History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 105

Author: Edson, Obed, 1832-; Merrill, Georgia Drew, editor
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : W.A. Fergusson
Number of Pages: 1068

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Prior to 1815 no person had entered the unbroken wilderness that covered

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all of the southern, central and eastern portions, and comprising almost the entire town, to make a settlement. Here a deep forest of deciduous trees covered the hills and dark evergreens grew densely in the valleys and high lands. William Alverson, a native of Vermont, was the first to penetrate its shades to make a home. In the spring of 1812 he journeyed on horseback from Columbus, Chenango county, to the residence of Major Sinclear. He selected land on lot 44, (the farin owned by Marvin Wilson at his decease), about one mile north of Gerry village, and in 1815 purchased and settled upon it. He died June 11, 1828, aged 48. Hezekiah Myers and Hezekiah Catlin came with him to Gerry, and Porter Phelps in the spring of 1815. These were all original Vermonters. Myers settled upon the Aaron Van Vleck farm on lot 44; Phelps upon the farm formerly owned by Henry Gates on lot 43. Dexter and Nathan Hatch, who came soon after, settled near the sawmill east of Gerry village.

Solomon Fessenden, a brother of Reuben, born in Vermont in 1788, in 1815 settled on lot 35, east of Gerry village. He married Clarissa Shepardson in 1811. In 1852 he moved to Wisconsin. These were the first settlers in this part, so long known as " Vermont Settlement." A road was soon laid out from Sinclairville to that section. In the spring of 1816 Calvin Cutting, from Windham county, Vt., came, built a log house, and settled on lot 45. In 1832 he opened an inn at this place, long known as the Cutting stand. John Matthews also came from Vermont in 1816, and settled about one mile southeast from Gerry village. The eastern, southern and central portions of the town were now rapidly settled, and almost all of the settlers were from Ver- mont. Brattleboro, Gilford, Halifax and other towns of Windham county contributing the largest number. The present citizens have good reason to be proud of such a hardy and worthy ancestry.

In 1816 Win. Olney built a log house upon the little hill southeast of the store of J. K. Wilson in Gerry village. This commenced a settlement. In 1817 James Bucklin, whose wife was Martha Aldrich, came from Windham county, Vt., and bought 240 acres at Gerry, including the house and claim of Olney. In 1820 he kept the first inn. The settlement for many years bore the name of Bucklin's Corners, then Vermont and finally Gerry. The sons of James Bucklin who came with him were: Willard, James, and Lovel. Willard passed most of his life in Gerry. For 30 years he held almost uninterruptedly the office of justice of the peace, and he was super- visor eight years. He died January 1, 1869. James Bucklin, also, was a supervisor and a justice. He now resides in the west. Betsey, daughter of James Bucklin, married Paul Starr, born April, 1, 1797, in Guilford and died in Gerry, December 24, 1873. He came to Gerry in May, 1817. He chopped and cleared over 100 acres. In 1817 Sylvanus Eaton, father of Walter, Lyman, Pearl and Harry, settled north of Gerry village, John McCullough near Sin-

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clairville, and Robert Lenox in the southwestern part. Lenox was born in the north of Ireland, came to Gerry from Yates county and died in 1839. He was the father of Robert, John and William Lenox. Henry Shaw also settled in this part about the same time.

About 1818 John Hines and Win. Newton settled in the southwestern part, and in 1819 erected there the first sawmill, and in 1822 a gristmill on the Cassadaga. Garner Salisbury came in 1818 or 1819 and was the first miller. Elder Jonathan Wilson, born in Coleraine, Mass., settled in Gerry village in 1816. Win. R. Wilson, his son, came with him to Gerry ; he passed his life on the farm where he first settled, He has been a justice of the peace and supervisor. Gilbert Strong from Chenango county in ISIS bought the land where Hezekiah Myers had settled, and lived there until his decease at the age of 91. He has many descendants. His sons Horace, Gilbert, David, Jason and Onan were well known citizens. During the spring of 1818 Alva Eaton was killed by a falling tree. Win. M. Waggoner, from Saratoga county, in the spring of 1819 settled on the town line between Charlotte and Gerry where he resided many years. He has been supervisor in both towns. John McAllister from Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1819 settled upon the farm later owned by his son James on the street leading south- westerly from Sinclairville past the railroad station, and lived there until his death at 90. He owned a large estate, and was founder of the Baptist church at Sinclairville. His grandson, Gen. Jolin M. Schofield was once secretary of war, and was born in Gerry near Sinclairville station.

