A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 121

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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Both the Methodist and Congregational churches at Black Creek are well sustained and seem in a prosperous condition.

EARLY TIMES AND HOMES .- Wm. Guilford, an aged resident of White Creek, sends us this description of old times and old things that is worthy of preservation and applies as well to the early settlers of New Hudson as to those of any other locality: "Seventy years ago in this part of the county a few settlers had lo- cated along the creeks. They had a few acres cleared so as to raise a little grain and cut hay enough for a few cows and their ox teams and some had small flocks of sheep. What wool they could get was made into cloth to clothe their families. This, with what flax they raised and made into cloth, had to supply their every day clothing. All had to use strict economy to get along for money was hard to get. In this vicinity there was a heavy growth of timber of beech, maple, basswood and white ash, with some splendid black cherry and scat- tering pines of size and quality not to be excelled. Upon the hillsides there was almost a dense forest of oak and pine. But there was then no way to get much money out of timber. But few mills were within reach, and no markets to encourage any one to make much lumber. It did not look as though a century's work could remove the timber from this woody country. Several times in my boyhood I have stood by one of the old log houses and listened to the howling of wolves."

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TIMES SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

How things have changed in seventy years No one can hardly tell; But few log houses now are left Where people used to dwell.

All the houses then were built Of logs just as they grew. They did not stop to peel the bark, Or even try to hew.

A big stone chimney all must have, Built up straight through the "peak."

Covered with shingles two feet long, So they would never leak.

They had to have an iron crane, And six or seven hooks To hang the kettles round the fire And accommodate the cooks.

The pots and kettles all were made Of iron, thick and stout; Teakettles weighing twenty pounds, With great long iron spouts.

Old-fashioned griddles two feet wide, (But few now can be found.) All had a swivel in the bail So they could turn them round.

Bake kettles, too, they always had To bake big loaves of bread; They set them on live coals of fire With coals upon the head.

Six or seven kitchen chairs Most always painted red;

And big and clumsy bedstead With dashboard at the head.

Most every house had spinning-wheels For spinning wool and flax. Our mothers had to make the cloth To clothe the numerous backs.

See how they had to spin and weave, And had to knit and sew; Make all the stockings and the clothes. How can this all be so ?

To see the tools they used to use, T'would almost make you ache To see the swingling knives and board, And the old flax break.

To see the warping bars they had, Those old long spools and "scarn," And see the big and little wheels They used to spin their yarn.

Some are wishing for old times, But ah! they do not know The burdens that our parents bore Some seventy years ago.

Our dear old parents, they are gone To another world than this; If we could see them here again How soon we'd beg a kiss.

SOLDIERS OF 1861 to 1865 .- When the Rebellion broke out no town in the county responded to the call for soldiers more promptly than New Hudson. During the summer of 1861 more than 50 men enlisted; mostly in the 85th N. Y. Others enlisted in other organizations of infantry, cavalry and artillery,

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and there is no record of deserters from that town. The following is a list of the men from New Hudson who joined the army without designation of regiment or rank.

Seneca Allen, Stephen Andrews, James Lindsay, Lloyd Nichols, James Wells, Alberto Wickwire, Henry Odell, S. W. Robertson, Wesley Lambert, Osman Briggs, William Vaughn, Harvey McElheny, George Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, George Brown, Noel Burlingame, Ed- ward Comfort, Orsemus Crabb, Orlando P. Case, Robert Dillon, William Dunn, Amos Foster, Charles Himes, Fred Hall, Reuben Hurd, Leonard Hicks, Edward Hicks, Joel Hicks, Willard Hicks, William Johnson, Willard Hill, Edward Johnson, Samuel Lindsay, David Lewis, Charles Lewis, Newell C. McElheny, John O'Conner, Chauncey Pratt, Joseph Patterson, John Parks, Isaac Patterson, Thomas Richardson, George Rugg, William A. Rider, Wilmott Robbins, A. K. Ricker, John W. Rugg, Bradley Swift, Washington Swift, James Smith, V. J. McElheny, Otis Hutchins, Daniel Pasco. James R. Fisher, James McElheny, Wesley Brooks. John Alexander, Charles Brown, Edwin Pasco, Richard Ives, Leonard Adams, George W. Lamb, Henry Miner, Cornelius W. Miner, A. J. McElheny, Edwin Trall, Ira Thrall, John McElheny, John J. McEl- heny, Abiah F. DeKay, Aaron L. Gee, Simon Ikens, Gideon L. Patterson, Leonard Pike, George W. Brooks, James Denison, Benjamin Gardner, John Nolan, Joseph C. Scott, John Strait, Mil- ton Bennett, D. J. Upham, Francis Wilson, Richard Wallace, James Wallace, John (?) Pasco.

