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Irvine W. Near
A HISTORY
OF
Steuben County, New York
AND ITS PEOPLE
BY IRVIN W. NEAR
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. I
CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING CO. 1161
FOREWORD
The query-why another history of Steuben county ?
The answer is, this is not only a history of Steuben county, but of the Painted Post country, a locality well known to the nomadic people who inhabited the central portion of North America long before the advent of the sea rovers of Europe. The country drained by the tributaries and affluents of the northwest branch of the Sus- quehanna river, now known as the Chemung river, originating at the summits and on the slopes of the continental vertebra from the same springs and sources other streams find exits in the tropics of the Mexican gulf, or in the Gulf of St. Lawrence under the cold and inhospitable banks of Labrador; those of the Painted Post country merge into the long reaches of Chesapeake bay, bordered by inviting fruitful shores. From the time that Jacques Cartier took possession of this region, setting aside Popish bulls, for and in the name of the King of France, down to the close of the American War for In- dependence, it was known to and traversed by bands of Indians, hunting and hostile in intent, and the black robed priest and the ubiquitous voyageur. Avenging armies had invaded, laid waste and destroyed the homes of its murderous inhabitants.
It was given to Massachusetts by royal charter, released to New York by Massachusetts, conveyed by the last named state to Phelps and Gorham, and then successively to Robert Morris and Sir William Pulteney and his associates. From this territory was formed the original county of Steuben, from which have been taken parts of five adjoining counties, including nearly a score of towns. Other and prior histories of this county have made only scant and brief refer- ence to these demolitions, invasions and partitions. This is the rea- son why no separate town history is attempted here; under the cir- cumstances it is impracticable.
As presented, it has been a difficult and perhaps not a successful task, because of the great extent of the field from which I have at- tempted to glean. I have voraciously perused all of the printed matters relating to or in any way illuminating the quest, and some of the choicest incidents have been found in the most out-of-the-way and unexpected places-seared and yellow letters, written long ago by the participants in the events narrated; memoranda, diaries and account books, written in the dim past by hands long since returned to the original element ; old wills, written by testators who have un- availingly tried to reach out of their graves to control their accumu- lations; records of trials in the courts, resulting in joys, sorrows and life-enduring emotions; old sermons and addresses arousing alike the believer and the skeptic ; personal recitals and experiences ; chim-
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ney-corner legends and old-wives' tales-all tinged with ambiguity and uncertainty, yet all going to make history.
Stripped of this, what of William Tell, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln? It is the personal equation, the individual remi- niscence, the good story, that gives zest and flavor to otherwise dreary and sleepy recitals, frequently a paying lead to a rich and valuable mine of historical accuracy.
I am under obligations for valuable aid to Mrs. Ruth Griswold Pealer, genealogist, American Society, Washington, D. C .; Mrs. Har- riet Bostwick Schuyler, Hornell; Mrs. Mary Louise McDowell Crane, Wayne; Mrs. Jennie Jones, Hornell ; Mrs. A. C. Haight, Fremont ; Mrs. Sarah Ostrander Mathews and Mrs. Mary Fay, Bath; Mrs. Ervilla Goodrich Tuttle, Hornell ; Mrs. Adelaide F. B. Baldwin, Ad- dison; Miss Nora Hull and Mrs. William W. Averill, Bath; Miss Mary S. Jones, Danville, Illinois; Mr. Safford M. Thacher, Kan- sas ; Mr. Harry H. Pratt, Corning; Hon. Edwin S. Underhill, James McCall, Esq., and Mr. H. O. Elkins, Bath; Fred J. Pierce and Wil- liam H. Greenhow, Hornell; Edwin H. Hough, Canisteo; Mr. A. Ellas McCall, James A. Conroy, Prof. Z. L. Parker and Clarence S. Willis, Esq., Bath; George Johnson, Hornell; Mr. Edward For- rester, Los Angeles, California; Hon. Gordon M. Patchin, Wayland ; Mr. Frank Kingsbury, Corning; Mr. Charles B. Windsor, Hornell; Hon. George R. Sutherland, city of New York; Mr. Mark Bennett, Chicago, Illinois ; Mr. L. K. Robinson, Fremont; John S. Minard, Esq., Cuba, New York; Floyd G. Greene, Esq., Hornell; Silas Kel- logg, Esq., Greenwood, New York; L. H. Brown, Hammondsport ; James W. Burnham, Hornell.
