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Near the centre of this lot in 1809 or 1810 was erected the Reformed Dutch church, the first church edifice built in the town or County. There also is located the Gospel Lot Cemetery, in which lie buried Nathaniel Ballard, Rev. Abraham Brokaw,'Cornelius BoDine, Nicholas Huff, Abraham VanDorn, Sr., Captain Joseph Stull, who was with Washington at Valley Forge, and probably several other soldiers of the Revolution. Captain Stull also served in the war of the Whisky Rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1796 and 1797. Near there are the graves of Captain John I. Sebring, Captain Charles Starrett, General James Brooks, Robert and Jeremy Slaght, and other soldiers of the war of 1812; also the graves of Winfield S. Coahun and his brother Stephen, who lost their lives in the war of the Great Rebellion,-soldiers of three wara resting together in honored graves. Andrew Dunlap, Peter Smith, Peter Sherman, Thomas Covert, John Simpson, Ephraim Weed, Elijah Kinne, Sr., Benjamin Scott, and William Tay- lor, also soldiers of the Revolution, lived and died in the town, and the last-named three are buried in the old cemetery in Ovid Village.
Nancy Thomas, the widow of Jonathan Thomas, who built a tannery near Sheldrake in an early day, and who was a aister of the late Daniel Scott, and ia the mother of S. D. and J. B. Thomas, is atill living at Sheldrake, aged ninety years, and is the oldest inhabitant of the town, unless Mrs. Fechan, a native of Ireland, who claima to be about one hundred, is older.
In the spring of 1793, Abraham Sebring, from New Jersey, settled on Lot 35 (now Lndi). With him came his family, including his daughter Catherine, who in 1804 married Joshua Coshun, Eaq., and removed to Lot 29, Ovid, where ahe atill resides, aged about ninety, and has resided continuously in this County
longer than any of its inbabitants now living. The first child born in this town was David Dunlap, sen of Andrew, February 2, 1793.
In the spring of 1793 three promising young men of the town, viz., Joseph Wilson, Abraham A. Covert, and Enoch Stewart, severally made matrimonial alliances with Anna Wyckoff, Catherine Covert, and Jane Covert, respectively ; aod, as there was neither priest or justice between the lakes, all crossed the Seneca Lake together in a skiff, and proceeded to Esquire Parker, a follower of Jemima Wilkinson, who united them in the bonds of matrimony, whereupon they returned rejoicing. John N. Wilson, a grandson of Joseph, has still in his possession the original marriage-certificate of his grandfather, of which the fol- Inwing is a copy :
" This certify that Mr. Joseph Wilson and Miss Anna Wyckoff was joined to- gether in marriage in Jerusalem, in the County of Ontario, on the 3d day of April, A.D. 1793, by JAMES PARKER, Just. Peace."
David Wilson, who now resides in the town of Romulus, was the first child born of these marriages, in January, 1794, and is now probably the oldest native resident of the County.' He was General Porter's right-hand man in the sortie at Fort Erie, September 17, 1814, and assisted in rescuing him from the British, who at one time in the fight had dragged him from his horse and were carrying him off.
All of these first married couples lived to old age (Stewart and wife in Lodi) honored and respected; the last, Abraham A. Covert, dying in May, 1868, at the age of ninety-cight. He was carried to his grave by six of his neighbors, the youngest of whom was over seventy years of age. They were Judge James De Mott, Dr. C. C. Coan, Abraham VanDorn, Chester Eastman, James Foster, and Elijah Denton, all of whom except the first and last are still living in this town.
In 1867 and 1868 several of the old residents of the town died, viz., Cap- tain John I. Sebring, aged ninety-six ; Daniel Scott, aged eighty-seven ; Jonathan Thomas, aged eighty-three; and, on the same day, October 29, 1867, Rev. Thomas Lounsbury, D.D., for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ovid, aged seventy-eight ; George BoDine, May 15, 1868, at seventy ; and Mrs. Elizabeth Pack in 1875, aged ninety-one.
