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The following were recruited and sent on : F. A. Altmeyer, John W. Amlong, N. F. Bowen, William N. Barton, Mark Bossard, Joseph Bon- gordon, John W. Babcock, A. J. Bennett, M. F. Bowe, John Brown, William Boehme, W. H. Bennett, Peter Barber, P. Colson, Henry Conk- lin, G. R. Cochran, John Camp, Hibbard Chase, John Collins, James B. Clark, Pat Collins, Dan Dibble, Hugh Duffy, C. M. Dodge, Robert Den- ham, M. W. Elston, Abram Elston, Robert A. Erwin, Lawrence Flynn, Christopher Follett, K. B. Finley, Matthew Gleaser, J. M. Gilson, Charles C. Gilson, George F. Jones, Ezra Kirby, James Moore, John McNamara, Virgil Marsh, Hiram Marsh, A. J. . Mahew, F. B. Maynard, N. A. Mitchell, M. Manion, N. Martin, Charles Nichols, R. Ovendan, Thomas E. Peard, John Perkins, George W. Parshall, D. M. Pannell, M. W. Parker, George Perry, W. O. Robinson, John Reed, Charles San- ford, J. B. D. Sawtell, Martin Steves, William N. Smith, Jacob M. Smith,
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Joseph Steffin, Horatio Thomas, John Thomas, Cassimere Thomas, O. Timmerson, N. Truesdall, Seth J. Thomas, Thomas Wilson, John Was- chow, Albert Wilber, Rowley Wilson, Luke White, Edwin Wade, C. M. Whitney, J. Walsh, J. M. Wiggins, F. F. Waterman, E. A. Perrin, Silas Smith.
COMPANY H .- Stephen Connor, captain ; George Wiard, J. H. Rob- son, W. H. Raymond, and Arch Winnie, lieutenants ; Henry Bickford, W. H. Roberson, William Grant, Louis Mather, Stephen Vail, O. E. Babcock, A. W. Aldrich, R. T. Hunn, sergeants ; E. P. Cowles, Charles Cox, E. J. Winslow, A. M. Allen, C. Chamberlain, William Jones, W. H. Fidinger, W. H. Griffin, E. A. Whitman, Joseph Webber, H. B. Salis- bury, L. H. Robinson, corporals ; C. D. Davis, Henry C. Ward, musi- cians ; F. Krager, W. Cole, artificers ; R. Crosby, wagoner.
Privates .- Orrin Allen, Arthur Allen, Ed. Anthony, Frank Anthony, Thomas Anthony, Henry Anthony, J. O. Aldridge, H. L. Austin, Al- bert Algo, J. Armidick, D. H. Bailey, F. Burgomaster, J. K. Brown, H. E. Brooks, J. C. Beach, Ira Baker, Henry Britton, James Bush, John S. Barber, W. R. Crook, Eli Cope, J. M. Cook, J. W. Chappel, Joseph Cheney, Robert Caple, P. Carlton, Robert Conroy, Edward Dyer, Alvin Dyer, Ferdinand Dorf, H. E. Duell, Charles Derby, Frank Derson, M. T. Bailey, N. J. Eaton, William Fenner, Daniel Fenner, Irvine Fenner, Leon Feller, N. Frenberger, C. Foster, J. C. Fidinger, A. J. Frayer, J. E. Friesman, W. B. Graham, Jacob Gleaser, R. L. Gumaer, W. J. Gregg, John C. Gray, G. A. Haight, J. E. Haight, Sam Haight, G. Z. Howard, J. B. Hescock, J. D. Henderson, S. B. Holmes, James Heal, Robert Heal, Jonas Holmes, John Hix, J. W. Hildun, Charles Havens, E. G. Havens, F. M. Harden, O. S. Holcomb, F. Johnson, D. V. Johnson, Frank Jones, W. S. Joslyn, H. D. Johns, Thomas Johns, Daniel Johns, F. A. Kenyon, W. P. Kidder, J. W. Kasson, B. R. Lamkins, Fred Lord, C. Lafleur, D. E. Lamphear, William Lewis, James Laighbody, Charles Lilly, J. D. Mason, W. J. Moore, J. K. Merrill, W. A. McMillan, N. N. Morse, Pat Murphy, H. D. Myers, J. McDaniels, J. McAllister, W. H. Mattison, J. Mahannah, A. T. McCracken, Byron Murdock, W. L. Norton, Alfred Riker, G. W. Reynolds, John Radford, A. E. Spaulding, Paul Stevens, - D. Sherman, Festus Stone, H. T. Sautell, Moore Smith, W. I. Skidmore, A. V. Simmons, H. F. Snook, Arba Shaw, J. Spaulding, H. Suits, Daniel Suits, H. C. Searls, M. Sutfin, Thomas Steele, H. C. Timby, Samuel Throop, George Thomas, M O. Tyrrel, E. Tibbitts, S. D. Tuttle, W. B. Talıman, B. F. Tallman, H. L. Van Dresser, M. L. Watson, J. A. Wall, Robert
