History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 98

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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In 1811 Heman Bush settled on lot 60, T. I, R. 11. At an early date he built the first hotel in Busti on his lot at Frank settlement about 34 of a mile north of the village. He built Busti's first store and ashery on this lot. Mr. Bush also built the first sawmill in Busti. It was located 14 of a mile south of the village, on the bank of Stillwater creek, also a gristmill near by on the same creek. Mr. Bush's property, lot 60, has always remained with some of liis family. In 1831 John Campbell married Mr. Bush's third daughter and is now living in what was once Bush's hotel. He is over 90 years old and is one of the town's monuments of honesty. O. J. Stoddard married Mr. Campbell's oldest daughter and is living at the old homestead caring for Mr. Campbell in his old age. Another gristmill was built by Francis Soule and still later was rebuilt, and is now owned by Mark Jones & Sons, and is doing a lively business. About 1830 Samuel Chappell and James Sartwell started a clock factory where a little later Heman Bush erected his gristmill.

Frank settlement is located one mile north of Busti corners on Palmeter creek. It takes its name from Jolin Frank, Jr., who, April 12, 1812, settled on lot 61, T. I, R. 11. Mr. Frank at once built a log house, and tannery after the fashion of those days. He then went back to Herkimer his native place and married Betsy Devendorf taking their wedding trip in a wagon back to Busti. They came through Buffalo at the time of its burning by the British. As the place became more settled Mr. Frank built a dam across Palineter creek, dug a race and built another tannery nsing water power to grind bark and do other work. He also built a two-story building for a shoe and finishing leather shop. At one time there were eight Frank families living at this place. Mr. Frank had three sons and four daughters. The oldest son was killed in his youth by the falling of a well pole. His other sons, Abram and Perry, lived near their father and helped to carry on his business. In 1844 John Frank built for himself a nice dwelling house. Some years later lie built another and larger tannery, which was burned in 1860. Abram Frank built a last factory in 1852 and used the water from the race. It was burned a few years later. Jolin Frank employed a good many men and was one of Busti's most prominent business men. He was one who loved to help young men, and at an early day he set up Alonzo. Kent in the dry goods business in Jamestown.

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The first blacksmith was Patrick Campbell at Frank's tannery ; Chipman and Fargo subsequently opened a shop near him, which was afterwards removed some rods south, where they put in a trip hammer where they manu- factured edge-tools. Afterwards it was used by Samuel Darling for a black- smith shop. In May, 1811, Jedediah Chapin on lot 4; October, ISII, Nathaniel Fenner on lot 15; February, 1812, Joseph Phillips on lot II ; March, 1812, Anthony Fenner on lot 6; March, 1812, Thomas Fenner on lot 15; April, 1812, Theron Plumb on lot 7; August, IS12, Barnabas Wellman, Jr., on lot 38; August, 1812, Reuben Landon on lot 7 ; May, 1814, Arba Blodgett on lot 25; May, 1814, Elisha Devereaux on lot I. Mr. Devereaux built a sawmill on the banks of the Stillwater on lot 1, R. 12, which was used until it was worn out.

July, 1814, Asa Smith on lot 2 ; October, 1814, William Bullock on lot 17; Nehemiah Mead was a settler in the central part of the town on lot 21 ; William Robbins on lot 29; David Palmeter on lot 14 in 1814; April, 1815, Peter Frank on lots 5 and 6; June, 1815, Josiah Thompson on lot 28; June, 1815, Cyrenus Blodgett on lot 33 ; June, 1815, Ford Wellman on lot 47 ; April, 1816, Harras Terry on lot _63 ; Daniel Hazeltine settled early on lot 3; Clark Smith in 1816 on lot 2; September, 1817, Nicholas Sherman on lot 16. After Mr. Sherman's death his farm went to his son Daniel Sherman who was another of Busti's best farmers. He took great interest in agriculture. He was several times elected vice-president of the Chautauqua County Agricultural Society and in 1883 was elected president of that society. Sept- ember, 1817, Lyman Crane on lot 8; October, 1818, Samuel Hart on lot 8; Stephen A. Douglass was an early settler on lot 15 in the north part of township 1; James Cale in IS18 on lot 7; September, 1822, Ransom Curtis on lot 39; November, 1822, Jared Farman on lot 34 ; November, 1822, Peleg Trask on lot 17; June, 1823, Joseph Taylor on lot 39 ; October, 1823, Ethan Allen on lot 45; October, 1823, Silas C. Carpenter on lot 54; October, 1823, Isaac Foster on lot 29; Arthur P. Nichols settled in the southwest part of township 1, on lot 44; Hiram L. Barton about 1823 01 lot 34 ; February, 1824, Jolin Badgley on lot 43.

