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FIRST M. E. CHURCH .- Rev. S. Y. Hammond in 1844 organized the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cuba, with about a dozen members. In 1850 a church costing $2,000 was erected by subscription. William Waterbury and Erastus Kinney and families were early members, and among the early pastors were Revs. McKinster and Bradley. In 1870 $1,500 was laid out in re- pairs to the church and a few years ago a parsonage was erected by sub- scription. Since 1879 the pastors have been Reys. J. J. Payne, E. P. Hub- bell, J. Albert Smith. T. W. Chandler, F. D. F. Beckley, J. B. Countryman, W. B. Wagner. The present pastor is Rev. P. P. Carroll. A Sunday school of 150 members; superintendent, A. C. Fisher.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- At a meeting held July 19, 1827, "The Presbyterian church of Cuba " was organized with these members, Rev. Reuben Hurd and Capt. James Davidson delegates from the Presbyterian church in Haight being present, Henry Stevens, William Hicks, Kendal Wilder. Gordon Kenedy, Horatio Orton, Elinor Baird, Margaret Huntley, Lucy Hicks, Eunice Brownson, Lucy Kenedy. The Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian church, and a covenant were adopted. The first ruling elders elected Feb. 8, 1833, were Mr. Kendal Wilder and Mr. Josiah Bond. At first this church and the church of Friendship seemed to be almost one organization, meeting alternately at Cuba and Friendship. During the early days of the Cuba church services were held in available schoolhouses and
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even in a barn. On Feb. 12, 1835, the congregation met in the stone build- ing of Stephen Smith in Cuba, and it was decided to adopt the Congrega- tional form of government on the "Plan of Union " idea, which still left them in connection with the Presbytery. This continued until June 4, 1842, when another congregational meeting was called to determine the sentiment of the congregation as to government, whether for the Presbyterial, Congre- gational, or mixed form that was then in use. A committee was appointed which reported June 18, 1842, and the Congregational form was adopted. A Covenant, Confession of Faith and Discipline, Congregational in character was adopted July 9, 1842. This held until Oct. 1, 1842, when the congrega- tion, in meeting, decided to join the Presbyterian body and adopt the "Dis- cipline of the Presbyterian church of U. S. A.," repealing the discipline adopted July 9th. From this time the church has been Presbyterian, and has been called "The First Presbyterian Church of Cuba, N. Y." The first officers of this organization were Elders Kendal Wilder, Stephen Prentice, Stephen Bartle and Joseph Backus; and Horatio Orton and Jabez Fuller deacons. The church grew and had a quiet and a comparatively uneventful history from that time until the present. It has had 11 pastors; the first, Rev. Samuel W. May from 1833 to 1835; Revs. A. L. Allen 1837-46; N. Leighton 1846-9; J. Wynkoop 1849-52; N. Allen who was stated supply during 1853-4 and pastor 1854-59; W. C. White 1860-61; John E. Baker 1863-65; C. B. Gard- ner 1865-74; John C. Taylor 1875-82; Chas. P. Luce from 1883-89; William G. White 1890-94 and Robert Clement from June 1, 1894 and who is the present pastor. The present church building was erected on the site of the former church, which was removed and afterward burned. The building is brick and cost about $20,000. The corner-stone was laid July 4, 1871, and the church was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies June 13, 1872. The membership is now 249. The Sabbath school has an average attendance that is remarkable. The superintendent, Mr. Clinton H. Miner, is also the secretary of the "Sabbath School Association of Allegany county." All branches of the church work are prospering. The present officers are, Elders emeriti Charles Amsden, J. M. Barnes, W. J. Amsden; active, A. B. Webster, P. P. Peckham, Amasa Fuller, Clinton H. Miner, Charles Fuller, A. H. Bishop; deacons Frank Amsden, F. J. Ehman and