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In 1875 the church bought a parsonage, at a cost of $1600. The property of the church, including house of worship and parsonage, is now valued at $5000. The Sunday-school numbers about 100 members. J. S. Horton is the Superintendent ; Elward Gillett, Secretary ; W. F. Williamson. Chorister. The present officers of the church, Feb. 1, 1879, are: Pastor, Rev. E. F. Owen ; Deacons, Truman Strong, C. B Gillett, W. 11. Babcock, Isaac Van Vleet, and J. S. Horton ; Trustees, E. T. Watkins, W. H. Babcock, C. Pelton ; Clerk, J. S. Horton ; Society Clerk and Treasurer, E. A. Hubbard ; Collector, A. Pinney ; Chorister, E. T. Watkins; Sexton, Beecher lowe.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the church has the following officers: President, Mrs. E. F. Owen; Vice- President, Mrs. Ira Horton ; Secretary, Mrs. J. L. MeCar- riek ; Treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Randall.
The church sociable has the following officers : Presi- dent, Mrs. J L. MeCarrick ; Vice-President, Mrs. C. I]. Randall ; Secretary, Miss Kate Pinney ; Treasurer, Miss Hattie Corey.
The church is now in a very prosperous condition, and bids fair, with the blessing of God, to increase in efficiency and usefulness in the future.
MASONIC.
Mr. Hotchkin, in his " Early Recollections," says : " F think the lodge was organized about the year 1820. 1 well remember its installation, and some of the members who came from Bath, among whom were Moses Lyon, J. R. Gansevoort, William Woods, and, I think, Reuben Robic. My father, although not a Mason, was invited to preach the installation sermon for them in the old meeting-house. Ile took for his text, Matt. vii. 20,-' Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.' His sermon was well received, and he was well entertained at the banquet at the hotel, and received a further token of their appreciation by a purse reasonably well filled.
" I judge that the order, in its incipient stage, was weak, but it soon began to show a living vitality, and accessions were made to it from time to time. I think that Seth Wheeler, Esq., was the first Master of the lodge, and at
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that time were connected with it Bishop Tuttle, Dr. Cor- nell, and Owen Reiley, of Pulteney ; two men by the name of Frisbie ; two by the name of Wheeler ; and a few others.
" I remember a celebration of St. John's Day. The fraternity on that day were able to make quite a show. The growth of their body and delegations from other lodges made a fine appearance. Mr. Ilotehkin was again called upon to preach, which he did to good acceptance, taking for his subject the life of St. John, the patron saint, whose birth they had convened to celebrate. From this time for- ward a goodly number of the prominent men of Pratts- burgh became connected with the order. The names of Judge Van Valkenburgh, A. P. Lyon, Esq , Samuel A. Johnson, Esq., Samuel IJayes, Joel Tuttle, Ira C. Clark, and George M. Payne are mentioned as members at this time. They changed about several times, but after Mr. Lyon became a member he fitted up a lodge-room in a large chamber in the upright part of his house, which stood on the ground the Park Hotel now occupies. At that time all the meetings of the lodge were held in the afternoon, instead of the evening."
We have no means of ascertaining the number of this lodge, or following its history further than the faets or recollections above presented. We presume that it went down during the anti-Masonie excitement, which began about the year 1827, and was never again renewed as the same lodge.
PRATTSBURGH LODGE, NO. 583, F. AND A. M.,
was instituted under dispensation, July 7, 1865, with the following charter members: William Tillotson, George McLean, J. M. Hopkins, John Knapp, E. T. Watkins, Daniel D. Waldo, E. Wilson, John E. Bramble.
First Officers .- William Tillotson, W. M. ; Geo. MeLean, S. W .; Joseph M. Hopkins, J. W .; John Knapp, Treas. ; E. T. Watkins, Sec .; Daniel D. Waldo, S. D .; E. Wilson, J. D .; J. E. Bramble, Tyler.
The warrant was issued June 14, 1866. At that date the membership was 32. All of the original charter mem- bers are still living, except George MeLean.
Present Officers .- D. D. Waldo, W. M .; E. H. Van Housen, S. W .; W. S. Foster, J. W .; P. F. Paris, Treas. ; John Frost, Sec. ; J. Il. Greene, S. D. ; John Bonny, J. D. ; J. I'. Montgomery, Tyler.
