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He has never been an office seeker nor an active politi- cian. He gave his allegiance to the Democratic party until 1860, when he voted for Abraham Lincoln, and voted for the candidates of the Republican party from 1860 to 1872, when he voted for Horace Greeley. Since that time he has voted for whom he has considered the best man, re- gardless of party.
Mr. Hartman has never united with any religious de- nomination, but attends, as does his family, the English Lutheran church at Dansville. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hartman three children, namely: William Henry, born Sept. 30th, 1851 ; Mary L., born July 10th, 1853; and Emma C., born Nov. 14th, 1856, all residing at home with their parents.
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"California House," and was built about twenty- four years ago, by Nicholas and Frank Schu. The Schus had also a small brewery, which is now used as a cooper shop by Adam Kramer. Kramer's brewery, located on the opposite side of the road, was built by John Kramer in 1870 for the manu- facture of lager beer. Brewing was discontinued in 1875. The Farmer's Hotel located here is kept and has been for several years by Michael Weynand.
There are various other manufacturing enter- prises carried on in the town aside from those located in the village, but none of great magnitude. Among these are the Grove grist-mill, located on the west bank of Canaseraga creek, a mile west of Main street, in Dansville village, which was built in 1816-17, by Thomas McWhorter and his son John. Curtis & Tomkinson now operate it. The mill contains three runs of stones, operated by water from Canaseraga creek, with a fall of eight feet. In Pogue's Hole is a grist-mill, owned by John Hartman, and built by -- Porter. It is located on Canaseraga creek, about a mile south- west of Dansville village, and contains two runs of stones. The fall at this point is about twenty feet. The Morey grist-mill, owned by John Morey, and located on Canaseraga creek, about two miles northwest of Dansville, was built at an early day. It contains three runs of stones, and has a fall of seven feet. On Mill creek, about one and one- half miles above Dansville village, is a saw-mill owned by Mrs. Dr. Zara H. Blake. It was built at an early day by Mrs. Blake's father, Samuel G. Dorr, who also had a carding-mill. The saw-mill has been rebuilt two or three times. The property has always remained in the Dorr family. H. E. Hubbard is engaged in the manufacture of horse pokes, well-curbs, well buckets, leather straps for well-curbs, rubber buckets, pumps, etc., about a mile and a half above Dansville, on Mill creek, which furnishes the motive power, with a fall of eighteen feet. The business was established in 1862, by Henry Hubbard, father of the present proprietor, in George Fiske's planing-mill, at the foot of Washington street in Dansville, and was continued there fourteen years, when it was re- moved to Capt. Henry's building, now the Hol- lingsworth paper-mill. Dec. 5, 1876, Mr. Hub- bard sold the establishment to his son, H. E. Hubbard, who erected the building he now oc- cupies in the fall and winter of 1879, and occupied it for manufacturing purposes about March Ist, 1880.
WAR OF THE REBELLION .- We cannot give as definitely as we would like the action of this town during this trying period, and for the reason that the records here, as in other towns in the county, have been only partially preserved, the most im- portant one giving a complete summary of the re- sult of this action, being among the lost. Enough, however, has been gleaned from the files of The Dansville Advertiser of that period to sufficiently indicate the generous nature of her response to the repeated calls made on her resources ; and that early and most interesting, because most spon- taneous action is there faithfully and fully re- corded.
The first public meeting in North Dansville in- cident to the war was held at Canaseraga Hall, in Dansville, Saturday evening, April 20, 1861, and was then regarded the largest in-door meeting that had taken place in the village. The meeting was called to order by L. B. Proctor; the Hon. James Faulkner was chosen chairman, and Dr. F. Wilson Hurd, secretary. S. Hubbard, Dr. James C. Jackson, Sidney Sweet, G. Bulkley, John A. Van Derlip and M. H. Brown were appointed a com- mittee to draft resolutions. D. W. Noyes read, by request, the Governor's proclamation and the order of the Adjutant-General. Addresses were made by L. B. Proctor, L. B. Faulkner, S. D. Faulkner, Joseph W. Smith and Dr. Jackson.
