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J. J. Van Pelten, Co. I, 193d N. Y. Inf. Enlisted March 21, 1865 ; discharged with the regiment.
Silas Vermilyea.
Sandford Wiltse, Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862.
Martin Wheeler, Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf. Must. Aug. 25, 1862; dis- charged with the regisgent.
William R. Wilson, cerp., Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf. Must. Aug. 25, 1862 ; discharged with the regiment.
Albert J. Williams, Bat. I, 3d N. Y. L. Art. Enlisted Ang. 31, 186-1 ; discharged July 8, 1865.
Albert B. Wheeler, Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf., and Ist sergt., Co. C, 184th N. Y. Inf.
Joel Whiting, 9th N. Y. Heavy Art. Wounded in battle.
Henry Warner, Bat. B, Ist N. Y. Light Art. Four years.
James Warner, 9th Vermont Inf.
John H. Wallnee.
Julins Westgate, 12th N. Y. Inf. Killed in action, July 21, 1861.
Frank Williamson, Co. C, 147th N. Y Inf.
John Whelen, U. S. Regulars. Died in service.
Riley Wormer, sergt., Ist sergt., 2d lieut., Co. H, 8]st N. Y. Inf. Must. in und ent with the regt. ; wounded in battle.
Benj. White, Co. I, 193d N. Y. Inf. Enlisted March 24, 1865 ; dis- charged with the regiment.
Frank R. Wiltse, Bat. F, 3d N. Y. Lt. Art. Enlisted Sept., 1861; discharged for disability, April, 1862.
Chas. II. Wilson, Ce. C, 184th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Aug. 27, 1864 ; discharged with the regiment.
James G. Wilson, Co. C, 184th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Ang. 25, 1864; discharged with the regiment.
Fort Wilber, 3d N. Y. Light Artillery.
Hugh W. Ward, Co. E, 24th N. Y. Inf. Must. May 17, 1861.
James Wethorhead, 81st N. Y. Inf.
Dennis Weaver, 75th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861; lest over- beard frem transport coming north from New Orleans in 1864.
Henry Welling, Co. D, 147th N. Y. Inf. Eulisted Aug. 30, 1862 ; discharged with the regiment.
Joseph Worden. Peter Young.
Leman Larrabee, Co. I, 184th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1864.
Patrick Dolan, Co. F, 184th N. Y. Inf. Eulisted Aug, 31, 1864. A. V. Young, 24th Inf., and 24th N. Y. Cav,
Chandler D. Labolt, Co. F, 8]st N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Sept, 16, 1861 ; died in the service.
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John Lalone, 75th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Nov. 12, 1861. Albert Snyder, 75th N. Y. Inf. Enlisted Oet. 4, 1861. William Howard.
James Lake.
Mott Lake, 12th N. Y. Cav.
- - Miller, 75th N. Y. Inf. Killed in battle.
Mark Ostrander, 149th N. Y. Inf., and 102d N. Y. Inf.
Charles Chilson, 24th N. Y. Cav. Mnst. Feb., 1864; died in Salisbury prison, ahont Christmas, 1865.
Dennis Dorris, corp., Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf. Must. Aug. 25, 1862. Dennis MeCarty, Co. D, 9th H. Art. Enlisted January 14, 1864; woundod in battle; discharged May 23, 1866.
Charles O'Neil, 102d N. Y. Inf., and Ist N. Y. S. G.
Amariah J. Grant, Co. - , 24th N. Y. Cav.
Ransom Wiltse, Lt. Art.
Revolutionary War .- Daniel Dunham, Silas Green, cousin of General Nathaniel Green, of Revolutionary fame, Daniel Lewis, Epaphns Loomis, Daniel Robinson.
War of 1812 .- Chester Anderson, Ziha Blodgett, James Breed, Levi Blodgett, James Burt, Captain Stephen Brace, Alanson Blodgett, Ira Brooks, James D. Curtiss, Julius Colton, Eli Collins, Samnel Clark, John Cox, Asa Dudley, Elijah Drury, William Dodd, John Elliott, Captain Wm. Fullerton, Watter Gillis, prisoner of war, John Gillis, Heetor Gillis, William Hodgdon, William Hawks, Nathan Jancs, John Keeney, Benjamin Lewis, Roswell Lane, Israel Messenger, George Maxwell, Jesse Owen, John K. Parks, Arvin Rice, Sr., Levi Rudd, William Stevenson, James
Stevenson, Ira Smith, James Schofield, Samuel Sanders, Jesse Van Horn, Abram Watson, Asa Winchell, Solomon Whipple, Abner Wood.
