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Mr. Arnold, as remarked above, has one of the finest farms in the country, and is surrounded by all the attributes that render a home happy.
THOMAS H. ARNOLD.
RES. THOMAS H. ARNOLD, TYRE TP., SENECA CO. N. Y.
Residence of J.E.Seeley, Ovid.
Residence of Corydon Fairchild .Ovid.
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Moses M. Gleason, enlisted July 30, 1862; in battle at Harper's Ferry, and died in hospital-camp near Centreville, Virginia, April 9, 1863.
John Hopkins entered the army July 30, 1862; in battle of Harper's Ferry ; detached with wagon-train February 1, 1863, and served till close of war.
Charles Kents, enlisted August 6, 1862; in engagements at Harper's Ferry and Gettysburg; was wounded at latter place, and subsequently discharged on account of wounds.
Oliver Perry, enlisted August 12, 1862; was killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863.
John W. Torrence, enlisted August 2, 1862, aged eighteen ; wounded at Get- tysburg July 3, 1863 ; detached with provost guard April 4, 1864.
Peter Wheeler, July 30, 1862; in battles of Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg, Auburo Ford, and Bristoe Station,-where he was mortally wounded, and died at Alexandria, Virginia, October 20, 1863.
James Coleman, April 11, 1864; killed in battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864.
THIRTY-THIRD NEW YORK.
Company A .- Daniel Whitbeck, private, enlisted October 1, 1861 ; discharged for disability September 8, 1862.
Company I .- William H. Long, First Lieutenant, enlisted May 22, 1861 ; promoted to Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General; transferred to staff of General Vinton November 25, 1862.
Of the following-named we have been unable to get full rosters, and their names are enrolled on the Soldiers' Monument at Tyre Cemetery, having died or been killed in defense of their country: W. V. Smith, Peter Kittle, C. H. Rhodes, Elias White, William H. Sackett, N. P. Forbes, P. Herrisher, A. Kis- inger, S. Tolmon, G. West.
The following were mustered out : Augustus Gates (lost an arm), John Van Horn, Levi Baker, Charles Stromson, John Elliott, Thomas Stafford, John Ed- wards, Frederick Kohler, Charles M. Berry, William Cudderback, George Wilson, Albert Hill, Chancy Lay, Edward Austin, Alonzo Dean, Asa Timmerman, Wil- liam Oldman, and William Kahr.
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PERSONAL SKETCHES.
HARTWELL B. COMPSON.
Hartwell B. Compson, son of Jonas W. Compson, was born in Tyre, Seneca County, May 4, 1842, and prior to the war of the rebellion was a farmer. . Both patriotic and martial in spirit, he was one of the first to volunteer his services. He enlisted under Captain Guion, of the New York Thirty-third, in the spring of 1861. Being but eighteen years of age, he was taken back by his father, and resumed farm-work; hut he "longed to follow to the field some warlike leader," and, hearing that a cavalry company was being recruited at Seneca Falls, under B. F. Sissoo, while at work plowing, he turned the horses loose, made his way to the village, and enlisted on September 28, 1861, in Company G, Eighth New York Cavalry, as a private. His parents ceased to oppose his wishes, and he was sworn into service. He was appointed Corporal October 1, 1861, Duty Ser- geant October 10, 1861, and Orderly Sergeant December 8, 1862. Iu the sixty- four battles and skirmishes of this regiment, he was never absent. Three horses were shot from under him, and yet he escaped uninjured. He was promoted Second Lieutenant December 29, 1862, First Lieutenant June 25, 1863, Captain February 9, 1864, and Major November 20, 1864. He was placed in command of the regiment on December 20, 1864, and two days later led them at the battle of Laey Springs. On March 2, he commanded at Waynesboro', where he was credited with capturing six pieces of artillery, nine portable forges, ten battle-flags, two hundred wagons and smhulances, fifteen hundred stand of small arms, eight hundred teams, one general, three colonels, fifty officers, and nine to twelve hundred men. He was detailed by General Sheridan as bearer of dispatches and seven- teen rebel flags, to turn over to the Secretary of War. He received a medal of honor from Congress, and a commission of Brevet-Colonel. Returning home, he engaged in farming until 1866, when he removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and engaged in building and real estate business. After the great fire in Chicago he went there, and has erected some of the finest and largest buildings in the city. Seneca County may have nobler, braver, and abler men than Compsou, but their nuruber is limited, and the rapid promotion of a farmer-boy of eighteen to the command of a regiment of cavalry has few parallels.
