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of 1811, and selling soon after to Love, removed to Mayville, where he died many years since. Adam subsequently sold out, near Dry Brook, to take a place nearer his brothers on the hill. The Pickards were all carpenters and remarkably active men. Ezra Horton, who is now eighty years old, came from Cayuga county in 1820 and settled about one mile north-east of Ellery Center, on the place where he now resides. He says the fami- lies of James, Stephen and Garrett Newbury, who came two years previous, were then living there. Deacon Josiah Maples was an early settler in this town. He was born at New London, Conn., May 15, 1762. At the age of fifteen he entered the Revolutionary army and served until the close of the war. IIe lived at one time upon the Mohawk, and removed successively to Otsego, Yates, Erie and lastly to Chautauqua counties, and died in' this town July 4, 1847, aged eighty-five years. He was twice married and was the father of eighteen children, all of whom lived to have families of their own. He always followed agricultural pursuits. and by industry and frugality amassed a competence. For the last sixty years of his life he was a deacon of the Baptist Church. The first school was taught in the horth-west part, by Dr. Cary, in 1808; in which year was erected the first saw mill, by Wm. Bemus, who also kept the first inn, and built the first grist mill on Bemus Creek, in 1811. The first store was kept at Ellery Center by David Bellamy, in 1830.
The first Church (Baptist) was formed in 1808. by Elder Jones, who was then a resi- dont of Etery. at West Ellery, at the house of John Putnam, who was a deacon of the Church over forty years .*
The Baptist church, at Ellery Center, was organized with nine members. in 1914, Fr Elder Asa Turner, the first pastor. The first house of worship was erected in IN # the present one. in 199, at a cost of $3.0%). It will seat 500 persons. There are ofte hundred members. The pastor is Rev. C. C. Mackintosh. The Church property is valued at $5.000.
The First Universalist Church of Ellery was organized with twenty-three members .. by Lewis (. Todd. the first pastor. Oct. 13, 1817. Their house of worship was created in 1% -. at a cost of $1.500, and will seat +0 persons. The Society numbers fifteen in. mbers. Its property is valued at $5.000,+ The M. E. Church, at West Ellery, was organized with twelve members, by Mesers. Chandler and Barnes, in 13 Their first church edifice was erected in 1-6: the jsme one, in Im, at a cost of $1.7%). It will seat 200 persons. The first Mastor was R. v. Wm. Chandler: the present one is Rev. T. P. Warner. The Society numbers forty members, and its property is valued at $3.000.+
The M. E. Church, at Pickard Hill, was organized about forty years ago. In 1871 they united with the United Brethren and built a Union Church, at a cost of $3,000. It will seat 300 persons. It is owned jointly, and occupied by both societies. The Siirty numbers twenty-two members. Their paster is Rev. T. P. Warner.&
The United Brethren Church, at Pickard Hill, was organized with eight members in Ist by Rev. Lansing Melntyre, the first pastor. In 1St1 they united with the Methodlets of this vicinity in erecting a Union Church, as statedabove. There are twer :y-two members, who are under the pastoral care of Rev. Job Miller.
" Femte of Azaruch Jones and Mrs. Waterman daughter of John Furman.
: Information furnished by Wm. O. Brorsiel. s The information for this Church and that of the United Brethren was furnished 1: Abraham Pickard.
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ELLICOTT* was formed from Pomfret, June 1, 1812. A part of Busti was taken off April 16, 1823, and a part of that town was re-annexed May 7, 1845. Carroll was taken off March 25, 1825, and Poland, April 9, 1832. It is an interior town, lying south-east of the center of the county, at the foot of Chautauqua Lake, and contains 23,429 acres. . Its surface is a hilly upland and has a gentle inclination toward the south- west. The principal streams are Chautauqua Lake Outlet, which is navigable for steamboats four miles, and Cassadaga Creek, which unite near the center of the east line. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam.
The Atlantic and Great Western R. R. extends through the south part, following the general course of the Outlet. The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh R. R. traverses the north-east part, crossing the A. & G. W. at Worksburg. The proposed Buffalo & Jamestown R. R., now in process of con- struction through Cattaraugus county, crosses the town, run- ning parallel with and in close proximity to the A. & G. W. R. R.
The population of the town in 1870 was 6,679, of whom 5,124 were native, 1,502, foreign, 6,627, white, 49 colored and 3, Indians.
During the year ending Sept. 30, 1872, the town contained twelve school districts and employed thirty-five teachers. The number of children of school age was 2,152 ; the number attend- ing school, 1,539 ; the average attendance, 1,062 ; the amount ex- pended for school purposes, $27,263.86; and the value of school houses and sites, 895,105. .
