A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 63

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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at Wadsworth Hill services are conducted in a schoolhouse. There are about 45 members at Scio, 35 at Knight's Creek, 20 at the Hill. Scio Sun- day school has seven officers and 50 pupils, A. S. Benjamin, superintendent; that at Knight's Creek six officers and 50 pupils, Nancy Wright, superin- tendent; that on the Hill four officers and 30 pupils, Sherman Hurd, super- intendent. The trustees are: Scio, I. M. Miles, A. S. Benjamin, R. V. Gil- lett, M. S. Davis and Albert Babcock; Knight's Creek, W. H. Norton, Oscar Tibbs and Robert Wright.

Seventh-day Baptist Church .- This has existed since May 15, 1834, when 24 persons of this faith were organized into a church by a council convened for this purpose at the Davis schoolhouse, two miles north of the later vil- lage of Scio. This was called "The Amity Church" and the constituent members were Jesse B., John C. and Rachel Cartwright, Davis. Daniel B., Nancy and Sarah Stillman, Theodoty, Theodoty, Jr., and Silas G. Bliven, James and Susan Weed, John and Ruth Maxson, Jesse, Ethan and Hannah Rogers, Philemon and Lydia Green. William Millard, Buell Oviatt, Judith Lester and Hannah Burdick. In accordance with a vote of the society passed in 1837 a meetinghouse 24x30 feet in size was erected two miles down the river from the location of Scio, and so far completed that meetings were held in it, but it was never finished, for with the growth of the village that became a center for religious meetings as well as of business opera- tions. In 1859 the name of the organization was changed to "Scio " church to correspond with the name of the town. A union meetinghouse was built about 1850 at Scio village by a stock company and was occupied by all de- nominations for about ten years, when it was neglected and the attention of this society was drawn towards its purchase. In fact the initial move in this direction was made in 1857. Mr. S. A. Earley, acting for this body, gradually bought the shares of the union house, and after the trustees were empowered in 1871 to purchase the building, he turned the shares over to them. It was then refitted and occupied as the society's house of worship, being rededicated April 11, 1877. Removals and deaths in time so weakened both the Amity and Scio churches that self-preservation caused their consolidation into the present organization. The first regular pastor appears to have been Elder Rouse Babcock, serving from 1848 to 1851. Rev. Jesse Rowley was pastor from 1854 to 1872. He was succeeded in turn by J. L. Huffman, Charles Rowley, U. M. Babcock. J. L. Bennett. The present pastor is Rev. H. L. Jones, who has officiated for 14 months. The present trustees are: L. L. Canfield, T. Sage, A. E. Rogers; deacon, A. E. Rogers; number of resident members, 27; non-resident members; 10; Sab- bath school superintendent, John Canfield; secretary, Lon Smith; number of scholars 45. Value of church property $1,700.

The Church of Christ was organized by Rev. Wilson Collins April 10, 1861, with nine members, Isaac, Harriet, George, Harriet Ann and Miles Smith, Mrs. Charlotte Peterson, Henry Shepard, Elizabeth Fitz Simmons and Carrie Hurd. Isaac Smith was made elder, Henry Shepard deacon, George Smith

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clerk. There was at that time an organization of Christians at Knight's Creek schoolhouse of about the same size under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Strickland which after a time united with the Scio church of which union Mr. Strickland was made elder and preached once in two weeks at "the schoolhouse on the hill." Mr. Collins also for a while came once in two weeks and preached. Meetings were faithfully kept up on Sunday, whether a preacher was there or not, on the hill and later "on the creek " until 1863 when the church began to hold meetings in the union meetinghouse. In 1874 the society built a church and organized a Sunday school which has since been kept up. The present superintendent is Mrs. Amanda Hinckley. The church has never been numerically strong, and it has not at all times had ministerial service. Some of the preachers have been Strickland, Collins, Ira Chase, I. C. Goodrich, Belden, Callahan. Bartlett, Hart, Manly. Slade, Ainsworth, Patterson, James, Davis, Gardiner and others. In November, 1894, the church joined with the Wellsville church in hiring Elder A. R. Mil- ler, the present pastor, under whose efficient labors it has taken on new life and activity. One of the leading members is King S. Black, who has been elder for the past 25 years, and holds services in absence of the pastor.

