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George Deal, August 28, 1862; died from wounds.
William H. Dutcher, August 30, 1862 ; private.
John D. English, a minister, commissioned First Lieutenant, September 1, 1862 ; resigned previous to close of war.
Charles Edinger, August 29, 1862; private; died in service.
William Edinger, August 29, 1862; private.
Charles L. Graber, August 31, 1862 ; private.
John Hoffmann, August 29, 1862; private.
William Laboyteaux, August 25, 1862; private; missing.
George Lerch, farmer, private, August 30, 1862; died at Salisbury, N. C. Hamilton E. McDuffee, August 25, 1862:
Warren McDuffee, August 25, 1862; died in service.
Charles E. Moak, August 29, 1862.
Benjamin Ritter, August 25, 1862. David Ritter, August 27, 1862. Michael M. Ritter, August 25, 1862 ; private.
Charles Schick, private, August 27, 1862.
Jonathan Troutman, private, August 27; 1862.
Thomas R. Shaw, August 27, 1862.
David Yoder, August 30, 1862. Company I .- Abram Terhune, private; died.
Lafayette Birdsall, August 30, 1862; private.
Silas C. Mann; August 26, 1862; private.
John Murphy, private, August 22, 1862; at Geneva.
Jacob Seybolt, August 22, 1862; Geneva.
David Sabin, private, August 29, 1862; at Geneva.
Thomas J. Metcalf, January 4, 1864; company unknown.
John Scott, December 21, 1863; killed in service ; company unknown.
Luman T. Williams, December, 21, 1863.
John Bird, December 30, 1863.
THIRD ARTILLERY.
John Pulfrey, enlisted November 6, 1861, in Battery K.
Patrick Roach, February 27, 1864; private, Battery A. Andrew S. Thompson, February 26, 1864.
George W. Delamater, Heavy Artillery, February 23, 1864; private.
Lewis E. Ireland, February 26, 1864; private.
James O'Harra, private, February 29, 1864.
Patrick Barry, March 4, 1864.
Christopher Dillon, March 3, 1864; private,
John Reels, February 29, 1864; private.
Charles A. Lathrop, private, February 29, 1864.
John Hughs, February 29, 1864. Thaddeus Barrick, March 25, 1864; regiment unknown.
William R. Dart, colisted 1861, for three years ; regiment. unknown. Henry C. Delamater, May 8, 1861; Company H, Thirty-eighth Regiment ; discharged for disability June 27, 1862.
David Jaques, December 11, 1861 ; regiment not recorded. Lewis D. Woodruff, drummer, 1861 ; discharged.
FIFTIETH INFANTRY.
John E. Baldridge, enlisted August 26, 1862; private, Company E. Stephen A. Sebring, enlisted August 26, 1862; private, Company E.
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
Company B .- Henry C. Delamater, September 3, 1864; private. Squire S. Covert, September 1, 1864; private; died in the service.
William Hilkert, September 6, 1864.
William Herrick, September 1, 1864.
Hiram Beach, September 1, 1864.
James G. Delamater, September 3, 1864; private.
Miscellaneous .- Martin Countryman, December 7, 1863; Company I, Twenty- second Cavalry ; wounded in hand.
Thomas Mangan, August 26, 1862; One Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry.
Lewis A. Hunt, August 27, 1862; Rochester Sharpshooters.
Joseph E. Sage, July 25, 1863; Company D, Ninety-seventh Infantry; honor- ably discharged.
Regiment not known .- Alpheus Troutman, December 28, 1863; private.
Gilbert Smith, private, December 26, 1863. Stinson McDuffee, December 28, 1863.
Thomas Ryan, December 31, 1863.
Augustus Bachman, December 31, 1863.
Benjamin Scott, December 31, 1863; private.
Andrew Harmon, January 2, 1864; private.
Frank Shirley, January 2, 1864; private.
John Brown, December 28, 1863; private.
William H. Swan, December 30, 1864. George Laughlin, December 31, 1863.
