Historical Wyoming County July 1956 - Old Fulton History

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Vol. IX July 1956 

No. 4 Arcade, New York 

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Ellis-Chesbro Bridge, Bennington, 

The Last Covered Bridge in Western New York, 

(Photo taken cl926 by Mrs. Elise C. Embt.) 

Wyoming County had a fair quota of 19 th. century covered 

bridges, erected by artisans skilled in their construction through 

experience in New England or eastern counties of New York* Out of 

virgin timber these builders hewed the materials, and the local 

water-driven saw mill sawed the planks and boards to complete the 

structures. Bennington, credited with five such bridges, appears to 

have outclassed all other towns. Another famous span crossed the 

Genesee at St. Helena. If there were others in the county, we should 

like to learn their story. 

All these bridges are gone save one, the Ellis-Chesbro span, 

crossing Cayuga Creek on Potter Road, Bennington, somewhat more than 

a mile south of Cowlesville. Located on a dirt road, and shaded byan 

elm tree, it remains the last covered bridge in all western New 

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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 W0 McGowan, Associate Editor, and Students of 

Arcade Central School® 

COVERED BRIDGE DAYS (cont.) 

York® This structure stretches about 100 feet and is fashioned in a 

familiar pattern in use some century or more ago when it was doubtless 

erectedo No record exists in the annals of the town to deter- 

mine its exact agec 

A thirteen foot clearance in width, and a com- 

parable height, allows the passage of loads of hay0 In horse and 

buggy days smaller vehicles could easily pass within the bridge0 

Todays it has been observed that it is the practice of vehicles to 

wait at either end while anotner crosses the spanc ^-t is reported 

that the sides are constructed of 1^6 planks, two and three inches 

thick, arranged in a lattice pattern and fastened with wooden pins 

two inches in diameter and eight inches long® Planks averaging 

three inches thick serve as a floor and the exterior has been covered 

with modern clapboards® Ten rafters on each side support the 

shingled rcof„ 

Maintained by the Wyoming County Highway Department, the bridge 

has survived only because of the interest of the county superintendent 

of highways,, Mr0 Felix Ramsey, and the overwhelming popular 

demand of the public that the landmark be restored and preserved as 

long as practicable,, The latest repairs included the replacement of 

a broken beam® Back in 1950, the structure suffered wind damage and 

had to be straightened and strengthened,, Flood waters sweeping 

against the abutments have long been a menace® 

It was a score and more years ago that it became apparent that 

the Ellis bridge might De replaced by a modern span, it having been 

condemned as unsafe® Being the last of the town's historic spans, 

the County bowed to public sentiment and carried out a major job of 

restoration® Historically minded and sentimental visitors have 

flocked to the scene these many years® -^t is one of the most frequently 

photographed spots in the area. Seldom does one stop at the 

structure for any length of time before at least another car of 

visitors will halt on a similar errand® During the filming of the 

Hollywood production* "The Great Waltz," shots were taken at the 

bridge with the actors in costume® These scenes were used for publicity 

by the producer although local theater goers reported they 

did not see the bridge in thp version of the film® 

Bennington's other covered bridges, all once within a two mile 

stretch of Cayuga Creek, were the Sergeant bridge in Cowlesville on 

the Miller-Urf roadj the Kittsley Bridge on the u arris Corners road 

opposite the Folsom home; the Havens Bridge at an ashery, slightly 

below the falls in Cayuga Glen, Folsomdale;and just around the creek 

bend was the Mosier Bridge® The last of these was replaced with a 

modern arc-welded iron structure around 1933? insuring its use by 

modern traffic® 


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Kittsley Bridge, Bennington 

Vanished Landmark shown in a Photo 

taken by Mrs. Elise C. Embt, cl926. 

Stc Helena's wooden span, , so stated the late Milton Burnap 

during the World War I years, was a covered structure erected in 

1835* Again in the familiar lattice pattern for the supporting 

timbers, it was 226 feet long with an open approach of fifty feet of 

different type construction,, In the words of Mrc Burnap, "This 

bridge did good service until 1868 and was getting out of repair 

when it was decided to take it away and erect a new bridge of the 

truss type of four span,,0" ' 

While large covered bridges were sometimes toll structures, 

there is no evidence that local structures were so financedc We 

suspect in many cases that the bridge was erected, after framing, by 

a neighborhood "bee0" A barrel of good liquor for bridge and barn 

raisings could usually be obtained from a nearby distillery at little 

or no cost, if a public event0 A large crowd most certainly gathered 

at the raising of a bridge and probably a dinner or picnic followed,, 

Oldtimers have-told us that repairs were always a neighborhood respohsility, 

and at a signal from the "pathmaster" the men would 

gather and complete the worke Often the required materials were donated® 

A question asked occasionally is why bridges were covered0 

Probably the sole consideration was protection for the floors and 

timbers,, As a New York newspaper once reported, the bridges were 

covered for the same reason that women's skirts were long in those 

modest days--to "protect the underpinning„" Q'thers have advanced 

the suggestion that such coverings gave greater assurance to timid 

horses and foot passengers,, Perhaps there is something to the claim 




that the roof afforded protection from heavy fall of snow that might 

have endangered the structure0 Certainly during a storm they afforded 

welcome relief from the elements and if one were forced to travel 

on a night errand it was a secure spot to cross a stream,, Some 

bridges had siding up several feet from the .floor and then left a 

narrow band open to admit light and allow the circulation of the air„ 

In the days when farmers used large sleoa and sleighs for 

winter hauling and fancy cutters were common for speedier travel,, 

the roof of the bridge protected the floor and no snow fell inside 

unless a little was blown in during a storm. Seldom was there 

enough to give a sled or cutter traction over the bare boards0 To 

overcome this obstacle,, it was the usual practice for farmers living 

in the vicinity of a bridge to haul snow in and spread it over the 

floor deep enough to permit a vehicle with runners to pass through,, 

This was knoxm in those days as "snowing the bridge„" 

Detailed accounts of bridge construction are available,, Very 

briefly,, the heavy timbers of these bridges were erected in different 

designs to form the truss on each bridge and this truss held up 

the loaded vehicles0 There are numerous and intricate types of 

trusses, Old time builders put bridges across streams 100 feet ormore 

with no support other than the stone bridge scats or abutments 

at each end of the span0 In many areas oak timbers were preferred 

because of their great strength,, The contractor figured the size of 

the timbers needediand then doubled it for safetyQ 

Structures were 

built with a camber which gave a slight convexity and added to the 

strength,, Often this camber has remained perfectly visible throughout 

the lifetime of the bridge although some authorities claim the 

structure eventually settled and the bridge floor became level,, The 

truss for each side was put together on land0 After the construction 

of supporting timbers for a bent and a catwalk, the trusses were 

skidded across the stream by manpower, often 100 men or so, with the 

possible help of oxen or horses,, The trusses were held in verticle 

position by ropes well anchored at each end and when in place were 

firmly morticed together with cross timbers at the topP and in due 

time, a siding, roof and floor were completed,, The skill of construction 

and the soundness of even ancient timbers is a tribute to 

those who erected these spans„ That they have survived to our time 

makes them of even more historic interest0 

Writers have delighted in recalling the "romantic"phases of 

covered bridge history * S> -me have ever, been called "kissing bridges. " 

Young loversj, enroute ho/e on a moonlight night from a dance, party 

or spelling bee at a nearby school house, were quite certain to 

pause beneath the friendly shelter for a little spooning. If "Old 

Dobbin"were well trained he might voluntarily slow down as he pulled 

the vehicle through the narrow aisle of the bridge. On the other 

hands we can picture sleighs, drawn by spirited horses, cruising 

through at a speed faster than the legal "walk." Long and dark 

bridges must have suggested to lone travelers the possibility that a 

highwayman might be lurking for victims within its' shadow. 




Literature abounds with mention of the rattle and rumble of 

farm vehicles and buggies as they passed over the loose planks„ In 

the stillness of the night these noises would carry long distances. 

Among the rafters and timbers the robins and the barn swallows built 

nestso Large loads of hay rubbed the sides of the bridge and wisps 

of hay would remain hanging,, Advertising signs advised travelers of 

remedies that would cure man or beast, of salves, linaments, cough 

syrups, corn cures, tobacco, coffee and shoes. Like horse sheds, 

the walls announced forthcoming circuses and fairs» Beneath the 

bridge was often the best place for a young fisherman to drop his 

bent pin hook or for the boys to go swimming,often minus all clothes0 

It was a place to play enroute to and from school, and on rainy days 

it was a wonderland of timbers to be climbed and nests of birds and 

insects to be explored,, Within the quietness of the bridge on a dry 

summer's day one could study the dusty shafts of sunlight through 

the cracks as they sketched a pattern on the floor or opposite wall0 

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Under the sponsorship of the Castile Historical Society, Dre 

Charles E.Bartlett has authored a most fascinating brochure entitled 

The Boyd-Parker Story, Groveland Ambuscade, September 1779,published 

at Perry in Marche This twelve-page guide to the climax of the 

Sullivan campaign against the Senecas is intended to entice motorists 

and historians to retrace the very route which the army took 

from Conesus Lake to Cuylerville. We can think of few more rewarding 

experiences than a start at Conesus village, Dr. Bartlett's book in 

hand, and piloting your car across the hills and valleys westward to 

the Genesee. He has given specific directions as to historical 

markers,military episodes that occurred at each spot, and has called 

attention to geographical features one should note. With a specially 

prepared map replete with historical jottings, you have a perfect 

guidebook. A beautiful job of printing, the booklet includes a brief 

story of the event, highlighted by quotations from original sources0 

It is a publication that should be much in demand throughout this 

region and reflects the profound scholarship and true " historical 

perspective of the author. 

The Castile Historical Society, founded in 1952, thus adds 

another laurel to its crown of accomplishmentso .It has sponsored 

two editions of St. Helena, Ghost Town of the Genesee, 1797-195i+s b 7 

Marion Piper Willey and Mildred Lee A nderson| the Life of Mary Jemison, 

a narrative poem by Margaret Bradt Sutherland, and the basis 

of the annual pageant in Letchworth Park; and now presents Dre 

Bartlett's volume,, It has maintained a museum in the former carriage 

house of Mr. & Mrs. L. R. Witt, and plays host at a "History 

Center" for researchers in the 

Historian, 

home of Mrs. Katherine Barnes, Town


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Harry S. Douglass 

(Right)s Monument to Col. Jabez 

Fitch. Warsaw Pioneer 

Cemetery. Revolutionary 

Naval Veteran and Pioneer 

of Northern Vermont. 

