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CHAPTER XVI.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF OSSIAN.
THE town of Ossian lies in the extreme south- ern part of Livingston county.
It is bounded northerly by West Sparta ; south- erly by Burns, (Allegany county,); on the east by North Dansville, and Dansville, (Steuben county,) ; and on the west by Nunda, and Grove, (Allegany county,).
Originally a part of Angelica, Allegany county, it was taken from that town March 11, 1808, and erected into the town of Ossian. For forty- nine years after, it belonged to Allegany county, when, in 1857, it was taken from that county and annexed to the county of Livingston.
The township has an area of 25,086 acres, nearly one-third of which is timbered land. Its surface is hilly, nearly mountainous, some of the points ranging to a height of six or seven hundred feet above the level of the valleys. The soil on the hills is a sandy loam; in the valleys a gravelly loam, well adapted to the culture of wheat, barley, corn and oats, which constitute the principal crops.
At the date of its first settlement it was an un- broken wilderness, and it presents even now, with all its indications of modern improvements, the unmistakable signs of primeval wildness.
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HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
The town of Ossian was one of the sales of Phelps and Gorham to Jeremiah Wadsworth, who sold it to Robert Troup, in honor of whom, some thirty years ago, it derived and re- tained for years the name of Troupstown. The records relating to the earlier history of Ossian are quite meagre : the rugged lives and hardships of its first settlers, and even of their descendants, making the recording of historical data, if not distasteful, at least, impossible so far as concerned accuracy and method. But few now live who can remem- ber with any degree of certainty the dates of the incoming of many of its first residents, or the minor historical facts and reminiscences which it is the duty of the historian to record. The early days of the settlers were rugged and severe. Coming into what was then a new found land-a sort of El Dorado to the dwellers in the Eastern States was this far-off Genesee country-they were thrown absolutely upon their own resources for livelihood and homes. Those who now live on the well tilled farms in this picturesque town- ship, and who occupy, by right of inheritance, the comfortable dwellings built by the persevering industry of their forefathers, scarcely realize the difficulties which their brawn and brain had to meet and overcome to bring the wild forests of those days to the fertile farms of modern times. Coming from various parts of the country, over rough roads, and in rude conveyances, they had, first to build themselves homes, and then to hew from those forests a precarious sustenance for themselves and families. Their homes for years were uniformly of logs rudely cut into shape and roofed with shingles of their own make. Shingle making was at first the occupation which furnished the necessaries of life and such of the luxuries as they craved and could afford, and which were pro- cured by means of barter, money being a scarce commodity.
It is related that the earliest settlers, presumably the squatters, were so reduced in means that they were obliged to cut a few bunches of shingles, haul them to the nearest market on sieds, and exchange them for codfish, meal, and molasses ; the bunches of shingles thus bartered were denominated " Ossian Bank Bills."
So scanty were the means of the residents of those days, and so scarce in that region of woods the means of subsistence for even their meagre stock of cattle, that they were often compelled to fell the basswood trees which grew abundantly and let the cattle browse on the tender branches. As
exhibiting the poor resources of the settlers a story is told of Abram Porter, the first white child born in the town. His parents had a logging bee one day to which the men of the neighborhood were invited, but having no flour in the house and Abram presenting too ragged an appearance to send for some, his mother wove from the piece in the loom cloth for a pair of pants which she made, and sent him a mile and a quarter to mill for flour for the evening meal. In those days the loom was a power.
The Inchians were numerous in the days of the early settlement, but were well-disposed and kind to the settlers, rendering them many friendly acts. A tribe of Indians held their encampment one winter on the land of Jacob Clendennin, opposite the house where his son now lives.
Among the names of these were " 'Tall Chief," " Laughing Molly" and " Yankee John ;" the latter a skillful hunter who used to share with the settlers the proceeds of the chase.
Mr. Clendennin and family being out till late one night, were surprised on coming home to find that they could not open the door of their log cabin. Mrs. Clendennin, giving the door a push it flew open, and a heavy object fell on her giving her a severe fright. 'The object proved to be a quarter of venison which some one had placed above the door during their absence.
