Centennial historical sketch of the town of Fayette, Seneca County, New York, Part 13

Author: Willers, Diedrich, 1833-1908
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Geneva, N.Y. : Press of W.F. Humphrey
Number of Pages: 172


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FRANK P. BURROUGHS, EDWARD S. BACHMAN, THOMAS MARTIN Overseer af the Poor, MYRON VAN NESS. Collector, ELI F. DEAL.


Four Inspectors of Election in each of the three Election Districts. Five Constables.


Zartmann, George H. Zimmer, Benjamin.


ADDENDA AND CORRECTIONS.


Page 33. Line 15 from top of page-Esther Biery Kohler, there mentioned, died in Fayette, Dec. 16, 1899, after some of the sheets of this Sketch had been printed.


Page 48. Line 18 from top-for "hand te" read "and the."


Page 84. Line five from top-for "1825" read "1823."


Page 85. Line 30 from top-for "year" read "years."


Page 119. Line 26 from top-for "David W. Shuler" read "Davis W. Shuler."


Note to page 43, line one, add : In an " Historical Sketch of the Seneca County Medical Society," compiled by Dr. H. E. Allison of Willard, (now Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital), and published in 1887, life sketches of Dr. James A. Hahn and of Norman Eddy, early physicians of Fayette, appear.


Note to page 76, at foot of page, add : Memorial services commemor- ative of the centennial of the death of General George Washington, (Dec. 14, 1799) were held by Fayette Lodge, No. 539, Free and Accepted Masons at Bearytown, on Dec. 31, 1899, and an appropriate sermon was delivered by Revd. George W. Kershner, in Christ Reformed Church, of that village.


INDEX.


Page


Acker, Solomon


32


Addenda


I53


Agricultural College, State, 55, 131, 132


Appendix


137-152


Assembly, Members of


147


Assessments


16, 86, 87


Assessors.


I6


Bachman, Joseph


95


Baptist Churches


46


Batteaux


.9, 23, 27


Bear Race.


.70, 122


Bear, Samuel


27, 70, 71, 78, 121


Beartown. .


71


Bearytown.


39, 64, 75


Belles, Isaac


II2


Biographical Sketches, 22, 36, 43,


50, 90 to 135


Births, Early


29


Boardman, Benajah. . 38, 72, 73, 83, 91


Boardman's Burgh


.40, 54, 72


Bryant, Daniel H 109


Cammerhoff, J. F. C. Rev 6, 8


Canada Thistles


40


Canal-Cayuga and Seneca ..


69, 70


Canoga Nitrogen Spring


.13, 74


Canoga Reservation


.5, 13, 141


Canoga Village


II, 12, 13, 72


Carter, Wm. S., Rev


3


Catlin, Israel.


38, 93


Cayuga County .... 18, 20, 35, 38, 141


Cayuga Indians. . 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15 Cayuga Lake .. . . 6, 8, 11, 15, 57, 61


Cayuga Reservation, West, 5, 13,


15, 21, 140


Cemeteries


.40, 51


Census of Population


. 28, 86, 87


Census of Voters


28, 85, 142


Centenarians .


32


Chamberlain, John


I22


Chamberlin, Enoch


98


Chapin, Israel.


I3


Chatham, William


I3


Churches.


Baptist.


46


Evangelical Association


46


German Evangelical


46


Lutheran


44, 45,46


Methodist Episcopal


45, 46


Presbyterian


45, 46


Protestant Episcopal.


45


Reformed, of U.S .. . 43, 44, 45, 124


Clergymen .... . 6, 8, 9, 43, 44, 45, 124


Clinton, De Witt Hon


Page


I4


Cloth Dressing Mills.


. 79, 81


Commissioners of Deeds.


84, 153


Conover, George S. . . 6, 11, 12, 19, 126


County Buildings. .


.38, 39, 67, 68


County Clerks ..


..


41, 147


County Treasurers


147


Coventry, Alex .. . 22, 27, 58, 59, 61, 83


Deaths, Early.


3I


Delafield, John. .


. 55, 74, 78,81,129


District Attorneys


I48


Dodge, David B.


102


Dodge, Reuben D.


I02


Drainage -Tile. . . 71, 77, 130, 133, 134


Earl, Daniel


.22, 23


East Fayette Grange


.42, 76


Editors ..


57, 100


Egle, Wm. H., Dr


. 29, 150


Elections, General


84, 85, 86


Evangelical Association Church .. 46


Farmers.


24, 42, 114, 129


Farms. State Premium. .. 131, 134, 135


Fatzinger, Samuel .


105


Fayette Lodge, F. and A. M. . . 76, 153


Fayette Rifle Company


66, 149


Fayette, Town of :


Area of .


