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CHAPTER XXXI.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LIMA.
THE town of Lima lies on the extreme north- astern border of the county. It is bounded on the north by Mendon, (Monroe county) ; on the south by Livonia and Richmond, (Ontario county) ; on the east by West Bloomfield, (On- tario county) ; and on the west by Avon.
The only stream of importance is Stony brook, which rises in Livonia and flows north through the
center of the town. Honeoye creek, on the east- ern border, divides the town from West Bloomfield in Ontario county. The town has but three vil- lages, Lima, the principal point, near the center of the town, North Bloomfield, in the extreme north- eastern part, and Hamilton Station, or South Lima, in the extreme south-western part.
The town of Lima was originally known as " Mighle's Gore." The name was derived from a man who owned here a considerable tract of land so cut up by the division of towns on the north, east and west as to present the shape of a " gore."
Lima was formed as Charleston, then in Ontario county. Jan. 27, 1789. Its name was changed April 6, 1808. Its surface is undulating and hilly. The soil is a clay and clay loam, and in the north- west sandy and gravelly loamn.
The first settlement of the town is accredited to Paul Davidson and Jonathan Gould, who it is be- lieved came from Pennsylvania, and who located here in 1788. These pioneers are believed to be the first permanent settlers west of the Adams' Settlement in Bloomfield .*
Soon after these pathmakers came Abner Miles, from Massachusetts, in 1789; John Miner and Asahel Burchard, in the following year, and Steven Tinker and Solomon Hovey, from Massachusetts, in 1791. In this year came also Zebulon Moses, with his wife and son, Luther, settling near the present site of Lima village. Here he lived two years, and then removed about four miles south- east to what was then an unbroken wilderness, where he purchased a tract of land. Luther Moses, the son, was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1787. He died in 1876, having been a resident of Lima eighty-four years.
Miles Bristol came to the town of Lima about 1785, locating a farm near what is now Lima village. His son, William Bristol, now retains the homestead. On this farm have been found many interesting relics of the savage race who had been the primitive occupants, comprising rude axes, arrows of flint, pipes, tomahawks, kettles of clay, and skeletons of those early aborigines. In 1877, Mr. Bristol discovered the perfect remains of a human being, whose fleshless arms were decorated with iron armlets strung with varied colored beads.
Among other early settlers who came here previous to 1795, were Reuben and Gideon Thayer, Col. Thomas Lee, Col. David Morgan, Willard and Amasa Humphrey, and Asahel, William and Daniel H. Warner. The family of
. Turner's Phelps and Gorham's Purchase.
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Warner were among the most prominent and in- fluential of the pioneers in Lima .* In 1797, the greater part of what is now the village of Lima, was owned by Matthew Warner and his brother.
The ancestor of this family, William Warner, came from England in 1637 and settled at Ips- wich, Mass. He had two sons, Daniel and John, who in 1672 settled in New Canaan, in this State. One of these brothers had a son named William, who married there and had a family of thirteen children. William Warner was the oldest of this family. He was born in 1717. In 1740 he was married to a Miss Hawley, of English descent, by whom he had seven children, Asahel, Matthew, William, Daniel, Elizabeth, Hannah and Sally. His wife dying in 1775 or 1776, he was again married to Elizabeth Norton, by whom he also had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The sons were John N., Linus and Samuel, William Warner participated in the war of the Revolution, in which he ruined his health, and as his property was in continental money it became worthless, and at the close of the war he was imprisoned for debt in Albany jail, where, in poor health and despondent spirits, he remained some time. In 1794 two of his sons, Asahel and William, came to Lima, where they remained dur- ing one summer. Here Asahel purchased a tract of land on which was a log house, and then the brothers returned to their former home, where in the following winter they were married. The next year, 1795, they again started for Lima, arriving there on the 22d of March, after a journey of twenty-two days. They found the country here almost an unbroken wilderness, with bears, wolves, and deer in large numbers, and nearly the sole ownership of the land vested in the red men. William Warner, who at this time came with his sons, died in the following August, and was buried in Bloomfield.
