Historical Wyoming County September 1949 - Old Fulton History

Jairus Cruttenden, of Poultney, _ Inside the wagon were a few 

Vt., was the first oioneer in the fcooking utensils and dishes, a 

town of Covington. He came alone | chair,bedding and,if room,a liighin 

IG06, and commenced clearing | boy or bureau. Carefully hidden, 

land at the"Big Spring"near Pearl f in every case, the wife brought 

Creek. I some treasure--her father's snuff 

I box, her mother's shoulder shawl, 

The town was not organized 1 the almanac of the year in which 

until 1817*when its first settler ? she herself was born. Sometimes 

became its first Supervisor. In J it was a needle book made from 

the new settlement were several 1 -nieces of four generations of 

veterans of the I.ar of 1812. Some §wedding dresses. It might be only 

of these, no doubt, suggested thefa bright curl of the little child 

name of ''Covington," in honor of I left sleeping in New England. 

General Leonard Covington. The f 

western part of the town was set-f jn the new country everyone 

tied mostly by people from New f was expected to keep homeseekers 

England. /t times, only the head | over night if necessary. The 

of the family came to "spy out" fweather often prohibited camping, 

the land, as it were. In many ! They stopoed when night overtook 

cases on foot with his bundle on ! them, or where the wagon became 

his back, always carrying a gun, 1 mired. As necessity arose, tavand 

often an axe. Others came, Ierns or"land lookers" inns sprang 

one, two, or three on horseback. |up. An old one at Covington 

Flore often the team of oxen am- f Center,later an old red barn; anbling 

wearily along drawing the J other at Peoria which was Armcovered 

wagon with the whole \ strong's Store; and half way befamily 

within and with the cow | tween, another which is now the 

hitched behind. She, in a large jCourts' home, made three in four 

measure, was the source of foodlmiles. 

supply. | (Continued on next page)

jptenber 19^!-9 Pane 2 

historic ;L t:c:;i:tg 

published six tines annually at Arcade, Nor; York, by 1-Iarrv S. 

Douglass, County Historian; Robert "". HcGowan, Associate Editor;and 

Students ox '.rc.de Central School. 

EARLY DAYS IN COVINGTON - CONT, 

The first homes •/ore log cab- ; fireplace. R. Smith was an early 

ins. Some families lived for \ teacher. A man taught for four 

months without floors or windows ? months in the winter, and, as the 

in order that all possible time record out it,a "female teacher, 1 ' 

could be spent cutting and burn- | taught sometimes seven months 

ing timber to make a clearing in \ The winter teacher received as 

which to get in a crop of wheat, f high as $15.00 a month and board- 

The furnishings were scant. In • ed around and the woman teacher 

one corner stood the"Genesee Bed", = about one-fourth as much. During 

made b v inserting small ooles in- f one year,92 pupils were taught in 

to holes which were bored in the f the district. Slates and pencils 

wall at the head. At the foot, f were used for most of the school 

blocks or crotched sticks, were j work. One of the teacher'3 duties 

the supports. Crosswise on these i was making and "mending" quill 

side nieces, small sailings were f pens. However, poor a penman, he 

laid. Evergreen branches were j "set the copy" for the children, 

piled quite high and the bed was f 

ready for blankets. The other 1 Ho gum found its way to the 

furnishings were equally crude, I school room but there is little 

Various iron kettles simmered over | doubt that spruce, slippery elm 

the fireplace. The long-leg; ed I and mouse ear answered the same 

bake kettle was set in the coals | purpose, mainly to annoy the teaof 

the hearth. I'ore coals we re | cher. The pupils must have given 

placed 0:1 the cover. | the first school-house rough usage 

' | for after thirteen years it was 

At a surprisingly early date, I replaced by what we know as the 

frame houses appeared. Sprague's f "Ole Red Schoolhouse." For the 

3awmi 1 1 accounted for this. Cap- I new building, $225.00 was raised 

tain Levi Beardslev, in l3l0 or ! by equal tax. After the sale of 

1311, took UP 600 acres of land f the old building for >26.00, the 

at what was afterwards called f cherry table and brass andirons 

"?aine' s Corners." The first wed- I for $3.36, the taxnaners received", 

ding in the town was in the 1 a '/J4.5.OO refund. 

Beardsley home upon this home- f 

stead when Sylvia became the f During pre-school age every 

bride of Calvin Davis in I81J4.. In | little girl learned to knit, lat- 

181t, Thatcher Beardsley was the f er to spin and sometimes to weave, 

first teacher in the district f Candy was a very rare treat in 

school house,just south. I am un- jpioneer homes. An old Day Book of 

able to find the clerk's record | the Gordon store,dated lBl^.3,showfor 

this district. In the forties fed the largest single sale of 

or early fifties,Harriet ?ollard, I candy to one person amounted to 

Polly Hamilton, Eliza Taylor,Mary I six cents. Possibly some imorov- 

Ann Squires, and Kate Fisher were | ident youth was going to call on 

teachers. | his girl. The children, however, 

1 had very free access' to the mol- 

The Center school was built 1 asses jug, too free, one mother 

in 1017. It was a frame building, fthought. Her small son was told 

2lpc2o feet, and was heated with a f that darkies lived where that was 

5 made and if he didn't let it alone 

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September 19l|-9 Page 3 

"" IH.H i.imiHM. IHUliP|M.>n 

early days in covington-CONT. 

some day he would find a darkey's^ about to pay his bills, he was 

toe. To prove her point she drop^-| told that all expenses had been 

ped into tie jug a few plump rai- f met by a number of young men, 

sins. Nothing daunted, the jug I workers on the canal,I think, who 

was again tipped up, when "plunk, § had been their fellow boarders . 

plunk", out popped a molasses-f Their work having been finished, 

coated raisin. A round-eyed boy I they had gone away ..leaving n o 

beat a hasty retreat. I opportunity to even thank them. 

The neighbors vera often to- | The population of the town 

getter. It was almost imperative f reached its peak, about the 

that the men change work. Thef time that the Paines arrived, 

women frequently got together for | This was before the division of 

a day of dyeing. There were also f the town . Business flourished, 

chopping bees and husking bees, | On Pearl Cr3 Jk were a saw mill, 

paring bees and quilting bees. \ grist mill and carding mill. At 

1 the Center, store, hotel, ashery, 

My Grandfather Townsend i> I blacksmith shop, cabinet and wagvited 

my Grandmother, then Sally I on shop. A place where chairs and 

Burt, to attend a te"ra of singing f spinning wheels were made. The 

school at Peoria, '-'hen he rushed § store drew trade for man - miles, 

up to the door in his lumber wag- | 

on, she bashfully refused to go f Shoes were made to measure and 

unless Luthenia Parsons could go f an occasional cobbler went from 

along, so an extra kitchen chair I house to house. His trade was 

was added to the two already in. § known as "'..hipping the cat". Mrs. 

I never heard of Grandfather's f True was a tailoress living on 

singing but o ice. I think the f this road. An Irish woman east 

tune he used was the same that he § of the Center made shirt bosoms 

hanuad down to me. f which she sold for 13ct apiece. 

| Laca pleat was made by drawing 

To illustrate the kindness | two threads each side of t he 

that prevailed: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel | crease. These were folded so 

"toward came early to LaGrange.Al- | that one came over the other and 

most immediately both were striken § sewed,two threads at a time, over 

with fever. For eight weeks tPoy § and under,the length of the seam; 

were critically ill. They ware 1 then turned and the alternating 

wholly dependent for care upon f stitches taken up. This look-e d 

women who gladly rode miles through | like our present machine stitch - 

the woods on horseback. In 1.82!.|_, | ing. Eight of these pleats were 

my great*-grandparents, Isa, c and fmade. 

Sally Wellman,coming from Vermont | 

i ith an ox team and settling near | The town house, then the Ccnthe 

Morrows,vere halted at Greags- | gregational Church, had rocentville 

by the serious illness of § ly been completed,On Jan. 7, 1335 

their four year old daughter. The f John and Sumner Paine wore refamily 

of seven had to put up at f ceived by letter from the York 

the tavern. A few days later the § church. The record shows also 

baby died. They ••ere overcome f the names of Lucy,Rodney and Seth 

with grief. Besides this, the f Paine. Seth and Sophronia were 

little money they had was melting fmembers of the choir. The tuning 

away. Their poverty must have' | fork was the only musical instrjibe 

an apparent, When father was | ment and the preacher lined off

.September 1.9ii£,. ...Pane I4. 

EARLY DAYS IN COVINGTON - CONT. 

the hymns. As Miriam Thompson In the early days there were 

(Mrs. John Paine) united with the two doctors, .Dr. . Daniel White, 

church, when a young girl, she south of Pearl Creek,and Dr. Eben 

walked to mooting from the top of :• Warner at the Center,where Lrnest 

Burleigh Hill, a distance of four Phillips lives.Dr.White's daughter 

miles, carrying her Sunday shoos rVolina was the first child born 

in her hand. 

