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Vol. XI Oct ober 1957
No. 1
Arcade , Ne w York
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Prepared by Lewis H. Bishop for
the "Warsaw Historical Society
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WARSAW LANDMARK
Hotel which stood on north corner of Main
and Genesee streets. Built by General
John McElwain in 1843; burned in 1887.
-- courtesy Lewis H. Bishop
Stage coaches were the first public means of transportation in
Western New York. At an early day, probably soon after l8ll when
post offices were established in Warsaw, Sheldon, and Willink, a
post route was put in operation from Geneseo through Warsaw, Orangeville
and Sheldon to Lake Erie, which made a direct and continuous
route from Canandaigua to that lake, at a point eight miles from
Buffalo.
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HISTORICAL WYOMING
Published quarterly at Arcade, New York, under sponsorship of the
Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, by Harry S„ Douglass, County
Historian; Robert W. McGowan, Associate Editor, and Students of
the Arcade Central School Commercial Department.
STAGE COACH DAYS AT WARSAW (cont.)
Levi Street of Sheldon carried the mail semi-weekly and is believed
was the first mail contractor. He was a useful man, always
genial and accommodating, carrying his mail on horseback, he regularly
dealt out, weekly, the Ontario Repository and the Ontario
Messenger, from his prodigious saddle-bags, to the music of a lusti*ly
blown tin horn, often delivering the good people along the route
also a quarter of t Q £1 ^ Si pattern of calico, or a few yards of ribbon
for which they had sent by him way out to Canadoqua. The route
did not pay and the people made up the deficiency by subscription.
After l8l6, the road had so much improved that in good weather he
drove a two-horse carriage labeled "Moscow Stage." He was at length
superseded by others who at least furnished the traveling public
better accommodations. Chipman Turner also of Sheldon was another
early mail carrier.
In 1823, P. R. Brown was running a line of stages from Canandaigua
to Warsaw via Moscow. July 3, 1823, he advertised in the
Livingston Gazette that his stages would run once a week, leaving
Moscow Saturday afternoon for Warsaw as soon as the stage arrived
from Canandaigua. The returning stage would leave Warsaw Monday
evening, and from Moscow Tuesday evening for Canandaigua. Between
Moscow and Canandaigua the line would be semi-weekly passing through
Geneseo, Livonia, Richmond and Bristol. At Canandaigua connections
could be made for Palmyra, Geneva and on to Lyons.
Soon after General John McElwain purchased the north tavern at
the corner of Main and Genesee streets in l82[|_, he became interested
in the running of stages and in contracts for carrying mails. In
this business his interest increased until his stages were run, and
carried mails, on every route passing through or terminating in Warsaw.
This business was kept up actively until railroads superseded
it. During the 25 or more years in this business, his line of
stages carried many thousands of passengers on the route from Buffalo
to Canandaigua through Warsaw, Perry, Moscow and Geneseo. The
route was over what was called the State Road.. Mr. McElwain always
had the route from Warsaw to Batavia through Wyoming and Bethany.
One of the- drivers over the route was A. J. Andrews. Before our local
banks were established, banking business was carried on by the
drivers over the route, and "Jack" Andrews carried many thousands of
dollars to the bank in Batavia for our merchants and business men.
General McElwain lived on Genesee Street two houses east of the
tavern,. His barns were located on what Is now Prank Street, and
north of that street was his farm where he pastured his horses and
where he gave free pasturage to the horses of his guests at his tav-
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STAGE COACH DAYS AT WARSAW (contj
ern who came in their own conveyances„ He started the first bus
line to the Erie station soon after the opening of the Erie Railway
in 1852o There were pumps in front of his hotel and at the Columbia
an hotel which was located just north of the present Farman Theater©
One can imagine how eagerly thirsty travelers sought them0
The Buffalo and Warsaw Mail Stage in 1826 left Case's Buffalo
establishment on Tuesday and Saturday mornings at five o'dock^ar^
riving in Warsaw on the evening of the same day0 The coach reached
Buffalo on the return trip on Monday and Friday evenings„ The fare
was computed at four cents a mile0
From Arch Merrill's book, Stage Coach Towns, the following is
quoteds "It was in May 1830, when an advertisement in the Dansville
Village Chronicle announced the opening of a daily line of Ma.il
Coaches between Owego and Rochester, with superior coaches and
horses, careful drivers and everything for the accommodation of the
publico The trip from Rochester to Owego was made in two daysc At
Bath there was a connection thrice a week for Hornellsville and
Olean Point, and also one at Geneseo three days a week with the line
to Buffalo via Moscow, Perry and Warsawc M
Other Local Lines
In 1836 the east and west stage route became a daily one and a
line of four horse coaches ran through Canandaigua and Warsaw and
also to Ellicottville, until the completion of the Erie Railroad
through Warsaw in l852„ During the year 1836, Samuel W„ Perkins of
Warsaw drove stage from Warsaw to Moscow (former name for Leicester)
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An early mail route ran through Pike to Warsaw and beyond0
There was also a stage route through Johnsonburgs over Barbour Hill
to Humphrey's Hollow, Sheldon Center, and on westD The passing of
the stage coach at the school on Barbour Hill was such an event that
the teacher allowed the pupils to rush to the window to see it go by0
After the railroad was built through Batavia and Attica,, stages
left Warsaw every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings for Attica
and Batavia for connection with Buffalo and Rochester by railo On
July 1, 1814.5, Po Wilcox commenced a four year contract to carry mail
from Attica, via Attica Center and Orangeville Center, to Warsaw and
Pike, a distance of 27 miles0 He made trips to Warsaw daily except
Sunday, and to Pike three times a week0 He left Attica at Wednesday
and Friday at if P „ M0 His stage left Pike on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturdays at 10 A„ Mc and Warsaw every day except Sunday at 2 Pc Mop
arriving in Attica at 5 P° M0
There was also a daily mail route from Batavia to Warsaw via
Pavilion and Wyoming, operated by 0. G0 Keith of Wyoming, date un

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STAGE COACH DAYS AT WARSAW (cont.)
October 1957
In 18I4.9 a stage left Warsaw on Tuesdays^, Thursdays and Saturdays
at noonj, arriving in Bergen In time for the six o'clock train going
easto It left Bergen upon the arrival of the morning trains returning
to Warsaw in time to connect with the Perry and Pike stages y
in the afternoon0 The fare to Bergen was $lo00 and from there to
Rochester by trains fifty-five cents0 The Western New-Yorker states
that the traveling public had better and cheaper accommodations by »
this line than by any other 1 eaving here for the railroad,, The fare
by the Attica route to Rochester was $1085 That stage met the same
train at Attica that the other met at Bergen,, In 1859 there was
still a thrice weekly mail route from Warsaw to East Aurora which
the government was threatening to cut to twice weekly to save expense
„ It was as late as 1878 that a tri-weekly mail route from
Warsaw to Arcade was discontinued and Arcade mail went to the county
seat via B uffalo„
Colorful Stage Coach Days
These four horse post-coaches were run on turnpikes and other
principal thoroughfares but the poor man's purse was too lean to
bear a draft of $25o00 for stagefare and meals from Buffalo to
Albany before competition caused a reduction in fares. Stage
traveling was also not always agreeable„ A full week was sometimes
too short for a passage from Albany„ Coaches sometimes stuck in the
mud and were gotten out with the help of the passengers and drivers;
in spite of due care at times they were unable to keep them right
side upc On some routes, it is said, there were three classes of
passengers?: First Class rode all the time; Second Class walked up
the hills; the Third Class not only walked up the hills but helped
get the coach out of the mud or the ditch. Taverns abounded throughout
the country, and averaged about one for every mile of highway.
Stage horns announcing from the East Hill the approach of the
coaches on their winding way down the steep descent, gave warning to
the hotel-keeper and the postmaster to prepare for their reception,,
Stage horns were heard for many years from all directions. Sometimes
the number of toots told the innkeeper how many guests to expect
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The recent history of Arcade records how "a traveler in 3 809
wrote that his accommodations at the better taverns were two and six
pence per meal and one shilling for a bed. All the innkeepers associated
on an equality with their guests and little attention was
paid to the choice or taste of a guest9either in eating or in drinking.
Brandy of inferior quality, sometimes gin, beer, whiskey were
found everywhere. The common inn served rum. The bottles were set
out and one took what he pleased. Many salt provisions were on the
menu."
Miss Julia Putnam, a resident of Warsaw in these stage coach
days, and a teacher in the local schools, gives the following description
of a stage coach; "There was a tavern (here in Warsaw)
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STAGE COACH DAYS AT WARSAW (cont.)
which bore the imposing name of Stage House, where every other morning,
with great flourishing of whip, pulling of reins and blowing of
horn, the four horses were danced around to the front$ dragging the
heavy lumbering coach, the driver bracing his feet and holding the
eight leather straps so as to show to the best advantage his skill
and strength in management„ There was room for six persons inside,
but more often crowded in. The driver could make room for one with
him, and often some would ride on the top among the baggage, the top
of the coach and the boot being .the only places to carry trunks and
boxes in those days. The mail bags were stowed away under the
driver's seat,he being the sworn carrier and also general messenger0
The "boot"was a board fixed to the back of the coach.,with a leathern
curtain to strap down the trunks. This was the only kind of public
conveyance then,and every other day made a trip to the nearest city,
fifty miles distant, and. returning the next day in the evening0"
Further excerpts from Arch Merrill's Stage Coach Towns tell how
"That old stage did not roll swiftly down the village street as does
the gasoline driven, rubber-tired successor. Still there was more
drama in its approach. It was a clumsy vehicle,by modern standards,
with an elliptical box-like body resting on longitudinal leather
springs. It was drawn by four horses, two abreast0 The street was
not the smooth paved thoroughfare of today. It was a quagmire in
the spring, a dust bowl in the summer and rough at any season. The
interior seating capacity was 12. persons, two of them sat beside the
driver.....