One hundred thirty-four years ago this month, July 2, 1822, Sgt® 

Varsel Dickenson died and was interred on a sunny slope in Wyoming 

Cemetery® His eighty-seven years were full, and his monument tells 

us he "Served eight campaigns in the French War and a soldier four 

years in the Revolution,, n Little is known of his career other than 

his service in the New York Militia, which may have been in the Second 

Regimentp N® Y„ Line, under Colo Philip Van Cortland® He was 

pensioned in 1818® Of his family associations, nothing is known. 

In the year 1833, Joseph Dodge and family moved to Sheldon to 

the vicinity of Humphrey's Hollow® There he died Jan. 12, 1835 at 

the age of eighty-two years® Connecticut archives reveal that he 

served In th© Lexington Alarm in 177£ as a Private® Tradition says 

he was born In Englands but his marriage was to Elizabeth Flower, 

Jan® 22, 1777c She likewise died at Sheldon, Aug® 31, 18I+6, at the 

advanced age of eighty-nine® Again, little is known of the veteran's 

career® Four sons and two daughters were born to the couple who resided 

at Delhi, N® Y® for a considerable time before migrating westwaido 

Three sons rest in the same churchyard with the parents, including 

Joseph Flower Dodge, who married Sally Achsah Judson of 

Delhi, and from whom there were numerous descendants® 



A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.) 

Among those who marched from Metheun, Mass,, on the Alarm of 

April 19s 1775* was Corporal Thomas Dow, buried in Arcade- Rural 

Cemetery,, He saw service for four and a half days under Major Samuel 

Bodwello Dow was a son of Isaac Dow and Martha Hanniford, born in 

Haverhill* Mas So in 17^4-3 ° His wife, Mary, was a daughter of John and 

Sarah Roberts Barker, also of Metheun„ At an early day they came to 

Yorkshire, N. Y„, and there Mrs0 Dow died Aug0 16, 1823, he having 

preceded her on March 13, l822„ A double stone of slate marks their 

burial place and a bronze SAR marker denotes his military career. No 

details are known of their activities. 

Born Feb„ 8P 17^5 a "k Wareham, Mass., Ensign Reuben Doty was an 

officer in Capt0 Chamberlain's company, Col0 Rosewell Hopkins' regiment 

of Dutchess County (N. Y.) Militia in 1778. Prior to the Revolution, 

in 1765s he had married Hannah Delano. The couple came to 

Pike by 1810 and were pioneers in the Doty Hill area of the township. 

There he died Feb. 22, 1819, age seventy-one, and was buried 

In the family cemetery nearby. Although mended by his descendants, 

the ancient stone, elaborately carved, lies among the shattered 

memorials of his pioneer neighbors and relatives. A daughter, Lois 

(1767-1821].) married Ichabod Murray (1755-1831). Known descendants 

reside in the West. 

A large modern monument in Lyonsburg Cemetery, Town of Eagle, 

remembers Francis Drake, born April 8, 1752, died March 13, i860, 

and his wife, Dimis, born Nov. 6S 1786, who died June 12, 1833» 

There is a Francis Drake listed in the Regular Army, 5"th New York 

Regiment. If the date of death is correct, Mr. Drake lived to the 

remarkable age of more than 107 years. The only newspaper reference 

located announces his death in i860 but states that he was 77 years 

of age. If such was the case, he was born about 1782 and could not 

have served in the War. Since his name has been included in the DAR 

list, we are recording it pending further information. 

Another Pike Revolutionary patriot, Noah Emery, died in that 

township, August 11, 1839s. but his place of burial Is unknown. Research 

carried forth by Mr. Robert M. French, Town Historian, shows 

that in the Pension Archives, Washington, is an affidavit from his 

widow, Lucy Emery, then sixty-three years old, dated June 15S 1855* 

stating that he was a Private in Capt. Benjamin Spaulding's company, 

Col. Moses Nichols' regiment of New Hampshire Militia. He went from 

Jaffrey, N. H. and joined the army at West Point, N. Y., on or about 

July 1, 1780, and continued for the term of three months, being honorably 

discharged in October 1780. Supporting affidavits claim Noah 

Emery to have been a guard at General Arnold's quarters the night 

Arnold deserted to the enemy. Emery married his surviving widow in 

Grafton, Vermont, June 15, l8l5j> her maiden name being Lucy Robinson,, 

A native of Lyme, Conn® and born there in 1755» Jabez Ely enlisted 

at the age of twenty in Capt. Abraham Waterhouse's company, 

Col. Samuel H. Parsons' regiment of Connecticut Militia0 He moved 

to the town of Gainesville and at his death in l81|l was buried in 

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A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont0) 

the Pioneer Cemetery, Village of Gainesville,, He was on the Genesee 

County pension listo Family records state that he was married to 

Polly Bennett (1763-1839)» and among their children were Jabez Jr0 

(1802-18^7) and John B„ (1799-1882), both burled with their families 

in the game cemetery® 

A Perry Pioneer 

James Edgerlyp a veteran from New Hampshire, erectedrin Perry 

about 1812 the first frame house in town* a two-story building situated 

just south of "Universalist Hill/" near the boundary line of 

Perry and Castile0 Family records say he was born at Brentwood, N„ 

Ho in l?6lp and died in Perry in l830„ The History of Perry states 

that when eighteen years of age he enlisted in the New Hampshire 

Militia and was with General Sullivan's army in its 1779 advance 

into western New York when the power of the Iroquois was broken forever 

o He was much impressed with the richness of the Genesee Valley 

and came to Perry with his family in 1811, and bought 100 acres. 

The Western New-Yorker (Janc 1* 187U-) recorded "An Old 

Pioneer's® r@rrd.nlss®ne©s""of Mr0 Edgerly, which state that in 1815« 

he brought 100 apple trees from Cayuga County and set them out on 

his farm,, They were a handsome lot, all grafted and were very 

straight and within three years excellent fruit was being produced,, 

Among these trees there were two or three that bore sweet apples 

later known as ''"Bailey Sweets,, w Mr0 Edgerly had a name for them but 

it had been forgotten by l87i|.« - In 1817, Calvin P„ Bailey settled in 

Perryp but did not buy land In the east of the village until 1827S 

upon which he soon afterward built a house and set out an orchard of 

common and natural fruit and grafted with scions from the Edgerly 

orchard and thus obtained the fruit which afterwards took his namec 

The apple was described as a beautiful red fruit, distinctly sweet 

and of very good quality,, but not a good keeper and did net continue 

popular except as an early winter fruit from October to January,, For 

many years though this fruit was widely raised in the State,, 

After James Edgerly built his house, he commenced keeping 

tavern with his son, James G og who sold goods in a part of it, the 

first goods sold In Perry,, Our ""Pioneer 811 authority states that in 

1812, James C„ built a new store.on the west side of the road, and, 

with his brother Thomas commenced business in partnership. Their 

goods came from Albany,, During the hard times of those days the 

firm failed to pay their New York creditor and he attempted to collect 

by levy on the land which the father and sons heldo The sheriff 

found this was only held by contract, whereupon the creditor, Samuel 

Rathbone, paid the balance owed at the land office in Canandalgua, 

secured a deed to the Edgerly property,. He then had it sold by the 

sheriff and recovered his claim,, Edgerly sued Rathbone for fraud 

and the suit was in the co-arts for several years until the costs 

were more than the claim, and finally decided against Mr„ Edgerly, 

the Revolutionary veteran lost his farm together with over $2,000 in 

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costs. Mr« Edgerly frequently said there was nothing he so much regretted 

as the loss of the orchard, Frank Roberts, in his Perry 

history, stated in 1915 that some of these fine old trees were still 

growing on property adjoining Bradford Street. 

Mr« Edgerly was pensioned in l8l8, and it was renewed again. 

At his death in I83O, it is presumed he may have been interred in 

the Pioneer Cemetery where the Public Library now stands. However, 

it is thought his remains were taken to Hope Cemetery and are on the 

lot with those of Joseph Edgerly who died in l8[|_7. No stone remains 

for him or his wife. 

In Hope Cemetery, Perry, a stone dedicated to Ann Erickson, who 

died April 17, I8I4.I, in her 79th year, bears on its reverse side 

mention of Michael Erickson, a Revolutionary Soldier, husband of 

Ann, but who died at Monmouth, N. J., Nov. 2, 1815, age 60 years. 

We are indebted to Mrs..Hazel B.^Simpson, Sewell,;N. J. .historian, 

who searched that state's archives and reported Mr. Erickson to have 

been buried in the Old Tenment Cemetery, near Freehold, N. J. For 

many years members of the Erickson family were prominent in Perry 

and several are buried in Hope Cemetery. 

John and James Ewe11 

War service by a father and son is also recorded in Wyoming 

Village Cemetery, where lie John and James Ewell side by side nearly 

under the sheltering branches of a nearby large pine. John Ewell's 

death occurred August 15, 1825, at the age of ninety-two, and his 

grandchildren dedicated a most unique epitaph to him: 

"Here lies our grandfather 

Mouldering into dust 

And we his grandchildren 

Do hope he's gone to rest." 

Family records tell that John Ewell Jr. was born in Scituate, 

Mass. in 173^. He married Deborah Bates (1737-1801) in 1757. During 

the Revolution he was a Private in Capt. Killam's company, Col. 

Rufus Putnam's regiment of Massachusetts militia. He came to Middlebury 

in 1825 to be with his son, James Ewell, and grandchildren. 

After his death in 1826, his widow and second wife returned to the 

Bay State. 

James Ewell, son of John and grandson of John, is memorialized 

by a similar marble as to the parent, both quaintly carved with the 

traditional weeping willow. He was born in Scituate, Mass. in 1757, 

served in the State Militia under Capt. Joseph Warner, and was wed 

to Sarah Holbrook in 1778. Of their thirteen children, ten came to 

Middlebury, and all the Ewells in western New York are from these 

children. The children were Samuel, Henry, Peleg, Eli, James, John, 

Deborah, Mercy, Nancy and Louisa; Deborah married Jonathan Perry, 

Mercy married Jeremiah Curtis, Nancy married Cordillo Curtis, and 

Louisa became the wife of Dorus Perry. 




