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and Cohocton they are chiefly derived from primary rocks, some of the crystalline formation, others of granite, gneiss, and feldspar combined. On the farm of Albert Seeley, in the town of Pulteney, is a large bowlder of this descrip- tion, the parent bed of which cannot be nearer than the primitive formations of the north of this continent. Granite is found scattered through almost all the northern towns of the county, and in the southern it is mingled with masses of conglomerate. In some instances, as in Urbana, Wayne, Wheeler, and Bath, large blocks are accompanied by rolled pebbles of greenstone, sandstone, sienite, and limestone. In the valleys of the Conhocton, Canisteo, Five- and Twelve-
PENCIL SKETCH OF THE RAVINE AT HAMMONDSPORT, EXPOSING TO VIEW 300 FEET OF SHALE AND SANDSTONE.
of the hills, and their ascent more abrupt. We find also granite bowlders in the same deposit with those of limestone, many of them worn and rounded as by the whirl of counter- currents. And many of our hills and valleys bear evidence of such eddies and enrrents of water in their formation.
We notice two kinds of materials that have been carried and deposited by the agency of currents of water :
1. Bowlders, or large blocks of stone, rounded, and scattered over the surface or imbedded in clay.
2. Beds of sand, clay, and gravel, composed of rounded fragments of different sizes.
The bowlder deposits are numerous, and scattered gener- ally throughout the county. In Prattsburgh, Pulteney,
1
Mile Creeks, limestone is found as a drift rock in rounded pebbles of different sizes. There is not any uniformity in the line of deposit of these bowlders, nor can any course be traced with distinctness. It is uncertain whether they were grounded from ice deposits or by glacial action.
The ridges of gravel, sand, and clay appear to have been formed by similar action of water: they seem to be of simi- lar character, and from the same localities as the larger bowlders. There is scarcely any uniformity of drift over a given space in any one town. In some places it assumes the form of fine sand, in others of coarse gravel, and in others of loam in mass, or mingled with sand and gravel ; 1 in other places the sand, gravel and loam, and clay, lie in
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distinct strata upon each other. The depth of these de- posits of drift varies from above forty feet to two feet. Howard Flats present a depth of alluvial deposit singularly deep as well as unique. Though slightly elevated above the general surface, this section of the county presents a high valley forming an extended swamp, and surrounded by hills in which lies Loon Lake, out of which valley runs Neil's Creek, along which the alluvium extends to a great depth, and is devoid of gravel or other strata. The hill deposits are not uniform ; some present their greatest slope to the north and east, and their bluff end, or shoulder, to the south and west. The eastern slope is more abrupt, in many eases, than the western, the result of the action of the waters in scooping out the valleys in their course towards the oecan, or of the eddies and eurrents of the inland sea anterior to the drainage from their surface.
Of the action of these eddies and currents we find in- stanees in the castern part of the county, through Wayne, Bradford, and Bath. From Keuka Landing, on the eastern shore of Lake Keuka, to the Wayne Hotel, and thence southward, there is a definable valley, the result of these agencies, and hills moulded thereby, and lakes excavated the whole distance.
Aside from Waneta and Mud Lakes, a succession of lakes lie along the valley of Mud Creek, some of them of great depth and surrounded by ridges and hills of every conecivable shape. From the south head of Keuka Lake to the valley of the Conhoeton the same features are ex- hibited, and marked evidences are presented of the action of water throughout. Depressions and holes, as of former water-courses, extend from Pleasant Valley to the small lake eastward of the village of Bath. Sink-holes are seen along the valley of Five-Mile Creek, far above its present level, in the towns of Prattsburgh and Wheeler.
In North Cohocton there are seen the same depressions, abrupt and deep, and surrounded by hills of gravel, sand, elay, and alluvium. The same appearances mark the envi- rons of Purdy and Bennett's Creeks, the Tuscarora, in Jas- per, Woodhull, and Addison, Mead's, in Campbell, and the Cowanesque, in Lindley and Pennsylvania.
In all the deep ravines and water-courses the rocks are found outeropping and exposed to view. At Hammonds- port, in a ravine above the stone mill, about three hundred feet of rock is exposed, characterized by forcoides graphica. It consists of shale and sandstone, of thin layers below and thiek layers above, the edges being more or less covered with crystallized gypsum.
Some of the shale near this place emitting the odor of bitumen, and developing fragments of vegetables and iron pyrites, induced a search for coal, without evidence of success.
