A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 1

Author: Minard, John Stearns, 1834-1920; Merrill, Georgia Drew
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Alfred, N.Y., W. A. Fergusson & co.
Number of Pages: 1102


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Allegany County and its People. 11


A Centennial Memorial


HISTORY


OF


ALLEGANY COUNTY,


NEW YORK.


ILLUSTRATED.


JOHN S. MINARD, Esq., County Historian. PRESIDENT OF ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


"I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient time." Psalm LXXVII-5.


ALSO


Histories of the Towns of the County.


MRS. GEORGIA DREW MERRILL, Editor.


W. A. FERGUSSON & CO., ALFRED, N. Y., 1896.


29534


AUG 8 1896


COPYRIGHTED, 1896, BY W. A. FERGUSSON.


UNIVERSITY PRESS, SUN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, ALFRED, N. Y.


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ALLEGANY.


THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME.


Indian tradition attributes this Aboriginal name, which has so strongly fastened itself upon various places and geographical features of America, notably the Alleghany Mountains, Alle- gheny City, Allegheny River (Penn.), Allegany River and Allegany County (N. Y.), to an ancient race of Indians called Talegi, Talligewi, or Allegewi. This nation was a very warlike one and spread itself over the country east of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, but, after long and bloody wars, it was overpowered and driven south by a confederacy of tribes whose descend- ants are the Iroquois and Algonquin nations of to-day. This ancient people is conjectured by some to be the early Appalachian Indians, whom De Soto found in 1539 in Florida and the territory of the Gulf States. Schoolcraft says, "They were numerous, fierce and valorous. They were clothed in skins of wild beasts. They used bows and arrows, clubs and spears. They did not poison their darts. They were temperate, drinking only water. They did not make wars on slight pretences, or for avarice, but to repress attacks, or remedy injustice. They treated their prisoners with humanity and like persons of their own households. They were long-lived, some reaching a hundred years. They worshipped the sun, to which they sang hymns morning and evening." Washington Irving deemed the name Appalachia or Allegania as the fit name for this continent.


Rev. P. J. Wilson of St. Bonaventure's Seminary and College at Allegany, N. Y., kindly sends the following: "The Indian name for Allegany is a compound word, Talegwi-henna or Talegwi-hanna. Let us see first what talegwi means. The chronicles of the Algonquins state that the Lenape migrated eastward from the far west. When they reached the Mississippi they found the country east of it inhabited by a people called Talegi, Talligewi or Alligewi. Therefore, to the Algonquins Talegi or Alligewi meant the country and people east of the Mississippi, the country to which they emigrated from afar. The next part of the compound is Henna or Hanna. It means river. Hence Tallegwe-henna or Tellegwi-hanna, the Indian name for Allegany, means the river of the country of the Talegwi-the river of the country to which they immigrated. At first the name was given to the Ohio. After the Lenape reached it they called it Talegahonah. The Iroquois changed this to Ohio, a word from their own language. But the Ohio's chief tributary still retains the name-Talegwi-hanna, Alligewi- hanna, Alleghany. The Alleghany mountains for a similar reason were called Talega-chukang."


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CHAPTER.' PAGE.


I. ALLEGANY COUNTY. 17


Early Glimpses of Our Territory.


II. EARLY EXPLORATIONS, ETC. 19


Mary Jemison - The Great Water Route from the St. Lawrence to the South - Casconchiagon - Joncaire - Plate of Lead-First Mention of Oil Spring-Falls in the Genesee-Charle- voix' Expedition.


III. OUR PREDECESSORS - THE IRO- QUOIS. 22


The Seneca " Trails "-From Mt. Mor- ris to Olean-From Belvidere to Penn- sylvania-From Caneadea to Houghton, Rushford, Centreville, Freedom and Buffalo - From Caneadea to Allen, Birdsall and . Arkport, the "Canisteo Path"-The Agriculture of the Iro- quois.


IV. THE SENECAS-THEIR ORIGIN. 24


Hawenneyu, the Creator-Seneca Tra- ditions-Great Hill People-Snake Leg- ends-Funeral Rites-Eclipses.


V. INDIAN FEASTS, DANCES, ETC. . 27


The Sugaring Feast - The Planting Feast-Green Corn Dance or Feast- Corn Harvest Feast -Winter Hunting Feast.


