Historical Wyoming County May 1952 - Old Fulton History

(storied 1/lAjormnq 

1802 Sesquicentennial Year 1952 

Vol, V May 1952 

No, 5 Arcade, New York 

O J I A j N ^ V J I 

by Ethel A., M, Tozier, 

Town Historian IAjNDJVIARK 

OLD ORANGEVILLE TOWN HALL 

Erected In 1852 as 

a Baptist Church 

It was sundown of Election Day in November 1950. Prom morning 

until night, the voters of the Town of Orangeville had turned their 

steps from the closed doors of the old Town Hall, where they had 

voted for over thirty-five years, to the Schoolhouse close by which 

the Town Board had purchased at auction the previous May. 

No more would the old Town Hall echo to the voices of men in 

heated political discussions; to caucuses, primaries and Pall elections. 

Henceforth, all such business, as well as social functions, 

would be held in the Schoolhouse of District No. (Since the centralization 

of the schools in Wyoming County in 191+9, District No. I4. 

has been closed.) The Town Hall, which had served as a community 

center for several decades, would now be used as a garage to store 

Town trucks, tools, snowplows, etc. 

According to Beer's "History of Wyoming County," the Town Hall 

originally was the edifice of the First Calvinistic Baptist Society 

of the Town of Orangeville. This was the first religious organization 

in the town. It was constituted a church in the early part 

of 1812 with seven constituent members, among whom was James Sayer, 

the first Church Clerk. Mr. and Mrs. William Chase, John Grovers 

(continued on page 89)

Page 89 May 1952 

HISTORICAL WYOMING 

Published six times annually at Arcade, New York, by Harry S. 

Douglass,Wyoming County Historian; Robert W. McGowan, Associate 

Editor, and Students of Arcade Central School. 

AN ORANGEVILLE LANDMARK (cont.) 

Nicholas Reddish, William DeVoe, Job Whiting, and Mr. and Mrs. 

Elisha Doty were early members. The first addition to the church by 

baptism was Mrs. Elizabeth Merrifield. 

Rev, Butler and Rev. Case were probably the first preachers, 

followed by Elders Jonas Tuttle, Stutson, Anson and Jabez Boomer. 

The latter became a resident of the town as early as 1823. He remained 

several years after which he moved to Ohio. 

The First Calvinistic Baptist Society of the Town of Orangeville 

was incorporated on January 11, 1823, at a meeting held in the 

log-cabin schoolhouse of District No. I)., (on the site of the present 

schoolhouse on Route 20-A near Orangeville Center.) Trustees elected 

at that time were James Sayer, John Grover, John W. Meddick, Festus 

Pettibone, Isaac Boardman, Eli Rood and Oliver Hoisington, The 

Society was reincorporated March 16, I8I4.2 under the same title, at 

which time Ephraim Wheeler, Alfred S. Wilcox, Amos Winslow, John 

Chapin, Charles J. Blackmer, Daruis Stone and Hiram Jones were 

elected trustees. Thereligious and business meetings of the church 

and society were held at various places, principally in the schoolhouses 

in the central and northern portions of the town, until 1852, 

when a frame meetinghouse, 32 x I4.O feet in size, was built on land 

donated by Ephraim Wheeler. The structure Cost $1200.00. 

Elder Jabez Boomer closed a pastorate in the beginning of 1333* 

He was followed by Rev. Peter Freeman. In July 133^, the church 

granted a license to one of its members, Chester Coe, to preach. 

He was ordained and installed pastor March 18, 1835> and continued 

until September 3» 1836, when he was deposed from the ministry. The 

deacons in 1833 were James Sayer and Ezra Olin. Ira Jones was chosen 

clerk in October of the same year, in May l337> Rev. Jabez 'Boomer 

returned from Newbury, Ohio, and again assumed the pastorate of the 

church. He remained until I8I4.O. Rev. Alba Thorp, Rev. Thomas Moses 

Pickett, Rev. Thomas Phillips and Rev. P. Nichols followed. 

Alvin Plumley, a licentiate from Hume, Allegany County, became 

a member of the church on November 7> l8Ij-5 and supplied the pulpit 

for a time. He was ordained September 30, I8I4.5 and preached until 

the spring of l81_(-7• He was followed by Rev. William Baxter from 

Bethany (l85'3-l859) and Rev. Russell T. Smith a year or two later. 

During the year l867» Rev. D. B. Morgan was pastor after which the 

pulpit was supplied for a time by Elder W. I. Crane of Warsaw, 

Thereafter the church had no regular minister and only occasional 

preaching. In 1S51+, there were I4.3 members, in 1867 there were 3^4-* 

CHURCH BECOMES TOW HALL 

On November 29, 1913? the Town of Orangeville bought the church 

edifice for $50.00. A new floor was laid and other improvements 


May 1952 Page 90 

AN ORANGEVILLE LANDMARK fcont.) 

made. A new sign high over the door proclaimed that the old Baptist 

Church was now "Orangeville Town Hall, 1913." 

Prom 1913 to 1950, the Town Hall not only witnessed caucuses, 

primaries and elections but many other forms of entertainment. Before 

this time, elections had been held in the second floor dance 

hall in the home of Mr. J. 0. Spink» This building had been formerly 

a tavern. It also housed the Post Office before the Rural Free Delivery 

brought the mail from Warsaw. (This tavern stood on the site 

of the home at present owned by Mr. Fred Burr at the intersection of 

Route 20-A and the Allegany Road at Orangeville Center.) 

During World War I, the Town Hall was a busy place. Meetings 

were held at which the women knitted scarfs and sox for the Red 

Cross to be sent to the soldiers in Europe. Many Red Cross dances 

were held to raise money for that worthy organization. 

During World War II, farewell suppers were given to the boys 

leaving for the Service, After the supper was over, the windows 

rattled to the sound of "Swing your partner." The Burr and Snyder 

boys furnished the music and Fred Burr was the caller. Later a 

purse was given to the boy who was leaving. 

At the supper given for Roland Orury, many of the Orangeville 

folk were surprised by being served roast deer meat. Roland had been 

lucky during the deer season and brought down a fourteen point buckthe 

largest that a local hunter had ever bagged. Roland's father, 

Lambert Drury, had been an Army Cook in World War I and he had prepared 

the delicious venison for txie crowd. 

First Aid classes were held in the Town Hall, beginning in September 

19^+2. Mrs. Mildred Stearns of the Warsaw Red Cross Chapter 

was instructor and kept everyone on their toes. Instruction in 

bandaging, care of burns and wounds, artificial respiration, etc. 

was given. 

The mental picture of those artificial respiration classes 

still brings a smile. Twenty to thirty men, women, boys and girls, 

each one eager to learn how to save a possible drowning victimi Perspiring 

plump women, fat men, tall lean farmers with calloused hands, 

towseled youths and giggling girls I Teams of two were formed and 

while one member played "dead" the other followed instructions from 

Mrs. Stearns: forward, press, let go, back--forward, press, let go, 

back--over and over. The serious faces of the oldsters begin to relax 

as they catch the rhythm of making the unfortunate victims 

breathe again. Then laughter as muscles unused to this particular 

exercise begin to sing out their protest. Amid moans and groans, the 

couples change positions and it starts all over againl Later In the 

course, instruction was given in the proper way to put out incendiary 

bombs. 

