History of Seneca Co., New York, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public building and important manufactories, Part 54

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign & Everts
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Baker, Marcus M., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, in August, 1862.


Brown, Lewis, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment.


Brokaw, Richard, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment.


Bush, Charles, enlisted in the Ninth New York Artillery, January 20, 1864, and was discharged May 15, 1865 ..


Blew, Abram, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, December 28, 1863.


Cole, George W., enlisted in Company H, New York Cavalry, October 6, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment.


Covert, James, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment.


Covert, Anthony, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; died from wounds received at the battle of Peters- burg, and was buried on the field.


Clawson, Firman W., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862, and was discharged with the regiment.


Covert, Elisha, Jr., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth . Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Conley, John ; date of first enlistment not known ; re-enlisted in Third New York Light Artillery, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Clawson, George W., enlisted in Fifteenth Regiment, August 29, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


Curry, Eugene A., enlisted in Company A, Fiftieth Regiment, February 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Darling, Wilmer S., enlisted in Company E, Fiftieth Regiment, August 25, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Faussett, Robert F., enlisted in Fiftiethi Regiment, September 10, 1862; dis- charged with the regiment,


Freer, Richard, enlisted iu Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Freer, Christian, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, in August, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Fenner, Ezra, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, Angust 28, 1862 ; discharged with the regiment ..


Fenner, Philip, enlisted in First New York Artillery in August, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


Gallusha, Jerome, enlisted in Fifteenth New York Engineers, August 25, 1864; died at Lincoln Hospital, May 23, 1865.


Gardiner, Hezekiah C., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Gibson, Richard V., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Gunderman, Abram V., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty- eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Hnff, Richard, enlisted in First New York Artillery, August 29, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


House, William N., enlisted in Fifteenth Regiment, August 25, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


Hermon, Peter, substitute for Delos Townsend, enlisted August 29, 1864.


Hyatt, Enos R., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, February 29, 1864 ; discharged with the regiment.


Hildibidol, Henry, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment ; died from wounds, June 3, 1864.


Jackson, Henry, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862.


Jackson, Charles B., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged February 16, 1863.


Jackson, George H., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862 ; discharged with the regiment.


Jordon, Desmon C., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Angust 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Jones, Henry V. L., enlisted in . Company A, Fiftieth Regiment New York Engineers, August 29, 1864; mustered out at Fort Barry, Virginia, June 30, 1865.


Kitson, Shadrack, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Kitson, Elonzo, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862; wounded and discharged; date unknown.


Knight, Ralph S., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; died September 7, 1863, at Norfolk, Virginia.


Lock wood, Jonathan, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 26, 1862; date of discharge unknown.


Light, James G., enlisted August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Larasey, James, substitute for James Flood, enlisted in Third New York Ar- tillery, September 3, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Lameraux, Hiram, enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, September 10, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


MeDowell, Charles, enlisted in Company M, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regi- ment, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Miller, Henry C., enlisted in Company M, Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


MeEvery, Michael, enlisted in Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


McEvans, Thomas, enlisted in Seventy-fifth Regiment.


Neal, Ferman, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862; died July 19, 1864.


Pinneer, Henry D, enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Angust 28, 1862; died July 19, 1864, from wounds received at battle of Cold Harbor.


Quinn, John, substitute for David L. Kase, enlisted in Company F, One Hun- dred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Quinn, Francis, substitute for Lewis Townsend, enlisted September 2, 1864.


Reaves, Francis M., enlisted in Company M, Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Rappylee, Samuel, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 26, 1862.


Rappylee, Milton, enlisted in Seventy-fifth Regiment in 1861, and re-enlisted in January, 1864.


Sprague, Bolles C.


Sprague, James.


Stout, Hiram, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862; discharged March 10, 1863.


Smith, James W., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; promoted to Sergeant February 5, 1864; wounded June 3, 1864.


Smith, Sylvanus T., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; died August 14, 1864, at Point of Rocks, Vir- ginia.


Sharp, John M., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862; promoted to First Lieutenant.