Asahel Warner was a man of great energy and perseverance, and was greatly instrumental in de- veloping the business interests of Lima, In 1812- '13, he was elected member of Assembly. He died in :847, aged 83 years.
Matthew Warner was also quite a prominent man in the early history of this town. He came to Lima in 1797, where he soon after built a log house t in which he lived until his death July 9, 1841. He was at one time Justice of the Peace,
and one of the Judges of the County court of On- tario, and in 1818-'19 served his district in the As- sembly.
William Warner, who came here with his brother Asahel in 1795, died February 16, 1850, aged 78 years.
Among other early settlers were Col. George Smith, who came in March, 1798, and James Ster- ling, Nathaniel Munger, Samuel Carr, Jedediah Commins, Joel Roberts, Phineas Burchard, Chris- topher Lee, Jonah Moses, and John and David B. Morgan, all of whom came previous to the arrival of Col. Smith.
In 1799 Adolphus Watkins came to this town from Ashford, Winford county, Conn. When he came, where Lima now stands were a few scatter- ing log houses, and what is now known as Roches- ter street, was a muddy thoroughfare, over which the pioneers traveled with their grist to a mill in Honeoye. This is now one of the finest streets in the town, the principal street in the village, and the log cabins have given place to fine residences and costly churches.
The town was then known as Charleston, rough and unbroken, with the land heavily timbered with black walnut, white and black oak, elm, cherry, and basswood.
The first marriage in this new country was that of Simeon Gray and Patty Alger, in 1793. The first death that of Mrs. Abbot, mother to Mrs. Paul Davidson, in 1791 .* This was the first death in the Genesee country.
The first child born was a daughter to Mrs. Paul Davidson. The first school was taught in 1792-'3, by John Sabin. Reuben Thayer kept the first tavern in 1793, and in the year following Tryon & Adams opened the first store.
Reuben Thayer built the first saw mill in 1796, and Zebulon Norton the first grist mill in 1794.
The growth of the town, and the development of its business interests, was gradual and attended by many hardships. As late as 1820, some of the best land between here and Avon lay to commons, and was offered for sale at ten dollars per acre.
Lima then comprised all the territory west of Honeoye creek,-including what was then known as Abram's l'lains-to the town line of Rush, nearly to Hallock's Corners, on the East Rush road.
There was then no building north of the Pres- byterian Church in Lima Village for nearly a mile.
At that time the village had but a few stores, the principal one being that of Atwell & Grout.
* It might also be said the most numerous, It is related that in those early days strangers were told, " If you see a man in the street and don't know his name call him Warner. You are certain to hit it every time." t Near the brick house in which Mr. Thayer has since lived.
* Doty says 1790.
PAVID CURTIS PARKER.
David Curtis Parker was a son of William and Sarah (Curtis) Parker, the latter of whose father, Mr. Curtis, of Connecticut, was a surveyor and one of a company sent by the government to survey the lands of the Holland Purchase. William Parker was born in Connecticut in 1767. He moved to Lima at a very early day and settled on the farm now occupied by his son Charles L. He died in 1842, his wife in 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Parker were born the following children :- Rhoda, born in 1800; Bet- sy, in 1805 ; William B., about 1807 ; David Curtis, May 2, 1810, died May 14, 1879 ; Edmund J., born in 1812; Sarah Ann, in 1817; and Charles L., in 1819; of whom Charles L., and William B. are the only ones living, and both reside in Lima.
David C. remained at home till twenty-three years of age, being most of the time engaged in working the home farm, and assisting his father whenever an occasion offered itself. His education was necessarily limited as he could only attend the common school of the town in which he resided.
