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Abuut two years afterwards Van Campen was again taken prisoner and carried by the Indians to a towo on the Allegany, the residence of Cornplanter. Here be was saved by Captain Jones, who had been adopted into the tribe, and who, when they were discussing the ques-
The supervisors of the town of Canisteo up to 1822 were as follows : Uriah Stephens, 1801-10 ; William Hyde, 1811 ; William Stephens, 1812; Christopher Hurlbut, 1813-15 ; Uriah Stephens, 1815-19 ; Thomas Bennett, 1820-22.
In 1801, Christopher Hurlbut and Jedediah Stephens each took " licenses to keep publie inns," for which each paid the sum of $5.
May 4, 1802, Christopher Hurlbut, George Hornell, and Jedediah Stephens were each licensed to keep public inns, paying into the treasury of the town $5 each. In 1803 the same persons were licensed to " keep publie inns," with the addition of two more, viz., James McBurney and John Hunter, making five in all, and here the record for licenses stops. The early settlers now living will, we think, sustain the assertion that the first three years of this county gave Canisteo model men for " innkeepers."
In 1807, George Hornell received 83 votes for member of Assembly, and George McClure received 19 votes for the same office. At the same election Daniel D. Tompkins (for governor) received 12 votes, and Morgan Lewis 26 votes for the same office.
In 1807 the bounty on wolves' and panthers' scalps was $3. In 1808 it was raised to $5, and was again reduced to $2, to be paid only to the inhabitants of the town. In 1810 it was raised to $3, " to be given only to the inhabi- tants of the town," showing pretty plainly that " outsiders" had been practicing a sharp game on Canisteo.
Among the curiosities of the early records of Canisteo we find the following :
" I do hereby eertify that I have a black male child, horn of my stave Milly (named Milo), on the 17th day of November, 1811. Wit- ness my band this 15th day of April, 1812.
" GEORGE HORNELL."
Also this,-
" I do hereby certify that I have a mulatto male ehild, born of my slave Lney (named Roh), on the 19th day of November, 1809. Wit- ness my hand.
JAMES MCBURNEY."
And this, too,-
" I do hereby certify that I have a mulatto male ehild, horn of my slave Lney, on the 15th day of November, IS11 (named Diek), as wit- ness my hand. JAMES McBURNEY."
At a special town-meeting held at the house of William Mulhollen, in December, 1818, for the purpose of voting on a division of the town, a majority of 6 votes was against the division. In 1819 the same measure was carried by 35 majority, and in pursuance thereof the town of Hornells- ville was erected from Canisteo, April 1, 1820.
tion of his life or death, with a single bound leaped over the Indians and stood in the eirele. His life was saved, and he was sent with other prisoners to Niagara. After his settlement in this eounty, Mohawk. the escaped Indian from the slaughter of the ten warriors, often visited him, and the two laughed over that fearful night in the forest. Van Campen is deseribed thus by a writer in 1842 : " He is now nearly eighty-five years old, and is still healthy and vigorous. His memory is nnusually retentive and his mind remarkably active. Indeed. I have seldom met a man at his age who possessed so mueh intelligence, activity, and uniform urbanity. I have before me two letters written by him during the past week, which show that his hand trembles not, and that his mind has not yet begun to fail." For these letters, see a little volume entitled " Notices of the Sullivan Campaign and other Doenments," published in Rochester in 1842.
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CIVIL LIST.
We have given a list of the supervisors from 1801 to 1822. The town clerks for the same period were Joseph A. Rathbun, 1801-4; James McBurney, 1804-9; John Stephens, 1809-12; Simeon Bacon, 1812; James Mc- Burney, 1813-18; John R. Stephens, 1818-20 ; Samnel Russell, 1821; Uriah Stephens, 1822.
TABULATED LIST FROM 1822 To 1878 INCLUSIVE.
Supervisors.
1823. Wm. Stephens.
Town Clerks. Uriah Stephens.
Collectors. Nathan Hallett.
1824.
1825. “
Joshua Chapman. Elijah Guyon.
1826. 4
1827. Joshua Chapman. 1828. Wm. Stephens. 1829. "
1830. Wm. Bennett.
Jeremiah Baker.
1831. «
1832. « 16
Nathan Hallett.
