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MILLS.
The first saw-mill was built at Cheever's, in 1805, by Ira Hoat. The second, at the " Hollow," about 1811, by Tim-
othy Norton. The third, at Gridley's, about half a mile below, on the same stream, in 1816. The fourth, at Cum- mings', in the south part of the town, about 1816. Mr. Cummings has built no less than three mills on the same site since 1818. In 1850 there were seven saw-mills in town, but there are now only four. The first grist-mill was built at Cheever's, in 1809, by Waldo Brayton, and the sec- ond at the " Hollow," about 1815, by Hezekiah Nichols and Nathaniel Marvin. The first stave-machine (or mill) was built at the " Hollow," in 1845, by Daniel B. Van Buren and John D. Reed.
DISTILLERIES.
The first was built at Cheever's, about 1810, by John White; the second, just east of the village, in 1818, by Orris Hart; and the third soon after (1820), at the Hol- low, by Barton and Doolittle. It is hard to say, but never- theless true, that there have been three distilleries in New Haven. At present it is a strong temperance town, and grants no license to sell liquor. The first distillery was a very small one, and was out of operation before the other two were built.
FOUNDRY.
There has been but one in town, and that was previous to 1840. This at first was run by Richard Eason, and afterwards by him and Hosea Cornish. It was situated in the village, and was in existence between 1830 and 1840, but on rather a small scale.
DOCTORS.
'The first was Eliphalet Colt, who was also the first officer of the town. Ile remained until about 1830. Stephen F. Kinne was the second physician ; he remained in town until near 1839. The next was Samuel Stewart, who came about 1827, and was followed by Dr. Lee, in 1828. The last was a man of especially good medical education. The next was John G. Ayer, in 1833, who was likewise well educated. Dr. E. M. Joslin came into town in 1838, and left in 1842. Dr. A. W. Robinson came in 1842, and moved west about 1854. He was a brother of Rev. Ralph Robinson, and was a well-read physician. Dr. S. P. John- son succeeded Dr. Robinson, and was followed in turn by Dr. Geo. G. Whitaker, now the only practitioner of the regular, or allopathic, school in town. A. S. Rockwell was also one of the physicians of New Haven for a short time previous to 1875.
Of the eclectic physicians, the first was John Ash, some forty years ago. The second was Amos Austin, from 1847 to 1862. Then followed his brother James, who opened a drug-store about 1862, the first in town. Dr. James Man- warren succeeded Austin, and was himself followed by Dr. Jewell. Dr. Amos Austio has returned to town during the past year, and is now practicing there for the second time.
LAWYERS.
For this class of persons we shall have to write blank, as there never was one a resident of the town. One at- torney talked about settling there, but was informed that he could not live in town by practicing law, and therefore aban- doned the project.
A.H.BARTON.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON BARTON was born in that portion of the town of Paris, Oneida county, New York, since erected into the town of Marshall, June 1, 1805. His parents, David and Lydia Barton, had removed from Leyden, Massachusetts, and settled in Paris in 1793. They were the first settlers in Marshall. The subject of this sketch was the eighth in a family of nine children, and, in addition to the education received in the common schools of that day, was prepared for admission to college in a Mas- sachusetts seminary, but never entered upon his collegiate course. In 1825 fourteen families removed from Hanover Society in said town to the town of New Haven,-no mean accession to the then iufant settlement. In the spring of 1826 Mr. Barton followed, and immediately entered into co- partnership with Chauncey B. Doolittle in the mercantile business. In 1829 Mr. Doolittle transferred his interest to Stephen Luce. In 1833, at the request of his father, who had made an unfortunate investment in a manufacturing business in Canada, Mr. Barton sold out his interest in the New Haven store, and removed to Toronto to protect his father's rights and close up the business there. In 1836 he removed from Toronto to Deansville, Oneida county, where he engaged in trade until 1838, when he returned to New Haven and settled upon the farm where he remained until the date of his death, April 27, 1854. October 13, 1829, Mr. Barton was married to Miss Cornelia Eveline Marvin, daughter of Nathaniel and Julia Marvin, who were among the first settlers in New Haven, then a part of Mex- ico. They came from Clinton, Oneida county, in 1810, transporting themselves and their scanty household effects in a flat- or Durham-boat by way of the Mohawk river, Wood creek, Oneida lake, and Oswego river to Oswego. Thence by lake to Pleasant point. Mrs. Marvin ran the perilous passage of the rapids and falls of the Oswego river, near Fulton, in their frail boat. They settled upon the farm long known as the " Tanner place," in the north part of the town, when not a stick of the original forest had been cut.
MRS. A.H. BARTON.