When the First Aid course was finished, Mr. Jack Moore, the 

Deputy Director, gave an oral examination to the First Aid "pupils." 

Instruction was also given In the proper mode of procedure during an 



AN ORANGEVILLE LANDMARK (cont.) 

air raid, Air Raid Wardens were appointed to cover the town. Boys 

were trained as Messengers,, At the completion of this course, both 

Wardens and Messengers were awarded the official emblems of the 

".Citizens' Protective Corp" of the Warsaw-Orangeville District. The 

Wardens' arm bands were white centered by a red and white striped 

triangle. The Messengers' emblems were of the same format except 

that a red zigzag line in a white triangle adorned the center. 

Dairymen's League entertainments as well as business meetings had 

been held in the Town Hall since the time the Orangeville local 

was formed over thirty years ago. These meetings usually featured a 

guest speaker, movies, discussions, hot suppers and dancing. 

Many young folks have been given a good send-off in their marital 

ventures with kitchen and variety showers, well attended by the 

town's well-wishers. 

Perhaps it was the practical thing to do to discontinue using 

the old church as a Community Center;practical to take up the floor, 

tear down the platform, put in a wide garage door and store the 

town's trucks and tools within, yet one wonders what the pioneers, 

who so zealously founded the Baptist Society, would think if they 

could see the structure of their love and toil as it stands today. 

SAGE ODVIGE 

Intemperance is the Prime Minister of Death, 

Get a name for rising early and you may lie in bed all day. 

He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other. 

He that knows not when to be silent, knows not when to speak, 

Has„ty climbers have sudden falls. 

One man's fault is another man's lesson. 

Nature sets everything to sale for labor. 

Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. 

The greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel. 

The hypocrite pays tribute to God that he may impose on men. 

A guilty mind punishes itself. 

From A, L, Scoville & Co's "Farmers' and Mechanics' Almanac for 

l96£." Distributed by J, W, Gledhill, Eagle Village,dealer in fancy 

and staple dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes, groceries,queensware, 

hardware, iron, nails and glass. Drugs and medicines, paints, 

oils, dyestuffs, family medicines, perfumery & notions. From the 

almanac collection of Mrs, W« G. McNair, Arcade, 

A "SURE CURE" FOR CHILBLAINS 

Take ten pounds of Oak bark, put in a kettle, and pour on six 

quarts of water. Let it boil down to four quarts. Soak your feet 

in it, and it will cure them, 

(Mrs, Winslow's Domestic Receipt Book, 1871.)


Q 

U Boroe 

JAVA VILLAGE GRIST MILL---Erected I835-I836 by Joseph 

Barber and Charles Richardson, Sr. Now' owned by 

Reisdorf Brothers. 

A large and influential Town of Java family are the Barbers, 

descendants from the Rhode Island branch of the family whose progenitor 

was one of three brothers from England, who arrived about 

1652. The immediate heirs of these immigrants settled in Connecticut, 

Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Connecticut family spelled the 

name "Barbour." The Java family is descended from Joseph Barber, 

whose given name appeared in the family at least two generations 

earlier and some are known to have followed the trade of shoemaking. 

Charles Barber, grandson and son of the Western New York pioneers, 

put into print his family story in a small pamphlet sixty 

years ago. (Barber, Charles, Brief History of the Barber Family 

Eagle Press, North Java, 1892, 16pp. ) . From his" account this story 

is written. 

The grandfather, Joseph Barber (17l|ii.-l82l|.) , moved from Rehoboth, 

R.I., to Warwick, Franklin County, Mass., and there married Lydia 

Miller. They were the parents of eight children,Java r s Joseph being 

the sixth child, and it was he who moved here in 1323• Joseph, the 

son, married Betsey Corart daughter of Benjamin, In I80J4.. According 

to the family, during Shays's Rebellion in 1786, a group of soldiers 

stopped one night at Grandfather Conant 1 s house. The next morning 

they were suddenly alarmed by news the enemy was close at hand, and 

the soldiers hastily departing, left a powder horn which had accidentally 

fallen over behind a iarge chest. This horn is considered 

to have been used in the French & Indian War and the Revolution and 

was preserved by an Illinois branch of the Barber family. 



THE BARBERS OF JAVA (cont.) 

Joseph and Betsey Barber settled at Warwick, Mass., where ten 

children were born to them, five sons and five daughters--Amory, 

Humphrey, Asenath, Diana, Benjamin, Tryphena, Philana, Joseph, 

Jerusha and Chandler. On the day Chandler was five months old, Sept. 

17, 1623, Joseph Barber having sold his property at Warwick, packed 

a load of 3500 pounds on a stout heavy wagon, drawn by two good yoke 

of oxen, and with his family, the powderhorn full of powder, two 

guns, and $1100 in 50cf pieces in the old cast iron teakettle, commenced 

the journey Into Western Hew York. The wagon was covered with 

sole leather which cost $1+0. and which, after getting to his destination, 

Mr. Barber made into boots and shoes which he sold. They also 

had with them one horse, drawing a wagon, in which rode Grandfather 

Barber, who was then 79 years old and totally blind. 

Joseph Barber planned to settle in China (later Java), lj.00 miles 

from Warwick, since a brother-in-law, Palmer Whitney, who had moved 

here six years previously, had repeatedly written to him. to come to 

this new country in order that more land might be secured for his 

growing boys to cultivate. The family left Sept. 23, but the father 

and Humphrey remained behind three days to complete their business. 

A man named Templeton was hired to drive the oxen. On the morning 

of the fourth day, Joseph and his son started on foot from Warwick 

and walked forty miles that one day, overtaking the family that night. 

Thus, it would seem, the oxen traveled only ten miles a day during 

the first four days of the journey. The rate at which they traveled, 

however, gradually increased until they wore able to make 25 miles a 

day. The entire journey was accomplished in 21 days. 

The first few nights the bods were unpacked, but after a time, 

as it was too much work to unpack the goods at night and pack them 

in the morning, Joseph hired beds at 25;'- each, per night, and in 

order to be economical the children were packed in crosswise and 

lengthwise to the number of five or six in a bed. Amory and Humphrey 

slept in the wagon to guard after they ceased to unload things at 

night. One night before this time, the father and mother, each supposing 

that the other had attended to the money in the old teakettle, 

left it in the wagon all night. In the morning, very much to his 

surprise, Mr. Barber saw the old kettle there In the wagon. Of 

course he feared for its contents, but upon investigation, he found 

the valuable treasure undisturbed. 

In going down the Green Mountains, where the inclination was 

very great, sometimes they would unhitch one yoke of oxen and hitch 

them behind the wagon to help hold back. At other times they would 

c\;.t a pine tree, trim it, sharpen the knots, and then hitch the top 

of it to the wagon so as they went down the mountain,the knots woull 

plow into the ground and hold the wagon back. 