February 15, 1833, he was married to Eliza, dangliter of George and Eliza Wiggins. She was born in New Jer- sey December 1, 1810, and moved with her parents to West Bloomfield, where her mother died in 1816, leaving four children. Her father married for his second wife Polly Fay, a sister of his deceased wife. By her he had ten children. Those left him by his first wife were : - Jonathan, born in New Jersey in 1808, (deceased); Eliza, as already mentioned ; David Sargeant, born in 1812, died in 1867 : and James Baldwin, now living at West Avon.
After his marriage, David C. lived one year with his parents and then purchased the farm on which he resided till his death. Here the best years of his life and most noble efforts were devoted to improving and developing his property, and he ranked among the best and most scientific agriculturists in the county.
He was never an office-seeker, but was a plain unpre- tentious man, whose reputation was without a stain. His character was never questioned and he was highly respected for that fact. In politics he was a Republican, and took a lively interest in the success of his party, al- ways sustaining its measures consistently. He attended the Universalist church at North Bloomfield, but was never a member of any congregation.
Having no children of his own, he adopted his wife's nephew, Curtis P. Wiggins, when he was eight years old, and lavished upon him the tenderest care of a kind parent, which the young man fully appreciated, and he inserts this portrait and sketch from pure affection and in rever- ence for his memory.
Curtis Parker Wiggins was born August 26, 1838, and was married to Phebe A., daughter of Robert and Fanny Huntington, of West Bloomfield, Ontario connty, N. Y. She was born August 24, 1839. Two children have been born to them ; Fannie E., and Ida M.
Mr. Wiggins lives on the farm left him by his adopted father, which is beautifully located about three miles northeast of Lima. The place is kept in the highest state of cultivation and Mr. Wiggins is surrounded with all the comforts of a happy home and fireside.
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LIMA-EARLY SETTLERS.
Wheat sold then for 37₺ cts. per bushel. Goods were paid for in wheat, which was ground into flour, drawn to the mouth of the Genesee river, and from there was taken by sloops to Ogdensburgh and down the St. Lawrence on rafts to Montreal. Be- tween the Honeoye creek and the Avon line there were then seven taverns, which, nearly every night, were full of teamsters and travelers. One of these taverns, a little west of the village of Lima, was kept by John Morgan. The order of things has been somewhat reversed since that time. Then there were seven taverns and one church; now over that same line are five churches and but one tavern.
Of those pioneers who laid the foundations for the future growth and prosperity of Lima, none are living, and but few have descendants in the town. Asahel Warner has none in Lima. Judge Mat- thew Warner has one son, Andrew J. Warner, now living near Lima village, a farmer, and a music teacher of some celebrity. Mrs. C. J. Ingersoll, also living near the village, is a daughter of Mat- thew Warner. A son, Spencer, lives in Michigan, and another daughter, Huldah, (Mrs. Clement Turner,) lives in Iowa.
William Warner has no immediate descendants. A grandson, Charles H. Warner, a farmer, whose father was Henry Warner, now lives here.
Daniel Warner has one son, Edwin Warner, a farmer, living here.
Asahel Burchard, who died in 1853, aged 91, has no descendants in the town.
Stephen Arthur, has none in the town. His children married and settled in the West.
Thomas Peck, has one son, Richard, a farmer, now living here. He was Supervisor a number of years, and is quite a prominent man. A daughter, Mrs. Dann, also resides in the town.
Another family quite prominent in the history of this town was that of the Leech brothers, Man- asseh, who came here in 1797, and died in March, 1828, and Clement, Ebenezer and Paine, who probably came here at about the same time.
Josiah G. Leech, a son to Manasseh, was born April 22, 1803, and in his day was one of the lead- ing men of Lima. He held town offices seventeen consecutive years, ending in 1847 with three suc- cessive terms as Supervisor. He died in 1872.
A daughter to Manasseh Leech, Mrs. Nelson Lloyd, who lives in Lima village, is the only direct descendant in the town now living. A grandson, Manasseh Cummings, lives here.
Clement Leech has no descendants here. A
son, Robert T., lives in West Bloomfield, and a daughter, Mrs. Parmilee, also in West Bloomfield. A son, Clement, moved to the West and died.
