A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 109

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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Benjamin, treasurer; Gideon L. Walker, secretary; Washington White, Luther Gordon and Geo. W. Green. The grounds had long been used for burial purposes, some of the stones bear inscriptions of an early date. Ne- glect and inattention resulted in a cemetery, which in the eighties some of the citizens deemed a cause of reproach to the town, and about 1890 some of the leading citizens determined to restore the organization, and improve the grounds. In 1892 a survey and maps of the grounds was made, new and permanent fences built, grading done, and at present they are in an elegant condition. Ralph B. Laning devoted time and personal attention to the improvements, and to him the public is much indebted. The present trus- tees are A. M. Taylor president, H. B. Gilbert vice president, W. H. Thomas treasurer, R. B. Laning secretary, F. W. Higgins Olean, Miles M. Tarbell and W. H. Benson. The grounds are pleasantly situated in the north part of the village on Lewellen street and are easy of access.

THE PRESS .- In 1846 Horace E. Purdy a practical printer and an editor of ability and experience established the Republican Era. A. P. Laning, then a practicing lawyer here. raised $500 to help the enterprise, the ma- terial of the suspended Seventh Day Baptist paper at DeRuyter, N. Y., was purchased for the outfit. The Era was Democratic and it was a newsy, bright, spicy sheet, but two weeks before the election of 1848 it was re- moved to Angelica. Rushford was then withouta newspaper office untilin 1878 Frank B. Smith founded the Spectator. He continued its publication till March 1, 1885, when he sold to W. F. Benjamin, the present proprietor. While its editor is a Republican, the paper is conducted so as to commend it to people of all shades of political thought, and it excels any other of the papers published in the county, in the diffusion of local and neighborhood news, and, with possibly one exception, it has the largest circulation in the county.

EXCHANGE AND BANKING .- Before the Civil War for many years the nearest banking facilities were at Cuba. In the early sixties, it is supposed that O. T. Higgins opened an account in New York for the convenience of his extensive mercantile business of this and surrounding towns. In a vil- lage directory of 1869, O. T. Higgins and W. Griffin are each put down as " broker and merchant." W. W. Bush says that he and Wolcott Griffin went into the exchange business in 1865 as "Griffin & Bush," selling their first draft on New York Oct. 10th. In 1871 W. W. Bush & Co. (W. E. Kyes and O. T. Stacy) succeeded this firm and did business until 1872. "Stacy & Kendall " (O. T. Stacy and Charles B. Kendall) have since conducted pri- vate banking, the business being mostly done by L. E. Hardy as cashier. White & Elmer, cheese buyers, have had an account in New York for many years.

VICKERY'S MUSIC SCHOOL. BANDS .- About 1854 John A. Vickery, from Vermont, instituted a music school in the old M. E. church in Rushford village. His two daughters were assistant teachers. This school ran for five or six years, and was quite popular, 75 pupils in the vocal department

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and from 25 to 30 in the instrumental, have been inattendanceat the same time. During the continuance of this school an excellent orchestra was organized, of which were members, Barnes Blanchard, Dr. J. C. Pitts, I. B. Gordon, J. Lambertson, A. L. Adams, A. Kimball, J. G. Benjamin, Lyman Beecher. Rushford has had several bands of music. In 1844 a band of 16 members, (quite likely this was one of the "jaw bone " bands peculiar to that presi- dential campaign) went to Ellicottville to hear Millard Fillmore speak. The leader of the first brass band was Ransom Dennison, of the second Archi- bald Adams and W. F. Benjamin is leader of the present band.