The Hudson was crossed at Albany, then quite a village, and thus 

pursuing their journey, finally on October 8, reached IJncle Whitney's 

house which stood on the present site of Java Village. At that time 

there were not more than a half dozen families living there, the 

place being occupied by woods, mud, bears, deer, and Indians. 

(continued on page 9I+)

May 1952 Page 

TI3E BARBERS OF JAVA ( cont. ) 

Grandfather Barber died three months after the family arrived 

in Java, Jan. 17, 1321|, and was burled in the Pioneer Cemetery at 

Strykersvill^ where his bones now lie in an unmarked grave. His 

will, a copy of which has been placed before us, drawn up in Massachusetts, 

is a quaint and praiseworthy document. His wife had died, 

he was married briefly a second tine, then left a widower,and blind. 

His Testament opens with the following paragraph: 

"In the name of God, Amen,this thirteenth Day of March A.D., one 

thousand eight hundred and thirteen,I,JOSEPH BARBER of Warwick, 

in the County of Franklin and Common We 1th of Massachusetts, 

yeoman, being sound in understanding and memory, (Praised be 

God thereof) calling to mind my frailty and mortality, do make 

and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following, 

that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend 

my soul, into the hands of God who gave it, hoping through 

merits of His death and passion of my dear Savior,Jesus Christ, 

to obtain a full and free pardon of all my sins and inherit 

everlasting life. And my body I commit to the Earth to be 

decently buried at the discretion of my executor herein after 

named, nothing doubting but that at the general Resurection, I 

shall receive the same again b/ the mighty power of God and 

touching Worldly Estate as God hath seen pleased to bless me 

with all in this life..." Then follow detailed directions for 

the distribution of his estate among his wife and six children. 

Joseph Barber traded one yoke of oxen for 60 acres of land, 

which was still in the family in 1392,in the hands of a great grandson. 

Also he bought 120 acres more on and near the present site of 

Java Village, likewise a half interest In a grist mill and a half 

interest in a tannery. He also opened the first shoe shop in Java 

Village In which he and his son Amory worked, while Humphrey worked 

in the tannery and Benjamin in the grist mill. 

The first mill for the grinding of grain in the town of Java was 

built in l8l6 at Java Village by Daniel II. Wooster. It was not far 

from the east bank of Buffalo Creek from which water was conveyed 

through pump logs to the overshot water wheel. It is said that the 

stones were chisled from native rocks while moosewood bark comprised 

most of the belting and fastenings. It was soon replaced by a second 

structure of logs, which in turn was sold by Deacon Wooster to 

Gurney and Whitney in 1322, and soon thereafter a postoffice was 

established at the place under the name of "Gurney's Mills." This 

is the mill Joseph Barber and Charles Richardson,Sr. purchased, and 

began to construct the present mill, near the site of the old one, 

in 1835' It was completed by Richardson in 1836. Mr. Berber apparently 

gave most of his attention to his shoe shop. 

Today,ll6 -fears of service behind it, the mill is still functioning, 

the present owners being the Reisdorf Brothers. Older residents 

recall the mill race in service as late as a half-century ago, then 

a wooden flume for a few years, replaced by a gasoline engine, until 

the coming of electric power. Since 1390, it has boon owned by James 

W. Ives, then peter George, eventually to his son, William George, 


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THE BARBERS OF JAVA (cont.) 

and into other hands before the present partnership took over. 

Little change, except for the addition of a shed, has been made to 

the outward appearance of the mill since its erection. 

Joseph and Betsey Barber became the parents of three more children 

after their arrival in Java Village. Charles, born in 1326, 

author of the family history, then William and Lydia. The careers 

of the children were varied, but several spent their lifetimes in 

and around Java Village. Charles Barber served over three years in 

Co. A, lOl^th New York Volunteers, was in thirteen battles, marched 

over 8,000 miles, and was severely wounded at the battle of the 

Wilderness. He died in 1893 and is buried at Java Village. The same 

village cemetery also holds the remains of the parents, Joseph, who 

died March 3, 1839, and his wife, Eetsey, who died July 12, I8I4.7, 

aged 60 years and 8 months. Near them rest Amory, died in 1390; 

Benjamin, died in 1393; Tryphena, who married Alonzo Willey, died in 

l8lj.l; Philana, who died in 1382, had married Thomas Burnham; Joseph, 

who died in I8I4.X; Chandler in 1895; and William, as a child in 1827. 

Chandler Barber was a great student of the Bible and for years 

he conducted a Men's Bible Class in the Strykersville Baptist Church. 

Deacon Benjamin Barber, as later his son, Elon, was a widely known 

cabinet maker and undertaker, the shop being on the hill just below 

the Baptist Church, Java Village. Benjamin served as a deacon in 

the Strykersville Baptist Church for many years,a devoted attendant. 

One of the old parishoners recalls that he used to carry his dress 

boots to the meeting house, and one Sunday, he neglected to stop 

before reaching the church to slip into his boots. Preoccupied with 

other thoughts, he walked into the church still carrying his boots, 

and only when a murmur arose among the waiting congregation did he 

realize his mistake. 

The clan of the Barbers continues numerous throughout western 

New York. Fifty-nine years after the arrival of Joseph Barber in 

Java Village, he and his sister, Judah Whitney, were known to have 

had not less than 2I4.O families as descendants, then living in ten or 

twelve states. 

(Acknowledgment is hereby given to Mr. Ellis Earber, Java Village, 

and Mr. H. Lester Barber, Arcade, for assistance in the preparation 

of this story. Minor details have been supplied by others.) 

eaching Certificate 

I hereby certify that I have examined Miss Minerva S. Waldo 

and do believe that she is well qualified, in respect to moral character, 

learning, and ability, to instruct a common School, in this 

town, for one year, fr,om the date hereof. 

Given under ray hand, this 22d day of March, l3lj.9 

Town Supt. of Com. Schools 

S. M. HOWARD 

for the Town of Perry. 

(Submitted by Miss Mary McGee, Warsaw.)

May 1952 

WARSAW, QUEEN OP WYOMING VALLEY 

Page 96 

By a Special Correspondent for the Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, 

(Published in the Western New-Yorker, April 22, 187^) 

The scenery of the Wyoming Valley has always been called romantic 

and beautiful; especially is it true of the portion of the 

valley near the Village of Warsa'w. .... It is a lovely spot well 

worth a long journey to visit. 