Subscriptions were then given to the amount of $1,972, to be distributed by a committee consist- ing of Charles Shepard, James Faulkner, Sidney Sweet, J. C. Jackson, I. L. Endress, A. Lozier and A. Bradner, " to assist the families of such persons of this village and vicinity as may desire it, who shall be received into active service in defense of the Stars and Stripes and the enforcement of the laws." The Dansville Advertiser, of Thursday, April 25, 1861, says: "Lieutenant Carl Stephan issued a call this week for volunteers under the $3,000,000 act, which is being heartily responded to. Yesterday there were 63 names on the rolls. Volunteers who come from abroad will be pro- vided for by the citizens of Dansville until they are called into the service of the State." "An election of officers was held at the armory yesterday and re- sulted " as follows :-
Captain-Carl Stephan Dansville.
First Lieutenant-George Hyland, Jr.,
Ensign-Ralph T. Wood ..
First Sergeant-Henry R. Curtis. 66
Second 66 -George W. Hasler .
Third 6: -Mark J. Bunnell .
Fourth -Duane D. Stillwell.
HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
First Corporal *- George B. Dippy. . .
Second
66
-George M. Morris. .
Conesus.
'Third
66
-W'm. H. Drehmer ..
Fourth 66 --- A. J. Hartman.
Dansville.
The following are the names of the enlisted
men :-
Adams, James, . Wayland.
Allen, Samuel, . Dansville.
Alverson, Edward C., Dansville.
Arwin, Charles A. South Dansville.
Ash, Jacob, 66
Avery, Charles F' Wayland.
Bean, Charles Y.
Groveland.
Brownell, Hiram, Rogersville.
Carpenter, A. W Dansville.
Conklin, Munroe,
. Conesus.
Conrad, Philip,
Perkinsville.
Cook, Daniel, . Haskinville.
Cook, Orrin H., Dansville.
Corbin, A.,
. Wayland.
De Forrest, George, Dansville.
Deiter, John T.,
Demerit, Charles,
South Dansville.
Dipple, C. W. Dansville.
Dutcher, C. Wellington,
Easterbrook, Stephen,
. Wayland.
Eldridge, John, Springwater. Feustermacher, Endress, Dansville. Fitch, M. Harlo, .
France, William, . Ossian.
Freed, Solomon, . Sparta.
Galbraith, Pat, . Groveland.
Goodwin, William, Dansville. Hatch, David G., . Conesus.
Johnson, John, .
Vest Sparta.
Jones, Edward,
Dansville.
Jones, John R., . Sparta.
Jones, Thomas,
Dansville.
Kemp, George ().,
66
Ketchum, George E.,
Rogersville.
66
Kinney, A.,
.Sparta.
Lauterborn. M.
Dansville.
Lerts, F. G.,. Groveland. Lookins, George. Dansville. Lozier, D. P., 66
Maginley, Henry, Sparta.
Mitchell, N. A.,. Springwater. Moose, Merritt, . . Sparta. Morris, Joseph, .
Morris, Lester B., 16
Opp, Jacob), Dansville.
Phelps, Lester, 66
Prentice, Charles,
Prentice, Warren,
Richardson, A.,.
Roberts, F. M.,
Roberts, Sidney F., Sparta.
Root, Charles, . South Dansville.
Scott, Henry C.,. Dansville. Seyler, Charles, Jr. 66
* In a published list of the members of this company May 2, 1861, the name of E. D. Richardson, of Dansville, appears as First, and that of George M. Morrison, of South Dausville, as Third Corporal,
Shafer, Samuel, Dansville.
Slate, John, . .
Snyder, James F., .Springwater.
Stanley, George B., Dansville.
Steffy, Joseph, Sparta.
Steffy. William, Byersville.
Stout, Charles. Dansville.
Tiffany, W. C., 66
Toles, George C.
Wellington, E.,.
South Dansville.
Werth, J.,
Springwater.
Westerman, Louis,
Wayland.
Wilson, George, ..
South Dansville.
Wright, Miles O.
Dansville.
Wright, N.,
Ossian.