Busti hield its first town meeting March 2, 1824. Daniel Sherman was the first supervisor. He was elected to that office in 1824-25-26-27-28-33 ; Emery Davis in 1829-30-31-32-34-35-40-47-61-62 ; Pardon Hazeltine, 1836-39 ; Henry C. Sherman, 1841-42-44-45 ; Dr. Stephen J. Brown, 1846; Lorenzo Mathews, 1843-48-50-53 ; Theron Palmeter, 1851-52-54 ; John B. Babcock, 1855 ; Emery Davis, Jr., 1856-57-58; John A. Hall, 1859-60-71 ; Win. B. Martin, 1866-67 ; Harmon G. Mitchell, 1869-70; Alonzo C. Pickard, 1873-74-75 ; Jerome Babcock, 1876-77-78-88-89 ; Barber Babcock, 1879-So; Jacob B. Foster, 1881-82; Fred A. Bentley, 1883-84-85 ; Warren Frank, 1886-87 ; Win. Northrup, 1890-91-92-93-94.

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July, 1824, Elijah B. Burt on lot 37 ; October, 1824, Barnabas Wellman on lot 31 ; John Kent, November, 1824, on lot 30 ; December, 1824, Samuel Darling on lot 35 ; January, 1825, John Buck, Jr., on lot 20 ; February, 1825, Xavier Abbott on lot 10 ; March, 1825, Jairus Buck on lot 10; June, 1825, David Hatch on lot 17 ; August, 1825, William Nichols on lot 38 ; August, 1825, George Martin on lot 13; November, 1826, Benjamin A. Slayton on lot 43 ; September, 1827, Alexander Young on lot 24. At his death the farm went to his son, Ira Young. Mr. Young was a thoroughly practical farmer. His entire farm was like a garden, and everything upon it, from the horse to a chicken, was the best of its kind. He often brought home first prizes from the state fair and placed them to his town's credit. W. Seabury on lot 33 ; Jeremiah Wooden on the north part of lot 41. In the north part of township 1, range 12, Jonathan Palmer was an early settler on land previously owned by Reuben Landon. Obed Chase on lot 24 ; Joseph Sher- man on lot 32, on land previously owned by John Deming ; Benjamin Cook in 1831, on lot 40; Jolin Stow early on lot 17; Mr. Wemple on lot 47 ; Hiram E. Knapp on the Palmer Phillips purchase, on lot 11 ; John Gill on lot 3 ; Levi Jones on lot 12 ; Zenas K. Fox on lot 11 ; Amariah Carrier on lot 15 ; Aaron Bush was early on lot 53 near the center ; Lorenzo Mathews on lot 5, removed to lot 62, range 11. Zadoc Root on lot 47, Ephraim Wilcox on lot 63, Solomon Hastings on lot 38, Harlow Mitchell on lot 55, David Boyd on the Martin Boyd place were all in the northeast part of the town. In township 2, range 12, Gideon Gifford was early on lots 1 and 2, Jeremiah Gifford and Abram Shearman on lot 23, A. Phelps on lot 41, Thompson Cowan on lot 8, Samuel Smiley on lot 16, William Douglas on lot 15, William Stearns on lot 53, Timothy Tuttle on lot 50 and William Northrup and his two sons on lot 54. Mr. Hall and Akins each built sawmills at an early date on lot 36, on the Stillwater, which have long since disappeared. Mr. Van Velzer opened the second store in town at Busti Corners about 1830. About 1848 Spencer Abbott, Charles Willson and Samuel Clark built a steam sawmill at Busti Corners.

