History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 111

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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The town has received during the last 25 years a valuable accession to its citizens in the immigration of a large number of Swedes, who are indus- trious, frugal and law-abiding people.

FREWSBURG .- A brilliant writer says of the village: "Frewsburg is indeed a charming village. Lying on the level bottom land of the Cone- wango valley it is flanked by sheltering hills that make for it a most delight- ful back-ground. A broad avenue bordered by over-hanging trees, leads through its' center, and back of the trees gleam the tidy dwellings of the inhabitants. And the hamlet is not without honor in the state and nation. Here dwelt, during his youth and early manhood, the Hon. Reuben E. Fen- ton, for many years congressman from this district, for two terms governor, later a United States senator and at last the United States representative to the first world's monetary conference. Here was also reared editor James Parker, one of the brightest newspaper men of his era, who, about the begin- ning of the war, made the Chautauqua Democrat of Jamestown one of the most widely quoted periodicals in the United States, and whose advice was sought at all critical times by the lawmakers both in Washington and Albany. He died while yet in the prime of life. Hon. Temple A. Parker, his youngest son, bade fair to carry the glorious record of his fathe - to still higher ends, but he was cut off at the outset of his career, dying soon after the close of his first brilliant term in the New York legislature." As far back as 1860 it was quite a business center, and in 1890 it was as large as at present, hav-

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ing three churches, one hotel, four dry goods stores, two groceries, a drug store, a hardware store, two gristmills, two stavemills, a tannery, a sled fac- tory, three wagon shops, two blacksmith shops, cabinet and cooper shops, between 400 and 500 population. In 1873 a lodge of Good Templars was organized which has done good work. The High School and its buildings both stand in the front rank of those existing in villages of this size in the state. There are three physicians : Dr. T. J. Whitney, resident here for 27 years, "a popular doctor," who has been 15 years member of the board of education and 12 years its president ; Dr. K. A. Sweet, who located here in 1889 ; Dr. A. F. Blanchard in practice here since 1890.

The oldest hotel is the "Cobb House," which, started as the " Myers House," has been conducted under various names for many years. The " Adams House " perpetuates the name of another old family. Among the business houses in 1893 were Wood, Hanson & Co's planingmill and manu- factory, the basket factory and creamery already spoken of, the gristmill of Brant & Venman, the large mercantile house of the same firm, the grocery store of J. B. Putnam, the general store of "Dodge & Hunt," Frank W. Chase's furniture and undertaking establishment, the large store of hardware, agricultural implements, etc., conducted by " Hale & Moore," and C. F. Myers' drug and jewelry store.

CHURCHES .- The Frewsburg Baptist Church was formed January 1, 1838, and of 60 members of the "First Baptist Church of Carroll" now extinct. It took its present name Sept. 20, 1842. Marchi 10, 1838, Jolin G. Curtis and Phineas Annis were chosen deacons. Until 1842 the church had no regular pastor. It was received into the Harmony Baptist Association in 1838; and in 1842, Rev. M. Colby was its first pastor. The first church clerk was Abida Dean. The Baptist Society was formed Jan. 14, 1850. The first trustees were Phineas Annis, Elias Howard, George W. Fenton, Jolın Myers, Jr., and Jacob Persell. George W. Fenton and John Myers, Jr., defrayed the most of the expense of building the present church edifice. The Congregational Church was organized with 17 members. Rev. R. Rouse was the first pastor. In 1863 they erected their house of worship. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized January 21, 1843, with Rev. Moses Hill pastor. Alexander Ross, George Bartlit and A. J. Fuller were chosen trustees. The original members as given were Edmund White, Alexan- der Ross, A. J. Fuller and wives, George Bartlit, Mis. Sybil French and Mrs. Elsie (Owen) Fenton, who retained membership until her deathi. George Bartlit was class leader for many years. In 1844 a church was erected on a lot presented by James Hall. A Swedish Mission Church was organized at Oak Hill about 1889 and has a membership of 25. Preachers from Jamestown conduct services. The Lutheran Church of Frewsburg was organized in 1878. In 1892 it had a membership of 40. The pulpit is sup-

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ied from Jamestown. The Swedish Mission Church was established at Frewsburg in 1878 with A. G. Nelson pastor. In 1892 it had 25 members.