"in the town. Dr. Sprague and Dr. 

Fay also practiced here, but doc- 

There v>e:,"Q many Methodists in .tors were not considered indis- 

the town. Some attended the South pensable . Some families neve r 

Church,some a church near Sprague thought of calling one. Sulphur 

Corners, later moved to Pavilion. :and molasses,sage, catnip, penny- 

The Scotish people went to York, ;royal and boneset tea answered 

or to the Gilfillan (United Pres- 'ordinary purposes. In many cases 

byterian) church. A society , •;a neighbor woman acted as both 

called "Christians", had many doctor and nurse. 

followers, especially the ITorris 

families .Rev.Mark Ilorris preached 

the first sermon in the town in Letter writing was rare. At 

l8l5. Rev. William True settled first, letters we re sent' by_ mosand 

preached hero the same year. ^senger, A letter from Dublin, 

jH.H.,to a daughter in South LoRoy 

On school, on town and church jsaid: "I hope we hear from you 

records the name of John Paine often now that Squire Appleton's 

appears as an officer. In state idaughter has moved to a place 

politics he was also prominent. called 'Rochester,' Letter paper 

He was sent to represent his dis- was bought as needed from one to 

trict in the legislature in 1855 -four sheets at a time,at one cent 

and 1856. 

reach,When .sent'by mail,the- letter 

was folded and secured by a seal. 

:No envolope or stamp was used. 

The amount of postage was written 

: 

on the face. The postage to New 

England was two shillings and 

might be prepaid or not. The best 

;writer in the family or sometimes 

the schoolmaster was asked to 

"back" the letter. 

We note with interest some of 

the old records. From the church 

record: that a committee Was appointed 

to visit each member to 

learn if any difficulty existed 

that might keep him from the 

Lord's table; "That brother James 

Holden act as 'seater' of the 

congregation on the Sabbath and 

preserve the order and quiet of 

the house",From the Tovm record , 

"The poor shall be struck off to 

the lowest bidder the board being 

paid $1*25 a week: "Swin e 

shall not be com oners" .Voted "The 

Pound Master shall make a pound 

of his own yard". From the school 

record: "Ho family shall send the 

itch to school";"one-half cord of 

wood shall be furnished for each 

scholar. The 

the wood". 

teacher to measure 

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It is interorting to note that 

those who were ne...r neighbors or 

closely associated with the Paine 

: family, the Taylors, Fishe*rs, 

Morrows, and the Brooks, still 

occupy the pioneer farms.

Pag.e„.,5„ 

OLD INDIAN APPLE ORCHARD AND 

FIRST PIONEER APPLE TPEES 

Floyd H. Benham, Warsaw 

During the 136 years of French i Van Campen ran the gauntlet, and 

occupancy, or dominion, over this | some twenty years ago the decayed 

portion of the continent,or until f stumps of that orchard could be 

1763, their agricultural pursuits | traced, 

were extremely meager. However, 1 

from Turner's History of the Hoi- | Now, 

land Purchase,we read, ir They early | of an 

in 19^-9» nine apple trees 

old Indian orchard are 

introduced at Detroit,apple trees § standing and alive,on the Gardeau 

or seeds, from the Province of | Flats, immediately east of where 

Normandy. The FIRST apples that | Mary Jemison's daughter, Nancy, 

the pioneer settlers of the Hoi- |had her log house, These are the 

land Purchase had come from that fonly Indian orchard trees in exsource, 

and from a few trees that fistence in Wyoming County; unhad 

a like origin, at Schlosser, Idoubtedly are the oldest. The 

(near LaSalle), on the Niagara |trunks are about two feet in 

River Those found in the |diameter,partially decayed,having 

vicinity of Geneva, Canandaigua, |large scraggly limbs with tufts 

Honeyoye flats, and upon the pof leaves, 'and yet bear some 

GENESEE RIVER, were either propa- |fruit. William F. Eddy, Castile, 

gated from them, or from seeds land Clare Chaffee, Perry, who as 

given the Seneca Indians by the |boys lived on or near The Flats 

Jesuit missionaries." |have eaten some of these apples, 

fSome being sweet apples; one is 

For some reason, General |cimiliar to the old "Sheep's- 

Sullivan, during his raid in 1779,?;Nose"; and at least one a sort of 

did not destroy an Indian apple IRusset.The orchard that contained 

orchard beside the Seneca Cane- ithe "Golden Sweets," that stood 

adea Council House, where Major |east of Mary Jemison's home, has 

flong been gone.There is no trace, 

minimi! 

D O r i E l RS m EE 

The Wyoming Historical Pioneer 1 These pioneer gatherings have 

Association convened for Its an- 1 been held, with the exception of 

nual meeting at Silver Lake, 1 about two years during World War 

August I4., with 150 in attendance. | II, since 1372. The Association 

The .address was given by Rev. 1 was incorporated in 1377 and owns 

Edmund T. Rowe, Warsaw, while the the Log Cabin and adjacent land 

music was furnished by the Letch- | at Silver Lake. 

worth Central School Band,Freder- | 

ck Pearce conducting, 

The following officers were 

elected: Hon.. President, Rev, Dr» 

Mrs. Rosalette Powell, 100, 1 George D.Miller,Warsaw;President, 

widow of a Civil War soldier, now ; Dr* Mary T, Greene, Castile;Viceliving 

at Arcade, and John Flow- 1 President, Harry S, "Douglass, 

ers,91, of Wyoming,were presented 1 Arcade; Secretary, Mrs. Agnas W. 

chairs as being the oldest woman E Beebe, Arcade; and Treasurer, 

and man present. As usual, these f Henry N. Page, Perry, 

chairs were the gifts of Dr. Mary | 

T. Greene, Castile, and James R, f 

Blackmer, Buffalor 

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Papal honors came on June 13 I Objects of porcelain,ebony,ivory, 

to the VERY REV.GEORGE V.CALLAHAN, 1 stone, and brass were included. 

pastor of SS.Peter&Paul's church, I 

Arcade,and Dean of Wyoming County Nearly I|,000 oersons visited 

Catholic clergy, upon his eleva- I the NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM TRAIN 

tion to the rank of domestic pre- 

its visit to Perry, June ]| 

late with the title of Right Rev- | and 5 . 

erend Monsignor.A native of Holly, 

N. Y., and an alumnus of Niagara DR. SYDNEY N. FISHER, WARSAW 

University, Rt. Rev. Monsignor I native and the son of Mrs.Addison 

Callahan served as pastor at East I W. Fisher, now of the Department 

Arcade and Bliss from 1919, until | of History,Ohio State University, 

he was named nastor at Arcade, | has recently published through 

Oct.25, 1921+. Since Feb.21, 1939, 1 the University of Illinois Press:, 

he has been dean of the county. | a volume entitled, 

| lations of furkey, 

A second former Arcadian, ItEV~ I The study covers a. 

JAMES B, BRAY*pastor of Holy Name 

of Jesus 

the same 

of lu "Foreign Relif 

81-1512." 

period when 

| Constantinople was the thriving 

Chur 'ch, Buffalo, ws I capital of an expanding Turkish 

time elevated to the rank I emnire. 

onsipnor Father Bray came to 

Arcade in October 1910, when he LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR JOE R. 

was transferred to Lockport-and HANLEY, in Albany on June iu, 10, was 

in 19^2, to his present post. recipient of the Swedish Pioneer 

Monsignor 3r^y is widely-known in f Centennial Gold Medal conferred 

cnurch circles as a historian by the K ng of Sweden in recog- 

having valuable collection of nition of those who aided in the 

Catholic books, pamphlets and f centennial observance of Swedish 

documents. 

~migration in the Middle West in 

On June 23, by a vo te of 737 

to 139, voters In ninet een dis- 

tricts gave approval to thecrea- tion of the Warsaw Centr al School 

District. The centraliz ation in- 

eludes the ten district s in War- 

saw together with Orang eville 1, 

3, I|. and 5;Middlebury 15 ; Gainesville 

5, 6 and 10, and Wethers- 

1848. 

Through the efforts of the 

Town Historian, Mrs. Hugh Moag, 

and the H ighway Superintendent, 

Stewart Kingdon, '.the 'COVINGTON 

CENTER PIONEER CEMETERY has been 

cleared ofr.tmdeiigrowth,and efforts 

are being made by Mrs. inoag to 

assemble some records of burials. 

field 6 and 9. 

