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' is said that David Wright, now living in Dryden, but then, in Peru. ville, forty-two years ago, went to Ludlowville and invited Hon. Benjamin Joy to lecture in Peruville, and that but seven women, thir- teen girls and Wright himself were present, he acting as chairman. This was the first temperance meeting. The reform progressed finely, and at a special town meeting in 1844, "374 voted 'no li- cense,' 76 'license,' and one scattering." Win. Woodbury was' afterward elected supervisor, upon that question. The first build- ing raised in the town without "whiskey" was by Levi Wright. When we hear the remark that as much liquor is drank now as formerly, let us remember the seven distilleries for home consump- tion, and the three lodges with their hundreds of Good Templars, now located in the very places where ence stood the distilleries."
PATRIOTISSI.
Of the military record, in this " Military District," bestowed upon the heroes of the American Revolution for well merited services, we have little of which to be ashamed, but much of which we may well be proud. Patriotism has ever been one of the characteristics of our people. The leading men among the early settlers having been born and nurtured in New England, taught their descendants to re- vere the memory of the Pilgrim Fathers, and to deem the soil of Plymouth rock sacred dust. They taught them to regard the Union of these States as the palladium of their liberties, and the Constitu- tion of the United States as a lasting bond and pledge of that Union. They held that all human laws should be based upon the higher laws of Heaven, and that resistance to tyrants violating those high- er laws, is obedience to God. Therefore, with this for their motto, "God and our Country," whenever our national rights and interests have been assailed at home or from abroad, they have been ready to defend the right and to rebuke the wrong. Thus when the op- pressions of proud old England could be borne no longer, when her violations of national rights had transcended all endurance, when no American ship could traverse the ocean unmolested, our country rose in her might, resolved no longer to submit to the foul degrada- tion. Then, poor as were our people, and sparse as was our popula- tion, the voice of our dear native country passed not unheeded. When in December 1813, the British and Indians had surprised and gained possession of old Fort Niagara, and had reduced to ash- es the villages of Youngstown, Lewiston, Manchester, and the Indi- an Tuscarora village, Black Rock, and Buffalo, the militia of this part of the State was ordered to "the defence of the lines." That call was heeded here in the then wilderness of Groton. Leaving
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the rail-cut half split, the saw-log on the ox-sled, and the as stick- ing in the stump of the falling tree, onward they marched under the command of Captain John Smith and Lieut. David Morton " to the lines," and there they satyed guarding the boundaries of our country until the higher authorities said "it is enough."
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Also, when our country was unhappily dragged into war with our . sister Republic, Mexico, Groton was not wholly unrepresented. Our town may have had many there, but only one* is known to me. A sailor who had circumnavigated this mighty globe of ours, and had seven times doubled Cape Horn, happened, in May 1847, to be at Louisville, and yielding to impulses of patriotism, enlisted in the Third Kentucky Regiment then forming. On they moved to Vera Cruz, where Cortez had debarked 300 years before, and where but a few days previously the great chief, Winfield Scott, had landed. Then following on after Scott, he reached the city of Mexico, the ancient capital of the Montezumas, whose almost impregnable ram- parts, Santa Anna, the Mexican chief, had in vain striven to defend against American valor. Yet he did not arrive in time to partici- pate in the glory of its capture, but was obliged to stay and guard the city for many a month.
Again, when the clouds of Rebellion had darkened all our fair land; when the lightnings of Treason were about to hurl down and destroy the fair Goddess of Liberty; when the waves of Secession were about to overwhelm and engulf in ruin, all our moral, social, and political institutions, the voice of our great chief was heard, calling for aid to save the life of the nation. Groton nobly respond- ed to this earnest call. In this our country's hour of need, bravely, cheerfully, did many a hero enter the national army to fight the na- tion's battles, and thereby, if possible, save the nation's liberties; and for this, courageously, heroically, did many a brave pour out his life's blood, or fall by dread disease. All honor to Major Wil- loughby, and Captains Crittenden, Hatch, Mount, Clark, Bristol, and Tarbell, and all those three hundred and seventy-eight whom they led to battle from the town of Groton, who faltered not in the hour of trial; and ever green be the turf over the graves of those who fell at the post of duty.