"The coming of the stage was an event in any village.lt brought
mail, the news of the outside world and all kinds of passengers;
politicos ready to talk issues at the drop of a beaver hat; business
men in broadcloth, backwoodsmen in homespun, and an occasional
British globetrotter "slumming" in crude young America, itinerant
evangelists, fancy women and concert singers, adventurers and
emigrants bound for the West.„.....o0n a swank coach, the driver and
postboy would be in brilliant livery.
"The stage coach did not pick up passengers and hurry on, as
does the motor coach. It tarried at the tavern, sometimes over
night. Men and beasts had to eat, drink and rest. There might be a
change of horses and drivers. Fifteen miles was the average run,,,,
In those old inns, in the olden days, there would be brave talk and
merry song by the glow of the great fireplaces, in the candlelight.
In the event of an overnight stop, mine host would bring out the
warming pans filled with live coals, that his guests might sleep in
comfort."

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October 1957
Varysburg and the Mary Jemison Story
Through the courtesy of Mr, Malcolm Willard, Tonawanda, the
following excerpts are taken from a story which appeared in the
ATTICA NEWS, Thursday, May 6, 1897» Nothing indicates who the author
may have been0 Through the years there has been considerable discussion
as to whether Mary Jemison and her refugee Indian friends
did spend time at Stony Brook, This is a slightly different version »
of the oft-repeated story,
"A year or two ago, certain Indian relics were unearthed at
Varysburg, and this brought to recollection, something the White
Woman had said in the narrative she dictated to James E. Seaver 71+
years ago,
"At the time of Major General Sullivan's Expedition against the
six nations in 1779, Mrs, Jemison resided at Little Beard's Town,
the capital of the Senecas and the Western Door of the Long House of
the Iroquois, which was the limit of General Sullivan's march. He
reached there September l[|_th and found the town deserted by every
living thing except a white woman and her little child who had been
captured by the Indians the November previous - her husband being
murdered - at Nanticoke below Wyoming, Pennsylvania. She said that
on the arrival of General Sullivan the day before, the Indian and
Tory forces under Brant and Butler fled in.great panic and disorder
for Niagara,80 miles distant, she having concealed herself and child
amid the confusion,
"This is the only account of that flight ever given by an eye
witness, except allusions to it by Mary Jemison - and has always
been accepted, scanty as it is, as covering all obtainable facts -
the evil omened crew had vanished like a mist,
"But the White Woman's version of that occurrence, though very
meager, quite materially modifies that of the other women. She
states 'Sullivan arrived at Canandaigua Lake and had finished his
work of destruction there, and it was ascertained that he was about
to march to our flats when, our Indians resolved to give him battle
on the way. Accordingly they sent all their women and children into
the woods a little west of Little Beard's Town and then well armed
set out to face the conquering enemy. The place which they fixed
upon for their battle ground lay between Honeoye Creek and the head
of Conesus Lake.' After describing the.Groveland ambuscade and massacre
of Lt„ Boyd's party and the terrible torture and death of that
officer and Sgt. Parker, she continues:'This tragedy being finished,
our Indians again held a short council on the expediency of giving
Sullivan battle and finally came to the conclusion that they were
not strong enough to drive him0 The women and children were then
sent on still further towards Buffalo to a large creek that was
called by the Indians Catawba, accompanied by a part of the Indians
while the remainder secreted themselves back of Little Beard's Town
to watch the movement of the enemyG 1
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VARYSBURG AND THE MARY JEMISON STORY (cont.)
"This 'large creek' was the Tonawanda at a point in Varysburg,
where it receives a confluent called Stony Brook. The bed of the
tributary stream through the village is of large cobbles and boulders
and quite wide. This minor water course heads at several points in
Orangeville and is less than ]_|.0 miles long, running from southeast to
northwest and for a mile or so before reaching Varysburg, passes
through a deep and broad watergap of sufficient capacity for something
of a river. The bed of this curious place is smooth solid
rock, and the banks high and preciptious. The spot attracts some
attention for its natural scenery.
After describing the devastation of the Indian villages and
crops in the Genesee Valley, Mrs. Jemison proceeds: 'Having finished
the work of destruction and recrossed the river, the army marched
off to the east. Our Indians saw them move off; but suspecting it
was Sullivan's intention to watch our return and then take us by
surprise, resolved that the main body of our tribe should hunt where
they were until Sullivan had gone so far that there was no danger of
his return.' Mrs. Jemison does not state the duration of their stay
at Varysburg but says that when they did return, the weather had
become cold and stormy, and that there was not a mouth full of any
kind of sustenence left there, not even enough to keep a child one
day from perishing from hunger.
"There were three deeply worn ancient trails and only three
leading in westerly directions from the Genesee Castle: (Little
Beard's Town) one up the river and on to the Allegany by precisely
the same route afterwards selected for the Genesee Valley Canal; another
by way of Avon Springs, Caledonia, Stafford and Batavia on to
the Indian village of Tonawanda,and thence to Niagara;and the middle
one leading to Buffalo. This latter crossed the east line of the
Holland Purchase.... These three trails, according to Ebenezer Mix,
were the ones always traveled by the Indians unless an experienced
runner took a shorter cut at his own hazard in case of an emergency.
Undoubtly this Buffalo trail was the route of Little Beard's Indians
until they reached the ford below Attica, when they left the Buffalo
trail and passed on up the flats of the right bank of the Tonawanda
to Varysburg. This spot afforded a secure and sheltered refuge on a
beautiful stream swarming with trout to say nothing of its incomparable
strategical advantages for the purposes of an ambuscade in case
of the pursuit they expected - something they had vainly attempted
both at Newtown and Groveland. Mrs. Jemison says this winter was
the most severe she ever experienced and that the snow fell to a
depth of five feet; that almost all of the game perished from cold
so that for three of four succeeding years, the Indians were reduced
to a state of starvation. 'When the snow melted in the Spring deer
were found dead in vast numbers and other animals in multitudes.,
Many of our people barely escaped with their lives and some actually
died of hunger and freezing.'
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VARYSBURG AND THE MARY JEMISON STORY (cont.)
October 195T
"When Mr. Seaver wrote 'The Life of the White Woman' he was in
failing health from an ailment that carried him off not long after
and to this have been attributed certain imperfections in the work..
He went from his heme in Pembroke in the autumn of 1823 to the
residence of Mrs. Jeannette Whaley in Castile and in pursuance of a
previous arrangement there met the aged captive of 68 years before,
who came on foot four miles from her reservation at Gardeau, accompanied
by her agent, Thos. Clute, to fulfill the appointment. The
interview lasted four days; they never met again. The result of that
meeting was the little volume published by Seaver the following
spring, which was succeeded in 181|2 by a second edition edited by
Ebenezer Mix, interesting and valuable in many added particularsjbut
the new book came too late, Deh-he-wa-mis had been dead nine years."
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83rd Pioneer Association Gathering
Chief Nick Bailey of the Tonawanda Reservation was welcomed as
speaker before the 83rd annual meeting of the Wyoming Historical
Pioneer Association, Silver Lake, August 1st. In a delightful manner
he charmed his audience with an account of the struggles which
he had as an Indian lad in learning English and securing an education.
He noted the outstanding contributions of the late Jesse
Cornplanter, who in his latter years recorded traditional Seneca
songs, some of which are utilized in the annual Mary Jemison pageant
of the Castile Historical Society. Chief Bailey described how the
modern reservation Indian has become a part of white man's society,
but he still feels it is up to these first Americans to make the
most of their opportunities.
President D. Samuel Gayton, Warsaw, presided at a program which
also included music, reports and the traditional awards of chairs.
Treasurer Henry N. Page, serving his 31st year in that office, reported
a balance of i$317»UO

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Picture courtesy
of Gorham Studio,
Arcade.
^DEPOSITING
^ TIME
CAPSULE
Carl W. Gertis (left),
chairman of the Sesquicentennial,
and Mayor
J.T. Sullivan lower
the Capsule.
In association with its Sesquicentennial, Arcade buried the
county's first Time Capsule at noon, Wednesday, July 10, 1957. Its
opening is set for July 10, 2057. Within were deposited documents,
printed materials and souvenirs which it was felt might be of interest
to the historians and citizens a century hence.
Elaborate precautions were undertaken to preserve the capsule
and its contents. Buried near the entrance to the Municipal Fire
Building, it is marked by an engraved granite stone, and the area is
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TIME CAPSULE BURIED AT ARCADE (cont.)
surrounded by a metal fence. Under the center of the granite marker
and covered by about two inches of concrete is an 8" tile, standing
on end with bell end up, and entirely surrounded by concrete. Inside
the tile is the capsule, consisting of an outer case of polyester
plastic welded with the same material,a product of the DuVerre Plastics
of Arcade, It is about one inch thick. Within the plastic case
is a stainless steel container six inches in diameter and about 26
inches long, soldered shut. This was made by Mr. Charles W. Clark
of the Arcade Borden Company. The inner container is of Pyrex Glass,
sealed shut with pitch, a contribution of the Corning Glass Company.
