Historical Wyoming County September 1949 - Old Fulton History
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Jairus Cruttenden, of Poultney, _ Inside the wagon were a few<br />
Vt., was the first oioneer in the fcooking utensils and dishes, a<br />
town of Covington. He came alone | chair,bedding and,if room,a liighin<br />
IG06, and commenced clearing | boy or bureau. Carefully hidden,<br />
land at the"Big Spring"near Pearl f in every case, the wife brought<br />
Creek. I some treasure--her father's snuff<br />
I box, her mother's shoulder shawl,<br />
The town was not organized 1 the almanac of the year in which<br />
until 1817*when its first settler ? she herself was born. Sometimes<br />
became its first Supervisor. In J it was a needle book made from<br />
the new settlement were several 1 -nieces of four generations of<br />
veterans of the I.ar of 1812. Some §wedding dresses. It might be only<br />
of these, no doubt, suggested thefa bright curl of the little child<br />
name of ''Covington," in honor of I left sleeping in New England.<br />
General Leonard Covington. The f<br />
western part of the town was set-f jn the new country everyone<br />
tied mostly by people from New f was expected to keep homeseekers<br />
England. /t times, only the head | over night if necessary. The<br />
of the family came to "spy out" fweather often prohibited camping,<br />
the land, as it were. In many ! They stopoed when night overtook<br />
cases on foot with his bundle on ! them, or where the wagon became<br />
his back, always carrying a gun, 1 mired. As necessity arose, tavand<br />
often an axe. Others came, Ierns or"land lookers" inns sprang<br />
one, two, or three on horseback. |up. An old one at Covington<br />
Flore often the team of oxen am- f Center,later an old red barn; anbling<br />
wearily along drawing the J other at Peoria which was Armcovered<br />
wagon with the whole \ strong's Store; and half way befamily<br />
within and with the cow | tween, another which is now the<br />
hitched behind. She, in a large jCourts' home, made three in four<br />
measure, was the source of foodlmiles.<br />
supply. | (Continued on next page)
jptenber 19^!-9 Pane 2<br />
historic ;L t:c:;i:tg<br />
published six tines annually at Arcade, Nor; York, by 1-Iarrv S.<br />
Douglass, <strong>County</strong> Historian; Robert "". HcGowan, Associate Editor;and<br />
Students ox '.rc.de Central School.<br />
EARLY DAYS IN COVINGTON - CONT,<br />
The first homes •/ore log cab- ; fireplace. R. Smith was an early<br />
ins. Some families lived for \ teacher. A man taught for four<br />
months without floors or windows ? months in the winter, and, as the<br />
in order that all possible time record out it,a "female teacher, 1 '<br />
could be spent cutting and burn- | taught sometimes seven months<br />
ing timber to make a clearing in \ The winter teacher received as<br />
which to get in a crop of wheat, f high as $15.00 a month and board-<br />
The furnishings were scant. In • ed around and the woman teacher<br />
one corner stood the"Genesee Bed", = about one-fourth as much. During<br />
made b v inserting small ooles in- f one year,92 pupils were taught in<br />
to holes which were bored in the f the district. Slates and pencils<br />
wall at the head. At the foot, f were used for most of the school<br />
blocks or crotched sticks, were j work. One of the teacher'3 duties<br />
the supports. Crosswise on these i was making and "mending" quill<br />
side nieces, small sailings were f pens. However, poor a penman, he<br />
laid. Evergreen branches were j "set the copy" for the children,<br />
piled quite high and the bed was f<br />
ready for blankets. The other 1 Ho gum found its way to the<br />
furnishings were equally crude, I school room but there is little<br />
Various iron kettles simmered over | doubt that spruce, slippery elm<br />
the fireplace. The long-leg; ed I and mouse ear answered the same<br />
bake kettle was set in the coals | purpose, mainly to annoy the teaof<br />
the hearth. I'ore coals we re | cher. The pupils must have given<br />
placed 0:1 the cover. | the first school-house rough usage<br />
' | for after thirteen years it was<br />
At a surprisingly early date, I replaced by what we know as the<br />
frame houses appeared. Sprague's f "Ole Red Schoolhouse." For the<br />
3awmi 1 1 accounted for this. Cap- I new building, $225.00 was raised<br />
tain Levi Beardslev, in l3l0 or ! by equal tax. After the sale of<br />
1311, took UP 600 acres of land f the old building for >26.00, the<br />
at what was afterwards called f cherry table and brass andirons<br />
"?aine' s Corners." The first wed- I for $3.36, the taxnaners received",<br />
ding in the town was in the 1 a '/J4.5.OO refund.<br />
Beardsley home upon this home- f<br />
stead when Sylvia became the f During pre-school age every<br />
bride of Calvin Davis in I81J4.. In | little girl learned to knit, lat-<br />
181t, Thatcher Beardsley was the f er to spin and sometimes to weave,<br />
first teacher in the district f Candy was a very rare treat in<br />
school house,just south. I am un- jpioneer homes. An old Day Book of<br />
able to find the clerk's record | the Gordon store,dated lBl^.3,showfor<br />
this district. In the forties fed the largest single sale of<br />
or early fifties,Harriet ?ollard, I candy to one person amounted to<br />
Polly Hamilton, Eliza Taylor,Mary I six cents. Possibly some imorov-<br />
Ann Squires, and Kate Fisher were | ident youth was going to call on<br />
teachers. | his girl. The children, however,<br />
1 had very free access' to the mol-<br />
The Center school was built 1 asses jug, too free, one mother<br />
in 1017. It was a frame building, fthought. Her small son was told<br />
2lpc2o feet, and was heated with a f that darkies lived where that was<br />
5 made and if he didn't let it alone<br />
Cont. on next page
<strong>September</strong> 19l|-9 Page 3<br />
"" IH.H i.imiHM. IHUliP|M.>n<br />
early days in covington-CONT.<br />
some day he would find a darkey's^ about to pay his bills, he was<br />
toe. To prove her point she drop^-| told that all expenses had been<br />
ped into tie jug a few plump rai- f met by a number of young men,<br />
sins. Nothing daunted, the jug I workers on the canal,I think, who<br />
was again tipped up, when "plunk, § had been their fellow boarders .<br />
plunk", out popped a molasses-f Their work having been finished,<br />
coated raisin. A round-eyed boy I they had gone away ..leaving n o<br />
beat a hasty retreat. I opportunity to even thank them.<br />
The neighbors vera often to- | The population of the town<br />
getter. It was almost imperative f reached its peak, about the<br />
that the men change work. Thef time that the Paines arrived,<br />
women frequently got together for | This was before the division of<br />
a day of dyeing. There were also f the town . Business flourished,<br />
chopping bees and husking bees, | On Pearl Cr3 Jk were a saw mill,<br />
paring bees and quilting bees. \ grist mill and carding mill. At<br />
1 the Center, store, hotel, ashery,<br />
My Grandfather Townsend i> I blacksmith shop, cabinet and wagvited<br />
my Grandmother, then Sally I on shop. A place where chairs and<br />
Burt, to attend a te"ra of singing f spinning wheels were made. The<br />
school at Peoria, '-'hen he rushed § store drew trade for man - miles,<br />
up to the door in his lumber wag- |<br />
on, she bashfully refused to go f Shoes were made to measure and<br />
unless Luthenia Parsons could go f an occasional cobbler went from<br />
along, so an extra kitchen chair I house to house. His trade was<br />
was added to the two already in. § known as "'..hipping the cat". Mrs.<br />
I never heard of Grandfather's f True was a tailoress living on<br />
singing but o ice. I think the f this road. An Irish woman east<br />
tune he used was the same that he § of the Center made shirt bosoms<br />
hanuad down to me. f which she sold for 13ct apiece.<br />
| Laca pleat was made by drawing<br />
To illustrate the kindness | two threads each side of t he<br />
that prevailed: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel | crease. These were folded so<br />
"toward came early to LaGrange.Al- | that one came over the other and<br />
most immediately both were striken § sewed,two threads at a time, over<br />
with fever. For eight weeks tPoy § and under,the length of the seam;<br />
were critically ill. They ware 1 then turned and the alternating<br />
wholly dependent for care upon f stitches taken up. This look-e d<br />
women who gladly rode miles through | like our present machine stitch -<br />
the woods on horseback. In 1.82!.|_, | ing. Eight of these pleats were<br />
my great*-grandparents, Isa, c and fmade.<br />
Sally Wellman,coming from Vermont |<br />
i ith an ox team and settling near | The town house, then the Ccnthe<br />
Morrows,vere halted at Greags- | gregational Church, had rocentville<br />
by the serious illness of § ly been completed,On Jan. 7, 1335<br />
their four year old daughter. The f John and Sumner Paine wore refamily<br />
of seven had to put up at f ceived by letter from the York<br />
the tavern. A few days later the § church. The record shows also<br />
baby died. They ••ere overcome f the names of Lucy,Rodney and Seth<br />
with grief. Besides this, the f Paine. Seth and Sophronia were<br />
little money they had was melting fmembers of the choir. The tuning<br />
away. Their poverty must have' | fork was the only musical instrjibe<br />
an apparent, When father was | ment and the preacher lined off
.<strong>September</strong> 1.9ii£,. ...Pane I4.<br />
EARLY DAYS IN COVINGTON - CONT.<br />
the hymns. As Miriam Thompson In the early days there were<br />
(Mrs. John Paine) united with the two doctors, .Dr. . Daniel White,<br />
church, when a young girl, she south of Pearl Creek,and Dr. Eben<br />
walked to mooting from the top of :• Warner at the Center,where Lrnest<br />
Burleigh Hill, a distance of four Phillips lives.Dr.White's daughter<br />
miles, carrying her Sunday shoos rVolina was the first child born<br />
in her hand.<br />
"in the town. Dr. Sprague and Dr.<br />
Fay also practiced here, but doc-<br />
There v>e:,"Q many Methodists in .tors were not considered indis-<br />
the town. Some attended the South pensable . Some families neve r<br />
Church,some a church near Sprague thought of calling one. Sulphur<br />
Corners, later moved to Pavilion. :and molasses,sage, catnip, penny-<br />
The Scotish people went to York, ;royal and boneset tea answered<br />
or to the Gilfillan (United Pres- 'ordinary purposes. In many cases<br />
byterian) church. A society , •;a neighbor woman acted as both<br />
called "Christians", had many doctor and nurse.<br />
followers, especially the ITorris<br />
families .Rev.Mark Ilorris preached<br />
the first sermon in the town in Letter writing was rare. At<br />
l8l5. Rev. William True settled first, letters we re sent' by_ mosand<br />
preached hero the same year. ^senger, A letter from Dublin,<br />
jH.H.,to a daughter in South LoRoy<br />
On school, on town and church jsaid: "I hope we hear from you<br />
records the name of John Paine often now that Squire Appleton's<br />
appears as an officer. In state idaughter has moved to a place<br />
politics he was also prominent. called 'Rochester,' Letter paper<br />
He was sent to represent his dis- was bought as needed from one to<br />
trict in the legislature in 1855 -four sheets at a time,at one cent<br />
and 1856.<br />
reach,When .sent'by mail,the- letter<br />
was folded and secured by a seal.<br />
:No envolope or stamp was used.<br />
The amount of postage was written<br />
:<br />
on the face. The postage to New<br />
England was two shillings and<br />
might be prepaid or not. The best<br />
;writer in the family or sometimes<br />
the schoolmaster was asked to<br />
"back" the letter.<br />
We note with interest some of<br />
the old records. From the church<br />
record: that a committee Was appointed<br />
to visit each member to<br />
learn if any difficulty existed<br />
that might keep him from the<br />
Lord's table; "That brother James<br />
Holden act as 'seater' of the<br />
congregation on the Sabbath and<br />
preserve the order and quiet of<br />
the house",From the Tovm record ,<br />
"The poor shall be struck off to<br />
the lowest bidder the board being<br />
paid $1*25 a week: "Swin e<br />
shall not be com oners" .Voted "The<br />
Pound Master shall make a pound<br />
of his own yard". From the school<br />
record: "Ho family shall send the<br />
itch to school";"one-half cord of<br />
wood shall be furnished for each<br />
scholar. The<br />
the wood".<br />
teacher to measure<br />
I<br />
It is interorting to note that<br />
those who were ne...r neighbors or<br />
closely associated with the Paine<br />
: family, the Taylors, Fishe*rs,<br />
Morrows, and the Brooks, still<br />
occupy the pioneer farms.