War with Mexico .- Lyman HIodgdon was one of thirteen out of ninety-six volunteers that left Oswego that lived to return ; was wounded once, went through all the battles of the war, came home, and died from discase contracted in the service the third day after his arrival.
Joseph Demott.
Company B, Forty-eighth Regiment N. G., S. N. Y., Hannibal, N. Y.
-The head-quarters of Cn. B, 48th Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., is in the village of Hannibal. The company was organized and mustered into the State service, Sept. 4, 1864, with the following commissioned officers : Capt., W. II. Wiggins; 1st Lieut., Wm. O'Connor ; 2d Lieut., Seth Barrus. During the year following, Capt. Wiggins resigned, and Lieut. O'Connor was elected to fill the vacancy. Dr. Gen. V. Emens was elected Ist tient. In Aug., 1870, Ist sergt. D. F. Acker was elected 2d lieut. In July, 1871, the time of the company having nearly expired, it was re-or- ganized with the following officers : Capt., D. F. Aeker ; Ist Lieut., G. V. Emens ; 2d Lient., L. P. Storms. In Nov., 1872, Capt. Aeker was promoted to ass't-surgeon of the regiment. During February following, Lieut. Storms was elected captsin, and Ist sergt. Joseph Alberny, 2d lieut .; A. N. Bradt, Ist sergt., which organization is yet retained. "B" Company has always been considered one of the best in the regiment. At its re-organiza- tion nearly all of its members had seen service in the late war.
PALERMO.
PALERMO is a town geographically situated in the in- terior of the county, a little northwest of its centre. The surface is undulating, in places hilly. The soil is generally a sandy loam, but around the border of the " big swamp" a rich alluvial deposit exists. The swamp, locally known as above quoted, is located in the eastern part of the town, is fifty-seven feet above Oneida lake, aud the ridges which traverse the town are twenty-five feet above the swamp. A large part of the waste land surrounding the swamp has been redeemed, and each year some improvement is made. The township is watered by the Fish creeks and other streams.
The earliest settlement of which any record exists was made a little more than seventy years ago, and the redemp- tion of the wild land from the primitive and dense forest to a fertile and highly productive agricultural state was a work of considerable magnitude, and fraught with a great deal of toil and care. But the pioneers of Palermo, like those of other new sections, were a hardy and industrious class, and sought to establish their homes with the greatest possible expedition. The process was naturally slow and laborious. But diligence and unremitting labor triumphed, and we behold to-day the magnificent results of the work of their hands and the benefits of their intelligence.
The first white settler who penetrated the wilderness of which Palermo was originally constituted was David Jeu- nings, who came in from Paris, Oneida county, New York, and settled on what was subsequently long known as the " old Sheppard farm." He afterwards removed on to the
. farm now occupied by Timothy Dolbear, and finally, in 1852, to the one now owned by his son, E. L. Jennings, and died there July 1, 1869.
Mr. Jennings was born March 2, 1791, and commenced housekeeping, in the smiling forest of his new home in Pa- lermo, in June, 1810, having been married on the 26th of March of the preceding year to Lois Hartson, a native of Litchfield, Connecticut. They had no capital, but they enjoyed gocd health, and possessed largely the qualities of industry and perseverance, which, coupled with a com- mendable ambition, ultimately secured to them a com- petence. They raised a family of ten children, of whom but two survive,-Alvira, the widow of Charles Keller, now a resident of Palermo, and E. L. Jennings, who, being the only direct male representative of the family, deserves more than a passing notice at our hands. Eli- phalet Jennings (who uses the initials E. L. to avoid con- fusion, as there are others in the township who go by the initial E.) was born in Palermo, October 5, 1822, and has resided all his life in his native township. On the 2d of October, 1845, he married, and after four years of wedded life his wife died. In 1850 he married again, and losing his second wife in 1868, he married his present wife on the 22d of May, 1872. He had one daughter by his second wife, Ida C., who was born June 5, 1858.
In politics Mr. Jennings is a Republican, as was his father before him. He and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a gentleman very extensively and very favorably known throughout his township, is honest
D. H. TRIMBLE.
MRS. D. H. TRIMBLE.
D.H. TRIMBLE.