The contents include a wire recording of greetings and interviews
of contemporary Arcadians, all designed to convey greetings to
the people of Arcade In the year 2057; a copy of the centennial history
of Arcade; coins and stamps; issues of local papers and the
July number of "Historical Wyoming;" historical directories, rosters
and histories of various local groups; programs of the Sesquicentennial;
local telephone directory; first-day cancellation of the Arcade
Centennial cover (over 1,000 requests received for cancellations
from out of town); and numerous miscellaneous documents.
With favorable weather, Arcade's observance attracted record
crowds of upwards of 25,000 to the firemen's and veteran's parades.
In pageant, historical displays, and special days dedicated to various
aspects of civic life, the town marked its 150 years of settlement.
Among the messages sent or brought personally by guests of
honor was the following from President Eisenhower:
The White House, Washington, D.C.
Carl W. Gertis, General Chairman, Arcade Sesquicentennial
and Historical Society:
To the citizens of Arcade joined in the observance of their
l50th Anniversary, I send greetings. Favored with a rich
land and strengthened by a proud heritage, your community
has enjoyed 150 years of good life. With a past, you can
look forward to continuing progress.
Congratulations and best wishes. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
"a "A A
Willey Genealogy Reprinted
In answer to demands,a second printing of the Willey Genealogy,
by Mrs. Marion Piper Willey, is now available. Copies at §1.50 may
be obtained by writing Mrs. Willey at Castile. Orders have come
from six states for this valuable monograph on the Willey-Kellogg-
Jones families.

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A Revolutionary Heritage - Part VI
-Harry S. Douglass-
A Revolutionary soldier who came to^Java Village in his 90th
year was Joseph Barber (June 3, 17^+4 - Jan, 17, l82lj.), the father of
Joseph, Jr. into whose home he came* It is said that Mr0 Barber was
losing his eyesight when he migrated with the son and they arrived
here Oct. 8, 1823 from Warwick, Mass. Joseph, Sr., married Lydia
Miller, April 7, 1766, and both were from Rehoboth, Rhode island.
During the Revolution he was a Private in Captain John Morgan'3 company,
detached for the militia of the Hampshire and Worcester companies.
He enlisted Jan. 3, 1778, and was discharged July 1, 1778,
a service of five months and 27 days, guarding stores and magazines
at Brookfield and Springfield. Three years later, Mr. Barber was
activated for seven days, June 12-19, 1782, again as a Private under
Capt. Silas Fowler's Company, Cole David Mosely's Hampshire County
regiment for some service at Springfield and Northampton. It is
supposed Mr. Barber's wife died prior to the coming of the family to
Java, and following-his death he was interred, it is always thought,
in the Strykersville Pioneer Cemetery. Nothing remains to mark the
grave. His son, Joseph and his family are buried at Java Village0
In the January 1957 issue of this bulletin, mention was made of
the death at Hermitage of Samuel Sniiman,said to have been 91 years
old. Miss Julia Pierce, Cattaraugus County Historian, informs us he
is believed to be the same Samuel Silliman who came to Yorkshire
from Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont, in 1819. He was pensioned
for service as a Private in the Connecticut militia, at $80.00 per
annum after 1831. His name also appears in the 1835 State Census as
a resident of Yorkshire. Following his death, Dec. 12, 181^7, he was
buried at Cadiz, Town of Franklinville.
Mrs. Walter Motz, Attica, a descendant of John Campbell, who
died Oct. 18, I8I4.6, when 85 years old, and mentioned in our January
1956 issue, writes that Mr. Campbell was born at Blanford, New York,
May 11, 1762; was married to Lydia Watkins in 178^. His war service
was for the State of New York under Capts. Van Alstine, McGonegal,
Mooman, Titus, Dunham and Wright, from 1778 to 1782, a total of some
21 months. He was resident at Blanford, M ass.; Hillsdale, Columbia
Co., N.Y.; Chagrine Twp., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; and Orangeville, New
York, where he died. He applied for a pension in 1832 and cited his
service. On Sept. 20, 1933, the Buffalo Chapter, D. A. Rc, marked
the grave.
Lt. Darius Howe
Our attention has been directed to the Revolutionary career of
Lieut. Darius Howe, by Mr. Herbert B. Howe, Mount Kisco, N. Y.Darius
Howe died in the town of Clovington, Feb. 23, 1837, but thus far the
location of his burial place has not been ascertained. The pension
application of Lieutenant Howe was made in the Town of Brutus,Cayuga
County, N. Y., and states that In 1775 be enlisted under Capt. Sole
in Col. Fellows' Regiment in the Massachusetts Line of Minute Men
and served until June 1776. In February 1777, he enlisted under
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A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (contj
Capto Stone of Lennox, In Col„ Samuel Brewer's Regiment, Gen. Paterson's
brigade, and served until May 1781, when he was discharged
in New Windsor, N, Y0 The deponent also stated that he was made an
Ensign while in the service of Colc Ebenezer Sprout's regiment, on
April 26, 1779o In 178l,he was made a Lieutenant in the First Massachusetts
Regiment but his commission was not received before his
discharge c
On June 22, 1851+, Noah C0 Howe, his son and only child of Noah
and Louise Church Howe, then sixty years old, made application for
an increase in pension, to which he claimed his deceased father was
entitled but never received in his life timec
This document states
that Lt0 Howe's total service as a Commissary was six years and as a
Lieutenant, one year; that his pension was $21+0 per annum; and his
children were awarded bounty land around I83J4., The son's 1851+ affidavit
was taken before Charles B0 Benedict, Attica justice of the
peace and was witnessed by Moulton Farnham and R0 H. Farnham.
In the Orangeville Center Cemetery there remains a stone to
Mary Babbett, who died May 12, l8£2, age 91 years. She was given a
pension as early as I8I4.O, and is said to have been the wife of Samuel
Babbett0 Nothing is known of his Revolutionary career.
Aaron Post, Castile
Our January issue carried a brief account of Aaron Post, born
in Hebron„ Connecticut, Oct. 9, 1760, a son of Lieut. Eldad and Hannah
(Case) Post. From a descendant, Donald E. Poste, we have
learned that the father was also a soldier of the Revolution, a
large landowner and miller in the neighborhood of Thetford, Vt.
Aaron Post first appears in Revolutionary records in the New Hampshire
company of Capt. Davenport Phelps, under Col. Bedel. Mr. Post
was then but 17 years old, 5' £>' 1 In height,and a resident of Orford,
No H. He also served in the same company on an "Expedition into
Canada' 11 and in April 1778 was appointed Corporal-for one year in
Capt0 Charles Nelson's company. Upon his family's removal to Thetford,
Vto, he joined the Vermont Militia, serving from Aug. I78O to
April 1781, and the last year of this service was marked by the
granting of land in Vershire for his war service. Apparently he resided
only periodically in Vershire as he maintained his large mills
at Post Mills, until March 1803, when he removed to Vershire. As
stated in an earlier issue, he left for western New York, Oct. 20,
1813, and settled in Castile where he died. Both he and his wife are
buried in Hope Cemetery, Castilec It is of interest to note that two
communities were named after this immediate family (1) Post Mills,
Vt0, after Aaron's father; (2) Postville, Iowa, after Aaron's son,
Joel, who was the first settlere
William Belden
In our first installment, brief mention was made of William
Belden, Sr0, who died at Castile, Feb0 1821+, and is interred in
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October 1957 Pa se 13
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Grace Cemetery,, that village. Mr, Donald Poste has again favored us
with a more detailed description of this veteran- Mr Belden was
born Jan. 22, 17i|.0-l in Deerfield, Mass-, a son of Daniel and Esther
(Smith) Belden, In 177i| his family moved to Norwalk, Conn0, and
upon attaining his majority, William moved to North East, Putnam Co.
N. Y. About 1775 he settled in Ballston Lake, Saratoga Co., N.Y0fl
and about 1789 to Greenfield, N. Y. His wife was Priscilla Rider,
who died in Greenfield, Dec.. 28, l8220
Mr,. Poste writes us that "He has been assigned service in the
Revolution from Connecticut; however, it seems likely this is incorrect,
as he was in New York State long before the Revolution commenced..
He was afflicted with various misspellings of the name by
public officials which have plagued all generations of the family as
far back as it can be traced.It seems likely that he was the William
Balden who appears in Governor Clinton's accounts for "going express
to Albany with Dispatches from Congress to the Marquis de Lafayette"
and also served at various times with the lj.th and 6th Regiments;,
Dutchess Co. militia. Family tradition, traceable to his grandchildren,
states that he was a teamster in the army of General Gates
at Saratoga,that he lost to Tories and Indians some $3>000 worth of
property at this time, and that later he was Captain of an Independent
Company."
Belden was a founder of the Presbyterian Church in Ballston
Center, and later of the Greenfield Congregational Church. He died
in Castile while on a visit to his son, William. His will was proved
in Saratoga Co., Mar» i]., 1821;.. His children werer Sarah, William,
Ann, David, Zenas, Azor,Simeon, David, Moses, Aaron and John. Among
the early settlers of Castile were William, Simeon, David and Aaron.
