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In 1852, a pamphlet was published at Hamilton, Canada, which contained among other things a poem by the poet, W. H. C. Hosmer, entitled, "La- ment of Sa-sa-na."
Owego and Oswego.
The similarity of the names, Owego and Oswego, has always been a disad- vantage to this village. The name of Oswego,on account of Oswego's greater size and prominence, being. better known, business men at Owego have been as a consequence subjected to frequent annoyance, expense, and loss, on account of letters and goods having been misdirected or missent to Os- wego. For this reason there has been
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at various times some talk of having the name of Owego changed by legis- Jative enactment, but sufficient inter- est has never been taken in the mat- tér to bring about the desired change.
For some inscrutable reason some of those who have been seriously in- convenienced by the similarity in the names have manifested opposition to any change, when such changenas been suggested,thinking perhaps that a tem- porary derangement of affairs for a short time until the new name should be generally known in the business world would cause them some annoy- ance. But this would have been only temporary .. .
In addition to this unimportant ob- jection there was some disagreement as to what should be the new name for the village. The original Indian name was Ahwaga, of which Owego Is a corrupt spelling. Some of the peo- ple have objected to the name, Ah- waga, but without apparent good rea- son, as it is a smooth name to pro- nounce and means something, while Owego is commonplace and meaning- less.
If an Indian name is desirable none more musical in its sound could be found than Canawana, the Indian name by which the western part of the village has always been known. Judge Avery in his Susquehanna Val- ley papers says that Ca-ne-wa-nah, or Canewana, as it is now known, was in the Seneca dialect "Ne-wa-na .Ca- noeush," meaning literally "little liv- ing water." It was so named from the spring known as the Indian spring, situated a little west of the Owego creek, at the northern base of the cliff, north of the Main street
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bridge. The present name is obtained by the arbitrary transposition of syllables.
In case a change of name should ever be decided upon no name more musical in its pronunciation, nor none more appropriate, could be selected. There is no village of that name in the United States, and its adoption would obviate all the annoyance and unpleasant . conditions from which business men have been so long sub- jected. There has never been any serious objection to a change, and that there has never been any change in the name of the village is owing to the apathy of those inost directly in- terested.
Errors Corrected.
In the hurry of publishing these papers in a weekly newspaper there were some typographical errors in printing which were overlooked at the time and are here corrected :
Page 9. The name of Ephraim Wood appears twice, first as having come here in 1789, and again in 1799. The correct date is 1799.
Page 20. The name of Selecta Draper was written Electa Draper in the Avery manuscript of Mrs: Caty Harris's statement, and so printed. The name is correctly given on page 12.
Page 25. The name of the father of Col. David Pixley's second wife is given as Joseph Patterson and on page 28 it is printed James Patterson. Joseph Patterson is correct.
Page 32. The date of John M. Mc- Quigg's removal from Owego to Spen- cer should be 1808 instead of 1898. The date of Capt. John McQuigg's
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death should have been printed 1804 instead of 1813. Capt. McQuigg is said to have fought in the battle of White Plains Oct. 28, 1776. The date of the removal of John M. McQuigg from Owego is misprinted 1898. It should be 1798.
Page 33. Daniel McQuigg, the Ithaca merchant is said by his widow to have been a nephew instead of a son of Capt. John McQuigg.
Page 55. Samuel M. Avery in the second line should read Samuel W. Avery. See, page 118, where it is printed correctly.
Page 84. The words, "Married Ann S. Gregory in 1810" should read, mar- ried Ann S. Gregory, born in 1810.
Page 96. The name of Matthias H. Hollenback should have been printed Matthias Hollenback.
Page 121. The date in the first line should be 1804-5.
Page 152. H: A. Mead should read H. J. Mead.
Page 193. A. B. Gere should have been printed I. B. Gere.
Page 200. Edward R. Warner should be Edward W. Warner.
Page 653, Rev. John O'Mara came to Owego in April, 1877, instead of 1887, as printed.
INDEX
Academy
561
Agard, Rev. Horace 611
Butler, Rev .. Joseph .648, 652
Alanson Dean's tavern 480 Caldwell, James 306
Allen, Elias 309
Caldwell Row
306
Allen, Ebenezer
309
Archibald, Alvah B.