STORE & RESIDENCE of D. H. TRIMBLE, PALERMO CENTER, OSWEGO CO., N.Y.
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and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men, and as such enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him.
About 1809, Simeon Crandall and Sylvanus Hopkins came into the township, but no descendants of either now reside therein. About the same time Zadock Hopkins arrived, and some years subsequent was killed by the caving in of a well which he was digging.
In 1812, Stephen Blake, Sr., came in and purchased about one hundred acres, including what is now known as " Jennings' Corners." He resided there a number of years.
Elder Asaph Graves, a native of Vermont, and subse- quently a regularly ordained minister of the Baptist church, settled in the township in 1813, his location being about one mile east of Jennings' Corners, on the farm afterwards familiarly known as the Lewis Johnson place. Two of his sons, Alanson and Cyrus Graves, still reside in the township.
In 1814, John Trim settled a little east of Palermo Centre, and lived to the advanced age of eighty-threc. There are circumstances connected with his history that deserve more than a passing notice. At the early age of sixteen years, his father and mother, two sisters, and one brother were murdered by the Indians in the Mohawk valley, near Schenectady. His father was tomahawked at his own door, and killed while defending his home and family. His mother and two of his sisters were hung up by the skirts, their clothes and their bodies were lacerated with arrows and knives until life became extinct. The younger brother, who was an invalid, was taken prisoner with John. After one day's marching the invalid brother conld not endure the hardships of travel, so the Indians told him he could go back, which he attempted to do. As soon as he got fairly in the rear of the Indians they com- menced a fusilade at him with their arrows, and shot him dead. After enduring untold hardships, traveling on foot in the winter-time, with insufficient clothing to protect him from the inclemency of the weather, by the time John arrived in Canada his feet were bare and nearly frozen. While warming them by the fire one of the squaws induced the children to throw hot embers on his feet to see him jump, and then laugh at the sport. In his desperation he took a tomahawk and split her brain open. He expected to ex- piate the deed by his death, but the Indians, after a coun- cil, immediately acquitted him, and deemed it an act of bravery to brain a squaw. After enduring two years of captivity and great privation he escaped from the savages. He slew two Indians the night he made good his departure. During his life he killed eight Indians and one squaw. After his eye grew dim with age and his nerves were unstrung, at the name Indian his eyes would dilate, and all the latent energy and courage of the old man would be aroused. He died one-half mile south of Palermo Centre, in the eighty-third year of his age, honored and respected by his neighbors and acquaintances. Peace to his ashes.
In 1816, Barzil Candee settled in the town, and remained there until 1837, when he removed to Schroeppel, and located on the farm now occupied by his son, C. W. Candee.
In 1820, Josiah Chaffee, father of Deacon Josiah Chaffee, of Schroeppel, came in from Connecticut and settled near
the base-line of the township. Ile resided there until his death, which occurred September 17, 1839.
About one mile north of Flint's Corners Captain Ephraim McQueen settled on the farm he still occupies, in the year 1820.
Peter Tooley and family located on lot No. 52 in Febru- ary, 1828. IIis son, George M. Tooley, still resides in the town. They came from Oneida county.
The year 1830 was quite prolific in accessions to the population. Among others who came in this year were :
Isaac N. Lansing, who came from Madison county, and settled on the farm which he and his son, W. S. Lansing, now occupy, on lot 45.
Frederick Wilcox and wife, parents of Mrs. I. N. Lan- sing, came from Simsbury, Connecticut, and settled on the farm now owned by J. Fitch Lansing.
Elder Hills came in from England this year, and made his home near Jennings' Corners, on the farm now occupied by his son, John Hills, Esq.
Leman Austin came from Oncida county, and settled on the farm upon which his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Wright, now resides.
Harvey Whitmore, this year, settled on the farm now owned by George Babcock.
In 1832, D. C. Burritt located on the place now owned by A. Mason, and erected a blacksmith-shop there.
In 1832, George W. Hicks came in and settled on lot 72, where he has since resided.
In the spring of 1834, George Tinker, Esq., came in from Marshall, Oneida county, New York, and made his home on lot 63, on the farm now occupied by Willis Jen- nings.
Among the prominent settlers coming into the town prior to 1840 we might mention the following, it being utterly impossible to particularize individually : A. K. Beckwith, Lovwell Johnson, William F. Shepard, Elijah Dickinson, Asahel Dolbear, Reuben T. Hanchett, Amon Wood, David Gardner, A. E. Noble, Alvin Osborn, Ezra Green.
