

tr-e  ab.iut 

1S:15.      Kvi  Kcl-.v.  a  N.n.  was  a  member  .,f  as-.^ 

ubi 

Inir 

1  MonriK-. 

.Vlr-.  Jere- 

miah  Sibley  is  the  only  cb, 1.11, eini.-. 

l..bn  Iliver 

was 

a  ne 

w-comer  ill 

1818.     He 

erected  a  cabin  just  north  uf  the  ere 

k  up.,u  lot 

51. 

He 

was  we-11  advanced  in 

At  th.. 

inie 

in.c  ..f 

lis  -ettle 

ucn 

.  a  son 

,  Dani,. 

uf  the  c 

ee-k. 

Yean 

al>er  he 

mo 

e-d  to 

llenrle 

U.n,  live: 

at  H.UKs.ye 

Falls. 

THE 

EARLY    PllY.SIClA.S-3 

ous.  althou-h 

sickncs 

was  gen 

ral 

anil  de 

ath  no 

t  with  1 

bor: 

a  day  « 

ouhl  pa.s3  after  the 

sumin..! 

ten.l  th 

..■all 

Deatl 

came  wi 

hn 

0  medical  aid 

pr.>tra 

.-.1. 

l-mler 

such  circ 

urns 

lances 

the  du 

ind  di..d  i 
a  tnet  j 
;  dicJ.     .' 


of  Rush  were  not  nu 
Physicians  were  wor 
time  etjuld  b.:  found 
and  entire  families  . 

physieiau  were  philanlhiopie,  and.  rescue.1  from  the  siiffi^riuiri  of  that  eventCul 
peri.«i,  it  is  not  w.tndcrful  if  a  kindly  feeling  is  cherished  for  the  olden-tim,. 
doctors.  The  pioneer  physician  of  Rush  was  (.'harles  Little,  of  Avon,  six  niil,^ 
distant.  The  first  in  the  t.,wn  was  Dr.  Farr.  who  remained  but  a  sln.rt  lime. 
The  next  wa3  Dr.  Fin.  who  fer  a  few  months  b.iardcd  in  the  family  of  .Mr.  Pri,-... 
He  Irtjcame  debtor  to  a  small  ann.unt,  and,  bein..-  unable  to  make  payment,  hii 
creditor  se'nt  him  to  jiil  at  Canandaiguj.  He  had  been  bailed  by  Mr.  Price,  an.l 
stayed  his  time  lo  clear  his  bail,  and  then,  having  willed  his  body  fur  dis.seetion  to 
the  medical  society,  opened!  a  vein  and  bled  to  death.  Dr.  Kelscy  came  next  lo 
lue  lowu,  .u  He  have  noted.  His  successor  was  Dr.  Kingsbury,  who  was  con- 
temporary with  Kelsey.  Socrates  .Smith  was  studyin-.:  with  Kels.^y,  an.l  his  death 
threw  the  student  into  practice  with  the  friends  of  the  old  physician.  lie  s.».n 
married  Matilda,  d.iughter  of  Colonel  William  Markham,  and  took  a  position 
he  was  able  to  maintain.  Dr.  Kingsbury  had  been  a  surgeon  in  the  army,  and 
loeate.1  in  this  town  after  the  declaration  of  peaee.  His  reputation  na  a  careful, 
faithful  practitioner  was  good.  He  die.1  but  a  few  years  since.  His  wid.iw  an.l 
two  sons  are  living  in  CaleMlonia.  A  .laughter,  Mrs.  Anson  Davis,  is  now  rcsi.lent 
of  Rush.  The  first  persons  buried  in  Rush  ceni-.-tery  were  Mr.  Norris  and  wife, 
Mr.  Tiffany,  and  Milton  Weed.  They  were  carried  off  by  the  epidemic  within  a 
few  days  of  each  other.  Elder  Jeraras  and  wife  and  Elder  Wicks  were  awept 
off  by  this  disorder,  which  ran  through  the  country  like  wild-fire. 

SOLDIEaa   OP   THE   WAR    OP   1S12. 

Anticipating  the  declaration  of  war.  Governor  T.impkins  ordered  drafts  from  the 
militia.  Six  hundred  volunteers  promptly  set  out  f  .r  the  frmtier,  un.lcr  c.jmmanJ 
of  Colonel  Philetus  Swit^  Joseph  Sibley,  .Major  John  Markham,  R.Mijamin  Jcf- 
fonb,  and  Joseph  his  brother.  John  Case,  John  Sherwood,  Calviu  Diver,  and  .Mr. 
Sehimmerhorn  were  of  those  who  went  out  fn.m  Rush  during  the  first  yeiir. 
The  volunteers  assembled  on  three  days'  notice,  and,  setting  forwar.l  to  Nia'jira, 
were  absent  about  three  m.tnths,  and  returned  just  before  the  burning  of  Fort 
Niagara.  On  December  19,  1S13,  a  company  was  formed  and  man-hed  to  the 
fort,  but  remained  only  a  short  time.  Among  these  were  Dr.  KeU'y,  Jacb 
Stull,  George,  Jacob,  and  Peter  Price,  Alfred  Jaynes,  Nathan  Jeffords.  Mieah 
Fishall,  Peter  Aekley,  and  Warren  Caswell.  During  the  war  the  people  lived  in 
excitement,  and  at  times  made  all  preparations,  even  to  turning  out  their  stoek 
and  packing  up  clothing  and  provision.  Peace  came,  and  the  current  of  events 
went  smoothly  forward. 

VILLAGE  OF  RUSH. 

Within  the  town  are  contained  three  villages,  located  at  the  points  of  an  c.|ui- 
lateral  triangle,  and  named  resp.>ctively,  according  to  their  position,  E.ist,  W.-f, 
and  North  Rush.  The  first  has  some  three  hundred  population,  ehureh.-s,  a..  I 
mills,  the  second  is  a  railroad  station,  and  the  Kxst-named  contains  a  church  nii.l  \ 
score  of  dwellinua,  an.l  is  aU  kn.)wn  as  Harts  O.rners.  Uenry  Fishell  emi-'rat.sl 
to  Rush  from  Pennsylvania,  and  settli>d  am..ng  his  German  friends  u[.,n  I..'  1 1 . 
where  an  only  surviving  son,  .J.ihn  Fishell.  aged  and  wealthy,  now  rcsi.l.'s.  -^ 
son-in-law,  David  Stochslager,  settled  near  by,  and  made  the  t'arm  his  h.inie  ti.l 
death,  in  1820. 

During  the  war  of  1812,  William  Roderick  became  a  resident,  locating  north 
of  the  njad,  and  engagi?d  in  the  mannf.icture  of  wagons  and  carts,  lie  l.-st  h's 
land,  and  move.l  to  East  Rush,  where  he  died.  In  1.^10,  Daniel  Green  m..v.-l 
in  from  Connecticut,  and  took  up  his  residiMicc  upon  lot  42.  He  sold  in  IS.'H  i" 
Edmund  Lyon,  who  for  s..mc  yeara  kept  a  public-house  in  a  hewcl-l..;:  tiv..  st..'.v 
tavern-stand.     At  this  date  he  is  one  of  Rochester's  wealthy  eiiizens.     I'.  1' 

Corners,  and  f  .r  a  time  was  its  s..lc  inh.ibitant.  Henry  Whiting  was  an  .arlv 
settler.  A  I.h.:  house  was  b.iilt  at  .>Iorris'  ('..rm^rs,  ami  set  apart  f.ir  .s.'li....l  |  "'• 
poses.  Within  this  huil.lin-  Slrphen  Pratt  was  a  ph.ncer  teacher.  H.:  con""""' 
t.)  te.ieh  for  v-ar-,  an.l  in  ISli;  n  inuve.l  tn  better  nec..nmi...lalions  within  a  ft ' 


tl...  r, 


i"  was  finisl,.-.|  il 
.0.1.  The  i.ri.pr 
Websl.-r,  of  Co 


-.1  th.' 


this    place  in   1810, 


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257 


the  first  store,  fioiir-mill,  canlinir-mnchioe.  and  fullins,'-niill,  and  cave  the  villaL-o  a 
good  eurt,  which  it  haj  ..tp.i.lily  kept  up  to  the  present,  lie  Imilt  the  prt5.'nt 
hotel  in  18'JG,  an.l  h.id  cr.TtcJ  a  huildin^-  for  that  purpose  at  an  earlier  date.  .\ 
Baw-iuUl  wad  a].-M>  i[)  existence  as  evi<lcrie\:  of  his  7akeful  enertned.  A  son  Hazard 
ii  a  resident  of  Calif  .rni.i. 

AoioDj  early  ature-keepera  herewet*  Mc«ra.  I'eck  Si  .Skinner,  and  P.  Cameron. 
The  prC!*nt  mi!l  was  erected  by  Foote  &  Darrone,  near  the  tavern.  .Mr.  Webitcr, 
in  1828,  built  a  frame  sthool-housc,  the  firvt  in  the  hamlet.  Over  the  door  waa 
inscribed,  in  capital  letters,  •'  Independent  SehLK.l-liou.se."  In  what  direetion  inde- 
pendence was  to  be  ctereised  is  not  state*!,  tut  that  was  before  the  davs  of  eum- 
pulsory  attendance,  and  did  not  find  its  ap[.lic-jti..n  there.  A  sehooMiou-e  was 
built  in  West  Rush  in  1S12.  A  larjre  oak-tree  was  cut.  and  building  coninicnced 
•gainst  this,  which  formed  a  large  part  of  one  side  of  the  structure.  Uur  idea 
of  such  a  hut  is  that  it  was  an  extremely  rude  and  primitive  concern, — a  first, 
make-shift  effort.  It  was  provided  with  a  stick  chimney,  and  slab  W-iichcs  without 
a  support  f>r  the  back.  The  first  iei-ion  of  .■ic!i,>,jl  was  held  during'  the  summer, 
under  the  supervUion  aud  instruction  of  I,ucy  Br-nch. 

In  1811  a  family  nimcd  llij^on  had  sittkd  upon  or  near  where  the  tavern  in 
West  Rii-sh  stands.  He  made  a  small  dcariti'j.  a  bei'inninL',  and  then  departed, 
yielding  th,*  pi, kg  to  ?iuic-ou  (i.Lus,  v. ho  I'-sided  ihere,  and  jrive  it  Ins  labor  tor  a 
number  of  ytirs,  and  finally  removed  to  Avon,  -i  man  naiofJ  Walker  .  jme  in 
about  1320,  and,  erecting  a  .shop,  began  to  do  business  .as  a  blackstnith.  He  was 
followed  by  Webster.  The  mill  at  this  place  was  put  up  in  1S22  by  Jacob  Price 
and  Emanuel  Case. 

North  Rush  Fost-ofiice.  or  Hart's  Comers,  had  its  origin  as  a  post-office  during 
the  term  of  James  Buchanan,  from  1^50  to  ISGO.  Wiliett  Van  Wayne  was  the 
firnt  postmaster  at  the  place.  Enoch  .\ruold  and  T.  J.  Jefford.  in  partnership, 
opened  the  first  store  in  the  place,  about  the  year  ISiJj.  John  Ireland  moved 
there,  and  set  up  a  blacksmith-shop.  A  log  school-house  had  loui  preeedcni  these 
movements,  and  luid  been  built  in  1822.  In  thi'  building  lienjamin  Rcniington 
was  an  early  teacher,  as  were  Marv  .Sibley  and  ^li-cs  King-bury.  Ir.  th:j  liouso 
was  held  the  first  Sabbath-school  in  the  town.  Such  a  school  was  established  in 
1823,  under  the  supc'rinteiidencTi  of  5Irs.  Gark  and  Lydia  Kingsbury.  The 
attendance  was  good.  Day  sehobrs  attended,  and  instruction  was  dividcl  be- 
tween educational  and  religious  teaching.  Mi.-wj  Kingsbury  was  an  excellent 
teacher,  and  gave  her  mind  to  her  work.  Examples  like  hers  rescue  the  schools 
of  early  day  from  the  obloquy  of  a  government  by  force  and  the  sway  of  petty 
tynmld  and  cringing  subserviency.  While  the  rod  has  mo.stly  disiippeared,  and 
enlightened  policy  prevails,  yec  our  present  schc--.Is  in  imjierfec'ly  qiialificd  teachers 
have  no  great  rea^^jn  to  pride  themselves  uj-vn  their  superiority  over  tlio-c  of  the 
earlier  day.  The  log  house  was  superseded  about  133U  by  one  of  stone.  George 
Martin  opened  the  first  school  in  the  new  house.  A  frame  building  has  suc- 
ceeded the  stone,  and  is  yet  standing. 


On  the  IKth  of  June 
10,  pa.-c-ing  Abraha 


.s.     The  survcv 


FraST    OFFICERS. 


>  the 


i  made  by  Stephen  Ro-.-ers, 
Jr.  The  commissioners  of  hi;_'liways  were  Timothy  Hosnier  and  G.  WaJsworth. 
In  1S02  roads  were  laid  out  tiom  Markliam's  bridge  to  Hon.H)ye,  at  white  oak 
on  the  ca»t  side  of  lot  30,  and  from  Stall's  lot  to  Norton  s  mills.  (In  June  1-1 
and  15,  1S04,  a  highway  was  locateil  I'mm  the  present  site  of  East  Rush,  along 
the  same  lifie  as  the  present  mad,  southwest  through  the  Public  S-iuare,  on  lot 
29,  to  the  north  end  of  a  road  leading  to  Joseph  Pearson's.  In  l&'ta,  Stephen 
Prutt  surveyed  a  road  from  the  Charleston  line  to  the  Houeoyc  settlement;  and 
in  ISOC  fiiur  roads  were  laid,  one  from  Stull's  farm,  past  the  house  of  C.  Thomas, 
across  Stony  Brook,  to  a  highway  leading  to  Golf's  settlement;  one  from  Christie 
Thomas'  farm  to  road  leading  to  Z..ph  l;r.,nch'a  .  one  from  a  black-oak  tree  on 
Honeoye  crc.'k  3*iuth  to  a  road  le.iding  to  Public  S'piare,  and  a  road  from 
Honcoyc  creek  wcs^t  of  Captain  Price's,  by  K-ftuirc  Rogers'  and  northward.  In 
1809  the  town  built  a  bridge  over  the  Honcwe.  on  the  nvcr  nu.l  in  Wc^at  Rush. 
A  frtiihct  which  occurred  in  1817  carried  away  the  britl.'e  on  the  State  road  from 
Arkport  to  the  nn.ulh  of  the  Genesee.  .Vustin  Wing  was  drownc^l  while  attempt- 
ing to  ford  the  stream.  The  eiereis,.  of  el.-ctive  fi-anchise  resulted,  in  ISOl.  in 
giving  Governor  Clinton  twenty-five  voters  and  Stcpio  ri  Van  Renss<lacr  Corty-imc. 
This  was  the  vKc  of  Avon,  Ir.'.n  which  Ru-h  was  lorm..<l.  In  ls04.  Aaron'  Burr 
received  scvcntvfour  votes  fir  governor,  and  in  ISlT  the  .juestion  of  dividing 
the  town  was  dlsi-ussed. 

Avon,  in  Livingston,  »vas  Cormcsl  as  Hartfinl  in  ITSO;  its  name  w.ls  cbanu'Cil 
in  1808,  and  on  .March  i:i,  IKI.s;,  Ru-h  wa.s  ,.r.-nMZ,s|.  The  first  t.ovn  locling 
was  held  .at  the  hons,-  of  H,,n;LJ,d.  l!lUinL-s.     At  tin,  m,iiin_-  Wiiluo,  M.uili.ro  w:ls 

Markham,  asscsso'rs;    Nathau   Rose,  Da.JKy   Ifr., hard,  an.l   Clark   Davis,  cmnns- 


sioncrs  of  hi'jhways  ;  Gc-or.ge  Liday  and  Peter  Price,  overseers  of  the  p.^r 
Ad.,l|dms  Allen,  collector.  Other  office's  were  Alfred  J.mes.  Johu  Ford,  licj.onin 
Campbell,  Daniel  Hulburt,  Philip  ]i  Rich,  Alexander  Kelsey,  Oliver  Case,  Jesiel 
Smith,  Nathan  Gilpcn,  and  Henry  Hart. 


RELiaiOLS    INTERESTS    OP   RUSU. 

The  first  religious  society  formed  in  Rush  was  by  the  colony  of 


tist  fonili,,, 
rth.-l'ul.li,. 


which  came  out  in  the  sprire.'  of  IStt-l  with  El.ler  t.i.iff  and  1. 
S.|iiare.  Elder  Goff,  after  having  preached  for  the  sixiety  in  private  ilwllin..'  an.l 
in  seh...jl-house  till  ISlli,  departed  el.s,-ivhere.  and  w.is  followed  in  the  niinistrv  h.  re 
by  William  Barrett,  who  served  the  society  for  several  years.  Rev.  R.-ntlcy 
and  Rev.  Francis  Green  were  also  c^arly  preachers.  In  tlic  year  l.S;;i).  J;ni- 
uary  18,  the  Baptists  held  a  meeting  at  the  school-house  in  di.strict  No.  5.  in  Rush, 
fijr  the  purjwso  of  or.-anizin.,'  a  society  and  to  take  measurs  to  buil.l  a  locliii..-- 
house.  Elihu  Remin-ton  was  callcl  to  the  chair,  and  Jesse  H.  R.-inilmt..n  «.cs 
chosen  secretary.  The  organization  took  the  name  of  A-..ciaicd  B.iptist  ,<,.-■„  u 
of  Rush.  The  board  of  trustees  was  ci,mi«.se.l  of  B.  Billin..-s.  J..hn  Gr.-..n,  l.l.oii.'l 
Williams,  Hezekiah  Brainar.l,  and  Alfrwl  Brainard.  It  «,.s  dotermine.l  that  their 
meeting-house  should  be  erectc-d  on  the  S.iuare.  near  the  dwelling  of  .Mr.  Uilliii'.'s. 
In  December,  1837,  a  subscription  was  circulated  to  build  a  house  in  E.ist  llush. 
There  were  fv.ny-two  sub-eribers  obtained,  an.l  two  hundr.'d  and  f /rty-i:i;rht  shar.'s 
taken,  at  ten  dollars  per  share.  Hezekiah  Brainard  led  with  fifteen  shares  ;  Nathan 
Rose  and  Abram  Jennings,  like  amounts;  Ira  Markham.  John  Pierce,  Jr..  Wil- 
liam Green,  Christie  Thom.xs,  Jere.  Keys,  and  Georjre  Ball  each  subscribed  ten 
shares.  Hezekiah  Brainard.  Soc-rates  Smith,  and  Abram  Jennings  were  comiuitteo 
on  subscription.  J.  >I.  Babeoek.  John  Pierce,  Jr.,  Jere.  Keys,\vbr.im  JeiioioL-s. 
and  Hezekiah  Brainard  were  the  building  comiuitteo.  In  IS-lj  a  cmstituti.in 
was  adopted  and  approved  by  the  signature  of  thirty-two  members.  Begiiioing 
in  1S44,  annual  subscriptions  were  circulated  for  the  support  of  the  g..-p...|. 
The  moderators  at  meetin.j:s  fr.>m  time  to  time  were  Nathan  ILisc'.  11.  Stann-.^..d. 
A,  Jennings,  K.  Brainard.  .Socrates  Smith,  P.  C.  Keeler,  Clark  Davis,  Henry 
Valentine,  Robert  Kels.-y,  S,  S.  Tucker,  G.  A.  Simonson.  S.  Jelford-.  E.lnoind 
Townsend,  D.  Van  AUtinc.  Warren  F.wt.  Christie  Thomas,  R-.v.  H.  I,.-av.ii-,v.jr'.h. 
F.  D.  Feiiner,  G.  D.ivis,  and  L.  Hovey.  .Meetings  are  held  in  their  house  of  wor- 
ship, but  they  have  no  stated  preacher. 

THE  METUODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  OF  RC3H. 
This  charge  was  originally  on  the  Henrietta  and  Ru-h  circuit,  and  P.ilmer 
Roberts  was  among  the  earliest  preaehera.  .^[eeting'S  were  h...|.i  at  .\lr.  Hovey  a 
(now  West  Henrietta),  and  here  a  society  was  organizc^l,  which  in  time  was  dis,s.,|v.-d 
and  another  formed  at  Meih..dist  Hill.  In  182t;-27,  James  Heimn-way,  Asa 
Cummings,  and  Henry  F.  Rowen  were  the  circuit  preachers.  In  ISJl  the  s.,- 
ciety  at  East  Rush  was  forme.],  and  from  a  record  of  IS'U  the  f.jllowirig-nann-d 
were  among  the  members:  James  A.  Brookius,  leader,  Eiuuia  E.  Brookiu*, 
Abner  and  Nancy  Green,  Isabel  Galentine,  Joseph  and  Silly  Abbott,  Charl.'S  F. 
and  .Mariuda  Hess,  Susan  WiLson,  Ann  .Mc.V,ibb,  Mortimer  Green.  Lucin.h 
Goff,  Catharine  Hammer,  Aim  Ja  Sclmble,  I 'harlos  Weleher.  Samuel  an.l  Amelia 
Gilbert,  Peter  B.  Stull  (leaden,  an.l  James  S.,  Eliza,  Jacob,  and  Susannah  StuU, 
Nathan,  .Mari.i,  John,  Jerusha,  and  Abi'.-ail  Green,  Klislia,  CharL.tte,  Saioa.  1. 
Jeremiah,  and  Lucy  Ann  Sibley,  Parthenia  DavLs,  Samuel  R.,derick.  and  .nbers. 
—eighty-nine  in  all.  In  Isijlt-Sl,  Philo  Woodworth,  Daniel  An.lcr*.,r,.  .oi  1 
Wdliam  M.  Ferguson  were  the  cii  ;uit  preachers.  In  1^32,  Gideon  Lannne.' 
and  Jacob  Scott  were  on  the  circi  >t,  and  in  133:!  George  Tayh.r  and  J.imes 
Hemingway.  In  1S-13-4+,  Samuel  Parker  was  made  the  preacher  in  ch,irge. 
The  societv  was  regularly  organized  on  February  19,  ISll.  and  a  church  estab- 
lished, with  the  following-namcsl  trustees:  John  B.  Cn.sby,  James  L.  Stnl', 
Reynolds  Harris,  D.  .M.  Smith,  Abner  Green,  John  G.dentine.  and  Natleui 
Green.  The  orL'uniz;ition  was  entitled  the  First  Methodist  Episco|ial  ehnri'li  of 
East  Rush.  The  yearly  eonfcrence  held  at  Vienna  in  181 1  -cut  John  MandeviUc 
to  this  charge,  where  durin..:  his  tw  >  years' sojourn  he  dhl  a  go.i.1  work,  a.l.i.d 
many  to  the  church,  and  thereby  increased  its  religious  and  financial  str.-nii'h. 
During  the  piistorate  the  new  church  begun  under  the  Rev,  Parker  was  hni-hcd 
and  dedicated.  In  18411,  Rev.  .V.  N.  Fillmore  was  pastor,  and  in  l.-<47  Porter 
McKinstry.  In  1848,  F.  Hibbard  wa-  in  char-e,  and  was  chosen  presiding  elder 
in  1849,  as  successor  to  Dr.  Lucky.  Rev.  Zina  I.  Buck,  pastor  in  1849,  was 
favored  with  a  revival  as  the  result  .if  his  efforts.  In  IS.JO,  Rev.  J.ihn  P.irk.r 
was  p.T.stor,  and  the  house  of  worship  and  parsonage  were  both  burned.  The 
church  immeili.itely  set  t.)  work  to  erect  a  new  b.iuse.  and  in  February,  isrr.',  it 
was  completeil  an.l  de.lic:ite.l.  In  ISJl.  David  Ferris  .served  the  s.icl.ty,  a-el 
from  18.-)2  to  1801  Wesl.y  Cochrane.  During  this  time  a  par-..n.,.-c  wxs  piir- 
cha-c-d.  In  lSi;0-i;2.  R,v.  .M.  To..k,-r  preached  during  the  ni.irnin.,'  h..ois 
of  service  in  East  Rush,  and  in  the  afternoon  in  the  St-uie  church.     In  IHC:;,  R. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


T.  Hiacoclt  suppliL-d  the-chiirchea  nf  Ex<  and  \W-t  Rush  ami  the  Stone  rliuroh. 
During  1SC3  tho  omfcrv.a-e  at.  I'cnn  Yan  unitcl  Itu.h  and  Henricta  ai  one 
charge,  and  the  pastor  wad  ad-Lit<?d  by  Rev.  Jo-eph  Cliapman.  Buiin,;  tin-  tir>t 
t<nn  of  Rt!T.  Haaci>ctc  fifty  p«^r-on:*  were  Liken  on  prubati.^n.  In  lSo4  the 
charge  wa5  again  divided.  In  IStJT,  W.  ^\'.  Manderille  came,  and  remained 
three  years.  In  1S74,  G.  W.  Terry,  the  present  pastor,  eanie.  and  has  preaclied  fre- 
qu-^ntly  at  West  Rn^h.  The  pn^^nt  number  of  mt-mb'-rs  in  th-j  eiiureh  ia  one 
hundred.  A  Sabbith-sehool  liaa  ons  hundred  and  filteen  .•scholars,  ci'.'hteea 
teachera  and  offieers,  and  Ira  W.  Green  is  superint-^ndent.  The  .sth.jul  hx.<  a 
library  of  fjur  hundred  voiutnes.  Fifty  copie-^  of  pcriudieals  are  Uiken.  The 
church,  valued  at  fifty-tive  hundred  dollin,  ia  supplied  with  an  organ. 


had  a  socielary  organizatiun  in  early  y..:irs.  and  built  a  ehureh  about  1S30.  Oq 
the  22d  of  December.  Is.jU,  an  or.'uniz;itiun  w.ij  ..fructed  in  Tliuni;u'  sch  jol-honsc. 
Samuel  Muck  presided,  Frink  Borryer  >va3  cl:rk.  Mania  Ditsell,  scereury,  and 
Sama^  Gungerand  Ludwig  Let-.:,  deacons.  The  lollowinij-named  were  mtmibers: 
John  Rietinger,  Wm.  W^inliardt,  T.ooinrd  Smith.  Fre-iorivk  Green,  Conrad  Lerg, 
Peter  Smith,  Adam  Sehall,  Henry  West.  Henry  Briel,  Jos.ph  .Shetman,  Frederick 
Wagner,  George  Canfietd,  J.icob  Sehlau-j,  Samuel  File,  Juiin  Keeler,  Wm.  Kem, 
Philip  and  Christian  \iw,  Frank,  Conrad,  and  Andrew  Ber.;,  Kter  Green,  John 
Stompf,  Frank  and  David  Thomas,  Ludwig  Uolfman,  Henry  and  Frank  West, 
Adam  Wegwalth,  Frank  West,  Su=an  Strouso,  JIan.-aret  Hoffman.  Kate  Lon,-.  B. 
Hart,  Nancy  and  Anne  Thomas,  Kate  Sehloueg,  Caroline  Berg,  Kate  Green,  Mary 
West,  Mary  Wagner,  and  Elii-ibeth  ShuII.  These  all  mot  at  the  schn.,l.house, 
and  Samuel  Muck  became  ilieir  pastor.  In  ISCi'i  they  built  a  fil'ieen-hunJi.  J-doUar 
chiucii.  _  It  U  a  frame  structure,  and  will  scat  about  two  hundred  persons.     A 


cupola  adds  to  Its  oppearanc 
I  church  until  hU  death  In  1 
I        few  years,  then  .lohn  Reiii 

present  pastor,  to<ik  char_-e. 

a  branch  from  this  church,  1 


Rev.  Muck 
erry  became  h 


pis.mdl.    The( 
the  .Methodist  K. 


;  M.  tl,„di 


had  an  early  fomiatio 
ISlC.and  m.my  were 
InlS23,Rev.Sil5by 


IE    CURISTIAN 

Elder  B.,d,-er 


revival  mectini.'N  .luring 
\  the  red  sehtjol-hou^e,  ;iri< 


0  the  tuwn  and  held 
an  organization  w.is  again  perfected.  Witliin  a  year  or  two  a  frame  church. 
bj  forty  feet  dimension,  had  l«en  erected,  and  a  few  yoara  since  the  denoniii 
erected  a  new  bouse. 

TOWN    STATISTICS  OP    1S53. 

Acres  of  land  improved,  14,337;  not  Improved,  3556.  Valuation 
$944,330.  Population,  1750;  families,  313;  dwellings,  301.  Sehool-distriel 
children  taught,  G46.  Live  stock :  horses,  702  ;  cattle,  1.547  ;  sheep.  C7:''.  4  ;  ■ 
2102.  Agricultural  products:  bushels  of  grain,  wheat,  winter,  47,013.  s 
71,723;  tons  of  hay,  lOSl ;  bushels  of  potatoes,  10.300;  apples.  ltf,7Dil. 
products :  butter,  73.010  lbs. ;  cheese,  440U  lbs.  These  atati.stics  disclose  tlu 
that  the  town  has  the  greater  part  of  its  land  improved,  that  the  growing  of' 
wheat  has  to  a  great  extent  given  way  to  that  of  spring  wheat,  and  that  the 
nets  of  the  dairy,  the  orchard,  and  the  meadow,  are  of  no  inconsiderable  an 
Limited  in  area,  old  in  settlement,  Rnsh  is  rich  in  farms,  and  occupied  hy 
telligent,  sober,  and  religious  people,  worthy  descendants  of  a  superior  cl 
pioneers. 


BIOGRAPHICAL     SKETCHES. 


I  Clarendor 


SOCRATES  SMITH,  M.D., 

.  RiithinJ  county,  Vermont.  Otobcr  ; 


lif.v  He  cornmonced  the 
rrU'luatL'.i  with  hi^ll  iionora 
n3  iiidustriuud  and  unreinit- 
1  review  in  liis  nieiuory  the 
,iiodb.i;,vel,..l.pt. 


waabom  i 

BtuJy  of  meaicine  witli  Prof.  Palmer, 
at  the  Vermont  Medical  School.  As 
ting  in  hia  sluJica.  It  waa  liia  habit 
le^ckjQa  uf  tlio  Jay,  v.Iii^h,  if  iiut  pcrucii 

At  twenty-OQC  years  of  ;i;:e  he  ctuimenccJ  the  practice  nf  hi 
Juoe,  ISl'^,  removed  to  Rus>h,  Monroe  Cuuuty,  N\w  Vork,  hi3  sub-equeut  home 
In  April  following;  he  aisncinted  with  Dr.  Alexander  Kel?ey,  and,  by  the  energetic 
prosecution  of  the  plana  of  hla  life,  he  eameU  an  enviable  repiitalion  thrnuirhout 
not  only  thia  county,  but  also  western  "Sew  York.  An  eminent  physician  once 
remarked,  on  hearing  his  name  mentioned,  "  We  ased  to  think  Socrat».*3  Smith  was 
half  of  western  New  York."  In  pursuing  hIa  profession  he  never  failed  to  re- 
spond to  the  call  of  the  sick.  Whether  in  sunshine,  storms,  late  hours,  or  outside 
basinesa,  for  the  poor,  without  hope  of  remuneration,  ur  the  wealthy,  he  waa 
equally  ready  to  devote  himself  to  the  relief  of  .suffering  and  di.-t^ase.  In  executing 
the  respousiblc  dutic?  of  his  profession  he  never  fav.ired  hims*;if.  though  alwava 
in  delicate  health,  having,  by  his  anluoua  labors  while  a  student,  contracted  a 
pulmonary  dJsciiae  which  enfeebled  his  consiitutit.o  and  cluni  to  liim  through 
the  whole  period  of  his  life.  In  February.  1S20.  he  marriL-^i  Matihla  Markham. 
daughter  of  Colonel  William  Markham,  of  Rush,  and  the  same  year  built  his 
residence,  where  he  continued  to  live  in  the  practice  of  his  pnifussion  until  hia 
death.  He  waa  associated  in  counsLl  with  the  eminent  physicians  of  his  day, 
was  a  member  of  the  medical  association  of  his  county,  and  is  still  reaicmbered 
by  the  elder  members  as  a  useful  and  skillful  physi-'ian  and  p.-rf.  a  gentleman. 
The  success  wltich  crowned  his  labur?,  notwithstandinii  the  almost  superliuman 
difficulties  arising  from  the  fatal  di.^^ase  which  early  f.istcned  upon  him  and 
6nally  terminated  his  life,  and  the  hard-hips  of  a  newly-sottled  country,  affords 
anmtstakable  evidence  of  more  than  ordinary  intellect  and  strength  of  pur- 
pose. His  public  services  were  not  confined  to  his  profession.  He  was  ap  earnest 
patron  of  educ:ition,  and  for  seven!  years  was  trustee  of  the  Ge 
Seminary  and  Genesee  College.  He  wx'i  also  one  of  the  most 
temperance  men  of  his  day,  both  by  precept  and  example,  and  was  a  leader  in  the 
temperance  movement  of  his  county,  never  refusing  aid  to  its  earnest  workers. 
Aa  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Kpi.s*'op;d  church,  he  as.<isted  liberally  in  building 
both  chmch  etliBcea  of  his  village,  and  left  by  will  a  permanent  fund  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  ministry.  His  house  woa  the  home  alwiiys  of  the  prcaclii--r,  educator, 
ind  temperance  worker.  Well  informed  and  highly  culture*^,  with  rare  conver- 
sational powers,  hia  hospitality  waa  richly  enjoyni  by  prnf^-ssional  men  and  phi- 
los*)pher3.  Hia  voice  was  always  for  returm.  He  never  act^epted  political  office, 
but  gave  his  support  to  the  beat  men.  Death  found  him  with  his  life-work  com- 
pleted, and  he  f-asscd  away  with  the  bright  hopes  of  the  Cliristian.  His  widow 
survives  him ;  al>o  his  only  child,  the  wife  of  Rev.  I^a.ie  Gibb^.rd,  of  U.^he-tcr, 
New  York,  ^lany  in  that  city  will  ree:iil  wiih  pleasure  their  business  relations 
with  the  subject  of  thi.s. -ketch,  who,  though  nut  residing  there,  grew  up  with  it  and 
witnessed  its  development,  and  made  it  alsu  the  centre  of  his  business  transactions. 


Weslevaa 


!  did  hia  work  well 


among  I 


)  fellowa. 


his  generation 


will  not  furg 


HOX.  THOMAS  J.  JEFFORDS 
waa  bom  in  Hw^h,  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  IRH.     His  parent: 
liamston,  Maa-acbu^^ctts,  in  1803,  and  settled  in  Rush.     Uc  was 
Jefforda;  hia  mother's  maiden  name  wjs  dusanna  Morris.     Tl 


from  Wil- 


seventh  son  of  i  family  of  twelve  children.     His  early  education  was  limitci  to 

the  common  school  of  his  native  town,  and  at  the  a'_'c  of  si^tcn  he  utiend.-d  a. 
select  school  in  the  then  villa-.-e  of  R-x-hester.  and  one  term  at  the  villa-e  nf  .May- 
villo.  Clrautau'iue  county.  He  went  into  the  mercantile  trade  at  North  Rii-h. 
in  which  bu^ine^s  he  continued  for  five  years.  He  has  held  office  front  1S;1."»  up 
to  18T4  ;  was  twice  electeil  ju.-tice  of  the  peace,  and  served  two  terms.  He  held 
the  office  of  supervisor  of  Rush  for  fifteen  years,  and  wa.s  elected  pre^sident  uf  tiie 
board  U;n  timis.  He  w.u  appiiinted  by  Governnr  Murgin  on  the  miiir  iry  eun- 
mittee  of  Monroe  County,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  the  cli>-5e  of  the  n-- 
bellion.  He  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  bounties,  and  during  four  xmrH 
he  issued  nearly  two  milliun  dullara  of  Monro-i  County  bonds  without  the  los-  of 
a  single  dollar  to  the  county.  In  ISGO  he  w.ls  electe<I  member  of  a.«em!)ly  from 
the  first  dUtrict  of  his  county,  and  waa  chairman  of  the  committee  on  public  lands 
and  Indian  affairs,  and  .served  with  marked  ability.  During  the  scs>ions  of  the 
legislature  be  attended  the  Albany  law  scho.,1.  and  at  its  elo.<e  was  admitte^l  to 
practice  in  the  county  court  i  fx-ji-Ktid).  In  ISC')  he  waa  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
the  supreme  court  of  the  ritatc  as  attorney,  solicitor,  and  counsellor,  and  in  1S71 
he  waa  admitted  to  practice  in  the  supreme  court  nf  the  tJnitcd  States  tiir  the 
northern  dtstnct  of  .Sew  York.  He  rapully  acquired  a  knowledge  ot  law,  and 
practiced  with  ability.  He  bad  acquired  an  extensive  acquaintance  with  the 
business  men  of  his  county,  and  knew  their  financial  standing  and  character  He 
represented  his  town  in  the  county  convention  foi-  thirty-seven  years  in  suctes.'-ion. 
He  was  an  ardent  politici;\n  and  a  great  admiror  of  Hrary  Clay ;  but  when  tlie  old 
Whig  party  disbanded  he  joined  the  Republican  party,  and  is  now.  at  the  a'.ie  of 

Honeoye,  and  ia  now  re>iding  in  the  viljjge  uf  Kast  Rush,  within  one  mile  of  his 
birthplace,  where  he  is  still  eng;xge<l  in  the  practice  of  the  law. 


JOSEPH   DAVIS. 


The  subject  of  this  memoir  wa"?  bom  June  13,  ISdl,  in  the  town  of  Bristol, 
Hartford  county,  Connecticut.  He  waa  the  son  of  Clark  and  Hannah  Davis. 
He  came  to  this  town  with  his  parents  in  the  year  ISOG,  and  continued  a  resident 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  the  20tli  of  March,  1874. 

He  had  a  religious  education,  h's  parents  being  mcmbens  of  the  Fir.-t  Rapti^t 
church  in  Ka>h.  He  had  a  prodi  ity  for  militar>-  tartica  and  pursnit.Mind  every 
position  in  which  he  was  places!  he  filled  with  fidelity.  A  more  Inmer't  inuii  it 
were  hard  to  find.  He  never  dissembled,  even  in  smalt  talk,  aa  many  .iie  apt  to 
do,  but  "spoke  the  word.'^  of  truth  in  sobcrnet^s."      He  was  just  in  hi-  d,.iliriir', 

Christian  man,  he  regarded  the  Sabbath  as  of  divine  institution,  and  \\a>  I'lithful 
in  attcmlance  at  the  hou.^e  of  Gc"i  with  his  family.  Ho  looked  well  alfrr  the 
interests  and  welfare  of  his  home  and  Ittved  its  retirement.  He  died  ai  p-aee 
with  God  and  man.  Having  "  tilled  up  his  d.iys  with  usefulness,  he  fell  a^wp  in 
Jesus,  in  whom  he  trusted." 

Parthenia  Davis,  wife  uf  Jo-cph  Davis,  was  born  in  Montgomery  county,  State 
of  New  York.  She  was  the  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Green,  wlm  eanic  to 
Rush  in  the  year  ISJiI.  The  marriage  uf  Mi>3  Parthenia  to  Joseph  Davis  w- 
curred  on  Thank.-giving  evening,  the  3th  of  December,  lH:il),  the  Rev.  Oslmm 
officiating. 

250 


MENDON. 


'the  r&theri.  th« 


Township  11,  i 
Pheijf^  anj  GorKam  jiriur  to  lh*'ir  ti 
•  nd  his  a."s.>tUtcs.  Tlie  entry  of  f.»l 
the  propriclL'i-3.  ^ul-Jivi^imH  were 
et-.ni  were  Otlin  anJ  Ferrij,  W.Ml 
Barnard,  iihl  J»»r^nit:ih  Wi.}-n-n;-*i. 
north  and  east,  and  S'juicwhat  hi 
the  cliar.icl*^'  of  the  s<iii.  iL 
The  s^iurft.-^  of  Irondetjuoit  ercek  iraver^  fnjm  tiie  central  portion,  and  several 
pondi  exist  in  the  northwestern  i>art.  The  history  of  this  town  may  be  read  beat 
by  its  coosiJerjtioo  in  three  tncts, — Uoneoye  Falls,  West  Ilalf,  aud  Elcven-Thou- 
•and-Acre  Tract. 

HONEOYE  FALLS. 


Menduo.  was  the  last  sale  Ly  Messrs. 
of  the  punha..^-  to  Sir  William  I'ahney 
jtrt  Me^.-rs.  Franklin  and  Buuj:hton  as 
uade.  and  aiuon',:  the  seeondary  propri- 
and  1'ep.i.in.  Jonathan  Hall,  Ebenezer 
h.  Th.,,:-:-  :■•.!.;.  :.,vai.,.,. J.  ;:uc.>:.  the 
,•  in  the  southwest.  A  clayey,  calcareous  loam  is 
Kjye  creek  f.ows  across  the  southwest  eorner. 


Captain  Jonath.-ui  B  ill,  after  whom  a 
on  and  located  oirtn  what  hiis  befu  kr 
proved  un..alisfaclory  to  him  after  a  few 
his  tr..ot  lo  Au^usiuj  and  Peter  B.  Pun 


tict  was  named  as  his  purchase,  moved 
vn  as  the  "  Ball  farm."  The  situation 
iionths"  esperience,  and  he  iDade  sale  of 
■  and  Zcbulou  Norton,  and  returned  to 


Connetticnt.     Zcbulon  Norton  emi..T..tcd  from  OtscL-o  county  in  ITnO.  with  the 

in  the  town  of  Victor,  but.  de-iring  to  erect  a  mill,  he  came  on  to  il.,neoye  F.ills  in 
IT'J  1 ,  and  as  noted  purt;ha.sc<J  a  part  of  Ball's  tr.ict,  in  all  one  thousand  ciiiht  hundrcil 
and  twenty  teres.  Early  in  the  spring-  of  ITOl  he  put  up  a  small  lo;_'  hut  m-ar  where 
the  fnrna(^  ~>ir  stands.'anj  this  h.ibit.nfion  he  covered  with  bark,  lie  immedi- 
ately i>et  his  wen  to  work  to  erect  a  small  grist-  and  s.iw-mill  on  the  sit*;  of  the 
upptT  mill.  He  soon  chanii'-'d  his  rv^idence  froiu  the  hut  tx>  a  block  house  erected 
near  by,  and  later  this  structure  was  donated  for  educitionJ  and  religious  pur- 
poses. The  mill  proving  too  small  for  the  increasincr  custom,  a  new  one  was  put 
up  in  its  plx-e,  and  this  was  taken  in  charge  by  Ezra,  a  S4>n  of  Mr.  Norton.  But 
few  weeks  had  e!ap.scd  ere  it  was  dc-stroycd  by  fire,  and  the  enemetie  proprietors 
speedily  erected  the  third  mill  on  the  site.  Ezra  died  in  IS12,  and  his  son  Lyman 
a^isumed  chaise  of  the  niill.  ran  it  several  years,  sold  to  a  man  named  .Strong,  and 
finally  moved  west.  The  elder  X-.rton  dicMi  in  LSI  4;  the  fiiime  occupied  by  him  yet 
stands.  .Mns.  Dr.  Allen  mid  Mrs.  Rind  are  daiightct^  of  Ezia.  After  Strong  the 
mill  passed  to  Collins  i  Wilui..rlh.  ami  from  them  to  Colonel  Culver,  who  erected 
the  stone  mill  in  1827.  From  Culver  the  property  waj  transferrtd  to  Hiram  Finch, 
who  bu?lt  the  lower  stone  mill  in  1S2T.  William  Clark  and  D.  Y.  Smith  were 
aubse-juent  owners,  and  Hiram  Smith  ia  the  present  proprietor.  During  the  fir?t 
few  years  Mr.  Norton  had  not  many  neighl-,rs.     Wm.  M,..n  ct  mo  in  and  l.Kale-d 

the  village,  atJ  P.-mained  till  about  l>2.i.  John  M.».n  died  here  in  ISOI.  .nnd 
■William  sixm  afterward.  In  I7y4.  Calvin  Cerrin,  Ja-.n  Cro^,s  and  Samuel  Ster- 
ling came  in  ind  .-^-ttle.!  uji-ni  small  farm.-.  Jacob  Young,  originally  from  the 
Mohawk,  arrive-1  fr>.m  Otsi'go  county  in  17DS.  and  erectc-1  a  >mall  l..g  hoiuse  north 
of  the  falls,  ui\>ii  one  humlri'd  acres  given  him  hy  his  father-in-law,  Z.  Norton. 
He  lived  alter  the  manner  of  a  pioneer  for  aliout  twelve  years,  aid  then  rai.-id  and 
cumplelcil  a  frame,  which  yet  .stamUand  is  at  pn-sent  occupiisl  l.y  hi.-  s-m.  Andrew 
Young,  aged  er:hty  years,  [ii  this  frame  house  Mr  Jae-ob  Young  rem.ined  until 
hL-  di-ath,  wliicii  took  place  .^larch  11,  1S72,  at  the  age  of  ..ue  Immlivl  ,n„l  liro 
f-irt,  Irii  mollis,  autl  lijhi'-rn  ,l,iyi.  He  had  lien  a  memU-r  of  the  .Metlioilist 
Episcopal  choirh  for  iintrlii-jiir  y.,ir«,  an.l  his  lo^s  w^cs  f.-it  by  the  entin.'  nei-h- 

froiu  lite,  of  fivf  g,-n«-ration-,  f.iliu-r,  -on.  grarul.x'n.  great-grand.-oli.  and  gre-at-great- 
grand-on,  all  living  at  one  time  and  all  in  the  eiijoynierit  of  health. 

Another  pioneer  at  the  falls  w.i.s  il.nj.imin   De  'iraw,  carpenter  and  joiner  by 

this  house,  which  Is  yet  in  u.se,  by  I>r,  Knickerbocker,  an  early  mcdicid  practi- 
200 


tioner  in  the  town.     He  was  the  founder  of  Knickerbocker  Hall  at  Avon,  and  i 
said  to  be  liying  north  of  Ilochcster. 

The  lii>t  birth  in  the  village,  and  probably  in  the  town,  was  of  William  St.i 
ling,  in  17:0.  Three  years  later.  17'.1S,  Julia'  daughter  of  Ezra  Norton,  was  l,.,ri 
aud  her  death  in  October,  ISUU,  was  the  lir.it  death  in  the  town  and  the  lir- 
burial  in  the  cemetery  here.  The  second  to  die  was  John  Moon,  in  ISOL  J'l, 
marriage  of  Jason  Cross  to  .Mary  Moon  was  celebrated  in  1790  at  her  fiith.r 
luL  eiLin.  and  all  the  neighborhood  (tive  families)  was  pre.sent  on  the  oeca.-ii.t 
The  restricted  area  of  the  cabin  permitted  its  occupation  only  hy  the  relaii.,11 
and  more  intimate  friends;  one  or  two  looked  in  from  the  one  small  wintlow,  whd 
others  sat  u|K)n  the  rail-fence  in  front  of  the  dwelling.  It  was  truly  priniitiv, 
but  fully  as  enjoyable  as  the  more  foruial  ceremonies  attendant  on  the  unions  • 

"Welcome  Garfield  was  the  pioneer  school-teacher  in  this  village  within  ih 
walls  of  the  old  block  house,  the  h.rmer  dwelling  of  Norton.  Andrew  Young  1 
a  surviving  pupil,  and  attended  the  school  in  1802.  Mrs.  .Allen  is  another  - 
those  olden-time  scholars.  Hannah  Gates  was  one  of  the  early  tcaehei-s.  . 
frame  school-house  was  erected  in  ISIO.  and  ultimately  was  moved  away  an 
used  as  a  residence  by  T>r.  Alleo  Mr.  Ki-l'.ler  tvas  .t;ic  of  the  tii>t  icaciters  i 
the  frame:  Levi  Hovey  and  Abigail  Jlete.df  were  of  the  euriy  inslructor^  in  tlii 
house.  A  good  brick  hciuse  was  built  iu  1S20  on  the  site  cjf  the  present.  1 
was  supplied  with  two  rooms.  In  one  room  was  taught  a  district  and  in  (h 
other  a  select  school.  The  select-school  teacher  in  the  upjicr  room  was  Eli^h 
Hyde,  who  was  popular  and  snccessfid.  and  whose  instructions  were  of  great  bcm 
fit  to  the  village.  In  IS.'iD  the  present  stone  structure  was  built,  requiring  tlirc 
teachers,  and  having  .as  many  rotjms. 

The  pioneer  storekeeper  of  Honeoye  Falls  was  James  Dison,  who  in  ISl 
came  from  Paris,  Oneida  county,  and  di-played  a  small  stoc-k  of  wares  upon  th 
shelves  of  a  room  within  what  is  now  an  old  and  weather-worn  structure  alandin: 
by  the  Roiuan  Catholic  church  and  owned  by  Mrs.  Lee. 

About  1827,  Messrs.  Atwell  &  Grout  kept  store  in  a  building  nowoecupie.l  b. 
Parks  k  Baba-ck.  and  for  several  years  carried  00  a  local  trade.  Harry  and  Job 
Case  were  also  early  merchants  here. 

An  early  tavern  was  crect,-d  by  Abraham  Parrlsh.  He  built  before  the  war  e 
1S12,  where  the  new  block  stands,  and  kept  the  house  for  .several  years.  J. .hi 
Case  and  Daniel  Gibs.jn  were  sub.se.|Ucnt  tavern-keepers.  Samuel  l,:.Jd  bnill  ll. 
second  tavern.  The  building  was  frauied.  steXKl  on  the  cast  side  of  the  en  es 
and  is  in  present  use  as  a  cabinet-shop.  Captain  John  Lines  was  one  of  ii 
early  landlords.  The  brick  tavern  was  erected  by  Daniel  Gibson  in  1-27.  .m 
was  fur  several  years  conducted  by  3[r.  fiibson,  who  was  a  popular  landlord.     Th 


been 


the  ; 


■  know 


louse.  Benjamin  Baker,  from  K.ct  lil.-m 
eteran  blacksmith  and  an  aged  citizen.  For 
rith  the  ring  of  his  anvil,  aud  then  the  haui 


field 


182 


id  aside  aud  death  < 


John  and  James  Dixon  built  a  distillery  in  the  village  about  1.S13,  and  t 
successfully  fur  a  half  dozen  years,  when  it  burned.'  James  Di."!on  built  an  a^ 
and  a  store.  Atwell  .^  Grout  had  an  asliery  here  during  the  war,  and  conii 
the  business  several  yearf. 

Clark  &  Wright  engaged  in  tanning  at  an  early  period,  but  not  to  any  n 

The  mail  was  received  from  Lima  for  several  years,  but  about  1S22  a  p'sl 

was  establishe.1  here  under  the  name  of  West  .Mei.don.     S.|uire  Wheslcr  w., 

first  one  app^jinted  to  attend  to  the  olhce,  and  olheiatcd  scvcr.il  yc.irs.      Ili- 

cessors  have  Ken  Edwar.l  Downs, Meliride,  John  Yorks,  and  the  pi 

ineumlwrit  is  U.  Ostrandcr.     Iu   1S3S  the  name  of  tlw  office  was  ehangi 


Ho 


Falls. 


The  manufactun-s  of  the  vill.agc  of  early  growth  have  knoi 
131.1,  Wicks  built  a  long  fr.uue,  intending  it  for  a  woolen  fae 


Is&aic  Colrin  was  bom 
■t  Panby,  Vermont,  in 
the  year  1739.  He  re- 
nioTcd  with  his  pareiita, 
when  sU  yenra  of  age, 
to  tl:e  town  of  Lima,  in 
ihisytate.  Attheijeof 
seven  he  and  his  mother 
removed  to  Macedon 
(his  father  being  deadj, 
where  they  resided  until 
tlie  ye^ir  ISIo,  wben  he 
married  CTarissa  Ddaao. 
She  was  bom  at  Mace- 
don  in  the  year  1796, 
her  father  being  one  of 
the  firet  settlers  in  that 
town,  ard  she  being  the 
oldest  child.  After  their 
marriage  Mr  and  Mrs.  C.  went  to  Ure  at  Rochester,  where  he  established  th( 
hatteis'  trade,  which  he  followed,  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Aldrich  Colrin 
until  the  year  1824,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Henrietta,  Monroe  County 


I3AAC  COLVIN. 


He  then  comnicnecd  • 
fimner'a  life,  whith  he 
followed  thereafter.  In 
the  year  18C4  they  re- 
moved to  the  town  of 
HendoD,  when;  he  re- 
aided  until  his  death,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-two 
years.  His  surviving 
widow  is  now  eighty- 
one  years  of  age,  and, 
with  her  grandwn,  Lsaac 
C.Sheldon,  are  still  resi- 
dents of  Mendon. 

SEQISTEB. 

Ashley  Colvin,  their 
first  child,  was  bom  in 
Rochester  in  the  year 
1816;  he  is  said  to  be 
the  third  while  child  born  in  that  place.  Sarah  A.  Colvin,  bom  1817  ■,  Martha 
D.  Colvin,  born  1819.  Clarissa  Colvin,  bom  1821;  Isaac  H.  Colvin,  bora  1823 ; 
Sarah  Ann  Cohin,  bora  1825  ;  Martha  Deiano  Colvin,  bora  1831. 


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ICISTOUY   OF   MONEOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YOrJi. 


2C1 


eWh-dressine  estiibli>hnient.  Pubs.^^U': 
who  3olJ  to  An,lre«-  Y..u„-  in  I.--.M.  Yuun-  r^n  it  ; 
iog-  and  fullin--niill,  :md  th,n  bo.-ai.  vckn  maimfai 
Angu.-ti«  0.  Garrctf.  Yuun'^  contiiiuetl  t}ic  busioi.* 
his  interest  to  Klij.ib  S.  r.^t,  an.l  h«  t..  Hinm  Finch. 
Anderson,  au-l  he  tn  Fimh,  whi.  iben  had  entire  eiim 
ifter  some  yeara  closed  the  businea:?.  The  old  mill 
dressing  lumber. 

Eldrick  Smith  built  a  .-iistom-  and  eard!n5.m.ichine  i 
fa,  and  later  s.ld  to  0.  J.  liilbort,  wh,.  carri.-l  ,,n  w,»,l 
years.  The  buildinj;  burned,  and  h.?  tli.n  t-r-rr.  d  th^  ^tunn  structure  now  used 
as  a  furnace.  Horace  and  Zena,-*  Smith  t'^k  In  Id  ••(  it.  and  used  it  as  an  iron- 
foundry,  and  it  is  now  nni  as  such  by  E.  L.  A;  W.  R.  Yurks. 

A  man  named  Seth  GtUby  erected  a  buiklini  and  started  an  a-Xc-f^ctory. 
Samuel  Itand  eventually  became  its  owner,  and  carried  on  the  biisincs-'  for  some 
years.  Jasper  Parrislt  was  mi'iiTe  i  here  for  a  time,  [t  w.-ia  later  ch  iniied  to  a 
woolen-mill  by  Messrs.  Rand  &.  Gilbert,  and  continued  ;a  such  by  A.  C.  Allen  i 
Patrick  Buggy,  and  yet  later  by  the  Hunt  liri.thers. 


1  were  .lobn  ar.d  Amos  Diion, 

aufaclure.  taking  (*tr  a  partner 
16S-.  Garrett  sold 
ig  sold  to  Alexander 

w  iLsed  ad  a  shop  for 

5.  where  the  furnace 


NORTO.VS   MILLS   IN'   IS.n 


then  kn 


21.  and  t 
•ight.  He  saw  a  grist-mill  owned 
ne  man.  a  gun-shop  the  property 
perated  by  Andrew  YounL'.  At- 
>f  James  Diion,  and  runniu-.:  an 
ce  ;  in  one  was  Baker,  and  in  the 
t  living,  wad  engaged  in  the  manu- 
1  a  cooper-shop,  and  John  H.  Foi 


Dr.  H.  Allen  came  to  Iloneoyc  F.ills  in  1 
Norton's  Jlills,  presented  the  following  to  hi 
by  Lyman  Xortoo,  a  saw-mill  owned  by  the  ^ 
of  Uanna  &.  Baiter,  and  a  earding-machine 
well  it  Grout  were  kev'picig  store  in  the  bous< 
ashery.  Two  black-niith-shops  were  in  exist< 
other  William  K.  Bl.d-dcl.  Daniel  Barnes.  ; 
ftcture  of  wagons,  Harry  Dunn  was  carrying 
waa  in  the  shoe  busitiess. 

church.  Elders  Prindly  and  Williams  were  living  here,  and  the  former  w;i3  en- 
gaged in  preaching.  tL  Methodists  were  building  a  new  church,  and  3Ir.  Clark 
had  charge  of  the  village  school.  Parriah  kept  tavern  in  the  old  frame,  and  Ezra 
Forsyth  was  the  c:irpenter  of  the  place.  John  Wilcox,  the  eon.stable.  was  kept 
busy  at  his  duties.  An  Englishman  had  located  here  as  a  tailor ;  Mrs.  Bailey 
took  jobs  of  weaving ;  and  Dirck  Knickerbocker  w.-u  the  physician,  now  living 
north  of  Parma,  and  far  along  in  years.  The  mail  w.is  obtained  at  East  Mendoo 
and  Lima;  and,  as  we  have  said,  this  place  w.is  entitled  Norton's  Mills. 

A  mile  to  the  north  sto^J  a  small  church,  bci-ngin^  to  rh.  Christians,— a  build- 
ing used  by  them  till  1S4II,  when  they  erected  the  stone  church  in  the  village. 
Their  preacher  wiia  Joseph  Badger.  AmMUi  the  villa-ers  were  William  Mixin, 
Mrs.  Sines,  John  Scramlin,  Samuel  Ladd,  Samuel  Cone.  John  Diion,  Ira  Phil- 
lips,   Richards,  and  a  miller  named  Dcutcher. 

THE   PBESS   OF   HO.VEOYE. 

Gary  A. Jlough  chanced  to  come  to  the  village  as  an  actor  in  a  traveling  thea- 
tre during  1S3T,  and,  liking  the  place,  soon  returned  thither  and  started  the 
Honeoi/e  Slrtn<litnl  in  a  stone  block  opposite  the  hotel.  Ho  published  the  paper 
about  a  year,  and  then  sold  to  Mcs-rs.  Vedder  i  N'orris,  by  whom  it  was  con- 
ducted a  brief  period  aiid  then  discontinued.  The  sheet  was  spicy  an4l  well 
edited,  but  the  lack  of  trade,  of  nieaos  of  communication,  and  of  bu.siness  for  the 
printer,  made  the  project  a  source  of  loss  rallur  than  pruSt.  S.  Francis  Jory, 
who  had  been  a  publi-ti^r  fir-t  at  Naples,  then  at  Lima, — there  iviuing  the  U'-rkly 
Union, — came  here  and  began  publijiiing  the  Mrntlon  Free  I'lcs.^  in  January, 
18C3.  It  has  been  continued  to  the  present,  and  is  a  four-column  monthly  paper. 
twenty-four  by  eighteen  inches,  devoted  to  literature,  etc..  and  independent  [».litic- 
ally.  On  January  1,  ISUU.tho  name  was  changed  to  Umicye  t'tlh  FrM  l',>'ss. 
In  connection  a  circulating  library  h.is  been  established  by'Mr.  Jory  since  1S72. 
This  library  numbers  over  one  thousand  volumes.  A  readins-nxim  hxs  bein 
opened  in  the  same  building,  and  these  measures  are  regarded  as  conducive  to  the 
intellectual  welfare  of  the  community.  The  /-.'/iii  /innnhr  has  a  eonsi.lerablc 
circulation  in  the  town.  The  Ilf„>rnyr  Falh  G;zcile  made  iLs  first  api«-arancc  on 
Saturday,  August  12,  ISTC,  with  A.  Tiffany  Norton  proprietor,  .and  (;.  A.  Gobeen 
editor  and  business  manager.  It  is  published  at  Lima,  w.x-kly,  .inil  is  a  live  local 
journal,  five  columns,  neatly  printis 

conducts  the  I.^nm  Ii.rnr,l.'r.      Wlnt.^ver  el-e  may  exist  in  a  vilhc-c,  the  pre 
one  of  its  most  efficient  me.ms  of  advancement,  and  a  means  of  juilg 


The  wants  of  the  merchant 
the  presence  of  a  banking  insti 


B.  T.  Martin  opened  a  banking  office  on 
ts,  and  carried  on  business  about  ciL'htiN.n 
Iness  and  removed.  t>n  May  1,  IsT",  an 
the  store  of  F.  H.  Hilden  &  Sons.     Fr..ni 

DLseounting  and  exchange  and  a  ■•cner.il 


1,  lSi;8,  F.  H.  Holden.  A.  H.  and 
the  coiner  of  .Main  and  .^(onroc  strc. 
months,  when  Martin  closed  the  bu 
office  was  opened  by  A.  M.  It.jiden  in 
there  the  office  was  removed  to  a  hi 
the  title  of  "  Bank  of  Iloneoyc  Falls.' 
banking  business  done. 

MASONIC. 

(\ion  LfxjQe,  Xo.  45,  was  organized  at  Lima,  where  sessions  were  held  !"uic 
yejirs.  and  then  removal  madi'  to  tbis  villv.'e  and  meeting  held  in  Lines'  tivcni. 
Levi  Hovey  was  one  of  the  early  .Masters.  Among  numbers  were  Andr.w 
Young,  A.  0.  Garrett,  Judge  Smith,  Elias  and  James'  Smith,  James  and  J..|o, 
Dixon,  Benj.  Baker,  and  Jno.  B.  and  William  Dixon.  During  the  excited  pcrlo.l  ,.f 
l-S-.'6  and  later,  the  lodge,  in  common  with  others,  .suffered  loss  of  numbers,  aid. 
according  to  the  procedure  of  the  times,  gave  up  its  charter,  and  when  the 
bulge  was  again  originated  it  was  at  Lima.'  i-,HM  Star  iMlje,  .\'>.  320.  wa< 
instituted  in  1S52  by  old  memben  of  the  Uuion  Lod'^e.  Among  the  chart,  r 
members  of  this  lodge  were  Kufus  Richardson,  JIattbew  Ogden,  Adam  W.  Willi.-. 
Silas  Pierce,  John  B.  Crosby,  B.  H.  Benhara,  Warren  Cummings,  Geor.-e  U. 
McBride,  Daniel  T.  llannas,  'mA  John  H.  Fox.  .McBridc  and  Bcnbam  arc  y.  t 
living.  A  6re  destroyed  the  early  records,  and  has  made  it  imp*^s^ible  to  t:i\  e  a 
complete  history.  The  lodge  numbers  seventy-four  Master  Masons.  Th.  y  have 
fitted  up  and  occupy  a  hall  in  Pierce  &  Brig-'s  lot,  and  h.dd  semi-monilily  met- 
ings.  The  present  officers  are  Gcjrge  St.  John,  W.  M. ;  A.  H.  Hunt,  S.  W  ; 
Milo  Case,  J.  W.;  W.  G.  Starr.  Treas. ;  L.  N.  Allen,  Sec;  John  Homes, 
S.  D  ;  E.  L.  Yorks.  J.  D. 

INCORPORATION    OF    TUE   VILLAGE. 

The  village  was  incorporated  on  March  13,  1833,  as  Honeoye  Falls.  At  a 
meeting  held  June  5  follouiMs.uffic.rs  were  elected,  and  Henry  P.  Culver,  S.m.i,-! 
Rand,  Harry  Allen,  Hiram  Finch,  and  .Matthew  O-den  were  chosen  trustees  ;  John 
B.  D.xon,  Samuel  P.  Sterling,  and  Adam  W.  Willis,  as.sessors ;  Horace  Wlus-ler. 
clerk  and  treasurer;  and  Jotham  Biekford. collector.  The  report  is  signed  by  1>. 
G.  Stuart,  J.  P.  .Meetings  were  held  in  the  brick  school-house  till  ls44;  sub- 
seriuent  to  which  there  is^no  record  of  meeting  till  March  31,  l-^li!..  On  April 
24  an  act  was  passed  by  the  legislature  to  consolidate  and  amend  the  .sevei.d  aels 
relating  to  the  village  of  Honeoye  Falls,  and  to  enlarge  the  powers  of  th.-  c.ir[«j- 
ration.  A  further  amendment  occurred  in  April,  lSil'>.  MeelinL's  are  at  pr.  >crit 
held  in  rooms  of  a  block  owned  by  J.  P.  Kaufeld;  but  the  old  Mcth.xlist  Kpi-.-..|.al 
church  has  been  purchased,  and  is  being  fitted  up  as  a  town  ball.  .Vs  evidence  that 
business  enterprise  is  pwgressive  and  now  well  advanced,  tlie  pla.:c  is  summaiizcd 
as  follows:  It  has  eight  dry -goods  and  grocery.storcs  and  drug  stores,  hardware- 
store,  four  merchant  and  custom  t,\ilors,  nearly  a  dozen  millinery  and  dress. making 
ahops,  five  boot-  and  shoemakers,  two  harness-shops,  wa._-.m-Bliop3,  stave  and  head- 
ing factory  and  cooper-shops,  coal  and  lumber  yards,  and  planing  mill  an.l  sa-h. 
door,  and  blind  factory,  blacksmiths,  two  cabiiiet-slmps.  two  flouring-  and  cu-t..m 
mills,  two  meat  markets,  foundry  and  ma.;hinc  shop,  woolen  factory,  jewcier's  shop, 
two  barber-shops,  painters,  masuiis,  and  produce  buyers,  bank,  printing-ofliee.  law- 
vers,  insurance  a-jcnts,  and  d.ietors.  Its  new  town  hall,  lis  stores  an-l  pri'..itc 
dwellings  which  the  people  arc  now  erecting,  and  its  citizens  of  substantial  wcaiih, 
attest  the  importance  of  Honeoye  Falls. 


of  the 


lid  growth 


of  the  religious  interests  of  the  community 


FIRST    METHODIST    EPl 

In  17D7,  Methodist  itinerants 
Revs.  Smith  and  Wicks  were  am 
Sehull,  from  Philadelphia,  were  1. 
marked  ability,  and  amused  a  str. 
Norton  and  Jacob  Y'onng  were  an 
were  held  in  the  block  house  prev 
by  many  conversions.  In  time 
Davidson  lot,  and  serv..-d  al.s..  for 
services  everv  fortni'.;ht.  ami  this 


■OPAL   CliURCn,    UONEOVE    FALLS. 

g  the  first,  and  formed  "a  clas.s.  Ta!b..t  an.l 
c  ab.)Ut  the  .same  time.  They  were  men  of 
g  int.'rest  upon  the  subji'Ct  of  rcli-ji-.n.  L. 
ig  the  first  members  of  the  cl,i.ss.  .\l.rtii.-.-s 
isly  mentioned,  and  revival  intcr.'st  rewaiil.-l 
church  building  was  erected  on  llu-  t '.  C. 
lucatL.nal  purposes.     Circuit  pr.-achcrt  li.l.l 


>r  also 

Februarv  21,    1S2I1,  op.-anizalion    was   m.i.l,.,  according  to  statute,  of   the    Fi 

iress  is 

Melb..dist   Kpis.;opal  chapel  in  .M,-,i,l..n.      The   in,-,  tin-  was  h,id  .at  the  dw.  Ili 

s  busi- 

of  John  S.ran.lin.      The  trusr.s's  were  Frmcis  Smith,  .l..bn  Lines,  and    KMi 

Y'orks.     In  (Vf.lHr.  1  .-.•  1   a  r.-  ..r_-ani«tioM  w...  ..(b  .  t.  .1  under  ibc  slv  !.•  ..f  ■  l- 

Mcth.-li-t  Epi-copal  I'h.ip.l  >..ci.tv  ..f  the  t.ovn  ot'  .M-r..l..ii."     A  .hiir.-b  cbl 

rcndcr 

w.es  d.-ire.l.  an, I  a  s„|,„ripli,.ii  cir.illat.d.      A  varldy  of  artic'.s  Were  pi.d;j.'.l 

1  April 

lieu   of    mon.:y.     Among   these  were  grain,  lumber,  live-stock,  and  <.7<i-./i   " 

iiiSTor.Y  or  MoxnoE  county,  new  york. 


tigHfl  u:l>i^ky.  Un>Icr  tli..^?  rir,- 
euoijl-te.1  111  the  v,ar  i;.ll,.\v.nj. 
H.  Fol.  On  o.-,'j-i,m  ..f  rtr  ,i:-s  ; 
1S4(;  ly  Julin  I\-i,ui.i.  T.u.!...r,. 
tire  «erv;-,f3  WW  ,u.  June  VJ..U 
\e)X-  TI.e  G«».^w  annua  cnf,'; 
.idi.ii:.     Aapist  IS.  1  >.-,-,  tl,,.  K 

ia  the  church.  One  kfi  the  chun 
nscfulnes".  aicJ  at  Burlinutun,  IVii 
WW  held  in  151S  near  the  vilhipe 
1S42,  andcr  K^t.  D.  Parsms,  a  .lt 
buiUing  was  moreU  a  >hurt  Ji.-'ta 
•ft«r  a  few  Diooths'  ii.«o.  anj  \*as  t 


l.r,..bjtc.n.. 


nJ.uncJ. 
ihcr.  U.I 
,.J;,nunr 


,nip-i 


I":-' 


anJ  . 


acinus  revival  wja  eiijujed.  In  >Iay.  \^'A1 ,  the 
,icc.  aii'l  a  Ik-11  pnrch;iscd ;  It  hccauie  wortlu.■^3 
■.placiHl  by  a  new  i>nc.       In    lt54t>  the  galleries 

MV  builJini:  vad  erctteil  ar  a  oust  of -ixteen  tlirusanj  d.H.irs.  Its  audienee-roum 
ia  forty-four  by  seventy-five  tcet.  and  h-njture-n.i-ni  tuenty-tivi;  by  fitly  foet.  The 
tower  ha«  a  h>'»";ht  uf  one  Imndred  and  Iwenty-tive  tect.  Anmnii  niinisteni  from 
the  society  wcf«  Parter  Budl,  L..renz„  Williams  Nathan  llaima,  tnnch  G.  Uuell, 

Mitchell  and  William  B.  J.acy,  in  isns  ;  M.  Monileth  and  Jnhi,  Ki.ubeilin.  lir.<?  ; 
Father  William.,  ISIS;  then  fuUmved  Reva.  Putfer.  Prindle,  Ilnberts,  Peareall, 
James  Hull,  William  Sn..iv,  dwx-^,-  Densmure,  Ge...n.-c  Thomas,  and  Noah  Bi-elow. 
In  ISl'T,  John  Paiker  w,u  pieacher  liere ;  in  ISiiS,  W.M  Mendon  had  Ira 
Fairbanks;  iu  132'J.  Victor  a..d  Mendun  had  John  Park.r,  D.  Dowa,  and  B. 
Sabin,  the  last  superimmerary ;  and  in  Is:^ll  the  s.iine  I.K.jlities  had  Philo  Wuud- 
worth,  Daniel  Aodei-on.  and  Thum.L-.  Carlmn.  Up  tu  l>i;+  there  had  been  twcnty- 
Dlne  ministers  o^K»n  tlie  eh:ir;re,  s-jine  ot*  whom  had  remained  two  or  tliree  years. 
More  recent  pa.^toi-s  have  been  L.  D.  Chase.  Asa  Baker.  T.  0.  Wooden,  and  iu 
IStO,  E.  E.  Cniimhcr!-.  IvD..  tiie  present  pastor,  eauie  in  ei.arije.  Anion-  tile 
original  workers  in  tliia  church  were  John  .--eranloiu.  John  H.  Tox,  Mr^.  Parri.h, 
Mrs.  E.  Davis,  Hannah  Young,  Susanna  Lines.  r..l>ey Shuait,  Elizabeth  Ilaniui, 
Pliiabelh  Dunn.  Mrs.  Kogcra,  and  ILiniLili  11.  Yuung.  wile  of  Andrew.  The 
church  has  lived  in  concord  and  unity;  no  cln|iies  have  wrought  dissen?ioii ;  its 
career  has  beeu  prosperous;  its  membership  is  one  hundred  and  seventy,  its  at- 
temLoco  three  hundred,  am!  ■"::\U  for  InM  live  liunHred  are  provided'  in  the 
audience-room  of  their  edifice.  A  S-unday-jclnxjl  in  operation  for  many  years 
has  one  hundred  pupils  and  twenty-two  orticers  and  tcachcn.  E.  L.  Yurks  i-  the 
present  superinutident. 

CnRISTI.lS  CIIUECH. 
Elder  Joseph  BjJg?r,  of  New  Hampshire,  begin  labor  in  Henrietta  during  1S16. 
In  Noveml«r,  John'  Collins  and  Ezra  Sheldon,  Esip.  sent  an  invitation  for  him 
to  preach  in  the  Sheldun  school-house.  He  caiiie.  and  ple;uscd  the  p.-'0].le.  In 
January,  1817,  Rev.  Bad-cr,  by  invitation  of  Elder  Wicks,  preached  at  Norton's 
Mills.  On  a  diiy  in  the  following  summer  he  again  held  forth  in  the  school-house 
Dear  the  old  chui^h,  north  of  Honcoye  Falls.  Eideia  Hathaway  and  BlodL-ett  were 
present.  Api-intnienis  were  couiiuu.  .1  scmi-momhly  till  Ovfober.  when  Elder 
Badger  n^tde  this  his  field  of  labor.  On  November  L'4,  church  organization  look 
place,  and  on  the  day  following  fifteen  were  baptiz.sl.  The  first  to  conform  to 
this  rite  was  Bcnjamm  Lumbard.  and  the  nest  John  Holland.  On  Dewmher  :.', 
Abner  Bond  was  chosen  deacon.  December  liT,  the  fir-t  fellow  hip  meet.n-  was 
held,  and  next  day  the  first  eoinmiinion.  Great  jtrosperity  atte  ded  the  church 
during  the  winter  of  IMIS.  Vi-its  were  made  by  KIdcra  Millard,  Hathaway, 
Sharp,  Rlodgett,  ami  Sanf -rd.  The  revival  extended  to  I/ima  and  to  Livonia,  and 
a  branch  church  sprang  lip  and  became  distinct.  In  l^Hl  a  meetiiig-hou<e  was 
raised  and  inclosed,  but  not  finl>iied  till  182lJ.  when  the  work  was  accomplished 
through  the  efforts  of  JIarvin  Smith,  William  Liwrciiee,  an.l  A  O.  (iarrctt.  By 
Jane  12,  ISID,  five  pcrs-,ns— J„ni.-s  McGregor.  Benjamin  Alton,  S.  D.  Ba-lctt, 
Samuel  Sikby.  and  James  We-tcat — ha.l  received  letlcn  and  I  xn  oidaincd  to  the 
work  of  t  .  ministry  from  this  ,h.inli.  In  IbJl  the  church  had  rc-cvived  eighty- 
•even  members  bolides  the  branch  society.  In  IS^-').  .\.  I)  G.irrett  h,>,aine  the 
jMcacher,  and  io  the  fall  Elder  BeiiWn  Farl.-y  a.-si,„i,d  the  niini.,lr)- of  the  church 
for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of  lS2(i,  Ephralm  SI,.ieU,c.  of  M.,-s,cliusettj.  moved 
inanda'ided  the  church,  and  hceanie  a  mini-t,  r  Up  to  ls;;i  the  church  had 
reo-ived  one  hundn-d  and  ,-c^clltccll  ]»  is-.iis,    fi«y-ci-ht  ha.l  removed,   seven  had 


Dicuibcis  were  Abner  H.". 
Clark,  Lydla  E.lnio,„i-.  St,  i 
and  many  others.      Bv  1*^;'. 


lin  Smith.  li. 
.  I'.oiy  Smith, 
received,  and 


neral  n...s,.n,bly 
of  this  .  loir.'l 


iry,  1S4I),  EM.r  Bad 


at  a  c-..st  of  four  ihoilsand  dollars.  On  Jcuary  2^.  1^43.  Elder  B..d-er  reaigi,„I 
and  Elder  Barr  took  his  place.  J.  1).  ri.H.ls  ,,i,d  W.  T.  Calon  were  sueeLive 
pa.stor3.  The  latter  re.ML-ii.^I  in  1S4S  ;  Eli  Fay,  l,s.-,l  ;  J.  C.  Bur.-iidurf,  October 
1,  lS5;i;  J.  K.  Hoag.  IS.-.ii;  D,  Millard,  1857;  and  Revs.  Fuller.  Himmo.,,1 
J.  G.  Noble,  Hicks,  and  W.  J.  Hol.hs.  present  pastor.  The  pre.-cnt  nieiukT-hip 
ia  seventy-five.  A  S.ibbath  school  has  been  eiistent  coeval  with  the  church.  L. 
A.  Palmer  is  its  su[K;riiitendent. 

TIIE    PRFSBYTERU!*    CtlURCU. 

Stated  services  were  first  held  in  the  village  in  132S,  by  Rct.  George  G.  .«ill, 
orisinally  sent  out  by  the  board  of  missions  establi.-hcd  by  the  general  asaeruhlv. 
The  chuichwas  or-nnized  March  I.  ls:;l.and  the  following  Is  the  roll  of  oriL'iiiLl 
membership:  Charles  Foot,  Simeon  Johnson.  .Moses  llowell.  Mrs  Louisa  W. 
Sill,  A.  Dixon,  and  .Marcia  M.  Blaisdell.  There  were  forty-seven  persons  re- 
ceived into  fellowship  during  tlie  year  1S31.  and  of  these  hut  seven  are  livire.-, 
namely.  Charles  F.  Cutler,  Dr.  Hurry  Allen,  .Mrs.  Lydia  Allen,  Mrs.  Polly  Di.xoo! 
Mm.  Charlotte  Brown,  Jothani  Bickford,  and  Mrs  Catharine  Bickf.rd. 

On  July  IT,  \<;\.  there  was  completed  for  religious  service  a  building  in  An- 
twenty-fjur  by  forty  feet.  It  is  now  joined  to  the  rear  of  the  present  edifice,  and 
is  used  for  a  session-  and  lecture-room.  The  church  in  use  was  raised  in  1.S41. 
and  dedicated  January  27,  1842.  Its  dimensions  are  torty  by  seventy  feet,  and 
its  estimated  cost  was  four  thousand  five  hundrc'l  dollars. 

The  following  is  the  roll  of  ministeri,il  service:  George  G.  Sill.  l.S2S-:;2, 
Richard  Dunning,  183:3-34  ;  Jacob  Hart,  lS3.i-3'J  ;  S.  J.  .McCullou..;h,  1339-111 ' 
Ephraim  Stron-.'.'l840-43  ;  Thomas  Ri-gs.  1843-47  ;  0.  C.  Beard.-lcy.  January, 
1S47,  to  Deccmbc'r,  lS.-)7  ;  Ira  De  Long,  1S.-.8,  1SIJJ-I)7  ;  J.  N.  Wood,  ISJ-t-bi'i ; 
L.  B.  Rogers,  ISBU-Gl;  H.  M.  Hurd,  18G1-G2;  S.  W.  Pratt,  1SG2-C3;  E.  B 

down  to  the  present  time.  The  Sabbath-sehixjl  was  organized  J.iiiuary,  1831. 
The    nuniber  of  pupihi   ia  one   hundred   and  ti?n ;  the  superintendent  Is  S.  A. 

IPISCOf.\L    ClllRCU,    ST.  JOHNS. 


Such  I 


embers  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  met  at  the  brick 
school-house  on  June  2it,  1S41>,  to  organize,  and  to  incorporate  according  to  law. 
Nathaniel  F.  Bruce,  rector,  was  c-.dled  to  the  chair.  Elijah  S.  Itust  and  Horace 
Wheeler  were  elected  church-w.irdens.  Henry  P.  Culver.  Samuel  Rand.  Edwjnl 
D.  Lacy,  George  Dorr.  Robert  W.  Rand.  Benjamin  Adsit,  Charles  Paulk,  and 
Herkimer  B.  Miner  were  chosen  vestrymen.  Approval  nrcs  given  by  Bi>liop  W. 
H.  De  Lancey  on  September  2S,  1S40.  Notice  of  meeting  April  13,  1S41.  at 
the  school-house,  to  tninsact  business,  shows  that  to  have  bcsin  their  place  of  as- 
sembly. A  church  eilifice  was  built  soon  after.  Since  meeting  was  held  in  their 
edifice',  March  20,  1842,  April  IS,  IS  13,  Rev.  Henry  Lockwood  is  mimed  as 
rector,  and  as  such  continued  until  early  in  1848,  when  he  resigned,  and  with 
many  regrets  the  church  parted  with  a  f.dthful  mini-ter.  April  III,  1-8411,  Rev. 
J.  f.  Eaton  beg-an  to  serve  the  cluircli  as  its  rector.  Rev.  J.  n.  Hedgi-'  i.riii 
extended  from  lS,i4  to  1856.  Ih  1S73  Charles  M.  Barber,  in  1S74.  Heiir.v  A 
Duboc,  in  1875,  J.  H.  Dennis,  who  ceased  his  lalwts  here  in  March.  ISTIi.  and 
Rev.  Cattcrson.  present  rector,  are  of  the  more  recent  ministers  in  char'.:c.  C. 
Paulk  was  clerk,  1840-43.  He  was  succeeded  by  Charles  Wheeler,  and  he  hv 
George  McBride  in  1847.  The  l.ist-iniiied  h.is  served  principally  to  the  pn  -  nt. 
John  D,ivis  W.1S  wanlen  many  y?ars.  The  number  of  communicants  is  tifiy.  The 
church  building  is  one  of  the  finest  finished  stiuetures  in  the  interior  ol  the  M.ite 
Mrs.  Sarah  Rand  donated  over  three  thousand  dollars  to  the  church,  and  at  an 
expense  of  two  thou.-and  dollars  bimglit  a  rectory.  The  building  has  iha'O  meuiori:d 
windows,  recalling  Mns.  Hiram  Sibley.  M.v.  S.  Wilcui.  and  Mrs.  P>aiid.  At  ll"' 
re-opening  Bishop  Coxc  was  present,  as  was  a  large  number  of  ministers. 

CATHOLIC   CUURCU.  ST.  PALL   OP  THE   CR0S9. 

First  meetings  were  held  about  ISoD,  in  an  old  building  then  .x-eu|.icd  hy 
Patrick  Buggy.'    From  I  here  removal  was  made  to  the  house  of  Mr.  ClatT.y.  and 

siind  dollar..  Father  W.  Grc-.-.'  was  pa-tor  at  the  time  when  the  church  »:is 
b.  iiig  elected,  lie  was  suecc-i-.lcd  by  Father  Mulhcrrin,  now  of  Lima,  .iml  he  Iv 
Father  Rcmill.  Then  came  Rev.  Evan-,  the  present  incumbent  of  the  char.;.-. 
From  a  few  families,  scattered  whlel.v.  the  ('atholiis  of  this  comumniiy  have  1"  - 
come  a  fairly  plospcloiis  or..'aiiiziition,  with  a  nicmbcrship  of  fifty-live  laiinli'- 

TDF    EVASaELir.\L    REFORMED    Tlil  RCII. 

Theor,L-.miz-.ilionw.i-,ircetedattluliou-.of  J.  P.  Kauf  ld.o,iM:iieh2f.    I-'-'- 
with   J.    P.  Kaiihld.    Louis    Urch,    Philip   N.iu,  C.iirad    Lereh.   John    ll-ll"'"' 


S^WPt  5orr. 


Comfort  Goff,  grandfather  of  Squire  Goff,  came  from  Rhode  ZslaDd. 
father  of  seven  children,  i\i  sons  and    one  daughter,  aii  of  whom 
country  witn  him.     He  was  seventy-iiYe  Tears  of  ui;e  at  the  time  he  ren 
York  SUte,  and  died  ten  rears  after  his  arrival.     Hi 
cnne  from  Wnl"=     Onf  sc't!-?  in  C'lnpHa,  or-  ■-  Rhod-; 
Jersey.    Squire  Goff,  senior,  father  of  Squire  GolT,  was  born  in  Connecticut.    He  oama 
to  this  county  in  1804.     He  was  the  father  of  fourteen  children,  of  whom   five  are 


LooiuA  liorr 
now  Hying.  Squire  Goff,  the  eldest,  and  the  subject  of  this  narrative,  was  bom  in 
Connecticut  in  the  year  1791.  He  came  to  this  county  with  his  father  in  the  year 
18114 :  was  drafted,  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  wxi  at  Fort  George  under  CapUin 
Joel  Dunl;s,  General  McCIure  commanding  ;  is  -now  enroll-id  at  the  Pension  Office, 
and  the  recipient  of  pension  under  the  several  acts  of  Congress.  He  cnarned  Lodeoia 
>'f-:on  in  the  year  ISlo.  She  came  from  Poultney,  VermonI,  in  the  year  1811.  He 
located  the  tarm  and  built  the  house  in  which  he  now  resides  in  1817.     His  family 


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HISTORY  OF  MONEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


2G3 

1^    li.lM.T. 


John  Seramel,  and  Otto  Barnh  irJt  aa  uiiuibora.  unj  Rev.  LouU  ITerKiami  aj 
patoT.  Rer.  M.  Lchr  s.^rvL-d  t'n.ni  1SG2  till  M-..r..li.  ISU.'i ;  Julm  richruiC.  lootJ- 
67.  Under  his  cliirire  1  house  of  wor-hip  wj.s  built.  Ri-v.  Fi-hir  suLCii-di'd.  and 
here  died.  Rev.  Hermann  concludi-d  liia  term.  Succeodin'i  p:i.stora  have  bvon 
A.  Uhnhols,  Chirlts  'Wiieumn,  Ri».  Bleiitz,  J,.hu  Grrn2.,bu..li.  and  thu  present 
pastor,  Rev.  John  Schaof.  The  urlirinal  seven  members  w<Te  j"iued  bv  others, 
until  the  society  numbered  tliirty.  and  these  in  !>';.'>  united  with  ihe  RePjnned 
aociety,  con^i^tin?  of  .S.  Luni',  niri>t.  N.iu,  Gi-jr-e  KauteKI.  Cnrad  llae::,  Peter 
Semmel,  «ud  Ilenrv  Haeu-.  and  built  a  fnimc  lueetinor-houso  co^ting  ei-ht  hundred 
ind  fifty  dolLirs.  The  !ii-^t  numbers  twelve,  the  second  society  ab..«t  forty.  They 
occupy  their  chui-ch  ui^'U  alternate  Sabbaths.  The  le^>on  tan-jht  by  these  recordji 
19  CDC  of  a  natural  feeling  of  det)endence  upon  a  iiij^Iier  power,  a  union  to  serve 
Him,  patient  ministration,  and  instances  of  private  umnilicence. 


The  west  half  of  the  town  of  Mendon  is  divided  Into  tm-ts  bearing  the  names 
of  their  oriijinal  proprietors,  Tlie  Ferris  tract  lies  in  the  northwest,  the  others  io 
the  southwest.  Andrew  Youns,  mentioned  in  the  history  of  Honeoye  Falls,  was 
the  first  permanent  settler  on  tlie  Ball  tract  outside  the  village.  On  the  Porter 
trac4,  just  nitrth,  a  man  uaned  Moore  located  in  l.-'.'i>  upon  the  place  now  owned 
by  Edward  Slielters.  lie  soon  cleared  a  small  piece  of  cround  around  his  log 
habitation,  and  after  a  few  years  mov>-d  away.  D-iniel  Shaw  settled  in  the  vicin- 
ity, upon  a  large  farm  now  owned  in  part  by  John  Fish.  He  acquirLMJ  wealth, 
became  of  influence  in  the  settlement,  and  therein  closed  his  life.  His  family 
went  west.  It  is  thought  by  some  that  an  Indian  village  was  once  eiistent  north 
of  Sibleyville.  An  Indian  burial-ground  and  the  traces  of  an  old  fort,  had  been 
noticed  by  the  pioneers.  Upon  the  Ball  farm,  during  early  cultivation,  bones 
were  plowed  up,  and  this  indicates  that  location  as  a  place  of  aboriginal  sepulture. 
George  Babcock  was  a  pioneer  of  ISOl  upon  the  Porter  tract,  and  settled  on  the 
fiinn  now  owned  by  J.  K.  Allen.  He  was  an  early  ma_'istrate,  and  died  here  in 
1828.  Nesr  him  live.1  Sf..nhen  Konnn  who  Ims  a  son  resident  of  Honeoye  Falls. 
About  1S02,  Luther  Gates  moved  in  from  Hopewell,  and  in  ISiiS  the  settlement 
was  increascxl  by  Abner  Bond  and  family  from  Xew  Jersey.  Three  weeks  his 
ox-team  was  on  the  road,  and  when  he  had  reached  his  destination  he  made 
.choice  of  one  hundred  acres  on  the  W.  and  P.  tract,  and  here  put  up  his  cabin, 
»nd  with  "the  axe,  that  wondrous  instrument,"  began,  and  year  by  year  continued 
till  he  had  completed  his  clearin.-.  Thirty  years  he  lived  on  this  farm,  then  moved 
eastward  m  the  town,  and  there  died  in  1840,  aged  seventy-three  years.  A  son, 
Zebedee  Bond,  yet  lives  in  the  town,  eighty  years  of  age,  and  fully  possessed 
of  health  and  mental  p<>wers.  Another  son  lives  in  Rochester,  others  reside  in 
the  west.  Thomas  Sanford,  Samuel  Jeromes,  W.  F,  Waitc.  Edward  James,  and 
Gideon  Ball  came  into  the  town  about  the  same  time  as  Bond,  located  on  the 
tract,  and  constituted  the  b'^dv  of  the  settlement.  Zebulon.  Robert.  Ezra,  and 
Henry  Townsend  were  thr  early  -ettlers  on  "Abraham's  Plains."  (This  name 
is  derived  from  Abraham  \\'right,  a  colored  man,  who  liad  a  habitation  there 
•bout  1S03.)  Son.s  of  Z.  Towasend  were  Geor-e,  a  lawyer  Joseph  B.,  Jcre., 
Seth.and  Gideon,  of  Michigan;  a  daughter.  Mrs.  0,  Case,  lives  in  Hone^jye  Falls; 
other  daughters  married  John  B.  St.  wan  ami  S.  X.  De  Graff.  Among  the  pio- 
neer) was  John  Moore,  wlio  came  in  from  New  Jersey  and  located  near  the  pres- 
ent site^f  Bull's  saw-mill.  He  moved  to  the  west  part  of  town,  was  chosen  eon- 
stable  in  ISIG,  served  as  collector,  and  passed  h!,s  life  in  Mendon,  About  1810, 
Marvin  Smith,  origin.illy  from  Connecticut,  settled  on  lot  No,  4  of  the  \V.  and  P, 
tract,  where  he  became  a  farmer  of  wealth,  held  military  position,  and  died  at  the 
nge  of  seventy-four  years.  A  son,  P,  G.  Smith,  and  a  d.mghter,  Mrs.  Burt,  re- 
aide  in  the  town,  Benjamin  Smith  is  a  resident  of  Rochester,  Henry  Shelters 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  where  Jo.seph  Duneau  now  live^.  His  >on  Pabot, 
iged  seventy-two,  is  a  citizen  of  the  town,  .\orth  of  the  present  stone  school- 
hou:4)  was  a  large  log  building  raisc<l  for  school  purpost;s.  It  stood  on  the  cor- 
ner north  of  the  falls.  Welcome  Garlield  was  the  early  schoolmaster,  and  Andrew 
Toung  and  L.  B-jnd  are  survivin.^-  pupils  who  learned  their  .\  B  C  there,  ou 
the  thrcshoM  of  life,  in  the  pioneer  lays  of  the  town.  Gartield's  grave  is  in  the 
cemetery  neiir  by,  and  these  two  ap-d  men  ^^land  by  this  tomb  of  an  olden  day 
»nd  muse  upon  the  mutations  of  life  and  the  frailty  of  humanity,  io  their  progress 
from  joyous  childhood  to  serene  old  age. 

SIBI,EYVII>LE 
Colonel  Siblev  erected  a  saw-mill  here  in  the  earlier  vcars,  and  also  nut  nn  a 


ments.  His  son  Hii 
»ive  busines,i  an.i  en 
have  grown  aniuetit. 
tion  and  c-apital,     Ii 


teacher  named  Day,  Of  eighty  men,  hands  at  the  shoj.s,  all  but  two  dt 
Oue  of  the  men,  recently  converted,  and  previously  one  of  the  wildest,  nu.lc  a 
pmposal  to  organize  a  temperance  meeting,  and  there  was  a  goixi  attend.cniv. 
The  young  teacher  lectured  during  the  evening  of  town-meeting  d,iy.  and  the 
bouse  was  full, — and  so  were  the  piKjple.  Upon  the  lecturer's  annoum  iiii;  bin 
subject,— temperance,— a  lawyer  jumped  to  his  feet  and  asked  a  definition.  The 
crowd  cheered  upro.iriously.  Quiet  restored,  the  lecturer  by  an  easy  ami  familiar 
retort  turned  the  tables,  and  wjis  loudly  applauded.  He  then  made  an  earnest 
appeal  that  they  shoidd  come  forward  and  si'.'n  the  plclgc.  A  number  responile.l. 
amonu-  whom  were  Hir.on  Sibley  and  D.  A,  Watson,  two  of  Koeiiestcr's  iires.„t 
millionaires.  This  pione.-r  lecturer  has  since  been  widely  known  as  H.  K. 
Stimson,  a  Bapti-t  minister. 

THE   C.4TLIS   AND    IKRHIS    TR.tCT. 

This  now  choice  and  v.duable  area  of  land  was  surveyed  by  William  Shcpar.l 
during  August  and  September,  171*2,  into  forty-five  lots,  varying  in  size.  This 
hind  was  at  one  time  known  as  the  Franklin  tract,  and  w;i3  a  cause  of  liiigaiion 
for  many  years.  The  suit  w.t3  decided  in  1S21J,  and,  although  meantime  many 
famUies  had  moved  upon  and  improved  the  land,  they  did  not  receive  compensa- 
tion, while  sales  began  to  be  made  to  new  p-arties  utnler  the  auency  of  UoUrt 
Underbill.  Many  of  the  settlers  were  Quakers,  and  the  population  was  of  the  bet- 
ter class  of  citizens.  The  cultivation  of  the  soil  soon  dcnionstmted  its  v.ilue.  and 
the  name  "  Ilardscrabble,"  previously  given  and  indicative  of  the  character  of  land 
and  people,  w;\s  no  longer  applicable  to  either.  Jolin,  Satcheli,  and  Clark  Sillcv 
were  early  settlers  upon  the  tract.  The  first-named  lived  upon  the  J.  J.  (Cornell 
place,  upon  a  lot  previously  occtipied  by  Stjuire  Roberts,  who  died  upon  the  im- 
provement. Silloy  sold  to  Luther  Gates.  Satcheli  Silley  lived  on  the  pres«;iit 
home  of  the  old  settler  B.  Birdsall,  and  Clark  Silley  was  the  pioneer  upon  the 
farm  which  for  a  half-century  h;is  been  the  [w(s.session  and  home  of  L.  Bond. 

Daniel  Lines  was  an  earlv  settler  at  the  Centre,  and  erected  the  mill  tliLre  s4ion 
after  tlie  close  of  the  war  of  1S12.  His  son  Frederick  lives  at  East  .Mendon;  an- 
other son,  Daniel,  removed  farther  south.  A  luan  named  Barber  had  a  blai'k- 
smith-shop  at  the  Centre.     A  distillery  was  run  at  the  same  IiK-ality  by  John 

legally  established.  A  man  named  Elijah  Dc  Land  was  early  ou  the  X.  S.  U.rd 
place,  and,  selling  to  John  Whipjtoway,  went  to  L'X-kp<.irt,  Upon  lot  40,  .Julia 
Harris  took  up  his  residence,  and  cleared  up  the  farm  where  his  son.  J.  D.  Harris, 
now  lives,  and  thereon  died.  Near  him  as  neighbors  were  William  Russell,  Daviil 
Fellows,  I'ierce,  and  Kennedy,  all  of  whom,  so  far  as  known,  are  dead.  North  of 
the  Centre,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  was  Washburn,  whose  log  cabin,  an  emblem 
of  the  past,  after  standing  for  sixty  years,  has  been  ixt-ently  torn  down.  Near 
Washburn  lived  Joseph  Smith  as  early  as  ISOj,  and  his  .-^..n,  Truman  Smith,  is 
one  of  the  old  and  worthy  townsmen,  f.imiliar  with  the  privations  of  the  past  and 
satisfied  to  reap  the  advantaires  ottered  by  the  present.  The  pioneer  adventurer 
in  merchandise  was  Rtibert  Briggs,  whose  store-building  is  indi.ateil  by  the  pres- 
ent mill.  Later,  he  moved  to  the  Centre  and  occupied  a  store  previously  kept 
by  Wagner, 

ELEVEN-THOUSA.SD-.VCRE   TR.VCT. 

Soon  after  the  original  purchase  by  Franklin  and  Boughton,  tin-  di\  i-i.m  \k.,' 
made,  and  James  Wadsworth,  Esq.,  became  the  purchaser  <jf  the  ea-r   hah'  — 


Uec 


Connecticut,  who  made  n< 
sales  wei-e  made  in  .rune  . 
briefoutlinoof  thohfeof 
ber,  171)6,  io  Ma.ssachn-et 


,  Ebei.ez 
in  179:i. 


rijn  aftcr^vard  sold 
■ttleraent.  It  w.is 
h.,t  year  to  Dm  Williams  and  Con 

enlisted  when  but   fifteen,  and  .scr' 


in  the  patriot  army.     In  April,  179.3,  he  started  with  an  axe  and  a  h 

back,  and  in  ei-lit  days  had  walked  two  hundred  and  seventy  miles  and 
himself  in  the  new  country.  He  selected  land  for  a  f.irm.  and  board,  d 
Eber  Weston  at  Bloomfield.     On  >[ay  IG  he  felled  an  elm,  made  from  the 

he  pas.sed  the  wt-cks,  and  was  finally  -.^ladilened  by  tin;  arrival  of  neighhor-. 
Tre;it  afterwards  erected  a  cihin.  and  then  ni.ule  energetic  efforts  at  elearin.-. 
had  previously  been  married,  and  had  a  family  of  thn-.'  ^inall  childr.'n.  Hi- 
died  in  1705,  wliich  w,.s  the  first  death  in  tin-  town.      Dnrin..'  the  y.  ar  nam 

to.ik   twenty  bu-hcis   of  eo,„    in   the  ear   to    Co I,,i.-na,  and  br.ni...l,t    i.a, 

C(|uivnlent,  n  barrel  of  salt,  lie  was  well  kii.iwn  as  a  tavern.ke..p.T,  \v,i.  ,■< 
in  1S13.  ami  di..l  iu  1SI>.  S.ois  were  l>r,  .1.  J  Treat,  Ell.iy,  ,1.,-.  pi, 
Nelson    N.       The    la-t-M.ni.  .1.  livue..    ..n    llle    hom.-t.a.i,   is    the    s,,lc    s.irMV.., 


family 
b..ngh 


fifleen 
nda.lj..: 


Willi, 


,  the  pi, 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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luj-tive. 

S.iiii'.c  rtoff,  Jr.,  au'o<l  ci-hlv-tivL-  y,  jin,  canio  to  iMs  i,ciulil,orhi«)d  in  Fibruarv, 

1S04      Jolin  X.jwton,  of  Wrii t.'lot.,i,-d  in  lso>    .n  the  farm  iiow  owni^U  U 

Mr.  G-.ff,  prcviou-ly  ocoupiod  bv  Md^lollati,  «l,u  bad  made  an  imi.rovc.u.cni, 
while  one  \irio  Starr  had  built  a  iio.,-i- vrbiLli  i-  yot  -!..ndin;.-.  Slophcii  Porl.T  was 
a  settler  of  Isim,  and  l~.u_L'lit  Ui.s  |.L,.;e  of  .L.-,.|,'i,  jrutb.  A  -oi,  llilbort  I'orter, 
r&ides  on  the  honieslca.l.  Salujuo  Miib.r.  of  ('  .roi^  efieoi.  eiouo  in  duriii'.;  179-1, 
settled  vyiiu  the  place  now  ..ec  upied  by  hi.-;  son  .\ d.ini  .0.1  there  lived  tu  see  ei_-hly. 
thrto  years.  The  mother  of  .V.l.in.  di.d  in  IvT.".,  a.-.d  in..et 
of  the  Corners,  on  lot  ^is,  livtj  liavid  lir.r.-.  a  -b.^^iiuikei 
neit  north  of  him  was  r.l.iab  I'e  I.anJ.  who  j.  ttle.l  m 
during  life.  Next  north  Wa,  Sanool  l.ane,  who  -..Itlcd  at  E.i 
Joseph  Lunt  lived  many  years  upon  the  pn-ent  lands  ..f  Sin 
vicinity  lived  Hon.  Tiniotby  H..riiard.  faibur  of  Tiiuotliy 
were  prominent  men  uf  the  e-unty  lod  early  jud-es.  i  bi 
Noah  Colo,  who  kept  a  tavern  ne.'.r  the  town  line.  A  lt 
homestead.  A  nciuhbor  was  Benjauiin  Keklcr.  wi.o  had  i 
Cole's  daughters  upon  the  Mohawk,  and  there  lives  at  die 
Abraham  Do  Garuo,  Jonathan  liewey,  Juab  Uu^he.-,  and  Wiliiam  Lane  were 
early  settlers  upon  farms  in  tlo-  nei'.'hborhooJ.  Opjiosite  Lane,  north  of  Kast 
Mendon,  Charles  Footc  settled  in  l.si)2.  A  >on  Charles,  ninety-six  years  of  a.je, 
is  yet  living.  Gideon  Ball  oeenj.icd  lot  27.  His  house  was  of  logs ;  his  trade 
that  of  stonctna.soo.  .  Elijah  \Villi.,ms  was  an  early  n^sident.  On  lot  7G  lived 
Ebenezer  Rathbun  in  1790,  and  Moses  Everett  occupied  the  north  end  of  lot  3 
It  a  date  forgotten.  Samuel  Lane  came  in  about  17'J3.  aiid  Charles  Ko..te  in 
1800.  Lane  lived  on  lot  20.  combineTl  farming  and  tavern-keeping,  and  kept  the 
first  tavern  in  this  part  of  the  town.  3Io*es  Howell,  a  re>ident  upon  No.  12. 
passed  his  life  hero,  as  did  a  portion  of  his  family  theirs ;  a  daughter  lives  in 
Michigan.  Ralph  Strong  was  a  settler  of  ISOO,  upon  lot  32.  He  put  up  the 
first  uiallllery  Iq  this  part  of  the  t.nws.  L'aniv!  Pynks.  the  6r«t  town  clerk,  setth-d 
prior  tO"1807  upon  lot  57.  Samuel  .Stiinson,  a  tailor,  came  we.>t  in  1S12,  and  in 
East  Mendon  followed  his  trade.  His  son,  H.  K.  Stiiuson,  is  a  minister  in  the 
west,  and  is  known  as  the  author  of  •■  From  the  Staic-coach  to  the  Pulpit." 
Knowlton  Woodbcrry  and  Michael  .Molatt  were  «;-ltler5  of  ISlS.  The  pioneer 
physician  here  was  John  Pel.iniater,  a  celebrated  surgeon  and  doctor,  who  came 
on  in  1S13,  and  afterwards  became  known  as  president  of  Hamilton  Colh-ge. 
He  died  in  Ohio.  Henry  Wilson,  wheelwright,  was  a  former  resident  of  Ea.st 
Mendon.  Other  settlers  of  about  the  year  liVi  were  Henry  Hinman.  I'errin 
Batchelor,  -Vbijah  ,^L^^sliall,  .-Vmbro.sc  Matteson,  I'hlletus  Chamberlain.  Edward 
De  \Volf,  Chauncy  Roberts,  John  Stoy,  Calvin  .^Ian^field,  Rufus  Colvin,  and 
Samuel  Rose. 