James McCall, Oramel Griffin, Orville Boardman and Bates T. Hapgood were early merchants. Isaiah Lathrop had the first tinshop in the early thirties. John Gordon was the first brickmaker. Well along in the thirties a rude fence of hemlock logs, stakes and poles, was exhibited along the north side of Main street, and in 1838 the present cemetery grounds were mostly covered with old logs, brush heaps, etc. During the forties and down to 1856 or 57 Rushford village was the liveliest place in the county. In 1847 9 dry-goods stores were in operation, I. & L. Gordon opening the 9th. H. Hyde was an early jeweller. The Republican Era of Oct. 20, 1847, says that W. A. Stewart, Albert P. Laning and G. L. Walker were prac- ticing law. L. B. Johnson, McCall & Smith and Wm. B. Alley were physi- cians. The Washington House (temperance) was kept by Wm. McCall. A drug and book store by W. McCall & Co. Clark McCall, Irwin & Reming- ton, B. F. Lewellen, J. D. Boardman, H. George, were business men. Car- riage factories, hardware stores, cabinet shops, tailor shops, clocks and watches are advertised. From the 1869 directory is learned that True Bradford kept the Washington House (now Tarbell House). O. T. Higgins and W. Griffin were brokers and merchants, also W. W. Bush & Co. E. E. Mulliken grocer, H. Hyde jeweller, I. Lathrop hardware, J. B. Gordon & Son woolen mills, W. T. Galpin furniture, White & Blanchard foundry and machine shop, D. B. Sill produce dealer. In 1879 A. M. Taylor, William E. Kyes, W. W. Bush were with others engaged in merchandising, C. J. Elmer and Stacy & Kendall in banking. The leading business men now are James & Benson and A. M. Taylor dry goods, Thomas Bros. clothing, E. C. Gilbert drugs, medicine and groceries, Hardy Bros. and Frank Jager markets; two jewelry shops, a bakery, Homer Brooks boots and shoes, White and Elmer drugs and grocers, Stacy & Kendall private bankers, W. W Merrill hard- ware and tin. Merchandise has to be hauled from Caneadea and Farmers- ville, but still the village wears a tidy aspect and is really one of the pleas- antest places in the county.

FIRE DEPARTMENT .- " After the horse is stolen lock the stable door "; so after Rushford had been swept by fire, a fire department was organized. This has two good Gleason and Bailey engines, 600 feet of hose, is supplied with water by cisterns and wells, and is considered efficient and good pro- tection against fire, and its effect is felt in reducing the expenses of insur- ance in a marked degree. The present organization is R. B. Lanning, presi-

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ident; C. J. Elmer, vice president; Wm. H. Thomas, secretary; L. E. Hardy, treasurer; W. H. Benson, F. Jagers and M. Claus, executive committee. The active fire company is organized with W. W. Thomas, chief; W. H. Ben- son, assistant chief; Will Ingleby, foreman of engines; D. L. White, assist- ant; F. Jagers, foreman of hose company; J. McMurray, assistant.

SEMI-CENTENNIAL .- This was celebrated in Academy Hall Jan. 1, 1859. According to all accounts it was the most interesting and enjoyable occasion ever experienced in town. The hall was early filled with people and Rev. T. L. Pratt delivered the introductory address. It is a great pity that it was not preserved, for it was awarded high praise by all who heard it. Dr. S. F. Dickinson read a history of the town from its first settlement. Anec- dotes of the pioneer period were related, interspersed with martial music. Old relics were exhibited, and a lady dressed in the costume of 50 years before presented herself, much to the surprise and merriment of all present. A bounteous repast was provided and eaten in the town hall. From an account of this celebration written probably by Samuel White, Esq., and kindly loaned to us we give a few excerpts:

In 1816 there were only two frame buildings in town. Mr. Freeman, one of the first set- tlers, had a frame addition to his log house, and on the farm where Mr. Morrow now lives there was a frame barn, built by Esq Gary in 1814. The oldest man in town is Mr. Luther Woodworth, his age is 88. The oldest woman is Mary Williston at the advanced age of 93. She is the only Revolutionary pensioner in this vicinity. * * * The number of men who have died in Rushford within 40 years, to say nothing of women and children, is not far from 130, and the number of men now living who settled in Rushford before the year 1817, is only 18.