Isaac Cobb, from Franklin county, Vt., settled early upon lot 26. His sons Freeman, Isaac, John and Roland also became residents of the town. Roland was for many years largely engaged in lumbering; built the store and house now owned by S. E. Palmer in 1837 and was in trade there two years. Howard B. Blodgett, in 1826, opened the first store at Gerry. Nor- man Guernsey succeeded Blodgett in 1832. Roland Cobb bought ont Guern- sey, and in 1838 Sidney E. Palmer bought out Cobb and has since continued in trade at liis corner store. About the time Mr. Palmer went into business, Nathan Cheney and William Story were in trade upon the opposite corner. Levi Cowden, Henry Warner, Elisha Baker, Stoddard Cannon, James Alver- son, Benj. and Jeremiah Matthews, Stephen Pratt, Skelton Palmeter, Nehe- mialı Horton, Garner Salisbury, Jesse Walker, Henry Kirk, Win. Mellen, Joel Ward, Jeptha L. Heminger, David Ostrander, Benjamin and Joseph Wheat, Mr. Rugg, Dr. Fargo, Ammi and James Chipman, Abiel Robbins, Benj. Wait, Paul Starr, Wm. Shepardson, Capt. Dingley, Mr. Stearns, Pliny Shepardson, were all early settlers. Some of them have many descendants.

The first town meeting in Gerry, as at present constituted, was held at the house of Calvin Cutting, May 2, 1830. The officers chosen were : Super- visor, Hugh B. Patterson ; town clerk, Howard B. Blodgett ; assessors, Win.

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Mellen, Win. M. Wagoner, Calvin Smith ; com'rs. of highways, Wm. Mellen, Jr., Willard Bucklin, Horace Strong ;. com'rs. of schools, Benj. Tuttle, Jr., James Schofield, Nathan Hatch ; inspectors of schools, Wmn. Mellen, Jr., James Bucklin, Jr., Samuel J. Goodrich ; overseers of poor, Win. Gilmour, Gilbert Strong ; collector, Win. Gilmour ; justices, Leander Mellen, Hugh B. Patterson ; sealer, Nehemiah Horton ; poundmaster, David Cobb.

Stages were first run through the town in 1827 by Obed Edson and Reu- ben Scott. In 1852 the Fredonia and Sinclairville plank road was built through the village of Gerry.

Sidney E. Palmer, son of Elijah Palmer, was born in Columbus, Chenango county, September 29, 1811. He married Hannah Pamelia, daughter of Nathaniel Spurr of Columbus, in April, 1837. She was born in 1817. Mr. Palmer and his wife came to Gerry in the fall of 1838, and he established himself in trade as a merchant by buying the store of Roland Cobb at Gerry village. He has lived in the same house and continued in trade at Gerry since. He was appointed postmaster at Gerry to succeed Charles Ward in 1839, and has held the position 55 years. He has been five years super- visor of Gerry, and in 1859 was elected member of assembly. The children of Sidney E. and H. Pamelia Palmer are : 1, Hoyt G., who married Sarah, daughter of Walter Smith, and died in Dunkirk ; 2, Arthur L. of Kansas ; 3, Cecelia E., died aged 10; 4, Herbert S., lives in Gerry ; 5, Lucius C., died aged 37 ; 6, Julia E., died aged 3; 7, Sidney Frank of Kansas ; 8, Everett L. of Illinois.

Porter Phelps was born at Brattleboro, Vt., in 1790. He married Jeruslia Hatch in 1813, came to Gerry in the spring of 1815, built a house, returned to Vermont, and in December brought his wife and child to Gerry with an ox team. His possessions then consisted of an ox team, a cow and $2.50. In 1826 he moved to Arkwright and lived there until his death in March, 1855. Mrs. Phelps died March, 1844, aged 46 years. Their children were Caroline (Phelps) Eaton, Mila (Phelps) Turner, Lawson, Barna W., Leander S., Orlando S., Horatio J. and Helen J. (Phelps) Loper. In 1845 Porter Phelps married, second, Hannah J. Simons, widow of Dolph Simons. Lean- der Phelps married Elizabeth Wilcox. She died in 1854 leaving two child- ren, Emma J. and Ella E. Leander, in 1855, married Sarah M. Smith. Their children are Harry L., Danville T. and May L. Leander has been supervisor of Arkwright two years and four years loan commissioner. He has been sheriff, and ten years keeper and general manager of the county alms house.