If my work meets with the approval of the reader I shall be grateful.
If you don't like it, do better. Beat the ample field; try what the open and what the covert yields. The season is always open.
Hornell, New York, June 1, 1911.
IRVIN W. NEAR. :
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.
PART OF CONTINENTAL BACKBONE-THE UPLAND REGION-STREAMS REDUCED IN VOLUME-THE TIOGA RIVER-CHEMUNG AND CO- HOCTON RIVERS-THE CANISTEO, A GREAT WATERWAY-VEN- TURESOME ARK BOATS-BEAUTIFUL AND ROMANTIC LAKES- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS-SOIL OF THE COUNTY-POOR COAL MINING PROSPECTS-MARKS OF AN INLAND SEA-BOULDER DE- POSITS AND DRIFT ROCK-NO UNIFORMITY OF DRIFT-HISTORIC AND ACTIVE GEOLOGY 1
CHAPTER II. FIRST OCCUPANCY.
FRENCH OCCUPANCY-UNDER ENGLISH SOVEREIGNTY-KEN-IS-TIO DESTROYED-ANDREW MONTOUR-IN GREAT HIGHWAY OF TRAVEL-SENECA TRADITIONS-THE MOHAWK. GRANT- - CON- NECTICUT IN WYOMING VALLEY-THE WYOMING MASSACRE- OTHER ATROCITIES-"DOOR KEEPERS" FOR THE SIX NATIONS- SENECAS' DOMESTIC LIFE-THE SENECA WOMAN'S RIGHTS- TRADITIONAL ORIGIN OF SENECAS. THE FABLED SERPENT OF BARE HILL-WYOMING AVENGED AT. NEWTON-RAID CON- TINUED INTO SENECA-LAND -- CAMPAIGN "UP THE CHEMUNG" -ENGAGEMENT AT BLOODY RUN-DEATH OF ANDREW MON- TOUR-FINALE OF THE SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN-FAR-REACHING RESULTS 14
CHAPTER III. NATION RECOGNIZED AND ESTABLISHED.
AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY-NEW YORK AND THE SIX NATIONS COUNCIL-CLASH BETWEEN STATE AND NATION-COUNCIL AT FORT HERKIMER-LAND COMPANIES COMPLICATE MATTERS- ATTEMPT TO DISMEMBER STATE-FORT SCHUYLER TREATY- THE ALBANY INDIAN COUNCIL-FIRST ADVOCATE FOR AMERI- CAN WOMEN-THE INDIANS' PERPLEXITY-THE RED MAN'S
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CHAPTER IV. LAND TITLES IN STEUBEN COUNTY.
ENGLISH CHARTERS AND GRANTS-MASSACHUSETTS-NEW YORK CONVENTION-PHELPS AND GORHAM PURCHASE-PATRIARCH OF THE GENESEE COUNTRY-OLD AND NEW PREEMPTION LINES -FIRST TOWNSHIPS AND RANGES-FIRST LAND SALES-MR. PHELPS AND HIS SAD END-NATHANIEL GORHAM-"PUR- CHASE" SOLD TO ROBERT MORRIS ET AL .- COMPLICATIONS OF LAND TITLES-MORRIS DIES IN DEBTORS' PRISON-TITLE TO THE PULTENEY ESTATE 69
CHAPTER V. OLD ONTARIO COUNTY. -
STEUBEN COUNTY ; FIRST TRADER-LAND TITLES IN MILITARY TRACT-COMFORT TYLER, THE PIONEER-THE COLONY OF "FRIENDS"-FIRST SETTLEMENT OF GENESEE COUNTRY-COL. CHARLES WILLIAMSON-FOUNDING OF BATH-WILLIAMSON LAKE AND ROAD-RETIRES AS ENGLISH AGENT-WILLIAMSON'S LAST YEARS-ORIGIN OF COLORED POPULATION-THE CHARM- ING AND STERLING "MADAM"-STEUBEN AS ONTARIO COUNTY- THE PICKERING TREATY-TWO TOWNS EMBRACED THE COUN- TY-A NEW COUNTY REQUIRED 84
CHAPTER VI. EVOLUTION OF STEUBEN COUNTY.