OF THE TOWN'S PEOPLE,-Rodney. James R. and Samuel Bell were all born in Goffs- town, N. H. The Bell family is one of the prominent ones of that state, having furnished two governors, a chief justice and a U. S. senator. Rodney Bell, born in 1802, came to New Hud- son about 1825, took up land and did some clearing, then returned, married Almira Noyes, and came back with his wife, and resided here until he moved to Rushford. He died at Hornells- ville in 1892. His second wife was Mrs. L. R. Dunham. His children were Charles N. Bell, who married Jane, daughter of Alonzo Sill, and located on the old farm. (He has been en- gaged in fruit-growing, and is now a resident of Black Creek), Rosina E. (Mrs. C. H. Ives), died in 1889, Laura N. (Mrs. James Wisner), C. Adelaide (Mrs. Benjamin H. Gardner), Frederick D. of Hornellsville, married Sarah, daughter of Robert Ross. James R. Bell was an early set- tler, coming here before Rodney. He had 3 children, Alfred, Rosina and Nathaniel D. who was a prominent man here. Samuel Bell was also a resident of the town. He had 4 children, Lafayette, Jane, Cyrus and Aldura.

Reuben Bennet, son of Cromwell Bennet, was born in Connecticut, and came to Rush- ford about 1812, built his log house and moved his family there in 1816. He resided there until 1828 when he moved to New Hudson and located on the farm his son Milton owns. He was a justice of the peace over 30 years, assessor and road commissioner. He died Jan. 15, 1862 ; his wife, Nancy Miller, died in 1870. They had 6 children, 2 survive. Oliver married Clarissa Gere in 1849 and settled on the farm he owns. They had 2 children, Elbert M. (dec.) and Elv- rett. He has always been a farmer and has been road commissioner. Milton, son of Reuben, was born July 7, 1831, in New Hudson. He owns the old homestead and is an agriculturist.

Frank R. Case, son of Charles C., was born in Cuba in 1849. He married Merta Alexan- der and has 2 children, Charles B. and Adella B. He has been a resident of New Hudson since 1858, and has held the office of town clerk 2 years. His father, Charles C. Case, son of John, was born in December, 1815, married Celestia Baldwin and settled in North Cuba. They had 5 children, of whom Frank R. is the only one living. Charles married for his second wife Mrs. L. Sibley. He died at Black Creek in 1891. John Case, grandfather of Frank R., was born in May, 1776, in Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth Holmes and settled at Henrietta, Monroe county. They had 13 children.

Agile Clapp was born in Vermont, married Julia A. Cisco and settled in Angelica at an early day. In 1840 he moved to Friendship and located on the farm now owned by his son George Clapp. He had 8 children. He died in 1884. Henry F. Clapp, son of Agile, was born March 31, 1837, married Lucy Searl in 1870 and settled in New Hudson where he resides. He is a farmer. He enlisted in Co. F, 85th N. Y., was captured at Plymouth in 1864 and was a prisoner 11 months and escaped. He was discharged in July 1865. He is a member of S. P. Bartle Post, G. A. R., of Cuba. Mr. Clapp has 3 children : Ella, Daisy and Cecil.

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Jerry A. Cooper, son of Joel and Orra (Blair) Cooper, was born May 1, 1837, in Hume. In 1857 he married Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa (Holt) Morgan of Caneadea, and made his home in Hume. He had one son William H. Cooper. In 1869 J. B. Cooper moved to New Hudson where he has served as assessor. He is a member of the Wesleyan church and a Prohibitionist.