Amos Tolles, Attica
One of the earliest of Bennington residents was Amos Tolles,
son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Sperry) Tolles, who was baptized in Woodbridge,
Conn., and died in Bennington,where he was visiting his son,
John Tolles (according to one family tradition) or where he was an
early settler (according to another), in December l805. Mr. Poste,
a descendant of Mr. Tolles, states that he served during the Revolution
in Ccpt. Elijah Bostwick's Co. of the 17th Regiment of
Albany County, and had previously been in the French & Indian War.
On April 1, 1765, in New Milford, Conn., he married Mrs. Elizabeth
Cummins.They resided in Canaan and Durham, N. Y., and their children
were: Amos, David, Rachel, Samuel, Nathan, Chloe, John,Anna Mary,
and Betsey..
Benjamin Warriner
Benjamin Warriner (not Wariner as indicated in the April issue)
was born March 3, 1750-51 in that part of Springfield, Mass., -later
to be named Wilbraham., Mr. Poste, again a descendant, states that
little is known of his life story, and his record does not appear in
(continued on page lij.)

Par-e llj. October 1957
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls although even this is uncertain
since his name suffered much by errors in spelling. Nevertheless
# his service was sufficient to entitle him to a pension under
brie Act of Congress 18 May l8l8,the record showing that he was given
an annual allowance of $96 for service as private in the Massachusetts
Line, being pensioned Oct* 12, l8l8 with pension commencing
May 2, l8l8„ that he died aged 72 on May 8, 1823, having received
$l|8lo80 total pension* He married Rachel Tolles, daughter of Amos
and Elizabeth (Cummins) Tolles, born July ll}., 1768,died in Bennington,.
N:/0 1, l825»Children were: Sally, Zeruiah, Chloe,, Clarissa, Hiram,
Rachel, Eliza,and Amanda0They arrived in Genesee County (now Warning)
before 1810 as in that year they appear in the Sheldon census0
Jonathan Hadley9 Arcade
Mrs» Elwood Wagner, Arcade, has kindly supplied further details
and the war record for Jonathan Hadley,buried in Punkshire Cemetery,
Java* He was born at Hampstead, New Hampshire, Aug. 20, 175l» an< i
while resident of Newbury,Orange County, Vermont, he enlisted in the
spring or summer of 1775 or 1776, served in Capt» Thomas Johnson's
company;also under Capt» John Barnes and in the Vermont Rangers company
under Capt.Joseph Hatch and commanded by Major Joab Hoisington.
He helped build a fort at Barnetjwent on an expedition to Memphremagog
Lake; served from April 16, 1778 as Private in Capt.. Simeon Steven's
company, Col. Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire regiment and was
discharged March 31, 1779o
During 1777 or 1778, he moved from Newbury, Vermont to Corinth,
Orange County, where he lived about forty years until he moved to
Holland, New York* A pension was allowed on his application executed
October 25, 1823 at Holland. A part of his last five years he spent
in BuffalOo He died August 23, 1838 in China (Arcade). He married
Febo 27, 1772 in Piermont, New Hampshire, Resign Tyler, a daughter
of David Tyler,but the name of the mother Is not known. She was then
1:1. . ing at Piermont and he at Newbury, Vt

October 1957 Pa se 15
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Wlllard; Sheldon: Royatt Palmer, Paul McKinstry, James Bentley,
Martin Terry; Wethersfield: Weltham Davis; Bennington: Thomas
Gratton, Moses Holmes; and also from Warsaw, Oliver Holt,
We welcome additions and corrections to our listing of honored
heroes of the Revolution, and proudly salute at least 157 whose
remains Are known to have been interred in our soil. We appreciate
the kindly interest and help which we have received from many during
this compilation.
M I L E S T O N E S
The new superintendent of Letchworth State Park, Homer Skinner,
assumed his duties June 1, 1957, replacing retiring superintendent,
Harry Walker, He had been superintendent of Hamlin Beach Park since
19l+2„ Mr. Walker had been at the helm in Letchworth since 1929,
during which time the park grew in area from l4.,000 to 13,350 acres
and annual visitors rose from 100,000 to a half million.
Hillside, the historic and beautiful estate of the Coonley-Ward
families at Wyoming was dedicated June 16, 1957 by the Rochester
Presbytery as a conference and camp center.
It was revealed in July that i|01 Wyoming County farmers were participating
in the wheat acreage phase of the soil bank program. A
total of ij.,656 acres are being held in reserve this year. Payments
totaled $183,000.
Denison K. Bullens Jr„, Mineola, N.Y., has been named superintendent
of the Wyoming Community Hospital by the Board of Supervisors.
Contracts have been awarded for the construction of the new Attica
Central district Junior-Senior High School and the branch school at
Varysburg, to be known as the Sheldon Elementary School. Completion
dates are set for the autumn of 1958
"The Castilian," a weekly published at Castile, has been sold to
Donald Sanders of Geneseo, and the paper will be produced at the
Fillmore plant of the newspaper combination. Mr. Sanders is widely
known as the publisher of the "Nunda News". Mr. & Mrs. Robert G.
Aldrich, Caledonia, relinquished control of their Castile and Fillmore
weeklies, June lst0
Voters of the Perry Center District No. 8 last May approved the
transfer of their abandoned two-room school to the Perry Center Fire
District for use as a community center. The first school was opened
at the Center in 1813, but served the pioneers only a year. About
1819, a second edifice, probably the first frame school in the town,
was erected west of the four corners and taught by Sameul Waldo.
The new manager of the 1,000 bed hospital, Boston, Mass., of the
Veterans Administration is Dr. Richard B. Bean, former Castile physician.
Dr. Bean served with the U„S. Navy during World War II, and
has been with the federal veterans group since 19lf9«

Page 2 16 October 1957
At Pioneer Pionic
(The following poem was found by Mrs.Marion Piper Willey in a scrapbook
at the Castile Museum and Research Center. Can any of our
readers identify the author?)
Old Pioneer Picnic, it come agin, and Mother, she and I
Concluded that we'd go, at least once more, before we die,
For the "medder" grass it's cut, and the hay is in the bay,
And the wheat is harvested and mowed above the hay,
And there was nothin® much to keep us at home that day.
So I "Ketched" old Jen from out the pasture, and she's
always been so kind,
Afore I hitched her to the buggy, I put some grass there
in behind,
For her teeth, like mine, are failin' and somehow do not
grind,
And, as Pioneer Is such a glorious day, I want old Jen
as well as me
To have somethin' else but hay.
Well, when we got there that mornin', and after mother, she
Took out our picnic basket and I'd hitched Jen to a tree,
Mother spread a cloth, 'neath the shade trees all around,
And along with our son John, we "et" our lunch there
on the ground. _
You see, our boy he left us, ten years ago or more
And went off there to the city, a clerkin' in a store,
And I tell ye when he met us and we picknicked there that day,
It jest brought back to me the days before he went away,
And there was sorta lump a chokin' in my throat
And I think John noticed it, for sez he, "Let's go rowin
in the boat."
And he rowed us away across the lake, and all around
'Till 'twas time to the Pioneer Picnic Ground.
We sat close by the rostrum, where I'd ketch things good
and clear,
But I noticed that the faces of the old-time Pioneer
Are gradually gettin fewer, with each succeedin' yeari
But what stirred my soul the most was when they-first begun
To play the old-time martial music, like in seventeen
eighty-one,
And old John Rudgers played a snare, though he's eighty-four,
And his son, he played a fife, though he's three score
or more 0
And 'twas one of the Safford boys that played the big bass
drum,
While his brother beat another that was in the war with
Washington.
And the speeches, they was good and the music all was fine,
And what mostly touched our hearts was when they all sung
"Auld Lang Syne."
(Continued on page 17)

October 1957 Pa se 17
AT PIONEER PICNIC (cont.)
And Mother would go In the old log cabin, and of course
I'd not refuse,
And there we see all the old-time things, like our folks
used to use,
Although they've been improved upon with things more
light and new,
Yet they bring back old 'membrances of how they used to do.
And as I look 'em over, it sort o' nails down and
clinches through,
My love for the old time Pioneer and our country when
'twas new,
And the days when I was a bov at home with brother George
and Will/
And our Father and our Mother, now both sleepin' on
the hill.
%f S''
A A A A
Q U E R I E S
Can any reader supply information on Anna Warren Tanner, who died at
Attica in 1836? She was married in 1786 to Thomas Tanner Jr. at
New Lebanon, N. Y.
A Nebraska descendant seeks information on the birth dates and
places of birth of the children of John Sholes (Shoales) and Phoebe
Hammond Sholes who resided in Perry about I81I4. and were in the township
of Castile according to the 1830 Federal Census. Mr. Sholes was
born in Massachusetts in 1788, and in 1806 he married Phoebe Hammond
in Plymouth, Chenango Co., N.Y.He enlisted from Perry about November
1, l8ll|. and was honorably discharged at Fort Erie about Dec. 15,
I8l5. Three boys and two girls composed the family, and the known
names were Roxanah, born about 1812; Stephen; David, born 1819/20;
Hiram, born about Dec. 13, 1822; and Sylvia, born about 1826. The
family moved to Illinois around 1836, and it is said the father's
father had been a minister.
Data on the career of Abel Taylor, born July 2i|, 1798 in Granville,
N.Y., who died at Alexander, N. Y., Feb. 21835, is wanted. He is
buried in Forest Hill, Attica. He married at Warsaw in Nov. 1819,
Esther Knapp (179^-1888).