The history of this village is one easily attained, for it has 

among its inhabitants several w ho came here when the Wyoming Valley 

was unbroken forest and who have remained here ever .since. Through 

the kindness of a gentleman of Warsaw, our reporter was introduced 

to Samuel Salisbury, aged eighty-eight, who came to Warsaw in l807„ 

In company with this old gentleman we went to the residence of 

William Webster who was also eighty-eight and came to Warsaw inl80 39 

being one of the very first settlers. His brother, Elizur Webster, 

had come earlier that year. William Webster's wife Charlotte, to 

whom he was united in 1812, and who now is 87, was also there. It 

was an unusual meeting, the combined ap-es of the. three beinec 268 

years, 

They had witnessed many changes in their time; they had seen 

the forest disappear and seen the village grow, year after year, 

from a solitary log hut to a busy manufacturing center surrounded by 

cultivated fields. They related their eventful history in a clear 

and concise way, answering questibns with great accuracy, 

WILLIAM WEBSTER'S STORY 

I was born in Washington County, N,Y,, in May, 1778, and arrived 

here with my .brother, Elizur, in 1*03° He came here in June of the 

same year, located his lands and bought 3^00 acres of the Holland 

Purchase's Company's office in Batavia. He was the first white man 

ever known to have-been here, I came with him in October, l303° He 

brought his wife and five children at that time, I was unmarried 

then, being sixteen years old the May before. Shubal Morris with 

his wife and child, and Amos Keenejr ckme- with us. We drove our cows 

(eleven) which were the first, cows here. We passed through Canandaigua 

and Genese'o and forded the river'at Avon, the bridge being 

down and went through LeRoy, The road was "brushed out" to Wright's 

Corners, ten miles north of the present village of Warsaw. Then we 

cut the road through to here; it was hard work and we got on very 

slowly. When my brother was here in the June before, he had a house 

built and in this we stopped at first. There was about three-fourths 

of an acre cleared aroun*d it,All the rest of the valley was unbroken 

forest. He got the men from Wright's Corners to build the house and 

clear his grounds, They had moved there the spring before. 

We went to cutting trees at once. Our two horses, two oxen and 

cattle had nothing to eat except what they got by browsing on bushes 

and limbs of trees. That was the way we wintered them for two or 

three years. We cleared ground as fast as we could. The whole township 

was covered with heavy timber, 'there were no open spots, 


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WARSAW, THE QUEEN OP WYOMING VALLEY (cont.) 

The winter of l003-lj. was a pretty cold winter and a good deal 

of snow fell. We had to go to Geneseo for flour. We killed deer 

for meat. They were very plentiful then. I have often seen a dozen 

of them together„ They made good meat, It was all the meat we had 

for years. The creek (Oatka) was full of the bent speckled trout. 

I have seen half a bushel of them huddled together at a time. A 

great many were caught and they disappeared in a few years. Amos 

Keeney went back that fall so my brother,his wife and five children, 

and Shubal Morris, his wife and child and myself were all of the 

white people who were here that winter. 

The woods were alive with Indians all that winter and many 

winters afterward. They came from near the Genesee River and some 

from near Buffalo., This was a favorite hunting ground for them. 

They always camped here and remained a long time. I have often been 

at their camp. They were friendly and never offered an abuse to anyone 

o Little Beard was one of their chiefs. There was no clearing 

here then between here and Lake Erie; it was all heavily timbered, 

Rochester was not known then» I went down there in 1812 to 

serve a summons, issued seven miles from here. I was a constable 

then0 I went to the mouth of the river; there was only one log hut 

near the falls where Rochester is now. I have lived here ever since, 

seventy-two years this fall, and have never been away. We were much 

pleased to see new settlers,, In the spring of 180I4., several families 

came,, They always came to my brother" s„ We used to go ten or fifteen 

miles to help new settlers to put log houses. We got the nails 

at Batavia. Few nails or boards were used in the houses. They were 

put up roughly and the rain and snow used to come through, I have 

seen footprints in snow on our floor in winter. 

During the war of 1812, we got terribly scared at nothing. The 

story was that war had been declared and that the Indians and Britishwere 

coming for us. People left their homes and took to the woods, 

or got together in fright. They were badly frightened but there was 

a good deal of sport when it was over and the people came in from 

the woods. 

I have been supervisor for two years; there is no town office, 

except town clerk, that I have not held. I was justice of the peace 

for nineteen years. For many years we found it hard to sell our 

things, the market was so far away. Very little money was used and 

we bartered our products for goods. My health has been very good. 

Warsaw has always been a healthy town. There have been no fever and 

ague here and no epidemics. 

We never expected to see so large a village and so good a 

country here, for when we came it was the far west. I think I have 

married more people than any other justice in the world; I used to 

do the business entirely when I was a justice,as it was not fashionable 

then to go to the minister. 

Mr. Salisbury agreed with Mr.Webster's statements as far as his 

experience extended. He came here with his brother in 1807? and 

settled on the hill west of the village. His brother had been here 

before in 1805. The lands were all taken then and located. Four 

years after the first settlement, there were forty dwellings in the 

town and three in the present village limits. The only persons now 

living here who were here then are William Webster,Mrs. Parker, Mrs. 

Hovey and Samuel Salisbury. Philip Salisbury went back in lS08, to 



WARSAW, THE QTJEEN OP WYOMING VALLEY (cont.) 

marry "the girl he left behind him", but she was so much changed for 

the worst, had grown so old and homely, that he never said a word, 

but returned to his bachelor home on the frontier. The next year, 

however, he grew so lonely that he made another visit to his early 

home, proposed to another maiden and was accepted. Girls were very 

scarce about Warsaw then, though there are many beautiful ones there 

now. The first year that Mr. Salisbury came to Warsaw he alone 

cleared four acres of forest, and has cleared over 100 acres altogether 

. 

THE OLDEST INHABITANT 

The Democrat & Chronicle reporter also visited Mrs. Simeon 

Hovey, who came here in I80J4., and has lived here since then. She 

told her story--I am ninety, and was born in 1785° 1 went from 

Massachusetts with my father to Pennsylvania and we came from there 

in 1803 to Geneseo, where my husband built barns for the Wadsworths. 

We lived there a year and then moved to Leicester, now Moscow, where 

my husband built a barn for Judge Phelps. Then we came through the 

woods to Shubal Morris' house where we remained one night. There was 

little cleared land then. We moved here March 9> l80lj_, but my 

husband and brother had been here in 1803j and erected a log house 

for us. Bears, wildcats, wolves and deer were very numerous. We 

saw many Indians, as this was a hunting place of theirs. The Indians 

did not trouble us but were very kind. But there was one thing that 

made me afraid of them: My husband had parted two Indians who were 

quarreling in Geneseo and had hit an Indian with a stick. The Indians 

were afraid that he would die and wanted my husband, but Capt. Jones 

told them that if the Indian died, the "Little Carpenter", as they 

called him, would pay them $10. That ended it for the Indian got 

well. 

The year we came I gave birth to a son who was the first male 

child born in Warsaw. He was born on the 1st of September, l80lj., and 

lives with me now. They then went to Geneseo and. Attica for doctors. 

My memory is very good; the old events are more fresh than the 

recent ones. I was out milking one day and. I saw something darting 

among the cornstalks. I put away my pail and caught it around the 

neck; it was a little fawn. 

The woods were very thick when we came. There was but threefourths 

of an acre cleared near where Buxton's Wagon Shop now stands 

(Baptist Church area). My husband was to pay for his land by erecting 

a saw mill for Judge Webster. He built it in l8ol|_-5. It was 

the first mill in what is now Wyoming County. Our house had but one 

room and the work for the mill was all done there. I used to go 

after our cow, and one night I lost my way in the woods. The wolves 

were crying around me, but I at last got safely home. My husband 

and two brothers used to go to Geneseo to work, leaving me all alone 

with my child. They came home once in two weeks. When they got to 

the head of the valley, three miles away, they all shouted loudly 

and then I knew they were coming. 