Alvin Boyd came to Stockton in 1809, and was employed in the building of the Prendergast mills in Jamestown. He subsequently made his home in Ellery, where he died. His son, David M., a resident of Fentonville, was born December 15, 1817 ; married Mary J. Martin. Children : Susan M., Alice L., Ida O., Mary L., Lillian S. David M. Boyd enlisted in company D, ILIth Regt. Pennsylvania Vols., and is a pensioner of the war of the Rebellion.

Albert Fox is a son of Joseph S. and Olivia Fox. Joseph S. Fox, of Eng- lish ancestry, was born in Washington county, Vt., and emigrated early to Cayuga county, N. Y. ; afterwards removed to Perrysburg. He died in 1832 of cholera. Albert Fox, who was born in April, 1820, came with his mother and her family to Carroll in 1835. He was a millwright, having learned that trade of his father and brother, and followed that vocation for 30 years. In 1856 he married Lucy M. Gavit and located in Frewsburg, where he now resides. He held the office of justice of the peace for 30 years, has been supervisor and was side judge of the county. Mrs. Fox died July 24, 1874. Mr. Fox is the only survivor of a family of five children. His brothers and sisters were Charles J., Horace, Mercy and Mary.

Aaron Jones a native of Vermont came to Stockton in IS14, "took up" 100 acres on lot 41, a year after he moved to that part of the town of Carroll now Kiantone and engaged in farming. Of his family of four boys and two girls only one is a resident of the county, Ruel, who resides in Frewsburg, and has been engaged as a builder and contractor, and has erected a large number of buildings in the village. In 1848 Ruel Jones married Persia, daughter of Otis and Polly Moore and has six children.

Jonas Peterson, a native of Sweden, came to American in 1852, located in the town of Ellicott. His wife was Anna Gretta. Their children were Augustus S. and Carrie J. Augustus married Mary E., daughter of Peter and Mary Jolmson. Children : Clarence J., Clayton H., Minnie C., Alice J., Grace L., and Bessie O. September, 1861, Augustus Peterson enlisted in Co. C., 9th N. Y. S. Cavalry, and was in service until August 1, 1865, when he was discharged, having served his adopted country four years. Mr. Peter- son is a farmer in Frewsburg.

Oscar Johnson came to Jamestown from Sweden in September, 1851, and in June, 1852, went to Frewsburg where he engaged in the tailoring business.

C. Harrison Miller, son of Isaac and Patience A. Miller, was born in Rock- dale, Penn., in the forties. January 27, 1864, he married Emma L., daughter of David and Jane P. Wiltsie, and granddaughter of Stephen and Betsey (Owens) Hadley. (Stephen Hadley was one of the early settlers of Carroll,

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coming thither from Vermont ; of his children only one, Mrs. Jane P. Wiltsie, is now living in the county). Mr. Miller was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, serving in Co. I., 159th Regt. Pennsylvania militia. In 1872 he settled in Carroll on the place where he now resides and cultivates his land. He is a deacon of Frewsburg Baptist church. His children are Bertha G., (Mrs. E. J. Hale), of Ackley, Pa., and E. Lulu.

Nathan Cass purchased lots 18 and 19 in township 2, range 11, in Elli- cott in 1814, and in 1817 lot 45. " The tavern known as the Cass tavern was on the southwest corner of Main and Second streets, Jamestown, and its erection was commenced by Pliny Cass, son of Nathan, in 1817. This site was afterwards occupied by the Jamestown House." Pliny Cass came from Guildhall, Vt., married Dorothy Smith and had eight children, Emily, Judd S., Sophironia, Willard, Melissa, Elizabeth, Mary and Laura. Judd Smith Cass, son of Pliny and Dorothy (Smith) Cass, was born February 5, 1821. He married Diantha Woodward, daughter of Reuben and Sally Woodward, in 1848 and settled on Case run. He was engaged in lumbering. His death occurred at Corry, Pa., March 24, 1866. He had four children : Ada M., (Mrs. Josiah B. Eccles); Frank S., who lives on the old homestead and mar- ried Nora, daughter of Harry and Lydia S. Babcock ; Lewis, who died in infancy, and Mary M., (Mrs. Gilbert W. Eccles).