1833. Wm. Stephens.
1834. «
Nathan Stephens.
Noah Baker.
D. Mell. Stephens.
1837. "
Jeremiah Baker. Charles Moore.
James Moore. John Shearer, Jr. De Witt C. Stephens.
1841. H. C. Whitwood.
Joshua C. Stephens. Jobn W. Stearns.
1842.
C. H. Stephens. A. H. Atherton.
1843. Finley McClure.
1844.
1845. Wm. 11. Mead.
Miner Sammons.
1846. “
N. C. Taylor. 46 .. .. Joshua C. Stephens, Wm. Hallett.
1847. Obediah Stephens.
1848.
1819.
Wm. Jamesuo.
W. W. Bennett. Abram M. Stephens.
1850. 46
1851. Hart Eason. M. H. Stephens. 66
1852. =
1853. Wm. B. Jones.
Miner Sammens.
1854. «
66 1856. «
Thomas Hallett.
1857. Joshua C. Stephens. Lucius A. Waldo. 1858. "
16 Thos. L. Langley. " Tim. R. Stephens.
Francis Converse.
1862.
1863. Wm. H. Mead.
Obed. Stephens, Jr. L. II. Pierce.
1864. " 1865. N. C. Taylor.
Delancy King. Joha II. Brown.
1866. "
Andrew Hallett.
1867. George Riddell.
1868. " Eli Soule.
1869. Thomas Hallett.
66
Warren T. Davis. Edwin E. Baker.
1872.
1873. George Riddell.
1874.
J. E. MeCaig.
=
1875. Miner Sammons.
D. C. Corbett.
Beuj. C. Richey.
1876. 64
1877. Albert J. Carter.
Perry J. Hallett.
¥
1878. Smith Eason.
M. E. Burrell. Abram Stephens.
JUSTICES ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
1830. John D. JamesoD.
1835. Obadiah Stephens.
1831. Elijah Guyon.
1832. Orlando Bridgman.
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1836. Elijah Guyon. Isaac Jones.
1837. Joshua Chapman. Lueius Cushing.
1838. Morris Hallett. William B. Jones.
1839. Elias Stephens.
1840. John Sherer.
1841. Jerathmel Powers, Jr. Edmund Cook.
1842. William B. Jones.
1843. Benjamin Stephens. Joshua Chapman.
1844. Jeremiah Baker. Elias Stephens. Joho Sherer.
1845. Daniel D. Davis.
1846. William B. Jones.
I847. Phineas O. Stephens.
1848. John H. Brown.
1849. John Sherer. 1850. B. C. Richey.
1851. Phineas O. Stephens.
1852. Edward L. Payne.
1853. Robert Boyd.
1854. Peter Masten.
1855. Phineas O. Stephens.
1875. Phineas O. Stephens.
1856. Robert Boyd.
1876. H. S. Beebe.
1857. Amos B. Stanton.
1877. Morgan R. Millard.
1858. Charles H1. Conklin.
1859. Phineas O. Stephens. L. P. Wced. John Carter.
1860. John II. Consalas.
1861. Amos B. Stanton. 1862. Benjamin C. Richey. 1863. Phineas O. Stephens. C. W. Daniels. 1864. John I[. Consalus. 1865. M. R. Millard.
1866. C. W. Daniels.
1867. Phineas O. Stephens. 1868. John H. Consalus.
1869. Nathan S. Baker. William B Jones.
1870. Phineas O. Stephens. Morgan R. Millard.
Uriah Stephens. Nathan liallett.
Nehemiah Thomas. Joseph Abel. Obediah Stephens.
Elisha G. Stephens. .. A. N. Jarvis. Samuel Taylor.
1835. Elias Stephens.
1836. "
1838. Finley McClure. 1839. Daniel Jameson. 1840. =
Hector C. Baker. " ..
.Joshua C. Stephens. De Witt C. Stephens. Moses Hallett.
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Wm. Sammons. Abram M. Stephens.
1855. Hart Eason. M. H. Stephens.
=
Abram M. Stephens.
1859. Lucius A. Waldo. 1860.
1861. Nelson Hallett.
Henry Bennett.
Joseph Ashley, Jr.
1870. John H. Brown.
1871.
George S. Beasted. Harrison Cooley.
