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John Cuykendall and Henry Tompkins, son of
David Tompkins, reopened the first store, which had been closed a year or two after Cuykendall & Baker discontinued, and did business four years. It again stood empty two or three years, with the exception of six months, when it was occupied by H. J. Sartwell, of Auburn, till John Cuykendall again opened it, and after a year ad- mitted Seth Morgan to partnership, with whom he continued till about 1852, when it came into the hands of Bowers H. Leonard, who sold in February, 1874, to Ellis Meaker, who is still carrying on the business of general merchan- dising.
The second store was closed from 1838 till 1842, when Benjamin Swan, from the New Eng- land States, opened it and kept it till the spring of 1845. William H. Dunning, from Onondaga county, occupied the store soon after Swan left, and continued about three years. He was suc- ceeded by John Cuykendall and David Tomp- kins, the latter of whom, after three years, bought his partner's interest, and continued till the fall of 1875, having been associated six or seven years with his son, David S., who became a partner three years after Cuykendall's interest was purchased. A. J. Bowlen, from Red Creek, rented the store of Tompkins and run it a little over a year. Dor Ileald, who came in from Kel- loggsville in 1872, and after working two years for John Cuykendall, bought of him his stock of hardware and tinware, in the fall of 1874, and is still engaged in that business. In 1875, George H. Bissell opened a store in the hotel, which he still continues.
POSTMASTERS-We have been unable to de- termine when the post-office was established at Owasco ; but Martinus Cuykendall, who held the office in 1817, was probably the first post- master. Day Otis Kellogg, who held the office in 1825, is the next one of whom we have any account. He was succeeded by Wm. Fuller, who held it in 1831. Uriel Mosher next held the office, as early as 1836, and as late as 1842. He was succeeded by Joel R. Gore, who held the office from one to two years. Daniel Bevier held the office about two years. Daniel D. Westfall was postmaster in 1846. He was succceded by Henry and David Tompkins, the former of whom held the office about four years, and the latter, three. John Cuykendall was appointed as early as 1854, and held it till 1860, when he was succeed-
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ed by David Tompkins, who held it from 1860 to '66. Bowers H. Leonard succeeded him and held the office till March, 1874, when Ellis Meaker, the present incumbent, was appointed.
PHYSICIANS .- Dr. Van Harling was probably the first physician who practiced in this town. He lived at the foot of the lake, and was here about, or soon after, the beginning of the centu- ry. Jacob Bogart, who was licensed to practice by the county judge, in July, 1802, and Josiah Bevier, who was licensed by a master in chan- cery, in March, 1805, both joined the County Medical Society, while residing in this town, August 7th, 1806 ; but we have been unable to learn anything further in regard to them, except that Dr. Bevier pursued his medical studies with Dr. VanHarling, and died here about 1839.
Abel Baker was born June 17th, 1789. He studied medicine in New York, and attended medical lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Fairfield, N. Y. He was licensed by the Censors of the Medical Society of Onon- daga county, May 19th, 1815, and came to Owas- co in September of the following year. He re- sided and practiced here till his death, March 22d, 1862, with the exception of seven years, from 1821 to '28, spent in medical practice at Kelloggsville. He was a skillful physician, and a man of great energy, perseverance and high Christian worth. He died literally with the har- ness on. He was out to see a patient at eleven o'clock P. M., and died the following morning.
Benjamin Devoe, son of Elijah Devoe, who was an early settler in Owasco, and a Member of As- sembly in 1819, and again in 1825, joined the County Medical Society, June 2d, 1842, and prac- ticed a few years in the central part of the town, when he removed to Owasco village and prac- ticed there till his death. Hoyt Hunsiker com- menced practice soon after Dr. Devoe, one and a quarter miles north of Owasco village, where he still resides and practices. Joel R. Gore became a member of the County Medical Society January 3d, 1839, and practiced here till 1856, when he removed to Chicago. Dr. Baker hired him one year, when he formed a partnership with him, which lasted several years. Daniel Bevier prac- ticed here a short time from about 1842, and re- moved to Richland county, Ohio, and died there. D. O. K. Strong, son of Walter Strong, an early settler on the site of the village, bought out Dr.