Reuben Fessenden was born at Halifax, Vt., Dec. 12, 1786, and married Lucretia Fisher in 1810. His father, Solomon Fessenden, was born January 15, 1762, married Elizabeth Tucker January 17, 1786, and died in 1811. Reuben was in the battle of Plattsburgh in the last war with England, came

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to Gerry in 1815, built a house on lot 46, upon the highway between Gerry and Sinclairville, and returned to Vermont. " He journeyed both ways on foot. In 1816 he came to Gerry with his family and two yokes of oxen, arriving October 9. Reuben died Sept. 13, 1866. Mrs. Fessenden died July 2, 1865. Their children were Norman B., Albro H., James, Emeline L., Elinor, who married Edward Partridge, and Betsey Ann, who married Tri- man B. Cook. Albro H., married Emeline Atkins. She was born Dec. 9, 1817, at Jericho, Vt. Ralph C. Fessenden of Gerry is their only son.

Calvin Cutting, son of Jonah and Sarah Cutting, was born in Guilford, Vt., June 6, 1796. He married in 1815 Polly Walworth. She was born May 13, 1797, in Franklin county, Mass. Mr. Cutting came to Gerry in the spring of: 1816. He bought land, built a small log house on lot 45, on what is now the main highway between Gerry village and Sinclairville. In 1832 he com- pleted a large addition to his frame building and opened an inn which was known as the Cutting stand, and the opening ball held on the (4th of July, 1832, was attended from far and wide. Mr. Cutting died Nov. 16, 1832, and his wife died September 26, 1853. Their children were: 1, Lewis, who married Susan B. Richmond March 7, 1847. Children : Mary L., Charles R., Henry B., Clara A., William G., Benjamin W., Harriett A., Fred L. ; 2, Lucius C., married Eunice Salisbury. He died in 1891 ; 3, Jonah E., mar- ried Mila Wilson. Children : Calvin, Rebecca, Ceylon and Lucien. 4, Sarah, married Chester Wilson, died in May, 1855; 5, Lurissa G., married William Wilson ; 6, Laura, who died in 1861.

Freeman Cobb, son of Isaac, was born in Bakersfield, Vt., in 1796, in 1818 settled on lot 18, east of Gerry village, where he resided until his death, May 17, 1877. He married Rebecca Bucklin in 1821. Isaac, the father, and Isaac, John and Roland, brothers of Freeman, were all early settlers. Isaac Cobb, son of Freeman, born in Gerry, April 29, 1826, was married April II, 1847, to Nancy A., daughter of David Tucker. She was born in Poland, Dec. 9, 1826. Isaac Cobb settled upon lot 19. His children are Eugene M., who in 1871 married Lottie, daughter of Arkinzo Norton, and Viola E., who in 1873 married J. Dell Woods.

George W. Sinclear, son of Samnel and Fanny Sinclear, was born in Sin- clairville, July 4, 1811, and was the first child born in that village. In his early years he was an owner and operator of the gristmill in Sinclairvile. March 1, 1849, he purchased the farm of Mark Crawford in Gerry about 34 of a mile southeast of Sinclairville upon which he resided many years. He married Charlotte Sylvester. They have had two children, I., George, who married Roxy Wright, and resides at Luddington, Mich. 2:, Mary (dec.), who married George S. Wheeler. Her children were Harry and Mary.

Zaccheus H. Norton, born in Rhode Island; married Sylvia Thompson of Vermont, at Geneseo, and came to Gerry in 1813, and first settled near

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Sinclairville station. During the season of scarcity he walked to Hamburg, 40 miles, for a peck of corn carrying his rifle. He was a skilled hunter and a successful trapper. His sons were Alonzo, Alphonzo, Lorenzo, Arkinzo, Almonzo, Horatio, Ozro and Pizarro. His daughters were Julenia, Cyrena, Birthena.