301
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.
Archibald, Aluron
301
Camp, Geo. Sidney 184
Camp, Dr. Henry 180, 406.
Armstrong. Francis
324
Armstrong, Daniel
325
Camp, Nathan
184
Avery, Charles P
124
Camp, William
175,397
Avery, John Il.
120
Avery, Samuel
117
Cameron, James. 272
Avery, Samuel
118
Cameron, John
272
Babcock, Samuel
305
Cameron, Robert 272
Backus, Ebenezer
466
Carmichael, John 252
Cemeteries
664
Bailey, Rev. John
635
Chase, Gideon O.
479
Balcam, Homy A.
572
Baldwin, Col. Thos
380
Barclay, Dr. Samuel
201,
106
Barstow, Chas. R ..
548
Bartholomew, Rev. C. M. 605
Bartlett, Capt. Isaac
113
Bartlett, Joseph
4,
116
Bartlett, Robert
114
Bartlett, Rev. Wm. Alvin. 599
Bates, Capt Luke
461
Bates Tavern
460
Beebe, Hiram 549
Cobb, Rev. Solon 590
Beecher, Rev. Jas. C.
602
Coburn, Charles A.
568
Collier, Hamilton
104
Collier, John 1 104
Collier, Thomas
101
325
Conklin, Jacob 325
Corning, Rev. Wm. HI. 598
Cox, Rev. Samu'l Hanson. 589
Crandall, Rev. L. A 631
Croton House :
481
('ruger, Gen. Daniel
Curry, Col. B. B .. : 169, 374, 481 Cushman, Richard E. 173
Dana, Eleazer
108, 546
Davis, Col. N. W
375
Dean, Alanson 450)
Dearborn, Asa 326
Deforest, Ira 465
Burton, Rev. R. E. 631
Burrows, Latham A ..
266
Dodd, . John
315
St. Paul's Episcopal .634
Methodist
606
St. Patrick Catholic 646
Cireuses
503
Clark, Rev. Francis 652
Clark, Ezra S. 484
Clark, Rev. S. A. 590
Beers, Abner
140
Beers, David
142
Beers, Dr. Lewis 141
Belcher, Col. Elijah 373
Conklin, James
Belcher, Col. Josepli 372
Bell, Win. IL. 97
Berry, Joseph 168
Blanchard, Thos. 399
Boeck, Leopold, J 570
Bosworth, Joseph S.
154
Bridge
553
Brown, Capt. Lemuel 69
Bulkley, Rev. Chas. H. .. 602 Bullock, Rev. M. G. 604
Bundy, Elisha 168
Burlingham, Rev. A. H .. 630 .
Burns, Rev. Geo. V. 655
300
Archibald, Samuel A.
305
Camp, Herman 186
Camp, Juliette M.
656
Camp, Col. Asa 370
Archibald, Janics
Carder, Rev. Jas. D.
634
Bacon, George
155
Bands
486 .
Central House 473
Churches Presbyterian
573
Congregational 592
Baptist 617
Chatfield, John R ..
182
Deforest Tavern 464
Burying grounds
Camp, Gen: Anson 1×4
Drake, John J. 191
Draper, Amos 10
Drummond, A. M.
57]
Duane, Thomas
55
Eastman, Dr. Hi
371
Edick, Philo P '572
Ely, Elisha
86
Ely, Col. Daniel
87, 517
Ely, Dr. Elisha
82
Ely, James
86
Ely, Joseph M ..... 183, 569, 655
Ely, William
85
Everest, Charles H
601
Fay, Chas. P ..
206
Fay, Fred'k J ..
205
Fay, . George W.
205
Fay, Dr. Jedediah.
201,. 546
Farrington, Thomas
124
Female seminary
656
Fires
492
Fleming, Capt. David.
383
Fleming, Gen. Robt. L.
384
Forsyth, Elisha
74,
79
Forsyth, Gilbert
78
Fox, Capt. Sylvanus.
171, 316
Fowler, Rev. Morelle
612
Franklin House
469
Frelinghuysen, Theo.