=
1833. Jerathmel Powers, Jr.
1834. John D. Jameson.
VILLAGE OF CANISTEO.
EARLY HISTORY.
In the large open valley where the village is now situated stood anciently a Delaware Indian town, known in colonial history as the " Kanestio Castle." It consisted of about 60 hewed log houses, with stone chimneys in each. This village or castle was the seat of At-weet-se-ra, the " Dela- ware King," who, in 1765, the year after the destruction of the place by Montour and Brant, made a treaty with Sir William Johnson, at Johnson Hall, on the Mohawk. Sir William Johnson had sent an expedition under Capt. Montour, in the summer of 1764, and destroyed the place because its inhabitants refused to give up two murderers who had killed two German traders somewhere in the country of the Senecas. The inhabitants of the ancient castle were a mixed set of Indians, of different tribes, chiefly Delawares, fugitive slaves, and deserters from the British army. They had settled in the broad, open valley and built there their strong houses, and, at the time of their destruction, had a considerable number of horses, horned cattle and swine. (See chapter on the Indian Occupancy of Steuben County.)
When the first white explorers came here, in 1788, they were attracted by this broad, open valley, and, in conse- quence of its richness and immediate advantages for culti- vation, were induced to purchase the large tract of adjoining lands. Col. Arthur Erwin drew lot No. 1, where the village is now situated, but he exchanged lots with Solomon Ben- nett, who was the first settler in a log house at the Corners, which soon came to be called " Bennettsville." Mr. Ben- nett built the first mill one-fourth of a mile east on Bennett's Creek, to which place he afterwards removed. Nicholas Doughty was the first blacksmith on the site of the village. He was a well-educated German and an excellent citizen. Solomon Bennett opened the first store and kept the first hotel at the village. It is worthy of note that this hotel property has ever since, till within a few years, been kept
1871. John H. Consalus. 1872. William B. Jones.
1873. George Crosby.
1874. William B. Jones. Elijah Hallett.
Moses Hallett.
1 1878. James B. Hargrave.
THOMAS HALLETT. THOMAS HALLETT
MRS. THOMAS HALLETT.
was born in Canisteo, this county, April 19, 1830. His great-grandfather, Nathan Hallett, with his family, set- tled near the centre of the town of Canisteo about 1800, and, although not the first to settle here, is numbered among the pioneers of the town. The Hallett family is of Irish descent, and the ancestors of the family are supposed to have come from the north of Ireland.
Not long after their settlement in Canisteo the parents died. His grandfather, Nathan Hallett, Jr., came with his parents to the valley from Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y., where they had resided ; reared a family of seven sons and one daughter,-John, Nathan, Samuel, Elijah, Isaac, Moses, James E., and Mrs. Thomas Hadley. Of these children only the youngest son, James E., survives, and resides in Canisteo.
His father, Moses Hallett, a native of Tompkins County, where the family resided prior to settling in this valley, was. born May 8, 1796; married Nancy Fulton, of Canisteo, born 1800, and now living. Of this union were born seven children,-Mrs. James Ather- ton, Andrew S., Samuel, Thomas, John, Mrs. Giles Morgan, and James,-all living except Samuel.
Mr. Hallett, senior, was a farmer by occupation, was in politics formerly a Whig, and as a member of that party was active and ever interested in all local elections and appointments, and in local and State legislation.
Highly esteemed for his worth as a citizen of his town, for some twenty-five years lie officiated as justice of the peace, and his counsel in cases of arbitration and as a jurist were always given to avoid litigation and promote harmony in the neighborhood. He was also town clerk for several years, and in all his public relations was known as a man of strict integrity. He died March, 1866.
Thomas Hallett, son of Moses and Nancy Hallett, spent his minority at home on the farm, and since, besides farming, has engaged in lumbering, and for some fifteen years rafted lumber down the Susquehanna to southern ports. For two years he resided in Kansas, acting as assistant superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad. On Nov. 5, 1851, he married Sylvia, daughter of Absalom Travis, of Canisteo. Her grandfather, Amasa Travis, was one of the early settlers of the town, and her Grandmother Travis still survives at the age of ninety-five.
