Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, Part 23

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co.
Number of Pages: 920

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feature of the exterior. This fire-proof building was commenced in 1887, and completed and presented to the village March 12, 1889. The capa- city is for 40,000 volumes; the cost was about $35,000.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Mead) Richmond, whose many acts of charity and benevolence, and whose generous aid to every enterprise to build up Batavia and advance its moral and material growth, deserves especial mention in the history of Genesee County; was born in Troy, N. Y., in June, 1813, her ancestry being of English and French extraction. Her father was a ship chandler, and for many years navigated the Hudson River. Her mother died when she was nine years of age, and three years later the death of her father left her an orphan. Finding a home with her grandparents, in Troy, her early education was commenced in Mrs. Willard's Academy. Subsequently she found a home with her only sis- ter, the wife of Brig .- Gen. Enos D. Hopping, who died while in the Mexican war. In 1849 her sister died, leaving no children. While re- siding with her sister she met Dean Richmond, and February 19, 1833, they were united in marriage. Nine children were born to them, namely : Alfred William, who died in New York in 1881 ; Harriet, who died in infancy ; Henry A., the head of the Richmond Lithographic Co., of Buf- falo; Charles, who died in infancy ; Adelaide R. Kenny ; W. Eugene, a resident of Buffalo ; Edgar and Edward (twins), the former deceased, and the latter a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn .; and Dean, Jr. Dean Rich- mond, Jr., was a young man of promise, and died in 1885. He was a resident of Kansas City, Mo. Since 1853 Mrs. Richmond has resided in Batavia, and here we find her enjoying the autumn of her life, in her beautiful home, in a community in which she has done so much to ad- vance its welfare and elevate its social and moral life.

The Richmond Memorial library, erected by her to the memory of her son, Dean Richmond, Jr., will carry to posterity a grateful remembrance of her noble and generous nature.

Mrs. Adelaide R. Kenny has, since her residence in Batavia, been an able assistant and promoter of the good works of her mother, and has also been conspicuous in charitable, educational, and progressive business movements. She was born in Syracuse, but received her elementary education in the schools of Batavia, being also under the charge of a pri- vate governess. February 2, 1869, she was united in marriage with Dr. William J. C. Kenny, of New York city. He died in June, 1873, while serving as treasurer of the Buffalo Courier Co., of which he was the largest stockholder. Since 1873 Mrs. Kenny has resided with her mother

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in Batavia. She is now serving her second term as a member of the school board of education, and is also a director of the Genesee County Bank, of which her brother, Dean Richmond, Jr., was one of the found- ers Mrs. Kenny and her mother were instrumental in advancing the interests of the new Hotel Richmond.

The First Presbyterian Society of Batavia .- The first organization of a society was September 19, 1809. A meeting was held at the Center school-house, presided over by Rev. Royal Phelps, of the Hampshire Missionary Society of Massachusetts, and a Congregational Church was formed. The original membership was as follows: Silas Chapin, David Anderson, Ezekiel Fox, Solomon Kingsley, Mrs. Solomon Kingsley, Patience Kingsley, Eleanor Smith, Elizabeth Mathers, Mrs. Esther Kel- logg, Elizabeth Peck, Huldah Wright, and Mrs. Polly Branard. The church became Presbyterian, October 2, 1818. Its present corporate name was legally acquired in 1822. A sacramental service was next held in September in Jesse Rumsey's barn, and in June, 1810, a regular meeting was held in Abel Wheeler's barn, a sermon being preached by Rev. Reuben Parmelee. Subsequently other meetings were held at Phelps's inn, Phelps school- house, Clark's settlement, and the houses of Ezekiel Fox and Samuel Ranger. Benjamin Porter (of the Revolution- ary war) was a trustee and deacon. In 1813 services were held in the court-house, and continued there until the completion of the "meeting- house" on Main street in 1824. The Presbyterian form of government was adopted October 2, 1818. The following are the names of the mis- sionaries officiating at intervals up to 1818: Rev. Reuben Parmelee, Rev. John Spencer, Rev. John Alexander, Rev. Messrs. Ames, Bliss, Swift, Hanning, Sweezy, Squires, Colton, Duvel, and Chapin. In 1818 Rev. Ephraim Chapin was regularly settled, and officiated until 1822, and others succeeded as follows : Rev. Ephraim Chapin, 1817-22; Rev. Cal- vin Colton, 1823-26; Rev. Charles Whitehead, 1827-28; Rev. Russell Whiting, 1829-31 ; Rev. Erastus J. Gillett, 1837-39; Rev. William H. Beecher, 1839-43; Rev. Byron Sunderland, 1843-51; Rev. William Lusk, 1852-55; Rev. Isaac O. Fillmore, 1855-58; Rev. Charles F. Mussey, 1861-69; Rev. Chester W. Hawley, 1871-74; Rev. Thomas B. McLeod, 1875-77; Rev. William Swan, 1878-87; Rev. Allan D. Dra- per, 1887.