The Townsends of Carroll and Kiantone are of English descent. Rev. Jonathan Townsend was the first pastor of the Congregational church in Needham, Mass., for over 44 years. His great-grandson, John Townsend, son of William and grandson of Samuel, came to this county in 1817 and subsequently purchased a farm in Carroll where he died in 1860. He was a farmer and a lumberman. His wife was Adelia Hitchcock. Their children were John, Sarah, (Mrs. H. C. Bennett) ; Jarvis, died aged 14; Mary, (Mrs. . Jonathan Hiller) ; Martha, (Mrs. Daniel Griswold) ; Samuel, who lives on the old homestead two miles south of Frewsburg ; William, who with his brother- in-law, Daniel Griswold, owns the " Prendergast farm " in Kiantone ; Susan, died aged 20, and Delinda, died at 16.

L. F. Bunce, a farmer in Frewsburg, is a son of Perez and Abbie Bunce, and was born October 18, 1844, in Poland. He married in 1868 Ellen, daughter of Alonzo Marsh of Poland. She died in 1880, and Mr. Bunce married Frances Rhodes of Carroll. He has six children.

Henry S. Hill, son of Perry and Julia (Thayer) Hill, was born December 3, 1839. He enlisted August 6, 1861, in Co. K., 49th Regt. N. Y. S. Vols., and was with the regiment until it was mustered out June 27, 1865, in Buf- falo, when he returned to Carroll. He married Fanny, daughter of Calvin and Mary Bragg, and has one daughter, Ida A., (Mrs. Charles White). Mr. Hill is a local preacher in the church of United Brethren.

John Venman came to Frewsburg from Sweden when he was 21 years of

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age. He secured work on the D. A. V. & P. R. R. In ten months he had mastered the English language and was taking contracts. Ten years ago he engaged in the grocery business, and by honest industry he has prospered and is still prospering. He was for a number of years a member of the board of education, resigning when elected supervisor, which office lie filled with ability.

Hon. James Parker, Jr., was son of James Parker of Westfield, where he was born in 1818. He early came to Carroll where his great ability soon caused him to be placed in public office. He was a justice and supervisor for many years. He was a graphic and vigorous writer, and for nine years under his editorship he made The Chautauqua Democrat of almost national reputation. He was a presidential elector in 1860, and clerk of the House of Representatives in 1861-2-3. He married Sabra A., daughter of Luther Howard, who survives him.

SUPERVISORS .- 1826-27-28-29-30-31-32-33, James Hall; 1834-35-36-37, James Parker ; 1838, Ezbai Kidder ; 1539, James Hall; 1840, Phineas Spencer; 1841, Jediah Budlong ; 1842-43-44, Gordon Swift ; 1845, John Frew ; 1846-47-48-49-50-51-52, Reuben E. Fenton ; 1853, Edwin Eaton ; 1854. Wm. H. H. Fenton ; 1855, Charles L. Norton ; 1856-57, James Parker : 1858-59-60-61-62- 63-64, Charles L. Norton ; 1865-66-67-68-69-70-71, Win. H. H. Fenton ; 1872, Lucius M. Robert- son ; 1873, Edwin Eaton ; 1874, William Sheldon ; 1875, Albert Fox ; 1876-77, Temple A. Parker ; ISTS, Edward L. Hall ; 1879, Lucius M. Robertson ; ISSo, George G. Davis ; ISS1-82-83-84-85-86- 87,' Silas W. Parker ; ISSS-S9-90, Marcus T. Howard; 1891-92-93, John Vemnan ; 1894, C. E. Dodge.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

GEORGE W. FENTON.