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Walker, W. M. Walker, John H. Weaver, B. F. Wood, James W. Wood, Julius Wies, Jacob Wies, Thomas Warner, Warren West, J. H. William- son, Edson Weed, E. G. Webster, j. M. Warren, Alpha Warson, N. H. Winslow, A. B. Ward, W. F. Young, Peter Stevens, John Shum, George Walker, J. M.Zimmerman.
COMPANY I .- Alexander Gardner, captain; M. M. Cook, S. R. Stafford, E. R. Loomis, and Ed. Giliis, lieutenants ; Thomas J. Dean, Setli C. Hall, M. Duguid, M. Van Antwerp, J. B. Arnold, N. S. Nier, John P. Thomas, and E. H. Norton, sergeants; J. R. Perry, J. H. Taggart, L. A. Clark, S. J. Feagles, E. B. Randall, W. H. Elwell, Marcus Wilcox, Thomas Houston, Charles Pindar, Fred Walter, W. L. Benedict, Orville Bannister, corporals; W. F. Osborne, George W. Lower, musicians ; George Kelley, W. F. Perkins, artificers ; W. H. Miller, wagoner.
Privates .- J. D. Ames, James Agett, Jr., James Avery, W. Allen, A. C. Bushman, John Byzn, James Byzn, Leonard Bland, J. F. Bell, J. B. Beardsley, C. Cook, Fred Cook, Joseph Cook, Joseph Cook, 2d, John Cook, Ebenezer Cook, D. Chamberlain, H. A. Church, W. L. Calvert, Elias Chappell, H. T. Clark, Jerome Clark, Charles Carpenter, J. B. Curtis, Thomas Cauffield, G. J. Chandler, Peter Campbell, S. B. Doty, Albert De Wolf, W. H. Dayton, A. K. Damon, F. Eberhardt, Fidelo Eddy, A. Etherefington, John Fulton, W. H. Fuller, W. L. Farr, Sylvester Farr, F. H. Fordham, F. Furey, John Folk, W. H. H. Gillett, C. Gib- hartt, Peter Gallagher, Nich. Gossie, W. H. Gordon, G. H. Holmes, George Heath, E. P. Hoyt, Sylvester Hoyt, John Houston, William Houston, E. N. Henderson, James Hunter, W. A. House, E. W. Herrick, D. Y. Hallock, W. H. Howell, Elmer Howell, Daniel Jones, E. M. Kline, John Kelley, Philip Lougle, Joseph Lougle, H. J. W. Lewis, Seymour Lewis, Alonzo Lewis, P. McDonnell, William McGuire, M. H. McNeil, D. McMartin, B. F. McHenry, P. Mingus, Michael Mahan, Alfred Mur- dock, Dwight Mann, John Monroe, Nicholas Nowe, Alonzo Nichols, F. H. Olmsted, W. D. Perkins, J. B. Palmer, Lewis Payne, S. A. Pease, George Phillips. D. Russell, Robert Reid, Ashley Randall, E. P. Ross, A. J. Reibling, T. C. Rawson, R. E. Roberson, W. W. Stamp, Ed. Stamp, Ed. Sharp, William Sharp. F. A. Shipley, J. A. Sherwood, J. M. Sher- wood, L. K. Spafford, E. D. Shader, Delos Shattuck, James Sifert, Almon Secor, Ed. Strouch, Riley Stevens, Alexander Shaw, S. L. M. Stafford, Emory M. Tone, J. A. Tone, John Thomas, Amos Topliff, H. W. Trobridge, A. E. Townsend, A. N. Van Antwerp, William Wayman, J. W. Wilson, John Walter, H. A. Williams, Harry Willis, Joel Willis, John Woltz,
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Charles Wooliver, E. A. White, F. C. Waltby, E. B. Clark, C. S. Hol- brook, J. H. Hoyt, John Shipley, W. H. Thompson, A. R. Terry, G. W. Terry, J. E. Young.