ME.NDON  VILLAGE. 

Jonas  Allen  in  1797  came  from  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts,  and  located  on 
lot  31.  He  purchased  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  Ebenezer  B.arnard.  and 
erected  a  s.aw-miil,  which  bun:ed  in  ISIti,  .^s  did  a  carding-machine  built  by  A. 
H,  Rand  in  1S12.  Allen  was  the  tirsi  supcrMsor  in  town,  and  died  here  in  1320 . 
A  son  Daniel  lives  in  town.  Althea,  the  oldest  native-born  white  in  the  town, 
lives  here,  in  her  seventy-seventh  year.  \\'hen  Aihu  came  to  his  land  he  found 
Joseph  Bryant,  a  settler  of  1796.  on  lot  31'.  Descendants  of  Bryant  still  live  in 
the  town.  What  is  known  as  Mendon  villaie  w;is  the  first  post-office  e-tablisbed  in 
town..  Timothy  Barnard  was  tin-  Orst  postm.i.stcr.  at  his  residence,  a  mile  wo^t  of  the 
Tillage.  Ezi-i  Sheldon,  his  successor,  had  the  office  in  the  village.  Other  oflScials 
have  been  Alexander  Voorhees.  William  L.  Reynolds,  Levi  Beuedict,  David 
Tallmadgo,  Albert  Sherwood,  T.  II  Ilolden.  F.  o'llill,  E.  Carpenter,  and  Smith 
Porter,  present  officer.  Early  blaek,-niitbs  w  re  Gaines  Lane,  Nathan  Bryant,  and 
David  Botsford.  .V  mile  west  of  the  village  sto..d  the  tirst  school-house.  Prior 
to  its  erection  children  had  gone  to  Bronglit'ai  s  Hill  or  cjually  liir  elsewhere. 
Anna  Smith  and  Euniie  Itu-t  were  of  the  early  seh'wl-teacbcrs.  Mendon 
Academy  was  started  al-ait  ].>:;.'>,  with  Rev.  .^laneiias  Stone  principal,  as-iste»d 
by  his  wife.  It  Wiis  suciv.ssfnl  under  their  management.  .Mr.  Buell  and  .Miss 
Raymond,  tlic  next  instruelor-,  beeame  mis-ionaries  to  Burmali.  F.  W.  Olni^tead 
and  wife  and  .^lr.  Mills  were  teaebors.  The  school  Anally  ran  tlown.  and  the  dis- 
trict purchasi'd  the  property  for  school  purp^'ses.  Dr.  William  Brown  was  an 
early  phy-lcian  hire.  The  fir.t  grir-t-mill  w.t.s  built  by  Milton  Sheldon  and 
Daniel  Allen  in  li2i;.  In  l-:;ii,  Hugh  Sherry  t^came  its  owner.  It  is  yet  in 
use,  as  the  pro|M:rty  of  Xalle.n  Stone. 

The  entertainment  of  travelers  anil  eiuiL'nint.s,  iM^iiun  in  hospitality,  soon  ended 

log  cablu  and  then  the  more  eoniin..dio„s  and  pivteii.lin..-  slrncture.  John 
Bn.wn  w.is  the  early  landlord  in  the  villa..-,  in  a  buii.llo..-  wli,«  Iran.e  is  the 
efceleton  of  the  present  tavern.  Hi-  fir-l  r,c..rJ..-d  li.  vn-o  .-bows  him  to  have  been 
in  the  cu.plovraent  in   l.-U  I,  and  a  year  later  E/r.  Sheldon,  Jr.,  wa.s  in  charge. 


Jonas  Wevman,  Obadiah  Fore.-,  Samuel 
Rist  Men.lon;  Gaines  Lane,  '.\  .ll,„u 

id  five  d.»llar.s  each,  and  were  in  fat  s., 
gh  poptilar  opinion  had  not  then  set  its  staiup 
Is-lj  six  lieensi-a  were  grant«ai.  .\pplie.mt3 
Villiam  Beagle.  Jose^ph  Weld,  James  Smith 
B  were  ad.led  Tiimithy  Barnard,  li.njaii,in 
1817  seven  licensed  taverns  and  diatilleri.i 
11  of  liquors  and  their  retail  we  6nd  eDu':ig.  .1 
Tames  Parmelc,  distillery  near  head  of 


The  licensed  tiivern-keep.Ts of  13U  w 
Stims..n,  near.JIendon  Centre;  Brow 
Beagle,  Cady,  and  Vondevere.     Thes. 
many  dram-sellers  of  that  time,  alth.n 
of  dis.ipproval  upon  the  traffic.      In 
were  Ezra  Sheld..n,  Jr.,  0.  IV.rce,  Wil 
Hart,  and  Barnard.      In  1811!  there  \ 
Davis,  and  Incre.-u-e  Claflin;  and  in  IS 
were  in  operatit.n.      In  the  pro'lueti.jii  0 
George  S.  Stone  i  Co.,  at  E.est  .Me.iJo 
Taylor  street,  and  Philip  .Martin. 


TOW.N    JIEETIN03. 

The  town  of  Mendon  wa.s  orginized  in  1S13,  and  the  first  town  meeting  was 
held  on  the  fits-t  Tuesday  in  April  of  that  year,  at  the  house  of  Tlmmas  Ewer, 
and  adjourned  to  his  barn,  now  owned  by  George  Treat,  at  Treat's  Coruers. 
Hon.  Timothy  Birnanl  was  mo.lorator.  The  first  town  officers  chosen  were  J..u.is 
Allen,  supervisor ;  Daniel  Dunks,  clerk ;  William  Smith,  Cornelius  Tre.it,  ami 
Cholett  Cady,  .TS.se-ssors  ;  John  Newton,  Thoui.as  Vandevere.  ami  Daniel  Shaw.  Jr., 
eommiiii.wer3;  Hezekiah  Ncwcomb  and  Charles  D.iy.  overseers  of  the  poor ,  taKm 
.Mansfield,  Jr.,  constable  and  collector;  Timothy  iiarnard  and  William  B.oim, 
commissioners  of  school  funds;  Cornelius  Treat.  Charles  Day,  and  Daniel  Dunks, 
inspectors  of  schools.  Ninety  dollars  was  voted  for  contingent  expenses,  and  one 
hundred  dollars  for  the  poor.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the 

SUPERVISORS   OF   ME.VDON. 

Jonas  Allen,  elected  1S13,  served  three  years  ;  Cholett  Cady,  ISlC  ;  Ezra  Shel- 
don, Jr.,  1817  ;  C.  Cady,  1S18  ;  James  Parmele,  1S19  ;  C.  Cady,  lS2il ;  James 
Smith,  1821  ;  E.  Sheldon,  Jr.,  1S2G  ,  Timothy  Barnard.  1S2S';  Charles  Foot. 
Jr.,  18311 ;  .Milton  sheidon,  Jr.,  iS34;  Elijah  S.  Rust,  ISZo  ,  Henry  V.  Ciil- 
ver,  183G;  Ge-orge  S.  Stone,  1837;  Fry  Abbott,  1S39;  Abram  Cole,  184U; 
John  Park,  1843;  M.uson  Cole,  18-14  ;  R.  Marvin  Gates.  1840;  Thomas  Wil- 
cox, 1851;  Benjamin  Smith,  ISuo  ;  George  W.  Allen,  1853;  Anson  L.  -^.ngle. 
1858;  Timothy  H.  Holden,  1859;  John  I.  Davis,  18i;i  ;  George  B.  McBiide. 
1863:  T.  H.  Hohlen,  1864;  E.  Henry  Barnard.  1865;  J.  M.  Davis.  1867;  E. 
n.  Barnard,  1SC3;  T.  H.  Holden,  1S70;  a.id  Homer  C.  Ely,  from  1871  to  the 
present  time.  There  were  chosen  at  the  first  election  for  justices  held  bv  tiie 
people,  in  1827,  Horace  Wheeler,  Charles  Fo.jt,  Jr.,  John  Collins,  Jr..  and  Tim- 
othy Barnard,  Jr.  The  last-named  three  are  yet  living.  Mr.  Foot  hebl  the  ofiice 
five  years  by  appointment,  sixteen  years  by  election,  and  is  now  ninety-five  years 
of  age.  Mr.  Barnard  is  eighty-six.  In  all,  forty-one  justices  have  been  eleetod  in 
the  town  to  this  date. 

LAYING   or    E.VRLY    UIGIIWAVS. 

A  road  was  surveyed  September  7,  1797,  from  Miller's  Comers,  in  Bloomficld, 
northerly  across  the  Ironder[Uoit  to  the  north  part  of  .Mendon.  Tiie  commissioners 
at  that  time  were  Matthew  Harrison,  .\shur  Saxton,  and  Joel  Steel.  .\t  ibis 
date.  East  and  West  Bloomfield,  Vio'.or,  and  Mendon  were  all  in  one.  In  1^0ll  1 
road  was  laid  out  from  the  Victor  Imc  southward  to  intersect  the  one  from  Nor- 
ton's 3Iills  to  North  Bloomficld.  This  was  nearly  on  the  line  of  the  present  hi-jhaay 
in  the  south  part  of  the  town,  ami  Julius  Curtis  was  recorded  surveyor.  U.  toL.  r 
17,  1800.  a  road  was  run  from  Ea: '.  Mendon  west  to  the  road  going  south,  by 
Julius  Curtis,  to  Norton's  Mills,  la  1802,  roads  were  laid  out  from  the  s..uili- 
west  corner  of  Charles  Foot's  farm  southeastwardly.  and  on  the  north  town  line. 
Solomon  Goodale  surveyor.  In  1803  a  road  w.us  snrveye.l.  beginning  ..n  li.e 
hlL;hway  ieadin!i  from    .Vllen's  mills,  west,  to  the  highway  from  L.  N..rt.a.'s  i.. 

of  Samuel  Miller's.  In  181)4  a  road  vvas  surveyed  from  a  mile  west  of  .J..nai 
Allen's  mill  to  the  Ijates  r..ad  ,  also  a  roa.l  was  laid  between  the  farms  •>(  yl 
Gates  and  Gef.rge  BaI.eock.  ami  fr...n  Uii.s.-i:lls  to  a  ro..d  running  past  Lieuten.n.l 
Stewart's.  The  road  i...rthwardly  |.ast  Ewptire  U.iberts'was  change.l.arid  .-nrv,  e 
made  from  his  place  soutlrvesrw.irdly  t..  the  Honeoye.  A  road  began  at  tli.-  lii.'" 
betwe.:n  Benjamin  Parks  and  E.lw.ir.l  De  Wolf,  ninidng  westeriy.  In  1>im;  a  r..  .1 
was  run  p.ast  Norttm's  Mills,  and  in  18U5  a  rt.ad  ha.l  been  laid  thr.'i:i.h  1  ■' 
91  to  th.;  o..rtli  lino  of  the  town  ;  it  led  past  the  pres.Mit  resi.len.-e  of  S.  din.  v 
Thus  early  and  successively  were  the  .w.-nues  ,.f  communication  indieaied.  an.l  li  ■ 
impress  of  a  higher  cif  ilizati.>n  lell  va  the  land. 


THE    FIRST    BAmsT   ritlP 


OF 


claims  priority  of  reconl  in  the 
The  first  B.iptlst  to  settle  in  . 
to  1307  w.as  the  s..lil,iry  re[.re- 
of  that  year  Dr.    Nathan    Wa. 


history  of  the  churclu 


MENDON 

of  the  t,.wn  of  Mc 
s  Treat,    who  fr..m 


HISTORY   OF   MO^•HOE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


2G5 


Priubytt?ri,\n,   jut,   with    Mr.    Tro^it,    tlic    subject   of    mcetiTi;,-^    waa  dUcuvwl ; 
but  church  nn-iuhv«  were  so  tlw  in   that  li<.iiily  tliat  no  uniliii^'S  ivi-re  hulj 
till  January   1,   1  sii;i,  wlicii  four  fV.milics  luut  at  Mr.  Treat's  hou>e.     The:  cx- 
crcL^  consisttJ  of  sin-iu-,  [-rayir,;.-,  an.l  the  r.-aiiin-  of  a  si-nnon  by  Dr.  Wads- 
worth.       Froui    tliis    tiiuo   oil.  ii.oi.tin.-s   klti-   l.ilJ  on   cacli   isabbath  for  .some 
iaontli3.      At   the  fiftli    nn<tiu^  a  dilf.Tinco   of  opinion   is   to  what  oornion 
should  be  read  offended  D.aion  Kwer.  who  1,-ft  and  did  not  return.     Culver, 
Treat,  and  Wad-iworlh  coutluuod  their  meetiiu,-?.     The  d'jetor  was  an  eloiiuent 
speaker,  a  fine  singer,  and  a  gifted  man.      His  death,  soon   after  these  uu-et- 
iiipt  had    been  started,  wn  a  serious  li>ss    to    thi.s  little   band  of  Christiau.s. 
KIder  Solomon  Goodalc  preaehed  tiie  funeral  sermon.     KIder  Goodale  returned 
occasionally  and  preaehed  to  small  as.seiiiblies, — Iar:ic  for  that  dav, — conversions 
.  took  place,  and  a  number  were  baptized.     Ou  Doecmljer  21,  1S1»9,  a  society  w,is 
formed,  and  on  December  15,  Idll,  a  council  of  ministcra  and  brethren  from 
different  ehurehcs  convened  at  the  liouse  of  .Mr.  Treal  and  we  fellovvsliip  lo 
these  brethren  as  a  Baptist  church  in  -ospel  ord.  r.     At  a  meetioL;  of  the  l.'ayn;ja 
association  at  I'alniyra,  hcld-Seincmbcr.  I.sl2.  tl>i_-  church  rocjived  admi:.lion. 
Durinj;  1S13-M  interest  was  suffered  to  fla-.  and  all  hut  four,  who  had  been 
.members,  lett  to  join  the  ilcthodists.     Tiiese  l"ur  were  .*lrs.  i'arii!.  .Mr.  Treat, 
and  Mr.  and  -Mrs.  Gates,  who  held  oee-.^iuuil  m.vtinjs.     A  man  named  Phillips 
remained  for  a  time  and  preached  in  the  n'-i.;hburh.>od,  and  then  departed  sud- 
,-  deoly,  for  reasons  unknown,  and  his  coirjreL'ation  united  with  the  "  four"  and  em- 
,  ployed  Elder  Jessc  Braman.  of  Palmyra,  who  preached  several  yeaiB.     Elder 
■.  .Weaver  succeeded,   and  ministered  eleven    years.      There  are  few   backwoods 
■  preachers  who  have  left  a  better  rec\)rd  than  did  he,  and  his  character  is  depicted 
-;in  terms  of  praise  by  pioneers.  ^\'hen  he  first  came  the  si>ciety  nnniliercd  tweuty- 
■  one.     Meetings  were  held  in  the  school-house  known  a.s  the  '■  Boiling  Spring,' 
significant  of  powerful  effort  and  fervid  manifestation.     Seven  of  eleven  years 
•  %ere  a  continuous  revival ;  people  came  from  Rochester  and  other  pi>int3  to  hear 
tills  singular  man  ;vho  stood  in  the  desk  with  coat  off  aud  labored  in  spirit  as  one 
who  reaps  iu  hanest. 
V     Other  pastors  have  been  Elders  Pickett,  Stone,  Fuller,  Annon,  Frazer,  Burlin- 
{gamc,  Cormick,  Parrish,  lloud.  Crowley,  M.  T.  Ferguson.  P.  Sliedds.  and  Wm. 
;  T.  Delano.     Mr.  Holt  is  the  present  supply.     No  record  can  be  found  prior  to 
:  1825,  but  the  following  were  of  the  first  niemlx'ts :  C.  Treat,  Pha'be  Burt,  Sophia 
Foote,  Ethan  Davis.  Calvin  and  Cornelius  Mansfield.  Abner  Munn,  Susannah 
-•  Woodbury,  Samuel  Westcott,  Reuben  Case,  and  Wealthy  Barrett.     In  1S59  there 
^.had  been  seven  hundred  and  ninety-:ix  persons  t'aptiz-.-d,  and  three  hundred  added 
to  the  church  by  letter,  making  a  total  of  ten  hundred  and  ninety-six.     This 
was  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  church,  and  was  an  occasion  of  ajipropriate 
services  held  December  21,  1859,  the  sermon  being  by  Hiram  K.  Stirnsou,  now 
.  of  Kftn.sa3.     The  trustees  elected  by  the  church  in  1325  were  Eli  Lyons,  licubeo 
.-Earla,  D.  Benjamin,  Wm.  Allen,  Wm.  Roberts,  and  .Moses  Angevine.     In  1S2G 
a  botise  of  worship  w.is  erected,  which  is  yet  in  good  repiair,  and  in  use.     The 
membership  during  the  season  of  hiirhest  pro^perity  was  three  hundred  and  eighty- 
eight  ;  it  now  enrolls  but  fifty. 

THE   PEESBTTERIAN    CHURCH 

dates  origin  from  a  meeting  held  at  the  house  of  Ezra  Sheldon,  Jr.,  in  the  town 
of  Mendon,  Ont;irio  county,  January  5,  1S15.  Ezra  Sheldon  and  Thomas  Ewer 
presided,  and  a  Congregational  society  was  or.'aoized.  with  the  following-named 
trustees:  JIarvin  Smith,  M.  Barrett.  Jonxs  Allen.  Timothy  Barnard,  Ezr^  Shel- 
don, and  Thomas  Ewer.  On  December  20.  1S16,  a  meeting  w:is  held  to  fill  a 
vacancy  in  the  board  of  trustees,  and  it  was  then  voted  "  that  when  we  build  a 
meeting-house  it  shall  stand  as  near  the  centre  of  the  town  as  the  situation  of  the 
ground  will  admit."  A  committee  of  five  was  appointed  to  find  the  town  centre 
and  estaWLsh  a  building-site.  Tluwe  on  this  coiumittco  were  Wm.  Gib,-on.  T. 
Barnard,  Jr.,  John  Hayes.  M.  .^mith.  and  Stephen  Porter.  On  January  19, 1819, 
the  TOtc  on  location  was  recon.iidered.  and  the  site  fixed  on  the  land  of  Solomon 
Miller,  near  the  blacksmith-h..p  Meetings  had  been  held  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
Sheldon.  On  January  3.  1S2U,  a  schism  occurred;  p.-irt  went  with  their  pastor, 
3  .hn  Tayloc.  into  a  chnrch  ..car  the  sch..,l-hou=e  on  Taylor  street,  and  for  some 
jeat^  were  known  as  the  "Central  orguiiization ;"  the  others  continued  in  the 
Bchool-house.  From  March  5,  1821,  Kcv.  Picr->n  was  en^'us-'d  .alt.-rnately  to 
preach  .it  No.  2  and  at  No.  10.  IIi>  slay  was  brief  as  on  N.,vember  21  Elijah  Wol- 
lager  was  employed.  On  March  4.  i  a22,  the  "  Central  CongrcL-ational  Society" 
made  overMres  to  reunite,  but  without  sueocvs.  M  a  meeting  held  September 
13,  1324,  the  initiatory  movement  f,,r  buil.liiu'  w.is  taken. and  a  house  erected  on 
land  obtained  from  H.  liiyaiit.  It  was  lidy  bv  tlilry-ei-ht  fc.-t.  and  cost  twelve 
hundred  an.l  thirty  dollars, —a  Mu.iil  sum  iw.w,  a  I  ir.-e  amount  to  the  members  then. 
The  corner-slone  was  laid  July  l:'..  1-25.  I.y  the  .Ma-..uie  I'ratcniiiy.  in  presence 
of  a  large  concourse  of  pe.)plc.     The  chnrch  numbered  but  a  score  of  uicmber.s,  and 


opene 

iaS.ibl.ath- 

Chool   1„ 

M' 

the  nu 

uibcr  to  one 

hundred 

June 

20,  l.>*2i;,  a, 

d  the  SI- 

mi 

of  Canandaigua. 

In  is:w 

the 

in  the 

valley.     Di 

ring  the 

-r 

churc 

1  was  purth 

cisl,  and 

u 

h  twenty  .-el,  .lare,  and  by  June  had  incre;,>ed 
The  liist  meeiiii-  iu  the  new  church  was  held 
Pdicatii.n  w:Li  preacluKl  by  Kev.  A.  1).  Kdly, 
:h  was  moved  fr.jin  the  hill  to  wlicTe  it  stands 

as  a  p  ii-.a.uge.  The  roll  of  ministers,  with 
dates,  is  as  folho^s:  George  G.  .-^ill,  June,  1SJ5,  U.  February,  1S2S  ;  W.  Jones, 
March,  182.-^;  E!i-ha  D.  AnJiew-  b,L-in  J.muary,  18:10;  Ezra  Scovil,  Decem- 
ber, 1831  ;  John  Tlialheinier,  June,  IS:;:!,  lo  Auu'ust,  1S:!5  ;  E.  D.  Wells,  Octo- 
ber, 183G,  to  Uclebcr.  1S:;7;  Hev.  Snyder,  June,  KiS;  .!.  ^i  .-herwood,  Au- 
gust, 18-10;  Rev.  Raukln,  July.  I.-:  15;  Robert  W,  IMl,  (X-tober,  1818;  J,  W. 
Billington,  M.iy,  1853;  Rev.  Overhizer,  August,  1857;  N.ithauiel  llurd,  Au- 
gust,  ISCO;  E.  B.  Van  Aukcn,  .May,  l.SOa  ;  Dwight  Scovil,  June,  18i;T  ;  Alex. 
Douglass,  1868 ;  and  U.  H.  Morgan  cauie  In  1872. 


THE   FIRST    PBESIiYTERIJ 

was  formed  in  Mendon  July  4,  1822,  by  Aaroi 
and  Rev.  Reuben    Parmele,  of  Victor.'    The 

Ezra  Sheldon  a^nd  Eunice  his  wife,  Elder  Thot 
Jane  his  wife,  Mrs.  M.  Wilson.  Mrs.  C.  De  G.iri 
Barnard,  Mrs.  Libbie  Spear,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Boi 
Jane  Doyen.     The  church  was  received  under 


•  July  2,  1823. 
ih  Wollager. 


1  C.  Collins,  of  E-lst  Bloo.nfield, 
folhiwing-named  membera  of  the 
■d  the  Pre-byterian  society  :  Elder 
lias  EwiT.  Ilarmanus  Courter  and 
10,  Mrs.  Pha^bc  and  Miss  Harriet 
LU-3,  Elder  Asa  Bobbins,  and  Mra. 
care  of  the  presbytery  of  Roch- 
Among  preachers  were  George  G.  Sill,  Mr.  Parmele,  and 


THE    PEIESDS     SOCIETY. 

In  1828-29,  Martin  Davis,  Daniel  Russdl,  Isaac  Ewer,  N.uhaniel  Rus^ll, 
George  West,  John  .\llen.  and  James  Whipple,  and  their  wives,  organized  them- 
selves into  a  meetluL'.  lioldiu'.:  assembly  in  a  lo;:  house  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by  H.  T.  Lord.  They  met  here  for  two  years,  and  in  1832  built  the  present 
house  of  worship,  then  thirty  by  forty  feet,  since  enlarged  to  thirty  by  sixty 
feet.  Joseph  Albertion  was  the  fir^t  speaker.  I»aac  G.  Ewer  and  Lydia  Ana 
Powell  were  the  first  parties  married  in  this  house  belonging  to  (he  society.  The 
first  death  was  of  Dinah  Wood,  and  the  second  of  James  Whipple,  who  gave 
the  ground  for  the  meeting-house  and  cemetery.  While  the  hou.-e  was  building, 
there  came  in  Joseph  Powell,  John  Smith,  Walter  White,  and  their  wives,  Jesse 
Weeks,  and  William  Cornell. 

Daniel  Quimby  was  the  second  speaker.  The  first  preparative  meetings  were 
held  at  Henrietta;  but  about  1834  a  preparative  meeting  was  appointed  here, 
which  has  continued  to  the  present.  The  early  monthly  meetings  were  held  alter- 
nately at  Rochester,  Wheatland,  aud  Henrietta.  Alternately  meetings  are  held 
here  and  at  Rochester.  There  are  now  fourteen  families.  Surviving  original 
members  are  Isaac  Ewer,  aged  ninety,  and  Judith  P.  Ford,  aged  seventy-seven. 

OENEB.tL    AND    STATISTICAL. 

The  citizens  are  patriotic,  temperate,  and  enterprising,  as  was  the  generation 
preceding  them.     During  the  rebell  on,  many  went  to  the  front,  and  not  all  came 
back;  yet  the  sacrifice  was  willingly  made.     In  1869,  the  Good  Templars  com- 
menced work,  by  organizing  a  society  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.    Soon  a  second 
was  organized  at  Houcoyc  Falls,  and  at  one  time  the  two  societies  numborcHi  over 
three  hundrcMi  members.     Then   ca-  'c  a  decline.     A  prosperous  lodire  at  East 
Mendon  numbers  seventy-five  members.     The  Patrons  of  Husbandry  or;:a.Tized 
the  first  grange  in  town.  July,  1873.     There  are  now  two  granges  in  the  town, 
with  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  sixty.     The  inhabitants  have  gone  on 
improving  till   Mendon  is  not  behind  its  sister  towns  in  fertility,  productiveness, 
enterprise,  and  wealth.     The  acreage  of  the  town  is  23,353.     The  population  in 
1875  was  2JS8;   in  1870  it  wa.s  290",— an  increase  of  8.8  during  five  years. 
j        In  1850  it  W.T3  ;{350;  and  once  it  .fas  3400,  or  412  above  the  present  enumera- 
tion.    The  equalized  value  of  real  .md  personal  estate,  in  l.'s"5,  w.is  82,370,730. 
I        The  tax  raised  was  S151»56.81.     The  number  of  votes  polled  in  1875,  fall  clec- 
j       tion,  was  508;    in   1874,  for  governor,  535;  and   the  whole   number  of  Icial 
!       voters  in  the  town  Ls  615.     The  number  of  school  districts,  including  joint  dis- 
i        tricts.  parts  of  which  arc  in  other  l..wns,  is  19;  number  of  teachers,  23;  number 
j        of  children  between  nine  and  twciity-oue,  998;  amount  of  nion.  y  appropriated  to 
I        the  payment  of  teachers'  wa-is,  including  library  funds,  w.xs  S2:j:i7.97.    Advance- 
in  the  town,  and  the  large  public  library  in  the  Ea.st  villa.-c  was  in  full  free  u-so. 
In  the  spring  of  1876  the  people,  aroused  by  the  evils  of  inlo.Nie.uioii,  combined 
•         without  "regard  to  p.irly  and  bull  nomiuated'  aud  elected  anti-llc.u.sc  c.scise  com- 
nii.s,sioners.     These  ollieers  hive  sliHid  tiini  by  tiicir  trust,  and  since  the  or.'aniza- 
I        tiun  of  this  bo.ird  m.  licenses  li.ive  been  grained  in  town. 


BIOGRAPHICAL     SKETCHES. 


JOSEra    OLNET. 


HARRISON'  OLNKV. 

In  1802,  Joseph  Olncy,  then  fifteen  yoirs  of  age,  removed  with  hia  father, 
Emer  Olncy,  from  North  Scituat*,  R.  I.,  wlicre  they  hail  livid  many  years,  and 
»eUled  in  Columbiu,  Chcnang-j  county,  N.  Y.  In  1313  ho  married  Mercy  .Vuble, 
»  native  of  Blandfi-rJ,  Mas-achusotts,  and  in  1319  removed  with  his  finiily  to 
Victor,  Ontario  county,  where  he  resided  until  ls*J3,  wiicn  he  purchased  a  farm 
266 


I  in  the  adjoining  tbivn  of  M.  ridon.  >t..nr.)c  County,  upon  which  he  moved  ■ 
remained  until  hii  d.ith  in  l-liiM.  For  forty-fivo  years  he  was  an  ac'iv.-  ■< 
prominent  citizen  of  the  town,  to  the  improvcnicnt  and  growth  of  wliich 
largely  contributed.  His  wife  died  six  years  earlier,  in  ISO  J.  Five  sons  a 
two  daughters  were  bora  to  them,  all  of  whom  sunived  him.  Harrison  OIn 
the  fourth  son,  owns  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead,  which  fur  lifly  four  y. 
ha.s  been  in  p<js,-;e^-*ion  of  the  family. 


PLATE  CXXVII. 


-M. 


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fffj.  or  HARRISON    OLNEY,    ,»EtJooN 

,  Monroe    County,   j^tsn  York. 

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•IIIAXX3    31VTd 


PLATC    CXXtX. 


JtiCFH   B   TeWNS£ND. 


fint   CtTHtKlhl    raWMSCHO. 


JPSIPH  B.  TOWHSESD  • 
w«3  born  b  the  toirn  of  Hunter, 
Greene  coantj,  in  this  State, 
NoTenber  12,  1798,  and 
with  his  £»ther,  Zebolon  Towo- 
•end,  to  Monroe  County  in  Maj, 
1811.  In  the  fill  of  1821  h. 
married  Catharine  Moore,  and 
immediately  settled  upon  the  Cinn 
occupied  by  him  until  hi3  death, 
idow,  who  sur- 


lived 


and  where 

Tired  him  OTer  ten  years, 
remainder  of  her  life     Although 
aiodcstandunaaauming,  hissouod 
jodgment    and    stem    integrity 
eaoaed  him  U>  be  esteemed  and 
respected  by  all  his  friends,  who 
•bowed  their  high  appr«cbiion  of 
hia  gx)d  qu.-Jitie3  by  giving  into 
bis  control  various   town 
Rqairiog  an  honest  man 
Altboagh  fur  many  years 


Talid,  he  bore  his  sufferings  with 

patience,  and  lost  none  of  hU  in-    |. 

teret  in  the  welfare  of  his  town. 

his  county,  or  his  nation.      In 

his  reliu'ion  he  was  a  UniTer3.ili-;t. 

(howiog  in  every  act  his  belief 

in  the  Fatherhood  of  God,  the 

,^    brotherhood  of  man.     He  died 

■^    th-:  7th  of  April,  1S65,  leivin-^ 

S    behind   him   a  widow,  one  son, 

Augustus  C.  Townscnd,  i  dauA- 

i    ter.andthreegrandchildren.     lln 

.     descendants  arc  still  residents  of 

the  town  of  Mendon.    His  d.nujh- 

ter,  Rachel    A.    Han-is,    now    a 

widow  with  one  son,  Erastus  T  . 

occupies  the  farm  so  long  ownol 

by   her    father.      Auganus    C 

Townsend  has   one   son,  Vinton 

J.,   and   a  daughter   (marnod), 

Florence  E.  Eobinsoo. 


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XXXO    31VTd 


ABRAH  OOLE. 


Tbe 


IT93.  ia  F.itifMv-Ti.  R*n«...l!u.r  ohud(7,  N--.  TorV.  to 
wkiob  p\»ev  his  tarentj  hud  somo  time  prrvii.aslT 
nmoTK-d  frocn  Rhode  IsUnJ.  Thr«  years  l»l.'r  they 
rvBiowtiti  to  Sjirin^fiel.l.  Ot^c^jo  enmity,  wljer*  they 
milled  until  Abr»m  wii»  aliout  eiybti;ea  ywri  of 
ag«;  wEkiMi.  »ner  coll«<'iC5  to;;'thf?r  &1I  th«  tooli 
tfc«/  cwJd  CATTj,  Iher  started  with  thtir  hcr»*s  and 
■t«igh4  for  choir  qaw  homfl  la  Men. loo,  M^Qn>« 
Coauty.      B'il  tbe  soow   ^oing  o-f  they  were  wteltj 

U*fch  H,  l^ll.  when  th.-y  sflMe.l  on  ihp  f»rm  -o 
which  Atrao)  Cols  dow  res.  le*.  It  was  ibeo  «  va!>t 
wfldfro*^',  in'l  not  a  hvyuac  neir  Ui  'be  ipwoJ 
day  after  ibcir  *rriral  th^T  T  ll^J  trt-.^s  and  built  a 

aad  ecoaomy  marked  the  curW  life  of  Abram.  and 


Mr.  Col«  w^^  «uhafqu«ni|y  choaro  luperviiur,  ..hi!^h 
be  held  six  yo^rs.  b.  ..Jes  other  ofB.:«.     TSi«'t..ii,„. 


timet   to  Albany  with  oven   ivud    aleirhs.     On  oq< 


old  at  one  dollar  per  b 


\    4  but  a  sliortdnltncc  from  th.-irold  bime.     MnrtitnT. 

remarkable    tlc;j;re€.      ^icknesi",    by    eipoauro    three 
years  since,  h^'?  nearly  iDcapocitated  him  for  ho^i- 


eJtded,  ud  styled  by  bid  oppcneat.  Md|or  Rowel. 
ik»  "b^g  awreww."  This  office  he  held  for  a  lon^ 
temofyars.  He  mamed.  December  .SO.  1S14.  PoIIt 
Beajamia,  daaghter  of  Nahom  and  Jerusha  Benj*- 
mtm,  of  Pbelpi,  New  York,  a  young  l»dy  of  higb 


Abram  Cole. 


He  ha,  two  br-Hb.r.  hv.og,  ooe  in  Allegt 
another  io  Irondeijuoit.  Id  tbe  -umraer  of 
mother  rode  borscbacli  to  Otsego  and  ht 
money,  ooe  hundred  and  fifty  miles,  going  li 
ft  day.  Mr.  Cole  has  beca  a  valuable  eitit 
nIatioDS  of  life,  and  by  iodu.nry 
haQdiome  estate,  aod  contributed  largely  to  the  nel 
fan  &Qd  loaial  improTemeot  of  his  aeighborbood. 


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HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


TRDMA.V  SMITH. 


Truman  ?milh  wn  born  in  Rutland  countr.  V^nnont,  in  Deccmter,  ISOO. 
His  Euker,  Jo5..'[.li  ^muli.  wxi  a  U.;voluiM)njn-  s-.-lilicr,  and  a  native  of  Conot-jti- 
oat,  and  Ma  oiutlitr,  Lyl\.\  Faniliam.  a  njtivc  of  Ma—achiisirtfj.  The  former 
died  in  l*i5,  and  llio  hft.T  iu  IS  HI.  [n  l.<0o  tho  M^t  .Smitb  mov^-.!  with  his 
ftmilj,  tlien  consb.lin5  uf  soven  thiMrvn,  one  hjvinz  did.  to  wl.it  wa,  then  cdleJ 
BloomSeU,  Outariu  cv.unl  y,  and  a-lUed  on  ono  huiilrci  acres,  one  mile  we,t  of  the 
present  Tillaj*  of  East  .^IcnJon.  where  he  built  i  Ir.,-  h.juim  and  barn.  Ai>er  resid- 
ing here  five  or  .•.il  yQ:<n.  he  s.ld  "ut  and  ronj.'Ve'lto  Mendon  L'cnlr.-,  un  a  farm  of 
one  hai>dred  and  thirty  .-itreri,  which  he  lud  pun:h.iA.-d.  fpiin  which,  a^er  a  short 
reeideoce,  he  i;.rain  niov..-*]  to  another,  a  sht.rt  dL>tince  north.  Nino  ciiiidrvn  lived 
to  reach  oiatoriiT,  two  havinj  been  bom  after  leaving.'  Vemn.nt,  only  tv»o  of  whom 
•Tonowlirinl.— Tniman  and  a  sister,  ^^yIvia.  In  1S12  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
left  his  Eitber's,  and  went  to  live  with  a  marri.^d  sister  at  Ea^t  M.-nd..n,  which 
be  made  hia  botne  until  l^^JS.  SthooU  at  tliat  e.irly  da?  were  few,  but.  improv- 
ing ever}-  opportunity,  he  attended  nearly  e^cry  winter  until  twenty-one  years 
old,  when  he  cnmtneuced  te;ieliin'_'.  This  he  fillowed  ei^ht  winters,  at  ten  to 
fuatt«o>  a.-lUra  p^T  uwuch.  In  lj2S  he  nurricd  Sarah  E.  •..>;.ji,er,  „!'  M..diic.u 
county,  (bmicrly  from  .'^.iiat.)-.:a  cnunty,  and  sctilc-i  at  K-ist  Mendon.  where  he 
resid'.'d  until  1^30,  when  he  iMjui;ht  and  sctt'ed  on  th;rty  acres  one  and  one-half 
BlDea  DOrth  of  the  Centre,  upon  whith  ho  still  resides.  In  lS-14  his  barns, 
iUcka,  «nd  implemcnU  wen:  all  burned,  a  very  heavy  loss,  as  he  h.ad  ju-it  bouiht 
ninety  ■ens,  which,  with  hi-*  fir^t  purchase,  cumprLses  his  present  farm.  His 
Ikmily  bow  consists  of  hinj^lf  wife,  fuur  sons,  and  four  dau^rhtcrs,  all  mamel 
bat  one  eon,  and  livinn  within  easy  journey  of  the  homestead.  Uis  twc  Idest 
ions,  Truman  F.  and  William  II.,  enlisted  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  of  the 
rebellion,  and  ser^-ed  to  in  close,  receiving  no  bounty,  as  they  entered  the  service 
before  any  was  paid.    The  latter  lust  his  health  in  the  .service,  and  in  consefiuenee 

tipedition,  under  General  Banks.  He  has  had,  besides  his  present  children,  one 
ion  and  three  daughters  who  have  dieij.  Mr.  Smith  has  always  been  a  careful  and 
•uccessful  farmer,  and  by  a  loni;  and  active  life  haj  shown  himself  a  man  of  character 
and  a  n.'^ful  mcmoerof  s-xicty.  In  p*.t|;ties  a  i^-pubiican,  thou-jh  not  a  rigid  par- 
tisan, he  has  been  called  to  many  positions  of  tnist  by  hb  fellow-men.  which  were 
■  &Ithfiillj  executed,  in  reliuioua  views  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  with  which  he  has 
been  ei:>n3iitent  in  all  rehtions  of  life,  and  at  the  ripe  age  of  sevcnty-eii  is  still 
kile  tad  rigorous. 


DENTON  G.   SHU.VRT, 
the  second  son  of  Abrah..m  Sh.urt.  wis  born  in  the  town  of  I'liut-klll.  fU 
county,  New  Vork,  on  the  Jih  d.iy  of  February,  ISdj.     In  ISOfi  he  reUiuv.^l  wi 
hli  parents  into  the  w>~t.Tn  pnrt  nf  die  St.iie,  to  a  pl.ice  then  known  .u  L'li.irliM' 


BEXJAMIN  ECKLER. 

The  subject  of  thu  sketch  was  bora  in  Otscco  county,  near  the  Herkimer  line, 
May  26,  1790.  He  was  the  y.jungest  .^n  of  Henry  Ecklcr,  who  wa.s  commis- 
Boned  captain  by  the  Proviiion.\l  Conzress  May  13,  1776,  and  served  throuih 
the  Revolutionary  war.  Jacob,  the  eldest  brother  of  Benjamin,  and  seventeen 
years  his  scaior,  was  kidnapped  during  the  war  by  the  Oneida  Indians,  when  a 
child,  tod  kept  six  years,  or  until  re-cuvered  by  presents  given  In  exchange  for 
him ;  inj  a  sifter,  four  years  of  aire,  wa^  pierced  throuLrh  with  a  bayonet,  and 
her  body  thrown  in  an  applc-trct*,  by  the  same  Indians.  Captain  Henry  Eckler 
died  March  3,  1S20,  near  ci'_ditv-one  years  of  ase,  and  hi->  wife  .January  Jl,  1341, 
OTerninety-four  years  old.  About  1310.  Benjamin  Eckler  married  .Mary  Cole, 
of  Herkimer  county,  and  in  ISIJ  moved  to  .>Iendon,  Mnnn«  County,  and  settled 
on  the  iajm  whore  he  died,  January  15.  1.S77.  t)iily  four  acres  had  been  chopped 
off,  and  a  nide  log  cabin  w;u  the  only  dwelling,  into  which  he  moved.  Seven  sons 
tnd  6ve  daughters  were  born  to  liini,  'of  whom  four  of  the  former  and  three  of 
the  latter  anj  yet  living,— David,  Mason,  and  Benjamin,  Jr,  in  Jlendon,  the 
Utter  on  the  homestead;  John,  the  second  son,  .\tr3  Sally  Rarker.  ami  Jlrs.  .Ma- 
tilda Lusk  in  Piitsford,  and  Mrs.  E--ihcr  Cate  iu  Chili.  '  Mr.  Eckler  had  living 
forty-one  grandchildren  and  twenty  grerit-grandehildrcn,  all  of  a  hardy,  long-lived 
r»oe,  he  having  reached  nearly  the  au-c  of  eighty-seven.  His  wife  died  July  19, 
1864,  at  the  age  of  seventy-three.  In  pdiiies  .Mr  Ecklcr  wa.s  Republican  and  a 
•taonch  patriot.  He  lived  thnnigh  the  ccnu-nni.d  year,  and  to  vote  for  President 
one  hundred  years  after  his  father  received  his  commission  to  the  war  that  ^ave 
birth  to  tfaa  republic. 


I'lliP  St..i, 
about  a  m 


'  northwest  from  the  prese-nt  vill..,.-'; 
.  of  Huneoye  Falls,  in  the  town  of  Mendon,  Monnx-  County.  Here  he  re-ide,l  with 
his  father,  who  was  a  farmer,  working  on  the  farm,  attending  and  Uaehinc-  ,eh..jl 
until  the  .-pring  of  1»2j,  when,  having  ae'|uireJ  a  good  ai-adeuiic  e.luc.ition.  |,e 
rvturne-d  to  his  native  place  and  evjmmcnce'l  the  study  of  law  with  John  Cole, 
Esq.,  in  whose  oSi«  he  remained  until  .May,  15J9.  He  then  went  to  the  ciiy  of 
New  York,  where  he  continued  his  study  until  May.  lS:i2,when  he  was  admiii.^1 
to  the  bar  as  attorney-at-law  and  aidieilor  in  chancery,  under  the  old  praelii.-'-. 
Turing  the  l.itter  year  he  returned  to  the  then  village  of  West  Mendon.  now 
Honciiye  FalL>,  and  commence'!  the  practice  of  law,  where  he  has  continued  with 
a  good  degree  of  success  to  the  p^c^ent  time.  He  is  now  one  of  the  senior  mem- 
bers of  the  bar  of  .Moun«  County. 

On  the  ISth  day  of  September,  1837,  he  w.as  married  to  .Mary  ElizaU-th 
Barrett,  his  present  wife,  diughtcr  of  C.iptaiu  Stephen  Barrett,  of  Hoiieove 
Falls.  Ilis  h:id  four  sons.  One  is  deceased  ;  the  three  others,  viz.,  William  Her- 
bert, Clarence  A.,  and  J.  Irving  Shuart,  are  all  living.  He  has  always  taken  a 
lively  interest  and  active  part  in  church  and  public  affairs,  having  held  the  offic  e 
of  trtL'toe  of  Genesee  We?leyan  Seminary  and  Genesee  Colleije  for  over  tw.-utv- 
five  years,  and,  a*ide  from  other  public  offices,  in  1851  ho  was  honored  with  an 
election  to  the  oflSce  of  surrogate  of  Monroe  County,  which  he  held  with  great 
acceptability  for  four  years. 

In  October,  136G,  he  purcha.scd  and  removed  upon  the  farm  then  lately  owned 
and  occupied  by  his  late  father-in-law.  Captain  Barrett,  iu  the  villa._'e  of  Ilonc^ve 
Falls,  where  he  iiov/  resides.  He  has  for  the  la.t  ten  years  divided  his  time  be- 
tween his  profession  and  looking  after  the  interest  of  his  farm. 

His  portrait  and  a  view  of  his  residence  may  be  seen  in  this  work,  on  plate 
cxxiT. 


town  of  Warren.  Herkime 
sisters.  He  came  to  Monro 
of  Mendon.  After  three  o 
nativity,  3.ijourning  there  fo 
rhere  his  parent 


Piitsford, 


JACOB  ECKLER. 

Jacob  Eckler  was  born  April  18,  1302,  in  the 
county,  New  York.  He  had  three  brothers  and  five 
Connty  about  the  year  1810,  and  settled  in  the  town 
four  years'  residence  he  returned  to  the  place  of  his 
three  years  ;  he  then  returned  to  Monroe  County,  tc 
bad  located.  He  married  Sarah  Gardner,  of  Pittsford,  February  27,  1S22.  She 
•as  born  October  19,  ISOj.  His  wile's  parents  were  early  settlers  in  that  town, 
her  father  having  helped  to  chop  the  tr<jes  and  open  the  road  from  Auburn  to 
Canaudalgua,  when  there  were  but  two  white  t'amilies  in  Ontario  county.  Jacob 
Eckler  remained  in  Pittsford  .ibout  one  year  after  his  marruioe ;  then  made  a 
year's  visit  to  Herkimer  county  .ind  retunied  Ui  Pittsford.  Three  years  later  he 
was  drawn  ag:iin  to  the  place  of  his  birth,  remaining  three  yeirs ;  after  which  he 
emigrated  for  good  to  Mendon,  his  place  of  re.iideiicc  ever  since.  He  then  pur- 
chaied  sixty  acres  of  land,  and  by  industry  soon  h.ad  it  entirely  paid  fur.  Iu  13+2 
he  exchanged  this  farm  with  h'i  brother  fir  a  farm  of  one  hundred  an.l  forty 
acres,  where  he  now  resides,  ile  has  rai.i'cd  a  family  of  three  sons  and  two 
daughters.    His  wife  died  June  8, 1374.    The  fiu.ily  rc-o,rd  .-hows  the  followini: 

Celinda  Eckler,  l«m  February  17,  132:!;  married  to  A.  E.  Rowel  April  17, 
1845;  died  December  10,  130:1,  leaving  one  d.inghier.  Emma. 

Abram  Eelcler,  born  December  14,  1S26;  married  Ilecember  DO,  1347,  to 
Martha  J.  Thomp=on  ;  children,  one  s,.n,  Nel.<..n.  Mrs.  E.  died  JIarch  11,  13.>i'. 
Remarried  January  3,  13.'>2,  Arthaiinda  York;  two  children,  Burdett  and  Sarah 
ArabcUo. 

Elijah  Eckler,  born  January  7,  13o3 ;  married  Augusta  L.  Jcnks,  March  3, 
1355;  seven  children,  George,  Charh^s,  .^linnie,  [d.i,  Fred,  Frank,  and  Burton. 

Lauru  M.  Ecklcr,  born  June  14,  lS:li>.     She  resides  ,it  home. 

Harry  M.  Ecklcr,  bom  April  '<,  IS4I.  Resided  with  his  father  until  July  2i;. 
1662,  when  he  enli>ted  in  ilie  One  Humlred  an.l  Ei.:hili  Regiment,  New  York 
State  volunteers.  He  went  to  HariH;r'a  Ferry,  and  was  in  the  front  at  Anlietini. 
At  the  latter  point  ho  contracted  a  fever  and  .lic-d  in  a  few  d.iys,  October  31,  IS'. 2. 
His  body  was  conveyed  home  and  buri«d  at  Mendon. 


SUPPLEMENT. 


lt.  wis4e  Ic'.'i^Ltor,  and 
la  anii  instructonj  he 
science,  and  art;  for 
■■jii  of  «ur»erior  merit. 

opi"r'i,,l  chief  l.uticVor 
shone  tho  ioldeu  z\-''ir- 
■  The  Butler,"  de=i.j- 
QcicQt  taoiilv  reacliiJ 


Th«  following  »rtic!{M  were  rrceive-1  too  lite  for  ipjertion  io  the  proper  pIiM, 
tad  ar«  pvea  lu-re,  in  order  that  they  maj  be  pIacT.-d  on  the  **  page  of  hiiiorj." 


HENDRICK  VAX  BRUNT  SCIIANCK. 

SonKtbing  OTcr  a  thousand 
Great,  Enipcror  cf  the  We-t. 

god  mental  strcn^h,  aiv  cttKi.nt  rui.jr,  ant  urribi-'  -u  a 
blDda  gra5p.-i  ujil.  ih.  cru~iiii;j  or  hvou^lIhi,'  ihcm.  ai 
CoUrged  and  con-;!idaud  U'a  empire,  and  na-s  a  u'rvat 
tllC  Tingiiard  of  civihzation  to  Enrope.  For  cvaija 
■elected  the  iD.«t  eialic-i  minds  in  reli|;ioo,  literatu 
e»uit;cra,  uj,3  CI  ;<;.,|.,ii].  vi'.r.  and  f.rr-."  As  :)  r-y-: 
Ke  »o[uetime3  grantcJ  the  P'V.il  b*vn  nf  woann^^  a  coiit 
ucienC  phm-e,  a  ni.ble  f.iujilv.  Anions  thc>c  ivas  ili 
•*gr»nd  5enci<:ha],"  itt  the  emMazonrj  of  wha?c  t-M^utch 
bleta,  and  und*;mealh  tlie  two  wurdd,  -'IMe  ^:/<eiickru. 
Bating  hL)  office  at  o.nrt.  A  branch  of  this  extreme 
this  land  in  the  "colonial  days."  and  a  sub-hmiich  settled  in  eajt  New  Jen^'V.  Of 
tbJs  lait  was  the  father  of  the  subject  of  lhi=  ^leteh.  Captain  John  Sehanck,  a 
brare  officer  in  the  Revolution,  and  celebrated  lur  hi; -da^b  '  and  endurance. 
The  wilds  of  «:«  Nor  Jersey  were  aiivc  with  [he  U.ld  caj.tain  s  exploits.  He 
teemed  to  lead  a  '-charined  life."  Duriii.-  th.>sc  seveu  years  nf  war  he  knew  but 
Bttic  of  the  comforts  o!  h'\i  home.  *j  ea^rerly  was  he  wii-ht  by  the  public  foe  and 
his  iccret  a_-euL3.  .^lany  nichts  he  slept  txincealed  in  ^uiks.  To  w.;ar  him  out 
is  pcriui'  was  impiifaihl.',  aiid  scale^■ly  le-s.s  so  ti>  nnd  his  hiaioir-phvee's. 

Hia  SLSter  Anna-  on  i.*int:  isi.mu.  ovciucariu-.:  a  e\*uvcri..L;.>a  of  Hr;::ih  o!*?er?, 
learned  that  a  reward  of  hfty  trtin.'as  was  oll.red  for  his  head  dead  or  alive,  ilie 
BOtified  her  brother  of  his  daii-_-er,  and  pre=-;nte-J  him  with  a  brace  of  pistols,  with 
the  earnest  words.  "  Jfhn.  never  peiuiit  yourscif  to  be  taken  alive. '  llis  enemies 
£scoTered  that  a  cert.m  liay-.-laek  waj  his  ni.-hlly  covert.  A  plot  wai  eiecuted 
&r  the  surprise  and  capture  of  the  d.irin;:  leader  in  his  hidiui-place.  It  was  sur- 
Toonded  and  burned,  but  to  their  eiia'.'nn  no  captain  was  found,  he  having  dis- 
eoTftrcl  thoir  pl»t  ftold  w.ls  otfetrd  him  from  the  becinnimr  of  the  war,  and 
•rery  form  of  briK-.^.  Wli^n  u^lct^l  what  w.juld  secure  his  services  for  the 
klog,  bis  aiswer  was  worthv  of  the  man:  ■■  The  whole  of  Europe  cannot  buy 
Bwl  Give  me  lil«r.y  I"  On  M:vy  -JT.  ITil.  while  the  Rev.jKitioii  was  at  its 
beif^t,  Captain  5ehaiick  and  hU  wife,  ."ilaiia  Deniso,  found  their  family  increased 
by  the  advent  of  their  icrmik  v,'i,  in  unbroken  order.  When  he  was  three  weeks 
oW,  a  fiiht  occurred  betw«Ti  the  local  miiitia  and  a  deiaehment  of  the  &mous 
•Fifteen  Humlre-l,"  that  invade-l  .^lonmouth  cmnty.  The  jkirmishera  sur- 
rotuded  the  boni.>tead.  which  reeeivd  a  iforiion  oi  the  balls  of  the  hostile  sol- 
diery. The  BKther  with  her  icfaiit  betook  herself  to  the  crUnr  for  concealment 
tod  safety.  This  circumstance  sub*  'luently  became  of  histjjrical  imi«jrtance,  in 
aiding  to  determine  the  date  >^i  this  meiiii-raL'le  forav.  known  in  tr.tditlon  as  the 
"loT.TSioc  of  Ibe  Fifteen  Uunilred."  Tliinecn  children  were  b.-.m  to  Captain 
Sebanck,  twdteof  «lioui  cr.  w  ii  maturity,  and  nearly  ail  w  a  very  advanced  a-.;e, 
— -mjm  eichtT^wo  in  ninetv-three.  The  names  ot  liis  twelve  children  were  Gar- 
»e«^  Willu,™;  Tunis,  Denis;..,  Haniel,  John,  Laiaveiie,  Pollv,  David,  Hcodrick  V. 
B..  Catherine,  and  Jane. 

Hendrick  Van  ISnmt  Sehanck.  ibc  eiihth  and  vouniest  son,  was  bom  in  Mon- 
■Koth  coutitv.  New  .1.  r-i-v.  .Jnlv  :::!.  \VJ\.  At'the  a.-e  of  fourteen  he  entcn-d 
•  ■  ore,  as  cW'ri,  at  .^l^ldlJt..wn  V..lnt,  where  he  remaine-i  al,..ut  four  y.-nrs,  then 

daughter  of  I'eter  and  :^a^;ll  .^elianrl.,  of  Kr<H-h..ld.  the  same  cnimty.  During 
tbe  same  year  he  viiluiite.i-rc-i  in  Captain  Wri.lii  s  ritle  companv  '  in  the  war  of 
iai-»  and  1S14\  and  w.u  -.-m  after  tnn-t.  rr.d  lo  the  c-avalry.  'Ab.jut  one  year 
after  marriage  he  bi)u-j:ht  a  farm  near  .^li-Ml,  t"wn  l*"iiit.  now  .^Iat^a^van,  where 
be  resided  siiuijn  voart.  when,  hudin.-  hini-  If  but  little  further  adviin^^d  mwanls 
»ealth,  he  tesOvcf  to  Irv  the  I'ar  W.m.  as  ihl-  c-.unlrv  w.ls  then  .-ailed.  In  the 
■prjng  of  liUi,  with  hU'  wife  and  ei-ht  children,  he  n;.ni..ve.J  to  lil.-.n.6cld,  On- 
tario county,  where  a  -i.-ter  then  n^ided.  He  wa-  -even  d  ivs  bv  lint.-b..at  up  the 
Badsoo  river  and  Kric  moil  i..  I'iit-f.rd.  lie  1.  :..ed  a  f.mi  in  the  vninilv  f..r 
that  »ea.wn,  anl  in  Sept.-nib.  r  l",. 11, .win-  lK.n-.:hl  the  firm  in  l;rr.-ht..n.  where  he 

New  Jersey  in  a  wa-..n.  an.l  bn>u-ht  ha.  k  aU.uI  six  hundnnl  p,-aeli-irc-'.  which 
be  planted  in  the  .,,rin..-.— ll.e  tir-t  peachH.rcli.rd  in  Monroe-  l'...ii.ly.  FnMii  this 
b«  incTi^ascd  l3r.;eiy  in  Ji-a.-li-u-n-"  ...■_.  in  rt.un.eti.m  with  .  lierrn-..  intro«luein;r 
Banyof  tliefii»>t  varieties,  an.l  jnii..-  the  tii^t  ini|«  in-  to  the  eultun-of  iinrx-ry 
•lock.  He  iBcrea.s-d  his  |»-ich-.r.  h.ir.l  t.  t».  niv-dve  acres,  of  the  ch..le-eM 
farictlea  known  to  h.irticulturist.s,  from  whieli  lie  U.s-aiiie  widely  known  as 
=•  Peach  . >5eham:k.' 

MrSch„K-knnr,-l.hv,iichiMr.n.— live-'.n-  an.l  -it  .l.nL-htcr-.— till  of  wlu.ra 
Wached  nial..tiiv  and  ln.,rri,d.  F.Mir  -..u-  ..lid  two  .la.e.'ht.rs  .in-  n..w  In  in-.-, 
Peler  an.l  Willuin  U'..  ,-.... in. '..p.,  in  I;,- h. -l.r.  .I..hn  in  I'lll-h.r.l.  ll.nrv  l>.. 
Nary    V>  .    w.fe  ,if  <.mu.l    U    ll..rt,   .ind   li.nr.ile    A.   »il.'    ■■f   C.    K.    Il..l.i.i.-. 

D.>,  ,,riKr:;i.  I'-TI,    i^.d  n.  ..iv  -'v!-.o,'ln!'  '   f.'.til    'l,."iv',-  ,',_l.^^- i.-ir- "f 

ap-  .Mr  .Sl.amke-i-.M...t..l   h;.'  ,.«n    ).u-i,„  -    .si.d  vi  i-  al.l.-   t..  .1..  a   hill    I 's 

2ta 


work.  But  a  stroke  of  paralysis  disi 
neis  fell  to  tbe  sU!<.rM.-ii.n  ol'hi-  im 
man  of  coiiim.iiHh.:  _  ■  ,-.  ■■  n.  ,  '.wiii  . 
act^jniplu-liuient  "!  .    ,1   ; 

with  a  nice  >eie,.     :  -.,•,. 

a  studious  ctf"rt  to   •■  '  ,;ii    til,,    ii.r    1., 

In  poUtica  he  is  a  sMneh  Jetrei^.jnia 
beritance.  He  was  iu.-i;sor  several  ' 
to  give  his  whole  attcution  lo  his  bus 


k1  a  patriot  by  blooi  and  iu- 
lie  was  abiiiidaatly  suece>f[ul. 


MR.   EDWARD   DUFFV 


21,  IS-)S,  of  respectable  and  pi 
>  his  mind  at  an  e-irly  period  those  g 
so  thorou'jhly  e-niiritled  into  his  duJp 
in  the  various  sUigcs  of  his  youth  am 


parents, 


havins  aaioired 


was  bom  in  Dundalk,  Irclan.l,  .^lay 
who  took  a  special  care  to  instill  in 
principles  of  rectitude  which  bee-am 
as  to  form,  by  their  c-.inat.int  pmetici 
hood,  liis  brightest  charact^jri-tics. 

His  father,  by  dint  of  industry,  honesty,  and  sound  judgu 
a  handii.me  conii>eteticy,  retired  fn.ra  the  active  pur-iiits  of  mcreamile  life  while 
the  son  was  still  of  tender  a'.;e,  and  with  a  laud.iblc  ambition  to  shape  the  future 
fortunes  of  the  latter,  under  the  influence  of  a  suitable  uducarion,  placed  him  at 
the  best  schools  then  kn.twti  in  Irelan.i. 

While  under  the  direeth.n  of  an  eminent  teacher  at  Carlow,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  disoovering  no  in.-lin;.tion  to  embrace  a  career  in  aiiv  of  the  Icriied  pr.> 
fessions,  but  believing  a  ^Kijition  in  the  cotumcrcial  world  w-juid  be  tar  more  eou- 
sonant  with  his  taste's,  his  tather  thought  proper  to  ..-ratity  this  pre.iiIe^.tiou  by 
placing  him  in  the  ei^untiii'.:-house  of  Lrc-orL'o  >lcBrid.',  a  pn.mineat  merchant  at 
that  time  in  the  city  of  Dublin.  This  irenrleiuan  bad  for  .>cveral  years  enjoyed  a 
monopoly  of  the  commercial  business  carried  on  between  that  port  and  the  L'uitc^i 
States. 

In  this  new  sphere  young  Duffy's  apt  intelligence  and  courteous  manners  soon 
gained  for  him  the  m.irked  eatceni,  not  only  of  liLs  chief,  but  also  that  of  all  his 
youthful  associates  en^-aged  with  him  in  the  -ame-olSce. 

Havin;  fini^he-i,  with  irreproachable  fidelity,  th.'  -cnice  aisi'^Tied  to  him  under 

mendatioii  he  determines]  to  gain  a  livclil.i>.d  by  his  ..wn  hone«t  eicrtions.  with- 
out the  f  irced  aid  of  rcladves  or  friends.  For  this  purp^-e.  althoucli  se-areely 
turned  of  his  eighteenth  vear.  he  .(uitted  hi-,  a-jreenble  homo  lo  enter  the  deid  of 
fortune  at  so  disunt  a  p.>i"nt  as  Denieraia.  in  British  ijuiana. 

Armed  with  indnential  letters  of  inipjduction.  he  found  no  difficulty  on  his 
arrival  in  that  port  in  nbiaininir  remunerative  ciuph'yment  in  one  of  the  loading 
houses  of  comnierce  of  th.t  then  flourisliiUL;  cofuiiy.  i'he  ^.ime  unil'Tm  ob-ci-v- 
ance  of  those  ajmra.indiui;  traits  of  cluraeter  imiarted  I 
roof,  joined  to  his  well-disciplined  habits  ..f  busint.s.s  . 
counting-house,  soon  secured  for  him  the  admiratiou  s 

In  the  year  1S32  the  prosperity  of  all  the  English  colonies,  where  slavery 
had  been  tolerated,  b>'giniiing  to  decline  very  perceptibly  as  a  roult  of  the  L-r.  at 
measure  of  general  emaiieipati..n  i-niicted  by  the  Brili-li  I'ariiameiit  in  the  pn-ev- 
din'-  sc-ssion.  Mr-  P.itfv  w.-es  indiiexd  to  relinquish  his  residence  in  Dcmcrara  and 

Lmdin-  ill  Philad.  Ipl.ia.  hi-  hr-t  thou'_-ht  w.ts  to  cMmine  the  situation  of  tn.le 
»o  f.ir  as  it  niiilht  admit  an  .•|«-ni..L-  f  .r  hi-  own  interests,  but  tin. ling  none  favr- 
able  to  hi.s  views  he  pr.xee.b-d  t..  C.nada.  Here,  aller  visitiie,-  -voral  localities,  he 
dec-ided  at  leii..;t!i  to  settl.'  in  I'.  t.rb..r.).  where  he  luariie.l  the  .lau-hter  ..f  C.i.'i.^l 
Crawford,  a  leiitleinan  of  popular  -landini-  in  that  -srlion  of  the  province. 

Mr  Dulfv  did  n..t  realize  in  this  new  location  the  silcee.-s  in  his  o|»-raln.iis 
which  hLs  sali2uinc  e\pecl..ti..ns  ha.l  le.l  him  to  anticipate.  Disappninte.l,  but  tut 
despairiTiL-  of  an  ultiniat.-  triumph  .l-ewhcre,  .and  stiinulatcl  to  still  .•rcal.-r  ciier_-y 
after  his  fniilK-s  l..l...r-  in  Can.i.l.i.  he  returned  to  the  (Jnite-d  Slates,  and  lin.illy 
established  him-elf  in  I S4.'.  at  U..eh.-sUT. 

He  has  shown,  since  hi-  Ion.'  resilience  ill  this  city,  by  his  close  appliraii.'n 
to  his  pursuits,  hi-  -tri.t  inte-rity  in  dealiiK.'.  and  atfable  manners  to  all  apprua.  b- 
i»g  hiiu.  whether  s.)ciallv  or  on  bu.-iiie-s,  that  he  well  luerits  ihe  title  of  a  mueb- 
rcspcctcd  and  usetui  fell..w-citizeii. 


the   III 


ERRATUM. 


On   pa-e  V<.  se.sjnd  c 
a,,.,  o.    „  palpable  a  f.,l 


iDr^ 


mjT^ 


/MY  Bono. 


OUttt  Burr      Mri.  Bond  wu  bora  io  IMur.rd.  : 


.L,     I 


3^ 


I     iA^   k    1,'^^^ 


I'^^Wl 


-  I 


■v;:^  ^ 


^'n& 


/ffj    or  ZEBEDEE     BOND,  t^cNOON.N.Y. 


J 


E== 


PLATE   CXXXIV. 


/^|.^f. 


7  RUM  AN  Smith. 


4 

;  V  -<^  f  -  ■■' 


Sarah  C.  Smith  . 


ir- 


■mm-^^ 


Bim  I   A 


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--q 


i^i^-;V 


L.^ 


Res.  OF     TRUMAN      SM  ITH  ,  ,V/fft  do,v,  yVoNfi'Of    Co.,    W.    /. 


PLATE    CXXJ^V 


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,=f5     '7r    BENJAMIN     ECKLEIF?. 


AM.vfi'jf  t<;, 


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5ji«j>m   Ccklcr 


%.M. 


?  ;^-^      *  li..^. 


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:  A^sL»f^ti^^;'■'J.■i«i:^•A■iiL^-  \L-^  ^:'  >  a.\-> -'-/;tf /A!^?.  v^.' Acv^^A  %^^^^  :v 


fl£j.  or  JACOB    ECKLER,  yWrvaoN,   f/onftoe    Co.N.Y. 


EOSTEE    OF    SOLDIEES 


"WAR    0¥   THE    REBELLION,"    FROM    MONROE    COUNTY. 


ROCPIESTER. 


BoyI-.  TLomua,  WiO\  Inf.    Ei>rJ  Aug- 


il,JS«. 
Andrmn.  John  K.,  IVHh  Inf.     1 
SM&nu,  JuLn,  IVHli  lot    Enid  . 
Arnold,  Smith  J,  IttU  n.  A.    Enl 


Brown,  Frand),  I.t 
B.)jd.  John  U.',  ^r's 


BowlM.  Wm.  C,  »!rat,  »!  Inf.    Enl'il 
Buboiun,  GoirrivtJ,  IijTth  Inf.    Eol'd  J 


died  la  S.liJhor7 


B,«h  C»..    Znl'J  Aug-  IWJ;  disci 


Aoe^  ChirltJ,  ll«h  Inf.     Enl 


LiUed  ftt  Onrv      I  Bux,  William 

1  Botltr,  EJwti 

i  Butler,  Jamt! 

j  Bdiikler,  Th. 

1  S»*Il»bur7  prlKjn      I  Boomian,  Jul 

promoltj;  dach.      j  D.iker.  ftiur 


I       Bar^,  Freiterick.  1 
in  eleven  UttlM;rlUch.  1S66.       \       Bunuestee,  Tlt,iddcL 


dCar.    Enid  Feb.  1 


Brown,  John  T ,  H^tli  Inf.  Znl'd  An;.  1 
Bro«n,  r.itl.a.^1  F.,  3.1  Cor  E„r,l  J„n.  1! 
Bloke.  Patnck,  100th  Xnf.     Eol'd  July, 


T,  IWth    Inf       Enl'd  Sept. 


I.  Fob.  ISil. 
Apr.  !Sfi3. 


j  rn;.,„i,,Ti; 


If.     Enid  J.ilj,  lUi;  promote 


EolJ  5*pL  l^i.l;  pnj. .  »«uoded;  diacb. 


.  <lh  n.  Art.    Enl'. 


Anten,  Fmnk.  ith  Car.  Enll  : 
Allen,  Geo.  H  .  »tb  Car.  Enid 
Allen,  Ljnian  S,  l.'Jth  Inf     Ei. 


Boetwick.  AlUrtS,  H.«h  Inf.     E'.l'd  Anc.  IsiiJ:  pro.:  duch.  ISSo.  j  Bnrnncti".  Oeo.  11. .;.!  fav.     t.ilM  .\n.-.  IMl ; 

Bre<B.,  John  H.,  H'ltli  Inf     Ei.lM  An.-   ls.;i.  JL.ch.  U(^.  !  Bloir.  BoIk  it.  Until  Inf     Enl'd  S.pt.  let,J:  kil 

Bi.rn.,  J.io.ea.  lu-,lh  Inf     ti.ld  .^pl.  Im'I.  |  IWA 

Banker.  \V,i.|,lnston,lMh  Art      KnlJ  Mfi    1  .l    Jiaeh.  |  Brown,  R.,!.ert  J.,  llnth  Inf     Enl'd  Anc.  let; 

Bmclinv,J..lin.  lUtli  Inf     F-!' !  !-.  ••- t„  t  •    th  V.  B.  C;  diach.  i  Betknii.n,  J...  ,  corp'l.  lusth  Inf.    Enl'd  .Auc.  I 

Bwiley.  WelUd.  J-l  fftv      ^„   ,1   v..:     -1             l-i  lieiil.;  discb.  Burke,  The..<l  .r«  F,.  1' Mh  Inf     Enid  July,  Ibi 

Barr.v.tieo.  H..  f.ipt..^th  -  ..       i     ,          .      ,      I      l.-.li.  1:«.  ,  Brawn,  Miohael,  I4<ttli  Inf     Enl'd  Aug.  ItiUJ 


May  13,  UtH.  of 


Balni,  Jiuii.^ 
B.-nUey.  Fri, 


Btirker,  Eilinunil, iMh  B^t.    Enid  Sept.  H« ;  di.cb.  laM. 

Blabop,  I.utlirr. 

Blasell,  Jo-iab  II,  «^n.l  lieut.     Enl'J  So- .  lie;;  diech.  18< 


I       B«con,Th..-lnr.-,.    ;(       I 


►  Ih  Inf     Enl'J  Sept.  1 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


IX,U|U...Il 
Du.nlr.<.  CI 


OioU.y,.;^-}..  a.L  F,.l  l.Kt  i-.l  ,  -1..  i.  •> 
Cr».ii.r,Pl.llp.     Prvoi.!..!,   ....n.-^.  .Iu.h    i 

Ckrcorwi.Tl'Orox-  J\i;I.-J  i.  l..ttlu  Jin  l--^. 
Obl^TlwmijJ.lil.  II  V.-i.  tnl  J  i.ri.  l,J 
Cul.m.a,  E.^kforj  J'.ur...    EnIIalc  1«i: 

Curr,.  4n'dr,w.'l3<,l,  Inf.  E..1  J  MM.  I-.'.'.  . 
ai»l*.H  IXi.,J.  1.11,  R,l.  l„IM  U.^l-.1;  .1 
Crouch,  IHoovu  E,  li^'lh  I.if.  E.ii  .1  A-.^-  l.--. 
Oollii-,  Ricl.«rJ.  liKh  Inf.     tni  J  A.i.-,  l-J^  Ji 

C»m|>l>-ll.J^hii,  IV.UIf     r-,1  Mi    ;..;;„ 

Chupprl,  Diram.  corv  .  !*•  lo  I-w  >,iij  v..^  1 
Ciooi^  EJiJ«h  D.3.u»r  Er,;JJ.,.r  '-  J.  . 
Curocll,!^...'..,.  .•■.--  >^  ■  • 
Clunib.Hun,  IC^nr,.  Mih  Inf  Ci.l  J  J.I..  1~ 
(li<iiion.IlnioiST.lliOtliI..f.    tiLlIV.-   1-«1;. 

Commlnr-.  Ho^,-.  3,     E..I  J  D-c.  IjiJ. 

CUrt,  WillUm.  J  C»..     EaU  J.ilv.  I.-il;  i»*i 

OoQliDt,  M^nn,  ;t«>tfa  iDf.    KnI  •!  :^i-L  iKi:  < 

OuioHJohr..  .V4»J.    EnU.I^  r,i,.  is.a. 
O>I«0>M,  (!■'»£■    D..  ITdch   Ii>f.     EnI'd  Julv, 

J«Ir.  I8IX. 
UdcIc,  Joba  P^  -2Ut  Cbt.     EalM  April,  1861; 


,WC.'.  Enl-J  Ai.» 
Cooa«r%Cbrl'U-ph«r.  BihC«r,  E^UM  ( 
Co^fM,  Ptitciik.  \«(h  laf.     Eril'd  Ai 


Ourio.  J»lln  H,  « J  C^..     Eol'd  DfC,  1 

Coon^y,  iHni^l,  l»l  Lt  Art.  fnlM.  De.' 
C!«f<,  Wm  H.X^tblui.  EnlJ.  Au  •.  1 
Ou«)li.J»iuM.«rxt,H01h  Inf.     E,.l  J. 


c^.rt.  Lt^ 

•.u. 

f-l-  Wlh 

n(. 

E1.1 

C0U.M.EJ1 

mcu 

DL,;i.iCi 

.    t 

rjc 

ri.,n.  I*., 

">• 

t„id  «., 

l-.- 

•' 

CUrt,  Wm 

II 

-:!.  n-t 

E..1 

J. 

CWiK-=..r 

S^r 

00.  ITlli  B^,1. 

E.I 

'.-.S...  J.i; 

!.,   11 

.H  H.  in. 

E/ir 

dl>i 

G^ma., 

.c*. 

-II,  t=t 

r.ni 

A. 

Cl.b,B..ta^     E.M-Ji-p.. 

ro. 

<7.^fk,.WU8U,Cr.     E 

CWk,  c> 

vr. 

Enid  A>i« 

.1- 

,  >•< 

Ctari<t>*D,Thoniu,llh  II.  An.     EiilM 


JcUn,  l»rt  lor.      tn.  J  A    i,     •    ;,  .i^h.  f 
m  Tliom.jL    Ell  .1  [V.C.  u«  :  1  J.H. 
»0,  H.nrr.  .tr-.,  H-ni,  Int     EnlM  ?rpl    1» 
~.  EI.«ill,Curv.^i1  lot     E.1IJV4.   pr,.r 


I      Oolbj.  At.r.h..i 


Eck.l 

AJ.ni.  I.I 

-t.  C.f 

t 

nl  .1  tK 

b|l. 

Ji.lj3,l,.L 

1,  |.«ib 

lof 

En 

Eol- 

EJ-on 

AlUf.  II , 

>h  r  .• 

r.l  - 

E..0 

1.^1,1. 

■  1-  An 

E.i™ 

i-.Jo^l'b. 

I'th  In 

nlJ- 

Er»ii 

ii^.V'il. 

'U.  Inf. 
.1,  Iff 

^' 

'■■IK., 

Erw,, 

OiKh.   l.-«. 

xnh   In 

tuii 

E.-i. 

TI...II1..,.  1 

Mb  Inf 

I 

ilM  S. 

a;  killrj  At  C«ttr<l,arf 


I      Enflcrt,J»cjl.,  Ii.1tb  In(,     EulM  I- 


Crvn.  r<>nk..Ll.lC.i 


3,li 
»Ui>l  ^     '.      E'Aiu.  Fn 


Col^  H.nrj,  litilh  Inf.   r.ill  Jul,.  l-.I;  pro  1 
CUrk,  Hiram,  II  C«..     EnrdJ«n.l-M.  -ounJ 
OiAhill,  H-nrj,  N.tj. 
Cn.VVirk.  jAinnw  KCUi  Inf.      Eal'd  Nor.  I»^J 

H,  1«S. 
Ord,  I)«k>n   T,  iwm  Int     EnlJ  A«,.  IWJ; 

J.IT  J.  1W\ 
CW*.  J.*n  «,  ir.th  Inf.    Enl.l  .to,.  Is,,;;  ,11 
C>~^r.  John.  lOllU  In'.     Eiil  d  Jul).  Hr.J  .  ki 


I>uwrU.J,/«in.l'^in  Inf.      tnl> 


DittjDmo.  E.ll-^ihlnl 


Cut,  H-nc7  C 

Cnnlng^u.. 
Cl.»l.7.  a.11 


HISTORY  OF  MOXPvOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


271 


rv«d, Kiek-.i,  at  i.r   t„ia  s.pi  i w ,  u^  ^  ..,..1.  tw.  r.  111 

G.r.lo.r.  P-i.t      t:ol  H-il  l>.i.  a,,  h 

rnftck.  Gra  ,  tuifk  l.£      Kur 


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r  l^lueib  Int    En; 


B,.»  3.o,u,l.  5.  ,h  En,.     EnlM  J.o 


Utrriafton,  UicbMl,  27ib  XdC     Enl  d  Jul; 

Bandcl, /MbD.  lIMlh  lot    Eofd  Aa(.  1863: 

ISO. 
B»riij,  fr^frick,  liotb  Inf.     Enid  Aut 

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HlB»lJ,  rrtJtnck,  li;ih  I,-f.  tnl  J 
H^lil^  u.lh.niD.UH.  lof.  EnlM 
H.  l.,cl,Hrnrj.  Ui  tl.  Art.  Enl'. 
II.«iS,  J«.)b.  lulb  Inr.     Enid  April, 

Blldnth.duhn.  l«><b  InC  Enid  A> 
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H.ll.Wm,e.pt..  Tsih  InC  EnlJU 
llrbtrt.  r»ni.     Ebl'd  An(.  luX.  d. 

H.ul  .m.  J.,hn.  :tH  InC  Enid  S.pt- 
Hutlnit,  Cm,  11  InC     E..rdjunfc 


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i^an,  C~rjt.  ..1.1  li, 


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LnhkH'ttr.  J->hn  D  .  4ih  M. 


;r,  SLtrUn.  IWtll   Inf.     Enl'i 


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K.n..r.J.c.b.M. 

Inf.   E.,raJuic,  1- 

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8.  1J«. 

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E«th,L..r. ..»,.« 

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.,  UBthlot     Eni-JJu 

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C».    Eol  J  D«  1«C1 

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McUosMiM.TI,m^., 


Ljro.'l..  lioiiii 


I      M.rn.,.J..,„ 

I  l«li1. 

McCllll^Jii 


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Plu.t.Brnr,   B.L     EnIM  \  ,,1.1^6. ■  ,11^1.  w.^ 

BoMb«™  8.«.„l 

IbOi 

Pru.,,.,  '"'ll  r...     E»IJ  j",  !>.;.";'  d  ^b '  1,'-.^  ,.;..l.lll„. 

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?M. 

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Pir.t.P.l.r.     E„.MJ.,|,    ..,.,    !.   ,    ;.. 

BuUrta,  B-.lpl.,  .-JJ  c.i«.     L'.il'd  J..lr,  l.«;l:  d  Kb.  IM 

H.r^B,,-,,^. .--..>.  I„f      >,.■      ' 

Hi,-,  John  C.     En!,l    (,..;-            .:..:-    .•M.wo.bd.. 

P.p..  O™.  11.1.  11     V       ! .:,    I.Si. 

a..l7.  Punk,     Ei.l'd  Jul/,  1»C1;  dl.eb,  lll«~ 

«ol«..,  f-M,a^-W,ll^l,  1,1        ■,                                      ;   .    h     |,.-i 

P.cli.r,  J.ibn.  11«1-      i:.  .    . 

MonlJcr.  ».«»!,  b-.b  I„f      K           (.-.                  .,      „ 

M->™,J«.~,T».b  l.r.    Eni.i  ,u„.,,  1-.,.,  „..L  i»r^ 

r.<rr'.t:...r,'.    !  ...',  1  ..'      >        ,  1  .,,          :     j,„h.  l*a. 

B.doal'jibr  Ui.ih  Inf     KnlJ  ».       ISB'-  dl    1  1 

»l,h«,J-m™,ll.|Ulnr      E.,lJA.,j    |.,.-;di.b.  1*3 

Pf.l.='l-r    _■  .  ...    I,     .    ■,•  ^.        -     '    1   J,.,       -.      ,    .|,v.h.  1.14S. 

Ricb»rJ^J.,'.;;ib  Inf.     E..ld.>I«..,  Ur.l;'kil|.JInl.. 

K.IU.,  AlUrt  n,!-tii,  _-;j  ...       K..riJ„>    1-^1 

PH.-r.    1    ..n,   1,    ,.     ;,  ;       >,.,..-,..       „,,,    u..i. 

!IWlu,MKb.H,iTiu  I»r.     E.ia  lU..  l~.l,  .o  r»  W  p.  i«,n  U  noil 

>"; 

.l...ilL„..  J    l,,,,.,l,  .  ..       f„lj-,,,     !-.  1.   ,l|,.h.  ISii. 

Ru«.l',  Will.  Ji.  ilih  I..f!     tolil  J.Uy.  l«a;    .'".  b.  ft 

dl.-ch   l«i 

Rnld],  Prt.7.  Htb  Car.     Erl'd  Jan  Im.4 ;  .11*. h.  If.'^l 

Nujr«,Jubn,  liaM.  I..f.     tnlJ.^^rl.  I..;);  rti«.U. 

Qu.nii,  J.,lin,«th  lor.    KulM  M«ivh.  IsM;  dird  In  iduborj  priun 

"""i.^hxic.i"'"^'^  '"  '"'"  *""    ""'''  "*'  ""* 

N.llD^r,  Lo,».,„.  lM.t  I..r.     F.IM  <u.    .-„-  J.,ch.  ISii. 

Ju.  1805. 

Bu.lej,  ICoi.llnslun,  lUth  lof.     Enid  inrti    Isiil 

Q«lnn,  Eob»n,  «lh  n.  A.    SnVJ  J.n.  1«C1;  wnub.M  ;  di.th.  1K.V 

!li.l....,Wo,  J.l.mb  I..f     >„■  J  i.,_    1...J,    „,.,   1..-.-. 

Quin»,  Jol.o  C,  -iMb  r.,.     tnl-d  IM,  I..-4  :  .„.,n.iri :  dl..b   1».A 

il^neh.  G.,.!,  ....lli  InC     Enl'd  Apnl,  IWI ;  dlirh.  l*a. 

S„M,  L«.l..  ll.^b  iBt     E...   1    >     : 

«.ll;llr,  "0.  .  U  .11.  Inf.      t...M  .»u.-.  1-.,;;    l.u-l.,  l»r,l;  di«.t.ni|... 

H-id,  »ni.I.     En'ldlMJ. 

N.jlof,  5Ur,„>,|.,h  C.         tnl  J  Au;     i-    ..   .,  ,n.   r-    .. 

Ri«.ni!.-r,  Ju-epl..  lil.iluf      1  -  '  1  s  ,.•    ...,    ,    ,,.,M> 

!(,lU*J.m..-U,l,.,,t..iMCi..    E..iM.r,h,  1»4..U«1.   1«M. 

B.lj.Jnm^.Sib  E..g     l„:  i  i                 i        i  !  ,    ■ 

IS&l. 

llud.ck.r.  lloi^,  IMtb  I.f.    laid  Aos.  ISCi;  kilM  •!  G^llj.!. 

''• 

"t,'!l''..^''r,.';'n;  '^';; ,'"!,''  'i'^'.'.T- ! ",.';-, 

t.,;.U.,W,n.C.,Mbi„      ,,,...      :.,. 

Il.y,  IWl ;  di«l  Feb.  1 


U,.k«J»wtb.  IStkC'.     Enl'dJn 
Ubarrni.,Plu»l-L  ll4J11t  Inf.     E..r. 


RhMle.  (.T.r«lnpber.  liw.h  Inf.     EnIM  J 
Rjwi,  J..bn,  IWth  Inf.     tnl'd  July.  1*. 

Rammel,  BNnwj,  16Ut  Int    Eol'd  Oct. 

R.l.Y,  J.ni... 

Ri(».Cb»..  M,«l.n.  Art.    XnlM  IMi. 

Bu.-n^r.  PMk.l.sih  Inf.     Enid  \nt   i 


.,  pnyniKtfr.     EnldS.-pt.  1 


Sa.itli,  Thuuu,  2Jd  Ckr.  Enl  d  Eety.  !».> 
Soiler,  MtholiU.  Vtt-.li  Inf.  Enid  An  j  6 
Smiib.  Jn«-|Ji.  1.1  V.  L\r.  Z„l  d  Sr|.l.  1. 
Schaeidir,  Jolin,  :ld  C.r.    In  ►ttim  Ibir 


Penru.  Jvhn.  U.l'd  Au) 
Pl.nktt,  P^rick,  1.1  V.t 
Planket,  J.tm.-^,  luniU  Inl 


BuUnKjn,  Wm.  Enl'd  Aug.  IMi;  k 
Ru»c-h.  Jobn.  l.t  LI.  Art.  Enid  Eel 
Kil.j.  JUtTin,  l.»ll.  Inf.  E..IM  \i, 
tUimch,  Tbvinav  lu».h  Inf.  £..rd  A. 
RiulNnmi.  Jul....  Mh  InC  Enl'd  E. 
Bid.r,  a.ial^.  jllU  Inf.  t-.il'd  Jul.. 
Bnd.  J.C4.,  I4..1b  Inf.    Enl'd  Sipt. 

Bm*1,  Jul.n,  M.h  InC     Enl'd  Ji.ly,  I! 


P.p,b  Jl.  J«b*,  Inf.     tul'J  S 
H»n;..Fr..,ci.£,m)llili.f. 


P.».<r,  Ensrn^  Iril.  Inf. 
Preatun,  D>  mn  L.  £^1  CsT.     1 


TtcaX,  rnnc,  lllb  n.  A.     Er 
PidU7,  G-!u.  W ,  .Id  (.'••.     Enl'. 


S^lmun.l,  .M,>rlin.  'Jr.ih  I 


Bj^,  M  Cl.atl.     Enl'. 


PTlu-tu.nl,  John 


P>lir„rt,S«hu,lr.,.l.H  In. 


HISTOllY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


l,Or»flI»,» 


,IJ..r,t.l).i2;lr-l.«.loL.lV 


V.KX1.  Iltnr;  D.     Enl  J 


Thf».^her,riet.her. 


I      Thomv^uD,  Har»et.  nth  II.  Art.     K"l  i  No»- 1' 
\      Turtrj.  Wm,  R.J.  11...    i;i,lMJ..n   1-.;;  Jl" 

.186:).  Tal'.UiMC.iAlut    KordOctlwl ;  if-»nlbt. 

I      T.pn»'TI.„nio.lMtl.l..t.    E-IM.log.lS«2; 

i      Tuplin.Tl.o<u.kl*'lli  Ii.r.    Enid  AuB.  1«62; 
T.IU.1,  An.o.  T.    1     pJNoT.  1P.-.1;  Ji-I -lug. 


Int.    tnlM  3UJ,  UU ,  U..1 


S<i«-=.  rr« 


9u,o,,J„lin,Wtl.lnt.     t„l.Hrr.l.  !»•.•.;  kin'-lo'-JI'J-  ]       ^""''"■^J' j";'^';;  "j;;; '^^T. 


8.«Uot.J.4 


Sleli.h>u«.  riiil 
84J.r,Juncsll 


J.  .■..11.  I'.f 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Tonne,  J«iwb.  11  r«»,     Enl'J 


,.....rjl,llhrnr.     KnlMI 


(:i.«,J..c.l..  .nlJS 


lonh,  Bninu,  WU.  Inf.    lu.l  .1  iu^.  U-H;  iji»:li,  u. 
THIBTEEXTH  IXFASTET. 


B..k.<r,  Thumu 


I      EU».S.niUFlA^enl\l  Mj] 
I      K.nnrj,  I^u..,  .nl'J  April, 

K«.pp,Htn'rT,.nrJ 


.  C.I.;  pr,.c»p«.  I      U.T.  Jul.o,.5lM 

:      Lnrl>,Tli..m-C 

I*  .O.  1      Mil,  Liic«n  C ,  < 


.n.£.  lo  Hri.b  Inf.;  dlich.  13C3. 


D«».rj,  D.  M,  nuijor;  tnl'.l  IWl. 
Irrln,  J„bn,  .nlM  Aue,  IMi ;  di«b 
filch,  Giles  H.,  tixl-a  S-pl.  iMiJ  I  .1:. 


I      Melinl/,  ll.nj,  J.umimr.  .nl'J  S.  pt.  IMI:  J.cU. 

I      Ititih....  J-me.,  cnlM  Jl.,r,  Isi  1 ;  IKh.  Jul. ,  Uf.l.  di.jbilir: 


3IcC.nliy,J^.M.enldS„ 
Mnmj.  Prfcr  M,«nlM  Ap 
5Ior»-,A.i.«lB,e,.ia.t,.i 


I5t5.  ;      JI..I 


lUpn,  Job 
B.^i[i>o... ! 
IU.i.m,  rrt 


Sp^dlns,  Ju.  A,  cnl'd 

dUh.  ISCi. 
Bcofcll,  rrencU,  cpl,  e 


mm;   r»-«nl'd  la  22il  Cur.;  pr 


1985. 
T.ylor,  BobTt  F,  cpL.  .ni'd  M.I,  IMlj   prooo.ri    col 

Tallon,  O.riilopk.r,  »rst.,  tnlJ  51,.r<-b,lS6.!;  dl«b. 
We„J,l,C.rl,«nl-JS-pl.  ISCJ;  .oundrf;  Jw:b. 


276 


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SWEDEN". 


Jkr«rt»DC,  ChAHn  D.,  Co.  M. 

Adklai,  Robert. 
All«i>,  Em'iil  W-Co.  A.  1  luc 
llbl./.  Lu<:ia.Tr,Co,  A.  1 
lMi,I»  r!J  r..,  Co  C:  JiJcl 
S.S[>,  EJ.»rd,Co.  M.  XI  L-: 
■BKklej,  Tli^«««.  Co.  .M.  ;a 
BorroJJs,  W»-  M,  to  M.  3 
Bra«or,  J'lnn.  Co.  M.  iS  Co 
Boamo,  Geofx».  «tiJ!er.  Co. 


.  lof.    Ec>lijr»,l  .1 


itt^  .\ 


Boj<l,A» 


•».  Co.  c,  10 

B.n)^Joboi.Co.c.^c 

lUj,  liSJ. 

ButUr,  Dmrid  J,  Co.  U.  ;iat  Cr 
Ud  C*l*r  Cr«Tk  ;  rfiscborgt-O  Juai 

Buu,  Wai.  C,  Co.  K.  KH,  Ii 


Inf.     £n1 


Co.  C.  IDMh  Inf.      Eoliitei  Aoj.,    l«ij ;  l-^-jtSml  lorTic 

EnlitUU  Aos,  13&3;  presotod;  id  bktUei 
•6i. 

Enli.UdApnJ.  1S«1;  io  bifj.  of  Boll  Ro 
1  I    •-. 

Eoli.lfd  ^a^.lf;::  di.c!l.rE«.lIS<5. 


;alb  Fob.. 


Bo-Ul,  Juot«,Co.  A.tt'lh  Ur.      Enli.t-I  Au{..  1«. 

Bfo^oj**-,  J-*^  Co-  A.  M'lth  lof.      Eoiia:«-l  Aui?..  I  ?r;^ 

Bachasu,  Job*,  Co.  K,  13th  TnT.     EnU«lo.l  ApnI.  IS<1  ;  'o  b»ul.  of  Boll  Roo  ;  dtMrrted. 

Browor,  Sotpoel.  Co.  K.  13cb  lor.  Enli.it-l  April.  1S61 ;  in  hotUoi  of  Yorklo«i>,  Boll  Ro«, 
latioUm,  FreJtrkkiburj.  otc. ;  .ii*ch»rgc.l  iUf.  1&63. 

Bormo;li<,  A-fului.  Co.  K.  l^Lb  Inf.  EoUiloJ  .\l>nl,  1S«1 ;  <liacb«r(«l  1S«1;  n-aliiUd 
t«lk,I8^4,  in  t:i  Co'.;   d.Khors^J  Auif..  I56J. 

B«<il«,  Almtroo,  Co.  K.  i:iliIor.     Eol.siM  April.  ISol. 

Bo.lt.,  W,MU«,  Co.  C.  :2.1  Ci».     Enli-lfaJoo..  HCl;  ilo«fl. 

B«41«,J"i«,  Co.  C,  2.MC1T.     Enli.lcJ  Joo,  1^61:  di^b.rjt 

BilUojtoo,  EJ«ord  U.,  Co.  C.  ;:j  Cot.     EdIIjicJ  J.n..  liiii. 

Bmt..  Georj.  B,  Co.  H.  Sib  Cot.     Enl.itt.1  SopL.  l-ijl.  woundeJ:  diacb. 

Bl.-rs,?.-=j!r==».  C5.  U.  «!bC.'.     E.>l.-i-.l -^-c.  I-SI  :   Irt  l.foL  :  0.0,.  b. 

BnaiU,  Joma,  Co.  H,  8lb  Cot.     Enlistod  ScpL,  1S61 ;  diKbor[od  U61; 


,  IM». 


I  IS60. 


1  IMS. 


iatod   S«pt_  1 


;  discb^r^d  1 


Beodio,  Boodls  Co.  B,  3tb  Cot. 
Amrpi  lUi. 

Brockvo/,  Lorooio,  Co.  H.  Slh  Cot.     Eoiislod  Sept..  1361  ;  deaortod  in  Rocbeil 
Bow«a, ,  cwlnr.b«or«r,  Co.  11,  8tb  Cot.     Eolucod  Sept.,  1661  j   woaadod  i 


Brock. or.  i»-'l. -"'■"-.  Co.  n.  ?tl 
Borabordt,  Jubo,  Co.  C.  10:»lh  Inf. 
Cooptr,  iobo,  Co.  K.r.tb  Inf.     Enl 

Co*U,Con)eliu»,Co.  31,  3d  Cot.  E 
Coolo,  Fraocia,  Co.  M.  3.1  Cot.  EoI 
Comnpoo,  Eoj.oe.  Co.  M.  :d  Cot. 


f.     rai:jl.dSepL.l«5I. 

liittd  An-..  Ijo:. 

I  April.  l;iil;  n  ooUiiod  Ao;.,  IU3,  in  Id  Cor.,  Co. 


Cborch,0..o,Co.  M.MCoT.     Enli.lc. 

Aoj..  1'6 

C«l.o,Jobo,Co.D.:i.tC» 

r.    Enli.ted 

,pL,  1  =  6.1 

iaboUUsofWinebo' 

tor  nod  Codor  Crook; 

ii.eb»Tod  IS6S. 

Coj,  L..^Co.  c,  lesiblnf 

EnliM.d  A 

»I..1?6:: 

di«b.rjT.l  1565. 

ColUr,  EJ.ord.  Co.  C,  103. 

binf.    Enlij 

rj  Ao?..  1 

iu2;  deto.:bnludri 

or:  diicbor^  ISSi. 

Cbrk,FnneiiT,Co.A.  U 

lib  Inf.     En 

.siol  IJO-' 

di.rbor^.  HOl.ford.jobilUT. 

C~fej,  Fro.olli.,Co.  .A,  li 

O.h  Inf.     En 

i.tcl  1=62 

.  a.Kb.r^d  li6.!.  fo 

rd,.-.bilUf. 

Crtnoy,  L..U  B.,  Co.  A 

llOtb   Inf. 

Eni„.od 

Uj..  1^-02:   pnimo.^ 

«-rs»0l  fob,  1863; 

M  llouLjalj,  1363;  1,.  lieu. 

Jooe.  1161; 

coploinO 

U  1561;   dlicbor^ej 

l36j. 

Co.oriR;caVri,Co.A.  It 

Jth  [of.     Eo 

m-l  Ao{ 

.  1!62  ;  dii^borjod  liSi. 

Coaioi.Purick,  Co.O,  in 

.h  Inf.     Enl 

)t«l  l!62 

Connor,  Wcl.rH,  Co.  K. 

l.-.tb  lof.    E 

li.todAp 

1.  1961;   :dlorr9>nC 

Mn.forrod  i>  IStl 

toIJ>hInr.,.odpcoa,o.tdco 

ptiin. 

Coon,  Oeorri  W,  Co.  K,  1 

.bInf.     Eo 

,t,^  Apri 

1361;   di,Miof..O 

nd. 

Cn'k.Ed.ord,Co.  K.  i:ib 

'„f.      Enlut 

I  Apr.'.  1 

61;   ducbirjo.l  136. 

CMnor,  Tbomu,  Co.  K, 

::th   Inf.     EnlnlcJ  Ap 

■tl.  1361;  tronsforrod 

to  unii  rot 

Cmo^  J.mo.  t,  Co.  C,  2 

.M  Cot.     Eo 

liatod  Jon 

,   1364;  promoted; 

troniCoTTod  to  Co.  K, 

Umf.nei;  dii-h»rf.d  A  05. 

lS6.i. 

CJd.oU.Will.o..  Co.C,  2 

JICot.      En 

,.«1  Jon. 

H6»;   dioh.r-odi 

65. 

c.u..ii.Jo=^co.c.:: 

Cot.      Foli 

toU.o.l 

•61;   billclio  Roobe 

lor  Feb..  IStt. 

Cbue,  0>onr,Co.r,  lUJtb 

nf.     EnlMte 

Jiorch.  1S62 ;  .oondod  si  Antious,  ond  dioebnrfod 

•k.rtl7  nftor. 

Cl<...,Tbo«...Co.r,10i. 

i  Inf.     Enli.fd  M.rcb 

i!6;. 

r...  Co.  II.  3lb  Cot.      Enliitod  irpl..  1361  :  diod  in  1363. 
Ck*|imon,  Frooklio,  Co.  II,  3lb  Cor.    EnliitoJ  Sept.,  1962;  died  of  .ooo( 
lailosk  Voile;. 
Ckorab.  Somiiel.  klockjoiith.  Co.  C.  Jib  Cor.     Enli.led  Sept.  IS61  ;  died 
Co»to,  Jlonio,  Co.  U.  IMjtC.i.     EolLlelScpt.,  H61;  di^borfrj  1S66. 


r.  Jei 


i  ot  Oottyiborg  Jalf, 


Dudley.  Oe< 
D0.IJO,  Johi 


EWor,  El.ord,  Co.  M.  3d  C.r 
Ed.or.li,  Franklin.  Co  C,  22  I 
Edminir,  Jomei.  Co.  II.  3tb  I. 
f  oibeoJor,  Frederick,  Co.  JI, 


139; ;  dieebor^d  1365. 

b.,  1^*61;   dischoTKod  IsSS. 
1 ;   dvlerled  01  n.j<.'nei>rr. 

Anj.,  1342;  disthof  jed  SepL,  1361,  for  di.. 

lUJ.,  1362;   ducbor^ed  1*65. 


roller,  Eoieoo  P.,  Co.  K.  13tb  lof.  Eoli 
1  103tb  Inf.,  Co.  C;  proio.iled;  reiijoej  10  Jiloe,  1363 
Pordbom,  Jliltoo,  Co.  .V,  llOlb  Inf.  Eolisted  .<u<  .  1 
Poller.  Ileber,  Co.  E.  l.l'.b  Inf.      Enliltel  April,  1361  ; 


iieboel.  Co.  K.  I3tb  Inf.     En 


1361: 


Guyoo.  FroBcij.  Co.  C. 
Oomisell,  ileorT.  Co.  ( 
QriSn,  Cboi.  H.,  Co.  : 
Oreen,  lleury  11..  Co. 
Green.  D.r.io,  Co.  A, 


id;    eicbonged    Dvc.,    1364; 

05.,  1962:  disehorjed  1985. 

:   discborr-d  ISoo. 

:;  dxcboreeJ  Jon.,  1363. 


.  1362. 


I  Jon.. 


u?.,  1362 
361  ;   diu 


I  Jon 


.r^ed  in  1 


Moreb, 


Ornn.ell.Joi.  D.Co.  K,  l^lb  Inf. 

Gordon,  Robert  J.,  Co.  K.  lllb  Inf.     Enlisted  A 

Gillord,  Jerouie,  Co.  K,  13lh  Inf.      Eol.jled  Apri 

Gridlej,  Geo.  E.,  Co.  C,  22.1  C.t.     Eoliited  Jin. 

Oeolber,  Oeurge,  Co.  U,  Stb  Cor.      Enli.led  I56I 

Hommood,  Ucory  C.  Co.  K.  IJtb  Inf.  Enlisted  April,  1361  ;  promoted  ;  dieuharjed  May. 
IM3 ;  l»-eoliol«d  Feb.,  1361,  m  22d  Cor. ;  token  prisoner  on  Wiljon  i  roid ;  di>cbor(ed  Ao;., 
IMi. 

Btci,  Williom  J,  Co.  K,  13lb  Inf.     Enliited  April.  1381  :  deaertl^d  in  Anj.,  1361. 

Hmmon,  Byron,  Co.  K,  i:tb  Inf.     Eoli-lcd  A|jril.  1?01  ;   wounle.1  m  b»!ile  .jf  EjM  Ran. 

Hopkio.,  Jooiei  D..  Co.  K.  1-tb   Inf.      Eul.lled  ApnI.  I36I  .   di^bir^ed  1361  ;  Ji.ibil.lJ. 

Ho.e.,  George,  Co.  K,  13th  Inf.      Enliited  April,  1361  ;    lucbarged  1363. 

Bopkini,  Robert,  Co.  K.  Utb  Inf.     Enlisted  ApnI.  1361  ;  de-erled  Isbl. 

Hoyl,  George,  Co.  A,  UOtb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;   killed  in  bottle  W'il.Jernesi. 

He.itt,  Tbomos,  Co.  A.  liOlb  lof.     Enlisted  Aug..  1362  ;  killed  ot  Lourel  ilill  .Moy,  1961. 

Boley,  John.  Co.  A,  UUtb  Inf^  EuUsted  Aug.,  1362;  died  Aug.  21,  I563,  of  .uunda  receired 
u  Gettyiburg. 

Ho.ord,  Orrille  L.,  Co.  M,  3d  Car.  Enlisted  Aag.,  1862;  proisoiod  to  eaptnin  of  lat  Q.  S. 
Colored  Volnnteerl  Dec,  1363;  diicborged  lo6i. 

Ha^^  Eiro  T.,  Co.  M,  3d  Car.     Enlisted  Aug..  1362  ;  direbargnd. 

Byler,  Ibomis  A.,  Co.  31,  .3d  Cor.     Enlisted  Au;..  1362;  deserted  iepL  11,  1362. 

Ho.ord.  Lneina,  Co.  M,  3d  Cor,  Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  prumotad;  tronsierred  ;  diachuged 
IS«i. 

Barrio.  Barrty,  Co.  31.  3d  Car.     Enlisted  An;.,  1862. 

Hulmea,  Irm,  Co.  31, 3d  Cor.  Enlisted  .<ug.,  1362 ;  promoted  tu  captain  23d  Cor,  Jan.,  1365  . 
diacbarged  1365. 

Borvey,  Tbomai.  Co.  C.  103th  Inf.     Enlisle,!  Aug.,  1362:  disebarged  1365. 

