A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 88

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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Major Burr kept the first tavern at Burrville in a log structure. The Indians had a small village a little southeast of Burrville on the low ground. Judge Dole and Luther C. Peck, on their way to court stopped there once, about night. It was raining. Many Indians were around there and a fight ensued. Burr seized a " black snake " whip and lashed them severely right and left and soon quieted the disturbance.

* One time Sun-ge-wah (Big Kettle) was boasting at Burr's distillery of his exploits during the Revolu- tion, when in some of their raids he had killed little white children, etc. Wm. Lewis, one of the listeners, in his indignation knocked the Indian down.

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Mr. Burr was drafted during the war of 1812-14, and started for Ba- tavia the rendezvous. He met a man, whom he hired to take his place giving him all the money he had (a few dollars) his boots, coat, hat (a tall silk) and came home barefooted. He did not find his wife at home but found a crotched stick leaning against the door (the Indian way of signifying that she was safe, and taken care of by them). Going to their shanties he found her safe. Burr was a large man, strong and courageous; had great influence with the Indians, who regarded him with much fear. There was something in his presence and bearing that made them obey him. At one time when two or three hundred Indians were present they danced around him, and formally adopted him, giving him an Indian name, Un-gwa-de-o (big man), by which name he was known at Salamanca, Buffalo and Tonawanda. Ma- jor Burr held many offices of trust and responsibility and was a prominent citizen of the county. He was a life long Democrat. He had six children, Joseph, the oldest being the first white male child born in town. The late Col. A. L. Burr of Caneadea, Alvah Burr of Yorkshire and A. J. Burr of Canea- dea, were his sons. Mrs. Morse, recently living in Fillmore, and the late Mrs. James A. Jackson were the daughters .*

Eleazer Burbank from Vermont settled near Oramel in 1812. He after- wards kept a public house, built by James Caldwell, which J. E. Munn owns. George P. Ketchum from Pennsylvania also came in 1812. In 1814 Hiram Gray settled in the southern part and in 1815, came Samuel Hunt from Ver- mont. In 1816 John Hoyt erected the first sawmill in town at the mouth of Caneadea Creek. He started from Windsor, Vt., June 9th, and arrived at Caneadea July 3d. His brother Richard and Moses Barnard and their fam- lies accompanied him. They brought 16 cattle, 8 horses and 4 hogs. Mr. Hoyt had previously bought of David Hitchcock 100 acres of land, 15 were cleared and a log house built in which the three families lived for one year. In the winter of 1816-17 provisions being scarce Mr. Hoyt went to the mill at Hornellsville taking with him 25 bushels of wheat, bringing the flour and bran back. He was a stirring, wide-awake, enterprising man. His son, John, owned the Harry Tucker place, and died a few years since at Oramel at an advanced age, having lived a life which commanded respect and esteem.

Simon Wilson from Windsor, Vt., came in 1813, and settled in the cen- tral part of the town. He was drafted during the War of 1812-14, and went to Buffalo and hired a substitute. His son, John S. Wilson, who died some 2 or 3 years ago, stated that when they came into the town there was no store, and that the first one was kept by one Waldo on the A. J. Burr place; also that Nicholas Nicholson built the first sawmill;t that when George

* A. J. Burr is my informant as to matters pertaining to the Burr family, and is owner of the ances- tral acres purchased of Moses Stockwell. He says that in days before the canal they have had fifty teams at their place at once coming in from the north after lumber and shingles. They paid for lodging and horses to hay, 25 cents, meals I shilling, whiskey per drink 3 cents. In canal times $75 a day has been paid at their house alone for liquor.

t Only another instance of conflicting statements.

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Minard settled in Hume about 1830, he came up there and bought the lum- ber for his barn, and he and his brother Albert delivered it to him by run- ning it down as a raft.