JAMESTOWN (p. v.) is beautifully and eligibly situated in the center of the south border, on the outlet of Chautauqua Lake, and is a station on the A. & G. W. R. R., and on the line of the B. & J. R. R. It is a thriving village of 6,000 to 7,000 in- habitantst and was incorporated March 6, 1827. It contains ten churches,t a fine Union school, with academic and col- legiate departments,§ two newspaperf and one job printing offices, three national banks, three first-class hotels and several
* Named from Joseph Ellicott, the resident agent of the Holland Land Company.
+ The population in 18.0 was 5,836. It is estimated that there are 1700 Swedes in the value. They are located principally in the east part, on the south bank of the outlet. and are extensively employed as operatives in the various manufactories. They are cheunish and slow to adapt themselves to the customs of our country, though they are very industrious and orderly.
* Baptist. Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal. M. E., Presbyter. in, Swedish Luth- : Moth , to. all of whom have edifices, and Christian and Free Method.
ra Journal and Chautauqua Democrat, both of which are published daily and Weekly.
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other good ones, and a vast and increasing manufacturing in- terest .* A good, though inconstant, water-power is furnished
* The manufacturing establishments consist of a woolen mill, operated by Allen, Preston & Co., who employ a capital of $100,000, fifty persons, thirty of whom are females, and manufacture about 100,000 yards of cloth and flannel per annum, about three-fourths of it being plain and fancy cassimeres: three cabinet manufac- tories, operated by D. C. & J. W. Breed & Co., who carry on the business established in 1900 by their fathers, Wm. & Jno. C. Breed, employ a capital of $60,000 and fifty men, and in 1872, produced about $80,000 worth of furniture; by Wood & Co., who commenced business about three and one-half years ago, employ a capital of $27,000 and 34 to 40 men. and in 1872, produced about $55.000 worth of furniture, principally bedsteads, chairs and tables, which are specialties with them; and by Schildmacher & Baner, who employ thirty men and a capital of $15.000, and manufacture $30,000 to $40,000 worth of furniture per annum: two cane seat chair factories, one operated on a very extensive seale by the Jamestown Come Seat Chair Co., of which O. E. Jones is President. H. H. Gifford, Secretary and Treasurer, and C. E. Weeks, Gou't Agent, who are a stock company, organized in 1870, employ a capital of $50,000 and 105 men, (besides about 1,200 persons, principally children, in caning seats.) and manufacture about fifty dozens per day, valued at $150.000 per annum; and the other by J. J. Gates, who employs $500 capital and manufactures about 1000 chairs per annum, valued at $150: three wood seat chair factories, operated by the Jamestown Wood Seat Chair l'o .. composed of Jno. J. Whitney, Seth D. Warner and Harrison C. Cheney, who have just commenced business, with a capital of $20.000, who employ 25 men, (which num- ber they intend to double in a week or two, ) and when running to their fullest capac- ity expect to manufacture 1,000 chairs per day, and do a business worth $180,000 per annum: by Chase & Son, who employ about $4.000 capital and 18 men. and manufac- ture about 25.000 wood, flag and reed seat chairs per annum, valued at $18,000 to $200.000: a piano factory, operated by George A. Georgi, who employs thirty men and a capital of $20.000. and manufactures about 150 per annum, valued at $ 5,000; twoplan- ing mills and two saw and planing mills, one of which, (L. B. Warner's, gives employ- ment to ilfty men, a capital of $100,000, and turns out about $100.000 worth of work per annum; two foundries and machine shops, one of which (the Jamestown Iron Works, of which Baker, Bros. & Co. are proprietors,) gives employment to 15 men and a capital of $20.000 and manufactures stock (in which dog-powers are made a specialty, ; valued at $20,000 per annum. and the other, J. H. Clark's, doing a good busi- ness and gives employment to 21 men: two sash, door and blind factories, one of which (R. J. Barrows & Co's. at Piousrille,) gives employment to 45 men and a capital of $15.894. and in 1572, manufactured stock valued at $44.724.17; one butter pail fac- tory, operated by the Union Butter Pail Co., of which A. S. Prather and J. T. Wilson, (of Sharon, Pa .. ) are proprietors, who employ 14 men and a capital of $54,000. (about Sonof which is used in the butter pail business, the remainder having been em- ployed in erecting the building, & part of which they now occupy, which contains four Erctions, each forty feet square, and one 55 feet wide, the whole building being ?'5 feet long and three stories high, and which was built for the purpose of renting sections with power, to supply which an engine of 125 horse power is used, ) and manufacture about 85.000 butter pails per amuna, valued at about $22.500; D. A. Seymour & Co.'s pump and water pipe factory and cooperage, in which five men are employed, about 