The first edifice was constructed of wood, at a cost of $3,574, and oc- cupied by the society up to the opening of the present beautiful stone church edifice, dedicated February 20, 1856. The present church has

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been improved from time to time, and especially made more commodi- ous by the addition of the Sunday-school rooms in 1882 ; by a new gal- lery in 1888; and a complete renovation and decoration of the inside walls in 1889. The old bell, cast in town in very early days by Coch- ran, did duty in its wooden tower until dashed to the ground on the night of election in November, 1856. In 1886 a new bell was purchased. The board of trustees of the society are Henry F. Tarbox, president ; Levant C. McIntyre, secretary ; Theron F. Woodward, treasurer ; Leon- ard Travis and W. Harris Day. The total membership of the society is 677. The Sabbath-school has 504 members upon the roll, with 29 classes, under the superintendence of L. C. McIntyre. The value of the property of the society is between $50,000 and $60,000, and the seating capacity of the church is 900.

Rev. Allan D. Draper, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Batavia, was born in Phelps, N. Y. His parents were V. V. and Eliza- beth Draper. He graduated from the Iowa State University (classical department) in 1876, and while there served one year as captain of Co. B, Iowa State Militia, University Battalion. In 1879 he was graduated from the Union Theological Seminary, New York city. He then served a pastorate of nearly six years at Red Creek, Wayne County, when he came to Bergen in 1884, remaining until July, 1887, when he was called to Batavia. December 29, 1881, he married Bertha F. Stoutenburgh, of Phelps, N. Y.

St. James's Protestant Episcopal Church .- The parish of St. James's Church is one of the oldest in this section of the State. The church stands to-day upon the same ground it has occupied from the beginning. The parish was established chiefly through the labors of the Rev. Alan- son W. Welton, a clergynian of the church residing in Ontario County. For several years prior to 1815 he had been invited and officiated in this and the neighboring towns, though of necessity but few times each year. His labors were rewarded by the organization of the parish at Batavia, at a meeting held in the court-house, or Heacock's inn, on Tuesday, June 6, 1815. A committee was appointed to wait upon Joseph Ellicott, who agreed to give $1,500 if the new structure would be of brick. No record has been kept as to the number of members at that time, but enough certainly to comply with the law. At this meeting the following persons were elected members of the vestry: John Heacock and Sam- uel Benedict, wardens ; Richard Smith, Isaac Sutherland, Isaac Spencer, John Z. Ross, Chauncey Keyes, David C. Miller, Aaron Van Cleve, Os- wald Williams, vestrymen.