DISTRICT OF YORKSHIRE-MONTGOMERY AND ONTARIO COUNTIES- A PIONEER'S LIFE ROMANCE-TWO RHODE ISLAND COUSINS- COLONEL ARTHUR H. ERWIN-THE OLD CANISTEO FLATS- "ASSOCIATES" DIVIDE TOWNSHIPS-WHAT Is Now HORNELL CITY-COLONEL ELEAZER LINDSLEY-CAUSES OF PHELPS- MORRIS RUIN -- ST. CLAIR AND WAYNE CAMPAIGNS-EFFECTS OF WAYNE'S VICTORY-POPULATION IN 1790-FUTILE TREATY (F PAINTED POST-FIRST LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE-RI- VALRY BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH TOWNS-STEUBEN COUN- TY CREATED-THE COUNTY'S NAMESAKE 108
CHAPTER VII. SLICES FROM STEUBEN COUNTY.
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TOWN SETTLED-THE GODLY ELDER GRAY-CAPTAIN "DAN" AND DANSVILLE-LOSSES OF COUNTY TERRITORY-TOWN OF BARRINGTON-READING EVENTS AND PEOPLE-BARTLES AND HIS ARKS-SETTLEMENT OF TYRONE. 147
CHAPTER VIII. COURTS AND COURT HOUSES.
BATH AS THE SHIRE TOWN-THE SIX ORIGINAL TOWNS-COUNTY DIVIDED INTO TWO JURY DISTRICTS-HORNELLSVILLE PROTESTS -THREE JURY DISTRICTS-COURT TERMS-THIRD COURT HOUSE AT HORNELLSVILLE. 162
CHAPTER IX. COURTS AND LAWYERS.
DUTCH AND ENGLISH COURTS-UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS- THE COUNTY'S FIRST COURT OF RECORDS-UNEXPECTED, SUR- PRISING AND POPULAR-SURROGATES AND COUNTY JUDGES- PAST AND PRESENT PRACTITIONERS 172
CHAPTER X. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
CALLS UPON THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-FIRST PHYSICIANS IN STEU- BEN-EDUCATING THE COUNTRY DOCTOR-CAME PREVIOUS TO 1830-COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETIES-REFORMS DEMANDED- HEROES IN THE WAR-REFORM LEGISLATION SUGGESTED. . 183
CHAPTER XI. PIONEER RELIGIOUS FORCES.
PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST AND BAPTIST CHURCHES-CATHOLIC IN- STITUTIONS-DEBT TO EARLY MISSIONARIES 192
CHAPTER XII. THE PRESS OF STEUBEN.
FIRST NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTY-ANTHONY L. UNDERHILL-
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POMEROY-EDWIN HOUGH AND "HORNELLSVILLE TRIBUNE" -- JOHN GREENHOW AND WILLIAM H. GREENHOW-"NATIONAL AMERICAN"-THE "VIDETTE", AND "TIMES"-RUSSELL M. TUT- TLE-EPHEMERAL PUBLICATIONS-ADDISON NEWSPAPERS-CAN- ISTEO JOURNALS-THE COHOCTON PRESS-OTHER NEWSPAPERS OF THE COUNTY-GREATEST CIVILIZING AGENT. 196
CHAPTER XIII. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCE.
EXPLANATION OF PHELPS AND GORHAM PURCHASE-FIRST PUBLIC HIGHWAY-INCIDENTS OF THE ROAD BUILDING-PRODUCTS OF THE PAINTED POST COUNTRY-RIVER NAVIGATION ASSURED- LUMBER RAFTS OF OLD-EARLY LUMBER POINTS-RAFTS ABAN- DONED FOR ARKS-ARKS STIMULATE COMMERCE-BOOM IN PAINTED POST COUNTRY-THE CANAL ERA-THE ERA OF RAILROADS 228
CHAPTER XIV. BANKING AND BANKS.
BANKING LEGISLATION-JOHN MAGEE (STEUBEN COUNTY BANK)- BATH BANKS-THE BANKS OF CORNING-BANKS AND BANKERS OF HORNELLSVILLE-OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTY-GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 255
CHAPTER XV. MANUFACTURERS AND PRODUCTS.