She related the incident to "Yankee John" on the following day, telling him how frightened she was, which so amused him that he danced around in Indian fashion, throwing up his arms, and shout- ing between his peals of laughter, "Me! Me!' meaning it was he who had given her the surprise.
Lumbering became from necessity the first lucra- tive business of the pioneers. Saw mills sprang up as if by magic, and the busy hum of saws betok- ened the advance of a civilization new to that region. Good pine lumber as it ran was drawn to Dansville, thirty years after the first settlement, and sold for three dollars per thousand feet in " truck," or barter from the stores.
'The first saw-mill was built by Nathaniel Porter in 1809. It has been established, with a certain degree of credibility, that the first settlers in the township were Richard W. Porter and his brother James Porter, who came in 1804. They settled at what is now known as Ossian Centre, although the settlement at that point has been ascribed to Abram Porter in the year 1800. Among other early settlers were Isaac Burrell, James Haynes and James Croghan, who located about 1806.
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SAW MILL & TENEMENT HOUSES.
RESIDENCE OF E. H. GEIGER,
IAN, LIVINGSTON, Co. N.Y.
VIEW OF BARNS 225 FT. LONG.
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Jacob Clendennin came in 1807 ; Heman Orton in 1813. Nathaniel Porter died June 3, 1852, aged 73 years. Jacob Clendennin Nov. 4, 1859, aged 81, and James Haynes May 13, 1829, aged 68. Jacob Clendennin now living at Ossian Centre is a son of the Clendennin who settled in 1807. Mrs. Dutcher, of Dansville, is a daughter of Heman Orton. Mrs. Frederick Covert, of Ossian, is a descendant of the Porters.
The first frame house was built in 1830, by Phineas Howard on the land of James Gregory, now owned by the Covert family. It was a story and a half house, 18 by 24, and was painted red. The first frame barn was built by Henry Bowman on land of Nathaniel Porter, now owned by Oscar Covert. The old barn is now standing. Abram Porter, who, as before mentioned, was the first white child born in the town, dates his birth from 1805. The first marriage was that of John Gilsan and Betsey Shay, in 1816. The first death of which any record as to name and date can be found, was that of John Turner, who was killed by the fall of a tree while chopping in 1807 .* The first schoolmaster was named McCoy, although French claims Weston, who taught in 1813-14. The first hotel was kept by R. N. Porter in 1817, who sold to Oliver Stacy soon after. The first merchant was Samuel Chapin, who dealt in general merchandise for five or six years, and then sold his store to Daniel Canfield, who kept it in 1824. Chapin moved to Michigan. The first grist-mill was built in 1826 by John Smith.
The first postmaster was James Porter, but in what year, or when the postoffice was first estab- lished, could not be learned.
The first doctor was named Hopkins; a root and herb doctor, who carried his "pharmacy " in a saddle-bag. He practiced some eight or ten years. The first regular physician who began and retained any settled practice was Dr. Sholl, who practiced some ten years, but the date of whose coming or going is unknown.
In the present business of Ossian lumbering still constitutes a by no means unimportant part. Numerous saw-mills are scattered over the town, and the remaining forests are being rapidly cleared up into improved farms. A few more years and those remains of the primitive condition of the town will have given place to fields of grain and corn, and the forests which stood wild and track-
less before the pioneers, will be remembered only in the pages of history. In 1875 there were in the township 9,218 acres of woodland, to 14,772 acres of improved land. The value of farm lands is estimated at $961,320; of farm buildings, $87,395 ; of stock, $109.962.
In 1875 there were 4,156 acres plowed, 4,913 acres to pasture, and 3,280 mowed. The gross sales from farms were $48,448.
The Supervisors and Town Clerks from 1808, as near as can be ascertained, were as follows :--
Supervisors. Town Clerks.
1808. Richard W. Porter.
James Horken. 60
1 809. :
ISIO.
66
66
ISII.
66
66
1812.
Samuel Boylan.