In the town of Pulteney, at Harmonyville, near the lake shore, similar features are developed, where digging for eoal resulted in like manner; though argillo-calcareous rock of sufficient thickness for building purposes is found north of the village of Bath, and also between Iloward and Hor- nellsville, in the ereek ravine. Sandstones of thickness and density suitable for grindstones are found in the town of Canisteo, on the lands of Mr. Carter, in Woodhull, on the lands of Mr. Stroud, in Jasper, on the land of Mr.
Towsley, and in Greenwood, near the residence of Mr. John Davis. At this latter place the elevation is about five hundred feet above the Canisteo and fifteen hundred feet above tide-water, and the source of Bennett's Creek is about three hundred feet higher.
At La Grange a salt spring rises, from which salt has been made by the inhabitants, and was previously made by the Indians. A sulphur spring rises in Urbana, about two miles southwest of Hammondsport, and also above the lake shore north of that place. Marl and tufa are found near Cold Springs, also near Arkport, in Troupsburgh, on the Canaseraga, south of Dansville, on the summit between this creek and the Canisteo, and along the Five-Mile Creek, in the north of Prattsburgh.
At Mitchellville, in what is termed the Gulf,-a high valley between Bath and Wheeler,-is a bed of elay of unnsual depth and tenacity, in which was found the tooth of a mastodon, about ten inches in length, also a large bone, which was crumbled by the action of the air.
CHAPTER XIV.
STEUBEN COUNTY CIVIL LIST.
Federal Government-State Government-County Government-Jn- diciary.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
REPRESENTATIVES in Congress hold office two years. They must reside in the State they are chosen to represent ; must have been seven years citizens of the United States, and have attained the age of twenty-five years. Each new Congress commences on the 4th day of March every odd year. The elections are generally held during the even year preceding,-in this State on the general election day.
The constitution of the United States directs that a een- sus be taken every ten years, which has been fixed at those ending with a cipher ; and after each enumeration Congress apportions the representation among the States, and the Legislature divides the State into Congressional distriets.
The first Congressional Distriet, including Steuben County, was formed by Act of March 23, 1797. It was the Tenth District, and was composed of Cayuga, On- ondaga, Ontario, Tioga, and Steuben Counties. The dis- triets ineluding this county have been changed as follows :
Act of March 30, 1802 .- Cayuga, Genesee, Ontario, and Steuben, Seventeenth District.
Act of March 20, 1801 .- Cayuga, Genesee, Ontario, Allegany, and Stenben, Seventeenth Distriet.
Act of March 8, 1808 .- Cayuga, Sencea, Tioga, and Stenben, Four- teenth District.
Act of June 10, 1812 .- Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins, Tioga, and Steuben, Twentieth District.
Act of April 17, 1822 .- Allegany, Cattarangns, and Stenben, Twenty-eighth District.
Act of June 29, 1832 .- Yates and Steuben, Twenty-seventh Dis- trict.
Act of September 6, 1842 .- Allegany and Steuben, Thirtieth Dis- trict.
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Act of July 19, 1851 .- Livingston and Steuben, Twenty-eighth District.
Act of April 23, 1862 .- Chemung, Allegany, and Steuben, Twenty- seventh District.
The following table gives the names, residences, and peri- ods of service of the citizens of Steuben County who have been Representatives of this county in Congress :
Names.
Residence.
Cong. Dist. Years.
Daniel Cruger
Bath. 15
20 IS17-19
William Woods.
Bath ..
18
28 1823-25
John Magee.
Bath
20
28 1827-29
John Magee.
Bath ..
21
28 I829-31
Grattan 11. Wheeler.
Wheeler
22
28 1831-33
Edward IIowell.
Bath
23
27
1833-35
Joho T. Andrews
Bath.
25
1837-39
William S. Hubbell.
Bath
28
30 1843-45
David Rumsey, Jr.
Bath
30
30
1847-49
David Rumsey, Jr.
Bath
31
30 1849-51
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh.
Bath ..
37
28 IS61-63
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh.
Bath.
38
27 1863-65
C. C. B. Walker .
Corning.
41
27 1873-75
John N. Hungerford
Corning
13
27
1875-77
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
John Lloyd, Nov. 4, 1828, Allegany.
Grattan H. Wheeler, Nov. 3, 1840.
John D. Iliggins, Nov. 5, 1844.
Perral C. Dininny, Nov. 2, 1852.
