Centennial celebration of the official organization of the town of Romulus, Seneca county, New York, Part 7

Author: Romulus, N.Y. [from old catalog]; Willers, Diedrich, 1833-1908
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: [Geneva, N.Y., Courier job department] Printed under direction of the Centennial executive committee
Number of Pages: 164


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The first century of our official existence now closed, has been one of progress and advancement verily from barbarism to civil- ization, in its highest forms.


It has witnessed the triumphis of steam and electricity as applied by the ingenuity of man, not only for motive and propel- ling power, but also in many other and diversified forms, to im- prove the condition, alleviate the labors and promote the highest and best interests of man-and no where has all this become more manifest, than to the dweller in a rural community, like ours.


We stand here, to-day, upon the threshold of the second cen- sury of official existence, and having taken a retrospective view of the century which has passed, let us now look forward to the fu- ture, with trust and confidence in the Divine Being, that He will mercifully direct the events of the future, as He has the past.


In closing, while thanking you for your kind attention, and with acknowledgments to all who assisted me, in collecting histor- ical material, I can find no words more fitting, as adapted to this occasion, than those of a patriotic Statesman of New York, now deceased, whose name will ever stand high upon the scroll of our public men :


" The past is full of noble examples, animating us with patri- otic love of our State and Nation, but we must not confine our attention to the past. The present and the future have their obli- gations. It is our duty to emulate the patriotism of our fathers. In all that concerns our Town, County, State, and common country, let us not only be mindful of the past, but in everything that affects education, morality, progress and patriotism, be ani- inated by the spirit of the motto, emblazoned upon the shield of our State-EXCELSIOR,"


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APPENDIX TO HISTORICAL ADDRESS.


APPENDIX A.


Abstract of Land Patents in Romulus Military township, taken from the State records at Albany :


Names of Patentees.


Lot.


Acres.


Subdivision.


Acres.


Edmund Kelly


. .


43


500


Benjamin Dey


100 S. E.


Wm. Jackson.


44


600


Teunis I. Henion.


45


600


I 191.9


John Gambee


2


68.8


Elijah Miller Michael Shetterly . "


6


48


Anthony Dey


7 64


(Survey 50 acres)


.50


Col. Cornehus Van Dyck.


46 500


Abner Prior.


47 500


Jacob Hallett.


100|S. E.


John Armstrong


48 600


Mordecai Hale ....


49' 600


*Gospel and School Lot


50 600


Charles Thompson.


I 180.20


David Dev


100


Alla McMath


173.46


John Mead ...


100


Capt. James Gregg


51 600


John Jacob . ..


52 600


Thomas Owens


53 500


Robert Mcclellan


i IO0 S. F ..


Col. James Livingston


54 600


+Literature Lot


55 600


John B. Schuyler


144


Jacob Lowdor


96


James Barr


192


James Karr


18


Purchaser Unknown.


18


Peter W. Yates, Survey 50 acres.


N.W. 50


John P. Boyea


56, 600


John Stake


57 550


1


John Beardsley


50


Capt. H. Van Deburgh.


58


600 S. E.


*Deeded by Trustees of Lot.


+Sold and deeded by Union College,


1


1


3 79 14


1


73.3


5 46.5


John Beardsley.


IOO S. F.


Gerrit W. Van Schaick, survey 50 acres


N. F. 50


I


.


..


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John Gamber


600 I 137


Elijah Miller


164


..


John Buys.


60


J. A. Wade and others


1


155


Nathaniel Ayres.


46.4


Abel Bacon .


5


119.8


(Survey 50 acres)


S. W.


50


James Parker


60


600


Christopher Queen


61


600


Ephriam Blanchard .


62|


600


Gen. Alex. McDougall.


63 500


Robert Troup


100 S. E.


Benj. Goodale.


64 600


Richard Moore


65


500


Peter Bainbridge.


IO0 S. E.


Eleazer Yeamans.


66 600


Joshua Davis .


67


600


Arthur Hurley.


68 600


Joseph Jones


69 600


John Green


70


600


Peter Green ..


71


600


James Goodall.


72


600


Timothy Green.


73 600


Jeremiah Smith.


74


600


Lieut. Jonathan Lawrence, jr.


75 600


Lieut. Peter Tappan.


76


600


Abiel Petty ..