17, 18


Boundaries of


15, 17, 18, 19


Census of


28, 86, 87


Early Settlers in. . 21, 22, 27, 28, 29


Elections in


84, 85, 86


Framed Buildings, First in .. 24 Junius Erected from .18, 19


Organization of.


.5,17,20


Population of


28, 86, 87


Records of .


.34, 35


South line of


17, 19, 39


Supervisors of .


. . 41, 146


Town Meetings of, 33, 34, 35,


38, 39, 40, 85


Town Officers of 1900.


..


152


Valuations in .


16, 86,87


Voters, Census of.


28, 85, 142


West boundary of.


I5


Feed Grinding Mills.


73, 75,77,79


Ferries


26, 57, 61


Fish and Fisheries


7, 8, 11, 24


Fish Carrier, Sachem


13


Foster, A. T. E


I35


Frantz, Millard F.


41, 117


Fruit-tree Nurseries


82


Fulling Mills


79, 81


I55


TOWN OF FAYETTE


Gazetteers, Data from 54, 58, 71, 73, 79,86


General Store. 80


Genesee Country 27, 36


Genesee Road. 24, 57, 58


Geology


81


German Evangelical Church 46


German Schools. 56


Gospel and School Lot. 52,53


Grange, Patrons of Husbandry . 42, 76 Grist Mills. 73, 75,77,78,79


Haines' Corners.


60, 75


Harkness, Stephen V I27


Hendricks, Benjamin 97


Herkimer County.


18, 59


Highways, see Roads.


Hinckley, Mary E., Mrs. 26


Historical Fallacies.


21


Histories of County


67, 131


Hogan, Williamı ..


108


Hollenbeck, Samuel.


107


Holman, Daniel


IOI


Hoskins Charles L.


.32, 43, 84,


153


Hoskins, William


100


Hoster, Michael.


32


Hotels


65


Houtz, Anthony, Rev 43


Hunt, Richard P. 68


Indian Captives. 13


Indian Fort.


14


Indian Missionaries.


6, 8, 9


Indian Traders.


6, 7,8


Indian Villages.


7, 10, 11, 12


Indians, Six Nations


. . 5, 6, 9


Industrial Statistics


78, 79, 81


Inns


65


Iroquois Confederation


5, 6,9


Irwin, Charles F


43, 118


Ithaca and Geneva Turnpike. 62


Jacks, J. W., Rev


17


Johnston, John.


I33


Judges, Court Com. Pleas


148


Junius, Town of:


Area of.


18, 19, 124


Erection of. . I8


Last Division of 124


South Boundaries of. . . 17, 19, 39


Justices of Peace


83


Kendig, Daniel S.


116


Kidd, George


107


Kirkland, Samuel Rev 8, 9


Kohler, Peter


3.3, 78


Kohler, Esther Biery


33, 153


Kuneytown


77


Kuney, Warren P.


II2


Kuney, William.


33


La Fayette, General


20


Land Patent Abstracts. . 137, 140, 14I Lawyers 43, 117


Lehigh Valley Railway .63, 64 Libraries. 57,88


Life Sketches, see Biographical. Limestone, Seneca. 72, 81


Lincoln, D. F., Prof. 82


Longevity.


32


Lutheran Church.


.44, 45,46


McAllister, Hugh.


47, 126


McClung, James


35, 36


MacDougall P. O


77


McLean, James.


IIO


McLean, Wm. T.


III


Maple Sugar Camps 25, 90


Markel, Jacob G. 115


Marriages, Early . 30


Masons, Free and Accepted .76, 153


Members of Assembly


147


Merkel, Lot, Rev 44


Methodist Episcopal Church. .. 45, 46


Metzger's Corners.


77


Mickley, Edward B


105


Military, Local


66


Military Tract. .. 15, 137


Missionaries, Indian


6, 8, 9


Moravian Missionaries,


6, 8


Montgomery County


18


Morgan, Lewis H.


.27, 72


Mormon Church


47,48, 153


Morris, Daniel


43, 119


Moses, Henry . .


123


Murder, Executions for 41, 96


Mynderse, Wilhelmus


37,90


Nonagenarians.


33, 153


Oakley, Lewis.


103


Onondaga Commissioners, Awards of I39


Onondaga County


. 15, 18


Patrons of Husbandry 42, 76 Pennsylvania and Sodus Bay R.R. 64 Pennsylvania Germans 29, 150


Peru. Town of 19, 59


Physicians .... 22, 23, 25, 42, 103. 153 Pioneer Settlers. . . . . 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 Plank Roads 62, 63


Poor House, County.


40, 67, 69


Poor House Keepers .63, 148 Poor, Superintendents of. . 67, 68, 148 Post Office, erection of first. 86


Post Offices :


Canoga. 73


Fayette .. 76


MacDougall 77


Rose Hill


78


West Fayette.


