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Dr. Fitzhugh has always been prominently iden- tified with the best interests of Livingston county. He was member of Assembly in 1843; was for many years President of the Genesee Valley Na- tional Bank, of Geneseo, and was President of the Livingston County Historical Society for the first two years of its organization.
He was a man of delightful social accomplish- ments and highly appreciative of humor. He was not a great talker ; indeed, rather the reverse. Hos- pitable in the extreme, a full house was his delight. Of close business habits, he was never deceived by the same person twice. He attended in the
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minutest details to the care of his estate up to the very last day of his life. He was a true friend, a valued neighbor, and a courteous gentleman, em- phatically of the old school in habits, manners and appearance.
Charles Carroll's connection with Messrs. Roch- ester and Fitzhugh, and his advent to this region with them in 1800 has been noticed. He had pre- viously, in the year 1798, with a brother, Daniel Carroll, been here upon a tour of exploration. They came via the Susquehanna route with pack mules, made a general survey of the country, were pleased with it, but made no investments until 1800. Their residence in Maryland was at Belle- vue, near Hagerstown ; the earlier home of the family had been upon the site of the city of Wash- ington. The capital of the United States now occupies a portion of the estate of their father, Charles Carroll, who was a cousin of "Charles Carroll, of Carrollton."
Major Carroll died at his residence in Groveland in 1837, aged 60 years. Among his sons were Charles Carroll, who was a representative in Congress of the Livingston and Ontario dis- trict and a State Senator, and William T. Car- roll, a clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. His daughters became the wives of Henry Fitzhugh, of Oswego; Moses Tabbs, of Washing- to, D. C .; Dr. Hardage Lane, of St. Louis. The eldest son was the private secretary of Mr. Clay at Ghent, becoming soon after the clerk of his father, who held the office of receiver at Franklin, Mis- souri. He was killed in an affray which occurred in that town.
The institution of slavery at one time had a foothold in Groveland, as is witnessed by the fol- lowing extracts from the town records :-
" JUNE 6, 1817.
"I hereby certify that on or about the 7th day of December, 1816, last past, I brought with mne the following slaves, to-wit: Nancy, born the 20th clay of May, 1811; Barbary, born in December, 1810, and Nelly, about twelve years of age, all of whom I have held for many years previous to my removal into the State of New York.
R. A. FITZHUGH."
" I, Wm. Fitzhugh, late a citizen and former resi- dent of the State of Maryland, having on the 19th clay of November, in the year of our Lord 1817, arrived in the town of Groveland, Ontario county, State of New York, with the intention of perma- nently residing therein, do make oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the slaves here- inafter mentioned are my property and belong to me, and that I removed them with me into the aforesaid town of Groveland on the said 19th day
of November, 1817, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief their sexes and ages are as follows, to-wit: Males-George, born July 17, 1801 ; James, born July 7, 1811 : Adam, born April 14, 1815; Henry, born March 25, 1816; Samuel Harrison, born December 26, 1806. Fe- males-Ann Harrison, born July 17, 1805 ; Agness, born December 20, 1808."
" NOVEMBER 13, 1815.
" I hereby certify that on or about the 15th day of June past I brought with me the following slaves, to-wit : David, about fifteen years in April, 1816; Nany, thirteen years in June, 1816; Milly, eleven years in March, 1816; Sarah, nine years old in February, 1816 ; Nan, seven years old in Novem- ber, 1815, all of whom I held for some years pre- vious to my removal to the State of New York.
CH. CARROLL, of Bellevue."
Among the early physicians of the town were Dr. Warren A. Cowdery, Lockwood Lyon, Edward Lauderdale and Walter E. Lauderdale. Dr. Lyon was here as early as 1820, and was a very promi- nent man in town affairs. Walter E. Lauderdale is now located in Geneseo. where a more extended account of him may be found.
