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Hollis, Henry, 6th Cuv. ; discharged
lowley, Lester D., 23d Regt ; served two years ; discharged,
lowley, M. W., 141st Regt .; pro. to q.m .- sergt., Oct. 1862 ; pro. to Ist lieut. Jan. 18, 1864 ; discharged. llowe, Engene E., 107th Regt .; discharged. Hamill, Geo. W., 107th Regt .; discharged.
Jamison, John S., asst, hosp. surg, in the State service at Elmira, from May 4, 1861 ; surg. for the 86th Regt, from Oct. 12, 1861 ; detailed surg. of Gen. Tratt's brig , in Oct. 1862; detailed by Maj .- Gen. Stoneman surg. of the 3d Div. of 3d Army Corps, Dec. 5, 1862 ; detailed by Maj .- Gen. French to the same position July 13, 1863 ; detailed by Maj .- Gen. Meade to be one of n board of three for med, and surg, examinations of the Army of the Potomac, Ang. 19, 1863 ; detailed by Maj .- Gen. Birney to be surg. of the 3d Div. of the 2d Army Corps, April 29, 1864.
Jolinson, Charles L., 107th Regt. ; died in March, 1861.
Jones, Wm. D., 179th Regt. Judd, Henry J., 179th Regt. Johnsston, Samuel, 50th Eng. Johnsston, Ed. T., 50th Eng.
Jones, Elias J., 15th Cav. Jones, Levi J., 179th Regt.
Kellison, Samuel O., 107th Regt .; disch. for disability, Dec. 1863.
Kemp, William, 6th Cav .; pro. to 2dl lieut ; dismissed ; re-enl. in Ist Conn. Cav. ; taken pris. in Wilderness ; discharged.
Kelly, Juhn, 179th Regt. ; discharged. Kizer, Cassins M., 189th Regt .; discharged.
King, Charles, 1st Cav .; discharged.
Kilburg, Andrew, 189th: Regt .; discharged.
Kennedy, James ; discharged. Lamphere, Wm., 107th Regt. ; died at Wilmington, N. C. Long, James, 14Ist Regt .; takeu pris. ; exchanged ; discharged.
Lorow, David R. P., 141st Regt. ; discharged. Lynch, John, 188th Regt. ; disch.
Lippincott, Juan. Leonard, Thomas, 8th Cav. Lockwood, Bradley. Lorow, John P. Litts, David. Leader, Jesse, 23d Regt. Loper, Henry, 6th Cav. Love, Martin M., 16th II. Art. ; discharged.
Maxon, Luke G, 23d Regt. ; disch, for disability. Marra, Morgan, 161st Regt. ; discharged. Miner, Henry, 161st Regt. ; discharged.
Mason, Renben J., 1st Vet. Cav .; discharged. McCay, Medad, 12th U. S. Inf .; wounded; discharged. Morse, Will A .; discharged. Miller, George W., 23d Regt. ; pro. to sergt., Nov. 1, 1862. Millard, George, 187th Regt .; discharged. McOmber, Walter, 189th Regt .; discharged. Mooney, Michael, 1324 Regt .; discharged.
Morntz, George, 23d Regt; discharged. Moore, George, 9th Art .; discharged. Mayhew, Philetus J., 189th Regt. ; discharged. Madison, Charles S., 160th Regt. ; discharged. McKenna, Thomas, 25th Cav .; discharged. McLarso, Bingham. Monroe, Will T., fifer, 23d Regt. March, James, 179th Regt. Marvin, George Il., 23d Regt .; discharged. Morgan, Ed., 23d Regt .; discharged. Monerhart, Wm. IT., 23d Regt. ; discharged. McAmbler, Charles H., 23d Regt .; disch. for disability.
Mckinney, Charles H., corp., 23d Regt. ; wounded ut Antietam, Sept. 16, 1862; died Sept. 18, 1862, from the wounds, Morgan, Renben C .; pro. to corp., Ang. 1, 1861 ; wounded at Bull Run, Ang. 1861 ; disch. Dec. 30, 1862.