I have thus, my friends, introduced you into this section, while it was yet a howling wilderness; when the bear, the wolf and the fox roamed here unscared by man; when the grand old forest-trees, which for centuries had shaded these hills and these valleys, and
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had withstood the storm and the tempest for many an age, were vet waving; when this little stream, the Owasco Inlet, rolled on its bright waters towards the beautiful Owasco without molestation or hindrance from dam or bridge, singing its sweet song to lofty ant- lered deer, cropping the verdure on its banks at dewy eve, or sla- king their thirst when the sun was high in the heavens. We lis- tened to the approach of those first immigrants; we beheld them as with toil and difficulty they urged their slow way onward over the hills and through the valleys, threading the pathless forest, ford- ing the streams and wading the marshes. We heard the sweet mu- sic of their voices with delight, for it told us of the dawn of that civilization about to be ushered in. We saw those hopeful persons in the bright morn of manhood, with the glow of joy and health upon their countenances, forgetting their poverty and their remote- ness from aid or sympathy, and, away from all the cheering influ- . ences of civilized life, construct their little rude dwelling in the gloomy wilderness. We gazed admiringly upon that solitary cou- ple, as they passed the first winter, toiling hard to fell the dreary forest, which stood between them and civilization with all its bles- sings. Year by year we saw them reinforced by the arrival of friends and relatives, and noticed that their hearts beat high with joy at every new accession to their numbers. We noticed with what courage and manliness they all battled with their trials and difficulties and dangers ; how cheerfully and uncomplainingly they put up with coarse fare and rude attire. We beheld their assiduity and their sacrifices while providing for religious culture and the in- tellectual training of their children. They and their successors cleared these fields; made these roads ; built these bridges; erected these dwellings; reared these shops, offices, mills, and manufacto- rics; founded these schools; dedicated these churches; and estab- lished all these institutions which add so much to our means of im- provement, and contribute so greatly to our happiness. We now behold ourselves in the midst of "a goodly town." The houses built "in the year one," have decayed. Rude huts and log-cabins, stick chimneys and brick ovens have long since disappeared. Log heaps and brush heaps are now things of the past. Ox-teams are rarely seen in these streets. No longer are ladies, wishing to do a little shopping, obliged to ride on horse- back to Ludlowville or IIo- mer, with a pail of butter or a basket of eggs, to be exchanged for desired articles. We now make no subscriptions for public im- provements, payable in grain or neat stock. Uncle Sam now sends no mails to us by a boy on horse-back, in a bag under his arm. Fiddle we over so scientifically, our giist does not go " toll free."
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Wear we beards ever so long, bands of rude mon assail us not, nor by force cut off those beautiful ornaments from our faces, while pin- ioned upon bar-room. floors. School-masters, skilled in " the three R's, reading 'riting and 'rithmetic," but more skilled in wielding the " birch," no longer " tan" little boys and girls at "eight dollars per month and board around." Our preachers no more spend all the week days in labor upon the farm, and then minister unto the people on the Sabbath day, for the merest pittance that will hold soul and body together. We do not now ride to church on horse- back with our lady behind us, and two or three young "hopefuls" before us. We sing in church without the dominie's lining for us the hymn. Flax and woolen wheels, reels, swifts, distaffs and looms, have vanished into thin air. When our neighbor knocks at the door, we do not shout at the top of our voice, "Come in." Yes, these things and many others are of the past, and let "the dead past bury its dead." Let us with all our powers, faithfully discharge cvery duty which the Present so earnestly is beseeching us to fulfil, yet all the while with eyes intent upon the mighty Fu- ture now rushing down upon us. That future has in store for us things of which we now little dream. Let us then summon up all our courage, and all our energies, and bravely do battle for the " All Hail Hereafter."