At the annual election of the town of Groveland, held at the house of Wm. Doty, inn-keeper, the first Tuesday of April, 1813, the following persons were elected :-
Samuel Niblack, Supervisor : James Rosebrugh, Town Clerk ; Hugh MeNair, John Jones and Chris- tian Roup, Assessors ; Daniel Ross, John Slaight and Samuel Begole, Commissioners of Highways ; Abraham Harrison and Aaron Norcross, Overseers of the Poor ; Wm. Doty, Constable and Collector ; Davenport Alger, Constable; John Hampton, Samuel M. Mann and Enoch Squibb, Fence View- ers ; Wm. Doty, Nathan Ogden, John Oman, Ira Travis, David Crooks, John Vance, Wm. R. Fe- gole, l'hilo Mills, Ebenezer MeMasters, Benj. Price, Samuel Henderson, Eli Clark and Thomas Young, Overseers of Highways.
At an election held at Win. Doty's on April 2, 1816, the following persons were elected and privi- leges granted :--
Samuel Niblack, Supervisor ; David Coursen, Town Clerk ; James Rosebrugh, James Henderson and John Smith, Commissioners of Common Schools; Enoch Squibb, Wait Arnold, John Jones, David Coursen, Samuel Niblack and John Vance, Inspectors of Common Schools; Wm. Doty and Daniel Ross, Overseers of the Poor ; Simeon Root, Constable ; Wm. P. Begole and Elijah Holmes, Fence Viewers; Robert Burns, Thomas Philips, Elias Harrison, Stephen Bonker, Jacob Hender- shott, John Scott, Samuel Ward, David Schull,
MR. & MRS. JOHN GILMAN,
PHILLIP GILMAN.
Previous to the war of the Revolution, the parents of Phillip Gilman emigrated from Hanover, Germany, to Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1756. In the early part of the Revolutionary war he enlisted in the Conti- nental army and adhered to its fortunes to the end of the struggle, participating in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and others of that eventful period. While in the battle of Germantown he was shot in the left breast by a musket ball, the ball passing through his lungs and heing extracted two days after from under the left shoul- der hlade. After he was wounded he broke his musket over a stump to prevent it from being of nse to the Brit- ish, who then occupied the battle ground, and concealed himself under some hay in a barn, where a party of Brit- ish dragoons fed their horses and departed before day- light, without seeing him. At sunrise, wishing a drink of water, he made his way to a well near by, and there met a woman who directed him in the way to reach the American army and avoid the British. After remaining a short time in the hospital, he, notwithstanding the urgent protest of the surgeon, again joined the army, and by a strong will and vigorous constitution, was safely carried through. In 1779 he served under General Sulli- van in his contest with the Iroquois Indians. Little is known of his individual experience in that campaign although he was so greatly pleased with the beauty of the "Canaseraga country," as he called it, that its praise was constantly on his lips until he became one of its residents.
He was married to Maria Clara Haasler, daughter of a merchant then in Reading, Pa. In 1791 when Captain Williamson, on his way from Europe to the Genesee country, came up the Susquehanna with a company of emigrants he engaged to work for the Captain in his mills at Bath, where he remained till the spring of 1800, when he removed with his family of five sons and five daughters to Sparta, and there cleared a home in the forest. Always retaining a hearty dislike to the British, he, during the war of 1812, encouraged his sons to take an active part in their country's service, and the four who were old enough relieved each other in guarding the lines at Buffalo.
John Gilman, son of Phillip, was born in Bath, Steuben county, in the year 1794, and removed with his father's family to Sparta, where his youthful days were spent in assisting to subdue the forest and im- prove the farm on which he spent the remainder of his life. When eighteen years of age he was drafted for three months' service in defending the lines against the British at Buffalo. In 1819 he was married to Jennie, daughter of James Scott, Esq., who had removed to Sparta from Northumberland county, Pa., in the year 1806. For fifty-two years they passed a happy married life and raised a family of three sons and three daugh- ters, of whom only one survived them. John Gilman died April 27, 1871. His wife survived him nearly six years and died April 10, 1877.