Gore in 1856, and practiced here till about 1872, when he removed to Delaware. Moses M. Fry, now residing in Auburn, practiced here about two years soon after the close of the war. Dr. Truman, now in Allegany county, practiced here about two years from 1873.
Matthew Bevier, son of Dr. Josiah Bevier, and Archibald McNeil Bevier, son of Dr. Daniel Be- vier, are the present physicians. The former joined the County Medical Society January 11th, 1865 ; the latter commenced practice here about 1872.
THE REFORMED CHURCH OF OWASCO was or- ganized as the Reformed Dutch Church of Owas- co, in 1798, by Rev. Abram Brokaw ; but the earliest record we find relating to it is September 15th, ISIo, when, at a meeting of the consistory, attended by James Brinkerhoff, Jacob Brink- erhoff, Thomas Johnson, Jr., and Cornelius D. DeWitt, elders, and Samuel Hoornbeck, Isaac Selover, Levi Bodley and Abraham Selover, Jr., deacons, "it was decided that the meeting-house be between Samuel Bevier's corners and Corne- lius M. Bevier's house, on the land of Martin Cuykendall," which is the location now occupied, and the church building then contemplated, which was begun in 1813 and finished in 1815, is the one now in use. It was also decided at this meeting, "that the society prayer meetings be again established in three places in the congre- gation, viz : at James Brinkerhoff's, the first Thursday in October next, at one o'clock, P. M., at Elijah Devoe's, the second Thursday in Octo- ber next, at one o'clock, P. M., and at Cornelius D. De Witt's, the third Thursday in October next, at each place, at one o'clock of said day, and continue successively." This meeting was presided over by George G. Brinkerhoff, and Levi Bodley was clerk.
At a meeting of the united congregations of the Owasco and Sand Beach churches, held at the log meeting-house on Saturday, September 29th, 1810, it was decided, " that the consistories of the united congregations write to Rev. Ralph A. Westervelt to come and preach the gospel as soon as convenient," but the call was declined.
A meeting was held at the house of Dr. J. Bevier, October 6th, 1810, "to prize the seats of the meeting-house and revise the articles of sale of said meeting-house." A meeting of the con- sistory was held at the same place November 9th,
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ELIPHALET PATEE.
ELIPHALET PATEE was born June 24th, 1789, in Pawlet, Vermont, the native place of his parents, Edmund and Eliza- beth [Turner] Patee. His father was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and served as a musician in the army during the war of the Revolution. At the close of the war he returned to Pawlet and followed his trade until 1802. in which year he removed to Moravia, in Cayuga County. In 1812 he removed to Owasco, and in 1820, to Delaware County, Ohio, where he and his wife died, the former about 1827, and the latter in 1838. They had nine children, viz : Eliphalet, the subject of this sketch, Seth, John, Sabrina, Elizabeth, Henry, Alvah, Lester and Harriet, only two of whom are living, Alvah, in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Harriet in Marion County, Ohio. They were able to give their children only such scholastic advantages as the common schools of the times afforded.
Eliphalet Patee married Sally, daughter of Isaac D. and Hannah [Lee] Tripp, natives of Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 5th, 1811. Mrs. Patee was born in New York city, December 31st, 1793, and at the time of her marriage was living in the vil- lage of Milan, in the town of Locke, in Cayuga County. Upon their marriage they settled on lot 60 in the town of Owasco, where they continued to reside till their death, Mr. Patee, March 5th, 1877, at the advanced age of 88 years, and his wife, April 10th, 1875, in the 82d year of her age.