ERRATAS .- On page 21, in stating that Joseph Parker had the first cabinet shop. Oliver Avery had the first, and sold to Joseph Parker.
Page 18-In the last paragraph of Peruville, it should read: Sylvanus Lar- ned was one of the first Justices of the Peace elected by the people of the town in 1827.
Page 20-In second paragraph of West Groton, the name Ebenezer Hatch should read Eleazor Hatch.
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Table of SUPERVISORS, TOWN CLERKS and JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, of the Town of Groton.
When
Elected. Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
Justices of the Peace.
1817-Samuel Crittenden, [Admatha Blodgett,
1818- do. do. 1819-Isaac Allen, do. do.
1820- do.
1821-Jonathan Bennett, 1822- do.
1823- do.
1824-Nathan Benson,
1825- do.
1826-Job Alling,
1827- do.
do. David Gould, do. Wm. Woodbury, do. do.
Zimri Marsh,
1828-William Woodbury,
1899- do.
1830- do:
1831-Xury Blodgett,
1832- do.
1833-John Boynton,
1834- do.
1835-Sylvanus Larned,
1836- do.
1837-William Woodbury, 1838- do. 1839-Joseph Pennoyer,
1840-Sylvester Nash, 1841- do.
1842-John Young,
1843- do.
1844- do. 1845-Cicero Phelps,
1846- do.
1847-Ethan Mix,
1848- do. 1849-William Woodbury,
1850- do. 1851-Justus P. Pennoyer, 1852-William Woodbury, 1853-Justus P. Pennoyer,
1854-Clark Chapman, .
1855- do.
1856- do.
1857 -- E. Jason Watrous,
1858- do. 1859-William D. Mount, 1860- do.
1861- do.
1862- do.
1863-Mortimer D. Fitch, 1864- do. 1865- do.
1866-Daniel B. Marsh, 1867-Walter W. White, 1868- do.
do. do. Sam'l C. Reynolds,
Hiram C. Marsh.
Justices of the Peace-four in number-were first elected in Nov., 1827, and classified, to hold one, two, three and four years :
( Cicero Phelps .... 4 years, Sylvanus Larned .3 years, ) Benj. Williams, .. 2 years, (Alvah Jarvis. .... 1 year. Alvah Jarvis. (Not recorded.) Benjamin Williams, Sylvanus Larned, John Guthrie,
S Alpheus West,
Sam'l H. Hopkins, vacancy,
Xury Blodgett, Samuel H. Hopkins,
Sylvanus Larned,
S Alpheus West, Augustus C. Marsh, vacancy, Augustus C. Marsh, Sylvanus Larned,
Thomas F. Sherman,
Harvey Holden, Augustus C. Marsh,
Sylvanus Larned, Cicero Phelps, Alpheas West,
Samuel D. Carr, vac. & full t'm, Reuben Darling,
Cicero Phelps, full term,
Sylvanus Larned. vac. 3 yrs, ( Eben. S. Marsh, vac. 2 years,
Alpheus West. Ebenezer S. Marsh,
David Beeman, jr., Daniel W. Woodbury, Eben. S. Marsh,
Simeon G. Conger, Alpheus West,
William Woodbury,
§ William D. Mount, Franklin Willoughby, vac'y, Simeon G. Conger, John T. Davidson,
Franklin Willoughby,
William D. Mount,
Nelson Stevens,
Alpheus West,
S Franklin Willoughby, Aaron H. Vough, vacancy, William D. Mount, Nelson Stevens,
Wm. H. Spaulding, vac. & f. t'm, Franklin Willoughby, William D. Mount,
Nelson Halladay, S. Hopkins, app. S Albert Wilcox, vac. & f. term, Sidney Hopkins, vacancy.
Augustus C. Marsh, Cicero Phelps, do. do. do. Fr. Willoughby, Aug. C. Marsh. Phin's M. Blodgett, David A. Morton, do. Rob't C. Reynolds, do. do.
do.
do. do.