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Charles Carroll, Andrew McNair, Hector W. Hey, James Henderson, Davenport Alger, Alexandria Patterson, Thomas Young, Joseph George, Moses Gilbert, Samuel Culbertson, Michael Johnson, John Hyland, Stephen Cole, Nathan Thorp and Peter Murren, Overseers of Highways.
Privileges granted :-
"Win. Doty is to have the privilege of selling and retailing spirituous liquors on days of town business, when done at his house."
" Wm. Willson is to have the privilege to sell spirituous liquors on days of town business by pay- ing one dollar for the time already sold."
" Also that James Henderson shall have the priv- ilege of selling spirituous liquors on the first day of election, April 16, 1816."
The following has been the succession of Su- pervisors and Town Clerks.
Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
1813-14. Jas. Rosebrugh.
1815. Samuel Niblack.
Samuel Niblack. Christian Roup.
1816.
1817. Chas. Carroll.
1818.
1819-20. Wm. Fitzhugh. 6
1821.
1822. Chas. H. Carroll.
1823-26. David Gamble.
1827. Daniel Kelly. 66
1828-29.
1830-32. Daniel H. Fitzhugh. Lockwood Lyon.
1833. 1834. 1835.
Daniel Fitzhugh.
1836-37. W. E. Lauderdale.
Reuben Field.
1838. 1839. 1840. 1841.
Chas. H. Carroll.
Josiah Fisher. Chas. Goheen.
1842-43. Daniel Kelly.
66
66 John Benway, Jr.
1844. 1845. 1846.
David Gamble. 66
66 Chas. Goheen.
1847.
Wm. Ewart. Hugh C. Lattimore.
1848.
Chas. H. Carroll,
John Aten.
IS49. 1850. IS51.
$6 Edward P. Fuller.
John Benway, Jr.
1852-53. Edward Logan.
Hugh C. Lattimore. 66
1854-55. Harvey Ewart.
Augustus Palmer.
John Benway.
Nathaniel B. Mann. Thos. Gamble.
66
John Benway.
Edward P. Fuller.
66
Chas. Goheen.
66
66
John Aten.
1861. 1862. 1863. John Hartman.
Chas. Goheen. John Aten.
1864-65. John Hartman.
1866. Orimel Bigelow.
1867-68. John Hartman.
66
66
1873.
Hugh W. McNair. John Aten.
1874. Geo. S. Ewart. 6: 66
1875. Hugh McNair.
1876. Jerome A. Lake. 66
1877. Geo. W. Kelly. 66
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1878. Jerome A. Lake. Geo. G. Fox.
1879-80. John W. Sickly. John Aten.
The following officers were elected April 5, 1881 : Supervisor, John W. Sickly ; Town Clerk, James B. Harrison ; Justice of the Peace, Frank S. Lee ; Richard J. Kelly, (vacancy ;) Highway Commis- sioner, John P. Titsworth ; Assessor, B. F. Cul- bertson ; Overseers of the Poor, H. W. Ogden, Andrew Boyd; Collector, John Lee; Constables, John Lee, Andrew Gray, Patrick Wall, Richard E. White; Game Constable, Richard Johnson ; Ex- cise Commissioners, William Aten, David Gray ; Inspectors of Election. George S. Ewart, John K. Slack.
At an election held in the town of Groveland, which commenced April 30, 1816, at the house of James Henderson, and closed May 2, at the house of William Willson, there were cast for Daniel D. Tompkins, for Governor, forty-three votes, and for Rufus King for Governor, fourteen votes.
The report of the School Commissioners to the County Clerk of Ontario county, made May 20, 1816, reports that there were six full districts and one part of one, the amount of moneys received was $79.99, the number of children taught in the district were 280, and the total number of children between the ages of five and fifteen years were 366.
WAR RECORD .- The record of the part that Groveland took in the war of the Rebellion is very meagre. The following is all that is recorded in relation to the subject :-
September 19, 1863, a resolution was passed to raise $100 that same fall "for the relief of the wives and children of the volunteers and those or- dered into the service of the United States, accord- ing to an Act passed by our State Legislature on the 17th day of May, 1863."