Mr. Patee pursued the vocation of a farmer, and "wit- nessed the great change from forest, log-cabin and pioneer privations to cultivated field, commodious dwelling and the comforts that wealth and prosperity bring. His life was marked by unremitting industry and a commendable econ- omy, that brought the sure reward of wealth without specu- lation, fraud or oppression." He was honored by his towns- men with several offices of trust and responsibility, among them that of supervisor several terms, collector and justice of the peace, the latter of which offices he held twenty-two years. He discharged with fidelity and ability the duties which each devolved upon him. He was a man of sound judgment, strong convictions and strict integrity. He was a kind husband and father, though not over indulgent, weak or vacillating. Though not a member of any church, nor
MRS. SALLY PATEE.
the defender of any creed, he was by no means an irreligious man ; but an admirer and frequent reader of the Bible, and a conscientious, upright man, exemplifying in his business relations the precepts of the Golden Rule. He met death as a weary child quietly sinks to sleep, looking forward to the inevitable change without a murmur and often breathing "that model prayer, 'God have mercy upon me a sinner.'"
Mrs. Patee shared heroically with her husband the trials and vicissitudes of an active, busy life, and after a residence at their home in Owasco of sixty-three years, covering the entire period of her wedded life, she was gathered to her final rest, "like a shock of corn fully ripe in its season," having performed her life mission fully and well. As a wife she was a true helpmeet ; as a mother, faithful in all her household duties ; as a neighbor, obliging and kind ; and as a friend, faithful and true. "Her last illness was protracted through several months, and attended with severe suffering, and yet not a complaint was heard to escape her lips, or a peevish word to an attendant. In her sickness and death it was evident that she knew 'whom she had believed,' and by the girdings of divine grace, was enabled by her example of patience and res- ignation to say to all observers : 'He doeth all things well.'"
Mr. and Mrs. Patee raised a family of seven children, viz .: Mandana, who was born January 17th, 1814, is now residing in Auburn, and from whom the village of Mandana, in Onon- daga County, was named by Mr. I. T. Marshall, of Auburn, now deceased ; Matilda, who was born May 8th, 1815, and married Aaron L. Cone, of Milan, Cayuga County, April 17th, 1839 ; Elizabeth, who was born August 20th, 1818, and is still living in the old home ; Hannah, who was born February 6th, 1820, married Rufus K. Hoyt, January 7th, 1845, and is now living in Auburn ; Naomi, who was born December 15th, 1822, married Alanson Stillwell, of Livingston County, N. Y., January 7th, 1845, and is now living at Rockford, Ill .; Caro- line, who was born January 11th, 1827, married Franklin Howard, of Owasco, May 15th, 1851, and is now residing in Syracuse ; and Sally A., who was born March 29, 1830, mar- ried Thomas White, of Auburn, N. Y., January 1st, 1856, and is now living in Ashtabula, Ohio.
PAVID BRINKERHOFF.
DAVID BRINKERHOFF, son of George R. and Jacomyntie [Bevier ] Brinkerhoff, was born in the town of Sempromus, now Niles, September 19th, 1815.
Roeliff Brinkerhoff, grandfather of David, was born in Adams county, Pa., in 1748, and settled in the town of Owasco, on lot 84, about 1794. He died December 28th, 1830; and his wife, Isabella, who was born in 1753, June 28th, 1836. Roehiff and Isabella had seven children, four sons and three daughters. The sons were David, George R., James and Henry R. The eldest daughter, Martina, became the wife of Col. John L. Hardenbergh, the founder of the village which bore his name, now grown to a city and designated by the classic name of Auburn. The youngest daughter hecame the wife of Dr. Josiah Bevier of Owasco ; aud the third, Margaret, married Richard Parsell of that town.
George R. Brinkerhoff, son of Roeliff and Isabella, and father of David, the subject of this sketch, was born in Adams county, Pa., February 19th, 1785, came to Owasco with his parents, and received a good academic education. He learned surveying and practiced it as opportunity offered. He was quarter-master, and his brother, Henry R., captain of a company in the army during the War of 1812. The latter was a general of mihtia after the close of the war.