James Alley, Nov. 8, 1864.
Horace Bemis, Nov. - , IS68.
John McDougall, Nov. - , 1876.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS.
The Lieutenant-Governor has the same qualifications, and is elected in the same manner, and for the same term, as the Governor, whose duty he discharges in case of a vacancy in that office. He is, ex-officio, President of the Senate, a Commissioner of the Canal Fund and of the Land-Office, a member of the Canal Board, a trustee of the Idiot Asy- lum and of Union College, a Regent of the University, and a trustee of the Capitol and of the State Hall. Steuben County has had one citizen elected to this office, viz. :
Hon. Robert Campbell, of Bath, elected Nov. 2, 1858.
Mr. Camphelt was also Regent of the University, appointed Feb. 2, 1846, rice Governor Dix, resigned.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Hon. Stephen T. Hlayt, of Corning, elected Nov. 6, 1866.
CANAL APPRAISER.
Henry H. Ilull, of Bath, appointed April 5, 1855.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Daniel C. Howell, of Bath, appointed Feb. 3, 1870.
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
Hon. Daniel Crnger, of Bath, elected Jan. 30, 1816.
William B. Ruggles, Deputy Attorney-General, appointed Jan- nary, 1878.
STATE SENATORS.
Prior to the constitution of 1821, Steuben County was a part of the large district designated the Western Sena- torial Distriet, and was represented, among others, by the following persons, residents of this county :
Vincent Matthews, # 1798-1804.
Henry A. Townsend, 1811-15.
* Mr. Matthews lived at Elmira when first elected, but afterwards removed to Bath.
Under the constitution of 1821, this county was in- cluded in the Eighth Senatorial District, with Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesec, Livingston, Mon- roe, Niagara and (after Nov. 12, 1824) Orleans Counties. April 18, 1826, Steuben County was transferred to the Sixth Senatorial District. During this period the senators from this county were the following :
Grattan II. Wheeler, 1829-32. George Huntington, 1836-40.
Under the constitution of 1846, Steuben and Chemung Counties constituted the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District, until the act of April 13, 1857. Steuben, Schuyler, and Chemung Connties then became the Twenty-seventh Sena- torial District, and have so remained.
The Senate consists of thirty-two members, who are elected each odd year.
The rest of the senators from this county have been the following :
William M. Hawley, 1848-19.
William J. Gilbert, 1851.f
Andrew B. Dickinson, 1854-55.
John K. Ilale, 1856-57.
Samuel Il. Hammond, 1860-61.
Stephen T. llayt, 1864-66.
G. T. Harrower, 1872-73.
George B. Bradley, 1874-76.
George B. Bradley, 1876-78.
Ira Davenport, 1878-80.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, 1798-1822.
The Assembly has always been chosen annually. It consisted at first of seventy members, with the power to increase one with every seventieth increase of the number of electors until it contained three hundred members. When the constitution was amended, in 1801, the num- ber had reached one hundred and eight, when it was reduced to one hundred, with a provision that it should be increased after each septennial census, at the rate of two annually, until the number reached one hundred and fifty. This increase was twelve in 1808 and fourteen in 1815. Members in the several counties were elected on the general ticket, and the Assembly selected from the Senators annn- ally the Council of Appointment.
Steuben County was at first districted with Ontario, and represented in the Legislature in 1798 .¿ Her members of Assembly under the first constitution were as follows :
1798. Charles Williamson. 1812. Jacob Teeple.
1799. Charles Williamson. 1813. Jacob Teeple.
1800. Charles Williamson. 1814. Daniel Cruger.
1804. James Faulkner. 1815. Daniel Cruger.
1805. John Wilson. 1816. Daniel Cruger.
1806. John Wilson. 1817. William B. Rochester.
1807. John Wilson. 1818. William B. Rochester.
IS08. George Ilornell. 1819. John Dow.
1809. Henry A. Townsend. 1820. John Dow.
1810. John Knox. 1821. John Dow.
1811. John Knox. I822. Grattan II. Wheeler.
+ Extra session.
Į Eleazer Lindley, of the town of Lindley, was a member of As- scrubly for Ontario County in 1792. Col. Williamson represented the same county in 1796.
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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, 1822-1847.
MEMBERS ELECTED.
1823. George McClure.
1838. Samuel Griggs.
DATE. NAME. DIST. DATE.
NAME
DIST.