Pag.e„.,5„<br />
OLD INDIAN APPLE ORCHARD AND<br />
FIRST PIONEER APPLE TPEES<br />
Floyd H. Benham, Warsaw<br />
During the 136 years of French i Van Campen ran the gauntlet, and<br />
occupancy, or dominion, over this | some twenty years ago the decayed<br />
portion of the continent,or until f stumps of that orchard could be<br />
1763, their agricultural pursuits | traced,<br />
were extremely meager. However, 1<br />
from Turner's <strong>History</strong> of the Hoi- | Now,<br />
land Purchase,we read, ir They early | of an<br />
in 19^-9» nine apple trees<br />
old Indian orchard are<br />
introduced at Detroit,apple trees § standing and alive,on the Gardeau<br />
or seeds, from the Province of | Flats, immediately east of where<br />
Normandy. The FIRST apples that | Mary Jemison's daughter, Nancy,<br />
the pioneer settlers of the Hoi- |had her log house, These are the<br />
land Purchase had come from that fonly Indian orchard trees in exsource,<br />
and from a few trees that fistence in <strong>Wyoming</strong> <strong>County</strong>; unhad<br />
a like origin, at Schlosser, Idoubtedly are the oldest. The<br />
(near LaSalle), on the Niagara |trunks are about two feet in<br />
River Those found in the |diameter,partially decayed,having<br />
vicinity of Geneva, Canandaigua, |large scraggly limbs with tufts<br />
Honeyoye flats, and upon the pof leaves, 'and yet bear some<br />
GENESEE RIVER, were either propa- |fruit. William F. Eddy, Castile,<br />
gated from them, or from seeds land Clare Chaffee, Perry, who as<br />
given the Seneca Indians by the |boys lived on or near The Flats<br />
Jesuit missionaries." |have eaten some of these apples,<br />
fSome being sweet apples; one is<br />
For some reason, General |cimiliar to the old "Sheep's-<br />
Sullivan, during his raid in 1779,?;Nose"; and at least one a sort of<br />
did not destroy an Indian apple IRusset.The orchard that contained<br />
orchard beside the Seneca Cane- ithe "Golden Sweets," that stood<br />
adea Council House, where Major |east of Mary Jemison's home, has<br />
flong been gone.There is no trace,<br />
minimi!<br />
D O r i E l RS m EE<br />
The <strong>Wyoming</strong> <strong>Historical</strong> Pioneer 1 These pioneer gatherings have<br />
Association convened for Its an- 1 been held, with the exception of<br />
nual meeting at Silver Lake, 1 about two years during World War<br />
August I4., with 150 in attendance. | II, since 1372. The Association<br />
The .address was given by Rev. 1 was incorporated in 1377 and owns<br />
Edmund T. Rowe, Warsaw, while the the Log Cabin and adjacent land<br />
music was furnished by the Letch- | at Silver Lake.<br />
worth Central School Band,Freder- |<br />
ck Pearce conducting,<br />
The following officers were<br />
elected: Hon.. President, Rev, Dr»<br />
Mrs. Rosalette Powell, 100, 1 George D.Miller,Warsaw;President,<br />
widow of a Civil War soldier, now ; Dr* Mary T, Greene, Castile;Viceliving<br />
at Arcade, and John Flow- 1 President, Harry S, "Douglass,<br />
ers,91, of <strong>Wyoming</strong>,were presented 1 Arcade; Secretary, Mrs. Agnas W.<br />
chairs as being the oldest woman E Beebe, Arcade; and Treasurer,<br />
and man present. As usual, these f Henry N. Page, Perry,<br />
chairs were the gifts of Dr. Mary |<br />
T. Greene, Castile, and James R, f<br />
Blackmer, Buffalor<br />
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Papal honors came on June 13 I Objects of porcelain,ebony,ivory,<br />
to the VERY REV.GEORGE V.CALLAHAN, 1 stone, and brass were included.<br />
pastor of SS.Peter&Paul's church, I<br />
Arcade,and Dean of <strong>Wyoming</strong> <strong>County</strong> Nearly I|,000 oersons visited<br />
Catholic clergy, upon his eleva- I the NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM TRAIN<br />
tion to the rank of domestic pre-<br />
its visit to Perry, June ]|<br />
late with the title of Right Rev- | and 5 .<br />
erend Monsignor.A native of Holly,<br />
N. Y., and an alumnus of Niagara DR. SYDNEY N. FISHER, WARSAW<br />
University, Rt. Rev. Monsignor I native and the son of Mrs.Addison<br />
Callahan served as pastor at East I W. Fisher, now of the Department<br />
Arcade and Bliss from 1919, until | of <strong>History</strong>,Ohio State University,<br />
he was named nastor at Arcade, | has recently published through<br />
Oct.25, 1921+. Since Feb.21, 1939, 1 the University of Illinois Press:,<br />
he has been dean of the county. | a volume entitled,<br />
| lations of furkey,<br />
A second former Arcadian, ItEV~ I The study covers a.<br />
JAMES B, BRAY*pastor of Holy Name<br />
of Jesus<br />
the same<br />
of lu "Foreign Relif<br />
81-1512."<br />
period when<br />
| Constantinople was the thriving<br />
Chur 'ch, Buffalo, ws I capital of an expanding Turkish<br />
time elevated to the rank I emnire.<br />
onsipnor Father Bray came to<br />
Arcade in October 1910, when he LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR JOE R.<br />
was transferred to Lockport-and HANLEY, in Albany on June iu, 10, was<br />
in 19^2, to his present post. recipient of the Swedish Pioneer<br />
Monsignor 3r^y is widely-known in f Centennial Gold Medal conferred<br />
cnurch circles as a historian by the K ng of Sweden in recog-<br />
having valuable collection of nition of those who aided in the<br />
Catholic books, pamphlets and f centennial observance of Swedish<br />
documents.<br />
~migration in the Middle West in<br />
On June 23, by a vo te of 737<br />
to 139, voters In ninet een dis-<br />
tricts gave approval to thecrea- tion of the Warsaw Centr al School<br />
District. The centraliz ation in-<br />
eludes the ten district s in War-<br />
saw together with Orang eville 1,<br />
3, I|. and 5;Middlebury 15 ; Gainesville<br />
5, 6 and 10, and Wethers-<br />
1848.<br />
Through the efforts of the<br />
Town Historian, Mrs. Hugh Moag,<br />
and the H ighway Superintendent,<br />
Stewart Kingdon, '.the 'COVINGTON<br />
CENTER PIONEER CEMETERY has been<br />
cleared ofr.tmdeiigrowth,and efforts<br />
are being made by Mrs. inoag to<br />
assemble some records of burials.<br />
field 6 and 9.<br />
Readers knowing of graves in the<br />
cemetery are urg3d to contact the<br />
Throughout June and July, the Town Ills tor ian whose mailing ad-<br />
CORDELIA A.GREENE LIBRARY,CASTILE dress is Pavilion, P.. D.<br />
continued its interesting exhibitions<br />
with a display of Chinese<br />
craft as seen in art treasures. (MIL contf on next page)
<strong>September</strong> 19i;.9 Page 7<br />
JV<br />
i.it»iMini!i uit im<br />
MISS OERTUD^ E. BEADT, former<br />
Castile resident, lias retired<br />
as Dean of .vonen of the State<br />
Teachers Collere,Pitchourg,liast,.,<br />
following twenty-two years of<br />
service there. A graduate of<br />
Castile High School and Gene300<br />