In 1814, at the close of the war, George R. married Jaco- myntie Bevier, who was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1794, and commenced farming on lot 11 in the town of Sempro- nius, now Niles. He removed thence, after about seven years, to the town of Owasco, to the farm now owned by his son David, situated on lot 84, on the lake road, where he continued to reside till his death, which occurred on the street in the city of Auburn, from heart disease, November 7th, 1849. His wife died July 4th, 1830.
George R. Brinkerhoff was a prominent man in his town. He was a Democrat in politics and was honored by his party. with many offices of trust and responsibility, among them that of supervisor several terms, justice of the peace a long time, and assessor. He was a member of the Dutch Re- formed Church of Owasco, in which, for a long time, he held the office of elder.
George R. and Jacomyntie Brinkerhoff were the parents of eight children, named as follows: David; Elizabeth, who married Derrick Hornbeck and is now living in Plymouth, Ohio, James, who died at the age of eight years, Maria, who died at the age of six years, Hannah, who married Wm. W. Drennan and is now living in Plymouth, Ohio, Samuel B.,
whoisnow livingin Santa Barbara, California, and Roehiff, now living in Mansfield, Ohio.
David attended the district schools uutil eighteen years of age, working summers after he was ten years old on his father's farm. He attended the Academy at Aurora seven months in 1836-7 ; and the Seminary at Lima, Livingston county, two terms, in 1840 and '41. In the spring of 1841 he went to Michigan and engaged in farming. He returned in the fall and taught school in the town of Skaneateles, in Onondaga county. The following spring he again went to Michigan and remained until the fall, when he returned to Owasco and married Harriet, daughter of Alanson and Har- riet [Austin] Benson of Skaneateles, who was born January 18th, 1821. He then went to Michigan, where he remained, engaged in farming till the spring of 1845, when he returned to Owasco and settled with his father, whom he assisted in carrying on the homestead farm, which, on the death of his father, came into his possession by will.
By his wife Harriet, who died May 4th, 1868, David had seven children, viz .: Lillias E., who was born in Michigan, January 31st, 1844; Alma M., who was born July 21st, 1846: George R., who was born September 23d, 1848; Sarah I., who was horn January 14th, 1855; Mary L., who was born October 28th, 1858; Jennie H., who was born June 9th, 1860; and Samuel A., who was born April 2d, 1862.
April 13th, 1869. Mr. Brinkerhoff was again married to Margaret, daughter of Simeon and Alsie [Westfall] Swart- wout, of Owasco, who was born December 22d, 1832. Mrs. Brinkerhoff's parents were among the early settlers of Owas- co. Mr. Brinkerhoff, by his second wife, has two children, Mortimer S., born May 11th, 1870, and Charles D., born August 10th, 1873.
In politics, Mr. Brinkerhoff is a Democrat, and has been honored by his party with the offices of assessor and town clerk, and the nomination for supervisor, but owing to the strength of the Republican party in the town it is impossible to elect a Democrat to that office. Though not a member of any church he is an attendant at the Reformed Church in Owasco village.
In the autumn of life, now that the struggles and trials of life have been measurably compassed, he has the satisfaction of reviewing a business career marked by strict integrity and a public service characterized by singular fidelity, ability and uprightness. His too is the consoling reflection that while he has reached a high social eminence he also retains the re- spect and esteem of his townsmen.
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1810, "to stipulate prices of boards, scantling, labor, &c.," as follows : " Large timber for frame of meeting-house, $4.50 per 100 feet, running measure ; siding & inch thick, seven shillings per 100 feet of white pine; roof boards, one inch, six shillings per 100 feet of hemlock ; floor plank, I4 inches thick, seven shillings and sixpence per 100 feet of white wood ; boards of one inch thick, six shillings per 100 feet, white wood, nine shillings, white pine ; plank, 1} inches thick, seven shillings and sixpence per 100 feet, white wood, eleven shillings, white pine ; boards, white pine, two inches thick, sixteen shillings per 100 feet, 13 inches thick, fourteen shillings, and three inches thick, sixteen shillings ; all scant- ling to be seven shillings per 100 feet board measure. The above are the prices of boards, &c., delivered on the ground, for building the meeting-house ; and for breaking stone or scoring timber five shillings per day, and board them- selves."