On Lot 33, and about one mile north of Farmer Village, is the grave of Samuel Weyburn, who in an early day had shot at and wounded a bear, which just before night escaped into one of the ravines leading to Cayuga Lake. On going out the following morning to feed his cattle be heard his dog barking in the ravine, and, with his pitchfork, went to the place, where he found the dog in a contest with the bear on a narrow rock or shelf about half-way down the side of the ravine. He immediately took part in the fight to assist the dog, and presently the bear seized him with his mouth by the arm, effected a bug on Mr. W., when both parties rolled over and over to the bottom, a distance nf forty feet, in an embrace altogether too close for comfort, to one of the parties at least. Fortun- ately, when they landed in the water at the bottom the man was uppermost, and by ramming his arm, still in the bear's mouth, down his throat, he succeeded in holding the bruin's head under the water and drowning him. The man was severely wounded, but survived many years, though carrying the scars of this con- test to his grave, and was ever after known as "the man who fought the bear."
One evening, in the fall of the year, about 1807, '8, or '9, ns several young people, the Misses Van Dorn, accompanied by Cornelius BoDine, Jr., were on their way home through the woods from a visit to a neighbor, Mr. Folkerd Sebring, who lived where L. B. Drake now resides, they were chased by a panther, which would run towards the young people, apparently intending to seize one of them, when the young man would spring out and strike at the beast with a club, at the same time making a noise in the fallen leaves, and the panther would spring aside, run off a few rods, and then turn and come for them again, when the same opera- tion would be repeated, until they arrived, greatly frightened but not hurt, at a clearing where I. N. Brokaw now resides.
Mr. BoDine, when relating this incident to the writer many years afterwards, said, " Every time that painter came I expected he would get one of us."
Among the old settlers still surviving are Isaac I. Covert, son of John I., born in this town April 7, 1797, and the oldest native now residing in it; his brother, John J. Covert, and wife; John K. Bryant, Horatio Palmer, Horace C. Tracy, former Sheriff, James Burlew, Stephen Dennis, Captain Silas C. Covert and Abraham Covert, James Smalley, John Brooks and Ellis Brooks, sons of General James Brooka, Jacob Compton; Abraham Van Dorn, who, with his father Abraham, from New Jersey, arrived on the 4th of July, 1806, when the firat celebration of that anniversary was being held in the village of Ovid; Colonel John Y. Manning, who came in 1815; these last are the two surviving pensioners of the war of 1812 in the town. Arad Joy and Peter De Forrest, father of Mrs. J. E. Seeley, also pensioners, died in 1872, and James De Mott in 1875.
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Mr. De Forrest was one of the artillerymen who fired minute-guns when the body of Captain Lawrence, of the "Chesapeake," was brought to New York City. John Simpson and John G. Wilson both reside where they were born seventy- four years ago. Mr. Wilson has cast his vote at every election in the town and at every town-meeting, except one, since he became a voter, more than fifty years ago. Dr. Candius C. Coan, who settled in 1816 or '17, in that part of the town now Lodi, and has resided in this town during the last forty years, has heen a prac- ticing physician sixty years. Dr. Coan and his wife, a sister of the late General T. J. Folwell, of Romulus, are still living, and celebrated their " golden wedding" in 1867.
Among other early settlers are General Ilalsey Sanford and wife, who celebrated their "golden wedding" May 1, 1872; Peter N. Hnff, son of Nicholas Huff; David D. Seott, his aunt Mrs. N. Rowley, Isaac BoDine, N. N. Hayt, George Dunlap, and Joshua W. and Aaron Wilson, both sons of Joseph Wilson. Mr. Aaron Wilson has in his possession a block of the beech-tree upon the bark of which his father had inscribed his initials and the date of his advent in this town, -" J. W., May 12, 1789." Captain Andrew S. Pordy, General George Smith, David, Dunnet, F. C. Williams, and Esquire James Foster were among the early settlers. Esquire Foster has held the office of Justice of the Peace more than forty years, and several times was Associate Judge of the County Court. The five last named reside in the village. Mrs. Laura Ann Hartsough is the oldest resident in the village since 1808. Charlotte Jackson, an aged colored woman, resides in the village, and at one time was the slave of William Godley under the laws of this State. Ralph Cady and John Mickle also reside in the village, aged abont eighty-six. Amos Yarnall, a native of Pennsylvania, in his ninetieth year, is the oldest man now living in the town. Mrs. Rachel Young, living with her son-in-law Peter A. Brokaw, Rachel Starrett, widow of Captain Charles Starrett, and Rachel, widow of Judge De Mott, are each nearly ninety years of age.