Martin, Julius. Martin, Francis. Morrison, William. Maynard, JJaines. Maynard, William. McCarthy, Michael. Miller, Frank, 179th Regt .; discharged. Mulbollen, William, 16th 11. Art. ; discharged. Monroe, Millroy, 11th Cav. Mason, Thomas J., 10th Cav. ; discharged. McKenmar, James, 50th Eng. McFall, Henry, 86th Regt. ; discharged. McCow, Henry, 86th Regt. ; discharged. McDonald, John, 141st Regt .; discharged.
McMohan, Timothy, 141st Regt ; discharged.
Morrissey, John, 141st Regt. ; discharged.
Maynord, Alexander, 141st Regt. ; discharged.
Murphy, John, 141st Regt .; discharged.
Mason, Amos D., 141st Regt. ; died in Chattanooga, in 1864.
Morris, Theodore F., 107th Regt; killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Marks, Patrick, 6th HI. Art.
Nelson, Wm. 11.
O'Connor, llenry, 5th II. Art. ; discharged.
Osborne, Peter, 86th Regt .; died.
O'Day, Daniel, 141st Regt. ; died at Weaversville, Ang. 1863.
Ploof, Morris N., 141st Regt.
Popple, John Jones, 86th Regt .; killed at Gettysburg.
Partridge, Leander, 141st Regt .; died in 1864.
Parker, William. Patrick, Charles, 107th Regt.
Prentiss, John, 86th Regt. ; discharged; re-enl. as capt. in the 179th Regt .; res. on account of ill health.
Patterson, Israel, 187th Regt.
Prentiss, Anson, 23d Regt.
Phillips, Alfred W., 141st Regt.
Pettigrew, Robert L., 179th Regt.
Pettigrew, Almond, 141st Regt.
Pettigrew. John E., 179th Regt.
Perrouz, Lonis, 15th Cav.
Plimpton, Albert M., 107t!i Regt. ; disch. for disability.
Peterson, Win., 189th Regt .; discharged.
Pinch, James W., 107th Regt .; pro. to sergt. ; wounded in battle; taken pris. ; exchanged ; discharged.
Pinch, Win. E., 50th Eng.
Pinch, Thomas 11., 179th Regt.
Peacock, David, Ist Dragoons.
Patrick, Jolın B , 179th Regt. ; pro. to q .- m. Bergt.
Prangin, Jolin 11., 179th Regt.
Ploof, Franklin P., 4th H1. Art.
Poole, Cyrus, 160th Art.
Preston, Horatio G., 179th Regt.
Pauling, John, 23d Regt ; disch. for disability.
Renslow, Freeman, 23d Regt.
Robinson, Robert R., 23d Regt. ; wounded July 23, 1861 ; died at home.
Ready, Philander, 2d Cav.
Ryan, John W., 107th Regt. ; died at Harper's Ferry, Oct. 2, 1862.
Richardson, Joshua.
Rackfellow, John, 10th Cav.
Rich, Frank, 65th Regt. Ryan, John, 40th Regt.
Riley, John. Rick, 132d Regt.
Rinea, Henry, 89th Regt.
Rulison, Josiah, 12th Cav.
Reynolds, Franklin M., 157th Regt.
Reynolds, Willson, 187th Regt.
Reynolds, Andrew Jackson, 14Ist Regt.
Reynolds, Henry A., 187th Regt.
Reynolds, David E., 141st Regt .; disch. for disability.
Reynolds, William 11., 187th Regt.
Raymond, Charles Il., 111th Regt.
Reimas, Constantine, 50th Eng. Ruwe, Edward, 50th Eng.
Richards, Elias F., 179th Regt.
Raymond, Spencer G., 179th Regt.
Rascoe, Andrew F., 5th II. Art.
Reily, John, 161st Regt.
Reed, William L., 50th Eng.
Ready, Philander, 2d Cav .; disch. for disability.
Randall, Clark, Ist Dragoons, Rass, Will, 141st Regt.
Robinson, Joseph W., 179th Regt .; entered as asst. surg. of 82d Regt., March, 1862 ; pro. to surg. of 141st Regt., Ang. 1862; resigned June, 1863 ; taken prisoner in the seven days' battles under Mcclellan ; re-enl. AB Burg. of 179th Regt .; div. surg. part of the time.
Russel, Andrew Jackson, 141st Regt. ; detailed asartist.
Sylvester, Peter, 15th Cnv.
Sands, James, 188th Regt.
Stuodan, Alliert, 65th Regt.