84.000 capital used and $1.00 worth of stock manufactured per annum; C. A. (rates' cigar box factory, in which five men are employed. $1,000 capital used. and 8.140 to 10.000 boxes made per annum. valued at $16 per hundred ; two grist und font- ing mills; five carriage and wagon shops, employing in the aggregate about forty men and 370.000 capital, and manufacturing about $45,000 worth of stock per annum; three washing machine manufactories; a stave factory, giving employment to six Persons : a dry measure manufactory, in which are made 100 measures per day; a canting machine: a wheelbarrow factory. in which 5,000 are made per annum; & bram factory. in which fifty dozen brooms are made per day; an eden tout factory, in which about twenty men are employed. a capital of $25,000 or Samym und, and about 3.000 dozens of edge tools, principally axes, valued at $36.000. are annually made; a cash balance manufactory, employing four men and a capital of law and turning out about ten dozens per day; and an alpaca mill, which is now in process of fraction and is to be completed in the fall of 18.3. There are to be two buildings, the first 100 by 56 feet. three stories, with stone basement and brick superstructure, and an 130 by SA feet; the second, 143 by 4 feet, one story of brick above the stone base- mynt. Their cost is estimated at $20.020 to $25,000. The basement and first two stori s of the main, or first building, are to contain the washing, combing. carding, roping and spinning machinery, and the fourth story is to be used for storing. The Inc line is
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by the Outlet, upon which there are three dams within : village; the first-the "Baker dam"-near Main street, wir a fall of ten feet; the second, or " Piousville dam," thr ... fourths of a mile below the first, with six feet fall ; and t. third, or Dexterville* dam, one mile below the second, wi! twelve feet fall. Most of the manufacturing establishme ... are provided with steam power to be used when the supply water is insufficient, and some of them rely wholly upon ster power. The Outlet is crossed by five public bridges within t. corporation, only one of which-the one located at the foot . Main street-is constructed of stone. The remaining four a built of wood, two of them being new. An appropriation . .. made the present spring (1843) for a sixth bridge within : . village. The A. & G. W. R. R. crosses the Outlet twice with ... the village, once at Dexterville and again on the west lin ... Jamestown is connected with Mayville by a steamboat whi makes daily trips up and down the lake and Outlet. It is ( .. tant two and one-half miles from Falconers Station on the F A. V. & P. R. R. The village is lighted by gas, and, althou. an abundance of pure, wholesome water passes centrally throt _ it. it is lamentably deficient in any public water supply. village is growing rapidly and its extensive manufacturing :: teresis fast increasing. It possesses many fine business bl." and public buildings and elegant residences, and these :. their humbler neighbors, with their surroundings, evine .. high degree of asthetic culture in their occupants. Jamesto: possesses a rare combination of physical beauty and the fr of business enterprise.
The Jamestmen Trout Ponds, located one and one-fourth m" north-west of Jamestown, on the Fluvanna road, were es lished in May, 18:2, by H. Freeman, and are now owned Geo. D. Hills. They contain several thousand trout, and being enlarged the present year.
FLUVANNA. (p. o.) situated at the foot, and on the no shore of Chautauqua Lake, near the west line of the tow: much frequented as a summer resort, and contains two ho and severaldwellings.t
ery are completed. The buildings are designed for 100 looms, though only the iranove designated willbe put in operation at first. The materials used an 1 : Well, mohair and a para. This enterprise is entirely an experiment " tipy as yet. though two other works of the kind are being constructed. . Il adelphia and the other at Providence. Artaril. in the north-west part of the village, on the outlet and the .A. a . went of that ville
te continued to do so, and the same justice of the pen honda every time be has been required to date bail.
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FALCONERS STATION (Worksburg p. o.) is a hamlet situated on Chautauqua Lake Outlet, near the intersection of the A. & G. W. and D. A. V. & P. railroads, and contains a sash, door and blind factory,* saw mill, chair factory and a small grocery.
LEVANT is situated on the east border, at the confluence of Chautauqua Lake Outlet and Cassadaga Creek. Neate's brick yard at this place was established in 1840, and is manufactur- ing about 550,000 bricks per annum.
The Jamestown Cheese Factory, located two and one-half miles from Jamestown. on road 22, near 33, (see map) and owned by F. Blanchard, W. D. Shaw and S. S. Cady, formerly used the milk of 125 cows and made from eight to ten tons of cheese per annum, but the present proprietors are adding improvements which will enable them to use the milk of 250 cows.