All of the letters that came here used to be directed to "Batavia, 

No. 9, First Range". When my husband, took up the land there was not 

a tree cleared on it. I have always taken care of my house since 

180!}., and do so now, at ninety. I take a great deal of interest in 

reading; I have read the Bible through five times and am almost 

through the sixth. I read the newspaper and like to know what is 

going on.


Belles—Lettres from Middlebury—1844-1845 

Certain letters written by Caroline Reynolds, spinster and Preceptress 

of Middlebury Academy, Wyoming, during l8J44-^5# have been 

made available by Mr. Rodney Pownell, Pike, and were, in turn edited 

by Mr. Robert M. French, Pike, especially for this bulletin. About 

\\.0% of the original material has been deleted, and the remainder is 

presented below in the hope that the impressions and interests of a 

cultured lady a century ago will be of .general interest,. 

Caroline Reynolds was a daughter of Linus J. Reynolds of Salem, 

Washington County, Her father was a Baptist minister and editor 

of the "Salem Register'," and it was in his shop that Horace Greeley 

is said to have learned his trade. Linus Haskell Reynolds, to whom 

these letters were addressed,was ,a brother to Caroline and later became 

a doctor. Mr. Pownell reports that Dr. Reynolds, together with 

his brother-in-law, Albert Doane, went to Virginia some time before 

the Civil War. Some time after the start of that conflict, Dr. Linus 

Haskell Reynolds had to flee north, while Doane stayed longer and 

did some undercover work for the Union Army, but that he, in turn, 

had to move between sunset and sunrise. The Doctor returned to 

Brockport to practice medicine while Doane tried farming around 

Perry and then Wethersfield. At about 80 years of age, Doane bought 

a house in Pike, where he died. His wife was the former Mary Smith 

of Perry. 

Three letters, abridged as indicated above, follow, they having 

been addressed to Mr. L»H. Reynolds, Union Village, Washington Co., 

Noy; 

Wyoming, Dec. 11th, lQl\b 

My own dear Brother, 

"Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day," so one of our young gentlemen 

asserted, on the stage, today, as the concluding sentence of a very 

energetically declaimed speech, fir st delivered in the days of 

Phillip of Macedon«Well "we have many blessings to be thankful for," 

so the preachers, (especially the Polkites), tell us, and it is no 

doubt true, the inconveniences of "Salt River" navigation to the 

contrary notwithstanding. And "firstly" I received a paper with a 

wrapper, from my brother, Hascall, Monday night--and, "secondly," a 

letter from G..... this evening, and have this moment finished its 

perusal. What would I not give for one evening's conversation with 

you, face to face J We have been separated so long, and I know so 

little of your plans and pursuits, and more than all, your heart 

history, that I scarcely know what to write about that will interest 

you. 

Friday evening. 

As you perceive by the date, this epistle was commenced Wednesday 

night9 but just as I was indulging the vain wish that personal 

communion could take the place of the pen--what should occur but a 

call from Col. Brooks, one of our "big men" and as he staid till 10 

o'clock, and I was obliged, of course, to entertain him to the best 

of my ability. (with conversation on "Nullification," the Texas 



BELLES-LETTRES FROM MIDDLEBURY, l8i|lj.-l81^ (cont.) 

question," and such ladylike topics), this most interesting letter 

was deferred, till time and chance, which happen to all,might afford 

opportunity for its completion. 

Yesterday I attended church, and was invited to dine out--and 

also to a visit in the evening, ^nd this evening I am exceedingly 

dull, yet, fearing no other time may be own for some time,I essay 

to "write these few lines" and mayhap to send them, in default of 

something better. By the way, that same Mr. Brooks has brought me 

the xtforks of 'Charles Lamb, after the persual of which epistelary 

style, I hope,will be somewhat improved. There is a portrait of him,, 

in one volume which represents him, as Hiram Curtiss.says, "all run 

up to the head," on a most diminutive body...I also visited Mount 

Hope--(Ed: Caroline was enroute from the East to assume this new 

position.) and a sweeter spot was never invited to the quiet of the 

long sleep. But one is wanting--mountains in the distance--to render 

it perfect. 

Weill here I am in Wyoming,"Principal of the Ladies Department" 

of this venerable institution---for "be it known to all whom it concerns" 

that this is the veritable."Middlebury Academy" which was 

incorporated about the year 1816. I find, (since I came of course,, 

for such items were left in the background when I was invited to 

accept the situation), that for sundry reasons the school is rather 

low just now and I hardly know how I shall be pleased--however I am 

secure of my salary, ($50.00 per term and board), and on the whole 

think it better for me to have less cares and anxiety than in an independent 

school. 

There is this strong objection against this Academy--it is too 

much under sectarian influence--too much directed by the proverbial 

narrow-mindedneas and bigotry of the.......church--I don r t know,, 

Hascall, but I shall come to regard the very name, (.....„), with 

perfect hatred--it is the greatest trial I have here that I must 

seem to be one. Indeed, the bounds of any single church are too 

narrow--it. may do for the soul in it r s childhood to wear the livery 

of sect, but that same soul in it's maturity will cast it aside as a 

garment it has outgrown. These views may startle you coming from 

me, but be not alarmed--never did religion and virtue and holiness 

seem to me more lovely than now--but it is the substance and not the 

semblance I would seek. 

The village is pleasantly situated-the view,(in the stereotyped 

description), agreeably diversified with hill and dale"-the Academy 

standing on a little eminence and fronted by a fine lawn interspersed 

with trees. The people, 'bating the bigotry I spoke of,seem 

very kind,good people arid on the whole I am determined to be content 

here so long as I remain--how long thut will be of course I cannot 

tell. You would be amused to hear me "lecturing" to some of my 

cH_£lSS6S» o o o o o o o 

As ever, 

Your sister, Caroline, 



BELLES-LETTRES FROM MIDDLEBURY, lQl^-lGl^ (cont.) 

Wyoming, Jan. 26th, 

Dear Brother: 

........Again, as to Maria (a younger sister), she cannot, must 

not settle on "Rensselaerwyck"I The position in society in which my 

character and station would give an opportunity for her own worth 

and attractions,to bring her a far better settlement than any I know 

of in Rensselaer and Washington Counties. There are those worthy, 

talented and rich, whom I could have, were I not engaged, aid such 

she can have too0 Let her come t_o me then ... If she comes I shall 

have her directly in study, (and it is the best place for that I 

know of), and prepare her as far as in my power for any station... .. 

it is the place (Rensselaerwyck), the vassalage of the inhabitantsshe 

and her children must call "no man Lord' upon the earthJ .„.I 

have made some interesting acquaintances here -Literary ones 000 (Ed:: 

Caroline was very vehement to the policies of President Polk and the 

annexation of Texas as well as being a strong Abolitionist) ...I had 

an invitation, a short time since to eat "turkey," in favor of Polk!s 

electionJ I was however, obliged to "regret" that it was very inconvenient 

to attend! I have one for next Wednesday evening, to an 

"oyster supper" at our "Temperance House," and am going. Write very 

soon. 