Hoot,  Marryott,  Co.  C,  lU3ib  Inf.     Enlisted  Auj..  1362;  died  Jon.  27.  I.-63. 

Bartigan,  31ottbe.,  Co   C.  Ill3th  [nf     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  disebur;od  3laT,  136.7. 

JoflTD,  William  U.,  Co.  K,  13tb  lof     Enlisted  April,  1381  ;  token  prisoner  at  bottle  at  Hull 

Kno.llon,  Eli  S.,  Co.  31,  3d  Car.     Enl.sled  Aug.,  1383. 

Kelly,  William,  Co.  K.  Utb  Inf.  Enlisted  April,  1361 ;  .oundod  and  tAken  prijoner  at  Boll 
Boa;  in  prilm  twenty.ooe  moolba;  discharged. 

La  Doe.  James,  Co.  A.  llOih  [of.     Eo!iste.i  Aug..  1362:  died  Dee.,  1*62. 


larkin.  Ja; 


.-.,  Co.  C, 


I  Car 


.     I  jlisied  Jan,  1361; 
Enlistnd  Aug.,  1382;  di 


U61;  disability; 


Luee,  Otc^  C,  Co.  A,  1 

Leeper,  Joa.  M.,  Co.  \,  Itlitb  Inf.     Enlisted  .\ug.,  1362;  promoted  1 

to  Co.  E,  Dec  12,  ls63;  resi,;ood. 

Lsngdon,  Horry,  Co.  K.  13th  Inf.  Enlisted  1381 ;  diaebarged  ;  dial 
Sillier,  Spenee.  Co.  K.  13th  Inf.  Enl-sle.!  Aug..  1301 ;  promoted  ;  . 
llcCony.  John,  Co.  .M.  3d  Cor.  Eolljted  Jl.irch,  1361;  Ji«;horsi,l 
Munroo,  James,  Co.  .\|.  3dCar.     Enlisted  .lug.,  1362  ;  promutod  ;  lo 

throe  limes;  disefaorged  1^65. 

Uarkey.  Thomas,  Co.  A,  UOlb  luf.  Unlisted  Aug.,  1362  ;  dilcharg 
Molraney,  James,  Co.  A,  lluth  Inf.  Enlisted  Aug..  1162;  diiehori; 
Uorvbooao,  Alooxo,  Co.  .\,  llOlb   Inf.    Enlisted   Aug.,  1363;  buspit 

MeCollooeh.  Albert.  Co.  A,  I  lOth  Inf.  Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  desert. 
MeKee,    Robert.   Co.   0,   lOilb   lof.      Eolisie.|    1382;    .oondod  at 

MeD.ioold,  Wm.  C,  Co.  K.  l.lih  Inf.     Enl;tt-1  I.16I. 

Uaiohanlt.  Peter,  Co.  K,  I31h  Inf.     Kiiliste-I  IsHI  :  deserted  Aug.,  I 

Morgon.  Ch.rles,  Co.  K,  13th  Inf.     Enlisted  1361  ;   .oonded   and    to 


Do  n.uly,  Al 
Oolpb,  Franei 
l>.lph,  Job.  ' 


orged  I9«5. 


HISTORY  OF  ilOXrvOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


277 


Uowmn,  Htorj,  Co  C,  I"d  C»T.  En 
Monri,  Juhn.  t.>.  C,  ?:i  C.r.  F.nii 
Itowe,  Abnio.  Co.  F.  lOjth  Inf.  Eol 
U&SOB.  Oetir^e,  lOjth  Inf.  L'nli4(<.>i 
VoWm,  Geo.  A.,  Cn.  K.  nth  Inf.  Kn 
lJrf».,  Ol.«.,  Co.  K.  l;!th  (of.  Enl 
«!>»,  IMI.  in  2J.1  C.r..  Co.  C  :  J«^li»r, 
N«cl,  Robert,  Co.  M.  3a  Ctv.  Enli.< 
K.»d.  JoKph.  Co.  M.  3d  C.r.  Enli> 
Nidwb,  Ucnrj  II..  Co.  M.  3<l  Cii.  1 
0<bwa.  SicpbcD.  Co.  11. 
O'Bhm.  Tliomi«,  Co.  C,  lOSlb  Inf.  ^:uiiJl.^ 
O'Bc^a.  Purick.  Co.  .M.  3d  Car.  Knii.l.d  .' 
I  C.».     Enli.teJ  Jat 


Enli.le 


,  1S63.    kM^i  In  \^.: 


Opfc..  Fr.ok.Co.C 
Pietw.  Du-.in,  Co.  I 
a  Aiufcrwotill.  pr..-.. 
Pack;,  Cli»ri.!«,  Co. 


Pu-k«T,  Wm.  J.,  Co. 

Pe.f,  L.  Peter,  Co.  i 

Art.:  promotol:   disc 


10:h  In 
:2d  C.». 


Eolistrd  l>61 
Eslistei]  Jftn., 


u   Winche«ler,  in  Oct., 
.enluted  lq   ith   Heiry 


Perr/,Jo..A.,Co.  A.UOth  Inf.  Enli.te  1  . 
Peradl.  EJ.ard.  Co.  A.  UOtb  Inf.  Eoli«lC' 
P.trj,  Chu.  A.,  Co.  A,  1  Wlb  Inf.  Eali^lr.l 
Po.4.  X.ttiio,  ciplnia,  Co.  .M,  3d  Civ.     Eo 

r^asfcrTed  to  2d  U.  S.  Colored  C»r. ;  d'tKbar 
Page,  Thomaj  B.,  Co.  .M,  3d  Cftv.  Enlisted 
Rogtn,  Josepb.  Co.  .M,  3d  Csr.  EolUtod  .1 
Ro~»dl,  Geo,  Co.  .M,  3a  Car.  Enlilled  Ai 
Roekafellnw,  Geo.  W  ,  ..i;..ncr.  Co.  -M.  :;d  Cav.  Enlisle 
Eobi»»n,Jobo.Co.A.U')lb  Inf.  En!i.leJ  Aug..  IJtii; 
B<>«t,Ck«.  W.,Co.  A.  UOIh  Inf.     Enli.led   Aug..  IS62 

«r«,  IS«;  taken  pnioner  on  n',lj.,08  raid.  scnltoAnd 


iacbarjed   13(jo : 
deaert/Hl  .-^ept.  11 


,.  ISlj2;  promoted;  discharged  1865. 

IS62;  diacharged  IS6j. 

SlS2  :  discbar^  1366. 

Enlisted  An;.,  1362:  dijcbArged  1965. 


diachar^e-l  IS65. 


Rick.rf.v,n,  Daii.l,  Co.  K.  13tb  Inf.      Enl.,-t 

IIJO 

I:  d,s.bar5edlSC2; 

i..ai.il,ty. 

K,  13tb  Inf.      t..l 

-ted 

561:  promoted:  di-eb 

Ka;»ond,  Almoo,  Co.  K,  Ulh  Int.     Eoh.t 

d  1S61  ;  taken  prijoner  :a  batU.  of  Boll 

Bun: 

In  prijo.  l-enl>-one  mont 

39;  a>9.:bargcd  IS>63 

.    R.«i,J.,F.,Co.c,;:a 

Cav.      Enlxleajan 

.  IJfr 

4;di,cbare,dl66i.J 

Rool,Be.b.n,Co.C,22a 

Cav.     Enlisted  Jan 

I:  died  in  -Mav,  ISCi. 

Smilk,  Ed-ard,  Co.  K.  D 

tb  Inf.     Eoli.ted   N.r., 

-61;   aistharijea  Jan 

,  1964;  re -en 

isled; 

nonnded;  promoted  to  Ht 

lieoL;   di«bar?ed 

»?■. 

I56j. 

BandlbrJ.W.lIara.Co.C 

2lM  Car.    Enlisted 

Jan., 

1361:   died  in  hospital 

at  Mount  Pie 

Lsant. 

8»lea,JoelH..Co.K.  U. 

1  Inf.    Enli,t,.d  ISr. 

;    k 

le.1  at  Frederiekrbnrj 

K.  13lh    Inf.       Enii 

led 

^6I;   tranaferred  fron 

1   Co.  K  to  F 

;    di^ 

.h.rged  ISM. 

6wdd».<\>e,le.v.Co.  K 

13th  Inf.     Enlisted 

155 

;  discharged. 

Sedg.iek,  Frank,  Co.  K, 

13lh  Inf.     Enli-tcd 

ISOl 

:   discharged  1363. 

Sole^Ceo.  lI,Co.  K.n 

h  Inf.     Enlisted  IS 

1  :  d 

soharged  on  account 

f  wound  rece 

vedat 

flainea'M.II.Julj.lJOi: 

e-enh!ted. 

SteTea,J.bnH-.,Co.  A. 

lOlb  Inf.     Enlisted 

Aui 

,  1*62:  deserted  in  13 

2. 

Seeor,  OrUndo,  Co.  A,  14 

Otb  Inf.      Enlisted  An- , 

362;  died  of  fever  Ja 

n..  lS6t. 

A,  UlHb  Inf.     Enl 

tcd   t„J.,I.'<62;dischar;.d 

1-65. 

Bobonlon,  Henry  W.,  Co 

A,  UOtblnf.      En 

Au?,.  1362:  diacharg 

d  H6S. 

SnydecJ.bnB.,  Co.  A, 

UJlh  Inf.     Enliste 

Aug 

.,1362;  disehareedlS 

63:  disability 

Sl»rk^  Jlilo  L,  eapt..n. 

Co.  A,  UUth  Inf. 

ledAuj.,  1S62:  prom 

le.l  to  maior 

Xor, 

18U;  killed  in  ba'Ue  of  H 

ilierne.s  May,  1S6 

Sba..  Patrick,  Co,  11,  2 

St  Cv.      Enli.lea  .~ 

tpt.. 

1«63:  discharged  in  fa 

II  of  13M. 

Shore,,  Wilber,  Co.  C,  1 

"tb  Inf.      Eolistcl 

til?. 

1362. 

Sprin  J,  Cha..  E.,  Co.  C, 

OStblnf.      Enl.sica 

Jal. 

1362;  wounded  at  Aa 

scbarsel  Au,.,  IjC 

8p..r^Joh.W,bLa:k, 

En 

listed  An;.,  1362:  di.cbarged  1365. 

Sonlea,  Jed..Jiah.  Co.  M 

3a  Car.     Enlisted 

A..S 

,  1302,  promoud  to 

orporal    ,n    18 

63:  to 

•.rge«ti.l-Ol,    du-cbari 

cd  lJ9i. 

Sheltnn,  Uun^  Co.  .M,  3 

Cav.      Eultstcd  An 

s.  1 

62:   deserted  in  Sept, 

13«2. 

ghcSeld,  Thomas,  Co.  .M.  3d  Cav.  Eol.ste. 
Soulej,  Alonio  J..  Co.  M,  r.J  Cav.  Enlistei 
Sloan,  WUIiam,  Co.  M.  .•:  1  Cav.  Enlisted  .' 
Sloan,  Robert,  Co.  .M,  Id  Cav,  F.aUM.I  Au 
Snyder,  Albert,  Co.  .M,  3d  Cav.  EdIi-ImI  A 
Sloan,  Jase%  Co.  M,  3d  Cav.  Enlistea  Au 
Sloan,  l)avi.l,  Co.  )1,  3d  Cav.  Fnlisled  Au; 
,  Joseph,  Co.  C,  I3lb  Inf.      Enhste 


Toser,  James,  Co.  M,  3d  Ci( 
Taylor,  Charles  L.,  Co.  A,  I 
Uay  i,  18U. 

Taylor,  Herbert  C„  Co.  A,  I 
Thomat,  IL  J.,  eapta.n,  Co 
Toofe,  Baanel,  Oh  Cav.  Ei 
Taylor,  Edwin,  Co.  II,  sib  ( 
Vaodechoef.  J.  D..  Co.  U,  SI 


Wood.  Eoo.  u.,  Co.  .\i, : 

Whipple,  T1.0,.  B.,  Co.  . 
Wngbl,  i;«„,e  A.,  Co. 


lof. 


Sled  Auc.,  1.362 


on.  John,  Co.  A.  110th  Inf.  Enlisled 
b,  Charles  M,  Co.  C,  :2a  Cav.  Enl.sl.- 
b,  Willi.ira  C  ,  C...  K.  13lh  Inf.  Eolisl 
ams,  George  II.,  Co.  K,  13lb  Inf.     En 


1S61:  discharged;  r,.. 

,1361:  died  at  Win.-b,.| 
istod  Sept,  1361;  left  i 


HAMLIN. 


Tbaddeo 
S65. 
Geo.  M. 


.  T.  V. 


Enlisted  April  26,  IStl  ;  re-enlistcd  Sept 
listea  April,  1S61;   re-enlistea,  and  died  f 


wounds  Aug.  3,  1361, 

Theodore  Boss,  sergeant,  3d  N.  Y.  Cavalry.    Enlisted  Aug.  1,  1861  ;  re-enlisted 

Horace  Howard,  sergeant,  ath  N.  T.  Cavalry.      Enlisted  Sept.  1362;   wounded, 

Elippas  Bidwell,  corporal,  lllotU  .N'.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  December  16,  1361 ;  re.eoli 
y.  Y.  Cavalry;  wounded. 

Geo.  R.  Storer,  corporal,  103th  X.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  Aug.  19,  1862;  died  Jan. 
Washington. 

Ueo.  W.  Walker,  corporal,  123tb  N.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  Aug.  5,  1862;  transferre. 
Artillery;  wounded. 

Geo.  H.  Howard,  corporal,  Sib  N.  T.  H.  Artillery.  Enlisted  February,  1864:  tt 
Vet.  R.  Corps;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 

Orville  Daucby,  corporal,  3d  X.  Y.  Cavalry.-    Enlisted  Aug.  20,  1862. 

Emory  Boiler,  corporal,  3d  X.  Y.  Cavalry.     Enlisted  Aug.  3. 1S61 ;  re-enlijted ; 


Petersburg. 
Ira  T.  Kit 


ner  H.  Hoyt  pri 
irgedSov.  14,  1: 


St  Vet  R.  Corps. 

1st  S.  S.     Eolisted  Aogast  2 


,  135). 


■enlisted  March,  1S64. 


Dole,  pri 


2d  .Minn.  V.     Eolis 


,  1863. 


id  Aug  31,  1332; 
March  25.  1865. 


George  Cults,  private,  5th  X.  Y.  V, 
Henry  Slurray.  private,  6Lh  S.  S.     Enlisted  Aug.  25.  1362. 
James  L,  Shoals,  private,  11th  N.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  March,  1862;  killed  at  Or 
Henry  Cusick,  private,  13th  K.  V.  V.     Enlisted  April  23,  IS6I;  re-eulisted  5 
;5th  B.sttery. 

Fraoklin  Cusick,  private,  13tb  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  April  20,  1861 ;  wounded 
Joseph  Parker,  private,  Uth  X,  Y. 
Alva  JI.  Doucby,  privaU,  Uth  N 


3th  N.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  Xov.  27,  1861 ;  died  April  12,  1362. 
Joseph  Thompson,  private,  13thX.Y.  T.  Enlisted  May  2,  1961;  died  Oct  6,  1961,  at  Gcorg 
Iboa.  0.  Warren,  private,  52d  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Aug  20,  1863;  discharged  Dee.  1,  1363. 


7Sth  : 


.  Y.  V.    Eolis 


,  1361, 


1  X   Y. 


Septemlier  3,  1363. 


Snlisted  Jan.  10,   1862; 
.Ao^ust  12.  1862  ;  wouo 


John  Shepler,  pr 

lalc 

lOMb  X.  Y.  V. 

Enlisted  Aug.  15, 

ISf.2  ;  lost  an  arm. 

Thomas  Sbjy,pr 

ral. 

losth  X.  Y.  V. 

Enlisled  July  27, 

362;  wounded  at  Antie 

am. 

Geo.  W.  Elliott,  priio 

tc,  lilStb  X.  Y.  \ 

,     Enlistea  Au5.  1 

-,  1362;   wounded  at  lie 

tjsl.urg. 

John  King,  priv 

te,  103th  X.  Y.  V,     Enlisted  Aug.  7,  IS 

2;  taken  prisoner  twice 

i   died   at 

Cbal.  11.  Skillam 

pri 

ate,  lOStWX.  Y 

V.     Enlisted  July 

1862. 

James  Smith,  pr 

,  103th   X.  Y.  V 

Enlisted  Aug.  3 

,  1963;   killed  April  20 

1364,  at 

etersburg. 

Matthew  Cusick, 

pr.v 

ate,  ath  Mich,  V 

Enlisted  April  20 

1961  ;  re-enlisted  in  4th 

Luther  W.crs.pr 

vate 

i:?ihX.Y.v. 

;olistcdJol..1ll.  1- 

2;   tran.fcrred  to  9tb  II 

\rt,i;erv. 

Albert  Dills,  rri> 

ale. 

.•OthX.Y.V.    I 

nlisted  Auk.  22.  Is 

■•:  transferred  to  fib  II. 

»rt V. 

Milton  Crandall, 

priv 

au,  i2'jth  X.  y. 

V.      Enlisted  Aug 

22,   1862  ;  trmnsfcrre-l 

o  .Sih     11. 

rtillery. 

(IriffiuLaDucprivat 

,12QthX.Y.V. 

Enlisled  Aug.  22, 1802  ;  transferred  to  9th  11. 

Artillery; 

ken  prisoner. 

Francis  Reynold 

.pr 

James  Ready,  private, 


HISTORY  OF  JIOXllOE  COUNTY,  N'EW  YORK. 


N.  T. 


"g  -• 


B.  r.  Anuurj. 

William   >'i>s*y,  prir»te,   13th   N.  T.  Battery.     EnlUtciJ  S*pt.  itf,  IdSl; 
M.  r.  Bwicry. 

iittar^  C.  Sho.l..  prirtte,  21.-t  X.  T.  Bilterr.     EnlijleJ  .\nf.  17.  1SC2; 
Robert  BuKock,  prirHtf,  Slth  luO.  Uatlory.     EnlisteJ  0,;t.  21,  I?S1  ,  pn 


,  pKrate,  :(tli  X.  T.  Biltery.     EolisteJ  Oct.  lH,  13«I :  re-eoliiUj  J>D. 


liU. 


Bir»m  Boot,  pri.  ite,  Jlili  S  T.  DnttoiTr.     Eolifled  OeL  II,  1S«4. 

John  0.  narmin.  private,  21th  N.  V.  B.itlery.     Enli'teJ  Sept-  CO,  1S61. 

JuIUn  Turjen,  pririt*.  24th  N.  Y.  Battery.     EnlisteJ  Sept..  1S6I. 

Cbirlet  W.  Otis,  prLrmte,  Ilth  X.  V.  Battery.  Enlisted  Oct.  II.  1861  ;  trituferred  from  3 
N.  T.  Art.llety. 

Oeor(r6MiMer,priv^te.2Ith  .v.  Y.  Battery.     Enlisted  O^t.,  l?fil  :   re-er!isted:  taken  privine 

Fr»oklin  D.  Oli^  pnvatc,  21th  X.  Y.  Batt,fry.  Enl.ited  <tct.  2.  IsSl  :  die-i  Aprii  i,  1S6:;.  i 
Plymnotli,  N.  C. 

Sylemus  K^ng,  pririte,  21lh  X.  Y.  Battery.     Enlisted  Aug.  15,  1862  i  died  May  25,  ISW.  i 


rth,  pr, 


InJ.  Battery.     Enliited  Jan.  51,  1364,-  discharged  July  31, 
hlUties;  woanded; 


1881, • 


George  E.PaTo,priT»te,  3d  X.Y.  Cavalry.    Enlisted  Aag.  22, 1S62;  in 
4iacliarged  Oct.  23,  1864. 

MUo  Hoskins,  private,  3d  N.  X.  Cavalry.     Enlisted  Ang.  20.  13«2. 
James  McKoberts,  private,  3tl  X.  Y.  t-'avalry.     Enlisted  July  23,  1864, 
BamucI  O.  Gardener,  private,  3d    X.  Y.  Cavalry.     Enlisted    Aug.  1 


John  MoKinney,  pri»ate,  3d  N.  Y.  Cavalry.  Enlisted  OcL  1,  1363;  died  at  Xewl 
OoL  11,1864. 

Thomoj  Goice,  privale,  22d  N.  Y.  Cavalry.  Enlisted  Deo.  2,  1863;  died  at  Am 
Sept.  25,  1361. 

Cti.-lsi  Si.::i=,  priTitc,  ;;i  y.  Y.  Cr-mlr-.     En!i!!-4  J?!!.,  !«»4. 

John  H,  Miller,  private,  22d  X.  Y".  Cavalry.     Enlisted  Xov.,  1863. 

Lewia  H.  Amsdtn,  private,  22d  X.  Y.  Cavalry.     Enlisted  Xov.,  1803. 

Thomas  G.  Warren,  private,  2.1d  X.  Y.  Cavalry.     Wounded;  di.^harged  July  20, 

WUIiam  A.  Welch,  private,  211h  X.  Y.  Ca>  airy.     Enluled  Dec.  15,  1SC3. 

Biohatd  Ketchum. 

Edwin  Munger. 

Lewij  Thayer,  Toloey  Thayer,  Henry  J,  Clow,  wounded. 


PARMA. 


Alonio  Merritt,  Inatenant,  1«t  N.  Y.  Cavalry.     Enlisted  July  12,  lSfl4  ;  missing — snppo-ed 
lilled. 
Ambrose  E.  Sawyer,  sergeant,  13th  X.  Y.  Y.     Enlisted  Dec.,  IStil. 
George  Efner,  sergeatjt,  13th  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Xov.  21.  1861. 

Biiel  Emsley,  sergeant,  I3th  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  April  23.  1861.  .     ,,.,„,, 

TFarren  Firman,  sergeant,  2Cth  -V.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Oct..  1861.  ■  ,  - 


Wm.am  II.  Teller,  sergeant, 
George  Henry,  sergeant,  108 
Oot  16,  1863. 

Albert  llorlon,  sergeant,  10! 
8am  el  Thayer,  sergeant.  1^ 
Lyo  An  Tahna;;e,  ser;;i-int,  3 
Charles  M.  Wel.sler,  sergcir 


Henry  B.  Carpenttr.  corpor.i 
•Iry,  Sept.  21,  1864.  Promote 
Pat.-ick  .Morarty,  corporal,  2 
Charles  H.  Cook,  corporal,  J 
Jaiaea  Ilagbes,  private,  5lh 
Adr^lbcrt  H.  Bceman.  privati 
Hobert  McKin 
posed  killed. 


.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Angu; 


Theraa  Trimble,  pi 
Byron  Trimble,  pri 
Charles  P.  Tink.  r, 
■Wheelrr  Sowls,  pn 
George  W.  Rnvm.* 
James  r.rrinet,  pr 
Marcos  M.-DouRal, 


Ite,  6tli  X.  V.  Car.      Enlisted  Ai 
I,  8th  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Sept. 

,  11th  Shnrp.shootera.     Died  Ju 

[tn  ."'h.irp. shooters. 


IH  11,  18.-.2;  died  .May  4.  1864. 
IsiiJ  ;  never  heard  from — sup- 

9,  1803,  of  wounds. 


George  Boonihower,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V. 

W.  C.  Billing.,  private,  13th  .V.  Y.  V. 

Jcrvme  Uence,  priialo.  Uth  .V-  Y.  V. 

H  nry  S.  ULnnilt,  private.  Mih  X.  Y.  V.     Enlislcl  Dee.  28,  1961 

John  Ba.lev,  private.  1.1th  N.  Y.  V.     Enlislod  Dec.  23,  1361;   re  < 

Alon.o  P.  Rarringer.  pnvale,  l.llh  X.  Y.  V. 

Deiter  C.  Uurritt.  private,  131h  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Deo.  U,  1862 

Elihu  S.  Bancron.  private.  13lh  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1862;  1 

George  U.  Cl.lrk,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V, 

Irving  I.  Collins,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Dec.,  1861. 

Alva  M.  D.uuly,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V. 

Albert  H.  Gould,  private,  Mrh  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Deo.  21,  18«I. 

Seeley  3.  Hayfor.l,  private,  Utb  X.  Y.  V. 

Edward  Hathaway,  pri.ale.  ir.rh  X.  Y.  V. 

Duane  Iliscock,  private.  13th  X.  Y.  V. 

Robert  T.  Lnjin.  |,riv,>le.  13th  X    Y.  V. 


Y.  V. 


Andrew  Wilson,  private.  l:;th  X.  Y.  V. 
F.  W.  Wright,  private,  t3lh  X.  Y.  V. 
Charle.  Young,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V. 
S.dne;  Efner,  pn.ate,  13lh  X.  Y.  V.     En 
Sidney  Austin,  private,  13th  X.  Y.  V.     1 
ipril,  1865. 
William  Miller,  pr 


i-enlisted  in  50tb   Engii 


>  A.  Banger, 


X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Aug..  1862. 

X.Y.  V.    Enl'dDeo.  15,  1802:  died  July  17.  1364,  of  wounds. 
X.  Y.  V.    Enlisted  March  13,  1861  ;  re-eollsted  in  21st  Cav- 


James  Hiicock,  private,  13th  X.  Y.y.     Enlisted  Dee.  31,  1861. 

Henry  Hontland,  private,  Uth  X.  Y.  V.     Sept.  13,  1362;  died  Oct.  25,  1862,  in  service. 
Albert  Donehee,  private,  Uth  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Dec.  15,  1862  ;  died  May  4,  1863,  in  hos- 
piUL 

Bynia  Eoowlton,  private,  X.  T.  T.      Enlisted  Dee.  15,  I86I  ;  killed  June  16,  1362,  at  An- 


Uartio  Welsh,  private,  '. 
James  N.  Lapp,  private, 
Hanford  Bass,  private, : 


X.  Y.  V.     Enliatcd  Deo.  10,  1863. 
1  X.  Y.  V. 

X.  \.  V.     Enlisted  Aug.  14.  1802. 
ate,  54th  X.  Y.  M.     Enlisted  Oct..  1861,  for  U.  I 
I,  7Sth  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted  Dec.  14,  1861  ;  wou 


re-enlistod,  IS65. 


Edward  A.  Cbl 
William  H.  Broi 
Ran;  crippled. 
John  Randolph,  private,  7Sth  X.  Y.  V.     Enlisted 
Robert  McKinney,  private,  100th  X.  Y.  V. 
Charles  Miller,  private,  luoth  X.  Y.  V. 

Adelbert  B.vs,.,  private,  100th  X.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  Xov.  13,  1861. 
John  E.  Webb,  private.  102J  X.  Y.  V.  Enlisted  Sept,  15,  1861. 
Alooto  Wright,  private.  lOjlh  X.  Y'.  V.  Injured  at  South  Mou 
Eilas  Wright,  private,  105tli  X.  Y.  V. 

Charles  HayforJ,  private,  105lh  X.  Y.  V.     Taken  prisoner. 
Levi  Camp,  private.     Enliatc.l  in  Iowa,  Ju 

Xehemiah  Billings,  private,  I08th  X.  Y.  V. 
Perry  S.  Bbckwell,  private,  lOSth  X.  Y.  V. 
George  Buell,  private,  108tb  X.  Y.  V. 

Robert  McCullough,  private.  108th  X.  Y.  V.     Died  of  w, 
Charles  Vancourt,  private,  103th  X.  Y.  V.     Enlist«d  Jul 
airy;  died  SepL  12,  1863. 

C.  II.  French,  private,  lOSth  X.  Y.  V. 

Calvin  French.  Jr.,  private,  103th  N,  Y.  V. 

Charle.  Gardner,  private,  108th  .V.  Y.  V. 

H.  Ua.en,  private,  lOSlh  X.  Y.  V. 

Manly  Herrick,  private,  ll)8th  X.  Y.  V.     Wounded. 

John  Kirtiy,  private,  invith  X.  Y.  V.      Died  in  hospiUI. 

Chatman  C.  Kirliy,  private.  Iy8tb  X.  Y.  V. 

James  Ketcb.  private.  108th  N.  Y.  V. 


wounded  in  both  legs. 


Cyrus  Lap,  pri 
Patrick  M.D.it 


I  X.  Y.  V. 


Y.V.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1«62 


1»,  lOSth  X.  Y.  \ 
ate.  lO.ith  X.  Y. 
Daniel  Mcech,  private,   108th  X.  Y.  V.     E 
nent,  N.  Y.  V. 
Arthur  P.  Xewtoo,  private,  108th  X.  Y. 

Guerdon  E    ren.llelon.  private,  lOHth  X.  1 


Aug.  15,  1862;  transferred  to  59lh  Regi- 
isled  Aug.  1,  1861;  wounded;  in  eleven 


HL5T0KY  OF  JIONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Eul.-.t.J  Aug.  15,  IS 

inJoil  at  FreJcnckil 
tej  Do-..  ItOl;  r»-t 
iteJ  JUrtb  ."J,  UOl 


•rred  K>  i9Ui  Eegi- 
.  Juaa  ig,  ISM,  of 


C1.»rl»a  D.. ,.,  priv.le 

ItOtbN.T 

Su.«.o  D.r,aer,  pri.» 

e,  140th  N. 

J=r;u>S.  t!    -th.v-.v 

,-,  I  I'l'i  y 

Wmiui  Ilcorj,  priral 

,  140th  N. 

Wridnull.  pri.u.,  1 

aih  >-.  Y.  V 

Aodrew  II.jcmI.  prit 

le,  I4u:h  N 

AlfreJ  Ho«»nl,  privai 

,I10thN-. 

J.  J.  JmIwd.  priT.tc, 

UOth  X.  Y 

Rkh.ra  Km.,  pri.ilo 

140th  N.  \ 

TiULiB  K^nc,  pririilc 

UOtb  N.  \ 

A.lhoojLo.ks.pn.a 

le.  X.  Y.  V 

Al,.h  M.ll,,  pr.v.tc,  1 

4uib  X.  Y. 

AUea  M«rriu,  pn.«le, 

UOth  .\   Y 

6«.rg,  Ol-j,.!.^,  Jruii 

mer,  140t!i 

Ai»Ix>  KobinioD.  pr: 

ate,  UOlh 

WiUiun  C.  Trimmer,  private,  140c 

Cl.arl«  T.ue!,i,  prUu 

e.  UOlh  N" 

Jl«;hael  BcrJoa,  pr,.a 

0,  140thX. 

JobnDo.,.,  pri..le,  1 

oib  S.  Y. 

SkaJrachJ^kioa,  prl 

ale,  UOtb 

Harl.J  Uico,  private 

UOth  N.  i 

S«.«d  Ua..a,  private 

UOth  S.  Y 

EieharJ  Kane,  pnvate 

UOth  X.  Y 

Waiiam  K,>„.,  private 

ItOlhX.  Y 

lUmUD  llnniie,,  pri.a 

.,  UOlh  X 

Oeorje  Park,  r,  private 

liJthX.  1 

Woi.E.Davis,  private 

IClst  X.  Y 

Patrick  Miill.g;iu,  priv 

ate,  Iriab  B 

Enlisted  Aug.  13.  \<62. 
Eulisted  Aug.  12,  1S62. 


HaniQ  Raoilulph,  private,  iafaiitrr.  Eali 
Ueorj  O.  Liuev,  private,  oOth  Eng.  Eoli 
Zaehar;  Coffin,'  private,  iOlh  Kn-.  Enl.sl 
Heorj  P.  Rand.ill,  private  50rh  E 
Waller  S.  Brooson,  private,  4th  il 


Enli! 


Ho.ard  Eetcbum,  pri. 

ate,  4th  He 

.v  Artillerj.     Enl 

sled  December  39,  1S63. 

Engeoe  Dutlon,  privat 

,  Slh  lleav 

Artillerj. 

Chatle.  E.   Hatha..? 

private,  S 

b  Heavj  Artillerj 

Enlisted  June   15,    1864 

MYt^J. 

Co«m<l  Bo<jnibo>er,  p 

riv.te,  Sth 

lleavj  Artillery. 

Enlist! 

d  Deoember,   IS63 

batUe. 

Ja^  Boaec■^ot^  priv 

ate,  lat  X. 

•.  C.      Enlisted  September 

1S64. 

H.  0.  Ao.tin,  pniate. 

a  X.  T.  C. 

Tbomaa  BaUlwin,  priv 

le.  31  X.  Y 

c. 

Stepbtl  Crookhite,  pri 

vate.  3J  X. 

Y.  C.       Died  June 

8,155 

,  in  hospital. 

He-r,  ■:o„k,priv.u,3 

jx.  y.c.- 

Enlisted  Augu.t  1 

,  1563. 

Ueorge  it.  Cii^k,  prira 

le,  3a  X.  Y. 

C.     Enlisted  Aug. 

2,  IS6 

;  killed  at  Xe-hem 

1861 

Ceorje  Dejo,  private. 

J  X.  Y.  C. 

Enlisted  Aus.  31, 

1863; 

died  in  hospital. 

EJ.arJ  Peek,  privatr. 

3.1  X.  Y.  C 

""TV.nZile,  priia 

e,  3J  X.  Y. 

C.     EnhstedA.g. 

3,  IS62 

imprisoned  at  An 

Charl^.W,l,,t.r,  priia 

e,  3d  X.  Y 

Tbo..!!.  DaUi.in.pr. 

ale,  3d  X. 

.  C.       Enlisted  An 

S-,  I?6 

:  taken  prisoner. 

Calvi.  U.  Frvneb,  prii 

lie.  3d  X.  \ 

.C.     Enlisted  Aas 

31.  IS 

TboKa.  Kin,;,  private 

.Id  X.  Y.  C 

Enlisted  Aug.  13 

1*63. 

Marti.  Rolan.l.  pr.v.l 

.  4th  X.  Y. 

C.     Died  Oct.  14. 

si;.:,  in 

Xorth  Carolina. 

Jaae.  Riley,  private,  6th  X.Y.  C 

Enlisted  Aug.  3.S 

IS63. 

WiUiam  Cat.,  private 

Slh  X.  Y. 

C.     Died  in  ho.piij 

WiDiam  C.  Hunt,  priv 

le.  «tb  X. 

.C.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1SC2 

Stephen  KinE,  pri.ale 

Sth  X.  Y.  C. 

Peter  P...-«.  priv.iie.  Sih 

X   Y.  C. 

Enlisted  Aug.  30.  1 

861. 

Joho!<..vlinj.vriva>e 

8ih  X.  Y.  r. 

Anderson  rill*. 


R..berl  McKiniie.      Enlisted  April,  1361;   re-eiilisi 

Edward  A.  Cbitlemlen.  private,  S4th  X.  Y.  M.     E 
John  U.  Parish,  priiare.     Enlisted  Oct.,  l.sr.4. 
Joseph  Puj-sc.  prime.  U.S.  N.     Enll^lLd  Feb.  4. 
Daltoo  Anderson,  private.      Eiilisti.l  Sipt.  30.  ISO 

Abncr  Adnras,  private.  Enlisted  Sept.  30.  Isd4. 
William  Ilendersim,  private.  Enlisted  Sept.  30,  1 
Walter  Bishop,  private.  Enli.tcd  Sept.  30.  IS64. 
John  K.  Clark,  priv.iie.     Enlisted  Sept.  30,  1364. 


;  gun  boat  "  El: 
wounded. 


Enli 


1  Jept 


Thomas  Mel 


ate.     Enlisted  Sept.  33,  1864. 
Jamee  Burns,  private.     Enlisted  Sept.  33,  1S64. 
Louia  P.  Thayer,  private.     Enlisted  Oct.  5.  1384. 
laaae  Brock,  private. 
Jobo  Everson.  private. 


Edward  Case,  private. 

Xewton  Bates,  surgeon.  L'.  S.  N.  Oo  gun-ho«l9  '-Seneca"  and  "Ben 
S.u-v'.  Holuiao,  as.lsianl  surgeon,  L.  ^.  .t.  Formerly  in  13th  Regu 
John  Beodymaker,  private,  L'.  S.  N.     Oo  gun-boat  "  Cuyicr." 


discharged  July  31,  1S65 

Ir.  D.  Uarroun,  prival 

WUderoess:  discharged 


OGDEK 

,te,  Co.  n,  73tb  Inf.     Enlisted  Jan.  5,  1S62  ;  re-enlisted  Feb.  10,  1884  ; 

:,  Co.  B,  lOStb  Inf.     Enlisted  July  23,  1362;  wounded  battle  of  tbe 

lurch  13,  lS6i. 

It,  Co.  B,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July  34,  1863. 

ale.  Co.  .M.  3d  Car.    Enlisted  Aug.  5,  1862  ;  promoted  to  1st  licut.  4th 

1  July  30.  l.iCl. 

lieut-,  Co,  K,  34tb  Cav.     Enlisted  July  24,  1362;  promoted  lat  lieuE- 


[toT.  12,  1804- 
Henry  A.  0^man,  waguoer 
George  F.  Ball,  wagoner, 
William  Willgiite,  pr.v.ite 


Michael  Tye,  pri 

Elmore  B.  Frink, 

WiUiaiu  II.  Drun 

ability;  re-enlistcd 


Co.  C,  lOStb  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1S62. 

:e.  Co.  C.  4lh  Cav.     Enlisted  July  23,  1663  ;   discharged  June,  1863. 
Co.  .M,  3d  Cav.    Enlisted  Aag.  16, 1863;  wounded  in  front  of  Kio- 

i».  M,  3d  Cav.     Enlisted  Aug.  9.  1363:  discharged  June  9,  lS6j. 


bility  Oct.  3j.  ISC 
Frank  A.  Handy 
Olh  Eng.;  died  of 


LioviUeC.  Chapman,  p 
Nov.  20,  1862. 

Jarvia  W.  King,  privali 
charged  June  I",  l.'i64. 


Enlisted  Jan-  I,  1862: 


ged  June  10,  1*63. 

in,  Co.  L,  31st  Cav.     Enlisted  Dec..  1363;  remained  in  service  aAer 

ivate.  Co.  I.  1 4th  Inf.    Enlisted  Aug.  3, 1303;  discharged  for  disability 

,  Co.  tl.  131h  Inf.     Enlisted  April  38.1861;  pttimoled  lit  ItcaL;  dia- 

lie.  Co.  0.  13th  Inf.     Enliste.!  April  2!1,  1861 ;  taken  prisoner  at  Bull 

pril  IT,  1.-03. 

."u.  11.  13ih  Inf.     Enlisted  April  36,  1361  ;  wounded  at  Bull  Run;  leg 


.  Co.  K. 


Inf.      Kn 


Enl. 


Frank  llulier.  pri 
Ira  S.  Ruland,  pri 


I  Jan.;,  1364;  diodorpni 


HISTORY  OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Or.b  T.  n..bWIl.  prir.-o,  Pa,  T.  1th  Art.     Enli.rc  1  J„l,  III.  1  v,5. 

Frank  11.  True,  private.  Co.  C,  llh  Art.     Enli.ted  Dee..  I.«<H. 

Hfnr,  G.  En,non,.  p.unio.  To.  D.  llh  .Ut.     KoluiCj  K.b.  16.  l*«l;   Inui.forrcJ  to   Invalid          ' 

Thomaa  Cr^n.lon,  private.  Co.  B.  lu<ih  Inf.    E..li,.ed  July,  1862;  .oundod  at  An.i 

Corp.  Feb. :;..  \<ti. 

AJdi.on  Key  v.,  private,  C...  C.  llh  .\rt.    Enli.lo.l  Jul.v,  lxr,2. 

M.rl.n  C.  V»„.fcr,.n„l.  priv.,,.  Co.   M,  3J  Car.     Eoli.loJ  A«s.  23.  U62;    ki.l.a  at  Oil— a 

Silaa  Lapp,  private,  Co.  SI.  .11  Cav.     Eoli.leJ  Au?.  i.  IM.i-  died  in  bo.p.tal,  O-t. 

Brid;..  Virsi„,..  M.,-  .<.  !»«..                                                                                                                           j 

Janje.  Mvlvin,  private.  Co.  M.  3d  Cav.    Enli.,lo.i  Au -.  Ill,  la«2. 

EJ...!.  Willi.m^.  nriviic.  C».  ir.  flh   Int.     Eoli.leJ  J.o.  IT.  W2 ;  kille.1  at  batll.  of  An- 

Andre-  I.yle.  private,  to.  I,  lOMh  Inf.     Enli.te.l  July  2j,  lsr,2;  de.erlej. 

tielam,  anj  bur«.l  oo  b.i:tk--ficl,l.  S^nt.  K.  ISfi?. 

Daniel  11.  Now.  private,  Co.  I,  lilsil,  Inf.    Euli'le  1  Au;.,  1.-02. 

Bam.).   Ilaina,!!.    |.ri>al«.  Co.    11.'  lOMh   lof.     Enli-lcd  Jul.,  li,   ISai;    th»  llr.t  .olull«.r          ! 

Rolen  I'.rter.  priv.Uc,  Co.  C,  13th  Inf.     Enl„te.|  April  2.1.  1S61. 

fiom  to.o  for  IWik ;  tin^J  at  Anti.t.ra  .■'.pt.  17.  l«62. 

Jarne.  Both,  private,  issthlnf  Knii.ted  iiel.,  IS.U  :  .oun.led  al  Cedar  Bun  ;  died  Juo 

Darid  A.  Rice,  private,  Co.  I,  lusih  Inf.     EoUitcJ  Julj  15,  13112  :  died  of  pnoumcnia  April 

Dvnoi.  .Murphy,  l-t  irrjeani,  i:o.  II,  2r,th  Inf.     Enli-rcd  .M.iy,  18iil;  dcaanod. 

IS,  1863.                                                                                                                                                                 j 

William  C.  Juha.on.  private,  Co.  11,  lUSlh  Inf.      Knitted  An,..  1«2. 

Orrio  B.  KelloCT,  private,  Co.  I,  UOlh  laf.     Eoli.ted  Aoj.  19,  1502 :    died  of  typhoid  ferer 

Aujuatu.  chil«on.  private.  Co.  U,  lOSth  Inf.      Enl,..lc.l  AuJ..  I.«ii2. 

V«,.  3,  1863. 

Chnriei  II.  Griffin,  private.  Co.  .M.  3d  Cav.     Enli.Ied  Au<.  8,  1362. 

Merton  Fairbaal.  private,  Co.  M.  3d  Cav.     Ea!i«ea  SepL  7,  liil :  reraaioed  in  Krvice  afler 

Stephen  Uitcheoek.  private.  Co.  I,  Itoth  Inf.      h.iil„.cd  Aus.,  1S«2. 

«l0M0fthe»ar. 

Ed.ard  Uobleineur,  private,  Co.  E,  27th  Inf.     Euli.ted  Jlay,  1301;  tn.njf.rrcd  to  1 

Kobert  War».  eorporal.  Co.  M.  l^th  Bat.     Enlisted  SepL  17.  lSf.l :  di«har5ed  Aug.,  1S65. 

coin  Cavalry. 

O«orge  W.  Monroe,  private.  14th  Art.     Enl.teJ  Sept.  17.  1864. 

James  Roach,  private,  Co.  B,  lS7lh  Inf.    Enlisted  Feb.,  136i. 

Jarper  D.  Hinrklej,  .ajoner,  Co.  K.  lOSth  Inf.    Enli.led  Jol.y  3.1,  1S62,-  dijch.rged  Mar  25, 

Jacob  >I.-yer..  private.  Co.  0.  Inih  Inf.     Enlisted  Ma;  14.  IS6I. 

12:  promotrd  corporal  ;  taken 


I  .'olv 


in  loi.  tnli.iei  July,  1802:  dijchargnl  for  disability 
Inf.  Enlsted  .\ug.  20,  1862;  promoted  to  aer^^eanl, 
ISlh  lof.     Enlisted  ,4ug.  6,  1862;  promoted  to  eorpo- 


HubbarU  J.  Parmele.  private.  Co.  B, 

Josboa  L-  Coleman,  private.  Co.  B.  lOSth  Inf.    Enli-tc-I  July  26,  1862:  discharged  I 
mbility,  and  re-enli.le.1  22d  Cav..  Co.  K  :  disehar-e-l  June  15.  1815. 

JohnKeh'«.Jr,privaie.  Co.  II.  MhCav.    Enlisted  Nor.  5,  ISCl :  re  enlisted  same  rejimei 


.  25,  1861  :  promoted  to  serge 
■ft.  10.  1862  :  prisoner  at  Ric 


■  dii- 


Paniel  Kehoe,  pnvate,  Co.  U.  8th  Cav.     Enlistt 
ulistcd  in  tame  recitnent;  discharged  1865. 

John  O'Bourke,  private,  Co.  A,  linth  Inf.    Eoli; 

John  n.Uursb.  private.  Co.  B,  l(l:^th  Inf.     Eoli- 

■VTiir.au.  C.  Colrell,  private,  Co.  I.  27th  Inf.    En 
Sept.,  1861. 

John  Maher,  private,  Co.  B.  lOSlh  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  15.  1S02. 

Moses  Brow,  private.  Co.  M,  3d  Cav.    Enlisted  .\og.  5,  1.-62;  promoted  eorporal ;  discharged 
June  9,  1865. 

Charics  Xoble^,  private.  Co.  M.  3d  Car.    Enlisted  Aug.  16,  1362;  promoted  eorporal;  dis. 
eharged  June  9.  1-65. 

Harr.v  II.  Ring,  privat;.  Co.  .M.  3d  Cav.    EnlisleJ  Aug.  21.  1862;  promoted  lerjeont,  and  to 
2d  heul.;  di..vha,-s«d  Juoc  ::  I'-j. 

Jerome  Mclntyre,  private.  Co.  il.  .3J  Car.    Enlisted  Jan.  21,  1864 :  remained  in  service  after 


John  Ma: 


John 


JOlh  Inf.    Enlisted  Au^ 


IlOthlnf.     Enii! 


Aug.  : 


Ojcur  P.  Colb.v,  corporal,  Co.  A,  IJOth  Inf.    Eal 
diichargcd  Stay  20,  1865. 

Patrick  Callan.  private.  Co.  B,  108th  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  15,  186: 
James  Callan.  private,  Ulh  Inl.     Enlisted  Jan.  18.  1-115. 
Jamn  ■»'.  Ran.Ull.  private,  14l)lh  Inf.     EnlislcJ  A..-.  15.  1»6?. 
Joseph  Woodmansy,  musician.  Co.  L.  21st  Cav.    Enlisted  June  2 
Charrct  .VgGrone.  private.  9lh  Art.      Enlisted  May  10.  1.-62. 
Eiisrard  L.  .Ambrose,  corporal.  Co.  tr.  108rh  In:'.     Enlistcl  .Aug. 


1863;  promoted  corporal. 


ale.  10th  Cav. 


John  Mason,  private,  Co.  I.  27th  Inf.  Enlisted  Apri 
George  Mason,  private.  Co.  L.  26th  Inf.  Enhsicl  J 
roundcil  at  Freilcricksbur;  an<l  Chnm-ellorsvillc. 


,  1864;  remained  in  service  after 
861  :  re-enlisted  in  21st  Cav. 


1862:  promoted  to  sergeant. 


.  C".  I. 


William  C.  Slaylon,  surgeon,  140th 
Patrick  lUmlon.  private,  Co.  C.  4fh 
Horatio  Q.  SpaSonl.  private.  Co.  .M. 
Julius  ppaF.trd.  Jr.,  private,  Co.  M. : 
John  X.  Cokman,  private.  Co.  1.  1 1 
John  I..  Bell,  musician,   Co.  I„  21 

Jine  1,  1.^65. 

John  L.  Bell.  Jr_  private.  Co.  E.  271 

C.T,  and  rem.incl  in  servi.-c  afler  Ji, 
Elcclu.  Trait,  private.  Co.  II.  O.ld  I 


William  C.  llemnclt,  private,  108th  Inf.    Enlis 


ii-lcd  Dee..  l^G;l;  rcinaiocd  in  ; 

ste<l  May,  1861  ;  lerve'd  time  oat ; 

I  Nov.  9.  1861  :  lost  an  arm. 
nl.sled  Nov.  9.  1861  :  discharged 


Wesley  II.  OsUornc.  private,  5nh  Inf.     Enlisted  July  26.  18(14. 
James  I.ane.  private,  C...  li.  lil-lh  Inf.      Enlisle  I  July  23.  1862. 

George  Ross,  private,  Co.  II.  8lh  Cav.     Enlisted  .»vpt.,  ISfll:  discharged  June,  18C2. 
WoodrulT  II.  Brown,  private.  Co.  I,  UOth  Inf.     Enlisted  .lug.  30,  ISlil ;    killed  in  lb 
derntsj.  May  5.  1361. 

Fred.  O  Il.noini,  privale.  Co.  II.  781h  Inf.  Enlisted  Jan.,  IS62. 
Walter  llannini:.  i.nv.iie.  C".  II,  Slh  Cav.  Enli-led  Sept.,  1361. 
John  Allvn.      K.Ik  1  :il  licttysliurg.  July  3.  1863. 


Enhi 


Daniel  E.  GolL      Enlisted  Sept.  6,  1804. 

William  O.  Cotrell,  Navy.    Enlisted  June  32,  1SC3;    with  Com.  Porter 

Robert  Wore,  Navy.     Enlisted  August  23,  1861 :    on  board  the  "  North  Ca 

John  Clory,  seaman.  Navy.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1365. 

Iiaao  H.  Andrews,  eapuin'i  orderly.  Navy.     Enlisted  July,  1864. 


Albert  Adams,  lOSlh  Inf.  Enlistt 
Henry  C.  Allen,  108th  Inf.  Enlis 
Eugene  C.  -Austin,  I3th  Inf.     EnIi 


romoted;  die.1  of  fever  Sept.  19.  1-62. 
re-enlisted  in  regular  army  July.  1-64. 
;   promoted  to  2d  lieut.;  discli.irgcd  .\pril. 


.1.  E.  .\dams.  I3th  Inf.     Enli-tcl  Nov.,  1.-61;  di-eharged  M.a.v.  1S63.  f.r  disal.i 
Jnmca  II.  Bushnell.  Navy.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1858:  .lischargcd  Oct.,  l?6l  ;  re-vii 
861,  in  1115th  Inf ;  promoted:  discharged  -March,  1-63. 
Michael  Brackett,  1st  N.  Y.  Sharp-shootc.-3.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1SG2;  died  in  Salis 


1  at  New  Orlv. 


Jan..  1865. 
i  William  P.  Bassetl.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362 

I  Charles  B:lilev,  9Sth  Inf.     Enlisted  Nov..  1861 :  died  Dec.  25.  1862. 

I  John  Bettiridgc.  drummer.  i:i!t  Inf.     Enlisted  .March.  1865;  discharged  in  May.  18.1.1. 

t  Sylvester  Bassctt.  sergL.  I3lh  Inf.     Enli.-tcd  Aug..  l-=ilt :  re-enlistc  I ;  dischar;;ed  June.  1811,1 

'  Patrick  Bruton,  80th  Inf.     Enlisted  M,arch,  18ii4:  discharged  1865. 

Christopher  Bruton,  18th  Int.     Enlisted  May,  ISill  :    woondeil  and  discharged  "ct..  1-6.". 
i  rc-enlistcd;  discharged  1865. 

I  KIcber  Bingh.ara,  lOSih  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1862;  diseharscd  Nov.,  1.8C2.  for  disaldliiy. 

I  Franklin  I,.  Ballintinc,  8th  Cav.     Enlisted  .March.  1861;  discharged  1-65. 

Justin  Bingham,  140ih  Inf. 
I  William  Campbell,  Isl  lieut.,  22d  Cav.     Enlisted  Jan..  1864;  promoted  :  diseharg.-d  1-61. 

I  Lucien  B.  Collister.  UOth  Inf.     Enliitcd  Aug.,  1862:  disebaricd  Feb..  l-il2,  for  .lisii-diiv . 

.  Elijah  Collister,  1:1th  Inf.     Enlisted  .M.vy,  1-61:  discharged  M.iy.  1-6,;. 

!  A.  Franklin  Collister,  22d  Cav.     Enlisted  Nov..  IS63  ;    promoted  to  Isc  lieut. ;    rc-culir'id 

discharged  1865. 
:  George  W.  Cariton.  22d  Cav. 


I  Daws. 


James  E.  Da 

is.  1- 

I..  At 

Benjamin  F. 
Peter  DaiUy 

Davi 
1401 

In" 

E 

James  Delini 

■  llll  p  ".;■ 

James  E.lwa 
Isaac  n.  E.I. 
Jame.  Engli- 

h.  22 

rpnral 
81  h  Cn 

D 

.lohn  R.  Eme 

rson. 

Kiilis 

Asa  I,.  Goodrich.  Sth  Cav.  Ei.l 
Alfred  Il,irri...n.  l.llh  lof.  E..I. 
Willis  C.  Ila.lley,  27lh  Inf.  Ei.l 
Jamei  Hinds,  llllth  Inf.     Enli.i 


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281 


'.  Enlist.:.!  Aui;..  19«2  ;  dictl  m  bospiu 
■nli-l.J  A..?..  1^132;  ,li(cl,»n.,-.l  loo..  1 
b  luf.  Kul.sloJ  Auk-.  1«6_'  ;  yr..im>l.-.l ; 
EahsCiiJ  Aug.,  IdUiJ;  iliavbar^vij  J&D., 


Juhn  JuboKia.  r:d  Cav.     Enliiuj  !>«!.,  1M3;  dieH  io  boipllal  Au;.  6,  Ijr.l. 

Juba  JaMcn,  IDUlb  Inf.     Enllslcl  Xuv..  1*61;  klMd  »t  >\iLr  M:>k>.  Juno,  Ij6;. 

Ricbard  Jon«.  Sib  Car.    Eulijtcd  So|,t.,  ISSl ;  re-eolulcd  ;  prumoltj  ;  discharged  July,  ISSJ. 

Frank  M.  Jamoon,  lujlb  luf. 

Joba  Kanii,  mtb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62,-  kilW  in  bailli!. 

Jetemiab  Kc«ua,  liuib  luf.     Eulistod  .Vu;J.,  l.'fii;  killed  at  Gotlyaburn  Jaly  ?.   l5C3. 

Iredcrick  Ko;l«.  lOjtb  Inf.     Enllstol  AuJ..  iMi.';  pnimulfd ;  diwborjed  Jla»,  IjCi. 

Jaioea  Leuk,  T^i  Car.     Enlisted  D«c.,  U03  j  promuted;  disch&rgnd  lytij. 

Jacob  La  Forau 

Joi.pb  Lyon,  HOlh  Inf.     EnliftM  Au~..  ISfi?. 

Barney  ML-Girrm,  ilOth  Inf.     Eol.stfd  a..pl..  H«2 :  died  in  hospital  Mae  li,  I88j. 

Nelson  E.  MjrJoek.     Eu]nte.l  F-l...  l^Ol:  diod  in  bos|.ital  luly.  iMil. 

Henrj  E.  M»Ut~n,  IJlsl  luf.     Lalistct  -.  pL.,  liO;  ;  aischjr^id  July,  1365. 

8«!ej  llc-eker.  lojlb  Inf.  tilmed  Au,-.,  1_-  J:  w.undf.l.  .llichar;-d  Feb.,  H.lj.  tordisibiiil/. 
Eob«rl  A.  MeVeetee.  lOitb  Inf.     EulislfJ  .lulj,  Im^Jj  disth  irgoj  June,  ISuj. 


WUliam  M^rtetee.  luitb  Inf.      Ku 
Jaoiu  Melntfie,  IMtb  Inf.     Eulid 


;  pR.mol. 


lischarged  ld65. 


Maltbesr  McFirlin,  UOlh  Inf      Kiilisle.l  Au -. 

John  Nelson,  lU5lb  Inf.     Fulisli-d  Jul>,  l-rtj 

Darid  0  Conneil,  UOtb  Inf.     Eulutcl  Aug..  I5CJ. 

Samael  ParoeU,  2d  Car.     Enlisted  -Marcb.  ISOJ. 

Aadraw  PbiUps.     Enlisted  June.  IsGi;  discharged  Sept.,  1964. 

Chaoncej  Philips,  4tb  II.  Art.     Enlisted  Aug..  lsr.2  ;  discbarscd  June,  lS6o. 

Fimnk  U.  Palmer,  4Ib  IL  Art.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62 ;  discbarecd  June,  ISSo. 

Isaac  D.  Ricb^rds,  surgeun.     Enlisted  June.  I36i;  dischar^'ed  IS'o. 

Aarun  S.  Roirle/,  LOStb  lof.  Enlisted  .lug.,  IS62;  wuanded  three  times;  promoted;  dis- 
cb»rgeJ  ISOO. 

Tiieotbj  Rotigan,  liOtb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S63;  wounded;  discharged  1J45. 

John  M.  Bulifson,  3d  Car.  Enlisted  July,  1961;  pivmolcd  to  captain;  re-enlijted  ;  dis- 
ehargvd  Dec.,  1*64. 

captain;  discharged  IS6j. 

Addison  II.  Kichoiund.  drummer.  4tb  II.  Art.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1$G4:  discharged  18C3. 
IjriD.  Rj-;,  Ist  X.  V.  .\Ioiut»l  Rifles.     Eoli.t.d  Au;.,  1?6.';   discharged  June.  1S65. 

John  Robertson,  jOtb  Eog.     Enlisted  Dec.,  l-'id^  dii.:nar,-.:.l  June,  l^-io. 

James  .4.  Rowler,  olst  Inf.     Enlisted  May.  1-rU  :  dieil  of  wouiiii  June  11,  1S62. 

E.  II.  Shedd,  imtb  Inf.     Enlisted  .\ug..  tjii^  :  promoted;  (rounded;  diacbarged  June,  1865. 

Kel»>n  Sn'trr,  Stb  Car.     EnHstc  1  ilurch,  ISfl.i .  di^^horued  July,  l.-i.ij. 

William  W.  Sedgwick,  26th  Bat.     Enlisted  r^ept.,  Ir61;  died  in  buspilal  April  1,  lS6o. 

Frederick  Smilb,  22d  Car.     Enlisted  Dm.,  1 'o.i :  died  at  .Annapolis  Oct.  li,  1S64. 

Thomas  Stereos.  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisl.d  July,  l^-.i;  d.i-d  in  hospital  Au-..  11,  1S63. 

CbarUj  M.  Stone.     Enlisted  Aug.,  Isfil  ;  died  in  hospital  Feb.  11,  ISC.l. 

Alonw  Stripp,  110th  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1-6:  ;  died  of  fever  Aug.  21,  1S63. 

Ooor^  Stripp,  HOtb  Inf.     Enlisted  .Aug.,  liC^;   wounded ;  disebargcd  June,  lS6o. 

Edwara  A.  Spaolding,  Stb  U.  Art.     Enliste  1  June,  1361 ;  woundc<l  ;  discharged  1863. 

Charles  W.  Spaulding.  Ist  N'.  V.  .>b.vrp-«ho..tcrs.    Eoliite  1  Au,-.,  1862  :  discharged  June,  l.«5j. 

Darid  Slrunk,  Uib  BaU     Ealistcd  Sept.,  1^62;  di.-ehargi:l  July,  l3i,i. 

Alrah  J.  Suiitb,  4tb  II.  Art.     Enlisted  July,  ls62  ;  promoted  to  captain  ;  discb.  June,  lS6a. 

Tbomas  J.  Sni.w,  22d  Car.     Enlisted  Dec,  136.(;   wounded;  dlioburgetl  1365. 

Charies  Schneider,  llilth  Inf.     EiilistL-il  .lug.,  1>^62;  promoted;  discl^aiged  June,  1S65. 

Daniel  Schneider.     Enlisted  Oct..  1 -ill ;  re-enlisted  Dec.,  13^3  ;  discharged  June,  1365. 

William  W.  Trenholm.  5ntb  Eng.     Enli.-icd  Dec.  1363  :  discbarge-l  June,  1364.  for  disability. 

Albert  A.Tupper,  4tb  II.  Art.     Eulistcd  June,  1>«;  promoted;  discharged  June.  1365. 

Barney  S.  Thoma-s,  Ulltb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1-62  ;  died  at  Falmouth  June  2ll,  136.1. 

Patrick  Weldon,  103lh  Inf.     Enliste.1  .\ug.,  1364;  wounded;  di.^chorged  1S65. 

Weldon,  George,  1 10th  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1362  ;   promoted,   discharged    36.». 

Frank  Whalen,  6.;d  Inf.  Enlisted  Sept.,  1661;  wounded;  discharged;  re-eolisted  Feb., 
18«4;  discharged  1365. 

Morris  Welch,  103th  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1862  ;  killed  at  Gettysburg  July  3,  1363. 

Bartholomew  Welch,  lOStb  Inf.  Eulistcd  July,  1362 ;  died  May  6,  1664,  of  wounds  receired 
im  bUUe  of  the  W  ildemess. 


WHEATLAND. 


Prtnr  B.  Anthony,  Co.  C,  4lh  Art.    Enl 

Daniel  Armstrong.  Co.  L,  Sth  Cav.     Er 

KMtioV.B.Annn.Co.  I.,  IstArt.    Enli 

k«(,  Pre.lericJi!hurg. 


1363;   discharged  OcL 
'61:  in  battles  Uull  Hun 


•  Oat. 


!,  Co.  L. 


Cn.  O  ;  discharged  13 
Lowry  Dlackburn,  < 
Oattysbarg,  etc. ,  du-^nargsd  ; 


the  clTeits  of  the  wound. 
Car.     Enliate.1  1-61;   killed. 
f.     Enlisted  1803  ;  transferreil  in  May,  136.t 


4tb  Art.      Enlisted  I.S6 1  ; 


lattlcsof  Frsdsrioksburg, 


Patrick  : 
Darid  li 


John  BurliJgo,  4tlb  Inf.  Euli= 
William  Ilrown,  Co.  L,  »lh  tar. 
Joseph  Chapman,  Co.  L.  Sth  Cai 
Matthew  Cook,  Co.  C,  lOSlh  Inf 
Robert  Call,  UOtb  Inf.  Died  ir 
George  Childs,  Ind.  llaL     Enlisi 


iili.ted  Doc.  1363;  discharged  1305. 
ihsled  Dec,  1863;  discharged  1365. 
;d  I3til:  wounded  in  tbo  battle  of  Bull  R« 

Enlisted  Sept.,  1982;  Jiacbargod  1885. 


Full 


I  Sept.,  1362:  deserted. 


t.,  1362:  Spanish  Fort  and  Fort  Olakeily;  discharged 


Darid  Clark,  Stb  Cav,  Enlisted  IM2;  wounded. 
Horace  Chapins,  U7tb  Inf.  Killed  at  Petersburg. 
Ralph  Croft,  Co.  C.   lU3lb  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1362 


Peter  Clark,  C 

.  C,  Utb  Inf. 

Enlisted 

July,  1862. 

George  C.tcs, 

:o.  F,  noih  In 

f.     Dicdi 

a  ho..piul. 

Thomas  Coi,  Co.  L,  3lh  Car. 

Enlisted 

1302:  burned  on  board  a  .hi 

Edward  E.  Co 

,  to.  L,  Stb  Car.     Enli. 

cd  1S62;   discharged  1365. 

James  W.  Clark,  Co.  C,  1th  Art.     Enlis 

cd  Dec,  1963;  translerred  t 

bo.piul;  di«:harge 

Patrick  Clark. 

Co.  C,  4lh  Art 

Enliste. 

Dec,  1363;  transferred  to  C 

.  M  ;  discharged  ISC. 

Peter  Cane,  Co 

C,  4th  Art. 

Enlisted  : 

01;  died  in  ho.pitil. 

Thomas  Cook, 

Na'ry.     Enlist 

dl361;   d 

.charged  1S65. 

Bryis  Cot,  Co 

C,  li)3tb  Inf. 

Enlistctl 

July,  1362;  promoted;  in  bat 

les  of  Fredericksburg 

olictam,  etc  ; 

c-igned  1S63. 

Lewis  Cot,  Cc 

Il.idCav.    E 

second  Bull  Run,  etc 

ied  in  Salisbury 

prison. 

J.  SummerSeli 

Croft,  20th  A 

L     Enlisi 

dScpt.,  1364;  discharged  1S65. 

John  Coleman. 

20th  Art.     Enlisted  1S6 

;  discharged  1S05. 

James  U.  Cam 

ron,  :6tb  Art. 

Enlisted 

1362;  discharged  1805. 

Hugh  B.  Came 

ron,  IStb  Bat. 

Ealislc.l 

1362;   discharged  1S65. 

Charles  Cone, 

1st  Car.     Enl 

sted  1363 

promoted:   killed  in  battle  o 

r  Wilderness. 

Frederick  Deit 

t.  Co.  L,  Rey. 

Oat.     Enl 

sted  Oct.,  1361;  in  many  halt 

es  ;   wounded  in  bail 

f  Wilderness  :  J 

..charged  1365 

Darius  Deitrie 

Inf.     Enl 

sted  July,  1362  :  killed  at  Gc 

trsburg. 

Patrick  Dunn,  Co    C,  4th  Art.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1802  .   discharged  Hi',5. 

Daniel  Dorria,  Co,  C,  4tb  Art.    Enlisted  Dec.  1363  ;  transferred  to  Co.  M ;   died  in  I 

John  Dailer,  Co.  C,  4tb  Art.     Enlisted  Dec,  1363  ;  discharged  1865. 

John  Deili,  Co.  L,  1st  Art.     Enlisted  OcL,  1S61  ;  wounded  Aug.,  1S02 :  discharged  t 


C,  4 


Enlisted  1863; 


Thomas  Duer,  Sth  Car.     Enlisted  1361 ;  discharged;   re-enliatod  ;   discharged. 

Alonso  Deiti.     Enlisted  1S03  ;  discharged  1S65. 

B.  Eastman.     Enlisted  1363  :  discbargcl. 

Thomas  Eno,  Xavy.     Enlisted  1S02  ;   discharged  1365. 

Frederick  E.istman.     Enlisted  1303  :  sliU  in  service. 

James  B.  Eites.     Enlisted  1S61  :  tilled. 

Peter  Farley,  Co.  L,  Sth  Car.     Enlisted  1362  ;  in  Libhy  prison  :    discharged  1365. 

Patrick  Faulkner,  140th  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1S02  ;  .leserted. 

Michael  Fitigerald,  Co.  C,  4th  Art.    Enlisted  Sept.,  1502  :  taken  prisoner  at  Reams' 
ra-enlisted;  promoted;   resigned  in  1SC5. 

Arthur  Franks,  Co.  C,  lOStb  Inf.     Enlisi 

John  Francis,  Co.  F,  13th  Inf.     Enlisted  1S61 ;  Dull  Run,  AntieUm.  etc  ;    discharged 
re.«nli8led:  discbirgcd  1 


1  at  FreJ. 


Michael  Foley,  Co.  L,  Sth  Cav.  Enlist 
John  Ford,  Co.  L,  1st  Art.  Enlisted  0 
James  Garbutt,  Co.  F,  13th  Inf.  Eoli= 
James  Gilson,  Co.  C,  3d  Cav.  Enlistee 
Darid  B.  Gray,  Cc  F.  13tb  Inf.  Enliil 
AbnerO.  Green,  Co.  C,  4th  .Art-  Enlist 
if  Wilderness  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg, 
Frank  Glea^on,  Co.  C,  4th  ArL  Enlist 
Shepherd  Gleason,  Co.  F,  13tb  Inf.  Er 
Patrick  Clenniog,  Co.  F,  13th   Inf.     I 


I  1S61. 


I  :  never  returned. 

discharged  1364. 
.;  Bull  Bun;  discha 
1301  :  discbarg.jd  13 


,  Co. 


:  discharged  130o. 

S65. 

Port  Hudson,  Red 


John  Uumc  Co.  0,  1 10th  Inf.     hnlistoj  Aug.,  ISOJ  ;  prom 
leme,.;  di.-chiirge.l  1S61. 
David  Iluflalen.  Cc  C,  4th  Art.      Enlisted  1301  ;   Uken  pria 

Daniel  Iluftalcn,  Navy.     Enlisted  IS03:  discharged  1364. 
George  Uawley,  Xa.y.     Enlisted  1361  :  discbarge-d  1365. 
Darid  Haw,,  UOlh  Inf.     Enlisted  1302. 
William  llyile.  Navy.     Enlisted  H64  ;  discharged  1S65. 


Eldri.lge  I 

Saliabury  pri 

James   llu 

Eira  Uuts. 


listed  Dee.,  1S61 
sted  Aug  ,  1S62. 


I  Reams'  Sution  ;  died  ii 
laoner  at   Reams'  Station 


HISTORY   OF   MONEOE   COU.NTY,  NEW   YORK. 


W.lli^  J.k.r.o.  Co.  C.  lo^lh  lof.      E:.1.8<oJ  S,.,.u.  1«lJ  -.  killed  al  Anti.I.n. 

WiUi.m  Op.rk,.  Co.  C,  lOSth  lof.     Eoli..t.J  July,  1S« 

-.  J..eh.reeJ  1S64,  OQ  ^ouol  of  j,,. 

Rieh.M  M.  J.,iu,»,o.  Co.  1..  ><h  C^..     Eol,.ir,l  .<ept  ,  l.-or;. 

.bilily. 

W.ller  Scott,  Co.  C,  lOSlh  Inf.      Enli.ted  July.  HH:  ; 

TbotD«.<  J«k..oa,  C«.  C.  l"'<lh  Inf.      EoU.-tcJ  JuU.  Hfii  ■   Ji«J  in  ho.D.uU. 

di,ch»rged. 

Ueorg<  KmJriek.  Uth  Art.      Enl„.c.l  lfC2  :  Ji-.-h.r^-c-l  1«C5. 

Beorj  Sill,  ■»u..elon,  Co.  C.  4lh  Art.     l)i.-ch«rst,|  IS 

Jol>D  KrndHek.  I«h  M.      Enli.lM  1-63;  dl«hlr?eJ  1S65. 

Charles  Sprinj.  Co.  C.  4th  Art.      Enlisl.-d  ISM:   dii.h 

.>r-c.l  1S05. 

Jobo  I.»n.,.Wr.  ICtb  Art.   Enl.-;eJ  1562:   .li,oh»r-ca  1M5. 

Wlllard  Su.ilh.  Novy.      Eol,....l  I-Hl :   t.,kin  .ick.  re 

Otorg.U-pber.Co.  F.l.;tl.  Inr.     Enl.-lcU  INSl ,  J,»:h.r:n;J ;  ™-enliit«i  :  dUchlrjrd  188i. 

Bralnttd  Tarl.ot.  Co.  F,  Ki-.h  Inf.      i:„h.i,.,i  J.,'>,  1 

1  ■    n  .  .  :     l.:!lcl  nt  Antlctia 

Fi>k  Tiri,...t.  r.,.  y.  10-,!,  i„r     i:„i,.,.:,j  j„h.  i-  : 

•   .  i':  ■    ■ 

S.iBuel  U.,  Co.  C,  lusrh  lof.     E..n.[i!-1  < -pu.  1S62  ;  d.^.-hargej  IsCi. 

Ell  M.  W.0.„.  .,..„.,..„,,■„,■,„,    v.,       Kn..,.^ 

;     '       -  ^ir-cd  !.*(,: 

Onrge  Mw.<oa,  Sbarp-ihwier.     Enlu-ud  lsr.2. 

,-•..-  ■.'.[  1-'.,. '    " 

June.  Misi.i.i..  llo.h  Inf.     EnlisleJ  Sept..  1562:  dcortej. 

Chorln  R.  \V,l[..,.  I'.,,  1.  li>,    Vrt.     Knli-i^  1  >,  ,,t     1 

,j      ,i,,,|„f  .i.kne... 

Peter  M.si..ii.  IWlb   [nr.      EclUtel  SopL.  1362;   JejerleJ. 

Alt'ert  IfilSur   -ih\ri      V  „!,..,■  1  l^i:>      i,..     ■.- •  •  I 

Duocin  MePber«-it  O.  C.  4th  ArL    Enli.teJ  ISOl  ;  promoted  ;  diitbirged  186 

5. 

Williuin  Wil-..n    C,    i;     llilt'.  Inf       Kii'i.|...|    U.  •"     1 

■       li.d  lis-   of  .i,-kn   .. 

Henrj    D.  «e.N«.?htoo,  Co.   C, -tth  Art.      Enli.t^l   ISOl  ^    di.cbirged  1S02 

re  eol.st.d  ; 

Ilirl.n  P.  Whc.iiT,  (V  G,  n"tti  Inf.    Knli-i,- 1  Vu'- 

■■;-     'jicJcr'io'k"bur'-   Cb'inerll 

-  .                 ^    -        „.        .       e    orsi,  .r 

promoud. 

, 

Setb  Well.,  Co.  C,  10,^th  lof.     EnlUted  July,  ISC3i 

wounded   U   Gctty.bur;;    dl>,hari;,.l 

,  Co.  C.  4th  Art.    Enlist 


t're-Jerickiburg:  die 
orged  ISSi. 


SUpbeo  Motker. 

Frink  MePkllUp.,  Co.  C.  4:b  Art.      Eil,-tel  Do.-.,  l-.i;;   .(..^h.^rjcl  lS6j. 
Willi»ra  D.  Vey.a-bton.  Co.  L.  sth  Ca. .     Enlisted  Sr^L.  l^o.' :  died  in  h 
Tboma.  Miller.  .'!th  ArL     EolLsted  l''ii4:  di.-u:barjcd  I^r.i. 
Edward  Mwar,  Co.  C,  1th  Art.     Enlisted  ISIJ3:  diKhar^e.l  ISCo. 
Rice  MrmiM.  Co.  O.    UOth    Inf.      EolUted  Aug.,    ISCI  ,  Fredericksburg. 
VildcrDC,  ete. ;  died  of  a  wouoil- 
Joi.  F.  Mooa,  Co.  0. 14<ith  Inf.    Enlisted  Au?.,  1862  :  Fredcri.-kshurg,  ATUdi 


HiUi 


utal  I 


James  Morrison,  Co.  L.  1st  .\rt. 

Frank  Mallory.      Enlisted  l>i;i : 

John  U.  UcXaujhtnn,  Co.  C,  4lb 
ability  ;  re-eali^ted  ;  promoted. 

Andrew  .Mains,  Co.  F.  I40lh  Inf. 

STicbi:'  Mii=r,  Co.  C,  l:h  .'.rt. 

Bernard  MoGnirr.  Co.  C.  4lh  Art 

John  McGuire,  Co.  C,  4th  Art. 

Michael  MeCabe,  Co.  C.  4th  Art. 

John  Mclntyre,  .".Stb  Inf.     Eoli>i 

John  McK.lray,  Co.  C,  10-th 
charged  IS63,  on  accoont  of  wou 

Miehael   McSicholas,  Co.   D. 
PeU<s!..i-S,  et..-.  i  j,tuu;oiid  .  d.-^ 

Hus''  McPbiUips,  Co  C,  4tb  Al 

Bonanta  Miller,  Co.  C,  4tb  Ai 
vonnded  in  l.v,4  :  dtschar{;ed  on 

Jamee  McKalray,  Co.  0,  3d 


ted  Oct..  IsCl ;  killed  at  F 
Enlisted  IDCl  ;  discharged 
sted  1S62:  discharged  1563. 


rged  on  account  of  wound. 


:^:Ultl  I).,^..  l3.>o:  k.ilel  in  bailie  of  WiJ 
Enlisted  Dec.  1SC3:  discharged  Oct..  IS( 
lli-ted  Dec.  ISfir. ;  discharged  Oct.,  l>lij. 
Enlisted  litfil  i   re  enli-tcd  ;  di^char^ed  13 


Inf.     Enli.Ud  July, 
S9tb  Inf.     Enlisted 


Enlisted  Dc. 
,T.     Enlisted  ; 


ScpL,  ISCl  :  .Intietam,  Fr^ericksbnrg, 
;  in  thirteen    engugemeou ;  discharged 


Michael  McCarthy,  Co.  C,  4th  Art.     Enlisted  1S6I  ;  discharged  ISCJ. 

Captain  John  J.  JIc  Voan.  Co.  L,  3th  Cav.  Enlisted  Sept.,  1362  ;  in  twenty -o 
diKharged  Ifii. 

Charles  McVraa.  Co.  L.  3th  Car.  Enlisted  SepL,  1S52  ;  taken  prisoner  . 
nnd  died  in  Charlertown  prison. 

Archibald  McVean,  Co.  F,  I-th  Inf.  Enlisted  1861  ;  died  of  a  wound  whic 
BnU  Run. 

William  Mar.-h,  Co.  C,  4lh  Art.     Hiscbargod  ISfi.i. 

Bilhop  Marshall,  Co.  L.  .Hth  Ca..      Enlislel  1S61:   discharied  l?6,i. 


engagements 


Stephen  Richardson.  Co.  C.  10*11- 
voted;  wounded  in  baltle  of  U'lldrri 
John  Riley.  Co.  C.  lOStb  Inf.  En 
John  Byao,  Co.  L.  Sth  Cav.  Enli 
Anguslos  Rowe.  C...  F,  I  Jib  Inl. 
dleebnrge.1:  re  enlisted;  disvliarRed 
Jotcph  Reisinger.  Co.  L.  .*th  I'^v. 
Rarri*  Roger*.  Co.  C,  4th  Art.  K: 
Eegene  Rirh-arj!.  Enli-tcl  131.2  ; 
Jason  Richards.  4ttb  (nf.  Enlisti 
Solomon  Rirbants,  44th  Inf.  Euli 
Thomas  Radlnn.L  Sill  t'lsv.  Enli- 
Silas  Beinin;;1i«s.  Co.  I.,  Sth  Cav. 
Henry  Steinl.rati.  Co.  C.  1th  Art.  1 
Most.  O.  Smith,  Co.  i:  llh  Art. 
taken  pri».ocr  at  Ueiuu.-  btition  :  ,1 


Inf.     Enliste.1 


Enli-ted  SepL,  13fi2;  discharged  13( 
li-lcd  Dec.  1S61  :  discharge.1  ISfio. 
never  returned. 


James  W.lk.r,  ..o 

c, 

4.U  A 

t.      Enlisted  1301:   killed  in 

battle  of  Wil 

lemess. 

Benjaium  Wiltc:. 

■„, 

L.  1,-1 

vn     Enlistcl  Oct.,  13dl:  L 

ull  Run,  Anti 

tarn,  Frederic 

OeltJ.burg,  etc  .  di. 

ha 

je.l  1 

John  Wc,„-el,   r„. 

C, 

lO-lh 

Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1S62 

wounded   at 

Frederick.bur 

di«harged  on  aocm 

>oo 

.1. 

Captain  James  W 

oJ 

I'.th 

Inf.     Enlisted   1361;  Iran! 

erred  in    1S63 

to  4tb  Art.. 

resigned  in  1SC4. 

WilUam  L.  Wallac 

thA 

t.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1*64:  d 

•charged  ISCi 

Elmer  Wicks.  Sth 

-av 

En 

isted  Sept..  1362:  di.cbarg 

d  1562.  on  ace 

ount  of  diaabi 

Frederick  Wallace 

21 

tCav 

Enlisted  1363:  promoted 

:  discharged 

Frank  Youngs,  Co 

F, 

lOSth 

iDf.     Enlisted  1361  :  kille. 

in  battle  of  A 

nlietam. 

Abraham  Zimmer 

,  ISlh 

barged  in  1S63,  on  account 

abUity. 

CHILL 

Enlisted  Dec  22,  1363. 


John  Dailey,  Jr.,  privat 

.Matthew  .MrFarley.  private.  I  (Nlh  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.  13.  1362. 
James  Kelly,  private  Co.  I.  -tli  Cav.     Enlisted  .\og.  27.  lMi2. 
William  Kellv.  private.  Co.  I.  Mh  Car.      Enli-ted  Au-.  26,  l.-fi;. 
Hugh  MvPhilll|.s.  private  4Ib  An.      Enlisted  Dec.  10,  1-01. 
John   McFarlcy,  private,  lliub  Inf.     Enlistcl  Sept.,  1362;   dischari;e.l  1 


Peter  Boyle,  private.  3th  Cav. 
1864. 
Thos.  Boyle,  private  3th  Cav.  Enlisted  Aug.  26.  1 
Ira  E.  De-Kter,  private.  IlOch  Inf.  Enli,te,l  Aug.  2 
Era-rtus  West,  prnate.  Co.  II.  lOftb  Inf.  Enlislcil  . 
Thomas  G.  Brown,  private,  llilrb  Inf.  Eiili-.tcii  .li 
William  II.  Brown,  private.  Co.  II.  I."0:h  Inf.  Enl 
Albert  11.  Jones,  private.  2Ul  Cav.     Enlisted  Dec. 


Ang.  2G,  1362 ;  wounded  and  discbargcj  ScpL  1 


02,  promote 


Andrew  .Main,  private.  C..  C.  llWlh  Inf.      Eoli--tc 
Eraslns  D.  Davis,  sergeant.  14lMh  Inf.     Enli-.:c  I 

Charles  W.  Uoherson.  priintc  3tli  BaL     Enlisidl  Dec.  1-;:!. 
Charlea  Collina,  privalc,  Co.  F.  lo-lli  Inf.     Knl.>icl  Au^  :\  1 -ifi?. 
Henry  Biinlett.  private.  Co.  I.  Ui'th  Inf.     Eiili-red  .lu_'    27,  1362. 

Warren  N.  Re.sejn.e.  priv.ilc,  Co.  C.  lOSlh  Inf.      Enll-Ied  July  26.  1C6?. 

William  Brown,  pri.alc.  Co.  A.  lUlth  Inf.      Eiili-lcl  ?r|.t.  .-.H.  1361. 
Dewilt  Lynn,  private.  'J.-th  Inf.     Eiili-tuil  Oct.,  lsi;l  .   pn.iii.ile.l  ter;pnnL 
James  >IvDcruu.lt.  private.  7lti  Inf.     Enli-led  .Vpril  :>.  l.-l'.i  :   disch;ni:i  -1  Oct.  10 
Fletcher  Thresher,  corporal,  li'-th  Inf.      Knlislel  July  2::.  1-1.2:   pn, Ir.l  Isl  II 

John  Irving,  pnvalc 

John  C.  Ballinline.  private.  Co.  F.  l.'.lli  Inf.  Fiili-led  April  23.  l«r.l  :   proroolcl 

Volney  T.  Smith,  private.  Co.  I.  1  llHh  Inf.  Ei.lisled  Au-   2a.  1-Ii2. 

Charies  X.  .Sm.lh.  pruale.  Co.  F.  r:th  Inf.  Enli-led  .May  II.  1*01. 

Henry  P.  Smith,  |.r,t,ile.  C...  F.  InSlh  Inf.  Enli.lcl  April,  1361  ;   proniole  I  ser; 


1  Dec,  1863;  taken  pr: 


John  II. 
Henry  V 


HISTORY   OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Trmris  Well),  com.  •er:.-ranl.  f 
Hugh  MoVftf,  Jr..  private.  Illi 
Tboniu.  Mwkev,  p„..[e,  IV. 


W.rrei.  Ilu.l.nn.  pri.  ..t 

.  I- 

.  I.  Kith  lof 

J«hl.  Qui„-lr.,,  pr.w.c. 

lib 

n:U.      Ellll^tV 

John  ll.i-ht.  Jr.,  priv., 

e.  1 

...  II.  ilk  Art 

Air,»J  Tri^.prn .,.,-.  l: 

til  Inf.      EiiIlUM 

Walter  Cr:.»f..r.l.  pr,v.i 

c.  I 

^.  f.  10Mb  I. 

Ub 

Inf.      t:nl,.t. 

Mkh:i<rlL«lK-.t.  pri>ale 

Co 

A.  f.'Jlb  Inf. 

1  U 

t.     Eoli.-lol. 

William  U«,;-oi|{ne,  pri 

ate 

IV.  K,  liKih 

J»mei  B.  R..OI.  c.iptaio 

4tl 

Art.      Eiii  -te 

Uelv.n  B.  f»mpl,„ll.  2- 

>e 

1..  f.i.  F.  :j  ■ 

EdwiD  Iloarc.  prival.. 

■,.. 

.  U.ith  Inf. 

JohoU.  Bucklcj.  pri.a 

e.  .1 

lb  Art.      Eali 

JohoC.Sto.el>.  pri. ate 

Co 

.\.  13tb  Inf. 

.n;.,t-.l  Au5.  S.  lSii2. 

tnlijte.!  .Us.  12,1862. 
r.  1S61. 
Enlule-1  JulT  17.  1802. 

1  ar.      E  diile.l  .lag.  9,  1  =  01. 


John  Luteh,  privjlr.  ilb  .irt.      KulislcU  Xnv.  ID.  I^'i2. 

Chwter  Dt!uionJ,  priTalp.  Slh  Cav.     Enlistei  ^ef-,  ISf.l. 

John  A.  lUvnor,  private.  lOtb  C»i.     EnliateJ  .Vujr.  2.;,  1S62. 

Aodrcw  Fos,  private,  l;:th  Inf.     Enlialed  .Apnl,  l^-'U. 

Peter  Ualney,  private,  Co.  I.  Ulilb  lof.     Enh.lfl  April.  ISOl. 

Joremiah  Quick,  private  Co.  I,  HUtb  Inf.      Eolntca  Aug.,  l.«6J. 

Patrick  Fox,  private,  Co.  (i,  l:Uh  Inf.     Enlute'l  April  Id.  13frl. 

Joseph  DraJy,  private.  .Mack's  DaL     Enlisted  Dta^.  Isi2. 

Eil«&nl  H.  Smitii,  private.  4th  .\rt.     Enli-.ted  Dee,,  lSfi2. 

WiUiatn  Penning,  private.  UUth  Inf.     Enliale-i  Dee.  «,  ISO.I. 

Jotnea  Harjllen,  private,  Co.  D,  Kl-Hb  Inf.     EnliJle.1  Au;.  9,  USt. 

Keann  HarjJen.  private.  Co.  D.  14lllh  Inf.      Etlliited  A.ij.,  1<62. 

Win.  Cuaaiaghain,  private.  Co.  C.  3tb  Car.     £nli<te<i  .-^epL.  IVB2. 

Oeorg*  A.  W^lll.-,  pHvate.  l''":!:  tr.f.     Eill-i.,;  EeS..  l-oi. 

Chiries  L.  Kcjjesn.c,  pr.vntc.  Co.  I,  14mh  Inf.     Enlisted  Au;.  2fi.  18f.2. 

EdwanI  U.  Smith.  2il  sergt..  Co.  D.  3Uth  Inf.     Enlisiel  Sept..  li*6l  ;  pnimote 

William  Warilell.  prir.vte.  Co.  I,  14i)rh  Inf.      EnlistcJ  .\a;.,  ISgJ;  Jievl  in  th< 

William  Wiltiel-.n.  private.  Ut  Art.     Enlisted  Feh.  I.<.  1,«62. 
Edwanl  Maxwell,  private,  Co.  I.  14nib  Inf.     F.nliste.1  .-ept,.  I'^BI. 
Henrj  D.ri»,  private.  Co.  I,  Ullth  Inf.     Enli-i.l  Au;.  Ju.  1^02. 
John  H.  Oarrisoii.  private,  UOIh  Inf.     Enliiiei  .\a«.  12.  IsoJ. 

Miohael  Benson,  Jr.,  private,  i.j.  L.  lit  Art.     Enlutei  Nov.  12,  1861. 

Thomas  Corlietl,  private,  lluth  Inf.     Eoliite-J  .\ug  ,  15fi3. 

A!b«rt  C.  ShelJon,  private.  Co.  I,  .Id  Cav.     Enlisted  Oct.  a,  Kilt. 

Oacar  Sbeldoo,  private,  Cij.  I,  .1.1  C.i.v.     Enlisted  .\pril.  l.«8l ;  promoted  Jst  1; 

Samael  C.  Pierce,  1st  lieut..  Co.  1.  U  Car.     Enlisted  Auj.,  I'lJl ;  promoted  1 

Charlea  Wood,  private.     Enlisted  .Vov.,  1S63. 


,  Wooden,  corporal.  Co.  O, 

Abncr  I'injinan.  private.  140th  Inf.     I 
Qaorge  Dotiphcrty,  private.  I4'it!i  Inf. 


Enli 


Williain  C.  I'ill,  private.  Co.  F.  IllSlb  Inf.      Enli'tcd  A05.  0.  lSli2. 
David  E.  Evnns,  private.  Co.  B.  Instb  Inf.     Enli.lel  An;.  U.  180.2. 
John  Evnns,  private.  Co.  1).  lOSth  Inf.     Enliflc- 1  July  20.  1«H2. 
William  Reynolds,  private.  Co.  I,  1  lOlli  Inf.     Enli. Id  Aoi:..  1S62. 
William  Hall,  private,  Co.  C,  10Mb  Inf.     Enliilcd  Ao-.  2,  1S62. 
Bdw.nl  Jones,  private. 


Eobert  C.  Seo 

eld.  1 

rivate.  tth  Art. 

Enlisted  SepL,  18r.» 

Da.iJ  Waffle. 

priva 

c  Ullth  Inf.     I 

led  Dee.,  isiil. 

Kin<y  Stollle. 

pri.a 

e,  llOlh  Inf. 

:>ilist»l  MiL 

Albert  II.  Nev 

rate. 

James  W.  Nc 

ly,  pr 

vatc. 

Cbarics  lloU.e 

ale.     Enlisle.1 

Dec..  ISH-I;  killed  Jun 

Oeorg.  Uro.n 

prii 

Ic.  .HtbC.v.     1: 

nli.ted  Nov,  I«C1  :  d 

Eobert  Quayl 

.pnv 

le. 

Hinsm  Dutini 

vale.  Co.  n.  IO,»th  Inf.     Enlisted  Jnly 

nrine.      Eolisle 

Aug.31,  lSi;i:carrc 

Ck.riesOa.eo 

inie. 

.nth  Inf. 

Walton  Cra-f 

•nUS- 

lb  Inf.      Enlist 

d  Sept..  I»<H  ;  died  F 

E.l»ar<l  Cra. 

ord.  2 

■dCa..      Enlis 

cd  Jan..  ISM:  ,l,„l  .t 

led  in  rebel  pri.on 

ivd  Dec,  l.tOX 
cd  10  tialiiburj  pri 


GATES. 

15.,  1362;  promuted  to  lieut. ;  dwcha 


Albert  Bl.im.  Ill 

h  Inf 

Enlisted  Ao 

..  13f.2; 

.oundcj  three  lim 

.s:disebar.: 

-i  HC5. 

Cr0n3lau.lt  D..I1I. 

110  111 

Inf.     Enli^le.l 

Au...,  le 

02;  diseharsed  l.'O 

0. 

Julius  .A.  Booth, 

Utl.  I 

.r.     Enlisted  A 

1  promoted  to  lieu 

Ui  discharscd  ISOo. 

Alien  Ilcc>..,  -r^ 

■r.nt. 

th  Cav.     Enli 

■  e'l  Aus 

John  .S.  B..^cr.. 

.■r-.M 

t.  lO.Hih  Inf. 

Enlisted 

Julv,  isr,2;  dijcho 

rjed  in  W, 

;   woun 

Allen  Barnes.  U 

jlLif 

Enlisted  Sept..  1.S62 

di^barged  1863. 

John  Br..u.h,  1 1 

thin 

J.  An.-«t  Bo..tb.  llOtb  Inf. 

Peter  Cahic.  lost 

b  Inf. 

Enlisted  Julv 

1802;  d 

ischarjed  1805. 

Jacob  Cable,  1  OS 

b  Inf. 

Enlisted  Jul 

V,  1S62; 

discharged  1865, 

William  Cbnuncc 

V,  no 

h  Inf. 

Qeorge  Dan.llc.  lO^lh  In 

r.     Enlisted  June.  lS63i  disi-harsed. 

John  Evans,  luSth  Inf. 

Eoli.le.l  Julv.  Is62. 

Marco,  French,  lOSth  I 

r.     Enlisted  Au?..  ISO.';  wounded:  discharged 

Frederick  KrencS,  |to.h 

Francis  Flora,  lOsih  In 

Enli.te.l  Aui..  1S02:  discbarjed  Deo.,  1S62. 

John  FiUserald,  22.1  ^.^ 

V.      Enliste.l  Dec..  1S03:  di..char;cd  l.sflj. 

Edwar.l  Keeler,  I  If 
Emery  Kremcar.  1 
James  F.  Kinipton, 
Casper  Lewis.  En 
Peter  Ludcr,  ISth  1 
Charles  Miller.  1  lOl 
Nelson  Moore.  4th 
John  M.  .Martin.lal. 

j'asper  Mill',  lHHh 
Henry  Maltby,  110 
Charles  Mirsh,  Un 

Robert  yiven.^lht 

Peter  OIL 

Lewis  Oli 

John  Oliver,  losth  Inf. 

Monroe  Oakley,  l.lth  Inf. 

iharged  1.S61. 

Henry  Ployes,  140th  Inf. 

Charles  Powers,  Utb  Inf. 
186i. 

Thoi 


1S62;  discharged  186.S. 


I  Jan.,  1SS2:  discharged  July,  1S64. 
ted  Aug.,  1S62:  discharged  1S65. 
Enlisted  Jan.,  186:1 ;  discharged  Jan., 


I  Aug.,  1862 ;  discharged  ISSi. 


1  Inf.     Enlisted  Jo 


,  losih  In 


I  Poppl, 


r-ed  1802. 
hargcl  ISC.i. 


listed  May,  1801  ;  promotcil  la  colonel ; 
Enlisted  Aug.,  1802;  discharged  lacj. 


HISTORY  OF  -MONKOE  COU.MY,  :SEW   YORK. 


Alber:  Ions.  ;i!l  C»T.     Enll 

Honrj  C.  llcM.Ul,-ll.  .-.J  Car. 
A.  S.  Hum-s  Sib  Art.  E..li, 
Buaurl  D.  J.nc.,  lUliU  [nf. 


GREECE. 

lAu-.  ISd3;   killed  Jaij  :M864. 


Adams  Coon,  10* 
Uenrj  C.  W.Ucr. 

Aiooio  Cu«r.  eii 

Ueory  \Vestc«tt, 


,  Inf. 


..       El,l.,loJ   D..>:..   l-U.:; 
Ilthlof.       Ki.lirlfa  .Nor 


Enlifliil  Clot..  IJfi?. 
L  E.iU-te.1  D.^-.  J.  1 
UM^  Feb.  e,  I:u4. 


Milo  EstcB,  3 

lI»lvertoa  D»ii!-;  .  2Uli  Cat.     Eo].»kJ  D 
Martioier  DmiUj.  ja  Cj.v.     Enli^lel  Kb. 

i>in<a  Croft,  liSlb  Inf.  Enlislcl  Svpt.  i; 
Hinua  Cook,  IStb  .\rt.  EiilijleJ  Dec.  H. 
Bjroo  Ci«k,  ISlh  .\rl.  Enli^tc^l  Dec.  11, 
Gilei  ll.)l.le«,  Jt,  Jri):h  lut  Eiil.sic.l 
Idwanl  PolliAl,  24th  CiV.     Enli,.e.i  . 


Do;.. 


Fr.al.l.D  rjl^J.  H>lh 

Inf.     t 

U-lo,l  :^,pl.  IT 

ISOl. 

PatflcL  CU«c,,  no 

11.  In 

f.     EaU 

«..!  .^-1....  1-t 

Jubn  Cli=.=..,  Uuth 

luf. 

Ei.li<t. 

l.-^.U  l~t>.'. 

John  UjoOo..  :ilh 

C... 

Enh.t. 

..1  Dec,  1-fvl. 

JobD  ML-Cuir,:.  41b 

Art. 

EdU.I. 

1  Dec.  17.  1?W 

B±.i»ri  MrO^i.-. 

•h  .> 

-•_     Er. 

•.i  I^;.;.  '.:, : 

;;s- 

John  llcllce,  Ji'.h 

rl. 

Enl.itc 

Nov.  !*«4. 

Xieh..lKcllej.SJl 

1  In 

E.J..- 

el  March  lu,  IiS4. 

▼  UlUm  L»™l.nl.  I 

«b 

Inf.     E 

Ii=le.l  Jane  I.» 

1S6I. 

V.  J.  («rbu.t.  »S>b 

.trl. 

EnlL-1 

J  Se,,u  !,«. 

Htnry  T.  U.iU.d. 

Eni 

slcl  .No 

14" 

binf. 

E..lUi»l  .loz. 

!%■?. 

TillUm  U.  £4.i°g<r 

lll.> 

h  luf. 

Eulislcrl  .111);. 

2i,  l«K. 

E«ihT,.CuilC-.. 

E.u 

..i,-l  J.,: 

,  I^Cl. 

leopoia  FriU.  II>Sl 

IdI 

E-iU- 

-1  O.I.  I-<1. 

Henry  .VU„^1  HI 

Ii. 

E.,li- 

.  1  A..;_  i-f.;. 

AnJ,».  >vb.Jl..  U 

Augu«.i3  IU..f.  U 

lib 

,1.      Er. 

.rfl  .\u.-,  1-0 

glrfbeo  Oorl^k,  i* 

ibi 

.?.     Eij 

.^..  .1  Jl  ,rvb.  1 

^64. 

Jlllle?  KdlT.  ><iU>h 

III!-. 

t:i,i.*. 

1  Feb..  Ixii. 

M,v:k»l  R.Uj,  Mlh 

UJ'. 

&ilu-l 

J  June  S.  lSi>4 

Cl.arl«IUaJ,.il« 

Ciit 

Eali, 

-■•l  Au«,  1S6:!. 

P«.r  r.-«r,  «b  Art 

E. 

lU.e.ljM,.!),  ISiU. 

TruicU  llmd,  4:h  A 

rt. 

Kj.liju. 

Jan.  'J.  UM. 

J»n«.  Sb^rp,  lUUtb 

Pfn 

™;..     E„ 

Jle-i  F..I.,  ISC 

ITnneij  U  Saj.^  Vt 

.Ei 

i       tj.l 

.-lol  lA-C.  1,  IS^l. 

J.bu  L.  S^,  N..V 

uilJU-l 

vr.nl.  1...^. 

BJ.^rd  S|uu,slcr,  I 

O^tb 

Inf.      E. 

52:  kulc, 

J»«:l,b  E.  Coo.a,, 

IH.l 

^  Inf. 

j,l,«c.l  Nov_ 

;..!:   k.li 

rr.ak  I 
W.lliiu. 
Henry  ) 


Juno  W.  Whilini:,  l.:ib  1 
Jobn  F.  Coloell.  Ilnih  In 
J.a.e»M.  WiJi«.»1b.  Ill 
Jobn  Fatner,  10S(h  Inf. 
Cbmrie»U.  Fo*ier,  UUth  1 
Tbumu  \Vel>h,  .S!>lb  Inf. 


AJai 


ViUum  BuJery,  Iloihlnf 
Stephen  Cole,  21»l  C»v.  E 
Thonia«  MoUibbin.  lu»th  I 


»oben  lluiip,  4<h  L-.>r.      Ij 

Ji-eph  Xcnry,  lo-lh  L.f.     I 
P.triek  .Melloney.  »lli  li.i 

AlfreJ  C.  Sperry,  IJ  Ca,. 
Uenry  llowarj,  ^  C«.v .     E 


nf.     Enl.sl"d  Aug.  37. 


Ambr.  ie  A.  n..,-r,,  lUitb  l.if,      t:.'„r,-,l  ><,„ 

11,  Mil. 

Chirlr.  ll:>.,forJ,  UOlhluI.      KM,--    1  \„  .  1 

01 

J.me,  M,  K...e,  lOMb  lof.     i:.,l,.-   .,  J.„    1... 

J.  B.  Al.lri.lg.--.  1st  Art.      Eri!i-i,l    \o.-    .■.  1- 

Will,.m  U.  Clark,  ll"<h  l„r,      1     i     :.  i    \ .  ,•    . 

■.  l-«2. 

Oeorje  n.  Bo-l„„.l,  1  ;,l,   1,.,        ,     ■,-:.■,,..„ 

l-i,J. 

D»n..-I  Dav,..v,  III-  '.  '■■      i    .        ,-:•.;,; 

Samuels.  Co. ..r'.!            i    :                -.'..■ 

Ch«lm»n  C.  K.rl..',  I'  ■    .  Ii         t 

GeorgeC.  Ram.rOrl.  ;;-.  .    ,          [:     ■'..-,-: 

;    •;,  J,.cbarj«d  May,  1365. 

Chauncey  Da>  13.  I'.iU  I.if.      EuIuIlJ  -Vpnl.  I- 

'1. 

Beojam.u  Wait,  lostb  I„f.      E-.l„to.l  Ao,-.  C. 

sr.2. 

Je«e  K.  IIo»e,  3J  Car.      E„li-le.J  A..?..  l.-.J 

a. •charged  June  12,  ISliO. 

Thomu  II.  White,  lUMh  Inf.      Enl.,tt,l  A».^.. 

IS.i.'. 

Wilh.m  Bowman,  Sih  Civ.     Euh.tia  Au^-  ,  K 

,2. 

Oeor;c  F.  Herman,  1  lu.h  Inf.      E-,l,-t  =  J  A05. 

21.  Ijfi2. 

iI.ob.el  Burn,,  l.-..h  Inf.     Enl.!.™  April  2\. 

Sol. 

George  Greene,  lUSth  Inf.      E^listoJ  Juli,  l-t. 

Franklin  Oarlock,  lOSth  Inf.     EnlisteJ  Jul.v, 

502. 

Jobn  ReeJ,  lOStb  Inf.     Enl„.cJ  July,  Ui-. 

BJ.arJ  Britton,  8lh  Cat.     Enhsted  Aug.  23, 

862. 

Henry  H.  Jones,  Sth  Car.     Enlisted  Jan.  6,  1-6.-,. 
Augustus  F.  Hall,  oUth  Eng.     Enlisted  .\ug.,  13lj2. 
Benjimin  F.  Sto»ell,  lOStb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  l.-)62. 
Villon  Darling,  50th  Eng.     Ki.listcd  Aug.,  l?t,l. 
James  F.  Van  Allen,  Uth  Inf.      Enli.-tcd  .Ma.,,  1S61. 
Dnrid  Cron,  lOSth  Inf.      Enl.jic.l  A.,;.  1.  l,-t;2. 
Irring  II.  Garbutl,  ICtb  Inf.      E.,l.,t,d  Ma.T,  ISIil. 


1  McA 


cd  Jui.v 


Jobn  Cougblan,  llotb  Int.  Enli  =  lcd  Aug..  1?«2. 
ObaJiab  Hanson,  52d  Inl'.  Enlisted  Aug..  I51; :!. 
George  Super,  140th  Inf.  Enli.-ted  .Vug.  ol,  lit:2. 
Oscar  «•.  Grant,  3d  Car.  Enl-ted  June  16,  1S61. 
Frederick  Ambrose,  2Jih  Inf.  Enlisted  June  22,  1361. 
George  Clark,  Sth  Car.     Eiilulci  .May.  1562. 