VI. LIFE OF THE SENECAS. 31


Diseases and Their Treatment - A Wonderful Medicine - The Medicine Feast -- Old Silverheels' Story-Indian Women -Cooking-Customs and Amuse- ments-Ball Playing-Jellis Clute.


VII. CANEADEA AND OIL SPRING RES- ERVATIONS. . 34


The Western Door of The Long House - Gahneyadeo --- " Open Door " --- John Hudson -- A Thrilling Pioneer Incident -- Gahneesongo- Caneadea-Treaty of Buffalo Creek- Survey by Joseph Jones -Origin of Cuba Oil Spring-Title of The Reservation.


CHAPTER. PAGE.


VIII. EARLY SKIRMISHES AND PION- EERS. 42


IX. EARLY VISITORS - EXTINCTION OF THE INDIAN TITLE. . . 45


Rev. Samuel Kirkland - Robert Mor- ris-Oliver Phelps and The Phelps and Gorham Purchase-Treaty of Big Tree.


X. EARLY SURVEY AND SURVEYORS. 54 Joseph and Benjamin Ellicott-Augus- tus Porter-Moses Van Campen-Elisha Johnson - His Description of The Country-Other Surveyors.


XI. ROBERT MORRIS. 59


XII. BOUNDARIES OF ALLEGANY COUN- TY. . 64


XIII.


THE CHURCH TRACT.


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XIV. THIS CENTURY'S FIRST DECADE. 70 Settlement of Various Towns- First Marriage-First Death-First Road- First Capital Crime-First Sawmill- First Painted Dwelling-Dr. Ebenezer Hyde-The Town of Angelica-Lake Erie Turnpike-Formation of Allegany County - Early Settlers - Transit Bridge-Court House and Jail-First Census.


XV. SECOND DECADE - 1811-1820. 78 First Supervisors-Pioneer Teachers ---- Improvements- Carding Mills - Cold Season-Hard Times of 1817-Genesee River a Public Highway-Other Settle- ments-The First Newspaper -- Second Census.


XVI. THIRD DECADE-1821-1830. 84 More New Settlers - Inns Opened- Schools-Saw and Gristmills-Board of Supervisors-Sheriff's Bill-First Mur- der-First Execution-State Census -- New Towns Erected - Bounties on Wolves- First Justices of the Peace Elected-Governor Clinton Recommends Survey of Genesee Valley Canal - Action of Board of Supervisors on


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Poor House-Canal Route from Roch- ester to Olean Surveyed - Equalized Value of Land in Each Town.


XVII. FOURTH DECADE-1831-1840. 91


Legislative Action on Bridges and Highways-Action of Board of Super- visors-Census Reports-School Mon- eys-County Superintendents of the Poor- Action on Genesee Valley Canal Continued-Many Churches Organized- Disastrous Floods-Angelica Academy -Allegany Mutual Insurance Com- pany-Wind Storm -- Work Commenced on Valley Canal-Erie Railroad-Valu- ation of Real and Personal Property.


XVIII. FIFTH DECADE-1841-1850 98


Good Times - Thirty Towns-Com- mon School System Changed -Alle- gany County Agricultural Society --- Hard Times - Propagation of Silk Worms - First Pupils Sent to State Normal School-More About Wolf and Other Bounties-Vote on State Con- stitutional Convention -- War with Mexico- Public Works Resumed and Better Times Inaugurated.


XIX. SIXTH DECADE-1851-1860. IO2


Genesee Valley Canal Opened to Ora- mel -- Erie Railroad Completed-Many Water and Steam Sawmills Built - Much Lumbering Done -- Cleared Fields and Comfortable Homes-Many Cat- tle and Sheep Raised -- First Republi- can Convention -- Change of County Seat Agitated -Much Butter and Cheese Made-Woolen Factories -- Extensive Census Statistics -- First Republican Nomination - Angelica Regency -- Belmont County Buildings Erected -- Two Jury Districts-Abraham Lincoln Elected -- Secession.


XX. SEVENTH DECADE -- 1861-1870. IIO Civil War - The Action of Allegany County -- Her Patriotic Soldiers-Vol- unteer Bounty Fund -- Bonding for Railroads.