77 500


Jeremiah Van Rensselaer ..


IOO S. E.


George Stock ..


78


500


Wm. Gilleland, jr.


100 S. E.


Lieut. Col. Cornelins Van Dyck


79


500


Elkanah Watson


100 S. E.


Thomas Bryan


80


500


100 S. E.


Daniel Dawson


81


600.


Alex. Munro


82 600


Richard Platt


83 600


Samuel Dodge


841 600


Chas. McKenny.


85 600


Abraham Hodge ...


86


600


Lieut. John Stagg, jr


87


600


Thomas Brooks ..


88


500


John Beardsley


100 S. E.


John Williams.


89


600


Lieut. Chas. F. Weissenfels


90


600


John Cosgrove ..


91


500,


Robert Mcclellan


100 S. E.


Lieut. Col. Benj. Walker


(2


500


W'm. Gilleland.


93|


600


Robert Provoost.


94


500


Jacob Hallett


100 S. E.


Michael Decker


95, 500


Cornelius C. Elmendorf.


IO0 S. E.


James Grace


06 600


1


.


Philip Van Cortlandt


1 591


3 160


Isaiah Burch. .


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John Goodcourage.


97|


600


Levi Burling


98|


500


John Robinson


IOO S. E.


Florence Marony


99


600


Thompson Bacon.


100


600


Patents for 500 acres and 650 acres each were issued during the month of July, 1790 -- while patents for 100 acres or 50 acres or other subdivided lots were issued at later dates.


Awards made by Onondaga Commissioners in cases of disputed titles in Romulus Military township.


Lots.


Names.


Acres.


Date of AAward.


43


Benj. Dey.


500


Nov. 14, 1798.


4.4


Peter W. Yates 50 S. E.


500


Nov. 9, 1799.


John Beardslee.


IO0 S. E.


Dec. 13, 1800.


10


Benj. Dey


600


Nov. 14, 1798.


50


Gerrit W. VanSchaick.


50 N. E.


Aug. 16, 1800.


51


Benj. Dey.


600


Dec. 4, 1798.


52


Isaac Hathaway .


50 N. W.


Nov. 5, 1799.


53


John Rogers heirs


100 S. F.


Nov. II, 1800.


Elkanah Watson


50 N. E.


May 6, 1800.


56


C. Glen & B. Bleecker


600


Dec. 27, 1800.


57 Geo. M. Woolsey


550


Nov. 15, I799.


58 Nicholas Fish ..


600


Sept. 10,


1800.


59


Caleb Benton


50 s. W.


Jany. 30,


1802.


60 Elkanah Watson.


600


Dec. 3,


1798.


62


Margaretta Varick


50 S. W.


Aug. 15, 1800.


63


Robert Troup.


100 S. E.


Aug. 16, 1800.


64


James McKnight.


600


Nov. 24,


1800.


67


Margaretta Varick


50 N. W.


June 3,


I799.


69


Caleb Benton


50 N. W.


Jany. 30,


1802.


71


James Reed.


600


Oct. 31,


1799.


74


Robert Dill.


550


Nov. 16, 1798.


77 Calvin Sanger


500


Nov. 15,


1798.


79


500


Sept. 12,


1799.


IO0 S. F.


Nov. 22.


1798.


80 Peter W. Yates


50 S. W.


March 19, 1801.


81 Gerrit W. Van Schaick


Aug. 16, 1800.


86 Elkland Watson


600


Dec. 8, 1800.


88 Nathaniel Platt.


500


Ang. 5, 1799).


John Beardslee ..


100 S. E.


Dec. 13,


1800.


Wm. Thompson.


550


March 30, 1798.


Gerrit W. VanSchaick.


50 .N. W.


Nov. 17,


1798.


92 John Robison


500


Dec. 28, 1798.


John D). Dickinson.


100 S. E.


Oct. 17, 1790.


(5 Elijah Kinne, Jr


500


Feby. 24, 1802.


David Wisner.


100 S. W.


Feby. 24,


1802.


97


(John Dey


600


Feby. 23,


1802.


70 John D. Coe.


600


Nov. 15, 1799.


Peter W. Yates


50 S. W.


March 19, 1801.


Elkanah Watson


100 S. E.


Nov. 28, 1798.


50 S. E.


March 19, 1801.