A descendant would like information on the family of Gustavus Adolphus
Baker, believed born at Warsaw, N. Y., who was the father of
Ella Baker, born at Pavilion, N. Y., Jan. 16, I8I4.5. It Is thought
that Mr. Baker married one Andrews.
Occasional inquiries are received concerning the late Dr. Frank M.
Crocker's Genesee Trails,published by the Perry Herald some 35 years
ago. The Castile Historical Society is anxious to secure a copy for
its Research Center and would appreciate hearing from a reader who
would donate or sell his copy. This paper-bound booklet contains
aspects of the Genesee region found no where else and represented
the scholarship of an authority, and one who intimately knew the
Indian and pioneer history of the Perry region.

Page 2 18 October 1957
Who Was This Poet?
The following is one of a group of poems inscribed in a notebook
found in Chicago by Mrs. Henry Slivinski, Bradford, Pa., and written
by Alice Moore. Most poems are dated 1855 and 1856, and mention
is made of reading some of them before the Literary League of Java,
March, 1855, and in two instances she writes that the poems have
been read before the Teacher's Convention in Arcade in January
1856. The Mary C, Shepard is believed to have been the late Mary
S„ Parke, daughter of Col. Charles 0„ Shepard, Sr., Arcade.
THAT PIECE OP PIE
Dedicated to Mary C, Shepard-the Maker
Poets may sing enchantingly
Of what to them is fair to see
May chant the praise in numbers meet
Of what they think is good to eat
But I with humble strain would try
To praise in song "That Piece of Pie."
While Bacchus votaries throng the board
With various kinds of liquor stored
And tell the excellence divine
Which they behold in rosy wine
Why with more reason may not I
Embalm in praise "That Piece of Pie."
Some canine-like delight in meat
And think naught else so much a treat
As nice large spareribs roast or baked
Or good fat mutton or beefsteak
But such things do not take my eye
Since I did taste "That Piece of Pie."
One sung of hasty puddings fame
Gave sundry rules to eat the same
But in this case, no rules you need
You would undoubtedly succeed
After a taste, in staying by
Until you eat "That Piece of Pie."
'Twas simply made, some flour and lard
Was made into a paste, not hard
Next some minced apples flavored well
With cinnamon. Now strange to tell
That with these plain ingredients nigh
Mortal could make "That Piece of Pie."
Perhaps you'd like to have me tell
Who made the pie, but "twere not well
The epicures of every clime
Would come in swarms with her to dine
None but goodlooking ones need try
To know who made "That Piece of Pie."
Feb. 1856 ALICE

October 1957 Pa se 19
N E C R O L O G Y
The Rev. Arthur J. Bailey, 76, a native of Centerville and retired
from the G-enesee Conference of the Methodist Church in 1950, died at
Wellsville, N, Y., Jan. 1, 1957" A graduate from Arcade High School,
he served churches at Johnsonburg,Varysburg and North Java. Burial
at Belmont, Nc Y.
Born in Castile, Dr0Louis A. Van Kleeck,79,died at Great N eck, N.Y.,
April 30, 1957o After graduation from Cornell Medical College, he
opened an office in Manhassetj Long Island, in 1912 and practiced
there until 191+6. He served as chief of the Nassau hospital's
pediatrics department and was a member of the Mineola's institutions
medical board from 192i|-19ij-6eHe also served as an officer of several
medical groups, and was president of the New York State Association
of School Physicianso He was a founder and president of the First
National Bank & Trust Co-„ of Manhasseto
The Very Rev0 Msgr0 John D. Duggan, 60, died in BuffalcsJune 3091957
following a short illness. Msgr. Duggan was administrator of St.
Joseph's Church, Bliss, beginning Jan. 20, 1934 and pastor from
June 22, 1937. He left Bliss to serve with the armed forces and was
assistant division chaplain with the 75th in the European theater.
After his separation from the army, he was named pastor of St0 Rose
of Lima Church, Buffaloe
One of Wyoming County's most widely known natives, E.AC Brininstoolp
died in ^os Angeles, July 28, 1957?in his 87th yearc Born in Warsaw,
he attained a national reputation as a writer of the Old West and
its Indian wars, and was the author of some 5,000 poems on cowboys,
range life and memories of his boyhood days. For 50 years he wrote
for West Coast dailies, and authored several books of history and
poetry, and his writings continue to appear In leading magazines and
books of the West* Even though Mr. Brininstool went to Los Angeles
in 1895, he retained an intense loyalty to Warsaw and Wyoming County
and shared with this bulletin some of his poetrycHe wrote frequently
for the Wyoming County Newspapers. He was a master letter-writer
whose correspondence through more than a score of years has
challenged your editor. He was survived by a widow, a son and a
daughter.
George Dana Pickens, 7I4., prominent Arcade dentist and civic leader,
died August 31, 1957, at Springville.Dr. Pickens,a native of Parish,
N. Y., had practiced his profession at Arcade for upwards of a halfcentury
J was an ardent sportsman and conservationist| for several
terms president of the Board of Education; a thirty-second degree
Mason and during 1950-51, district deputy grand master of the Genesee-Wyoming
district. Burial was at Arcade.
From time to time, back issues of HISTORICAL WYOMING are returned
by readers or by families following the death of a former
subscriber. These copies we are always glad to pass on to others
to complete their files. Presently there are a number of copies of
the more recent volumes on hand. If you would like any, please advise
us and, if available, they will be mailed on a first-come,
first-served basis0

Page 20 October 1957
Pike English and Classical School
"" -Mr, H. Blodget-
Having had some experience for a few years past in the noble
call of Instructor of the youth of both sexes, respectfully announces
that he / will open a School, on the 6th of October, in the old
school room formerly oc- / cupied by Mr. Rice, in the village of
PIke9 for male and female, to be known by / the above title, A
thorough and complete English and Mathematical course, the / Latin,
Greek and French languages, with all the requisite ornamental
branches, / will, in due proportion, characterize the entire system.
It is not the object »f the system of instruction t© give a
practical education, / consisting of a few branches only; nor on the
other hand to give a superficial / education containing a little of
almost everything; nor to finish a professional or / practical education,
but to commence a thorough course; in the meantime main- /
taining such a proportion between the different branches of literature
and science, / as to form a proper symmetry and balance of
character. In laying the founda- / tion of a thorough education, it
is necessary that all the important faculties be / brought into exercise,
When certain mental endowments receive a much, hieher / culture
than others, there is a distortion in the intellectual character,,
TMe pow- / ers of the mind are not developed in their fairest
proportions, by studying lan- / guages alone, or mathematics
alonej, or natural or political science alone. The / object is not
to teach that which is peculiar to any one of the professions; but
to / lay a foundation common to them, all.
The regulations of the school are formed with the single design
of promoting / the intellectual and moral ad/ancement of its members
The government will / be mild yet decided and firm. Authority will
be sustained by reason and affec- / tion. Punishment for misdeanor
when necessary, will be of such a nature as to affect rather the
mind than the body -- not as satisfaction for the / crima, but as
prevention of a recurrence of similar offences. As accurate ac- /
count of the deliquencies of every pupil, and also the degree of his
attain- / ment in conduct, scholarship and attendance, will be kept,
a copy of which / will be transmitted to every parent or guardian
who may desire.
With a tender and conscientious care of pupils, the principal
will labor, by in- / struction, to gain the love of children, and
merit the confidence of parents. / Every necessary attention
will be devoted to the taste, neatness, politeness, cor- / rect manners,
and moral principles of all pupils in this school.
THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION EMBRACES
For the Junior Class--The Elementary branches are Orthography, Reading
j, Writing, Par- / ker 1 s Elements of Composition, Grammar, Geographys
Arithmetic, Elements of History, etc.
per term of 12 weeks, #3.00
(continued on page 27)

October 1957 Pa se 21
PIKE ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL (cont.)
For the Senior Class -- Ancient and Modern Geography, Ancient and
Modern History, Book-/ Keeping, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology,
Minerology, Astronomy, Mathematics,/ Metaphysics,Latin, Greek,
French, etc., fl+.OO
Declamations will be required of all male students once in two weeksg
and / every student is expected to present written (compositions at
regular stated-periods.
ft is earnestly desired that all the students should be present at
the commencement of the'termi No / pupil will be admitted for a
shorter time than half'a term, and no deduction for absence unless
occasioned / by sickness. Payments required at the close of each
term, or bafore, when students leave during the term./ Parents residing
in-the neighboring towns, who wish to place their children in
a coTintry institution of/ learning, are respectfully invited to make
themselves more fully acquainted with the school at Pike.
PIKE, September 28th, 18^0.
D. Mitchell, Printer,
Perry, lil. Y.
( Above Is a copy of a broadside found among the papers of the late
James L„ Blackmer, Buffalo.)
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Page 2 22 October 1957
loOth Anniversaries Coming
Three Wyoming County townships are believed to have been first
settled during 1808, namely Castile, Eagle and Perry. Robert Whaley
built a log tavern about a mile northeast of Castile village and his
brother-in-laws Daniel McKay erected a sawmill on Wolf Creek, both
being pioneers in Castile. Eagle's first settlers were William and
Silas Hodges who settled 150 years ago next year in the northeast
portion of the present township. In the year, 1808, or early 1809
Samuel Gates made the first settlement in Perry on the road between
the present village and South Warsaw, near Silver Lake inlet. Also,
in i808, Garrett Stryker, pioneer of Strykersville, founded that
community, and it is said the first gatherings of the Baptist church
were held the same year.