Lewis Gere, son of Joseph, was born in Massachusetts. He married Hannah Hodskin and located in Chenango Co. In 1830 he settled in New Hudson where he was a farmer. He died in 1862, his wife in 1831. They had 6 children. Their only son, Marshall Gere, was born in 1815. He married Almira Ives in 1839 and lived in New Hudson. Their children were Lewis H., James M. (died in the army Jan. 22, 1864), Catherine M. (dec.), Sarah E. (dec.), Joseph A., and Williston F. Gere who is station agent for the W. N. Y. & Penn. R. R. Marshall Gere was first engaged in running a sawmill, then in farming. His second wife was Margery Van Etten.

Eri Hyde came to Rushford from Burlington, Vt., about 1830. He married Pamelia Keyes. James Hyde, the sole survivor of their 4 children, was born April 6, 1814. He married Fannie Keyes in 1836. They had 3 children : Perry, Emma (dec.) and Elizabeth (Mrs. James Mc- Elhaney). James Hyde held the office of superintendent of the poor and highway commissioner. In 1836 he went to Augusta, Mich, and manufactured " calamity " ware. Later he returned to care for his aged parents. Perry Hyde, son of James, was born June 15, 1837, in Augusta, Mich. In 1862 he married Winnie Cameron, daughter of Peter. Their children are Charlie, James M., Horatio A. and Laura Minerva.

Albert Van Buren Hendryx is a farmer, blacksmith and carpenter. In April, 1871, he re- moved to New Hudson and settled on his present farm. June 14, 1860, he married Mattie C., daughter of Ulysses H. and Jaennett (Scott) Bradley, of Cuba. They have one son, Otis James, born October 10, 1876. Mr. Hendryx has always been a Democrat. [For Hendryx family see Cuba. ]

Henry Ives, son of Josiah, was born in Massachusetts, and came to New Hudson in 1837, from Lansing, N. Y. He married Sarah Nichols and had 9 children. Justin F. Ives was born in 1829. He married Elinor, daughter of Harmon Gorton, and settled in Belmont where he lived some years and worked at his trade of a carpenter. He was under sheriff in 1863, 1864 and 1865. In 1876 he moved to New Hudson. He was elected justice of the peace in 1893. His wife died Oct. 29, 1894. Their children are Herbert, Dell (Mrs. Orlando Lamb), and Eugene H. Ives, who was born March 14, 1870, in Belmont, and in 1894 married Georgia A. Robb. He is assistant superintendent of the Empire City stud farm located at New Hudson.

William M. Lane, son of John V., a soldier in the War of 1812 (whose father was in the Revolutionary War as a soldier from beginning to end), was born in Farmersville, Feb. 11, 1841. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. D, 9th N. Y. Cav. He was wounded at Shepardstown, Aug. 25, 1864, and was discharged in June, 1865. He married Harriet E. Hillman in 1865, and in 1868 made his home in New Hudson. They have 2 children : Glenn B. and Flora E. Mr. Lane is a farmer, a member of the Baptist church, and of S. P. Bartle Post, and has been postmaster for 6 years at New Hudson. G. B. Lane is a dealer in general merchandise at New Hudson.

Charles Lewis, son of Jason, was born in Gainesville, N. Y., April 10, 1826. He is a de- scendant of the Lewis family who came to America in 1633. In 1846 he married Mary J., daughter of Jacob Holmes of New Hudson and in 1847 made his residence here. Aug. 13, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 130th N. Y., and was discharged June 30, 1865. His children are, Truman E., Caroline (Mrs. Wm. Gleason), Ida E. (Mrs. Fillmore Gleason), Frank J. and Eva M. (Mrs. Fred Willover). Truman E. Lewis was born in New Hudson May 7, 1849. He married Victoria C., daughter of Alfred Gleason, in January, 1870, and located at Black Creek where he was engaged in dentistry for some years. He then settled on the farm he now owns. He is largely engaged in the production of maple sugar, has a dairy of 62 cows, and deals in stock. He is the second largest taxpayer in the town, and has been assessor 6 years. He is a member of Black Creek Tent, K. O. T. M., and has a daughter Clara E.