THE HAND MILL AND LOOM-PRIMITIVE ARTISANS-INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION-CHANGES FOR THE BETTER-THE GLASS INDUSTRY-GRAPE CULTURE AND WINE-MAKING-AERIAL NAVIGATION-OBJECT LESSON TAUGHT 289
CHAPTER XVI. THE IMPERIAL OCCUPATION.
RISE OF AGRICULTURE-STEUBEN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY- THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY-EDUCATION BY GRANGE AND COLLEGE-HORNELLSVILLE FAIRS-THE PASSING OF THE "FAST HORSE"-CATTLE AND DAIRY PRODUCTS-SHEEP, HOGS, EGGS,
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POULTRY, ETC .- POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES-VINE- YARDS OF THE COUNTY-BUCKWHEAT-FARMINO MOST SUB- STANTIAL BASIS OF PROSPERITY 297
CHAPTER XVII. SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY ACADEMIES.
SCHOOL ACTS OF 1793, 1812, 1843, 1849, 1910-HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES-HORNELLSVILLE SCHOOLS-ACADEMIES AT ADDI- SON, HOWARD, ETC .- HAMMONDSPORT AND ROGERSVILLE -. ROUNDSVILLE WILDMAN-FRANKLIN ACADEMY, PRATTSBURG WHITMAN AND SPAULDING-CANISTEO ACADEMY. 324
CHAPTER XVIII. MILITARY HISTORY.
STEUBEN COUNTY IN THE EARLY WARS-YOUNG MEN, THE SONS OF LIBERTY-REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS-SOLDIERS OF THREE WARS 351
CHAPTER XIX. MILITARY HISTORY CONTINUED.
STEUBEN'S NATIONAL MILITIA-THE COUNTY'S FIRST REGIMENT- PARTICIPATION IN THE MEXICAN WAR-CANACADEA RIFLES- COMPANIES C AND D, SIXTEENTH REGIMENT -- BATTERY E, FIRST NEW YORK ARTILLERY-THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS-EIGHTY-SIXTH NEW YORK VOL- UNTEERS (STEUBEN RANGERS) -THIRD CORPS AT CHAN- CELLORSVILLE-HEAVIEST LOSS OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS-ONE HUN- DRED AND FORTY-FIRST-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST- ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINTII-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINTH-THE JOHNSON GREYS-THE FORTY-SEVENTH SEPARATE COMPANY, NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD-THREE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE 366
CHAPTER XX. OFFICERS OF THE LINE.
GENERAL GEORGE MCCLURE-COLONEL JOHN KENNEDY-GENERAL WILLIAM W. AVERILL-GENERAL WILLIAM IRVINE-GENERAL
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COLONEL JOHN W. DININNY-GENERAL NEROM M. CRANE GENERAL ABEL D. STREIGHT-CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BENNITT- COLONEL WILLIAM RUMSEY-COLONEL WILLIAM W. HAYT- COLONEL WILLIAM K. LOGIE-COLONEL GABRIEL T. HARROWER -COLONEL ALLEN N. SILI-MAJOR EDWARD P. GRAVES- COLONELS WILLIAM F. AND CHARLES J. FOX-LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANKLIN B. DOTY-MAJOR MARTIN V. DOTY- MAJOR LUZERNE TODD-MAJOR JOHN BARTON-MAJOR CHARLES CIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 466
CHAPTER XXI. BENEVOLENT AND SOCIAL.
HOMES FOR THE UNFORTUNATE-HOSPITALS-MASONIC HISTORY --- PAINTED POST LODGE NO. 203-OTHER LODGES-STEUBEN SO- STRAWN . 446
CHAPTER XXII. OLD HOMES AND MEMORIES.
THE CHRISTOPHER HURLBUT HOME, ARKPORT-MCBURNEY HOUSE, CANISTEO-WHEELER HOMESTEAD, KANONA-GRISWOLD HOME, DANSVILLE-HALLET HOME, FOUNDED BY THE FATHER OF THE "UNION PACIFIC"-THE "MILL AT THE NARROWS," HOWARD -OTHER HOMES AND MEMORIES-A NOVEL "LOCK-UP"- RETROSPECT 481
INDEX
Academies, 330. Acker, Milo M., 620. Adair, Floyd E., 689.
