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1826, Phineas P. Bates,
1827, 1828, 1829,
James Lyon,
1830,
William Kibbe,
1831, Nathan Barlow,
1832, IS33,
William Blossom,
1834,
Alex. H. Howell,
1835, Phineas P. Bates,
Nicholas G. Chesebro,
1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, Phineas P. Bates, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, Jabez H. Metcalf, 1845, George W. Bemis, 1846, 1847, John A. Granger, 1848, 1849,
Jeffrey Chipman.
Albert Lester
Ebenezer S. Cobb. Ansel Munn.
Nicholas G. Chesebro,
Ralph Chapin. Elbridge G. Lapham.
George A. Leete.
Hiram Metcalf.
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PRESIDENTS,
Myron H. Clark,
Alex. H. Howell,
Thomas F. Brown,
Cyrus Townsend,
Alex. H. Howell,
John J. Lyon,
Henry C. Swift,
Gideon Granger, Alex. McKechnie,
Noah T. Clarke,
John C. Draper, Wm. H. Lamport, J. J. Mattison,
Edward G. Tyler, Marshall Finley,
Rollin L. Beecher,
Hilem F. Bennett, J. Harvey Mason, Wm. T. Swart, Amos H. Gillett,
Rollin L. Beecher,
Lyman C. North, John B. Robertson,
CLERKS. Hiram Metcalf.
Myron H. Peck. Hiram Metcalf, Cornelius Younglove.
Fred. A. Lyon.
Cornelius Younglove.
Walter Heard. George W. Bemis.
Horatio B. Brace.
George Couch. H. B. Brace.
Charles H. Paddock. Charles B. Lapham.
Charles H. Paddock.
Maynard N. Clement.
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, I862, 1 863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1 869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885,
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PRESIDENTS.
CLERKS,
1886, Alex. Greive,
Chas. H. Paddock.
1887, Frank H. Hamlin,
Maynard N. Clement.
1888, Mattison L. Parkhurst,
C. E. Crandall.
1889,
1890, W. M. Spangle,
Samuel F. Warder.
1891, Charles S. Robertson,
1892, Lyman C. North,
1893,
J. Stanley Smith.
The Fire Department .- One of the first duties which developed upon the trustees was to provide a systematic organization to be useful in preventing and extinguishing fires ; and the measures which were then adopted led to the formation of a fire department-the nucleus of the present effective organization, and acknowledged to be one of the best equipped and valuable volunteer associations in this section of the State.
Under an ordinance of the trustees, passed April 22, 1816, was or- ganized the Canandaigua Fire Company, the names of whose original members were designated by the board as follows : John W. Beals, Charles Underhill, Walter Hubbell, Punderson B. Underhill, Ebenezer Ely, Spencer Chapin, Nicholas Chesebro, Charles Hill, Manning Good- win, Joseph Bull, George H. Boughton, George Clark, James Lyon, Mark H. Sibley, Simeon T. Kibbe, Hiram T. Day, Jeremiah F. Jenkins, W. M. Jenkins, John Clark and Abraham H. Bennett.
In June following the organization of this pioneer company the trus- tees voted to purchase a fire engine, hooks and rope, ladders, leather fire buckets, leather hose, and also to establish public wells in various parts of the village.
Sixteen years after this, in 1832, the trustees organized the Canandai- gua Hook and Ladder Company, and named as its organized members these persons : John P. Granger, William H. Ellis, Henry K. Clark, Ebenezer J. Cobb, George M. Bemis, Ebenezer Jackson, B. W. Farnum, Asa Spaulding, Henry G. Chapin, Stephen W. Ellis, Albert G. Murray, Decius W. Stanley, Caleb Morgan, Seth Aldrich, Moses Roberts, Mar- tin H. Collins, Charles Taylor, Charles G. Brewster, Augustus M. Church and Thaddeus Chapin. The first officers of this company were
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John A. Granger, foreman ; William H. Ellis, assistant foreman; Hovey K. Clark, secretary and treasurer, Ebenezer S. Cobb, steward.
Previous to this time, however, and in 1830, Fire Company No. 2 was organized with members as follows : Joseph Bull, A. Berryhill, O. E. Sibley, J. Carson, J. B. Street, Reuben Town, G. Gregory, Reuben Poor, J. W. Bacon, W. M. Gibbs, W. M. Wyvill, O. A. Branch, W. M. Chipman, D. C. Rupp, A. Francis, Chas. W. Chesebro, A. Granger, B. Palmer, T. McNutt, J. L. Woodruff, J. B. Hayes, L. L. Morse, A. O. Leland, Jesse Mason, John Reznor, Geo. Bull, Ambrose Church, Jno. Pinch, Charles Coy, D. H. Ruger, L. L. Boon, Henry Hyde, Benj. P. Frazer.