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COMPANY L .- S. D. Ludden, captain ; H. H. Van Dake, George H. Robertson, W. L Totten, lieutenants; D. L. Fellows, E. T. Forman, W. O. Bartholomew, E. H. Ewell, Joseph Shaw, C. A. Whipple, Ed- ward Bannister, W. H. Hunn, sergeants ; D. K. Austin, Allen Buell, J. A. Clark, Robert Chapple, James Drain, Kirk Ewell, Harrison Fer- guson, E. F. Ives, G. W. Kendall, George Metzger, William Page, Ed. Williams, corporals ; Julius Kassler, William Kisor, musicians; G. A. Barner, Loren Hedger, artificers; Eugene Plumley, wagoner.
Privates .- W. H. Anderson, P. Anthony, N. Armstrong, J. Babcock, Charles G. Bale, Samuel Barnes, William Battersby, Joseph Bloedt, M. Buck, O. S. Burgess, D. W. Burleigh, George Cacner, A. E Carpenter, C. B. Carpenter, J. S. Carpenter, E. L. Carpenter, W. T. Chapman, James H. Childs, O. A. Churchill, W. H. Clancey, Chauncey Clark, Lewis Clark, James Conway, James Courtney, William Craig, I. S. Cross, Orrin Crocker, M. M. Cummings, H. V. Day, D. M. Dean, E. M. Doty, A. J. Drake, Thomas Duffy, Harley Dunham, James Ellis, M. Filkins, James Fluker, G. W. Freelove, W. M. Fuller, Robert Gibson, C. N. Goodenow, G. W. Gould, E. J. Stratton, H. N. Goodenow, D. P. Good- rich, David Greening, Adam Grile, Charles Hale, S. Hamilton, John Hersch, John G. Hersch, John Hewitt, Thomas Hellman, W. H. H. Holden, R. D. Holley, Edwin Hoops, C. A. Howland, Ira Howland, W. R."Howland, Riley Ingaldsbe, Joel B. Jewett, Jeff Judd, W. M. Kendall, Alfred Keyser, Henry Knapp, E. G. Moulton, John Kunst, Lewis Kraft, William Lewis, A. W. Lingfield, Mort Lingfield, Charles Loomis, O. D. Lyman, L. D. Mapes, Morris Marquot, W. C. McCabe, Daniel Mc- Mullen, Morris McMullen, Mich Myers, Stephen Myers, Charles Mertz, Caleb Miller, James Morton, William Nixon, Dennis O'Connor, H. Z. Owen, Isaac Page, F. G. Passmore, R. H. Perkins, A. D. Petrie, G. W. R. Pettibone, Harris Phillips, E. P. Pierce, F. Prescott, William Radley, Frank Reinhart, E. H. Rich, E. Robinson, Wesley Robinson, George Rose, E. K. Sage, Frank Sage, I. H. Sanford, Ira Smith, Joseph Sorrell, H. R. Stevens, M. B. Stevens, John Thomas, George Totterdale, D. C. Tracey, C. D. Vickery, George Walker, Tooker Walker, W. H. Walker, H. I. Wallace, H. C. Warner, William Welch, E. Wentworth, L. Whipple, E. G. Wurtz, Charles Youngs.