Readers knowing of graves in the 

cemetery are urg3d to contact the 

Throughout June and July, the Town Ills tor ian whose mailing ad- 

CORDELIA A.GREENE LIBRARY,CASTILE dress is Pavilion, P.. D. 

continued its interesting exhibitions 

with a display of Chinese 

craft as seen in art treasures. (MIL contf on next page)

September 19i;.9 Page 7 

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MISS OERTUD^ E. BEADT, former 

Castile resident, lias retired 

as Dean of .vonen of the State 

Teachers Collere,Pitchourg,liast,., 

following twenty-two years of 

service there. A graduate of 

Castile High School and Gene300 

State Teachers College,she taught 

for some years, including three 

at Castile, before she tool: her 

Masters Degree at Columbia. Her 

first princ ipalship was at 

Castile, and subsequently she was 

named dean at Mansfield, Pa., 

State Teachers College,from wh-ch 

position she went to Fitchhurg. 

John T.Barnsdall, Jr., Buffalo 

attorney, has presented his 

American Legion Post 'Semper 

Fidelis, Tf O , 356, a home and recreational 

site of twenty-eight 

acres in the town of GAINESVILLE, 

Arrangements have been completed 

between the University of 

Buffalo and the WYOMING COUNTY 

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL to provide a 

nine-month college course for 

each student enrolled in the 

School of Nursing at Warsaw. 

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he completion of a new 

five-mile section of paved road 

leadln, through the northern pc t 

of Letchworth Park has been announced 

by the Gene:ee State Park 

Commission, This highway connects 

with the graveled section loading 

southward from the Mt, Morris Dam 

site, and thus opens up an avenue 

of scenic interest from the 

northern extremity of the Park, 

near to the Dam area, along the 

west bank of the Genesee,southerly 

into the older sections of the 

Park. 

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The 6th District V. P. W, 

Rehabilitation Camp, ~ town of 

Orangoville,was formally dedicated 

August 21, 

The first supervising principal 

of the Letchworth Central 

School will be RAY C, WITTER, 

formerly principal at Silver 

Creek,and more recently associated 

with the Veteran's Hospital at 

Batavia, 

The report of the State 

Director of Junior Historical 

Societies has this to say ibout 

Wyoming County's only Chapter: 

"Perry High School has two fine 

clubs, i both sponsored fey Miss 

Helen M. Cook: Mary Jemison 

and Sea Serpent Chapters. The 

Mary Jemison Chapter made models 

and pictures of Mary Jemison, had 

twro parties celebrating holidays, 

took a trip to Canandaigua for 

the Finger i^kes jamboree, another 

to Rochester and a oicnic to 

1Letchworth Park. The Sea Serpent 

Chapter meetings featured reports 

on such topics as manufacturing 

in Perry, teacher talks, attendance 

at Canandaigua's jamboree 

and trips to Rochester and Letchworth 

Park shared with the Mary 

Jemison group. Perry Yorkers, 

toe, may take high credit for the 

apoearance of the? Finger Lakes 

Yorker." " ~ " 

Pike residents In particular 

will find W, E. Hollon's account 

of "'Zebulon Montgomery Pike and 

the York Campaign, 1813," in the 

July NEW YORK HISTORY an interesting 

side-light into the 

career of the man for whom their 

town was named*

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September 191+9 / G / Pa question box 

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Information is requested by a^children? George Washington was 

Cortland, N. Y.,resident as to the born in 1798 (Where?), and he and 

birthplace within Wyoming Countyjhis wife were property owners in 

of one BRADFORD FLOWER, supposedlyjEagle "and Pike; he had brothers, 

the son of GABRIEL FLOWER, who may{Andrew, Amos, John and Durastus, 

have come to the County before or:: 

about l8l8. Bradford Flower laterjij.8. A Pennsylvania resident wishes 

became a resident of Cattaraugus I information concerning the date 

County, land place of marriage of AARON 

fSILLOWAY to SARAH COLBY, and of 

14.6, From Baltimore comes a request j their son, HARVEY SILLOWAY, who 

for the burial place of thefmarriod EUNICE CHENEY. Harvey is 

following persons, presumably one-jsaid to have come from Berlin, Vt. 

time residents of the Town of fabout 1812 to the vicinity of 

Middlebury: JOSEPH EASTLAND, | Punk shire, towns of Arcade and 

husband of Freelove Shepherd;Java. Are these persons buried in 

Eastland; ASA EASTLAND, born infPunkshire Cemetery? 

1776 or 1777; JOHN EASTLAND, bornI 

1777; JOSEPH EASTLAND, husband offIt-9* The County Historian would 

Sally Eastland. If any of our!like to purchase a copy of t the 

readers have inscriptions or aIBIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON 

plot map of the Wright's CornersfAND WYOMING COUNTIES. Please write 

Cemetery, Middlebury, this familyl'price and condition, 

may be buried there. I 

i50. Again, data is requested con- 

14.7. An Illinois descendant wants!corning a SIMON LATHROP, who 

information as to the origins inlmarried a Vienna of 

the East of ISAAC DENNIS; his son,fLeicester, N. Y. They had 'twin 

ISAAC N. DENNIS, and of EPHRAIMidaughters, Mary Jane and Maria, 

DENNIS, Isaac Dennis came tot and possibly ' others. Mary Jane 

Arcade in 1.812; his son was bornldied in Sept,,l8!;9, age 20; Maria 

there in 1327, married (l)|married Carroll Henry Cocher in 

Clarinda Chandler in I8I4J4., (2) L.fl350. It is thought Simon was the 

M. Potter in 1871, and he moved tot son of Isaac, who owned land in 

Pike in l86l; while Ephraim Dennis]Perry in l8l8, and the grandson of 

came early to Arcade. Also, what* Simon Lathrop of Lima, N. Y. 

relationship was GEORGE WASHINGTON:Vienna had been married before 

DENNIS, who 

Partridge about 

married Phoobefi836, to Lewis Newman, Leicester. 

1820 or 1821, whofData on this family will be greatin 

lSljlj. c&me to Illinois with tonfly appreciated by a 1 Rochester 

!reader, 

NECROLOGY V"(cont.) 

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- Polio claimed as a victim=Warsaw High School, from Hamilton 

August 21, JOHN HEW.. WAGENBLASS j College and Harvard. Following 

39, son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry {two years on the faculty of 

Wagenblass Wetherafield, atb ^Northwestern University, he was 

Rochester, N. Y. A. professor ®ff Icommissioned in the U.S. Navy, 

-English, at ther?-University ^{taught at Annapolis, and served 

'Rochester since. Wg^d .War I^tJte^ kn the Far Eastern Theater, re- 

Wagenblass wa-s-a native of Bagino, {tiring to inactive duty as Liou- 

-Philippihe Islands» where his- ; {tenant Commander. His widow ana 

p-ar-pnts wore posident during ;> -thOi I two children survive. Burial 

iqight .years following his. birth, |made in Union Park Cemetery, 

in 1912. He was graduated from Iwethersf ield Springs.

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In the months to cone copies 

of these photos, deposited in the 

office of the County Historian, 

will be available for reference by 

the general public. These will be 

of inestimable value now and in 

the future, representing as they 

do a pictoral record of the most 

important buildings,largely erected 

between 1820-1850,which, remain 

as architectual and historic Igacies 

from a former generation. 

Local citizens are deeply indebted 

to the Division of History and 

Archives, and to Mr. Vrooman, 

personally, for making this unusual 

service available. 

Quite naturally there are 

interesting stories associated 

with many of these sites and this 

bulletin will continue to present 

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During some of July's most accounj/s of these places in com- 

torrid days, John J. Vrooman, ing issues. Surprising enough, 

Supervisor of Historic Sites, the perhaps, is the fact that three 

Division of History and .archives, log cabins were listed during the 

of tie State Education Department, survey: The Pioneer Cabin at 

completed the first photographing Silver Lake;a. log house estimated 

of historic sites in the county's to be lij.0 years old, now used as 

history. Wyoming thereby . became a tool house on the Frank A.Geoigo 

the third county in the state to farm, on the Middle Reservation 

be thus thoroughly surveyed Some Road, Castile; and a log house, 

200 pictures were taken of the now falling apart, on the lands 

most significant sites,represent- of R. C: L. Patrick, east of Perry 

ing all townships, in a tour of and not far from the Outlet. The 

l\$7 miles. 

oldest residence in continuous 

iuse is doubtless the Jesse Colons 

;house, at IIewburg,Town of Gaines- 

• ville, mention of which was made 

;in the Hay, 19^8> issue. 

The County is rich with his- 

?toric churches, the oldest build- 

|ings, definitely dated, being the 

|Congregational Church, Perry 

: Center, and the United Jrresbyter- 

îan Church, Covington, both under 

fconstruction in 1$28. The beautiful 

old Gainesville Congregational 

Church, now the Town Hall, 

stands on a site deeded to the 

:church trustees, June 20, 1827, 

by William Bristol, and there is 

;reason to believe the edifice was 

jerected shortly thereafter. Archiitectually 

speaking, the '.'est 

jlliddlebury Baptist Church, dedicated 

in 1332, and the Wyoming 

iPresbyterian Church, built in 18-

September ^19.^9,. 