Above is presented a brief history of the early settlement of Palermo, and the next item for consideration is its
SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT.
The first clearing within the present limits of what was originally township 14 of Scriba's patent, and which, as will be shown farther on, was at one time a part of Vol- ney, was made by David Jennings, Esq. The first farm improvements were also made by him, for it is a well-au- thenticated fact that he first came on his land in 1806, and worked during each season, returning to his home in Oneida county, until June, 1810, when he brought his newly- wedded wife with him and made his permanent settlement. He also built the first log house in the township, which served as his habitation for many years.
The first frame honse was erceted by Enoch lyde, in 1814, and stood in the vicinity of Jennings' Corners until within a few years.
The first saw-mill was erected by Phineas Chapin, in 1812. It stood on Kilby creek, and occupied the present site of the mill now operated by Martin Chaffee.
The first tavern was a log structure, which stood in what
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in now the centre of the road, a little south of Palermo Centre (Jennings' Corners). It was crected by Stephen Blake in 1816.
The first school-honse was built at Jennings' Corners as early as 1820. It was a log building, and belonged to old school district No. 1. A school had been taught by Har- riet Easton in private houses about eight years previous to the establishment of a common school.
The first church edifice* erected in Palermo was by the Baptist denomination, at the centre, in 1836. It still stands, after a service of more than forty years.
The first birth was that of Alvin Walker, in September, 1811.
The first marriage solemnized within the present limits of the town was that of Joseph Jennings and Sally Chapin.
The first death was accidental, and occurred in 1811. The victim was Zadock Hopkins.
The first burying-ground was laid out in 1816, on a piece of land containing a trifle more than half an acre, purchased of Stephen Blake, and is the same now used at the centre, only it has been added to as necessity required.
N. B. Ellsworth settled in the town in 1855, and ten years later purchased the saw-mill and stave-machine he now operates. The past year he cut one hundred thousand staves, sawed two hundred thousand feet of lumber, and made twenty thousand barrels. He employs in all about thirteen hands.
CIVIL ORGANIZATION.
The territory now comprised within the limits of Palermo was formed from Voluey on the 4th day of April, 1832, by an act of the State legislature. The first town-meeting was held at the house of Alva Jennings, March 4, 1833, at which time and place the following officers were elected :
Supervisor, William F. Shepard; Town Clerk, A. E. Noble ; Assessors, Lovwell Johnson, Ansel Goodwin, Ethan Burdick ; Overseers of the Poor, Wm. K. Burt, Azariah Parmelec; Commissioners of Highway, Alva Jennings, Phineas Converse, Alexander McQueen ; Commissioners of Schools, Barzil Candee, Ansel Goodwin, Leman Austin ; School Inspectors, Asahel Dolbear, Leman Austin, Alan- son Graves ; Justice of the Peace, Lovwell Johnson, Har- low Merrill, Matthew V. D. Backus, Peter Tooley ; Collec- tor, Thomas Burdick ; Constables, Asahel Dolbear, Thomas Burdick, Theodore Humphrey, Alvin Cass.
The following-named persons were chosen path-masters for the ensuing year for the respective districts in which they severally resided :
District No. 1, Jeremiah Hull; No. 2, David Gardner ; No. 3, N. C. Munger ; No. 4, Henry Chapin ; No. 5, Lewis Babbitt ; No. 6, David Thurston ; No. 7, William Beels ; No. 8, Ethan Burdick ; No. 9, Alvin Lord; No. 10, Henry Cole; No. 11, John Sails; No. 12, Chauncey Jerome ; No. 13, Daniel Eastwood; No. 14, Ebenezer Pierce; No. 15, Obed Gulis; No. 16, John Pettis; No. 17, Joseph Ure; No. 18, John Hanson; No. 19, Amon Wood; No. 20, Alvin Cass; No. 21, Gamaliel Olmstead ; No. 22, Levi Phillips ; No. 23, Alpheus C. Wheeler ; No.
24, --; No. 25, Lester Goodrich; No. 26, G. Good- win ; No. 27, Benjamin Dennis ; No. 28, Oliver Chaffee ; No. 29, Thomas I. Cattington.
" Voted, That a fence four and one-half feet high shall be a lawful fence."
" Voted, That we raise the same amount of money for the support of common schools as we receive from the State for that purpose."