At a meeting held January 10th, 1811, Rev. George G. Brinkerhoff was requested "to write to Rev. Mr. Devoe, near Albany, to come and preach the gospel in this congregation as soon as may be convenient," but the invitation was not accepted.
The names of Andrew VanMiddlewart (south- west part of Owasco,) and Wm. Degraff, elders, and James Vantine, deacon, appear in connection with this meeting. At a meeting held April 27th, 1811, attended by James and Jacob Brin- kerhoff and Cornelius D. DeWitt, elders, and Samuel Hoornbeck, Abraham Selover, Jr., Isaac Selover and Levi Bodley, deacons, of Owasco, and Wm. Degraff and Peter VanLiew, elders, and James Vantine and John Watson, deacons, of Sand Beach, it was resolved that the united con- sistories " make a call on Rev. Conrad TenEyck as standing pastor." This call was presented July 20th, 1811, and the compensation offered was $200 cash and 250 bushels of wheat. The minister was to have two free Sabbaths in one year and the congregation one. Each congre- gation was to pay half the salary and receive half the ministerial services. An additional $50 was subsequently added to the call. December 29th, 1830, a call was extended to Rev. Israel Ham- mond to succeed Conrad Ten Eyck as pastor. His connection was dissolved at his request Jan- uary 31st, 1839. Hammond was succeeded by
Rev. Wm. Evans, who entered upon his duties as pastor April 20th, 1839. February 29th, 1846, Mr. Evans requested the consistory to unite with him in asking the Classis to dissolve the pastoral relation, to which the consistory assented April 10th, 1846, in a letter expressing the utmost con- fidence in Mr. Evans and regret at his action. A call was extended to Rev. Jacob C. Dutcher September 18th, 1846, and during his pastorate in 1848 the church was repaired.
A revival in 1849 resulted in the addition of seventeen by profession. September 10th, 1850, Mr. Dutcher, having received a call from a sister Church, asked the consistory to unite with him in requesting the Classis to dissolve the pastoral re- lation, which they did. He was succeeded by Rev. Henry A. Raymond, who was installed pas- tor December 17th, 1850. April. 18th, 1853, having accepted a call from the Church of Amity, N. Y., he asked the consistory to unite with him in requesting to have the pastoral relation dis- solved, which they did, though reluctantly. A call was extended to Rev. Wilson Ingalls, Sep- tember 30th, 1853, whose services were to com- mence August Ist, of that year.
Mr. Ingalls having been impelled by impaired health to tender his resignation, it was resolved April 5th, 1864, to apply to the Classis for a dis- mission of the pastoral relation. March 27th, 1865, a call was extended to Rev. Alonzo P. Peeke, who closed his labors with this Church in the spring of 1872, and was succeeded in the fall of that year by his brother, George H. Pceke, who remained till the spring of 1876, when he gave place to the present pastor, Rev. Alfred E. Myers, who served as a supply one year, from March, 1877, and was installed pastor in May, 1878.
The present membership of the Church is about 180. The Sabbath-school has improved under the efforts of the present pastor, and a good de- gree of interest is manifested in Sabbath-school work.
In referring to a revival enjoyed by this Church in 1816 and '17, Rev. James H. Hotchkin, in his History of Western New York, says, "In Owasco, it is stated, that, as the fruits of a most glorious work of divine grace, about 300 persons were ad- ded to the Church, of whom 103 joined it in one day." .