JASON SMITH.
Jason Smith, Esq., of the town of Tyre, Seneca County, was born in Bristol; Addison County, Vermont, on October 7, 1795. He was the fifth child in a family of eleven, and the oldest son. At the age of eight, he accompanied his father to the dense and almost unbroken forests of this region, and on April 12, 1803, first set foot on the farm now owned and occupied by him, and situated on the southeast corner of Lot No. 36, in the Military township of Junius, now, as named by him, the town of Tyre. His father, Ass Smith, had been a farmer io the East, and, desirous of bettering his condition, had made the long and tedious journey to his future home in the spring of 1802, with a yoke of oxen. Here he had felled a patch of timber, put up a log house, cleared a piece of ground, sowed it in wheat, and then returned to bring out the family.
Young Smith, on his arrival at his primitive woodland home, engaged with ardor in the pioncer labors of the lighter order, and assisted his father as boys of that time were able and were called on to do. There was no sudden accession of property, but slowly the work was carried forward yesr by ycar, amidst the sever- est hardships and privations, until, iu the lapse of time, ease aud comfort have been realized. Early schooling was acquired from the teachings of Nancy Osman, in the log house erected near the Smith farm.' Later teachers were Richard Thomas and John Roberts, and first religious instruction was heard from the month of Rev. David Irish. In the spring of 1814, Jason, at the age of eighteen, enlisted in a company of six-months' volunteers, raised by Captain William Hooper, Dobbin's regiment, Porter's Brigade, and served with honor through the sanguinary campaign in Upper Canada. The term of enlistment expired, Smith received his discharge at Batavia, November 8, 1814, and returned to the old home.
Having a natural aptitude for mechauics, Smith had assisted one George Alfred in the framing of a barn built for his father, Asa Smith, in 1810, and afterwards taken work on his own account, and engaged in the construction of Cayuga Bridge. Shortly after his discharge, he resolved to make carpentry his trade. He found
constant employment for two years, when the age and increasing infirmity of the father warned him to lay aside work, and he called on Jason to come home and take charge of the farm. He cheerfully complied, and has remained on the old place till this, the summer of 1876. He was united in marriage to Miss Sarah, daughter of Judah and Ethalinda Wells, in the year 1824. Of three children, one died in infancy, one grew to manhood, and in 1870 hecame s resident of Sacramento, California, and a third, the Rev. P. E. Smith, has for the last ten years been a worthy and efficient pastor of the Baptist Church at Magee's Cor- ners. Smith's parents died, the mother in 1840, the father in 1841, and the fum was left to Asa as his heritage. Mrs. Sarah Smith had died in 1829, and io 1834, Mr. Smith married again, his wife being Amanda Lemmon, daughter of Charles Lemmon. Twelve children were given them, of whom seven only are now living. Mrs. Amanda Smith died in 1868, and the youngest daughter, Mary A., has kept the house for her father, while the younger son, Ruel L. Smith, has been in charge of the farm,
In person, Jason Smith is above the medium height, is strong and active, and of remarkably retentive memory, as illustrated in the history of. Tyre. He has been Vice-President of the County Agricultural Society from its origin in 1841, for many years; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1827, and, save a few terms, has been in office ever since, and now, in 1876, has just been chosen for au addi- tional four years. He has served as Supervisor, Commissioner of Schools, Side Judge, and as Postmaster in 1830, under Jackson's administration; served over sixteen years, and resigned in Polk's term ; was again appointed under Grant, and still holds the office. A captain in a rifle company of the Eleventh New York in 1828, he offered his services in 1862, at Syracuse, to aid in crushing the rebellion, and was refused by Governor Morgan, who remarked that his age was too great, and that there were sufficient young men to fight this battle of fifty years from his strife with English aggression. Mr. Smith has been a consistent, efficient, and faithful citizen, and in all that regards love of country, local advance -. ment, educational interest, and religious development, has been an active member of the Commonwealth. He is now in his eighty-first year, in full possession of his powers-mental and physical; takes a deep interest in the progress of events, and enjoys the regard of an extended circle of acquaintances. His youth was knowing to battle with the Briton; his manhood given to conquest of the forest ; his age to social and official duty. His later years are watched over hy affection's kindly care. Pleasurable recalling the incidents of the "olden time," cujoying the present, the days glide by swiftly and silently, and, in the reserved vitality not common to his age, he bids fair to see yet many years ere life is done.