Hakes Post, No. 261, G. A. R., was organized May 4, 1882, with these 27 members : Capt. J. E. Middaugh, commander ; M. J. Peterson, senior vice commander ; O. P. Fowler, junior vice commander ; H. G. West, adjutant ; J. K. Morgan, quartermaster ; J. S. Fuller, surgeon ; R. Canfield, chaplain ; Geo. Wilbur, officer of the day ; B. A. Gault, officer of the guard ; M. A. Clark, sergeant major ; Abner Bissell, quartermaster sergeant ; and comrades J. S. Healey, R. N. Utter, Daniel Hull, A. B. York, W. W. Mapes, R. C. Roff, G. A. Saunders, J. W. Dailey, Geo. Fletcher, A. J. White, C. B. Jones, P. G. Barber, D. W. Billings, Gurdon Babcock, A. J. Reynolds, Edmund Sortore. The present officers are : William Ockerman, Com .; M. J. Peter- son, S. V. C .; John Smith, J. V. C .; Uri Deck, Adjt .; Sherman Perkins, Q. M .; Warrenton Mapes, S. ; Edmund Sortore, Chap .; Geo. Wilbur, O. D. ; Isaac Miles, S. M .; Wm. Metcalf, Q. S. The commanders have been : J. E. Middaugh, James Morgan, Uri Deck, Edmund Sor- tore, Wm. Ockerman. The Post meets at Smith's Hall, on the Ist and 3d Saturdays of each month.

In addition to those already given, the following enlisted from Scio : Geo. W. Burdge, H. A. Reynolds, John Burns, L. B. Young, Joseph Brewster, Hiram A. Peterson, Christopher Courtright, A. C. Hudsdall, J. M. Roberts, A. W. Collins, L. F. Mills, Christopher Miller, Geo. D. Maybee, James Vreeland, Hezekiah Howe, J. H. Black, Michael Ellsworth, G. N. Cline, Frank Angel, A. C. Clark, R. A. Cady, Henry J. Babbitt, Henry Peterson, Charles Thomas, Daniel W. Collins, George Hays, Capt. John C. Hughes, Marshall C. Middaugh, Wm. Gagan, John Young, Geo. Gordon, Adelbert Wilbur, Thomas Gagan, Daniel Knight.

Enlisted men from Scio who died in the service or since their discharge : Capt. Erdley N. Canfield,+ Gehial Ford,* Clarence Fuller,* Wesley L. Roff,* Phineas Haywood,* John Knapp,* Theron G. Day,* Steuben Holmer,* Orson Randolph,* Wm. N. Middaugh,* Henry Urter,t Isaiah Wood,* Charles Truman,t Samuel Haywood,* S. F. Bunnell,+ Wm. P. Marden,+ Louis Perry,* Sirenus Young (died at Andersonville), Geo. Miller,* Capt. Geo. Brewster,* Lieut. Clark Thom- as,t Jacob Ost,r Enmund C. Howe,t John C. Burns,+ J. S. Healey,+ Almond D. Burdick,* James M. Bosenbark,* Wm. D. Bosenbark,* A. Bentley,t Albert Rose.t Almeron D. Hazard, | Thomas York,t Delos York,* Seymour Knight,* Daniel Sortore (died in Salisbury, N. C.), L. D. Maybee,t N. L. Reynolds.+ Geo. I). Henderson,t Isaac Sprague (died at Andersonville), Capt. Wm. Brad-

* Died in service. + Died after being discharged.

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shaw,* James H. Peterson,* Calvin H. Peterson,t Willard Tibbs,* Levi Tibbs,* Bascom A. Gault,t Christopher Miller,t Geo. D. Maybee,t Geo. M. Burdge,t Delos W. Billings,t Chas. B. Jones,t Wm. E. Babbitt,t Wm. H. Black,t Abraham A. Bosenbark,t Samuel C. Corbit,* Henry Clair,t George W. Stout,* Charles Burns,* Thomas Gagan .*

Capt. Eardley W. Canfield was for many years prior to the civil war the Scio station agent of the Erie railroad. He left this situation to raise Co. C, 67th N. Y. (1st Long Island) Regt. He was a gallant officer and a strict dis- ciplinarian. His bravery was amply demonstrated at the Battle of Fair Oaks. He had resigned his commission and the war department's acceptance reached him the day before the battle. He however stayed and commanded the company through a most sanguinary engagement in which the regiment lost 182 men in 45 minutes, and every non-commissioned officer of his com- pany was either killed or wounded. He escaped uninjured, only to lose his life years later while trying to save some goods from a burning store in Pennsylvania.