1813.
1814. Nathaniel W. Porter.
1815. Jacob Clendennin.
1816. 6.
1817. .. 6.
66
1818.
1819.
1820. 66
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1821. Merritt Brown.
Richard W. Porter.
I822. 66
1823. Nathaniel Porter.
1824. Richard W. Porter. 66
Alfred Bailey.
1825.
1 826. Samuel Chapin.
1827. Richard W. Porter.
1 828. 66 66
1829. 46
66
66
1830. William R. Bennett. 1831 66
1832. Samuel Chapin.
1833- 6
1834. James D. McCurdy.
1835.
1836. Isaac H. Consalus. .. 66
Samuel Porter. 66
1837.
1838. 6.
1839.
1840. Joshua Rathbone.
1841. Isaac H. Consalus.
1842. Israel Canfield, Jr.,
18.43. 66
1844. Joshua Rathbone.
1845. James Lemen.
1846. "
1847. A. T. Wood, 1 848. 6. 1849. Israel Canfield.
1850. William Gould. 1851. Isaac Hampton. 1852.
1853. Israel Canfield. 1854. Isaac Hampton. 1855. James Lemen.
1856. Samuel Porter.
William Stapleton.
66
Isaac H. Consalus. Joel J. Knapp. 66
66
Hiramı Gorse. Joel J. Knapp. 60
66
66 Lewis A. Sprague. Joel F. Knapp. Samuel Porter. Caleb Haws. Ira Canfield. 66 Corydon Hyde. Ira Canfield. James Wilkins. Levi Walrath.
John N. Lemen. 66 George Voorhees. John N. Lemen. James Voorhees. ..
66
66
6.
* Mrs. Frederick Covert, now living, tells of two deaths which occurred previously,-one while building a house, by the falling of a log, and the other by falling on a sharp stake on his ox-sled ; but she could give no names or dates.
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1857. Samuel Porter.
1858.
66 66
1859.
1860. William M. White.
1861. James Voorhees.
1862.
1863. Isaac Hampton.
1 864.
66
John McCarthy. Nathan Fenton.
1866.
R. B. Rathbun.
1867. 1868.
66 66
66
1 869. 66
Oscar Porter. Nathaniel Shay. 66
1'872.
66
66
1873. William M. White.
1874.
16
66
1875. L. C. Lemen.
1876. N. P. Covert. 6
A. B. Dunn. 6.
1877.
1878. Isaac Hampton.
Charles E. Hyde.
1879. Andrew McCurdy.
The officers for 1880 are as follows :-
Andrew McCurdy, Supervisor.
Isaac F. Hampton, Town Clerk.
J. B. Prentice, Wm. R. Shay, John C. Scott, Justices of the l'eace.
Ambrose Shay, Commissioner of Highways. Stewart Milliman, Collector.
Herman Chittenden, James Lockwood, Andrew Powell, Constables.
Henry McCartney, J. B. Wilcox, Overseers of the Poor.
A. Barney Clendenin, Ira J. Knapp, Boyd Run- yan, Inspectors of Election .*
There are ten school districts in the town, con- taining comfortable frame buildings. The total number of children in the town of school age is 435. Non-residents, 22. The number who attend school some portion of the year is 348. The aver- age attendance is 131 ; average attendance of non- residents, 7. There are four acres of land devoted to school sites. The value of property and sites is $3,974.
The population in 1875 was 1, 143, as against 884 in 1865 ; of which 1,042 are native; 101 for- eign. Of this population 1,131 are white, 12 colored ; males, 580 ; females, 563 ; aliens, 7.
OSSIAN CENTRE.
The town contains but two settlements. Ossian Centre is situated on Sugar creek, the only stream of importance, flowing southwesterly through the center of the town, and so named because of the plentitude of sugar maples in early days
abounding along its banks. The settlement at an early date was called Sugar creek. It is situated in a remarkably fertile farming country. The val- ley at the centre expands into a broad plain, but northerly opens into a narrower valley of striking beauty.