Swarthout, Gco. H., enlisted in Company. E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; died at Camp Lee, near Richmond.


Skinner, John W., enlisted in: Company E, One Hundred and: Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Smith, Andrew J., enlisted Captain; onlisted in Company .E, .One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Shannon, Geo. N., enlisted in Company .H, Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Stevens, Geo. B., enlisted in the Fiftieth Regiment, August 26, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


Slaight, Waterman, enlisted in Company M, Fifteenth Regiment, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Shannon, Silas W., substitute for E. B. Van Vleet, enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 26, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Stevens, John H., enlisted in the Fiftieth Engineer Regiment,, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment,


Stout, Isaae H., substitute for John M. Coryelle, enlisted in the Sixty-first Regiment, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


PLATEĀ®


JOSEPH THORN.


MRS. JOSEPH THORN.


RES. OF JOSEPH THORN, JUNIUS TP., SENECA CO., N. Y.


PLATE


SALLY TURBUSH.


BENJAMIN TURBUSH.


RES. OF SALLY TURBUSH, JUNIUS TP., SENECA CO., N. Y.


PLATE LXV


ELIJAH TOWNSEND.


JOHN TOWNSEND.


RES. OF JOHN TOWNSEND, TOWNSENDVILLE , SENECA CO., N. Y.


LIST OF SUPERVISORS TOWN OF LODI, SENECA CO., N. Y.


Hon. John DeMott 1826-1827


William F. Coan


1851-1852


Charles Kelley 1828


Isaac Waddell


1853-1854


Hon. John DeMott


1829-1830


John Ingersoll


1831-1833


Hon. Peter Lott


1857-1858


Henry R. Halsey


1834-1835


John DeMott


1859-1860


Gen. Halsey Sanford


1836-1838


Tunis G. Osgood


1861-1862


Hon. William C. Kelley


1839-1840


Samuel S. Gulick


1863-1864


Nicholl H. Wyckoff


1841-1842


James Flood 1865-1867


James Jones


1868-1872


Hon. J. H. Halsey 1845-1846


Samuel S. Gulick


1873-1874


Hon. Augustus Woodworth


1847-1848


Lewis Post 1875


Nicholl H. Wyckoff


1849-1850


James Jones


1876


Gilbert T. Miller 1843-1844


Dr. Alfred Sears 1855-1856


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HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


Swarthout, N. O., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862.


Stevens, Abram B., enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, December 28, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Stevens, Isaac H.


Turbush, David, substitute for Elijah Colmon.


Tillyear, Phineas, enlisted in Company M, Fifteenth Regiment, August 29, 1864; discharged with the regiment.


Van Vleet, Jolin DeMott, enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventh Regi- ment ; died from wounds received in Georgia.


Van Vleet, James F., Sergeant, enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventh Regi- ment.


VanLew, Frederick, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862.


Whipple, George, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862 ; wounded and discharged October, 1864.


Woodworth, Elbert, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, August 28, 1862.


Wilson, Edwin J., enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864.


Wilson, Charles, enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, August 26, 1864; dis- charged with regiment.


Whipple, Oscar, enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment in August, 1864; dis- charged with the regiment.


Cattand, David S., enlisted in Seventh New York Battery, January, 1864 ; discharged with the regiment.


Sherwood, George, enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, in December, 1863 ; discharged in May, 1865.


Chestnut, Andrew, enlisted in Company. C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, August 22, 1862; died February 6, 1864.


Ellis, Jeremiah T., enlisted in Fiftieth Regiment ; died March 29, 1864. Hall, Edward, substitute for Elijah Townsend.


Licht, John M., enlisted January 20, 1864.


Brown, Lewis, drafted.


Waterbury, George, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 10, 1865.


Kane, Martin, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Shannan, John, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Sanders, James, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Scheurur, Christopher, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865.


Meyer, Jacob, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Ray, John, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865.