State Teachers College,she taught<br />
for some years, including three<br />
at Castile, before she tool: her<br />
Masters Degree at Columbia. Her<br />
first princ ipalship was at<br />
Castile, and subsequently she was<br />
named dean at Mansfield, Pa.,<br />
State Teachers College,from wh-ch<br />
position she went to Fitchhurg.<br />
John T.Barnsdall, Jr., Buffalo<br />
attorney, has presented his<br />
American Legion Post 'Semper<br />
Fidelis, Tf O , 356, a home and recreational<br />
site of twenty-eight<br />
acres in the town of GAINESVILLE,<br />
Arrangements have been completed<br />
between the University of<br />
Buffalo and the WYOMING COUNTY<br />
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL to provide a<br />
nine-month college course for<br />
each student enrolled in the<br />
School of Nursing at Warsaw.<br />
x<br />
he completion of a new<br />
five-mile section of paved road<br />
leadln, through the northern pc t<br />
of Letchworth Park has been announced<br />
by the Gene:ee State Park<br />
Commission, This highway connects<br />
with the graveled section loading<br />
southward from the Mt, Morris Dam<br />
site, and thus opens up an avenue<br />
of scenic interest from the<br />
northern extremity of the Park,<br />
near to the Dam area, along the<br />
west bank of the Genesee,southerly<br />
into the older sections of the<br />
Park.<br />
..j<br />
\ r 4<br />
(com)<br />
The 6th District V. P. W,<br />
Rehabilitation Camp, ~ town of<br />
Orangoville,was formally dedicated<br />
August 21,<br />
The first supervising principal<br />
of the Letchworth Central<br />
School will be RAY C, WITTER,<br />
formerly principal at Silver<br />
Creek,and more recently associated<br />
with the Veteran's Hospital at<br />
Batavia,<br />
The report of the State<br />
Director of Junior <strong>Historical</strong><br />
Societies has this to say ibout<br />
<strong>Wyoming</strong> <strong>County</strong>'s only Chapter:<br />
"Perry High School has two fine<br />
clubs, i both sponsored fey Miss<br />
Helen M. Cook: Mary Jemison<br />
and Sea Serpent Chapters. The<br />
Mary Jemison Chapter made models<br />
and pictures of Mary Jemison, had<br />
twro parties celebrating holidays,<br />
took a trip to Canandaigua for<br />
the Finger i^kes jamboree, another<br />
to Rochester and a oicnic to<br />
1Letchworth Park. The Sea Serpent<br />
Chapter meetings featured reports<br />
on such topics as manufacturing<br />
in Perry, teacher talks, attendance<br />
at Canandaigua's jamboree<br />
and trips to Rochester and Letchworth<br />
Park shared with the Mary<br />
Jemison group. Perry Yorkers,<br />
toe, may take high credit for the<br />
apoearance of the? Finger Lakes<br />
Yorker." " ~ "<br />
Pike residents In particular<br />
will find W, E. Hollon's account<br />
of "'Zebulon Montgomery Pike and<br />
the York Campaign, 1813," in the<br />
July NEW YORK HISTORY an interesting<br />
side-light into the<br />
career of the man for whom their<br />
town was named*
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<strong>September</strong> 191+9 / G / Pa question box<br />
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9<br />
Information is requested by a^children? George Washington was<br />
Cortland, N. Y.,resident as to the born in 1798 (Where?), and he and<br />
birthplace within <strong>Wyoming</strong> <strong>County</strong>jhis wife were property owners in<br />
of one BRADFORD FLOWER, supposedlyjEagle "and Pike; he had brothers,<br />
the son of GABRIEL FLOWER, who may{Andrew, Amos, John and Durastus,<br />
have come to the <strong>County</strong> before or::<br />
about l8l8. Bradford Flower laterjij.8. A Pennsylvania resident wishes<br />
became a resident of Cattaraugus I information concerning the date<br />
<strong>County</strong>, land place of marriage of AARON<br />
fSILLOWAY to SARAH COLBY, and of<br />
14.6, From Baltimore comes a request j their son, HARVEY SILLOWAY, who<br />
for the burial place of thefmarriod EUNICE CHENEY. Harvey is<br />
following persons, presumably one-jsaid to have come from Berlin, Vt.<br />
time residents of the Town of fabout 1812 to the vicinity of<br />
Middlebury: JOSEPH EASTLAND, | Punk shire, towns of Arcade and<br />
husband of Freelove Shepherd;Java. Are these persons buried in<br />
Eastland; ASA EASTLAND, born infPunkshire Cemetery?<br />
1776 or 1777; JOHN EASTLAND, bornI<br />
1777; JOSEPH EASTLAND, husband offIt-9* The <strong>County</strong> Historian would<br />
Sally Eastland. If any of our!like to purchase a copy of t the<br />
readers have inscriptions or aIBIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON<br />
plot map of the Wright's CornersfAND WYOMING COUNTIES. Please write<br />
Cemetery, Middlebury, this familyl'price and condition,<br />
may be buried there. I<br />
i50. Again, data is requested con-<br />
14.7. An Illinois descendant wants!corning a SIMON LATHROP, who<br />
information as to the origins inlmarried a Vienna of<br />
the East of ISAAC DENNIS; his son,fLeicester, N. Y. They had 'twin<br />
ISAAC N. DENNIS, and of EPHRAIMidaughters, Mary Jane and Maria,<br />
DENNIS, Isaac Dennis came tot and possibly ' others. Mary Jane<br />
Arcade in 1.812; his son was bornldied in Sept,,l8!;9, age 20; Maria<br />
there in 1327, married (l)|married Carroll Henry Cocher in<br />
Clarinda Chandler in I8I4J4., (2) L.fl350. It is thought Simon was the<br />
M. Potter in 1871, and he moved tot son of Isaac, who owned land in<br />
Pike in l86l; while Ephraim Dennis]Perry in l8l8, and the grandson of<br />
came early to Arcade. Also, what* Simon Lathrop of Lima, N. Y.<br />
relationship was GEORGE WASHINGTON:Vienna had been married before<br />
DENNIS, who<br />
Partridge about<br />
married Phoobefi836, to Lewis Newman, Leicester.<br />
1820 or 1821, whofData on this family will be greatin<br />
lSljlj. c&me to Illinois with tonfly appreciated by a 1 Rochester<br />
!reader,<br />
NECROLOGY V"(cont.)<br />
,<br />
- Polio claimed as a victim=Warsaw High School, from Hamilton<br />
August 21, JOHN HEW.. WAGENBLASS j College and Harvard. Following<br />
39, son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry {two years on the faculty of<br />
Wagenblass Wetherafield, atb ^Northwestern University, he was<br />
Rochester, N. Y. A. professor ®ff Icommissioned in the U.S. Navy,<br />
-English, at ther?-University ^{taught at Annapolis, and served<br />
'Rochester since. Wg^d .War I^tJte^ kn the Far Eastern Theater, re-<br />
Wagenblass wa-s-a native of Bagino, {tiring to inactive duty as Liou-<br />
-Philippihe Islands» where his- ; {tenant Commander. His widow ana<br />
p-ar-pnts wore posident during ;> -thOi I two children survive. Burial<br />
iqight .years following his. birth, |made in Union Park Cemetery,<br />
in 1912. He was graduated from Iwethersf ield Springs.