Here, on the 10th day of March, 1812, Mrs. Barton was born.
Mr. Barton was one of the earliest to espouse the anti- slavery cause, when to do so with activity was to incur op- position and even opprobium ; but he deemed no sacrifice too great in any matter when conscience and love of his fellow- men directed him to act. He took the same advanced position in the temperance cause.
He was engaged in trade at a time when the inhabitants of the new settlement had but little money at command, and were obliged to depend almost wholly upon barter of their crops in all their dealings at the country store. Owing to this fact, and following what then was a common practice of merchants, the firm erected a distillery to convert the corn and rye of the neighborhood into whisky, which could be more readily transported and converted into cash in distant markets. But the temperance wave starting in Bos- ton about 1825, reached him a few years later; and so thoroughly was his conscience convicted of error, that at the serious sacrifice of investment and business interests he closed his distillery, refusing either to continue it himself or to sell to another for such use. This action was charac- teristic of the man in whatever reform engaged. Under the old systems of town inspectors of schools and of town superintendency, he was often chosen to those positions. As a magistrate, a position occupied by him during eight years, he chose to act the part of a peacemaker. Very few cases commenced before him were ever brought to trial ; he dreaded litigated contests with a shudder, because of the bitter passions and strifes engendered by them, so discordant to his own nature. His aim was to make each litigant recognize whatever of justice there might be in his oppo- nent's claim, and thus to establish a basis of compromise. In this he was usually successful. He was never very rohust in his physical development, and died while in the prime of his usefulness, at the age of forty-nine years. His widow still survives him.
EDWARD W. ROBINSON.
MRS EDWARD W. ROBINSON.
RESIDENCE OF EDWARD W. ROBINSON, TOWN OF NEW HAVEN, OSWEGO CO., N. Y.
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SCHOOLS.
The town has twelve school districts, the one at the vil- lage being No. 5, with a graded school. The number of children between the ages of five and twenty-one in 1876 was six hundred and two. Amount of public money, in- cluding the library, was thirteen hundred and seventy-six dollars and forty-six cents. The first school was taught, in 1806, by Harriet Easton, daughter of David Easton. Sherman Hosmer taught a school at Butterfly in 1808. The present school-houses are mostly new ; the one at the vil- lage being built of briek and the one at Cheever's of stone.
MERCHANTS.
Anson Drake was the first, in 1809, at the village. He was succeeded in 1816 by Orris Hart, who was followed by Samuel Cherry. Samuel G. Merriam began the mercantile business in 1833, in which he remained for forty years. He retired from the business in 1873, and was succeeded by Rowe & Wilmarth, and then by the present firm of Rowe & Snow. Stephen Luce opened a store at the Hollow in 1829, and was in business there ten years. Hewett & Goodsell had a store in the stone hotel building for several years, about 1860. A store has been kept at the depot for a number of years, and is now run by O. Woodworth. John White kept a store at Cheever's Mills as early as 1810. The first drug-store was kept by Dr. James Austin, about 1862. Silas Allen and Solomon White, Jr., were merchants at the village from 1850 to 1856, or thereabouts. B. J. Hale & Son have an extensive coffin wareroom at the vil- lage in connection with their undertaking business. It dates back to about 1844.
HOTELS.
The first was opened at the village in 1810, by Ezra May. Soon after, one was opened by Andrew Place, at May's Corners, and another by Joseph Boynton, two miles west of the village. Jesse Smith built one just back of the present stone hotel about 1826, and Samuel Allen opened one a little west of the Congregational church in 1828. The stone hotel was built by Richard Eason about 1850 or 1851. The brick one was ereeted in 1824 by Ezra May. The town had three at a time for a while after 1828, but can now boast of only one, which is a temperance house, kept by A. M. May.
POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.
The first post-office in town was established at West Mexico, January 19, 1813, with Joseph Bailey as post- master. The office was kept at Mr. Bailey's house, about two miles west of the village. Its name was changed to . New Haven, December 25, 1819, and Orris Hart appointed postmaster. Samuel G. Merriam was appointed postmas- ter February 8, 1833; Solomon White, Jr., July 23, 1853; Silas Hart, January 30, 1858; S. G. Merriam, June 28, 1861, and Augustus F. Rowe, January 2, 1873.
" Butterfly" was established January 31, 1828, with John Parsons as postmaster. Sterling Newell was appointed September 14, 1844; John Parsons again November 22, 1848; John Parsons, Jr., June 13, 1849; and Avery W. Severance, February 23, 1858. The office was discon- tinued January 13, 1870.