Major Peter Keenan,¿ born at York, Livingston Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1834. Educated at Wellsville and Angelica. Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. Buried in Catholic cemetery, Scio, N. Y.

In the Catholic cemetery in Scio rests all that is mortal of one of the bravest heroes of our civil war, one whose name stands side by side with Cushing, Winthrop, Lyon and the brilliant coterie of immortals whose deeds have made them deathless. Major Peter Keenan, a resident of this county from 1851 to 1858, educated at Wellsville, and Wilson Academy, Angelica, in 1861 was a business man in Philadelphia, and raised the 8th Penn. cavalry, the first regiment of volunteers to arrive at the scene of war. In all the bloody battles of the Army of the Potomac he bore conspicuous part, and rose from captain to major by his merit and gallantry. At the battle of Chancellorsville, at the sacrifice of his own life and the lives of most of his regiment, he checked the supposed invincible legions of Stonewall Jackson, and averted the stampede and destruction that threatened General Hooker's army. At twilight of May 2, 1863, Jackson's di- vision of the Confederate army fell upon the 11th corps (Gen. O. O. Howard's), the right wing of the Union army, and drove it back with such fury that cannon, caissons, cannoniers and in- fantry, in mingled confusion, covered a mile of the road to Chancellorsville. Gen. Hooker or- dered Gen. Pleasanton to do something to stay the conquering rebels, and Major Keenan was ordered to lead his regiment to support the flying corps. With unflinching courage he charged the Confederates and held them in check some minutes, long enough, before the regiment was annihilated, to allow the Union artillery to be placed in position and repulse the enemy. Major Keenan was shot while charging in advance of his troops. He fell upon the very bayonets of the enemy. In his death agony he tried to remount his horse but was quickly killed. His man- gled body was brought from inside the enemy's lines at night. One historian says : "In the pages of history there is not recorded a more gallant or heroic charge. It was a charge against fearful odds; a charge of 400 against 40,000 ; a charge of a regiment against an army ; a charge made in the face of inevitable death, at the crucial moment of a great battle, to save the Union army from panic, disaster and destruction." Major Keenan is dead, but George Par- sons Lathrop's poem immortalizes his deed. Its last lines are :

" Over him now-year following year- Over his grave the pine cones fall, And the whippoorwill chants his spectral call. But he stirs not again ; he raises no cheer ; He has ceased. But his glory shall never cease, Nor his light be quenched in the light of peace. The rush of his charge is resounding still, That saved the army at Chancellorsville."

* Died in service. + Died after being discharged.

# Prepared from sketch furnished by Rev. J. J. Dealy.

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Supervisors .- 1831, John Middaugh : 1832-33. Joseph Knight ; 1834- 35, William Knight ; 1836, John Middaugh ; 1837-38-39-40, Joseph Knight ; 1841-42-43-44, Ephraim A. Smith ; 1845, Handy Bellamy ; 1846-47, Davis Browning ; 1848, Nathan Smith ; 1849-50-51, Samuel M. Mott ; 1852, James M. Mott ; 1853, Hiram York ; 1854-55, Henry W. Earley ; 1856, Handy Bellamy ; 1857, James R. Weston ; 1858, Noah C. Pratt; 1859, James R. Weston ; 1860, Am- brose Van Campen ; 1861. A. S. Van Campen ; 1862-63-64, Charles S. Clark ; 1865, Francis G. Babcock ; 1866, William Duke ; 1867, Francis G. Babcock ; 1868, Isaac Miles; 1869, Charles S. Clark ; 1870-71, William Duke ; 1872-73. Philip Reddy ; 1874-75, Judson H. Clark ; 1876-77, Miles C. Smith ; 1878, James A. Stephenson ; 1879, Miles Smith ; 1880-81, William Duke, Jr. ; 1882-83-84, James K. Morgan ; 1885, Thomas F. Major; 1886, Benjamin Palmer ; 1887, My- ron S. Davis ; 1888-89, Charles H. Almy ; 1890-91-92-93-94-95, Ebenezer J. Norton.