In addition,the Town of Warsaw was incorporated March 11, 1808,
and included the present townships of MIddlebury and Gainesville.
The first town meeting convened on April 5th. At the same time as
the erection of Warsaw, the Town of Sheldon was created and included
present Attica, Bennington, Java and Arcade.
Arcade History Available
Progress with a Past, History of the Town of Arcade, 1807-1957,
issued in connection with last summer's observance of the sesquicentennial,
is available at the cost of $3.00. For those who
wish copies mailed, please add 30^ to defray the cost of wrapping
and postage. Proceeds of this non-profit publication are being used
to meet expenses incurred in connection with the week-long birthday
celebration. The 200-page publication was authored by the Wyoming
County Historian. Upon request, the historian will be pleased to
mail copies of the program to interested groups who may be planning
a similar observance.
Castile Publications Still Available
Since local history publications are printed in small editions
the supply ia often exhausted before many become aware of their great
value and interest. Mildred Lee Hill Anderson's Genesee Echoes has
had a wide appeal for its charming and comprehensive study of the
history of the present Letchworth Park area. Copies are still available
from the author at Castile, price $2.95® St. Helena, Ghost Town of the
Genesee, 1797-19514.,, has gone through two editions, and its authors,
Marion Piper Willey and Mrs. Anderson, report there is still ademand
for copies. Published at Perry in March 1956, Dr. Charles E. Bartlett's
The Boyd-Parker Story is another much coveted local imprint.
Inquiries should be addressed for copies to the Castile Historical
Society.

October 1957 Pa se 23
Warsaw Village Pioneer Cemetery
(continued from April 1957)
HOLLISTER Julia Smith, wife Horace Hollister, do Dec* 5, 1837,
38y. (Married Nov. 24, 1821+.)
Julia Maria, dau„ Horace & Julia, d0 March 31* 1835,
5y 6m I5d
Delia Ann, dau. Horace & Julia, d0 May 27, 1836,
8m 21d
John Co, son Horace & Julia, do Dec0 20, 1829,
2y l8d
HOLLY John Holly, d. April 5, I883, 77y lm lid
Sarah, dau. John, d. Septo 2, 1916, Sly
Lucretia, wife John, d0 July 31, 18Aj7* 38y 5 13d
Mary, wife Syivanu3 Holly, mother John, d0 March
30, 181+0, 7ly
Henry, son John & Lucretia, d. Jan» 5» 185^,
21y 5m 23d
HOOKER Sally, wife Myron, do Oct. 1, 1827, 34y 10m
From the cold grave to you I call
To Death soon victims you must fall
Strive each in wisdom to excel
That you with me in Christ may dwell®
HOUGH Samuel Hough, d. Sept. 1+, 1826, 57y 9m
Louisa, dau. Orson & Clarinda Hough, do May 18,
I836, 7 mons
HOVEY Simeon Hovey Jr., son S. & J9, Feb. 7, 1813-
March 26, 1892
LeRoy, son SB & J0, May 11, 1811- Dec. 11, 1838
Laura J®, dauQ Simeon & Jerusha, Augo 3, 1818-
March 9, 1831
Simeon, b0 Lebanon, Na Ho, July 6, 1776; d„ April
25, 1862
Jerusha Lamb, wife Simeon, b. Wilberham, Mass.,
May 25, 1785; do Dec. k, 1878
Chancy H., son Ziba & Sophia Hovey, d. Sept. 28,
1815, 3y
David Hovey, d. June 8, I832, 50y
Josiah Hovey, a native of Mansfield, 0onru f
April 21, 1820, 73rd yr
Eliphalet Hovey, do Dec. 18, 18/4.3, 52y
Sally, wife Eliphalet Hovey, d. Novo 18, l8i]_8, 56y
Louisa, dau. E0 & So Hovey, relict 0. T» Crane, d.
Nov. 30, 186/4., ij.2y 2m 5d
HOWARD Amelia R., dau. James & Sally Howard, d. Jan. 8,
1835, ly 7m
Horatio Hinman, son James & Sally, was drowned 0cto
10, I83O, in the 6th year of his age«
Betsey, wife Lyman Howard, dc Nov0 27, 1851+, 5ly 8ds
Frank J. Howard, 1852 - 1905
Antonette, wife Frank J., 1829 - 1905
(continued on page 2I4.)

Page 24 October 1957
HURD
HUTCHINSON
JACKSON
JEWETT
JOHNSON
KAHL
KAREJWA
KEENEY
KIDDER
KINNEY
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Robert Hurd, cU March 7, l8l8, 63y. SOLDIER OP THE
REVOLUTION
Olive, wife Robert, d0 Feb. 12, 181^5, 90y
Benjamin F. Hutchinson, March 8, I8I4.3 - May 2k $ 1920
Clarrisa, wife, d. Aug* 29, 1901, 50y
Clarence E„, son R. & M0 Jackson, d. Feb. 20, I8I4.5,
ly lrn 27d„ (Stone says "daughter".)
Bernice, dau. Richard & Malinda Jackson, d. April
11, 1814.0, l;y 11m 5d
Josiah Jewett was born in Hampton, w indham Co., Conn.,
Octo 23, 1773; D ied July 2, 1829, aged 56y. "He
was an early settler of this town and a
distinguished patriot when his country was in
needo" WAR OF 1812
Lizania, wife George A. Johnson & daughter Sylvester
& Ruth Perkins, d. July 18, I8I4.O, 32y
Daniel Franklin, son George A. & Lizania, d. March
1^, I8I4.O, no age
Rozella, dauc W„ Fc M. & L. M. Kahl, April 30, 1902
- Dec, 1, 1905
Baby Christian Karejwa, Dec. 1914-1
Amos Keeney, d. April 26, 1869, 91y. A pioneer of the
Town, came in 1803.
Martha, wife Amos, d. Jan.6, 1850, 70y. (Called
Patty Keeney in Western New-Yorker.)
Amelia, dau. Appollos & Adeline Keeney, d. March
I k , 1839, 3y 5m 20d.
Harry Keeney, de Octo 9, 1882, 83y 10m. (Called
Henry H. Keeney.)
Maria, wife Harry., d. Sept. 15, l875» 67y
Zelotus, son n arry & Maria, d„ by drowning; age and
date cemetented over.
Isadore B„, daue ^arry & Maria Keeney, d. Dec, 20,
1837, 3y 2m
Niles Keeney, I8I4.8 - 1938
Alice, wife Niles, l8ij.9 - 1931
Cornelia, daue Silas & Susan Kidder, d. Sept. 1,
1831+, (8y_m?)
Asher Kinney, d„ May 30, 1890, 85y
Ann, wife Asher, d. Aug. 1!|, 1857, l+3y
Mary S. Rudgers, dau. Asher & Ann, d. iVi ay 214., I87I,
26 y
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October 1957 age 25
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (con't)
KLEIN Charles C. Klein, d. May 12, 1890, 52y. Co0 D, l6th
Reg„ N0 Y0 S. Vols 0
Abbie E.f wife, d. Feb. 20, 1885, 33y 3m 28d
Abbie May, dau0, d. Dec0 23, 1890, 7y 6m 2l;d
KNAPP
LAMB
LAMBERSON
LANE
Daniel Knapp, d0 Sept0 13, l8£8, 79 y 10m
Betsey, wife Daniel, d. Feb, 11, 1808, 27y
Lydia, wife Daniel, d. May 29, 1827, 37y
Polly, wife Daniel, d. May I4., 1833, I|-3y
Jay R. Knapp, d. June 3, l8£6, y (Age cemented over)
Children of Charles H0 & B„ M. Knapp:
Charles, d0 Aug. 22, I8/4.O, 8m l8d
Porter W„, d0 June 22, 181+3, ly 7m 29d
Charles B0, d. 0cto 18, 18)44, _y (Age buried)
Jared Knapp, A Soldier of the Revolution, d. Oct. 22,
1814.8, 95th vr.
Catherine, wife Jared, d. Dec. 13, 1855, 80y
Isaai: Knapp, d. Dec. 3, 1831, 8ly
Sophia, dauo George & Lucy Knapp, d. Dec. 21, I83I4.,
ly 28d
Clarissa, dau. William & Clarinda, d. April 15, 1819,
6y
A poisoned plant among the rest
In nature's order stood
I eat and was distressed
It poisoned all my blood
So sudden was the stroke
By which I was snatched away
That in one hour life's thread was broke
And I was mouldered to the clay0
Betsey Anh, wife William L. Knapp, d. April 29, 182+6,
25y 3m
Orin, son Harlev & Fanny Knapp, d0 Nov. 5, 1833, 5y
George W., son Harley & Fanny, d. Jan. 15, 1833, 9y
Fanny, relict Col. Harley Knapp, d. April 22, 1871,
65y (Her second husband was Abel Roy.)