154
Gear, Rev. Ezekiel
635
Lillie, Isaac
317
Gee, John .
327
Lillie, John H .:.
320, 409
General Trainings
386
Gere, Isaac B.
199
Gill, Rev. Wmn. H.
591
Leonard, Hormon C.
219
Goodman Coffee House 468
Leonard, Stephen B .:
.212, 430
546, 547
Goodrich, David
211
Leonard, Wm. B.
218
Lombard, Rev. Horatio
579
Loring, Rev. Daniel
577
Lovejoy, Dr. Ezekiel
150
Mack, Ebenezer
68
tia
Granger, Rev. W. A.
632
Greek, Abraham
316
Greenleaf, John M.
284
Griffing, Rev. John
610
Grist Mills
330
Griswold, Theophilus
L.
571
Hall Shows
511
Hall, Rev. Samuel H ..
590
Hand, Jacob 98
Hay, Rev. Philip. C.
588
Hay, Theodore F.
570
Headley, Isaac B.
231,
569
Hewitt, Gurdon
281
Hollenback, George
W.
96
Hollenback, John
91
Hosmer, W. II. C. 123 Draper, Joseph 13
Hotels
458
Husa House
485
Huntington, George M.
29%
Huntington, Jared
296
Huntington, Gen. Oliver. . 88, 371
Huntington, Wait T.
90
ludiani Trails 345
Ithaca & Owego Railroad.
440°
Jerome, J. Newton
569
Johnson, Ben
258
Johnson, Chas. Fred'k .
.336, 338
Johnson, Rev. Geo. D ..
643
Johnson, Robert Charles. . 336, 343
Johnson, Rev. Thos. D.
654
Jones, David
545
Jones, Frank L.
550
Kidder, Rev. Corbin.
698
Kidder, Rev. James H
643
King, Rev. W. H.
630
Kingsley, Vine
305 .
Laning, Gen. John.
130, 371
Laning Tavern
466
Lake Street House
479
Leach, Caleb
46
LeClere, Thomas
Legg's Temperance Hotel 483
Leland, Ziba
272
Goodrich, Eliakim
206
Goodrich, Geo. B.
129, 211
Goodrich, Noah
206
Mack, Horace
Mack, Stephen
64
McCormick, Col. Henry
276
McCormick, Jacob M.
278
McCormick, Major Joseph. 279
Mackenzie, Rev. A. C ... 591
McManus, Rev. Jas. T.
652
McNall, Mrs. Belva 660
MeMaster, James 14
MeQuigg, Jesse 34
McQuigg, Capt. John
30
Madan, Ezra S ..
290
Mansion House .
482
Martin, Col. Amos
237
Martin, John 'S.
290
Marsh, Rev. Dwight W.
604
Goodrich, Gen. Ansel.
209
Lockwood, Belva A.
660, 662
Leonard, George S.
219
Goodrich, Erastus
211
Gould, Rev. Samuel M.
600
Hosmer, Josephine 660
Mathews, Gen. Vincent 381
Pumpells, John 185
Matson, Thomas, Jr. 333
Pumpelly, Josiah C. 150
Matson's Mill 333 Pumpelly, Prof. Raphael 161
Maxwell, Guy
131
Pumpelly, William
Putnam, Rev. Aaron
Railroad House
Menagerie
501
Rankine, Rev. James 641
Military History
365
Ransom, Charles
233
Mesher Tavern
172
Muzzy, W. H ..
480
Negus, Rev. M. F 632
Ransom, William 235
Nichols, Thós. M.
344
Raymond, W. P 478
Noble, Chas. C ..
183 .
Raynsford, Edw.
200.
Ogden, Charles 323
Ogden, Isaac B. 310.
Reed, James M.
4.76
Ogden, Jehial
323
Reeves, David Wallis.
171, 490
Reeves, Lorenzo 166
Reeves, Ezra Warren. 170.
Reeves, Tapping 170
Richardson, Elias 265
Ripley, John 258
Robb, A. J. 571
Owego and Ithaca Turnpike .. 349
Owego and Oswego 670
Paige, Dr. Joel S.