.Atkinson, James, eulisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Bauer, William, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Colvin, Charles, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 20, 1865. Moran, Peter, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, January 10, 1865. Bennett, John, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Athestor, Wm. H., enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Brady, James, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Clark, Robert, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Davis, Henry, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Hiram, Willis, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Keafer, Peter, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Lachenal, Andrew, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Nank, Otto, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. O'Conner, Patrick, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. O'Neal, Cornelius, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Rill, Ferdinand, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Rice, John, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Smith, John, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Weis, Charles, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Tanares, Charles, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Hogan, Patrick, enlisted in Eighth United States Infantry, February 20, 1865. Waite, Washington, enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment, in April, 1861; died at Washington.


Morrell, Thomas, enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment, in 1861 ; discharged with the regiment.


Kelley, Thomas, substitute for S. O. Root, enlisted September 1, 1864.


Jones, Edward, substitute for B. F. Ellison, enlisted September 12, 1864.


Dennick, William, substitute for Chas. A. Neely, enlisted September 12, 1864. Keenan, Francis, substitute for William M. Voorhees, enlisted September 12, 1864.


Joyce, James, substitute for Herman D. Eastman, enlisted September 12, 1864. . Risby, John, substitute for Abram Wyckoff (2d), enlisted September 12, 1864. Baldock, Frederick, substitute for Peter Lott, enlisted September 12, 1864.


Parker, Andrew, enlisted December 30, 1863.


Desmond, John, enlisted December 30, 1863.


Hammill, John, enlisted December 30, 1863.


Waterman, George, enlisted December 30, 1863.


Cathcart, Nathan, enlisted December 30, 1863.


Triax, Renselear, enlisted December 31, 1863. Bird, Abram, enlisted December 31, 1863.


Jackson, Edward, enlisted December 31, 1863.


Bigelow, L. R., enlisted December 31, 1863.


Richards, Edward, enlisted December 31, 1863.


Wyant, H. G., enlisted December 31, 1863.


Galan, William, enlisted March.21, 1864.


Butler, Edward, enlisted March 21, 1864.


Miller, H. G., enlisted March 18, 1864.


Brien, John O., enlisted March 21, 1864.


Smith, Selah, enlisted December 31, 1863.


Sharpe, Philip Kline, enlisted in Company I, Thirty-third Regiment, May 11, 1861 ; died in hospital, at Annapolis, Maryland.


Roach, Peter, enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment, May 11, 1861.


Miller, David P., enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment, April, 1861.


Quinn, Peter, enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment.


Rappylee, Winfield S., discharged with the regiment.


Nevins, Winfield S., enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regi- ment ; discharged with the regiment ; re-enlisted February 29, 1864.


Swarthout, James P., enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regi- ment, January 14, 1862.


Darling, Anthony C., enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regi- ment, January 14, 1863; discharged with the regiment.


Root, T. W., Captain, enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regi- ment, Jannary 14, 1862.


Swarthout, J. V., enlisted in the One Hundredth Regiment in 1861; died in hospital.


Huff, James A., enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regiment, January 14, 1862; re-enlisted.


Madison, Covert, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regi- ment, August 8, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Covert, W. R., enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regi- ment, August 8, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Gunderman, Conrad, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, August 8, 1862; wounded at Harper's Ferry ; left arm amputated.


Gunderman, John, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, August 8, 1862; discharged with the regiment.


Herrington, W. H., enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, August 8, 1862; wounded in battle of Gettysburg; discharged Decem- ber, 1863.


Hammill, Matthew, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regimeut, August 6, 1862; discharged December 15, 1863.


Hubbs, Daniel, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regi- ment, August 8, 1862.


Peterson, Henry, Captain, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty- sixth Regiment.


Swarthout, Benjamin, Captain, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, August 8, 1862; discharged July 19, 1865.


Grant, J. T., enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regi- ment, August 8, 1862; killed at battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.


Kelley, George, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regi- ment, August 8, 1862 ; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.


VanLew, M. C., Lieutenant, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty- sixth Regiment, August 8, 1862; killed at Suffolk, March 9, 1864.


Arnold, Lewis, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regi- ment, August 28, 1862 ; discharged December, 1863.


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HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


PERSONAL SKETCHES.


GENERAL JOHN DE MOTT.