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In the months to cone copies<br />
of these photos, deposited in the<br />
office of the <strong>County</strong> Historian,<br />
will be available for reference by<br />
the general public. These will be<br />
of inestimable value now and in<br />
the future, representing as they<br />
do a pictoral record of the most<br />
important buildings,largely erected<br />
between 1820-1850,which, remain<br />
as architectual and historic Igacies<br />
from a former generation.<br />
Local citizens are deeply indebted<br />
to the Division of <strong>History</strong> and<br />
Archives, and to Mr. Vrooman,<br />
personally, for making this unusual<br />
service available.<br />
Quite naturally there are<br />
interesting stories associated<br />
with many of these sites and this<br />
bulletin will continue to present<br />
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During some of July's most accounj/s of these places in com-<br />
torrid days, John J. Vrooman, ing issues. Surprising enough,<br />
Supervisor of Historic Sites, the perhaps, is the fact that three<br />
Division of <strong>History</strong> and .archives, log cabins were listed during the<br />
of tie State Education Department, survey: The Pioneer Cabin at<br />
completed the first photographing Silver Lake;a. log house estimated<br />
of historic sites in the county's to be lij.0 years old, now used as<br />
history. <strong>Wyoming</strong> thereby . became a tool house on the Frank A.Geoigo<br />
the third county in the state to farm, on the Middle Reservation<br />
be thus thoroughly surveyed Some Road, Castile; and a log house,<br />
200 pictures were taken of the now falling apart, on the lands<br />
most significant sites,represent- of R. C: L. Patrick, east of Perry<br />
ing all townships, in a tour of and not far from the Outlet. The<br />
l\$7 miles.<br />
oldest residence in continuous<br />
iuse is doubtless the Jesse Colons<br />
;house, at IIewburg,Town of Gaines-<br />
• ville, mention of which was made<br />
;in the Hay, 19^8> issue.<br />
The <strong>County</strong> is rich with his-<br />
?toric churches, the oldest build-<br />
|ings, definitely dated, being the<br />
|Congregational Church, Perry<br />
: Center, and the United Jrresbyter-<br />
^ian Church, Covington, both under<br />
fconstruction in 1$28. The beautiful<br />
old Gainesville Congregational<br />
Church, now the Town Hall,<br />
stands on a site deeded to the<br />
:church trustees, June 20, 1827,<br />
by William Bristol, and there is<br />
;reason to believe the edifice was<br />
jerected shortly thereafter. Archiitectually<br />
speaking, the '.'est<br />
jlliddlebury Baptist Church, dedicated<br />
in 1332, and the <strong>Wyoming</strong><br />
iPresbyterian Church, built in 18-
<strong>September</strong> ^19.^9,.<br />
30, are exquisite examples, patterned<br />
in facade,belfry and spire<br />
after designs by Sir Christopher<br />
\ren for London Churches.<br />
The Portageville Universalist<br />
Church, built in l8q.l, remains<br />
unique in that it has the. original<br />
furnishings and its continued<br />
preservation should be a matter<br />
of vital concern to those who<br />
prize fine New England-type interiors.<br />
Among other churches foind<br />
to retain much of their original<br />
interior line were the Salem's<br />
Evangelical £e Reformed Church,<br />
Bennington Center;the 1GI4J4.»Corlesville<br />
Universalist Church, now<br />
the IOOF Hall; the Strykersville<br />
Baptist Church; dating from 1339;<br />
the Hermitage brick Baptist Church<br />
1O7I; St. Paul's Evangelical C;<br />
Reformed Church, Attica, XO6I4.;<br />
the Kendall district Methodist<br />
Church, Covington, 1832; and Portageville<br />
' s l3l|2 Baptist Church.<br />
Seme fine specimens of stone<br />
and cobblestone buildings remain.<br />
Among those photographed were the<br />
A. 3. u'elkor stone house,Bennington,<br />
cl3i(_0i the old Emerick tannery<br />
in Humphrey's Hollow,Sheldon;<br />
the Elijah Smith cut-stone house<br />
west of Java Village, erected 18-<br />
5o-58; the l839> cut-stone store<br />
at tike, known as the "Bargain<br />
Store"; the "hard head" stone<br />
dwelling, bearing date of 1835,on<br />
the Gulf Road, north of <strong>Wyoming</strong>;<br />
the Edward Coefield house,west of<br />
Pearl Creek, town of Covington,<br />
built cl8l9, and said to be constructed<br />
of stones picked up on<br />
the farm, all of which were put<br />
urcrey cont<br />
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thorough a ring for sizing,a task<br />
which took six years to complete.<br />
Hearer to Pearl Creek is the Dean<br />
Ewell cobblestone dwelling, bearing<br />
the date "l3'pO i! on the lintel<br />
above the front doorway; there is<br />
the Charles Fisher cobblestone<br />
house, Covington,northwest of La-<br />
Grange; the Lawrence Hurst house,<br />
the former Butler home, east of<br />
Peoria Road, Perry; a portion of<br />
t lie Robeson Cutlery C omp any' s<br />
factory in Perry,rebuilt in 1830,<br />
following a fire,by cilery Hicks;<br />
the 1827 Beaumont house, Castile;<br />
"Taberlea" on the Middle Reservation<br />
Road, Castile,erected in 13-<br />
1)1}.; the William Hamilton house,<br />
West Perry, put up in 1837 by one<br />
Bacon of bluestone quarried nearby;<br />
and the famed IO46 Larsaw<br />
Cobblestone School House,on South<br />
Main, now the Masonic Temple.<br />
Noteworthy is the famous<br />
Cowlesville Covered Bridge, Spanning<br />
Cayuga Creek at the Potter<br />
Road, Bennington, the last structure<br />
of its kind in all western<br />
New York. Certainly, the most<br />
important public building, historically<br />
speaking,is the Middlebury<br />
Academy, <strong>Wyoming</strong>, erected in<br />
1817, and now in the process of<br />
being renovated by the Middlobury<br />
<strong>Historical</strong> Society. Two other<br />
brick school houses of interest,<br />
both in Attica, are the Creek<br />
School, Attica No. 9, put U P in<br />
1852, and the old Water Street<br />
School, dating from 1820. At<br />
Perry Center, now a portion of<br />
Kelly's garage, is a wing of the<br />
Perry Center Instit\ite, which<br />
opened in 1339,while Wethersfield
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Springs preserves as a community,<br />
hall the main building of Doolittle<br />
Institute, founded upwards of<br />
a century ago by Ormus and Reuben<br />
Doolittle as a boarding school.<br />
The boarding halls wore destroyed<br />
by fire in 192)4. along with historic<br />
St. Clement's Church, just<br />
across the street. Let us also<br />
not forget Perry's "Beehive,"<br />
still standing at Short and Lake<br />
streets. An original store front,<br />
still retaining its tiny panes of<br />
glass, was found in Cowlesville,<br />
now Stangrovers garage on Main<br />
Street. Java Village has the century-old<br />
George Grist Mill, an<br />
interesting vestige of old-time<br />
milling.<br />
Of historic residences and<br />
taverns there are many. Fine<br />
examples of Greek Revival and a<br />
few Victorian Gothic are seen. It<br />
is impractical to list all these<br />
landmarks, but included in the<br />
survey were such edifices as Danley's<br />
Tavern, Bennington; the<br />
Folsom House, Folsomdale;Straub's<br />
Inn, Sheldon;the Reuben and Ormus<br />
Doolittle houses, cl820, both at<br />
Wethersfield Springs; the Wolcott<br />
House, Orangeville; the Vary and<br />
Watson-Potter houses, Varysburg;<br />
the Pleaco House, north of Java<br />
Five Corners; the Capron, Hunting<br />
and Dole houses, Pike; the Lillibridge<br />
residence, East Koy; the<br />
Krauss,Putnam and Benedict houses<br />
and the "<strong>Old</strong> Stage House," all in<br />
Attica; the Seaver House, "Hillside,"<br />
the Ferris Mansion, the<br />
former Moses Rowe Tavern, Barlow<br />
House, and the <strong>Wyoming</strong> Inn, all<br />
Middlebury. In Covington is<br />
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"Brooksholm," seat of the Brooks<br />
family since l8l[j., the old Peoria<br />
Tavern, and the Andrews (former<br />
PotY'/ine) homestead, dating from<br />
181+9.<br />
In Perry Village stand such<br />
fine old edifices as the Walker,<br />
Chap in and Crocker houses; the<br />
home of Chester A. Arthur on Elm<br />
Street; the Bailey House on Water<br />
Street, and out on North Center<br />
Street, the 'Clark-Davis-Brigham<br />
house,one of the <strong>County</strong>'s 61dost,<br />
erected in l8l6, where Mary Jemison<br />
was wont to visit. Castile<br />
contributed the Abraham Bradt<br />
House, also whore the White Woman<br />
stopped, the old Ziba Hurd house;<br />
and the Charles VanArsdale home.<br />
In the Ferry Center area are such<br />
historic buildings as the Silver<br />
Tavern, the Inn, the Dr. Jabez<br />
Ward, Deacon Samuel Howard, and<br />
the Sheldon homesteads.<br />
Historic structures still<br />
found in Warsaw include the Charles<br />
Humphrey house (Truesdo11<br />
House); William Webster House,<br />
South ".arsaw; Nilos Keeney Home;<br />
the 1822 Morris Homestead; the<br />
Seth M. Gates House, dating from<br />
1325, now the home of the Warsaw<br />
<strong>Historical</strong> Society; the George<br />
Walker residence on View Street,<br />
probably part of the tavern erected<br />
by Elizur vobster in 1810 or<br />
12; the Gorould Residence, going<br />
back before l8l6; the Augustus<br />
Frank House, and the Elizabeth<br />
Bishop House, put up in l3l7> by<br />
John Hobson, Warsaw's first hatter.