G. W. Alexander; and trustees Sandford Cole, Frank Sibley and Walter D. Ormiston. Of the former pastors whose residences are known, Rev. C. B. Gardner, D. D., is pastor of Westminster church of Rochester, N. Y .; Rev. John C. Taylor is in Kansas City, Mo .; Rev. Charles P. Luce, Ph. D., is pastor of First Pres- byterian church, Owensboro, Ky., and Rev. William G. White pastor of Westminster church, Youngstown, Ohio. The present pastor, Rev. Robert Clements, was born July 19, 1869, in Schenectady, N. Y., was graduated from Union College in 1891, and from Auburn Theological Seminary in 1894, and was installed as pastor of the Cuba church in June, 1894.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH .- Rev. S. Goff, if not the first, was one of the first to preach the Universalist doctrines in Cuba in 1844-5, in the village
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schoolhouse. From 1845 to 1847 Rev. J. B. Saxe held regular services in Independence Hall. In 1847 Rev. I. B. Sharp came and preached one year. From 1848 to 1853 only occasional services were held, and then Rev. G. S. Gowdy preached one year. Rev. F. M. Alvord from the Friendship church then preached about a year at North Cuba, part of the hearers being those formerly assembled at Cuba village. Rev. Elhanan W. Reynolds organized a society of 84 members, Feb. 3, 1867, and preached in Palmer Hall for about three months, when failing health obliged him to discontinue. The trus- tees were, L. A. Reynolds, John Brooks and Freeman L. Sibley. Rev. E. W. Fuller was made pastor in 1868 and preached two years; during his pasto- rate a church edifice was erected at a cost of $7,000 free from debt. The size of the structure which is of brick, is 40x70 feet. It was dedicated on the 27th of June, 1870, Rev. E. W. Fuller preaching the sermon. Rev. I. D. Laurie succeeded Mr. Fuller for a short time, then Rev. L. P. Blackford was pastor for 33 years. During his pastorate a church consisting of 43 members was organized, and during that of his successor Rev. Henry Shep- ard, who came March 1, 1876, 11 were added. The succeeding pastors have been Revs. J. W. Broffael, W. H. Mclaughlin, Charles Palmater, and J. J. Brayton, who lived and preached in Friendship and supplied this church. Since June, 1893, this church has been without a pastor, and services are held only occasionally. Of those who have been prominently connected with this church and foremost in building it are A. M. Scott, F. L. Sibley, Lonson Baldwin, L. A. Reynolds, M. B. Champlain, Oramel Griffin, S. H. Conant, H. Kinney, Lewis Graves, Rev. E. W. Reynolds and Russell Smith. The present trustees are Wm. Currier, F. O. Prouty, G. W. Baldwin; clerk, Gideon Sisson.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF ANGELS .- Previous to 1853 mass was cele- brated at various places and in private houses, by priests from Java, Olean and Allegany. In that year a church was bought and deeded to Bishop Timon of Buffalo. There were 43 original members of the church, among them Michael McBride, Thomas Donaldson, Peter Kenny, Mrs. Kane, Mrs. McCarthy, James Donovan, Mrs. McGrath, Jerry Leam, Garrett Hurley, Walter Butler, W. J. Baxter. James Druam, H. Moore, Bernard Keating, Thomas Mangan and Dennis Casey. The first settled pastor was Father Doran. He was succeeded by Father McKenny who stayed a year, leaving March 1, 1855. Priests from St. Bonaventure College at Allegany, supplied the services from that time till September, 1872, when Father M. Ryan came and remained till April, 1873. He was succeeded by Father O'Mara, who remained till August, 1875, when Father Ledwith came and stayed till July, 1877, and was then succeeded by Father Lee. Father Thomas Carraher succeeded him in April, 1879. Rev. James Griffin came in March, 1889, and January, 1895, Rev. J. J. Rogers, the present pastor, began his labors. In 1883 on a commanding site in the southwest past of the village a new church was erected. In 1855 burial grounds were purchased and consecrated by Father Pamphilio. The church property is considered worth $10,000. The membership averages 400.