Among other old residents are Nathaniel and Alanson Seeley and Abigail Voorhees. John Lindsley was the first minister in the town, and Benjamin Munger taught the first school in 1795.
Thomas Purdy settled on Lot No. 5, Charles Dickerson on Lot No. 4, and on Lot No. 9 Abram Pcase, who was a soldier of the French War, and afterwards of the Revolution ; Thomas Osborne, Esq., settled on Lot 13; John Goenendyke and Samuel Weyburn on Lot 33.
ANCIENT FORTIFICATION.
This fortifieation or embankment was situated on Lot No. 29, in the southern part of this town, on the dividing ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, ahout four miles distant from the former in a direct line, and five from the latter. In 1801, Cornelius BoDine, from Pennsylvania, came to this town and erected a dwell- ing inside of this fortification on a gentle eminence, sloping gradually in all diree- tions. The inclosure consisted of an embankment of an irregular elliptical or oval shape, its maximum breadth about twenty rods, and length from thirty to forty rods. At that time the embankment was about three feet in height, with a base measuring from five to eight feet in width. There were several open spaces in the bank of different sizes, which undoubtedly at some far distant era of the past had served as gateways. The plowshare has obliterated all traces of the mound, except a few rods covered with buildings and fences, where a slight hridge still remains. It was evidently a work of no recent date, as the timber found on the inside, consisting of oak, maple, basswood, ete., was of the same size as the surrounding forest. Huge logs in a state of decay were lying in the diteh, and on the mound trees the growth of centuries were standing. The subsoil consisted of clay, gravel, and sand,-the elay predominating, and covered with a fine dark soil, here and there spotted with heaps of ashes. In making an excava- tion for a cellar more than fifty years ago, a human skeleton was found directly under one of these heaps two and one-half feet beneath the surface. The large bones were in a good state of preservation, and were of the size of those of a full-grown man. It appeared to have been buried in a sitting posture,-facing the southeast,-as the skull was found nearer the lower extremities than an ex- tended posture would admit. In enlarging this excavation in 1857, some five other skeletons were discovered near the place wherein the first was exhumed. No arms or ornaments were found buried with any of these skeletons. Many fragments of earthenware have been found, of a dark-red color, smooth on the inside, and frequently ornamented on the outside. The fragments were about one-fourth of an inch in thickness. A pipe of the same material has also heen found, which exhibits much taste and skill in its manufacture. Seventy rods southwest of the embankment were three holes a few feet distant from each other, the largest measuring from twelve to fifteen feet aeross, and twenty fect in depth ; the others were smaller. It is hardly probable that these holes were
made for the purpose of obtaining water, as there is a never-failing running spring near by. De Witt Clinton visited this fortification in 1811, and considered it one of the same elass of mounds found in the valley of the Ohio. (See his Journal.)
CHURCH HISTORY.
PRESBYTERIAN.
In the year 1800 the General Assembly appointed the Rev. John Lindsley a missionary for a period of four months, with directions to visit the town of Ovid. He undoubtedly organized a church while on this mission, which became con- nected with the Presbytery of Oneida, and was subsequently transferred to the Presbytery of Geneva. Mr. Lindsley became pastor of this church, but at what date it is impossible to ascertain. He was dismissed November 5, 1805. "Hotch- kiss's History of Western New York," in speaking of this church, says: "The church, on its request, was dismissed from its connection with the Presbytery of Geneva to join the classis of the Reformed Duteh Church. This was the original Presbyterian Church of Ovid. The author believes that its general place of meeting and eentre of operation was at or near the place of worship, in the town of Ovid, of the church which styles itself the 'True Reformed Dutch Church,' and that the original church has succession in this church."