The list of supervisors from 1833 to 1877, inclusive, com- prises the following names :
Supervisors .- Wmn. F. Shepard, Jeremiah Hull, Lov- well Johnson, Elijah Dickinson (three years), John Bost- wick, George Blossom (four years), Elijah Dickinson (two years), David Jennings (two years), Abner Chaffee (two years), David Jennings (two years), Abner Chaffce (two years), Leman Austin, David Jennings, Abner Chaffee, David Jennings, Sherman L. Decker (two years), George Tinker (two years), Josepli Harding (two years), Guy P. Loomis, Abner Chaffee, Jay L. Johnson (four years), David L. Brown (two years ), Samuel R. Smith (two years), Henry F. Parsons, George M. Hanchett, Samuel R. Smith, David R. Trimble, present incumbent.
Township Clerks .- A. E. Noble, Stephen Blake (seven years), Alvin Osborn, Edwin Easton, Harvey Whitmore, A. K. Beckwith (two years), Ilarvey Whitmore (three years), John Hills (four years), Alanson B. Ingersoll, A. K. Beck- with, Alanson B. Ingersoll, Stephen Blake, Harvey Whit- more, David Jennings, Jr., Alanson B. Ingersoll (two years), E. A. Huntingdon, John Hills (two years), Jay L. Johnson (two years), John Hills (six years), Ezra Green, present incumbent (six years).
Justices of the Peace .- Lovwell Johnson, Harlow Mer- rill, Matthew V. D. Backus and Peter Tooley (1833), David Jennings, Peter Tooley, Elijah Dickinson, Alvin Os- born, Hezekiah Lee, Elijah Dickinson, Jared W. Lamphirc, George Tinker, Phineas Converse, Charles Conklin, Reuben T. Hanchett, Ezra Green, Phineas Converse, Martin B. Campbell, Reuben T. Hanchett, Ezra Green, Joseph Hard- ing, Wm. B. Forsyth, Ansel Goodwin, Ezra Green, Lo- renzo W. Robinson (vacancy), Julius Hall, C. B. Ashley, Henry Goodwin, Horace Decker (vacancy ), J. B. Ingersoll, Horace Decker, Henry Goodwin, John Hills, Jonah H. Sny- der, Wm. B. Forsyth (vacancy ), John McComber, Wm. H. Eggleston, Wm. B. Forsyth, David L. Brown (vacancy) Jonah H. Snyder, David L. Brown, Samuel R. Smith, Wm. B. Forsyth, Alanson B. Ingersoll, David L. Brown, Samuel R. Smith, William B. Forsyth, Jonah H. Snyder.
JENNINGS' CORNERS (PALERMO POST-OFFICE),
an enterprising village situated a trifle west of the geo- graphical centre of the town, was first settled by Stephen Blake, Sr., in 1813. Among the early settlers who followed Mr. Blake, and located at or in the vicinity of the corners, were Alvin Walker, Sylvanus Hopkins, Turner Jennings and son O. P. Jennings, who was born there, Alvin Osborn, Truxton Seeley, Lovwell Johnson, Humphrey Dolbear, A. E. Noble, M.D., William N. Burt, and others.
The first log house in the place was erected by Stephen Blake, in 1813, and three years later an addition having
See further particulars on page 320.
PALERMO CENTER HOUSE.
STEAM, MILE FOR MANUFACTORING STAVES &
COOPER SHOP
HEADING
STAVE BARREL FACTORY & HOTEL of W.H. HANNAN . PALERMO CENTER, OSWEGO CO., N. Y.
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RESIDENCE OF J. F. LANSING, PALERMO, OSWEGO CO., N.Y.
RESIDENCE OF FREDRICK C. CHURCH, PALERMO CENTER , OSWEGO CO, N.Y.
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been made to it, he opened the first tavern kept in the township.
The first frame house in the village and township was erected by Enoch Hyde, as stated in the history proper of the town.
The first store was built by Messrs. Bush & Babbott, in 1817. It stood on the present site of Hannan's hotel. After some years the proprietors failed, and the store remained vacant for a time, when William T. Shepard brought in a stock of goods, and re-opened the store, and continued business therein until about 1830. He then disposed of the business to Amasa Botchford, who, after a few years, failed. After this the building was converted into a dwelling, and subsequently a tavern was kept in it, and finally, in 1860, it was destroyed by fire.