Beer's history tells of the coming of the seven brothers, and 

that Samuel and Henry arrived in 1802 from Massachusetts, chopped 

and cleared twenty acres of land and sowed to wheat ten acres. They 

bought a barrel of pork and a half bushel of potatoes at Bloomfield, 

N. Y, while enroute. They immediately erected a rude cabin. The 

story goes that they were annoyed by bear and wolves, seldom left 

off working in the daytime, rather doing their errands at night. A 

nearby neighbor, Mrs. Jonas Sellick, did their baking. "One evening, 

as was his custom, Henry went after some bread that Mrs..Sellick had 

baked, and on his return he heard the wolves fiercely howling. Being 

somewhat nervous about the matter, he concluded that he would be a 

little safer if he had company; and as Mrs. Sellick's cow was close 

by, and had on a large bell such as was used in those days, he 

thought best to take her along, which he did, and she proved to be a 

protection against wild beasts. As the wolves approached and their 

howls became fiercer, the smell of the warm bread the while snarpening 

their appetites, he would step up to the cow and give the old 

bell a violent shake, which served for a time to alarm the beasts. 

Soon they would gather again, but by repeating the operation several 

times he reached his cabin in safety, and ever after, no doubt, went 

to the pioneer baking by daylight, when there was no danger from 

wolves." 

At the end of the first season, the Ewells returned home, spent 

the winter there, Henry in the meantime getting married. In the 

spring of 1803, they came back to Middlebury. Three of the brothers 

were in the War of 1812. Their father, having moved to Chesterfield, 

Mass. in 1778, came to Middlebury in 1816. James Sr. died October 

19j 1827, aged 70 years. His wife was 8l years and seven months at 

her death, Dec. 7» I8I4.O. Descendants of this noble couple numbered 

several hundred according to family records compiled at the end of 

the last century. 

In the family plot at Wyoming Village is interred Ezra Ferris 

who died Nov. 1833* ®t the age of 73° He saw service in the 

Dutchess County, N. Y. Militia,but the extent and nature is unknown. 

Apparently, he was the parent of the Hon. James C„ Ferris,native of 

Rensselaer County, who moved to Wyoming from Albany in 1821, and 

kept one of the first complete stock of goods in the village. James 

C. became supervisor of Middlebury and associate county judge, 

living in Warsaw where he conducted a milling business. The Ferrises 

are buried within an enclosed area and included are stones to the 

Judge and to Reuben Ferris and members of their families. 

The Republican Advocate, Batavia, in its issue of Aug, 6, 1821)., 

gave prominent mention to the sudden death at Warsaw of Col. Jabez 

G. Fitch, in his 6lst year. It states that "in an early period of 

the Revolution he entered naval service of his country and continued 

in it until the recognition of its Independence. He was one of the 

early settlers of the northern part of Vermont and for many years 

marshal of that District. He has for the past five years lived in 

the Village of Warsaw. Buried with Masonic honors amidst a concourse 

of people more numerous than was ever before witnesses in this 

vicinity, on a similar occasion." 



A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (oont.) 

A white marble stone,engraved in delicate and elaborate design, 

remains at his grave in the Pioneer section of Warsaw Cemetery. It 

reveals that CbL Fitch died July 13, 1821]., aged 60 years, and below 

his epitaph recalls the unexpected death in these words: 

"Sudden the call that bade thee leave 

Thy worldly house for one above 

But Christ stood re&dy to receive 

Thy soul to his own arms of love." 

Research has not revealed Col. Fitch's military record nor is 

it certain as to where he lived in Vermont. The 1790 Census reveals 

one Jabez Fitch in the sparcely settled town of Hydespark, Chittenden 

Co., in north central Vermont. 

Robert Flint, Bike 

Service of about two years in the famed Tryon County, N. Y. 

Militia was the basis of a pension application, Sept. 28, 1832, of 

Robert Flint, seventy-five years old on the previous May 10th and a 

resident of Pike since 1821. DAR records state that he died in 1837, 

and was apparently buried with other members of his family in the 

cemetery on Flint Hill, Pike. No stone remains. He married in 1787 

Mary Margaret Horning (1760-183^), and among their children was 

Nicholas (1801-1871) who married in l«3i+ Phebe Burt Willoughby (1811+- 

1900), 

Robert Flint served as a Private and Sergent. He recollected 

that in April 1776, while residing at Bowdman's Creek, Tryon Co., 

later Montgomery Co., he was drafted with part of the company to 

which he belonged to go into service against the Indians at Harpersfield,and 

there he served under Col. Harper for three or four weeks. 

In July 1777,he was again summoned into service with Federal forces, 

under Capt. Peter Bowman and Col. Cox, and marched to Unadilla on 

the Susquehanna for the purpose of protecting the settlers against 

the Indians. In October 1777, he was ordered out with his company 

to join Col. Campbell's regiment at Saratoga for the purpose of opposing 

the British forces under Burgoyne, but before they reached 

the place were informed of the surrender of the enemy. On other occasions 

he was drafted for emergencies at Cherry Valley, Ft. 

Stanwix, German Flats, Unadilla, and said he was required to be in 

military readiness the greater part of the war and his miLitia 

trained regularly. He left Montgomery County for Pike in 1821, and 

was awarded a pension during his last days. We are indebted to Mr. 

Robert French for many details of his career. 

Gainesville became the last residence of Sgt. Ithuriel Flower, 

born at Hartford, or West Hartford, Conn., in 1758, a son of Nathaniel 

Flower and Huldah Bradford. His father (1729-1800) commanded a 

company in the militia of Connecticut. Ithuriel was taken prisoner 

in the Canadian campaign in 1775>° Subsequently, he served as Sergeant 

under Capt. Edward Bulkiey and Col. Samuel Webb's regiment, 




and was discharged In 1781 at the close of the war. Trie following 

year he married Mehitable 3roughton (1760-1832). They had a son, 

Zephen (1787-1860) who uiurried in 1815, Margaret R. Glazier (loOO- 

1875)c 

Ithurial Flower came to the region west of Gainesville village 

and north of Hardy's about the year l806o Family records say that 

he died in Gainesville but no trace has been found of his grave or 

that of his family. The Gainesville or Silver Springs Pioneer 

cemeteries may hold his remains. The 1830 Census lists the names of 

Lamrock Flower, Zephon Floxirer, Abraham Flower, and Perl Flower resided 

there from an early aay. 

Perry Center cemetery contains a monument to James Foskett, a 

soldier who died July 31,l8i|5, aged 83 years. His widow, Sarah, 

died May 15, 1866, almost 100 years o±d. We are unable to locate a 

service record for him. Likewise, little is known about Aaron 

Francis who died in Java, LJov„ 22, I8I44, at 79 years, and was buried 

in Union Corners Cemetery east of North Java. His name appears on 

the pension list for service as a Private in the Massachusetts militia, 

and he was first- pensioned from Madison County, N. Y„, from 

which place he applied in 1833 when 68 years of age. His stone remains 

but that to his wife Ann(or)? is broken and the record incomplete 

. 

Joacob Franciseus, credited with service as a Private in the 

Pennsylvania Continentals, resided in the town of Wales, Erie Co., 

N.Y., but was buried in the Strykersville Pioneer Cemetery. His 

year of birth Is given as 1752, but there seems to be uncertainity 

as to when he died; one pension list gives the year as 1831, but he 

still appeared on the 1833 list. No stone was found in the survey 

of the now-abandoned cemetery. 

The memory of Nathan Fuller Jrc, who died Nov. 23, 1840, aged 

81 years, and of his wife, Hannah (Welch), who died May 22, 1848, at 

the age of 82, are commemorated in a tall marble shaft in the West 

Grounds of the Warsaw Village Cemetery. He was born in Hebron,Conn, 

and died in Gainesville. The couple were married in 1786. He served 

as a Private in the Connecticut troops under Col. Ledyard, and was 

pensioned in Genesee County in 1833. Their son was William (1789- 

1872), who with his wife, Candace (1790-1.858),are buried on the lot. 

Confusion has developed over the supposed Revolutionary record 

of Solomon Finch, to whom a stone in Grace Cemetery, Castile, was 

erected. The inscription states that he died June 23, 1866, at the 

age of 96 years. He was a native of iîew Jersey, Moved to Yates 

county, N0Y. and after his second marriage to Pyylura Markham, 

moved to Castile. When his widow died in 1880 it was stated that 

she was the wife of a Revolutionary soldier who died at an advanced 

age. Her age' was 92 years. Cleveland's history of Yates County 

says his death occurred In 1855 at 96 years, but states that it was 

the father of Solomon who was killed in the Revolution. ,The Finch 

Family Association is convinced that Solomon saw no war service although 

he may have been born as early as 1759. 

(continued on pagel09)


A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.J 

Major Joslah Gardner 

Still erect in the Vernal Cemetery, east of the Attica- 

Middle bury line and the East Transit Line of the Holland Purchase, 

is a marble slab to the memory of "Major Josiah Gardner, Died June 

29, 1843; Aged 88 yrs„ Here rests a soldier of the Revolution." 

The burial site has been long neglected and is overgrown and the 

tombstones scattered. Born at Brimfield, Mass., he enlisted in 

August 1776 from South Brimfield and served four months in Capt. 

Jehiel Munger's company under Col. Woodbridge's Massachusetts 

Regiment. Again, in May 1777, he enlisted as a Private in Capt. 

Caleb Keep's company with Col. William Shepherd commanding. He made 

application for a pension Wo. 13,126, Oct. 16, 1832, when 77 years 

old, and was allowed >#36.66 per annum. This claim was located in 

the National Archives by the late Miss Miriam Edwards, Attica 

archivist. He died at Attica. 

Quite probably Gardner's rank of Major came from the State 

Militia, possibly in New York- State as he came to Attica about l8ll 

or 1812. His wife was Katherine Penton. The biographical review of 

Livingston and Wyoming counties claims that Major Gardner was an 

officer of the Continental Army, for which no proof was found, and 

was a man of substance and a farmer of good circumstances in the 

East. Major Gardner died at the home of his grandson, Patrick R. 

Gardner. The Veteran accompanied his son Asher and family into 

Attica, and the grandson Patrick, born in 1812, was said to have 

been the very first white male child born in that section of town. 

The biographical sketch further states that Major Gardner was a 

member of the Massachusetts Legislature and was on Washington's 

staff. Again, we have no substantiation for these claims. 