* * The first match made in Rushford was on the south side of the creek ; the parties were Wm. Rawson and Luany Swift ; I cannot tell the precise time, but probably 1811. * * * Mr. Wm. Gordon's first wife, a daughter of Esq Gary, was the first person that died in town. A young man by the name of Hubbard was the second, and Mr. Warren, who was drowned, was the third. In 1816 the only grave near the center of the town was Mr. Warren's. Elder Ban- nister, a Methodist minister from Vermont, came with his family to Rushford. He was a very good sort of a man, rather eccentric, full of fun for a preacher, and always ready to receive or crack a joke. Soon after the reformation (a revival of which he was probably the cause), he happened to go to Burrow's tavern in Castile. There he found a brother Methodist, with whom he commenced a conversation in relation to the revival in Rushford. He told his broth- er Methodist that the Lord had at last found the way to Rushford. A wag who was present wanted to know how the Lord could find his way to Rushford through the woods without a pilot ? " Why," said the Elder, " he followed the marked trees, I suppose." Some time after this the old Elder was praying for the people of Rushford. There was in the place a very wicked sort of a chap, Wm. Burns, Jr. The old Elder commenced a prayer in his behalf, and said, " Oh Lord, convert Wm. Burns ; we don't mean old Mr. Burns, but Wm. Burns, Jr." He meant to lay it down so the Lord could understand it. At another time Elder Bannister was interceding and praying for others, and used this expression, "Oh, Lord, convert the whole world ; oh ! and John Gordon too!" When I told you of the homespun dresses of the ladies, I should have said something about the patches that ornamented the apparel of the men. Patches were in fashion, and it was not considered a crime or a disgrace to wear them. They were probably as fashionable at the time we speak of as the best of broadcloth garments are at this day. You young people will be surprised when I tell you that a patch on a certain pair of pantaloons made Wm. L. Marcy governor of New York. January 1, 1817, the dwelling of Samson Hardy was burned to ashes. It was in the morning. By 12 o'clock (noon), the neigh- bors had assembled with axes and teams, and before night they hauled logs enough to rebuild the house. About this time Judge McCall came and advised them not to build a log house, but to put up a plank house, and offered to saw the lumber gratis. The next day a sufficient quan- ty of logs were at McCall's mill, and in a few days Mr. Hardy's family were comfortably quar- tered in their new house. If ever there was a time when every man loved his neighbor as

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himself it was when the country was new. They were all full of love and good will, and sometimes full of whiskey. If a man had a log house to raise, every one would make the busi- ness his own, and attend to it faithfully, until it was made comfortable and convenient.

THE SOLDIER DEAD .- SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION BURIED IN RUSHFORD .- Capt. Jonathan Gowing, died Aug. 26, 1848 ; James Gordon, died Dec. 9, 1844 ; David Kinney, Daniel Kingsbury, Eneas Gary.

SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812 BURIED IN RUSHFORD .- John Lamberson died Jan. 20, 1874, Leonard Farwell died Sept. 24, 1846, Amos Peck, Samuel Hardy, David Babbitt, Ira Bishop, Alvin K. Morse.

SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR who died in service and in Rushford since the war. Albert Babbitt, killed July 21, 1861 ; Martin White, sent to hospital July, 1862, never heard from ; Enoch Hibbard, died hospital, Aug. 20, 1862 ; Charles Hobart, died hospital, Nov. 29, 1862 ; Stanley Hobart, died Stafford C. H., Va., Dec. 3, 1862 ; Capt. Wm. W. Woodworth, died Falmouth, Va., Dec. 28, 1862; Leonard Van Alst, killed Fair Oaks; Alonzo Brown, wounded Fair Oaks, died hospital ; Thomas Russell Wilmarth, killed May 3, 1863; John H. Farwell, wounded and died Chancellorsville ; David R. James, died Chancellorsville ; Philander Kellogg, killed Chancellorsville ; Ralph L. Benjamin, killed Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863; Daniel T. Ely, killed Chancellorsville ; Enoch W. Cheney, killed Fair Oaks; Charles J. Hurl- bert, died Portsmouth, Va., February, 1864 ; Hiram L. Wickwire, died Feb. 10, 1864; Charles A. Van Duzen, killed Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864; Albert K. Damon, wounded, died July 25, 1864 ; Clayton C. Jewell, killed July 30, 1864 ; James Patterson, died Andersonville, 1864 ; William Starkweather, died prison, 1864; Thomas J. White, died prison, Aug. 9, 1864 ; Riley Pettit, died hospital, September, 1864 ; Ira Petty, died hospital, Jan. 6, 1865 ; Harrison T. Smith, killed March 25, 1865; John W. Bishop, died in prison Richmond, Va .; Warren B. Persons, died Andersonville ; Howard Root, died at home on furlough ; John Cole, died hospi- tal ; Lafayette Mead, died hospital ; Dewitt C. Pelton, killed ; William Hutchins died hospital ; Sylvester Hall, died Aug. 30, 1862 ; Charles McMullen, Abram Howell, Charles A. Woodruff, Aaron Wright, John Peters, Lyman Beecher, Philip Ellithorpe, Edward W. Beecher, Henry Boardman, George P. Walker, died June 3, 1864 ; Adelbert Hall, Titus B. Chapin, died Dan- ville prison, Feb. 17, 1863 ; Lewis E. Tarbell, Elijah Metcalf, died Oct. 10, 1876; Dr. Corodon Mason, died Jan. 21, 1891 ; Dr. Robert Y. Charles. Aaron C. Eaton, died Jan. 28, 1893 ; Horace Bullock, died Nov. 26, 1893 ; Hosea B. Persons, died Jan. 4, 1894; James Kingsbury, died May 9, 1894.