Le»is  Rae.e,  lOStb  Inf.     Enl,-..,|  July  CO,  1562. 
Watson  Morse,  21lb  Car.      Enlisted  Jan.,  1361. 
Frederick  Xewcomb,  -Naval  Service.     Enlisted  March,  136.1. 
Joseph  Lucas,  11th  Art.     Enlisted  April  17,  1363. 

Jamea  Aldred.     Enlisted  .\ug.,  1802  ;  promoted  and  diacbargcd. 

Thomas  Burns,  140tb  Inf.     Enl.  =  trd  Oct.,  1362. 

John  Clancy,  UOtb  Inf.     Enli  =  icd  .-rpl..  IS02. 

Adam  Coon,  lOSlh  Inf.     Enli--lcd  Aug.,  1S62. 

George  Doudle,  llPStb  Inf.      Enlisted  Aug.,  1>62. 

Francis  Downing,  10-tb  Inf.     Enli.-trd  July.  IS61;  corporal;  wounded. 

Henry  Fulton,  Uth  Car.     Enlisted  Jan.,  Ie61. 

Jobn  Hart,  lO^tb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  IS62. 

Nicholas  Losio,  6lh  Cov.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1361. 

Francis  U  Mott,  C.  S.  V.  E.     Enlist.d  Oct.,  1361. 

John  La  Mutt.     Enlisted  April,  IM'.l:  promoted.  •      ■ 

Alfrwl  Loper,  lOsth  Inf.     Eoiulcl  July.  1362. 

Bamaoia  Xcwcnmb,  3tb  Cav.     Euli-tcd  Jan.,  13Cj. 

John  Ku.<»ell,  Sth  Car.     Enlist.-I  Jan.,  l.SOj. 

George  Sbaffncr,  lO.stb  Inf.     Enlisl.-.l  i.tcl.,  1361. 

Daniel  A.  Sharp,  l.llb  luf.     Enlisted  April,  1961. 

Henry  Udams,  140th  Inf.     Euliated  .\ug.,  IS62. 


,  L.3d2;  djichare,ii  Juna  8,  13$A. 


Ererill  C.  Vint 

Crawford  Whit 
Frwnk  S.mp.o. 


IBONDEQUOIT. 

«,  Co.  F,  I03tb  Inf.     Eolistad  Aag.  »,  181 
It.  Co.  F,  lOStb  Inf. 


HISTORY  OF  -MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


fnnk  ncwtos.  pri 
Heiir7  3.  Riire.  priv 


James  Ilaokrr.  capUin.  tild 
AntbooT  CwJcmoji.  pnvclc. 
Jacob  SiWr,  pr..=to,  «-lh  I 
Eooa  Ilin.lo-,  prival,.,  lii-lk 
Jm.oCo1c»«,  pn..>le,3.l 
fraderkk  lluntingcr.  privj 
Jescph  Brewoynrd.  private. 


1  Inf.  .  ealUMl  July  13,  1 


Alien  GsDjanl.  pru 


Will.n 


.  r">! 


Butene  Willcnu!,  priral 
Peter  liuifmaa,  priratc.  TStb  laf. 
JoMph  Rinald.  pti>  ste.  lOOIb  Inf. 
George  Uapp,  private.  1st  ,\rt. 
Jacob  Uaberij,  pnvale,  81b  Tar. 


Inf. 


John  CntUr,  private. 

C.  K.  1th  Ca 

.     Diedlyphoi, 

fern- 

Mnreh  26 

1«6J. 

E«r7  Ezbn,  privat. 

Co. ;;,  fi'„  c. 

..      Diedtvpho 

a  leve 

t-el.,  IJt 

John  Singer,  private. 

Co.  U.  IDSth  Inf.     Kille,!  in  b 

tile  J 

.ir,i-6.r 

Jamea  Brigs?,  corpor 

^l,  Co.  D,  lO.oth  Inf.     K.llcJ  a 

battle 

of  Wil.le 

rness. 

JobnDeboi.,  private 

3d  Car.     Di. 

I  of  typhoid  fev 

r,  Vir 

•inia,  1S6 

3. 

Joeepb  Rral,  privatf. 

Osthlnf.     K 

l,;d  at  Pctcnl.n 

«.  Jim 

Bnrt  llallio-5,  pnvat 

.  3tli  Cav.     F 

tilistcl  fept.  ■2'\ 

HCI; 

ten  monl 

hs  in  i 

Dumont  E.  Date,  eorporal.  l.-.;h  Pa 

Inf.     En:i*te.l 

-ept.l 

1«1>I. 

WUIian.  S.  Carlej,  Jc 

Bc-ant.  Uth  T. 

Inf.     Enlisted 

-.  lir,i. 

Richaril  Baker,  privalu.  l.Mi  Inf. 

Eohtled  Juno  2 

.  i-i-: 

Alonio  D.  Baker,  pr, 

ate.  .-O-h  Inf. 

Enl.-led  Foh. 

J.  I^H 

1:  wonnd 

Klin  I 

K.rmoodSiJler,pr.v 

ate.  slh  Civ. 

Enl,!led  Feb.  1 

,  1S6J 

JoKpbWi,th,pr.vat 

Job.  Wagner,  priva. 

. 

Garat  Grafen,  privat 

James  Simp«.n.  priv 

le.  12th  Inf. 

Henry  UAcbiH„,c 

Trientine  Qnenth.ut* 

eck,  private. 

George  Sherry,  priva 

e.  l,t  Sbarp... 

boolcrs.     Enlist 

1  An; 

20   1«62 

;  wou 

CnnraJ  BoJenitein,  p 

ri.ate.  lu-th 

nf      Ei.l„tcd.\ 

,-6.':  promoted 

John  B~le,,  private 

SthCav.     En 

isled  .\ag.  la.  1 

».-.2. 

Webeter  Eaton,  prua 

to.  Co.  L,l-t 

Vrt.      Eoli.lcl  P 

,c.  n 

I'Cl.pr 

omote> 

Henry  LoJer,  pr.vat 

.  2.-..h  Pa.  I.if 

Enli. ted  June 

I.-.,  i~ 

Christian  SoroJar,  ci 

rporal.  1(1511, 

nf.     Enlutcd  .\ 

.;.  0. 

'61. 

DariJ  A.  C.^rtor.  pri 

ale.  Co.  D.  lO^th  Inf     Enli-I 

d  .Kar: 

.-..  isi;2 

Matlbias'Smilh.  pri. 

ate,  l-ith  Inf. 

Enlisted  June 

2. 

.  1<62:  promoted  serf 


Hark  Keath,  private,  1 IIHI 
Charles  Plancbanl.  private 
Otto  Whcnner,  private.  Ui 
Thomas  Conors,  scrprnnt. 
Andrew  Seip.  private.  61  b 
Frank  Seip.  private.  2d  Ca 


Ahrsham  I^ebur,  private. 

UKt 

h  Inf. 

Knlisto.l  S.  p 

John  Bum^  private.  Cth  C 

l':nliMe 

1  J.ine  j.  1- 

Joseph  Wirlh,  private.!., 

M 

.     1-jil 

te,i  Oct.  22. 

Freileriek  Qonlsman,  sersv 

nL 

21  h  In 

.     Enh-le.l 

Uinis  Oreitner.  sergeant.  .■ 

Ih  Inf.     i; 

li-,e.l  .Mvreh 

John  Wagner,  private.  21s 

Cav 

Knl 

ted  Apr.l  2- 

William  8cheip,  privale.  2 

1  C 

V.     K. 

Istr.l  .l.iae  I 

OerrilGmfer,  private.  22.1 

Cav 

Knl. 

le.|J,.neli 

Charles  Lafeb-.r.  privale,  2 

I  A 

1.     En 

sled   April 

•ontbs  in  wrviee. 

William  Sim..,,,  private,  2 

Itb 

•av.     F 

nli.le.1  Fk^ 

Rlephen  William.,  privale. 

«th 

C.iv. 

rili>tr,l  June 

WilliaioFarr,  privale.  Ill 

f.     F.n 

.-tel    \i.3.  1 

U..rjMjer,p„v.te,  101, 

III 

Kv.li 

tv.d  Aug.  12 

[  o-rporai  ITSth;   iftj 


Andrew  Lcgjett,  pri 


William  Clark.  ,.riva 
Lewi.  V.  IluranJ,  pr 

Lewis  Smallwood,  pr 
William  Logan,  priv. 


Enlisted  Aug.  12,  1862. 


WEBSTER 


Austin,  Cbai 


I  March.  1S65. 
.  lu-th  Inf.     Enli 


Adams,  Th.iniaa.     Enlisted  Oct..  1S61. 

Bra.lsba»,  Lulber  (1.,  Ci.  A.  lu-th  Inf.     Enliste.l  July,  1862. 

Burnett,  Win.  W.,  Cu.  II.  .<th  Cvv.  Enli5to.l  Sept.,  1S6I  i  woun.led  on  Wilson's  raid  :  taken 
prisoner,  sent  to  Petersburg,  then  to  Ricbmand;  excbangod  in  fall  of  1S61 ;  discharged  Jan., 
186i;   re-enlisted. 

Burnett,  Samuel,  Co.  A,  Stb  Cav.  Enlisted  Sept.,  ISf.l  :  in  battles  of  AntieUm,  Bull  Run, 
Gettysburg;    discharged  ISillj  re-enlisted;  discharged  July,  lS6j. 

Brewer,  Peter,  Co.  A,  ?lb  Cav.     Enlisted  Oct.,  1361. 

Bowers,  Squire,  Co.  If.  Sth  Cav.     Enlisted  SepL.  1861  ;    discharged  Jane,  lSfi2. 

Bowman,  Joeub,  Cu.  ,i.  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  ISrtl. 

Bearer,  William,  Co.  A.  10?th  Inf.     Eoli>tcd  July.  lbi;2 ;  died  in  the  army. 

Bowman,  George,  Co.  \,  Stb  Cav.     Enlisted  July,  laG2. 

Bownes,  Edward,  iO^Ih  Inf.      Eoli-te.l  July,  1*.;2. 

bonnell,  i>aniel.  l.-tii  .New  \..rlv.  Enliste.l  Aug.  1;162 ;  in  battles  of  Bislin,  Port  Qu.lsun, 
also  in  post  near  Mobile;  discharged  July.  ISG.'i. 

Bmwn,  William  Uenry,  Co.  I,  Uuth  Inf  Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62 ;  in  battles  of  Gettysburg. 
Cbanccllorsville,  Fredericksburg,  Wilderness,  Petersburg;  discharge. I  June,  1S6.>. 

Beebc.  Spencer,  1st  Xeiv  York.  Enlisted  Oct.,  l.-iil :  in  battles  of  ,\ntictain.  Bull  Run,  Gettys- 
burg, Wilderness,  and  CoM  Harbor:  discharged  Oct.,  1361. 


I  Inf.     En 


id  Ju 


Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62;   wo. 


Hart 


Broek,  Charles,  Co.  B.  Olh  I 
discharged  May,  l:.6j,  on  account  of  w..nnils. 

Ballard,  Uirani,  Co.  C,  1th  Heavy  Art.     Eolisleil  Jan.,  1S62;  discharged  Jan.,  l?6j. 

BeU,  Henry  Joseph,  l.ilst  Inf     Enlisted  1562  ;  killed  near  Petersburg. 

Bailey,  Harvey,  Co.  I,  Uuth   Inf     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62;    in    battles  of  Wilderness,  Cclar 
Creek,  and  Fredericksburg;   dl<eharge.l  June.  I.s6j. 

Bongbton,  Wilson  H.,  Co.  M,  lib  Ucvvy  Art.    Enlisted  Dee.,  1962  ;  in  battles  of  WiMerness. 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  Reams"  Station  ;  at  Lee's  surren.ler;  discharged  Oct.,  ISf'.j, 

Brewer,  Sylvester,  Co.  D,  llOtb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug..  1362;  in  many  battles;  imprisoned; 
discharged  Aug.,  1S63. 

Billings,  Flynn,  22d  Cav.     Enlisted.  1863;  discharged  Aug.,  ISfio. 

Benedict,  Leonard,  Co.  M,  Itb  Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Dec.,  1863;    killed  near  Petersburg, 
April  5,  186.;. 

Baneroll,  William  R.,  Co.  C,  4th  Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Dee..  1.^6".;  discharged  June,  l«n5. 

Bailey,  John  WiJencr,  Co.  F,  Itlsth  Inf.     Enlisted  Feb.,  1361 ;  killed  at  battle  of  Petersburg, 
Juno  211,  nsi. 

Campbell,  James,  Co.  F,  ,'ilb  Cav.     Enlisteil  Oct.,  1861  ;  in  no  engagement ;  discharge.l  Oct., 
1862,  on  account  of  disability. 

Clark,  Charles  E.lgar,  Co.  C,  lib  Heavy  Art.     Enliste.l  Jan.,  13C2;   discharged  Feb  .  l.-lU. 

Clow,  Charles,  Co.  C,  lib  Heavy  Art.     Ei   iste.1  Dee.,  1SC:1 ;  m  battles  of  Wil.lerii.ss,  .~|...u. 
■ylvania.  Cold  Harbor,  Reams'  Stati..n.  Petersburg,  etc.;  discharged  Oct.,  136j. 

Clegs,  William.     E.ili-led  Aug.,  1-61. 

Clark,  George  W„  Sth  Cav.     Enlisie  1  N'.iv.,  1861 ;  woun.led  by  shell ;  discharged  1^6  I. 

Chapman,   William,  Co.   A.,  msib    Inf.     Enlisted  July,    1362;   wounded   at  Antietam  ;  .lis. 
charged  Dec.,  1J^62,  on  neeou 

WiMerness,  Petersburg.  Deep  nottoui.  etc.;  discharged  Jui 

Corv,  Robert  A.,  Co.  C,  Itb  Hcisvy  An.     Eni.sle.l  Aug., 

Coo'ney,  James,  Co.  C,  1th  Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1 
Harbor,  Petersburg,  Reams'  Hation;  taken  prisoner  and  i 


Enlisted    All 


1  battles  of  Cold   Ha 


I  Richmoi 


.  Cbai 


I  Julv.  I.lf.j. 


HisTonv  or  monroe  cou^"TY,  ^'ew  yokk. 


DustnSury,    Diria,   Co.  I,  8lh  Car.     Enli 

D.ckin^.n,  Geor?-  .1.     KnlLi.  J  Aiij,.  !<■■.; 
Doylf,  KmncJ  A.      r.il.-l^.J  .M..r, :li.  ISili. 
Dunn,  J. .ho,      toli-K,.-.!  .-t|.l.,  l'6l. 
Drukr.  M.iun.o;;.  C...  li.  HI,  ]!,.»>,  Arl. 


..Ma.:k'sl  Bnl.      EnhilcJ  / 


ISAI:  wnuoJcJ  al  Cc4ar 


K.i.J 

oho 

Co.  1>,  1: 

h 

Fojl.r 

Ch 

rlc.  W.,  1 

Ih 

Port  lIuJ,  .0 

dlfcbai-^ 

oJ 

Foote 

A.I- 

o.j.th,  Co 

A, 

Farr, 

Uuiou  <.,  C... 

1.. 

Uin:   ». 

J  al  W,.. 

Fi.b« 

John.  UOtl, 

nf. 

Fmkle 

Fr 

ukl.v.  C 

M 

F.uklc 

He 

urg..  141b 

M 

Fo..l,u 

k.  A 

DJn»  J., 

Iskt'D  pr 

,..n 

r  al  Ke,>u 

-■  > 

UI13J 

11,  J 

amc.^  Co. 

i. 

in  oiaoy  b^^ttles;  promoted  to  cap- 


l>ry[>mjt*tir,  Fr.ink,  Cu.  C,  4tti  Ht-a^y  .Art. 

Orao^cr,  John,  4lh  JUrivj  Art. 

Orangfr.  SiIDan,  Co.  C,  4tb  Heavy  Art.     EnlistcJ  Jan.,  l-<.i2  :   re.enlistcd  ;   [q  balllej  of  Wil- 

Oai-doer,  Henry,  1th  Heavy  Aft,  Enliatcl  Jan.,  ISlil  ;  discharged  July,  1S63;  re-enli»t»d; 
liachurged  July,  196J. 

Urey,  John,  lUSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  13ii2. 

Hiaiult,  Fraueifc  Co.  A.  li'Sth  Inf.     Euliated  July,  lSi;2:  diicharged  May,  1363. 

Uerrmk,  E.  0-.  Co.  0,  Mih  Int.     EnlL-ted  May,  I»6l  :  died  in  Alesandria,  1S62. 

Herriek,  Jo!c|.b,  Co.  E,  1  ::ib  Inf.  Eolistcd  May,  1361 ;  io  battles  of  Bull  Ran  and  WUJer- 
leii  ;  dljcharged  Mjy,  l'<i)3. 

Hetler,  John,  13th  >e«  Vork.     Enlisted  Aug,  1862;  wounded  «hilo  washins;  died  in  hoj- 


l.^OJ. 


Baton  Rouge;  died  of  aickoe'J  at  Mol.ile,  Ma 
Uaydvo,  Miohael,  Co.  E,  4lb  Heavy  Art.    Eu 

tick  after;  discharged  -Aug.,  1365. 

Hod,key,  D.iniel.  Co.  E,  4th   Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Aug 


ig.,   1362;  in  battles  of  Port  Hudson  a 
ug.,  1362  :  io  Salisbury  pnjoo  six  moot: 


McAffx,  Al 
Maho.n-y.  J 
Moor..-,  J  ,-; 

MaoJi-..i;.-, 

Mid.Uuih, 


,  -tU  Cav.     En' 


Mid.la.i;li,  I.C.I  .■;.,  I--..  A.  .".d  Ca».      EnlistcJ  July.  1<6I ;   di-eharged  July, 

McFarlln,  Charlc.  ('-..  H,  -^tb  Car.  Eiiliste-l  0-;t.,  I36I  ;  died  in  hospital  at 
April,  136-.'. 

Manchester,  Charles,  'Jth  Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Au;..  1862. 

MoKee,  Leman,  Co.  C,  4tll  Heavy  Ar(.  Euliste-l  Au^.,  1862 :  in  battles  of 
Harbor;  t.-vken  prio.ner  at  Petersburg;  die  I  ill  Salisbury  prison,  Oct.,  l3C4. 

Maltberer,  lii...r-c,  C-i.  -M.  Mb  Cav.     Eiiluted  Aug.,  1962  ;  wounded  by  ihell 


McFarlm,  J.,1 


led  at  ^ 


■ster.  May  26,  ISO; 
tKinistou,Wbitel. 


dis-lbarged  May,  186',. 


Partridge,  William  H.,  Co.  II,  T3th  Inf.  EnlL-ted  Feb..  l-rt2; 
tieUm,  Ucttyiburg;   wounded  at  Atlanta;   discharged  Feb.,  1>C:.. 

Parson.,  Marshall,  Co.  C,  4th  Heavy  Art.  Eoli.te  i  Aui..  IMiL 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  and  Keaois'  Station:  discharged  .M.iy,  1- 

Painter,  George,  Co.  B.  Dth  Ilejvy  Artillery.     Euli.tcd  Ao-.,  1.- 

Pool,  Rulus  K.,  Co.  C,  4th  Heavy  Art.      Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  di 
Pritt,  Oscar  E.,  Co.  C.  4tli  llcaiy  AriiUery.     E.ilislc  I  Aug..  I-'i 


I  Inf. 


Phillips,  IJ 
Pierce.   .3a 

Parkhur.l. 


1  Juli 


nl.     Eolisled  July,  1362;  wouu 
iliited  -May,  IS61 ;  left  aruiy  soon 


n.-irt,  Roinaine  B.,  Co.  B, 

Koleoiul.,  Andrew,  Co.  I,, 
intielam,  ijettysburg,  etc.: 
Heath,  Henry,  Co.  I,  3lh  I 
Hetler,  M'lUiaol. 
Hurd,   Frank.  Co.  C.  4tU   H  -avy 


ner  at  Rei 


Inf.     EnliMeJ  Aug.,  1362;  wounded  in  batt 
:  re-enli^tcd;  discharged,  lailj. 

lew    York.       Enlisted   Nov.,    1361;   10   battles  of  Bull   Run, 
irycd  1364:  rc-enlisted:  discltarge-l  ISCj. 

Eulistcd  Oct.,  1361;   wounded;   died  of  wounds  SepL,  1S63. 


Dee.. 


isted  March,  1365. 


Kramer,  Adaui,  O^th  Inf.     En -l  .Nov.,  1861 ;  in  halt 

iarbor,  Ai  i-  am,  rclcrsl.org.  ete.  1  discharged  Feb.,  Krt.i 
K.inoe.ly,  Miclia.  I.  1115th  Inf.     Ellli.-lc.l  March,  IS62. 
Kniglil,  i;.or,«  W.,  Isl  >-.  V.     Knlisl.-d  Nov.,  1361. 


Loo\iii<,  licorgo  .M., 
liek,  an-l  discharge.l, . 
Loork.  Ahram,  Co. 


1361;  was  injured  at  Harper's  Ferry:  dii 


Parthur.-il,  Ii 
Pierce,  Charl. 
Peet,  Uora,.e. 


.  Y.     EiilialeJ  Dee., 


Ridley,  Benjamin,  I2tb  luf.  Enli-led  I 
tysburg,  Rappahanii.Hik  ;  .liseharg.-'t  136: 
'  Richards,  Ai.-lreiv,  Co.  M.  4lh  Heavy  Al 
Wel.lon  Railroa-l :   sick  ;  .liscbarg.-.l  .May, 

Rice,  Cha..c.y,  26th  Inf.      llc-cnli.-Ied. 

Rowe,  W.llioiu,  C...  C,  llh  Heavy  Art.   1 

Rogers,  Hc.ry,  4tb  Heavy  Arl.      Enlist 
Robison,  Le,.i.,ro.  M.  411.  Il.avy  Art. 


I  Harbor,  ITildoriiesi,  Pel. 
Icsof  E.iirs  Bluff  an-l  Kin 


iegeof  Yorktown,  Fredcrick,-.burg, 


Enlisted  Sept.,  1362; 


Smart,  llenjamin.  Co.  H,  l.llh  Inf.     Enlislcl  J 
Slialor,  John,  Co.  I>,  l,-.ib  Inf.     Enli-te.1  Ocl., 


■  of  Bull  Run,  Ball's  Ill'.i 


Enlisted  Aug.,  1362 


burg,  etc.,  d.seliarsedJul), 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Tbnmu  C.  Brown,  pritratp,  Co.  L.  fl 
Jacob  Browo,  priviitc.  Wuyno  Anil  I 
Alttn  Bciicaiol,  private.  Co.  L.  Sih 


Eniidte'l  .\uc.,  l!02 


Slater,  Elw 

Smilh,  E.l. 
C«1J  H».-tK.r, 


6pr*jii»s.  Jcroft 

Btunebargbcr, 
8inilb,W;ili.,ni 
Snyder,  F.bcn, 
Sojder,  Jaiaej 


Sharp,  I«uu:.  lib  Art. 
Tajlut.  JooiM.  Co.  A,  1 
VUdemM3.»ndWioehe3t, 
Vi^TD.  Jeih.ii.  10. ,h  ! 
V.n  AL.tJne,  FrinV,  Co 


Eoli.-ti-l  D.-c..  Hnl 


Enli-ted  Jtilr.  Hei: 


L.Ti  Bartlett,  private.  Co.  E.  1' 
Edward  Burton,  private,  Co.  0 

Mo'b^of''"Ell 

Mtl.ofAnlieUm;  Jisobarged 
ofW,l,leme,..3!,ol(,rlv.ni., 

Spene.r  Bird.jll,  Lo^ler.  Li^ht 

\rt.      Enlisted  Sept 
«.  Co.  A,  Stb  Car. 

>9ehar;ed  Jone.  ItOj. 

won,  onacconnlofdiiabililj. 

captain,  and  major:  served  ihroo 
WilliomBrown,  priv.vte.  Co.  I, 
John  E.  Burn,,  prn-ate,  l„.  D, 

.-h  the  war. 
Uoihlnf.     Enli.te 

nWa.hiostonJaD.,lS62. 
rsed  Sept..  IbSi, 

di^jbarged  Sept.,  1865. 

Andrew  B«ker,  private.  Co.  B, 
Samnel  Botler.  pr.vaf.  Co.  r.  « 

Andrew  Co-jrove. 
William  Corman. 

.-th  Inr.     E.,l,.t,.J 
Enli'.ted  Mareb, 

B.  F.  Case.      I'.ed  at  Ander.oo 
Lewi,  Clark,  private,  lO-tb  In 
John  M.  Clow,  private,  Co.  D, 

tOtb  Uf.     Enliste, 

Aus,  30,  1882. 


i.lel  Aus.  .10.  l*H-2. 

July  ;-J.  litiJ:  report«lde.< 

id  Auit.  ii^,  l5o2:  iuppo^d 


,  lia.il,  Co.  C. 


r.,  Co. 


V«n  Aljtjne,  Jaj,  Co.  M.  StU  Car.     Enlisted  S 
Vo«bnrgh,  In,  Co.  C,  41h  Art.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S02  ;  di 
Wel5b«r,  Fnwk,  Co.  A,  lOStb  Inf.     Eidiated  July,  186: 
I8U. 

Wud,  Philip.  lOOtb  Inf.     Enli.tel  Aug.,  1362. 
ITooJhull,  Vfm.  Henrj,  Co.  A.  IDStli  Inf.    Enlisted  June 


tourg:  di!.:harged  1865. 

el  p...,  iB:-:i;  .;;.,, 1  ;„  .,rmj  P-e 

;d  Feb..  1862  :  discharged  Sept.. 

EuliateJ  Aag.,  1862;  UkcD  pris 

Sept..  1.861  :   wo 


Pha-cellus  \V.  CI 
I  Plain,  Dee.  S,  1802, 


rCbane. 


irged  0 


sNov. 


Wdehley.John,  Uoibltir. 

Wbiting,  Albert,  18th  New  York.  Enlisted  .Aug.,  1862:  imprisoned:  paroled:  discharged 
July,  1885. 

Wbiting,  Joel,  Co.  A,  108th  InT.  Enlisted  Jnly,  1362:  in  battle  of  AnUettun  :  uken  sick; 
brODght  home  in  13C.1,  and  died. 

Wolcott,  George  P.,  Co.  C,  »th  Art.     Enlisted  Ann,  1862 :  Ltkcn  sick,  and  die.1  \o»..  1862. 

Williams,  Alraerin  A.,  Co.  C,  Jlh  Art.  Enlisted  Aug.,  ISt;.':  in  battles  of  Wddemess,  Cold 
HEi-bor,  and  Pctersburc  ;   discharged  June.  1865. 

WokTcr.John.SthCav.     Enlisted  1861. 

Wright,  Jacob,  13th  New  York.  Enlisted  Aag.,  1362  ;  in  battles  of  Port  Hudson  and  Store 
PUina. 

Wajer,  Aleiis,  Co.  E.  108th  Inf.  Enlisted  Am..  1862 :  in  battles  of  Antietanj,  Oettriburg. 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  etc.:  diseharged  Mav,  1805. 

Wilson,  J.-hn  J.,  9th  .\rt.     Enliited  -iug..  1862  :  discharged  June,  18F5. 

Willanl,  Albert  J.,Co.  E,  4th  Art.     Enlisted  .\ug.,  1362  ;  diicliarge.1  June,  196.J. 

Wolcott,  Asel  B.,  Co.  A,  3d  Cav.     Enlisted  July.  1861 ;  di5ch3r;ed  July,  I.^et. 

Wilmn,  A.  Frank,  Co.  II,  10,8lh  Inf.  Enlisted  July,  1S62;  in  battles  of  AnlieUm,  Cbaocel- 
lonrUle,  etc  ;  diechargcl  April,  1864. 

Wincjard,  Emery  J.,  Co.  C,  100th  Inf.     Enlisted  Xor.,  1«61  :  wounded  at  Fair  Oak <  battle: 

Wiloy,  Hebron,  ir.th  Inf.     Discharged  March,  Ise.!. 

Weller,  Edgar  AloQio,  Co.  M,  4ih  .Art.  Enlisted  Dee.,  1863;  in  battles  of  WUdernesa,  Cold 
B&rbor,  md  Petersbnrg;  (iisthiirgcd  Sept.,  1865. 


PETiTFIELD. 


eb.,  1S65. 


1  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  23,  1362. 


Dewitt  Archer,  prirate. 
WUIism  C.  Andrew!,  pri 
Bcury  Allen. 
Calrin  Allen. 

William  Acorn,  private,  Co.  B,  1401h  Inf.     Eoli 

J«eob  Appleby,  private.     Enlisted  Feb.,  1865. 

Eooe  Bottrdman,  private,  Co.  L,  3th  Cav.     Eoli 

Rleliard  Baker,  private,  Ilifles. 

Slehanl  Bartktl,  private,  .Marine.     Enlisted  Aug.  30,  1362 

Cbariet  Brown,  private.     Enlisted  Feb.,  1865. 

Sylrester  Brewer,  prirate,  Co.  D,  140th  Inf.     Promoted  eo 

Ephrmim  Beaumont 

Henry  Bryan. 

Ch&rlea  Burns. 


19,  1862  ;  promoted  KrgeanL 


Henry  B.  Baldw; 

•  r-- 

v.le 

Co.  I., 

Oeorg,  R.  Barne 

.P' 

vale 

C.  0, 

Thomas  Beaumoo 

'■P 

IV  at 

.  Co.  A, 

Nathan  Buck,  pr 

Co 

A.  Sth  t 

William  Bird,  pr 

rate 

C. 

i;.  UOi 

EliBrmJish,  pri. 

vie. 

.<lli  Ca 

CalTin  Barnev,  p 

ivu 

e,  I' 

.  1!.  lO'- 

a«,g.  W,  Browo 

■P' 

v.le 

Co.  I,  1 

Boberl  Dreugh,  p 

e.  C 

.11.  I  in 

I  Cav.     Enli. 


private,  Co.  A,  108tU  Inf.     Enlutcd  An; 
Co.  A,  Sth   Oir.    Eulistol  Aug.  28,  1382 


F.  C.' 

Sept.,  1861. 

Hamilton  Carvelte.  private,  Co.  D,  UOth  Inf.  Eulisted 
Frank  Chapman,  private,  18tb  Bat.  Enlislea  Dec.  24, 
George  £.  Cbanm\n,  private,  Co.  G.  UOth  Inf.     Enlist, 

of  Wilderness,  and  taken  prisoner. 

Thomas  C.  Cook,  private.  Artillery.      Enlisted  Aug.  23, 


irged  before  going   i 


William  Cater,  private,  Co.  A,  8lh  Cav.     Enlisted  Aug   28.  1862. 
Rnbert  Cosgrove,  private,  Co.  H,  Mth  Inf.     Enlisted  April  2".  1861. 
William   Co-grove,   private,   Co.  H,  IStb   Inf.     Enlisted  April  2:1,  1861;  kil'ed  at 
Hill,  June  27,  1362. 
Spencer  Duncan,  private,  Co   A.  108th  Inf,     Enliste-I  July  21.  1362  ;  ilesertcl. 
Marvin  II.  Darling.  Isl  sergt.,  Co.  A,  in8th  Inf.      Enlisted  June  21,  1862;  died  in  s 

William    II.  Daocy.  private,  Co.  t. 


,  Co.  A,8tb  Cav.     Enlii 


Martin  D,ig;ctt. 

Columbus  Dyer. 

Benj.  Day. 

P.  Demony. 

Stacy  M.  Davis, 

Philetus  DctooDT,  private.  Co.  A,  Sth  Cav.     E 

Eoraco  Daggett,  private,  Co.  A.  Sth  Cav.  En 
BrgesBl;  wounded  at  Fire  Forks;  died  io  hicpi 
Riley  P.  Punhiirn,  private.  ISth  Rat.      Enlu-tc 


d  Aug.  :$,  1862 ;  discharged  before  going 
1361;   re-eoli«ted  in  1503;  promoted    to 


Loorais  A.  Dyer,  wago 

ner,  Co.  A,  lOStb  Inf.     Enli.-ted  Aug. 

.  1362 

JebUl  Drake,  private. 

Co.  11,  ISth  Inf.     Eulisted  April  2:1.  1 

61. 

Albert  K.  Eraberry,  p 

irate,  Co.  G,  UOth  Inf,      Eulisted  Aug.  30, 

1362,  for  disability. 

Jonas  Easley,  private 

Co.  0.  UOth  Inf.     Enlisted  1,862:  pro 

noled 

Benjamin  Easley,  priv 

ate,  Co.  G,  UOth  Inf,     Enlisted  An;.,  1 

"2;  • 

in  Salisbury  prison. 

Adam  Fnrgo,  private. 

Byron  Frost,  private. 

Co.  D,  UOth  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  29, 

862; 

Feb.,  1305. 

ugler,  Co.  A,  Sth  Cav.     Enlisted  1861 

:  pro 

Jerome  Fellows,  priva 

e,  Co.  A,  lOSth  In'       Enlisted  July  21 

1862 

Mark    II.  Furra.n,  pr 

rate,  Co.  I,  UOth    Inf.      Enlisted  Au; 

31,  1 

tared  in  the  Wilderness 

Henry  Frojt,  prirate. 

Co.  D,  1  lOth  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  29.  I 

Jesse  Frost,  private,  Co.  D,  UOth  Inf.      Enlisted  Aug.  2'1,  Is 

-•:  di 

Lewis  Frost,  private. 

thArt.      Ei,l,-t-dD.,e,  H.l  1 :   rcm:.in. 

Pbiletus  S.  Fuller,  pr 

„.t,-,  C.  I,  ll"th  Tnf.      E.,li.t.-l  Au-. 

r,  186 

William  II    II.  Fuller 

priv..te,  UOth  Inf.      Eiili.t.M  An;.  :;l. 

l.<02: 

William  E.  Few,  priv 

tv,  Sth  Cav.     Enliste.l  Moreb,  IMlli. 

Benjamin  Onag.-y,  private,  I3th  I„f.     F te  1  .V„v.,  1.62  ; 

lie.l  i 

Amoe  M.  Uravc,,  pri. 

,te.  Co.  G,  I08,h  Inf.      Enli.t,d  A.iB. 

,  i,m;2 

Olho  Gash,  private,  C 

o.  H,  108th  Inf.     FiilislelJ.ilf  22.  186 

:  woo 

Stephen  W.  Green,  private,  Sth  Cav.     Enli.tvl  Feb..  l-<(;5. 

Philip  Qenlle,  private 

Co   G,  Uotb  Inf.     Eulisted  Aug.  30, 

1362; 

1884.  and  died  in  rebel 

rison. 

Still  Green. 

Seymour  Green. 

Robert  Ola.lle. 

John  Green. 

Ch.ries  I.  Griffin,  pri 

.  1862 

died  in   SAlisliurj   prison 


HISTORY  OF  JIOXROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


I  u  aoKj.l.urg,  Jul; 


Willir.l  II.  Peck,  pri.iil.,  Co. 

WillUmO.  R.-:k,I.I', ,-.'„■•;,.., 
John  F.  Kiuhui^iiJ.  r,n>  ii,,  r^ 


D,w,lt  C.  lUuimoD 

J,p 

iva 

te,  Co.  L.  3th 

Cl.rk  Hos.i.".i». 

D.n  HolJri  l.f. 

N.lllin  U«r.a. 

John  L.  JorJ.'.n.  pr 

rale 

13 

h  r.aL      Eniis 

<l>>cb.rg.r>l  S.-PI.  U, 

SCi 

EJwin  Jor.Un.  pri. 

J.hi.lJohlftl...,  p 

1..1 

.  I' 

.  L.  Mb  C«v. 

Robert  K..,,.,  pri 

ott, 

Co 

I),  lll-,h  luf. 

OQ'Uph  K.>  ^k,  pr 

Co 

.  L,  5th  Car. 

E»b.rt  T.  K«ai.p.  «rg. 

anf 

Co.  11.  in.s.h 

dcd 

in 

Ijrn  battle;. 

Criu  Ki«)-k,  iDui 

ciao 

U 

.h  Inf.      Enli 

TUlu.m  KHIh,  blacksm 

lb, 

Co.  .A,  Sib  Ca 

D.ni.IP.L^pca,, 

pri» 

ato. 

Co.  E,  IO.-jtb 

b,rg. 

Job.  Litok,  pr,.^.t. 

Co 

E. 

lOsth  Inf.     E 

D.vm  Ui.lurt.  pr 

rate 

Co 

(i.UOlblnf. 

1  luf.     Euli^teJ  .Vug. 


Cav.     EoliatcJ  1 


at  Mobile,  Tejns.  Xei.  Orleans 
IScJl  ;  in  many  battles. 


Inf.     Enlincd  July  IS,  1SD3 


Enlisted  .\uj.  7,  1S62 
nf.    Eiiliilrd  .lug.  29.  I 

Darius  Le.i-s  prirale,  Co.  A,  lOMh  Inf.     Enlisted  Jul.v  1<.  IS 

Charles  P.  Leclear,  prirate,  Co.  E.  108th  Inf.     Enlisted  July  22,  Iji 
J.1J,  MX 

Alfred  Leg^rtl,  private,  sth  Cav.     Enlisted  March,  Hflj. 

5orman  U.  Lewis,  prirate,  UiScs.     Enlisted  Aug.  2G.  1S62. 

Frank  te.is. 

Henry  Leary,  name  changed  to  Baker. 

John  Lat.more.  privntc,  19Stb  Inf.      Enlisted  Feb.,  1S65. 

Oscar  E.  Ix.,mi!,  pciratc,  Co.  L.  Slh  Cav.     Euiisled  .\u;.  26,  IS62 

Royal  U.  Mjon.  privrtfe,  Uiflc-.     Fjilisted  lSt5_':  died  in  hospital. 

Barnard  Slattrrs,  private,  Co.  A,  ll)»h  Inf.     Enlisted  July  21,  146 
k<r(. 

Adelbett  .Ment-r,  private.  lOSth  Inf. 

James  Moorf,  private,   Co.  A.  lOStb  Inf.      Enlisted  Aaj.  12,  1363 
ftnd  Gettysburg. 

Fred  MyerL 

Joseph  Morse,  private.     Enlisted  Feb.,  LSei. 

WiUiam  H.  Jlorruon,  private,  Co.  A,   lOSlh  Inf.     Enlisted  July  1 

William  Morey.  private,  Co.  G.  lOSIh  Inf.     Enlisted  July  30,  1=62. 


led  ID  hospital, 
i  wounded:  Invalid  Corps, 
deserted  Sept.  1.3,  1.S62. 
362;  killed  at  Gettysburg, 


Aug.  30,  1802; 


;2;  discharged  I 


Merritt.  private.  Co.  ( 
■   .MeOoher,  private,  Co. 


Williiin  MeCor 
Lyman  MeCom 


Aui.  30,  I,SS2. 
ted  Au;.   20,  1862;  wounded  at  Geltvs- 

cJ  Jolill.  1S62;  wound  d;  dischargol : 
:ed  July  3,  H62 ;   died  at  FoK  Schuyler, 


James  McKee. 

Pbilnnder  JlcComl.er. 

Wmiam  McT.owtn. 

Charles  F.  Nii-hols,  private,  Rifles. 

burg,  July,  l«<y. 


John  11.  Oshorti.  private 

Co. 

r. 

Alaos..n  fi.  n.hom. 

William  Drr,  private,  C 

.  H. 

M 

Monroe  n„.len,  pr.vate. 

Jacob  Perria. 

John  PerriD. 

Robert  Pale.. 

Ed.   Pope. 

Or.oo    Po|,. 

ColumSus  Pa;e.  prirate 

Co. 

II. 

W,ll,a,n   P.,,.„.  private 

Co. 

II, 

Oe„rgeP,r.l..  private.  Co.  I 

,  1 

Ell.ood  W.  Peck,  pr,.. 

',C 

h   Cav.      Enlisted   Auj 
Proraote.1  sergt ;  re  er 


i.-ted  .March,  13lij. 


Albert  llajmonj. 

2d  Oh 

Joseph  nin,-lcsp» 

rker. 

George  Rcejer. 

S.laaJ.Rubbins, 

Harbor. 

Joseph  Spoor,  pr 

vale.  C 

,  Co.. 


istcd  July  : 
1  April  2.1,  li 


,  I3ih  In 
Nathan  Seribner,  private.  Co.  li,  jih  C 
Crrille  H.  Strowger,  private,  Co.  V.  lOSth  luf.     Enlisled  Jul) 
GeorgeP.Strowgcr.priiate.  Co.  A,  lu-Hh  Inf.    Enlisted  July  2 
Fre.lericksburg:  discharged  for  disability. 

Joseph  Sage. 
H.  Steadman. 


Herman  Sharp. 

Jason  C.  Spear,  private,  Co.  L,  3lh  Cav.    Enlisted  Aug.  30,  1S62  ;  discharged 

William  H.  Soper,  private,  Co.  M,  3th  Car.     Enlisteil  Au?.  30,  1<62. 
Castle  A.  Stephenson,  private.  Co.  A,  103th  lof.     Enlisted  July  ID.  IS62  ;  bal 
discharged  for  disability  aoon  allcr. 

Timothy  Steadman,  private,  Co.  A.  103th  Inf.     Enlisted  July  18,  1362;  pr. 

Earl  W.  Soper,  private,  Co.  M,  Sth  Car.     Enlisted  Auj.  25,  1862. 

Abner  L.  Sbide,  prirate,  Stuarl'f  Eng.     Enliited  Aug.  30,  1362;  dischargi 
Uarch  I,  13G3. 
Jacob  Spoor,  private,  8tli  Car.     Enlisted  ,\pril,  1365. 
John  Sherman,  private,  Wayne  and  Cayug:x  Kc;t. 
J.  Elijah  Soper,  private.  Co.  .M,  Sth  Cav.     Enlisled  Aug.  30,  1862. 


Spoor,  privntc,  13th  Inf.  Eulisted  ISiil 
I  Smith,  private.  4th  .\rt.  Re-enlisted. 
Stroivger,   bugler,  Co.  A,  3th  Cav. 


Enlisted  Aug.  7,  19C2 


James  A.  Taylor,  private,  Co.  O,  1 
and  soon  after  discharged. 

John  Worthing. 
P.  Ward. 
James  Wood. 
William  Werklcy. 
Henry  Winney. 

Justus  Wheeler,  private,  Rifles.     Died  at  Xew  Orleans. 

William  \.  Woodwortli,  private,  Co.  G,  140th  luf.     Eiili-tcd  .\ug.  23,  1362:  promoter!  coi 

Abijub  Wo<.J,  private,  Co.  II,  10<lh  Inf.     Erili-lcd  I>02. 

Silas  II.  White,  private,  Co.  L,  .'Slh  C:iV.    Enli.i.,1  Auj.  :'.il.  IsCJ  :  killed  at  battle  of  Boonsl.or. 
Jacob  Woilei,  private,  Co.  L,  Stii  Cav.     Enli-lcd  A.i-.  .:il.  Is,;... 
Merrill  Wright,  private,  Co.  E,  lO.stU  Inf.      Enii-lod  l-i;2;   descrt-l. 

Henry  A.  Wright,  private,  Co.  A,  litsth  Inf.     Enlisted  July  2.  lsr._';  deserted  at  Anticliiui. 
SandforJ  Webb,  private,  Co.  G,  140th  Inf.     Enlisted  .Vug.  2j,  1S62 :  killed  at  Geltysbur; 
July  2,  1363. 

Edward  C.  Whitehead,  private.  Rifles.     Enlisted  Aug.  30,  1362. 

Winchester,  ami  nut  heard  from. 

William  II.  WchJier,  priv.ile,  Sth  Cav.     Enli-te  I  1161 ;  wounde.1  at  Beverly  Ford. 

Jacob  W.Agley,  private,  Co.  B,  Slli   Car.      Enlisted  1361 ;   supposed  to   have  been  caplured 


PERRIXTON. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Arnold,  W.Tlim,  ~ii  X.  Y.  C.r. 

Amtio,  n.rriJuD.  i:jlh  N.  Y.  tor. 

AduDS,  Guy  C,  10:th  \,  Y.  lof. 

Allen,  Oliver,  coq-ital.  lilh  N.  Y.  En?. 

Adimi,  Friaklin,  IiKlh  N,  V.  Inf.     Eoluted  Aii;.,  IS02. 

Aiutia,  Qforgo  L_  »tli  C.kr. 

BuriingBine,  Jos.  K-,;.l  lieitt,  nth  X,  T.  rnf.     Enlisted  I«8I. 

Beilbj,  Heory.  liltb  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisti-d  1S61  ;  prisooer  11  monlhi. 

Beilbr,  Oe.jr;e,  I3lh  X.  V.  Inf.     Enl.slcd  l-iil. 

Benion,  S^.aa^lch,IO^!h  X.  Y.  Inf.     Ei.li.lcd  H03. 

Bolcher.Thr,!.  U,  drummer.  lOSlh  N.  Y.  Iii^      F.ul„te.l  .VuJ..  1S62. 

Bo<iD,  Ed.io  .*..  10«lh  X.  Y.  lof.      EDiisled  Au^...  1^62. 

BfcTTJ,  Charlel,  19Slh  X.  Y.  lof.      Eoliatcj  Au-..  1S1J2. 

BerMrd,  Henry  J,  lOSlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Eulisr.  .1  Au,;.,  1S62. 

Bortlej,  Bernard,  lOSlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli..l».l  A.ii;..  Is52. 

Browoell.  Jer..me,  10S>b  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli-i..]  A^i,-..  I»li2. 

Benedict,  George,  i:ih  X.  Y.  Inf.     E:iM«c  1  I  Mil. 

Bnekle»,Chu.  C.,10-ih  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enl.sleJ  Auj..  IS62. 

B«iIe7,CbiirleJ,  lO.^th  X.  Y.  Inf.     EnlnliJ  Aj_,'.,laC2. 

B«rger,  Wm.  0^  UPth  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enliitcd  SepL,  1362. 

Jt,..«l..,  M.r'i^. -MV.Y.  '-r. 


.  Inf.     Re.enli*ted. 


Bro.n,  3.  B.  1.-.d  X.  Y.  In 

Butler,  SacnuelF,  lieu!.,  3 

Brownell,  Kiny'ler,  Jin  X.  Y.  Cue. 

Baler,  Jnenb,  8th  X.  T.  Car. 

B»b«ock,  Ambrose  U.  eorpornl,  3th  S.  T.  Car.     Re-enliiled. 

Bi»ok.,B.A,9thX.Y.  Cav. 

Badlong,  AValtcr,  IM  corporal,  :.d  X.  X.  Car. 

Barvi,  Michael,  corporal,  3il  X.  Y.  Cav.     (Prisoner.) 

Benedict,  Gould  S.,5(llh  X.  Y.  En;;.     Eoliiiled  Jan..  13ti3. 

Bnak^  Alfred  U.  Mlh  X.  Y.  En;.     Enlisted  J.in..  1S63. 

BeUby.Thoma!,  50th  X.  y.  Enj.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1S63:  te-eoliited. 

B«ojamin,  Saoincl,  69th  Ohin  Inf. 

Barrett,  Enoch,  iOih  X.  Y.  En;.     Enlisted  1S63. 

BorUe,  George  iOlh  X.  Y.  Eok.     Enlisted  ISM. 

Beojamin,  Jerry  M. 

Botcher,  Henry  T. 

Bortle,  Bvldon,  lOJlh  X.  Y  Inf. 

Cone,  William,  13th  .V.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1S6I  :  reenlisted  8lh  Car. 

Cole,  Uenry,  lOSth  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Au?..  l.»C2. 

Comoi,  Chas.  v.,  UOlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept..  1662  ^  ro-enlisled  U.£ 

Caiy,  Edwin,  UOlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept..  l«f;2. 

Chapman,  Harry,  UOth  X.  Y.  luf.     JInltjted  SepL,  1S62. 

Cole,  Otis,  1st  licut,3:;d  X  Y.  Inf. 

Carpenter,  Jnmes  M.,  llf.th  .V.  Y.  Inf. 

Corwio,  Stephen,  107th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Ensijrn.bcarer  of  Hooker's  staff". 

Coains,  Henry,  captain,  3d  X.  Y.  Cav.     Transferred  1st  l'.  3.  Caf. 

CoHins,  Thos.  D.,  J.1  X.  Y.  Car.     Ro-enlisled  list  X.  Y.  Car. 

Collins,  Homer  3..  6ih  U.  S.  Car. 

Chesebro,  Myron,  ICth  C.  S.  Inf. 

Ch»d«ick,  Duanr,  JOlh  X.  Y.  En;.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1363. 

Copeland,  E  l«in,  .Id  X.  Y.  Car. 

Collins,  Edwin.     (Cnknnwa.j 

Ca«!,  Frederick,  :^th  Oh.o. 

Downer,  Edwin,  I3lh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1J(>2. 

Downing,  Thos.  H,  l.t  sergeant,  lO.-ith  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362. 

Drjer,  John,  109lh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Auj.,  1562. 

Dickens,  HuKiert  S,  12:th  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Dancy,  Charles,  3th  X.  Y.  Car. 

Dickinson,  Wm.,  Sth  X.  Y.  Cav. 


,Chnrl 


.  Y.  Ar 


1  Jan.,  1S6.3. 


Doberty,  Michael,  50lh  En; 

Downing,  Thos.,  Mth  En;.     Enlisted  Jan..  l»ii.3. 

Downing,  Spencer,  50lh  Eo;.     Enlisted  Jan_  1363. 

Dickinson.  Arch.,  81b  N.  Y.  Car. 

Dickinson,  Ilahbell  S.,  126th  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Eaton,  0.  C,  3.3d  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Embury.  Albert,  corporal,  I  JOth  X.  T.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1862. 

Emery,  John,  1 1th  X.  Y.  Heavy  Art. 

F»Metl,J.J.,8thX.Y.  Cav.     Re-cnli.trd  lOSIb  X.  Y.  Inf. 

F»««e(t,Alonro,  103th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enl.-icd  An;..  lJi;2. 

Pentoo,  Frederick,  dnimmer.  ir.th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1362. 

Filkins,  George,  l:lth  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enhnled  ISOI. 

Field,  Charles,  lOSIh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlist,  1  A.i--,  r<62. 


.  Y    In 


,  Rob. 


Enii 


Fellow.,  Jer..n„-.  I n«lh  .N.  Y.  Ii 
Fish,Myr..n,5nil,  X.Y.  E..;. 
Gooilell.  Cbarks.  I.'.lh  N.  Y.  In 
Orceti,  K.lwin  .1.,  M-nfranf.  Kit 
Giblin,  John,  lu-lth  X.  Y.  Inf. 


Gardner.  Russell.  UOth  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enliited  Sept..  1862. 
OooJell,  Aseph,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Oaffney,  Charles,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Qillett,  Henry  C,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 


liddy. 


ed  IS63. 


Hoffner,  Peter,  13th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1862. 
Hart,  Joel  S.,  lOjih  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  IS62, 
Hisler,  Philip,  lOSib  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli-ted  Aug.,  1802. 
Howard,  Simenn  P.,  maj.ir,  lOSth  X.  Y.  Inf.     Eulined  Aug., 
Hutchinson,  Chester,  llirllh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli.tid  Au;..  1362  ; 
Hine.  Dennison  C,  lOSIh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Aui;  ,  IWJ. 
H.ggins.  William,  UOlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enliated  Aug.,  1362. 
Hart.  Egbert,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Harrison,  John,  .1.3d  X.  Y.  Inf. 


Inf. 


1  X.  Y.  lof. 


Haien.Marccllus 
Haven.,  John  S, 
Hart,  Samuel,  33d  laf. 
Hammond,  Stanley,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Hill,  John,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Hill,  R.'bertL..152J  X.Y.  Inf. 
Hill,  Darid,Ij2d  X  Y.  Inf. 
Hitchcock,  John.  1  J2a  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Harens,  Francis,  13Sth  X.  Y.  Inf. 


.50th  ^ 


Tran 


sted  Jan..  1363. 

listed  Jan.,  1363. 

^d  Jan,  1863. 

sted  Jan.,  1363. 


Hall,  Henry  D.,  iOih  X.  Y.  En?. 

Hickey,  Matthew,  50.h  X.  Y.  En 

Hart,  Isaac  X.,  50th  X.  Y.  Eng.      Enlisted  Jan.,  I.«63. 

Hamilton,  Lee.  50tb  X.  Y.  Eng.     Enli.^ted  Jan.,  1803. 

Hart.  Chancer  B-.  I8tb  BuL 

Bard,  Geo.  C,  U.  S.  Xavy.     On  the  "  Susquehanna." 

Hall,  Edwin  A. 

Heller,  William. 

Hill,  Amos,  16'nh  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Jerrells,  David  C,  13th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  !361. 

JerrellB,  Ebencjcr  D,  Mlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1862. 

Jerrells,  Wm.  H,  l::tb  X.  Y.  luf.     Enlisted  1302. 

Jordan,  Edwin.  13th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1301. 

Jerrels,  Benjamin,  Ulh  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Jackson,  Martin  S.,  jOth  X.  Y.  Eng.     Enlisted  January,  186.3. 

Kelly,  William,  10.3th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enhstcd  Aug.,  Iifi2  :  re  enlisted  jOth  En;. 

Kimball,  Bradford.  UOlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  S..pt..  1S62. 

Keeler,  William,  drummer,  lOilh  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Lincoln,  Charlton.  13th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1361. 

LInuell,  Uenry  II.,  13tb  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  1362. 

LynJen,  Albert  P..  UOlh  N.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  H62  ;  prisooer  11  montl 
LaSath,  George,  UOtb  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1362. 

Larwood,  Samuel  A.,  .33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Lepold,  John,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Larwood,  Lorenio,  33d  X.  Y.  lof. 

Larwood,  Robert,  33d  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Lawrence,  Asahcl  P.,  5lh  N.  Y.  Vet.  Car. 

Lawrence,  Alfre.l  C.  5th  X.  Y.  Vet.  Car.     Wounded. 

Lawrence,  David  W..  3lh  X.  Y.  Cav. 

Lewis,  George,  6lb  U.  S.  Cav. 

Ully,  Herman,  Burns'  Bat. 

L»ne,Charles  W,  oOih  X.  Y.  Eng,     Eoliste    Jan.,  1SC3. 
,  Lewis,  W.W.,  50th  X.  Y.  En;.     Enlisted  J:    .,  1S03  :  transferred  to  Ijlb  X.  : 

Lewis,  Melanclhon,  1031h  X.  V.  Inf.     Enli.tid  1S62. 

Moore,  Charles  E,  drummer.  lOSIh  X.Y.  Inf.     Eulijlrd  Aug.,  1862. 

Morrison,  Wm.  II..  lostb  X.  Y.  Inf.     EnlisleJ  Aug.,  1362. 

Myers,  Frederick.  lOSth  .V.  Y.  Inf.     Enliitel  Au;..  1<62. 

Mann.  Henry,  lOSih  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Au;..  1862. 

Moore,  John,  I03lh  X.  Y.  Inf.     EnlisTed  An;.,  l.*U2. 

Moore,  Ira,  103th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Eolisled  An;  .  1-62. 

McNeal,  James,  ll)3th  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug..  l.<:62;  rcenliited  102.1  Pa. 

Moore,  J.ihn  M.,  lOSlh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enlistc  1  Aug.,  1362;  ro-enlistcl  96lh  X.  ' 

Moseley,  A.  D..  Umh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli-lcl  Sept.,  1302:  prisooer  II  months. 

Blarlin,  Alc.tan.ler,  1  lOlh  N.  Y.  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1M2. 

McOuire,  Patrick.  3,1  1  X.  Y.  lof. 

McGuire.  .Michael,  33,1  X.Y,  Inf. 

Mack,  John  F„2Tth  X.  Y.  Inf. 

Miller,  Malhias,  SlUh  X.  V.  En;.     Enlisted  Jan.,  1863. 

Magio,  James.     Eulistrd  io  BulTalu. 

Macley,  Jacob. 

Muicioo,  James. 

Markhesl,  Frank,  I.^lh  X,  Y.  V..I. 


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HISTORY  OF  5I0NR0E  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


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Smith,  John  Q.,  ICSlh  X.  Y.  I..r 

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Bbepp,  Anibonj,  libib  X.  Y  In 
Shoale.Jobn,  lOS.b  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Staples,  Daniel  T.,  61lb  y.  Y.  Ii 
lr».|»ell,  Orion,  lO^tb  N.Y.  In 
Tripp,  n.  W.,  losib  y.  Y.  luf. 
Thompson,  John,  3;!J  X.  T.  Inf. 
Tillman,  Bjron,  lit  si-rseant,  22a  X.  Y.  Car, 
Tallman,  Or.ille,  11131b  y.  T.  Inf.     EulisleJ 


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Vin  Duaen,  Franklin,  Unib  >'.  Y.  Inf. 
Vm  Xe..,  John  C.  Slh  X.  Y.  C.v. 
Vm  Ihii^en,  WLlbjn..  IJntb  X.  Y.  Inf. 
Vandcrh..8',.M3rtin  V..  ilMli  X.  Y.  En". 
Wb.le,  J..hn.  l:ilh  X.  Y.  Inf.     Enli-le.!  1 
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William..  J..hn.  atuinnicr,  l.~.lh  X.  Y.  Inf 
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aoeferrcd  to  3d  Car. 


Weatcrman,  Charles. 
Welm.tre,  Pbilip. 
Widoer.OeoriJr,  lllil 
TjIe.Cliarle.  E.,  lerj 
Talc,  George  11.,  11:1 


PITTSFORD. 


AnticUm,  ete. ;  Jis 
FilbbeeV,  J..bn, 
Fisher,  John   M. 

Oettysbur;,  Wil.lcr 
Fordham,  WiUlm 


Ke«ney,  Gc.rge,  Co.  Q,  lit 
lighlhnrt,  Michael,  Co.  D, 
Malone,  Michael,  Co.  D,  I  111 


April,  138-J;  ha 


■,-.,  ISCl ;  killed  at  Cedar  Creek  OcL.  HHl 
\SK:  killed  at  Richmond  Aug.  19.  IHCI 
ISIjl;  Uiicbarged;  re^uli-ted ;  wounded 


Milhnian,  William,  Co.  O,  IM  Bat.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1S63  :   di.charje.l  Aug  ,  13r)J. 

Xorton,  Burton,  Co.  L,  1st  Art.     Enli.ted  Oit,  1961;   in   battles   AntnUin,  Fri.dericksburg, 

Parry,  j'ohn  M.,  Co.  L,  1st  Art.  Enlirted  Oct.,  1961 ;  in  battles  Antielam,  Frederickiborg, 
Gettysburg,  Wilderness,  etc.;  discharged. 

Proscu.-,  John  A.,  Co.  C,  lOSlb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  IS62 ;  in  many  battles;  srounded ;  Jis. 

Patterson,  Eira  A.,  Co.  C,  lOStb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  ISBI  :  did  of  wound  reeeired. 

Rinker,  John,  Co.  C,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug..  1S61;  killed  at  lleity.horg. 

Reynolds,  0.  W.,  Co.  G,  13lb  luf.  Enlisted  May,  13C1;  batlle  of  Bull  Run;  IraosferrcJ 
to  Co.  K,  31  C»e. 

Shepherd,  Miller,  Co.  F,  22d  Car.     Enlisted  April,  lSf.5;  discharged. 

Sturdy,  Reynolds,  Co.  O,  l.ltb  Inf.     Ealijto  i  April,  H6I ;  killed  at  Maltern  Hill. 

Tillolson,  Geo.  F.,  Co.  L,  1st  Art.  Enlisted  Oct.,  1361  ;  bailies  o[  second  Bull  Ron,  An 
tietam,  Fredericksburg,  lictlysburg.  Wilderness,  etc. ;  discbarjc.l. 

Wood,  Thomas,  Co.  C,  103th  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  19C1 :  dischargv-d  1S62,  on  account  of  dia 


abilil 


Walters,  George,  Shar.,..shooters.  Enlisted  An;.,  13(i2; 
Wiggins,  James,  8tb  Ueary  Art.  Enlisted  ISM  ;  died  i« 
Zornow,  William,  lOSlb  Int.     Enlisted  Oct,  1361;  died  i 


1  Blob, 


1  Aug.  H,  UW. 


BEIGHTON. 


Porter  Farley,  Co.  G,  Unih.     Enlisted  Aug.  31,  1.362;  promoted  to  captain. 
Daniel  Ringle,  Co.  G.  HOlh.     Enlisted  Aug.  27,  ISii;;  discharged  Dec,  136*. 
Frederick  Doe,  Co.  G,  UOth.     Enlislcd  Aug.  2a,  ISC2. 
Hugh  Bums,  Co.  D,  UOlb.     Enlisted  Aug.  30,  l»i;2. 
William  Birmingham,  UOth.     Enlisted  Aug.  29,  13|J2. 
John  S.  llildretb,  Co.  D,  UMh.     Enlisted  Aug.  23.  1SB2. 

Washington  Borden,  Co.  F,  ItOlh.     Enlisle.|  Aug.  30,  1302. 

Hugh  McCaHery,  Co.  C,  UOth.     Enlisted  Aug.  29,  1362. 

WinBeld  S.  Richards,  Co.  E,  UOlh.     Enlislcd  Aug.  30.  1«62. 

John  Snyder,  Co.  C,  UOlh.     Enli,le.|  Aug.  26,  1862:  discharEcd  M.\v  17,  1965. 

William  Orcgor,  Co.  G,  UOlh.     Enlislcd  Aug.  26,  1302;  died  June  20,  1964. 

Hichaol  Myers,  Co.  O,  UMb.     Enl.sled  Sept  1,  1S62. 

Rudolph  llilboll,  Co.  G,  UOlh.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362. 

Benjamin  llillakcr,  Co.  C,  UOth. 

William  Burning,  UOth.     Enliale.l  Aug.,  1SC2. 

Casiol  Stephenson.  UOlh  or  M3lh.     Enli.le.l  I.W2. 

Daniel  Ringsley,  Co.  G,  I  lOib.     Enlisted  .luly,  1312. 

Franklin  Evans,  Co.  D.  UOth.     Enl.suJ  Aug..  lSi-.2;  died. 

Captain  Tholii.u  B.  Yale,  Co.  0.  imh.      Enli.u-.l  Aug..  Is.;2;   .lis.-hnrged  Dec.  2 

Edwin  Bounds,  Co.  0,  pwih.      Enlisted  Aug.  7,  nS2 ;  di...h,srged  .h,ly  10,  1300. 

George  Pullen,  Co.  G,  10-ilh.     Eulijt.d  Aug.  9.  1«112  ;  dicl  May  U,  1364. 

Edward  T.  Ambrose,  Co.  G.  lOStb.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362. 

John  Daek,  109lh.     Etiliste.l  Aug.  2:1,  1362. 

Norman  Westfiill,  Co.  I,  Uisib.     Eiil.fted  Aug.  11,  1962  ;  discharged  Mar,  lS6i. 

Aleiander  Brons.m,  103ih.     Enlisle.l  Aug.  2.1.  1862. 

Albert  Strong,  lOSth.     Enlisted  Aug.  21-.,  1362. 

Bol^rt.S.  Ambrose,  Co.  G.  losib.      Euliste.l  March  12,  1362;  died  May  15,  1964. 

William  Dowd,  Jr.,  Co.  li.  H>-th.      Enlisted  Aug.  IS.  I3C2. 

Robert  Kedtrard,  Co.  G.  103ih.     Enliste.l  Aug.  5,  1962;  discharged  June,  1863. 

John  Riehmon.l,  Co.  G.  103|h.      Enli.le.l  Aug.,  1362. 

Jamel  Taylor,  Co.  G,  1031b.     Enlisted  July,  1962. 

Henry  Booth,  103lh.     Euli-le,l  13r,2. 

Andrew  B.K.lh,  liHlh.     Enlisl.-I  1362. 

Jerome  Browning.  10«lh.      Enlisted  Aug.,  1.3G2. 


Tho 


HISTORY  OF  ilONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


John  H.  V»t  ADC.irp,  Co.  E,  :rih  For      Enl,j;cO  Juij,  1S6I  ;  k,l!ej  Mirth  II,  lS8i, 

WJta-  V.  Jump,  K-ih  Art     En!..te.l  Apnl,  1-il. 

Jo.ilt  H.ukm.o,    Co.  E,  2rih  [of.      KiilistM  liir.l,  1S41. 

John  Lour  lj.  Co.  E.  ;;i!i.     Enli.<tcJ  April,  ISIil. 

Biroara  M  -Lausblin,  Co.  B.  17.>[h  Inf.     EqUsIcU  Sept.  28,  1(402. 

Pelsr  UiUoD.  i:ili  Inf. 

Am04  Cajbmor«,  Mio  IkT,     EnH^ti-l  .  .n.  ?,  ISM;  -li«oharyed  March,  1S62. 

Jt<DM  W^,r.  13U.  l.f.     E,.li,-t.-,l  .Ug   30.  IS82  ;  di-^r.ri 

Thomu  C«.-[ill.,.  ICih  Inf.     EolirilM  1*02. 

aichlrd  A.  D«rlieg.  IC.h  I.ir.     EnUslo.l  1««2. 

Sunujl  W.  Divi.,  Uti  Inf.     EiilinlcJ  Or---.  H.  1S61. 

Joho  noben,  Co.  U,  I'.lh  Inf.     EolistoJ  April  2i.  ISRl. 

WUliun  B«rrj,  Co.  H,  13th  lof.     Enlutc.1  .■icpl.  29.  1.SB2:  dischnrft.!  M«r,  18«5. 

Tramaa  Rohbio*,  13lh  Inf.     EiiUitM  Di*<.  16.  l**!'.!;  ilijibargra  June.  Is«.t. 

John  Bull'iiao,  Co.  G,  194lh  let.     Enli^tc.l  Feb.  .1.  13ti2;  discharged  Eeb.  4.  1865. 

Llurenco  CaM»-»o,  lOOlb  Inf.     Euli^te-i  Not.,  ISUl. 

John  MtMinn,  Co.  C,  lOOth  Inf.     Euhsled  Sot.  T.  l.«6I. 

Jame»  Dack,  Jr..  Co.  D.  lOUlh  lof.     Enli*led  Au?.  J.  1?62 ;  died  SepL,  16M. 

Michael  Callagati,  Co.  C,  lOOlh  Inf.     Eoliited  Not.,  1.181. 

Heorj  Neocr,  lOilh  Inf.     Enh.tcd  Not.  29.  Hfil. 

VaraJ  Loce,  llUh  lof.     Enlisted  Au?.  23.  1562. 

Abraham  Carl,  Ul..t  Inf.     Enlisted  .\ug.  26.  1SC2. 

Benjamin  Ambriuter,  lolst  Inf.     Euluted  Aug.  31,  I86I. 

Uichael  Du»J.  2.1  Art.     Enlisted  MaT  H.  1S61. 

Iiaa<i  Klein.  ITth  Inf.     Enlisted  April  I,  1862:  misiins. 

Michael  Mooner,  ISth  Art.     EnliMted  Deo.  23.  \f63. 

Ciarlei  8.  Ua^m.in,  ISth  Art     Enli«ed  Dec.  16.  1.^63. 

Henrj  Redman,  18th  Art.     Enlisted  Dec.  14.  180.3. 

Henry  M.  Dyer.  ISth  -Art.     Enlisted  .\u;.  19,  l-'*52 :  discharged  July  20,  1345. 

MaiTla  D.  French,  ISth  Art.     Euliated  Aug.  :».  1862. 

Hiram  Smith,  181h  Art.     Enlisicd  Aug.  2:5.  1S62. 

Cliarlel  Westfall,  ISth  Art.     Enliitod  Aug.  22.  1362.  ;:'.«■>     ■ 

William  Stevenson,  131h  Art.     Enlisted  July,  1802. 

A.  a.  Maob.  isih  .Vrt.     Enlisted  July.  1862. 

Prancla  M.  Nash,  Co.  K,  4th  ArL     Enlisted  Jan.  22.  ISiH;  dischargej  Jane  26,  18«i. 

Eugene  Austin.  Co.  51,  4th  Art.     Enlisted  Jan.  22,  1864. 

Peter'Nener,  Co.  L,  1st  Bat.     Enlisted  Dec.  11,  I8CI. 

WUliam  Hickman.  Co.  L.  1st  Eat.     Enlisted  March  15,  IS63. 

Lou'ii  Snyder,  Co.  C,  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Ao;.,  1363. 

Casaius  C.  Bowen,  Co.  L,  21.«  C.it.    Enli.tcl  Jan.  4,  1364:  died  Sept.  7.  1863. 

Joho  H.  Wickhjm,  Co.  L,  21>t  CaT.     Enlisted  Deo.  10,  1603;  discharged  May  19.  I8«i. 

Herachel  Coly,  Co.  L,  21st  Car.     Enlisted  Dec.  30.  1863;  died. 

Michael  Flynn.  Co.  L,  21st  Cav.     Enlisted  Jan.  3,  18IU:  died  July  16.  1864. 

Daniel  UibbarJ.  Co.  L,  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  16,  l.sSS. 

Augustus  U.  llarrey,  Co.  L.  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec  8.  1863. 

William  R.  Palcben.  Co.  L,  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  31.  1803. 

Henry  S.  Redman,  Co.  L,  2l8t  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  20.  1863  :  dischargr^l  July  r,  I8«5. 

Oeorje  Storenson,  Co.  L.  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  31.  1863. 

Eldridge  F.  Taylor.  Co.  L.  21sl  CaT.     Enlisted  Deo.  14.  1363;  died  OcU  1,  IS64. 

Elwell  0.  Warren,  Co.  L,  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  31,  1863. 

William  P.  Shelmire,  Co.  L.  21  :t  CnT.     Enlisted  Deo.  30,  1863. 

Hngb  StfTenson,  Co.  L,  21st  CaT.     Enlisted  Jan.  6,  1S61. 

Frederick  Ba.ley,  1st  Col.     Enlisted  Sept.  14,  1364.  .        '.'•-J 

William  Snyder.  Co.  C,  3d  Car.     EnUste.1  Feb.  2,  1864. 

Albert  Princ,  Car.     Enlisted  March  9,  1865. 

William  Binning.  Car.     Enlisted  March  U.  lS6j. 

Charles  Bcuman,  CaT.     Enlisteil  .March  21,  I860. 

Joha  K.  Bfcimbley.  22d  CaT.     Enlisted  Dec.  2.  1863. 

Michael  Molooe,  3d  CsT.     Enlisted  Jan.  o.  1864. 

George  Ilarfoiss,  Sth  CaT.     Enlisted  March  6.  1365. 

Frank  Robinson.  8lh  CaT.     Enlisted  March  8.  186j. 

Bayramd  Gasper.  Co.  B.  Sth  CaT.     Enlisted  March  i.  1S65. 

Willis  »  II.  Cline,  Co.  B,  81h  CaT.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1.861. 

John    ane.  Co.  M.  Sth  Cav. 

John  U.  Greene,  Co.  B.  Sth  Car.     Enlisted  Feb.  21,  1864:  deserted. 

Jeremiah  Hickman,  Co.  B.  Sth  Cav.     Euliste.1  Aug..  1861. 

Caleb  Moore,  Co.  B,  8ih  Cav.     Enlisted  SepL  IS,  1861;  promoted  to  major. 

James  Bliss,  Co.  B,  Sib  Cut.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1861;  promoted  to  lieutcnaot.colooe). 

Joiiaa  .B.  Davis,  Co.  B,  Sth  Cav.     Enlisted  Sept.  12.  1S61;  discharged  .May.  ISCt. 

M»rt-i  J.  Taylor.  Co.  B.  «th  Cut.     Enlisted  Sept.  11.  1861 ;  died  Aug.  10,  1862. 

AlTmo  Uibbard.  Co.  B,  8th  Cav.     Enlisted  Sept.  10,  1S6I. 

John  Call.ighao,  Co.  B,  Sth  Cav.     Enliste.1  Sept.  10,  1861. 

ChaiVs  Olce-C,  Mh  Cav.     Enlisted  Aug.  26.  1.862. 

H»rl3n  II.  Fairl.snk.  Co.  L,  8,h  Cuv.     Enlisle.1  Aug.  23,  1362. 


I  Cav.     Enli 


Enl- 


Peter  Lutes,  Sth  Cav.  Enl.slcl 
Eicbard  .M.Tlry,  Co.  SI.  "ih  I' .v. 
Michael  Ruir,  3lh  Car.  Enli-led  Aii;..  I«ii2. 
John  Bloss.  Co.  U  Sth  Cav.  Knii.to.l  18..2: 
Isaac  Ell.o.id,  Co.  B,  Sth  Cav.  Enlisted  .S.f 
Henry  Ijiny,  Co.  B,  Slh  Cut.  Enlisted  IVt 
John  n.  Uii..nl..r.v,  C...  B.  sth  lav.  Enlist. 
George  .Mackiniie,  C...  B.  8lh  Cav.  Enlisli-I 
EnoS  B.  P.ir.ons.  81b  Cav.  Enli.tcl  S-pt.  I, 
Andre.  Ilouse.e.l,  8ih  Cav.     Enlist.d  Nov. 


\ug.  23.  1802;  discharged  June,  1865. 

:9.  I  .-CO. 

isted  Aug.  30,  1862. 


died  March.  18U. 


Robert  Kent.     Enlistcl  April  4.  I800. 
James  Il^'kins.  Co.  F.  lustb. 
Michael  Keenan.  Co.  C.  iOlb  Eng. 
Martin  3.  J4ek!,.n,  50ih  Eng.     Enlistcl  Jan 


Patrick  MoCabc.  lixih  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1362. 
John  Bice,  108th  Inf. 

George  R-.tx,  lOSth  Inf.  Enli-ted  Aug.,  1802. 
Jacob  Spring.  lUSth  Inf.  Enlisted  July,  1862. 
Michael  Cocklan.     Enlisted  1362. 

Crittenden.     Enlisted  1862. 

Patrick  Downing.     Enlisted  1862. 

Emanuel  Luce.     Enlisted  .\ug..  1362. 

Joseph  McCoy.     Enhit.-I  1162. 

Merritt  Atwood.     Enlistcl  July.  18C2. 

Jamea  W.  Stanley.     Enlisted  July,  1862. 

Patrick  Hcnepy. 

John  Uallinge.     Enlisted  July  21,  1862. 

John  Himn,  jllh  Inf.     Euliste.1  July  26,  1364. 

WiUiam  Dooevan,  54th  Inf.     Enlisted  July  26,  1864. 

Caleb  R.  liubbie,  51th  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.  26,  1864. 

John  Hol,en,  Jr.,  511h  Inf.     Eolislod  Aug.  3,  1861:  discharged  Nov.,  1364. 

Gilbert  Shanti,  54lh  Inf.     Enlisted  1861. 

Josepi  Schraeder,  3d  CaT.     Enliste.l  Feb.  25,  1864;  died  Aug.  2,  1864. 

Simeon  >'.  Rood,  Sth  .trL     Enlisted  1862;  discharged  Dec.  13,  1804. 

C.  O.  Starkweather,  Co.  .\,  61st  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1802  ;  .lischarged  July  13, 

F.  a.  Coracr,  Co.  B,  93d  Inf.     Enlisted  Not.  15,  1361 :  discharged  Aug.,  1364. 

George  Jewett.  Co.  E,  142d  Inl'.     Enlisted  Sept.  5,  1364. 

William  Riley,  151st  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1802. 

John  F.  Freeman. 

John  Glosser,  64lh  Inf. 

William  Stoncburner,  Co.  C,  4th  Art--    Enlisted  Deo.  29,  1863. 

Ira  8.  Barnes,  22d  Cnv.     Enlisted  April  11,  1865. 

John  McLaughlin,  33d  Inf. 

John  J.  Bowen. 

Alexander  Allen. 

John  G.  Klinck.     Enlisted  July,  1361  :  promoted  to  colonel. 

Charles  J.  McLaughlin,  2.'.d  Mich.     Enlistcl  .Sept.  15.  1862. 

Augustus  D.  Caniphell.  3d  Mich.  Car.     Enliste-i  Sept.  23,  1863. 

John  McEvoy,  lllb  Ind. 

Samuel  D.  Thompson,  24th  Mich. 

Albert  Fowkes.  7th  III.  Cav.     Enlisted  Nov.  2.  1801:  dischnrgel  Oct.,  1864. 

Chester  B.  R.char.ls,  Navy.     Enlisted  Feb.  6,  1802;  discharged  June,  1865. 

Sebastian  Glosser.  Navy.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1364;  discharged  Aug..  1865. 

Henry  Ward.  I-Uib  Inf.     Enlisted  .March,  1364. 

Charles  W.  Blanchard.     Enlisted  1862. 

George  B.  Seldeo,  108lh  Inf.     Enlisted  June  21,  1864. 

Charles  Vancley,  Co.  B,  Slh  Cav.     Enlisted  Oct.  21,  1361. 

Jeremiah  Remington. 

Jndson  Bowen,  21st  Cay.     Enlisted  Aug.  1,  1363. 

George  E.  Howes,  Co.  B,  Sth  Cav.     Enlisted  Deo.  29.  1363  ;  July.  1S65. 

George  S.  Smith,  74th  Penna.     Enliste.1  June,  1863;  July,  1863. 

J.  W.  Thomas,  Bat.  B.     Enlisted  Aug.  2,  1864;  Deo.,  1S64. 

Capt.  John  Hallioger. 

Capl.  John  McMahoo. 

Cipt.  John  Mack,  Macks  Battery.     . 


Biebard  Ambrose. 
Frederick  Ambrose. 


HENRIETTA. 


Erartoa  B.  Sherman,  Co.  D.  131h  Inf.  Died  Dec.  22,  18B2. 
Hiram  W.  Sherman,  Co.  0,  insih  Inf.  Died  Due.  22.  1802. 
James  H.  Shormnn.  102.1  Inf.     Enli-tr.l  .M.ireh  I,  ISG2:   discbsrged  July.  1365. 

Byron  S.  Ilolcomh.  Co.  O.  108th  Inf. 

Barton  A.  Ilolcomb,  3d  CaT. 

Albert  B.  ll..lcomb.  I,8|h  Bat.     Did  NoTcmber  6,  1864. 

Benjamin  C.  Davis,  .«harp-shoolcrs.     Killed. 

Frank  D.  T.bl.ets.     Died  April  21,  1,863. 

Qodlip  Snider.  13lh  Inf. 

Henry  M.  IloKcrts,  Sharp-shooters.     Enlisted  Aug..  1362. 

Aleiaoder  E.  Lee.  ISth  Bat.     Enlistcl  Dec.  J.  l''C3. 

Nathan  Hack,  C.  D.  3:ld  Inf.     Enlistcl  Aug.  .30.  1802:  diKharged  March.  1361. 

George  II.  Clark,  J-t  Pra.; is.     Enli-tcl  -tept.  15.  1304, 


Hot,  E.il.-tcl  Aug.  21.  1862. 
,  18.1,  11,11.  Eiil..t.-,i  De...  25.  1 
1  Bat.      Enl.slcl  Not,,  1801;   d. 


HISTOIIY  OF  -MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Cbsrics  Tor*.  IMth  Ut.     EnliitrU  IMi. 
EJorJ  F.  I)..uily,  SOlh  Eii|.'. 
William  £.  IIiul.  Co.  C.  27tb  Inf.     EnllslcJ  Ms? 
Lmh.r  T.  Roni.^^,.n.  2l..t  Car.     Enlijlt-a  Urc,  1,- 
B«rl«r  M.  f^Liroo,  CV..  II.  lOSlh  Inf.     Enl..lcl  . 


lUrvty  J.  I'..«T,„„,  l„.  11 

lii^h  Ut.      YmIUU-.I  .\«-    11.  IMl  ;   J„oha 

Fci-Jonck  Kr,^r.  Co.  H,  1. 

-111  Inf.     Enlls.fJ  .July  26.  I.s6l!  kill.  J  .\1 

Timothy  ILimagt.iQ.  Cj.  11 

lus.h  Inf.     Enli-.lcJ  Jul,  26,  ISiil. 

Ue^rgellvatl.Co.  11.  IIIMh 

lof.      Ikvorltd. 

H.nr,  Ilj.lMUh.Vr..    t, 

i,u-.l  .Marct..  1.-.;::  died  M.rvh  21.  18(H. 

jMoliShilintn,  .■•lb  Cat.  EnU.t.l  >,|.i.  1-.  1-t 
Delo,  Bro«D.  Enlu-lcd  Feb.  21.  l^Cl. 
Wirren  Van  .UWn.  Enllslei  Feb.  24.  1-104. 
FrsQcis  Stcad.T.  Co.  U,  UUtb  Inf.  Etihned  .\u!;. 
Rudolph  Sfnn,  1-lb  Inf.  Di-*cbargcd  .M.iy  II,  l> 
H«rTcy  A.  DralMr.l.  Co.  D,  l.lth.  Enli--.,d  Ott. 
CtM  .tkoinot.  !?lb  Bat.  Enlisted  -\u-.  211.  I.^o: 
Thomaj  B.  Tntlfc.  Sbarp-shoolers.  Enlisted  .\ug 
JonMhao  C.  Bak^ock.  lu.sih  Inf.  Knlijted  Au?. 
Uwii  JIujter,  Kd  Cav.    Enlisted  Dec.  24.  iJli.l. 


Seymour  Uill,  C«.  I,  1  lorh  Inf.  Ei.li.Ied  .^ept  22.  1 
Edwin  Kent,  Co.  I.  ItOlb  Inf.  Enl.Me.!  Sept.  22.  Is 
Abijah  Gray,  S!uirp-sho.,tcrs.  Euli.-Icd  .luly  l.i,  ISC 
Admorml  S.  SkLser.  ISth  Out.  Enlisted  .^115,  1«62 
D»rwin  E.  Skinner.  I-lth  Inf.  Killed  May  111.  1S64. 
Jeremy  H.  Stone,  Hl-'^th  Int.    Enlirife.1 


I  Ocu  12,  1S63. 


died  February,  196.1. 


[nl.    Enlijte.1  Aug.  la.  I.<ij2;  rtiacliargej  July  20,  l.««5. 
It.    Enli.-tcd  Aug.  VI.  If 6-2:  JLtcharged  June,  l»6o. 

Martin  Gorsel,  l.«lb  B»L    Enlisted  Dee.  7,  ISiil;  dischar-^J  July  31,  1S«5. 

Arthur  F.  Maekry,  Co.  11,  MStb  [nf     Enlisted  .tu-.,  1S62. 

Andrew  S.  Beebe,  Co.  tj.  lOSth  Inf.    Enlisted  Au;.  ti.  l.<62. 

Peter  Frert^  Co.  A,  IC.-th  Inf.    Enlisted  July  l.«.  1S62;  dischargeil  March  1,  1863. 

Charlej  Wigsin.-.  19tb  U.U.    Enlisted  Aug.,  1S62. 

Adtilfhu!  .'„  Ec^^itb,  •:tt  Civ.     E.-.'^.tit  A-;.  30,  13S2;  did  Xor.  :■,  1852. 

E.  E.  Bemhett,  hb  Cur.    Enlisted  Aug.  30,  1S62|  died  Jan.  i,  1803. 

Taylor. 

Kichard  Wells  Co.  O,  lOSth  Inf. 

John  Cruger.  ISIh  Inf.     Enlisted  lilSl. 

Jacob  Steaklin,  Co.  A,  10,*th  Inf     Enliste-l  .July  20,  ]S62;  disehar-ed  July  7.  I860. 

John  Wagoner,  fo.  B,  1  HHh  Inf.     Enlisted  .\or.,  1S02;  discharged  June,  186j. 

Elijah  Leither.  Co.  I.  KUb  Inf.     Discburged  April  16,  1S62. 

Jamea  Cook.  lfr*th  Inf. 

PbUIip  Greg;.  i:tb  Inf. 

Timothy  Ilcigh'ey,  Ui.Hth  Inf.    Enlisted  July  28,  1362. 

FrMik  Picintpol.    Killed. 


I  Booth,  Co. 


Enlis 


Hiram  Booth,  Co.  I,  l.-.th  Inf.    Enlisted 

George  Booth,  litb  Bat.     Enli^tc.i  Ov;t.. 

Michael  .McGra..  UOth  Inf     Euli.tr-  i  A 

J»mes  Pammeil.Sharr-sb.i.ilcrs.     Ei.l.-t 

Jacob  Winslow,  lu-tb  Inf.     Enli-til  An 

William  RussiU.  lO.^tb  Inf.     Enliste  1  Au2  ,  1-02. 

Henry  Carncs,  l«-lh  Inf.     Enlisted  .\iig.,  Isli.';  died. 

Frederick  Bailey.  Sth  Cav. 

James  Bailey,  Ji,  8th  Cav. 

Jamea  Bailey.  Sik  Cav. 

George  Bailey,  IlOlh  Inf. 

OUo  Gasb,*101th  Inf. 

Joaeph  Taylor,  It-ith  Inf. 

John  King.  Uth  Inf. 

John  Cornhilt. 

John  OConnell,  insth  Inf. 

LieuL  Mead  Williams,  ,-tbnrp  shooters.     Enli.>tcd  Aog 

Jamea  W.  Snow,  Co.  II.  lll.-lh.      Knlislc  I  .lulv  21.  KO: 

Henry  B.  Chapman,  21st  Cav,     Ei.i.'tcl  Dee.  1,  1803. 

George  W.  .Mattb..     Enlisted  Aug.  I'J,  Il-ll.'. 


scharged  July  7,  1S65. 


.  Xewlc 


ug,,  1802, 


Uriah  Butter,  Ibh  Car, 

Cbarles  C.x'k,  l.^lb  Bat.     Enlisted  SepL,  1862. 

Orlaaeo  Ilarrio-^ton. 

Uarvcy  P.  Tool,  llth  Art. 


Gardner,  Alnbm..e.  Dischnru'C' 
Hauks,  John.  Ih-cbnrgcd  l-'i. 
Hill,  Seymour,  llOtS  Inf.     Enii 


r  disability. 

r  prison  Oct.  29, 


HarHs.  Siuuue 
Hartley,  Tiuiu 

Kiae.  Daniel  ] 
Lothridge,  Ro 
Lincoln,  Sam. 
McC.ll,  Aiidri 


Sherman,  Henry.  1- 
Stevenson,  Charles. 
13,  1862. 


1  Jul.v,  1902;  discharged  1865. 


1  Frodoricksljurg  Dec. 


Simm 


1,  Jaj.  U. 


Enlisted  March,  1S64;  discharged  1 


Terry,  Qeu.  51..  Ii 
Tompkins,  Chas. 
Thr««her.  Ceo.  I 
Tompkins,  Unrwe 


Arebibald,  William,  1081b  1 
BeH  Robert,  ir.th  Inf.  En 
Brandt,  Christian.  I3th  Inf 


Rusn. 


liedMarchU,  1801,  of  wounds, 
battle  Fredericksburg  Due.  1803. 
barged  1802;  disability. 


.May,  130 


CIeg;itI,  William.  Enlisted  Jan.,  1864:  promoted  to  corpornl:  died  in  hospital  \ov.  10,  1S04. 

Coreoran,  James.  22d  Cav.     Enlisted  Dec,  1803;  wounded:  discharged  130j. 

Craft.  Andrew  I.,  119th  Inf.     Enlisted  .M.i.i.  1304:  discharged  1865. 

Cook,  Randall,  50th  Eng.     Diaiharged  IS05. 

Colt,  Leonard  C^  14Litb  Inf.  Enlisted  Sept.,  1S02;  In  AndcrsonTilla  prisin  3  mouths;  dis- 
ebarged  1805. 

Clickner,  John  P.,  13lh  Inf,     Enlistel  .-^epl,.  1302:  wounded;  discharged  1805. 

Cookioghani,  Tberon.  104lh  Inf     Enlisted  I>02  :  promoted  to  1st  lieut. ;  discharged  1305. 

Clickner,  Goo.  W,,  Mb  Cav.     Enlistel  .\..v.,  1-01  ;   promoted  to  corporal ;  discharged  180."», 

Coaghlin,  James  II,,  I08tb  Inf,     Enlisted  Au^'..l-OJ;  promoted  to  sergeant:  iliseharged  13o,i. 

Clickner,  Joseph,  lllih  Inf,  Ejliated  Sept,,  1802;  p  romotcd  to  corporal ;  wounded:  dischargerl 
1865, 


Callen,  Jam 


,1011 


isted  1802 


ed  and  discharged ; 


Caaey,  Edward,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1802  ;  wounded  at  Anticlam  ;  discharged  186.1. 

Cone,  Ch.irles,  lu-th  Inf.     Enlisted  Jul.v,  1802;  discharged  1965. 

Darrvbn,  Morris  R.,  103th   Inf.     Enlisted  .\ug.,  1802;   promoted    to   sergeant;   wounded: 


Dailey.  Cbnrle?, 
Desmond,  .\d.in 


pital  Nov.  14.  1801. 
,  1SG3,  of  wound  r< 


Ellwauger,  Christi.in.  l-;ih  Inf      Eulistc     Feb.,  l-i 

Feary,  George,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted'  Aug  ,  1802 ;  di 
Gettysburg. 

Feary,  Thomas.  108tb  Inf.     Enlisted  Au~.,  13'12 :  wounded;  di.scliarged  1805. 

Gilbert,  Granville  M..  3th  Cav.    Enlisted  Oct.,  1301 :  killed  in  battle  of  .Vottoway  Court- IIou: 
Juno  23,  1304. 

Gilbert,  John  A..  1-tb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug..  1.862  ;  kille.l  at  Fre.lerieksl.nrg  Dec.  11,  1«C2. 

Gilbert,  Samuel  P.,  11th  Inf.     Enlisted  I'ee.,  l.-Ol :   in  service  one  year. 

Goycr,  Sila..,  188ib  Inf.     Euli'le.l  1«01;  .H.-char^.d  H05. 

Golden,  Ilenr.v,  20th  Art.     Ei.lmed  Jan.,  1303;  .li.cbarged  1365. 

Green,  Ad  lisun. 

Uowit,  James,  UOth  Inf.      Enl,. ted  Sept..  1302;   discharged  1805. 


Howe, 


Lyday,  J..lin  I. 
Lipp,  William. 


burg  a 


;  died  at  Mound  City  Oct 


HISTORY   OF   MONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


293 


IC»lo«rr,  John,  10311.  laf.     Eulis'e 

A..r..  \S62; 

Ji«h»n{^.l  l-<r.i. 

-led  1^(11;   .1 

cl  il  Alhanr  Jul;  ■:■>,  ISCI. 

0-BHm,Juho.  StKC'.r.     E»l..<.-J 

.:h..  H'li:  Ji 

ProT»«,  Q~.  W.,  losih  lur.    Eoli. 

ej  Aog..  l.fCi 

:p''r"»oJ".«..r;:„.:a,«b.rsM 

Po.ec.  BoWrt. 

Pror^  Ch.rl»,  Ui>th  I.f.     Enl,» 

cd  AuT., !?«:; 

EoJtrxrk,  Fr.oc...  ;iJt  C.T.      E.,1. 

.0.1  J.ily,  ISfi 

:  dir.1  llnreh  24.  1«C4.  of  jitkn»M. 

Riekli^n,  N,cl..l^,  WS.b  Inf.     En 

,.le.l  A..S..  1. 

u2:  aicJ  •(  WaiUin^tun  Jm.,  laS^t. 

Kil«b.r.  Vfnliam,  IJlh  Int     Enli.t 

Kl  1^61;   rc-r 

listed;  Ji«harsi-a  ISOo. 

Ej»,  WUI.,0,. 

KaUnd,  Ucno  I 
t.jd>,  ISti,  ID  8t 
8chI>.id^  Charle 
SmAle;.  John,  Y 
ScincidCT,  JiuroV 
3iI>itb,J'>kn,10t 


,  ISth  lof.  Ealisted  Au*.,  1S52 ;  discharged  13r.3.  f 
lih  H.  Art.  EnlUlcJ  D«..  1S6.1  :  wuun.kd:  di!>:h< 
,  lojth  Inf.     Enlisted  Jan..  1S62;    di^bargcd  fur  i 


II.  Ar( 


Enli.lcl 
Bl  Fell..  1-^ 


;  Frf.J 


l,ur-  Iw, 
,  Ja.^jn.  IjUt  Inf.     EnlntoJ  Ai.r.l.  1-fiJ  ;   wounae  1  :   .|i-cl,a-,-o  1  M.. 
T»n,  RoUtt,  81h  Car.      EnlijI^d  0.1..  ful .   .liL-d  m  h."pilal  J,.n.  3,  lioj. 
Wmri,  Antlionj.  2Clh  Inf.     Eiili..tvd  D'T..  1.-6.1:  J|..;bar.-e.l  l.^Ci. 
TTirJ,  G«>rit,  201b  Bat.     Enlistcl  D«!..  IJf.-; .  did  at  Mfra|.bn  Oct.  2.  ISri. 
Woodrar,  WiUiam,  lOlth  Inf.     Enlia 
Onijibarf. 
Wolf,  Oeorjr?,  13th  Inf.     Enlisted  IS 
•Ward,  WUlitni  U.,  JCth  Enj. 

W»ni,  Jaacs,  lO-th  Inf.     Traniferred  to  24th  Vet.  R.  C. 

WaM,  Kichanl  I.,  Serjeant,  Slh  Car.     Enlisted  April.  IS65 :  disehar^  IS6J 
Worth,  Jwha  A.,  26ib  Art.     Enlisted   May,  1S61 ;   promoted  to  eurporml. 


I  Dee.,  ISOI  j  .lied  July  3,  1 
;  disoharged  1383. 


MEN'DON. 


.  Co.  C,  lOSlh  Inf. 

I,-.     Eo 

April 


Snliste.!  Ao»..  1S62:  »oai 
EnlisteJ  Sept.,  IS64:  dis 
iited  Jaly,  1S64;   wonnd 


llepn 


Ii2  ;   promoted; 

ar;ed. 

led:  discharged  IS 

1:  died  in  Libby  pi 


scharged. 


Amldnn,  Frank  O.,  Co.  B. 
nctireJ  in  battle  of  Fire  Fo 

BarUn,  Parley,  Co.  B,  Stb 
eharged  lSfi3. 

Broun,  Ad..Iphn!,  Co.  K,  Mth  Inf.     Enlisted  13CI  ; 

Banes,  Aogustu.,  Co.  f,  lU.-ilh  Inf.     EnliJIi..J  Au;. 

B«nlhatd^  Otto,  Ist  Heavy  Art.     Enlisted  Kiil ;  di 

Burt,  George.  Cr<.  K.  «th  Oav.     Enl'«tid  I.-61  :  re-e 

Bilger,  WiUiara,  Co.  K,  ICth  Inf.     Enlisted  :^pt..  I 

Banihan,  John.     Wounded:  discharged. 

Broirn,  Edward  W.     Enlisted  Feb.,  ISiU;  died  OcL  21,  136 j.  in  prison. 

Baker,  Eeraeo.     Enlisted  iaC.1;  died. 

Bohmnan,  John,  Co.  K,  IJth  Inf.     Enlisted  ISill :  re.«n(isted  in  1st  Vet.  Car. ; 
Jnly,  I860. 

Bohanao,  Geo,  Co.  K,  131h  Inf.     Enlisted  1  jr.l :  re-enlisted  in  Hlh  Ueary  Art.  ;  discharged 
Aag.,  186a. 

Baraham,  Henry,  Co.  D,  103th  Inf.     Enlisted  1862;  Ji.seharged  1S63. 

Br»y,  FraiKis  J.,  Co.  D,  lOSIh  Inf.     EnliMed  An;.,  Im'.2:  killed  in  1S52. 

BiBkford,  IKnry,  Co.  K,  IJth  Inf.     Enlisted  1901  :  killed  in  second  battlt  of  Boll  Run. 

Barton,  Sergtant  Leonard,  Co.  D,  lOlith  Inf.     Enlisted  .Aug.,  13112;  wounded  in  battle  of 
::  di.ehar-ed  1363. 
,  Ju\jai,  Co.  C.  limb  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  discharged  lS«i. 


Kharged 


in  ha 


Back.  Geo.  L,  Co.  K. 

.;iii  Iiif 

Enli.t. 

i  Aul 

Banham,  Richard.  Cu 

K.  l.ith 

Inf.     K 

li.ic.l 

Baker,  Ilenj.  F,  Co.  K 

l:;tb  laf.      Enli.. 

ed  A. 

CMcy.  Roger,  Co.  K.  1 

,th  Inf. 

Enli. to. 

Ai;. 

Callen,  Gilbert,  Co.  K. 

l.;ih  lof 

E.ili.l 

Callnn,  Bjro.,  Co.  C,  1 

IMh  In 

El.l,-. 

.1  All' 

Crippen.  Charles,  Co    U.  ll'.«lh 

Inf.     En 

fte.l 

C...y,  Edward.     Eiili, 

ed  1S02 

Ca.^  Geo.  P,  93tU  I.if 

Eiili. 

ed  isiil: 

w..un 

C.«,  nira»  T.,  Co.  B, 

8th  Car 

Enli^l 

■1  .-ep 

Cnl»m,  MiUon,  Co.  K. 

lib  Car 

Eoli.te 

1  lv;l 

Corby,Cadj,Co.l.,l.i 

Ih  Inf 

Enli..t...i 

July. 

Dninond,  Adam,  Co.  B 

Mil  Ca> 

.      Enlist 

-.1  .-V, 

D.Tij,South.i.k  B..C 

..  I!,  Slh  C:lv.      K 

l..le.l 

Bixo.,De.,tt.Co.K.l 

;th  Inf. 

i-.;i 

Ihl  PtanlT,  Albert,  Cu. 

K.  l.ltb 

i.f.      Enl 

.led  1 

lV...y,C.pUinWn,. 

Co.  K, 

r.lh  Inf. 

Foil 

Elliott,  G«.,  droinmcr 

Co.  K. 

;ih  Inf. 

Enlis 

larigh^Juhn.     W,.„o 

led. 

gckler,1tarr,,C...  D.  1 

S.b  Inf 

Enl.ste 

1  July 

Eekler,  Henry,  C.  I'.  I 

Htb  Inf 

Ki.lisl 

.1  Jul 

rairHeld,  Fra.,k,  13,1,  I 

nj.      E, 

li.l.-d  l.v 

1:   Ji 

Fry,  Frederick,  Co.  11, 

liMll  lo 

.     E.ili.t 

•1  Ao 

Pna»r,nc..r;r,Cn.F, 

nth  Inf. 

Ei.li-l.- 

Pineh,Thoma...0..l-. 

n-lh  [n 

Eol.l 

.1  .\.. 

ar«e,N..rto.  I>..f.,.l 

.  l.llli  1 

If.     F.ili 

Ir.l  .V 

Ot«n,J»~-|.h,  Co.  C, 

mh  In 

Lnl..-: 

■1  A.-. 

au^  Aagwlu^  Co.  C 

1011b 

nf.     t.,1 

.lel  A 

lied  i 


iliseharged. 

:  desertcl  in  Uoehestei 
I;  discharged  1363. 
3rt2:  disehargcd  1362. 


var  Heights  Oct..  18C2. 


OarJine',  Frank,  Co. 


I  Hei" 


Hill,  Charles,  Co    K,  Kllh  In 

f.      En 

i-tcd 

S.il:   .li,cl„erge.l  |3.;:1. 

Dosiard,  Ch;irln,  Cu.  D.  lunb  Inf. 

Enlis 

tedls.)2;   wounded  at  Spoltsylv.o 

r^e„listed;di.,:harged.-6... 

Ho-r.rd.  Frank.  Co.  F,  5(>th 

Inf. 

Bnlisle 

1  Jan.,  ISM:  discharged  l.siij. 

Hows,  Robert.  Co.  F,  3.ltl.  I 

r.    E 

li.-ted 

J..n..  l.sur,:  discharged  1SC.3. 

Hill,  George,  Co.  K,  l.ith  In 

En 

isle.1  1 

361;   killed  in  .ce.ind  battle  Bull 

Holdridge,  Davi.l,  C.i.  K.  \ 

hlnf. 

Enli 

le.l  Au-..  1-62;   discharged  l.-«2 

Irea,  Jacob,  Co.  K,  Ull,  Iiif 

Enl 

ted  A 

u:.  l-r,2;  .lesertcl  lit  Albany  Oct 

Jameson.  Then.  11.,  Co.  K.  1 

.     En 

i.leJIS61;  killed  in  second  battl 

Jordan,  William,  -M.tcks  lUt.     Di- 

bane 

1-fli. 

Ledley,  James,  Co.  B,  «th  C 

V.     E 

li.lel 

-....,,  ]-,;.     .I,...l„r.-ed  1S65. 

Lay,  Barnabas  J..  Co.  F.  -:ni 

h  Inf. 

E„l 

1   I...     I-.        .;  .  h.r..ed  1363. 

Martin,  Thomas,  Co.  K.  K.lh 

Inf. 

En!.:. 

1    ..  :  :      :                    ,  :n  hospital. 

Martin,  William.  Co.  K,  l:-.th 

Inf. 

Enl.. 

,    ..    _■                          .ivrgcd  1303. 

Mnrpby,  James,  Co.  K,  l.-.lh 

Inf. 

Enlist 

1  .K.-.   1-.  ;,     ;..  t..,rsedI363. 

MoLoy,  Barnard,  Co.  K,  13tb  Inf. 

Enlis 

e.l  A.i„-.,  1-6.':  di.ehargod  I3I'.3. 

McDonald.  A.  D.  .T.,  C.).  K.  1 

Ctblnf.     En 

is.cd.iug.,  1302:  promoted; -non 

18«*,  onK:countof  disub.lity. 

Marble,  William,  Co.  C.  1031 

hlnf. 

Enlis 

ed  Aug..  IS62;  discharged  1363. 

Merritt,  Oraaon,  Co.  K,  Kith 

Inf. 

Enliste 

d  Aug.,  13C2. 

Murphy,  Barney  C,  Co.  K.  2 

IstCa 

V.     En 

listed  136:l:   discb.xrged. 

Murphy.  Henry,  Co.  K,  21st 

Cjv. 

Enlist 

d  ISOJ  :  d,schar,-c,l. 

MoMajon,  James,  Co.  D.  10- 

hlnf 

Enl 

sled  Aui..  1-62;  discharged  Jnly 

Safie,Juhn.on,  Co.  K.  l:5-h 

nf.     E 

.ilutcd 

An-.,  1302:  dise-harg.-d  from  h..( 

O'Niel.John.Co.K,  l.libCa 

r.     En 

-.U:  di..:h:.rgcd  1364. 

O'Niel,  Patrick,  Ulh  Heavy 

Vrl. 

■.nlislc 

1  UOl  :  .l.cl  of  woun.l!  reecivcl  j 

Peak,  Stephen,  2Tth  Inf.     E 

liiled 

i?>n : 

t:iken  prisoner;  ili.scharged  1363. 