Addison, 241. Addison Academy, 337. Addison Bank, 286.
Pennsyl-
Addison and Northern vania Railroad Company, 252. Adlum, John, 76. Adsit, Charles, 280.
Adsit, Martin, 280, 282.
Aerial Navigation, 295.
Agriculture-Rise of, 298; Steuben
County Agricultural Society, 299; Genesee and Williamsburg fairs, 300; Patrons of Husbandry, 309; education by grange and college, 314; Hornellsville fairs, 316; cat- tle and dairy products, 317; sheep, hogs, eggs and poultry. 318; potatoes and other vegeta- bles, 319; vineyards of the county, 321; buckwheat, 321; farming, most substantial basis of prosperity, 322. Alden, Philo L., 714. Aldrich, Lorin B., 855. Alexander, Martha, 336.
Alfred (town), 149.
Alfred University, 150.
Allen, Harry L., 637. Allen, Oliver, 498. Alley, Samuel M., 401. Allison, Mortimer, 286.
Almond (town), 147.
Andover (town), 150:
Andrews, Neil W., 738. Angle. William B., 384, 386.
Argue, Henry A., 740.
Argus, Mrs. Martin, 926. Ark boats, 4, 158, 159, 242. Arkport, 3. Armstrong, Nathan, 360.
Attempt to dismember state, 59. Aulls, Frank R., 862.
Averell, Kezia H., 574.
Averell, William W., 571.
Averill, William W .. 382, 448. Avey. Charles A., 617.
Babcock, D. D., 282. Babcock, Francis G., 282, 283. Babcock, Francis G., Jr., 419, 427. 428, 429, 432, 434. Babcock. W. W .. 603.
Bacon, Elijah, 357. Badger, Hiram P., 842. Baggerly, Edgar, 732. Bailey, Adsit, 761. Bailey, Benajah P., 383, 385.
Baker, Charles D., 695. Baker, Charles Duane, 578.
Baker, Edward P., 695. Baker, Jeremiah, 495.
Balcom, H. A., 332. Balcom, Samuel B., 918.
Baldwin, Henry, 222, 382.
Baldwin, Horace D., 902.
Baldwin, James, 286.
Baldwin, Rufus C., 780.
Baldwin, William H., 218.
Banks, 255-88. Bank of Avoca, 287.
Bank of Bath, 265.
Bank of Cayuga Lake, 287.
Bank of Corning, 268.
Bank of Hammondsport, 287.
Bank of Hornellsville, 275, 282.
Bank of Steuben, 285.
Barber, Jerome J., 747.
Barbour, F. E., 565.
Bardeen, Henry R., 869.
Bare Hill legend, 34.
Barnes, Enos W., 208.
Barnesby, Norman, 187.
Barney, Delwin C., 178.
Barrington (town), 156.
Bartholomew, Elizabeth, 336. Bartholomew, Fred. E., 555.
Bartles, Frederick, 156, 158, 159.
Barton, Albert W., 659.
Barton, Benjamin, 57.
Barton, John, 464.
Bates, W. R., 223.
Bath, 95, 162, 166, 239.
"Bath' Gazette and Genesee Adver- tiser," 196.
Bath historic pageant, 499.
"Bath Plaindealer," 209. Bath and Hammondsport Railroad, 252. Battery E, New York Artillery, 381.
Baxter, Orin B., 338. Beard, C. E., 797. Beardsley, William, 343.
Beecher, Fary B., 899.
Beecher, James C., 401.
Beekman. Abram, 267.
Bench and Bar (see Courts and Lawyers).
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Benner, Harry M., 725.
Campbell, Frank, 267, 877.
Bennett, Solomon, 91, 117-20.
Campbell, Robert, 307.
Bennett, Benjamin, 177.
Campbell, R., Jr., 205.
Bennett, Lawrence B., 840.
Campbell, Wilson R., 268.
Bennett, Thomas, 372.
Canacadea Rifles, 373, 374.
Bennitt, Benjamin, 453-61.
Canal boats, 247.
Bennitt, Melinda W., 700.
Canals, 246. Canandaigua Lake legend, 34.
Bertron, Frank M., 633.