Luther Houghton, a native of Lyndon, Vt., settled in the northwest part in 1817, coming from Centerville (where he located about 1811) with his fam- ily. He lived the remainder of his life in Caneadea. His son Loren (dec.) succeeded to the old homestead, and his son Henry now has the place. Cy- rus H. Clement, son of James, of Windsor, Vt., also came in 1817. He was a mechanic, bought and run a sawmill, changed his location several times, and finally settled where he lived so long and died. He was justice of the peace for many years and well-known and influential in town affairs. Henry Herrick, also from Vermont, located about two miles north of Caneadea in 1818. Alpheus Estabrook of Vermont came from Centerville to the north- western part of Caneadea when but 14, preceding his father, Benjamin Esta- brook, by two years, and being the youngest pioneer on record. Timothy S. Daniels, a native of Windsor, Vt., was a settler as early as 1824. He re- moved to Allen in 1833, returned in 1846, and afterward went to Pennsyl- vania, where he died in 1877. His son Charles R. resides in town. Arad H Franklin, another Bainbridge man, came in 1824, went back in 1826, re- turned in 1830, purchased the farm of Cyrus H. Clement opposite Caneadea village, where he ever after resided. He was prominent in town affairs. His son, Phil D. Franklin, is the proprietor of the "red gristmill " and saw- mill adjoining. Edward Nicholson, from Delaware county, and later Steu- ben county, came in 1828, settling on lot 35 of the Caneadea Reservation, where he ever after resided. He was one of the best of agriculturalists and highly respected by his fellow townsmen. He died ten years ago.

George W. Parker started in 1831 from Chatham, Pa., for Michigan. Stopping in Caneadea over night he learned that some land on the east side of the river on the Reservation could be purchased at a bargain, and he bought about 300 acres. Sixty acres had been cleared and cultivated by the Indians, and an Indian hut erected. Shongo creek ran through this land and emptied into the river here. Near its mouth, on Shongo flats, was a famous sugar orchard or " sap bush." The trees were greatly enlarged for about five feet from the ground from being tapped so many times with the axe. The Indians had made sugar there for a long time, and the Parkers succeeded them with improved methods of tapping, using buckets and hang- ing them with nails. A few years since the " bush " was cut down. Mr. Parker was a great hunter, kept hounds, and used to run deer into the river and shoot them, a practice condemned by the hunters who had no dogs. He was a Forty-niner Californian, and also explored the wild lands beyond Lake Superior. He died in 1868 aged 75, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Amos R. Smith and Mrs. Edwin Leet (dec.), and two sons, Noah H., now of Pennsyl- vania, and Andrew J., who is in the west.

Col. James A. Jackson came in 1831 from Hartford, Conn., and has since been widely known as a farmer and inn-keeper. He married a daughter of

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Maj. Alanson Burr. He commanded a regiment of the old militia, and held every office in the town except magistrate. He was born in Herkimer county in 1806, and died in Caneadea April 14, 1888.

Abel N. Rice, son of Josiah, came from Chenango Co. in 1823, and went into a little plank house which stood where the Burr Brothers now live. He traded principally at Rushford and Angelica. *

Anson Arnold from Granville, Washington Co., came in 1830, and in 1833 bought lot 73 of the Caneadea Reservation, 100 acres, at $2 per acre, and built a log cabin 20 by 26 feet. His nearest neighbors on the river were Drock and Seaton. He was a clothier, carder and cloth dresser and had worked four years at Perry: On the north of his place it was one unbroken forest to Rush Creek in Hume, and, except two or three small clearings, on the east to the Short Tract. In 1833 he helped to open the road on which he lives, the the first one in that part of the town. He remembers a pack of wolves kill- ing a deer within ten rods of the house. Mr. Arnold says that in 1830 neither shingles nor lumber would buy shirting, tea or sugar, and he had paid John Freeman at Hume, six shillings per yard cash for cottton cloth (shirting width). Tea was $1 and $1.25 per lb. He sold M. W. Skiff over 300,000 shingles at one dollar per M. He also says he never knew an Indian to steal. Mr. Arnold married Lutheria Wilson Feb. 12, 1835, and the aged couple are spendiug the evening of their days on the old homestead, with their son Alfred. +

"Deacon " Walter Alworth was a settler about a mile north of Arnold's in 1834. He did well his part in all improvements and died about ten years since. His widow still survives.