Pninan,  James  C,  Co.  K.  Ul 

hlnf. 

Enlisted  l.sCl  ;  di-charge.l  May,  ISf..',. 

Parmlee,  Baldwin,  Co.  K.  Ulb  Inf 

Enli 

led  13C1 :  discharge.l  Mar.  1S6.~. 

r:;r=il..,  n=tcrl,  Co.  K,  imV 

:=f. 

Kr.li^t 

.j;?r!:  kilM  i=  Little  :r  T- U 

Richardson.  George  O.,  C...  K,  13tb  Inf.     Enlisted 
round  received  at  Gettysburg. 
Rowc,  Ge.orge  0.,  Co.  K,  I3th  Inf.     Enlisted  1361 ;  e 
Bowe,  Jairus  L..  Co.  C,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1 


tichardson.  Homer,  Co. 


Inf.    Enlisted  Aug.,  1862 


Inf     Enlis 


1  second  Bull  Run 


Roberts,  Solomon  A.,  Co.  B,  9,h  Car.     Enlist 

Reymour,  David,  Co.  D,  13th  Inf.     Enlisted  1 
1863. 

Semmel,  Ch.irlcs,  Co.  D,  1.1th  Inf.     Enlisted  July.  1362:  won 

Sliker,  Lewis,  Co.  D,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1302;  won 
discharged  1S63. 

Sharp,  Henry,  Co.  D,  UWth  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  1362;  killed 

Smith,  Wm.,  Co.  B.  8th  C.r.     Enlisted  1801  ;  reenliite-l ;  ta 

Smith,  Nelson,  Co.  B.  Slh  Ctr.    Enlisted  1861:  rc.cniisled:  tn 

Salter,  WinSelJ,  Co.  K,  131h  Inf.     Enlisted  1361 ;  wounded 
prison  :  dischargeiL 

Salter,  Henry,  Co.  K,  13th  Inf.     Enlisted  1361 ;  re.eolisled:  discharged  1363. 

Sibley,  George,  Co.  K,  21sl  Car.     Enlisted  1303;  discharged  1865. 

Smith,  ninman,  Co.  C,  103th  Inf.     Enlisted  Sept.,  1S02;  discharged  1863, 

Semmel,  Peter,  Co.  C,  lOSih  Inf.     Enlisted  Aug.,  IS62;  discharged  1863. 

Smith,  Hulbcrl,  Co.  C,  lOSth  Inf.     Enlisted  July,  1S62  ;.  discharged  on  aceou 
rewired  in  fall  of  1363. 

Secor,  Charles,  lit  Vet.  Cav.     Enlisted  1863 ;  Jischar-c.l  1S63. 

Shepherd,  0.  M.,  C...  K,  Hlh  Inf     Enli-"trd  1361 :  discharged  1S6.3. 

Shepherd,  Henry  II..  Co.  K.  13lh  Inf.     Enlisted  1302;  discharged  1863. 

San.lford,  Eugene,  l:uh  Inf.     Discharged. 

Simoods,  John  II.,  Co.  K,  ir.lh  Inf.     Enliste.l  Aug.,  IS62. 

Sickncr,  Richard,  Co.  K,  l.",th  Inf     Enlist.,.!  Aug.,  1SC2;  discharged. 

Tatna.lge,  George,  Co.  K,  21-1  fav.     Enli=tcd  1303:   .li.eharge.l. 

TafI,  Wdliam  I.,  Co.  B.  3ili  r.iv.     Enliste.1  Sc|.t..  130  1;  ili.charged  1863. 

Talenline,  John  W.,  Co.  C,  lOilb  Inf.     Enll-lcl  1302;  .lic.1. 

Varncy,  Cicero,  Co.  D,  lOSlh  Inf.     EnlisK.I  3.|.t.,  1S02  ;   decried  in  1S62. 

Valentine,  A.lelhert.  Co.  B.  3t!,  C.iv.      Knlislel  .-.'i.t..  1301:  harge.l  .lune. 


,  Cha 


West,  J 
House:  disch.vrge 


Lorenro,  UOth  7... 
inrles  H.,  C...  H.  2 
ics.  Co.  K,  13th  III 


I  1363 ; 


61;  discharged  1303. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUN'TY,  NE^V  YORK. 


CLARKSOii. 


1U«»,  Bfnry,  o.pL.  UOld. 
AtU./,  0«rt»,  lioib. 
Aortic,  nirmtn,  ^J^t!l, 
BftCOO,  CliArlel,  lO.-'ib. 

B»s»o,  Hugh.  Uolh. 
B»i:ej,  FrtJfrick  (rfjt  cokwul. 
B«rl",  Ou.ta.aJ  C.  2)11.  B.t. 
BllTO..,  iUrrin,  lOjlh. 
BclUm.r,  Ctifltl.  UOlb. 

BU^l,  Thorn  iJ  11.,  IJlll. 
BUk.,  D/roo,  ll"lll. 
BUke,  luu,  linh. 
BUxlgett,  John,  UOth. 
Browo,  Ororgc  W  .lOilh. 
Brown,  George,  lOSth. 
Brows,  George  W.,  lOjlh. 
Bromlej.  Wm.  H.,  Jlrt  C»T. 
Boixli,  Tb..Meuj  K.,  UOih. 
Barroagbs,  Dftvid,  140th. 
CUrk,  EJwio  F.,  13th. 
Clirk,  Fruklio,  IlOth. 
Clsril,  Pr*l.  (regl.  aokoo.n). 
CI».rk,  WillUm,  lieul..  lOJth. 
Cook.  George  M..  U  Csr. 
Cooper,  John  (^J),  140th. 
Cork.ell,  John,  JIth  Art 
Colher,  K.derle.  10i,b. 
Co.::i,  .'ir~~.  ixo.b, 
Cnrtlt,  George  C,  13th. 
Coilck,  Henry,  13ch. 
t>sh1oli,  Aita,  Elb  Cer. 
D.Uer,  Ad«m,  3d  Cit. 
Dftseby,  OrTille,  3d  Car. 
WTidloo,  Je-ee,  13lh. 
Pecker,  Jooih  D.,  lieoL,  110th. 
Sdwlrdj,  Ch.rlej,  UOth. 
BtUs,  George  W.,  UOth. 
I>]nctr,  Alenader,  Sih  Car. 


Uiigbt,  MirliQ,  UOtb. 
Hile,  Eooi  Irejt.  Qokno'o). 
H»le,  Heorj,  3a  C.r. 
Husmel,  A»r<,n,  UOlh. 
Hamniond,  Uccry,  liOtb. 
Hunmoad.  Ueory  E  ,  50th  Ed 
Bu-riogtoQ,  Slichael,  24th  Bat 

Hart,  Eira,  34  Car. 
Earrey,  Tbomae,  10«th. 
Bayoei,  William,  10*tb. 
Boff[E30,  George.  UOtb. 
Eoffmaa,  Joha,  lO^tb. 
Hoy,  Jamee  II  ,  UOth. 
Hoy,  Myron,  UOth. 
BoghMO,  Wallace,  13Ib. 

Halbart,  Xa'.hiniel,  UOth. 
Bant,  Enoch,  lOJtb. 
Hoot,  Henry,  Orlt^aoI  Co. 
Hani,  SiU^  UOtb. 
Ireland,  George,  UOth. 
Jolee,  ThoiD.s,  8th  Car. 
Eaderli,  Jik-ob,  lOSth. 
Kineaid.  Ueory,  UOth. 
Ktnney,  Cbarlei,  lOitb. 
Kinney,  Rudall,  lO^th. 
Encker,  Jonai  B,  103th. 


L«I>,  WillLatn 

Lo.ery'.  Robert 
HarUn,  Cha.Iee 
Marvin,  John,  1 
Miller,  Cyrus,  1 


HoriBOo,  George, 
Moore,  Adam,  Jr., 
Moore,  Alpbors.^. 


,  John,  Stb  C.r. 


Myor,,  George. 
MeGiren,  Edward,  13tb. 
Kellii,  Daniel  C.  jtb  Car. 

Kiee,  Bernard,  lu^tb. 
Kiren,  Robert,  .'th  Car. 
Oday,  Thomas,  3d  Car. 
Oaboma,  Stephen,  21st  Car. 
O'Neil,  James,  IJtb. 
Feaeby,  Charles,  ffth  Car. 
Peaoby,  Xoab,  Stb  Car. 
Partigo,  Barton,  U'Jth. 
Parsons,  Matthew,  3tb  Car. 
Perry,  Charles,  UOlb. 
Perry,  Charlel  E,  lOSth. 

Quaekeabash,  W.  George,  108th. 
Qoan,  James,  UOth. 
Randall,  Harry  P.  (regt.  nnkwn). 
Raymond,  Almon,  lOith. 
Redman,  Charles,  UOth. 
Eie«,  lewii,  105th. 


Rowland,  Warrei 
Seeley,  Jast...  1 
Secor,  Orlando.  1 


Ship,  Ueory  (regt.  onknc 
Ship,  Peter  (regt.  nokno. 
Sigler,  WUMum,  3a  Car. 
Bimmoos,  Myron,  5th  Ca 
Skilleo,  Charles,  Stb  Cir 


h.Ja. 


Rid 


Snyder,  Barney,  UOtb. 
Sparlin,  A.  C,  UOtb. 
Spears,  John,  3d  Car. 
Spring,  Chirles  E.,  10-:h. 
Starrin.  Alonio  (re^c  uokno 
Starrio,  Charles,  UOth. 
gteole,  George,  UOth. 
Sticklei,  Chjrics  H,  UOth. 
Stiekle,  Robert,  UOlb. 
dursin,  Charles,  UOtb. 
Solliran,  Patrick,  lo-tb. 
Thompson,  Charles,  luith. 
Thompson,  Joseph,  l<>Mb. 
Thompson,  Wilhim.  Inih. 
Towle,  M.cbacI,  I  :ih. 
Trron.  William  li.,  lO'itb. 
Wadhams,  Edg:ir,  UOth. 
Warner,  Edgar  J.,  UOtb. 
Vagur,  Odum,  103th. 
Wilor,  Jficholaa,  lO'th.     * 
Wlen,  Lather,  Orlraat  Hegl 
WUUams,  DariJ,  10-ib. 
Williams,  George,  ICth. 
Wright,  George,  UOth. 
TaU«,  Wyiiam  J.,  3th  Car. 


HISTOEICAL    EECORD    OF    OUE    PATEOXS 

FOB 

MONROE    COUNTY. 


ROCHESTER       CITY. 

WITH   BUSINESS    CLASSIFICATION.' 


ACCOUNTANTS. 

B«ine,  Archie,  230 'N'.  St.  Piiul  (with  Phelnn  i  Bolton),  b.  Midai-sci,  Ontario;  5. 1870. 
Cutler,  VTm.  M.,  87  AVatir  .  6rm  of  Kollor  &  Goodhue),  b-  Summit  co..  Obio  ;  3.1871. 
Grainger,  W.  A.,  Kes.  65  ilil«n  (with  J.  K.  Grainger),  ii  Mumford,  b.  Kingston, 

Onurio ;  5.  1872. 
E»ni,  Geo.  W.,  46  Jones  ave.  (Bafialo  Steam  Gange  and  Lantern  Co,),  b.  Cincinnati, 

Obio ;  a  1871. 
Hart,  Henry  C,  51  W.  Alexander,  asst.  bookkeeper  (with  C.  W.  Woodward),  b. 

Erie,  K.  Y. ;  a.  18.03. 
Lynch,  Henrv  P.,  41  Oak  (with  Geo.  W.  Tav'.or),  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y..  I8oo. 
Locaj,  Geo.  H.,  9  Eagle  (with  J.  E.  Hayden  A  Co.),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N    Y.,  1830. 
Lorab,  Carl  F.,  59  S.  Fitzhugh,  b.  Uierstein,  Crermany  ;  s.  1874. 
McKelvey,  W.  J.,  67  L.ike  are.  (with  3.  F.  Hess),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y  ,  1844. 
McManu-,  J.  P.,83Fr!inlc(with  J.H.  &  P.  Byrnea),  Sec.  and  Treos.  Rochester  Ocli re 

Mining  Co.,  b.  .Monroe,  N.  Y.,  IS.io. 
McManiB,  Frank  J.,  80  Frank  (with  J.  H.  &  P.  Byrnesi,  as3t.  book-keeper,  b.  Mon- 
roe, N.  Y.,  1857. 
Occumpauih,  Wullnce,  204  N.  St.  Paul  (with  J.  B.  Pentecost  &  Co.),  b.  Eensseluer 

CO.,  N.  Y.;  s.  1865. 
Vickery,  Cha«.  A.,  34  Soi.hia  (Ri>clie3ter  Cotton  Mill),  b    Norfolk,  Mass. ;  s.  18.S4. 
Westbury.  W.  M.,  133  Caledonia  ave.  (with  D.  H.  Westbury  ,,  b    Monroe  co.,  >'.  Y., 

1857. 
Wesley,  Wra.  H,  9  N.  Washington,  b.  Wayne  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  t.  1869. 
Toong.  T.  G.,  Cbathaoi  (with  E.  R.  Andrews!,  b.  Armagh,  Ireland;  >.  1864. 

AGENTS  (INSURANCE). 

Bancker,  John,  163  E.  Main,  aj,i  real  tslaU.  b.  Richmond,  S.  I. :  s.  1838. 

Cook,  Frederick,  East  ut.  and  .^.mold's  park,  Pres.  Roch.  Ger.  Ins.  Co.  (Vice-Pres. 

Driving  Park,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff  X.  G.  N.  Y.  S.j.  b.  Wildbad, 

Germany;  s.  1848. 
Duempclmann,  L.  C.  Powers'  blk  (Are),  Brm    D.  &  Foener,  b.  Aii-la-Chapelle, 

Germany  ;  >.  18-50. 
Pome-,  Chas.  J.,  Power-'  blk.  (fire),  Brm  C.  Forner  &  Son    (C.  Furner,  decca'i-di, 

b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.,  1843. 
Finian,  Warren  S-,  Smiths  arcade  (fire  and  life),  firm  Welch  &  F.,  b.  Onondaga 

CO.,  N.  Y.;  s.  I84S. 
Johnson,  T.  L.,  27  Arcade  iflre),  firm  McLean  4  J.,  b.  Graflon,  \'t. ;  s.  1833. 
Keeler,  Mark,  H  W.  .Main  liife),  b.  Erie  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  a.  1S60. 
ifcl  ;an.  Aaron  M.,  27  Arcade  (lircl,  Rrm  McL.   &  Johnson,  b.  Washington  c 

X.  Y.;  s.  1812. 
Moore,  -Wm.  T.,  52  Scio  (general  ins.),  b.  Delaware  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1845. 
Manning,  Wm.,  39  York,  b.  Rutland,  Vt.  ;  5.  IS". 
Xientimp,  Ignatz,  70  St.  Joseph  i genera)  agent  "  Universal   Life  Ins.  Co.,"  X.  ' 

and  solicitor  for  "Ger.  Fire  Ins.  Co.,"  P...ch.),  b.  'iVc-ti.haiia,  Ger.  ;  3.  185 
Boberts,  Geo.  H  ,  0  Elwn..>d  blk.   (life,  accident,  and  Brei,  b.  Cayuga  co.,  X.  1 

a.  1823. 
Shaldcn,  O.  L.,  27  Arcade  ilifc),  b.  Jefferson  Co.,  X,  Y.  :  3.  1816. 
atcTvei:,  C.  L.,  M2  Power.'  blk..  Manager  Uriti.h-AiiierioBn  A^.urance  Co..  Toron 

and  Alliance  In^.  Co.,  Boston,  b.  Tio-,-a  co..  Pa. ;  s.  lt>74. 
Tyler,  C.  M.,  40  .Main  (tire),  b.  Sull'olk,  .Muss,  :  s.  18.-.6 

v'ay,  R.,  58  W.  Maple  (See.  l!.>ch.  Ger.  Ins.  C.v  l,  b.  Wurzburg,  Germany;  s.  18 
Ward,  Levi  A.,  Eichunge  place  (fire  and  life,  and  loan  agency),  b.  Middlosci,  Com 


1817 


'  blk. 


AGENTS  (-REAL    ESTATE    AND    COLLECTION, 


Ctndee,  H.  O.,  56  Arcade  (real  est 

b.  Oswego,  y.  Y. ;  s.  1874. 

Hall,  Wm.  R  ,  21  Reynolds  .real 


intelligence  and  employment  agencyl 
builderi.  Patriarch  I.  O.  O    F  ,  b.  Rut- 


ndshii 


Engl. 


Harrison,  Henry,  30  Jay,  b.  Norfolk,  England ;  s.  1834. 

Henry,  S.  M,,  Arcade  st.  /collector  and  com  I  broken,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1948. 

Keeler,  Mark,  18  W.  .Main  (real  estate  and  life  ins.l,  b.  Erie  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1869. 

Mannins,  Wm.,  39  York,  b    Rutland,  Vt.  ;  s.  18.37. 

Rockfellow,  S.  L.,  28  N.  Fitzhugh,  b.  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1870. 

Scranton,  Edwin,  I  Whitney  Place,  b.  Middlesei,  Conn.;  i.  1812. 

Willcox,  Horton,  >'.  St.  Paul,  b.  Livingston  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1867. 

AGENTS   (SEWING   MACHINES-). 

Jones,  H.   C.  43  State,  mnfr.  of  sewing-machine   fixtures,  general  a^ent  Singei 


Sugen.  E.  J.,  17  S.  Clintoi 
dres3-{>atterns  (Jont 
Pettibone,  George  R.,  CO  S 
Bancker,  John,  103  E.  Ma 
Miller,  Christian,  18  Stiisc 


;S.), 


,gcnt  Singer  MnPg  Co.  and  But; 

London,  England;  s.  1838. 
supt.  Howe  Mnt''g  Co.,  b.  Bennington 
otaryandCnm.  DeedM,  b.  RichmonJ,; 
Baden,  Germany  ;  s.  1849. 


AGRICULTURAL    IMPLEMENTS,    ETC. 

Hall's  patent  clover-mill  and  Hall's  p. 


Hall,  Chas.  S  ,  11  S.  Water  imnfr.  Hall's  patent  clover-mill  and  Hall's  patent  bean 
and  pea  thra=her),  b.  Wayne  cl,  X.  Y. :  s.  181:6. 

Hewitt,  H.  H.,  cor.  Slate  and  Piatt  sts.,  b.  -Seneca  co.,  N.  Y. ;  3.  18C9. 

McMahon.  M.  J..  149  Mt.  Hopo  av.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  T.,  1333. 

Ottaway,  E.  R,  cor.  Howell  and  St.  Paul  sts.  (trav.  agt.  Roch.  Agl.  Works),  b.  Kent, 
England;  s.  1834. 

Oliver,  George,  8  W.  Alexander  (mnfr.  grain  separators,  bran  dusters,  smut  ma- 
chines), firm  Erdla  i  O.,  b.  Kent,  England  ;  s.  1840. 

Rockfellow,  S.  L.,  28  N.  Fitzhugh  (mnfr.  "Waters'  tree  pruner"),  b.  Livingston 
CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1870. 

Hopper,  J.  R.,  22  Frank  (patentee  Hopper  potato  digger,  patented  1876),  b.  Pater- 
snn,  N.  J  ;  s.  IS34. 


' 

ARCHITECTS. 

Fay,  J.,  60  Charlotte,  b.  St.  Catharines.  Outario  ;  s.  1861. 

Graves,  Wm.  J..  95  Powers'  blk.,  b.  SpringHWd,  Mass.  ;  s.  18C9. 

CO., 

Knebel.  0=car,  64  and  65  Reynolds'  arcade,  b.  Westphalia,  Germany ;  s.  18G6. 

Locmis,  Isaac,  22  Atkinson,  b.  Berkshire,  Ma,s  ;  s.  1820. 

Powers,  John  J.,  41.1  Romcyn  ,  with  C.  W.  Woodward),  b.  Erio,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  13 

1. 

Putnam,  Jusiah  U.,  93  I'.nvers'  blk.,  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1831. 

Y., 

o4- 

Warner,  A.  J.,  64  Powers    blk.  (est.  1831).  b.  New  Haven,  Conn.  ;  3.  1843. 

Y.; 

ARTISTS. 

Banning,  Albert  R.,  31  Moigs,  frescoing,  etc.,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1852. 

n.o. 

Ballcntine,  Miss  Maggie  A.,   193  Powers'   blk.,  portrait  and  landscape  pain 

Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  ISIO. 
Duncan,  Wn.    A.,  1«2  and  184  P..wcrs   blk.,  b.  WelUville,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1875. 

er.b. 

Dawson,  Mrs    E,  V.,  Powers'  blk.,  b.  C.burg,  Ontario;  5.  1875. 

n.  • 

Frauenbcrg.T,  G  ,  30  and  60  Reynolds'  arcade,  drtigncr,  engraver  on  wo,jd,  e 

U:.,  b. 

Saxony,  Grmany;  3.  1S.-.-2. 

GiftonI,  Wm    K, -J  S(ate.  jeweler,' eni7r«y(.r,b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1849. 

Gilford,  Clinon  C  .  2  .<u..,-,  j.-wcl.rs   engraver,  b.  Windsor,  Vt.  ;  s.  193S. 

Gilbert,  G.  S.,  99  K,-.vn..lds'  anvvle,  por(r.iit  painter,  b.  Oneida  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ». 

834. 

Jester,  C.  J.,  1031  ¥.    Main,  portrait  paiolcr.  b.  Cl.ostcr,  Pa.  ;  s.  1875. 

Kin.ev,  v..  F-.  --M  and  2'J  W.  .Main,  w—d  and  --al  engraver,  b.  Tioga,  Pa.  ;  !. 

IR31. 

Lockhardt  i;  L^adlv,  1  .Main,  d.-igncrs  and  .tigravcrs  on  wood,  organized  i«r 

. 

uf- 

M.  Iv.llo.  .M    T.,  41'.  i;..nirvn,  engraver  and  w.knI  carver  (with  C.  W.  W00.I11 

ard), 

b.  Monroe,  -V.  V.,  l-S'J. 

IIISTOrvY   OF   .AIONKOE  COLLNTY,  Ni:W   YORK 


Munriy. 

Juht.s.'n 

St..  103  R,.vn 

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Miifr, 

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Hi-.'J 

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IVO., 

b.  D=tr 

il,  Mi.  h. 

P«rli.u, 

n,  Finn 

nee  A  , 

17!  1 

•wcr,'  blk  . 

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lUho,  A 

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7  Mark 

cl,  m: 

la^cr  arliili 

dipartmenl,  itc 

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j.apc  p. 

nu,r,b.O 

ATTORNEYS. 


,  Treat    1ST2  ,  b    M,.nroe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  KM. 

■  mrue  CO..  \.  Y.,  18J.5. 

,  b.  Sloaroe  c.>.,  N.  Y.,  183D  (Pre3.   Bd.  of 


1853. 


Achillej,  C-  P  ,  S.  Wash.  .St.  !.Ie,l 
Allen,  Chai.  M.,  IM  Power,'  bl..ck 
B.ksr,  Chai.  S.,  a„J  .\«i.  t'ub.,  J.u 

Ednc'D,  75-76). 
Benedict,  S.  C,  and  Com'r  DecU,  Powers'  block,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  18.j2. 
Budlonj,  3..J.,  a.ii  Com-r  Deed,.  Powers'  bluck.  b.  Munroe  .o.,  N.  Y.,  1853. 
Benedict,  O.  M.,  O.-bornc  n.,usc,  b.  Oneida  c...,  N.  Y'. ;  >.  18.54. 
Bennett,  Horace  L.,  -nd  .V„(.  I'u'j.,  Arcade,  b.  .M.,diron  co  .  N.  Y.  ;  3.  1875. 
Benton,  Geo.  A.,  aud  Corn'r  Stat-  .!/;.«,  81  Arcade,  h.  Tolland,  Conn.  ;  •.  1874 
Barker,  Uiruni  L.,  41  Slate,  b.  .Monr,..-  co.,  S.  Y..  1340. 
Cooke,  M.  W.  iXru-toc  Univ.  Uk-K.),  K.  Main  St.,  b.  Wasb.co.,  N.  Y. 
Craig,  0*c,.r,  S.  Wa.h.  St.,  b.  OrK-an*  c.i.,  X.  Y. ;  i.  I«;i. 
Clark,  Parij  G-,  P..vv.r-'  bl.«:k,  b.  Cayn-a  ,-).,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1874. 

Chumasero,  J.  C.  (Co,  JoJ-e,   OU-CSi,  Powers'  block,  b.  Albany  co.,  N.  Y.,  3.  ISM. 
Crittenden,  Pe  L.,  Lake  »»«.,  b.  Seneca  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  «   18:3. 
Crandall,  P.  M.  (E.raui.  >'at.   Banks  and  Col.  Port  Genesee  'Ol-f>.3),  Lake  aT.,  b. 

Kenssilaer  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1851. 
Dayisoo,  C.  C.  (Dist.  An.  'G6-i;.?i,  Clinton  place,  b.  Lvnn,  Conn.  ;  s.  18.jO. 
Dickin^n,  P.  P.,  a,ul  .V,.(.  f,.6.,  8J  Arcade,  b.  M.,nroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  iSrA.    ,    , 
Eastman,  J.  A.  (City  Alty.  and  Clerk  '42),  14  State,  b.  Oneida  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1834. 
Edmonds,  W.  E.,  and  X.'t.  Pub.,  w,th  uitl.  IG  Sraitb  block  (School  Com.  '67-73),  b. 

Monroeco.,N.  Y.,  1832. 
Ely,  A.  (M.  C.  '58-61),  20  Power's  block,  b.  Sew  London,  Conn  ;  a.  18^5. 
Tannins,  J.  K.  (arm  of  F.  &  Wiilianisi.  Powers'  block,  b.  H:isiin^s,  O.ii.;  s.  la;u. 
Fiske,  E.  B  .  Powers'  block,  b.  Rutherford,  Tenn.;  ».  1874. 
Foote,  Jr.,  Nathaniel,  10  .^rei;s  b.  JIadi=on  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1873. 
Fenner,  E.  IS.  (Sec.  Bd.  E.tci.^e,  Canal  Col.  '73;,  98  Hupeav.,  b.  Mon,  co..  N.  Y.,  1839. 
Gorbam,  Chas.  H.,  a„d  X.A.  fuh.,  Eastav.,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y'.,  1S47. 
Goddard,  Lewis  J.  (Ju-tice  '73-7i;',  Sclden  -I.,  b.  Bradford,  Penn.;  s.  1307. 
Graebe,  Vim.,  and  Xot.  /"ui.,  with  seal,  Plca,ant  =1.,  b.  Itodcnberg,  Ger. ;  s.  1856. 
Oarlock,  Ja<.  S.,  Chestnut  St.,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.,  1S36. 
Husbands,  J.  D.  (V.  S.  Stai.d.  Ma.'ter  and  X.tain.  Chancy,  P.eg.  in  Bankr'cy,  C   S. 

Com'r),  N.  Fitzhugh  St.,  b.  Barbadoes.  W.  I  ;  ^.1840. 
Humphrey,  H.  (Co.  Judge  'yi-ir,),  X.  Wash.  St.,  b.  Liuhli-ld,  Conn. ;  s.  1824. 
Humphrey,  Geo.  H.,  AlkiiiMjn  St.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y..  1S:;0. 
Hitchcock,  F.  A.,  S.  Ford  St.,  b.  Orleans  Co..  N.  Y. ;  s.  1870. 

Hills,  I.  (Mayor  '43,  Recorder  '34-41),  Plyni.vjth  av.,  b.  Berkshire,  Mass.  ;  ».  1824. 
Hovey,  L.  II. ,  Greig  St.,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1818. 
Hauks,  B.  M  ,  Pearl  St.,  b.  Jlonroe  CO..  X.  Y..  1H26. 

Jeffers,  J.  U.,  and  XU.  Pub.,  c  Arnold  &  Park  av.^..  b.  Wy'ng  oo.,  N.  Y.  ;  J.  18.-)3. 
Jackson,  Gen.  P.,  Prospect  St.,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  liUO. 

Jones,  W.  M.  (Pri.  Sec.  Got.  Morgan;  chf.  elk.  Consular  Bureau,  Lincoln  and  John- 
ton's  admin.  ;  U.  S.  Con.  Clifton,  Can.,  '66-71y,  S.  Union  St.,  b.  Onondaga  co., 

X.  Y-.;  s.  1801. 
Jordan,  James  A.,  and  Xot.  Pub  ,  Powers'  block,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  18.:l. 
Jlartindale^  J.  H.  (Brig.  Gen.  Army   Potomac    01-';2;   Mil.  Gov.  Wa-h.  Nov.    02- 

May,  '64;  Atty,  Gen.  X.  Y.    '.'-OS,,  W.^st  av.,  I.    Wash,  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  J.  18.-)1. 
McDowell,  C.  I.,  Ambrose  .n.,  b.  M  .nroeco,  X.  V.,  1848. 
Macomber,  F.  A.,  Prince  St.,  b.  Gen-see  eo.,  X.  Y.  ;  -,  IS.S.'j. 
McK'nncy,  M.  G.  C.>mr  .state  .U;,...,  and  .Vo<.  Pub.,  Powers'  block,  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y'.,  I8.-A 
McPherson,  Wm.  J.,  Plvm..uth  av.,  b.  Inverness.  Scot.;  s.  18.53. 
McNaughton,  D.  iS.  &  T.  K.  &  S.  L.  14.  Co.l,  21  Arcade,  b.  Mon.  co  ,  X.Y.,  1830. 
Morgan,  L    H.,  'tj  Fitjliugh,  b.  Cayuia,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1841. 
Nash,  Chai.ncev,  Hamilton  place,  h.  Onnndnu-a  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1830. 
Oliver,  Wm.  S.',  We,t  av.,  b.  Yal.s  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1S.-.5. 
Osgoodby,  Wm.  W.  (ao|,.  .Sup.  Ct.  7lh  Jud.  Di-L  N.  Y.S.)  18  X.  Filihugh,  b.  M..n. 

r.jceo.,  N.  Y.,  13.lt. 
Powers,  C.J.  (CI   i  Bt.  Maj  -Ge- 


,  Can 


;  Co.  Clk.  '63-701,  Spring  st,  b.  Xorth- 
*  71;  Judge  Adv.  7th  Div.  X.  Q.  S.  X.  Y'.),  East  av.. 


Buines,  O.  (Di^t.  Altv    '71 

b.  Wayne  CO.,  X.  Y  ;  s.  IS.-.".. 
lUdBeld,  U    S,  (Su|.ervr  4lh  Wiird'.  Plyni..uth  av.,  b   Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  1* 
Rau,  J.  (Gen   Agt.,  Xot.  Pub.,  with  seal,  Com'r  Dccd.M,  10  Smith's  arcade,  b.  Bar 

Ccr.;  «.  1343. 
Sheridan,  W  J.  lei-Sup.Tv'r  Htli  AV•ard^,  9  Raker's  Mn,-k,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1' 
Seldcn,  U.  K.  (Ll.  (iov.  '07-.-.8;  Judge  CI.  App  la 'M^.i),  .Main  St.,  b.  Xcw  Lon< 


Stull,  J..S.  A.  (Iii't.  Atty.  on-bli,  S.  Ki 
Sargent,  H.  (Dep.  i  U.  S.  Col.  Port  (If 
CO.,  X.  Y.  ;i.  1815. 


Mnnr..e  co.,  X.  Y.,  1«23. 
-.;«),  Chestnut  St.,  b.  Jcffcr! 


Slebbins,  J.  W.  (mem.  Legi.lature  ■r,:,^Sr.:  ] 

I.O.O.  F.  X.  Y.),  Ch..-tnut,t.,b.  He 
Stevens,  O.  H.,  Univ,.riity  av.,  b.  Ontario  cc 
Schooley.  Ri.h.  H.,  Pow.-'r-'  block,  b.  M.mr, 
Staples,  W.  S.  k  J.  P.,  30  Pearl,  b.  M..nroe 
Thomas,  Geo.  W.,  Tremont  st.,  b.  Monroe  c 
Truesdale,  Geo  ,  and  C.  S.  I,nan  Cuinr,  I'ow 
Terry,  Seth  U.,  Tr>  monl  St.,  b.  Hartf.rd,  C 
Tucker,  H.  D.  (Di^t.  Atty.  Orleans  c...  '57 

X.  Y.;  ..  187-2. 
Van  Voorhis,  John,  cor.  Goodman  &  E.ist  a. 
Varnum,  Jonas  P.,  Plymouth  av.,  b.  Middlcsei,  Mxss.;  s.  1809 
Wenlworlh,  D.  (J.  P.  '43-69;  Jus.  of  Ses,.  '04-65),  William  st,  b.  i 

s.  1818. 
Williams,  C.  M.  [A.B.],  fm.  of  Fanning  Jk  W.,  Frnnk'n  !<,.,  b.  Mot 
Wile,  I.  A   [A.B.],  Xat.  Pub.,  Com'r  Deeds,  Powers'  block,  b.  W 


X.  Y. 


.  Monrooco.,X.  Y..  18:l: 
th  block,  b.  Herkimer  c 


ayne 


.Y.,1S.-,I 
I  ,  X.  Y 


'u6.,  vltk  teal,  Powers'  block, 
b.  Cambridgeshire,  Eng.  ;  s.  : 
57-641.  Jay  St.,  b.  Ont 
.Vr.ade,  b.  Bristol.  Mass.  ;  s.  185.1. 
G.  M.  I  O.  O.  F.  X.  Y.  '70-71),  Reynolds'  arcade, 


Webster,  E.  (Prin.  Free  Aca. 
White.  Rich.  E.,  and  Xot.  P, 
Wood,  D.  (City  Just.  2  U-rm 

b.  Wayne  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1823. 
Webb,  W,  W.,  and  .Vof.  7'„4.,  w,t/i  seal,  9  Powers'  bl'k,  b.  .M 
Wilkin,  A.  J  ,  M  W.  Main,  b.  Orange  co.,  X.  Y.  :  s.  18-52. 
Woodward,  U.  a..  Baker  block,  W.  Main  St.,  b.  Franklin,  V 
Williams,  C,  Powers'  block,  b.  Sussex,  X.  J. ;  s.  1874. 


Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1853, 
0. 


,  X.  Y.,  18.-.I 


AUCTION  AND   COMMISSION   MERCHANTS. 

b.  Living=tonco.,X.  Y.  ;  s.  1363. 


Caulkins,  W.  R.,  12  Arnold  park, 
Lowrey  &  Bradner,  21,  23  X.  Wa 
Wickens,  Philip,  1  Lyell,  and  2  S 
Whipple,  J.  D.,  197  E.  Main  (prod 


BAKERS   AND   CONFECTIONERS. 

,  b.  Ilesse- Darmstadt,  Germany;  s.  1806. 
cream  and  sodal,  b.  Springfield,  Mass.  ;  s.  1854. 


Engl: 


obber  confect'y),  b.  Limerick,  Ireland ; 

ines.etc.),  h.  Monroe  co..  X  T. ;  a.  1843. 
i,  etc.),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1351. 
•s,  etc.),  h.  Monroo  co.,  X.  Y.,  I.«.55 
jtter  cracker),  b.  Rensselaer  co.,  X.  Y". : 


ke,  and  crackers),  b.  Bavaria, 
b.  Alle- 


n,  95X.  Clinl 
Bronson,  Henry,  133  E.  Main  ( 
Bastian.  George,  90  West  av.  ft 
Corey,  Henry  A  ,  4  Helena,  b.  : 
Culhane,  John,  144  W.  Main  (ronfr.  and  j. 

!.  1831. 
Co»ik,  J.  G-,  -56  Allen  (confectionery,  ales,  w 
Case,  H.  B  ,  13  Monroe  av.'(conl-ect'y,  cigar, 
Case,  M.  H  ,  13  M.mroc  av.  iconfect'y,  cigar 
Culross,  J.  P..,  307  State  (mnfr.  celebrated  bi 

1.  18-22. 
Deininger,  Frederick,  133  Xorth  av.  (mnfr. 

Germany  ,  s.  1352. 
Fleming,  L.  D.,  27  E.  Main  fmnfr.  and  retail  confoct'r,  ice  cream  pai 

ganyco.,  X.  Y.;  s,  1861. 
Forest,  Camille.  137  E.  Main  (confectioner,  ice  cream,  liquors,  cigars) 

Quebec ;  >.  1863. 
Fichtner,  D.  E.,  Xorth  av.  fbakcr),  o.  Wurtembcrg,  Germany;  s.  1851. 
Fleckenstein,  Geo.,  cor.   Brown  and  Maple  sl.i.  (steam  bakery),  firm  F.   Bros.,  b 

Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1340. 
Fleckenstein,  Valentine,  cor.  Brown  and  .Maple  stj.  (steam  bakerv),  firm  F.  Bros.,  1 

Monroeco.,  X.  Y.,  1812. 
Fleckenstein,  Joseph,  cor.  Brown  and   Maple  sts.  (steam  bakery),  Orm  F.  Bros.,  b 

Stonrocco.,  X.  Y.,  1348. 
Howe,  Jacob,  42  N.  Filzhugh  (Howe  ..ackers  and  bread),  esL  1814,  firm  J.  Howe  i 

Sons,  b.  Boston,  Ma-,s.  ;  s.  1314. 
Hauser,  August,  112  Xorth  av.  fconfcction'r),  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y.,  1350. 
Howe,  Jr  ,  Jacob,  42  X.  Fitzliugh  (Howe  crackers  and  bread),  b.  Jlonroe  Co.,  X.  Y 

1844. 
Hilfekcr,  John,  43  Monroo  av.  (baker.,  b.  .\rgau,  Switzerland  ;  8.  1861. 
Kondolf,  Henry,  cor.  Jay  and  Child  sts.  (baker,  and  flour  and  feed),  b.  Prussia 

I.  1837. 
Kenning,  Chas.,  34  Atwater  (baker),  b.  WVslphalia,  Germany;  s.  1837. 
Kramer,  M.,  12i)  State  (mnfr.  confect'y,  and  jobber  in  fruits  and  nuts),  b.  Cologne 

Germany  ;  s.  18.53. 
Kendall,  M.  J.,  132  State,  b.  Cortland  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1869. 

Linsin,  John  F.,  79  N.  Clinton  (wholsal.-  mnfr.  candit.-l,  b.  Baden,  Ger.  ;  «,  1871 
McCluskey,  T.  M.,  13.'*  W.  Main  (confectionery,  ice  cream,  and  oysters),  b.  Uin! 

dale,  X.  Y.;  5.  1371. 
M.-rklinger,  Louis,  103  \Vr.t  av.  (confectioner),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  t.  1844. 

Jlillcr,  Jas.  v.,  210  Si.itc  nfectionery  and  ice  cre.lm).  b.  M.inrne  co.,  X.  Y.,  If"': 

Jlorris,  David,  93  E.  M.iin  (Confect'y,  ice  cream,  and  s-.da),  b.  Xew  York  ;  1.  13;'.2. 
Osborn,  J.  D.,  E.  Main,  b.  .M..nlg  .mcry  C".,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1871. 
P.o3cnber.gcr,  J.,  4  5  X.  Clinton,  h   Prus'-in  :  s.  IS.'.O. 


Wm.  II., 


am,  and  oysters.,  b.  Mo 
il),b-  Ilampdrn,  Mass.; 


HISTORY   OF   JIONllOi:   COUNTY,  NEW   Y(.)HK. 


Tlir...hM-,  P.  M..  30  North  i 
Wood,  Mr..  A.   E  ,   121  N 

».  I.;  5.  lS-4 
Teomu,  K.  M.,  141  E.  Mai 


fconfuctiMnoryj,  b. 
St.   Paul  (conrecli'j 


I  (confectioner,  ice  crei 
BANKERS. 


.  Oneidi 
1,,  N.  T. 


Atkiiunn,  U.  F.,  Pr«t.  Cml.  Uank  ..t  I 
B-nrrj,  Patrick,  Prejt.  .Mech.  Savin-  n.iiik 
Ch«pin,  CliJi.  II. ,  .stJite  st.,  Prest.  B.ink  o 
Cheney,  W.   H.,   Liv.i.-ston  park,  Vice-1 


(est.  1375),  W,  M:>in  :  b.  1927. 
tlmn'.;esl,,  b.  Down,  IrelaiiJ;  i. 
^■li.,b.  X.  Y.;s.   1S30. 
:.  lUcli.  Sivin!;  Bank  ;  also  dca 


'.  b. 


Corning,  W.,  Wc-t  51:. 
Clarke,  P.,  110  .Vl.s.inc 

'C9,  '72,  b.  K.n--' 
Clarluon,  Geo.  G..Stat 

chant  tailor),  b.  Rlinbur^li,  .•*c..il:,ii.l  ;  '.  I 
Erickwn,  .\aron,  5t.it..- .t.  |e<t.  ISWi,  1>.  O.  n..-<!.- 
Filon,  Michael,  13  N.  Clinton,  Vicc-Pr.-l    K;iil 

Cayuga  CO.,  S.  Y. ;  s.  lS2l). 
Gorton,  Francis,  cor.  M;iin  alij  Suto,  Projt.  Flo 

9«n  cv,  Vt. ;  5.  lS;i9. 
Hanford,  H.  S.,  W.  Main  St.,  Bond  and  llorlgage 

roe,  Jf.  Y.  i  J.  1847. 
Hammatt,  Edward  R.,  \V.  Main  St.,  Soc.  and  Trc; 

Mass. ;  !.  1S6 !. 
Jfonhrop,  N.   B.,  52  N.  St.  Paul,  Banker  (retir 

Rochester  Savings  Bank,  b.  FairSiId,  Com 
,  0.  A.,  Sute  St.  (est.  1800),  flrni  of  Eri< 


ed,,,  Cmp.  ..(  t 

heCurrencv.  ■C.i'G6;   .M.  C.    63 

N.  Y.;  s.  I8« 

si.  Moar.«  C-o. 

SHri„t;s    D..nk  ;    Mayor,  74-5  ( 

Kerpont,  Jon.,  Slate  St.  (Sc 

b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y. 

Powers,  D.  W.,  cor.  Main 


ur  City   Ba 

k  (est    1S.M).  b.  Ad.li- 

Clerk  Rocb. 

Sav.ngs  Bank,  b.  M..„- 

as.  P.o^.h.  -Sa 

.ings  Bank,  b.  Boston, 

edl,  Trustee 
.,  1812. 
kson,  Jenni 

and   L..an  Eiamin^r 
ngjiCo.,b.N.Y.C.; 

Co.  Saving 

Bank,  incorp'd  1850), 

r  (est.  18.50) 

b,  Genesee,  N.  Y. ;  s. 

ens.  5[ercba 

nU'  Savings    Bant  ..f 

Bocbester,  Joo.    II  .  Exchange   St.,  Sec.  and  Trens.  5IercbanU'  Sa 

pjirb^l^r.  b    Monroe  «.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  !»29. 
Smith,  J.  Monwu.  East  avo.,  Vicc-Prcst.   Bank  of   Rochester,  Insurance,  b.  OL^egn 

K.Y.;  I.  18i7,'. 
Sweet,  Geo.  M.,  41  State  st,.  Cashier  Bank  of  R..cho5lcr.  b,  .Monroe,  N,  Y.  ;  s.  181C 
Smith,  K.  F.,  W.  Main  St.,  Pre,t.  B.».-lie.ter  Savings  Bank,  b.  New  London,  Conn. 

a.  182.5. 
Upton,  Chaa.  E.,  State  st..  Cishier  City  Bank  of  Koch,,  b,  Ontario,  N,  Y. ;  s.  1852. 


DRESSERS. 
o,,  X.  Y.;  3.  1847. 


BARBERS  AND  HAII 
Blozsoa,  A.  C.  (and  pipes  and  cigars),  b.  Monroe  cf 
Goeti,  Geo,  M.,  SO  St.  Joseph,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y 
Johnson,  n.  G.,  US  W.  Main,  b.  Ontario  co„  X,  Y 
Montgomery,  ILibert.  ^r.:i'.  State  (hot  and  cold  bath 
Keibel,  John  X.,  83  WMtav.,  b.  M..nroo  co.,  N.  Y 


BARREL,  CISTERN,  AND  STAVE   MANUFACTURERS. 
Ailing,  D.  C,  28  Andrews  (cisterns.,  b.  Saratoga  co.,  X,  Y, :  s,  182G. 
CUrk,  B.  n.,  57  Lnk-p  av.  (sLive  mnfr.),  b.  Salem,  Mass.  ;  ..  IKH^ 
Coapman,  Edgar,  24  Lorinier  isupt.  B.  H.  Clark),  b 
Dooghertv,  John   P.  ,  12  Sinitb  .  runfr.  barrel  and  si 

Frioklin,  Vt. ;  ..  lSi4. 
Doney,  James,  14  Orcig  (mnfr,  barrel  and  shingle  m 

1838. 
flreenwooj,  Jolin,  cor.  Grape  and  Orange  >U.   (mnfr.  ► 

moreland,  England  ;. 3.  18-50, 
Hazard,  James,  1  St.  .lames  park  (mnfr.  flniir  and  pat, 

Jlonroeco..  X.  Y.,  1848. 
LoTecratt,  Joseph,  22')  Rrjwn  (barrel-head  mrifr.).  Jos. 

ahire,  England;  s.  l;':n. 
LoTecraft,  Joshua   E.,  I'lO   Itrown  (barrel-bead   ninfr.V 

Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y..  181.5. 
Porter,  Samuel,  2:'.  Eli);ahelh  (mnfr.  barrc-l  -t.-wkl,  b.  -M. 

Stork.  Michapl.  307  llrown  (tank  and  cistern  mnfr.),  b.  Luieiubon-!;-,  Ger.  ;  s.  I^IS. 
Toetj,  Geo.,  13:1  X.  Jones  iflonr  and  fruit  barrelsi,  b.  St.   Lawrcnco 

1.  IM2. 
Van  Dol.h,  II.  II.,  lO;  Allen  (supt.  Saml.  Porter)  b.  Oenes.Hi  co.,  X.  Y 


Y. :  s.  IS,58. 
glc  rnachir.try)  est.   1661 

ventilated  fruit  barrels., 
Lovecraft  &  Son,  b.  Dev 
1,  Jos.    Loveeraft  A  Son, 
'!.  Y.,  IS43. 
-cnco  CO.,  X.  Y 
1844. 


Anderson, 

Angcio,  Lotiis,  90  X.'rth  av.  (carriag. 

N.  Y.  ;  s,  18,52. 
Bnrleigh,  Thns,  F  ,  21  St.  Clair  (carri 

roe  CO.,  X.  Y  ;  !.  ISfl. 
Brown,  F..lwiii  A  ,  .'^^  \V"-t  av..  b.  (V 

Betlner,  Tbo"  ,  S..iilh  nv.  (horse.«l i 

Dwyer,  Vf.  II.,  I  ,\n    ri  ;l,..r=r-,h.«-iii 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Ilicknrv  I  h.irse-^hoi-ing),  b.  Diiblir 


Ir..land  ;  «.  I,«05. 
blacksmith),  b.  3Ionroe  co,. 


,  arm   Kell.-y  &  D.irlcigh,  b,  Mon 


Eagan,  Wm.,  IW  Hunter  (horse-shocrl,  b   Cayuga,  X,  Y. ;  s,  1862. 

Eustace,  James,  9  Division  (horse-shoeing  on  ni.iit  iniprovt-d  plan),  b,  W.-ifor. 

land  ;  s,  18C8, 
Glcck,  John,  cor,  Clinton  and  -Seneca  sts,  ;;h.ir-e-sh.>eing  and  job  work  i,  b,  \Vu 

berg,  Germany  :  s,  IHlitj, 


,  13( 


h    Ireland  ; 
England;  ■ 


Horner,  John,  51  Williams! 
Hick.  Philip.  .\v..-nuo  B  (hor 
Kelly,  Jos,,  15  St.  Clair  I  carri 

Ontario;  s    1304, 
Koblmetz.  Henry,  121  X.  Water,  b,  Mecklenburg,  Germany;  s,  1854. 
Luctctt,  John  J.",  2?J  Monger  ,and  jobbing,,  b,  0^f..rJshirB.  Knglan.l  ;  s.  I 
La  Fontaine,  L..uU  G.,  cor,   Frunkliii  and  Catharine  sts.  (carriagi-  irone 


,  arm  Wu 


Monaghan,  Edward,  8  Comfort  (horso-slioer  on  the  most  impr< 

bridged  Maswill,  b,  D.)wn,  Ireland;  s.  1852. 
MiUingt-.n,  .S.iml.  A.,  Cal.-.U.niaav.  (coppersmith -.  b.  Wiltshir..,  Knglan.l;   s.  IS-VJ 
Monaghan,  J.jun.  8  W.  Smith  ,  horse-hocri,  b.  Down,  Ireland  ;  s    1.-(4..1. 
Melvin,  Jam.-s,  114  I'lymouth  .  horso-ho.-r  and  jobber),  b.  Down,  In-land;  s.  1831. 
Xash,  Will,,  York  H.Mise  land  j.ibbinga.-pt.  i.  with  J.  C.  Ileughes  A  C...,  b.  IJIouce-,- 

tcrshire,  England  ;  s.  l,-<t;r,. 
O'Brien,  J.  B  ,  222  X.  St.  Paul  (Carriage  iron-n,  b.  Kilkenny,  Ireland;  s,  1844. 
Bopp,  Charles,  125  Ly.-ll  .cnrri,,go  irnner,,  b.  IJa.kn,  Germany:  s.  IS'}!), 
Kobin5..n,  Jas,  A.,  h.l  S    Ciinlon  (h.irsc-sho.-ingi,  b,  Coburg.  Ontario;  3,  18.50. 
Smith,  John,  4  Smith  i  horse-h.-eiog,,  b,  D.jwn.  Ireland;  s.  1841. 
Soberer  &  B.nner,  127  Lake  av.  (horse-shoeing  and  general  jobbing) ;  s.  1370. 
Smith,  X,  U,,  24  Gr.and  (horsc-sbocing,  general  jobbing),  b,  Montgomery,  X.  Y. 

3.  1831. 


BOOKBINDERS. 
Andrews,  Ezra  R.,  Aqueduct  St.,  b,  M.mroe  co..  X.  Y.,  1.328. 
Benford,  Thomas,  Norton  st..  b,  T..ront..,  Canr.da  ;  3.  lS4fi. 
Creed,  Wm  ,  20  W.  .Main    and  blank-book  mnfr.  %  b.  Berkshire,  EnghinJ  ;  s.  18.'.0. 


RutbV'-n,  C.  W.,  Greenwood  av.  (for 
Sax,  Sigmund,  51  Front,  b.  Bavaria; 


BOOK    AND  JOB   PRINTERS. 

,  Ezra  R..  Aqu.-duct  St.,  b.  .Monroe  co,,  X.  Y.,  1,»2S. 


Barbydt,  Ja 

X.  Y.  ;  s.  18-53. 
Bostwick,  Alberts.,  E.  Main  (Srm  B.  i  lleindl),  b.  Livingston  co.,  X.  Y,  ;  s.  1810. 
Backus,  Cha.-.  E.,  44  Gn-gory  (supt.  Vacuum  Oil  Co.'sjob  printing  olBce),  b.  M-.n- 
I  ro«co.,X.  Y„18J8, 

Carter,  Samuel  R,,S,  Fitzbugh  (supt,  E-tpress  Pt'g  Co.),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1845. 
Ckgue,  W.  U.  U,,  S.  WashingtoQ  (foreman  press-room  E,  1!,  .\ndrews),  b.  Monroe 

CO,,  N.  Y.,  1840. 
Cushman,  H.  G.,  Court  st.  (foreman  composing-room  E.  R.  .Vndrews),b.  Ontario  co., 

X.  Y.  ;  3,  18-54, 
Dove,  Wm,,  .South  av.  (foreman  job  office  Taion  ai.d  AciccrHser),  b.  Albany,  X.  Y  ; 

s.  19-50. 
Falls,  Wm.  S.,  0  Elwood  blk.  (est.  18';41,  b,  Albany,  X,  Y.  ;  s.  1839. 
Frauenbergcr,  G.,  59,  "50,  Rcyn->I.ls'  arcade  (printer  fruits,  flowers,  etc.,  in  colors!, 

b.  Saxony,  Germany  ;  s.  1852, 
Gliddon,  Thos,,  Bolivar  st.  (printer  .<;.,ii./i./  Hr,-nl,!.,  h  Guernsey,  England  ;  s,  1851. 
Heindl.  Jr.,  Louis,  E.  Main  riirm  Bostwick  &  II.).  b.  Munich,  Germany;  s.  19)9. 
Hackstaff,  X.  T..  2:;  Elwoo.1  blk,  ,e.l.  an, I  pub.  .V.Vij(i/-i  Cihj  Herall,  lS57-l,3i'.2j,  b, 

Clint.mco,,X.  Y.;  s.  I,3'r2. 
Mantz,  Eiig..nc  R.,  87  Stale  (f.Teman  En,,,^sl  Cln-i-Uan  office),  b.  London,  England  ; 
;  s.  1876, 

Pierce,  Jas.  H  ,  X,  S.'pbia  (foreman  prcss-rrvom    U^tion  and  AUvertiMr),  b,  Monroo 
I  CO.,  N,  Y.,  1853. 

I         Rodell,  F.  W.,  Stewart's  blk.  (-team  and  j.-bl,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1354. 
Swinburn,- .<:  C.  J.  W.,  Arca.le. 

Stump,  C.  H  ,67  Arca.le,  Brm  (.'.  II.  S.  i  Co.,  established  1866,  b,  Ontario  co,,  X.Y,  ; 
:  3,  1854. 

j         Smith,  M.  II  ,  3:',,  35,  Exchange  (and  general  agent  Prang's  illuminated  cards),  b. 

Oneida  CO,,  X.  Y,;  s,  l,').-,7. 
I         Stesel,  Geo..  23}  W.  Main  (loreman  news  department  Beoliachter),  b,  DiiKilo,  X.  Y. ; 
I  •.  1873. 

I        Whybrcw,  Samuel,  76  Monroe  av.  .-supt.  Vacuum  Oil  Co.'s  job  printing  offlc.i,  b. 
London.  Encland  ;  »,  18.;'.1. 
Wegman,  A,  J,  (printer  S„n.laij  lleraLl,.  h.  .Moiir.w  Co.,  X,  Y  ,  1819. 

BOOK    AND    NEWS    DEALERS. 

Dewey,  D.  M,,  .8  Area.le  (and  art  ~Mcry\  b,  O, .,-...„  ,-„.,  N,  Y, ;  i.  1831. 

Ernst,  I...n-nz,  2^  Franklin,  b.  I!a  leu,  Gcr.nany  ;  s.  1>=31. 
I  Hamn,..n.l.  W.  C  ,  212  W,  M  ,in  (and  vari.  (y  slorel,  b.  L.n.lon,  En^-land  ;   ■    1^75. 

'         Merk,  \V.,  ■■  N  thill. .n  (, Mr.  German  and  English  books,  periodicals,  etc),  L,  lladen, 
1  Germany;  s.  1852, 


298 


mSTORY  or  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Plajsr,  Thus.,  317Slato  (news),  b.  Wil'.il.ire,  En-l«n<l;  s.  1856. 

Morse,  C.  C,  2:1  Princo  (mnfr.).  Arm   Piincost,  S.^-e  i  Morse,  est.  1827,  b    li.nn,,,,.- 

Kuppanncr,  Jm.,  2.51  Stuto  (Ciitholic  book  and  picture  J!r.),  b.  St.  Gull,  Switzerland  ; 

lon,  Vt. ;  ..  18.-,0. 

1.  1875. 

Mere,  L.  T.,  40  Lyell  (for.  cut  ;;  &  tifi;  de|,t.  J.  11.  i  P.  Byrnes),  b.  X   V.  ,  ,.  1«-,^ 

Renfrew,  Jr.,  R.,  88  West  a»,,  b.  .Vnnroe  co.,  X.  T.,  IS.M. 

OKane,J.,cor.  Francis  and  Flint  (for'nsoU.  leather  dept.  Byrnes' uairT),b,  Monr^.,- 

Tbrwher,  F.  M.,  Sn  .\»rth  av.  (and  circulating  ULrarv),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  T.,  18J4. 

co.,N.  Y.;s.  I80O. 

Pratt,  L.  A.,  04  State  (rclailyi,.<  boots  and  shoes),  b.  Hartford,  Conn.  ;  5,  lS.-,2 

Phillips,  T..  4:1  W:ilnut  (for'n  St'g  dcpt.  Pancost,  Su-o  i  Morse),  b.  .\ortlKiu,|,t,„,. 

BOOT   AND    SHOE    DEALERS. 

En.,-land ;  s.  1870. 

AlUet,  John  W.,  Fro«t  av.  (foremrxn  cultin;  and  Sltin;  d.-pt.  Kccd  &  Weaver),  b. 

Peters,  W.  U,  73  Water  ,  mnfr.  and  whol.  dealer).  Arm  D.  W.  Wriglit  i  Co.,  b  -ur.. 

toga,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  l«.;3. 
Pbolan,  J.,  Stewaru-  block  (mnfr.  hdies'  and  children's  line  sewed),  b.  Tiip.rarv. 

Ireland  ;  s.  18.-.3. 

Worcesttrsliire,  F.n-Lw,d  ;  s.  1872. 
Bishop,  F.  D.,  lOO.Slute  (wliolesal.-l,  firm  G...ndwin  i  11.,  b.  Cleveland,  0,  ;  s.  1807. 
Bott,  John  A.,  109  Orcliiird  iiiinlV.  and  dir  1,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.,  18113. 

Burket,  James,  203  State  imnfr.l,  b.  WeifMrd.  Ireland  ;  s.  ISfi.i. 

Bartlett,  T.  E.,  25  Oak  (solo  cutter,  with  Uatch  i  Sons],  b.  Portsm'h,  N.  H.  ;  s.  1861. 

Rausch.  John,  180  West  a7.  (shoemaker),  b.  Luienibour-.  Ger. ;  s.  \Stir,. 
Regan,  D.,  47  Davis  (for.  bofg  dcpt.  Byrnes'  mnfy.),  b.  Cork,  Ireland  ;  s.  1871. 

Boss,  Abraham,  70  North  av.  i  mnfr.  and  dlr.  I,  b.  Berne,  .Switzerland  ;  s.  180O. 

Robinson,  F.  B.,  O'J  William  (for'n  cut's  i  dfj  Jept.  Phclan  i  Bolion),  b.  Wort... 

ter,  Mass.  1  3.  18G5. 
Robins,  Jr.,  J.  1.,  4  Allen  (mnfr.  women's  .l.,d  misses'  fineslioes),  Arm  A.  J.  J.-hn^.i. 

i  Co  .  b.  Monroe  Co..  N.  Y..  1832. 

Beck,  L.  P.,  87  E.  Main  (mnfr.  and  dealer;,  firm  L.  P.  Beck  i  Bro.,  b.  Monroe  co., 
N.  Y.,I8:I7. 

Idren's  booU  and  shoes),  firm 
iC.i  Harris,  b.  Monroe  Co., 
of  firm  Cowles  & 


Browncll,  Wm.,  22  PeRrI  .salesman,  WoUard),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  K.  Y.  ;  s.  1836. 
Byrnes,  J.  H.,  89,  91  N.  Water  (manufr.,  firm  J.  H.  A  P.  Byrnes,  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y.,  1848. 
Bolton,  T.,  Stewart's  blk.,  firm  Pholan  i  B.  (mnfr.  ladies',  missej',  and  boys'  One 

•ewed  shoes),  b.  Oxfordshire,  En-land  ;  s.  1873. 
Byrnes,  P.,  89,91  X.  Water  (mnfr.l,firm  J.  H.  ..t  P.  Byrm-s,  b.  Kingi,  Ir'd  :  s.  1530. 
Bingham,  Wm.,  32  Lilclitiold  (for.  bottoming  dept.  A.  J.  Johnson  i  Co.),  b.  Down, 

Ireland;  a.  1847. 
Coi,  Patrick,  8.3  X.  Water  I  mnfr.  boys',  youths',  and 

P.  Coi  &  Bro.,  b.  Longford,  Ireland  ;  s.  18.30. 
Cowles,  E.  W.,  Kalb's  bl'k  (Minfr.  children's  suoesi,  I 

N.  Y.,  1840. 
Cowles,  E.  H.,  103  Frank  (head  s.ilesman  Roed  4  Weaver. 

Harris),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y'.,  1841. 
Doser,  B.,  33  Heifer  (for'n  team  room  D.  H.  Westbury),  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  T.,  1849. 
Dowling,  J.,  151^  South  av.  (for'n  learn  room  Pbclan  ^  Bolton),  b.  St.  Joseph,  Mich. ; 

1.  1873. 

Eastwood,  Wm.,  •-'2  State  1  retail  dealer),  b.  Liverpool,  England;  s   1840. 

Engler,  H.,  9  X.  Clinton  ,imp.  cordovan,  calf,  i  pal.  leather,  cus.  made),  b.  Hamburg, 

Ger.  ;  s.  1858. 
Evans,  J.  J.,  52  X.  St.  Paul  (mnfr.  men's,  women's,  tuisses',  boys',  and  youths'),  b. 

Cork,  Ireland  ;  s.  1804. 
Fislier,  James,  2  Hudson  in-.r.fr.  and  dlr.),  b.  Retrenchment.  Holland;  s.  1857. 
Glasser,  Geo.  M.,  121  Jay  tmnfr.i,  flrni  G.  i  Bro.,  b.  Monr.M-  co.,  X.  Y..  1845. 
Glasser,  F.  C,  121  Jay  (mnlr.j,  firm  G.  i  Bro  ,  b.  Jlunroe  Co  .  X.  Y.,  1843. 
Gould  i  Son,  Geo.,  K  .State  -  mnfrs.  i  whol.  \-  ret.  diri.l.  b.  E.ssei,  Mass.;  s.  1824. 
GocKlhue,  A.  J.,  87  Water  imnfr.l.  firm  Keller  &  G..  b.  Summit  co.,  O.  ;  s.  1872. 
Goodyear,  W.  H  ,  73  Champlain  (torn  bot'g  dept.  D.  W.  Wright  i:  Co.),  b.  Monroe 

CO.,  N.  Y.,  1843. 
Gardiner,  R.,  131  Jones  (for.  team  room  P.  Col  k  Bro),  b.  Galwty,  Ir'd  ;  3.  1800. 
Graves,  L.  S.,  cor.  Mill  &  Factory  (mnfr.  boot  &.  shoe  mach'y  &  elev'rs),  b.  "SVorces- 

ter.  Mass. ;  3.  1859. 
Goodwin,  F.  E.,  109  State  (wholesale),  firm  G.  &  Bishop,  b. 'Worcester,  Mass. ;  3.  1870. 
Hatch,  A.  J.,  8  Plea.-ant  ininnfr.  moulded  and  crimped  boot  and  shoe  counters),  tirm 

Hateli  Bros.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1841. 
Hatch,  J.  W.,  5«  X.  St.  Paul  (mnfr.  ladies' and  misses'  maeh.  sewed  shoes),  est.  1833, 

firm  Hatch  i  S.ms,  b.  Wa.sh.  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1822. 
Hatch,  C.  B.,  37  Ch-.irlotto  minfr.  ladies'  and  misses'  mach.  sewed  shoes),  est.  1833, 

firnfHalcli  i  Sons,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  1S33. 
Hiilte.  Carl,  83  X.  Clinton  (mnfr.  \  dealer),  b.  Prussia;  3.  18J2. 
Hohman,  Victor,  0  West  av.  (mnfr.),  b.  Prussia;  s.  l.?OS. 

Hcnncisy,  M.,  0  King  iSupt.  Pancosl,  Sage  &  Mor..^e),  b.  tarlow,  Ireland  ;  s.  1834. 
Harris,  H.  C,  l'J9  Univcr>ily  av.  (mnfr.  chil'ns  shoes),  firm  Cowles  &  U.,  b.  Monroe 

CO.,  X.  Y.,  1834. 
Heughes,  J.  C,  cor.  .Mill  and  Plait  (mnfr.  boot  and  shoe  dies  and  cutters),  est.  18C.3, 

firm  J.  C.  H.  i  Co  ,  b.  Yorkshire,  England;  •,  l'?09. 
Hatch,  J.  L.,I  Vine  (mnfr.  ,iinyld,-d  and  crimped  bo..t  and  shoe  counters),  firm  Hatch 

Bros,,b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.,  1813. 
Hart,  John,  184  X.  Clint"n  imnfr.  and  dlr),  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  T.,  18l3. 
Hunt,  Uicliard,  144  Adams  ,,lralcrl,  b,  Cork,  Ireland;  ».  1830. 
Johns<in,  Andrr-w  J.,  172  Brown  (gen.  foreman  A.  J.  Johnson  i  Co.),  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y.,  1833. 


nfr.  Indii 


Pancui 


iCo 
Reed,  E.  P.,  Ill  State 

b.  Essel  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1. 
Sage,  Wm.  X.,  Plymouth  av.   ( 

Saratoga,  X.  Y. ;  3.  1827 
Smith,  Wm.,  3  Helena,  h.  Prus 
Taylor,  Wm.  U  ,  Chapman  Ho 

b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  3.  1873. 
Townsend,  Wm.,  Stewarts'  blk.  (mnfrs.  sh.«makcrs'  tool 

man,  b.  Livingston  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1851. 
Tarrant,  Ji^.  L.,  10  Genesee  (I'oreman  bottoming  dept. 


ium),  firm  Reed  iWc 
,ge  .S  Morse,  est.   18: 


stock  cutting  dcpt.  Phel: 


Engli 


1851. 


Reed  &  We 
g  dept.  D.  W.  Wright  &  I 


Vance,  Wm.  J.,  7  Marietu  (forei 

CO.,  N.  Y.,  1831. 
Van  Dake,  H.  F..  34  W.  Main  (wholesale  and  retail),  b.  Monroe  CO..  X.  Y.,  18:1 
Vance,  Jlisa  ilargaret,  141  X.  Clinton  (forewoniau  operating  dept.  -V.  J.  Johiiso 

Co.).  b.  Xew  York;  3.  1831. 
Vance,  Mi..  Vu.,  m   X.  Clinton   (forcv.'jjman  shoc-cuttir.g  dept.  A.  J.  Johns.. 1 

Co.),  b.  XewY'ork;  3.  1831. 
Wolfe,  Wm.  P.,  30  Hudson  (foreman  cutting  dept.  Hatch  &  Sons),  b.  Middle 

N.  J.;  s.  1800. 
Woollard,  John,  31  E    Main  (ninl'r.  and  ret.  dlr.),  b.  Berkihire,  En;.  ;   «.  1835. 
Wright,  D   W.,  73  Water  (mnfr.  and  wholesale  dlr),  firm  D.   W.   W.  &  .-^on 

Sarotoga,  X.  Y. ;  5.  1800. 
Wiseman,  A..  Stewart's  blk.  (mnfr.  shoemakers'  tools),  b.  Lincolnshire.  Eng.  ;  s.  1 
■Webster,  Elijah  D.,  117  E.  .Main  imnfr.  and  ret.  dlr.).  b.  G.ui.-see  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s    1 
Westbury,  D.  U.,  79  X.  -Water  (wholesale  mnfr.),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1^-7 
Zonnevyile,  M.  J.,  84  St.  Joseph  (mnfr.  and  dlr.),  h.  House,  Holland;  s.  ISOI. 

BOX-MAKERS. 


Johnson,  Alm.-r.ui  J.,  4  Alien  (mnfr.  Iadi~'  fine  slmcs),  firm  A   J.  Johnson  &  Co., 

8.  181-2. 

b.  St.  Lawrence  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1834. 

BF 

Kuhn,  E.  J.,  73  We-tav.  iinnrr.  an.ldlr.),  b.  France;  s    1831. 

Koza,  George,  '243  Stale  (mnfr.  and  dlr.),  I.,  ilohemia  :  s.  1.H73. 

Bartholoinav  Brewin 

Keller,  J. ,87  Val.r  imnfr.),  lirm  K.  &  Oo„.lhMe,  I.,  Clnmhia,  P.,.;  s.  1871. 

Gordon,  C, ,"48  to  0.-. 

Knapp,  A.  J.,  137  X  Jones  (torn  bof-dept.  Keller  i  G.«Hll,iie),  b.  Worcester,  Mas-. ; 

Hathaway,  11    U..  4.-* 

1.  1850. 

1.  1800. 

Leal  4  Weilr.ol,  r.'7  K.  Main  (mnfrs   and  dealersi. 

Howe,  Thomas  F..  c 

Moore,  Robt  J  ,  nil  W.  Main  (mnfr   and  dlr),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  18.-,0 

Tippvrary,  Ir,. 

Meyer,G.J,|8  1'.r..a.l»ay.n,nrr.iad,.-.'a„,lchil'nssh,e-|,h  Monr..eco..  X.  V.,  1830. 

Miller,  l-r.-lerick.  •>.- 

Martin,  Mi-»  X.,  124  W.  .Main  isup    Home  of  Indus,  'boo  shop),  b.  Kilkenny,  Ir  d  ; 

M.,n„el,  (Jo.lavi,..  31 

..  18.-.3 

Oollioi.t.  S i,   1,  j,in 

Meiif,  J.  J.,  09  Xorlh  av.  imiilr.  cloth  and  leath.  slippers  1,  b,  M.mroc  co.,  X.  Y.,  18.32. 

Albany.  X.  Y 

3.  1804. 
Disbrow,  I.  S.,  123  West  av.  (mnfr.  plain  and  fancy  packing-boxes  1,  b.Ya:-i 

X.  Y'. ;  3.  1S67. 
Deer,  John  C,  120  South  av.  (foreman  J.  Saiieri.  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y..  1852. 
Hunt,  J.  K.,01  X.  Water  1  paper  box  lunfr.i.  h.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1332. 
Hunt,  W.  J,,  91  X.  Water  (forciiin  J.  K.  llunti  b.  .Monroe  CO.,  X.   Y.,  ISIS. 
Lettingt-'n,  II.,  23  Exchange  place  (mnfr    p:i(,er  boxes),  b.  Wiiidom,  Conn.  :  ,. 
llasscy,  .Matthew,  33J  Hunter  i-upt.  finishing  department  J.  B.  Stevens ..  b.  No 

hainshire,  England  ;  s.  1833. 
Mallory,  O  ,  .55,  .37  State  1  paper  boxes     b   Onondnga  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1831. 
Stevens,  J.  B..  173  State,  linn  .1.  U.  St  vens  A:  .Son,  b.  Allegany  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  -■ 
Sachs,  Loui«,  30  Hudson  (foreman  II.  Lctiiiigton,    h.  liaden,  Germany  ;  b.  1^ 
Stevens,  Alvarado,  173  State,  lirm  J.  13   Stevens  i;  Son,  b.  .Monroe  Co..  X.  Y.. 
Sauer,  .lacob,  5.8  Hickory  Mniifr,   pat.  cig.r  bjiesi,  leader  51th  Keg    baii.l.  li. 

many  ;  s.  1814. 
Webber,  Jas.  X.,  249  Xorth  (foreman  sawing  dept   J.  B.  Stevens),  b.  Monro 

N.  Y.,  1839. 

BRASS   FOUNDERS. 


Wrav,  H.,  13  Ada, 
Wray,  Jr.,  Henry, 


(11.  Wr 


,^  .-i.i 


hind  ; 


BREWERS    AND    MALTSTERS. 


Hathaway  i  OerJ.. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORIC. 


2'j'j 


Tminor,  J.,  IGCalherine  (inuitaler 
Wmrr.n,  Edward  K,,  J-1  N.  St.  P: 


Hathaway  &  GurJon),  b.  Tyrone.  IrelunJ  ; 

111,  {,.  Plyrroiith,  V"t.  ;  i.  ISH. 

oiviti  sta.,  b.  Bararia,  Gcrtuany  ;  $.  1857. 


BUILDERS    AND    CONTRACTORS. 
Aldridg*,  G.  W  ,  20  N.  FiUhugh,  b.  Clinton  c...  N.  T.  ;  ..  193.5. 
Block,  Philip,  111  Soutli  lire.,  b.  U.«i«  Caj«l.  Germany;  5.  1840. 
Bell,  Tboiiius,  109  CleJonia  avc,  b.  Yorli,  England;  s.  I8.VJ. 

Basiett,  Wm..  47  Williiims  ,torn  G.  W.  AldriJ^'i-l,  b.  Frank.  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  i.  1847. 
Burgic,  Daniel,  04  St.  Joseph,  b.  Derne,  Germany  ;  t.  18i7. 

Coom,  Wdi  ,  23  Mark  I  foreman  Thomi«>n  i  Luther),  b.  Colburn.  Ont.  ;  >.  IS.M. 
DeJong»,  Eai«urd,2:;7St.  Jo-eph  (drni  DeJ.  &  ilurjeiljel,  b.  Zeeland,  Uol.  ;  i.  1845. 
Elliott,  Abraham,  i$  Grape,  b.  .SiiJ,ei,  KiiglunJ  ;  5.  13.52. 

Preedman,  B.,  Michia^m  (foreman  Ales.  Freedman),  b.  .Monroa  CO.,  N.  T. ;  i.  1834. 
Gundlach,  Michael,  19  Lwjpold,  b.  Prussia:  s.  18.V2. 
Hall,  George,  18  Kelly,  b.  Perthshire,  Scotland;  s.  18.30. 
Ball,  Wm.  K  ,  21  P^-vnolds,  b.  Uuttand<hire,  Kn-l.ind  ;  J.  1857. 
HcrbergM,  G.  M.,  3  St.  Michael  iretirodl,  b.  Uavaria:  j.  1810. 
Hoffmao,  tbas.  J-,  3iJ  Grape  -  foreman  John  Luthen,  b-  He4i.-n,  Ger.  ;  s.  1857. 
Klinkhammer,  Henry,  122  Mnple,  b.  Prussia:  ^.  18n.5. 

Lockhart,  Francis,  S.  Clmtham  3t.  (retired),  b.  S.  Chatham,  Ireland;  s.  1847. 
Lather,  John,  04  North  av.,  b.  Germany  ;  s.  1839, 

Marsiclje,  Abraham,  34  Buctian  park,  b    .\m«tordam,  Holland;  s.  1849. 
Miller,  Fred..  08  Lake  av  ,  b.  Prussia;  ■.  18-34. 
Mur.,  Dominick,  2:i  Gorham,  b.  Alsace:  ..  1833. 
McConnell,  John,  118  Ea.«t  av.,  b.  .Scotland  ;  ».  1833. 

Killer,  J.  A.,  16  St  Clair  ( .Miller  &  Van  Schuyver  I,  b.  Fronlenac,  Ontario  ;  ».  1868 
Pmrker,  W.  J.,54  HanoTcr 'carpenter  and  joiner),  b.  Norlbumberland,  Ont ;  •-  1865. 
Pike.  J.  B.  51  Goodman,  b.  Holland;  s    1806. 

Bumble,  Geo.,  34  S.  Ford  I  retired  1,  b.  Hampshire,  England  ;  a.  1836. 
Bauher,  John,  221  N.  Clinton  IdenUr  in  «nnr,  i,„t...  tl'c),  b.  Prussia;  s.  1844. 
B«tt,  Wm.Cor.  Aleianderand  P:irk,  b    Dunstiihle,  England:  s    1842. 
Batt,  "W.  H.,  41  Jlunger  (foreman  W.  Rattl.  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1843. 
Schulze,  P.  F.,  74  Hickory  (foreman  G   \V.  Aldrid:;ei  b.  Saiony,  Ger. ;  a.  1851. 
8lr«uchen,  John,  86  North  av.,  b.  Berne,  Switzerland  :  i.  ISOl. 
Salter,  Jicob,  17  Hollir.d,  i..^-i  and  f.nce  b.iiider.  b.  Switzerland;  s.  1864. 
Slahl,  M.  H.,  143  South  av.,  car|«nter  and  joiner,  b.  Bavaria.  Germany  ;  «.  1849. 
Stevenson,  J.  R,  42  Concord  (cor.  Thompson  &  Luther),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1841. 
Thompson,  O.  H.,  East  av.,  b.  Montgomery  co.,  X    Y. ;  s.  1831. 
Tanner,  William,  X  Atkinson,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y..  18.38. 
Tajlor,  P.  W..  Cor.  Jtarshall  and  Broadway,  b.  Hampshire,  Mass.;  t.  1837. 
Thomas,  J.  W.,  121  Caledonia  av.,  b.  Cornwall,  England;  s.  1S46. 
Turver,  Chai.  H.,  39  S.  Ford,  b.  Yorkshire,  England;  s.  1872. 
Van  Schuyver,  A.,  18  Pinnacle  av  ,  b.  Monrce  co..  N.  Y.,  18.-.0. 
'WIdmao,  Christian,  cor   St.  Joseph  and  Herman,  b    Wurtemberg,  Ger.  ;  i.  1847. 
■Wilson,  Wm.,  34  Franklin,  b.  Y-orkshire,  England;  l.  1835. 

BUTCHERS  AND  MEAT  MARKET. 


Bjiker,  Henry,  2.t8  State  (Sn 


Baker  Broj.l,  b.  Frankfort,  Germany;  a.  185l 
Bantel,  Joseph,  126  Lake,  b.  Moor.ie  Co.,  N".  Y. ;  s.  1855. 
Burgelin,  John,  51  North  av.,  b    B.iden,  Germany;  .".  1852. 
Eiseman,  Chr.,  134  St.  Joseph,  b.  Wurieuiberu-,  Germany;  s.  1868. 
Eiteman,  John,  134  St.  Joseph,  b.  'Wurlemberg,  Ocrnianv;  s.  1869. 
Fitzgerald,  M.,  lUO  N.  st    Paul.  b.  Monroe  co..  N.  Y.;  s.  184.5. 
Fi.scher,  John,  116  Lyell,  b.  .Mecklenburg  Schworin,  Germany:  s.  1865. 
Hamerick,  Joseph,  1.^8  Siale,  b.  Rhine,  Baden,  Germany  ;  s.  18.52. 
Heddifth,  Henry,  293  State  (est.  IS-V)),  b.  Dorsetshire,  England;  a.  lS5o! 
Junker,  Wm.  G.,  220  W.  Main,  b.  Hesscn,  Germany;  s.  1857. 
Killip,  James,  224  State,  b.  Isle  of  .Man,  England  ;  \.  1871. 
JIl  -r,  Frederick,  99  N.  Clinton,  b.  Alsace,  France  ;  s.  l.S.io. 
Me  Jluskey,  John  J.,  1311  \V.  Main.  b.  Wyoming,  S.  Y. ;  s.  1867. 
PfefTer,  Charlii,  122  W.  Main  ;  lirm  P.  &  Zinin.er,,  b.  Wurtemberg,  Ger.;  i 
Saile,  Martin,  Schenck  av.,  b.  Hoencoler,  Germany  ;  a.  1843. 
Bchleyer,  Peter,  14  ;-:ast,  b.  Germany;  «.  1854. 
SlrutJ,  Wni.  (and  provi.-ional,  h.  Wakcnburg.  Germany;  s.  1875. 
West,  Ch«s.,61  Lyell,  b.  Baden,  (Jermany  ;  s.  I8i;2. 

Zimmer,  Frederick,  122  W.  .Main,  b.  Hi!-e-Darmsl:,ilt,  Germany;  s.  1855. 
Zimmerman,  John,  148  St.  Joseph,  b.  Wurtemberg,  Germany;  s.  IBM. 


CARRIAGE   AND   'WAGON    MANUFACTURERS. 

Acnet,  Hugh,  8  Francis  (foreman  repair,  dep.  J.  Cunningham  &  Son),  b.  Down, 


Cunningham  *  .Son,  Jas  ,  Canal  st.  (carriage  and  hearse  r 

infs.);  s.  1838. 

Clements,  John,  90  West  ave.  (foreman  Cunningham  4  ^ 

on),  b.  Dcrry,  Ireland 

184S. 

C»wlhra,  John,  11  Brigirs  place,  b    Yorkshire,  England  ; 

..  1840, 

CorrU,  William.  20  Chnrl.ule  is..le  ninfr.  Corri.'  put,  wh 

il,  carriage  parU,  etc.; 

I-l.-..r  Man:  s.  1S34. 

D<-u,in,:    KiliMrd.  19t  W.  Main.  I'lim  P   &  Ziere..  h,  Sai 

oi.y:  s.  1970, 

«o.-d»in.  Vir,-il  C,  Fitzhugh  .t.,  b.  Litcl.lield,  Clin.  ;  a 

ili'iO. 

,  Cha 


lildfi 


ages,  , 


es.  velocipedes,  etc  i.  Arm 

f.K«i  dept.  Cunningham  i 
i  Soni,  b.   R., 


U.  &  Richardson,  h.  Wi 
Hysner,  Daniel,  5lain  and  Swa 
Hughes,  M.  L.,  110  Stiite  (chill 
Higgins,  Wm  ,  13  Bloss,  b.  Cornwall,  Englant 

Richardson,' b.  Clu-sliire,  N,  H.  :  s.  1870 
Keeler,  T.  J.,  110  West  av.,  b.  Cork,  Ireland  ; 
Kuenzi,  Samuel,  corner  Scio  and  Delesan  i  fore 

b.  Switzerland:  a,  18.50. 
Kelly,   Ed.  J.,   14  Kin-  i  foreman  jobbing  dept.  Cun 

mon,  Ireland;  s.  1.S52. 
Lowe,  R..117Tremont|ninfr.  carriage  wood  worki.  b.  Devonshire,  England  ;  s.  1--.4. 

Taylor,  Geo.  W.,  77  State  ( whol.  and  ret.  dlr.  children's  carriages,  etc.  I,  b.  Tipia:niry, 

Ireland  ;  I.  18.52. 
Weigand,  Matthew,  87  Weld  (mnfr.  wagons  and  sleigks),  b.  Bavaria;  s    1810, 

CHAIR   AND    CABINET    MANUFACTURERS. 
Archer,  Geo.  W.,  5,  7,  9  Water  (pat,  denUl  and  barber  chairs,  piano  stools,  etc  ],  b. 

Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  1837. 
Hannah,  Philip,  10  Gardiner  park  i  foreman  wood  dept.  -trcher's  dental  mnf  y    ,  b. 

Kirkmichael,  Isle  of  .Man,  England;  s.  18.50. 
Leavenworth,  E.,  129  Lake  av.  (supt.  C.  J.  Uayden  &  Co.),  b.   Fairfield,  Conn,  - 

8.  1843. 
Leavenworth,  Gideon,  139  Lake  av.  (ass't  foreman  C.J.  Hayden  &  Co.),  b.  Fairfield, 

Conn.;  s.  1831. 
Remarque,  John  A..  29  .\sylum  (gen.  foreman  Archer's  manufactory),  b.  Mouseiie, 

Frmnce;  i.  1845. 

CIDER    AND    VINEGAR    MANUFACTURERS. 
Duffy,  Ed,,  8-12  While 
Duffy,  Walter  B.,  7S  La 
OnUrio;  s.  1842 
Kru^,  Heury,  154  Xorth  av.,  b,  Baden,  Germs 
Lester,  A.  J.,  215  Stale  i  cider  rcSner),  b,  5ton 
Lynch,  John,  South  av.  lalso  soda  water,  etc.), 


;  s.  18-50. 

ICO.,  X.  Y.,  1853. 
Cork,  Ireland;  s.  1845, 


CIVIL    ENGINEERS    AND    SURVEYORS. 

•-.  18'25. 

18-26. 

1831. 

CO.,  X.  Y.;  ..1817. 


Beardsley,  C,  Glasgow  st,,  b,  Monroe  Co  ,  X 
Hanks,  B.  M.,  Pearl  it.,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  1' 
Jones,  Horace,  State  St.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y 
Stillson,  Geo.  D.,  102  Ml,  Hope  av.,  b.  Cayu; 


CIVIL   OFFICIALS. 

Angevine,  Edward,  King  st,.  Clerk  Koehester  city,  b,  Monroe  co,.  X.  Y..  1834, 
Aldridge,  Geo,  W,,  20  X.  Filzhugh.  Ald.Tman  1st  ward,  b.  Clinton,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1835. 
Bohrer,  Peter,  0  Kirk,  Policeman  14th  ward,  b.  Erswill,  Switzerland:  s.  1801. 
Bryan,  E.  W.,  263  X.  St.  Paul,  Supt.  Children  3  Home,  oic-Governrneot  Assessor,  b. 

Dutchess  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  3.  1832. 
Blirlingama,  J.  K,  Co.  Jail,  Dep.  Sheriff  and  Jailor,  b.  Dutchess  CO.,  X.  Y.;e    1843. 
Baker,  Cbas.S.,  Lakeov.,  Pros.  Hoard  of  Educa'n    70-7li,  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y.,  18.30. 
Bardwell,  J.  M.,  23  South  av  ,  Asst.  Assessor  ( Dep.  Co  Clerk  '06-72),  b.  Monroe  Co., 

N.  Y.,  1835. 
Bagy,  Geo.  A.,  7  E.  .Maple,  Supt.  Let.  Carriers,  Rochester  ( Col.  54th  X.  G.  X.  Y.  S,  i, 

b.  St.  Cathcriiie3,  Ont.  ;  3.  1844. 
Beck,  Lewis  P  ,  87  F..  Main,  .\lderman  14th  ward,  b.  Monr.->e  Co.,  X.  Y..  IS37. 
ClemenU,  Lucia,  Hubbel  park,  .Matron  Orphan  Asylum,  b.  StraOord,  X    H.:  s,  1800 
Daniels,  Henry  C,  Plymouth.avc.,  Police  Comm'r,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y..  18:i:l. 
Davis,  G.  P..  91  and  03  State.  Scho.)!  Comr  Uth  w.Trd,  b.  Monroe  ,0.,  X    Y.'lSIS. 
Deuel,  John  W.,Gla-sgow,  Judge  uf  the  Municipal  Court  (est.  18701,  b.  ScbenecUdv, 

N.  Y.;  s.  1868. 
Donnelly,  S.,  180  State.  Supt.  l!'d  of  Health  Ins|K;ctor3,  b.  Montreal,  Q. :  s.  18.,;. 
Enos,  B.  F,  10  Aleiandor,Cl'k  Police  Com.  and  Pol,  Ct.,  b,  Yates  co,  X.  Y.  :  «.  1932. 
Fenner,  Edw.  R.,  98  Ml.  Hope  av.,  .Sc.  Bd  of  Excise,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y..  IS.'O. 
Filon,  .Michael,  13  X.  Clinton,  cx-.Man.r  UocI.ester,  b.  Cnvugn  co..  X.  Y.  :  s.  I.'^O 
Green,  Selh.  10  Mortiiuer,  Sii|.t  X,  v'.  S  Fishing  Com.,  b".  Monroe  C).,  X.  Y  .  1817. 
Gardiner,  Addison.  Powers'  block,  Vice-(,'liaiicellor  and  Cir.  Judge,   ^JO-IO,  Lt.-Guv,. 

•45-7,  Judge  Court  of  Appeal*,  1840,  b.  Itiudgo,  X.  U.  ;  s,  18-2-2. 
Gibson,  L.  S.,  10  Trowbridge,  Chief  Eng'r  Fire  Dep't,  Rochester,  b.  Poughkeepsie, 

X.  Y. ;  •.  1842. 
Hurley,  Thomas,  304  State,  Policeman  (elected  'OS),  b.  Clare,  Ireland  ;  s,  1«37. 
Hart,  J.  J.,  E.  Main,  Chair.  Coin,  on  Test- Books,  etc..  Central  Library,  Ro-.hester, 

b.  .Monroe  CO,  X.  Y.,  1851. 
Hulett,  P.  11..  -N.  Clinton.  Sp-cial  Co,  Judge  1  elected  '73),  b.  Monroe  co,,X    Y,,  )»i' 
Harder,  John  .M.,  We-l  »i-,.  Coroner  and  .V.it,  Public,  b,  Colnnil. in  co  ,X.  Y,  .  s,  k^.O- 
Howard.  E.  II.  iM,l>,  ,.  Al,ns|,ni.-e.  W  iirlio  Co.  Almso.  b.  Erie  00.,  X.  Y- :   s    187:: 
IIu-h,ind-,  J.   U,  N.   KlI^liu-,-ll.   U.  S,  .s,,,„„l,nu-    Ma-T.rai,d    F.l,.n,i,i.-r  in  rial,   cry. 

Kegislerin  Banl-rnpl.y;  I'  ,-  CMiir;  I.  Ilnruiij- ..  W  .  I  :  s,  l^ii> 
Kelly,  Jas  H  ,  cor.  Mill.tnl  Furnaen  -  i.l.l  'Hi,  «,r,l,.l.  S  irat..:...  eo  ,  X.  V. 
Klinkbaiiimer,  Henry,  122  .Miipl.-,  Supirn-or  lotli  war.l,  b,  I'ri-soi;  8.  1S0.5, 


HISTORY  OF  MO^'IIOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YOllK. 


Koath,  A.  >r,,  X.  Clinton.  AsVr  l!,.ch.-tcr  cltv  olcc.  T'v,  b.  Bomber^-,  Gpr, ;  ».  I'.'.l. 
M.rtin,  A.  H..  Ly.-ll  :inJ  L'hil.l.  AIJ.ri..:.n  lilh  ward,  b.  M.inr.,0  c.,  N.  Y.,  l.«4. 
Mclean,  \.,S.  Clinton  St.,  Ch'f(f["«i.i.':..c.  '73  ^K  Livins-tun  Co.,  N.  IT.;  s.  1843. 
McK.y,  D  ,  Cal.Jonia  iiv  ,  City  A«o5-or  lilwKd  Mi,  b.  Wi-'ti.  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  182li. 
M.rtin,  J.  W.,  100  W.  -tav  ,  AIJ  Stii  W.I, &  I'rti.  B  J  .V.M  ,  h  Mon.  Co.,  N.  Y  ,  1S40. 
Maurcr,  J.  O  ,  17  Wili.un,  CI.  f  l'..,t.  ^t>  IV|.t.,  Cilj-  I'.  O  ,  b.  .Mon.  .-o.,  N  Y.,  ISlli. 
McGunegiil.d.  t.i.-o.  Al..i,lKHi-..,Co.Supt.vf  l'o.>ra-lcc.   70),  b.  Columbia co.,  N.Y. ; 

s.  HM. 
Newton,  Lynuin  N'  .  K,.7.,,b.  :h  it.,  Dcp.  SIi-tiiT,  h.  Sheniin-o  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  1354. 
N»gl»,  Andrevf,  174  6lul. ,  AlJerm;in  L'.l  HMnl,  b.  WorL-mbiTi,',  Oer. ;  j.  1801. 
0«tley,  £.  T.,cor..L..rinioriiQil  Frank,  City  A«'r   i-lec,    •J-.i,  b.  Wii.-h.,  1'^  I.;   5.  1841. 
Piraonj,  C.  R.,  Arnold  park,  5t;iy.jr.  b.  Livinjiton  co..  X.  Y. ;  •    131(1 
Pucock,  Oscar  U.,  Mci-i  si  ,  City  rinrvcvor,  h.  \V:iyi.e  co.,  X.  Y  :  3.  ISiU. 
Eochester,  0.  K.,C:.l.;aoni,i  Hv.,  c!in,il  Col  r  'i.npj  Fv-b,,  7«l,  b.  W.uOi..  JId  ;  s.  1818. 
Eaines,  <;c,.r-c,  Ka-t.  n».,  Di,t.  Attorney,  b,    Wayn- Co..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  l-.;.",. 
Redfleld,  11.  S  ,  Plynmulh  .iv..  Soporvisor  ^l\<  ward,  b.  OiiUirio  o.,  X,  Y.  :  =.  1S43. 
Buby,  John  II.,  174  West  »v  .  L.tter  I   .rr,er,  Dhu  7,  b.  lEonroc  Co..  X.  Y  ,  18-32. 
Eaby,  John  J.,  107  -Maple,  In-p.ctor  ...'  Scivori,  b.  .M  .nr.M  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1.S42. 


.  Y.,  184--.. 


Shuart,  DcKn  \V.,  East  av  ,  i:,.  S.trro','ati:  ,rl.  ct.  J  1-j7.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  V.,  1327. 
Sill,  G.  W.,  E.,t  ar.,  Jud.  Mun.  C'rt  (est.  May,  7') ..  b.  Livin;-i..n  co.,  X.  Y.  i  s.  1803. 
SUplM,  W.  S.,  30  P.url,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  b.  M.^nro.-  co.,  X.  Y.,  ISiX 
Thompson,  Jas.  E.,  Mon.-oe  av.,  Under  Slicritf.  b    Monr.>-  co  .  X.  Y.,  1827. 
Wheeler,  A.  G.,  cor.  Eichan-o  and  Urcij,  Police  Jusii.o,  b.  Jlonroeco.,  X.  Y.,I8M. 
Williams,  G.  D.,  cor.  Troup  and  Greenwood  »t.,  City  Treas.,  b.  Mon.  co.,  X.  Y.,  1843. 
Whittlesey,  W.  S.,  30  Troup,  Deputy  P.  JI.  ,app  d  ISOl),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. 
Wait,  Calvin,  33  Atkinson,  Chief  Clerk  City  P.  O.  iForwardcr,  Albany,   43-  .3C.,,  b. 

Hampshire,  Mtt-=3. ;  s.  183-5. 
Wastbury,  D.  II.,  79  X,  W^ter,  Alderman  3d  ward.  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  IS27. 
Zimmer,  Frcd'k,  140  3[t.  Hope  av..  Police  Com  r,  b.  Hesse-DiriniUidt,  Ger. ;  s.  1848. 

CLOTHING.   CLOTHS,   ETC. 

Allen,  Anson  C,  24,  26  W.  Main  (drm  Allen,  Straus  i  Co. ),  b.  Oswego  co.,  X.  Y.  : 

s.  1868. 
Billings,  Jona^  G.,  4  James  ('saleara.in  cloth  dept.  Slhiev,  Lindsov  4  Curr.l.  b.  VVin-l- 

sor,  Vt.  ;  s.  1835. 
Giraon,  Henry,  7.3  E    Main  iHenrv  Gars.>n  .t  S"n\  b.  Barari.-i ;  s.  1801. 
Garson,  31.  U.,  75  E.  .Main  ■  Henry  (Jarson  .fc  ~  jn .,  b.  Onon.l  ,5.1  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1S>;1. 
Hetzler,  Valentine,  73  X.  Clinton  (and  '^-enlV  lumisiii]!:;  -,j.i.l,;,  b.  Bavaria;  s.  ISl'.i. 
McDonnell,  J.,  2lSt..te  (wh-.1. 1,  drm  J.  .McD  mn.-il  &  C-.-.,  b.  Glengary,  Ont. ;  s.  1813. 
McRoden.  .Michael.  12  E.  Main  st.  brid-e,  b.  -Monafihan.  Ireland;  a!  131.1. 
Meyer,  B  ,  :',r,  W.  Main,  firm  S.  Meyer  i  Son,  b.  Xiaytrt,  X.  Y. ;  s.  13n2. 
McOuire.  Wm.  D..  5,  7,  8  El  rood  bik.  .importer  lln-i  wo.)lcil-.),  b.  Onondaga  .:o., 

N.  Y.  ;  >.  16-». 
Quinn,  M.  B  ,  24,  2ii  W.  Main  (salesman  Allen,  .Slnuis  &  Co.),  b.  .\rmagh,  Ireland  ; 

1.  1864. 
Str«os,  SoL.mon,  24,  2<!  W.  Main,  Srm  .Yllen.  S.  A  Co.l,  b.  Bavaria;  s.  187-5. 
Witherspo.m,  W.  E.,  3  W.  Main.  b.  .M-..nroe  co..  X.  Y.,  184-3. 
Winterslein,  R.  E.,  3.  7,  3  El.vo-.l  blk.  ,imp.irtor  Sne  woolens),  drin  W.  D.  McG.iire 

A  Co.,  b.  Germany;  3.  1873. 

COAL    DEALERS. 
Babcock,  C.  H.,   1-57  E.  Main,  and  57  3.  Fitzhu-n  C«n(Arac.(«l,  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y.,  1849. 
Bdbcock,  II    II.,  21  W.  .Main  fman.a^or  "  Anthracite  Coal  .Vssiwiation."  Roebe-t.-rl, 

b.  Albany,  X.  Y.;  a.  if'tt. 
Doyle,  a.  F,2l'  IC-nt  .anthra.-il.,..  Brm  Watters  .fc  D  ,  h    \[  .nroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1849. 
Ernst,  Lorenj,  23  FranUlin.  br  B.-iden.  Germany;  s.  IMl. 
Forbes  &  S.^n,  S.  .s.,  11  Hunter  |e-t.  1372). 
L«ngie,  L.  C  ,  131  K.  Mai.i,  and  -56  llulson  iSeranun  and  Pitt-tonl,  b.  Monroe  co., 

S.  Y.,  18-Vl. 
Mosets  A.  .M.,  117  X.  Clinton,  and  207  S.  St.   Paul  ...nthracito  nnl  bituminous), 

b.  Monroe  c..,  X.  Y.,  1842. 
Palmer,  N    L,  137  W.-t  av.  ic.al,  wood,  and  hav .,  Sr^n  X    L.  P.  i:  Son,  b.  Wavno 

CO.,  X.  Y.;  s.  1872. 
Palmer,  F.  I)  .  8  Park  av.  ^u.).d,  wo.jd,  an-l  hav  1.  Ann  X.  L    P.  i  Son,  b.  Wavno 

CO.,  X.  Y.;  s.  1872. 
Phillip.,  C.  A  ,  1  Ar.a-le,  Arm  C.  .V.  P.  &  Cj  ,  b.  Mgncw  Co.,  X.  Y.,  ISW. 
Eeche,  F.,  18  llo.v-ll  .  s.  1353. 

Smith,  H.  B.,  II,;  KxriKui;.-,  h.  .M-, nroe  Co..  X.  Y.,  1814. 
Springer,  A.  G.,  02  M.-i-s,  b.  M.nroo  co.,  X.  Y.,  132';. 
Wallers,  J.  E.,  2S3  State  (.inthracit.-j,  firm  W.  &  D-.ylo,  b.  Moiiroo  00  ,  X.  Y.,  1323. 

COOPERS. 

Abbott.  Lo..man,  -11  W.  Alcsanaer,  b.  X-w  llanip.hire:  s.  1820. 
Campbell,  Ja.MC^,  .31  Lake  av.  i  Irvin- mill  1,  b.  A  inin,  frclan.l ;  ».  1823. 
Flaherty,  J.,  Wesl  t..r.  Jones  av.    supl.  cultin- dept.l,  b.  Kin.,'S,  Inland;  s.  1847. 
R-.binson,  C.  J.,  .">0  Canal  i-f  Cr...vn  *  R..bin...n>.  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  I.  1817. 
Spindlor,  11,-nry,  87  Nassau  .for.  Hathaway  A  Gordon!,  b.  .-^ai-ny,  G.-r.  ;  1. 1845. 

CROCKERY,   GLASSWARE,    ETC. 

Burger,  J..hn,  2  C..inlV.rtin.nfr.-t..noware.,b.  Monro..- co,  X.  Y.,  1311. 
Uuijhes,  M.  L.,   110  State  (wl.ol.  and  rut.  jia-sware,  notions,  etc.),  b.  ^lonroo  co., 
N.  Y.,  1811. 


affer,  ir.  E  ,  .39  Stn 


DENTISTS    AND    DENTAL    DEPOTS. 

Burke,  E.  A.,  c.rner  S.uith  and  J..n 
Davis,  Gc.i    l\,  01  and  'jl  State  (dlr, 

CO.,  X.  Y.,  1819. 
Decker,  G.  C,  9  Tyler,  b.  M..nroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1843. 
Lcyden,  .Maurice,  91  and  'j3  State  idlr.  dental  slock,  Arm  D.ivis  J 

CO.,  X.   Y.;  3.  ISOO. 
Lino,  J.  E.lwin,  27  J.mo,  av.,  b.  Quebec  ;  s.  1819. 
Miller,  H.  S.,  25  X.  Fitzhu^-h,  b.  Otsc-o  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  -s.  186.5. 
Proctor,  Truman  \.,  -H  .^..phia,  h.  Ilri.,'ht..n,  Ontario;  s.  1848. 
Requa,  Josephus,  14  Perkins  b.  Ulster  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1847. 
Wilson.  K.  F.,  190  Powers'  blk.,  b.  Alle-any  co.,  X.  Y. ;  ,.  184.3. 
Wood,  Seymour  O.,  14  Comfort,  b.  Fuil-.n  e...,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1341. 


Wa 


L.  U.,  5.3  Caledonia 


Oue-.i 


X-  Y- 


DRUGGISTS    AND    CHEMISTS. 

0  E.  Main,  b.  Au-triu  ;  s.  IS'-.ll. 


Alexander,  Frederick  W.,  19  Atwuter,  b.  .Monn.e 
Cowlev,  Edward,  cor.  Allen  and  Litchliel.l,  b.  M.. 
Goler,  Geo.  W.,  90  W.  .Main  (lirni  Curran  &  C.ole 
Haas,  G.  Herman,  107  X.  St.  Paul,  b.  Baden,  Gcr: 
Hewitt,  Frank  L  .  S-mth  av.,  b.  Y^atc,  X.  Y.  ;  s, 
Irish,  Jacob.  -33  L'.rinier,  b.  Waybrid^e,  V't-  ;  s.  1 
Johns,  G.  W-,  110  X.  Clinton,  b.  Livingston,  X. 
Kobbe,  Henry,  90  X.  Clinton,  b.  Sa^cony,  German 
Krcuser,  Cha-,.,  23  St.  Jo-cph,  b.  Wurlembert;.  Gi 
.MKnnel,  (i.is.av.is^  31  Fn.pt  (nre.t.  Boch-'ler   Ure 


s.  1806. 
lany;  3.  183.3. 
!!S  Co.),  b.  Prt;j, 


3.  1804 
Marsh,  Edwi 
Xewman,  Sid 
Pfaff,  P.  U  , 


,  90  Ply 
A.,  113 


11-3; 


1871 


He... 


Rowley,  J..lm,  -38  .Monroe  av.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ; 
Stevens,  Cl.us.  E.,  02  Westav.,  b.  W.i-hinjton,  X.  Y 
Seiner,  Peter  O.,  5  Wilder,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  183; 
Schmitt,  Jos.-ph  M.,  103  Xorth  av.,  b.  Bavaria,  Gerina 


DRY   GOODS. 

Amsden,J.  F., 

30  St., 

ofwh-d.  and  ret.l,  Arm  J.  F. 

Aiu.den   A 

Son,  b 

Worcc-t.-r, 

Ma.s.  ;  3 

1870. 

Amsden,  H   F 

.30  St. 

te  (whol.  and  ret.).  Arm  J 

F-  Am-den 

&  Son, 

b.  SutTolk, 

Mass.;  3 

1876. 