1848. Abel Kendall
1
1862. Samuel M. Alley 3
William Woods.
David Hall.
John G. Merserean
2
1863. John W. Taggart
1
1824. George McClure.
Manning Kelly.
Alex. II. Stephens
3
Hlenry Sherwood
Grattan II. Wheeler.
1839. Andrew G. Chatfield.
1849. Abm. J. Quackenboss
1 Horace Bemis
3
1825. John Kennedy.
Abram M. Lybolt.
James McBurney.
Johnson N. Reynolds.
1850. Edwin F. Church.
1
J. Harvey Stephens.
3
1826. Daniel C'ruger.
IS40. Richard Brower.
Grattan II. Wheeler.
Andrew G. Chatfield.
Abram M. Lybolt.
James M. Miles.
2
1866. William B. Boyd.
1
George McClure.
1841. Andrew G. Chatfield. Wm. S. Hubbell.
Joel Carrington
1852. R. B. Van Valkenburgh ] Frederick M. Kreidler ..
W'm. Woods.
Samnel A. Johnson.
Benajah P. Bailey ..
1867. William B. Boyd
I
1829. Randall Graves.
1842. Aaron W. Beach.
Ilenry Phoenix.
Fraucis E. Erwin.
John Me Burney.
1830. Andrew B. Dickinson.
Ziba A. Leland.
1843. Morris Browu.
Francis E. Erwin.
Obadiah Stephens.
3
John Davis ..
2
Josiah Dunlap.
Ziba A. Leland.
1855. Seth B. Cole
1
IS71. Thomas M. Fowler
1
1832. Edward Howell.
1844. John Jamison.
Peter C. Ward
3
I872. Thomas M. Fowler
1
Johu McBurney.
Asa McConnell.
1856. Goldsmith Deniston
1
Stephen F. Gilbert
1833. Win. Hunter.
Jeffrey Smith.
Albert C. Morgan. Harlo Hakes.
Charles F. Houghton ...
2
1834. Joshua Healy.
Aosel C. Smith.
George T. Spencer .. Solon O. Thacher.
3
1875. William B. Ruggles .....
1
1835. Jeremiah Baker.
1846. Andrew G. Chatfield.
J858. R. B. Van Valkenburgh
I
Jerry E. B. Santee
9
Joshua Healy.
Oto F. Marshall.
Washington Barnes.
?
1876. William B. Ruggles, .....
1
1836. Lemuel B. Searles.
Wm. C. Rogers.
1859. Abel Eveland
1
1877. Azariah C. Brundage ...
1
Henry Switzer.
1847. Hliram Chapman.
Wickham R. Crocker
George R. Sutherland ...
2
John T. Plato.
3
1878. Azariah C. Brundage ...
1
1862. Daniel B. Bryan
1
George R. Sutherland ...
2
DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
The constitution of 1821 gradually grew into disfavor with the people, who demanded a new one, which should provide for the election of nearly all the officers by the people, instead of receiving their appointment from the Gov- ernor. Several other radical changes were also demanded, aud after considerable agitation of the subject, a conventiou was ordered for the purpose of adopting a new constitution. The election was held Nov. 4, 1845, with the following result :
" For a Convention" 313,257
" No Convention" 33,860
Agreeably to this expression of the popular will, an act was passed April 22, 1846, calling the convention at Al- bany on the 1st of June following, which met accordingly on that day, and adjourned Oct. 9, 1846. The delegates from this county were the following: Benjamin S. Brun- dage, Robert Campbell, Jr., William Keruan .*
The new constitution was submitted to the people Nov. 3, 1846, aud adopted by the following vote :
Amended constitution. " Yes" 221,528
Amended constitution, " No". 92,436
It came into force on the first day of January, 1847.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1867.
Assembled at Albany June 4, 1867; adjourned sine die Feb. 28, 1868.
President .- William A. Wheeler, Malone, Franklin Co.
Secretary .- Lutber Caldwell, Elmira, Chemung Co. Sergeant-at-Arms .- Samuel C. Pierce, Rochester. Delegates from Steuben County .- Hon. David Rumsey, Bath; Hon- George T. Spenecr, Corning.
## General William Kernan, of Tyrone, theu in this county, father of Ilon. Francis Kernan, U. S. Senator, Utica, N. Y.
I
1854. John F. Williams
1
Samuel Mitchell
2
Debajah P. Bailey.
2
1870. James G. Benuett.
1
Wm. Kernan.