Capt. Stephan's company left for Elmira on Fri- day, May 3, 1861, going by wagons to Wayland, where they were transferred to the railroad.
During the summer and fall of 1861, Capt. Ralph T. Wood recruited in Dansville a second company to fill the depleted ranks of the 13th regiment, of which this became Co. G. The company left Dansville, Oct. 29th, carrying with them a flag pre- sented by the ladies of the village. At this time enough scattering recruits had been raised to fill two additional companies.
In November, 1861, the raising of a third com- pany for the 13th was begun by Job C. Hedges and Albert S. Lema, of Dansville, the former of whom had done yeoman service in the raising of Capt. Wood's company-services which were rec- ognized in the offer of a commission in the com- pany to be raised. The company was to be recruited in Rochester and Dansville, and Lt. C. S. Benjamin, of Co. A, 13th regiment, opened an office simultaneously in Rochester. Enlistments were not as rapid as formerly, but by Dec. 26, 1861, the company was recruited to eighty men, and left for the seat of war Jan. 6, 1862.
Owing to the disasters which attended our arms in the summer of 1862, the president was induced to call for an additional 300,000 men July 2d of that year, and on the 4th of Angust following for a like number of militia for nine months. Pursuant to the former call, on Wednesday, July 30th, a war meeting was hekl at Canaseraga Hall, in Dansville, at which Judge R A. Wilson presided. Lieu- tenant S. Il. Lancey, of the Mt. Morris com- pany, stated briefly the object of the meet- ing, and was followed by stirring appeals from Dr. J. C. Jackson, Hon. R. F. Hicks, Dr. J. M. Blakesly, G. H. Read and Rev. 1. W. Emery, after which a call was made for volunteers. There- upon Maj. J. T. Beach offered $to for the first man, but before the offer was made three men
Ketchum, Richard,
LITTLE
Photo. by Betts, Dansville.
Colonel Job Clark Hedges was born in the city of New York, June 12th, 1835. He was the son of John and Per- melia C. Hedges. His father was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. His mother was a native of Springfield. N. J., and a descendant of Abram Clark, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. His parents removed to Dansville in the year 1838, where they still reside : and while they are not pioneers of that village, they are among its early residents, identified with its interests and substantial contributors to its growth and prosperity.
The subject of this sketch was the oldest of a family of six children. Major Seth N. Hedges, his youngest brother, is also distinguished for his military service. He entered the ranks as a private soldier, in the 13th New York Volunteers, won his way to a Captaincy in the 14th Now York Artillery Volunteers, and was breveted Major for gallant and conspicuous service. He continued in the army until the close of the war, and is now engaged in the practice of law at Dansville, the place of his hirth.
Col. Hedges' wife nee Elizabeth Elmer, to whom he was married in 1860. still survives him. His only son, Job Elmer Hedges, is a student at Princeton College, and gives ample evidence that he has inherited the talents and virtues of bis heroic father.
In his early youth, Col. Hedges exhibited all those qualities of mind and heart which in after years won for him distinction in bis profession and fame as a soldier. After a thorough preparation at the seminaries of Alfred and Lima, iu this State, and in the private school of Mr. David H. Pierson, at Elizabeth N. J., he entered Prince- ton College, where his education was completed. Having adopted the legal profession, he entered the office of Hastings & Newton at Rochester, N. Y., and under the direction of these accomplished lawyers, prepared for the har, and in October, 1858, was admitted to practice as attorney and counsellor at law. Subsequently he was associated with Ferris, Cushing & Squires, a prominent.
law firm of New York city. Offers of co-partnership upon the most flattering terms were tendered him, but he preferred to practice his profession independently and alone. Yielding to the solicitations of friends, he returned to Dansville, opened an office, and there con- menced a professional career, which, but for the vicissi- tudes of war, would surely have led to legal eminence. But in the midst of his bright professional prospects the civil war broke out. He immediately abandoned his pro- fession and entered the military service as First Lieuten- ant of the 13th N. Y. V. He was soon promoted to Adju- tant, and in that position served the term of his regiment with distinction.