Samuel Gates, Pioneer of Perry 

About the career of Samuel- Gates is woven one of the most 

robust tales of hardship and pioneering that befell any local veteran 

of the War for Independence. It is a tale of inspiration and 

challenge. Gates was born in Colchester, i\lew London County, Connecticut, 

in 1752, and at the age of twenty-three enlisted and was 

under the command of General Gates at Saratoga and witnessed the 

surrender of Burgoyne. 

Writing in 1879, his old friend Amos Otis recorded his later 

career in the following manner: "Immediately after the War he shipped 

on board a vessel and made a voyage to the West Indies under 

command of Capt. John McCarty, and on the outward bound voyage they 

were overwhelmed by a violent thunderstorm, a perfect hurricane with 

mountainous; waves.. cthey finally rode out the storm and reached 

port. They freighted their ship with rum, sugar and molasses and 

returned safely. The experience cured Mr. Gates of seafaring life. 

"The next spring, Gates shouldered a knapsack and started for 

the far West...went as far as Canajoharie, N.Y., then the western 




bounds of civilization, where he hired to labor to a couple of men 

by the name of John and Archibald Kane. ê was in their employee 

about four years, left them, commenced boating on the Mohawk river, 

making trips as far West as Seneca Lake and several as far as the 

head of the lake, when there was no one to supply but Indian traders. 

Mr. Gates, soon after he left the Kanes, married a young woman about 

sixteen years old, soon moved to the head of Seneca Lake, being the 

first settler there. He lived there about eight years, when he sold 

the farm and moved to Caneadea, where there lived two white families 

by the name of Sanford. He lived there about six years. 

"Mr. Gates, hearing the Ogden Tract was an excellent township 

of land, visited it, sold his farm and removed to Perry in 1808, he 

being then 56 years old. Mr. Gates built the first log house in 

Perry (Robert's history says it was on the hill overlooking the 

northwest end of Silver Lake, near the former Parris Andrews home), 

cleared the land and raised the first crop of wheat and set out the 

first orchard. The first child born in Perry was his daughter Nancy, 

he being about fifty-eight years old when his youngest daughter was 

born. In the month of August 1812, while clearing and fitting a new 

piece of ground for wheat and destitute of help, requested his wife 

to aid in rolling up a few heavy logs. She ruptured a blood vessel 

and bled to death before a doctor could be obtained. She left a 

family of six children, the oldest about 16 or 17, and the youngest 

about two. She was burled in the Perry "Cemetery --opposite 1 the 

Presbyterian Church. In January 1813, Mr. Gates was taken very 

suddenly and violently ill with epidemical influenza and died the 

third day. He was buried beside his wife. Now an oak tree is growing 

over his grave „ 11 This oak was placed as a sapling with a few 

roots over Mr. Gates' freshly filled grave by Mr. Otis, who returning 

some time later was surprised to see that it had taken root. 

Otis trimmed the sapling and saw it grow into a mighty tree which 

was cut down when the site was cleared for the Public Library in 

1914 • There is no information as to whether any remains of the two 

pioneers were found at that time. 

No detailed information is at hand concerning the career of 

Stephen Gates, whose name appears on the DAR list. One source 

credits him to the 3rd Regiment, Albany County militia. He was 

supposed to have been buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, Perry Village. 

Wo trace of his grave has been found nor is there a record of his 

removal. Wiles Giddlngs, from Hartford, Conn., according to Buffalo 

DAR records, is buried in Warsaw Village Cemetery, the site being 

marked by a bronze plaque with the dates, 1766-1842. He is also 

listed on the Genesee County pension list of 1833. 

Jacob Glazier, 1759-1828, served as a Minute Men in Capt. 

Eliphalet Holmes' company of Connecticut militia. He married Annie 

Rood. His birth was in Connecticut while he died in Gainesville. 

It is said he was related to the Flower family but,as in their case, 

a search for his burial spot has been unsuccessful. In Vernal 

Cemetery, Middlebury, was b\iried William Green who died in November 

l8l8 at the age of 80 years, JMothing has come to light to determine 

his military service. 




A marble stone remembers Thomas Griffith., born in Hartford, 

Connc in 1761, who died in Pike, April 28, I8I4.7, aged 86 years, and 

was interred in East Koy® DAR records show that he was pensioned in 

1832 for service, 1779-82, in the New York and Vermont troops with 

the rank of Privatee 

been buried elsewhere,, 

His wife was Dorcas Warren but she may have 

This is the Thomas Griffith believed to have 

been first pensioned from Washington Co., 

to Pike in his last years® 

N®Y. ,and he may have come 

Jonathan Hadley, Sr0, a pioneer in Arcade who arrived about 

1817 with his son and family, died August 2I+, 1838, when 86 years, 2 

months of age® It is believed they were from Vermont, possibly 

Corinth, and for yeai?s the Punkshire area of Arcade was known as 

Hadley®s Corners, later the Brick School House8 The son, Jonathan 

Jr®, was known in later years as "Old Jock®" All are buried just 

across the line in Java in the Punkshire Cemetery. The war record 

of the senior Hadley has not been ascertained. All that is known of 

William Hall, buried in Smith's Corners Cemetery, Wethersfield, is 

the data on his stone which states that he died Dec® 20, l855j> aged 

9l| years, three months and 28 days. 

Hope Cemetery, Perry, is the burial place of Ebenezer Higgins, 

born Jan. 12, 1757 in Haddam, Conn®, and died April 25, I0J4.2 at 

Perry when 85 years old® His father was Capt. Cornelius of the 

Revolution, and all his brothers also served® Ebenezer enlisted in 

1777 under Capt® James Smith, and the following year he served in 

the Quartermaster's department® In 1833, he applied for a pension 

and was allowed for six months actual service in the Connecticut 

Line, and after his death his widow, the former Mary Knowles (lJ6l- 

1814.14.) was pensioned® Mrs® Higgins was native of East Brewster, 

Mass®, and is also buried beside her husband® Mr® Higgins was a 

blacksmith by trade, moving from Haddam to Westhampton, Mass®, then 

Aurelius, N® Y®, and finally to Perry® 

Punkshire Cemetery, Java, was the burial place of John Hinkson, 

who died Jan® 23* 1830, aged 76 years, and of his wife, Anna, who 

died Feb® 8, 1838, aged 88 years® Their marble stone, with a flag 

carved in a circle at the top, has the inscription "A Soldier of the 

Revolution" and was apparently erected some years after their deaths. 

The family retains no data on Mr® Hinkson's war record, but a greatgrandson, 

the late Frank Hinkson, believed the veteran was brought 

to Arcade, when elderly, from Vermont, The grave has an SAR bronze 

marker® 

David Hoard, I758-I8OI4., has been reburied in Varysburg Cemetery 

having been first buried on his farm in Sheldon® Records tell that 

he enlisted in April 1776 for service in Col. Wynkoop's New York 

Regulars, and the following spring served six months under Capt® 

Harrison's company® In 1778, he was again under arms in command of 

Lt® Hubbs and his New York troops, while the spring of I78O saw another 

enlistment with service under Col® John Harper's New York regiment® 

He married LIddy Gates, 1759-181|5P and In the spring of I80I4.. 




he and his family left by ox team from Rensselaer 'County, N.Y. for 

western New York0 They reached Bristol, N.Y. where he was obliged 

to leave his team and family. With a son, Henry, then fourteen, and 

Daniel Gates, he struck out on foot to the area of Buffalo Hill, 

Sheldon, where he began to clear the forest. He built a cabin, but 

in July l801|, he sickened of a fever and died, one of the first 

pioneer deaths in this end of the state. The son and family settled 

on the claim in October of that year. 

Attica Veteran 

A weathered and broken stone in Forest Hill Cemetery, Attica, 

is dedicated to Eliphalet Hodges, Revolutionary Soldier, who died 

March 13, 1849, at 87 years. His wife, Sibyl, died Oct. 11, 1843, 

when 86 years old. He was born in Pomfret, Windham Co., Conn« and 

died at Attica. His 1832 pension application states that he enlisted 

in 1777 at Gloucester, R. I., under Col. Crary and served two years; 

again in 1779, at Wilbraham, Mass., he enlisted for three months, 

serving under Capt. King, and was in New York State. Finally, he 

volunteered in Nov. 1779 at Pomfret, finally being discharged in 

De



Pike's Robert L. Hurd, 1761+-1856, has no stone in Elmwood 

Cemetery,-Pike Village, but one remains to his wife, Lydia Russell, 

who died Feb. 26, 1823, in Pike, when sixty years old. Robert'Lane 

Hurd, according to pension records, served as a Musician in Capt. 

Page's company, Col. Walbridge's regiment of Vermont troops. Born 

in East Haddam, Conn., he was pensioned in 1833 from Genesee County. 

The Hurds had a son, Russell G., 1789-1860, who married first 

Rebecca Sawyer. Vol. 129, D.A.R. Lineage Book, states that Robert 

L. Hurd died in Genesee County, Michigan, but his' name has long 

appeared on Pike's list of veterans. 

(A REVOLUTIONARY' HERITAGE to be continued in a future issue) 

— 

We are indebted to Mrs. William P. Shumaker, Warsaw, for the 

following interesting account of the results of good gardening. 

"It was in the year of ltiJ+8 that Henry Baker and his wife 

Rosena Powell Baker, came to Warsaw, N.Y., from a small hamlet near 

Frankfort, Germany, and with them they brought some very choice 

turnip seedc. All these long years there has been grown turnips 

and seed from the seed brought with them. I visited Mrs. Oscar 

Carlson of Delhi Road, Gainesville, in her well kept garden. ^he 

told me just a little of the history of her fine plot of turnips. 

She told me of the exceptionally fine quality of these turnips, and 

how faithfully members of her grandfather's family had kept the 

turnip seed in store. 

'Her mother was Mrs. Alvin Wolcott, daughter of Henry Baker of 

Wethersfield. Ever since her mother's death other members of the 

family have enjoyed keeping the seed on hand. Mr. George Baker of 

Orangeville, an uncle of Mrs. Carlson, who now lives at 16 North 

Maple street, Warsaw, has also kept up growing these turnips as it 

was his parents who brought the seed over from Germany. Mrs. Carlson 

had a severe injury to her foot and was unable to get her turnips 

growing. Last spring Mr. Baker's seed failed to grow so there was 

a break in their long years of having turnips. Mr. Baker reported 

his failure due to the drought. These families are outstanding 

gardners. What an enjoyable story these seeds could tell if they 

could start back from the little hamlet in Germany down through all 

these 107 years and give us a true account of its life up to date. 