30, are exquisite examples, patterned 

in facade,belfry and spire 

after designs by Sir Christopher 

\ren for London Churches. 

The Portageville Universalist 

Church, built in l8q.l, remains 

unique in that it has the. original 

furnishings and its continued 

preservation should be a matter 

of vital concern to those who 

prize fine New England-type interiors. 

Among other churches foind 

to retain much of their original 

interior line were the Salem's 

Evangelical £e Reformed Church, 

Bennington Center;the 1GI4J4.»Corlesville 

Universalist Church, now 

the IOOF Hall; the Strykersville 

Baptist Church; dating from 1339; 

the Hermitage brick Baptist Church 

1O7I; St. Paul's Evangelical C; 

Reformed Church, Attica, XO6I4.; 

the Kendall district Methodist 

Church, Covington, 1832; and Portageville 

' s l3l|2 Baptist Church. 

Seme fine specimens of stone 

and cobblestone buildings remain. 

Among those photographed were the 

A. 3. u'elkor stone house,Bennington, 

cl3i(_0i the old Emerick tannery 

in Humphrey's Hollow,Sheldon; 

the Elijah Smith cut-stone house 

west of Java Village, erected 18- 

5o-58; the l839> cut-stone store 

at tike, known as the "Bargain 

Store"; the "hard head" stone 

dwelling, bearing date of 1835,on 

the Gulf Road, north of Wyoming; 

the Edward Coefield house,west of 

Pearl Creek, town of Covington, 

built cl8l9, and said to be constructed 

of stones picked up on 

the farm, all of which were put 

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thorough a ring for sizing,a task 

which took six years to complete. 

Hearer to Pearl Creek is the Dean 

Ewell cobblestone dwelling, bearing 

the date "l3'pO i! on the lintel 

above the front doorway; there is 

the Charles Fisher cobblestone 

house, Covington,northwest of La- 

Grange; the Lawrence Hurst house, 

the former Butler home, east of 

Peoria Road, Perry; a portion of 

t lie Robeson Cutlery C omp any' s 

factory in Perry,rebuilt in 1830, 

following a fire,by cilery Hicks; 

the 1827 Beaumont house, Castile; 

"Taberlea" on the Middle Reservation 

Road, Castile,erected in 13- 

1)1}.; the William Hamilton house, 

West Perry, put up in 1837 by one 

Bacon of bluestone quarried nearby; 

and the famed IO46 Larsaw 

Cobblestone School House,on South 

Main, now the Masonic Temple. 

Noteworthy is the famous 

Cowlesville Covered Bridge, Spanning 

Cayuga Creek at the Potter 

Road, Bennington, the last structure 

of its kind in all western 

New York. Certainly, the most 

important public building, historically 

speaking,is the Middlebury 

Academy, Wyoming, erected in 

1817, and now in the process of 

being renovated by the Middlobury 

Historical Society. Two other 

brick school houses of interest, 

both in Attica, are the Creek 

School, Attica No. 9, put U P in 

1852, and the old Water Street 

School, dating from 1820. At 

Perry Center, now a portion of 

Kelly's garage, is a wing of the 

Perry Center Instit\ite, which 

opened in 1339,while Wethersfield

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istonc 

Springs preserves as a community, 

hall the main building of Doolittle 

Institute, founded upwards of 

a century ago by Ormus and Reuben 

Doolittle as a boarding school. 

The boarding halls wore destroyed 

by fire in 192)4. along with historic 

St. Clement's Church, just 

across the street. Let us also 

not forget Perry's "Beehive," 

still standing at Short and Lake 

streets. An original store front, 

still retaining its tiny panes of 

glass, was found in Cowlesville, 

now Stangrovers garage on Main 

Street. Java Village has the century-old 

George Grist Mill, an 

interesting vestige of old-time 

milling. 

Of historic residences and 

taverns there are many. Fine 

examples of Greek Revival and a 

few Victorian Gothic are seen. It 

is impractical to list all these 

landmarks, but included in the 

survey were such edifices as Danley's 

Tavern, Bennington; the 

Folsom House, Folsomdale;Straub's 

Inn, Sheldon;the Reuben and Ormus 

Doolittle houses, cl820, both at 

Wethersfield Springs; the Wolcott 

House, Orangeville; the Vary and 

Watson-Potter houses, Varysburg; 

the Pleaco House, north of Java 

Five Corners; the Capron, Hunting 

and Dole houses, Pike; the Lillibridge 

residence, East Koy; the 

Krauss,Putnam and Benedict houses 

and the "Old Stage House," all in 

Attica; the Seaver House, "Hillside," 

the Ferris Mansion, the 

former Moses Rowe Tavern, Barlow 

House, and the Wyoming Inn, all 

Middlebury. In Covington is 

/ 

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"Brooksholm," seat of the Brooks 

family since l8l[j., the old Peoria 

Tavern, and the Andrews (former 

PotY'/ine) homestead, dating from 

181+9. 

In Perry Village stand such 

fine old edifices as the Walker, 

Chap in and Crocker houses; the 

home of Chester A. Arthur on Elm 

Street; the Bailey House on Water 

Street, and out on North Center 

Street, the 'Clark-Davis-Brigham 

house,one of the County's 61dost, 

erected in l8l6, where Mary Jemison 

was wont to visit. Castile 

contributed the Abraham Bradt 

House, also whore the White Woman 

stopped, the old Ziba Hurd house; 

and the Charles VanArsdale home. 

In the Ferry Center area are such 

historic buildings as the Silver 

Tavern, the Inn, the Dr. Jabez 

Ward, Deacon Samuel Howard, and 

the Sheldon homesteads. 

Historic structures still 

found in Warsaw include the Charles 

Humphrey house (Truesdo11 

House); William Webster House, 

South ".arsaw; Nilos Keeney Home; 

the 1822 Morris Homestead; the 

Seth M. Gates House, dating from 

1325, now the home of the Warsaw 

Historical Society; the George 

Walker residence on View Street, 

probably part of the tavern erected 

by Elizur vobster in 1810 or 

12; the Gorould Residence, going 

back before l8l6; the Augustus 

Frank House, and the Elizabeth 

Bishop House, put up in l3l7> by 

John Hobson, Warsaw's first hatter.

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fight than eat, landed in the The second day there were but 

street on top of J, .'A,. McElwain, • few votes offered, no illegal 

one of Rumsey's friends, who from one. The Bucktails concluded not 

his business of oil-making was to make two bights of a cherry, 

nick-named, "The Grease Grinder". and would all come the last day 

After the par tie's had landed in and vote then. They did come, 

the street, "The Grease Grinder" bareheaded and barefooted, many 

had no trouble in changing his of them with their collars open 

position to the one on top and at and their billies in their hands, 

the same time each was told to prepared to vote at all hazards. 

"Give it to him I",but the parties Very much to their surprise, when 

had better common sense, for nei- they came to the hollow(there was 

ther of them offered any assault no village then) they found the 

upon the other. Soon the "grease sheriff and eight or ten of his 

grinder" proposed to Rice to get deputies and magistrates formed 

up, which lie readily accepted. beside the street to see that the 

Rice, after getting up and stand- law was enforced that last day of 

ing around a little, wishing to election, and it was. The notice 

brag of his achievements, said, which the committee received from 

"I guess the d 'Grease Grinder, their older friends would have 

he's sore where I bit him L» been promptly carried out had 

The polls opened 

afternoon at the old 

they not got the sheriff and his 

In the men the last day to assist them. 

Jenkins j 

tavern on the East Hill, There ] Mr. Rumsey had attended the 

Rumsey had his clothes, all above |polls the first two days and had 

his pants, torn off to the skin ! been roughly \ised, so on the last 

in attempting to get him out of I day he thought it would be no 

the house. He immediately bor- |more than right that some other 

rowed a coat of a friend and but- |person should take his place,That 

toned it up, ready to object to ]duty was assigned to J, A, Mc- 

the next illegal voter. The evenlElwain, one of the youngest of 

ing of the first day, the Vigil- |the committee. The presence of 

ance Committee began to think I the sheriff and his staff,includthat 

what they had been told, in |ing the board(all politically opthe 

first place might prove true. |posed), all determined to take 

To be safe, they arranged to send I more responsibility than on the 

a private express to Batavia that I first two days in sustaining the 

night to notify the sheriff and flaw of the State. McElwain dishis 

staff of the' trouble they |covered, during the afternoon, 

were having and requested him to lone of our responsible citizens 

attend the last day. Col. Arden fat the door talking very earnest- 

Woodruff v;as dispatched for the fly with two bullies, or roughs, 

purpose. 

|who occasionally eyed him. So he

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concluded that they would ,C6me 

and offer ' their votes, and if 

challenged, would knock him down 

or make the effort, In that, he 

was not disappointed, Y/hen they 

did offer to vote and he objected, 

that was the signal to make the 

drive at him,but he was ready for 

them,They did n^t strike him, but 

before they could make a second 

effort, the sheriff had them both 

arreated.That, except being hauled 

through the door and windows 

two or three times, finished the 

day, except that McElwain carried 

the scars for weeks. 

