History of Monroe county, New York with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, Palatial residences, Part 78

Author: McIntosh, W. H. cn; Everts, Ensign, and Everts, Philadelphia, pub
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts
Number of Pages: 976


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THE FIRST SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GATES


was organized in 1828, the same year as the Presbyterian church, in a log school- house which stood three-fourths of a mile north of its present church building. and about eighty rods south of the canal, by the Rev. John Copeland. This church was organized the same year that the churches at Webster's Basin, and in the Whittier settlement, in Ogden, were swallowed up by the Protestant Meth- odist movement. The first members were Zuba Hayden, Olive Hayden, Mary Hayden, and Polly Finley, with a few others. The first officers are not known. Services were held in the log school-house until the ercetion of the church edifice now in use, which was built and paid for by Alleu Todd in 1840. The present trustees are Allen Told, Jr., Wm. Kerler, and Geo. M. Curtis; the stewards. ... Shepard, Wn. Keeler, and Julin Pracock ; class-leader, John Peacock ; and the clerk, Geo. MI. Curtis. It belongs to the Ogden cireuit, and has had the same pastors as the Methodist Episcopal church in Spencerport. G. Stratton is the present pastor. A Sabbath-school was organized with the church in the school- house, containing, at present, four teachers and twenty-six pupils. Mrs. M. E. Curtis is superintendent, William Keeler assistant, and Eliza Nea! secretary. Connected with it is a library, organized soon after building the church, which now contains about two bundred volumes, in charge of Eliza Neal, librarian.


JOSEPH NORTHRUP


MAS JOSEPH NORTHRUP.


Rrs or JOSEPH NORTHRUP, GREYCE, MONROE CO , N Y.


PLATE LXIII.


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RESIDENCE & FARM OF DAVID TO:


. GREECE, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK.


GREECE.


THIS is one of the largest towns in Monroe County. and was one of the earliest settled. From time immemorial it has been the tmapping and hunting grounds of the Seneca Indians, who found game of every variety. indigenous to the country and latitude, in great abundance among the marshes and bays in the northern part; and there is every reason to believe that long before any settlements had been made in the county, -- before the advent of " Old Tory Allen," as he was called, --- adventurous hnuters had penetrated here and set their traps for the beaver and otter, then so plentiful. Certain it is that our first settlers found that the hunter had preceded him and was thoroughly familiar with the country. Wm. Hencher, io 1792, found " Walker, the ranger," living at the mouth of the river, and the Atchinsons, in 179G, found the " Blue Stocking rover," John Parks. to whom apparently every pond, marsh, stream, and hill was familiar, and who guided them w their settlement. But as soon as the emigrant made his appearance these rangers plunged farther ioto the wilderness, and their existence was but a remem- brance. The Tuscoronas and Cunownugus Indians, of the Senccu tribe, then ruamed these lands, now covered with magnificent farins aud beautiful homes.


Grecce was not organized until March 22, 1822, at which time it was cut off from the town of Gutes. All the town records previous to 1865. giving the names of the officers, are lost : hence the names of the first town officers are not attainable, ex- cept that of the first supervisor, Frederic Bushnell. The territory comprising the present towas of Gates and Grecee. as stated in the history of the original town of Northampton, retained that name ; the first town meeting was held at the tavero of Jeremiah Olmstead, on the Ridge road, in this towo. On January 10, 1812, the name was changed to Gates, and so it remained until the division in 1822.


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Grecce is located in the northeast corner of the Mill-Seat tract. It extends east and west nearly eight miles, north and south along the west line more than seven- teen and one-half miles, and on the east side, along Genesee river, about nine miles. giving au aren of surface, including ponds and bays, of over sixty-five square miles. The northeastern part, along the river. is divided into fifty farm lots of one hun- ilred acres each ; the southeastern, into fifteen two-hundred-aere lots ; the south- western, into five tiers, each containing ten farin lots of two hundred aeres each ; all the oorthwestern, or largerepart. into farm lots of three hundred aeres each. The whole surface was originally covered with a heavy growth of timber. and a considerable arca covered with marsh and swamp. Especially was this the case in the northern part. in the vicinity of the ponds and inlets along the Gen- eve river, and near the ceotre, where quite an extensive clay belt exists. and re- tained surface-water until proper channels were opened by improvement and cul- tivation. The soil is generally a clay loam, with considerable accuinnlations of drift sand. It is very fertile and productive. All the cereal crops have yielded alaindant returns. Of late years fruit-culture has been the most prominent indus- try, and the already large area of orchards is being largely increased each year. Nut voly apples, but peaches and grapes also are successfully grown, the former in quality and richness unsurpassed in our markets.