77


Yale


78


156


HISTORICAL SKETCH


Presbyterian Churches.


45, 46


Protestant Episcopal Church 45


Quarries of Limestone. 72, 8[


Railroad Lines.


63, 64


Records of Town


.34, 35


Red Jacket, Indian Chief


12


Reed, Jacob.


68, 106


Reformed Church, U.S. . 43, 44, 45, 124


Reservation Road. 60


Revolutionary Soldiers, 15, 29, 36,


55, 66, 77, 103, 120, 136


Rhoad, Daniel.


II4


Riegel, Henry


.43, 117


Road Districts 61


Roads, Early


.40, 57, 58, 59, 60


Romulus, Town of :


Area of


17


Boundaries of. 17


Centennial of . 17


Organization of.


.15, 17


Washington erected from 17


Romulus Township


15, 137


Rorison, Alexander. 31, 95


Rorison, Alex, Jr.


97


Rorison, James


41, 66, 96


Rose Hill P. O.


78


Rose, Robert S


24, 53,


II3


Ross, William


56


Rumsey, John


22,


I20


Rumsey's Landing


62


Rural Cemeteries.


52


Schaeffer, David.


IO5


Schankwiler, Henry.


98


School and Gospel Lot 52, 53 School Commissioner, County.41, 148 Schoolhouses. .. 54,55 School Officers and Teachers. 52,53,55 Schools, Early . 40, 52, 53, 109


Schools, German 56


Schott, Fred, 2d.


I08


Seneca County : Civil List for 40, 147 County Buildings in 38, 39, 67, 68


Organization of.


18, 20


Town Meetings in 85


West Boundary of.


15


Seneca Falls Library .


88


Seneca Falls, Town of 18, 19, 21,


24, 57, 67, 90


Seneca Indians . 5,6, 8, 9 Seneca Lake 7, 16, 26, 27 Seneca Outlet or River . 7,8, 10, 19, 27, 69 Sheriffs. 41, 96, 147


Shoemaker, John 104


Skoiyase ...... 9, 10, II, 26, 27, 70, 12I Slaves, Negro. .23, 31, 86


South Waterloo


70, 71, 78


Squatters.


21, 22


Stacey, James G


III


Stacey, Wm. W. III


Stage Routes.


62


State Premium Farms. . . 131, 134, 135


Stone Quarries


72, 81


Stover, Martin L.


43, 119, 153


Strong, Wm. K.


I35


Suffrage, Right of. 82


Sullivan, John Gen


.9, 10, 11, 12


Sunday Schools.


46, 47, 126


Supervisors, List of.


.41, 146


Surveyors.


61, 71


Swan, Robert J.


134


Taverns


65


Teachers


43, 55, 56


Telegraph and Telephone lines .. 64


Tompkins County.


87


Town Meetings 33,34,35. 38,39, 40, 85


Turnpike Company


62


Valuations ...


16. 86, 87


Varick Station .


78


Varick, Town of


18, 60, 75


Villages :


Beartown


71


Bearytown


39, 64, 75


Boardman's Burgh


40, 54, 72


Canoga.


II, 12, 13, 72


Jefferson.


71


Kuneytown.


77


Metzger's Corners.


77


Rose Hill


78


Skoiyase. . 9, 10 , 11, 26, 27, 70, 12I


South Waterloo


70, 71, 78


West Fayette Station


77


Varick Station.


78


Voters, Census of ..


28, 85,


I42


Voters, Qualifications of.


82


Vreeland, Michael.


I3


Wagons, Four Horse


27


Washington, George.


. 20, 153


Washington, Town of :


Area of


17, 18


Erection of


5,17


Name changed .


20


Voters, census of


28, 85, 142


(See also Fayette.)


Waterloo Library and Historical Society . . .. ... 3, 11, 12, 34, 87, 127


Waterloo, Town of


. 19, 70, 71


Watkins, John.


40, 71, 94


Watson, Elkanah.


26


Wayne County.


87


Weaving Looms


8I


Welles, Saml. R., Hon.


I2


West Cayuga Reservation, 5, 13,


15, 21, 140


157


TOWN OF FAYETTE


West Fayette P. O.


77


Woodruff, Benjamin 81,99


West Fayette Station.


77


Woodruff, Charles.


81, 100


Whipping the Cat. 80


Woodwortlı, Alanson .39, 109


Whitestown, Town of


19


Wool Carding Mills . 79, 81


Whitmer, David.


50


Yale P. O.


78


Whitmer, Peter 47, 48, 49


Yost Brothers. 78, 121


Widner, John . 32, 61


Yost Chester .41, 116


Widner, Leonard


.32, 61


Yost, Lee


.51, 103


Willers, Diedrich Rev


45, 124


Vost, William


103


Wolf Bounty


40


Zeisberger, David Rev. 6,8


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