A difference of opinion existed in this church
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on the doctrine of predestination, and gave rise to a division and the organization in 1821 of a new Society, composed of about seventy mem- bers, known as the True Reformed Dutch Church of Owasco, the new Society adhering to, and the old one rejecting, that doctrine. Rev. A. Mc- Neil was their first pastor, and was succeeded in 1838 by Rev. Wm. Johnson, who was relieved in 1863 or '4, on his own application, by an act of the Classis of Union, from the charge of serving this congregation for the want of " adequate sup- port." After Mr. Johnson's dismissal the pulpit remained vacant, and the congregation was des- titute of the stated preaching of the gospel and the ordinances of the church.
At a meeting held at the church September Ist, 1866, to take into consideration the property and other matters of interest belonging to the members and others interested in the church edifice and appurtenances, of which George H. Brinkerhoff was chairman and S. M. P. Morgan secretary, it was decided to sell the church lot and meeting-house and appendages, and George H. Brinkerhoff, Cornelius D. DeWitt and David Tompkins were constituted a committee to take the preliminary proceedings to carry this into effect.
The petition to the Legislature for authority to sell the property, dated November 27th, 1866, was signed by George H. Brinkerhoff, Hugh McDowell, David Tompkins, G. M. Brokaw, Andrew Vanderbetts, Wm. VanDuyne, Seth P. Morgan and Cornelius D. DeWitt. March 28th, 1867, the Legislature appointed said committee trustees and authorized them to sell and convey the real estate and church property and to exe- cute a deed therefor. The property as inven- toried amounted to $1, 291.50. The church and lot was sold to the Methodist Episcopal church of Owasco in 1867, for about $1,200 ; and $75 were realized from the other property. The church edifice was erected in 1829.
THE M. E. CHURCH OF OWASCO was organ- ized in 1848, in which year their first house of worship, a portion of which is now occupied as a dwelling by David Sarr, was erected, on ground donated for the purpose by Dr. Abel Baker, through whose efforts mainly the organ- ization was perfected and the church built. Over $800 were raised with which to build .- Prior to the organization meetings were held in the
school-house, Daniel Cobb, - Redington and Spencer Rice being the officiating clergymen. The first trustees were Thomas Roberts, James H. Gifford, Samuel B. Noyes, Nicholas Brokaw, James A. Brinkerhoff, Wm. D. Hilliard and Abel Baker, the first an elder and the second an ex- horter. W. W. White was the preacher in charge of the Owasco circuit at the time of the organ- ization. The present church edifice was pur- chased in 1867, of the trustees of the True Re- forned Dutch Church of Owasco, by whom it was built in 1829. The present church membership is about 100. They have a large and flourishing Sabbath school.
The pastors following Mr. White have been, as nearly as we have been able to ascertain them from the present members, James Fisk, - Hamilton, - Hall, Denton Mills, James Craw- ford, - Sheldon, - Hinman, James God- sell, Elias Hoxie, James B. Benham, - Wier, Henry Meeker, Horatio Yates, Wm. Adams, Marsh, the latter as a supply six months, and D. C. Dutcher, the present pastor, who com- menced his labors with this church in the fall of 1877.
The OWASCO BAPTIST CHURCH, located at Steners or Baptist Corners, three miles directly north of Owasco village, was organized sometime in 1810, with twenty-six members. Their first pastor was the venerable Elkanah Comstock, who, it appears, served them wholly till sometime in 1813, when he received an invitation from the church in Onondaga to serve them a part of the time, to which the church agreed. In 1815, a consultation is recorded to engage Elder Com- stock to preach the ensuing year. January 16th, 1816, the church voted to request Elder S. Smith to preach for them in the absence of Elder Comstock, who was going on a missionary tour. From the church book it appears that Elder Com- stock served the church as clerk, from 1812 to '20. In the fall of 1821, the church dissolved Elder Comstock's pastoral relation, but voted to supply his necessities while he remained among them and preached to them as often as was con- venient. He remained with the church till 1824, at which time, by his request, he and his wife were granted letters of dismission.
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