James N. Riley, December 31, 1863; private ; died in service.
Frank H. Woodworth, December 28, 1863.
Isaac M. Fairchild, September 3, 1864.
David S. Benjamin, September 1, 1864.
Franklin Frantz, September 4, 1864.
Charles E. Woodruff, Cavalry, September 4, 1864.
Isaac Gillett, September 7, 1864. George W. Reigle, September 1, 1864.
Frederick D. Cooper, September 4, 1864.
James R. Sanders, September 1, 1864; died in service.
Reuben E. Barrick, September 1, 1864.
John A. White, September 7, 1864.
Chauncey C. Rowe, September 1, 1864; private.
Henry P. Hagan, September 4, 1864, Pendleton Burdick, September 1, 1864.
William E. Compton, September 5, 1865 ..
C. Loles, September 1, 1864. Henry Haber, navy, September 7, 1864.
J. Kinsella, September 6, 1864 ...
John H. Henry, September 3, 1864. Daniel Manee, September 4, 1864 ..
Andrew J. Rogers, September 6, 1864.
William H. Thomas, September 6, 1864.
S. Tompkins, September 6, 1864. James Morrison, September 6, 1864: Henry Mickley, September 1, 1864 .. William Mountain, September 1, 1864. James Mountain, September 1, 1864. In 1863, the number drafted was forty-six, twenty-seven of whom were exempted. Of the nineteen held to service, only two, Joseph E. Sage and William Wolverton, entered. Fifteen paid three hundred dollars, and two furnished substitutes.
CHAS. PINKERTON.
MRS. CHAS. PINKERTON.
RES. OF CHAS. PINKERTON , VARICK N. Y.
PLATE
LXXII
LIST OF SUPERVISORS TOWN OF COVERT, SENECA CO., N. Y.
Levi Wheeler
1819
Allyn Boardman
1820-1822
Hon. John DeMott
1823-1824
Hon. Erastus Woodworth
1825-1827
Jeremiah Rappleye
1828-1829
Myron R. Cole
1858-1859
Jeremiah Rappleye
1831-1835
Joseph L. Skinner
1836
Hon. Nathan Wakeman
1837
John R. Wheeler
1863-1865
Nester Woodworth
1866-1867
Jeremiah Rappleye
1839-1840
Minor T. Coburn
1868-1869
Henry Glazier
1870-1871
D. C. Wheeler
1872-1873
Isaac H. Stout
1874
Hon. Truman Boardman
1849
William Johnson
1850
Hon. Truman Boardman
1851-1852
Nester Woodworth
1853-1856
Charles Ogden
1857
Jonathan Dimon
1830
John B. Avery
1860
Nester Woodworth
1861
Lewis Porter, Jr.
1862
Hon. Erastus Woodworth
1838
George Woodworth
1841-1845
Hon. John C. Hall
1846-1847
Ira Almy
1848
William W. Wheeler
1875-1876
COVERT.
THE territory embraced within the present boundaries of Covert originally comprised a portion of the Military township of Ovid, No. 16. Covert was formed from Ovid, April 7, 1817, and the town of Lodi was set off from Covert in 1826. It is the southeast corner town in the County, and bounded as fol- lows: On the north by Ovid, on the east by the centre of Cayuga Lake, on the south by Tompkins County, and on the west by the town of Lodi.
The surface consists of an upland, descending from the west border of the towa and terminating in a bluff, ranging from twenty to sixty feet in height, upon the shore of the lake. The town is watered by Trumaasburg Creek and a number of smaller streams flowing through deep ravines into Cayuga Lake.
Covert was originally covered with a deuse wilderness, which has been swept away by the axe of the woodman; and where oace stood the gigaatic trees of the forest are now located many of the finest farms of which the County of Seneca can so truthfully boast.
PIONEERS.