1845. Win. C. Rogers.
1857. R. B. Van Valkenburgh 1
2
1874. Stephen D. Shattuck ... Lewis C. Pierson.
1
Wm. Kernan.
Jacob Van Valkenburgh.
William B. Jones.
Jerry E. B. Santee
1837. Henry G. Cotton. John I. Poppino.
Wm. Divin.
Wm. Hunter.
Benjamin Smead.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, 1847-1879.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.
The constitution of 1846 required the Board of Super- visors of the several counties to meet on the first Tuesday of January succeeding the adoption of the coustitution, and divide the counties into districts of the number apportioned to them of convenient and contiguous territory, and as nearly equal population as possible. After each State cen- sus, the Legislature is required to reapportion the members and to direct the time when the supervisors shall meet for the purpose of redistricting. Pursuant to this provision, the boards met in June, 1857, and in June, 1866. Fulton and Hamilton Counties together elect one member, and every other county one or more. Steuben County was dis- tricted as follows :
First District.
1847 .- Bath, Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Reading, Tyrone, Urbana, Wayne, Wheeler.
1857 .- Avoca, Bath, Bradford, Cohocton, Prattsburgh, Savona (from Dec. 30, 1859, to April 30, 1862), Urbana, Wayne, Wheeler.
1866 .- Avoca, Bath, Bradford, Cohocton, Dansville, Fremont, Ilow- ard, Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Wayland, Wayne, Wheeler.
Second District.
1847 .- Addison, Campbell, Cameron, Caton, Corning, Erwin, Horn- by, Lindley, Orange, Thurston, Woodbull.
1857 .- Addison, Cameron, Campbell, Caton, Coruing, Erwin, Horn- by, Lindley, Rathbone, Thurston, Tuscarora (from Dec. 31, 1859), Woodhull.
IS66 .- Addison, Cameron, Campbell, Canisteo, Caton, Corning, Er- win, Greenwood, Hartsville, Ilornby, Hornellsville, Jasper, Liodley, Rathbone, Thurston, Troupsburgh, Tuscarora, West Uniou, Wood- hull.
Third District.
1847 .- Avoca, Canisteo, Cohocton, Dansville, Fremont (from Nov. 17, 1854), Greenwood, Hartsville, Hornellsville, Howard, Jasper, Troupsburgh, Wayland, West Union.
1857 .- Canisteo, Dansville, Tremont, Greenwood, Hartsville, IIor- nellsville, Howard, Jasper, Troupsburgh, Wayland, West Union.
John G. Mersereau
2 1861. William E. Bonham
John K. Ilale.
Alexander Oleott.
2
Ferral C. Dininny. James Alley ..
2
1865. William E. Bonham Alexander Olcott
1
3
I Horace Bemis.
Amaziah S. McKay
1828. Dugald Camerou.
Nathaniel M. Perry
1853. Dryden Henderson
1
1868. John F. Little
1
Henry II. Bouton.
2=
Christian Minier
2
Lyman Balcom.
1869. Monroe Brundage.
Josiah Dnulap.
1831. Paul C. Cook.
Sylvester Smith.
James B. Murdock
2 1873. Stephen D. Shattuck ..
llenry Sherwood
?
1827. Paul C. Cook.
IS51. Chas. G. Higby.
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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
COUNTY CLERKS.
George D. Cooper, March 31, 1796. Henry A. Townsend, Feb. 11, 1799. John Wilson, March 21, 1807. Henry A. Townsend, Feb. 8, 1808. Dugald Cameron, Feb. 16, 1810. Jubn Wilson, Feb. 13, 1815. Edward Howell, March 19, 18IS. John Metcalfe, Feb. 19, 1821. John Metcalfe, November, IS22.
David Rumsey, November, 1829.
Willian: II. BnIl, November, 1832. William Hamilton, November, 1838.
Paul C. Cook, November, 1844.
Paul C. Cook, November, 1847.
Philo P. Ilubbell, November, 1850.
Chas. W. Campbell, November, 1853.
Samuel M. Alley, November, 1856. Orson Mosher, November, 1859. Oscar J. Averill, November, 1862.
Allen A. Van Orsdale, November, 1865. Nirom M. Crane, November, 1868. Henry Faucett, November, 1871.
Archibakl E. Baxter, November, 1874.
Lucius A. Waldo, November, 1877.
SHERIFFS.