Col. Harley Knapp, d. Sept. 23, I8I4.2, l+2y
Charles Harlow Knapp, Mar. 19, 1803 - Mar. 22, 1895
Roxcynthia M„ Worden, wife Charles H., Feb. 15, 1811-
Dec. 10, 1892
Jerusha Lamb, wife Simeon Hovey, Born Wilberham, Mass#j
May 25, 1785; died Dec. 4, 1^78
Anson Lamberson, d0 April ll)., 1897, 78y
Samuel Lane, d0 JanQ 16, 1837, 79y
Emma Lane, wife J ames Crocker, Dec* 9, 1793 -
Sept. 11, 181+9
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LATHROP
LITTLE
LOWREY
LUTHER
MARCHANT
MARTIN
MASON
MAURY
McELWAIN
McWHORTER
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (con't)
October 1957
Rev0 Charles A. Lathrop, 1852 - 1908
Savilla E., wife Rev0 Chas., 1856 - 1916
Adgate Abiel Lathrop, Sept. 2, 1837 - Nov. 26, 1838
Avery Lathrop, N ov0 19, 1798 - Sept. 2, 1882
Alvira Woodworth, wife Avery, Apro 27, 1809 -
April 9, 1858
Abiel Ac, son Avery & Alvira, d. Nov. 26, 1838,
ly 2m 2ds
Delbert J0 Little, l88l - 1936
George Lowrev, d. May 8, 1910, 67y. N.Y.S. Vols.
Elizabeth Luther, Mar, 1829 - Aug. 2, 1903.
Our Mother
Lot Marchant, d. Aug. 8, 1828,
Micah Marchant, d. Jan. 6, 1813, 30y
Friends nor physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave
Nor can the grave confine me here
When Christ shall call me to appear.
Olive M. Marchant, wife Allen, d. Jan. 17, l8i].6,
32y 8m (Member Baptist Church.)
Polly, wife Josiah Marchant, d„ Nov. llj., l855> 78y i^m
Elizabeth, wife John Martin, d, June l8[|_3» 8ly
Lydia Hawes Martin, dau. Newton & Chloe Day Hawes,
d. Mar. 12, 1891, 72y. (Died in Indianapolis, Ind.,
disinterred & brought to Warsaw, June 1891.)
Caroline C. Martin, I86I4. - 1936
Lydia, wife Levi Martin, d. April 13, 1863, 8ly
Hannah C. Martin, 1836 - 1890
Elizabeth Martin, l8£I; - 1896
Horace Levi Martin, 1855 - 1932
Lois Emmarett Martin, 1~8!|5 - 1919
Phebe Mason, wife David Pargo, April 19, 1792 -
Jan. 21, 1850
John C0 Maury, d„ Dec. 30, 1891, 59y 8m 21d
Mary, wife John McElwain, do Aug. 2if, 1831, 23rd yr.
Polly Day, dau. Col. Elkanah & Polly, wife John
McElwain, Mar. 10, l8ll - Aug. 2k, 183^
John McWhorter, 1739 - Jan. 6, 1813, Ikl • A Soldier
of the Revolution. (Original stone has vanished.)
John, son Samuel & Annice McWhorter, d. July 21}.,
1825, 7y
Polly McWhorter, dau. John McWhorter, wife Col.
Elkanah Day, b. July 20, 1767; married Mar. 17,
1788; died 1819.
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October 1957 Pa se 27
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
MENTER Clary, wife Simeon Menter, d„ July 16, I8I4.3, 62y
MERRILL Eli Merrill, do April 20s 1861, 57y
Asa Burr Merrill, d. June 23, 1862, 26y 10m in War
for this Union,,
MILLER Mary, consort of Levi Miller, do Aug. 9, 1816, 62y
Laura P0 Miller, wife Joseph & dauD Moses & Mary
Purkins, d0 Feb. 9, 1811, 23rd yr0
Laura, the memory of thy name
Shall in my bosom remain
Thy virtues in thy life
I'll read and practice them since
thou art dead0
MORRIS Solomon Morris, Jr„, d0 Nov0 20, 1839, 52y
Olive, wife Solomon, d0 Sept, 22, 1852, 69y
(Lived in Warsaw c 50 years0)
Olive M„, dauo S. & P„ J, Morris, d. Dec, 7, 18 54, ly
Luther Morris, d. March 5, 1813, 16th yr.
Prom Death's arrest no age is free
Prepare for death and follow me
For chough in blooming youth I stood
I could not stay the hand of God«
Sally Morris, dau. Solomon & Kizziah Morris, wife of
Simeon Gibson, d. June 7, 1808, 25y
Solomon Morris, do 0cto 26, 181+0, 85y
Friends and physicians could not save
His mortal body from the grave
Nor can the grave confine him here
When his Redeemer doth appear„
Kizziah, wife Solomon, d. Mar0 7, 1821, 63rd yr»
Mother of twelve children«
Esther, wife Solomon, d„ May 21, I8I4.O, 70y
Linus, son Jonn & Alma Morris, d. Nov. 5, 1846, 19y
Luther S0 Morris, d. Dec„ 30, 1893, 67y» Member of
7th Battery, 1st Michigan Artillery.
Rufus Morris, d. May 17, 1870, 76y
Lucy, wife Rufus Morris, d. Mar, 14, 1852, 52y
Sarah, dau» Rufus & Lucy Morris, d. Jan 9, 1836, 1+y
Lyman Morris, d„ Jan. 16, iQSk-t 73y
Rezina, wife Lyman & dau. Amos Hotchkiss of Guilford,
Conn., d0 Jan0 23, 1829, 59y
Lewis C., son Lyman & Regina, d. Aug. 26, 1849,
ly 5m 9d
Dewit C„, son Lyman & Lorella, d» Dec
, 10, 181+4,
ly 10m 2d
Chauncey W„, son George W. & Minerva, d0 0cto 20,
1825, ly
Cordelia, dauc George W. & Minerva Morris, d0 Oct,
29, 181+0, 9m l+dso
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Page 2 8 October 1957
MOSS
MULLET
Munger
MURRAY
MYNARD
NARAMORE
NEUSCHELER
NEWTON
NOBLE
NORTON
NYE
PADDOCK
PALMER
PARK
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Elizabeth Whaley, wife Nathaniel Moss, d. June 27,
1835, 32yo (Daughter John B0 & Tainson Purchase
Whaley,)
George D. Mullet, 1829 - 1907
Lena 30 Mullet, 185I4. - 1911
Edward Mullet, 1878 - 1917
Ephraim H0, son E„ & D. Munger, d. Sept. 23, l8l5,
ly 10m
Robert P. Munger, d. Dec. 21+., 1879, 77y
Eliza, wife Robert, d0 April 29, 1871, 63y
Charlotte, wife Robert,-d. Jan. 30, 1836, 31y
Deacon^John Munger, 1781 - I86I4.
Irene Clark, wife Deacon John, 1785 - iQBk- (They
came to Warsaw from Pawlet. Vermont in 1806.)
John Munger, d. June 10, 1830, 8ly 2m
John Wo Murray, d. Feb. 25, l8k5, kSl
Samuel E. Murray, d. May 13, 181UJ., l;7y
Seneca E. Mynard, d0 July 2I4., 1826, 2l;y
Martha, wife Umasa Mynard, d. Jan. 17, 1826, 50y
Horace A. Mynard, d. Aug. 28, 1851+, 57y
Cornelia, infant daughter Edward & Eunice Naramore,
do May 17, 1814.5
Alfred Neuscheler, 1901 - 1905
Joel To Newton, d. Oct. 1+, 1861, 1^9y
Roas, wife, d. June 7, 1897, 82y 6m
Dwight Noble, do Jan. 25, 1807, 33rd yr.
Esther, wife John £L Noble, dau. William & Sarah
Wilder, d. July 21832, 32y 7m. (Batavia paper at
the time named her father as "Jabez" Wilder.)
Isabell E0J wife Elizur W„ Norton, dau. Cyrus Tanner,
do Jan. 27, 1850, 23y
Walter Nye, Apr. 1+, 1887 - Mar. 20, 1908
George Nye, 1853 - 1918
Eliza, wife R. Paddock, d. June 11, 1837, 2i|y
Sally Palmer, widow Henry Hibbard (Hebbard) & John
Alverson, d0 Aug. 21;, 1869, 83y
Nehemiah Park, d. Mar0 11, 1838, 85y l+m 21d
Nehemiah Park Jr., da June 16, 1852, 73y
Clarissa, wife Nehemiah Jr., d. April 26, I8I48, 66y
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October 1957 Page 2 9
PARKER
PATTERSON
PAYSON
PERKINS
PETTENGILL
PHELPS
PHILLIPS
PIKE
PORTER
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Ruth, wife Asaph Parker, d. July 20, 1825, 32y
Joanna Parker, d. Mar, 20, 1866, 76y. (Death occurred
in Buffalo, N. Y.)
William M. Pattersun, Member of the 25th Congress, d,
Aug. llj., 1838, 49y. (Rochester Democrat said of
him, "He was beloved as an honest man with a good
heart by all who knew him.)
Lucinda G., wife of Hon. William, d. Aug. 27, 1838, 39y
Jane P. Mitchell, wife Rev. Stuart Mitchell, dau.
William & Lucinda Patterson, d. Mar. 13, 1864, 31y
Washington Jarvis, son William & Lucinda Patterson,
d. May 28, l81j.l, kj
Mary, dau. William & Lucinda, d. June 20, 1832, 3y
Thomas James, son William & Lucinda, d. May 31, 1836,
2y
Edward and Infant Payson, no dates or ages.