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THE CUBA TEMPERANCE CAMP-MEETING ASSOCIATION was organized in 1882 by Rev. John A. Copeland and a few of the citizens of Cuba. Mr. Cope- land that year instituted a number of these associations throughout this por- tion of the state, terming them the St. John's Circuit of Camps. Rev. V. A. Sage, (Baptist) was president until 1890, when Daniel B. Sill, the present incumbent, was elected. Mr. Sill was secretary all the time and treasurer a portion of the time until 1890, when Major George H. Eldridge assumed and has since held the secretaryship. It was on the grounds of this association, then located about a mile south of Cuba village, that John P. St. John received official notification of his presidential nomination in 1884. In 1887 the association was incorporated as a stock company and a beautiful grove just outside the village was leased and the association moved its home thither. Here the necessary buildings (chief among them a large auditorium) have been constructed, pipes laid, and gas for lighting and fuel for cooking purposes introduced. These grounds during the annual meet- ings, which are conducted on the Chautauqua plan, in August, are brilliantly lighted by natural gas and otherwise attractively decorated. While it is emphatically a temperance organization, it nevertheless invites and fosters literary and social enterprises. Its program each year bears the names of those who are prominent on the American stage, whose lectures are instruct- ive as well as entertaining. Special days are set aside for certain classes of people, such as the W. C. T. U. day, "Farmer's day," etc. Last but not least it offers to the people of Allegany county a place of quiet recreation much cheaper and more convenient than Chautauqua, the Thousand Islands, or the seaside. The present stockholders of the association are men and women of prominence and enterprise throughout the county. The present officers are: trustees, George H. Eldridge, J. M. Barnes, E. D. Loveridge, J. B. Bradley and D. B. Sill; president, D. B. Sill; vice-president, E. D. Loveridge; secretary, George H. Eldridge; treasurer, Charles A. Ackerly. Mr. J. G. Halstead was manager of the grounds till within two or three years when H. D. Bliss gave his attention to them.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION .- This organization has per- formed a work which inseparably connects its name with the moral and religious interests and developments of the place. It was organized Octo. ber 23, 1887, with these members: R. A. Bruce, Jr., W. H. Kinney, C. S. Prosser, F. W. Westford, F. A. Rude, H. T. Wilcox, S. D. Morgan, L. E. Lacy, Adelbert Enos, R. G. Lafever, George S. Hills, A. A. Gail, J. Albert Halstead, Theodore J. Marsh and C. B. Wasson. "The moral and religious development of themselves and associates " is set forth in the preamble to their constitution as the object of the association. At the first meeting a delegation from the W. C. T. U. kindly tendered the use of their rooms. The generous offer was accepted. The first officers were: President, Prof. W. H. Kinney; vice-president, Robert Bruce; secretary, C. S. Prosser; treasurer, F. A. Rude; corresponding secretary, Frank Taylor. The organ- ization has now no active existence.
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SUPERVISORS .- Calvin T. Chamberlain, 1822-30; Edward H. Johnson, 1831-86 ; William Hicks, 1837-38, '40, '41, '42 ; Samuel M. Russell, 1839; Joseph Palmer, Jr., 1843 ; James M. Campbell, 1844 ; Stephen Maxson, 1845, '46; James O. Spencer, 1847, '48 ; Lewis Nash, 1849- 1852 ; Ithiel V. Stone, 1853 ; James A. Willard, 1854, '55; Wm. A. Kirkpatrick, 1856, '57 ; Noah P. Loveridge, 1858 ; R. L. Colwell, 1859; E. D. Loveridge, 1860, '61, '64; Samuel H. Conant, 1862, '63, '69 ; J. W. Rowley, 1865; Russell Smith, 1866-68 ; Russell T. Maxson, 1870, '73 ; Charles Guilford, 1871, '72, '73, '79, '80, '81, '82 ; G. Bishop, 1874, '75 ; F. R. Sibley, 1876, '77, '91, '92 ; Samuel H. Morgan, 1878; Fred C. Reynolds, 1883, '84; F. E. Hammond, 1885, '87, '88 ; Oscar H. Amsden, 1889; F. M. Todd, 1890 ; George Amsden, 1893-96.