Sheriffs are elected for a term of three years, and are ineligible for the next succeeding term. Under the first constitution they were appointed annually by the Council of Appointment, and no person could hold the office for more than four successive years. The sheriff could hold no other office, and must be a freeholder in the county for which he was appointed .* The following have been the sheriffs of Steuben County :
William Dnon, March 31, 1796.
John Wilson, March 3, 1800.
Dugald Cameron, February 22, 1804.
Jacob Teeple, February 16, ISOS.
Howell Bull, March 22, 1810.
Cornelius Younglove, March 25, 1811.
Thomas McBurney, March 7, 1812.
Benjamin Wells, February 23, 1813.
Lazarus Hammond, March 2, 1814.
George MeClure, February 28, 1815. Henry Shriver, March 2, 1819.
John Magee, February 19, 1821.1
John Magee, November, 1822.
John Kennedy, November, 1825.
AIva Ellas, November, 1828. George Huntington, November, 1831.
Jobn T. Andrews, November, 1834.
Hleary Brother, November, 1837.
Hiram Potter, November, 1840.
Ingh Magee, November, 1843.
Ilenry Brother, November, 1846.
Oliver Allen, November, 1849. Gabriel T. Harrower, November, 1852.
Lewis D. Fay, November, 1855.
Orange Seymour, November, 1858.
Edwin B. Kasson, November, 1861.
William N. Smith, November, 1864. Willis E. Craig, November, 1867.
William B. Boyd, November, 1870.
Holland B. Williams, November, 1873.
Franklin D. Sherwood, November, 1876.
# Const. 1777, Art. 26; Act Feb. 19, 1787.
f Appointed, and then under new constitution elected in 1822.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
County treasurers are elected under the constitution of 1846, for a term of three years. They were formerly ap- pointed by the Boards of Supervisors in the several coun- ties. The following are the names of those who have held the office in this county :
James R. Dudley, November, 1848.
Perry S. Donahe, November, 1851. Alexander Hess, November, 1857.
Peter Halsey, November, 185S.
Jobn T. Allen, November, 1861.
Peter Halsey, November, 1864.
Peter Halsey, November, 1867.
Peter Halsey, November, 1870.
Theodore A. Silsbee, November, 1873.
Sebastian G. Lewis, November, IS76.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
By an aet passed April 17, 1843, the Boards of Super- visors of the several counties were directed to appoint county superintendents of common schools. The office was abolished March 13, 1847. During its existence the fol- lowing persons officiated for Steuben County :
Ralph K. Finch, Bath. Alanson S. Phillips, Bath.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
Prior to 1857 school commissioners were appointed by the Boards of Supervisors. Since that year they have been elected on a separate ballot. The first election under the act ereating the office (chapter 179, Laws of 1856) was held in November, 1859. The following shows the school commissioners for this eounty and the districts for which they were respectively elected :
Name. Dist.
Name.
Dist.
George MeLean ...
1
Edmund D. Peckham ..
Stephen Vorhis ..
1
William M. Sherwood.
Eli HI. Brown
1
Jacob H. Westcott.
1 Reuben H. Williams ..
.
Joseph B. Westcott.
1 Reuben H. Williams
George P. Avery.
1 Reuben A. Williams
John C. lligby (2d).
1 William P. Todd ..
Zenas L. Parker.
1
William S. Hale
G. Horatio Guinup.
1 Horatio Pattengell
G. Iloratio Guinup ..
I Rodney Dennis
P. J. Farrington ...
Albert T. Parkbill
Noble H. Rising
Edwin Whiting.
JUDICIARY.
JUSTICES OF THIE SUPREME COURT.
Steuben County is included in the Seventh Judicial Dis- triet, with Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates Counties. The justices of this court who have been residents of this county are the following :
Hlon. Thomas A. Johnson, Corning, April 7, 1847.
Hon. Thomas A. Johnson, Nov. 6, 1849.
llon. Thomas A. Johnson, Nov. 3, 1857.
Hon. Thomas A. Jobnson, Nov. 7, 1865.
Hon. David Rumsey, Bath, Nov. 7, 1873.
Ilon. David Rumsey, Nov. 1873.2
# Appointed by Governor Dix to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ilon. Thomas A. Johnson.
¿ Elected by the people for a term of fourteen years, which expires Dee. 31, 1887,
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R. R. Calkins.
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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Under the constitution of 1821, Hon. William B. Roch- ester, of Bath, was appointed Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit on 21st April, 1823.
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