Many men were enlisted in other regiments, and it is impossible, per-
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haps, to mention every one. We find the following in the 49th N. Y. V .: Peter Thomas, Ferdinand Thomas, French Fisher, Joseph Mark, Sergeant Hare, Charles Hayden, Sergeant Slingerland.
CAPT. COWAN'S COMPANY, 14TH N. Y. VETERANS.
THIS company was recruited in Genesee County early in 1861. It went to Washington, where it remained till early autumn. Early next spring the company went to Fairfax Court House and Alexandria, thence to Fortress Monroe. These brave boys did duty at Yorktown, at Cold Harbor, at Gaines Mills ; their first open-field fight was at Hanover Court House; they were also engaged at Beaver Meadow, Malvern Hili, etc. The 14th greatly distinguished itself while in service, and Company D was the banner company. The following are the officers and men who went out: William L. Cowan, captain ; Robert H. Ford, Ist lieu- tenant; George E. Gee, 2d lieutenant; Thomas R. Hardwick, Almon C. Barnard, Jesse R. Decker, I. H. Crosman, sergeants; David W. Man- ning, Harry Parsons, H. H. Van Dake, Thomas L. Ostrom, corporals ; James B. Potter and Gregory Shaver, musicians.
Privates .- O. Aldrich, Charles Archer, Charles Averill, Lucius F. Brown, James Bailey, F. F. Barber, William H. Barnett, M. W. Bliton, Thomas Bowie, John H. Brown, W. F. Burr, A. A. Bagley, George Car- penter. George Chamberlain, Daniel Chamberlain, Martin Coon, Ira S. Cross, William E. Crissey, Ellery I. Delano, James Derrick, George Drain, Stephen Ennis, H. Farnham, George Fisher, D. Glenn, Clark E. Gould, Abram Haner, Bruce Herrington, Henry Hike, N. B. Hopkins, Lowell Howe, Nelson Jenkins, Daniel Johns, Phil Lapp, Andrew Lee, James A. Lewis, John Lyon, Artemas Maxon, R. P. Merrill, James McDermit, Arthur O'Neil, Martin Pilgrim, W. H. Randall, Almon Secore, Robert Scovell, Joseph Shaw, William Shaw, William Smith, F. D. Smith, An- drew Seiber, Andrew Strobel, Paddock L. Tucker, Charles H. S. Tessey, Carmel D. Townsend, Edward Tibbitts, Randolph Tubbs, Arthur Tum- alty, Peter Van Valkenburg, Charles B. Vickery, Ira Woodin, Benjamin Winans, Amos B. Wyman, Millard D. York, Menden Young.
THE 25TH IND. BATTERY.
THIS valiant company was recruited in the counties of Orleans, Gene- see, and Niagara, and we have taken pains to give the Genesee County men as correctly as possible. They were mustered in at Lockport, N. Y., in September, 1862, and in December went to New York and became
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part of the forces of Gen. Banks. They sailed to Fortress Monroe, thence to Ship Island, but were wrecked on the coast of Florida ; were picked up by a gunboat and landed at Key West, and in January, 1863, sailed to New Orleans. They were in the siege of Port Hudson, and in the Red River campaign. In the spring of 1865 they went on the expedi- tion to Mobile, and were mustered out at Rochester, N. Y., in July, 1865. The officers and men from Genesee County were: Lieutenant I. D. South- worth, mustered out as captain, then of Byron ; Albert Cook, Ist lieuten- ant, of Alabama; Lieut. James F. Emery and Henry M. Graves, Batavia ; Peter Lester, Addison Gates, J. H. Smock, B. F. Ackerson, and Patrick Sage, of Alabama; Aaron Hartwell, J. Madigan, Jacob Miller, William Shelt, Frank McCann, William Wilgin, Frank D. Murdock, Peter Clinch, Paul Nothan, James Darkins, John J. Snyder, Peter Linn, Peter Tharnish, Fred Hartwick, Nathan Leonard, John Oberton, Joseph Brill, and Peter Busser, of Byron ; Edgar A. Fisher, William R. Fisher, Charles A. Ken- dall, Edwin J. Niles, Valentine Riker, Wyman P. Fisk, Byron A. Fisk, and William Jones, of Stafford ; William J. Pike, Arthur Little, and Cunningham Primrose, of Elba; William P. Bassett, of Bergen ; Free- man Bailey, of Oakfield; and George Conway, Rodney Alexander, Al- mon R. Blodgett and Levi C. Cleveland, of Pembroke.