XXI. LATER DEVELOPMENTS -- PRO- GRESS, ETC. I16 . Projected, Narrow Gauge, and other Railroads -Oil Industry-Dairy Busi- ness-Iron Bridges -- New County House - Later Schoolhouses -- Some Distinguished Alleganians- Valuation of Real and Personal Estate from 1871 to 1895-Amount of Taxes-Banks and Banking -- Allegany Politics -- Centennial County Officers.


CHAPTER. PAGE. XXII. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTA-


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Early Hard Roads to Travel-Descrip- tion of The Church Tract-Construc- tion of Early Roads-Bath and Olean Turnpike - Erie Canal - History of Genesee Valley Canal-Inception and Progress of the Erie Railroad-Address of Gen. Micah Brooks-Completion and Celebration of the Erie Railroad-Other Railroads.


XXIII. GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GE- OGRAPHY.


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By Charles Butts.


XXIV. NATURAL HISTORY.


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By Prof. F. S. Place, A. B., B. D.


XXV. OIL AND GAS IN ALLEGANY


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By Lewis H. Thornton.


XXVI. OUR AGRICULTURE.


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By A. W. Litchard, Esq.


XXVII.


DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS


OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


163


By Samuel A. Earley, Esq.


XXVIII. ALFRED UNIVERSITY.


. 173


By Rev. Lewis A. Platts, D. D.


Biographies of Pres. Wm. C. Kenyon and Pres. Jonathan Allen-The Faculty.


XXIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE COUN-


TY NEWSPAPERS.


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193


By Rogers Stillman.


XXX. WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER-


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By Miss Mary E. Bowler.


Allegany County Sunday School As- sociation - Federation of Women's Clubs-Political Equality Clubs.


XXXI. PROMINENT ORGANIZATIONS. 205 Allegany Co. G. A. R. Association and Posts - Woman's Relief Corps - Farmer's Alliance and Industrial Union-Allegany Co. Farmers' Club- Allegany Co. Farmers' Co-operative In- surance Company-Allegany Co. His- torical Society.


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MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND


1 PHYSICIANS. 210


chard Charles, M. D .- William M. Smith, M. D .- John Bowen Collins, M. D .- John H. Saunders, M. D .- Charles M. Crandall, M. D .- Charles W. Saun- ders, M. D .- Gilbert M. Champlain. M. D .- Stephen Maxson, M. D .- Seneca Allen, M. D .- H. H. Nye, M. D .- Hon. W. W. Crandall, M. D .- Sheffield W. Greene, M. D., etc.


XXXIII. COURTS AND LAWYERS. 246


Hon. William G. Angel-Hon. John G. Collins-Hon. Clarence A. Farnum- Hon. S. McArthur Norton-Hon. W. B. Rochester-Hon. Richard P. Marvin -Hon. Martin Grover- Hon. Henry Wells -- Hon. Charles Daniels- Hon. George Barker -- Hon. Wm. H. Hender- son-Hon. Hamilton Ward-Hon. Ed- win W. Hatch-Hon. Alfred Spring- John Baldwin, Esq .- Gen. Alexander S. Diven - Samuel M. Russell, Esq. - Hon. Wilkes Angel-Hon. Marshall B. Champlain-William Pitt Angel, Esq. -Elias E. Harding, Esq .- James M. Curtiss, Esq .- Col. A. J. McNett-Hon. William Folwell Jones -Hon. Edward D. Loveridge-Edgar W. Chamberlain, Esq .- Hon. Henry M. Teller-Willard Teller, Esq -Hon. David P. Richard- son-Gen. Rufus Scott-Hon. Seymour Dexter-Capt. George H. Blackman- Frank Sullivan Smith - Hon. Oscar Fuller-Church & Church-Hon. Fred A. Robbins, and others.


XXXIV. CIVIL LIST. 293


Members of Congress-State Senators Members of Assembly -- County Clerks -- Sheriffs -County Treasurers.


XXXV. ALLEGANY'S CENTENNIAL


CELEBRATION. 296


At Wellsville, N. Y., June 26 and 27, 1895.


TOWNS OF THE MORRIS RESERVE.


XXXVI. WELLSVILLE. 325


By Lewis H. Thornton.


Description-Advent of the White Man -- Roger's Survey of 1826, etc .-- Early Prices- First Tavern -- First School- house, etc.