" South New Haven," the third and last office, was estab- lished early in the spring of 1877, in the southwest part of the town, with George II. Patten as postmaster.
The first mail-stage was run through the town from Utica to Oswego, and thenee west, in 1823.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
was organized July 30, 1817, the society having been formed just one month previously. Revs. John Dunlap and David R. Dixon presided. The former was a mission- ary, and the latter the pastor of the Mexico church. Thir- teen persons united with the church at its organization, whose names are as follows: Stephen H. Kinne, Daniel Hitchcock and Esther his wife, Ari Rowe and Wealthy his wife, Norman Rowe and Mary his wife, Atwood Aikens and Hannah his wife, Rebecca Hitchcock, Polly Harman, Seth S. Sweatland, Esther Delano. Norman Rowe is the only survivor. The first trustees of the society were Daniel Hitchcock, Seth Severance, Seth S. Sweatland, Norman Rowe, Roswell Harman, and William Taylor.
The Rev. William Williams was the first settled minister. He was from Granville, Washington county, and began his labors in 1820. Previous to his coming the church was favored with only occasional preaching. Mr. Williams' successors, with their terms of services, when known, were as follows : Rev. Ralph Robinson, two years, beginning in 1828; Rev. Oliver W. Ayer, two years; Rev. Ichabod A. Hart, one year ; Rev. Isaac Headly, one year ; Rev. Samuel Swezey, three years; Seth Smalley, one year ; Rev. Hugh Carlisle, Rev. Mr. Whiting, Rev. Mr. Iloyt, Rev. Erastus Kellogg, Rev. Amos Seeley, in 1845; Rev. Ralph Robin- son, who came a second time, in the fall of 1846; Rev. W. W. Warner, who came in April, 1854; Rev. Hiram Dyer, who began in June, 1855; Rev. John Reid, who came January 1, 1861, and served seven years; Rev. Thomas Bayne, three years ; Rev. John T. Marsh, one year ; Rev. Lewis Jessup, who began preaching in September, 1872. Mr. Jessup was followed by Rev. Olney Place, October 11, 1874, who is the present pastor.
Rev. Mr. Robinson preached for fifty years, and died in New Haven, in May, 1863, at the age of eighty-three.
The appointments of deaeons of the church have been as follows : Ari Rowe and Daniel Ilitcheoek at the organ- ization, in 1817; Samuel Allen, 1822; William Marvin, Joseph Barton, Charles Nichols, and Job Doud, in 1834; Norman Rowe, December 10, 1852; and Edward W. Rob- inson, March 8, 1873. According to the last report there are one hundred and nine members of the church. The present church edifice was built in 1824, and has been kept in good repair up to the present time.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
A Baptist society was formed in town soon after the Congregational, and a brick edifice was built in the year 1825. The society had only occasional preaching, and after a while the meetings were discontinued on account of the small number of church-going people of that denomina- tion.
The old brick church was finally sold, and taken down
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some years since. A leading member of that church and one who stood by it to the last was Captain Cyrus Sever- ance, but he was called away by death several years ago.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first meetings of this church were held near Peleg Davis', in the east part of the town, on the State road, as early as 1815; some of the members being residents of Mexico. In 1833 or 1834 a class was formed at New Haven village, with Reuben Halliday as leader. This only continued for a short time, and then disbanded. After this, in 1839, a permanent class was formed, of which Henry K. Marvin was the first leader, who held the position a long time. The first members of this class were David Field and wife, Nicholas Chesebro and wife, Nelson Davis and wife, and Ezekiel Lewis and wife. The first trustees were David Field, Nelson Davis, Nicholas Chesebro, Ezekiel Lewis, and Alvin Buell. The first ministers were Charles Northrop and Joseph Crags, then followed Anson Tuller, B. Holmes, David Stone, Freeman Hancock, H. Kinsley, A. M. Rowe, and Almon Chapin. In 1851-52, William Peck and Reu- ben Reynolds were the preachers. In 1859, J. Smedley and J. Slee were on the circuit. They were succeeded in turn by Hiram Nichols, W. I. Richards, J. H. Burk, H. S. Holmes, J. S. George, W. II. Brown, C. Manson, and E. H. Wangh.
The first church edifice was built in 1848, and the second and last one in 1876. The latter is a very fine building for so small a village, being a frame, laid up on the outside with brick. The whole cost was about seven thousand dollars. To the industry, energy, and economical manage- ment of the pastor, Rev. Charles Manson, who was on the charge when the church was built, the society is very much indebted for their handsome edifice. The church has an excellent bell weighing about one thousand pounds, the gift of two of the members of the society.