G.W.VanSchaick, & H. Bleecker


Copied from the "Book of Awards," filed in Cayuga County Clerk's Office These Awards bear date during a period from March 30, 1798, to Feby. 24. 1082. The awards made as to Lots 60, 70, 71 and 79 were dissented to.


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WEST CAYUGA RESERVATION. IN TOWN OF VARICK.


From records at Albany it appears lots were patented as follows :


Lots. To Whom Patented.


Date of Patent.


No. of Acres.


58


Christian Kuney


59


William Hill.


Not ascertained ..... 250


Lewis Nothnagle


January 4, 1814. . .. 250


Jacob Lautenschlager ..


David Harris


February 11, 1814 .. . 155


()2


Andrew Hood.


September 17, 1811 .. 250


63


John Ansberger


April 27, 1832 ..


250


64


John Leisenring pt


November 6, 1816 .. .


Amelia J. Schuyler pt.


December 30, 1863 .


Charles Thompson pt.


Seneca P. King pt.


65


Elijah Miller.


November 9, 1816 .. . 238


66


John Gamber.


July 25, 1818. 250


67


Henry Singer.


May 30, 1809. 250


68


Elijah Miller.


November 9, 1816. . . 213


69


John Williams


March 5. 1816. 208


70


John Gamber.


July 5, 1810. 250


71


Thomas Lowdon and George Clouser ..


July 8, 1813.


250


72


Samuel Falkingburgh


January 7, 1811. 200


73


Henry Pace.


May 30, 1809. 200


74


Henry Gardner.


Not ascertained. 250


75


William Hill.


April 20, 1815. 200


76


Samuel Phillips


May 30, 1809.


208


77


Elias Christopher


July 8, 1813.


214


78


Abraham Arnold


August 8, 1811


250


79


William Emmons.


July 6, 1815 .


250


80


Isaac Parker and Abraham Hoagland.


January 16, 1817


216


81


David Quigley.


June 14, 1816.


223


82


David Edwards.


June 1, 1815


195


83 Henry Gardner ..


February 29, 1808


140


84


Daniel Christopher


May 30, 1809.


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APPENDIX B.


"Memorial of inhabitants between the Seneca and Cayuga lakes in the Military Tract"-presented to the Legislature June 27, 1795.


"Your petitioners, did in the year 1788, settle themselves between the lakes with the expectation of enjoying the lands, on which they were each settled and as at that early day they were not informed that the said lands were assigned for Military purposes.


Your petitioners therefore pray, that they may not be looked upon as intruders and violators of the laws, and as they have made large improve- ments between the Lakes, which a few years ago was wild, savage and un-


September 17, 1811 .. 250


William N. Bannister ..


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cultivated, but now has become an inhabited, fruitful and fertile country, which in a few months we expect to leave to the legal owners of the soil --- your Petitioners think it reasonable, that a compensation should be made to them for their improvements.


Signed by twenty-three persons including


NATHANIEL SWARTHOUT, ANTHONY SWARTHOUT, JOHN SWARTHOUT, DAVID DEPUE, DAVID WISNER, JAMES COOLEY, JAMES KING.


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APPENDIX C.


Supervisors of Romulus to 1830.


1794, 95, 96


. GEORGE BAILEV


1797, 98, 99, 1800


1800, Sept. 2 . JOHN SAYRE (vacancy)


1801, to 1808, inclusive


JONAS SEELEY


1809, to 1814, inclusive.


WM. WATTS FOLWELL


1815,


1816, to 1821, inclusive.


JONAS SEELEY


1822,


MATHER MARVIN


1823,


ANTHONY DEY


1824,


MATHER MARVIN


1825,


JONAS SEELEY


1826,


SAMUEL BLAIN


1827, 28, 29


Supervisors from 1830.


1830, 31, 32


. JONAS SEELEY


1833,


MATTHEW D. COE


1834, 35, 36


EDWARD SAYRE


1837,


. CYRUS J. SUTTON


1838,


NATHANIEL N. HAYT


1839,


CYRUS J. SUTTON


1841,


.WM. A. STOUT


1843, 44


HENRY MCLAFFERTY


1845,


.PETER J. VANVLEET


1848,


JOSEPH F. HARRIS


1850, 51


AMASA L. FURMAN


1852, 53


. HELIM SUTTON


1854,


. JOSEPH F. HARRIS


1858, 59, 60


PETER P. POST


1863,


RICHARD M. STEELE


1864, 65


. W.M. D. GIDDINGS


1866, 67


GEO. W. JACACKS


1868, 69, 70, 71, 72 .