156 men enlisted from Rushford, filling her own quota and helping other towns to fill theirs. Jan. 30, 1865, at a special town meeting a bounty of $600 was offered for enlisting, or furnishing a substitute, to be credited to the town. Rushford's war record is one to which its people can "point with pride."

Joseph Enos Lodge, No. 318, F. A. M .- Meetings of the Western Union Lodge, then of Caneadea, now of Belfast, were held in Rushford soon after 1823 at the house of Levi Benjamin, and members of the fraternity living in town up to 1854 were of different lodges, and June 9, 1854, Joseph Enos Lodge was chartered, and Levi Benjamin appointed Master U. D. The masters since have been: Hiram Johnson, 1854; H. K. White, 1855; David Babbitt, 1856; Samuel F. Dickenson, 1857, '58; C. W. Woodworth, 1859, '64, '65; E. George, 1860, '61, '63; W. White, 1862; J. P. Bixby, 1866-69; William E. Kyes, 1870-74, '76, '77; E. F. McCall, 1875. Since 1877: Alexander Fraser, Myron Claus, E. C. Gilbert, William Barber, W. F. Wells. Alex. Fraser, E. C. Gilbert and Marshall B. Nye. There are at present 31 members.

K. O. T. M .- Rushford has a flourishing tent of this order organized Mar. 3, 1890, with 23 members. It now has 68, with these principal officers: Wm. Ingleby, Jr. Com .; D. W. Woods, Lt. Com .; E. C. Gilbert, R. K. and F. K.

. I. O. O. F .- A lodge of this fraternity with 20 members is still kept up.

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It was organized in August, 1879. L. E. Hardy is N. G. and F. W. Beaumont Sec. A lodge was organized in the fifties and went down.

Various societies, Equitable Aid Union, Order of United Workmen, etc., have been organized at different times, of which some have survived. The W. C. T. U. has a local union here, and there are historical and literary socie- ties and circles.

BOARD OF TRADE .- This association of the business men of the town and village was organized Sept. 20, 1890. Its object is to promote the inter- ests of the place, and of its members, stimulate industries, and aid all legiti- mate enterprises calculated to benefit the town. The officers are: A. M. Taylor. president; M. C. White, vice president; E. C. Gilbert, secretary; K. E. Hardy, treasurer.

RELIGIOUS .- Rev. Ephraim Sanford is said to have been the first to con- duct religious services in 1813. He had settled at North Urbana, near Keuka Lake before 1800, and preached the first sermon in the town of Urbana, Steuben county, in 1795, "dressed in a buckskin suit, and a coonskin cap, covering his long black hair." In this garb he would travel about the country, searching for the souls of sinners. Quite likely this was the dress he wore when he preached the first sermon in Rushford. Where this ser- vice was held does not appear. It was said of him that "it made no differ- ence whether a log cabin or a small clearing filled with blackened stumps was his auditorium, or whether his listeners were a large camp-meeting, or a dozen settlers, he was just as willing to preach to one as a thousand." His work was not that of organization, and he was followed by those who estab- lished churches.

The Baptist Church of Rushford was organized in 1815 with James Mc- Call, Levi Benjamin, Eliab Going, Joshua L. Delano, Aaron Capen, Jerusha Gordon, Abigail Benjamin and Sally Benjamin as members. Elder Beck- with presided at the meeting which was held November 7th, and James Mc- Call was chosen standing moderator, Eliab Going church clerk and Levi Benjamin deacon. June 29, 1816, the Lord's Supper was first celebrated. The first minister was called in March, 1817. The first salaried pastor, Elder Titus Gillett, was settled in June, 1818. The salary was " house rent, one-fourth of an acre of land for a garden, horse and cow kept, and seventy- five dollars." In 1821 the church united with the Holland Purchase Asso- ciation, and Elder W. W. Powers was offered $150 in produce to preach one- half the time but did not accept, and Elder Eliab Going was engaged for the other half. Eliab Going's salary wasto be "at the rate of $12 per month for the time he stayed, and be paid in produce, wheat $1 and corn 62} cents." Elder Going preached occasionally until 1829, most of the meetings being held at Peter Freeman's or at the schoolhouse. In 1829 Elder Absalom Minor was settled and remained pastor till 1840. The Holland Land Company gave the church 100 acres of land (where A. W. Litchard's farm is). Turner says the first church edifice was built in 1817. It must have been a very small and rude affair. In 1838 the present edifice was built. It has been re-