It should have been stated that previous to 1853 the circuit was very large and was supplied by two preachers, who preached alternately, once in four weeks each ; services on the intervening Sundays being sometimes conducted by Morris Place.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
There have been several in town, but most of them of short duration. About 1850 the Odd-Fellows had a lodge, but it was soon disbanded. After this the Sons of Temper- ance. flourished from 1850 to 1855. The next was the Good Templars, a short time previous to 1874. The Patrons of Husbandry then organized the New Haven grange, No. 52, January 16, 1874, with the following officers : Worthy Master, Charles S. Cheever; Overseer, Edward W. Robinson; Lecturer, Henry J. Daggett ; Steward, Willard W. Squires; Chaplain, E. G. Hewett ; Assistant Stewards, Solomon White and Mrs. H. A. Stacey ; Ceres, Mrs. D. B. Van Buren ; Pomona, Mrs. W. W. Squires ; Flora, Mrs. E. G. Hewett; Secretary, John Van Buren ; Treasurer, H. A. Stacey. The present officers (1877) are as follows : Worthy Master, D. B. Van Buren ; Overseer, W. W. Squires; Lecturer, S. White; Steward, J. S. Oxner ; Assistant Stewards, J. M. Barker and Mrs.
J. S. Oxner ; Chaplain, C. S. Cheever ; Treasurer, B. S. Drake ; Secretary, John Van Buren ; Gate-keeper, Daniel Lawton ; Ceres, Mrs. D. B. Van Buren ; Pomona, Mrs. W. W. Squires ; Flora, Mrs. C. S. Cheever. The present mem- bership numbers fifty. Meetings are held on the first and third Fridays of each month.
A second Odd-Fellows' lodge, called Beacon Light, No. 464, was organized in July, 1877, with the following offi- cers : Dr. George G. Whitaker, N. G .; II. J. Daggett, V. G .; George S. Hale, R. S. N. G .; A. F. Aird, L. S. N. G .; William B. Scarles, R. S. V. G .; H. A. Stacy, L. S. V. G .; John Van Buren, R. S .; Malcolm Stevens, P. S .; J. S. Oxner, Treasurer; Wallace Halliday, Chaplain ; J. M. Barker, C .; Marshall Parker, W .; Charles Woodward, R. S. S .; Frank Stevens, L. S. S .; Henry Stacy, I. G .; and A. M. May, O. G.
CEMETERIES.
There are two in town,-one at the village and the other at Butterfly. The former is probably the finest in the county, considering the smallness of the village in which it is situated. It contains at least twenty monu- ments, from ten to twenty-two feet in height, costing from seventeen hundred dollars down, besides many marble slabs of handsome design and beautiful finish. The memorial of the most public interest, however, is the soldiers' monu- ment, dedicated to the memory of those who fell in the war for the Union. It stands nearly in the centre of the ceme- tery, and was erected May 30, 1870. It is of Italian marble, about eighteen feet in height, and has engraved on its four sides the names of forty-four soldiers who were killed or died from wounds received in the late war. The principal inscription reads,-" Erected to the memory of New Haven's gallant sons who died for their country." The names and ages upon the monument are as follows : North side --- William Wiles, 26; William Barnes, 34; Joseph S. King, 23; Henry O. Wing, 20; Seth Hubbard, 38; Dennis Doyle, 24; Leonard Wiles, 19; Lemuel Gul- lion, 31; Jabez E. Spaulding, 19; J. W. Gullion, 36; Granville S. Woodall, 17. South side-William H. Mays, 17; John Green, 21 ; Benson Davis, 21; Joseph S. Mun- ger, 21; James Redding, 20; William H. Crawford, 30; William S. Harrington, 23; Manville G. Looker, 19; Hamilton N. Wilcox, 27; Paul W. Walsworth, 23 ; Fran- cis L. Harrington, 32. East side-A. J. Bassett, 22; William W. Wood, 25; John Wilbur, 41; John E. Bowen, 21; Eli Cornwall, 19; Oscar H. Fields, 32; Chauncey G. Snell, 20; Horace D. Cheever, 26; Franklin W. Coan, 20; Lorenzo D. Goodrich, 38 ; Lorenzo S. Doo- little, 38. West side-William H. Taylor, 18; William E. Taylor, 17; Oscar Drake, 31 ; Henry Fuller, 22; Amos N. Kibbe, 26; John B. Dawson, 29; Noble S. Green, 22; George B. Smith, 18; Chester A. Drake, 21; Rozelle J. Whitney, 22; Chandler A. Rathbun, 22.
POPULATION OF THE TOWN.
The population at different periods has been as follows : In 1835, 1551; 1840, 1737 ; 1850, 2015 ; 1860, 2073; 1870, 1764; and in 1875, 1728. Valuation, $659,251.