The settlement is scattering and consists of a town hall, built in 1880; a grocery and dry goods store owned by Crystal Fanning, who began busi- ness here some two years since ; two blacksmith shops, a wagon shop, a school house, two churches, a few saw-mills, and twenty or thirty houses.
Aside from farming its business is lumbering. Three steam saw-mills are run by Isaac Hampton, who owns four thousand acres of land, and three other saw-mills by Elias Geiger, who owns two thousand and three hundred acres. The present Postmaster is Isaac Hampton, who has held that office for twenty years, being appointed in Abra- ham Lincoln's first administration. Mr. Hampton has also been Supervisor for a number of years.
The town officers for 1880 are :- Supervisor, Andrew McCurdy ; Town Clerk, Fremont Hamp- ton ; Assessors, Freeman Covert, Charles Canfield, Richard Mitchell ; Highway Commissioner, An- drew Shay; Justices of the Peace, John Scott, Riley Shay, J. B. Prentiss, Blake Dunn.
BISBEE,
Or Bisbeetown, as it is called by the inhabitants, is in the northwestern part of the town, It is a small settlement similar to Ossian Centre. It was first settled about the year 1816. Among the first settlers were Jesse Bagley and Heman Orton, the latter coming in 1813. They engaged in farming and shingle making. Luther Bisbee, for whom the settlement was named, was a Revolutionary War pensioner. He came there in March, 1819, and built the first saw-mill.
Bisbee consists now of two stores kept by David Clark and John S. Kriley; the former beginning four years since, the latter ten years ago; a saw and grist mill, run by Charles Porter ; a saw-mill by Harvey Chittenden; two blacksmith shops by James Ingersoll and Washington Forrester, and a small collection of houses.
The first school house was built of logs in 1820. The first frame school house was built in 1829, on land of Isaac H. Consalus. Stephen D. Murphy was the first schoolmaster, in what is now district No. 4. 'The first store was kept by Israel Canfield, in 1840 or '42. The first meetings for religious
* For the above list of Supervisors and Town Clerks, as well as for the present town officers, we are indebted to Isaac F. Hampton, the present efficient Town Clerk.
James Voorhees. Jonathan N. Gould. J. J. Hubbard. 66 66
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66
Austin B. Dunn. 66 66
1 865.
1870. 66
1871.
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( Photo, by Betts, Dansville. ) MR. & MRS. ISAAC HAMPTON.
HON. ISAAC HAMPTON.
Ilon. Isaac Hampton, son of Andrew and Mary Finch Hampton, was born in Canadice, Ontario county, N. Y., April 20, 1821. His father and mother were natives of Connectieut. The former was born April, 1780, and died June 2, 1845, aged 65 years, The latter was born November 30, 1797, and died September 9, 1872, aged 85 years. Andrew Hampton left his native State at an early day, loeating in the town of Seipio, Cayuga county, buy- ing a farm and residing there for several years. About the year 1818 he went to the town of Canadice, buying a farm in what was then woods. He resided there for a time, but through siekness and other trouble lost his farm, and for the balance of his life remained poor. He had twelve children, two of whom died in youth. Mrs. Mary Hampton was of English origin, and it is rumored that a large estate in England remains to be divided, she being one of the heirs. In 1835, when young Isaae, who was the sixth child, was in his fifteenth year, they moved to Os- sian. The oldest son, John, with his father, bought a new farm of 125 aeres, making a small payment, which John subsequently paid for, making a home for the family.
Young Hampton attended the district school to a lim- ited extent, but in a short time he was enabled to teach a distriet school, and with such success that he was engaged for nine successive terms, and saved enough of his salary to enable him to attend the Nunda Academy two terms. Being then about 24 years of age, he concluded to go west, going to Ottawa, III., to teach school and study law, but being taken down with the fever prevailing there at that early day, he returned home in a few months, but suffering for over a year. The three years following he spent in alternately teaching winters and laboring sum- mers. Having accumulated a small sum of money, he purchased a farm, paying two hundred dollars down, and buying a team on credit, also some timber land in the southwestern part of the town with a saw mill upon it. This mill has been burnt three times and each time
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promptly rebuilt, and is now in full operation. He bought timber land from time to time and cleared it, making fine farms of the land, until he had some five thousand acres. He has recently sold one thousand acres to his son Isaae F., leaving him four thousand aeres.