Sherwood, Micajah V., 141st Regt .; pro. to Ist lieut., April, 1864 ; pro. to capt. 1864; discharged.
Sweet, Jerry, 107th Regt .; discharged.
Sill, Allen N., capt., 107th Regt .; pro. to maj., Aug. 1, 1864 ; pro. to lieut .- col., Oct. 1, 1864.
Swartont, Estees A., musician, 141st Regt. ; discharged.
Strown, Charles, 161st Regt. Shinnebarger, Stewart, 141st Regt .; disch. for disability, 1864.
Skinner, Parmerson, unassigned. Sawyer, Harris C., 141st Regt. ; pro. to hospital steward, 1862.
Sumoiers, Thomas, 14th H. Art. Simpson, William H., 141st Regt. ; discharged.
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Stephens, Christopher B., 14Ist Regt .; discharged. Smith, Philip, 16th II. Art .; discharged. Stone, JJchiah, 86th Regt .; discharged. Stone, Chauncey, 86th Regt .; discharged. Shumway, Stephen, 86th Regt. ; disch. for disability. Stephens, William 0., 86th Regt .; discharged. Springer, Eli, 161st Regt ; discharged. Sturtevant, Hiram II., 179th Regt .; discharged. Senter, Joseph Q., 23d Regt.
Shanum, John, 10th Cav .; discharged. Shaunm, Andrew, 16Ist Regt. ; discharged. Smith, Lorenzo D., 23d Regt. Snyder, John, 10th Cav .; discharged. Sinkletter, Eliliu, 179th Regt .; discharged.
Sands, James, 180th Regt.
Smith, David C., 179th Regt. ; discharged. Shiunebarger, Samuel, 179th Regt. ; discharged. Sipp, George, 179th Regt .; discharged. Stepliens, Sayles C., 179th Regt. ; discharged. Sharp, William, 179th Regt .; discharged.
Scinhurt, Frederick, 65th Regt .; discharged.
Sherman, John, 160th Regt .; discharged. Show, Alexander, 50th Eng .; discharged. Shultz, Jeremiah, 189th Regt .; discharged. Smith, Charles 11., 189th Regt .; discharged. Spencer, Jude, 189th Regt. ; discharged.
Tuttle, Russel M., 107th Regt. ; pro. to Ist sergt., Ang. 12, 1862 ; pro. to 2d lieut., March 1, 1863 ; pro. to Ist lient., Ang. 1, 1864; pro. to capt., March 13, 1865 ; on staff of Brig .- Gen. T. H. Rnger. Taylor, David S., 23d Regt .; disch. for disability,
Taylor, Will II., drummer, 23d Regt.
Thompson, Jolin W., Ist Vet. Cav .; discharged.
Tibbits, Will. Tunis, William J. II.
Thacher, Eugenie, 107th Regt .; killed at Dallas, Ga. Watts, John, chaplain, 86th Regt.
Wright, Gilbert, 107th Regt. ; pro. to sergt .; discharged. Willor, Frederick C., 141st Regt .; pro. to 2d lieut., Dec. 1862; pro, to ]st lient. and to capt., in 1864.
Wisner, Pollidore B., corp., 141st Regt. ; disch. for disability, May, 1863.
Washburne, Theodore, Ist Dragoons; discharged.
Witter, Chauncey, 16th II. Art.
Witter, Silas, 16th HI. Art.
Wilkins, Marcus, 16th II. Art. Woolever, Lewis D., 16th II. Art.
Whitford, Sylvanns, 5th HI. Art. White, William H., 85th Regt.
Walker, Gilbert, 85th Regt.
Winter, Gustavus, 50th Eng. Williams, George, 179th Regt.
Willis, George.
Wakefield, Orrin P., 23d Regt .: pro to corp., Ang. 1861.
Welch, Patrick, 179th Regt.
Wilkinson, John C.
Wheeler, Governor O., 189th Regt.
Wells, Anson, 65th Regt.
Wruston, George, 15th U. S. Inf.
Willson, Charles, 15th Cav.
Williams, Myron, 15th Cav.
Wheaton, Albert, 23d Regt .; wounded at Antietam.
Wallace, Andrew, 86th Regt .; disch. for disability ; re-enl.
Van Scoter, William H , 23d Regt.
Van Scoter, Hudson .J., 23d Regt.