The surface of the towo is very level in the main. though in some localities slightly undulating. On the unrth it inelines towards the lake, and also towards the river on the e.ist. It has a very extensive water boundary, almut nine miles abug the Genesee river, and nearly twelve miles of lake coast. extending from the w rthwest to the southeast. This coast is indented with six bays or ponds, into winch flow streams from the west and sonth. The Largest and twist prominent is Braddock's bay, in the extreme north. It is divided into two large branches, or fork». The north branch receives West ereck and Salmon creek, near the l'arma tuwn line. and three miles from the lake. The south branch receives Buttonwood rtork, one mile from the Parmi town line, and is connected with the lake by a narrow strait. Cranberry pond lis one-half mile sontheast. amel is separated from the lake by a neck of land one and a half miles long. It comments with Long Fond, and thence by a narrow strait with the lake. Long poud receives Long Pond creek. Next to the southeast is Back poiul, which exteri- cast amt west a distance of three miles. It has two branches; the larger receives a stream that ruters Greece near the southwest cortur. and flows north and northeast. Round pond, next southeast, receives a stream that enters the town from Gates, and flows parallel with the former through the centre. About midway between Round


pond and the mouth of the river is Little pond, which receives two parallel strane one entering from Gates, and the other rising in the town southwest of Charlotte Another flows about one-half mile west of, and parallel with, the river, into the lake.


These ponds are filled with shallow water, and in the early settlement of the country were the favorite resorts of the hunter and trapper. All varieties of game known to this climate were found in this wild and marshy region. The point of land between Braddock's bay and the lake has been known since the beginning of the century as Ilicks' Point, so named after Samuel Hicks, who for many years occupied it as a trapping-ground. Living near the point, with a large family. he followed trapping and hunting for a livelihood, and what little land he cuhi- vated was along the beach, now mainly submerged, though still retaining in some places the early marks of the plow and hoe. So plentiful was gaDie at that early dute that he from one point shot several bear. deer. and a large uumlwr of dueks, without changing his position ; and the ready supply of otter, beaver, ete., rendered trapping a lucrative industry.


About Cranberry pond immense fields of wild cranberries were yearly gathered by the Indians, who at the approach of the fall harvest migrated thither aud en- camped in large companies. They built their temporary villages of hark tents. in couples facing each other, with a pathway between them. Here they lived mund they gathered their fall erops of cranberries, io coonection with fishing, hunting. and trapping.


Greece has at present six post-offices .- Charlotte, Haoford's Landing, Neith Greece, South Greece, Greece, and West Greece. the latter on the town line .- and one custom-house. Hanford's, formerly King's Landing, was the first post-offer established. The new Ontario branch of the Ordensburg, Oswego and Water- town Railroad was completed through the northern part of the town in Isis. while the Charlotte branch of the New York Central connects Rochester with a Canada line of steamers at Charlotte.


