USA > New York > Chautauqua County > History of Chautauqua County, New York > Part 113
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115
954
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
Lorenzo Buck came from Saxe-Coburg, Germany, to America, and about 1846 or 1847 came to Mina, bought a farm near Mina Corners, and cultivated his fields and worked at his trade, coopering. He was a thrifty and industri- ous man, and assisted with his means in building the church edifice of his faith in Mina, and he and his wife, Margaret, were of the original members. Mr. Buck was one of the deacons. Mr. and Mrs. Buck died at Mina Corners. They had six children, of whom George was a soldier. He enlisted August 20, 1862, in Co. A., 16th Pa., Cav., and was with the army of the Potomac. He was discharged in 1863 for disability, and is a pensioner of the civil war. In 1855 George Buck married Elizabeth Pechtel, and settled on his farm, lot 37, near the center of the town. He has hield the office of assessor for ten years. Of his children, Philip and Louisa survive. The latter the wife of a clergyman.
Philip Phifer was born in Keszlau, in Saxony, Germany, April 25, 1825. His father, Jacob, died in 1835, and the widow married Godlieb Gutsael, a potter. Philip worked in his pottery, making all kinds of earthen ware, and at farming, until he was 20 years old, and had a hard life, as his step- father was a stern, quick-tempered man, and a hard master. In the spring of 1847, in company with Lorenzo Bock and his family of four boys and two girls (one of whom, Margaret, Philip married) he started for America. The very day he went on the ship, circulars were issued by the government describing him and officers began search for him. Had he been apprehended he would have been forced to serve seven years in the army. Soldiers then received four cents a day and rations. The little company arrived at New York safely, but understanding no English they were given tickets to Albany by boat, when they had paid to go by rail. Mr. Phifer found on landing at New York that he possessed just one dollar, but was happy, for he was in a free country. From Albany they came to Buffalo on a canal boat, and there took steamer for Barcelona. Here they mnet a land agent named Lodge, who spoke German. He told them of the advantages of Mina, and Mr. Bock (Buck), his sons, John, Lorenzo, George and Nicholas, and Mr. Phifer, pro- ceeded on foot to Mina Corners, leaving the female portion of the company at Westfield until they had decided where to make their home. All of them, however, established themselves for the winter in one of Isaac Relf's houses. In the spring of 1848 Mr. Bock bought land half a mile south of Mina Cor- ners, and in addition to farming worked at coopering. Mr. Phifer hired out to Isaac Relf for $to a month, " and board himself," to work in an ashery. Here he labored nearly three years, then he moved to Ripley and worked for Jolin Dinsmore one year on a farm. He then bought a farmi of 60 acres in Mina, where he moved his family (wife and three children), and labored hard to support them and clear up his farm. Eight of his children attained maturity and married, three died in infancy, one, Mary E., died December 8,
955
MINA.
ISSS, aged 23. The oldest daughter, Margaret, (a widow) lives at West Mill Creek, Pa., and the next daughter, Sarah, married Rev. Jacob Weber, pastor of a church in Brooklyn, N. Y. Two boys, John, a carriage maker, and Fred, a carpenter, settled in Wisconsin. Two others of the children, George and Eliza, live in North Dakota, and have thriving families. Another son, Amos, is, 1893, bookkeeper at the Edmunds creamery in Sherman. The youngest son, Frank, now over thirty years old, married Florence A. Jones, of Green- field, Pa., December 22, 1891, and is living on the homestead of his father in Mina.
Adam Himelein, another of the Dutch emigrants whose frugality, hon- esty and perseverance add to the prosperity of the community where they build their homes, located here and purchased land on lots 35 and 43. He and his wife were among the first members of the American Reformed Church (Dutch) formed in 1856. His descendants are among the worthy citizens of the town.