E. SEELEY BARTLETT


1873,74


AARON V. BROKAW


1875, 76


JOHN M. YERKES


1877,78


. JOHN MONROE


1879,


WILLIAM STEWART


J 880,


.JAMES BLAIN


1881,


. RYNEAR C. ALLEN


1882, 83


EDWARD VANVLEET


1884, 85,86


CYRUS E. KINNE


1890,


DON P. BLAIN


1891,


CHAS. W. RISING


1892, 93


DARWIN C. KINNE


1894,


JOSIAH YERKEŞ


1840,


ELIJAH DENTON


1842.


. WM. T JOHNSON


1846, 47


CYRUS KINNE


1849,


FERNANDO C. WILLIAMS


1855, 56, 57


PETER J. VANVLEET


1861, 62,


. . JAMES BLAIN


1887, 88, 89


BENAJAH BOARDMAN


JOHN SAYRE


SAMUEL BLAIN


. JOHN SAYRE


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Town Clerks to 1830.


1794,


1795, 96 .W.M. WINTER


. GEORGE BAILEY


1797. 98, 99, 1800. .. JOHN Sayre 1801, 2, 3,


.DANIEL SAYRE


1804, 5, 6, 7


JOSEPH WYCKOFF


1808, 9, 10, II


.. . SILAS ALLEN 1812,


EBENEZER CONKLIN


1813, 14,


DAVID EDWARDS


1815, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 EBENEZER CONKLIN


1823, 24 .. WM. H. KING


1825, 26, 27 MATTHEW D. COE


1828, 29 .JOHN GEDDES


Town Meetings. Where Held.


1794 at Benajah Boardman's.


1795, 96, at James McKnight's.


1797, to 1800, inclusive, at John Sayre's.


1801, to 1819, inclusive, at David Depue's.


1820, 21, 22, at John Buys.'


1823, at Skillman Doty's.


1824, at David Edwards.'


1825, at George Alexander's.


1826, at David Depue's.


1827, 28, 29, at George Alexander's.


1830, 31, 32. 33, at Ira Giddings'.


1834, at Henry M. Schooley's.


1835, at William Martin's.


Since 1835, town elections have been held at the centre of the town at Martin's, or in School House near there. In 1890, the town was divided into three election districts, for the holding of General State elections, with election polls at Willard, Hayt's Corners, and Romulus Village.


Supervisors of Varick.


1830, ANTHONY 'DEY


1831, 32, 33 . SAMUEL BLAIN


1834, 35, 36


.. CHARLES LEMMON


1837. JOHN A. CHRISTOPHER


1838,


. DANIEL H. BRYANT


1839.


JOHN A. CHRISTOPHER


18.40,


DAVID HARRIS


1841,


. JESSE ABBOTT


1842, 43


ROBERT R. STEELE


1844,


DANIEL H. BRYANT


1845, 46, 47


JESSE ABBOTT


1848,


JOSEPH GAMBEE


1849, JESSE ABBOTT


1850, ROBERT R. STEELE


1851, .. JESSE ABBOTT


1852, SOLOMON C. GAMBEE


1853,54


ABRAHAM LERCH


1855,


...


WILLIAM BURROUGHS


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1856,


GEORGE S, CONOVER


WILLIAM BURROUGHS


1857, 58. 59 1860,


JOHN MONROE


1861,62


REV. DIEDRICH WILLERS


1863, 64


ALFRED HUNT


1865, 66


DIEDRICH WILLERS, JR.


1867,68


. CALVIN WILLERS


1860. 70


ALFRED HUNT


1871,


BURROUGHS ROBERTS


1872, 73.74


HENRY F. TROUTMAN


1875.


. RALPH P. ROBERTS


1876,


DAVID H. MANEE


1877,78.