THE GERMANS .- About 1851 Gen. Micah Brooks who was a large land- owner in the east part of the town, induced some German families of Roch- ester to settle upon his lands which he sold at reasonable prices on easy terms of payment. Meeting with success, they were soon joined by friends from Germany who had barely sufficient means to make their first payments and put up their rude mud-thatched cabins. They lived on plain fare, cut their several openings in the forest and soon made a living off their cleared ground. The people have prospered and this part of the town has made rapid improvement, and stands second to no other section of the town, while for good citizenship, honest dealings, sterling worth and substantial pros- perity, the settlement takes high rank. Achilles, Buckhister, Johannes, Zollman, Zorn, Brandes, Mineke, Reutch and Behrms, are names of some of its worthy families.

Prominent among those who came in 1834 was John Smith, born in Ver- mont in 1791, who came from Kinderhook to Caneadea. He purchased 300 acres half a mile west of Caneadea village, and in 1836 erected part of the Jackson House where for a while he kept a store. In 1838 he sold the goods to Henry Runyan from Syracuse, who conducted the business until 1840

* The pioneers so far mentioned were settlers along or near the river.

+ Since deceased.

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when he died. He was one of the first to be buried in the Caneadea cemetery. Amos R. Smith, his son, was a man long conversant with town affairs, but better known for many years as a successful pension agent. Burton Butler, a grandson of Col. Zebulon Butler, who was a leading patriot of eastern Pennsylvania in the Revolution, and commander of the militia which vainly opposed the Tories and Indians that committed the bloody massacre of Wyoming, settled about 1833 or 1834, a short distance west of Oramel, and about 1835 located in Drock neighborhood on the farm now owned by Eph- raim Ballard. He died in December, 1891. Simon Drock, a negro, settled on the east side of the river about 1836. George T. Turner came in 1836. purchased 100 acres where Wm. Powers now lives. He built a loghouse and barn, planted an orchard as soon as the ground was cleared. He died in 1864. His son, Geo. W. Turner, is a resident here. Sylvester Spencer, son of Sylvester, removed from Centerville in 1838 and settled on the east side of the river and is one of the few settlers now living. Rodman Freeborn came here before 1840 and was a prominent man in the town and county. He removed to Angelica where he died. His farm is now owned by Mrs. Har- riet Tucker.

During the making of the Genesee Valley canal many foreigners, Irish in particular, were attracted here by the good wages offered, and after the canal was completed many made the town their home. Purchasing land they cleared up farms, and by hard labor, persistent effort and rigid econ- omy, they have produced good homes and rank among the substantial citi- zens. Among them the names of Mountain, Curran, Dougherty, Sheehan, Burke, Butler and Whalen are prominent, with many others.

The completion of the canal gave an impetus to lumbering, and the villages of Burrville, Caneadea (Center) and Oramel sprang up like magic. Oramel, for a short time the head of navigation, became a place of some im- portance; a great shipping place of lumber, and the best market in northern Allegany. The Republican Era was for a time published there by Hor- ace E. Purdy. But the opening of the canal to Olean pricked the Oramel bubble and it collapsed. Burrville, once a lively little place, where the first postoffice was located, a station on the stage route, and where in canal times considerable business was done, has, as a village, entirely dis- appeared. Houghton, early called "Jockey Strut," though on the canal, never in canal days aspired to be a village, has since the advent of the rail- road and the seminary made a healthy growth, and is a very pleasant, clean and tidy village. There are three postoffices, Houghton, Caneadea and Oramel at these villages. The schools are well supported; those of the three villages being exceptionally good, while the rural district schools are fully up to those in other towns. Three substantial iron bridges now span the Genesee in the town, and others have been placed over the creeks, and evi- dences of prosperity are to be seen on every hand. The equalized valuation of real and personal property for 1895, is 8472,361, and the amount of tax

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$7,371.16. The equalized value of land per acre $20.72. The number of acres assessed is 21,950.

There are four cheese factories in successful operation, one at Hough- ton, owned and conducted by Peter B. Loftus; one at Caneadea, owned by Young & Young of Fillmore, and run by Charles Howser; "Shongo " factory in the east part of the town also owned by Young & Young, and operated by Frank Adams, and one at Oramel owned by A. E. Perry of Belfast.

The prominent business men and merchants are F. J. Corp at Hough- ton; Burr Brothers, J. L. Jackson, N. B. Sherman, B. D. White and F. L. Davis at Caneadea; and C. W. Vosburg & Co .. at Oramel.