VILLAGE OF PRATTSBURGH.
The village of Prattsburgh was bounded and incorporated as follows, Dee. 7, 1848 :
"STEUBEN COUNTY COURT .- In the matter of the petition of BISHOP SMITH and JAS. 11. HOTCHKIN, JR.
"On reading aod filing the petition of Bishop Smith and Jas. 11. llotchkin, Jr., residents of the territory hereinafter mentioned and described, for the incorporation of said territory as a village, by the name of the Village of Prattsburgh, which territory is bounded and described as follows, viz. : Beginning at the southeast corner of lot No. 53, in township Ne. 6, in the third range of townships, in said county of Stenben ; thence west 60 chains; thence north 106 chains and 663 links; thence east 60 chaius; and thence south 106 chains and 66} links, to the place of beginning, containing one square mile. And on sufficient proof, showing that the act passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, en the 7th day ef December, 1847, entitled ' An Act to provide for the locorporation of Villages,' has in all respects
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been duly complied with, so as to entitle the said territory to be incor- porated as a village-
"ORDERED, That the said territery be, and the same is, incorporated as a village, by the name of the Village of Prattsburgh, if the electors thereof shall consent thereto, according to the previsions of the act so passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, aforesaid, and that Addison Ainsworth, Abram I. Quackenbush, and Whitman Smith, three of the Inspectors of election of the town of Prattsburgh, in which the said territory is situate, be, and they are hereby appointed In- spectors, to hold and preside at an election, which is hereby ordered to be held within said territory, for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the electors of the said territory for the incorporation thereof as a village, by the name of the Village of Prattsburgh, according to the provisions of the aet aferesaid ; and they are ordered and directed to perform all the duties required of them by the pro- visions of said act.
" Dated this Sth day of November, 1848. " D. MCMASTER, Judge. " H. L. COMSTOCK, ! Justices of Sessions. " A. D. READ,
"STEUBEN COUNTY, 88 :
" I certify that I have examined the certificate and notiec of the holding of said election, and the affidavit ef the posting of such notice, and am satisfied that all the proceedings in respect to notify- ing and holding the inceting therein mentioned, enovassing the votes given thereat, and making such certificate, are legal.
" D. MCMASTER, County Judge. " Dated Dec. 7, 1848.
" STEUBEN COUNTY, 88 :
"CLERK'S OFFICE, BATH, Aug. 1, 1850. "I, Paul C. Cook, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that the preceding is a troe copy of an original certificate of incorporation remaining on record in this office, and having compared the same with said original record, I find it to he a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whele of said original.
" Given under my hand and seal of said county, the day and year first above written.
"P. C. Cook, Clerk.
NEW CHARTER.
" We, the undersigned, comprising the majority of the persons who had previously presided at elections for village officers of the village of Prattshurgh, do hereby eertify and return, That on the twentieth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy- seven, a special election was held in and for said village of Pratts- burgh, in accordance of the provisions of Section 30 ef Title VIII. of Chapter 291 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed at the ninety-third session of the Legislature, entitled ' An Act for the In- corporation ef Villages,' at which special election the fellowing reso- lution was veted on, viz. :
" Resolved, That the village of Prattsburgh become a corporation under the previsions ef Chapter 291 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed at the ninety-third session ef the Legislature, said chap- ter being entitled ' An Act for the Incorporation of Villages,' and that said corporation possess all powers given thereto by said act.
" We further certify and return, that more than ten days previous to the holding of sneh special election notices were posted in at least six public places in the village of Prattsburgh aforesaid, stating time, and place, and object of election, and copying the resolution, of which said notice the following is a copy, viz. :
"SPECIAL ELECTION.
"Netice is hereby given that a special elcetien, in and for the vil- lage of Prattsburgh, will be held at the hotel pow kept by Daniel B. Van Auken, in said village, on the 20th day ef February, 1877, at which election the following reselution will be submitted to the quali- fied electors of said village, to be voted upon by them, the said quali- ficd electors of said village, viz. :
" Resolved, That the village of Prattsburgh become a corporation under the provisions of Chapter 291 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed at the ninety-third session of the Legislature, said chap- ter being entitled ' An Act for the locorporation of Villages,' and that said corporation possess all powers given thereto by said act. And
M. C. Williams Ina ToMillioner
IRA C. WILLIAMS.