Among the pioneers of this town were Jonathan Woodworth and family, who came from Connecticut and located on Lot 87. Mr. Woodworth was an early magistrate, and discharged the duties of that office many years. Hon. Erastus Woodworth located in the town in 1797, on premises now occupied by his soa, Nestor Woodworth, Esq.
Berzillar King and his sons, Nathaniel, Basselar, Tertulus, Reuben, Berzillar, Jr., and John, settled in the eastern part of the town in 1796, and purchased six hundred acres of land, a portion of which is now occupied by Joseph and Benjamin King. James Garrett, a soldier of the war of 1812, was an early set- tler, who located soon after 1796, near Port Deposit, locally known as " Frog Point." John Green settled in the year 1800. Jeremiah Rappylee settled in an early day on Lot 42. Jonas Laraway, from Delaware County, located on the same lot in the year 1800. Deacon Lewis Johnson came from New Jersey in 1803, and settled on Lot 52, on premises subsequently owned by William Johnson. Tunis Rappylee was aa early settler on Lot 50, and for many years was the keeper of a popular ian, where the general trainings of the militia were held in those early days. Peter and William Rappylee settled in an early day on .Lot 51. The former was an early Justice of the Peace, and received his appointment from Governor Daniel D. Tompkins. James McCall located in the east part of the towa in the year 1803. William Ditmars, from New Jersey, settled ia about the year 1800 on premises now owned by a graadson, William Ditmars. A Mr. Hills also settled on this lot, and it is said drew the same for services rendered in the war of the Revolution. Dr. Reabea S. Brown was an early physician, who emigrated from Delaware and located, in 1807, on Lot 42. The Webb family were early settlers, and located on Lot 52, near the lake.
Samuel and Lemuel Bassett came from Massachusetts in about the year 1800, and located on the west part of Lot 41, on premises now owned by Bcaaett E. and Jared Bassett, sons of Lemuel. E. Covert and Berryman Smith were early settlers on Lot 40. John Kelley, a lieutenant in the militia under Captain Samuel Almy, located on Lot 50 in about the year 1800. A Mr. Fulkersoa, grandfather of Ansoa Fulkersoa, settled during the same year on Lot 60. Henry Blawvelt located on Lot 60 in about the year 1800, oa premises now occupied by .his descendants. Rynear Giles located oa Lot 69 in the year 1800. Deacon Joha Boorom and his son Joha-subsequently a prominent Justice of the Peace -settled on Lot 61 ia about the year 1800. Anson M. Spear was also an early settler on this lot. Joha Sniffen located on Lot 61, on the premises now occu- pied by his son, Geo. W. Sniffen. Samuel Finch, who was present at the mas- sacre of Wyoming, located on Lot 52 ia the year 1800. John Kennedy located on Lot 51, in about the year 1800, on premises now owned by his son, James Kennedy. John Kennedy, Jr., represented the County of Seaeca ia the Legis- lature, and also held the office of Deputy Sheriff. The old habitation erected by John Kennedy is still standing, and is the only log house in the towa. A. daughter of James Kennedy married Deputy Secretary of State Calvin Willers, brother of ex-Secretary of State Diedrich Willers. Joseph Broom was an early settler on Lot 49. Mr. Archer, grandfather of Jarrett Archer, station
agent at, Covert, was an early settler oa Lot 73. Colonel Graham was also an early settler on this lot. The Campbells and Silas Ludlow were early settlers on Lot 74. Geo. Woodworth located on Lot 98 in about the year 1800, on premises now owaed by his son, A. D. Woodworth. A Mr. Blue was also an early settler on this lot, and the inventor of the " Peacock" plow.
Elder Minor Thomas, Nathaniel Winans, and Abrabsm Hand settled in the town in about the year 1800. Captain Terry, father of James Terry, was an early settler oa Lot 72. Colonel Pratt was an early settler at Pratt's Coraers, now Covert, and was the proprietor of a mercantile establishment and distillery. A Mr. Dennisoa, father of George Denaison, was a cabinet-maker, and so early settler on Lot 72. Nathan Hall settled in the town in 1800, upon the premises now occupied by his grandson. Caleb Hall kept a public-house at Hall's in about the year 1812. The Auble family came in prior to 1800, and located on Lot 71. Joel Horton was an early settler at Covert.