In 1817 the first engine-house was built and stood on the west side of Main street, on the lot where Walter Hubbell's office now stand. In 1822 the building was moved down the street to the Gorham lot, and in 1857 was moved to Beeman street. The engine- house for company No. 2 was erected in 1831 on what was called the " Masonic " lot, but was finally moved to Chapin street.
In 1843 Ontario Fire Company No. 3 was organized, and was especial- ly designed to protect property in the north part of the village, hence the location of the company's building was at the north end of the street, and there it has ever been maintained, while the membership of the company has experienced many changes, and the organization is now known as Ontario Hose Company No. 3.
Referring generally to the evolutions of the Canandaigua Fire De- partment, it may be stated that it has passed through all the various stages of advancement from the Bucket Brigade era to the Steamer period and perhaps farther. The leather bucket system was soon superseded by the hand engine, while the latter eventually yielded its place to the steamer. However, in this village at least the steamer seems to have been displaced by the present water supply system, but is still held in readiness for use in case of emergency.
The system of water supply inaugurated by the trustees in 1816 was maintained and enlarged by subsequent village authorities, and served the purposes of the village until 1884, when the present operating water company was organized and the water works supply established. Throughout the principal streets the company laid mains and placed
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hydrants, and the water being supplied with sufficient force to render needless the use of the steamer, they have been laid aside and their companies resolved into hose organizations.
This leads us to refer to the composition and equipment of the village Fire Department as it at present exists. Three duty hose companies, named Erina No. 1, Merrill No. 2, and Ontario No. 3, and Mutual Hook and Ladder Company, comprise the active working force of the depart- ment. The steamers are kept, one in the main department building on Niagara street, and the other in Ontario company's building in upper Main street, and, in case an emergency calls them into service, are manned, respectively, by the volunteers of Erina and Ontario hose companies. Merrill Hose Company No. 2 has its house and apparatus on Phoenix street. The department has a large, also a small truck, the former for use at fires in the business quarter of the village, and the latter in case of fire in more remote localities. The department now comprises about one hundred and fifty active members, and its officers are as follows : chief engineer, James Fogarty ; first assistant, William Carr; second assistant, Frank Castle ; secretary and treasurer, Harland H. Lane. The Fire Wardens of the village are John A. McKechnie for the Upper District; William Crowley and William Blanchard for the Middle District, and Frank McNulty for the Lower District.
The Police Department .- Although for many years conducted without more formal organization than the supervision exercised by the board of trustees, the Police Department of Canandaigua has ever been an effective branch of local government, but to record its history in any definite form is difficult, and possibly unnecessary. In 1882 the Legis- lature passed an act providing for the appointment of three police com- missioners, in whose charge should thereafter be the affairs of this de- partment of government. Marshall Finley, James McKechnie and Evander Sly were named in the act as the first police board, who were authorized to appoint four policemen, one of whom should be " chief." Under this act the affairs of the police have since been admirably con- ducted. The present commissioners are J. C. Norris, Rollin L. Beecher and Frank McNulty. The police justice is John J. Dwyer ; chief of police, George S. Booth.
The Canandaigua Water Works Company .- Although in no sense a municipal institution, but a private corporation, in the present connec-
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tion we may properly mention this public enterprise. The company was organized in 1884 under the personal management of Frank B. Merrill, who became its president. The pumping station is situated near the lake shore, at the foot of Main street, and pure and wholesome water is obtained from the lake, being taken from a "crib " two thous- and six hundred feet distant from the main land. The water is then pumped to a stand pipe at the head of Main street, two and one- half miles distant from the station, and thence is distributed throughout the streets of the village, there being now in use fifteen miles of main pipe, while for fire purposes there are placed at convenient points ninety hydrants. The number of water· takers in the village is five hundred and twenty five. The present officers of the company are Frank B. Merrill. president and treasurer, and Harland H. Lane, secretary.
EDUCATIONAL.
The village of Canandaigua has always been noted for the excellence of its educational institutions, and at least one of them, founded nearly one hundred years ago, has acquired a State wide reputation. Others have also been prominent, but the Canandaigua Academy early attained a grade of excellence that placed it among the best in the State; and that standing it has ever since maintained. However, before referring to this noted institution we may briefly note some of the others which existed during the early history of the village, a number of them being now numbered with things of the past, while a few became permanent and have a present relation to their original character.
As early as 1792 a school was started in the village, said to have been taught by Major Wallis; and in 1804 Mrs. Whalley opened a young ladies boarding and select school. These are believed to have been the first schools in the village.