George W. Fenton, son of George W. and Elsie (Owen) Fenton was born on the old Fenton homestead in Carroll then in Ellicott, February 9, 1812. This section was then an extent of forest wilderness, broken here and there at long intervals of distance by small clearings of settlers. Schools were not established here in his early youth, and when he was about 13 years old he went to reside with an uncle, William Cary, at College Hill, Olio, where he dili- gently attended school for nearly nine months, when, with the establishment of a school near his father's home, he was enabled to return thither, acquire the elements of a good comnon school education and teach school. He remained with his father until he was of age, his father furnishing him the material for lumbering in a small way so that while but a youth he ran small rafts for himself to Pittsburgh, and by practical experience became thoroughly conversant with lumbering in all departments. In the winter of 1833, while teaching in the Thayer district, he saw from the top of a high hill the valley where he resides so filled with a massive growth of white pine as (using his

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words) " to look like an old beet bed," and concluded lie would go there in the spring. He was now of age, and on visiting his prospective valley, he found a man in the possession of 150 acres of land on which he was building a sawmill. Mr. Fenton purchased one-half of this man's interest (on credit) and in a few months bought his entire claim. Marrying Mitta B., daugliter of Luther and Jemima Howard, July 3, 1834, this first location of his has been his home through life. For years he was an extensive manufacturer of lumber, purchasing large lots of land covered with the finest of pine, which was cut into lumber at his mill and rafted down the river. He has been a large landowner and an extensive farmer, acquiring success by his dil- igence, business acumen and thrift. At one time he owned one-third of 3,000 acres near Kinzua, Pa., 800 acres near Sugar Grove, and with others of the family, 10,000 acres elsewhere. His home place is now 500 acres.

Early in life Mr. Fenton was a Democrat, but on the formation of the Republican party he became a member of it and has never changed his faith. His extensive business operations prevented his acceptance of many offers of political place, but lie filled the important offices of assessor and highway commissioner for many years with conceded ability. He has been a member of the Baptist church for forty years, and with a few others built the church edifice of that denomination now occupied in Frewsburg-he and Jolin Myers, Jr., defraying the most of the expense. For nearly fifty-eight years Mr. and Mrs. Fenton lived their happy and useful lives together, raising a family of children who are now representative people of the several commu- nities where they reside, and in an unostentatious way forming constituent elements of the prosperity of the town, and here Mrs. Fenton died January 6, 1892. Their children are Thomas J., of Frewsburg ; Welthy (Mrs. George Georgi) of Jamestown ; Martin L., of Jamestown ; Ann E., (Mrs. John H. Frew) of Frewsburg ; Laura L., (Mrs. Charles Haynes) of Plainfield, N. J. ; Lucie M., (Mrs. William Prettie) of Chicago, Ill. ; Alice R., (Mrs. Edward Haynes) of Plainfield, N. J., who died November 16, 1884.

Mr. Fenton has a kindly, affectionate nature and cherishes home and friends. His winning personal magnetism has made him staunch friends all along his life's pathway. To these he is loyal, and he enjoys to an unusual degree the confidence of the better portion of the community, and the veneration of descendants who are in the first circles of society. He has ever been liberal in his contributions to public, charitable and religious objects, and no case of deserving need or suffering ever appealed to him in vain. He has been not only a prominent and leading business man, but, higher yet, a consistent christian, whose untiring zeal has been manifested in many departments of christian activity.

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KIANTONE. CHAPTER LXXXI.

K IANTONE lies upon the south border of the county. It was set off from Carroll, November 16, 1853, and its name perpetuates the memory of the Indians who occupied the village on the creek they called Kyenthono. Its surface is undulating in the east and hilly in the west. The highest summits are about 100 feet above Chautauqua lake. Conewango creek and its tributaries Stillwater and Kiantone creeks are its principal bodies of water. The soil is a gravelly clay loam. Its area is 11.456 acres. .Attracted by the beauty of the charming Kiantone region James Prendergast early articled over 1,200 acres, lots 50, 58 and 59, T. I, R. 10, and part of lot 3, T. I, R. II. Here he developed a magnificent estate and passed his last years, and here his son Alexander T. Prendergast conducted a model farm. (See page 786).

Joseph Akin from Rensselaer county came with his family in 1807 and located on lands on the Stillwater (now owned by the Russell heirs) near the west line of the town. He was the pioneer settler and was imbued with the plan of building up a town " Akinsville; " but the survey of the township into lots was not completed, and as he could not then obtain a clear title to the land, he could not sell property he did not possess. In 1814 the plan was abandoned. Laban Case however had rolled up a log tavern and a blacksmith shop. Mr. Akin built a bridge about 1814 on the Stillwater creek and the first town meeting in Ellicott in 1813 was appointed at " Josepli Akin's house at Stillwater." He was an energetic, ambitious man and possessed the characteristics of the true pioneer. Several of Mr. Akin's rela- tives located here, and the name Akin is borne by many of Kiantone's worthy citizens, one of whom is Ransom Akin.