WILLIAM KLINE.
The records of pioncer periods of settlement are characterized by gradual changes from the pole-hint, log cabin, hewed-log house, to the well-built and pretentious frame. These styles of architecture evidence the progress of civiliza- tion, and the presence of the water saw-mill on the run, branch, or river, has been the lever for this upward movement. The house indicates somewhat its tenants, and the manufacturer of lumber aids men to properly represent themselves. In. this light we view the services to the community of Seneca Falls of William Kline, a settler at that village in the fall of 1828. For many years, the saw-mill of Mr. Kline contributed its material for the houses erected in the neighborhood. He was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, at which place he was born, September 29, 1804. His marriage to Phobe Parker bears date July 20, 1831, and took place at Seneca Falls. From a family of ten children, seven are living. About 1859, Mr. Kline purchased a farm in the town of Tyre, and upon it remained till his death, which transpired August 19, 1874. His was no slow wearing out by sickness, but a sudden yet not violent death, as is the case with those who have lived out their allotted days. His wife, surviving, finds a pleasant home with her children. In the lives of quiet workers like Mr. Kline, eulogy is superfluous and censure is unjust, and there is a volume of meaning in the sen- tence which truthfully delineates him as an honest, upright, reliable man, kind and provident to his family, desirous of no office, knowing no enemies, mingling with no seet or party, and quietly pursuing the even tenor of his way until his ·days were numbered and his time came.
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MRS. HIRAM LAY.
HIRAM LAY.
RES. of HIRAM LAY, TYRE TP., SENECA CO., N. Y.
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RESIDENCE OF BENJAMIN KIME, WEST FAYETTE, SENECA CO., N. Y.
FAYETTE.
THIS town was formed from Romulus, and organized as " Washington," at which time it comprised a portion of Cayuga County. The town of Junius was set off in 1803. It is the largest town in the County, lies on the south bank of the Seneca River, and extends from Seneca to Cayuga Lake. The surface is rolling, and forms some of the finest farming lands in the County.
The territory embraced within the boundaries of this County, and more particu- larly the town of Fayette, formed a part of the celebrated "hunting-grounds" of the Iroquois Indians. Here the circling smoke arose from many an Indian vil- lage, and the wilderness was dotted with wigwams. The hunter bounded through the forest after the deer and moose; beavera, otters, and martens were in abuo- dance; the salmon smoked at every camp-fire; the waters of the lakes were parted by the birchen canoe, and the dripping oar nf the Seneca glistened in the sun- light. Here was the Indian in all his glory. This was the Indian Eden, and, as far as his unsophisticated vision extended, destined to remain. The unfortunate allegiance of the Six Nations to the British crown soon brought this sweet dream to a close. The butcheries of Cherry Valley and Wyoming called down upon the heads of the red brothers the wrath of Washington, and the result was that terri- ble blow of Sullivso, when he swept the Indian country, as it were, with a besom of destruction. This town is identified with that invasion. When the stern Indian- hunter returned from the Genesee flats, retracing his line of march strewn every- where with desolation and ruin, he encamped on "Oakland Farm," and from this point dispatched Colonel Zebulon Butler, with five hundred riflemen, to visit the east shore of Cayuga Lake and inflict the same punishment upon the Cayugas that he had so severely dealt to the Senecas ..