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Steps were taken as early as 1815 for the building of a house of wor- ship, but the first (brick) building was not completed so as to be occupied until eight years after, and was consecrated by Bishop Hobart, Septem- ber 22, 1826. The sum of $5,100 was subscribed towards the debt of the church, the parties so contributing owning the pews occupied by them. Among the contributors we find the names of Libbeus Fish, $500 ; D. E. Evans, Trumbull Cary, and Joseph Ellicott, $350 each; J. Z. Ross and O. Williams, $300 each ; J. Brisbane, $200; R. Smith and E. Mix, $150 each ; and many others. James Cochran donated the bell at present in use, costing $300, and also $75. The majority of the subscribers mentioned above agreed to a transfer of their privileges in pews on the building of the present edifice. The second or present church building, of stone, was erected in 1835-36; at the same time the main part of the old rectory was built. The lot was given by D. E. Evans, who also gave $1,500 and the chandelier. Trinity Church of New York gave $1,000. Services were continued from the organization of the parish by the Revs. Samuel Johnston and L. B. Ives. The list of rectors is as follows: Rev. Lucius Smith, 1823-33; James A. Bolles, D. D., 1833-54; Thomas A. Tyler, D. D., 1854-62; Rev. Morelle Fow- ler, 1863-68 ; Rt. Rev. C. F. Robertson, Bishop of Missouri, a few months; Rev. George F. Plummer, 1868-75; George S. Baker, 1875-77; Rev. H. L. Everest, 1878-82; Rev. William A. Hitchcock, D. D., - 1883-87 ; Rev. A. M. Sherman, 1887.

The church has a seating capacity of 700; number of families 180; number of communicants 330. The Sunday-school has 19 teachers and 150 scholars, with C. W. Stickle, superintendent. The estimated value of church property is $39,200. The windows in the present church are all memorial, that of the chancel being presented as a gift by Bishop De Lancey in 1854, in gratitude for his recovery from an accident while on his annual visitation, and for the kindness of the congregation during his illness. The parish records denote long service on the part of some of its wardens and vestrymen. Among them were William Seaver, 40 . years ; Phineas L. Tracy, 25 years; Judge Pringle, 30 years ; Trumbull Cary, 46 years; H. J. Redfield, 18 years ; Junius A. Smith, 26 years ; G. B. Worthington, 27 years, and now serving.

St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church of Batavia.1-No religious or- ganization of any denomination took formal shape in Genesee County

I Adapted from an article written by David Seaver, Esq., July 19, 1889, and published in the Batavian.

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until about 1809, and prior to that time the region was only visited by an occasional missionary. Prominent among them was Glezen Fillmore, a young man who received a license to preach in 1809, and during that year emigrated from Vermont to what is now Clarence, Erie County. For a long time he was known as one of the " Fathers of the Church " in Western New York. The history of Methodist denomination begins with the formation of the Genesee Conference, organized at Lyons, N. Y., July 20, 1810, by Bishops Francis Asbury and William McKen- dree. The region west of the Genesee River was designated as the "Hol- land Purchase Mission, " and connected with the " Susquehanna district," then in charge of Rev. Gideon Draper as presiding elder. For the next two years John Kimberlin, William Brown, Loring Grant, Elijah Metcalf, Marmaduke Pease, and Anning Owen were the only itinerant preachers whose names are mentioned on the records. In 1813 the name of " New Amsterdam Circuit and Genesee District " was given to all of the territory extending from Batavia to Niagara River, and from the mouth of Tona- wanda Creek to 20 miles south of Buffalo, and comprised 28 or 30 sta- tions, or appointments, which were each to be filled once in about every two weeks. In 1813-14 Rev. Gideon Lanning was the only traveling preacher on the circuit. As is well known no church edifice of any kind was built until about 1823, and the services in Batavia were held either in the court-house or a frame school-house, which formerly stood a short distance west of the old land office, on Main street. The itinerant sys- tem of course necessitated a yearly change of ministers, and in 1814-15 Rev. James S. Lent succeeded Elder Lanning. In 1815-16 Rev. Robert Minshall took charge of the circuit. In 1816-17 Revs. James H. Har- ris and William Jones officiated at Batavia and vicinity, and in 1817-18 they were replaced by Elders Alpheus Davis and John Hamilton. In 1818-19 Rev. Aurora Seager and Rev. Peter Foster succeeded them, and about the same time Rev. Elisha House became a brief resident of Batavia. In 1819-20 Elder Ara Williams succeeded to the circuit, but Rev. Elisha House remained in the village.