Nathan Cole, from Putnam County, settled at Hall's Corners in 1809, and six years thereafter located near the present village of Covert, oa the farm now occu- pied by his soa, M. V. Cole, who resides where he was born fifty-six years ago. Mr. Nathan Cole is now ninety-six years of age.
The father of Hon. Joha C. Hall located in an early day on Lot 70. Daniel Cole located on the same lot where his son, Ira H. Cole, now resides. John Cole also settled on the same lot ia about the year 1800, where his grandson, Washington Cole, now resides. Philip Tunison settled iu sa early day oa Lot 69. Stephen Holmes located on Lot 84.
Allea Boardman was an early settler oa Lot 96. He has two sons living, Doug- las and Truman ; the former, Hon. Douglas Boardman, of Ithaca, is a Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, and presided at the first trial of Edward F. Stokes, in the city of New York, who was charged with the murder of James Fisk, Jr .; the latter, Hon. Truman Boardman, resides ia Trumaasburg, and is an ex-State Senator.
General Isaiah Smith and his brother William were early settlers on Lot 95. Lewis Porter located, in 1813, on Lot 82. Nathan Wakeman was an early set- tler on Lot 95, and served the towa in many official capacities, sud represented the County in the Legislature.
Charles Crane settled on Lot 86, in 1815, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. Other early settlers were Elias Bottwell, William Walworth, and John Smock. A daughter of the latter, named Helea, is said to have been the first white child born in the town.
Captain Samuel Almy, father of Ira Almy, was an early settler io Covert, and purchased a portion of the land where now is located the pleasant and thriving village of Farmer. His son, Ira Almy, settled in Farmer Village in 1815, and has resided there continuously from that time to the present, and he and his com- panion celebrated their " golden wedding" in February last. Mr. Almy has been an active business man, and a life-long Democrat, and is more conversant with the history of the towa of Covert than any person now living.
Covert comprises some of the finest farming lands withia the boundaries of the " Empire State."
FARMER VILLAGE.
The first frame building in this village used as a store was erected ia 1815, by Samuel Almy and Peter Rappylee, and occupied by Job Almy. A blacksmith- shop was erected ia 1816, and during the same year John C. Covert erected a dwelling. Dr. Alleu Almy, Dr. Reuben S. Browa, Jacob Probasco, and Eliza- beth Kennedy each erected dwellings in about the year 1815. Abram Impson erected a wagon-manufactory in 1817, on the premises now occupied by the cabinet establishment of C. Q. Burgen. Miner LaFevere erected a dwelling in 1816, on the site now occupied by the residence of Ralph Collver, which was built in 1826, and called the " Esgle Hotel."
Nicholas Rappylee erected a dwelling in 1815, which was subsequently ocen- pied as a school-house, and was the first school-house in the village, Joshua C. Covert being the first tescher. The first public-house in the village was erccted
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by Jacob S. Rappylee, and occupied by Captain Levi Trowbridge, a soldier in the war of 1812, and is now known as the Exchange Hotel, kept by Simon Deyo.
Farmer has a population of about five hundred, and is one of those pleasant ·villages for which Western New York is so justly celebrated. It contains three churches,-Reformed, Baptist, and Universalist,-two hotels, ten mercantile estab- lishments, one foundry and machine-shop, one blacksmith-shop, a carriage-shop, tin-shop, barber-shop, two harness-shops, a meat market, a cabinet establishment, and about one hundred houses.
The medical fraternity is represented in the village by Drs. Wm. Wirt Wheeler and Claudius C. Wheeler, and the legal profession by Wm. V. Brnyn, who is the present District Attorney of Seneca County.