Alexis Wright was born in Chester, Vt., in 1802. His father, Phineas Wright, was born at Hinsdale, N. H., January 1, 1779, and died aged over 91 years. He was twice married and was the father of 26 children, 23 of whom were living at his decease and all married. He had 90 grandchildren, 74 of whom were living when he died. None of his descendants were in any way deformed and all were active and intelligent. Alexis, in early life, removed with his parents to Sand Lake, N. Y., and married Martha Ding- man in 1832. She was born in Greenbush, N. Y., in 1814. He came to Westfield in 1837, and to Gerry in 1847. Of his nine children, seven are living : Jacob, Joseph, Hattie (Mrs. David Horton), Sophia (Mrs. David Rider), Hiram, Roxana (Mrs. George Sinclear), and Lewis.

William H. Scott was born July 23, 1833. His father, Rev. John Scott, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, January 11, 1793, of Scotch Presby- terian parentage and was driven from Scotland in the Catholic persecution. In 1819 he emigrated to New Brunswick and afterwards to the United States, where he was a Methodist preacher. He married August 31, 1828, Elzaide, daughter of William Hunt who first settled on the Chautauqua Assembly grounds. She was born in Washington county, November 6, 1802. William H. Scott married Sarah, daughter of John Beck. She was born in Birming- ham, l'a., August 16, 1836. Their children are J. Frank, a merchant of Portland ; Martha J., who married Harlow Terry of Gerry, and William C., professor of music in Sharon, Pa. For three years William H. Scott has been supervisor of Gerry. Principally through his efforts a board of trade was established in Sinclairville in 1881 and he has ever been its president.

Jarvis K. Wilson was born in Gerry. His grandfather, Rev. Jonathan Wilson, was born in Coleraine, Mass., April 12, 1777, and came to this county August, 1818, as a missionary of the Shaftsbury, Vt., Baptist Board of Mis- sions. He organized a number of churches in the county, and, during his ministry of 58 years, baptized by immersion 1, 392 persons and preached about 9,000 sermons. He died May 3, 1868. His father, William R. Wilson, born February 23, 1801, came to Gerry in 1818, married Rebecca Fisher, born June 7, 1799, and served his town as supervisor and in other offices for many years. Jarvis K. was born in Gerry, married Cordelia M., daughter of Edward Partridge, has long been engaged in merchandising in Gerry, has served three terms as supervisor and many years as a justice of the peace.

Caleb Matthews, born in Windham county, Vt., married Margaret Van Salisbury in 180S, and in IS21 settled on lot 28, about two miles northeast

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of Gerry village. His father, Benjamin, served on a privateer during the Revolution, assisted in the capture of several vessels, and received a pension. Caleb had lived in Albany, and was fireman on the Robert Fulton, the first steamboat. He was the early potter of the county. In 1822 he com- menced the manufacture of stone ware, obtaining the clay from lot 20. He burned the first kiln in 1822. In 1823 he built a frame factory 26x32 feet for that purpose, and pursued the business for several years. He has ten children. His oldest child, Betsey, born in ISI, maried Joel Robbins and lives in Gerry. Her son, Martin Robbins, married Lana Wait, was a mem- ber of the 49th N. Y. regiment during the civil war, and resides in Gerry. Joseph Matthews, son of Caleb, lives in Minnesota ; Hudson in Sinclairville ; Benjamin and Andrew J. were soldiers in the civil war. Andrew J. was a member of the 49th N. Y. regiment, participated in all the battles of the army of the Potomac, and was severely wounded at Spottsylvania. He mar- ried Belinda Day, and has been for many years a justice of the peace of Gerry.

Levi Terry, son of Levi Terry, was born in Connecticut, August 21, 1809. When young he became a resident of Lewis county, where he married Eliza Wright. In 1842 they moved to Gerry. They had previously learned the art of making cheese, then little understood in this county. In 1845 he placed upon his farin 25 of 30 cows, and commenced the manufacture of cheese. He manufactured 7,000 or 8,000 pounds, which he sold to Timothy D. Copp of Sinclairville for 5 or 51/2 cents a pound, delivered at Dunkirk. It was transported to New York by the canal, and was the first shipment of a dairy cheese from the county. Mr. Terry resides upon the farm he first purchased. Mrs. Terry is dead. Their children are Robert, Levi, Jay, Franklin H., Louisa, Emily, Flora, Alice, George, Duane, who lives upon the old homestead, William and Eva V. Robert married Mattie, daughter of Allen Bagg, and resides- in Ellington. They have one son, Allen Bagg.