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fight than eat, landed in the The second day there were but<br />
street on top of J, .'A,. McElwain, • few votes offered, no illegal<br />
one of Rumsey's friends, who from one. The Bucktails concluded not<br />
his business of oil-making was to make two bights of a cherry,<br />
nick-named, "The Grease Grinder". and would all come the last day<br />
After the par tie's had landed in and vote then. They did come,<br />
the street, "The Grease Grinder" bareheaded and barefooted, many<br />
had no trouble in changing his of them with their collars open<br />
position to the one on top and at and their billies in their hands,<br />
the same time each was told to prepared to vote at all hazards.<br />
"Give it to him I",but the parties Very much to their surprise, when<br />
had better common sense, for nei- they came to the hollow(there was<br />
ther of them offered any assault no village then) they found the<br />
upon the other. Soon the "grease sheriff and eight or ten of his<br />
grinder" proposed to Rice to get deputies and magistrates formed<br />
up, which lie readily accepted. beside the street to see that the<br />
Rice, after getting up and stand- law was enforced that last day of<br />
ing around a little, wishing to election, and it was. The notice<br />
brag of his achievements, said, which the committee received from<br />
"I guess the d 'Grease Grinder, their older friends would have<br />
he's sore where I bit him L» been promptly carried out had<br />
The polls opened<br />
afternoon at the old<br />
they not got the sheriff and his<br />
In the men the last day to assist them.<br />
Jenkins j<br />
tavern on the East Hill, There ] Mr. Rumsey had attended the<br />
Rumsey had his clothes, all above |polls the first two days and had<br />
his pants, torn off to the skin ! been roughly \ised, so on the last<br />
in attempting to get him out of I day he thought it would be no<br />
the house. He immediately bor- |more than right that some other<br />
rowed a coat of a friend and but- |person should take his place,That<br />
toned it up, ready to object to ]duty was assigned to J, A, Mc-<br />
the next illegal voter. The evenlElwain, one of the youngest of<br />
ing of the first day, the Vigil- |the committee. The presence of<br />
ance Committee began to think I the sheriff and his staff,includthat<br />
what they had been told, in |ing the board(all politically opthe<br />
first place might prove true. |posed), all determined to take<br />
To be safe, they arranged to send I more responsibility than on the<br />
a private express to Batavia that I first two days in sustaining the<br />
night to notify the sheriff and flaw of the State. McElwain dishis<br />
staff of the' trouble they |covered, during the afternoon,<br />
were having and requested him to lone of our responsible citizens<br />
attend the last day. Col. Arden fat the door talking very earnest-<br />
Woodruff v;as dispatched for the fly with two bullies, or roughs,<br />
purpose.<br />
|who occasionally eyed him. So he
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concluded that they would ,C6me<br />
and offer ' their votes, and if<br />
challenged, would knock him down<br />
or make the effort, In that, he<br />
was not disappointed, Y/hen they<br />
did offer to vote and he objected,<br />
that was the signal to make the<br />
drive at him,but he was ready for<br />
them,They did n^t strike him, but<br />
before they could make a second<br />
effort, the sheriff had them both<br />
arreated.That, except being hauled<br />
through the door and windows<br />
two or three times, finished the<br />
day, except that McElwain carried<br />
the scars for weeks.<br />
The last effort was to be<br />
made after the polls closed and<br />
the board had no power to act.For<br />
that purpose they secured a vagabond,<br />
with a large club, to stand<br />
just behind McElwain and as soon<br />
as the polls closed, he was to<br />
break his (McElwain*s) head and<br />
then follow up. The sheriff and<br />
his men discovered what was going<br />
on and were ready to meet it.They<br />
sent a boy to stand beside him<br />
( the vagabond ), and . when he<br />
attempted to strike to catch the<br />
club and pull it to one side;this<br />
he did and most likely saved Mc-<br />
Elwain' s life, Before the second<br />
effort could be made, the sheriff<br />
and his posse had McElwain enclosed,<br />
two or three deep, and taken<br />
to the other tavern, followed by<br />
the vagabond with his club which<br />
he was unable to use. Thus ended<br />
the election in Warsaw in 1820.<br />
Clinton was elected governor by a<br />
few hundred votes.<br />
The close of the election was<br />
not the end of the excitement.<br />
La.<br />
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Thare was. a very strong prejudice<br />
existing within the Bucktail<br />
©arty against the Clintonians*<br />
One effort was to ruin MrRumsey's<br />
business as tanner and currier<br />
and for that purpose they .'determined<br />
to erect a tannery in the<br />
south part of the town and do all<br />
the business. To effect -this,<br />
they got the timber for the building<br />
and at the raising they<br />
had the cannon which they fired,<br />
and whiskey to drinkf One of the<br />
toasts, drunk with cheering, was,<br />
"The Bucktails of V/arsaw,may they<br />
reicn in Heaven; while the Warsaw<br />
Challengers go to H--« until they<br />
get their just punishmenti" That<br />
was a specimen of the feeling of<br />
many of the party. The tannery<br />
building was never carried into<br />
effect. On the other hand, the<br />
Clintonians at Batavia got a<br />
public dinner as a result of the<br />
election and Rumsey and McElwain,<br />
the V/arsaw 'Challengers, were especially<br />
requested to attend.<br />
At Warsaw, thirteen of the<br />
leading Bucktails and those that<br />
were perfectly responsible were<br />
indicated for riot at Election.<br />
The trial was continued from<br />
court to court until at last,when<br />
it was expected to come off, the<br />
District Attorney looked for the<br />
indictments and they were all<br />
missing and could not be found.<br />
He went before the Grand Jury and<br />
got about half of them indicted<br />
over again. They came into court,<br />
pled guilty and were fined $5,00<br />
each.<br />
Thus ended<br />
Election of 18201<br />
the riotous
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Our appreciation to'Mrs*Oharlosf For more than a year prepara-<br />
Fondrich, Gainosvillp, for a copyltions wcro under way for this past<br />
of the "Tenth Annual Catalogue andlgummer's Historic Sites Survey,<br />
Circular 'of Gainesville FemaleIduring which time the <strong>County</strong> His-<br />
Seminary", for 1863-61j.»<br />
Itorian rcceived the 'heartiest<br />
fcooperation from many residents,<br />
Miss Adah Lyle Kidder, WarsawfEspecially does he wish to record<br />
poet, has, at our roouest, kindlyIhis gratitude to the following who<br />
deposited with us manuscript and|gave their time and knowledge:<br />
printed copies of her beautifulfMrs» Grace Willard, Cowlesville;<br />
poems on Letchworth Park as wellfMrs., Ruth Deci, Bennington Town<br />
as ccrtain of hop inspirationalfKistorian; I!rs * George Reynolds<br />
works, land Joseph Zaler, Johnsonburg;<br />
fBcrt Cooper, Varysburg; Mrs, Ruth<br />
From St, Catherines, Ontario, pi, Nichols, Java Town Historian;<br />
Miss Kathleen O'Loughlin has sentlD, Grant Hodge, Arcade; Frederick<br />
us a copy of her latest work, fpoarce, 'Eagle Town Historic?;<br />
Yarmouth Stone,, published in July,|Howard M, Bowen, Pike -Town<br />
T94O« Also she has given thisfHistorian; Miss Helen Cook and her<br />
Office scattered issues of the^classes at Perry High School who<br />
magazine American Antiquity, forfphotographed and prepared sketches<br />
19,44 to 19I|8. Miss O'Loughlin isfof many r local sites; Miss Agnes<br />
an authority on early WolshfTomlinson of the Perry Public<br />
history and the migrations offLibrary; Mrs, Isabelle Crocker,<br />
early explorers from that countryfMrs, Manly Taylor, and B. B,<br />
to the Western World,<br />
ITewksbury, all of Perry; Harold<br />
fAltof t, La Grange; Mrs, Lena T,<br />
Our collections have boon in-lFuller and Mrs, Mary VanArsdale<br />
creased by gifts of the issuofGreene, Castile Mi- Harry A ,<br />
of The New"York (State) Red BookfBeardsley, Genesee Falls Historian<br />
from John S. Mearns, Editor, and a!Portageville; Mrs, Hugh Moag,<br />
bound copy of the off icial|Covington, Town Historian;Goorge<br />
document book<br />
State Freedom r of the Hew YorkjW, H artnell, Middlebury Town<br />
Mln from the " Hon,iHistorian; Miss Geraldine Holly,<br />
Harold C. Ostertag, Our thanks tofWarsaw Town Historian; Lewis W,<br />
both. fBishop, Warsaw; Mrs, Chester Clor,<br />
iBatavia,<br />
Mrs LaVerne C, Cooley,<br />
historian, publisher of tho l nd °xlHermitapo•<br />
to Beer's <strong>History</strong> of w y° mln . „ , former' Wethersfield Town<br />
batavxa|Hlstorian. B> E, Langdon,<br />
Mrs, George Ernst,<br />
SlAttica Town Historian; Miss Alice<br />
<strong>County</strong>, has supplied this Office! IF, Potter and Miss Catherine East-<br />
with a copy of tho inscriptions inl fman, both of Attica; Mrs* Irving<br />
the cemetery at vernal oornors,fB# Botsford, Charles Fondrich, and<br />
East of Attica, and of the <strong>Old</strong>f fCharles M, Smith, Gainesville Town<br />
Town Cemetery, south side. Route 20|<br />
plistorian, all of Gainesville, and<br />
about a mile west of Darion Ccnteyf^<br />
iTrentwith Young, Pike,<br />
Both plots contain the graves off<br />
early residents of this <strong>County</strong>;!<br />
, Richard Bryk, Perry High<br />
the Darien cemetery has t<br />
^°|School student, has donated three<br />
resting place of Dr, James E-, |vory I fine photographs of the Hope<br />
Seaver, noted author of' the ICemetery I<br />
monument to Major Mark<br />
classic life of Mary Jemison, Mr,<br />
|Andrews,<br />
I<br />
I76O-I8I4.8, a Soldier of<br />
Cooley has our appreciation. fthe Revolution, Our sincere<br />
Ithanks to him.
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TRAILS ~<br />
(Archives of Attica <strong>Historical</strong> Society)<br />
There -were two main Indian<br />
trails crossing Attica and probably<br />
others. James Tolles mentions<br />
one which crossed the northern<br />
part of Bennington and pursued a<br />
serpentine course over the 7 ilkie<br />
and Doty farms to Attica, following<br />
the tannery brook near the<br />
cider mill on Market Street Road.<br />
It passed near a spring called<br />
Red Jacket Spring," and thence<br />
crossed the Tonawanda to the<br />
Indian Village located on the<br />
flats north of the Gatgen home on<br />
Prospect Street. A decade ago a<br />
stretch of this old route, some<br />
30-l|.0 feet in length, could be<br />
seen.<br />
William Schroeder,Attica, in<br />
a communication to the <strong>Historical</strong><br />
Society in 1938* commenting on<br />
this old trail,retold two stories<br />
which had come down from Mr.<br />
Ear11, who settled by this Indian<br />
highway about l3l0. The incidents<br />
occurred on the hillside but a<br />
few hundred feet back of the<br />
cider mill site. "A few years<br />
after Mr. Earll built a log cabin<br />
there," he wrote, "a settler out<br />
of Bennington came along the trail<br />
and met a bear. In the tussle<br />
between the two the settler was<br />
killed ard his body rolled down<br />
the hill and lodged against a<br />
small wild cherry tree. This<br />
tree, when it was oointed out to<br />
me by the late John V. Willians,<br />
many years ago, was quite a landmark,<br />
towering far above all the<br />
other trees. Today, only a stump<br />
is left."<br />
"One day Red Jacket and several<br />
young Indians came along the<br />
trail and stooped at the Earll<br />
jlace. whether the Chief had imbibed<br />
too much"fire wr.ter" before<br />
he arrived there, or whether Mr.<br />
Earll gave him some, the storytellers<br />
did not say. The Indians<br />
were in a hurry to be on their<br />
way to Buffalo and were in a<br />
quandry what to:do with the.Chief<br />
who was too intoxicated to walk.<br />
Mr.Ear11 then suggested they roll<br />
him down the steeo hill several<br />
times and maybe that would sober<br />
him ur>. The Indians immediately<br />
took his advice, with t^e result<br />
they were able to contiue their<br />
journey In a very short time. "<br />
Thus, If the legend be true, t-e<br />
•oroud and haughty warrior chieftain.,<br />
renowned for his silvertongue<br />
in the Iroquois T ation,had<br />
good reason :to remember the valley<br />
of the Tonawanda at Attica.<br />
The second leading Red Man's<br />
trail was one which came from the<br />
south, following in general the<br />
Exchange Street Road, crossing<br />
Main Street where the Methodist<br />
Church now stands and continuing<br />
northward across the Loomis ->roerty<br />
down the hill. This intersected<br />
the first trail near<br />
Monterey(north of Attica,Alexander<br />
Townshi^), turned eastward near<br />
the "Dry Bridge" and continued<br />
toward Warsaw. Another trail<br />
branched off from Exchange Street<br />
Road,which led -oast the reservoir<br />
to Hall's Corners.