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NORMAN ROWE.
NORMAN ROWE.
PROMINENTLY identified with the early settlement of New Haven and vicinity we find the subject of this sketch. Nor- man, son of Ori and - (Bull) Rowe, was born January 2, 1795, in Litchfield county, Connecticut. In 1803 his father and family of seven children moved to Vernon, Oneida county, New York, and in 1808 to Paris, the same county. The family being large and in very moderate circumstances, young Nor- man, at the age of nine, went to live with another family. When in his sixteenth year he was bound out to a farmer named Reuben Austin until he attained his majority, the consideration being one hundred dollars and a suit of clothes. Under these circumstances his educational advantages were slim. He gained some knowledge by the regular perusal of a newspaper he borrowed, and by a friend gaining access for him to a circulating library. He is therefore pre-eminently a self-educated man, for he gained quite a large amount of useful knowledge. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, young Norman, being eligible for military duty, was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, and while there contracted a sickness from the effects of which he is still a sufferer. So much for his patriotism.
On the 16th of February, 1816, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Moore, of Oneida county. He and his brother then embarked in the boot and shoe manufacturing business, and also conducted a small tannery at the same time. Febru- ary 17, 1817, he and his wife came to New Haven, this county, purchased fifty acres of land, and meeting with indifferent auccess, owing to the difficulty of raising money in those days, was obliged to leave the land with what improvements he had made. He then settled on and cleared the farm now occupied by George W. Daggett, where he remained until the spring of 1886. He then removed to the village of New Haven, where in 1841 he erected the house in which he now resides. In the spring of 1827 he was elected assessor of New Haven township, and the following fall to the office of justice of the peace, which office he has held almost continuously ever since, (except while sheriff of the county in 1840). His judgment was excellent, and it was seldom that any judgments rendered by him were reversed by the higher courts. He has held
various other township offices, among which that of township clerk for fifteen years, and supervisor in 1839-40, at which time he was chairman of the board, to which office he was elected by the Whig party almost without opposition. In 1840 he was also elected sheriff of Oswego County, which office he held three years. He was again elected to the same office in 1845-51. His successor desiring him to attend to the duties of the office, he was virtually sheriff until 1854. He removed with his family to Oswego in 1850, and took charge of the jail, returning to New Haven in the spring of 1852. He was again elected supervisor in 1858.
October 15, 1835, his wife died, leaving him with five out of a family of eight children. He married again, August 21, 1836, to Mrs. Sarah Hitchcock, widow of Stephen Hitchcock. The result of this marriage was three children, of whom one survives. His first interest in political affairs was during the canal excitement, he voting for De Witt Clinton, who was in favor of constructing the canal. From that time he affiliated with the Whig party, and on the organization of the Repub- lican party entered its ranks, where he has sinee firmly re- mained. He has always taken a prominent part in local and State politics, and is one of the most prominent respectable politicians of the county. In the days when it was considered . essential to the welfare of the country that a well-regulated militia should be maintained, he took an active part in that, and rose step by step till he attained to the rank of lieutenant- colonel, receiving his first commission from Governor Clinton, and his last from acting-Governor Pitchers in 1828.
Mr. Rowe united with the Congregational church in Paris township in 1816, and is now & deacon of the church in New Haven, and has been one of the trustees nearly ever since the organization of the church, which he assiated in perfecting, being one of its original members. Since 1829 he has been & strong advocate of the temperance cause; and he attributes his present good health and robust strength, at the age of eighty-three, in a great measure to his temperate and .abste- mious life. No comment on the general characteristics of Mr. Rowe is necessary. Everybody knows him, and to know is to respect him.
MICHAEL S. LINDALL.
RESIDENCE Of THE LATE M.S. LINDALL, NEW HAVEN, OSWEGO CO., N. Y.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
CAPTAIN HENRY J. DAGGETT,
son of Henry and Mary Daggett, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, August 16, 1826. In 1838 his parents moved to Oswego County, and settled at Oswego city, where they remained for about four years, and then removed to New Haven township, where they continued to reside till their death, which occurred as follows : Henry Daggett, in April, 1870; Mrs. Mary Daggett, in September, 1871.
Captain Henry J. Daggett received a good English edn- cation at the academy and high school of Oswego. He devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits until he was nineteen years old, when he chose a life " on the ocean wave," first as a common sailor, in which capacity he served three years, and then as mate one year, and master for fifteen years. He commanded a number of different vessels, and was afterwards associated with Penfield, Lyon & Co. in the grain trade, sailing-vessels being used by them exclusively.
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