Ebenezer Leech has no descendants here. All are dead.
Solomon Hovey has one son, Guernsey, now in the town.
Adolphus Watkins, who died in 1876, has one daughter, Mrs. Roxie Gordon, living here, and a son, Solon Watkins, who was President of Lima village in 1877-78.
TOWN OFFICERS .- From some stray records, of whose authenticity nothing is positively known, it is learned that the first town meeting was held in 1793, when what is now Lima was known as "Mighle's Gore,"* and that at this meeting Amos Hall was chosen Supervisor, and that during this year most of the roads were laid out.
The only records known to be authentic, place the first meeting on April 4th, 1797. This was held at the Inn of Reuben Thayer, and the officers then elected were as follows :- Supervisor, Solomon Hovey; Town Clerk, James Davis; Assessors, Joseph Arthur, Willard Humphrey, Justus Miner ; Commissioners of Highways, Elijah Morgan, Na- thaniel Munger, Jonathan Gould ; Poormasters, Joseph Arthur, William Williams ; Constable and Collector, Jolin Miner ; School Commissioners, Joel Roberts, William Williams, Col. David Mor- gan ; Path-Masters, Jonathan Gould, Phillip Sparl- ing, Joseph Arthur, Willard Humphrey ; Fence Viewers, William Webber, William Williams, James Davis ; Pound Keeper, Reuben Thayer.
The town was then known as Charleston, and that name was changed to Lima in 1808 or 1809.+
The first town meeting held in the town of Lima, so named, was in the "Brick School House" in what is now Lima village, on the 4th day of April, 1809.
The town was still in Ontario county. At this meeting the following officers were elected :-
Supervisor, Abel Bristol ; Town Clerk, Manas- seh Leech; Assessors, Justin Smith, William Bacon, William Williams ; Constable and Collector, John Morgan; Commissioners of Highways, Jacob Stevens, Gurdon W. Cook; Overseers of the Poor, Ezra Norton, Jedediah Commins ; Sealer of Weights and Measures, Gurdon W.
*This name is variously spelled Mighle's, Mile's, Migell's ; the former is said by Frankliu Carter, Esq., to be the correct forni.
1 Both French and Doty state that the name was changed in 1808, the former placing the date at April 6, but the town meeting which was held in April of that year is dated Charleston, and no records show that the change was made at that date. The name of Lima first appears on the records January 11, 1509.
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HISTORY OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
Cook; Fence Viewers, Asa Porter, Clement Leech, Enos Frost ; Pound-keeper, Asa Porter.
A sum of $25 was voted to build the pound, which was to be located on the northwest corner of the Porter farm.
From that date the Supervisors and Town Clerks have been as here appended :-
Supervisors.
1810
Asahel Warner.
1811
William Williams.
66
1812 Matthew Warner.
James K. Guernsey.
1813-14 Jacob Stevens.
1815 1816
Matthew Warner. Asahel Warner.
817
1818-19 Manasseh Leech.
1820-22
66
1823
Asahel Warner.
1824
Levi Hovey.
1825
Manasseh Leech. 66
1826-27
1828-31 Smith Parmelee.
1832 1833
John Cutler.
Erastus Clark. Charles Ingersoll.
1836 1837 1838 1839-41 1842
Alexander Martin. 66 John Cutler. 66 66 Jarvis Raymond.
Franklin Carter. 66
1 843
Alexander Martin.
1844
Israel Nicklesson.
66
1845-46 Josiah G. Leech. 66
1847 1848
Alexander Martin.
Alvin Chamberlin. 66
J. Franklin Peck. Franklin Carter. Jarvis Raymond. Albert I .. Stevens. Henry M. Barnard. 66 66
1849 1850 IS51 66 1852 Daniel Day.
Ezekiel Hyde.
16
1853 1854
Henry Warner.
1855
Samuel T. Vary.
Edward Salmon.
1856
Lyman Hawes.