The first recorded settlement in this town was made by William Hlencher, in the spring of 1792. Ile came originally from Brook field, Massachusetts, having been engaged in Shays' rebellion, and first went to Newtown Point. In 1991 he went. with his son William, with an ox-team and sleds, by Seneca lake and Catherine- town. to Irondequoit. From thenee he ent his road through to Genesce falls, and down the river on the east side to its munth, where he found Walker. the ranger. living alone in his cabin. Ile remained with him until March, 1792, when he crossed the river. and erected the first house west of the Genesee river, a loz cabin of the most primitire type, which stood on the rise of ground where the light-honse now stands. Ilere he lived for many years with his family. a sun and seven daughters, and carried ou a trathe with boatmen, immigrant-, and Indians, in fish, skins, and many other articles. He purchased near this place six hundred aeres of land, which, by some defeet in the title, he was compelled to pay for twice. In 1723, John Love settled near here, and in 1996, Zadoe Granger and Gideon King settled at Lower Falls, or King's Landing, as it was subsequently called, and now known as Hanford's Landing. The latter was one of the first commissioners of highways of the town of Northampton, cheted in 1797. During the same year, Eli Granger. the first town clerk, Thomas King. Simon King, Hiram King. Gilbert King, and Elijah Kent settled at the Lunding. and Jeremiah Ohustead a short distance west, on the Ridge, at whore house the first town meeting was hell after the first division of the town of Northampton. It is recorded that Frederic Bushnell settled this year at the month of the river; but, if so, he left won after, and did not return antil Derember. ISID. .. ti w days before beginnios a warrantile business at that point. In ITOS Brolead and Moses King setthel at the landing ; Dr. Stone, and a family by the natur ot Graham, with four brothers, near by. Previous to 1200, Hugh Melliamid, the of the most prominent of the carly settlers, came into town, and soon after. f.e- vions to 1805. Abel Rove settled on the Rider, near the prosent fircere Post office; also Asa Rowe and Frederic Rowe, the Latter the father of Lucien Ruwe of fireree, and of F. A. Bowe, now living in Gates. Asa Kowe, now living in Sweden, am-in- law of John Reed, the first supervisor of that town, is the son of Abel Kowe. About the same time Dr. Zacchens Colby, the first practicing physician in the town away


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from the landing, settled on the farm west of Abel Rowe; and in the north part of the towo, Samuel Latta, from Geneva, at Charlotte, Felix MI Guire, from Ireland. a short distance west, with several of his country men. About this time Nathaniel Jones settled at King's Landing, Moses and Richard Clark, Nathaniel Tibbles. Erastus Robertson, Matthew Diunmek, and Asabel Wilkerson. in other parts of the town.


About 1808 or 1809, Thomas Wood settled one mile west of Mr. Rowe's. Asa Hord south near the Gates tuwo line, and John Mastick. In 1410, Ephraim Spaulding settled three miles west of Charlotte ; and on May 4. of the same year, Daniel Budd, from Canandaigua, purchased and settled on the fanu ou which Greece Post-office is now located. He brought with him eighteen head of cattle, which he drove to Utter's ferry for transfer across the river. They went ra.lily oo the boat, across, and then plunged into the river and swam to the opposite shore, greatly to the discomfiture of the ferryman, who thereby lust eighteen shillingy.


Io 1811, Silas Lloyd settled une-half mile west of Charlotte. Previously, John B. Bayley settled farther west. Wheeler Heacuck two miles west. on the south side of the road, and Joseph Bullock near Long pond. Among uther settlers previnas to 1812 were Silas Smith, Johu U'tter, Jamies Daily, Aristotle Hollister, Francis Brown, Benjamin Fowler, John Odell, Daniel W. Miles. H. R. Bender, Abijeh Newman, Robert Falkner, and many others. A few years later a large class of the first settlers, seized with the Western fever, sold out their improve- ments to new-comers of a later date, hy whose efforts churches were organized, schools improved, and a higher social standard cultivated. Among these were Rodney P. OJell, Dr. Carpenter. Williani Will iuson, and many others in all parts of the town. In 1810 but two frame buildings were in existence between the Genesee and Niagara rivers ; one at Gaines, and the other at Greece Post-office, erected by Abel Rowe fur a tavern, and kept as such uoti 1845, at which time it was owned by I. P. Edgarton. A tavern was afterwards built on the same site, near Kowe's greenhouse, and kept by George Wimble. Mr. Kingsley also erected and opened a tavern on the Ridge road. near the Parma line, and the one Dow standing at West Greece was built by one Bulman. At North Greece the first store was opened by Mr. Mckinney, and the wagon shop now owned by L. Combs was established by William Sherwood. The tavern now kept by Mr. Johnson was erected many years ago. The first house built, the first land cleared, the first crops raised, and the first aj.ple-trees planted, were by William Hencher, on the ground surrounding the light-house. The first burying-ground was located at Charlotte, aod, later, another at Mount Reed, and, in the south part of the town, one on the farm theu owned by Daniel Budd, at Greene Post-ofice. Asa Rowe died soon after coming into the town ; his was one of the first deaths, if not the first in Greece. On March 6, 1-05. the town meeting of Northampton was held at the house of Mrs. Ruwe, which must have been subsequent to MIr. Rowe's death. It was a public-lwuse at the time, and the first kept in the town. Thirty-five and forty years ago, the population was greater along the Ridge road and business much more extensive than it is at present. At Hauford's Landing, wbere business was brisk and quite extensive, it has almost entirely disappeared, having been absorbed by Rochester.