On the establishment of the public school system in the State, the village of Canandaigua was divided into three school districts-Nos. 11, 12 and 13, but subsequently 11 was changed to 10, and 12 to II. In 1810 a brick school-house was erected in No. II, on the square, west of the town-house site, and in 1812 another brick school was built in No. 10, about opposite the Catholic church, on land obtained from Colonel Antis. Objections were raised against the building on the square, to
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remedy which Judge Atwater offered favorable terms to the trustees which induced them to buy lands opposite the old burying-ground, and on the lot they erected a brick school-house which continued in use until the school on Greig street was built, in 1851.
School District No. 10 was organized between 1810 and 1813, the records dating from the year last named. Among the early teachers in this district were Ann Gooding, -- Newcomb, Joseph Ryan, Ira Weston, Edson Carr, B. Stall, Thomas Sellman and Warner Bunday. A new school-house was built in the district in 1839, and enlarged in 1851. In 1870 preparations were made for the erection of a still larger school building, but nothing was in fact accomplished until 1875 when a one-story building was erected. In May of this year District 10 and II were consolidated into a Union School District, known as No. 11.
School District No. 13 is understood as having been organized in 1830, but no record appears earlier than the meeting held October 10, 1832, although a school house had been erected before that time. A new building was erected in 1832 on Chapel street, at a cost of nearly $500 One of the first teachers was Hiram Blanchard, followed by George B. Northrup, Abigail Munger, Bennett Munger, Messrs. Oakley and Haskell, Marshall Finley, A. R. Simmons, M. L. Rawson and others, about in the order named. In this connection we may also state that in 1848 a school for colored children was opened in this district, taught by O. L. Crosier, followed by S. A. Sloat.
In the Union District, after the consolidation, the trustees at once se- lected a suitable location for a large and attractive school building, one which should be an ornament to a village long noted for the superiority of its educational institutions. For the purpose named a committee was chosen, and in May, 1875, the Bennett property on the west side of Main street, opposite the court house was purchased at a cost of $11,000. During the years 1875 and 1876 the High School was erected at a total cost, including furnishing, of about $40,000. The building has a front of 79 feet, and is 114 feet in depth, and three stories high.
The Canandaigua Academy .- This famous institution is one of the oldest of its class in Western or Central New York, and has an interest- ing and valuable history, yet the story of its founding and career may
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be briefly narrated. The academy without doubt owes its origin to the generosity of Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, but in its establish - ment and erection a large number of prominent residents of Canan- daigua and vicinity had a part, and hence are entitled to honor with the founders of the enterprise.
On the 28th of January, 1791, Nathaniel Gorham and Oliver Phelps, proprietors of the vast Phelps and Gorham Purchase, conveyed to cer- tain trustees in consideration of their " own pleasure," all that tract of land which thenceforth became known as the "Academy Tract," for the purpose of "establishing an academy or seminary of learning " in the county of Ontario. In February, 1795, application was made to the Regents of the University for an act of incorporation, which resulted in the passage of such an act on the 4th of March following, and naming a board of trustees as follows: Nathaniel Gorham, Oliver Phelps, Israel Chapin, Nathaniel Gorham, jr., Thomas Morris, Arnold Potter, John Smith, Timothy Hosmer, Charles Williamson, James Wadsworth, Oliver L. Phelps, Daniel Penfield, Ambrose Hull, John Codding, John Wick- ham, Moses Atwater, Judah Colt, Israel Chapin, jr., and Amos Hall.
At the first meeting of the trustees, July 12, 1796, the name of Na- thaniel W. Howell was substituted in place of Israel Chapin, and that of Dudley Saltonstall in place of Nathaniel Gorham. At the same time a committee was appointed to solicit and receive subscriptions for the benefit of the proposed academy, and the result was donations of land to the extent of 6,300 acres, and cash to the amount of $4,581. In the same year, also, the erection of the academy building was begun, and so far progressed that school was opened in the fall, although several years passed before it was fully completed.
The early records of the academy were so obscure and incomplete that there cannot be given accurately the name of the first principal or other teachers. However, among the early instructors in various capac- ities there can be recalled the names of Dudley Saltonstall, Eliphalet Coleman, Thomas Beals, Revs. Chapman and Howes, Rev. Ezra Wit- ter, and Rev James Stevenson. The teacher last mentioned came to the academy in 1818, remained four years, and was succeeded by Icha- bod Spencer, afterward a celebrated divine of Brooklyn, N. Y. George Wilson followed Mr. Spencer, and in the spring of 1828 was succeeded
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by Henry Howe, under whose administration the institution became practically self-sustaining. Also during Mr. Howe's term (in 1836) the academy building was materially repaired and enlarged ; in fact, was substantially rebuilt, and so arranged as to admit boarding students. Mr. Howe continued his services at the head of the institution until March, 1849, then retiring because of failing health, and was succeeded by George Wilson and Noah T. Clarke, the latter becoming principal in 1858, and remaining in charge until June, 1882, when Rev George R. Smith was chosen to the position. In September, 1885, the present principal, Prof. J. Carlton Norris, entered upon his duties.