Ira C. Williams was born in the town of Rushville, Yates Co., N. Y., May 8, 1809. His father, Joseph H. Williams, was a native of Connecticut, settled in Yates County, in 1801, was a blacksmith by trade, and followed farming and blacksmithing while a resident of that county. He married Margaret Foster, a native of Massachusetts, prior to migrating from his native place.
He died at the age of seventy-two, in 1837, at the residence of his daughter, in Ohio. His wife died Sept. 15, 1831, at Rushville, aged sixty-two.
Their children were Mrs. Clark Green ; Mrs. Rodolphus Morse; Mrs. James Loomis ; Mrs. James Holden, of Rushville ; Mrs. Willard Fay; Joseph H .; Mrs. John Van Housen; Colonel John F .; Ira C., of Prattsburgh ; and Mrs. Theodore Baker, of Ohio; of whom only four survive. The youngest was the first to die, but lived to be upwards of fifty years of age.
Mr. Williams remained at home until he was nineteen years of age, when he traveled through many of the western States, visiting places of interest, and looking for a place to begin life for himself. After about two years he returned, and in the year 1833, Jan. 1st, married Anna M. Benedict, of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y.
Their children of this marriage arc Francis, a lawyer at
Corning, N. Y .; Ezra (deceased) ; Mrs. Daniel Sargent, of Rochester; Forrest H., of Rochester; Mrs. Edward Van Housen, of Prattsburgh ; Theodore B., graduate of Rochester Univer- sity and of Auburn Theological Seminary, now a Presbyterian clergyman in Michigan ; Ira C., graduate of Long Island College Hospital, a doctor in Michigan; Helen M. (deceased); and Charles R., a graduate of Princeton College with high honors, now principal of the High School at Auburn.
Mr. Williams settled in Prattsburgh in 1830, purchased a saw-mill and cloth dressing establishment, and carried on these interests for some twenty years. For a time he was a farmer on West Hill, and subsequently purchased a grist-mill at Avoca, and ran it for ten years, settling on the farm where he now resides, near the village of Prattsburgh, in the year 1876.
He has devoted his whole time to business operations, and has never been active in politics except to cast his vote as a member of the Democratic party, of which he has ever re- mained a staunch supporter. He has been elected to fill several offices in the towu, and discharged the duties of those offices with strict integrity of purpose. His wife died April 30, 1867, aged fifty-four. Thanksgiving Day, Nov., 1871, he married Mrs. D. C. Neill, daughter of Jacob G. Shults, of the town of Wheeler.
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notice is hereby further given that said election will be opened at ten o'clock A.M., and elosed at sunset, of the said 20th day of February, 1877, and that said election will be held in pursuance of the statute above mentioned, hy virtue of a resolution in accordance with said statute, duly adopted by the board of trustees of said village, at a regular meeting of said board, held Feb. 6, 1877.
" Dated Feb. 7, 1877.
(Signed) " E. T. WATKINS, " JOB ARNOLD, " W. S. FOSTER. " J. A. BENNETT, " Z. J. TERRY.
Trustees.
"WH. W. GREEN, Village Clerk.
" And we do further certify and return, that at such Special Election, held as aforesaid, fifty-six ballots were cast, of which said number fifty-threo were east with the word ' Yes' thercon, and three were east with the word ' No' thereon.
" In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 20th day of February, in the year 1877.
" E. T. WATKINS, Trustees of " WM. S. FOSTER, the Village of "A. J. ARNOLD, Prattsburgh.
" STATE OF NEW YORK, !
COUNTY OF STEUBEN. 1
"On the 27th day of February, in the year 1877, personally ap- peared before me Elijah T. Watkins, Wm. S. Foster, and A. Job Arnold, to me personally known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing return, and severally acknowledged the execution thereof.
"D. D. WALDO, Justice of the Peace.
" STATE OF NEW YORK, I . BR : COUNTY OF STEUBEN,
" Elijah T. Watkins, Wm. S. Foster, and A. Job Arnold being duly sworn do depose and say, each for himself, that the foregoing return by him subscribed is true.
"E. T. WATKINS, "WM. S. FOSTER, " A. J. ARNOLD.
" Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of February, 1877.
" D. D. WALDO, Justice of the Peace.