The subject of this sketch was born in Readington, N. J., October 7, 1790. He came with his parents to the new country when but three years of age, and only fourteen years after the invasion of Sullivan, who passed through the town of Lodi in his campaign of extermination in the year 1779. He was educated to mercantile pursuits in the store of John McMath, near Ovid, and soon evinced an aptitude for business which placed, him at the head of a large establishment be- fore attaining his majority. He continued in trade at Lodi Village until a few years before his death, and that village owes much of its past prominence and prosperity to his untiring energy and uniform liberality ; and many of the wealthy citizens of the South Jury District acknowledge their indebtedness to General John DeMott for their early start.


In June, 1811, he united in marriage with Mary Ann Halsey, daughter of the late Judge Silas Halsey, and sister of the late Jehial H. Halsey, who still sur- vives. General DeMott was very popular, and it used to be said that every third family in his neighborhood named one of their boys " John DeMott."


Though an active business man, giving close personal attention to the details of a large business, he always interested himself in public affairs, and was thor- oughly posted. He was fond of the military, and in the militia service rapidly rose from the ranks through every grade of office, until he became Major-General. When the civil war broke out, though then past seventy years of age, he promptly repaired to Washington and tendered his services to the Government, In civil life he has honorably filled nearly every office in his town, county, and dis- trict. In 1833 he served in the Legislature. In 1840 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress, and in 1844 was elected and served during the stormy session of the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was deemed by his friends an active and influential member. After the close of the term he made.the tour of Europe. He was the first President of the Seneca County Bank, the first safety-fund bank chartered in this County, and many of the citizens of Seneca remember his well-known signature upon the bills of that institution.


He died July 31, 1870, in the eightieth year of his age. At the close of an illness of three weeks he passed away peacefully,


" Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams."


COLONEL RALPH SMITHI.


.Among the many prominent and early settlers of Seneca County, none ocenpied a more worthy place in the esteem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen than he of whom we write. : Colonel Ralph Smith was of German origin, and his great- grandfather, Lieutenant Peter Smith, emigrated to America some time before the French and Indian war, and located in Northumberland, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. He served in the French and Indian wars as a lientenant, and was a brave and trusted officer. He suffered terribly in the butchery of Wyo- ming, having his wife, one son, and one daughter massacred, and two other children taken prisoners, and probably murdered, as nothing was afterwards heard of them. IIe had one son, Peter, Jr., and a daughter, Mary, left to comfort him during the last years of his eventful life. In the fall of 1789, Peter, Jr., son of Peter, Sr., and father of the subject of this sketeh, came to Ovid and purchased a tract of land, and after sowing three acres of wheat, returned, and in the following year, 1790, retraced his steps to the new purchase, bringing with him his father and sister. In 1812, Peter, Sr., died, aged about eighty years, and was buried


north of Willard Asylum, in the town of Romulus. Peter, Jr., was born in Wy- oming County, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1763, and married Ruth Weisner, of Pennsylvania, in about the year 1786, who was born May 6, 1762, in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, and died in May, 1832. Eleven children were born to them. 'Alexander was a soldier in the war of 1812; Peter, Jr., died September- 9, 1829, and he and his faithful wife lie side by side in the beautiful and ro- mantie cemetery at Ovid.


Colonel Ralph Smith was born at Ovid, Seneca County, New York, April 20, 1801, and has been an active agriculturist during life. He resided in Ovid until 1845, when he removed to his present location. Colonel Smith has held varions offices in civil life, and also in the military. He rose step by step in the militia, until he occupied the rank of colonel, and in this capacity discharged the duties of commanding officer with entire satisfaction. November 23, 1829, he mar- ried Eliza Bawker, of Dutchess County, New York, who was born December 10, 1804. Three children were born of this marriage, viz., Archelaus G., born June 12, 1831, and died March 2, 1832; J. DeMott, born December 10, 1832; Mary Ann, born February 11, 1839.


Colonel Smith is a representative agriculturist, and is the owner of more than four hundred and forty acres of valuable land. A view of his home, etc., may be seen in another part of this work. He is now in his seventy-sixth year, hale and active, and surrounded by all the comforts of a happy home.


THE TOWNSEND FAMILY.