It is claimed by some, and we think justly, that Red Jacket, the celebrated Seneca orator and chieftain, was born in this town. Seven cities contend for the birthplace of the poct Homer, and' nearly as many places have laid claim to the nativity of Red Jacket .. The writer feels justified in placing upon the imperishable pages that he first saw the light of day near Cayuga Lake, on the banks of Canoga Creek, in about the year 1759. He died near Buffalo, New York, Jan- uary 20, 1830. His Indian name was Sagoyewatha or Suguwatha, signifying "the keeper awake." His English name-Red Jacket-was due to a richly- embroidered scarlet jacket given him by the British during the Revolution. He was exalted above his tribe as an orator, and boasted that he was " born an orator." He strenuously resisted the advances of civilization, but gradually gave way to the onward march of the pale-face, and ended his eventful career as a confirmed drunkard. He was not a warrior in the true sense of that term, and was not possessed of those savage elements-to his honor be it said-that characterized Brandt. He was mightiest at the council-fire, and wielded the greatest influence at the treaty.
THE MORMON PROPHET-FIRST BAPTISM.
Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, was at one time a resident of this town. Hon. D. S. Kendig, who furnished the writer this information, remembers him very well. He worked as a day-laborer for old Colonel Jacob Chamberlain, and occasionally for others, when not engaged with his mineral rods digging for gold in various places. He was invariably disappointed, though oftentimes striking with his crowbar an iron chest, supposed to contain the desired gold, when by some mysterious agency it would vanish to some other place. On one occasion he happened to strike the " Golden Bible," as he averred, near Palmyra, Wayne County. This Bible he brought to the house of an honest old Dutch farmer, named Whitmer, living in Fayette, about three miles south of Waterloo, and there translated it, and, by the aid of one Cowdry, wrote the Mormon Bible, or a portion of it, which was afterwards printed. This was about the year 1829 or 1830. In 1831 he left Fayette, with numerous converts, among whom were the whole Whitmer family and William Jolly .. With them also went a family from Junius, named Bennett, and many others. They first stopped at' Kirtland, Ohio, and subsequently located at Nauvoo, Illinois. The manner of translating the "Golden Bible" was & novel one. ' "Joe" Smith would look into & hat and read, and Cowdry would write down as the mysterious characters on the plates
were revesled to his understanding. The first baptism in the Mormon faith was made in this town, by immersion in a small brook, called Thomas Creek.
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT.
The first settlement in Fayette was undoubtedly made by a pioneer named James Bennett, from Pennsylvania, who located on the shore of Cayuga Lake in the year 1789.
Captain Ward, an officer in the war of the Revolution, was an early settler on Lot 25, in the northeast corner part of the town. A man named Oves was an early settler on Lot 26, and was somewhat celebrated as a pioneer tailor ; but, unlike those of to-day, who form suits from the various kinds of costly material, he had only one known to him, and that was deer-skin. Mr. John Williams, now residing a short distance south of the village of Canoga, relates that he well remem- bers going to this primitive knight of the shears, and having pants cut and made from the above-mentioned material. John Oliver was an early settler on Lot 27, and died thereon a number of years ago, at the advanced age of seventy-three. Michael Vreeland was a pioncer on the Canoga reservation. In an early day in the State of Pennsylvania, Mr. Vreeland and his father were captured by the In- dians, and the savage spirit of the red man, not content with the simple custody of their prisoners and the torture they might inflict upou them, concluded to dispatch the elder Vreeland, whereupon he was massaered, eut in pieces, and