"STATE OF NEW YORK, Isa :
STEUBEN CO. CLERK'S OFFICE, )
"T, Archie E. Baxter, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the County and Supreme Courts therein, Courts of Record, having a common seal, do herchy certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of the Incorporation of the Village of Prattsburgh with the original of the same now remaining in my office, and that it is a cor- rect transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original.
" In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subseribed my name, and [L. S.] affixed my official seal, the seal of said Courts, at Bath, this 31st day of March, 1877.
" GEO. HI. PARKER, Dep. Clerk.
" Recorded February 28, 1877, at I P.M.
"A. E. BAXTER, Clerk."
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
On account of the loss of the village records by fire, we find no official list previous to 1870. From that date the village officers have been as follows :
Trustees.
1870 .- Wm. B. Boyd, Martin Pinney, Elijah T. Wat- kins, Elijah Allis, Andrew K. Smith ; Wm. B. Boyd, President ; A. C. Montgomery, Clerk ; Chas. F. Grennell, Collector ; D. W. Baldwin, Treasurer.
1871 .- Martin Pinney, Elijah Watkins, Elijah Allis,
Jas. A. Bennett, Uri L. Hurd ; Martin Pinney, President ; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk; Wm. H. W. Cox, Collector ; Geo. MeLean, Treasurer.
1872 .- Thomas Van Tuyl, Z. J. Terry, E. T. Watkins, James A. Bennett ; Thomas Van Tuyl, President ; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; Geo. McLean, Treasurer.
1873 .- A. Il. Van Ilousen, Paul C. Howe, Henry A. Ackerson, Peter F. Paris, J. L. MeCarrick ; A. H. Van Hlousen, President ; R. M. Van Tuyl, Clerk ; George Mc- Lean, Treasurer.
1874 .- Martin Pinney, Paul C. Howe, L. M. Nichols, Oliver N. Chapell, Abram H. Van Housen ; Martin Pin- ney, President ; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; George McLean, Treasurer.
1875 .- E. T. Watkins, Spencer Franeis, W. S. Foster, J. A. Bennett, A. K. Smith ; E. T. Watkins, President ; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; George MeLean, Treasurer.
1876 .- E. T. Watkins, J. A. Bennett, Job Arnold, Z. J. Terry, W. S. Foster ; E. T. Watkins, President ; Wm. W. Green, Clerk ; A. K. Smith, Treasurer.
NEW CHARTER.
1877 .- E. T. Watkins, President ; Wm. S. Foster, A. H. Van Housen, Henry A. Ackerson, Trustees; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; A. K. Smith, Treasurer.
1878 .- Uri L. Hurd, President ; II. J. Pineo, W. T. McLean, William S. Foster, Trustees; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; A. K. Smith, Treasurer.
Prattsburgh is beautifully situated in an upland valley, and in one of the healthiest locations in the State. It is eleven miles from Kanona, the nearest railroad station on the Rochester Division of the Erie Railway, ten miles from Naples, in Ontario County, and sixteen miles from Bath. It is also accessible from the railroad at Blood's. A daily mail-stage runs regularly between this village and Kanona. The population of the village is about 2500. It has an enterprising weekly newspaper and job printing-office ; four churches-Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic ; a prosperous Union Free School and Academy ; a fine hotel, adjoining the Park,-the Park Hotel, kept by D. B. Van Auken ; two private banks ; and a score or more busi- ness houses, shops, ete., for the various trades and oeenpa- tions.
The principal business houses are as follows : Six dry- goods and grocery-stores, of which the following-named gentleman are the proprietors : T. Van Tuyl, M. Pinney, G. R. R. Ainsworth, Baldwin & McCarrick, Watkins & Turner, and C. F. Grennell ; two drug-stores, Bennett & Warfield, and C. F. Hayes, proprietors; two hardware houses, J. H. Hotehkin & Co., and Geo. H. Look; two grocery-stores, C. H. Randall, and J. H. Greene ; two fur- niture houses, W. S. Foster, and Z. J. Terry. The bankers are A. K. Smith and G. R. R. Ainsworth. Insurance, W. F. McLean. Loan-office, Francis & MeLean. A public hall is kept in the hotel.
PHYSICIANS.
The physicians are as follows : P. R. Stoddard, M.D .; B. F. Williamson, M.D .; J. A. Bennett, M.D .; and
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Drs. W. G. Look, Wm. W. Greene, and P. L. Stoddard, dentists.