September 23, 1864, at a town meeting held for the purpose of filling the quota of said town under the last call, it was voted by a majority of the votes cast that said town raise a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for each, for the purpose of filling the quota of said town, and that the amount be assessed and collected from the taxable inhabitants of said town at the two next annual collections.
At a special town meeting held in and for the town of Groveland at the house of Richard Mate. in said town, on the 3d day of February, 1865, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to
66 .6
John Morrow. L. C. Lyon. 66
Chas. Goheen. 66
Daniel H. Fitzhugh.
Wm. Ewart.
Phineas Barber.
1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. I860.
.6
1869-72. Geo. S. Ewart.
David Coursen. David Coursen. Warren A. Cowdery. David Coursen. Wm. Learning. .. :
John Jones.
Wm. Aten.
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raise money upon the credit of said town for pay- ing bounties to volunteers into the military and naval service of the United States, it was voted by a majority of the electors present that the board of town auditors of said town issue the bonds of said town to the amount of $400 to each volunteer to fill the quota of said town under the last call of the President for three hundred thousand men.
At a special town meeting held the 4th of March, 1865, it was voted that the sum of $300 be ex- pended by the board of town auditors in cases of actual necessity for the relief of the families in said town whose natural supporters are in the military and naval service of the United States, or who have died in said service.
GROVELAND CORNERS.
The principal hamlet in the town is Groveland Corners. The present business consists of a black- smith shop kept by Wm. Mate, a shoe shop kept by S. Pease, and one general store kept by Geo. Fox. Millard Sickly formerly kept store here. succeeded by John Magee from 1878 till the fall of 1880.
Abraham Harrison kept tavern at the corners about 1825 and remained till as late as 1830 in the house across from the store. The Presbyterian parsonage was built about 1840 as a hotel by John Morrow, who had then a store here. The present postmaster is L. M. Bradley, who was appointed in the latter part of 1880. His immediate prede- cessors were John C. Magee, M. F. Sickly, Geo. G. Fox, Harris Harvey and John Aten.
The Presbyterian Church of Groveland was or- ganized in 1809,* by Rev. John Lindsley, and consisted of sixteen members and three elders. The early Minutes of Session being carried to the General Assembly by Rev. Mr. Lindsley were un- happily lost.
In the year 1818, the congregation obtained the services of Rev. Silas Pratt, who ministered to them each third Sabbath for one year. On Janu- ary 10, 1819, the church was taken under the care of the Presbytery of Ontario.
In the Minutes from 1818 to 1824, the names of Samuel Culbertson, Thomas Ward, John Jones and Abraham Harrison appear as ruling elders ; and January 1, 1824, Michael Johnson and Wm. Learning were installed as their associates in office.
Their present house of worship was erected in 1829-the builder being Henry Vroman; and the trustees were Messrs. G. W. Merrill, Daniel Kelly, John Harrison, A. Harrison, Michael Johnson and George Bennett. One of the articles of agree- ment between the builder and trustees read as fol- lows :-
"The said party of the second part (viz: trus- tees,) agree to deliver all the material on the spot where the said building is to stand; to ask the hands and furnish the liquor for raising of the building and be at the expense of the same."
The congregation had previously worshipped in a school-house that stood opposite to the Gully school-house.