Ross' Steam Saw Mill, built in 18:3 by E. A. Ross & Co., and situated in the north part, on the D. A. V. & P. R. R., is capable of sawing one hundred thousand feet of lumber per annum.
Settlement was commenced in 1806, by William Willson, who located upon the Outlet, in the east part of the town. Thomas R. Kennedy and Edward Works settled on the Outlet in 180%, and Wilson Ellicott and James Culbertson, in 1808. In 1810, James Prendergast purchased a tract of land embracing the site of Jamestown. Prendergast was subsequently a Judge of Chautauqua county. H> was a man of generous impulses and is credited with liberal benefactions to the early settlers in his vicinity. He was accustomed to give to each new settler a bag of flour. He was considerate toward the poor and lenient to- ward his debtors. At the settlement of his estate, says his son, Alex. T. Prendergast, who is now living in Kiantone. he burned notes amounting to several thousand dollars, which he had al- lowed to outlaw rather than become an oppressor of the poor. The mantle of the father has evidently fallen upon the shoulders of the son before named. At the outbreak of the war of the Re- bellion he contributed $500 toward fitting out the first com- pany raised in Jamestown, and when the draft was made in Kiantone he gave to each drafted man $100. The first house on the site of Jamestown was built for Judge James Prender- rast, by John Blowers. Benjamin Lee and family, consisting of wift, four sons and two daughters, and Jonas Simmons. came from Berlin, Rensselaer county, in the spring of IS11. and were the first to settle in the western part of the town. They came with a span of horses by way of Vina, Stracke, Martwi. Buf- flor.' Fredonia, Westfield and Mayville. The county was a
* Established May 1, 153, and is manufacturing stock valued at 916, wXtper annum.
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wilderness; deer were numerous, and there were some bears and a few wolves. Mr. Lee settled upon the farm now occupied by his son, James Lee, who has since lived there. Jacob Fen- ton came to this town in the spring of 1814, from Mayville, to which place he moved the previous year, from New Haven, Conn. He settled at Jamestown and built the third house erected there. He kept the first inn on the site of that village. He established a pottery in 1814, and continued that business three years, when he removed to Fluvanna and resumed it there, continuing until his death in 1821. Benjamin Ross came from Cincinnati in 1815 and settled in Carroll, where he remained one year, when he removed to this town and settled on the Cassadaga, in the north part. His nearest neighbor was three miles distant, and he and Mr. Isaac Youngs cut a road through the forest for three miles to his location, the task occupying twenty-one days. They spent the nights where darkness over- took them. Here he erected a log house, into which he moved his family, consisting of wife and one child, in the fore part of December. For four weeks they occupied it without doors or windows, the apertures for these being covered with blankets. Here, two years later, Mr. Ross built a saw mill, the machinery for which he purchased at Pittsburgh and brought home in a canoe. He paid for the saw 11,000 feet of the first quality of pine lumber. The first saw mill was built in 1808, and the first grist mill in 1809, by Edward Works, who was the first to
make available the water-power of the Outlet. The saw mill built by him was the second upon the waters flowing into the Allegheny. In 1811 James Prendergast built a dam across the Outlet at the rapids, now Jamestown, and the following year le erected a saw mill. In 1815 the village plat of Jamestown was surveyed and the name then given. In this year also the first school was taught in the house of John Blowers, at Jamestown, by Rev. Amasa West. Mary Blowers, daughter of John Blow- ers, was the first child born in Jamestown.
The First Congregational Church of Jamestown, the first church formed in the town. Was organized with nine members, July 10, 1816, by Rev. John Spencer, a missionary from Connecticut. Their first church edifice was erected in ING: the present on. which was two or three years under construction, was dedicated August 1, 1820. 1: cost about $10,000, and will seat about 000 persons. The first pastor was Rev. Issn Eddy; the present one is Rev. Eli Corwin, The Society numbers 200 to 250 members; its property is valued at $45,000 .*
The M. E. Church, at Jamestown, was organized about 1425, and its house of wor. slip greeted in 1993, at a cost of about $1,500. It will seat Gud persons. It Is a Lumbership of about 100. The pastor is Rev. R. M. Warren. The Church property is valued at $10,000.t
The Pre byterian Ch. rek, at Jamesville, was organized with Afty-four members, in March 14 by the Bando Presbytery. Their church edifico was created in 197, a:
* I2 rmation furnished by Hon. Abner Hazeltine. + Information furnished by Mir. Samuel B. Winsor.