Their children are Perry J. Hallett, of the law-firm of Burrell & Hallett, of Canisteo, admitted to the bar June, 1877 ; and Thomas R. and Alida M., both deceased. In politics Mr. Hallett is a Republican. As the result of his industry and self-exertion, may be seen on another page of this work a view of his residence, showing one of the finest farm locations in the Canisteo Valley.
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in the Bennett family. It grew into the present brick hotel, known as the Canisteo House, which was built by William Bennett about 1827, and has more recently been added to and greatly improved in size and appearance. Solomon Bennett was succeeded in mercantile business by Dr. Mordecai Ilale, who carried on the business some four or five years.
The Erie Railway, opened through the Canisteo Valley in 1850, gave this village a station on its through line from New York to Dunkirk, and superseded, for the transporta- tion of its small amount of freight and travel, the old river navigation ; but still Canisteo was only a small rural ham- let, and but for the wise and liberal policy of her citizens in introducing and encouraging manufacturing interests, might forever have remained so. The impulse given to the growth of the place dates from the first establishment of manufae- tures in 1868. In that year the large boot- and shoe-fae- tory of L. Allison was put in operation. This was followed by the various planing-mills, sash-, door-, and blind-factory, chair-factory, and another shoe-factory, and bent-wood- works, so that the aggregate manufacturing interests now amounts to $1,000,000 a year. The effect of these interests on the growth and population of the place is shown in a striking manner by the fact that, in June, 1868, an actual eensus showed the population of the vil- lage to be only 342 souls ; now the number of inhabitants is over 2000. This is probably the greatest growth of any similar village during the last decade.
The manufacturers also brightened up all other interests : large blocks have been erected, a fine banking-house, the hotel raised another story and refitted, the stores supplied with larger stocks of goods, new ones opened, a new school- house built, and two churches remodeled and enlarged to meet the wants of growing congregations. In every way the effects of these various industries are visible,-in the improved streets and sidewalks, the new buildings, and the general air of thrift and activity which pervades the place.
INCORPORATION.
The village of Canisteo was incorporated under the gen- eral law in 1873. The first charter election was held on the 17th day of May, 1873, and resulted in the choice of the following officers : Lucius A. Waldo, President; Mor- timer Allison, L. P. Weed, Smith Eason, Trustees; Daniel Upson, Collector ; William II. Mead, Treasurer.
At a meeting of the board of trustees, held May 19, Wil- liam E. Stephens was appointed Clerk ; Hiram J. Colgrove, Police Constable ; and IFiram C. Whitwood, Street Com- missioner.
The village officers met at the office of Burrell & Soule, May 19, 1873, and took the oath of office, after which the president and trustees organized a board and proceeded to business.
"Resolved, That the treasurer and collector each give a bond in the penalty of $1500, and that the street commis- sioner and police constable give a bond in the penalty of $500 each."
The bonds being given and approved, a survey of the village was ordered by the trustees, and it was voted to raise $500 by tax for the purpose of purchasing a site and
erecting a lock-up. At this meeting a set of by-laws and regulations was adopted.
Presidents of the Village .- 1873, Lucius A. Waldo ; 1874, George Davison ; 1875, Lucius A. Waldo; 1876, Albert J. Carter ; 1877, John E. MeCaig; 1878, William J. Bailey.
The village was laid out and a map made of it by John H. Consalus, Esq., at the time of the incorporation. Mr. Consalus settled in the village in 1840, and has been en- gaged in lumber, hardware, and furnace business.
CANISTEO ACADEMY.
This institution was chartered March 16, 1868, with the following Board of Trustees: Lewis F. Laine, Ilenry Hamilton, Commodore P. Chamberlain, Nathaniel C. Tay- Jor, George Riddell, John HI. Consalus, Joshua C. Stephens, Edward P. Bartlett, Mortimer Allison, Lucius A. Waldo, John Davis, and Richard Allison.
The academy building is of brick, three stories, beauti- fully situated on an eminence overlooking the village, of tasteful architecture, and commodious in size and appoint- ments. It was finished and opened in September, 1871, and cost, including furniture, library, and apparatus, $17,500. Two thousand dollars endowment has since been added.
The following have been the principal and teachers: Rev. J. S. Bingham and Mrs. Bingham, assisted by Miss Huy- son ; Prof. Ira Sayles, assisted by Miss Lizzie Conderman ; Prof. Willington La Monte and Mrs. La Monte; Prof. D. M. Estee, assisted by Miss Ahida Beebe.