The last effort was to be 

made after the polls closed and 

the board had no power to act.For 

that purpose they secured a vagabond, 

with a large club, to stand 

just behind McElwain and as soon 

as the polls closed, he was to 

break his (McElwain*s) head and 

then follow up. The sheriff and 

his men discovered what was going 

on and were ready to meet it.They 

sent a boy to stand beside him 

( the vagabond ), and . when he 

attempted to strike to catch the 

club and pull it to one side;this 

he did and most likely saved Mc- 

Elwain' s life, Before the second 

effort could be made, the sheriff 

and his posse had McElwain enclosed, 

two or three deep, and taken 

to the other tavern, followed by 

the vagabond with his club which 

he was unable to use. Thus ended 

the election in Warsaw in 1820. 

Clinton was elected governor by a 

few hundred votes. 

The close of the election was 

not the end of the excitement. 

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Thare was. a very strong prejudice 

existing within the Bucktail 

©arty against the Clintonians* 

One effort was to ruin MrRumsey's 

business as tanner and currier 

and for that purpose they .'determined 

to erect a tannery in the 

south part of the town and do all 

the business. To effect -this, 

they got the timber for the building 

and at the raising they 

had the cannon which they fired, 

and whiskey to drinkf One of the 

toasts, drunk with cheering, was, 

"The Bucktails of V/arsaw,may they 

reicn in Heaven; while the Warsaw 

Challengers go to H--« until they 

get their just punishmenti" That 

was a specimen of the feeling of 

many of the party. The tannery 

building was never carried into 

effect. On the other hand, the 

Clintonians at Batavia got a 

public dinner as a result of the 

election and Rumsey and McElwain, 

the V/arsaw 'Challengers, were especially 

requested to attend. 

At Warsaw, thirteen of the 

leading Bucktails and those that 

were perfectly responsible were 

indicated for riot at Election. 

The trial was continued from 

court to court until at last,when 

it was expected to come off, the 

District Attorney looked for the 

indictments and they were all 

missing and could not be found. 

He went before the Grand Jury and 

got about half of them indicted 

over again. They came into court, 

pled guilty and were fined $5,00 

each. 

Thus ended 

Election of 18201 

the riotous

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Our appreciation to'Mrs*Oharlosf For more than a year prepara- 

Fondrich, Gainosvillp, for a copyltions wcro under way for this past 

of the "Tenth Annual Catalogue andlgummer's Historic Sites Survey, 

Circular 'of Gainesville FemaleIduring which time the County His- 

Seminary", for 1863-61j.» 

Itorian rcceived the 'heartiest 

fcooperation from many residents, 

Miss Adah Lyle Kidder, WarsawfEspecially does he wish to record 

poet, has, at our roouest, kindlyIhis gratitude to the following who 

deposited with us manuscript and|gave their time and knowledge: 

printed copies of her beautifulfMrs» Grace Willard, Cowlesville; 

poems on Letchworth Park as wellfMrs., Ruth Deci, Bennington Town 

as ccrtain of hop inspirationalfKistorian; I!rs * George Reynolds 

works, land Joseph Zaler, Johnsonburg; 

fBcrt Cooper, Varysburg; Mrs, Ruth 

From St, Catherines, Ontario, pi, Nichols, Java Town Historian; 

Miss Kathleen O'Loughlin has sentlD, Grant Hodge, Arcade; Frederick 

us a copy of her latest work, fpoarce, 'Eagle Town Historic?; 

Yarmouth Stone,, published in July,|Howard M, Bowen, Pike -Town 

T94O« Also she has given thisfHistorian; Miss Helen Cook and her 

Office scattered issues of the^classes at Perry High School who 

magazine American Antiquity, forfphotographed and prepared sketches 

19,44 to 19I|8. Miss O'Loughlin isfof many r local sites; Miss Agnes 

an authority on early WolshfTomlinson of the Perry Public 

history and the migrations offLibrary; Mrs, Isabelle Crocker, 

early explorers from that countryfMrs, Manly Taylor, and B. B, 

to the Western World, 

ITewksbury, all of Perry; Harold 

fAltof t, La Grange; Mrs, Lena T, 

Our collections have boon in-lFuller and Mrs, Mary VanArsdale 

creased by gifts of the issuofGreene, Castile Mi- Harry A , 

of The New"York (State) Red BookfBeardsley, Genesee Falls Historian 

from John S. Mearns, Editor, and a!Portageville; Mrs, Hugh Moag, 

bound copy of the off icial|Covington, Town Historian;Goorge 

document book 

State Freedom r of the Hew YorkjW, H artnell, Middlebury Town 

Mln from the " Hon,iHistorian; Miss Geraldine Holly, 

Harold C. Ostertag, Our thanks tofWarsaw Town Historian; Lewis W, 

both. fBishop, Warsaw; Mrs, Chester Clor, 

iBatavia, 

Mrs LaVerne C, Cooley, 

historian, publisher of tho l nd °xlHermitapo• 

to Beer's History of w y° mln . „ , former' Wethersfield Town 

batavxa|Hlstorian. B> E, Langdon, 

Mrs, George Ernst, 

SlAttica Town Historian; Miss Alice 

County, has supplied this Office! IF, Potter and Miss Catherine East- 

with a copy of tho inscriptions inl fman, both of Attica; Mrs* Irving 

the cemetery at vernal oornors,fB# Botsford, Charles Fondrich, and 

East of Attica, and of the Oldf fCharles M, Smith, Gainesville Town 

Town Cemetery, south side. Route 20| 

plistorian, all of Gainesville, and 

about a mile west of Darion Ccnteyf^ 

iTrentwith Young, Pike, 

Both plots contain the graves off 

early residents of this County;! 

, Richard Bryk, Perry High 

the Darien cemetery has t 

^°|School student, has donated three 

resting place of Dr, James E-, |vory I fine photographs of the Hope 

Seaver, noted author of' the ICemetery I 

monument to Major Mark 

classic life of Mary Jemison, Mr, 

|Andrews, 

I 

I76O-I8I4.8, a Soldier of 

Cooley has our appreciation. fthe Revolution, Our sincere 

Ithanks to him.

September I9I4.9 Paf e 1? 

WTTKmum 

TRAILS ~ 

(Archives of Attica Historical Society) 

There -were two main Indian 

trails crossing Attica and probably 

others. James Tolles mentions 

one which crossed the northern 

part of Bennington and pursued a 

serpentine course over the 7 ilkie 

and Doty farms to Attica, following 

the tannery brook near the 

cider mill on Market Street Road. 

It passed near a spring called 

Red Jacket Spring," and thence 

crossed the Tonawanda to the 

Indian Village located on the 

flats north of the Gatgen home on 

Prospect Street. A decade ago a 

stretch of this old route, some 

30-l|.0 feet in length, could be 

seen. 

William Schroeder,Attica, in 

a communication to the Historical 

Society in 1938* commenting on 

this old trail,retold two stories 

which had come down from Mr. 

Ear11, who settled by this Indian 

highway about l3l0. The incidents 

occurred on the hillside but a 

few hundred feet back of the 

cider mill site. "A few years 

after Mr. Earll built a log cabin 

there," he wrote, "a settler out 

of Bennington came along the trail 

and met a bear. In the tussle 

between the two the settler was 

killed ard his body rolled down 

the hill and lodged against a 

small wild cherry tree. This 

tree, when it was oointed out to 

me by the late John V. Willians, 

many years ago, was quite a landmark, 

towering far above all the 

other trees. Today, only a stump 

is left." 

"One day Red Jacket and several 

young Indians came along the 

trail and stooped at the Earll 

jlace. whether the Chief had imbibed 

too much"fire wr.ter" before 

he arrived there, or whether Mr. 

Earll gave him some, the storytellers 

did not say. The Indians 

were in a hurry to be on their 

way to Buffalo and were in a 

quandry what to:do with the.Chief 

who was too intoxicated to walk. 

Mr.Ear11 then suggested they roll 

him down the steeo hill several 

times and maybe that would sober 

him ur>. The Indians immediately 

took his advice, with tê result 

they were able to contiue their 

journey In a very short time. " 

Thus, If the legend be true, t-e 

•oroud and haughty warrior chieftain., 

renowned for his silvertongue 

in the Iroquois T ation,had 

good reason :to remember the valley 

of the Tonawanda at Attica. 