The veteran merchant in Farmer is James C. Knight, who commenced bus- iness in 1833 with very small capital, and by honesty and strict attention to his' affairs has succeeded in gaining a fortune. He is now conducting his mercantile' business where he first began, and, what is still more remarkable, in all his inter-' course with men, in managing his establishment, he never gave a bank note, and his bad debts during the whole period of his mercantile life do not exceed eleven' hundred dollars. He is prompt in all business transactions, and temperate in all his babits, using neither tobacco nor ardent spirits in any form. Mr. Knight has conducted a mercantile establishment in this County longer than any other man except Charles Hoskins, at Seneca Falls, who is the oldest merchant in Seneca County.
CEMETERY.
From the early setlement, in 1797, down to 1845, the dead were buried in fields and upon prominent knolls in several different localities, and along the banks of Cayuga Lake.
In 1845 the South Cemetery Association was formed, located on the farm of William Rappylee, in the south part of the village.
In 1846 the North Cemetery Association was formed, located upon lands of Abram Ditmars, in the north part of the village.
From the. Baptist burying-ground, near their church (first burial made in 1824), the remains of the dead were, in 1845, mostly taken up and placed in the South Cemetery Association.
From the Reformed Dutch Church burying-ground, adjacent to their church (first burial made in 1831), the remains of those deposited there were principally transferred in 1846 to the North Cemetery Association, ou lands of Abram Dit- mars.
In the summer of 1860, through the persistent and united efforts of Rev. Ben- jamin Bassler, Ira Almy, and Ansel Rappylec, the North and South Cemetery Associations.were abandoned, and the two combined in organizing, November 26, 1860, the present organization, styled " Farmerville Union Cemetery Association," the name of which was changed on the 8th day of March, 1876, to " Lake View Cemetery Association."
The present grounds are located just north of the highway leading from Farmer Village to Kidder's Ferry, and east of the Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad, upon lands heretofore owned by. Abram Ditmars, and consist of about fourteen aeres. There are now some six hundred and eighty-one persons buried in these grounds ; some forty-two showy and handsome monuments; the location com- manding a fine view of Cayuga Lake and the landscape on the east side thereof.
The trustees of the South Cemetery Association at the time it was organized, in 1845, were John Booram, Ira Alny, Ansel Rappylee, John P. Rappleye, Lockwood Hinman, Jacob D. Wintersteen, Tunis S. Rappylec, Jeremiah Rap- pylee, Nathan Hall, Lemuel Bassett, Nicholas Rappylee, and Daniel Ellis .: John Booram was President; Ira Almy, Vice-President ; Jacob D. Wintersteen Sec- retary ; Lockwood Hinman, Treasurer; and Jacob Smoke, Sextoo.
The trustees of the North' Cemetery Association at the time it was organized in 1846, were as follows: James C. Knight, Isaac Covert, Abram Ditmars, Caleb H. Parshall, Abram B. Covert, Peter Rappylee, Jr., Elbert S. Dumont, James Quick, John Bainbridge, Abram Rappylee, Isaac V. Ditmars, and Edwin Chester. Isaac Covert was President; James' Quick, Vice-President; James Knight, Treasurer; Edwin Chester, Secretary, Jacob Miller, Sexton:
The trustees of the present association at the time it was organized, in 1860; were as follows: John Booram, Isaac Covert; Tra Almy, John P. Rappylee, Abram Ditmars, James' C .. Knight, Caleb H. Parshall, Jacob D. Wintersteen, Bennett E. Bassett, Ansel Rappylee, Lockwood Hinman, and John C. Hall. John Booram was President; Ira Almy, Vice-President; James C. Knight, Treasurer; Jacob D. Wintersteen, Secretary; and Ira Almy, Superintendent and Sexton.