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a cost of $4,500, and will seat about 700 persons. The first pastor was Rev. Erastus J. Jillet: the present one is Rev. Wmn. Wirt Macomber. There are about 225 mem- bers. The Church property is valued at $5,000 .*
The Christian and M. E. Churches, at Fluvanna, united in the erection of a Union church in 1842. It cost $1,000, and will seat 250 persons. The pastors are Revs. E. T. Warner and A. S. Langdon.t
The First Baptist Church of Jamestown was organized with twenty members, May 24, 1832, and its first house of worship erected in 1834. The present house was built in 1857. It cost $4.000, and will seat 400 persons. The first pastor was Rev. David Bernard; the present one is Rev. P. B. Haughwout. The Society numbers 280 mem- bers; its property is valued at $18,000.+
The Sicedish M. E. Church of Jamestown and Sugar Grove was organized with two members in June. 1852, by Rev. Mr. Hammerin, the first pastor. The church edifice was erected in 1860. at a cost of $3.000, and will seat 250 persons. The number of members in June. 1523, was 138. The pastor was Rev. H. Alson. The Church pro- perty, including the buildings at Sugar Grove, was valued at $5,000.§
St. Luke's Church of Jamestoon (Episcopal) was organized with fourteen members in 1853, by Rev. Levi W. Norton, the first rector. The first church edifice was erected in 1854-5; the present one, which will seat 300 persons, in 1864, at a cost of $6,000. The present rector is Rev. J. A. Robinson; and the number of members, 116, The Church property is valued at about $10,000.
The Stredish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jamestown was organized with thirty members in 1557, by Rev. Jonas Swanson, the Arst pastor. The church edifice was erected in 1966. at a cost of $1.000. and will seat 800 persons. There are 1,034 mem- bers, under the spiritual tutelage of Rev. Carl Otto Hultgren. The Church property is valued at $10,000 .:
The Free Methodist Church was organized with seven members, Oct. 16. 1971. by Rev. C. D. Brooks. the first pastor. The Society worships in Westcott's Hall, which will seat 20) persons. There are eighteen members. The pastor is Rev. Cbas. C. Eggleston."
ELLINGTON was formed from Gerry, April 1, 1824. Cherry Creek was taken off May 4, 1829. It lies upon the east border of the county, a little south of the center, and contains 22,808 acres. The surface is a rolling and hilly upland. Con- ewango Creek, which crosses the north-east corner, and Clear Creek, which flows through the north and central parts, in a south-east direction, are the principal streams. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam.
The Buffalo & Jamestown R. R. enters the town from Cherry Creek in the north-east corner, and passing into Cattaraugus county at the village of Clear Creek, re-enters the town in the south-east corner, which it crosses and passes into Poland.
* Information furnished by L. B. Brown and Rufus Jones,
+ Information furnished by Samuel Whittemore.
+ Information furnished by Jerome Preston.
& Information furnished by Rev. H. Alson, the pastor.
: Information furnished by Rev. C. O. Hultgren. the pastor.
Information furnished by Rev. Chas. C. Eggleston, the pastor.
** The first town meeting was held at the house of Lucretia French, in the north part of the town, March 1, 1825. and the following named officers were closed: James Thatcher. M perrier ; Cornelius I. Nicholson. Towy Clerk; Robert Jones Jr., John Leach and Chas. Thatcher, A.scarx; Almanzo Hadley, Benj. Livermore and Goo. H. Frest. cooxals; Almanzo Hadley, Col. Reuben Penhollow and Wand King, Viva excite Imp: Robert Janus. it (ates and Henry Me Connel. Hig ray tra-
Kragerø; and Damned C. Green, Nathan
Brown and Reuben Penhollow. Fence Viewers.
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The population of the town in 1870 was 1,556, of whom 1,519 were native, 37, foreign and all, except two, white.
During the year ending Sept. 30, 1872, the town contained twelve school districts and employed thirteen teachers. The number of children of school age was 493; the number attend- ing school, 511; the average attendance, 257; the amount ex- pended for school purposes 85,056.43 ; and the value of school houses and sites, $4,860.
ELLINGTON, (p. v.) situated on Clear Creek, near the center of the town, contains four churches, (Baptist, Christian, Con- gregational and M. E.) a Union school, hotel, three dry goods, one drug and two hardware stores, two groceries, two shoe shops, one harness shop, two wagon shops, four blacksmith shops, two cooper shops. one cabinet shop, one grist mill and nearly 400 inhabitants .*
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