Rev. Ira C. Stoddard settled on lot 61 in 1825, and was pastor of the Busti Baptist church for a number of years. This church was organized by Reverends Ebenezer Smith, Paul Davis and Jonathan Wilson, August 30, 1819. Their first house of worship was built in 1836 by Aaron Bush ; the present one in 1853 by Oren Stoddard. Rev. Alvin Burgess the first pastor, organized the Methodist Episcopal church of Busti in 1818. Their church edifice was built the same year. The Swede Mission church was erected in 18,8. The society was organized by Rev. A. G. Nelson.

Oren Stoddard was born in Brattleboro, Vt. He came to this county in 1838 and to Busti in 1840, and settled on lot 61 in Frank settlement, which has been his place of residence since. In 1858 he built a steam factory for

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manufacturing half bushels which was soon after converted into a basket and box factory. In 1867 he built a steam sawmill which is still in opera- tion. This and one at Lakewood are the only sawmills now in Busti. In 1876 Stoddard & Johnson built a basket factory. In 187S Oren Stoddard built on his lot 61, a brick house which was the second brick house in Busti. Mr. Stoddard was commissioner of highways for several years, serving four years alone. In 1882 he was chosen president of Chautauqua County Agri- cultural Society.

George Stoneman, from Chenango county, born in 1797, came here about 1810, married Katherine Cheney, and lived in Ellery, Jamestown and Busti. His home in Busti was on lot 16, is now within the corporation of Lakewood, and is the property of his daughters. He was many years a justice and a prominent lumberman. He died in 1877. His children were George, born August 8, 1822, died September 5, 1894. He graduated at West Point in 1846, and was in the U. S. Army until 1871. His record was one of patri- otic daring, and "Stoneman's raids" are prominent in the annals of the civil war. He was brevetted colonel, brigadier and major general for his gallantry. In 1883 he was elected governor of California by the Democrats, and was four years in office. His children were Cornelius, George, Kathar- ine, Adele. Richard, died in California. Byron (dec.), born in Ellery in IS28, married Mary Martin and settled in Busti. His children were Julia (Mrs. William H. Long), Ruth (Mrs. Alton Sherman), Clara, who married Gilbert Harris, now professor of geology in Cornell University, Bertha and Marian. John T. has been twice state senator in Iowa, and is now judge of the superior court of that state. Charlotte (Mrs. Benjamin H. Williams), resides in Buffalo. Rebecca (dec.). Mary J. Kate, now of Albany, was the first woman admitted to practice law in the courts of this state.

Aaron Martin settled in Busti in 1811 on lot 44 on the Stillwater where his grandson now lives. He was born on Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, August 14, 1763, and was a son of Manassah and Sarah Martin who settled there in 1747. Aaron was in some of the later campaigns of the Revolution in Vermont. He was a tanner, and established a tannery in Busti but soon abandoned it. He married Mary Eggleston. Their children were : Sally, William (sce Kiantone), Isaac (he was a sergeant in the war of 1812), George, James, Anna, Maria, Jane. Aaron Martin died February IS, 1842, his wife, April 13, 1837. George Martin, son of Aaron, was a justice of the peace many years. He married first Miss Hatch, second Lucy Spaulding, and died in January, 1871. His children were : Philo, Mary, Louisa, Julia, Jane. Lorenzo Martin, son of Captain William Martin of Kiantone, lives on the Aaron Mar- tin place. His children were Melissa who married Warren Frank of Busti

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and died some years since ; Hannah married Mr. Knapp of Busti ; Ophelia, died unmarried ; Alice, married William Spencer of Kiantone. Dewey the youngest is a Baptist minister located in Castile.

Levi Pier, born in Great Barrington, Mass., June 3, 1754, was grandson of Sergt. Thomas and Margaret Pier, who settled in Great Barrington about 1732. Levi married Ann Dewey, lived in Great Barrington until about 1790, when, with his father, Thomas Jr., and his brothers, John, David, Solomon, Abner and Silas, and their families, he moved to Otsego county, N. Y. (The place has since been called Pierstown). Levi soon came to Chenango county, and thence, in June, 1814, to Busti, with several of his younger children, and settled on the farm now occupied by Mrs. Elias Jenner, a daughter of Abram Pier. His children were : Elijah, Lois, Nancy, Amasa, Sally, Silas, Abram, settled in Busti, Reuben, Oliver, settled in Harmony, Roxy, born August, 1797, in Otsego county, came to Busti with her father, and in 1815 married Capt. Win. Martin, of Kiantone, David. Levi's wife died about 1816, and he married again. He died in March, 1826. He was a militia man in Capt. Goodrich's company of Great Barrington at the time of the battle of Ben- nington.