"I took one of these turnips to the Fair in hopes I could give 

it a good showing but my turnip was all by itself on a lone ; shelf. 

My aim was to give these good people, the Bakers, credit for thrift, 

faithfulness, and a true appreciation of an outstanding vegetable. 

We could well get a lesson from this story as it was in a family 

that took pride in their choice vegetables. 

"Over fifty years ago a granddaughter of Henry Baker and I were 

in Warsaw Union School and ate our lunches together. I never tasted 

the like of brine pickles I got in exchange for small sweet ones my 

mother made. This family excelled in brining their cucumbers, in 

beans, and making perfect sauerkraut."


An incident which challenged Allied occupation rights .in Berlin,Nov. 

27, 1955s involved the arrest of Congressman and Mrs„ Harold Ce 

Ostertag of Attica, together with Representative Edward P„ Boland 

and an escort officer, by Communist police in the Russian sector of 

the city The party fras touring in an Army sedan of the type used, 

by the U0 S. Mission accredited to t. e Soviet Zone, and was equipped 

with a two-way radio which had been hitherto operated without interference 

o On the charge of violation of the radio laws of the 

Communist state, the party was held for some time until their re~ 

lease was secured by the American provost marshal„ Strong Ue Se 

diplomatic protests followed the seizure of the group0 

Dr0 Paul A0 Burgeson was named Ch.i • f of Staff of the Wyoming 

Community Hospital in December, as successor to the late Dr0 George 

Wo Nairn,, Trained in the University of Buffalo Medical School, Dr„ 

Burgeson came to the hospital in 1937, and ten years later became 

Chief of Medical Service0 

The Market Basket chain of groceries, founded in Warsaw by the late 

Harry E, Hovey in 1901, and subsequently moved to Geneva, N„ Y„, was 

purchased in December 1955 by the American Stores Inc, Ninety-two 

stores in central New York and northern Pennsylvania were involved 

in a transaction said to have reached $3,500,000o Mr0 Hovey and his 

family had purchased the Prank Phillip chain of 66 stores years ago 

and annual sales of the Market Basket stores were around $31,000,000 

George F0 Hume, Gainesville Supervisor, was elected Permanent Chairman 

of the Board of Supervisors at its reorganization meeting in 

J armary o 

Effective Jan0 1st, the municipally owned Perry-Warsaw Airport of 58 

acres was leased to Jack Rase, Warsaw, manager of the facility,, The 

townships will continue to assume certain obligations but all operational 

and maintenance costs will be assumed by the lessee„ 

Professor Wilbur F„ Pease, 1+-H Club Agent in Wyoming County, 1937= 

191+2, and recently assistant state leader, was named Jan, 1st„to 

the post of New York State 1+-H Club Leader,, In his new position he 

will help direct the activities of more than 56,000 farm boys and 

girlSo A graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell in 1931, 

he began his career as a local leader at Castile for six years while 

he was teacher of vocational agriculture .in the high school there0 

He moved to Suffolk County in 191+3 as Agent and in 1951 was called 

to Cornell to become assistant state leaderQ 

Rev„ Thomas E„ • u-v. pastor of Warsaw's United Church for more 

than eleven years, has accepted a call to the Bethany Presbyterian 

Church, Rochester, as an associate minister® 

(continued cn page ll5o)


MILESTONES (cont.) 

Arcade's Industrial growth is being expanded with the erection of a 

$1,000,000 expansion program to the Motorola Inc., which will increase 

the size of the plant 50%o In January announcement was also 

made that the American Machine & -Foundry Co. had acquired through a 

merger the 0'Dell & Eddy Co0, a subsidiary of the United Block Go. 

and would erect a finishing plant for the rough-hewn maple bowling 

pins and shoe lasts manufactured at Arcade for many years. 

The $1 ,270,000 Letchworth Central Junior-Senior High School was dedicated 

at Gainesville, Dec. 26th„ Following an Open House during 

the afternoon, attended by an estimated 2,500 persons, dedication 

ceremonies featured an address by Dr. Robert S„ Fisk, dean of the 

School of Education, University of Buffalo„ 

Social Forces in the Middle East is the title of a new volume by 

Professor Sydney N„ Fisher of the History department of the Ohio 

State University, and a native of Warsaw and son of the late Addison 

Wo Fisher, attorneyc Publication was by Cornell University Press. 

Officials of Boy Scouts In Livingston and Wyoming counties have 

formed a new scouting district under the name of "Nun-^Da-Waga, " 

which means 'homelands' or s home in the hills.' Comprising twentyfive 

towns with about 1,1+00 cubs, scouts and explorers, the new unit 

hopes to expand its program under the direction of its district 

chairman, George Traber. Ill of Perry. 

A site of 185 acres near Johnscnburg has been purchased by the Niagara 

Frontier Area of the Christian Service Brigade for use aa a boys 

camp. Buildings on the property will" 1 be converted and in due course 

the project will have facilities for upwards of I4.OO boys. 

The 50th anniversary of the Attica Grange was observed in late February. 

Chartered March 2, 1906,' seven surviving charter members received 

pins as a part of the recognition ceremony. These were 

Arthur Merle, Ernest Rechter, Frank Marley, George Sonderlclier > , Mrs. 

Otis Benham, Mrs. Leo Stedman, and Mrs. Ray Sierk. 

Henry C„ Wolfe, supervisor of the Town of Pike, received appointment 

as postmaster at Pike, March 2'j>0 Henry C. Wells, a member of the 

town board for several years n/vive • to fill the vacancy created 

by the resignation of Mr. Wolfe. 

The Middlebury Historical Society, Wyoming, has scheduled another 

Homecoming Day, Saturday, August 6, and is maintaining Open House at 

the Academy, Sunday afternoons throughout the summer. During the 

year past, the society has installed a kitchen and powder room and 

has projected plans to ultimately furnish the building with 19th 

century furnishings and acquire a fireproof safe to protect a 

growing collection of valuable records.


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Q es o D Q 

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This is a. little story, or history, of the hamlet q>f Pearl 

Creek. It is between Pavilion, on the north, a^d Wyoming, ' on the 

south, in the town of Covington. y 

/ - ^ 

^ Horace 

\ Bradley- 

About seventy years ago the Salt Works of Pearl Greek was a 

big plant. After drilling down to salt, they pumped in y?ater which 

made a brine that was condensed in vats. Many' men worked in the 

plant, and Pearl Creek was a busy place. This little history is to 

keep alive the place and the people, in that beautiful countryside. 

Our friend, Benedict Brooks, as a young man, wcjuld come over to 

the store, .to buy a clay pipe, sit and smoke with the boy§^ so 

Parks said. would throw the pipe away' so the home folks wgyild 

not know he smoked. His wife was the daughter of George Sprague 

Jug City on the Oatka. Jug City was named for its part played by a 

man who had a "still" to make whiskey. Each customer he4 a^ stone in 

the creek where his jug would be. I do not think Brooks yas a 

customer, just down to see Miss Sprague. $he married him and came 

to the Brook's' Castle (Brooksholm) in Pearl Creek. It wa.S tcild t'hat 

a man in Ireland could get on a boat at any port with a' ticket.ahd 

tag for Brook's Castle and he would land in Pearl Creek. 

More about Brooks as he started for the morning mail. In 

leaving home, he would go down through his woods, drive and stop, 

first at the Belden Grain Warehouse where he. would get the grain 

news, then on to the station of the B. R. & P. railroad. '•'•'he 

Moultons, ^'rank and daughter Pfinnie, kept the station, and to them 

we must give credit for the part played in all things,-^-Peafl Creek 

was first, last, and always. Then Ben went on; he talked with'the 

appleman, Ed.;Brownwell, who was'buyer for other applemen;then on 

to the next neighbor, Dick Lemley. told the story of Pica's wife, 

Mary, going' to visit her folks up the road, Dick,meanwhile, 

home, had the boys in for cards and refreshments;'also the old hound 

dog that stayed in the barn, slept oî the lounge. This repining as 

Mr. Brocks came down the road, Pick was out with the lounge, usirig 

a broom. "What happened, Pick?" Back came the reply, "By gosh, she 

came; By gosh,'she's here!" Mary was home L Brop.ks went ! on. .to the 

store. There, Tom Murphy was almost a sure sight, and Fred Pew^s; 

who made cigar®' the counter. It was very interesting to see Fred 

make a cigar. He also took care of the mail. . 

James Murphy, a Democratic supervisor and highway. superintendent, 

would say, "Do not try to elect the entire ticket, one 

or two top men," And often we did that. I think' tê^tyrseven 

Democrats to £00 Republicans. Ben was a Democrat of the best standing. 

He told- the story of the Bull Moose platform, drawn up^ by the 

party. When they asked '-'-'eddy Roosevelt how he liked,'it: "Pine, 

bully, that will catch 'em coming and going. 11 and it did jU5jt that, 

i (continued on page 117)

July 1956 

MEMORIES OP PEARL CREEK (cont.) 

Page 1? 5 

Among the families of the place were the Morgans, Powers, 

Griffiths, the Pond boys and Gortens, both John and Sam, and the 

Lemley boys. Bert Lemley would drive very fast, and Win would 

say, when drawing in grain, "Raise her down a notch, she is going 

over." Bert had a fine voice and how he could s,ing, Causey Jones! 

The old school house was the meeting place of most of the 

folks. At one time, so I have been told, they thought marrow beans 

could not be raised in any place but Pearl Greek. I think Edith 

Parks is about the oldest resident. The others, marked by their 

tombstones over in the graveyard with the daisies and the goldenrod 

waving over them. And as we brought nothing into this world, we can 

take nothing out. 

But Ben Brooks got back home up the East road or took the 

(railroadK track and then back through the woods. Mrs.Coonley-Ward 

put him in charge of the building of the Wyoming Village Hall, a 

$50,000 job. it is one beautiful building, few larger places have 

anything like it. He loved his friends. I remember this coming to 

our home on the old Bradley farm in Pavilion; winter snow was piled 

high, banks six to eight feet deep. Mother had asked father to take 

off the screen door. Ben came in about dark: "Squire, do the flies 

bite you?" The screen door was off the next day. He told of two 

men of Wyoming, Charles Shaw and.Dave Huhbapd--Charles hit Dave, so 

they swore to, and David said, so^ The jury brought in a verdict of 

"no cause for action." The judge allowed it* It was a miscarriage of 

ustice 0 

Mr. Sprague, author of the above account, was a former resident of 

Pearl Creek, and now lives in retirement at Caledonia, N. Y.)