Officers for 1895 : Supervisor, E. J. Norton ; clerk, A. J. Jolls ; assessor, John A. Hurley ; collector, Sumner B. Tuttle ; overseers of the poor, Henry Peterson, N. O. Johnson ; inspectors of election, W. Thomas, Wm. Q. Browning, J. H. Thomas ; excise commissioner, D. W. Clark ; constables, S. B. Tuttle, A. P. Black, F. F. Margeson, Arvin Hall. J. R. Mann ; game constable, Wm. Sparks ; justices, W. Thomas, G. A. Gordon, C. E. Babcock.

SOME OF SCIO'S PEOPLE .- Erastus Babcock, son of Russell, was born in Scott, N. Y., about 1819. His father was among the early settlers of Scio. Erastus married Doroleski Perkins, settled in Wirt, and had 5 children. Mr. Babcock was a farmer, was also engaged in lumbering. He died in 1863. His widow resides in Scio. Gurdon E. Babcock, son of Eras- tus, was born April 15, 1843, in Wirt. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. C, 85th Regt. N. Y. S. V. and was wounded at the battles of Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Raleigh and Little Washington, N. C. He was taken prisoner April 20, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C., and was kept a prisoner for 346 days. He weighed when taken to prison 193 pounds, and, when he left, less than 90 pounds. He was honorably discharged June 6, 1865. He is a member of Hakes Post, No. 261. July 4, 1865, he married Freelove E., daughter of John Wright. They have 3 children.

Justice Blackman, of Rhode Island, married Betsey Usher, and located in Pharsalia, Chen- ango Co. They had children, George, Selden and Mary. The sons came to Scio and settled on Knight's Creek. George married Mariah M. Smith, who died April 23. 1893. Their chil- dren were Samantha E. (Mrs. William Duke), Daniel G., George H., Maria (Mrs. David C. Corwin), Julia (Mrs. Howard Eldridge). In 1890 he removed to Wellsville. Selden married Cornelia, daughter of Ebenezer Norton, and later removed to the West where he died.

King Solomon Black, son of William D. and Julia (Harris) Black, was born in Alfred (now Ward) Jan. 8, 1840. William D. was son of John, the Scotch emigrant, who settled first in New Jersey and later in Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., where William D. was born about 1800. The family came to Alfred in or near 1826, and William D. built a sawmill on Vandermark Creek and engaged in lumbering and farming. His wife died in 1842, and he Mar. 24, 1888. Their children were : William H., an Union soldier, died in service; Edward ; Jane E. (Mrs. James Fluker) ; Adaline (Mrs. John H. Black) ; King S. The latter came to Scio in 1865 after being a successful dealer in live stock for some years, purchased a large tract of timber land and built a sawmill where he has cut a large amount of lumber taken from his lands that are now converted into fertile fields and of which he owns 1,000 acres. He married, April 20, 1862, Mary E., daughter of Gardner and Martha Tucker of Ward. Of their 8 children 5 survive : Amanda F. (Mrs. W. A. Dodge), Evangeline (Mrs. Philip Collins), Eugene T., Garfield and Orah A. Mr. Black is a leading citizen, an energetic business man, an active member of and for over 25 years an elder of the Scio Church of Christ and a Freemason.

Peter Coyle, born in Westmeath, Ireland, Oct. 31, 1822, came to America in 1837. He married Ist, Jane Graham. They had 4 children. His 2d wife was Kate Kane, they had 4 children. His 3d wife was Bridget Flannigan. Mr . Coyle was If days coming from New York City to this county, and when he arrived in Belmont he had but 25 cents. He soon obtained work with the "Churches," working the first year for $7 a month and labored for them about 6 years. He came to Scio in 1845 and purchased a farm.

John Coyle, a native of Ireland, came here about 1842 ; his father Hugh was a settler on Knight's creek. John Coyle married Ann Mckinley and had 8 children. John L. Coyle, their son, married Ella Cornell, and has 2 children. He is a cheese manufacturer and is the owner of a cheese factory.