roasted, and the son compelled to partake of the flesh of the father. David Blackney was also an early settler in the Canoga reservation. He met a melan- choly fate by burning to death in an attempt to rescue his little child, who was asleep in his dwelling when it was burned in about the year 1815; both father and child were consumed in the flames. James Kilpatrick was an early settler on the site of the present village of Canoga. Mr. Conner and Patrick Fowler were early settlers on Lot 40, south of the village, on lands now owned by A. McDuffie and Alanson Hause. The first proprietor of Lot 41 was G. Johnston, and the first settler John Badgley, on premises now owned by George W. Randall and Daniel Disimger. Dr. Hartshorn and Charles Woodruff early located on Lot 46, Israel Howell and John Baker on Lot 52, and Enos Tooker, from Orange County, New York, on Lot 51, on premises now owned by his son J. H. Tooker. A Mr. Bull was also a pioneer on this lot. Mr. Hortan early settled on Lot 57, near the lake, at the point then called Hortonis, and since known as Hause's Point. Jacob Singer was an early settler on Lot 56; Peter Ditmars on Lot 50; Peter Dear, Jr., James Huff, and Arthur Williamson, familiarly known as Uncle "Ort," on Lot 45; Mr. Emerick on Lot 39, and Cook and Noricon on Lot 34. On this lot is the celebrated Canoga Spring. This spring is about ten feet in diameter, and the water rises to the surface with great rapidity, and is clear, taste- less, and inodorous. The bubbles of gas which rise are pure nitrogen. The water from this spring, which forms Canoga Creek, furnishes a supply for turning several mills, and passes into Cayuga Lake. "The amount of gas given off by this spring is incredibly great, as the surface presents the appearance of ebulli- tion, and on stirring the bottom with a stick the supply is so much increased that a large test-bottle may be filled in a few seconds. The temperature of the. water in June was 45°, the air at the same time was 82°." Isaac Coyle and Jesse Boardman were early settlers on Lot 33, on premises now owned by Michael Hoster and Michael Hoster, Jr.
Archibald Mellon, from Connecticut, was the pioneer on Lot 38, where, in an early day, was a large rattlesnake den, the terror of the neighborhood for miles around. John Kuney early settled on Lot 44; the Krumps on Lot 49; Peter Desr on Lot 55; Peter Thayer on Lot 54 ; Adam Hosstetter on Lots 47 and 48; Geo. Stroub and Jacob Reigel on Lot 37; Ludowick Stofflett on Lot 32; Daniel and Henry Reigle on Lot 28; Wm. Lewis and Phineas Butler on Lot 23; Mrs. Packer and a Mr. Martin, Urias Van Clief and Squire Jacob Knox on Lot 22, on premises now owned by L. Frantz and M. L. Allen ; Hugh McAllister and & man named Conner on Lot 27; Christian Hoster and Thomas Disbrow on Lot 31. Mr. Hoster came from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and settled on this lot, where he died, in 1810, at the age of sixty-four years. The
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premises are now owned and occupied by Henry Hoster, Esq., who has one of the finest farms and country seats in the County. Geo. Pontius early located on Lot 36; Samuel Pontius on Lot 42; John Disinger and Arnold Plate on Lot 47 ; Henry Singer on Lot 53 ; Mr. Rorison on Lot 15. His son, James Rori- son, was Sheriff of the Conaty, and officiated at the execution of Chapman at Waterloo in an early day, who was convicted of murdering a colored man. One son, Alexander Rorison, now resides on this lot. Philip Edington and Benajah Boardman were pioneers on Lot 29. Vincent Runyan came from New Jersey and located at the " Burg" in about the year 1794. He has two graadsons, B. and V. Runyan, residing in the County.
Henry Mathews came from the State of New Jersey, and located at the " Burg" in 1804; two sons, Geo. B. nad Viaceat R., now reside in the County, the former in the village of Canoga, and the latter at Seneca Falls. A Mr. Cook was a pioneer on Lot 39, and an early inn-keeper. George Kidd, William Bothwell, Daniel Saeger, and Conrad Manger were early settlers on Lot 38.