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
GENESEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
T may not be generally known that this society had its origin in very early years, for June 22, 1819, a meeting was called and met at the house of Hinman Holden. Joseph Ellicott was elected president, and Hon. Samuel M. Hopkins was elected president pro tom., and Parmenio Adams, treasurer pro tem. It was agreed to raise $500 for the meeting and exhibition in October, $150 of the amount to be for expenses and $350 for premiums. A committee was also appointed to examine farms, they to be allowed $2 per day each for their time. Col. Green and Col. Touner were appointed marshals The annual fair was ordered held on the second Monday in October. Another record we find in June, 1832, when Jacob Le Roy was chosen president.
The county has shown an uncommon interest in agricultural affairs, establishing a strong, perpetual society very early, and by its continued zeal still sustains large and profitable meetings annually.
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In 1839-51 years ago-the present organization was established, and for the first 20 years annual fairs were held at suitable places in and around Batavia. About 30 years ago the formidable proportions of the society called for greater facilities, and the purchase of suitable grounds and erection of adequate buildings was at once effected. A good half- mile track for the development of stock has long been a prominent fea- ture to the grounds. At this writing (spring of 1889) there is a project on foot to sell the present grounds, purchase elsewhere a more commo- dious site, and erect new and larger buildings.1 The society is strong and prosperous, and for the past half century has not failed in its meet- ings and fairs The minutes of meetings prior to 1870 cannot be found, but we give the names of such officers as the books now in use furnish : 1870 .- I. A. Todd, president ; L. R. Bailey, secretary ; Augustus N. Cowdin, treasurer. 1871 .- George Burt, president ; L. R. Bailey, secretary.
1872 .- E. G. Townsend, president ; G. H. Robertson, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treas- urer.
1873 .- M. N. Moulthrop, president ; F. M. Jameson, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treas- urer.
1874 .- S. B. Lusk, president ; J. H. McCulley, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treasurer. 1875 .- Warren J. Tyler, president ; J. H. McCulley, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treasurer. 1876 .- Cortland Crosman, president ; E. R. Hay, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treasurer. 1877 .- I. S. Durfee, president ; E. R. Hay, secretary ; A. R. Warner, treasurer.
1878 .- Albert Parker, president ; J. H. Robson, secretary ; E. L. Kenyon, treasurer.
1879 .- C. W. Van De Bogart, president ; N. Bogue, secretary ; R. A. Maxwell, treas- urer.
1880 .- C. W. Van De Bogart, president ; N. Bogue, secretary ; R. A. Maxwell, treas- urer.
1881 .- John H. McCulley, president ; George W. Pratt, secretary ; R. A. Maxwell, treasurer.
1882 .- Eli Taylor, president ; J. B. Neasmith, secretary ; J. Holley Bradish, treasurer. 1883 .- D. L. Hodgson, president ; Nelson Bogue, secretary ; O. Town, Jr., treasurer.
1884 .- Nelson Duguid, president ; J. M. Mckenzie, secretary ; B. George Kemp, treas- urer.
1885 .- N. M. Duguid, president ; J. M. Mckenzie, secretary ; B. George Kemp, treas- urer.
1886 .- B. F. Peck, president ; J. M. Mckenzie, secretary ; B. George Kemp, treasurer.
| March 8, 1890, by a vote of 269 to 235, the society decided to purchase what is known as the Redfield site, the price agreed upon being $6,000. This is the old driving park property of 233 acres and eight and one-half acres additional on the east side of the track, with an eight-rod roadway out to West Main street, and includes the race-track, stables, wells, fences, judges' stand, etc. The eight and one-half acre addition runs east from the driving park 16 rods, and in it there is an oak grove of two and one-halt acres. March 19th about two additional acres were purchased of Mr. Redfield for $200. The society now has nearly 35 acres of land.