Elijah Townsend, the father of John Townsend, emigrated from Putnam County, New York (then Dutchess County), to Seneca County, New York, in the year 1800, and settled on the old homestead. His wife, Martha, and six children came with him. The trip, made with a lumber-wagon and horses, through an unbroken forest, consumed seventeen days. The time between the places now is twelve hours. He landed here on the 12th of November, sur- rounded by the primeval forest. Deer and bears were plentiful, and supplied his table with provision for several years. He lived to see the country in which he settled cleared of its timber and become beautiful, cultivated fields. The house and barn he built are still the same as he left them, with the exception of neces- sary repairs. He raised a family of eleven children, five boys and six girls. He was born February 8, 1767, and died March 17, 1862, in the ninety-sixth year of his age., He rests in the cemetery a few rods north of his old home, once a part of his own farm.


John Townsend, named after his grandfather, John Townsend (who is buried beside his son Elijah), was born May 18, 1810. He is the youngest of the family. He still resides on the old homestead, in the house in which he was born. His father having lost his farm by the dishonesty of the managers of the Lodi Bank, in which he held stock thirty-five years ago, it became his (John Townsend's) duty to redeem it from the Sheriff's hands. He married Emeline Mceker in 1835, and has a family of nine children, four boys and five girls. Their respective names are as follows : Martha, Elizabeth, Lewis M., Elijah, Sarah M., deceased ;. Helen, Robert H., J. Mccker, M.D .; and Ida.


He and his wife are still living, and enjoying excellent health. Their children are all alive, with one exception. The family and their ancestors have always. been a very healthy race; the grandfather on the mother's side (Lewis Meeker), died in his ninety-second year.


ROMULUS.


ROMULUS is located south of the centre of the County, and extends from lake to lake. The surface is somewhat hilly, and slopes northward. The high grounds from Ovid extend into the south horder of the town, and there abruptly fall some two hundred feet. Streams are small, and have worn deep channels. Lands are generally tillable, and the soil is a gravel and clay loam. The settle- ment was made at a very early date, and its history is full of interest. The ex- pedition of Sullivan was doubly a memorable event: primarily, as the death-blow to a formidable Indian power ; secondly, as a revelation of the beautiful location, temperate climate, aud luxuriant soil of a hitherto unknown region. The battle of Newtown had been fought, the towns of Knawahole and Catharines destroyed, houses burnt, and orchards cut down, and the Indians were collected in foree at Geneva when, on September 4, 1779, the advance guard of Sullivan'a army went into camp about half a mile northeast of the present asylum, while the main force encamped near the Comba' school-house in Ovid. Trouble with the pack-horses caused a day's delay. The asylum ravine was crossed near the stone quarry. On the 5th of September the army went into camp at Canadia (Kendaia). The village was the finest yet aeen ; it stood upon rising ground, surrounded by an extensive apple- and peach-orchard, within a half-mile of Seneca Lake. This village of some forty well-finished houses, with neat and improved surroundings, was destroyed. A portion of the Indian orchards escaped notice, and on Sep- tember 21, 1791, twelve years later, the party of Elkanah Watsou pitched their tent on the site of the former village, and he wrote as follows in his memoirs: " Here Sullivan's conquering army wrecked its vengeance by destroying orchards, corn, wigwams, ete. Many of the trees are girdled, and marks of the destructive axe of the soldiery are yet to be seen in every direction. The Senecas were formerly a powerful nation. Sullivan broke up their last atronghold. Not a vestige is now to be aeen in this vicinity, as the remnant ia settled in Canada. We were astonished to see one hundred and fifty people collected at a meeting here. This is a prelude to the assembling of thousands, who are destined shortly to possess these fertile regions." Five thousand men had seen the inviting regions inclosed between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, and told to eager listeners of its attractive features. Ten years elapsed, and men from New Jersey came thither to explore and settle, and close following came Pennsylvanians in search of a forest home, and but two years .had elapsed ere Watson saw that large assembly con- gregated for worship on the site of the Indian home; thus speedily did one race follow the other, and civilization tread closely upon the retiring footsteps of half- civilized peoples.




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