Rufus M. Bullock, Hiland K. Clark,
do.
David A. Morton, do. do.
do. Albert Omond,
do. and } D. A. Morton, app. S David A. Morton, do. do. do.
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Joseph Pennoyer, do.
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CHURCH STATISTICS.
BAPTIST CHURCH .- The "First Baptist Church of Locke," was organized August 27, 1806, by a council of members from the First and Second Churches of Milton, First Church of Dryden, and the First Church of Homer. After the organization of the town of Groton, the name was changed to the "First Baptist Society of Groton," as stated on page 11. The following persons were mem- bers at the time of the organization in 1806:
Ezra Luther, Benj. Thomas,
Mary Benedict,
Lemuel Perrin,
Anson Hanchett,
Hannal: Pipher, Olive Hinman,
David Morton, jr., James Smith,
John Lee, James Luther,
Hannah Luther,
Hannah Hathaway, Mary Kenedy, Rebecca Pierce,
Alfred Carder,
Smith Covit,
Beulah Luther,
Alanson Thomas,
Jonas Williams,
Aseneth Thomas,
William Fisk. Jenks Carpenter, / Abigal Burrows,
Oliver Luther,
Daniel. Pierce,
Deborah Morton, Aun Leonard,
Mary Morton, Deborah Morton,
Nathaniel Luther,
Rebecca Luther,
Jerusha Perkins,
Sarah Thomas, Jane Stewart,
Daniel Luther,
Sarah Whipple, Merey Hathaway, Patty Perrin,
Enoch Benedict,
Wate Luther, Rhoda Carpenter, I Ruth Carpenter,
David Whipple,
Amelia Perrin,
Mary Williams,
Benj. Whipple,
Sarah Lee,
Jane More,
Jane Bevina, Lucy Vanarsdale.
The first baptisms recorded, were in 1806 ; they were Enoch Ben- edict, Benj. Luther, Mary Benedict, Nancy Luther, Olive Luther, .Alfred Carder and Asa Luther. The first deacons chosen, Oct. 11, 1806, were Benj. Thomas and James Smith. Elder Starr served the Church as minister, to Oct., 1806. The following is a list of ministers of the Church since that time :
Thomas Tuttle, October 11, 1806.
Benjamin Whipple, August 26. 1907, to June 13, 1812.
Joseph Purington, .March 10, 1813, to December 23, 1813.
Benjamin Luther, February 1815, to January 5, 1:17.
Benjamin Andrews, April 2, 1815 to December 29, 1828.
Peleg Card, .December 26, 1829. to March 5, 1830.
Henry Vogell, June 11. 1831, to February 9, 1833.
J. S. Backus, May 1833, to January 1, 1839.
Rufus K. Ballermy,
.April, 1839, to February 6, 1841.
Alonzo P. Mason,
April 24, 1841.
Lewis Ranstead,
1842 to 1845.
Austin R. Belden,
.1845 to 1847.
William B. Downer,
September 12, 1847, to March, 1849.
D. B. Purington, .
March, 1849, to August, 1851.
Walter G. Dye,
Deceiaber, 1851, to October, 1857.
Luman C. Bates,
February, 1858, to April, 1861.
Thomas Allen, . July, 1861, to April, 1864.
L. W. Olney,. July, 1864, to October, 1865.
J. P. Bates, July, 1866, to April, 1868.
Lydia Whipple, Prud'ce Carpenter, Elenor Williams,
David Morton,
John Perkins,
Christina Fisk,
Eley Thomas,
Andrew Leonard,
Ebenezer Thomas, Nancy Luther,
Phebe Pierce, Rebecca Morion,
Benj. Luther,
Elijah More,
Asa Luther, A
Joel Whipple,
Orpha Luther,
The above statistics were furnished by Mrs, Dr. J. Goodyear.