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1887 .- Nelson Bogue, president ; J. M. McKenzie, secretary ; B. George Kemp, treas- urer.
1888 .- E. J. Ingalsbe, president ; Frank B. Redfield, secretary ; William Torrence, treasurer.
1889 .- R. R. Losee, president ; James Z. Terry, vice-president ; Dwight Dimock, sec- ond vice-president ; L. F. Rolfe, secretary ; F. B. Parker, treasurer.
The directors, one from each town, are chosen each year at the Janu- ary meeting, who, with the officers, have the general management of the fairs. A healthy premium list, prompt payment of awards, and the gen- eral interest taken in the affairs of the society have made the Genesee County Agricultural Society a model worthy of imitation, and its long years of prosperity are only an earnest of its stability and usefulness.
The fiftieth annual fair of the society was held on the grounds on Elli- cott street in September, 1889 At the regular annual meeting of the officers in January, 1890, it was voted to sell these grounds to the Ge- neva and Buffalo Railroad Co., who are to build a railroad. At this meeting the following officers were elected : James Z. Terry, president ; Dwight Dimock, vice-president; John M. Mckenzie, second vice presi- dent ; L. F. Rolfe, secretary ; Fred Parker, treasurer.
GENESEE COUNTY AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.
THIS society was originally organized in July, 1818, but no record has been found of its meetings prior to 1833. On the 6th of September, 1833, a meeting of the friends of the society and Bible cause was held in Le Roy, and it was resolved to reorganize the Genesee Bible Society under a new constitution. One of the articles of the constitu- tion adopted was that " the sole object of this institution shall be to en- courage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or com- ment.' The officers chosen at that meeting by the society were Colonel Martin O. Coe, president; Deacon Hinds Chamberlain and Samuel Gran- nis, vice-presidents; Seth M. Gates, secretary; and Colonel S. M. Gates, treasurer.
During the 70 years of its existence the society has made several can- vasses of the county for the distribution of the Scriptures, and ample pro -. vision has been made for supplying by special agents the inmates of the county-house, jail, and all prisoners leaving the jail with Bibles; also for supplying all hotels in the county and portions of the trains of cars pass- ing through it. The society has kept up its annual contributions to the American Bible Society, to which it is a valuable auxiliary.
The presidents since 1833 have been : Martin O. Coe, who was chosen
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that year ; P. L. Tracy, in 1840; J. E. Tompkins, in 1851 ; P. L. Tracy, in 1853; John Fisher, in 1864; A. J. Bartow, in 1867; John Fisher, in 1872; A. D. Lord, M. D., in 1873; R. L. Selden, in 1875 ; Rev. A. D. Wilbur, in 1876; Rev. William Swan, in 1881 ; Rev. John W. Sanborn, in 1883; Rev. William W. Totherob, in 1884. The officers of 1888-89 were: Rev. A. D. Draper, president; Rev. C. W. Mitchell, Hon. E. C. Walker, Hon. Eli Taylor, and Rev. W. W. Totherob, vice-presidents; James P. Parsons, secretary ; F. B. Gleason, treasurer.
AUXILIARY AID SOCIETY. To the State Charities Aid Association.
IN November, 1883, a number of benevolent ladies and gentlemen of Genesee County organized this society by the adoption of a constitution, the first article of which read as follows :
" The name of this association shall be ' The Local Visiting Committee of the Gene- see County Poor-House, State of New York,' and its object shall be to visit regularly and systematically all the departments of the Genesee County poor-house, with a view to the mental, moral, and physical improvement of its pauper inmates ; and to bring about such reforms as may be practicable."