Trustees .- Rev. L. F. Laine, President ; Dr. George Riddell, Vice-President ; W. E. Stephens, Secretary ; Jolin H. Consalus, Treasurer ; A. M. Burrell, J. S. Hall, L. Davison, A. Davison, W. Il. Mead, Rev. O. O. Lothrop, Wm. H. Ordway, John Carter, Smith Eason, M. Allison, L. A. Cook, L. A. Waldo.
Attendance for the year ending June 28, 1878: males, 38; females, 73; total, 111.
CANISTEO GRADED SCIIOOL.
This school occupies a new wooden building, which was erected at a cost, including furniture, of $6000. It employs five teachers, as follows : Principal, J. B. Hargrave ; Assis- tants, Miss Mary A. Forest, Miss Sarah Lothrop, Miss Ida Whiting, Miss Frank M. Brown.
Trustee .- William B. Taylor.
The number of children in the district of school age is 434 ; attendance, 350. Assessed value of school property (assessed at one-third) is $178,000 ; value of seliool property (aside from the academy), $8000; expended during the year for teachers' wages, $1500.
MANUFACTURES.
Of the principal manufacturing interests of the village we give the following summary :
Boot- and Shoe-Factory of L. Allison & Co., established by L. Allison, in the spring of 1868 .- In 1873, Isaae Alli- son became a partner in the business. This firm manufac- ture hand-pegged boots and shoes, employing from 100 to 110 hands. Their sales have sometimes run up to $300,000
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a year, but the general average is $250,000. This was the first boot- and shoe-manufactory in Steuben County, and the first of any kind in Canisteo, and by its success has prepared the way for many other prosperous enterprises. The Allisons are natives of Horuclisville, in this county.
This firm have also a factory for the manufacture of ladies', misses', and children's fine shoes, in the upper story of the fine new brick block on the corner of Depot and Main Streets. This business was established in March, 1874, by Pevear & La Croix, of Lynn, Mass. In Jan- uary, 1877, it passed into the hands of L. Allison & Co., by whom the business is successfully conducted. They employ in this branch about 60 hands, and do each year a business amounting to $75,000.
A. B. Vorhis' Planing-Mill, Sash-, Door-, and Blind- Factory .- This large interest was established on a small scale, as a planing-mill alone, by Mr. Vorhis, in 1868. The year following he put in machinery for sash, doors, etc., and from a small wooden building, in which he first began, he has increased the capacity of his shops,-adding a brick structure of large dimensions,-till he has now the second largest establishment of the kind in the State. The products of this factory are used for the local trade, for the Eastern and Southern, and are quite largely exported to Europe. The shops employ 65 hands, and the sales amount annually to about $125,000.
Chair-Factory, Taylor Bros., proprietors ; Steam Works established in 1874 .- The chairs made at these works are exclusively wood-seated, and average in production from 40,000 to 45,000 chairs per year, giving employment to 40 hands, and amounting in sales, annually, to about $40,000.
Steam Saw-Mill, L. P. Weed, proprietor .- Built in the spring of 1874, by Mr. Weed. The average amount of lumber sawn at this mill is about 500,000 feet per year.
Foundry and Machine-Shops, H. Carter & Sons .- In 1873, Mr. Carter and Kelsy Bergen started in the manu- facture of agricultural implements, and built the present shops that year. After a few months, Mr. Carter bought out Mr. Bergen, and changed the establishment to a ma- chine-shop and boiler-works, adding, since, the manufacture of steam-engines. The proprietors themselves work in the shops, employing an additional force of from 10 to 12 hands, and having ready sale for all the work they can turn out. Sales amount to about $18,000 a year.
BANK OF CANISTEO.
President, M. Allison; Vice-President, L. Allison ; Cash- ier, W. W. Ball.
This banking-house was established in 1876. It is located in the fine three-story brick block, known as the Bank Block, on the corner of Main and Depot Streets, which was erected by M. Allison, James S. Hall, and Davison and McCaig, in 1875. The bank occupies a fine suite of offices in the cor- ner of the building, on the first floor, and is furnished in first-class style for banking purposes.
CANISTEO TIMES.