David Ostrander and sons Harry and Orry, in 1828, came from Tompkins county to Gerry on a prospecting tour. His sons remained. In the fall of 1830 David came with his family and settled about 134 miles east of Gerry village, and resided there until his death, February 24, 1860, aged 79. He had nine children and has many descendants in Gerry. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cooper, died October 8, 1849, aged 63. Harry, his son, married Melinda Button, and died September 12, 1867, aged 60. They had five chil- dren. Jerome, another son, married Clarissa Wait. He died in Tioga county. William, born October 4, 1818, married Sabina Matthews. They had six children. Alanson was born in 1825 and married Abigail Lasure. David, the youngest son of David Ostrander, Sr., was born February 20, 1829. He married Antoinette, daughter of Dr. Samuel Fargo, one of the first physi- cians of the town. He has three children : Egbert, married Celestia John-

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son and resides in Ellery, Obed E., married Edith Brown, is a farmer and resides in Gerry. Charles, the youngest son of David also resides here.

Gilbert Strong, Sr., was born about 1769. He came here from Chenango county, and settled upon the Sinclairville and Gerry highway in 1818. He died June 12, 1861, aged 91. His wife, Rachel, died Oct. 2, 1849, aged 79. Horace Strong, his son, born Dec. 6, 1791, in Connecticut, married Polly Carter December 24, 1817, at Columbus, N. Y., came to Gerry with an ox team in 1820 and was three weeks on the way. He died in Gerry February 3, 1872. Mrs. Strong died in November, 1875. Their children were Eliza, William, Miranda, John, Electa, Abigail, William, Lavina, Horace, Jr., and Henry. John Strong was born March 1, 1825, married Emily Wilson. Their children are Burdette, who married Mary Gardner, and Nellie A., who married George E. Griffith. David Strong, son of Gilbert, born in April, ISO1, came here about 1818. He married Miss Clark. Their only living child is Caroline who married Charles Walkup. His second wife was Sophia Mccullough. Their children are : 1, Walter E., who married a Wicks. He was a soldier in the civil war and was wounded ; 2, Mahala, married Wallace Olmstead ; 3, Pamelia, married Joel G. Damon ; 4, Amanda, married Martin Heath ; 5, Ann Eliza, married- Percy Ely ; 6, Warren E., married Mary Hunt and resides in Gerry. David Strong, died October 22, 1874.

Walter Cummings was born in Hancock, N. H., September 4, 1836. He is a descendant of Lieut. John Cummings of Dunstable, Mass., a soldier of the Revolution. David Cummings, father of Walter and son of Asahel, was born in Hancock, N. H., February 7, 1804, married first Eunice Priest, and second, Hannah Dodge. Their children are Eunice Malvina, who married Charles Phillips ; David Hamilton, who, while acting as engineer, was lost off Long Point on the propeller Jersey City, November 24, 1860; Frances M., who married B. M. Schofield ; Jane W. (dec.); Mary H., who married Charles A. Arnold, and Walter, who married Delia M. (dec.), daughter of John M. Brunson, March 22, 1863. Walter many years ago became a resident of Gerry. His son, John H., is a merchant of Sinclairville.

James Bates, son of James, was born in Chesterfield, Mass., April 9, 1801. In IS15 he came with his father's family to Ellington. They were among the first settlers. (See page 266). About 1825 he married Sally Grover. In 1840 he moved to Gerry and became a well known citizen. He died December 12, 1891. Mrs. Bates died March 4, 1870. Their children were Rensselaer, (dec.), and James M., who for many years was a farmer in Gerry, and is now a merchant of Sinclairville. James M. was born in Ellington, September 24, 1831, married Melissa Andrus.

Samuel Sinclear, son of Major Sinclear, born August 14, 1801, in Eaton, settled in Gerry in 1819, married Martha, daughter of James and Mar- tha Bueklin. Their children were : 1, Sophia, married Charles P. Ward ;

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2, Samuel, once partner with Horace Greeley in the New York Tribune, mar- ried Charlotte A. Perry, (dec.) 3, Sally, died young ; 4, Nancy, married Isaiah Cobb, died May 14, 1887 ; 5, Major, married Amanda G. Moore ; 6, Elisha W., married, first, Anna Pattee, second, Martha Geary ; he died in 1890 ; 7, Mar- tha M., married Theodore B. Cobb.