Canandaigua (town), 132.
Bixby, Sampson, 352.
Canaseraga creek, 154.
Bliss, Delos, 830.
Canisteo, 4. Canisteo (town), 163.
Blossburg and Corning Company, 250.
Railroad
Canisteo Academy, 349.
Boldman, John, 360.
Bostwick, Hiram W., 268.
Boughton, Enos, 106.
Bowes, Henry W., 909.
Boyd, Sterling T., 870.
Bradley, Abraham, 175.
Bradley, Fred E., 578.
Bradley, George B., 115, 272, 505.
Brant, Joseph, 23. 41, 66.
Carroll, Claud D., 685.
Bridges, Elam, 331.
Brigham, Johnson, 219.
Bronson, Francis E., 280.
Brown, Daniel E., 474.
Brown, Elisha, 118.
Brown, Frank B., 213.
Brown, Joseph F., 726.
Brown, Llewellyn H., 225.
Brownson, Harry C., 880.
Brundage, Monroe, 382, 383.
Brundage, William J., 617.
Bryan, Edward W., 694.
Bryant. Prince, 91.
Buck, Thomas, 352.
Buckwheat, 321.
Bunnell, A. H., 219.
Burch, Irving G., 634.
Burdge, Dwight, 479.
Burdick Brothers, 218.
Churches, 192.
Citizens National Bank, 284.
Burns (village), 152.
Burr, Allen L .. 410, 411.
Clark, John S., 46.
Burrell. Allen M., 866.
Clark, M. C., 377, 381.
Clark, Nancy S., 872.
Clark, William H., 699.
Clark, William W., 170, 175, 696.
Clauharty, Charles W., 402.
Clement, Rufus R., 791.
Clinton. George, 54-63, 126. Cloth manufacturers, 291.
Cadogan. Charles, 284, 595. Calkins, Frederick, 76. Cameron, 240
Cameron, Charles, 96.
Cameron, John B. R .. 771.
Cameron, Nellie C., 772.
Camfield. Henry F., 759. Campbell (town), 91.
Coal, 8. Coburn, Luther F., 439.
"Cohocton Herald," 224. "Cohocton Index," 225. "Cohocton Journal," 224. Cohocton river, 3.
"Cohocton Valley Times," 224.
Caton, Richard, 497.
Cattle, 317.
Caulkings, Frank, 649.
Cayugas. 54, 65.
Cereals, 319.
Chamberlain, Jesse M., 922.
Chamberlain, William H., 922.
Chapin, Barna J., 383, 385, 386.
Chapin, Isaac I., 136.
Chapin, Israel, 104, 106.
Charles, William S., 415, 432, 437, 438, 439, 440, 444.
Chemung canal, 246, 249 ..
Chemung river, 3.
Cheney, Warren J., 807.
Christian, Charles H., 589.
Church, John B., 125.
Burdick, O. R., 218.
Burget, Lambert, 360.
Civil war, 376. Clark. John, 106.
Burrell. Almon W., 170. 957.
Burrows, Daniel E., 827.
Bustin, James M., 840.
Butler. Allin, 360.
Butler, John, 23, 24. 65.
Carr, Charles A., 968.
Bricks, Peter, 871.
Case, Abljah B., 186.
Caton (town), 497.
Bloody run, 47, 48.
Canisteo Castle, 119, 132.
"Canisteo Chronicle," 224.
Canisteo flats, 117-21.
Canisteo river, 3. "Canisteo Tidings," 224. "Canisteo Times," 223. "Canisteo Valley Times," 218. Carpenter, Edwin J., 653.
Biggar, Robert, 481.
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"Cohocton Valley Times-Index," 225. Colby, Newton T., 396, 398. Cole, Chester G., 737. Cole, Chester S., 270, 735. Coleman, Joseph, 148. Colgan, Peter, 333. Colony of "Friends," 87. Colquhoun, Patrick, 77, 96. Commercial products, 7. Common School fund, 329. Company K, Third N. Y. Regiment, 431. Conderman, George, 898. Connecticut in Wyoming valley, 22.
Cook, Henry H., 266. Coon, Stephen, 335.
Corbett, Murray D., 687. Corning, 49.
Corning (city), 164, 165. Corning (town), 165.