CLERGYMEN.
Presbyterian, Rev. F. D. Seward; Baptist, Rev. E. F. Owen ; Methodist, Rev. N. B. Randall.
LAWYERS.
D. D. Waldo, J. K. Smith.
THE PRATTSBURGH NEWS.
The first number of this paper was issued Dec. 12, 1872, by Paul C. Howe, whose enterprising management has made it one of the most successful weeklies in the county. It is independent in politics, and devoted to local news and general intelligence. In 1876, Mr. Howe took into part- nership with himself his son, Wm. L. Howe, since which the publishers have been P. C. Howe & Son. In January, 1878, the paper was enlarged to seven columns.
We are indebted to Mr. Howe, and to the columns and files of this paper, for much of the valuable information embodied in the history of this town. Also to Messrs. W. B. Pratt and J. II. Hotehkin.
MILITARY RECORD OF PRATTSBURGII.
Austin, Lockwood, Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols. Avery, John.
Avery, George.
Avery, Charles.
Bloomer, Aaron, Co. G, 10th Cav.
Babcock, Horace, 101st N. Y. Vols. Borden, George, 141st N. Y. Vols. Brockway, Byron, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Brockway, Andrew, Co. G, 107th N. Y. Vols.
Baker, Jackson, 5th Cav.
Baker, Wesley, Co. A, 23d N. Y. Vols.
Bonney, John N., Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols.
Bonney, W. L., Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols. Ball, George, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Booth, E., Co. G, 107th, and Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Bliss, George. Branible, George, Co. I, 15th Eng. Braoble, Charles.
Berlew, Uriaa, 4th II. Art.
Bailey, John, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Boyd, C. H., Co. K, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Burch, Delos, Co. 11, 189th N. Y. Vols. Coleman, E. J., Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols. Cook, W. N, Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols. Cornish, A., 126th N. Y. Vols.
Crossman, Evander, Co. 1, 15th Eng. Covil, John, 22d Cav. Clark, Mort., 15th Eng. Cule, George, Co. H, 189th N. Y. Vols. Curtis, Ephraim. Cameron, Wallace, 10th Cav.
Coon, Edward. Cook, Harvey, 161st N. Y. Vols. Cooper, Ira, 10th N. Y. Cav. Cornish, James, 10th N. Y. Cav. Cornish, Albert, 14th N. Y. Vols. Clark, D. D. Clark, Riley. Chapin, Paschal, 101st N. Y. Vols. Chapin, Clande, 101st N. Y. Vols. Cook, Amos, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Dikes, John, 14th Brooklyn Zouaves. Denniston, HI. G., Co. G, 107th, and Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Denniston, Aaron, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Denniston, Abram, Co. G, 107th N. Y. Vols. Denaiston, Samuel, - Cav.
Duna, Eb. Deaniston, Harvey, Co. G, 10th Cav. Dixon, John, 9th Cav. Earley, J. F., Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols. Elsworth, D., Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Earley, J. S.
Everitt, John, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Elliott, Nelson. Fay, Charles, 101st N. Y. Vols. Fowler, Johu, 15th Eng. Flynn, Pat, 161st N. Y. Vols. Ford, George. Foster, Joseph. Foster, William. Fuller, Smith, Co. A, 126th N. Y. Vois. Fisher, Joseph.
Fisher, Sylvester, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Frost, J. II., Co. A, 12Gtlı N. Y. Vols. Finton, Abram. Graves, Sidney.
Greene, Henry.
Gillett, Theodore, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols Greanell, C. F., Co. C, 188th N. V. Vols. Greene, A. E., Co. 1, 15th Eng.
Greene, W. W., Co. A, 126th N. Y. Vols.
Gelder, Barney, Co. A, 126th N. Y. Vols.
Galivan, John, Co. A, 126th N. Y. Vols.
Iloose, Steph9a, 2d Mounted Rifles. Hartford, James.
HIorr, Joha, 5th Cav. Hore, E. P.
lloose, James, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Ilayward, Philip, 148th N. Y. Vols. Havens, Thomas, Co. F, 14th N. Y. Vols.
Hayes, C. F., 161st N. Y. Vols.
Hathaway, David, Co. 1, 15th Eag.
IIill, William.