Barton,  Spence 

,  70  Ml.  Hope  av.  ^5ale3man  Flt-t  Si 

.tons,  Hon 

&  C...  1 

b.  Wayne, 

X.  Y.; 

.  1872. 

Barber,  A.  L  , 

S  Josly 

n  (salesman  Fits  Sim.ms,  IIo 

e  &  C...), 

b.  Fran 

Win,  Ma...  ; 

3.  1848. 

Burke,  Chas.  J 

0-3,  55 

.37  E.  Main  (whol.  and  ret.  1, 

Arm  Burke 

FitzS; 

oons,  H..ne 

&Co.,b 

St.  La 

vrence,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1S.30. 

Bartholf,  Edwi 

1,  Clint 

in  Hotel  (salesman),  b.  Genes 

0,  X.  Y. ; 

s.  i8.;o. 

Dawes,  liar.  J. 

30  Sta 

Oi.upt.  J.  F.  Amsden  &  Son 

b.  Baltim 

irc,  .M.l. 

;   ..  1370 

FiU  Simons,  CI 

IS.,  ,33, 

33,  .37  E.  .Main  (whol.. and  ret  1 

Arm  Burk 

,FiuSi 

m.ns,  U..n.s 

4Co.,b. 

Caven 

[relan.l;  s.  18.30 

Huck,  Mrs.  Ju 

a.  122 

lav  ,  and  fancy  .;.  .ds),  b.  Bad 

n,  G.rm-\n 

v;  s.  13 

X). 

Hunter.  Mr«.  J 

,  23  M. 

nroe  av.  'an.l  fancy  -.lood-),  b 

Antrim.  I 

.   13(9. 

Hone,  A.  U.,  5: 

,  55,  57 

E.  .Main  (whol.  and  ret.),  Arm  Burke,  1 

.tz  Sim. 

1-,  H..n-  .t 

Co.,b.  C 

inion. 

N-.  Y. ;  3.  1330. 

Hasting.,  Wm. 

U..  20 

.State,, ind;:roeerie,),b.D..u 

frie.,  S,-.t 

md  ;  .. 

353. 

Jones,  0.  n,,8- 

.Mt.  If 

ipe  av.  isupt.  ret,  uept.  liurke 

Fit;!  sin.o 

IS.  H,.nc  &  Co.  ,  b 

JctTorson 

X.  Y. 

s,  1835. 

J.,hn3ton,  Tl.o 

S,,n9 

E.  M.i.n   i.Uiol.   and  ret.  i,  li 

,n  Sibley, 

Linds.ay 

&  Cnrr,  !■- 

Orkney, 

IreL.nd 

s.   IS'.H. 

Lind-ay,  Alc.j. 

.M.,  09 

71,73  K.  .Main  ( -.vl.ol.  and  ret 

i,  Ann  Sib 

ey,  Lind 

say&C.r. 

b.  AyrsI, 

re.  So 

land;    s.    if-.r,. 

Liddlo,  i:-.bt.,. 

9,71,7 

1  E.  M.in  (.vie.l    an.ircl.l,  Hr 

n  Sibley, 

Lind.;.y 

.t  Curr.  I>. 

Fife.hiro 

Seotl., 

nd;  s    1,^.;9. 

Lowell,  E.  .v., 

hea.t  SI 

-man  11.  S„itl,.  h.  Arran    S, 

itzerland  ; 

s.  181". 

May,  Adam,  99  W.  .M 

ide  -an-l  -n^erie..,  b.  Ii;,d.-ii, 

Germany; 

..  1851. 

^lasselt,  F.  X., 

15  X 

',l-.!,n-,-l.  .1  ,i,.-y  g-..-.|-l,  1,    M-. 

IcIenl.iirLf, 

li-rmai! 

;   s.  I'.3' 

Mc  Kit  trick,   A 

I,  ,  2 

emi.rni.lor 

depl. 

iurke,    l-i... 

.-a,  X.  Y.; 
epl.  Burk 


HISTORY  OF  MOXROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


301 


N.  V 


il..nro8 


BaCDBy,  J»bez,  22  Frank  (mcrohnnl,  retired),  b.  O'le 
KejnoUs,   M.  i\,  113   Reynol.Ji"  arcade  trtjlired   inon 

I.  1814 
Btnuiner,  Jocob,  cor.  Brown  and  Clark  lU.,  b   Uhino,  B.ivaria.  O.-rmany;  a.  1SJ2. 
Sh«w,Jiu.,10Cliif  ii»lc=ninn  Burlce,  Fill  Simons,  Bono  i  Co.),b.  JUnchosUr,  Kng- 

Und;  ..  180D. 
Bmith,  F.  H.,  70  E.  M«ia 

Madlwn,  y.  Y. ;  ...  1 
Blrmchan,  D.,  95  F.     Main 

Backett,  D.  £.,  71  Fitzlm'5 


whol.  and  ret.),  Alderman  Sixth  Ward  1874,  1875,  b. 

00 

eoft  side  99-cent  store,  OlmsUd  4  Slrachan),  b.  Aber- 

.  IST3. 

,  ^salesman  J.   F.  Amjdeo  &  Son),  b.  Crawford,   Pa.  ; 

X.  T.  ;  5.  18.-.2. 


Tool,  Wm.  J.,  2i;4  State  (and  groceries),  b.  Moh 

Vosburg,  AV.  J.,  81!  \V-eitav.,"b.  Columbia,  N.  V.;   !.  I«iiO. 

V»J,  Edward,  cor.  Kin-  and  -Maple  its.  (and  fanoy  millincryj 

I.  1857. 
Wolter,  Ignatiuj,  131  North  ay.,  b.  'Wurtcmbcr^,  Germany, 
"Wbita,  Frank  A.,  cur.  Clintun  and  Atwater  sU.  ^salesman  J. 

Baden,  Germany,  18.i9. 


EDITORS    AND    PUBLISHERS. 

ISet  Book  and  Job  PrinCtrl.] 
Brandt,  Loau   W.,SL  Paul  St.  (D.' &  W.   "  Volksblalt"),  b.  Oottingcn,  Germany; 

1.1854. 
Benjamin,  C.  S.,  129  Alexander  ifiunday  Herald),  firm  B.  &  Barber,  b.  Columbia 

CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  i.  1840 
Barber,  D.  3.,  S9  Grcig  (Suiday  Herald),  firm  Benjamin  &  Barber,  b.  'Wvoming  CO., 

N.Y;..  18,-,9. 
Cnim,  W.  C,  135  Mt.  Hope  ar.  {Ereninn  Kxnressi,  b.  Chemung  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  5.  1869. 
DanieU,  Henry  C,  Plymouth  av.  [^Sunday  Morning  Times),  firm  D.  &  .^"'.lillips,  b. 

Monroe  CO.,  K.  Y.,  1839. 
Darrow,  Erastus,  East  ar.  (and  Bookseller),  b.  Litchfield,  Conn. ;  s.  1844. 
Fitch,  Cbas.  E.,  Adanust.  (Ed.  Dem.  ani  C/.TOinc/el.  b.  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  137.3. 
Feuchting,  Jr.,  Geo.,  49  and  ol  X.  Water  (Pub.   Von  Salt  and  Fern,  and  Daily  «... 

ek't'T  P,-...»\.  b.  >'.  Y.  ;  ;.  1375. 
Hopkins,  A.  A.,  Elm  at.  (Ed.  Am.  Jiural  Home;  Prejl.  and  Trens.  Rural  Home  Pub. 

C«.),  b.  OUogo  CO.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1802. 
Kelly,  Lorenzo,  S.  FitzhMu'h  'Sec.  Union  and  Ader.  Co.),  b.  Saratoga,  N.  Y.;  s.  1835. 
Lowe,  S.  U.,  Mason  St.  fEditor  Sunday  HernU),  b.  Queens  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  180G. 
Morse,  C.  E.,  23  Main  ;  Xews  cd.  Ro^li.  Kv  p  Ej-pre,!,,  b.  Otsego  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1873. 
Noltc,  Adolph,  X.  St.  Paul  St.  1  Puh.  Soch.  B-'-tnchter,  German  daily  and  weekly),  b. 

Sondershauaen,  Germany;   s.  1855. 
Purcell,  William,  Lake  View  (Ed.  Roeh.    Union  and  Advertiser),  b.  Franklin  CO., 

N.Y.;  1.1832. 
Phillips,  Cyrus  D.,  Edinburgh  st.  iProp.  and  Bus.  Manager  Sunday  Mor'g  Timei), 

b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  183i-.. 
Bew,  F.  S.,  Xew  Main  (Ed.  Ko'c,.  Erpraa),  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1825. 
Reynolds,  P.  C,  Xorlon  St.  (Assoc.  Ed.  Rural  Home],  b.  Wayne  co.,  N.  Y. 
Tracy.  Clark  D.,  Franklin  square  iScc.  and  Treas.  En'}  Express  Pig  Co.),  b.  Otsego 

CO.,  N.  Y. ;  5.  1850. 
Tolckhau-en,  August,  23}  W.  Main  (Local  Ed.  BeobacMer),h.  Lippe  Detmold ;  1. 

1874. 
Willianu  &  Jordan,  29  Sarannnh  (Eds.  and  Props.  Roe/i.  Safy.  Evg.  San). 


FARMERS. 

I>urrec,  *.  W.,  25  South  a»..  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1819. 
Krug,  Henry,  154  Xorth  av.,  b.  Baden,  Germany;  s    18.-,0. 
Northrup,  Burr,  132  Monroe  av.  (retiredl.  b.  FairQeM.  C-.nn.  ;  5.  1 
Wilson,  John  B  ,  16  Market  [and  ccrriaje painter j,  b.  Wat-'rford, 


FLOUR,  FEED,  GRAIN,  ETC 

Bubacr,  Jacob  J.,  1.39  South  av,,  b.  Switzerland  ;  s.  1848. 
(pr,>p.  F:irme 


Uay  Market),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1! 

Scotland;  i.  1847. 

!CO.,  N.  Y.,1.S33. 

ret.   dlr.),  "Canada  Haiall   Flour,' 


Bidwell,Chas  H.,79Fri 
John<l"n,  Boberl,  9  Lake  av.,  b.  ^.all.,^ 
Knickerbocker,  J.,  14  Alex.inder.  b.  H 
Lnths,    Daniel,    14,    IS   Allen    (whol.  1 

Bavaria,  Germany;  1.  1857. 
Mujer,  Frederick,  HI  Xorth  av.,  b.  Solentum,  Sivitierland  ;  t.  1851. 
Medbury,  Thus.,  .52  West  av.,  b    Madison  co  .  X.  T. ;  s.  1370. 
Mclntvre,  F,ol.ert,  63  Wild.-r  (foreman   Whitney  A  Son'i  clevabir),  b.  Mo 

if.  Y.,  1846. 
Painter,  R.)bl.,  128  Lake  av.  (foreman  M.  3.  Fairchild),  b.  Berkshire,  : 

I.  1848. 
Sabio,  E.  H.,  9  Union  park  (vipt.  O  J    Whitney  *  Son),  b.  Essel  co.,  X.  Y, 
Spohr,  Loui.  F.,  11  lio-n.-.  b.  ilanovvr,  Germany;  s.  18.53. 
Whitney,  Geo.   J.,  2/0  Slate   (..-levator),   firm    Whitney    &  Son,    b.    Mo 

N.  Y.,  1819. 
Whitney,  Juni.^  W.,  200  Stale     elrvat.prl,  firm  Whitney  &  S,.n,  b.    Mc 

N.  Y.,  1814. 
Wilaon,  Uenry  E.,  3»  Franklin,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1854. 


Aldri 


FRUITS,    NUTS,   OYSTERS.    ETC. 

,  41;  Lorinior  (jobber,,  b.  Provi.lence,  U.  I.  ;  3    ISOO. 
F.,  141.  14::  State  (jobber),  b.  .\lbany,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18r,0, 


Baker,  J.  E,  4  P.aiiro, 
Bo.ton,  Jr.,  Wra.,  7  3.  St.  Paul  i^-hcll  oystor  house),  b.  Pliilad.-I|il 
Hemingway,  H.  C,  121  State  (flrm  H.  F.  II.  i  Co.),  b.  Xew  Hav. 
Palmer,  Dwight,  70  Front  (whol.  and  ret.),  b.  Genesee  co.,  X.  Y. 

FURNITURE,    ETC. 

I3S   .\Jani   (fi.reuian  with    H.  O.  Hall  &  Co. 


Chatlield,  Isaiah  H.,  13^ 

toga,  X.  Y. ;  ..  li 

Dewey,  K.  H.,  88  State  . 

tarioco.,  N.  Y.  ; 
Drande,  Augustus,  107  i 
Durgin,  H.  J,  60  Jay  IT 
Foehnor,  V.  G.,  4  X   CI 


naodt. 


.■dk.. 


Darmstadt,  Germany;  s. 
Hayden,  C.  J.,  180  to  18'i  Stale  ( 
Hivden,  J.  E.,  69,  71,  73  State  ( 

X.  Y.;  8.1845. 
Hayden,  C.  A.,  180  to  186  State 
Jeffreys,  C.  V.,  123  Stat-',  b.  Es, 
Michelsen,  Paul,  40  Lowll  (mn 
Maier,  Louis  W.,  4  X.  Clinton  ( 

1646. 
O'Reilly,  B.,  127  State  (undertaker),  b 
O'Reilly,  Miles,  127  State  (undertaker, 
Perrine,  Edward  W.,  K,.we  cor.  Lake 


■  &  Dewey,  b   O.i- 
ii-ladt,  Ger.,  1854. 


jchncr  &  Mnicn,  Sloiitreal,  Quebec :  s.  16C: 
upholstery  dept    J.  E.  Hayden  i  Co).,  He 


Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y  ,  18.J3. 


I8.5. 


1837. 
Perrine,  Frederick 


Foehner  &  Maieri,  b.  Wurtem 

b.  Wexford,  Ireland,  1S49. 

«co.,  X.  Y.,  18.:7. 
■taker),  b.  Atlantic  ( 

ker),  Waterloo,  On 


Hayden  Mnfr.  Co.),  b.  llonroe  cc, 
Jen  &  Co.  mnfry.),  b.  Bavaria,  Ger. 
J.  Hayden  &  Co.),  b.  Monroe  co., 
successors  Schantz 


cor.  Lake  av.  ,und 
Perrine,  Chas.  H-.  '209  St.  Paul  ^supl.  Perrin 

1850. 
Beily,  O.  W.,  12  South  Clinton  ,sbip|.ing  cle 

X.  Y.,  1 333. 
Stoll,  A.,  69  Lowell  (supt.  cabt.  dept.  C.  J.  l 

many  ;  3.  1875. 
Sullknight,  .\.,  41  .\sylura  (supt.  salesroom 

X.  Y.,  1830. 
Schantz,  Minges.  Shale  i  Co.,  15  to  19  X.  Water  (mnfrs. 

Bros.,  est.  1803),  b.  Dutchess  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1807. 

GENTS'    FURNISHING   GOODS. 

Beemer,  M.  V.,  18  W.  Main  (custom  dress  shirts),  b.  Orleans  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  13.3.1. 

Eddy,  Albert  M.,  31  E.  Main,  b.  Woice-ter,  Mas,.  ;  s.  1872. 

Eddy,  A.  A.,  31  E.  -Main,  b.  Worcester,  Jlass.  ;  s.  1874. 

Player,  Thos..  317  State,  b.  WilUhire,  England  ;  s.  18.30. 

Renfrew,  Jr..  P..,  88  West  av.,  b.  Monr,«co.,  X.  Y.,  1834. 

Robinson,  Wm.  J.,  77  S.  St.  Paul  (and  dyer),  b.  Kingston,  Surrey,  England ;  l.  1869. 

GROCERIES.  ETC. 

Brown,  Geo.  H..  116  Sutc,  wholesale  and  retail,  fine  groceries  and  provisions,  etc., 

b.  Monroe  CO  .  X.  Y. ;  s.  1837. 
Brownell,  Fay.  E.,  "27  Slate,  groceries  and  provisions,  Sch< 


b.  Montgomery,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  180.3. 
Bantel,  Joseph,  73  Lake  ave.,  groceries, 

land;  i.  1841. 
Bulling,  Bilth.isar,  6  and  8  Elizabeth,  g 


>1  Com'r.  Xinth  Ward, 

provisions,  and  crockery,  b    Susses,  Eng- 

•ocer  (wines  and   liquors),  b.  Bavaria,  Ger- 

:o.,  X.  Y.  i  5. 

and;  .-.  1312. 
id  liquors,  b. 

I  cooperage), 

Monroe  co., 


Bardell,  Ilcnrv,  178  West  ave.,  grocer  (wines  and  liquors 

,  b.  Monroe 

1849. 

Baatable,  James,  42  Allen,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer,  b. 

Bristol,  Eng 

Backius,  James  .M.,  67  and  09  W.  .Main,  dealer  in  groce 

ios,  wines,  a 

Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  18:13. 

Burke,  C.  O.,  112  East  ave.,  dealer  in  groceries  and  proT 

sions  (also  i 

b.  Wurtemberg,  Germany;  s.  18J0 

Boddy,  Jno.   W.,  30  Asylum,  "dealer  in  groceries  and  p 

revisions,   b. 

X.  Y.  ;  J.  1948. 

Bauman,  F.  J.,  Pearl  St.,  dealer  in  groceries  and  provisio 

ns,  b.  Bavari 

1.  1852. 

Buell,  O™.  C.  i  Co.,  Exchange  St.,  wliol,~ale  grocers. 

Baker,  James,  144  Xorth  ave.,  grocer  (o-t.  1853l,  Ch'n   B 

aard  Excise, 

land;  s.  18.17.     ' 

Buhlmmann,  Henry  W.,  103  X..rth  nvc,  u'rocer,  crockerv, 

choice  wines 

b.  Rhine.  Prussia;  s.  IS  19. 

Caring,  Frank.  101  Xorth  Clinton,  grocer,  b.  Monroe  co.. 

X.  Y..  1846. 

Curtis,  Win.  W.,  00  W.  Main,  grocr,  b.  Itens.elaer.  X.  "i 

'.,  18-. 

Conk,  Alfr.-d  II.,  131  E.  Main,  grocer,  h.  K.nl.  England, 

18IS. 

Cushm.in.   Abraoi   II  ,  2j0  Slate.  gr..ceri,^s  and    provision 

s,   Sec.   Trua 

llon-seuier,  X     Y.  ;   s.  18,0. 

Cunningham,  Ly.oaa  M. ;  1  13  frank.  Iicid  salesman  with  Fay.  E.  Brow 

b.  Erie  ;  >.  1*18. 

HISTORY  OF   MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


Geo,  C. 

Bucll,  wholwalo  grocer!,  b 

Onon- 

•n<l  provisions,  also  winw. 

liquors. 

1  groceric 

and  provisions,  b.  Monroe 

NY.; 

in  ?r.->c»r 

M  and  provisions,  b.  Linen 

Inshire, 

n  gro«riM  and  provisions,  b.   Lathr 

ap.  Ire- 

anc  srocc 
and  provi 

riw,  foreisn  and  domestic  and  dried 

rson,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1S.;5. 

ion3,Supt.  Uuard  Health  Inspector, 

Caafleld,  36  and  S.**   Evfhan;^.  firm  o 

daga,.\.  Y  ;  ,.  le;:. 
Cousler,  Jo*T>b.  81  C'.il'-ionia,  deal.^r  i 

and  ci».ra,  b.  lialen,  Gernmny 
Crowell,  Vf.  S.,  03  CiUi-donia,  dealer  i 

1.  18.14. 
Cotchefer,  R.,  94  Plymouth  ave,  deale 

England;  •.  18r,2. 
Cag«D,  Patriclc,  55  Pn.-f^ct,  dealer  i 

land ;  s.  185;). 
DesTenport,  D.,  1C3  E.  .M.iin,  dealer  in 

fruits,  Srm  of  D.nvpnport  i  lla 

b.  Montreal,  Quebec:  T.  1W6. 

Dt«bel,  Conrad,  9  South  St.  P;uil,  groceries  imd  provisions,  b.  Xassuu,  Ger.  ;  s.  1871. 

Daffee,  Tbos.,  South  uv.,  !;r,«:eries,  wines,  and  liquors,  b.  Weslmactli,  Irel'd  ;  s.  IS.J2. 

Dykins,  Philip,  42  S.iuth  Wjishin-^ton,  dealer  in  t;r.>cerie3  and  provisions,  b.  Manches- 
ter. England  ;  s.  ISijD. 

Endars,  J.  C  ,  cor.  Frost  and  Francis  sts.,  grocer,  b.  Bovoria,  Germany  :  s    ISC.l. 

Frank,  George  P.,  cor.  >'orth  and  Woodbury  sts.,  grocery-house  and  sample. room, 
b.  Monroe,  N.  Y. :  s    134.5. 

Ferner,  Leonard,  North  =t.,  groceries,  provisions, choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  Bavaria, 
Oermaay  ;  s.  1&42. 

Farber,  Georce  J.,  cor.  >'ortli  av.  and  Casper,  groceries,  choice  wines  and  liquors, 
Ontario,  N.  Y. ,  s.  1839. 

Farber,  John,  ci>r.  North  av.  and  Chamung,  jobber  of  teas,  cotfees.  and  spices,  ei- 
Alderman,  b.  Bavaria,  Germany ;  5.  1839. 

Fien,  Louis,  192  North  Clinton,  dealer  in  groceries  and  provisions,  b.  Baden.  Ger- 
many ;  s.  1845. 

Flanagan,  Martin,  8  West  av.,  grocer,  wines  and  liquors,  b    Rutland,  Vt  ;  s    18il. 

Francis,  A,  J-,^  Monroe  uv.,de!iler  in  groceries  and  provisions,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y.  ; 
a.  1824. 

Farrsll,  M.  J.,  cor.  Plymouth  and  Bartlett  sts.,  dealer  in  groceries,  etc.,  b.  Hastings, 
Ontario;  s.  1870. 

Ooetzman,  Henry,  0  South  av.,  dealer  in  groceries,  flour,  liquors,  refined  cider  vine- 


gar, ll!c  12;h  V,-! 


.  1831. 


.  r.a;; 


iions,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y. 
and  coifee  peddler,  b. 


1841. 


Gray,  J.  C,  143  E    Main,  fan 

Gales,  Henry  P  ,  347  State,  g 
roe,  N.  Y.;  s.  IS  11!. 

Hetzel,  Chas.  F.,  150  North  av.,  groceries,  choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  Baden,  Ger- 
many;  I.  1846. 

Handy,  Elijah  F.,  150  West  Main,  meats,  provisions,  and  vegetables,  b.  Madison, 
'n.  Y.;  1.  1812. 

Hawley,  Geor-e,  102  West  av.,  (rrocer,  b.  Cayuga,  N.  Y.  :  s.  1870. 

Eubeli,  Abrahaoi,  116  St.  Jo=eph,  grocer,  wines  and  liquors,  b.  Argau,  Switzerland  ; 
i.  18«2. 

Hale,  E.  E  .  163  East  Main,  dealer  in  fine  groceries,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  firm 
of  Deovenporl  i  Hale,  b.  OUsego,  N.  Y'. :  s.  180.5. 

Hamilton,  Hugh,  194  State,  groceries  and  provisions,  firm  of  Hamilton  &  O  Conncll. 
b.  Monro*,  N.  Y. ;  =.  184:. 

Hawkins,  Ge...  B.  17  P.eynoljs.  groceries  and  provisions,  b    Yorkshire,  Eng.  ;  s.  1S27; 

Jciner,  Martiu,  '."Jl  f-uac.  groceries,  choice  wines,  liquors,  and  tobacco,  b.  Wyo- 


1860, 


1  groceries  i 


1  provisions,  b.  Otsepo,  N-  Y. 
meat!  and  provisions,  b    lien 


3,b.. 


nd  liquors. 


Jones,  H.  W.,68  South  St.  Paul,  deal 

i.  1846 
J«cob,  Johnsi.n,  cor.  Cody  iin.l  Reynolds  ■ 

seim,  Germany;  .=.  1J*67, 
Kosibnhn,  Gu,uve.  o  Clarisa,  dealer  in  g! 
K«s.,  John  E.,  ;67  Plymouth  uv.,  dealer 

s.  1846. 
KeDning.  T.  J  ,  50  North  av.,  groceries,  choice  wine 

many ;  s.  1845. 
Ko«*sterer,  Jno.  C,  cor.  Clinton  and  An.lrew  sts.,  gro 
K&se,  Nicholas,  c\'r.  Orange  and  Whitney  st-..  grocer 

Bavaria,  Germniiy;  s.  1847. 
Kase,  Peter,  7  Wilder,  gr.ceri.'s,  wines,  and  liquors.  I 
Ktiif-r,  Fred   C,  H2  St.  Joseph,  grocer,  b.  M..nroe,  N.  Y. ;  s.  18-31. 
Kane,  James,  l.TO  Smlh  St.  Piuil.  gr.x:cr  I  retired!,  h    Armagh,  Ireland; 
Lanpert,  Bernhanl,  r..r.  Frost  uv.  and  llcynolds  St.,  dealer  in  groceries 

etc.,  b.  .■;wit7..-rlnn.l;  s.  1S.JC. 
Llickcy,  D.  Foster,  l'.i2  W.  Mun,  gr..cer  and  baker,  b.  Cayuga,  N.  Y. : 
Mathews,  Patrick,  8--i  LycH,  -^picer.  b.  South  Ireland;  s.  I's.'.O. 
Muhl,  C,  62  and  54  Ly.ll,  gr.x-er,  «.<ur,  feed,  wines,  etc.,  b.  Alsace, 


.crockery,  bardn 
Bavaria,  Germnr 


Martin,  Johi 
Martin,  Ant) 

N.  Y.  ;  I.  18.14. 
McWhorter,  Irwin  C, 
Mills,  Wra.  U.,  214  N 

1867. 
Mudgctt,  J.  W.,  91  No 


1  C,  cor.  E.  M^ph'  and  Fr 


b    Slonro...  N    Y  ;  s.  1 
Pain  4  Mills),  b.  Tyr 


ry,  glov 


:e  wines  and  liquors,  b.  S.n 
nd  provisions;  s.  183.1. 


Pierian,  Conrad,  42  Lake  av..  groceries,  glass  w 

stadt,  Germany;  s.  18.31. 
Moore,  Wm.  H.,  13.3  Troop,  wliole'.ile  and   retl 

of  Moore  &  Colei,  b.  New  I,ond.,n.  Conr 
Marks,  Hugh,  08  N.  St.  Paul,  retail  groceries,  d 

land  ;  a.  1830. 
Manrer,  Geo.  C,  7.'<  E.  Main,  dealer  in  grocerie 
ITcManus.  Edward,  96  E.'Ut  nv.,  dealer  in  groceri 

s.  1849. 

Moulson,  Thomas.  22  East  av.,  dealer  in  provisions  and  ice.  b.  Philu.,  Pu.  ;  s. 

5Ic3tilien,  Thomas.   105  Plymouth,  dealer  in   groceries  and  provisions,  b.  .^Iol;r- 

May,  Gustave,  cor.  Reynolds  and  Bartlett,  grocer,  b.  Baden,  Germany;  s.  1836. 
McGregor,  W.  J.,  cor.  Prospect  and  Clifton  streets,  cash  groceries,  b.  Trm|.!,  . 

N.  Y.:  s.  1859. 
Newton,  Truman  A.,  144  E.  Main,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer  (esttblish'^J   IMJ 

b.  Monroe,  N.  Y.;  s.  1824. 
Otto,  J.  A.,  136  N.  St.  Paul,  retail  grocer,  choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  Hesio-D^in 

stadt,  Germany  ;  s.  1849. 
O'Connell,  Maurice,  194  State,  groceries  and  provisions  f  arm  of  Hamilton  i  OCo 

nell),  b.  Clare,  Ireland;  s.  1S64. 
Parker,  F.  A.,  63  West  av.,  grocer  (  Srm  WelU  &  Parkrr  i,  b,  Orleans,  N.  T. ;  s.  !« 
Percy,  Geo.  W.,  40  Allen,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer,  b.  L-nOT,  Ontario;  s.  ij.;; 
Popp,  Otto  C,  119  Jay.  grocer,  ivines  and  liquors,  b.  Bavaria,  Germany  ;  s.  lt..34. 
Pilkins,  James  M.,  3.3  Cliarloita.  grocer,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  183-3. 
Pritchard,  M.  L-,  9  Elm,  grocer,  b.  Monroe.  N.  Y.;  s.  18.32. 
Panckner,  Leonard,  123  3It.  Hope  av.,  groceries  and  provisions,  b.  Bavaria.  G. 

many;  s.  1847. 
Paine,  T.  S-,  49  N.  Clinton,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y. :  s    I8J 
Ritzcnthaler,  Joseph,  cor.  staple  and  sVmes,  grocer  and  drv  g.xtds,  b.  ^lonroo.  NY 

3.  1842. 
Ritzcnthaler,  Barned,  cor.  Maple  and  xVmes,  grocer  and  d 


13-32. 


Eassor,  Christopher,  cor 

varia,  Germany  ; 
Row,  Ch«s.  E.,  cor.  .Mor 
Ramsey,  Peter  B.,  93  La 

!.  1869. 
Kitz,  Ferdinand,  91  N.  Clinton,  groci 


d  Allen  str 


Broadway,  grocer,   b.  Mo 


,b.  Mon 

.V. 

-N' 

Y  . 

and  liqu 

or- 

•• 

Ba- 

v.,  N.  Y 

, 

44. 

notions 

b. 

-N". 

V   : 

?rie3,  choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  He:-: 

b.  Prussia.  Germany ;  s.  i.''46. 

-ies  and  provisions.'h.  Monroe,  N.  Y. 

er,  b.  Monroe.  N.  Y.  :  s.  1833. 

n,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer,  h.  Not: 


cer,  choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  Rhine.  P.n 
grocer,  choice  wines  and  liquors,  b.  ."^tonr: 

and  linuors,  b  Fn:^- 


Ruby,  Georg..',  184  West  av.,  grc 
Roth,  G.  F-,  100  Mt.  Hope  av.,  a 
Stiles,  David  L-,  Jr.,  North  av., 
Salmon,  Charles,  31  and  .33  N.  C 

shire,  Englaid;  s.  1860. 
Schaeffer,  John  J-,  103  N.  Clinto 

sia  ;  s.  1840. 
Scbaefter,  Louis    Ph.,  103  N.  CI 

N.  Y. ;  8.  1859. 
Schwab,  liernhard.  cor.  Smith  and  Whitney  sts., 

wooden  pumps,  b.  .Monroe.  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1850. 
Schwing,  William,  cor.  Orange  and  Whitney,  grocer, 

Germany  ;  s.  1861. 
Struck,  C-,  69  St.  Joseph,  grocer,  wines  and  liquors,  b.n.inovcr.  Germany  ;   -.  1: 
Swift,  George  K.,  .57  S.  Clinton,  grocer,  wines  and  liquors  (firm  Williams  &  Su 

b.  Monroe.  N.  Y.  ;  s. . 

Schnorr,  Jacob,  cor.  St.  Joseph  and  Baden  sts.,  grocer,  wines  and  liquors,  b.  .\'3-; 

France  ;  s.  18.30. 
Schaetfer,  Ferdinand,  24  Joiner,  grocer,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y'. ;  s.  IS32. 
Seel,  John  A.,  12  Lake,  cash  grocer,  born  Monroe,  N.  Y.;  a.  1331. 
Struub,  John,  126  L.-ikc  av..  groceries,  provisions,  choice  svincs  and  liquors,  b.  ^V 

tember;.  Germanv:  s.  1834. 
Shedd,  Kendr"ick  P.,  lOll  nnd  102  W.  .Main,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer,  a.  T  ■ 

kins,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  18.33. 
Semple,  A.  M..  4  and  6  W.  .Main  and  2  Front,  wholesale  and   retail  grocer,  b.  1. 

arkahire,  Stoilund  ;  s.  Iti41. 
Smith,  IVrkins  s^  Co  ,  14,  16,  18  Eichunce,  wholesale  grocers  (established  ISJ'- 

Monroe,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  , 

Schoad,  P.,  116  South  av.,  grocer  and  provisions,  liquors,  .■tc,  b   Germany;   s    1- 
Stotzenmcyer,  Frank,  171,  17  '.  Plymouth  av.,  dealer  in  -roreries  and  provisi   n- 

Germany;  s.  1848. 
Stevenson,  J.  II.,  13  Spring.  gr..ceries  and  provi,ionB,  b.  Kent.  England  ;  s.  1- ■: 
Schaetfer,   Frank  J.  cor.  Reynold-  ajid  Adams,  grocer  and  baker.  Ij.  Had.  ■!.  <■ 

many  ;  s.  1830. 
Thompson,  Isaac  U.,  2S9  .'^late.  fine  groceries,  pr.. visions,  crockery,  and  gl.'--" 

,  firm  of  Thomp-..n  .V:  Lan.b.,  b.  Seneca.  N.  Y. ;  s.  1833 
Vcrlioeven,  M.  .V.,  lul  Uroadw:iy,  groceries,  wiiiew,  liquors,  and  cigar.-,  b.  lI-.-l'  ii 


Wells,  Wm.  U.,  C8  Wvsl 

s.  1849. 
Wignej,   Wm.    B,,   14  June.,  5 

s.  1842. 
Williams,  Ouo,  W  .  37  S.  Clinto 

liamsi,  b.  Madison.  N.  V. 


,  grocer  (firm  of  Wells  J:  Parker),  b.  Moiip). 
,  grocer  (cslubli,hod   1844|,  b.    Y'ork.-hire,   I 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


■VS  idm.n,  J.  Ch.rl«,  cor.  St.  Joseph  anj   n-rmun  !U.,  grocfr,  v,in«  ind  1 

Monn>«,  N.  Y.;  «.  '.AM. 
TVild,  Charles,  243  .SialA,  groct'ries,  choic*  win«,  liquors,  and  cii^rs,  b. 

Ireland  ;  a.  18V<. 
Witheripoon,  Wm.,  1(K  W.  Main,  wholoiale  and  rcUil  grocer  iWm.  T\'i 

iSon),  b   Ora>.-e,  Vt.  |  i.  1843. 
Waiters,  Anthnny,  N,.rth  u..  -roCL-rios.  ehfiice  win^  and  llquon.  b,  X.  Y. 
M'ulichlegri-r,  Frederick  G  .  16«  W.  M«in,  -rocer,  b.  Argau,  Switzerland  ; 
■Wllherspoon,  Samuel  F.,  JO  X.  St.  Paul,  grocer  ( 

I.  1831. 
■Wick,  Charlca,  90  Plymouth  a».,  grocer  and  prov 
Towniao,  George,  cur.  Jay  and  Orchard  -t*.,  grot 

N.  r.  i  I.  IMS 

GUN    MANUFACTURERS, 

BiUinghurst,  Wm.,  9  Slillson,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  V..  1807. 
Weayar,  Zachariah,  5  Rome  (foreman  W.  BiUinghurst i,  b.  On 


Y.  ;  «.  18.'.«. 
I;  a.  IS.Jl. 
nge,  X.  Y.  ; 


Slonroe,  X.  Y.;  s.  184T. 
and  lii^uors,  b.  M«nro«, 


HARDWARE,    STOVES,  ETC 

Snrlnc;  (  whol.  and  ret),  est.  IS^IS,  b.  Monro 


Burke,  Wm.  B.,3<Spri 

Burke,  Wra.,  12  W.  Ms 

Burnett,  John,  l>  Trx-m, 

Cook,  John  T.,  M3  Slate  (stoves  and  iron  ware 

Campbell,  Jas.,  U  Franklin  «].  (stoves  aod  hou 

•.  1836. 
£riut,  lx)uis,  7  Chestnut,  b.  Baden,  Germany  ; 
French,  Jr.,  J.  il.,  *  X.  Washington  (and  hous 


est.  IS^IS,  b.  Monroe  «...  X.  Y.,  1841. 
.  and  ret.l,  -st.  1S:18.  b.  Xew  Vork  ;  3.  1833. 
man  F.  Tully;,  b.  Erie  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1844. 
and  irou  warei  b.  Tvrone,  Ireland;  s.  1848. 


furng  goods),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y., 
builders'  and  carriage  hardware),  b.  Prussia; 
d  houfe-fumg.  hardware),  b.  Li* '  igaton  co.. 


,  X.  Y.,  1839. 


Heblng,  Uenr/,  45  North  a».  (dc! 

a.  1840. 
Hinman,  P.  M.,  23  Stone  (stove 

N.  Y. ;  a.  1870. 
Kawin,  W.  J.,  97  East  av  ,  b.  Douglas,  Isle  of  Ma 
Kelly,  John  K.,  51  Saratoga  av.  Imi.nager  Levi   U 
Moran,  Wm.,  108  W.  Main,  b.  Dublin,  Ir-land  ;  s.  1M4. 

lUloy,  Cha..  U..  30  Hunl.r  ir..r..n.,-    W     «.-!.->.  b.  >!oiiroo  co.,  X.  T.,  18.55. 
Swift,  Lewis, 3:i5  State  (firm  3.  &  Gardiner  i,nilronomer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1820. 
Stone,  Newell  A.,  12  \V.  Main  (whol.  and  ret.  i,  firm  Wm.  Burke  &  Co.,  est.  18-38,  b. 

Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  ISIO. 
Spencer,  Jno.  A.,  9  East  av.  (and  plumberi,  b.  MuJi^on  co.,  N    Y.  ;  s.  1872. 
Warrant,  J.  W.,  45  S-juth  av.  (cooking  and  parlor  stoves),  b.  Yarmouth,  England  ; 

a.  1B19. 

HARNESS,  TRUNKS,  WHIPS,  ETC. 

Brooks,  Thos.,  20  Market  (ninfr.),  b.  Toronto,  ( 
Ernst,  Philip,  59  Front,  b.  AUacc,  France;  s.  1853. 
Il/,Saml.  D.,  17  Fulton  av.  (foreman  Strong  4  Woodbu 

i.  lecG. 

GrUwold,T.  M.,  4  Lyell  (foreman  Strong  4  Woodbury),  b.  Westfield,  Mass. ;  s.  1873. 
Hertel,  J.  Wra.,  2  and  4  Suphia(and  horse  furng  g'>vds|,  b.  Monroe  eo.,  X.  Y.,  1850. 
Lighthouse,  J.  C,  129  Slate  (whol.  mnfr.  horse  collar.*),  h.  Bavnria,  Germany  ;  a.  1818. 
Weisch,  Charles,  ti^JS  West  av.,  b.  Luxembourg,  Germany  ;  s.  1853. 
Mooney,  Wm.,  60  Chestnut,  b.  Londonderry,  Ireland  ;  s.  1816. 
•Price,  Michael,  65  X.issau  (foreman  Strong  &  Woodbury),  b.  Bavaria;  s.  18-54. 
Page,  George  B.,  E.  Main  (harness  and  horse  collars),  b.  Yates  co.,  X.  Y.  j  s.  1872. 
Page,  Frank  W.,  E.  Main  sL,  (harness  and  horse  collars),  b.  Ontario  co.,  N.  Y. ; 

1.  1872. 
Beibsteitt,  Henry,  83  X.  Unioa  (saddler  and  harness-maker),  b.  Frankfort,  Germany  ; 


1802. 

ry),  b.  WestSeld,  Mass. ; 


,  244-2)8  E.  Main  (saddler  an 
v.  (Whip  mnfr.)  fin 
infr.  horse  collars). 


Spillmann,  Fred 

a.  1854. 
Strong,  Uenry  A.,  61   Lake 

N.  Y.,  1839. 
Stewart,  John  P.,  77  Suia 

Pa. ;  a  1869. 
Smith,  A.  v.,  05,  67  State  (firm  A.  V.  S.  A  Co.),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  ,  1840 
Taylor,  Geo.  W.,  77  Sute  (trunks,  satchels,  etc.),  b.  Tipp'-rury,  l-elnnd  ;  s. 
Voght,  Martin,  153  Xorth  av.  (mnfr.  and  dealer),  b.  Monr.Kj'co,,  X.  Y.,  18) 
Weningcr,  A.  II.,  24  SL  Joseph  (.saddler  and  harness),  b.  Germany ;  s.  1.'<.50. 
■Woodbury,  E  F.,  4J  Lake  av.  (mnfr.  whips.  Strong  *  W.l,  b.  Wi,d<ir,Vt.; 
Wirley,  Fredk.,  121  Stale  (and  carriage  trimmings),  b.  liavuriaj  s.  1847. 


harness-maker),  b.  Switzerland  ; 

S.  A  Woodbuiy,  b.  Monroe  co., 

rm   Acker  &  S  ,  b.  Philadelphia, 

r.,  1840. 
md  ;  s.  1852. 


HATS,   CAPS,    ETC. 

Dunn,  T.  B.,  40  Mumford  (straw,  felt,  and  Panama  works), 

i.  1858. 
Fletcher,  T.  C,  35  State  (firm  of  J.  W.  Van  Vechlen  &  Co.), 
Peoples,  J.  L.,  178  State  (and  gents'  funiikhing  gi^-ds),  b.  Moi 


.  Providence,  R.  I. ; 


Uotaford,  D.,  propr.  WaverUy  House  ( 
Biyler,  W.,  cor.  Front  and  Market  al 


HOTELS. 

red),  b. 
propr.  ( 


Baker,  Ben],  M.,  X.  Fil2h.i-,-h  St  ,  propr  Eur  .t 
Bromley,  Ch.as.  P.,  cor.  E.  Main  and  X.  St.  i 

Bromley  i  Co.,  b.  Albany.  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1 
Broml-:y,  Daniel  H.,  cor.  E    Main  and  X.  St. 

Bromley  &  Co.,  b.  Wasliington,  X.  V. 
Cleminson.  ^lins  M.  A.,  cor.  Front  and  ^[ark( 


.can  Hotel,  b.  Jeffc 
*aiil  sts.,  propr.  Os 


13)2. 
IS,  Mich 


,  10  Piatt  St.,  prnpr.  Mccha 


Uouie,  arid  . 
ats.,  propr.  Oaborn  Ilouse.  Arm  o 
.,  propr.  York  Ilouse,  b.  M.inroe 
otol,b.Weif..rd.  Ireland;  s.  IMM 


lotel  pn.pr.,  b.  Tompkin',  X.  Y.  ;  s.  IS 
esee  Valley  Hotel,  b.  Germai.y;  ,.  |S7| 
Centennial  Hotel,  h.  M.nrce,  y.  V.  ; 
.  Goulding  Uotcl,  b.  Cambridge,  En-,'l, 


Donovan,  Cornelius,  8  Cal.-d-.n 
Eckhardt,  Caspar,  KW  Eichan 
Fordyce,  X.  U.,  IIOI  W.  Main 
Goulding,  Thos.,  O-i  S.  St.  Pan 

1816. 
Hess,  Peter,  cor.  Front  and  Mumford  ats.,  propr.  SL  Nicholas  Uotcl,  b.  Prus.ia;  i 

1834. 
Hildreth,  Wm.,  Mill  sL,  propr.  Brackctt  House,  firm  S.   M.   Hiidreth  i  Co.,  h.  On 

tario,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1873. 
Hildreth.  Samuel,  Mill  St..  propr.   Brackctt  Housfl,  Arm  S.  M.  Hildreth  &  Co.,  h 

Onurio,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1872. 
Keller,  Mrs.   .Margaret,   10  X.  Water  SL,  propr.  Canada    House,  b.   Wurten.berg 

Germany;  a.  1848. 
Kclsey,  S.  P.,  0>born  House,  genl.  supt.  Osborn  House,  b.  Oswego,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1?H. 
McConnell,  John,  ILS  East  av.,  propr.  Plymouth  Avenue  Hotel,  b.  Ciicmung,  X.  Y. 

s.  18ol. 
Murcfa,  Henry,  12  Xorth   Water,  propr.   British  American  House,  b.   Devonshire 

England  ;  s.  1865. 
Maiwell,  J.  A.,cor.Staleand 

&  Jiaiwell,  b.  Jefferson, 
Magin,  Michael,  cor.  Andrew  i 

1867. 
Eeed,  Martin,  75,  77,  79  Mill,  propr.  Reed  Ho 
Raderieh,  J.  R.,  84  Eichange,  propr.  .America 
Soutle,  Wm.,  65  Front,    propr.  CaiubridgesL 

Uod;  1.  1851. 
Sheld".,  E.  L.,  V.'.  Main  ^i.,  propr.  Xational  Hotel,  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y. 
See,  Walker,  78  S.  Sl  Paul,  propr.  City  Hotel,  b,  Wayne,  X,  Y,  ;  s,  1871, 
Terry,  James,  Kuilroad  av.,  propr.  Congress  Hall,  b.  Hartford,  C-mn. ;  s.  1S.-.7. 
Wal'bridge,  Geo.  W.,  cor.  State  and  Railroad  av.,  propr.  Wavcrlcy  Hou=e,  firm  Wal- 

bridge  A  Maiwell,  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1822. 
Weidner,  Geo.,  eor.   Front  and  Mumford  619.,  propr.  Commercial  Hotel,  b.  Wur- 

temberg,  G<'rmany  ;  a.  1S58. 
Wauon,  Albert  M.,  107J  E.  Main,  propr.  Watson  House,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  5. 

1648. 
Wilbur,  Xathan  P.,  150  E.   Main,  propr.  Farmers'  HoUl,  b.   Wayne  co.,  X.  Y. ; 

«.  1868. 
Whitcomb,  Alonio  G.,  propr.  Whitcomb  House,  b.  Monroe,  X'.  Y.  ;  s.  18'24. 

IRON  FOUNDERS,  MOULDERS,  ETC. 


r.,  propr.  Waverley  House,  fir( 
18C9. 
sts.,  propr.  Central  House,  b 


b.   Cambridgeshire,    Eng- 
1830. 


,  X.  Y.,  18S9. 

,  b.  Prussia;  s.  18)n. 

in  U.  X.  Uemingwa-.- 


Burke,  P.,  20)  State  (firm  P.  Burke  &  Co.),  b.  3: 
Biesenbsch,  John.  77  Union  (foreman  H  X.  Uei 
Brockway,  Henry  L,  cor.  Emn.ett  and  Hand  sl 

Orleans  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1843. 
Brayer,  X.,  cor.   King  and  ilaple  sts.  (presL  co-operative  foundry),  b.   Lornun 

France;  a.  1839. 
Brayer,  John,  C6  Jay  (moulder  co-operative  foundry),  b.  France  ;  s.  1838. 
Harligan.  Wm.,  107  Frank  (with  P.  Burke  i  Co.),  b.  Limerick.  Ireland;  s.  li^.-.r 
Henry,  John  B..  3  Montrose  (supL  with  E.  Jones  &  Son),  b.  Dumfries.  Seotlam 

s.  1855. 
Kenealy,  Edward,  .38  Elm  (jour,  moulder  with   P.  Burke  &  Co.),  b.  Kilkenny,  Ir 

land;  a.  1852. 
McPadden,  Mjles,  5  Hunter  (jour,  moulder  with  P.  Burke  4  Co.),  b.  Leitrim,  Ir 

land;  a.  1868. 
Madler,  Philip,   12  Grant  (director  co-operative   foundry),  b.    Bavaria,  German) 

i.  185-3. 
O'Donaghue,  J.,  204  State  (and  mnfr.  plumbers'  goods),  b.  York,  Ont.  ;  s.  18,!7. 
Schacfer,  John,  99  Chaniplain  (^tove  ranfr.  co-operative  foundry),  b.    Itodetibur; 

Germany;  a.  1850. 
Smith,  Chas.,  115  Wil.lcr  (mouMcr  co-.perative  foundry),  b.  Ireland  ;  s.  I87I. 
Siddona,  John,  19  Prince  (architectural  and  galvanized  iron  works),  b.  Fronlena 

Ontario;  s.  1843. 
W»hl,  Frank  J.  (pattern  fitter  co-operative  foundry),  b.  Pfale,  Germany ;  s.  1S-J7. 

JEWELRY   AND   PLATED   WARE. 

Byara,  W.  W.,  22  X.  St    Paul,  b.  Fayette,  lown ;  «.  1875. 

B^oth,  Ezra  B.,  5  Powers'  bit.  iflrm  E,  II.  Booth  A  Son),  b.  Addison.  Vt..  18-3''. 

BcKJth,  Henry  O  ,5  Powers' blk.  Itirm  K  B.  li.ioih  A:  Son),  b,  Monroeco,,X.  V.,  IS) 

Brown,  llcia,  1)  Stat.-,  b.  lli.mp,l.-n,  .Ma-s.  ;  a.  1870. 

Clackner.  A.  S.,  2:il  Stale  (piilenleo  and  mfr.  of  the  patent  main  spring  barrel  c-i 

tractor),  b.  Albany,  X.  V.;  a.  IH'S. 
Churchill,  Uenry,  3  X.  Washington  (supt.  P.ochcatcr  plating  works),  b.  Austin,  Ir 


I 


HISTORY  OF  .MONILOE  COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


1333. 


N.  Y.,  ISIJ. 


fr.  om.  l:Ub  War 
U.  i  D.  Ro<«nbci 


1843. 


Ditun^ler,  John,  m  E.  JI^in,  b.  B 
Foi,  John  T.,  3  Powirs'  bik.  (mnfr 
Ooodjer,  J.  H.,2'J0  Smw,  b.  Monr.i 
OeMl,  E.iw.rd,  N.  CUnlon,  b.  I!...;. 
Luchm,  Jncub.  32  Plnnncle  «v,  (fur 
MoB•»^  F.  W.,  E.  Main  (niiifr.),  b. 
M.rleM,  Wni.  G.,  10  ElwouJ  blk. 

many  ;  l.  ISM. 
EoMmberg,  D.TiJ,  U  Tuwerj'  blk.  ( 

1.  1849. 
Kosenberg,  Uenrj,  11  Powers'  blk   ( Brm  H.  &  D.  Rusenbors),  b.  Ba»«ri«,  Germjn 

•-  1849 
Ruhr,  John   IL,  99  North  a»,  (supt.  flni^hing  dpi.  J.  E.  HayJen   i  Co),  b.  Arfi 

Switzerland  ;  3.  18rl 
Rurkdwthel,  Frederick,  41  Xas-au  (ninfr.),  b.  Bavaria,  Germany;  s.  1819. 
8peU,  Chri..,  2!  Clarissa  (firm  Uun,  Spencer  i  Co.),  b.  Prussia,  Germany  ; 
Suodcrlin  &  MrAllister,  1801. 

Walters,  C.  F.,  30  \V.  Jl;iin,  b.  Brunswick,  Germany;  s.  18.5.'>. 
Wiiner,  Henry  C,  33  .Slate  (^importer  silver-plated  ware  and  bronzes),  b.  Li' 

CO.,  K.  Y. :  1.  18fi2. 


LAUNDRIES,  DYEING  AND  CLEANING. 
Coodtin,  J.,  6  Mumfi.rd  (Xew  York  Laundry),  b.  Peel,  Ontario;  s.  ISiJo 
Ihinn,  S.,  40  Mumford   (siiawl   cleaning  and    laco   curtain  laundry),   b.   Lacbrine, 

Queb«: ;  >.  1807. 
Donn»ll»,  Edward,  40  Mumford  iS.  Dunn  &  Co.),  b   Tyrone,  Ireland;  j.  1865. 
Hagen  i  Myers,  Clinton  St.  (limndrymen.  shirt-s  made  to  order). 
Lrttj,  Daniel,  20  Frank  (steam  dyeing  and  clean 
Eobinwn,  W.  J.,  77  S.  St.  Paul,  b.  England  ;  s.  1 


1847. 


Cork,  Ireland  ;  a.  18.17. 


LEATHER   AND   FINDINGS. 

Ailing,  Lewis  H.,  49  N.  Water  (mnfr.  and  vvhol.  dir.),  Ailing  Bros.,  b.  Saratoga  CO., 
N.  Y. ;  •.  1832. 

Caring,  AVeicher  &  C.)..  87  Water  (successors  to  Wm.  Caring  &  Sonl.  est.  1340. 

PritZichc,  Frank.  43  Front  (dIr.  hide,  leather,  oil,  etc.),  b.  Sazony ;  s.  1800. 

Hallowell,  Wm.  R-,  51  Plymouth  I  morocco  innlr.),  firm  U.  i  Willis,  b.  Montgomery 
CO.,  Pa.;  ».  1841. 

Howes,  Joseph,  2-5  University  av.  (foreman  Ailing  Bros.j.b.  Norlbamptonshire,  Eng- 
land; ■   18o9. 

Kalb,  John,  6,  8  N.  Water  Imnfr   leather,  dIr.  flndingsl,  h.  Bavaria  ;  i.  1849. 

Kolb,  Habn  &  Co.,  5  Mumford  (whole-ale  and  retail);  e,t.  1800. 

Lampert,  Henry,  Larapert  s  blk.,  b.  Hanover,  Germany;  s.  1806. 

Lowrey  &  Dradner,  21,  23  >'.  Water  (mnfrs.  morocco,  foreign  and  domestic  sheep. 


•kins,  etc.),  e 

Willis,  Isaac,  64  Plymc 

N.  y. ;  1.  1869. 


187 


nfr.),  Arm  Hallowell  &  W.,  b.  Queens  c 


LITHOGRAPHERS. 


Enne<fcer,  Louis,  35  State  (firm  E.  &  Karle),  b  Monr.ie  co.,  N.  Y.,  1848. 
Karle,  Wm.,  3.1  State  I  firm  Ennecker  i  K.i,  b.  Monroe  co,  X.  Y.,  1854. 
Mensing,  J.  D.  A.,  7  Market  (financial  and  bus.  manager  Mnnsing,  Enhn  &  Stecker), 


Eahn,  Anton  C,  7  3(arket 


Mensing,  Rahn  i  Stecker\  b.  Frankfort-jn- 


LIVERY    AND    SALE    STABLES. 
Black.  John  F.,  113  Mill,  b.  Liv.njston,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ISTo. 
JDonnelU,  S.  C,  1  Franklin,  b.  Monrw,  X.  Y.,  ISlII. 
Frick,  j'ohn  H.,21  II:m,i.t..n  pl.ic.',  b.  U„nuver,  (i.-rnmny,  l8->3. 

Hall,   .onalhan,  2g:j ,  b.  Bhinford,  Mass  ,  l.s.iO. 

Mas^lh.  V.  X.,  15  N.  Fitzhui;h,  b.  M.,nroe,  X.  Y..  18:4. 

Mann,  Gc.  A.,  309  State,  b.  Arniajli,  Ireland  ;  s.  1873. 

Morgan,  Owen,  25  Otsego,  b.  Gernuiny  ;  s.  1848. 

Mann.  Geo.  E.,  .lOO  -^tate,  b.  Yale.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1875. 

MeTaggert,  J..hn,  04  Williams  .foreman  Geriing  Bro),  b.  Frontenac,  Out.,  1839. 

Ranson,  II.,  3,  5,  7  Stone,  b.  Vlster  o.-,  X.  Y. ;  ..  1858. 

Smelt,  Wm.,  113  W    Main,  b.  Kn^land;  s.  Is'.'i;. 

Wrii,ht,  I.  X.,  17  -Diiision,  b.  Dutch..ss  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1860. 

LUMBER,   WOOD,   ETC. 

Barry,  John  B,  117  Lake  «v  ,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  .  IS.-T 

Barber  i  S.)n,  A.  D..  10  Spring  idlrs.  in  wood),  I..  Westerly,  R    I. ;  s.  1859. 

Bronson,  Amon,  77  Plymouth  >v  ,  b.  Monro.i  co.,  X.  Y.,  1853 

Chamberlain,  G.  H  ,  8   Chenning    (foreman    J.   McGraw  i  Co.),   b.    Monroe  co  , 

N.  v.,  18-52. 
Cooke,  Cyrus  T.,  cor.  Franklin  :\nj  North  av.,  b.  Alligheny  Cii..  Pa.  ;  s.  !3'S. 
Cooke,  F.  C,  21  N,  Wasbiiinlon  (and  building  material).  F.  C.  C.  &.  Co.,  b.  Oneida 

cu,  N.  Y.  ;  •    1814. 
Craig,  Henry  II.,  117  Alexander,  b    Northumberland,  I1nt.  ;  s.  1855. 
Hnllister  1  Co.,  102  Kithnnge,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y  ,  18.15. 
Kcrn.n,  John,  118  Lake  ar.  tforeman  A.  Prentice  i;  S..n),  b.  .Uonri*  co  ,  N.  Y  ,  1818. 


Le  Measures.  Enoch,  27  Caroline  |,.Mt.  Hope  av.  wood  yard),  b.  Quebec  ;  %.  1800. 

Otis,  L.  M.,  5-5  Chestnut,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1835. 

Prentice,  Alexander,  79  Lake  av.  (tirm  A.  P.  &.  S..n),  yard  158  Lake  av.,  b.  Scot 

land;  I.  1809. 
Prentice,  Jr.,  Alexander,  1-58  Lake  a».  (firm  A.  P.  i  Son),  b.  Scotland  ;  J.  1B70. 
Scofield,  Henry  C,  40  Frank,  b.  Cattaraugus  co,,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1875. 
Whitbcck,  Jeremiah,  170  Plymouth  av.  ^luInber  and  wood),  b.  Herkimer  co.,  X.  Y. 

1.  1831. 


MACHINERY    AND    TOOL    I 

D.  R.  B.irt  jn  To. 


ANUFACTURERS. 


.  hydr 


,,  firm  J.  S. 

n  i  Co  ,  b   Jefl-er 

nes  and  boile 

rs,  Woodbury,  B.  Jt  P 

rior. 

d-<vnrking  ma 

ehil 

crv),b.Germanv 

s.  18 

Jurtalo  Steam 

Ga 

go  and   Lantern 

Co,,,, 

ar;..,n  Tool  Co 

l.b 

Hartford,  Conn. 

,.  IS 

ic  automatic  c 

,dcr 

and  wine  pre^sesj 

b.  P 

ler-maker  He 

ugh 

■s&Co),  b.  Xort 

un.b 

Lamp  Works 

b. 

Baden,  Germany; 

s    IS 

on  Tool  Co.). 

b.  O 

segoco,  X.  Y.  ; 

.  185 

,ts'  to..ls,,  b.  Ti[.p 

■rarv,  Ireland  ;  s. 

1852. 

idengr.Uollv 

w 

icr- Works),  b.  Li 

ing- 

Barton,  C.C,  26  Sprins 
Bullard,  John  H.,  9  CI 

N.  Y. ;  s.  1860. 
Booth,  Jas.  E.,  43  Lake 

New  York;  s.  18.-.2. 
Beisheim,  Henry,  102  Meigs  In 
Clarke,   F    Dew'itt,  61   E«st  av. 

Orleans  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  li 
Crane,  Samuel  G.,  13  Grove  I  lo 
Cowley,  C.  K.,  110  State  (mnfr 

'terco.  Pa.;  s.  1874. 
Chapman,  Edward,  24  Vose  (di 

land,  Ontario  ;  s.  1800. 
Faist,  J.,  104  Warren  (foreraa 
Glazier,  E.  C,  1  Uolivar  (foren 
Gleason,  Wm,  42  Piatt  (mnfr. 
Gilbert,  Richard,  49  Goodman 

CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  1820. 
Boehn,  G.,  152  North  a».  (edge  tool  niakeri,  b.  Baden,  Germany  ;  s.  1840. 
Ham,  C.  T.,  46  Jones  av.  (pres.  Buffalo  Steam  Gauge  and  Lantern  Co),  b.  York. 

Me.  ;  1.  1871. 
Irwin,  J.  S.,  41  Adam  (mnfr.  files),  b.  UUter  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1805. 
Judson,  Junius,  70  Lake  av.  (mnfr.  steam-engine  governors),  firm  J,  -Jodson  "t  Son 

b.  Ue.).;.oerco,,X.  V.  ;,.  ISiO. 
Judson,  John  L.,  no  Mill  imnfr.  steam-ergine  governors),  firm  J,  Jjdson  i  S.-n,  b. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio;  s.  1848. 
Jones,  Ezra,  72  Allen  (machine-,hop).  est.  1845.  b.  M.idison  Co,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1822, 
Jones,  J.  Emory,  59  X.St.  Paul  (nuichine-siiopj,  est.  1845,  b.  Monroe  c<i.,  X.  Y.,  1311. 
Kelly,  Jas.  H.,  cor.  Mill  and  Furnace  sts.    genl.  agt.  Kelly  Lamp  Works),  b.  S;ira- 

toga  CO.,  N.  Y. 
Kelly,  John  M.,  cor.   Mill  and  Furnace  sts.  |sec.  Kelly  Lamp  Works),  b.  Monr- 

CO.,  X.  V. ;  s.  18-53. 
Kingsburv,  Gilbert  J.,  48  Jay  (mnfr.  cracker  maehines),  firm  K.  4  Davis,  b.  C-.rt- 

'   Un'd  CO..  N.  Y. ;  3.  1852'. 
Kano,  John,  Mill  st.  ^mnrr.  wood-working  machinery,,  firm  J.  S.  Grahanj  &  C-).,  b. 

Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1848. 
Laverty,  James,  129  X.  Water  (supt.  L^uerty  Die  and  Cutler  Co.),  b.   Montreal 

Quebec ;  s.  1864. 
Ladwig,  Christian,  2  Xassau  I  mnfr.  filesV  b.  Prussia;  s.  1857. 
Mack  i-  Co.,  136  Mill  (mnfrs.  mechanic.'  tools,  barrel  machinery,  augers,  etc),  e-l. 

1868. 
Melzgar,  John,  207  Scio  isopt.  with  Mark  &  Cvl.  h.  Baden,  Germany  ;  s.  1850. 
Munn,  H,  C.,9  Piatt,  mnlr.  blind  hinges,,  b.  Liv;n:,-ton  co  ,  X,  Y:  i-  1857. 
Manning,  Thos.,212  St.  P.vul  I  Inreman  II,  r.ghes  >\.  C.,,,  b.  Monr,.-  co  ,  X.  Y.,  HI  I 
Michel,  Frederick,  03  Piatt  (mnfr.  n,:,c!iiMi,.13'  toolsl,  b.  liaJen.  G.-rmany  ,  s.  IsK 
Miller,  Christian,  18  Slilson  ,  mncl.ini-ti.  b    Uad.n.  Germany  ;  s.  1849. 
Pierce,  Fra.  E,,  19  Broadway  (foreman  nincbinc-sliop  Barton  Tool  Co.),  b.  W.t.-- <- 

ter,  Mass  ;  s.  18-50. 
Prince,  C.  H.  M.,  16  .Martin  (r.irenian  fiiiisliing  .lept.  Barton  Tool  Co.),  b.  .Mb.o  y. 

N.  Y. ;  ..  1870. 
Koe,  Joseph,  33  Jay  (genl.  supt.  Ezra  Jone,  i  Sonl,  b,  Hampshire,  England;  s   l^:! 
Stone,  Vincent,  28  Monger  ,  foreman  .M.uk  Jc  C,,!,  b.  Lanca-hire,  England  :  s.  1^  ■■ 
Stetlheimer,  Sim,.n,  9  S.  Clinton   (supt.  Sle.im  Gauge  and  Lantern  Co.),  b.  N'al.  I,-  / 

Miss.  ;  s.  1849. 
Stierly,  Samuel,  cor.  Stephen  and   X.  Clinton  sU.   (machinist),  b.  Argau,  Sm  il/..  r. 

land  ;  a.  1850. 
Stones,  Wm.,  44  Martin  (for-n,:,,,  Bnrton  T-l  Co.i,  b.  Yorkshire,  Eog  ;  s-  IST'J 
Smith,  H.  C,  228  Mill  (maeliim-t  Holly  W„ter- Workjl,  b    Monroe  co..  N.  V..  !-  ^7 
Smith,  H,  F.,  81   S,  Fitzhngli  ,,"nlr.  wood-working  machiueryl,  firm  C.  K.  T p- 

kins  &  Co.,  b.  Monroe  .o..  X.  V.,  1.^19. 
Schaefer,  J.  C,  108  Plymouth  av.   (machinist  and  mould  mnfr.),  b.  Orl.-:iiis  ,  .  , 

N.  Y. ;  >.  1858. 
Taylor,  Silas  W.,  38  Warner  (supt.   polishing  depl,   .Mack   Bros.),  b.  Cinondaga  .■• 

N.  Y. ;  s.  1872. 
Townsi<nd.  Wm  ,  St.-warfs  blk,  ,.nnfr.  shoemakers'  tools),  firm  T.  it  Wiicman.  I' 


Ulschl,  Adam, 
Upton,  Frank  ; 
Wells,  Chas,,  3 


nfr.   w..od-w 

,rk 

'? 

mae 

.ir.cry 

1,   b.   Du 

man  H.  Be 

.he 

m) 

b.  1 

ivaria 

;  s.  1871 

Kellv   Lamp 

AV 

rk 

,,  b. 

Keen 

,  .\    H. 

Uarton  Tool 

Co. 

,b 

Bin 

lingh 

m,  Eng, 

HISTORY  Of  ilONROE  COUNTY,  NEV/  YORK. 


305 


,  Irm  Woodbury,  Buoth  & 


WidJowion,  AllK,rt,  4^  .-^L  Jo-ph  (mnfr.  lUiv,  jointen,  lut  I.lhM,  etc.),  8 

raU.  & 

A.  W.,  b.  Monrooco,  N.  Y.,  1816. 

MARBLE    AND    STONE    DEALERS. 

Alljn,  Cyrus,  15  .Murliracr,  b.  LitcliSflJ,  Conn.  ;  s.  1818. 

Ompin,  Jart.^.,  48  Hickory  I  h™<i*ton.-^  nnd  nvnum-ntsl,  b.  S.  T.,  1840. 

Hebard,  Htr.ry  S.,  U  lluwi-ll  (sle.m  miirhic  «or\.i'.  b.  UUtcr  CO.,  N.  Y. ;  s 

1631. 

Cuetz.  Ch.riw,  K  St.  Ju?oph  iraajon  «nd  st..n»cultor  1.  b.  Bi.len.  Germnny 

!.  18  ,0. 

Pitkin,  P.  It  ,  37  U  est  ■v.  i  prop.  nm.  s'...nc  »nj  arnnite  wk».  i,  b.  I'rui^ia  ; 

3.  184.9. 

■W-.ll,  Wm.  H.,  2«  F«7ur  (supL  Uollow.iy  i  Normin-onl,  b.  Ucrkimer  Co 

N.  Y.; 

1.  1872. 

MEATS   AND   PROVISIONS. 

Andrews,  Thos.,  20  AdKmj,  b.  D<,-vouihir»,  Enarland  :  s.  UHi. 

De  Vo5,  J.cob,  44  Front  i  p..rk  pstker  »nd  prov.  dir,  i.  b.  Z.-«l,in 

Gordon,  Eobl.  H.,  11.';  .Monruc  .ir.    producei,  b.  Xs 

firaingfr,  J.  K.,  60  Milan,  b.  Ireland  ;  s.  1872. 

Heribcrgsr,  Conrad,  o7  S.  Clinton,  b.  Germany;  s.  l.^-VJ. 

O  Kane  Dro<.,  cor.  Bartlv'tt  and  Beynoldi  sta.  (wholesale  and  r«tail),  b.  Monroe  CO., 

N.  Y. ;  •.  186.-.. 
Pack,  John  F.,  9<j  Strong,  b.  Pru>si« ;  a.  18.')4. 
Hubcr,  Jacob,  20  Comfort,  b.  Monroe  co  ,  .V.  Y  .  1641. 
Heriberger,  Geo.,  49  S.  Clinton,  b.  DarmjtiJt,  G'  rmnny  ;  .«.  18o2. 
Johnaon,  Jacob,  cor.  Cady  and  Koynolds  »u.,  b.  Gerrn.iny  ;  i.  18C7. 
Kratl,  John  S.,  4}  Cc,mf..rt.  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y..  1840. 
Keller,  Mich»i-1,  132  Plymoutb,  b.  Germany;  s.  IS.M. 
Kagle,  John,  S.Kith  iiv  ,  b.  Wiirtcmberg,  Germany;  s.  1852. 
Blrull,  Wm.,  b.  Wnkenburs,  Germany;  3.  1875. 
8tortz  &  Walker,  63  Caledonia  av..  est.  I87i>. 

TmU,  Abraham,  7i  Caledonia  or.,  b.  Gloucester,  England;  >.  1844. 
Wchle,  Caspar,  cor.  Front  and  lluniford  sti.  i  mnfr.  sausage;,  b.  Wurtemberg,  Ger- 

maoj ;  %.  18.j7. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS,  ETC. 

JohD  E  ,  8  N.  Clinton  (Srm   Bornenian  i  Bro),  b.  Cassel,  Germany 

I. 

George.  8  X.  Clinton  (ftrm   B.>rneman  &   Bro.j,  b.  Caasel,  Germany;  a 

18.10. 

H-land;  s.  1815. 

1839. 


1802. 
Burke,  P.  Y,  29  H 


tgomerv.  N.  Y 
CUrk-oo,  Geo.  C,  14  W.  Main,  b   Scotland  :  s.  1842, 
Coi,  William,  17  and  19  Front,  b.  Porumouth.  Euu-land 
Derrick,  T.,  14  Elwo.4  blk.,  b.  M.nyo,  Ireland;  s.  IjOO. 
Delbridge,  Ju.i.,  tifl  N.  CImton,  b.  UeTonsliirc,  En-land; 
Hetiler,  Geo.  A.,  o5  St.  Jcr-eph,  b.  Bavaria.  Germany  ;  i.  18 >!. 
Hancock,  Jubn,  32  W.  Main  land  clothing  I,  b.  bomersetshire,  England;  s. 
KuhlDian,  John,  aO  Lyon  (masquerade  CL-slume^.  etc. ;,  b.  Germany,  18,jl. 
Kennedy,  Jas.,  8  Mumford,  b.  Wenineath,  Ireland  ;  s.  1800. 
Madden,  James,  217  State,  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y.,  ls;0. 
JIaddeo,  G.  A.,  341  Jones  i  retired  i,  b.  Tyrone,  Ireland  ;  ■.  1827. 
McGuire,  Wm.  D.,'o.  7,  and  8,  up.,lairs,  tilw.-xl  blk.  i  firm  Wm.  D.  McGui. 
importer  of  fine  woolens  for  mens'  wc;ir;,  On-mdaga,  N'.  Y. ;  a.  18.j6, 
Moore,  O.  W  ,  8  M..riimer,  b.  Orleaos,  N.  Y. ;  s.  ISIO. 
McSerney,  A.  G.,  8  Ward,  b.  Lanark,  Ontario;  s.  1872. 
Obrey,  Ol.f,  14  Fuvor.  b.  S.cden  ;  s.  1866. 

Parsells,  Wm.  W.,  12  W.  Main,  b    Xew  York,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1836. 
SbolTer,  J.«-ph,  StJ  X.  Clinton,  b.  Baden,  Germany;  s.  18.59. 
Suluachfr,  Jacob,  .•«»;  Brown,  b.  Hc.-se-Darm^tndt,  Germ.iny,  1SG5. 
Sonug,  Ferdinand,  7  X.  Clinton,  b.  Hesse-Durinsladt,  Germany;  s.  1873. 
■Wicbmani.  &  K.,  7  South  av.  (organized  1870|,  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1875. 

MILLINERY  AND   LADIES'    FURNISHING. 

Abbott,   Lafayette,   10  Comfort  (mnfr.  ladies'  underwear),  b.   ilonroo  co. 

1800. 
BaSMtt,  Mrs.  n.,  140  Slate  (embroidery,  sUmping,  and  fancy  good^),  b 

I.  1W7. 
Borlingame,  Mra.  C,  83  E.  Main, 
Cherry.  Mr'.  .Mnry,  162  W.  Jfain 
Idmond...  Mrs.  w".  E  ,  79  E.  Mail 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  .Vnna  J  ,  ."i8  Slate 
Friend,  Mrs.  F  M.,  1  .2  X-  CImto 
Hasting-,  Mrs.  I,  11,  2  EIwo.kI  b 
Howard,  XUts  Mary,  I'l  Stale  (cl,.i 
Harper,  Mis.  S.  A-,  120  State  iC.n. 
Hyatt,  .Mrs.  S.  A.,  9  N.  Clinlon  (i 
Jones,  Mi-s  Snrnh,  2V8  Slate,  b.  B 
Lord,  ItonrT,  108  Stain  .j.bb.  r;,  t 
Lane,  Mi-s  Mary  J.,  134   E.  Mairt 

i.  1865. 
Lipe,  Mrs.  J.  W..  31  Franklin  (ar 
Landbeck,  Mrs.  C  ,  41J  X  Clintoi 


1647 


,  X.  Y., 


).  Montgoi 
b.  Clare.  I 


,ery  CO.,  X.  Y 
reland:  s.  1844. 
CO.,  X.  Y.,  181 


M.,l,M,g:,  b.  Detro 

t,  .Mich.;  a.  18 

unr-  CO  ,  X.  Y. 

-M.iak.ngj.b,  Mon 

r..eco.,X.  Y., 

Maddock,  Miss  L.,  77  State  (pattern  rooms,  dress  and  cloak  making),  b.  Clinton  co., 
X.  Y. ;  s.  1865. 

Malmey,  51.  J.,  01  State  (dlr.  millinery  and  fancy  goods,  eat.  18G9),  b.  ilonroe  co  , 
X.  Y.,  1818. 

Moseley,  H.  M.,  7  E  Main  i  mnfr.  and  whol.  dlr.  ladies'  cloaks,  suits,  and  under, 
wear),  firm  M.  A  WiglUman,  b.  .Madi.-on  co..  X.  Y. ;  s   1801. 

McDowell,  Hugh,  03  State  (ladies'  furnishiag  and  fancy  goods),  b.  Belfast,  Ireland  ; 
s.  1808. 

McDowell,  Jane,  53  State  (ladies'  furnishing  and  fancy  goodi),  b.  Dclfasl,  Ireland  ; 
«.  18.J6. 

Xiblack,  Mr..  3.  H  ,  156  \V.  Main  (mnfr.  cor-ets,  hoop  skirts,  and  bunles),  h.  Hast- 
ings, England  ;  s.  1842. 

Oertcl,  Mrs.  Bertha,  77  Xorlh  av.  (and  masquerade  costumes), b.  Eeis-Sehleilz,  Ger- 
many; s.  1861. 

.Sweeting,  J.  B.,  84  Slate  (whol.  and  ret.),  b.  Gelderland.  Holland;  s.  1801. 

Shatz,  Lowenth«liLeiter,40,42Stale  (succcs.-ors  to  3.  Rosenblatt  &  Co.),  also  fancy 
goods,  worsted,  etc. 

Taft,  Mrs.  31.  A.,  08  Stiite  (and  dressmaking),  firm  T.  &  Ferguson,  b.  Orange  co., 
N.  y. ;  1.  187.5. 

Torkinton,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  160  W.  Main  (and  costumes),  b.  London,  England  ;  s.  1839 

tJnderhill,  Mrs.  Goo.,  107  Plymouth  nv.,  b.  Cayuga  co.,  X'.  Y.  ;  s.  1318. 

Vorhces.  Mrs.  J.,  81  E.  .Main,  b.  Xew  London,  Conn.;  s.  1860 

Vaughan,  Jliss  M.  A.,  00  E.  Main  (artistic  dress  and  cloak  making),  b.  Monroe  co., 
X.  Y.,  1814. 

Whitney,  Mrs.  X.  A.,  58  Sute  (dressmaking),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1835. 

MILLS  (FLOURING,  SAW,  ETC.). 

Burgart,  Jlartin,  100  Orange  (foreman  Rochester  cotton  mills),  b.  Slosburg,  France; 

i-  1847. 
Bedford,  H.  R.,  11  Romcyn  (head  miller  Wm.  Richardson),  b.  Glouceslershire,  Eng- 
land; I.  1870. 
Bentley,  George,  30  .Marshall,  b.  Franklin,  Vt.  ;  s,  1S38. 
Bortle,  .Morris,  22  Marshall  (turning,  etc.),  b.  Ontario,  X.  Y. ;  «.  liyl. 
Buck,  Henry  K.,  Scottsville  (salesman  firm  of  Bristol  &  Vielel.  b.  Niagara.  X-   V  : 

s.  1870. 
Campbell,  Thos.  C,  15  Lake  »v.  (supl.),  b.  Monroe,  X.  T.,  1847. 
Cowles,  Joseph,  116  Fulton  av.  (millwright),  Isle  of  Man,  England;  s.  I8'29. 
Coi,  J.  T.,  10  Gorham  (firm  J.  T.  Cox  &  Son),  Dorsetshire,  England;  3.  18.59. 
Cox,  J.  T.  Jr.,  cor.  Conker  av.  and  At.  A  (firm  J   T.  Cox  &  Son),  Monroe,  X.  Y  ; 

s.  1843. 
Chase,  John  H.,  23  Frank  (firm  Chase,  Bristol  A-  Viele),  Wyoming,  X.  Y. ;  1870. 
Ely,  Abraham  P.,  Greig  St.  (retireJl,  b.  Lyme,  Coim. ;  s.  1817. 

French,  Alvah  R.,  34  Stono  (clerk  with  J.  A.  Hind-'i,  b.  Xew  York,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1873. 
Gerling,  Jacob,  3  X.  Water  (weigh-mnstcr  firm  Gerling  Bros.),  b.  Alsace,  Germany  ; 

i.  1855. 
Gerling,  Valentine,  3  X.  Water  (firm  Gerling  Bros.',  b.  Alsace,  Germany  ;  s.  1805. 
Gardner,  George  S.,  Spencer  Port  Road  (foreman  spinning  dept.  Koeliester  cotton 

mills),  Oneida,  X.  Y. ;  s    IS.58 
Hutchinson,  James,  120  E.  Main  i  retired),  b.  Perth,  Scotland  ;  s.  1«42. 
Herscbel,  James,  157  Brown  (head  miller  with  J.  A.  Hinds),  Forfarshire,  Scotland  ; 

a.  1869. 
Hilts,  Thos.  E.,  17  Jones  (foreman  carding  dept.  Rochester  cotton  mills;,  Onondaga, 

X.  T. ;  s.  1803. 
Hinds,  J.  A.,  82  I.ake  av.,  b.  Jefferson,  X.  Y. ;  3.  1867. 
Kay,  Joseph  H.,  4  Uowe,  b.  Y'orkshire,  England;  s.  1358. 
Keenan,  John,  cor.  Brown  and  Warehouse  sts.  ^millwright),  b.   Down,  Ireland;  s. 

1838. 
Lovecraft,  J.  A.,  8  Marshall,  b.  Devon.  England;  s.  1831. 
Hill,  Chas.  B.,  S.  Water,  b.  Monr..e,  "7.  Y..  1826. 

M.oloy,  J.  B.,  74  Andrew  (firm  MosU  ■  A  .Motl.yl,  b.  Madis<.n,  X'.  Y.  ;  s.  1307. 
Motley,  George,  44  Lake  av.  (firm  .Mosley  &  Mjtley),  b.  Lineolushire,  England  ;  3. 

1857. 


Merz,  Ce-s.  F,  75  .Vduins,  b. 
Marsdcn,  Wm.,  63  Thompsoi 


-Darmstadt,  Germany.  180O. 

■en^sn  weaving  dept.  Rochester  cotton  mills),  b. 
Lanca-sliire,  England ;  a.  1860. 

Obyrne,  John  J.,24  Kent  (foreman  J   R.  Pentecost  &  Co.),  b.  Clare,  Ireland;  s.  1868. 

Pentecost,  John  B.,  1   W.  Main  (firm  J.   K.  Peiitocosl  in  Co.),  b.  Cornwall,  Eng- 
land ;  a.  1800. 

Petk,  U.  X  .  1.51  X.  St.  P.iul  (retired),  b.  Rehobolh,  R.  I. ;  s.  1839. 

Richardson,  Win,,  26  Eli/.abetli  (grar.ite  mills),  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1828. 

Redfern,  Thos.,  30  Ainbroso  (millwright),  b.  Stalfordshire,  England  ;  ...  1843. 

Smith,  John    U.,  9  James  (Frankfort  mills,   firm   Smith  it  Chester;,   Lincolnshire, 
England;  s.  18.'.1. 

Tamblyn,  Frank,  13  llo.Tieyn  (head  miller  J.  R.  Pentecost  &  Co.)  b.  Cornwoll,  Eng- 

lills),  b.  Grafton,  X.  U. ;  s.  1803. 
MINISTERS. 

Rev.  ThadJeus,  21  E,  Franklin  (rector  St.  Joseph's  church),  b.  Bavaria; 
2d   Baptist),  b.  Washington,  U.  C. ; 


306 


HISTORY  OF  MONEOE  COUNTY,  NEW  YOEK. 


b.  DutchM!  . 
co.,N.  Y.,1- 


Oibbcir.J,  Ii,K,  We^t  »t.  fi  lUur  Corr.hill  M.  E.  church,  ISOO-O 

tWtn,  EngUni! ;  i.  Ih.-.O. 
HoCichiieider,  Her.  Lt-opul-i,  Jnj  and  Amcj  fta.  fpoitor  Holy  ; 

liwlen  ;  •.  18>;7. 

HDiith  av.  (pajUir  Imtn  iculato  Conccpli 

M.noing,  Wm.,  39  Yurt  ;  pu^tor  Franii  St.  M.  E.  (.hiirth  l8.-,9-'0 

•.  1857. 
Mc<Juild,  B   J.,  42  Frank  i  R.  C.  bishop),  b.  X.  Y.  0. ;  i.  18iy*. 
MorehouM.  H.  L..   13  S.  L'aiMn  (p.islor  Em:  «».   Bspuat  churcl 

M.  Y.  ;  J.  !873. 
O'Connor,  J.nic»,  39  H^nd  r  pastor  St.  Brid-ft  i  church',  b.  Mcnmc  co., 
Puiwll,  Michael,  78  Frank  (K.  C.  clcr-yman),  b  Frunk'.in  c...  .V.  V.  ; 
Sue  (D  D.),  A5»,  7  Arnuld  park  i  pastor  1»(  Univ.  ch.,,  b.  Sanit..e»,  N. 
SprouU,  Robt.  D.,  10  S.  Uniun  (pastor  Eefd  Presb.  church),  b.  Alli-gh< 

t.  18C3. 
Sb.»-  {D  D.),  J.«.  B.,  Christian  place  (pnst-r  Drick  church  i,  b.  New  Y. 
Stone,  B.  W.,  16  Orunge  (rector  Church  of  the  G.k,J  Shepherd),  b.  C 

>'.  Y. ;  •-  1873.  ' 
SincUir,  F.  H,,  E.  Maple  St.  (pastor  St  Peter's  and  St.  Paul's),  b.  Hi 

many ;  t.  1865. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Anderson  (LL.D.),  M.  B.,  Prince  and  University  av.,  Pres.  Universit; 

ter,  b.  Cumberland,  Me. ;  s.  1853. 
Bennett,  Anthony  (cobinet-maker),  b.  Bavaria,  Germany;  9.  1SC7. 
Bing,  Geo.,  y.  Cnion  St.  (bird  dealer  and  i 
Beach,  J.  S.,  17  Mill  fplumbinj,  steam  and 

and  Fire  Alarm,  b.  Madison  co.,  >'. 
Buraham,  Martin,  I9>;  \V.  Main  fornamen 

b.  Washington,  Vt.  ;  s.  1807. 
Croaten,  F.,  Varnum  St.  (mnl'r.  brooms),  b.  Cork,  Ireland;  s.  1858. 
Calnan,  Michael,  59  We-st  av.  (billiard  parlor),  b.  Monroe  co,  X.  Y.,  1841 
Doitater,  Chauncey,  i)7  N'.  AVater  1-iilphur  and  hemlock  lake  water,  h,.t. 


Ets,  John  W-,  Frost  av.  (mnfr.  children's  tuyj),  b    Monroe  o 
Fay,  A.  n.,  14  X.  Water,  propr.  Kinney's  Blueing  Co.,arm 

den,  Mass.;  l.  18>5. 
Qnrgan,  Thos.  H.,  Ii3  Tremonl  (gravel  rooflng),  firm  Robii 

CO.,  N.  Y.,  18.52. 
Civens,  Thos.,  114   Front  (show  c.ird,  map,  and  chromo  mi 

OnUrio;  s.  18(i9. 
Gordon,  Alex.,  300  E.  Main  (manufacturer),  b.  Ulster  co..  X.  Y.  ;  ».  1831. 
Griffith,  H.,  33  Uoward  idealcr  billiard  Ubles],  h.  Oneida  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  I8G7. 
Hastings.  W.  M.,  54  Slate  (agt.  Monroe  Co.  Health  Lilt),  b.  Tompkins  co.,  N.  Y. ; 

I.  186.5. 
Hussey,  C.  S.,  59  State  (Turkish  baths),  b.  Piicalaqua.  Me.  ;  s.  1874. 
Haddleton,  Joseph,  89  Statu  (propr.  Eicelsior  Wire  Works),  b.  Warwickshire,  Eng- 


b.  Kent,  Enijli 
p,  patentee  Hyc 


works),  firm  Cbas.  B.  4  Bro., 


Co.,  b.  Jloni 
:),  b.  Fronten 


,  1865 


Hughe.,  3t.  L.  110  Su 

CO.,  N  Y.,  1841. 
Hallowell.  Wni.  R.,  31  Plymouth  (wool  dealer),  b.  Montgomery  co  ,  Pa. ;  s.  1841. 
Houston,  Miss  L.,  1,  3  Elw.,od  bik.  (umbrella  mnfr.,  Houston  &  Draper,  custom  woi 

s  specialty),  b.  Herct'iirdshire,  England;  s.  IS'>2. 
Hovre,  J.  EI,,  37  State  (inipr.,  jj.bbcr,  and  reUiler  carpetings  and  oil  cloths),  firm  I 

t.  lU-icn,  b.  Worcester.  .Miss.  ;  s.  185«. 
Hagen,  Arthur  T.,  4  X.  Clinton. 

Joslin,  T.  M.,  1513  State  (milk  and  i.-e  cream),  b.  Onnndaia  co.,  NY;!.  Ifij9. 
Jones,  Wni.  H.,  128  .Vlcxander  (mnfr.  rooting  material,  dealer  in  pipe.  liuie,cemen 

etc.),  b.  Scoth.nd;  «.  18J3. 
Kuhn,  ■Walter  B  ,  Lycll  st.  (milk  and  cream),  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y.,  18Vi 
Klinglcr.  John  B.,  20  EIniiro  i-en.  foreman  Uauscb  &  Loinb.  Optical  Co.),  b.  Bade: 


,  Scotlj 


Lennox,  James.  26  Front  (electrotyper),  b.  (ilosgow 
Lipe,  J.  W.,  34  Franklin  (mnfr.  imported  wood  ai 

N.  Y.  ;  ».  18I-.8. 
Lyle,  Wm  ,  191  Oak  (supt.  with  Otis  *  Oorsline).  b 
Lovecrafl,  Wm.,  90  Allen  (mnfr.,  retired),  b.  Devoi 
Monroe,  K.  B.,  6  Warehouse  (stencil  cutler),  b.  Alhi 
McKay,  Mrs.  G«.,  Stone  it.,  b.  Tio-a  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s 
Uillington,  S.  A.,  27,  28  Smith's  arcade  (modern  sij 

•.  1852. 
Oslertap,  Carl,  13  White  (glass  engraver  and  silver-plate 

Germany  ;  s.  1849. 
Pancoast,  Mrs.  Edx.in,  N.  Ivtzhugh  St.,  b.  Snrnt..ga.  N.  "J 
Parsiiall,  G.  W.,  Poiveri'  bIk.  .  lancy  interior  house  decori 

a.  1S53. 
Roth.  Fredcri.  k,  100  Mt.  Hope  av.  (reliriKl),  h.  Hi!se-Por 
Rose,  Sister  F.lla.  West  av.  isupt  St.  Mary's  H.-pital),  b. 
R.jgers,  F.  K.,c.r.  Kxchange  and  Main  sti.  (sec.   ■■It.a.b. 

Eri«co.,  X.Y.:  t.  1S75. 


18". 


1  toilet  sets),  b.  Onondaga 

Edinburgh,  .Zetland;  s.  II 

hire.  England;  s.  1831. 

ly,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  i^iS. 

1810. 

I  writer)  b.  London,  Engia 


Rogers,  Henry  T.,  21  Troup  (sec.  and  treas.  Pj)ch.  Gaslight  Co.),  b.  London,  Eng. 

land  ;  t.  1834. 
Reynolds,  John,  40)  X.  Fitzhush  (mesmerist),  b.  London,  England;  I.  1876. 
Sibley,  Hiram,  Kasi  av.  (capitalist),  b.  Berkshire,  Mass.;  9.  1828. 
Smith,  W.  S,,  4  Powers'  blk.  ^5upt.  Powers'  block),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  ,  IS-M. 
Hchang,  John.  .53  Front  (mnfr.  metal  and  wood  show-cases,  silver  bars  for  carpenters), 

b.  Bavaria;  ..  1809. 
Schmidt,  Jno.  O  ,   18  St.  Joseph  (mnfr.  metal  plugs  and  faucets*,  firm  J.  G.  S.  4 


Sons.  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.,  18-57. 
,  SigmunJ,  31   Front  [chromo  and  map-i 
s.  187-2. 


ISO  maker),  b.   Bavar 
X.  Y.,  1846. 


Seddons,  Cha-.  S.,  95  Monroe  av.  (plumber),  b.  Mo 

Sintzenich,  E.  B.,  292   E.  Main  (inventor  lire  en-ine  and  annular  steam   boiler; 

builder  of  first  engine  in  city  of  Rochester),  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1812. 
VoQte.Chas.  H.,  Whitcomb  Uouso'(with  Eagle  Odorless  Excavating  Co.),  b.  Schuyl- 

kill  CO.,  Pa.;  9.  1870. 


Van  E»t,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  09  State,  b.  Wavne  co 

,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  187 

■Weslev.  -Mrs.  Eli7.ubeth,  7  X    F.tzhugh  (sele 

b.  London,  England;  9.  1851. 
Winslow,  Lorenzo,  cor.  E.  Main  and  Frank 

■ct  einplnvment 
in  SU.  (inventor 

nd  protective  agency) 
,  b.  Dampsbire,  Mass. 

■White,  R.  C,  121  State  (mnfrs.  White's  imported  coal  screens, 

etc.),  b.  Manchester,  England;  s.  1854. 
Woodward,  C  W.,  120  State  (mnt'r.  stereoptic  views,  looking-glasi 


Hallowell  &  W.,  b  Qu 


MOULDING,   TURNING,    AND    SAWING. 

Bantleon,  David,  144  Scio,  b.  Wurlemberg,  Germany:  9.  185iX 

Banker,  E.  O..  13  Selden  (supt.  Golligher  mnfy.)  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  «.  1842. 

Hurly,  Thomas,  3i>4  State  (turner),  b.  Clare,  Ireland  ;  s.  1837. 

Xewell,  Geo.  H.,  38  Gorham  (moulding  mnfr.),  b.  &.ston,  Ma99. ;  s.  1851. 


KURJ 


ilRYMEN,  FLORI 


3,  ETC 


Brlggs  i  Bro.,  91,  93  State,  established  1845. 

Briggs,  C.  W.,  91,  93  Slate  '  Rochester  and  Chicago),  el-Mayor  Rochester,  b.  West- 
chester CO..  N.  Y. :  5.  1833. 
Grossman  Bros.,  300  Monroe  av.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. 
Ellwanger  4  Barry,  Rochester. 

Frost,  Henry  C,  cor.  Plymouth  and  Caledonia  ar.,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  1834. 
Fuller,  Joseph  B..  Spencer  st.  (foreman  Jas.  Vick),  b.  Kings  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1830. 
Hayward,  F.Jwin  S..  OO  Go.>dman  (seed  grower),  b.  Woostcr,  Mass.  ;  s.  1823. 
Keiler,  Jno.  B,,  .Mt.  Hope  av.,  b.  Maycnce,  Germany;  s.  1869. 
King,  AVilliam,  Mt.  Hope  av.,  b.  Devonshire,  England  ;  s.  1835. 
Norris,  J.  G.,  Brighton,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1843. 
Tick,  James,  East  av.  (seedsman  and  florist),  b.  Hampshire,  £,-igland  ;  9.  18-34. 

ORNAMENTAL    HAIR    'WORK. 

gs),  b.  Hague,  Holland :  s.  1807. 


Calhoun,  82J  State  (and  ladies'  i 
Griffin,  Mrs.  Wilbur,  50  State  la 
Logan,  Mrs.  M.  B,  52V  X.  St.  1 
McMullen.  Mrs.  Julia,  Baker's  1 
Wackerman,  M  ,  OO  Slate  (»igi 
Germany;  s.  1831. 


),  b.  Xcw  York;  s.  1829. 
:  CO.,  X.  Y.,  1S43. 
CO.,  X.  Y.,  18.'.8. 
theatrical  work),  b.  Rhii 


PAINTERS,   ETC. 

Arnold,  Geo.,  IilO  State  (sign,  banner,  and  ornamental  ],  b.  Herkimer,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1825. 

Bennett,  James  J.,  1  Martin  (house),  b.  London,  England;  9.  1839. 

Bortle,  Geo.  P.,  50  Wc»t  av.  (sign,  house,  and  ornamental),  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y. ;  s. 
1847. 

Banning,  Albert  H.,  31  Meig9  (frescoing),  b.  Monroe,  X.  Y. ;  9.  18.52. 

Goewell,  James,  128  Xorth  av.  (house  and  sign,  dealer  in  paints,  oils,  etc.),  b.  Mon- 
roe, N.  Y. ;  ».  1831. 

Renand,  John,  48  King  (carriage),  b.  Moselle,  France;  s.  1850. 

Savage,  Walter,  49  Walbridge  "blk.  (firm  E.  i  W.  Savage),  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ; 
I.  1856. 

Savage,  Edgar,  49  Walbridge  blk.  (firm  E.  A  W.  Savage),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ; 
•.  18.51. 

Tunbridge,  Caleb  C,  40  West  av.  (sign,  house,  and  ornamental),  b.  New  York, 
X^  Y.  ;  I.  18-50. 

Tunbridge.  Wni.  B,,  30  Trobridge  (sign,  house,  and  ornamental),  b.  Xow  York, 
X.  Y. ;  9.  18.>;. 

Wilson,  John  B.,  10  Market  (carriage),  b.  Waterford,  Ireland  ;  g.  1847. 

Zonneyllc,  M.  J.,  81  St.  Jo.eph,  b.  Holland  ;  s.  1804. 

PAINTS,    OILS,    GLASS,    ETC. 

Barnard,  John  C,  23,  25  Fr..nt  (nl-o  artists'  .supplies  i,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1818. 
Huntington,  M.  i  E..  30  K.  .Main,  c-t.  1807. 
Langdon  i  .■?on,  E.  M.,  S.  St.  Paul  (and  ninfrj.  ba 
•.  1834. 


»der),b.  Essex  CO.,  SY.: 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


307 


KorM,  Henrj  11  ,  2^,  EhsI  av.,  b.  Bcnninijtnn.  Vt  :  i.  iai4. 
Eobin.,  John  I.,  10  front,  b.  Monmoath  c  ,  N'.  J. ;  i.  IS.'*. 
Woodbury,  M.  K.,  6  StilUun  (and  iiriiiu'  malerjalsj,  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  T.,  1S26, 

PAPER  MANUFACTURERS  AND  DEALERS. 

Clintr.n  e.tel  (he..!  s.li->n,an  and  buyer  G.  L.  Slralton  i  Co.), 


Bulkloy,  (}■ 

Brown,  A.  M.,  N.  W.lor  si. 
,  B<nton,  Chaj.  C,  90  fulton 


1871. 


(for^m. 


1860. 


Butingj, 


Poper  Co.),  b.  Derkshire,  Mass.; 
per  Co.),  est.  1864,  b.  Li»- 
s  a  specialty),  b.  Yorkshire, 


G.  L    3.  »  Co.,  b.  Won 


M.,  Genesee  Paper  Mills  (pres.   Roeh, 

ingston  CO.,  N.  Y.:  s.  1831. 
HlJ,  Levi,  21.j,  244  State  (dlr.  popcr  Hock,  woolen 

England;  ».  1803. 
Hubbard,  W.  A.,  7  Phelps'  av.  (sec.  P^hester  Paper  Co.l,  e«L  13C4,  b.  Now  York 

•.  1851. 
Htwlej,  Slyora  4  Co.,  55  State  (whol.  paper  warehouse!,  est.  1805. 
Laney,  James,  144  E.  ilain  (whol.  dlr.  paper  and  paper  stock),  b.  S..mcrsetshir« 

England;  «.  18C7. 
Stratton,  Geo.  L.,  61  State  (whol.  and  ret),  a 

Uasa. ;  a.  ie<.9. 

PATTERN    AND    MODEL    MAKERS. 
Gillard,  C.  P.,  30  Romejn  (Lester  &  G  I.  b.  Devon,  En-land  ;  s.  IS48. 
Lester,  James,  T2  Sraitli\L.  4  G.llnrdl,  b.  l.ancailiire,  England;  s.  184 
Miller,  Chris.,  18  Stilson,  b.  Baden.  Germany  ;  s.  1849. 
Walder,  Amo«,  63  Oak,  b.  Siissei,  England;  s.  1807. 

PERFUMERY   AND    COSMETICS. 

Splehler,  Adolph,  1  Cataract,  b.  Germany;  s.  1605. 


PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

Croasman,  Benjamin  P.,  120  State,  b.  LitchSeld,  Conn.  ;  s.  1864. 
Dumble,  A.  E.,  44  State,  b.  '-'ork,  Ireland;  s    1971. 
Godfrey,  George  W.,  81  E.  Main,  b.  Brisf.l,  Ma-s. ;  s.  1863. 
Hedley,  Miss  E.  C,  96  and  98  State,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1840. 
Kent,  J.  H  ,  58  State,  b.  Clinton  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1848. 
Sherman,  L.,  13  W.  M:iin,  b.  Wayne  co.,  N.  Y.;  s.  1803. 
Taylor,  John  W.,  83  E.  JIain,  b.  Moor<«  co.,  X.  Y. ;  8.  1841. 

PHYSICIANS   AND   SURGEONS. 
ALLOPATHIC. 
Armstrong,  E.  W.,  14  N.  Washington,  b.  Leno.t,  Ontario;  s.  1838. 
Archer,  W.  W.,  32  East  av.,  b.  (.)ntario  co  .  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1875. 
Bockley,  Charles,  13  Hand,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y-,  1842. 
Benford,  George  T.,  24^  E.  Main,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1832. 
Braithwaitc,  Sarah,  20  Elin,  b.  Bradford,  Pii. ;  s.  1873. 
Brennan,  E.  J.,  I  South,  b.  Kilkenny,  Ireland;  s.  1874. 
Beahan,  James,  139  West  av.,  b.  XL-vviirk,  X.  J. ;  3.  1847. 
Collins,  Thom.-is  B.,  42  Chestnut,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1.826. 
Clarke,  E.  A.,  .Monroe  av.,  b.  Livingston  to.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  l.«OS. 
Cameron,  C.  McD.,  50  Lake  av.,  b.  Durham,  Ont.irio  :  s.  1871. 
Carroll,  Geo.  G.,  8  Sophia,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y, ;  s.  18.;7. 
Casey,  Jns.  W.,  15  Sophia,  b.  Limerick,  Ireland  :  s    19.58. 
Dean,  H.  W.,  33  X.  Filzhugh,  b.  Madison  co  ,  X.  Y. :  s.  1840. 
Davison,  S.  W.,  41  Scio,  b.  Herkimer  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  i.  1972. 
Davis,  Daniel,  4  frost  av.,  b.  Wooster.  Mass  ;  s.  18)1. 
Dolley,  Sarah  IL  A.,  30  East  av.,  b.  Chester.  Pa.  ;  s.  18.52. 
De  Vinny,  C.  L.,  34  Park  av.,  b.  Wayne  co  .  X.  Y. ;  s.  1876. 
Eves,  William,  9  Franklin,  b.  Ontario,  C.nnado  ;  s.  180r,. 


.Monri 


I'-.ee,  X.  Y. 
npkinsco.,X.  Y.  i 
Canada;   s.   1830. 


1865. 


1873. 


Gallery,  F.  B.,  W  Frank 

Howard,  E.  U.  (Wanlcn  Co.  Almsl 

Hovey,  B.  L.,  33  X.  F.tzhugh,  b.  \ 

Hibbard,  Sarah  A.,  134  East  av.,  b. 

Hamilton,  F.  F.,  1  llenio..  place,  b. 

Jones,  Jonas,  110  W.st  av,  b.  Onta 

Knowles,  I.-aac  C,  Park  St.,  b.  Kent.  R    I.  ;  s    1972. 

Lord,  Matliias  L,  ilonroa  Insane  Asylum  (Supu  Insane  Asylum 

N.  Y.,  1839. 
Little,  David,  82  Plymouth,  b.  Ot.«o~o  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1960. 
Moore,  E.  M.,  S.  Filzluiv-h.  b.  lUhwav.  X.  J.  ;  s.  1930. 
Mallory,  M.  L.,  12  X-  Fuzl.ogh,  b.  Xorlhumb.-rland,  Ontario;  s. 
McKelvey,  tharl.i  E.,  07  L.U,.  av.,  b.  Monroe  eo,,  X.  Y.,  1852. 
Mandeville,  A.,  32  .North  av.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1919. 
Manderille,  F.  A-,  32  Xorll.  av,,  b.  .M..nr,.e  c-.,  X    Y.,  1834. 
Monroe,  James  3.,  27  .'^ibiey  bik.,  b    Ucn-elacr,  S.  Y.  ;  s.  1823. 
Mooroe,  Frank  A.,  185  Powers'  bIk.,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  1863. 


Monroe,  Sarah  J.,  185  Povi-.r.'  bIk.,  b-  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1839. 
Nusilln,  Fred,,  2  Mortimer,  b.  St.  Gullen,  .~;witz»rland  ;  s.  1873. 
Pierce,  SiJney,  241  E.  Main,  b.  Livin;;slon  eo.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1831. 
Padiera,  George,  cor.  Franklin  and  St.  Paul  its.,  b.  Prussia;  s.  1870. 
Eider,  Charlos  E-,  60S.  Fil/.hugh,  b.  .\ddl.on,  Vt. ;  s.  1803. 
Roe.  J.  C,  Washington  Hall  hik.,  b.  Sulfolk  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1971. 
Rockwell,  A.  S,,  Wa-,hingt..n  Hall  blk,,  b.  Addington,  Ontario;  f.  1374. 
Rose,  H.  G.  C,  b.  Mercer  co..  Pa. ;  s.  1875. 
Searing,  Anna  U  ,  30  Ea»t  av,,  b.  Cayuga  co.,  X.  Y. ;  l.  1675. 
Seeley,  James  E  ,  104  V  Plymouth  av  ,  b.  Stalen  Island,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1870. 
Wallace,  George  A.,  3  X.'ciinton,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1847. 
Weigel,  Louis  A,.  37  X.  Cl.nton,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1854. 
Wilbor,  Charles  W.,  X    Clinton  St.,  b.  Orleans  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  «.  1874. 