This land is well adapted to stock raising, into which he hasentered largely, having now about two thousand sheep, and other stock in proportion. From 1867 to 1875 he was engaged largely in the wool trade, but was obliged to aban- don it on account of other business. In polities he was for- merly a Whig. By that party he was elected Justice of the Peace and Supervisor for several terms. He entered the Republican ranks in its infancy, attending as delegate from Ossian, the first Republican convention held in Western New York, at Angelica. He has been Supervisor four- teen terms and Chairman of the Board several times ; was elected to the Legislature in 1855, and received the ap- pointment, from Abraham Lincoln during his first term, of postmaster at Ossian, which office he still holds.
Isaac Hampton married Mary Jane Fenton, December 8, 1849. They had nine children, as follows, in the order of their birth : Emma J .; Annie D .; Isaac F., who mar- ried Eva Welton, of Ossian; James B., who married Florence Olp. of Mt. Morris ; Cora B., who married Wm. L. Hyde, of Ossian : Carrie B .; Mary E ; Willie H., and Nellie M. Nathan Fenton, father of Mrs. Hampton, was one of the early residents of the town of Leicester, her mother being Iney Spellman of the same town, and both are now, at a ripe old age, living near their daughter in Ossian. In religion Mr. Hampton is a Presbyterian and his wife a Methodist, she having adopted the creed of her parents at an early day. He has long held the office of trustee in both of said churches, and for twenty-five years superintended the Sabbath school in one or both of said churches almost continually. He is in his sixtieth year. Time has left but few marks, and he promises a long and useful life to his family and many friends.
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purposes were held in the log school house in 1820 by the Methodists, Elder Benton first presiding. In 1862 a singular phantasy seized upon some of the residents in and about this settlement, which led twenty-two persons to leave their homes and go to Utah to join the Mormons. Among those who went were Israel Canfield, his wife and three children ; Abram Porter and his wife Marcia, and his sons and daughters, Luther, Nahum, Henrietta, Mary and Ellen ; Henry Miller, and wife and one child ; Augustus Canfield and his daughter Lucy, who became the Mormon wife of John Young, by whom she had two children. He afterward re- pudiated her and married her cousin.
From this vicinity there went to the war of the Rebellion a number of brave men. But very few, however, of those who enlisted from Ossian were ever recorded so that a complete list can be col- lected. The records which were made and filed have been lost, and the town records have been loosely cared for. The following are the only names* that could be obtained :-
Wm. H. Decker,
John D. H. Wright,
Wilfred Crocker, John Crocker,
Milton Seymour,
Lucius A. Bisbee,
Alexander Crocker,
Edwin Luce,
Lucius C. Fenton,
Allen Luce,
Alexander Wilson, Zenas Denton,
Seymour Newton, Thomas Sanford,
William Smith,
William Libby,
George Cowen,
Jackson Bush,
Henry Bush,
Elijah Frasier,
Charles E. Pennock,
Perry DeForest,
George DeForest, Robert Hughes,
Bert Price, Joseph Price,
William Lindsey,
Marvin J. Magee,
George Prentice,
William Price,
Marshall Giddings,
Barney Clendennin,
Bruce Rathbun,
Darius Woolverton,
Isaac Smith. Hiram Foster, Hugh Kelly,
Jerome Chesebro, William Hopkins,
Oliver P. Pennock,
Lafayette Woolworth,
Joseph Hillman,
Ichabod Hubbell,
David Utter,
Fairfield Snider,
John More, Egbert Gorse, Nelson Pennock,
Isaac More, James Welton,
George Thompson,
Amos Van Derhoof,
George Swingle,
Solomon Tierney,
Augustus More, Wilber More, Walter Witheral,
Isaac Witheral, Hiram B. Wright,
John Barrager,
John McCarthy, Martin Hotaling,
Charles Bush,
Williamn Gilboy, William A. Luce, H. C. Roff, David Clark, Henry Runyan, John Runyan.