EAST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH .- The first members were : "Squire Stone, Nathan Bennett, James Austin, Josiah Willough- by, Nathan Branch, Ezra Carpenter, males; and Rebecca Stone, Priscilla Bennett, - Austin, Lucy Carpenter, and Roxy Loomis, females." Squire Stone was chosen Deacon, and first standing
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Moderator, and Josiah Willoughby, Clerk. During the first year, Lois Mix, Mrs. Ruth Bradley, Mrs. Jerusha Bartholomew, Oliver Hatch and wife, and Isaac Hopkins, were admitted members.
Rev. Joshua Lane was installed the first minister, July 12, 1809 ; and Rev. Joshua Dean, of Taunton, Mass., the second minister, Nov. 30, 1814. He died July 11, 1824, aged 36 years, having served 9 years, 7 months and 11 days. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Seth Smith, of Genoa. Rev. Marcus Harrison was installed minister, July 9, 1828. Rev. Edward A. Beach was installed April 8, 1835, and dismissed Nov. 21, 1839. Rev. Ezra Scovil was installed July 6, 1841, by seven Bishops, who met for that purpose. They signed a call to Rev. Corbin Kidder, June 6, 1850. He resigned Feb. 27, 1853.
Total in communion, Dec. 1838, was 295; 1839, 290; 1840, 275; 1841, 263; 1842, 250; and in 1843, 229.
METHODIST CHURCH .- The first Trustees were : Justus P. Pen- noyer, Joseph Pennoyer, Josiah P. Ingraham, Augustus C. Marsh, Hiran. Young, Daniel Tarbell, and Simon Loomis. When it was re-organized, Jan. 5, 1842, Elder Isaac Parks was chairman, and A. C. Marsh, secretary. The Trustees then elected were : J. P. Pennoyer, J. P. Ingraham, J. Pennoyer, John P. Andrews, Levi Wright, Benjamin Ellis, and A. C. Marsh. Their ministers were: 1846-Revs. W. N. Cobb and J. Worth- 1855 and '56-Rev. O. L. Torry, ing, 1857-Rev. A. Brown. 1847-Revs. W. N. Cobb and A. S. 1858 and '59-Rev. W. N. Burr, Graves, 1860 and '61- E. C. Fox, 1848-Revs. A. Wood and A. S. Graves, 1862-Rev. T. D. Wire,
1849 and '50-Revs. A. Wood and S. 1863- " D. C. Dutcher, H. Brown, 1864- " D. C. Dutcher and C. M.
1851-Rev. W. W. White, Sessions,
1852-Revs. W. W. White and L. G. 1865-Rev. C. M. Sessions,
Weaver, 1866, '67 and '68-Rev. Wm. E. York. 1853 and '54-Rer. W. N. Pearne,
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GROTON VILLAGE. - The first members were: R. H. Osborn, Charlotte E. Osborn, Sylvenus De- . Lano, Jane C. DeLano, Betsey M. Pratt, Sarah B. Jeffers, Stephen H. Shaw, Elenora Shaw, Mary Thomas, Louisa Reynolds, Adma- tha Blodgett. Mrs. A. Blodgett, Sarah J. Allen, Dianthe E. Sack- ett, Lucy A. Jewell, Claudius B. Jewell, Amelia Osborn, Esther P. Goodyear, and Mary Wilson.
Stephen F. Barrows and R. H. Osborn were chosen deacons, and S. DeLano, clerk. The first trustees were : S. DeLano, C. B. Jew- ell, S. H. Shaw, William Allen, C. C. Godley, and Orlando Childs.
Rev. H. A. Sackett was first minister-salary 400. Voted Jan. 28, 1850, to build a house of worship, and that William Allen, J. J. Reynolds, R. C. Reynolds, and Lyman Allen be a building-com- mittee. In 1851-2, Rev. R. H. Close was minister awhile. Rev. Augustus Pomeroy accepted a call June 27, 1853, and he resigned March 26, 1864. Rev. S. Y. Lum accepted a call, Sept. 6, 1864, and he resigned July 1, 1867. Rev. J. C. Taylor accepted a call Sept., 1867.