This is a weekly newspaper, started in the village, Jan. 25, 1877, by S. H. Jennings. Mr. Jennings has labored
earnestly to make his paper a success, despite the flood of dailies from all the cities. The people of the village and country appreciate the fact that, aside from all these, they need a local organ, and are giving the enterprising editor and publisher an encouraging support. The Times is inde- pendent in politics, and devoted to local interests.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
The principal business houses are the following :
DRY GOODS .- J. Roblee & Co., W. W. Bennett & Co., William Riddell.
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES .- Davison & McCaig, Martin O. Van Deleuder.
CLOTHING .- Louis Unger.
MERCHANT TAILORS .- Schermerhorn & Co., Levi Totten.
GROCERIES AND CROCKERY .- Waldo & Davison.
GROCERIES .- E. E. Stewart, D. C. Corbett, T. K. Brownell.
STOVES AND HARDWARE .- O. O. Laine, William B. Taylor.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY .- A. B. Laine.
UNDERTAKER AND FURNITURE .- L. B. Riddell.
DRUGGISTS AND PHYSICIANS .- George Riddell & Co.
WAGON-SHOPS .- George Sherman, A. A. Monroc.
WAGON-MAKERS AND BLACKSMITHS. - Whitwood Bros., George Cooper.
HARNESS-MAKERS .- James S. Hall.
JEWELERS .- Bateman MeKeane.
HOTELS .- Canisteo House, II. C. Cheney ; Commercial Hotel, Wilder Rice.
TANNERY AND GRIST-MILL .- Charles Floher.
MARBLE-WORKS .- D. F. Cranc.
DISTANCES.
Canisteo is three hundred and thirty miles from New York, thirty-seven from Corning, ninety-three from Buffalo, and five miles from Hornellsville, on the main Erie Rail- way.
PHYSICIANS.
Among the early physicians was Dr. Daniel D. Davis, who was not only eminent in his profession, but a citizen of prominence and distinction. Dr. Whitney, also an early practitioner, came to Canisteo about 1830. Dr. C. P. Chamberlain, still residing and practicing here, made his advent to the place about 1845. Drs. George and Le Roy Riddell came with their parents in 1837. They have been from early life identified with Canistco, and, in addition to their professional duties and labors, also hold a prominent position among the business men of the village. The pres- ent physicans are C. P. Chamberlain, Benjamin Pickett, and M. D. Ellison.
LAWYERS.
Burrell & Hallett, A. H. Burrell, Eli Soule, and William B. Jones.
CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANISTEO.
In 1836 a Presbyterian Church was first formed in this village, and continued for a few years.
OFFICE
H.CARTER & SONS CANISTEO IRON WORKS, CANISTEO, N. Y.
[TIMES, Printing Office C. DAVISON &M CAKE
BANK
BANK BLOCK, CANISTEO, N.Y. M. ALLISON, J. S. HALL, DAVISON & MCCAIG, PROP'S.
OFFICE
SASH NOOR & RIINN MANITEAMTADY :- ID WADIIA
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On the 2d of July, 1849, Rev. Horatio Pattengill com- menced preaching in Canisteo, and also a part of the time at Arkport. Services were held only occasionally for some time, when the congregations becoming large and the inter- est general, it was decided, in 1851, to have regular preach- ing. Rev. Mr. Pattengill from this time held regular serviees on each Sabbath. A choir was organized, the ladies formed themselves into a sewing society, a fair was held with profitable results, which awakened an interest in the ereetion of a church building. Among the foremost in this movement was the late N. C. Taylor, one of the leading citizens of the place for many years, who contrib- uted most liberally to the ercetion of the church and the support of preaching. No church edifiec had yet been ereeted in the village, and the way was open for the Pres- byterians to go forward with their enterprise without ineur- ring denominational jealousies.
On the 20th of March, 1852, a society was organized and a board of trustees elected, consisting of the following- named persons : B. C. Riehey, N. C. Taylor, William B. Jones, Peter Myers, Thomas J. Magee, and William H. Mead. A lot was purchased of the Pulteney estate, $1360 were subscribed, and the society proceeded to erect a church edifice. The corner-stone was laid in May, 1852, and the house was finished and dedicated Feb. 15, 1853, the addi- tional sum of $325 being raised at the dedieation.
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