Along the bauk of the Genesce river, the bays and inlets north, and all streams and marshes, rattlesnakes existed in great oumbers. Anxious mothers watebed and trembled whenever their little ones strayed pear their haunts. To encourage their destruction, a bounty of one shilling was voted by the towo for every rattle- make killed. Tu obtain the bounty the applicant must brin, the rattles to the supervisor, who gave him an urder for the amount they called fur.


From 1812 to 1815, while Ileury Maistick was supervisor. the bounty payments were unusually heavy, and indicated a tierce warfare upon that reptile. While in these days fraudulent claitus are not wholly unheard of, they perhaps should be expected to arise in those primitive, times, when opportunity encouraged them. A man by the name of Shaw, living at Hanford's Landing, one day went to the mouth of the river, and by raiding a den of rattlesnakes returned with one bun- dred and thirty rattles. He took them to Supervisor Mastick, who. after counting them, gave the required order. Juryb Teeples. an idle, dissolute character, such es infest a'l communities, was hanging around loose, and noticed that after count- ing the rattles Mr. Mastick threw them out of the back window into the yard. Encouraged, no doubt, by the success of Mr. Shaw, this man Jacob beran to show an unusual activity in hunting suakrs. Every day he returned with a good string of rattles, upon which the supervisor readily gave his undder, until he began to be alarmed at the inroad made upon the bounty fund. But one day. thinking he must have a very large pile of rattles below his wunlow, he looked out, and was astounded to find mme. Every one had been taken away, and prob- ably arany times. The enterprise of Jacob hudl secured an cuortuous additional bounty on rattles, that cast him but little laber and no danger to secure. How often in these days do we find the enterprise ut Jacob Te ples repeatedd with equal socrise, but on a much larger sale! Happy, however, the total destruction of this poisonous prest was near at Land.


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The portion of the Ridge road in this town was opened much cariier than that further west. It had always been an Indian trail, and previous to IS00 it was opened and made passable from the landing to Parma Corners ; also a highway was roughly constructed to the mouth of the river. These constituted the two principal roadways for some time, except a few crooked thoroughfares to the settlements that were made in thu interior, nune of which were retained after regular roads were surveyed and established. The town niceting of Northamptuo for 1804 was held at King's Landing, on the siath day of March. On that day the snow was four feet deep, and the voters cuming frutu long distances were two and even three days in making the journey, so few and bad were the roads. Those who cato from the adjoining town of Ogden, during their first day's journey, arrived only at Rome's tavern, at Suuth Grecce, which was then the only public- house ou the Ridge. The next morning they completed their journey, through four feet of snow, to the landing. At the raising of Hanford's mill, at the same place, some time after. help was solicited from the country embraced in all the towns of Monroe County west of the river. and those who came in from Ogden required two days. The raising of the mill was completed on Sunday.