From the departure of Rev. Pratt, in 1828, regu- lar services were intermitted, but Rev. Mr. Mas- ter and Rev. Mr. (Dr.) Bull, of Geneseo, occasion- ally administered the sacrament. On the roth of March, 1831, Rev. Isaac Crabb was installed as the first pastor, on a salary of $300 per annum, payable in semi-annual installments, but was obliged to close his labors May 12, 1833. Rev. George E. Sill was employed as stated supply for one year from August 28, 1833, and Rev. George Freeman, of the Presbytery of Geneva, occupied a like position for about three years. February 7, 1836, Messrs. John Vance, Samuel C. Culbertson, John J. Groesbeck and Daniel Kelly were added by ordination to the eldership. From April, 1836, to May, 1841, Rev. Orrin Brown, of Champlain Presbytery, was stated supply: and July 30, 1840, Rev. Silas Pratt again assumed charge, continuing for three years. February 27, 1842, the Session took preliminary steps toward transferring the church to the Presbytery of Caledonia, and the change was made March 20, 1842. A minority protested and organized under the Presbytery of Ontario; but this division was but temporary, and in the autumn of 1842, the church placed itself under the care of the Presbytery of Steuben. From the fall of 1843 to 1845, Rev. Lewis Cheese- man presided. He was followed by Rev. Richard Kay, who remained three years, and from February 5, 1849, to April 5, 1850, Rev. John C. Vanliew presided. In the fall of 1850, Rev. S. Smith Stur- ges commenced his services as stated supply, con- tinuing till the summer of 1853. Rev. John J. Carroll took charge of the pulpit January 1, 1854, and presided there ten years, and upon his retire- ment Rev. F. DeW. Ward, of Genesco, filled his place, but remained only two months, and was fol- lowed, after a brief interval, by Rev. Robert 1 .. Conant, who acted as stated supply a few Sabbaths,
* 'This date is given on the authority of Rev. Mr. Lindsley. although Rev. Silas Pratt states that the church was organized in 1795, by the General Assembly through the efforts of their missionary, Rev. Mr. Thatcher.
MARY BICKEL EBENRITER.
Mary Bickel Ebenriter was born in Lehigh county, Pa., Nov. 15, 1792. Her father, Henry Bickel, was a native of Switzerland, born May 24, 1748, and died April 5, 1826. Her mother was born in Pennsylvania, near Bethlehem, July 16, 1759, and died Oct. 19, 1830.
Peter Ebenriter, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1790. His grandfather was a native of Germany, and came here and took part in the Revolutionary war with England. When Peter was four years of age, the family moved to Lehigh county, near Allentown, where, when old enough, he worked with his father till the death of the latter in 1825. As Peter continued to work the farm until 1833, his education was necessarily limi- ted to the district school of that day, but he was a man of good judgment and discernment, and was one of a company of volunteers who went to Philadelphia to defend the flag of his coun- try against the attack of the English in 1812.
Sept. 11, 1812, he was married to Mary Bickel, and they lived on his father's farm until 1833, when they moved to the town of Groveland. They had one son and seven daughters, three of whom are now living. George Ebenriter occupies the old homestead, and it is due to his liberality that his mother's portrait appears herewith, (his father never having had one taken).
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ebenriter were both members of the Groveland Presbyterian Church, having joined that organization about the year 1834, Mr. Ebenriter by a letter from the Church at his home in Pennsylvania. Both lived the life of exemplary christians, and all of the family became members of the same Church. Mr. Ebenriter died Feb. 12, 1873. and his wife Feb. 13, 1874, mourned by all who knew them. Mrs. Ebenriter had doubly endeared herself to all and was ever ready to assist a neighbor when in trouble or sickness.
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and in April, 1863, was succeeded by Rev. Stuart Mitchell. Rev. Henry L. Doolittle then followed, and remained three years. Rev. John Jones, D. D., supplied the pulpit for a short time when Rev. Thomas Dobbin became pastor, resigning August 13, 1875.
August r, 1876, the superintendent of the Sun- day-school was Orimel Bigelow, and the trustees were David Gray, William Aten and Samuel Cul- bertson. The church membership reported May I, of that year was 143.
August, 1876, Rev. David Conway came and remained one year. Rev. Chester Murray served the church from January, 1878, till April, 1879, followed in May by Rev. Andrew J. Hardie, who remained till September, 1880, since which date there has been no pastor. The present acting elders are David Drake, Fort Benway and Orimel Bigelow. Present membership about 128.
EAST GROVELAND.