Hotchkin, Samuel, Co. - , 23d N. Y. Vols.
Hunt, Richard, 2d Mounted Rifles.
lInnt, William, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Ilunt, Eugene, 2d Mounted Rifles.
llayes, Byron, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Homes, W. A., Co. K, 14th R. 1. H. Art.
Jones, A. F., Co. K, 107th N. Y. Vols.
Johnson, Charles.
Jackson, George.
Lewis, J. C., Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Look, William G., 1G1st N. Y. Vols.
Lewis, William H., 101st N. Y. Vols.
Lewis, Charles, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Lewis, Willmai, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Lane, Frank.
Loucks, John, Co. R, 14th R. I. H. Art. Miller, Joha. Middleton, Jobu. Maxon, Manley. Morrison, George, 101st N. Y. Vols.
Miller, Jonathan.
Moore, Robert. Nome, William, Co. K, 101st N. Y. Vols.
Neff, Delos, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Northrup, Charles. Northrup, Evander, Co. G, 10th Cav.
Polmanteer, Georgo.
Porter, Ed., Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Paris, l'eter, Co. A, 126th N. Y. Vols.
Perry, John, 20th N. Y. Colored Troops.
Perry, William, 14th R. I. II. Art. Potter, John, Co. A, 23d Inf., and Co. G, 10th Cav.
Parker, John, Co. G, 107th N. Y. Vols.
Palmanteer, Frank. Parsons, James, 15th Eng.
Parsons, Richard, 50th Eng. Partridge, Lewis, Co. A, 26th N. Y. Vols.
Patch, Frank, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Phillips, Richard. Partridge, Stephen. Partridge, Lewis. Robinson, Sherman. Raymond, Samuel, Co. I, 10th Cav.
Riker, Elias. Stryker, Milton, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols.
Shea, Michael, 189th N. Y. Vols. Smitlı, 1ra, Co. C, 188th N. Y. Vols. Stoddard, P. K., 161st N. Y. Vols. Sturdevant, H. P., Co. E, 10Ist, 137th, and 140th N. Y. Vole. Smith, ITector, 4th H. Art.
Stewart, Edmond. Sanderson, Dwight. Stebbins, Smith, 126th N. Y. Vols. Smith, Ed., 10th Eng. Scott, James. Smith, Gus, 76th N. Y. Vols.
( PHOTOS. BY M E VAN HOUSEN. )
BENJAMIN COOK
MRS. BENJAMIN COOK .
BENJAMIN COOK
was born in Palentine, Montgomery Co., N. Y., July 30, 1807. His grandfather, Casper Cook, emigrated from Germany, was married prior to coming to this country, and first settled in Montgomery County. He was a merchant, and also carried on farming. His chil- dren were five sons and four daughters, of whom Jasper Cook, father of the subject of this narrative, was second son, and married Ann Eve Rickard ; removed to Oswego County, where he was a farmer, and where he died ; his wife died in Palentine.
Their children are Barney, of the Black River Country ; Mrs. Andrew Getman, of Palentine ; George, of Illinois ; Benjamin, of Prattsburgh ; Harrison (deceased); and Mrs. Washington Saddler, of Fulton County.
After Mr. Cook was five years of age he resided with his uncle, Adam Plank, who was a farmer and hotel keeper, near Schenectady, N. Y., until the year 1826, when he was married to Angeline, daughter of Henry Bowman, of Amsterdam, N. Y. She was born May 5, 1810. After his marriage he was a farmer for five years in Johnstown, N. Y., and for one year at Sand Flats ; and after one year spent at Geneva, he, in 1833, settled in the town of Prattsburgh, on West Hill. He received
no pecuniary assistance in beginning business for him- self, but by economy and well-executed plans has had a successful business life.
For forty-two years he has been a farmer where he first settled on coming to this town. In 1875 he pur- chased a place near the village, where he now resides.
Mr. Cook is known as a plain, unassuming man, pos- sessed of an unsullied character, correct habits, and striet integrity.
Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of Prattsburglı, and were united with church interests prior to coming to this county.
He is a man of independent thought and action, and has generally voted with the Democratic party. He has held offices of trust and responsibility in the town of Prattsburgh, all of which have been filled to his credit, and with justice to his fellow-townsmen; was assessor for nine years, poormaster for two years, road commissioner for one term, and justice of the peace for one term.
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