Stephen Wilcox, Sen., a revolutionary soldier, was born in Rhode Island, August 8, 1762. He moved from Herkimer county to Busti in 1816 and resided with his son Ephraim until his death in 1846. He married Sabra Palmer who died in 1849 aged 85. Their children were Stephen, Eunice, Ephraim, Abel, Alfred, Lura and Roxana. Stephen Wilcox, Jr., came to Busti in 1813, settled on lot 55, and later built a frame house in which he kept an inn. He set out one of the earliest apple orchards and built a cider mill. He was a justice of the peace. He married Lucy Steward. Their children were John, George, Harry, Abel, Elial F., Cornelia and Alsa. Ste- phen Wilcox removed to Blockville where he died. Eunice married John Steward and removed to Harmony. Ephraim Wilcox born in 1792, settled on lot 63 in 1816, and resided there until his death Jan. 26, 1877. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Lucy Ingraham. Six of their eleven children are living, Betsey, Lura, Leander at Busti Corners, Amos P. on the old homestead, Frank in Missouri and Abram in Ohio. Ephraim Wilcox married second Diadama Mead. Abel Wilcox married Patience Aiken. Of their children, the only survivor is Rodney H. of Bradford, Pa. Alfred Wilcox married Hannah Aiken and lived in Jamestown. His only surviving child is Malvina Alford. Lura Wilcox married Edward Aiken. Roxana married Adin Russell. Alfred is the only one of their ten children residing in this county.

Abram Sheannan, son of Jonathan, was a native of Massachusetts ; he came to Busti in 1820 and settled on lot 23, now owned by his son Abram, Jr. Mr. Shearman was a prominent man and well-known as he was deputy

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sheriff of the county for several years. He died February 6, 1852, aged 75. His wife's maiden name was Tallman ; she was from Massachusetts. Of their 9 children only three survive : Humphrey H., in Ellicott; Adaline in Har- mony and Abram in Busti. Abram Jr., was born in Cayuga county, Septem- ber 5, 1817, and married a Miss Tallman of Harmony and settled on the old homestead which has since been his residence, and he has made agricul- ture his life-work.

Joseph Garfield, a son of Eliakim, who served in the Revolution, was born in Massachusetts in 1780, removed to Vermont, married Lydia Stearns in 1803, served as captain in the war of 1812, and in 1820 came to Busti, bought and located on lot 39, and resided there until his death in 1862. "He was among the foremost of the early farmers, and his farm was among the first in appearance." His children were Hannal, Eliakim, Anna, Samuel, Lydia, and Joseph who was born in 1817 and married Lucy A. Palmer. Their children were Martin, Eliakim, Samuel and Joseph who is superintendent of the Garfield stock farn.

Walter C. Gifford was born in Busti, May 8, 1829. He is a son of Gideon Gifford (a civil engineer), who was born in New Bedford, Mass., April 18, 1789, and whose mother was Jedidah (Cushman) Gifford. She was a direct descendant of Robert Cushman, of England, who was prominent in securing the charter for the Plymouth colony. Gideon Gifford married Millicent Cornell, born in Cambridge, Washington county, June 28, 1792. In 1828 Gideon Gifford and family moved from Cambridge, and settled upon the farm now owned by Walter C. Gifford, and where he has always resided. He mar- ried Eliza C. Robertson, a native of Ellicottville. They have two daughters and one son, Clarence E., who is an electrical engineer, and a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Mrs. Gifford has been an earnest worker in the grange since its organization, especially in the advo- cacy of equal suffrage. She introduced the first suffrage resolution that was ever introduced in the N. Y. state grange in 1881, and was author of the suffrage memorial adopted by the state grange in 18944, and submitted to the constitutional convention. Mr. Gifford is a Republican, and was member of assembly in 1891 and 1893, and introduced and carried through that body the bill authorizing women to vote for school commissioner. He is a farmer, and has been president of the Farmer's Board of Trade, Jamestown, two years ; secretary of the Patron's Fire Relief Association from 1877 to 1891, secretary and treasurer of the State Central Organization of Cooperative Fire Insurance Companies from 1880 to 1891, secretary of Union Grange, James- town, from 1874 to 1885, master of Union Grange in 1885 and 1886, several years grange deputy for the county, and organized 14 granges. Twice elected master of the Pomona grange he served one year. He has held these offices in the grange : assistant steward two years, overseer eight years, master four