The Skellie families of Mina are descendants of the old Scotch family. Their ancestor emigrated from Scotland about 1774. The oldest of the family now living west of Findley's lake is John H. Skellie who was born in 1816. He has been in town offices, has served as assessor. He has three children. He is a farmer and resides on lot 49. William Skellie, his brother, was born in 1818. His son Alexander I., is secretary of the Skellie Reunion which has been established 12 years, and meets in September of each year, and has 80 members. Ebenezer Skellie was a soldier in the civil war. I quote from Chaplain Hyde's History of the 112th Regiment N. Y. Volun- teers, Company D. : "Ebenezer Skellie, Mina, promoted Corporal, October 27, 1863 ; Color Guard, March, 1864 ; wounded in battle New Market Heights, September 29, 1864; leg amputated ; mentioned with commendation by General Butler for gallantry ; discharged from hospital, May, 1865; at close of service recommended for promotion to 2d Lieutenant." He was supervi- sor of Mina in 1876 and 1877. He is a farmer on lot 51. William R. Skel- lie was also in the war, wounded in battle October 27, 1864. Henry C. Skellie another member of this large family is by trade a painter. Job Skel- lie lived about a mile from the lake on lot 60. John and Alexander Skellie were original members of the Methodist church of West Mina.
Dana P. Horton, son of Charles D. and Charlotte Shepardson Horton, for many years a resident and prominent citizen of Mina, was born in Gerry. He settled first in French Creek, where he was supervisor two years, and later in Mina, where he has held the same office ten years, and is now serving a term of two years. He has been member of assembly three terms, during which he was a member of the special committee appointed to escort the body of Gen. U. S. Grant from Albany to New York, and its final resting place at Riverside Park. Mr. Horton enlisted in the U. S. military service
956
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
in 1862, and was mustered out in 1865. He served in the Army of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg, then went with " Fighting Joe " Hooker to the south of Tennessee under commission of lieutenant, and at the historic engagement of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge was promoted to captain in the 154th N. Y. Vols. He is a Republican, a farmer and a Baptist.
Edward L. Bailey of Findley's Lake was born in Martinsburg, N. Y., in 1839. He was educated at Lowville Academy and read law nearly three years in the office of the district attorney of Lewis county, at Martinsburg, in 1859, 1860 and 1861. He then removed with his parents to Ellington in May, 1861 and, before applying for admission to the bar, entered the army in the Ist N. Y. Light Artillery and served nearly four years. After this ser- vice he read law for three years and was admitted to the bar in 1879 and has since practiced in Chautauqua county.
The first regular religious meetings were those of the Dutch Reformed church in 1826. Rev. Mr. Bradley was the clergyman, and the meetings were held in the barn of Benjamin Hazen. Findley's Lake Church (United 'Brethren) was founded in 1855 by Rev. J. W. Clark, who became pastor. The society built a church in 1862. The American Reformed Church at Mina Corners was formed December 19, 1856, with 44 members, by Rev. J. WV. Dunewald. Lorenzo Buck, George Hammer, Adam Himelein, J. G. Bar- ringer, Adam Merket, their wives and Margaret B. Phifer were of the origi- nal members. By 1859 a tasteful church had been built at a cost of $1,400. The Methodist Episcopal Church at the Corners was formed May 18, 1858. A. D. Holdridge, William Baker and Nahum N. Grimes were chosen trus- tees. Thomas R. Coveny, Daniel Fritz and wife, Alexander D. Holdridge and wife, Daniel Declow and wife, William Baker, Charity Chase, Lucy and Melissa Holdridge, Jane Tryon, Lucinda Relf, Betsey Baker were of the first members. Rev. Orville L. Mead was the first pastor. The M. E. Church, West Mina, formed about the same time, had among its first members John and Alexander Skellie, Urial and Azan Fenton, Henry F. and James F. Moore. Rev. R. C. Chapman was the first pastor. A church seating 300 was built in 1859.