As ever, Caroline. 

Dearest Brother: 

Wyoming, April 13th, l3lj.5 

Your pq?er came last evening-I was glad to hear-and now,knowing 

that nothing, however trifling can be uninteresting to a sister's 

heart, I will proceed to give you an account of my whereabouts and 

whatabouts. 

My school has been very pleasant, saving the thousand and one 

vexations. I have an assistant,who takes charge of the Primary 

Department--she is a pretty good (girl?) but I am not her true 

"lovyer",as I suppose I am in duty bound.to be--we have the greatest 

Arithmetic class this side of Utica,...and the greatest Algebra 

entirely. So much for the school--Now for the etceteras--I board 

at Albert 1 s--have a pleasant upper room fronting the street, very 

pleasait and well-furnished-~on one side is my bookcase and writing 

table, on the other my bed and stand, and in the center a very good 

stove. 

I have been tolerably prosperous, but have had the misfortune., 

to be sick many weeks this winter and spring--Dr. Wright attended me 

and I had as good care as one could expect awqr from mother and 

sisters...Now, I hear large classes of a dozen or twenty, half of 

them gentlemen taller than I am, without the embarrsssmart more than 

I would feel in talking to you. And, "I may remark in passing", as 

the preachers say, that those same classes are the Best in Western 

New York and those same gentlemen show no disinclination to belong 

to them,..I had maple sugar too, a monstrous bowl full,brought expressly 

for me, by the friend I mean Maria shall have if she comes 

out here--that is if she can get him and wants him. 

(continued on page IOI4.)


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REV. RUSSEL H. CRANE, 61^., pastor of the Bliss Baptist church, 1927- 

1931, died Jan. 30 at Friendship, N. Y. 

CARL W. BUCKLAND, retired Perry businessman, died March 6 in Warsaw, 

at the age of 70, 

DR. WILLIAM ROSS THOMPSON, 8l, founder of the Warsaw Hospital in 

1911, on the site of the present Community Hospital, died on March 

18 in New York City. Except for service in World War I, Dr. Thompson 

acted as chief surgeon until 1930 at Warsaw at which time the hospital 

was turned over to the state and county. 

A former mayor and postmaster of Castile, PRAM W. SCHUMAKER, 82, 

died March 17 at Warsaw. A native of Orangeville, he was for more 

than 30 years a partner in the Castile Chilled Plow Works where he 

designed and perfected various types of plows and other equipment. 

He was active in church, fraternal and civic groups, had served two 

terms as mayor and appointed postmaster by President Wilson. 

J. NORMAN McGEE, president of the Genesee Trust Co., Batavia, since 

1938, died at his home, March 29, age 57• Born in Warsaw and a 

graduate from the high school there, he attended Rutgers University, 

entered the banking business in New York City* He next served as an 

officer of the Pike Banking Co., Pike, and joined the Batavia trust 

firm in 1932=. He was an officer of the State Bankers Association, a 

former president of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce and a member of 

several veterans' organizations. 

MRS. ALINCIA BUSHNELL PARKER, 88, last of the famous Bushnell Sextuplets, 

born in Chicago, Sept. , 1863, died at Warsaw, March 26. 

A resident of Silver Lake for the past half-century, she was one of 

three boys and three girls, all of whom reached a maturity, born to 

James Bushnell and his French actress wife. Mrs. Parker had worked 

nearly lj_0 years for the Perry Knitting Co,, and used to walk the two 

miles between her home and the mill twice daily. Her husband, Daniel 

Parker, once operated a news stand at Silver Lake. The sextuplets 

received national acclaim some years ago when Mrs. Parker was invited 

to New York to appear on Ripley's "Believe it or Not" show. She 

reported in recent years that the family did receive some public 

assistance at the time of the multiple births but it was an event 

that attracted no great attention back in the Civil War days. She 

was buried at Lockport, N. Y, 

JOHN L. PECK, 77, supervisor from Attica, 1930-19^, died in that 

place April 23. A native of Bennington, he was for 35 years engaged 

in the retail grocery and meat business in Attica, a past president 

of the Chamber of Commerce, and associated with numerous civic, 

religious, and fraternal groups.


LVUL£S?OM£S 

John D. Stacy, Glens Palls, N.Y., and a graduate of Pike Seminary 

High School, in February received the Charles A. Coffin Award of the 

General Electric Company for outstanding merit during 1951- He was 

cited at ceremonies at the Hudson Palls plant for "unusual initiative 

and aggressive leadership in the standardization and cost control of 

special capacitors." Since 1935 he has been designing engineer of 

the capacitor engineering division and holds a number of patents. 

The Coffin Award, with a $500 bond, is the company's highest honor 

to its employees. 

Ford Times, March 1952, monthly magazine of the Ford Motor Co., nresented 

Letchworth Park in two spectacular kodachromc views, one 

of the "Grand Canyon" in winter and the second in autumn colors. 

The photos were made by Clifford E. Matteson and the brief description 

of the park, accompanying, was prepared by H. B. Dumbleton. 

Dr. Seward E. Miller, a native of Perry, a Medical Director of the 

U. S. Public Health Service and Chief, Division of Occupational 

Health, has edited the recently published fourth edition of "A Textbook 

of Clinical Pathology," He contributed nine of the twenty-four 

chapters. Dr. Miller, son of Mrs. George Miller and the late Mr. 

Miller, graduated from Perry High School in 1923 and from the University 

of Michigan. 

The Hardys depot, Town of Gainesville, of the Baltimore and Ohio 

railroad, officially closed some months ago, was moved in March to 

the farm of Kenneth Marley. 

By action of the Board of Regents, the Pike Library has been granted 

an absolute charter in place of a provisional charter under which 

the institution has operated for 35 years. 

The Easter issue of Ideals magazine featured "The Cross of Dogwood," 

an original tale by Mrs. Ethel A, M„ Tozier, Orangeville. A beautifully 

illustrated legend, it Is based upon the ancient story that at 

the time of the Crucifixion the dogwood tree grew large and strong, 

like an oak, and was chosen as timber for the Cross. Afterward it 

grew as a flowering shrub. 

Restoration has been completed on the base of the Soldiers' Monument, 

Warsaw, erected in memory of the county's Civil War soldiers, 

following extensive damage by an automobile last November. 

Wyoming Village residents, under sponsorship of the Middlebury Historical 

Society, March 30 laid plans to commemorate the l50th anniversary 

of the founding of that community. The first land sale in 

Middlebury and the first In Wyoming County included 355*78 acres on 

the site of Wyoming village, articled May 1, 1802, to Jonas Selleck 

at |l.50 per acre. Mr. Selleck paid ^26.67 down. On the same day, 

Sterling Stearns contracted for 3^1*8 acres at the same price, $[(..70 

cash paid down, for land at Wrights Corners. 

(MILESTONES continued on page 10Ij.)