The Presbytery of Oneida issued a commission June 28, 1803, for the organi- zation of a church in the town of Ovid, and on the 10th of July of the same year Jedediah Chapman organized the "First Presbyterian Church of Ovid," consisting of twenty members. In 1810 the membership had increased from twenty to seventy-three. In 1825 it numbered one hundred and seventy-one; in 1832, two hundred and twenty ; in 1843, two hundred and eighty-three; in 1846, two hundred and seventy-nine. This church, upon its organization, was styled the "Sencea Church," and in 1817 was denominated the " First Presby- terian Church of Ovid." It is impossible to ascertain who served this church as pastor prior to 1811. April 17 of that year William Clark was installed pastor, and officiated until Angust 9, 1815. The church has subsequently been under the pastoral charge of the following persons, viz. : Rev. Stephen Porter, Rev. Thomas Lounsbury, D.D., Rev. M. M. Smith, Rev. L. Hamilton, Rev. O. P. Conklin, Rev. Willis J. Beecher, Rev. Charles E. Stebbins, and Rev. Hugh W. Torrence, the present pastor, who was installed in May, 1871. The present church edifice was ereeted in 1856, at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The present membership numbers two hundred and five. The session, as at present constituted, consists of Rev. Hngh W. Torrence, Pastor, Clement Jones, Sen., Isaae I. Covert, John N. Wilson, H. D. Eastman, and Joseph Wilson, Elders.
BAPTIST.
In 1820, Elder Caton, of Romulus, preached occasionally in the old court- house in the village ; also in 1836-39, when Elder Wisner was pastor at Scott'a Corners, he preached occasionally in the village.
May 30, 1858, Elder C. A. Votey, of Scott's Corners, preached his first ser- mon in the court-house, and continued to preach there until the present church edifice was erected.
The church was organized April 28, 1859, at a meeting of which D. D. Scott was chosen Moderator, and Gordon Dunlap Clerk ; when it was resolved that a church be organized and called " The Baptist Church of Ovid Village."
The following is a list of the first members: Aaron Wilson, Horace H. Bennett, Gordon Dunlap, Cornelius V. D. Cornell, Monmouth E. Wright, Mrs. Julia Wilson, Cornelia Wilson, Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Mrs. Minerva Cornell, Mrs. Mary C. Miller, Mrs. Harriet Clarkson, Mary H. Johnson, Sophia Sly, Mrs. Gertrude Warne, Nauey B. Miller, Jane Welton, and Mrs. Jane Wright. Horace H. Bennett was chosen Dencon, and Gordon Dunlap Clerk.
On the 5th of May, 1859, a Council of delegates from nine churches of the Seneca Baptist Association convened in the court-house, and organized by the choice of Rev. Elijah Weaver as Moderator, and Oliver W. Gibhs as Clerk. The Council nnanimously voted to recognize tho " Regular Baptist Church of Ovid Village." Recognition sermon by Rev. J. M. Harris, prayer by Rev. E. Mar- shall, hand of fellowship by Rev. E. Weaver, and charge by Rev. H. West. Horace HI. Bennett was ordained Deacon. Consecrating prayer by Rev. F. Dusen- berry, who laid on handa with Rev. C. A. Votey and Rev. P. Irving.
The Rev. C. A. Votey continued as pastor till December 20, 1862, when he was succeeded by the Rev. L. Ranstead.
In 1862 the present church edifice was erected, and the first church meeting beld in the lecture-room on Saturday, December 13, 1862. The church edifice ia a frame building, on the west side of' Main Street, in the village of Ovid, between the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, and cost about two thousand five hundred
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dollars, besides labor, cte., contributed by the members and others. At this time the church membership numbered sixty-four.
The Rev. L. Ranstead continued as pastor until April 23, 1865. He was succeeded by the Rev. D. Cory, who removed to Trumansburg in the spring of 1866 (letter of dismissal granted April 1, 1866).