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years. While master he visited nearly every "grange county " in the state, and under his administration the paying membership was more than doubled. His annual addresses to the state grange, and his public speeches to farmers and other laboring men for many years, bear witness to his earnest and per- sistent efforts in behalf of the producing classes.

The Mead family is of notable English ancestry. Its coat of arms is the pelican, symbolic of these four paternal duties : generation, preservation, education and good example. The ancestors of the American family emi- grated to Greenwich, Conn., not many years after the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Mass. In 1832 Nehemiah Mead located in Busti. He was born in Norwich, Conn., and died in Busti, March 2, 1851. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife was Amanda Robbins, born in Tolland, Conn. She died in Busti September 24, 1885. Their children were William R., Ira G., Thompson G., Jane Ann (Mrs. Amos P. Wilcox of Busti), Francis J., Sally Maria (Mrs Abram F. Wilcox of Columbus, Ohio), Mary A. William R. Mead, with his brother, Francis J., has published for 35 years the Iowa Plain Dealer, a leading Democratic paper, in Cresco, Howard county, Iowa. He married Chloe B. Jones in Busti. Their children are Ellie E. and Lau- raine. Ira G. Mead's children are Whitman P., a farmer in Busti, (he and his father occupy the original homestead), and William J., who studied law with Cook & Lockwood, and has been several years in the practice of law in Tacoma, Washington. Thompson G. Mead's sons are Henry D. and Ralph W., who reside on a portion of the old homestead with their father ; his daughters are Fidelia (Mrs. Levi Forbes of Poland), and Florence (Mrs. Geo. Meredith of Jamestown). Mr. and Mrs. Amos P. Wilcox have five daughters: Josephine A. (Mrs. Frank Root), Rhoda J. (Mrs. W. M. Root), May (Mrs. Henry Wing), Lura (Mrs. George Wilcox), and Bertha. Francis J. Mead has two sons, Francis D. and William J., and a daughter, Charlotte. Mrs. Abram F. Wilcox has four children, Myra V., Early V., Carl and Mead.

LAKEWOOD .- This charming resort is five miles from Jamestown on the south shore of Chautauqua lake, and has been for years the center of social gaiety and the rendezvous of the society people who visit the lake. The high rolling plateau on which it is located affords an admirable location for an ideal summer resort. The main line of the Erie railway passes through the village and electric cars run to Jamestown. Quite a village has been developed. Two of the finest hotels in the lake region have attracted many cultured people from the cities for a rest of a few weeks or months and enjoyment. Seen from the lake the Sterlingworth Inn looks like a grand old-world castle, and The Kent is not less attractive. Ample grounds, beau- tiful groves, and the far-famed Chautauqua air and scenery are here presented in their best form. Stores, shops, houses of entertainment, electric lights and all the necessaries of a summer village are here, and many fine cottages

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have been erected. The welfare of the community is looked after by churches, sabbath schools and schools. A village organization of 600 popu- lation was formed in 1893 with these efficers: F. A. Bentley, president ; Jerry Gifford, Wmn. C. Miller, E. W. Cherry, trustees ; E. W. Alexander, col- lector ; Wilson Smith, treasurer.

HARMONY.

CHAPTER LXX.

H ARMONY, the largest town in the county, was taken from Chautau- qua, February 14, 1816. It contains about 86 square miles of terri- tory, nearly 55,000 acres, and comprises townships 1 and 2 of range 13, together with two tiers of lots in townships i and 2, range 12, from the state line to Chautauqna lake, and two additional lots in township 2, range 12, south of the lake, including Ashville village. April 16, 1823, a portion of its territory was added to Busti. Its surface is somewhat hilly ; its highest summits are 1,400 feet above tidewater. The principal streams are Brokenstraw creek, which flows south; Goose creek, (which passes through Ashiville), and Prendergast creek. The last two flow into Chautau- qua lake. The soil is a clay and gravelly loam. Sandstone of fine quality is found in some localities. "Panama Rocks," is one of the most remarkable geological curiosities of the county. The town was originally covered with deciduous trees in nearly all its area, the pine and hemlock being confined to a much smaller region than they occupied in the towns east of it. Maple, especially, had a fine growth, and maple sugar, in the years of the first settlement, and even later, was an important product. The hard wood growth furnished many valuable ashes for " black salts."