Lydia, wife Elham Perkins, d. Dec. 15, 1864, 77y
Lizania Perkins, dau. Sylvester & Ruth Perkins, wife
George A. Johnson, d. July 18, I8I4.O, 32y
Rev. James T. Pettengill, d. Feb. 6, 1849, 39y
Caroline Harkness, wife Rev. James T., d. July 31»
1875, 62y
Isaac N. Phelps, d„ Jan. 11, 1839, 84y
Lydia, wife Isaac N0, d. April 7, 1841, 85y
Mary, wife Isaac N. Phelps, d. Aug. I4., I8J4J4-, 32y
Lonely sleep and dark the night
Yet bright will be the morn
When in perfect life and light
We meet all free from sorrow.
Dexter, son Isaac & Mary, d. Sept. 11, 1837,Hm l6d
Jane, wife Chester Phelps, d. Aug. 14, l844> 30y
Father, this silent morning weeps
A kindly wife and mother sleeps.
James Phillips, d, May 28, 1894, 9th N. Y. Cavalry
Pamelia Phillips, 1814 - 1897
Joseph Pike, d. June 17, 1883, 75y
Lydia, wife Joseph, d. Aug. 27, i|2y
Walter W., son J. & L. D. Pike, d. Feb. 19, 1849
9y 8m l6d
Lydia S., dau. Joseph & Lydia, d. Aug. 1835, 8m 3d
Adieu, sweet babe, thy breadth has flown and
left thy form to rest.
Edwin Porter, 1826 - 1910
Sarah Porter, 1829 - 1908
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PRATT
PRESTON
PURKINS
REDDISH
RICHARDS
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
October 1957
William L0 Pratt, Oct. Ij., 1832 - Oct. 15, 1915
Helen M., wife, Sept. 13, 1835 - Dec. k, 1892
Little Willie, son W. L. & H. M., d. Mar. 22, 1861
5y 2m
Bertha E. Preston, 1868 - 190^
Caroline Violet, dau. J. We & Bertha Preston, d.
Nov. 12, 1896, 9y 3m 2d
Salmon, son Elam & Lycha Purkins, d. Aug. 11, 1815,
2y 3m 2d
Laura, dau. Moses & Mary Purkins, wife Joseph Miller,
d„ Feb. 9, l8ll, 23rd yr. ( Epitaph above)
Children of Anson & Betsey Purkins:
Eliza Ann9 d0 Mar. 11, 1838, 17y
Rilla, dau., d. May 11, l8l5,lly 6m Hj.d
Lauras dau0, do Aug. 8, l8l5, 3y 8m 19d
, son Sylvester & Ruth Purkins, d. Sept. 7,
" I838, l8y
Moses Purkins, d0 Nov. 17, 1836, 90th yr.
(A companion stone, probably to his wife, is beside
his but the inscription is all worn away.)
John H. Reddish, d. May 30, 181+1, 2m 12d. (Born
in Maryland, Feb. 18, 1787.)
Martha Fargo, wife John, d. Oct. 30, l8£2, 58y 10m
(Daughter Nehemlah Fargo.)
Mahalia, dau. John & Martha, d. Sept. 25, 1822,
2y 3m 26d
Orland, son John & Martha, d. Aug. 6, 1827, ly 3m 16d
Sarepta, dau. John & Martha, d. Jan. 28, 1837, 5y 8m
This lovely bud so young and fair
Called hence by early doom
To show how good a flower
In Paradise would bloom.
Abel, son John & Martha, d. March 2, 1815, 3 weeks
Nicholas Reddish, dc Aug. 22, 1868, 87y. "Soldier of
Christ, well done, thy truth at last has won."
Mary, wife Nicholas, d. Dec. 23, 1838, 6i|.y
She rests secure from mortal woes
While angels watch her soft repose.
James H., son Nicholas & Mary, d. Jan. 28, 1833, 21y
My dear young friends in youthful bloom
When you look upon my tomb
Remember that when I bloomed as thee
Prepare you soon must follow me.
Clarrisa, wife Hon0 Paul Richards, former wife Phillip
Salisbury, do Jan. 23, 1857, 67y 3m l6d. (Married
Judge Richards in l82i+. )
Humility, wife Alden Richards, d. June 3, l81;5, 35y
Emily R., dau. Alden & Humility, d. Aug. 20, 1852,
7y 3m
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October 1957 Pa se 31
ROBERTS
ROWLAND
RUDGERS
RUMSEY
SAFFORD
SALISBURY
SCHLEGEL
SCOVELL
SEEKER
SEELY
SEYMOUR
SHAW
SHELDON
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Maranda Roberts, wife David Young, d. April 17, 1891,
92y
Josephine, 1856 - (On stone with Nettie C. Hall)
Mary S. Rudgers, dau, Asher & Ann Kinney, d. May
2l+., 1871, 26y
Ann, widow Daniel Rumsey, d. Aug. 18, 1825, 73rd yr.
Cyrus Ransom, son Daniel & Unicy Rumsey, d. Aug.
19, 1825, 1+y lum 19d
At early dawn the balmy rose
Displays Its natural bloom
Bxit ere the florid tints disclose
It drops to meet its doom
'Tis thus our transient comforts fly
Through all our fleeting years
In every pleasure we descry .(Broken)
Mayhew Safford, Esq., d„ Jan. 10, 1831, l+7y
Mary Ann, dau. Mayhew, d. April 20, 1821, 16 mons.
(Record in Batavia paper. He died suddenly, was a
counsellor-at-law.)
Philip Salisbury, d. Jan. 23, 1855, 67y
Anna Schlegel, 1881 - 1901+
Chloe, wife Nathan Scovell, d. Nov. 28, 181+2, 73y
Seviah, wife Nathan, d. Feb. 5, 1856, 77y
Nathan Scovell, Jr., d. Mar. 23, 181+9, 77y
Aaron Seeker, d. Sept. 20, 1893, 38y 8m
Margaret Seely, wife William N. Stevens,
Feb. 22, 1827 - Mar. 27, 1897
Almira, wife Daniel Seymour, d. May ll+, 1831, 27y
Betsey, dau. Daniel & Almira, d. Jan. 26, 1830P
2y 9m
Chloe, wife Daniel Seymour, d. Oct. 17, 1836, 29y
Bimmui Shaw, d. Jan. 11, 181+5, 56y
Dr. Chauncey L. Sheldon, d. Mar. 27, 1828, l+5th yr.
Mina, widow Chauncey, d. Nov. 23, 183l+, 5i+y
My soul, my body, I will trust
With Him who numbers every dust
My Saviour faithfully will keep
His own, their death is but a sleep.
Children of Dr. Chauncey & Mina:
Chauncey B., d. Mar. 29, 1812, 2nd yr.
Alonzo C. & Alphonzo T., twin sons, who
died Aug. 5, 18 _, aged 3 days
Adeline B., dau., d. Dec. 21, 181+0, 32y 11m 7d
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SHIPMAN
SMITH
SPICKNELL
STEARNS
STEEL
STEVENS
STONE
TANNER
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
William Shipman, d. March 12, 181+.0, 66y
Mercy, wife William, d„ June 2, 1843, 66y
Julia Smith, wife Horace Hollister, d. Dec. 5, 1837,
38y0 (Married Nov. 24, 18214-.)
William Spicknell., I836-I903. Sgt. Co. F, 4th
New York Heavy Artillery
Elizabeth, wife William, 1838-1919
Electa Coe, wife George Stearns, d. Mar. 11, 1890,
6ly0 Erected by brother Hugh Curry.
Sylvia Ann, wife Henry, d. Mar. 7, 1852, 21y.
Juliette, dau. C. & d. Mar. 29, 18 , 3y 2m 3d
George Mc, son_ & _, d, Mar. 27, I8I4.I, lly 3m 22d
M, D0 Lafayette, son Willard & Caroline Stearns,
d. Mar. 4, 1858, 29y
William W. Stearns, d. July 29, 1893, 56y. Member
Coo K, 17th N0 Y0 S. Vol; Co. M, 8th Artillery
Moses Stearns, d. Feb,, 10, 1859, 88y
Mary A„, dau0 Charles & Mary E. Steel, d. May 8,
181+2, 8y 4n 5d
William N0 Stevens, Mar. 17, 1825 - July 3, 1891
Margaret Seely, wife William N., Feb. 22, 1827 -
Mar. 27, 1897
Nye Stevens, d. Mar. 26, 1871, 74y
Mary, wife Nye, d„ May 15, 1862, 58y 9m
So Jesus slept, God's dying Son
Entered the grave and blest the bed
Rest here dear mother, till from His throne
He comes and wakes the dead.
Truman Stevens, born Canaan, Conn., July 21, 1770,
d. Aug. 12, 1859, 89y
Arvah Stevens, d. April 19, 1837, 39y
General Almond Stevens, d. Jan. 1, 1836, 44y
Ama, consort William Se Stone, d. May 25, 1815, 37y
Completely shone through every scene of life
A tender parent and virtuous wife
Though her lov'd form lies mouldering in the tomb
In happier climes her kindred virtues bloom.
Ze ra, d0 Nov. 1837, 67y (Masonic emblem)
Jennet, wife Zera, d, Jan, 1838, 67y
Zera Jr., d0 Nov. 27, 1836, 26y
Mortal death should be no terror
In the grave our Saviour lay
Tis the road from doubt and error
To the realms of endless day.
Wipe those tear drops; cease your cries
Christ has triumphed, I shall rise.
(to be continued)