XXXVII. WELLSVILLE VILLAGE. . 346 Schools -- Churches -- Free Public Li- brary, etc.


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XXXVIII. WELLSVILLE POSTAL HIS- TORY -- MANUFACTURES -- SOCIETIES, ETC. . . 369 Something About Some of the People -- Biographical Sketches.


XXXIX. ANGELICA. . 405


By John S. Minard, Esq.


Early History -- Churches -- Angelica Academy -- Wilson Academy.


XL. THE VILLAGE OF ANGELICA. . 418 The D'Autremonts-Civil War-Angel- ica Lodge-Banking- Business Inter- ests, etc .- Something About Some of the People-Biographical Sketches.


XLI. AMITY. 443


By John S. Minard, Esq.


The Town of Amity-Old Stone Grist- mill, Belmont-Mills-Manufacturing --- The County Seat-Cemetery-Banks- Business Interests-The Samuel Van Campen Family.


XLII (1). CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES. . 456 Churches-Belmont Union Free School and Academy-Belmont Literary and Historical Society - Societies - Some- thing of Some of the People-Biograph- ical Sketches.


XLII (2). SCIO. . . 479


Description - Pioneers - Time-Worn Documents - Mills -- Village - Cheese Factories-Churches-G. A. R. Post, etc .- Some of Scio's People-Biograph- ical Sketches.


XLIII. ALLEN. 498 .


By John S. Minard, Esq.


First and other settlers - Religion --- Cheese Factories-Postoffices- About Some of the People.


XLIV. BIRDSALL. .


507


By Joseph K. Weaver.


Pioneers - Manufactures - Religious Worship-Soldiers.


XLV. WEST ALMOND. . 51I


By George A. Morton.


General Description-Early Settlers- Mills and Factories-Churches-Sol- diers-Later Settlers.


XLVI. GRANGER. 516


By John S. Minard, Esq.


Name-Short Tract-First Settlers- School-meeting - Schoolhouse-" Sol- diers' Monument "-Business Interests -From the Town Records -- Civil War


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-Religion - Societies- Chronology of Some Citizens.


XLVII. WARD. . · 529


By Eldyn Reynolds, Esq.


Description-First and Other Settlers --- Pioneer Life - Manufacturing, etc. - Churches-Dairy Interests-Tornado. XLVIII. GROVE. 536 ·


Incorporation, Name, etc .- Early Set- tlers-Soldiers --- Churches-Village of Swains - Its Business-" The Ossian Giant "-Stockbreeding-Farmers, etc. XLIX. WILLING. 540


By O. T. Perkins, Esq. .


Topography - Shongo -- Hallsport Stanard -- Stone Dam -- Mapes -- Set- tlers and Settlements-Church-G. A. R. Post -- Societies -- Cyclone -- Some Personal Chronologies.


L. ALMA. 548 ·


Changes of Title to the Soil, etc-Al- lentown High School- Societies-G. A. R. Post-Some of the Townsmen -- Biographical Sketch.


Towns of the Phelps and Gorham Pur- chase.


LI. ALMOND. 559


By D. A. Stebbins, Esq.


History of the Settlement-Cheese Fac- tories -- Almond Village -- Manufactur- ing Interests -- Some Early and Other Settlers.


LII. ANDOVER. . 579


By T. A. Burdick.


Settlers - Churches-Oil and Gas - Cheese Factories-Andover Village -- Union Graded School -- Bank-The Lo- cal Press-Mills-Societies, etc .- Early and Later Settlers.


LIII. INDEPENDENCE 597


By S. S. White, Esq.


History - Whitesville Village - Manu- factories - Societies - Spring Mills - Green's Corners - Fulmer's Valley - Early Settlers-Churches-Soldiers, etc. -Something About Some of the Peo- ple-Biographical Sketch.


LIV. BURNS.


By W. H. Barnum, Esq. . 615


Name-First Settlement - Canaseraga -Fires-Local Press-Creamery Com- pany - Water Works - F. & A. M. Lodge-Churches -- Educational -- Burns


CHAPTER. PAGE. Village - Burns Station - Garwoods - War Veterans-" The Big Elm," etc .- Personals.


LV. ALFRED.


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By Silas C. Burdick, Esq.


Settlement and Settlers-Reminiscences by Ethan Lanphear-Developments and Products-Cheese Factories-Roll of Honor.


LVI.