The present board of trustees of the Canandaigua Academy is as fol- lows: Walter Hubbell, James C. Smith, William Gorham, William H. Smith, Noah T. Clarke, Frank H. Hamlin, Rev. Andrew L. Freeman, John D. McKechnie, Robert W. Walmsley, Charles A. Richardson, Rev. Nelson M. Calhoun, and Rev. H. C. Townley. The officers of the board are : James C. Smith, president ; Frank H. Hamlin, secretary and treas- urer.
The Ontario Female Seminary .- In 1825, through the efforts of James D. Bemis, Nathaniel Jacobs, Walter Hubbell, Jared Willson, and Mark H. Sibley, this once notable seminary was founded and established. The building, a large two-story brick structure, was erected on the west side of Main street, on the site now occupied by the McKechnie mansion. The names of the first principals are unknown, but in 1830 Miss Han- nah Upham, associated with Arabella Smith, were placed in charge, and continued, the former until 1848, and the latter till 1842. In July, 1848, Edward G. Tyler and wife assumed charge of the institution, and four years later the capacity of the building was much increased. In July, 1854, Benjamin Richards and wife succeeded to the principalship, although Mr. Tyler maintained a connection with the seminary until 1867, at which time Mr. Richards assumed sole charge of its affairs.
Notwithstanding the favorable conditions under which it was founded and began its career, the Ontario Female Seminary continued in ex- istence only half a century. The causes which precipitated its decline and final extinction were various, and need no recital here. The insti- tution was founded with an honest purpose, and upon that basis was ever conducted, but from lack of support was compelled to suspend operations.
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The Granger Place School .- In the year 1816, Gideon Granger, post- master-general under Thomas Jefferson, and one of the most famous early lawyers of Ontario county, built a family mansion at Canandaigua, on the grounds used by the troops for barracks during the War of 1812, but which were afterward tastefully laid out and adorned with beautiful foliage trees, shrubbery and flower gardens. The mansion here erected was maintained in all its beauty and desirability for many years, and in 1876 fittingly became an institution of learning, for the especial use of young ladies, and under the name above given-The Granger Place School. It was founded in 1876, and among its prominent patrons may be named Dr. James Carey Thomas, of Baltimore, Md. ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Morse, and Rev. - and Mrs. A. H. Strong, of Rochester ; J. L. Brownell, of Nyack, N. Y. ; Joseph Powell, of Towanda ; Sophia E. Howard, M. D., of Fairport. N. Y .; Mrs. Gideon Granger, Revs. J. H. France, S. E. Eastman, and Annis F. Eastman, of Canandaigua ; Mrs. L. A. Skinner, of Westfield ; and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Leach, and Thomas B. Heermans, of Syracuse.
In the course of time the Granger property was offered for sale, and the citizens of Canandaigua, appreciating the advantages of a superior school for girls and young ladies, raised a fund to assist Miss Caroline A Comstock, Miss Harriet J. Hasbrouck, Miss Jane M. Slocum, Mrs. Charlotte Parmelee Crocker, all of them cultivated and experienced in- structors, in purchasing the estate and founding the school. This was in 1876, and very soon afterward the school was opened. Its object is " to develop womanly gifts and graces by the best methods ; to substi- tute true culture in place of showy accomplishments ; to impress the idea of responsibility in daily tasks, and to inculcate the sentiment that all attainment is to be sought as a means of usefulness, rather than an end sufficient in itself." The course of study occupies to preparatory, three academic, and four collegiate years.
CHURCHES OF CANANDAIGUA.
The First Congregational Church .- In the year 1799 two zealous clergymen named Zadoc Hunn and John Rolph organized the church whose name stands at the head of this article. The original members were Enos Hawley, Abraham Root, Phineas Bates, William Shepard,
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Thaddeus and Israel Chapin, William A. Williams, Harvey Steele, Joshua Geddings, Esther Bates, Dorothy Taylor, Abigail Warren, Abi- gail Chapin, Betsy Williams, Susanna Hubbard, - - Mather, Naomi Bates, and Phebe Steele. Three licentiates, in whose presence the or- ganization was perfected, were Jedediah Bushnell, Amasa Jerome and Timothy Field. The first deacon of the church was Enos Hawley, elected at the time of organization and who continued in that office until his death, August 1I, 1807.