About 40 members combined in this association, and F. C. Lathrop, of Le Roy, was made the president ; J. B. Worthington, of Batavia, vice- president ; . Mrs. Gardner Fuller, secretary ; and S. Massey, treasurer. An executive committee consisting of the officers and Rev. Dr. Hitch- cock, Rev. Mr. Totherob, and Rev. Mr. Zimmer was appointed. The same officers continue, except that Mrs. M. E. Sheffield is the present in- cumbent of the positions of secretary and treasurer. Every member of the society is a committee for the purposes set forth in the first article of their constitution. The society has had committees of three or four each that have made periodical visits to the county house. The society has suggested and assisted in the introduction of many improvements that have greatly ameliorated the condition of the unfortunate inmates.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
THIS association was organized at a meeting held in the Baptist Church, Batavia, in October, 1857. Its object was to advance the great interest of Sunday-schools by affording a medium of communication among all the schools of the county, and giving facilities for improvements in meth- ods of work by an interchange of ideas and views among the workers, and exercises in these different methods suggested. In furtherance of the
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object of this society meetings have been held regularly in various parts of the county; addresses have been delivered; discussions and exercises have been successfully engaged in; and the interest in and utility of the cause has been greatly promoted.
The lack of records of the proceedings of the society causes a defi- ciency in the mention of the names of those who have done efficient work, and of the many improvements and much good service done. The pas- tors of the churches and many laymen throughout the county have given it their hearty cooperation, and have labored with commendable zeal to aid in the success which has crowned the efforts of the association. The present officers are A. J. Rumsey, of Bethany, president ; Rev. C. W. Sweet, of Elba, secretary ; and a vice-president from each town in the county.
GENESEE COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
THIS county has ever shown more zeal in its early settlement than its neighbors, and has now a large association that bears the name of this heading. On the 25th of August, 1869, a large number of pioneers and. citizens met at Union Hall, Batavia, to take into consideration the or- ganization of such a society. Stewart Chamberlain was appointed chair- man of the meeting, and Marcus L. Babcock, secretary. The following persons were made a committee to draft a constitution and rules to gov- ern the society: Hon. Moses Taggart, Batavia ; Sylvester Willis, Oakfield; Alanson Fisher, Darien ; Samuel Scofield, Eden ; Stewart Chamberlain, Le Roy; Marcus L. Babcock, Batavia; Augustus P. Hascall, Le Roy. This committee reported at a meeting held October 5th, and a suitable constitution was adopted. A committee was appointed-one from each town-to report a set of officers for the association, who reported the following, and who were elected : Heman J. Redfield, president ; Seth Wakeman, vice-president ; Phineas Ford, secretary ; Augustus P. Has- call, assistant secretary ; James R. Mitchell, treasurer. A vice-president from each town was also elected.
At the annual meeting June 13, 1871, eight were reported as having died during the year, and large numbers joined the association. The offi- cers elected were Moses Taggart, president ; David Seaver, secretary.
1872 .- Alden S. Stevens, president; David Seaver, secretary ; 11 re- ported as having died.
1873 .- Benjamin Pringle, president ; David Seaver, secretary ; 12 re- ported as having died.
1874 .- Benjamin Pringle, president ; David Seaver, secretary.
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1875 .- J. R. Mitchell, president; J. M. Waite, secretary. 1876 .- J. R. Mitchell, president; J. N. Beckley, secretary.
1877 .- Albert Rowe, president; Safford E. North, secretary. 1878 .- Albert Rowe, president; S. E. North, secretary. 1879 .- Albert Rowe, president ; S. E. North, secretary. 1880 .- Israel M. Peck, president; S. E. North, secretary. 1881 .- James R. Mitchell, president ; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1882 .- Lucius Atwater, president ; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1883 .- Lucius Atwater, president; Frank S. Wood, secretary. 1884 .- Albert Rowe, president ; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1885 .- Lucius Atwater, president; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1886 .- Lucius Atwater, president ; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1887 .- Lucius Atwater, president; Frank S. Wood, secretary.
1888 .- Hon. E. C. Walker, president; H. F. Peck, vice-president; J. H. Gates, secretary and treasurer ; with a vice-president in each town, which are named each year.
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