As mentioned elsewhere, the first tavern in the township was erected by Stephen Blake, in 1816, at or very near the corners. It was the only one in this section of country until about 1825, when Messrs. David and Alva Jennings erected the frame building now owned by Willis A., son of Alva Jennings, and used as a dwelling. The village now contains one general store, kept by David H. Trimble, one hotel, of which William H. Hannan is the proprietor, one extensive steam heading- and stave-mill, also owned and operated by William H. Hannan. This is the largest mill of its kind in this part of the country. There are two wagon- and blacksmith-shops, one church, of the Baptist denomination, a neat and tastefully laid out cemetery, and one public school. The estimated population of the village is one hundred and eighty-five.
DENTON'S CORNERS,
a pleasant hamlet situated a little northwest of the central part of the town, was first settled by a Mr. Spencer, in 1816. About 1823, Robert Denton, a hatter by trade, whom the old pioneers still living will remember as an in- dustrious and enterprising individual, came in and settled on the northwest corner of the cross-roads. He manufac- tured and sold hats, and after the corners became settled they received the name of Denton's Corners, in honor of him.
The place now contains one general store, one blacksmith- shop, one saw-mill, one stave-mill, two cooper-shops, and two churches, one each of the Methodist Episcopal and Union Congregational denominations, and an estimated population of one hundred.
VERMILLION
is situated on Catfish creek, in the north part of the towo, and near the line between New Haven and Palermo. Among the early settlers in the village and vicinity were Elijah Dickinson, Esq., Rev. Asel Harrington, Ebenezer Wallace, Moses Gains, John Sayles, Sr., Benjamin Spencer, Candlipp Pitcher, James Walworth, John Scott, Samuel Perkins, some of whom settled as early as 1816, and most of them prior to 1825.
'The village now contains a grist-mill, a general store owned by Ezra Ure, a pump-factory of which Ingersoll &
Hill are the proprietors, a tannery, and a Methodist Epis- copal church. It is a post-village, and has an estimated population of one hundred and seventy-five inhabitants.
PEAT'S CORNERS
is situated in the east part of the town, and has a general store, a church of the Methodist Episcopal persuasion, and a common school. Among the first settlers were Peter Howe and Jesse Holbrook, who settled there in 1813, also Leander Scudder, Sr., Nathan Miller, Charles Peat, Alphens Wheeler, Nathaniel and Daniel Rowls, Elijah Munger, and Stephen Clark, who moved and settled in the town in 1820. Elom Thomas and family moved from Vermont, with an ox-team, during the year 1818, and became per- manent residents.
FLINT'S CORNERS,
a mile north of Peat's, has a store and post-office, and a blacksmith-shop. Among the first settlers in this vicinity were Jacob Flint, Timothy Phelps, William Phelps, who settled as early as 1830.
SAYLE'S CORNERS,
a small hamlet one mile north of Denton's Corners, contains a blacksmith-shop and a carriage- and wagon-shop, and has a conglomerate of a few families.
THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION CHURCH AT DENTON'S CORNERS.
The history of this church is somewhat complicated, hence we deem it expedient to subjoin the following sketch prepared by Mr. Jacob Kendall, of Volney, and furnished us by Mr. J. L. Getman, of Palermo :
" The First Congregational church of Volney was organ- ized in June, 1812. The church record prior to December 20, 1817, is missing. On that date I notice the name of Obadiah Albe, who had previously united with the church. Stephen Blake's name is also mentioned as a member. At this time the church adopted the Presbyterian form of government, and remained under such for nine years, when it again adopted the Congregational polity. I sce by the record that as early as 1819 our church held meetings at Jennings' Corners, calling it a branch of the church. Ste- phen Blake and Seymour Coe were chosen ruling elders by this part of the church on the 3d of August, 1823. This branch of the church requested to be set off as a distinet church, when Stephen Blake, Charity Blake, Miles Dun- bar, Triphosa Dunbar, Seymour Coe, Phoebe Coc, Zenas Dunbar, Lydia Dunbar, Obadiah Albe, Silas Bellows, Mary Coe, Hannah Gaines, Hannah Jennings, Laura Blake, and Hannah Harding were constituted the church of Palermo. This church held its organization till the Congregational Union church at Denton's Corners was formed, when the members voted to change their organization, and with others form that church. The first officers at Jennings' were Oliver Leavitt, pastor ; Miles Blake and Seymour Coe, ruling elders, and, I think, also deacons."
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