..Sept.amb.Qiv <strong>1949</strong>..<br />
n<br />
J O<br />
j n j 1<br />
1<br />
v 1<br />
hailing with pride the appearance<br />
of<br />
A Tittle Poem Rook, by Ethel<br />
A. M. Tozier ('Mrs. Elmer Tozier,<br />
Orangeville). This volume, which<br />
came from the press of the Russell<br />
F, Moore Co., N. Y., last month<br />
is delightfully illustrated by<br />
Mary Prout, wife of Rev. W. S.<br />
Christie, formerly -castor of the<br />
Warsaw Baptist Church,and'in each<br />
instance she has caught<br />
spirit of the poems.<br />
the fine<br />
The thirty-odd poems were originally<br />
written for Mrs.Tozier's<br />
daughter and son, Ethelma^ and<br />
Charles, and were inspired by in-<br />
cidents which happened during<br />
their childhood. The daughter is<br />
a member of the faculty of Ossining<br />
High School, the mother of a<br />
two-year old daughter, while the<br />
son is at home. In addition to<br />
her own offspring, the author<br />
dedicated the collection to Ricky,<br />
Mrs. Prout's little boy, who during<br />
the preparations for the volume<br />
frequently queried his mother,<br />
" I wanna see the little poem<br />
book," hence the title. Mrs.<br />
Tozier has long been 'mown among<br />
her circle of friends as a person<br />
of literary accomplishments,having<br />
published children's stories as<br />
well as Christmas verse.<br />
While we are not a qualified<br />
critic, we feel our readers will<br />
find keen enjoyment intbis volume<br />
whether they be ei_ht or eighty.<br />
Her pen transforms bit3 of juvenile<br />
experience into delightful<br />
morsels of poetic beauty,and into<br />
each she has drowned a simole ,<br />
homely philosophy,or a sly bit of<br />
humor,so reminiscent of the wholesome<br />
frankness of childhood.Lastly<br />
the author includes bits of verse<br />
which she calls, "Some "oems for<br />
Mother,"wherein parenthood's tender<br />
est sentiments are beautifully<br />
Pa>:;e 18<br />
h<br />
i • 111 I ^<br />
recorded. She 'treats tfie" whole<br />
gauntlet of children's experiences<br />
under such situations as<br />
"Sick on Christmas," "Biding on a<br />
Load of Hay," "My Dog Sho^ny,"<br />
"Clouds, " f, The Bath Towel," "Stars<br />
and Fireflies," "Secrets" and "To<br />
Grandma and Grandma". We won't<br />
tell the secret, but Fthelmav and<br />
Charles found "winter roses'.' £<br />
Here are some quotes from<br />
selected noems, the first from<br />
"Indian Pipes,"---<br />
"The fairies smoke a ni^e of<br />
neacc<br />
A quaint o n d meerschaum tyne,<br />
For in the woods today<br />
I saw an Indian pitej<br />
From "God Washed the Little<br />
Stars,"---<br />
"God cashed the little stars<br />
last night;<br />
They blinked their sleepy<br />
eyes,<br />
Then shut them tight and<br />
rested in<br />
The cradle of the skies."<br />
In "Stars and Fireflies," she<br />
closes the poem so,--<br />
"God make a thousand little<br />
lights<br />
And put them in the narks...<br />
I wonder if He lost some stars<br />
Or only dropped the sparks?"<br />
If you care for humor, this<br />
little quatrain,known as "Shine,"<br />
will doubtless josfe your funnybone<br />
:<br />
"If you cannot be a spotlight<br />
And send your beams afar,<br />
Be at least a narking light.,.<br />
Shine right where you are!"<br />
(All -ooems are copyrighted <strong>1949</strong>»<br />
and used with permission.)
. <strong>September</strong> l)> li:iTM»' i Im .il li'Mi )Ij.9 il*!) i • (Continued from July is?ue)<br />
I i j F" C<br />
ewell<br />
PLASCO<br />
FORD<br />
FUEST<br />
FULLER<br />
GARDINER<br />
> pr<br />
»T m i DD L EBUPy<br />
Page 19<br />
MIUlHlili l|'tHlH'l!l' l|l|ilM'nmiMiHl|l">iniUHl|imiM/MIHi('<br />
! FPY ipse PI print<br />
Dea. Ilenry, d. Aug. 22, 1851,70 yrs.<br />
Betsy, wife Henry, d. Jan. 29, 1051, 69 yrs.<br />
Parley Swelli di Sept. 28, 1862, 53 yrs.<br />
Stephen, cU D ect 2?, 1866, 5l yrs. (Father)<br />
t— "-s<br />
Melissa Choate, wjlfe Stephen, d. Feb. 22, 1908, 91 yrs.<br />
Cornelius, d* N0V1 27, 1892, 71 yrs.<br />
Mary A., wife Cornelius, d. Dec. 23, 1892, 72 yrs.<br />
Hermon C., 18^8-1925<br />
Alta E., wife Hermon, 1851-1923<br />
Mary L. , 1872-1899<br />
Ira Wait, son Cornelius & Mary A., d. May 214., 1852,<br />
2 yrs.<br />
James Henry, son Cornelius & Mary A., d. Apr. 6, 1857<br />
ly :3m<br />
Mary D., dau. Cornelius & Mary A., d. Feb. 22, 1858, /+y<br />
6m<br />
Rude 11, 18^-1891<br />
Alice G., wife Rudell, 181+7-1920.<br />
Albert S., son Rudell & Alice, 1872-1888<br />
Infant child of Rudell & Alice, 5 days<br />
Doris E., 1915-1918<br />
John H.,<br />
Emma W., his wife,<br />
Ronald son J0hn Emma, 1905-1935<br />
Michail F., son Peter & Frances, (stone broken)<br />
Peter, d. Nov. 21, IC87, 67 yrs.<br />
Frances, wife Peter, d. Mar. 21, 1893, 68 yrs.<br />
Anna, (inscription in German)<br />
Ellen Susan, July 28 - Oct. 26, 19^2<br />
Henry, 1855-1937<br />
Magdalena B., wife, 1855-1896<br />
Magdalena R., wife, 1855-1917<br />
Mary E. Deramer, 1882-1915<br />
Philippina W. Braun, 1856-1929<br />
Norris E., 1858-1934- (Mason)<br />
Sophia A,, wife Norris E., 1860-1935<br />
Tessie Fuller Wallison, I896-I925 (daughter)<br />
Charles H. Fuller, Co. G. N. Y. H. Art. (no dates)<br />
Olive B,, dau. Janes & Ruth, d. Feb. 1, 181L3, 22 yrs.<br />
Polly, dau. James & Ruth d, June 20> 1835, 17 yrs.<br />
William C., d. April 28, 1838, 3i+ yrs.<br />
Jemes, d. Aug. 25, l85l> 72 yrs.<br />
Ruth, wife James, d. Feb, 6, 181+5, 62 yrs.<br />
vin, son James & Ruth, d. Oct. 18, l8lj.li, 20 yrs.<br />
Harris, son James & Ruth, d. Dec. 10, 1828, 27 yrs.<br />
"Such and so withering are our earthly joys,<br />
Which time and sickness speedily destroys."
<strong>September</strong> 1.949,.,<br />
uu es r • m I [<br />
miZTir<br />
CIgTll<br />
GRIMES<br />
GRIMES (?)<br />
HEN(broken)<br />
HO AG<br />
HOCKEY<br />
HOPKINS<br />
HOWARD<br />
HOYT<br />
HUNTINGTON<br />
HURLBUT<br />
HOWARD<br />
JEWETT<br />
L_ ns<br />
P.age...£0<br />
^iPTions<br />
Ida May, wife Newton Li Gill, d. Feb. 18, I892, 33 yrs.<br />
Mr, Alexander Grimes, who departed this life July 2,<br />
1817, 33 yrs. 5 mons.<br />
"Vain world farewell to you<br />
Heaven is my native air<br />
I bid my friends adieu<br />
Impatient to be there."<br />
(two other stones, one partly left, other completely<br />
weathered were on this lot with Alexander Grimes.)<br />
d.. Oct.<br />
37y lm (near to stone<br />
for Alexander Grimesi<br />
"The sweet remembrance of the just<br />
Shall flourish tho they sleep in dust<br />
0, disappointed consort dear<br />
Your hopes, how they have fled<br />
Your piercing grief nor friendly care<br />
Could save me from the dead."<br />
Andrew, d. March k, l86l, 83y 5m 1+d<br />
Mary Grimes, d. Dec. 8, 1854, 69y 4 2lj.d<br />
, d. Oct. 12, 1840 42y 2m 19d<br />
, wife V. Hoag, d. 23, 1845 9 yrs.<br />
John, 1840-1912; born ^outh Gabburg, ^ngland<br />
Mary Webber, wife, 1839-1912; b, Somersetshire, England<br />
Ernest, Nov. 11, 1870 - Dec. 7, 1905<br />
Redford W., Feb. 10, 1866 - Feb. 2, 1923<br />
Carrie Alice Hopkins, Mar, 1, 1866 - April 11, 1941<br />
Charley P., 1873-19*1-3<br />
Aaron E,, 1836-1915 (Father)<br />
Lois P., 1.839-1927 (Mother)<br />
Reuben, d. Jan. 29, 1858, 71 yrs.<br />
Polly, wife, d. May 18, 1875, 87 yrs.<br />
Nelson V;,, Oct. 23, 1828 - April 23, 1894<br />
Rose Ann, wife Nelson, May 4, 1835 - Feb. 12, 1<br />
Infant dau. Fanny, 10 days; dau. Ne1son & Rose Ann<br />
Mary G., wife N. W., Huntington, d. i860, aged 32 yrs.<br />
Eunice H., 1843-1901<br />
Jona Howard, M. D,, 1805-1897<br />
Hannah L.., wife, 1805-1884<br />
Levi, d. Aoril 3, 1839, 50 yrs, 9 mons.<br />
Cla rrissa, wife Levi, d, April 22, 186.5, 77 yrs, 22 das.