Henry C. Dilgard, 61|, mayor of the Village of Gainesville, and former 

cashier of the Gainesville National Bank, died December 6, 1955. 

A veteran of World War I, he had served as peace justice for 30 

years and was active in civic enterprises,. 

Postmaster of Java Village for 27 years until his retirement in 19- 

Ski John G0 Nichols, 71» died December 10, 1955o He had continued 

to operate a general store and was active in fraternal and church 

circles. 

At his home in Crystal Lake, Ill0, occurred the death, December 13, 

1955p of the Revo Edwin A. McCormick, 71* a native of Java Center 

and pastor of St0 Thomas R» C» Church, Crystal Lake, since 19l5» 

In Buffalo, January 20, 1956$ death came to James L« Blackmer, 70, 

retired real estate and investment broker0 Born at Pike, he removed 

to Buffalo in earlier manhood and was there interested in philanthropic 

and cultural groups, but retained his active role in county 

organizations,, Since the death of his mother, Mrs„ Prances Blodget 

Blackmer in 1929, he had annually donated a chair to the oldest man 

present at the pioneer Association meeting each August, and was 

first vice-presiaent of the organization,, Burial was at Pike. 

Rodney G„ Pawnall, 6f>, postmaster at Pike for the past ten years, 

died in that village February 10„ 

At Orchard Park, New York, February 11, occurred the death of Harry 

Yates, 86, industrialist, hotel magnate and financier,, Born in 

Rochester, a son of one of the builders of the Buffalo, Rochester & 

Pittsburgh R0R„, Mr0 Yates at the age of 21, became president of the 

Silver Lake Ice Company, and the Silver Lake Railroad Company, which 

linked Silver Springs with Ferry, and was subsequently absorbed by 

the Bo R0 & Po 

In Castile , February I4., death came to Melvin Jc York, 82, former 

Bliss merchant, who had also served the Town of Eagle as justice of 

the peace, assessor, town clerk, and three terms as supervisor. 

The Revo John Fa Donohue, pastor of St. Michael's Church, Warsaw, 

for the seven years preceding November 1, 195i|» died in Buffalo on 

March 13 at the age of 58. He was rector of St. John the Evanglist 

Church. 

Marvin W. Cummings, 71? owner and operator of a pharmacy in Castile 

for 39 years and a leader in civic affairs, died April [|_ in Warsaw0 

Miss Miriam Edwards, 69, retired supervisor in the Veterans Administration, 

Washington, D.C., and recently archivist of the Attica 

Historical Society, died March 30 at Wyoming after a long illness.


St. Clement's Episcopal Cemetery 

-Wethersfield Springs 

This well-kept burial plot is now a portion of Union Park Cemetery 

in Wethersfield Springs, but was originally the church yard of St. 

Clement's Episcopal Church which erected a church on the west end of 

the site in 1836. Apparently the cemetery was consecrated for Interments 

about that same year, and it was in use until about seventy 

years ago when grounds to the north, were laid out, the original area 

having become nearly filled. For a long period after the destruction 

of the church by fire, the grounds were allowed to grow up to weeds 

and bushes. Now It is fenced and is under the care of the newer 

cemetery association,, The fine condition of both cemeteries is a 

tribute to a community-wide effort to maintain them as fitting memorials. 

These gravestone inscriptions were first taken in 191+8, and 

rechecked in 1955. 

ALDRICH 

ANDREWS 

ATCHINSON 

BAKER 

BANCROFT 

BATTIN 

BEACH 

BEARDSLEY 

Mary E„, dau. Seth & Martha M. Aldrich, d. July 

26, i860, 2y 1m l6d„ 

Epaphras Andrews, d. Jan. 31, 1835, 

Abigail, wife Epaphras, d. July 6, 1831, l+2y. 

Mason, son E. & A. Andrews, d. July 21)., 1825, 

2y 10m. 

Mason, son Lemuel & Anna N. Andrews, d. April 

2, 1835, 2y. 

John Andrews, d. May 31, 1.869, ?8y. My Husband. 

George Andrews, d. Jan. 21, 1&71, l+0y. 12d. 

Fitch Andrews, d. 1825, 86y» 

Loceetia(?) Andrews, wife Sidney G8 Pickett, d. 

Feb. 21+, 1838, 21+y. 

Mary, wife Rev. F. Atchinson, d. Mar. 17, 181+1, 23y. 

Caroline Malenda, dau. Rev. F. & M., d. Feb. 28, 

181+1, 7m llj-d. 

Betsey Baker, formerly wife Augustus Mead, d. 

Jan. 1+, 1870, 79y. 

Fannie W. Bancroft, 1829-1922 

Ormus Do, son E. & E. Bancroft, d. Mar. 12, 1839, 

18 mons. 

Also an Infant, d. July 31, 181+0 

Rev. John Edmund Battin, July 18, 1821+ - May 5, 1906, 

Faithful unto death. Rector of St. Clement's 

Church, Wethersfield Sps., N. Y. for 31+ years. 

Lois Ellen Battin, d. Oct. 19, 1898, 6ly 10m 1+d. 

J. Frank Battin, d. April 21, 1898, 38y Ijm 21d. 

Duane E. Beach, d. Mar. 22, 1873, 26y„ A Mason. 

Sarah A., wife Hiram Beardsley, d. Oct. 1+, 181+0, 

2l+y 2m 1+d. 

(continued on page 1.20)


BRAIMAN 

BRIGGS 

BR0NS0N 

BROOKS 

BROWN 

BUMP 

ST, CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAT CEMETERY (con't) 

BENEDICT George B. .Benedict, . d0 Sept. 26, 1861, 37y. 10m, 

My Husband 

Little Channie (Benedict?) . A marble cross next 

to the stone to Mr. Benedict0 

BODDY John Boddy, 1821; - 1903. Father. 

Elvira, wife John, 1829 - 1902 „ Mother. 

Julius P., son John & Elvira, d. Dec. 28, 1872, 23y. 

Eugene J. BoddyP 1848 - 1895c Father. 

Hettie, wife Eugene, 1852 - 1913. Mother. 

Sally Brooks, 1824 - 1911. Grandmother. 

Harry Boddy, 1893 - 1893 

Galen Boddy, d. May 2, 1864, 65y„ 

Bennie J0, son William & Hannah Boddy, d Sept. 24, 

1861. 3y 7m 10do 

William Arthur, son Wm Hannah, d. Mar 27, 1857, 

1m 19d. 

Mary, dau. Samuel R, & Maria Braimar, d, 

1^7 o 

June 8, 1839, 

Dro Amasa Briggs, d0 Sept, 3, 1872, 8ly 9m. 

Abigail, wife Drc Amasa, d. Aug. 6, 1863, 72y 9m. 

Caroline Briggs Hill, dau. Dr. Amasa & Abigail, 

May 30, 1823 - Nov. 11, 1882. 

Harriet Briggs, wife Mason Hatfield, 1820 - 1914 

Jennie B„, 1869 - 1869 

Walter W., 1882 - 1884 

T0 Newbury, l84l - 1895 

Helen A0, 1840 - 1917 

Minnie Bronson Kennedy, 1871 - 

Albert, (no data) 

Sally Brooks, 1824 - 1911. (Buried on the Eugene 

Boddy plot as "Grandmother.") 

Harvey A. Brown, d. Feb .2, 1837, 20y 3m 

Triumphant in thy closing eyes 

The hope of glory shone 

Joy breathed In thy expiring sigh 

To think the fight was won. 

Alphonso Brown, April 12, 1827 - Dec. 26, 1894. (He 

died in Michigan where he had resided 14 years. 

He was many Tears a vestryman of St. Clement.' s.) 

Mary A, Brown,'I83I - 1918 

Nehemiah J0 Brown, Nov. 21, 1861 - March 29, 1863 

Ella May Brown, Sept. 23, l8£8 _ April 26. 1863 

Edward A., son, Sept. 7, 1864 - Aug. 1, 1865 

Eddie J0, son, d, March 29, 1863, ly. 

Julia, dau. Joseph & B0 Bump, d. May 25, 1851, l8y 21d, 

(Her father lived at Sheldon. She was accidentally 

wounded in the leg by a shot; the limb was 

amputated and death followed.) 


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BURDICK 

BURGHARD 

CHAFFEE 

CHANDLER 

CLARK 

COBB 

COX 

CRAWFORD 

DAY 

DOOLITTLE 

ST. CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (cont.) 

Clarissa K. W. Tainter, wife Sheffield Burdick, 

Feb. 1, 1803 - Mar. lij., l889o Mar. 2nd David Silliman. 

Catherine, wife Nelson Burghard, d. Jan. 28, 1855, 

Leonard Chaffee, Dc Oct. 5, 1857, 76y. 

Betsey, wife Leonard, d. Sept. 12, 1858, 76y. 

Hiram Chaffee, I8O6-I883 

Philanda, wife Hiram, 1009-1862 

Dexter N., son H. & P., d. Mar. 19, l8k9, 20y. 

Harriet S., dau. H. & P., D. Nov. 6, lo$0, 20y. 

Daniel W., son Joseph A. & Sarah M., d. April 11, 1839 

2y lm 3d. 

Hoseib, son Jerry & Harriet Chandler, d. July 8, 1832 

5m 28d. 

Emma, dau. Jerry & Harriet, d. July 9, 1835, ly 3m. 

Mary 0. Clark, wife Charles V. Emery, 1858 - 1911. 

Martha P. Cobb, dau. Simeon & Pamelia, d. Sept. 11, 

1859, 21+y. 

Margaret, wife Robert Cox, d. July 25, 1822, 50y. 

Lodema, dau. Joseph & Sabrina Crawford, d. May 27, 

1839, 17y 8m I5d. 

Archibald Crawford, d. Dec. 23, 1888, 8l. (Died in 

Orangeville; father-in-law of E. Stone.) 

Matilda, wife Archibald, d. Mar. 21, 1883, 8ly. 

Seeva Crawford, d. July 8, I8I4.9, 8y 6m. 

Charles Day, d„ March 1861;, 22y. Co. D, 1st N.Y. Drag. 