East Groveland, formerly known as Hunt's Corners, is located in the northern portion of the town and contains a post-office, store and Metho- dist Episcopal church. The present store was built in 1870 by J. DuBois. The present propri- etor is Geo. G. Fox. The post-office has been kept by Elijah Hunt, James VanAntwerp, James Ward, Hugh Kelly and J. L. Whitney.
The First M. E. Church of Groveland is located at East Groveland, formerly known as Hunt's Cor- ners. The following is the certificate of its incor- poration :--
" We, the subscribers, do certify that at a meet- ing held at the school house near John Hunt's, in the town of Groveland, in the county of Living- ston, it being the place where the members and friends of the M. E. Church statedly attend divine worship, on the 14th of March, 1826, of the male persons of full age being members and friends of the M. E. Church, held in pursuance of public notice given two successive Sabbaths or meeting days, and at least fifteen days before the time of meeting, for the purpose of reorganizing themselves according to the act entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies' passed April 5, 1813. That John Arnold and John Hill, two of the members of said society were duly chosen to preside at the said meeting and election of trustees, and we do further certify that at the said meeting Wm. Doty, Jonathan Doty, Lemuel B. Ginnings, John White and John Salmon were elected to serve as trustees of said church, and we do further certify that at the said meeting, that the said society to be reincorporated should be called and known by the name and title of the
' First Society of the M. E. Church in Groveland,' which elective resolutions and proceedings we do certify were had in our presence. Given under our hands and seals the 14th day of March, 1826. "JOIIN ARNOLD, "JOHN HILL."
The deed for the church lot was given March 7, 1825, by Daniel and Mary Ross to the trustees of the church, and the church was built about the year 1828.
The first records attainable bear date January 18, 1834, at which date Rev. Abner Chase was presiding elder and Rev. Joseph MeCrary was pas- tor. In 1835 John Parker was the pastor, and from that year to January, 1843, the minutes are missing, but in 1843 Rev. J. G. Gulick and Rev. David Ferris were preachers, and in October of the same year Rev. Robert Parker took the place of Rev. David Ferris. From that year the various ministers filled the position in the following order :-
Revs. C. L. Bowne in 1845, S. W. Alden in Oct., 1846, E. B. Fuller in 1848, Alex. Farrill in Aug., 1848, Leveret Richmond in Sept., 1849, Wesley Cochran in Sept., 1850, J. Chapman in 1852, J. L. S. Granden in 1854, S. Brown in 1855, C. L. Bowne in 1857, Wm. Mattison in 1860, Geo. W. Wilkin- son in 1862, Geo. VanAlstyne in 1863, B. Mande- ville in 1864, W. W. Mandeville in 1865, B. F. Hitchcock in 1866, L. D. Chase in 1867, Jas. S. Lemon in 1869, F. D. Blakeslee in 1872, J. B. Countryman in 1874, T. J. O. Woodin in 1877, J. E. Tiffany in 1879, P. R. Stover in 1880.
The membership numbers 66 and the Sunday school 100, with Daniel Morris as Superintendent. Among the prominent members may be mentioned Daniel Morris, Frank Barber, Harvey Ewart, Ed- ward Parks and Elijah Hunt. John White was a member for about sixty-three years and died June 27, 1880, in the ninety-second year of his age. The parsonage was built about 1848. The circuit preacher is Thomas Carlton.
NORTH SPARTA.
North Sparta is a postoffice situated in the southeast portion of the town, a short distance north of McNair Station on the Dansville branch of the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad. The postoffice was moved from Sparta in 1874, since February of which year, Samuel Wambold has been postmaster.
Wm. Johnson kept a store at this place since about 1847, and continued the same till his death
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in September, 1872 ; during the latter portion of his life carrying on business in a store located across the road from the present one. C. F. Wambold is the present merchant, and has been in business since 1878.
Zehner's mills (grist) located here, were built in 1826 by Isaac Havens, a son of Darling Havens, of Sparta, and were purchased by Abram Zehner, who run them till 1865, when Stephen Wambold took charge and has since continued. A saw mill was added about 1842. There are about seven feet fall at this place. The mill contains two runs of stones and one upright saw.
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