<strong>September</strong> 1<br />
LU<br />
JOLLIS<br />
JUDD<br />
KEMP<br />
KIMBALL<br />
KITTLE<br />
KNIGHT<br />
KNOWLTON<br />
KOPPE<br />
LAWRENCE<br />
LAWREY<br />
LEACH<br />
:ST miDDLt<br />
EiTlETiiRU<br />
juRy<br />
..£age.„U.<br />
jns<br />
Emily Jollis, wife JOHN W. GRILE, d. Feb. 18, 1309,<br />
82y (Mother)<br />
Mason Jollis, d. Aug. 27, 18C7, 64 yrs. ( Father)<br />
Betsey Waite, wife Mason, d. May 26, l88l|., 62 y,<br />
(Mother)<br />
Simeon, 1807-1868<br />
Mary, wife Simeon, 1309-1397<br />
Edmund W., son Simeon & Mary, d, April 19, 1811 2y 10m<br />
Charles A., Sept. 19, 1852 - May 2.6, 1883 (Merritt<br />
Bailey Lot)<br />
William E., I82if-1903<br />
Helen M., wife William, 1832-1395<br />
John, d. July 26, 1871, Si|_ yrs. (Father)<br />
Charity, wife John, d. Mar. 8, 1885, 92 yrs. (Mother)<br />
Myron J„, d. Mar, 8, 1911, 88 yrs.<br />
Louisa M., wife Myron, d. Nov., 26, 1899, 75 yrs.<br />
Emma,<br />
Willis, 1863-193^.<br />
William, 1863-1933<br />
Francis L., 181^9-1922<br />
Charles W., d„ Feb.. 26, 1907, 83 yrs. (Father)<br />
Jane, wife Charles, d. Aug. 30, 1900, 7k yrs. (Mother)<br />
Franz S., 1862-1938<br />
Clyde F., 1886-1895<br />
William, I862-I896<br />
FIbridge G,, d. Jan, li*., 1872, 28 yrs. (Mason)'<br />
Eva, dau. G. & M. C., d. Sept. 11, I067, 2 mens.<br />
11 das.<br />
William J., I889-I9I+O<br />
Ruth W., v&fe,<br />
Frederick, d. Oct. 5, 1882, 62 yrs.<br />
Gertude Ann, wife Frederick, d. Jan, 11, 1886, 60 yrs.<br />
Mary, dau, F. & G* A., d, Jan. 11, i860, 3 yrs.<br />
Christian Range, d. July 22, 1872, 72 yrs.<br />
C„ Fred, 1862-1936<br />
Elizabeth J.., l86l-I9i|7<br />
Frank E.,<br />
Eunice R„, 1893-3-9^7<br />
J. E., 184-1937<br />
John, l82i(.-1910<br />
Mary, wife, 1337-1921<br />
Isra'el Barber, son Rev. Beriah N, & Pricilla B„, died<br />
Nov. 26, 1836, th (?) year.
<strong>September</strong> 19/4,9 .Page 22<br />
UU T.I5 mic .j<br />
CEHIETE<br />
LEMMON<br />
LlTGIiPIELD<br />
McPIiERSON<br />
MALLISON<br />
MARTHER<br />
MAURER<br />
MEREITT<br />
METCALFE<br />
MILLER<br />
MILLS<br />
MORSE<br />
EBURy<br />
' . J CRIPTI on5<br />
Patience, wife Isa-.c, resident Lyons, V/ayne Co., N. Y,,<br />
died Linden, Genesee Co., Mar, 12, i860, 76 yrs. 7<br />
mons. (Erected by her daughter Charlotte "ilcy Drs.)<br />
Nancy, wife Cyrenus, di May 13, 1830, ?\j 7m !+d<br />
"Though languishing in pain and woe<br />
I fondly hoped for longer time<br />
But death has called for me to go<br />
And leave this world's unhappy clime,.<br />
In earthly life I was cut down<br />
By pain and sickness torn away<br />
Prom relatives my dear I own<br />
Farewell to all my kindred clay,"<br />
Also an Infant Son, d, March 25, 1826, 8 weeks.<br />
Fred, d. Jan. 16, 1392, 29 yrs.<br />
Laura, wife, d, Dec. ll|, I89O, 2.9 yrs,<br />
Tessie Fuller Mallison, dau, Norris & Sophia A» Fuller,<br />
1896-1925<br />
Leona May, Aug. 11, 1893 - Apr, 13, 1900<br />
Jessie Marie, Mar. 13, 1900 - July 25, 1900<br />
(On VanEpps monument)<br />
John L., 1829-1906<br />
Catherine, his wife, l8i'h9-1902<br />
George T,, 1818-1892<br />
Caroline A,, wife George, 1826-1910<br />
John, b, Oct. 6, 1828j death not Riven (Father)<br />
He11en M., wife John, Feb. 16, 163^ - Mar, 10, 1839<br />
(Mother)<br />
John, d. Feb 23, IG67, 70th yr. (Father)<br />
Margaret, first wife, d, April 9, l8l;.2, ij.7 yrs, (Mother)<br />
John N., Dec, 28, 1825 - April 1895<br />
Eliza A,, wife, Oct. lk, 1830 - (no date of death)<br />
August, IC33-IC9J4. .(Father)<br />
Barbara, 1832-1915 (Mother)<br />
Thomas, 1822-1906<br />
Phoebe E. Dudley, wife, l8l|Jj-1930<br />
George W.f 1868-1932<br />
Mabel Howard Morse, wife, 1372-192]'.<br />
Elizabeth Osborn, 1829-1893<br />
Ida B., I8ij.0-1899<br />
John H., 1837-191^<br />
Lorinda, wife Jchn, 18144-1903
<strong>September</strong><br />
uUEs<br />
MUNBUR or<br />
MUNBER<br />
NELSON<br />
NEWTON<br />
PALMER<br />
PAGE<br />
Parkenter<br />
PEG OS<br />
PERVOSE<br />
PIERSON<br />
PITTS<br />
PUFFER<br />
QUALE<br />
REDANZ<br />
Rizer<br />
, Page. 23<br />
miDDLEBURy<br />
TIE r.ERU I nsc Rl PTI on 5<br />
Orrin, (stone broken)<br />
Riv. Dexter, d. Sept. 12, 1871, 35 yrs,<br />
Janes A,, d. Feb. 28, 1875, 78 yrs.<br />
Mary, dau . James A. & Jane P., 181^.0-1898<br />
Jane, (no dates)<br />
Nelson, (no dates)<br />
C. F., 1852-1903<br />
W, Fletcher, son Vita,. & Emily, d. Dec. ij., 1852, 17 yrs.<br />
James Watson, Pvt. lSth Inf. Lt. Art., 1838-1912<br />
Clara Belle, wife James, 1852-1923<br />
Solon, Nov, 17, 1G01 - July 1, I69I (Father)<br />
Nancy, wife Solon,,Apr. 10, 1805 - ^.331,1-889. (Mother)<br />
Abdallah, d, Sept. li, l85i+, 26 yrs. 2 mens.<br />
Martia, d. May 12, 1858, 33 yrs. 11 mons.<br />
Selucius Carfield, Killed battle at Ft. ^onaldson, Feb.<br />
ill, 1862, 27 yrs, 7 mons.<br />
Raymond C, Page, 1916-1935 (Son)<br />
Levi, 1828-1893<br />
Laura, wife, l8h.9~1910<br />
Clayton, their son, 1865-1909<br />
David, 1859-19^-2<br />
Bottle P., 1859-1807<br />
Hattie E*, 1868-1921<br />
Bettie Begfs Booth, I89I-I918<br />
Henry, 18^.1-1911<br />
Anna, wife, 181^9-1907<br />
Maurice K., 1885-191+0<br />
Benjamin, d. Nov. 8, lGlj.O, 55 yrs.<br />
Lorinda M., d, Aug 11, 1859, 60 yrs. 2 mons.<br />
"I have no more pain<br />
To die Is gain."<br />
Marritt H ., 1652-1919 (His remains said to be in<br />
California)<br />
Juliette Wilson, wife, 1856-1901<br />
Charles, Jan. 13, 1826 - Jan. 27, 1902<br />
Magdalina, wife, July 25, 18£0 - March 25, 1906<br />
Fred W., I8 r 0-19lf6<br />
Alta E,,<br />
ROE Rev, George N., d, April 18, 181+8, 32 yrs.