May 19^2 Page 10k 

MILESTONES (cont. from page 103) 

Another, and possibly final chapter, in the history of the human 

population of St„ Helena, vanished hamlet in the Town of Castile, 

took place at Warsaw, April 26, when Supreme Court Justice William 

Ho Munson received the application of the Superintendent of Public 

Works of the State of New York to remove the remains of deceased 

persons interred in the old village cemetery„ This step was taken 

to preserve and maintain the monuments and other physical remains 

from possible damage from storage waters which might be impounded by 

the Mto Morris Dam. 

Residents of Wyoming were interested in a successful Arctic Ocean 

feat of a former townsman, Captain Louis Erhart, as described in the 

March 31 issue of Life, Capt0 Erhart piloted the plane, the first 

to land on ice island T3, some 103 miles from Greenland in deep snow 

with a temperature of sixty below„ 

La Verne C. Cooley, Batavia historian, who has prepared the name 

indices to HISTORICAL WYOMING is the compiler and editor of Tombstone 

Inscriptions from the Abandoned Cemeteries and Farm Burials of 

Genesee County, just published at Batavia. Splendidly printed and 

bound in cloth, this volume represents years of patient research, 

includes around 1900 names, complete with index, a total of 2l6 

pages. It is available at his address, 8 Chestnut Street, at 

postpaid. Included are the inscriptions from Vernal Cemetery, Town 

of Middlebury, as Genesee County residents were buried there. This 

record is limited to 100 copies. 

April 19, the Warsaw Monday Club observed the 60th anniversary of 

its founding on March 7> 1892, when fourteen ladies met to organize 

a literary club. It is the oldest women's club in Wyoming County. 

The April 28 meeting of the Warsaw Historical Society had as its 

subject "Early Grist Mills and Saw Mills of Western New York." 

BELLES-LETTRES FROM MIDDLEBURY, lSljlj.-I8J4.5 (cont.) 

Talk about "cold comfort"', will you? Just Imagine your sister, 

Mrs. Brown—a good companionable lady, --Mrs. Skinner, one of the 

excellent of the earth --(both, though Mrs. about my age), and Mrs. 

Whittier --a young widow of 22, as beautiful as a fairy ( and as 

petite too), with lustrous black eyes, full of tenderness, and the 

sweetest lips you ever saw--just imagine I say, your sister, with 

such company, on the warmest, sunniest Saturday afternoon that ever 

called out the birds of a spring day, wending her way about a mile 

to the "Cascade"--and that Cascade--I cannot describe it--the path 

to it, after leaving the road, is "upward and onward" a half-mile,on 

a ridge of just sufficient width to insure a safe footing--while on 

the other hand forest trees grow beneath you, whose tops are beneath 

your feet, while at their feet, flow the rivulets, formed by the 

separation of the stream near the "Cascade," sparkling and dancing 

in the sunlight, that is now not shut out by the thick foliage of 

midsummer--imagine her, holding by the trunk of some young tree, 

leaning over the side of the abyss to pluck the wild flowers, that 

constitute the "alphabet of the angels," and then, with her companions, 

seated beneath an immense oak that grows on the very summit of 



QUERIES 

What Is the origin of the name of "Todwaddle" which is applied to 

four corners area in the south-central' part of Eagle township? 

We would welcome information on, the burial place of Martin Terry, a 

Revolutionary soldier, living in the Town of Sheldon in 181^.2, and at 

that time 100 years old. His I8I4.O residence was reported in the 

Federal Census as having been with John Howe. 

In response to a number of requests in recent years about covered 

bridges In Wyoming County, the County Historian would much appreciate 

hearing from readers who may have data on vanished bridges or 

anything additional on the Cowlesville bridge across Cayuga creek. 

If photos survive of these landmarks, how torn ay/ay, we would . like 

the privilege of borrowing them for the purppse of making copies. 

To assist in answering an Oklahoma request,we would appreciate hearing 

from any descendant of the Rowley families who were pioneers in 

the town of Bennington, many of whori are buried in the pioneer cemetery 

at Bennington Center. Among those who were living there about 

1830 were Roger Rowley, Roger C. Rowley, Solomon Rowley, Norman Rowley, 

and Justus Rowley. It is known that Roger E. Rowley was a 

native of Bloomfield, Conn, and came with his parents to Bennington 

in 1808. 

From Alberta, Canada, is a request for information concerning the 

record of birth and the ancestry of Jonathan Smith, born in Perry, 

November 2I4., 1825« 

We have been requested to contact anyone knowing of the family associations 

of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Kenney, his wife, formerly 

of Java Lake where they occupied a farm. St. Patrick's cemetery, 

Java Center, has tombstones showing that he was born October 1, 

1808, a native of Kings Co., Ireland, and died December 20, I89I . 

Mrs. Fitzgerald was born September 11, 1813, and died April 20,1880. 

A daughter, Elizabeth Agnes, native of Java, livdd from 1852-1879 . 

From Buffalo, N. Y., a request for information concerning William 

Russel and his wife, R. R., (probably Fernald), and their family 

who lived in or near Bennington between 1862 and 1867. In l867,they 

moved into Michigan, possibly in or near Jackson. 

BELLES-LETTRES FROM MIDDLEBURY, l8l^~l8ij.5 (continued from page 10i|.) 

the pinnacle, reading the letters of Maria Child, and after recovering 

from the fatigue of the assent thus far, going still onward and 

onward,till at 1 length a w„terfall is before you, and "The Cascade" 

bursts from every lip--and there to be sure it is, but going downward 

to lie at your feet, as fast as it can--and then in blissful 

oblivion of the forms: that curse our social intercourse, lying, or 

sitting, or standing as you please, by the side of the calm, 

rippling, stream—that it is, before its fall., is it "cold comfort" 

when ; you know that the next day, when March takes the sulks, that 

the "warm fire and sugar," await you at home? 

Yours most affectionately, 

Caroline.


PORTAGEVILLE PIONEER CEMETERY 

Located on the bank of the Genesee River in Portageville, this 

cemetery was established in 182? as a burial site when the remains 

of Lot Griffith were interred.The area is now a complete underbrush, 

occasionally the river has flooded the site, the stones are scattered^ 

broken, and several were dug from the earth to make this record. A 

few unidentified footstones and field-stone markers bore no inscriptions. 

These were taken on August 28, 1951 and April 20, 1952. 

Beer's county history says that not long previously, two bodies were 

buried north of the cemetery, those of a daughter of Seth Smith and 

her grandfather, Mr. Bangs, father of Nathan Bangs, M. D,, and that,' 

these were 

yard. 

never removed and in 1880 were in a lot used as a barn- 

B0TSF0RD Lewis B0tsford, Co. H, 26th Michigan Infantry Vol., died 

1863, age 1+0 years. (This stone lays on the ground near a 

tree in the extreme rear of the cemetery.) 

BRACE Charles B. Brace, D. July 18, 1855, 2y 3m lid 

CARROLL Stephen S., son Steohen S. & Polly Carroll, was drowned in 

the Genesee river,July 27, 1839, 7y 9m 21d 

DAVIS Aaron Davis, d. June 5, 181+5, 57y (One of the first settlers. 