Eli P. Doolittle, Mar. 5. 1820 - Mar. 29, 1885 

(Son of Ormuso) 

Mary Jane, wife Eli P., d. Dec. 11;, 181^9, 25y. 

Reuben Doolittle, d. Oct. ll|, 181+7, 82y. A Warden of 

St. Clement's. 

Lucia Jane, dau. John J. & Jane A. Doolittle, d. 

Aug. 25, 1852, 11 mons. 

Reuben Seabury Doolittle, d. Jan. 1L|_, l8l;9, 26y. 

Corydon Doolittle, d. Nov0 23, I8I4.9, 29y. Son of 

Reuben, deceased; brother to James R.; wife was 

Laura Bristol of Gainesville, who d. Mar. 29, 1853 

29yo) 

Orace Doolittle, d. May 15, 1865, i|2v. 

Ormus Doolittle, d. Sept. 15, 1872, 8l;th yr. WAR OF 

1812. (Son Reuben & Thankful, b. Cheshire, Ct., 

Jan. 20, 1789c Came to Wethersfield Spgs. 1819.) 

Lydia (Rood), wife Ormus, d. Dec. 21, 1863, 78y» 

Martha, dau. Ormus & Lydia, d. Nov. 7, 1839, 26ye 



DOOLITTLE 

ELWELL 

EMERY" 

POSTER 

FRANKLIN 

GARHART 

GILL 

GRANGER 

GREEN 

HALE 

HATFIELD 

STO CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (cont0) 

Reuben Dcollttle Jr., d. Aug0 22, 181+6, 57th yrD 

(Born May 22, 1790, Cheshire Ct„, brother of Ormus. 

Father Senator James R. Died Illinois while on a 

business trip.) 

Sarah (Rood) Dooxlttle, dc Sept. 7s 1880, 88y0 Buried 

at Racine, Wisconsin,, 

Ormus Doollttle, son Reuben Jr„ & Sarah, dD Oct0 13, 

1839, 23rd yr. 

Chauncey Doolittle, d. Warsaw, June ij., 1871, 70y 

Emily Wllbor Doolittle, wife Chauncey, IQ0I4. » 1891 

Henry H., son Chauncey & Emith, d„ April 13, 1831+, 

9y 1+m. 

Almlra0 wife Everett Elwell„ d0 Nov. 8S 1880, 

80y 1m 1+d, 

Charles N0 Emery, X8i+6 - 

Mary 0o Clark, wife, 1858 - 1911 

Philander Foster, d„ April 22, l86k, 63y 10m. 

Ann, wife Philander, d„ 0ct„ 21, 1870, 67y. (Died Java) 

Betsey Pc, dau„ P„ & A., d. Aug„ 1, 1861, l5y 11m 7d. 

Andrew D„ Foster, dD Nov. 21+, 1865c (Remainder of 

stone is buried,) 

Walter, son William & Mary Franklin, d. May 23, 1862, 

6y llm0 

Children of John and Hannah Garhart; 

George^ dc April 3, 1-863, 7yo 

Charles, d0 April 9, 186^. ljy. 

(Deaths caused by scarlet fever.) 

Mrs. Fanny Gill, d„ Nov. 11;, 1877, 7% 8m«, 

Frank Granger, son Ira & Hannah, d. Jan„ 2, 1863, 

10y 23d. 

James, son Ira & Hannah, dD Jan„ 28, 1863, 6y 9m 21d. 

Ephraim Granger, d. Aug. 2, 1866, 70y. 

Sally, wife Ephraim, d. July 27, 1857, 60y. 

Amanda A., dau. Ray & Amanda Green, d„ Jan. 15, 1836, 

8 days. 

Eunice, wife Salon Hale, d. Feb. 28, 1.837, l+8ye 

Capt. Perkins Hatfield, d. 0cto 13, 1855, 63y. 

Rhoda, wife Perkins, d„ Feb. 1, 1863, 68yc 

Orlow Hatfield, d0 July 25, I85I, 36y. 

Alonzo Hatfield , Co. A., 15th Iowa Infantry. (No 

other data on stone.) 

Mason Hatfield, 1823-1876. (D. Dec. 15, 1876, 53y.; a 

Masonc 

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HENSHAW 

HIBBARD 

HILL 

HITCHCOCK 

JOHNSON 


HATFIELD Harriet Briggs, wife Mason, 1820 - 191k* 

Frank A., son Mason & Harriet, 131^6 - 1869. (Their 

eldest son who died at Springfield, Pa., Oct. 

26, 1869.) 

Albert H., son, 1850 - 1921, 

Amelia Hatfield, dau. M. A. & B. M. Hatfield, d. 

Feb. 25, 1870, ly 5m 20d. 

Jacob S. Henshaw, d. April 2, 1888, 71y 11m lij.d. 

35th Inf., N. Y. Vols. 

John Hibbard, d. Dec. 7, 1868, 73y. 

Caroline B. Hill, dau. Dr. Amasa & Abigail Briggs, 

May 30, 1823 - Nov. 11, 1882 

Ebenezer Hitchcock, d. Jan. 9, 1878, 79y. 

Mary, wife Ebenezer, d. Oct. 11, 1876, 76y. 

Amzi Johnson, d. June 13, 1866, 75y. 

Jemima, wife Amzi, d. Nov. 15, 1865, 75y. 

"Sweet be their slumber beneath the sod 

While their pure souls are resting with God. 

Rest till the trump from the opening skies 

Bids them from dust to glory rise 

Sleep parents till that blessed morn 

Peacefully sleep." 

Lyman Johnson, d. June 22, I8I4.2, 76th yr. 

Myrta A., dau. D.L. & A.A, Johnson, d. Aug. 31, 1861, 

ly 2m 2d. (Initials of parents may not be 

correct as the stone has weathered.) 

Harriet. dau. Amzi & Jemima Johnson, d. Mar. 7, 1835, 

15th yr. 

Hiram G., son Amzi & Jemina, d. May 27, l8f>l, 27y. 

KELLSY Tina, wife Ransom Kellsy, d. Aug. 18, 1861, 62y. 

Sarah, dau. Ransom & Tina, d. Dec. 26, 1851, 20y. 

Lorenzo, son B. & H. Kellsy, d. Oct. 18, 1859, 

ly lm Id. 

KELLY Charles H., son Samuel & Eliza Ann Kelly, d. Sept. 

26, l8i|8, 7y 6m. 

KENNEDY Minnie Bronson Kennedy, I87O - 

KNIGHT Sarah, wife Moses Knight, d. April 27, 1858, 62y. 

"Mother's lonely grave. Her family all scattered. 

Hellard." 

Joseph B. Knight, 1826-1902 

Mary J., wife Joseph B., l8J|3-1925 

(continued on page 12l±)


LANE 

LIGHTHALL 

MARANVILLE 

MATTERSON 

McWETHY 

MEACHEM 

MEAD 

MIX 

MORGAN 

NEYGUS 


Polly, wife Alonzo Lane, d. Dec. lij., 1861, 25y. 

Carrie, dau. Alonzo & Polly, d. Feb. 23, 1862, ly 8m. 

Luther H. Lighthall, d. Aug. 6, I86I4., I|.6y. My Husband. 

Oliver Maranville, d. Dec. 11, 1855, 58th yr. 

Samuel H. Matterson, d. Jan. 7, 1837, 35y. 

Adeline, wife David McWethy, d. Nov. 3, 1861, I|.8y. 

Eliza, wife Stephen McWethy, d. March 28, 1857I|-6y. 

Rev. Thomas Meachem, d. Oct. 21, I8I4.9, Sbl• (Pastor of 

St. Clement's Church, he came from England in 1831.) 

Elizabeth, wife Rev. Thomas, d. Sept. 8, i860, 71y. 

(Born Wells, Somersetshire, England, dau. Edward 

Goldesbrough; came to U. S. with husband in 1831.) 

Jotham Mead, d. Sept. 15, l81[.0, 89y. A Soldier of the 

Revolution. 

Elizabeth, wife Jotham, d. June 7, 1833, 82y. 

Augustus Mead, d. May 17, 1835, k^l k^- 17d. 

Betsey Baker, formerly wife Augustus Mead, d. Jan. 1|., 

1870, 79y. 

Miss Sophia D. Mead, Jan. 1, l8ll - Oct. 5, 1882. 

Harvey Mead, d. Oct. 6, 1850, 3>b-J- 

Samuel J. Mead, May 1, 1825 - Mar. 27, 1885. 

Mary J., wife Samuel, Apr. Ik, 1827 - Dec. 17, 1883. 

(Died in Orangeville.) 

Mary E., dau. Samuel J. & Mary J., Aug. llj., 181+9 - 

July 1, 1878. (Died in Orangeville.) 

Harvey N., only son Samuel J. & Mary J., July 28, 1852 • 

Jan. 28, I883. (Died in Orangeville.) 

Nabby, wife Jared Mix, d. Sept. 3, 1835, 6ly. 

J. Augusta, wife Lucius Morgan & dau. George & Jane 

Peck, Dec. 15, l85l - Nov. 3, 1881).. (A teacher.) 

James G., son Justus & Celestia Morgan, 1829-1859. 

Jeremiah G. Morgan, d. Jan 11, 1875, 70y. 

Co. D, 130th N.Y. Vol. Inf. 

Lovisa, wife Jeremiah G., d. Feb 26, l85^|-» l+8y. 

Almira, dau. J. G. & Lovisa, d. July 30, 1850, 17y. 

Jeremiah G. Morgan Jr., d. Oct. 27, 1869, 27y. 

Co. D, 15th N. Y. Vol. Cav. 

Burden Neygus, d. Mar. 12, 1870, 69y 8m. 

Margaret, wife Burden, d. Sept 10, 1892, 88y. 

George H., l8J;7-l86^. 9th N.Y. Cav. Killed June 11, 

18&1+, 17y. 

Warren W. Nygus, d. Nov 10, 1906, 69y. 

Co. A, 3rd Reg. Wis. Inf. 

Sarah Maria, wife Warren W., 181+7-1916. 



ST. CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (cont) 

PAGE W. Harrison Page, Feb.22, 1817 - Aug. 23, 1888. 

Mary E., wife W. Harrison, d. Oct. 3, 1891, 72y. 

(Died in Kalamazoo, Michigan.) 