"Corning Democrat," 213.
Corning Free Academy, 331. "Corning Journal," 209-12.
Corning Savings and Loan Associa- tion, 270.
Cornplanter, 31, 71, 126.
Cottrell, Delano D., 971.
Coumbe, John, 530.
County judges, 176, 178.
County medical societies, 186.
Courier Company, 207.
Courts-Terms of, 167; under the state constitutions. 174; first
court of record, 175; surrogates and county judges, 178. Court of general sessions, 178.
Couse, Joseph, 397.
Coye, William G., 693.
Craig, W. E., 406.
Crandall, Clark, 150. Crane, C. L., 690.
Crane, Nerom M., 278-80, 377, 378, 379, 381, 451.
Crosby, Benjamin, 122. Crosby, N., 409.
Cross, Edward D., 656.
Cruger, Daniel, 180, 448. Cuffney, William, 559.
Culver, David, 16C.
Curtiss, Glenn H., 920. Curtis, John W., 609.
Daley, Silas, 258. Dairy products, 317. Danforth, Asa, 85. Danforth, Halsey J., 336. Dansville, 153, 156. Dansville (town), 163.
Darrin, David H., 956. Darrin, David T., 954. Darrin, Delmar M., 955. Darrin, Ira G., 956. Dascum, Nathan, 48.
Davenport, Ira, 4, 102, 280, 467.
Davenport, John, 280.
Davenport Home for Orphan Girls, 467 Davidson, Henry, 666.
Davis, Harriet L., 741. Davison, Lorenzo, 677.
Davison, Milton W., 679.
Davison, Moses, 875.
Day, James B., 601.
Dean, James, 85.
Dean, William G., 910.
De Kay, John, 657.
Delano, Nathan, 353.
"Democratic-Vidette," 218. Denniston, Goldsmith, 307. DeWitt, Charles I., 824.
DeWitt, Paul A., 824.
Dike, Nathaniel, 151.
Dininny, John W., 401, 451.
Divan, Alexander S., 395, 396, 398.
Doctors (see Physicians).
Dominie Peter (Good Peter), 62, 64, 65. Donahe, Perry S., 198.
Doty, Franklin Benjamin, 408, 463. Doty, Martin Van Buren, 408, 464.
Doughty, Frank, 881.
Dow, H. S., 223.
Dow, John, 159.
Drake, Franklin N., 272.
Drake, James A., 272-4.
Drake, John M., 355.
Draper, E. A., 409.
Duck lake, 5. Dudley, Floyd, 918.
Dudley, Hannah E., 628.
Dudley, Henry C., 915.
Dunning, Clarence A., 756.
Durand, Mrs. S. L., 314.
Durbin, John, 193. Dusenbury, Gabriel, 363.
Dutcher, William H., 268.
Dwight, Mary, 335. Dwyer, John F., 754.
Early, James M., 194.
Eaton, Benjamin, 354, 473. Edie, James, 196. Education (see Schools).
Egelston, Ira. 868.
Eighty-sixth New York Volunteers (Steuben Rangers), 383. Elkins, H. O., 207. Ellicott, Andrew, 74, 79. Ellis, George P., 872. Ellis, Gilbert K., 868.
Conrad, J. B., 927.
Cook, Constance, 265-7.
Cook, David, 360.
Cook, Edwin C., 672.
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Ellison, Frederick A., 789. Ellsworth, Daniel S., 384, 386.
English, Edwin C., 721. English sovereignty, 16. Enright, Richard E., 889. Erie Railroad Company, 252.
Erwin, Arthur H., 76, 91, 115, 116, 117-21, 132, 530.
Erwin, Samuel, 473. Erwin (town), 132.
Etz, Charles W., 523.
Evening Star Lodge No. 44, 475.
Everitt, Daniel, 358.
Fairchild, E. B., 225. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, 267. "Farmers' Advocate and Steuben Advertiser," 197.
Farming (see Agriculture).
Farnham, William H., 894.
Faulkner, Daniel P. ("Captain
Dan"). 153, 154, 155.
Fay, Clarence H., 913.
Fellows, Joseph, 78.
Fenelon, Father, 192.
Ferris, Alfred P., 180.
Ferry, Adelbert, 619.
Finch, Francis M., 180.