In March, 1876, under the present name of "Lake View Cemetery Association","* the following trustees were chosen : James C. Knight, Jacob D. Wintersteen, John P. Rappylee, Addison Booram, I. W. Rappylee, Abram Ditmars, Ellsworth
Lamoreaux, Jacob Booram, Ira Almy, Caleb H. Parshall, Ansel Rappylee, and Samuel Mundy. The following were selected as officers : Samuel Mundy, Presi- dent; Ira Almy, Vice-President; James C. Knight, Treasurer; Jacob D. Winter- steen, Secretary ; and Ira Almy, Superintendent and Sexton.
FARMER LODGE, No. 357, F. AND A. M.
Farmer Lodge, No. 357, was installed in due form on the 24th day of June, A.L. 5823, A.D. 1823. The following were the first officers: Robert Herriot, M .; James Kidder, S. W .; Samuel Ingersol, J. W .; Jacob S. Rappylee, Treas- urer; William Smith, Secretary ; David G. Caywood, S. D .; Riley Ingersoll, J. D .; Levi Trowbridge, Caleb P. Plum, Stewards; John C. Kelley, T.
The lodge closed during the anti-Masonic excitement, and was reorganized in 1850 as Lodge No. 183, of the same name, and was installed by Salem Town, August 19, 1850. The following were the first officers under the new charter : N. B. Wheeler, M .; H. C. Tracy, S. W .; O. W. Giles, J. W .; Ira Almy, Sec- retary; John Kennedy; Treasurer ; Abram Rappylee, S. D .; George W. Brink, J. D .; D. D. Whelpley, Amasa Woodruff, Stewards; H. Boughton, Chaplain ; William Rappylee, T. Other members of the lodge were E. G. Stetson, George Woodward, John D. King, John Terry, Ira Munson.
FARMER VILLAGE GRANGE, No. 160, PATRONS OF HUS- BANDRY.
This grange was organized April 2, 1874, and the following-named persons ere chosen officers : William W. Boorham, M .; W. Ford Rappylee, O .; A. P. Austin, L .; P. W. Rappylee, S .; Alton . Boorham, A. S .; C. H. Parshall, C .; 'A. D. Peterson, T. ;. William Ditmars, Secretary ; Anson Boyer, G. K .; Mrs. W. F. Rappylee, Ceres; . Mrs. M. Rappylee, Pomona; Mrs. A. D. Peterson, Flora ; Mrs. W. Ditmars, Stewardess.
CHURCH HISTORY.
REFORMED CHURCH.
The Reformed Church of Farmer Village was organized November 28, 1830. The first elders were Peter Rappylee, John Kelley, and Joseph W. Smith. The first deacons were. William Ditmars, Peter Ditmars, and Jacob Voorhees. The following is a complete list of the first members: Isaac Covert, Margaret Scott, Mrs. Alanson Kniffen, Mrs. Elbert S. Dumont, Solomon Doolittle, Mrs. James Smalley, Mrs. James Ellison, James C. Knight, Emily Robinson, Sarah Ann Bainbridge, Lydia Snyder, Catherine Peterson, Louise Mundy, John Bainbridge, Simon . W. Sehenck, Mrs. M. Swick, A. B. VanDoren, Eleanor VanDoren, Peter Rappylce, Jr., Mrs. Isaac Covert, Nicholas Bainbridge and wife, Mrs. Jacob Covert, A. B. Covert and wife, Mrs. Lyman Mallory, George Randall, John D. King and wife, Mary Pinney, Mrs. Frederick VanLiew, Elbert S. Dumont, Fanny Robinson, Dr. Richard K. Wheeler, Mrs. Boorom, Mrs. Ruth Wood- worth, Mrs. James Kelley, Jane Huff, Mrs. J. Smith, Garrett Tunison, Margaret. VanDoren, Mrs. William Ditmars, Mrs. Sarah McCall, Mrs. Elizabeth Philip, Mrs. John Kelley, Mrs. Solomon Doolittle; Mrs. William Mundy, Mrs. James Quick, Mrs. Dennis Tunison; Mrs. John Quick, Miss Jane Quick. The follow- ing-named persons have officiated as pastors of this church: Rev. Oscar H. Gregory, from Juue, 1831, to 1838; Rev. Benjamin Bassler, from July, 1838, to. February 5, 1866; Rev. William W. Bruss, from June, 1866, to April, 1868; Rev. Albert A. Zabriskie, from July, 1868, to fall of 1869; Rev. James. C. Forsythe, from 1870 to 1875. Rev. Philip Furbeck commenced his labors with the church in November, 1875, and is the present pastor.