293
Paige, Anson F. 295
Ross, Major Horatio 105
Paige, Thos. L ..
296
Rugg, Joseph K. 231
Ryan, Rey. Martin 654
Palner, Mrs. Mary
657
Sackett, Col. Caleb H.
260
Parker, John M.
156
Parker, Col. F. H. 157
Parker, Charles E. 157
Parmenter, Elihu
85
Sasana Loft. Monument
667
Scofield, Rev. W. C. 604
Peck, Ezra . 572
Peck, Rev. P. B. 627
Phelps, Dr. E. B.
180
Pigney, HI. D .. 294
Sheridan, Rev. John J 655
Shoemaker, Col. Elijah 371
Skinner, Chas. P. 232
Pixley Tavern 459
Smyth, Wan. 552, 570
Soldiers of 1812. 390
Stage Coaching 42×
Post Office
515
Steamboats .
393
Stebbins, Charles 550
Stone, Wm. P. 219
Storrs, A. P ... 181
Stoddard, Gen. Oringh 380
Streets 345
Strong, Stephen 188
Sweet, Ezra' S. 255
Sweet, Chas. H. 259
Talcott, Charles 123
Pampelly, Charles 152, 463
Pumpelly, George J. 150
Talcott, George Lord. 126
Pumpelly, Harmon 163
Taverns
458
Pumpelly, James 145
Seymour, Elias W. 316
Sheridan, Rev. John 619
Pixley Mill
331
Porter, Rev. Geo. P. 616
Post-Riders
427
Platt, Charles 227
Platt, Fred'k E. 231
Platt, Jonathan
2.20
Platt, Thos. C.
232
Platt, . William 228
Platt, William H. 230
Presbyterian Church
573
Prindle, Jos. A. 571
Talcott, Elizur 126
Taylor, Daniel G.
100
Sackett, John J ..
265
Sackett, Nathaniel 260
Sackett, Col. Richard 260
Sackett, Richard Il.
.265
Patterson, Col. John
25
. Pearne, Rev. Wm. H. 616
Seminary
656
Pitcher, D. M .. 551
Pixley, Col. David 22
Rockwood, Col. Samuel 373
Rogers, Rev. James 653
Orden, Joseph
322
Ogden, Walter
323
O'Mara, Rev. John 653
Ostrander, Rov. L. A. 591
Owego Hotel
464
Park, Capt. Thos. 75
Reed, Gen. John Meredith. 165
Ransom, Printice
233
Ransom, Samuel 234
Max, Rev. Hezekiah 579
Meacham, Erastus 298
Taylor, John J .. 131
Taylor, Col. Wm. C. .100, 259
Teller, Kev. D W 605
Tenney, Jonathan 571
Theatres 514
Thurston, George W. 270
Thurston, David 2018
Thurston, Col. J.s. S. 270
Warner, Hiram G. 610
Warner, Win. F .. 111
Washburn's Indian Show 505
Tinh bam, Dr. Samuel 42 Watson, Rev. Goo 611
Tioga County House 476
Wattles, Capt. Mason
Tobey, Capt. John J.
402
Western Hotel
White, Archibald 84
Truex, E. H .. 2.59
White. Rev. Charles 586
Truman, Asa HI. 210 . Whitney, Capt. Joshua 342
Truman. Aaron 241
Whittelsey, Gen. HI. M. 258
Truman, Benjamin L. 250
Wilcox. Rev. S. C. 589, 597
Truman, Charles 1
243
Wilcox, Mrs. S. ( .. 659
Truman, Edward D. 243
Williston, Rev. Seth 573, 588
Truman, Lucius 242
Truman, Lyman
247
Woodford, Romeo 312, 314
Truman, Lyman Park
245
Truman, Capt. Shem 239
Truman, Stephen S. 245
Furner, David 224 Tyler, Rev. Moses Coit 600
United States Hotel 4.54
Vose, Rev. Riley. A. 633
Waldo, Dr. Godfrey 251
Tinkham, David P.
45,
199-
Tinkham, Geo. Standish 45
Town Clock 620
Truman, George 247
Woodford. Bissell 814
Woodford, Ira 311
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