The second leading Red Man's 

trail was one which came from the 

south, following in general the 

Exchange Street Road, crossing 

Main Street where the Methodist 

Church now stands and continuing 

northward across the Loomis ->roerty 

down the hill. This intersected 

the first trail near 

Monterey(north of Attica,Alexander 

Townshi^), turned eastward near 

the "Dry Bridge" and continued 

toward Warsaw. Another trail 

branched off from Exchange Street 

Road,which led -oast the reservoir 

to Hall's Corners.

..Sept.amb.Qiv 1949.. 

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hailing with pride the appearance 

of 

A Tittle Poem Rook, by Ethel 

A. M. Tozier ('Mrs. Elmer Tozier, 

Orangeville). This volume, which 

came from the press of the Russell 

F, Moore Co., N. Y., last month 

is delightfully illustrated by 

Mary Prout, wife of Rev. W. S. 

Christie, formerly -castor of the 

Warsaw Baptist Church,and'in each 

instance she has caught 

spirit of the poems. 

the fine 

The thirty-odd poems were originally 

written for Mrs.Tozier's 

daughter and son, Ethelma^ and 

Charles, and were inspired by in- 

cidents which happened during 

their childhood. The daughter is 

a member of the faculty of Ossining 

High School, the mother of a 

two-year old daughter, while the 

son is at home. In addition to 

her own offspring, the author 

dedicated the collection to Ricky, 

Mrs. Prout's little boy, who during 

the preparations for the volume 

frequently queried his mother, 

" I wanna see the little poem 

book," hence the title. Mrs. 

Tozier has long been 'mown among 

her circle of friends as a person 

of literary accomplishments,having 

published children's stories as 

well as Christmas verse. 

While we are not a qualified 

critic, we feel our readers will 

find keen enjoyment intbis volume 

whether they be ei_ht or eighty. 

Her pen transforms bit3 of juvenile 

experience into delightful 

morsels of poetic beauty,and into 

each she has drowned a simole , 

homely philosophy,or a sly bit of 

humor,so reminiscent of the wholesome 

frankness of childhood.Lastly 

the author includes bits of verse 

which she calls, "Some "oems for 

Mother,"wherein parenthood's tender 

est sentiments are beautifully 

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recorded. She 'treats tfie" whole 

gauntlet of children's experiences 

under such situations as 

"Sick on Christmas," "Biding on a 

Load of Hay," "My Dog Sho^ny," 

"Clouds, " f, The Bath Towel," "Stars 

and Fireflies," "Secrets" and "To 

Grandma and Grandma". We won't 

tell the secret, but Fthelmav and 

Charles found "winter roses'.' £ 

Here are some quotes from 

selected noems, the first from 

"Indian Pipes,"--- 

"The fairies smoke a niê of 

neacc 

A quaint o n d meerschaum tyne, 

For in the woods today 

I saw an Indian pitej 

From "God Washed the Little 

Stars,"--- 

"God cashed the little stars 

last night; 

They blinked their sleepy 

eyes, 

Then shut them tight and 

rested in 

The cradle of the skies." 

In "Stars and Fireflies," she 

closes the poem so,-- 

"God make a thousand little 

lights 

And put them in the narks... 

I wonder if He lost some stars 

Or only dropped the sparks?" 

If you care for humor, this 

little quatrain,known as "Shine," 

will doubtless josfe your funnybone 

: 

"If you cannot be a spotlight 

And send your beams afar, 

Be at least a narking light.,. 

Shine right where you are!" 

(All -ooems are copyrighted 1949» 

and used with permission.)

. September l)> li:iTM»' i Im .il li'Mi )Ij.9 il*!) i • (Continued from July is?ue) 

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MIUlHlili l|'tHlH'l!l' l|l|ilM'nmiMiHl|l">iniUHl|imiM/MIHi(' 

! FPY ipse PI print 

Dea. Ilenry, d. Aug. 22, 1851,70 yrs. 

Betsy, wife Henry, d. Jan. 29, 1051, 69 yrs. 

Parley Swelli di Sept. 28, 1862, 53 yrs. 

Stephen, cU D ect 2?, 1866, 5l yrs. (Father) 

t— "-s 

Melissa Choate, wjlfe Stephen, d. Feb. 22, 1908, 91 yrs. 

Cornelius, d* N0V1 27, 1892, 71 yrs. 

Mary A., wife Cornelius, d. Dec. 23, 1892, 72 yrs. 

Hermon C., 18^8-1925 

Alta E., wife Hermon, 1851-1923 

Mary L. , 1872-1899 

Ira Wait, son Cornelius & Mary A., d. May 214., 1852, 

2 yrs. 

James Henry, son Cornelius & Mary A., d. Apr. 6, 1857 

ly :3m 

Mary D., dau. Cornelius & Mary A., d. Feb. 22, 1858, /+y 

6m 

Rude 11, 18^-1891 

Alice G., wife Rudell, 181+7-1920. 

Albert S., son Rudell & Alice, 1872-1888 

Infant child of Rudell & Alice, 5 days 

Doris E., 1915-1918 

John H., 

Emma W., his wife, 

Ronald son J0hn Emma, 1905-1935 

Michail F., son Peter & Frances, (stone broken) 

Peter, d. Nov. 21, IC87, 67 yrs. 

Frances, wife Peter, d. Mar. 21, 1893, 68 yrs. 

Anna, (inscription in German) 

Ellen Susan, July 28 - Oct. 26, 19^2 

Henry, 1855-1937 

Magdalena B., wife, 1855-1896 

Magdalena R., wife, 1855-1917 

Mary E. Deramer, 1882-1915 

Philippina W. Braun, 1856-1929 

Norris E., 1858-1934- (Mason) 

Sophia A,, wife Norris E., 1860-1935 

Tessie Fuller Wallison, I896-I925 (daughter) 

Charles H. Fuller, Co. G. N. Y. H. Art. (no dates) 

Olive B,, dau. Janes & Ruth, d. Feb. 1, 181L3, 22 yrs. 

Polly, dau. James & Ruth d, June 20> 1835, 17 yrs. 

William C., d. April 28, 1838, 3i+ yrs. 

Jemes, d. Aug. 25, l85l> 72 yrs. 

Ruth, wife James, d. Feb, 6, 181+5, 62 yrs. 

vin, son James & Ruth, d. Oct. 18, l8lj.li, 20 yrs. 

Harris, son James & Ruth, d. Dec. 10, 1828, 27 yrs. 

"Such and so withering are our earthly joys, 

Which time and sickness speedily destroys."

September 1.949,., 

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CIgTll 

GRIMES 

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Ida May, wife Newton Li Gill, d. Feb. 18, I892, 33 yrs. 

Mr, Alexander Grimes, who departed this life July 2, 

1817, 33 yrs. 5 mons. 

"Vain world farewell to you 

Heaven is my native air 

I bid my friends adieu 

Impatient to be there." 

(two other stones, one partly left, other completely 

weathered were on this lot with Alexander Grimes.) 

d.. Oct. 

37y lm (near to stone 

for Alexander Grimesi 

"The sweet remembrance of the just 

Shall flourish tho they sleep in dust 

0, disappointed consort dear 

Your hopes, how they have fled 

Your piercing grief nor friendly care 

Could save me from the dead." 

Andrew, d. March k, l86l, 83y 5m 1+d 

Mary Grimes, d. Dec. 8, 1854, 69y 4 2lj.d 

, d. Oct. 12, 1840 42y 2m 19d 

, wife V. Hoag, d. 23, 1845 9 yrs. 

John, 1840-1912; born ôuth Gabburg, ^ngland 

Mary Webber, wife, 1839-1912; b, Somersetshire, England 

Ernest, Nov. 11, 1870 - Dec. 7, 1905 

Redford W., Feb. 10, 1866 - Feb. 2, 1923 

Carrie Alice Hopkins, Mar, 1, 1866 - April 11, 1941 

Charley P., 1873-19*1-3 

Aaron E,, 1836-1915 (Father) 

Lois P., 1.839-1927 (Mother) 

Reuben, d. Jan. 29, 1858, 71 yrs. 

Polly, wife, d. May 18, 1875, 87 yrs. 

Nelson V;,, Oct. 23, 1828 - April 23, 1894 

Rose Ann, wife Nelson, May 4, 1835 - Feb. 12, 1 

Infant dau. Fanny, 10 days; dau. Ne1son & Rose Ann 

Mary G., wife N. W., Huntington, d. i860, aged 32 yrs. 

Eunice H., 1843-1901 

Jona Howard, M. D,, 1805-1897 

Hannah L.., wife, 1805-1884 

Levi, d. Aoril 3, 1839, 50 yrs, 9 mons. 