A letter to his father dated Nov. 16, 1862, closes as fol- lows : "Good night, father and family. The camp fire burns brightly, and in its brightness I see visions of home and family, and wife and child; but I am a soldier and my fate uncertain."
In the official report of the 13th Regiment, referring to a critical period in the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862, his commanding officer said : "Of the conduct of Adjutant Job C. Hedges at this time I cannot speak too highly. Fearlessly advancing under a destructive fire, he executed his orders with a cheerfulness and promptitude which fully entitle him to special mention."
And again, referring to the battle at Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862, the same report continues: "Ad- jutant Job C. Hedges, although suffering from a painful wound in his right arm, continned with his regiment, and rendered very efficient aid to General Barnes, com- manding the brigade, until taken to the rear by order of Lieutenant Colonel Schoeffel, too weak to walk without assistance. "
In the month of May, 1863, his regiment was honor- ably mustered out of service, and he returned with his weary comrades to receive the well-deserved honors of their fellow citizens. And here he might well have rested. The hero of seven hard fought battles and eighteen months of arduous service, who could say that
COL. JOB CLARK HEDGES.
he had not served his country well and enough ? But his country was still in danger ; his military talents were de- manded, and he could not resist the appeal. Scarcely had the torn battle flag of the old 13th been furled when its gallant commander, Col. E. G. Marshall, and his no less gallant Adjutant were commissioned to organize the 14th N. Y. Il. Artillery.
Upon the completion of that regiment, young Hedges was commissioned Major. In the spring of 1864 the command was ordered to the front, and joined the 9th army corps at Annapolis Junction. Crossing the Rapi- dau on the Gth day of May, the regiment was constantly in the most active service, and participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
On the 3d day of May, 1865, Major Hedges sent this parting salutation to his friends at home : "My regi- ment is in the 9th Corps-Major General Burnside. 1 trust we will be snecessful ; one thing is certain, whatever may be my part in the fight, I will try to do credit to you aud mys If or stay here."
In all the weary marches and bloody battles which fol- lowed, he was conspicnous for his bravery and efficiency. That he fully appreciated the desperate nature of the struggle in which they were engaged and the personal dangers to which he was exposed, appears in the follow- ing letter, dated May 30th, 1864, the last ooe written to his parents. The presentiment as to his own fate adds lustre to his brave acts.
"Once more on the Peninsula. We crossed the Pa- muukey night before last. I am anxious to read the his- tory of this campaign. I am still more anxious to know the results. The army is ready to do all that men can do. The men sleep constantly with their muskets and our horses are rarely unsaddled. Night before last the march- ing was so severe that several men died along the road, several of them of our own regiment. * * Bnt we shall not complain if the results shall only equal the pri- vations we endure. God grant that we may succeed. I thought I had seen something of the horrors of war, but I had not yet seen our wounded left on the field without care and withont food. For my part I do not wish to be wounded. To be killed at once would be preferable. * * * * You may be certain if we ever take Rich- mond we must dig them out.
However, any way, I care not * I little expect to survive * this campaign. Every soldier must have a last battle. Every day I hear of some old companion in arms who has drawn his last ration, but I am ready and willing to do anything for success, anything that will stop by force the suffering and pain that I see every day around me."
On the 17th day of June. 1861, Major Hedges was instantly killed while leading his battalion in a charge upon the enemy's works. This was the famous charge of Ledlie's Division, and the last of that series of bloody contests commenced at the Wilderness, and which demon- strated the correctness of young Hedges' judgment that, " If we ever take Richmond we must dig them out."
It is illustrative of the bravery and daring of the young Major that just before the charge hecalled the officers of his battalion about him, and, pointing in the direction of the rebel line, said cheerfully: "We are ordered to take those works. We can do it, but every man must do his duty. Some of us may fall, but if it must be let us die bravely," and he gave minnte directions as to the method of attack, the care of the colors, and the disposition of his men.
"The circumstances attending his death are well de- scribed in a letter from an officer of that regiment, pub- lished shortly after in the Rochester Daily Democrat. Ile said : "The 14th Regiment New York Artillery is by no means the same regiment that left New York Harbor two months ago. Ont of 1, 800 strong and healthy men who then made up one of the finest regiments that has entered the field during the war only 600 are now reported for duty, and most of them are worn ont and chsabled by fatigue and hardship. * * In the memorable charge of the 17th, the regiment suffered severe loss in both * In this charge Major Job (".