SUPERVISORS. - 1824-25-26-27, Nathaniel Throop ; 1828, Roger Haskell ; 1829, Nathaniel Throop ; 1830-31, Gtis Skinner ; 1832, Elias E. D. Wood ; 1833, Joshua La Due ; 1834-35-36-37, Joseph Palmer : 1838, David Declow ; 1839-40-41-42, Valorous Lake ; 1843, Jesse B. Moore ; 1844, David Declow ; 1845, William Putnam ; 1846-47-48, Gideon Barlow ; 1849, Cyrus Underwood ; 1850, Luke Grover ; 1851, Edward Buss : 1852, Gideon Barlow ; 1853, Alexander Eddy ; 1854, Ora B. Pelton ; 1855, George Ross; 1856-57, Luke Grover; 1858, Edward Buss; 1859, David Declow ; 1860-61, George Relf; 1862, Thomas R. Coveny ; 1863, Edward Buss, 1864-65, George Relf : 1866, Franklin Declow ; 1867, George Relf ; 1868, Thomas R. Coveny ; 1569-70, Henry Q. Ames; 1871, Franklin Declow: 1872, George Relf; 1873-74-75, John E. Ottaway ; 1876-77, Ebe- nezer Skellie ; 1878-79-So-81-82, Dana P. Horton ; 1883, John E. Ottaway : 1884, Dana P. Horton ; 1885, John E. Ottaway ; 1886, Dana P. Horton ; 1887, Samuel Barringer ; ISSS-S9-90, William A. Knowlton ; 1891, Dana P. Horton ; 1892-93, Alfred M. Douglass ; 1894, Dana P. Horton.
.
957
SHERMAN.
SHERMAN.
BY C. E. SHELDON.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
5 HERMAN is included in township 2, range 13, of the Holland survey, and contains 36 square miles. Its surface is rolling, with very little level land except in the valley of French Creek, which rises in its eastern part. The soil is mostly loam with a subsoil of hard pan.
Early town records were destroyed by fire, and for much contained in this article the writer is indebted to papers written by Hiram N. Gleason, one of the first settlers, published in the Western New Yorker in 1854. A copy of these articles was found among the papers of the late Judge E. T. Foote, and through the kindness of his son, Horace A. Foote of New York, I was enabled to secure them. The first settler in the present town of Sher- man, was Dearing Dorman upon lot 32 in 1823. He built a log shanty and with his wife settled down to housekeeping in the wilderness. This house was located near where the town line creamery building now stands, west of the Hustis schoolhouse. Here was born November 28, 1823, the first white
child of the town, Archibald Dorman, now a resident. In 1823 Har- vey W. Goff built a shanty on lot 22. These are believed to have been then the only residents, and when it is remembered that two families only occu- pied 36 square miles of solid woods, it will be seen that there was but little trouble among the neighbors. In the spring of 1824 Alanson Weed erected a log house on lot 31, and moved his family from Ellery. In the summer of 1824 Otis Skinner built and moved into a shanty on lot 24. Jonathan R. Reynolds built a log house on lot 32 in the fall of 1824 and occupied it with his father's family. The two families in 1823 had thus increased to five in 1824, and Sherman (to be) was becoming a " thickly settled" region. In addition to these, several young men, among them, Lester R. Dewey and Hiram N. Gleason, were at work felling the timber and preparing to build a log house 20x24 feet. In the spring-of 1825 Mr. Gleason returned from a visit to Connecticut with his newly-wedded wife, and about the same time, Mr. Dewey was married to Fannie Patterson. This was the first marriage in town and the ceremony was performed by Otis Skinner, Esq., who had been previously elected a justice of the peace in Clymer, of which Sherman was at one time a part.
958
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
The condition of the settlers at this time can hardly be imagined by this generation, and as the years go by the story will seem more and still more improbable. "There was not an open road in town ; not an acre of turf ; not a sawmill within many miles; and the gristmill was still more remote." There was a handmill in the neighborhood of Chautauqua owned by Mr. Wing, where some of the people went to have their corn cracked, not ground. The lumber for the first honses was hauled through the woods from Mayville, where it had been rafted from the southern part of the lake, which was the fortunate possesor of a sawmill. Settlers who could not afford, or were unable to obtain lumbe , used ehn bark for roofing their buildings, or made troughs of split basswood logs, and by placing two side by side and a third bottom side up over the two, made a water-tight, though not wind and snow proof covering. The buildings, being surrounded by solid forest, were not troubled much with wind, and by means of "clay mortar " all the larger holes in the log buildings were easily stopped, and with the large fire-places and plenty of fuel there was little trouble from cold, even in the most inclement weather.