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MILITARY RECORD.
Compiled by DAVID A. MORTON, from Records in the Town Clerk's Office.
The number of soldiers furnished by the town of Groton, in the War of the Rebellion, covering a period from the 15th day of April, 1861, to the 10th day of Nov., 1865, and credited to the town, was 385; and the number of seamen was one.
List of Commissioned Officers, and their Rank at time of Discharge. Westel Willoughby, Major.
CAPTAINS.
LIEUTENANTS.
Gilman D. Crittenden,
Elias R. Weaver,
James C. Hatch,
Moses Marsh,
Wm. E. Mount,
Carlos Baldwin,
George Bristol, Lucius Davis,
Doctor Tarbell, . Henry G. Hallet, Martin C. Clark. Eugene A. Marsh.
Henry Laning, Assistant Surgeon, with rank of 1st Lieutenant.
List of Killed in Battle.
Hannibal Howell, Peter Monfort, Andrew H. Gale,
George W. Thompson, Jerome Woodbury, Henry G. Hallet,
William A. Wood, Warren L. Davison, L. Dwight Allen.
Michael Morris.
Died of Wounds Received in Battle.
. Henry A. Snow, Walter Starkey, Isaac H. Leonard,
Charles Howard, Daniel C. Brown, William N. Guthrie.
Tapran Howell, Edward Moe,
Died of Disease Contracted in the Service.
Moses Marsh, John A. White, Fred'k Tiffany,
Henry Knettles, William J. Howard, George B. Huson,
Hallet Main, Jay B. Owen, Andrew J. Bisbey,
Benjamin Austin,
Jerome W. Hall, Marsena Telyea,
John Daball, Jonathan Holcomb,
Nelson Hanchet,
Charles B. Harvey, T. D. Smith,
George U. Stout,
Daniel McGregor, Ira Carpenter,
Willet Mckinney,
Laverne E. Teeter, Daniel Learn, Allen Clement,
Charles L. Brown.
Alson Cobb was taken prisoner during the Battle of Spottsyl- vania C. H .- died (probably of starvation) in Florence Prison, S. C., Oct. 5, 1864.
Thomas Ashton died prisoner of war; time and place not known. Stiles Peck died prisoner of war, in Andersonville Prison; time of death not known.
Fred. Farnham died Jan. 27, 1855, pris. war, in Salisbury Prison. The whole number of Commissioned Officers was 14.
The whole number killed in battle, and died of wounds and dis- ease, was 47, or about 12 per cent. of all who entered the service. . Amount of bounty paid by the town and county was $102,850.
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Groton Academy -- List of Principals.
Where Graduated. Time.
1837, Stephen W. Clark, A. B., . . . Amherst College, ... 4 years.
1841, Samuel D. Carr, A. B.,- Union College, . . 1 year. 1842, Carleton Parker, 2 years.
1844, Samuel D. Carr, A. M., * *
.Union College, *
.3 years.
1848, James E. Dexter, Normal School, Alb.
1849, Mrs. D. E. Sackett, .
1851, Rev. R. H. Close, A. B., .... Yale College.
1852, Samuel G. Williams, A. B., . Hamilton College, .. 4 years.
1856, R. O. Graves, A. B., .Middlebury College, 1 year. 1857, Samuel G. Williams, A. M., . Hamilton College, .. 2 years. 1859, Joseph E. Scott, A. B., do. do. .. 1 2-3 y'rs.
1861, M. M. Baldwin, A. M., Hobart College, .... 7 years.
Groton Village -- Trustees.
First Board, elected August 4, 1860-Filander H. Robinson, Robert C. Reynolds, Wm. Williams, Wm. Woodbury, Daniel S. DeLano.
Second Board, elected March 5, 1861-F. H. Robinson, Lyman Perrigo, Corydon W. Conger, Wm. Williams, Samuel S. Spencer.
1862-C. W. Conger, Erastus C. Moe, Sampson S. Williams, Hiland K. Clark, Lyman Perrigo.