DR. FRANK H. FLOOD


1870, 80


JOHN V. CRANE


1881. 82. 83


. HENRY C. LISK


1881. 85. 86


DANIEL. C. BURROUGHS


1887, 88, 80


OLIN E. EMENS


1890,


. JOHN MCKNIGHT


1891,


ARTHUR H. BROOKS


1892, 93. 94


OGDEN WHEELER


Town meetings in Varick from 1836 to 1855, were usually hell alterna- tely at John Y. Manning's at the west end. and Samuel Lerch's on Military Lot 54, at the Northeast end. Since 1856, town meetings alternate between Bearvtown and Romulus village. From 1842 to 1855, general elections were held in two election districts, at Manning's and Lerch's and since 1856 at Bearytown and Romulus village.


APPENDIX D. Teachers Boarding and Wood Lists.


The following will exhibit a true copy of the wood and board found during the quarter last past, ending January 21st, 1825, viz :


Mr. J. Hathaway, i cord of wood, ten days board. Mr. T. Mann, I cord of wood, 12 days board.


Mr. D. Garrigus, 15 cord wood. 6 days board .


Mr. A. Baldridge, 3 days board, 44 cord of wood.


Mr. R. Barr, 5 days board, I cord of wood.


Mr. D. Dey, 12 days board, i cord of wood.


Mr. A. McKnight, 3 days board, 12 cord of wood.


Mr. S. McMath, 4 days board.


Mr. E. Beach, 3 days board, 44 cord of wood.


Mr. Jac. Lowden, f days board, 34 cord of wood.


Mr. James Lowden, 6 days board.


Mr. A. Lyon. I days board. 12 cord of wood.


Mr. Markle, i cord of wood, 8 days board.


Mr. Bargar, I days board, 12 cord of wood.


Mr. Wilcox, 2 days board.


Mr. Karr. 2 days board, 12 cord of wood.


Mr. Smith, 1 days board, 12 cord of wood.


Capt. T. Ludlum, 12 cerd of wood, i days board.


Mr. J. Beach. 44 cord of wood. Dispute this if you can.


R. WEBSTER, Teacher.


Copied in 1879, from the original, in possession of Jacob A, Mann, of Varick, since deceased.


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APPENDIX E.


Return of Electors, in the town of Romulus, County of Cayuga, 1801.


Heads of Families.


Electors


Electors


Electors not possessed of ,Frecholds, but who rent tene-


possessed of Free possessed of Free holds of the val- holds of the val. ute of £,100.


uc of £,20, und under £.100.


m'ts july value of 40 shillings.


John Seeley


1


Mahlon Bainbridge.


E


William Seeley.


I


Jacob Hathaway.


Thomas Combs


Į


Haynes Bartlett


1


James McKnight.


Alla McMath.


I


William Mount


Peter Quigley.


William Brewster


[


Jesse Brewster.


John Bainbridge


James Goble .


I


Michael Baldridge


Frederic Kisler


J


Ehel Goble.


John Fleming


-


Stephen Miller.


I


1


Jonathan Lewis


1


William Stottle


Joseph Ker.


William Buzenbark


William Barney


John Tindall


Joseph Hunt .


1


Silas Beers ..


Jamies Seeley


Timothy Janes


1


Jonas Seeley.


Charles Stewart


David Price.


1


Benjamin Sutton


1


Asa Smith


Walter Watrus


1


James Watrus ..


William Shattuck.


-


Eliphalet Shattuck


John Stone


James Wiley


William Blain


I


Alexander Brown


J


Jonathan Baitman


J


.


I


I


Abner Bainbridge


I


Phineas Tuthill


I


-


I


I


11


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James Bailey


-


Abner Bailey. Jonathan Bailey.


1


Thomas Burgess


Benjamin Burgess.


1


James Woodruff.


William Osborn.


William W. Dekay.


Joshua Hallock.


1


Samuel Bailey


1


Andrew Dunnet.


George Wilkin. 1


John Halbert ..


1


James King


Francis Antony


Thomas Parkins


Israel Harris.


1


Peter Huff . ..


1


David Depue.


1


-


Jesse Kilpatrick


Walter Ker


Joseph Finton


Joseph Wicoff.


1


John Terhune


Albert Earl


William Huff.


William Hood


1


John Hood.


1


George Hood.


1


Andrew Hood


I


Joseph Haynes


2


John Alexander


-


James Alexander


1


Robert White


John Williams


-


Barna Swarthout


John Swarthout.


David Wisner.


I


Ephraim Kinne ..


1


Nat Swarthout


I


Anthony Swarthout.