In the spring of 1825 quite a number of new buildings were erected and occupied by permanent settlers. In October Charles Hawley arrived with his family from Farmington, Ct., and located on lot 29 in a shanty. His daughter, Clarissa, the wife of C. R. Spicer, now a resident of the village of Sherman, remembers well the trip from the east to their new " home." They came by canal from Albany to Buffalo, and her sixth birthday (October 8, 1825), was celebrated on the canal boat. Charles Hawley, Jr., the only other surviving member of the family, also lives in this village. It is said that the Elder Mr. and Mrs. Hawley lived three months in their home in the woods, during which time Mrs. Hawley never saw the face of one of her sex. And when it was reported that the family of another settler was on the way to his " claim " south of the Hawley place, she stood out of doors nearly half a day to catch a glimpse of the new faces, and when she saw them she wept tears of joy. In the summer of 1825 Alanson Weed built the first sawmill in town on the site afterwards the Dewey place. In August, Jesse Newell and Joshua Ladue built log houses on lot 34 and moved in their families in March, 1826. In the summer of 1826, William Williams built a small frame house on lot 39, and Elisha Woodruff on lot 38. These were the first frame houses in town, and were thought to be quite pretentious dwellings. Mr. Williams moved his family here in May, 1827, from Connecticut. Mrs. Henry W. Sperry, the only surviving member of the family, is a resident of the village.
The first building, a shanty, on the site of the village of Sherman, was erected by Hiram Northway in 1826, on the west side of the small stream running south through the village. The first sermon preached in town was
·
959
SHERMAN.
in the summer of 1826, by Rev. Orange Spencer, a Baptist clergyman, in the house of J. R. Reynolds. The next winter Rev. T. Grinnell, a Free Will Baptist, preached in the same honse. By this time there was quite a settle- ment within a radius of a few miles. Roads had been cut through the town in several directions, which were quite passable when the ground was frozen and the roots and logs were covered with snow. "Sleighirides" were fre- quently indulged in, the company going with ox team and sled to visit the " neighbors " several miles away.
In 1827 settlers increased very rapidly, and invitations to help raise a log house sometimes came several times in a week. But though there was a large immigration, the inducements for settling here were not attractive. The privations and hardships endured by the early settlers seem like a romance of the most doubtful kind. A little grain, a few potatoes and the product of a cow, were the greater part of the subsistence of many a family for months at a time. Fortunately there was plenty of grain, while the streams were full of fish, and it was not a hard task for a good hunter and even a common fisherman, to obtain a liberal supply of venison and brook trout, to add to the bill of fare. As an illustration of the actual condition of the early inhabitants, it is reported upon good authority that Mr. Dorman (the first settler) was forced to dig potatoes which he had just planted, as he had nothing but corn meal in the house, and his wife was sick and unable to eat corn bread. There was no money in circulation, and the only thing pro- duced which would bring cash was black salts. These were taken to West- field or Barcelona, where they could be sold for money, which was used mostly in paying taxes, and for the very few articles which must be pur- chased for the family.
The first blacksmith shop was built by Mr. Pelton, and Joel Hill soon after erected another near Center Sherman. Spencer & Skeels built a saw- mill on French creek, in 1827 or 1828, and soon after put in a pair of mill- stones and a bolt to grind the grain raised in the vicinity. About this time Josiah Keeler opened a small store in the house of Asahel Hall, and soon erected a store-building and an ashery. In 1825 a school district was formed of territory in two towns, Chautauqua and Sherman, and a school established in or near the present Hustis district. Otis Skinner, it is believed, taught the first school in his own house in the winter of 1828-9. Soon afterwards several schools were established.