Robert Russell accompanied his father, John, and brothers, John and Thomas, in the noted party of emigrants that brought civilization to the lower Conewango in 1800. In 1808 he, with his brother Thomas and John Frew, articled his land at Batavia (see page 201), which was lot I, situated north of the Conewango. He built the first mill on Kiantone creek, above the Indian village from which the town and stream received their name.

In the summer of 1810, Solomon Jones, from Wardsboro, Vt., came to the county, located land in Kiantone, felled timber, partly built his loghouse,

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hired Elijah Akin to complete it and returned to Vermont for his family. They arrived at Mayville the first of November, where a flatboat was engaged to transport his family and household goods down the lake. Mr. Jones and his son Ellick brought the five horses down on the east side of the lake. For two cold dreary days were Mrs. Jones and her five daughters under nine years of age, tossed on the waves with cold spray dashing over them, while part of the way the ice had to be broken to allow the passage of the boat to " The Rapids." The ground was covered with snow, over which the family wended their way to their new possessions. After a few days' stay at Joseph Akins, they moved into their yet unfinished cabin November 16, 1810. They resided in Kiantone for nearly ten years. (See Jamestown).

Jolin Jones, a son of Abraham Jones, Sr., came from Vermont with: his son Levi, and settled on lot 2 in Kiantone in 1814. In 1815, Benjamin, son of John, moved from Vermont and settled on the same lot.

William Sears, a native of Wardsboro, Vt., emigrated to this county in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he purchased lot 11, on which the village of Kiantone is built. This village was at one time called Sears. Mr. Sears erected what was probably the first inn in Kiantone. He subsequently built another tavern on this farm, and here he resided until his death. He mar- ried Ruby, the oldest daughter of Ebenezer Cheney.

Ebenezer Cheney was a native of Orange, Massachusetts. "The Cheney genealogy is traced from England to Roxbury (Boston Highlands) Massa- chusetts, and from there to Newburyport, some of the family being there as early as 1680." Mr. Cheney removed to this county and settled on part of lot 12, T. I, R. 11 ; his deed bears date November 12, 1812. He resided for . a short time in Jamestown from 1817, but returned to his farm in Kiantone, where he died in 1828, aged 67 years. His children were, Nelson, Ruby, Mary, Abigail, Maria, Anna, the wife of Judge Elial T. Foote, Levi and Seth. Seth is the youngest son, and married Cynthia, daughter of Benjamin Jones, who was a man of moral worth and integrity, and early and active in the cause of temperance.

Jasper Marsh, a native of Massachusetts, came in 1811, settled on lot 28, T. I, R. 11, near Joseph Akin's on Stillwater creek. He was a farmer and a mechanic. He supplied many of the early: settlers with large spinning- wheels, reels, common chairs, hay-rakes, fork-handles, and most other wooden articles turned in a lathe. His wares were generally stamped "J. Marsh " with a hot iron. He was a Revolutionary soldier and present at the sur- render of Burgoyne, and received a pension for his Revolutionary services.

Ebenezer Davis, accompanied by his brother Emri, came from Wardsboro, Vt., in 1812 and settled on or near the Stillwater creek in Kiantone. He married Lydia, a daughter of Win. Hall. He was the first town clerk of . Ellicott, which then included Carroll and Kiantone. "At the first revival in

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1818 commenced under the preaching of Elder Davis, Baptist, Ebenezer Davis was the first person baptized in Stillwater, at Akin's bridge. He died Jan. 9, 1846, aged 66. The land book shows Mr. Davis as an original pur- chaser by article only of the south part of lot 37, T. I, R. 10, in May, 1814. The assessment roll of Pomfret, however, has the name of Ebenezer Davis on the east part of lot 28, T. I, R. II, now in the west part of Kiantone, a short distance south of Stillwater creek. Mr. Davis's children are said to have possessed much musical ability.