Malachi Davis was born in Philadelphia Feb. 4, 1779. He married Catharine Krees and settled in Milo. He was a cabinet maker by trade. In 1823 he settled in Scio, and made the first clearing on the farm. There was a log house on the place built by a Mr. Wiltsie, which

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Mr. Davis occupied until he built a better one, and used the other for a shop where he made chairs and spinning wheels. He was also one of Scio's first highway com missioners, locating and laying out most of the first highways of Scio as then constituted from about 1825 to 1835. He had a family of 11 children. In 1833 he bought a farm in Amity where he resided until his death Mar. 20, 1867. His wife died Nov. 22, 1856.

Myron S. Davis, son of Malachi, was born in Scio, May 4, 1824, and has resided here since his birth. He attended the common schools and Alfred University. He taught 15 terms of school winters and worked on the farm summers. In 1851, he married Minerva J., a daughter of Batman Fitzsimmons. They had one son, Marshall T., who was born Aug. 23, 1856 and died Sept. 29, 1886. He married Addie Taylor and had 3 sons, Myron T., Mark W., and E. Marshall. Myron S. Davis has held the office of justice of the peace for 30 consecutive years. and supervisor 3 terms. In 1852 he located in Scio village and the next year opened a general store which he conducted until April 20, 1889, when the store and goods were burned. He has been notary public since 1880. Mr. Davis has large farming interests, owning 1,000 acres in this county and about 2,000 acres in North Dakota.

Willard A. Dodge, of Petrolia, son of Washington and Grace (Apsey) Dodge, was born in Ward, in 1859. His father was a shipbuilder and a native of England where he married. Com- ing to America in 1847, they were six weeks on the ocean. They made their home in Ward until 1870 when they removed to Virginia. Mrs. Dodge died Nov. 28, 1887. Their children were Washington T., Mary J., George E., and Willard A., and Walter A. (twins). Willard A. Dodge married Amanda F., daughter of King S. Black, Their surviving children are Grace, Mollie B. and Christina E. Mr. Dodge engaged in the manufacture of cheese and in 1895 built a cheese factory at Petrolia which uses the milk of 250 cows.

Christian E. Harms, son of Christian, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1857. In 1869, the family came to this country and settled in Amity. Christian E. married Sarah, daughter of Charles Lapp, an early settler of Hume. He has resided in Scio since 1889, has been highway commissioner several terms, and has 5 children. Christian's children were August, who resides in Amity, is a farmer ; Henry, a bootmaker in Allegany ; Dora (Mrs. C. H. Gallman of Wells- ville) ; Lena (dec.) ; and Christian E. Christian Harms and wife reside in Wellsville.

Thomas Fitz Simmons, a native of Yates Co., settled in the west part of this town about 1820 on the farm owned by James Culbert. He married Susanna Miller and they had II chil- dren. Batman Fitz Simmons, their son, born in Yates Co. in 1803, married Sophia Sortore and had 12 children. He settled in Amity, where he was supervisor for several years. He was also a justice of the peace in Amity some 25 years, also one of our first common school teachers as well as a music teacher. He was a shoemaker and a farmer. He died in Michigan.

Elias Harris, son of Benjamin and Polly (Bennett) Harris, was born in Fulton, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1831. When he was a small boy his father removed to Broome Co. Elias commenced his business career by making shooks at Addison. In 1856 he came to Scio where he established shook manufacturing and conducted it for 20 years, sometimes employing 50 men. He has also been in trade in Michigan, has been engaged in merehandising and as an oil operator and pro- ducer. In 1856 he married Ada, daughter of John Mead, of Binghamton, and has 2 children, Frederick F. and Edwin A. Mrs. Harris died in 1874. The E. Harris banking place was es- tablished at Scio village in 1888 by Elias Harris, who purchased the business of J. H. Clark. President, E. Harris ; cashier, F. F. Harris.

Charles M. Marvin, a native of Connecticut, came with his father to Scio and settled there when but a lad. Here he married Ann Knight. They had 2 children. His second wife was Frances Cottrell, who had 3 children. He formed a partnership with John Russell and they had a store and a sawmill and owned a large amount of timber land. C. M. Marvin went to Wisconsin to look after their timber, and he established a State Bank at Sun Prairie. When the war broke out he moved to Peekskill, and after the war he located in Alfred and had a private bank for some years, and later was in the banking business in Belmont. In 1882 he moved to Wellsville where he died in 1886.