66
1859-60 David H. Alberston. 66 66
1861-66 Shepard P. Morgan.
66
66 66 1867-69 Richard Peck.
66
1870-72 Wm. R. McNair.
1873-77 Anson L. Angle. 1878 Albert Heath.
66
1879-So James T. Gordon.
68
The following officers were elected April 5, 1881 :- Supervisor, James T. Gordon; Town Clerk, Patrick Guinan ; Justice of Peace, Egerton Watts; Highway Commissioner, David B. Mor- gan ; Assessor, Lewis Moses; Overseer of Poor, David H. King; Collector, James E. Lockington ; Constables, James E. Lockington, James Van Val- kenbergh, Henry F. Stevens, James Egan, George Ford ; Game Constable, Charles D. Goodrich.
POPULATION .- In 1870, the town of Lima had a population of 2,912, of whom 2,355 were native, 557 foreign; 2,896 white, 16 colored. In 1845 the total population was 2,915, of which number 2,346 were native, 569 foreign ; 2,895 white, 20 colored. At the census of 1880, the total population was 2,700, a decrease of 212 in the ten years.
SCHOOL STATISTICS .- The town of Lima has nine school districts, in which, during the past year (1880,) school was taught 303 weeks, employing 13 teachers, and with a total amount in wages of $3,238.75. Number of children in districts over five and under twenty-one years of age, 895 ; average attendance during the year, 312 ; the number attend- ing some portion of the year, 614. Total value of district libraries, $190.00, the amount expended on libraries during the year, $12.14.
Total value of school houses and sites, $8,200. Total amount expended for school houses, sites, fences, furniture and repairs during the year, $3,- 700.20 ; for school apparatus, $21.44 ; totalinciden- tal expenses for the year, $339.85.
LIMA.
The village of Lima is situated near the center of the town, and is one of the oldest and most beautiful villages in the county.
In its early days this place was known as the " Brick School house Corner." It was situated on the State road, which now forms its main street, over which flowed the pioneer traffic and emigra- tion, and was looked upon as likely to become the most populous village in the Genesee country. But the development and growth of railroad inter- ests in other directions put an end to such antici- pations, and Lima was left an inland village, charm- ing even in its isolation ; and, as if in remunera- tion for its loss of railroad facilities, Lima became noted as the seat of learning for Livingston county.
The village contains four fine churches, one hotel, post-office, twelve or thirteen stores, the noble buildings of the Seminary and College, and a population of 1,125 .* Lima was incorporated by legislative enactment April 25, 1867. The first election for village officers was held in the stage office of Joel Dailey on the second Tuesday in May, 1867. The officers elected at that meeting were :- President, Joel Dailey ; Trustees, First Class, Alexander McCune, Daniel Stanley, Timo- thy Holden ; Trustees, Second Class, John R. French, Alfred Kendall, Samuel G. Ellis ; Asses-
* Lima had in 1870 a population of 1,257, which shows a decrease of 132 in those 10 years.
66
Matthew Warner. Manasseh Leech. 66
Matthew Warner. George W. Atwell. Edmund Root. M. W. Brown. 66 66
George W. Little. 66
H. Hutchinson.
1834-35 06 66
J. Franklin Peck. 66 66
66
66
1857-58 Daniel Day.
Patrick Guinan.
Town Clerks. Matthew Warner.
AAH MARTIN
RESIDENCE OF A. H. MARTIN, LIMA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N. Y.
RESIDENCE OF A. P. MARTIN, LIMA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N. Y.
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LIMA VILLAGE, OFFICERS-GENESEE WESLEYAN SEMINARY.
sor, James W. Chappell; Treasurer, William D. Mitchell.
On the 16th of May, 1867, pursuant to a call issued by the president of the village, the officers elect met at the office of Henry Decker, Jr., where the act of incorporation was read by Prof. French, and the oath of office was administered to them by William Arnold, Justice of the Peace.
On the 17th of May, the board met and elected James W. Chappell as Clerk of the village, and William Whittlesey as Street Commissioner.