PRESENT TOWN OFFICERS .- George Amsden, supervisor; W. F. Bement, clerk ; Oscar H. Amsden, William Campbell, Sandford S. Cole, assessors; Geo. P. Wall, highway commission- er ; Edwin A. Bartlett, collector ; Norman Boon, overseer of the poor ; W. D. Ormiston, C. H. Miner, John Straight, T. P. Snyder, justices of the peace ; J. Fenton Olive, Thomas A. Quinn, Albert A. Adams, Charles A. DeKay, Charles D. Amsden, constables.
CHAPTER LXV.
CUBA VILLAGE.
PROBABLY no other village of its size on the line of the Erie Railroad be- tween New York and Chicago attracts the attention of the tourist so much as Cuba. There are several reasons for this. The village lies com- pactly on a level site in one of the most bewitching of valleys, the hills sur- rounding it are of graceful and imposing appearance, the altitude of the rail- road is such as to present an almost bird's-eye view of the quiet place with its regular and finely shaded streets, imposing public buildings, churches, etc., while its graceful private residences stand out in view in fine ornamen- tation to the scenery. Add to this the fact that the Erie makes a large de- tour around the village, so that the tourist views it from the east, the south and the west, giving an idea of a much larger place and the attraction is partially explained. No finer landscape can be seen in many miles of dis- tance than is presented from the Erie station. Cuba is an important center of trade and from the first settlement has been the home of wealthy, cultured and distinguished people. While many villages of its class, which do not de- rive growth and population from manufacturing industries, are losing their importance, Cuba has had a steady, reliable and valuable growth. Its pop- ulation in 1880 was 1,251, in 1890 1,386.
The site of the village was purchased in 1817 by James Strong, but Judge Griffin became the owner of the claim in 1820. In 1818 Simeon Hicks erected a tavern near the site of the Erie station and three years later sold to Ira Tracy, who had in 1818 bought the house and claim of George Dovener an early settler. Tracy soon erected a frame tavern with a frame barn, which for many years was the largest in town. John Nash moved from Chenango county to Hornellsville in 1815, and in February, 1819, to Cuba,
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settled on the hill east of Cuba village where he took up land at $8 per acre Later the land was purchased at $3 per acre. Lewis Nash, son of John says: " After we left Hornellsville our first hard day's work was to reach Angelica where we arrived late in the evening. The next night we got to James Strong's tavern, four miles east of Cuba." The next day they arrived at their new house, completed and ready for their occupancy. The first house west of Nash's in the corporation limits was that of Samuel Nowlin, a log structure. Hiram Griffin had a log house. Other buildings between that point and Ira Tracy's tavern were Griffin's tavern and Richard Brownson's house. Beyond Tracy's lived James Hicks, brother of Simeon of the Hicks tavern. Between Hicks' clearing and the county line was Calvin T. Cham- berlain, where the main road crosses the Erie railroad. No very percepti- ble improvements were made until after 1832, when Stephen Smith pur- chased the land of Judge Griffin, and Gen. Chamberlain put up a public house and opened a store. This was the beginning of Cuba village.
It was not a promising outlook to build up a charming village. Main street was a mirehole in the center of a swamp. The ragged clearing pre- sented a multitude of unsightly stumps and burned and charred trees were towering here and there over the water and the mud, the tall grass and coarse weeds of the fields. But intelligence and industry have marvel- lously transformed the place, and much, very much, is due to the energy and capability of the first business men.
The first blacksmiths were'Israel Howsell and Vernon Clement. In How- sell's shop Myron Bigelow did a good business in gunsmithing. A small pottery was conducted for some years by Hiram Griffin.
An important industry in early years was tanning. Erastus Kinney, a shoemaker, had a small tannery in the village, while one was built by the Ferrins, which for a time was run by Alfred Brand, who was the town's first manufacturer of boots and shoes. W. P. Stevens bought the Stephen Smith and Robert Adams tannery in 1844. This had been run for 10 or 12 years, but under Mr. Stevens' control the business assumed quite large dimen- sions. The plant was burned and rebuilt several times (the last time as a tannery in 1877). Robert Adams about 1870 built a tannery on the site of Phelps & Sibley's mills which he sold to W. A. Phelps. It was burned in 1878.