Iledges, one of the most gallant and intrepid officers yet sacrifieed on the altar of his country was killed. Un- daunted by the screeching of shells or the rattle of mns- ketry, he rushed forward with his meu until the colors of his battalion were planted upon the works of the enemy. Just as the works were reached the Major tell pierced with grape shot. His death has cast a gloom not only over our regiment, but the whole brigade. Fearlessly brave and vigilant in the discharge of his duty, he was always at the head of his command in the hour of danger. His name and memory will always be cherished by those with whom he shared the dangers and hardships of the field."
General Marshall, then in command of the brigade, al- though himself suffering from a severe wound, immediately wrote the widow : "It is with a sad heart I address you. Your husband has fallen at the head of his battalion, while gallantly leading it in a charge upon the enemy. His virtues both as a citizen and soldier were well known to me. Both in the old 13th N. Y. V. and the 14th N. Y. Il. Artillery, he was with me in many a battle and always performed his duty gallantly and intelligently. All were his friends."
General Ledlie rode np to brigade headquarters, where the wounded Marshall lay, atd by the side of whose tent lay the dead soklier, and the voices of these officers choked with emotion as they spoke of the bravery and intelligence of the deceased.
The remains were borne from the battle field by his brother, then Lieut. Hedges, who had shared with him the hardships and dangers of the campaign. At Eliza- beth, N J., a halt of a day occurred, to allow his friends and relatives there to pay him funereal honors.
At Wayland Depot the dead hero was met and escorted to the village by a procession of the leading citizens of Dansville and the surrounding country. Places of busi- ness were closed, and the most solemn and grateful honors were paid the slain soldier, who had gone out from among them in the pride and beauty of his young manhood to defend his imperilled country. Resolutions of respect were adopted by the Livingston county bar, and enlogistic addresses were delivered by its leading members.
The survivors of the gallant old 13th also adopted reso- Intions expressive of their love and admiration for their dead comrade.
There stands to-day in Greenmount Cemetery a beauti- ful monument, perpetuating the name and deeds of the gallant hero. It is surmounted by the emblemshe loved : the flag of the Union, showing beneath its gracefully carved folds the sword and belt of the sollier, and, erowning all, the Innrel wreath that fame had woven for his brow.
Upon the shaft are inscribed the names of the nine- teen battles in which the brave soldier had participated, viz :-
"Siege of Yorktown, April 5th to May 4th, 1862; Han- over Court House, May 27th, 1862 ; Mechanicsville, June 26th, 1862 : Gaines' Mills, June 27th, 1862 ; Turkey Bend, June 30th, 1862 ; Malvern Hill, July Ist, 1862; Frederieks- burgh, December 13th, 1862; Wilderness, May 5th and 8th, 1864; Spottsylvania. May 12th and 15th, 1864; North Anna River, May 21th, 1864 ; Tolapotomoy Creek, June 1st, 1864 ; Shady Grove, June 2d. 1864; Bethesda Church, June 3d and 4th, 1864 ; Coll Harbor, June 5th and 12th, 1864; Petersburgh, June 17th, 1864."
He was breveted by the President "Lientenant Colo- nel," to rank from June 5th, 186t. "for gallant and con- spienous conduet at Cold Harbor," and " Colonel" " for gallantly leading his regimeut in front of Petersburgh ou the enemy's works, on the tith of June, 1861, where he fell at the head of his column."
It is fitting that his memory should be embalmed in the History of Livingston County. Both the regiments which he served largely represented the intelligence and patriotism of the county ; he was the only lawyer of the county whose life was sacrificed for his country in battle in the war of 1861, and he was a brilliant example of the calling, career and valor of the citizen soldier.
officers and men. *
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were on their way to the stand to enlist. As soon as they reached the stand Dr. Jackson offered $10 apiece to the other two men. Miss Dr. Austin then offered $10 apiece to the next two men; Miss Katie Johnson, $10 to the next ; James H. Jack- son $10 to the next, and Dr. F. W. Hurd $10 to the next. H. Beyer offered $5 and H. Southwick $20, to be used as the committee saw fit. Dr. Blakesly offered to be one of twenty to give $25 apiece to the first twenty volunteers. The offer not being taken the Doctor proposed to give his share. The recruits enlisted were taken into Lt. Lancey's company.