THE "SOLDIER DEAD " OF CANEADEA are, John Cole, Peter Fox, Darius Ott, Ezra Pryor, Charles Seaton, O. Barnard, H. Merchant, A. Bannister, John Hendry, G. W. Dunham, Sidney Chase, Ambrose Smith, Joshua Bar- ney, Albert Little, Joseph Steuben, Thomas Pendergast, Philander Kellogg, Barney Riley, Esquire W. Johnson, David Magee, Edward Clark, Benson Bacon, Simon Wilson, Hugh Bennett, Charles W. Minard, R. A. Westbrooks, Wm. Pinkerton, Benjamin F. Andrew, Frank Johnson, Cyrus Johnson, Fred Willard, Reuben Madison, Curtis Daniels, Monroe Elliott, Charles A. Ellis, Albert H. Johnson, Wilson Dunham, Frank Rawson, Abel S. Nicholson.

The first town officers were William Pinkerton, supervisor ; Isaac San- ford, town clerk ; David Sanford, John Higgins, Asa Harris, assessors; Sim- eon Gates, Squire Haskell, James Rice, commissioners of highways ; James Sanford, constable and collector ; Elisha Chamberlain, Ezra Sanford, over- seers of poor. The early town records are missing.

SUPERVISORS FROM 1812 .- Thaddeus Bennett, 1812, 1813 ; Israel Curtis, 1814 ; Alexander V. P. Mills, 1815 ; Dyer Story, 1816 ; Ezra Sanford, 1817 ; Asa Harris, 1818 ; William Burnett, 1819, 1820; Hiram Gray, 1821-23; Asa Harris, 1824, 1825 ; James Caldwell, 1826-29, 1832, 1833; John McKeen, 1830 ; Eleazur Bur- bank, 1831 ; Cyrus H. Clement, 1834, 1835, 1844, 1845 ; Alanson Burr, 1836, 1840, 1841 ; George C. Cald- well, 1837 ; Edward Nicholson, 1838 ; Noah Bowker, 1839; James A. Jackson, 1842 ; David H. Franklin, 1843-1846 ; Rodman Freeborn, 1847; John Ingersoll, 1848-53, 1855, 1873; Horace E. Purdy, 1854; Truman Hall, 1856 ; A. L. Burr, 1857 ; R. B. Laning, 1858 ; Lorenzo H. Brooks, 1859, 1860; James A. Jackson, 1861, 1862 ; Henry Burleson, 1863, 1868-71 ; Wm. E. Hammond, 1864-66, 1874-76, '86, '87, '88, '89, 90 ; Thomas R. Leet, 1867; James T. Severance, 1872; Fred L. Davis, 1877, '78 ; O. H. Thompson, 1879, '80 ; Charles A. Burr, 1881, '82 ; L. N. Brainard, 1883 ; J. L. Jackson, 1884, '85 ; S. M. Bartlett, 1891, '92, '93 ; D. W. Chamberlain, 1894, '95.

The present officers are : Daniel W. Chamberlain, supervisor ; Fred L. Davis, town clerk ; Ellis L. Bee- be, collector ; Fayette McKee. commissioner of highways; Edwin P. Swan, James E. Munn, Jacob T. Cle- ment and Charles R. Parker, justices ; Willis L. Fox, James Wilson, Henry Stephens, assessors ; Riley Steu- ben, James J. Scribner, Robert Bacon, constables ; Charles Gleason, George W. Denio, overseers of the poor ; Joel M. Van Dusen, Michael Keniry, Willard Kelly, excise commissioners.

RELIGIOUS .- The first religious services were held on the site of Oramel by Rev. Ephraim Sanford at his own house, as early as 1804, and until the erection of school houses when they were made use of, the dwellings of the settlers were the places of worship when some itinerant preacher found his way into the settlement.

Methodist Episcopal Church of Oramel .- At an early date a church was organized here but by whom or when cannot be stated as the records are missing. Many years later, under the pastorate of Rev. O. S. Chamber-

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layne, a zealous worker, a reorganization was effected, with these trustees: Francis Armstrong, William Conable, Geo. E. Parker, Alsen Hurlbut and E. E. Young. The charge has always been connected with the Belfast and Caneadea charges. Some years before this a Baptist church edifice had been erected, which at this time had become old and suffering from neglect. The newly organized Methodist church bought the property, repaired and remodelled it, and made it a comfortable place of worship. It has a seating capacity of about 200, and the house and lot are probably worth $1,250. Since the purchase of the church the pastors have been, Rev. Mr. Hopkins, J. B. Whiteside, H. O. Abbott, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Osborne, E. J. Cook, Julius Brown, John A. Smith, M. D. Jackson, T. E. Clayton, O. N. Leggett, C. S .: Daley, G. H. Hancock, W. D. Allen, E. M. Kelly.