Zimmerman, MI. U., 23d Regt .; pro. to sergt., May, 186 3.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM L. SUTTON
was born in the town of Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1828. Ile is a descendant of William Smith on the paternal side, who was a soldier under Oliver Cromwell, the English Protector.
The Sutton family are of English descent, and some of the ancestors were settlers in the Wyoming Valley, and escaped the terrible onslaught of the Indians and Tories in that massacre.
His father, John Sutton, is a native of Lodi, Seneca Co., N. Y .; married Catherine Lybolt. By this union there were born six children, of whom only three are living, the subject of this narrative being the eldest. His father is now a resident of Hornellsville.
At the age of eighteen, Mr. Sutton, desirous of breaking the monotony of home-life, went to Nantucket, where he embarked on the whaling-ship Columbia, Capt. Joseph C. Chase, and was on the sea for four years before returning,
PHOTO BY SUTTON
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DR. CHARLES D. ROBINSON
was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., March 1, 1809. When only three years of age his father died, leaving his motber with her three sons (the others' names being William and Watson) in quite limited circumstances. The mother, who was a lady of consider- able culture, supported the family for a few years by teaching, and until the boys grew to be able to care for themselves. When about twenty-one years of age, Charles began the study of medi- cine with Dr. Halsey, of that county, and about the same time his mother died. At the age of twenty-four he was graduated M.D. at Fairfield, N. Y., and began the practice of his profession in the town of Burns, Allegany Co., N. Y. During the year he re- mained in that town he was married to Minerva, daughter of John Welch, of Tompkins County. She was born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., in 1813.
Dr. Robinson was successfully located in practice at Angelica, Almond, and Burns, and enjoyed a large business and the confi- dence of a large circle of the citizens of these places. He was not only in the foremost rank as a skillful practitioner, but held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens; for one term, 1851-52, he repre- sented them in the State Senate. In the year 1854 he removed to Hornellsville, where he practiced as a physician until within a few years of his decease, which occurred Nov. 19, 1873. Dr. Robin- son was a man of genial disposition and characteristie kindness of heart. His carly book-education was limited by force of circum- stances, but in his later years he was a careful student of choice literature, well read in his profession, and conversant with the great political questions of his time. His political record was first as a supporter of Andrew Jackson, subsequently a member of the old Whig party, and an unswerving adherent of the Republican party after its formation.
His children were Helen Augusta, an only daughter, who died at the age of five; and an only son, Dr. Joseph W. Robinson, now a practicing physician at Hornellsville, and ranked among the first in this part of the State in his profes- sion.
He received his preliminary education at Alfred University, Allegany Co .. N. Y., and at Oberlin College, Ohio. After a course of study with his father, he entered Buffalo Medical College, from which he was graduated M.D. in 1860, subse- quently taking a post-graduate course ai Bellevue Medical Col- lege, N. Y.
Iu March, 1862, he entered the army and was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, 82d New York Volunteers (2d New York Militia), of Gormma's brigade, Sedgwick's Division of Sumner's Corps. February, 1863, Dr. Robinson was, for meritorious ser- vices at the battle of White Oaks, promoted to Surgeon 141st New York Volunteers, and while connected with this regionent. held the position of brigade and division surgeon, and received honorable mention by the generals commanding in their reports. He continued to occupy this position until April, 1864, when on account of the failing health of his father he resigned his connuis- sion and came home. Very soon, however, he returned to the army and was connmissioned as Surgeon of the H9th Regiment, with commission dated May 16, 1864, which position he fillel until he was mustered out at the close of the war, neder general arder, June 16, 1865.
To write a history of Dr. Robinson's connection with the army would bo to sketch an ontline narrative of the marches, pri- vations, and battles of the regiments which he was connected with during the entire war.
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visiting nearly all the important maritime towns of the world and making a circuit around it. For four years after his return he engaged as a machinist in Penn Yan.
In the year 1854, Nov. 17, he married Mary L. Eaton, of Yates County.
In 1857, Mr. Sutton learned the art of photography, and opened a gallery in Hornellsville, where, by striet attention
to business, he has beeome not only a first-elass artist, and ranks among the highest of the profession, but has won the confidenee of a large circle of the best families of the sur- rounding country.
In polities he is a Republican, and is identified with the interests of that party. In local matters he has officiated as trustee of the village for two terms.
HOWARD.