UNION SEPULCHRAL SOCIETY .- " The Union Sepulchral Society of Sher- man and Chautauqua " was organized February 4, 1836. July 1, 1836, Alanson Weed and Polly, his wife, conveyed by deed to the trustees of said society, 98 square rods of land, being the northeast corner of the present ceni- etery. A few burials had taken place upon the land before the purchase. In 1848, (April 8) Lester R. Dewey and Fannie, his wife, conveyed 123 6-10
960
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
rods to the society. In 1860 Mr. Dewey sold another piece, and in 1861 Joseph Skinner a small strip. Other pieces have been since added, as the necessities demanded, and during the past few years the work of improvement has been carried on quite extensively, and the cemetery is now in a very fair condition, and occupies one of the best locations for the purpose in the county.
POLITICAL HISTORY .- Sherman was set off from Mina in 1832. On the first Tuesday of March, 1833, the first townmeeting was held at the house of Asahel Hall, at which, Otis Skinner was elected supervisor and Osmond Hall, town clerk. Since that time the supervisors have been : B. H. Kip, 1834; Otis Skinner, 1835; Loren Park, 1836-7; Otis Skinner, 1838; Platt S. Osborn, 1839 ; Lucius Cook, 1840-1-2 ; George Hart, 1843 ; Platt S. Osborn, 1844-5 ; Jolm P. Hall, 1846-7 ; B. H. Kip, 1848-9 ; Lester R. Dewey, 1850; Loren Park, 1851 ; Lewis Sperry, 1852-3 ; B. J. Coffin, 1854; Loren Park, 1855; William Green, 1856-7 ; Miles J. Clark, 1858-9; Henry Bliss, 1860-1 ; Henry W. Sperry, 1862-3-4-5 ; Sylvenus H. Myrick, 1866; Henry Sheldon, 1867 ; Henry W. Sperry, 1868; Alfred W. Benson, 1869; John T. Green, · 1870-1-2 ; Virgil A. Fenner, 1873; John T. Green, 1874; Jerome J. Dean, 1875-6; Enoch Sperry, 1877-8; Albert B. Sheldon, 1879-80-1 ; Charles H. Corbett, 1882-3 ; Enoch Sperry, 1884 ; Benjamin J. Coffin, 1885-6-7-8-9-90-1 ; Edgar O. Buss, 1892 ; Morris L. Edmunds, 1893-4. Present officers : Morris 1. Edmunds, supervisor ; Thomas J. Newell, 2d, clerk ; Benjamin J. Coffin, Henry Q. Ames*, William H. Hubbard, Charles E. Sheldon, justices of the peace ; (Clement J. Losee, justice elect); John C. Page, Charles Hill, Frank- lin Dutton, assessors.
August, 1865, a flood did great damage in the town. Two dams above and the one at the village went out, together with nearly every bridge in the town. August 24, 1892, the most destructive flood the town has ever seen, swept through the place. A very heavy fall of water in a few hours, east of the village, caused a rapid rise in all the streams running into French creek. In the evening the flood struck the village. The dam and iron bridge soon went, an ice house belonging to E. N. Myrick was also taken, while the planing and sawmill of John Fawcett was nearly demolished. This flood took every bridge (including the iron railroad bridge) from the head of French creek to the point where it flows into Mina, except an iron one at Center Sherman. The loss to roads and bridges alone, according to the statement of Frank L. Cornish, under whose supervision as highway commissioner the repairs were made, was over $5,000. It is probable that the loss to individ- uals was nearly as much more.
SHERMAN VILLAGE .- In May, 1832, Benjamin H. Kip, Otis and Elijah Miller, purchased the millsite and land where the village stands. They also
*Mr. Ames was born in 129 in Cameron, Steuben county. He went to Charlotte in 1935, moved to Mina in ne, came to Sherman in December, 172, and served as school commissioner in 1973, 1974 and 1975. He died. September 11, But.