Congregational Church, Oramel .- After Congregational preaching was had at occasional intervals at the schoolhouse and private houses, the Congregational society was organized May 12, 1842, at the house of Elihu Eurez. Rev. R. H. Conklin and Hiram Gregg of the Angelica Presbytery, presiding. These persons presented letters: Elihu Eurez, Stephen Bald- win, James Gowing. Eli Nettleton, Mrs. Oliver Cary, Jr., Mrs. Julia Bald- win, Mrs. Malinda Eurez, Mrs. Mary Nettleton, Mrs. Susannah Gowing, Mrs. Anna M. Carey, Mrs. Hannah Baldwin, Mrs. Urilla Colton, Miss Emarancy Gowing, Miss Laura Colton and Mrs. Betsy Gowing. These with a few others constituted the new church, which took the name of the First Congregationalist church of Caneadea, and elected these officers, Stephen Baldwin and Elihu Eurez deacons, Oliver Carey, Jr., church clerk and treasurer. July 10, 1842, a meeting of the church was held, Rev. Royal Twitchell presiding, and Joseph C. Sawyer was received on profession of faith, the first member received into the church after the organization. March 11, 1843, Robert Renwick was received in like manner, and the fol- lowing Sabbath "seven children of believing parents were baptized, viz., Deacon Eurez, one, Oliver Carey, Jr., one, Robert Renwick, three, and J. Colton, two." The first pastor, Rev. Mr. Twitchell, closed his labors in Feb- ruary, 1846, and was succeeded in 1849 by Rev. Daniel Russell, who re- mained till Feb. 4, 1855. In 1853 the church edifice, the first in town, was erected and dedicated free from debt. The pastors since Mr. Russell have been: Rev. G. B. Cleveland, 1855-6; Rev. J. Wynkoop, 1859-60; Rev. J. C. Richardson, 1861-65; Rev. Wm. P. Jackson, 1865-71; Rev. George B. Nut- ting, 1875-76; Rev. W. J. Ballard, 1876-78. In 1879 there were only 11 mem- bers and the house now appears as though seldom used.

The Caneadea M. E. Church .- Owing to lack of early records the memory of the older inhabitants has been consulted to supply items of the history of this church. The consensus of opinion is that the church edifice was erected about 1854. The first frame was blown down. Another and a better one soon succeeded it. Before this meetings had been held in private dwellings and the schoolhouse, and it was because it was to be a UNION church, where people of any religious belief might worship, that sufficient funds were

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secured to build it. The deed of the ground upon which it is built bears date Nov. 14, 1863. The consideration was $30, the amount of land .82 acre, and the title came from Timothy Rice and wife. In time the Methodists be- came the proprietors of all the interests represented, and it has for a long time been classed as a "Methodist " church, and made a " station " on the Belfast charge until some three years since. It is now supplied by the pas- tor of the Rushford church. Since, and including 1874, the pastors have been: Revs. E. J. Cook. 1874-1875; J. F. Brown, 1876-1877; J. A. Smith, 1878-1879; M. D. Jackson. 1880; T. E. Clayton, 1881-1883; O. N. Leggett, 1884-1885; C. S. Daley, 1886-1887; G. H. Hancock, 1888-1890; W. D. Allen, 1891-1892; T. W. Chandler, 1893-1894; Mr. Manning, 1895.

The German Church .- The German colony organized a Methodist Episco- pal church of 30 members in 1853, with Rev. F. W. Denger as pastor, and in 1857, through their own efforts, and by help of generous contributions from Gen. Micah Brooks and his son, Col. L. H. Brooks, a handsome little coun- try church was erected at a cost of $1,200, which was dedicated in 1858. In the absence of stated ministry, Mr. Henry Achilles supplied the pulpit and conducted the Sabbath school. This custom was continued for years. Mr. Achilles was succeeded by Mr. Henry Johannes, who, for the past 19 years, in the absence of a regularly ordained preacher, conducts the services. Col. L. H. Brooks in the earlier days of this church entertained their visit- ing ministers, the members in their rude cabins not having the conveniences.