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modeled from time to time to keep pace with the times, and is now a con- venient place of worship. Since 1840 the pastors have been, Revs. C. Ward- ner, E. L. Harris, 1845-50; E. J. Scott, 1851-54; Ira W. Simpson, 1854-63; A. T. Cole, 1863-68; C. Wardner, 1869-72; A. V. Eddy, 1872-76; M. Livermore, P. S. Everett, W. L. Munger, C. B. Smith and Alfred R. Spencer, the pres- ent incumbent. The membership is about 100. The property, including parsonage, is worth $4,500 and free from debt. A Sunday school of 175 pupils has A. M. Taylor as superintendent. The library has 262 volumes.

Methodist Episcopal Church .- Rev. Elijah Metcalf preached the first Meth- odist sermon, and in 1816 organized a Methodist Episcopal Church, with 10 members. He was a missionary on the Holland Purchase and preached till his death in 1861. In 1826 or 27 a small church was erected west of the creek. In 1854 the present large house of worship was erected. Pastors: Revs. Cyrus Story 1820, M. Preston, Mr. Hazen, D. Shepardson 1826, Elijah Boardman 1827, Mifflin Hooker, J. Wiley 1829, D. Anderson, John Cosart 1830, Philo Brown, S. W. Wooster 1832, Wm. D. Buck, Fuller Atchinson 1834, Alvin F. Walker, Francis Strand 1835, Augustus Anderson, H. M. Seaver, Mr. Bell, Mr. DuBois, Albert Tury, C. S. Balker, A. F. Comfort 1841, Nathan Fellows 1843, C. D. Burlingham 1845, David Nichols 1847, Charles Shelling 1850, B. T. Roberts, Mr. Chaney, Sanford Hunt 1853, Milo Scott 1855, Jason Miller 1857, Geo. W Terry 1859, W. S. Tuttle 1860, John McEwen 1862, Major Lyon 1863, M. H. Rice 1864, E. A. Rice 1867, Buel Blake 1869, E. L. Newman 1870, C. C. Wilbur 1872, R. S. Pierce 1874, A. M. Leggett 1876, C. S. Daley 1878, Wm. Magavern 1879, W. B. Wagner 1881, A. H. Johnson 1884, R. C. Grames 1887, J. E. Wallace 1889, J. A. Gardner 1891, T. W. Chandler 1891, W. H. Manning 1895. The membership is 95. A large and flourishing Sun- day school is conducted, of which A. W. Litchard is superintendent, and all the different church interests are well looked after. The church is an ag- gressive and prosperous one.

The First Presbyterian Church .- April 16, 1838, after a public notice, a meeting was held in the schoolhouse in the west part of the village where a Presbyterian church or society was organized. Rev. Lemuel Hall of Centre- ville, Rev. A. S. Allen of Cuba, Rev. Phineas Smith of Portageville, and James R. Bell and James Simons, elders of the Presbyterian church in New Hudson, were present. The members were: Eneas Gary. Esther Garey, Earle Baird, Ruth Baird, Joel Griffin, Clarissa Griffin, Submit Griffin, Sarah McDonald, Warren Mckinney, Betsy Mckinney, Alvin Congdon, Roana Congdon, Lyman Congdon, Fanny Morrison, Rosina McCall, Alfred Bell. Juliette Bell, Huldah McCall and Electa Mckinney. Alfred Bell was chosen clerk and Earle Baird, Joel Griffin, and Lyman Congdon, elders. A resolution favor- ing temperance was adopted unanimously. In June a committee was ap- pointed to obtain a minister at each communion, and raise funds to defray expenses. The records say nothing of the erection of a church edifice, but Aug. 20, 1842, mention is made of the first meeting "in their new church," and Rev. C. W. Gillam the next day administered the Lord's Supper. In

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1853 it was changed to a Congregational church, and in 1867 changed back to its present form, Presbyterian. Pastors: Rev. C. W. Gillam, I. Rawson, Doolittle, Miller, Henry, Johnson, Lane, Frost, Ballard, Cofrin, Spen- cer, Ward, Watkins and Cone. For some years no pastor has been settled over this church. The membership is small and growing less.