B. Franklin Dennison was born in Berlin, Rensselaer county, November 13, 1825. His father, Charles G. Dennison, born in Berlin in 1799, settled in Ellery in 1836. B. Franklin is an extensive farmer and cattle dealer. He resides in Sinclairville but owns large tracts of land and farms in Gerry. In 1874 he purchased the Love stand. He married E. Minerva, daughter of Elisha Tower. Their children are : 1, Charles E., born July 9, 1863, married Esther, daughter of Hiram E. and Wealthy Aun Lazell, born February 30, 1866, and resides in Sinclairville ; 2, Frank T., born August 29, 1866, mar- ried Kate E., daughter of Kirk Hopkins. She died March 27, 1893.

Garner Salisbury, born in Guilford, Vt., June 27, 1776, married Huldah Newton of Brattleboro, V't., came to Gerry in 1819, settled in the southwest- ern part near Miller's Corners, and was the first miller of Gerry. His child- ren were : 1, Clark ; 2, Bernice, married Walter Eaton ; 3, Sophia ; 4, Newton, born in Brattleboro, Vt., April 20, 1808, married Julia A. Wheat, April 12, 1856. Their children are Orson N., born in Gerry November, 22, 1857, married Lucy Smith, August 31, 1881, and Juliet Bernice, born in Gerry June 2, 1862. 5, Anner, married Henry Shaw ; 6, Garner ; 7, Victor P., married Almira Wolcott of Otsego county, and died at the age of 77; his son, W. L. Salisbury, married Kate Hollenbeck ; 8, Huldah, married Lorenzo Eldridge.

John Love was born January 29, 1789. He married Mary S. Ward. In 1812 he purchased the farm in Gerry settled by Amos Atkins, and erected an inn there which he kept for 30 years and for four years the hotel in Sinclair- ville. He died March 18, 1857. His father, Jolin Love, Sr., was born in Connecticut in 1769, came to Ellery to reside in February, 1811, and died in Illinois. Joy Love is the only living child of John Love, Jr. John A., son of Joy and Rosina Love, married Fanny A., daughter of Hon. Obed Edson.

John McCullongh was born in Bennington, Vt., June 8, 1788, and died in Gerry, June 17, 1874. He came to Otsego when young and was married to Cynthia St. John. In 1812 he moved to Ontario county, and in 1817 to Arkwright and to Gerry. Later he purchased a farm two miles south of Sin- clairville, which he owned many years. For 16 years he was a justice of the peace in Gerry. His children were Martin, Lucy (Mrs. Samuel Mount), Sophia (Mrs. David Strong), and Thomas, the father of Cynthia J., who married Emery Bargar, and the grandfather of J. M. C. Bargar, druggist of Sinclairville.

Jolin M. Anderson and his family were the first Swedes to settle in Sin- clairville. Mr. Anderson and his family which included his step-children, John H., Augustus, and Ida Swanson, caine to Jamestown in May, IS71, to Sin-

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clairville in 1872. John H. Swanson for 17 years was in the employment of E. F. Patterson, station agent at Sinclairville, as an express agent. He is now engaged in merchandising in Sinclairville. Many Swedes have bought farms and have become permanent residents of Gerry and are among the most industrious and respectable of its citizens. August Hanson came from Sweden about 1871 and several years after settled about a mile east of Gerry. A. M. Anderson bought a farm near Towerville and now resides there. Carl- son became a resident north of Gerry village, and John Carlson, in the employ of the D. A. V. & P. R. R., was a resident of Sinclairville in Gerry.

Sinclairville station is in the village of Sinclairville. A little more than one-third of the corporate limits of the village and much the smaller propor- tion of its population lies in Gerry.

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History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 105

Author: Edson, Obed, 1832-; Merrill, Georgia Drew, editor Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Boston, Mass. : W.A. Fergusson Number of Pages: 1068

Author: Edson, Obed, 1832-; Merrill, Georgia Drew, editor
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : W.A. Fergusson
Number of Pages: 1068