Cla rrissa, wife Levi, d, April 22, 186.5, 77 yrs, 22 das.

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KITTLE 

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KNOWLTON 

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LAWREY 

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Emily Jollis, wife JOHN W. GRILE, d. Feb. 18, 1309, 

82y (Mother) 

Mason Jollis, d. Aug. 27, 18C7, 64 yrs. ( Father) 

Betsey Waite, wife Mason, d. May 26, l88l|., 62 y, 

(Mother) 

Simeon, 1807-1868 

Mary, wife Simeon, 1309-1397 

Edmund W., son Simeon & Mary, d, April 19, 1811 2y 10m 

Charles A., Sept. 19, 1852 - May 2.6, 1883 (Merritt 

Bailey Lot) 

William E., I82if-1903 

Helen M., wife William, 1832-1395 

John, d. July 26, 1871, Si|_ yrs. (Father) 

Charity, wife John, d. Mar. 8, 1885, 92 yrs. (Mother) 

Myron J„, d. Mar, 8, 1911, 88 yrs. 

Louisa M., wife Myron, d. Nov., 26, 1899, 75 yrs. 

Emma, 

Willis, 1863-193^. 

William, 1863-1933 

Francis L., 181^9-1922 

Charles W., d„ Feb.. 26, 1907, 83 yrs. (Father) 

Jane, wife Charles, d. Aug. 30, 1900, 7k yrs. (Mother) 

Franz S., 1862-1938 

Clyde F., 1886-1895 

William, I862-I896 

FIbridge G,, d. Jan, li*., 1872, 28 yrs. (Mason)' 

Eva, dau. G. & M. C., d. Sept. 11, I067, 2 mens. 

11 das. 

William J., I889-I9I+O 

Ruth W., v&fe, 

Frederick, d. Oct. 5, 1882, 62 yrs. 

Gertude Ann, wife Frederick, d. Jan, 11, 1886, 60 yrs. 

Mary, dau, F. & G* A., d, Jan. 11, i860, 3 yrs. 

Christian Range, d. July 22, 1872, 72 yrs. 

C„ Fred, 1862-1936 

Elizabeth J.., l86l-I9i|7 

Frank E., 

Eunice R„, 1893-3-9^7 

J. E., 184-1937 

John, l82i(.-1910 

Mary, wife, 1337-1921 

Isra'el Barber, son Rev. Beriah N, & Pricilla B„, died 

Nov. 26, 1836, th (?) year.

September 19/4,9 .Page 22 

UU T.I5 mic .j 

CEHIETE 

LEMMON 

LlTGIiPIELD 

McPIiERSON 

MALLISON 

MARTHER 

MAURER 

MEREITT 

METCALFE 

MILLER 

MILLS 

MORSE 

EBURy 

' . J CRIPTI on5 

Patience, wife Isa-.c, resident Lyons, V/ayne Co., N. Y,, 

died Linden, Genesee Co., Mar, 12, i860, 76 yrs. 7 

mons. (Erected by her daughter Charlotte "ilcy Drs.) 

Nancy, wife Cyrenus, di May 13, 1830, ?\j 7m !+d 

"Though languishing in pain and woe 

I fondly hoped for longer time 

But death has called for me to go 

And leave this world's unhappy clime,. 

In earthly life I was cut down 

By pain and sickness torn away 

Prom relatives my dear I own 

Farewell to all my kindred clay," 

Also an Infant Son, d, March 25, 1826, 8 weeks. 

Fred, d. Jan. 16, 1392, 29 yrs. 

Laura, wife, d, Dec. ll|, I89O, 2.9 yrs, 

Tessie Fuller Mallison, dau, Norris & Sophia A» Fuller, 

1896-1925 

Leona May, Aug. 11, 1893 - Apr, 13, 1900 

Jessie Marie, Mar. 13, 1900 - July 25, 1900 

(On VanEpps monument) 

John L., 1829-1906 

Catherine, his wife, l8i'h9-1902 

George T,, 1818-1892 

Caroline A,, wife George, 1826-1910 

John, b, Oct. 6, 1828j death not Riven (Father) 

He11en M., wife John, Feb. 16, 163^ - Mar, 10, 1839 

(Mother) 

John, d. Feb 23, IG67, 70th yr. (Father) 

Margaret, first wife, d, April 9, l8l;.2, ij.7 yrs, (Mother) 

John N., Dec, 28, 1825 - April 1895 

Eliza A,, wife, Oct. lk, 1830 - (no date of death) 

August, IC33-IC9J4. .(Father) 

Barbara, 1832-1915 (Mother) 

Thomas, 1822-1906 

Phoebe E. Dudley, wife, l8l|Jj-1930 

George W.f 1868-1932 

Mabel Howard Morse, wife, 1372-192]'. 

Elizabeth Osborn, 1829-1893 

Ida B., I8ij.0-1899 

John H., 1837-191^ 

Lorinda, wife Jchn, 18144-1903

September 

uUEs 

MUNBUR or 

MUNBER 

NELSON 

NEWTON 

PALMER 

PAGE 

Parkenter 

PEG OS 

PERVOSE 

PIERSON 

PITTS 

PUFFER 

QUALE 

REDANZ 

Rizer 

, Page. 23 

miDDLEBURy 

TIE r.ERU I nsc Rl PTI on 5 

Orrin, (stone broken) 

Riv. Dexter, d. Sept. 12, 1871, 35 yrs, 

Janes A,, d. Feb. 28, 1875, 78 yrs. 

Mary, dau . James A. & Jane P., 181^.0-1898 

Jane, (no dates) 

Nelson, (no dates) 

C. F., 1852-1903 

W, Fletcher, son Vita,. & Emily, d. Dec. ij., 1852, 17 yrs. 

James Watson, Pvt. lSth Inf. Lt. Art., 1838-1912 

Clara Belle, wife James, 1852-1923 

Solon, Nov, 17, 1G01 - July 1, I69I (Father) 

Nancy, wife Solon,,Apr. 10, 1805 - ^.331,1-889. (Mother) 

Abdallah, d, Sept. li, l85i+, 26 yrs. 2 mens. 

Martia, d. May 12, 1858, 33 yrs. 11 mons. 

Selucius Carfield, Killed battle at Ft. ônaldson, Feb. 

ill, 1862, 27 yrs, 7 mons. 

Raymond C, Page, 1916-1935 (Son) 

Levi, 1828-1893 

Laura, wife, l8h.9~1910 

Clayton, their son, 1865-1909 

David, 1859-19^-2 

Bottle P., 1859-1807 

Hattie E*, 1868-1921 

Bettie Begfs Booth, I89I-I918 

Henry, 18^.1-1911 

Anna, wife, 181^9-1907 

Maurice K., 1885-191+0 

Benjamin, d. Nov. 8, lGlj.O, 55 yrs. 

Lorinda M., d, Aug 11, 1859, 60 yrs. 2 mons. 

"I have no more pain 

To die Is gain." 

Marritt H ., 1652-1919 (His remains said to be in 

California) 

Juliette Wilson, wife, 1856-1901 

Charles, Jan. 13, 1826 - Jan. 27, 1902 

Magdalina, wife, July 25, 18£0 - March 25, 1906 

Fred W., I8 r 0-19lf6 

Alta E,, 

ROE Rev, George N., d, April 18, 181+8, 32 yrs.

September 

UJF: 5T miDDLEBURy 

TlETERi LJ 

.J i ^ 

l , L 

BOO (?) 

RODERICK 

ROGERS 

SCHENCE 

SCHEU 

SCHMIDT 

SMITH 

SMITH 

19';.9 Page 2)4. 

Anson Roo , d. Sept. 18, 1836, 26 yrs. 

Myron J., 181+7-1901 

Alda, wife, 18^7-1925 

William, 1876-190J.|. 

Edwin, June 13, 1879-June 30, 1879 

Lydia L., dau. Henry & Mariah, d. Mar. 21, 1839 > 2y 

7m 3d 

Charles L», 1860-1935 

Inez B. Hawkins, wife, 1868-1926 

Jacob Henry, l830-19lfl 

Katherine B., 1883-1938 

Michaline, Aug. 28, 18I1..6 - June 15, 1923 

Peter, Jan, 25, 185'1 - Mar. 21, 191)4. 

John, d„ July 8, 1881, 16 yrs. 5 mons. 7 ds. 

Florence M „ 1870-1938 

01 iv?r; d, Oct, 8, 1838, 60th; year 

Parcia, wife 01 .Ivor, d. Sept. 1.5, 1839, 63 yrs. 

Charles, d„ Apr,. 18, I8l}8, 1+2 yrs. 