The church edifice was erected in 1830-31, and dedicated September 28 of the latter year. In 1857 the church was remodeled and enlarged at a cost of four thousand dollars. The Sabbath-school connected with the church was or- ganized in May, 1832, under the superintendence of Mr. Isaac Covert. In the. spring of 1833 James C. Knight was chosen Superintendent, in which capacity he served for a period of thirty-nine years, never being a minute behind in meet- ing his appointments, and never receiving an unkind word from teachers or scholars. Mr. Knight was also treasurer of the church for forty years.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF FARMER VILLAGE.
This church was organized November 22, 1819. Elder Jobn Lewis was the. first. pastor. The first elders 'were E. Winans, L. Johnston; Church Clerk, Jeremiah Rappylee. The church was constituted with the following members : J. Lewis, E. Winans, L. Johnston, A. Hand, J. Dennison, S. Snell, William
PLATE LXXIV
DEACON JOHN BOOROM.
JOUN BooSOM was born in the year 1795, near Somerville, Som- arset County, New Jersey. In 1805 he came with his father and the family to Seueco County, and settled at Hall's Corners, in, the town of Covert, where, for sixty-fonz years, he lived, and where, in 1869, he died full of years. His youth was no idle BeaBOD. His axe felled many a tree, and his experience knew many a hardship. Prior to the completion of the Erle Canal, the population drew their grain in wagons to Albany, and glad- ly obtained sufficient money to liquidate the taxes. The want and privation koown to theee times cannot be portrayed, and we hope may never bo experi- enced.
Deacon Boorom was a self- made man. The advantages of schools were not realized in youth, and grown te manhood, evenings and leisure hours were devoted to study and reflective reading. He volunteered to serve during the war of 1812, and in the service contracted consump- tion, which ultimately caused his death. Mr. Boorom was temperste in habit, an advocate of reform, a true friend and a safe adviser. He was a man full of public spirit, and a faithful Christian, exemplifying in his life the teachings of the Divine Muster. He gave freely to the Church, the missions, and to the Rochester and Hamilton theo- logical institutions. Of the hene- factions of himself and family, may be named $2100 toward
RES. OF WM W. BOOROM, FARMER VILLAGE, TOWN OF COVERT, SENECA CO., N. Y.
erecting the Farmers' Village Baptist Church, $800 to the en- dow ment of Rochester Theo- logical Seminary, and other gifts of hke proportions. Mr. Boorom experienced religion when four- teen years of age, and was bap- tized during the great revival under Elder Thomas, In 1816. He united with the First Bap- tist Church, of Covert, and fifty years before his death, sat with the Council that organized the Farmera' Village Baptist Cherch. Twenty-three years afterward he united with this church by letter, and was chos- en Deacon, an office filled faith- fnlly and acceptably until 1868, when ill health compelled his resignation. His career was prosperous. Commencing with forty acrea at marriage, the number was increased by two hundred and fifty, making ao estate of wellnigh three hun- dred acres. Hle lived to see his six children settled aboat him In comfortable homes, all within hearing of the same church bell and members of the same soci- ety. A large part of bis time was spent in interests of the public, end at his death, the sor- row of his family was shared not only by the Church at the loss of a zealous member, but by the whole community at the departure of « useful citizen. His end was peaceful, and "aa sounds of earth grew dull and distant, his passing soul awoke in other company, to mingle joyful song in heavenly har- moby." His presence gona, his memory is left to furnish fit example.
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