He was succeeded, July 1, 1866, by the Rev. Granville Gates, who continued pastor until April 1, 1867, when he removed to Forest City, Wisconsin.
The church was without a settled pastor until April 1, 1869, when the Rev. Peter Goo was settled and continued pastor until April 30, 1871.
During portions of the year 1873, the pulpit was supplied by Talmage Van Doren, a student at Madison University ; and on the 5th of April, 1874, John E. MeLallen, of Trumansburg, became pastor, and continued till August 29, 1875, since which time the church has had no settled pastor.
Baptist Church, Scott's Corners .- This church was organized on Wednesday, March 19, 1828, and Rev. Edward Hodge was first pastor. The first deacons were Abram Bloomer and Hoolin Word. The church edifice was erected in 1830, at a cost of two thousand dollars, and with subsequent repairs is now estimated to be worth three thousand dollars. Joseph Dunlap was the first clerk. The present membership is one hundred and twenty-nine, and is under the pastoral charge of Rev. F. D. Fenner.
METHODIST.
Ovid first appears upon the minutes of the Conference as a distinct appoint- ment in 1820, with Jonathan Hustis as pastor. In 1827 it next appears with the name of William Fowler as pastor. Mr. Fowler formed the first class in Ovid village, consisting of eight persons, viz .: Elijah Horton, Ann Horton, Noah Barnum, Lucy Barnum, Alice De Mott, Delos Hutchins, Sarah McQuig, and Lydia De Mond. Jesse Vose was the first class-leader. The following-named persons have served this society as pastors: J. Chamberlain, G. Osburn, William Snow, James Halc, D. Hutchins, Jonathan Hustis, Noble Parmeter, William H. Goodwin, B. Shipman. J. W. Nevins, J. Dennis, J. Dushaw, S. Parker, J. K. Tinkham, S. Mattison, G. D. Perry, R. Harrington, William T. Davis, Moses Crow, E. G. Townsend, B. F. Stacey, Robert Hogeboom, F. G. Hibbard, H. T. Giles, J. T. Arnold, David Crow, Delos Hutchins, N. N. Beers, Calvin Coats, J. C. Hitchcock, J. Alabaster, M. S. Lcet, G. W. Chandler, Martin Wheeler, William H. Goodwin, D.D., LL.D., and Robert Townsend, the present pastor. This society's present fine church edifice was dedicated June 2, 1870, by Bishop Jesse T. Peck and B. I. Ives. The edifice is valued at twenty-five thousand dollars. The present church membership is one hundred. The present officers are: James Benuett, John Bauker, and Richard Hoagland, Trustecs; IIalsey Smith, H. R. Westervelt, W. B. Swarthout, John Talladay, and John W. Runner, Stewards.
The Methodist Church at Sheldrake was under the same administration as the Ovid M. E. Church, until about ten years ago. The first class was organized at the house of Mr. Peter Sherman, at Sheldrake Point, in abont the year 1812. The first church edifice was erccted in 1831, and located one mile west of Shel- drake Point. The following are the names of prominent members at that time, viz .: Peter Sherman, Isaiah Stevenson, Thomas Osborn, Noah Barnum, James Kidder,from whom Kidder's Ferry derived its name,-Samnel Lynch, Jasper Shutts, James Wheeler, Isaac Blew, Betsey Dinmock, Mrs. Chambers, and Mrs. Peter Sherman. The church building was moved to Sheldrake Point in the year 1869, while under the pastorate of Rev. N. M. Wheeler. The present church edifice cost eight thousand dollars. In 1869 or 1870 the present parsonage was purchased at a cost of twelve hundred dollars, one thousand dollars of which was a legacy from Peter Sherman. The present church membership numbers forty- five persons. The present officers are, viz. : Pastor, Rev. N. M. Wheeler ; Trus- tees, John M. Blew, Edwin Clark, J. S. Harris, Albert Hollingshed, and Rev. N. M. Wheeler.
CATHOLIC.