The two latter enlisted in the Wadsworth Guards, formed at Geneseo. Henry, who ranked as Orderly Sergeant, died June 22, 1864, from wounds received at the battle of Petersburg. John Runyan died June 22, 1863, from wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg. His mother went alone to Gettys- burg at a time when there was much danger, searched until she found his body, and brought it home to be buried in Ossian.
William A. Luce enlisted in Co. I, First New York Dragoons, and died October Ist, 1864, in the service. H. C. Roff eulisted in the First New York Dragoons, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, June 4, 1864. William Smith was a corporal in the First New York Dragoons, and died in the service, July 7, 1864. Charles Bush, Co. D, 104th Regiment, was killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. John Barrager was corporal in Co. I, First New York Dragoons, and died of wounds received in action June 2, 1864. David Clark enlisted at Portage in the 130th Regiment, after- wards mounted as the First New York Dragoons, under command of Capt. James Lemen. He came home wounded.
It could not be ascertained in what regiments the others enlisted, or what became of them.
CHURCHES .- The Methodist Episcopal Church of Ossian was built about 1852. Revs. Robert Parker and- Piersall were the first pastors. The pres- ent pastor-1880-is Rev. George Gibson, residing in Canaseraga, who has presided two years. The church records, unfortunately, have been lost, so that a fuller account could not be obtained. The church is situated at Ossian Centre.
The Presbyterian Church of Ossian was formed in 1818 by Rev. Robert Hubbard, pastor of the church of Angelica, who attended by invitation. The names of the candidates for membership in the church when it was formed, were as follows :- James Haynes, Mary Haynes, Wm. Boyles, Esther Boyles, Sam'1 McCray, Catherine W. Porter, Cather- ine N. Porter, Nancy Vorhees, John Shay, Jeremiah Flynn, Jonathan Haynes, John Haynes, Jane Haynes, Anna Conkright, John Perine, Polly Per- ine, Jacob Clendennin, Lucy Hurlbut, Rhoda Clen- dennin. The first ruling elders were chosen Nov. 21, 1818. They were Jacob Clendennin and James Haynes. Jacob Clendennin was appointed clerk. The church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1878. The present elders are Jacob Clendennin and David
* This list was kindly furnished by Hon. Isaac Hampton, who was Supervisor from 1865 to 1872, and who is undoubtedly the best authority attainable. In sending this he says, " I have only my memory to guide me, as the record made and filed is lost,"
Daniel Shultz,
Daniel Wilkins,
Eugene Marr,
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McCurdy. The church has a membership of about 80. The pastor for 1880 was Rev. J. L. Box, who has presided for three years. The build- ing is a large substantial structure located at Os- sian Centre.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HON. WILLIAM M. WHITE.
The White family is of Puritan origin and trace their descent from Elder John White, one of the first settlers of Cambridge, Mass., and of Hartford, Conn. He came in the ship Lyon, from England, in 1632, to the port of Boston.
The genealogy of the family is as follows :----
Captain Nathaniel White, son of Elder John, was born in England about 1629, and came over with his father in the ship Lyon, being about three years old.
Ensign Daniel White, was the third son of Cap- tain Nathaniel, and was born at Hartford, Conn., February 23d, 1661.
Hugh White, son of Ensign Daniel, was born at Hartford, February 15th, 1691.
Hon. Hugh White, youngest son of Hugh, was born in Hartford, Conn., Jannary 25th. 1733. He was the pioneer of Western New York, and settled at Whitestown, Oneida county, in May 1784 -- with his four sons-Daniel Clark, Joseph, Hugh and Ansel.
Whitestown was organized in 1788, and em- braced within its limits all that part of the State of New York, lying westward of a line passing through Utica, and reaching from the southern boundary of the State to the St. Lawrence river.
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