Lemuel Sweet was an early settler on Lot 33. He met his death by being murdered by his wife in a fit of insanity. A few years after, and the last aet in this sad tragedy was enacted when Mrs. Sweet committed suicide by hanging. George Shilley was an early settler on Lot 33, on premises now owned by his son George. Robert McClung was an early settler, and officiated many years as a Justice of the Peace. John Markle was a pioneer on Lot 36, and a son, General Jacob Markle, served Seneca County ia the Legislature in about the year 1848. Other early settlers on this lot were Henry Wile, Benjamin Kuney, Philip Pratz, Frederick Kuney and Jacob Allerman. Dr. A. J. Allerman, a son of Jacob, is a practicing physician in the towa of Varick, and another son, Joseph D., resides in Waterloo. The Rumseys were also early settlers; two descendants, Moses and John, are extensive manufacturers in the village of Seneca Falls. David Kuncy was a pioneer on Lot 20, and the proprietor of an ashery and distillery. Volunteer Hoover and John Jolly, who lived to the advanced age of one hundred and three years, and Henry MeCartaey, a soldier of the war of 1812, were pioneers on Lot 13.
Frederick Schott came from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and located on Lot 13 in the year 1802; a son, Daniel Schott, served in the war of 1812. Two sons, Vincent and Edward, reside in the County; the former occupies the old homestead, and the latter resides in the village of Waterloo. Other early settlers on this lot were James Gorham and a Mr. Rathbun. Pioneers on Lot 3 were Jabez Gorham, Abram Van Riper, and Martin Kendig. A son of Martin Ken- dig, Hon. D. S. Kendig, now resides in the village of Waterloo .* Benjamin Hendricks was a pioneer on this lot, and represented the town in the Board of Supervisors and the County in the Legislature. Other early settlers were B. Todd, Tinbrook Chamberlain, and Martin Miller. Sally McClung early located on Lot 5, on lands now owned by Peter Marshall; and Geo. Thomas on Lot 14, where W. H. Allen now resides. John Marshall was a pioneer on Lot 21, and premises now owned by a grandson, George K. Marshall; Daniel Schott was also an early settler on this lot. Geo. Yost was an early settler on Lot 22, on premises now owned by C. Yost. Freelick Ilassinger and Joseph Backman were early settlers, and the latter was a Justice of the Peace. Abram Backman, a son, is now a magistrate in the village of Waterloo. Martin Hogan, from Ireland, and latterly from Baltimore, located in the town in 1794; a grandson, Hon. William Hogan, represented the County in the Legislature in 1875. Jacob and Conrad Leek were pioneers. Jacob Hendricks emigrated from Pennsylvania and settled on Lot 27 in 1795, and has two sons, Charles and Peter Y., residing in the County. James Carrer also settled on this lot. Pioneers on Lot 34 were Peter Short, .Christian Shaffer, Nathan Cook, Jacob Beeche, and Colonel James Sweet ; Lot 40, George Freidley, Samuel Easter, Abram Young, Peter Voorhees, Jacob Flickinger; Lot 42, Stephen Frantz; Lot 22, Sylvester Stringham ; Lot 38, Samuel Gamby and Benjamin Moses; Lot 32, Cooarad Mingus, ITiram Rogers, and Frederick Rathfan ; Lot 25, a Mr. Hleck, who has one son residing here, and one on Bluff Point, Yates County. Other pioneers were Rynear Kipp, Michael Vreeland, John Ernaberger, Mr. Staninger, G. A. Van Riper, and W. A. Mar- shall. James Van Riper was an early settler on Lot 12, where now is located the fine farm and residence of M. B. Ritter. U. D. Belles was also a pioneer on this lot, on lands now occupied by a son of the same name. Isaac Belles, a son of U. D. Belles, resides in the town, and has officiated as supervisor. Other settlers were Messrs. Dubois, Wyckoff, Herbert, and Kaight. A Mr. House early settled on Lot 2; Jacob Kendig, Mr. Walters, and Philip Peters on Lot 1; Martin Withington, Mr. Hall, and John Kime. Mr. Kime has two sons, Jacob and Benjamin, living in the town, and one, William, at Lockport. Other early settlers were John Esheraoa, John McClung, Dr. Lewis Oakley, Jeremiah Opdyke, John Emerick, and the Gillilands.
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