The first sawmill was built in Ashiville by Reuben Slayton, Jr., an orig- inal purchaser on lot 43, township 2, range 12, in 1809. The mill was built at once, to which a gristmill was soon added. The mills were on the Ashville site. The first stones used in the gristmill he borrowed, but a rock was soon found on lot 45, from which stones were made, which were used until 1872. Israel Carpenter, Oliver Pier and Stephen Groom, built about 1828 a sawmill and a log gristmill at Blockville. In 1840 a large mill was built of huge pine logs. The millstones came from France as ballast to Albany, and cost, it is said, delivered at Blockville, $350. This mill burned in 1893. A saw- mill was built about 1825, by Francis W. Mather, three miles south of Pan- ama. Isaac Carpenter built a sawmill about 1828 a mile below Blockville ;

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it was rebuilt by Abner L. Carpenter, and later was owned by Daniel Williams. Another was built by Samuel Hurlbut, about 1830, between the last two mentioned, and in 1875 was owned by Samuel J. Green. A sawmill was built by Harvey and Theron S. Bly about 1847 near the mouth of Goose creek. A steam sawmill was built about 1870 by Messrs. Allen near Grant's station. A sawmill was built by Geo. Brightman about 1835. A steam sawmill was built about 1870 by Win. W. Ball near the mouth of Bemus creek. Theron Bly and Daniel Sherman erected a carding mill in 1822 or 1823 ; cloth-dressing machinery was introduced later by Hiram Benedict. The establishment was burned about 1826; another was built by Hiram Benedict and Samuel Brown less than a mile below ; several years after this was owned by Theron Bly and Henry Lovejoy, who sold in 1844 to Harvey and Henry H. Bly. Another was built at Panama about 1830, where John Ward and David Moore operated for years.

The first town-meeting was held in 1816. No record. Supervisor, Palmer Phillips. The annual town-meeting was held at Eleazar Fletcher's, April 1, 1817, when these officers were elected : Supervisor, Palmer Phillips ; town clerk, Orange Phelps ; assessors, Win. Matteson, Daniel B. Carpenter, Joseph S. Pember ; com'rs. of highways, Palmer Phillips, Win. Matteson, Daniel B. Carpenter ; com'rs. of schools, Palmer Phillips, Joseph S. Pember, Orange Phelps ; collector, Win. Matteson, Jr. ; constables, Noah Chapman, Win. Matteson, Jr. ; overseers of poor, Obadiah Morley, Israel Carpenter ; pound- masters, W'm. Matteson, Israel Carpenter, Josialı Palmeter ; fence viewers, Thomas Bemus, Nicholas Webber, Timothy Jenner ; sealer, Jonas Lamphear. Supervisors : 1816-17-18-19-20-21-22-23, Palmer Phillips; 1824, Renben Slayton ; 1825-26-27-28-29-30-31, Theron Bly ; 1832, Henry Hill ; 1833-34, Theron Bly ; 1835-36, Zael Ward ; 1837-38, Theron Bly ; 1839-40-41, Robert Hewes ; 1842, Daniel Williams ; 1843-44-45-46-47, Jolin Steward ; 1848-49, Theron S. Bly ; 1850-51-52, John Steward ; 1853, Morris Norton ; 1854, John Steward ; 1855, Albert Gleason ; 1856-57, Ebenezer G. Cook ; 1858-59-60, Sardius Steward ; 1861, Reuben F. Randolph ; 1862, John Steward ; 1863-64, Walter L. Sessions ; 1865-66-67-68-69-70, Loren B. Sessions ; 1871-72, Frank G. Steward ; 1873-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89, Loren B. Sessions ; 1890-91-92-93-94, Jared Hewes.

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History of Chautauqua County, New York, Part 98

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