Hannah (Parish), wife William H. Page, d. Aug. 30, 

1814.8, 29y0 

William Page, d. Nov. 15, 1871, 87y. (Born in Conn., Aug. 

19, 1781;; served in War of 1812; settled Wethersfield 

in I82ij..) 

Ruth (Mead), wife William, d. April "10, 1863, 76y. 

(Native of Connecticut.) 

Prank A. Page, Mar. 5, 18kk - Dec. 7, 1885. 

Lydia, dau. Samuel & Hannah Page, d. Feb. 19, 1865, 23y. 

PALMER Rev, Jesse Palmer, d. Nov. 25, 1836, l;ly. 

m No more I tread on earthly ground 

No more I preach the gospel sound 

My feet have reached the heavenly shore 

I know no imperfection more." 

Nancy Ann, wife Eldred A. Palmer, d. Mar. 28, iQkk, 26y. 

PECK George Peck, June 27, 1821 - April 29, 1899. Father. 

Jane, wife George, Nov. 3, 1825 - Dec. 19, 1909. 

Mother. 

Mary Janet, dau. George & Jane, Oct. 5, 18I+8 - 

April 7, 1875. 

J. Augusta, dau. George & Jane, wife Lucius Morgan, 

Dec. 15, 1851 - Nov. 3, 1881;. 

PICKET Loceetia (?) Andrews, wife Sidney Picket, 

d. Feb. 2k, 1838, 2kjo 

PINCOMB John Pincomb, d. June 5, 1856, i;9y. 

Mary, wife John, d. Dec. 15, 1862, 52y 8m. 

RANDALL Jennie Belle, dau. Charles & Marietta Randall, d. 

Dec. i|, 1861}.. (rest of stone buried) 

David Randall, d„ Jan. 20, 1877, 79y. (Born Voluntown, 

Conn., Apr. 11, 1796; came to Wethersfield over 

60 years before his death.) 

Emma Palmer, wife David, d. Feb. 26, 1869, 70y. (She 

was of Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N.Y., who was 

married Feb. 11, 1830.) 

RICHARDS Alpheus Richards, 1809-1881].. (Born Lima, N.Y., Jan. 2, 

1809; married Feb. 11;, 1831 to Mary Chapman, Warsaw, 

N.Y. He was a shoemaker.) 

Mary Chapman, wife, d. Aug. 31, 1873, 6ly 3d, 

Matilda A., wife Daniel S. Bichards, d. May 22, l81].0, 

l8y 9m 19d. 

ROBINSON Alice Robinson, d. ,.82y. (Stone broken.) 


Page 12 6 July 1956 

STo CLEMENT'S EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (cont) 

ROOD James Rood, dc A ug. 16, 1856, 57y. 

Eliza, wife Eli Roods d. 0cto 21, 184-0, 35y. 

Elizabeth, wife David R0 Rood, d„ Oct. 2l|, 1855, 26y. 

(A resident of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, she was drowned at 

Dubuque, Iowa. She was daughter-in-law of Eli Rood.) 

SHADER William Shader, Aug. 1826 - April 1, 190l|.„ Father,, 

Laura, wife William, May 13, 1.831 - Nov. 25, 1903. 

Mother. 

Jacob Shader, d„ March 2, 1866, 82y0 

Cornelia, wife Jacob, d. Oct. 31, 1870, 84y. 

James B., son Jacob & Cornelia, d. March 9, 1847, 23rd. 

Benjamin Snader, d0 July 17, 1882, 7k-J 10m. 

Elizabeth, wife Benjamin, d. Feb. 20, 1889, 87y 6m 6d. 

Stephen Shader, son Benjamin & Elizabeth, d. Feb. 2 

1838, Zkl 7m 3d. 

Dear as thou wast, and justly dear 

We will not weep for thee 

One thought shall check the starting tear, 

It is that thou art free. 

SILLIMAN 

SISSON 

SOWLE 

SPRAGUE 

STEDMAN 

STEWART 

STORRS 

TAINTER 

Clarissa Ke W0 Tainter, married 2nd to David Smiman, 

and first to Sheffield Burdick, Feb. 1, 1803 - 

March 1889. 

Marvin Sisson, d. April 19, 1890, 82y. (Died at home of 

son, William, in Castile.) 

Mary, wife Marvin, d. Dec. 31, 1888, 75y. 

Margaret Sowle, d. Auge 23, 18/+3, 68y. 

Hiram N. Sprague, dc April 15, 1856, i+9y 5m 2d. 

Isabel, wife Hiram, d. Nov. 21, 1892, 77y. 

(Died at Saltvale, near Warsaw.) 

William P. Stedman, d. Jan. 30, 1844, 30tn yr. 

Plazenfcia Kirk, son D0C. & Maria Stedman, dc 

(Remainder of inscription buried.) 

John J. Stedman, d. May 7, 1881, 78y. (Born Otsego Co., 

N.Y.S came to Wetbersfield in 1828.) 

Charlotte M., wife John J., d. May I4, 1872, 67y. 

Maria P., 2nd wife John J., d. May ll|, 1879, 72y. 

DeGrass M., son J.J. & C0M0, d. Feb. 28, 1835, Hm. 

Louisa, dau0 Alexander & Polly Stewart, 

d. Jan. 15, 1837, 17y. 

Hiei Storrs, d. AUg. 8, 181+0, 25y. 

Hannah, wife, d. Oct. 2, 1858, 58y. 

Clarissa K. W0 Tainter, wife Sheffield Burdick, and 

2nd wife David Silliman, Feb. 1, 1803 - March 1 1889, 



TAYLOR 

TIBBITS 

VANDEWALKER 

WEBSTER 

WELLS 

WHIPPLE 

WILLARD 

WOLCOTT 

WOODRUFF 

WRIGHT 


Ellen, dau. Joseph & Mary A. Taylor, d. May 6, 1862, 

15 mons. 

John Tibbits, b. Oct. 30, 1825, d. . 

Mary, wife John, d. June 19, 1893, 66y. ~~ 

David Vandewalker, Oct. 21]., 18X2 - (no date) 

Content, wife David, d. June 19, i860, l+l+y» 

John Vandewalker, I81j.6-19l8. Co. C, 19th N.Y. Cav. 

Abel Webster, d. Oct. 16, 1861, l+9y. (Married Caroline 

Doolittle, who died at Midland, Michigan, Sep^.l, 

X881).o He was born at Hampton, N.Y., Oct. 13, 1812; 

served as Warsaw Supervisor and County Clerk.) 

Martha G., dau. A. & C. Webster, d. July 12, 181+0, 

11m 12d. 

Charlotte Wells, d. 1822, 72y. (Buried with Epaphras 

Andrews family.) 

Walter Whipple, 181+5 - 

Caroline Whipple, 181+5-1913 

(Buried with John and Nancy Wolcott.) 

Gurjuila G., dau. E.L. & Lucy Ann Willard, . 

(Remainder of stone broken.) 

Elizabeth, wife Sylvester Wolcott, d. F.eb. 17, 1839, 

20y 1+m. 

Daniel Wolcott, Jan. 28, 1790 - Dec. 15, 1859, 

69y 10m 17d. (Born Wethersfield, Conn.); came to 

Wethersfield in 1810.) 

Maria Morgan, Wife Daniel, Aug. 11, 1788 - Feb. 26, 1883, 

9l+y; 7m l5d. (Born Wethersfield Conn., came to 

Wethersfield in 1810.) 

Mary E„, dau. Daniel & Maria, March 28, 1828 

Dec. 15, 1833, 5y 8m 17d. 

Calvin A. Wolcott, d. Oct. llj., 1878, l+5y. 

Walter, son C. A. & F0 H. Wolcott, De April 28, 1862, 

10 mons. 

John Wolcott, 1820-1888 

Nancy Wolcott, 1820-1882 

Son and Daughter of Arden & Sophia Woodruff: 

Columbus, d. Nov. 29, 1825, k mons. 

Emma Lucella, d. Oct. 6, 1828, 11 mons. 

William Wright, d. July 7, 1889, 80y 9m 13d. 

Margaret, wife William, d. Aug. 28, 1876, 66y. 

(Came to Wethersfield in 1835-) 

Charles W„, son Wm. & Margaret, d. Feb. 22, 1877, 

31y 11m lOd. (Lived in Sibley, Iowa and died while 

on a visit to Wethersfield.)


Subject Index to Volume IX 

Attica Census in 1829 62 Necrology - - - 26, 58, 113 

Attica & Sheldon R.R. - - 60 North Gainesville ------ 10 

Bats in the News - - - - 25 North Java Tales ----- 21+-25 

Boyd-Parker Story - -117-118 Patriot's War ------ 20 

Brininstool, E.A. - - - - 23 Pea Pickers Excursion - - 53-57 

Broughton, Madame - - l|l-)4-5 Pearl Creek Memories - - 116-117 

Campbell's Revolving Rake 8l Perry Census, l81|i|_ ----- 23 

Cemeteries Pike 

Blakely, Java - - - 61-62 Churches 

Clark, Castile - - 31-32 Baptist - - - - - - - - 82-87 

Lot Two, Gainesville 63-61). Methodist ------ 90-91,93 

Sharp, Warsaw - - - 29-31 Presbyterian ------ 88-89 

St. Clement's, Weathers- Early Days in ----- - 65-77 

field Springs - -119-127 East Koy 80-81 

Covered Bridges - - - 97-100 East Pike (Lamont) - - - - 77-80 

Eagle Social Library - - 93 Military Affairs ----- 91+-96 

Gainesville Schools - - - - - - - - - 92-93 

Churches ------ 10-12 Queries - - - - - - - - - - 27 

Hardy'3 - -- -- -- -8 Revolutionary Heritage - 33-ij-O, 

Men of Affairs - - - 18-19 101-112 

Pioneer Settlers - - - 1-7 Silver Springs 

Postmasters ------ 20 History of village - - - ll;-17 

Railroads ------- 7-8 Postmasters - -- -- -- - 21 

Supervisors ------ 22 Sherril & Pike Emporium - ij.6-52 

Village History - - 12-11). Snath, fashioning of - - - - 8l 

Gainesville Center - - - - 9 Telephone, Early ------ J4.5 

Genesee & Cattaraugus R.R.60 Thayers, Hanging of ----- 21 

Masonic Tidings ----- 52 Turnip Makes History - - - - 118 

Middlebury Academy - - - 19 Weather of 1816 -------57 

Milestones - 28,59-60, lllj.-ll5

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