At this juncture an organization was formed, called the First Metho- dist Episcopal Church of Batavia, and efforts were made to build a church. In 1820-21 Rev. James Hali and Rev. Zachariah Paddock governed the circuit and officiated at Batavia. In due time, 1821-22, they were suc- ceeded by Elders James Gilmore and Jasper Bennett. 'These in regular rotation were followed in 1822-23 by Rev. John Arnold and Rev. Asa Orcutt. On the 16th of May, 1823, a subscription paper was drawn up

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and a sufficient amount raised to warrant the undertaking. Hon. Joseph Ellicott made the largest subscription, which was $250 in cash and a lot upon which to erect the church, valued at $250, making $500 in all. On June 23, 1823, the board of trustees contracted with Thomas McCul- ley, Joseph Shaw, and Seymour Ensign for the building of a stone church to be 40x45 feet. McCulley was to do the mason work for $762, Shaw the outside carpenter and joiner work for $511, and Ensign the inside joiner work for $400. On its completion, at a cost of about $2,800, the church was dedicated June 13, 1824. The location (corner of Main and Lyon streets) was never, however, considered a good one, and after about 16 years' occupancy the society, desiring a more central location, sold the structure in 1839 to the " First Freewill Baptist Church of Batavia," by whom it was later occupied.

Continuing the names of "preachers in charge " I append a list of the various ministers who officiated at Batavia from 1822 to 1841 : John Arnold, Asa Orcutt, John Beggarly, Andrew Prindel, J. B. Roach, Be- najah Williams, Jonathan Huestis, Asa Abell, John Cosart, Ira Bronson, Micah Seager, Glezen Fillmore, Chester V. Adgate, S. W. D. Chase, Levi B. Castle, John H. Wallace, Gideon Lanning, Richard L. Waite, John B. Alverson, William Fowler, G. B. Benedict, Daniel M. Murphy, Wesley Cochran, Darius Williams, and D. Nutter.

After the sale of the " West End " or Lyon street church the society regularly assembled, and for about two years held services in the " Nixon building," later a district school-house, which stood ( now torn down ) on the easterly side of the Episcopal Church on Ellicott street. On Janu- ary 28, 1841, a subscription was opened and a sufficient amount raised to build a new church on the east side of Jackson street. The lot was do- nated by John Lomber, and Thomas McCulley contributed the stone foundation walls at a cost of $150. The entire cost, which included the donations of lot and foundation walls by Messrs. Lomber and McCulley, was about $3,000. Rev. Allen Steele was then the " preacher in charge," and the structure was dedicated on December 3, 1841, under the name of St. John's Church. In this condition it was occupied until February, 1866, when the property was sold to William M. Terry, then converted into a feed store, tenement, and temple of dramatic art, which was de- stroyed by fire on Sunday, July 15, 1888.

On leaving the Jackson street church the congregation worshiped about a year in Concert Hall, on the corner of Main and State streets, but pre- viously had purchased the lot adjoining the then residence of David Seaver,

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on Main street. Upon this site the society erected an elegant edifice at an expense of about $20,000. This church, built of brick, is in the Nor- man style of architecture, 50x90 feet, with a lecture room in the rear. The spire on the corner is 160 feet in height, and contains a town clock. Its interior appointments and arrangements are of the most substantial kind, and reflect great credit, not only upon the trustees and congrega- tion, but upon Rev. Sandford Hunt, D. D., then (1868-70) preacher in charge, under whose supervision the edifice was built. The corner-stone was laid June 30, 1868, by Rev. E. E. Chambers, then presiding elder, with appropriate ceremonies. The first service in the session room was held on Sunday, August 1, 1869, and the edifice solemnly dedicated September 14, 1869.

The following is a list of the various ministers who officiated from 1841 to 1870: Allen Steele, five years; Philo E. Brown, one year ; Joseph Cross, one year ; John Parker, one year ; William R. Babcock, one year ; Daniel C. Houghton, one year; Philo Woodworth, one year ; J. K. Cheeseman, one year ; William M. Ferguson, one year ; Charles Shelling, one year ; E. Everett Chambers, one year ; James M. Fuller, two years; John B. Wentworth, two years; De Forest Parsons, one year ; King David Nettleton, two years ; Joseph H. Knowles, two years ; George G. Lyon, one year ; Schuyler Seager, two years; Charles R. Pomeroy, two years ; Sandford Hunt, two years.