The church edifice of this society was erected during the years 1812 and 1813, and was repaired and enlarged in 1848. It is an attractive brick structure, retaining it is said much of its original appearance, and may be justly considered a beautiful edifice still, an additional attraction and interest attaching to it on account of its age. In 1872 and 1873 the stone chapel was built adjoining the church edifice.
The pastors of the church have been as follows: Timothy Field, Feb- ruary, 1800, to June, 1805 ; Henry Channing, January, 1808, to May, 1811 ; William T. Torrey, February 9, 1813, to January 5, 1817 ; Evan Johns, October 24, 1817, to June 9, 1823 ; Ansel D. Eddy, January I, 1824, to July 3, 1835 ; M. L. R. P. Thompson, spring of 1836 to May, 1844 ; Oliver E. Daggett, January 30, 1845, to October 16, 1867 ; Fred- erick B. Allen, April 2, 1868, to April 2, 1873 ; Frank T. Bayley, Sep- tember 3, 1873, to January 3, 1878 ; William Adams, July 11, 1878, to December 9, 1880 ; Samuel E. Eastman, November 16, 1881, to Sep- tember 23, 1886; Newell M. Calhoun, the present pastor, was called September 26, 1887, and entered upon his duties January 1, 1888.
The deacons of the church with date of election. have been as follows ; Enos Hawley, 1799; William Shepard, January 11, 1809; Harvey Steele, January 11, 1809 ; Israel Chapin, June 24, 1810 ; Walter Hub- bell, January 15, 1824 ; Henry W. Taylor, November 28, 1828; Rob- ert Antis and Samuel H. Andrews, April 29, 1837 ; Francis J. Castle, February 28, 1845; George Willson 2d, Noah T. Clarke and W. Myn- derse Chipman, June 30, 1848; Edward G. Tyler, December 30, 1853 ; Joseph Byron Hayes, January 2, 1863 ; Levi B. Gaylord, December 30, 1870; Cyrus W. Dixson and Teneyck Munson, January 11, 1882; Daniel Satterthwaite, March 5, 1887. The foregoing were elected for life, but in March, 1888, this church adopted the term of five years for
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the office of deacon, under which rule Mark S. Smith and J. Carlton Norris were elected May 4, 1888 ; A. Eugene Cooley, January 4, 1889; John H. Jewett, March 1, 1889.
The present church officers are as follows : Pastor, Newell M. Cal- houn ; deacons, Edward O. Smith, Cyrus W. Dixson, Daniel Satter- thwaite, Charles T. Mitchell, F. H. Wisewell, A. Eugene Cooley and John H. Jewett ; treasurer, Chas. T. Mitchell; clerk, Edward O. Smith. Present membership, 398.
As early as September, 1793, the Rev. James K. Garnsey, of Massa- chusetts, came to Canandaigua and was for at least a year engaged in missionary work. The Congregational missionary societies of Massa- chusetts were deeply interested in the missionary cause in Ontario county, and through their instrumentality many of the settled pastors were induced to temporarily leave their charges and spend portions of the summer season in active duties in Western New York. Bekiah Hotchkiss received $34.36 for " services as a missionary to the west- ward in the summer season, 1798." Under date of May 29, 1799, Rev. Joseph Avery was empowered to receive " forty dollars on condition that you go and faithfully perform the duties of a missionary twelve weeks in the county of Ontario and its vicinities, in the course of the summer season following." Receipts of Joseph Avery May 29, 1796, $30 ; September 24, 1799, $10 " in full for my services as a missionary to the county of Ontario." Up to May 28, 1802, the editor has seen receipts from the following persons for missionary work performed, com- prising from four to twelve weeks, most of it in Ontario county, and some of them dated at Canandarque : Revs. Timothy Woodbridge, Samuel Fuller, Jacob Catlin, Abiel Jones, David Perry, Aaron Bascom, Samuel Leonard and Rev. Aaron Kinne.
The following is extracted from the history of Berkshire county, Mass .: " The Rev. Zadock Hunn was called to the pastoral office (Congrega- tional church in Becket), September 20, 1770, and ordained June 5, 1771. He was dismissed in October, 1788, and subsequently removed to the county of Ontario, N. Y., where he labored faithfully and use- fully among the new settlers who were then crowding into that region. He died at Canandaigua May 12, 1801. He was born in Wethersfield, Conn., and graduated at Yale College in 1766."
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