Otis Marsh, son of Joseph, was born in Rockingham, Vt., in 1801. He married Rosalia Holden of Chester, Vt. In 1832 he came with his team to New Hudson and made his lifelong home on the farm which his son Rufus owns. He died in 1874, his wife in 1872. His children were Royal, Mary, George, Rufus, Otis, Crittenden, Nelson, Dexter and Helen. All are living. Royal Marsh was born in 1822, married Margaret Van Fleet and located in the Marsh settle- ment. He has always been a farmer. He has 2 children, Sarah (Mrs. Herbert Gleason) and Jane. Joseph Marsh was the first of the family to settle here, in the twenties. Orlin Marsh came about 1830. He was a justice of the peace.

Ephraim Perry came to Rushford in June, 1819, from Chesterfield, Mass. He was a well- educated man and a school teacher. His wife was Hannah Jones. None of their children survive. Austin Perry, son of Ephraim, was born in Massachusetts in 1812, married Julia, daughter of William Vaughn, in 1834, and settled on and cultivated the farm in New Hudson

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now owned by his descendants. Four of his 10 children survive; Chester, Lurancy (Mrs. Rial Wheeler of Allegany), Aurilla (Mrs. Delancy Wickwire) and Foster Perry, who was born Aug. 10, 1844, married Mary, daughter of James Demcey and settled where he now resides and tills the ancestral acres.

Clarence Ricker, son of H. P. Ricker, was born in New Hudson in 1866, was educated at the public schools and Cuba Academy. He has been supervisor of New Hudson 4 years, a member of the Republican committee 8 years (2 years chairman, 2 years secretary and treasurer) 7 years on the executive committee, 3 years town clerk. He has been a partner with his father since 1888. He is a member of Cuba Chapter F. & A. M., St. John's Commandery of Olean, Oriana Lodge, No. 229 of Fillmore, was a charter member of Black Creek Tent, K. O. T. M., and its first commander. He married Mary, daughter of L. D. Stowell. H. P. Ricker was born in Waterboro, Me., in 1832. When 17 he commenced teaching and taught 7 terms of school before leaving Maine. In 1856 he came to Cuba, kept the old Cuba Hotel for 4 years, then settled in Black Creek, opened a general store, which he, in company with Clarence, still con- ducts. Mr. Ricker taught the village school 2 terms. He was elected supervisor 8 terms, has been postmaster at Black Creek since 1860 whenever the Republican party was in power, and held the office of justice of the peace for 28 years. He married Sarah, daughter of Major L. J. Reynolds, and has 4 children, Eugene (a music dealer in Scranton, Pa.), Charles (a merchant at Hume and county treasurer), Edith (Mrs. F. A. Hicks of Cuba) and Clarence.

William Simpson Jr., son of William, was born in New York City. He married Jennie, daughter of Joseph McGraw and resided in New Hudson for some years. He was the origina- tor of what is now known as the Empire City Stud Farm. At first it was for the breeding of fine Jersey cattle and later he devoted it to the raising of trotting horses and pacers. Frederick B. Simpson his son was born in 1873. He was educated at Trinity Chapel School, New York City, and at Pennsylvania Military College, where he took the civil engineering course and was graduated in 1891. He is now engaged in looking after the stock farm. Mr. William Simpson, Jr., has returned to New York City.

Solomon Van Fleet, a soldier of the War of 1812, and son of James, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Orange Co. He married Sarah Carpenter Jan. 12, 1814 and settled at Port Jervis. About 1823 he removed to Skaneateles where he resided until 1832 when he emigrated to New Hudson and purchased 200 acres of land. Here he was assessor for many years and a member of the Congregational church. He died July 3, 1870, his wife Feb. 27, 1852. Children, Benja- min, Margaret (Mrs. Royal Marsh), Mary (Mrs. James Burger, dec.), Henry and James. Henry Van Fleet was born in Skaneateles, July 5, 1826. He married Esther, daughter of William and Esther (Westfall) Van Noy in 1850 and settled in New Hudson on the farm owned by O. Roat. In 1881 he moved to Black Creek where he died Aug. 27, 1887. He was highway commis- sioner several years. His son George E. married Leah May, daughter of Bradley Alexander, in 1883 and settled at Black Creek. They have 3 children : Rena B., Henry B. and Edith S.