Stephen Smith, a pushing, energetic man had " many irons in the fire," and an ashery all through the thirties. By 1840 he abandoned the massive stone mills he had built on Oil Creek at the northwest corner of the fair ground some years earlier. Here he had also a large trip hammer in active operation, manufactured bricks, kept a store and, in other ways tried to build up the chief center of business there. It was a strife between giants when he and Gen. C. T. Chamberlain opposed each other. Both were early merchants on Main St. One owned all the land north of Main St., the other all south of it. (It is said that every early deed of village lots north of Main St., were given by Stephen Smith) and no other two men had so much to do with bringing hither that tide of business operations, which has never ceased
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to flow. In 1841 and 1842 Cuba was quite a place. Work on both canal and railroad was in progress, and there was nearly 400 population and it had a newspaper, the Cuba Advocate, started in 1839 by I. C. Sheldon. Hon. Wilkes Angel described it at that period thus:
The country around was comparatively new. The village was mostly located on swampy ground. It had no sidewalks, and locomotion was extremely disagreeable and difficult, espe- cially in wet weather. There were several dry goods stores and groceries, and two hotels. The merchants were Rufus Colwell, a young man just commencing business, Stephen Smith, an illiterate but a very active and good business man. He was a land owner, merchant, miller and husbandman, and at the same time carried on other kinds of business, all with success. He erected many of the first business buildings in Cuba, none of which resembled any style of architecture then known to the world. Robert Guilford, another merchant, usually attended to business in his shirt-sleeves, and generally went around bare-footed and bare-headed. Edwin W. Park was an extensive grocer. Joseph Palmer was a successful merchant. Among the old settlers of prominence residing at or near the village were Calvin T. Chamberlain, Dr. Gil- bert Champlain, Judge Griffin, Simeon C. Moore, Edward H. Johnson, Deacon Wilder, Dea- con Orton, Joseph Palmer (who also was a merchant), Thomas Scott (grocer), Walter O. Tal- cott (jeweler), Lewis Nash and Deacon Dunkin. Wolcott Hatch, afterwards county judge, came about 1836 or 1837. Samuel M. Russell was then practicing law ; W. and W. P. Angel opened their law office in Cuba in 1838. Hon. Marshall B. Champlain was then a student. William Orton, late president of the W. U. Telegraph Company, was a son of Deacon Orton, and learned printing in the office of the Cuba Advocate in 1840 and 1841. There was then but one meetinghouse in the town, the Baptist, in which Elder Anson officiated. Presbyterian meetings were held in an old schoolhouse. Dr. Griffin, Dr. Palmer and Dr. Maxson were the physicians, all of the allopathic persuasion, and very respectable. Judge Griffin was a large, raw-boned man, uncouth in conversation and manners, but of sound common sense, and he was judge of the court of common pleas. Gardner Sheldon was an early settler, so were the Scotts and the Baldwins, substantial and good citizens.
The decade from 1840 to 1850 was one of prosperity. Money was brought in and times made brisk by the building operations on the line of the railroad and canal, but no great advance was made in the appearance of the village. The hotels, stores, shops, etc., clustered around the corner of east and west Main, and South and Genesee streets, but, with the exception of the Davison block, built in 1835, few buildings were built with great capacity. Every- thing that Stephen Smith built was solidity itself. The residence of his grandson, A. W. Smith, standing at the head of Genesee street comes down from this decade. It was built for a store, has been twice occupied as a schoolhouse, and now remodeled into a dwelling is an ornament to the village. Business, especially that of trade, etc., has kept its location at or near the corners, in a compact location.
Cuba was especially fortunate in very early having an element of cul- ture which was not given to many of the new villages. In the forties several notable families were resident here whose influence has ever been felt for good in the village. Among them was the family of Rev. Jefferson Wynkoop who, a talented and educated clergyman, was an early pastor of the Presby- terian Church. His house was the center of the literary circles of that day, and his daughters married some of Cuba's leading citizens. Mrs. Russell
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Smith is now living here. Mrs. Charles Sherrill, widow of a prominent state official, whose home is in the national capital passes her summers here. The Champlain, Angel and Chamberlain families are other noteworthy examples of the people to whose active labors much of the grace, dignity and refine- ment of the ladies of Cuba may be justly traced.