The First Free Methodist Church .- This church was organized in 1871 by Rev. J. W. Reddy. Some of the original members were. James Gordon, Abigail Gordon, Charles English, Lavanche Van Duzen, George Worthington, Ophelia Van Duzen, Adelia Clement, Robert English, Elijah Metcalf, Cordelia Metcalf. Elijah Metcalf, Jr., Saloma Metcalf, Cornelia Metcalf, Harris Gil- bert and Levi Metcalf. Their first house of worship was the old M. E. church, used for a music school. This was afterwards burned. The pres- ent one is the old Universalist church, which was purchased, repaired and rededicated in 1873. It will seat 250 persons. The pastors have been, Revs. J. W. Reddy, T. B. Catton, C. C. Eggleston, A. H. Bennett, M. E. Brown, Thomas Slocum, Noah Palmer, Mr. Rowley and G. D. Mark.

Universalist Church .- In the forties a Universalist church was organized and in a few years a church edifice was constructed and dedicated. Isaiah Lathrop, Mr. Leavens and Mr. Colburn were early Universalists. Early preachers were, Nathaniel Stacy, Wm. Gowdy, I. B. Sharp, J. B. Saxe, J. J. Brayton. Owing to deaths and removals, and lack of others to take their places, the church declined and meetings ceased to be held and the church building was sold to the Free Methodists.

SUPERVISORS FROM 1816 .- Cromwell Bennett, 1817-19; Matthew P. Cady, 1820-24 ; William Hull, 1825 ; Samuel White, 1826-27, 1841-44 ; Tarbell Gordon, 1828-30, 1832-44 ; Samson Hardy, 1831, 1837-38 ; John Hammond, 1835-36 ; Abraham J. Lyon, 1839-40 ; Isaiah Lathrop, 1845-46 ; Orville Boardman, 1847-48 ; Samuel Gordon, 1849-50 ; James Gordon, 1851-52 ; Avery Washburn, 1853-54, 1863, '65 ; Ebenezer P. Lyon, 1855; John W. Hill, 1856 ; Winthrop P. Young, 1857-58 ; Washington White, 1859-60 ; Bates T. Hapgood, 1861-62 ; Charles W. Woodworth, 1866-74, 1884-86 ; Jedediah B. Gordon, 1875-76; William E. Keyes, 1877 -78 ; Willard A. Stone, 1879-81 ; Charles B. Kindall, 1882; A. L. Litchard, 1883, 1894-95; Henry S. Hol- den, 1887-88, '93 ; Wm. A. Benson, 1889 ; Grover M. Pratt, 1890-92 ; H. A. Holden, 1893.

The present town officers are, supervisor, A. L. Litchard ; town clerk, W. W. Bush ; collector, Wm. H. Thomas ; assessors, Harry Wheeler, John J. Thomas ; overseers of the poor, Lorenzo D. Weaver, Lyman Barber ; inspectors of election, W. S. Mullikin, Frank W. Beaumont, James G. Benjamin, and Obed T. Wil- mot ; constables, W. H. Thomas, Will D. Woods. Will Ingleby, Abel M. Tarbell, Willis H. Leavens ; excise commissioners, Densmore Lyman, Marshall Herrick, Andrew Kimball ; justices, Eddy C. Gilbert, S. E. Kil- mer, C. H. Ives, H. C. Dresser.

OF RUSHFORD'S TOWNSMEN .- Amby H. Alderman, sawmill proprietor in Rushford vil- lage, is the son of Amby, born in Hartford, Conn., where his father John Alderman lived and died, came to Rushford in 1814 and bought 100 acres four miles northwest of Rushford village, of the Holland Co., at $3 per acre, paying for it in oxen, a pair at a time. He married Rhoba Johnson. Children, Sophronia, Lois, Amby H., Chauncey (dec.), Eluthera, Atha A. C. now Mrs. Evans, living on the old place, and Chauncey L. Amby H. was born in Rushford in 1822, married in 1845 Maryette Bishop and settled on 40 acres of the old farm. Children, Al- mond, Lutheria, Flora and Florence, twins, the latter Mrs. DeWitt Thayer, in South Dakota,

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 109

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

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