Walter, 

Ruth, "/ife Walter, 1.891-1936 

Vernon, son Wt & R«., 1920-1920 

Leonard A„; 1877-1902 

Leona E, , 1?73-I ;26 

Hale L-, lohc-1932 

Mercy C., 181^.-1027 

Enoch, d, Nov. 19, 1863, 75 yrs. 

Elizabeth, wife Enoch, d. Sept. 30, 1866, 82 yrs. 

Leonard P., d. Dec, 5, 1888, 73 yrs. 

Maria, wife L, P., d. Oct. 11, 1866, 38 yrs. 

Jane N. J. Nelson, wife L. P., 1.833-1906 

Children of L* P. & M. L, °mith: 

Milton L., d. Mar. 26, l8i{.6, ly 6m 

Wm. Fletcher, d. Dec, 25, 185^, 2 yrs. 

Hefeon F., 18.1+9-1929. 

Josephine A,, 1852-1931 

Grace M., 1873-1933 

Children of Luther. & .Eleanor Smith: 

William B,, d. Mar. 5> 1813, 6 yrs, 6 mons, 

Phelps H., d. April 17, l8l6, 6 yrs. 6 mons. 

Franklin W,, d. Nov, 8, l8l6, 2 yrs, 

"Here lies three babes beneath this stone 

Blood, of one blood, bone of one bone. 

To call then; home, God thought it best, 

Now(?) in Christ their souls are blest," 

(Crudely carved, this stone is nearly obliterated) 

I O

September 191$. 

...Page.. 25 

UU EST m !DDLEBURU 

CEfTIET ERy I DSC Rl P TI OPS 

SPRING 

STARNS 

STILES 

TERRY 

TIEDE 

T (I) GERT 

THOMPSON 

UNDERWOOD 

Van EPPS 

Claude Wf, l880-19l|0 

Lois W«, 

Eunice, wife Benoni, d. Feb. 26, 1819, 32 yrs. 

Sarah Catherinej 1856-1909 (Mother) 

John Charles, ife-1935 (Father) 

Horace 1 r 1817-1892 

Horace, 1820-1899 

William M•, d. Nov. 29, 1881, 66 yrs. 

Fayett, son Wm. & Orinda, Corooral Co. G., 3.60th Reg. 

N. Y. Vol., d. Salisbury Prison, Feb. lij., 1865, 21 yrs, 

Monroe A., son Wm. & Orinda, Sgt. Co, C , 1st N. Y. 

Dragoons, d, Washington, Oct. 21, from effects of a 

wound received at Cold Harbor, May 31, l86i|., 25 yrs. 

Wilbur, son Wm. & Orinda, d. Dec. 9, 1863, lo yrs. 10 

mons. 

Harlow, son Wm. t: Sarah Terry, d. Nov. 12, 1857, 5 mons. 

Helen M,, 

William, 

Augusta, I86lj.-19l5 

George, son Wm. C. Sc Lucy, d. Sept, 2if, 1838, 8 mons. 

15 das, 

Ashley Cooper, 183^-1895 

Helen Chaddock, wife, 181^-1933 

Lor en Ray, son Ashley & Helen, I87i|-l875 

Alta Emeline, dau. Ashley & Helen, 1880-19^3 

Rose Marie, 1929-1931 

Fern Spring Thompson, 1903-1930 

Walter, Mar. 2, 1825 - Feb. 11, 1900 

^lvira, wife, Sept. l6, 1833 - Oct. 6, 1899 

Lovina, d. Feb. 28, l8a3, 21st yr. 

Lovina, wife Walter, d. Mar. 6, 1857» 68 yrs. 

Walter, d. Jan. 21, 1835, yrs, 

Charles, son Walter & Lovina, d. Oct. 15, l8l;8, 12y 7m 6d 

"Jesus, to Thy dear Faithful hand 

My naked soul I trust 

And my flesh waits for Thy command 

To raise it from the dust." 

Leona May Marther, Aug. 11, 1893 - Apr. 13, 1900 

Jessie Marie Marther, Mar. 13, I.90O - July 25, 1900 

Charles Wilson VanEops, Co. A., 9th Cav. N. Y. S. V., 

July 7, 1038 - Oct. 7, 1912 

Adaline Chase, wife °has. ., Apr. L, lBl\5 - Oct. 13, 1899 

Charles Franklin, May 11;., l86l - 

Marion Louise Stickney, wife u has. F., Nov. 30, 1862 - 

Sept. 2, 1897 

(Van Epps cont. on Page 26)

Sa3 tember Page 26 

UJEST miDDLEEBURU 

Van EPFS 

(Cent,) 

VOORHEES 

WELLS 

WESTROM 

WHALEY 

WHEELER 

WILBUR 

WILSON 

iVILSON 

CErriETERy inscRiPTions 

Ellen A., wife Herman A., d, July 16, 1872, 27 yrs. 

9 mons, 

Charles, Aug, 11, I806 - Sept. 21, 18^4- 

Betsey, wife Charles, Apr. /(., 1811 - June 21, 1893 

Children of Charles ft Betsey: 

Jane E., Mar. 13, 1835 - Oct. 23, l8i(.5 

Lafayette R., Apr. llj_, l8lj.7 - Oct. 17, l8lf_0 

George, June 9, 1853 - Anril Ij., 1867 

Delphine, R., Nov. 21BJ4.9 - 

Sanford B., son M. H. ft c . B., d. Aug. 30, l8l5, 11m 22d 

Abraham, d. May 25, I89I1, 79y 6m 17d (Linden merchant) 

Eliza, wife Abraham, d, Apr. 23, I89I, 76y 10m lid 

Wirt, son, A. ft E,, d. July 3, 1891, 36y 5m 23d 

Elisha D., Sept. 2, 18L..2, 35 yrs. 

Enos son Elisha ft Caroline Wells, d. Feb. 1, 1865 

"Rest wesry soldier thy toils are o'er" 

Alnea, 1835-1928 (Mother) 

Thomas A., 1857-192^ 

Hattie M., 1866-19214. (Linden Murder Victims) 

Guy E,, 1826-1893 

Malinda, wife, l8l|l-1925 

Guy, d, Apr . 5, 1867, 8q. yrs. 8 mons. 

Clarissa, wife Guy, d, June 6, 1866, 79 yrs. 3 mons. 

Harry, 1873-19*43 

Rosamond, I91I4.-I930 

Carrie, 

Colonel Ira, d. Oct. 26, 13-75, 37 yrs. War of 1812 

Relief, wife Col. Ira, d. June 3, 1862, 69 yrs. 

Jane Wilson, wife Herman A ustin, I8I6-I8I4.2 

Irena, dau. Ebnr. ft Katharine Wilson, d. Feb. 27, 1809» 

I4. das. 

Eunice, wife Michael '-«ilson, d. Jan. 9, 1872, 79 yrs. 

Joseph E,f d. Oct. G, I876. (no age but AOUW emblem) 

Henrietta B., dau. Michael & Eunice, (dates ft age gone) 

Octavus, son Michael ft Eunice, d. July(?) 21, 1353, 

33 yrs. 

Michael H,, son Michael ft Eunice, d, Aug, 1I4., 18)4.3, 

25 yrs, 

Sophina, dau. Richard ft Eunice, d. Dec. l5> 10 , 29 yrs. 

, d, June 18, 1858, 25 yrs. (on plots of Michael 

end Eunice) 

, d., Oct. 1)4, 1859, 67 yrs, (On plots of Michael 

and Eunice) 

Michael "ilson, d. May 23, 1829, 98th yr. 

(Cont, on Page 27)

1p 

1 

September 19/49 Page 27 

UDEST rfijHDLEBURQ 

CEiTTt TERy ! HE • PP! PTI JDS 

WILSON Ebenezer, Esq., d, Sept. 1, 1828, in 7lj.th yr.45 Years 

(Cent.) of Baptist Connection. 

Lydia, wife Ebenezer, d. May 19, 1837, 76 yrs. SS Years 

Member of Baptist Connection. 

Trueman, d. July 16, 1817, in 17th year, being 6th son 

of Eben. & Lydia Wilson, 

"Sleep on dear youth without surprise 

(Jntil your Jesus bids you rise 

In the midst of youthful days 

God called thee home to sing His praise." 

Lucetta, dau. Isar.c & Susanna, b. Feb. 25, 1803; d. 

Mar« 1809. 

Also Infant son of same parents, d. Feb. 25, 1807, 

8(?) yr. 

, of Isaac & Susanna, d. Mar, 6, 1809, 

TyFi 3 • 

Betsey, wife Ormus 'Wilson, d. April 11, 1833, 21 yrs, 

W0LC0TT John W., Sept. 27, 1882 - Sept. lk, 1929 

Wesley, son J. W. Wolcott, Mar. 31, 1912 - Jan. 8, 19lk 

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