HOMCEOPATHIC. 
Adams,  R.  A.,  31  X    Filzhugh,  b.  Wayne  CO.,  X.  Y- ;  a.  1868. 
Bates,  F.  De  Witt,  27  N.  Fit^hugh.  b.  Mais.  ;  s.  1871. 
Bennett.  A.  M.,  49  Xonh  av.,  b.  Cayuga  co.,  X.  Y.;  s.  1344. 
Baker,  C.  W.,  62  Sophia,  b.  Erie  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1873. 
Biegler,  J.  A.,  16  N.  St.  Paul,  b.  Russia;  s.  1841. 
Dake,  Jabej  W.,  25  Hamilton  av.,  b.  Livingston  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  ».  1874. 
Gillett,  M.  B.,  321  Slate,  b.  Wayne  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1849. 
Hurd,  Geo.  F.,  28  Piatt,  b.  Onondaga  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  8.  1869. 
Hurd,  E.  H.,  cor.  .\llen  and  Sipliia  sts.,  b.  Roibury,  Conn. ;  s.  1849. 
Harrington,  James  C,  47  Court,  b.  Wayne  Co.,  MiLh.j  s.  1868. 
Oaks,  J.  F.,  N.  Clinton,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1849. 
Peer,  Geo.  W.,  23  X.  Clinton,  b.  Wayne  co.,  N.  Y. ;  8.  1346. 
Wooden,  C.  D.,  347  State,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1349. 
White,  T.  C,  21  S.  Clinton,  b.  Fairfield,  Conn. ;  s.  1860. 
Wilder,  LouU  Do  V.,  119  W.  Main,  b.  Wayne  co.,  X.  Y. ;  i.  1845. 

MISCELLAXEOUS  AXD  SPECIALISTS. 
Dake,  Wm.  H.  (retired),  b   Saratoga,  X.  Y. ;  5.  1800. 
Fuller,  Mary  E.,  40  Allen  (electropathie),  b.  Norfolk,  England;  s.  1876. 
Gelderd.  Mary  T.,  40  Allen   (electropathie),  firm  G.  &  Fuller,  b.  Otsego  co.,  y.  T.  ; 

a.  i5o3. 
Swao,  Thomas,   Powers'   blk.,  chronic  diseases  and  cancen  a  specialty,  b.  Kent, 

England;  s.  1856. 
Tegg,  Albert,  309  Statu  (veterinary),  b.  London,  England  ;  s.  1871. 

PIANOS   AND   ORGANS. 
Binder,  Julius,  3  Mumford  fmnfr.  and  dlr.),  b.  Hanover,  Germany:  s  1836. 
Martin,  J.  W.,  100  West  ay.  (Chickering  a  specialty),  b.  Monroe' co.,  X.  Y.,  1840. 

PICTURE    FRAMES,    BRACKETS.    ETC. 
Bamett,  Byron  W.,  53  Bolivar  (foreman  frame  dopt.  C.  W.  Woodward),  b.  Onon- 
daga CO.,  X.  Y'. ;  s.  1872. 
Clark,  Henry  B.,  1  Hollisler  (foreman  finishing  dept.  F.  Turpin\  b.  Livingston  CO., 

N.  Y.;s.  1848. 
Hicks,  Elon  D.,  23  Magne,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y..  13.50. 

Heindl,  X.  J.,  327  X.  Clinton  (gen.  foreman  F.  Turpm),  b.  M.^nroe  co,,  X.  Y.,  1330. 
Lockbart,  James,  121  State,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1831. 
Powera,  John  J.,  41*  Bomeyn  (shipping  clerk  with  C.  W.  Woodward),  b.  Erie  CO., 

N.  Y. ;  8.  1871. 
Eose,  Cha8.  O.,  34  Caroline  (mnfr.  mirrors,  window  cornices,  and  frames),  b.  Soder- 

hamm,  Sweden  ;  s.  1867. 
Summers,  T.  A.,  43,  43  N.  Water  (firm  S.  &  Turpin),  b.  Worcestershire,  England; 

».  1837. 
Turpin,  T.  U.,  43,  45  N.  Water  (firn   Summers  &  T.),  b.  Cumberland,  England; 

a.  1833. 
Taylor,  Geo.  W.,  77  State,  b.  Tipperary,  Ireland  ;  s.  1852. 
Trumpeter,  J.  F.  A.,  33  Galusha   (foreman  with   C.   W.   Woodward),    b.  Alsace, 

France;  a.  1304. 
Woodward,  C.  W.,  1'20  State  (mnfr.  and  dlr.,  also  chromes,  engravings,  etc.),  b. 

Franklin,  Mass. ;  s.  1802. 
Woodward,  W.  C,  120  Slate  (head  salesman  C.  W.  Woodward),  b.  Franklin,  Ma.s3.  ; 

a.  1862. 

RESTAURANTS. 

Burnett,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  180  E.  Main  .and  confectionery),  b.  -Monroe,  N.  Y..  1911. 

Brewer,  Samuel  S.,  14  Matthew  ,  Brewers  Dining  llall),  b.  .Monroe,  N.  Y.,  1844. 

Babcock,  Orville  C,  193  W.  Main  (lunch-room,   wine.,  and  liquors),  b.  Living-fn, 
N.  Y.  ;  3.  18.V;. 

Becker,  Henry  L.,  Erchnngc  place  (lunch. room,  wines,  liquors,  and  cigars),  b.  Han- 
over, Germany ;  s.  1809. 

Knglerl,  Charles,  cJr.  Andrew  and  Water 
liquors),  b.  Bavaria,  Germany:  8.  190 

Force,  Isaac,  Bank  court  (lunch  parlor,  choii 
t.  1876. 

Farquhar,  Harry,  221  W.  Main  (lunch- and  s 

Gain,  Chri.tian.  HI   Noitli  av.  iluiich  room; 
iiwitlerland;  l.  1870. 


(lunch    parlor,  choice    » 

ines  and  liquors),  b.  Onur 

de-room),  b.  Toronto,  Onl 
loico  wines  and  liquors). 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


HeUol,  Jobn  C,  103  E.  Muin  (!iinch-ro. 

OeHrnny ;  i.  18J6. 
Heislingcr,  Ju'epli,  2-iS  W.  Main  ilunch  i 

bury,  Gr-Tmany  ;  j.  I81C. 
Howlanil,  A.  M.,  8  Knllruiul  av.  (lunch- 

ISJ.-j. 


.choice  win«  miii  liqunr!),  flrai  HutchkiM  & 


quort,  tad  cigars),  b.  UUtcr, 
..ny ;  t.  1845. 

a  liquon),  b.  Monroe,  N.  T., 
choicfl   wines,  liquors,  ftnd 


Hotchki.-»,  J.,hn,  174  St«to  (lunc 

Xagle),  b.  Jlonroe,  X.  Y. 
Hulberl,  O.  S..  cor.  From  md  i! 

Conn.  1  ..  I8-J6. 
Hohenstein,  John,  21  Kxchan^o  pLice,  b.  N'ew  Yorlt ; 

pbalia,  Germany;  s.  18r^. 
Kolb,  Mrs.  Frar.cU,  rA  North  av.  (lunch-rooni,  wines, 

K.  T. ;  «.  1873. 
Klaro,  Mrs.  Catharine,  116  W.  Main,  b.  B.raria,  Ger 
Klein,  John,  101  Allen,  b.  Luiembounr,  Germany;  i. 
Nicholai,  John  G.,  180  W.  Main  lluoch-room,  wines  i 

1836. 
Bingelstein,  Joseph,  20  Eichange  place   (lunch-rooi 

cigar*),  b.  Uesse-Cassel,  Germany;  •.  1830. 
Schomburg,  Hu;jo,  42  N.  Clinton  (lunchroom,  choice  wines,  liquors,  and  cigars),  b. 

Hesse-Cassel,  Germany  ;  s.  18ti6. 
Spahr,  Cuipiir,  cor.  >'.  St.  Paul  and  Andrew  sU  ,  b.  Wiirtemborg,  Ger.  ;  s.  18GC. 
Stack,  Joiin,  IGO  Sutc  (lunch-  and  s.iinple-room,  choice  li-inors  and  cigars),  b.  Clare, 

Ireland  ;  I.  1S57. 
Schlebcr,  J.  G  ,  24  X.  Water,  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y.  ;  I.  1847. 
Tatty,  Mrs.  Julia,    3Iill   St.   (lunch-room,  choice    wines   and    liquors),    b.  Monroe, 

N.  Y. ;  f.  1843. 
Teall,  Isaac,  38  N.  t'itzbugh  (caterer,  ica  cream  parlor),  b.  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 

Und  ;  t.  1S4S.  '    ' 

SAFES,   LOCKS,   ETC. 

Briggs,  Martin,  188  SUte  (and  iron  fences),  b.  OUego  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  l.  1830. 

BriggJ,  II.  S.,  l?.3St<ito  land  iron  fer.cesi,  b.  Jlonroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1S4.5. 

Barrows,  H    U.,  2.5  Jones  vsupt.  Briggs  4;  Son's  manulactory),  b.  Warren  co.,N.  Y. ; 

».  18». 
Sargent,  James,  GO  East  av.   (mnfr.  magnetic,   automatic,  and  chrv>nomet«r  bank 

locks),  arm  S.  &  Grceiileaf,  b.  Chester,  Vt. ;  t.  18ti4. 

SASH,   DOORS,   AND   BLINDS. 

Devereaui,  N.  B  ,  19  Lyell  (O'Connor  &  D.),  b.  Weiford,  Ireland;  ».  184«. 

Huntington,  M.  i  E.,  30  E.  Main,  est.  18<;7. 

Hortlieler,  Geo.  H.,  24  Comfort,  b.  bi.ard  ship  Brannan  Harbor;  s.  1837. 

Latl,  Wm.  P.,  44  Clinton  place,  b.  Rhine,  Prussia;  s.  18U. 

Lata,  Wm.  U.,  o2  Mackney,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  .  1810. 

Morse,  U.  H.,  23  East  a».,  b.  Bennin-ton,  Vt. ;  •.  1844. 

Meujer,  Frank,  3  Flower  (t'oromaii  M.  S.  Peters  i,  b.  Livinjslon  co.,N.  Y. ;  s.  1866. 

Miles,  Wm.  E.,  21  N.  Clinton,  b.  Monroe  co..  S.  Y.,  IbJO. 

O'Cor,  Homer  A.,  I  Conkey  (foreman   M.  &  E.  Uuntingtim),  b.  Litchfield,  Conn.; 

1.  1868. 
Peiers,  Mathias  3.,  26  Pearl,  b.  Saratoga  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1873. 
Price,  Wilson  S.,  1  Lauranco  ^fo^eman  M.  i  E.  Huntington  i,  b.  Oaurioco.,N.  Y. ; 

1.  1853. 
Single,  J.  B.,  13  Moore  (foreman  M.  S.  Peters),  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y  ,  1855. 
Woodbury,  M.  K..  6  Stillson,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1828. 
Waite,  Wm.;  CO  Williams,  b.  Chciiani:..  co.,  X.  Y. 
Waite,  Irving,  CO  Williams,  b.  Munr.je  co.,  X.  Y. ,  s.  1845. 


bagj^ge  barrow 
-V.  Y. ;  s.  1854. 


SCALES. 

Jones,  W.  n  ,  5  Stewart  bik.  (mnfr.  U.  S.  iUndard 

warehouse  trucks),  firm  Forsyth  .S:  C^i.,  b.  Uncid 
Leggett,  A.,  3  Andrew  (mnfr.  U.  S.  standard  scait^,  c 

b.  Saratoga  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  1855. 
Nagel,  John,  1 13  St.  Joseph  |drm  For-yih  &  Co.  I,  b.  Slnnburg,  Franco;  a.  1819. 
Truei,  J,  U  ,  5  Stewart  blk.  'mnfr.  U.  §.  sundjrd  »cale»,  etc.),  firm  Forsyth  A  Co. 

b.  St.  Lawrence  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1840. 

SEWER   PIPES,   ETC. 

Copeland,  Jr.,  Datid,  83  Court,  b    M..nroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1832. 
Carter,  Giles,  21  Andrew  (mnfr.  li-ail  pipe),  b.  .Middlt-sei,  Conn.  ;  s.  1831. 
Ely,  Andrew,  U4  West  av.  (patentee  sewer  trap),  b.  Al-;ice,  Franco;  s.  1837. 
Oorslino,  W.  H.,  97  Aleiander,  b   -Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1829. 

SILK    HAT    MANUFACTURERS   AND    BLEACHERS. 


Burch,  Peter,  33  Mumf,.ru  ,  M.-arh 
Cherry,  Wm.  K  ,  102  W.  .\l«in  i  bl 
Ooggin,  Wm,,77  E.  .Main  ilir..,  r, 
Seyler,  Jaiob,  142  3Utc  (and  genu 


1  T.  R    Donn  &  C  ;  s.  1S13. 

,  b.  LonJ"M,  Kncl^ind  :  a.  1810. 

;  JoncJi.  b.  X,.rl„lk,  Va.  ;  i.  1850. 

hing  goinlsi,  b    Khine,  Prus-ia,  Germany  ; 


Troenig,  Cliiis  ,  South  >».,  b.  Pnis-ia; 
Troenig.  Henry,  S.uth  av..  b.  Rerlin,  I 
Van  Veet.fn,  J.  \V  ,  :i.-,  Sl,ue,  h.  .\II,„ 
Tauch,  John,  20  EUvo>.d  blk.,  b.  Wurl 


SOAP    MANUFACTURERS. 


Metcslf,  Am 

id,  W.-.t«v. 

b.  Lincoln,  Enu 

land;  .1844. 

Talman,  Job 

,  37  Marshal 

b.  Saratoga  CO., 

X.  Y.  ;  s.  1825. 

TEACHERS. 

Allen,  Xellie 

M.,  25  Evers 

roen,  Oakman  .-< 

heiol,  b.  .Alonroo  c 

o.,  X.  Y-.  18.j 

Anthony,  il-j 

ry  S  ,  17  Mae 

iion,  Prin.  Mad 

son  Park  School, 

Xo.  7,  b.  Wa= 

CO.,  N 

Y.;  s.  184.3. 

Allen,  John  G,  4  Tii|.,mn. 

Prin.  Riley  .^ch 

ol.No  U.b.Wa 

•no  CO.,  X    Y. 

Alleyn,  Emm 

aS.,04L;ik 

av  .  Franklin  Scli..ol,  No.  0.  b.  .M 

.nr..eeo.,  X.  ^ 

Armitaje,  E 

a  H  ,  13".  A. 

ims,  Seward  Scl 

.x>l.  b.  Monroe  CO 

,  X.  Y.,  1.837. 

Bergh.  Minn 

c  C.  Sew^ird 

and  .Magnolia,  I 

n  termed  iate  Dcpt. 

Xo.  19,  b.  Chr 

Norn 


185 


Bosworth,  Wm.  U.,  6  Atwatcr,  Prin.  Andrews  Scbi 

8.  1815 
Brown,  E.  Delia,  246  Brown.  Gcn.-jee  School,  b.  M.. 
Bennett,  Mary  1I-,  89  Crtlelt,  (iei.eice  Stli..ol,  b.  11 
place,  Hud-on  School. 


av..  School  Xo  12,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y..  11 
I  School,  Xo.  5,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.,  1810. 
It.  Paul,  Prin.  Carthage  School  Xo.  8,  h.  V 


Hiegler,  Mary  E.,  10  Clini 
Bell,  Emma,  1  Spencer,  G 
Booth,  Jessie  F..  210  Mon 
Cock.  Wm.  E.,  Prin.  Cen 
Conkey,  Nellie  A.,  204  J 

N.  Y.,  1850. 
Clackner,  Mary  A.,  36  Ambrose,  Franklin  School,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y-,  1853. 
C..ghlin,  Mary  L.,  11  Dean,  Whitney  Scho..!,  Xo.  17.  b.  Monroe  eo.,  X.  Y.,  1845. 
Coghlio,  S.  L-,  11  Dean,  Whitney  Sch.«,l,  No.  17,  b.  M.mroe  co  ,  X    Y.,  185C. 

Cowles,  E.  F.,  C3  Delevun,  Concord  Sehool,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y., . 

Crandall,  Jennie,  7  Kowl,.y,  Chestnut  .Se'lool,  Xo.  11,  b.  Monroe  co..  N.  Y.;s.  1834. 
Curtiss,  S.  Josephine,  Bench  and  Parkland,  Carthago  School,  Xo.  8,  b.  Wayne  Co., 

N.Y.;s.  1808. 
Daniels,  Miss  Louisa  M.,  135  Frank,  Prin.  Glen  Wood  School,  Xo.  7,  b  Sandusky, 

O.;  8.1836. 
Duffin,  Anna  B,,  109  N.  St.  Paul,  Whitney  School,  No.  17,  b.  Toronto,  Ont. ;  a.  18.38. 
Derrick,  Mary,  23  .Vl;m.3,  Whitney  Sehool,  No-  17.  b.  N.  Y.;  ,.  1.80O. 
Fraier,  Mury,  34  .Vdains,  Mung.T  Seh.«l,  Xo.  13,  b.  Livingston  co.,  N.  Y  ;  s.  1S<:7. 
Galloway,  Frederica.  50  Hcv  nolds.  Tremont  Sehool,  b.  Cattaraugus  co  ,  X.  Y. 
Greggory,  Nellie  E..  33  EJinburKh,  Tremont  School,  b.  M..r.r..e  c.v,  X.  Y  ,  IS.'jfi, 
Gordon,  Frudio  H.,  37  Brown,  Mun.jer  Sehool.  Xo   13,  b.  Wallham,  Ma-j.  ;  s.  185S. 
Gleason,  Ardella  B.,  20  W.  AleiaiiJer,  Glen  Wood  Scbt^l,  b.  .Monroe Co.,  X.  Y.,  1853. 
Green,  Marion    K.,  2C3  X.  St.  Paul,  Isl  Dept.  School,  Cliil.  H..me,  b.  Monroe  c..., 

N.  Y.,  1837. 
Gregg,Julia  W.,20Vick  Park,  Monroe  School,  Xo.  5,  b  Ontario  co,,  X.  Y,  ;  3.  ie..O, 
Hale,  E.  Anna,  7  Tremont,  Tremont  School,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y..  18.38. 
Hanford,  Uattie  B.,  165  Lake  av.,  Glen  Wood  School,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  .  1830. 
Hayden,  Minerva  A.,  57  Asylum,  Prin.  Chestnut  School,  Xo.  U,  b.  Monroe  co  . 

N.  Y.,  1842. 
Howe,  Sarah  W.,  108  N.  Alexander,  JIunger  School,  No.  13,  b   Monroe  co  ,  1851. 
Hanford,  Emily,  89}  Alexander,  Monroe  School,  b.  Monroe  Co  ,  N.  Y  .  IS.U. 
Knapp,  Albert  G.,  32  Hickory,  Prin.  Mungcr  School,  Xo.  13,  b.  Washtenaw  co  , 

Mich. ;  8.  1874. 
Knapp,  Louisa  S.,  34  N.  Uni..n,  Mun;er  Scho.il,  Xo    13,  b,  Warren.  Pa  ;   «.  1873 
Kalbdeisch,  J.  n.,  121  Powers'  blk..  Tc  .cher  Piano  and  Organ  (Organi.t  1st  M.  E. 

Church),  b.  Flurhing,  Holland;  s    1813. 
Lowry,  Anna  .M.,  2  Gardiner  Park,  lloJ,on  .-sehool. 

Lee,  Murv  W.,  17  .Matthew,  HiiJ.son  .<ehool,  b.  Detroit,  Mich.;  a.  1861. 
Lennon,  Mat:gie  J.,  13  Gorharo,  .Munger  School,  b.  Moor,*  co..  X.  Y.,  1S50. 


Y.,  18 


Sabej,  Ja 


,  07  E.  Mai 


iibridgc,  England  ; 


.  1839. 


Lyndon,  J.  G  ,  80  Caledonia  av., 
McGonrgiil,  Li/.zio  A.,  North  i 

X.  Y.,  1841. 
lloaer.  Eninia  .M.,  299  X.  Clint.. 
Moser,  Delia  C,  299  N.  Clinton, 
Matthew..,  Kmma  M.,  07  Hunlrr 
Mon.ghan,  .Nellie  A.,  91  Monroe 
McVicar,  Su-,e  S,  200  South  av. 


McKearney,  Loui-a,  11  ; 
Malone,  3Iary  E.,OCIilt 
McGorray,  .Alary  J.,  14 
McAnarnry,AnnaM.,  1 
iludge,  Helen  C,  17  N 
Meyer.  Ella  V.,  39  W. -t 
Patters.m,  E.  .M  ,  23  Jon 
Page,  Anna  1'..,  13  Coiof 
Perkins,  Emma  H  ,  H  (I 
P.jrkini,  Lucia  P.,  8  Ch. 


.Mon 


Prin.  Hudson  School,  No 


■Sehcol.  b.  Lond 
.ol.  b.  Monroe  co 
..d  School,  b.  .Mo 


[..ur.Ksco.  X.  Y-,  1-33. 
b.  Oneida  CO.,  N.  Y.:  •    ISO.' 
14,  b.  Brooklyn,  X.  V.;  '■  ' 


HISTORY  OF  ilOXROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


309 


Pf:wfflin,  li^rmnn,  7  »nj  9  Morlimtr,  Prin.  Ruc-li.^.Ur  RcaU-hule,  b.  Wurtetnbori,-, 

Ger. ;  s.  ISOii. 
Pierce,  S-miK-lC-.M  Grei.;.  Prin.GcnweScli.K.1,  I,   Livin^'ton  Co,  N   Y  ;  s   1«53. 
Pierw,  M.r.T  A  ,  31  E,  C..U»se.  S«w«rU  School,  b.  Slonn.e  co  ,  >'.  Y,  18  11. 
Richmond,  Miriam,  V>  Trobri.li-p,  Tn-mont  ^hool,  b.  Geni-si-o  co.,  .N.  Y   ;  s.  1635. 
Reynold),  C.  E.,  193  Powers'  bik.,  Prof.  Inslruracnul   Music,  Piano,  and  Orgnn,  b 

ToronH,  OnL  ;  a.  18i;9. 
E»ymonJ,Th«».  A.,  5.>  S«yannah,  Prio.  Wbitney  School,  So.  17,  b.  Su-ubcn  co., 

y.  y.i  ..  1874. 
Koworth,  K.nnic  E.,  8J  Cyprnj.  \Vhi!n..-y  School,  No.  17,  b.  Monroe  co,.  N.  Y.,  18.'>S. 
Smith,   Emm.  J.,  id  n"  Si.  Paul,  2J  IVpt.  Sibool,  Child.  Uonio,  b.  .Monroo  co., 

Jf.  T.,  18i7. 
8te»en«,  EILubelh,  216  University  «».,  Prio.  Indu-trinl  Sch.>ol,  b.  OnUrio  Co..  N.T. ; 

a.  ino. 
Ste»ens,  Ki-llie  A.,  21C  University  «t.,  IndnU.  Schiwl,  h.  Onturin  co.,  >f.  Y. ;  s.  1870. 
Shelton,  MiM  S..  11  Conkey,  Prin.  &>ncord  S.  h'l,  X.i.  IS,  b.  London.  En.,-  ;  a.  ISi.i 
Stearns,  N.  M.,  40  Edinbur|;h,  En..;li,h  I)epl.  Ue.lschule,  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  IS-M. 
Slerlin,',  Mjry  A.,  7:i  .Mt.  Hope  iiv..  Fremont  S..hool,  b.  Monroe  i-o  ,  S.  Y.,  1843. 
Simmons,  O.  N.,  Madiion  square.  City  Supt.  Common  SchooU,  b.  Vermont;  s.  1827. 
Stewart,  Ajnei  JI.,  127  Cal..doniii  «r.,  Trcmont  .School,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  NY,,  18.54. 
Townsend,  Julius   L.,  IS  Greenwood,  Prin.  Franklin  School,  Jfo.  6,  b.  Washtenaw 

CO.,  Mich.;  1.  18C5. 
Torolin,  Anna  J.,  II  Hudson,  Conwrd  School,  b.  .Monroe  CO..  N.  Y. 
Westfall,  Mary  E.,  Seward  and  ilu-noli.  sis.,  Prin.  No.  19  School,  b.  .Montgomery 

CO.,  N.  T. ;  s.  1848. 
Waring,  Fl.vrence  A  ,  90  Tuppan,  Concord  School,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. 
Wallace,  Kl.M  J.,  126  N.St.  P,.ol.  Atw.terS.hl,  No.  10,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  18.36. 
Wallace,  M3-i;ie  .M.,  412  Brown.  Whitney  Sch'l,  No.  17,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  IS4o. 
Williams,  L.  L.,  cor.  Exchange  and  Main  sts.,  Pres.  Koch.  Business  L'nivcrsily. 
Williams,  Marie  J.,  143  E.  Main,  Riley  .School,  No.  14,  b.  Monron  co..  N.,  ^'.,  1858. 
Wedd,  Helen  A.,  87  Manhattan,  Oakm'an  School,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y., . 

TEAS,   COFFEE,   AND   SPICES. 

Kamjey,  W;n  ,  IID  E.  Main  (-en.  mana-er  Great  Atlantic  and  Paciflc  Tea  Co.), 


Van  Zsndt,  B  B.,  113  Su 

T.n  Zandt,  M.  N.,  lOo  A 

Van  De  Carr,  R.  D  ,  Ei 

N.  Y.:  •.  1871. 


ly.  N.  Y.  :  s.  1844. 
bb-ri,  b.  Albany,  N 
aard  and  spic^esj,  h 


THERMOMETERS,    ETC. 

Tower,  Lewis  C,  116  Troup,  b.  IJani!.shire,  M;isi.  ;  s.  ISVx 

Taylor,  Geor-e,  12  Clifton  (Taylor  Bros  i,  b.  Cheshire,  N.  H.  ;  s.  18il. 

Taylor,  Frank,  4  Clifton  (Taylor  Uros.(,  b.  Cheshire,  N.  H. ;  s.  1862. 

TIN,   COPPER,   AND   SHEET-IRON    WARE. 

Buchlecker,  Frederick,  7S  N.Clinton  (and  Co.  sealer  of  wcighta  and  meas 

Bavaria;  s.  1849. 
Bamber,  John,  U  Monr< 


roe  ftv.  (and  hardware). 
Brown,  Wm.  H.,  133  North  a».  (and  iiov..?),  b 
Cook,  John  T.,  203  Sute.  b.  Tyrone,  Ireland  ; 
Deigert,  Benedict,  97  St.  Joseph 
Moran,  Wm.,  10.9  W.  -M.iin,  b,  Dublin.  Ireb 
Pool,  Jas.  P.,  2';«  State  (plain  tinware),  b.  Jl 
Kockett,  »Iicha.:l,  Gorhaui  sL  (foreman  Ja=. 
Schaub,  Ernst,  203  W.  .M..in  (and  hardware; 
Smith,  J..hn  C,  72  Wost  av.  (and  hardware 
Schlegel,  Cbas.  F.,  92  Si   Jo,.-ph  (and  stoves 
Snesj,  Emanuel  F.,  74  North  av.  land  slov.a 
Stone,  George,  87  Frank  (Trotter  i  Stone!,  1 
Talbot,  Frank,  93  Jay  (foremon  W.  W.steot 
Tulley,  Francis,  03-67  E^chan^-e  (and  bi.u,o  furni.-l,  ; 
Tulley,  Jr.,  Francis,  C:!-i;7  Exchange  (and  bouse  fur 

N.  Y.,  180O. 
WMttott,  Warner,  208  SUte  (and  plumbing),  b.  JIoi 


land;  s.  1.548. 

ves),  b.  H«sc-.Cas.sel,  German 

Ireland  ;  s.  18;!4. 

b.  Jlonroeco..  N.  Y.,  1841. 


1847 


■k,n,  N.  Y.;  s.  :*.44 
Monr.K!  CO..  N.  Y.,  18.-.3. 

I, -tf-dsi,  b.  New  York; 
"urnishing  goods),  b.  31or 


N.  Y.,  1832. 


Brookhart,  A.  C  , 
Baker,  J.  E.,  4  It..ilro,o 
Bloxsom,  A.  C,  319  ^li 
Buhr,  Fre,lerick.  ;i2  N. 
BuiMv,  G  II.,  6i  E.  3I« 

1869. 
Connell,  Th..).,  63  Ww 


TOBACCO,   CIGARS.  ETC. 

1  E.  Main  (and  liquors),  b.  Steuben  co.,  N.  Y 


En-land;  s 


,  M,  3  ' 


DeKogers.C.lJ'i  W.  .Mam, 

Guyer,  R    N.,  192  State  (nin 

N.  Y.;  s.  1876. 
Uarin  £  Meagher,  147  E.  Mn 


,  arm  \V.  S.  Kii 


1,  b.  Wayne  ec,  N.  Y. ;  a.  1*,4 
jll  i  Co.';  est.  1816,  b.  Mon-oe  co 

b.  Steuben  CO.,  N.  T.;  s.  1.S67. 
,  b,  Onondaga  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  s    1870. 


Hubbard,  Wm.  II  ,  87  No 
Uart,  J.  C.  63-59  S.  St.  !• 

N.  Y.,  1B36. 
Hesa,  S.  P.,  7  Exchange  (mnfr.  ant 
Hyde,  John,  10  Eirhaii-o  place  (ni 
Hanlln,  J.  C.,07  State  i-.-n.  agent 

b.  Monroe  co.,  N."  Y.,  1330. 
Heilbronn,  Chris.,  169  E.  .Main  (and  wines  and  liquors),  b.  Bavnria  ;  s.  1850. 
Hoefler,  Fred.  W.,  48  S.  St.  Paul  (and  l.quorsl,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  N.  V.,  1848. 
Imhof,  Frederick,  124  N.  Clinlon  land  liquorsi,  b   Gcrmnnv  :  s.  18.",8. 
Kimball,  W.  S.,  03-59  S.  St.  Paul,  Arm  W.  S.  K.  i  Co.,  est.  I'sio,  b.  Merrimac,  N.  U  ; 

•     •.  18.39 
Kellogg,  Robt.  D  ,  192  Statn  (Hrm  R.  D.  K.  &  Co.),  b.  Litcbaeld,  Conn. ;  s.  1831. 
Latbrop,  Goo.  W.,  148  State  (imported  and  domesticl,  b.  Cayuga  co.,  N.  Y.  :  s    1867 
Levison,  B  ,  52  N.  Clinton  (mnfr.  fine  cigars,  dir.  tobacco),  b.  Berlin  ;  s.  1863. 
McCormick,  p.,  Clint.. n  and  Mill  sts.,  b.  Tipperary,  Ireland;  •.  185.3. 
McDowell,  S.  v.,  7  E.xchange  (salesman  S.  F.  llc-sl,  b.  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.  :  a.  1867. 
Nelligan,  John,  9  Galusha  (foreman  R.  D.  Kellogg  A  Co.),  b.  Limerick,  Ireland; 

s.  1849. 
Bosecrants,  H.,  124  Stnte  (and  liquors),  b.  Wayne  CO.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1824. 
Stoll,  Julius,  123}  E.  Main  (mnfr.  and  dlr.i,  b.  Wurtcmberg.  Germany  ;  s.  1S68. 
ServU,  Silas  A.,  30  W.  Main  (importer),  Arm  Matthews  .&  S.,  b.  Stortnont,  Ontario  ; 

s.  1865. 
Slape,  John,  104  East  av    (and  liquors),  b.  Bavaria  ;  s.  1834. 
Schoeffel,  F.  A  ,  6  Wi)ion  (raised  first  company  volunteers  in  Monroe  CO.),  b.  Mon- 

■    roe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  1834. 
Schafler.  Geo.  V.,  Jr.,  21  South  av.  land  liquors),  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1845 
Tieroey,  .M.  L.,  cor.  Clinton  and  Monroe  sts.  (and  liquors),  b.  Roscommon,  Ireland  ; 

5.  1800. 
Van  Dyke,  J.  I.,  cor.    Maple  and  Litchfield  (foreman  S.  F.  Hess),  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y.,  1820. 
Volkert,  Michael,  cor.  South  and  Pinnacle  av.  (and  liquors),  b.  Bavaria;  s.  1870. 
Waldert,  Wm.,  77  South  av.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1832. 
Waldert,  Alois,  77  South  .v.,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1852. 
Watier..,n,  A    P  ,  9  ,M-n™  .v.  (iinl  liquor!),  fc.  Bri::i:!,  Mi^s.  ;  s.  1865. 
Warncke,  Pedro,  197t  N.  Clinton  (mnfr.  and  dlr.),  b.  Germany;  5.  1835. 
Wbalcn,  Richard,  182  State  (mnfr.  and  dlr.),  firm  B.  &  T.  w'halen,  b.  Monroe  co., 

N.  Y.,  1829. 
Whalen,  Timothy,  182  State  imnfr.  and  dlr.),  firm  B.  A  T.  Whnlen,  b.  Monroe   Co., 

N.  Y.,  1831. 
Whalen,  Lewis,  10  Jay  (f.. reman  R.  &  T.  Whalenl,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.,  1326. 
Wagner,  Edw.  G.,  12  N.  Clinton  (.ind  liquorsi,  b.  Wurteniberg,  Germany;  s    1805. 
Ward,  Frank  R  ,  113  Stote  (mnfr.  and  dlr.  1,  b.  Loilrira,  Ireland ;  s.  1838. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

Decker,  Frank,  13  N.  Fitzhugh  (N.  Y.  C.  Ticket  and  Baggage  Express),  b.  Luzerne, 

Pa  ;  >.  18,54. 
Fell,  A.,  147  State  (State  agt.  for  Blue  Lino),  b.  Liverpool,  England  ;  «.  H72. 
Ellison,  N.  B.,  N.  Fitzhugh  St.,  b.  Dutchess  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  182.1. 
Embry,  Frank  W.,  79,  31  State  (Ogt.  Merchants'  Dispatch),  b.  Ontario  co  ,  N.  Y. ; 

s.  1867. 
Hartel,  John,  10  West  av.  (yard  master  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.).  b.  Bavaria  ;  s,  1844. 
Harris,  B,  F.,  127  fniversily  av.  ifgbt.  ngt.  Erie  R.B  ),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y..  1330. 
Hoyt,  Wm.  E.,  100  Railroad  av.  (railroad  ticket  iigenti,  b.  Erie  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1.373. 
Heatb,  Eldridgc,  132  Plymouth  av.  (canal),  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1822. 
Pratt,  Ira,  28  Elizabeth  (baggage  express),  Pratt  &   Weed,  b.  Wayne  Co.,  N,   Y.  ; 

a.  1801. 
Weed,  Eli,  21  Jones  av.  (bagg.  expr.),  Pratt  &  W  ,  b.  N 

UNDERTAKERS. 


N.  Y. 


1853. 


mond,  Va.  ;  s.  1S( 
Mudge,  A.  W.,  17  Atkii 


undertakers'  trimmings  and  impr. 

io  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  3.  1371. 

nd  mnfr.  "  Uevolvin;  Coffin   Biei 

■oe  CO.,  N.  Y.,  1844. 
WINES    AND    LIQUORS. 


■ia,  Germany;  s.  1311. 
Buhr,  Frederick,  92   N.  Clin 

a.  1808. 
Bussey,  G.  U.,  05  E    .Main,  b 
Brookhart,  A   C  ,  201  E.  Mai 
Connell,  Thomas,  03  W.  <t  av 


Fee,  Ja 


I  (mnfrs.  and  dealer*). 


F..rrst,  Isaac,  138  Slate,  b,   l...s.amiiton 

IJoel„.r 

;  s.  I?- 

F-lsinger,  J.  A.,  170  W  ,  Main  (Kaiirni 

in  st  K. 

-ing'-r 

f  osmire,  J...,  67  West  av.,  b.  Colu.nbi 

»,  N.  V 

;  8.  18- 

mSTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


18J9 


18«. 


How.Ki,  J..!.  O.,  lU  Slata  iwh.l.  -nd  ret.l,  b.  «.,nn.o,  X.   V. 

Uotder,  Frv-Uorick  \Vm.,  4S  S.  »t.  I'aul.  b.  Monrot,  N.  Y. 

Knjg.  H.nry,  154  N-.rth  av,,  b.  Uudi-n,  GiTmuny;  «.  Ifl'O. 

McCormick,  Palricfc,  or.  Cliiiiun  tnd  .Mill  ilv,  b.  Tir|vr,rr,  Irelao 

Nellig»n.  U»nn.  J  .  :;iS  Slaif.  b.  Munroc.  N.  Y. :  ».  ISJi 

Bo»toth«l,  107  X.Tlh  >v.  (min>Tlcrl,  b.  l'ru-,ia.  Germany;  •.  18^. 

R.,Kcr»nu,  U,  l'.'*  »tr>to,  b.  W.yne,  X.  Y.  ;  s    I^-l. 

8»rtu,  Silu  A.  (tirni  of  ilulhewj  &  St-rvin),  b.  Sl^remont,  OiiUrio; 

Supe,  Juhn,  IM  Eaii  ht.,  b.  B»r«rm.  Geniu.nyi  i.  1S.>4. 

Schoeffel,  F.  A.,  G  :Vil,-,.„,  b.  Monrcx..  X.  Y. ,  i.  18J4. 

Sch.lTer,  Geo.  V.,  31  So.itl.  .»  ,  b-  M..nro»,  X.  Y. ;   •    18J5. 

Schnirr,  II.  U.,  IH  X.  Lliuli-n  if..rpiijn  ind  liomf^tic  minsr.!  wmter,  firn 

Sctn»rr  4  Co  J,  b.  IlK.-^.C.wi.Geriiu.ny  ;  s.  l>M-.fl. 
Tlernfj,  M.  L.,  cur.  Clialon  >Dd  Monroe,  b.  Ku^.min..n,  Irel.nd;  ..  16«0. 
VoU«^^  Jl.chacl,  S<.ucb  a».,  b.  Bjv.rm,  Gori.mny  ;  ..  Li^TO. 
■WtlUrfon,  A.  P.,  9  .Monroe  .r.,  b.  Briitol,  J[..»j.  ;  i.  It.;.!. 
Wmrrcn,  J(n.  El.zu.  IT  Itartci,  b.  KilJarc,  Ir^Unj;  i.  18.:i. 
■Wigner,  EJw.rd  G-.  12  X.  CliDt,.n,  b.  Wortomb.  r-,  G-rin.ny  ;  $.  IMS. 
Wirlty,  Frederick,  21  5Litc  «nd  31   Mumford,  b.  Wurienibcrg,  Geronny;  l 
■W»pd,  rr»nk  K.,  113  Sute,  b.  Leitrim,  Irel.nd  ;  •.  1808. 


S  "V^  E  D  E  Its  . 

AQ«a,  Joo.,  cor.  Allen  tod  Adams  sU.,  cApiUlUt  and  jujlice,  b.  3(oaroc  co.,  N.  Y. ; 

•.  182S. 
Alkina.  Ju.  H.,  farmer,  b.  Oneida  Co.,  X.  T. ;  ».  1824. 

Bcacb,  L.  T.,  Si»:c  st.,  editor  and  prup'r  of  llio  Br._<Ljy,rt  Republic,}).  Fairneld.  Ct- 
ButU,  A.  P..  M.m  .1  .  att  y  al  law.  b.  Een-iiloer  Co..  X    V.  :  a.  ISfi.l 
Boyd,  A.  G.,  Ha»l.y  at-,  cnrnuje  nianfr.,  b.  .Monroe  c..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18.30. 
Boyd,  Andrew,  Gordon  St.,  dealer  in  groceries,  proviaiuns,  crockery,  and  glsaswar«, 

b.  Ireland;   9.  1850. 
Bronaon,  Jlilej  B.,  mason,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  l.  1816. 

Burrows,  Geo.,  Lnkc  K..ad,  farmer  and  grain  riiuer,  b.  Jlonro*  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  18.39. 
Beedle,  Z.  P.,  Like  Koa.i,  farmer  and  jrain  raucr.  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  >.  1822- 
Beedle,  Almon,  f.rmir  and  gra.n  raiicr.  b.  Monroe  Co  .  X.  Y. ;  s.  1829. 
Burnelt,  1>.  C-,  nvrni..-r  and  grain  rai=er,  b.  Ontnnu  co,,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18J0. 
Bolkley,  Guy  R,  r..r..icr  ana  grain  ra.s.-r,  b.  Livin -rlun  co..  X.  Y.  ;  9.  IS42. 
Burlingame,  H.  G.,  pruf  of  maths.  Urockporl  normal  school,  b.  Clienango  co.,  X.  T. ; 

t.  18C8. 
Baker,  Mary  E.,  Xo.  I  State  su,  postmistreM  at  Brockport,  b.  Erie  Co.,  X.  T.  ;  a. 

1S64. 
Burch,  T.  K.,  Adams  sL,  gonl  ins.  ngt.,  Dtcker'a  bik.,  Br.«kport,  b.  Ducbeaa  co., 

S.  Y. ;  ».  1853. 
Boome,  Mrs.  G.,  Bnickport,  dress  and  cloak  maker,  h.  Wayne  co.,  N.  T.  ;  a    1843. 
Cowley,  il.  L.,  Dr.Kk|»jrl,  dlr.  in  ladies'  fancy  <u..d-.,  b.  Wayne  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1844, 
Conaaul,  Biram,  Bruckpvrt,  blacksmith  and  currnige  maker,  b.  Prince  Edward,  Can- 
ad.  ;  a-  18T2. 
CUrk,  C.  JI.,  1st  nal.  bank  bldj.,  surgeon  denlisu  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  T. ;  a.  184S. 
Coy,  .*.  A.,  Spring  St.,  carpenter,  b.  Orleans  CO..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1«4. 
CUrk,  FranciH.Tarmer  and  gram  rai^..■r,  b.  .M.mroo  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  I.  1831. 
Craig,  J.>i.'pl.,  Like  RoiJ,  farmer  and  grain  r,incr.  b.  Uill.ljorougri,  X.  H.  ;  s.  18.52. 
Coatea    Anu.i,  Luke  K..ad.  firmer  and  moon.  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1828. 
Corne;    Thus.,  farmer  and  butcher,  b   p.n-,-land:  J.  1"31. 
Cook,  .i.  J,  farn.cr  and  gram  raiser,  b.  iU.nroe  co  .  X    Y.  ;  a.  1828. 
Capen,  F.  F.,  farmer  and  qr.iin  rai.-er,  b.  ilonroe  co.,  X    Y.  ;  t.  1835. 
Comatock,  A.  J.,  l'ar-n..r  and  grain  raiser,  b.  Xev»  London,  Conn.  ;  a.  180C. 
Coolcy,  LcTi  J.,  College  St.,  areliitccl,  b.  .Monr.ie  co  ,  .V.  Y.  ;  a.  1831. 
Dean.  r.  S  ,  Main  St.,  atfy  at  law,  b.  Onondnga  co  ,  X.  V.  ;  s.  l.'iTI. 
Dewey,  C.  D.,-Main  =t.,  pre,  tcf  the  Johnston  Uar»c»lcr  Co.,  Brockport,  b.  Lewis  co., 

J(.  Y.;  a.  UTl. 
Decker,  J.  D.,  atfy  at  l..w  and  coil,  of  U.  S.  internal  revenue,  28th  duL  X.  T.  ;  b. 

OrMgc  CO  ,  X.  V.  ;  s.  1855. 
Dolpb,  Waller,  farmer,  b.  Wayne  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1803. 
Day,  3.  A.,  -Main  sL,  agt.  Wheeler  ,i:  Wilson  sew  g  machines,  b.  Lawia  Co,  X.  1'.  ; 

a.  leoT. 

Day,  Mrs.  H.,  Brockpnrt,  dress  and  cl.'.k  n.akcr.  b  Wyoming  CO.,  X.  T.;  a.  1840. 
Doty,  Hiran,,  fanner,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  V. :  s.  IK.'.O. 

Doty,  Anson,  relir>4  farmer,  b    Albany  oo  .  X.  Y   ;  a.  I'-l.".. 

Duffy,  Dennis,  cor.  Fayette  and   Lit..:rty  <L<  .  ni.nfr.  and  denier  in  boots  and  aboea. 

No.  32  Main  it.,  Bro,  kport,  b.  Ir.  I-jtI  ;  s.  1«U. 
Edmundi.  Lewis,  farmer,  b.  Lcwia  co.,  .V.  Y.  ;  a.  M26. 

Fuller,  Jero.ne,  Krie  -t  ,  .M.,nn.,  co.  ju.l,.-,  ally  at  l.>*,  h.  I.,u-I.Held.  CL  ;  a.  18Ci 
Forayth,  E    A  ,  llawl.y  si.,  of  K..rsvth  i  Co.,  «:ale  manfri.,   R.^hejler,  X.  Y  ,  b. 

Li.inouncu,  X.  v.;  s.  ISIJ. 
Tl.gg,  U.reniu  !{.,  farmer,  b.  Orl.an.  c...  X.   Y.  ;  I.   1850. 
Oardnar,  O.  3  ,  retired  farmer,  b.  Uerk.hira  eo  ,  M-s..;  a,  19U. 


,  undertaker  and  furniture  dealer,   Brockport,  b.  Y»te.  co., 


Greene,  Dahie 

retired  fa 

rmer. 

b.  C 

»lumbia 

CO.,  X.  Y. 

;   >. 

1843. 

Gle.son,  3.  W 

,  physieia. 

and> 

irg. 

on,  b.  <; 

enesee  co.. 

X 

Y. ;  s.  1 

9-:i. 

Getty,  J.,  JUi 

St.,  pn.pr 

of  th 

Ity  Kou 

c.  b    W.i 

""■- 

(.■n  CO  , 

X.  Y   :  a. 

44 

Coff,  San  ford. 

Br,.kror, 

liTvr 

sta 

bic  ai.d 

.welry,  b 

M 

nr.<  CO 

X.  Y.  ;  .. 

H. 

Hooker,  Jfrs.  Carrie,  Br.A:kpor 

,  dress  and  e 

lo.k  make 

,  b 

Wy>,a> 

lig  CO  ,  X. 

Y. 

1873. 

Hill,  E.  X.,  B 

i^kport,  i 

iurnn 

ce  a 

ent,  b. 

arleans  co. 

X 

Y.  ;   .. 

18.,D. 

Harrison,  Mrs 

A.  U.,  Br 

ockpo 

t,dr 

ess  .nd 

Liuak  maker,  b 

Priuee 

Edward,  C 

ana 

a.  1872. 

Henrich,  Wm 

,  Brockpo 

t,  mui 

cal 

Instrun 

entj,  prop 

.  E.  E.  Hotel,  b.  Germ 

"7 

H.jlmes,  Danl.,  College  St.,  atfy  at  law,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1852. 

Haniniond,  H.  C,  State  St.,  dealer  in  dour,  feed,  and  produce,  Brockport,  b.  Xevv  York, 

X.  Y. ;  a.  1843. 
Harmon,  Austin,  Market  st,  marble  works,  firm  A.  H.rtnon  &  Son,  b.  Ik-cniogton, 

Vl;  a.  1828. 
Hendrick,  A.  M.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X    Y. ;  s.  1850 
Hoerle,  Wm.,  farmer,  b.  Germany;  a.  16»il. 
Hart,  Uenry  U  ,  farmer,  b    .\(,.nr./e  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1846. 
Hunt,  ElizaWth,  capital. -t.  b.  Jloiiroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1S25. 
Jones,  Har.,  Ha^ley  St.,  builder.  Brock|.ort,  b.  .M..iiroe  c..,  X.  Y.  ;  a.  1841. 
Jenner,  Chai.  H.,  Xo.  6  lla«  ley  st.,  scientist,  b.  KutlanJ,  Vl. ;  s.  1833. 
King,  Jessie,  Brockport,  dress  and  cloak  maker,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.;  8.  18.i.5. 
Kimball,  Mrs  I.  F.,  Brockport,  dress  and  cloak  maker,  b.  Morgan  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  186». 
L«wrcoce,T.X.,  farmer,  Uainlin  township,  b.  Saratoga  CO., X.  Y.J  a.  IS44;  p.  0.  add. 


Morriaon,  Edn 


Haw 


,  merchant  i 


Brockport,  X.  Y.,  b.  Isle  of  Man; 


Hille 

,  Jennings,  farmer,  b.  Monroe 

CO.,  X.  Y.;  s.  1 

843. 

Jler.hon,  Jas.,  farmer,  b.  Moh.uouth 

CO.,  X.J. ;  s. 

627. 

ilcU 

.n,ch.i.D-,ei..t.i;,rri..-..ft 

..e  Bf.M.k,.,HM 

o..;,  b.  Irei., 

nd  ;  s.  1853. 

Musb 

,  Geo.  F.,  King  st  ,  Ed.  of  K-ockp^rt  D.:mocra 

(,  b.  C.) 

uga  CO.,  X. 

l.;  i.  1374. 

Morg 

n,  DavtonS.,  3Ui.i  .L,  manfr. 
CO.,  X.  Y.;  s.  ISID. 

Of  reapers  .nd 

BrockfK.rt 

b.  .M..nro« 

Jtann 

W.  B.,  Main  st.,  physician  an 

d  surgeon,  b   0 

rieans  co 

,X.  Y.;  1. 

is.:.8. 

Pease 

Jacob,  Broikjort,  nianf  r  whi 

ps,slo7e=,  etc.. 

b.  3I..nr 

oeco.,X.  Y 

;  -.  1-130. 

P.tne 

Uanl., cor.  Spring  and  ilech.in 

=  its.,nndert»k 

r  and  dealer  in  furni 

u.-e,  Brock- 

port,  b.  MaihiLgton  eo  ,  X    Y 

;  s.  iNi;. 

Pattlion,  Saml.,  Union  St.,  carpenu-r 

b.  Orleans  CO. 

X.  T.; 

..  18.-.2. 

Peck 

Fnink  W.,  Main  St.,  hotel  and 

restaurant,  b. 

Jntario  c 

o,  X.Y.  ;  s 

1*31. 

Palm 

r,  U.ram  W.,  Luke  Road,  larn 

er,  b.  ilo.iroe 

-o  ,  X.   -i 

.;  a.  1818. 

Pear, 

L.  P.,  tanner,  b.  Franklin,  Vt. 

;  >.  18bl. 

Palm 

er,  Isnu,  Main  sL,  prcs't  of  tl. 
a.  1800. 

B  gas  works,  B 

ruckport 

b.  Monroe 

co.,X.  Y.; 

Pbill 

[J,  Wm.  H  ,  carriage  trimmer. 

b.  Genesee  co 

X.  Y. ; 

...  !8fi9. 

Page 

Wm.  L.,  Gordon  st,  coal  dealer,  b.  Ci-dar  Ke 

=  ,  Fla. 

J.  1843. 

P.:Ck 

Lewis,  larmer,  b.  lUnsselaer  c 

0.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1 

■-i. 

Palm 

er,  William. 

Park 

r,  3    F.,  llawlcf  St.,  builder,  b 

Monroe  CO.,  X 

.  Y. ;  a. 

1829. 

Qu.n 

,Wm.,  farmer,' b.  Scotland;  s 

18.11. 

Ku*se 

U,  Wm.,  farmer,  b.  Englard: 

.  Ig'JS. 

Kayn 

ond,  A.  B.,  i  Sons.  Main  st. 

dealers  in  gr. 

ia  and 

a...ir,  Brockport.  b.-anch 

hou.-«  Raymond  i  Ilibbard,  Co 

■11.  uiercliants. 

Ketroit. 

Mleh. 

E.nd 

all, -M.  O,  cor.  South  and  Mecli 

anicsu.,  jewel. 

r  and  tea 

ten  .-epr.,  b. 

-VVo.J,tock 

Root,  Geo.  W.,  teacher,  b.  Madis 
Root,  Fred.  P..  farmer  and  grain 
Root,  Henry,  Lake  Ko.id,  farmer 
Bo.e,  Asa,"f.rmer»n3gra.n  ran, 
Roberts,  B.  B.,  farmer  and  grain 
Suples,  Jno.  II.,  fanner  and  grai 
Seymour,  Wn,    U,  Stale  'l.,  m. 

Oeld.  Conn. ;  a.  1,-20. 
Slibbins,  F.  3  ,  13  llaii.iit. 

Brockp..r:,  b.  Monroe  Co  . 
Smith,  Uenry  O  ,  -M.iin  sL,  attj 
Stacks,  .Mauriee,  .Main  St.,  pro,lii 
3mith,  Geo.  L..  Lake  li-ad.  farr 
Smith,  Abnihani,  Clinton  -t.,  ha 
Story,  Rer.  P.ichard  J.,  Utie.  tl. 

a.  13.:8. 
Slickncy,  EJ.in  I  ,  L»ke  R...d, 
St.ckncy,  Ell, ha  C.  Lake  11  ad. 
Sparlin,  A.  C  ,  Lake  K..,.J.  f.^rrr 
Stickney,  E.  B.,  farmer.  I,    M-n 

Sutphen,  Jo-.,  r.i:ri-d  fi.nn-r.  b. 


place,  Rochester,  trens 
1  .  X.  Y.  ;  a.  !.«.■.:! 
yathiw,  Ur..ek| 


of  J.. 


,  X.  Y. : 


b    M..nro, 
;,  b.  Genes:*  co.,  X.  Y 
X.  Y.  ;  a.  ls;'.2. 
rock|-.rl,  b-  England  ; 
lie  church,  b.  Jli.nroec 


..,  X.  Y. 


1847, 


Spencer,  J.  W. 


HISTORY   OF   ilONROE   COUNTY,  NEW   YORK. 


311 


.;u-.  Fr.nk, 


u  oj.,  y.  Y.  1  s.  1878. 

5.  l!»jX. 
.of  Ihe  Onlnil  Hot-I,  Brockpo 


:i«ient  ins.  •gt., 


T^mfX, 


Smith,   Siiml.  Vi'.,  Mnir 

N.  Y. ;  ..  187.5. 
SlsJmiin.C.M.  L.eor.  / 

Brocki.»t,  b.  Mr 
Thomai,  U  I,  Ili-ii  si, 
Thomas,  C.rri,!  X.,   M. 

Thomai,  Ilomct  U.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  18.-.2. 

ThomM,  L.  D.,  f..rm<  r,  b.  Monro*  e...,  X.  Y.  ;  ..    1842. 

Underhill,  L.  T.,  C.illci;tj  st.,  liimbiT Ucuier,  Brockpon,  b.  Gru[1on.  N.  II.  ;  J.  IS:!4. 

Udi'U,  F'lstcr,  Cirmer  an.l  i^rain  grow.-r.  b    Gr.-on  Co..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1H"J7. 

Ward,  Geo.  R,  Sute  St.,  dealer  in  groceries,  paiat9,  oils,  etc.,  Bruckpurt,  b.  Genesee 
CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  18-J6. 

Wicks,  Powers.  Utlca  St.,  builjLT,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1«:!3. 

Wh^tcher,  Cliin  J.,  HMwIpy  St.,  retired  f.irmer,  b.  Caledonia,  Vt. ;  a.  1815. 

White,  H.  L  ,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  V.  ;  s.  IS.'.l. 

Whitncv,  E-,  -Main  St.,  d.-aler  in  dry  -..ods,  Brockport,  b.  Mudison  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1833. 

Way,  Geo.  n.,  Luke  RuKd,  furmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  1827. 

Wadsworth,  nobl.,  plivsician  and  sur5eon,  b.  England  ;  s.  1870. 

White,  C.  L,  farmer, 'b.  .Madi-on  co..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1821. 

White,  Alfred  M,,  b.  M"nroe  c".,  X.  Y-  ;  s.  l'.4.y 

Welch,  Jno-,cor.  Main  and  Erie  sts..  dealer  in  groceries,  provi-ions,  crockery,  glass- 
ware, wines,  and  liquors,  32  Main  St..  Brockport,  b.  Ireland;  s.  1817. 

Toung,  E.  W.,  farmer,  b.  Cuyahoga  co.,  Ohio  ;  s.  18o2. 


CLARKSOiSr. 


farmer, 


apt.  U.  S.  M, 


Harll'on 


,  X   Y.;  s.  18i6. 
.  1SG2. 

.  add.  BrockporL 


Allen,  Isaac,  I 

i.  1817. 
Allen,  Henry,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  ( 
Barker,  Major  U.  S.,  retired  farn 

CO.,  X.  Y. ;  ».  1818. 
Bellinger,  C.  H.,  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b    Monr 
Babcock,  Mrs    L    D.,  farmer,  b.  Uerkimer  co.,  X    Y.  ;  s. 
Clark,  Mrs.  U.,  capitalist,  b.  Genesee  co.,  X.  Y.;  s    1839; 
Clark,  Mrs.  Irene,  capitalist,  b.  Saratoga  co,,  X.  Y.  :  j.  1824. 
Clark,  Jas.  L  ,  alt'y  at  law,  justice  of  the  peace,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1830. 
Chapman,  L.  D.,  farmer,  b.  Ouondaga  co.,  Xov.  1.  1«15,  d.  Feb.  '.),  1870;  s.  18-50. 
Decker,  J.  D.,  af.'y,  collector  of  int.  revenue,  b.  Orange  co.,  X.  Y. ;  i.  18-35;  p. 

add-  Brockport. 
Haskell,  Lemuel,  ma-wn,  b.  Wethcrsfield,  Conn.  :  i.  1817. 
Hassey,  J.  G.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s   180i. 
Lawrence,  F.  A.,  farmer,  b.  Saratigo  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1851. 

Paine,  Reuben,  farmer,  b.  Wa>hin-ton  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1838;  p   o.  add.  Brockport. 
Palmer,  Russell,  tanner  and  currier,  b    M.jnroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  182'J. 
Palmer,  Isaai-,  Pros,  of  Brockport  Gas  Woric!,  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1809 ;  p. 

add.  Brockport. 
Phillips,  C.  D.,  bulcher,  b.  OnUirio  co,,  X.  Y,  ;  s.  1844. 
Perry,  Charles  A 
Rockwell?  W.L., 

■  -  1838- 
Eowell,  S.  E  ,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18-38. 
Rogers,  Frederic,  farmer,  b.  Jefferson  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18-J-3. 

Stewart,  G,  O  ,  farm<T,  b.  Steuben  co.,  N.  Y   ;  s,  13G2:  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  Parma. 
Stewart,  X.  b,,  farmer,  b.  Steuben  CO..  X.  V.;  s.  1?02;   p.  o.  Xorth  Parma. 
Wood,  F.  C,  f.irmer  and  teaeber,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  :  s.  1838. 
Wadhoms,  Edgi 


rvisor  of  Clarksor 


,  dep.  TJ.  S.  Marshal,  b.  Geauga 


Monroe  t 


I  X.  Y. ; 


1840. 


H  ^  M  L I  isr. 


Allen,  HowTiPi),  farmer,  b   Mo 


Austin,  Jani,-s 

farmer,  b.  M. 

„  r„e  J 

J..  X.  \ 

.:  s 

1814; 

P  "- 

add.  East  Kend 

Allen,  F  J  ,  f 

rmcr,  b    M..n 

.«  CO 

X.  Y. 

s. 

«4S. 

Bramin.  Alfr- 

S,,  merchant 

b-  M 

mriK;  co 

.  N 

Y.;  s 

1831 

Blake,  B   11,  b 

aek.inith,b.  t 

umbc 

,-M 

.;«.  181.-.;  p 

o.  add.  Xorth  E 

Barrett,  H^.rr* 

farmer,  b.  V 

•cb.i 

CO.,   X. 

Y.; 

s.  18'-,« 

o.  add.  Kendall 

Barrows,  Cliiir 

es,  farmer,  b. 

Livi. 

g.lon  CO 

,x 

Y.;  . 

INJO 

;  p.  0.  add.   K«, 

dall. 

Baxter,  Stephe 

n,  farmer,  b,  I 

ne;,l„ 

CO.,    X. 

v.: 

s.  181. 

Cary,  Frjnk,  r 

,rmer,  b.  M   ., 

roe  .-o 

.  N    V- 

•  - 

8.J2. 

Chenev,  P.  lo- 

far.ner,  b.  .M, 

■ir.m  c 

o..  y.  ^ 

. :  s 

18:;0: 

add.  .Vorth  Pnr 

Cheney,  Merri 

1,  farmer,  b,  t 

rung. 

Vt.  ;  5 

181 

I;  p.  o 

add. 

V..M  Uamlin. 

Dorgnn, 
H 

Elliott.  . 


W.,  station  agent,  b.  St.  Law 


John,  farmer,  b.  Hastings  Village.  X,  Y. 
Lambert,  farmer,  b.  Uaaliiigs  Village,  X. 


dall 


FairflelJ,  (.V 


1833. 


,  18-V2 :  p- 
;  s.  1-131. 
;  s.  18'i8- 


add-  E> 


Ferris,  W.  A-,  farmer 

Fusniire,  Frank,  farmer,  b.  Monroe 

Farrall,  Mrs.  U.  E.,  farmer,  b    Moi 

Granbman,  Joseph,  farmer,  b.  3Iec 

Hart,  Thomas,  farmer,  b.  JI..nrno  CO.,  X-  Y. ;  s.  IS14;  p   o.  add.  E,.st  Kendall. 

Howard,  Z-  H-,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1824;  p.  o.  add.  East  Kendall. 

Hinton,  TIn.mas,  carpenter  and  joiner,  b.  .Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y-;  s.  1812. 

Kelso,  John,  farmer,  b.  Mecklenburg,  Ger. ;  s.  1807. 

Kane,  D-  B.,  farmer,  b-  M.mroc  co.,  X,  Y. ;  s.  1837 ;  p.  o.  add.  East  Hamlin. 

Kreger,  Frank,  farmer,  b.  Mecklenburg,  Ger  ;  s.  1S70 ;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  Parma. 

Ketchum,  A.  F.,  farmer,  b.  Renssela.'r  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1848;  p.  o.  add.  E.ist  Hamlin 

Ladue.  Samuel,  farmer,  b.  Duchess  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1840;  p.  o.  add.  Kendall  .Mills, 

Lynd,  Ives,  farmer,  b.  Ken.=selacr  en.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18:16;  p.  o.  East  Hamlin. 

Lamoree,  A.  J.,  carpenter,  b.  Cwego  co,,  X.  Y-  ;  3-  187o;  p-  o-  add.  Bro,-kp..r». 

M<M;kford,  William  S  ,  miller,  b-  Mockford,  Eng.;  s.  18-59;  p.  o.  add.  X.irth  Humlin 

Mntt,  James,  farmer,  b.  Rockland,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1840;  p.  o.  add.  East  Hamlin. 

Northup,  Harry,  farmer,  b.  Otsego  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  18G0. 

Polock,  John,  farmer,  b.  Rensselaer,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18-54. 

Quivev,  Maurice,  farmer,  b.  Monro.^  c"-,  X.  Y. :  s.  1848 ;  p.  o.  add.  East  Hamlin. 

Randall,  A.  J-,  farmer,  b,  W-.rc.-stcr,  Ma33. :  s.  1823;  p.  o.  add.  East  Kendall. 

Randall,  S.  W.,  farmer,  b.  M.uiroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s,  1849;  p.  .■).  add.  East  Kendall. 

Randall,  H.  L.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1847;  p.  o.  add.  East  Kendall. 

Kice,  E.  M.,  farmer,  b.  Kildare,  Ireland;  s.  ISti'J;  p.  o.  East  Kendall. 

Bussell,  Wm-,  farmer,  b.  Mecklenburg,  Ger.;  s.  1S54;  p.  o.  East  Hamlin. 

Enkow,  Charles,  furmer,  b-  Mecklenburg,  Ger.  ;  3,  13H2;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  Hamlin, 

Straight,  W.  H.,  retired,  b,  Monroe  co-,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1817 :  p.  o.  add.  Hamlin. 

Shay,  John,  farmer,  b.  Limerick,  Ireland;  s.  1S37;  p.  o.  add.  East  Kendall. 

Simmons,  Hannah  G,  farmer,  b-  .Monroe  co..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1841 ;  p.  o.  add.  Ea^t  Hamlin 

Simmons,  Jacob  H.,  farmer,  b.    Rensselaer  Co.,   X.  Y. ;    >.  183G ;  p.   o    add.    Kasi 

Stuart,  James,  farmer,  b.  Leitrim,  Ireland;  3.  185G ;  p.  o.  add.  Hamlin. 
Seaman,  Wni.,  farmer,  b,  Mecklenburg,  Ger.  ;  s.  18U9:  p.  0.  add.  Hamlin 
Starker,  C,  Pastor  of  Ger.  Evangelical  Lutheran  church,  b.  Hanover,  Ger.  ;  ?.  1873 

p.  o.  add.  Hamlin. 
Simmons,  Joseph  H,,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  5.  1840;  p.  o.  add.  East  II.".mlin 
Spears,  E,  A,,  painter,  b,  Uox,  Me.;  s.  1875;  p.  o,  add.  East  Kendall, 
Toombs,  Charles  fl,.  farmer,  b.  Orleans  co.,  X'.  Y. ;  s.  1858  ;  p.  o.  add.  Adam  s  Basin 
Whipple,  E.  C,  farmer,  b,  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y,  :  s.  1824;  p.  o.  add.  East  Kendall. 
Wentworth,  Andrew,  farmer,  b.  York  co..  Me.  :  s.  1815 
Whyland,  John,  farmer,  b.  P.en.selaer  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  5.  1846. 

Wright,  Silas,  dry  go.)ds,  b    Ren,«elaer  co,,  X.  Y,  :  3-  1851;  p.  o.  add.  East  Hamlin. 
Wood,  Eno3  B.,  farmer,  b.  Monrcw  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1841 ;   p. 


U-nd 


len,  J.  E.,  mechanic,  b.  Monroe  c--.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1843;  p 
■nold,  A-  J.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  1813, 
rtlelt,  T.  J,,  carriage  maker,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X,   Y. ; 
Parma. 

.b.  Mom  .e  CO..  X.  Y, ;  s,  184 


Baldwin,  Henry  L,,  far 
Barons,  George,  farmer,  b,  Devon 
Bates,  R.  C,  farmer,  b.  Windlinn 
Bass,  Hanford,  carpenter  and  join 


o.  add.  Si. 
,  add.  Par 


I.  Oswc" 


.  Y.  ;s.  1841;  p.  o.  add,  Xo 


Berridgc,  William,  farmer,  b.  Leicestershire,  England;  J,  1830 

Bennett,  George,  farmer,  b    .Monroe  co.,  X.  V.;  s.  182(1;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  Pa 

Black,  .Matthew,  furmer,  b.  T.Tonto,  Canada;  >.  1813;  p.  o.  add.  Xortli  Parn 

Bradshaw,  L.  G,,  farmer,  b.  M.mroc  co  .  X.  Y.  :  a.  1833, 

Butler,  Xalhun   M.,  farmer,  b,  M-.nr'>e  c,.,.  X,  V. ;  s.  18.52;  p.  o.  a.ld.  West  i 

Butcher,  Ephraim,  farmer,  h.  SutT.dV,  England;  s.  IS-^ai;  p.  o.  add.  Parma 


;  P-  o. 


.  Xo 


Clark 

S    W., 

auth 

,r,  b,  Ontario  c 

>,,  X,  Y  ; 

.  1S.;4';  p.  0 

add-  Spencerport 

Clark 

Morris 

furn 

-.er,  b  Ontario 

ro.,  X,  v.; 

3,  1312. 

Clark 

Marvin 

ret 

red,  b-  Fiiirdcld,  Conn   ;  s 

1821-,;    p 

o. 

add.  Parma  Cenlr 

Corbi 

,  R..bert 

carpenter  and  join 

r,  b.  Monr 

.eco.,X 

Y. 

3.  1853 ;  p.  o.  add 

Parma- 

Cross 

Lumun, 

rcti 

red,  b.  Madison 

CO.,  X   Y. 

3.  1811 

P- 

0.  add.  Xorth  Pa- 

Curt, 

,  Jam.-!, 

farn 

rr,  b.  .M.-iime. 

o.,  X.  V.  ; 

s.  1843; 

p.  o 

add.  X.irth  Purn 

Cosm 

n,  J    W 

-f» 

mer,  b.  Oran-c 

CO,,  X,  V, 

s.  1S13 

p- 

r..  add.  Xorth  Par 

Davis 

Lewis, 

cr.  b,  C«yj-,-a. 

o.,  N,  v.; 

.  l^)*. 

Dave. 

,  James 

far 

,er,  b,  Somerse 

shirc,  Eng 

and;  s. 

mn 

;  p.  o.  add.  West 

Dean 

John  IK 

nry 

butch.  r,h.  Oil 

r.lsliire,  E 

glaud;. 

18 

7  ;  p.  0.  add.  West 

Duco 

.n,  A  C 

.fa 

mer,  b.  Monro 

CO.,  X.  Y. 

:  3.  1833 

P- 

o.  add.  Xorib  Pa 

HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK 


»Se 


EllU,  Philo  R.,j*»t!»r 

y.-.lcr,  Cl.^.lc.  .v.,  mi 
Go.^rll,  r.r.cf-T,  Cm 
Gorton,  J..lin,  rtii-r-J, 
Gorton,  WilHjni,  f*rtn 
Oridlcy,  Gw.rijc  N'.,  (u 
H»itkiiu,  W.  II,  arr 

P.rm.. 
Eenrjr.  C.  J-,  ci«fp*«t^r  «nd  join 

P.rn,.. 
Htmng,  a,  f,irra»r,  k.  En-zlunJ 
Hill,  E.  M  ,  mir.gr  .n.1  ^r.iicr,  I 
Hulman,  SanmJ,  phT»ici«n,   b. 

lll'k.m,  Goorse,  mrrrh.nt,  b 
Upuham,  A  B  ,  miller,  b.  .M" 
J.ck'on,  P:.ri.lJ.,C.rn,er.  b. 
J...-1I,  I>..niel,  f.rmor,  b.  Wuj 
Knlcl..rb.K.kcr,  fi  ,  f>-m.-r,  b.  ; 
Kn.pp,  Mr..  Abbi^  b.  .Monro. 
Liinkton,  Lymiin,  farmnr,  b.  O' 
L«»d..n,  Jai,ut  M.,  f»rni<;r,b.  I 


,  b.  Monroe  CO  ,  N.  Y.  ;  1. 
Her,  b  N(.,nr-.<<-o.,  .V.  Y. 
i..r.  b.  M.  nro,-  Co..  X.  Y.  ; 
b,  Onu.l»;  ..  IVJS,  P.O. 
fr,  b.  Chon„n-oio.,  N.  Y 
•m.T,  b.  Monr.n-  c...  .V  Y 
b.  Urle«nl  CO 


o.  «.id.  Xo 
p  o.  «.1.1. 


»J.|.  Xo 


r^r 


y  V. 

,  X  V. 


p  o.  Slid.  Tr*^t  Gro<'C^. 
IMJ  ;  p.  o.  mdj.  >i\.rth 
1839;   p.  o.  »dd.  North 


p   o.  ndJ.  Wc<t  Oro(K'e 
N    V   ;  .    I8r,8:  p   n.  .JJ 
e,  Er.jl«nd;    f.    ISOT;    p. 


Il»!n. 


Monroe  to..  N".  Y.  ;  ».  184.S;  p.  o.  .dj  N'orth  P«rr 
.nrooco.,X.  V  ;  s.  18-19:  p.  o.  ..J.l.  r.ir..,a  C-ntre 
M..nr~.  CTi  ,  N.  Y.;  .<.  l.^VJ;  p.  o   a.1.1    Adam'*  Ci: 

neco.,X  Y.  :  J.  181D:  p.  o.  udJ.  .Vurth  Parro*. 
•:,ratos»  c.,..  X.  Y.;  J.  18JT. 

CO.,  X.  Y.;  ».  13J0;  p.  o   add.  Wcv.  Greece. 
n..ndH.4,l  CO.,  X.  V    ;   v  IS5.1 
Jnr.nd.i,;..  c...,  N    V. ;  ...  18-i7 ;  p.  o.  odd.  Xorth  P»ri 


KeL.ushlin,  A.  J  ,  f-rmor,  b.  G.llow, 
Mecch,  Dn.ucI,  f;.rm,rr,  b.  M..nr.*  c-.., 
McKinncy,  W.lli.iD,  retired  f.rn.er,  b, 

Centn-. 
McKlnocj,  A.  B.,  f.rmer,  b.  ilonrnc  co  , 
HcF.rl.nd.  Unvi.l,  tirmer,  b,  C.ru-.-a  i-... 
Mordoff,  Uir.m.  f.inn,-r,  b.  Clianan-..  to  . 
Mulholland,  Jolin,  f.rmer,  b.  M..nrot  eo., 
Newton  A.  0..  fjrmer,  b.  Cbcn.uijo  co.,  } 
Odell,  Jr..  R.  P  ,  r:.n„or,  b  M.nrot  co  ,  > 
Otgood,  H.nry,  fjrmcr  »nd  pump  maker. 
Pftfriah,  Looif,  f:»r[uer  and  lurvejor,  b.  .M 


.-,  Ireland;  s.  1604. 

iT     v.;   1,   IS.'S;    p    o.  n.ld.  North  Pnrma. 

Licum.n5co.,P». ;  j.  ISl'J;  p.  o.  add.  Parma 

1  ,  X.  Y. ;  I.  184.:; ;  p.  o.  add    Parma  Centre. 

...  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ls.13;  p.  o.  add.  North  P.mia. 

>  .  N.  Y.;  >.  1819. 

>.,  X.  Y.  ;  !.  1837. 

,  X,  Y.  ;  !.  1813;  p.  o.  add.  Parm.  Centre. 

,  N.  Y   :  i    182: ;  p  o  ndd    r.rma  Centre 


W.; 


Ma!! 


,  N.  Y. 


.  add.  vr^t 


Putntm,  Kdwjrd  C,  fiirmer,  b.  Onturi 
Bice,  William,  f.irn.er.  b.  Genwee  co  . 
Eorebeck,  llcnrj  .  harness-maker,  b  Oi 
Eojce,  O.  A.,  furnicr,  b.  Windl.:.ni,  C 
Shof,  Nith.da!,  furm-r,  b.  Bavaria;  ». 
Sweeting,  J.  M.,  farmer,  b.  Holland  ; 
Trooison,  John,  farmer,  b  .M'.nr.M?  co 
Tennv,  Peter  B.,  farmer,  b.  31a.li«jn  ct 
Tompkin»,  John,  farmer,  b.  Tompkins 
Trimmer,  AVni.  E  ,  punip-niaker,  b  ".M. 
Trimnicr.  Z  ,  farmer,  b.  Iliinttrdon  Co. 
Tupp,  Josh'.ia,  rftirv.d,  b.  Westport,  Mi 
Vandcrbeek.C.  J  ,  (.-.rmer,  b.  Borden  ci 
Vantile,  Kcnrv  A.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe 
Venei.!,  Wm.  >(  ,  rarptnt-r  anl  j-  iner 
■Wadbanu,  S    W  ,  farmer,  b.  M..nriK;  c 


3  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1871 :  p.  o.  ndd.  North  Pam 
N.  Y.;  J  1870;  p  o  add.  North  Parmi. 
ili.rio  CO  ,  X.  Y.;  1.  I3U. 


.  ;  5.  18'.'t;  p.  o   add.  North  Parmi. 
;■.;  V  1812;  p  o.  add.  N..rth  Parma. 

V.  ;  »    1S4'<;  p.  o.  a.ld.  North  P.rma 
•o.,  X.  V    i  s.  184Z 


1811;  p.  o.  add.  Parma  Cci.ti 
!.  ISIJ:  p.  o.  add   Parm.  Cen 
co,N.  Y.  ;  s.  134.;. 
18.J1  ;   p.  o.  ndd.  Clarkaon. 


Ware,  Murvin 

iho. 

m.k 

er,  b.  M.. 

roe 

u  ,  N.  Y. 

1.  1817 

p.  o.  add.  North  r»rmm. 

Webster.  John 

il  , 

an. 

er,  b    Dul 

hesi 

CO  ,  N.  Y 

;  1.  18:!3 

Webater,  Mri. 

Laur 

aE. 

b.  Monro 

e  CO. 

X  Y. :  1 

1817;   p 

o.  ndd.  Spencerpnrt. 

Webster,  Phil-. 

tU),  f 

«rmer.  b.  .Mon 

oe  c 

..,  X.  Y.  ; 

J.  1820; 

p.  o.  .-ud.  .Spcncerporl. 

■Wheeler.  R  nj 

nin 

far 

ler,  b.  Ite 

SMji 

er  CO..  X. 

Y.;  1.18 

.'J. 

■ft-hilney,  J.  R 

,r..r 

tier. 

b    Orlean 

CO., 

X    v.;  >. 

18.;S;  p. 

o.  add.  Pnrm.  Centre. 

Wilder,  A  lam. on,  f 

mie 

r.  b    M..n 

nccc 

.,  X   Y.; 

J.  18U;   P.O.  add.  North  Harma. 

Wilder.  BtlJ.i 

r.rm.r. 

b.  Monroe 

CO., 

X.  Y  ;  •. 

184.;  ;   p. 

o   add.  North  Parma. 

Wilder,  J.«?l  B 

.,  far 

mer 

b.  Monr.-?  c. 

X   Y. ;  . 

1817;   p 

o.  ad.-    N..rth  I'armo. 

Wilder,  WilU 

d  E 

far 

ner.  b.  M 

nro,- 

Cn,N.   Y 

;j   1X34 

p.  o.  add.  North  Parnjl. 

WiUon,  Andn. 

w  F 

far 

mer,  b.  M. 

nroo 

CO  .  N.  Y. 

;  >    1840 

p.  o.aJJ  Parma  Centre. 

Wrigh^  Al»in 

ens 

nee 

r,  b.  Chest, 

Ti  I 

\Si3. 

O  O  D  TI  ^r. 


Alehinion. 

Angell,  .Sle 


I.  retired  fiirmer.  b   r,.iinccticiit :  I.  1T^.^  p.  o.  add.  PenSeld. 

r,.rn„.r.  b.  Kh..l.-  Islan.l :  s.  Ix-X:   p.  o.  a.ld.  North  fhili. 

of  peace  and  farmer,  b.  .M..ntgomery  cp.,  X.  Y.;  i.  1340;  p.  o.  add. 

,  firmer,  b.  Win.U.r  co  ,  V*t.  :  i    18.;.*,;  p.  o.  oild.  .'^pcnc.-rport. 


Boell,  Charlci  1(  .  I 
B..wen.  J.  L  .  j.l.in 
B-ll,Jo,.-ph.u>.dii...ie.b   lt.rk.h,r,To,  M  ,-,  ;  ,.    mjl;   p   „„l.l    ,.;p.„„.rp„rt. 

Benjamin.   W.   II  .lirmrr.  h    K..ir:!.-M  c..  .  C.nn   :   .    |.i.l7:    p   o,  a.J.I     U.K.-l,-,ler. 
Be.m.n.  A    J  .  r,.rm.-r.  .5    M.nr.-co..V.   Y.  ;  ,.1814;  p   o.  a.ld.  (-..LUaicr. 
BeD.n,  Il-nry  II  ,  S.rdw.  and  ajr   g.-.d.,  b.  Monro.)  CO.,  N.  V.;  i.  18i7i  p.o.  .dd, 
3p.neerp..rL 


Boughton.  Jolir.,f,rmor,  b.  Oswc,-o  co  ,  N.  Y.  ;  ..  18;i;   p.  o.  add.  Adam'.  Baj 
Blaikford,  Jo,eph,  merchant,  b.  .Monri~.  co  .  X.  Y.  ;  i.  1312. 
Cromwell,  John,  f,-n...-r,  b.  M."ir..o  co.,  X.  V.  :  5.  ISJ.'i;  p.  o.  .J.l    S|«.nterp"r 
Clark.  D.   r.  .  f..rn,.:r,  b.  C.ttara.i-.vi.  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;   1.   IS.'..'.  ;   p.o.  a.ld.   .AJai.i'i  R, 
Cromirell,  Wm,.  f,.rn,er.  b.  X.'W    Y..rk.  X.  Y.  ;  ...  1821;   p.  o.  add    S|..ncerpor 
Covill,  EJv.ird,  f»rn.er,  b.  Connecticut;   ..  1815;    p.  ,..  add    Clmrji villi.. 
Cnvill,  a.  T  ,  fi,rin.-r,  b.   M..nr..ij  Co.,  X.   Y.  ;   5.  ISlo;   p.  o.  add.  tlKirch.ille. 
Collini,  R.   I...  carp,  ond  ji.in.-r,  b    Jtoi.ri^.  Co.,  X.  Y,  ;  I.  1830;  p,  o.  add.  Chorch 
Drejicr,  Juiues   U.,  agt.  lor  nurseries,  b,  it.iekbridi-e  co.,  Mail  ;  i.  184.i;  p.  o. 

Adum'i  Ua.in. 
Dewey,  Je^se.  farmer,  b.  Saratoga  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;   1.  1823  :   p.  o.  add.  Cliur.-hviU.-. 
Dver,  Uenry  L.,  farmer,  b.  (■h.-iiaii-o  Co.,  X.   Y.  :   1    lSt;2  ;   p.  o    od.l.  .-ip.  nccr|. 
Durt,  T.,  ftriiier,  b.  Dev...nshire,  En^-land  ;  j.  18.'.2;  p.  o.  add.  Cliurclivillo. 
Elwood.  John   D,  plivi.  and  siirg.,  b.  Montjoraory  Co.,  X.  Y.;  a.   1817;   p    o. 

Koche-ter. 
Flagi:,  Henry,  farmer,  b    Jlonr.--  Co.,  X.  T.  ;  f.  1810;  p.  o.  add.  Spcncer|«,rt. 
Garret.te.  John  U  ,  farm,  and  editor,  b.  Schenectady  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ■.  1820  ;  p.  o. 


Otwiyear.  Jai.i.i,  farmer,  b,  Er-land  ;  a.  1813;   p.  o.  add.  Spci 

Goff,  H.  H  ,  farmer,  b.  .M.nr  .e  co  ,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1S2;;  p.  o.  odd 

Goodridije,  E.il.u  \V  ,  farni.r.  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  :  s.  IKll  ;  f 

Garnsey,  P.  W.,  farm 

Hamilton.  Curd.n,  fa 

Keeler.  Wni.  S  ,  farm 

Lotejoj,  S.  H.,  house  builder,  b,  Uo..fidii;;n  Co., 

McShean,  John,  farmer,  b.  Monrr«  co,,  X.  Y.  ; 
Majon,  Wm.  It.,  farmer,  b.  .Sarato..;i\  co,,  X.  Y. 
NeUon,  J.  D.,  station  a-t.  and  operator  X.  Y.  C 

%.  1847  ;  p.  o.  add.  Ad 
Osmun,  MalinJa.  farmer,  b 
Parmelee,  J. 


i.  S|K;ncerport 
X.   \   :  ».  WjO  ;   p.  o.  add.  Spen.erport. 
ut;  !.  18,17;  p.  o.  adj    Spenoerport. 
CO  ,  X,   y,  ;   J.  18.il  ;    p    o.  add.  Sr-iiccrport 
ijaco.,  X.  Y.;  1.  183".;  p.  o.  add.  Spencer 


5.  18.:G;  p.  0.  ac 
;  t.  182,-.;  p,  o  i 
&  U.  R.  R.,  b 


r.  b   Yatcj  c...,  X.  Y. ;  5.  1S33 ;  p.  o.  add.  Spencerport. 

,  b.  Middlesex  CO..  Conn.  ;  ».  18.16:  p.  o   add.  Spencerport. 
Pierce.  Jobn,  farmer,  b.  Uutland  Co.,  Vt.  ;  5.  18.;0;  p.  o.  add.  Spencerp-.rt. 
ri.tt,  Phili;  F  ,  farmer,  I..  Albany  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  i.  18jl  ;  p.  o.  add.  Spencerport. 
Eoyce,  Mary  B  .  farmer,  b,  Sar.l..c«  co..  X.  Y.  :  ..  1828;  p   o    add.  v,...h  ci...;;;. 
StDitb.  J.  P.,  farmer,  b.  Xew  York  co,,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1317,  p.  o.  add.  Spei,c.:rport. 
Slunje,  Thos.,  farmer,  b.  DeTon.hire,  England  :  t.  ISi:,;  p.  o.  add.  S|<necrport. 
Shepp.rd,  .\lbert  E  ,  farmer,  b.  Madison  C"  ,  N.  Y  ;  s.  1821  ;  p.  o.  odd.  S[«n.:er(<irt. 
farmer,  b.  Morfachusctls  :  l.  1821;  p.  o   add. 


Soow.J., 


Roches 

Smith,  H  ,  h.: 
True,  Sr..  K. 


,  b.  M..nroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  J.  1827. 
.r,  b. -XewUamp.-hire;  s.  18 ;0. 
1  farm.,  b.  Albany  co  ,  X.  Y'.  ;  i.  ISOl  ;  p.  o.  add.  .'pcnceiTH'rt 


Wentwortb,  Ji.sepli  L..  farmer,  b.  .^I.: 
Wrijht,  Sheldon,  farmer,  b.  Geiioeo 


c...  X.  J.;  !.  182 
,  X.  Y.  :  !. 

CO..  X.  Y.  : 

roe  CO.,  X.  Y.,   ..  .„„.. 

-,  X.  Y'. ;  s.  18i;7  ;  p.  o.  odd.  Spencerport. 

CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  16i;G;   p.  o,  add.  Spencerr- 

3.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  lS3i 


iJJ.  S|.K:ncerport. 
,dd.  Speneeri^irt. 
..  a.ld.  Speneeriwrt. 


add.  Si 


Apthorp,  Ira,  farmr 
Adam!,  Uenry.  f.ir.i 

Churchville 
Adams.  George,  fan 

Churchville. 
AllU,  A.,  farmer,  b 
Anderson.  John,  r.r 
Betleridge,  G.X.,  fai 

Baldwin.  l>.ren,  far 
Blue,  a.nald,  f.irmt 
Bobcock,  U.ren7..>,  ( 

add.  Cl.iirein 
Crmig,  Ju..>e,  W..  c 

CO  ,  X  Y  ;  s 
Card,  3Irj  J  .  b  X. 
Coney,  E  ,  fir.ner.  I 
Davi'.,  Mr.    F  ,  5Iai 


RIGA 

lircco.,  Ma.j.  :  s. 

815;  p.  0.  ndd.  Ber;en 

p  rai.er,  b.  Sus=ex 

0.,  England;  s.  18<:i;; 

p  raiser,  b.  Su.-ci 

CO.,  England  ;  l.   ISr.l 

o,M..s..;  s.  1R30; 

p.  o.  ndd.  X..nh  Chili 

nc-e-.  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  5. 

l,.>li:. 

nn.c  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s 

183.8;   p.o.  add.  Cliftc 

X.  Y.  ;  ..  18-22;  p.o.  odd.  B- 
miser,  b.  \V.i.hiogton  co.,  R. 


'  n.  ndd.  Ber^.-n. 
p.  o.  a.ld.  Cli|-|o 
IN.::;  P.O.  add 


1         Filch,  A., 


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313 


rib*,  EJw.ni,  f»riiior,  h.  Monroe  c..,  N.  Y  : 

1.  lH-.-T). 

Christii!,  Alcinnder,  f«rmer  ind  stock  raiser,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  .V.  Y  ,  1«:J-  •   p 

Ford,  T.,  f.mnrr,  b.  Susscr  co..  Eni;lBn.l  ;  s.  1 

3);  p.  o.  adJ.  Churcb.ills. 

F»*er,  T.  X  ,  liutfalo  sL,  refd  f.rti.?r,  b.  Wo 

rcc.tcTco,  It,,..;  »    IblS;  p.  o.  .dd. 

Cain,  MiohKcl,  blacksmith,  b.  Kin.;-s  co.,  Ireland  ;  ..  183.5;  p.  o.  adj.  Mun„\.r, 

Charcl.T,lle. 

Campb.ll,  James  A.,  farmer  and  stocli  raiser,  b.  G^nes™  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1817 

Bnilej,  W.,  BulT«lo  sL,  rslired  f.rmcr,  b    Uil 

jbort.ush,  N.   H-i  ..  I'M;  p.  o.  .dj. 

add.  Mumfurd. 

Cburch.ille. 

Ed.on,  F  .  nhy.  .,„a  sur^-.,  b.  Cheshire,  X.  H.  ;  -.  1814  ;  p.  o.  add.  Scotlsville. 

,  it.,  furnier,  b.  B.'rkshire  co., 
ey,  Mrs.  V.,  UulTalo  St.,  b.  Hil 


S.,  f»i 


X.  H. 


add.  CI 


;anroe  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1859;  p.  o.  add.  B-^r?*'n. 
Kefarj,  J.  I.,  furmir,  b.   LiTin^ston  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1848;  p.  o.  udd.  Clifton-Monroe. 
Lurtot,  E.,  Main  .t.,  ^eilion  master  N.  Y.  C.  i  U.  K.  K.  R ,  b.  St.  Peter,  Canada; 

t.  1847;  p.  o.  udd.  ChurchTille. 
Lil»»,  SL,  (krmer,  b.  Cambrid^ealiire  CO.,  England  ;  >.  1851 ;  p.  o.  add.  Cburch»ille. 
Xoule,  Jonathan  A.,  farmer,  b.  Ulster  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1847. 

Heszie,  J.,  retired  farmer,  b.  Montgomery  oo..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  181.5 ;  p.  o.  add.  Bergen. 
Jfenxie,  P..  farmer,  b.  Monro..  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  i.  I»;ll ;  p.  o.  add.  Borscn. 
Mowria,  W.,  Main  at,  paitor  St.  Vincent  de  Paul's  church,  Churcbville,  X.  Y.,  b. 

Seneoaco  ,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1875;  p.  o.  udd.  Churchville. 
ParrWh,  F..  Bufalo  St.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1827;   p.  o.  add.  Bergen. 
Plainer,  C.  A.,  farmer,  b.  .Monro.,  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1817;  p.  o.  ndj.  Churchville. 
Perry.  D.,  farmer,  b.  FairUelJ  co.,  C..nn.  ;  s.  1,'<41  ;  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
Pllmw,  W.  L  ,  M;un  St.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  a.  18!0  ;  p.  o.  add.  Church- 

Tille. 
Tmriak,  P.  X.,  Main  St.,  wholesale  produce  and  coal  dealer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  T. ;  a. 

1833;  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
Eichairds,  J.  U.,  farmer,  b.  .M..nroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  ».  18.-J8  ;  p.  o.  add.  Bergen. 
KedSern,  S.,  farmer,  b.  Cimbridge  CO..  Ku'^land  ;  s.  1832 ;  p.  o.  add    Ch""hville. 
Eiclnnond,  H.  E.,  -Main  at.,  sheriff  Monroe  CO.,  farmer  and  nurseryman,!).  Monroe 

CO.,  N.  Y.;  s.  ISr.';  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
Kajulall,  Ira  M.,  Buffalo  St.,  retired  mechanic  and  miller,  b.  Oneida  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s. 

1818;  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
8aT^«,  N  ,  Main  St.,  ret'd  farm.,  b,  Hartford  Co.,  Conn.  ;  s.  1816 :  p.  o.  add.  Chnrch- 


Smilh,  Mrs.  L.  K.,  Main  St.,  b. 
Snyder,  J.,  farmer,  b    Berne,  S 


X.  Y. ;  i.  1842:  p,  o.  add.  Churchv 
s.  18:2:  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
Uerkinierco.,  X.  Y. ;  ..  1S21:   p  o  add.  Church' 
e  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  3.  l^U  :   p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 
nroeco.,  X.  Y.  :  s    l.<15:   p.  o.  „.Jd.  Churchville 
CO.,  X.  Y. :  8.  !«J8;  p.  o.  add.  Churchville. 


Sage.  U    N.,  farmer,  b.  Monr.jeco.. 

Sprajne,  W.  K  ,  farmer,  b.  Monroe 

Savage,  G.,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  CO., 

8bep«J,  C  ,  farmer,  b.  Monn.a  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18.;7. 

SouUmayd,  8.,  farmer,  b    Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1817;  p.  o.  add.  Clifton-Monroe. 

Shep«rd,  O..  farmer,  b.  Monn.*  co.,  X.  Y.  :  s.  1833;  p.  o.  add.  Bergen. 

Stiiltle,  P.  W.,  farmer,  b.  M.mroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1-21:   p.  o.  add.  Clifton-Monroe. 

Tenney,  Mrs.  P.,  farmer,  b.  Essei  co.,  .V.  Y   :  s    1,^17  ;   p.  o.  a.ld.  Clirt,.n-Monroe. 

TuUar,  H.,  refd  farm.,  b.  Btrkshire  co.,  iUs'  :  s    1818:  p.  o.  adj.  Xorth  Chili. 

Tosro,  Mrs,  C,  Buflalo  st,  b,  Caledonia  o.,  Vl  ;  s.  1816  ;   p.  o,  aJJ.  Churchville. 

Turner,  Mrs    L.  B.,  Buffalo  St.,  ret'd  farm.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  1S27  ;  p.  o.  adi 

Churchville. 
•Wilkinson,  J.,  farmer,  b.  Livingston  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1839. 
'Widencr,  Mrs.  C.   W.,  farmer,  h.   Monroe  co  ,  X     Y.  ;  s.  I&iO;  p    o.  add.  Clifloi 


Wilcox,  G.  W.,  fan 

■WJUrd.  Z.,  BuUMo 

CburcbviUo. 


,  b.  Gei 


^V^II E ^  T  L ^^ :N^  D. 

AlUn,  Oliver,  president  of  State  Line  R.  R.,  innfr.  woolen  i;w~ls  and  double  citra 

Genesee  Bour,  b.  Monr.je  co..  X.  Y'..  1821;  p.  o   odd.  Mumf.jrd. 
Annstrwng,  ArvhibaKI,  furmor,  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.,  18.'/0;  p.  o.  mid.  .Mumford. 
Annstttwig,  Mrs.  Minerva,  larmer,  b.  Madison  co.,  X.  Y.,  1856  ;    p.  o.  add.  Clifton. 
Broitn,  D    D  S  ,  puliii^her,  b.  Ontario  Co.,  X.  Y..  1842  ;  p.  o,  «dj.  Scotlsville. 


Ensign.  George,  rttir.:J,  b.  Berkihir.',  Mass.  j  s.  ISUi ;  p.  o.  add.  Scoll 
Garbutt,  P.,  farm,  ran  1  super.,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X'.  Y.,  1844;  p.  o.  jidd.  r 
Garbult,  P..  R  .  lar^ii,-r,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.,  1810;  p.  o.  add.  ScotlaviUt 
Gillman,  Alb.-rt  II  ,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  o.,  X.  Y..  1823  ;  .Mumford. 
Gray,  B  ,  fari.ur,  b,  MaJison  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1810;  p.  o.  add.  Mumford. 
Oalusha,  Lcara,  jarj.-m'r,  b.  Green  CO.,  X.  V.;  s.  1830;  p.  o.  add.  Sc.tl 
Howe,  Wm.  J.,  M  D.,  phvs.  and  sur-g.,   b.   Erie  co„    X.   Y'. ;    s.   187 


Scottsville. 
Hall,  Henry  L.,  farmer  and  deal 

p.  o.  add.  Sc.luvillo. 
Harmon,  W.  H-,  farmer,  b.  Genes( 


imple.,  b.  Mo 


.X.Y.;s    18'22;  p. 
Tyrone  Co.,    Irela 


Lawson,  Benj    F.,  farmer,  b.  Ulster  Co.,  X    Y.  ;  s.  1807;  p.  o  adj.  .Mumt.ird. 

McVean,  Mrs.  A.,  retired,  b.  Rutland  co,,  Vt.  ;  •.  1815;  p.  o.  add.  Scotlsville. 

Martin,  K.,  farmer,  b.  Uonsselaer  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  ».   1817;  p.  o.  add.  Scotlsville. 

Manin,  Jame..  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  V.,  18:30;   p.  o.  adj.  ScitlSMlle. 

McVean,  Camer.jn,  farmer,  b.  .^fonrneco.,  X.  Y.,  1328;  p.  o   add.  ScotL-villo. 

JlcPherson,  D.  C,  farmer,  b.  Genesee  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s,  \%V, ;  p,  o.  add   S.j.>ltsvillc. 

Miller,  Myron,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1835 ;  p.  o.  add.  Sctt^ville. 

McVean,  j.  C,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1S2I  ;  p.  o.  add.  So.ltsville. 

JlcVean,  Malcolm,  proprietor  of  the  old  Carpenter  flouring  ir.iils,  wholesale,  rcUiil. 
and  cufloni  work,  b.  M.mroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  16;!.! ;  p.  o.  add.  Scusville. 

McPhcrson,  P.tcr,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1819;  p.  o.  add.  Jlumford 

McPherson,  .Mrs.  Catharine,  farmer,  b.  Pcrlhihire,  Scot.  ;  s.  1816  ;  p.  o.  add.  .Mum- 
ford. 

Morgon,  .Mi's  Lucy,  retired,  b.  Monr.ie  c....  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ISSC  ;  p.  o.  add.  Scoiisvillc 

Xicholls,  David,  carriage  and  wagon  manufactory,  b.  Upper  Can.TJa  ;  s.  1S53 ;  i).  o. 
add    Mur.,ro.J. 

Phillips,  Wm.,  hou^e  painter,  b.  London,  Eng.  ;  ..  1852;  p.  o.  add.  Mumford. 

Price,  Martin,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1814  ;  p.  o.  add.  ScultsviUe. 

Robinson,  A.  H.,  proprietor  of'Robin-on  H.iuse  and  veterinary  .-urg-on.  h.  Monroe 


X    Y 


ville. 


Rufferty,  \V.  ,5:  T.,  cnrria^'e  and  wagon  manufactory,  estahlishcd  in  1.810  by  Patr 
Rafferty,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1844;  p,  o,  add.  Scotlsville. 

Stewart,  D.  L.,  retired  educator,  b.  Montgomery  CO.,  X.  Y'.;  s.  liVi;  p.  o.  u 
Scottsville. 

Slocum,  Geo.  E.,  hardware  merchant,  b.  Onondaga  CO.,  X'.  Y. ;  s.  1813;  p.  o.  a 
Scotlsville. 

Stewart,  Daniel  A.,  farmer,  b.  Monr.w  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s,  1829;  p.  o.  ad.l.  Scottsvilie. 

Stokoe,  Thos.  A.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X    Y.  ;  s.  1830;  p.  o.  add.  ScolUvilie. 

Seofleld,  Ezra,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1822 ;  p  o.  add.  ScoUiville. 

Skinner,  Almond,  farmer,  b.  Upper  Canada;  s   1817;  p.  o.  add.  Scoltsvill,.. 

Scanlin,  D.  H.,  grocer,  etc.,  b.  Livingston  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.   1807;  p.  o.  aJJ.  Scoi 


Sage,  Henry,  farmer,  b.  ^lonr 

Smith,  Hiram,  proprietor  of  fl 

s.  1818;  p.  o.  add.  .Mun 

Tennent,  J.  C,  proprietor  of 


felch,    Wil 


:o.,  X.  Y.;  s.  1820,  p.  o.add.  Mumford. 
ing  mills  at  Honeoye  Falls,  b.  Oncidu  co.,  X'.  Y., 
d. 
steam  threshing  machines,  and  patentee  of  Ten- 
Mngston  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18.52;  p.  o.  add.  .Murafiird. 
;    3.   1818;    p.  o.  add.  Scolts- 


:ired  farmer,  b.  FairBeld,  Con 


d  farmer,  b.  Green  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1S03  ;  p.  o.  add.  Sco 
,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1826;  p.  o.  odd.  Sc 


Budlonj,  I.u>c,  cattle  grazie 

and  land 

owner,  b. 

Mon 

roo 

o.,  X.  Y., 

1829; 

p.  o. 

■Jd.  Si'ott.sville. 

Budlons,  Schuyler,  grazier  . 

nd   farmer 

b.   Monr< 

K   CO 

,  N. 

T.,   1825 

p.  o 

add. 

Burrell,  R..,-er  H,  farmer,  h. 

•ntario  co. 

X.  Y. :  s. 

18GG 

p.  o.  add.  Scoltsvill 

. 

Bollentine.Jol.n  K  ,  farmer  r 

tired.  b.V 

,rkco.,I>, 

:  8. 

813 

p  o.  a.ld 

Sc^ott- 

rille. 

Brown,  V.  l'.,farn,.r.  b    Mon 

roec...,  X. 

Y..  l.'*2l; 

p.  o. 

a.lJ. 

.Muml'.ir.l 

Blacktner,  Xewt„n,  farmer,  b 

.M..nr..e  co 

,  N.  v.,  1 

818: 

|.   o. 

n.l.l.   .Mum 

ford. 

Black,  S^iu.-I,  furii.,-r,  b,  'Mnr 

n.i.c.  .  X 

Y.,  I'^-'l 

P   " 

a.M 

.Mymf..rd 

Black,  Mrs    San, 11,. 1,  farm.-r.  h 

M..oroe  c 

.  .  X.  Y  . 

1'    ' 

add.  Mu. 

if.ird. 

Coi,Mrs.  .M.  M,,farm  ,  b,  1:,h 

klandc.  , 

X  J.:  s 

"17  ; 

,1.1.1.   S.ot 

•Tillc. 

1 

Coi,  Mrs.  A.,  farm  ,  1.,  Wrsl,' 

osier  CO., 

•>r.  Y. ,  .  1 

HJ-, ; 

p.  o 

nild.  ."cil 

ville. 

Croft,  Join,  nicr.  tuih.r,  b.  Y, 

rkshirc,   K 

g.  ;  >.  184 

";  I'- 

.1.  ,v..a«v 

lie. 

j 

Christie,  Hugh,  farmer,  b.  I'o 

ihMiirc,  S,. 

■  t.  ;  8.  1700;  p. 

o.  add.  Mumford. 

1 

CHILI. 

A-kin.  George,  retired  farmer,  b.  >(ayo.  Ireland;  s.  1826;   p,  o.  add.  Scoltsv 

Andrews,  Harvey  W.,  farmer,  b.  Uerk,hiiv,  .l[a«s.  :  s.  18'.'8. 

Andrews,  J.  X.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co,,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1830;  p  o.  add    Itochcter. 

Brown,  Anson,  farmer,  b,  Seneca  co,,  X.  Y,  ;  s.  1812. 

Brown,  Joseph,  farmer,  b.  M..nroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1827. 

Brown,  Mrs.  L.  A.,  b.  M..nr..,e  .-o,.  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1829. 