Joseph Lewis.


-


Jeremiah Decker


-


Reuben Denton.


1


Michael Mead.


1


Samuel Reed.


1


Zebedee Stout


1


John Sage ...


1


Samuel Waldron


1


Francis Hagerman


1


John Hagerman.


1


Daniel Mathews.


1


Abel Baker .


1


.


Bastian Williams


1


Michael Van Cort


1


1


1


1


1


Elijah Kinne.


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Peter Huff, Jr


lames Brown.


1


Andrew McKnight


2


James Barr


1


Henry Beers.


I


Samuel Easton.


1


Josiah Easton.


I


Ezekiel Beachı.


Į


Jabez Beach ..


Jonas Beach ..


-


Isaac Hathaway


1


Joseph Hathaway


[


I


James Lamb.


Benjamin Lemmon


1


John Hathaway.


1


James Cooly


Asa Whitehead.


Henry Gray


Thomas Lowden


Isaias Lewis


I


George Lamb


I


John Sinclear


I


David Lamb.


Charles Woodruff


Sears Beach ..


Benjamin Dey


-


Peter Basum.


Anthony VanAkin.


John Arnold


Peter Stottle


George Stottle ..


Lewis Lafever


I


William Purdy.


Thomas Purdy.


1


Charles Dickerson


James Merit.


John Waldron.


John Birt.


1


Thomas Blain


I


Philip Bunu.


-


John Whitney.


1


Amos Denton.


1


Stephen Sherwood


Elijah Chard.


William Rowley.


L


Joseph Barber ..


I


1


1


Jacob Lowden.


I


Į


1


1


I


Joseph Yerkes


I


1


I


George Dewy


%


Samuel Whitney


I


1


Robert Wilson


George Waldorff


Abraham Waldorff


1


1


John Lacy.


Edward Spalding


1


1


1


Gabriel Beach ..


1


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CENTENNIAL, OF ROMULUS.


Samuel Brown.


I


Jacob Brown


1


John Boice, Jr


Jacob Boice ..


1


John Boice.


Joshua Tuthill


1


Daniel Sayre. -Dunlap


I


Adonijah Osborn.


Andrew Smith. 1


David Smith


1


David Burroughs.


I


Abel Frisbie.


Isaac Johnson 1


1


Samuel Gordon.


I


Samuel Falkenburg


I


1


James Ker. ..


1


Sam'l Ker


Elijah Graton ..


I


Benjamin Badgley


I


John Sayre .. 1


I, John Sayre, do certify this Census to be true, according to the best of my knowledge and belief.


October 20th, 1801.


JOHN SAYRE.


NOTE-The spelling of names herein, conforms to the original list.


APPENDIX F.


"The Rev. Diedrich Willers, D. D., died at his residence, in the town of Varick, Seneca County, N. Y., on Sunday, May 13th, 1883, in the 86th year of his age.


He was born at Walle, near Bremen, Germany. February 6, 1798. Hc entered the army of Hanover, September, 1814, and served in the German division of the allied army for nearly five years; was an active participant in the memorable battle of Waterloo, Belgium, June 16, 17, and 18, 1815, with the allied army, under the Duke of Wellington.


In this battle, the company of which he was a member, consisting of 120 men, was reduced to 12 privates and two non-commissioned officers, and the battalion of 400 men, to less than 80 survivors.


He continued with the allied forces, as army of occupation in France, for three years, after the downfall of Bonaparte, when he was honorably discharged and awarded a silver medal in recognition of his military services.


lle arrived in the United States in November 1810), and engaged in school teaching, while preparing for the ministry, and so thorough was his application, that he was ordained to the ministry in 1821.


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He was settled in that year, as pastor of the German Reformed Church, at the hamlet of Bearytown, in central Seneca County, and ministered to that people, for a consecutive period of sixty years and eight months, and until January Ist, 1882, when his resignation took effect, rendered necessary by growing infirmities.


While ministering to his own people, he served also, at different pe- riods at six other preaching points in the county, and at seven or eight other pomts in Tompkins, Cayuga, Wayne, Livingston and Niagara Counties, performing a large proportion of the travel, incident to so extended a field of labor, on horseback, especially during the first half of his ministry.