To complete the history to the present time we add the names of those who have been pastors of this church since Rev. Allen Steele, who last served the society in 1870-71 : 1871-73, R. C. Brownlee, two years ; 1873-76, James E. Bills, three years; 1876-78, A. D. Wilbor, two years ; 1878-81, T. H. Youngman, three years ; 1881-82, O. S. Cham- berlain, one year ; 1882-85, John W. Sanborn, three years ; 1885-88, C. W. Winchester, three years ; 1888, S. W. Lloyd (now acting). Dur- ing the pastorate of Rev. C. W. Winchester the church was re-frescocd, the seats elevated in amphitheater style, and a new organ purchased, the improvements costing about $3,000.

The First Baptist Church of Batavia .- On July 8, 1834, a council of delegates from Wyoming, Middlebury, La Grange, Bethany, and Batavia met, with Elder B. N. Leach, of Middlebury, for moderator, and William Smith, of Bethany, as clerk. Resolutions were passed " to give fellowship to the brethren and sisters- 24 in number - as a sister church in the gospel." Elder Leach preached from Phil. 1, 27 : " Only let your conversation be as becometh the gospel of Christ ;

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that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." After the sermon Elder Clark, of La Grange, gave the right-hand of fellowship to the members of the new church, and the First Baptist Church of Batavia started out upon its mission of salvation. On the 9th of November, 1835, due notice having been given, the members met at the court-house in Batavia for the pur- pose of organizing a society according to law. Gideon Kendrick and P. S. Moffat were called upon to preside at the meeting. It was voted that the organization be called the "Baptist Society of Batavia village." The following trustees were then elected: Richard Coville, Jr., Johni Dorman, William Blossom, William D. Popple, and Calvin Foster. A special meeting was called in January, 1836, to take into consideration the purchasing of a lot and the building of a house of worship. Calvin: Foster, John Dorman, William Blossom, and Richard Coville were ap- pointed a committee for that purpose. The lot now occupied by the. society was purchased March 17, 1836, of William D. Popple, of Elba, for $400, and the deed was recorded in the clerk's office by the late Ben- jamin Pringle, then a deputy clerk here. The church building was erected soon after the purchase of the lot, and the prayer room was located in the front of the church, upstairs, where the gallery now is. About 25 years ago it was remodeled at a cost of $10,000. The edifice was as it now stands. In 1877 the society reorganized under the new State law, and took its present name.

Since its organization the church has had 12 pastors. The following are their names and the date of the commencement of their work : 1834, Ichabod Clark; 1837, William W. Smith; 1840, L A. Esta ; 1844, Gideon Williams ; 1845, S. M. Stimpson ; 1852, W. Harrington ; 1855, J. B. Vrooman ; 1859, L. J. Huntley ; 1861, S. M. Stimpson ; 1865, O. E. Mallory ; 1875, D. D. Brown ; 1877, William C. Learned ; 1882, C. A. Johnson. In 1843 Isaac Fargo was granted a letter and a license to preach. William Putnam and H. P. Brotherton were also sent forth to declare the glad tidings of salvation, the former in 1844 and the latter in 1869. Two ladies from this church are now working in the mission- ary field, viz .: Mrs. Alice Buell Roberts and Mrs. Lillian Clark Chase.

The Sunday-school was organized in 1837, with 13 teachers and 60 scholars. The school now numbers six officers, 21 teachers, and 280. scholars. The membership has grown from 24 to 327, and during the past year, for the support of the church, they gave $2,200 and $460 for be-

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nevolences. The new lot on East Main street was purchased December 10, 1883, of Miss Mary L. Douglass, and cost $4,500, and a new church, of stone, in process of construction, will cost over $30,000, and will seat about 500 persons. The church was never more united and prosperous than at present.