Finch, John M., 171, 804.
Finch, Ralph K., 326.
First farm in county, 123.
First National Bank of 287. Addison,
First National Bank of Bath, 266. First National Bank of Corning, 272.
First National Bank of Greenwood. 287. First National Bank of Hornells- ville, 280.
First National Bank of Wayland, 287. First potato crop, 234.
First public highway 230.
in county,
First regiment of county, 368. First schools, 328.
First settlement in county, 90.
First State Bank of Canisteo, 286. First teachers, 328.
Five Nations, 38.
Fleishman, John N., 757.
Fort Herkimer, 55.
Fort Schuyler, 59, 60.
Fort Stanwix. 54, 58, 59, 60, 70.
Forty-seventh Separate Company. ยท414.
Foster, George, 803. Fox, Charles J. 463. Fox, William F., 463.
Franklin Academy and Prattsburg Union Free School, 342, 343.
Frederickstown, 156, 157, 163. Free Banking System, 256. French, J., 205.
French occupancy, 15.
Free schools, 326.
Friends lake, 6.
Fruit, 323.
Gammon, Charles M., 746.
Gardner, Robert W., 834.
Gay, Frank O., 925.
Genesee (town), 132.
Genesee country, 90, 110, 113, 114, 127, 130, 134, 297. Genesee fair, 300.
Geneva, 90.
Geology, 1, 12.
George Washington Bank, 270.
Gerber, Frank F., 427.
Gillet, Charles W., 524.
Gillet Lucy P., 524.
Gillett, Joseph, 474.
Gillette, Samuel,: 352.
Gilpin, Henry E., 479.
Ginnane, Henry, 824.
Glass manufacturers, 293.
Godley, Leon G., 820.
Goff, George S., 711.
Goff, William, 492, 493.
Goodhue lake, 5.
Gore (The), 75.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 71, 77, 117-23, 125, 126.
Gorton, Rufus, 473.
Gorton, William E., 741.
Gould, Phin., 782.
Granges in Steuben county, 313.
Grape culture, 294.
Grasshoppers, 62. Graves, Edward P., 463.
Gray, Andrew, 147, 149, 152.
Gray, Hiram, 175.
Gregory, Morris E., 802.
Greene, Edward, 150.
Greene, Nathan, 150.
Greene, Perry D., 682.
Greig. J. M., 760.
Greenhow, John, 215.
Greenhow, William H., 216, 621.
Greenhow (W. H.) Company, 217, 220.
"Greenwood Times," 226.
Grimley, A. Daniel B., 517.
Griswold, Hubbard, 488, 490.
Griswold home. 488.
Grosvenor, George H., 421, 432.
Guile, W. R., 592.
Guttinger, Ernest J .. 780.
Haight S. Gilmore, 712. Hall. Amos, 131, 132. Hall. George R., 921.
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Hall & Elsworth, 244. Hallett, Samuel, 275, 490-2. Hallett home, 490. Hallock, George W., 265.
Hallock, William N., 754. Halsey, Matthew, 354. Hamilton, Willis L., 857. Hammond, Amariah, 154. Hammond, Lazarus, 305.
Hammond, Samuel H., 180.
Hammondsport Academy, 339.
"Hammondsport Herald," 225.
Hannah, "Aunt" (Mrs. James Fisk), 150.
Haradon, Pharnach D., 726.
Harden, Thomas E., 854.
Hardenburg, John L., 86.
Harding, Oliver, 122, 354.
Harlow, Augustus deP., 823.
Harlow, Sarah E., 628. Harris, William, 85, 90. Harrison, James S., 708.
Harrison, Robert, 352.
Harrower, Gabriel T., 462.
Hartshorn, Charles, 284, 285.
Haskins, Lemuel, 359. Hassett, Edward, 933. Hassett, Thomas, 928.
Hathaway, Samuel G., Jr., 401.
Haverling Union Free school, 331.
Hawley, Miles W., 336.
Hawley, William M., 175.
Haynes, David, 355. Hayt. J. Towner, 730.
Hayt, William W., 409, 462.
Helm, William, 101, 102.
Heminway, Herbert A., 713.
Hemmer, George M., 810. Higgins, B. L., 388, 389. High schools, 330. Highest locations, 2.
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