During this ministry, he preached about 5,800 regular Sunday dis- courses, almost equally divided between the German and English language, besides many funeral and special discourses, and performed a large amount of ministerial labor, in the solemnization of marriages, and in the adminis- tration of the rites of baptism and confirmation.


He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Franklin Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa." GEORGE S. CONOVER,


In General John Sullivan's Indian Expedition, State publication, of 1887.


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Diedrich Willers, Jr., son of Rev. Dr. Diedrich and Frances Willers, was born in Varick, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1833. He was educated principally in the District school and under the direction of his father.


In his youth he taught school for several years, and afterwards gradu- ated as a student-at-law, at the Albany Law University.


He was elected Supervisor of Varick, in 1865, and 1866. He had also served as Private Secretary to Governor Horatio Seymour in 1864. His service in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany, at different periods, covered six years as a clerk, eight years as Deputy, and two years as Sec- retary of State, to which office he was elected at the State election in Nov. 1873.


In November 1877, he was elected Member of Assembly for Seneca County, and served as such in the Legislature of 1878.


J. WILFORD JACKS, Chairman of Executive Committee.


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AFTERNOON SESSION CONTINUED.


At the conclusion of the Historical address, the audience joined with the Farmer Quartette, in singing "Auld Lang Syne." The Waterloo Organ Company kindly furnished printed sheets, containing well known musical selections rendered during the day.


The President announced the "Sentiments" prepared for the occasion, and the name of the person selected to respond to each --- in the order in which the same appear herein :


" THE SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS."


Responded to by Hon. George S. Conover, of Geneva, as follows :


"The town of Romulus, at one time comprised all the terri- tory between Cayuga and Seneca lakes, from Ovid to Lake Ontario. This territory, as well asthe whole of Seneca county, at the time of the advent of the white people, was owned and occu_ pied by the Cayuga Indians, and within its bounds were many Indian villages, some of which, like Skoiyase, Kendaia, Canoga, and Nuquiage, were of considerable importance. The locations of other towns, which existed long anterior to the settlement of the county by the white people, have been identified, but their history is unknown. From the remains that have been found, however, some of them must have been of large size. One of these was in the neighborhood of the Baptist church, in the present town of Romulus, and another, which had quite an extensive fortification and must have been an important village, was near the center of the southerly half of the present town of Fayette.


It is well known, that the Cayugas comprised one of the Five Nations, associated with the Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Mohawks, which comprised the League of the Iroquois, formed by Hiawatha, to which confederacy the Tuscaroras were after- wards admitted. From that time, they were known as the Six Nations of Indians. Other Indian tribes were within their bounds, being the captives or remnants of other nations that had been nearly exterminated, and had been adopted by and brought under


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the subjection of the Six Nations, forming in reality an integral part. The settlement of Kendaia is a good illustration.


To these Six Nations of Indians, we owe a peculiar debt of gratitude. The struggle between the French and English for the supremacy of the country, which occurred about the middle of the eighteenth century was a long and bitter contest. For a time, the Cayugas and Senecas were more or less under the influence of French emissaries, but at last, through the exertions of Sir William Johnson, they were in a great measure won over to the interest of the British, and with their active assistance, the tide of war was changed, and all the French possessions and interests passed into the hands of the British, and the result was, that we are to-day an English, instead of a French-speaking people.


In the course of time, the revolutionary war occurred, and the Six Nations became the firm allies of the Britishi. It is quite the fashion at this time, to excuse and palliate the acts of the Indians during that war; but their warfare was cruel and barbarous, and for this we owe them no kindly remembrance.


As the revolutionary war drew to a close, it became apparent that the colonists were to be successful. Inasmuch as the confed- eration was simply a naked league of thirteen states, fighting for their independence, it 'almost seemed as if victory would be followed by disintegration. At this time, the question as to the title to the Western territory, became an important one. New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, had conflicting claims to more or less of the same territory. This claim the other states resisted, contending that as the territory was wrested from a common enemy, it should be considered as joint property, to be disposed of by Congress, for the common good. Upon this ques- tion, popular feeling was so strong, that the withdrawal of some of the states seemed imminent. At this crisis, while the infant Union was trembling in the balance, New York, with a magna- nimity unsurpassed in history, executed to the general govern- ment, a deed of all the Western territory lying beyond the present limits of the state. This deed, with all the conflicting claims, was referred by Congress, to a committee of five, who made a long and




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