) 

Betsey, wife Aaron, d. Aug. 16, 1827, 3l+y 

Edward T., son Aaron 3c Clarissa Davis, d. Aug. 20,181+8,17y 

FORSYTH To the memory of Sarah Forayth and her children,Elizabeth, 

George, Sarah. (No dates or other data.) 

FRENCH Adolphus French, d. April 10, 181+7, 1+9y 

GRIFFITH Lot Griffith, d. Aug. 11, 1827, 5ly (He was killed by a 

fall from a load of hay and was the first buried here.) 

Nancy, wife Lot, d. Nov. 17, 1853, 7l+y 

GUNSOLUS RhodaM., wife Lambert I(?) Gunsolus, d. Dec. 27, 181+0, 

32y lOds. 

"My friend come near this humble mound 

Where I am laid beneath the grounu 

This fate you all must shortly share 

0' serve the Lord, for death prepare." 

KEYES Rhoda, wife Peter Keyes, d. Feb. 25, 181+3, 79y 

LEE George L. Lee, son of & E.A.Lee, d. Sept. 3, 1858, 2m. 

L0UGHLIN Mary Elizabeth, dau. Michael & Lucy Loughlin, d. Sept. 

19, 1856, 3y 5m 22d 

MAN0YUNK Jacob Halderman Manoyunk, B.A. , d. June 17, l85l, 1+1+y 



PORTAGEVILLE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.) 

MONROE In memory of Miller, son Bennel and Lucy Monroe, who died 

at Nunda, State of New York, Feb. 7, 1826, and was born 

in Halifax, Mass-.,. Aug. 9, 1803. 

PARREY Olive, wife John Parrey, d. Oct. 19, 1839, 77y 

PERKINS Joseph Perkins, d. Sept. 28, 1828, 32y 

Abner Perkins, d. July 26, 1838, 76y 

Mary, wife Abner Perkins, d. April 11, 1835, 75y 

Abner Perkins, d. Oct.l, 1852, 68y 

REYNOLDS Anna P., wife Israel Reynolds, d. March 29, 1855, 59y 2m 

ROLPH Harriett, dau. Stephen & Electa Rolph, d. Jan. 21, l842,4y 

Lyman Rolph, d. Dec. 31, 1859, 33y 

E.A.Rolph, d. May 6, 1867, 38y 5m 

SARLE 

SHAW 

SMITH 

SPEAR 

TOWER 

Mary E., dau. Silas & Nancy N. Sarle, d. May 30, 1857, 17y 

Hiram, son Samuel & Olivia Shaw, d. March 27, 1837, ly 11m 

19 d 

Abigail Smith, born Ashford, Conn., Feb. 2, 1777. Married 

to Lyman Waldo, March 10, 1799. Died Sept. 29, 1862. 85y 

8m 

"She was a good mother." 

Nathan Smith, d. May 17, 1854, 49y 

Abagail J., wife John Spear, d. Nov. 5, 1843, 34th year of 

age 

Amanda M., dau. Asel & Salina Tower, d. Mapch 17 ^ 1854,21y 

Porter , son Asel & Salina, d. July 31, 1844, 5y 11m 25d 

Dorcas L., dau. Asel & Salina, d. March 25, 1842, ly 9m 

TRUESDELL Infant daughter of Gideon & J.Truesdell, d. April 21, 1835 

VANBUSKIRK Susan, wife J. W. Vanbuskirk, d.June 8, 1846, 24y 

WALDO Abigail Smith, born Ashford, Conn., Feb. 2, 1777. Married 

to Lyman Waldo, March 2, 1777. Died Sept. 29, 186?, 85y 8m 

Francis W., son Dwight & Juliette Waldo, d. Feb. 28, 1851 

9 mons. 

Julia B., wife Dwight Waldo, d. Jan. 20, 1843, 29y 

Julia I., dau. Dwight & Juliette Waldo, d. Sept. 2, 1850, 

ly 2m 9d 

Hbratio Waldo, d. May 3, 1846, 68y 

WEAVER Jacob Weaver, d. March 30, 1835, 27y 11m 24d 

WOOD , dau. Otis & Clarissa Wood, d. March 1830, 

lly. ('-l-'he given name is broken off.)


CARLTON CEMETERY 

Town of Middlebury 

These tombstone inscriptions were complied by Mr. LaVerne C. 

Cooley, Batavia,and are here presented with but minor additions from 

other sources. The cemetery is located in the Town of Middlebury, 

lot 12, a short distance north of old school district No. 11+, on the 

southeast corner of the intersection of two inimproved roads on the 

ridge west from Wyoming village toward Dale. The grounds have several 

large trees and the bushes have not recently been cleared. No 

burials since l8„92 were discovered. 

CARLTON Alphonso Carlton (not filled in) 

Margaret, wife Alphonso, d. April 8, 1883, 58y 9m 

Jacob Carlton, d. Oct. 2, i860, 82y 

Lois, wife Jacob, d. Dec. 3, 1870, 89y 

Guy Carlton, d. June 25, 1892, 88y 

'Roxy Ingersoll, wife Guy, d0 June 3, 1827, 21y 

D0DS0N Thomas Dodson, 1790-1879 

Roxy Baker, wife Thomas, 1798-1859 

Jane Carlton, wife William S. D0dson, d. July 31, 187l|.,55y 

GLEASON Chester Gleason, d„ Jan. 28, 18V7, 

John 0., son Chester & Eliza Gleason, d. May 13, l81j.8, 12y 

9m 

Joseph A., son Chester & Eliza Gleason, d. July 31,l81j-0,8y 

Truman C., son Chester & Eliza Gleason, d. Aug. ij., l8lj.l,8y 

HOWARD Ellen M., wife Simeon Howard, d. Sept. 7, 1869, 21y 

HOWES William Howes, d. Nov. 7, 1872, 76y 

Naomi, wife William, d. Feb. 7, 1875, 72y 11m 

INGERSOLL Francis Ingersoll, d. June 2, 1830, 73y 

Rachel, wife Francis, d„ June 29, l8I|.6, 8Ij.y 

Huldah Ingersoll, dau„ David 3c Zilpha Ingersoll, d. July 7 

1826, l8y ' 

JENKS Nathan Jenks, d. May 9, 1853, 76y 5m 

David S. Jenks, d. Jan 15, 1864, l6y 5m, Co.D, 130th Reg. 

New York State Volunteers 

"In peace he lived, in peace he died 

He, life was craved, but God denied." 

NEWELL Joseph Newell, d. March 21, 1830, 52y lj.ds. 

"My flesh shall slumber in the ground 

Till the last trumpet's joyful sound 

Then burst the chains with sweet surprise 

And in my Saviour's image rise." 

SMITH Ella, dau. J. & De Smith, d. June 17, 1859, 2y 

Charlie, son Jacob 8c Delia Smith, d. Sept. l\., 1863, 5y 7m 



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Historical Wyoming County May 1952 - Old Fulton History

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