On the 18th of May, the board elected William Excell, as Police Constable.
The village ordinances were adopted May 24, 1867, taking effect twenty days thereafter. The following has been the succession of presidents and clerks of the village from 1868 to 1881 :-
Presidents. Clerks.
1868.
Joseph Chambers. Jas. W. Chappell.
1 869.
Alfred Kendall.
Franklin Carter.
1870. Samuel G. Ellis.
Elmer Houser.
1871. William Vary.
1872. William Arnold.
John Dennis, Jr.
1873-74. Hiram Gilbert.
W'm. A. Sutherland.
1875. Joel Dailey. do do*
1876. John Watkins.
Charles A. Goheen.
1877. Solon Watkins. do do
1878 do do H. H. Thompson.
1879. Samuel G. Ellis. do do
1880. James T. Gordon. do do
The present officers of Lima are :- President, Levi P. Grover ; Trustees, Benjamin Ollerenshaw, John Hogan, William Excell, James T. Gordon, A. Tiffany Norton, James E. Lockington ; Assessor, Jacob S. Galentine ; Treasurer, Patrick Guinan ; Collector, E. J. Hewitt ; Street Commissioner, Ambrose Hyde ; Clerk, Hosmer H. Thompson.
GENESEE WESLEYAN SEMINARY.t-In 1823, the Genesee Conference of the M. E. Church estab- lished the first literary institution ever under its patronage and control, at Cazenovia, N. Y. In July, 1828, at its session in Ithaca, it divided its territory on a line running from north to south across the State, on the same parallel with Cayuga Lake. Out of the portion thus separated, and lying east of this line. it constituted what was known for many years as the Oneida Conference. By this act it surrendered, geographically, this in- stitution, known as the Setninary of the Genesee Conference, to this new Conference, and the Legislature was memorialized to change its name to the Seminary of the Genesee and Oneida Con- ferences. The first session of the Genesee Con-
* To Jan. 3, 1876, when he was succeeded by George W. Atwell.
t The facts relating to this Seminary are gathered, in part, from the proceedings of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of June, 1880.
ference after this division, was held in Perry, N. Y., in July, 1829.
At that conference, Glezen Fillmore and Loring Grant moved a resolution that a committee be appointed to obtain information and report to the conference at its next session, preparatory measures for the erection of a Seminary within the bounds and under the direction of this confer- ence. The proposition was adopted, and a com- mittee of five, consisting of Glezen Fillmore, Abner Chase, Loring Grant, Asa Abel and John Copeland were elected for this important work. The committee at once canvassed the entire ter- ritory, and received propositions from towns and villages solicitous of securing the local advantages of such an institution. At the next conference, held in Rochester in the summer of 1830, the committee made its report, and presented the names of the several places competing for the possession of the proposed institution. These were five in number, and they severally presented the following inducements :- Perry offered a sub- scription list of 380 names, aggregating in amount $10,463, besides giving an eligible site of 25 acres of land ; Henrietta, a bond to deliver the Monroe Academy, with all its appurtenances, the same that remains standing in that village to-day, and $3,600 ; Le Roy, a subscription of $8,500; Brockport, the sum of $16,820, also stone at the quarry for the construction of buildings ; and Lima, a subscription list of 170 names, the sub- scriptions amounting to $10,808, with the privilege of buying the present site, including ten acres, at $50 per acre, and the whole farm at $30 per acre. The ballot showed a vote of 4 for Henrietta, 4 for Le Roy, 15 for Perry, and 26 for Lima. Lima having received a majority of the votes was declared to be the choice of the conference. Revs. Abner Chase, Glezen Fillmore, Richard Wright, Loring Grant, Micah Seager, Francis Smith, and Messrs. Augustus A. Bennett, Erastus Clark and Ruel Blake, were elected the first board of trustees ; and thus, by these successive acts and appointments, was founded, in the summer of 1830, " The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary."
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