637


Alfred Churches - Schools- Temper- ance - Villages-Business Interests- Personal Chronology.


Towns of the Holland Purchase.


LVII. CANEADEA. 657


By John S. Minard, Esq.


History-Old Council House --- The Ger- mans-Religion - Houghton Seminary -Societies-Of Caneadea Citizens.


LVIII, BELFAST. 677


By John S. Minard, Esq.


Early Settlers - " Bull Froggers " - Wind Storm- Tanneries-Cheese Fac- tories - The Village-Genesee Valley Seminary-Churches -- Societies-Of the Townsmen.


LIX. FRIENDSHIP. 699


By L. C. Aldrich, Esq.


Name-Settlement and Settlers-Or- ganization - Development - Civil War -Roll of Honor-Schools.


LX. FRIENDSHIP, Continued. 708


Friendship Village - Manufactures - Friendship Academy-Union School- Baxter University of Music-Fire De- partment-Banks-Press - Societies - Cemeteries - Churches - About Some of the People-Biographical Sketehes. HUME. 736


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By John S. Minard, Esq.


Boundaries-Description-Mills Mills- Early Settlers-Pioneering on the Gore -Hume Village -- Wiscoy -- Fillmore Vil- lage -- First Canal Boats -- " Genesee Valley Express " -- The Caneadea Indi- ans-Early Settlers on the Reservation -- The Village Tract-A Flood Incident -- Brook's Gore, or Dutch Hill -- The Irish Pioneers -- Early Roads -- Church- es -- Soldier Dead-Banking and Socie- ties, etc .- Of Hume's Townsmen.


LXII. CENTREVILLE. . 780 By John S. Minard, Esq.


History -- Churches -- Societies-Some Residents.


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LXIII. RUSHFORD. 789


By John S. Minard, Esq.


Settlers -- Mills -- Pine Apple Cheese and Other Cheese-Manufactories - Rush- ford Academy and Union School-Fire and Flood-East Rushford-Railroad -Cemeteries-The Press -- Banking- Vickery's Music School -- Traders -- Fire Department -- Semi-Centennial -- Sol- diers-Societies -Churches -- Of Rush- ford's Townsmen.


LXIV. CUBA. 813


By John S. Minard, Esq.


History -- North Cuba-Cheese Market and Factories-The World's Largest Milk Record-Cuba Temperance Camp Meeting-Churches, etc.


LXV. CUBA, Continued. 825


Cuba Village-Cuba Union School and Academy-Water Works -- Cuba Fair Association -- Cemetery-Banks -- Board of Trade -- Business Enterprises -- Soci- eties -- Of Cuba's Citizens -- Biographi- cal Sketch.


LXVI. WIRT. 853


By S. L. Stanton, Esq.


Settlement -- Richburg -- An Oil Town -- Soldier Dead -- Cheese Factories -- Relig- ious -- Societies -- Something of Some Citizens -- Biographical Sketch.


CHAPTER. PAGE.


LXVII. NEW HUDSON. 868


By Hon. H. H. Wakely.


First Settlers -- Mills and Lumbering -- Religion -- Early Times and Homes -- Times 70 Years Ago -- Soldiers-Of the Town's People.


LXVIII. GENESEE. 878


By Miss Mary A. Lackey.


Description -- Little Genesee-Ceres -- First Settlements --- Early Events and Industries -- Early Experiences -- Mills and Lumbering - Oil in Genesee -- Churches -- Physicians -- Military List, etc .-- Something of the People- - Bio- graphical Sketch.


LXIX. BOLIVAR. .


902


Topography - - Early Settlers -- Early Mills and Manufactures -South Bolivar -- Soldier Dead -- Railroads -- Cemetery -- Bolivar Village-A Bit of Bolivar's His- tory- Business Interests -Banks-Fire Companies - Physicians -Attorneys --- Societies-Churches-Schools-Of Bol- ivar's People.


LXX. CLARKSVILLE. ·


931


By Victor Hammond.


Of the Town-Some of the Pioneers- Industries -- Schools-Societies - G. A. R .- Business Interests-Oil Producers -- Oil and Gas - Railroads -- Dairying and Dairymen-Merchants-Soldiers of the Civil War -- Some of the Residents.


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BIOGRAPHIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.


Biographies and Illustrations.


PAGE.