Several years later a saw-mill was erected on Long Poud creek, in the west part of the tuwo, near the line. Many other saw-mills have been erected in this town, from time to time, on tho various streams dowing into the bays and ponds. As the settlements advanced and increased, and facilities were required for manu- facturing the timber into luunber, they sprang up, and, after having served their purpose in consuming the forest, passed away, leaving but slight traces of their existence. While William Ilencher was the sole occupant of this town, and long previous, there lived on Indian and his squaw on the shores of the lake, Dear the river. They were quiet and peaceable, and followel trapping with their hunting and fishing, and regularly carried their accumulations to Canandaigua for exchange. One winter they returned with, among other things, forty dollars in money, aod a supply of whisky. In striving to reach their home at night, each lost the other, and the man only ever found it. Day after day through the lung winter be sought his squaw, but in vain, until the warmth of spring had meited the ice, when her remains were found where she had fallen in her drunkco cou- ditioo. The Indian attempted suicide by cutting his throat, but survived, and afterwards rejoined his tribe.


THE VILLAGE OF CHARLOTTE


is located near the mouth of the Genesee river, on the west side, in the town of Greece. It is several years older than the town of Rochester, having been one of the first points settled west of the river, and, although high hopes were enter- tained and great efforts made to develop its growth as a populous and important business point, it includes at present within its corporate limits only about six hundred inhabitants. It was first incorporated as a village on the 24th day uf June, 1SGU, when the first board of trustees aud other village officers were elected, as follows, viz. : Trustees, Ambrose Jones ( who was chosen president ), Joshua Eaton, John Farnham, George Hardison, and A. Wilder; Clerk and Treasurer, F. A. Jones; and Cor stable and Collectur, D. K. Thompson. The presidents for the suc- ceeding years were as follows: for 1870 aud 1871, Ambrose Jones ; 1872 and 1873, James HI. Stutson ; 1874, Samuel H. Barnes; 1575, James B. Guve; and the officers for 18;G are -- Board of Trustees, Samuel H. Barues, president of the board, Patrick Keon, Thomas Laverty, D. K. Thompson, and George W. Ruggles; Clerk, A. J. Mulligan ; Treasurer, T. J. Thumupson ; Cullector, George F. Seibel ; Police Justice, Jamies Stricland; Constable, John Harris; and Street Superiu- tendent, William 1 .. Robinson.


The first settlement unde west of Genesee river and north of Black creek was made at this place by William Hlencher, in 1702, as before stated. His bez dwelling was erveted on the rise of ground at the light-house, and very near the same site. Sume of the old apple-trees now standing were set out by him. The most enterprising and prominent of the first settlers of this village was Suuuel Latta, who came here from Geneva as an agent fur Phelps and Gorharu in the sale of lands in this part of their purchase. He settled and established his office on the southwest corner of the two main roads. He built the first warehouse in the place, which was the first in all this part of the country. Hle was also the first collector of the port after the establishment of a custom house at this point. which occurred about 1815 or 1816 and was located near the site of the Stuten House. In Isto, George C. Litta, a brother ot' Samuel Litta, and a lad of thir. teen years, came to Charlotte, where in atter-years he became its lealiog bu-in., DIun.


In 1810 the firm of Chill & Gardner was in business at this place, and di 1 the first mercantile trade in Charlotte. At that time Porter Benton owned 3 vessel in command of Captain Charles Sweet, which did a shipping business In- tween Charlotte and Kingston aml Ogdensburg. Io November of that year et


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PLATE I. XV


RES & FRUIT FARM OF F. W. LAY, GREECE , MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK.


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RES. OF JOHN FRY, GREECE, MONROE COUNTY, N. Y.