Hon. H. H. Wakely, born in Groton, N. Y., in 1825, was educated in the common schools and Groton Academy, removed to Allegany with his father in 1843, married in 1846 Miss Susan McElheny of Black Creek in New Hudson, where he settled, and for some years engaged in farming. He was later a jobber and overseer on the Genesee Valley canal and was superinten- dent of the canal in 1865, 1866, and 1867. In 1872 he was 6 months in the railway mail service between Hornellsville and New York. During the war he was enrolling officer for New Hud- son. In 1874 he was U. S. deputy revenue collector for Allegany county. In 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877 he was an officer of the state senate and, in 1878 and 1879, was member of assembly, and was librarian of the assembly in 1880. In 1879 while member of assembly he introduced the measure providing for the transfer by the state of the abandoned Genesee Valley canal for a railroad, and, notwithstanding a strong opposition and the efforts of the state superintendent of public works against it, he carried it through the assembly by a two-thirds vote. The measure was defeated in the senate, but in 1880 became a law and the road was built on the old canal line. Mr. Wakely has two brothers living at Black Creek. He has 3 children, a son, Dr. B. C. Wakely of Hornellsville, and 2 daughters, Mrs. Charles Yaw and Mrs. Fred Williams, both of Franklinville. Mrs. Wakely died in 1889, and, in 1891, Mr. Wakely married Miss Florence Atherton of Caneadea. Their home is now in Belfast.

Daniel E. Williams was born in Byron, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1826. He married Lolette, daughter of Gilbert and Melitiah (Webber) Arnold, in October, 1853. They resided in Black Creek until 1855, when they moved to Kasota, Minn., where he took up land for a home, and served as justice of the peace. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. K, 7th Minn., served as a sergeant and was discharged in 1865, when he returned to Black Creek, where he resided until his death July 21, 1872. Mr. Williams was a teacher in Allegany county. His children were G. Judd of Urbana, Ohio, Myra L. (dec.), Eugenia H. (Mrs. Dr. Thomas of Cuba) and Maude E. (Mrs. Ira M. Godfrey of Olean).

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GENESEE.

BY MISS MARY A. LACKEY.

CHAPTER LXVIII.

ENESEE is the southwestern town of Allegany county. At the time G the first settlement was made within its limits it was a part of the town of Friendship. In 1822, when the town of Cuba was formed from Friend- ship, it was included in the new town, and was set off from Cuba as Genesee April 16, 1830. The number of acres which it contains is estimated at 22,- 905. The soil is, for the most part, a gravelly loam, though in some places it is a sandy, and, in others, a clayey loam. The surface is very uneven, consisting of narrow valleys between ranges of hills both high and steep. The highest summits are said to be 1,000 to 1,400 feet above the valleys. Although many of the hills have been partially cleared, with very few ex- ceptions the homes have been built in the valleys. On one of the highest hills, a little to the northeast of the center of the town, nature has located a hamlet known as "Rock City." It consists of huge boulders of conglom- erate, some of which are as large as a good-sized dwelling, and seen from a distance they appear to be a collection of houses. The sides of some of the boulders are as perpendicular as the walls of a house, with corners as well-defined, while others are very irregular in shape and vary greatly in size. The rocks are not confined to the summit of the hill, but extend down its declivities and cover an area of 40 acres. In the early "forties, " when it was surrounded by a dense wilderness and bears were sometimes met in going there, the "City " had its beginning as a resort for celebrations, picnics, etc. With the removal of the woods much of the charm of pic- nicking was lost, but the view of the surrounding country seen from the crest of the hill in a pleasant day affords the lover of nature a picture not soon to be forgotten, and the rocks are still monuments of the omnipotence of Him who placed them there.