The Wesleyan Methodist Church at Houghton was organized in June, 1852, with Rev. John Watson, pastor. Meetings were held quite regularly in the schoolhouse for over twenty years. In 1876 a church edifice was built at a cost of about $2,000. The first trustees, presumably those under whose ad- ministration the building was erected, were W. J. Houghton, J. B. Parker and Truman Palmer. Pastors: Revs. Geo. W. Cooper, S. Brundage, D. W. Ball, J. E. Tiffany, B. S. Loughlin, G. W. Sibley, E. W. Bruce, and Rev. Rob- ert Jeffrey, the present incumbent. The membership is about 50. A Sun- day school of 50 members has Prof. J. S. Luckey as superintendent.

HOUGHTON SEMINARY .- In October, 1882, Rey. D. S. Kinney, one of the leading preachers of the Wesleyan Methodists, and the manager of their publishing association at Syracuse, said to Willard J. Houghton, "We as a denomination very much need a school in Western New York." Thoroughly imbued with the truth of the statement, and determined to be first in the field, Mr. Houghton and others set actively at work, and by February, 1883, had so far succeeded in obtaining subscriptions in aid of the enterprise as to warrant the presentation of a petition for incorporation. In April articles of incorporation were obtained. The charter members were Rev. W. J. Houghton, Rev. D. W. Ball, Rev. H. F. Bruce, Rev. Reuben F. Dutcher, Rev. John C. Benton, Rev. Geo. W. Sibley, Rev. F. M. Moshier, Rev. Benj. S. Loughlin, W. Dougherty, B. A. Hammond, Edward R. Weaver, and Alonzo Thayer. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Tucker donated the grounds covering 11 acres, and work was commenced before April, 1883, had passed. The building was

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erected, partially finished, and the school opened in the fall of 1884. Rev. W. H. Kenedy, the first principal, remained two years and was succeeded by Rev. A. R. Dodd, for six years. Rev. E. W. Bruce then was principal for one year. Since Jan. 1, 1894, James T. Luckey has been the principal. Rev. W. J. Houghton was the sole agent for six years. In 1890 he collected the necessary funds, and founded the theological department, calling it the "Bible Training Class." Rev. B. S. Loughlin, the pastor of the Houghton church, was the first teacher in this department; Rev. J. L. Benton taught for three years. and now Rev. B. S. Loughlin is again at the head. Students attend the school from states east and west, and quite a number of gradu- ates from the Bible Training Class are now actively engaged in preaching in different states.

Caneadea Lodge, No. 357, F. & A. M., was instituted June 16, 1855, with 14 charter members. Among them were James McCray, W. M .; Simon Wilson, S. W .; Levi H. West, J. W .; Alanson Burr, Charles Ingham, and Leonard P. Walker. George P. Ketchum was the first to be initiated. Down to 1879, 124 masons had been made by this lodge. Feb. 13, 1878, the build- ing containing the lodge room was burned without an insurance, and its charter, furniture and jewels were lost. Since then communications have been held in a hall over a store in Caneadea village. The masters have been: James McCray, Levi H. West, Henry Burleson, John Ingersoll, B. F. Big- elow, John H. Saunders. Columbus Balcom, Sampson Friendly, Joseph T. Russell, Geo. L. Estabrook, Alpheus Estabrook, Jr., Fred L. Davis, N. B. Sherman, Fred D. Franklin, C. N. Bigelow, J. L. Jackson, Almon H. Lyman, A. L. Franklin. Present officers: A. O. Arnold, W. M; B. D. White, S. W .; M. Z. Butler, J. W .; William Sherman, Treas., C. N. Balcom, Sec .; A. L. Franklin, S. D .; Charles W. Vosburgh, J. D .; F. J. Lewis, S. M. C .; F. L. Davis, J. M. C .; F. R. Westbrook, Tiler. The membership is now 37 and the lodge is in a good thrifty condition.

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A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany county, New York, Part 88

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