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left this port with a cargo for the two latter poiata, and returned with Frederic Bushnell, who with James K. Guernsey formel a partnership, and in Jannary, 1811, commenced a mercantile business in Charlotte. George C. Latta was em- ployed by them at fifty dollars per year and board for the first ten years, and two hundred dollars and board during the next ten years, which in those days were considered good wages. The first hotel was erected and opened by Samuel Cur- rier, in 1807 or 1808. It stood where the Craig House now stands. About two years after, Erastus Spaulding erected another botel, near the present site of the Statsoa House, and kept it until James Mason purchased the property and con- tinued it as a public-house. Previous to this, Mr. Mason had carried the mail from the first establislument of the post-office at this point. For several years these were the only inus in the place. The location of the first store kept by Bushnell & Guernsey was near the present residence of Mrs. Waters, on the Babcock estate. A few yards south, on the opposite side, the first blacksmith- ahep was established, and in the same building now cernpied by Mrs. Waters a hatter's shop was conducted for several years by Joshua Eates. Immediately op- posite, and about 1814, one of the first schools in this part of the county was opened, and taught for several years. At the outbreak of the war in June, 1812. the firtu of Bushacli & Guernsey removed their goods and business temporarily to Victor, until the winter of 1815, when they returned to Charlotte. The firm also had branch stores at Lima, Livingston county, and at Alexander, Genesee county. Io 1821 the firm was enlarged by the addition of T. R. Hawkins, and became Guernsey, Bushnell & Hawkins. They purchased the goods and vessel of the foriner firm, and reated the wharf and warehouse at four hundred dullars per year. They also erected an ashery about one mile west of the village. In 1825 the firm was dissolved. The firm of George C. Latta & Co. was after- wards established, and in 1831, George C. Latta alone conducted a mercantile business one door south of what is new the Canada House.


In the early days of this village, all that portion of ground lying between the railroad and river was submerged, or at best was a useless marsh, and, near the Spencer House, under nearly ten feet et water. A vessel was constructed a few feet northeast of the Craig House stables, and launched near by, where it is now solid earth. In 1809 the schooner " Experiment" was constructed here by Roswell Lewis, of Ogdensburg, and later, two more Genesee packeta were built. Io 1814 and 1815, Guernsey & Bushnell, with Oliver Culver, William Davia, and Frederic Hanford, constructed a small vessel at Brighton, near Orange Stone's, two miles from Irundequoit Landing, hauled it down to the landing with oxen, and launched it at the head of navigation. In 1816 and 1817. with a cargo of flour and merchandise, it descended the St. Lawrence river te Montreal, and this. and the "Swanton," owned by Francis Chiarton, were the first decked vessels that ever descended the river to that point. In 1828 the vessels " General Browa," " Julia," " Mary Jane," and " Charlotte," a fifty-ton schooner, were con- structed at the mouth of the Genesee river, and ran between this port and Coburg and Port Hope, in Canada, until 1834, when the steamboat " Transit" ran on the same line extended to Toronto. At the same time another vessel was built and run by Mr. Bethune. In 1832 and 1833, George C. Latta & Bushnell built the two schooners "Guernsey" and " Cleveland," which were afterwards sold to Horace Hooker. But the first steamboat put afloat on the Genesce river was of rude construction, and called the "United States," and was built many years earlier." James Currier, one of the first settlers of this village, was a dealer in lumber and staves, which was among the first enterprises of the place. Saral Phillips was an early settler in this village. Ile emigrated from steuben county, with his wife and five children, early in 1813. His soo, Sawque' Phillips, is still living, at the age of seventy-six, and is the eldest settler aow living in Greece. Ile aided in building the first pier at the mouth of the river, and all the other public improvements. The light-house now standing was erected about the year 1818. In 1806, Dr. Bingham, the first physician, settled and began practice here. The Spencer House, at the lake, was erected four years ago, on land pur- chased from the Geneva Land Company by one MeIntyre in 1865. It was built by Charles Craig, proprietor of the Craig House since 1859. In digging the cellar, the stern of an old schooner was found, completely buried from sight, and which, according to all indications, must have been there over ene hundred years. I'nderneath it was also found an Indian paddle, still eller, which broke into frag- ments at the slightest effort. The village cemetery is memorable as the resting- place of the remains of Sam Patch, which were found in a cake of ice in Char- lutte harbor shortly after his violent death at Genesee falls. A Me. Marshall was the first one to discover the bendy. As early as 1810 a ferry existed at this point, which was owned and run by Ebenezer Utter, a man still living in l'arma, ahmut ninety years of age. Sammel Latta, Frederic Bushnell, Jaunes K. Guern- ecy, James Currier, and Porter Harton were the master-spirits who first stimulated enterprise at Charlotte harbur, and, hy all the airans of wealth, trade, and com- merce, labored to secure its increase and growth. In later years, George C. Latta,




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