Elijah Braley, a native of Wardsborough, Vermont, emigrated to Chau- tauqua county in 1811, and purchased in June, lot 10, township 1, range 2 of about 150 acres of wild land in Kiantone. Here he cleared and cultivated his land and made a home. His first wife was Lucinda Sears. Their child- . ren were Franklin, Jane and Lucinda. Mr. Braley married second, Electa Strong of Gerry. Their children were Jason, John, Orrin and Horace. Orrin is the only one now living. He is a farmer.

James Hall, son of William and Abagail (Pease) Hall of Wardsboro, Vt., · emigrated to Chautauqua county in the spring of 1812. Dr. Hazeltine says : " He took up lands in that part of the town of Ellicott now known as Kian- tone, about a mile west from Kiantone village, and there resided until his death in 1846. James Hall served in various town offices of Ellicott until Carroll was set off, then as supervisor of Carroll until he refused to serve longer. In 1833 he was elected member of assembly. The known Whig majority was about 2,000; nevertheless, James Hall, Democrat, was elected by 1,700. He was a member of the Congregational church. His first wife was Mary, second daughter of Ebenezer Cheney. Their children were Aba- gail, Lewis and Elial. Mr. Hall married second, Abagail Cheney ; his third wife was Maria Cheney. Children, Erie, Mary and James. James enlisted in the civil war and fell at Malvern Hill. The post of Sons of Veterans in Jamestown was named for him. Samuel Hall, oldest brother of James, came here in 1814, took up land on the Stillwater, on what is now the dividing line between Busti and Kiantone. Here he made his home and here died in 1859. His son, Chapin Hall, was born in Ellicott in 1816. John A. Hall was another son.

Capt. William Martin, son of Aaron Martin of Busti, was born at Clav- erack, Columbia county, Nov. 7, 1789. He came to Busti with his father in 1811 and with his brother Isaac took up lot 23, T. I, R. 11, in Kiantone, where he lived most his life afterward and where he died. In 1828 he went back to Busti to care for his father's family and remained till about 1847, when he returned to his Kiantone place. It is now owned and occupied by his grandson, Alonzo J. Martin. He was in the war of 1812, served as ensign in the company of Lieut. Win. Forbes in 1813. He was taken prisoner on the road from Black Rock to Buffalo, on the day of the burning of Buffalo

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and carried to Montreal and kept until May 14, 1814. He was called ont again in the fall. He received a commission as captain in the militia two years later. He was a Universalist from early life and a rigorous temperance man and would have no whiskey used among his workmen in farm work, even when it was the almost universal custom. He married Roxy Pier of Busti in 1815. Their children were Isaac, Abram, born Oct. 12, 1818, mar- ried Mar, E., daughter of Eliphalet Burnham of Pomfret, Feb. 4, 1845. [The Burnhams were descended from Thomas Burnham, a lawyer, who settled in Hartford, Conn., in 1635. Eliphalet Burnham was born in East Hartford, Conn., in 1779, settled in Pomfret on lot 6, township 5, in 1805, on the place now owned and occupied by Lyvenus Ellis., His children by his second wife, Belvidera Carter of Buckland, Mass., were Sarah B., (dec.) John C., a resident of Arkwright, Mary Eliza, who married Abram Martin, Levi W., (dec.) William B., Lydia H., Emily, George W., (dec.) Tertius C., (dec). Mr. Burnham in 1834 bought the papermill at Laona, subsequently sold the the mill, went to Pennsylvania, where he died September 27, 1863. Mr. Burnham was a public-spirited man and very generous and his house was the free abiding place of a large number of the early settlers and their fami- lies while they were getting their own houses ready for nse. He was a very earnest member of the Baptist church, first at Fredonia and then at Laona. He was a Whig in politics and an abolitionist. Mr. Burnham's second wife was a daughter of Elijah Carter, who settled in Charlotte in 1817. She was an " inveterate worker " and a pattern of neatness. She was a very superior woman intellectually and kept up her interest in everything until her death, August 27, 1882, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Martin in Kian- tone, aged nearly 90.] Lorenzo, A. Dewey, Sally A., James D., Lois A., George L., married Jane Smiley of Busti, lives in Ellicott, Elvira A. Capt. William Martin died Sept. 13, 1875, and his wife in March, 1883.

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History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 111

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