The first mass of this church was celebrated in the court-house on the 15th of . Angust,, 1849, by Father Gilbride, who also built the first church cdifice. The following named persons have officiated in this church: Fathers Gilbride, Ken- ney, Gleason, Stephens, Maguire, Kavanaugh, English, Kenan, O'Conner. and Thomas J. O'Connell, the present pastor. The church edifice is finely located ou Main Street. This society has a large number of communicants, and is in a prosperous condition.
CIVIL HISTORY.
The first town-meeting in Ovid was held April I, 1794, at the house of Abra- ham Covert, one-half mile west of the present residence of Dr. C. C. Coan. The following officers were chosen : Silas Halsey, Supervisor; Joshua Wyc- koff, Town Clerk ; Elijah Kinnie, Abraham Covert, and George. Fassctt, Assess-
ors; Abraham Sebring, Collector ; Elijah Kinnie and Andrew Dunlap, Overseers of the Poor; James Jackson, John Livingston, and John Selah, Commissioners of Highways; Abraham Sebring, Constable; Elijah Kionic, Abraham Covert, and George Fassett, Overseers of Highways; Henry Scivington, Daniel Everts, Elijah Kinnie, John Selah, James Jackson, and Samuel Chiswell, Fence Viewers ; Thomas Covert, Pound Master.
Silas Halsey, the first Supervisor of the town of Ovid, swore in before himself, -being at the time a Justice of the Peace,-upon the same day of his election, April 1, 1794.
The following quaint receipt was found in the Town Clerk's office :
" Received, this fifteenth day of February, 1794, of Oliver Halsey, the full and just sum of four dollars, in full of all demands, from the beginning of the world to this day, I say, received by me,
THOMAS SEBRING."
OVID VILLAGE.
Ovid Village was incorporated April 17, 1816; the Act was repealed on the eleventh day of April, 1849, and it was re-incorporated July, 1852.
John Seeley was the pioneer of Ovid Village. He purchased nine hundred acres of land, a portion of which comprises the site of the present village, and erected a house, which he opened for the entertainment of man and beast, on what is now known as Main Street, a short distance north of the flouring- and saw-mills of George W. Jones & Brother. This tavern was a frame building, unlike most of the rude structures of that early day, which ordinarily were of logs, sometimes covered with siding. Colonel Manning relates that in 1816 be boarded at this inn, then kept by Simon Vrooman.
In 1806 the first court-house in Seneca County was erected in this village, being raised on the day of the great eclipse, upon the site now occupied by the present court-house; and for a period of forty years justice was administered within its walls by the venerable Ambrose Spencer, James Kent, Governor Yates, and other pioneer judges whose names have become a part of the early history of western New York.
In 1815, Ovid had attained the reputation of being one of the most flourishing towns in this section. In that year Ira Clark kept a tavern upon the site now occupied by the hotel of Daniel Clough, and opposite, on the site of the Powell Block, Andrew Farling kept a public house. Elihu Grant also was an early inn- keeper on what is now Water Street, in the building occupied by Barney MeGre- gan as a dwelling-now, the only log building in town.
The following are names of those engaged in other branches of business in 1815: Ira and Amos Clark, dry-goods merchants, occupied a building upon the site of William Swarthont, hardware. James Seymour occupied a store where now is located the cabinet establishment of Foster Brothers. Williams & Davidson were located on the present site of McElroy's hotel, and Moses Green upon the site lately occupied by the drug store of Clement L. Jones, Jr., and where Henry Wood kept a store before 1815. Jonathan Stout was a hatter, doing business in a large building subsequently owned by Colonel John Y. Manning, who carried on the business of a hatter for many years, and is still living at the advanced age of eighty-one. Chester Hall and Andrew Dunlap were silversmiths, and Edward Thurston a harness-maker. . Daniel Scott and John Sinclare operated a distillery here as early as 1811, near the present residence of Mrs. Gray. This distillery, mentioned above, was subsequently converted into a fulling-mill, and later, oc- cupied as a grist-mill. John Maynard and James Watson were the preprictors ; Mr. Maynard was a prominent lawyer, and afterwards elevated to the position of Circuit Judge, which he occupied at the time of his death, in 1851.
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