Brooks,  Lyman,  fanner,  b    Monroe  Co  .  X.  V.  ;  8    1813  ;   p.  o.  add.  R,.ehe..tcr 

Ballinline,  W  ilson  K  ,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  c.  ,  X    Y.  ;  s,  1814  ;  p,  o,  add.  .-^c. 

Brown,   Ljnian  S.,  farmer  and  assessor,  b.   Monroe  eo  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18:15:  p, 
Xor'lh  Chili. 

p.  o    add    .Sorth  I 


p.  o.add.  Cliflon. 
Campbell,  A.  U,,  farmei 


peace,   b,   Onta.-io  co 
Y.;  J.  1819;  p.  o.  add.  Chili  Centre. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


-  J.  ;  I.  ls2-i 


..rcnce,  5.  Y.  ; 

o.  .JJ,  RocliMler 
M.  N'vr-.b  Lhili. 


Cuo,  Uicti."-!  D  ,  f.rmor,  b.  Mnnr..oco.,  X.  Y.;  i.  1)«U;  p.  o.  «.ld.  X.irth  Chili. 
C«ry.r,  NiU..n,  ;'.irii,i-r.  b.  Lc»i.  c.  ,  S-  Y.  ;  •-  I'-vO;  p.  o.  nd).  ScolKville. 
C.e„r.  V,Ml.»n,,  f.rr,ur  jri.l  .-.-ot  of  .-r.  im,,!.mci.L.,  b.  L«wi,  CO.,  X.  Y.;  •.  IKO; 

Collini,  Ea»»rU  K.,  tcurc.  1  farmor,  V  S,:3mi  co  .  .V 
OirpenUr,  John   1!.,  f..rn,.r  »oJ  j<..-lice    of  !he   p, 

I8i);  p   a.  ».IJ.  l'...tl..-sl..r 
Dietrich,  Jacub,  r.rnier,  1.    .N-.rlh»mpton  co  .  Ponn 
D«.il,  Xornian,  f.rn.or.  b.  Ih.  n..ni;o  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;   , 
Franklin.  S^lu.non,  f,.riner,  b.  M-nrx  Co  ,  X    Y.  : 
r«ly,  Cbri-l^phtr,  r«rn.,:r  ni.d  miller,  b.    Moar>,e  co,;  X.  Y. ;  «.   UIO  ;  p.  o.  .dj. 

Korlh  Chili. 
y.llowi,  Benj.,min,  f.r,nor  .nd  .took  mijer,  b.  Jtoxroc  CO..  X.  T.  ;  ..  1837;  p  o.  .dd. 

Clifton-Monroe. 
r.IlowJ,  Wm..  f.rmer,  b.  Berksliire.  M»m.  ;  •.  IS-JT  ;   p.  o.  .dd.  Clifton. Monro.-. 
P.Uowj,  FreOcricl:,  f.ri.ier  and  iup«rvi>ur  of  Cbili,  b.   Ripley,   Indi«r.»;  •.  li2T  ; 

p.  o.  .dd.  Clifton-.Monroe. 
Gnjnendi-e,  J.-C|.h,  lurn.er,  b    Munroe  co,  X.  Y. ;  ..  183J;  p.  o.  »JJ.  Chili. 
Buff,  BerklfT,  fiirnier,  b-  ilonrne  co.,  X    Y. ;   ».  1*34. 
H.rmon,  E    U  ,  fnro.>:r,  b.  .M..„r,^co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  ISIJ;  Clilton-Monror. 
H»wlc.,  Edoriii  A..  f,.ri,icr,  b    M,mr.,«  Co.,  X.  Y.;  J.  IS-T  ;  p.  o.  add.  Xurlh  Chili. 
Hligh't,  John    U.,  blacksmilli,  b.  SaraUga  CO..   X.  Y. ;  «.    1841;  p.  o.  «dd.    Xorth 

Chili. 
Hubbard,  l:.   P  ,  farmer  and  grain   raiser,  b.  Soliiburj,  Conn.  ;  %.  1832;  p.  o.  add. 

North  Chili. 
Ho»ell,  J.  B.,  f.nner.  Oran;-^  co  ,  X.  T. ;  !    ia'.3  ;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  Chili. 
Howard,   E.   E  .  grn.   merchant  and   p.  m.,  b.   Jlonroe,   X.  Y. :  >.   1817;  p.  o.  add 

Cllflon-JIonroc. 
HaroK.n,  Anaun.farnKT,  b.  M^isonco,  X.  Y.  ;  ».  ISII;  p.  o.  add.  Clifton-Monroe. 
Uorton,  Alfred,  farmer  and  projuco  dealer,   b.  WMtcbester,  X.  Y.  ;  >.  1837;  [    U. 

add.  Cliflon-Munroe. 
King,  A.  H..  farni.r  and  malnter,  b.  Monroe  CO  ,  X.  T.  ;  f.  1823;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth 

Chili. 
Krenier,  Theodore,  farmer,  b.  Anony.  Ger.  ;  t.  IV.I-  p.  o.  lid.  ScottsTille. 

Lodcr,  E    A.,  fjrnier,  b    Wyoming  Co.,  X'.  W  ;  j.  I«;;6 :  p.  o.  add.  Ilochester. 
Morgan,  Geo,  \V.,  far 


,  b.  31 . 


X.  Y. 

'the  pe 


M..n 


Beed,  E.  J.,  farmer,  b    M  .nro 
Eoben.,  B    T.,  preacher  and  r 

North  Chili. 
Handle,  Jo„-pl,,  farmer,  h.  Be 
Sherry,  Myron,  farmer,  b  .M. 
Smith,  E.  A.,  f.rmer,  b.  Mon; 
Sererance,  H.  1'^,  farmer,  b.  : 
ScTernnce.  S.  O.,  farmer,  b.  F 
Striker,  John,  farmer,  b.  Mon 
SquirM,  \V,Miam  P.,  farmer  « 
Stollle,  Kinzy,  farmer,  b.  Sen 
Sheffer,  Peler,  retired  larm-r. 

StoUle,  Jo-eph,  farmer,  b.  \(,.nr..c  Co.,  X.  Y.  :  t    1M3. 
Sbelden,  Benj.,  relired  firmer,  b.  Berkshire,  M^^s.  ;  ■.  I.«22; 
Sammonj,  C,  farmer,  b.  Mont-.niery  co.,  X.  Y. ;  5.  1W8;  p.  o.  add.  Xorth  ChiU 
Iftuart,  Eli,  farmer,  b    Sullivan  Co.,  X.  Y*.  :  ■.  15'i7;  p.  o.  add.  Xorta  Chili. 
■Walker,  Charif!  X-,  firmer,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.  ;  •.  183'J. 
Woodward,  Joseph,  farmer,  b  Seneva  c<'.,  X.  Y. ;  t.  1811  ;  p  o.  add.  Xorth  Chil 


•e,  Eni  :  9    1S-T-. :  p   n.  add    Chili  Centre. 

:o,  X.  Y.;  .    I-:J:  p.  o.  add.  Chili. 

.;  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1S4-.':   p.  o.  add.  licoiuville. 

■oi-o..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  IfIG;  p.  o.  add.  ScottsTille. 

,n  CO.,  Man  :  .«.  IS^IS;  p.  o   add    Scoltitille. 

..,  X.  Y.;  J.  Isia. 

wn  clerk  of  Chili,  b.  Seneem  Co.,  X.  T.  ;  J.  18C0. 

...X.  Y   :   1.  1W7. 

unroo  CO  ,  X.  Y   :  .   1797:  p   o.  add.  ScottiviUe. 

CO.,  X.  Y. :  t.  1M3. 

lerkihire,  M^^s.  ;  ■.  I.«22;  p.  o.add.  Xorth  Chili. 


Day,  Elknnah,  farmer,  b.  Catli 
D.jdi,  Robert,  milUrit-lit,  b. 
EJ-on.  Emtiioin  J.,  farii.in.,-,  I 
Ed-on.  Phin.,  farmi..;,-,  b.  Sful 
yield,  Reuben  L,lar,„ini;. up 
Gardner,  Jolin,  reCir.  d  fHriii,  r, 
Gordon,  Ely,  farmer  and  fruu- 


us  CO,  X.  Y. ;  >.  1871. 

re»«l,ire.  Scotland;  •    ISOO. 

»U.'n  CO.,  X.  Y.  :  V  IS.-.J;  p.o.  add    .«;,eneerport 

IV,  X.  Y.  ;   *•  IH'.o;    p.  o.  add.  Sivncern..rt. 

r.r|,b.  Burry,  .Mith.  ;  s.  1813;  p.o.ii.ld.  U-tlo^ter 

r.  I..  Alle-^'iny,  N.Y. ;  ».  lSii7  ;  p.o.add.  lU  lie.ier 


Armttrons.  ChM,  farmer,  b.  Ononda.,'.!  CO.,  X    Y. ;  »   I82I;  p.  o.  sdd.  CoUNaler. 
Ami'tron;,  JaniM,   farmer  and  fruit-jn.wcr,  b.  Calloway-liire,  -Srolland  ;  •.  18:13; 

p.  o.  ndd.  R.<he,ler. 
Arnold,  Umr,  n  B  ,  dairy  conlribilt..r  to  \',c  Vork  Tnhtn,,  and  triter  and  lecturer 

on"  Dairy  Ilu-landry,'    b.  Herkimer  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  J.  \>:i;  p    .  add    P,..cbejter. 
Boo«li,  Myn.n  X'  ,  rr.iil-sr.iwcr  and  milk  denier,  b.  Genexe  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  lS.r.>;  p.  o. 

•dd.   Itovhr.ler. 
Baker,  John  E.,  farmer,  nurjerymun,  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Wayne  cf  .  X   T. ;  i.  18C9. 
Booth,  Wn,  ,  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Onurlo  c"..  X.  Y.  ;  i.  18.-J). 
Beckwlth,  Kranei.  X  ,  ex-depuiy  .bcr.tt-  Mo.iroe  co,  b.  Marawajco,  Me  ;  «   181J ;  p.  o. 

..Id    K.a.he.l.r. 
Brier,  Henry,  farn..  r  and  M.K:k  rai.ing,   b.  Monr.-  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  1840;  p.  o.  add. 

Coldwater. 
Con«r,  I--  H  ,  farmer,  b.  \t.»nroe  m  ,  X,  Y. ;  ^    I«27;  p  o.  add.  Spt-ncerport. 

Chauncer,  Aio.dia  II  .  far r.  I.    Uartn.rd,  Corn  ;  i.  IfU. 

Curry,  John  C,  farmer,  b    Monroe  co  .  X.  V. :  l    1870;    p  o.  add    Reehe«ter. 
Caudle,  Win.,  rarmer  an.l   milk  dealer,  b.  Ol.HJccitenhir--,   England;   •    1801  ;   p.  o. 

.dd.  K.s:he.|er,  boi  .jl. 
Cwnpbcll,  Jaiiiel  K.,  ckik  .Monro«cu.  Bank. 


Gerald,  C.rley,  faroo:r,  b.  Wiud-or,  Vl. ;  ..  ISoL 

li.rd.  r,  Mary  J.,  farniiug,  b   <ariito|,ii  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  1.  ISOl ;  p.  o.  add.  Sculh  Gate*. 
Huff,  David  C  ,  larioin,-,  b    Monroe  c.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1827 ;  p.  o.  add.  South  Gale>. 
Hart.  Job,  rarMiin-,b.  Seliene,  lady  CO.,  X.  Y.;  l.  182.;;  p.  o.  odd.  South  Gale- 
Hart!  Selh,  furn.ini.-.  b.  S.liei,eaa.ly  CO  ,  X.  Y.;  l.  IS2U;  p.  o.  add.  Souih  Gale,. 
Hiekok,  Huldah,  farnii.i.,-.  b   (ireena  C",.  X.  Y.  ;  >.  1808;  p.  o.  add.  Spencerport. 
Harder,  Ruisell  A.,  farmm-  uiidjuslico  of  the  peace,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  ».  1837; 

p.  o.  add.  Soulh  Gates. 
Jones,  Reuben,  farmin.-,  b.  Cayuu  Co.,  X.  T.;  t.  1825. 
Kl.inhenc.  John,  farmin-,  b.  Bavaria,  Gcnimny  ;  ,.  1810. 
M^cauley,  Ko^iie  A.,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  .-o..  X.  Y.;  s.  18.;0. 

Merrel!,  Charles,  milk  d..aler.  b.  South  Leo,  Conn.  ;  ..  1^73;   p.  o.  add.  R>.  hosier. 
Morgan,  John  C,  niiik  dealer,  b.  Ontario  ,,..,  X.  Y.  ,  s.  ISiU;  p.  o.  add.  Roeiiesler. 
Munn.  John   P.,  plivMcian  and  sur-con.  b.  Monroe  eo.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  IS47;  p.  o.  add. 


McCartney.  X.,  farming,  b    .\nuim,  Ireland;  i.  liSVl;  p.  o.  add.  .South  Grceci 
Olni.ted.  Geo.  F..  farmer  and  inilk  dealer,  b.  Gei.e,eo  co..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1ST2. 
Perry,  W.  b.,  farnicr  and  milk  de.der.  b.  Genesee-  -,..,  X.  Y. ;  s.  ISCO. 
Patten,  Eduard  S..  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Onlario  co.,X.  Y. ;  s.  1834  ;  p. 

K.K:heslcr. 
Pratt.  Henry  M..  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  East  Iladdcn.  Cona. ;  i.  18-jC. 
Pivley,  J.,hn  L.,  farmer,  b.  Oneida  Co..  X.  Y'. ;  J.  ISIS ;  p.  o.  add.  Eoehe.-ler. 
Paige,  Cha-.  B  .  farmer,  b.  Ontario  eo.,  X.  \.  ;  s.  1801  ;  p.  o.  add.  K.«-hrster. 
Rhode's.  Jane,  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Oneida  co..   .V.  1'.;  i.   ISId;  p.  o 


linds,  b.  Me 


N.  H.  ;  1.  ISGo; 


BiTera.  Edward  A.,  mnfr.  of  sash,  do 

p.  o.  add.  U,.che>ler. 
r~i6.  11.  C.  f.r:,.o.-,  I,.  :do.-.,-..o  Co.,  X.  T.  ;  5.  ISM;  p.  o.  idJ.  CoId,.aler. 
Rowe,  Frederick  .A.,  farmini,  b    Monroe  Co.,  X.  \.  ;  s.  1814;  p.  o.  add.  Roclieslor. 
Spcrry,  Caltin.  fanning,  b.  Onlario  eo.,  X    T. ;  ».  182.i;  p.  o.  add.  Rochester. 
ijtutt   John,  farmer,  b.  3Ionroc  co..  X'.  \  .  ;  3.  1848. 
Slrowger.  Loui--»  S.,  mu-ic  teacher,  b.  Monr.«  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  I&10. 
Smallev.  Aurelia  M.,  farmer,  b.  Jefferson  co  .  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1833;  p.  o.  add.  Rochester, 


:  31j 


.  Cold. 


Smith.  Jlrs.  Jlario,  farmer,  b.  Washinsion  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  «.  1833;  p. 

Tuttie,  Miles,  poitni:iiter  Gates,  b.  Monioc  co  .  X.  Y  ;  !.  18-12. 

Trimmer,  Elliott  ¥.,  pump  manufacturer,  b.  Monro.:  Co..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1843  ;  p.  o.  add. 

Rochester. 
Todd.  Allen  D.,  farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Monro.  CO.,  X.  T.  ;  I.  1841  ;  p.  o.  .dd. 

South  Greece 
Wetmore,  M.  C,  farmer,  b.  Oneida  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  ..  1826;  p.  o.  add.  Rochester. 


GREECE. 

Atwcll,  Lyman,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Albany  Co.,  X.  Y'.  ;  .'.  1841 ;  p 
o.  add.  Spcnccrport  , 

Allen,  Simon  V.,  Greece,  farmer  and  gardener,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1844  ;  p.  a. 
add.  Ch.rlolle. 

Agness,  John,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Green   Island.  Canada;  ].  ISil  ;  p.  o.  o-id.  Xorth 


Burrow,  Henry,  Gre 

I         Baldwin,  A.  K  ,  Clia 

Orange  Co.,  V 

1         Button.  Lym;in.  Grc 


Ilanip.liire,  England; 


Gre,a-e,  farming,   b.  Clinton  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.    18.-.0;  p.  o.  a.ld    V 
II,  Greece,  farming,  b.  Washington,  co,  P^  I.;  s.  18J4  ;  p   o. 


Brown,  Jfrs.  Kleeta,  Gr. 


Vt. ;  i.  183.-, ;  p.  o.  add.  Xo 


I         Brown,  Jfrs.  K 

Crreec. 
j         BurRcr,  John,  Greece,  farming,  b.  Columbia  eo  .  X.  Y.  ;  l.  1820;  p.  o.  add.  Xorll 

Bulger.  Michael.   Greece,  fanner  nnd   fruil-grower,  b.  Monroe  Co..  X.  Y. ;   ■    l'-"-' 

p.  o.  ndd.  .North  tjreeec. 
Boland,   Peter,  Greece,  farmer  and   fniil-growcr,  b.  Germany;  l.   18',i;   p    o.  ad.i 

North  Parnm 
Butts.  Daniel,  (;ree,.e,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Northampton  CO.,  P..  ;  ■■  If" 

p.  o.  ..Id.  Xorth  (Jree.c. 
Bradford,  Curl,  y,  Grrc-.-e.  farmer,  b.  M,.nroo  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;   J.  I8ia  ;  p    o.  add     .Sen 

Greece. 
Burrer,  Ge.,rg.  H.,  Jr.,  Greece,  sawyer,  b.  Monro.  «.,  N.  Y. ;  a.   ISii;  p.  «■  ••!■' 


HISTORY  OF  JIONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Beitr,  Jora-s  B  ,  Greece-,  farmer  and  fruit-gr 

'  p.  0.  aiJ.  iiounl  He-id. 
Beaty,  Thomi^s  0'e«:e,   farmer  anj  fruil-gr, 

p,  <..  add.  Mount  Ke,..i. 
Bucklej,  Keruo,  Grcore,  farmer  and  fruit-gn 

p.  o.  add.  Mount  KeaJ. 
Britton,  Alexander,  Greef'c,  farmer,  prop,  hoi 

CO.,  N.Y.;  ..  I8I0. 
Butts,  Simon.  Oreec**,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  if.^nro 
Budd,  Jolin  O.,  Grccoc,  farmer  and  fruit-k-rower,  b.  Mcnr 
Bradley,  Stimuei  B,,  Greece,  retired  physician,  b.  Oneida 

add.  West  Greece. 
Britton,  A.  P.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fniit-~rower,  b    ifonni 
Crai^,  Charles,  Chnrlnlte,  prop.  Craig  House,  b.  Nortbum 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Cole,  S.  S  ,  Charlotte,  mason,  b.  Northumberland,  Canada 

lotle. 
Carpenter,  Abdi.1l  B.,  Greece,  retired  physician,  b.  Ontaric 

add.  North  Greece. 
Chase,  Isaac  N.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Mc 

p  o  add.  North  Greece. 
Crook,  John,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Somersetshire,  England  ; 


,  b.  Fermanagh,  Ireland;  ».  18iO; 
•,  b-  Monro*  CO.,  N.Y.;  s.  18.'3  ; 
,  b.  King's  CO.,  Ireh.nd;  s.  1818; 
t  RochMtiir  forty  years,  b.  Oneida 


),  Pa.;  s.  182.-..' 
o.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  18ID. 
-N.  Y. ;  3.  IS-JO;  p. 


N  Y, 


1S21. 


!.  18ns  i  p.  o.  add.  Char- 
■o.,N.  Y.;  !.  18i7;  p  o. 
roe  CO.,  N.T.  ;  i.  1853; 
18o3  ;  p.  o.  add.  North 
Monaghan,  Ireland  ;    i. 


Connelly,   William.   Greece,   farmer 

1829 ;  p.  o.  add.  Mount  P.ead. 
Combs,  Geo.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Worcestershire,  England  ;  «.  I83I. 
Clark,  Georgia  M.  (joint  record  with  Mrs    J.  True^Jale),  Greece,  dress-matter,  b. 

Monroe  co.,  N.  V. ;  s.  1317 ;  p.  o.  add.  We--t  Greece. 
Chase,  William  H.,  farming,  b    Jt.mroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  J.  1856 ;  p.  o.  add.  West  Greece. 
Denise,  D.  S.,' Charlotte,  farmer,  b.  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J.  ;  s.  1830  ;  p.  o.  add.  Char. 


Denise,  Edgar  A.,  Charlotte,  dealer  in  groce 

«.  18o3 ;  p.  o.  add.  Ciiarlotte. 
Donaldson,  Gci>.  H  ,  Charlotte,  propr.  Stets. 

p.  o.  add    Chariot, e 
Downing,  Francis  T.,  Charlotte,  builder  ai 

1818;  p.  o.  add.  Ciiarlotte. 
Dann,  Bradley  F.,  Spencerport,  farmer,  and  propr  of  Dunn  House,  summe 

Lake  Ontario,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s    1830;  p.  o.  add.  Speocerpo 
Ducolan,   K.  S.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.   Jlonroe  co,  N.  Y 


rkery.  etc.,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. ; 
.,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.Y.;s.  18J8; 
actor,  b.  Cornwall,  England  ;  3. 


DaTcy,   Daniel,  Gi 

18C-'. 
Eaton,  Joshua,  Charlotte,  deal) 

18-19  ;  p.  o.  add.  Chariot! 
East,  Thomas,  Charlotte,  butc 

land;  t.  13.>);  p.  o   add    Charlotte. 
Fergu8<'n,  Alexander,  Charlotte,  d>alor  in  st 

Lawrence  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  137-1 ;  p.  o   a 
Flemming,  Joseph,  Greece,  fanner  and  fruit 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Filer,  William  T.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Otsegi 

Greece. 
Flemming,  Patrick,  Greece,  farmer  and   f 

1810;  p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Fry,  John,  Greece,  gardener  and  florist,   b 

Hanford's  Liinding. 
Filer,  Philip,  Gr.'ccc.  gardener  and  froit-grc 
Gentle,  Willi.m.  T.  (j.unl  rc^.,rd  <«ilh  Pi— .nti,  <;re..-ce 

postmaster,  b.  Mi.nr.io  co.,  N.  V.  ;  s.  1807. 
Galle  /,  Francis,  Greece.  iV.rnier  and  fruit-gn.wcr.  assi 

conlnli^3ione^  of  hi:;hway-«,  b.  Clare,  Irclund  ;  s. 
Garrett,  Simon  \.  J.,  Greece,  ninfr.  and  doahr  in  ag 

N.  Y. ;  «.  1842;  p.  o.  add.  North  Greece. 
OarI.)ck,  Elisha,  Charlotte,  furnicr,  b.  Slontgouiery  t 


18.30; 

Uer  and   stock  dealer,  b.  Somersetshire,  England ;    s. 

ores  and  plumbago,  b.  Ilillsboro',  N.  H.  ;  I. 

etable  and  ice  dealer,  b.  Oxfordshire,  Eng- 

in  stoves,  ranges,  tinware,  and  pumps,  b.  St. 
o   a.ld.  Charlotte 

ir,  b.  King-SCO.,  Ireland;  «.  1837; 

X.  Y. ;  >.  18C5 ;  p.  o.  add.  North 

•ower,  b.   King',  co.,  Ireland;   s. 

tx,  England;  s.   ia37;  p.  o.  add. 


P..<:liesterco,  NY.;  5.181' 
'■•ce,  propr.  Kid-'e  Hotel,  and  u 


N.  Y 


18.33 


:ino,  II  ,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  ISU. 
Synn,  Wni.  S,,  Gr.c-e,  farmer,  asst.  surveyor  from  'oC  to  '(»2,  city  so 

,  N.  Y.;  s.  IMU;  p.  o.  add.  B-irnurds  Cr 

ssemblyman  third  district  of  Monroe,  b. 

).  add    Kochester. 

a<tor  of  the  Uoly  Crosf  church,  b.  Yal 


from  C9  to  '7G,  b.  So-ub.-i 
Glass,  Henian,  Gp'.-cc,  farmer,  i 

•elaer  co  ,  N.  Y.  ;  s  1»M 
Hendrick,  P.cv.  T.   A.,  Chariot 


N.  Y. 


,  1873;  p. 


e,  piiSln 


1,  F.II.  Gr.-e, 
p.  o.  add.  No 
'!.  W  .rh;,o.  W 


dry  goods,  groceries,  etc, 

;s.  lS17;p.o.add.  North 
ainptc>iu.h>re.    England; 

b.   Monrtie  Co..  N  X  ;    1 

rer,  b   Monroe  cr-.,  N.  Y,  ; 


Johnson.  Cordelia,  Greece,  propr.  Johnsons  Hotel,  b.  Genesee  co.,  N.  •* 

p  o.  add.  North  trreece. 
Kirk,  Henry,  Greece,  carpenter  and  joiner,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  18.i3 


,  Greece,  farming,  b.  Sene. 


,  N.  Y. 


182.'; ;  p.  o.  add.  JIo 


and  supervi-or,  b.  King's  Co.,  Ireland  : 
.  propr.  Ljittu  Hou>e,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  > 


tel,  b.  Ro-stock,  Germany;  3.  18i;r  ; 
,  N.  Y.;  !.  1818;   p.    o.  add. 


1851  ;  p.  o.  add. 


Kent^,  Mrs. 
Read. 
Kishlar,  (lilbort  L,  0 
Kishl.r,  Jam".  J,  Cn 
Kinyon,  C.  B  ,  Greece 

Larkin,  Peter,  Greece, 
Latta,  Mortimer  D  ,  L 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Lawrence,  Ilonry,  Charlotte,  propr.  U 

p   o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Lockwood.  Wharton  J.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Moi 

Charlotte. 
Lewis,  Delos  W.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Otsego  co.,  N.  Y. ;  i.  1330;  p.  o.  add, 

Greece. 
Lane,  Samuel  T,,  Greece,  farmer,  b.   .Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.   1819;  p. 

North  Greece. 
Ling,   Benjamin,  Greece,   farmer  and  milk  dealer,  b.  Norfolk,  England;  i 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Long,  Stephen,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  German 

Charlotte. 
Lowden,  Wm.  H.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.  ;  3.  IfCiO; 

p.  o.  add.  North  Greece. 
Lowden,  John  il..  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  ilonroa  co  ,  N.  Y. ;  s.  18.35 ; 

p.  o.  add.  North  Greece. 

.litprower,  b.  .Monroe  co,,  N.  Y. ;  3.  1«22. 

r  of  Kochester  '70  and  '71,  alderman  from  '57  to   03. 

millwrighting  twenty-seven  years,  farming,  b.  AVurtembftrg.  Germany;   s. 

1835  ;  p.  o.  add.  Box  517,  Rochester. 
Lee,  George  11.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.;  s.  1825;  p.  o.  add   B..s  CD'J, 

R~,he-ler. 
Maurice,  R.v.  J.  .M.,  Greece,  pastor  of  the  .Mother  of  Sorrows,  b.  Brittany,  Fnince; 

».  18 V»;  p.  o.  add.  Mount  Read. 
Moore,  Henry,   Greece,   farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b,  Monnaa  co.,   N.  Y. ;  3.   1825; 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Markham.  Willard,  Greece,   farmer  and   fruit-grower,  b.   Livingston  Co.,   N.  Y.; 

I.  1811;  p.  o.  add.  North  Greece. 
McGuire,  Wm.  J..  Gn-ece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y. ;  3    1S31 ; 

p.  o,  add.  Mount  P-cad. 
Murray,  William,  Greece,  farming,  b.  Ontario  co.,  N.  Y.;  s.  1837  ;  p.  o.  add   .-^juth 

Mitchell,  Frank  J.,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Monroe  co.,  N.  Y.  :  s.  !S5.5. 
Myers,  Wra.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Herkimer  co.,   N.  Y.  ;  s.   1832;  p.  o.  add.   North 

Greece. 
Mitchell,  William,  farmer,  b.  England  ;  s.  1842. 
Newcomb,  Henry  B.,  Charlotte,  retired,  b   Hartford  co.,  Conn.;  s.  1800;  p  o.  add. 

Charlotte. 
Northr\iup,Jo.-..'ph,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  h.  Schoharie  co.,  N.  Y. ;  s.  IS2'>; 

p.  o.  add.  North  Greece 
OdcU,  K.  P.,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Hillsboro',  N.  H.  :  5.  I8'J5;  p.  o.  add.  North  Greece. 
Phillips,  Simon,  Greece,  retired,  b.  Charlton  Village,  .Mass. ;  s.  1338;  no.  add.  \V,3t 

Paine,  John.  Greece,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Wnshin-,-lon  Co.,  N.  Y'.  ;  s.  1837; 

p  o.  add    W,-st  Greece. 
Piggott,  John,  Greece,  propr.  I'.idgo  Hotel,  and  postmaster  at  Greece,  b.  Lanca-hire, 

Engh.nd  ;   6.  ISl^S. 
Patterson.  WilUnni,  Urcc-ce.  farmer,  b.  C^rk,  Indand  ;  s.  1820;  p.  o.  add.  Burn:.rd'i 


Por 


.  H.,  r.n 


wer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  N.  Y.; 
er,  b.  King'3  co.,  Irel  ind  ; 


Rigney,  Palricl.-,  Grce.-e,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b. 

p.  o.  add.  Charlotte. 
Rickman,  Arlloir  E.,  Greece,  farmer,  h.  Su<,=ex.  Knjiand  :  s.  1819. 

Rauber.  Frederick   1{.,  Greece,  pastor  of  St.  .John  llio  Evangeli-t  churcli,  I' 

CO  ,  N.  Y.  ;  3.  1851. 
Reynohl5,  Michael,  Greece,  farm.r  and  rriiil.-rower,  b.  AL.nroo  co  ,  N.  Y. 

add.  H..cli.',t.r. 
Speer,   Ferrin,    Greece,    farmer,  b.    Jl.mroc  co.,  N.  Y.  ;   3.  1815;    p.  o.  ad 

Greece. 
Skinner,  U..-«ell  15  ,  Braddock's  Bay.  ;.rnpr.  hotel,  and  hunting  and    flsli-r 

owner  of  5-h-p..n.l  .lock.-.|  with  .,  .-cMed  tro4it  an.l  gold  liih,  b.  .Mt 

S.  Y   ;  »    1819;  p.  o.  add.  N'r.rth  I'arma. 


316 


HISTORY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY.  NEAV  YORK. 


8pr«fTj?,  Tho».  T.,  firw!ca,  furnior,  b   OrLiina 

8ehaTl,-r,  K.chtl,  Gr»..-».  r»pnior  .rl  fruit  :; 

p.  o.  .JJ.  Barn.rJ'i  Cru,sin«. 
8lr»ub,  Jchn,  Cn^.-c'.  r.n.irr  .nj  fruie-L-rowt 
Thwcnps-jn  Upu3  ,  fh-trl.ntf.  C:irfra^e  ni»keri  ■< 

18.;»  ;  p.  o.  .dJ.  Clu,rl..tij. 
Todd,  Dnvid,  Grerc.-,  fnrnirr  »nd  fru.t-:;rowop 
TooownJ,  J«ie.  i;n.-«f,  retired  fjrnier,  b.  1)< 

North  Greece. 
Tucker,  Jani^  3L,  (iroi-tT?,  furiner  and  fniit-5 

p.  o.  add.  >".irih  i'trr-fct. 
TroMd-lf,  Mr..  J.nic  T.,  Gr^e,  farnicr,  b.  Jl..nr.e  co. 

West  Grt^c. 
Todd,  O.  W..  Grr«e,  f.rm.r  and  fruit-crowcr,  b.  Minro 

«dd.  Xo.  !■.•  Phclpi  avenue,  R.jcli.-,tfr. 
Cptoo,  E.   M.,  Cli»rl..ne,  commissi.. n  and   lumber  dcalc 

mO;  p    o.  .Jd.  Cbarlulte. 
Van  Voorhii,  Jobo,  Grw;».e,  farmer,  b.  Uergen  eo.,  X.  J 


Viek,  Jo«eph,  Creeee,  floriil 

p.  o.  add.  Biirnird'i  Crmsi 

WiWer,  Mrs.  A.,  Cb»rlutu,  farm. 
lolle. 

WattetJ,  Kary  R.,  Churlotle,  re 
Cbarli'tte. 

Wilkiiuon,  Elun  G.,  Greete,  farmer,  b.  Le' 


b.  Orle, 

CO.,  X.  Y.  :  ..1812; 

nro«co.,  X.  Y  ;  •.  li 

;alcr,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.;  l. 

add.  Wcat 

d   5«d-gro-er,   b.    Hampshire,    England;    t.    IMo ; 

Oui-^o  CO,  X.  Y.;  t  1819;  p.  o.  add.  Cbar- 

„  b.   Monroe  eo.,  X.  Y. ;  J.  184.5;  p.  o.  add. 

X.  T. ;  f.   1852  ;  p.  o.  add.  We.1 

iier  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Oneida  co.,  X.  Y. ; 

Ontario  co.,  X.  Y. ;  1.  1821 ;  p.  o.  add.  South 

1870  ;  p.  o.  add.  Xurth 


1801  i   p.  0.  add.  Ch.r- 

Sranlon,  Ch.rl-.  II  ,  farmer  a. id  ic-  dcilcr,  b.  Cleveland.  Ohio;  i.  1SJ5;  p   0.  aJJ 

R..cl,e-ter. 

a.c  co.X.  J-;  1.13:3; 

SUnf.n.  Gour-o,  furmer,  b    >[..nr..a  eo  ,  X.  Y. :  «.  1312;   p.  0.  add,  lt.«.-h«ter. 

Titui.O.  W  ,  nLHPkel  KurJ<-ner.  b.  Oini.d.i.  1-  lb:;.!;p  0.  „dd.  Kjihi-.t.-r. 

b^r-,  G.-rmany  ;  i.  Uil. 

Wright,  a.,  far.  and  jiuliee,  b.  Schuhiir.e  Co  .  X.  Y.  ;   i.  IS'Jl  ;    p    0    K.id.   K.k  h..„5r 

),  b.UlU- 4.  Canada;.. 

Wil,on,  X.   U  ,  f.rn.er  and  juatiee,  b.   Edinburgh,  Scutl.nd  ;    ..   13.!3  ;    p.  0.  add 

Rochester. 

^r  CO  ,  X  Y.  ;  ..  18JT. 

Waring,  Jumen,  farmer,  dairv,  .„d  nursery,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  I8IG     n   u 
add.  R,K:besler. 

Yr;  .    ISJO;   p.  0.  odd. 

Waller,  Henry,  5u|«-rvivjr  and  prr.p.  of  Newport  Uotol,  on  the  Dav,  b,  Monroe-  eo 

.n.co.,X    Y.;  ..  iefl«; 

N.  Y.  ;  «.  I.S:l  i ;   p.  0.  add.  Ruihc-i.-r. 

WhiU,  Je.U-diah.  lurn.er,  b.  .•v.U.-n.rt,dy  eo.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  18.-.9;   p.  0.  add.  Rocl,.,i..r 

Y.  ;  ..1812;  p.  0.  add. 

West,  J.  II.,  i;urd"ner  and  seed  grower,  b.    Monroo  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  1847  ;  p.  0    a.ld 

R,^he,.er. 

.,  X.Y  ;  .1843;  p   0. 

Wolcott,  Geo.,  farmer,  b.  Monroo  co.,  X.  Y. ;  ..  1840. 

■Wlgh^  Mr)     Harriet   FT.,  Groeci 

».  I84D  ;  p.  o   add.  West  G 

W»roer,  Arsioo  B  ,  Greece,  farm 

Wlke,  Je!s<^,  Greece,  farmer,  b.  Hertfordshire,  Ei 

Greece. 
■Wsjd^n,  Er^itui  M  ,  Gzrcc-.  fur;ucr  z^i  fruiu-rcrcr,  b.  il^src;  cc.,  X.  Y.  ;  ». 

■  ISig;  p   0.  add.  Xorth  Greece 
Worden,  James  Jt  ,  Greece,  f.irmcr  and  thresher,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y. ;  a.  1840; 

p.  o.  aid.  Xorth  Greece. 
Wilcox,  James  C,  Greece,  farmer  and  fruitgrower,  b.   Li»ingstoo  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a. 

1823;  p.o.  add.  Barnard.  Crossing.  • 


IROXDEQUOIT. 


,  b.  OUego  CO.,  X.  T. ;  a. 


Anen,  L.  A.,  prop,  of  Sea   Breeze  Hotel  on    Lake  On 

1848;  p.  o.  aid.  B.>ehesler. 
Bromley,  A.,  farmer,  b.  Muiiroe  co  .  X.  Y.  ;  '.  1 
Barne.,  James  H.,  farmer,  b.  M.mr.w  c...  X.  Y. 
Bairy,  Ji<hn,  farniur,  b.  Wnlert^jni,  Ireland  ;  s.  ISiiT;  p.  o.  odd.  F,<Khester. 
Baird,  John,  fiirmer  auj  on  exci.-Ma  com.,  b.  county  Derry,  Ireland  ;  i.   18d8 ;  p.  o. 

•dd.  Rochester. 
BalTell,  I)  ,  farmer,  b.  county  of  Utrim.  Ireland;  ».   18'<0;  p.  o.  add.   Rochester. 
B«pd,  Wm.,  iirnier,  b.  M..rr.)e  c....  X.  V.  ;  i.  H4u:  p.  n.  add.  R.«rbe.-ter. 
Bloa^jm,  Wm.,  farmer,  b   On..iid;ig.>  <•..,  X.   V.  ;  *.  1927  ;  p.  o.  add.  Kuchester. 
Cole,  Ma.'on.  farnior,  b.  Ot=eL-"  to.,  X.  Y.  ;  >.  1311  ;  p.  o.  a.ld.  B.«:l  citcr. 
Pin.nuire,  Abel,  farmer,  b.  H)inii'loii  co..  Yia^*.  ;  ..  ISlo;  p   o.  ndj    R'M.-bcstcr. 
Oiiuniore,  Randolph,  farmer,  b    ll.iinpt..ii  c-i  ,  .M.us.  ;  1.  1S1.5;  p.  o.  a.lj.  Eocbester. 
Duabar,  Geo.,  farmer,  b.  C'rsina,  C..na.l:i;  v  ISJI  ;   p  o.  add.  K.«;lu-«ler. 
K.ershed,  John,  farmer,  b.  .-iHssc^,  Kiig.  ;  ..  I«i4;  p.  o   ;cld.  R...tbc3ter. 
yrmnke,  E.,  prop,  of  Fon-t  II. .me,  b   3.ix..iiv,  G.r  ;  ,.  1».;8;  p.  o   odd.  Rochester. 
Gilbert,   M.   U.,  farmer  and   gardener,  b.  OnUtrio  co.,  X.   Y.  ;  ..  1S41;  p    o.  odd. 

Rochester. 
Hobbie,  .V  C,  far  and  niir;ery,b.  nutclu's  co  ,  X   Y. ;  s.  IWl  :  p.  o.  a.l  1.  Rochester. 
Killlck,  II.  nry,  farni.r,  b.  M..'nr..c  c.  .  X.  Y.  ;  *    IS  U ;   p.  o.  add.  I!...  I.ojlir. 
Kuhncrl.  .<.  \V  ,  Kiiluivri  II..t.l.  h.  lVu,.ia,  G.r. ;  •    IS.a);  p.  o.  a  id.  P..)cheJtcr. 

Leuke,  Daniel,  far r,  b.  UiiUn.-s  .;,..  S.  \.  ;  i.  i^U:  p.  o.  ad.l.  ll..,.licster. 

Monk,  W.,pr..p.  of  \V»ldcn  lluu.-o,  on  Ihn  Bar,  b.  Mi.,  kknhurg.  Gcr. :  a.  IS-'A;  p.  o. 


Perrin,  Run.r,.r>l 
Perrin,  \V.  H.,  n 
Biidman,  Geo.  II 
8l<a-,S..f,n.irr 
HebnebercT'r,  J«di 
ScbliHer,'  U-  A 

IHk;  p.  o 
Bchnenlcr,  »ani 

181.'.;   p.  o 


b.  .V.l.im^  c 


b    M..nr.,.  ......  X.  Y.; 


I'J..,  p.  o.  ad.l.  Uochoter. 
the   Bay,  b.  Gov.rm.r  .  i.l.nd,   X.   Y.  ;  s. 
•l.n.l,  in  the  ll..y,  b.  Co«  Ut-ben.  Ger.  ;  a. 
nyder,  b.   Benifclacr  Co.,  X.  T. ;  ».   1830; 


T\^  E  B  S  T  E  R. 


Aldridge,  C   M.,  farming,  b.  Monr 


Aber, 


,  Jno.,  fan 


.  Y.  ;  s.  1347. 

X.  Y.  ;  5.  l<4a;  p.  o.  add.  West  Wet.loi 
overseer  of  i«,.r,  b.  Uayncco,  X.  Y 


Bancroft,  T.  T.,  West  Webster,  firm. 

a.  1333 ;  p.  o.  add.  West  Wvbit. 
Bruit,  Geo.  A-,  W.:3t  Webster,  farmer 

p.  o.  add.  West  ^^V.b,te^. 
Burnett,  B.,  farmin-,-,  b,  .M..nroe  Co..  X".  Y. :  ». 
Brown,  A.  M.,  farn.ing  and  h.ip-raijing,  b.  Ot: 
Buckley,  Geo.,  f«rniin._-,  b.  Dadeii.  Germany  ;  =.  lB.-,2 ;  p.  o.  add.  W.-bstcr. 
Burnett.  B.  W.j.utice  of  peace,  b.  Monroe  CO  .X    Y.  ;  s.  l-i;;7:  p.  o.add.  WcstW 
Benedict.  Eli,  farmer  and  fruit-grower,  b.  Littlilield  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s    IClO;  p. 


diner,  b.  r.en»eiaer  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1372 

».  1313;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
X.  Y.  ;  V  \>'.r,. 


add 


Crippen,  Lewis,  retired  farmer,  b.  Li' 
Cleveland,  C,  cari«nter  and  joiner,  1 


Cleveland,  O.  C  ,  carpenter  an 

West  Webster. 
Chapman,  X.  E  ,  farming,  b.  Saratoga  co.,  X".  Y 


g<ton  ct-  ,  X.  Y   ;  1.  1813 

h.   M..Mroccn,.  X.  Y.  ;   ..   I>i2!. 

)licg.>  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  ltlI4  ;    p.  o.  add.  West 

b     Monroe  co  ,  X.   Y.  ;  1    1638;  p.  o.  aild. 


Cnrtice,  A.  B  , 

firmer  and  fruit-grower,  b   M..ar 

>ec...,X.  Y. 

;  1,  18-17. 

Dwinell.  H.  0, 

farm 

er  and  noury  public,  b.  Mon 

roc  CO. ,  X.  1 

• ;  '■ 

1827;  p. 

West  V. 

biter 

Dunning,  J.  D 

pliy 

ician  and  surgeon,  b,  M.mro 

e  CO  ,  X.  Y. 

!.    18 

26. 

Drako,  Phclix. 

Drake,  S.  W.,  farmer  and  gardener,  b.  Monroe  c 

0,  X.  Y.;s 

1840 

p.  0.  add 

Webster 

Drake,  Sylveite 

r.  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  ; 

1.  1H31;  p.  0 

add 

^^est  ^\■ 

Drake,  Wi...,  farmer 

b    Delaware  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  l. 

1.S27  :  p.  0.  , 

dd.  \ 

est  AVcbs 

Drake.  J.  H  ,  f. 

rtner 

b.  Or.,ngeco..X    Y.  :  s    ks 

■;.l  :  p.  0.  a.l. 

.  w.. 

t  \V.  I.,te 

Dunn,  Tho.  ,  la 

mer 

h,  Wesii.ieatli.  Irel.ind  ;  ' 

S-,1  :  p.  0.  a 

.1.  Pi 

■reel  Slal 

Edwards,  E.,  U 

ptiit 

clor..-vman,  b.  E>.  nb..,-l,=l.irc 

W..k.j  :  1. 

S73. 

Fox,  M,  farmer 

and 

,or-?rower.b.M,.nrocco.,X 

Y.  ;  =.  132S 

p.O 

idd.  Unii. 

Gerndt,  C.  K., 

istor 

liii,  Prussia 

s.    If 

72. 

X.  Y. ;  s.  I.<a7  ;  p.  o.  add.  Lake  si.le. 
Hayward,  W.  P.,  Prr.by   cl.Tgyno.n,  b.  K.nlco.,  Kng  :  .    1S74. 
Uendce.  K.  F.,  grueeri. .,  prov.,and  Yankee  ii..ti..ns,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.  ;  ..  1S2 
Uaincs,  F.  Q.,  West  W.-bster,  carpeulLr  and  joiner,   b.  .Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  1.  l.-*!: 

p.O.  add.AVest  Wel.-ler. 
Hibbard,  Wm.  X  ,  Fil..  .Mcll.    clergyniau.  b.  Niagara  co,  X.  Y.;l.  1S.;2;  p.  o.  ad 

West  Wcbsl..r. 
Holt,  U..race,  farmer,  b.  Mi.nr.H!  c...  X.  Y.  ;  1.  1817. 
Karri.,  Jamil,  farmer  a.id  Iruit-growing,  b.  Merrimac  co.,  X.  H.  ;  s.  1870 ;  p.  o.  a.l 

Ilcndce,  J.  J.,  farmer,  h    M..nroe  c..  X.  Y.  ;  1.  l»2r.. 

Hatch,  E.  .\  ,  farmer  and  Iru.l  grower,  b.  Litchfield  CO.,  Conn.  ;  1.  I.«43  ;   p.  o   a.l 


West  Webster 
Herrick,  J  B,  fano.-i 
Uolley,  Wm.,  farmer 
Jenning.,  W.   II.,  -U. 

X.  Y.;  i.  18.-;i. 
Kimmell,  W  M..  Un 
Kcnnely,  T-,  fanner, 
Keltwig,  Ernest,  fan. 
Kand.rer,  Andn-.v,  f, 
Knigl.t,  En..l.  farm.r, 


X.Y. 


t''i:  p   o   add.  West  We 


ll..lel,  b.  .Monr 


Lockwo.«J.  H.  S  ,  pr,.,,  r 

West  Wcb-ler. 
LockwiNxl,  J.  S  ,  fiinucr  and  itock-r«iier,  b.  Columbia  co.,  X.  T. 

Wait  WeUtcr. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Lfarenj,  Goo  ,  fKrmtr,  b.  Wnyno  Co.,  N.  T. ;  J.  18.-,5. 

M.'lin,  A.  N'.,  farmiT  aii.l  c;irp<-ntcr.  b.  Bcrnc,  Switi  ;  s.  1SJ5. 

Mcl.«r«n,  John,  farmer  jiiiJ  fruit-grower,  b.  fukun  co.,  X.    Y.  ;  s.  18113:  p.  o.  ndj. 

Wot  -WebiU-r. 
Mobr,  A.iam,f,iriui;r  and  blacksmith. b.Biivuriii,G«r.:s.  1812;  po.KjJ.Wc^tWebiter. 
Miller,  Atl«n.,  farmer,  b.  liiivariii,  Ger. ;  ».  18"A 
McKin.lrey,  P.,  Mcth.  clcriynmo,  b.  Wayno  cu.,  X.  T.  ;  ».  1800. 
Newland,  Henry,  fanner,  b.  ()Ue~o  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  ».  1849. 
Newbrand,  J.  A.,  f.n.i.-r.  b.  Baden,  Gcr. ;  j.  1852. 
Purdy,  S.,  fanner,  b.  Westchester  co.,  N.  Y.  ;   8.  !»48. 
Pfenninser,  I).,    llirmer   and   gardener,  b.  Buden,Ger;    s.  1849;    p.  o.  add.  V>'at 

Webster. 
Partridge,  Jno.,  farmer,  b.  Monoe  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1848;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
Pinkley,  Lewis,  farmer,  b.  Berne,  Switz.  ;  s.  IS-V);  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
Pierc«,  S.,  farmer  and  contractor,  b.  .MDnr..e  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18->7  ;  p.  o.  adJ.  Piercel. 
Reynolds,  Oliver,  retired  physician,  b.  We.lchoster  Co.,  N.  Y.;  s.  1813. 
Richardson,  S  ,  farmer  and  fruit  -rower,  b.  UartUnd  CO.,  Vt. ;  3.  1814. 
Kobh,  Jas.,  farmer,  b.  X.  H. ;  5.  1813. 

Spear,  L.  U.,  farmer  and  fruit-qrower,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  !.  1811. 
Stratton,  T.  B-,  Melh.  clcrgiyman,  b.  Burlington  Co.,  X.  J.  ;  5.  1870. 
Schmal,  Peter,  Ger.  Cath.  priest,  b.  prov.  of  Rhine,  Ger. ;  s.  1871. 
Smith,  D.  M.,  jobbin-,  stoves,  and  tin-ware,  b.  Worcester  Co.,  ilass.  ;  J.  1830. 
Silverman,  E.  A.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18i7. 
Strong,  D.  C  farmer  and  fruit-xrower,  b.  LitchEeld  co.,  Conn.  ;  s.  1815;  p.  o.  add. 

West  Webster. 
Tarrell,  Mn.  M.  F.,  farmer,  b.  Jtonr.^  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1848;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
Van  Alstyre,  A.  F.,  farmer,  b.  Monroa  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1838  ;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
Van  Decxr,  E.  U.,  farmer,  b.  Wayne  eo..  X.  Y. ;  s.  1844. 

Vinton,  H.  A  ,  farmer,  b    JIonro.-co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1847;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
Wbitbecli,  J.  II.,  farmer  and  supervisor,  b.  Columbia  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ISS-J;  p.  o.  add. 

West  Webster. 
Warren,  G.  W.,  nurseryman,  b.  Wayne  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18.57. 
West,  A    B.,  prop.  Webster  Hotel,  b.  Willinu'ton,  Conn.;  j.  1834. 
Whylund,  D.,  Ircndcjuoit,  clerk  at  oca  Breeze,  b.  Saginaw  co.  Mich.;  s.  1871 ;  p.  o. 

add.  Pierces. 
WeUber,  Wm.,  retired,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1810 ;  p.  o.  add.  West  Webster. 
WeUher,  5Irs.  M.,  farmer,  b.  Columbia  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1837  ;  p.  o.  add.  Pierce's. 
Woodward.  Mrs   L.,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  eo.,  X.  Y".  ;  s.  184i 
Willurd,  K.  0.,  farmer,  b.  Cayuga  Co..  N.  Y. ;  s.  1830. 
Wright,  J.  P.  farmer,  b.  CanuJa ;  s.  1827  ;  p.o.  add.  West  Webaur. 
Toungs,  D.  S.,  blackjmitb,  b.  Canada;  a.  18(;9. 


PEISTFIELD. 


\' 


Archambnush,  Himm,  blacksmith  and  machinist,  b.  ■Monlgomeri-  Co.,  X.  Y. : 
Franklin,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  182', ;  p.  o.  add.  E:ist  P« 
Ammond,  George,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  ISM. 
Allen,  Lucinda.  farmer,  b.  5[onr, 
n,  T.  A.,  phy 


0.  .idd.  We^wter. 
J.;  5.  1800. 

X.  Y.;  J.  JSOl. 

1.  181 1;  p.  o.  ad 


Isur-eon.  b.  Middlesei 
Bronson,  Isaac,  poatmi^ster  and  merchant,  b.  Wyom 
Burns,  Joseph,  farmer,  b.  England;  s.  134.5. 
Brown,  Jacob  B.,  j.  p.  (ijid  farmer,  b.  Monn>e  co  , 

Pen  add. 
But  IS,  John,  farmer,  b.  England;  s.  1830. 

Bacm,G.  H.,  farmer  and  »«..^=.,r.  b.  Orl.ans  co  ,  X.  Y. :  «.  1802  ;  p.  o.  add.  Web 
Burrow,  George,  f.,rii.er,  b.  F.n-iand  ;  s.  1812;  p.  o    ail  J.  Wob-tcr. 
Brown,  T.  J  ."farn.er,  b.  Cai.,..la  ;  s.  13.50 ;  p.  o   .add,  Web-tcr. 
Brown,  Thomas,  fanner,  b.  r..df..rd-inre,  Kn-land  :  s.  is:;i>;  p.  o.  ndd.  Webstc 
BridiTman,  John,  lanner,  b.  En-l.tnd;  s.  lS.-,-5:  p.  o.  add    HrighL.n. 
Brjwn,  R.-oben  S.,  farmer,  b.  Wayne  co.,  N.  Y.  ;  «.  lS-',5 ;  p.  o.  luld.  W.st  Web 
Bartlett,  Wm.  ti.,  farmer,  b.  Dof  h,is  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  >.  1834  ;  p.  o   add.  W.-t  Wei 
Brc-wn,  Mo-e.  S.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y  ;  s.  1840;  p.  o.  a,ld.  East  Bri-h 
Ca'-,  I).  M.,  nurseryman,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  •    18.54. 
Clark,  George  W,,  farmer  and  aw.--.,r,  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1831. 
Clark,  Franklin  K.,  farm'T.  b.  M..nr.«  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1834. 
Cornwell,  Abner,  farmer,  b   Cayuga  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1840. 
Eldridge,  Anna,  farmer,  b.  Oxf.Td  co.,  Maine;  s.  1810;  p.  o.  n.ld.  Webster. 
Embury,  John,  farmer,  b,  Eii_-lao.l  ;  s,  1831;  p.  o.  ndil.   I'eufteld. 
Fellows.  Wm.,  nurseryman,  b    ll.rkshin'.  Ma".  ;  s.  1820 
risk,  Jivsiah  O.,  dept.sheritf  and  constable,  b-  Monr,».eo.,  N-  Y.;  ».  18<,0. 
Fuller,  llarvy,  farmer,  b.  M.mrr.e  .-o.,  .V,  Y.  ;  ..  1800 

Fuller,  John  K.,  farnoT,  I..  Monroe  co.,  N .  V.  ;  <    l^JO;    p,  o,  ,a.l.l    E,i-t  Pr^flel 
Fraley,  Gcrge  W..  farmer  and  rarp.-nc.r.  h   .l.lfr^.n  e..  ,  .V.  V    ;  s.  l--'.5. 


East  I', 


Fellow..  I 

Frost,  Je, 
Gray,  I)» 


Gaston,  J.-vseph,  farnter,  b.  Xew  Jersey  ;  s    n37  ;  p.  o.  add.  Webster. 

Harris,  James,  county  tr.  .i<urer,  b.  Monrofl  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1821. 

Uarris,  Peter,  farmer,  b.  .M,.nroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1828  ;  p.  a.  add.  East  PenSeld 

Harris,  Ilob-rt,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  a.  18215. 

Harris,  William,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1810;  p.  o.  add.  Web.,tor. 

Harris,  G.  F..  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1823 ;  p.  o.  add    Webster. 

Higbie,  Alansoii,  supervisor,  b.  Schenectady  co.,  X.  Y'.  ;  s.  18.;o. 


John 


Herriek,  Rufus  N  ,4'anner;  s.  1809;  p.  o.  add.  East  Penlteld 

Hcrrick,  X.  R.,  mechanic,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1832;  p.  o,  add.  Webster. 

Jewctt.  H.  W.,  farmer,  b.  .\la.lis..n  co,,  N.  Y.  ;  s.  1870. 

Jaskin,  Hugh,  ganleuer,  b.  England  ;  8.  18o5. 

Jackson,  Thomas,  farmer,  b.  England;  a.  18.52. 

Johnston,  Jehial,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.  ;  ».  1817. 

Kennedy.  J. .farmer,  b.  Donegal  co.,  Ireland;  s.  1850;  p.  o.  add.  Lincoln.  Warn 

Lovcll,  James,  retired  mer.  b.  Providence.  R.  I.  ;  s.  1825;  p.  o.  ndd.  Ea-t  I'c.ili 

LeClenr,  J. din,  farmer,  b.  Oneida  eo  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1820;  p.  o.  add.  PenBeld  Ccnii 

Mulliner,  John  R,,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y". ;  t.  I.SJ3  ;  p.  o.  add.  East  Penli« 

Miller,  Edward,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1823. 

McConibes,  U.  .M.,  farmer  and  mechanic,  b.  Monrxs  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1837;  p.  o. 


X.Y. 


s.  1800;  p.  o.  add.  i 
;  p.  o.  add.  East  lir 


Ma<oo,  Betsy,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  , 
Xorthro|.,  Abel  G.,  farmer  and  ov 
Xewman,  James,  farmer,  b.  Engl. 
Osborn,  Abnor  P.,  farmer  and  j.  p.,  b.  Xew  Haven  Co.,  Conn.  ;  s.  1817  ;  p.  ( 

Webster. 
Preston,  C.  E.,  physieian  and  surgeon,  b.  Yates  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  3.  1857. 
P.lon,  Robert,  retired  farmer,  b.  ilonlgomcry  co,,  X.  Y, ;  5.  1820, 
Parmenter,  George  W..  farmer  and  vinegar  manuf.,  b   Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s. 
Phelps.  Charles  M.,  farmer,  b.  Litcha.;ldco.,  Conn. ;  s   181S;  p  .).  adj.  East  Pe 
Perkins,  Xalhan  S.,  farmer  and  dept.  sherilf,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  =.  1831  ;  p.  . 

Webster. 
KaymonJ,  Albert,  justice  of  the  peace,  b.  Webster  co.,  X.  Y. :  s.  1828. 
Rich,  Noah  i\,  farmer,  b.  Jlonroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1S33. 
Raymond,  Samuel  B.,  farmer,  b.  FairSeld  co..  Conn. ;  s.  1837. 
Schoecnift,  John,  retired  farmer,  b.  Washington  co..  N'.  Y. ;  s.   1806;  p.   c 

Webster. 
Scribner.  John  C  ,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1841. 
Scribner,  Philo,  farmer,  b.  .Monr>e  co.,  N.  Y'. ;  s.  181!);   p,  o.  add.  Weh"ter. 
^mith,  Uu.lson  A,,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1B;',2 ;  p  o.  add.  Brighter 
Thompson,  Orren  B,,  retiri'd  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s    1SI7  ;  p.  o.  add 

PenBeld. 
Tnrrill,  Leman  W,  farmer  and  mechanic,  b.  Litchfield  co.,  Conn   ;  5,1828;  p.  > 

West  Webster. 
WiUon,  Horace,  retired  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y.  ;  J.  1818. 
Whalen,  Harvey,  farmer,  b.  Sarato.-a  co.,  X.  Y".  ;  s.  18-35, 

Watson,  Frank  J.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1822 ;  p.  o,  add.  V/cbster 
Weeks,  Ard,  farmer,  b,  .Monroe  eo.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1800. 
Weeks,  Wm.  H  ,  farmer  and  horticultnri.-t,  b,  Monroe  Co.,  X,   Y.  ;  8.  18o2 

add,  Webster, 
Worthing,  Jerome,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1848;  p.  o.  add.  West  W. 


PE;RRi:rsrTo:N' 


Auch 

er,  Will 

Arrai 

it,  Hold. 

Adan 

son.  Wil 

add.  Fai 

Brant 

A    W., 

Burr, 

Z.rali,  fa 

Baird 

Mrs    A 

rmany  ;  s,  1800  :  p. 
. ;  ».  l,So4  ;  p.  o.  ad, 
.  Glasgow.  Scotland 


Burns,  F.  C,  farmer,  b,  .M.mr.Hi  co  ,  N.  V. 
Baird,  B>r..n,  farnter,  b.  M.oin.c  co  .  N.  Y. 
Babc.ck,  Francis  L.,  carpenter,  b.  M.o.roe  c 


ettvs 


B..sworth,  Mrs  M.iria, 
Bosworth,  .M.  11..  faro 
Bly,  Mrs   W    II  ,  mill 

Bowerman.  E.  C,  fan 


o.  add.  Fai 


Fa.rport. 

Kair|Kirt. 
,.   o,  add.  Fai 
d.  Fairport. 


ne,  J" 


Cook,   Willi 

Conanl,  Jii- 
IXal,  A.  I. 


HISTORY  OF  MONKOE  OJUNTY,  NEW   YORK 


D«.M»ii.  E..  rclirtvl,  b.  N.w  Junrr;  v 
Da  Lsvl,  H.  A  ,  m>iiur..-ti:rer  of  i„'.w,l 

p.  o.  td*i,  K-irpurt. 
DicklMOD,  MrL  f  H  ,  b  Cvus.co.,  N. 
D-fix-,  N.  X.,  h.rn^-!-m»k.r,  b.  Vi.-l..ri., 
IV.jl=,  P.lritt,  sr.K.-frym...,  b.  Kilkenny 
Psley,  PUfr.  [.r.,|.ri.lnr  of  -ali-.o.  b.  Kii 
Pickinson,  Cbirle^  A.,  prupnclur  ufubu 

F«irport. 
Denl*-,  G.rrMl,  f.rnirr,  b.  \V,yn<-  ro.,  N 
Dobbin,  W.  U.,  m«n,if,clunT  Jf  t».h,  Jo 

IBCS;  p.  o.  •<1J.  F>irp..rt. 
Db  ■Wilt,  J</ii>h    U.,  pr..(.ricl>,r  of  P.rk 

Kid.  Bu^hneln  Uuin. 
Durmnd,  Tbni.   B    V  ,  plijjici«n  •nd  tun 

p.  o.  idd.  FuirpnrL 
D«  Mn..nr,,  Philetuj,  re.id^nl.  b.  Ontaric 
Ellft?,  Fr»nci«  S  ,  rvtir^d,  b-  Windham  o: 
KtU,  Egbert  M.,  farmer,  b.  Dutchftii'iu., 
Eiltn,  Ctorge  %V.,  farnifr.  b.  lllicnle  UU, 
Ettca,  L.  H.,  ni«rble  dialer,  b.  LivinLMtu: 
f.llo.i,  Elira,  r.rn.or,  b.  Granbv,  C-nn 
^rost,  O.  T.,  prupri.tor  ind  •■ditor  of  /"<i. 

18M;  p-o.  .dd.  F.irpon. 
F«rrin,  Fr>ncu  J-,  grocti 

p.  o.  idt].  F»irpor1. 
6r«en,  G«i>rge  W.,  luoibei 


1.  1818; 
.  mdd.  Fnirport- 

■tMJ;  p.  o.  add.  fjirport- 


i,  b.  C»ru5»  CO.,  >•.  Y. ;  t   ISM ;  p.  o 
b.  Xew  Bnini.ick,  N.  J. ;  ».  1829; 

5.  y.;  «.  18:2;  p.  o.  idd.  F.irporL 

:.  ;  t.  1^70;    p.  o.  add.  Faifport. 
I*.  ;  1-  ls:4  :  p.  o.  add.  Fairp^rl. 
1,  l3-.'i;   p.  o.  add    Fairport. 
,  X.  Y.  ;  I.  I-;9;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 


urd-,1 


nd;  I 


and  confeclionerT,  b.   Livinjjlun  Co.,  y.  Y  ;  •.   1869; 
mler,  b.  All.-ganj  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  «.  IS«8;  p.  o.  add.  F.ir- 


Goorlaj.  Xorman,  farmer,  b.  Forfar,  Srolland  ;  a.  1875 ;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
Howard,  Cbarlea  Lee,  farmer,  b.  Catlaraugui  CO.,  N.  Y. ;  I.  1870 ;  p.  o.  add.  Fai,-  ^ 

Hiyea,  Hir»m.  retired  farmer,  b.  Fuiraeld  eo..  Conn.  ;  ..  1817;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Hulburl,  luac  W  ,  farratr.  b.  .Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  s   1»U  :  p   o.  add.  PilUfurd. 
Hawkin*,  X.  J.,  farmer,  b.  Lor.dun.  En-bnJ  ;  ..  1-ii  :  p.  0   add    F.ir,...rt. 
Bill,  J.  B.,  fumior.  and  man.ih.clurer  of  cider  and  Tine-ar,  b.  Onurio  Co.,  .V.  T. ; 

a.  18o«;   p.  o.  add.  F«irport- 
Hogeboom,  Harriet  Y.,  reliri-d,  b    Rsnsselaer  Co.,  X.   Y. ;  t.  1842;  p.  o.  add.  Fair. 

Higbie,  Xalhan,  relirrd.b.  Sciienecladr  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  !.  1840;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Hart,  I-«aac  X.,  carriuge-maker  and  bliickamitb,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.;  •-  1816;  p.  o. 

add.  Fairport. 
Hamilton,  H.   B  ,  commisiijn  merchant,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  184S;  p.  o.  add. 

HamM,  B  ,  carpenter  and  joiner,  b   Ssnecaco.,  X.  Y. :  t.  1823 :"  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Howard,  lira.  E.  E.  R.,  retired,  b.  Che.iuigo  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  •-  1801;  p.  o.  add.  Fair- 

porL 
Heninglon,  E.,  retired  farmer,  b.  Renstelacr  Co.,  X.  Y.;  a.  18JI  ;  p.  o.  add.  Fair- 


Hann 

an.  J.  B.,  farmer,  b.  5lo 

nrneco. 

X. 

Y. 

;  ■. 

I8:!l  ;  p.  o 

add. 

Fairport. 

Hardick.W.  Franc 

1,  icb.x.:  c 

umniisiiuno 

.b 

Mo 

nroe  CO.,  X 

"i"  ; 

a.  1816;  p.  o.  add. 

Fairport. 

JCDD 

ng.,J.-n«T 

proprieto 

of  model  m 

eat 

ma 

ket,  b.  Mo 

ro«co.,X.  y.;  J. 

183ti; 

p.  o.  add.  Fa 

rpurt. 

Jord 

n,  Edwin,  fir 

lier,  b.  Mr 

nroe  co. 

X 

Y 

;    1 

1811 ;  p.  0 

.add 

Fairport. 

Kenn 

ely,  T.,  re^.au 

rant  and  1 

ilo 

nroe  CO 

,  X.  Y. ;  a 

.  180. 

;  p.  o.  add. 

Fair- 

port. 

Lincoln,  Jo-iah  K. 

farmer,  b 

Monroe 

CO. 

J 

Y 

;  1.  1(3.5: 

dd.  PenfleK 

Loud 

Collen,  Dreri 

isnl  and 

poflroaU 

cr. 

b. 

Mor 

ro«  CO.,  X 

v.; 

.  1809  ;   p.  o 

add. 

Egjpt. 

Loud,  William  P.,  grape  culture,  b    Monroe  co.  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1819;  p.  o.  add.  Egypt. 
l«id,  John,  farmer,  b.  Mnnne  co  ,  X.  V.  ;  t.  13U;  p.  o.  add.  EgjpL 
Lee,  Albert  IC,  bulcber,  b.  Monroe  to.,  X.  Y. ;  l.  184J;   p.  o.  add.  Fairport- 
LocknooJ,  Mary  D. 

Kurphy,  John  C,  farmer,  b    Limerick.  Ireland;  1.  1S11;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Kullener,  Mri.  E.  M.,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1836 ;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Marring,  Mra.  E.  A.,  boarding-hou-'e,  h.  Ti.Tjaco.,  X.  Y. ;  l.  1848;  p.  o.  add.  Fair- 

XcAulifTc,  P.,  lumber  dealer,  Smi  of  Green  Jb   McAuIiffr,  b.  Limerick,  Ireland;  a. 

1800;  p.  o   add    Fairport. 
Moor*,  C.  C,  lumber  dealer,  firm  of  Do  Land  t  Co  ,  b  Senccm  co,,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1858 ; 

p.  o.  adiL  Fair|>ort. 
Mardoir,  A.   F.,  baker  and  confectioner,  b.   Ilajtrngi,  Ontario ;  a.  1872;  p.  o.  add. 

Fairport. 
Mor«y,  Smith.  d<-aler  in  boot.<  and  «hi>e«.  rpidv-made  clothing,  and  general  furnishing 

goods,  b.  Dutche^i  ro  .  X.  Y.  :  •    1S..1;  p.  o   add.  K.iir|K.rt. 
Milea,  Samuel,  torm.-r,  b.  On.  iU  co  ,  .V.   Y.  ;  •«.  1S34  ;   p    o    adj.  Fairport. 
McXeal,  FmncLv  fiirmer.  b   i)i«.4..co  .  X    V.;  j    IS'77:  p.  o.  add.  F.irporL 
Neisa,  BarnnnI,  tanner,  b.  .\Uiice,  l'rii«-ia;  «.  1H.',7  ;  p.  o.  add.  Kairport- 
Nicholi,  il    ll.,d.Hlrr  in  c;u-<  and  poultry,  b  Cliauuu.|u«  ra  .  X.  Y.  ;  s.  IS-Vi;  p.  o. 


Nawn 


.J.' 


^Clurr-r  of  perlu 


nd    rt.r 


nt;  ejlracls,  b.    Tomp 
.  Tompkinico.,X.  Y. 


Xorlhup,  M.  S  ,  groterymon,  b.  Monroo  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  a.  18J3;  p.  o.  add.  Faltport. 
O'Xcal,  Gvorse  A.,  f»ri'i.cr.  b.  IJ-ui.t;,.  co.,  X.  Y. ;  J.  1807 ;  p,  o.  add.  Koirport. 
Priogle,  William  B.,  farmer,  b.  Ciimbridgvsbire.  England;  a.  IX-M;   p.  o.  add.  Fair- 

Peacock,  C.  L.,  drugs'ist,  b.  Wayne  CO..  X.  Y.  :  i.  1867  ;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Potter,  A.  B.,  retired,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  :.•.  Y. ;  ..  1S.13;  p.  o.  add.  F"irport. 
Prithard,  T.  P...  proprietor  of  F.ilrport  H  lei,  b.  Oulario  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  i.  1813  ;  p.  o. 

add.  Fairport. 
Palmer,  H  ,  britk  ma=on,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y  ;  l.  1822;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
Rowell,  Mrs.  C,  farmer,  b.  FairlicKl  co.,  t\.nn.  ;  s.  1»08;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Rood,  it,  L.,  carp-nti-r,  b.  Bennington  co.,  Vt. ;  s.  18:J6;  p.  o.  add.  Fuirport. 
Reed,  U.nry.  barl.vr,  b    Virginia;  s.  ISui;;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Kam«lL-ll.  Jer.miah  b,  c-ontractor  on  railroad,  b.  Moarueco.,  X.  Y. ;  •.  1322;  p.  o. 

add.  Fairp-jrt. 
Rand,  D.  C,  powder  manufacturer,  firm  of  Rand  &  Wadhams;  l.  1855;  p.  o.  add. 

Pittifurd. 
Slocum,  T.  A.,  farmer,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  >.  1810;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
ScMlthworth,  Tbco.  S.,  printer,  b.  Onoidi  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  l.  1S21 ;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Sanford,  Stephen,  ntirid,  b.  Oneida  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  J.  1833  ;  p.  o.  add.  Fuirp.,rl. 
Scribncr,  O.  C,  groccryman.  b.   .Monroo  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  J.  1827;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Seely,  G.  L.  U.,  hardware  merchant,  b.  banitoga  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  >.  1831 ;  p.  o.  add.  Fair- 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Srelvin,  furnishing  undertaker  and  proprietor  of  livery  and  public  hall, 

b.  Otsego  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  5.  1832;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport. 
Shaw,  L.  M,,  b.  Monroo  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1837;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
Titus,  A.  B.,  teiii-her  and  historian  ;  s.  1803;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
Vanderbocf,  Rem.-in.  dealer  in  coal  and  produce,  b.  Hamilton  co.,  X.  Y. ;  t.  18i4 ; 

p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
■Whitney,  Jesic,  farmer,  b.  Orange  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1833;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
■Worthing,  E»an,  farmer,  b.  Heret'ordihire,  England;  s.  1836;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
W»od,  Mn.  C.  J.,  dancing-leacbcr,  b.  Ontario  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1849;  p.  o.  add.  Fair- 

Wilcoi,  M   K-,  pcistmaster.  b.  Monroe  co  ,  X.  Y. ;  •.  1837;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 
Ward,  E.  P.,  dealer  in  hardware,  b.  Litchield  Co.,  Conn.  ;  «.  1814  ;  p.  o.  add    Fair- 


X.  Y.;  t  1846; 


add. 


■PITTSFORD. 

Agate,  John  S.,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co..  X.  Y. ;  i.  1804. 

Agate,  John,  maltster,  b.  Mcnroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  ».  1S.3U. 

Agate,  William,  malt,tcr,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1836. 

Acer,  Mrs.  Sarah,  b.  Orange  co.,  Vt.  ;  «.  1811. 

Arm.tron;.  thus.  H.,  dealer  in  g.wdi  of  all  kinds,  b.  Ontario  co..  X.  Y.  ;  l.  1851. 

Brown,  John,  dry  good.,  mercr.ant.  b,  St.  Lawrence,  X.  Y.  ;  ».  1819. 

Barker,  David,  fiirmcr,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1811. 

BKrker,  Xuman  R.,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1840. 

Ballard,  ^W.  C  farmer,  b.  Oneida  ro.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1843;  p.  o   add.  Brighton. 

Billinghursl,  Henry,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  l.  1812. 

Brownell,  Oliver,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18.19;  p.  o.  add.  Fairport 

Breiee,  Peter  P..  farmer,  b.  UUteT  co.,  X'.  Y.  ;  a.  1833, 

Barker.  Wm.  Henry,  b.  Monroa  cc,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1837. 

Caofleld,  Georee  W.,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  a.  1564. 

Drake,  Elihu  A.,  retired,  b.  Harlfoi-J  co.,  Conn.  ;  s.  18.17, 

Fowler,  Mrs.  Maria  L.,  farmer,  b    .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  a.  1817. 

Forman,  Frederick,  farmer,  b.  Mecklenburg,  Germany;  s.  1804. 

French,  Marvin  D.,  farmer,  b.  Moi  roe  co.,  X.  V.  ;  s.  1839. 

Goss,  George  A.,  commisaion  mere  lant,  b.  .Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1838. 

Geare,  Julian  W.,  farmer,  b.  Dorsct-'bire,  En~land;  s.  1840. 

Gaskin,  E.  W.,  builder  and  civil  engineer,  b.  Oneidn  Co  ,  N.  Y. ;  I.  1845. 

Huntington.  Mrs.  Dr.,  born  Monroe  .o  ,  X.  Y.;  s.  1826. 

Hicks,  George  R  ,  propriet.T  of  hotel  and  livery,  b.  Wayne  CO.,  X.  Y.;  l.  1862. 

Hill,  Pric'tly,  farmer,  b.  W-sichc-ler  co.,  X.  \.;  s.  180C. 

Hiiscber,  Frederick,  f.irmer,  b.  Ouvaria,  Germany;  i.  1803. 

Johnston,  K.  Bruce.  .M  D  ,  physician  and  surge-on. 

Knickerbocker,  James  M  ,  fariprr,  b.  Monroe  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  t.  1843. 

Kuhler,  John,  farmer,  b.  Uernc.  Switzerland;  s.  180.1;  p.  o.  add.  Brighton. 

Lord,  Xatlianiel  A.,  farmer,  b.  Sari,toga  Co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1818. 

Loder,  William  A.,  fanner  and  nn.pr.  of  vac.  cider  worki,  b.  MonrtM  CO.,  X.  Y. 

a.  1839;  p.  o.  add.  K.H:hester. 
Lusk,  George  H.,  farmer,  b    Monroe  co,  X.  X.;  $.  1853. 
Marsh.  William  W..  farmer,  b.  (li.tnrioco.  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1839. 
Myers,  William,  farmer,  b    Monr.K>  eo.,  N.  X.:  i.  1833. 
MaUhews,  Mrs,  E.  C  .  farmer,  b    .Monroe  Co.,  X    Y.  ;   s.  1833. 
Maiheld,  Andrew,  farmer,  b.  Herkimer  CO.,  .V.  V.  ;  s    1819. 

OIney,  J.   K  ,  farm,  r,  b    riienai,-'.  C"  .  X.  V.  ;   ..  IS-^i  ■   p.  o.  add.  I'cnUeld 
Parsons,  X.   L.,  .....Ima-trr,  h    llnrir..rd,  C"nii    :   s.  1819 
Par-ons,  Mrs    (.l.arloitn  1'  .  h    Moiir.Hj  Co.,  X.  Y  ;  s.  1823. 
Pugsley,  James,  farmer,  b.  Westchester  co..  X.  V.  ;  s.  Id31. 
Reynol'ds,  M.  D.,  K.  C  ,  pl.jiician  and  surgeon,  b.  Herkimer  co.,  N.  Y. 


HISTORY  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  NEW    YORK 


V.Y. 


WCSK 


IMI. 


,.u,-.i..  y.  Y.;  a. 
:».,  Conn. ;  i.  18 
onrwc...,  N.  V. 


18::6. 


31««,  John,  farmer,  b 

B.:jnoias,  r.ilbort.  farn 

R.rh.r>ls..n,  CkvIc,  m.l 

WUbury,  Sir,.  Ifunna: 

Snge,  Sin.co,,,  nt.r^l,  I 

Sesrle,  Mr..  P.h.Mli.  A,, 

Slone,  Siili.nion,  farinur,  X,.  .Mi)nriw  co  .  S.Y.;  s.  I.SOO, 

Stone,  S   n.,  farmer,  b.  Jtonr.ie  co.,  S.  Y. :  s.  1843. 

Supner,  ^Villionl  U.,  eur[i.nti.r,  b.  M..nroe  po„  N.  Y. ;  a.  1811. 

Stiles,  James  W,  furnior,  b.  London.  Kngl.iml ;  !.  1*13. 

TilloUon,  Mrril  P.,  nirmor,  b.  OnoiiJaga  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ISlW. 

Thornell,  ll.-nry  .M  ,  firmer,  b.  Mu.ir.H-  co:.  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18)8. 

Tobey,  Cl.,irle-s  U.,  farmpr,  b.  Jlunro«  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1847. 

Violon,  Mrs.  L.  P.,  b.  Cliilteniien  c,..,  Vt. ;  >.  18i!«. 

■Welch,  Nulimn  K.,  f»rin.r,  b.  M..nr,wco.,  X.  Y.  ;  »   1818. 

•Welch,  Lymun  D.,  fiirmcr,  I.   Orlenns  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18IG. 

Wiin.mj,  Anna,  hoiLeUeoper,  b.  Berlc-hlrc,  En-lui.d  ;  s.  IS.Jl. 

■Wni«rd,  OliTer  Terry,  farmer,  b.  Madison  co.,  X.  Y. ;  •.  18J4. 


BRIGHTOiS^. 


,  b.  Livi 


Ahby,  Jos  ,  .'•.rnier, 
AdAtus,  31  rs  Luuru 
Babcock,  V.-m.  J., 
Bucklond,  l^nard,  farmer,  b,  Onl 
B«kwitb,  U,,  nurscrvmun,  b  U,,r 
Beckwilh,  J.  K.,  nurseryman,  b.  3 
B«me»,  C.  M.,  ca-toin  miller.  Alle 
E.nium,  John  E  ,  farmer,  b.  Mun: 
Bl.DcharJ,  F.  l:  ,  blaeksmilh,  b.  J 
BackUnd.  Amoj  B  ,  retired   mere 

Kochester. 
Bell,  I>aTid  K.,  far.T.er,  b.  LonJondci 
Boughloo,  n.  C,  farmer,  b.  Berksbii 
Boo-hton,  EL'bert  H.,  furoicr,  b.  Mom 
Buckland,  Orin  M.,  farmer,  b.  Monn 
Backl«nd,  .Mnrtl.a  A.  i  i.  1S13:  p.  o. 
Conlnt.  Robert,  propr.  of  East  Bri',-lito 
Clley,  John  T.,  bluck^railli,  b.  .Monroe 
Cobb,  W.  H  ,  Monroe  av.,  farmer,  b.  it 


ihu.  ;  3.  ISU;  p.  o.  add.  R..cheiter. 
ton  CO.,  Ohi.i;  s.  1*5;;;  p.  o.  adj.  R..clie«ter 
-.-ton  CO.,  X.  Y.  i  s.  1838  ;  p.  o.  add.  Roclie: 
rio  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  18U :  p.  o.  add.  Rochest< 


ant,  b.  Ontari 

rv.  Irelnn.l  ; 

oeco'..X.Y.' 
«co.  X.  Y. 
add.  R.K-hesi 


1817;  p.  o.  add.  West  Bri[;liton. 
.  18JS;  p.  o.  add.  West  Bri-litcn. 
I.  1S;.'8;  p.  o.  add.  Rochder. 

[..nroe  CO  ,  N   Y.  ;  8.  1834. 

i.  1S-J3 

,  Y.  i  3.  1830 ;  p.  o.  add.  R.K:he»- 


Cobb,  JaJ.  D  ,  farmer,  b.  Monro.- 
Cowlcj,  Norman  B  ,  farmer,  b.  M 
Col»ell,  H.  E.,  wholesale  .secil-i;n 

rocco.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1821;  p. 
Critlenden,  Austin,  fanner,  b  On( 
Crittenden,  W.  W  ,  farmer,  b.  Out 
Drake,  Norman  S.,  nurseryman.  ! 
Downs,  S.  L.,  carriage  ninlr.,  b.  : 
Donnelly,  John,  f.irmer,  b.  Oneid: 
Disgett,  Hollis,  farmer,  b.  Chesl.i 
Doe,  Chus.,  keeper  of  the  East  IIi 

Und;  ..183.5;  p.  o.  add.  V 
Diver,  Hiram,  farmer,  b.  Monroe 


N.  Y.  ;  5.  182.3  ;  p.  o   add.  Rochester, 
■..eci..,  X    Y.  ;  5.  1S.19. 

r,  farm  an.l  office  East  Henrietta  pike,  b.  Mon- 
idd.  West  Brisllton. 
a  CO..  X   Y. ;  s.  1817  :  p.  o.  add.  We^t  Brii;h:on 


.  Y.  ;  3.  1843. 

!.  181-.;  p.  o.  add.  Rocliester. 

ate.  West  Brigliton,  b.  SuffoU 

.  18.->1;  p.  o.  add    West  Rri-h 


Edmund*,  Jos.  M.,  farmc 


,  b.  Jeffer 


n  CO.,  X.  Y. 
En-land;  ! 


Bri-h- 


ETani,  Jos.,  farmer,  b.  Som 

Eaton,  Luther,  retired  farmer,  b.  Wa.shin;ton  e 

Eaton,  Kice,  retired  farmer,  b.   Washinjjton  e 

Brighton. 
EdmunJ!,  O.  V..,  farmer,  b.  M..nroe  co.,  X.  Y. 
Eassett,  B.  W.,  retired  farmer,  b.  Franklin  co.. 
Fox,  Levitt  M  ,  mason  and  plasterer,  b.  Monroe 

Brigliton. 
Fowler,  Euijcrio  A.,  mason  and  pl.astcrer,  b.  Mo 

West  Brighton 
Frost,  Catherine,  capitalist,  b.   Livin-ston    co. 

Brighton. 
GoQid,  S.   II  ,    East  av  ,  nur-eryman,   b.    Mon 

Koche-ter. 
Ooold,  E.    P.,   East  a»  .   nurseryman,  b.   M..n 

Rochesler. 
HoytiWrn.  M.,  nurseryman,  b   Cdiiml.ia  co  .  X   Y. ;  s.  1844;  p   o.  add.  R.Khe! 
Buwo,  Eiru  F.,  farmer,  b.  R.rkshire  e..  ,  .Muss,  ;  !.  1813;  p.  n.  add    Bri-hton. 
Bodges,  Millard,  farmer  (member  of  Ass.nibly  from  1871!  t..  1877),  b.  LilchSeld 

Conn.  ;  ».  1849  ;  p.  o.  add.  It.Kliesler. 
Bagaman,  Harriet,  eapltnlisl.  b.  .\f...iro.'  c"  .  X.  Y.  ;  s.  183fi  ;  p.  o.  add.  Ro,.he.| 
Hartley,  James,  farni.r,  b.  York-hire,  Kii-laud  ;  s.  l.^IO;  p.  n.  add.  \Ve«t  Bniih 
Boltun,  C.  C,   Elni«roo<l  •«.,   furm-r,  b.  Chittenden  co.,  Vl. ;  «.   18jS;  p.  o.  i 

BochBtrr. 


.,  X.   V.  ;   s.    181,  ;   p.  o.  add.  West 

,  X.  Y.  ;  s.   1804  ;  p.  o.  adj.  West 

3.  1817;  p.  o.  add.  West  Bri.-hton. 
"l.  ;  s.  \^-2-2;  p.  ■..  add.  Brighton. 
«.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  18:M ;  p.  o.  add.  West 

roe  CO.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.   1843  ;  p.  o.  add. 

X.  Y.  ;    ».    152.;,    p.  o.  add.   West 

«  CO.,  X.  Y. ;    s.    1823;  p.  o.  add. 

«  CO,  X.  Y.  ;   5.   183".;    p.  o.  add. 


HIckoi,  Wlo.,  farmer. 
Harmen,  Jas.,  dealer  i 

Luce,  Sidney  M,,  fane 
Little,  Edward  H..  far 
Lamey,  Levi,  farmer, 
Lei-Ston,  Thos.Ea-t 

Lei-lnon   Br,J- 

R,)chester. 
Luce,  Stephen,  .Ir.,  fai 


.  b.  llamr 


offiee 


Mass.  ; 

and  kil 


I  E..S1 


N.  Y.;  3.  1808;  p.  o.  add.  U..clie,ter. 
Miller,  Wni.,  farmer,  b.  Cork,  Ireland;  s.  1834;  p.  o.  add.  PitUford. 
Mcitilor,  Cbas.,  pr..pr.  of  the  We>t  Brighton  Uous.-,  b.  Bavaria,  Ocniiaii 

p.  o.  add.  West  Bri-hton. 
Martin,  Henry,  farmer,  b.  Wu-hinston  co,  X.  Y.  :  s.  1813:  p.  o  add.  W.  ■ 
Morris,  J.  B.,  nur-eryiiian  and   pn.pr.  of  thu  Biighton    I'laiik    Uoad,  b. 

N.  J.  ;  s.  1817';  p.  o.  add.  BrighUm. 
Morris,  J.  F.,  nurseryman,  h    .Monr..c  eo..  X.  Y.  ;  s.  1840  ;  p.  o.  add.  Bri 
Neale,  Shedriik,  farmer,  b.  Warwick,  Eo-lund  ;  s.  18W;  p.  o.  add.  U.k;1 
Naylor,  Thos.,  farmer,  b.  Berkshire,  En-land;  s.  I3J2  ;  p.  o.  add.  Itjche 


l8;;o 


;  3.  1871 
,  X.  Y.; 


s.  18'JO ;  p.  o.  add.  Wi-st  Bright.. 
.  OtMi-^o  CO.,  X.  Y.  i  s.  ISlil  ;  p. 


Parsons,  Wm.  M.,  farmer,  b.  Monr..e  ( 
Rowland,  Daniel,  Monroo  av.,  farmer,  b.  Somers 

Remington,  Benj.,  farmer,  b.  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass. 
Starkweather,  Chauiieey  G.,  justice  of  the  peace, 

add.  West  Brighton. 
Scbanck,  H.  D.,  farmer,  b.  Monmouth  co.,  X.  J. 
Sbelmire,  J.  D.,  bookkeeper  for  Gould  Bros.,  b. 

add.  Dnghton. 
SUrkweather,  J.,  ivholesaic  grower  of  garden  siwds  (beet  seed  a  8p«-iultyJ,  b.  Ots.g 

CO.,  X.  Y. ;  3.  18G1  ;  p.  o.  add.  Brighton. 
Shaw,  Ad.liior-,  f-rtrer,  b.  Oiit.-.riu  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  ISI^O  ;  p.  o.  add.  Bright..n. 
Smith,  Chas.,  fanner,  I:  Montgomery  co.,  X.  Y. ;  a.  1816  ;  p.  o.  add.  Wet  liriglitor 
Stillson,  Leonard,  farmer,  b.  Cayuga  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  s.  1316  ;  p.  o.  add.  lWh,--ter. 
Sipple,  John,  dealer  in  groceries  and  provisions,  b.  Hesse-Ca^sel,  G..rmutiy  ;  =.  18.X 

p.  o.  add.  koche-t.'r. 
Tcan,  Philip,   Clover  St.,   farmer,  b.   Isle  of   Man,   England;   a.   ISfiO;  p.  o.  ad, 

Brighton. 
Turk,   Fred'k.,  carriage  mnfr.,  b.  Sai..ny,   Germany;    s.    18J2;    p.  o.   add.    Wo 

Brighton. 
Vollraer,  J.din,  farmer,  b.  Monroe  Co.,  X.  Y.  ;  s.  184.; ;  p.  o.  add.  We-t  Brighcn. 
Wilson,   Thos.  C,  nurseryman,  b.  Edinburghshire,  Scotland;    s.  18;1.: ;    p.  o.  ad. 

Brighton. 
Wheeler,  J.  P.,  Ea^ 

p.  o.  add.  Brii 
Whitlock,  Daniel  S., 
White,  Alfred,  capit, 


physic... 


K-n,   b.    Monroe 
,  X.  .1.;  •.  184  t; 


X.  Y 


Whit 


1821 ;  p.  o.  add.  W.St  Brig 
s. ;  !.  1813;  p.  o.  .idd.  Bngli 


HEINTRIETTxV. 


Beckwilh,  Ceo,  L.,  fnrm.T.  b.  Frederict.m,  X.  B. ;  s.  1 
Beekwitb,  S.,  furm-r  and  supervis..r,  b.  M..ur,.e  c.,  X 
Brininstool,  Jacob,  f.irmer  (resides  on  the  fiirm  on  wl.i. 

harie  co.,  X.  Y..  179.3. 
Boebee,  Orhiw,  farmer,  b.  Ontario  co  ,  X.  Y.  ;  s    ISIl. 
Brooks,  Milton,  farmer,  b.  Ont.no  c.,  X.  Y.  ,  -.  1812 
Burr,  S.  H.,  farmer,  b.  M..nr..cc".,  X.  Y.  ;  b.  1822;  r 
BIj,  John  E.,  farmer  (r.si.les  on   the  farm  ..n   which 

Moi.ro.- CO.,  N.  Y-,  IS211;  p.  o.  a.ld.  I!.K:hesler. 
Bailev,  David  L.,  farn..r,  b.  Middl.-.ei  Co.,  ("..un. ;  3.  If 


b.  Oi..-i 

aco.  N.  Y.;  s.  IV.K. 

er  and  b 

laek-n.ilh,  b.  M..nri..- Co..  X    Y 

and  l.la 

•i-smitii,  b.  M....ro..  CO..  X.  Y    ; 

and  1.1; 

k-miih.h.  Ti...,-ac..,X.  Y.  ;  s 

i.r  Ju-l 

c.!  X'ew  York  Stale,  b.  Ots.  g.. 

Orl.ans 

CO. 

r,  1,.   M. 

nr...eo.,X.  Y.;  S-IS14. 

ner  und 

ruit-gro.ver,  b.  .Scli..l.ari,;c-.,  > 

HISTOIiY  OF  .MONROE  COUNTY,  NKW  YORK. 


Clurk,  W.'ll 
Ciwell.  \V, 
Dunn.  \\ nil 
ltl»,D,.v,J. 
d-nc. 
Enoch,  A.  I 


JclTurJ.,  i\- 


;..nr.«l  .-o..  .V.  T.  ;  ..  1811 
.l,.r«u-ii--  c...  y.  V.  i  1.  1- 

i,c'>lah-im  ISICl.b.  U.: 

coff^'C,  •nJ  goticral  mereb 


Klimni,  J...,|  •'  ■ 
KimLall.  Mr.  I,  . 
K.je-.  Mr..  J  -  , 
K'v.-.,  D,ni..|  K  ■_•, 
UJ.I,  S-r-l.  II  .  I«n„ 
Lini..ln.  Gc.  \V.,  f,,. 
Ul\i<r,  l[or..c.'.  r,r..,i 
W.ll  llr.-.;l,l..n 
IxilhrMc-.  R..i..  rl,  la 

Lincuin,  U..n..i.  .M  .  I 

L«n,ont,  J ,,  phi-i 

L..ngrc.n..«-.  J.  G  .  Lu 
W.I.J..  c..,,.M,M 
LuVe,  Nui.h,r.irM..r,  I 
Milh,m.  K.hv.,r.],  I  ,■ 
M.II..W.-,  .M'>.  J™.-.i,  1 
M.rlin,  Murri,  J  .  I.r. 
Mack,  Hi.rrv.  rur.,..T. 
McN.II,  J™n,.'.  U.ru., 
Nichol.,  Mr,  L..1.  C- 
N«»io..,  \V,ll,»ni,  li.r 
Phii:,,..,  Jume-.  b  S., 
Philli|.-,  .M,ii.l..n  D..  ( 
P.lt^r-..,n.Th..-.  J.,  f 
Kuliff...n,  H»ni....,J  L 
IWve,  Th, ..,.;.«.  li.rni. 
Re-v^  FrL.J  G.,  r,.n„ 
Roberl-on,  J. 1,1..  r,.ri, 
Ril«nll.  L.  C.  UniK-r 
B-.b-rl!,  Uc.  .M  C  . 
S.nir.h,  L-.iMa:,„.r 
Smilh,  Chn!  J  .  l..ri,i 
6l«ckfl.  J..l.n.  r.,r,.i.r, 
Smilh,  Willi.ni.  |,r..p 
Spfrrv,  H.  H..  f.iriLi,  r 
8uieli-.n,  J  "If-.  l:,r 
Sl.de,  lifK.  f.inn.r,  h 
Sh«n.«n,  .\lm f.iri 

8l«rk«c-'tl.cr,  t.  G  .  - 
Terrv,  l!.n-!.h,.r,  I.. 
Terr'v,  <io...  C,  f.,r...o 
Tf.-rV,  E.  F..  r,.rn,..r. 

Wlllinii 


..rui-rr.  h"  Wn'i 


«.  uJJ.  r..H.hMl 
.  ;  t.  IKJl. 
;  .-  \H13. 
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..  1M4. 
Y.;  ..  lS3i;  p.  o  hiM.  l^« 


le  M  , 


,  h,    M..ni 


■Willi»M)..  Mr. 
Win-I...,  T-  E  . 
WUIi.n..,  A.,  cii 


.  I.    .M..<ir..rc...,  X.  Y. 

.  V. :  •   I'l-.'M. 

i.»  I'.'-.  X.  V.  :  «.  IM2. 

,...-.  .n.l..rr.  En;l.n,l  ; 

.V  V.' 


:^oc...  N.  Y.;  i.  laS 

i-hinl  in  182i,  and  fnrr 

WiiKlh.A,.,  CM  .  t-,.„n    :  J.  ISIS. 
■Willium",  Sl.irvin.  nil  nli.iiii      .V.  -.  n.TuI  •t™  k  nl  .Irr  go.Ji.  jroceric-.  boon. 

Itfi-ni  Jiiw-iiiill.  b.  Wiii.llinni  ...  .  Oi.n.  ;  ..  1>H. 
■WillLiiDf,  Affii.,  wile  of  J.wM.li  Wilhuni'.  b.  Hull-  ..dm  cu.,  Vl.  :  s.  ISOS. 


RUSH. 


Ch.pm.n,  rj,  y.. 

h 

M.I 

Cl.pp 

Cl.im 

nn.frodnr 

EilU  P.,,.1,. 

Ciirti. 

II.  S  ,  f„r 

D.Ti. 

Perth.nia 

; 

h 

n^Tii 

l>.m. 

hn    ■<iii.ii.l 

„ 

11. r 

Fi.hr  1.  Alnr,,  L 

Hi 

ni.iT 

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Gre<-n 

K..,hcl  1'. 

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n.-r 

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n. 

1    V 

Grrtn.  J..m~  S  , 

r.,r 

ll.T. 

rid.  Vr-^l  Hiiih. 
.1.  .\..rlh  Ki.-h. 
y.  Y.;  5.  ISTO;  p. 

0   nd.l.  'UVjt  Rush. 


N    v.:  ..  1^11);  p....  ..M.  K,.-t  Bii.h. 

.V    Y   ;  ,.  131 « :  p.  ...  n.l.l.  K:.-c  l:..*n. 

.■D  iiuj  ni..w.r',  b.  M..»r.«  c...,  N.  Y. ;  i 


,  b.  Sumlngnco.,  N.  T.  ; 
add.  F.i.l  Aron. 


Pri.  0,  lUl 

iTn 

h 

l'r...^t.  J 

.hn 

l'..Hhrrick 
l!..!7cl,  U 

IliH 

u 

Ri.UnJ,  J 

L 

Sll.lcy,  Jircn 

uh 

Stull,  J.i.r 

S    t 

.rn 

Shermsn, 

liil 

ThompK,„ 

ex., 

MEIS^DOX. 


'^Ur'\\.n.'u''\Jn.TLm.r]'b.'  M.,n!s°,'n'ry  "cc.',  ?;."  Y.  :  ,.  'i'^tl'-  \*  '..' 
Hune..ye  F.ili).  ' 

r.Tfn.  S.   A.,  5ijr-!?.,n  nnd  phvMci.in,  b.  Warren  CO.,  N.  Y.  :  s.  !?>.;:•  ,.   .. 
Iloneuv,:  F„ll5, 
Bcnhum,  B.  U  .  oir-cun  nnd  phv-'ician,  h.  Dtl.iw.ire  Co.,  N.  T  ;  a.  is:.]  ■  ,.  „ 


N  Y  :  ».  IS 


.  .A,1J    II.. 


U,. 

Brown.  D   G  .  f 

BarnBrd,  E.  H.. 

Bnrniird',  Mrj.  Fr.ii'.k  II  ,  r.ini....r.  h.  Grn.  ie' <-o  .  N    Y.';"v  18::s 
Bond,  Z.l.e<le.'.  f.irmi.r,  b.  K,-o.l  lO.,  N.  J.  ;  ..  ISOH  :  p.  ..    a.l.l.   M.-.,.l,.n  (  .  i, 
Blood.Wni.  Il..f«rn..r.  b.  Cluiraiisilsco.X.  Y.  ;  J.  l!"i,.^;   ,.  ..  ..ij    H..,,.    ,. 
Chamber.  E.  E  .  el.  r-.-vi„an  51.  E.charch.  b.  iL.nrL.e  cu.,  N.  V   :  .    l^.^.:  y 


Coif,  X.  H.,rur.,..r,  b.  M.. 
Dn.n.j,Capt.Wn,..m..r.l. 


y   Y  : 


.o.  oJl  1I..I..-..V-  Kails. 
DiiTi..,"C.  31.,  nic-.  t  .il.ir.  U.  Monroe  CO  ,  N.  Y".  ;  ..  l*2n  ,  p.  o.  nj.l.  !I,.ii, 
Cnn.J.  R..  r.l.r.d  !.,n,„r.  h.  M..hr..oco..y.  Y.:  ..  ISII);  p.  .,.  a.!.|    11.  ■,. 
Enri.:bt.  .)..l,n.  cri:  r.  ..1  .-.,lci,r  l.,t.-  rcueili..n.  b.  Kcrrv.  In-l.in.1  ;  ,.  Is./.'. 
E-.-l;!er,  !..  >l  ,  b    M.."r.w.  ro  .  V    \.  ■  ,    1.)  ;.). 

EcLliT,  n.  J..  f.,rm.;r,  b.  M.Mir..,-  o...  X.  Y.  :  r.  1S:11:  p.  o.  «.ld.  F.m  ^l.■l 
F^kler,  M-'on.  farn.,r.  b.  M..nroc  co.,  X.  Y.  ;  !.  IS-'l;  p.  n.  mI.1.  K,.-l  .M. 
Eckli-r.  Duvui,  f,.ri,„-r,  b.  .M..nr..e  c  ,  X.  Y.  ;  ..  I.-JO  ;  p.  o.  a.l.l.  K.,-l  M 
Flv,  H.  C,  iup-rv,-or.  b.  .M..nr..«co..  X  Y.  :  <  !•<-;.:.■  p.  .>.  aJJ.  .M.  ...1  .i, 
f.ik,  J..»ph,   f.iro.cr  and   fruit-;ruWLr,   h    Moiin.c  Co.,   X.  Y.  ;    f.  ISIS; 


I  Fall. 


Ooir,  S.,.,iro.  f..r,„..r 
fi.le,,  K.  M  .  ...rm.- 

Hunt,  Frank  F.,ni.-r 

Huntini,I..n, ,  r. 

Ul.^maeld. 

H«rri».  1).,  f.,rn,in-.-. 

H.rri..  E.T.b.rn.i. 

Holl.Il.  C.,l..rm„.., 

Jorjr,  S.  F.,  puli'-f. 

Kelloi-,  .Mr-.  M    K 

KelU.gir.  C.  .M  ,  sur. 

Kimble.  JI.  A  ,  pr.'- 

L«nsc,S.'bn-f;in.ilr 

LnM,.,.t.  W.  ll,L-r 

L,«r^n,c.  E.  A  .j-. 

Mrer..  Emilv  T.  l.. 

McBride,  G.  I!  .  n... 

rood.,  h.  Si.rn 

Park.,  Tl.c-    .\|  .  I.,r 

PU....1I,  X..far„.,.r. 

I-arkhur-..AI.,ra.:-r 

P.rkh„r.t.Aliini..lr 

Parn.cl,-,  F.  (.■.dm. 

PitUb,.ru.,  11     1(  .  o 

U..UI-..VO  Fall 

Pierre.  S..n,nl>....>h 

L..nd.. 


;  i.  ISil:  p.  o  add.  M.n.b.n  C. . 
Y.  :  s.  H.Vj;  p.  o  .,,1,1.  -M.  n.l..n  I 
:  ..  I.>.r.&:  p.  o.  nd.l.  Mill.r  .  C.r 
..  Monroe  CO.,  X.  Y. ;  i.  1-:;::  | 

'.:  J.  l?--..-,:  p.  o.a.Id.  II.., ,.■  K 

>.,y.r.;  s.  lS4ii:  p.  o  a  I,;.  I..I. 
h.  Ni,%Jcr^rcii7.cbuib.  Glt  ;  j.  I* 

V".  Y. ;  •.  1870:  p.  o.  n.ll  H.-.,.  ■ 
v.;  ..  187--.:  n  o.  .ij.l  ll..,..-..>. 
.N.  Y.  ;  .-.  !.«4.l:  p.  o.  aM  l-:..-l  I 
.  X.Y.:  v  1^;.;:  p   ,.^a.M.  K.-: 

p.   o    n.id     II..i.■^.•v.^  y  ,'■.._ 

V   :  <'l'-'.'-,"p"'.'  n.:  I. '.M .':.,■■ 


ncr  ;,iid  ;;ro<;cr,  b.  Unturiu  (.-o.,  X.  Y 


11.11.  \Vr 


Jelford.,  Tl. 

j„r.r^:p,; 

Ki,..-T,   ll.r 
Markh.,,,.! 


,  N.  Y.;  •.  1312; 


Nicb 


384