<strong>September</strong><br />
UJF: 5T miDDLEBURy<br />
TlETERi LJ<br />
.J i ^<br />
l , L<br />
BOO (?)<br />
RODERICK<br />
ROGERS<br />
SCHENCE<br />
SCHEU<br />
SCHMIDT<br />
SMITH<br />
SMITH<br />
19';.9 Page 2)4.<br />
Anson Roo , d. Sept. 18, 1836, 26 yrs.<br />
Myron J., 181+7-1901<br />
Alda, wife, 18^7-1925<br />
William, 1876-190J.|.<br />
Edwin, June 13, 1879-June 30, 1879<br />
Lydia L., dau. Henry & Mariah, d. Mar. 21, 1839 > 2y<br />
7m 3d<br />
Charles L», 1860-1935<br />
Inez B. Hawkins, wife, 1868-1926<br />
Jacob Henry, l830-19lfl<br />
Katherine B., 1883-1938<br />
Michaline, Aug. 28, 18I1..6 - June 15, 1923<br />
Peter, Jan, 25, 185'1 - Mar. 21, 191)4.<br />
John, d„ July 8, 1881, 16 yrs. 5 mons. 7 ds.<br />
Florence M „ 1870-1938<br />
01 iv?r; d, Oct, 8, 1838, 60th; year<br />
Parcia, wife 01 .Ivor, d. Sept. 1.5, 1839, 63 yrs.<br />
Charles, d„ Apr,. 18, I8l}8, 1+2 yrs.<br />
Walter,<br />
Ruth, "/ife Walter, 1.891-1936<br />
Vernon, son Wt & R«., 1920-1920<br />
Leonard A„; 1877-1902<br />
Leona E, , 1?73-I ;26<br />
Hale L-, lohc-1932<br />
Mercy C., 181^.-1027<br />
Enoch, d, Nov. 19, 1863, 75 yrs.<br />
Elizabeth, wife Enoch, d. Sept. 30, 1866, 82 yrs.<br />
Leonard P., d. Dec, 5, 1888, 73 yrs.<br />
Maria, wife L, P., d. Oct. 11, 1866, 38 yrs.<br />
Jane N. J. Nelson, wife L. P., 1.833-1906<br />
Children of L* P. & M. L, °mith:<br />
Milton L., d. Mar. 26, l8i{.6, ly 6m<br />
Wm. Fletcher, d. Dec, 25, 185^, 2 yrs.<br />
Hefeon F., 18.1+9-1929.<br />
Josephine A,, 1852-1931<br />
Grace M., 1873-1933<br />
Children of Luther. & .Eleanor Smith:<br />
William B,, d. Mar. 5> 1813, 6 yrs, 6 mons,<br />
Phelps H., d. April 17, l8l6, 6 yrs. 6 mons.<br />
Franklin W,, d. Nov, 8, l8l6, 2 yrs,<br />
"Here lies three babes beneath this stone<br />
Blood, of one blood, bone of one bone.<br />
To call then; home, God thought it best,<br />
Now(?) in Christ their souls are blest,"<br />
(Crudely carved, this stone is nearly obliterated)<br />
I O
<strong>September</strong> 191$.<br />
...Page.. 25<br />
UU EST m !DDLEBURU<br />
CEfTIET ERy I DSC Rl P TI OPS<br />
SPRING<br />
STARNS<br />
STILES<br />
TERRY<br />
TIEDE<br />
T (I) GERT<br />
THOMPSON<br />
UNDERWOOD<br />
Van EPPS<br />
Claude Wf, l880-19l|0<br />
Lois W«,<br />
Eunice, wife Benoni, d. Feb. 26, 1819, 32 yrs.<br />
Sarah Catherinej 1856-1909 (Mother)<br />
John Charles, ife-1935 (Father)<br />
Horace 1 r 1817-1892<br />
Horace, 1820-1899<br />
William M•, d. Nov. 29, 1881, 66 yrs.<br />
Fayett, son Wm. & Orinda, Corooral Co. G., 3.60th Reg.<br />
N. Y. Vol., d. Salisbury Prison, Feb. lij., 1865, 21 yrs,<br />
Monroe A., son Wm. & Orinda, Sgt. Co, C , 1st N. Y.<br />
Dragoons, d, Washington, Oct. 21, from effects of a<br />
wound received at Cold Harbor, May 31, l86i|., 25 yrs.<br />
Wilbur, son Wm. & Orinda, d. Dec. 9, 1863, lo yrs. 10<br />
mons.<br />
Harlow, son Wm. t: Sarah Terry, d. Nov. 12, 1857, 5 mons.<br />
Helen M,,<br />
William,<br />
Augusta, I86lj.-19l5<br />
George, son Wm. C. Sc Lucy, d. Sept, 2if, 1838, 8 mons.<br />
15 das,<br />
Ashley Cooper, 183^-1895<br />
Helen Chaddock, wife, 181^-1933<br />
Lor en Ray, son Ashley & Helen, I87i|-l875<br />
Alta Emeline, dau. Ashley & Helen, 1880-19^3<br />
Rose Marie, 1929-1931<br />
Fern Spring Thompson, 1903-1930<br />
Walter, Mar. 2, 1825 - Feb. 11, 1900<br />
^lvira, wife, Sept. l6, 1833 - Oct. 6, 1899<br />
Lovina, d. Feb. 28, l8a3, 21st yr.<br />
Lovina, wife Walter, d. Mar. 6, 1857» 68 yrs.<br />
Walter, d. Jan. 21, 1835, yrs,<br />
Charles, son Walter & Lovina, d. Oct. 15, l8l;8, 12y 7m 6d<br />
"Jesus, to Thy dear Faithful hand<br />
My naked soul I trust<br />
And my flesh waits for Thy command<br />
To raise it from the dust."<br />
Leona May Marther, Aug. 11, 1893 - Apr. 13, 1900<br />
Jessie Marie Marther, Mar. 13, I.90O - July 25, 1900<br />
Charles Wilson VanEops, Co. A., 9th Cav. N. Y. S. V.,<br />
July 7, 1038 - Oct. 7, 1912<br />
Adaline Chase, wife °has. ., Apr. L, lBl\5 - Oct. 13, 1899<br />
Charles Franklin, May 11;., l86l -<br />
Marion Louise Stickney, wife u has. F., Nov. 30, 1862 -<br />
Sept. 2, 1897<br />
(Van Epps cont. on Page 26)
Sa3 tember Page 26<br />
UJEST miDDLEEBURU<br />
Van EPFS<br />
(Cent,)<br />
VOORHEES<br />
WELLS<br />
WESTROM<br />
WHALEY<br />
WHEELER<br />
WILBUR<br />
WILSON<br />
iVILSON<br />
CErriETERy inscRiPTions<br />
Ellen A., wife Herman A., d, July 16, 1872, 27 yrs.<br />
9 mons,<br />
Charles, Aug, 11, I806 - Sept. 21, 18^4-<br />
Betsey, wife Charles, Apr. /(., 1811 - June 21, 1893<br />
Children of Charles ft Betsey:<br />
Jane E., Mar. 13, 1835 - Oct. 23, l8i(.5<br />
Lafayette R., Apr. llj_, l8lj.7 - Oct. 17, l8lf_0<br />
George, June 9, 1853 - Anril Ij., 1867<br />
Delphine, R., Nov. 21BJ4.9 -<br />
Sanford B., son M. H. ft c . B., d. Aug. 30, l8l5, 11m 22d<br />
Abraham, d. May 25, I89I1, 79y 6m 17d (Linden merchant)<br />
Eliza, wife Abraham, d, Apr. 23, I89I, 76y 10m lid<br />
Wirt, son, A. ft E,, d. July 3, 1891, 36y 5m 23d<br />
Elisha D., Sept. 2, 18L..2, 35 yrs.<br />
Enos son Elisha ft Caroline Wells, d. Feb. 1, 1865<br />
"Rest wesry soldier thy toils are o'er"<br />
Alnea, 1835-1928 (Mother)<br />
Thomas A., 1857-192^<br />
Hattie M., 1866-19214. (Linden Murder Victims)<br />
Guy E,, 1826-1893<br />
Malinda, wife, l8l|l-1925<br />
Guy, d, Apr . 5, 1867, 8q. yrs. 8 mons.<br />
Clarissa, wife Guy, d, June 6, 1866, 79 yrs. 3 mons.<br />
Harry, 1873-19*43<br />
Rosamond, I91I4.-I930<br />
Carrie,<br />
Colonel Ira, d. Oct. 26, 13-75, 37 yrs. War of 1812<br />
Relief, wife Col. Ira, d. June 3, 1862, 69 yrs.<br />
Jane Wilson, wife Herman A ustin, I8I6-I8I4.2<br />
Irena, dau. Ebnr. ft Katharine Wilson, d. Feb. 27, 1809»<br />
I4. das.<br />
Eunice, wife Michael '-«ilson, d. Jan. 9, 1872, 79 yrs.<br />
Joseph E,f d. Oct. G, I876. (no age but AOUW emblem)<br />
Henrietta B., dau. Michael & Eunice, (dates ft age gone)<br />
Octavus, son Michael ft Eunice, d. July(?) 21, 1353,<br />
33 yrs.<br />
Michael H,, son Michael ft Eunice, d, Aug, 1I4., 18)4.3,<br />
25 yrs,<br />
Sophina, dau. Richard ft Eunice, d. Dec. l5> 10 , 29 yrs.<br />
, d, June 18, 1858, 25 yrs. (on plots of Michael<br />
end Eunice)<br />
, d., Oct. 1)4, 1859, 67 yrs, (On plots of Michael<br />
and Eunice)<br />
Michael "ilson, d. May 23, 1829, 98th yr.<br />
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UDEST rfijHDLEBURQ<br />
CEiTTt TERy ! HE • PP! PTI JDS<br />
WILSON Ebenezer, Esq., d, Sept. 1, 1828, in 7lj.th yr.45 Years<br />
(Cent.) of Baptist Connection.<br />
Lydia, wife Ebenezer, d. May 19, 1837, 76 yrs. SS Years<br />
Member of Baptist Connection.<br />
Trueman, d. July 16, 1817, in 17th year, being 6th son<br />
of Eben. & Lydia Wilson,<br />
"Sleep on dear youth without surprise<br />
(Jntil your Jesus bids you rise<br />
In the midst of youthful days<br />
God called thee home to sing His praise."<br />
Lucetta, dau. Isar.c & Susanna, b. Feb. 25, 1803; d.<br />
Mar« 1809.<br />
Also Infant son of same parents, d. Feb. 25, 1807,<br />
8(?) yr.<br />
, of Isaac & Susanna, d. Mar, 6, 1809,<br />
TyFi 3 •<br />
Betsey, wife Ormus 'Wilson, d. April 11, 1833, 21 yrs,<br />
W0LC0TT John W., Sept. 27, 1882 - Sept. lk, 1929<br />
Wesley, son J. W. Wolcott, Mar. 31, 1912 - Jan. 8, 19lk<br />
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