1863-Sidney Hopkins, Ezra Halsey, David V. Linderman, Jo- seph Shaw, Harrison Bowker.
1864-Gilman D. Crittenden, Chapin P. Atwood, Henry Thom- as, David V. Linderman, Benj. F. Field.
1865-Sidney Hopkins, Daniel W. Hall, Gilbert A. Wilson, Samuel C. Reynolds, Manly P. Gale.
1866-Nelson Harris, Hiram C. Marsh, Lyman Perrigo, Dexter Allen, William Morton.
1867-Nelson Harris, Walter W. White, C. Burr Green, Jerome Hathaway, H. C. Marsh.
1868-Walter W. White, Aaron Woodbury, Isaac Butler, E. C. Moe, Harvey D. Spencer.
Groton Hotel -- Landlords.
Azariah Dodge, (1818 to 1825); Rob't C. Reynolds, (1825 to 1841) except one year by Alanson Reed; Washington Rowley and Sanders; Mrs. W. Rowley; Thomas Morgan; Daniel Nye, (8 years); Harrison Bowker; Geo. VW. Carpenter; Corydon W. Con- ger ; Volney and David Bothwell; Dexter Allen; H. A. Phelps; T. E. Smith; Capt. Jo Shaw; John N. Mc Whorter; and Anson Wyckoff.
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Groton Village Business Directory.
£868.
MORTON BROTHERS,
Dealers in HARDWARE, STOVES, Tin and Hollow Ware, KEROSENE OIL, LAMPS AND GLASS WARE, FRUIT JARS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, HOUSE TRIMMINGS, &c., &c., &c.
Agents for Michael's Patent Anti-Freezing Force Pump.
" Particular attention given to putting up Eve Troughs and Conductors. Rags, Beeswax, old Copper, Brass, Lead, &c., &c., taken in exchange for goods.
L. M. MORTON, 3 GROTON, N. Y. W. J. MORTON.
E. A. MARSH,.
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry-Goods, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, HATS & CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES, PAPER HANGINGS, &c., &c. Opposite the Groton Hotel, Corner Main and Mill Streets.
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JACOBS BROTHERS,
DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Consisting of Dress Goods, White Goods, Woolen Goods, Linen Goods, Ho- siery, Shawls, Curtains, Carpets, Cloths, Fancy Trimmings, &c. Also, a large and fine stock of
Groceries, Hardware, Crock- ery, Hats and Caps,
Wall Paper, Window Shades,
And nearly everything that can be found in first-class country stores. Most kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange. Store in Union Block, opposite the Groton Hotel.
C. B. JACOBS, R. W. JACOBS. GROTON, N. Y.
POWERS & PENNOYER'S NEW CARRIAGE
Manufactory GROTON, N. Y.
CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES, PLATFORM SPRING AND LUMBER WAGONS, CUTTERS, SLEIGHS, &c., Kept on hand for sale, and manufactured to order, and warranted equal to the best, in every respect. Shop on Mill street, near the Railroad. .
Watches, Clocks & Jewelry. C. A. BARTLETT,
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Silver and Pla- ted Ware, Spectacles, Gents' and Ladies' Pins, Rings, Bracelets, Hooks, Chains, Gold Pens, Silver Thimbles, & first class Jewelry.
Particular attention paid to Repairing. Silver Plating done in the best manner. All work warranted. SETH THOMAS Clocks for sale.
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A FIRST CLASS Machine Shop and Foundry.
C. & L. PERRIGO & CO., Proprietors.
We manufacture and put up in the most substantial and complete manner, THE
MOWING MACHINE.
Warranted equal to the best in every respect.
GROTON HORSE POWER,
Of wide-world reputation for excellence and durability, having stood pre-em- inent for the past fifteen years, and conceded the best machine of the kind manufactured. Over 1500 of these Powers are now in use. We also manufacture Horse Powers of smaller capacity, either for two or four horses, for wood sawing, light threshing, and many other purposes.
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