SITUATION AND DESCRIPTION.
HOWARD lies in the interior of the county, a little north- west of the eentre. It was erected from Bath and Daus- ville, June 18, 1812. A part of Avoca was taken off in 1843, and a part of Fremont in 1854. It is bounded north by Fremont, Cohoeton, and Avoca, east by Bath, south by Canisteo, and west by Hornellsville. The surface of this town is elevated and rolling, forming part of the dividing ridge between the Conhoeton and Canisteo Rivers. In the northeast part of the town is Ormond's Pond, and also in the extreme northeast corner is a pond from which flows a stream which connects with creeks near Goff's Mills. The soil of this town is a clayey loam ; at Howard Flats, though high, it is of great depth. South of the flats is the grist- mill of Alonzo Graves, in a deep valley surrounded by hills, the deelivity of which shows the debris and outcropping of shale and slate. The streams are all small, flowing into the Conhoeton and Canisteo Rivers.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The first settlement was made in this town by Abraham Johnson in the winter of 1806. Mr. Johnson was a young married man, and brought his wife with him to his wilder- ness home. He settled in that part of Howard known as Towlesville, on the place where Eben Towle now resides.
Chas. MeConnell settled on the farm for many years known as the Alkali Bennett farm, a short distance from Iloward village. His family consisted at that time of him- self, wife, and one child, Asa McConnell. The latter, when his father settled in Howard, was between seven and eight years of age, and is still living. He was a resident of Ilow- ard, and lived on a farm adjoining the one his father first set- tled upon until a few years ago, when he removed to Horuells- ville, where he still resides, enjoying good health and ripe in years. Asa McConnell represented his district in the Legislature in 1843. Aaron McConnell was a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1870 and 1871.
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Soon after the settlement of these families, accessions were made to their number in the early part of 1809, hy the arrival of Samuel Baker, who settled where J. Rice now or recently lived ; Reuben Smith, Abram Smith, Joel Bul- lard, and Abel Bullard, who settled on the road leading from Goff's Mills to the turnpike, near the old State road. Later the same year, the earliest settlers were cheered by the arrival of Daniel N. Bennett, Jacob Bennett, Job B. Rathburn, and three brothers. Daniel N. and Jacob Ben- nett settled on the beautiful plateau on which the village of Howard now stands, and it was called for many years thereafter by the name of Bennett's Flats.
Job B. Rathbun and brothers settled in the northern part of Howard, and took up the land now known as the Meeks and Parkhill farms; also the farm known as the Job B. Rathbun farm, at Rathbun Corners, where Job B. made his home until his death. The Job B. Rathbun farm is still owned by one of his descendants (Brown Rathbun). Job B. Rathbun was a man of indomitable will and perse- verance; uniting those qualities with industry and a faculty to save, he accumulated a large property, which at his death his children inherited, leaving them, with industry and economy, a competency during their lives. These few families did not long have to contend alone with the forest.
Some time in the winter of 1810, William Allen, John Hoagland, and David Smith settled in Howard. William Allen settled ou the farm just east of the pond now owned by John and Lyman Shults. David Smith settled on the west side of the pond or little lake, which afterwards was called Smith's Pond. John Hoagland settled on the farm adjoining the pond, on the premises where Abraham Hoag- land lived during a long and well-spent life. The farm is now owned by his only son, George HI. Hoagland. Israel Baldwin arrived in the settlement in the month of February. 1811, and settled on a farm south of the pond. The other lands in that settlement were taken up at a later date.