The streams of the town are Little Genesee, Windfall, Oswayo, Deer, Dodge's and Wolf creeks, Streeter, Wilson, Bell, Butternut and other name- less brooks fed by living springs. The valleys of all the creeks are thickly settled, as are also some of the brook valleys; and, while on some of the brooks the clearings are comparatively new, thrift and enterprise can in a few years make them rival those which have been longer cultivated. In West Genesee, besides the 20 or more dwellings in either valley, there is on Deer creek a schoolhouse, and on Dodge's creek a Seventh-day Baptist church and a schoolhouse. There is also a schoolhouse in the Windfall valley.

LITTLE GENESEE .- The village of Little Genesee is in the southeastern part of the town, and contains one Seventh-day Baptist church, one school-

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house with two departments, a hall, two general stores, in one of which is Little Genesee postoffice, one feed and hardware store, two vacant stores, a hotel, a milliner's shop, a barber's shop and some 30 dwellings with about 100 inhabitants.

CERES .- The village of Ceres is situated on Oswayo creek, a little west of the center of the south line of the town. It lies partly in Genesee and partly in Ceres, Pa., and has nearly 300 inhabitants. It contains, in Gene- see, the postoffice (Ceres, N. Y.), a schoolhouse with two departments, a hardware store, a grocery and shoe shop, a grocery and harness shop, a dry-goods and millinery store, a general store, two doctors' offices, a print- ing office, a saw and planing mill, a handle factory, a railroad station, a bar- ber shop, 48 dwellings, and about 200 inhabitants, while scarcely across the state line are the M. E. church and parsonage.

FIRST SETTLEMENTS .- The first settler in the town was John Bell, who, born in England, came to this country when nine years of age. He came to Ceres in 1817, and in the fall bought land on Bell Brook with the state line for its southern boundary. He at once commenced a clearing and the next year built, near the state line, a large log house containing three great fire- places. In December he brought his bride, Miss Jane King of Ceres, to the new home, and on this farm they passed the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Bell living to see more than man's allotted three score years and ten, and Mr. Bell more than four score years.

The second settler was Newman Crabtree of Friendship. In 1819 he put up a shanty on the Genesee creek and commenced building a mill which was not completed for two or three years. He then sawed lumber and built a plank house, and went with his ox sled to bring his family from his former home in Friendship (now Wirt.) There was an old hut on lot 3 used by the Indians as a half-way house in passing between the reservations on the Gen- esee and Allegany rivers. Around the hut the vegetation was luxuriant, and Mr. Crabtree stopped to let his oxen feed. and while waiting he set the hut on fire. Returning with his family after two or three days he found his own house in flames and went back to the home in Wirt. A few days later Mr. Cowles of Bolivar met an Indian near the mill and asked him why he burned the house, to which the Indian replied, " He burn me house, me burn his." When asked why he did not burn the mill too, he said, " Ugh, he no burn me mill."

In the fall of 1822 Jabez Burdick of Berlin, N. Y., came to Genesee. He had passed the spring and summer in Friendship, working a farm on shares. He located on Genesee Creek above the village, and made a little clearing and built a log shanty on it that fall, and the following January brought his fam- ily, a wife, one son and two daughters.

In 1824 Roswell Streeter, also of Berlin, settled here, and in 1826 built a framed house, the first in town, which he afterward sold to Mr. Wells who moved it to his own land and lived in it. It still exists as part of the house owned by Mrs. Howe. Previous to 1830 Mr. Streeter removed to Wirt.

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In 1824 Ezekiel Crandall and Joseph Wells of Rhode Island came to Gen- esee and bought 1,000 acres of land for themselves and other Rhode Island men. Mr. Wells was desirous of having the tract which contained a good waterpower, and this privilege the others readily granted. The remainder was divided among the purchasers by lot. Mr. Wells and Mr. Crandall brought their families in 1825. Their goods were shipped to Rochester by water, Mr. and Mrs. Wells coming the same way, while their six children, with Mr. Crandall and his family (five children) came with horses and wag- ons, making the trip in about three weeks. Mr. Wells built their log house where the house of his son Samuel now stands. The next year he built a blacksmith shop, at which trade he worked until his death in 1836. His sons Daniel and Samuel also followed the same trade for many years. Mr. Cran- dall with his family were detained at Alfred by sickness and they did not occupy their log house until March, 1826.

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 121

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