The war meeting of Saturday evening following was one of the most enthusiastic assemblages Can- aseraga Hall ever witnessed. At an early hour the house was crowded with the first citizens of Dansville, a goodly portion representing its pat- riotic women. Judge John A. VanDerlip was chosen President, Hon. James Faulkner and J. C. Jackson, M. D., Vice Presidents, and B. S. Chapin and O. B. Maxwell, Secretaries. Spirited and pat- riotic speeches were made by the President, A. Bradner, S. Hubbard, L. B. Proctor and others. It was resolved to raise by subscription a sum suf- ficient to pay a bounty of $25 to each volunteer from this town entering Capt. A. J. Leach's com- pany, and $5 to those volunteering under him out of town. L. B. Faulkner, George Sweet, Charles Shepard, Orville Tousey and M. McCartney were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions and disburse funds. James Faulkner and A. Brad- ner, two members of the Senatorial Military Com- mittee, were appointed ex-officio members of that committee. The attorneys of the place were re- quested to aid Capt. Leach in recruiting. John O'Hara, S. W. Warren, Daniel Carpenter, Joseph Newton and John Dorman volunteered at this meet- ing and $587 were subscribed.
At an adjourned meeting the following Tuesday evening the committee on subscriptions reported the total amount subscribed to be $1,030.50. Elo- quent speeches were made, but the key note was sounded by J. W. Smith, who thought the most effective eloquence which could be displayed on the subject of volunteering would be by the one who should enlist. The speech was loudly ap- plauded and the call for volunteers responded to by James O. Slayton, who was followed by William McNice, James M. Squires, Edmund Hartman, George R. Beach, Harrison E. Allen, Henry Wil- liams, Pat Welch and George Rouber, who were sworn in by Charles P. Jones, Esq. After stirring
music by the band, Charles J. McGuire and Wm. R. Monroe promptly responded. Major Beach now offered $5 for the next man. Dr. Jackson, in behalf of Miss Dr. Austin, offered $100 if twenty men were sworn in during the evening. This gen- erous offer was followed by one of $50, on like conditions, from Major Beach. Miss Katie John- son offered $5 for the second man. Charles P. Squires now accepted Major Beach's offer. Wen- dell Lauterborn offered a pair of fine sewed boots to the next man. S. P. Clemons made alike offer. After the rendering of a patriotic poeni by Rev. J. Pearsall, "the Bard of Canaseraga," Robert Cam- eron enrolled his name. Mrs. Dr. Blakesly, hav- ing no sons to send, added $5 to the pair of boots to the first man who should enlist, and $5 to the next pair of boots for the second man. Wm. P. Cook promptly responded to this offer. After an earnest and eloquent speech by S. D. Faulkner, which was vociferously applauded, Wendell Lau- terborn offered to be one of twenty-six to enlist under Gen. Sigel, and to deed his house and lot to be shared equally by those going with him. A call for six more men to make up the twenty was re- sponded to by John Hill and Nathan Hill. Griffith Goodrich offered $5 more for the next man. Another offer of $5 each was made for the next four men to complete the twenty by Samuel W. Smith. S. P. Williams offered a pair of boots to the next man, and Patrick Finn accepted the offer. He also had $5 slipped into his hand by L. B. Faulk- ner, of which no announcement was made. Wm. H. Libby offered $5 additional bounty to the next man, and David Langee accepted the offer. Dr. P. B. Bristol offered $5 each to the remaining two needed to make up the twenty, which was re- sponded to by W. C. Dutcher and Patrick Rogan, $5 more being quietly slipped into the hand of the latter by L. B. Faulkner. This filled up Capt. Leach's company to 44 men.
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