Guy Johnson Map, 1771,


Frontispiece


Robert Morris,


59


Map of Proprietary Grants,


65


Map of Allegany County, 1806,


67


Map of Allegany County, 1810,


77


Map of Allegany County, 1820,


83


Map of Allegany County, 1830,


89


Map of Allegany County, 1840,


93


Map of Allegany County, 1850,


103


Map of Allegany County, 1860,


109


Samuel A. Earley,


Portrait


162


Samuel A. Earley,


Biography


404a


Memorial Hall, Alfred University,


Illustration


175


The Steinheim, Alfred University,


Illustration


180


President William Colgrove Kenyon, .


Portrait


182


President Jonathan Allen, Ph. D., D. D., LL.D., .


Portrait


184


Faculty of Alfred University, 1895-96,


187


Mrs. H. M. Barker,


Portrait


202


Mrs. B. C. Rude,


Portrait


202


Mrs. E. J. Potter,


Portrait


202


Mrs. M. L. Willard,


Portrait


202


Mrs. N. S. Bradley,


Portrait


202


Richard Charles, M. D.,


217


William M. Smith, M. D.,


219


John Bowen Collins. M. D.,


221


John Hanford Saunders, M. D.,


225


Hon. Charles M. Crandall, M. D.,


225


Charles W. Saunders, M. D.,


226


Gilbert B. Champlain, M. D.,


231


Stephen Maxson, M. D.,


231


Seneca Allen, M. D.,


232


John C. Young, M. D.,


232


Jonas Wellman, M. D., .


234


H. H. Lyman, M. D.,


236


Anthony Barney, M. D.,


606


Horace H. Nye, M. D.,


242


Hon. W. W. Crandall, M. D.,


242


Sheffield W. Greene, M. D.,


244


Hon. William G. Angel,


250


Hon. Harlan J. Swift,


849


Hon. Clarence A. Farnum,


251


Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton,


Portrait


252


Hon. William B. Rochester,


255


Hon. Richard P. Marvin,


256


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BIOGRAPHIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.


Hon. Martin Grover,


Portrait


258


Hon, Martin Grover,


Biography 259


Hon. Charles Daniels,


260


Hon. George Barker,


261


Hon. Hamilton Ward,


262


Hon. Edward W. Hatch,


263


Gen. Alexander S. Diven,


272


Hon. Wilkes Angel,


Portrait


273


Col. A. J. McNett,


275


Hon. William Folwell Jones,


Portrait


276


Hon. Edward D. Loveridge,


277


Hon. Henry M. Teller,


278


Hon. David P. Richardson,


279


Gen. Rufus Scott, .


Portrait


281


Hon. Seymour Dexter, .


282


Capt. George H. Blackman,


284


Frank Sullivan Smith, Esq.,


285


Hon. Asahel N. Cole,


Portrait


384


Hon. Edward Judson Farnum,


395


Enos W. Barnes,


Portrait


396


Orville P. Taylor,


Portrait


398


The McEwen Brothers,


.


400


John McEwen,


Portrait


400


William Duke,


Portrait


403


A. J. Applebee,


Portrait


494c


D. C. Ackerman,


Portrait


404e


The d'Autremonts,


420


Judge Philip Church,


430


Maj. Moses Van Campen,


437


Vial Thomas.


Portrait


440


Peter S. Norris,


442


Samuel Van Campen,


452


Belmont Free Public Library,


Illustration


462


Alvan Earle Parker,


Portrait


473


Isaac Willets,


Portrait


475


Leonard Frost Willets,


476


Hon. Wolcott Hatch,


478


Archibald Morris, M. D.,


478a


George A. Green,


478c


Maj. Peter Keenan,


490


Benjamin M. Vincent,


Portrait


495


Capt. John Emory Middaugh,


Portrait


496


William Wilson,


506


Col. Thomas J. Thorp,


520


Riley Allen, .


Portrait


555


Daniel Dexter,


Portrait


612


Phineas A. Burdick,


647


Hon. Clark Crandall,


648


Rev. Darwin E. Maxson, A. M., D. D.,


651


David Stillman,


652


273


Hon. Marshall B. Champlain,


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BIOGRAPHIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.


Major Alanson Burr,


66 1


Stephen Wilson,


698


Prof. Jeremiah Hatch,


712


Prof. James Baxter,


721


Hon. Asher Wetmore Miner,




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