961
SHERMAN.
erected a sawmill, and in 1833 a carding and cloth-dressing mill. Otis Miller built a blacksmith shop in 1833, on the site of C. J. Palmer's shop. He also built a tannery on the land back of the present photograph gallery. These three men being the founders of the village, it was named for them,-for a time called " Millerville," and afterwards, (and within the recollection of the writer), " Kipville." Just why and when it was changed to Sherman, I am unable to state. In 1838 Mr. Kip and Elijah Miller erected a gristmill, which was well patronized by the inhabitants of this and surrounding towns.
These men were all of sterling character, and enjoyed the confidence of the people in a large degree. They were all deeply imbued with the idea that morality and christian character are the true foundations of every good enterprise, and to their example and their influence upon those who followed them, may be attributed in no small degree the sobriety and morality which have characterized the inhabitants of the village, even down to the present time. All of them have long since passed away.
This " composition," published in the Chautauqua News a few years ago, is deemed worthy of insertion here. It was written by F. R. Case, one of the 35 pupils mentioned. It is dated July 13, 1839, and is entitled " A Descrip- tion of Sherman Village and its Inhabitants :"
Sherman village is a small place situated in the town of the same name and on the waters of French creek, and contains 12 families, numbering 63 persons old and young. The names of the heads of said families are, viz. : Benj. H. Kip, Elijah Miller, Otis Miller, James Barker, George Vaness, Lucius Cook, George Hart, Kiler Dean, Alanson Patterson, Pitts Simmons, Hiram A. Case and Dr. Thomas Green. Miller and Kip own nearly all the land surrounding the village, and also the carding machine and cloth dressing establishment, gristmill and saw- mill. Otis Miller and Kiler Dean carry on the tannery and shoemaking business. James Bar- ker keeps a small grocery store. Lucius Cook carries on blacksmithing, having lately traded a farm in the west part of the town for Joel Hill's shop, dwelling house and lot ; he is also justice of the peace and supervisor. George Hart runs the carding and cloth dressing machinery for Miller & Kip. George Vaness works at cabinet and carpenter and joiner work. Hiram A. Case runs the gristmill. Thomas Green is a practicing physician. Alanson Patterson and Pitts Simmons are men of all work in the sawmill, farm work, etc., for Kip & Miller. The village school has about 35 scholars. The teacher is Miss Susan Aldridge, this summer ; this is her second term here. The trustees pay her for teaching $2 per week and she boards around. The Methodist is the only church organization in the place ; preaching every two weeks in the schoolhouse, also Sunday school every Sunday at 9 o'clock in the morning. Otis Miller is the superintendent. The cleared fields around the village look new and rough and are thickly cov- ered with stumps, but undoubtedly the place will grow and improve a good deal in the future, as I hear of a number of parties contracting for lots and preparing to build on the same, soon. I think and believe Sherman will some day grow into a quite a respe table village.
Probably not one of the persons mentioned in the above is now alive, though in 1889 Mr. Case was living at Corydon, Pa., and Lucius Cook at Silver Creek in his goth year.
SOME BUSINESS INTERESTS .- (Contributed). Situated in the center of an extremely fertile agricultural and dairying country, the village possesses the elements of comfortable and moderate wealth, and is a prosperous community.
962
HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y.
It has more brick business blocks than any other place of its size of the county. "Since a time when the memory of man runneth not back, no liquor has been sold here." Sherman Union School is most invitingly situ- ated in the midst of tall, stately maples, in a most picturesque part of the village. Seven instructors are employed. The "State Bank of Sherman " numbers among its officers and directors many of the solid men and capital- ists of the county, and is so conducted that the people justly feel confidence in its management and stability. The officers are : A. J. Dean, president ; C. H. Corbett, vice-president ; H. F. Young, cashier, and E. C. Green, assist- ant cashier. Among the directors are : C. H. Corbett, M. L. Lawrence, W. H. Hart, Frank L. Cornish, B. J. Coffin, H. F. Young, and Allen J. Dean, Sherman ; J. A. Slotboom, Clymer ; J. E. Ottoway, Mina; C. M. Dow, Jamestown.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.