Rev. Cyrus A. Johnson, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ba- tavia for the past eight years, was brought up in Connecticut, graduat- ing from the Wesleyan University there in 1865, and from the Union Theological Seminary of New York in 1868. His first pastorate was at Cohoes, but his health failing he traveled for two years. On his return he went to Whitehall, N. Y., and preached in that section for 12 years. In 1882 he accepted his present charge, and through his labors the church society has largely increased. The new edifice now being erected was made possible through his efforts and the harmony of the entire society. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Sarah Scott, who died in 1884, leaving two children, Bertha and Lester. In 1886 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna Potter, of New York, who shares with him the labors of his field.

The First Freewill Baptist Church, on Bank street, was organized in January, 1885, with about 25 members. The church was built and com- pleted in 1889, at a total cost for the whole property of $10,000. It will seat 450 persons, is a neat wood structure of churchly design, and in a quiet neighborhood. There are about 60 members belonging to the church and 70 to the Sunday-school. The pastor is Rev. J. H. Durkee, the superintendent is Charles J. Stanley, and the secretary is George Redshaw. The church's trustees are Calvin S. Loomis, E. A. Rial, and Albert B. Crary. Jacob H. Durkee, the pastor, is a native of Yar- mouth, Nova Scotia. He was born in 1847, educated at New Hampton, N. H., and took a collegiate course at Bates Theological College. His first pastorate was in Meredith village and New Market, N. H. From there he came to Phoenix, N. Y., where he remained four years, when he went to Pike, N. Y., for four years, and in 1885 located in Batavia. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Susan T. Douglass, a native of Maine, whose father was a clergyman there. They have one child, Harold K., and their residence is at 159 Bank street. Rev. Mr. Durkee is also the editor and publisher of the Welcome, a monthly newspaper published in the interest of his church and congregation. By his superior executive abil- ities he has organized several church societies and erected three new churches.

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Evangelical Association of Batavia is located at 27 Center street, with the Rev. G. H. Gelser in charge. It was organized in 1862, by M. Pfitz- inger and Adolph Miller, the first pastor being Jacob Seigrist. The first house of worship was built of wood in 1862. The present house is of brick, and was built in 1871, at a cost of $6,000. There are 14 members.

St. Paul's German United Evangelical Church was organized April 20, 1873, by John Friedley, president ; Martin Wolfley, treasurer ; and Louis Uebele, secretary. The first pastor was Rev. George Field. The church is located on Ellicott street. Rev. J. Bank, who has been pastor for about seven years, has recently resigned. He intends to retire from the ministry and will reside in Buffalo.

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church .- From 1840 to 1843 the few Catholics who had settled around Batavia (perhaps not more than 12 or 14 in all) were occasionally visited by Rev. Father Gannon. No written record of his visits remains, but he is yet remembered by some of the oldest Catholic residents. Rev. Bernard O'Reilly, subsequently bishop of Hartford, Conn., and his brother, Rev. William O'Reilly, both at the time stationed at Rochester, attended the settlement from 1843 to 1847. These gentlemen officiated at the house of James Ronan, and some- times at the residence of Edward O'Connor. Soon the number of Cath- olics had so increased that a private dwelling could no longer afford them sufficient room to assemble for divine worship, and then, through the kind- ness of Messrs. Otis & Worthington, they were allowed, free of rent, the use of a large room in the second story of the building still used by G. B. Worthington as a hardware store. Rev. Thomas McEvoy attended the mission in 1848. April 4, 1849, Rt. Rev. Bishop Timon appointed Rev. Edward Dillon to the pastoral charge of Batavia, and on the following Sunday, April 8th, which was Easter day, Father Dillon officiated in the brick school-house on the corner of Main and Eagle streets. At this. time the number of Catholics was about 75. Encouraged .by the pres- ence of their resident pastor they immediately went to work raising a fund for the erection of a church. But it was difficult to find a suitable lot that would be sold to them for that purpose. In May following Bishop Timon lectured in a small hall near the Eagle tavern, now the Hotel Richmond, and a few days afterwards Benjamin Pringle sold to- the Catholics of Batavia a two-story stone building on Jackson street for $1,200. This building had been erected for a select school. The Cath- olics worshiped in it for several years, and it is now the parochial school

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Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, Part 23

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co. Number of Pages: 920

Author: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), ed. 1n; Vose, J.W., and Co
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose & Co.
Number of Pages: 920