William Middaugh, son of Abram, was born in Dryden, Dec, 19, 1811, and came to Scio in 1819. When a boy he used to boil sap in large kettles, and he fell into one of them full of boiling sap and was badly burned. He worked for $8 per month and paid for a farm. He married Abigail Norton, they had 7 children. Mr. Middaugh was interested in the Pennsylva- nia oil field. He married for his second wife Jane D. Clark. She had 4 children. He died Aug. 22, 1881. William C. Middaugh, son of William, was born Feb. 24, 1867. He married Teresa O Connor and resides on the old farm. He is a farmer and oil producer-

Isaac Miles, a native of Connecticut, when a boy removed to Rathbone, Steuben county, and subequently lived in Belfast fou several years. In 1868 he moved to Scio. He was super- visor and justice of the peace in Belfast. He was engaged in lumbering and in the oil business and amassed a large fortune. His wife was Julia A. Cable. Mr. Miles died Nov. 22, 1892.

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Harry Nickerson, a native of Brainbridge, came to Scio about 1830. His avocation was that of a raftsman. He married Phebe Pettis. They had 4 children. He died in January, 1848. William H. Nickerson, son of Harry and Phebe (Pettis) Nickerson, was born Sept. 21. 1821. He was but a lad when his father came to Scio and located on a farm south of the village. He occupied this farm for a few years after his father's death, then purchased the old Palmer place. He married Sarah A. Wilber, their son Charles lives in Olean.

William L. Norton, son of Ebenezer, was born April 15, 1809, in Hartford, N. Y. He was educated in the common schools. In 1832 he married Esther E. Dwinell and had 6 children. In 1833 he came to Allegany county and after passing a year in Belmont and Friendship engaged in farming and lumbering, he came to Scio April 14, 1834, and settled on the farm where he resided until his death in March, 1895. He cut the first tree on his place and built his log house, then cleared his farm, and added to his ownership in land until he had a fine farm of about 400 acres. Mr. Norton held the office of highway commissioner one term. He was much interested in the progress of the M. E. Church and aided largely in building the first one in town. He and his family gave $1,250 toward the Knight's Creek M. E. church. Mr. Norton was extensively engaged in lumbering in early life. Mrs. Norton was a hearty co-operator in all of her husband's church work. She died in March, 1895. Ebenezer J. Norton, son of Wil- liam L. and Esther E. (Dwmell) Norton, was born on the old homestead in Scio, Jan. 17, 1840. His common school education was supplemented by a course of civil engineering at Alfred University and with farming, this has been his business. He has been justice of the peace 20 years, supervisor many years and has served as chairman of the board. In 1875 he married Mary, daughter of John Holton, and has 2 children, William L. and Marion G. Lucius E. Norton, son of Wm. L., was born Aug. 16, 1844, married Emmer Duke, and has 3 children. He is a farmer and has always resided on the old homestead.

William Ockerman, son of William, was born in Nichols, Jan. 8, 1843. In 1858 he came to Scio and worked on a farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. G, 64th Regt. N. Y. S. V. and served one year when he was discharged on account of sickness. Mr. Ockerman was commander of Hakes Post, No. 261. February 24, 1868, he married Adaline, daughter of Calvin and Hannah (Allen) Hall. They have one daughter, Minnie. Calvin Hall, son of Jesse, was born July 17, 1817. The family moved to Alfred at an early day, and Calvin married Hannah Allen. Of their 3 children 2 are living, Emma, wife of Dwight Sparks, and Adaline, Mrs. William Ockerman. Mr. Hall moved to Scio in 1866, and died there Oct. 20, 1872. Mrs. Hall died Mar. 13, 1890.

Mahlon J. Peterson, son of John, was born Mar. 28, 1834. In 1859 he married Harriet N., daughter of Rev. William Austin. Their children are Elenie (Mrs. Miles Hardy), Gertrude and Marion A. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Co. F, Fifth N. Y. Cavalry and was discharged July 25, 1865. October 19, 1864, he was wounded four times at the battle at Fisher's Hill. At that time he captured a rebel flag, and for that meritorious service he received a 30 day's fur- lough, and a gold medal from Abraham Lincoln. After the war Mr. Peterson returned to Wirt and engaged in farming. In 1889 he located in Scio. Rev. William Austin, son of Luther, was a native of Belmont. He was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. He married Sallie A. Ketchum. Of their 5 children only Harriet (Mrs. Peterson) is living. Mr. Austin died in 1876, his wife in 1881.

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 63

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