Of the public spirited merchants, business men and others of this and earlier and later periods who have left their impress upon the village and town are Calvin T. Chamberlain, John Griffin, William Orton, Dr. Gilbert B. Champlain and his son Marshall B. Champlain, Stephen and Russell Smith, Joseph Palmer, Rufus Colwell, Simeon C. Moore, Edward H. Johnson, Henry and William P. Stevens, all of whom Cuba delights to honor.
THE VILLAGE CORPORATION .- At the Railroad Hotel Nov. 9, 1850, was held an election to obtain the expression of the people concerning incorpor- ation. The petition for incorporation was dated Sept. 28, 1850, and signed by M. B. Champlain, L. A. Butts, J. A. Willard and E. W. Park. The popu- lation of the territory proposed for the village, exclusive of Irish laborers on the railroad, was 896; and the number of Irish resident in the same limits was 275. At this election 66 votes were cast in favor, and 4 against the pro- posed corporation. Accordingly William G. Angel then county judge, certi- fied that "I am satisfied all the proceedings in respect to notifying and hold- ing such meeting, canvassing the votes given thereat, and making such cer- tificate of canvass, are legal, and that Cuba village is therefore duly incor- porated."
The territory thus incorporated measured 769.68 acres. December 11, 1850, was held the first corporation election, which resulted in the election of these officers: Trustees. Lewis Nash, L. A. Butts, Alfred Griffin, A. Stewart, Robert Smith; assessors, Leonard Anson, Henry Stevens, Henry R. Allen; corporation clerk, James A. Story; treasurer, Bogardus Merritt; collector, Salmon Willard; fire wardens, Erastus Richardson, Dorrana C. Rann, Charles P. Robinson, and Albert W. Kimball; pound master, Bordus W. Simmons.
Bylaws were adopted. Among the provisions was this: "Every occu- pant of any building in which there is a fire kept, shall furnish himself with one leathern fire bucket, and a ladder of sufficient length to reach the house- top," and a fine of one dollar, and the cost of collection was imposed for the violation of the ordinance. At a regular meeting of the trustees, held at W. Otis Osborne's store, Dec. 31, 1870, it was resolved to re-incorporate the vil- lage under the state law passed April 20, 1870. At Palmer's Hall, Feb. 4, 1871, at a special meeting for incorporation 47 votes were cast in favor, and 3 against this measure, and the village was re-incorporated with its present boundaries (the same as fixed in 1850), which are:
Beginning at the northeast corner of lot number 45 in the town of Cuba, running thence south 95 chains west 98 chains, and 43 links, north 31 chains and 70 links, to the south bank of Oil creek, thence up said creek to the north line of said lot number 45, thence east 42 chains and 75 links to the place of beginning.
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The affairs of the village continue to be administered under the rules and regulations of the corporation. The present village officers are: H. C. Morgan, president; W. A. Bates, J. A. Lanning, Oscar F. Eaton, trustees; F. O. Olive, secretary; C. A. DeKay, collector; W. B. Ackerly, treasurer.
CUBA UNION SCHOOL AND ACADEMY .- Next to the churches and homes of a town stands the school, which in its influence upon a community rivals them both. Ten years passed after the first settlement before the first school was instituted, the one kept by David Row in 1822. This was owing to the settlements being small and widely scattered. Since that time the schools of Cuba have kept pace with the progress of the town, in importance and material improvement, and population. The district schoolhouses are neat and tidy, generally well located and kept in good repair, answering well the purpose. We give the apportionment of the public school moneys for each district of the town for 1896: No. 1, $1,099.52; No. 2, $115.81; No. 3, $128.08; No. 4, $105.75; No. 5, $110.88; No. 6, $107.90; No. 7, $110.06; No. 8, $117.12; No. 9, $106,82; total $2,001.94.
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