Probably no country was ever settled by men of more worth and sterling qualities than was this little settlement. Their doors were ever open to receive the traveler and stranger. They were ever ready to contribute to the wants of the needy, and many the one left their doors with thank- ful hearts for the bounties bestowed upon them. A little before these last settlers arrived, and about the year 1809, one Henry Kennedy settled on the creek-road leading from Howard to Kanona, about three miles easterly from How- ard village. Soon after his arrival he erected the first saw- mill in the town, which was a great relief to the then sparsely-settled community, it enabling the people to get boards and slabs to cover their little log houses, and occasion- ally a settler would build a small board shanty. The set- tlers, before the saw-mill was built, covered their cabins with slabs of split timber, with a few exceptions William Goff moved from Otsego County some time in the fall of 1812, and settled on the creek-road leading from Bath to How- ard, and about three miles from Howard village. He probably was actuated in choosing his location on account of the fine water-privilege for milling and other purposes, for soon after his arrival and settlement he built the first grist-mill that was erected in Howard. (The building was then and has ever since been called Goff's Mills.) It was
a great epoch in the history of Howard and the surround- ing country, and was hailed with much delight and pleas- ure, the few inhabitants having, before that event, to travel long distances with their corn, wheat, and other bread- stuffs on their shoulders to have it ground ; for very few of the inhabitants had teams with which to go to mill, and those who had rarely took them, the roads being only paths cut through the forest. The erection of the mill was not the only benefit derived by the settlement of William Goff in the new county; his and his wife's kindness and hospitality to the settlers were proverbial, and from his mill thousands of pounds of corn-meal and flour were dis- tributed to the poor, without any expectation of a return. Not only this, but during the year (as it has always been called) of famine, which looked as though the settlement of Iloward must almost fail, he left his home with what means he could command, went East and purchased wheat and corn, and on his return distributed it to the almost- starving people, with no other promise than that if the settlers the next year raised sufficient to support their families, and had a surplus, they could pay it back. By the joint efforts of William Goff and his excellent wife, the settlers were supplied, and the year of famine passed. They lived to rear a large and respected family. Most of the children still survive their parents, making good citizens in the communities in which they live.
Russell Burlison settled in Howard in 1813, on the farm now known as the Van Wie farm, occupied by Alonzo and Henry Van Wie, his family at that time consisting of himself, wife, and two children. One of his descendants, Hiram B. Burlison, who was boru in 1816, still resides in Howard, and is one of the sterling men of that town. Accessions continued to be added to their number, and be- tween 1810 and 1820 many new settlers took up lands, and made Howard their future home, among whom were Seth Rice, Jonas Rice, Jonathan Ketchum, Isaac Bennett, Benjamin Bennett, Thomas Bennett, Hamilton Parkhill, John Stephenson, David Walker, Andrew Baker, James Stewart, George Stewart, Richard Towle, Reuben Ham- mond, Joseph C. Lane, Isaac Brasted, Oliver Parkhill, R. F. Ferris, Simeon Baker, David Rathbun, Jabez Beebe, and a few others whose names the writer has been unable to obtain. Jonas Rice took up the farm now owned and occupied by Reuben F. Ferris. Seth Rice took up the farm now owned by Jacob and Aaron Lyke. Jonathan Ketchum erected the first frame hotel that was built in Howard. After he erected his hotel he built a small tan- nery, which was operated for some time. Although Ketchum built the first frame tavern it was not the first tavern built, for before that event Isaac Bennett erected a small log tavern, on the corner of the street leading to the Baptist church, where the residence erected by Barney Alden now stands. This hotel consisted of one room below and the sleeping-rooms above. About that time another log tavern was built by Benjamin Bennett, called the " Double Log Tavern." It stood on the farm known as the Philip Ben- nett farm, on the opposite side of the street, and a little east of the house. These two log hotels were kept some time before the frame hotel of Ketchum was built.
Randall and Calvin Graves built the first store, on the
A.V. Gade
ABIJAH B. CASE was born iu Westford, Chittenden Co., Vt., Oct. 12, 1803.
Owing to adverse circumstances he never attended school a day till he was sixteen years old. He then attended a district school for two winter terms, during which time an unquenchable thirst for acquiring an education was imbibed. He worked out by the month, always employing his spare moments with his book, so as to enable himself to have the advantages of an education. Thus by rapid strides he received a good academical education, and subsequently, December, 1827, graduated at the medical college at Cas- tleton, Vt.
Always desirous of obtaining more light, he sought and received both theoretical and practical knowledge from the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. This thirst for more knowledge in his profession has never deserted him, and subsequently we find him attending parts of courses of lectures at Geneva and Buffalo, or giving home demonstrations to his students. IFe practiced medicine in Vermont about three years, a short time at Belmont, Allegany Co., and then, in 1833, located in Steuben County, where he has ever since employed his time in study, practice, and teaching of medi- cine, and in many cases by home demonstrations.
Although a resident of Howard, his practice has never been circumscribed, being frequently called to remote dis- tances, and even now, in his seventy-sixth ycar, is still
engaged in active business, and bids fair for years of use- fulness.
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